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. •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*
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. 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-'
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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?iae<l.tQ-ijiorrow.' .
; The. JfeWi. ..., ’
PolUioiana are endeaToHng to mend matters at
far.-aSithe: praaent dtriaibn in the Demoeratio
raake is eoneamed. In' New Jeraey, the Da'
moeraUa State Kxecatlvo Commlttee hare reaolTed
to bail e state Coneentibn, to proride for the har
mtiby of the party, on tbe barti of aoompromtea,b;
ohpoiing"an electoral lieket .compoeed of fonr
Dbnglatani throe Breokinridge eleatore.
In New York yesterday fonr children were pot
ep?ed;by:pnrt*king of . a quantity of irrlting ink
wUcbdkey foaad white playing. Two ef the nti
fortunties died , hot the others are reoererlog.;;
l Tni, , 'oftaoiiiTe''repntatipn.>hlohPhiU4alphla,'
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<uraaoeo<
$40,000. The Ice* on the building, which felle npop.
thOJlate, ie $4,000.
Wo are told that the Jaokaon Democratic Amo
«Jeti6o',,'rfhfe6;ied bseotwenty ye*w taexisteriee
politicalloflatneo, -waif totally
by dieegroemente amongin
member* pa ihePreeidentlal question. ... . .
rOar 1 inert intelligence la relation tothe Ulster
ritoU rauideri n New V ork Ur that the police hare
arreatol the pOrtcafuppoiod to
s*«'■ jSrel.. : 'jthie’'T»talVßlot.' ’. Jeiferdi >•;> 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<fM)_loß)'iv : lJjatght eawelj be,' postponed
until receicber forall the rotee it may be expect
od Jo, geia-in the,Old Dominion.
- ' A’detpateh frotn SyrMueej New Tdrk. reyr that
Democratic, national* Bute Committee hare
called a'CbhVOn Mon to chboae Presidential eleotore.
sddror *ed - to the Bizonal. Democrat*
jrlm eappoit Breckinridge and Lane '
The el&ve trade, with all its hortora, atill pn
relle lnCaba,the.vlgUaaqe of American and ijri
tUb ortfeera to the oOntrnrynotwltbriaßdißg.Ad,
ytoes from ! (Uutatamry Coba, assert that tea or
teralre'iAfcerleao teaselt bare Uadad over rS,bOO
aegrooe ba the-'island within the last tlx 'wcCka;
The, omtiant cfhumaowo* end mlaery comprised
fhihlrslinple anioondamentis perfectly appalling
to contemplate! ’Wo .would chronicle the arr**i
.endJctioh of.apaio of kbesebold eiaro-tpede
p'.rites with masbpluMra. IA tb* meantlme.wr
leern from. Hew, York that : tho, rorcnaa catW
Harriet! Lana haarelred the,bark Kate InHtw
York bey,' on the snapleion of bring conceded with
, the slave trade.- ‘fihe - bed -been cleared'for Cape
■ PeUn«a,7ADfon,\ and ,waa' manned with aerew el
-ipahlarda 'eail' Pprtnfueee.'Tbe' setter btd alao
.•eUadtbe etsamtag Magnolia, with saorpicipae
number of man on board, while ahe wae s eeming
towards (he Kate.- - ' v- .- i: ; ,
' The 5 hoard of eomeriaaioaem On tho location of
thenew coaofy traildlnga hold a meeting on Ifon
dey afterneoa. It wee determined to locstathe
.pißOioipaltbilldißgson Penn Squara; tmtwithout
proceeding farther In the matter, the oommlarion
ors adjourned.' :
iy..ln eoereqhenw of tho woather, whleh wunnfi
/ybjtatt’i, 'tha ’r«o»: barirein -' Fiore Tempi* and
wait* loro taken plow yesterday
aflariiMijpi'was :.'.
11 The Peyeomanthenm” U tire till* of • now.
plMoofODtMttlmoont Opined (hie mk In Boeton
Odder ffc'e of Andeveon, the
world-renowned wiiar&eflhe North, end monereh
“ efrn*g;elani,”a«risted by o Mr.Jofcn HearyAn
r-aprsoiij- Jr.i'wiserd «tlen4«Bt I , ' »»d “ Mlra Mise
Anderion, the’, modern mneaoeyae; JNanlstand
-
’ ; -';;Darißg ftp tnontH ofjhne ,'ten Aeeeriean .o*o
were loet, domporing 1 »U*mer,2
r 'iipe,.;l’;h«k, -I’hrtg, and IS eohooiieri, ofwhloh A
Were-reek-A 1 tank by coiUtlont, l fowdeVed, 5
abandoned, leapeUed, odd I miming. The oygre
jl»^ioi«ii.*|tifijt@4»tgao)9«9.
noticed In pno of the city, papers, yostor
toy, thn renmk that Hon. Henry D. Footer,
'■s* Jierodcratic candidate tor Govefnor.wa*
dreati yliWighted at the Bcaodakma action o|
Afch''Sfitfd Central Commltteo,
inpropoalng that tiiaßonglas men ofpennsyl
--Vania ohonld vote for the Disnnionlsta on the
tsi*yei’/ia/a isoarewbatunauthorized surmise,
-orisfßjgprobhMy ftbmthepreiOßoeof General
~^Ws^kQ-tib Hotel,Alhrlnjg'.the
i Witioa df' the.OiHinniitee, Mr. Fooran pro
ebeHereii, a sinebw mend
igtetty not te be awMe that, vrithon electoral
wonld ;re
;:il^^iv«al»lleß««;wiUbesupported by the
Society
■ ;fjt»kb*rg ) ''«nthe.aMho( fiijtmabn treki
The Vrahl Letter from Hon. Wm. B.
. We concede to the Watijmp- Rrai>
(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 <Pennsylvania,’ and -commend
them to their serious contemplation..
Jifpdigf', in'the shape o( a negro,
bey namtdTom, tfaitonlihlng Baltimore.
The -National Anniversary.
Another anniversary-of the Desecration of
American Independeneb daiyns upon us this
qwrning, and we are admonished- of tho fleet
rwa - with' which time marks its; Ineffaceable
traoea upon national history, as troll as upon
individuals, by the fhet that eighty-four years
hive elapsed since the memorable event which
will to-day be celebrated throughout the
length and breadth of this mighty Bepublic.
The industrious habits and resistless en
ergies of the American people have led
them to eschew holidays with unprecedented
rigidity, and, indeed, while tho annlvelsary of
the birth of the Saviour, the 1 first day of the
year/ and days set apart in different States tor
Thanksgiving, are observed’:with widely dif
ferent degrees of respect in different parts of
our couhtry, this is the only universal national
holiday'we possess.' ’ '
■ A nation which so'grudgingly surrenders
even a Single day, to any other object than the
vigorous prosecution of its usual pursuits,
could have given no higher evidence of its ap
preciation of the important act which rendered
the Fourth of July; 1776; memorable not only
in our history bnt in the history of mankind,
than by conferring upon its anniversary the
superiority it possesses in the American calen
dar.
■ While the degree of eclat with which it is
celebrated oratorically, or by imposing parades,
varies greatly in different localities, there is not
a town or hamlet and scarcely a single cottage
where some little event does not occur to dis
tinguish it from all other days of the year.
However unimpressive or inappropriate
Borne of these demonstrations may bo, yet
they nearly all tend to the common purpose of
impressing the popular mind and heart with
recollections of the mighty struggle of the
founders of onr nation to secure its liberty,
and of rekindling the fire of patriotism in
many breasts in which it has been almost ex
tinguished by the engrossing struggles of life for
the attainment of mere material objects i and
by disgast with the venal and contemptible
tricksters, who, in far too many instances, have
crawled into tho most honorable stations of
our Government, and boldly attempted to per
vert its powers, while they disgracld.positfons
once ennobled by pure patriotism and exalted
intellect.
The re-awakened recollection of the strug
gles of the earlier days of the Republic, and
of the memory of the many really great and
noble men whose deeds as warriors and as
statesmen have. adorned its history, should
stimulate all good citizens to earnest efforts to
elevate the prevailjng standard of politics and
of politicians, so that, while all the glories of
the past are cherished, and the power and
greatness of the present are preserved, we
may be impressed with a well-grounded hope
that the clouds which lower over the future
will be dispelled, and that since America has
so grown in material strength that she ranks
among the first Powers of the world in wealth,
in arts, and in arms, tho history of her man
hood may prove as glorious as that of her
infancy.
Upon the young tho celebration of tho
Fourth of Jnly has a peculiarly impressive in
fluence. It awakens their curiosity, prompts
them to ask innumerable questions,*the answers
to which not only fill their minds with Informa
tion of the great events of the Bevolntionary
era, but refresh the memory of parents as they
reply to these pertinacious inquisitors. In
tens of thousands of families to-day the query
and answer will be heard:
■ “Father, what fearful noise Is that,
Like thunder in the cloud, ’
Why do the people Wftvo their hat,
And rush alons in crowds?”
“ It le the noiee of oannonrr.
The sled ebonte of the free;
Tbie ie a day to memory dear—
’Tie Freedom’s Jubilee.”
In Philadelphia there are generally much
less imposing pnblio demonstrations on the
Fourth of July than iu other important
places. Constantly surrounded, as we are;
with .Revolutionary associations, and with
the Hall of Independence itself looming up in
tho heart of our city, special celebrations of
an event of which we are every day forcibly
reminded, do not possess the same degree of
novelty and Impressiveness hero as in other
portions of the country.
At this season, too, when tho heat oi sum
mer becomes very oppressive,- the rare and
highly-prized opportunity afforded by tho
general abandonment of all business avocations,
to thousands to whom this is the only secular
day of individual freedom from traainoui oa*oa ;
to escape from the pent-up walls of their city
prison to rural retreats, is.cagerly embraced.
And if the skies are unclouded, thousands
will swarm from Philadelphia to-day to all the
attractive haunts surrounding it which are
readily accessible. It is to be hoped that
their enjoyment and celebration of Liberty
and Independence will be tempered by the re
straints of Virtue and Temperance, and that
few will pervert the true object of tho day by
indulgence in undue excesses.
Who is ftcgnlar ?
But yesterday the word regularity was the
very corner-stone of the Administration gos
pel. To-day, to bo irregular is to be ortho
dox. The men who declaimed against the
“ rebels,” ihe anti-Lecompton Democrats,
and ruled them out of tho party, rejected
their votes at primary elections, controlled
committees in conventions, and forged resoln
tions, and iorced them through; these men
are now in open, banded opposition against
the regular organization of tho Democratic
party. The change is as sudden as tho change
from a parlor to a prison at one of our thea
tres. Wo notice that they are whipping in
their paid newspapers throughout the in
terior—ihe same that have printed so much
and prated so loudly against disorganization—
into raising the Disunion flag. The Beading
Gazelle and Democrat, and tho old Berks
county Adler or Eagle, have both hoisted this
banner. So, too, of the former organ of the
Democracy of Montgomery county, tho Nor
ristown Register ; and so of, several of tho
newspapers in the district lately represented
by Hon. Paul Leidy, and now by Hon.
Georok W. Soeanton. Tho Carbon Demo
crat is dumb. The York Gazette, edited by
the amiable chairman of the Democratic State
Central Committee, W. H. Welsh, Esq., is
also diplomatically silent. Senator Bioleb’s
organs continue to be slightly “ weak in the
knees,” and wo believe the old Lancaster In
telligencer compromises the difficulty by ele
vating both tickets. The question arises who
is regular ? Out of all this disorganization,
which organization can be rescued 1 Will the
masses of the Democratic party who have been
compelled to submit to ail kinds of inconsist
encies and treasons—because, forsooth, they
were enacted “ inside of the organization”—
consent to carry the new treacheries perpe
trated by the same mon outside of tho organi
zation? This is a question that would-re
quire all the astuteness and all the logic of no
less a man than Hon. Caleb Cushing satis
factorily to answer.
A Persecuted People.
Who does not pity the poor post-office clerks in
this olty ? Their daily bread Is mado to mingle
with the bitterness of persecution.' They are re
quired lo suppress all expressions of opinion on
pofitioal matter unless to applaud what they at
heart despise, and to smother their real preferences
for the Presidency on pain of dismissal. And this
is not all. Contributions are frequently iovied
upon them for purposes whloh they do not approve,
and their hard-earned wages are wrung from them
for the bssest of purposes.
The postmaster, a hotter by profession, oanses
guns to bo fired In honor of tho bolters 1 tioket
The poor olerks are immediately assessed from five
to ten dollars to pay for the powder. A bolters'
club is next gotten up, and the olerks are left no
alternative bnt to sign or leave. There Is not. a
monarchical Government In Europe that tolerates
tyranny likd this.
The above brief paragraph from the Cleve
land (Ohio) Plaindealer, true of the officers in
that city, is a perfect picture of the fato of tho
dependents of power in Philadelphia. "The
subordinates in every department of the Go
vernment here have been compelled to contri.
but© for every conceivable object, and we under,
stand that the expenses of tho late Disunion
mooting were paid bythesomen,mostofwhbm
have largo families to support, and nearly all
of whom, in their hearts, despise the tyrants
who rulo over them, and the matobless folly of
which those tyrants arc . guilty. The money
of the people, used heretofore to break up the
Democratic party, is henceforth to be used for
the purpose oi destroying the Union.
The Gbain anb Grass Crops op Pennsyl
vania —The Farmer and Gardener, for July,
Says: “We are pleased to bo able to state that
the grass orop of our State, at least the eastern
portion of It, nover looked finer or gave better pro
mise of a Urge yield. The grain crop looks equally
woll. All that is now wanting is good weather for
harvesting. ”
Georgia papers claim that tho vacancy in
the Supreme Court of the United States will bo
filled by the appointment ot R. R. Cobb, brother
of the Secretary of tho Treasury,
THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JILY 4, 1860.
y Relief from Over-work, _
It lias to
learn, from fa yesterday's
P&Esa, Lindsay &
Blakistox, SnrTll, Exati»H & Co., and seve
ral other taodiaglfcidhfeUere and publishers In
this city, believing ..that they and thelr em
ployes would bo benefited by a slight relaxa
tion from'the usual hours of business during.
, the warmest days of summer, have agreed to
close their respective stores at 5 P. M., daily,
from the first of this month to tho twentieth
of August. ;The early closing System isfr
rational as well as humane, lor the gas con-,
Burned in the bookstores night, except on
the arrival of the.'Christmas holidays, must
cost mote than is gained. by the ordinary
sales after dusk.'
There is something to be dono, even beyond
this thoughtful kindness of our 1 friends, the
publishers and booksellers, towards their em
ployes. Humanity demands that tho condi
tion of clerks, dispensers,' and other persons
employed in drag-stores, bn Sunday, should
be cured for. We have received several
communications on this subject, on behalf, as
one intelligent gentleman writes to us, of
< ( poor drug clerks, cooped np all the year;
permitted to look at, though not to enjoy, the
glad'smiles ond bright sunshine and gentle
breezes which Heaven has sent us. 1 ’
’ There ore at least three thousand youDg
men employed in drag-stores in Philadelphia,
who have to attend every day in tho week.
To them, Sunday is much as any other
except that, from the shutters being up
all da|jr, they are in a manner cooped in and
much duller than usual. One of these gentle
men has thus stated his case to us;
“ Though engaged with one of the kindest and
best of employers, who is willing .to aeoede to, and
gratify the wishes of bis young men, yet so it is,
we'sre confined from year to year, from six o'clock
in tho morning until twelve' o'clock at midnight
with the proviso thftt we may be rapped up several
times in the night, after wo have sought ouroouch.
The holiday Allowed us is part of one afternoon in
!be! week and one evening. Ndw. my employer
disapproves of keeplog open all of Sunday. He
thins a it is a custom* a mere form, and our receipts
prove it. Yet, we are confined on all of that day,
by turns; when, as in niy.bape,' my employer
would say, were it otherwise—* Boys, I will attend
until church time, and at neon for yoti; go la the
country and clear your thuddled brains, and return
fresh and regenerated for another week’s tdl.* We
will not acceptU now, for the reason that our ho
nor would not permit of us confining him. Where
as, if we were closed part ot the day. we could go, ;
and not feel that we were imposing on him.” , ■
This case is very fairly put. The druggists’
assistants ought to he liberated from Sunday
attendance. The health of body and soul
would be benefited thereby.. The instance!
in which medicine isurgently requiredon Sun
day are comparatively rare. The chief sal?
on that day is of mineral water and perfumery.
There may be a little difficulty at first In gof
ting physiddus into the way of hot wanting next
prescriptions made up on Sunday, but that fe
to be overcome. Let druggists’ assistants fas
liberated, like the rest of the workers ii
tho human hive, on one day in the week. >
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<j escape!
the responsibility of helping to maintain R nowc- i
paper devoted to tho overthrow of the Un|on, and
of oovering himsoif with disgrace at the same!
time—bnt the President is resolvnd to hold him to*
his.trust. It is charged that Bowman has made
some thirty thousand dollars clear, within the last
six months, and his masters will expect him to
spend the best part of that in keeping up tho Con- ,
stitution . Moanwhlle, the British editor,' Brown-e,
is also anxious to escape the sinking ship,/and it is,
not doubted that, a fow days sgo, he had his vale
dictory written, but, by some means or other, it!
was countermanded. , '
In painfnl harmony with this stale pf) things Is'
the foot that even the Seooders at Baltimore re
fused to oompliment tho Presidont and his Admin- j
istratlon, and to-day, I-loarned tho samo insult!
was heaped upon Mr. Bnohanah, and by the So- 1
oesslon meeting, held in Independence Square, in’
your olty, last ovening. Nevertheless, Broekia- -
ridge and Lane are tho exponents of tho Adminis- -
tration, and all its poltoy, Us persecutions, its In-'
consistencies, and its trsaohorios, and as such ex--
pononts thoy will bo hold to'a beautifnl rosponsi-!
bility by the people of ihe Southern States I
: Tho Republioans look with exulting oyos oveij
this field of strife, and arc quietly preparing fptj
what they oonoeire will bo an easy victory for
Lincoln and Hamlin in November next.
Attaofe* upon them are lost amid tho dip
aenslonejamong tho Detnooraoy. lodood, tho work
is being dono to their hands by the dependents of
the Administration, bnt everywhere Bouglru is
oapturing tho organization; and whatever fato
betides him and his friendl, they wUI henceforth
be most of what may be loft of the Demooratio
party of the United States when James Buchanan
retires to the shades of privato life. Tho Ameri
cans are iu ezoellent spirits, too. They expeot to
resoue a number of prizes from the wreck. Among
other anticipations is one that in theevent'of the
Presidency going into the House, the Bepublloacs,
failing te elect Lincoln, will vote for Bell, if he
can be returned as one of tho third highest oandi
dates, in order to checkmate the Senate in the BIS*
union game of electing Joe Lane President-~the
Administration oandidate for Vice Presidont—-ac
cording to the provisions of the Constitution, for
four yoars, from the fourth Of March next.
Seventeen States will be necessary to secure the
election of any man in the House of Represents*
lives. The Republicans have fifteen, the Atneri*
onns one, (Tennessee,) and Illinois is in the
hands of the friends of Douglas. But the dele*
gallon from tho Ifttter State is composed, of
four straight-out Demoorats, four straight-out
Republicans, and one anti-Lcoompton Democrat-*-'
Hon. Isaac N. Morris, of the Qqicoy dis
trict. Now, it may happen that Morris, with
his single vote, may be enabled, upon this theory,
to deoide the next Presidential oleotion, should it
go to the House. He la an,active and unepailog
foe of Buob&nan and Breckinridge, and is particu
larly hostile to. the illustrious Gen. Jp® Lane of
Oregon. I should not be at all surprised) if it o*ms
Wabhikgton, July 3,1800.
down to hla vote to decide between ’John Belt, of
Tennessee, the American candidatejTqr the. Pres
idency, and Gen. Joe Lane, the candi
date for Vice President—if, in other-words, by
Voting tbr Bell, he ooutd.prevent the Seriate froip
4Wring Lane—l should ho£ Ije/tftfrptf sed If Morris
tpokjthe responsibility, and gave bi#**vote tb Belj.
I wet present, not long ego, when this theory was
presented to Morris, and I noticed, by tbe flash of
his black eye, that he himself was not ignorant of
the importance attaohed to his position.
Do not act upon the idea you seemed to enter
tain a few days ago that Breckinridge and Lane
will, secure the organisation «bd the votes of the
'DitWraliO party in the Bonth. The reaction has
already commenced in Virginia. The announce
ment that Mr. Pryor, had declared in favor of
Breokinridge created a panic at first, but it is now
passing off, A very active and enthu*iastio can
vass has begun in tbe Petersburg (Va.) district,
and the Valley Star t Gov.' Letcher's home organ,
has raised the Douglar flag in a fleroo editorial.
The news from. New Orleans-is alSo favorabfe, and
the old organ of tho North Carolina Demooraoy,
the Raleigh Standard> 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, <le
livers tho annual address before the literary soci
eties of Hobart College.
Rev. Dr. Clarkson, of Chicago, Is to de
liver tho address before the Alumni of Pennsylva
nia College, at the annual commencement.
THE Cl TY.
AMU3&MXMTS THIS EVENING.
Wst'iiinr Aactt »TSXBr Tkka.t*k,
“The Naiad Cfcfieen*"”OoolM a Cucumber.”
' JaCDopoueu a UAJVTixai Kao* street, pejow Third.—
BatertauunenU niflwi i
- PbxnstlvaNU. ACAbXMT Or FiNs, Axts, 1025 Chest
nut street.—The Nth Aamall HxniMtiOit.
. National Hall. Marked above Twelfth street.—
” Solomon's Temßle.**
CK&KBiIATIOX OF THE FOURTH OF JULT.—
Thero will be no general celebration of the “ glQ
ridusFourth” by onr clUzdos to-day, bat*large
number of corapapie*, olubs, and ether asfoelitiODS
will celebrate it-;in their own way.'aroofdfbg to
their peoullar ta Aea. From present appearance*,
there will be a very meagre dUpUy of fireworks,
on private account, la the city. The recent order
Issued by the Mayor, forbidding. the sate of the
more dangerous olass of pyrotechnics, has operated
as a “ damper,” bAh upon the' little boys And the
dealers in gunpowder explosives. The demand is
so limited, that dealers, apprehensive of having a
surplus left on hand, are in many cases- willing (o
get rid of thoir stock at cost prices, rather than run
the risk of having it left upon their hands for
another year, for after the Fourth of July is over
there is little chance of dispodog of fireworks until
the next “ anniversary” conies round, exoept it be,
perhaps, when a political or a fire* ion’s procession
occurs.
The absence of the nuisance of small firewotkr,
and tbo comparative safety of the citizens from
the danger of fire in oousequeoce, will hare the
effoefc to keep many in the oity who might other
wise have felt disposed to paS3lhe day in the ooun
try. To one and all we would expressly caution to
beware of excesses of all kinds, both of eating,
drinking, and improper conduct; and if this is pro
perly observed, thero will be little cause of regret
to be felt after the day has psased. and many a
valuable life will be spared. Many lives are an
nually lost on this day by the neglect to observe
the rules of temporanoe, moderation, and forbear
ance.
The following oelebratlons of the day have been
annnnncrd to take place:
Tho Second Regiment of infantry, Second
Brigade, Colonel Conroy, will parade in the moan
ing. Tbe line will be formed at six o’clock A.M ,
on Tocnst street, right resting on Bro*d, fAcinjr
north, and after a short parade, the regiment will
be dismissed.
The Minute Men of ’76 will meet at their armory,
*V7± o’clock A- M.. and proceed to Nornriown.
The Washington Blues will parade early in the
morning.
The State Society of the Cincinnati of Pennayl
vanifl will, ssufusl. commemorate the anniversary.
Tho annua] meeting will he held in the morning
at. the La Pierre Hnnro, and a banquet will be per
taken of at 4 o’olock P. M.
Tbe oelebration and parade of tbe Order of
United American Mechanics will probably be the
chief feature cf the d%y’g observance . A, proves
Flon will take place, in whioh the National and
twenty-three subordinate Councils will take part,
John Krlder, chief marshal. Tho line‘will he
composed of five divisions, and will form in the
morning on Girard avontie, right on Otis street
Countermarch down the avenue to Fourth ; down
Fourth to Brown ;up Brown to Twelfth: down
Twelfth to Chestnut; Chestnut to Third; Third to
Dock; Dock to Second; Second to Moyamensinz
avenue; Moyamensing avenue to Wharton; up
Wharton to Ninth; Ninth to Spruco; Spruce to
Sixteenth; Sixteenth to Vine; Vine to Twenty
second ; up Twenty-second to Coates; not Coate?
to Fftirmonnt Park, where the Declaration of In*
dependence will be read by J. T Pearce, of Ame
rica Star Council. No 53. and the oration will he
delivered by E Joy Morris, of Engle Council, No.
19 At the olose of the exercises, the line will
aeain be formed, andmarch down Coates to Broad,
whero they will be reviewed by the Chief Marshal,
bis aids, and assistant marshals. The, line wPI
march up Broad to Girard avenue, &nd‘faalt until
the marshal takes bis position; march down
Glrsrd avenae to Fourth, down Fourth to th« Hall,
and thero dismiss.
Tbe old soldiers of the wAr of ISI2 will meet, ai
u*nal, at the County Court-house.
The Democrats will have their annual gathering
in Independence Square, ftt 9 o’clock iu the morn-
Tbe annual contest between the English eleven
of the United States and eighteen Americans will
take place on the ground of tbe Philadelphia Clnh.
at Camden, to day and tormorrow, and each side
brings into the field a much stronger team than
(hose of previous seasons, the American eighteen
having profited largely from the visit of the old
England eleven Inst year, and the Old Country
eleven having received from the parent land several
valuable additions to their side. -
Tho olevon are: Senior, of tho,Philadelphia
Club ; Barlow, of the St. George’s Club, of Phila
delphia; Sadler and Sams, from King’s Coonty
duo, of New York; Sharpe. Hampshire, WiJby,
Hudson, and Higham, from the New York ; Halits,
from ihe Newsrk; and Gibbes, from tbe St.
George’s Club, of New York. On the side of the
Americans are : Newhall, Barclay. Morgan Kep
hardt, Provost, Vernon, Eskin, Hunt, Johnson
Ptevens. Knox, T. Davis, Crreley. Jones, Wlster.
W. P Winter, all of, Philadelphia C!nbs; Jackson,
of Amsterdam, snd Fox, of N*w York.
The members of tho Catholic PhilopatriaD
Literary Irslitnto will meet at 10 o’clook A. M .
at their hall, northeast corner of Tenth and Ches'-
nnt streets. The .Declaration of ‘lndependence
will ho read by Wm. F Carlin. E*q , to be follow
ed by an oration by Wat. H. Martin, Esq.
Location of tbk new County - Build
i^os. —A.meeting of the Board of CommirdoneTS
having in oharge the location and erection of the
now county buildings was held on Monday after
noon. Tbe meeting was private—no reporters be
ing admitted—and as it was a protracted one, we
were unable to' famish yesterday accurate reports
of the proceedings. AH the business transacted by
the Board was made known yesterday. Tbe mem
bers present at the meeting were Judges Stroud.
Thompson, Allison, and Ludlow; Messrs..Cuyler
and Trego, and Mayer Henry, president. Six pe
titions frnm citizens were presented, remonstrating
against tbe location of, the, pubUcbondi again In?
dependence Square. Judge Stroud, from tho com
mittee to .consider the accommodations required
for tbo coart rooms and offices, presented a report
which set forth tbo acoommcdations required
Upon the consideration of the report, Judge Alli
son moved an auleridment that two sleeping rooms
for jurors, and jury rooms, be added, which was
agreed to. and the report, as amended, adopted.
C. B. Trego, President of Common Council, pre
sented tho report in rogsrd to the municipal build
ings. which was adopted.
The Board proceeded to decide upon the location
of the pnhlio when Mr. Cuyler- moved
that the buildings be separated, the municipal
buildings to be located open tbe northeast section
of Penn Square, and the court offices in some part
of Independence Square. Upon the motion of
Judge Stroud, tho question was divided, and put
upon each portion separately.
The first section, locating the municipal build
ings being under Consideration, Judge Ludlow
oalled the yeas and nays. Yens—Judges Stroud
and Allien, Messrs Trego and Cuyler, 4 ; nays—
Judges Thompson and Ludlow, and Henry, presi
dent, 3. Tbe first Motion was, therefore,
carried. The second section of resolution
being under consideration, Mr. Cuyler cell
ed for the yeas and nays. Yeas—Judge Ipd
low, and Messrs. Cuvier and Henry, president 3 ;
nsvs—Judges Stroud and Allison, and Mr. Trego
—3. Judge Thompson declined to vote for tbe
present. Tho question was, therefore, not derided
Mr. Cuyler moved to reconsider the vote upon the
first olausn of rosriution; carried. Mr. Cayfer
then moved tosmend tbo first part of resolution, by
striking out northeast and inserting “a” section of
Ponn Square. Judgo Ludlow called for tho yeas
and nays. Yens—Juries Stroud. Allison, and
Thompson, and Messrs Cuyler, Trego, and HeDry.
president—o; nays—Judge Ludlow—l. Tho reso
lution was therefore carried. Upon motion, th*.
Commissioners then adjourned, to meet on Friday
next, at 4£ P M.
The renort presented by tho Cofi>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 Iw<rafter the elrctioa, the. wit
ness went to the hotel In search of Mr Gabble, hot
he was not there; the witness woe not able to state
bow these men voted, as he did not see the inside
of their tickets.
Mr. Fredericks recalled, and testified that he had
resided*in tbe ward over tbreejears.
Mr. Dechert. Were there not strangers voting
that day? .
This was objected to and the qsestion was with
drawn. and Mr. Decbert endeavored to obtain
from the witness the tact whether or not a Urge
number of challenges weremade and disregarded.
To this Mr. Brewster objected, and urged'fbat
tbe contestant should be required to abide by their
specifications. In them there is nothing charging
the election-officers with neglecting their duty
whole petition is directed to the reception of Wagel
votes. Let this be proven, and the case wilt fie
shortened aid tho truth elicited. In the District
Attorney'case, therpecificAtiens contained exp wee
obarges »gafn*t tbe election-officers - 1 r_■
Mr. Dochert referred to the feet that in most alt
tbe specifications charging the election officers with
a disregard of t*ro law were strioken out before the
nose commenced, end yet the court heard evidence
bearing on this point.
Mr. Brewster replied that the oase hid not pro
ceeded two days before it was virtually considered
that these specifications were reinstated.
Jalgo Ludlow said that, while be was disposed
to ho’d the contestants strictly to the spec’ft cations,
he was bound by the ruling in the case rafe rred to.
The High School Exaxixatiox—Qczstiox
for Candidates, Jolt 3, 1830.— Menturatiori. —
1. What is a point, a right of Straight line, a
curved line, a planeuuperfieice, a zone?
2. How do you find the area of a rhombus?
3 Tho area of 'a MalenW triangle is eSxty-fouT
acres, %od the base fifty oh's, required the ride of
the inscribed rqaare?
4 How many fiqnare feet are there In a beard
ope foot six inches wide - at one end, end one foot
three Inches at the other, the length bring twentv
feat? f
5. When tbe bw and perpendicularnra given,
what Is the rule for finding the area of a triangle?
6. The area of a rectangle U 27 A. 3 R. 20 P.,
*ad tho length is to tha braadth as 9to T; nqaitaS
the rides.
7. The diameter of a chole is 7Ji feet; what Is
tbe diameter of one contalnLn’g five times as mneh
area?-
6.. What is the radius of a circle, a tangent, a
parallelogram, a Chord, a lane ?
- 9. - What is the aroa of a triangular field whose
base Is 400 feet and whose height is two-thirds as
much ?
10. What are the aides of a triangle containing
33 0 A... In the proportion 0f13.14, and 15 eb’a ?.
Questions on the Constitution of the United
■States, prepared by Prof 8.-H Rand.
1. To what do tbo three principal articles of the
Consti»u‘ion relate?
2 Wbafc part of the apportionment clause limits
the unmber of Representatives ?
3 What portion of the Senators is chosen every
second tost ; and why l
4 How do the qualifications of a Senator differ
from those of a Representative ?
5. Which House has power io bring impeach'
meats and which to try them ?
6. At what date does Congress assemble? Why
was a day fixed by the Constitution for the meeting
of Congress ?
7. What are the powers of a smeller number
then » quorum in either House of Congrats 7.
8 What nre tbe restrictions of the Constitution
as regards the power of adjournment ?
9 When the of Representatives f
lo eleofc a President in default of a choice bv tii.-
electoral college, what are the provisions oi tl<?
Constitution ? '
10. Should the House fail to elect by the itt, .v
Maroh, what are the provisions of the Oon«rUn
tion ?
Panic in a School House —About Ljg-'-
psst o’olook on Monday morning, the ceiling t-r
ihe Marlborough street fchool house.
ward, fell in while the school was in session fir’-:'
excitement .ensued, and but for the preserve oi
mind’of the teaibers, the accident would, ne .in.b»
baie been of a serious obsracter. They Ico’.fJ
the doors, and thus prevented thatfearful rass i>r
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
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