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( SATURDAY, .14; im.
_ HaMt Pao*.—WhatPlpe-elmy Sid; Lattsr from
"Oaearional;'.’ Another Monopoly inthe New;
- Ja«ey : OhMi ; Letter from damp Manoosey ;,
Fran a New Correrpbndent; Peraonal; Religious
Ictelllxeoe* Peonsylvante Naira; Gepecel News,
'^gjjpni'.'.>*o*. California Nawa; Politloal ;
Military and Naval; Marina Intelligence.
Tke New*.
Albert W-Rleka/the pirate and mnrdarar, .was
:, ; aaaaat»i, : at Bedloe’s lriand,yeaterdey morning,,
aithelf pert eleven o’eloek.Hiekawubaag on
• .fht -mn»«gal}eiee onublch Stephens and many
; .othaiawareexeentedintbo prison yard of the.
Tomb*. Oaltiad Stataa Marshal Ryoders we* the.
exe**ttoner. - < Tka ozaaotion was tritnueed by
, tAbaaanda bpk .'lba iminaroai ' azennion Viata on
''the biy, aadwuia plalnvlew' from the Bat lory.
,-;'7fb*pirate eipietel > hUerimaa profeaslig repent-,
aaea. Ho was Haompantad tothe gallows and i
. aaaMad ta'lba naaal devotions by Father Daran
gnat. A. company bf United State* marines pre
' airraid 'ordir.-'-HVike'la raportad to haw. made a
C'ecßfWrioa', .Which will bepobllshed inafawdaya.
V: denies, oSolally, tha statement.
that tha Prertdsnt and Senator Owinhad quur
rellad.Tke oryanaayi: ‘‘Tha story going the.
roendppf thepapers *boot a qusrrel between tha
-/Ptieidaat hod Senator Gwin U anUialy destitute.
Of foindaflfli In trntbor feet. Tha ralaHona be
{.tween the Praia eet and tha Senator from Oali
- fornia ap ta the hoar of tha dapartaraof the latter.
■ oa Tnsadaylast.wer* never son friandly:" . ,
Wa taarhfrom Waahlngton that Robert Barth,
"if St. lonia, hah boon reoognlsed by tha Piaetdant
.. aaoonralfrom Saxanjj for tha States ofMlssonri,
'fowa, Arkansas, LoirisUne, Texas, California, «re
-, gon, sad. Mlnssscta, and tha Territories of Haw
hfuiso Ud Utah. /,
- AtTrsntcn, Now Janay, on Thmnday night; tha
' dry.goods store ofMessoLTitus and Snddarawas
.rehbedof Si.MO worth of rtlks.
. : .Theitnek marketwaaeetlTeyestefday morning,
r fitnbtfoyanfiy being exhibited than ta nsually.
. seen at this aaasov of flu yaw. Tha moat remarka
ble ohangr was InNotth Pennsylvania, Ballroad
' .'rixar,' whleb.bpeeed with ealea of $lO,OOO at 75,
' 'and,afterwards adranaad to 75|. Pannrtylvania
-JUBroßdwaadali,and destined i. Than la a large
■ttoantof natm ployed oepltal on tha atroat, and
hkt tittle probability of any very heavy demand
fljr It fair tha haJatMe of the- year. Tha floor mar
ket la itill,'with no ebange to note. Than Is moye
: flotogln wheat, tha receipt! (releasing. In gro
aariaa thira la a vary little movement, while pro
ririou art hnn and adraeelng. Whisky le'aearce.
In tta Raw York market stooka an aotlva and
higher. Plonr 1« firm, wheat advanced lc, with
Salsa of 40,000 haahaia. Core, pork, and lard are
: tat; while whisky is doll. In tha Baltimore mar
ket floorradall,batsteady; Wheat ia quiet, corn
la dui, provlriona aotlva, but Arm. Whisky is
doll.-' , • • •
. ' By w special despatch from Waahlogton, ln U.
day’s paper, it will be seen that a somewhat import
- mtarror wu made in tha editorial In Thursday’s
’ jhwar. fa regard to the eomplekton of tho next
V-TOMSfI StaUiSanata.
' ’"' Tha Japanetsa Arnbuasdors, have presented $20,-
«W to te divided pr* rata among tho polio# of.
Washington, Beitlmom, Philadelphla, and New
fork. The following table shows tha time spent
' by tha Ambassadors la Ora dilaraot oitiaa aad the
• smenrlr to fra paid to the police ■.
Wailbiartoß- .... r» ... Mo
’ KwtyaJtk .7.";.v:7is • IUJ ilwo
. , Total. »».«»'
-A ConTtotlon of 801 l and Kyerott dolOK*Ui, from
ttomml wtrdi of the ls to bo hold on tbo
XU initio t, in form it ctt/ ind eonntj ticket. A
' CUfltNfoßcl Conv«ntioE,ofjhe mu party, will
bohotd in eooh dlitrict, on tho arenlng of tho 26th
i inotoat.nnd a loglilativt Contention on the 30th,
■’ Tbo of • nomination fbraoronor will ho
rofottod to tho State BueoaUoo Committee.
- fhrPf«rt>Jt»rliinCh«reb, *t Attnntlo City, te la
; tM^j)rort4«riiifth«.b»tMn*-mson—th« trnstasH
ktrißf nud* JOTiDfOBKOte to thttafoet. Bar.
Ktarj, Darling, putor of tt» Clinton-stmt
. Cfr«TS>, ot thte dtp, will delirer tha Irst soiraon of
tka mmou, to-morrow
Jobs yentrln, a bratil (eUow, residiDg in Qer
nuntown, wms committed toprijon jminitj, tor
boating Ui wifo, and knocking onto coaplo of bar
tooth.
- "9b* public schooli of this city hsTSCloMdfsr the
• ’ sarfsier TscstlOß, and will not ro-opon onto the
. 27th of input.
..., Tho. Hca. John O. Brseklnridfc, Blranion can
dUaUfbr the Prssidsooy, arrirsd in BsiUmoro
hit craning,'end wm raseiring rtilts from his
• Meeds. --
The Knickerbocker for August.
Ckirlw Q. Lelud thtr month eotamoooes a sc-
soadwriM 0f.." The .Obaarratlons of Id see Sloper.
; Esq.',” and vsry pleasant reading It Is—the cony si
i sattoo beiag aasf and natoral, with a dash of oddi
■ ty. “ The Oid-New; or Aneten t History of Modem
- tarenttons,” ky Or. Vojts, contain. Information
not gesmally known. In Mr. CJark’s Editorial
\,iistort«*lN«rr*ti« of ths Kmcisrboater Maga
, stss'g.we And an; aooooht of Mr. Longf.llow’. ooi
, trtbatkoe, oosamsiMlng twutj-six years ago, with
■ his I‘Blanh Book of a Conntry School-master,” in
yaase. There is large mention, also, wltheopionse*-,
r t»aeie, of another aWeoontrihntor.Thos.W.Parsons,
'of Baton. ' The Editor's Table, Ailed as nsnal with
.ayteyjeMsrks and ansedotea, snppUee as witb-tha
. .ibllawtaf:.
. •< A town friend, who liras ini Twenty-third
.. street, hasu ntseaeely lataUleent arrant
, ‘siSdm’t think.' 'Canyon fell me where no;
; lil ts, In .thlf street T' asked ageeUemu of her.
t)*s:«iornls*. ‘Ob i’.she replied, l it ia not in' this
: '.atreet.tbttthatnnmber is, sir;it la,in Thirty
-Httfth' street; I tent it there bn Sunday wid my
■" «t 2» 1 Globe Hotel, ’ Watertbarh, In on
■ ' {lreState,' opens npon Ooart and Arsenal streets.
' Ta former times it mas kept by Haodertlle. slnee
■ tbu fens to the shades ofseir-daatmetion. Maade
. riSe, althongk not old, wu almost entirely bald ;
■ aadoneday,sittiiig In the bar-room, arith his hat
able kaee, a farmer satersd with hlackhcrries to
I.The prla asked wae Are eeati, bnt |dt Hands
rtlla efered wae fenr,whichtba farmer refneing to
- take, weatent. doing ap Court street, the buck
- berry man tuned mend In Areehel etrect, and.'
•tambUimaloeg,rnideUe way into tha ‘Globe’
.. j*geia-«.Jesade»Ulo,meantlme, hedpo»ble hat on
auaead. end ereesnted a man mneh yonagar in
‘ aapeeranoa. Golngop, tha farmar again bantered
r bfm to bnr kb be riles. Mandarine inquired the
• brfae. 1 (Peal,' ald the fereier, • thera'e an old
baM-hekded onss reootid there offared me fecur
eats, aad If yoa wan tern foStbatyoa may bare
. am.’' ItisaeedlsK toeay tbet Mandesllle nersr
. heard the laat of the <oM bald-heeded »
The Naiad Qaeen.
1 Thderealif, we bsllere, wlil baths very last of
. .tha.psrfuniaßee rQf the Nalsd Qat*n,.at Arch-.
.. .• m»rn* .ISestre. It mlght bare bad a forfniflbt’*
' farthsr ran, bid ths mansgamant* plsased.
SbsnietyieiJslameii.'aieehißeryiiindsnob “Azins,”
: MbaMofthsbestandmost attrkoUredbsorlptlon.
” H*S/.fohn Dmw and Mrs. Mnrphy (pretty Kata
-'.‘-yWafaj rary prattUy in this pieca,
.. and. the attraction .Is divided between them
YYapL o»wn',\tewit. Baker 'and- J. 8. Clarke,
: .wba are thsir iorers in tha pines. Ur.' Baker
pbinfiHp remlnde ns'of what Mr. Perry. Utterly
, MI I*to, (a taannef of speaking attrotandofan
. V'aß'ebbesionf,) bnt Mr. Clarke'* SchappsU faoy
'' UsightVlr io; a degree. There will be a
arewied hbtne "fti# ereaieg, we are very snre/for
HafsigHnssa,” tbe fame of : »,The Taodia,” ud a
i. jsibM ** es>»nsu*<e, eallad “ AUutle City,
.'WilliaPrlaaefWalab'amtead.''
' v .'-'PArknabn’a ,Oow?nnrn». Baraoma.—A new
-BUhef irllt be fhbtiabed to-iay. ii oontahii a
Ms lhdle,,Tery well eieeatad/ef a.new gmiUna
: *' .jnseiar'flOa'Oeiiimimeibiitk - Bank 'of thte eity. ; -it
, Y-nim kaaayaeiel yatlienUits fMfeedng aresiety of
Meal 1 aew. eouteefeits, aa auyu • alghty-two
■■ - 'haofegbaan iamsdiiaea done lAtb. Wa Aad tha
v.'fclttwiaguaenaaaaiaat.'trWek wiltlaiareat may
.ef emrmbdam: “Tba Oeetrai ttaak of Tanaayl
' 'i hwAMrimied at BaßHayehiatg,« abent tebe re-:
bnmitme<;«tt'is-aalii that serarailfeWTerk eapi-
Administration Organs.
Nothing vrill tell, tho story of the present
Admmiatration of-rfite General' Government
more faithfully fU%ggt > U».|hj..
changes in, and ca,t({ftroijti: ol'rits
own Immediate BtrqaASAS
came into pewer.'he dld BO with., ,tho - declai'a- :
tlon that he InlohdeA to recognUi no hewspa*;
per exponent. His very first step was a viola
tion ot this voluntary pledge, and every sub
sequent movement of himself and his Cabinet
lit tha' management. of the National organ
hasQhly.bqtna;nq#and'greaterblunder. Be
has chanwd his editors as often as he has
changeii nls friends. Those who dld not be
corne disgnsted wlth the : task set them {were
foreed to retire, because of, tbeir reftisal to en
dciwe the proscriptlbhs aiid follies of his Ad
nilnistration. Some left. utterly bankrupt,
others with pockets pretty well, lined, and the
Chief Engineer, Mr.. 3am AprixfoN; has
bean consigned -to a -lucrative banishment
as minister nesr the, person of : the
Autocrat of all. the Russias, After
disaging editors,-faying in detail the pens of
fTAsats of Missouri, Huonrs of Virginia,
JornrsOs of Ncw Tort, and finally the bright
hlade of Gen. BowHAn ot Pennsylvania, the
concern {has .dropped its name for an alias,
and Is now conducted by an Englishman; who
devotes himself to the coDgenialduty of aid
ing to break up the Democratic party and the
Union of these States ’at one and the same
time. The paper which began on tho day of
Hr. Boohasas's' inauguration as the expo
nent; ,bf ; 'the' great , principle. of self-go
vernment., under bis Administration, and
as- the faithfnl detender of the policy .upon
which- he was elected—-the oracle through
which, the country was told that he intended
honorably to make good all of his promises in
the campaign of 1856—is about to close, its
career as the oracle of a sectional Southern
party, led on by the avowed enemies ot the.
.Union, and devoted to a war upon the 1 con
servative Democracy of the free States.
What a . contrast between this history and
the,’history -of the old- Qlebe, conducted by
Esaxois Pi Blau I That .journal, hniltnp
under the Administration of Anonsw Jack
goa; Animated.by his counsels arid uttering his
opinions, became a terror to evil-doors in
the Democratic party, lashing weak and cor
tußttnen .in Congress-and out of it, and fur
nishing food for thought to : hundreds of strug
gling editors in every prnrt of the Union. It
.survived the terrible.conflict with the Bank of
tbe.United. States; it cried aloud and spared
not during the panic' of 1887; it upheld the
principles of the Administration of Vat) Bdrkn,
assisted in the final triumph of the Independent
Treasury; and led, the way, when that great
divorce took place between, Bank and State>
which Is to this day cherished as among the
proudest memorials bf the Democratic party-
In Beason and out of season, when the De
mocracy were defeated and victoirous,. the
Olobt was the newspaper leader or the Union.
When' Johs Tti.ee mounted to the Presi
dency - qver the grave of ’ William Hxhbt
Baxkisox, holding out his blandishments
to the weak and venal, the Olobt maintained a
defiant and independent position. It aided in
the . defeat of Mr. Clat in 1814, and- its In
trepid editor stood with bis flag flying when
Jams K. Polk came into the Presidential
chair in 1815. Then James Bucbakam aided
Join C. Galhocm in supplanting Mr. Blau.
Blair had rendered himself obnoxious to tho
NnlUflers because of his devotion to the prin
ciples of Andrew Jaokson, and it came
but, after the. election of Mr. Folk, that
.a. main consideration i for the support
of the extreme men in the South was
the stipulated secret surrender by Mr.
Polk of Mr. Blau. Tho veteran Kitchie
sncceeded.the veteran Blair, and dtl ring the
Administration of Mr. Polk continued steadily
to uphold the principles of the Democratic
patty. After Ritchie came that noble eld
man,.RoBEBT Armstrong, of Tennessee, who,
with- hie corps of editors, maintained Demo,
cratic principles under the Administrations of
Mr. Fillmore and Mr. Pierce. It was re
served for James Buchanan's Administration
to sat a new .example of the management of
national organs .as it has set a new example in
the destruction of tho Democratic party.-
There is to-day no journal at the seat of the
Federal Government that speaksfor .the old
fashioned Democracy, no bold Blau thunders,
oat for fundamental Democratic principles, no
indefatigable Ritchie appeals to the pride and
to the recollections of that great old party, no
disinterested Armstrong unfurls the flag that
has pointed the way to so many victories. A
Sectional Administration is represented by a
sectional newspaper; and, as the Democratic
party seems to be marching to certain over
throw,those whobave prepared the way for this
calamity are rioting upon the profits paid to
them aa a reward for their baseness and their
ingratitude. -
* The Japanese Again.
Shall we never bear the last of the Japanese?
They placed $20,000 in the hands of Mr.
Acocarrz Button!, to be presented to the
police of Washington, Baltimore, Philadel
phia, and New York, aa “ an acknowledgment
of the efficiency of the police in contributing
to their comfort.” Of this snm, New York
receives nearly $14,000, which the veritable
Herald tutjt la “ a strictly mathematical fact,”
whatever (hat may be, » but, at the same time,
it Is a silent recognition of the superiority of
onr police. In Washington the police did lit
tle or nothing, except to gnard the treaty box.
In'Baltimore there was hardly any opportu
nity tor the display of the force. In Phila
delphia the police were utterly incompetent.
They permitted themeb to ineult the Princes, ic
prete upon their carriages, and to annoy them
with vulgar gesturet and ribald remarks. The
street crowd at Philadelphia behaved in the most
disgraceful manner, and the police could or
would do nothing with them. In New York
the police behaved splendidly—pn the day ef
the reception, that of the visit to the City
Hall,' and generally in maintaining Order In
and about the Metropolitan Hotel.” 1 .
There was a mnltitode of spectators In Phi
ladelphia on the day when the Japanese were
circnitohsly conveyed through the city, at the
rate of a mile an hoar, bat no mob. A better
behaved multitude we never saw. The Japa
nese were. neither crowded upon, nor beset,
nor insulted here. Our police bad no need to
interfere. It was In New York, not in Phila
delphia, that the Japanese were advertised to
be seen in Niblo’s' Garden, daily, at 50 cents
a head. It was New York aldermen who sold
forged, tickets of admission, for rowdies, to tho
Japanese ball, Lastly, the'whole municipal
appropriation of $lO,OOO, in this city, wm not
expended, whereas. New York voted $BO,OOO
to entertain the Embassy, and certain aider
men ud connclimen spent $lOO,OOO in enter
taining themselves.
Too Late!
Fxaxcis the Second, King of the Two Sicl
ies, and son of King Boxba, the notorious
tyrant and perjurer, has granted a new Con
futation, and allowed the tri-coler flag to be
hoisted in his capital—the soft Partbenope of
the poets—with a view of checking the pro
gress Of Bevolution. His concessions come
too lato. His subjects will accept nothing
from him bnt his absence, and that they will
enforce before he Is many day* older.
Too late I—What histories are connected
with those two simple words. ■ How earnestly
might the moralist muse upon all that they
Involve.' Here is the Sovereign of' one of the
flneat kingdoms of Europe, newly seated up
on his throne, with as bright prospects as any
oi bis. line ever possessed. By avoiding the
evil policy of bis dead father whose name no
honest .Neapolitan or Sicilian utters without
an imprecation, he might have inaugurated
a new political system' of humanity, modera
tion, agd justice. He lets the precious Op
portunity" pus by. He Shows himself to be
unjvorthy son of. a most 'Worthless sire, and
the cries of his victims ascend from his noi
some dungeons, and torture-chambers, start
ling the air with pain and dolor-. At last, Ga
niaAtDi, an Apostle of Freedom, if over man
were since the death of Washington, lands in
Sicily with a few hundred ill-armed' volun
teers, and, in less than a month, his head
quarters are in Palermo, and he is virtually
ruler of the fair island, and is preparing to in
vade the Neapolitan territory on the main
land. The world’s sympathies are with him,
and Freedom cheers him onward, with voice,
and hand, and heart.
At this moment—baffled, frightened, beset,
and mocked at—the Neapolitan Sovereign
grants «a-liberal Constitution.” But—too
Fate: It cemes too late. Europe recollects,
as stso do his subjects, how his father also
granted aConaUtation in 1848, solemnly swore
to nubtaln it, and violated it, peijnrer as he
had ,the power so.
a seml Ctmstitntloinjy jiCing
son.
The Fees of Letter-Carriers
Tho letter-carriers connected -with our Post
Office arc exceedinglyiodigusiititt the now re
gulation rytuch iiti rocently gone into effect,
uutiorlzlng themto charge only one cent, in
stead ot jiwo cents'; for- thi delivery of letters
receivcd-here by mail, to the persona to whom
they areaddressed. It hrqiilte -possible that
their revenues will bo seriously diminished by
this change, and that, so iar as their individual
interests are concerned, it is therefore an un
fortunate one. But, however ranch this lobb
may be deplored by the parties directly con
cerned, there are excellent .reasons for the
new regulation, and it is a step in the right di
rection which should command general ap
proval.
If any one, felicitating himself upon the
general intelligence of the American people,
because nearly every adult native white citizen
can read and write, were ashed whether Great {
Britain or the United States, with nearly an
equal population, forwarded and received by
mail the greatest number of letters, he would
almost certainly reply, if he had not examined
the statistics relating to this subject, that the
correspondence of Our citizens was much more
extensive than that of the people of Great Bri
tain. But this opinion is exceedingly erro
neous. Instead of the number of letters for
warded in the United States exceeding the
number forwarded in Great Britain, or even
equalling it, more than three letters are for
warded through tho, British post offices to
every letter sent through the mails in America.
In 1856 the total number of American letters
was 181,460,409, while the British lettersnum
bered 478,898,808. The average number of
letters forwarded by each person in Great
Britain annually is 17, while in the United
States it is bnt 4.91
For this extraordinary difference in the
amount of correspondence between the people
of the two countries there are dOßbtless many
reasons. But the most poweribl ones are to be
found in the universal prevalence in Great
Britain of the cheap postage system and the
care taken to deliver at each man’s residence
the, letters directed to . him, Tor a trifling
cost. The uniform British rate of letter
postage (when the weight is not unusual)
is hut one penny, or about two cents —and
this charge includes Its delivery at his
door, without extra compensation to letter
carriers—in all of the chief towns and
cities, and even in many villages and rural
districts. For the charge which has hereto
fore prevailed in this. country simply for the
delivery ot a letter received at a post office io
the person to whom it is addressed in a differ
ent part of the' city, Great Britain has, since
1840, received, forwarded by mail, and de
livered all correspondence within her home
dominions, and her reward for this economi
cal and accommodating method of supply
ing the wants of her people, has been the
creailon of an Immense correspondence, from
the revenues of which she not only is re
paid for. her expenditures, but annually de
rives a very handsome surplus profit, which
amounted, in 1856, to 9 6,088,625, and proba
bly exceeds that sum at the present time.
In no respect is there a greater contrast be.
tween the British postal system, which, since
its thorough reformation in 1840, has been
tho most successful branch of her Govern
ment, and the American system, which is
in many respects a failure, constantly requi
ring large appropriations to sustain it, as well
as a fruitful source of discontent by its ina
bility to satisfy the just expectations of the
American people, than in the measures taken
by the two countries to insure the delivery of
letters, when they arrive at their proper post
offices, to the persons to whom they are direct
ed. This fact will readily, be seen when we
state that in Great Britain in 1854,4,895 letter
carriers were employed in cities and towns, at
a salary of $804,576, and 4,326 letter-carriers
were employed in rural districts, at salaries
of $601,420, making $1,405,995 paid for tho
performance of this service alone, under a
' cheap postage system which was extremely
profitable, while the whole pay of letter-car.
riers in onr country in 1856 was set down at
$162,915.
The redaction of their fee to one cent per
letter is bnt a small' step, it is trne, towards
the introduction of a general system which
would greatly promote the convenience of the
, public and the revenue of the Department}'
bnt it is a step in the right direction, and it is
• to be hoped that it will be followed up by
other measures which will eventually place',
our post-office arrangements upon a proper
footing. _
Mr. Buchanan’s Speech.
Mr. Bdchakav snnonnees that the political
speech delivered by himself, from one of the
windows of the Presidential mansion, a fow
midnights ago, will, in all human likelihood,
be his last. Should this annonneement be
verified, it will be, without exception, the most
gratifying intelligence the country has re
ceived from that quarter, tho last three years.
certain memorable occasion, recorded In
Scifpture history, the last wine served to the
wedding guests was the best. 80, too, orni
thologists assert, that the euthanasia, or dying
notes of the swan, are the sweetest. This
order is here, however, sadly reversed. The
“ last political speech” of the distinguished
“old public functionary,” now in the occu
pancy of the Whits Bongo, so far from being
tho best he has ever delivered, deserves to be
classed among his weakest and poorest. It
wonld greatly redonnd to his credit had hs
not delivered that last “ political speech” at all.
Bnt, having delivered it, there Is certainly a
compensatory consideration in the assurance
that It is to have no successor, as wo trust its
puthor may not have, at least not one of “ tho
same sort.”
As a mere matter of taste, irrespective of
every ether consideration, we think this “ last
political speech” bad better been left unspo
ken. We hold the example to be an offence
against Presidential dignity, to characterise it
by no harsher phrase. Very cortain is it, that
not Georok WAsaixaToif, nor TftouAS Jef
febson, nor any of the sage and venerate,?
fathers who filled that high ofilco, wonld ever
have thought of converting it into an elec
tioneering rostrum.' Never before has tho
White House —the property of tho entire
country—been prostituted to such ignoble
ends. And, if .the manner of the speech be
offensive, it is nnhappily not at all relieved by
any compensatoiy features in the matter.
Both are alike exceptionable. We have only
timo, to-day, to point out a few of its glaring
inconsistencies and fallacies.
Mr. Buchanan characterises the nominees
of the Secessionists as « conservative” states
men. Yet he forgets to state, whatever their
own character, that they are the representa
tive candidates of all tho Disnnlonlsts, nulli
fiers, . Secessionists, and radical fire-eaters of
the country. From such 11 conservatism” as
they wonld bring ns, may the conntry forever
be delivered!
With characteristic effrontery, the speaker
claims to have “ ever been the friend of regu
lar nominations,” and this in tho very teeth of
the world-known tact, that he was, and is yet,
tho very head and front of the Danite bogus
organization. In Illinois—an organization so
notoriously usurped and Irrc'gnlar, that the
Secesslonißts themselves felt obliged to reject
it by a unanimous vate at'Charleston I After
hounding on his office-holders, as he has
done, to defeat and destroy the regular nomi
nations of the party there, and elsewhere—and
now to defeat the regular nominations of the
party in the Union —what consummate ef
frontery to claim to have “ always been the
friend of Tegnlar nominations,” and to have
never atruek a regular ticket! Can hypocrisy
go further ?
The allegation that Judge had not
a two-third vote of the entire nominating body,
as it existed before the secession, and, there
fore, is not tho regular nominee of the party,
is as preposterous as it Is historically nntrue.
Mr. Buchanan is a lawyer, and he mnst have
learned, when yet practising in the Quarter
Sessions of Lancaster county, the legal maxim,
as ancient as it is truo, that “No man can he
suffered to tako advantage of his own wrong.”
How dishonorable for the Secessionists, led on
byYASCKt & Co., to enter the Conveptlpp,
attempt to control its proceedings, but when
fairly and honorably beaten, take to their
heels, and then make mouths hack at the re
maining delegates, and taunt them with the
allegation that they have not two-thirds of a
ftill body 1 This is the recklessness of the
gambler,'who stakes a large Bum on the throw
of a card, resolved, that if ho winß he will take
the stakes with joy, bnt if he loses, be will
grab the entire bank, and proceed to the
nearest magistrate and lodge complaint
against the keeper! And this kind of political
grab-game this renowned stickler for regular
nominations, from the very windows apd steps
'THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, JULY 14. 1830.
of the White House, approves and endorses!
Oh I shame, where ia thy blush 1
Another of. Hr. Buchanan's glaring miß
representations consist* in the allegation that
the Supremo Court, hare decided in favor of
tho right of the slaveholder to carry his slaves
into the Territories, and have them protected
by the General Government, whether the peo
ple of the Territory wish slavery or not. As
a candid man, he ought to have mentioned
that this is the very point in dispute. We
contend, and the great majority of the Demo
cratic party contends, that the Supreme Court
have decided nothing of the hind, the question
never having been submitted to them. This
Mr. BretUNAN knows as Well as we, and, as an
honest* jrnblie, functionary, he might not to
have omitted It from his “last political
speech.”
Afaother of Mr. Buoiianan’s Inconsistencies
Is seen in the declaration that both Douglas
and Bbeokinhidoe have been irregnlaily no
minated, and that, therefore, Democrats are
at perfect liberty' to make choice of either,
without having their Democracy Impugned.
If this be so, then why does he, in the sacred
bat sadly abused name of Democracy, decapi
tate those who exercise this freedom ? This
liberty he boldly claims for Jilmself, and in
ttteory, too, allows to others, but In practice
them for exercising.
The most glaring of all Mr. Buchanan's
eccentricities, however, consists in the fact
that, maugre all his treacheries and tergiversa
tions, he still claims to bo a Democrat! He
seems not content, either, with claiming to be
a Democrat of the every-day sort, but pro
fesses to be a Democrat, par excellence, of the
straitest and strictest sect—a Democrat of tho
ne phis ultra stamp—a very diamond among
common stones! With what justice, the fore
going facts will illustrate.
It has passed into a proverb, that It is not
possible to construct a silk purse out of a
sow's ear, not for want of skill on the part of
manufacturers, but because of the niter ab
sence of any such delicate Bnb3tance in the
aforesaid porkish appendage. So, we opine,
the effort to make a Democrat out of a torn
Federalist has proved a failure, not from the
want of earnest and persevering effort, hut
solely because of the wholly impropitlons
character of the raw material.
Mew York, everybody confesses, is far be
hind Philadelphia and many other cities in re
spect to markets. There were only two of
any importance—one at the east of the city,
at the end of Fulton street, and the other at
tho west, on the bank of the North river.
Fnlton market has long been noted as a great
colony of rats, which appear to claim the
placo as their own. Washington market,
nearly opposite, on tho other sido of tho city,
consisted of numerous low sheds, or shan
ties, to approach which, In .winter, a person
had to wade through a few squares of tena
cious mud—filthy, unwholesome, and abo
minable in all respects. Numerous at
tempts have been made to remove these dread
fully Inconvenient and thoroughly unwhole
some markets—to replace them, in better situa
tions, with clean, airy, and wholesome edifices
like those which now are tho pride and con
venience of Philadelphia. The land on which
they stand is city property, which, if sold as
building ground, would roaliso sufficient cash
to build half a dozon good and exteissivo mar
kets, farther np, in much better localities.
Fire, which Is a great evil, sometimes does
good. On Wednesday last, that groat and
disgraceful social evil, Washington Market,
was destroyed by fire, with a vast number of
sheds in its vicinity, the whole covering an area
ol about three acres. The total damage to
the persons who sold produce and other arti
cles lljere, is estimated at Dorn $lOO,OOO to
$160,000. There is little prospect, it is to he
hoped, that Washington Market will eyor again
rise out of the-ruins which now cover its old
site. What law, reason, health, conve
nience, and even inierut, have hitherto
failed to effect will be done, It Is expected, by
the agency of Fire. The wretched apology
for a public market has been burned down,
and now is the tipje to reprove it to a suitable
locality, and replace It by a handsome, Con
venient, substantial edifice, the model of which
pan he readily w} willingly supplied hyPhlla-.
delphia. .!■
From this city, where they-have long been
used with advantage, New York has been
glad to'take steam fire-engines. Slip may
now come to ns for plans, sections, and esti
mates of good markets—and when she uses
them, will probably declare that they origina
ted with herself i
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE.
letter from 44 Occasional'”
(GoJ7oipssdeae6 of The Preni.]
July 3.9, 3650.
Tho Southern States, und.er of the fire*
eaters, rocm deliberately to coptepiplatp the pet of
felo dfi .<£. Unfortunately for that section of the
Union, since J nines Buchanan came Into
power, its politloiane have ranged themsolvas
steadily on the side of what they have not been
able to deny was unrelieved wrong. Their course
on the giecojspton question, which was so eloquent*
ly and frankly denounced by toatpj; flam*
mond, and which, to use his own expression)
“ ought to have been kicked out of Congress,”
proved that slavery is sirpeplipl with then,
and justice nothing when it copep into
conflict with slavery. I have never met a
Southern gentleman who, in private oonversatior,
did sot admit that the whole Kansas policy of Mr.
Bochaoap, irwloiling his disapproval of the course
of Governor Welker, and his fearful blunders
of Leoompton and the English bill, ending
with hfs persecution of independent Demo
orats, was oejther more nor Jess than a great
crime; and yet. with these admissions upon
their lips, the Southern polltklaw have gone
into the Benate and the House, and have
pnt themselves boldly before the people, sot only
supporting this policy, hut demanding instant
judgment against, alt Democrats who did' not re*
•oho the same sentiments. Another example might
be quoted in the manner they approved and almost
deified that unmitigated pirate. Walker, in his raid
upon the people of Centra) Apiorfca, and his
, butcheries of onr own citizens. Their refusal
to indignantly frown down the Afrioan slave
trade, and thafr notorious efforts practically
: to reopen that Inhuman (regie, is another IdsUboo.
These enormities, witnessed by the whole Ameri
can people, must at least m a kp a faiet impression
against the inetUntlpn of slavery. It cannot bo
that even tbo Southern people th.em ßd Jvos will long
shut their eyes ta it, when they perceive that this
institution is to be maintained only by fraud
and wrong, and that all men are to be
excommunioated from political parties who do
not pgfpe that it shall be so sustained. The
result la tyeyiteblorrefyn the strongholds of the
South, that which is clatyed toby backbone, will
give way, and the whole system rush into Ir
remediable rule The last evidence of this'rapidly- (
approaching catastrophe ip fcpnd In the, present
position of the Democratic party Jn the Southern
States. Wlfbout a single provocation to form tho
sectional movement In favor of sreoklnrldge and
Lane—without the semblanea of irregularity io
the party from whioh the Southern politicians have
defected, but with every argument of usage, of prin
ciple, and of gratitude against them, the Southern
States are being arrayed in solid column agalori
the Democratic party of the free States, and all tbo
politicians south ot Mason and Dixon’s line afe
commanded to come forward and commit them*
selves to this new act of wrong, or to be oitraoised
forever from the favors of the Southern people !
The surrender of a number of the Southern
leaders to these exaotioss ia in the last degree bo
miliating. J hpya high respect for tho abilities of
Mr. Roger A. Pryor, but when I-see this gentle*
max, after being everywhere committed to the for*
tunes of Btephen A. Douglas—after having con
sulted with his friends, and stood up for him In the
House of Representatives, yielding before the de
mand of the Southern people, and giving his sup
port to J#hn O. Breckinridge, l feel that that must
indeed be neither ip,sr,e nor less than an unmitigated
despotism whioh could induce a jpan of so much
power and so much eloquence to give up his own
oonvlctlons and his most intimate friend?.
Take the case of Gideon J. Pillow, of Tennes
see. Ho, like Mr. Pryor, had made tho warmest
protestations of dovation to the fortunes of Judge
Douglas, and yet he, t6o, gave way before the
storm and left tho flag ot the gallant defepdor of
Southern institutions, the Senator from Illinois.
It Is flefd that Mr. Olingman, of North Oaroline,
has aleo yielded UP Jndgo Douglas, whom he de
fended so ably and so p#?;i.9jjately in the Senate
only a few weeks ago.
Look at the subject in another light. Observe
the way In which Horsohel V. Johnson was
treated by the people of Georgia, a fow days ago,
because he ypon the same ticket with Doug
las, and dared to fp.eak hi? thoughts. Witness the
brutality exercised towards the friends of googles
In Kentucky, in Alabama, in Mississippi, In Loui
siana, and In Texas. Can the Southern people
flatter themselves that this succession of wrongs,
perpetrated In the name of slavery, will not make
a lasting impression upon the people of/the free
Slates? There U not a'Democrat who will read
these lines, and will take up one after another the
transgressions of the Southern Administration lead
ers, In which I regret to say they have been but,
tatned by the Southern masses, who will not say to
himself that the institution which mult be maintain
ed by such means does not deserve support any long
What the Fire-king Does,
erfrom the Democracy of the freo States. We have
encountered defeat after defeat, for the purpose of
protesting Southern men in their rights. We have
contended against ItepabUoang and Abolitionists
la defence of these rights; and now, at the very
moment whan thi Northern masses bring I
forward the man who has led them in this |
cause, they behold the Southern States rallied
bofdty under the banner of a sectional oandl* 1
, date,, and are at last convinced that if this '
movement shall eucooed, slavery, and the sap- ;
port of slavery, will be the reigning element in the
organisation of the present Democratic party.
I forbear lifting the curtain that conceals the in*
•triples of tho local politicians in'Washlngton who
hara yielded np Judge Douglas at the demand of
the Administration and the Secessionists. It is
only another scene In a most discreditable
drama. Men who know that Judge Dou
glaft is true to the South, who admit that
lie is the regular Democratic candidate, and who
have watched his noble efforts in support of the
Democratic party In the House and in the Senate,
and whd, on tha other hand, do not deny that Mr.
Breoklnrldge is the nominee of the enemies of the
perty and o! the country, and that he is running a
race without regularity and without principle, yot
iai>bedienoe to what they call the Southern feel
tog, they put themselves under bis 'flag and join
bends with the persecutors of Jodgo Douglas I
will pursue this unpleasant theme no farther.
Illustrated News op ths World —From
Messrs. H. A. Brown A Co., Boston, the American
agents, we have the above plotorlal of June 30. It
contains the usual number of fine wood.cn
gravings, and also a supplement-portrait, on steel
of the Duke of Argyll, a red haired small gentle
man, who Is a Cablnot Minister, because he has
rank, wealth, ambition, and the Duchess of Su
therland's daughter as his wife.
•E?* Messrs. Beamer A Ctmpbell have pub*
ltshed the best and obeapest steel.plnte likenesses
of Douglas, Lincoln, and Bell that hare yot ap
peared. They can be proonrod at Callender's, Zle
ber’s, and other places in the city.
ty We are under great obligations to Adams'
Express* Company for copies of New Orleans,
Memphis, and Pittsburg papers, of a very late
date.
Letter from New York*
[Correspondence of The Press.]
Nxw York, July 13, 1800.
' "The pirate Bloks died to-day, on Bedloe's island.
The telegraph will have told yon the details of the
denoufment of a terrible life-drama, and I need
not dwell upon them. The marshal took speelal
pains to pander to tho morbid taste of the million
by executing the prisoner in publio, and the mil
lion enjoyed the spectacle. Enterprising steam
boat men advertised “ ploaaaro trips to tho execu
tion,” and thousands went down the bay as ex
enreioniets. The bay, seemed to swarm with hu
man beings, and I certainly.thlnk that, since the
day Jack Shoppard died on Tyburn tree, no man
ever gave up tho ghost before such a multitude of
fellow-men.
The eoene was Impressive, sublime—and. but for
the appalling associations of the moment, might
have been called beautiful The broad and beau
tiful bay, studded with vessels, and reflecting the
rays of tho noonday sun; the surrounding scenery
of the shore ; the busy murmurlog of tho distant
olty; tho sloop E. A. Johnson, on which his crime
was committed, lafcily rooking within sight of the
•eene—ell combined- to nroduoe a pecullay and last -
fog impression upon all who witnessed it His con
fession will he published In a day or two. The
Tribune furnishes a slice or two from it, enough to
whot the appetite of tho horror-hungry. It roads
very much like a sensition romanco or an English
translation of a Frenoh novel.
The journals ohronlole this morning two other
attempts-at murder. A drunken follow named
John Williams, residing at No. 120 Mott street,
stabbed hit wife with a carviogknifo last night in
the Abdomen, inflicting a wound from whioh it is
believed she cannot recover. He has boon in the
habit of abusing her in a shameful manner, and
Mi abuse has at last culminated in this terrible
crime. At a Into bonr lost night bo bad not been
arrested. William Butler, keeper of a boarding
house for seamen (n Park street, was stabbed, It Jo
thought mortally, by bis brother James, a sailor,
who ns* lately been pursuing a dissipated career.
The only provocation for the assault was the refusal
on tho part of the wounded man to furnish funds
to his brother to bo squandered in a fresh debauch.
To-day Is the last day of the encampment of tho
Peventh Regiment at Camp Soott. A grand bat
ehdmpetre will be given in the evening, followed
by a display of fire-works, and the regiment will
return to the pity to-morrow morning
The rp9h ol yisUojs tq tho levfathan of the
ooein continues to increase daily, and the parties
In manegemoot folly aaknowlodgethejodioionsnefs
of a redaction in the fare, Yesterday, no less than
6,084 persons went on board, the receipts, ex
cluding a few free passes, amounting to over
$3,000. Visitors from the country bare not yet
arrived lu great numbers, but the arrangements
which are in progress, for their transportation at
cheap rates over the different linos of railway, will
soon swell largely the aggregate of receipts. Ex
cursion parties are forming as far west as Chicago,
and as fsr south as Savannah.
As predicted, gays the Herald, the difficulty be
' tween ex-Councllman Kerrigan. Alderman Oenet,
and Mr. Ketchpm, has been finally settled, and
both parties oap now walk the streets without fear
nr trembling, Prom appearance of things on
Wednesday, night, it was tboqght by many that
the whole matter would end in ta|k, and we
find that Kerrigan yesterday afte?nonn eonoluded
to troable tbe Alderman no more. Kerrigan has
been brought to take this step through the advice
of Judge Brennan, with whom he is acting as
saribner fo the s«exMarket Police Court. Genet's
friends have also been hard at work to bring about
a reconciliation between tbe two; but while Kerri*
gan consents to permit the matter to drop, he re*
fuses to have anything to do with the Alderman.
Tbe Japanese visit, it is Ascertained, will cost
tbe oi'y $lOO,OOO. Ooly $30,000 was originally ap
propriated, and a supplemental appropriation of
s7o,spo will therefore be necessary. I trust tbe
enmmHtee vlll bo required to speolfy the items of
that‘‘llttle’bW.’' f
The Chicago Zouaves wilj arr|ya Jn tbis olty by
the Albany boat, atfi A. M. and'prenk’-
fast at the Astor House at ?. They w\H be re
ceived, on landing, by a detachment of the Sixth
Regiment, Colonel Pinckney, 'whose guests they
will bo during thefr stay. At 2P. M. they will be
esoorted to the City Hall, where an exhibition drill
of their peculiar and brilliant manccuvres will be
given. The Zouaves number aljlly;two mejnbeya,
under command of E. E. Ellsworth. *
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THR MARKETS.—AaEE«»re unchanged, with sales
of'CO bids at 85.12 for jPuts, and $5 62K«5 75 for Pear's.
Flour.—with an increased aotlvitr for both home nee
and exoort.the market for Plate and Western Flour is a
shAde firmer, particularly for State,wh’ch shows an ad
vance of five percent. Thereoeiotsto devshowaslistit
f« llin< off, thrv amounting to only 7 951 bills ’I he sales
amesnte 13 CODbb’.fl. at 85 ififfMO for superfine Btate;
B5 for extra do; 8310e5.20f0r suiorfina West
ern ; 85 2305 50 farbommon to gorid extra op; 88 6505 75
for shipping p/ands of eEtra round-boon phlo. Hontlmrn
Flour is qm*t and unohanced; with *«lps of 1,200 1»1>1S at
76 tor superfipo Bn'timore * s6®7 for extra oo :
§6 60 for Brandywine ; 88.76 for Georgetown : 86 60®
r. 76 for P«»orshn« I 8660»7 40 for Riohtnond and
Bo.l2ft®B23lnrHaxaU and Gnllenn. Canada J-jour is
qfriei and at adv. with sales qf6oo bhlp at 88 1006.36 for
supatfinO and 85 7507.60 for extra. Rye Flour is quiet
at 834*0480 folr fine and superfine. CoVfi Mejl {s
steads *fc 83 40®*.8i) for Jersey; 83.75 for Brandy \yine,
and $l7 Mwjß for puncheons.
t OBAia.—Conoequent upon a better .demand, in part
fforwbipment. the market for Wheat has improved Ic,
‘which advance is mostly obtained on Serins- We learn
thus far ofsales ofco 000 bushels at $1.28®130 for Mil
waukee Club; sl^Bol.37for Hed Western; 8125 ft for
Chioasoßprins; 814001.65 for new White Southern.
Corn partakes airo of the buoyant tone in-Breadstuff*,
and the market is qivte steady, with salm of 66 000 bush
els at 61H4T650 for infcno- to choice Wes ern mixed.
Pye is quiet At SQft&o. Barley is nominal. Oats are
quiet and st«Rd» atS7O4Po for Southern and Jersey, and
■400410 for North*tn and Western.
Pro visions —Pork i" firm, hut quiet, wth sales of ICO
bblsftt BlB2sfor*oM mess. 819 ’Slbrnewdo. 812 JO for
o’d prime and SJ4.29'>nr new<)o. Beef <e steady but
not aohvo: Mb* of 100 bb’s at 84047$ for country
prime 84 fcOctS for o'-udtry Mess. sB*lo an for repacked
western. 81) 2501 S no for extra Mess.' Reef Hams mS
dull atSlOoiß for’Westerft. and 311.50012 for State.
Prime Mess Beef is nominal at B|3©lB. is qui r t.
Cut Meats are in fair demand, with sales of 80 paolatea
at B)aO for Fhnylderj. and 10V or Hams, larpiafirm,
wiib sates of ICO pkrs at )2ft«>i3fto. B»tt«r 10 »n mode
rate request at 10al6o for Qhio, and ljJfMSc for State.
Cheese is quiet at 7«M(fto.
Whisky jsdull at SleSlfto, with small sates.
4 Stofy of Hic^s Y the Pirate
[From The N. Y, Evening Pont of yesterday.l
Some weeks ainoe, when ibis wretoh was first at
treating pnblio attention, we paMiahed a statement
made on tba authority of a gentleman connected
with this office, who bad seen llioka, or Johnson,
00 the Pacific coast, end who bad identified blm In
the city prison. We nllndod to some of his mur
derous operations in that-, neighborhood. Several
communications,jirobebly written by bis friends,
were sent to the Evening P x ost } endeavoring to oast
a doubt upon those statements; hut bis confession
just published confirms our assertion then made,
as Hicks now admit* that '! he wn9 for several
years on the western shore of America, between
California and CbiH. M There are somo other trans
actions in whioh Hicks was engaged, not uentlonol
in the confession, which It may be worth white to
relate. One of them is as follows: A merchant re
siding at Poita, Peru, familiarly known as (v Paddy
Hines,’ 5 owned a vessel calloa the Union, which
was sometimes employed In legitimate traffic, and
at others In smuggling. The erew was generally
changed on each trip, as many of theso “ be&oh
oombers,’ 5 or sslt-water loafers, wouU merely ship
to reach some one of the many porls ".long the
coast, from Guayaquil to Valparaiso, at whioh the
Union stopped. Jt need hardly be said that these
men were generally of the worst class, for the most
part deserters from the}Jngli*h and American ves
sels (whalers and others), that happened to touoh
at tbo cos'at for fresh provisions. ' ‘ ''' *
At Arioa, on one of the smuggling exped! tions of
Hines 5 vessel, nearly oil the orew deserted. The
oaptalu, in order to oomp)ete his voyage, was
foroed to engage such material as presented itself,
and among the number that pppjfeijl fora berth was
Johnson, since discovered to be Hick o - lie stated
that he had been engaged in an affray at a “pul
peree,” or low portor-house, in which he h ß d
wounded, if. not killed, two “Oholabs.” or half
breeds, and was anxious te get away. He was en
gaged for the voyage to Guayaquil. At Paita. how
ever, where the vessel stopped, the eiitoorJtlcH at
tempted to arrest him, information baying peep
sent of the ipurder. Hu?kp incited thp othef se&-
ipen to resist the offioers, and a terrible scapq
sued. After yainTy struggling, the would-be cap
tors were driven from t|»e vessel, one of tbetp be
ing thrown overboard and drowned, <>Rd the others
having received several dangerous wounds.
Before thß Union reached her destination, infor
mation waa gained by the orew that the lever was
raging Id Guayaquil, and that the Inhabitants were
leaving the town in great consternation. To the
appeal to return, the captain turned a deaf ear.
What occurred further may not be fully known,
but in lets thau two months afterwards ten Union
was found beached at Albemarle, one of the Gxlli
pages island?, deserted, with her dock! cohered
with blood, tihe was reported by a New Bedford
whaler, and aftor a while was returned to her own
er. Bat the captain never made hie appearance.
Tbeoonolasloais that he was murdered. Jt was
some time after this affair that Johnson or Bloke
was seen on the ooast. waa arrested on aoapleion of
murder, and sent to tne Government urines at Ctno
}’asco, to a lifo ldng penal servitude. He
and, as we have before stated, shipped on the Sala
din, at Valparaiso. These and other facts were
known to a number of Amerioana residing at that
time in Callao and Lima, as wall as on nearly
every veseet that visited tbe Peruvian or Chilian
ports. Bach affairs as these, and others which we
might relate, would seem to oonflrm the atrocities
heaped together in his sanguinary narrative. His
name, we know, was a terror over tbe whole ooast,
end on one occasion, when ho wished to ship on the
United States storeahlp Supply, the officers, under
standing his oharaoter, refused to receive him.
LATEST NEWS
By Telegraph to The Press.
FBOM WASHINGTON,
SPECIAL DESPATCHES t» « THE FHESS.”
Occasional.
In your calculation of the probable complexion
of the United Btates Senate after the 4th of Mareh,
1861, you made two blunders. You gave Indiana
two Opposition Senators, when there should have
been but ooe. This will aitor the totals, Kansas
being admitted into the Union, to thirty-five
Democrats to tbirty-twoOpposition. You alio olass
Sritrnp.M A. Douglas bb an Administration
Democrat, which is most unjust to that dis
tinguished gentleman. Dodqla* may not vote
with the Republicans in tbe new Senate,
should he fail of an election to the Presidency;
bnt Uis beyend doubt he will not co-operate with
his Southern assailants. Should the Republicans
triumph in November, and conduot the next Admin
istration on a liberal conservative basis, giving
everything to tho South that the South may reason
ably expect, then, in all probability, (he American
elected from the Southern States in favor of the
Administratlonists would undoubtedly co-operate
with the Republicans.
Washington, July 13.—1 t was recently stated,
in a despatch from New Orleans, that a revenue
cutter had gone to overhaul the schooner J. B. Tay
lor, which sailed from that port for Central Amori
oa, with “ emigrants,” or filibusters Formorethan
two months past it has been known that several
small parties of suob adventurers have repaired
thither, but these movements aro here considered
too insignificant for serious comment.
As the old Jackson Democratic Association was
lately thoroughly disrupted by the contending
Douglas and Breoklnridgo members each wing
has takon preliminary steps to establish a cam
paign olub, the one altogether Independent of the
other.
A petition has been numerously signed, present*
el to the President, and by him transferred to the
Secretary of War. praying for an immediate re*
sumption of the work on the Washington aque
duct. It will be recollected that Congress appro
priated half & million of dollars for this purpose,
to bo expended undor the superintendence of Capt.
Meigs. This proviso has somewhat embarrassed
tho Administration; bnt there seemß to be no
doubt, apart from tho question which the designa
tion of tnat officer involves, that tbe operations on
(he aquednot will shortly be resumed.
The Reported Quarrel between the
President and Senator (Iwm Contra*
dieted*
Washington. July 13.—'The story which has
been circulated by tne papers about a qnarrel be
tween the President ana Senator Gwln, Is officially
contradicted as entiroly destitute of foundation in
fact. It is farther stated that their relations wore
never more friendly than now.
Robert Barth, of St. Loots, has been reoognised
by the President as ooniol from Saxony, for tbe
States of Missouri, lowa, Arkansas, Louisiana,
Texas, California, Oregon, and Minnesota, and the
Territories of New Mexico and Utah. '
Execution of Hicka, the Pirate*
Nrw York, Jnly 13.—Albert W. Bloks, the pi*
rate and murderer,was executed at Bedloe’s Island,
st naif-past eleven o’clock this morning.
Hiok9 waa hung on the same gallcws on which
Stephens and many others were executed In the
prison yard of the Tombs. U. S. Marshal Ryn*
dors was the executioner.
The execution was witnessed by thousands from
the cumerons excursion boats on (he bay and was
iu plain view from the Battery.
The pirate expiated bis crimes pro'essing re
pentance. He was accompanied to tbe gallows and
assisted in the tuaal devotions by Father Duran
gqpt. A company of U. S. marines preserved
order.
He made no remarks on tbe gallows except to
request tho marshal te bang him quick. JBe died
egsy, and without any perceptible pain.
The National Guards’ Encampment*
TAB GUARDS RRTORJT KOUM OR OATGBDAT.
B&Tni.snxu, July 13.—Thursday was the moat
brilliant day of tbe encampment. The officers of
the Gnarua attended a dinner party' at Col. 8.
JFetherill’s. and In the evening a review was ten*
ered to Major Genera] Brown and staff of the
Seventh dlvUiou, by Major Lyle. It wan the gen
eral opinion, expressed by eminent military tacti
iolana that the evolutions and figures at this review
could not bo exoelled, even by the regular troops.
Upwards of 4,000 persons wero present, a large
majority consisting of ladies.
At night a complimentary bail was given by (he
oUiseos of Bethlehem, and waa attended by the
beauty and elite of the aarroundlogcountry. The
oitles of Philadelphia, New York, and Norfolk, Vo.
wore represented,
Two magnificent bouquets were presented to-day
to Dr.* Mitchell, the surgeon of the corps, by tbe
ladies of Bethlehem, through Quartermaster K. M
Kherman, of the Washington Grays, of Bethlehem.
The usual ceremonies followed.
The health of the officers and men Is much im
proved, for wbloh ospeolal credit is due to the
Burgeon, who has been kept busy day and night,
both at the hospital and in the qnartoro.
To-night a grand display of fire-works will take
place In the enoampment.
On to morrow, at noon, tho Guards take up their
tents hnd fctnrnhomo, They will arrive at Front
and Willow streets at about 3 o’clock V. M.
The weathor continues fine.
The Editorial Excursion*
Bethlehem, Pa, July 13 —The Editorial excur
siouista, including a number of gentlemen connect
ed with the leading Pennsylvania and New Jersey
railroads, cpjojod a glorious ride to-day over the
Switch back roads, connected with the workß of the
Lehigh Goa) Company, near iuuch Chunk. They
arriye4 at thjs ppmttbie afternoon, and after visit
ing t)je enpampjpent of the Rational fiqards, pro
ceeded over the Hew Jersey Oeptral Railroad to
New York, for the purpose of visiting the steamor
Groat Eastern.
New Tors, July 13 —The excursion pirty ar
rived In this city this evening. All are well,
and comfortably quartered at the Lafarge House.
They were transferred from the Contra! Road, at
EHsahetnport, to tho steamer Wyomlog, and enjoy
ed a delightful trip to the city.
New York find Erie Railroad.
New York, July 13 —The fifth mortgage bonds
of the Erie Eailioad have been foreclosed, and the
sale takes place on Sfovejgbor 20th.
Arrangements aro understood to have been made
for the redemption of a portion of the past-due
seoond-mortgago bonds, amounting to about 32,-
000,(g)0, on which the holders demanded prompt
payment of pH nolpal and interest.
Kcptjblican Meeting pt Alleghauy City.
Pittsdubo, July 13.— One of the largest Ropnb
licap meetings ever held in this county was assem
bled' tft Alleghany City last night. The Wide
Awakes were out in their fpH strength, and over
7,00fi people were present. The meeting was ad
dressed by Hon. Robert MoKnight and others.
The mention of the names of Lincoln and Hamlin
was hailed with great enthusiasm.
Mi'. Breckinridge at Baltimore.
Balt;vorb, July 13—Hon. John O. Breokln*
ridge strived in this elty this evonlng He Is re
ceiving the visits of a large numbor ol his personal
and political friends.
Libel Suit against the Boston Courier.
Boston, July 13 —The Courier establishment
has beon attached at the suit of Hon. JohnP. Hale,
bf New Hampshire, for an sßcgcd libel. The
damages are laid at slo,pop.
Bobbery at Trenton, N. J*
Trenton, July 13.—Messrs. Titus A Seudder’s
dry-goods atore was robbed last night of $3 500
worth of silks.
Non-aryival of the Vanderbilt.
New York. July 13—Midnight.—The steam
ship Vanderbilt, now due, from Liverpool on the
4th, has not yet been signalled.
New York, July 13.—The steamship Philadel
phia, from Havana on the Bth, arrived at this poit
to-day. Tbero was nothing doing in sugar and
inolas6rs. Exobangcs were firm. Freights aotivo
but unchanged.
. Stvuns.— Sugars wore firm. As FrstxMa were ds
ciiainr m consequence of the hr** number of vowtt
oftennjc.the uresent rntea of Bu*»r will probably be
mamtuue-1 (Juries the Hummer. The quotations are
&l last reportea etock, 323 000 boxes, which will here
|ft«r decrease daily, ad the plantations having finished
MoMase* firm at 37K040tf0 ap’ keg Tor clayed : Mus
corn oea active at onttiCfio & Xeg.
MntVmVa'fofn.wtota"ST M8 ° '“ ,der ,h 8 «-
BoTd°“t A fow»7rtuV"' l 0" ° f lh ° " 8W * ,00,i b6 ' n
L- ro is a fraoiion higher.
Lumber nominal.
v but )' L'c improvement.
J W L 4 ® 13,! * P«rc fl nt premium on l.on
‘■Wr an « ?*«>>« per cent, premium on New S'ork. io,
„„V'! ra no nowa of nnportanoa in the Havana
papers.
Markets by'Telegraph*
Baltiworx, July 13.—Flour dull but steady. Howard
street 85 &7X 5 City Mills 8625 .Wheat quiet at SIJS
Corn dull; reilow
Mt’ve but-firm.
Ohl(fandoity W * "hiskydnll at 2y.So for
«jy*M ß . LE ** B ‘ Juir|M.-Tha Cotton market is dull
R?tL I ? l l* ttlcB . w^ T ?.?. 0 .‘ d . t0 ’ ra > '• tales of the week 3 Mo|
• r ® nel P lB ahead of last year
480,COQbales; dHtoatall Southern ports, 805 500 bales 5
b D lea ,* , Sui L ar flr,n nt 7}ioBc. Flour
Ik'firm.ftndiieldat 82?A)a
ai bbl. Cottee olosed firm at )»>X®n,Vo for Nio;
tales of th« week bags: stQolctn port 1 puObats,
afeuiialtere? bftgß • yp4r * f re * l<^tsand Exchanges
Pboobess of tre CkrspB.—We learn from
Wasbingtop that the eighth census is likely to bo
oosnplpted at an earlier period tbqn on previous
work being pressed on with great
activity |n ftll parts of the oountry. Wehopethbt
the cen&ps piarehalg will be &forqed every fdoility
in obtaining the nepepsary information, in order
that we may cot only have the census laid before
the public Id good time, but that it may be com
pleted in all its parts. The progress of the coun
try for the last ten years presents an iotet-catlog
problem nod most important feature in the world 5 *
history, and it is most desirable that it should be
faithfully recorded.—iY*ro Yort Herald,
Washington, July 13, 1860.
A MISTAKE.
From Washington*
From Havana*
Wcokly Hevlew_ of the Philadelphia
Markets,
P«w»twBU, July U, 1300.
Ibe market operati©** in Produce have been light,
and market* generally art without any material change
to uoU nine* our last renew. Breadstuff* suuvo eff a*
wanted, but rather lower prices have been realized for
moet kind*. although the receipt*end stocks are light
for the season. Bark U wanted, wth but little offering
Coal—There is more activity. Coffee mod Sojrar are
held firraty, but Molasses is dull. In Cotton there I*
not much aotivitt. Fish are firm, but the demand is
limited. No change in Hemp or Bides. Hop#are doll-
The Iron market ii *uiet. Lumber U aellinc alowly.
Naval Store# are dull. Oile are euist, Plater ia duIL
In Provisions there is more activity, and for Pork, Ba
oon Green Meats, aud Lard, holder* hare rsahzsd
higher prices. Riee is steady, Tobacco is very quiet
Wool is arriving freely, asd me*'* a good inquiry
full rates. In Dry Goods th» movement ls*very light as
yet. and tke market steady and firm for all tie leading
articles.
The Breadetuffs market hM Man doll imj droop
ing egrin this week. tit# export demands f#r Flour
being quite limited, and atpr.ce* faroribg the borers:
the week’s sains font up about 8«0 bbw at 95JSO
SX7K for snpsrfine.the litter for good straight brands;
tS 1005 6IK, for extras, raoeUr at fSJBwf *6.V and
6 81>io548K for7a«ilr,.inolodiar 2M9 bbl* moedy
?eitern extra ana extra family on terns kept private,
Tne receipts continue verv light, but the market oiosee
doll a- the above fignrra, with a limited bnrioeee doing
to andsir the trade, within the sane range of *no*e for
superfine and extra* ftMjt6«67B 6F dM for fane 7
brands as In quality. Rye Fk»ar is dill and celling in a
smellwarat V bn*. Pennsylvania Com
M eel U also dull, with talas of 600 bWs to note at 83.37‘i
at which rate is is freely offered/
The lollowiug is tbeinepeooosof Floor and Meal lor
tha weekending Jnlr ft. Ml:
Half barrels of superfine. • ■ ■»»»—»....... —. 3(
Itorrel* of gj9o
*• fine... , , T -.- T -., 189
“ middliagt. W
•* *ye~. to
" Cora Meal—..—
•• Condemned __ . las
WHEAT.—’The oflarraxearebiht. bn* the demand 1*
limited at rather fewer rate*. 9afe* ofldudlrae falrto
prime Pepna Bed, at metre nod* hue atl3*»U*o
clob og with eatoenf fair ft ana Red at l»®m>io f *ad
some new Red at 13)*13te. and Whit* at 1360M8c. Bye
ooroe* forward slowly, and sales of I.WBhes Penns were
raMe*t7BitB9e. Corn it dail.aadarleeehavedeelioed
fUUe of 18 OW bos at <6«<7q for prune yellow, closing at
66e, ja'ermr at 63*64). am eainwed at 66*6*. tm»s
arriving freely, but have declined. Sales of IMP) be*
at 96*4 0 for Panna. etoelpg dull to-day. at STe* aad 844
36e for Delaware, in Barley. netaiscdoiM, eod prices
are nominal. Of Barley tfalt.-6,0P) ops amd at 99«96e
PROVISIONS.—There is a ffra fsefiag in the market
generally, and a farther Advanee he* b»*n obtained; of
™ pork tha "l 001 ! is reoeoed andla few heads: sales
of Westsrn and Ctty-sacksd at •liwltai. cash and
ehort.time, now heij hUfcsr; CitypaekiHmeas Beef
■•JIV? •*>"•« 913*18. Dried
Beef is dnll at lOtUMo# Baoon—Tbereisatood ds
mapd, both for the city trad* sod Southern m&rksts
and pnoe* are better; sales of 800 eask* Hams at UK a
WVc for plain and ftecveaevaesd; Sides«
anaBhonlders at 9H*9Ka, oa>h and SOday* Inliry
failed Meats there 1* more doing; sales of ftbouldera at
BH<39*fe. and Bides at 10>i*)9&4e. Lard is beki with in*
orsnsad firmness; tbs eapphes sr* lieht, awl the re
oe'pts come ta alowlv; sale# of SCObbtaaadtUreasat
IIVeAUe, cash and 6td«fs, audkese at IJKe Batter
oontinnes doll; sale# of solid necked at f wWe. as in
nnriity. and Roll at 13*lte. Cmceje range* at from
I0«18o foreommon and prime New York.
MBTAW—Thiroii rot little demand forPisTroo,
and only 1400 toss sold at «&£O, fit JO a»dB»J0,8
months forth*, three numbers: price* of EUr* kalis,
and PKtes continue a* last quoted, Seoleh Pis sell* in
a email way at *34, 6 months. Lead, there i* bat little
stock here $ a erie of about 1.000 Pig* Galena at a price
not made pobhe. Copper :* full,, with email sales.
Yellow Metal sells slowly atttoon time.
BARK.—The reoriate aad stoobs are htht.and tha
demand good $ cries of No. 1 Quercitron *t *37 per ton.
Tanker's Bark is doll. Bpsntsh Oak at Bisal3, and
Chestnut at * ,C«W 00 W cord
SMS§L7A£ ooitmueaaa last quoted. vi«.34Ko Jb.
CANDLk.B are tmonsntsd. Sales or oity*made Ada*
man tine atJ7J4®l9o.4andB months. Seerm and Ta low
Candies are quiet at last week's quotations.
CO AL.-The receipts are large, both by railroad and
canal, as toe miners are pushing forward their
to save the advanoed’rates of toll, which go into effect
on the 151 h instant There is a rood demand, and prices
are tending upward; the soaroity of suitable Teasels at
Richmond and other shippingjioinfs however, restricts
business somewhat.
COTTON.—There is a little more firmness in the mar
ket. sspeoiat 7 for the better grades, of whioh the stoek
» eomp&ratlTelp email. The demand, boweve*-. is
limired, and only FOO ha'ts. chiefly uplands, sold, at JJJtf
®lWso» ca*n and abort time, for rood middling fair qoa-
low grade* M9o9Ko,and interior at 60
oHoqFfb.
The following is the movement for the past week,aad
•luce Ist of September laet, 00mpared with tha prece
ding three years:
„ _ 1888. 189. IfsB. 189.
Bee. at Forte.... 4.431X08 84590 0 SJITJOS 3.SBIJQO
Kx. to Q.BntamJ 01408 1409400 1.70300 14734UC
'* Franoe..- 9440 414 000 573J08 ®t JM
** other f. porta.. 474 000 tSIOOO SOJO 401400
Total exp0rt5...4477J0 >846 000 >4040 3,164 00
Stock on hand..,. 9440 30,00 , >l3OO 1940
_of wh’oh during the past week, included in the above:
Beo.atPons «000 840 lteo 6 000
Kx. to G. Britain. 13*0 1800 8800 8400
" .France..... 4400 1340 840 10400
‘‘Other f. ports. 140 U 140 300 340
Total exporU.... 17400 31400 44000 2JJXW
9urmart.— Beesipts—increase at the ports, oompared
with last year, 79*400 bales. iTxporM—lnorease to
Great Britain. 733 000 bales; more*** to France, ISO,000;
decrease to other foreign ports, 614X0. Total inoreaae
in exports. 831,000.
COFFEE.—i he market is firm hut quiet for the want
of stoo*« and onW about 609 h*ts have been disposed of.
at IdkoUMe for Rio; l«M4.\*o for Leguayra, and 13>«c
Pnniinvn, on time.
DRUGS AND DYES sell slowly: Brimstone
fir a further advanoe; the late import sold on private
terms: *oda Ash at IKatStfflj Heanhtng Fowdere at
i Refined Borax at IS.Vo, and Indigo at MOoMOe for
Bengal, on time.
F* are soaroe. with sales of good Western
atflo933o4Flb.
FlSH.—Mackerel are he'd with more firmness, and
the only sale* reported are some etore lots at *1701740
for No. 1; *ir®)G for No. 2 ; *9m9 50 for No 3: an in
voice of the latter sold from the wharf a day or bro ago
at *8 80: Herring reuse from *3 60 to *3 in »sto qua
lity : Codfish are romlnal et *3®3 J 5 the iro lbi.
FRDIT.—The bolence of the I’slarmo Oianges and
Lemons, m lastweek have been tieposed of from the
wharf at box a* iu quality; Reliant* Pine
, Apples range from lOO. In other Foreign Fruit
verv little uoinr. Domestic Green Fruit is arriving
freely,Dri*d eppiee*nd P acheesre entirely nomu.al:
Green Antdesranre from 9180 to934Fbbl.
FReIGHTB—To 1 iverpoolthc only engayement re
forted was some nl kelore stS2s Id 9k ton: to San
ftncisco nothing doing; to th« West Indie* twoye*-
sels are r*ported to south side Cuba at 40«450 for
•agar, and *3 on molasses; to Boston the ■ rates are 23c
for flour. 53 for measurement goods, and 9190 for p>r
iron. Coal vessels are more pleotv, hut the demand
co- tinue« good: the v«t*s to Roetcn declined :we
qiioto to Proridence *l3offl.SS; New York 98-; Boston
*180; NewHavsn 9140 i RieKmoad *130: Charlaetm,
*3iP3lO; Washington 880; Alexandria 860 .’Baltimore
700 fIF ton.
is nothing doing either in Crude
°r Clarified. »nd prices a»#nominal.
. GUANO.—There is a little more demand, but prioea
have undergone no change.
H^MP—There is no stock here in first hands, and no
sales have been reported.
HlDFSarsquiet. and the recent import 0! Porto Ca.-
,bello remamr unsold.
HOP* are dull, and eell only in a small way, at B®l4e
qr lb
HAY iseellinget 75®100c the 100fts.
for go n dBlanghter and
Ppanish Foie, and them Is a fair inquiry, but for other
kinds there is very little demand.
. LUMBER.-There is a fair deoirnd tor most descrip
tions, with moderate receipts and satea Laths eom
mend 81 60®1 70 V hi. Rickets 963007 for 4 and 4>4-
feet. Yellow Fine Board* 914018; n cargo of Virginia
Yellow Pine **p Boards s«H at 9*6. and Hemlork
Boards Spruce Jo standtthingiracontinue
as layt quntsd.
. MULBBBFS contir.ueayery dnll, and the tales have
been nnlmrortAnt. including Cuba at 23<g265, and New
Orlsqnist 40®450 on time, wtoqualttr.
NAVAL mTORFB.—In Korin, Tar, and Pitch, the
■sle* are only in small lots, «t previous rates. Spirits
isdull: sales in lots at4iaiSo,ossh.
CILS.—For Fish Oil* there 1* a steady d-raand st foil
rates Linseed Oil‘a dull a*68059c. in oaeki ard bbj»
Bed Oil, notoing doing, and none here. Winter Le*d
Oil i« held firmly at 93ft930. 4 raoe.
PLARTFRia.duII; the last tale'of soil was at 8310
03 ton.
nICE is in good demand, ohiefly for export; the
aalea comprise 660 tei at 9A83j*04 75,4 raoe, for fair and
prime quality.
SALT ie in better demand, and prioea hav» ad
vanced ; an import of Ashton's fine sold at
moR Liverpool ground sells at 89ff900« The last sale cf
Tii-ks Island was at JOw.
Vh. KPS—There is little nr no Cloreraeed offering: w*
qn.ve at *404 60 4F bus. 100 bus Timothy sold at 84 I*X
cu» l,U *‘ ,ax>ee <l taken by the oroehere at 81.63, k t ¥
fryGAR.-Tho market is firm, but the demand ia
moderate: sale of6CQ hhda, mostly Cuba and Porto
Bioo. at 6**eBc ft.
SPIRIT*.—The sates continue limited, and the prices
of foreign wei« firm. N. K, Hum is steaay at 3635G*.
whisky— Tha demand ie limited, bnt thne is not ranch
offering ; sales of Ohio bbU at 3lXo2Sc, Pennsylvania
do Do. hhds at2lo, and drudge at Mo sal'on.
TALLOW is steady; sates of city-rendered at 10, Vc
TOBACCO,—There i* rather more inquiry for Leaf
and wn notice sales of Kentucky on terms tept private.
WOOL.—Th“ receipts continue very large, »nd the
' took is gradually aocumulatine. There ia n good feeling
in the market, with moderate transactions, at from 35c
tp489C50 lb for common to fu’l-Mood and prune
fleece.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
The Money Market.
Philadelphia. July Id. 1550
North Pennsylvania Railroad shares *old to-day at 11.
and the six per cent, bonds advanced from 75 to 76<f.
Reading was fifin at 21>L Schuylkill Navigation was ra
ther heavy at IQ.V for the common stock, and 2LV for
the prefers d. Pennsylvania Railroad shares fell ofTS
City sixes declined a fraction. Bohemian copper stock
advanced to99f«
The money market is without 007 variation from the
features whioh have characterized it for the past three
months.
The interest due July 15th, on the bondo of the Wyo
ming Canal Company, will be paid, on presentation o'
the ooupon, at the Bankof North Ameroo.
The North Star brings news that the Supreme Court
of California haa decided that the State shall reoognize
what are known es the f< Stolen Words. 5 ' The court ren
dered the decision on tpe sth of June.
It will b* remembered that this suit waa instituted
f< r the lecovery of some 85LC00 ol bonds issued to
Wells, Fareo, k Co., as agent* for parties here, which
bonds were issued upon scrip alleged 10 have been
stolen from the State Treasurer’s offioe, after having
beenoLce paid, but not cancelled. The said warrants
appear to have no reoeipt or endorsement ehowmg
them to have been paid, and the court says:
"The treasurer, who is admitted to fiAve been a
vigilant and faithful officer, seems to have been equally
deoeived in regard to the matter as the defendants
themselves. Theoourtdecided:
“ The bonds issued under the cironmstanoes areun
qneationablj negotiable instruments, and binding upon
th*3ta*e. in the hands or innocent assignees. Jt can
not be held that every man woo deals with Ptatnsa
euntieiMs bound to search the books and reoords of the
State offioers before proceeding to take an assignment
of the claim against the State. We do not know that
the book* and papers are subject to pnblioinspection:
and if they were eo beld.it might lead to vary ember
rassing remits. It appears that the law had already
prescribed a method of procedure, de*med by itself a
sufficient protection and notification of »he oh* raster of
of the claim; and the taitnre of the effioersof the Go
vernment to follow the lawouzht not to lie turned to
the injury of a citizen, and made the occasion of nun
Ing him for being no wiser than those officers to whom
this class of defies is specially entrusted/ 7
The csabierof the Tradesmens 5 Bank gives notice
that on and after the 16th mat. he will pay the dividend
of five per cent, declared by the Washington Gas 1 ight
Company for the past six months.
Messrs. Draxel Js Co., Bankers, 34 South Third street,
famish us the following rates of exohange :
Boston. ...para&pre. Savannah S® ?4
New York Mobile 01C
Baltimore partfSdin. *aw Orleans
Washington kffl Js Memphis >a© K
Riohmond —X Nashville }»a m
Petersburg ?<o f» St Louis...* I®l>2
Norfolk H® *4 Louisville Ha K
Wilmington, N. C ..54®1 Ha •*
Ralekli, N. C V®! Fittsbarg
Charleston > d o J* Chicago
'treasury Notes,s. 4 4 por ot paro,*> protprem.
5d Francs 83 S 3
Sovereigns 4 86
l* 40
Patriot do. —. 16 76
LAND WARRANTS.
Busing. h’eHmg.
JCO acres 79 88
120 aores 78 67
>oaores..„ 85 c -*
40 aores -1»« I »•*
Market firm.
The following is the amount of coal transported on
the Philadelphia end Keating Railroad, during the
week ending Thursday, July 12,1660: m .
Tons. Cwt
From Port Carbon.. - - U'ili ?3
Potts\nlle..v J2iHs w
Hchuylkiil Haven— •
Auburn iWw
Port-Clinton. fiftWlj
To 1 *! for week ♦ 41,80 S 19
tjiia year...' * Ml ,203 03
Total- 1 12
Tp game time fast year..~ « tlS,6Oi 12
•J be following ia tho amount of coaUransported on the
Schuylkill Navigation for the week ending Thursday,
July 1?. I 860:
From Port Carton
Port Clinton.--.
Total for one week...
Pieviouiljr this year.—.
Total
To same time lest Tear.
At the seim-Antm&l meeting of the Board of Dirto ora
of the Joint companies. (Camden and Amboy and
Delaware and Raritan Canal,) held at Hoboken, the
usual dividend of etx per cent, forth* last six months,
was declared, payable on the 20th instant.
The Coal and Navigation Company renew
their notiee that holders of Ute mortgage oaaof that
lst *** lct » Wit '***> mMj desire to ant*-
opa.cth* time of maturity saay present theircett-fi
oatee and receive pAyuieet of pnoeiptiaod Ixterert.
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CITY ITEMS.
New Boililing Improvement.,
It ia impossible to have any accurate Idea of tha con
•tout growth end changes going os ie the outskirts of
onr metropolis, without making at least oe* annual elr
emtto the multiterm japroreoMats whichertry sea
son is adding toils built up portions. In th* northern
Bu*l northwestern sections of the city ths rplm of p*o
grr«H and chases has been esp*eially actir*. No less
than three hundred building permit* have already been
issued this sesson f.w the dtArnt formerly knows as
Bosh Hill. The grand improvements recently mad*
by th* City lath* vicinity of Fsicmoant, th* numerous
and convenient railway communieations with our busi
ness cenries. no less than its beautiful and salsbrions
situation, hav* mads this quarter-the vicinity of
Twenty-second and Green streets,and several bloc'*
in either direction-th* most coveted location foi dwell
ioga within the limits of our city.
A few hour* spent in this vicinity in a pleasant tour
.of observation, yesterday, coavinoed us more tolly or
fie truth of what w* have her* stated. In *v #rr direo
tion, after leaving Fairmonat to oosee in Green street,
the work of rearing handsome and substantial rwrlling*
is seen In pregrr a*. On the #»nlh Bid* of Green, cm the
most beautiful part of the Fairmount slope, a fins row,
building by J. L. Haines, Fsq.,i a rapidly appTosehtog
completion. The bouses are of presMd brick, with fio*
ornate marble front*, oval d*or-tops, and .applied l n the
most complete manner with all the modem improve
ments. A neat and admirably built tow of three-story
dwell mg hoosce is also cesrly completed, on Brandy«( ce
street, west cf Twentieth. These are built by Hiram
Miller, Fsq., and for dwellings ata moderate rent v(l
be among the roost desirable houses J n this or any other
section of the city.
. three .tor, io»,De-n*
built by Israel Vanhorn, Kaq., on Niaeteesih st»cet,
above Coatos, and a fine row on Wallsoe street, by the
same builder. Th* thr*e gentlemen fame named, by
the way, Messrs. Haines. Miller, and Vanhorn, hare
contributed largely, by their enterprise and liberal ty,
to improve this part of Philadelphia; and the uniform
care they have taken (o erect non* but first-eiass struc
tures, supplied with all th# latest convenience*.cannot
be too highly There Is. ia foot, an *it tf
comfort attaching to the boosts m (to locality-open
as it is to the pure air as it sweeps in fresh, and filtered,
from t he banks of the gcbujikjil-that mtks* the other
wise universal necessity of a summer jaunt to the
country a secondary consideration. We sdmired the
excellent facilities for cooking and heating with whirh
they are supplied, every one of the rows specified, and
a number of other* in tint vicinity being snpplied with
Mr. Jamee Spear'* celebrated patent Ota-burning
Cooking Ranges—a range wh'ch, en pmssamt, w* may
say, has so eiTsctsally won its way into popular favor by
its excellent qualities that public sentiment is rapidly
eons palling their general introduction. We ar*r leased
to see this important feature in building dwrlbng
bousea, which has been too long neglected, beginning to
receive the attention at the hands of intelligent bofldera
that the age demands; and we hope,now that tb*
reform has commenced, to see every new honse
built in Philadelphia supplied with as A No. 1
oooking apparatus. Those In the bourn above sbeded
to we are sura will treat!- enhance their desirableness
to occupants, and it is fitting that a region so auspi
cously located,(a beautiful view ov*r the satire oJty
being had from xnoft of the chamber window*.) ard
with an utter freedom from lines, alley*, and courts,
whioh are au eyesore to many otters, should bf 'notonly
embellished with the most beautiful dwelling-house*,
but also supplied with th* foremost internal improve
ments of the age in every department.
T» Pbobablv Isstra op tsb Qbxat E.utxrx
-After all the suipeue, htmtaggery. nueratements,
and downright lying about the Great Eastern there is
*ome talk of try tsg to extricate th* ponderous vsss*:
from the charaotoristl* mudbole in wh'ch *h«i* bow
sticking at New York, aad bnaglag hdr to CUpe May
with the vinw of having our oitigene xaa dawn the Pe
raware to see her 1 Back a prrprwtsroe* propositi o«
could certainly never have emaaatod froga any other
than the brain of a lynx-eyed GothamUt, pdthe Phi
ladelphian green enough to submit to such irsolanee
would deserve a suit of tor and feathers, got up and put
on mth* most approved Southern style. Tha r>u mis
take, already made by her owner*, is. there not haring
brought her to thia pert first, where we have
a deeper channel, and water cf any depth
for her mooring, without exhibiting to the commercial
world the humiliating spectacle of first scotpiug ahole
n a mud bank. Cafchint Philadelphians as this late
day wilt hare to be done with evuu a bigger bait thau
the Great Eastern; so that if her owners are at all eerl
oosiu tbeir hope of reaping oor dollars, they irill with
draw their silly proposition to mt*t vr half tray as soon
1# possible, and bring their mammoth steamer to oar
docks without delay, and tuen it may be, if the capiuu
is good at making apoloiiee, we will encourage him
sith a million or two or our cash to tend the whole
arty home rejoicing. There ia, however, a rumor
afloat that the monster ship will never again
oro ** the water, owing to her unwieldy and im
practical proportions, and that in view of thia the
enterprising proprietor of the oelebra*ed oravat and
Go its' Furnishing Goods Emporium, Mr, 3, A. Eshle
mvQ, Chestnut and Seventh’ streets, haa already initia
ted the stupendous commercial enterprise of leasing
the Great Eastern, aud converting her into an immense
marine Cravat Store, with the view of floating reriodl
- along our seaboard, and supplying all the o’ties
on. the Atlantic coast, from Port'and to New Orleans
with cravats, collars, shirt*, and furnishing goods gens *
rally. That Eshleman is&ereditto the mercantile go
ahead-a-tiveiiess of Philadelphia, no one can deny.
A Nbw Fxaturb at Thibd aud Chbrtnvt.—
We perceive that Wetera. Mockridge A Co., the pro
prtetors of (he* 4 Axumea"—a celebrated baking pow
der which is rapidly coming into general ass—and tha
health-restoring “Eucepfcalne,” of which the papers, in
this and other cities in the Uni*n have recently spoken
n terirs of the highest commendation, have seen eda
“ bulletin”in ovr most crowded thoroagbfaie, Chest
out street above Third, for the sore direct Introduc
tion of these artiolei to the public.. They are both ar
ticles of real merit, and we believe require but to have
their qualities known to the people to become respec
tively the n ost sour ht-for artio e* cow contained In the
oat&locue* of our grocers and druggists. Verily, Messrs.
M & Co. may now be regarded as the Good Samari
tans of our metropolis, as we believe no other sing!*
firm in it is doing as muchJtowards siok and
feedm; the hungry.
Tee Season Aiivanci-No.— Messrs Charles
Oakford A Sous, under the Continental Hotel, nowthat
the ■esson is advancing, are selling their splendid
stocks of goods, in a’l their various departments, at no
preoedented low prices, with the double object, an we
apprehend, orsupplying 'nr citizens with the choicest
articles in their line, and redooins tbeir Summer stock
in anticipation of their Fall importations and m&nufco
turei. Hundreds of our citizens ere flocbin; there dai
ly to complete their wardrobes for a Jaunt to the coun
try, and we believe that for everythin* in the way of
Summer bats for gentlemen, ladies* shoes, misses* and
children's bats, ladies* sun umbrellas and parasols, and
gents* furnishing Roods of every description, the stock
of this firm is more oomplcte and varied than any other
'n the Union.
A Wean to tb* Lames —Amid all the prof*
fared inducements held out to onr oif’rccs in want of
sewing machines, it must be more or less perplexing to
know on whiohto bestow prefererce. To deoide this
matter for ourselves, we took occasion In visit several
of the manufactories end test the machines, and the
conclusion arrived at is, that for either domestic or
manufacturing purposes, theierai&l machines entitled
“Franklin." "Keystone Btata,** “Quaker City.” and
" Sbnttle,** njade and sold by Messrs. W. P. fcfhHnjrer A
Co., ai No. 623 Aroh sTeaNaie the most simp’e, effect
ive, durable, and every way complete, that we have yet
seen. Their prices, mo.eover, me unusually moderate.
liKLiciers Summer Costeotiorebt.—Me?ara.
E 6. Whitman A Co.,Second street, below Chestnut,
have been thronged during the present week with cus
tomers to supply themselves with a budget of their ele
gant confectionery to take with them to the country.
Sensible idea, say we. They have filled thousands of
orders of thraelass, and we would rejrmwend all our
friends who-wish to provide tbrnuelvas with a whole
some delicacy before leaving town, to patronize tbia
widely-known, and deservedly popular eetabl ahtnent.
Ice silver-plated and Britannia, el
low prices.
Porcelain, galvanized iron, and zino Water Coo'ers.
Dr. Kane Refrigerators, Ice Chests, and Bathing
Tubs, and a full stoolr of nil kinds of housekeeping arti
cles useful ar-d necessary in warm weather, at E. B.
Faraon A Co.**, southwest corner of Second and rock.
“Tnn OBBATEST LEARNING IS TO BE SEEN IN
TnKasBATK«T plainness," as foe example, Banja
min Franklin, tbs great philosopher, statesman, and
economist. u ho was proficient in overy undertaking, and
every station he filled was performed with honor ro
himself, his family, and bis country. He also be
queathed to posterity many useful precepts whereby ha
lived and acted, scch as " Take oare of the pence the
pounds will take care of themselves;" “a penny a day
is a groat a year ;** “ a liitltf and of*en fills the purse *
"if youth knew what aye would crave, itwoiihlboth
get and save ;*’ *• there is no companion like the dol
lar j” “adolsraaved i* egoal to two earned;" "he
that gets doth much, but be that keeps doth more ;’* and
they whodeposit'theif money at Spercent' interestin
the Fra* kiin Saving fund. sfo. JSS&.ulh Fourth street,
below Chestnut. Philadelphia, ate sure to prosper.
This Saving Fund pays on demand ard never sus
pended, Bee advertisement in another column.
“ lleksas's Kcw.”—This ia the announoement
stuck up yesterday, hy the proprietor of a news stand
The " Champion I .* has cS'rfainly Arrived, or will arrive,
or ought to arrive, and Gotham will be eonvii'ssd to its
very centre at its prospective Prince of Wales and its
present Prmpe of Whalers. In Philadelphia, wa have
no special sensation except the new sty ies of garments
for gentlemen and youths brought out at the Brown
Stone Clothing Hall of Acckhill * Wilson, No. 603 A
60S Chestnut street, above Sixth.
Ton* Cwt
8 810 10
...... 2.097 01
9s £■£ 00
l*7Blo
Solomon's Temple is to remain one week longer.
AUrzely-moreasing number of delighted admirers of
this magnifioent struoture throng its oourts dally. We
have seen it a number of tiroes, and each time it seems
to possets new attractions.
40 990 19
.. 561*11 10
Oak Orchard Acid Spbin® Water.—Tbia wa
ter ia gamine great celebrity, and the demand for it
is increasing rapidly. Its beneficial character is at
tested by thousands, and it is pronounoed by distin
guished pbysioi&ns to be superior to any other medi
cinal Spring Water nowin use. The almost miraculous
cures whieh it has performed lead us to believe that it
is destined to become extensively used in the treatment