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|As*si Borsr of ths<J(tgssia**; Ltttsrs from'
- Washington ; Letter frowGraybeard; Litter from
Qap*-Wf°d.r Personal ;,Genefel Hssrs;
fp4*S—Pojmeel ;,-The Crops; List of Letters re-;
' ntiWng Inthe Post f ffioe; Marino Intslligence ,
■ to ' t ’rbe-Neir«.-, <> f '. >' |
’ Bythe arrival oflha steamar Arial.ftt New'
.Vark,,we.beve Californiadatra (o the 50th of.
.June. Buaipess it Sut Francieoo;waen*t very,
brisk. Somofallares hid cooarred eS Sacramento
HM>SBenFranolMo. ’■ -• .a'--. - -' ' ;
;VTe,,hayo dateafrpm pike’s. Pf »k *ta the lAtti,
bn*, with ihe exeeplion ofsn sooount of u tie
maadouß rain, storm at Denver City, by ■which
muck pro£*rty n■ s deetro Jed, tho.news is uniin-,
poftanf;., ‘ -
'ike BoefmMtefcGleneral is about to issue ‘orders
tk*t,‘'J>ere*fteif' postage stamps, end.,not money,
•halt ,)>e used for the pre-payment of letters. .Uo
‘ will also require the poet-mark on letters to,be put
'on with. greater .distinctness; by .the, postmasters
throughout the country than .has; heretofore been
done. ' Ibis latter is an excellent idea, and will be
hailed aa snoh by the letter-wriHog publio. .
r; Pertles of pleasure by water should. exeroipo
greatpare.. ‘Wa'bearof aeewonla. daily,. On l ri,-
' day plgkt, ‘in Eoeton r harbor, • a boat .containing
'■ elayenperyons waa rttn dorm by. and
p t#oglfbr and' ayouogmen were, drowned...
' ■ Oeneml do Line, geieMion .candldate .fot Vice
President, is &t present visiting his native State
■'S-Hhfttl flaftHine. they appear to hUve a good
-'tints gTOefally Whbrarer ba appaars. ' l ' .
; ' i ‘ : ’iVeßttTb alominons paragraph, By telegrepb;
i’idthe effeet thst at Chimney Bock, on the 2tat, a
‘lFf.Lewia choked his wife to desth, and than hill
-ad himself hycultitg hit throat with a rassor; ’ Int
•Inwhal portion of this' greit ’and growing' eonnlry
Chlmneyßockiseitltated we are not Informed
(furtbertben that it is near 11 Somerville. ’the
. despatch further adds that “ as far as known” >he
;. parties have left no family.
.v. The Stesmer, Pennsylvania, whose loss by flte we
, published on Fatnrday, was totally destroyed, as
- well ac ker wboie.eargo, with the exception offour
boxes of goods. ; Forty, thousand dollars w ill
, ,scaroely cover the damage.* ™ >' - .
f ;' The-etesmera Fulton andSlaagow sailed from
New York on Saturday, for liiverpool.
For eloigtfme past the Bepubllo of Hay tl- has
- boon flooded with large quantltlesof counterfeit
t paper money, manufactured in the,United Steles,
c ‘ and : vetiela. trading to Haytien porta .have been
, 6 objected to, no little annoyance inoonaequeueo.
_,and efforts bsve boon made to detect the eonntor
" feltere, but without sucoeas..; On Saturday, linw
-1 .'aver,, the Brooklyn police arrested on board lbs
brig'Baltimore, bouhd forPort-iu-Prlnce,aOcr
' man named Hasler, who .la ohargad with selling
tfteen. thousand dollars of the oouuterfeit money
‘ to the mate of said. Vessel. Healer ia supposed to
he oo« of .a gttog who hare been engaged in saanc
a .factoring and selling Heytion counterfeit money
* far year)fpast
In 'the Supreme Coart of New Tori:, on Patur*
’ 4*7* the case of Frederic Hoffman, the alleged
* defaulting secretoryand transfer clerk of tip V*-
• Ofdo Company, was . brought jap on
a notion of counsel for the scooted for a reduction
of the amotmt or ball requiredfrooi $20,000 to
The District Attorney deemed the latter
sum sufficient, and the ball was accordingly ro
: ddeed./ '.*tl A ; ■ \v
The people of Annapolis, Maryland, are Id
ihe-'prospfect of the Great Eastern paying
them a visit before her return to England. (
K telegraphic deepateh froni Vanßuren/Arkim-
•u, states that Information had been received that
OaUfottf^QTertsrid
>- thatlh# arrival otthe mail would
-bcdeUyedftomethlrtyhoursbejond itauraaltime.
Thu accident referred to was ososed by the team
running away.-. One' person was hilled, seven 1
others seriously lojurad, and the coach was cotn
pletely wrecked.
5 . Tlje Japanese, donation to the Philadelphia po'ise
■ has been distributed to that body ' by Chief Rug
gles. Eaoh officer received the sum of five dollars |
aad thirty-two ceuU.
Onf reporters furnish so account of a .desperate
conflict between one of our cUtgrni and a gang of
- rattans in the western part of the oily, known as
the Schuylkill Rangers A boatman named Cense***
, rpn was-waylaid and attacked, and in defending
himself a T figbt ensued, daring which three men
„ were shot and ono stabbed. As yet, none of the in
juries have proved fatal.
."'An'item of'news in our political column mon
, tions the Pittsfield Sun as among the Breckin
ridge papers of- Msssaohnsetts, We have been
credibly informed that this is.not the case, that the
Sun is a warm adherent of Douglas, and that its
editor*'devote their energies te a bold fight on
' Secessionists in any possible shape. We cheerfully
- correct our-inadvertent error.
' The meteoric phenomenon which .was
* Friday evening In Philadelphia does not
to have been confined to' our city and neighbor
hood; Bo far as we have been able to learn by Hie
telegraph and mails, it was seen as far north ns
Boston,'in the New England States, New Tork>.
.Pennsylvania, and the middle States generally. In
' these various localities it appeared at. the time
< -it waseetn in Philadelphia, and presented the same
. Jfctpearenoo.
Saturday - being sentence day in' the Court of
Quarter Beutonsj several' worthies received their
~ deserts at the hands of Judge Allison. The officers
-of the law have been very busy lately-ia the hope
of a summer vocation, and the doeket for the pre- ;
jwnlterm now eontaips'hut a tingle case.
-• *BU Honor, the Mayor, is “ recruiting”—-we li j .
- Here that's the word—bis tired energies at Cepe
Bay. In the meantime the wheels of the Govern- !
sgentj more easlly on, and the country is perfectly
' Safe. 7 /. / ' ' ‘ ‘ _
n ; W&Uam Hannings, a weU-kuowo restaurant
. hooper of this city, is dead.
Three hundred and twelve’deaths occurred in
thlseity l&stweck. 142 of thia number were under
rtiwoge ofpnuyear! .
William .r. lii.kol.y, (he well-known teacher of
daoolng, rf this city, (li.d rudile-nly yesterday at
’ Atlantic City, of apoplexy.
• .Democratic State Convention.
-■ ,The Democracy of Pennsylvania favorablo
' to the election of Stephen A. Douar.ua and
Hzrschei, V. Johnson will assemble in mass
Convention, at Harrisburg, on Thursday next,
. the 26th insf., for the purpose of teting'sucli
-- measures.-as will secure the appointment
.of »n electoral tlaket pledged to the sup
-part of the regular nominees of tho De
mocratic party for'President', and Vice
; - President; Tho Convention will be held rin
, ,der the jojnt auspices of those members of tho
" State Central Committee wiio. recognize -tho
• binding force of the nominations of Douoiab
■ »od Johbsok, and, of Bicbabd J. HAirastAx,
; **q-. themember of the Democratic National
: Committee for who. was duly
empowered Jay that Committee to take this
codhse. There will, no donht, bo a largo at
tendance of the first men in the Democratic
„■ peHpof the State. < The policy of attempting
- .to inn a ticket which in any, way , recognizes
, thO DomlnatloD ol Buokinbidoe and Lane'
ylt nettber more norlossthan the policy of dia
'union j and'all who favor such a movement
.Mt apcn tbe assumption that Dovoias and
-'Jrowßaoß.have hot been regularly- nominated,’
;j id the face of the most overwhelming and un-',
cpsjHary.; #§ero;
!,,niw l , Mrvsf Ibisena r more, ; settled, and/ general
”'-'l«dlngtin;fevor ;of any' ticket then 1 thatnowr
/-f!^^.B^;lf,lWd.Jlemocrdfic','| , ank8 1 ’ of;
■ .iCouoias. and, Joux*o!t,the only dissensions.
v; bstaf tbote cteatcd by the olHce'holderSJhnd,
d»Uc7ior * C0.,-
** *"> *• lll,titraM MVtwt rtf ,hr: Word,
Codteodingagalaatthe flro. eating A . .upplcmeaf; .portrait, ;and memolrof Mr.
t fWW. II S‘WWBr'WNI»»« all dotmec- <5 J triesijltpini one of the BrUietj jKtatitiy,) anil
~~^*SS?ftsfl®®' n r * l t'l With;(he l ptmoj :.’| the Ulnstralei London-Ncms, both dated Jaly
combination tliaUlxi en- >-Vui.~. Alto; the flrat nnttiber of The lirttish Lion.
; olMtdtato between; themand the friends of ' daiertMd 1 at/“» JohfaaV.ln, jest >ha earnest,"
fw|<S.Conoids In.thefree State*. "micl in.this *htoh we may tpetk bf mor* fa'ly another lime,
they.are cordially euatained br Jiidiro etUbllthtd at a rival to Punch, which hat. lately
' Dot)4&Uhilßaelf.' 1 ! ‘‘ ' ' •• »Ti ■ beeomaifd f‘ loyal” and :<OBrtly,'th*t' we some
rt*&Tlte thtr'lHenda of tioh-Ihter^»uffl : ana v “jifll? wPonglaw
letter from the editor
Death of Joseph oi'thu Natiomil
IntcUis^Ktife^
ljsV 18d0i
Joseph Gales, for ffioro iUi»n{wty yjEats
one of the two leadiltg
Intelligencer, still published under the firm of
Gales & Seaton, died at Eckington, his es.
tato, near Washington, on Saturday evening
last, at -seven-o'clock, _aged ; seventy-five.
Although this -.event, • has- not taken the
friefcds ■’ of Mr. ’ Gales 1 by 4 surprise, owing
to hls greatly enfeebled physical /condi
tion for several .years past,: it will sug
gest many interesting reflections, and create
profound grief in many circles, in every
State of the Union. I can;recall ri6 one now
on the stage of action, with the exception of
his' surviving associate, the accomplished
Colonel Seat on,, who has been for so long a
period identified with editorial life. The vete
ran Bcoimiohak, of-New England, has been
. githered to bis fathers) Jos»pb : B. Chah»leb
, ratlred some years ago from his «< beloved
j arm-chair)”' James Gordon \ Bennett Is
; ameng'tbe oldest members of the profession,
i And yet his connection with it ;does not ex-
I fond, much over tbirty years i .Enwn) Gaos
: yjgt-T- gtyg up.jounudism for tbe moro sgrcea
! ble tail of: making money by steam lines,
: more' than, ten years ago; Thublow
Wxin, who left his post several years
since, returned to it with reluctance to serve
his'.'friend,'Mr. Seward, and is now looking
fqrward complacently to a retirement upon a
country newspaper as a fitting close to a well
spept’iifoV Gbo. D. Prentice, of the Louis
ville Journal, Is not an old man for so old
add 'rare an editor;. but among all these names
there Js not one around which so many pecu
liar'associations and' recollections gather as
around that of Joseph Galbs, of the falicmal
Intelligencer. He played a prominent part
upon a grand theatre, and lived among the giants
of the earlier days of the Republic. He saw
these giants flourish and he saw them die) he
Baw them in the social circle and in the Congress
ofthe United States; he knewthem intimately
and well, and being- himself a natural and
thoroughbred gentleman, shared their confi
dence, .and down to the conclusion of his own
eventful career, was never guilty of an. act
Unworthy of this proud connection. Born
in England, and reaching this ceustry when
about nine years of age, he was early thrown
into the midst of those trials which marked
the beginning of the Government, and during
this experience imbibed those conservative
principles which have characterized him
during all his long experience.. He had not
only a prido in his newspaper, but a
pride..in his. adopted . country.. Now
that the grave is about to dose over him, let
us forget the party accusations hurled against
him during merely party contests, and remem
ber him as the pure and upright patriot—as
the friend ot that peat Republic, the founda
tion of which In his youth he saw laid, and the
grandeur and gloiy of which he witnessed in
his final hours.",
Mr. Gales , was bom at. Eckington, near
Sheffieid, England, on tho 10th of April,
1786. , Philadelphia has a right to cherish
him as among her most pleasing reminis-
cences, Inasmuch as it was In this city that
bis father first resided alter having been' com
pelled to leave England in 1796, on account of
bis liberal opinions. . Those of my readers
who have read‘the admirable works ofthe
poet Montgomery will reinembor that wheu
the father ot Joseph Gales left England,
Montgomery, who was reared in his family,
succeeded him in the newspaper which he
published in Sheffield, and which was one of
tbe boldest and most radical of the ultra-Rc
publican papers ever published in the British
realm.'
The National Intelligencer was established
by Samcel'Habbisor Smito, a Philadelphian,
lu.lBoo, Sind was founded upon tho well-known
Independent. Gazetteer, which.was itself con
ducted.by the elder Gales. Joseph Gales,
Jr., was educated ..at the University of North
Carolina, in Rafeigb,.where his father removed,
and where the son wai reared, and where also
the father published a Republican or liberal
paper. In 1809,-Mr. Gales, Jr., joined Colonel
Seaioh, as a reporter of debates for the
National Intelligencer, then published by
Samuel Harrison Smith, and in 1810 Gales
purchased the paper of Mr. Smith, and was
sole editor until 1812, when he was joined by
Colonel Seaton, who had meanwhile become
tals brother-in-law,- since whicb-ttao the paper
TfivSitia has prevented him from giving any
active attention to the paper, bnt he retained
his faculties unimpaired nntil within a few
months past. He was elected unanimously
Wayor of tho city of Washington, in 1828,
which office he resigned before the close of his
term. His wife, who survives him, was the
daughter of Theodosia Lee, the younger
brother of General Henry Lee, of the Revo
lution.
The influence of the National Intelligencer
upon the conservative politics of the United
States has always been groat. Although not
so progressive as other journals of more pro
fessions, it continues to wield much power,
ind is read in all parts oi the United States
with - interest by these who believe in a
certain construction of tho Federal Consti
tution. Its moderation, its courtesy, the en
tire absence of all partisanship in its columns,
its high literary character, the masterly
ability and fairness with which its two eminent
editors have discussed the leading questions of
the day, have given it a deservedly high posi
tion. Other newspapers have grown up,
flourished for a brief season and died—parties
have changed their names—new men have
come upon the stago and retired—new
principles have been inaugurated and aban
doned— Administrations have come into
existence and have expired—yet during
ail these reverses and transmutations the Na
tional Intelligencer has pursued its steady way,
neither looking to tho right hand nOr the left;
never,'except; I believe, In a-single instance,
becoming the mere organ oi nn Administra
tion, lint discarding all temptations to become
such, and at the same time securing the re
spect of the Administrations whose elevation
its policy compelled it to oppose.
" During tho last war with Great Britain the
National Intelligencer was the vigorous and
fearless defender of the American cause. Its
editorial columns glowed with the true patri
otic enthusiasm, and when the British troops
invaded the capital, among the first objects
of their Vengeance was the office ot the
Intelligencer, and was indeed tho only
private property they destroyed. They
burned a number of the public buildings,
and did not regard their work as complete
until they had razed tho National Intelligencer
to the ground. This is a proud title to the
confidence ot onr people, and I am glad to
see ttat the Congress of the United States
never omits an opportunity to pay a proper
tribute to Gales & Seaton.
Messrs. Gales and Seaton were both short-
hand reporters for tho press. They wero
among the first in that great art which has now
itself become one of tho leading professions of
the day. Col. Seaton,- tho surviving partner,
although eighteen months tho senior of Mr.
Gales, I am happy to add, is as hale and
hearty as many a man of fifty. He reported
five of fhe great speeches of John Han
douts of Roanoke, during the Adminis
tration ■of Jons Quinoyi Auams, which
havo nover been printed, and Mr. Webster’s
immortal speech in reply to Hayne was taken
down as it fell from his lips, by Mr. Gales.
This yenerablo editor and truly distinguished
and patriotic citizen died, with his wife by bis
aide, and among her kindred. Unhappily,
the news of his - last dangerous illnesß
reached his devoted friend and partner,
Col. Seaton, at too late an hour to enable
.bitia to be present by his-bedside, but he de
puted- this 'life'easlly and without pain; wel
dofi)(ng deafh,,liidc.ed,' , as,a relief from'the,in-
tense suifering he .had endured- during tho last
and piasihg ‘from’this, trqnbled,
scepollp coqseiouspesa that .he
had done no aot inlifo thatunado hinr fear to
fipeeitisltfMa^erlSefitoJacd.’' ;
The Career of
Tho most molancholy%atuiui ■ the pi'-.'gu
ot tho republican oxjftrimeut in tho Uuito'l
States Is jbobabjy the/disregard of all law iu
tho great cities, by tkoaowhose business and
interest it is tb,elude or-defy it,’and tho dis
trust by people ot thoso cities as to the iato
grlty ot most of the offiolals whose first duty
it is (or should be) to punish these offenders.
Shakspeare’s grand aphorism, uttered by the
deserted Lear, is unhappily too frequently
illustrated in our great municipalities:
“ Throir h tattered clothes email vioee do appear;
Kobe, and furred gowns hide all. Pluto sin With gold,
' And thestroag lanoe of Jostioe hartless breaks;
Arm it io rais, ft rignw’a straw doth piers. it.* 1 0
Take tho case of the man Cbeoab, who was
sentenced a lew days ago to a long-earned 1
punishment. /This case served to prove the
mle. -He was “ a notorious villain.” Ho was
known to bo a knave... Convicted by the pub-
lic opinion, and often arraigned, and some
times punished, ho frequently contrived to
escape' his just deserts by offers of bribes to
officers of the law, high and low, which bribes
hare more than once been accepted. He not
only grew rich by crime, but he brazened
it out before society, and blazoned his
wealth as if it had been honestly acquired.
At last he reposes behind tho hospitable
walls of . the Eastern Penitentiary. Wo have
no foeling to Indulge against this man. He
was, and is, a bold, gay, daring gamester; a
fellow of expedients, an expert in shame, and
he wen Ws way doubtless as much by his
talent for craft as by the use of his
money. We refer only to his career as a part
of the system by. which criminals have been
enabled to escape tbe vengeance of the law.
What a life his has been! How many a poor
creature he haSdeluded and led away from the
path of rectitude I What revelations ho
could make!' Possibly Borne of thoso now
high in State, and lording it over their bet
ters,- would be fearfully compromised if ho
would open his lipa, and, for onco at least,
speak the honost truth.
Judge Allison deserves the thanks of the
community for the manner in which ho admi
nistered justice upon Cregar. The criminal
has many powerful friends. Of course,
Governor Packer will he approached to
releaso him; and it is equally certain that
Crboab will demand, and command, tho
efforts of thoso he has served heretofore
to assist in procuring his ppdon. But
wo have every, reliance upon Governor
Packer that ho will manfully resist all their
appeals. The conviction of Cregar, who
has heretofore takon advantage of the errorß
of the law, is, in a marked degree, the result
ofthe late admirable revision ofthe penal
code of this State, by Hon. Ellis LEwisand
David Webster, Esq., of this city, by which
revision, ail persons upon whom counter
feit money .or. stolen property is found,
are to be tried, and if found guilty, punished.
Let ns hope that the lesson taught in this case
will be productive of beneficial consequences.
The difficulties in the way or the honest officers
ofthe law are incalculable. The men who are
really ambitions to do right are disheartened
by these difficulties, and those who arc willing
to do , wrong are encouraged. Not only will
the community at large ho benefited by this
summary conviction and sentence, but faithful
and upright judges, andotliors in office, will bo
strengthened and sustained.
Louts Napoleon and Sicily.
In 1848, when the people of Sicily had
completely overpowered-the forces of King
Bomda upon that island, at every point except
Messina, they considered that the only import
ant requisite for the establishment of their fu
ture independence was the selection of a ruler
who should preside over their destinies, and ip
return for their loyal devotion to him, regulate
their affairs of State, promote order, and form
a rallying point in all times of danger. Their
choice was mainly divided between a younger
son of GnABf.ES Albert, then King of Sardi
nia, and a son ot the Grand poke ot Tuscany.
At this time Lows Napoleon waa ap ,exile
In London, with but gloomy prospects before
him. Finding Sicily In want of a sovereign,
he vdouteejpd his services, and issued an ad.
dress soliciting the suppsjt and suffrages of
those authorized to make a selection for that
post.
It so happoned, however, that his appeal
fell still-bofi) upon the oars of the Sicilians
to whom it was addressed, and, Instead of ral
rying with enthusiasm to his standard, not a
single voice was raised in his favor.
Their choice finally fell upon tho son of
Charles Albert, and be was on the noint of
, , oseemHOg ineir
throne, when the unexpected defeat of his
father by Badetzky changed the whole aspect
'Of Italian politics, and placed herwbole popu
lation completely under the control of the
baneful influence of Austria, which continued
to be irresistible until, by the great movement
of 1859, it was destroyed, wo trust forever.
At the very moment tho prospects of the
people of Sicily for their final deliverance ap
peared to be most encouraging, they wepe
overwhelmed by the result of a single battle,
and the baneful influence of one despotic vic
tory was sufficiently potent to consign them
again to the unhappy fate, from which they
have reeentiy been fiellyorod by tho heroism of
GAUIBALm.
It is idle now to speculate upon the proba
ble results to Sicily, to Louis Napoleon, and
to the world, if the suit of tho present Empo.
ror of Franco to Sicilians, for their support in
1818, instead of having been so coldly re
jected, had been successful —hut it is by ho
means improbablo that tbe wholp faeo pi Eu
ropean affairs might have been changed-
France might havo continued to bo a Repub
lic, free from all Imperial Napoleonic influ
ence, and Europe, instead of recognizing in him
its master spirit, have succumbed to other
controlling influences.
Soon after the complete and ridiculous
failure of bis proposition to the Sicilians, he
laid tho foundation of liis future ascendency
among the people who had been qo devotedly
attached to bis Groat Uncle. And when he
succeeded Cavaionad, who had warmly es
poused their cause as against King Bomba,
bo had an opportunity, by reversing tho po-
licy of his predecessor, and abandoning them
to their cruel fate, of punishing them for their
aversion or neglect, which he did not fail to
embrace. Even in the lato struggle, ho has
abstained from alt positive interference in
their behalf, and it is probable they are still
subjected to the sinister influences of a modi
fled phase of his displeasure and ill-will.
Horn ha anil Hnehannn,
We are often strangely reminded of the truth
fulness of tho expression of the inspired pen.
man, that “ there is nothing new under
the sun.” The peculiar policy of the venera
ble “ old public ihnclionary ” who now pro.
sties.over the destinies of tho United States
bin generally been supposed to bo as original
and unique as it was unjust and despotic. But
the infamous Bomba, the late King of the
two Sicilies, appears to have furnished
the model of political management
whlch our Tycoon has adopted. In the midst
of his tyrannical outrages against his subjects,
Bomba issued a political catechism, in which
ho had the lower orders instructed as part of
their education. Two of its precepts were as
follows: 1, « The King was freo not to keep
his oath to a Constitution;” 2, “Liberals,
even if not, all equally wicked, followed tho
same rood, and reacbed tbe same prison.”
This, is the original of tbe Buchanan plat
form In a few pointed words. He has con
tended that ho “ was free not to keep ”
the pledge to sustain tbe principles of the
platform upon which he was nominated and
elected—an act of Infidelity not a whit less
dishonest and infamous in a President, than
tho violation by a King of his oath to sustain
a popular Constl'utlon.
Like Bomba he has denounced as Liberals,
and snbjeoted to a’l the punishments ho could
possibly Inflict, all. who were honest, and
patriotic enough to- oppose Ills treachery
to the people and his repudiation of tho prin-,
ciples Upon which' he was qlevatcd to power,
The"attempt of his minions, since the lato Na'
ttonal Convention placed in nomination Ste
phen A, Douglas, to. ovoi-tliro\v the decision
of the highest authority known to. tljo Demo‘-
cratic, party, shows, that,-not content with pre
scribing.’ those who held ofllce- undor his
control, he is determined to war to the bitter
fend against the regular organization of tho
Detnocfatlc party, since it, too, has adhered
to the ancient faitji, and he will spare no
pains to. insure evenjts destruction,.because
one ofhifl. favorite maxims teaches that “ Libe
rals, even if not all equally wicked, follow tho
. *me road, and reach tbe same prison.” -
Michigan. v-This foims no exception to the'
sister Bt«tes of.the Northwest., The wheat harvest
is pretty much concluded, and there .wilt be a
large lafplds for exportation, and vary fine wheat
it Is.
THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, JULY 23, 1860-
, \ IJ' 1 1 i• 11 j ISk'IV )■} '.lV.lMl'till !•«' W'Ul i>
even a sort of approach ’to imdumdiol} — i'>
the dolorous rnnsio of “ the sad sea-wai’os.”
Wo liavo not the least donbt, lrom tho rapid
growth of the place, that, in a few years/At
lantic City will be an occasional winter,' as
well as a constant summer- biding place' fOT
Philadelphians and Jeraejites, with Concert-
Halls, Museums, newspapers, and, mayhap,
a theatre. There is liotliieg ol tho sort now,
save on extraordinary occasionak-one of which
occurs this very evening. Our friend—every
body’s Iriend— Jerbv MoKibbin, of the United
States Hotel, kindly and liberally places his
principal saloon at the disposal ol Mr. Hpsav
Moaronn, this evening, and .we take K;for I
granted that « all the world” (at Atlantic
City,) will throng it, to hear a poem, just the
length of a lecture, upon tho duty, propriety,
necessity, and so on of Grumbling. At the
Bame time, nobody down in Atlantic City has
any occasion to grumble at “ mine host ” of
the United States’ or any other of the nu
merous well-appointed hostelries there.
As regards- Mr. McKibbin, it is very fortu
nate for him that, now nearly three years ago,
he did not receive the nominationj which, with I
his popularity, would have eventuated in his ]
being elected to tho office of Sheriff. When
the late Major No.vu was made Sheriff of the
adjacent rowdy-ville ol New York, every One
said, “He is safe to make his fortune In two
years.” When the two yeara were over, Noah
was much poorer than when he took office.
How was this 1 He paid off the debts (and
costs, sometimes heavier than the debts,) of
the hulk of tho unfortunates in limbo, nnder
his care, and sent the poor devils home, each
with a ten-dollar gold piece in his hand. In a
worldly point of view, this (t did not pay”—
but there is a place where Jew and Gentile may
lay up treasures which do not corrupt, and we
doubt not that Major Noah, by his huffiand
liberality, laid up a large future treasure there.
Just so, we believe, had there been a Shorili
MoKinni.v, would have been tho result in
Philadelphia. Our capital friend J eeuv would
have made many a sad heart happy in his
Shrievalty, even though he was sure that
doing so would leave email profits to himself)
Well, at the United States Hotel, Atlantic
City, this evening, Mr. Unxnr Mohfoed will
deliver one of his telling social poems—the
Subject being the popular one of Grumbling.
Ho is a scholar, and a gentleman, and, more
over—for wo know him well—one of the best
readers or reciters we ever heaid. He will
initiate a new excitement on the sea-side,
and we heartily commend him to such of our
friends as may ho down there. From timo to
time, daring tho season, other popular
lecturers may appear, if, as we anticipate,Mr.
Moefped bo as successful as ho merits.
The Meteoric Phenomenon*
Tho Now York Herald, in publishing a numl ejr
of newspaper and correspondents’ accounts of the
meteoric phenomenon which took place on Friday
night,' and which was notloed in {Saturday’s Press,
publishes the following interesting editorial re
marks :
“At about a quarter before ten o’clock on Fri
day evening, the atmosphere being very sultry,
'and no perceptible motion in the air, a light oloud
appeared In the west, from whtoh a blue-tintod
luminous globe shot opt, wbioh at the first glance
suggested to the Speetators the Idea of an artificial
fire-work. Instantly it lost its globular form,
bursting, like an immense skyrocket, into
portions. The first two are represented by one of
enroorroepopdegjtsaf resembling brilliant illumi
nated chandeliers, with innumerable jets of purple
flame; the others were gjobplar and comparatively
small, appearing rather as the tails ot the first.
They maintained their relative distance? as they
flew athwart the sky from west to east,-occupying
in their flight something like a minute. Whether
they vanished Ju atr or foil ou the land rr sea«e
have not yet ascertained. About n minute after
tbely passage .a detonation was heard, as from a
piece of ordnance; but whether it proceeded from
tho bursting of t|ie meteor is a pifttter ot conjec
ture.
«* One very curious optics! delusionyldeh {fgavp
rise to is worthy hf remark. To t|re spectator#' t«
appeared to be no higher than from & quarter to
half a mile, and to be almost directly over their
beads, and yet, when the fact 1b considered that it
was witnessed under almost identical oircum
itanoes at Philadelphia, somenioety mites south
wept of Now York; at New Haven, eighty m»l«s
east; at Barnegat, Jorjy miles south, and at New
burg, on the Hudson, sixty tnlles ngrth, ft will be
perceived that the idea of its lnsignlGoaut eleva
tion was most delusive. It must have been at p.n
immense' elevation to have been seen at these
widely remote points, and to have presented at all
of thojp the B&mo appearance of being so nearly In
the Vefiitth
“It is also to be remarked in connection with
the meteor, that for the previous t»a or three.-
sights brilliant flashes of the aurora borealis have
illumined the northern skies—a most unusual di*'
play in the dog-days, and one which we only look
tor In tfco late Fait and winter months. The aurora
is generally to indicate 6l#«r cold
weather, bpt In this eaw it hu been flowed by
WVur D uofffMalotiDg ' oar prevtouflj-ooncalvecl
potions. It‘ls also very olosely connected in
point of tfmo with the solar eclipse, which took
place last Wednesday xp&nrfng
<( Meteors, like comets andecllpsep, have been,
from the remotest antiquity, regarded as porten,-
tous omens. It is haref to get nd of such super
atitiona Ideas. Kven in modern times, and not
withstanding the flood of light thrown by scientific
men upon alt natural phenomena, people cannot
entirely divest themselves of this feeling. In the
poem describing the downfall of Poland, it is re-,
I*t«d that os that terrible night of carnage when
JjCosoiu'ko fell,
1 Vfirth shook. rc<l meteor# j[jH*h*d along the *kr,
And consoious Nature’shuddered at the cry.’
“To many the pteteer of Friday night recalled
the memory of that summer night,' twenty-eight
years ago, when tfie rcirisTksbin meteor'io displuy,
known ns the shower ofstars, took plaoc, anil
whioh preceded, if it did not introdnoo, that ter
rible plague, the Aslstlo cholera. There may ho
rosson for supposing that those disturbances of (he
atmosphere, whioh produce meteorto displays may
affect more pr less the elements whioh sustain anl
mailifo; bpthuman kpojyledgo is so limited in
that regard, and 'Speculations on snoh subjects are
so often found destitute of fojinfla'tjen, that all such
apprehensions mny safely bo dismissed, and that
tbosa who saw this magnificent display of oeiestiai
fireworks may, without any alarm, lelicltato them
selves on having witnessed tho most snbiimo spec
tacle of the oentnry.”
Melancholy Accitjenf j/i Boston Hny.
The Boston Traveller comes* to'us with an ac
orunt of a melancholy aooldent which took place
i i Boston bay on Friday, and whioh resulted in the
drowning of two young ladies. The Traveller
“ On Efjfiay aftornoon, a party of young people,
residing op tfie ijouth Cove, noar Federal and
Knoelsnd streets, wept down ipo harbor in the
yacht Thistle, belonging to Hr. JV Sv. Losiberbee,
% superintendent of one of tho tiouth Boston
bridges. The boat was in chargo of Timothy
O’Halloran, an experienced boatman, end the
party consisted of eleven persons hesidos tho
Skipper—Jeremiah Murphy, Mlohnel Lnvery, Ed
ward O’jjonnell, Thomas liowon, Mary Jane Fitz
simmons, Anna JloQoriy, Mary Q’B;lep, Mary
Murphy, Kate (flavin, and Mary Ann and Knte
Slinev, the latter only about ten years old.
“ When off fort Independence, the yaoht was
run into by the schooner Alma, of Oranville, N. S ,
and was bo stove tfjat il sank ajtnosf instantly, and
before any of the party could get hpld of anything
with whioh to buoy themselves up. Q’Halloran,
tbe moment the collision occurred, jumped on board
the Alma, and throw a rope to tho Thistle, which
was eaught by Jerry Murphy, who was dragged
through the wator by it. the eohooner not stopping
in its courts Mary Jane Fitzsimmons got her
arms around his neck, spd pipng to him tiff they
were both seved by a boat' from tho steam-tug
tValpole, which fortunately was near at hand at
tho time. Kate Olavin oaugln hold of Murphy by
the waist, and was taken along somo distsnoo, but
was drawn beneath the water so much thßt sbo was
foroed to let go, and she was drowned.
“ The rost of the party, with tho exception of
Mary Murphy, floated and were saved by boats
that were sent to their assistance from a Oape Cod
sobooner. and tho Alma, and another Nova Sootin
vessel. The Murphy girl is supposed to havo gone
down in the Thistle. *
“ Thy two girls drowned were each about seven
teen years of ago. ary Murphy was the daughter
of Timothy Murphy, living in fibaving street, and
tbe parents of tho Glavin girl reside in Cave place.
Their bodies havo not been recovered.” ’
This evening, the National Theatre, Walnpt
Street, will be opened for a short mason of only a
single George Christy, from Niblo’s Gar.
den, New fork, who brings hither his far-famed
Minstrels and himself, to amuse the sober-minded
people of tho Quaker City. Music, singing,
danoes, spd oomloal Ethiopian dramas will form
tho staple of this entertainment. Every person
knows what Christy’s Minctrfijg are, and therefore
we need only announce the fact—they appear every
ovenlng this week.
Lajuie Sale or f-ivanroor, Ware, this morn
ing. at Thomas Sc Boob’ auction store, Sonth Fourth
stroct.
Sale of Beal Estate, Stocks, Ac,, to-morrow,
(Tuesday,) at noon, at the Exchange, including
several valuable properties. Seo advertisements
and catalogues.
Jessi; 1). Brwiit’s Proposition. Tho
liOulsvlllo Democrat savs of the nppearaDce of
Joseo D. Bright, at Jeffersonville, Indiana, the
other day : Jesse Bright made a speeoh and for*
mslly proposed a compromise. If the Democrats
would consent to run electors pledged to vote tor
Douglas, if the vote.would elect /,,pj and to voto
as they pleased. it their voto would eleot peither,
then tpo said Jesse A Co. would run no separate
t eke’,
Kosiund Burke, of the Concord (N. H.)
Democratic Standard (Hreck inridge,l rebukes
those Demrcrats who are dreaming of “ the absurd
and Impossible expedient of patching tip compro
mise nnlnntiokels,” Besays;
‘■The fight is for principles, for tbe organisation,
gnd for tho future of the Deinonratio paity, and not
lor the victory over the Black Kepublicaas and for
the spoils.” ■
Ahkan3as.— Uffill recently tha most cheer
log sooonnls have reaohed us in resneot to the
crons in every part of Arkansas, and we regrtt to
find in tho State Gazette of the Mth, the fo'low-
Inr aoeonot of an unfavorable change: “ike Crons
arfi suffering very much for rain in this end adlolm
fdg oonnttes; and unieis it shall oome shortly, the
yield wi I bo very much lessened, and in nine lo
celltiw the corn orop entirely destroyed.”
kJ.Nrti- t
Public Amusements.
L \'i KST A K V/S
i>y Telegraph to Tho Prose.
Death of Sheldon McKnight, ofDe
v- iroit.
JBPBOIAL DESPATCH TO TUB FRRBB.J
WASHINGTON, July 22, 1860.
Sheldsn McKnight, of Detroit, died la this
oHy, ut the Kirkwood House, on Saturday evening,
after an illness of about a week. He was greatly
esteemed, and after laborious and persevering ef
forts, succeeded in getting a bIU passed by the l&at
Congress indemnifying him for carrying the Uni
ted States mails on Lake Michigan Ho died just
aftor being paid the first Instalment.
Arrival of the Steamer Ariel—l.otcr
'from California*
N*iv York. July 22 —The steamship Ariel ar
rived this evening, with the Californiamails of the
30th of June.
The Ariel brings $073 000 in gold. The princi
pal consignees are as follows:
Messrs. Wells A Fargo $173 000
' Daooan Sherman <1 C 0........... 114 000
- American Exchange 8ank........ 77 000
James Patri0k.................. 19000
sellenan A Co. 30 000
Bfillen A Souder 2 000
E. Kelly 64,000
Among the passengers Is General Jono?, minis
ter to New Granada.
The ship Oscari Pearl, from Now York, arrived
at San Francisco on the 29'h ult.
A moderate business was done at San Frannisco
on the 29tb, but there were no transactions of mng
intrude, and no change in rates.
The shipment of specie per Uncle Sam was
small,
Messrs. Wolf A Co., liquor dealers, at Sacra
mento, bavo failed, and a jobbing hoose In San
Francisco, dependent thereon, failed, with liabili
ties amounting to $25,000.
Mazatlan advices report that the U. S. flleam
frigate Lancaster was to leave, Jone 21. for Guav
smas, to return in twenty days, and then leave for
Aoaputco, Panama, Ac. Tho U. S sloop-of wer
St. Marys was to leave the same day for the anme
destination. The U. S ship Oynne was oxpeoted
f*ora 8«n Francisco, to mako her headquarters at
M-rsatlan.
The American vesuris which wero reoently
nt Mszatlan had been given up.
Tho British troops bad ovaonated San Bias.
From Washington.
DEATH OP MR. GALES—CIRCULAR FROM THE POST
MASTER GENERAL.
Washington. July 22.—Joseph Gales, of the
National Intelligenrsr, died last night, in the
75th year of his age. He was during two-thirds of
his life connected with that establishment. For
geverul years past he has been very infirm, bat
continued his occasional visits to the office until
toward the close of the last. Having desorvedly
been held In the highest esteem by all olasses of
the community, his decease occasions the deepest
sorrow.
Tbe funeral of Mr. Gqlea will take plaoo on
Tuesday, from his country-seat, Fikinton, near
ibis oity. It will probably be a large and most
Impressive procession.
The Postmaster General is about to issue an im
portarit circular to postmasters, requiring, among
other things, that, in all oases, postage stamps, and
not meDey, he used In the prepayment of postages,
and prohibiting the use of the datlog stamp in
cancelling the postage stamps. A neglect to can
cel postage stamps effectually, or to postmark let
ters plainly, will be regarded as a cause for serious
censure if not of removal, and all postmasters are
required to report every instance of such neglect
to the appointment office. Instructions are also to
bo ismed in execution of the reoent provision of
Congress for the return of letter# to the writers
thereof, when they are not taken out of tbe office by
those to whom they are addressed.
The Pinaster to Steamer Pennsylvania.
THE STEAMER A TOTAL LOSS—LOSS $lO 000—NO
INSURANCE—ONLY FOUR BOXES OF GOODS RE
COVBREp.
Norfolk, Va., JoJy 21 —Tbe remains of the
steamer Pennsylvania, which was burned on Thurs
day night, on tbe James river, aro sank in four
fathoms of water.
Tho total loss by the fire Is estimated at $40,000,
on which amount there is no Insurance.
' The engines of the Bteamer may possibly be
Four boxes of goods are the oply portion of the
cargo that has been saved.
From Pike’s Peak.
Sr. Joseph, Mb., July 21.—The Pike’d Poak
Express arrived hers last evening, bringing Den
ver City dates to July 15th.
Denver City was visited on the 14th with a tre
mendous raip storjn. The streets and cellars wero
flooded with water, and a large amount of goods
were damaged.' The raip was so 4ense that per
sons coaid not see aoposs the street.
Duriog tbo storm the Metropolitan billiard
building was struck by lightning. Sovepal persons
in tbe room stijnnejj, but none were seriously
injured.
A largo building In process of erection on Blake
street fell daring the storm, tho walls having been
undermined by the rain.
Tbe advance division of the Uoited Statos troops
from Camp Floyd, on their way to Arizoua, passed
through Denver City on the morning of the 15th
instant. •
New Jersey Politics*
PRIMARY ELECTIONS OF THE DEMOCRACY.
Newark, N. J., July 21—The Demoorsoy of
this city hold Primary meetings to day to elect de
legates to the State Convention,
Forty-nine delegates on the union electoral
ticket were phqsen to eleven straight out Douglas
delegates.
. The Donglas men are dissatisfied with the result,
and wilt onoose a fult set of oesteßting delegates.
" /I'l.n JUU*„*. «*«■ X>«.***J|2t'«
'"feVcyfepY, July 21.—A very brilliant meteor
passed over this place last oveuing at 10 o’clock,
giving as much light as a full moon. It came In
view at tbe horizon west of nor’bwest, and passed
due east, being about six eeoonds in passing. It
went out of sight below the horizon east of north
east. When directly northeast it broke, forming
two. one following the offeer. Home minutos after
it disappeared, a sound resembling thundor was
dUtinotiy heard. No olouds w<»re in sight.
Fire at jLnwrence* Mass*—Loss of
JiAwnisNCfl, Maes., Julv 2t —A large wooden
building. owned by Mr. Hazleton, jn connection
with the Harorhlll Loan and Fund Association,
and occupied by several Irish families, was de
stroyed by Gre this morning A woman and child
were burned to death, and two firemen badly in
jured.
Rell ami Everett Me'etinp at Cincinnati
Cincinnati, .Tuly 21 —A large and entfruiastio
801 l and Kterett Meeting w&g bpld bp re last nfgbt
A resolution was adopted calling a State Con
to meet at Cbillicothe on August I(Uh, to
nominate a State ilckot and electors.
Departure of Steamer*.
Np.w York, July 21 —Tho Flcamsbip Fulton,
with 121 pussongeis and £<306,000 in specie, sailed
at noon for JJvcfpooJ.
Also, the etoasaor Llaesovr, with 150 passengers
and $lOO 000 in specie. ' ' '
The steamer Fulton will stop at Cape Race on
, Wednesday to receive thelatest news.
Thefircat Eastern to Visit Annapolis.
.* IjALTiMor.B July —lt Is stated to have been
'fettled upon that the steamer (treat Eastern will
come to Annapolis on nenfc Tuesday or Friday
week, to reoelvo’coal, thus* affoMicg'’Southerner l *
an opportunity to visit her.
C>eitera! Lane tn North Carolina.
Raleigh, N. C., July 22—General Lanowas re
ocfved at Shocco Springs, on Friday, by a lane
ooncoaree of oitizena and military of barren and
the s'urroiipdipg counties. After reviewing the
troops, he responded to ap e4qros.i frojn tho Attor
ney General of the State. A salute was tired, and
a grand entertainment followed. HU presence in
bin native State oroates great enthusiasm. lie
visited ibis city and Kittrefi’s Spriugs yesterday
The Expected Steamers.
Father Point, Below Quebeo,* July 22—olght
o’clock A. M —lnhere are no signs of the steam*
rhln North Briton.
[No communication’beyond Portland this eve
ning ] ...
Bostqjl, July 22.—N0 signs of the approach of
tho steamer tfopnspcbt, fjjia oyening, from High
land light, Cape C°>\. Tho weather there la dear,
and a distance of 35 miles can be seen.
Murder and Suicide.
Somerville. July 22. —Mr. Lewis and wife were
found dead at their residence, near Chimney Rock,
yesterday. From the marks upon his wife’s throat,
it is supposed ho first otioked her to denth.nnd
»hen took his life by cutting bis tbroat and
orms with a razor. The papse jg pjreeufped to have
been joriojjsy. The parties were in good circum
stances, but as far as is kpowD have left no family.
&mlden Donth of 4 Philadelphian.
.Atlantic City. July 23 —Mr. Blakeley, the
well-known teaoher of dancing, of Philadelphia,
.fell to-dfpy on tho pavement, in front of the United
’Rites Hotel, in a fit of apoplexy, and died in a
few moments. Dr. Lmlkm was in attendance, bci
medical aid was in vain. The deoeased was stop
ping at tho Tammany Uouso.
.Railroad Accident.
Kaston, Jaly 22 —William Cavanaugh, an em
ployee on the Lehigh Valley Railroad, was acci
dentally run over and killed, last night, by an
engine being switched on the traofc upon which he
w&j standing-,
Markets by Telegraph.
Baltimore. .Tuly 2l.— Flnnr \n dull nnd heavy; no
sales. Wheat firm htftl 20®! MPr red. and 41 30 A
1 36for, wh »e. Corn d*.U; yellow 62«rfric. Mixed hBo
and white ,od7ri. Prnvja ons firms Mes* Pork $2O,
Rump Sl4 CO. Whisky qu et but steady at2oo.
Cm. Ewell’s Campaign in Arizona.—
The oorrospondent of the Missouri Rrpuh'ican
writing from tfabuoon, J«no 2fl, Bays: Gspt.il.
8. Ewell started on the 25h. with seventy-five men
and aeveral volunteers, for the purpose of meeting
the Chirlcabui Indians at Apache P*s*, sb 1 ad
viseu your readers last week. I left Tucson 00
the 23d in order to join him, but after travelling
seventy five miles, and when within a few miles of
Fort Buchannn, I loarnod that he had sot out one
day rooncr than he had at first intended, thus
frustrating my intentions of accompanying the
comrbond. 1 returned to tho Hacienda de
Santa Rita, which I bad left 60on after dining,
nod was there detained for several days by severe
illness
TrfE Bangor Timer thus burlesques tho
umnljgtyle of writing adopted by tho Breoklnrldge
papers:
A Uoaw— -The report extensively published by
the Douglas papers that John Jonsing, postmaster
at Sequmvillo, bat} oome out for Douglas, is pro
nounced an unmitigated hoax. The veteran De
mocrat says he will never oast a vote for Douglas
while he had a drop of blood in bis veins, or at
least so Jong ho rotuins the SecuravUle post
office. -. The Lcokiorldge and Blnno movement 1*
csrtalqly becoming formidable. Perhaps r ” pf *<!•
era art not aware that Hen. Lane ia tho hjaxodn
of the’Marlon war, hut such Is the ooso.
TIIK Lvuisvillo Courier, tho organ of Breck
inridge thus treats the attempt to fuse In Missouri:
We commend it to the espeolal attention of Chair
man WMsh ard Senator ZHsler. We perceive that
in Missouri the National Democracy have thrown
overboard their. State offioors already nominated,
on account of their Douglas proclivities. This is
drawing the line in the right place. We shall be
string just a« wo adhere boldly to principles, and
weak ap we dilute them with “ squatterism.
I H E CITY.
A.MtffIKMKNTW TIUB EVENING.
Pft.NJIBY/.YANU ACABVMf OV FINE AEIS, 10*8 Cheat*
Outetreet.—The 97th Annual Exhibition.
National Ham. Market, above Twelfth street*—
"Solomon's Temvle.”
Nat'onal Theatre, Walnut street, above Eighth.—
Christy's Minatieia.
Dkst&uciivbFike.—Yesterday afternoon,
near 1 o’clock, smoke was discovered Issuing from
the largo five-story silk jobbing warehouse of
Yard, titllmore A Co , No 42 North Third street,
west side, about midway between Market and
Arch streets. The store was one of the first class,
having a finely ornamented brown-stone front, and
oxtended in depth nearly 200 feet to the rear of
tho Friends’ meeting-house lot, whloh fronts on
both Arch and Fourth streets. The smoke seemed
to burst out simultaneously from the front and
rrar portions of the building, and in less than fire
minute* from tho time It vros first discovered, there
was a column of smoke and flame, reaching to a
great height.
The firemen were early upon the ground and
worked manfully, the steam-fire engines doing ex
cellent service, bat, ia spite of all their exertions,
although the burning building wag approached
both in front and rear, the fire had attained such
headway, that in a little more than an boar the
splendid store was " gutted” from the fifth story
to the third floor.
The store contained Urge quantities of silk goods,
though to what amount could not be ascertained
yesterday with any certainty, the owners being oat
of town. Some personsestimate the loss as high rs
$70,000, and others at $5O 000. The loss is cer
tainly very hoavy, and will probably range be
tween those figures Large quantities of silk goods
were saved by tbe police and firemen, who worked
nobly in saving all they could.
The Chief otPolioe, Samuel O. Haggles, was on
the groand, and botween six and seven o’clock or
dered tho upper story on Third street to be torn
down, an it was in a very unsafe condition, and
dangerous to passers-by The members of tbe Em
pire £7ook and Ladder Company carried their lad
ders to tho top of the adjoining building, aod a
Urge hook was attached to the toppling oornloe,
and a rope parsed to the firemen below, who pulled
"with a wifi.'’
Tho heavy mass of brownsione, bricks, and rub
bish camo tumbling down with a thundering orash,
llko the booming of heavy artillery. Tho mass
fell dlreoflv on too pavement below, under wbijh
a vault bad been built. Tho weight of the falling
ruins crushed In the p&voment from the curb stone
to tho doorstep as if it had been an egg shell,
loavlng the whole of tho vault exposed.
The sido walls maintained their position, but it
wis believed by experienced persons, yesterday,
that they will bavo to be taken down, as they
were net considered safe in their present condition.
Tho storo was higher than those on either side of
it Oo the north side is a two-and a-halfstory
building, wbiob ia in groat danger in tbe event of
the northern wall of the burnt ballding giving
wav.
Next door to the store of Messrs Yard, Gilmore.
& Co., ia the four-story saddlery hardware and
coach-trimming store of Vim P. Wiistaob & Co,,
whoso stook was damaged somowhat by water, pro
bably to tbe extent of $2 000, which is covered by
Insurance. Both the members of this firm wero nlso
out oi town, and it was difficult to obtain Informa
tion as to the extent rf their loss. Tho baildibg
sustained littio or no irjury by fire.
Tbe exertions or the firemen, fortunately, kept
tho firo confined to the building In whloh it oom*
menoed, and prevented its spreading.
The origin of the fire is involved la some doubt,
and it was impossible Ift*t evening to obtain Accu
rate information as to how it commenced. Those
who first saw it. state that it commenced in the
fourth story, and seemed to break out all at once
from both front and rear. There was no fire used
in tho building at the time, and, as It oonld not be
attributed to spontaneous combustion, strong sus
picions were expressed that it was the act of an
incendiary.
The cause of the fire will receive the early atten
tiou of Fire Marshal Blackburn, who wilt care
fully investigate all the olroumstances, and report
the result.
During the fire the private watchman of Wn. P
Wilstaoh & Co’s store, adjoining the butning
building, was arrested, by order ofChief Engineer
Fearon, for refusing to permit tho firemen to go
through his store to get ou tbe roof and in the rear
of the storo. His name is John Doran, and he bad
a hearing before Aid. Braxer, who committed him
to answer the charge.
While the firo was raging, Michael Meagher, of
the Mojuptneing Hose Company, gat upon the
roof to lead out a side stream upon the fire. While
thus engaged, the pipe became unmanageable, and
letting go his hold, the water spirted up in his
face. This caused him to step back, and so doing
fell down three stories, alighting on a frame shed
or sash at the second story which broke his fail
and no doubt saved his life. He sustained little or
no irjary.
Many other firemen exposed themselves to danger
by running over the roofs of the adjoining bousos,
taking up nose on ladders, and introducing streams
into the midst of the tqioke end fire of the burning
building, but fortunately none of them were in
jured.
Tbe steam fire-engines proved tbemselve3 in
valuable, working without intermission, some
throwing two and three streams at onoe Not
withstanding tbe extensive character of the fire,
the State House bell did not sound a general alarm,
tbe apparatus of the First, Becond, and Third fire
districts being found sufficient to subdue the fire.
Desperate Fight with the Schuylkill
HANQBRR—TnRRE MkN SHOT AJID OXK STABBED.—
Between one and two o’clock, yesterday morning,
a desperate fight took place on the lot on Twenty
fourth street, between Pine and Spruce, between a
man named James Cameron, alias Goosey, and a
party of Schuylkill Rangers. It appears that
some time slnoe Cameron had incurred the enmity
of the gang of gangers, and th y had frequently
threatened him with personal violence. Cameron
is a boatrpan, and on Saturday evening left his boat
at Pine-sireet wharf, Schuylkill, for the purpose of
visiting soipe friends in the neighborhood of Twen
ty-fourth and Spruoe streets.
While stopping at a tavern in the vioinlly a
snore ume, some or toe Rangers, woo had conare
gated on the lot before spoken of, learning that
amemn was at the tavern, went there, and, as he
says, commenced abusing him in a very violent
manner, daring him to fight, Ac. He avoided
being drawn iuto a quarrel with them, and at a
late hour started, in company with another young
man, to go to hln boat at Pine-street wharf. When
he reached the lot where the gang were lying
about, one of the party, named Franfc Coyle, got
up on the lamp post at Twenty-fourth and Pine
streets, and pac out the light. Almost at the same
moment, Cameron was attacked by one of the gang,
named Miobaol Megee.
Cameron drew a rovolyer and attempted to fire
at Megee, but the weapon snapped, anj would not
go off. Megee then made a lungo at Cameron with
a knifo. which took effect in his threat, inflicting a
severe though not dangerous wound. Cameron, to
save himself struck Megoe wllh the barrel of the
pistol and bnook*d biih down Attbis another Ran*
ger, named Thomas Smith, attacked Ontueron, who
discharged two barrels of tho revolver at Smith’s
face 'i’ho pistoHyas Ipaded with buck-shot, and
both loads took effeot on the eyes of Smith, blowing
one oi his eyebrows nearly off, and completely de
stroying the sight of both eyes. At the same time
Anothor Ranger, named Francis Coyle, attacked
Cameron, when the latter discharged one barrel of
the pistol at him, the load taking effeot in the
forebead, making an ugly wound, though not dan
gerous
During the scuffie, a man named John McKelvey,
residing |p the trinity*, oqfc to' see what was
the mutter, and observing that several men were
fighting one man. went in to assist Cameron. The
latter euppotiog McKelvey to be another of the
gang, and about to attack him, fired a load at Me
n olvoy which took t fleet In his left side, causing a
severe if not dangerous wound.
Tbo remainder of the Rangers, seeing the havoo
made among their friends oy Crtmeroo, took to
their hpels and ran oft’. T£o friend of Oomcron,
who started from tbo tavern with him, It ia sup
posed, also ran off, as he was not seen after the
commencement ot the fi/ht.
Cameron, after the affair, walked deliberately out
towards his boat at Fine-street wharf, bat on the
•ay be met Sergeant Jordan, of tbo Fifth pollco
district, to whom ne surrendered himself, gave up
the pistol and a knife which be said ho had taken
from Mezee at the beginning of the fight, and
which ho^believed was the one which Megee had
stabbed him with.
Tbe officer and his prisoner then went to the
scene of the row, and the wounded men were ail
taken to the drug store of |)r. Ashmead, Twonty
fourth and Pino streets, who dressed all their
wouoda, both the assailed auc| tho assailants
Snnth,Coyle, and MoKolvey, afterwards taken
to tho Pennsylvania Hospital, where all wereunder
treatment last evening. The physicians say that
Smith’s eyesight is completely destroyed. He
was suffering great agony yestetdsy, and said he
wished be had been Jailed in the ena^antpr.
Cameron was taken btfore Alderman Patcbell,
who committed hint to prison to await the remit of
the iujntles to the wounded men
Cameron and all the other parties were well ao
qunlnted, and bo recognized all concerned in the
ofiair, und alleges that bn only acted in self
defence He is a young man, about tseniy-fivo
years old. amj of rather light weight, h\tt of a
quick, aotive temperament.
Mimt.bt FuNßiur. — Yesterday after
noon, the State I'enoibles, Capt. Page, paraded to
ittond tho funeral of fhlwaid an
old member of the corps. The intercept took
place at BonaWson’s Cemetery. The Fenmbfes
paraded about 00 muricets, and performed the fa
oeral cercmoules with much precision. During
the day, the American flag, at the armory of the
corps, was suspended at naif most in token cf
mourning.
Camp-Meeting.—A camp-meeting will
commence to-day at the Jaokson station, on the
Camden and Atlantic Railroad, and close next
Saturday. It will bo under the direction of the
Long a coming, Waterford, and Winslow oharges
of the Methodist Episcopal Churches.
Correction.—We liayo boon requested
to say the etesm passengercar tried upon the Nine
toeotb-street Railroad on Thursday, as reported in
onr local column on Saturday, was not Grice A
Long’s steam oar “ alpha.”
Attempted Spicide. Yesterday morning
Margaret Bunting, living in PaJethorpe street, at
tempted to commit suicide by taking laudanum.
Iho prompt application of the stomach-pump
saved her life.
A Laborer Killed.—On Saturday after
noon, about six o'clock, William Moran, a Jaooror,
employed In tearing down the building corner of
Bdtik and Market streets, fell froip the rear wall,
at the height of two stories, and, 'striking upon a
beam his neck was broken. The Coroner held fn
toques*, nnd a verdict of accidental death waa re
turned.
Dlt TRIIiUT INC, TIIR JAPANFSE POLICE
Fc*P —On Saturday morning, Chief of Police
Samuel G. Ruggles was engaged in disbursing the
fund left by tho Japanese Krabasay to be divided
among the police force who were on the dity on
the dav of toe arrival of the Japanese. The sum
of $5 32 waa given to each man.
Birth in a Station Douse --Ann Carter
was arrested, late on Friday night, on a charge of
larceny, and taken to the Second-district station
house. On Saturday morning she gave birth to n
child while there. Mother and child will bo set t
to the almshouse as soop as posslhle.
Flag Presentation.—Captain O, S.
Chrantt, of tho steamer Joseph Belknap, has been
the reoipient of a full suit of flags, presented by a
number of bis friends, as a testimonial of esteem.
The ceremonies on the oooaatou were quite into
resMng.
Thb Mayor Recreating,— Mayor Hemy
baa thrown aside the cares of r.fiiceand gope down
to Capq-Msy fora few days’ vorearion; -la bia
absence Chief of Police Samuel G. RugaL s attends
to tho mwagement of the police businoss.
. jo-Fire Companies.
for the sunual appropriations to the
different fire companies of the oity will be rSflly ,
to-day f«r the porsons entitled to receive them,
who will be required to produoe the ; roper vtuohe. a.
Fires in tbe Jerskt Puna For »bont
ten day* gerkma •mTUy, been barsing in tbe I
M 8 "5 eBt3 of New Jersey, and many square
miles of timber here bee* burned over. Io some
luetAnoes awelUnjgw b«ve Shared the fate of the
wooae, and their occupants have been compelled
?•'* There are no less than four
°f ** re# .ktt/aing, the most serious one of
which appears to bo ten or fifteen miles southwest
from tb« 'V -jraooth tt.«on, on tho lino of tho
Camden and Atlantto Railroad. Between this
point end some distance below Egg Harbor City
the flames have extended, and south of the lost
named place there seems to be a semi circle of
burniog woods. Eml of Egg Harbor City the fire
has come up to tbe lice of the railroad, and the
ruins of trees are - smouldering for some distance
along the traek. The travel on tbe road has not
been interfered with by the fire#, aad U ia aot pro.
bable that it will be Impeded. The fires have ori
ginated from coalings and from sparks from the
ooomotives- There is no possibility of the flames
being extinguished until sufficient ruin falls to fie
oompllihit.
At Atlantic City the fires assume a formidable
appearance. The oloud of smoke, reaching a line
many miles in extent, arises to sueb a heighten to
spread over tbe western heavens and beyond the
zenith, and It gives the son, daring the last half of
the day, a murky appearance.. The'extent of the
fires may be jqdged from the feet that the smoke
so plainly visible at AtUnilo arises some twenty
miles distant from there Tbeofadesafrcfe barnjdg
brash have been carried by the wind clear to the
sea, and the banks of the inlet at Atleotio are
lined with blackened rubbish from the fires. The
pry weather has rendered the woods rerjr'odmbaaj
ible. ' ‘
The Tbtp of the Pawneb—We obtain
the annexed account *of the recent trial trip of
this vessel from a reliable source: The Pawnee
left the navy yard on the 19th, at noon, and pro
ceeded down to-Port Mifflin, where she came to
fur powder and shell, after receiving which she
proceeded down the river, and anchored during
the night, the next morning proceeding to sea.
Tbe engines belog yet laeiined to heat in the
journals it was deemed prudent by Captain Jlart
stein not to leave tho immediate vicinity of the
Capes, and ran off and on during most of Friday.
After meridian the engines were pat up to a regu
lar speed, in order to develop both tbe power end
speed of the vessel. The distance from tbe light
boat on Five fathom Bank to the lighthouse on
Cape Henlopen being twenty miles, the vessel
w*s run from light to light, both ways, In order to
get tbe mein: for the first hour 25} revolutions ot
tho engine, tho last hour 27 revolutions—the time
being two hours and five minutes, equal to 9}
knots The journals oontisning to heat, particular
ly those of the idle wheel, which entirely gave ont
except for the most moderato speed, the brass jour
nal being cracked, the representative of tho firm
of the contractor!*, Messrs. Neafio & Levy, at mid
night requested tbe oaptaio to return, which re
quest he at once proceeded to comply with. Ou the
return trip she left Cape Henlopen lighthouse at
5 o’clock A. M. on Baturday, and arrived at the
navy yard at ten minutes past two P. M.; the
wind being fair most of the way up, the soils were
spread. The greatest amount of power developed
by the ongiaes was CB2 horse power.
Democratic Mass Meeting in Brides
bubo —One of the meet entbusiastio demonstra
tions ever witnessed in Brideabnrg, was held on
Friday evening, in pursuance of a call of the
friends of the national nominees. Tbe following
gentlemen were appointed to act as officers of the
meeting: Andrew J. Catberwooj, President;
Vice Presidents, Jacob Fox, Isaac Bonsall, Rina
than B. Davis, Conrad Huffman, James Drum.
Wo. Tattle. Laban D. Smith, Jphn Cornell. Jacob
Stinger; Secretaries, Chas. H. Davis, Elward
Brelsford, James Qnigg, Wm. Dolby, w. McMil
lan, Albert Nelson, Martin Gundlaoh, William
Cooney.
The following resolutions were offered and
adopted unanimously:
Ilf solved, Thatia the nominations cf Douglas,
Johnson, and Foster, wo recognize the regular
nominees of the Democratic party, and do hereby
pledge them our cordial and unswerving support,
believing them to be the only candidates calculated
to still the troubled waters of the political sea
Resolved , That we hereby request our represen
tative in the City Executive Committee to carry
out the known wishes of tbe majority of the Demo
cratic citizens of the Twenty-third ward, or resign
his position ia that body.
2 he following gentlemen addressed tbe meeting:
P. A Vancleve, Henry W. Ditmnn, Charles W.
Brooks, John Campbell, Engene Ahern, and Geo.
Burgenstock. . - * ’
Reception of the Chicago ZGuaves.—
It is expected that the Chicago Zouaves will pass
through this city in * few days, on their way from
Boston to Washington. Appearances iudieate that
there may be no military reception given them io
this city, In consequence of their neglect to reply
to an Invitation wnich was extended to them lest
week by Capt. Parry, of the Washington Grays,
of this city. In regard to this matter, tho Sun
day Mercury says:
u We think it probable the 2 uaves will have no
military reception in Philadelphia. Capt. Parry,
of the Washington Grays, was desirous of extend
ing to them the courtesy of a reception, and on
Monday last telegraphed to Colonel Ellsworth, tbe
commandant of tbe Zouaves, to that effect. Mon
day and Tuesday passed, and no answer to this
despatch being received, Captain Parry, on Wed
nesday, took means to escort* in If his despatch
had been received by Colonel Ellsworth. Tbe ii
quiry estibllshed the fnot that the despatch bad
been received, but remained unanswered, for whAt
cause could not be ascertained. Arrangement?
were in progress here to have given the Zouaves a
handsome reception, but this disre s pectfal treat
ment to tbe in?itfttlon Greys will doubtless
prevent any the kind on Ibe ar
rival of Ibe We regret this'
asit may be construed info a feeling of jealousy or
hostility to tho Zouaves, whloh Is not the case.
The fault of this state of affairs is with them, not
with us.”
A Steamship epFicpß Lost Overboard
tie Dklawarr Bat —On Saturday afternoon, as
the steamer Kennebec, of the New Yarfe line, was
ooming up tbe bay, Lawrence Urie, the first mate,
was knocked overboard and drowned The steamer
yas near " Danßaker’y fiboala.” h*t»v»
Island, and the deceased was assisting to-fasten
tho jib, and for thfs purpose hn stood on the rail
ing at tbe bow of the boat. The jib was caught
by the wind and carried out of Mr. Dale’s hand,
and he lost his equilibrium and fell into the water.
Tbe engine was immediately stopped, the stesmer
backed, and tbe small boats lowered, and every
effort tvss made to save him, but the unfortunate
map could not be found. Re cam* to tho surface
but ODce, and then sunk. It is thought that he
was struck by tbe wheel, and thus stunned, a?,
when he arose to the surface, the life preserver*
and the chairs were thrown to him. and he made
no iff >rt to get one. Tho deceased resided in thi«
city, and leaves a wife and child. A meeting of
tbe passengers was held before the boat reached
the wharf, and a subscription started for tbo
family of the deceased. $125 was raraed in this
way.
Democratic Organization in Tnp. Se
cond Warp —Tbe Jfomcoracy of the Becond ward
held a meeting on Thursday evening last, at
Mealy’s Ward Hon«e, Tenth and Carpenter
streets, for the rmrpese of forming a ward Douglas
Johnson, and Foster association. Tho large room
was crowded with the sterling men of the Demo
cratic party.
John Holland w i is called to the chair, and Joseph
Megary appointed secretary. Addresses ware do
livered bv Messrs Holland. MoOartby, Wells, and
other?, when a committee of five were appointed to
draft q ponstilntiqn fo.r a w*r4 association. Tbe
committee retired, and shortly after reported
through the obsirman. H. A. Glides, which report
was adopted, and the motto, “ A ofoan victory. or
a dean defeat,” was received with the wildest ap
plause
! Tho association was then organiz'd by the elec
tion of a full set of officers John Holland, pres!
dent, with eleven vice-presidents, two secretaries,
one corresponding secretary, treasurer, and a com
mittee on organization, consisting of two, John
McCarthy and H. A. Gidea, being the committee
Arrfsted upon a Cn.vßog op Arson.
Charles Porter, a young man, who has just return
ed from sea, was arrested on FrlJay evening, bv
Officer McCaullev, and taken to the Sixth-ward
station-house. He stud two other porsons, on the
night of Abril Hi. 1853, set fire to no less than five
places in the vicinity of Broad and Race streets,
among which was a double two-story frame house,
In which eleven women and children were sleep,
ing. The fire fortunately burnt itself oat. Short
ly after that time, one of the parties was arrested
tried, and convicted, and sentenced to two years’
imprisonment. IJo was pardoned out by Governor
PdcVer, after he had served about eighteen
month?. Porter went to sea «nd thus eluded the
vigilance rf the police, until Friday oveniosr, when
he appeared in the Ninth ward, drunk and very
uproarious Ou bein'? accused of the crime, he
made a full acknowledgment of his guilt, and ar
tributed It to the foot of his being drunk at the
time D was committed.
1. O. or O. F Parate and Pic-nic
This morning the German Odd Fellows’ Lodges and
Encampments will hold a plc-nio at Washington
Retreat, near the Colombia Bridge. The proces
sion it is exoftct. (3 t will number about fifteen hun
dred men. Twelve Lodges will participate. The
line will bo formed on York avenue, north of Vine
stroet, at BA. M After parsing through s*Vf>r*l
streets, they will take the heading Railroad car?
at Sixteenth and Callowhill streets, and Vo con
vovM direotly to lb© spot. Tbe entire proo*esion
will be under the command of the Grand Master
of tho Grand Lodgo of Pennsylvania. The net
proceeds are to ha applied to tho fund for th*
ereotionof the German Hospital In this city
Military Ixcukaions —The Nation*
Grays will make an excursion to Torresdale this}
afternoon, on board tho steamer Edwin Forrest
which will leave Areh-streotwharf at two o’clock.
The Philadelphia Zouaves. Captain Bandin, will
m»ko an excursion to Atlantic City to morrow.
The National Artillery. Lieut. Jos. H. Sinex
will make an excursion to Cape May on the 13*h of
August, on board the steamboat George Washing
ton.
The Hibernia Greens, Captain Beenan, ard
Patterson Light Guards Captain Cromley, will
make a joint excursion to Delta Grove, N, J , on the
20th of An^usf.
Parr Ball—A Decisive Match.— I This
aftornoon. at 4 o’olnok, the third and decisive
match at ba*o ball, will be played by the Wlrona
and Equity Clubs upon the ground located »t Ridge
and Columbia avenues. Each of these clubs has
won a game over the other, and as they are well
matohed, nn *xciring struggle for superiority max
be anticipated. If the weather should prove fa
vorahlo. a Inrae number of ladles wilt be upon the
ground io cheer by tbeir smiles the contestant? In
this glorious sport
Accidfnt.— On Faturdeyaftcrccon, Mar
garetCorilln, sixty years Of age, fractured htr
left leg by falling from a dnor-Bt«p, at her resi
dence in Germantown. She was- admitted Into
tbi> Pennsylvania Ho«nltfilvPB>erdny
Rlohard Hopley, ahoy, fall from a tree yeatei
dny afternoon causing a alighi fraoturo and dis
locating his left arm. Ha was taken to tho drug
store Tenth nnd Thompson streets, where his arm
wa«Bothy Dr ~H. J! Neilds.
Fatal Result.—Mr, Andrew Hunter,
who was Injured by an fron casting falling upon
him at tho foundry of J. W. A J F. Starr, in
Camden, oir Frldny morning, died the same eve
ning from the effects of the injuries Ano*h«r mau
who was injured at the Same time, Hes in a.Very
critical ooDdition Mr. Hunter was a young man
of exemplary habits and disposition, and had been
married only about three months
DKATn op a Well-known Citizen.—On
hVurdav morning, Mr. William Manning*, the
proprietor or the we'l-known Tsger-beer saloon in
C»ripr atren*. below Third, died after a protracted
and painful illness. Me was aged SO yean' He
was at one time & letter-oarrler In the post office,
and at one time was an active member of the Na
tional Guard Mr. H was of a genial and gene
.reus disposition, and was much respected ■
Box Brows fjl— John Bays, a lid of fif
t en yearsofsao. wax drowned <m F*tudaf«lter
|f> the Schuylkill river, xipporite Fatrmouct
P a V£* "°dy was recovered soon afterwards.
1 n 1 the Coroner held an inquest upon it.
iKTspJWvfigi* i ~,4)P4&tse B*t-
AUifom—Saturday iua Lost day
in the (jaarter Seaeioue, as there was a number of
sentences to be posted, io addition to the regular
business of the day. dock was filled with a
motley crew of old and young, whites and Macks.
C*>l. Cross, th® distinguished forger, was prominent
in the crowd, and bis well-dressed appearance con
trasted strongly ‘ wllh that of his companion* la
cMhiK ' Tet, the gay and gallant Colonel has
changed somewhat in look and bearing. He no
longer wears that confident and self-ascured air
which has characterized the man during all hi*
trials and tribulations at the hands of tbe police of
this city. He now tRkfS his companionship wiih
felons of a lew genteel appearance very kiadly, and
noeawonally he condescends to bold eon verve with
his fellow-prisoners ia tbe dock. Daring ibe morn
ing the Judge interned tbe Colonel, tbat as his
oounsel was unable to argue the motion for a new
trial made in bis ease, bU sentence could aot be
determined, and be would hare to bo "brought
Tne business of the court was then proceeded
with regularly.
John Connor, convicted some time since oflar
ceny, In stealing $ 135, the property of a sailor
named Williams. w»s discharged upon entering hia
own looogolziDoe, the judge not feeling satisfied
with tbe verdict In view of f*ets which bod come
to hia knowledge sine* the trial.
A writ of habeas corpus was next heard for the
purpose of obtaining the Teieoeefroni the House of
Sefage of a boy committed to that institution on the
charge of malicious mischief. Os the bearing on
Saturday it appeared that tbe aecased was charged
with being concerned ia forgery sad faiceayas
well as malicious misibief, and under iheee cir
cumstances, Judge Allison said that as tbe ebarget
were serious in their character, the hoy should
have an opportunity of presenting bis defence to •
jury. A discharge upon boil, to await a trial, was
then ordered.
In tbe ease of Eliza i, Aabme&d. charged with
•ttempting to poison the family of Mr Yeager, at
Ches'out Hill, a writ of habeas corpus was heard
Mr. Yeager testified that Mr® Aabmeed resided in
bu boats as a sab-tenant; co Saturday, the
of June, a dispute arose between Mr. Yeager and
Mrs. Ashmead in regard to some article of farnl
tare, which Mrs. A. claimed, and which Mr. Y.
refused to deliver up unless a debt was paid by
Mrs. Anhmead; at this time Airs. A. said she
would be revenged, if U was for fitly years to
eome ; os tbe following Thursday, Friday, and Sa
turday, Mr. and Mrs Yeager, after partaking of
meat, were taken sick; the symptoma were tho»e
of poisoning with arsenic, and an analysis cf thu
meat showed that it was impregnated with Uml
mineral; a child of Mr. Yeager, who had not
eaten of the meat, was sot iffxted ; on the next
Sunday the family were again taken sick after
citing fish which had been left in tbe lower part of
the bouse. In soak tbe night previous.''
The jadge thought this a care fer a jury, and he
remanded the accused for trial.
A writ of habeas corpus was taken nut to procure
tbe release of Benjamin Finney and Mary Jane,
his wife, who were imprisoned under an alias r>:.
s* , after they bod neglected to teke the benefit of
tbe insolvent law, when they baa given bonds be
fore the alderman so to do. To tbejf. fa. ireued In
tbe case, upon the transcript filed in the GoeamoE.
Fleas, there was a return by the sheriff of * Stayed
by order of the plaintiff*'‘attorney,” and the same
return wax made to tbo ea ia. whieh followed tbe
fi. fa , and then the alias ea. sa. issued under
which the parties were iaprieoced
Judge Pareoos appeared for the relator, ard
among other points be urged that there bad been
no retora of nulla lona to the ft fa., and there
fore tbe ea. sa. should not have Issued; that a ea x
sa. could not be Issued upon a transcript filed in
the Court of Common Pleas.
The court sustained this view, and os tbs oa»
more properly come under- the headlof Common
Pleas business, the writ was quashed and the par
ties discharged.
William McKenzie, charged with ebtainlng
goods under false pretences, bad a hearing upon a
writ of habeas corpus. This is the defendant
whoee arrest at Louis*, Ky., by Officer Freukifo,
wee noticed in The Press eome time since.- The
accused purchased goods et Mem*. Bancroft, and
Messrs. Ludwig A Koeedler, representing that ho
was tbe owner of a mill property at Louisa. Tbe
notes which be gave at the time were protested,
and inquiries were started as to his means, whan
it appeared that at the time he bought the goods,
he had no paper title to the mill property, although
tbe records show a deed cf a a oath or two later.
MoKeszie represented the militate worth $lO,OOO,
while the consideration money in the deed is
$1,500, and the prosecution, which was eondueied
by O. W, Davis and F. C. Brewster, Eaqrs., con
tended that this was evidence that tbe property
was not worth $lO,OOO, while the records showed
that he did not own it at all when be purchased
the goods.
Th* counsel for Mr. McKenzi*, Mr. OehlaUger.
produced a number of papers, which, if allewed
fn evidence, would, he said, txplein tbe whole
transaction, end show that Mr. McKenzie's state
ment was true, as he did own the pro{ erty, al
though be had no paper tide. Thaae papers were
not received in eridenee, and the judge took tbe
ease as it stood, and said that the omoant of $4,509
mentioned in the deed was eridenee that the state
ment that tbe property woe worth $lO,OOO wn
untrue. It might be exp]aired to a jaCT, and
tooordissly he remanded tbe defendant, eDowing
him, at the suggestion of tbe counsel for Cbe prose*
cation, to enter his own recognizance la the nun
of SSOQ.
Next oamo tho sentences. William SktUy, con
victed of assault and battery with intent to kill
Themes White, of the Continental Hotel, was Ser«
tenced to eighteen months’ imprisonment in the
County Prison. Immediately alter- tbis-aeatence
was announced Shelly was seized with a violent fi*,
while In the dock. He was carried out of the
court room, and when restored was conveyed to
prtFoa.
Charles Cress, convicted of arson, In firing the
Green Rosse. ou tbe night of the 2i of Jaly lasi,
was seuteuoem to four yean* imprisonment is the
Eastern penitentiary. When Boehm, who is
charged as an acoomplioe of Cmf t end seat of the
"Prairie Hens” sbolf have been pat away for a
like period the people of the Fourteenth, Fifteenth,
and Twentieth wards will retire to their beds with
a consciousness that their homos sill 'mV be fired
ot the night. By some singular
arrangement, Boehm is out on bad, and, ahboegh
tbe evidence which convicted Cress, implicates
030 as much as the other, he was not bronght
to trial with his guilty comrade.
Busan Robinson, couvioted of keeping a disor
derly bouse in Pme alley, was sentenced to three
months in the County Prison.
Lewis Cutter, convio'ed of passing a counterfeit
$5 note, purporting to be issued by tbo Bank of
Penn Township, was sentenced to three years in
the Eastern Penitentiary.
Eiward Meagher, who pleaded guilty of selling
liquor without license, was sentenced to pay a tins
of 525, and to an imprisonment of fifteen days.
This is tbe first sentenoe under the late act cf as
aemhly regulating tbe sale of Ifqaors.
William Gilmore, convicted of selling lottery
policies, was sentenced to nine months ia the
Coaiity Prison.
John Jackson and John Freeman, couvioted un
der the new penal code of having “ ten or more ”
counterfeit notes in their possession, with intent to
pass lb* tamo, were called up for sentence Jack
son desired to ?av a few words, and pemifslon
having been granted, he requested to have the ar
ticl a taken trom him at the statioc-booae returned
o him. Among other things, he mentioned a note
of hand for $253, and also u quantity of good coin.
Jackson further stated ia teterence to tbe charge
against hirq, that if time bod been allowed him, he
' coqld have produced testimony from New Yoik
to prove that he woo the money in New York at
“ poker,” and he was satisfied that there zzroat be
some good money in the bateb. He had $195 in
, all, and he passed in good faith the ooe note re
ferred to. Jackson exonerated Freeman from any
knowledge of the money, as ho was a chance ac
quaintance made upon the road.
Tbe officer who effected the arrest of Ibe parties
was then called by the District Attorney to ex
plain the whereabouts of the articles taken from
, ihem.
Ha admitted that he bod seen the note of band,
and that it bad been given to lieutenant Taylor, of
trie Twenty-second ward, with the other property,
; but he eouid not tell why It was not produced upon
tbe trial. Tbe witness testified that it was SIIS
taken from Jackson.
Toe money which had b«en used at tbe trial was
now produced by Mr. bbaikey, tbe clerk, in
whose possession it has been since'Thursday. Upon
counting it, but $O5 could be found, And when tbo
offioer was oalled upon to explain where tbe
: balance w&l, he was unable to state anything ex
cept that It must have been retained by tbe alder
man. or taken by the polioe officers as samples of
counterfeit notes.
As all properly found upon prisoners, when the
csraer cannot be found, is deposited at tbe Mayor’s
office, a messenger waa now lent for Mr Mont
gomery, the Mayor’s clerk, and Mr. Haines, the
messenger. They were not on hand, and Judge
Allison then directed a sabpcaoa to issue for Al t.
King and Lieut Taylor, to appear this morning to
explain their port in tbe transaction. The sen
tence was in the meanebUe deferred
L&stly the ease of John if. Gallo, ccavlcted of
Itbri in publhhiog In the Irt*k American an arti
cle reflecting upon the character of Aid. Moore as
a magistrate, was called up, and Mr F. C. Brew
<-ter, counsel for Cults, moved for a new trial. De
had. ho said, been counsel for Mr. Colin from tho
commencement, but when the ossa w«s called for
trial he happened to be absent upon a professional
engagement, and the defendant was not allowed
time to procure bis attorney, but was sent to trial
without a defence.
Judge AUUon suggested that it would be better
to call witnesses to prove that the statement*
contained in the alleged libellous article were
true.
Mr. Brewster replied that this could he done,
provided the oourt allowed them until the latter
part of August, when on important witne?*, now
on his way to this QOgntry from Europe, would ar
rive.
This application was resisted by Lewis C Cassi
dy aud B F Koehler, Erqs , counsel for Alderman
Moore, bat after making the legal proof, by Mr
Culio, tho court postponed the oase.
To-day and to morrow the court will he engaged
with desertion cases, a large number of which are
upon Mr. S-wdcrsoa’s docket unsettled
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
The Money Market.
PnJLAIifLPUIA. Jul j 31, Ijgy.
Theie wes hut a eiuclo session o( the Stock Board c n
Saturday. The dullness coo mon to this season of torrid
sensations, when the bolls so to the maintains andtha
bear* forget the f r itunesof the season amid the rough
w svn and gentle breezes of the ocean, has had the ten
dency of atagaalmt the watira of speculation. The
transactions were mostly confined to *nvestmen t stocks
the fancies holding their own vith eom le diffieuify.and
with few bujers. Prices remain the same aawhen last
quoted.
At the first Board—by the way. there was but one—
the sales summed up loans, sad 330 shares.
North Pennsylvania Gsauld at 76V. Mechanics’ Bank as
2oV, amden and Amboy 130 V, IVnnarivanw RaUroaa
a-vonced .V- selilng- at 23V. Rending cloeed dull at ?1»
SoharikiH Narigstiau pr» ferred 25?f*g3f£ % without
any sales* Penn Mining was stead? at SVeL and Bohe
mien BVffB!*i. The general maiket clcses steady but
dull.
The notes of the .Tioga County Bank and the North
western Bank, Warren, Penisylv.nia, are redeemed
on Third street.
The Railway Convention, which has been in,session
in New Yotk for a few days, adjourned on fatardan It
ia understood that a n acting of the four trunk roads and
the Grind Trunk of Canada will be held at Saratoga
Sprinsa Jaly il, to adjust rates of freight for ibi ocm't g
setsoo.' Upon passenger rates there is perfect Jiai
mony, and a good understanding will be bad about
freights.
The earnings by the Chicago, Bml'ngton, and Qmncy
Railroad, for the second week in July, i&g, war* .$26 -
-Oil 84* r same we*k in 1350» $33 541 63. Increase, s*,-
CS 81.
Tne Spru- a aod Pm* a reets Railway Company bare
e dared a dividend of lorty rents per share.
The stawisltip Fulton sail'd from New York on Fri
-darfur Ronthxmptott’and-Havrerwith-wo- pawenrera
and $868,693 tn epeole. The Glasgow also tail** the
same day for Liverpool, With ISO and SV9,
083 in specie, making a total of '2lO passengers and
$838691.