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lirauraltoKW*** WaK; payaMe .to tto- ««rler«,
1 MUlittn WWorllMraoTitor-tho city; at Six Dpi. lias
mixmwi to* Btoaa Months; maaa
PqHJMa MR : inVMiably la vlyaxcofot flie
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HiliH # RsJj«UipK«>t‘ lit- th? city> »t tasai Dol."
-; aaa Aaaoa;'in adTarice. ''. ;
■a* ,y«awi.T -Paiss t>», 'ij
Si%Sp®r,2Kt'; - V.;:.....Ll .1 oo
£}?“-•(# 0» MU).mW, 00
Ytfm'Okpttoj mr over, • tf > (to address of took <"
auweriber); * 1 20
?o^Oltt}l c of *sfw«ntylo‘tt® c 6t oVer, iro'will send an'
tothe-getter.tip of thy Cinb; • w
«i Agents for
pipping;
.(?A l 2,500 tons.; WILUA*
OciittLS; Oominiind Jr; ‘HE W* Y0RK,'2,166 toos.RoBB&T
f QXjASGOTTj 1,952 tons; ; Jons Dtfa-
CAM, 4kHtfm&iaJer>'-:Tlia Glasgowvand Kew Yorkfiteam--
sailfiaz-the&a new and powerful
•UiiMie froift-Ntw.YorJtio Glasgow, direct, as follows:
JJSW XOat, ,i ..
W,o?ww fyrls,-Saturday, June 20,12 , ' '
- , f r<;-winotti«jßatdr<lajr,; Julfr.ll, 12 Boon. ,} -
, Wednesday,' Aug'. 5,13 ndpa. '■ "
v r ,~ ' New'York, Saturday. AusK 22,12 noon.' '
- v * Sflpt. 6,13ii00a.- f 1 :i
,*di ngbu on a !?;,
- o^‘if '•
_TLiii CtkMf S7Sj 1 th’ f(1 tlzuis, fo;i:id irltli cooked' pro-
surgeon ottaohwl to each
applr
U(^fV6rms^i^A%- t
for parage. p .^,. ; <v, ; £* in lO^Cai;.
X.V,'N&W/York'eQd JUwSwwiniWtt Company'rrThe
ARA.QOj -IS.COO tou3,
l>»f|l^iii^ : :oO«fflaiuler{snsrrnDTO?f;2.&QO'teGB,'
i»lmn»tiSet > irjil leave- (,W Tori.
pa »n 4 •
•' irt{ V, 1858,;> ... ,\ ,
Fulton, Saturday, Aug. 22 Arago, Saturday,: Jan.. 0
Arago, ~ -..d0. ~ _Bepfc., 19 Fulton, ' do,/,. . Feb. 8
Sutton/- - do. . Oct.'. 17 Arago, - do.' " ' March G
rijto, do.'. N0t.14 Fulton, do; v April 3
Fulton/Vdo/ 'JCPec,;-12 Arago/' do "May'!-
•V/ V/’ -• x/.y*. \ Faltonj *wdoy•May-29
' >::£*at* soumutnos.';
/-<•-•- ,* ,1867.'; <■-■, /-■'
Aiup, IfuMd&y. Aug. 25 , Ari«o, Wednesday; Aug. 28
FttUon,'-: i do v Fulton/- .- do. s( Sept. 23
Arago, % do"/*’ Ofit. 29.. 7 Arago. ; do’. / -Oct. 21
Nor. 17 Fulton/- f do.- -:NoY. 18
Anuro. do. /Deo. 15 Arago, do. Dec. 18
. £T-'/'lB5B. ’ :v- 'v-®; : - -
FultOn/!dO; -/.Jan. 12 • Fulton. do. : - Jan. .13-
Arago,.'do.;./F«b < 0 Arago, .. .do.-‘.Feb, 30
FullUßt'rdo.r/Uarch - Folfon r do. ~. Mar. r lo
Arago/. do. ' April 6 Arago, . ' do, • April. 7
Fulton*- d 0.,, May ,4 , Fulton,, May/5,.
Arago,. do. /Junel Arago, .do.” June 2
/'dO.j . Faltob, 'do. JuofcSO
- *biob or fXssaqk.:' .J '
from 1 New York 1 to, Southampton' or'
CtiijtajKM; gwoat Cabin, *76.' >
' -From Havre or.BoatbaniptonrtoNew-York—First
Cabin, 800 fracs; Second Cabin, COO franca.'
apply to, , ' . ,y
/MORT IUm -LiyiNGSrON, Agent, YBroadway.-
'V^■. < TOt|Alt,lrBßJ«y,v s’v, ./Havre.- -
UQ-V '' l South’ton.
EUROPEAN) : ;*•
CJA TAN'NAH AND,.CHAKLKSTON.
O OTfTPfI, 5 ' ",r
-*j./ - n FREIGHTS, //
The well known first class side wheel! SWittUihlpa
KEYSTONE STATE an,d STATE OP GEOft&tA/Uow
forth a.Weekly Line for too Sooth and Southwest, uhe
of tfietfups sailing EVERY BATUKDAY, at 10 o’clockj
•1&-W . ? «IOE SAVANNAH,'QA... '■
• i -THE STEAMSHIP KEYSTONE.STATE.
1 - Chaklbs P.IIAKftnUAK, Commander,
>lf lUreceive freight on THt/RSDAYy Septl 3d, and
HU'oh SATURDAY;, Sepfe ? 6th, at lO A; IT/
. FOR CHARLESTON, Si 0!' 1 '' '
'THE STEAMSHIF STATE OF OEORQIA,/
-s/JSt-iyirrJjdHg h Commander, v.. •
pFWUl'tWcelYe.freightbnTllUßSDAY{September 10th,
aadfiOlfor Charleston. 8.0., oaBATURDAY, Septem-.
lf !2^ ) |h«A l^na A itlps to he t
with etoamerii foz Florida' and Havana, - and with' 'rail*'
road*, &e., fd/all.plac4i inthe, South kudSdUthweat. *'
:,oawh Paisageineither ahip....:..
*-Riwwfie ' > ' ,l db' l -' 1 '■- - do.'i.;/.;i.r; 1 8 1
- No freight received bngaturdaymnrnlng.ir. v.\
/No billa of lading algned after the ship has sailed.
.J?Cr.freJgh*ornaaaage apply to ',-r- -.
_ • ./ ,A7HKfiON, Jr.. 81 North Wharves.',
Agents at Charleston, T; 8. At. H. Budd. ‘
- Agent at Savannah, 0. A. Qreiner;
FORyFLORLD A, from Savannah, steamers St. MA&YB
and St JOHNS, every Tuesday and Saturday. ... ■
IOR FLORIDA, from (Charleston, steamer OAROLI
NA* «T«ry_TuQsday, ! ,
-.!F0B HAYANA'i from Charleston, steamer ISABEL,
(CU,the 4th and 19th'of every month. -■ • ‘ . anl -
npHB :NEW AND LIVERPOOL
JU TOUTED STATES MAIL STEAMERS^—TIi« Kilps
1 fwmtwipg thfg ftygf ; k„>,- '
\ TfceA?LANTIO, Capt. OUrer Hdridge' j,..
I v The BALTIC, Comstock. ' ,
[ '“IW ADBIATIO, Ol>t. lintel Wc«t; ■‘ ■
j hara been buJli-by'contra*!, expressly for
i _ - *OafrlrohtMy4ogriaii«-«y*nr w»Ttu«.i>*ate tek*& 4a ibblt
strength.
- WTonHSI. i'n
• v JMbPi Jto TO, fwo' I,lf ewtoV tilfo*
[ TAk } » tad 20 guineas, NO bertha secured unless paid
; for;. The flhlpa of this line h&teimproredwater-tl eht
Bulk.head*.i »< -1-»-v^■:y.if • Ir-.1 r -.
• «•?*.; ,ij l PBOPOSEB DATK3 0? SAILING, • _. r ~,
l , , '"‘i yaOM UTBBPOOI,. - -
( , 1557 Wednesday,June ft, 1857
-4867; Wednesday; July 8, 3857
\ g*&Wi‘? uljr *?,> J 857 Wednesday, July 22, 1857
\ - vs*M^ r <4 a ff' -.*> ” 1857 Wednesday, Aug. 5, 1857
'Bsttrdayj'Aujr. 15, - • 1857 Wednesday. An*. 19, 1867
/. -ftfcutfayj&epl 12,, 1857 -Wednesday,Sept,,2, 1857,
r. 'MflMayySept.29, : 1857 Wednesday, Sept. SO, 1857
1 fcthrday*;Oct, I&, : 1857 Wednesday, Oct. 14, ,185?
\ .. • - Saturday, uet. 24 ,1857, Wednesday, Oet/ft!'lBs7
, ;iatttrday, NoT. 7, 1857 Wednesday, Novi 11,. 1857
s i#ptoVNo¥.a,i-'1857 Wednesday,Not. 2o; 1857
£ 6, ' 1857 Wednesday, Bee. 9, v 1857
S '■ o-v ; ; ■ Wednesday, Dec. 22, 1857
} ■ Tor freight or passage, apply to
| 1 1 i BDWABD kToOLIiINVNo. 56 Wall street, >C, Y.
SHIPLEY tc CO:, Liverpool.
I . 1 -COTEPHEN KENNA&D & CO., 27 Attain Pilaw,
5 _ London.- •• 'J - -v 1 ' -' •■
{ - s ';' sfft; WAXNWRXGHT & 00., Paris. - • •
i V' Theewtwrffof theseihlps will not be acoonntabld for
l Cold* silver, bullion, specie, jewelry.?.* colons atones or
\ bills of lading >, ;ned .therefor, and
I fee infos thereof expressed therein- ' *,auVtf
fiJrajjs’an& Cljemirds.
JOiUXii ixcK, prow,—chemist
j;*Z , ANDJtfUJGGIST, north-OMt corner FIFTH and
"CmglN UTr 8 tree toPhiladelphia, solo Manufacturer
,s ,wt. BSOWN‘g.,,SBaBKCB ;OF JAMAICA GINGER,
> whidi is J*ecO#u*pd and proscribed br the Medical F&-
Has become'the Standard FAMILY MEDI-
States;s ' ' l -‘i . • < '
la a ptep&r&tion ofuqusual, excellence,
- 1 fittittf .the'Sommennonths, no fomilyor traveller
Should ba.withoat.it;. In relaxation or the bowels,,in
• UItMM, and, particularly, In sea richness, it. is an active
.'•sdjwtferste wellasa pleasant ahd efflcie'nt xemody.
Persons' desiring an 'article that can be
r«IM anon, prepared solely from pare JAMAICA’ GIN-
: to J ask-for’Jlrown’s Es
>©f Jamaica. Ginger, y which >ia .warranted to 'be
o what lfcj»,'reprp*ofttod, aqd Is,prepared, only byFBEDE
-I{CKjBBOwNj-.iandfor sale at his .Drug and Chemical
.r -Store, north-east,-corner of, FIFTH and/GHESTNUT
B tracts,' Philadelphiaand by all the pespcciablo’ Driig
gjits and Apothecaries la the U. Btatea. ' xf * ’ aul-3tp
’iamiDy. & bkenneu—,pommission
a*. a*KCnANTB ina Stalera InWolgh aud Ame
. HARDWARE and ODTLERY, Nos:;23, S 3 dud 27
J North FIFTH flttdetj East side; above Commerce street,
IhfotriyMv-- '■ .- « ■*, - - »■ Bul-tf
COMMISSION MER
; MMCtfiJiT amii lmporter. [of ■ HAVANA, SEtfAHS,
A (Nf») street, aecondstory., '• ,'• aul-ly '
r^I^^HjyTHESMSCRIBRRSRESPE'OT
• their°frlehds 'add the trade geher
jwlythattliey hare made arrangements for 1 oho of their
the French'and German
-o •* Froca many years’ experience, the permanent reai
of tiroof,the firm;and an abundant
«* tt oDr ?5 hnusual facilities for THE PUR
jCRAbE Oa .COMMISSION in any of the European
. tsarkets for shipment direct, '
' V .They are also prepared to 1 receive Orders from samples
* fortlowers and Feathers <H>m their extensive and' well
knowp manufactories In IP aria, to be shipped ’ direct.
f. V#ltfc*r odder bond or duty paid. '
, j: HENDERSON, SMYTH & CO.. Importers,
i‘r ~»?'• S&ataflhfer. ;
'&. cov, Chestnut street.
. 9ItYEB WARS, ,
. J'- tfcejr ijp’ the jtwraitt.eiclMfveljr.
Stringers ftijeinritSd to visit .our.manu
h,. 4rti»Fi -'fi-J‘V;*i'r. 7/V:. i J ,
; / . . WATCHES. '/ . ,
GoMtahtly nn haiid : a spiendld-'stbck of Superior Gold;
. "Waji<&ei,'hf all the celebrated makers. 5,
T‘-£^v ; ;,’"^iAko|q)SV.v.: ! ; w ;.
''•■'c' NseklaOes,. Bracelets, Brooches, Ear-*Rlngs r Finger
aU.other atflclte/la the.DlamoniUlne.
NEW-DBsiGNSswill bo’ made free of
£" 1r '' diarghfor those wishing work made to order.
nr,3 -£■>bOahtiful aswrtment of eli the new; stylcs of Fine
r u ; Jeweliy, such-aa Mosaic, Stone and ,gheil. Cameo,
■ } Peari, Coral, Carbuncle, Marqulalte, >
; ni.i-4 Ac.^ &c. *V
-6AgTo^'( ' WAITERS!, &c;
Erbuxe and Marble CLOCKS,' of newest jilyles,
• • r;ar¥t i "'' '
ibtfctttan&ffiiganr
assor
t,,/J-Jtl mint,she*as \ -
. . 1 Jupiter,
■■- r i.i'. 1 ? ' Conversion tea,.
*'4'>V -\i TOmy Lopes, I-', V, ; . i union Americana,
rtn) I'i'tJ AH-ia Flofa.Cnlmna,Ac., Ac.,
wlesyof all sixes and quali
-vw; »W»ahdteMttlnff/fthdfdrsale low,
• ' (“«») WALNUT Street, .
'"y. - ’/ beloW l second story
«V ;i IpIOARO, CABANAS ANDiPJOiTAGAS
JL SKOAaa,—A cliolca jiiTOir.o of c,sJ(;braU!;l
-M!i , ,tUnm», «MtotMlflWt.by (CfIARLjiS TBM, •
-; v/. : r : bolow Second, ■ •
: fei»' • v.-V0 ■ '•>' g '.•?.'/ 1 8ci '- <,nJ , s torr. -
JjSBSSH&IiJj.
• v. \ *,*-'
VOL. I—NO. 30.
Otrangeys’ gKHfrt in ffl)ilobelpl)in.
For the benefit of strangers'and others who roar da
rtre to visit auyof put pubUi institutions, we- phblish
the annexed list. <; • - • *>.'/.■?* .•
■' . J ' POBLIO PLAOBS.OF. AVUQSHSHT.
' Academy, of Music, (Operatic,) corner of Broad and
Locust streets.,. .
- Arch Street Theatre. Arch) ahoye oth street.
• rarkioßou’s,Garden, Chestnut, above Tenth.
National Tbfcatro and Oircas, Walnut, above Eighth.
Sandford’s Opera House,(Ethiopian.) Eleventh,below
Market.' - ; - , , , 1
Walnut Street Theatre; northeast corner Ninth and
Walnut. .
)* Thomeufa Varieties',.Fifth and Chestnut.
, Thomas’s Opera House, Arch, below Seventh.
V .* ' ARTS AWD BOIKNCES.
; Academy of Natural Beiences, corner of 'Broad and
George sweets. t - i :-i . ? ,
Academyof Fine Arts, Chestnut, above Tenth.
ArtisUVFund HaliyChestnut, above Tenth.
- Franklin Institute, No. 9 South Seventh street.
' BRNEYOi.SNT ISSTITOriOSS, : .
A.lnudtouse, west side of Schuylkill, opposite South
street. ' ~' 1 *
• Almshouse (Friends’), Walnut street, above Third.
Association for the Employment of Poor Women, No.
292 Green street
, Asylum .-for Lost Children, No. 80 North Seventh
street. * <
' Blind Asylum, Race, near Twentieth street. , ,
■ Christ Church Hospital. No. 8 .Cherry street.
1 City Hospital, Nineteenth street, hear CoAtes,
Clarkson's Hall, No. 369 Cherry street.
Dispensary) Fifth, below Chestnut street.
• Female Society for the Belief and Employment of the
Poor, No. 72 North Seventh' street.
■ a GuArdiana of the Poor, ofleo No, W North Seventh
1 -‘-u
Home for Friendless Chlldren,coni«r Twenty-third
andj Brown streets. “ w ' , )■
Indigent Widows’and Single Women’s Society, Cherry,'
ea^tofElghteenthstreet. * - ■
HaU, Chestnut, above Seventh street. -
1 i Northern Dispensary, No.-1 Spring Garden street.
. Orphan*’ Asylum, (colored,) Thirteenth street, near
Callowhill. . J
; Odd Follows’ Hall, Slxth and Haines street.' ;
i . Do.- .do. 8. E. corner Broad and Spring Gar*
■ • •- >V r -; ■ .'den streets; -i
, 4 "> Do r '- ‘ do. .Tenth and Smith streets.
,1 ’iDo..: v do. Third and Brown streets.
I Do.. .. do. Ridge Road, below Wallace.
' Pennsylvania Hospital, pine street, between Eighth
and Ninth.
■ Pennsylvania Institute for the Instruction of the Blind,
corner Race and T wentieth stredt.
Pennsylvania Society for -Alleviating the Miseries of
, public Prisons, Bfxth and Adelpht streets.
Pennsylvania Training School for Idiotic and Feeble
’Minded Children.-School House Lauo, Germantown,
office No. 162 IVelnut steet, ,
Philadelphia Orphans’ Asylum, northeast cor. Eigh
teenth ana Cherry
Preston Retreat, Hamilton, near Twentieth street.
, Providence Society, Prune, below Sixth street.
Southern Dispensary, No, 08 Shippen street.
• Union Benevolent- Association,* ■N. W. corner of
Seventh and Bansom streets. .... »
Will’s Hospital, Race, between Eighteenth and Nine
teenth.streets.'* ,
' St. Joseph’s Hospital, Girard avenue, between Fif
teenth ana Sixteenth. ; '
: Episcopal Hospital, Front street; between Hunting
don and Lehigh avenues/
Philadelphia Hospital for Disoasesof the Chest, S. W.
corner of Chestnut and Park streets,' West Philadel
phia, -
. , PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
1 .Custom House,.Chestnut street, above Fourth
'Co&nty Prison, PaSsynnk road,' below Reed.
, City .Tobacco Warehouse, Dock and Spruce streets.
, ‘City Controller’s'Office, Girard Bank, second story.
1 OommUrione* of City Property, office, Girard Bank,
second,story.
City Treasurer’s Office, Girard Bank, .second story.
.City Commissioner's Office, State Honse.
• City Solicitor’s Office, Fifth, below Walnut.
City Watering Committee’s. Office, Southwest corner
Fifth And Chestnut. ‘ -
Fan-mount Water Works, Falrmouflt da’ the Schuyl
kill.- , ’ ■-■ C ‘ " - 1 's*-> U V '> -* ■ ,
Girard Trust Treasurer’s Office,Fifth.abote Chestnut.
Ilohso of Industry, Catharine, above Sevehth.
- House of Industry, Seventh, above Arch street.
House ,of Refuge, (white,) Parrish, between Twenty
second and Twenty-third street.
Houae of Refuge, (colored,) Twenty-fourth, between
Parrish and Poplar streets.'
Health Office) corner of Sixth and Sansom.
House of Correction, Bush Hill. 1 .
; -Marine Hospital,, Gray’s'Ferry road, below South
street,
■ •Mayor’s office,' S. WV corner Fifth and Chestnut
streets... -i
;,New Penitentiary, Coates street,, between Twentr
first and Twenty-second streets.;- } '
’’ Navy Yard, on the Delaware, corner Front and Prime
streets. ■ ' : -
‘'Northern liberties Gas Works, Maiden, below Front
street. * - *; . ’
-Post-Office, No. 23T Dock street, opposite the Ex
change. ,
, Post Office, Kensington, Queen street, belowShacka
maxon street,' f
Post Office, Spring Garden, Twenty-fourth street and
Pannsylvania Avenue,
• Philadelphla Exchange) coiner-Third, Walnut and
Dock streets; > •» ; * ,
- Philadelphia Gas Works, Twentieth and Market; office,
No* 8 S-i Seyepth; street. ,
Pennsylvania Institute for Deaf and Bomb, Broad and
Pine streets. ,
Beach, above Hanover
street. * ’ - 1 * » - . «
pffifg&W •modnm tmiit.VtM' iui Omn
» JaWo’Honi'a siriiiitj* NlBnrr- :..*,:.]
Holuli. Mitwlng.....
KtUi snd ailth'
.Btipefa.'.., f -.
Sheriff’s Office, State House, near Bixth street.
. Spring: CotomUslonor’s Hall, Spring Garden
Ana Thirteenth streets/ * *
‘ Union Temperance Hall,- Christian, above Ninth'
street *
United States’ Mint, edmer of Chestnut and Juniper
streets.- i - . , . -
United Bt»toi Ameoal, Or»y’« Jerry Bold, near jede
ral street. ,
Naval Asylum, on the Schuylkill, near South street. •
' United States Army and Clothing BouJpag*, corner of
1 Twelfth and Girard Wrests. ; : ’ 9
‘ United I .States Quartermaster’s Office, corner of
Twelfth and Oiranl streets. < - . / .
OOLZ,*OSi. .
. College of Pharmacy, Zane street, shore Seventh.
«: Eclectic Medical College, Hainesstreet.west of Sixth.
Oiranl College, Ridge road and College Avenue.
Modieal Oollcgo, Filbert street, above
JcffersdnHedicalCollege, Tenth street, below George.
Polytechnic College, corner Market and Wert Pehn
Square.
. Pennsylvania Medical College, Ninth street, below
Locust. * , f *
Philadelphia Medical College, fifth street, below
Walnut. *
. Female Medical College, 229 ATch street.
University of Pennsylvania, Ninth street, between
Market and Chestnut.- . ,
of'free Medicine and Popular Knowledge,
No. 68 Arch street. < - - -
' *.OOA*l«r or 00UBT8.
. UDited BtitM Olrwit and District OoarU. No. 24
fifth street, below Chestnut. - *
atreiti™ 0 ° oUrt of tilth Md Chertnut
; Court oC Common jPlo'aa, Indopandenoa Hall.
District Courts, Nos.. 1 and 2, corner of Blxth and
Chestnut etreets,
. Court of Quarter Soejlwu, comer of Blxth and Cheat
nut streets. -
' , RELiaiOTO INSTITUTIONS.
American Baptist Publication Society, No. 118 Arch
street.
Americanand Foreign ChristianTJnion.
nut fltreot. »
Sunday' School Union, (new) No. 1122
Chestnut street; u . ■
1 American Tract Society, new No. 92® Chestnut. .
- MewmUt, Crown street, below CaUowhlU street.
otsaasr* B,we
cto«'?u^ct BoarJ or / paMc *‘ 1(,n ' 821
• Presbyterian Publication Homo, No. 183* Chestnut
Btroot. • i‘ . t • •„
street"* M ™' B Chrl,tl “ ll AssoctatUm, No. 162 Ohestnnt
llible, Tract, and Periodical Office (T.
Hi* st°n e,) No. 635 Arch street, first house below
Sixth street, north tide, , /
s RAILROAD LINES.
CJnfrarA. x.-Bepot, Btftventh and Markot.
JA.M. ,Mall Train for Pittsburgh and the West.
Li ? e for Pittsburgh and the West.
2,80 P. M., for Harrisburg and .Columbia.
4.30 P. M.j Accommodation Train for Lancaster.
11P: M.,- Express Mall for Pittsburgh and the West.
„ M Rending KflifrouO—Depot, Broad and Vine.
7.30 A. Mi, Express Train for PottsriUe. Williamsport,
Elmir* aud Niagara Falls. .
3.30 P. M., as above (Night Express Train.)
•i * -• w *f ei0 York Lines.
«. • ?;•» i rom Kensington, via Jersey City,
oA. M from Caipden, Accommodation Train,
7 A. 31., from Camden, via Jersey City, Mall.
l°rA;. \ fr s. m w einu* street wharf, via Jersey city.
2 P. M. via Camden and Amboy, Express.
3 P. M., via Camden, Accommodation Train.
5E M* 3 a aCI ? Jersey City, Mail.
0 P. JL, via Canvlen and Amboy, Accommodation,
i * -'.J i * Connecting Lino,
.6 A'M.jfforoWainutstrtot wharf, for Bolvidere,Easton*
Water OapjScranton, Ac. 1 f
OA. M. f for Freehold; ••<
l-£■ *!•) J OT MrinntPlolly, from Walnut .tract wharf,
2P. B!., for Freehold,, . ’ ' > *
\??\i t 1 f o r f 5°H?> Brfitol ) Trenton,' &o. *
3P f M., for Palmyra, Burlington, Bordentown, Ac.
4 P. M., for Belvedere, Easton, Ao., from Walnut street
5 P. M-, forMotmVlloUy, Burlington, fcs,
ft a v“(ii*nfui R ‘ "road and Prime.
8 A. M-, for Baltimore, Wilmington, New Castle, Mid
-4 - dletown, Dover, and Seaford
1 ?fi n'M or f^wj^ , n^ UmlD uF ton^ and New Castle.
4.»P.t0. < Oast!,, Middletown,
P. U.j for Perryville, Past Freight.
11P. >l,, for Baltimore and Wilmington,
'North Pennsylvania R. K.i-Depot, Front and Willow
-8.16 A. iV, for Bethlehem; EastSo, Wuch CHuSt
8.46 A.’M,, for Doylestown, Accommodation. ’
2.15P.M.,f0r Bethlehotn,Easton, Mauch Chunk Ac,
4 P. 51., for Doylestown, Accommodation. ’
6.35 P. M., for.Gwynedd. Accommodation.
Ccundsnaiul Atlantic R. ft,— -Vine street wharf.
7.30 A. M,, for Atlantic City.
10.46 A. 51., for Hiiddonfiolu,
4 P.-Bt, for Atlantic Oity. - •
4.45 p. M., for Haddonflold.
> Por Westchester.
' By Columbia B. R. aud Westchester Branch.
From Slarkot street, south side, above Eighteenth.
Leave Philadelphia 7 A. M., ond4P. M.
. “ Westchestero.Bo A.M.,and3P.M.
; „ Ok Sundays
Leave Philadelphia 7 A. M. •
“ Westchester 3P« M.
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LOLA MONTEZ.
Tho notorious and eccentric woman who
calls herself Lola Montez, (her real name is
Mrs. James,) has boon lecturing in Montreal,
and many of the newspapers thcro are ex
tremely eulogistic. , They praiso her voice for
its liquid sweetness ; her face for its beauty
and expression; her eyes for their lustre; her
, intonation for its clearness; her delivery for its
gracefulness; her deportment for its lady-liko
manner; and her lccturo, for its oloquenco and
satire. They declare that there was nothing
said which a lady might not have uttered, or a
lady might'not havo heard. Tho Montreal
Traneeripl adds:—“This, wo hope, will in
duce a larger and more fashionable attendance
this evening.”
The word “ fashionable,” in the preceding
sentenco, implies female as well ns male audi
tors. If so, the fair Canadians are not so
strait-laced in prndery as they have been re
ported. We should scarcely have oxpectcd
that .they would havo sanctioned, by their
presence, such a lecturer as Loca Mox
tez. The Montreal New Era,(Tuos. D’Aner
McGee’s) paper, has come out rather
strongly on this point. He says :—“ Woman
we do not call her, for it is a sacred name; lady
Ufp cannot call her, for thatls tt tltlo of honor.”
Ho adds that the question to bo considered is
-hOt-vrbether-.be 'bO-retOrmod or not, Imt :lia
immensely, greater and graver question, the
morality of publicly patronizing persons of her
class.”
If a woman who haa fallen ia to he patro
nized because she is clever and beautiful, ia
patronage to bo oxtended to her ? Ia auch a
person worthy of patronage,—of praise from
the pres 3, plaudits from gentlemen, and ap
proving Bmilcs Item virtuous women 1 If she
be thus honored, with what measure shall
distinction and money bo meted out to modest
yirtue f In a word, with the notorious, self
confessed antecedents of Lola Monies, is sho
of a class with whom any modest woman
would care to be brought in contact ?
That she has the ability to write, and the
skill effectively to delivor an amusing lecture,
we doubt not. But is she the sort of woman
that a man would like his wife and daughters
to patronize ? That is all.
ADVICE GRATIS 1
The IlluntratiA London Newt, commenting
outlie return of Mr. Bright to the British
House of Commons, praises him as “one of
the most powerful and vigorous orators of tho
day,” which he is—one of tho most inde
pendent, too. Then comes a charming bit of
advice:—
“The lesson which Mr. Bright has received by
hU ©xolusion from Parliament will, wo trust, Imvo
taught him the neoossity of studying tho roal ohnr
aotor and feelings of the pcoplo whom ho should
represent. It is never too late to learn; hut it is
muoh to bo wished that Mr. Bright’s youth had
boon spent at Eton or Harrow, or some place whoro
a lad learns to combi no two things—independence
of character, with deference to the character of
others. It is this knowledge which makes the
English gentleman what ho is, and so r&roly per
mits him to put himself in a false position, or in
hostility to the sincere feolings of the mass of his
fellows. Mr. Bright is so worthy of a senator's
post, and so capable of adorning it, that wo shall
t)o deeply grieved to soe him again among tho Im
prac tumbles.”
Tho Ihipracticables, be it known, arc the
few independent members who think that
wealth is a fitter subject for taxation than
poverty, and who object to £70,000, with
£B,OOO a year for life, being voted to a young
Princess of sixteen. The praise of Eton aud
Harrow conics strangely into a newspaper
conducted by Dr. Cuably-s Mackat, one of
the poets of tho People, (almost a Chartist
indeed,) and author of the Democratic song
“There’s a good time coming.” At Eton
and Harrow a system of flunkeyism prevails
which would never be tolerated in a free coun
try. The “fagging system” is what wo
mean, where, for half his school-time, a lad is
the tortured and tyrannized-over servant of a
bigger boy, and, during the other half is him
self a tyrant over another miserable victim#
And by this process, says tho A r eies, “ a lad
learns to combine two things—independence
of-character, with dofercnco to tho character
of others.” Fancy bluff Bbichit, the Qua
ker, blacking a boy-tyrant’s shoes, or lying in
his bed as a human warming-pan, in the win
ter, at Eton or Harrow, and judge whether this
would have improved his honest, manly cha
racter.
EDWARD EVERETT , AND THE OCEAN
TELEGRAPH.
Mr. Everett is one of the few men who can
invest an old theme with new interest, or illus
trate a now idea with the graces of literature
and tho familiar language of common life. In
these respects he is a public benefactor. Wit
ness the extraordinary attractions ho has
thrown around tho character of Washington, a
subject which, discussed by a thousand pens,
and described by a thousand pencils, had
seemed to have exhausted tho art of writing
and of printing j and yet, under Mr. Everett’s
hands, a now picture has grown up, invested
with a beauty aud a charm that have attracted
thousands to see and to hear of it.
It is not long since he spoke on "the subject
of agriculture; and who that Tead that produc
tion will ever forget the magnificent exordium
in which he i ntroduced his own experience, and
that of all men, in illustration of the forward
spirit of the ago ? The ocean telegraph is
•his last inspiration, aud his gorgeous descrip
tion would do no discredit to the pen of
Shakspeaeje himself. The Boston Daily Ad
vertiser of the 27th ult. haß obtained , tho fol
lowing extract from the forthcoming lecture
la which this splendid passage appears.
The orator spoke as if the ocean tel<*gtaph was
certain of completion. Our disappointment
will only uoake that result the more certain:
Beetroot from the Oration*
“Sttfth Is language, the representative of
thought. Dwell upon it, I pray yoai, a momont
longer; it is a great mystery of our b ping. By tho
use of Q>‘feir written or printed lines on paper, so
like etoh Other that, in languages with which wo
Are pnfaml^iar—witness a Malay o? a Japanese
PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1857.
manuscript—tbore seems scarce any differenco be
tween them; this unseen, intangible, mysterious
mental essence, compared with which a perfume,
eound, n lunar rainbow is, gross and material) ex
presses itself to'tho oyo; by thogontlo impulse; the
soft vibrations, which tho lips impart to tho elastic
air, it expresses it3elf to the oar. To give tho
spoken word duration, I translate it into written
cnarftoter—to giro the written sign a vital empha
sis, I translate it Into vooal speech. By one divine
art, tho doad letter, charged with a living 'lnotm
ing, sounds through echoing halls, and wins or
storms its way to sympathetic hearts; by another,
tho fleeting wavelets of tho air arc orystallUod
into a most marvellous permanence, and beoopio
imperishable goius of thought, whoso lustro'ho 1
lapse of timo can obscuro; while, by the union'of
both, this incomprehensible being, the' mind,
gontly wooed from tho vestal chamoors of our in
most nature, comes forth like a bride adorned for
her lordly spouse, tho word; clad in thoriahvos-
I turo of conversation, of argument, of oloauonqe, ,
of poetry, of song; to walk with him tho busy jfc'
tho secluded of life; to instruct and deligM
.the living generations; othoroal essences ns they
are, to outlive columns of brass and pyramids «£
grnnito; and to descend in eternal youth the un-»;
ending highways of tho ages t
Does n seem muoh that tho skill of- mon has
in these lattor days contrived tho means of eon£
munioating intelligence, almost with the rapid!#-
9f thought, aoross tno expanse of continents and he* 1 -
noath tho depth of oceans by tho electric ffira? ’
That a xucssngo despatched from Boston at'mid*
day will so far out?travol the sun as to reaob St.
Louis an hour before ho arrives at that moridlnd?
It is much, and wo, contemplate with just ainato
thent the-wonderful. Apparatus which when laid
down; as sooner or later It perhaps will be, so or iV
connect' tho three continents, may; by
Bond tho beginning of such a sentenco as I am
now pronouncing around the terraqueous globe
and return it to tho lips Of the snouker, befoft
he has completed its utterance. Rut this amaz
ing apparatus is but another form of languagtf;
It transmits intelligence only as it transmits word*.
It is like speech, like the pen, like tho press/
another piece of machinery by which languago’is
convoyed from place to place. Tho roaliy wonder
ful thing is language itself, by which thoughtis
made sensible and oommuniented from mind 'to
mind, not only in the groat living congregation *of
tho civilized world for tho timo being, but through 1
tho vast goneral assembly of tho ages: by whiob
wo are able at this moment, not only to liston to
all the groat uttorances which oxpross the'
thoughts and emotions of tho present day through
out tno world, but to soar with Milton to the green'
flolds of Paradiso in tho morning of creation; to
descend with Dante to tho depths of penal vroe; to?
liston to the thundors of TtiUy and Doraoßthonos,''
and, by the golden chain of etymology, tvaeo the' 1
affinity and descent of nations back, through the'
labyrinth of tho past, almost to tho crodlo of the.
race. • ’
“I hold in my hand a portion of tho identical'
oloctrioal cable, given mo by my friend, Mr. Pea
body, whioh is now* in progross of manufacture,
to connect America with Europe. I road upon it
tho following words: ‘ A part of the submarine!
electric telegraph cable, manufactured by Messrs.-
(Haas & Co. of London, for tho Atlantic Telegraph
Company, to connect St. Johns, Newfoundland,
with Valencia, Ireland, a distance of sixteon
hundred and forty nautical, or nineteen hundred
statute miles.’ Doos it scorn all hut incrodible
to you that intelllgonceshould travel for two thou
sand miles, along those slondor copper wires, far
down in the all but fathomless Atlantic, never be
fore penetrated by aught pertaining to humanity,
save when somo foundering vessel bus plunged
with hor hapless company to tho'eternal silonce
and darknoss of the abyss ? Does it seem, I
say, alt but a miracle of art, that tho thoughts
.of living men—tho thoughts that we think
ud horo on tho earth’s surfaco in thocheoTful
iig'ht of day—about tho markets, and tho ex
changes, and tho seasons, and the elections, and
tho froaties, and the wnrs, and all tho fond nothings
of daily life, should clotho thumsolvca with ele
mental sparks, and shoot with fiery speed in a
momoirl, in tho twinkling of nn oyo, from hemis
pkoro to hoiuiaphoro, far down among tho uncouth
monitors that wallow in tho nether seas, along
tho wrecTt-pavcd floor, through- tho oozy dun
geons of tho rayless deop; that tho last intolll
geueo of tho crops, whoso dancing tassels will
in a few months bo coquetting with the west
wind on those boundless prairies, should go flash
ing along the slimy decks of old sunken galleons,
which havo been rotting for ages; that mes
sages of friendship and lovo, from warm living
bosoms, should burn over tho cold, greou bones of
men and women, whoso hearts, once ns warm mi
our?, burst as tho eternal gulfs closed and roared
over them centuries ago ? Behold another phot
nomonon of a surety not less surprising—an intel
lectual olectrloal telegraph, if I may so call it—
not less marvellous. Tho Httto volume whioh I hold
in my hand contains the two immortal poems of
Homer, those world-renowned strains, whioh pnoof
the imperial minds of our race, not far from thirty
ceuturierago, poured 1 forth in tho dolightod oars
of heroic Grooce, whilo the softest down of youth
was upon tho cheek of its young nationality—tb<*e
glowing gohiun jogends-r-that sovereign wrath pf
whioh - . ,
Shall burn unqaench&bly
Until the eternal doom shall bo;
tho parting of Hector and Andromache—a scene to
which tho sad experience of threo thousand years
could one image of tenderness and sorrow;
tho threats of Jupiter to tho awe-struck gods,
while every peak of Olympus was ablaze with his
leaping thundors; iho piteous supplications of
aged Priam. kissing tho hand and bathing with his
tears the toot of the cruol chieftain, who had
dragged tho torn body of his noble son three times
round the Ilian walls; tho weary and sorrowful
wanderings of Ulysses, which every subsequent ago
of mankind has retraced with delight;—these all,
liko the cunningly imprisoned airs of a musical
box, "breathe to ns in ono poronninl strain of
melody* from within tho covors of this small vo
lume. By tho simple agency of twonty-four little
marks, stamped on tho written or the printod
page, tho immortal legion has flashed down to
us through tho vicissitudes of empires nnd eras—
across the vast expanse of enlightened and be
nighted periods of history—from region to re
gion ; from his own rooky islet in tho JEgc&n to
shores unknown, undreamed of by him ; beneath
the overwhelming billows of three thousand years,
where peoples wholo have sunk; and it now binds
togothor, by tho golden wires of intellect and
taste, tho mind of Europe and America, at this
meridian of their refinement, with tho mind of
every intervening age of literary culturo, book to
tho crrnllo of infunt Greece. And while, at our
plar.es of education, wo diligontiy investigate the
wonderful properties of matter developed in tho
phenoruona of tho physical woild, Bholl wo not, my
friends, deem a portion of our timo and attention
well bestowed upon tho miracles of tho word) writ
ten andspo'kon—tho phonoraona of langungo, which
lie at tho foundation of all our intellectual iin*
provemont, of all our litoraturo and science—in a
word, of ail rational communication between man
nnd man?”
* April 22,1857.
RUSSIAN INTERVENTION IN INDIA.
The significant article from the London
Post , published Homo weeks ago, has a pecu
liar application at the present moment. Wo
accordingly lay it before our readers. Whether
tho surmises of tho Post aro correct or not,
they are at least significant. This business of
international intervention is a favorite expedi
ent of our British cousins, especially as against
this country. When tho poisoned chalico is
returned to their own lips, it may be that they
will bo more careful in commending it to us:
Russian Istuiouks ix India, China and Ja
pan.—Ann Ameicjcan Citizens her Aoents ?
Tho belief that Russia has for the last three
.years been ondoavoring—and successfully endeav
oring—to sow discontent in India, bocomos
moro and moro prevalent on the Continent and
amongst tho best informed in this country. There
cun bo no doubt whatever that the late Emperor of
Russia, Nicholas, could never be brought to be
hove in tho possibility of a cordial alliance be
tween England and Franco, and in 1852 ami 1853
his plans wore formed and matured in this thorough
conviction. In tho solitude of his own Cabinet, and
in tho gloomy recesses of his own mind, tho Em
peror had arrived at this conclusion, and when
dependants and councillors uppoalod to foots and
events, Nicholas boeamo excited and angry, and ap
poarod to, cling moro obstinately to nis own
opinions. At length, early in 1854, his Imperial
Majesty becumo nwaro of how entirely erroneous
woro his suppositions; and at this timo it was that,
disabused of nis illusions, he turned all his thoughts
to tho preparation of mischief in British India.
Any one who knows tho State system of Russia,
is perfectly aware that the government of tho Ciar
has in its employment hundreds of mon prepared
for any emorgonov or any enterprise, howover des
perate or difficult. Thoro aro at St. Petersburg
advonturora and ronegades of overy country and
clime—apt, nrtful, and unprincipled—roady for
instantaneous duty in any latitude. Among those
may bo found Italians, Grcoks,’Swiss, Gormans,
Armenians, Mussulmans, Jews, Pnrseea and Hin
doos. These advonturors, lured by tho hopo of
gain and distinction, rush to Russia, as unprinci
pled sohomors did initspaluiiestdaystoßome—
“Ruasi in tentinani corruptionist' In St. Pe
tersburg they aro put at onoe in training, and aro
attached to suoh superior agonts ns tho Into M.
Italinsky, or tho late M. SiraonUch, tho latter of
whom largely oporntod mPorrio, Affghaniatan and
British India. Tho cause of tho Afighan war may
bo tracod to agonta of this kind, and tho boliof be
comes hourly moro prevalent that in tho recent
mutiny, Russiahns, directly or indirectly, beennn
“ agent provocateur .” Within ftfow years sovornl
traders from Bombay and Calcutta have settled at
St. Petersburg; some of theso havo intermarriod
with Russians, and bceome Russian subjects; and,
on tho other hand, thoro aro sovoral Russiaus and
Greeks by birth, though Russian in fooling, settled
in various partaof India. Ry the aid of this ma
chinery it would not he difficult to operate on the
King of Ottde and some of his ftinctionariesand
nobles , and to establish chain of communication
with the Russian empi\ y .'
Nor wonld this bo tl i only moans by which
Russiamlghtintriguengri istus. Rnssianschemes
against British power have been before now
hatched by Russian aye, ts in the British me
tropolis, a»d also vrtthin i he harbor of New York-
We. believe at this mom ml Russia xs working
by American-born China , in Japan,
and in British India. Within twentv years an
immense number of journals hnvo been estab
lished In tho throe Presidencies of India and up tho
country,and who can say how much of Russian influ
ence and money may not bo brought to bear in this
particulardirection. If Russaiacan maintain a paid
press at Frankfort, Augßburg and Brussels, why may
she not have suoh a press at Cnlcutia, at Agra, or at
Delhi. From tho journals of Sir C. Napier, wo
know that some of tho writors in tho Indian news
papers are men of blasted charaeter and desperate
fortunes, and it is to such men in foreign countries
Russian solicitations aTe usually addressed. If the
r n&tlre press in India has endeavored to stimulate
■ tho sepoy on the question of the cartridges, may
Dot this effort be traded to a “foreign ngonoy,
1 1 such as was bintedat by Mr. Mangles in hisspeeoh
i on Monday night? Under euoh circumstances a 3
wq suppose, the plaoing of the Indian press undor a
license was a wise precautionary measure, and tho
arrest of the King of Oudo and his minister was
not only a necessity hut a duty. Tho King has
long been a suspected personage, and the moment
proofs were obtained tho sooner the delinquent
was enpturod tho bettor. Wherever thoro is a
weak or an undefended pointin India now we must
expect discontent, but the ouly way, as tho Duko
of Wellington, wroto to Colonel Close fifty-three
rears uso f “la to be 1 guarded everywhere, and to
coop up troops for our defence. Wo should never
lose sight, ub tho samo groat authority said, in
writing to Lieut. General Stuart from the camp at
in July, 1801, “that all government in
India is hold by the sword,” and that “ tho con
clusion of th 6 most Successful furoien war in India
-fthat byMvhich tho most formidable enemy may
havo been subdued—if it gives an accession of ter
ritory, must bring with the territory a necessity to
iueroasc tho’ army, because the government must
be established In the new territory, and supported,
M well ns in the old, by tho power of tho sword.
The want of knowledge, or rather recolleotion, of
those fool#,, adds tho Duke, “is tho cause of all tho
jomplaints of high military establishments, and ox
menses, A&d of all tho difficulties in whioh youmust
4tavo found yourself from the want of troops.” It
willbe-meH to weigh theso wise words, aftor tho
mutiny frrfupprosaod nnd Delhi taken; of both of,
which* Events •'we entertain-lltilo doubt jrc shall
have full details by the noxt mails.
THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.
[Forth© Dress.]
The sagost. advico may accidentally come from
|be, ignorant person; and in an ’Uoder
tnkipgpf suoh impotence no suggestion can be so
korthlqjjt ns not to merit some consideration,
are the following ideas put forth. 1
i Why,pot, instead of running tho cable from off
the deok, run it out through a hauso-hole made in
the bottom of the vessel, under the wator-lino, and
placed Jftthat it would not foul the sorew or rudder.
1 This arrangement presoots to me, ignorant, two
advantages. Ist. Tho c&blo cannot be run over
any 'sheaves and jammed as in the present mode
bus been done. 2d. No part of tho cnblo is at nny
tipio without tho sustaimng support of the water.
Those who havo been uaod to haul in nets never
fear that tho hauling lines will hroak under tho
water. It is After the ropo leaves the wator that
tho strain oommonocs, and it may readily bo that
the weakest part is at tho moment of issuing from
itho water, where it has to sustain tho superincum
bent weight anil lacks supportunderneath. Forty
or fifty feet of tho arc of the curve would also thus
be saved,. This, howevor, in an arc of two miles,
isperbaps too insignificant to havo effect.
Now for tho disadvantage. This seems to mo to
bd only the danger of friction in wearing out tho
'oablo or sotting fire to tho vessel. Tho first might
bo 'avoided by a sot of friotion roilors placed
at tho top and bottom of tho hole. The second by
a metallic lining end watchful attention.
If yoq, think those suggestions' aro worthy of
examination ploase print them, and I shall send a
copy of ihp paper to tho Board of Directors.
J. S.
Philadelphia, Sept. 3,1857.
THE CALIFORNIA MAILS.
. The, telegraph gave us brief notice yesterday of
tho arrival of the lUiuois at New York, with the
California mails, and two weeks lator nows. Our
usual budget of popors has come to hand, from
whioh we take tho following :
Tho Illinois sailed from Aspinwall on tho 10th of
August: • On tho night of tho 23d sho ran ashore on
Colorado roof, noar Aronas Koy, whore sho re
mained until tho night of tbo 26th. On tho 27th
ftho arrived at Havana, whioh placo she left on
the 29th.
Sho brings tho California mails of August sth,
and $1,&J?3,557 in, treasure, having connected with
tho Golden Age, whioh left San Francisco on the
morning bf the sth of August, and arrived at Pa
nama on the morning of the 19th. The Golden
Ago brought to'Panama $2,028,338 in treasuru,
$444,728.0f whioh was on foreign account.
Tho United Statoa vloop-of-war Saratoga sailed
from Aspinwall, August IClb, for San Juau del
.Norte,
The Illinois left at Aspi
U. S. frigato Wabash, bos
of Oommodoro Paulding.
inwnll, August 19th, tho
iring tho broad pennant
Am Exch Dank $285,000
Well*, FArgo & Co 251,400
Duncau; Shermau
ACo ( ; - 204,677
Qrder., : r 347,720
Kobb/iltifc ACo 388,000
Newhouse.Spatz&Co 12,000
Runftrd <fc Co 11,600
Hewos A Crowell 11,047
11 Me&dcr 10,028
H Mender AO Adams .7,000
Treadwell & Co 0,000
lluah A Wilde 6,000
If Rlnvtein A Bro 6,000
DeJthaneA Co 3.150
U Strybiug 2,400
T J listbdA Co 2,000
HowlandAAtplnw’lll7,B7B
JAAfliirh 06,000
James Patrick;
FrfeeuMn&Co $7,000
Huxs, Ptvidoacr Sc Co 20,102
V U Droxel 25,000
Everett & Brown 75,000
Conroy Sc O’Conuer 14,000
Vf m Holier Sc Co 12,000
General Saramary ol Mews
- VfiOM ASMMWALt.
Order 4,151
Jiihu Walton 798
[from the Weekly Alta Californian, August 6.J
TUB STATE
The events of tho last fortnight aro intoreating,
if not important. The affairs of our Stato Trea
sury have neror boon in eo healthy a condition. The
issuance of scrip haa been abolished, and business
is now transacted on a cash basis. The action of
tho political conventions in regard to tho payment
of our Stato indebtedness, will go far to a renewal
of confidence abroad, which has boon bo justly im
paired in oonacqueuco of tho rascality of former
State officials.
From all sections of tho mining country wo re
ocivo favorablo accounts, and quite as groat quan
tities of gold aro being taken out as over boforo.
Tho crops arc mostly harvested, and have boon
gathered in good condition. The yield is far bet
tor and moro abundant than was antiolpatod a few
weeks since. Tho fruit crops havo novor boon so
plentiful as this year.
The advonoo of tho groat overland immigration
this soason was announced yesterday in this oity as
having arrived at Piacervilie, within the boruers
of the stato. Thousands of wagons, with men,
women, and children, and twenty thousaud of cat
tle, are about to bo soattored in every direction
over our limits, giving an impulso to business, and
an earnest of the rapid and permanent settlement
of California. Tho oxtontor tho immigration this
year, it is confidently expected, will bo unusually
lurge.
we announco with regret tho death, roeontly, of
Mother Mary do Salos, second Superior of the order
of the “ Sisters of Morey,” an institution establish
ed in this oity. Sho was a cousin of Daniel O’Con
noli, a rolntive of tho celebrated Tom Steele, and
formerly possessor of great woalth in her native
oountry, Ireland, whioh sho expended in benefac
tions to the poor, and in behalf of her religious
order. Sho was a lady of great piety and personal
influence, and her benevolent deeds in this city, in
the recovery of tho itillon and tho destitute, will
long be romomberod. She was the founder of the
Magd&lon Asylum in Lira&riok, Iroland, of which
she had the charge for eomo thirty years. A pon
tifical requiem high muss was colobratod in tho
Roman Cathedral, in this oity, on the occasion of
horfuuoral.
Tho minora aro now getting into the rivor bods,
aud will soon bo able to take out tho gold. Placer
and quartz mining generally aro as flourishing as
usual . ,
Col. Weller and other candidates of tho Demo
cratic party have commenced tho political can
vass by spoeohes iu different sections of tho State.
At Saonunouto, a few days since, Col. Weller ad
dressed tho Demooracy in a speech of remarkable
eloquence and ability, which elicited tho warm
commendation of both friends and enemies. Op-
Sosed to him ore nominees of tho Amorieun aud
republican parties, and poasibly of tho Settlors,
who are now assembled iu Stnto Convention at
Sucramonto. Edward Stnnley, tho Republican
nominee, has addressed a lottor to a member of
tho Convention, directly making a bid for their
votes, and may succeed in obtaining soino strength
from that quarter. Tho Demoo *acy havo plodgod
themselves for tho payment of tao State debt, tho
restoration of the publio credit, and have entered
upon tho contest. '
The American State Convention, which mot at
Sacramento recently, mudo tho following nomina
tions :
For Governor—G. W. Bowie, of Sacramento ;
Lioutenant Governor—J. A. Raymond, of Shasta;
Controller—G. W. Whitman, of Tuolumne; At
tornoy Goncral—J. B McFarland, of Nevada;
Surveyor General—L. B. Mealy, of Santa Clara;
State Printer—B. 11. Monsou, of San Francisco;
Treasurer —J. C. Crandall, of Placer ; Judgo of
Supremo Court—H. Ralston, of Saoramonto.
An extensive voin of alum rock, of romurknblo
purity, has recently bcon discovered in Calaveras
oouoty.
Tho various wagon-road enterprises on tho east
ern borders of the State, still uttraot inuoh atten
tion. A regular lino of coaches now plies between
Plncorvillo and Carson Volley.
Disastrous fires bavoswopt over tho State during
tho two wooks last past, and a largo amount of
property Ims been destroyed. On the 20th ult., in
Sacramento, a number of frame buildings on tho
uornorof J and Fifth streets w6ro burned. Loss
$5,000. On tho 22d, the flourishing mining viliugo
of Michigan Bluffs, Placer county,was totally anni
hilated by fire. Loss $102,000. St. Louis, an ac
tive mining town in Sierra county, was, ou tho 25tb
ult., also obliterated by tho devastating element—
not a house loft standing. Loss $200,000. In
Shasta, on tho 28th, n hrowory,'stable and several
other building* woro destroyed by tiro. Loss
$10,400. In Valtey, tho Winchester Saw
Mills were burnod on the 25tb. Loss ?25,000. On
tho 19th ult., tho browery of Goodwin *k Co., Mou*
kelumuo HIM, was burnt to tho ground. Loss $5OOO.
Tho tubes along the Sacramento and Snn Joaquin
rivers havo also been in flames for several days
past, and considerable fear is felt for tho safety
of crops, foneos aud other valuable proporty.
Wo nave, however, hoard of no material damage
thus far. Matters political are tho all-absorb
ing subjects of conversation. On the 28th ultimo,
tho American State Convention mot at Saoramonto,
ami after nominating a full State ticket, and re
endorsing their national platform, adjourned. They
unanimously approved of tho propriety of paying
the State debt, go that resolutions to this effect are
now incorporated into tho proceedings of all the
political conventions whioh have been held. The
settlors throughout tho Slate aro extraordinarily
zealous, and in many counties havo nominated full
tickets. They oan poll an immense vote in the
Stato, and if thoy concentrate their strength on
any one of tho cnndidatesof tho other political par
ties ho is almost sure to bo elected.
In San Franoisco the Roforrn party has nomina
ted an exoellont ticket, composed of mon of nil
polltionl parties, and oltizens not only honost and
upright, but men thoroughly identified with tho
interests of tho oity and State. There is no doubt
of the triumphant election of tho ticket.
Ex-Gov. Bigler, U. S. Minister to Chile, loft this
pojrt for Valparaiso, with his family, on the 29th
ult., in the clipper ship Red Rover.
THE CITY.
’ A meeting of settlers, in the Middle District,
was hold at the N. 0. Arbor, near Lone Mountain
Cemetery; the objeob of the mooting was to perfect
a plan or organising a settler party, and making
nominations for tho coming election.
AmnnnAwcd James Bell was brought to this
city on tho 17th Inst., In irons, on board the
achoonor fanny Major, from Honolulu, charged
with murder on the high seas, in killing one Peter
Lanaghan, in April last, on board the whaler Ado*
laide, while on her passage to Lahalno. Bell was
delivered to the U. 8 Marshal for trial.
The number of doaths which ocoutred in|this
oity during the week ending July 18th, is voportod
by the City Sexton,, as 29, being the same number
ns during tho preceding week. Eleven meu, 5
boys, three women, nine girls; soventedu were
nntivos of tho United States.
A meeting of the Amorioan party of the city
and county of San Francisco, was held on Satur
day evening, 18th instr, at Sohupnert’s saloon,
corner of Jackson and Stockton Btrceta, About
two hundred persona were present. The mooting
was addressed by Bailie Peyton,’E3q. A series o?
resolutions wore passed declaring the vitality of
the party, and appointing to nominnto
dolegatos to tho State Convention, and a oounty
ticket, “ir they scefit.”
Tho first German musical FoatixrU <ovef;held in
California, came off in this city during the past
week, commencing on Thursday,the‘2*l lustnnt,
and continuing until Monday night, the 27tji inst.
Tho-Board of Supervisors, at a,uie«;tlpg v .QU Sat
urday night, August Ist, passed the ordinance
granting Messrs. Bonalpy,. Von . Smith Co., the
privilege of introducing pure fresh water into tho
city, to bo .brought from Lobes Creek.
A young man named Robert S. Williams, was
before the last Grand Jury; charged with' having
ombotsled’the sum of so,oQfi from Mr. J* J. Felt,
lumber merchant, of No. 5 Stewart’stroci wharf,
in whose omploy no had been os a clerk. Mr. Felt
paid a visit to the Atlantic some months since and
roturned last June. Upon examining the books a
defioienoy of $6,000 was found in bta cash, account,
and Williams, on the 31st of May, made a written
statement to Mr. Folt, that while he \tos away, he
had carried away and lost by gambling over
53,000, and that $3,000 of it had been, lost since
i the 27th of April, losing some times $5OO and some
times $l,OOO a night. Tho grand jury did not find
bills for uomo reason. Mr. Folt states that WH
liums has boon guilty of similar defalcations‘in
tho AUantio Statos.
Col. B. F. Washington. Collector of tho Port,
has recently made several appointments to offices
in tho revenue department. Among those who
have ontcred upon thoir now duties are Col. Joseph
E Lawronco, of San Franoisoo, Mayor; Major G.
W. Hook, of El Dorado; Patrick H.Down6y, Esq.,
of Los Angelos; Hon. James 11. Gardiner, of
Siorra ; Commodore Robert S. Martin, John For*
ral, Charles Kincaid, 'James D.‘Darden, Seymour
Pixlcy, and several more whoso names have not
transpired. It Is understood that tho polioy of ro
tation will be obsorvod quite generally.
ANOTHER FIGHT WITH THE PITT RIVER
INDIANS TWENTY-THREE INDIANS
KILLED,
[From the Extra Yrcka Union,]
By a lotter just received by Lieut. J. K. McCall,
from Lieut. Crook, dated Fort Crook, July 28th,
wo oro placed In possession of tho following inte
resting particulars in relation to tho war against
the Pitt River Indians. On the 27th, Lieut. Cropk
roturned to the Fort from a ton day’s scout in and
eastof tho “Big Valley.” The first part of their
scout was dry and unsuccessful, os thelndiariahad
all left the Valley and Itsvioluity. On the seventh
day out they came on a ainglo track, and following
itsoino distance killed , one Indiah. The Indians
of an adjaoent r&noheria hoard the report of. their
gun«, tied, and alt escaped to the mountains. On
tho evening of tho Bth day they espied a small
eftmp in the odge of a large valley, some sixty-fivo
miles east of the Fort, and struok onmp the noxt
morning at two o’clock, and inado a day-light at
tack.
Tho Indians ore oamped under a rocky ledge,
and whon tho troops got immediately over them,
one of them gave tho alarm, when, to tho surpriso
of Lieut. Crook, nearly or quite one hundred and
fifty warriors sprang up and broke for tho plains.
In the gallant Lieutenant's own language, tho
troops “ pitched In pell-mell, and had a glorious
fight, leaving twenty-throe dead on the ground
that thoy know of, and nine wounded; besides,
thoromusb hnvo boon a great many more killed
and wounded that they could not toll anything
about.” If his provisions had hold out, ho would
hnvo killed many more, but he was obliged to
hurry off the field and return to camp. On tho
samo day of tho fight thoy marched about thirty
miles on their way back to tho fort. Our'towns
man, Mr Jacob Marks, was along with Lieut.
Crook, (tho only voluntoor,) on hla scout, and iu
tho fight, and killed two Indians with his own
hand.
Too inuoh merit cannot bo awarded Lieut. Crook
for his great officienoy and intrepid daring in tho
prosecution of this war.
Oar dates from this Territory are to tho 22il ult.
The Constitutional Convontiou is to meet on tho
17th inst., at Salem. Tho general news is unira**
porlant
WE3TERN MEXICO.
Tho American Consul has been imprisoned s
Mazatlan, on frivolous pretexts, T>nt'.the 'prompt
action of other Consuls lu the ploco procured ms
releaso.
CARSON VALLEY.
$1,693,557
The advance of the overland immigration has
reached Carson Valley. Fears were ontertained of
thoir safety, inasmuch as frlondly ludlana had re
ported that thoy wore out off by tho “ Snakes ” nt
the “Sink of tho Humboldt.” They were, how
ever, detained by the shortness of gras*. The In
dians had been troublesome by plundering the
emigrants on the Humboldt. 4 very large immi
gration is reported.
SOUTH AMERICA.
The yellow fever was committing great ravages
in Bogota. In tho department of La Paz fifteen
thousand Indians had died from that disease.
The revolution in Peru was not yet over, and
tbero was no prospoct of an abatement.
Tho American whuliug schooner Francis is re
ported as wreoked. Five persons wore lost.
A revolution has occurred on tho borders of Gua
temala and San Salvador, but no particulars havo
been received.
WRECK OF THE AMERICAN SCHOONER
FRANCES—LOSS OF LIFE.
The Amorican whaling sohoonor Frances, Capt.
Smith, of Now Bedford, Massachusetts, was lost
off the coast of Now Granada, somo one hundred
and twenty miles to tho southward of Buenavon
tura, on tho 22d of June last. Tho captain and
four of the crow, vis: Jonathan Smith, Abnor
Gray, Wm. Snow, and Benjamin Tuokor, woro all
lost, togethor with the vessel and seventy-five
barrels of oil. William A. Shoman, first inato,
and two of tho orew, whose names wo
have not loarnod, roado their way, in an open
boat to Buonaventura, and arrived here on
tho morning of tho 11th instant, in tho Chiliau
schooner Rosita. The sufferings of thcao men be*
foro they reached Buenaventura, us described to
us, wore heartrending in the extreme; thoy for*
tunatoly provided themsolves with water, but for
ton days thoy were without provisions. They woro
picked up in a senseless condition on the coast by
somo humane natives, and properly cared for.
They aro now in the hands of tho United States
Consul of this place, Mr. Corwino, who will send
thorn to their homos in the United States by tho
next atoamcr. k Tho Frances was a fonder to tho
American whaling ship Elizabeth, of Newßedford,
and loft Callao in filaroh last, on u cruise for black
fish.
FROM THE ISTHMUS.
By the Illinois wo have Panama and Aspinwall
papers of August 19. We make the following ex
tracts :
[From tho Fauama Star, of Aug. 19th.]
Arrival or the Decatur.—Tho United States
sloop-of-war Decatur. Captain Thatoher, arrived at
the anchorage off this oity, Tuosday night, from
Punta Aronas, which port she left on the 27th ult.
She brings twenty-two sick and wounded filibus
ters, boing tbo lust of the mon loft at San Juan del
Sur, from which port they were oonveyed to Puntu
Aronas in a sailing vessel. Thirty-five of tho do
sorters from Walker’s army remain in PunU Aro •
uas, all sick, and entirely destitute, their rfllow
nnoo having boon stopped by tho Costa Rica Gov
ernment.
The mon who have beon brought down in tho
Decatur, are entirely' dcstituto, and the greater
number of thorn suffering from wounds nnd dis
ooso.
From San Joso do Costa Rica wo rcooived no pa
pers, but learn that a personal difficulty took placo
botween Mr. Y. Anderson and Wcbstor, or somo of
his party. That Mr T. 0. Jones had not transac
ted any business with tho Government, and that
ho hadtbeen robbod of $7OO by Tom Edwards, who
also got hold of Mr. Anderson’s papers and doou
monte, nnd handed thorn over to Webster.
From Costa Rica.—Tho Royal Mail Company’s
stoamor from San Juan del Norte, with Messrs.
Harris, Webster and Cauty on board, arrived at
Aspinwall on Monday, and thoso gentlemen sailed
on tho Central American for New York ou Monday
ovoning.
Tho oontract for the transit route has boen grant
ed by the Costa Itioan Government to tbo parties
represented by Webster A Harris, on certain con
ditions.
Don Emilio Sogura, who, for somotimo, has flllod
tho offioo of Seorotary to tho President of Costa
Rica, catno a passenger on tho stoamor from San
Juan del Norte, and proooodsby tho mail steamer
of tho 9th on a visit to his native land, Spain.
Naval Intelligence.—An oxohango of naval
commanders took placo in this harbor, on board
tho U. S. Flag Ship Independence and tho rioop
John Adams, on the 23d ultimo. Capt. Hoff, to
tho John Adams, and assume the duties of Senior
Naval Officer on this station, by order from tho U.
S. Navy Department, on tho departure! of Commo
dore Morvino with liia flag. Cant. Fairfax to
oommand tho Independence, and tho ship to pro
ceed immediately to San Francium. The orew of
the ludcpoudonoo will tlioro bo discharged, aud a
portion sent homo, the ting hauled down, and the
Commodore to return to tho United Stntoj after au
arduous cruise. Tho ship will thou bo laid at
Maro Island ns a Receiving Ship, and Capt. Fair
.faxcontinued in oommand.
TlfE COURTS.
Quarter Sessions —Judgo Conrad.—Joseph
rarkuill, conßtabloof the Eighth ward, was con
victed of an aggravated assault and battery on
Anno Lewis and Louisa Lewis, colored women
Sentence deferred. There was a cross-bill against
the Lowiscs by Parkhill, on whloh tho defendants
were acquitted and prosecution to pay tho costs.
Judgo Doran for Lewis, and Luoos Hirst, Esq., for
William Johnson was convicted of stealing a
gold watch. Bontonco doferrod.
Anno Gillingham was oonvieted of stealing a
quantity of jewelry, tho property of Anno Gilbert,
sentenced to eighteen months in tbo Eastern Peni
tentiary.
Franois Brelsford was charged with an assault
and battery on Ellon Fitzgornld. Tho jury ac
quitted tho defendant but ordered him to pay the
oosts.
John Gallagher, sr., nnd John Gallagher, jr.,
were charged with an assault and battery, with
an intent to kill, on Franois Spcllbrink. John
Gallagher, jr., pleaded guilty to the assault and
battery only. Jury out. Lewis C, Cassidy. Esq.,
for Spellbrlnk; Wm. B. Rankin, Esq., for Gal
ioghef,
OREGON.
TWO CENTS.
DECISIONS BY THE SECRETARY OF THE
TREASURY. •
oh. T ”f; AS V RY August 23,1857.
Tho following decisions of this Department on
questions as to tho proper claiwifioatiob, under the
tariff act of March 3, 1857, of certain articles of
foreign manufacture, growth, or production en
uredrespectively at the ports of Philadelphia and
New York, the importers haring, under the pro
visions of the sth section of that act, appealed from
the decisions of the collectors of tho customs as to
such classification, are published for tho informa
tion of the officers of tho customs and others con
cerned >
CHLOHATE OF POTASH,. AND SAL ACETO
seLIa.
Treasury August 27, 1857.
Sir: A question has been submitted to the Depart-'
ment, on the appeal of Messrs. Powers A ,Weightman
from tho decision of the collector of the customs at
Philadelphia,'os to tho rate of ddty to be assessed*
on artiolefr of import known as“ebolnito of potash 1 '
and "sal acetosella,” imported by them,in the
barque “ Achilles,” from London, on tho Bth ult.
The oolloctor'leviod duty on tho articled in'ques-‘>
Uon at tho rate uMspor.ocnt.i as embraced ip the
olaaaificatiim in,sphedalo,Jso.f tfto.t&riff jof 1357, of
[salts, Epsoia,*'gfauber, Itodheile,'and all other
salts, and preparations of salts,*not pU&rwiiapro*.
videdfor,’/ . * • *' .
lended hy the appellants, that “chlorate
of potash a :*d sal acetosollu,” being' used obiefiy
in dyeing and raanufacturing;should, be admitted
to »ba dutv of 4 nor cont., under tho olasaifi.
eattonfn eohpduiifirofthe tariff of 1857, 5 of “afrti
qles'not in a crude rftate,- used-in dyeing tan--
ning-noldtharwuie provided for.” , 7*;
Neither ‘‘sal .Aoetosella,” nor '“chlorate, ofj
pota?h, is specifically' 'pained in the schedule of
the tariff act of 1857.' -That* they are knofrn ;
Chemically, as salts, isjnot denied. They are not
dyes, mor usod in the process of “dyeing or tan
ning.” in the sense in which'- these * terms, as used
in schedule H, are toibe understood.
; These same provisions are contained iu the some
schedules in the tariff act of IB4ti,and these salts
bave altrays been held as falling within schedule
|3f under the olassifioation of “all other salts, pud
preparations of salts, not otherwise provided
The collector’s .decision 'assessing' doty, under
tohodule E, at the rate of 15 per; cent;, is affrmed.
, Very respectfully, y'ourobodiont servant,
Howell Cobb; Secretary of the Treasury.
J. B. Barbs, Esq., Collector, Philadelphia.
. .BORAX.
Treasury Department, August 23,1857.
Sir : Messrs, h. A. A W Bird k Co., or Boston,
have Appealed from the decision of the collector at
that port on the rate of duty to be assessed on* an
importation, of borax" in the ship “Thomas
Jefferson,” and entered on the llth instant. '
■ An Appeal has also been taken by Messrs. Joalah
Maoy & Son, pf New York, from the decision of
the collector. at that port, assessing duty on
“borax” imported by them.
In both cases the collectors charged duty on the
article at the rate of 19 per cent.,-under schedule
Dof the tariff of 1837, nnjl in f both cases tho arti
clo was found‘td* be -tho borax” of com*
meroe.i ‘ i .
Thoimportorsin both (Cases otoim.fo enler the
.article at a duty*of4jfer cenf” sldvalorcm, under
•schedule H of Ahe Urin of 18571 -' 'f *
• ThO article in qneatiop was. provided for, under
| the terras “borax or tincal,” in schedule D of the
tariff of 1840. “TineaV’ig defined by tho most
reliublo authorities on commercial subjects, and is
well understood in tbe language of trade, to bo ex
clusively applicable to borax in its crude state.
Under the terms “borax or tinsal” in the tariff of
1840, wore understood to bo embraced as well the
refined as tho crude article; and the 2d section of
tho tariff act or 8J March, 1857, expressly trans
ferring “borax, crude” to schedule 11, leaves
“borax” still in schedule I) untrnnsferred, as ap
plicable to tho “refined borax” of commeroe.
The decision, of tho collectors at New Tork and
Boston, assessing duty upon “refined borax” at the
rate of 19 per cent, in schedule 1) of tbe tariff of
1857, are hereby affirmed.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Howell Cobb, Secretary of .the Treasury.
A. W. Austin, Esq., Collector, Boston.
Augustus Screll, Esq., Collector, New York.
FILBERTS —SUMAC.
Treasury Department, Augpst 23, 1857.
Sin: An uppaal has been taken to this Depart
ment from the deoision of the collector of New
York assessing duties on “ filberts,” and “sumac,”
importod into that port by Mr. A. M. Lawrence.
The collector assessed dutiog on the “filberts”
at the rate of twenty-four per oent., under the
classification of schedule D of tho tariff of 1357. of
“nuts not otherwise provided for,” and on “su
mac ” at four per cent, under schedule H, in
whioh it is specially named.
The appellants claim to enter “ filberts ” at a
duty of eight per cent ad valorem, under schedule
0 of tho tariff of 1857, uudor the classification in
that schedule of “frnlu, green, ripo or dried;”
and “sumac” froo of duty under schedule I,
under the classification in that schedule of “ arti
cles In a crude state used in dyeing or tanning*
not otherwise provided for.”
Filberts are not, specially named in any sohe*
dole of the tariff act. For the reasons stetod by
•dhe Deptttmout In. its. deoigten on the
Daniel St. Amant, under date of the 10th Want;
in regard to tho rato of duty to be assessed
on “walnuts,” “filborts” must bo held liable to
duty at tho rate of 21 per oent. under the classifi
cation of “nuts not otherwise provided for” in sche
dule C of tho tariff of 1857.
“Sumac” was specially provided for by narao in
schedule II of the tariff of 1845. and it still re
mains In that schedule in the tariff act of 1857,
unless it has been transferred or excepted by that
act. The only provisions which can bo regarded
as operating such transfer or exception are those in
sebodale I of tho tariff act of 1857, which transfer,
to that schedule “articles in a crude state used in
dyoing or tanning not otherwise provided for,” and
also “berries, nuts, flowors, plants and vegetables
used exclusively in dyeing or in composing dye 3;
but no article shall be clashed as such that has un
dergone any manufacture.”
“ Sumac,” os it is imported and known in com
merce, cannot bo assigned to either of these classi
fications. It cannot Pill within the first because it
is not, as it is imported, an article in a enule state.
It has boen changed from the condition in which
it was grown or produced, having been dried and
reduced to powder, and thud prepared for use iu
dyeing or tanning.
Nor can it come within tho second classification,
because it is not used exclusively iu dyeing or in
composing dyes, it being used in tanning also; and
beoause it has undergone a process of manufacture
from a crude state to a powder.
The dcoision of tho collector in assessing duty on
“ filberts” at 24 per cent, in seboduto C, and on
“Sumac” at 4 peroent. in scheduleH,is affirmed.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Howell Cobji, Secretary of the Treasury.
Augustus Scuell, Esq., Collector, Now York.
POLITICAL HERESY
Tbo New Orleans Delta accuses a portion of the
Democratic press of political heresy because they
deolaro that it is not tho duty of the Democratic
party to advocate the extension of slavery. Now if
this be heresy, it is clear that, in the opinion of the
Delta, it would bo orthodox, woro tho Democratic
party to add a clause to their platform of principles,
pledging themselves to promote the extension of
slavery independently of tbo will of tho people to
whom it is to bo extended, and to expunge that
clauso which leaves the settlement of the question
to the people of tho States and Territories respec
tively, as tho only legitimate judges uuder tho Con
stitution.
In our opinion this would be a dangerous heresy,
and not a wliit more justitihble than tbo doctriue
of tho Republicans, who assumo that Congress has
tho power of prohibiting slavery in the Territories.
We believe that our opinion is shared by the great
mass of tho Democrats in tho South, and that, had
they the power to-day so to contral the party
throughout the Union as to procure the adoption
of a resolution for tho indiscriminate extension of
slavery, they would not exercise it, but would
adhoro to tbo present broad Constitutional
dootrino, that tho people of the States, where
slavery docs not exist, have the right to
adopt or exclude it ns they think proper,—in
the same way that in States where it does exist,
the people alono are ontitlcd to judge whether it is
expedient to continue or abolish it; and that it is
tho right of tho peopto of tho Territories, when they
a3k admission into tho Union, as co-equal and co
ordinate members of the confederacy, to decide
whothor domestic slavery shall or shall not be one
of thciT institutions. It would bo just as unwar
rantable and unconstitutional to coerce tbo peoplo
of Kansas to legalize slavery by their Stato Consti
tution contrary to tbo will of tho majority of the
people, as it would bo te seek to compel tbo people
of Now York or Massachusetts to do so. There is
but ono safe course to pursuo, and is that which
tho National Democrats throughout the entire
Union havo adopted—namely: to leave every
State to manage its own institutions, and decide
whether compulsory labor shall or shall uot be
ono of them; to leave the Territories, whilo they
continue such, open to settlers from the North,
South, East West, who, when they frame their
Stato constitutions, shall deoido iu tho man-*
ner prescribed by law, whether they will tolerate
slavery or not, with a due regard to those who
havo previously introduced negro slaves. Were
all tho States iu the Union, except ono, to abolish
slavery, tho ono whieh retained it would be just
as much entitled to protection in its rights, us the
many aro now. It does not matter iliut Northern
Domoorats prefer to see tho Territories cuino into
tho Union as free States, or that Southern Demo
crats prefer tho contrary. Neither would wish
to gratify their predilections, if tho only way to
do so woro to allow Congress tho power of de
ciding the question. However strong their pre
judices they are ready to sacrifice them, if they
are not shared by the majority of tho people
immediately concerned—and are willing to bow
lo whatever verdict they may pronounce. The
distinctive character of tho political creed of tho
Democracy is, that it is national, kuowsnu sectional
differences, nud acknowledges no supremo law but
tho sovereign will of tho people iu their separate
Commonwealths. Wi... regard to tho extension of
slavery, as in all other questions, it recognizes no
other power to decide than tho voice of tho people
of tho Stato or Torritory immediately interested,
expressed in a legal and constitutional mauner.—
New York Journal of Commerce.
Suspension of John W. Bates.—A rumor
was current in tho streets (says tho Troy
Wednesday,) that John W. Bates, ono of "tho
heaviest operators in produce and livo stock, and
the head of the firms of Bates A Griffin, Trey, and
Bates, Uriffiu A Liverpool, New York, had sus
pended payment The rumor subsequently proved
well-founded. For some years Mr. B.ites’s opera
tions have boon very heavy, and have extended to
several branohea of business. Ho hnd a control
ing connection with the Tonnwanda Bunk (near
Buffalo,) nnd his operations in money transactions ;
at Buffalo and Albany, in buyiug short drafts of
Western drovers on Now York nud Boston, and in
mnkiug temporary loans, havo beon quite exten
sive. lie was, besides, tho principal owner of tho
World’s Safe Comjtany in Troy, to which con
cern ho bus advanced at different times large
amounts.
Tho Bellevue Gazette , (Nebraska Terri
tory,) of August 20th, announce tbo election of
Judge Ferguson as delegate to Congress instead of
Bird Chapifaot fit heretofore beUered.
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Ttnia and other States for contributions giving the ear
rent newt of the da/in their particular localities, the
resources of the surrounding country, the increase of
population, and any information that will be interesting
to the general reader.
GENERAL NEWS.
The Lewislmrg Chronicle gives the follow
ing singular fact: A remarkable eircnimfcance was
related to ns a few days ago by Mr. Henry Hess.
When he left .his Tillage home in romantic Swit
zerland, forty years ago, his father made him a pre
sent of k a-watch, He immediately settled near
he bas since resided, but parted
with the watch'shortly after arriving, and beard,
ami perhaps thought'no more of it. A few months
u f tr “ r ‘So>‘ iu town out of money, offered his
Wfttan to Mr. Hess at d small price. Mr. Hess took
and paid for it. and the late owner went on bi 3
way rejoicing. On examining his watch a few days
»^ r .k M . r * ;°nnd to hia great joy that it
was the identical article xivcn him. trucn a youth
as a partin'*present by his father, and he intends
nowtokecfnt until his own frame is worn out,
and the springs of mortal life run down, never to
bo repaired.
The Mount Holly (N. J.) Mirror, of Sep
tember. 3d, speak -of the flight of the HeY. Mr.
Sutherland from Barlington. under the most pain
fnfcimretimstences, says: ‘ We learn that Suther
land is a Scotchman, a fiDeJoykia{)&ap taina
jolwent prcaehor. He vm'U). here preich'eSii
»tbe Baptist Church in this town, pn Suudaylast,
, the Rev. Mr.,Miller and himself hariEg previously
agreed to exchange pulpits. He left Burlington, ’
it is supposed, on Tbnisday night. Had the father
of the girl found him, he would have no -doubt *
shot him. .Ho : has-, two children.' We heard yea
, terday that he had been arrested, but could trace
the repoyt,to yoprce.”-
I A man named Thomas Jobs, who was last
SeentjTna'fl&hiug.exiniKtfoti, in-company with as- y
other found floating in the river Dela
ware, near the r&Mivad, opposite Bordentown, t>a
Tuesday last. ; Ha bad * aeep.ept in his forehead,
and there was every indication that be had been
foully dealt with'' It is known' that he previously
had monqj in, possession. His. companion is
also among-the missing.* The deceased was near :
Hxty years of age.
. A young woman, Mary Amanda Treat, has
committed suicide in Cleveland. Twoor three years
ft® she was married to a man named Reeves, io
Cuyahoga county. She had been very melancholy
for Bomu time; and bad remarked to one of her fe
male companions, that a white muslin dress she
was making pQuld be her shroud. She left a let
ter, requesting that she might bo interredin the.
gay apparel she had on, white muslin dress, jew
elry, rings and brooch.. .
The'Secretary of : 'W‘ar—the Hon. John.B.
Floyd—left Washing Tuesday afternoon, for
a visit to Western Virginia, wherqin la his home.
During his'absence the functions of his office will
bo discharged by the. Chief Clerk of the Depart
ment, Colonel Drinkard, who has been duly com-'
missioned as acting Secretary of War, to that end.
The Washington Siales says that at the con
clusion of the marriage ceremony of General Wal
bridge, on Tuesday, President Buchanan was
prompt to avail himself of tho privilege of kissing
the bride, when; turning to'-the General, he stfd,
playfully, “You have deserted our ranks! ” “How
could I help it? ,a .thPGeneral promptly responded,
as ho pointed to his bride.
The difference between rising every morning
at six and at eight, in the course - of forty years,'
amounts to forty-nine thousand boors, or three
years, one hundred and twenty-one days and six
teen hoars, which will afford eight hours a day for
exactly ten years, which is tho same as if ten
years were added to a man’s life.
John Jacob "Werner, of Hagerstown, Md.,
who, in 1795), attempted to destroy his whole family
with a tomahawk, killing two of his children,
wounding two others, including his wife, and after
wards cut his own throat, has recently been left a
legacy by a deceased relative, in Germany, amount
ing to SSO,OOO, which his surviving heirs have
olaimed and will doubtleeS obtain.
The charter granted at the last session of
the Maryland Legislature fot the establishment of
tho “ Maryland Agricultural College” seems des
tined iu due season to bo rendered available for
the future benefit of the agriculture of the State.
Tho amount of subscriptions to the stock requisite
under the law before organising is $00,060.
Mr. Brayman, of the Chicago Democrat has
been re-arrested at the instance of the U. S. Dis
trict Attorney last evening, on a charge pf purloin
ing letters deposited in the Post-offica > by tho mail
agent, for tho purpose of detecting the robber of
McNally. He was admitted to bail in the sumof
$5,000.
The Secretary of the Treasury has also affirmed
the decisions of tho collectors of Boston and New
York assessing a dnty of nineteen per cent, on
refined borax;” and affirmed the decision of tho
latter assessing a duty of twenty-four percent, on
“filberts,” and four percent, on “sumac.”
A few days ago several free negroes were
put up at auction in Norfolk county, and sold to
labor for a term sufficient to liquidate their taxes.
Singular to relate, four of them were purchased
by a slave in Portsmouth, who feltquite proud, of
the distinction.
. Tho venerable- and much esteemed Hon.
Joel K. Maun, formerly far many years « repre
sentative from the Montgomery district in Con
gress, died at hia residence in Cheltenham Valley,
Montgomery county, on Friday last, at the good
old ago of 77.
Tho Oswego Times records the death, in
that city, of Mrs. Catherine Yan Rensselaer
Cochrane, daughter of Major General Schuyler,
tbo distinguished revointionaryjutriot. She was
born in Albany, on tho 20th of February, 1781.
Oil appeal, tho Secretary of the Treasury
has decided that the collector of the port of Phila
delphia properly charged a duty of 15 percent,
outho articles of import known aa “chlorate of
potash” and “ sal acetosella.”
Captain George W. Brown, of Baltimore,
expired at his reeidenco in that city on Wednes
day. ' Captain 8., served bis country with dis
tinguished honor in the war with Mexico. _ Hss
funeral tock place yesterday.
Hon. C. J. Faulkner and Hon. Thomas W.
Bocook arrived in Washiugtoncity on Wednesday,
and took lodgings at Btowu’s Hotel. Among the
arrivals at Willards*, were lion Owen Jones and
Hon. W. H. Witte, of Pennsylvania.
According to tho recent census of Massa
chusetts, there were nineteen persons in the State
who were upwards of one hunared years old. Two
of these were residents of Boston, and seven of
Middlesex county.
The ilrnira (N. Y.) Agricultural Fair com
menced Tuesday. Instead of being a modern Agri
cultural Fait, it is one of the old school, the pro
minent features of which are horse racing and
“ Fyttynge ye Tygorre.”
Discharged raoir the Navy Yard.—Up
ward of a hundred men were lately discharged
from the Gosport Navy Yard, on account of the de
crease of work in the blacksmithing. sailmaking,
and common labor departments.
On the night of the 2Cth of August, an un
fortunate affair took placo near Huntsville, Mo.,
during which George W. FalUngton shot John P.
Hudson, who soon after died. Tho murderer gave
himself up.
Mrs. Treat, at Grandville, Michigan, after
enduring the moat brutal treatment from a
drunken husband, ended her troubles by binding
her child to her person, and leaping into Grand
river.
At the late election in Missouri the usual
Beaton vote fell off 19,378, compared with the last
Gorcrnor’a election. It is estimated that of the
Benton vote which was polled, Rollins received
7,053 and Stewart 1,085.
The crops this year, in Kansas, are not so
large as was anticipated. If the fail emigration
should be large, Missouri will have to furnish a
part of breadstuff's for the now country.
Counterfeit fives on the Housatonic Bank,
Mass., Merchants’ Exchange Bank! Bridgeport,
Conn., and Boylestonßank, Boston, aro circulating
in Brooklyn.
The Friendship Fire Company of Baltimore
visit Lancaster on the 11th inst. They are to be
the guests of the American Engine Company.
Tho total valne of taxable property in Cin
cinnati, as assessed for the present year, is
$31,303,397
On Monday next the three Naval Courts of
Inquiry re-as«omblcd after their recess, to dispose
of the remaining forty or fifty c.ises on the dockets.
The first State Convention of the Democracy
of Minnesota will be held at St. Paula, on tho lfith
of the prescut month.
The U, S. steamer Water-Witch, Lieutenant
Lovell, commanding, arrived at Norfolk on Sun
day, from New York.
Hon. Edward Everett will be in Cleveland
about tho 13th of October, to deliver his celebrated
Washington oration. Tho proceeds will go to the
Mount \ ernon fund.
The flues imposed on the lager beer sellers
of Lane ister at the last Court, amount to $375,
which goes into the Common School fund.
Tho Mobile papers contradict the reports
that bare been circulated in certain quarters, that
yellow fever prevailed in that place.
Adamstown, Epbrata and Litiz have already
subscribed $lO,OOO toward the Columbia and Read
ing railroad.
Mr. Johu Wise, the American mronaut is
ndvertDed to make a balloon ascension from Mauch
Chunk, next Friday.
The Constitution (old Ironsides) is in the
drv dock at Portsmouth, unAertroinsc a thorough
overhauling.' 6 *
Origin of Flre».—Saw-Dust on Floors-
Mr. Baker, the fire marshal in New York, his
just made an interesting semi-at.nual report, in
uhioh he wakes some valuable suggestion* as to
the origin of fires; for instance, he says of saw
dust :
Among the causes of fire, though apparently
harmless in itself, nnd therefore not suspected by
persons employing it, is tho uso of saw-dust and
oil, when thrown together in a body, will infallibly
produce cumbostiou. It fa but recently that an oil
warehouse was uear being destroj’ed from the ac
cidental combiuatiou of these substances. The
workmen had used saw-dust to collect and dry
up tho oil spilt on tho flour, and they had de
posited the sweepings thus saturated in a
common barrel, when they left it standing far
sovcral days. On the day prior to fhe fire break
ing out they porceived an unusual smell, like that
of something smouldering. The premises were
carefully examined,'bnt no one thought of explor
ing the contents of the b irrel. To their astonis j
inent, however, next morning the barrel was found
nearly consumed, and tho building itself in flames,
and but for tho promptness and energy of the fire
men the warehouse, which contained a large stock
of oils and tallow, would have been barned to the
ground.
Mr. Baker recommend 3 that common sand only
be used upon floors. Hot air furnaces are the sub
ject of remark, and, while pointing ont their dan
gers and imperfections, he recommends the use of
steam as an improvement. He also discourages
tie idea of tv paid fire brigade on the London plan.