5* f ' ' Ss ’ 'i'- -t'- - ; - ’ tf-.'''l'H,*- **,*;-'£ ! '■? SATURDAY, AUGUSTUS; 18*7; DBMOCRATIOfOMINATIONS. TOll GOVERNOR, WILLIAM F. PACKER* Of LTOOMINO OOUBTT. FOR JUDGES QF THE SUPREME COURT, , WILLIAM STRONG, , -Of BSBEB OOtJSTY.. * JAMES THOMPSON, or SBIB 00 OR ST. . FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER, NIMROD STRICKIiAND* or obbstsa coratt. Thb second letter of our accomplished New port correspondent will be found in this day’s Press. , ACCOUNT OF kTOCK, Figures are sometimes very eloquent. -Their language cannot be mistaken. They tell us'in , impressive,terms of poverty, or wealth, oi’abnn i dance or destitution, of prosperity, or. adver sity, of weal or woe. ; How much of happiness V or misery lungs upon the balance-sheet of the .merchant.; how Ugh does his heart beat with exultation and joy as it, confirms his bright an ticipations of wealth; and how low; does it sink in despondency when it proclaims, a sad story of threatened bankruptcy and financial rulql We . are pot about io dwell upon mere individual affairs, however, bnt upon a theme of national interest—the aggregate wealth and productive greatness of thb United States. .To many of onr" readers the statistics we shall present in this article will convey ,no dew in formation ; hut as the desire to mentally re view and calculate thc value ofonr individual possessions is a favorite employment; the same feeling may impart interest to an outline sketch of the leading features of the financial and industrial condition of the United Stales, as presented by the valuable tables accompa nying, the Report eh the Finances by,the Se- cretary, of the Treasury.; for 1856-6. The periods of estimate or -calculation are gene rally for 1855 or the early part of 1850/ so that all the aggregates we shall give lack, 1 by. from one to twh., years of expansion, those, Which, the. devclopments of the present time would exhibit. ■ • - 1 , The population of the United States and Territories is set. down at 26,964,312.- The aggregate value of the real and personal estate at $11,817,611,072.;, The annual agricultural productions of 1855 are estimated to have consisted of 109,665,678 bushels 0 1 wheat; 160,865,058 bushels of oats; 717,812,546 bushels of corn; 5,766,769 bush els of barley; 9,932,868 bushels of buckwheat; 15,942,420 tons of hay; 4,820,762 pounds of hops; . $6,850,095 of market producc; $7,996,- 474 of orchard produce; 839,541,442 pounds of maple and cane sugar ; 1,088,409,008 pounds of cotton; 294,127,580 pounds of rice; $78,- 026,417 of dairy products; I one-fourfh value of live stock, $161,688,684 ; 61,560,879 pounds of wool; 277,816 gallons of wine. The total valne of the' agricultural produce for 1850. was $994,098,842.. For 1865itisnot estimated/ but at the ratio of increase lVom 1840 to 1850, it would be at 1ea5t,,51,200,000,000. The cash valne of the farms, according to the census of 1850, was $8,271,676,426,; but 2 this sum is doubtless far below their,present valued ' The total value of American manufactures for 1860, according to the census of-that year, was $1,055,595,899. No estimate of the total value for 1855 .is givbn in the document refer red to. • .The per centage oiincrease is no doubt very large, as may bo seen from the compari son of the products of the manufactures of 1850 and the estimates for 1855, of the follow ing articles: Products for Estimates for . 1860. 1856. Manufactures of Wool, 843.207,545 856,408,780 « • Colton, 61,800,184 70,904,712 “ Pig Iron. . 12,748,727. 16,010,910 - , . Iron Caat’ga 25,108,156 ■ 34,012,021 c . Wr’ght Iron 22,028,771 28,877,607 . , The total tonnage of 185 G ia set down thus; * Begiatered sail t0image,2,401,687 jrsgiitered 89,715’ i' enrolled add)t:L; Tittl »1,4W,615,8»t* @B,Mj,93T It is ijpptwsible tocbritemplate the yist'a£> “ of,wealth and,prosperity shown ih : the ■ aaiotatt of our population; la the eitent of our : commercial, and internal Improvement enterprises; in the sue i ■’■ j v. I cesafUl operations of oar Government/Uncl th® comparatively small amount of? out. debtiii without entertainingadovbut feeling of., grati tude that the germ of civilization planted on our shores but a' few centuries since by pil grims of the old world, who -were few in num ber, but bold, daring, determined, and enter prising in spirit, should have expanded into a nation now justly occupying so proud a pinna cle among the'Govoraiuehts'of the world. THE KANSAS EMBROGLIO TVe have not been required to wait to the present day to find in our country, some very odd exhibitions of iblly and impudence. Eyeryprofossion has its quacks, eyery'throne its pretenders, and every society its fanatics and hirelings. / In Kansas we maintain a bittcr' controversy with a portion of its population. The parties to that controversy are the people of the United States, who Bpeak through the laws of the country, and five or ton thousand inflamed in dividuals, who seek to set aside those laws, and to set up their own will in their stead. Now, what are the alleged grievances against which this handful of misguided men complain ? Of what rights are they deprived, that they should seek the fearftil remedy of revolution ? Copgress, in’ 1864, organized the Territory of Kansas, and expressly declared, in the act, that tho people should bo perfectly free, when their numbers would admit of such a step, to establish for themselves 1 their own social in stitutions. Meantime they were to remain under a Territorial Government, which was immediately put into operation, and still ex ercises authority over the people. It has been alleged that fraudulent means were re sorted to, by a certain class of men, to obtain control of the legislative department of that Government. "We are willing to admit, for tho sake of tho argument, that this allegation is well-founded. If the case could bo fully exhibited to the country, however, it would appear that a game was played by tho pro-slaveiy men on one side, and the abolitionists'on the other. The for mer won. The latter acting upon the idea, common to all ultra men of the North, that a society recognising slavery was entitled to no obedience, and charging tho federal ties with the responsibility of slavery in Kansas, it was an easy descent to the position tlmt the people’ of that Territory nyght justly exorcise the rights of reqolution. Hence, a convention was oalled at Topeka, a Constitution adopted, and a full State Government organized, which was to supersede the existing Territorial au thorities. The first effect of this step was to divide the allegiance of the people. The new syslem received the sanction of seventeen hun dred voters. Meanwhile a presidential election camo off. The democratic party adopted the legislation of 1854, and distinctly declared that “We re cOgnisc the right of the people of all the Ter ritories, including Kansas and Nebraska, acting through the legally and fairly expressed will of a majority of the actual residents, and when ever the number of their inhabitants justifies it, to form a Constitution, with or without do mestic slavery, and be admitted into the Union upon terms of perfect equality with the, other States.” The Supreme Court of the United States, in a decision subsequently made, af firmed the legal principle involved in this de claration. Tho President, in his Inaugural Ad dress, avowed it to be his purpose justly and fairly to enforce the right of the majority to establish their own institutions. We have pour como down to tho appoint ment of Gov. Walkeb. All precedent decla rations are, in their nature, theoretical. We come, then, to tho practical, under tho actual administration of tho laws in Kansas. It is unnecessary to say that Gov. Walker was in structed by the President, in the language of bis Inaugural, strictly to enforce tho right of the people, peaceably, and without fraud or violence, to vote upon the question of the adoption of their Constitntion. Wo have, then, the action of the Democratic party and the Federal authorities, sanctioned by the Supreme Court of the United States, and are able to understand the nature and ex tent of the grievances, if any, under which the abolitionists in Kansas are. now suffering. And what are tho facta ? ; ; , They have tho absolute right to vote and to establish their, own Constitution. They are required to pay but a very limited amount of taxes. They are protected la their persona and pri vate property. They are burdened, by nonqjust prosecu tions —they are required to perform no services to the. Slate—they are simply called upon to submit to the laws which have been legally and constitutionally made. Then, what are the grievances which have been invoked aa a justification for setting aside the existing Government, the laws of Con gress, and the Constitution of the United States ? The enforcement of tho Topeka Constitution is the displacement of the existing Territorial Government. The two systems are incompat ible’, ouo or the other must give way. The Territorial Government has the sanction of order and of law; tho Topeka Government is sanctioned, if at all, as a successful revolution. The real question, then, turns upon the grievan ces under which the people of Kansas suffer. The remedy is an extreme one—it is forcible suppression of one Government and tho organ ization of another in its place. It is war upon the United States—it is nullification of the laws. Now, wo are far from insisting that the right of revolution docs not accrue under the opera tion of'tyranny and oppression. We would not, without arguing .condemn the exercise of a power which, on a former occasion, was In voked to establish our Government. We are not, even afraid of revolution—'we like it) it evinces spirit, bravery, firmness, patriotism but there is no folly equal to that which would play with such a power. It should bo Invoked for cause. It is deeply criminal when used on any other occasion. The Kansas poople are suffering under not one essential depriva- Value. ' *3,350.797 10,694,164 77,686,455 ...1 12,521,843 128,882,351 30,970,992 vi. 0,125,429 44,148,279 tion. They are not taxed;, they are not ar rested and imprisoned. They are deprived of no political rights. They are asked to frame for themselves hteir own domestic institutions; but this they are required to do in a regular way, just os we in Pennsylvania are required to act in obedience to existing laws when we propose to amend the old or establish for ourselves a new Constitution. In no other mode is it possible to maintain government either in or out of Kansas'. Act ing in obedience to laws, we are unquestion- ably strong; sotting laws at defiance,, we arc tho weakest nation on earth. There Is indeed, no power at all except such as is delegated. There Is no will, no discretion, nothing to fall back upon; hence it follows that revolution In this country, without cause, is u darker, deeper guilt than in any other Now, we impeach the Topeka revolutionists of high crime s and misdemeanors. We charge them with attempts at rebellion against a free without being able to exhibit, in ono essential partjcular, how they have been, or are, deprived of private property, personal liberty, or civil rights. We charge thorn with that meanest of all political estates—as the tools of fanatics and madmen—as the agents of the enemies of the Union to executo trea son against a Government which has not only protected them in thoir persons and property, but has guarantied to them the fullest and broadest exercise of all political power in the organization of their own . State system. Fram Peru—The Attempted Revolution. Tho New York Express has received full files of papers from Lime : It appears from the Cvmercio, that tho so-called “regenerating forces,” to the number of 2,000 men, and with eight pieces of artillery, sailed out of Arequlpn on the 27th of June, with the inten tion of occupying Panosrpata, and Qen. San Ro man,, the leader of the opposing troops, being at. Yumina, the two armies came in slghtof each other on themorniegof the 29th The fighting commenced at eleven o'oloolc A. M., and continued till six in the afternoon, the Are qulpa party having received a reinforcement of mere than two thousand armed peasants. Three eorps of the line only were engaged. There was abmit forty killed and a hundred wounded, among whom were several officers. On the night of, the 29th the Arequlpan soldiers descended from Paaearpata, and Ban Roman occu pied that point upon the3otb, extending bis line to Hhe baths of Jesus.. The same, afternoon Vtvanco detached a party of bis cavalry to'provoke San Ro man, who accepted the challeoge; mlt the skirmish only lasted half an hoar for leek of daylight. , On the 3d.of July the army of Sap Roman defiled on the heights of Jesus, ana oonthraed on to Chi quata, in somber about 3,000 men. The some nigbt the regulating army returned to Aroquipa to oo oupy their barracks. * it- On the 30th tbey mode an attempt upon Qhlqna t», to tho number of 1,500 men; when in the en counter Ban Roman took tbe greater pert of their cavalry, and they prepared to return to the attack with, artillery on the 4th, but tbe orders Were coun termanded. lowa city, according to a local census just taken, has a papulation amounting to 7,300, or adding in suburbs, 2,000, OUR PAST,(PRESENT, AND FUTURE. Two centuries ago this vast and beautiftil continent was but imperfectly known to the Old World. The Spaniards had partially colo nized tho central portion of,-it, and done their utmost to 'extract from its wretched inhabi tants the wealth with which it abounded. Between themselves and tho Portuguese Us southern portion had been partitioned, and the two had become masters of it. But what masters! Can the annals of rapacity and cruelty produce- 1 greater atrocities than those perpetrated by the first explorers and con querors, apd continued by their successors, from Pizabko to Feancia, and even down to the most recent times ? Did the Spaniards and Portuguese under stand their mission on this continent? Wo emphatically answer, No. And their reward has been the degradation of the mother coun tries, and tho ultimate rejection of their authority by their bastard descendants—a race of “ mestizos,” in whom but little trace of tiio bravo and pure Castilian or Lusitanian blood can now be found. Two centuries ago a nobler and hardier race began to pour into the northern portion of the continent. Their first .efforts were limited to isolated spots; disjointed colonies; settle ments few and far between. Their progress was at first slow and uncertain. The struggle for life against hostile native tribes and against the tardiness of a new soil to recogniso the kindly care of civilized man, for a long time deadened their energies and discouraged their efforts. The Anglo-Saxon race, how ever, is not one to be daunted by obsta cles. These have the effect of drawing forth its energies and developing them. Such, in fact, was the result. Triumphant over the deadly assault of tho Indian and tho unexplored vastness of forest ond prairie, tho early colonists silently and devoutly laid the foundation of the great Empire of tho'West. Tho“ Mayflower” bore to its untrodden shores the Pilgrim Fathers—those soldiers of Christ who forsook tho land of their birth to seek in the virgin forests of the New World that liberty to worship their Maker in their own way which had been denied to them by a besotted monarch and liis arbitrary advisers. For themselves they asserted tho right of private judgment in matters of religion —a glorious right, which has been steadily and consistently assorted by their descendants, and adopted as a sacred principle by the American pcoplo. They have demonstrated to the Old World, that religion can exist independently of the support of tho Stato; that it can exer cise a vital influence freed from tho trammels of a privileged priesthood and ecclesiastical prestige; that it needs no factitious support from royal or magisterial authority to warm the heart and shed its benign influence over the hearths of a great people. This is their first and grandest triumph, which must in time re act on the enervated peoples and despotisms of the Old World, and, lifting flie veil of mental darkness which envelopes them, spread light and hoalth-givlng thought wherever the ex ample shall be beheld. A rival nation, eminent for brilliant wit and invention, military genius and heroic daring, for a time disputed with England the sovereign ty of tho New Continent; hut tho more solid, self-governing, and impassive qualities of the latter prevailed, and the noble English lan guage, \ ith its rich and varied literature, tho great principles of the English Common Law, the deep religious feoliug, self-reliance, and courage of the English people, became, under Providence, tho foundations of American great ness. France had to make way for her victo rious rival. But, mixed up with the deeply-rooted senti ment of freedom in tho English people, was that inheritance from the dark barbarism of the feudal ages, their aristocracy—an eloment antagonistic both to tho crown and the pco plo, achieving liberty for tho latter in its strug gles with the former—achieving tyranny for the former in its struggles against the lat ter—itself created by royalty and recruited from tho ranks ol tho people—but ever, when its own privileges were not in question, dis posed to side with arbitrary power. While this element predominated in tho mother country, a series 'of unprofitable and, wo may add, unprincipled wars plunged her deeply into dobt.' It became necessary to raiso money— honestly, if possible —but anyhow mo ney must be raised. Tho colonies were rap idly rising in wealth and prosperity; why should they not contribute towardß the neces sities of their mother i above all, those vast colonies of North America? True, the fun damental principle of the English Constitution was, that no man should be taxed without his consent, expressed by himself through his repre sentative in Parliament ; but it was thought infra dig. to apply this rule to a set of men engaged in clearing the forest, build ing tho log hut, pioneering tho wny over a vast continent from the shores ol' tho Atlantic to the distant Pacific— men whose hardy frames and daring spirits braved alike tho treachery of tho savage and the inclemency of tho climate. These men, it was supposed, would submit to what ever it pleased Parliament in its “ Omnipo tence” to decree. Oh! blindness and fatuity inconceivable! “Blind guides leading tho blind!” But tho ways of Providence are just, and its decrees immutable. Evil measures are overruled for good!—for tho good not only of tho nation, but of the world—that old and decayed world which groaneth without ceasing, and lifts its tearful eyes and fettered hands to heaven for a deliverer 1 Seven years of arduous heroism and solf-sa criflco, and history had added to her list of un dying ones tho names of Washington, Jjsfpek son, Hancock, and a host of others, not mere ly as successful warriors, patriots and states men, but as benefactors of their racet Tho second great triumph was achieved. The right of every man to have a voice in the mode by which he will be governed was proclaimed and established— tho great and glorious principle, which, when it shall bo universally reduced to practice by the nations of the earth, wili do more towards the advancement of human hap piness than any other. Let the example which has been set here be followed. Resulting from this has beon the demonstra tion of the compatibility of a uniform system of government with the best interests of man kind. Is there any limit to tbe great system of Democracy, of self-governing States, federally united for tho common weal 7 Gould not tbe whole world bo included? Who shall say it will not a thousand years hence 1 It may be said that difference of race and mental capacity will be an effectual check to the expansion of this groat principle. Bo it no. Tho limit, then, has been set by tho Creator, aqd not by any defect in the system. Wo cannot step one inch beyond those bounds which have boen marked out by Almighty Wisdom. If the Negro, tho Malay, tho Indian, the Chinese, be so constituted that they cannot rise to the lovel of tho Anglo-Amorican, is it tho fault of tho lat ter? No; but the problem is, What is thoir exact position in tho social scale of nations 7 Here is one of those great questions which Ameri ca has yet to solve, and which she is now solving. Slavery exists, rightly or wrongly; but it exists, and must he accopted ns a fact. Gan il be got rid of 7 Is it desirable that it should 7 Apparently it is so ; hut who will say that the hand of God is not at work in eliminating for tho negro, out of the dark destiny which now o’erslladows him, a bril liant future in his native home, tho great con tinent of Africa 7 AH tho whito racos have gone through a sevyre ordeal before they rose to eminence. Is the black race to bo an exception 7 Wo ask, may it not be that this suffering race is now undergoing the discipline necessary to fit it for a higher destiny 7 and may not America he the chosen instrument to effect this grand design 7 Lot us turn to the third great feature of our subject— Education. Whilo philanthropists and would-be statesmen in Europe are wrang ling amongst thomselvcs as to how much or how little of this noblest of gifts shall bo given (I am ashamed to use tho word, it sounds so like charily) to tho people—the United States of Amorlca, setting aside the arrogant pretensions of this or that class of men to have supreme control over so vital a thing, have carried out a grand system, which offers a free education to every one willing to accept of it, adopting the broad principio that an educated man is a better citizen ihananigno rant one, and that in proportion as its citizens are educated, a State may dispense with police and prisons; idle men will be converted into industrious ; and contributions for the relief of the poor will bo diminished, while security to life and property will be increased, and whereas the State would have been a loser by the idleness of the pauper, it is now a gainer by the industry of tbe workman. Tfffi MEss.-MiLAfttoHU, Saturday, august 15, 1857. Resulting from all this is the boundless scope for the exercise of human ingenuity and enterprise opened up. . Freedom from shackles of every kind Icaveß the field clear for their utmost development. Tho theories of Owen, of Fouhieb, ol St. Simon, of Spence, and others, can hero he tested; but the great Euro pean question, “ To what extent can tho work ing classes be intrusted with political power ? ” has hero been completely and satisfactorily solved by a nation of workmen. By degrees—• slow, perhaps, but not the less certain—is.the 111 bid of Europe awaking to tho recognition of this great truth. Will the despots of that continent be able to maintain their position one century longer ? America has demonstrated that a Church can exist without the support of the State, and that religion is a gainer thereby. She has de monstrated that a voice in the government of the country may be possessed by every man, not only without danger but with increased safety to the Commonwealth; that Govern ment is more economically administered when the people hold the purse; and tlmt public or der may be maintained without standing ar mies. She has demonstrated that education, when offered freely to all, is eagerly embraced and fully appreciated, and its fruits are appa rent in the general intelligence of the people. Assuredly, a system so succossftil must in time be adopted in all countries claiming to be civil ized, and it is equally certain that when such shall be the case the days of priestcraft and tyranny will be numbered with the past. If these great results have been already achieved, what may not tho future bring forth ? Freedom of commerce—the unrestrained liberty to buy in the cheapest and sell in the dearest market—to interchange tho products of labor with all nations. Sound ditd open diplomacy— which will leave to every country the unmo lested right to settle its own intornal affairs, and. which, while submitting to no Wrong, will ask* nothing but what is right; wlilch shall not work in secret, nor permit personal considera tions to affect the welfare of a people, but which shall bo openly submitted to the natiolf and endorsed by it before being acted upon. These may be predicted; but tho more tho mind dwells upon tho possible future tho more it is dazzled by the brilliancy of tho vision. May it become a reality! TELEGRAPHIC. FROM WASHINGTON. C T* t ?. R,c , a^ f / alM^ l)l r loraa * tc Appointment*— e?c * an Affaire—The Wagon Road Expedition, Washington, August 14.- : If it bo taee as stated, that Costa Rica Las disposed of tlio Nicaragua Transit Route, and haa acquired part of the Territory of the latter, our Government will unques tionably object to that arrangement, it being known that Ur. William Carey Jones was especially instructed to represent the views of the Administration on that subject, adverse to such & course of policy. Until the meeting of Congress no diplomatic appoint ments will be made, excepting such as may bo demand ed by public exigencies; as it Is desired -that the suc cessors to the present incumbents shall not go abroad until their appointments shall be confirmed by tho Sen ate. General Denver, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, will shortly repair to Nebraska, for the purpose of making treaties with the Ponca and Pawnee Indiana. A letter is now on the way to Mr. Frederick P. Stan ton, Secretary of State for Kansas, tendering him an appointment as superintendent of Indian affairs, in place of Govoruor Gumming, but uot to take effect till the meeting of Congress. The troops and civil officers for TJtih arc not expected to reach that territory till about the first of November. Satisfactory accounts have been received of all 4he wagon road expeditions, excepting that of Colonel Noble, which has disappointed the expectations of the Government. Surgeon Robert J. Barry, U. 8. N,, a native of £«nn aylvaula, died hero this afternoon. The Payment of Taxes—lndictment of Lane, Robinson and others—Organization to Protect the Polls. Bt. Louis, Aug. 16.— The Kansas correspondent of tho Democrat says that Judge Cane haa published an opiuion regarding the payment of taxes as an essential preliminary to the rights of voting; and that the Sheriff of Douglass county has given notice of his intention to collect the taxes. Rumors aay that Lane, Robinson, Phillips, Conffty, Blood and others have been indicted by tho Grand Jury of Lecompton. In a speech at Osawakee, on the 6th inst., Gen. Lano announced the organlaztlon of eleven thousand nen to protect the polls at the October election; aodatated that the number would be increased to twenty-fire thoußand. . / Fall In Michigan Southern, R. R. StMk. New Yoax, Aug. 14—Michigan, Southern, ud Norths on, Minns B. B. stock has fullen 12 per cent: since yesterday. Messra. Qrcgg A Lsthrop, who are believed to represent that Company, hero given notice that they caunot meet their engagement^ The Southern Commercial Convention, Ksoxtille, Tbsn., August 14.—Tho following Is a report of the doings to.day of tho Southern Commercial Convention, now in session at this place : The Business Committee reported against free trade and direct taxation; against the South receivlnggoods from States not upholding tho Fugitive Slave Law ; and against the discrimination of the government in favor Of foreign mall lines from Northern ports. j The same committee reported in favor of the Exemp tion of oue ulavo to each slaveholder from seizure for debt; in favor of erecting Arizona into a Territory ; in favor of recovering certain land lost by the recent treaty with Mexico. They further reported that the time had not yet come for the Conveutlon to act upon the African Slave Trade* A resolution was offered in tavor of Montgomery, Ala., os the next place of meeting. A resolution was offered urging for the withdrawal of the squadrou from the African Coast. Resolutions have previously been referred to the Com mittee, endorsing Dudley Mann’s scheme for a Southern ,ine of steamers. Boston, August 14.—A tornado yesterday passed through Heading and vicinity, destroying orchards, dwellings, outbuildings, Ac., and doing great damage to the crops. There wore no lives lost. Steam Frigate Roanoke. Boston, August 14.—Tho United States steam.frigate Roanoke, anchored at President Roads to.day. *■ The Weather at Baltimore. Baltimore, August 14—This has been the warmest day of the season. The thermometer stood 04 to 95 degrees in tho shade at noon. It is still intensely hot, the mercury indicating 80 degrees this evening. The Weather at Augusta, On. Augusta, tia., Aug. 14.—The weather to-day hasbeen the hottest of tho season, In this vicinity, tho mercury at noon indicating 106 degrees in the shade, and at 9 o’clock this eveuing, 00 degrees. The Europa Outward Bound. Halifax, August 14.—The Cunard steamer jiuropa, from Boston for Liverpool, arrived hero last orenlng, and sailed again at midnight. Sailing of the Circassian* St. Johns, August 14.—The steamer Circassian sailed at noon to-day for Liverpool. 1 Academy ov Music.—Tho Promenade Concerts arc bottor attended than ever, and in the present hot evenings thcro is no cooler place in tho city. The singing is attractive, and Cor our part we go to tho Academy as often ns wo can, with the addition* al object of seeing with whutportlnacity M|» Berg man draws lnrgoly upon Strauss, and ignores tho existence of Jullion. Yet, ns a composer of polkas and waltzes, tho two ought not to bo nam«4 on the same day—Jullion’g music Is so much bettof adap ted forooncorts of this kind, for which, infeed, it was originally composed. j Arch Street Theatre.—This evening Mr. Wheatley intends mooting his friends in pubiio. They will sco him piny Doriconrt to Mrs, E. L. Davonport’s Letitia Hardy , in Mrs. Cowley’s fine comedy of “Tho Belle’s Stratagem.” But about two hundred of his privato friends wero entertained by him, last night, at a sumptuous banquet, on the stage, William M. Kennedy, Esq., officiating as chairman. Tho private boxes wore occupied by delightful specimens of the gontlor sex, nud from the sooond tier (now so nicely fitted up thatjt is one of tho best parts of the house) wo had glimpses of Mrs. Wheatley, Mr. and Mrs. E L. Davenport, and a few others, who (we stato it In a parenthesis,) woro not wholly unprovided with tho creature com forts discussed upon tho stage. After the supper had amplest justice rondcred to it, tho chairman's boiilth was drank “with enthusiasm,” and tho ohnirman, briefly, hut with much good taste, pro posed tho health of Mr. M’hcatloy, Lestee and Manager of tho theatre. Mr. W. responded, aud gave tho Press of Philadelphia, which, by tho way, was fully represented. The company called on Dr. Shelton McKenzie, of “The Press,” wio boro his testimony to tho private worth as well ns public labors of tho drnmatio profession, and gave “The Members of the Company,” with a particularly complimentary but highly merited reference to Mrs. E. L. Davenport, who hod obtained, and de served, the plaudits of the old world and the now. This brought out Mr. Davenport, who spoko from the second tier, and gracefully and gratefully re turned thanks for his wife. Col. James 8. Wallace then spoko with marked ability? proposing tho health of Mr. Fredorikcs, who (being an Irishman, and, therefore , naturally and nationally modest) shrank from appearing in public, and did n<|t shew. Col. Robert M. Leo then eloquently proposed tho health of Mr. Davenport, to which all honors wore paid, and that gentleman, descending from trage dy, (ho had previously been “jntiors,”) ;nado a gonial and grateful speech in acknowledgment. A variety of toasts wero then spoken to, and Mr. E. W. O. Green (of tho Sunday Transcript) wound up with some well-reoeived remarks upon all things iu general, and some things in particular. It was a very pleasant evening, and the affair was not oyer-done. FROM KANSAS, Destructive Tornado. AMUSEMENTS. correspondence. FROM WASHINGTON- [Correspondence of The Press.] Washington, August 14, 3867. The Indian Bureau received this morning a de tailed accountof tho Indian disturbances at Yellow Modeolne from J. W. Cullen, Superintendent of Indian affairs for the North Western Suporintend ency, dated Lower Sioux Agenoy, July 26th. On the 9th ult. a third counoil was held at the upper Sioux agenoy with all the Indians the/e at that time, ineluding all the upper Sioux except the See see-tons from tho neighborhood of Big Stone lake, who arrived a few days subsequently. The deliv ery of Ink-pa-du-ta and his band, who had com muted the Spirit take murders, was again demand ed, and the Indians were informed that the super intendent was instructed by their Great Father to withhold their annuities until these murderers wero brought to justice. A portion of the Lower Sioux, after counselling amongst themselves, tho next day informed the agent that they would go after Ink pa-du-ta if United States soldiers were sent with them, but not otherwise. The same demand was inode of the Med&way Kantons and Wah-pa-conta bands with a similar result. In the moan time the matter had been submitted to Major Sherman, who was in command at that time at tho Yellow Mode cine. Ho declined sending any soldiers with the Indians, because there was then but a small de tachment of twenty-five men, ten infantry, besides his battery, with him, whiob, of course, was not .adapted to service of that kind, and because he did not bolieve, from the feeling exhibited, that the Indians wero sinoere. He feared treachery. From the close relationship existing between these Indians, and for the purpose of exciting a re straining influence against depredations in the fu ture, the superintendent declined sending soldiers with these Indians in search the murderers, ad monishing them, that if they refused to comply with his demands, soldiers would be sent against them from their Great Father, and that tho conseqdenoes would be that innocoat persons might suffer well as tho guilty, and that no payment of any kind would be made to them. On tho 13th they deelined going without the soldiers. On the 14th, on the*re turn of the superintendent to Yellow Modccine,< ho found all the Upper Sioux, known as annuity In dians, collected and numbering nearly 5,000, with something like 100 Yankton lodges, and 100 Yanotomiacs. After oounselting with them and finding a bad state of feeling, he despatohed John Burns as messenger to Dunleith,to communioate with the Commissioner of Indian Affairs by tele graph. At this time great alarm and exoitoraent existed among the whitoß in tho neighborhood of tho several agencies. All work was suspended on tho farms, and thoso who had families sent them away. On tho 13th Col. Aborcombie arrived from Fort Randall with four companies of U. S. troops, num bering two hundred men. One oompany of thirty flvo men was sent to relievo Mttyor Sherman, who was ordered with his oompany to meet his regiment on Us way to Utah. On tho 35th a soldier was de liberately stabbed by an Indian, a Seo-see-ton, oloso by Major Sherman’s camp, without any pro vocation whatever. The Indian escaped, and was, of courso, harbored by the Sce-seo-tons in their lodgos. This olroumstanoo produced a crisis. Major Sherman sent to demand that tho Indian ho immediately delivered up. Tho Indians received the officer, who carried tho domand with two hun dred guns pointed at him. Tho demand, however, was mado, and tho Indians promised to bring the Indian next morning. The next day about 2,500 warriors camo down from thoir lodges painted, and evidently prepared for fight, and uskod for a council. Major Shorman told them that the su perintendent would not hold a council with them while they had guns in thoir hands, and again demanded the delivery of the Indian. In a few minutes they answered thut they would give him up. Major Sherman wont forward with his inter preter to reoeive the Indian, when another Indian took the guilty Indian,-placed him upon his horse, and carried him back to their lodges. Tho remain der followed. Tho superintendent subsequently learned that it had boon the intention of the In dians to attack the oarnp, oxpeoting all the officers and himself to como forward to roceivo tho Indian. Major Sherman ordered his battery roady for action, and sent word if the Indian was not delivered up the tribe would have to suffer the oonsequenoes. Next morning the Indian was brought in and de livered np. Ho was not hung as It wag determined he should bo, but plaoed undor guard, hope boing entertained of the soldier’s recovery. Little Crow, who was at the Lower Sioux Agonoy, and having heard of the proposod attack, offered his services, and assisted to drive tho Yanktons out of camp. Next day tho Indians requested & council, to which they came without guns. The superinten dent informed them there was but one alternative —either the delivery of Ink-pa-du-ta and his band, or war with the United States—leaving them to counsel with themselves. At this time tho Lower Sioux, acting under tho advice of Little Crow, came forward and said thoy were willing to go after Ink-pa-du-ta and his band. The See-see-tons de termined' to join the Lower Sioux. The superin tendent required each band to furnish its quota toward making up the party to be sent under com mand [q£ Little Crow, and that the Immediate relatives of Ink-pa-du-ta should furnish two men mpre than the other bands. As the Indinhs bad not received any of their annuities and were,unable to furnish supplies for an expedition, provisions were givon to them by the.superintendent. Before the party started, the Upper Sioux wore gathered in eouncil, and the See-see-tons sent home with provisions sufficient to keep them from want. While holding a “ talk ’* with the Yanlctons, the Indian under guard escaped, and ran toward the counoil tho guard firing at him. Immediately all was confusion. No one being injured except the Indian, who finally escaped altogether, quiet was restored. On the 19th ult. the party started after Ink-pa-du-ta, with interpreter Joseph Campbell and six half-breeds. The party numbered in all 125, besides tho half-breeds. Eachlndian pledged bimsolf not to return until Ink-pa-du-ta and his band had beon exterminated. The superintendent will remain at the agenoy until their return and the arrival become the head of the house, and the mother of noble children.” There’s some good sense for you, girls. How to Make Salad—Couens against Sydney Smith. [From Comas’ Wine Press.] “My dear, learned friend,” said the Doctor, “A bowl of lettuce is the Venus of the dinner-table! It rises upon the sight cool, moist, and beautifal, like that very imprudent lady coming out of the water, sir! And, to complete the image, sir, neither should be dressed too much!” When Dr. Bushwhacker had issued this obser vation, he drew himself up in a very portly man ner, as if he felt oalled upon to defend himself as well as his image. Then, after a short pause, he broke—silence. u Lactuca , or lettuce, is one of the most com mon vegetables in the world; it has been known from time immemorial; it was as common, sir, on the tahles of the ancients as it is noiri and was oaten In the same way, sir, dressed with oil and vinegar. “ Now, Bir, there was one thing the ancients did with lettuce whioh we do not do. They boiled it, sir, and served it up in asparagus; so, too. did they with encumbers—a couple of indigestible dishes they were no doubt. Lettuce, my dear friend, should have a quick growth; in the first place, to be good, it should have a rich mould, sir, that it may spring up quickly, so as to be tender and orisp. Then, sir, it should be new ptnel-ed, carried from the garden & fow minutes before it is placed upon the table. I would suggest a parasol, sir, to keep the leaves cool until it reaches the shadow of within doors. Then, sir, it must be washed—mind you, ice water! Then place it upon the table— what Corinthian ornament more perfect and sym metrical ! Now, sir, comes the important part— the dressing. ‘To dress a salad,’ says the learned Petrus Petroaiua, ‘you must have a prodigal to fur nish the oil, a counselor to dispense toe salt, a miser to dole out the vinegar, and a madman to stir it.* Commit that to memory, my learned friend.’' “It is down, Doctor.” {Tablets.) “ Let me show you,” continued Dr. Bushwhack er, “ how to dress a salad. Take a small spoonful of salt, thus: thrice the quantity of mustard— ‘Durham’— thug; incorporate; pour a slender stream of oil from the cruet, so; gently mix and increase the action by degrees” (head of hair in commotion, and face brilliant in color:) “dear me! it is very warm—now, sir, oil in abundance, so; a dash of vinegar, vory light, like the last touches of the artist; and, sir, we have the dressing. Now, take up the lettuce by the stalk! Break off th» leaves—leaf by leaf—shake off the water, replace in the salad liowl, pepper it slightly, pour on the dressing, and there you have it, sir.” “ Doctor, is that orthodox?” “Sir,” replied Dr. Bushwhacker,.holding the boxwood spoon in one hand and the boxwood fork in the other, “ the eyes of thirtv oenturies are look ing down upon me. I know that Frenchmen will sprinkle the lettuce with oil until it is thoroughly saturated; then, sir, a little pepper; then, sir, salt or not, as it happens; then, sir, vinagre bv the drop—all very well. Our people, air, in the State of New Jersey will dress it with salt, vinegar and pepper—perfectly barbarous, my learned friend. Then comes the elaborate Englishman; and onr Pennsylvania friend, Rev. Sydney Smith, sir, gives us a recipe in verse, that shows how they do it there, and at the same time exhibits the deplorable igno rance of that very peculiar people. I quote from memory, sir: ‘“Two large potatoes, passed through kitchen sieve, Smoothness and softness to the salad give: Of mordent mustard add a single spoon, Distrust the oondiment that bites too soon, But deem it not, lady of herbs, a fault To add a double quantity of salt. Four times the spoon with oil of Lucca crown, And twice with vinegar procured from town. True flavor needs it and your poet begs The pounded yellow of two well-boiled eggs. Let onion atoms lurk within the bowl,' And, source suspected, animate the whole. Then, lastly, in the flavored compound toss One magic spoonful of anohary sauce. O great and glorious! O herbaceous treat! ’Twould tempt the dying anchorite to eat; Back to the world he’d turn his weary soul, And plunge his fingers in the salad bowl!’ ’ “Now, s r, I have tried that, and a compound more execrable is not to be thought of. No, sir ! Take some of my salad, and see if you do not dream afterwards of the Greek mythology.”