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FRIDAY, AUGUST 7,185 T.
BpOCRHIC mmUTIOSSi
... non governor,
j WILLIAM F; ?ACKER,
' ot LTcomsa aomn.
Jfo* or''*HE'*«wi«.EsiE : cot;i»i i ,
/WILLIAM STRONG,
l ’' _' oP Bii»'Ka count?. ■,
J JAMES THOMPSON, >.?•
? > -or sbu oouatr? *■ '
C" ROR CANAL COMMISSIONER, '
KXMHOD STRICKLAND. r >
Of CHESTKR OOUHTf
at Meney Paid o«r it the Public 'Treaa
'■■'■r.MitfJn Ihe Ereciloß it Cu»tom-hoUße»t Ccuft
” >elt»e*t J?o«t OKice»,e<c. >/
-L\VWe hire, before us. an officialtable.which
presentaAome curious figures, .which may not
bi uninteresting to the' public; . Itlsa state-'-
mentofitbe amount, of money paid bytlie
Tce»Bnry ; Pepartment forihe. erection of cus
tom-boiws,..marine poßt*; offices,
. court boases. niiutaj and other public
buildlugainthe different cities of the Union.
The VariimUitetitß are 'Worthy of reflection. '
EXPRKSKSOr BVJU>Dta'OftBTdH-nOVSES, ETC. l
New York city, ''r ’", - $1,6(58,743 00
(for. post-office .alto,) . . -;;; ~600,090 00
; ’ (for.Atlantii; dock stores,) . ..100,000 00
'(for.asaayolfice) • - • i-;- 1 781,498 02
New To* city, . - . - 100,000 00;
Buffalo, N.T., i- ' • - 290,800 00
-Oswego,‘NlT,,- .113,800 00
OgdensbUrg, N.Y. -, - - 118,000 00
Plattsburgh, -■- 60,000.00
Boston,- ;,- .' - . - .• 1,091,668 00 j
Baltimore, (custom-house and . ■!-■!
.post office,! - - > : , 600,000 001
Charleston, S. C., (cnstom-house '
andP.O. trnceriainwhen
building .will be completed,).!,7oB,ooo 00
New Orleans, (period when build- ■<:;• . , :
■ ingtobe completed remote!) 2,676,253 00:
New Orleans, - 3 - "60,0G0(J|;
, S»n Francisco, post office, ■■ > 706,271
• Marine-hospital,' - -.766,271 00
Branch mint, 345,000 00
Appraisers stores, 100,000 00
And ngwfor Philadelphia! - .
Philadelphia Court House, on Fifth
street, . - ; *78,000 00
Philadelphia Post Offlce,(s26o,- :■ ;
000 for Pennsylvania, Bank and ,• , . ,
‘ sso,ooofor alterations,) - ... .400,000 00
Philadelphia Mint, 212,000 00
These appropriations, have beenmade within
the last fewyears,. and of coursedonot in
clnde the; eariieramounts contributed by Qoh
gress for the 'eveetiqn' of !pthcr,prißllc builds
ings. d i - v 1 ■■■■
Oar object in giving these figures is to shoiy,'
not that Philadelphia has been slighted by the
General Vbttt thatahehas 'been
little or noiburdenoh'thepublictrensriry, and'
farther, that she has the strongest claims upon
the considerationj of. Congress, niul the,Ad:
ministration.' .It is truenwe hava.a splendid
Custom House, but the appropriations for:
our TJnited Stites Courts, Marshal’s office., 1
Navy Agency, 1 ' Sec., art ‘ extremely inferior)
The modesty of our. people, ,ih;Oieir. ap
peals to ,‘the- general government, is strongly
exhibited in the contrast which these statistics
present. We have often Relieved that Phila
delphians carry this sentiment to ridiculous,
extremes. : The, greatcity. ofj Npw Tork,
which is entitled to respect and consideration—
for we indulge, in mjne of the. feeling, that
would excite bad blood 'between Philadelphia
and that vast metropolis—is always "“oil
hand,” through hey iictive’]lnuln^. ; niety)at
the federal capital! "There! is. not an appro
priation made for a steamer, or. for any public
purpose whatever,'thatdoes not attract them
and induce them to 1 apply for a goodly share,
if not tile 1 whole.' The success ryith which
they have obtainedsub3idieis from "Congress
for the mail service .from that city is notorious.
They do not visit Washington for a few hours,
or a few days, but are to be found there during
the entire session)' workingto promote their
own ends, .it is.bue,,but at the ssahe. time
largely assisting to! beautify, theirgreatcity. .
Philadelphia pursues.* different,' and, as we
course, in abstaining ftom the
era is about;» dawn upon us* and that our.
people will,no longerhave to press upon their’
representatives and. the' Administration- th'elr
just claims to consideration. "Among" these :
objects is.tliatjhfhich' titkeci,
about), of .procuring) an .appropriation: to open
a regular, line ofmail.steamers between: this
port and .Liverpool, and also to erect a biiild
ing for the United States Courts, and, i f possi
ble, to secure a better post Office' than we
now have.’ ' ° - -
We throw out these hints, and will elaborate
them at a future day. -■ •• ■ r n." <
METALLIC CURRENCY.
Owing the. United States Bank; ajHatioa
the questions .appertaining to the circulating .
medium became leading political lasuits; and
• one of the mdst warmly • cheHshed drisfa of
General Ziowob, 'while h^ ! . &cp!<rii|(l :tW’
' Presidential Cljair/was to infiise an, increased, •
proportion of the precious metals into the
currency of. the country. ■ T 6 accompliah this
object, various measures wore jrespirtetV'toj
Branch mints Were, established at Dahlphega,
Charlotte .and Jf uw Orleans,- and j.n iBS'd,|ni Act
was passed diminishing the standard Weight ;
of our gold coinage. The latter chan|e hos
; had a very salutary effect in increasing the
commercial Value,': previous , to, that time, was
considerably, greater than, diieir legal, value,
and hence they were, nearly nil .either exported
from the countiy-or-iised ■ for mahufacturihg
purposes;; The' Independent . Treasury sys-;;
tem, under. 1 , which ill the inorietary transac
tions of thp/ General Government; are'con- ,
ducted by its own agents, without the. inter
vention off Banks, in gold and silver cold
only, has'; : iince , heed adopted. This ,'sjr*;
tem not;J pnly jprovides."a; 'safp ‘ method
&r keeping, the. moneys. It serves,
as a cheek upon': a the‘;'exp'oitafldtf' : >f
specie, by creating'iirieceSßiiy?fdr.the.&npldyr
ment of a large amount oi’ it in opr own cpiui
try; it also acts.;,as p check upon the over
issue of notes ; by banks,. especially in. com
mereiai cities,Jjjy constantly subjecting them
to large drafts ’of-coin) and; the Government
disbursing $80,000,006: to *70,000,000, annu
ally, to vtttldns persons, in
of the country, a considerable portion' of that
sum gradually passes into general circulation.
Duril'g the exciting period' of the currency
' . action, while thdßemohratajvcfpst^huous.'
’r ly antagonizing cesUn featpres of tiie hanking
’ System, and advocating the. use. Of more me
~ tailic currency, a. great practical difficulty in'
the, way of the ftill rCalization of their theories,
was presented? in? the small quantity''of the :
precious metals tien/iacfßally in ,the .United
States. Op to tlie'ist.op January,>lBBB, only.
$17,966,886, in gold, and-5548,133,082 90, in
... . silver, (ina)lbtit a little mote than's6l,ooo,'-
■ ~ 000,)had beeh coined hy Ae? United'States
Mint, and if ils douhtfuljyhether! Uid amount
of precious. metals .in jho country’ exceeded
- that sum.;' The production of/doroestlc gold
’$ £ was . very- litnltedj and 'Consisted only in
I / the -small ' quantitios found In? the com
f. . ' ! ,Uhjproditat!ye’' VUginSa,
Csr6Mha,,,Georgia, and Ten
. ' , neSsee gold region?B.,TVe then had no Califor
, tria pouring, with a, lavish! hand, her golden
treasures 4nto our lap.- But : npW,;alJ this Is
is an extent scarcely ap^reoi^ted'.'
The total American.cbjhsge >6Jeptembcf d 0,5
1868, was $549,841,914.14, so that, since 1886,'.
■ if we embrace the probable oporationt of the
; Mint from September to this time, ove'tr $500,-
been added to the? AriihHcah cpinl
agel It is .true' tltat a considerable, portion?
' of this has ,been; exported,, hut Secretary
Guthrie, in his report ofDecetoberl, 1866,-
" estimated the amount of gold rind sliver then
? In the country at $250,000,000. The Direector
of the Atint aboUt tbe same perjod. estimated
' tat $2OO ,000,000, . There seems iso- just rea
son to dflnbt tbat it at least reached the latter
sum; By ft general Statement of the condition
of ail the Batiks ;of &e : Union; According to
v thd;fet«frtu-dated ; 1866,
44* : : publiihed in Mr.
8 ; :>t at,
it isjhns. shown, that tbpvalue
fe?' of; tbegold rind r sliver then in the coUhtry
tats : ’greatj J ii’'?li6f''cdiiiide|Whly
fejj Tgreateh, thin the? Bank 'uptek tkin'ib jchrcuia-'
f
p3|^’i^,?.fn6liaiv?i ; ,lfttotwte4. te>isBBB,W,OOOi so
BsSf^^®tog?the;laW:»eveh.tc% ; s'We'h4Ve i ;c9lned
twide' Brink 1 '
fipjSjtpte,. jsirculatiSffi'iSf'’ Jahariry IJ‘ ISSB-j'-These
to show that those ob--
jections formerly urged against, the substitution
of a.motallic for a Bank note currency, as a
general medium of circulation, which were
based on the supposed scarcity of the former,
have lost whatever force they Originally pos
sessed. If the American people desire a me
tallic currency there is now no real difficulty
in the way of securing it to them. Tho Bank
returns above quoted reported $59,814,063
of specie in their vaults. The difference
between this sum ..and the Bank circula
tion,would easily be' made up by the Cal
ifornia gold “crop of a fetv years.'' * The
Bank circulation of $195,000,000, added to the
estimated present amount of gold in tho coun
try, off $250,000,000, makes a total of $445,-
000,000. This is $100,000,000 less than the
American coinage up to this period. - Having
thus 'coined more metallic currency at our
mints, by $100,000,000 than the total present
Bank note and specie circulation, the con
tinuation of .the Banking system as at present
practised, must depend, for its justification,
upon considerations of public utility and con
venience, independent of the supposition that
our spurces of supply of gold and silver arc too
limited.
It is evident, however, that the Banks are
regarded, by a large body of the people, espe
cially by business men, as great conveniences.
In the present state of public opinion, there is,
apparently, a greater, probability of their in
crease, in number and capital, than of their re
duction. The prohibition of the issue of
Bank notes of the smaller denominations,
however, is a measure which wo believe would
be attended with important beneficial results.
Pennsylvania set a noble example to her sister
-States, byprohibiting her Banks from issuing
notes Below the denomination of $5, and at a
later period also enacting laws against the cir
culation of the small $l, $2 and $3 notes issued
under the authority of other States. By tilts
means pe has .greatly purified her currency,
and secured(fiflte a general citeifration of tpe,
precious metals as the common medium of the
small every day transactions of her citizens.,
Hef policy’’lias been wisely imitated by a
number of her sister States. There is no
good excuse for the.issue of such small notes,
and the only motive that induces the Banks of
those States in which they are not prohibited,
from continuing to issue them, is an unworthy
one. Experience having, shown that a con
siderable' per centage of small notes is apt to
be lost,! destroyed, and to wander so far away
from the localities in which they are issued
as never to return for redemption, tho com
munity are exposed to a heavy ioss by coun
terfeiting, bank defalcations, inconvenience,
and, as’ is alleged, sometimes by the contrac
tion of contagious diseases, to swell bank pro
fits. Such banks increase thoir dividends by
an organized system of issuing promises to
pay,, with tho expectation of never being
obliged| to redeem a portion of them, and
these calculations are constantly being rea
lized; at the expense of the peoplo.
Shlnplastera under $1 having been univer
sally driven from circulation, and notes under
$5 having been banished almost entirely from
the soil of Pennsylvania, the prohibition of
the circulation of hank notes, under $lO, and
eventually all under |2O, is a measure which
should next enlist the earnest attention of the
legislators of our State. In England no bank
note is! issued less than five pounds ster
ling,- (over $24,) aud in France none less
than . 600 francs, (over $98.) In , these
countries no inconvenience is felt for the
Waht of smaller bonk notes. It is estimated
that the total bank note circulation of the
United States of the denomination of $5 and
under, iia about one-fourth of tho whole, or
$60,000,000. WTiile a pure metallic currency
inay beregarded, for the present at least, as
impracticable, no serious difficulty wouldbe felt
in obtaining the amount of gold necessary to
answer all the purposes now served by tho
notes of $6 and under. The whole sum is but
one-fourth, perhaps but one-fifth of the gold
now in the country. California produces, in a
single year, more than gold enough to supply
all this circulation.'
The authority of our own State to act on
this question, for herself, is, of course, un
questioiable. Various methods have, Been,
proposed to make, the restriction of small
notes general throughout the Union, Itcari
frtiSSlbeon suggested' that Congress has
tho. pdwer of (axing such notes, and
that . its exercise - would tend to re
strain ljanka from issuing them. An amend
ment tothe Constitution to authorize Congress,
"directly! to prohibit and restrain their use, has
also bedn proposed, and although as a general
thing, ife are opposed to all amendments of
that instrument, we cannot conceive of any
change id it that would answer a more useful
and desirable purpose. All small, daily trans
actions/ particularly the payment of wages,
should he conducted in gold and silver, and an
end be forever put to the dangers, inconveni
ences, uncertainties and losses which have nt-
tended tho use of small bank notes. If the Amer
‘canpeoplb have a fair opportunity of testing
the. superiority of a • metallic curroucy they
wlfl never return to a paper one. Will) would
go backi to ton, twenty-five and fifty cent shin
plasters;? Who, in. Pennsylvania, would return
to greasy, dirty, ragged and probably worthless
small notes ? If notes under. $5 were prohibi
ted, and specie generally substituted in their
place, the same feeling.of aversion now felt
for the Dotes under $5 would beco me general
! for notes of that denomination.
SEIT tCI ix THE BURIrEXt, TRAGEDY.
The conviction which the verdict of the jury
could not obliterate from the public mind that
ifrs. CuraraaiiAM was guilty of the murder of
Dr, Buedeul, however that verdict may lraye
lulled itj is assuming a fearful aspect under the
;new development which is now filling the New
York papers. The tact that she. may escape
.her present dilemma, just as she escaped tire
last, may boa dreadthl trial for an excited popu
lace,- and we conceive it to be our duty, in
to, suggest .the contingency of - such
nn outbjeak as may render the law powerless to
protect jiot. from those who believe her to he
deeply guilty. IVo have witnessed in that
: great city within the last few months some ex
traordinary demonstrations of a dissatisfied
public mind, although when we reflect that ow
ing to tljo disputes between the city and State
governments, there was for a period no police
to'resist'any outburst, great credit is duo to tho
masses for the energy withwliich they govern
ed themselves. But it must not he forgotten
that the icase under consideration is one of
incredible magnitude and mystery, nor yet that
tnanilcriniinah have escaped punishment either
through the ingenuity of the lawyers, tire weak
ness of t|ie courts, or the imbecility of jurors,
and that this fret has not onlymadean irnpres.
sion upoti our own citizens, but has been bit
terly Commented- upon to our injury b?y
foreign periodicals. The New York papers of
yesterday are crowded with exciting testimony
and comments in this case. The Herald em
ploys the following language:
“There can bo no sympathy for her. She has
pursued her course' stoutly, impudently, defy-
Jngly; trampling down overy thing that opposed
her, -and pursuing her end with marvellous di
rectness. Just fancy her assuring the prison
matron,that she was enciente, long before her
,'trial; and notifying Dr. Uhl, at the same time,
that his servicos would bo required at the accouche *
ihtnll Then, again, .what wonderful duplicity I
People' were horror struck at her throwing herself
upon tho half putrid lips of the oorpse of Burdell,
And kissing them with every token of frantio affec
tion i but what is this to her screams for her “ own
depr little baby.” whom she had hired in Elm
sfreet a few hours before, and brought home in a
basket? And then her rapacity! , Had the Bur*
rogate decided in her favor, as she evidently cal
culated he would do, sho would hove obtained
pOsession of her dower, one-third of the real pro
ipOrty,. which has boon roughiy estimated at
.280,000 a 200,000; on one-third of this she and
her children might have gone away somewhero
where = their names were not known, and lived
well and comfortably ; but no, she had jeopardized
hot life, and she would hnvo the whole. And now
Bhelraa lost all.”
There is little doubt that strong as these
terms are they are a fair reflex of the general
sentiment. A fearful responsibility rests upon
the Court. Justice should be done at all
hazards, and the law a* quid have its course.
In the event of the great criminal escaping,
those who have the preservation of the peace
should be 1 ready to do their whole duty in the
premises.
, Objecting to anything which might appear
likesonnßng'onr own jiraise, wo haye not yet
referred to the typography of The Pbebs. We
draw attention to it now, simply to do justice
fo the tgste and skill of Messrs. D- Pelooze &
,Sfi^ t ?pf| this .city, by whom the very clear,
beautiftil type which we nso Was made. Their
reputat|on, OB type founders, Is indeed so high
thktit does .riot require to be endorsed by any
due. ‘ We shall be content if out 'readers are
as' riutchi satisfied with ' trie' products of their
ingenuity as we are,
THE FOREIGN NEWS.
ftWarisso unffiitigateian evil, under most cir
cumstances, that whoever prevents it should be
counted among tho benefactors of humanity.
The pacific interference of France and England
has induced Spain to leave its dispute witli
Mexico to the arbitration of these two Powers.
In point of fact, neither Spain nor Mexico is
prepared for war. Spain is in a very perilous
and distracted condition at present. Disaffec
tion and discontent prevail in almost every
province, and martial law, most rigidly admi
nistered, rules throughout Spain. This system
of Terrorism is useless, as well as frightful, for
it only goads the people into better organiza
tion and more resolute opposition, in the end.
The situation of E apoleon seems to bo be
coming dangerous. On his single life would
appear now to rest tho fortunes of France.
Should be fall, that sjjlcndid dream called “Tile
Empire,” whichhelias revived, would speedily
topple over. Therecent detected conspiracies
against his life and power seem to indicate a
steady, if not stubborn hostility to his sove
reignty'.
At the time the Persia left England, the
latest news from India, by tho Overland Mail,
had not arrived. As
“ Coming events cast tho shadows before,”
so rumors were current, in advance of intelli
gence, through tlie ordinary modes of commu
nicatioh, to the effect that the revolt, previously
limited to the Presidency of Bengal, had ex-
tended;fo the native troops of Bombay,and that
the British troops had been foiled in a second
attempt to drive the native troops from tho oc
cupancy of tho city of Delhi. These rumors
had been alluded to in Parliament, and the allu
sion was followed, in that assembly, by a de_
claration on the part of the Executive, that they
had not received any disastrous intelligence
from Hindoston. The next mail from Europe
will probably announce a great victory over or
by tho Insurgents.
United States Troops for Minnesota.
There arrived at this port yesterday, says tho
Milwankie Daily Neics of tho 4th, two compa
nies of United States soldiers, en route for Min
nesota, called there by the Indian troubles.
The companies were E and G, Captains Phatt
and Beuzet, Lieutenants Robertson, Shaxly
and Bailey. Tho two companies number one
hundred and twenty-five men. They came ill
tho Lady Elgin and are en route for Fort Snel
ling, Minnesota. These companies are just
from a three years’ tour of hard service against
the Sominoles in Florida, and are now on their
way to ’ war against the Sioux. They were to
leave last night on the nine o'clock train for
Prairio diiOliicn. They-have six months’pro
visions with them. They aro a fine looking set
of fellows; a largo majority of them ore Irish
and Germans. They attracted quite a crowd
at the railroad depot yesterday, where their
arms were stacked, and tho men and officers
wore at case, the latter readily giving any in
formation that was sought.
HCW The third annual exhibition of the
Delaware County Society for the promotion of
Agriculture, Horticulture, Manufactures, the
Mochanic and Household Arts, will be held at
Chester, on Thursday, Friday and Saturday,
the seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth
days of September. It is one of the most
flourishing Agricultnral Societies in the State.
Their list of premiums is very large, and wo
have no doubt that tho exhibition will do
credit to the Committee who have it charge and
to the County
CORRESPONDENCE.
-FROM WASHINGTON.
of The Press.]
1 Waruikotok, Augusts, 1857.
Colonel Lootriiß, who succeeds Gen. Hornoy in
tho prosecution of the Florida Indian war, Ims
behn unable to .capture moro than two or three
squaws pf the Tallahassee hand of Seminoles.—
These squaws state that their warriors aro so hotly
pressed t>y tho troops that they cannot raise any
crops, and are now in a starving condition. Tho
same old game of hide and seek, which has been
played for tho last thirty yci.rsi, still goes on in
the Big Cypress Swamp. Neither Sam Jones nor
Billy Bawlegfi shows himself to tho troops unless
in Euper or numbers, and then with a viow to en
trap tbojn to their destruction, os in the case of
Captain Dade und his party.
A par y of tho El Paso and Fort Yuma wagon
Pliva e advices from a gentleman connected
with thi Fort Koarney and South Pass Wagon
Road (J ilyr 22) havo beon reccivod in this city.
Ho repoftfl having fallen in with Col. Alexander's
oOmpan;, consisting of nino hundred men and
ninety v agons, m route [or Utah, and that all
wore wo)l. Returns have been received from the
Surveyor General of Kansas and Nebraska of sur
veys of the exterior lines of tho public lands in Ne
braska, situated north of the base line and cast of
tho sixth principal meridian, comprising abbut
thirty townships. Also, survoys of sub.divisional
lines, situated in' tho Ifaif-breed Reservation, be
tween tho two Nemahas, which wore surveyed in
tho same manner aa other public lands.
The Secretary of the Interior lias reccivod
$60,200 from IVm. Drindlo, Receiver at tho Le
oompton Land Office, Kansas Territory, as tho pro
ceeds of sales of Weu, Pi&nkeshan, Kaskuskia, and
other Indian truat lands. Tho Surveyor Gcnoral
of New Mexico makes complaint that, although by
law hia salary 1b fixed at s3oooper annum, he docs
not receive moro thafn $2850, because there being
no United State? depository at Sant aFe, ho has to
pay a heavy discount for cashing Treasury war
rants. ' x. Y.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Washington, August 4,1857.
Tho existing administration of tho American
Government soem to bo resolved on tho establish
ment of closer and moro intimate relations with
tho States of Central and South Araorica. Already
negotiations hnvo boon prosecuted to a successful
conclusion with some of them, by which restrictions
on our commerco havo been greatly lessoned, whero
they havo not boon entirely removed, and other ,
negotiations aro still going on with others, having
in view a like beneficial and desirable result. Our
relations with New Grenada aro > to-day more
friendly * than evor before; and Minister at
Washington, General Jlerran, expresses his wil
lingness io agree to tbo fair demands of this Gov
ernment* lie waits now, X learn, only for instruc
tions to terminate tbo affair upon n basis of sound
and liberal principles. One of tho consequent
gains to us will bo tho uninterrupted transit of our
trade and travel from ocean to ocean, across tho
Isthmus *of Panama. Vcnczuola will give tho
State Department little trouble ; she will adopt
tho prevailing tone of good feeling:
The attention of tho Administration is now
turned toward Brazil. This empire comprehends
tho greatest eastern section of South America. Its
longth from north to south is computed at about
2,600 miles, and its greatest breadth 2,540 miles.
Its entire area comprises about 2M.400 squaro
miles, or, over ten times the area of Toxas. The
cliuiato is gonorally favorable to agricultural pur
suits, thq soil being fertile, and in many parte of
tho empire, particularly in tho interior provinces,
abounding with mineral resources. Tho staple
prciluots are such aa must necessarily attract Tin
extensive foreign trade. Tho species of merchan
dise which constitutes tho leading imports into
Brazil, are cottons. After these rank next in
commercial Importance provisions, flour, (tho groat
bulk of which comes from the United State!}
wines, metals, cnido manufactures,' watches, jew
elry, «ko. Tho principal exports are coffee (which
is shipped from Itio,) and sugnr (brought from
Bahia and Pornnmbuco.) Pull a moiety of the
formor goes to the United States, and tho latter
chiefly to England, Trieste and tho Ilauso towns.
In 18-19 President Polk issued a proclamation of
reciprocity under too treaty with Brazil of 1829,
doing away with nil discriminations ugainst Bra
zilian imports. This was done because of repre
sentations from Brazil that that Empire had
placed American imports upon the same footing
with thoso of other countries. Sineo then speoial
decrees regulating navigation havo been enforced
whloh are sometimes arbitrary and frequently
capricious; but so long a 3 thoy do not infringe on
the terms or spirit of treaty stipulations or other
existing agreemortte— that is so long as thoy are
equally applicable to national as to foreign bot
toms, no nation having a reciprocity treaty or
agreement with Brazil, has any just cause for re
monstrance. Yet, whon year after year, tho
balanco of trade with Brazil is annually $1,000.-
000 against us, ami which wo have to pay in
gold and silver coin, it will bo admitted wo
have good ground to ask lower rates of
impost on our exports, and a removal
of the navigation docrees which are cause of consi
derable inconvenience to our shipping. Hon. It.
K. Meado, of Virginia, our newly-appointed Minis
ter to Brazil, Is in daily consultation with the State
Department, and is receiving his instructions pre
paratory to leaving the country to repair to his
post. Tho State from which he comes is as much
as any other interested la the reduction of tho high
duty now imposed by Brazil on our American flour
imported into that Empire, and I havo no doubt it
will not be long before that object will be accom
plished, . .
has absorbed much of tho carrying trndo
of Brazil, which rightfully belongs to the United
States, and the endeavor of this Government will
be, as I leam, to bring this back to American bot
toms.
It has been already announced that Chief Clerk
Shugert, General James, of Rhode Island, and Mr.
Latrobe, of Baltimore, are applicants for the posi
tion of Commissioner of pa tents, vacated by Judge
THE PRESS,-PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1857.
Mason, To that number there is added to-day
tho name of Judge Shearman, of Michigan. His
papers, I understand, were sent in strongly sup-’
ported by prominont Michigan Democrats. General
Cass, I beliovo, favors his appointment. Judgo.
Shourman is from tho sumo groat northwest as
Judgo Mason, and is pressed as u man of superior
fitness for that office.
Thoso in Washington, who aro looking for office
uudor the noxfc House of Representatives, manlfoßt
muoh infcorost in nows from tho States which yes
terday olootod members of Congress.
Governor Cumming, of Utah, has gone North to
moke arrangements for his departure. He is a
very corpulent man, and so is the lately appointed
Indian Agent for that Territory. Some of the
wags are inclined to judge from their size, that
when they roach Utah there will be stability in
their government, and that their polioy will bo a
firm one, for the reason that they cannot run away.,
X. Y.
Washington AugustC, 1857.
Much interest is at present excited by the ap
pearance of the political future in several of the'
Southorn States. Virginia, Alabama, Kentucky,
and Texas, have each a United States Senator to
elect, while in Tennessco there aro two United
States Senators to elect, by the Legislature already
chosen, or to bo shortly chosen. Tho Legislature
of Virginia is said to boast of ninety-two Demooratio
majority on joint ballot! but it is also pretty certain
that there will be something of a contest over tho
person to fill the vacancy. Messrs.
Wise aro named as the opposing candidates. TS5*
friends of Hunter aro very sanguine, hut they seem
to forget that Wise is hard to bent. Meanwhile the
Enquirer, (Wise,) and tho South , (Hunter,) tho
two Democratic organs at Richmond, are discussing
each other with bitter ability, tho subject of dis
pute being Governor Walker and tho Kansas bill.
In Alabama thcro is to be a contest for tho vacancy,
in the Senate, between tho present inoumbeuvSfr.
C. C. Clay, whose term is shortly to expire, and
John Anthony Minaton, the present Governor. Tho
rivalry looks much Uko a personal one.
In Texas, tho vacancy occasioned by the death
of General Rusk must bo filled.
In Kontucky, there is to bo an election by tho
Legislature, chosen last Monday, for the new tfriu
of six years, in place of Jno. B. Thompson,
can, whoso time is out in 18 March, 185 ft. Ex-'
Gov. h. Rowell, Hon, Geo. W. Johnston, of Louis
villc, Jno. W. Stevenson, of Covington, and other*
Democrats aro nnmod. Tho Legislature is Demo
cratic.
In Tennessee tioo Senators are to bo elooieff
The Legislature is not yet chosen. Should it be
Democratic, Judgo Nicholson and Gov. Johnson
will bo candidates.
lion. W. M. Gwinn has rented Marshal Hoo
ver’s fino residence in the First Ward, or west
end of the City.
Thoro will bo a rare scramble for Publio
Priuting noxt winter. Tho different applicants
aro at work zealously and quietly. It is supposod,
however, that tho Democrats will not bo ready to
commit themselves until they sec tbo wholo field
at tho beginning of tho session.
It is said hero that tho President may stop at
Wheatland, on his way back from Bedford.
My little notioo, in favor of a new Presidential
Mansion, has set tho speculators to work already.
Every ownor of an oligiblo site will doubtless offer
it. “Anything for a job.” Solitaire.
TELEGRAPHIC.
REPORTED EXPRESSLY FOR TUE PRESS,
Washington, Aug. flth.—The Cabinet met this morn
ing ou call of General Cass, at 10 o'clock, and were in
session for many hours. It is understood that the pre-
liminary negotiations between General Herran and
General Cass havo come to a conclusion, and that the
whole question was presented to the Cabinot for its
action. Tho result is not yet known. It is also under
stood that a fitting notice was taken of the decease of
Hon. James O. Dobbin, Mr. Pierce’s Secretary of the
Navy.
11l .'‘jgjyer to tho Inquiry of the Secretary of the
Interior, whether tho time had arrived to instruct
tho Surveyor General to approve tho plats of lands
within tho Shawnee cession, the Indian office was
advised that in the occupleu country between the Mis
souri State line and thirty miles west of it, radian
selections hare been made, reported, and are being exa
mined preparatory to their submission to the Presi
dent for his approval. Sosoonas tho President approves
them, there will bo set apart the surplus due tho Shaw
nees uudor tho treaty of 1854, and tho residue, whatever
it may bo, will bo turned o> er to the Land Ofllco as public
land, subject to pre-emptiou and sale. In view of this
condition of things in reference to these Lands, instruc
tions will bo given to the Surveyor-General to approve
tho plats of surveys and transmit them to the proper
laud office in Kansas.
No faith is placed by the War Department in the tele
graphic news from Kansas of tho killing, by tho Indians,
of United States troops.
The Naval Courts, No. 1 and 2, will finish this week,
the cases they have at present before the&i atjAjsilllhftfc,
_take q fftf.fßß u , »* tt P ■-<■■■ Tt-zr-ypimas) trill to
conclude the business referred to them.
There is auother “Richmond in tho field” Tor the
Commlsslonership of Pntents-Col. Hughesol Maryhmd
who surveyed the route of tho Panama Railroad. 1
The Navy Department has a lefterfrom Capt. Hudson,
of tho Steam Frigate Niagara, by the last mail, dated
Liverpool, July 24,1857, in which ho reports that twelve
hundred and fifty four miles or telegraphic cable was
snugly stowed anay in that ship very soon after tbeap
pointed time, and that, as ho anticipated, they wait the
completion ot the ponderoiu machinery provided by the
Engineer of the Company for running it out. Several
machinists were employed sotting up the machinery with
some prospect of its being ready for experimental opera
tions on tho 25th of July. The quarter deck, the Cap
tain adds, looks moro like a manufacturing or machine
shop than the quarter deck of a snip of war. Ho sin
cerely hopes that all may work well, and the wire be laid
out safely. Should tho machinery bo furnished ss con
templated tho Niagara would leave on tho 27th
of July for (ho Cove of Cork. Tho resolutions
of the Hoard of Directors fixes tho starting point for
laying the cable at Valencia Ray (Ireland) instead of a
central position on tho plateau of the ocean Captaiu
Hudson willl urge the claims of his ship to run out Its
portion of tho cable first, and to then accompany the
Agauioimion on her wav to Trinity Hay, Newfoundland.
Tho following is an extract of the minutes of proceed
ings of tho Board of Directors of the Atlantic Telegraph
Company, dated 20th July, 1857.
“ Referring to a letter of a member of this Board,
dated May 27th, 1857, and to a further communication
Loin the same gentleuiou, dated June 25th, 1857, also
to the subsequent discußsion and correspondence there
on; considering, moreover, that owing the circum
stance that the scientific officers of the company hove
not been able to concur In opinion with each other upon
the point discussed, whereby it has become necessary
that a vote of this Board should docido aa to the most
suitable place for commencing to lay the cable. It was
Rtioh'fil, That in the opinion of this Board, the best
mode of laying out tho cable will bo by first fastening
tho end to Iroland.
It being the opinion of this Board that the laying of
the cable should commence from Ireland, it is
Resolved, That tho entire management be in the
hands of the Engineer, (Mr. Bright) and that all orders
respecting the laying proceed from him,” X. Y.
From Kansas—Excitement at Leavenworth—
Discovery of an Organized Band of Mur-
Sr. Loots, Augtfst s.—Accounts from Leavenworth,
Kansae, announce that an intense excitement prevail*
in that vicinity, growing out of tko robbery and murder
of a man named Stephen*, on Friday last, and tliesubse
quent discovery of an oiganized band of murderers.
Two men, named liarnes and Quarios, were hung.
Barneamoda a confession, implicating several respecta
ble citizen*, as confedrates of this band.
St. Louis, August o. —Later advices from Leaven
worth, dating to Monday Inst, state that two men named
Wood and Knowlton, companions of those hung on Fri
day, are being tried before the Judgo of a "Vigilance
Committee. The people were Intensely excited, and
expressed a determination to lynch the prisoners at ali
hazards.
Judge Lecompte and Gov. Walkeraddressedthe popu
lace, but failed to pacify them.
Excitement at New Orleans—Lynch-lnvv Thrvnf
ened—Rumored Organization of a Vigilance
Committees
The examinationof Blacknood, who brutally murdered
a man named Wright on Saturday last, was put lor to
day, but a large crowd gathered in the vicinity of the
Kecordwr’s ofilce, with the intention of lynching him,
and his counsel waived an examination. He was com
mitted for trial without appearing in Court
Rumors are afloat of the organization oT a vigilance
committee in this city for the suppression of crime,
Chic > jo, August o.—Last night a fire broke out in a
building at the corner of WashingtonnudClarkostreets,
owned by James Larmon. The building mis under
going repairs, and it is supposed the flro originated from
the cnrelessneHS of the workmen. Tho loss amounted
to $3O 000
Ohio Democratic .State Convention*
Cincinnati, August 0 —The Democratic State Con
vention, in session at Columbus, has nominated the fol
lowing officer*, \iz :—For Governor, H. U. Payne:
Lieut. Governor, W. 11. Lytle; Supreme Judge,
Whitman; Treasurer of State, Morris; Secretaiy
of .State, J. Reinhart; Board of Public Works, A. 1.
Bucko*.
Resolutions were adopted by the Convention, en
dorsing tho Prod Scott decision, approung of tho Ad
miniKtiation of Mr. Btichnimn find the doctrine of jmpu
lar sovereignty, as advanced by tho KftUKa't.Xebvmjka
act, and favoring an Independent Treasury for Ohio
St. Louis. Aug o.—Boone county gives an oflicinl
majority for Rollins, Am., for Governor, of 524 votes, a
gain of 153 over the hist election.
Howard county gives an official majority of 145\otos
for Stewart, Deiu., for the .same office, a gain of 70
Lafayette county is reported to have given Roll ns a
majority of 600 votes.
St. Louis county gives Rollins sn official majority of
2848 votes, a gain of 540 over Fillmore’s t ote.
Cape Girardeau county gives Rollins about 1000 ma
jority; Morgan county gives Stewart 08; and Lincoln
county givefi Stewart 300.
Mr. Rollin'* gain, so far, is about 2500 votes.
latest returns reported.
Saline county gives Rollins 240 majority ; also John
son county 450; Petti9 county 210; and Moniteur
county 1200. Morgan county gives Stewart a majority
ot 100 votes.
Bt. Loois, August o.—The latest returns report the
following further majorities for Rollins : In Henry Co..
631; Green Co., 400; Gasconade Co , 142; Monroe Co ,
192; Callaway Co,, 100; and Ray Co., 190
Also, the following majorities for Stewart: Polk Co ,
100; Charlton Co ,266; and Livingston Co.. 146,
W asiiinoion, August 6.—The Shawnee, Kausas, In
dians having made their selections and locations of oue,
(SPECIAL PERPATCH.]
SECOND DISPATCH.’
Fire at Chicago.
The Missouri Election
From Washington.
hundred thousand acres, in accordance with the terms
of the treaty between them aud the United States,
nothing now remains but the approval of the selections
‘by the President, before the residue of tho Shawnee
lands will be opened to a&le and pre-emption. In view
of this condition of things, tho Commissioner of the
General Land Office will shortly issue instructions to
the Surveyor General of Kansas, to approve of tho
plausaud surveys, and transmit them to tho proper
Land Offices. Tho claims of white settlers who havo
already gone on those lauds will not bo recognized.
Tho members of tho Cabinet, at their meeting this
tnorniue, adopted an order for the clone of the Depart
| monts, during to-morrow, as a token of respect to the
l «late Mr. Dobbin.
Tho Now Orleans papers which have been received
hero, contain no news oflspecial interest.
From Minnesota—Destructive Fire at St. Paul—-
Indian Affairs.
Bt. Paul, Augu3t4, via. of Dubuque, August O—A
destructive fire broke out at two o’clock this morning, in
tho Hardware store of J. Y. Caldwell, on 8t Anthony
street; ami before tho flames could be extinguished the
entire square, with the exception of the First Presbyte
rian Church, was consumed Seventeen buildings in all
burnt, causing a loss of $50,000, on which there is
wa insurance of $12,000
, Information of a favorable uature has been received
from the Little Crow friendly Indians, who were sent out
to take Ink-pa-du-tahs’ band of murderers. At the
latest dates they were at tho Hole-in-the-wall, expect
ing to find the outlaws, at Skunk Lake ; and they were
.confident of buccess.
: The expedition under Medary returned yesterday from
the Sioux Agency. The army aud ammunitiou now here
Will he despatched to the frontier, to be used iu case of
W^nergency.
| Sickness on the Storeship Relief.
1 Nbw Yoax, Aug. C.—The United States storeship
Relief, bound from Aspiuwull for Dostou, was spoken
fn July 25th, whon iu lat. 24 deg. 17 inlu. loug. C 4 deg.
.47 min., ond reported sickness on board. Meiiiciue was
Supplied her.
The Alabama Election.
. s.—Tho Democratic ticket has been
elected by a large majority. Mr. Smallwood has been
doetod to Congress. .
TJie Malls In New Orleans*
Nrw ObLKANS, Aug. I The mails to this city have
failed for the last three days.
Markets by Telegraph.
New Orleans, August 6.—Tho advices by the Persia
Rr** pptfrbffied in the evonlug editions of the papers of
but were received too Into to have any effect
on thoiuarkcts, and Cottou closed without change. The
wre 350 bales, and receipts 120. Corn soils at 75
pBsc. Pork is firm; Shoulders sell at 11 ; Sides at
and-stlll advancing. Olhor markets unchanged.
A N«r Orleans, August o.—The Sales of Cotton to-
vßyanbanted to 550 bales, at 14#®15c. for Middlings;
Sogarquoted White Corn at 81c; Red
Whea: at 130 c., and White Wheat at 140 c. The other
markda are without change.
DEMOCRATIC MEETING IN DELAWARE
COUNTY.
Delaware County Demooratio Association
held i Mass Mooting at Leipervillo, on Monday
evenhg, August 3d, 1857. Tho mo&Ungwaslarge,
onlhusiastio und harmonious. A band was In at
totdanco, and discoursed inusio to the assembled
Democracy, while the stars and stripes floated
gncefully over thoir heads.
Doctor Jesse W. Griffith, President of tho Asso
rt&tion, called the meeting to order, and, in a brief,
pertinent, and truly Democratic address, urged
thi necessity of vigilant action on tho Democrats
present to elect General Packer and the other can
dilates on tbo State ticket, as a re-ondorsepient of
upon which tho triumphant eleotion
of Jques Buchanan was secured.
Tto Hon. Riohardson L. Wright and Alexander
Mofoever, Esq., addressed tho meeting eloquently
and argumontativdy, illustrating the principles
and policy of the Demooratio party, under tho
auspees of which our country had risen to the
higboit point of political, moral, intellectual, and
phyaeal distinction among tho nations of the
worU. The speakers showed in tho clearest man
ner hat in tho prosont contest for Governor thoro
was lo question of State policy at issue between
tho Nomocracy and their “ Janus-faced" oppo
-BOjlti; that the efforts of the latter were to elect
'Wiliot by palming him off as a Democrat on eomo,
by presenting him to others as tho ardent friend
of “aogro equality” with the white raco, thus
seoujng every Abolition vote in the State, and, ns
recoily shown by his “ side-door ” letter, ho is
fiabifc for the votes of tho Know-Nothings, whoso
oregjjis proscription for religious opinion and the
aocidnt of birth-place.
Tb President read tho following resolutions,
1 whlffi wore unanimously adopted:
. Reoiverf, That James Buchanan, aa President,
, his jroved himsolf worthy of the high station he
’ o.'cuiics; that his administration ana policy meets
1 air decided approbation, and entitles him to tho
&sp*ot and confidence of every honest American.
Htrohed, That wo have undiminished confi
tcnce in tho talents, integrity, and unbondmg Do
aocraey of our Vice President, John C. Brookin-
Itesolved , That Gen. Wm. P. Packor, our Demo
’ iratlo candidate for Governor, is eminently quali
fied for all the responsibilities of that position by
1 Mis long,experience in every department of State
prlveto_ } Ufo_i3
* reotitud*, and unswerviiigjlovottbnfdtlie interests
wills native State nnd the preservation of the
• ualon. His political and moral attributes have
roido him a favorite with the people of Pennsyl
■ vauia.
R/sofverf, That the Hon. Nimrod Strickland, tho
candidate for Canal Commissioner, holds a proud
plfce in the confidence and affections of the peoplo
of Pennsylvania, being emphatically tho peoplo’s
catdidate, independently selooted by tho people,
uni in Ootober next will be elected by them.
ieso/ved, That we have full confidence in Wil
linu Strong and James Thompson, candidates for
of tho Supremo Court; their talents and
qualifications are known aud appreciated by the
pernio.
K-solved, That wo are opposed to the increase of
ban:s, to high protective tariffs, to the late odious
bill or the sale of tho Main Line of the public
worte, and to all special legislative favors.
Jbsbk W. Griffith. President.
Ww. Hcwall, Secrotary.
(Froa the Now York papers of last evening. J
IHE CUNNINGHAM FRAUD.
GIL REFUSES AN EXAMINATION
EVIDENCE [OF PHYSICIANS
Mr*. Cunningham to be Sent to the Tombs.
■ The looming, by appointment with Professors
Bake* aiul DeWecs, Justice Davidson proceeded
to th( house No. 31 Bond street, for tko pu rposo of
cnusiig n medical examination of the person of
thatluly; in cose she should consent toil, to ascer
tain whether or not she hud boon delivered of a
child, us sho still porsistsjin asserting. On the way,
ho offled at the Fifteenth precinct station-houso,
who!# Inspector Dilks handed him the following
not* from Air. Stafford, who is noting as Mrs. Cun
ninglam’s oounoil.
“ New Yohk, August 5,1857.
“Dbar Sir : As Counsel for Mrs. Emma A. Bur
dell, {am obliged to deoline submitting or consent
ing to lior submission to any physical examination,
undei the charge preferred against her, and have
accorlingly. in accordance with tho advice of hor
uttonling physician, advised hor to rofuao so to do.
“Yours, <ic., War. R. Stafford.
“Judge Davison.”
A similar noto was left with Inspector Dilks for
District Attorney Hall.
Judjp Davidson then proceeded with Dilks to the
housi, when he met tho physicians and all pro
ceeded to Mrs. Cunningham’s room. She was
lying is tho bed in an apparently languid and
feohTocondition, but tho dootors, (as our reportor
was informed,) state that she is well enough, her
milso bring strong os that of any person, and hor
tonguocloan. Dr. Smith, her attending physioian,
wasslp# present, as woro her two youngest duugh
ter&ttEDlen and Georgiaunu, (it heiug understood
that Augusta is completely prostrated undor this
oruol Uow, and keens her room in Lexington ave
nue, sh« having declined to return to tho house in
Bond street.)
Jmtyi Davison iuado a formal request that sho
woum mbinit to bo examined, ana Dr. Barker
trice! M>r if sho was willing to be examined, to
which the replied that she had no objection on hor
own paU, butdeclinod by tho advioo of heroounsol.
Tho fbysicians then proceeded to the residence of
Dr. Do noos, and examined the blood found in tho
pail, and that found in the after-birth. They then
came beforo Justice Davison, at Jefferson Market,
and mode tho following affidavit:
AFFIDAVIT OF THE PHYSICIANS,
Hardman P. Do Wees, of No. 59 Clinton plnco,
and Foidyco Barker, of No. 70 Union Place, each
being ;duly sworn, doth depose and say—That we
aro practising physicians in the city of New York,
and that on the morning of the 6th day of August,
1857, at tho request of Justice Davison and District
Attorney Hall, we visited the house of Emma A.
Cunninghnm, otherwise Emma A. Burdell, at No.
31 Bond street, for the purpose of making a physi
cal examination of Mrs. Cunningham, as regards
the evidence of recent delivery, alleged by hor to
havetak?n place on tho night of Monday last, tho
3d inst. And upon stating to her in tho presenco
of Justice Davison tho object of our visit, and ask
ing her if sho were ready to havo said physical ex.
animation made, sho said: “On my own part, I
do not object to anysuoh examination, but I object
to having it niadoby the advice of my counsel, Mr
Stafford.
We further add, that no evidences of a recent
delivery, independent of direct examination, wore
afforded M. There wore no appearances of Into
puerperal illness, nor any other symptoms exoept
those which might be attributed to nervous ex
eitemeut And wo know no reason, from her
ph.Y'doal condition, why she might no be removed.
And we further testify, that wo havo made a
microscopical examination of the blood from the
pail and of that from tho placenta, or after-birth,
tho specimens boing givon to us by Capt Dilks ol
tho fifteenth Ward, ami that wo find them so
differing in their globular appearances and size
that we pronounco them to bo of different origins
(.Signed) 11. P DkWees,
fonnvcE Barker
We understand that no more witnesses are to he
examined in the case, hut Judge Davison will pro
bably examine Mrs. Cunningham in the usual
form, and make out a warrant for her commitment
to tho Tombs, either this afternoon or to-morrow
morning. Tho case is one in which the Magistrate
has discrotionary power to admit to bail, but in
this instance tho evidence is so conclusive that the
power will hardly bo oxoroised.
Tho following is the note sent by hor counsel to
the District Attornoy:
New York, Augusts, 1857.
“ Dear Sir:—As counsel to Mrs. Emma A. Bur
dell, I have advised her to to decline submitting
to any physician examining under the charge pre
ferred against her.
“Her physioian, Dr. Fisk, advises mo such an
examination Is improper in her present condition.
Yours, Ac.,
“Wu. R. Stafford
“A. 0. Hall, Esq.”
Some eminent counsel have given it as their pri
vate opinion that Mrs. Cunningham cannot now
bo legally convicted of any crime, as she has not
committed any, in tho strict legal sense of tho
word.
LETTER FROM NEW YORK.
[Correspondence of The Press.]
New York, August 6, 5 P. M-
New York, Aug. 6th-—Lust night a young man,
named James Henry Munday, was arrested on
suspicion of being one of the burglars who
shot Mr. Boyd, at his room, No. 72 West
Ivighteonth street. Munday answers the descrip
tion given of the man who lighted a match on the
wall of Mr. Boyd’s room before the attempted de
tention, and the shooting. His coot was found to
contain several blood stains. He is said to tell
contradictory stories concerning his whereabouts
the night of the burglary and shooting; and there
ar»j other circumstances which point to him ns the
perpetrate* of the deed. The prisoner i 3 held for
examination, and will be confronted with the
wounded man in the presence of the Coroner, this
nftornoon. Mr. Boyd suffered much from his
wounds last night, but was much easier this morn
ing. It is said that he cannot possibly recover.
The city government excitement is often varied
very amusingly; some days the Comptroller’s office
is visited by a constable, who seizes the furniture
and brings Mr. Flagg to his feet. Tbe desks, Ac ,
being removed. Mr. Flagg reconsiders bis denial
of payment, a warrant is drawn for the amount,
and the City Hall janitor ha 3 the trouble of re
placing the corporation traps This morning Con
stable Reed had an execution of Hawkins A Gor
don vs. tho City for a small debt of $2OO or $3OO.
He first attempted to seize the picture of Mr.
Seward, in the Governor's room, but was per
suaded not to disturb tho property of that room.
He then went into tbo Mayor’s office, and was also
persuaded tospare that department. Theconßtoble
then visited the office of the Clerk of Common
Council, aud seized tho painting of “ Old Hayes,”
tho celebrated thief catcher, and carried it off to
tho auction room. Aid. Blunt was present, and
authorized the constable to bid it in fur him at
$250.
The Board of Supervisors yesterday received the
report of the Coinruittoo ou the tax levy For 1850,
and passed it after an addition of $lOO,OOO. The
matter now stands ns follows:
The value of property on which the tax
levy is to be raised $513,739,279 94
Amount to bo raised by tax $8,060,5150 52
The rato of taxation is $1.53, And a fraction on
ovory $OOO.
The bix Polico Commissioners were in session
this forenoon, and had ono hundred and nine bal
lots without success. The Commissioners adjourn
ed at noon till to-morrow.
The imports of foreign dry-goods at New York
during the past week were largo, being nearly
$4,000,000, and within tv fraction of $2,000,000
larger than amount imported in the corres
ponding week of last year. The aggregate im
ports of dry-goods for this year, so far amount to
$63,9X4,828 —showing an excess this year orer last
iof nearly $6,000,000. Who dare say now that wo
havo nothing to woar?
Tho £.Tpmsthisevoning gives currency to tbo
following almost incrediblo rumor:
“ A rumor was afloat in the city yesterday, to
the effect that certain British officials woro again
engaged in enlisting men in tho United States, to
servo in the war against tho disaffected in India.
If suoh be tho case, tho parties had better bo wary.
They are undor surveillance. It is almost impos
sible to believe that the British Government can
sanction or authorUe so foolish a proceeding, but
the rumor comos to us through suoh a source, as to
create a suspicion that there is something in it.”
Saturday lost tho Governor pardonod a convict
in tho Auburn State Prison, who was sentenced for
ten years—seven years of the sentonoe had ex
pired. The pardon came unexpectedly to the con
vict, and his joy on receiving the intelligence al
most deprived him of reason.
Mr. Wm. Tillman, a respectable citizen of Fhh
ktll Landing, committed suicide by cuttiDg his
throat with a razor on Monday. The doceased was
a master tinsmith, doing a good business, and was
about 45 years of ago. No enuso is assigned for
the act.
Capt. Sherman of tho schooner Lane arrived
this morning, and reports that a boat from tho U.
S. storeship Roliof, from Aspinwall, for Boston,
boarded tho Lane on the 25th ult., in lat. 24 17,
long. 64 47, and stated that thcro was sickness on
board the ship, and required medicine, which
Capt. S. supplied them with. Capt. S. does not
know the extent of the sickness, nor how long the
ltolicf had been out.
Tho propeller Kangaroo sailed from Liverpool to
day, with 40 cabin passeugers. 188 steerage pass
engers, and $53,928 in specie.
The receipts of flour are moderate, and prices
in consequence aro very firm Common Stateso.2sa
6.59; extra $6.60a6.80. Western extra $6.90a7.25.
In Southern no change. All high grades in steady
demand at full prices.
Grain—There has boon moro inquiry for Wheat;
0000 bushels Milwaukee sold at $1.40a1.44; 301)0
new Tennessee at $1.76a1,85 for Bed and Whito.
Hyo $1.05. Corn has sold moderately at 83 cents
for Western mixed.
Whiskey is lower.
Provisions.—Mess Pork Is held firm at 24.35, and
the greater part of the stock is understood to be
Ueldby
ftloi. In Out Meats no change.
Hides—Tho mnrket to-day is extremely dull,
but prices arc the same. Buenos Ayres held ai
35c., 6 wo*.
lion—Scotch Pig is qujet at s3oa3i. 6 mos.
Leather—Hemlock bole and Oak in fair demand
at full prices, The receipts are quite equal to the
demand.
Molasses—'Thu sale 3 are small and prices un
changed.
Naval Stores—Spirits Turpentine is inactive, but tho
tcnileuciea is to atiffer prices. We note sales of 160 bbla.
at47V, OOdaja, adding interest. lnCru<t«* Turpentine
tho sales are confined to future delivery. Commiu Kosm
is dull at $1.90 per 310 lbs. Vine Ko-dni are inactive,
but prices are nominally unchanged Tar and Pitch are
quiet and unchanged.
Oils—The uiarkethero is dull. Linseed js held at 73
«770. Crude ulule is firm at 72tt74c . Hie outside price
for hund-oino. Ciude sperm is quiet at $1,23. Lard oil
in m moderate demand at $1,2Ud51,26. Olivos are un
changed.
Spirits—Cognac Brandy ia very firm, but transactions
aro unimportant ,• no note sales of 8 qua and 20 octaves
Rochelle Brandyat $0 l5 qrs. Bordeaux do. at
$2.25; lOdo Champagne do. at $4 000-5.76; Giu un
changed ; Jamaica Rum—mth sales of 10 puncheons on
piivute tonns—notwithstanding a decliuo on tho other
s'ulo, is firm here.
Tobacco—The sales are not important, being confined
to small parcels Kontucky and Seed Leaf, principally on
private terms.
Wines—The market is nominally the same, with a
moderate business doing, we note sales . 50 qrs. Sherry,
ou private terms: 16 do. Dry Port, very superior quali
ty at $2.75; 24 da. Burgundy Port, $135«-160; lOdo.
Madeira,sl.7s«r2.lo; and 120casesCJaret afc52.73ia3.00.
Freights.—The market remains dull, and without
change. Engagements to Liverpool include 4,000 bushels
grain at 3d; small parcels cotton at 35.; 20 cases atgoU
i at 205.; >l5O do. oil peppermint at 205.: and 6.000 bees
wax at 16a.; To London, 3,000 logsceuar at 15s. ton
of 40 cubic foot. To Havre, 600 Lbls. spirits turpentine
> at 3c. To Rotterdam, 1,500 bblg.roatnat2s.3d. A ves
sel of 700 tons to Cowes for orders, sugar. X 1 hbd. to
port iu the United Kingdom or tho Continent, between
’ Havre and Hamburg; a barque with light pipe staves to
> Cadis, $22; and one Irom Sicily on privato terms.
. Money is very abundant and the Stock houses have
; more than can be used at legal rates. 3u no quarter is
there any complaint of scarcity.
POLITICAL MATTERS.
Pennsylvania. —The Democrats of Mont
gomery county will hold a preparatory County
Convention, at Norristown, ou Tuesday, tho 18th
iust., for tho purpose of opening the campaign.
On Monday, the 17th inst., the Democrats
of Northampton couuty will hold a preparatory
County Convention, at Easton. Tho null for
Packer and Democracy id in motion.
Ohio.—Tho Cincinnati Daily Enquirer, oi
Wednesday, says that tho Youug Men’s National
Democratic Association, of that city, fired one
hundred guns, on Tuesday ovoning, in celebration
of the great victory in the Fayctto District, in the
election of James B. Clay. It was a glorious \ ic
tory, and it behooved tho young Democracy thus
to celebrate it.
The Democracy of Knox county, in Con
vention assembled, havo instructed their delegates
to vote for Judge Itanney for Governor, and Win.
D. Morgan, for State Treasurer.
The Democracy of Montgomery county met
in Convention, at Dayton, on Saturday last. W.
H. Squires, Esq., preiided. The utmost enthu
siasm and good feeling characterized the proceed
ings. Among tho resolutions! passed woro tho fol
lowing :
Resolved, That wo heartily endorso the admin
istration of James Buchanan as true to tho princi
ples of tho National Democracy and tho best in
tero.sts of the Nation, That wo regard tho princi
ples of thoKansns-Nobrnska bill as the only means
of proventing agitation on tho subject of slavery,
ns an clement of National politics, and of settling
tho slavery question finally and forever, consistent
ly with the rights of the people of oil parts of the
Union; and that wo regard with confidence and
admiration the wisdom and finnnes* of tho admin
istration at home, and of Gov Walker in Kansas,
in tho course adopted by them to secure Us final
aucce.-s. Wo moreover approve and endorse tho
decision of the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott
eit'-c.
AGueat Natural Curiosity. —Tho Abing
don (Va.) Virginian says:—"There is a natural
bridge within sixty-tuo miles of this place, in
Scott county, Va .compared with which tho bridge
over Cedar creek is a mere circumstance. The
Scott bridge extends across tho ehium more than
twice eighty feet in width, and is four hundred
and twenty feet deep, at the bottom of which flows
a much larger and more rapid su*eam than Cedar
crock. Tho arch of the Scott bridge is not so per
fectly formed as that of Cedar creek, but it is not
less a bridge, with a broad wagon road located
upon it. The survey for the Cumberland Gap
Railroad passed through the arch of this bridge.
It 1-, peihaps, tho wildest and ino-t .stupendous
curiosity in tho United lUate- 5 , and yet it u com
paratively unknown.”
SORROW'S.
UY I’llAltl.fiM MACK A!
In ■spring or summer sleeps the Ftone
All night, all nioriuw,—
Whon fulls the snow, or storms are blown,
It feels no sorrow
Calm on the teeming soil it lies,
Untroubled by tho earth or skies—
Oh, happy Stone, devoid of sorrow \
In yam or sunshine lies the Clod,
The child of Sorrow;
Bearing to-day the gifts of God,
Cut down to-morrow;
Peeling tho joy of summer flowers,
The pain of winter-frost and showers ;
Ob, luckless Clod, alive to sorrow *
But oh! the delicate golden Harp,
A qnivercr thoro’!
Through all its woof one finger-warp
May weave shrill sorrow
It feels the ray of sun or moon,
The breeze can jar it out of tunc
Oh, mournful Harp, that throbs to sorrow !
But ruther than tho Stone, unworn
By night or morrow,
I'd ho tno Clod that hears tho corn,
And suffers sorrow;
Or, hotter still, the Harp, whose strains
Have countless joys as well a a pains—
Oh, passiooatHlftrp of Joy and Sorrow 1
COMMUNICATIONS.
A GOOD WORD FROM VIRGINIA,
Old Point Comport, Aug. 4th, ’57.
Col. Forney:— Can you imagine what gladdened
my eyes this morning at the Hygeia? Why
nothing than tho first number of The Press
Although perfectly new and beautiful, yet it ap
peared like an old familiar friend. The child was
young, but it bore unmistakable marks of the pa
rent. All who saw it were delighted, and the worn
and tattered sheet now before me speaks plainly
how many pored over its contents. After reading
all the varied and interesting matter, I actnally
scanned the advertisements, and I could not help
thinking how lucky the individuals were who had
the tact to insert an advertisement In the first num
ber of The Press. By the way, i almost forgot
in my haste to mention the satisfaction (that is too
mild a word), the joy your remarks about Mr. Bu
chanan gave your friends. Print on, noble Press!
and may prosperity ever attend you!
The feature at this place last week was the
Southern Transatlantic Steamship Convention.
’lke proceedings of the meeting doubtless * arc ere
this appeared in the news columns of The Press,
It went off very happily—there were no conflict
ing interests The South seems determined to
have its flrstshare of the importing and exporting
trade, and surely we of the North can have no ob
jection to this. Wo noticed the subscription list to
this line was rapidly filling U p with substantial
names. Ex-President John Tyler headed the list.
This aged statesman presided over the delibera
tions of tho Convention with his usual dignity and
ability. I could not help notioing the striking
contrast between the age of the venerable «x-
President and the youthful Secretary, whom I
heard reading a letter from Lieut. Maury. One
was the representative of the past, and the other
a genuine specimen of Young America. On en
quiring who tho Secretary was, I was informed
that it was William Lamb, the editor of a paper
in Norfolk. Although but a few months be
yond the ago of twenty-one. he was run the
other day as the National Democratic candi
date for the responsible office of Mayor in that
sea-port city, and ran more than a hundred
votes ahead of thereat of the ticket. He is said
to be a brilliant extempore speaker. He was sent
as a delegate to Cincinnati from the first Virginia
district, before he was of age. I mention this as
an unusual example of youthful precocity, and
truly it verifies the saying, that Virginians are
born politicians.
I was pleased to see the good feeling of the peo-
ple hereabouts to Philadelphia, many prefer onr
city to trado with, to New York or Baltimore, and
wo hoard several express a desire that Norfolk
could bo connected with Philadelphia by railway
and steamers via tho Eastern Shoro of Maryland
and Virginia. It would bo well for our merchants
to visit this place and make acquaintances.
This watering place is a delightful one, and the
accommodations of tho Ifygeia are excellent; —it
is next to Cape may in onr opinion. The United
Sefttes Fortress is a great attraction at this place,
and the sea-view, air, and bathing are charming.
There are some beautiful ladies here from Vir-
ginia, the old North State, as well as farther South.
We notion several lovely girls from Norfolk and
Richmond. Notwithstanding this array, if some
of ou/ beauties, with their unrivalled charms,
would visit here, they could not fail to captivate
many a gallant Southron. The army officers ap
pear to be the most favored beaux. Oh! the
brass buttons, how they take the shine off of
lasting! We are almost tempted to ask et Old
Buck” for a commission.
A grand fanoy dress ball comes off next Thurs
day evening. Great times are anticipated. The
belles and beaox are preparing for it, and many
will be tho flirtations carried on, on that moonlight
night. Yours, Keystone.
[Correspondence of The Press.]
New York, Thursday Afternoon, Aug. d.
our town excitements.
Our two excitements aim continue, without any
signs cither that both will die out, or that one will
shrink away to give prominence to the other. 88
White street aud 31 Bond are the two points of at
traction to the town; though os there are more
peoplo, young and old, interested in love affairs
and female acuteness than in politics, so more peo
ple beseige the latter place than the former.
Only a brief word is necessary to explain the posi
tion of each.
MORE VOTIHO AND MORS SPORT AHEAD,
The result of to-day with the Police Commission
ers has been another page out of the book. They
have just adjourned after one hundred and four
ballots, some pleasant badinage and a general cal
culation that the choice will yet Tequire from a
week to a month. Seven hundred and thirteen
ballots have now been received—more than ever
before oqst, I believe, for any candidate, for any
office, in any part of the world. Nye, Bowen ana
Stronahan clung to E. D. Morgan, as yesterday;
'hwertion. camebsck to Eras tug
Wood andPonctijiwTtb are-colleotion
dogs, voted for Robert L. Stuart,
ftj|ill|rof the Greenwich street Sugar Refinery.
suggested that he could name a;
Brooklyn man, but tho balance would not listen to
the proposition. After an interval they adjourned,
to meet again and rehearse the comedyover again,
to morrow at half-past ten. The bulletin boards
led me into an error yesterday, in regard to Wood
and Powell's candidate. It was not James B. Tay
lor, »n old lino whig, but James B. Murray, a
Democrat, and a down-town merchant, who cares
no more for politics than he docs for pecuniary
troubles, in his well-to-do body and plethoric
purse.
Mrs Cunningham, who yesterday refused to
allow an examination, to-day pretends to hare
grown willing, but shelters herself under the refu
sal of her counsel to pormit it—the counsel for the
nonce becoming a doctor, and pronouncing such a
thing unsafe. The doctors, meanwhile, are in
something of a puzzle. The lady is evidently suf
fering acutely from some cause, while there is
nothing, they say, to Indicate that it is from the
true one. Perhaps mental excitement may be the
secret. Her daughters, Augusta and Helon, mean
while, form objects of suspicion,
which they evidently were during the Coroner’s
investigation and the murder trial—have become
objects of true sympathy. They look worn and
harrassed, and Augusta, who on the first day o
tho Coroner's inquest, struck me us one of the
most brilliantly fine-looking women I had met in
a twelvemonth—is a wreck —a shadow of herself,
and sobbiDgly, on her last examination last night,
declared that she would never set foot in 31 Bond
street again. Verily are not the sins of the moth
ers visited upon the ohildren?
A SEARCH AND A CASE OP “ RON BST.”
Public attention was excited this morning by
tho report that Mrs. Marble, the suffering and out
raged heroine of Spirit Lake (Iowa) Indian mas
sacre, was in the city and putting up at the St.
Nicholas. She has been some tiino in Washington,
pushiug bor trifling claim, and so the report was
credited. Tho St. Nicholas was at once besieged
by curiosity-hunters, inquiring m&nufaotuiers,
and reporters, but Messrs. Treadwell A Acker re
port no suoh person, and eards and pencils went
home unused. There is a consolation, however,
iu understanding that she is coming, directly.
PREPARATIONS TOR ELECTRIC TIME.
Wo aro to have the city clocks rung on the in
stant, finally. I observe to-day that workmen are
busy putting up at the City Hall and fire-towers
tho cable of wire necessary to connect all the fire
bells; so that in a few days we may expect to have
the City Hall bell and Thirty-third street bellf
tower striking the first stroke of their noon to
gether.
CAItEGEMI INDICTED
Tho Grand Jury have as yet performed but a
simple task, since the meeting of the Coart of Ses
sions. Caregemi, tho murderer of the policeman
Anderson, has been indioted, and will bo tried
during tho term. District Attorney Hall is just
now too busy with other things suddenly springing
around him, to be able to hurry forward the pre
sentments.
POSTSCRIPT! VB AND PLUVIAL.
After tt night of partial clearing, and a morning
of brilliant sunshine, we have another dull, gloomy,
rainy afternoon. John Walter.
Walnut Street Theatre. —The Boone
Children, with little Julia Christine, com.
mences a abort season here on Monday.
Tho following brief but telling paragraph is
from tho obituary announcement in the Montreal
Gazette , of Wednesday last: —“ Peri-bed on the
steamer Montreal, June 25. Bryce Half Brydekirk
village, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, aged 43 ; also,
Jane, his wife, aged 47; William, their son, aged
23; Simon, 14; Robert, 10 ; Peter, 7 ; Catharine,
their daughter, aged 18 ; Mary Ann 12.
Thero are mounted «t Fortress Monroe, Va.,
about 300 cannon, mostly long 32, 26 and 24
pounders
TKTVniteii States Democratic Review for July,
commences a new scries of that periodical,
which is now in its twentieth year, haying out
lived a large portion of its original cotempo
raries.
Virginia. —Hon. Fayette McMullin, of Va.,
h is announced that ho will be a candidate for
Congress in 1859
The Hon. William L . Dayton is recovering
from the severe illness under which he has been
suffering for somo time past at Long Branch
On Tuesday, Colonel Fremont left New
York, for Californio, in the Illinois.
Nicaragua. —General Walker has written
to the National Intelligencer, in which bo accuses
General Wool of a want of “fairness and frank
ness,” becau°o the General denounced his fili
bustering schemes. Nothing like pulling wool
over tho eyes of the public if you cannot do it
without leaving the ends stick out.
The following Is a monthly .summary of imports at the
port of New York for July 1857 :
Free merchandise 13,455,333
Dutiable do 36,042.740
Specie . 505,258
Cash duties. 6,987.019
YFlthdrann from warehouse $10,470,620
Entered for warehouses 6,796,835
Tho exports for July were as follows
Domestic Merchandise.
Foreign, dutiable
ForeigD, free,
Specie
Total exerts W,6*1,829
THE CITY.
Blackberry Jam. —As this is the season in
which the luscious berries are preserved for future
use, housekeepers in general will be pleased to
learn that the use of sugar—at all times an expen
sive item—may be entirely dispensed with, through
the medium of a new recipe, recently handed to
us by a friend. The latest formula for the article
is as follows:—Take a large bag, select your ber
ries, and carefully deposit them in the sack with
out any sugar. Then take passage on some rail
road behind a drunken engineer, and in two hours
your blackberries will most likely be jammed in
the most satisfactory manner.
ElopertUnt Extraordinary. —Some excite
meat was caused in the lower rection of our city
a day or two since, by the report than an elopement
in “high life” had taken place. Anxious to ob
tain a detailed account of the whole occurrence,
we inquired diligently relative to the particulars,
and ascertained that we bad come across another
story of the ‘‘three black crow*.” The only
foundation for the report was the fact, that an un
principled dog in the Second street market, ran
away with a newly married man's rib of beef.
The Oats. —The recent heavy rains, accom
panied by high winds, tav2 much beaten down the
oats in this ricinity, and made the operation of
harvesting the crop slow work.
A Handsome Model. —There is now lying at
Arch street wharf the hull of a vessel of three hun
dred and eighty tons burthen, intended for either
a barque or brig She is a perfect model of beauty
and strength, and worthy the inspection of all ad-
I mirers of marine architecture. She is built entirely
of Delaware white oai~, and is one hundred and
twenty-four feet in length. The beam is twenty
nine feet, six inches; depth of hold ten feet, ten
and a half inches.
The Western Clinical Infirmary. —The West
ern Clinical Infirmary, situate in the centre of- the
beautiful lot bounded by Christian, Carpenter,
Fifteenth and Sixteenth street, in the old District
of Moyamensing, has entered into the fourth year
of its existence. Located as it is, in a part of the
city long needing a hospital, surrounded by poor
and needy people, it supplies a want long felt in
that part of the city, and thus far has been sup
ported by the donations of the benevolent. The
institution h&s attached a Board of Physicians,
who attend regularly; a Matron and two Resi
dent Physicians, who attend to the patients call-
ing at the boose.
This Infirmary was incorporated by the Legisla
ture, after the plan of the Vienna Hospital, with
the idea, that “for the better prosecution of this
charitable design, it is thought judicious that the
medical treatment in this Institution be conducted
on tho principle of specialties, each physician of
the faculty devoting himself to the consideration
of a special class of diseases, that he may thereby
he more thoroughly acquainted with their peculi
arities, and be better able to suggest the means
applicable to their relief.” Under this head, the
treatment at this Institution has been found highly
successful.
Slight Fire. —Shortly after six o'clock, yes
terday morning, a fire broke out in Kocherspergeris
City Laundry, at the corner of Broad and Wallace
streets, in the Fourteenth Ward. The flames were
extinguished before they had done any material
damage. The fire is said to have originated from
a defective flue.
A Yacht Face is to come off on the Dela
ware river, between the Yachts Decoy and Kate
Hayes, on the I7th inst. Much interest is mani
fested in the result.
New Churches.— Brooklyn has frequently
been termed the “ City of Churches,” yet we be
lieve that Philadelphia is more deserving of that
appellation. The present year has witnessed a
considerable accession to the number of religious
edifices in onr dty, some of which are in the pro
gress of erection, while others are on the point of
completion, &nd SO near finished that the work may
be said to be done. The comer stone of the Scott
M. E. Church, located in Eighth street, near
Franklin, was laid on the 7th of July. It will he
sixty feet front and ninety feet deep, and cost
fibo’it $12,000. The Olivet Baptist Church at tho
southeast corner of Sixth and Federal streets, will
be fifty-five feet in width, and have a depth at
ninety-eight, including the towers and the pulpit
recess. Its cost will be $lB,OOO.
The comer stone of the church of the Church
man's Missionary Association, at the northwest
corner of Swanson and Catharine streets, was laid
on the 18th of May. It has a front of seventy
feet on Swanson street, and fifty-seven feet on
Catharine street. Its ctf&ri&be $lO,OOO. The
comer stone of the Firstl|3£bil&rk Presbyterian
Church, situated in Qerm|£|s&eefc» below Third,
was laid on the 2d of April|gshe “ttjifice is in the
Normal style of architecttmgjwith. Arfront of sixty
feet, and a depth of ninety-nine feet.' The esti
mated cost is $lB,OOO. The Church.if tho JETac
g«ten, u*Tßanno3treer,EDore geTexrtU/Wift Shortly
be ready for occupation. It is eighty ieet wide
and one hundred and ten feet deep. The cost
will be $lB,OOO. The Westminster Presbyterian
Church, at Broad and Fitawater streets, will"
shortly be completed. The estimated cost is
$20,000. The Church of the Holy Trinity, the
comer stone of which was laid on the 25tb of May.
is finely progressing. It is situated in Walnut
street, west of Rittenhoase Square. It will be in
the Norman style of architecture. The estimated
cost is $30,000. The Chaw* of St. Clement, at
tho corner of Twentieth and Cherry streets, is
almost completed. The corner stone was laid on
the 10th of May, 1356. The style of architecture
is Bysantium. The width is from seventy to
eighty feet, and the depth about one hundred
feet. The estimated cost is about $26,000.
But little progress towards completion is made
at the Cathedral of St. Peterand St. Paul, rituated
in Eighteenth street, between Race and Summer.
This edifice, the most stupendous, probably, in this
country, has been in course of erection for nearly
eleven years, yet the facade is Btill unfinished.
The front will shortly be completed. The four
columns in front are sixty feet high, and six feet in
diameter, with Corinthian caps of seven feet in
height. A corner stone raised upon the front weighed
eighteen tons. A new Church edifice, erected by
the Second Associate Reformed Church, on the north
side of Race street, below Sixteenth, will be ready
for worship in a few weeks. It is one hundred feet
in depth and seventy feet in width. The building
costabouts2Q,ooo. The corner stone of the Front
street Methodist Church, abova Maiden, was laid on
the 10th of July, and the building is rapidly pro
gressing. It has a front of fifty-five, and a depth
of eighty-nine feet. The cast, with parsonage, will
beslB 000- The Zion Protestant Episcopal Church,
at thocornerof Colombia Avenueand Eighth street,
is nearly finished. The corner stone was laid on
the 20th of May. The congregation are now usiug
the basement. The coat of the Cohccksink Metho
dist Episcopal Church, on the Germantown rood,
above Columbia Avenue, the corner atone of which
was laid on the 22d of July, will be about $SOi)O.
The total cost of the Churches which have been
enumerated, exclusive of the Cathedral, of which
no estimate can be formed, will be $204,000.
Police Items.—We have already given the par
ticulars of the case of the German named Gotleib
Hauff, who was held in $4OOO bail by Aldenuan
Ogle, to answer the charge of obtaining goods under
false pretence. Yesterday Afternoon this defendant
and a brother named John Hauff had a hearing be
fore the same Alderman, on a charge of conspiracy
to cheat and defraud Jacob Mayor A Co. To answer
this offense they were held in $lO,OOO bail.
Yesterday afternoon, before the same Alderman,
two brothers, named James and Thomas Ralston,
were charged, on the oath of William M. Haughey,
with conspiracy to cheat and defraud the depo
nents. The bail in this ease was $4OOO. What
caused the disproportion of the bail ?
Last evening, before Alderman Eneu, at the
Central Police Station, a mtft giving the name
of George Washington Cross, was charged with
having obtained a piano, valued at $220, from an
establishment at Seventh and Walnut streets,
under false pretences The defendant, it appears,
went to the piano warerooms in question, and
offered his note in purchase money for a piano.
This was refused, when he referred the dealer to a
number of prominent merchants in thiq city, in
support uf his good name and credit. The dealer
finally agreed to loan him the piano, provided he
would not remove it from his residence, alleged to
be in Queen street. This agreement was made,
and the next that was heard of the piano was at a
pawnbroker's establishment, where it wa? recov
ered by High Constable Russell. This officer, from
the description given him, succeeded in arresting
Cross in Chestnut street. The accused was ootn
in default of bail, to answer the charge at
Court.
A eolored man, named James Brock', em
ployed as a waiter at the St. Lawrence Hotel,
Chestnut street, had a fiejrtng befi>re Alderman
Enca, yesterday afternoon, on the charge of rob
bing one of the boarders at that place, named S
(1. Lawton. of a gold watch, valued at $l5O. lie
was committed to answer the offence at Cuurt.
JUtemptcd Suicide. —A man named Davis,
residing in Ogden street below Sixteenth, at
tempted to commit suicide on Wednesday night,
by taking laudanum. His life was fared by the
prompt attendance of Dr. Huntingdon, who with a
stomach pump, succeeded in taking two c-unces of
laudanum from him. This was the second attempt
of Mr Davis to commit suicide.
Trial of an Organ. —Last evening, at eight
o’clock, the new and handsome organ, built by
Messrs. Simmons d Fisher, of Boston, for St. Jude's
Church, of this city, was tried is the presence of a
large number of ladies and gentlemen The test
was quite satisfactory. Mr. Wilcox, organist of
St. Paul’s Church, Boston, and other organists of
our city, executed & number of pieces upon it.
The church is in Franklin street above Brown, and
is & very neat brown stone building The Rer.
Edward Lounsberry is pastor.
Trial Trip of the Propeller Steamship
Pkmeas Sprague. —Yesterday, this fine new pro
peller steamship, belonging to the Boston and
Philadelphia Steamship Company, and intended
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