. > 4 I i 1 - (f ’k&\ , 1 - * WWSDMISDAT.i AVOtrST 26, ‘ 1867. DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS. . -v,. r " • " < - ’ '4j&&VtUit*ltp.’PAiOßtß, “Sv *mn. ■ «>*: *ui»i« 'o'* ‘TUx acFB.EME court, - STRONG, oo«it. ■; V*: ■ THOMPSON, ' : or brim oodhtv, CANAL COMMISSIONER, :&f.t- s ?b?r, : casta a curious horoscope for its brother yßepuljiicaiis in New York,- as fol lWSt \=. ''PXh.'(UsSatl3faction sml divisions in Now York Mfrootrsoaerinua os in this State, but they are suf- to onoourago tho Detoooraey to hope tnpy wilicarry the fall election. Thernhimanagp. State of affairs is-attributable to *the taslih'ani;,impulsive men,, notable ovldehoe of whosej-ieiiy is to be found in the New York police ?ni, whlWJjtramplos upon the time-honored rights MithbiaUizens of New York, and which can only bo jistified on the somewhat dubious ground that it waS ait honest attempt to prevent; the pfostitu , tion of tlle New York police force'to politiwU pur* IvSijß?Eubiioan Convention in Now York will bo held'on' the 23d of September, and > strong effort will bo madont the time to put the'party upon a moderate and judicious platform of principles.”' sTitew: is aval liable admlssionin thlsextraot, which deserves a few commonts. Nothing in thetelmrse;of'byent9 has presented a- worse e2Wpfa ; 'f6r.;iature fatal imitation than the . ippqessffil.uiiempt of. tho Republican majority Jff'thhlUtoLegislaturo of NowYoric to take , ;rights and franchises of'its:groat eomnusreia! metropolis, When the peoploj i capaoity,.cahaot elect, their §^(^^xantsV K cannot fchooso their own local magistratos. thelr own tax-gatherers, their own and provide for the apppintment' of .their own police, without the fSartpfari annua! revision of these acts of so- hy aStatelegislature, then the very fqpdtajhr, of: liberty, 'becomes corrupt at the . ffotfred; jand they ‘ are reduced to the staves of t£oio.%hom they, select as their servants, There iaßopretext to justify such an invasion of the rights of the people in their primary capacity. Inothia .connoption let, us say, that although the . American party- in ‘ New Orleans were guiltyVof ihatiy gross acts of violated faith, apd. of.V.iblonce nt the polls—carrying their hostility-to -tiie adopted l citizen •to the inon s&ojjS. eitreme of xefusing to permit him to ca#t ; his own.righteous jVote—yet, when the DenJficratid Legislature of Louisiana under took ro interfere with the locaj laws, and with tbe reguiarly, if not fairly, elected authorities they committed the grand ldtifairo','.of imitating the example of the Re publlCana Uhdor the control of Mr. Skward . carißual blunder of refusing towait for that roaction in popular sentiment which li'.aa?eeffain'tp follow such aggressions as those itiiey complained of on the part' of the Americana! asthatthenigh twill follow the day. Wernow. perceive that the high-handed course , pnrsned' by the Republicans in New York is rapidly and disastrously reacting against thdmj tbat it is blotting put the divisions which have heretofore demoralized and defeated the Demo- (that it is rallying back to a constitutional standard thousands of those who have l acted'with.Mr. Seward,.and.that in proportiop. as this example lias ‘ dishonored those who resorted to it, so have fuhdamentai rights* 1 and; inalienable franchises been vincjlca tOjt’andfortiSed. We regrot that our political friends'.in Louisiana djd not calmly await the their adversarieav i S.d.sm'efully have these franchises and rights bosn' respecrod' by the Democratic party oi that, do*j9o, bat, on the contrary, there was and magnanimous avoidance •of any. resoi-t to levolntionary and reactionary retaliation. 'What has been the result I tVe ’ iiided our time, and now, at this diyjrthis rdfined and bcantilhl city, superior in thecomftrts it disponßes npon .ite population upon those. who toil for their daily bread) to any-other City in the world, is hot of the Democratic party, but iaigely Rnderitheir control, and ia supported ini-iti'jpositigh; bj- thousands ’ of 'those who, period referred to, acted constantly egrihatit/ We cwmot too often recur-to great prip9ip]e| ln times like. these; and, as an inde pshdent jcurnalist.we conceive it to be onr duty, here* and now, to declare, that then is no act bring down disaster upon thbso whp ; res,ort to it than that.which attempts to’ annul os destroy -the rights and privileges of the jjepjjio ,in their municipal and primary capacity 1/ . -7*—- * ’ IKJENERAI. PACKER ANU TIIE LABORING MASSES. Tho nrticlo in thtt morning’s Press, from tile Lycoming Gazette, repeating, a passage speech in favor of the protection .of the poor debtor, gives so striking an-ffistahee of tho generous and kindly nature orthV.pVwpcratlc, candidate for. Governor, that anyi endorsing words from us would' be ' Legislation in this country is so goaersli? for clasaes—indeed; the less of “ gov frtimetiV'.wo have the better for the masses—; tbti|’ it is only in exceptional cases that the peopleware benefited. It is a sonnd truth that - ••.thtfworid'is governed too much;” and it is a fact’quitb aa well established that it is often govenied. badly. Hence it is, that when a legislStpr can; rise above the special business ofjjnoat.pf our representative bodies; ,can see beyond the charter of a bank, or the charter of a railroad of coat company; can pass over the fashionable pastime of safe gen eralities or undisputed .topics; and give hlm »ej£-.np' if) . the championship of, a material measure which affects labor in its most homely and ihtiniate relations, and protects industry from!? tyranny—such an example conpnands tbe honest gratitude of every upright and fair deidipgman, The principle -of the measure advocated .by* General Paoeeb is no illusion. It is eminently practical. It reaches to the hearth-stone; and to the very heart of society. Raptcity 'aud cupidity, and all manner of wrbng-di)|ng, are overthrown by the assertion of'.this principle; and in the name of those who afASb rarely heard in legislation, who give-so much to keep" up the Government, and who are sever petitioners for its bounty—in tho name of' thk tolling and industrious poor, we thank . Genetai PAOEEa for Ids frank, manly, and out spokin specch. , ’ Thp Circumlocution OtHcr, . The-idea that redeems Little Dorrit from ntter .ihanityds that of the, “Circumlocution Offlcd';*’ .'i That was a contribution to mankind worthy. of repeated ' amplification. TheClr cnmloehtloQ Office ia of ; ,aTmoat universal ex l«t*icel;; Tt is everywhere, more or less. How - Not {biDb lt is the study or the crime of men, - law , *’ 4eiay poor* iuitpr iat the dobra of —twii'wni«»;of’io rocognlsod any where by- her bonnet, (vulgarly called hat, which is what men wear,) which is always throe months behind the fash ionahio shape, and materials, and trimmings, elsewhere. Perhaps tho little bird told what Mrs. Opio called a .white lie ! Who knows ? Mrs, Partington could tell if she would. . In New York, female attire reminds one of Joseph’s coat, which is remembered as being «of many color*.” The Gothamite belle 'luxu riates in a vast variety of hues, and commonly disposes them with very little regard for har mony. To trim a blue bonnet with orange colored ribbons, adding red and black cherries, with brides of crimson artificial flowers, is notat all out of tasto inNow York.' So with the rest of the dress. There is a startling contrast of glaring and decided hues. And so, oh a fine day, the west side of Broad way reminds one of. a tulip ; bed, in which tho most discordant colors aro promiscuously hud dled there. If the Now Yorklai|ies had a better taste in dress, they would be charming indeed. And what about our own fair dtoyennes? Simply this, that—as any one can sec—they dress with taste, as well as with richness. By . some natural instinct, as it would appear,.they have the untaught art of making tho simplest attire becoming; and, above all things, they run into no excesses of startling colors, but adapt and arrange tho various hues of their dresses in a sweet harmony- of tone which can not be equalled out of Paris. THE TRICES OF GRAIN The greatest curse that can befall a com munity ia the ability with which apeciilation can depress or elevate the prices of those sub stantial necessaries of life produced by hardest labor from the soil. Those who never swung a'scythe, or handled a flail, or drove a team, but who live upon tile products of tho toil of others by sheer.wit-craft, often regaluto by their pens or their money, at least for a period, tho rates which rule the market of tho great stu ples of agriculture. We know how they do 1 Operate on tho value.of money j how they can, write up and write down every kind of 'security at tkeir will, and pleasure; and it is evident that they have done, if they are not. doing, precisely the same thing in regard to ' breadstuff,. In our - mind, these intrigues 'assume an appearance of baseness, for which we can find no language too strong. Tho men 'who deal in stocks, or play at tlio game of fancies, on Third or Wall street, do so with their eyes open, and “take the chances.” But when we reflect that thousands and tens of thousands of .farmers, and their families, may be ruined by the wily efforts of a set of specu lators, wo know no measure of denunciation that would bo too full. On this subject the authority of the Richmond (Fa.) Whig, of the 21st of August, is important: - “This is the great aud absorbing question, at .tbismoment, with the agriculturists of Virginia The speculators bare/ as usual at this season, .toreated a panic; and many a poor farmer is in am iftjiful state of trepidation. He oannet get bis ‘wheat to market too wet or too soon to prevent its being a drug! thereby effecting the very end be ’seeks to avoid. : “ The speculators have been greatly favored by the seasons, ibis year, in their sharping schemes. Haring the winter and spring, nobody were louder ‘mouthed in their ulalations over the gloomy pros- Wots of the orops.' All thegreatsheetsin New York and all the little ones in all tho other oities were unanimous in opinion that the crop of the country was in imminent peril. The winter wheat in the great Northwest was certainly destroyed, and nothing but an immense'breadth of spring wheat and a favorable season could save tho people fronr starvation! The prospect whs very little more flattering in the -Middle States! Impending famine was at our doors! All this, however, was a mere trick, to gain oredenc© for the 'altered note which was to 1 follow.' As soon as the rains began in May, and were followed by ft few gleams ~of sunshine* and‘a slight tinge Of green, in the fields, one . universal outory im mediately arose from the papers, especially those fn the large cities and too Eastern States, the Centres of the consuming population: ‘a total change has taken place In the prospect of the crops—fields, that a short time ago were naked, are now teeming with {-He most luxuriant vegeta tion, and no doubt now remains but that the yield $f wheat will oxcood that of any former year by many millions of bushels! True, the winter wheat was killed in all the .groat Northwest, hut an un precedented breadth of land has been laid down in spring wheat!’ This cheering ndte has been re peated, until the wholo city population of the land are thoroughly persuaded that tho orop of tho S resent year is ample for ten years’ oonsmnp ion. , ! “Besides the injustice of tills sort of proceeding to the farming community and to the whole country, is distinct from consuming Europe, it very ofton works serious injury to many cities and districts at ifome. Undor the influence of this outcry of super abundance, breadstuff! were largely exported last year, and in many sections it was extremely diffi cult to obtain the necessaries of life. The same thing might happen again, on a more extended scale. • - “We have ho wish that farmers should receive more for their products than thoyaro worth. But if they were tne last of oreation, they would bo entitled to simple justice; and they ask no more, though it is upon their shoulders that mainly rest the burdens of tho Commonwo<h. We do not be lieve that the farmers are unreasonable in cooking at least $1 50 abusbol clear for tboir wheat. Wo believe, under existing circumstances, it costs them very nearly that sum to make it, and if they have to take less, thoy should abandon its culture. Tho price of $L 50 is not equal to 75 cents, fivo years ago—the coat of Johor, of all the articles which en ter into a farmer’s consumption, andthecostof that most expensive mnnaro, guano, without which very little wheat con bu made, boing taken into consid eration. We b&lievo more dear money was made six, years ago at $1 without guano, than would be mode how at $2 a bushel with it. “But the question ia not what they ought to get in order to realise a profit, biit what thoir wheat is worth in a fair market. This is to bo determin ed by the supply ana demand. Now, if wo look elsewhere than to tho papers in the oities, wo i find a very different, representation of the crops. The Northwest is certainly the most pro ductive wheat-growing district in ■ the Union. There, we have the testimony of the speculators themselves, tho wlutor wheat was almost entire ly destroyed The spring wheat, which replaced it, is not fit to make good fiour—like Indian Corn, it is consumed at home, and never exported. In Mainland, the American otf extensive and reliable authority, represents the orop as small in quantity,. anu inferior in quality. Wo have no doabt that such Is the fact with respoot to the crop in Virginia. In New York the crop lobe low an average. In Pennsylvania alone, of all the States, is tho crop well spoken of. In all the States east of New York and south of Virginia, tho yiold is annually diminishing, and not enough is mado for domestic consumption, . “With.the short. Cfops, then, m tho middle States, the almost failure In the Northwest, and the greatly increased immigration, out of. nil pro portion to the 'increased breadth soum I —so much talked.of~.we do not see where the glut is to oomofrom. We know there are no stooKs of old here; and as to Indian corn, Americans prefer wheat to that for their own use, and think they have as muoh right to eat it as Europeans. V The Sodthbbn AmbukMhs aro pretty gene rally aiding the Charleston Mercury in its war upon Governor Walkeb and the Admlnistra tion/and, of course, committing themselves to « secession. o We predict, hoWever, that as loon M the day combfl to' strike agaldst the tTnion, : they wIU be very ready, to desert their' standard-bearer. Th? new recruits of the. dferewry ore veterans at. that sort of business. The moment 1 the ■ Gaubixl .of disunion blows hi« horn/ they will break and run, and let«the namelesergentletnan ln block 0 take the hind most. - ’■ s J, ‘ 1 ' * IMPORTANT FROM MISSOURI. Tho following article Woni ttyeV St. Louis Republican should bo carefully :-read. Tho NejiutKcgrt has co-opora 101 ! with the so-called pro-|iavory party in Kansas, has sympa thized strongly; with, General A-coiiison and his friends,. 'lt is a journal wielding nn im mense influence in Illinois, lowa, Missouri, and tho adjacent torrltorlosjund Its opinions may he taken almost ns cx cathedra* It Is a fact worthy of comment and remembrance, that no where in tho South has Gov. WatKEa’s policy in Kansas been mare steadily and strongly ap proved. Ilian In the State of Missouri—“ olr oumstuneo which ia worthy of Weighty con sideration when we romemher that most of the extreme men in other parti of tho South base their opposition to Gov. Walker on the ground that hts course of action is Injurious to the people of Missouri: No iNVntirntteWti.—ln tlie letter written by lien, AtehiSon ta the OkarleeUra UTercury, speak ini of the rote to bo taken on tho Constitution, tlio Unnerat says ,th»t If the instrument “Is to bo ro. ferred, as Gov. Walker says, to all tho people whn shall bo In the Territory on tho day of voting, then WO must and will havo a majority at the polls on '\i (opposed by some that Atohlson In this ills elosos an intention to take ovor votora from Mis souri on election day, to aid In the popular vote that is to determine the adoption of tho Constitu tion, We are of tho opinion that Gon. Atohlson will bo a party to no such transaeUdn, for tho elm pl© season that wo do not hellovo Missourians will lend themselves to anv such lawless #nd cri minal proceeding. It will ho sternly uiscoun tononoed by tho eUUena of the Missouri bor der countless There 1* but ono oourso for Mis sourions to pursue In reference to Kansas affairs, and that Is one of strict lum-lntorferonoe. This oftlliug (hr volunteer votora In our Stuto, to go into anotheron election to, Isourtugoously wrong. In morality H Is upon tno same lovol with tho counsel of the nulUflor, tho Democrat, whoso edi tor would set all law at deflanoe, nullify the vote o>f the people, and resist by force, at the point of the hoyonot, the accession of a Gover nor to his office, for no better reason than that the party represented by the Democrat is doter miped on victory at all hazards. Black Republi cans everywhere aro tho princes of nullification. They trample the laws unaor foot in Boston. They nullify them in Kansas. They counsel revolution In, Missouri. Lot them have tho glory, and wear tho name of nutlifiers, for they have earned it by perpetrating and couusolling gross outrages upon the laws ana upon elections. Whatever Kansas may decide concerning her State Constitution, it ib equally & matter of justico and good polioy for tho citizens to adopt us their rule “ hands off.” Lot tho majority of the actual settlers ia the Territory rule, and make of Kansas what they please. We cannot hut regard as ene mies of the publio peace an,d fomenters of publio discord, all who counsel any manner of interference : from without with a free expression of opinion in reference to ihtorn&l affairs, on the part of thoso who have chosen Kansas for their homo NEGRO SUFFRAGE IN MAINE. The Supreme Court of tho State of Maine, composed of a majority of Republicans, havo decidod—one judge protesting—that negroes can vote in that State; The New York Tri bune makes a sustaining editorial in favor of the decision, and glorifies it as an especial re buke of the Dued Scott opinion of the Su preme Court of tho United States. We aro not disposed to enter upon the legal dis pute growing out of this case; but we should like to see the question of negro suffrage put to the people of Maine as it was a few days ago to those of lowa. Our word for it, tho Republi cans of Maine would unite bands with the Democrats, and pluck it out of the Constitution by the roots. A practical illustration like this shows that the boasted Abolition sentiment is in many cases a mere sentiment. It cannot stand a home-test like negro equality, however it may sympathize with the colored men at a distance* TIIE AMERICANS IN COUNCIL. Yesterday we gave a roport of tho proceed ings of the meeting of one branch of the op position to tho Democracy—the Republicans. To-day wo givo a report of tho proceedings of the American branch of that opposi tiou. Our readers can now see the platforms of both sides. If the speech of Judge Wilmot was objectionable, because of its violence and abuse of the rights of the States, that of his op ponent, Mr. Swope, was even more so, because of its assaults and misrepresentations of tho rights of tho citizens, especially those born in other lands. But the point in tho latter speech is to be found in the determination of jthe Americans to wage unceasing war upon the Republicans. This seems to bo sincere; it is certainly earnest and strong. There were some curious developments in Mr. Swopk’s jspeech, for which we refer our readers to the •report. | • An Ardent Poet. Ortlt hot day, in South Carolina, the Colum* ibin (S. C.) Tunes printed tho following: “What can writers do, With the thomiometer atone hundred and two? Oramlgurin shirt-sleeves! Grace with no cravat! Sublimity between a palm-leaf hat! Love with no dickey f Boatitv in a sweat! Truth at the pump with hands and forohead wet! Fame drinking soda! Glory with a fan! Passion asleep upon the cool divan ! And Faith and Hope, in slippers, throwing dice To close a quarrel o’er a chunk of ioo !” of rich men are beginning to moke their appearance. Thcfre 1b one gentleman in Philadelphia whoso annual income is over seven hundred thousand dollars. LITERARY CRITICISM, Ehos akd Antsdos; or, Tiio Bachelor. B y Judith Canute. Itol., 12mo. Now York: Itudd A Carleton. None but a woman—with all tlie gentle and delicate impulses of n puro nature, a thoughtthl spirit and tender heart—could have written such a hook ns this. It is wliat might hastily ho spoken of as a love-story. But it is moro than this. It is the history of a human heart, crushed in its youth by Eros, rewarded in its maturer years by the diviner Anteros. It is a story, filled with love, indeed, but "with a passion pure and not sensuous, self denying and humble, yet elevated and ardent; such a' passion as forms the romance of life and does not come to all. In incidents it is net abounding. It re lates, chiefly, the history of a child and a man. Abthob TVaminobam, a scholar, and almost a poet, has Ms heart all hut broken by the per fidy of his affianced. Ho rotreats into the loneliness of solitude, companioned only by Memory, and surrounded with books. He is called thence, to the death-bed of her who had darkened his young life, and fromher receives, as a solemn trust, the guardianship of her littlo daughter, Viola. He takes noble re venge by the kind and affectionate care which he bestows upon the orphan. Almost tlic finest part of this hook—certainly, the most interesting—is that which relates the childhood and tho youth of Viola. It is truthful and not over drawn. Guardian and ward separate, do not meet again until the latter has passed her sixteenth year—having crossed tho narrow isthmus which separates the Girl from the Woman. After a few crosses, arising from misapprehensions, tho story properly ends with the union of two hearts which had so tenderly regarded each other, and tho circum stances by which this Jinule ia ovolvcd aro most delicately developed. There aro several marriages, by the way, at tho close, but wo freely confess that tlio only one in which we felt much interest is that of WALsiNaiiAunnd Viola. Soveral accessory characters arc introduced, though the authoress has avoided crowdingher canvas with figures. One pair of lovers, Cola and Hklen, aro of the ordinury run of mortals. Geoboe levinq and his ever-youthlhl wife stand out moro decidedly—and his touch of jealousy is very foolish and very natural. Howard Irtino is a yottng man whom wo do not in the least dcßiro to know; his pretty bru nette wifomust have lind n pretty hard time with him. Judge Conway, so mystorious with his “spiritual” revelations, is at once weak and mclo-dramatic, and of little essential hearing on the story. But then, as compensation, there is Captain Ben—a superior Captain Cuttle, with higher education—and that admirable old house-keopor, Mrs. Grev. These really are characters, very strongly individualized, at once natural and life-like. We hosltato to hint to a lady that she might have dono hotter, but, in her secret heart of hearts, does not “Judith Canute” (whoever sbo may he) cherish something like regret for having un suitably married such a genial old damo as Mrs. Grey to such a mere money-grubber as Midas Mitten, tho only mean man in tho book, who evidently takes her because she had inherited a large property from a distant kinsman? Wo presume that this work is a first attempt. Tho authoress may write again, for slio has capacity of mind, poetical feeling, and skill in portraiture. Her’a is not a■< sensation” novel; it is disfigured by no slang; it does not record tho details ol any crime of blood; it wholly eschews even a remote allusion to the frailties of the sex. IjTo, It is pure—in thought, language, and plot, and for this, as well for its undeniable evidences of marked ability, wo havo been charmed with it. . A,new locomotive,;named the Preston S. Brooks, and ornamented with likenesses of Mr. Brooks and Judgo Butler, has lately boen added to the rotting steek of tho South' Carolina railroad. THE PRESS.^PHILADELPHTA. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 18S7. BY MIDNIGHT MAIL. FROM WASHINGTON. [Oorrf spondence of The Press.] WispmaTOK, Aug. 25, 185? , l'ho National Intelligmar usually takes pf. Tho Amor!(!ans hoi thdr ra „ at j ayoa - 8 Hall fiolcnt time for deliberation previous to taking-de* last night, and the “Straight-Outs” were there in olded position on any public measure to be, in, its t^eir strength to listen to the defence of tho Chair views, consistent at least with the known feels In- ? P “S. of it , S i? !o 9™ loll ' 100 against the charges volved. To this uniform practice it owe, to a gj* great extent, the reputation it enjoys among tall Wilmot. classes of our people. Confldenoe Is reposed in its Mr. Swope was fully up to his work. He had a assertions', and the utmost reftanoo pieced upon! its B P*fJ* *nd .throughout 'his ie-. arrayofflUs. Vet ftoraer is sonretlmes found Sfi/S £T '* * ““ nodding, and in to-day’sissueof tho htttlheenctrM -W© did not see a man leave his seat during iavery far from its general aoouracy. In the leading the time ho,was speaking, whilst ou Monday night editorial on the subject of an anticipated surplus in ], ® n WUmot spoke, hia remarks were frequently the treasury, it calculates that the revenue of the scaredStce^^wa's Government for this fiscal year will amount s a groat deal of enthusiasm manifestod and the $80,000,0001 and that the expenditures will not speaker was frequently interrupted by tremendous exceed s6o,ooo,ooo—thus leaving thirty millions a PPlause. surplus to add to the twenty millions now In the n pt„',®, W jP o commenced by referring to the want which It avers will, by tl.o withdrawal of horn A™S, tory'olMim so muoh gold und silver from circulation, ember- American Government, and posted those presout on rasa greatly our industrial and mercantile *bat subject. In this estimate it oommits two very material ,® al:o P oai * despots, dreading the example our 1 errors. It baaos Its calculation for the revenue of fndeavoi-«fffn b Q d this fiscal yoar upon the receipts for July, and the they never ooukt oyereoiiie us flrstweoksofthepresenfcmonthjWhenitisknown to now endeavoring to do so under theguiseof phi evoiybody incur commercial oitiesthat the bonded ant bropy and the garb of religion. In tho warehouses of the Government werd plethoric i an £ william Lloyd merchandise brought into Ihe country, during the tTtrageoul’ docTriS Shcset/u fere af existence of tho old tariff, and which was taken qui lowed to prevail, Church and State would be pros ofbond and paid duties under tho new tariff. Allow- ffatod at the footstool of fanatioism, and all ro* nneo must be mode for the stmulus to importation, ~j?! on wo jjld bo totally abandoned.' In the ad undor tho lowor rate of duties, and it must be con- waging a diroot r tiloy '? ero sidered that those importations will fall down to tho Constitution and tho Union* wlkh!7f n?t're* the levol of demand in a few months hence. Thoro' Btra i n cd, could only result in civil war, murder is every reason, then, to believe that the Intelli- f pollution. He did not hold the Republican party fcnrcr has exaggerntod, In Its estimate, tho extent .wiTfllf^^^ of tho forthcoming rerenue. . ■ jorua.de against liberty, Igainst roligfon, and As I stated in my first letter, there are no data jagainst God. Thousands of our folloiv-oitizons now known upon which a safe estimate could be the length and breadth of our land, re founded with reference to the revenue for this year! P^ 9 ? 006 , ? f , thas o dangers,which „ , . ~ .. . m f I ae, had described, and which tho Father of his and more than that, tho Treasury DepartmeniuCcuntry had foreshadowed, in his dreams of ,is of the belief that the returns to Congress in Do* tfe future, bad organised themselves with tho cember next will not afford sure basis for accurate Ahorioan party for the protection of our nation conclusions relative to the operations of the present' Protestantism, and our Union, from foes teriff 1 v Without as well as from enemies within. The Amo- But $50,000,000 is.sot down as tho gutofhad to thS for 1858. This evidently is complimentary to the* >eople for their suffrages, and it was hardly necos administration, and evinces confidence in its eco-( j bim to say hero, in the homo of Isaao nomical management. How aro tho facts of late [ Ja f*®burst, where he had boon born and reared. r ,rr fT liEht f °“ tho futur °- In . ffafaUn!^ 1856 the, total expenditures of tho government ation, and general character, ho was at least the were $71,144,623.62—a matter of twonty-ono mil- ompeer of his opponents. Ho would not derogate lionsmore than tho Intelligencer's amount, and. rom thecharacter of theiradversaries. To Gone that too fora year when there wore not so many h e crf“ly°!icco?d muchSty as thoir friends public works in process of construction as now; as rould elaim for them. Ho believed them to for instanco, tho aqueduct, tho oapitol, patent * honost, upright, and intelligent men, and ho offico, treasury, and post-offioe extensions, costing lft( * no , t “lightest doubt, that if either of them m elected,'ho would disohargo tho duties of -annuull - ; . . r US office to tho entire satisfaction of bis own Tho Intelligencer next moks to getting rid of.- *rty. Tlioir public acts, however, wore public pro the surplus, whioli it mistakenly supposes will* and ho had aright to examine and cau oxist, in two ways :by its distribution arnoug tho < ' a / T s thwi. soveral States or in grants and appropriations to '“t 0 ?; Snn AoinL? n °^ll!j 0 *? ,fti \ a^. and ESS*, I K*Gmed SB"It’hit 1 t’hit sapient schoolmen of New England. Muoh anxlo- o had devoted just two minutes and a half to ty is manifested among gentlemen boro to learn its -.moriofinism, one minute and a half of which was contents. Probably, oogltatlng over its arguments Jnsumed in informing his audionco that ho would in their oiosots, Profossor Silliman and his associ- F° , t 0 be b , r l 1 “ b ? w “ s obli K c d to leave in x ~ ’ . , ~ , . ao elevon o’clock tram for tho West, vet ho atosrepont heartily of tlieirunwiso and injudicious )un d time for fifteen minutes, afterwards to con° movoment. ;nuo tho disousßiou of tho subject to whioh ho had Tho models, suhmittod with proposals, Ao., for fivated all tho previous time, viz: niggerism. lie the construction of a new sloop-of-war, have been M keon inforraed that lie would be expected to examined by thoSeorotary of the Navy. As yet, reo^To Vr" ho has not fixed upon the members to constitute a Hlmot’s ability and loug experience, but ko had board for decision upon the plans presented. The bserved during tho short time ho had boon proposals corn© principally from Philadelphia, \ world, thiU however ablo a man was, Now York, Boston, N.whuryport, apd Norfoik. . and Strange to say, none are sent in from BalUmore. > there ever was on example of it such an It is pleasant to notice what confidence each ap- xample had certainly been furnished in • tho plicant entertains that tho decision will be with 4® e ch of Mr. Wilmot last night. That gontle ■ rogard to merit, and aloof from all locator political hadstnrted with the assumption that he .was considerations. It is a deserved tribute to Go vornor Toucey. n an and an agitator of tho worst The board referred to will not be selected soon-' or than the latter part of this, or tho first of the approaohing week. The President has appointed Charles E. Sinclair associate justice of tho Supreme Court of Utah Ter ritory, rice Stiles, removed. It has been decided at the Land Office, under the graduation act of 1864, that when a minor, or family of minors, own a farm, tho guardian, or other.legally constituted officer having charge of the estate, may enter land for the use of that farm;. but in such case the entry must be made in the names of all the parties who own the original farm. x. y. NEWS BY TELEGRAPH. The Southern Mail—Affairs In Texas—Excite ment at Houston—The Cotton Crop—The Pa cific Railway. Waakntatox, August 25.—The Southern mail which! Reached hero this afternoon famishes Now Orleans peraof thelBth fast. They contain the faUowipg in*, diligence from Texas. The Galveston Nttos, of the 18th fast., states that H. • R. Runnels, the Democratic candidate for Governor, has received a majority of not less than 11,000 votes. The Civilian, of the 18th, reports a great excitement at Houston, owing to the discovery of a plot, by a gang of thinres, to kill the City Marshal. Tho ringleader and another of the band hod been captured. Encouraging account* of tho cotton crop in the inte rior are furnished. The picking hod fairly commenced. But tho effects of drought on the frontier were deplo rable. The Pacific railway was being graded at tho rate of two miles per week. Five hundred hands were employ ed i_ the work. The Contracts for the New Stoop-of-Wnr, Ac ■ Washington, August 25.—There are thirteen bidders Tor tho contract to build the now uloop-of-war. Thoir models are to-day on exhibition. A decision will be made in accordance with the recommendations or the Board yet to bo appointed. Hon. Charles E. Sinclair has been appointed one of the associate justices of the Supremo Court of Utah, vice Stilea removed. Washington, AUgubt 25.—The Southern Mail has furnished nothing from Now Orleans binco Saturday last. The American State Council of Now York. Bkooklyn, August 25,—Tho American State Council of Now York mot here to-day. Delegates from mauy Western Councils expressed a determination to refuse all alliance with any other party, but to nominate in the light of day, and vote for tho tariff of 46 and against tho tariff of 1842. Mr. Wilmot old now only discuss the question of slavery, ie American party were opposed to the extension slavery also, and to its introduction into free rritory; but at the same time it was opposed to aking it the solo and only issue. There were aer questions of more importance to tho people of Country than the question of slavery. They had !s»]frd last qlght of frauds mKansas and iniquities WpetraWd there, but the frauds perpetrated in tfeity at the last election wore greater and gssor outrages than they. Philadelphia was wth half a dozen Kansases. Philadelphia had fi representatives m Congress, and tho frauds per ppatuted ia her midst hud east the electoral vote oPtnnsylvania for James Buchanan and soeured mckction; and with such astatejof facts before oue;e3, what was tho uso of talking about Kansas whtUherc are no people! If anything was id betftmplished wo must begin at homo. UrWflmot talked of practical questions. ITe wodliko to know whether there was a more prac* tioalueslion tbnn that of keeping the Hutch and ivisb’rom tho ballot-boxes? In his opinion, if thervas anything of vital interest to this pooplo, and any party opposed to tho Domooratio party was or to succeed, it could only bo when these framupon the ballot-box were corrected, and tho Demratio party prevented from having the as alstao of tho foreign element. In his hasty al- Suslc to Americanism, Mr. Wilmot hod said that) stood on his Altoona letter, in which he pvoii his Americanism, and by which he was will ing foo judged. If he had studied his entire luo-ao, how Dost to betray his utter ignorance of pverprinoipio of tho American crcod, ho could fiotV© succeeded hotter than ho did in that otto Where was tho Amcrioan, born and reared bomb the shadow of yon Stato House, with Amoan foclings in his breast, who had not tepintcd the idea that ho wua to give placo, bndi certain circumstances, to the foreigner. Whi was the mun who could sympathize with JVihtinhis preference for Germans and natives 6f tiEraerald Islo over Americans? It was an Insuto an American to ask him tho question, and yet tt was the Americanism of David Wilmot. For £ mistake ho tries to raako reparation by insubg tho Catholics, and pitching into them. Hadi Amorican speaker everdonounood or advo qatohoproseription of Catholicsbecftu3e they were such Novel*. They carod not whero a man wormped. It was a matter between him and hisG.nnd he could worship the Virgin Mary or bow to lutes of wood and stone. Tho Amorican party mauiucdjthut no phuroh, Protestant or Catoolio, hado right to enter the political arena. It said tho Protestant, as well as to tho Catholio char, whan it attempted to meddlo in politics, thusr shalt thou go and no furthpr, and was just ready to tench Boeobor and othorsaoundrcls of tl olass a lesson. Mr. Wilmot did not seem to upddand this. ' Tt party which ho ropresonted had been chard by the frlonda of Mr. Wilmot with play, ing .0 the hands of tho Democracy. Ho had al wayated tho Domooratio party. It had been, fromo time of his infancy, a stench in his nos, trilsnd if he thonght for an instant, that by ad voctng Isaao Jlazlchursthe was aiding the Dcmo oratparty, ho would vote for Wilmot. But he ooiilnot bo convinced of that. He knew that ttaicould bo bnfc two great national parties in, ie land, and experience showed that tbs two parties could only bo tho Deroo orts and the Amorican. * Mr. Swope hero slyod that the Republican party was a sectional ps*, and that a party, to have any show of mic cl at all before tno people ot the whole country, i}t bo a national party. ;e thon proceeded to unswor the ohargo that the Airioau party was a bought party. He thought ijmo with bad graco from mon who wore sup ping An old locofocO for oflico, and a man who q done wore than any other to strike down fi labor ip, the country. Wilmot talk about tnrlstoeraov of the South crushing out free labor ifie North: Why, ho sung the samo song hi I|, when ho told you that tho aristocracy of tho it intorest were orushing out froo lubor in tho Ntl. [Laughter.] Amoricans know bettor. It® emigration and pauper labor from Europe th wus crushing out freo labor; and if Buvid Maot was a friend of the laboring man of tho Nth, lot him plant himsolf upon the American pform, whore tho occasion never arises when ojof these foreign villains is to bo preferred to aiimerioan. i ho were the men who made this oharge of the Amoan party being bought and paid for by the lqr,qraa re* cowig pay from three different paities, and lio was also ready to show that that proprie lor last fall, In e fit of rage because he could not get us much money from the RepubU* cans as ho desired, came to the Amerloan State Ummittoo and offered to sell out, and that he ac tually published an article in his paper, written by another person, endorsing the action of that com mittee in refusing to flgreo to a fusion with the He publicans. '■ ,?"?!>» continued In this attain, closing with some allusions to the American flag. 8 HiTzlehuist tinß tll P. M.—The Troop will beat, and the com panies will form in their streots for roll call and in spection by tho officers; ten minutes aftor which, at tho Adjutant’s call, thoy will bo marched to tho Regimental Parade Ground by their First Ser geants—formed in lino, ordered arms and at rest. At 0} P. M.—Evening gun. Retreat boat by tho whole of the camp musio along tho line. Pa rado dismissed. Supper. At 10 P. M.—-Tattoo. Countersign given to Sentinels on Post. Remarks Any alteration or Additional datics will be the subject of special orders. Tho chain of sontinols will bo respooted by the military and oiti 7.ons, and tho commissioned officers of companies will pass their membors out at the main guard only. Tbo oaxnp will bo preserved striotly clean, and all things kopt in orefor. As this encampment is only the ''mimicry of war," tho commanding officer trusts a willing obedience will bo paid to orders, and a prompt attention given to Amplo time is given for recreation, which it is oxpeoted will not bo mlsueod, so as to throw discredit upon tho oncampment. I3y Command of Major-General tVat. H Keim, Fifth Division. P. V. Officer Commanding. Attest— Aid-dc-Camp, Col. AVra. Rchall; do., Major Samuel L. Young; do., Major A. Jordan Swartz; do,. Major J. B. Dunlap. Staff— Division Inspector, Liont. Col. G. A. C. Soilor; do. Quarter Master, Major Anthony S. Ely ; do. Coni, of Subsistence, Major George W. Ryan; do. Paymaster, Major James Freoland; do. Surgoon, Major John 11. Seltzer; do. Judgo Advocate, Major George D. B. lveim; do. Engineer, Major Wm. A. Sunds. Tho exorcisos of tho encampment will terminate on Saturday morning next. Letters of invitation to bo present were extended to Lieutenant General Scott, Govornor Pollock, and others. We learn that a reply has been received from the former gentleman, stating that, if ho possibly can, ho will beprosontnt Norristown on Thursday. In the vicinity of tho encampment are numoroua stands, where nil that is needed Q>r tho consolation of tho inner man—lager beor, porter, Jilo, poanuts, sausages, Ac.—can bo obtained at a very t»i-raod orate price. During tho remainder of tho week it is expected that Norristown will be visited by thousands of strangers. The locality of the en campment is perhaps one of the most desirable that possibly could bo selected. It is amply com modious for all who design participating, Wo heard many regrets expressed that more of our Philadelphia voluntoer military organizations had not signified tlioir intention of joining in tho ex ercise*. Last evening a handsome and valuable rosewood gold-headed cano was presented to tho Hon. D. M. Smyser, at tho Norristown Court Honse, by R. T. Stewart, on bolrnlf of the members of the Moot Court, in tho presence of a largo number of ladies and gentlemen. Tho speeches on tho oconsion were well timed, and elicited tho most cordial ap plause. Jin Jlcm. —lf you want cool water, and can not got ico, wrap your piloher iu two or three folds of coarse cotton doth, and keop It constantly wot. The philosophy of tho thing is that tho evaporation oarrios off tho heat and leaves tho water at very nearly freezing point. (For The Press.], Franklin’s Grave.— Messrs. Editors : Will you not unite your powerful voice in tho effort to induce thoso having the control of the graveyard corner Fifth and Aroh streets, containing Frank lin's tomb, to either hnvo a gato unlocked, in charge of a suitable person, or to placo a railed aporturo in the wall opposite tho grave, in order that the universally felt and laudable desire of strangers and citizens to view tho resting-place of tho statesman, philanthropist, and sago, may bo gratified? A Citizen. For The Press.) Pbach Stains —Asa Boasonable hint to tidy hcmsewlvos, permit me to inform those whoare not already awaro of tho fact, that common whiskey applied to peaoh stains will speedily remove them. A. M. On Friday tho first sale of new cotton took plaoo at Savannah, Ga. It brought 17i cents per pound, and was classed as middling. It was raised .n Florida. GENERAL NEWS. On Sundajr night, the house of Luke Fox, bridge-tender on- the canal near Trenton, N. J. wss burned down, and hia two ohildren, John M. and Anna M. Fox, burned to death. The Trenton Gazette rnys: Mrs. "Fox testified before the coro ner’s inquest that fllje was rocking the cradle in which the Infant, was sleeping, in the evening—the oaudle being on the table about four feet from her; that she fell asleep and did not awake until every thing in the room was in flames. She made hor way out of the house and threw herself in the feeder; she is very badly burned, and barely escaped with her life. Her husband was drunk at the time. The jury.retnrned a verdict that the children came to their death by. the oareies*&c£j| and inattention of their parents. The report ef Mrs. Susan L. Pellett, corres ponding secretary of the Ladies’ Mt. Vernon /Association, shows the following reoeipts since its organization: South Carolina. $2,454.25; Georgia, $1,057; Alabama, $1,078.57; Pennsylvania, $043.- 69; Virginia, $2,324.83; the Everett fund, $1,568. One contributor, Mrs. Emily Tollman, a native of Virginia, now residing in Augusta, Gha., gave $3OO, the largest subscription named. Advices received by the Arabia state that an extensive wine-dealer in Paris has been con victed of manufacturing spurious wines In one of his cellars four hundred and tbirty-ene hectolitres of this deleterious stuff was discovered, and in an other eighty-eight hectolitres, besides five barrels US *J in its fabrication. He was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment, a fine of five hundred ' and °f *d adulterated wines found on uis premises. . Now York Courier learns, by private ad vices from St. Helena, that tho Emperor Louis Na poleon has purchased the site of the tomb of his undo, the groat Napoleon, for $3,000, and Long wood, the farm on wbioh the conquered oonquerors last years were passed, for $lB,OOO. A commission is expected soon to arrive for the purpose of put ting Longwood in complete order, and decorating the grounds. A fine monument is also to be erected over the tomb. A few days ago a man returned to Lowell, after a four years’ absence in Australia, and found his wife married again and with a child by her second husband. The wife justifies her second mar riage on the ground of the supposed death of her first husband, to whom, now that he has made his appearanoe, she is ready to return. The second husband has taken possession of the babe, and the other parties will take legal proceedings for its recovery. The Harrisburg Herald says-that a canal boat, belonging to a colored man named Thornton, took fire at the canal basin on Sunday, and two persons were very badly burned—Edward Collins, twenty-one years of age, and George Washington, the driver, a lad of sever teen, both colored. Col lins died soon after, and the other viotim was not expected to live. It is not known how the fire originated. ‘ r THE CO CRTS. Bcpbeme Court—Judge Knox.— Habeas -Corjntt.— The Supremo Court room was adorned yesterday morning t)y the presence of a number of pretty young women and some brave-looking men, witnesses in the case of Dr. Smith, of “ Electric Oil” notoriety. Mr. Gilpin opened for the relator, by saying he had been called suddenly into the case, in consequence of the absence, of Mr. William L. Hirst, and did not per fectly understand the facts. The case, as he understood it, wan, that this was a habeas corpus brought by Dr. Smith, the relator, for tho custody of his two daughters, aged eleven and three years,who were detained from him by their mother. On the pleadings, he had a perfect legal right to their custody, bathe would notrefit the caso there, but would show that the mother was an Im proper person to retain them. John Noble,, sworn—Lives at 513 South Thirteenth street; Mr. Smith is my nexLdocr neighbor: there Is no intimacy between ns; he has lived there two year*: I have known the habits of the mother towards her children; she bad five children; she was out a groat deal, leaving the children at home; sometimes she stayed out late at night, and often came and knocked at her door late, sometimes with her mother, sometimes with a little girl; I have had to go down stairs and get into their house and let her in. ' Cross-examined by Mr. Matkland.—l have noticed her absence frequently; I don’t know where she went; I know nothing except as & neighbor; I only had to go down once to open the house for her; Mrs. Bm!th has been only once or twice in my house: there has often been a great knocking to get In; she left the house on the 23d June last, I believe. Mrs. H. D. Hathaway, sworn.—l hare some slight knowledge of Dr. Smith and wife; my acquaintance commenced with Mrs. Smith in last September, when her eldest daughter was attending my school, and she used to talk very badly about her father, the language of the child was very improper in relation to her father; when I presented my bill Mrs. Smith told me she could not pay it, as Mr. Smith did not send her any money : Mr. Smith paid the bill eventually. Cross-examined,—The child used to say that her father was a very bad man, that her mother thought he would not coma back again, and that her mother did not care anything about him. Ann Neill, sworn.—l know Dr. Smith and hia wife; aJ?? M housekeeper for about’ten months, at Thirteenth and Anne streets; he was onlv at home for about four weeks during that time; when he was at home he was very kind to the children and Mrs. Smith; Mrs. Smith used to go away in the morning and noi re turn until ten or eleven o’clock at‘night; she used to leave the children in my care; there were times when the children were neglected In consequence of the want Of a mother’s care; the only fault the Doctor said he ked against Mra. Smith was her want of cars of the children; I knew Mrs. Smith to carry a loaded pistol In her bosom, and she gave it to ma when Mr. Smith came home, and desired me to hide It; she came to me after wards, and demanded it of me again; Dr. Smith shot off the pistol in the yard, and laid it on .the table; in the evening Mt*. Grootu came la, and threw it Into the sink Cross-examined.—t once heard Mrs. Smith cry “nmr der; *’ when I came down stain Mrs. Smith had her. law full of letters, and Mr. Smith was leaning over her trying to get them} I pulled the Doctor away by the shoulders, and that was all occurred; the night the door was opened by Mr Noble I way sleeping'ln tfcfe back bed-room wittithAchildren; when I went down stairs night J found Smith ctaadlnr is the bach parlor; she was Mode. know whose letters these were; Mr. Smilh said they,were his letters; she Raid she Would give him the letters if he would bam them; Mrs. Smith also said she would giye him. Aha letter* If he would read hers alaoln reply. Rev. John Chambers, sworn.—X know both tbs par ties, and have had Interviews with them, in feUtlbnto their fatally difficulties: I visited them «thetr house at tho request of Dr. Smith; when there I found every dis position in Mrs., Smith to act her port as a wife, Lid I left with the hope that all the difficulties Would be set tled: tho charge made against her by the Doctor was the neglect of the children, but I wilt way that items utterly Impossible for her to attend to her «; she had been also left in pecuniary difficulties by the Doctor with notes to pay and bills to collect, and I have taken letters for her to the post-office myself at night to save her from wading through the heavy snows; she complained of his having given her a blow or slapped her face; she'ad mitted she hod taken letters out of a trunk, bat it w*e by direction of a lawyer; these letters were, I belief*, written by the parties to one another; Mrs. Smith is a member of my church, and has befla so for three years, and as far as I know a consistent member. 1 No cross-examination. George H. Armstrong, sworn.—l was asked Into Dr Smith’s house by the Dr. lam not certain what the subject of the conversation was—whether the letters or the property. I said that the removal of any property by either of the parties would not subject either of them to a criminal prosecution. Mrs. Smith, I believe, asked me If t advised her opening the trunk and taking out the letters, and I said I hsd not. No cross-exami nation. Sarah McCarty, sworn.—l heard of the letters. I don»t know who wrote them. Mrs. Smith brought them into the room where I was working. I don’t know where she got them, but I heard of a locksmith. I saw Dr. Smith strike his eldest daughter on the face. I have heard Mrs. Smith reprove the child for epeakinr disres pectfully to her father. Ebon Meson, sworn.—When I was dork in the store, Mr. Bwith received all tho money that was taken. There were three clerks then. I can’t say what the amount of the sales were. Mr. Smith received tho sales of the re tail trade. Susan White, sworn.—This witness's testimony was si milar to the last, except that Mr*. Smith said that she had consulted a fortune-teller , and that.she said Doctor Smuh would drown himself tn less than two gears. James R. Hunter, sworn.—Proved the payment of drafts to Mra. Smith, one in June for $lOO. lam con nected with the United States Trust Company. Mrs. Smith had a private account with us, which since I went there amounted to about $4OO. I did not know 31r. Smith at all. This closed the testimony for the relator, aod Mr. Gil pin asked the Court, under the facts of the case proved, that Doctor Smith is entitled to the custody of the chil dren. He has a home to give them, and to which home he iovites bis wife. The Court asked what testimony was there, that Doc tor Smith had been denied access to the children. A. G. Bcwly was called, and testified that he went with Doctor Bmith and Mr. Rankin to the house to see tho children, and he could not see them, and after that the habeas corpus was taken Oat. Mr. Markland, who with Broom was counsel for Mrs. Smith, said that the conduct of Dr. Bmlth for several years was marked by great brutality to his wife: that he has accused her before her own mother of crimes degrading to any woman. He, however, crowned all this disgraceful conduct on the 23d of Jane by sticking her several times violently, and this was ihe Imme diate cause of her leaving the house. That he would show that he was totally unfit to have the care of chil dren ; that Dr. Smith has been guilty of the grossest in decency In the presence of his own daughter, a young firl of 11 years of age, by stripping himself naked before cr; that he has gone to the stores in the neighbor hood and cautioned them not to give bis wife eredit In his absence, and at the some time left no means to sup port his family. He complains that she neglected the children, end at the some time insisted that the should remain* in the store working like a common porter. Mrs. Smith In the sole inventor of this '‘electricoil.” and manufactures it herself. She has supported the family and nbt he She has not denied him access to thcHo children under proper restrictions, but she feared ho would take them away altogether from her, as he hveatened to do. Sarah Anne Fulton, sworn—ls the mother of Mrs. Smith. This witness proved several acts of bad treat ment on the part of tho husband, and testified to her having had to pay bills for necessaries for the children of Mr. Smith during his absence. The case was then adjourned to 10 o’clock this morn ing. QotMßft s9BBlos3.—Judge Conrad—James D. Fenton wns charged with a libel on Jacpb Hoop, his brother-in law. The libel was of such a scandalous character as not to bear insertion in these columns. The testimony was conflicting as to the defendant's handwriting. Jury out. 'Vm. B. Mann, Esq., forthsCommopwealth. W. B. Rankin, Esq., for defendant. AMUSEMENTS. Acadehv of Music.—The Promenade Concert was very well attended last night. The vocalists, whoso excellence is nightly drawing crowded houses, are pritna donnas and principal tenors in both Gorman and English opera. The orchestra is composed of the celebrated Germania Band, delightful concerts have crowded the largest halls in the Union. Sanford's Opera House,—Sanford continues to attract largo and fashionable audiences by his ex cellent management. The last production, a bur lesque on the opera of “La Traviata” and the dra rnaof “Camillo,” has proved a decided hit. Some of tho incidents are very ludicrous, the musio is good, and the burlesquo will prove one of thefcreat cards of the soason. Wheatley's Arch Street Theatre—The very great success of “ Richard III,” on Saturday evoning, fully warrant* it* repetition this evening. “ The Toodles,” in which Mr. J. S. Clarke leads, will be the afterpiece. To-morrow, the new five act play of “ St. Maro,” written for Mr. Daven port. will be produced. We recommend the lovers of musio to attend early, to hear the orchestra, led by Charles Dodyrorth, perform the overture to “Nabuca.” Tho celebrated “Anvil Chorus,” and other fine musio, #11! also be playod. Walnut Street Theatre.—The juvenile com pany otase their engagement this evening with “The Alpine Maid,” singing and dancing,- and “ CHarocsl Sketches.” Those little Wrens are the clover?.'t youngsters we have yet seen. CiißiSTr A Food’s.—lf very crowded houses be proofs of succ? s, the Minstrels here have emi nently obtained public favor. The performances are really first-rate, and have a completeness and finish almost inimitable. MATTER* ini THING# 1* HEW FORE, [from the New York papers, Aug 23. j An adjourned meeting of members of the Brit ish German Legion, Somerlw enlisted ia this coun try for the Crimea, was held last crewing to protest further against enlistments ixnr going an ben for the British army in India, to warn their coun trymen against trusting in English promisee. Their time was' occupied by spirited addresses from those who had suffered wrongs which theyjwught to prevent in future. Homes were eprolledibr the formation of an association with these ends in jder- The steamship Vanderbilt reached her . dock at Southampton at, 6. o’clock on the mbrsinz of the Uth lost., after being detained two and a half hours outride the Needles, waiting forks pilot; and the steamship Atlantic arrived at Liverpool &bont 1 o’clock on the mornlng of the 32th Inst, Acwrding to the log of the Vanderbilt, he has mode the greatest passage on record, heating the Peraa ft best time by thirty minutes. Mrs. Cunningham bore with fortitude the an nouncement that the Surrogate bad derided against her claim* to be the widow of Harvey Bur dell, and so entitled to a third of Dr- Burdell’i estate. She says she was prepared to suffer any injustice—expected it, indeed. She says she will contest the matter to the last. The examination of Lawler, charged with em be ulement at the St Nicholas Hotel” which it was expected would have commenced yesterday, before either Justice. Davison or Elsadreau, did sot take place. On Bnndar night he was released from eu- : tody, on giving $5,000 bail for hia appearance at the Court of General Sessions, to take his trial, when indicted by the grand jury. His relative, Kiehard Bulger, Ksq., of Albany, became Ms ball/ It is said that his counsel will' make an effort to, Imre the case re-opened for magisterial investiga/’ tion, Lawler and his friends being confident that he can establish his innocence. Mortimer Livingston, Esq., of this, city, died yesterday, suddenly, at his summer rtticunce, on Staten Island, in the 53d year of his age. ' As the recognised chief of one of the oldest and most respectable families of the State, Mr. Livingston exerted a considerable influence in private, while bis effioient services and his pecuniary contribu tions to the Democratic eause, made hist a of mark in that party, although he had no political ambition of hia own to gratify, and no man did more than he, in a quiqt way, towards the election of the actual President of the United States. A boy about sixteen years of age, named Henry Preudrell Beebs, No. 117 Nassau street, while walking on the roof of the building of that num ber, yesterday afternoon at 12i o’clock, aecidenb*. ally fell over and struck head-foremost upon th*• tinned dome that supports the plate-glass sky light, - some thirty or forty feet below, which broke hie left thigh and right wrist, crushed In his skull,tad ' of course died immediately after. Coroner Hills held an inquest yesterday, at 2138 West Thirty-second street, upon the body of a - young married woman, named Harriet Norton, who committed suicide by taking laudanum. Deceased, ' it appeared, vu partially insane in con equence of some domestic difficulties. She had been mar- -* tied twice, and had lately lost both of her daugh ters. The doath of her children brought about a lowness of spirits, resulting in her determination to commit suicide. This she effected by means of laudanum, which she procured at a neighboring drugstore. Verdict, “death by-suicide.” De ceased was twenty-three years of age. and w & native of this city. On Sunday morning, about six o’clock, Mr. John Cardan was drowned, while bathing opposite the Pavilion Hotel, Roekaway. Ho left the city on . Saturday evening, for the purpose of spending Sub day at that place. Deceased was thirty-five yean - of age, and unmarried. He lived at No. 36 Pitt street, New Totk, and owned a machine-shop in * Attornoy street. Ho was a carpenter by trade. His brother James, and two Bistort, were on the beach at the time he was drowned. ‘ Mrs. Cunningham has transferred, we under- , stand, to her present counsel, Mr. Stafford, all hat property, including a very considerable 0 f real estate in Bergen county, New Jersey. The deed has been executed since her imprisonment upon the criminal charge Of producing ihe “boras Burdellbaby.” If this fact be trnefihe' will b* prevented from appealing from the Surrogate’s de cision by want of funds, as no lawyer can be ra-_. tionally expected to work for her without eoapen- - sation. There were many rumors of failures this morn ing, and much excitement prevailed in the busi- 4 ness parts of the city. Among those known to 1 have failed this morning is* John Thompson, the ’ celebrated broker. Two or three other substantial' houses have failed in/and the pressure has created quite a panic in Wall street ' - 7^^ In the matter of the Ohio Life and Trust Com pany, before the Supreme Court, this morning, ■ Judge Peabody grouted fourteen attachments against the Ohio Life and Trask Company.' The sheriff has taken possession of the office is this city. The following ia a list of the plaintijfrin each action, and the amount of the indebtedness of the Trust Company to each is set oppecite their names: Ocean Bank - American Exchange Bank - Phoenix Bank - Corn Exchange Bank Rufus L. Lora - Mercantile Bank | J»mes Robb. Phcenix N. Wood, Thos C. Hallett, J. Hamilton, Wilson, aarf Charles P. Wilson .... Felix Ingoldsby, David C. Halstead. ■ • ■ Franeis P. Cantiffe, E M Ingoldsby, ' . ; and Addison B. Smith - SI6.S Bank of America • ... . .James H. Stebbins, and John Blood- ~ “ " good, Jr. - . . ... 2Q,OOf.Gd ' Charles Abernethy, Henry Collins, Jta. Salliran, and Herman L- White. Edw. Prime, Hath. Prime, and £dv. .Prime, Jr. - Bonn, Brothers & Co. Alexander. Dennistona, and others sms. cimNwtfHiMr AJiD rs* kvMMfc' -- 6ATK. “ - {Fran thfi New Tcrk 3>siiy Times, Avgust ; WHAT MBS. CUNNINGHAM SATS 01“ T*E DEO32W, Mm. Cunningham was not apprised of the debt don. of the Surrogate in her east till about three o’clock yesterday afternoon, when Gov. PiaekatT - gave her the Information. She immediately tained, a copy of the Evening Times, tt4 - read .the ' enure decision with intense One of our reporters called upon her, and wa* - ushered into her cell by the matron of the Tomb*, Jest after she had : finished^!ts perusal. She ex cUsed herself from rising, saying that she was ' still Tenr weak and unable to support herself She smiled very pleasantly, however, and with * an affable bow pointed w> a chair upon which" she requested our reporter to seat himself As has been Mrs. Cunningham’s habit since the death of Dr. Bnrdell, she was attired in deep mourning. Then was nothing in her looks « manner indicating that the decision of the Surro gate had affected her in the slightest degree. She expressed her viewß touching the decision, and spoke of what she proposed todo, with t-nnlnaw in a business-like manner. Tears glistened in her - eyes a moment when alluding to her daughter Au gusta, hut she quickly brushed them away, and again became as cool atitj unimpassiontd as marble, and so continued till the close of the interview. The following is the substance of her remarks: / • The decision of the Surrogate as adverse-to her*' 1 self did not surprise her in the slightest. She would not say she had anticipated that the deci sion would be what it was exactly, but she was pre pared for it, even in its present phase. Although she believed the Surrogate to bo ene of the mout honorable and upright men in the world, she did not think that he was proof against outride influ ence. She did not believe that it was possible for any one to do so. Outside and very unfair - ones, too, had been brought to bear upon the mind of the Surrogate. Brer since the commencement of the examination, he had been haunted heirs of Dr. Bnrdell. They had sneaked abouthia office since the end of the examination, pouring all sorts of imaginable things in his cars. Henad been informed that Mr. Hall, the District Attorney, had recently had two or three interviews with him, and it was easy to guess the subject and object of these interviews. Mr. Hall washer bitter enemy ; he prosecuted her virulently in the outset,'and so was boiling over with virulence still. On her'own V part, neither herself for her counsel had employed otherwise than perfectly honorable means. The case for her was prosecuted in doe. legal form, and then left for the decision to be givei. They had not sneaked into the Surrogate's office or tried to influence his decision in any war. As the deobioa stood, Mrs- u. says'she felt her self disgraced. It heaped disgrace upon herself and her children. It branded Augusta as a per jurer, and yet'a purer, more noble, and truthful girl did not lire. She could not bear the thought of it. Mrs. Cunningham here paused a moment, her eyes filling with tears, but she quiokly rallied and continued to speak. The decision she pronounced uqjast. She knew the law upon the subject, should appeal from it to another court. She oould litigate as long as her enemies, and would not back down. The dcelsion only related to the personal property of Dr. Burdell, and was but a small mat ter when viewed as touching the entire property of the deceased; It was not Tor the property, how ever, that she cared-—she would not give* figforlfcf aU—strove to maintain her honor. She was married to Dr. Burdell, and she determined to ho acknowledged as his wife—his lawful wife—for such she was, before she let the present contest drop. As for the possession of tho property, Dr- Burdell would have made a will in her ihvor be fore she married him if she had said the word. She did not say the word, however, either before or after her marriage, ud so it happenod that he died In testate. As the case stands, she has the utmost confidence in tfie final triumph of justice. When justUe does triumph, it will show to the world that she ha* been a greatly injured woman. Allusion being made by the reporter to the fact that if Mrs. Cunningham would submit ta ihe pre sent decision no further action would probably be taken upon the charge now pending against her, (tho bogus baby charge,) Mrs. C. said she did not wish to talk about that. She said, however, that she should insist upon a thorough examination of the case, as thereby only could she prove her com plete innocence. MR$. CUNNINGHAMS PROSPECTS AS A. CULPRIT. A misapprehension prevails respecting Mrs. Cun ningham a present position as a criminal. It is supposed by many that now the decision of the Surrogate has destroyed her claim to a portion of Dr. Burdell’*property, she must beat once released from prison, as she has committed no legal offence in the procurement of the bogus baby. Snob, how ever, is not the case. The judgment of the Surro gate’* Court does not affect the movements of the Court of Sessions The District Attorney will carry the charges of felony before the grand jury, and u indioted by that body she will undergo a*trial be fore & petit jury. Should she be acquitted on that charge, she will be liable, together with her daugh ter Augusta, to an indictment for perjury, she made an affidavit that she was married to Dr. But dell, and Augusta swore that she was present at the ceremony. THE MISSES CUNNINGHAM. The girl* Augusta, Helen, and Georgians are not staying with their aunt in Lexington avenue. On removing from Bond street, they repaired to a house provided for them, In Twenty-third street. They naturally desire privacy, and are anxious that the exaot locality should not be indicated by tho newspapers. The Missewri Election. The Republican of Saturday last says : “ Iho telegraph adds only one county official to onr re turns—that of Barton county, which is embraced in our table. It makes a difference against Stew art, according to cur previous figures, of 13; and, according tore® DmeeraP* table, of 32 against RoUins. Stewart’s present majority is /<*, and Donkin and Biplcy to hear from; and the ooun- Uei of Adair, remuoot, Nodaway, and Pulaski, ta 1 hear from officially.” The St. Louis Democrat, of the same date, says it h*s “offioial returns from 103 eounties, with re ported majorities from the other six, and the vota, if cor returns shall prove correct, stands; Bellini, 48,004; Stewart, 48,893; or a majority of 6 for Rollins, and aU tho counties in the State heard torn*'* ■ *u»oqo.«o - 4U.W.K smuk 35,009.90 10,000.49 iMm SSS.OO 1 - 70,3911* - 199.9* - XtJMtf i