-VisA lV V* - •V i 'irt*»i*K'!Vias ,» -%%'s&s&s*&£&%& » *>» j^HSwr. ilislßQi? DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS. - - «OT£KNOH( «s ' mLLUSI P. PACKER,-'?: ■ -rtCunTOMIISII Imj,MSTkOSfC A ..,.. . , ,"7' : i - MMES THOMPSON, ';;.; ■_ 7’- . . AMoras^bp;<sw|i^AwsitviE'ij|k!rire, VpftKiJs* ||?o® «*A*BSi*-V l -a . the and silver in; at Jills result’ in i? 44, before gi^iig^''«^ s amount; of ■ ;sp^|w»ujjfo*Sd«; : W ilpij'.WjOjiMb^d tbej'pfoeimp.prtsandthareceiptsorbullionat ths'fflfot, fromonr wines, after -deducting the' tip i; a4dded.latlea6t.:si6O;o(ift,opO ; . fo.' the amount of gold. and silver in (he country; srttfc' out amount bronghtinby emigrants and returning travel lers atidimCrchanta; not entered at the Custom Housej ner thefainpuiit psed in our, mianufac ,-■ ture*,or; employed in the arts.” ; Headds, that, t* the Director of.the l^htVejtlmste?!. the gold sia.stfvej reiaaifling- ,In ?the,.country. at $260,006,000, on the data stated ih hi* cbminu nicatipn.aecompwyii® thisreport.”. ..Unaccountable; omission, however,', ihej csm-. '• appear c(^umeaJs;putU®Si.' Havf. . .ing enjoyed', an opportunity nt examining it, andbalieying it will be found .highly’ interest .. tog tp oui; ';readent,ye; pifolishW .here.,i,sho .. Direetbrof the jlint says : ’; y 6 ; ‘'ihave, as' ; reqnested,, examiaed Jhe.estl ' mates you presented in your last annual report on thbflnancea, and in your last. Bank report, as totWamonnt of gold and sitver‘ remaining ;in the' country. Out efforts to arrive atany conclnsloa oh this joint are, at : best. but .Were , Conjectures'. I have, however, fully, consider ■ ed th‘£p6jht in question, : and by. twodiffercnt modey nave arrived at the conjecture' that the amount may be stated at $2Q0,000,000. As a’ cnriotmcoincldeuco. as to resuits; and to ex hibit?the. basis of my' calculation,lwill ven ture' io 'present them id you' 1 Some What 'in. detail.' )'t\ C’-: "v'l,’l - I.yAri jstimete p<,the .amount of coin in the ■ Halted States. based upon the number of in-. . 'habitaatei V. J . -c 1 Population of U. S. Say ' ■ - 4 25,000,000. ; Taxabies/iey -' -f-v ~ f ,*f 6,000,000. • 06 these Mont four-fifth* are workmen dr others. receiving &ont*3ooto *6OO per annum, and mey be. supposed to hold on an average $6, ’ .at a time,.4,000,000a55 . $20,000,000 .The, remaining one-fifth'inaybe. --;S*upp<msl'*tb bold, ontiihi aver- i,’T . 100,000,000 OtherJnrtltutioDi than hanks one- > . : tbltdas,thnch,, i'-. - ■ 18,000,000 Bahkerahave-acapital of'flttyk/.'-V--;. - 'f <HX>,pO|g;S^ f iHny btTsjippoiied; If'* . v-i 1- .'■ ..to^oM'lp.'^Sr-^cent'.' of;their t: ‘;«, v ;v, jSWwMW ' • Jiidkl,' :•>'•.-i,£ j \ifoo'M) - of;f gold ■atid'iUYCT'Cbin lit;. Sfaitegj: t bped BponV;ifsftsBcs; of, ; t«Te,MojoTw} df-.colSs have ..been subject to exportation, and what afo Wtely to remain in the’ ctinntiyt; andwe know the general dh'ar4wtorofsOT. , spectS'fenr- : j rencyf.- 1--'' v - - 2„>TJhera isetilla quantity.of; the previous silver igrae j whiclvfropvthe rata at. which it oow.-flwts- ite'.wayj Viiii'r SmaUjdepdslhij to the clihriotWte^Smn.;|B',^^)w.' Coin.n,di:!l»We;toexpbrtation,, J and;-nofi.much , to!Mieltinjfiy -r , : 6.-,!riie l fflittire;*colmigo of ’ quarter eagles, , thC 'coffin'ienceiiient : of ' the ’ cbmage'of .hair eagli8 : ml888. Some;o£ .these have no doubt goneoat'of flip country;bnt thosethit ‘rei date, ruby • .’ w .. -%;rTl«i!d#Hre. coinage- bf-eagles, since the •. colnagepK doublo eagles began- to Cpmed' jftftllSO; >Theaamb' remark' for :■ coun terb*laticeoferrors,may be. repeatedlberb as - tmdeyiElieajxw'lftmy''- . „• ;; , ’‘9.; f of dimple,, emries, siaPe®e%e«+lB63, rseri.' commetclaibars , subject tbtheqaahflcatfonjustreferrßdio. ’; ■'. •toto-jtbe'',qu«nti'ty'-bf Boyarefghs,MoXiel(n : doJlaM;, e.ti4 - pleees’fWatlng tbroii{& ; ■ jtheJjiofißyy/iinp.' generally; largo,and,iijay'haidlyjfe. the'ltemsjiabove,: and anyer nianti': '-V A wiilr! Jfottiagmore Canffadrly bo added 1 , to tbitj j if thtreis error,' rt isjnnat be In over-eailhme. ; thatdhe 1 whoje.'.lfnited .BtoiptMiti-, .'gpld'.'prior: tolB3B WfWfi 99f WM&e&y; iMjfgpp re-coined.hpte or. elawbMejj'or.. disappeared ftomtbe,country., /.Wekßowtintthe expprtat tioaofgbMhasalway9^k«pt'clbse ; niwno»,‘&t least so faraSjficrfjHodemind o’ur larger ebinSi kept', in yim ) ‘ -.?fs.SaVe*i»ite' : reasonable data - for, taking,an estitnatft.’frpm .It aboritd .be added; In regard to the first half of the; , present year (186e)thittKegeld coinageMSan Franciscplsnotinclndedjas ft , mafmy wok tbe'plaqo' ofpb&mer'cM'ibarß fo md/was litd^6b'tJ^a^‘pV !^7i , poimjoh., '<• i Statement, in round anntbers, agreeably to theamexecLdata, to end of > -/ SilyeroOlnage-ander act-ofi." : 1868, • < v-»2O^(XS/)06 , Fortner- Issue ict ‘silvelr• fe-^ *£ \niiinii>jfc/ / '?' V. 8. Old: Spanish and Mexican ’ ~ frivctiobs, - - 3,000,000, l. QoldvDOUars, *-> , - „ 14,150,000 6. Quarter: Eagles, «iace 1833, - • 19,900,000 6. HalfEagleS, aincelBB6, r -, 89,450,000 7, ThicePoliar- Fieiiies,:' 650,000 : S. Eaglee, «inoe 1850, , VtI7,QOOiOOO’ O. Double Eagles;' since. ,1863,,' '09,800,000, Add ' : pprntkscf-: l' 1860',, the ,'gold coinage: of all the Mints, except San Fran* .cisco,, ■ For the same period, all the silver ; : ‘eolnagc,-, .. - ,$200,175,000. . liuonndflgures, *200,000,000-: t- Aaheforententionedjthese estimates 'are at incline * to ‘'the opiniori'ttet tilc aggreriate' of .gold and silver coir remrilnirigio fee united'Stater, does not pieeeif s2doj([sß,ovi!oj; arriU [Be, f»£ 1 a w *7>Wßrii wr teae-amoupt,'; andyour, own ei H tim*te:aksgo(>,CWi'ooO:'riearer trie mark. . Bare the honor to Be, ■ '•: , ‘iiv . -Wltrgfertvespettj l ,* Your ftjthful servant, i ? ; ’ * • ' ■'7-'H' JAMnsTtrisa ShowDEri,! '' 7 . ■ Difectat o/the Mint, if S, tm. Oc(. f, 1860, v 7-r- ’■ 7.7 wtois gjtf ’ LtjSfCßtfoßs . efTeqfelfby a few yearajh; the, opMitfV actions of .pnbUp 'menV r tiic length joftheSrticle prevented ris'flfarii Lit#?,-- ('Being .au affectiqpate picturßjdrawn.ljy 9U£rac^d^n|pSojEii«^o(i^narinniM^(4;K9Ui^r-|itf'' tt9 : Pßlt9d.StateB/ ; Si.ngulariy;enodgh,li|!s opinion te a comment upon a highly eulogistic e3timi!to:Of<:thtecoiintry.,by.LoßM;lfAPOl.Soiri : the -piOsant'EmpßrOr of : 4ak<ia! fMjjn . TmuSksnAv’s';« Potte '•JB’)’?! ItefcctiisoWe are,years', agotr Tfce Engitehriteln' is criticising Hapomoh’s celebratedarfldfc'dh “ "iniKe eqursewf which.theßrinceispeaCs ofthe;United;gtatCg ■ which ;Jnia{.tK6''inla»i(!Br/hJehProrvideße*:hii» thevtwrwliossPkt’ the^MffieworldiJ.oflsnPtttii'eJittdmitydf siddnt Emperor of France '"%. •he essuraedsupreme power.;J;l§lj|'[ncefUyS*' teen decidedly thWflmt that'ihehas jusi.'come; out; of. a war withßußala, apdinurnot f#j|edto* exhibit a slugutof tjnib&i States.. So tuuOh for tie reality of his eulogy. Now let us see how Mr. Thackkbav regarded the (Talted States about eight years ago. We copy; J These. ate the'con'cluslons of- the Prince’s remarks upon-gmreribniSnta ‘ in 'general, and It must beaupposcdthat thereaderißVory, little •Wiser in the end than at the beginning. But two governments' inthb world ftilfll' their mis sion j thboncgovethment; Which is no goveta montr-tho'othef. which Is a' despotism. ‘ S’" ' 1 * « « “ Where.-is. the..peat, source ;pf, political truth, frbiuwbich, flowing pure,wo trace Ame rican'republicanism in'.'one. Stream, Russian despotism, in another ? VostlyprosperoUa is 1 thd great republic,if you will—if dollars and oentsjednsatute'Sappiness,’there Is plenty of cangriy onewho has read of its Ame rican doings in the late; frontier troubles, and tlie daily; disputes upon the slave queation, praise the government of the States—a go . vernment which dare not punish homicide or •-arsopi' i ttsvery eyes, and wluchthdpitates oitTeWas and the pirates- of it their will,?. There is no. government but a prosperous anarchy, and the Prince brother favorite government is a pros perotis suvciTf . • > * • *.j , ~* , • • 1 .. “The one tends towards liberty, so the other is only 'to be cured by Order; and - then with a ■Bingular felicity Prince Louis picks out a couple of governments, in olio of which the common regulating, power is as notoriously weak aS in the other too., strong, and talks in rapturous terms of. the manner in which they filial their PruviilentLsi missioii!” f Subsequent eventslhavo probably convinced Mr. Thaokkkav iljat this estimate of Ameri can character was unjust, and we are willing to give him credit ftr having repented ot the de- Jiherate insult which he did not hesitate to put onj record against,the "only free, well ordered and truly happy, government on the face of the globe.' We trust ids‘.late defeat will not in duce him.to fall hack upop hispid opinions,. dim niATEKfa!/ intehests and our ■■■ ; . >. FIltAKflAIi COKJHTION. rlt ought hot to,he a subject of wonder, per haps, that d.people.who have advanced, within the harrow' compass of tbreS quarters of a century, front a few icattered Oolonies to the estate of hi great and powerful nation, should Wot Be'able-fully to comprehend tho true con dition, of thqlr material and financial interests. We have gorie on rapidly in business, without evgr having taken an account of stock—that, in truth, is' the dlfficulty. iWe have- cleared more forests, cultivated more lands, constructed more railways, exca vated moro canals, built more, ships, Collected mere of the, precious metals, to say nothing of the progress we,havo made, In literature and than any other equal number, of people pn|the’globe. Hence, wo infer that wo arc the mtjst. thriving, industrious, and sucoesaihl peo ple..ilt must net be said that this Is begging tIW question—that wo have no right to Infer prosperity'withhht 'knpWing what we have bn bahd and how much we* owe. ' What are, the Bjgnawhich indicate eur con dition? ;■ What are our visible employment*, onj. occupationSi Our modes of living, our in- energy aid industry ? , . A . we concede' that, men may over-trade and involve themselves in bankruptcy ; and we are h'pt disposed. to question the Act that nations maydothe same thing. What we Would say is that'ahactivebusineSß does not indicate un due expansion, much less does it warrant the conclusion, too often hazarded in this country, ; thht it is %e .sure preduraor of downfall and riiip. No where in the world has the Industry of man heed Warded as In the. United States, With so • matt| tdkehs' 'of'.pnlversal prosperity.; .«is net tedmuch, to eiaim. that within a period 'of iwentyyeara we haveokponded, In the cott ‘.atructioa of' railwaya/a ; suin' exceeding two thdusand millions ofdoUars; and it, is keeping Within the boundaries of truth, If we estimate tju* increased valUe of real estate alone, result ing from that expenditure, and based upon the Uscpof lands, at ton times that sum. We have made an EmjoifCupon tlie plainof the.lakes, and another inthe valley?, .of our Western Srs. - Commerce, manufactnp-j and agripul j grept pities, a vast iniaiid tonnage, hare n, possession of those regions of the West, winch, twenty years' ago, wore not only linro clspmed, but regarded as wholly unreciaimable. Jnat inproportion as the West’und'South have advanced; so has the East extended its trade, manufactures and commerce.. There are evi dences,apparent to all, of a material progress ailjover, this Union, which is as unmistakable M jthO BUu at noonday, and which betokens not ovfer-trading aodoyor-doing, biitreal substan tial svealtkand prosperity- , , it is wejl to remember. in this connection, tbit W i *? li . ni; ;thpW ri< * d reforredito/we.hava rntjch' mordthan, quadrupled the precious mtjtals then .-in.-the United States. We have Increased in greater degree our foreign ton .najse }‘webave multiplied the employment of bur atop* .in the indirect carrying trade, the Wroth® °f which enter our cue tom-houses, as "inWts, and: are charged against üb. We Kayo, too, increased our importations; but wo hay® 80 added, at the' same time, to out ex portsjof cotton, tobacco, an<i grains, as to balance, and; more than; balance, the books. Jl^ose,' t «rfe the most obyious sighs of our prod perHyylbukWy arenotall; - irhronghbnt tho whole Union there are erf-' cfof ice jof industry, and there arc yearly prb-,1 iduefajof.tbat induatry; eoter W B®* : domdetid' and foreign; Which W“H;;.]'^ti',toWWW. every dispassionate mind of the With , and soundness .of our mate rial interests.. Uutit )a said our railway syW beeWhlßlyleipandedj and threatens, h generalbankruptcy. This maybe true,to some extent j' but tliore are no evidences that •it Sis', tine :|p; any'fearful degree. Too, mnoh 'money may have, been employed in the com stWictipn of roads; and State credits may have bepn; extended, when they ought to have j h.epn : withheli, , - ThlB is an , ovU, how- I.Wv‘'Widij'jWtrmost, .cap embarrass but a few exteisive operations. •So far as State Sdits/hhye been piedged, they are confined efiy to flip oldest and the .richest members Who confederacy, - The systemof conveying 'jnjplic lands.to the pew Shiti,for roai pur poses bps, supphed;<i).oae'Ptotoh’ withfhemeans of. constructing their worts without any other WW W ! Theypuhlle debt of thh ne w S tote? .has ‘to' n ? sen kept down, so that whatever em bafraawnentpliall come of tho excessive con- of io«ds, ; thoße wjU he individual, apd thpt limited •toafew persons. But with tote exceptions itianothowseon where hny'greil fauures, are- to . occur. .|t must-hot ,be fotgotten tiwt,~ tlie country is still new and ilb ! rapidly; ijj|Voasihg.' This, increase ‘ cannot fail to mid : kfzety, to, ’receipts and-to profits. ; : Tho whold system ia a gigantic experiment i ; andwb.cbhßjderthe ainountinypiybd, the inte rests effected; or the results so far realized, as a Whole, it ifias been wonderfully successful, Asnn expo tome titit fa'inyolved doubtless In many mistakes, muchbad management and! dishonesty!, but an interest so large cannot fall' to. drawito'-Us early future, management,. m<|n of, the Jjighest integrity and business, oa pabity. We may have Anticipated the growth qif;toe .country! put. onr ' rapid progress, the. mercurial nature of our people, their, active and eyery elis? of .spcijjty, will soon rendermany our 'groat workS BUcCessfnl and profitable. 1 f; ; •.: jWhafaverj he' the estimate of thb ,yaiu U 0 f r anroad stock and security, iliere hhsW; to Bo ; no djifereticc ’of. Opinion in ,rp £“|d„to toWitoißietwe .Vajue’to the country. They constijato tho vital power of ait agtocui tjWe ipdhd which has put all the wdrjd .at ease ynneeming snbsistonce. They have ended anp «re afini n g to employment and production, and to and pro dnction wmch is doing.toore for the general .^d, for tolividiid prosperity •and happiness than ean at tbis-tlmb.. -10,125,000 73$##oci to; qt»; jn ..'session at Trontw. .The mat in," ÜBt bqrioess trkhifsqted was tot (lh»nglng«f‘S» ittitawmjjsdf to neArl ji 1U krijteal tom, »uS?- ft e«>Vfii|h7or»n4Lod*tj h toe ptlvUeAuW epeakfigipd voting onsuy qqeStloUvcxMpLitoiqtbp Onutlon should bode gamUtS- iwfe^iteSß : ■fScolnanof. imSS and t«WblOWor|i|,WO Jearn that a black frpwkieul hte wifi's head Wea vriik noleafer, and toen made fcb escape. BoiwstiMritgitod to the deed by jealousy, . »% v '-.ipjpp "i > There jri a question, long pendtn|i|H tho G&tftt of Ctomon Sense, as to ■the moitffiipprijtjjpipf ahMtn’ssuiTcndoring hie neat toafehiaiaxjjtphd portion; of humanity, for no other reason than because she. wears a petticoat. In point of fact, this intention in volves the whole category of politeeieta the feminine (and hooped) portion of society. Let us put a case, in all fairness. It will bo admitted, we suppose, that a man, leaving his dWolling'about Bight,*and' returning' about six, may, hjiveja.great deal\©f 'active and fatiguing dxertion between theso hours, even In the way of business, and is.Ukply to be as much fatigued by Such necesaary labor, as the fair and flounced lady, who In flillest feather, getsllnto Chestnut street" in tiro afternoon (to see ' And ■be seen), and returns after a few hours’ ■' prohionade, as Sresli; as a daisy, and as beautiful. apd,. blooming as ladies .are always supposed to be. She would . linger “ down town” a little longer, if she could; but the , chaneo is that she ,is proprietor of I that ptoce of household furniture called a husband, and it would scarcely do for her not .to bo at home when he come hack to tea. Contriving to arrive when the cars are fell, she pauses, for half a second,'at the entrance, lookitig as calm and unconcerned aa Patience on a ten-beard, smiling at the cups and saucers, and gives a glance fVom un. derher long, dark eyelashes/ to seo who makes room for her. Half politely, half despair ingly, some miserable mortal—tired enough. it may be, with the fatigues of tho day’s work—rises from his seat; the lady slides on, gracefully as ladies always do; gathers up her immensity arid rotundity ,of skirt as well as she can; drops into the seat; and takes care, either by look-or gesture; to give not the slightest acknowledgment -of the favor con ferred upon her. Not sho! In apparent un consciousness of every individual existence but her own, she sits down, a charming monu ment of feminine ingratitude. An, inclina tion of tho head—a bond—a smile—even a spoken word of thanks would repay the po- liteness to. which she i owes a seat, but these sho rarely gives. , She. accepts the fovor, for fevor it is, not as a compliment but as a right, and fills the seat as if by right of conquest. Should she ever again meet that man, under similar circumstances, need she think him a brute because he keeps his seat, and leaves softer individuals to play the polite ? Sot it down as a great moral aphorism that he who thrice surrenders his seat, without the feet of his existence having been acknowledged even by a grateful glance, is felly warranted in re taining his serit through,all feturri time—ex cept, when it may be required by an aged fe male or a woman with a baby In her arms. We were in one of the cars, the other day, and a lady of considerable extent came in. As luck would have it, every seat except two, was occupied by—muslin. . There were as many hoops in that car. as would have given stability, to feegrent tun of Heidelberg.' Tho gentleman next ns kept his scat. As a matter of coarse, (for we always make room for the lady, though we could box our ’own eats tho next minute for having done so,) we surren dered onrs, albeit fotigued enough. ' The lady did not sit down, but stood, skirt In hand, looking! pins ’ and needles at ■ the reti nent scat-occupier. At last, turning to the conductor, she asked in a mournful and iriartyrly manner, 1 ’ “Where can I sit?” The ; conductor pointed to the vacancy made by the withdrawal of our own illustrious per son. .Mademoiselle shook her head, as well she might. She was capaciously attired, and wanted to occupy both seats to accommodate her skirts and flounces. The scat-holder wohid riot;, and.did not, move, and, in despair, reslgnation and sorrow, the lady of the exten sive dress preferred* standing during tho whole journey, to Germantown, rather than Attempt occupying the seat which had been relinquished in lier favor. There she stood; with indigna tion on her proud lip, anger in her flashing eye, and excitement tinting her dollcate check with a’roseate hue like sunset on a snow wreath. Sho thought, no'doubt, that tho male bcX had an unaccommodating nature. l But some people might hint that'Mademoisellowas a trifle unreasonable, in expecting two coats at once., Our own opinion is—but wo shall keep it for another time. THE antiquity of hoops. [Nearly one hundred and fifty years ago, when Queen Anne was reigning in England, rind Swift and Bolingbrokc, Pope and Prior, Addison- and Steele were flourishing, there appeared* a paper in the Spectator, which seems worthy of Being referred to in the present day, particularly os it discusses the question of Hqops. : We subjoin tho greater portion of it fori fee bonoflt arid edification of the ladies. It is ftom fee pen.of Addison.—E».] It is our custom ftt Sir Roger de Coverley's, upon the evening of the posit to nt About» pot of coffbe and hoar the old knight read Dyer’s letters, which ho does with his spectacles apou. his nose, and In an audible voioe, smiling very often at theso little strokes of satire which are so frequent in the writ ings of that author. I afterwards communicate to the knight such paokotsos I receive under the quality bf Spectator.' Tho following letter chanc ing to please him more than ordinary, I shall pre sent )t at his request, i • • ■ Mr. Spectator :—You have diverted the town al most a whole month at the expense of tho oountry; it Is now high time that you should give the-coun* try their revengo,. Bince. your withdrawing from this place, the fair sex are run into great extrava gance. Their petticoats, which began to heave and swell before .you left us, are how blown up into a most enormous concave, and rise every day more and more. '-In short, sir, since our women know I themselves to be out of the eye of the Spectator, i they will be kept within no compass. You praise i thfm a little too soon, for the modesty of their head dresses; for as the humor of a sick person is often I driven out of one limb into another, their suporflut-1 6y of 'ornament, Instead of being entirely banished, seems only fallen from thefrhoaos upon their lower parts. • . , , What' they have lost In. height they make up in breadth, ana, contrary tb the rules of architecture, widen the foundations at the same time they shorten tho superstructure.'' But, as we do not hear any particular use in this petticoat, or that it contains anything more than What'was supposed to be in those of scantier make, we arfe wonderfully at a loss about it. , , r , The women give out, in dofenoe of theso wide bottoms, that they are airy and very proper tor the season; but this i look upon to be only a pretenco and a piece of arty for it is well known we have not had a more moderate summer these many years. Beside,' I would' fain ask those tender-constituted ladies, why they should require more opoling than thbir mothers before them f I find sevesal specu lative persons are of opinion - that our sex has, of late years, been very sduey, and that tho hoop |»|ticoat is made uSe of to keep us at a proper dfs- ~ Afetnale who is thus forested in whalebone is sufficiently secured against the approaches of an ill* bred fellow, who might a* welt think of Sir George EtherodgVs way ormaking “lovo in a tub” (see his play so called; act 4,' scene 6, where Dufoy, a Frenchman, is thrust into a tub without a bottom, which hu copies about the stage on his shoulders, his b«*d coming through a hole at the top) os in tho midst of so many hoops. . Amongthese various conjectures there ore men of superstitious tempera who look,upon tho hoop petti* coat as a kind, of prodigy. Some will havo it that it portends the downfall of the French King, (per* haps the appearance,of the hoop, petticoat at this day iii our country portends the downfall of the . English Queen) and obserre that the farthingale ap peared in England a, little before the ruin of tho Spanish monarchy, vis: in 1558. Others are of opinion that it foretells battle and bloodshed, and believe it of the same prognostication as tho tall of ftblaslngfiUr, , , Should tills fashion got among the ordinary peo ple, our public ways would ho so crowded that wo should want Street room. Several congregations of the host'fashion find themselves already muoh atndtjned, and if the mode,increase I wish it may not drive many ordinary women into mootings and \ ‘ You know, sir.it is recorded of Aloxandor the Great, that inhia Indian expedition he buried sovc rai nuts of armor, which by his directions were made much too big for any or his soldiers, in order to give posterity an extraordinary idea of him, and make them beliey© he had cpinmandod an army of. giants-, I am persuaded that if one of the present petticoats happens to bo hung up in any repository of ft would lead into the same error the generations that lie some removes from ns; unless we can believe our posterity will think so disrespect folly pf their groat grandmothers, that they made themselves monstrous to appear amlaplo , Whefi I survey this now fashioned rotunda in all its parts, I cannot but think of the old philosopher, Who, after having entered into an Egyptian temple, andicoked üboutfor the idol of tho place, at length discovered a little black monkey, enshrined in tne midst of it, upon which he ©oulu not forbear crying out, to tho great scandal of lho worshippers, “What a magnificent place is here for such a ridiculous In habitant!” . ~ Though yon have taken a resolution in one of yourpapers to avoll descending to particularities fit dress, I believe you will not think it bolow yon ,on ao extraordinary oMaalon to onhoop the fair sex ,*»dO9W >b!» nufMhioofble tympany that has got jmtongtoan, Xwn apt to thinkthat the petticoat will sprink, ofitsown accord, at your first coming w town; at least a touoh of your pen will makoft Oohtrset itself like the sensitive plant, and by that *h? «* either,terrified o,r os- % Mmm droWjied to’ Whittemore, r< p?lt f* *» altomai&n ensued;,the men W‘ln thO water uutlllwth s T’hfwomen g to : tho ■ OftiEnnday morning a train of cars, hear 'Macon, fla., la crossing a bridge,- woe' precipitated into the stream beneath. Jaokson Bryant, the fireman, was instantly killed, and Patton Sullivan, » -master, died shortly afterwards, George be engineer, bad a teg and an arm broken. THE PRESS.-PHILADELPIItA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1857. REPORTED BXFfiB63I/r FOR THB PRESS. FROM WASHINGTON . Xbe LM« Secretary Dobbin—Screw Ship Pro pellers—The Book** AccounW-Nattouul Hotel -•Maryland Plug-Uglies—The Capitol. Wasuinqton, August 7.—The Executive Department* of the Qorernmeut are closed to-day, In tokou of respect for Into Secretary Dobbin, and, per consequence, correa pqwjeats for newspapers and news-gatherers, generally, are cot oif from their principal source of jjtfy letter in the first issue of Ta* Fbkss, pointing out the evidence that iron steam propellers, because of their greater durability,and capacity over tboso heretofore in use, and more especially to sailing vessels, were de«- . tined at no distant day to supersede every, other moans for the transportation of malls, freight, and passengers, seems,to have, excited some interest In newsp&ponlora. 11l almost every paper of tho past three or four days are to befouud elaborate statistics going to prove tho truth ofipya^sertlon. It Is time then that Philadelphia should look to her right position In this new field of enterprise, for no other State in this Union has more natural advantages to enanre her success and superiority. Sho must not tarry too long and wait uutil she is forced into a pursuit |n which she should lead, Rumor has it that tho main ship builders are fully aware that their clippers and sailing vessels are soon, for the general purposes of the carrying trade, to give place to the iron screw propellers, and that, with Boston capitalists, they are trying hard to open up immediately tho iron mountains and fields of Northern'Michigan and Minnesota, in order to throw into their hinds the first profits and success of iron steamship building. / There is a rumor Afioat that the National Hotel is to be reopened. The very latest arrival from England brings us intelli. genco that the coal merchants there have, by a united effort, given preference to screw propeller colliers over those which have been in use. Screw propellers are proved to be of larger capacity. The engines do not take up’the same space as side wheel steamers; and more coal can be brought in the same time to the same place. There is no uncertainty—no dependence In wind aufif weather. , Between the Book Resolution of tho last Congress, the Members’ Compensation Bill, the Account of the Clerk of tho House of Representatives, (General Cul lom, of Tennessee), before the First Auditor of ~ the Treasury, there Is “a pretty quarrel as It stands,” to use the expressive language of Sir Luclues O’Trlgger. Hugh Tyler is Cullom’s man Friday, and he it is who protested to have furnished the books. The Clerk, I am given to understand, swears that the bookß indicated by tbe resolution of the House, were furnished to cer tain members of Congress, giving their names. Dr. Mayo protests against the allowance of General Cullom’s account, and wants to know where he obtained the (( Di plomatic Correspondence,” published by Mr. Rives, and which has been out of print for many years. At present tho appearances are that tho account will bo allowod, but we may expect some rich developments on an ap peal, which, It Is said, will be taken to tbe Secretary of the Treasury. I give the rumor without boing able to trace it to any reliable source. It is certain that tho proprietors will be glad to lease it at a heavy discount on tho previous rent. The site of the old National theatre, and the adjoining lot ocoupled by the Union office, arc put up for solo by Mr. Winder, as a splendid chance for a new company to start, which. Is so much wanted here, a now hotel with some admissible claims to snch & repu tation. In the last Presidential election Maryland was the only Btate of the Confederacy that cast electoral votes for the candidates of tho Know-Nothing party. Thore was some speechifying and presentations on the occasion, and delegations came from other States to pay homage to the superior straight-outedness of her plug uglyisfn, Nevertheless, the fact was apparent even At that time that there was not the «ime heartiness In the cause os thore had been. Since then, detections and divisions have occurred in the ranks of the Ameri* can party in that State, almost dally. Mr. Sollers, the Achilles of their hosts, has left the party In disgust. He who, with N. P Banks, of Massachusetts, stood the first to advocate Uindooism upon -the floor of tho House of Representatives, and landed to the skies the grandeur and conservatism of the new faith, now has not language strong enough to con vey bis utter abhorrence of its disorganized tendencies, or to paint tbe vlteuess of its associations and moans to insure victory'. This grateful nows, which I have from a reliable quarter, gives us the hope, that this abomi nation will linger but a llttlo whUo longer, eTon in tho corners of our land. It is estimated that tho new Domo for the Capitol will weigh 7500 tons, and that its erection will take ten years. The new Houses of Congress will be ready for occupancy by a year from next December, and not in the coming session as was expected. There are two Democratic candidates for Congress in the Ist District of Tennessee, two in the Ist District of Georgia, and two in a District in Mississippi. It is feared here that this state of things wilt throw the elec tions into tho hands of tho opposition. X. Y, An Attack on Fort Riley by Cheyenne Indians Sr. liOOiS, Aug. 7.—Tho Kaunas Herald of Freedom, of the 3d instant, states that Governor Walker baa received advices from the Commander of Fort Riley, that a largo force of Cheyenne Indians had arrived, and were located in the vicinity of that Fort, and that an attack was hourly expected. Tbe fort has no fortifica tions, and is defended by only one-half a company of Infantry. Tbe Indians had driven the settlers in, and had c"«»miltod several murders within tight of the fort. Governor Walker immediately eefet Cop-net Cooke to their assistance, with all the force undor his com* mand. The Missouri Election. St. Louis, Aug. 7—Thirty-eight counties gives 80l- Hus, Am., a majority 0f4,178 votes. Clark, Doth., has been elected to Congress from the Third District. He succeeds Hon. James D. Grier, who has been elected to tho United States Senato. Boston, Aug. 7.—A chemical oil and turpentiue fac tory on Northampton street, Rotbury, was burned thin, morning. Loss $75,000. Arrest of a Postmaster for Robbing the Mail Augusta, August 7.—Samuel C. Bcott, the Post master at Colliers, South Carolina, has been arrested forrobblDg the United States mail. He is now con fined in the jail in this city. St. Jonx, N. fi., August 7.—A telegraph office will be opened at Trinity bay, at which place the submarine cable will land, so as to enable the first approach of the fleet engaged in layiug it, to bo instantly telegraphed. New Orleans, August 7.—Tho returns of the recent election in Texas indicate that H. It. Runnels (Demo crat) has been elected by about 12,000 majority, over Gen. Bam. Houston. .So far as heard, the opposition hod not elected any candidate to the Legislature. West Point Candidates—Surrender of Fort Gib son to the Cherokee Indians* Washington, August 7. —A Medical Board, consisting of Surgeon-General Thomas Lawson, and Surgeons 8. Moore and C. H. Lamb, United States Army, will con vene at West Point, on the 28th instant, to examine into the physical qualifications of candidates for admis alon Into the Military Academy. Fort Gibson haring been abandoned as a m ilitary post the War Department has issuod orders for its surrender to the Cherokeo nation, in accordance with tho terms of tho treaty of 1880. It Is the intention of the Chero ktes to lay off a city on that site. . Washington, August 7.— Tho few returns which have been received from North Carolina, of the recent elec tion held thero, indicate that the Democrats have car ried tho State. Charleston, August 6.—Tho sales of Cotton for the past week were 800 baleß, All tho stock hero has been exhausted. Middling Fair is quoted at 15Xc- The de crease in the receipts of Cotton, this year, at all Southern porta, amounts to 680,500 bales. Wheat has declined. Red sells at 1450150 c. White at!46®looc. Rice is ftc, better. Baltiuorb, August 7.—Flour opens dull; Wheat Is 6c. lower; Corn holds steady; Whiskey Is dull. Mobile, August 7.—The sales of cotton for the past week, amounted to 300 bales, and tho receipts to 114 bales. The decrease, so far, of receipts at this port, is 131,000 bales. The stock in port 6,000 bales. Middling Orleans quoted at 15 cents. New Orleans, August o.—Cotton—Sales to-day 630 bales at 14ft®15o. Sales of the week 4100, and receipts 5400 bales. Receipts at this port loss than last year 247,720 bales; and at all Southern ports 684,200 bales. *Rod Wheat is quoted at $1.25. Flour is very dull. Oats steidy at 58c. HUouldors are quoted at 12c.; sides, at 14c. Other articles are unchanged. Sterling Excbadge oft per cent, premium. Nkw JTork, August 7.—Arrlvod—Ship Challenger, from Havre; barque Brothers, from Philadelphia, for Oienfucgos—put In to repair sails, spars, ota.; brigs Prince Royal and Penguin, from Bormuda; and schooner Mary ijucen, from do. Tim Murder or Mit. Stevens. —lt is Ifcnred in this city that tho Mr. Slovens rcoently robbed and murdered in Kansas, for which two persons wore bung by tho mob on Friday last, and Wood and Knowlton, their companions, were about to bo hung, aocording to the Leavenworth dospntoh wo published yesterday, is no othor than tho Govern ment agont of that name entrusted with tho Supor intoudouoo of tho current salo of tho trust lands of tlio Weas, l’iankosliaws, and Pcorlas. Wo montionod a day or two since, that 360,000 in transfer drafts had boon rccoivod from him at tho Interior Department. It is supposed that ho had at tho time about 9150,- 000 by him, or ruthoriu tiro hands or tho receiver, acting ill conjunction with him; and further that it is almost- entirely in tho shape of transfer drafts, tho paymontof which ouu osslly bo stopped, if tiro robbors have scoured them or any of thorn. That, howovor, is not boliovod hore; and if tho Govorn* meat's ngont is tho Mr. Stovons in question, it can hardiy he that ho, rather than tho receiver, had the proceeds of tho sales of the trust lauds 111 his pos session,—Washington Star . Sunday Band in the Reoent’s Park in London. —No less than 100,000 persona were assembled on Sunday afternoon in thu Regent’s Park, to ei\|oy the fine sunshino of the day, and the music of tho “ People’s Band,” which is composed of several excellent performers. There was not the slightest disorder, disturb ance, or confusion,—Loudon New?, It is’ ea!d that hundreds of grhenhorns who bought stock in the Chester County Copper Mines, on the strength of being told that great amounts of copper had been smelt there, will never get a scent m their money. Tho laborsof miners there are said to be In vein , Fashionably dressed women have now, in Paris, » dlametoi'of precisely twelve feet. Ge ometricians eon calculate the efreulhferenoe. - They hold on toe arms of their cavaliers by meanß of handkerchief! slipped through the same, and are helped to bouquets and refreshments hy waiters attached to the end of long sticks. TMfiMtttiPHlC. FROM KANSAS. Expected. Fire at Roxbnry, Mass. The Submarine Telegraph* The Texas Election* The North Carolina Election. Markets. Ship News. THE CITY , War on the Porkers—Excitement on the Paul's cf the Schuylkill— Wholesale' Destruc* tion of Pig Pens.— Tho vicinity of South street, : near tho Sohuylkill, presented an extraordinary eceno of commotion anil oxeitemont yesterday afternoon. This region, to say the least, is ono of the most detestable spots in Philadelphia. To paraphrase tho language of Dr. Johnsoii, it is a place whore they gather the best swine, aud speak the moat vigorous English—being tbo uu mistukablo vernacular. Tho femalo portion of the residents are particularly onorgetlo, both with hands and tongue, wheu great occasions require it; and Such an occasion was yesterday. 1 ' The lo cality of tho piggerieß Is just on the outskirts of the built-up portion of the southwestern section of theoity, in deep hollows on the northern and southern side of South street Miserable shanties are congregated together, ami squalid poverty is illustrated in its most striking form. There were in this quarter from twenty to thirty pons, crowded .with porkers. The filth and offen sive odor made the place a most decided nuisance, alike injurious to the health of the neighborhood, and deprecatory of the value of tho surrounding property. Complaints against H have been fre quent, and wtro unheeded. The respootable citi zens, by means of numerous petitions, compelled the members of the Board of Hoalth to take de cisive action ia the matter; and accordingly the Health Officer, John N. Henderson, gave notice to tho owners of tho piggeries to have them imme diately removed, or olse force would be resorted to, on tho part of tho logal authorities, to accom plish n purpose represented to be so desirable by those who bellovcd the pens, especially in tho summer season, to be detrimental to the health of the neighbors. This notice, from all that we can loam, was defied, and threats were made that any attempted destruction of the pens would cause a personal confliot with tho owners. Yosterday morning tho Chief of Police was noti fied to have betweon sixty and a hundred men in readinoasfttSouthstroetwharf,attwoo’clock. this order was promptly complied with, there being de tachments from the first six Police Districts, undor Lieutenants Gilbert, Dunnery, Rutherford; Ser geants Smith, Thomas, Thornton and othors, sta tioned at the proper place, at the designated hour. The appearanco of so many polioemon naturally enough oxoited much surprise and inquiry among those residents who wore not posted on the trans actions about to take place. Some of the policemon stated that a pmo fightw&s arranged to come off on tho other side of tho Sohuylkill, during the after noon, and they were detailed for the purpose of preventing it. This story gained considerable cur rency, and the appearanco of tho pugilistic pro fessors of tho manly art was anxiously looked for. Ono old woman said in our hearing, that thero must have been a regular fall of stars, and anothor that, “probably, tho men wore sent there for tho purpose of keeping any person from setting tho river on firo. ’ ’ Similar remarks, some of a very nature, were frequently nudiblo, and tho forbearance of the knights of tho star, underall the circumstances, was quite remarkable and creditable. Two o’clock was the hour fixed for tho capture of the swinish residents of the pens, and the demolition of their homes and hopes; but two o’olook brought no sign of those engaged to couduot the w&r. The policemen, certainly, were not expected to do that; all that was required of them was merely to act the part of lookers-on in Venioe, and preserve tbo dig nity of the law. Tho warm rays of the sun made their situation very uncomfortable, there being no convenient place of shoiter at hand. It was there fore impossible for thorn to keep shady, in a double sense, however muoh tlfby strove to conoe&l the ob ject of their visit. In tho meantime some of the owners of tho piggerios got wh dof the contem plated seisuro of their live prop*, +y> and accord ingly emptied oach pen of its contents, and drovo a number of the porkers out the Gray’s Forry Road, at ft remarkably rapid rate. The scene at this timo was » most ludicrous one. Women, to the numbor of fifty, porhaps, witb stioks and stones, acted tho part of drivers, and seemed to oxpodito tho travel ing of the pigs to an extent which wo believe has not hitherto been surpassed. Tho exeitemont ran high, tho policemen did not interfere with the own ers of tho valuable real estate, either destined to escape from, >r beeomo the property of tho tendor hearted “kckhors,” and the consequence was that Porkdom, and uU its interested inhabitants, wore gro&tly elated. At exactly five minutes after three o’clock, the renowned Capt. Jim Francis, Chiof of the Dog De tectives, followed by four “well-tried and true inch,” arrived upon tbc ground. Tho dog-cart, too well known to our roadors to require a description here, brought up the rear of this now arrival, and the word went around among tho policemen to pre pare for action. The work now commenced In earnest. Captain Jim, who is every inoh a soldier in any cause he undertakes, marched down the hollow on the sonthera sido of South street, and looked exactly like ft hero. His apparel was that of a true con queror, wado to order, and a most oxcellent fit. He lookod around him and fAilcd to discover uny of the objects of his search. Tho ideaof the “day after tho fair,” forcibly occurred to the mind of Jim, and ho stood momentarily in a musing attl tudo. Then straightening himself up, and with tho look of a man knowing his duty and deter mined to porform it, he addressed his devoted band of Ketohors, pointing them out individually in these noble words : “ You go to that poo, you to that, and you to that; I will go to this one.” At this moment &n unfortunate pig made his np poirftnee at the western end of the hollow, and at onte, all eyes wero turned upon him. The orders of Jim, of course, were disobeyed, and a rush was made for bis pigshlp. After a few momenta passed in dodging around tho pens in his pursuit, bo wos takon into custody, having boen unceremoniously picked up by tbc ears by one of the undaunted “Ketobers.” Ho was thrust with the last amid tho scoffs and jeers of those who claimed his acquaintance. The men under Jim were denounced in language anything but polite, and tho most bitter and denunciatory words wore üßod towardsthom. Still anotherpigappeared upon tho ground; it was similarly served, amid a scene of tho greatest excitement. The women wore furious in their expressions of rage, and they would un doubtedly have inflicted personal violence upon Jim Francis, had it not been for his strong body-guard of policemen. Our littlo fellow being poorly clad, cried lustily for his “dear piggy;” and his grief ap peared to bo inconsolable. Jim’s men, by order of the Hoalth Officer, now commenced tho work of de molition, and under his superintendence the pons in this hollow Wore speedily converted Into piles of lumber. Tho men then crosaed over to tho other hollow, and succeeded in capturing two pigs there, whloh were also plncod in tho cart. One woman in her rage pioked up a large stone, and aimed it ut ono of the men, but it missed its mark. Sho was taken into custody, but was subsequently allowed to depart in peaco. The first six pens were then destroyed in ordor, amid the threats and execra tions of tboir owners. When the men came to the seventh, one old woman, whom wo could not help but pity, bogged that they would not tour it down then, but leave it until to-day, when she would take it down herself. It contained nothing, and her °nly object was to secure her own lumber. Jim woe not to bo moved by any appeal, and on removing tho boards that covered the pen, ho dis covered two fine porkers, carefully packed away in one of the corners. Those wero captured, but tho cart having moved off, they were allowed tore turn to tboir distressed owner. The work of havoc was most completely done, having continued until nearly five o’clock. About a thousand persons wero attracted to tho vloinity, and tho utmost oxoltement prevailed throughout the ontiro afternoon. When Jim Franois had concluded his labors, a young girl remarked to him that the Board of Hoalth was as groat a nui sance as the pigs. Jim’s gallantry restrained him from replying. Tho operations of tho “Ketohers” iu two hours wrought ft wonderful ch&ngo in the appearance of tho locality. Tho princoly man sions of tho pigs had vanished, and all that was left was bnt “tho remnants of things that had passed away ” The policemen returned to their station houses, the owners of tho porkers to their own sorrowful homos, and wo to our offioo, re flecting : “But, alas! if mightiest empires leuvo so littlo mark behind. How much loss must piggies hope for in the wreck of fiwluißh kind.” The Dittrkt Jlitormtj. —The Court of Quar tor Sossiona, It appears, have the power to appoint a Diatriot Attorney for twoyoars, or until tho ex* .pirutlon of Mr. Mann’s term, which will bo in Oc tober, 1859. So much for tho act of th© laßt legis lature, making an arrangomont by the consent of tho contestants. Judge Kolloy, Charlos Gilpin, Esq., and ft Mr. Laughead aro Bpokon of. Thoy aro all mombers of the Republican party, no that ' wo shall have two District Attorneys of tho same political sentiments. This was not tho Intention ( of the legislature. . Nominations. —On tho first Monday of Sep tember tliero Is to be eleoted in oaoh Precinct of tho city of Philadelphia, onedologato, to nomlnato a candidate for Rooordor of Deeds, a Prothonotary »of tho District Court, ft Clerk of tho Quarter Sos taions, and a Coroner. The same Convention will jalso nominate a candidate for Judgo of tho Court of Common Pleas. This Convention meets at the •Spring Garden Hull. Delegates are also to bo iQhoaen for a Legislative Convention, to nominate Senators and members of Assembly. This Con vention moots at the County Court House. Robbed of a Watch. —A Gorman man, who ‘is employed at the hotel of Mr. James as ostler, was robbed of-a watch,on Thursday.©ve toing, while awaiting tho return of & party who had hired a carriage from Mr. E., during the after noon. lie had, it appears, laid down upon a iettee in the bar-room and fallen asleep, when the thief entered, and cutting hU guard-ribbon took the watch from his pookets. V Grand lodge /. 0. 0, F.—The most' im portant business transacted on Thursday by the nbtvo body, was the changing 'of the constitution back to nearly its original form, allowing all P. C’s. a seat in the Grand Lodge, with tho privilege of speaking and voting on any question, except wfcen the question should be demanded to be taken bj the lodge or Representatives. Wool to Philadelphia. —The Elmira (N. T.) Advertiser, Buys We noticed yesterday a large . number of bales of wool going depotward, oon« signed to a bouse in Philadelphia. This woo! has been bought from our farmora by Mr. Fitch, who has an office for that purposo in the Advertiser Building. The wool trade seems bo growing into quite a business in Elmira, the competition between dealers being unusually spirited. V? e are glad to see them all prosper, and bopo that nobody will get “fleeced.” To be Launched. — The U. S. steamer « Shu brick” will bo launched from tho Navy Yurd this aftornoon between the hours of two and four o’clock, at high water. This steamer was constructed for tho Light House Board. Police Items.—John Blood, alia* Stewart, was committed yesterday afternoon by Alderman Enou, to onswor the charge of stealing a valuable watch, the property of Sarah Jane Barber. On being taken below, Blood remarked that it was a hard case to send him to prison for so small a theft, and to let Snow off, who Is a “ mammoth” offender. A sailor onboard a vessel lying at Richmond, was robbed on Thursday night by s shipmate of a gold watch, and a number of other articles. The thief managed to escape, but the police arc keep ing a sharp look out for him. On Tuesday next the case of Charles D. Davis, who, it is alleged, fired his own store at Milcstown, will be disposed of in Court. A large quantity of important evidence bearing on this transaction b&s been collected by tho proper authorities, and will bo submitted at tho trial. We learn that a party of young men connected with a disreputable organization in the lower sec tion of our city went to Wilmington, Delaware, on Wednesday evening last, and become involved in a disturbance and breach of the peace. The authori ties of that place arrested them, and they were committed to prison by the Mayor. John Roland and Alexander Brown were arrested on Thursday night, having in their possession a go cart of which they could give no satisfactory account. Yesterday morning they wore committed by Aider man Williams to answer. The cart awaitsanowner. From the roturns of the Lieutenants of the dif ferent Wards, made yesterday at tho Mayor’s office, wo learn that the whole number of arrests : the night previous was 64; married. 34, single, 28; Americans, 20, Foreigners, 33; drunk, 36; drunk en, (married) 18; drunken, (single) 18. Yesterday morning before Alderman Encu, at the Contral.Police Station, a hearing was had in the cases of three women, charged with keeping disorderly houses at Nos. 14, IS and 10, in Fayette street, in the Ninth Ward. The parties were held to ball in tho sum of $lOOO each, for a farther hearing. On Thursday, Mr. Maner, whose place of busi ness is In Third street near Arch, sent a porter to bank, with a chock for $495. The porter it ap pears drew tho money, but failed to return the proceeds. A warrant Was subsequently issued for his arrest, and in the evening he was taken into custody and locked up at the Central Police Sta tion. The monoy was all recovered. Patrick White, who is oharged with having set fire to the stable of John McLaughlin, in Prune street botweon Fourth and Fifth, on tho night of tho 11th of July, will bo tried in the Court of Quarter Sessions on the 19th inst. Fatal Accident—A Boy Shot. —On Thurs day aftornoon a party of three men were amusing themselves firing at a mark in tho yard of the United States Hotel, at Maiden street wharf, Ken sington. While tho firing was in progress, a ball shot by one of the party through a fence and struck a boy named Jrmes McConnel, about fourteen years of age, wh6 was In the next yard. The wound was of the 1 most dangerous character, and the sufferer was removed to the St. Joseph’s Hospital, apparently in a dying condition. Milly Peterman, James Lehman, and Jaa. Berry, the three men who wero firing, were arrested and taken before Aldorman Field, who committed them for a further hearing. Yesterday morning Mc- Connel expired at the Hospital, and Coroner Dela vau was summoned to hold an inquest on the body. After a full investigation, a verdiot was rendered In accordance with the facts, as above given. Hospital Casts. —John Young, aged thirty two years, was admitted to tho Pennsylvania Hos pital yesterday, having had his head lacerated, by being knooked down at Norristown, by a train of oarf. He was a conductor on tbo Bonding Railroad. James Faufuor, about twenty-five years of age, was stabbed in the knee, during a fracas at a sa loon in the vicinity of Twenty-third and CallowhiU streets. Ho was admitted to 1 the same institution yesterday. James Kano, seven years of age, was conveyed to tho samo institution yesterday, having had his col lar bone broken, by falling iu a yard at Locust street and Watson’s alley. Drowned Body Recovered. —Lost evening the body of Mr. Charles S. Dyer, of this oity, who was downed'While bathing at Atlantic City, two weeks ago to-day, wits brought to Philadelphia, in ohargo of several relatives Rnd friends. The body was recovered at Leedevillo, a distance of fourteen mites from tho spot where the melancholy accident occurred. remains had floated three miles up a creek where they were found. Mr. Dyor was un married, and. was in the omploy of J. W. A N. Brown, Front street near'Chestnut. jfime by Electricity. —Last evening, tho fol lowing card was conspicuously displayed in the office of tho Police and F»ro‘ Alarm Telegraph, cor ner of Fifth and Chestnut streets. It will suffi ciently explain itsolf: Notice to the Fire Department and Citizens generally, —On andj after Tuesday, August 11th, tho bells in all the signal boxes will strike tho hour or twelve,' (noon) each day, (Sundays ex cepted,) thereby furnishing the correct time by the State House ©look, to ail parte of the olty. Williak J. Phillips, Superintendent. Phllada., August, 1857. It will readily be seen that this use of the muni cipal telographlo wires will be of great advantage. We do not know why the words “Sundays ex cepted,” woro inserted in the card. The wiresare in constant operation every day ef the week, and we cannot assign any good reason for this excep tion on a day wheu largo numbors of our citizens are out-doors. The operators at tho Central Sta tion are Messrs. Joseph Coleman, Geo. W. Keys, Charles Haines and James Carrigan. CAMDEN AFFAIRS. Hearing on a Writ of Habeas Corines. —Yes- terday a hearing in the case of Cavalier Wetherby and John R. Ward, alias Wray, now confined iu the coqnty jail, chargod with passing counterfeit bank notes, was had before Stacy Q. Potts, Esq., Judge. Tho counsel of tho aooused moved for a discharge, arguing that thero was a defeot in the commitment, which being resisted by Tuomas J. W. Mulford, Esq., Prosecutor, for Camden county, the accused were remanded to tho custody of tho Sheriff for trial at tho Ootober term. A ii Worky”.Municipal Government. —Our Mayor is a cabinetmaker, our City Marshal a coach trimmer, our City Treasurer a printer, our City Clerk a silversmith, eight of tho eighteen Council men are carpenters, one a shoemaker, one a book binder, one a paperhanger, and one a coaehbuilder. Among our county offiocw in Camiloa city tho workers are also largely represented. Oar Sheriff is a fanuor, one of our Justices a tailor, one a coaoh smith, one a painter, two carpenters, two shoe makers, one a weaver, one a silvorsmith, and one a printer. One of the Judges a fanner, one a enrpen ter, and ono a surveyor. - LETTER FROM_AEW YORK. [Correspondence of The Press.] New York, August 7, 5 P. M. Alexander Boyd, who was shot by burglars in his own room, at No. 72 West Eighteenth street, two o'clock on Wednesday morning, died night from the effects of his wounds. At the first onti-mortem (the deposition taken by Aider man Fulmer), Mr. Boyd thought ho fully identi fied Campbell and his accomplice, the two first prisoners arrested, as tho burglars ho bad tkecon fiicjt with, but about noon the same day, when Coroner Perry took the second disposition, ho was not so certain, and showed a little duubt. Mundy, who was arrested yesterday moruiur, has not been identified, but is known to have beon an intimato companion of Campbell. The three prisoners aro iu custody awaiting the Coroner’s investigation, and if thoy oaunot provo an alibi thoy will pro bublybo hold on suspicion. A young married woman, aged twenty-two, and of very winning address, was arrested this morning by on 6 of tho Ninth Word Polioo, charged with a sorics of impositions upon tho benerolont peoplo of that District. Hor name is said to he Fanny West, alius, Rice, alias Robinson, alias Van Allen. One of hor first culls was somo days since, on Mr. Chris tian, of No. 22 Bank street, to whom »ho told a tulo of the sufferings of her sister, who was in want, and threatened with ejectment by the hohrllcss landlord. Her story was told with such condor and fooling that Mr. 0. believed it, and gave hor five dollars. She afterwards called on several residents and obtained sums of five and ten dollars under similar representations, but by rush ing the business too extensively, sho was detected and caught. Justice Davison committed her to await an examination. Captain Ibaro Raywalt was shot iu tho groin last evening by one of his mon whom he hod discharged. The wound will probably prove fatal. •, Corporation seizures have notceased yet. Deputy Sheriff VulUc seized tho furniture of the Mayor's QffioQjthd furniture of mostof the offices in the City Hall, and other property this noon, for the Lowber claim, $375,000. The furniture was not romoved; It will probably bo advertised for sale where it stands. ‘ ' : Lord Napier, the British Minister, is at the Clifton House Niagara Falls. Count MOuthonlon, French Consul-General, has takfin’rooms for himself and family at the Clif ton House, Newport. Two lads named Maghur aud Flynn were drowned at Albany on Thursday. (From thrNew York paper* of last evening.] MRS. CUNNINGHAM. THE HAUNTED HOUSE DR. UHL’S DEFENCE. INTERESTING DETAILS. Yesterday afternoon Justice Davison notified Mr. Stafford, counsel for Mrs. Cunningham, that the case for the prosecution was closed, and<lnal Unless the counsel for the accused desired to eroos-exuinifie the witnesses, or to bring forward fresh ones for tho defence, he would bring up the prisoner and exa mine her iu the usual form prescribed by lair, and then render his decision in the ease. Mr. Stafford, in answer said that he was very un well, and would feel grateful if the magistrate would postpone tho consideration of the matter un til to-day Tho matter was accordingly set down for ten o’clock this morning. This morning the following affidavit was submit ted by the Publio Administrator:— City and County of Nets York, ai.—Charles A. May, of said city, being duty sworn, doth depose and say. that he is the Public Administrator of the city of New York; that, as such Public Administrator, he has charge of the personal estate of the late Harvey Burdell, deceased, under letters of collection, See., granted to this deponent in the mouth of February last. Deponent further says, tint said Burdell left personal and real property of great value; that deponent is in formed, and verily belicre*, that the accused, prnm* a. Cunutogham, otherwise Burdell, claims a proportion of said estate, both real snd personal, under the statute, as the widow of said Harvey Burdell, deceased; that the heirs of said Harvey Burdell, deceased, if ha left no issue, would bo the brothers of said Bordali now living, and the children of a deceased brother, as de ponent is informed and believes. And further deponent saith not. Chsblks A. Mat. Sworn before me this 7th day of August* 1867. Wa. S. Davisoh, Police Justice. Tho following affidavit waa also submitted lu the handwriting of District Attorney Hall: AFFIDAVIT Of OSOIOS D. BPLXS. City and County of New York, **.*—George D. Boles being duly sworn, deposes and says in the first person: I am a merchant In this city, of the firm of Thompson,. Buleu Ac Valentine, doing business at No. 311 Broad way. I was acquainted with the late Harvey Burdell; I saw him lying dead on the Ist of February last, at No. 31 Bond street. I know Mrs. Burdell. alias Cunningham. I hive heard her state that she was the wife of, and lawfully married to Dr. Harvey Burdell In his life time. She Is the same person with the accused. I saw her produce a marriage certificate to that effect aud have read It, and Its date wav October 28, 1850. The late Harvey Burdell was never married otherwise. He has no children. Ills surviving heirs are Louis Burdell, William Burdell, James Burdell, his full blood brothers; three infants, children of John Burdell, a full blood brother, deceased; infant children of Alien McKee and Esther his wife, de ceased. who was a half-sister of the deceased Dr. Harvey Burdell; Lester Lamon, a half-brother; Mary Ann Fields, a half-sister, and my wife Mrs. AUceßulau, who is also a half-sister. Dr. Harvey Burdell left personal property and real estate in the State bf New York, of considerable value. There was a controvery concerning the distribution of the personal estate, and the rents and life interest of the reality, commenced in the Surrogate’s Court of this county on or about the Ist day of March last, between the accused as Mrs. Bnrdell and theheirsof Dr. Burdell, which is still pending. Upon the hearing of that controvery, Mrs. Burdell at tended. She waa present when one of her eounsel al luded to her being about to give birth to an heir to the estate of Dr. Harvey Burdell. He said words to the effect that the Surrogate’s decision would involve not only her rights as widow bat those of the unborn ehUd. She was seated near enough to him to hear these words. She expressed no dissent. I hare seen her signature affixed to her claim to some of the property, and it is on file In the Harrogate’s office. I make all these statements of my fall personal know ledge of them. And farther deponent math not. Gio. D. Bulk*. Sworn to before me,thls 7th day of August, 1867. WM. 0 Dinsov, Police Justice. Judge Davison decided, to take no morn affida vits. Mr. Stafford, counsel for Mis. Canninghsgi, appeared shortly after 10 o’clock, and declined to cross-examine any of the witnesses. Judge Davis then proceeded with Mr. Stafford to No. 31 Bond street, to take the examination of Mrs. Conning ham. The reporters were informed that they would not be admitted. Judge Davison returned to Jefferson Market an hour or two afterwards, and gave the reporters a copy of Mrs. Cunningham’s examination as follows: CXAHIXATIOJf OF MSS. CtJJtX City and County of Niw York, ss. Kmma A. Cun ningham, otherwise Burdell, being duly examined be fore the undersigned according to law, on the annexed charge, and being informed that the was at liberty to answer or not all or any questions put to her, states is follows, vis.: Question. What is your name ? Answer. Emma Augusta Burdell. Q. How old are you? A. Thirty-six jeers. Q. Where were you born? A. New York city. Q. Whero do you live? A. No. 31 Bond street. Q. What is your occupation? A. No occupation, except to attend to my family. Q. Have yon anything to say, and If so, what, rela tive to the charge here preferred against you? A. I am perfectly innocent, ana I am unable now, from illness, to explain. I trust that time will show it. And by advice of my counsel I decline answering any further questions at present. £*ka A. BumniM.. Taken before me, August 7th, 3857. Wm. 8. Datisox, Police Justice. When the examination was made, Mrs. Cun ningham was lying on her bed, apparently Buffer ing from pain. Her physician, Dr. Fisk, said she was vory ill. Her two daughters, Helen and Georgina, and her counsel, Mr. Stafford, ware in tho room. The signature was written in a very tremulous hand. This afternoon, or to-morrow morning, Hr. Staf ford will make application to admit Mrs- Cunning ham to bail, and Justice Davison will deoide to morrow whether ho will admit her to bail or oozn mit her to the Tombs. Dr. Catlin still remains at the Fifteenth Ward station-house, and makes himself as oamfortable as tho circumstances will admit. It has been reported that Dr. Uhl will M cecdcd against in the Aoademy of Medicinal at its next regular meeting, for unprofessional conduct in the baby affair. We learn'from a reliable son roe that the following is a correct outline of the defence he will make: That ho did not enter into the matter without having first given it his carcfdi consideration, in its medical aspect, and all other points. He does not intend to shirk the matter in the slightest degree, bnt contends that he was entirely right. He will assume that it is the duty of every physician to keep inviolable the secret of every crime that may be confided to him after the fact. Such, for in stance, os murder or burglary. In ease a burglar enters a house and is wounded, and the next day & physician is called upon to attend him, the patient, in his agony, may disclose tho fact of the etfme in which he has been engaged, and it Is the physioian’s duty to keep the disclosure within his own breast. But if a patient abuses the physician's confidence by disclosing that ho or she is about to enter into a crime, especially ono which would endanger the state, or the safety of individuals, and further, one which it was not necessary to disclose in ordeir that tho physician might prescribe intelligently, it is then the bounden duty of the physician to make that disclosure known to the authorities. It is his duty to do this as a good citizen, in order to pre vent the commission of a crime. In such a case it is a disclosure of a crime before the foot. He has yet to learn that his being a professional plan and member of the Academy of Medicine, ab solves him from his duty, as a good oiiisen, to pre vent crime; and, in the case ofMrs. Cunningham, he believes that other and perhaps more serious crimes were prevented. Again, be denies emphatically that Mrs Cun ningham confided to him a medical secret. It was not a necessary confidence to enshie him properly to prescribe for her. |He will in this quote theHip poqratio oath, which is to be found in Book’s Medi cal Jurisprudence and in Guy’s Forensic Medicine, This oath requires the physician to keep all the secrets of his patients, provided they are innocent, and do not endanger the safoty of the State or of individuals. In regard to inducing the commission of the crime, he will not consider himself responsible, but wiil leave it entirely with the District At torney, under whose direction and advice he acted. He will also allude to the fact that he com menced practice in this city some years ago, a poor man, and has always pursued a straightforward course. He will defy any man to mention a case in which he has acted in an unprofessional man ner. Ho has expected and feared the memorable notoriety resulting from his course, bnt would not shrink from what he believed to be his duty on that account, especially as many men of high pro fessional standing gave it their unqualified ap proval. The Haunted House in Bond Street. What the Neighbors say of Mrs. Cunningham —Furniture and BiUs — Depreeiatiou ofProp * erty—Midnight Revels—Playing Ball in the Room where Burdull teas Murdered, bje. Although Mrs. Cunningham was acquitted from the charge of murder, and publio opinion approved tho verdict, in view of tho testimony brought to sus tain the indictment, there has been asirong feeling in tho neighborhood against her; and thin prejudice would naturally somewhat magnify any unpleasant incidents in the eyes of her neighbors. Onrreaders will therefore make duo allowance for toe following statements in relation to her conduct since hor ac quittal, which our reporter has gathered from that source: The pooplo residing in the immediate vicinity of 31 Bond street, somo of them, at least, upon both sides of the street, complain that their stbep has boon disturbed, their business injured, and their property depreciated in value, by Mrs. Cunning ham’s presence and conduct. They state that after her trial she went home and behaved very proper for three or four weeks, keep ing herself and family as quiet and ecolnded as possible, never going out of the front door without being oiosely veiled, Ac. But after this time thoy allege that there was ach&nge as unpleasant to them as it was disreputable to herself. They say that since that time she has constantly bad several wo men in hor house; that she would sit in the front parlor, in company with one or more of them, with tho kjinds anu windows open; and thus exposed to tho gazo of the over-curious pnbKc, would talk to thorn in tho most violent boisterous manner, gesticulating, and performing various fantastio feats, laughing in triumph, shaking hor fists, Ac. The'horrible tragedy committed so reoently in the house, covered apparently with an impenetra ble veil of mvstery, has excited so much attention in all parts, that strangers stopping in the city, were sure to walk up to Bond street ana look at the ex terior of tho celebrated place. Their presence at tracted others—a low oloas of citisons; and their pre sence added to the woman’s boisterous conduct, kept tho neighborhood in disquiet, and the house became, to use the language of one of our inform ants, a perfoot nuisance.” . As is well known, thero are many dentuts In the street. Ono of these says: “If a lady wished to come to my office in a carnage, before she could get to my door pom© ono would starta rumor that Mrs. Cunninghsm riding, and imme diately a crowd would «»' hor about the carnages shouting nnd hooting, and applying disgusting md thets, m that tho lady wonldhe compelledtodrfve ou without stopping. In this way we hare lost much business m this part of be street.” It is said that the visitors at Mrs. Cunningham s house have been very numerous. In the day time women, hut no mon, are seen to go there, bavin the evening* men—sometimes to the munW of ten, fifteen or even twenty—would be seen there, in dulging * n t* o ’ 9 ? revels far into the nlght, oilea aa {ate as two or three o’clock inthe morning. - The performances, according to their aoooantfc wore of a very boisterous kind .and generally helq in the very room where the fearful tragedy was enacted. There they would dance, shout, sing, halloo, jump, laugh and clap their hands. One of their favorite amusements was said to be the game of ball, whloh was almost always played in the room where tho murder was committed. Often while these revels were in progress, low people would gather about,shouting. “Ha, the murder ers ! Bring out the woman that killed pr. Bur dell !” Ac., indulging their prejudice in this broad est accusation and the most obscene epithets. Some of the neighbors assert that they hare often been kept awake by these olamorwu proceed- boa iwfafe m. «**»• «*> *«<». —ty •« sight; sal Sri rewlrri M entsr s eotoptiist sgsinrt the boo»e u » publis *»***-• .. , • It is generally urieietori thst Mis Cunning* him had little or no money, nnd thst. «n bss ap plied hereclf upon credit-sith the means of alm iihood, tmstingto the deeirionof &eSurrogsta to place Wln powrira *fo 85« Sir* dished the hoesnin an *»“>"• ** •“« after her aoqmtUl; and it i* rumored «hnt»h» bought the furniture upon oredit, promising. In ease the decision wss in. for favor, to psrdogwe the usual price, tho dealer aacnrinf toaclf in ease of failure, by a moftgag* upon the artlcUe. _ It is stated that she has Seek renr mart by bills, and has frequently turned Mr srcdtfQrs oa In a very rude manner, sspeeimlly laborers ms she has employed to do her work. uaaaf bo is upon , the opposite side of the stow* MJ» taj*J these poor people would go And ring wlLnad when Mrs. Cunningham came to me doer, TOM demand theirmoney. She would fly into a puanoeft, shake her fists, order them away, tefl them t»«F had no business to trouble her, Ac. After goto* a few timet, they would lose all patieaot, and fre quently mount the steps, shouting that Mm- Can* nmghazn wea “an old reprobate,” aodwtthTarisu* unsavory epithets, call upon her to tone oat and pay them. The last act in the Bond street tragedy pres un qualified satixfeetien in the neighborhood, which the people make no attempt to conceal; but oa the contrary openly exult in a prospect of getting rid of the wrnuy. The noise and disquiet is tempora rily increased; hot they see a prospect ct a per manent calm. Property they say, will eome up to Its former value, if the baby * affair oloan tho neighborhood of Mrs. Cunningham. COMMERCIAL. HARKETS, Fbidav Etexixq, August 7ik.—Yne operations.in Produce have been limited siaee our last review.— Quercitron Boric is better and very scarce. Ceul meets with a moderate demand, to go East, at steady priee*. Coffee It held with more firmness Candle* ax* un- changed. Cotton is stiffer since the receipt ot Panda’s advice*. Fish, but Uttle doing for the want of stoek,— Flour and Grain ore unsettled with moderate receipts and sale of meat kinds. Hides are wanted at fell price*. Hemp, no sales. Iron is steady In price. Molasses, nothing doing. Nsrol Stores and Oil are quiet. Pot ash Is selling more freely. Provisions meet with a good demand st the advance reached before. Seeds ore quiet. Sugars ore bringing better prices with moderate sales. Tallow firm. Teas unchanged, and Wool Is mao In quired for. Annexed are some of the articles imported into this port since the Ist January last: Sagar, hhdt. and tea, 27.670; do. bags, 51.400; do. boxes, 5100; do. bbls. 43TT; Coffee, top, 99.875; Cot ton, bales, 40.810; Nsrol Stores, teds. 54.771; bhds. 16.893; do. bJls. 0611; Klee, tierces* 4051; bus. 55.910; do.saeks, 50.841; Saltpetre/top, 5010; Hides, number, 79.510; Fish, bbls. 19J7L BRBADSTCFFS.—The demand (or Floor emtinues limited under the lsto tdrfce* from abroad, and the priiTf of the low grades of old stock are 25*5fc. W bbl. lower, the inquiry being principally for fresh ground from now Whast. Sole* reach some 4,600 bbls. in aQsisßsB# 5T5 for standard superfine; |7 3*7 £0 for frreh grm.-w do., from new Wheat; J 7 87*9 for Brandywine, and $J 50*8 50 bbl. for extra and extra fondly, middling at 94 50*5 ¥ bbl., doriog with moroseUm titan buyers at these figures. The hams been limited within the above tonga of price* for com mon to good brands and extra at $8 75*9 50 per bbl. for fancy lots. By* Floser is rather lower, with mrii sold at $4 63*4 75 OP bbl. Corn Meal ia held st $4, it which rote about 500 bbls. Pesnsylvaai* sold at $4 60^f bbl. Brandywine also sold st H 95 V bbl. Whente nte unsettled and lower, with rather more doing at ths close, and about 23,000 bushels have been sold for mtiL. tag at 100*170e. far red, and 170*lS5e. for white—good and choice lots—the latter for Tennessee. Kyuniiwfitor lower, with a small busbest doing at 95*100a. ~ COHN is moderately active, and about ' hare been taken at 88*90 cento, to store and agent, OATS ore unsettled, with arrivals of new fibuthets,' which have been sold to the extent of taAih at 40 to 48 cents; ms to qua&tn *ad 50*55 cents for ofd Pennsylvania. . i PROVISIONS.—Tha market is buoyant aud magi \ active, with tight stoeka on ml—. Mess 'Yurie''b*a ~ v beenaemngats34M*t*tX,aadCity MMsßteta* **l9# ¥ bbl.; the former la now held hstor. MM: > Some 500 casks have been token at cents for Hama, the latter for fancy euro; 13X*14jg ceute for SUes; and Ugrittff cento for Shoulder*. Buta .Msuta art searc*. and wanted, and about SO casks, prtodpaSy Hsrns, in salt, have been disposed of at 13# to 33tjg ee&ti; Shoulders at Iljg penis, and sides at JUj(f nsnfs, short time, now held higher. . . - - LARD is firmer, with ssl— at 15# to Uff Cnh for bbls. and tea., and 30 cents for togs. MuMsr quiet with little offering or selling, at B cetds foe eelil pecked. Cheese, aoebsage In price or - O BOCK BlSS—Holden of Oafee are firm— la thrir - - rieira, with a bettor Inquiry from the trader Tfrb ml—, however, only roach about toga, Kto, . ' in lota, at from njtfelfie, lircJadhig . on the usual terms. The nurkfe | active, and prices fovor the sellar, witate^hfntomt'V 3 } 600 bhds Cato lots, at 934*10ik c ** time. Tnr Mrliarir the demand Is Halted. ■_ : a- - lnquiry for Wy KrtoT A : limited, *nd aboal BQO toa« JUt Utrecitß fe»y« ", era, ia lota, ti £27 for Ne. 2,&nd ft3fbrV*.i > eatf»*.. • 1,000 lons No. 8 ( seki In tfes 9B)(. ‘ Seoteli Pig is qate!, soft fee sale* tr*m«rtbi*n*waU : v * ws f t »t $31»£33. uto touds. Xnnfusmi |r>« Clntij niulrrthrr~nfmm ilrrwrfj T»rt»itfo«ts»j stln ..<- atian to note in too prices of JU3s ud Tjbe msrket tor l e*d aeUr-^tetpeJoe* are irregular, sad yarphtif So the axtesUf 30 » boring market* withia rtqe oF^|NlMl,;fiMk.:;?' 1,900 Pip Ybcbd*> takes on anirtl, «i In Copper,, the galea bn -limited^ yellow metal bar* field; at tts.f mefitif. ji§s? '§£' BARK,- -OuKltm coßtiaxs nm, further adr&ooe, and abort ISO hhdi km 1 arrival. f " *i ifc y *T‘ ‘ withtn oprod tee&efc?. OfTma , iluk ti»- n. ceipts tad tales We bm limited, sad prfcetjkrii . naliy unchanged.. 1 i‘ Bi,wng f v f - * r in*, snd good tote we u « BBRAP It dull, wiflwrt change • x _^. CASDUBS meet with& siesdy “about 2500 boxes Adamantine bare bees told «* 'RfeaS4t : ifr J ': ft on time. 't°- COTTQS.-Themwkei is better fbr ihi* «tepte*«id holders hare advanced their prices gogedPlt, *rrrfrr the more eweoacacUgadvkue Jfrore abroad, aad'wtthto fair dsriand from ma&u&eferen. About bales have been takes by auaefiariuSecs at U to iajfa lands, and ttXfto tfX«ite|lfabUeaad time. s r * sr COAL.—There la only a moderate Inquiry for my# kinds, to go East, at femsrqprtad rates, and resents are more plenty. PRY GOODS—We market has been more ac&re tits week. The &U trade has rxnr fairly opened, and toy ers tike hold freely of sßaressnaMn styles of goads, I* Mtieipatiesk of an advance'’owing to the high priseof the raw material. IISH-The stock of old mackerel i» nearly exhaarisd, and the market is quiet, arise being confined to lots from store at £5 for medium sad ll# for extra for sew S’», s9# fersmritanflS9X#9X Vbbl.fcfjfecfe, 3’e, as to brand. Herring and Pry Cod are. unchanged, with limited sales. \ JBUIT-Tfce sales of foreign hare been onlyafaw ■mall lota of Oranges and Lemons, at irregular prices. Domestic U more plenty, wHh sales of Apples at H BMP—Is quiet, with Uttse or nothing firing in the way of sales. HIDES—The market is buqpmt, and tho stock very light. The only mlewe hear of is a lei of Baited Wee- uratl tin*. at 22 cents, HOPS—SeII as wasted, at V ft. for Easton and Weston. * NATAL STORBS—Tery tittle doing, and Spirits and Turpentine is selling In lots at dlndfic., cash, sad flalfr - 4 4 months, which is an hnprevesasai. In Baris. Piteh - aud Tar, no change. OHS.—Linseed is rather ton at the dose, salat varying at 78*»T4e., aa to lota; Sperm Wkaltarequiet, but steady at previous quoted rates; Lard OB sells® ere freely at» gallon. ... PLASTER—Two cargoes hare heeuirid at $3 J& d? . ton, for Soft. 3**** RICE—Is firm, with small receipts, and ariese^^* fi*c., on time. SEEDS—Tery little firing, and the sales of Qaveneefi are only in a small way, at S7aTAO, a hush—the latter from second hands. Of Timothy, the sales are alse limited,ats3'7safiaboshsl. SZaxseedcontiatwtscarce, at $1.90 y bushel for domestic. TALLOW—Is Very quiet, and there ii a mull busi ness only to note in city rendered at lljtf rents. TEAS—Are firmly h»v>, hot Ww are .movement to notice i ■. the market this week. WOOL—The long and gndirt And rvafiy sale at folly former quotations, and 130,060 Bnl have changed hands, at from 40 to OGo.Xor common to fall blood, and premium fleece, on time, Including seme lots of pnßsd on terms not yet publle. VRRIQUTB rule unsettled and dull, with bct litti* movement in foreign freights, the going rates to Loado* is 20s ton. California freights are steady at 3S»SOc : •' 5 foot. Colliers are more plenty at |lO5 to Breton; $1.35e1.40 to Rhode Island, and 21.06 to Sew York, No change in other coastwise rates. The following i* *hc »Mpectiott of Xkfamod Htxl for the week coding Augturt 8,1887 Helf BerreU of Superfine..» B»mle of SnpetfU*. ♦ . do Mae...... ...... do Middlings do Bye do Corn Meal...... do Condensed.... Puncheon* Corn UmL Total,,* 7 293 STEPHEN MTLI.pr, luptctflr. The rweipta bj New York C*o&i st dviag - the.fdorthweeklnJalj, In the jresn cwmd, -voce ft*- follows: 1856. lUf Flour, bbls 57.4 M 2A40& Wlwftt, bo 331,780 308441 Cora, bu 423,713 51t.033 Barley, bu , 100 - Rio receipt* tt from the openag of tbt Canal* up to the Ist test., hat* bees ta folloee: 1833. 1858, 1857. i . 423,300 418,203 ttfcStt 849,431 3.579.801 \35£% 3,988,318 2,6574*8 ijSLls* 53,843 140459 SS*. Flour, bfcla. Wheat, bu. Cora, ha... Barley, bu. Bcmu>, Auuft T, 1 1. M.—flee* It tna: ule» to*~. day. of "OQbbli. at sajQ«a.fl3 f« caperitae • : Indian*; for extra ditto. Wheat la acar^jbnS' - petit la of old and new vUtoaold at fUo#l.Ti\ ' c ''£ (joaxiadelL-jalea to-day 95,000 boa. atiie.l Bra; retail price We. Wsuur daQ; boyera edteife, Fttiuffrs oochaafed. Impejte. yeatenUy, 75 hw T * wbteteadsl,ooo Sxpertt TrarnliMTi BT baa. wheatandO^Mfeu.***. . , • ' yi.-aSV’* rmuittmu in Bbuum -- »»raa ,t - • Co*l tniupwM laris* «M& rail 14 ■' ■ Atijast 6Ui, 1IST: .. - ■ ■ MahHCHtabniM. i 40. *lv>UU3.tm. «'S 5 1 it. Aatrors .^Bj2' df. Sort Olsten. mSrZf j t™ ir , ! y«ti»aiiTtm ljfflHSy. .* To aaq tim« lut jm,„, I .4,376 , 41 168 . U 6 as
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