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MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 1857.
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS.
... iFORGOYERNOR, .
jjaJWtLXAM F. PACKER,
OP LYCOMING COUNTY.
FOB JBDSaS OFj/ffiJsOTREME COCB*V
villi am strong,
> l op BBftxs cboht*. 1 ’
, JAMES THOMPSON,
.FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER, ; i
NIMROD STRICKLAND,
• » OP CHESTER COOSTT.
beeticompelled to throw seve
ral of pur leading editorials on the,outside.
A* WOBB Or THANKS.
It is" bo easy aiid so.common a thing for new
journals to boast of their prosperity, that when
thero is, a-great success, it must speak for
itself rather than through the pen of the edi
tor. But it the risk of falling in with the cus
tom, ahff 'ijf being accused of a little of tho
self-glorification pardonable in a « new begin
ner,” We cannot refrain the expression of our
grateful; surprise at the manner in'which The
Pj»ESS.has been received, not only here, but
everywhere :else, in and out of the State, so far
as we. .have, .heard.. We expected a hearty
Pennsylvania welcome. - We asked only for a
fair trial and a patient hearing. We appealed
for Bupport in the profession to which we have
been reared with no aggressive purposes upon
others, and with.a consciousness that the world
is wide, enough for all. , In return, we.have
been greeted with an outburst of popular feel
ings that cannot be mistaken. It comes from
the heart lof a generous people. It speaks the
language of- confidence and of encouragement.
Subscribers have poured in upon us from all
parts the city and country, and from allpar
ties too. bjjr advertising columns, filled with
voluntary, offerings, tell .their own story,. We
should-.be as cold as a statue if these demon
stratiansidid not excite the liveliest emotions
of gratitude. Tun Feess is no longer an ex
periment.: It is an institution.
The reader of a public print may differ
from the editor, but if he is provided with a
good medium of news, and a fair share of use
ful information and interesting selections, such
a difference will.be- rather agreeable than
otherwise. 1 Acting upon this assumption, wo
shall candidly speak our own thoughts in our
own department, while wo shall careihlly
attend I to the wants of the public in other re
spects. . , ■
THE QUESTION OF KANSAS—SHALL THE
, MAJORITY RULE ?
When tie Nebraska-Kansas bill was under
discussion, ip Congress, Mr. Buchanan was
quietly ,discharging his duties as American
Minlsterito the British government. He could
not, with propriety, have expressed an opinion
- as to the merits of the controversy, or the expe
diency of introducing tho bill obliterating the
Missohtf line. But he was always a’careful ob
servefot’ public events. He (ad read'tbe do
bates,|-;and, had watched the progress of the
excitement before the Nebraska bill became a
law. A; statesman so accustomed to public
affairs, and so 'long identified with the legisis
tion of Oongress on the subject of slavery,
was peculiarly, competent to distinguish the
true path of duty on the new question which
had grown, out of the old one. The people,
instincjjyeiy appreciating Mr. Buohawu’s .at
titude, and .recalling his long life of , fidelity to
the Cbnstitution, and. his safe, solid, and con
servative, character, soon ■ pointed to him as
the only man who could' deliver the country
from the'calamity of a geographical adminis
tratioh .of the government. It is true a de
cided'.effortVwas made to arrest the popular
current; and; among the reasons suggested
against the.nomination, was the one that he
was not sound on. the. Nebraska question; but
the Voice of: the majority prevailed; and Mr.
BuonANANbeeame-the Democratic candidate
for President. The Nebraska principle came
at once in'lssue. The South—however some
of its'politicians may have opposed his nomi
nation, soon discovered that if the .Union was
to he rescued, from sectionalism, and the just
requirements,pf.the Constitution enforced, the
only way toseeure these essential results was
to elect-Mr: Buchanan. In his lettepof ac
ceptance,dated at Wheatland; dime 16,1856,
he statpd his views on the subject of the Ne
braska'bill in' language so’ clear, that. it'was
immediately‘approved in every part of the
country,, aWe copy from that letter as fol;
10w5;... ,
“Thfcreoonl legislation of Congress respecting
domestic slavery, derived, as it has hem, from
the ongliidl . and pure fountain of political
power, TOw ynLl, OF THE MAJORITY, pro
miees’ere long to allay, the dangetons excitement.
This legislation is founded upon principles as an
cientjssfree government itself, and in accordance
with I him, has simply declared that the people of
a territory, like those ;ef a State, shall dottde for’
themSslves,' whether slavery shall or shall not
exist within their limits.” i
And now observe his luminous exposition of
the ted* principle of the Nebraska bill, in the
paragraph immediately following the'above:
“ Ths'Ntbrasda Kansas act dues no more than
give hUebforce of daw to THIS 'ELEMENTARY
PRINCIPLE OF SELPrOOVERNMENT, decla
ring j.t to bo‘ the true intent and moaning.of this
act nhs’to legislate slavery into>ny'territory or
State, n dr to'exclude It therefront, but to leave the
, .people thereof perfectly free to form and 'regulate'
; ' 'their! o*n institutions hi their own way, subject
- - f*)nly <to i the: Constitution of tho United States.’
L " principh will surely not he controverted by
‘t •' kny individual of any party professing devotion
a poptddr government. 1
’Tqsh'qwhow cloaely Mr. BtioHAifAK followed
1 ' the of the National C bhvention which
placdd hlm in ppminatlon, the subjoined extract
fromttie. platform of that. Convention is full of
importance; : • ; ■
Resolved, That we .recognise the right of the
people of all the territories, inoluding Kansas and.
Nebraska, achso through the ieoaiiy and
r airly "expressed UVILLOF A MAJORITY OF
ACTUALRESiIiENTS, and whenever the number
\ of their 'inhabitante justifies it, to form a Const!-
tution; With pr Without domestio Slavery, Bnd.be
•v:\admitled Into the Union npon terms of perfect
with the other States.”
‘"• ’‘ Here’ again we find tho great principle of the
will os the majority, . clearly, pointedly and
expressly assserfed and endorsed in the re
solution which bears directly upon the Kansas
questiop. ‘ L ._
Such was the “ case stated” to the people in
all the .Presidential 'campaign of 1856. The
Republicans asserted tUatMr.BnciiANAN favored
thereof .the. Missourians into Kansas, and
that hid election would give, tint territory over
to thd slave-holders by mennk of physical force
and false ballots; the Democratsfeil back bp on
the declarations of their Convention and th6ir
candidate, and were thus impregnably fortified’.
In tlie South there was. no objection made to
the letter of acceptance, because .it .was har
monious, with the platform of the ..Cincinnati
Convention, which platform was adopted before
Mr. Suchanan was nominated, and was most
ardently supported by the SOuthirn delegates.
Upoft"the isshmthns distinctly presented, Mr,
BcoaASAs’wEis triumphanf.y chosenPrcsldr'
. v . . President.
Hf "assumed his “ high office” on the 4th of
Margbj,lBs7» in the. presence of his as.
sembled countrymen, on that day, in his inau
gural declared, anew, his firm adhe
rence to' thegfeat principle that the majority
SHAnt RutE. Wo copy from the Inaugural as
folloVsi' 1 " :
“What a happy conception, then, was it for
Congreaa' to' 1 apply this • simple ruIe—THAT THE
WILL OF THB'MAJOEITY SHALL GOVERN—
to the;iettlera©ntof the question of domestic ala*
venr in the Territories! Congress is neither ‘to
1 egislate. slavery into any Territory or State, nor
to ejtcludoiit thtiMffomJ but to leave the people
therfefiperftelly free to form and regulate their
dom^tic-.institutions in.thoir own way, subject
only, to/he jOonstitutionof the United Suites. As
a natural consequence, Congress, has also pro*
that when tho Territory of Kansas snail
be afinUited &s A State, it •* shall ,bo received into
the UnioDrivith or without slavery, as.thoir con*
stitutionfinay ipreacribo at the time of their ad*
mission,^”‘,'r» * ‘ * * '# *
“But bo this qs.it.may, it is the imperative and
indispensable duty of the Government of tho Uni*
ted §ttftesjp McureitQ, evcrg-residtnt iinhobitajit.
the s£4 ftnd ■ independent expression: of i hin.
opinfwrfy Jtis vot(. This, sacred right or each.
iriuJt ho preaprved.;. ..Thatbeing accorn*
pUshod, nqtblDgJ oahjbo fairer than to leave the
peopleiOr A terri tor'y. free all foreign interfer*
efieej’.tobdocidp/faeir own destiny for themselves,
Bttb}suWnly,,tq thp'ConstUution of 4he : United
States.' ’ " /f .. , r t ~, j f
Ww.eyer-areiiordciurocohipleto 1 Is th§re
whole range of .politicals
mor^ 0 And ' straight-forward adhe
rencoAo.prihoiplo?,; ‘‘,' 1 ;; - 1 f. "! t \ : .‘ J
So-mnoh-for ther declarations • of Mr. Bit
CHA^^;^W'fW ; lie fo}ind
the i! hȣ seen
three mAM iAcni&iitf timber '& GbVcftrorii
]>y a farmer administration, and the last li,ke
Of BltlS OOOHTY.
the drat and second, had to adjust
these troubles. He selected^statesman,'for.,
the post of Governor of though
born in Pennsylvania, had djstinguUlicd-hjm-
Belf in Congress, and m .tlni'- Cabinot; as' the
representative of the extreme Southern State
of Mississippi, by his marvellous devotion and
ability to measures deemed most essential to
Southern security and prosperity. Wo deed
only allude to Mr. Walker’s signal and Suc
cessful support of the annexation of Texas and
the Tariff llls whole career is
'crowded with-evidences of his fidelity-nnd
courage against the enemies of the South-
The selection of Mr. Wi „kek was hailed by
thousands as the best that could he made, .and
his acceptance of the delicate trust was uo
where more heartily applauded than ill the
South. Previous to departing to the scejie of
his labors, the President instructed him ah fol
lows—still keeping in view the great principle
that THE WILL OX THE MAJORITY Of the
of Kansas should be conclusive. We quote
from Gov. Walker’s own address to the tJeo
ple of Kansas: - \
“My instructions from the President, thrjfiigh
the Secretary of State, under date of the yiUth of
March last, sustain l thc regular Legislature of
the. Territory’ in ‘ assembling a convenHqti to
form a Constitution,’ and they express thohjiin
ion of tho Prosidont, that 1 when such a Constitu
tion shall besubmitted to the people of the Tetri'
torn theymitst be protected hi the exercise oj their
right of voting for or, against tluit
and the fair expression of the popular will must.,
not be interrupted by fraud or violence.”
Various allegations are made against Go
vernor Walker by the extreme press, North
and South. The first declare that be recog
nizes the laws of the pro-slavery Legislature
of the Territory; the second that he has in
tervened beyond the line of his duty in tho
matter of advising the submission of the Con
stitution to a vote of the people. Now, how
ever absurd many of the laws of that Legisla
ture may be, all fair men must see that they
were regularly passed by a Legislature chosen
under the forms of the organic act. Mr. Bu
chauan and Mr. Walker found them on the
statute book: they were not responsible for
them, and they could not repeal them. So
fair and so just is this view of this part of the
charge upon Mr. Walker, that the late at
tempt of the fanatics of Lawrence to resist
these laws, against Governor Walker, utterly
broke down, on account of divisions among
themselves as to tho policy of sucli a revolt.
The allegation that Governor Walker has
intervened beyond the line of his duty in ad
; vocatlng the reference of the Constitution of
the Territory to the people thereof, we are
disposed to regard as more unjust than that of
the Abolitionists in reference to tlio laws of the
Territorial Legislature. He had a perilous
duty to discharge. He was surrounded with
factions. He could not act without large dis
cretionary powers in the midst of such a com
munity. We believe lie did his best, and we
stand ready to approve his course. He could
not hope to satisfyevery ultraist. He saw the
ample, positive, and comprehensive instruc
tions of the Executive, and he acted
upon them. It is reasonable to suppose
that the best judges of l Governor Wal
ker’s sincerity and patriotism are those im
mediately interested —viz: 1 tho people of
the territory, and accordingly wo see that
at a Convention of Democrats, called to nomi
nate a delegate to Congress, and attended by
the’leading pro-slavery men of the territory,
Governor Walker’s courso has beenapproved,
and Iho project of submitting tho Constitution
shortly to bo formed to the vote of tlio people,
strongly endorsed. If such men as Strino
xellow, Isaacs, and others, prominont in all
the conflicts with the free-state men in Kansas,
are content tluit Governor Walker has dono
his best, they having been witnesses of his
action, why should those of the South com
plain, who are strangers to tho facts? The
best'evidence that his mission did succeed,
however, is to be found in this: that his policy
is heartily approved by tho mass of the people,
as well in as out of the territory, and that men
of ail parties are daily bearing testimony to
his impartial, heroic, and indefatigable states
manship. Although a few violent men in the
North may denounce Governor Walker be
cause he has ignored the farce of the Topeka
Convention, and a scarcely larger class of men
; in .the South may oppose him on the allegation
that! lie has intervened beyond the letter of liis
instructions, yet we rejoice that between these
twojextremes, widely separated in appearance,
imdjyet unconsciously converging to the same
. endj—Uiero is a vast and irresistible middle
majority of practical and patriotic men—a
class at tliis moment larger and more control
ingjthan at any former period of our history.
-It is not made up of Democrats and Old' Lino
Wings alone, but includes many who last year
vot|d for Fillmore and Frehoht. All these
citizens have been reared in obedience to tho
of tho majority. Thoyhave been accus
tomed to respect and to venerate it, and what
ever may be, or may have been, their preju
dices on this Kansas question, they cannot re
vise their approval to the same great principle,
and’especially so, when it comes to them as a
peaim offering from a territory so long the
theatre of unhappy dissensions.
ij; is scarcely necessary for us to show how
many Constitutions have been submitted to
tlio; people for ratification. To take ground
against a practice which has prevailed, with
few'exceptions, North and South, is unworthy
of any liberal mind; and to refuse to the
-people of Kansas an advantage which the
people of all the States of the Union, but six
or eight, b&ve enjoyed, would be a disgraceful
comment upon the boasted theory of popular
sovereignty.
TFhile we regret that any portion of our
countrymen should array themselves against
the, attitude of the President in this crisis, we
cannot doubt that the statesmen of the South—
tho&e who so well understand the Constitution,
and who are so justly sensitive on the
subject of the rights of the States, will
find that Mr. Buchanan has taken the only
course he could pursue, iu justice to himself,
and the expectations of the country. Already
has ! a large and controlling portion of the
Southern press spoken out in support of his
policy, and everyday’s discussion and inquiry
will confirm the ground he has assumed. In
deed, up to this moment, most of the Southern
complaints .have been directed rather against
the expedients to which Governor Walker
hasj resorted in the midst of the extraordinary
excitement which surrounded him, than against
tho. principle asserted in the Nebraska bill, and
reiterated in the President’s instructions. This
principle is as sacred and us old as free go
vernment itself* and we predict that the energy
antj determination of Mr. Buchanan, as well
as .the sagacity aud courage of Governor
Walker, through all these grave difficulties,
In Support of this principle, will be sustained
by an immense majority of the American pco
plei North and South.
THE DEFENCES OF PHILADELPHIA.
Philadelphia is not so immedi
ately on tlie sea as New York, yet she would
possess no immunity from the assault of a
maritime power, if the channel of the tran
quil and gentle Delaware should be unde
fenued'or unobstructed. The latter means of
defbnee—that of cutting off all communica
tion with the sea—might be in harmony with
the nature of au inert and sluggish power like
thd great Russian Eippire, but could never bo
the truo policy of an active people like ours,
full of resources, and as happy as they arc
realdy in practical expedients to meet the
most unexpected emergencies. A channel of
no | great intricacy, of less than a hundred
miles in extent, winds its way from the Capes,
so familiar to the lovers of a plunge in the
surf, up the middle of tiio broad bay of the
Delaware, turning Stony Point, passing Reedy
Island, where the Bay and River repeatedly,
though imperceptibly, chango into one another;
then opening to the right and left as it ap
proaches the Pea Patch Island,a name identified
witji legal arguments ofthe highest acumen,that
will be appreciated as long as common law re
ports arc quoted," and the busy sceno for the
last tdn years of the operations of the United
States Engineers in building the water battery
and castle called Fort Delaware; it comes to*
; pettier soon, again .before it passes the, quiet
and lovely town of New Castle, which was the
first Christian village to;grace the banks of the
Delaware, to continue on its serpentine and
moire 'river-like course to our own' city of
many comforts,'if of but few pretensions.
Tilt Pea' Patch Island, which is about half
wav tVoin the’city to the Capes, lies in mid-
a mile and a quarter front either
shjre, ahd peculiarly well situated to corn
may the . double channel running, on .either
ajde ,of it.; Tho, gallant. and, patriotic little.
Stateof. Delaware, ceded, ip 1913, this island to.
Government for the express pur-
-pose of having a fortress erected uppn it ;for
the defence of the passage up the river. The
island at tho timo was Imj a mud buul; covered
at'every high tide. , The first work iifus to re
claim' it (roin this constiint oyurfiow-, shortly
after tho Peace of-1815, the construction of a
regular %ork was commenced, which was
finished aud garrisoned, probably os early as
1825. Many of our older inhabitants will,
doubtless, recollect its star-shaped form. Tho
art of construction then had not reached the
high order it now claims for itself. Tho soil
being only a compressable mud, the founda
tions proved insecure, and the walls conse
quently settled and cracked. There was also
too large a combination of wood introduced
into tlie structure, which led it to the inevitable
fhte to which all similar works are destined,
that of a conflagration, turning its garrison
literally adrift in the hard mid-winter of 1830.
The old walls were razed to the ground.
Claimants under the State of New Jersey setting
up about this time an opposing title to that the
United States held under Delaware, Congress,
in 1888, directed that all works in construct
ing a fort on this island should he suspended
until the title was settled and fixed in the Uni
ted States. The matter was eventually refer
red, by tho mutual consent of both parties,
that of tho United States given under a spe
cial act of Congress, to the arbitration of that
distinguished jurist and irreproachable lawyer,
the, late John Sergeant, who, after listening
to learned argument, hearing testimony, and
making the closest scrutiny into Colonial re
cords, grants and charters, decided in favor of
tho right of Delaware to dispose of the island;
a decision so truly and deeply founded in law,
reason and justice, that there was no one left
to contest it. The earlier appropriations for
the works whieli were condemned to the fate
narrated, resulted, however, in at least giving
the basis of the substantial dike or embank
ment which still serves to reclaim the surface
of the island from tho overflow of tho high
tides of the river. We learn that, indepen
dent and exclusive of them, later appropria
tions, amounting fully to two-thirds of a million
of dollars, have already been expended in
building the work now constructing; and
that it will most likely take altogether a mil
lion and a quarter of,dollars to finish and com
plete it. Warned by the fate of the first
work, great care and many precautions liave
been taken in securing the foundations of the
now frie. In fact, we understand that through
the piling of the foundation, the new works
haveyenetrated as far beneath the plane of
low water as tho battlements are destined to
tower above it. Tho policy which would ex
pedite of a work so indispen
sable to thajjlefcnce of our city, shall meet our
zealous support, and wo shall also he found
equally ready to advocate, when the appropri
ate time comes, tho construction of such ad
ditional batteriis on either shore, as will best
bjrvo to give the most efficacious cross-fires,
for closing the passage and ascent of tlio Del
aware against the. largest fleet of the most
powerful stoamerakthat the jealousy or ri
valry of the maritime powors of monarchi
cal Europe may send, in the vain at
tempt to crush growing power, which
they so much dread,\of this free and hap
py country. We must l}erc take occasion to
to say that wo will never (yield to any narrow
policy that would ask for'our own neighbor
hood a protection that we wfqdd not see ex
tended to any other port of whe
ther north or south, cast or west, oifthe At
lantic, on tho Lakes, on tho Gulf, or on' tlm.
Pacific. Against a foreign foe this Union of
States is, and we trust over shall bo, to every
true and loyal' American, but ono common
country, of which no part can be touched
without all rising to resent tho injury and re
dress tho wrong.
In advocating the making of ail necessary
preparations tor the defence of our city and its
trade, wo shall not deem our full duty dis
charged, and forget the, great claims of the
commerce of our State upon the fostering care
and protection oftho Federal Government. Go
vernments are instituted to look after such ma
terial interests of the people as cannot safely be
left to tho care of individual watchfulness. A
Federal Government like ours stands in a
similar aspect to tho people of the States, and
should be kept ever active in the frill exorcise
of all its legitimate functions. Wo shall be
disposed to class among these ftinctions such
indispensible National works as neithor indivi
dual enterprise nor separate State action can
effect. The commerce ofPcnnsylvania carried
in vessels beyond its borders by water, along
natural channels of navigation, from its three
principal outlets, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and
Erio, is in our estimation fully entitled to all
the fostering ca - o that tlio government, em
powered to regulate it, can legitimately extend
to it. But’we shall most certainly never seek
its development through any of those minor
confederacies of several States, whiqli some
among us liave seemed disposed to suggest and
advocate, but which would more likely serve,
according to our notions, as nestlings of seces
sion and disunion, than lead to any useftil end.
A WORD ABOUT THE WESTERN MAIL
Change not always Reform.
There has been much talk lately about im
proving tbe mail service between Philadelphia
and the principal commercial points in the
“ Great West,” and wo learn that the discus
sion of the subject has induced the Post-office
Department to project some new schedules for
the mail trains departing in that direction. The
changes proposed are intended to embrace tlie
mails going west from New York and Balti
more, as well as those from this city. It seems
to be the design of the Post-office Department
to arrange such hours of departure from Phila
delphia, New York and Baltimore, respec
tively, as will insure a junction of all three
lines at Columbus, Ohio, at one hour, the
mails from the three cities to go forward from
that point by the same train. If this design is
carefully executed, it will, doubtless, be a great
improvement upon all existing arrangements;
but, on the other hand, if due precaution is not
used, the change may prove it to be anything
else than a reform. For instance, it is alleged
that it is in contemplation to despatch our
great western mail by the fast train, at 12.55 -
P. M.
Now, this at first sight appears to be an iin.
provement, but a moment’s thought will Bhow
that it is not. The mail, by this arrangement,
would close about 11 A. M., an hour so curly
that the day’s business is scarcely commenced.
Correspondence therefore can only refer to
the transactions of the day before, and thus a
business day is lost at our end of the line.
But trace it further, and, we find that the mail
departing at such an undesirable hour, must
reach Cincinnati and St. Louis at hours still
worse, making a loss at that end also. For
example, a letter advising of Monday’s trans
actions, will he written at 9 or 10 A.M. on
Tuesday—leavo about 1 on tlint day—reach Cin
cinnati late on Wednesday afternoon, and bo
read onThursdaymorning. The same drawbacks
would attend letters sent by that line from Phi
ladelphia to St. Louis, as they would arrive at
tlie latter city at so late an hour on Thursday,
that very few indeed would bo delivered until
Friday.
It requires but a glance to sec that this
would bo advancing “ like acrab.” Tlie right
time of depariure for a great mail train is after
the tnttineas of the day is done, and the precibc
hour should be regulated by tho time at which
it is desirable to have the mail arrive of its
destination. Mail time docs not always begin
and end at the time of departure and arrival of
the train. It commences Tather at tho close of
the day to which tho correspondence relates,
and terminates at tiio business hour when the
letter is first read. Changes that are not gov
erned by those considerations will run great
risk of failure. Indocd, unless tlie running
time of the mail trains between Philadelphia,
Cincinnati and St. Louis is greatly increased
in speed, our merchants and people had better
“ let well enough alone.” At present, a letter
from Philadelphia to Cincinnati, detailing all
tho transactions of Monday, is delivered in
Cincinnati in time for action on Wednesday
morning. It loaves our city after business is
over, and reaches the other just before it be
gins. The same advantages are now given to
letters between Philadelphia and St. Louis.
By direction of Postmaster Westcott, the
mails to St. Louis now take a route which in
sures them a,degree .of dispatch that the pro
posed arrangement tan, scarcely improve, and
may damage, very ~much. The mall to St.
Louis which closes,hero at 9, P. M. to-day, is
delivered in the - counting-houses of St. Louis
early on Thursdaymorninss-losing no business
hdurs at either end of ttie'iliii,. It departs at a
convenient hour, ahs' ariweß tit destination a
the hour of greatest'advahtagOj this, as wo
have hlroadj 7 remarked; !q tlie true' standard by
.whital’to judge all proposed 'changes of the
mails. .’Will’/sopie ofl'ourv Cincinnati and St.
Loti is houses favor us frith their views ?
THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 1857.
STATE POLITICS:
We give below tho'recent correspondence
on the subject oi' introducing into thia State
a new system of conductings campaigns*
and invite attention to the reasons given by
the State Committee for rejecting it. The pro
posed innovation is repudiated with boldness
and distinctness.
The Committee truly assert that the Demo
cratic party of ourStafce has never formally ap
proved the bystem of campaigning before mass
meetings by Executive candidates. The ad
dresses of Governor Bioler, in 185I>wcrQ in
duced by the course of the opposing candi
date, and were made with a protest by him
against the propriety of the practice upon
original grounds.
ll' this wero a campaign like that of last
year,when the public mind was greatly oxcited,
and when National issues were involved, or if
the same necessities existed that made the con
tests of 1851 and 1854 so memorable, the case
would bo very different. Now, however, we
are at peace among ourselves. The Demo
crats and old-line Whigs, and all conservative
men, rally around Genera! Paokkh, as tho
leader oftho Constitutional party of our State;
and nothing could result from the meeting of
the candidates in this campaign but a revival
of animosities, by which no one would be
benefited but the man and the men whoso
only hope in politics is to keep alive the un
happy dissensions growing out of the slavery
question:
GENERAL ( PACKER TO THE DEMOCRATIC STATE
Hok. C. R. Buckalew, Chairman of State Com
mittee —Dear Sir: I have rcoeived tho enclosed let*
ter from ono of tho opposing candidates for the Gu
bernatorial office, and inasmuch as it proposes a plan
for the conduct of the campaign which has never
bofore been praotised in Pennsylvania, and as
tho success of other candidates, besides myself, is
involved in the election, I have thought it my duty
to submit the communication to tho judgment of
the State Committee representing the Democratic
Sarty. If it is thought to bo a proper mode of con
ueting tho canvass, I shall cheerfully aceedo to
the proposition.
Respectfully yours,
IVM. F. PACKER.
RErLY OP THE CHAIRMAN OP THE STATE COMMITTEE.
Philadelphia, July 25th, 1857.
llon. Wm. F. Packer— Dear Sir: I
before the State Committee the letter signed I).
Wilmot, dated tho 14th instant, and am authorized
to say to you that in tho opinion of the Committee
you ought not to aocedo to tho proposition it con
tains. Tho reasons for this opinion I will proceed
briefly to state.
Tho slavery question, which it is probable your
opponent proposes to cHbouss, has vory recently
been thoroughly considered and passed upon by
the people ofthis Commonwealth. The late Presi
dential canvass involved the whole aubjeot bo far
as it was propor for consideration by our people,
and wo can perceive no utility in its re-discussion
at this time; nor any other good ronson for re-opon
ing dobato upon it. The position of our party is
well understood, and requires uo vindication by
any oxtrnordiuury proceeding liko 'that proposed.
A joint canvass by candidates for the Guberna
torial office has never bconoonduoted in this State, !
nor, I believe, in any other Northern ono, and
may woll bo questioned on grounds of publio policy.
If tho practico bo once adopted, it will doubtless
continue, and party nominations be uniformly
made with roforenco to it. No party will venture
to select n oandidato for this office who is not quali
fied for the stump; and aptitude for dobato will
henoo come to be preferred to administrative abili
ty. In short, the result will be to confino nomi
nations to tbo clugs of talkers, and to exclude all
othors. A rulo of party notion which would pre
vent such men as Benjamin Franklin, Simon Sny
der and Francis R. Skunk from filling the Execu
tive chair of this State, must be a bad one, and do
sorves to be donounoed rather than adopted.
Wo believe there is a considerable publio opinion
against tho propriety of oxecutivo candidates ap
pearing at nil beforo popular meetings to solloit
votes. This was first practised by, Win- F. Jojini
ton in 1848, and has been to somo oxtout followed,
by candiUtcß since. The good results of it are no?
'ob’vio'us. It did not Orlginuto with the Domooratic
party, nor has it over received any formal popular
or party sanotion. It may thoroforo ho considered
an open quostion in future pruotico, and at all
events as terming no part of the duty of a candi
date imposed upon him by his nomination.
Whiio your opponent bolds the office of Presi
dent Judgo, there is a special objection to the ac
ceptance of his project. The nroproty of law
judges taking part in the political mcotings is de
nied by our party, aud ia opposed by sound publio
opinion. By no not whatever ought we to sanotion
or bccomo participants in a prostitution of tho ju
dicial ohaructor. Nor will a resignation now tnude
altogether remove this objection. Your opponent
baa intontionally held his office until within throe
months of tbo oleotion, (rendering it impossiblo to
cleot a successor tbo present yoar.) and If a resig
nation should now tuka place, it would obviously
be with tho intention of resuming tho qffice after
defoat for the post to whioh he aspires.
The proposed mode of conducting campaigns may
possibly bo suited to some of tho Southern and
South-western States, whore it has been practiced,
and whero population and political conditions differ
from ours; but its introduction hero would be against
solid objections, and without any conceivable good.
It is, a proposod “ southern aggression ”
upon tho practices and polievof parties in Pennsyl
vania, whioh cannot bo at all accepted or permitted.
It is well that thia question has arisen when we
have a candidate capable and fit for any discussion
beforo tho peoplo, and -when tho decision can bo
placed, without embarrassment, upon tho publio l
grounds which control it. . ■
I am very rcspeotfully, your obod’t servant, .
C. R. BUCKALEW, Chairman.
GEN. PACKER TO JUDGE WILMOT.
Hon. D. Wilmot.— Dear Str:— Your letter of
tho .14th inst, was duly received; and as it pro
posed fa plan for conducting the Gubernatorial
Campaign which had never hitherto been adopted
in Pennsylvania, and us the interests of other can
didates wero involved m the result, I did not feel
at liberty to accede to your proposition without
first consulting tho St&to Committee to whioh the
Democratic Convention has on its part speoialiy
confided the control and management of tho
Canvass.
You will receive horowith a copy of my letter to
tho Committee, us also their reply, by which you
will perceive that your suggestion docs not meet
their approval, and that, for reasons atatod at
length, I ought not to occcde to your proposition.
It is therefore respectfully declined.
I um, yoius, fruly,
WM. F. PACKER.
Saunders advertised his West
Philadelphia Institute in Saturday’s « Press.”
Having a son under the Professor’s charge for
nearly a year past, we can speak of his school
as eminently worthy of patronage.
TELEGRAPHIC.
[Special Dispatch to “ Tbe Press.”]
tt Tub Press” reached hero on Saturday evening two
hours in advance of the Herald and other papers. It
was anxiously looked for, and has created, a most favora
ble impression.
[Special Dispatch to “ The Press.”]
Hon. James Guthrie, ex-Secretary of the Treasury,
is in town—having been detained in New York three
weeks by illness, and Is now on his way to the White
Sulphur Springs, Virginia, to recruit his health.
The) . Expedition—The Expedi
tion Opposed by' the Indians—^Operation*
Temporarily Suspended.
St. Pauls, via Duduqub, August I.—Colonel Noble,
tbe Superintendent of tho Wagon Road ou the South
Pass route, is now in this city. He reports that the expe
dition haa been temporarily suspended; tbe encampment
west of the Big Sioux river, having been broken up on.
18th ult., on account of its further progress being vio'
Icntiy opposed by tlio Yankton Indlaus, aud
the Big Wood, about eighty miles west of Fort Rldgoly.
The objection rulsed by tho Yanktons was, that Col.
Noble’s party, in crossing their country, would frighten
away the buffalo, thoic solo means of subsist once.
Col. Noble, before leaving tho Indians, appointed the
20th of August to hold a counoil, for the purpose of
treating with them, wheu he will immediately cross the
country Should tho negotiations fall, it Is his inten
tion to proceeJ with the duties assigned him, despito all
hostilities.
Thu title of National wars is not alono coulliunl to
Europe and Asia; wo have had indications of its riso
and turn in this direction before, but tho late news from
Spain and Mexico forces upon us tho conviction that it
swells and begins to surge with angry voice upon out
own hliores. Tho illusions of peace created by the for
mer favorable reports trom'Spain are dispelled. And the
reality is not to be disguised. The delay of actual hostili
ties has been only in accordance with proverbial Spanish
management of her firm determination to press her de
mands to their satisfaction, or her defeat, upon Moxico
we are not left to doubt. Mexico ne\ or refused to yield
full Indemnity to the Injured subjects of Spain, yet she
will rigidly adhere to her present position, Commifort
is re-elected President of tho Itepublic, and orders have
gone forth through ail of its confederated States, lor tlie
arming and organization of tho National Guard. Vor
many years there has not been such a unity aud fixed
ness of purpose In her eitizons ns there is now to resist
tho encroachments of Spain, and Spain musters her
forces boon to rendezvous at Cuba, whence, if at all, tiio
storm of war. will burst upou oar Ulster Itepublic,
It will bo noil for Spain to yield to the present de
mand oi Moxico. and to recoive her ambassador now in
Pa'is, that negotiations may go on for a peaceful settle
ment of all ponding difficulties. She has everything to
loso mid nothing to gain by a conflict: As hoou as it
commences our Goternuient will be involved So may
Great IJritun in behalf of her holders of Mexican bonds;
at least sho will try to be mixed up in tho difficulty. Our
Government has looked on with great concern, and her
anxiety has displayed itself more than onco in way of re
proofto our Minister at Madrid for his dilatoriuess in
supplying early and abundant Information of the affair as
it progressed. Intimations indeed are rife hero that we
muy shortly expect the appointment of his Fuccossion
and of a man, who with a knowledge of tho languago
and people and politics of the couutry, will be better
able to subservo our interests.
Neither Spain nor Mexico aro blessed with overflow
ing treasuries; their resources financially are meagre
and cramped. To raise funds for tho prosecution of tho
war. may not Mexico, though now opposed to it, be
willing to sell Lower California for a talr price? She
will issue letters of morquo and reprisal, for it is potent
bv tho recent discussions in the British Parliament and
the action of the present Administration of the United
States, that privateering is not to bo done away
with. These letters will eagerly be Relzod by the thou
sands of adventurers in America with longing eyes for
the rich spoils of Cuba. Nor will those gallant men
who suffored with Crittenden at Cardenas, and their
friends ho backward in revenging the outrages perpe
trated on them. It may bo, too, with all these conside
rations that Spain will, coutrary to her traditional
policy, enter with some earnestness into measures for
annexation of the “Queen of the Antilles” to our do
main,
The questions in disputo between the United States
and Venezuela; will be taken up by the State Depart*
meat as soon as the New Grenadian matter has been
disposed of, which it is expected will ho in a day or two.
. Tbe Old Line Whigs of Maryland, whoso ponsorvatism
and' liberal politics would ndt allow them to swell the
rafaks of rampant and fanatical proseriptio n of men km!
fellow-citizens for religious belief, still stand squarely
COMMITTEE.
William spout, July 18,1857
Williamsport, Pa., July 27, 1857,
Wasbjsqton, Aug. 2.
WABUI.VGTOS, Aug. 2.
Washington, August 2d, 1857.
upon the Democratic platform, where they threw them*
selves in the hoar of peril, as the only arc of our na
tional safety. lion. Thomas F. Bowio, of the adjoining
Congressional districts Maryland, sent to Conven
tion which nominated him for re-emotion, a letter that
haa the ring of true metal HQ says r“ I shall regard
that man as faithless to the .best Interest* of tho coun
try who would attempt to deatrpy Aho union of an organ
ization (tfia Democratic) on tho euccesa of ■which. In my
judgment, depends the constitutional right* of evory
State in the Union, and of every citizen ot our common
It i/a source of sorrow to the friends of lion. Thos.
L. Harris, Representative in the Congress from the
Springfield District of Illinois, that ho now lies danger
ously M. His loss would he great to lnfl party in Con
gress* nudjn the country. None stood up more braytdy
..against Kuow-Notliinglsm .Republicanism.
Ilia clear argument aud keen, trenchant sarcasm aro
celebrated. a. x.
Non-Receipt of European News.
St. John, August2~ Morning.— The news-bag of the
Associated Pivsb, which expected here from the
steamer Persia, via Cape Bar*, has not yet been re
ceived. The bag will contain one week later news, and
will be sent ashore at Capo Race, if tho weather per
mits, thus anticipating the arrival of tU'i steamer at New
York, by some days.
New York, August 2—Etvimig.—There Is no circuit
east of Portland to-night, and the lines of the New
foundland and American Company’s are, Consequently,
closed this evening.
Ship News.
New York, August 2.—Arrived—Brigs Washington,
from Matanzas, and Mathew, from Bermuda; barque
George, from St. Petersburg.
Additional Mai’s between Liverpool and St.
Halifax, August I.—Private advices from England
state that the home government have guaranteed £3OOO
per annum, in addition to the £7OOO given by the Pro
vince, to aid in the establishment of a direct steam com
munication between England and St John, N. F. It is
contemplated to run a steamer every fortnight, by ar
rangement with tho North Atlantic Steamship Company,
thus giving, with the addition of the Cunard steamers, &
mall from Liverpool every week.
Baltimore, August I.—The Flour market is dull,
sales of Howard street at $7.75, Ohio at 77.60, and City
Mills at 57.25. Wheat and Corn are steady. Whiskey
20®30^c.
Fire at St. Louie—Five Persons Buried by Fall
ing Walls.
St. I.ouib, July 31—The scale and safe factory of
Messrs. Beard it Brother, was burned last night, causing
a loss of about $20,000.
The front wall, third and fourth stories of Monks Jt
Ghias 1 liquor store, fell yesterday, buryiug five persons
in tho ruins; two of whom, Christopher Ohio and
Jackson, will probably die from tho effects of the inju
i (es received.
. markets by Telegraph.
•lw OrlraSs, July 31.—Tho sales of Cotton to-day
jfr-900 bales at cents for Middling; the mar-
A closing firm. The sales of the week are estimated
at 4300 bales, and the receipts at 600 balos. Tho stock
on hand amounts to 12,250 bales. The receipts thus far
less than last year, at this port, are 248,000 bales, and
at all Southern ports 681,000. The sales of Coffoe
during the week wero only 690 bags; Rio quoting at
10#®11 cents, prime at 11V cents. The stock iu port,
including that at quarantine, amounts to 118,000 bags.
Mixed Corn setts at 75&80 cents ; Mess Pork at $24 00;
thcro being 12,500 bbls. in port. Sates of Shoulders, at
11 cents; Mesa at 13)£ cents. Freights on Cotton
to Liverpool are quoted at 7-16 d. Sterling exchange at
10 4P cent, premium.
From Washington.
Washington, Aug. 1. Charlos Lauman, tho well
known writer, has been appointed to a confidential
position In the Department of the Interior, by Secre
tary Thompson, similar to that held by Bfr. Lauman in
the State Department under Webßter.
The Postmaster visited Baltimore this morning.
Heavy Rains in Georgia.
Augusta, August 2. —The country from Macon to
Montgomery, was deluged with heavy rains on Friday
last, Hooding rivers, destroying bridges, injuring em
bankments, damaging the crops, and stopping railroad
trains. It is feared the rains will continue daily
throughout tho South.
Shipwreck near New Foundland—Fifty Swe
dish Emigrants Browned.
Sr. Johns, N. F., Aug. I.—The barque Monasca, from
Gotteuburg, bound to New York, was wrecked off New
Fouqdland ou the 2lst of July. Fifty Swedish passen
gers perished, the crew and only six of the passengers
being saved.
CORRESPONDENCE.
FROM WASHINGTON.
[Correspondence of Tho Press.]
Washington, July 31, 1857.
Our neighboring South American States and con
federacies do not look upon the UnitedStatos with
the jealousy and prejudice that have heretofore
characterized their intercourse with us. Events
of comparatively recent occurronee bavo opened
their oyos to their real advantages, and' to tho
snares in which they had been ontanglcd by their
own prejudices and the suggestions of foes to their
.and our own interests. This desirable result has
been achieved maiuly by tho lenient and in
dulgent bearing of our government. "When fla
grant outrages had been committed upon our citi
zens in theirpersons und their property, we neither
hootorednor punished without explanation. Wo
, calmly stated our rightawith a resolve to maintain
■md protect them. We were strong and they were
freak, am} we uould afford to bo generous. Na
tionalities were allowed ta exist, .which, if English
precedent had keen followed, would have been
s *bsorbed by us. Now Granada, appreciating this
liberality on our part, now comes
frankly forward and avows a sincere) willingness to
adjust the difficulties between the twogoverrmenla.
Tt has conferred upon her President, and he upon
bis agent, full powers of negotiation; and tho
questions in dispute arc progressing steadily to an
amicable settlement.
- Ti|o act of the Congrcsa of New Granada of tho
10th of Juue refers to a treuty. There mayor
luaynotko u treaty; tho probability ia that there
will bo one. Our government mado a demand on
the govornmont of New Granada for indemnity for
the outrages committed at Panama on tho 15th of
April, 1856. Thig claim is as yet unrecoguizcd by
General Herran. If he and tho Secretary of State
•greo on this point, one of tho great obstructions
to a renewal of our former friendly relations will
have boon removed.
Bqt there aro other matters involved whioh af
fect us commercially. New Granada haa imposed
upon tho travol and trade passing from tho g.eat
Pacific coast to the Atlantic scuboard of this Union
onorous restrictions. Our worthy Secrotary of
Stato may insist that wo be rolioved of these to a
great oxtent, and break ground for tho orection of
it new troaty, with full and sufficient guaranties
for the future. Tho late news from that Republic
and the representations made hero by the New
Granada agents lead us to believe that sho will at
least exhibit u hearty spirit of accommodation
toward our Government and its people.
Tho War Department have nothing later from
too Sioux country than tho despatch of Cap
tain Abercrombie,' of the 25th of July, whioh
stated that tho Indians had conceded tho do
hiands of the govornmont. Confidence is roposed
In that dispatch by tho Interior as well as by tho
War Department, notwithstanding tho dispatch of
Iho agent for tlio Aawoiatcd Press, at Dubuque, on
tho 20th inst., that tho war was still impending,
for tho reason that tho authorities here would kuvo
bee* telegraphed if any chauge had taken place
of tho kind indicated.
' Instructions had been issued to the Superin
tendent of Indian Affairs for Minnesota Territory,
not to pay tho Indian annuities until tho mur
derers of the whites at Spirit Lake had been do
livored up. This fact was made publio by Mr.
Superintendent Cullen, at Yellow Medicine River
onoy, whero wero gathered some 5000 Sioux,
Ji ono hundred lodges of Yanktons, who had no
tolie thcro. Tho Indians declined to go in
>carch of the murderers unless a larger military
force than could bo had at tho tirno was sont with
them—there being, as they alleged, bo many of tho
friends and relatives of Ink*pa-du-tah’s band in
tbe vicinity. , Cullen instantly started off' an ox
with nows of tho atatq of affairs to tho De
partment. General Denver, tho Commissioner of
Indian Affairs, knew Indian character too well to
yield. The instructions of tho Department wero
insisted on—troops to tho numbor of 1000, of in
fuotry, artillory and dragoons, wero ordored by
tho Secretary of War to tho soeno of threatened
fcostilites. These prompt, dooidod and efficient
fcoasures of tho respeotivo departments have saved,
us from & serious Indian war.
The weekly return of the Treasurer of the United
State* for the week ending July 27tb, shows that
thore Is in the Treasury, subject to draft, $18,489-
894.38. Tho amount of receipts for the week aro
$2,059,805.01, and draftsissuod, $2,170,086.19.
LETTER FROM BEDFORD SPRINGS.
[Correspondence of The Press.]
Bedford Sfrikos, July 31,1857
Bedford Springs have boon a fumous retreat for
half a century. The waters have tho highest re
futation, and aro unrivalled for their curutivo
properties in tho varied disousos of tho digestive
organs. The spot is ono of tho most beautiful in
Pennsylvania. The valloy is narrow, tho sur
rounding mountains commanding, the scenery ro
mantic, and the temperature, in summer, always
ciomfortnblp. And the company who annually as
semble here have generally l>c on highly intelli
gent, refined and cultivated.
' Tho Springs, until lust year, were owned by a
private individual; but within that time they have
been purchased by a large and wealthy company,
comprising many leading Pennsylvanians. The
property consists of seventeen hundred acres of
land; much of it o cared and under cultivation,
the buildings and appurtenances, and various
Mineral springs found in this locality. The price
paid was $200,000. The company organised under
a charter grunted in 1856, and at once began the
great improvements which have quite transformed
the place- Tho plan upon whioh the improvements
have been projected is of the most liboral charac
ter; and that it will bo pursued to completion,
none can doubt who know tho enterprise, liberality
and publio spirit of the stockholders. Among them
I find such gontlemen as Mossrs. L. T. Wattson,
of tho Broad Top Railroad, J. Edgar Thomson, of
tho Pennsylvania Railroad, S. Morris Wain, G. G.
Josiah Bacon, Wm. Woodnut, Newbold,
Soq & Aetson, B. W. Tingley & Co., David, Had*
Mook, S. J. .Christian, Caleb Cope, J. W. Paul,
Charles Macalester, ami John McCanles, of Phila
dclphia; John 11. Shoenberger and F. R. Brunot,
of Pittsburg; George Shoonborger, of Cincinnati;
und many othor well knowu names. Cul 1\ Gosa
lor, the efficient President of tho company, has
general charge of the establishment, and hag
rigorously discharged tho multifarious duties which
have dovolvod upon him.
Tho improvements already made are these: A
new and elegant hotel has been creoted, which will
Hcooimuoduto ono hundred porsous, and is an admi
rable specimen of architecture. The lands in tho
vicinity of tho buildingshave boon thoroughly “un
der drained”—much of the dampness “f mountain
retreats lioing thus happily prevented. The walks
and roads in the vioinity have been ropaired, and
materially improved. New bridges have been
thrown over the little stream which skirts the val
ley. A largo bath-house has been built. The lawn
has been handsomely laid out, and a fountain
placed immediately in front of the main building.
Interiorly equal changes have been effected- An
admirable superintendent— Mr. ED. Willard—
has been employed, and bo is assisted by com
petent subordinates. Excellent servants are in
every department. New furniture has been placed
in most of the hotels, and the table is utmost
beyond the least exception. The utmost regularity
and order prevail throughout the whole establish
ment, as a completo system has been generally intro
duced And those who have been used to “ home
comforts” have little causo for dissatisfaction,
when exchanging them for those here offered.
By next season, another largo hotel will be erected,
and a second bath-house, designed exclusively for
gentleman. Sundry new wnlk9 and drives will be
made. Gas, it is said, will bo introduced. And
many improvements, designed by the rural archi
tect employed by the company, will contribute to
he attractions of tho spot.
Tho Springs aro now comparatively easy of ae
cess—either by Cumberland or Hopewell. The
. Broad Top Railroad, ending at the latter point, is
within nineteen miles of this, and good stagoa
carry passengers without fatigue or discomfort.
Tho best plan for Philadelphia passengers is to
spend tho night at Huntingdon, and thus divide
■ tho distance and tho fatiguo. Thoso who took this
route havo been gratified with the ride, which
is through a romantic and interesting Coal country,
now in process of development.
There are now betwoen 400 and 500 visitors at
the Springs. The season is highly successful, and
tho proprietors cannot fail to be'encouraged to
renewed outlay. Philndolohia is’ largely repre
sented, moro largely than in any previous summer.
The variety of tho minoral waters hero furnished,
tho agrcoable company, the admirable accommo
dations, all combine to rn&ko this a most desirable
retreat; and it is hoped that the enterprise now
inaugurated will be permanently successful through
the liberal patronage of an appreciating public.
President Buobanan arrived horo on Thursday,
coming by way of tho Cumberland Turnpike. He
was accompanied by hie nieoo, Miss Lane, and
reached here in a private carriage. Ho is looking
remarkably woll and contented. Ho loft Wash
ington on Wednesday morning, and remained at
Cumberland ovor night. It is extraordinary that
aftor having pussed through tho most sovere and
trying stages of tho National Hotel diseaso, and
tho hundred thousand annoyances to which ho
has been subjected, ho should enjoy such excellent
health. Tho waters of Bedford, which have been
horotoforo hjs great panacea, will no doubt be
most beneficial to him now Mr. Buchanan pur
poses remaining some ton days. Asyot ho has not
had a singlo office hunter in search of him, but no
doubt to-morrow will bring any number. He has a
great aversion to display and notoriety, and would
like to onjoy himself with Gen. Bowman, Major
W atson, Job Mann, and other old friends, if this
could be so, but power and patronage will pursue
him even to this qnict rotreut.
THE CITY.
The Prize Fight. —Tho beauty of uncer
tainty was well illustrated on Saturday afternoon
and night, and yesterday. Dominick Bradley and
S. S. Rankin had gone ont to’fight—away np to
Canada; and nobody could find out how tho fight
was “fit.” All kinds of rumors wore circulated;
and despatches wore manufactured in splendid va
riety. Now the report was, that Bradley was
boaten—then it was certain that Dominick was
victor on Canada’s Northern plain. A crowd
gathered abont Third and Chestnut streets, which
was worth seeing, a portiion of which looked as if
it had been fighting all its life, except when
drinking.
A dispatch gained currency that the fight had
lasted un hour and eleven minutes; that forty-two
rounds were fought, during which Bradley was de
feated, after having his jaw broken. Another
had the fight over in twenty minutes, and
half as many rounds, during which Rankin was
dialed, after having an eye knooked out. There
wero hundreds of other rumors, but they were all
about equally reliable.
The houso of Rankin, and also that of Bradley,
were crowded by eager throngs of their friends*
all anxious to hour tho nows. The friends of each
olaimed the victory for thoir favorite.
IVe hoar during Saturday morning, it was stated
that a despatch was received from one of the
friends of Rankin, urging tho necessity of imme
diately raising one hundred and thirty dollars to
meet some contingent expense.
In Now York the oxoitoment also ran high.
Tho following despatches wore- received on Sa
turday ovening;
Buffalo, August 1—845, P. M.
Tho city has been in u ferment all day Three
steamers, crowded with passengers, have went
ovor, tbit) morning, to tho Canada sido, to witness
the prize fight between Bradley and Rankin. It
was reported in tho streets, a few minutes ago, that
Bradley hud won the fight. I have'umde the most
diligent inquiry, and find that no porson has as yet
returned fiom tho Canada sido who knows any
thing nbout tho affair. Tho sporting men here
think that llunkin will be tho champion. ’
At eleven o’clock another despatch, os follows:
Buffalo, August I—lo-50, P. M.
Nono of the fighting parties have yet returned
from Canada, and thoro is no prospect of heariug
of tho result to-night. Considerable feeling pre
vails hero in regard to the termination of the af
fair, and t particular attention is paid among the
fancy to putting down whiskey. Good night
In order to give an .idea of tho arrangements
for this pugilistic affair, we give the Articles of
Agreement, entorod ’ into on ■ the 18th duv of May,
1857, between Dominick Bradley and Samuel S.
Rankin:
“Tho said D. Bradley agrees to fight the said S.
S. Rankin a fair stand-up fight, according to the
new rules of tho London Ring, us published and
acknowledged by the Pugilistic Association, by
whioh the said D. Bradioy and S. S. Rankin here
by mutually agroo to bo bound. ‘
The said fight to bo for tho sum of $l,OOO a sido,
and ahull tuko place on tht Ist day of August, 1857,
in Canada. Tho said D. Bradley and S. S. Rankin
aro to moot on tho 27th July, or their represents
ttves, and toss for ohoico of plnoo to meet at, on the
morning of the Ist of August; the said meeting
to take place on tho morning of the Ist of August,
between 7 and 10, A. M., and the men to be In tho
ring between tho hours of 12 and 3, P. M. The
said, meeting for choice of place of meeting to bo
at Thomas Elliott’s, Front street, abovo Dock, Phi
ladelphia.”
The said D. Bradioy hereby agrees to fight at tho
weight of 190 lbs., which weight is to bo decided on
tho morning' of tho 30th July, at 9 A. M-? at
Messrs. Davis & Co’s paper warehouse, Cartor’s
Alloy, and also at P. E. Fogan’s, cornorof Eighth
and Bedford streets; and providing that tho par
ties do not ugreo on tho justice of tho scales, thoy
aro to toss for a third place of weighing, whioh is
to bo final; and if D. Bradley weighs more than
190 pounds, on the 30th day of July, at the final
weighing, ho forfoits the wholo ainountdown. Tho
ptaco of meeting ou the Ist of August to bo named
at Mr. Elliott’s on tho 27th July, after tho final
deposit. Either party failing to 6c at tho place, or
bey'ond tho hour named, to forfoit tho amount
down, oxcept in case of magisterial interference,
if not by collusion with tho party apprehended;
and should either party bo apprehended previous
to the fight, tho following uamed uiuniros bo au
thorized to mutually agree to name tlio place and
time of fighting. The said umpires are, on the
part of D. Bradley, Wm. MeMullin; and on the
part of S. S. Rankin, F. H. O. Brotherton; thoy
agreeing to nunio a day within threo days of tho
Ist of August, or to woigh ugaiu, allowing the
same number of hours according to the first weigh
ing. or tho stakeholder, Mr. Elliott, to name the
day, am| time,, and place of meeting, should the
said umpires ho unablo to agree according to afore
said provision.
In pursuanuo of tho aforesaid agreement, tho
D. Bradley ami fc>. S. Rankin here put up $l2O a
side, iu tho bauds of Wm.’ McMullin, wno shall
transmit the samo into the hands of Mr. Thomas
Elliott, who is to bo the final stakeholder, within
twenty-four hours after rocoiving it. Tho said
agreomont to rulo each and every deposit, to bo
made at tho following houses, between the hours
of 8 and 10 P. M., viz : Tho socond deposit $BO a
side, to bo inudo at Henry MoDonuitt’a, at ihe cor
ner of Shipnou street and Shippou lane, on the
23th day of May; tho third deposit of $BO aside
on tho Ist of Juuu, at Jamos McDonough’s, Sixth,
below Shippcn; tho fourtli deposit of $BO a side,
on tho Bth of Juno, at Robert MoMenomey’s, cor-t
uer of Eleventh und Shippen; the fifth, $BO a side,
at Wm. McMullins. Eighth streot, below South, on
the 15th of Juno; the sixth, of SBO a side, atS. S.
Rankin’s, corner of Broad and Rose streets, on the
22d of June; tho sevouth, $9O a side, at D. Brad
ley’s, corner of South and Penn, on tho 29th June;
tho eighth, of $BO a side, at Henry Bunting’s.
South stroot. below Broad, on the fithjuly; tho
ninth, $BO a side, at Ben MoKcon’s, South street,
above Second, on the 20th July; tho oloventh and
last deposit of $l6O a side, at S. S. Rankin’s, cor*
nerof Broad und Ro<c streot, on tho 27th July.
Tho ropes and stakes to be paid for between the
too parties, for which they are to'toss at the final
deposit, and tho party winning to receive $lO, to
™ xo sumo, The s&hl umpires, Wm. MeMullin,
aud F. H. G Brotherton, are to mutually ngiee
and chooso a referee, when the men moot in the
ring. F. 11. G. Brotherton agrees to be present
and see Bradley weighed on the 30th July, and
proceed in company with him.
Witness our hands, the 26th of May, 1857.
S. S. RANKIN,
. . D. BRADLEY.
Witness—F. H. G. Brothertok,
Wm. McMulm*.
Jlccidents.~ Tho passenger train from Media
was thrown off tho track, on the West Cheater
Railroad, near Darby, on Saturday morning. The
mishap wus caused by running over a cow. The
loeomotlvo was crippled and thrown from the track.
Fortunately nobody was hurt. The passengers
wero compelled to walk to the city.
On Saturday morning, a carter, named Dallett,
was thrown down by a horse, the wheels of tho cart
passing ovor his leg and breaking it. He was taken
to tho Episcopal Hospital.
Paste at Funeraj* been known
for some time: past as ( »''fast'Meiyet few people
take the pains to- consider bow Ul*t' we are getting
U> bo. .That human beings livo and d>° in B hurry,
just now, is a fact that need not he mentioned, but
still, until very recently, gomp reapoct was shown
while tho inanimate remains wore above the
ground. _ Undertakers, however, and hearse-dri
vers, have caught the infection of the time, and
are rushing on with the full speed of this locomo
tive age. A few days since, an undertaker of this
criy despatched ten funerals in a few hours—with
what regard to the due observances of the solemn
occasion, may be Imagined. We have hoard of a
caso where two funeral trains approached the Odd
bellows’ Cemetery, on Islington lane, at the same
time. Such an opportunity for enterprising com
petition could not of course be neglected, and
when the drivers of the hearses saw each other,
they put whips to their horses in a race for the first
entrance through the gateway. The horses dashed
forward at a rapid pace, and the coffin in the hearse
that entered first, was almost thrown upon the
ground. Such proceedings are shameful. What
ever else la forgotten in the rush of the busy life
around, let the mournful rites which pertain to tho
dead bo more duly honored and observed.
A Foundling.—b.t an early hour on Satur
day morning, a newly born female child was found
wrapped up in apiece of muslin, at Thirteenth and
George streets. A lady named Mrs. Murgatroyed
kindly took charge of the child temporarily, and i
was afterwards sent to the Blockloy Almshouse.
Tribute of Respect. —A salute of fifteen guns
was fired at the Navy Yard at noon on Saturday,
in respect to tho memory of the late Commodore
John, T. Newton, who died at Washington, on
Tuesday, the 28th ult.
The Journeymen Printers. —One of tho best
excursions of the season, that of tho Journeymen
Printers of this city, will take place on Saturday,
August 15th, to Florence Heights. The steamer
W. WhiUdinhas been chattered for the occasion,
and will leave Chestnut street wharf at a quarter
after two o’clock precisely. The proceeds are for
the benefit of the widows and orphans of deceased
printers, and we trust that they may have all the
success they so deservedly merit.
Parade of the United American Mechanics. —
The United American Mechanics of this cky have
determined upon having a grand parade of the
Order upon the occasion of the dedication of their
Hull, at Third and George streets. No definite
time has yet been fixed for the demonstration, but
it is understood that it will take place in the fall.
The Saranac. —The packet ship Saranac
sailed for Liverpool on Saturday morning. She
took out eighty-three pa33engers, and a large cargo
of produce.
Alleged Fraud. —Before Aid. Ogle of the
Eighth Ward, on Saturday, John Banff was
charged, on tho oath of Henry Mayer, with “ hav
ing obtained goods to the value of $450, or therea
bouts, by falsity, pretending, that a certain store
in Reading, Pennsylvania, was his, when he well
know the said pretense to be false and untrue, and
the said store was not his.” The accused also
represented that he was the owner of another store
in Philadelphia, but upon subsequent inquiry, this
representation proved unfounded, an assignment
having been made, and the store in Reading sold
to his (Banff’s) brother. The debts of the accused
wero said to be $6,000 while his assets were put
down at $14,000. Both parties in the case are of
Jewish persuasion, and from the nature of faots, as
developed, it will no doubt prove of more than or-1
dinary interest when before the court and jury,
nanff was committed in default of $6,000 bail to
answer.
Firemen*a Matters . — The Franklin Engine
Company, located in Catharine street, above
Third, will house their new and beautiful appa
ratus, about the 25th of the present month. It
will bo painted red, and the Company will take a
prominent part in the parade on the Bth of October
next. They will appear in entire new equipments,
which, like their apparatus, will also be red.
The members of the Diligent Engine Company
have provided themselves with a very pretty badge,
madoof solid silver, and formed in the shape of
the letter “D.” On the back part, are the initials
of each member’s name.
We aro informed that the Delaware Fire Com
pany of Trenton intend visiting Philadelphia on
tho Bth of October, on the occasion of the grand
parade of the firemen of our city. The Company
is a most excellent one, and their engine one of
peculiar and powerful construction.
During the month of July there were twenty
eight alarms of fire in the following districts:
First ... 2 Sixth ... 2
Second . . .6 Seventh . . .4
Third ... 8
Fourth . . .5 Total . . . 2S
Fifth ... 1
Upon nine occasions the State House bell was
struck, and there was but one general alarm
given. The property damaged or destroyed was
as follows Carpenter shops, 3; chimnoys, 1;
stables, 4; church. 1; barn, I; pot
tery, 1; slaughter-houses, 2; factories, 3; stores, 3;
haystacks, 2; bake-house,!; hotel,!.
The exact amount of danlage by these dUtarebt
fires it is difficult to ascertain. We believe,
ever, that it is about $15,000, on which there is an
insurance io the amount of $7425.
WEST CHESTER.
Homicide. —A case of homicide occurred, in
this county on Saturday myning, concerning
which various reports are afloat, bat the principal
facts are briefly as follows: About day-break on
Saturday morning, Mr. Wm. Lynch, constable of
Chester, and his assistant, Mr. C. M. Lay
man, went, at the instance of the District Attor
ney, to the house of Wm. Baugh, of WestPikeland,
soma ten miles north of LionviUe, for the purpose
of arresting him on a warrant for an assault and
battery with intent to kill, he having, a few days
ago, driven off a constable of the neighborhood,
who visited his premises on a like errand. They
found him at his wood-pile splitting wood, and
having approached within a few feet of him, in
formed him of the object of their call—Layman
being somewhat in advance of his colleague. He
at once raised the axe, and swore he would kill
the first man that offered to.lay hands on him.
Layman, looking him in tho eye, and at the same
timq reaching back his hand towards Lynch for a
pistol, pleasantly remarked to him, “You would not
kill a man, would you?” The word 9 had scarcoly
boon uttered when Baugh made a stroke at him
with the axe. Layman threw his head to one side,
and the edge of the weapon entered downwards
between the shoulder and neck, close up to the
lattorj making a deep and serious wound. Lay
man immediately fired tho pistol, the ball of which
merely grazed Baugh’s shoulder, and Layman and
Lynch both rushed upon him, and after a struggle
of a few minutes succeeded in putting handcuffs
upon him. Thoy then placed him into their wagon
and started for West Chester, Layman bleeding
very much from his wound. After thoy had gone
about a mile, Layman said to Lynch, “ Bill, yon
must tuko caro of yourself, I feel weak and faint
and can’t hold out much longer.” Baugh, who
was & stout, rosoluto, reckless man, thereupon
sprang upon Lynch, who is not physically
robust, but of good pluck, and, notwithstand
ing ho was handcuffed, almost succeeded, by
advantages gained by the suddenness of his move
ment, in wrestiug the pistol from Lynch and eject
ing him from tho wagon—Layman being too weak
from loss of blood to render effective aid. Lynch
warned Baugh to desist or ho would shoot him;
but ho dared him to shoot, and still pressed upon
litm. Lynch thon pulled the trigger, and the ball
entered Baugh’s head near the eye, when ho ex
claimed, “you havo killod me,” and fell over.
He died in about an hour. No judicial investiga
tionof the affair has yet been had. The general
sentiments of the community, lawyers and laymen,
appear to be, that tho killing was clearly a case of
justifiable homicide.
West Chester Direct Rail rood. —There was
qui(e a large meeting of Stockholders, Bondhold
ers and others interested in the early completion
of our direct railroad, held at the Mansion House,
Mr. Strickland, in thoChuir, S. Hihberd and Brin
ton Jones, Vice Presidents; and J. L. Dalington
and Cnpt. Apple, Secretaries. Tho meeting was
addressed by Mr. Morris, President of tho Board
of Managers, and by John Rutter, Esq., both
earnestly pressing on the minds of thoso present
tho importance of prompt and efficient action in
support of and co-operation with the movement
originated at a lute meeting in Philadelphia, of the
10 per cent. Bondholders, for the conversion of
these bonds, all overdue coupons, and all common
debts, into bonds secured by a now 8 per cent,
mortgage, and for the raising of $lOO,OOO in cash,
on like bonds, which would certainly complete the
road. A good feeling seemed to pervade tbemeet
ing, and a general desire was expressed for thesuc
cess of the presout effort to gave the road fromsalp,
and secure its early completion. The conversions
already made amount to about $390,000, and the
subscriptions of cash in this aud Delaware counties,
to about $23,000. This is a matter in which Phila
delphia has some interest, und should manifest and
tako more. It is admitted by all acquainted with
the country traversed by the road, that it will af
ford Philadelphia one of the most delightful out
lets known to any city, and that its travel aud
tiado, with the Baltimore Central, on which the
track is now being laid from the junction, as a
feeder, mu9tbe>cry largo and profitable,—much
larger than that of the Philadelphia, Germantown
and Norristown road, which, last year, netted more
than 8 per cent on $1,600,000. And yet the entire
indebtedness of the Weat Cheater direct road, when
completed under the proposed arrangement, will
bo less than ono million of dollars. It is hoped
that the monied business men of Philadelphia,
who desire to have pleasant country residences for
their families in the summor season, or who would
like to reside in tho country the whole year round,
and yet attend personally to their business in the
city, will turn their attention to this road. If they
do, they will see that while a subscription of a
few thousand dollars, under the new mortgage,
will save the road and secure to them great oonntry
advantages, it will at the same time be a perfectl y
a afe investment.
THE MONEY MARKET.
. gATtrauiT, August I,P.M.
The transactions ifl-slocks were again very limited to
d iy, the figure* showing no material change from those
of i cbtenlsy. Reading Railroad fell off X •
The Bank o! Pennsylvania, to-day, paid out more than
oue-half of the whole interest due on the State debt.
MARvtixnCoiLßaoios.—The total shipments from
the Maryland coal region, for the week ending July
25th, amounted to 14,006 tons. Total since January Ist,
329,772 tons.
The action of the Pennsylvania Coal Company in pass
ing ita divideud, I'eets with general commendation from
the press, and will doubtless soon advance the price of
the stock, though it has temporarily tailed. The com
pany speaks for itself la a financial statement and
report, from which the following is an extract:
Owing to the considerable increase io the business of
the company requiring additional working capital, and
in view of the absorption of a large amount of such
capital within the last two or three years, by payments on
bonds and mortgages giren upon coal lands at the time
of purchase many years since, and on new purchases of
such land*, whose value and position with respect to
other land 4 owned by the company, rendered their acqui
sition indispensable; and for other objects of permanent
value, which have increased its assets, and the necessity
of retaining the present resources of the company to
conduct its largely increased business, without incurring
a floating debt for the amount, the Board has come to
the conclusion to omit the declaration of a dividend at
this time, being convinced that such a course will best
serve the permanent interests of the company, and con
sequently its stockholders.
From the Frankfort ( Kjr.) Commonvialth we learn
that the Stockholders of the Lexington and Frankfort
Railroad held their annual meeting in Lexington, on
the 20th July. It appears from the report of the Direc
tors that the' receipts or the Company during the year,
from all sources, were $35,807 59; and the expenditure,
including interest, $50,095 46; leaving, as net profits for
the year. $45,712 18. From these profits there have
beentdeetared two dividends of three per cent, each
abont two percent, has been appropriated to the sink
ing fond, and about two and one-half per cent to the
contingent and renewal fund.
The President of the La Crosse and Milwaokie Rail
road Company advertises that the Stockholders may
take $1,000,000 of 8 per cent, bonds, to be issued on the
Eastern and part of the Watertown division of the road
at 80 per cent.; and that the stock will be received at
par tor one-half payment thereof. This will retire
$400,000 of the stock, and give $400,000 cash, which,
with the rale of $678,000 first mortgage land grant bonds,
will makeup $825,000 cash, the sum required to com
plete the road to La Crosse.
The Long Island Bank. Brooklyn, has declared a semi
annual dividend of five per cent., payable on demand;
the Home Fire Insurance Company a dividend of twent*
per cent.,payable August 5; the St. Nicholas Banka
semi-annual dividend of four per cent., payable on tbe
10th of August; the Commercial Bank of Albany a semi
annual dividend of five percent., payable August 1.
The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad has de
clared a dividend of five per cent.
The Brooklyn City Railroad-Company a dividend of
four per cent., payable August 1.
The Peoria and Bureau Valley a dividend of four per
cent, payable August 10.
fcqThe shipments of coal bj the Huntingdon and Broad
Top Railroad and Coal Company, for the week, ending
J ufy 30, amounted to 2,662 tons, making for the season
46.378 tons.
The coinage at the Mint of the United States during
the month of July, was as follows :
Pieces. Value.
&7,05 l $123416
.1478.000 428.000
.2,100.000 21,000
The deposits during the month amounted to $313.025.
of which $173,890 was in gold. $136,235 in silver, ant
$2,900 old cents.
The denomination of coins on hand at the Hint at the
close of batine**, July 31, was as follows:
Double Eagles......
Eagles...
Half Eagles
Quarter Engles
Three Dollar Pieces.
Dollars
Bara
Dollars
Half Dollars....
Quarter Dollars
Dimes
Half Dimes....
Three Cents....
Cents...
Total amount balance on hand ..$756,324 80
Mr. Russell, Assistant Treasurer, furnishes the an
nexed statistics of the Sub-Treasury for July:
Balance. July 1,1857
On nccoiint of Cu5t0m5....57,049.182 50
Oo account of Patent Fee*. 5,039 87
On acc’t. ofP. O. Dep’t.... 814,57159
On account of Transfers... 274,000 00
On acc’t. of Miscellaneous. 53,303 54—33.211,097 30
rarxxxrs.
45.745,780 21
480.297 70— 6,206,077 91
Treasury Drafts..
Poat 03ice Drafts.
Balance, Jolj 31. ltt'*.*....
By B«l., Cr., Disbursing
Accounts 41.660,335 CS
By Receipts during the
mouth
To Payments
2.139,378 £4— 3,619,774 69
1,803,425 32
Balanco
By Balance Cr.. Interest Accounts..
To payments
Balance
By Receipts fur Customs in July, 1557..
By Receipts for Customs in July, 1856..
Increase in July, 1567 .$1,535,758 84
By Balance Cr., Bullion and Eiptnse Ac
count for Assay Q?3ee 1,503,599 98
By Coin received in roly $59,342 94
By p iue Bars reeeiv ed daring
July, 2,596.630 93- 8,655,973 87
Total $4,159,573 85
To Payments in Coin $181,590 41
To Payment in Fine 8ar5...2,693.125 78— 2,6*4,716 22
Balance
B/ C«h» in hand An’t. Tr. ' • -
<*4fiet. $»,«8.897 08
Bj Coin in hand in Auay
Office 1.039, m <a-i0.6*3,n0 00
By Fine Bara in Assay 0ffice.5245,064 60
Uoparted Bullion in Assay
Office I.OBMIB 75
By Bullion at the Hint for
coinage.
17,09 J 49 1.347,898 84
Total $11,960,666 90
Btitimest of Bustness at the United States Assay
Office at yeic York, for the‘Month ending JntmZV.
1857:
Forign C0in5....... .
Foreign Bullion
United Btates Bullion.
$15,000 00
40,000 00
.2,005.000 00—52,060,009 00
deposits axD fcrcbasks or silter
foreign Corns..
Foreign Bullion
United States Bullion, (con
tained in gold)
U. States Bullion (old coins)
United States Bullion (Lake
Superior)
Total deposits payable in
bare $3,036,000 00
Total deposits parable In - >
$43,000 00
53.300 00
„ 150,600 QO-e5.175,001) 09
Gold Bars Stamped $2,570,649 83
Transmitted to U S. Mint, Philadelphia
for coinage *•»>.♦. 7T.22& H
The amount on deposit and subject to draft in the
serer&l depositaries of the United States, according to
the returns received up to the 27th ult., Of
this amount, the Philadelphia Mint held $2.580,234;
Assay office, h'ew York. $2,344,50}; Branch Mint New
Orleans, $2,489,267; Branch Mint, San Francisco, Q,«
500.000; Assistant Treasurer, Sew York, $5,581,061;
Assistant Treasurer, Boston. 92,773,913; Assistant Trea
surer, Philadelphia, $376,773, and Assistant Treasurer,
St. Louis, $816,819.
Amount of circulation of notes, of bills discounted
ttttd bullion for the last three jeers:
Date. Circulation. Bills Dise’tcd. lullion.
1854, January, $127,000,000 80,000,000 5f.000.000
1855, •• 180,600,000 70,000.000 71,000.000
1856, “ 120,000,000 85,000,000 34,000,000
f Coinage of France in each year from 1648 to 356, in
clusive, converted into British money at the rxe of 25
francs to the pound sterling.
Year. Gold. Silrer. total.
18*6 $BB,OOO 91420,000
1847 300,000 2,760,000 3050,000
1643 1,600,000 4.040,000 56*0,000
1649 1,080,000 7360,000 8440,000
1850 4,600,000 5J20,000 1720,000
1851 9,600,000 2,360,000 11960,000
1852 1.040,000 2,840,000 1880,000
1653 13,200,000 800,C0Q 14.000,900
1854 220,460,000 80,000 21056,000
1855 16,417,928 862,800 1?,280,728
1856 20,334,076 2,158,888 . ii,502,9&*
Value of gold and silver imported into and exported
from France, from the official returns in wfa ytar. from
1849 t0*1855, Inclusive, converted into British money at
the rate of 25 francs to the pound iterliag.
■ Gold— - Silver— —,
Year Imported. Exported. Imported. Ikoorted.
1849, £470,000 £224,000 £12.640,000 £1840.000
1850, 2,440,000 1,760,000 6.160,000 SJOO.OOO
1851, 4.600,000 1,200,600 7.120,000 4 000,000
1852, 2.300,000 1,680.000 7.160,000 7,280,000
1853, 1.100.000 4,450,000 9,100,000
1554, 19.200,000 1,560,000 3.960,000 6.520,000
1855, 15,200,000 6,450,000 5,050,000 12 720 000
Philadelphia Markets.
SiTDRDiT, August 1, P. M.—Beeswax—ls tarce and
has advanced. Sales of TeUow stXs*3ie.
Of 'Whalebone—The market is tare, and it fc wanted.
Coffee—is held firmly, and 3©400 bags jfto’MM at 11©
lb. on time. Cotrox meets a moderate in*
inquiry at foil sales. About 200 bales Upland and New
Orleans sold at 15 ©l7 J{ ets. lb.
The receipts up to the latest dates, at all the ports,
give the following results:
Decrease—Savannah
Charleston
Mobile
Florida
New Orleans.,..
Texas
Increase—Virginia
North Carolina.
Tots! Decrease this season 676611
The foreign exports this season, as compared with
last,»ill einibit a decrease.
Deckkasb— To Great Britain 530523 '
Tootherforeignports. P 9104
To France 71594
' Total Decrease.
Bhiaustcffs bare undergone no change. Shipping
brand'- of Floor are freely offered at $8 Soe6 75 & bb\
wlthont finding buyers; small sales for the supply of the
retailers and bakers at $8 75©7 50 for common superfine
and grod extras, and $S op tos9 50 forextca family anti
fancy. Hye Flour and Com Meal are but little, inquired
after. We quote the former at d 75 nd the latter at
bbl.
The receipts* of new Wheat have somewhat fallen
off, but the demand continues limited, and prices
are well maintained. Sales of 2100 bus. from $1 60
el 65 & bus for good to prime R ed. and $1 70a
$1 75 for White. Bye is unchanged Sales at 93c
Corn meets a steady inquiry at 89e90c. aith sal-s of
2200 A bus. yellow at these figures Oats are dull. Sales
of prime new Delaware at 48«5Ge.. and old Penna at
53«55c. bus.
Freights to foreign ports are very dull. The last en
gagement to Liverpool was at the low rate of 12s. fld.
ton. California rates are lower, and we quote at 25c. &
foot. Coastwise Freights continue steady, with mode
rate transactions. Colliers are Yery scarce, and the fol
lowing are the going rates from Port Richmond : To
Providence, SI 40; Boston SI 65; Norfolk sl*l 10r
Biidgepcrt, $1 25; Roxbury fl 87; Alexandria SI;
Salemjl TO; Newhuryportsl 80; Braintreesl 88: New
York $1 05; Troy $1 25: Laasiugburg $1 40, and 12a
15c. V ton more from Bristol.
WEisccr meets a fair Inquiry. Sales of bbla. at 30*
31c , and fchd*. at 29e3Gc. Drudge sell at 28c.
TRADE OP CANADA.—The receipts and shipments
of agricultural produce at Montreal for the first half
year, show, compared with the corresponding period in
the years 1856 and 1855, a large increase in parishes
Flour and Wheat, and a large oiminiutioa is most other
articles. The following table shows the (geeiats aft
Montreal from Ist January to 18th July, in the present
and the two preceding years:
July 18, July 18, July i B|
. 1857. 1856. IBds *
Ashes bbls 13,296 10,714 »gio
Flour, bbls 284,441 220,615 36301*
Wheat, bus 616,1 W 402,120 *O% sog
Indian corn. bus. ..152,392 807,818 4M V->
Pork, bbls ’ ©•*«*!•
Barley, bus W jyu,
2,oei Jr V
.$19,820 00
. 24,010 00
. 98465 00
. 5O
. 11,781 00
. 28.740 00
. 2.728 65
$378,497 15
.03,264 00
.160,963 00
. 45,0(3 75
.167,452 SO
. 9,504 95
569 79
. 109 2a
$477,827 65
.$5,480,211 77
•413,691409 07
.$7,485,231 16
.$2,016,349 23
. 701496 94
. 593.980 30
..$107,416 64
. .7,04948* 50
. .5,510,393 66
~...$1,284,85? 43
1,200 00- $116,000 00
..6593$
..99262
.130947
.15530
.242592
.25870—55C129
. 2712
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