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Post-niters are requested to act as agents for Toe -WSKKLY Pbkss. THE ISTHMUS OF TEHUANTEPEC. : It appears by, an article in the New Orleans Picayune, of a recent date, that the .rival par ties claiming rights fronrthe Mexican Govern ment to open a rail-road or other thoroughfare across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, hare com promised their difficulties, and hare despatched their agentsto Mexico for tho purpose of renew* ingthelr operations. It is known that aforma' survey was made of tho Isthmus sevoraf years ago, and the entire practicability of the route es tablished, The grant of Mexico to the Gardy Uargdus people conferred extraordinary pri vileges j and although subsequent events have exhibited, on the part of that power, the usual amount of prevarication and duplicity, yet there can bo no doubt’tiiut this grant can be made good, or something snfltciently equiva lent tb carry forward an enterprise, which, when completed,'will give a new impetus to American progress, and add a new bond to the indissoluble ties which bind our. Union together. • The Tehuantepec route' is one hundred and sixty or seventy miles;in length, and/ is as practicable, so far as cost and , time .of .con struction are concerned, as the Panama. The : advantage offered by the Tehuantepec route to compensate for its increased length, is the Saving-of sea distance from each direction ol its'termini i n'the Gulf and the Pacific, bein g 1200 miles aorth of Panama. , This saving in sea distance la,estimated at 1,700 miles in tasking the trip from; New'--Orleans to' San Prineiscb, ; thejdistahce being stated at . San, F 1 way of JPi^Btmta,andowfy3,3oo'tJy--wayo^Te ioile?;'; It. s . r-v rtirisß^^^cep^'ide^'.'tjint'^by . atrueiibn bf one hundred and seventy iniies of raUroad, New ,‘Yoi* < and'-, Sah‘ ->Fwn claco Sre bronght within 4;800 mites of each other, and New Orleans withih 3,800 miles, thus cutting off’ nearly' 10,000 uiiles of the voyage around _Uape Horn'. \l{;is supposed that, wlien constructed, eighteen days will suf fice to reacb-San Francisco from New York, and fourteen ftom San Francisco to New Or letns, and via versa. ' The main difficulty In reference to this pas sage across the . Isthmus of Tehuantepec has been the harbor on the Gulf Ur Atlantic side; but Mqjor Bk&harp, who was the. leader of the that surveyed the route in, 2858, states that he has no doubt about the depth of wflter either at Yentosa or. Salina Crra, and thinks the Utter pyefeftble for a harbor. He adds, “ in lkct, thisxoast may be considered as prac ticable as many in most laud-locked harbors on the Atlantic/' and 1 ' saya furthermore, “taking the whole question of theroute Into consideration,' the ground is remarkably easy; timber, stone, etc., are at hand in abundance, and'the right of way* so serious an item in the 1 United States, will cost little o? nothing.' in relation to the lands connected with the grant, I think it safe tb say. a finer trade cannot be found In the world.’’ We should remark here, , that under, the Garay Margous grant, the com pany wbre Hot ooly to eitfoy the, right to build /A road across, the fsthinus, but to own and .sell, -and colonise the land bn. of the route, amounting, we believe, of some thirty miles in "width, ths whole land route. / But it is now. stated that Mexico will refuse to make good this guaranty, and will insist upon a more restricted arrangement, - Major Baaxaan goes on to say “that an immense number of invaluable productions, .compre hending all, or almost ail, the best productions of tropical climates, can be, raised hero with the greatest facility, while the' forests abound with natural productions of great value. Throw in an enterprising population here arid the isthmus would become the garden spot of the world.” Besides, ho says, “that, passengers can be got across the Isthmus almost at once by means of steamers connecting .the two coasts, on the rivers, and horse and mule transportation; and that the time consumed in the passage would be about six days.” But when the railroad is completed, it will Wot-: take more, than as many hours. He .adds further, “that leaving out of con sideration the value ,of the route and the value of thelands, the local.wealth'to be produced would pay the building of the railroad; and It would be an immense contribution to thecom merce of tho country.’ 1 There can be no doubt that attempts have ■been made by, European influence at; the .Mexican Capitol, and thus far successfully; to delay the exeoution of this grand design j hut it would be a sorry spectacle if Great Britain, while attempting' to perpetuate her extraor dinary 1 oppressions upon. India, and while busily engaged in pushing forward the bloody conquests of Chimp should net cordially co ■ operate with the United States in opening this transit route. - The fact that American citizens, have the, ownership of the * right of why will not operate as - a bar to the free passage of’ English or'.French, com merce, which, indeed, is sufficiently pro tected, accoidlngito the terras of the -Clay. ton-Bulwer treaty'; and wo are not with out strong. hopes . that; the capitalists and -others who have attempted to take possession of rights, now happily consolidated in the 'hands of Americans, will cordially and sin cerely co-operate lhan,enterprise which ftilflls the propheciesof- Bumhoidt, and, opens 'another highway forthe nations. n'u,..a f Daring the Wir ;pe!hVeen; Mexico ’ and ‘’the grandly . thbraggrOssive. i hhWever.thehootisbntheotherJeg.Eaglith :< ig|pef*iei>:ts;ihHpng » fearfol ernsade against ehina,and,a»thedeb»teslnParllameiitelear . ly forcshadowj Baglish annexaaon is to follow. ißreaWflitthe usual ihunder-hpltofthe. Times ali pith mychmore cu . riesity thou eouSdoßc^s -MR. BUCHANAN OUR PACIFIC BORDER . , Ten years ago, and wdfe than a year before the acquisition of California, Mr. Bdohahak, while Secretary of State,’addressed'a letter to Jobs Mi Shively, -Esq., from which wo ex tract the passages subjoined. Sinco this letter was indited, Washington Territory has been organised) and Oregon Territory looks for ward for admission into tbo Union as a State. Since then, also, we have purchased the great region of Cailfornja, and all the vast interests which have, been there developed, have added Immeasurably to the domain Secured to us .under the Oregon treaty, Hr. Bvchahan looked into the future with the eye of one who had not only read history welt, but had studied the character of his own countrymen In all Its varied phases. His language pointed al most in direct terms to the great coming achievements of American valor and American statesmanship.. But if what he wrote in 1610 was true, and the great interests then budding into importance were sufficient to convince his own mind that he spoke the truth, how much more impressive the application of his language to the present condition of the vast region stretching along our Pacific coast for thousands, of mile*—the wonder of the world, the pro blem of all modern civilization, at which Euro pean cabinets sfijod amazed, unable to discover the secret of somuch progress and so much order! It is easy to perceive that Mr; BuchahaN In his letter, written shortly after his nomination for the Presidency, on the subject of a mili tary road, connecting tho Mississippi with the Pacific, followed out tho great Idea suggested In his Instructions to Hr. Shiveii In 1847. He early saw the necessity of binding these far-off regions to the central Government, and of rivetting that hshd of States which have growq ufii ’oB. tb.® Fapific border to tholf elder sisters which duster more closely together along the Atlantic coast and stretch themselves far inland into tho regions of thoEostandiVosi. How .much more ennobling to see the head of the nation engaged in the work of perpetuating his Own fame to remote ages, and of building up enduring monuments of hts country’s glory, than that hb should be compelled to take part betwcon conflicting Actions and to lose the, Character.of a chief magistrate in that of a mere politician! - - “ The poopie of, Oregon may rest assured government' and people of the United States will never abandon them, or prove un mindful of their welfare. We have given a sufficient pledge of this determination by the zeal and firmness with which, throughout a quarter of a century, our just right to that tor. ritory was steadfastly maintained against tho claims of Great Britain, until at last the ques tion was finally adjusted between the two Pow ers by the treaty of Juno, 1846. The treaty has secured to us the whole territory on the continent south of tho parallel of forty-nine degrees) and this we shall never abandon. “ We feel tlie deepest interest in the pros perity of tho people of Oregon. Their breth ren on this side of tho Rocky mountains regard them with affection and with hope. We can perceive, in the not distant future, one or more glorious States of this confederacy springing Into existence on the shores of tiro northern Pacific; States composed of our own kindred —of-a people speaking our own language, gov erned by institutions similar to those which secure our own happiness, and extending the blessings’ of religion, liberty, and law, over that vast region’. Their commerce and inter course with tho other States of the Union will confer mutual benefits on all parties concerned, and will bind them to us, and us to them, in bonds of reciprocal interbat and affection more durable than adamant . Science has discovered, and enterprise is now fust establishing, means of communication so rapid, that, at no distant day, a journey from Now York to Oregon will be accomplished in less time than was once employed In travelling from that city to Now Orleans, and important nows will bo communi cated by telegraph with the rapidity of light ning. Their foreign commerce with the west coast of America, with Asia, and the isles of tho Pacific, will sail under the protection of our common flag, and cannot fail to bear back wealth in abundance to their shores. “In the meantime, wo shall watch over their growth with parental care,” THE GOODWOOD CUP. Beyond the fact that the Frenchhorse, Mo narque did, and that the. American horses, Prior and Prioress, did set win the Goodwood Cup, we yetknowHttle of the race. - Thera !sia;;e<>m>)Sl lmpre»»lo'a' ibat our iorses had Lspeedenougb to b?*t Jheir Ea a )i ? l, 4>d.F«noW competitora/ aren cannot uuderV stand wby defett and not victory should have' been the; result. It has been ingeniously sug gested tint, ifler all, this defeat was what is called “an artful dodge ’’—the design being, by appearance of defeat, to throw a.cloud over the stud, now in .England, and then go in and win the heavy stakes yet to bo run for, with Lecompte. We cannot accept this theory. • Mr. Tex Bboece is too proud of his stud, too solicitous to assert its superiority to the English racers, to do any more betting thing like this. . In the absence of an account of the running at Goodwood, we will venture on a speculation as to the causes of the defeat. Goodwood Park, on which the race was run, is a private seat of the Duke of Richmond. The race course forms a portion oi the grounds, and with a libera! courtesy which merits every praise, the Duke admits the public os specta tors—a privilege of which tens of thousands avail themselves. Our racing ground in this country is a well-beaten track. In England, the horses run'bn a sward or turf, (hence the appellation of “The Turf,” as applied to racing,) and this is carefully drained, mowed, levelled, and kept Compact by heavy iron rollers, frequently used, at intervals through out the year,<and constantly applied for a month previous to the races. Tho general re sult Is that a smooth, firm, yet highly elastic ground is prepared, on which the competing horses run. Bnt this course, as it is called, is greatly liable to l>o affected by the weather. In a very hot season it Is sprinkled with water to preserve its elasticity, and keep it from becoming , harder than English horses are ac customed to. In wot weather, it absorbs the rain like a sponge, and tho horses, as they run on It, rapidly, convert the turf Into mud, slush, .or an atrocious mixture of both. In such cases it .is not speed but strength, that wins the race. There was an eminent Instance of this at Doncaster, in 1830, when tbo Great St. Leger stakes were ran for. One of the horses, called Birmingham, by Filho da Puta (a re markably. strong horse,) was entered to run, but with so little chance of success, that tho night before the race Mr. Beardswortb, his owner, liad.deterinined to withdraw him. But it rained heavily, and Beardaworth allowed his horse to start. The course, on which several heats bad previously been run that day, was as much , cut pp-as if it were a ploughed field. The swift racers could not make head-way— the great strength of Birmingham brought him In first,lindapvrards of £40,000 were lost and won on the brent of that race. The soil of Goodwood, like that of the greater part of Sussex, is chalky, with a mix ture of marl. When it rains the marl becomes, not soft, but slippery, and horses and jockeys not accustomed to it have a strong chance of being victimised. We do not know what weather there was at Goodwood during the races, but if It rained on or immediately be fore the 30th of July, the course must bare been slippery and soapy—altogether different, in fact, from the firm, Solid, hard road to whicii our American horses were accustomed. • The race was won, we perceive, by Monar. que, a French horse. Ail we know of this racer is that he has great strength. If the day were.wet, or the course out of order, (as would appear from the fact that tbe'English favorite and two other horses slipped and felt,) we sus pect that strength, not speed, won the Cup. AT PEACE WITH AU. MANKIND. The condition of nearly all other nations on the globe, even at a moment of comparative quiet, should inspire us..with a deep sense of our own happy lot. fngtand is at this moment engaged In two expensive wars, each on a far distant theatre, each resuitlng from aggression atidambitioiyand eaekdraining at the vitals of the people; either by leading them down with taxes at heme, baby offering then; as a sacrifice abroad; France, tied down at tho foot of a . throne, -maintained' only.- by arms, her great press muzzled, her' great orators dumb, and ( her people restrained by a policy which addresses itself to their,love of pleasure. In -every other nation, of-the old world order-Is only maintained by the. sword, and labor is only paid to keep it from starvation.' Let its -look at the one picture and' then at the other. Let us contrast onr own peaceful and prosper ous people with those abroad,.who' suffer, starve, and die, and the* cease all petty bick erings and strifes. THE PRESS.-^HltAblU > HIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1857. THE WAVE TRADE—FRANCE AND eng land:,. .For more than half a century most of the nations of Europe and'America have been agi tated on tho snbjeet of negro slavery, and one after another have abolished it, until it now ex ists only in tho United States, Brazil, and tho Spanish West Indies. Strenuous efforts havo been unceasingly made by tho Governments of Franco and Great Britain to induce the Brazilian and Spanish Governments to prohibit tho slave trade more rigorously, and to abolish slavery altogether. How far tbedesigns of these Governments Were directed towards the abolition of slavery in the United States, or were mode to mingle in onr late presidential election, it i* difficult to say, but no doubt exists as to the sympathy that has, beon felt, if not expressed by them, towards the Abolitionists of this country, in all their agitations on the subject., . We have said those efforts to abolish negro slavery everywhere had been continued down to the last year by France and: Great. Britain. But how stands tho matter.- now 7 Recent ac counts ftomthese countries show that both are driving measures for the. renewal of the slave trade, and the Introduction of negro slavery ' into their southern possessions on n more ex tended scale than has ever heretofore been known. Great changes have token place, in the world since the abolition ofnegro slavery began, that may materially affect the question. Thebthe consumption of tropical and Southern produc tions was comparatively limited; and it Was be lieved, and so argued, that they could be produc ed choaper and more abundant by free than by slave labor. Then the use of cotton was a small, very small matter—little or none of it In the raw state was imported into Europe or America or manufactured then. But since that period vast interests to tho World at large, and to the morii'civilized parts of it in particular, have grown up, dependent upon large supplies of tropical and Southern products. Millions are now more or less de pendent for the! and clothing ,n!l over its sur face, on the production of cotton, sugar, and coffee and other articles formerly of partial use, and conceded as luxuries, are now articles of general use and necessity. In reference to cotton alone, what would, tiunvorld do with put it*? There are some, perhaps many, who believe that if cotton was to cease to be culti vated by slave labor, the only effect would bo to lessen the exports of the United Stales and Brazil some millions of dollars. They have soon no benefit arising from it but what has accrued to tho slaveholders. They have never thought of tho millions that its loss would “ strip and starve” evory where. But others hare been witnesses of this, and are now talking and writing about it in a manner very different ftom what they did a year or more ago. Wo do not say that the able discussion of tho wholo subject of negro slavery, and its effects on the slave-hold ing countries, the slaves themselves, and the rest of the world, that has been going on in this country for somo years past, and particularly during our late Presidential campaign, has produced this change, but we haye no doubt it has mutually aided in its de velopment. The Emperor of France, the British Parliament, the leading British presses, instead of anathematizing negro slavery as they formerly did, are now devising schemes for peopling these desolate Southern colonies with negro slaves. France abolished slavery more than half a century since in tho West Indies, and left them to govern themselves ever sinco. The British Government, at a later period, abolished slavery in her West India and Southern American colonies, and has governed these colonies ever since. The re sult in both cases has been a full and complete refutation of tlie idea that tropica] or Southern productions can be produced in any considera ble qnantitles by free labor, no matter how it may bo directed, by whom performed, or what may be its promised rewards. We say nothing of tire failures elsewhcro in other ports of Southern America. Nor havo these failures been confined to America. Great Britain and France have failed in all their attempts in Asia and Africa, to produce by free labor any con siderable quantity of cotton or sugar, or other Southern products. Tho frequent and perse vering attempts of Great Britain to grow cot ton in her different possessions in the East—in Africa and in Asia—are well known. She has -wiSiTva Mj sujk.t intead somo of her experiments, and bought ‘ American cotton seed to plant, and ser press has boasted of their success-land yet they hare one and ail failed; and this complete and universal failure it is that has caused the great change that has taken place in the British and French Governments and press on tho subject of negro slavery. Free negro labor, free white labor, and freo.lndian labor, have all been tried in every possible manner, and have all failed— Ailed in America—Ailed in Africa—failed in Asia. Nor has the recent and last experiment— the importation of Coolies to tho West Indies and elsewhere—been more successful than any of the others, notwithstanding it was charac terized by tho worst features of negro slavery in its worst days. The British and French anti-slavery propagandists now propose that the tfiovernments of France and Great Britain shall supply these Southern colonies with negro labor—not, they say, to bo bought or stolen from Africa, hut to be obtained volun tarily—voluntary emigrants —not to bo sold to tho Southern planters for life, but to be bound to them for a term of ten or twelve years. Do they suppose these bondsmen for years will bo worked any the less, or their bodies, or minds, or souls, be any the better cared for by their masters, than if they owned them for life, and their posterity after them? Arc these bandsmen to be-allowod wives and children, and homes ? If so, how will they be supported ? Does any ono believe that any planter would take any wild African on condition that he is to feed and clothe him, siok or well, lor ten years, and feed and clothe his wife and children, and in the mean time teach him to provide for himseit and them at the end of his servitude ? But suppose nono but able-bodied males shall he “emigrated”—tlioso whose labor can bo made to pay—how many of them will out live their tenn'of service ? It has generally been believed that from one-fourth to one-flftli of the Africans heretofore imported into the Hast Indies have died in the seasoning, the first or second year this, too, when well cared for by their owners. TVc rather think, under, the new Bchfemc, hut few would be left at the end of ten years to onjoy their liborty. But suppose one half or more survive how much better qualified a man disposed to labor and cultivate the soil and take care of themselves will these wild Africans bo than were the negroes of San Domingo and Jamaica, ,or any where else where they were emancipated? Are these savage Africans any different from tho an cestors of the free negroes, or tho. negroes themselves now in the West Indies or South ern America? Can they be made industrious and-good citizens by ten years’ servitude—bet ter than their countrymen have been by a cen tury or a life-time pf training, half of it as freemen ? The whole scheme is absurd, and will not succeed. A few cargoes of negroes may be obtained in Africa by fraud and force, as there have been of C oolies in China; but as soon as its real character shall bo known, like the coolie trade, it will be execrated by tho whole civilized world. Indeed, notwithstanding the high au thority from which it emanates, and by which it is sustained, we do not believo the people of cither of these countries are prepared to look calmly and approvingly on this renewal of the slave trade, disguised as it may bo under the veil of benevolence, or patronized as it is by the Governments themselves. We are mis taken, or there will be fouud enough independ ent thinking men to penetrate and proclaim its true character before it goes into operation. Whatever may be the result, wo think enough has already been expressed to satisfy every one that the continued clamor made by the Governments of France and Great Britain on the subject of slavery, and tbe sympathy they have expressed for the negroes of the country, are but bellow pretences—sheer hypocrisy assumed to a;sall the institutions of this countty on tli3 only point they can discern any Chance of success, with no real philan thropy at' heart. The people of tbe United States, North and Sofatb, wore the first to suppress the slave trade, and we are confident they will be equally as unanimous in opposing its revival in any form. •The storm on Monday cansed a sudden rise In the streams in the vicinity of Trenton, N. J. Tbe.daaago don* was not very serious. THELESW>N*GFE*PEBtEPfOE. It is bard to impress upon certain nibses the lessons ol experience. Notwithstanding every day flirnishea new examples of the value of time and trial as the best teachers, yet wo are constantly wondering, that in defiance of theso admonitions, certain great.organizations continue to adhere to foolish dogmas and to rejected expedients. Any disinterested nutn, looking calmly at the state of things in the Territory of Kansas, and unaware of the efforts making to mystify the history of events Jnthat region, would decide that the people were as for from revolution, and as near the final settlement of their difficulties, as it was possible for men to bo preparing to enter tho family of States. And yet wo perceive a large class of public journals—headed, too, by tho New York Tribune , which ig occasionally capable of doing candid justice toan opponent— assiduously laboring to create the impression, that the Topeka Constitution is that which the majority of the people of Kansas desire, as If they did not know that that invention of mere partisans has no more chance of gating muster in the next Congress than if it had been frqmed by the Chinese. It is the constitution of a party, not of a majority of the people. It does not pretend to bo the result of a-Con vontion chosen from all the people. Andwlth these Acts hofore out eyos, what a comedy it is to see the citizens of Lawrence, and others in Kansas, voting os seriously for the Con stitution as if they felt it would be consid ered for a moment in. comparison with that which is to be digested and presented to the popular vote by the Convention which is to assemble in Septepjiejfpext; It Is such mani festations as belittle the whole science of American politics, giving to agreat question the aspect of mere p%rty, and ignoring those considerations whien ute, allot alt, tbp.bBBi.3.ofp,op.iilar.inifilligence. At tbta mo ment Mr. Bdc’hakam is assailed by certdfc ex treme influences in the South, fdr insisting that the majority of tho people of the Territory of Kansas shall vote upon tlieirconstitution.’ -Some of the ablest men in the South are discussing this proposition with great violence. And while tills fact is patent hero In the North, onr citizons are addressed by another extreme in terest, who claim that tlie minority shall rule, for such are tho voters who throw their ballots for the Topeka Constitution. It is precisely such inconsistencies as these, when proved upon our opponents, thatgivo strength to the Dem ocratic party, that separate sound men from un sound organizations, and that covered the Course of Col, Fhehont with so much disaster not one short year ago. IVlint is tho conservative judgment upon'this whole question?; What has it been ftom the beginning ? To denounce unsparingly and openlyjgjw invasion of Kansas by tho Missourians, by tho Emigrant Societies of both going into tho TerritoryHo coMSvfts elections, (lie one by force, and tlie other; as we now perceive for the second or third time, by a rebellio® com bination against established laws. This judg ment is now notorious ih favor of the wise and equal policy of Governor Wale Se. It declares that it is content with things as they are, and confidently awaits a peaceful and per manent adjustment of the whele trouble. There is so much good sense in a late article in the Cincinnati Enquirer on this subject, that we Cannoj better close these observations than by laying it before our readers: “ Tfiere are two hundred slaves in Kansu. Many of theta belong to Missourians, who have gone into tho ooantry to cultivate new lands, hut xho retain their farms and homesteads in Missouri. There is uo ground to expeot that there will be any addition to this class of population. Even the earnest pro slavery advocates—the emigrants who bare gono to that Territory from extreme Southern States— have not taken their slaves with them. This fact shows yery clearly tho slight hope ever entertained or the interest ever felt, even by Southerners, in the introduction of slavery into the country. Thoy have, Indeed, enjoyed every advantage for Intro ducing that labor. They have held the Territorial Government. The Legislature hu been directed to tho defonco and maintenance of the rights of slaveholders. The Federal Administration has eertainly extended to them every protection the Constitution and lawallowed, and slave labor is re ported to be Tery productive thore. Andyet, what meagre rcsnlts we have ! Now, are these results sufficient to justify nil the excitement and discus sion whioh have been stirred up on this subject 7— We put this question to practical men—not to hot deolaimers and reckless disputants. It is true that the smell interest involved dost not afleot the jus tice of a principle, or relieve us from the responsi bility of maintaining what is right. “The old doetrlne, oenseorated by the blood of John Hampden, is os round now as It was two hun dred yean ago—that “ an illegal exaGHn of ten mi right; no principle bo farzr gis ad vca&Usof slavery tie 'concerned: The tlgnftof the South have beon fully protected in the matter. All that In now naked Is. that the fundamental law whioh is to regulate the institutions of the State of Kansas shall have the sanction of the people who are to live under those institutions—not of the floating, transient population, but the Bona fide residents. That is the proposition of Governor Walker. Can suoh a proposition be questioned be* fore ativ just cr intelligent people, by aiy who re* gard the question os ouo for fair Bnd equitable determination, and notone in which every advan tage shouldbo taken and every sophistry employed to obtain an unfair advantage r Where u tbo Southern man, who, as Governor of Kansas, would pursue any othor course than that pursued by Walker—so far, at least, as this proposition is con corood ? Whero is the Southern man yho would aid in foroing slavery, or any other pplttioal or social institution, upon an unwilling people, “Resides its wrong and Inji'etioo, what advantage could ever be gained by suoh an aot? Could sla very exist in any country where such an Opposition provailed? The sagacious slaveholders recognise the folly and hopelessness of such attempts, by their reluotance to take their slaves into tho Territory. They know that from natural, physical, |nd social causes they cannot introduce slavery into that country. What, then, is all this uproar for ? Ar® full-grown men of enorgy and intelligence ttern&liy to waste their energies in fighting shadows—in get ting up crises that nave neither beginning nor end, objector reason; and this to tho neglectqf serious real, and praotical questions of vast concernment Hero are our southern brethren stirred up to an amazing degree of exoitement and sensibility, by the prospect of losing control of a Territonr to which they are unable to contribute one put of flvo of the settlers who are, sooner or later, to'dtreot Its destinies, while the ready, practicable, and, in all respects, feasible plans for the vast inoreaseof tho Territory, where their influence would ibe undis puted, are left unregarded, neglected and forgotten. The extension of our territory southward-rin whioh the West would eo-operate with the South—the ac quisition of Cuba and of a portion of Mtxico. are questions of praotioa! value to North and South, compared with wbich tho settlement of Kansas is but a paltry matter, of inflnUesslmal interest and concorn to the Sooth. OBITUARY. . Signor Lablache—Mr. Mrnitz. M. P. Lablaohe is dead; —Lablnche, tho. greatest info bass singer of tbe Italian Opera. ll* sang until within a brief period of bis deeease, which took place at Paris a fortnight ago. In porßtm this man was capaolous. In good humor, gajoty, and tbe strongest rolish for fuel, no one colipsed him. In voice ho was deeper and more intense tha» any other voaalist. In acting he was various, anusing and artistieal. Had he never sang a note; he must hare been a great actor. His Don Paaqutl e was a thing to see and hear, and never to forgot. For over twenty years be was one of the great stars of the Italian lyrie stago of Europe—sometimes going as far South as Naples or Vonlee, sometimes goiig as far North as St Petersburg, but generally at Paris n the winter months, and in London in file spring and early summer. He was a general and genial favorite ererywhere. In person ho was citremely capacious. Add eight inches to tho s&ture of Amodlo, and nearly twice eight to his girth, and you would obtain a result approximating to the physiyut of Lablnohe. Into this frame put a largo quantity of good naturo, and the finest lasso voice every heard, and the aimilitude would be ijoreased. Lablaohe, who earned a grent deal of motey, and was far from extravagant, must have died very rich. He has left a son, Frank Lablaohe, Who is a singer of some pretentions, and adaughtnimarrled to Malbcrg, the pianist. George Frederick Munts, who had beon . a mem ber of Parliament for Birmingham since 1810, is also numbered with the dond. His fathel, a Ger man merohant who Bettied in Birmlnghatq towanls the close of the last oentury, left him a busi ness and large fortune. , When the Birmingham Political Union Was foun ded—by the late Thomas Attweod—in 1830, Mr. Mantz was its first Viee-President. In politics he wns almost a Chartist, going farther thou most of his party in favor of Reform. He was seven teen years in Parliament, and was a remarkable man in more ways than one. 110 was a frequent speaker, and had a rough, plain, tnnnly eloquence which commanded attention in tho Hottae- Ho was straightforward, too, and hesitated nut to call things by their proper names, lie was author of many pamphlets, ehiefly on the Currency Question, his proposition being, that to pay off the National Debt of England-a trifle, now vorgingon 4,130,000,- 0(10—all that was needed was to cut the sovereign, or pound-piece. Into two equal portions, and let each half represent the foil value of the original coin—that is, to pay 30 per oent. Ho founded this proposal on Cobbott’s thoory that tho debt had been borrowed in paper money, worth oaly half its nominal value, add, If paid off in gold, it should be In «>ld not worth more than tho paper was.— Mr. Muntz, who was in his sixty-fourth year, was considerably over six feet high, and bulky in pro portion. Long before the present onstom was In vogue he wore an immense beard, which nearly covered his face and hung down over his chest. Ho Invariably was accompanied by a great stick, mighty as tho club of Heroulcs. He acquired a large fortune by the Invention and manufacture of a patent mixed metal, oheaper and more durable than copper, and greatly employed in ship-sheath ing. There was some idea of putting up Mr. Bright, ex-member for Manchester, to succeed Mr. Muntz as Parliamentary Representative for Bir mingham. - Mr. Bright’s ability, eloquence and high personal oharaoter make him the most influ ential Democrat in England. CORRESPONDENCE. FROM WASHINGTON. [Correspoodence of The PreM.j August 12. Tho adjustment of all the diDiouHlcs between the different claimants to tho right of way across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, of whioh ucwb has just reached hero, will bo followed by an appeal, first to Mexico, and next tu the United States. Should Mexico refuse to ratify her repeated pledges, iu treaties and otherwise, on this subject, (which U hardly to be feared considering the pacifio policy of Gen. Comonfort, the present President of that Republic,) then, and in that event, prompt action will no doubt be taken by our own Government to sustain our own citissns. To open this transit has always been a great object with Mr. Buchanan. He favored it during the Mexican war and in Mr. Polk’s Cabinet, and I know that he has beon con sulting his constitutional advisers, very lately, on the same subject. There was, no doubt, a host of speculators in this great project. That is the curse of nearly every considerable enterprise. Men who live by their wits, and not by their labor, the lat raroni of the Federal Capital, are only too success ful in grasping every such enterprise, and appropri ating Uto themselveß. But It must not be forgot ten, on the other hand, that a great deal of good is affected by the boldness of capitalists in risking the making or losing large fortunes In these enter prises. The railroad aoross Panama was an in dividual enterprise—and that over Tehuantepeo will also be so—our Government doing no more than to protect our citizens and their commerce, and to secure an uninterrupted highway to the free trade of nations. Mr. Buohanan is to be here this afternoon. He has had a pleasant sojourn at Bedford, and will no doubt come book rejuvenated. STATE POLITICS. Democratic Meeting la Franklin County. Tho Democrats of Franklin county had a largo and enthusiastic meeting at the County Court House, in Chamborsburg, on Monday last, John Kiel, Esq., presiding. Among the resolutions passed were tho following: Rtiolved, That President Buchanan has fairly carried out liiß pledges to his party and his country; has conducted tho affairs of tho Government with that judicious and honest re solve that breathed from his letter of accep tance of the nomination for the office of the Presidency, and stampod upon his govern mental policy and Administration the high moral and intellectual faculties that friend and foe accord to him. Resolved) That the selection of Judge Black as a Cabinet officer was worthy alike tjia dis crimination of President Buchanan and the splondtd talents and legal attainments of Jere-j miah S. Biack; that his name and fame are now national, and we trust tho future will gather greener and brighter laurels to adorn his brow. Retolved, That the nomination of William F. Packer for Governor of Pennsylvania moets with our hearty assent; that his intelligence, experience, and political integrity have made him popular with the people, atid will bear him proudly through the coming contest, and place him triumphantly in tho chair of State, above the malice of fanaticism and the sneers of big otry. TELEGRAPHIC. TWO WEEKS LATER FROM CALIFORNIA. ARRIVAL OF THE CENTRAL AMERICA. SENATORIAL NOMINATIONS. 91*360,000 in Gold. tfsw York, August 12.—The United States stesuier Central America, from Axpinwalt, with California dates to the 20th ult., two weeks later, arrived St Quarantine this evening. The Ceutral America brings a million and a quarter of dollars in treasure. The following are the principal consignees of the specie by the Central America: American Exchange Bank $260,000 Duncan, Sherman A Co 120,000 Bobb, Hfttlett & Co 112,000 Well*, Fargo A Co 257,000 The Central America, connected with the steamship John L. Stephens, which left San Francisco on the 20th ult., with $1,800,000 in treasure. Passed on August 2d the steamer Sonora, with the New York malls to the 20th of July; and on the same day the stoop of war Decatur. The steamer left Aspinwall at 8 o’clock P. M., on the 3d Inst. • Captain Garland, of the Marine Guard of the U. S. frigate Independence, in a passenger, together with an hundred men from the same vessel, whose time of en listment had / The sloop-of-vSrarflar«tbga arrived at Aspinwall on the 2d Inst., from San Jiwn del Norte. The U. 8. frigate; Independence and sloop of war daiM^we re Al*anami, the former to sail on the The steamship Age, with malls to the Cth of July, left MansanUla ou the 26th ult. The news furnished U unimportant. CALIFORNIA. The mining news is favorable, and the agricultural prospects throughout the State are good. Tho Anti-Broderick party bore down all opposition in the Democratic Convention. The jproceediuga of the session were of a very boisterous character. The California Democratic State Convention had nominated lion. J. P. Weller for Governor, and the Re publican Convention Edward Stauloy as candidate for the same office. The markets continued depressed, and it was believed that nothing but the suspension of shipments for two or three months will restore confidence. OREGON. In the June election the official majority in favor ol the Convention to form a State Constitution was b,V3d. SOUTn AMERICA The elections in Bolivia resulted in favor of the Gov ernment, owing, It is said, to the intimidation of the military. Tho Valparaiso markets had slightly improved. The British ship Walton, Muncaster, was lost near Cal dera, with tho Captain's wife and sixteeu of the crew. A largo and destructive fire had occurred at Valpa raiso. A battle had occurred near Arequipa, between Gene rals Venanzo and Castillo, both of whom claim the vic tory. There was another attempt at revolution made at Callao. Marine Intelligence* Arbivbo at Ban Francisco— On the 4tb, the Red Rover and Courser, fcom.New York. On the sth, the Mamejyke, from New York. On the 10th, the Wfagedarrow, from Iloog Kong. Oirthe 15th, the Wild Hunter, from Boston, and Race Hound, from Bangkok. On the 10th, the David’Crocket, from New York. Additional from Europe—The Goodwood Race Cap, Halifax, August 12.—The lines hare been partially repaired, and we now transmit the concluding portion of the public despatch, which has been delayed by the heavy storm and subsequent derangement of the wires. The following meagre particulars of the great race for the Goodwood Cup we gather from the Liverpool papers. None of tho accounts at hand give the time of any of the horses. The French horse Monarque won the race. The English horse RSseber is placed second, and Fisherman as third. “ Gunboat” slipped and fell, and Kistrcl and Gemini diVergy also fell heavily. Monarque won by a head, and Riseber beat Fisherman by about three lengths. ‘•Auton” was placed fourth, and was three lengths behiud Fisherman. The American horses Prior and Prioress were placed fifth and sixth. All the others pulled up. The finish Is said to have been the most ex citing ever witnessed. The English papers remark, but without assigning any reason, that the American horses would have figured more prominently had they been riddeu by English jock eys. From Washington* Washington, Aug. 12.—Instructions have been Issued to the Surveyor General of Kauaosaud Nebraska, to prsr pare a proper plau of survey for a tract of (and hereto fore ceded to the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions, in order that a patent may be issued therefor. The President returns this week. From St. Paul’s TAe Constitutional Conventions—-Prospects of a Com promise— Indian Affairs. Cbioaoo, August 12.— Dates from St. Paul’s to the 9th inst. have been received here. In the Democratic branch of the Constitutional Con vention, Judge Sherburne ofi'ered a resolution providing for the appointment of a committee of conference, to wait upon a similar committee appointed by the Repub licans, to make a compromise for the submission of but one Constitution to the peoplo. After an animated debate, the resolution was voted down by three ma jority. The subject was again to come up on Monday, when, it was believed, the resolution would be adopted. The “Little Crow”' baud of warriors returned from the expedition In search of luk-a-pu-tah’s hand, having found the camp and killed four of the murderers. The “ Little Crows” brought the scalps of the slain to the Superintendent of the Lower Sioux agency. A band of fifteon disaffected Chlppewas wore plunder ing the settlers fifty miles north of St. Paul’s. Ohio Republican State Convention. Colcmbos, August 12.—The Republican State Con vention in session at this place has nominated Salmon P. Chase for Governor, and also nominated for Lieuten ant Governor,Moses B. Walker; Supreme Judge, Milton Butlitfe; State Treasurer, A. P. Stone; Secretary of the State, A. P. Russell j and Board of Public Works, Jacob Blickensaerfer. The Goodwood Cup Race. Halifax, August 12.— The French horse “ Monarque" wou the race. Of the English hones, “Riseber” came in second, and “ Fi&hermau” third. The American horse “ Prior” was fifth, and “ Prioress” sixth. The Halifax Boat Race, Halifax, August 12.— The St. John boat “ Neptune” beat the Halifax boat “ Wide Awake” by one length, in the race which took place to-day. Arrival of the U. S. Steamship Supply, New York, Aug. 12.—The United Stateß storeshlp Supply, Lleutenaut Gray commanding, from Bio Ja neiro In forty-one days, hat arrived. Her passengers consisted of Lieutenants Parker and Read, Mr. Thompson, and ten invalids from the Brasil squadron, Naval Change*. Wasbixotom, August 12.—Lieut. Maxwell ha* been ordered to the &loop.of»war Cyane. Lieut. Thonuu 0. Harris has been detached from the receiving ahip Phil*, delphia, and Lieut. McCauley has been orderedjto rc lievo him. Bargeon Addison has been detached from the sloop-or-war Cyane, and Burgeon Wheelwright ordered to ‘relieve him. Burgeou Barclay haa been ordered to the rocolviug ship at Boston. Later from Fort Laramie—Operations of Colo- “el Sumner—The California Trains. St. Louis, August 13.—Dates from Tort Laramie hare been received to the 22dult. Colonel Sumner had ar rived at Dent’s Tort, and would leave on the 12th for the bead-waters of the Republican in pursuit of the Che jenoe Indians, T . h ? C T IUi * ,r * lM h * d *" Fort Uraml«, |„ good health. 1 M»gr«w'« wagon road train wu at Fort Koarney. Col. Alexander’* regiment and Spencei’a battery deatlned for nub, were met two hundred and twenty, lire mllea weat of learenworth. Another regiment waa at Bock Creek. Opt. Tan Klein waa on the Cotton wood, and Renos’ battery at the Big Bluo. The Che yeunoa were scattered along the entire route between Forta Laramie and Kearney; but little damage waa done to the trains, the Indiana fearing to make an attack on account of the parties being so large. The war between the Crow and Sioux Indians is re ported to bare broken out again. Several surveying parties have arrived, but they neither sawuor heard any thing of the murders reported last week. We have no later news from Utah. Cokuoo, August 11.—The Triton, hu returns from thirty-four counties in lown, which give a majority of 4,655 for the Constitution. The rote will undoubtedly he sufficient to carry the Constitution against the Demo cracy. The poll is light. Produce Firm Suspeuded. New York, August 12.—The firm of H. N. Wolf & Co., extensive operators in western produce, is reported to hare suspended. Solitaire, Sailing of the Europa. Bostos, August 12 —The steamship Europa, for Liver pool via Halifax, sailed at noon. She carries out $BOO,OOO in specie. N*w Orleans, August 12.—Sales of Cotton, 1,100 bales. Market closed firm. Flour has a declining ten dency. Porto'firm at $24 60. Gunny Bags quoted at 13Xol8c. Coffee—Bio quoted at Sterling Exchange 10 cent, premium. The other markets are unchanged. _ [From the New York papers of last evenieg.] THE BURDEU HEIR CASE. AKGt&KNT ON THE WRIT OP CERTIORARI. The Writ Discharged and Ball Related In the Court of Common Pleas, before Judge p*ly> in tho matter of Emma Augusta Cunning ham, this morning, Justice Davison made the fol lowing return to the writ of served upon him on Tuesday, commanding Him to return the proceedings, £o., in the o&se of Mrs. Cunningham: I, Wjn. B. Davison, Police Justice, respectfully return that on the 3d day of August, A. D. 1867, A. Oakley Hall. Kao., appeared before me, and made his complaint under Oath, in writing, against Emma A. Burdell, for a wilful and felonious violation of sect. 61, art. 4, ehap.l, part 4;pf the Kevised Statutes; that thereupon, in due course of law, I proceeded to examine the witnesses produced in support of the prosecution, and reduee the testimony to writing, aud thereupon made, in pursu ance of the statute, the examination of the primmer: that the prisoner waived her right to cross-examine the witnesses for tho people, or to introduce witness in her own behalf; that upon the said proceeding I considered, and so decided, that an offence against said statute haa been committed, and that there was probable cause to believe the prisoner guilty thereof: and thereupon I made a warrant of commitment in due form of faw, a cony of which said warrant is hereto annexed, marked schedule A: that indue course of law,! have sent to the office of the Clerk of the Court of Sessions the de position as above 1 taken by me. Wm. 8. Davison, Police Justice. Police Court, Second District, New York, August 12,1857. The warrant of commitment is annexed. Mr. Hall said that the above return had been superseded, except so fur os related to the cause of detention by the return of Mr. Vanderroort, which he read as follows: MR. YANDKIIVOO&V& RETtrilN. Henry Tandervoort, Clerk Of the Court of General Sessions of the Peace, in and for the City aud County of New York, do return to the annexed writ of eertiornri, that £ haye no presenter official knowledge of the day and cause of imprisonment of the said Emma Augusta Burdell, if Imprisoned she be; that 1 do not detain and have'not detained her the said Emma Augusta Burdell, either by that name nor by any other name, nor have I any personal or official knowledge of her detention. X return herewith certain original affidavits against the said Xqima Augusta Burdell, and her examination under a charge of felony, which have been under the statute in apra eases made and provided, certified to the Court of General Sessions of the Peace and the Magistrate taking the saute, who U named therein, and which are now of record in the said Court of General Sessions of the Peace, whereof I am Clerk. Dated 12th, 1867. Henry Vaxdsrvoort. Mr. Hall moved that the writ be dismissed and the party held in the same custody in whieh she now is. Mr. Staffonl thought that Mr. Hell should state the grounds upon which he mode bis motion. Mr. Hall said it was on the ground of alleged error in the cose before Justice Davison. MR. STAFFORD ARQUKS IN MRS. C.’S BEHALF. Mr. Stafford said that would throw the whole case open here. The first question was as to whether the offence charged was committed or not. He recited the statute under which it was alleged that Mrs. Cunningham was committed. Ho then read portions of tho depositions of several of the witnesses before Justice Davison, and he said that, with the excep tion of one or two, none of them showed that Mrs. Cunmnjcboxij h«<l - doaUcad that child to be tbo off spriog of Harvey Burdell. The word “produve” meant to bring forth In some legal way a child, so as to violate the statute, and to Intercept the inhe ritance. The question i 8 whether these affidavits show that she has been guilty of the offence. Her idle declarations, or statements made by her, are not to be taken os such production. She was asked by per sons whether the child was Harvey Burdell’s, for the specific purpose of tempting her to an offence, which, of h«r own accord, she had not taken any steps toward committing. With regard to the second proposition, that tue child was falsely born for the purposo of inheriting property, he would answer that the whoio of that property should he set down. She is not committed as Mrs. Burdell, but as Emma Augusta Cunningham, otherwise called Burdell. ' Her assertion that thejehitd was hers by Har vey Burdellj is not sufficient to justify the commit ment. The mere faot that she conceded that she was enciente by Ur. Burdell is not of itself suffi cient. To prouuoo the child in a legal way she must, for iustanee, produce it and ask Tor letters of guardianship over the child ns the child of Ur. Burdell. The Judge said that she alleged ibis child was the child of herself and Harvey Burdell, and ho would like to know what Mr. Stafford meant by legal production? Mr. Stafford replied that if sho was to claim an inheritance for that child, it would bo a production in the legal meaning. The Judge asked that conceding the facts to b true os stated in the affidavits, which is the pre sumption of the intent on her part when it is al leged that she and Harvey Burdell were the parents of this child? What would be the legal inference raised upon that state of faots? assuming it all to have boen untrue that the child was born of her what was her intent in having the child at all ? Mr. Stafford said that he supposed in sueh a stato of foots a jury would be pound to believe that the intent was to intercept the inheritance; but to fully develop the intent as it should be de veloped, tne production should be proved to bo as he had previously stated —a legal production. Judge Ualy—The offence by the statute means the intent. Is thero testimony showing that Mrs. Cunningham was about glvlhg birth to a child ? Mr. Stafford—Yes, sir. Judge Ualy—Then it would be a strong clrcum stance against her. JUDGE DALY WILL NOT DISCHARGE HRS. CUNNING After considerable cross-questioning between the Judge and Mr. Stafford, the former deoided that he could not discharge airs. Cunningham from the commitment. Mr. Stafford then broaohod the question as to allowing her to go bail, when the Juuge gave it as his opinion that upon a writ of certiorari to review the proceedings of, the committing magistrate, if be could not discharge, be could not pass upon the question of bail. Uistrict Attorney Hall, after quoting authorities in regard to the case, said that it has been a very curious popular error, that in all cases of felony below a murder bail was a matter of course, and gavo some idea of the course he inteuded to pursue fn the prosecution. Now, did the magistrate err in his estimate of the strong probabilities of guilt ? Tho accused for months past feigned pregnaney. At first deceived Uhl and CatUn, her doctors. She urges probable heirship before Surrogate.— Testimony of Bulen. Sho prepares baby clothes.—Test*mony of her daughters. Protends early delivory—Ur. Catlin. Testimony of Mrs. Barnes and Wilt, and exhibits child as her own to tho former. Now these are evidences of her own,and notshared by the authorities. The inference of law is that this produces an in faut to her own sot after feigned gestation, after claim to heirship in a public court that sho has an intent of a fraudulent nature. The statute makes this, which would havo boon A fraud at common law, a felony. Then take the other evidences which wereshared, by tho authorities. It is idle to say she was led into orime. She had resolved upon it, and taken many overt acts (os it now appears) long before the authorities knew of it. From her character and still persistence in her innocence, (see her examination—not in a silenoe, which the law allows, but in a diroct assertion,) it is fair to presume that she would have obtained hor evidences of orime elsewhere. She sends after a marked child—as a clerk is seen to take a marked bill after suspioion points to him—produces it as her own. Falsely pretends by a thousand little acts, as well as a fow strong words, that it is tho ohild of Burdoll ondof herselt. Now, if it was, the law, without her assertion, instantly on its birth, invests it with heirship. It is formally proven tho putative father left pro perty, do.—fTcs. of Bulen and pub. adm.] Now, here is a woman taken in flagrante delicto, giving no exhibition, and the circumstances exist such as-to allow the law first oited to be applied, and to dismiss the writ* Mrs. Cunningham still remains undor guard at her residence in Bond street. It is reported that she will be sent to tho Tombs to-morrow. " A Merited Rebdke.—A Long Branoh corres pondent of the Trenton Gazette gives account of. a rebuke administered to a party or tho fashionables at that place. Gov. Newal, of New Jersey, and his wife, having arrived at the Mansion House just at the dinner hour,' entered the dining hall be fore Mrs. N. ohanged her attire. The party allud ed to immediately, not knowing her, made audi ble remarks on her appearance, and snoke indig nantly, because the waiters, to whom Gov. N. was known, waited on him. Various insulting: allu sions were made in the table conversation. In the evening, when Mrs. N. appeared in the parlor in full dress, she was saluted by a gentleman who happened to be a friend of the ladles In the fash ionable party, and who, subsequent, on their in quiry, informed them who Mrs. N. was. They im mediately sent abject apologios, which she refused to reoelvs, not on accountof personal resentment but because their conduot exhibited them as per sons not fitted to associate with genuine ladies, and she would not recognise them a?such. lowa Election. Markets, THE CITY. tf To Let—-Inquire of —ln a quiet street of our city stands a three story brick dwell ing. Nothing in itself marks it from others, but the notice beside the doorway, “ To Let—inquire of Yet, it is strange and lonely. The wind whispers through Its empty rootUß, and along Us untrodden stairways. 'Children shun it, aud the walls look more desolate than others after night fall. Neighboring gossip soon solves the mystery, “ The home is.katmUd” Long have the words “to let” appeared upon the building; no tenant wishes to keep company with the unearthly visi tant. Here the unknown man died—died by his own band. Strangers buried him. His life's story is a mystery. Yet he moved unnoticed through the world when “ of the earthnow he has be come a thing of wonder. The neighbors say that he still walks the room his eyes last saw beneath the sun, with the gash upon his throat, and the death-hue on his face. “The earth has bubbles as the water hath, and this is one of them.” Though disappearing In one age, the creations of popular fancy come forth again in another, and bravely play their parts amid the mingling scenes of lifo. The time was. and not long since, when many thought that the last ghost waa dead. That by-gone world which knew them so well, was no more. The keeps and dungeons of the old castles were closed forever. Knightly valor was no longer oalled upon to dare foes from the realm of the ttDkoown. The eff was gone from the forest, the fairy from the green, and the witch from the heath. Their requiem seemed to be the echo-cry of Poe’s Raven, an eternal “nevermore.” Yet the spectres are coining again—from what cause we oannot say, though spiritualism has, doubtless given them a now lease of earth, calling them up from tho “vasty deep" of buried superstitions. Now, ghosts are well enough upon the Btage, waving with majestic port, some mournful Prince of Denmark to private ©hat, but they do not an swer the city’s domicils; for in the true spirit of contradiction, while in the one instance they fill a house with people, they strangely empty it in another. There is, moreover, a shocking want of taste and variety in the manufacture of spectres in this quarter, being -wnttrfiy too much of same ness. The white sheet and'glaring eyes are al ways “in the fashion.” Hearing tn the Case of Charles Brown.— The ‘long-deferred hearing in the case of Charles Brown, who is charged on the oath of Alexander Thompson, with misdemeanor, in receiving a bribe for his verdict In the case of Josiah Bright, who was tried and acquitted on the charge of manufacturing and selling counterfeit money, took place yesterday afternoon before Alderman'Enue, at naif-past two o’clock. The only witness examined was Mr. Alexander Thompson, who testified, in substince, that the defendant, Charles Brown, was a juryman in the oase of Josiah Bright, and that the day be fore the oonmenoement of the trial, Brown came to the residence of Thompson, stated to him that he was notified to be in attendance at the Court room the next morning, and that he expected to make about a hundred dollars by the trial which was about to take place. He was subsequently in formed that the jury in Bright’s cue wen out for five days, that they stood eleven for conviction and one for acquittal, the Utter being Mr. Brown. Some time afterwards, in theoourse of a conver sation with Brown, he was Informed that some thirty or forty dollars had been dropped by John Hauptman, in a restaurant at the southeast corner of Eighth and Chestnut streets, aud wu immedi ately picked up by the former William Forc paugh, who wu in this restaurant at the time, saw the money dropped, and claimed half of U from Brown, and received a portion of it. This person learned from Brown that this money was a bribe for the services he had rendered Bright while on the jury, by standing out for an ac quittal. Charles Gilpin, Esq., who appeared for Brown, cross-examined Thompson at some length, bat nothing important wu elicited. A man named Mika Noodles* and several others came, according to the statement of Thompson, to see Brown about Bright’s cue, but Thompson advised him to have no connection whatever with this party, u their object wu an evil one. This advice, it appears, was taken for tho time. Thompson repeated the statement that he had it from the Ups of Brown repeatedly, that he had received money as a bribe in the oase of Bright. Mr. Gilpin asked for the discharge of Brown, and made some remarks relating to the ease of Bright, about which so mueh bad been said. He sUted that he wu counsel for Bright, and believed that that individual wu an injured person. He admit ted that Brown wu a juryman in the case. Alderman Eneu said that this ease wu one of importance, and such u should be referred to Court for a proper adjustment. He would be compelled to hold the defendant on the evidence which had been adduced, in the sum of fifteen hundred dollars bail, to answer the charge preferred against him at tiie next term of the Court of Quarter Sessions. Oneetep in this case hu, at length, been taken. It wu npnored that combinations had been formed to prevent this matterfrom ever coming again into owtsglo the decQwm w Aider man Eneu, all these plans have been defeated. It remains to be seen whether this charge, so serious in all its aspects, will be properiv disposed of in a Court of Justice, or whether it will be allowed to slumber among the things that were. The Old Sexton. —The class is passing away— we mean sextons tike those of yore, such as seem to belong to the graveyard, as the eypress belongs to the tomb Nevertheless, when away from the din and change of cities one can now and then be seen, whose air and old-time style form a picture of the long ago. Such a one we know in a lovely spot at “a safe distance from the great Babel ” We saw him but a day or two since, and he seemed to be going down, even amongst the graves where he was standing. He knows the life-story of all that lie around, whoso graves are marked by the simplest memorials, and it is strange to bear him tell the tales of good or ill of those who are below in their earthly sepulchres. He is a simple and faithful historian of the dead. See yonder maker of the dead man’s bed, Tho sexton, hoary-headed chronicle! He thus has walked with death, “ twice twenty years.” In the course of our interview, he walked to the side of a newly-made grave. “ Down here,’ 5 said he, “to one who was Tery pretty. Your city had none fairer; she was brighter than the flowers in our gardens, and, like them, she drooped and : withered.” The old sexton went on with the story. In brief, it was this She had a happy home and fond parents in the city; but she left all —left them In sorrow and in shame. Her parenti had been proud of her, and well they might. In many a festive scene she shone the happiest and gayest of the throng. Yet, when not a cloud could be seen, all grew dark and gloomy. The spoiler came, and the blight followed. Bhe wended her way to the quiet scene, to hide in silence her griefs and wrongs. But few and sad were the days which re mained for her, and she lingered them oat in. heart-crushing, but quiet agony—and thus went hence. Her grave is noteless, and her name falls not from the sexton’s lips. The old man grew silent and thoughtful when his story ended. Emotions deep and strong had conquered his love for talking. The sun was be ginning to dcoline in the West—we prepared to' return to the city, and as the shades of night gathered around we thus briefly noted down our meeting with the Old Sexton. A Word for Home. —Every paper has, at this season, its letters from abroad—from the springs—from the mountains—from the sea-shore —from all tho places of beanty and health which our country affords for summer homes. While we are reading the interesting letters from onr country-loviqg, water-drinking, sea-bathing, mountain-climbing friends, we will Tead them a letter from home, the memoirs of which are always welcome. We take great interest in onr city improvements, and In our frequent visits to all points of its limits, watch with great satisfeoUoa the progress of its ad vancement to importance in every relation. In the manufacturing line we can be trnly and justly proud of our position; and although in the com mercial interests we have achieved no great dis tinction over the cities of the sea, yet we hold an honoreblo rank, and our mercantile interests have aroused our merchants to a knowledge of the foot that our commerce has been limited, not from want of facilities, enterprise, or wealth, but from direct negloct, arising, in part no donbt, from the assumed superior facilities of our seaport cities. In our buildings, both public and private, we compare, in architectural taste, with any of our sister cities. The ornamental is happily blended with the useful in all our improvements. Wehave our private grounds arranged with taste; we have our publio squares laid out with care, and kept in good order for tne thousands, old and young, rich and poor, to txsjoy the cooling shade and breathe pure, fresh air. In our allusion to squares (those lungs through which cities breathe and live), we ere reminded of “Fountain Place,” with its handsome fountain, on Spring Garden, between Thirteenth and Broad streets. This beautifully improved square is en tirely the result of private enterprise, and reflects great oredit upon all who assisted in the work; be sides, it shows an example to others who have lo .calitios susceptible of tho same kind of improve ment. Let us all, then, move forward, lending onr hand and on** purse to every effort to make our home beautiful; work not only for ourselves, but for future generations; work for a name, at once in teHigent, useful, and ornamental, and have it in scribed in letters of gold apon the tablets of our municipal history. Rural Residences.—D uring the last few years rural residences of tasteful beanty, in great num bers, have been erected in the immediate vicinity of our oity,. affording ample accommodation as de lightful summer resorts, and which are daily in creasing in pqblio estimation. The disposition evinced by many to purchase residences of this character has greatly increased their value os well as that of tho neighboring lots. Ground on the line of the North Pennsylvania Railroad, between Phi ladelphia and Gwynned, three years ago, sold tor $lOO per acre—now it cannot be purchased under m ” ».f ? -N- 1 $5OO. Cotteg»so& is Germantown readily oca mand frdm S3,QOO.toSS,QOO an acre, andtike prices in that vicinity. The Girard 'College. —A correspondent of one of the papers in the Interior of this State, in writing from this eity, gives an account of a Hat to Girard College, whieh contains Several misrepre sentations, calculated Coproduce a wrong impru sion in the mind of theoe who are not thoroughly acquainted with the pra&cal working of this, our noblest Philadelphia institution. After a descrip tion of the beautiful gran plots and the extensive walk*, decorated with every variety of Hovers, In front of the main college building, he states : “ I rawed my eyes from a lovely bed of flowers, when. they fell npon stupendously magnificent structure, so great, so grand, so gloirous. I stood still and gaied and wondered. My bosom swelled with overpowering emotion. Wo ascended the granite steps,, passed round the building within the many colonnade and entered. The sound of our footsteps rolled through the high are be*, and continued to roll with renewed volumes of sound as long as we remained within its watts. The first object that attracted our notice was a fine marble statue of Stephen Girard, the founder of the institution. “ The statue is a little below the medium s ae of a man, the costume simple and ordinary, the bead common, and the expression one of ennalng scruti ny, casting an eye of suspicion npon the beholder. It stands near the remains of Mr. Girard. We vis ited the recitation room?, chapel, and rtfreetory. In one of the rooms we saw the books, clothing, fire arms, plate, etc., of Mr. Girard, all of which were, very ordinary for a mas of such immense wealth. £ saw two large patches on one leg of his old breeches; and other things connected with his pots, pans, and other culinary utensils, are still preserved here, that mark him as a man of the most rigid economy. “Although the will of Mr. Girard expressly forbids the Introduction of religion into the Institution, and excludes clergymen wholesale even from visiting the building, yet a chapel has been fitted up for this purpose where the students ore assembled tor religious instruction,'and clergymen sometimes gain admittance. I picked np a bymnbook lying on cue of the seats of the chapel, ami found it to be that of the American Sunday School Union.” The description given in this extract of the stat ue of SrepßEX Girard wUI be sew to many oHmr readers. The genius of the sealptor has pieced the founder of the College life-like amidst ns; and In that marble countenance none can fail to read the promptings of a generous heart. Surely the expression of cunning scrutiny, and the eye of sus picion,” did not belong to him, wboee vast wealth, acquired amid toil, privation, and eontumely, has provided the blessings of a comfortable borne and a good education for the orphan boys of Philadel phia. Years ago, a young lad went forth alike upon the great ocean, and the sea of strife and turaoQ, whorein man exercises, properly or improperly, the offices whieh God has Urdained him to oecupy. Like his solitary barque upon the waters, a mere atom at first in the masses of humanity, he struggled through the vicissitudes of life, till he became tho unpretending lord of myriads, a prince among the princely, and, in a high moral sense, “a man among men.” With less advantage than many possess, he became an oracle in trade, and the master of those who were once years before, him in the progress of their ambitious existence. He amassed a fortune of ten live*, and so multi plied in aets of charity, that mfliinitf of the living have risen from poverty to call him Messed. But the crowning act of his life was the endowment of the Girard College—a grand charity, which diet not with the present, but exists for centuries to come, and whieh shall be engraven on new editions of humanity with worthier eomments than toy lines contain. With the legacy of Stephen Girard was left his bright example to emulate.. Bora as he was into a life of activity, when no riebec en dorsed him with original advantages, bis sprung into energy with the necessity of hk~a* frtenee, and left no avenue occupied by labor, ton sisfent with the great purposes of lifo; and so, into an industry, combining with the edu cated mind, the will to act, those who hare reaped the. benefit of his last and grandest bequest, will go forth to dignify labor. A mistaken notion, into which this correspondent has fallen, prevails relative to the religious in struction imparted to the pupils of the College. It is not trne that ministers of aay denomination whatever have at any time gained into this institution; but it is true that while sectarian ; ism is. carefully guarded against, the students re ceive good moral training. The fact that hymn books issued by the American Sunday Frhsil Union were found on the seats of the chapel sustains the statement we have just made, but does not prove that any special religious-creed is made the sub ject of discussion at the Sunday meetings of the pupils. The will of Mr. Girard, in this particular, is most faithfully carried oat by all the officers of the College. Interesting Item . —Tho first Directory waa issued for Philadelphia in 1785, by an odd genius named Macpherson, commonly known as one- armed Colonel McPherson. He lost his arm in the ramlnffoflxry wars of oar eo-tey." Xb* Directory •ays on its title page, that the within is'a complete index of names of all the residents of our city, and specifies its boundaries, extending to Prime street, southward, and to Maiden street,northward. At the time of his taking the names some of the inhabitants were quite incensed at the innova tion, and when asked their names, answered “ none of your business;” “won’t tell;” “can’t remem ber,” Ac—all of whieh answers he entered in his Directory thus : “ Cross Woman, 113 Market st. ;** “Won’t tell ,42 Maiden street." As them were* no numbers on any of the houses, he adopted a system of his own. He commenced on the sooth side of Market street, at the Delaware, with No 1, and so on to Sixth street, which was the termi nation of Market street then. All vacant lots re ceived a number. He crossed Market street at Sixth, and came down again to the Delaware, on the north side, so that the highest number was op posite No. 1 By on examination of its pages, I find the Directory contains 6,273 inhabitants, only. It is unnecessary to say that the Colonel’s system of numbering was not adopted. The houses remained unnumbered until 11H. Among the names are “Timothy Pickering, Quartermaster General;” “John Piper, Pewter Platter Alley “ Benjamin Franklin, His Excellency, No. 1 Frank lin’s Court.” For the above information we are indebted to Mr. Mickley, the well-known coin collector, who has a complete set of the above works from 1785 to 1857. - Firemen’s Convention. —Last evening, a meeting of the delegates composing the Conven tion to make arrangements for the dedication of the monument of the Northern Liberty Hose Company, was held at the hall of the Diligent Engine Fire Company, south-west corner of Tenth and Filbert streets. George W. Martin presided, and John R. Downing acted as Secretary. A Chief Marshal of the parade and several assistants were eleotod, after which a programme of proceedings was agreed upon, doe public notice of which will be given. Delegate Election. —The election of dele gates to the Ameriean Convention, which meets to-day, took place last evening, and was attended with very little excitement. Well-deserved Compliment. —At the dose of a term of seven years’ faithful and satisfactory discharge of the onerous duties and responsibilities of Steward of the Lazaretto, the Beard of Health unanimously adopted the following resoluti on, July 31,1857: “ Resolved, That the Board parts with Benj, E. Carpenter, Esq., Steward of the Lazaretto, with deep regret, he having performed all and every duty of his office with fidelity to the Board and to the oitisens of the eity of Philadelphia. Our Public Squares . —lt has been quaintly remarked, thti the lungs of a large eity are its public squares. There la much truth In the figure* and it is pleasant to add, that such being .the toot our b«auUfhl city never showed less predisposition to anything like pulmonary affection, than at the present time. Indeed, as we passed through Franklin .Square, on onr homeward way, last evening, and inhaled the ambrosial fragrance of the dewy trees, and snuffed the cooling spray of the playing fountain, reflecting the dim radiance of an artificial light, we were thrilled with a happier impulse as touch ing the life of the more eonfined portion of our citizens, during the extreme heat of summer. The merry laugh of children—the playing squir rels, by early gas-light, and the leisurely throng of passers to and fro, all whispered, in the still small voice of grateful memory, of the debt we owe to onr fathers, who have passed away, for hav ing wrested from the- grasp of brick and mortar improvements, our publio squares. Hospital Case .—John West, aged about thirty years, was admitted Into the Pennsylvania Hospital yesterday, baring had his right am fractured by having ft caught in some machinery at the foundry of Morris, T&sker A Co., Washing ton street. Mr. Ten Broeck’s Henes, It is stated in Porter's Spirit of the Timer, that Mr, Ten Broeck has withdrawn Pryor and Prioress from the Ebon Handicap. The reasons for which were the evident unfairness In weighting, they being so heavily weighted by the “ handicapped * for that race, as to make their defeat almost, if not quite, a certainty. Lecompte and Pryor are, how ever, entered for the Newmarket Houghton meet ing, to be run on the 26th of October. Thij race ii a single dash of four miles, one furlong and on* hundred and seventy-five yards. Prioress Is en tered tor the Lewes meeting. Sussex County Cup, to be run on the 10th of this month, (Angust.) This is a two mile dash- Pryor and Prioress were in most superb condi tion. The Spirit, writing before the result had reached New York, says.' “We aro strongly in hopes that tne 'Stars and Stripes’will win tha race. But should the result be against us, we shall bear our defeat manfully, and hope to see thw challenge of Mr. Ten Broeck (made on hb arrival in England) to match hb stable against any horse in England to ran for $25,000 a side, four mile heats/®* B * three in five, taken up. We have many hoises on this side of the Atlantis who have proved themselves fleeter tor short distances than thnr% now in England.”
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