Clje . MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 1807. DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS; FOR GOVERNOR, .V WILLIAM F. PAOKER, ■ or traoamo eomn. FOR IBBGKS of THE SUPREME COURT, . 1 :. ‘ william strong, , . ' or BSBKS COOSTT. JAMES THOMPSON, op saia codest. FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER, NIMROD STRICKLAND. ! ' ” OP ORBSMB OOOSIT. To our Subscribers. We have several notes calling for extra copies of last Saturday’s “ Press.” Not a copy of the whole edition was left, at 12 o’clock on that day. • 71ioso who desire the back numbers of this paper, we regret to ac|d, cannot be supplied. Often thousand printed of the firstnumber of. the, ‘‘Press,?’ not one remains, except those we have filed. Buchanan-.Floyd and the-Reserva , ; tion at Fort Suelllng, Minnesota. At u late hour l;ust evening our correspon dent at Washington forwarded us the letter whiqh appears in The Press of this morning, giving a full account of*the sale, by order of tho Secretary of War, in'aceordaheo to section four of the last navy appropriation, biil, of a certain military site, or, reservation, at Fort Sneliing, Minnesota. The Chicago Preps and tho New York JV/insehave both made serious complaints about this sale; and it is finite right that all tire facts should lie known to the public. The Tribune complains that there was no auction—no public sale; but forgets to state, that had there been such an auction or public sale, the result would bayo been a com;, binfrtidn among the interested, parties by which flic Government, instead of receiving tho sum of $7 50 per,acre,,fixed,i)y the Secretary in his instructions 'to ■ Major Eastman and Mr. Heiskell, (the Government agents,)'would have received only $1.25 per acrej as bus been the -case heretofore. The agenfa made a sale at $l2 per, acre, $5 more than.' tho maximum fixed by the Secretary. Tho result, so far from being satisfactory to our opponents, is made .tho pretext for an outcry which .is scarcely worthy of serious reply; and the facts presented by our correspondent arc more than sufficient to the Secretary’s vindication. . 1 . ' ' I Governor Floyd’s administration of the War Department has thus far been eminently wise, liberal, and just. We question if any man could havobeenselected for thatposition who,bj na ture nhd by inclination, was better adapted to its various duties. He is hold,' prompt; and resolute in action. No claimant is ever turned away from,his door.without.a hearing.: No appeal to his sense of right is ever unheeded. Keenly alive to the honor of tho Administra tion, he would eut * off his right hand before lending himself ,to any combination which, while affecting that Administration, would dis credit himself. If over the New. York Tri bune was called, upon to repent aw act oi injus tice to a political opponent, we predict that it will be so called upon hi the present case, and wo have ho doubt it will freely acquit Gov. Flora of all censure in any part of the transac tion of which it complains. SHIISTANTIAL THOUGHTS FOR SUBSTAN. . 30IAL MEN. ... The policy of intimidation in politics is tho worst thing in tho world. It helps nobody and harms everybody. When one class in any Stale seek 3 for Special privileges, it is sure to excite rivalry in another class; and when threats are added to tho endeavor, this rivalry is certain to breed revenge. " So, if a State is arrayed against a sister State, or a section against another ~ section, . argument , .fast disappears before, denunciation, and angry alienation, closes* up - the ■ scene. The South, ,In liep moments of excitement,, is never able to ■ help herself—her plirenzy only adds fried to the northern fires of fanati cism-bat it is when, in. a serious.and silent ■ mood of preparation, she can fortify heeself from her own resources, and lay deep the foundations of her Independence'. Such, in our opinion; It! Her present Attitude! WoMo' not for a moment encourage the Idea that any one quarter-of our heloyod country can exist apart fromany other section, even without doing so in a state of exasperation. But it is enough that a serious effort is making in the South to this end, and. that there’ is confidence, in its triumph. We have a thousand evidences of the truths of this assertion—the absence of Southern merchants from our marts 1 of trade —their withdrawal' from northern watering places—their establishment of wholesale ware houses in. thoir own great cities—their attempts to organise linos of steamships between the Southern and tho European ports—their suc cessful manufacturers iniron, and in cotton, &c. It is at this conjuhcture of affairs iu the com mercial' world that we find a marked and imp. py changc in the political feelings of the north ern and western States. The demagogues who have made agitation their business have been driven from the public stage, or occupy a part of it, in a state of despondency and disap pointment. Nor are the efforts of the South' ern people conducted in a bitter spirit. Their silence is ominous of their success, and it is clear they do not intend to excite alarm inthe free States, have, then, a plain duty perform. And first, let us expel from our par* ties all sectionalism. Let us, os Northern men' and ‘Western stony leave slavery to those who have Inherited it, and whose right it is to en joy, and whoso obligation it is to protect jt. To do otherwise (wall the past, early and late, has shown with eloquent, and costly experi ence) . is to affront our brothers, to degrade the slave, to damage the free black, and, above all, to injure ourselves.'' The fitting time to begin the good wgrk is js ow. What true patriot will say no to.the proposition?., . ANOTHER PIONEER OP PENNSYLVANIA Hon. Alexander H’Cauioxt died at Frank lin, Venango county, on Monday morning last, the 10th of August,' in the 72d year of his age. JudgeTkI’CALMONT “was' once a pioneer of the West. ~ He was an early settler of Venango, and his own advancing footsteps have marked the progress, of. that flourishing region. He Ailed, during his career, many ■ an important position, beginning with editing a Democratic paper, and after occupying cos, closing V? 8 relation to public affairs by acting as President Judgc over of the Clarion district. Judge M?Calwont was greatly esteemed.' He has left behind him a most thriving 1 family. His two sons, Hon'. John S. M’Oaihoni', (who now occupies his father's place oh the bench, in ids father's old district,) and Alexander M’Calmont, Esq., of. Pittsburgh, are among the rapidly risingmen of our State, and belong to a school that has done everything for western Pennsylvania. . ■<» the herald of freedom,” This is the name of the Republican paper published at Lawrence, Kansas. It Beeras to have fallen under the grave displeasure of the extremists’because it will not join intheabuse of Governor TTalkee' and the friends of the Constitution in Kansas. It is qiolen't enough, however, going Topeka and all the other absurdities' with a relish. One gleans, how ever, somuthing of its rCal feelings in the fol lowing article 'in tho' issue of the Bth of'Au gust: ' , . 7 »* How to Restore Peace to Kansas .—Lefc the peoplo alone. It. is this continuous effort of » foreign power to-govern them that makes all the disturbance. 1 Gov. Walkor's reply to tho ruffians who applied to him for troops to enforce the bogus laws when he first came, was. sensible ntid to the -point. Said. ho: If the. peoplo mado tho laws, they must enforce them fhonwelves; if they did not they arc not fit to,bo enforced.’. This remark, which was repeated throughout the Territory, reh dored* him somewhat popular until ho came to Lawrence wfth thcr troops. ’ Touch Lawrence and you touch all Kansas. Gov. Walker has' n'ot attacked Lawrence, and does not jntond to. He is too much of an: American for tliat: 1 bilk tho « big boo' game as tbo Law renee charter 1 , rather ; afarmed those ;nt a distanco.- But the people he re. neve* loifc a day’s work nor an hour?s sleep on his dccoant, troops ore 5 n6w cone, nuiotly as they oame,’without'causing tho Ixottomentofa travelling OttravanJ’ ' - r We have two excellent synoptical sketches of sehridhs preached ip’this city ‘ yesterday, reported bj'.one of our corps, which .we will V publish dqrlng the weelc i one from the Rev. ;? JoitK OBAis.BEs, the.other.ftom the Bev. T. T esninfint tn the ministry oj ,r "~ y ■■ ; - Neff Presidential Mansien. , -Tfoliavo yet to'open the.first newspaper : which takes ground, agonist the A necessity of * ■ pew Mansion. . i • : . CaN’T-BB A’ Republican' friend ofqtifs~ra personal friend, of course—reports to.'us an urgent re quest preferred to him by a poiltical hrother Of his iu western New York, to change the gene ral election day in Pennsylvania from the fatal second Tuesday in October till some time about the Christmas holidays. The mis chief to he remedied by the great reform Is the had effects of our election reports upon the progressives in the Northern States. They don’t like tho conservatism of the Keystone, .they say, and they can’t stand the rebound of their popular .enthusiasms, when they strike against the Gibraltar of the Democracy. They think the political sentiment of the Union ought to split exactly at the seam along Mason and Dixon, but they can’t get at it while the mountains and vailoys of Pennsylvania, stretch ing all the way between the line and Lako Erie, play breakwater against tho rising floods of Northern fanaticism. ey can neither get along witbmis nor without us, and they can hardly hold tueir own headway at home under the damaging influence of our intractable obstinacy. Our friend asks uswhat encourage ment he can safely give to tho petition. Our answer must, be courteous, but it must also lie decided—wo can do nothing Tor him, for cer tain reasons, of which the following are rather a hint than a complete sample : "Pennsylvania is in about the right place, where she is, both in geography and politics. She lies in tho region of tho Union’s heart, safely lodged against the backbone of the Alleghanies, with tho Atlantic and the Lako country well placed within her grasp. In this position she has behaved well in tho Old Union, from, the day that Washinoton was inaugu rated till James Buchanan took the succession. She never yet voted wrong in the federal elections, if success is tho standard. Some how every thing has gone well with the nation and all the world concerned, while Pennsylva nia has kept her placo and done just wlmt she pleased, uninfluenced by the ups and downs among her neighbors. She ka» boon steady, consistent, persistent, and all the time herself and nothing else. Con stancy looks to a blind man very like Obstinacy, and Steadiness may be mistaken by, a person subject to fits for Stupidity; but if a community has the luck to start right itmaymnke progress very decidedly and effectually without going through revolutions to effect it. Things can go ahoad by keeping straight on when they are set right, and will succeed something better than by turning summersets in the track. Progress requires Conversion iu those who are not in the right course, but regular uniform growth is the order for tilings that are all right at the start. " Bjefore we consent to reform, we must be convicted of error, and as at present disposed we must wait for the proof before we under ako the operation. Wc saytliatPonnsylvaniahasbeen a i'ull,ac- ive partner in eyery enterprise and every ac- tion of tho Republic, which has given it its present prosperity and the assured prospect of its continuance. We appeal to tho documents, and there rest our case. As for the spirit, policy, and principles of her peopio, what change should they undergo to answer the reasonable demand of tho age, and to meet the responsibility of their position ? They take care of themselves. Is no.t that a good way of,doing their duty to other people? The stable people of the Keystone buy only what they can pay for aud cauuot p’roduce for themselves. They sell only wlifit they produce by their own industry, and do not n'ecd for their own consumption. They are not huck sters. A quiver in the stock market of Lon don does not send a shock to the heart of her business. If tho Rothschilds drop the key of their safe into the Atlantie, It does not shake the Alleghany mountains, or trouble tho trout iu their streams.- She pays seventy-five per .cent, of the value of all her commodities to her laborers, and invests tho other twenty-five, less a trifle, for economical support in new pro ductive improvements, which also goes to the laborer. She beats tho Empire State in representative population two Congressmen every ten years ever since the year eighteen hundred and thirty, ‘find will hold on at that rate until she adds Em pire to her other title of Keystone State of the Union. She marches forward at this rate on this route because she employs her capital in the! development of her own materials, and ' hands it over bodily tothofitizena of her home prosperity. Pennsylvania is independent in fact as well as ip thedeclaration of Seventy-Six—politically independent of all the world including her sister Stales, and industrially and commercially in dependent of the jobbers in stocks, wars, and revolutions, on both sides of the Atlantic. ' Her people are moral because they are in dustrious, and they aro quiet and conservative because they are right and know it well. Sho is German,very German, and just asdemo oraiie, but nobody aver charged her with being either devilish or deranged, nor is sho desperate in anything. Scare up tho wildest sort of Yankee excitement, heat it red-rot, stir it with stump oratory till it boils over, then bring it over to Pehnsylvania, aud wo will warrant you that it will get cool enough to be handled with out gloves by the time its surges reach old Berks, or the healthy region of the Tenth Legion. She has a spark-catcher and a. damper for every crazy locomotive she catches In the chase of the «illimitable perspective,” But for real reforms that can be woven into the web of the common life of a healthy people, where has she a superior ? Will some one eloquent in the use of contemptuous epithets please to lay his finger upon the spot where she is at fault ? - Some other day we will give the due atten tion to the progressiveness of Pennsylvania. Wo will point to the milestones which register her steady onward advance, and will fuel as proud of tho record as kg are happy in its facts. So we say to our Republican friend that is jogging us to mend our pace and alter the di rection of our pathway, that wo can’t accommo date him. , We think it is best for all parties to hear from Pennsylvania about the middle of October before they go to the polls in November. They will know all the better what it is best to do about the Presidential Election, which will be as important hereafter as they have been fortunate heretofore under her wholesome di rection. _ THE EQUALITY OF THE RACES AGAIN Wo spoke, a few days ago, of the uncon querable repugnance of the white race against all efforts to confer political and social equali ty upon the negro. The following paragraphs from tho Madißon (Wisconsin) Argus, of the 11th of August, show that what was predicted in our article of lowa on this subject has transpired, and that Wisconsin will same proposition, shortly to be voted upon in that State, a still mo re emphatic rebuke t “lowa Constitution—Negro SurrnAOE Over- WHEMUNonv DkVEATRJ>.**The new Constitution re cently pa&cd in lowa hns been adopted by a major ity of probably t>,ooo or 0,000. The veto was light •and strict party lines were not observed. Tho Rc publicans generally voted for it, as did many Dem ocrats. It is a liberal and fair instrument. Tho principal objection to it was a olauso in the bill of right, which nullifies tho Fugitive Stavo Law, But knowing it to bo void, many national men 'voted for it, notwithstanding. “From indications thus par. negro suffrage is overwholmingly defeated. For instance, Scott county gave 522 majority for the Constitution but 1,245 majority auainxt negro suffrage. Jasper county givos 400 majority for the Constitution, but almost unanimous ‘against negro suffrage. And so it is throughout the State. “This Is an indication of western sentiments upon this subject; It almost certainly declares tho ro salt on the same question in this State. There, as hero, tho Republican party accented it as the issue —tho Democrats opemyavowed ihemHeltcn against Jt. Tho result is completely satisfactory. Negroes cannot vote in tho white West, yot awhilo. New Railroad from Philadelphia to New York, : The Newark Mercury says that the New Jersey Railroad Company intend asking for an extension of their branch road from Millstone to Lambertville, with a design of connecting it at Philadelphia with tho southern and western routes. Tills road, the Mercury thinks, willfqrmthegreatcoiinobtiDgHnkbetweenNew York and the South and West. The distance between New York and Philadelphia, by this route, would be about the same as by tho pre sent road, and would create a very strong com petition, greatly to the advantage, of tho pub lic, but not adding much to the benefits of the companies, we should thlnk., For the carriage of heavy freight, the lower road would per haps have the advantage, but passengers would be apt to prefer the upper. b -Advantage os Foreign Travel. —An el derly lady, who, wUh her daughter,. has but reoeßtly ,fron> * rather ’rapid journey through England, France, part of Qert&any, ahd- Italy, was asked, the other day, if they had visited Home, and she replied in the negative. “L&t Ha, yea we did,” said the daughter, “that was the place where we bought the had ito&lpg* \ u TJjJi PRESS.-Pj|U-piiPHIA, MONDAY, 1857. ’ The most cheering indication of; the politi cal fhtureis the present Vigorous.ajid healthy movement in the South against the advocates of extreme measures on the slavery! question; This movement includes many, if not most, of the loading men In the Southern States. - It is based upon an indestructible principle. It will he at last irresistible, because this principle cannot be successfully antagonised. If there were now pending before Congress and tho country a new series of uncompleted legisla tion on the territorial question, the friends of the Union in the South would he in o hopeloss minority. The efforts of the fanatics of tho North Would in that event stimulate counter purposes in the South; and the feeling aroused on tho one side would be retaliated by the most vehement- denunciations on'the other. Happily, however, tho accepted policy of the Government and of the great majority of tho people is a permanent and peaceftil policy. Every real friend of the Union cannot tail to see that it haa already taken the vitality out of tho Abolition organisation of tho North and West, and that the loaders who were so san guine of sectional success in 1866 have been driven, by this policy, from their asßiuned vantage ground, and compelled to take refuge in local minorities. There never was a period whon, in our opinion, all the just rights of tho South were more certain of protection than at tho present; and, therefore, there never was a time when the Union men of tho, whole na tion could present a bolder or more imposing front. Butthe organization of the Union element in tho South will not only produco good results in that quarter. It will also be responded to froui the North and the West. Wo remember well the exclamation of a Southern states man, in a moment of great peril, when tho waves of Abolition seemed about to sweep away all tho guarantees of the Federal Consti tution. “There would bo no hope, ho motive for the Southern peopio to preserve this Union of States, if they had not a band of brother! and of friends amon, the Union men of the free States.” This band, small for at least ten years past, is now grown strong again. It is increasing its force every day. Tho dis integration of certain parties has vastly added to its advancing column. Tho me mories of Webster and of Clay impel and invoke thousands to its spotless stand ard. It is extending its conquering legions over all the Northern and Western regions. Men who opposed hs last year are in its ranks this day, and are glad to forget past grievances in an earnest co-operation for future nation ality. Such is the augury and tho aspect of tbo present. Union men of tho South! your cause is good. It is good for your own welfare and for ours. Your fidelity encourages ns, and our consis tency will encourage and strengthen you ! AMUSEMENTS. Academy of Music. —To*night the Orchestra will play tho overtures to “ Tancredi” and “Fra Dinvolo,” thus contrasting Rossini and Anbor, tho Italian and French schools. An agreeable feature will bo a duct by Miss Riohlngs aud Madilo. Sohel lor. Theso ladies will also sing solos. Signor Yiori givos an air from 11 La Somnambula,” and anothor from “La Traviata.” Mr. Frazer will sing " Bonny Humic," and an English ballad. Sanford’s Opera House.—*The second week of the season commences this evening. An entiro change of performance is to take plnce. Tho farce of “Tho Virginia Mummy,” a laughablo extrava ganza, will ho preceded by Ethiopoin Minstrelry, by Sanford’s Opera Troupe . There will also bo dancing by tho Sanford children. Tho entertain ments are very popular with our citizens, and Mr. Sanford has exactly hit tho taste of the public. Walnut Street Theatre.—Mr. Nagio has boon so well patronized in tho first wcok of his juvenllo actors performing that ho has determined to run them through a six night’s rc-cngagemont. Tho Wron Family aro very clover, particularly tho youngest, little Froderick and small Martha There is some singing, wonderful from such more children, and capital dancing by little Julia Chris tine. ilB-OPENINO OP THE AnCII STREET THEATRE.— On Saturday evening 31 r. WJioaUoy commenced bis fall season here. Tho house, which will now accommodate about a fifth greater audience than before the recent alterations,' was quite crowded. Every seat was occupied. The re-construction of the auditorium has boon executed with skill and taste, and (though the heat was considerable) tho ventilation has been as well cared for 1 as possible. With all the box doors open, the atmosphere was less warm than might have been expected on such night. The principal features of tho performance were the nppoarence of Mrs. Edward L. Daven port and Mr. Wheatley, ns Letitia Hardy and Doricourt, in the old-fashioned but still popular play of “The Bello’s Stratagem.” (Mrs. Daven port, by the way, must not be confounded with j another Mrs. D., lata Lizzie Weston, who has re cently belonged to Burton’s, at Now York.) No thing can be more absurd than tho wholo plot of “Tho Belle’s Stratagem.” Afi the name indicates, it U a sahetno by a romantio demoiselle to make her future husband in love with her. To effect this amiable purpose she passes herself off, first ns a raw, vulgar, Ignorant, and loquacious country girl, and then, at n masquerade, where her face is covered, as a fascinating lady of fashion, graceful, accomplished, companionable, and brilliant. As if this plot was not enough, Doricourt, tho lover* feigns madness, to escape a marriage with tho young lady, who has thus alternately disgusted and charmed him. Tho lady’s father feigns Illness to induce Doricourt to marry- Letitia llerdy , and, at the end, both of tho young people are made hnppy, in tho usual stage wancor. Mrs. Davenport fully entered into tho spirit of her part, looking and playing it well, and being most tastefully and bo ! comingly attired. She is a charming actress, and has, for the last few years, been considered one of the leading “ stars” of tho English theatres. Tho part of Letitia Hardy, albeit difficult, has gene rally been a favorite with actresges. Besides Miss Foote (now Countess Dowager of Harrington) and bliss Ellen Tree, in our own time, this part has been played by 3lrs. Davison, and by the celebra ted Mrs. Jordan. Its ruling idea has been con veyed from Goldsmith’s “ She Stoops to Conquer,” and from Murphy’s farce of “ Tho Citizen.” 31rs. Davenport, who achieved a decided success, was the recipient of a great number of bouquets—a foolish presentation, by tho way, ns it interrupts the business of the play. Mr. Wheatley took the part of Doricourt , which ElHston was supposed to havo made his own until Charles Kemble also assumed it. Mr, Wheatley played it very spiri tedly all through, and wo havo to add that the manner in which he and Mrs. Davenport danced tho minuet? in tho Masquorado scones could scarcely bo surpassed. Not even professional dancers could have done it much hotter. If Mr. Wheatley’s Doricourt were a trifio less impressive and syllabio in delivery, It would flo much hotter. Doricourt is a dashing, impulsive, high-spirited man of tho world, and Bhould eschew the solid ut terance of Joseph Surface. On the rest of the characters our opinion may bo briefly stated. Old Hardy was naturally played by that reliablo aotor, Mr. Thayor. Mr. Dolman was too oold, and set, and sontontioua for Sir George Touchwood. His bride, | Lady Frances, has little to do, except look hand- J some, and bliss H. Baker did us little and looked as pretty ns possible. Mrs. Raclet (who is usod ; very badly In uot being provided with a husband ! ere the curtain falls) was agreeuby 'rendered by Miss Cruise. A well-established public favorito, Mr. J. &. Clarke, was very enthusiastically greeted . when he appeared before tho audicnco ns Flutter — j one of tho most unnatural characters over written. A scandal-monger; a tale-bearer, and a liar—such a person would be kicked out of docent company ; at the present timo. Yet, in the play, though ho abused and half-choked, ho figures all through, an amusing oreaturo, who is scarcely worth oriti oisra, in amoral view. Mr. Clarko, who has tho true comica vis , contributed agreeably to tho suc cess of the piece. The great merit of Liston, so long tho best low comedian on the English stage, was that he did and said the most mirth creating things with a face of imperturbable gravity. He was serious and natural, and tho apparent unconsciousness of being amusing snado the jest. After the play there was a complimentary call for the company, and, the curtain being raised, xhe tableau received a good deal of ap plause. Mrs. Davenport was finally, ted across the stage by Mr." Whoatloy, who afterwards com plying with the loudly expressed demands of the audience, thanked thorn for their past patronage, assured them that he would endeavor to morit its continuance by taking a higher flight in tho drama’s n&mo, referred to tho improvements effected In the theatre during the recess, and an nounced that Mr. E. L. Davenport would make his appearance on blonday (tho present) evening. He has selected the part of St. Picrre t in “ The Wife,” and will play it to J*W own accomplished lady’s Mariana. On tho wholo, the Arch street theatre has re-openod brilliantly, with a good com pany, and a prosperous season may be antioip&ted Rational Theatre.—Christy and Wood’s min strels commence ‘ a short soason hero this evonlng. We need scarcoly say how popular they have beta in Now York.' They open with .a concert in their own m&QDor, followed by one a la Maretzeh, in which George Christy will travostio the handsomo conductor. Then oomes a burlesquo on tho famous Rochester and the conclusion will be a pleasant farce which had a long run in New York, entitled “New Year’s Calls.” The pro gramme Is to be different each evening. The treasurer of the State of Florida, Mr- Außton, has reoenlly passed through Washington with funds to pay the interest due next month on the seven per cent, internal improvement bonds of that State. correspbnMnce. -t * • —a- • ttiiteiuif tin death of Surgeon Robert T. Barry* of this,city. The following engineers hare been ordered to '-the Tf. S. steam-frigate Sarcnoo, now at Philadel phia, preparing for sea for the Pacific Squadron : Ohief Engineer, Theodore Zeller; Ist Assistant, R. O' Potts; 2d Assistants, 11. A. Ramsey and W'n. Wasdinoton, 4 P. M., August 16,1857. Hunt 1 31 Assistants, N. B. lAttlg, E. A. 0. Dup- The Secretary of War, May 85th, 1857, Instructed and W. R. BcMey. Major Seth Eastman, UV & army, ami >fm. King Th® President tag issued orders for the frith* Heiskell, Esq., Washington oily, to visit in person drawal of certain lands on the Suwaneo river, tho military reserve at Fort Snelllng, in *the Tet* Florida* to be reserved from sale for naval purposes, ritory of Minnesota, to examine and ascertain bow These are yellow pine lands, and the quantity thus far it had been made valuable by Government im* withdrawn Is between 20,000 and 25,000 acres. i provementa; also, whether any actual, bona fide The superintendent of the U. S. wagon roads to settlers wore upon the reservation, who had made the Pacific this morning received a letter, dated valuable Improvements thereon, and had sottled August 4, from the gentleman in charge of the there with tho expectation, superinduced by the * oeoßd division of El Paso and Fort \ uraa wagon Government agents, of having tho preemption f° ad ' ■lie is remaining at Des Arcs, Arkansas, in right extended to thorn, and whother, under all the consequence of the sickness of several members of circumstances, they should be allowed to purchase bis pa-Tty. lie expeota to bo able to leave on the not exceeding one hundred and sixty nores each, wiorning of the 4th, and to push on ns rapidly as covering their improvements at tho Government Col. Leaoh left Des Arcs, osbeforestated, price of $1.25 per aero. They were directed to re- on the 28th of July,'to overtake tho advance party, port to the War Department, on both points, as which must by this time have reached PreSton. soon as practicable, after thoy hod obtained the Prosldent bag directed tho removal of the desired information, go that they might receive °® ce or northwestern district, as further instructions. provided for by the act of July 8,1850. Thoy were further ordered to sell all that port of heretofore selected—Opibua was tho reservation not inoluded in any tract to which f ? un l ““suitable; under the present order of an actual settler hod a just claim, either at public President, it will bo established at Otter-tail auction aftergiving duo notice In the principal pa- _ . _ , pars in the northwest, or at private sale in tracts Interior Department has received intolU or lots of forty acres oaoh, so as to enablo persons of B eno ®t° tho effeot that Col. Nobles left tbeßioux small means to purchase, or in whole, whichever Agency, Minnesota, on thedthinst., to rejoin his in their judgment was deemed best, but in neither P &t i<ho hoa<l of tho Cottonwood rivor, and in case at less than $7 50 per acre. They were to ox : tonda to forward to the Missouri river at all amino Fort Snelllng with reference to its being re* A * ard9 - tained as a military depot for the use of the Go- Tho BttWW ha * received advices vornment; and if necessary for such purpose, they Upper Platte Indian Agency, dated Kavr are to reserve from sale the buildings and such rom which I extract tho fol land as they considered suitable, not less than forty' *, . , .... . . „„ „ rm,; . - J . . . * “A report has reached mo within tho last week acres. They were not to enforce to sale that part the Crow tribe has commenced hostilities of the reserve which extended over a grave-yard against the Sioux, and has made a foray with a war and church, belonging to and olaimed by the party on the Platte, forty miles-abovo this post, Catholic congregation worshipping there, not ex- and has stolon a large number of horses (fifty-seven, coeding twenty-five nores, but to allow the seme to fMthefJu Indlans ' 31,1 remnin in possession and under tho control of said “ I oan got no facts or particulars, and have only congregation, with tho understanding that it waq, tho Sioux version of tho story. No whites have not to ho .used or disposed of for anyothorpur- | Oln ® in,-nor sent wo any noeount of tho affair. It pose. f mystery to mo; for, in May last, tho Crow ... ... _ T , , , . .. and Sioux tribes wore friendly and well disposed Tjio report to tho War Dopartmont from Fort] towards each other, and I oan got no oluo for this Snelung, dated June 10th, 1857, states that the j-sudden outbreak. One thing is certain and pretty agents, agreeably to instructions, had visited and evidontr—tho Sioux are alarmed, and are all run carefully examined tho military reservation at thatds*F l § awa J r Platte. -i... ft „.i it,. r\wAVToiwrrvn sa ..Jr “Some two hundred lodges of thorn have passed place andthe improvements thereon made by the i down below sinco the report first roachod me, and United States and oitizens. The improvements are now on tho Platte and L’eau-qui-Court.” made by the Government wore for military pur- - Sabdivisional surveys of the public lands io Kan poscs, and of a character to render thorn almost ar ® progressing with due despatch, returns valueless for nnv Tho fnri nnrt ni.Minim. whereof havo reached the General Land Office; valueless lor any other. The fort and out-bmld- am9n g which are townships three, south of rangwi mgs upon the reserve wore ercctod many years o igH, nino, ten, eleven, and twelve, east of Oie ago, and, owing to its isolated condition, could not sixth principal meridian, situate on the head-wa liave boon built with any degree of permanenoy, lexi of tho groat Nemaha rivor. which, with tho groat lapse of time sinco their orec- &rgcon Jtobcrt T. Harry, U. S. N., died in this tion, loaves them now in a dilapidated condition. Tho agents are confident that all the improvements could not bo sold for more than $20,000, and are of the opinion that, were they to bo sold by them selves, they would not briug more than half ■ that sum. As an evidence of this, they re spectfully refer to the sale of Fort Atkinson, which was sold some three years ago at public sale for less than $4,000. They would also refer to tho improvements at tho late Winnobago agency, which., sold two years ago for about $7,000, and this too with a guarantee that the purchaser should have tho right to enter the land atsl 25 per acre. Their improvements cost tho Indian Department over $lOO,OOO, and wore all made sinco 1848; and tho Military Deserve atForfc Winnebago was sold lately at §2,50 per acre, whilst tho land owners woro ask ing and selling their lands in the neighborhood at, $5O and upwards per aore. Tboy find upon the reservation, extensive improvements xnado by citi zens, tho cost of which cannot bo less than $30,000, which dato back some twenty years ago. They also find that they aro all owned and in tho posses sion of the fort suttlor, Franklin Steclo, Esq. Many of tho improvements wore made by him self with the knowledge and consont of tho officer in command at the time. They are positive, thero forcjin saying that Mr. Stcelo is tho only claimant upon the same made by oitizens. With a view to tho best manuor of disposing of this reservation under tho instructions of the War Department, they oomo to tho conclusion that unless they sold tho aamo at private sale, it would In all probability i be sold at littlo, if any, over one dollar and twen ty-five cents per aero, and for tho following reasons FROM WAJIHINQXOPf. (eraouti fBO* oPR OOSRESPOHDEHf.] Sale of the Reservation at Fori SneJh'n?, near St., Paul, Minnesota. In 1852,25 th August, Statutes at Largo, Vol. 10, page 35, Congress passed a law reducing the tbon reservation (ofwhich this is apart), and directed that the Commissioner of tho General Land Office should soli that not thon wanted for xaili* taiy purposes, at public sale. The same was surveyed and advertised in the principal papers throughout tho country. Three months’ notice was given, and tho lands proclaimed for sale, in 1853, at Stillwater, and all then offered were sold for $1.25 per acre. That part of the old reservation on the west side of the river was not sold, in consequence of the maps not having reached the }and office on the day of saloj Persona 4eiH' on and made claims without tho authority of law, and then appealed to Congress for relief, and on the 2d of March, 1853, an aot was passed allowing each claimant to pre-empt not exceeding one hun dred and sixty acres, at $1.25 per uoro. Some of this land embraced a portion of tho Falls ef St. Anthony, and had Improvements mado upon tho same by tho Government, and was much more valuable than any part of the present reservation. Tho agonte also collected such information in regard to the sale of otbor reservations os their time, under 'the circumstances, would admit, and found that they seldom brought over $1.25 per acre when sold at public sale. They ascertained that combinations wore being formed for the purpose of purchasing these lands at tho Government price, and wero satisfied that justice could not bo done tho Government unless they sold at private salo; and after a careful ex amination of tho property they estimated Us value at $90,000, which is more than $l2 per acre, and five dollars more than the maximum fixed by the Secretary of War. The question then aroso ns to tho improvements made by Mr. Steele. They could not admit that ho was such a Bottler as would come under the in structions of the War Department, for ho admitted that ho never had been iuducod to beliovo that the pre-emption right would be extended to him, but , they could not conceal the fact that ho had ex pended in improvements a largo amount of monoy, and that to give another the right to purohase the reservation would effectually compel him to loso all that he had expended. Thoy, therefore, came to tho conclusion that jnstico required thorn to give Mr. Steole tho refusal at the price thoy had agreed upon. Thoy accordingly mado him the offer. He proposed to give $75,000. Thoy informed him that thoy would not dispose of it for a less sum than $90,000, at which price he accepted it, and thoy closed a contract at that prioo. They have further to roport that thoy have examined Fort Snolling with reference to its boing retained as a military depot, and became satisfied that the time had passed for it to be useful as a military depot or fort. It ia so far from the fron tier that it is utterly useless as a fort, and to keop it as a military doj>ot would subject tho United States to a heavy annual expense, and the Govern ment oau have their stores forwarded, if necessary, through a commission merchant, cheaper than by keeping this point as a depot. There is but one other military post in Minnesota Territory, which is situated on tho Minnesota River above Fort Snelling, and as steamboats run up to that post, it docs not appear neooesary for a reshipmont at Fort Snelling. As instructed, they reserve from salo twenty acres upon which the Catholics have built a church and hnvo a burial ground, and hnvo re served for tho Protestants a burial ground of ten acres. No mention of this wus mado in tho in structions, but they came to the conclusion thot the Secretary’s attention had not been callod to the circumstances. They would recommend that both reservations bo conveyed to tho respective dc -1 nominations at $1 25 per acre. This report is signed by Major Eastman and Mr. Hicskcll, the agents of the Government. (Correspondence of tho Press.] Washington, August 15,1857. Washington is in the midst of its very dul lest month, and the wontberhns been so extremely warm for tho past two or three days that the few peoplo left in town are rarely seen upon the streets. When September arrives, however, we may oxpeot active preparations for the coming session of Con gress, which bids fair to bo a brief one. In some future lotter I shall give an account of the public measures spoken of as those which are to ho pressed to an early passage. At present I shall only refer to the accommodations which will probably be pro vided for tho largo concourse of people that makes tho Fcdoral Metropolis its abiding plnco during the sittings of Congress. The National Hotel, (which was by fur tho most commodious and plea santly situated house of tho oily,) the U uited States, the St. Charles, and tho Murray llouso, are closed. There are opou at preaout, with very few guests at each, Brown’s, Willard’s and Kirkwood’s. It is said that tho National Hotel, which us a public houso has been ruined by tho disoase which goes by its name, will bo rcmodellod for a theatre, tho only theatre whioh Washington could bonst of having been burned to' tho ground shortly after Mr. Buohanan’a Inauguration. Tho St. Charles will ho reopened in October butfor a briof period, tho square, a portion of which It oooupics, being re quired for the oxtonsion of tho Capitol park, which will bo a magnifioont addition to tho now Capitol. The United States, called last winter tho Interna tional, is refitted and will bo oponod in tho fall. There are several boarding houses, self-stycd hotels, whioh drag on at this timo a siokly existence; and ter boarding houses, themselves, their namo is legion. Mr. Winder, ns I stated in my letter once before, offers tho site of tho Union Buildinqb for tho ercotion of a new hotel. Although it Is well known that tbero is nothing so jnucb wanted &8 a first-rate hotel, I doubt whether Windor’s ofier will be accepted. Commander John M. Borrion has been ordered to the navy yard at Portsmouth, N. 11., to relieve Commander Pickering- The Department yesterday received official infor- TELEGRAPHIC. FROM WASHINGTON. [BRCIAL DESPATOU TO TIIE PRESS.] Vasuington, August 10.—The statement that Hon. -A. CJ. Dodge, U. 8. Minister to Madrid, has resigned, Is aulioritatiycly contradicted by letters and papers re wired this day. ijhere are at least one thousaud visiters at the White Sulphur (Virginia) Bpriogs. Great preparations are mating to extend the accommodations at all the Springs forthe next season. ?he Charleston Mercury, just received, makes tho (blowing extraordinary exclamation: * The fate of the Union, In our judgment, is sealed. It must be dissolved. We bow to the necessity, and mty mourn the catastrophe, but cannot prevent a cer tainty or inevitable as the rolling of the seasons. It Is oriy a question of time. We have not done it. When inyartial history comes to write its epitaph, it will say: ‘ filled by the aggressive injustice of the North, and the ignoble submission of the South S” Judge Dooolas writes that after his visit to Minne sota and Wisconsin—he is on his way there now—he •wjlvialt New York and W/wbington. fommodore Thomson, who relieves Captain Turner at 4!e Ordnance Office, Philadelphia Navy Yard, is a bro tler of Senator Thomson, of New Jersey. Ex-Governor MASsmo, of South Carolina, is a very prominent candidate for Senator in place of Judge But- deceased. F‘om Washington—Naval Changes—'The New Russian Tariff. ffASWMGTON, April 15.—Chief Engineer Zeller, and Aeistant Engineer* Potts, Ramsey, Hunt, LittlgDu pkino and Sehley, have been ordered to the steamer Sftenae, now preparing for the Pacific Squadron, at Philadelphia. Commander Pickering has been detached from Ports nnuth, New Hampshire, and Commander Berrien been anointed bis successor. jiffleial despatches recoived at the Btate Department spak in favorable terms of the ameliorating influence , uow Ruasten tariff, saying that tho comracnce nsnfof tho operations affords evidence that the present Epperor entertains views dlfferentfrom his predecessor, a 4 affords hope'that other important reforms may fol lor. Books In all languages, and pictures, are duty fro, subject only to the usual censorship. Russian sub joins, living in foreign countries, can now travel for five ftp* with a reduction of passport fees. Tio Southern Hail—Louisiana JCropa—Marine ' >• • • Dlsast kt At Key West, <Uc. Washington, Aug. 16*—The Southern mail furnishes ?«w Orleans papers to the oth Inst. A letter to tho Picayune from Plaguemlno states that V Sugarcane Is growing rapidly on tho plantations in hat vicinity, and that it is expected that & new crop of sigar will be in the market by the middle of October, tlreo weeks earlier than usual. The corn crop was lar gr than over before, and the rice crop abundant. Hnr vot would commence in two weeks. fho Baton Rouge Advocate reports the cotton crop in th.t vicinity as seriously affected by tho rain. It con firns the forward state of the sugar crop. ?ho Caddo Gazette says tho cotton crop promises a far,turn out. •he Key West correspondent of the Charleston Com rie reports tho barque Pacific was bilged on the 26th uli Two-thinls of her cargo was damaged, but brought hi|h prices at the Marshal’s sales. The schooner Ame rica, Waters, from New York, had pat Into thatjwrt on th> Ist inst., with her crew in a mutinous state. They woe replaced by tho crew of the Pacific. The North Carolina Election. lalifax, N. C., Ang. 15.—Tho sheriff has just ar riv'd from Raleigh with official returns, showing Shaw's inaority in the recent election was 33 votes. '• Fire at Point Levi, opposite Quebec. Qusbeo, Aug. 25.—An incendiary last night fired some woiden buildings on Point Levi, opposite this city, and twenty of them were destroyed. Fatal Explosion of a Powder Magazine liurAx, August 14.—Tho Merchants’ powder maga tio, containing the whole stock of powder in Halifax, exttoded with a terrific concussion shortly after mid nigtt last night. One man was killed and fifteen others won seriously Injured. Five houses wero demolished, andaeveral damaged. Tie Government raogusine and the barracks wero mueb shattered, and nearly ail tho windows in tho nor/hern part of tho city were broken. The magaxino is sujnosed to have been fired by au incendiary. For hours the excitement was intense. Many persons had boon thrown from their beds, and others, bewildered, rushed into the streets for safety, believing au earthquake had ©reared. Firtber Depredations by the Cheyenne In- gf Lotus, August 15.—Advices from Fort Kearney fitatithat a party of nineteen drovent in charge of up waHk of 1800 cattle, destined to the Utah expedition, wert attacked when twenty-seven miles above tho Fort, on tie 18th Inst., by 150 Cheycnno Indiana. Al the cattle and twenty mules ran off. One of the drove™ was killed, and another severely wounded. Nlntof the Indians were slaiu. Cil. Sumner bad started in pursuit of the Indians. Explosion of the Baltimore Gas Works, B.ltimore, Aug. 16. —An explosion occurred at the GasWork* this afternoon, the roof of the purifying hone being blown off. Two men were knocked dowu, but |one were killed. i Fatal Accident. AftUNY, August 15,—A fatal accident occurred on the Alhfay and Northern,Railroad, near Woht Troy, this mortjng, The axle of an engine broke, upsetting .the and the engineer and fireman are supposed to bavfibeen killed. The particulars of tho accident hsvo not jvt been received. Sailing of the Baltic. Nev York, August 10 —The steamer Baltic sailed this aftenoon, with 03 passengers and ?840 5 000 in specie. Non-Arrival of the Columbia* Ntfv York, August 16—8 o’clock P, M.—There areas yet m signs of the Colllnß mail steamship Columbia, now aboutduc, with foreign advices to the 6th Inst., four days hter than those furnished by tho Canada. Markets. Nkv Orleans, August 14.—Cotton—Market closed firm; >alcs of 100 bales to-day. The sales of tho week amomted to 5,600 bales, nml tho receipts to 240 bales. Tho leccipts of cottou thus far at 'this port less than last year, amount to 230,600, and at all Southern ports of 6ft,000 baleo. Flo«r is very dull. Wheat steady at $1 25 bushel. Corn is quoted at 85c. Oats steady at 45c. Mess Pork unsteady; quoted at $24. Coffee—Sales of Rio at 11 12c.: tho Balch of tho week are 8,600 bags; stock in port, 09,000 hags. The other markets are unchanged. New Orleans, Aug. 15.—Cotton—Tho market ge nerally is dull. There wore no sales to-day, Rod tho receipts aero only five bales. A new crop from Texas is expected. Titk U. S. Aoiiicoltukai/ Society's Exhi bits.—Wo And iu several of our exchanges, suys.tho Louisville (Ky.) Journal of the 13th, the time of holding tho fifth annual exhibition of tile U. S. Agricultural Society, at Louis ville,'fixed iu October. This is a mistako that may ho injurious to tho exhibition and disap point many who dosiro to becomo exhibitors or visiters. We hope the newtpapers throughout the country will promptly make the correction. Tho lime for holding this exhibition was ori ginally fixed for September Ist,but on account of tho great number of contributors expected, it has been determined to commence it one day sooner. It will begin on Monday, August 81st, and continue six days. It gives abundant promiso to bo tho most splendid exhibition of tho kind that lias evor been witnessed. Two young lada, named Homer Atkinson and Charles Hammer, very respectably connected, have boon arrested at Cleveland, Onto, on tho charge of purloining money letters from the post office belonging to tho Gorman Evangelical Asso ciation. They mode a confession and were com mitted. {from the New Tork Sund&y Herald.] APPALLING COLLISION.' A PROPELLER SUNK IN SIXTEEN FATH- OM S WATER FIFTEEN PERSONS. MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN, DROWNED. BOAT AND VALUABLE CARGO TOTALLY LOST. CORRECT LIST OP LOST AND SAVED. AMrctinjj Scenes and Incidents—Meeting at the Passengers, DEATH OP AN INVALID FROM EX CITEMENT, IfC., tfc., ij-c. The oities of New York and Brooklyn were yes terday thrown into a state of great excitement by tuo announcement that a most disastrous and de structive collision had taken place, but a few hours beforo, on Long Island Bound, between the Fall River steamboat Metropolis Cnpt. Brown, and the New London and Norwioh propeller J. W. Harris Capt. Leonard Smith, resulting i n the immediate sinking of the propeller in sixteen fathoms water, carrying down with her fifteen human beings. The facts in connection with this shocking catastrophe are theso: The J. W. Harris, one of the line of New Lon don and Norwich propellers, left her pier at No. 12 North river about 5 o*oloojc Friday afternoon, on her regular weekly trip for the above-named places, very hoavily laden with an assorted cargo 01 mer chandise, consisting of groceries, provisions, dry goods, about thirty tons of pig iron, cotton in bales, bar Iron, 4'C., Ao., valued in all at about $50,000, and consigned to various parties throughout the New England States. In addition to this cargo she had on bonrd twenty-seven persons, named as follows: Passengers — Mr. A. L. Smith, wife and daughter, of 181 Concord street, Brooklyn; Miss Gordon, of 37 Catborino street, New York; John Ayres, of 06 Hammond street, New York; John P. Bunn, of Brooklyn; James Cahill, of New York; William 11. Orr, of Brooklyn; Samuel Newman, of Brooklyn; James Maiming, of New York; John Smith, or Now London; Eliza Smith, of Now Lon don; Mary Smith, of New London; a gentleman, wife and child, names and residenoo unknown. Crew. —Captain Leonard Smith, of New Lon don, Ct.; George M. Thompson, first engineer, of New London, Ct.; K. H. Word, second engineer, of Now London, Ct.; Stephen Prontioe, mate, Now London, Ct.; William Graves, deck-hand, New London, Ct.; Jerry Flannigan, deck-hand, New London, Ct.; George Alien, deck-hand, New Lon don, Ct.; Daniel JDwoy, deok-hand, New London, Ct.; James , deck-hand, New London, Ct.; Mary Withers; chambermaid, of New York; Ann Willis, cook, of New York. The passengers, with one or two exceptions, were bound on visits to their friends in New London, and were acquaintances of Captain Smith. Every thing passed off as pleasantly and agreeably aa the excessive boat of the evening, which was a most delightful one otherwise, would allow, until about ten minutes to two o’olock Saturday morning, by which time the propeller had got some sixty-flvo miles from the city up the sound, and about midway between Falkland Island and New Haven. In tlio middlo of the sound the lights of a steamboat wero suddenly discovered coming from an opposite di rection and bearing directly down upon nor. Tho . courso of the vessel was immediately changed so as 1 tosteer clear of her, but to no purposo, as the pilot of the steamboat, mistaking tho propeller for a sloop or sailing vessel, in consequence of her having her forward sail up at the time, also changed his course so that both vessels’ bows pointed the same way, and diagonally across tho channel, so that the propeller was heading cast half north, and tho steamer west half south. Tho engines of the propeller were imme diately stopped ana revorsod, out to no purpose, as in less than two minutes after this was done she was struck by the cutwater of tho stoamer justfor ward of tho pilot house on hor starboard side, cut ting a bole through hor sides, so that she filled and sank in from fourteen to sixtoen fathoms water, in less than two minutes thereafter, carrying down with her tho entiro cargo and sixteen persons, most if not all of whom wero in bed at the time of the occurronco. The steamer immediately reversed her engines, loworcd her boats, and succeeded by means orropes and tbo boats in scouring eleven out of the twenty seven who were known to be on board at tho time. The Metropolis is a new boat, and has beon on tbo routo but about two or three years She left Fall River Friday ovoning, about 7 o’clock, with between two and three hundred most of whom hod arrived at Fall River on tho eastern trains at that hour for Now York, and proceeded on her joumoyto this city without auything un usual occurring up to tho time of the collision, at '‘which time most of hor passengers wero in bed nsloop. Tho annexed graphio account of tho collision, which our reporters have collected from the pas sengers, crow, and others on board of the boats at the time of tho occurrence, will serve to convoy a correct idea of the appalling affair. miSMBST or CAPTAIN LEONARD SMITH. The propeller J. N. Harris, commanded by myself, left her pier at No. 12 North River about five o’clock on Friday afternoon, with avery heavy assorted cargo, con sisting principally of groceries, provisions and drygoods, with about thirty tons of pig iron, and aquflntity of chain and bar iron onboard, and in ail valued at between $50,000 and $60,000, not one cent of which was insured. The cargo was owned principally by New London mer chants, while a portion of it was consigned to various parties throughout the New Rugland States. In addition 1 to the cargo, there were fourteen passengers on board, beside a crow of eleven persons. [The captain must be mistaken as to tbequraber of passengers, as other ac : counts make out sixteen, all told.} The clerk of the boat, Mr. Wm. Rowe, having received a telegraphic de spatch on Friday afternoon of the illness of his wife, left the propeller and proceeded to New London in tbe steamer Connecticut, and, I think, took the bill oflading with him, so that I am unable to enumerate or eves give any adequate idea of the amount and extent of her cargo. The passenger list went down with the propeller, so that no exact idea can be arrived at, at present. The pro peller was three years old, a staunch boat, and was owned principally by people in Now London, and valued at $22,600. Mr. J. N. Harris, of Now London, after whom she was named, owned the fourth of her. I hod an Interest of $2,600 in hor. She was insured against fire only, and is consequently an entire loss to her owners, so far as marine Insurance is concerned. Tho fifefropolirf struck us Just forward of the pilot-house, and probably cut us completely through, as we sank within two minutes afterward. We hod a sail up at the time, and had been stopped sorao time wlicu the colli sion took place. I havo nothing to say at present as to how it happened. The night was height and starlight over head, and neither the water nor weather was rough. The women and children were all in the cabin inloep at the time, and wero all lost. Those of the pas sengers that wore in bed at the time, who did make out to save themselves, had barely a chance of doing so, as the vessel went down so soon after she waastruck, we had no chanco to get into the cabin,'or to make anj* attempt to rescue the persons who were therein. I have lost three of iny littlo children, which will be bad news for mo to carry home to their mother, who is in New Lon don. I have alroady sent a despatch of the fact to her. At this moment an old grey headed gentleman came into the upper saloon of the Metropolis, where Captain Smith was sitting at a table making this statement to Aeveral reporters, aud, walking up to the captain reach ed out his hand, which was graxped by that of Captain Smith, who said, “How do you do. Mr.. Gordon?” at the same ttm© averting his face from that of Mr. Gor don (thenamo of tho old gentleman) to hide tho tears which began to trfeklo down his face. The old gentlo mno, In a tremulous voice, and -without answering tho Captain’s interrogatory, said, 11 1 cauio to ahk about my daughter; where is she? Is she alive or not?” “She is gone,” replied the captain, which announcement seemed to he too much for the poor man, who, exclaim ing, “Oh, my God, do you tell mo so * is it possible?” sank down into a seat and wept like & child for several minutes, (luring which time there was uot a dry eve In the saloon. The meetiug, and the sad intelligence im parted in so few words, was most impressive iudeed. Captain Smith seemed to feel his position moat keenly, for in addition to losing three beautiful promising children of hia own, aged respectively nine, seven, and live, ho had at one fell swoop been compelled to witness, M it wore, the death struggles of the wives, children, or friend# or some of bis oldest and most inti mate associates without oveu the poor consolation hav ing been afforded him of endeavoring to extend to them a helping hand. For some moments afterward he could not speak a word, but was obliged to rieo from hla seat and walk away from the table; subsequent to which he hail a few words morn with Sir. Gordon In relation to tho sad affair, who then retired from tho cabin, weeping most bitterly. Captain Smith then returned to the table at which the reporters were sitting, and address- Jog them, said—“Bho was a most beautiful girl, only 18 years of age, and only to think her father brought her down to my boat last evening and gave her into my charge, to take to her friends in New London, but now she has gono with my children, I hope to a better world.” „ , Miss Gordon is the daughter of George Gordon, Esq., clerk, at 78 Water street. Captain Smith was evidently laboring under a great mental excitement during tho recital of tho above narrative, particularly so (hiring the latter portion of it. BT.VtKMEKT Or CiPT. BROWN, 0F THE METIIOPOLIS, CVpt’Wililftm 11. Lewis, tho first pilot of the Metro* poll*, was on duty at the time of the collision. Ho baa been on the lluo over since It was established, and there is not a more reliable pitot on the Sound. lie feels a* bad about the accident as Capt. Smith does, and wishes for th e proseut to avoid making a formal statement of the occurrence himself. He baa. however, related the whole affair to me, and I will roiato It to yon word for word as he gave it 10 me: We left Fall River about seven o'clock on Friday evening for New York, with some two or three hundred pA*sengors. About five minutes before two o'clock Saturday morning, be tween Falkland Island and New Haven, the pilot saw a vessel about a point and a half on the starboard bow, which he supposed to he a schoon er ; she showed a very little light aft, hut no head light whatever; she was heading east half southeast, Rndwewere going west, half south. When steamers meet head to head, the rule is for both to put their helms to port and pass to the right, hot sailing vessels we must giro their course. So supposing this to bo a schooner on a free wind, our pilot kept off to the left, trying to pass on the south side; but she, seeing that wo wero a Bteamer, and trying to pass her to the left, and she continuing on lior regular course, an a. matter of fuct brought ufl into a collision. The bell of the Metropolis was rung to stop the ongtnoa, but in about a minnute we struck between her masts I b&d got out my berth and got to tho window when Bho struck The foremast of the propeller weut on our lar board bow, and her mAinmflst on her starboard bow. We were, probably, at tho time, running at the rate of twelve miles an hour. Ido not think wo were going at n greater rate of speed thau that, and must have cut a hole through the side of tho propeller. It was a bright starlight night, with a light haze on the water; but if there had been headlights ou tho propeller, wo could easily liavo seen her. I think our engines were reversed at the time of tho collision, b(jt am not positivo as to that Tho collision did not shakeourbontniuch, and pers o ns sleeping aft might not have been awakened by it. The only damage done to the Metropolis by the collision is tho loss of her cut-water and fiag-staff on her bow. she does not leak ft drop on account of it, and we shall run back to Fall River to-night w usual. The fine oak stem of the stearnor Is hardly scratched, but we may hare to goon the ways for repairs when It is convenient for us to do so, because tho damage to tho cut-water extends under water. Immediately after the collision there was some confusion on board the steamer about getting tho boats over, but wo had a little dickey boat which hung ready on our quarter in the water inabout two minutes, and two others in five minutes more. The crow of the steamer threw ropes to tho propeller, and saved all they could in that war; and the passenger# threw over Jife-preaervers and whatever else they could lay tboir hands ou that would float IVe have ten boats on board of tho steamer all told Wo could hoar men crying and struggling in tho water the moment the collision took place, and wo hauled three men in over the bows; one saved himself by climbing up the wheel, and Capt. Smith clung to tho braces of tho wheel. The propeller immediately sunk in about fourteen or sixteen fathom'! of water. After the collision we kept tho steamer lay ing stlU till after daylight, with home boats out all tko time tookin* for persons In the water. During tbo time the steamer drifted somo distance from tho place of tho collision, but the boats remained hoveling around the place all the time in hopes of discovering some person clinging to a floating barrel, spar, board, bale, or something from tho wreck, hut without avail. As soon as wo could seo clearly wo brought tho steamer again to tho place, which wo did not dare do before for fear if wo moved the wheels that wo might strike and injure some one who might bo iu tho water, or els© by the ripple which it would cause, wash them from whatever thev might be clinging to. He could clearly see tho oil on the water an it roue from the casks in tho wreck. Immediately after the collision, a committee was formed by the passcugers of the Metropo lis, for the purnoso of socking out and administering to I the wants of tho wrecked passengers and crew who had been saved, and who had lost lu some instances every I article of clothing and dollar of money which they pos- Beased in the world. They came to me [n the first place ! to make some inquiries about Capt. Smith, as they wished to know how far to trust him, I have known him from a boy and ha'® been very intimato with him, often Bailing with him ou the siimo vessel; and 1 told him that they could pnt implicit confidence In any statement which ho might make to them, or that they need not be afraid totrust him with untold gold. He then, at their re quest, gave them as good an account of bis crew as he -yV'Jv'V* ; x MT »li from them, «ww he »u» jnorirorMiKum, u>d Wlrn deprtTed orhfi unit of firnto. VUMlthoed, uul htd lost oil the prepertr he hid to to* world ihe eora mittse went promptly to work, end won mised thout WSS tmong the pusenjen, which th.y <11.14,4 tmonw the (turvivlog crew and passengers according to their several necessities; subsequent to which they contri buted and forced upon Captain Smith a handsome pre seat for the noble conduct evinced by him on this trying occasion. William Glares, deck hand; L. H. Ward, second engineer; George T. Thompson, chief engineer; and some of the possehgerO made -statements, 'bat they were merely corroborative of the above. INCIDENTS, ETC." ‘ Among the passengers nn board the Metropolis at the time of the ait aster was Mr. George Tsp pftn. a merchant of New Bedford, of considerable wealth. He had for some time past been subject to fits, and was, at the tltne of this occurrence, on bis way south, with hi* wife, for his health. Dur ing the intense excitement on board of the boat he became so nervously affected that he fell backward in an apoplectic fit, and expired almost instantly. He was about 45 years of age. Immediately after the collision a woman was seen struggling in the water, supporting her infant child in Her arms. A rope was thrown to her. whiob fell within her reach, and which she might have seised and saved herself by relinquishing her bold upon her child. She looked up, saw the rope, saw those who would have given almost their own hold upon life to save here, then pressed her child to her breast and sank forever. LIST OF T BE LOST. The following list comprises all who are known to have been lost, with tbe names of all but one man, wife and child, who, Captain Smith says, were on board,.but whose names be eonld not call to mind. lie thinks, however. <hat they belonged to New York : * 1. —Jane L. Smith, wife of A. W. Smith, Esa., of 181 Conoord street, Brooklyn. * 2. Harriett Smith, aged 11, daughter of Mr A W. Smith. 3. Miss Gordon, 18 years of age, American, single daughter of Mr. George Gordon, No. 37 Catharine street. New York. 4. —John Smith, 9 years of age, American, son of Captain Leonard Smith, of New London. 5. Eliza Smith, 7 years of age, American, daughter of do. 6. Mary Smith, 5 years of sge, do. do. 7,8, and 9.—A gentleman, wife and child, on known. Prentice, mate of the propeller} American, leaves a wife and one son in New Lon don. 11. George Allen, 16 years of age, American, deckhand, New London. 12. Daniel Daley, 30 years of age, Irish, deck hand, New London. ■ ' 13. James ,23 years of age, Irish, deck hand, Now London. 14. Ann Willis, cook, Irish, New York. 15. —Mary Withers, chambermaid, Irish, New York. LIST OP THE SAVED, I.—Captain Leonard, Smith, 4o years of age, American, Now London. 2. —George M, Thompson, Ist engineer. Ameri can, New London. 3. —K. H. Ward, 2d engineer, do., do: 4. —John P. Dunn, passengor. 5. James Cahill, do. 6. —A, L. Smith, do. 7. —Wm. H. Orr, do. 8. —Samuel Newman, do. 9. —James Manning, do. 10. James Ayers,/passenger, 74 years of age, residing at No. 60 Hammond street, taken from the water in a greatly exhausted condition. , 11.—Wm. Graves, deck hand, American, New London. 12.—Jerry Flannigan, deck hand, Irish, New London. MEETING OF THE PASSENGERS OF THE METROPOLIS. After the first alarm of the accident had some what subsided on hoard the steamer, the shock of course having awakened all the sleepers and brought every one on deck, a meeting was extem porized, and a committee appointed to collect funds to relieve, in some measure, the most pressing wants of the sufferers who were saved from the wreck, and also for the benefit of the families of those who were lost. THE LATE ELECTIONS. The Democrats appear to have been generally successful in the lato elections. They will, there fore, hnve a clear majority of nearly twenty in the next House of Representatives, upon a general classification. Kentucky.— The result stated by us a week ago has not been altered by subsequent returns. There have been eight Democrats and two Americans elected to Congress, vii: 1(. C. Burnett, Dem. J. M. Elliott, Dem. 8. O. Peyton, Dcm. H. Marshall, Amer. W. L. Undorwood, Amer. J. B. Clay, Dem. . A. G. Talbot, Dem. John C. Mason, Dem. J. 11. Jewett, Dcm. John W. Stevenson, D. The majority of James H. Garrard, Democrat, for Stato Treasurer, over Thomas L. Jones, Ameri can, is above ten thousand. In the State Legislature the Democrats will have a majority of sixteen on joint ballot, which will enable them to elect a United States Senator. Twenty State Senators, including ono to fill a va cancy, wore eleotod on the 3d instant, and of these tho Democrats obtained thirteen and the Ameri cans seven'. But there aro eighteen Senators hold ing over, of whom only five are Democrats. This will give the Americans a majority of two in the Senate. In the House of Representatives, all electod this year, the Democrats will have a ma jority of eighteen or twenty. Tennessee.— ln this State, we are informed, tho Democrats havo electod Mr. Smith in the third district, Mr. Savage in the fourth district, Mr. Jones in the filth, Mr. Wright in the seventh, Mr. Atkins in the ninth, and Mr. Avery in the tenth. The Americans elect Mr. Brady in the sixth dis trict and Mr. Zoilicoffer in the eighth. The first and scoond districts to be heard from. There will be a Democratic majority in both branches of the State Legislature, and this will five them two United States Senators. Isham G. larris, Democrat, is elected Governor of the State by a majority of ton thousand over Robert Hatton, American. North Carolina.— Here, too, the Detnocrata have beon victorious. They hare gained two members of Congress, and in several districts they had no opposition. The followingmembera appear to have been elected : Thomas Ruffin, Burton Crnige, Thomas 1. Clingmnn, Warren Winslow,, h. 0. B. Branch, Henry M- Shaw, (over H. W. Smith,) and Alfred M. Scales, (overß. C. Puryear.) In the fifth district the contest is close between John A. Gilmer, Amorican, and Stephen W. Wil liams, Democrat. Texas.— The returns are sufficient to show that the Jlon. H G. Runnels, democrat, is elected Governor of Texas by from ten to twelve thousand majority over the IJon. Samuel Honstcn. There was no real* contest for Lieutenant-Governor, and both tho Democratic candidates for Congress have been chosen by largo majorities. Tho above is from the National Intelligencer, old-lino Whig, of Saturday last. Tho Union of tho samo day informs us that tho new delegation in tho Houso from Alabama, seven, in number, arc all Democrats; being a gain over last Congress of two. Missouri. —lt is evident, from tho tone of the Missouri papers, Rollins has been elected Governor. His majority, it is supposed, will bo about fifteen hundred. lowa. —From tho returns received from'various portions of lowa, tho indications are that the new constitution has been adopted by tho people of that State. Several of tho Democratic counties have cast their votes in favor of it. Dnbnque county went Btrongly against it; but that is counterbalanced by other counties, of the same political stripe, giving heavy majorities in its favor. The Republicans genernllyvotcd for it, though the vote was light. Nebraska. —The St. Louis Democrat has re ceived the following returns of the Nebraska Ter ritorial Flection under date of August 3d: For Congress—Chapman, 1,114; Ferguson, 1,470: Thayor, 1309; Rankin, 1090. AH heard from except Dakotah county. Mail Robberv is Maryland —The mail from Easton, for tho Wilmington distribution, including many letters for Baltimore, was found In a woods in Queen Auno’s county, near Centreville, on Tuesday morning last. The mail was the one which loft Easton on Saturday. The carrier was drunk, and got some twenty miles off his route. Most of the letters were rifled of their contents. The Baltimore Patriot of Saturday states that a largo amount of checks were found on the ground. The mail contained packages for New Vork, Phila delphia, Baltimore. Washington, Richmond, An napolis, and several other points in Maryland. The Easton Bank had determined to sond $15,000 to Baltimore’ that day, but from some slight cause tho cushier deferred it, and thereby saved the money. The mail was fouud by Mr. Joseph Share, of tho city, who was on a visit to that section, and whilo looking for berries in the woods camo across it. Mr. Share handed the whole mass over to Mr. T. J. Keating, assistant postmaster at Centreville, who holds tho packages for further orders. Railroad Decision. [From the Buffalo Auvertiser.) Justico Davis, of the Supremo Court, has recently given a judgment of the Central Rail road Company, under the following circumstances: John Burns arrived at Batavia at eight ami a half o'olook P. M., found the ticket office locked, and took tho cars for Buffalo at 9P. M. Tho conductor made him pay fivo cents extra fare for having no ticket. On these facts Judge Davis decides; Ist. That tho defendants had an office at Batavia for the sale of passage tickets to those travelling on theirroad. 2d. That it was closed at an hour when it should have been open, to afford travellers an opportunity to purchase such tickets. 3d. That the plaintiff wont to said office to pro cure a passage ticket from Batavia to Buffalo, and found it closed, and wits thus illegally deprived of an oppoi tunny to purchase said ticket. 4th. That tho plaintiff, having gone to said of fice for said purpose, and found it closed, gave him the right to take passage from Batavia to Buffalo by paying the customary and legal fare (seventy five cents;) and that the taking of tho five cents by the conductor (on the cars) over aud above the customary fare, subjected the defendants to the penalty prescribed by the statute, ($50,) which the plaintiff is entitled to recover in this action, to gothorwith excess of fare by him paid. McKlm, the Murderer—Preparations for his Execution, llolidvisiiuro, Aug., 15.—0 n Thursday, Mc- Kim,'t he murderer of Norcross, who is to be executed <ra Friday next, was brought down into tbo jail yard for tho purpose of Having his photogruph taken. It was taken by George W. Fisher, Esq., the celebrated artist of this place, lie appeared cheerful and light-hearted, as much so as any one present, and drew up tho bottoms of his and stated that ho wanted the irons about his legs to show in the pieturc. lie has ordered his coffin hud shroud, being anxious to look upon them. They are being made. Tbo coffin will bo a good one. After hoispluccd in it, his body will bo given into the charge of his friouds, who will remove it to Marcus Hook, to be buried according to his request. The gallows is to bo erected on Monday uoxt, immediately in front of tho room in which he is con fined. Thu gallows is tho aamo upon which Shirley was executed, for tho murder of his wife, in 1351. The ropo to bo used by Sheriff Port has been received, uud was made in Philadelphia. The Lynchburg Firginian says that Mr. John H. Tyree sold a lot tf tobacco on Tuesday at $335 per owt. It was grown by Thomas J. Brown, Esq., of Yanceyville, If. 0., and purchased by Messrs. Halsey A Booker for their celebrated “Fanny 'Jlen" brand. This is piling Pelion. upon Ossa, and caps tho climax in tho way of tall prices for tho Virginia weed. Jas. B. Somner has been convicted of mur der at Santa Fc, New Mexico, and is to be hung next Monday. r? Tf rr '- f;.v n * ffr® CITY. Melancholy Event. —It is with painful feel ings that we are called upon to annouwoe the death, by bis own hand, of Mr. George fteimbold, firtt Teller of the Western Bask, is this city. This distressing tei was committed at his own residence yesterday (Sunday) morning. Mr. H had been prevented, by imUipcwition, from attending to his dotiesat tbe Bank for the past week- during which time he has been at home, and carefully attended by his relatives. .He appeared to be better on Sa turday evening, and spoke of resuming his place at the Bank this morning, but on retiring to his room, be was heard to walk the floor the greater part of the night, and at about eight o’clock in tbe morn ing he inflicted, with a razor, the fatal wound which terminated his existence. Mental derange ment was unquestionably tbe sole cause of this ter rible act. Mr. Helmbold has been a highly esteem ed officer of the Bank for many years, and pos sessed the respect and entiro confidence of tbe Di rection of the Bank, as well as the worm regard of bis fellow officers. Mr. H. was sot married. A Beautiful Sabbath.— Could anything be more suggestive of the sweet allurements of a day of sacred rest than the face of Nature as it appeared in and around our fair city yesterday morning l The copious ablation from the Heavens above, to whioh it bad been submitted on Saturday evening, purified and vitalized the parched air, earning the foliage of our trees to ware in richer green, the drooping little wayside flower to lift its face to Heaven as if to bless the hand of its deliverer, and even the face of brick and mortar to reflect the sunbeam in a more pleasing tone. Our devotional instinct having led ns to Green Hill in the morn ing, and to the southwestern part of the city in the afternoon, we had ample opportunity to imbibe these physical beauties of the Sabbath in our walks. Really, it was inspiring, and never was the spirit of those beautiful lines— “ Welcome, delightful morn Thou day of soered rest”— more universally written upon the faces of all, both yonng and old. The very atmosphere seemed to impart a more inviting echo to the church hells* sound—little children tripping on their way to Sabbath School laughed a gleeful response'to the beauties of the morn, and even the visages of “ children of a larger growth” wore a more Sabbatic smile. With these more sunny aspects of the picture, gentle reader, we -would fondly close; but alas! tbe beauties even o.‘ a sunlit Sabbath are not without its spots—soth at “ stars” even in daylight are not entirely without their uses. Bens there ore of infamy and vice, despite the moral current of onr country’s Eihle cberishing institutions. But, recognising “labor ing for the right'' as our motto, who will despair of evil beingoltim tiely swallowed up in good?—when the desert places of even our most benighted cities shall be mode “ to blossom as the rose.*’ 7*Ae Lighting of the City.—The lighting of the gas lamps of the city forms no inconridera ble item of the municipal expenses. The whole management of the affair is now in the H»"d a 0 f the Gas Company, who appoint their own superin tendents. four in number, and make their own regulations. The lamp-lighters are furnished with cards, the arrangement of which is in thiswise: Each ward is divided into four parallel eolnmns. The first column contains tho numerals denoting the days of the month; the seeond column, the let ters denoting tho days of the week; the third column, the hoar and minute at which the lamps are to be lighted, and the fourth column, the time they ought to be extinguished. These cards are the official instructions to the lamp-lighters. Police Items. —Francis P. Shane waa charged, before Alderman Encu, on Saturday, on the oath of David H. Cooke, with misdemeanor, in having obtained money from sundry persons by false and fraudulent representations. Cooke, who is a mem ber of the Hibernia Engine Company, had his shoulder dislocated some time since, and was ad mitted iato the Pennsylvania Hospital. While in this institution, Shane has been imposing upon the publio in collecting funds for the disabled fireman. When arrested, a petition, fraudulent of coarse, was found in his possession. He was sent to prison. Jacob Fubin, the captain of & canal boat, was robbed & day or two since of a pocket-book con taining $75 in money. The thief is supposed to have been one of the persons employed on board the boat. Wm. Haunington was before Aid. Rnue, cm Sat urday morning, on the charge of having waylaid, in connection with another, and committed a vio lent assault and battery on the person of Joseph Keim, in the vicinity of Nineteenth and Market streets. Mr. K. is the owncrof several mole on tbe city railroads, and the assailant was for merly in his employ. The magistrate held Ben nington in $l,OOO bail to answer at court. Isaac Johnson, alias “Chicken Ike,** has been held to bail by Aid. Enue, to answer the charge of the larceny of a quantity of wearing apparel, the property of John Turner, of Point Breeze. William Poor was arrested in Oak street, above Brown, on Saturday night, for aamplH"g his step father with an *xe-handle. Officer Jones, after.*, hard conflict, wok the offender before Alderman Williams, when he was held, to answer- John Robinson was arrested yesterday, at the comer Third and Vine streets, by officer DaDey, fur driving through the streets at a furious rate, end endangering the lives of the citizens. He was fined by the same magistrate, and held to answer at Court. The Proper Coarse.—We understand that the Sccretary-of the Navy has determined that here after all anthracite coal be purchased by the duly appointed agent of the Government in Penn sylvania, and shipped from Philadelphia to onr naval stations in the various parts of the world. The Bureau of Construction advertised on Friday for the transportation of 4,000 tons of anthracite coed to be sent from this city to China. Coroner’s Coses. —Coroner Delavan has had his hands full during the past fow days. There have been an unusual number of sudden deaths, drowning cases and suicides, all of which he has bocn engaged in fully investigating. The Coroner was summoned to hold an is qneston Saturday evening, on the body of an unknown fomalo who was found dead on the bank of the Schuylkill, opposite the Almshouse. A verdict of cause unknown was rendered. The bodyof ffm. H. Woolley, long and favorably known in Philadelphia as a member of the typo graphical profession, who was employed in the Pennsylvanian office, was found in the Delaware, at Dock-street wharf, on Saturday. The deceased hod been missing from his residence since Tuesday last, and the cause of his death is, thus far. involved in mystery. The body was first discovered by two boys who were fishing in a small boat, and upon its being brought to shore presented a sickening sight. There was a deep gash on one side of the neck, a picco of the flesh having been torn out, the faco much discolored, and every symptom of a severe struggle having occurred—whether from vio lence or accident, is yet unknown Coroner Dela van partially Investigated the case, but the inquest was adjourned over. The deceased leaves a wife and family, who are in indigent circomstances. We will add that the deceased served with great gallantry throughout the Mexican wax, and was highly esteemed by all who knew him. Hisfnneral took place yesterday afternoon, and was attended by tho members of the Typographical Union. About six o’clock on Saturday evening, a colored man, apparently about thirty-eight years of age, committed suicide in the out-house of No. 110 Entaw stroet, by blowing his brains out with the contents of a double-barrelled pistol. His wife was absent when the coroner held an inquest on the body, and it was impossible to ascertain her name. The re mains were sent to the Green House for recognition. The occupants of the premises could assign no cause tor this rash suicidal act. On Saturday afternoon the Coroner held an in- quest on the body of Frederick Mintrenmier, aged thirty-five years, who died fipom the result of a fail in a vault attached to Ifinsell’s Lager Beer Brewery, on the Reading Railroad, above Thomp son street. The accident occurred on Friday, the deceased leaving a wife and two children. Ver dict of the jury, death from accident. A German, named Josh Auble, aged about thir ty-eight years, residing in Union street, near Second, was found drowned in the Delaware, at Dock street wharf, on Saturday. The Coronc r held an inquest on the body, the jury rendering a ver diotof accidental death. The deceased leares a wife and three children. A little boy, about twelve years of age, by the name of Lewis, was upset in a boat into the Dela ware, opposite Beverly, on Saturday morning, and was drowned. His mother stood upon the bank and saw her child perish, without being able to rescue him. William N. West. —This unfortunate man, who is now under sentence of death for the murder of his wife, manifests a remarkable degree of com posure under the terrible circumstances in which ho is placed. As has frequently occurred with prisoners under sentence of death, he has grown quito fleshy since his trial. Some time since con siderably} efforts wero made to obtain the Execu tive clemency in f* VOT of condemned man, and several petitions were numerously signed for that object. It is probable, however, that Governor Pollock will leuvo tho matter fur his successor to disposo of. The Weather. —On Saturday afternoon this city was benefited by a severe and sudden shower of rain, a sheeted torrent pouring down with great vehemence for an hour Yesterday was mild, with a pleasant breeze abroad. Military. —Captain ’Joseph Dickenson has been elected Major of the First Infantry, Second Brigade, Pennsylvania Volunteers. The Lafayette Rifle Captain Ballier, will parade to-day, ?r<d proceed to Diamond Cot- tage, for target practice. Tho Minute Men of ’76, Captain C M. Berry, will make an excursion to Montgomery county this morning at six o’clock. A magnificent sword will be presented to Captain Berry during tho day. farrow Escapes. —The sudden squall on Saturday afternoon upset a number of boats on the Delaware. One containing three youngmen was overturned half a mile below the Navy Yard; another near Point-no-Point, with two on board, capsized. Fortunately, they all could swim, and clung to their boats until assistance was rendered,
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