jlt' r A' u - " I’ , ~ . , Wn,MA«|r,»iWKEB, ‘ tom icniWoscocftT,' ’^WUMt-asrSMo/' s ';' .; t'Myf&i *>u> eatnmr. w ■ • ' l ' nicuu mmninom, * smcsxAND, •«*,o*»»«inioawir', . ' 'O3T' Editorials 'on flr»t; pace s “ Tfcimaa Dlck »a4Eti*ene Sue”—'‘Tlie tTaK?4 Stages ; ■:, uiniQrMnxououßA, - fC; our'. gantry, '' that th» ablest ofour SUUWBen cannot long , «l»le*d:ilia;p«ople. /H»d thla boon the pfonr esprmaa«9.Wo have all witoeskdoces s, orreiidof (hem, in, ourhistory,when EraatGoiiaha of foctionhaye fallen before hutfeleDavids' of' principle ; when the , rhetoric,has been . ; "iicW.>; ! bv&. ; ?’Sawnfe atesureto have followers—•someofihwa ’-; actitlg as their abject. slaves, and others in r by purely selfish Wdttves. ; : These enemies of’ oiir political system are not conSned toa single locality. - They V««y,:» source of moire joy, and/,comfort, and peace, to . them,' and to mankind, than any or ; ali the Inventions' of atafesmen and bf Cabinets. And it is this Union which is the great fortress ; of-American strength. It; hi this which wiHoverthrow false teachers aadwicked theories. It is this which, stand in* between frantic extremes, will hold them : out in/Its. gigantic arms, as spectacles fori the scorn aad contempt ,of the world. W.e have been led into these, remarks by observing some of the ./late manifestations,' North and.- South,, induced by’ the proy-i pectof a permanent adjustment, of ..the 1 Kansas. troubles on the enduring basis of -the. majority principle. There; is the sake’ /strange agrdenientv between the' representa tive* of .the' reactive extremes 'which we > hare already, ; {d.;;/Biffe^ ( dn doc: ! Ztrinca ; .'foey’)bin: haqds'in denunciation /or tUe Administmtion, tha agent of the majo rity, and the embodiment of the Union. At WaTwith Cach Other, they make common cause against governor Wawua. The one Urn es peelol friend of emancipation, the /other the dohgfcty champlon cif slavery,they rush: into /each other’s, arms, and.svrear to die together rotifer . than 1 have peace reatofed/toKanw, Tlfe/fjharleston : Afcrotrydeclare«tbat ; the Unlonls at abend, so far as the South is con/ ' ct»»ed,whUethe New. York Trtimoe seems to rpgardibe Union as a mere , machine to aid a»lal»tthein*titntionbf slavery. But another eh&mpionofthe extreme# has : appOaredupon 1 the arena. Hon. Ijaw*ekok 'antom of Cohgfesi pli-ct ftpni Sphth Carolina, now rusticating at Sw „. Springs, Virginia, basjustwritten a letter wbfeh breathes nothing but brlmstoneand bit- 1 twucas agatost : Mr- IfUCHA* **, Governor Wiuuntj the Cabinet, the Democratic party, .*»ri: ; tbe ; Bnlon. : Mr, Knrrr professes, some .iaost exciting polities,.added .to a most ex- j citable temperament. He is, however, a mani ofmarked ability,' artd ha* a good sharo.of titat tbetorSc wblch is eatouUted to rouse and . retain a crowd. ; ' But be is' not as just, nor yet as great a man fis Mr. CAinouH. He is not as magnanimous as that: illustrious statesman, who.even' against Mb own cause,would not' close his eyes to the troth,. or do' injury to those, he opposed. - The toner of Mr. Knrrr is ! a curiosity, of its kind/'i£ a few specimens of itwittshojf:: He’says: t ‘iWtijwere companies organised and money levied at theMbrtb/ but to make Kansas afree State? Why Were eSorta'made attho Sooth to cotoaiie i straggle, every movement on either side, were made tosalre-Ksniss a f/eoor&staveStat®. The Federal' (loVcrnment, *s the ‘agent, of. .both partSear-waa' ' pjedgedtoabeoluiohiipartlallty.betireea (he con . Uodlnt parties.. : The oottthwau an erary phase of th* iswe,'and slavery atep of the dght, and now, wjhsn theseeptre of .control is In her very grasp, It , U raddenlyand radely torn away from her. 1 'How' J suddenly goo* down ? Perjured Qotertori have . htokon»iUitobU«tb*r«*u»e,ettdyetahe bravely ririMrio snd wins the vietory acaltut all oddi. -froßßiitsd patron***fnrfnaater fta debauchery, : Mi diet the. nerveecf the SMtharewnataekened .*•<*«* energy enqueued. Tear after, yearihe JUrltaryiaXakaa wltirwvolt, It ateiaed : with {tod aad wrapped fa &*mf',*«d tbeeeaaeoftho ' gpjrthproip*n*ndberb*n»erl».Vriimfahaat. The -y, leitmrioloefagatruggleta made. and thev Jewry la Bhinfa! alraetuesnponhercattw.lfhythlr w> rad- Urn of .the Federal Government? There fared Governora lit Kao us before Walker ; tnawesJueoU irithfraudand tyranny; hot their ... triuwewere flraitlew, beoeou the Admlnlitration ' ’ • wn*kne*n nottoaymnatbise witboroonmve at' ■• ■ -tkfUfti nad wroeg. Harr happen* It. fast Wall twt'sdisboitMtintrigaes, too, have not been boot-] leu •ho t.; , It it notbeeauae the Administration it heHeVed.to sympathise with and.abet the (rand eaU wrpm*? .f« tt «»l bae*tu» he Is believed to be efeihadwith thesaiwtiwß oftheFederal Govern- V ! aSapt, tbat he bM ttoeeeded fa hisfonl ead tablU ‘5; i*acbin»tfen«7<;lf the pause of the, Soath ti loal , • H feet thitragh the b*u betrayal of a . pariated mltdon. of federal aypplntment. If the ■ SSadof tSadonth be loettoKiuuaa, It I* lost be ea«*e a federal oflScial.wlth tli* tarnished tinsel of . V ogfee around blm, has travelled through (he Tent-- . r teiy as a .vagrant oratory strolling player,:nUd po- Utfeaf moastabasli, oormpting: and debaheblnß, tHthfag .asd bhUylng, wherever free-eoU abJeeu - *e»l* baaoooinpliihed by these ha» appUanoes. 1 ' Thia faa very fanciful piece’ of writing.; It U dhia .Urd®' sit'. «ts artist riiaTwords. It is. as, » hiWin itsaatitlicsls and sdjeptives a*ifithadlman'viri^U.fera.collegeySJedlfi t«iy, or! for a Fourth of duty oration, singtiiat annivemry not 'alreidy igno.red by .1. , The flrat great omission In Mr. Ktifa’j sul - phprona letter Is, that he fails to state tfeit.up • - fo the arrival of (hf.dr«lU in. Kansas Ter , ritory. no fall, fair vote of foe ppopie hid ever h|«»;«A^^.’: : for tagiriatttre»ionewitliontiaw fandtheotheric eorlingfo law; bat in no c&sd had all the pep pkpartleipafod.Tbls, however.was in itself suit Immaterial, igasthpeh as np doiagatoa had ha«B cboaeh to fdrm a gtata Cdnstitntlon. It »efo,wifefi&.;Ute Miasonrtoa or. the Masta chua^riidß(feietiei,Aiiwa*co, fefe. *“> . In terfered beyond the line of his duty-“feat ho threw himself Into the movement, ami encour aged the people by his counsel to rate upon the Constitutioh/when that inWriiment is regu larly to be submitted to them. For this, in our opinion, Hr. Wanna deserves thanks, not cen sure. We do notuudersUnd that he invoiced alito yote—those qualified, and those notqual ifiedr-thoujgh,k'sk intimated. Not .to have declared that til who were entitled to vote should/he protected in the exercise of that rigbvfedtdd hive been a gross wrong. He has doneho mote. He could do no less, and claim tu be just and impartial. ~y But has there not been Intervention before In tbe affairs of Kansas ? Did not intervention take place In Kansas against the South,if you please, under the memorable and faifefol Ad ministration of General Pieece? Whether general Pierce approved this intervention or not,(we know he' did not,) it is.certaifithat his opponents in the South declared that he did approve It. It is notorious,that upon this accusation the whole American party in the South assailed president Pissoe as treacherous to the South] and that not afew ofthe former friends of his Administration did the same. But Mr. Keitt was silent under this inter ’ vention. He ’was not only silent, b« fc he now defends General Fierce against tbo charge of conniving at it! We confess that bis lato but ficiy fory for the tights of the South, contrasts sadly with the tame deport ment of Mr. Kkiw when there was interven- tion against tho South.uhder a former Admin istration. Mr. Btouaban sends to-Kansas a Southern man in feeling, If not in birth- He instructs him, to protect tlie people of Kansas in the exercise of the right of snfiVage. These instructions, so fair and just; are almost a copy of the* provisions of the Kansas acta themselves; and because Mr. Waukee carrios them out he is traduced, aud Mr. Bccbahak and his Cabinet colled by as many hard names as can be collected from an overfidwing vocabulary. ' All this locks like a fixed: dc tenaination to find fault. Mr. Keitt is con sistent in one king at least i Hotdpkcareto ' pronounce his distrust of Mr. Bochakah in adyknco of bis nomination/ and he is trying to harmonize thntdeclarationinhis present loiter, even if, while doing so, he should confess that he can forgive in his frlond, General Pianos, what he is resolved to punish in Mr. Buchakahj for.it Would be equally fair, to say that Pyesi dentPiEECEiutcrvenedin tho affairs of Kansas, through bis officials, against tho South, bb it is to say that Mr. Bcchanan had done so through Gov; WAikeh—the one assertion being as un founded as the other. TilE OF TUB MAJOESTV Of THE PEO ris of Kansas may make it a free State. That such would be the course of events, Southern statesmen, as able as Mr. Keitt, long, ago predicted. He himself, in his fine speech' on the Kansas bill on the 30th of March, 1864, in the House of Representatives, contended, not so much that Kansas would bo a slave State, as that the Missouri Line should be repealed j and it is welt known that in acts, if not in words, he signified his distrust of that bill, for the reason, given by others, that it might result in adding two more free States to the Ulnion. 'We know feat Mr. Kekct belongs to that school who believe that the people of a Terri tory cannot legislate on the subject of slavery, and feat the rights of the slaveholder’survive territorial majorities. But the Democratic party in 1866 stood upon no-such platform. The WIM ,op the hajobitv was the war-cry in that great struggle—fee will ofthe people in Terri tories and States—and upon this resistless prin ciple tho.battle was wmi. Mr. Keitt himself, in'his speech of tbo 80th of March, 1864, shows bow much his own objection is worth, by giving, a practical refutation of it in his argument Upon the sovereignty ofa State. Wecopy an e.xtract from tbat-speech as follows: “What is a State under our system of Govern ment? It da a Territory inhabited by a people living under a Government formed by themselves, which Government possesses,in a republican form, ait fee legislative, judicial) and executive powers necessary to the protection of tho lives, liberties, characters, and properties of its oltlteae, or which it can exercise for their benefit, and have not delegated to the General Government for the com-, nun defence and-generel welfare .of the Union, composed of a number of States whose tizhtsiand, MUilcsl powers, are perfectly equal. Now, etr, what right is more important than the right to de termine who shall inhabit the State, and what their relations shall be ? Who, sir, is to be benefited or injured by this as much as the citicens of tbo State Thiaispractical sound sense, and proves clearly, that if to-day there is. s majority in favor of a free State in the Territory of Kan sas, make its voice heard when Kansas is a sovereign State to-morrow— and also that Hr. Keht is hound hy his own words to submit to the decision of that ma jority. The Democratic National Convention which nominated Ur. Boons nan applied the will of the majority to Territories in so many words. Ur. Ketrr appeals to Southern co-operation in his frenzied assault upon the Administration, the'Deraocratic party, and Governor Waj.kes. We .do not doubt that he will be assisted in some quarters. But be conducts his crosado against a principle in which the South is itself deep, ly, profoundly interested. He Invokes against this principle no great wrong done to bis sections He raises his standard upon no basis except a narrow expediency. The princi ple that the majority shall rule is, to nse Ur. Buohanan’s expressive language, “as old as flee government itself.” It is this principle, which enables the South, aided by the con servatives of the free States, to protect the Constitution in its purity, and to arrest tho threatening onset of an initarlated fanati cism. It is this which insures to the South 'all its. just rights j which gives to tho law ita strength and ita sanctity i and which surrounds ‘the minority with an impenetrable armor. Mr. Kejtt’s closing appeal wonld bo painful if it were not extravagant: “ That which chiefly recommended the Nebraska hill to the South was its committal of tho Demo cratic party to a dearer vindication of her rights. This has heen defeated by the Intrigues of those in power. Mr. BuohenapwasnoralnatedbytbeNortb and elected by the South; and any act of perfidy on his part is and will be doubly damned. De mocracy at the North Is hopelessly prostrated, un less it can be retired by some free-eoil application. I?*ny issue between slavery and abolitionism the North will accept tho latter; and as that is tho main issue before the people, the North cannot be retied upon. The only chance that remained—vis: that of allowing each seotlon to legitimately de velop lie institutions through fair rivalry—has been destroyed by the fraudulent intervention of tho Federal Government. The contest is rapidly minions, and theresojntlonsof sovereign,States, de- fraud and wrong, be pronounoed un gracinns by-in executive of her own creation, yet ; she .audit. aohleve her safety, though her, am should fall heavily npoa aCablnet of mutes end. a paralytic-Administration. In IBM the Whig party - of. the South, which had elected wen. Taylor, trampled .him from power whin, his treachery was made: manifest; and will the De mocratic party of the South he less true to our rights and honor, or loss haughty and indignant against fraud and wrong? The Democratic party owes its asoenderioy to the South, and every, not of tresebery should he met by consuming onraes. No leader is'anointed against thevengeauee of an outraged people, and no official is so high that .popular Justice cannot reaob him. . The South must maintain her rights, though she turn a deaf oar to the appealing shrieks of shivering Cabinets, of hysterieal'PiesTdents, and dissolving parties. .Her safety is in her union, and Georgia and Mis sissippi have gloriously led the way. Let South wheel Into line with them, and march tfith steady step along the tame bright traok of eon eUtutioaal integrity. Let her bo no laggard in that dontest in which the rights and honor of the 1 South an to be vindicated. There should be no dissension in the Southern camp, and I trust there will be none when the hour arrives in which loy alty to party,will be treason to the'Boutb.” Surely Mr. Kerrr does not mean to say that he only advocated the Kansas-Nobraska Bill to make a new slave State. His friends and himself took the bill as It stood, and ac cepted the interpretation (which was indeed their own) put upon it by the Cincinnati Con vention. The issue of the struggle in Kansas, whatever it may be, must, therefore, be con clusive; and such, we are proud to say, Is the ground taken by most of the leading men and journals in the Southern States. They repu diate any other course with manly scorn. But whit a melancholy spectacle would the realization of Mr. Kxirr’s fancy sketch pre sent of Southern independence I He invokes South Carolina, Georgia, and Mississippi to leave the Union. Such i» w reading of bis remedy. How profoundly he misunderstands those' great States when, for such a cause, he expects them to toko such a step l Howcom- JilCtety he loseß sight of that Union senti ment which has never yet been sounded in vain, and even' in South Carolina at this day calls to ita itaiidard thousands of devotees 1 Admit, for tie aske '.of the argument, that Mr. Waiker did. overlook .or overstrain his instructions— does Mr. KKttr suppose that -upon such a ph>» the State of OfiteWMi, McDumx, and Hates would rush from bur appropriate orbit, aud that others woujd follow that mad and monstrous example ? i ■ “ Tbe earth batb.buhWes as the water hath, >, Arid iKtsbof tlxorc..” ~, v FinsDy; Tbe 'Administration of Mr. Bo okman receives fee choicest epithets of Mr. Kv-itt. Tbyrfj is a plainness in bis diction on ; tbiS' point which cannot be misunderstood. But Btrong words and lino writing are not al ways the way to the convictions of men. Mr. Bcohakak was a friend of’the Union, and of the rights of the South, long before his excited censor saw the light of day. Ho began W* ca reer as a State-rights man more tiwn thirty yearsago. It is true, he never indulged * n fe e spangles of political literature, or .made a parade, of his sincerity,, or strung together vapid professions in gaudy sentences. Like his own great State, be was in the habit of doing the right thing in fee right Way—caring more for the matter than the, manner—more for the gopd of his whole country than for a faction or a section. In this school he shared the confidence of all the true men in the South; pot indeed by administering to their peculiarities, but by defending rights because they were rights, and by opposing wrongs because they were wrongs. We do not think Such an experience, and such a record, ■ can be impugned successfully by romantic politicians and sulphurous, fire eaters, however eloquent or inflammatory. , Mr. Bochakah aad his Administration occu py the right ground on this groat question. Tho truly conservative men of the whole country are with the President, and thoy feel that in his high and conscientious resolve to maintain tho principle that «tbe majority of tho people should rule,” he is entitled to tbe steady and unflinching support of eveiy party that claims to ho proud of our glorious Union, and determined to preservo it in its integrity as the greatest blessing ever vouchsafed to mankind. THE NEWSPAPER. The newspaper, which a few years ago was a luxury, is now, at least in America, a neces sity. The vast amount of labor and talent bestowed upon the ieading journals ofthe day, the close attention paid to their numerous de partments, when combined with the extraordi nary facilities enjoyed for the rapid communi cation of intelligence, now about being ren dered world-wide by submarine telegraphic communication across the Atlantic, effect an end which realizes one of tho grandest concep tions of the human mind. Among tbe most mysterious and unfathoma ble attributes of tbe Deity are those which endow Him with the power of beholding all things, and of being everywhere at the same time. It required centuries of human ad vancement before any invention could bo mode to rondor these qualities even in tbe slightest degree imltablo by man. Boundless space spread out before him in wearying per plexity, separating tho human family and tho localities of the earth, by barriers surmount able only through protracted and wearying toll. But now, reader, behold what, through tbe agency of the newspaper, assisted by the magnetic telegraph, has been accomplished ! The world is summoned up in judgment before you. Your morning’s paper furnishes you with a concise history of tho transactions, near and remote, of the previous day. An infinite number of sharp eyes have watched every interesting phase of life, and you are daily presented with tho re sult of their observations. Wo have long boen accustomed to the perusal of telegraphic despatches from every portion of our widely extended Confederacy; but the advancing march of science is about to bring tbe whole civilized earth equally within our Intellectual grasp. Tho newspaper is the daguerreotype of tho world. Tbo fleeting shadows of its grave and gay, tragic and comic, wonderful and common place,- scenes and doings are adroitly seized, permanently fixed, and a brilliant panorama of human life presented ever}’morning. The great purposes served by newspapers are familiar to ail, aud need not be recited here. It is impossible to estimate their influ ence upon the human mind and upon human destiny. There is scarcely an article iu the whole range of fee consumption of civilized men whose relinquishment , would not be more cheetfolly acceded to. It at once educates, informs, protects, defends, improves and ele •Yates the people j snd it perforniii a most lm portant purpose in all their transactions, and in all things affecting them, whether commer cial, industrial,political,literary, or social. SUB-ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH. The great event of the day—we might say of the age itself—is the establishment of in stantaneous communication between the two hemispheres by the sub-Atlantlo electric tele graph. Bonmnce must yield to reality la this matter. No Eastern story-teller ever imagined a miracle greater than this. Yet, if all things go well, (and there seems no cause to dread a disappointment,) in less than a fortnight the public will probably read in The Press every morning the intelligence of the preceding day and evening, not only, as at present, from va rious neighboring cities, bnt also from London and Liverpool, Manchester and Sheffield, Glas gow and Edinburgh, Dublin and Galway, Cork and Belfast, Paris and Vienna, Berlin and Brussels. A greater revolution than this it is impossible to imagine. Owing to the high charge for transmitting messages, tho intelligence may be expected in the most concise form—a communication of mere facts. The markets, state of the funds, &c., in various parts of Europe, may be ex pected. As to the rapidity with which tho signals can be it is sufficient to say that on Monday, August 8, the three hundred and sixty-fifth anniversary of tho sailing of Columbus, would commence the laying down a telegraphic cable, two thousand five hundred miles long, through which a meßsago was transmitted, on a severe test trial, in three quarters of a second. The charge for sending twenty, words from Newfoundland to Ireland would bo £2105., and from New York to London, £i. This is a pretty ' high price, hut such annihilation of time and space cannot be low priced. New Railroad horn Philadelphia to New York. The Newark Mercury says that tho New Jersey Railroad Company intend asking for an extension of their branch road from Millstone to Lambcrt vlUe, with a design of oonneoting it at Philadelphia with the Southernand'Westeru routes. This paragraph appeared in The Press of Monday. We have sinco understood that this statement is not founded on fact, and correct accordingly. Xtikeness ef President Buchanan. ■ The only really good likeness of President Buchanan that we have seen is that we have had on exhibition in our. office for some days past. It is beautifully engraved by J. C. Buttre, of Now York, and is sold, by subscription only, at Mr. Walter Dinmore’s Photographic Gal lery, 780 Chestnut street, where, we- bollovo, the agent attendstorcceiv.e subscribers’ names. In form, expression, and outline, it is one of the very best engraved portraits we have ever seen. Its likeness to tho original is wonderful. ty The “Democratic Standard” is tho title of a new paper just-established at Pottsville, Schuylkill County, by Hens v L. Acker, Esq. It la neatly printed and well conducted, and we hope it may have a successful career. There is room and need for an honest Democratic journal at Pottsville. OFFICIAL. Appointments by the President. Sumner B. Chase, register of the land office at Osage, lowa, vice James D. Jenkins, resigned. Robert Brown, register at Port desMoines, Jowa, vice Thomas A. Warner, resigned. Pood Comino.— Half a million bushels of corn ate now on thelt way easton the Brie canal. Can the speculator forestall this? We shall not be sorry to too more failures among the speculators, for it b high time that speculation turned its at tention to some other business than that of a depri vation of Sood.—Syracuse Courier, Vtlk AMUSEMENTS, •dcADEXr oe Music.—Mr. Marshall is certainly an indefatigable manager, and untiring in hts en deavors to please the public. Bo has entered into an engagement with Madame Johsnnsen end Mrs. Piekoneser to appear at the Promenade Concerts during the test of their prosperous career, and these popular artlrtea will thla evening favor all who are melodiously Inollned with some of their favorite operetta genu. Miss Riohtngs, one of the most cheming of songsters, and Mrs Fraser, long a de serving favorite, will also contribute their welcome endeavors, and Carl Bergman will try to make it appear that hts Germania Orchestra is excellence Itself. In addition to all this great talent, a valua ble collection of Statuary, just Imported from Leg hern, will be, for the first time, exposed to public view. We expect next to hear of the arrival of the British Museum, an Egyptian Pyramid, and the Colossus of Rhodes! The Academy management stop at nothing when the taste’of the'public is concerned. ” ~Y‘ >- THE PRESS.-PHILAdELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1857. tsr«out> MtsfitcH ,o « ns ruga.”! Washington, Aog. 38.—c»pt«la Hudson, -of the atamiMp stliO«> Mfiorts to tin Nwj Dspartmettf from tkft Gore of Oork, under date of August 15t,15&7, , that he had left Liverpool on the fifth ult., and anchor* ed At Cork At three o’clock of the Wednesday morning following. Her Majesty’* steamer Agamemnon arrived on Thursday morning, And Immediately commenced coaling. The Niagara bad taken co«l In at Lhraipool, but took In fifty-five ton* at Cork) to supply the quan tity consumed on tbe, voyage over. On, the papage, experiments were made % asterUm how slowly the' steamer could go under,«team,'«fid 1$ wu learned, with much satisfaction, that her speed he reduced, to one and a half knots an hour. ■ J * The telegraphic cables of, both ships were connected on Thursday, and the electric currenf or messages were passed through the entire length of 3.600 mile* in jfca// aneenj. It has been decided that the laying out of the cable should commence at Valenti* Bay, and that the Niagara should lay out the first portion of it. She had consequently taken on board fromAhe Agamemnon ten miles of the large or Inshore cable!weighing about seven tons to the mile. The engineer! would complete 1 their preparations by the 2d inst., and pe ready on the 3d instant to secure the shore end at Yilentia Bay. and then commence laying the cable. The, coincidence is singular that the expedition starts on the 8d of Attffeft, the very day three hundred and sixty-fire years before on which Columbus set out on his voyage of dlfcoreryof America. '. : l ' On the request of Count Psbsignv, the ffrehch Minis ter at the Court of St. James, backed by a letter of our minister at the same Qourt, Hon. QsobobH. Esina, Captain Hudson had invited Mr. Dblaiubcbs, Hydro* xraphiQ Engineer of the Imperial French Nary, to**** company him in the Niagara and witness the submerg ing of the Atlantic cable. The “{Henrietta Maria” difficulty, which occurredJn the China sea, la in a fair way of amicable adjustment, with, tho right, of the salvors fully protected, It will he remembered that she was a Pntcb barque navi gated principally by coolies, who murdered the office?* and the Europeans of the crewsnd then abandoned her, A Boston ship, the u OceSr do Lion,” picked boa and brought her into Singapore, where tho British authorities seized her and hauled down the American colors. \ t Returns of subdivisions! surreys in Kansas have iKten received by the Commissioner of the General I4tad Office; They consist mostly of townships twenty-one, South ranges from seven to twelve inclusive, embracing 140,000 acres situated in the Pawnee District, The country la poor and uniov ting. - 1 ~ L The Secretary of the Treasury has mad A «**JpyA|l_ log t&ght House appointments: (^T" GBOaaa Llvikb at Sheboygan, Michigan,' $3BO per annum; Bailey Willis, Assistant at Old Point Coin, fort, Virginia, $260 per annum j Return J. Huntie* Assistant at Post Point, California, $O5O per aun'ihn'j Ira If. Chapman, at Point Bonita, California, $660 pop annum; Egbert Poinsett, at Dawe’s'Eoiof; St. John'* river, Florida, $6OO per auirtm; ' Cape Cod, Massachusetts, $5OO per annum; Jab. SkIll: Ist Assistant at Gape Cod, Massachusetts, $3OO per num; Thomas H. Kxnnxy, 2d Assistant at Caps Cody Massachusetts, $3OO per annum. ; J. T, Taylor , a dork In the Pension Office, has been appointed by the Secretary of the Interior to a second class clerkship in the Interior Department, to fill a va*- cancy caused by the death of Joseph L. Peabody. OHABLKB E. Mix, Rsq., chief clerk of the Indian Bu reau, has been appointed Acting Commissioner of HP' di&n Affairs during th© temporary absence of General Dshtss, who has gone to Nebraska on business connect ed with his office. Hon, Jamnb B, Hunt, of Pontiac, Michigan, died here on Sunday, the 17th inst. He was a member of Con gress from Michigan from 1843 to 1641, two terms, and at the time of his decease was a first class clerk in tho Land Office. X. Y. [arsciiL mom oun ookbespohuxt.J Washington, August 18.—'There is a bitter oofcv.' test in Arkansas for U, S. Senator, though Mr, Sebas tian's time docs not expire till March 4, 3359. The excitement about Kansas cannot become practical in the next Congress, unless the threat of Mr. Toousa is carried into effect, of making war upon Governor Walkbr'h nomiuation. The admission of Kansas Into the Union will hardly be opposed if th ere Is a fair Con vention ami a fair vote on the Constitution. There is a strong Union feeling in the Knoxville (Temi.) Convention. The politicians there have loaraed a good lesson from the experience of the Nashville Convention, which laid so many aspirants In their tombs for expressing secession sentiments. f It is distinctly asserted, upon late authorities, that the Southern men in Kansas are about to m&ko a vigor , ous effort to make Kansas a Slave State. There is also a rumor here that an active movement hi on foot to establish ah extreme Southern paper at Wtah- 1 Sngton at the meeting of Congress. ■ ’ Hon. J. B. Blotd, Secretary of War, expects to leave Washington for New York this evening. 1 The Southern Americans are trying hard to make capital out of the Kansas cmbroglio. Mall Arrangement Between the United Btntes Washington, August 18—A Postal f Convention h*s boon concluded between the United States and Haa*. burg. The molls are to be exchanged by meaqs of the United States and Hamburg mall steamers, running di rect between New York and Hamburg. The postage between the Untied States and Ham burgh under this arrangement it ten cents the single letter .of half an ounce or under, prepayment optional and two cents on newspapers, prepayment always >*•«' quired. .. . The Tates to ail countries and places beyond. Ham- • 'burgh, whether upon letters or printed matter, are r Identically the same In all respects a* the rates charged 4 via Bremen, under the United States and BmaenYostai Convention. v Bqstoe, August 18^-A suit, in which $25,000 Is claimed as damages far a breach of promise of montage, has been aomineneed by Moses Jagler, of New "York, against Dr. George Hayward and -wife, of Boston. Mr. , Jaglor met the lady la Europe, who was then the' wealthy widow of the late Amos Blooey. He alleges that she promised to marry him, but subsequently married Mr. Hayward. The defendant* we abroad. Ruins W. Choate and Veleg W. Ch&udlcr are retained for the de fence. From Rio Janeiro—Excitement In the Coffee Market* Nkw York, August 18.—Advices from Rio Janeiro to the 20th of duly, which have been furnished by an ar rival at this port, confirm the great Tise in coffee. The market was excited, and 300,000 bags wore taken in * few days for the European market, and 37,000 for the United States. Flour was improving, and quoted &ts2loss3. Mlctugu** Southern (Railroad Stock* New York, August 18.—-President Litchfield, of the Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad, has resigned. It is rumored that the notes of the Company have been protested. The quotation of the stock had declined at the close of tho market to 25. Br. Louis, Aug. 17.—The official returns In eighty counties, and the reported vote In twenty-three other counties, reduce Rollins's majority,for Governor, to such Un extout, that the official returns from all will be re quired to determine the actual result of the contest in the BUte. St. Long, Aug. 17.— I The returns froia Nebraska show that the lion. Bird B. Gh&pman has been re-elected as delegate to Congress from the Territory. Nobrolk, August 18.—The iurniture store of Thomas Bcott, at this place, was destroyed by fire at 3 o’clock this morning. Loss J6,ooo—uo Insurance. Nsw Orleans, August 17.—The city continues re markably healthy for the season. The deathj lose week were oul/ 74. Mrw Yoa*, August 18.—The steam frigate Mississippi, bound for the East India squadron, left the Navy Yard to-day, and anchored off the Battery. St. Louis, Aug. 13.—The Kansas correspondent of the Democrat says that nearly two hundred indictments harp been found against persona in the neighborhood of Topeka. Six men had been arrested in Franklin by dragoons, aDd taken to the camp. Rrnnor says that Governor Walker Is Indignant at Judge Cato’s decision that the payment of taxes was a requisite qualification for voters. Kx-Gov. Robinson had been notified to appear at Lo** comptwi on the,lBth Just., for trial on the charge of usurpation of olfice. Nrw Yoax, August 18.—At Madeira, on July 21st, sloop-of-war St. Louis, from the coast of Africa, bound to Canary and Cape Verde Islands, and sloop-of-war Cumberland, from Boston. From Cope Town—Heavy Gale* on the Const- Vessels Wrecked. Boston, Aug. IB.—An arrival at this port furnishes advices from Cape Town to the Utter part of June. There were tremendous gales on the coast. Ton large and & number of small vessels had been wrecked. New Orleans, August 18.—Cotton.—The market doses unchanged. The sales of the three days are 1,3)0 and receipts 30 halos. The sales to-day were 000 bales. The stock In port is 20,000 bales. Flour has a declining tendency, and quoted at |fl. Bed Wheat at 31.29. Mixed Corn at 83c. Oats dull at 4Qo. Freights dull. Sterling Exchange 9# per cent, premium. New Orleans, Aug. 17.—The oAles of Cotton to-day were only 300 bales, including three bales of the uew crop, which were sold at 18 cents. Flour has declined 23cent3. Red Wheat $1 27. Lard, in barrels, 10 cents., Other articles remain unchanged in price. Baltimore, Aug. 18.—Flour la very dull. Wheat, in dry lots, firm; white at $1 fiOal 70; red at $1 60a' $1 65. Lota out of order are dull and heavy. Corn dull, at T8&83 for white, and 80a 1 84 for yellow. Whiskey dull ft nd nominally quoted at 28029 cents. CtmtfiaanAMUNA.—The New York papers un derstand that the Surrogate bus read through the voluminous testimony in the Cunningham-BuHeli case, and is now engaged in writing bis opjnkm- Unless the illness with which he was attacked yes terday, probably in consequence of excessive labo r during the hot weather, assume a serious aspect, we shall probably know whether to call the woman. of No. SI Bond street Mrs. Cunningham or Mrs. Burdell before the end of the week. The father of the babe who played so active a part, in the Cunningham faroe Is a well-known character. His name Is James L. Anderson. He is an Englishman by birth, and very well connected in hU native conntrv, He was at one time in the British army. In this country he has been a phre nologist, biologist, Ac. He is a man of fine intel lect, hut low in his habits and verydissipated. Ho was at one time a Methodist preacher, and was driven from Louisville, Ky., for attempting to run away slaves.— 'Savannah Georgian. In one respect Mrs. last perform ance was not a failure. She sot out to be confined t and baa succeeded admirably. She Is net, how ever, in a sinking condition, as tho oonrts refuse to 1 allow her .to be balled oat.-'nProv&wce post TELEGRAPHIC. snow Washington. and Hamburg. Brench of Promise. Missouri Election. The Nebraska Election, Fire at Norfolk. Health of New Orleans. The Steam Frigate Mississippi. From Kansas. Naval Intelligence* Markets. STRAIGHT-OUT AMERICAN CONVENTION. Who are to Govern?—The HazlehoMlwis or tho Wilcaotlaps ? EXCI TING 808 res: is JUDGE CONRAD A “ STRAIGHT-OUT 7 ’ The American “ Strolgbt-OaV’ Convention, to nominate a Judge of the Common Plena, Row officers, Ao., met, pursuant to adjournment, in the County Court-room, at three o’clock yesterday afternoon. The attendance of the delegates was full, whilst the stairs leading to the room, and the S. E. corner of Sixth and Chestnut, were crowded with politi cians of the .various stripes of opposition to the Democratic party, all anxiously discussing tho chances of effecting such a combination as would make them formidable in the coming contest. Tho hopeless glance which one or another of them would occasionally cast at the Row offices amacked strongly of " sour grapes.” They were a lean and hungry-looking set, and we could hardly recognise In some of them the solf-contented gentlemen who once had a hand in the good things of the Munici pal Government. The Convention was called to order by the Pre sident, John H, Bringhurst, Esq., and the minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. Mr- Smith, of tho Eighth Ward, presented the credentials of Samuel Hamilton, elected to fill the vacancy occasioned by tho siokuess of John C. Mar tin, the regularly elected delegate. Mr. M. V. B. Summers presented the protest of the President of the Eighth Ward. American Association against the admission of Mr. Hamilton, on the grounds that ho was not legally elected. It appearing that the President, whose name is Briggs. •*** & candidate along with Hamilton, and only protested because he himself was not elected, the protest was laid on the table, and Mr. Hamil ton was admitted to hla seat. Mr. Geo. W. Reed desired to offer a series of re solutions. The President said they could not be received, the first business m order being the appointment or an Executive Committee. . On motion of Mr. Summers, the appointment of an Executive Committee was indefinitely post poned. x Mr. Reed then presented his resolutions, which he thought spoke for themselves. He introduced them for the sake of harmony in the Convention, and trusted they would be unanimously adopted. He thought they appealed to the common sense of every delegate present. The resolutions are as (btiows : Vniereass At tho approaching election In Oc tober the citizens of Philadelphia will bo called a Judge of the Courfof Common Whereas, It was not the intention of the people,' nor is it right in principle, to introduce party poli ties into tho canvass: therefore, be it Resotvcdy That in nominating a candidate for this position, we, as a party, require only that bo should bo competent and honest. That tho Hon. Robert T. Conrad, appointed by the first American Govornor of Pennsylvania to fill a vaoanojr upon tho Bench, has, by his rare ability and acknowledged impartiality, proved himself worthy of tho position Be now occupies. -That we believo him to be too much an Ameri can to be biased by any political party. That we nominate the Hon. It. T. Conrad for Judge of the Court of Common Ploas, and invite to his support all who desire to preserve the present Integrity of that Court. J Mr. Somers moved, as a substitute for the reso lutions, that tho Convention proceed to the nomi nation Of a Recorder of Deeds. Mr. Reed. lam opposed to any each substitute. Mr. Somers. No doubt of it. Mr. Rood thought that they owed a duty to tbe public to nominate a candidate forjudge of tho Court of Common Pleas at onoe. It was tho most important office, and concerned tbom as a party, the other only oonoornod them personally. The benefits of tho Reeorderabip were reaped by the men into whose hands their dimes fell, but the be* nofitsof havinga just Judgo wercenjoyed by all the people, and he was not willing, as a member of the Convention, to havo such claims set aside in order to introduce matters about which there might be a greater diversity of opinion. Mr- Somers said that he made the motion to go into a nomination for Recorder in order to defeat the resolutions .of Mr. Reod and the man named in them, who was brought forward by a few men who supported him individually, and had perhaps indi ; vidua} reasons for »o doing. He wished it distinct ly understood that this was an American Convention; and if there was a man present who was not an American, and a Hasolhurst American, ho had no right upon the floor of the Convention. If they wanted to take up Americans for offloe thoy had no right to go to other parties If the claims of tho American party were to he overlooked by the re presentatives of that party in Convention, and men were to be selected as their standard-bearers 'who wero not with them, then he thought they might as well go to the Demooratio party at once, and take any member' of that party who was a candidate before his party for this office, and nomi nate him, and then there would be no contest, and Philadelphia would make him its Judge by a unani mous majority. Their principles were as good now as when they nominated Millard Fillmore, and he ; would be the last one to soo those principles abro gated for any such purpose as was here intended. Mr. Pringle (one of the Vico Presidents) thought that both of his friends were hasty. He was not op posed to the resolutions of Mr. Reed or the substi tute of Mr. Somers, but be thought they should ad here to the rules, which be was proceeding to read, when. Mr. Heed withdrew hie resolutions. . Mr. Pringle then moved that the Convention proceed to the nomination of a Judge of the Court of. Common Pleas; which wus agreed to. i ’' 1 Mr. Somers. I move that no person be allowed to oast a vote in this Convention for any one of the candidate* presented before it unless he first de gates that fio is in favor of Isaac Hazlchurst, John Ifrttifdoraian, Jacob Brown, and Jasper E. Brady, *the nominees on the American State ticket. (Great applause.) : This motion caused the greatest excitement. • Members jumped to their feet, gesticulated vio lently, and tome twelve or fifteen addressed the Chair at once. ■ One delegate declared, shaking his fist at the Chair, that he was a member or the Convention, >and would do as he G-d d—d pleased. Mr. Smith believed that the members of the Convention represented their several Constituen cies, and were alone responsible to them for what did. \ A gentleman inquired ironically as to the num ber of wards now carried by the American party. He was under the impression that they only carried ,tbe 10th, 18th, 14th, 18th, and if they were not oaroful ho was afraid thoy would lose them. A large number of delegates declared themselves to be Americans, but were rather opposed to making any such declaration as that desired. A delegate was of tho opinion that these gen* dleipen were not Americans, inasmuch as they be came bo excited when they wete asked to prove themselves such. Mr. Somers said that he was sorry to create so much disorder. He and hU colleagues from the Twenty-fourth Ward had been sont to the Con vention as Harelhurst men, to act os suoh and with such. It waa for this reason he introduced the re solutions. Cries of “ You can’t do H,” Ac., and muoh con fusion. 1 The President. Wo are all hero as Americans. Mr. Somers. Wo are all here as Americans. The Convention that nominated Wilmot were Ameri cans too, according to their own construction. Mr. Pringle, who said so? Mr Somers. They said so in their own words. Mr. Pringle. Then thoy lied! Mr. Somers desired tho question to ho put on hie resolution. The President declared that it could not bo received. Mr. Somers colled the Convention to take notice that “it was a gag,” moaning thereby that the President would not entertain any such motion. Mr. Pringle desired to make a statement, and hoped Mr. Somers would listen to it. He was op posed to speaking out of place, and had therefore declined replying to some reflections made at the former meeting of the Convention on one of the oundidates. His remarks would be Bhort. A Delegate. As short as you please. Mr. Pringle. Mr. Somers stated upon this floor, without contradiction, at our lost meeting, that Judge Conrad had left the Amerioan party last fall, and had gone to Now York and presided over a Convention which nominated Colonel Fremont. Mr. Somers. Isold no such thing. latatod thatat the Convention over which Judge Conrad prosidod, there was a resolution offered endorsing Mr. Fill more, and Mr. Conrad refused to rocolve it. Cries of “Let tia have the book.” and great excitement. Mr. Pringle. Now what are tho facta in refer ence, to that North Amorican Convention, as it was called, over which Mr. Conrad presided? That Convention was called by tho friends of Mr. Fillmoro, and Mr. Hall, the law-part ner of Mr. Fillmore, and his personal friend, was a delegate in it. It was understood that Judge MoLean was to be nominated, and in that event Mr.' Fillmore’s name was to have been withdrawn. .Judge Conrad was very unwisely induced to go ,ibto the Convention, and was made President of it. His first vole Was' for that honorable .Amerioan, Robert J. Stooktos, of N. J-, a better American than whom there la not upon this floor, and I olaim to be as good as the best; and his suooeedlng votes were for Judge MoLean, until by a trick Fremont was nominated, when he put on his hat, left tho chair of the Convention, and oame home in dis- gust. In November ho voted the Fillmore-Ameri can ticket, and fearing—exoollentsoul that he Is,— that he might be accused of voting for Fremont against his own wishes, he was induced to vote an open tioket in the presence of hla friends nt Ger mantown. I pronounce it hero, thnt there is not a hotter or a better-hearted friend of Is&ao Hazlo hurst than ftobort T. Conrad, and that Mr. Haalo hursfc is a friend of Mr. Conrad, and would put him in this position if he could. Now let any man con tradict theso facts, and I will meet him. One of the delegates inquired whether Mr. Con rad had accepted the nomination tendered him by the Union Convention. Mr. Pringle. lam authorised to say here, and I gay itj besides, upon my own responsibility,which Is sufficient for any gentleman present, that Judge Conrad never aaked tho nomination from the Union Convention, and was ’ nominated by tLat Conven tion without his consent. [Great applause.] The discussion was then terminated. A letter was read from William F. Small, stating his willingness to receive the nomination for J udge lif It waß conferred upon him. He gave in his ad hesion to the resolutions and nominations of the “ Straight-out ” Lancaster ’ Convention, and pro mised to support the tioket of the Convention. The motion to proceed to a ballot for Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas was agreed to, and a ballot taken, with the following result: Robert T. Conrad, . 36 J John M. Collins, . 4 William F. Small, . 30 D. S. Soby, . . 2 David Paul Brown,. 23 j There being no choice, the Convention proceeded to a second ballot, with the following result: Robert T. Conrad, . 34 I David Paul Brown,. 33 William F. Small, . 20 | There being no choice, a third ballot was taken, as follows; David Paul Brown, . 50} William F. Small, . 5 Robert T. Conrad, . 33 f David Paul Brown having received a majority of all the votes cast, was duly declared nominated as the American candidate for Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas. The announcement efthe result of the third ballot was received with many demonstrations of approbation by tho friends . Willctown,, , * aD. ColUday, . $2 Semool Lloyd, .10 Samuel Brume, . . a John g. Warner, , 0 It. Seoii, - 4 Solomon Wagner, . 8 There being no choice, another ballot was taken, US follows: * Chwles W. C»mll, 40 I Samuel Lloyd. . W U- CoUadoy, . .22 I Solomon Warner, ■ 6 follows* “ B,n B oo choice, s third ballot was bad, aa S h "'J; .44 IS. Lloyd, . . 12 o. D. Colladay, . 231 Solomon Wagner, . 8 ®* n ’ having received a majority of sll the the T- as deolared the nominee of the Oonventvou for Recorder of Deeds, mens IDO “ on waa then, on motion, made nnani- and lost kS w “i S to adjourn for" ten minutes, airfiSu 1 ? theo proceeded to tbe nomiaa courtf Dto!ct w », B . SJBST BALLOT. b-v 1 Israel R. Springer,. 4 RichardM. Berry,. a Joseph B. wade, * . 4 Jacob H. Hill ; .34 William Summers, .13 Henry L. Tunison,. 10 wuumie™, »a* There being no choice, the Convention proceeded as toUows, to a * SECOND BALLOT. J.H.nill, . . 44 W.B.R. Selby, . 7 V'i“ , ,5 er „ r y» • • 7 William Summers,. io 4 Henry L. Tunison,. 7 Mr. Hill haring received a majority of all the votes cast, was declared the nominee of the Con* vention for Prothonotary of the District Court. ihe nomination was then made tho unanimous choice cf the Convention. On motion, the committee proceeded to tbe nomi nation of a candidate for Clerk of the Quarter yessions; previous to which letters were read from Mr. John S. and Wilson P. Carman, the former referring to his past life as the guarantee for his future conduct, and the latter pledging himself as a forty-four American, to carry out the principles of the party, by superintending the issuing of naturalization papers to foreigners, re moving Bornard Bharkoy and Theodore T. Derrin ger, ami voting the straight American tieket, un ndultaruted by Black Republicanism. Iho Convention thon proceeded to a ballot: FIRST BALLOT. Keysor, .54 Sam ael Lloyd, . 2 Wilson P. Carman .21 John R. Scott, . 3 Richard M. Perry,. l John 8. Keyser having received the majority of the votes oast, was declared the nominee of the Convention. The nomination was. on motion, madq unanimous. The Convention then proceeded to nominate a candidate for Coroner, > , JTIBBT BALLOT* 11 John FrtnkUa . 5 * 7 John F. Trenehard . 2 . 21 JohnM. Floyd 4 * 14 Wm. O. Russell 3 8 No choice. second ballot. If. Pugh . . SJ. S. Haas . I Burr . 26 J>. B. Bertler . . 2 M. Ployd . . 1 J. Franklin . ’ . 3 .T.Bnroiuc. . 38 No choice. F. Trenchard . 2 J. H. Pugh Ale*, Larer Richard Burr N. T. Baroux D. B. Beitlor v TttlßD i rf. T. Baroux . . 60 1 R* Burr . .20 J. 8 Haas . j I N. T. Baroux having r the votoa east, was de Coroner, and the nominal unanimous. D. B. Beitier . . 1 Alex. Larer . . 1 eceived a majority of all dared the nominee for tion, on motion, was made The Conrention then proceeded to & ballot for a candidate for Senator: FIRST BALLOT. William A. Crabbo, 42 |J. L. Husband, . 2 Samuel O. Hamilton, 24 | Samuel Lloyd, • 81 Mr. Crabbo having received a majority of all the votes oast, waa declared nominated, ana the nomi wag mado unanimous. Tne following Committoe of Superintendence was then appointed: Fi retWard, John Franklin; Second, William 11. Third, M. Sondgran; Fourth, John Riddle; Fifth, Chas. A. Poulson; Sixth, Charles Welding; Seventh, Wm, J. MaoMullin; Eighth, Joseph H. Flanigan; Ninth, Samuel Sparhawks; Tenth, Geo. Bolden; Eleventh, Wm. R. Miller; Twelfth, John Meeker; Thirteenth, M. C. Affilck; Fourteenth, C. 7«\?°l fifteenth, Samuel Daniels; Sixteenth, Alfred R. Lents; Seventeenth, Edwardßihl; Eigh teentb. A. F. Hoppel; Nineteenth, J. F. Trencbard, Twentieth, Israel R. Deacon; Twenty-first, John j s°?' Twenty-second, D.P. Morrell; Twenty ivjf. * " e^r Castor, Twenty-fourth, Benjamin R. Miller. The thanks of the Convention were, on motion, tendered to the presiding officers, and the Conven tion then adjourned, to meet at the call of the offi cers. THE CITY. JUtempt at Wholesale Murder—Another Gunpowder Plot Revealed--Excitement at the Exchange. —Yesterday afternoon, about two o’clock, the vicinity of the Philadelphia Exchange was thrown into the greatest state of excitement by the report of an attempt, on the part of an elderly individual named William Evans, to de stroy the lives of several persons in the counting room of Mr. Alexander E. Outerbridge, at No. 20 In the Exchange Bnllding. It appears that Mr. Evans, who la apparently about 00 years of age, is the inventor of a patented machine far the manufacture of oigsrs, and that , bvM formerly a partner in the firm of Qttter ■ bridge k Co., who were also engaged 1b • the same business. Laboring under the idea that there was a studied attempt to defraud him of his pro* : perty, and all, his share of the profits of the .concern, ho took freqnent occasion to remonstrate with his partners against the course he thought *thoy were pursuing in relation to himself. Find .ing that all he did was altogether unheeded, or ‘else anecringly andscoffingly received, he cherished feelings of revenge, and threatened to have full ‘satisfaction for all his grievances. ■ Accordingly, yesterday afternoon, between one land two o > dook, he purchased, at some place un •known, a half-gallon jug of gun powder, with the express determination of blowing up the establish ment, and destroying the lives of those whom ho imagined had sedulously endeavored to injure him. At two o’olock, with his jug tied around his neck, ho went into room No. 20 of the Exchange, on the second floor, and before the objeot of his visit was comprehended he placed a lighted sugar in the .month of the jug. Providentially, the powder did net ignite, there being too great a quantity of ashes on the cigar. There were several gentlemen dn the room at this time, and their consternation was great when they saw the evidence of the fell [purpose uppermost in the mind of Mr. Evans. They took prompt advantage of this failure, and immediately Beixed tho jug, which was filled to its utmost capacity with powder, and took it forcibly from him. Some harsh words ensued, and in the meantime ono of the gentlemen wont in search of a police officer to take Evans into custody- He soon returned with Officer Conway, to whom was explained tho nature of tho crime which an attempt had just boon made to perpetrate by Mr. Evans. Ho at onoo arrested that individual, and took him to tho Central Police Station at Fifth and Chostnut streets. Last evening, at 8 o’clock, a hearing in this ease took place before Alderman Eneu. The office was very much thronged, and considerable interest was manifested in tho evidence. Mr. Outerbridge was examined at length, and testified to the foots as wo have stated them The other gentlemen present at the time of the occur rence wero also sworn, and fully corroborated the statement mode by the first witness. In reply to a question from Alderman Enue to the defendant, whether he had anything to euy relative to this matter, ho stepped forward and said that ho coaid explain its origin so that all could understand it. The prisoner is apparently very respectably connected, and is possessed of easy and intelligent conversational powers, and told his story without tho least perplexity, in a straight-forward and quiet manner. JIo had been oheated, he said, by Mr. Outerbridge and others, out of considerable Bums of money, and had been imposod upon and insulted, in numerous ways, on frequent occasions, lie bad applied for redress, but all his remarks wore either ridiculed, or else contemptuously treated. Ho had au interest in the machine for the manufacture of cigars, which Mr. Outerbridge and his allies had sought to rob him off. His business had been completely ruined by these persons. Discovering that fair means failed to effect tho desired remedy, he took it upon Himself to resort to foul means. Ho had procured the powder to destroy his own life, and most of his malignant enemies. This Is about the substanco of the very lengthy statement which he made. The Alderman heard him patiently, and then committed him to answer the charge of attempted ipnrder at tho present term of court. It was slated to us last evening that Evans is thought to bo somewhat deranged. Sad Case of Suicide.—Full Particulars. — The community was startled yesterday morning by the announcement that tbe seven-o’clock train of oars from Germantown had run down and instantly killed ayoung girl, who appeared to have purposely sought death through this most violent means. Tho spot where the occurrence transpired was about two hundred feet above the plank-road bridgowhich orosses the track on tho Germantown branch, some two hundred yards below the Tioga station. The unfortunate girl was observed by the engineer walking upon tho track just in advance of the engine- The whistle was sounded loudly, but the girl kept on her way until the engine was almost upon her, when, covering her eyes with her baud she throw herself across the rail. A moment later and tho entire train passed over her body, severing it in twain, and tearing off also the back part of her head It appears that tho poor victim of self-destruc tion had been loitering in the vicinity for some hours. The svtoch-tender who has charge of the point where the Germantown and Norristown roads branch off, represents that at six o’clock the same morning he had seen the girl emerging from Rising Sun lane, a small street in the vicinity of the Plank Road bridge. This she crossed, and soon passed out of view; but soon re-appeared again at about half-past seven o’clock, when he saw her coming down the Norristown track. Her appear ance at this time was a person in whose mind the most terrible thoughts were revolving. She would advance hurriedly for a few paces, then pause, and then stand with eyes transfixed to the ground. As soon os possible after the oar-wheels had per formed their inevitable work, the train was stopped and tho remains of the suicide were gathered to gether and loft under guard by the road-side, in hope that they might bo Identified. Subsequently a coffin was sent up, and about three o’clook the remains arrived in this city. They were taken to • private *p»rbpen;, opoß the Moond floor of the B|l?ro»S Dfpot, *Stos an inquest WM held- It noiUd bo suporfluoui to print the twttaony, u the evUtBM of Atek irib**? yrxs v 9 tijO pRT' poeo totting forth fop butt* shore stated. The only ponon who hu any know ledge of her preriottt totbe occurrence was Jas. Hatchings, n person residing on the plank road, who Is em ployed In & workshop Adjoining Use plank road toll gate, Hii testimony *t the inquest showed that just before the train came in view, the deceased asked him how long it would be before the train passed. He answered, “ Oat a few minutes; if I you wish to, ride, however, yon must walk on to the Tioga station, as the'cars do not stop until they get there.” Her reply was Ufrttdlble, and about four minutes after he left her the cars struck her down. The name of the deceased is Miss Grace Anna Miller. She resided with her parents, at the cor ner of Washlngton lane and the Germantown pike. She has been insane for some time, and escaped the surveillance of her parents in a moment when least expected. Her grief-stricken family hare removed the body for burial. Pennsylvania Horticultural Society —The regular monthly meeting was held last sight at Concert Hall. Despite the lowering state of the weather, the attendance was good, most of our leading professional and amateur florist* and po mologists being present. The display of fruit was limited, being confined to nectarines, pears, plums, and the Cauwlsaa raspberry. The latter is a **“l bears during the entire season, it is or the ted variety, ormedium else, and of fine flavor, it m contributed by Mr. H. A. Dreer, seedsman and florist, W Chestnut street The show of nectarines and plums was excellent, several varieties of each being of enormous site. A variety of blackberry called the Lawton was also shown. This is a wonderfully prolific plant, bearing fruit the she of a pigeon egg, the hush actually breaking unless propped up, in conse quence of the load of fruit. It is contributed by R. Buist. The display ofeat flowers in bouquets and baskets was the best we,have yet seen at the Society's ex hibition. 1 Among the growing plants is the Imperatrin Elizabeth Verbena, also the offering of Mr. H. A. Dreer. This plant contains six hundred blossoms, the whole being in a single pot. The flower is pe culiar; being star shaped, purple in color, delicate ly striped with white. A special premium was awarded to this plant. A fair show of culinary vegetables graced one end of the hall, the homely cabbage mingling with the purple egg-plant; while squashes, cucumbers, and tomatoes lay in loving contrast to yellow car rots, buDCehs of celery, and heads of brocoli. The principal contributor in this line was Mr. A. L. Felton, Ridge avenue, west of Washington avenue, who, aa a grower of strawberries, is well known to our oitisens. In the collection were tomatoes weighing upwards of a pound each, and egg plants measuring ten inches In diameter. Owing to the lateness of the hour of exhibition, we &tc unable to do due justice to a description of its beauties—the absence of labels upon the contri butions preventing spectators from obtaining a knowledge of their names and of the exhibitors. The Murderer of Smith. —George Freeth, the murderer of his nephew, ffm. Lee Smith, is now confined in Moyamensiog prison. He appears to be perfectly unconcerned-as to the consequences of hia terrible act. Narrow Escape from Drowning. —An even- ing or two since a young man named Porter, fell into the Schuylkill, at Race, street Wharf, and would have been drowned, had it not been for the prompt exertions of Sergeant Thomas, of the Sixth Police Diatriet, who, after considerable difficulty, succeeded in rescuing him, and took him to a place of shelter, where medical attendance was procured. Those who witnessed the occurrence state that the escape of Porter from drowning was almost mirac ulous. Republican Movement. —Last evening the Republicans in (he different Wards met at their respective head-quarters for the parposo of elect ing delegates to the Convention to nominate candi dates for the October municipal election. The attendance at all these meetings argued any thing but enthusiasm in the cause. The Tenth Ward Republicans appear to he the only ones who have any organisation, and that is very far from being perfect Straight-Out Republican Legislative Con vention.—The delegates to the Legislative ConYfen tiou met immediately upon the adjournment of the County Convention, but transacted no business. A motion to adjourn until foar o’clock this afternoon was carried Launch. —Wo learn from a private letter from Cape May C. H.,\that the self-righting and self-bailing boat of Mr. Richard C. Holmes vrfli be launched at that place to-morrow morning at eleven o’clock. The Wert Chester County Murder# [From the Chester County KepaMkas sad Democrat, August mh.) Oa Saturday morning Chat. D. Phillips, against whom the grand jury had found a ” true bill’’ for the murder of Jonathan Cleaver Bartholomew, woe .brought before the court and arraigned by the district attorney, Mr. Butler, in the presence of his’ counsel. Mr. Hickman, and, upon the reading of . the indictment, Mr. Phillips distinctly plead lVbf Guilty to the several counts In the bill found against him by the grand inquest. After the arraignmenthadtaken place,Mr. Hick* , man arose and said that he was about to make an application for the continuance of the ease until the next term of court. The application was founded upon very lengthy affidavits signed by the defend ant, in whioh he contended the public had become so much inflamed against him as to preclude the idea of his having a fair trial at ibis time. Tho course of the publie press was brought forward in the affidavit as one of the eauses operating very sensibly on the publio mind. It contained extracts from the Village Record and Jeffersonian , which were alleged to be very prejudicial to his ease. It farther alleged that Judge Haines had stated in his decision In the habeas corpus ease, that there was no evidence of a quarrel between Phillips and Bartholomew; that this had appeared in some of the newspapers and had also prejudiced the ease of Phillips. But the most important part of the affidavit was the absence of an important witness, a man named John Lucy. Mr. Lewis, the associate counsel of Phillips, when ho rose to urge the continuance of the ease, I first filed an additional affidavit made by himself, 1 in which he stated that some time since he went over to Tredyffrin where Luey was residing, saw him there, examined him, anu found his testimony to be very important to the defence. Lucy prom ised fully to remain so os to be present at tho court, and Mr. Lewis testified that ne said to him that if he was unable to get work until court, he should not be a losor by staying. He also stated that after his examination he learned that ho went to work for a brother of the deceased Ms. Bartho lomew, and that shortly after this he left the neighborhood. The allegation was also mode that he had been spirited away by those who were prejudiced against Phillips. The District Attor ney replied to this by stating that Lucy had been closeted with Phillips in his cell for two hoars at a time, and that he had him coder his control, 3cc. The court refused to make an order to deliver the pistol to the counsel of Phillips for experiment, , and held the question of a continuance over until Monday. The court bet at- ten o’clock on Monday mom- 1 ing, when additional affidavits were filed in regard to the absent witness, Luey, and also in regard to the absence of another material witness named Franklin Mitchell. Counter affidavits were also filed by the Distriot Attorney, and after bearing them Judge U&ints read along written opinion, in which ho fully reviewed the whole question, de ciding that the grounds were sufficient for a con tinuance, and a continuanoe was therefore granted. The ease will, therefore, be tried at the next court. The Trial oi Sloe lor Murder at Sh&wneet*an. To a frieml Iwho left Sbewneetown yesterday, we are indebted for the following interesting par ticulars of the trial of Sloo, now m progress at that place. The case has been before the court nearly four weeks, two of which were consumed in «m -paxmelling a jury. A host of witnesses have been examined, and the lawyers have been engaged in tiie argument since Monday. Col. Crockett, of Henderson, with five others, are defending Sloo. The prosecution is conducted by Hat. Wolfe. Esq., of Louisville, and three associates. As we stated some time since, tile defence rely upon 'the plea of insanity. The superintendent of the Insane Asylum of Illinois, and two other distinguished physicians, have examined Sloo, and their opinion that his in* tellect is impaired forms the chief ground upon which the defence rests. The trial has created the Btoatintenae excitement throughout Southern HU nois. Hall, the deceased, was widely known and had many friends. Sloo has a largefamilyconnex icn in Snawneetown and a host of friends; the people of the vicinity are nearly equally divided in opinion of Slew’s insanity. The case will go to the jury tomorrow evening. It Is thought that the jury will be unable to agree upon a verdict.— Evansville (iW.) Journal t lßlh. Northampton Couxtt Democratic Nohi-va tioks. —We find in the Easton Express of yester day morning the proceedings of the Democratic Convention of Northampton county,'held on Mon day, at Easton. Every township in the county was represented. Judge Sorter called the convention to order, and on hw motion John Davis was chosen chairman. Col. Johnson introduced an able series of resolutions, endorsing the National Administra tion and our State candidates; approving the course of tho Hon Kichard Brodbead and Hon. Asa Packer in Congress; condemning the sale of the public works, and opposing further increase of the nankin* capital of the State. Hon. Bicbard Brod head made an ablo and eloquent speech. The elections for delegates will be held on the 12th of September, and the nominating convention on the Tuesday following. Tns Collision on the Sotjsn— .The Name ot inn Lady seen Floating wrraACttiLD tsHsR Arms.— The New York Tmrs learns that the name of the lady seen floating in the water imme diately aftet tho sinking of the propeller J. W- Harris, on Saturday morning, with an infant in her arms, and who so nobly refused to relinquish her hold of her child to save her own life, was Mrs- Mary Ann Wilkins, of New London, Conn., whither she was returning from a visit to her widowed mother in South Brooklyn, near Greenwood. Her husband, who had also been In Brooklyn on a visit with her, returned home a few days previous, leav ing her to return alone on Friday. Previous to leaving on Friday, it was suggested to her that she should return home by way of the railroad * bat she declined, preferring, as she said, to go by the pro peller, thatshe mignt have a good night’s rest, and arrive in New London about 7 o’clock on Saturday morning. Mrs. Wilkins was about 23 years of age, and had been married only two years. The infant in her arms was her only child, eight months old, and a girl. ’Water lime mixed with akimmed milk is said to make an excellent drab-colored paint. It will adhere well to wood, stone, brick, or mortar, where oil paint has not been used, and is very hard and durable. Visit ef Judge Jteww, ttnj«i»*l)«i«Kl| Ui *euaiar«*s«ttre s«4 •; r ',: Bos. 8. A. Hoagies,' of miaote, arrtrod is sily ycsterd ayjrfionwcm,Hytilß tnfiaAOßg**»> mk* stopped at the Capital Hou*» Bewesawott pauiedbyhiijiraDgwi aeKamiStoedwife,™ J- B. CatU, Jr., Esq., «T Wttbbtttaa City. After dusk, a*d w» the 4»lanii&ei Senator waa receiving the attentions of friends end ad mirers, the ffemoessiie boys got together alot of inflaaraahto atatorial, and created a .boa fire in frost of the Capital Bona*. Stagnated cheers and calls far f< lKJagia*. n