.VVS’il/; . if llff tw; gIiPTEMBEJI i , 1857. the Weekly press. T!io,?oßrib Numborot Tub IYbekly Psess la non ready -for aale at our counter. ’ In the quality and variety (if .its ronteuta It'quipasßaa any, number yet laaoed, andiier!tithe reputattoilt hasAlreadyacqulred of being tiio beat weekly journal publiahed. , it coatatse - - , . ; The third number of the Familiar >.lipe op Pennsylvania—a .. striking original narrative, which la attracting great attention. - ' . i -- ; THE SIX GREY POWDERS, by tie enthor oftho Red Co,uri Perm—An Intenaely IntereaUngatoryl ' POBTRT. - THE MONK 9 0F THE WEY. OUT OF.TOWN. (Original.). /SHE'tOtJOMOTIVE ENGINE. ’ THERIRTH-DAY- (Original) .1 annßT’spoNDßNois. JOTTINGS OP TRAVEL. No. 4: ' (Original ) TUB ENGLISH HOUSE OP LORDS.- LETTER PROM A SOUTHERNER. (Original,)-An aUbbroto eapoaltton of tha View, bold by a-portion or the "South In relation toKansae and the policy of Oor. . Walker,- V- HIGHLY' INTERESTING LETTER PROM - NEW YORK. 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ANSWER iTO A SOUTHERNER. MR,, ORBELRy . AND KANSAS. NEGRO SUFFRAGE IN MINNESOTA. . PROGRESSION.. ; , THE CONESRENOB AT OSBORNE.- THE ; LONdGn TIMES AND'SLAVERT; A DANIEL COME TO JUDGMENT. ' ; ; POREIGN NEWS BY THE VANDERBILT. = THE .GREAT EEVOLT IN INDIA, i ■ . THE PORMATION OP THE FEDERAL CONBTITU ;■ 'Tips.-.''.,•' - _ ;■ • - :•< GOV; TTALKER AND THE KANSAS' QUESTION. -' iRADE.' " 1 •■ ' ■ • :■ DR, GRISWOLD. , DEJ WHITEMAN POI ' IOT ~ ?E,!EDOSf FOi ™* OCR Orbat suooess. ; "" . ’ NEWSPAPER IMPERSONALITT. .1, . THE WEEKLY press f. famlahdd to ouLoeribOM at Per adranca, for/tbo atagla copy, and to; clataof twenty, when wnt to ona addraa*,!®, In M- Single copie*,for talerf ;the cotmierfof Tut' P**aa office,'in wrapper*, ready formailinf. ’ ; m ' P«*°ns leading club* of twenty or ’over, will plehse b9tr in mind that the paper thus ordered cannot -bo directed-td >eieh unless the elub prtoe of *I.M pm annua ia paid, andpaid in mivtmu. Thla ia la accordance with our published rates, and aoroo of our friends bar* otorfooked It. Our hairy ltata compel u* to adhere tothui rule, ,l Tile Fihst Pxos containa jßditOTUls Communications, and General - New*; the Fooetd! Page, another part of the Six Grey Ponders/ . ' ' , ; . TVHAT. WE HOST SEED lit POLITICS. • -' W o have been trading ln polities for threo . quarteraofa century, without ever posting oltr books or'uking account of stock. We have produced almost everything in abundahwybut our “greatest production unquestionably is .-political. Grievances.,',We. have accumulated more of .thatkind of staff, than any.other na tion. _« Our sufferings u intolerable," is the exprossivo language' of another t gonorat|qn. Our, system,.of government ia evidently the most,.onerous and oppressive-in the world. We want, then, above all things,' a careful sur vey of our asseta, and a wiso discrimination and verdict concerning.their values; we; want to know what to keep and what' to cast aside; what to count upon as reliable, and what to charge to proflt and loss. We want to know who.to. trust and who distrust.. ~., ~. ; ' We liavo had, for years or more, a o'f prophets, who havo foretold nothing "hut evils to result from the measures, particu larly the measures of'the>'Democratic-'party.' .. ’ .Tliaf party ■ has, meanwhile, continued to im- JprtiM lit* principle*upon t*tq Icgi?lijiidii of : tho country—in truth, it has, for all practical pur 'i 1 posey. been 'the' - Government of the United 'V: That It has been altogether "^perfect, ■... we will not assort.. The whole systemtvas new to ns and to the world; and Its operation -was '• expected to eliminate' errors of detail—and ' ..that,; we submit,has been the head and'J robt of : ,our oSinding. i We opposed the Bank of the United States. That institution was belli wed, by '- the gifeat masses'of our commercial anil manu , facturing interests, to bo a necessary Medium of locai.and foreign exchange, and an .equally ' - necessary financial agent of-the federal'. Trea sury. ’lt is easy to see that the persorss thns holioving must havo regardod tho war we .made upon the bank, as operating directly to depress - and doatroy, at least, two vital Interests «f the American people. They believed, we {repeat, < that the bank was necessary to the operation . of . the Government, and to certain^ : great . . branches of industry. Tho destruction of J T that institution was, then, tho' sare ihflltUion of . aniortai wound npon the country—the entail <; ment of untold political, social, and material grievances, which nothing but a miracle could avert. " ' ""; 1 • , ' But. tho ifiost frightful of all the evjils, as distinctly foretold hy tho prophets, Was to grow ’.: opt of .the miscalled free-trade Tariff of 1848, . .. and its,associate revenue moashres, the lode • . pendent Treasury, land tho TVarehonso- bill, These acts, it will bo-remembered, folfowed the Tariff oflB2B, tho compromise oflBB2, anti, 1 again, the protection scheme of 1841, which ... represent the ups a*d downs of oar revenue. ay s - , tem and onr manfacturing industry. Ami nigst the overwhelming grievances which weito to succeed the' measures of 1848, was the | cor tain reduction of the revenue to seventeen . millions of dollars, tiyo suspension of tho b auks, nniversil failures of ulhmercantiio'and nianu -1 factoring establishments, and • tho utter dls. • credit of the Federal funds, and tho reduction of-their horrent value to sixty conts ort tho dollar. It will ho remembered that 1848 was. an exceedingly unfortunate, year In the.' esti mation ot the prophets. Grievances ac cumu lated on every hand. Toxas waa amoexed, ■ and that act was the aign of thepredomSnaneo of the oblcto power,” which waa put upon •; • "stilts; ready to OoiiqUqr the whole Northwest, V ''. ■ and-If we can lioltevo Mr, Sewaeh, nt, Colura ‘ hiia; th absorb the Ganadas themseWes. .Tho an : . , , neiation of Texas was a torriblo grievance, but tho slmple addition of that country amounted }::• . /; c ' Texas was to boa species of;ren -r: i. - "dbaviohjs—a recruiting staHoa-rr* hotted. nur .; - ,f: ;i: aery for slavery—which was to arm itself and; marcli'qut to' make/.‘an easy conquest of the << rest of mankind,’! -Now, Texas was a slave /' ‘u: Statbj imd its annexation'was no extension of slavery In itself. ;- If added - .nothing to slavery ■ ‘ tynrWithXexlco followed,. add California was v ado|*r»(Vas Oregon wia brought into > ani la .to come jn—another , ftlf Sta W-y {Minnesota la knocking, for odtnls i * •> f ' i 'another, iand *•; * liibd & fight witixOreigbTtV , ?" d! * ho ' ; counlry ;vwas . made vocal wlth shout* of - -trluinnh i the Proviso had interdicted slavery . . in Oregon, and probably blocked Its extension ;j. to; the north pole in; that direction. The im' lifM>tidjwt of Hudson’* i'-'U -y -7 -.it Bay! It was solemnly detentiilned ■AHjht thfr Tight boot should he tvorn tipon the right foot, *nd the loft boot upon'the leftfoo|! Thepror phets triumphed—uud it was tlio triumph of freedom 1 A world of grievances was averted. The immediate author of all this good—this imrnaculato gouoralship, is now a candidate for Governor of. Pennsylvania. . The wofld* is not made up' of grout events. Triacs,,.hayo to bo. .admittei} into the system, and. perform their parts. So, amongst tho noticeable details’ of grievances which com mand attention, tho Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 must not be overlooked. It created a terrible storm all over the North. It was, to be sure, only a pledge that the Con stitution should bo enforced—it was only the fulfilment of a contract which wo had entered into, involving mutual covenants, and assuring mutual, benefits, which wo had, and continue to realize. That was nothing—it was a " covenant with hell,” and such obligations rest lightly upon conscientious souls. ' The. Fugitive Law just at this point became excessively obnoxious to tho clergy—our spi ritual advisers who thought it no sin to extend their good offices and become our politfcal ad visers, and they wore quito eonfirmed in tho necessity of this enlargement, by the repeal of the Missouri Compromise. It must bo con fessed that the annexation of tho clergy to the groat party opposed to the Democracy, was a happy thought. They prove themselves the boldest iof all the political prophets. They de nounce, with a vim, worthy of the best haters. They are good commissaries .and riflemen— great captains, whore there is any fighting to be done. In the way of grievances, they are clearly more expert in their manufacture than Mr. Greeley himself, who has devoted all his life to tho business. Now, is it not exceedingly important thatwo should look a little more into the credentials of our political prophets 1 At least, we ought to examino the record and find what has been ful filled, and what has fhiled. Seers are multiply ing so'fast, and followers aro becoming so nu merous, it is certainly our duty to look into the matter. The believers, many of them at leastj.at each announcement of another dis. pehsationpdoublo themselves up in the agony of choleric crapipß and collapses. Something must be dono.. We must have an inventory of our politicians, at least. } FRATERNAL FEELING FOR THE SOUTH. We have never yet met a Northern man, save in those exceptional cases where patriot ism has fled before an imbruted prejudice, whoso heart) despite all party feeling, did not kindlo with enthusiasm as he spoke of the good deeds of the South. There is a groat doal -in such an understructurc os this., It is a rocky basis upon which to bnild'a permanent frater nity between the two sections. And there is not' one extrome man—no, not Hr. Keitt him self, often as ho is carried away by bis own tem pestuous rhetoric—who does not And that his; surest source of inspiration, ovon before his own people, is to be found in tho sentiment that venerates an uhdivided Union. Tho ad vocate of Secession does hot trust himself with that dangerous doctrine. Ho handles it as a man would a bombshell, with tho fatal fuse burning to it..: If he squares himself up to it, it is like tho desperation that summons courage to leap from a precipice. Ho appoals to it as a last resort only; and, though Becking to con vinco bimsolf that it is a righteous alternative, bis very hearing proves that ho fears it may bo the end *f him. ' Long, long may it be so! There is a vast amount of morlt, friend of tho free States, in the complaints of the South. And precisely as the extremists of that South unconsciously and constantly certify to the utility and sanctity of the Union, so do Northern men—even tho maddest of the madmon who howl curses upon the la- d of Washington, from Boston and the Western Reserve—con fess to the fact that there is a large aggregate of rpaaon and of right in tho complaints of tho South. Place yonrsclf in tho situation of tho' Southern man, oh, casuist of Vermont or of Ohio! Feel that you are daily and hourly, traduced by men who have no right to inter fere in your matters, who are thomselves quiet and happy at home; who have no population at their doots that may be excited, in an instant, to bloodshed and rapine; who are. surrounded with comforts, and who, like Jafller in tho play, knonr “ Tha luscious sirdets of plonty; every night Have slept with soft content about tuolrnoads, And never waked but to a joyful morning.” Feel all this, and then try to bo patient; and failing in that, you. can make some allow ances for the men of tho South, who aro com pelled to stand under the Are of the fanatics, delivered at a long distance, with safety at one end for themselves, and death at tho other to tho South. This self-oxauilnation will bring with it Charily for others, and Fraternity for those who are our brothers and our friends. Well did Mr. Caruthebs, an Old-line Whig of Missouri, declare, in his floe speech In Con gress two years ago j “Let fanatics rail as they may; let discord rage, and the waves of disunion be dashed against the bniwarks of the Constitution, there is beneath all this strife a calm ocean of lave for thu Union that cannot bt ditlurbtd, and that will never die.’’ The fact that tho British Government, in addition to Sir Conn Campbell, as Comman der-In-Chief, has also despatched General Wyhdhah to India, - shows what importance they attach to the recovery of their power in that country, Wyndiiah is well known as the “lifero of the Redan”. In the Crimean cam paign, and has earned a high reputation a 9 a man of judgment aa well aa bravery. Ho has the advantage of youth, also; and every cir cumstance connected with him declares that ho is « the right man in tho right place.” iforo especially is thore occasion - for such mon in India, daring tho present crisis, seeing that General Baesaed and Sir Jlhnky Lawrence aro both reported' dead—tho first from illness, and the other from tho effects of a gunshot wound received in battle. . Good generals, however, are of very little nse without good soldiers. Tho want of these is tho great weakness of England in India. Tho British Government has been culpably negligent on this point. Thoy never havo had any thing liko uninter rupted submission in India. There hare been . repeated mutinies during the last seventy years, which the. British hove succeeded in quelling—always by severe methods. The late Sir Hehby Lawiibnoe was justly con demned by all who bestowed serious thought upon tho subject, for the barbarous cruelty with which ho endeavored to strike terror into tho minds ot tho Sopoyß, by attaching scores of tho milliners to the mouths of loaded caunop, and blowing them up into pieces. Barh&rous and inhuman ns this was, there were several precedents for it, and, indeed, it has boon rather a favoritemetbod With the Anglo- Indian authorities for striking terror into the minds of the natives. Nothing less than a standing army of at least 100,000 Europeans can keep Ilindostan in any kind of submission. lVhcn tho full re inforcements arrive, including those lately employed on the attacks against Persia and China, tho wliolo British force in India will scarcely amount to 40,000 men. Nor can this largo of large number bo spared without difficulty. Four .regiments aro to bo with drawn from British North America, about as. many more from' Ireland, and a larger number yet from England.. This is all well enough, if things continue quiet and comfort blo in Great Britain, Ireland, and the Canadas. Bht there may be distress in tho .manufactur ing districts of England, from low wages or short work, —or a brotwo In Canada,—or a blow-up in Ireland from failure of the potato crop. In such .circumstances, military aid would bo required, and there aro not enough soldiers in England to supply it. By some strange fatuity, Parliament separates without calling out tho wholo militia force of the coun try, which would immediately make an efficient force 1 .of 100,000 soldiers. • Lord Palmerston trurts a groat deal to good luck,—ho is a politi cal Micawhor, with wondrous faith in tbq Chapter of accidents, and Confidingly waiting « for something to turn up.” Although 40,000 British soldiers are , not half enough to retain India for tho future, they may suffice, under able generalship, to regain It for tho present. Compared with the insur gent force,, tbcy jiro comparatively more pow erful than twenty times' the’ numerical force opposed; to them. DlsclpUno is.a stronger p o w«r than that of multitude. That, the Bri tish'Will 1 reiconqner India,, we'have no doubt, ■ In"fact; theymuit' do'it,;at anyfeacrlHco. If England actually expended 70,000 of her best soldiers, and £100,000,000 in attempting to support Turkey against Russia, (it is doubt yful whether the attempt was not a failure/) and THE LAST INDIAN QUESTION. : THE PRESS.— FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1857. | ttiS ■- ■ * would have Bpent double'that amount of blood and treasure if ne&ssary, is it lively.that she will begrudge the necessary moans of , winning back for horsetf that vast Indian Umpire which is the richest portion ol’ her integral prosperity t No, England will strain every point;and must. If she fail; if that mighty Empire in tho East — the growth of only a century of “ annexation”— bo allowed to slip out of her hands, tho British may tremble for the future. The loss of India would bo not the loss of a vast and wealthy territory, but the loss of place among the great nations of the world. India liberated, England sinks into a flftli-rato power. Tlioy know this, and even Mr. John Bright, who was lately elected mombor for Birmingham, and is a leading member of the Peace Society, declared, in his address to hia constituents, that, though, opposed to war, ho thought tha exigpneies of tho occasion not only sanctioned, but demanded tho adoption' of prompt • end energetic measures to recover British sway in India—adding his hope that, when re covered, immediate steps would bo taken to mitigato and remove the causes (namely: op pression and bad government) which had led to ' the rovolt of the Sepoy troops. Wo believo that England will regain India, hut wo know that if that country is to bo retained, a new system must - coiumcnco, the first step being the abolition of the East India Company. CORRESPONDENCE. FROM WASHINGTON. [■Correspondence of The Press.] Washington, Sept- 3,1807. The next Congress will bo very interesting. Cnough is known to induce the hope that it will be a business and a working rather than a political Congress, The question of the “ succession” may bo introduced, and there are any number of Rich monds in the field, whoso friends aro already or ganizing ; hut I surmlso thoy will want to see tho moving of the waters before making any public de monstration. Haste in selecting candidates for tho Presidency, as in most other things, “ is apt to burn thesoup,” and a burntohild dreads tho fire. Parties, at least opposition, parties, are. not yet oryetalizcd into form, and issues that are,dead, aro sooreoly re moved from tho path of progress. Tho managers must wait and see. Mattcson, the Now York membor of Congress, who was expelled for corruption last year, and has been re-elooted to tho now National Legislature, will, it is said, claim his seat. Ho is a bold this same Mattcson, and was largely mixed up in more than one odorous transaction In the last two sessions. The parties who co-operated with him are anxious to screen him, but I think ho will go. It is now assertod that Lawrence H. Koitt will movo his second expulsion. 1 The contest for tho printing of Congress will be animated, ospooially as, it seems to be understood that there is to be no recognized organ of tho Ad ministration in tho fight. This foot keeps members of Congress cautious and uncommitted. Your correspondent, X. Y., is the most active of all tho 6oribcs hero. Ho is generally ahead ovon of tho Associated Press. His letters command groat admiration. Ho is worthy ofyqur glorious entorpriso. The Riohmond Whig assorts that Govornor Wise has the “inaido track 3) for Senator from Virginia. Hon, Senator Rayard will introduce his bill, and press it with groat energy, for the re-organization of a national printing office. Some Important reforms in the land system will be introduced, and I hope carried. Tho purchase of Mount Vernon, by tho ladies and Mr. Everett, is on the eve of consummation. The whole executive part of the business, at least the large sum raised by his lootures, whioh is tho bulk of tho fund, Is managed by Mr. Everett himself. The question of nogro suffrago is tho worst in vestment yet mado by tho Republican loaders. It is like tho elephant presented by tho Sultan to his friend. They daro not part with it, and if they hold on it will oonsume their whole stock in trade, and loavo thorn no provender for the future. General Houston’s defeat in Toxoa has boon most ruinous..' TherO is a divinity that shapes our ends;” for if Houston had not become an <( Ame rican,” he would have boon very formidable for Presidout last year. Ho has about played out his wonderful game of life. Tho French spoliations will be beforo the next Congress. I sco the indications of lt will never do to give it up so. Tho groat Agricultural Exhibition at Louisville is an awful dlspoilor of disunion. It is a sort of meeting of, the waters. Ohio, Indiana, Missouri, Keutuoky, lowa, Tennessee, North Caro lina, Virginia, Pennsylvania, are all mixed up to getbor, and thelrdlfforeufccitizens find themselves s 6 much alike in sentiments and prejudices, that thoy will go back in better humor witheAch other than over before. Kentucky is tho greatest horse market in tho Southwest, and you may oxpeot brilliant accounts from tho fair. About tho President's reply to tho very silly let ter of a very silly man: It U a great letter, and will do raoro to strongthon Mr. Buohonan with the masses than anything yet issued. It is his own, from first to last. It meats the only remaining plausible argument of tho Abolitionists. It ex hausts the sukjeot. I heard a loading oxtremo man from tho South say to-day, after reading it, that it would do more ,> tho slave-holding States than anything yet issued. I cannot forboar saying that great credit is dno to the President for his rigid impartiality in sanding this correspondence off by' tolograph, so that no favoritism was shown to any interest. Even tho ovoning pnpors lioro did not got it in advance.- Poor Mexico! Rovolt and schism nro again brooding in, and brooding over hor tomplcs. The fate of the land of the Incas is indeed a sad one. “ One insurrection sucooeds another, so fast they follow.” How muoh bettor had we taken this hapless land under our protecting wing during the Mexican War! You know lam not au admirer of General William Walker. lam not, in any sense, a filibuster, as that word is misunderstood and mis* applied; but on the highest ground of Christianity and civilisation,'l could not object if Moxlco were to seek relief from the troubles that besot ,hor, by inviting into ber BepubHo that bravo reforming spirit which rescued and reformed Texas. Spain, too,“and ber difficulty with Mexico, only helps to ripen tho Cuban pear. She weakens her decaying power, and still further weakens Mexico. But meanwhile Cuba grows more indepondont. The open and flagrant resort to tho slave-trade on tho part of .the slave-holders of Cuba, and tho guilty connivance of the authorities of Spain in that island, show to tho wftrld that the only way to break up that traffio, is to lot tho free spirit of tho people havo its way. Spain wants monoy, too; and there is no doubt a sentiment in this country that would endowo the payment of a good round sum, if she would relax her hold upon the 11 gem of tho Antilles.’ 1 England has her two hands full of India and of China France has hers occupied; and tho Empress Eugenio will not, I hope, object to see doar Cooba” pass under the flag of tho stars, if it is inovUs&lc. Bettor for all hands that It should bo so. While tho great powers of tho Old World aroseoking to divide among themselves the land of Constantino on tho one hand, and of Confucius on tho othor while ono seeks to conquer in tho East, and the other in tho North~-wkilo England olutchos India as a miser does his bag of gold that always stands him in stead, and France so cks to fulfil tho droarns of the groat Napoleon, by oxtondiug hor frontiors in all directions, why should not the principle of Constitutional Liberty deliver this continent from tho little despots that turn Its fair fields into bloody arenas for fraternal strife? ( Solitaire. AMUSEMENTS. Academy or Muaic.—Tho preparations which bare boon making here, for some time, for the per. formancos of tho oolobrated ballet troupe from Ku rope, are atlongth all but complotcd. It is a faot, not generally known to outsiders, that whotbor tho timo for preparation bo two weeks, two mouths, or two years, a theatre is never fitted upoomplote ly—-until ono second and a half boforo tbc curtain risosontho first bight of performance. And so with tho Academy, which is all but roady. Messrs . Smith and Holster, excellent artists both, havo paintod a great deal of now scenery, in addition to tho stock scenery, all of which is now. Tho wardrobe has been replenished, under tho active -surveillance of Mr. Watson and Mrs. Vouhe. Several hundreds of now and superb dresses bayo boon made, from drawings brought from Kuropo by Siguor Corgha, tho mana ger of tho ballet troupe. The first performance of tho company will bo “ Faust,’’—tho character of tho hero by Siguor Honzani, irom Turin,' viaitye de bullet in tho Italian opern-bouso, (Her Ma jesty’* Thoatro,) London. His rendering ottbis oh&ractor, whioh two great English aud Gorman poets, MarlowO and Gootho, have severally intro duced into tho drama, is eaid to be a most sur prising performance—tho very pootry and passion of pantomimio action. The libretto or this sort of nondescript drama is vory copiouuandintorosting, and has boon translated by Miss 0» Itiohinga, the eminent and brilliant vocalist. The wholo troupe arrived yesterday by tho Asia, and wilt first and immediately appear in Philadelphia. Their per formances will creato, what Sir Charles Coldstream wished for—a sensation. Bchtox’b National Theatre.—Last night, fn “Tho Serious Family,” and “WanUl One Thou sand MUHihW’ Mr. Burton gavo a touch of his quality aa Aminddab Sleek and Madame Vunder pant. Ho is without an oqual in thoso parts, and boa the advantage of supported by an exoollent stock company. Tko friends of "Sol Bm|th" will bo glad to hall,' in his Sop Mark, ono of the most rising porformora'.dr tho day —able, artistieal, and always reliable. Mr. Smith plays through next week, and will bo followed by Mr. Edwin Booth, who will bo suc ceeded by Mr. Murdock, crowned with the laurels worthily won in Europe. MissOusbman will also appear here, later in the season. Tbi? evening “ The Rivals” will be played. It is very strongly OJISt. Arch Street Thbatud.—A pressure of business, lust night, prevented our haviug tho gratification of witnessing tho performance of‘‘Tho liunohbaok,” tho parts of Julia and Helen by those two accom plishod porformcra, Mrs. Bowors and Mrs. Dav enport—an exchinge of parts, in truth, constitu ting ono bf tho pleasant curiosities of acting, and showing tho versatility of thoao ladies. Mr. Wheat ley sustained tho pait of Sir Thomas Clifford. Wo understand that the houso was very crowdod. “Jano Shore” (that most lachrymose of tragedies) will bo played this evening, with Mrs. Davenport and Mrs. Bowers as Jane Shore and Alicia, For tunately, as a relief to five acts of saduess, “The Toodles” will conclude tho evening. The Walnut Street Theatre opons on Sat urday evening, then commencing tho regular fall season with “ AllthatGlltter3 is not Gold,” and “Bob Nettles.” The house has boon wholly re painted. Mr and Mrs. Vcztn, who are engaged for awook, and will appear on Monday in “Tho Wifo,” have boen sovoral years in England, and were lately members of tho Princess’s Thoatro, in London, undor .Charles Kean's management. Tragedy and high coaiody aro thoir particular line. Mr. Vczin, we understand, is a member of a highly rospectablo family in this city. A good stock company has boen ongaged, and Mr. John Softon is the Stage-Manager. Madame Ponisi, Mr. and Mrs. John Sloan, Mrs. John Soften, and Miss Adole Hosmor, tho singer, are among the engage ments. THE LATEST NEWS liY TELEGRAPH. PROM WASHINGTON [SPECIAL nr.BPATOU FOR >TUB PRESS.j The President's Reply to Protestor Silllman— It 1* Well Recelved-Ccl. A. S. Johnston to Command the Utah Expedition— and Appointment—The Naval Court of Inquiry— The New Sloop-of-War—The Treasury. IVABUINOTON, September 3.—1 cannot describe the senKation created here by the publication, this morning, of Mr. Buchanan’s reply to the memorial of Silliman and certain Doctors of Dlvlulty, “ Electors of theStateof Connecticut.” Itßounda tho doath-knell of Southern extremists. Southern geutlemen aro loud In prnUeof the stralght-fonvard and honest course of tho President. If this lottor were published a month ago, say thoy, there would not have been any opposition in tho South ; now It clioors and invigorates tho Na tional Democracy, and Is that on which it goes Into tho canvass in tbo*Statos still to elect tnombors of Congress, with an assured and brilliant success. Tho following general order has just been issued at tho War Department: “OSNKRAL OBDBRS—NO. 12. War Department. Adjutaut-Genoml’* Office,) Washington, August 29,1867.' j “ It being deemed inadvisable to detach Brevet Brig* adier General llaenet from service in Kansas, Colonel A. 8. JonsaTON, Socond Cavalry, is assigned to the command of the Utah expedition, and will proceed to join tho same without delay. “As Colonel Somskii, First Cavalry, may be dally cxpocted with Uls column of horse aud foot, llrlg. Qeu. llarnbt will, in anticipation, detach six companies of the 2d Dragoons to escort tho civil officers of Utah on their mission, and romain attached to the command of Coiouol JoussTON. Tho companies so detached will, if possible, be carried to at least sixty privates each, by transfers from tho fomaining companies. “ Tho staff departments will Rupply all the wants of those Dragoons as woll as tho wants of other detach ments of tho Utah expedition that may be remaining behind. “ Broret Major Portbr, Asaistaut Adjutant Genera], will promptly report himsoif for duty to Colonel JoUN sto.n before the latter shall puss Fort Leavenworth. “ By order of the Secretary of War, “ S. Coofkr, AdjutantGencral.” It. J. Dblont, of California, was to-day appointed to a first-class clerkship ($1,200} in the Treasury Depart ment, lu place of Jos. T. W. Durand, of the District of Columbia, removed. Naval Court of Inquiry No. i) will not org&ulZo, as expected, in consequence of the absence from tho city of Commodore Stki.vgham, one efita mem bers, It will meet On Friday, Sept. 4th. The Naval Board on tho new sloop-of-war has or ganized, opened the proposals, and gone regularly to work. It cannot bo filed when a decision will bo ren dered. Most of the members of the Board, I learn, have previously prepared themselves for rapid progfws in their investigation. The amount of receipts into the Treasury during the mouth of August, Was $1,740,604 60; drafts paid, $2,02,;310.60; drafts issued, $1,344,666.63. Tho amount' subject to drafton the Ist Inst., was $19,983,121.46. The Right of Expatriation by an American Cllizon—The Exploration of Colorado River* Washington, Sep. 3,1667. Count Moutzelan, having transmitted to tho State De partment, through Mr. Yroom, our Minlater.at Berlin, a note asking an explanation of tho opinion given by Attorney General Cushing, In October last, on the right of an Atnorican citizen to expatriate himsety, Attc*f9iey General Black says: The specified case is that of Julius Amthor, anative of Bavaria, who came to this'country, und, after being naturalized, returned to Ills effort to recover his status, seoras to be impeded by a doubt which the authorities entertain on tho question, whether he can throw off hia allegiance to tho United States ; and if so, in what maimer it can be done. Mr. Black says there Is no statute of the United States which prevents either a native or naturalized eltlzeu from seiorJug his political connection with the Oorern mont, If ho sees proper to do so, in time of peace, and for a purpose not directly injurious to tho Interests of the country. Tho fact of renunciation is to be esta blished, like other facts for which there is no prescribed form of proof, by any cvldonco which will convlnco the judgment. An oath of abjuration, m & test of bis sin cerity, or as a necessary part of his title to tho future protection of tho Bavarian Government, may be de manded. Whatever satisfies them ought to satisfy us, sinco, in all similar cases, wo prescribe our own rules for the admission of Bavarian subjects as citizens of tho United States. The following porsona have received appointments in the scientific party attached to the cxpedltfouiundor the command of Lieut. Ives, for tho exploration l of tho Colorado river, viz.: Dr. J. S. Newberry, of Ohio, Physician and Gcblogist; 11. B. Molhauseu, of Prussia, Naturalist; F< )Y. Egloft steiu, of tho District of Columbia, Artist and Topo graphor; Paul H. Taylor, of Richmond, and Charles Booker, of Hampton, Virginia, Assistant Surveyors. Professor Molhauseu is a pupil of Baron Humboldt, and was appointed to tho expedition at tho earnest so licitation, transmitted to tho Secretary of War, through tho Prussian Minister, of tho distinguished savan who has done so much himself, ia former days, toward tbf) development of the Natural History of our Contlnout. Lioutcnant Ives, with a portion of the commAnd,wUl leavoforSan Francisco in the Bteamcr of tho 6th inst., and proceed at once to the Gulf of California, to com mence operations. Tho Southern Mall. WAsniNOTOH, Sept. 3.—By the Southern muil, papers from all points, as late as duo, have been received. Tho continued rains lu Louisiana havo caused serious injury to the cotton crop. Complaints aro also general of Irregularities of tho mails throughout the South. Tho Oh&rlostou CourtVr announces the receipt of two bales of tho now crop of cotton. They wero of middling quality, and sold at 17c. for shipment to New York. Arrl val of the Asia. Nbw York, Sept. 3.—Tho Cunard steamship Asia ar rived early this morning. Uor dates are W tho 22d ult., the samo aa tho Vanderbilt. Among the passen sengers aro Max M&rotzok and the famous Romani troupe of ballet dancers, twcntj--tbroo in number, en gaged by Manager Marshall for the Philadelphia Acade my of Music, where they will commence about tho Uth instant. Arrival of the Cahawba* , Ntsw York, Sept. S.—The steamer Cahawba, from Now Orleans on tho 27tb, and Ilavaua on tho 20tb, arrived here this morning. From Montevideo, fi. A.— Muriuo Intelligences Baltimore, September 3 —The brig Balthuore, 'from Montevideo, July 7th, has arrived at this port. Bho fur nishes tho following shipping intelligence :-<Bhe left the barques Bilou MorrUou, auil Lewis, fromNcw York, loading lor Manto. The Savage,” for Buenos Ayres, in three days; the “Eliza,” from Now York; and tho Lovot, Peacock, and M&nkln, from New York, loadiug. On August 21th, in let. 30 N.loug 74, passed ship Manchester, from Ntw York, steering South} also, schr. Priscilla, from Araceibo, I*. H. On tho 2&ih ult., t>B Cpao nnltoras, spoko barquo 11. A. Btcvenaon, from New Yoik for Mobile. Sho wished to bo reported. The National Telegraph Company. lUnnißUUiio, Sept. 3.—Tho National Telegraph Company havo ordered their line* open for -public husL nciis hereafter, on Sundays, from to OJj o’clock, A. M., and from 8 to 9 o’clock, I*. M. Destructive Fire nt Fall River, Mass. Pall Riven, Sept, 3.—A portion of tho “ Vocaasot” block of buildings, nt this place, owned by Mayor Bor den, waa destroyed by lire to-day. Tho loss is estima ted at $lO,OOO. A man was killed by tbo falling of the nail. The United States Agricultural Exhibition- Fourth Days Louisvxllk, September 3 —The Amphitheatre uas crowded to-day. A trial of horses was had on tlio Arona. Tho majority of premiums for saddle, carriage, and matched horses, wero awarded during the day. Tho premiums to mowers and reapers, tho same ns were ex hibited at Byracaso last July, will be awarded to morrow. Vico President Breckinridge aud many distinguished straugers wero present nt the Exhibition to-dny. Tho wenlbcr won delightful, nnd lliorewnss larger nurnbor of visiter* thnu ever. A contribution of agricultural machines lias just been added to tho display. Markets. Baltimore, September 3.—Flour—Sales of Howard street, at $0; Ohio $5.87)* ; City $5 75ff$5 87#. Thero Is n largo supply of Wheat in the markot. and prices nro 10c. lower. Sales of Red nt 125a131; White at 130ff1140. Corn dull, At 79c. for IVhlto, and 70rt80c. for Yellow. ‘Whiskey 2o^fir2oXc. Naw Orleans, September 2 —Cotton—Sales to-day 47 bales 5 recolpt* 140 bales. Mixed Corn quoted nt 80c. Mess Pork is buoyant, and bolder* demand an Advance to $26 per barrol. Lard In barrels quotes At 17c. New Oni.KANH, Bept. 3.—Cotton—No sales to-day 5 receipts 310 bates. Mess Pork continues buoyant, and holders demand an advance of prices to $27 bbl. Bxchango on Loudon 9# qp ct., aud on New York 5 V ct. premium. Repained. —During tho summer recess, tho Warner .Grammor Schools, formerly looated In Robertson street near Poplar, wore romovod to tho John Qulnoy Adams sohool-houso, Garden street below Buttonwood, < Th& building hasbeon ontiroly repaired, and tho general arrangement much im proved, rendering it ono of tho most convenient and plensant houses in tho city. These sohools have been deservedly popular, even under the disadvantage of loeation. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. [Received bv the “Vanderbilt.”] ENGLAND. In tho Houso of Commons on tho 21st, Lord Pal merston, in reply to Mr. Williams, eaid no appli cation had boen mado by tho Frenoh Government for tho expulsion of pulitioul rofugoos from this country; and that, if such nn application had been rmdu, hor Majesty’s Government had no powers whioh would enable.thorn to aoeodo to it. On the sumo evening, Sir (4, Pecholl inquired of tho First Lords of tho Admiralty whether any ad ditional vessels, including gun-boats, had boonsont to tho Wost India station for sorvico on tho coast ■of Cuba. Sir 0. Wood was understood to say that as soon as Parliament had voted tho ncccßSury num berof men ho had ordered four gun-boats to bo pot ready for sorvlco oU tho coast of Cuba, and that two of those vessels would bo ready for sea in a fow days. Tho European Times of the 22dsays: “Mr Charles Mathows appeared here last night previ ous to his visit to tho United States, for which ho sails this morning m the Asia. He was greeted at parting by the pre3onoo and sympathy of a largo number of friends, and his return in good health will bo welcomed by his admirers, of whom he has a host in evory town in tho United King dom. Mr. Charles Mathows is not unknown in America, although more than twenty years hnvo Easscd siuoo ho Was last there. Circumstnnces avc wonderfully changod sinco that time, and wo oanuofc doubt that the American public will bo glad, undor moro favorablo auspices, to renew au aoquaiutanco with an uotor who is at tho very houd of his own poculiar lino in this country. Miss Cushman, who, like Mr. Charles Mathows, is about to proceed to America, commences an en gagement of throe nightß iu Livorpool on Monday. Sho sails this day week, in tho Europa, for (he United States.” * * IRELAND. As a gratifying instanoo of tho progress ol Irish tranquillity,, it may bo mentioned that tho county inspector for the North Riding of Tipperary has just received orders from Dublin Castlo for the re* dnotion.of the constabulary force of that ouco law lcssdistrict by 240 men. FRANCE. Tibaldl, Grillt, and Bartolotti, have not appealed to the Court of Cassation, and tho time aflowod them for appealing has now expired. ' - Tho Pays rovives its report from London that English troops are to be permitted to cross tho Isthmus of Suez. Two French vessels of war aro ordered to Tunis. Prinoe Napoleon is to go to thb Sardinian frontier to compliment King Viotor Emmanuel on the ocoa sion of tho junotion of tho French and Piedmontoae lines of railway, at whioh Hia Majesty will bo present. It is said that tho Prince will afterwards make a tour in Italy. Gcnoral d’Orgoni has arrived at Marseilles from Paris, and is about to ornbark for Cairo. I regard this, says the Daily News correspondent, aB a highly important piece of nows. I have not tho least doubt that this. Frenchman (whose roal name is Girodon, d’Orgoni being nn anagram) will bo found at tho hood of tho insurgents of Delhi beforo November. It was ho wboatirrod up tho last Bur mese war, and ho openly boasts that no has devoted his lifo to tho destruction of British power in India. The affair of tho groat robbery of tho Northern Railway will come boforo tho Assize Court of tho Soino on tho 26th Instant, and is expected to oc oupy five days. The prisoners havo just boen pri vately interrogated by M. President Roussigno. M. Lach&ud will dofend Carpontier, Grollet and Guerin. M. E. Bufauro isoounsol for Parot. The oompany, as panic civile, is represented by M. Cliaix d’Estango. Tho Budget of tho Frenoh Ministor of War for next year ia fixed at £1,3,869,184 sterling, being a slight incroaßO on tho last Budget. Tho effective force of tho army will bo 392,400 won, and 83,500 horses. RUSSIA. “Tho Russian Government,” says a St. Potora* burg letter in the Augehursr Gazette, “has just given orders in Franoo and England for screws for nino linc-of-battlo ships, four frigates, two cor vettes, two galliots, ana four transports.” The Marquis do Moustior refused tho Embassy to St. Petersburg on tbo ground of tho delicate state of his health. It is understood that tho King of Prussia was very unwilling he should ioavoßor lin, and oxpfcsiod his wish that ho should remain. M. do Moustior has loft Paris, where ho has bcon on loavo of absence, for tho department of tho Doubs, and will afterwards return to his formor post. PRUSSIA, Tho German press is just at present greatly oc cupied withlTis Prussian Majesty, who, in dofiauoo of the Kreutz-Zeitwiger party, has publicly ex pressed Ms hopo. that the members of tho Evan foil cal Union will assomblo in groat numbers at oriin. Tho of tho Evangelical Union or Alliance is to bring about a fusion of tho various Protestant eeols. THE PRINCIPALITIES. At Jassy, the nows of tho dooision about tho oleotions oauecd immonSo excitomcnt. A number of doputlos gave in thoir resignation, in ordor not to itupfide the new monsnres. Many of them wore anti-unionists. Up to the 18th, tho flow Turkish ministry had not been formed. Tho elections for Wallachia aro to take place nt tlw beginning of September. Princo Uhika bas, it is said, mado known how to m&intnin in tho country, confident to his government, both tho rights of tho soveroign powor and tho froo mani festation of tho washes or tho poopto. The Sieele has an arttoloon tho elections in the in wbiob, it is said, regard is to bo paid to tbo wishos of ttio Moldo-Wallachians, as far as thoy can bo ascertained, but tho Paris Con ference is not to bo bound by thom, sinco it must also consider and provide for tho interests of Eu ropo. MONTEVIDEO. On the reiterated demand of Franco and Eng land, tho Governmont of Uruguay has just autho rized tho nomination of a mixed commission to ar range tho claims of tho subjects of two nations. SUB-ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH. The New York hvangrttst pnblishes tho follow ing from Mr. Cyrus IV. Field: H. M. Steamer Leopold, Thursday, Aug. 13,1857. The successful laying down of the Atlantic Tolo* ,jraj)b Cablo is put off for n short timo, but its final riumph baa boon fully proved, by the experience that we littvo had since wo left Valencia. My con fidence was novor so strong ns at tho present time and 1 fool suro that, with God’s blessing, wo shall connect Europo and Aznorica with tho electric cord. < After having successfully laid—and part of the timo whllo a heavy sea was running—33s miles of tho cable, and over ono bundrod mites of it in wntor moro than two miles iu depth, tho brakes wore ap plied luoro firmly, by order of Mr. Bright, Engi neer, to provout tho cablo from going out too fast, and it parted. I retired to my stato-room at a little aftor mid* night Monday, all going on well, and at 41 o’clock «n Tuesday morning, tho 11th instant, I was nwoko from ray sleep by too cry of “Stop hor,” “Back hor,” and in a momont Mr. Bright was in ray room with tho sad intelligence that tho oablowns broken. In as short a time os possibles I was dressed, and on dock ; and Captain Hudson at once signaled tho otbor stoamorß that the onblo had partod, and in a few momonts C&pt Wainwright, of the Leopard, and Captain Sanaa, of the Susque hanna, wero on board tno Niagara. I requested Captain Wainwright, tho Comman der of tho English Telegraph Fleet, to order the Agamemnon to remain vnth tho Niagara and Sus- Juohanna in this doep 'part of tho Atlantio for a bw days, to try cortain experiments whioh will bo of groat v&luo to us, and then sail with them back to England, nnd all wait at Plymouth until further ordors. I furthor requested Captain Wainwright to order the Cyclops to sound hero where the cablo parted) and then stoam bnck to Valontie, with let ters from mo to Dr. Wbltohouso, and Mr. Howard, tho Secretary of tho Atlantic Telegraph Company; and that lie should tnko mo in tho Leopard as soon ospossiblo to Portsmouth All of wy roquosla wore cheerfully complied with) nnd in a few hours tho Cyclops had souuded, and found tho bottom at 2,000 fathoms, and was on her way bnolr to Valencia with loiters from me; the Niagara and the Agamemnon woro connected togothor ny tho cable, aud oueaged in trying ex periments; the Susquohnnnftlu nttondanoo, and the Leopard on her way back to England. In my letter to Dr. whitebouso, I requested him to telegraph to London, and have a special moot ing of tho Directors called for 12 o’olook on Satur day, to dcoido whothcr wo should havo moro cablo mado at once, and try again this season, or wait until next yonr. I shall cfoso this letter on board, so ns to havo it ready to mail tho moment we arrlvo nt'Portsuiouth, as J wish to loavo by tho very next train for Lon don, so os to bo thoro in timo to moot tho Directors Saturday noon, and road thorn my roport, whioh I am bu3y making up. Do not think that I fool discouraged, or ainiu low spirits, for lam not; and I thiuk I oan see how this accident will be of grout advantage to the Atluutio Tologrnph Company. AU the oflioers and men on board of tho Telo graph Float seem to tnko the greatest interest in our enterprise, and aro vory desirous to go out in the ships tho next timo. Sinoo my arrival I havo received tho greatest kindnou and attention from all whom I havo met, from tho Lord-Lieutenant of Irclund down to the cabin boys and sailors. The inoloeod lottor ftom tho Knight of Kerry 1 roaolvod with a basket of hot-bouse fruit, iust as wo were gotting roady to leave Valencia Harbor. Yours, CYRUS W. FIELD. The Export of Bullion [From tlso London Chronicle, August 21.] By tho stoaracr which left Southampton yester day for Alexandria, with tho ovorlnnd mail, thoro was dispatohod to India and tho East a larger con signment of the precious metals than have , we believe, eVer left our shores in one bottom. The whole amount exccods £1,095,000, following at only a fortuicht’s interval the remittance sent by tho last mail, which did not fall short of one million sterling. Tho demand for bullion, from whatever source arising, has suffered no reduction by tho ponding events either in Chinn or Bengal. In fact, tho stream apparently runs deoper us tho crisis extonds, which uudor ordinary circumstances one would fancy must restrict commercial operations, and therefore diminish tho requirements for a circu lating medium. As usual, also, tho gross amount is pretty evenly dividod among tho various Asiatic murkots in proportion to thoir respectivecommoroe. To Bombay tborc is sent £3lo,000: to Madras, £11,000; to Calcutta. £217,000; to Singapore, £111,000; to Hong Kong and Shaughae, for tho Chincso trado, £359,000. Out of this vast mass, moreover* the most insignifloaut proportion—reach ing altogether to only £17,800 —isiu gold, show ing clearly thut tbo bulk of tho consignment is designed for uativo circulation. Tho Canton trado, thoroforc, in spUo of tho war botwcon Eng land uiul Commissioner Ych ( is still aotivo onough to roquiro ft supply of nearly ft quarter of ft mil* lion additional purchasing power in tbooourreof n. uinglo fortnight. Tho Calcutta demand is still moro extraordinary. Wo aro told that nearly tho wliolo of Bengal is in a stato of temporary dis integration, thatthoyoar’sorops aro dostroyod, tho revenue of tho northwostern provinces altogether gone, and oommoroial operations paralysed botwcon alcutta and tho intorior district*, for which that capital Is tho outport. Yet eomehow business transactions proceed atarato that requires to bo fod by a remittance iu silver of £210,000 iu two weeks, and credit is still good onough to justify our homo capitalists in risking the venture. The only conclusion to bo drawn from those phenomena is that tho industry and oommorco of Asia havo at tained an expansion whioh no quarrol botwoon governments or mutinous outbreaks of tho n&tivo army can repress. Tho Bongul remittances oannot bo attributed to expenditure on government ac count, first, buouuso tho stroam must bnvo suffered a momontary interruption beforo changing so com pletely its purposo and direction, which has not noon tho case; secondly, because wo know from othor eouroos that tho Indian treasury is amply supplied. Much aDxioty has been expressed iu England to disoovor the period when Asia, as regards tho supply of precious metals, will havo ronoliod tho “point of saturation. ” Aro wo to go on perpetually feeding the Eastern mar- kot with bullion at tka rato of ono or two millions a month 7 Tho answer to this query is, we ac knowledge, not obvious. Wo do not know tho data on which the ouloulation can he based. But at the eamo time we searooly think tho matter of very great Importance. Our silver is sont to tho East to supply a rapidly growing commerce, from which wo enjoy on ample profit. The money, liko other benefits, comes homo to us in tho end in one shano or other. Jho Asiatic customer docs not got it for nothing. Iwo causes would, if either of them were brought into operation, put a summary -tun to this outiloiv of silver; if tho dwellers in differ ent eastern countries, from iutornal convulsions or other < calamities, ceusod to produco the com modities whioh they now sell us, or if wo bfioamo too poor to purchase them. But while China oan produce and we consume 100,000 000 pounds of tea in a yonr, Against 30.000,000 not louger ago than 18-11, and raise a revenue of nearly 6,000,000 sterling by the customs duty on that sin glo artiole—while India, consuming some 10,000 - 000 in “deolared voluo ” of British commodities, can export Toturn cargoes valued at fourteen mil lions, and contribute BesMcs nearly four millions of money payment for interest, dividends, and other charges in this country—it is not easy to see how the balance can be redressed, or the commer cial circuit bo completed, except by the transmit sion of sorao equivalent merchandize from Europe. That silver should bo the principal commodity shippod In payment of our Asiatic ‘'differences/' loads to consequences that occasionally disturb monetary arrangements at homo. Yeton thowhoio v it seems to bo tho arliolo which we can best spare. The onormous imports of Australian and Califor nian gold bavo practically thrown out of use an enormous mass of tho less valuable metal, not in England ulone, but pretty well all over the Conti nent. For this displaced stock of silvor a profita ble mnrket has been found in Asia. In fact, if this redundant supply of tho article had not existed in Europo, there would have been little bullion ex ported to tho East. Wo should havo limited our commerce w ilh that part of tho world to tho quan tum for which tho Orientals could bo induced to consume our manufactures or other produce. Some narrow visioned financiers, who the national prosperity by the ebb or flow of money in tho market, might in that crso be relieved from tho apprehensions excited by the periodical specta elooflargo bullion remittances to the East; but we hardly believe that one could really fanoy that either Europo or Asia was other than damaged by this restriction to thoir mutual commerce. As far as our own' Indian territory is concerned, it must bo remembered that, if monoy in its solid form is largely exported thithor, very considerable re payments also, in the shape of cash, aro annually mndo from that quarter. Thero has been remitted, chiefly in silver, to Bombay, Madras, and Calcutta, during tho past twelvemonth, about twelve mil lions. Per contra , wo find from tho last published roturns, those for tho financial yoar 1855-56, that tho ohargos upon tho Indian revenue, •payable and paid in England, exceed three and a quarter mil lions. Thesocharge3 arise-'as follows :-~lntero3t on homo bond debt, £152,000; dividoods to pro prietors of India stojk, £632,680; homo estab lishments, £494,000; stores sent out to India. £527,000; sundry payments, £1,459.000. All these paymouts must somehow bo mado by means of diroot transmission of cash from India to England. The total must also bo largely augmented from other sources. During twonty years servico, every officer of the Company, civi!|und military, is allowed to spend two in Eng laud on furlough, receiving pay all tho time, so that, of tho gross charge sot down for establishment and army oharges, nearly one-tonth is actually re ceived and oxponded in this country. The annual aggregate of monoy brought homo by retired ser vants of tbo Company, who, having made what they consider a sufficient fortune in India, transfer themselves and their savings to England, must also be included in this account. This process has ohnnged considerably since tho tho operation of shaking the “PagodaTroo” became unprofitable. But if tho individual fortuuos aro loss magnificent, tho numbor of possessors has increased perhnpa in ns gront proportion. We no longer hear stories of tho extravagant wealth of East Indian nabobs. The class is extinct who doubled the markot prico of parliamentary boroughs—or were ahlo, when they rccoived company at thoir country seats, to order their servants to “bring out moro curricles.” Yet what is lost in nmount is gained in numbor. For ono man who roturned in former days without a liver, but with gold enough to buy a peerage and astonish Brooko’s, there aro now probably a hun dred, each of whom brings homo his modest compe tence. Tho result to luuia is much the sarao. In both oases a certain proportion of its wealth is transferred to Europe, and in tho aggregate suffices to replace by a direct operation no inconsiderable fvoportion of tho bullion sent out by every ovor ana mail. THE CITY. AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING National Theatre, Waiagt Street, above Kiouth, —“Tuc Rivals”—That Blessed llaby.” ’Wjibatlby’s Anew Stbeet Theatre.— u Jane Shore' —“The ToDdlejj.” Sanford’s Opera House, Eleventh Street, above OnESTXUT.— La Trai lata—Ethiopian Minstrelsy. Tmuificr’s Varieties, N. W. corner of Finn asp CuKdTNUT Streets.—Musical and Terpsichorean Me lango—Sigaor Felix Rockez. Police Items. —Yesterday morning, before Aldorraan Enue, twoyoung fellows named William J. Bogun and John Denney alias John Smith, hod a hearing on tho charge oi feloniously entering tho residence of Dr. Elliott, in Twelfth street, above Callowhill, during tho temporary absenco of the family, and taking therefrom a valuable gold watehj thirty-five dollars in money, and a number of articles of value belonging to the mother of Dr. Elliott. It appears that this party ransackod the hnuao a»d duf ronsiderabjo umlioious mischief,, suoh ns smearing preserves over tho waits, &o. ■ But a fow hours had elnp3od after tho perpetration af tho robbory when the firroat was mado at the corner of Marshall nnd Callowhill streets. In tho possession of theso young fellows was found a largo portion of tho stolen property. Alter a hearing they were committed to answer tho charge at tho uext term of tho Court of Quarter Sessions. Wo loam nt tho Control Police Station that pe titions aro already in circulation for tho pardon of Charles G. Duvis. who was conviotod a short time since of attempting to commit arson by firing his storo at Milcstown. Ilis scntcnco was a very light one, and ho has only been in prison about two weeks. Lot not the moral offeotof his conviction bo spoilod by tho hasty interference of his friends. Tno book and periodical stand of Mr. Reese, at tbo Exchange, was brokon open during Wednesdoy night, and robbed of a lot of papeis and a num ber of old nnd valuable coins. The polico aro on tbo look-out for tho supposed thieves. Femalo pugilists havo as rnuoh right to display their brutal propensities nsthoso of tho sterner sox. Virginia Ellis and Nancy Hood, two colored fighting females, who had an ill-feeling against each othor, ycatorday morning hirod a room m St. Mary street, below Seventh, to fight it out. Wo wero informed by ono of tho policemen, who broke tho door open, that tho bolligorents toero found ongaged in tho delightful work of carving each othor up with a pair of scissorsantl u broken bot tle. Tboy would probably havo killed each other, had thoy not been disturbed. Tho colorod ladies woro introduced to a magistrate, who, with wondor ful consideration, sont them to the shades of Moy- where they can dye their hand 3 meta phorically in each others’ blood. Last evening, before Alderman Eneu, Tho 3. Mor* gor, tbo driver of ono of the South Tenth street om nibuses. was held to answer tbo charge of running into & carriage, and driving through tho Btrcotin a perfectly reckless manner. John M. Butler was tho principal witness against him. Ho was com mitted to answer. A oolored man, named William H. Smith, was before the earao magistrate lost evening, on a charge of stealing a pair of pantaloons from a clothing etoro at Seventh and Market streets. He was committed to take his trial at tho prosontterui of Court. Parade of the Independent Order of Red Men* Tho Independent Ordor of Red Men will parado on Monday. Soptciuber 7th. Tho procession will form on Old York Road ami Buttonwood streets. Will move precisely at 9 o’olook A. M. Tho Chief Marshal is F. Phillips; Assistant Marshals, Peter Schotum uml M. Fischer; Chief Marshal’s Aids, VaJ. Places and Chn. Pressor. Tho lino will coun termarch up Old York Road to Coates street, down Contos to Front, up Front to Maiden, down Maiden to Frankford Road, up Frank ford Road to Jeffer ton, up Jefforson to Front, up Front to Oxford, up Oxford to Goriuuntown Road, down Germantown Road to Tbild, down Third to Brown, up Brown to Fourth, down Fourth to Vino, up Vino to Eighth, down Eighth to Lombard, down Lombard to Fifth, down Fifth to Catharine, down Catharine to Third, up Third to Chestnut, up Chestnut to Sixth, up Sixth to Race, down Raoo to Socond, up Socoud to CallowhiU? up CallowhUl to Third, up Third to Green, tip Green to Ridjro Road, down Ridge Road to Ciulowhill, down CallowhUl to Old York ltoad, when tho difforent lodges will return to thoir halls. Municipal Affairs, —Tho proceedings of City Councils yesterday afternoon were not with out interest. In Select Council thoro was only a quorum of members present. The ordinance au thorizing a temporary loanof $lBO,OOO was passed, and also an important rc-o’ution, offered by Sir. Cuylor, of the Eighth Ward, to appoint a joint epoeial yommittoo of threo members of each chain* bor to inquire relative to tho best method to runko tho otty Government less expcuMvo aud moro ef ficient. It will also bo sceu by our roport that Mr. William Bomiall lias boon appointed Registor of Water Rents in place of Joshua M. Ruybold. Tho Committee on Girard Estntos presented a very in teresting and lengthy report relative to tho coal lands bclongiug to Philadelphia at Girardvillo, in Schuylkill oouuty, which will bo found in another column. Suicide oj n»i Old CouiHer/Wfor.--.At a late hour ou Wednesday night an old man named Amos Clcmsjn, sovonty-two yonm of age, committed sui cide in ono of tho oollßof the Eastern Penitentiary. Olomson was long known to tho polico us tho head of a gang of countorfoitors and horse thieves, lo cated about tho Gap, in Loncabtorcountv. It will be romcnibored that ho was convlotcd at Lanoastor n fow weeks since, and sentenced to a term of im prisonment in tho Eastern Penitentiary, Ho had previously mado several Ineffectual attempts at bul oldo. Robbed in ike Cars. —On Tuesday morning, white on tho train from Philadelphia to Baltimore. Mr. Rbodonstoin. of Rochester, Now York, was robbod of $BOO in cash and $4OO im promissory notos. 110 had the money and notos In an inside pocket of his coat, and whilo crossing the Susque hanna examined his pocket and found it focuro, but on reaching this city ibund that his coat had bpon out and tho money extrooted. Attempted Suicide. —Yesterday morning Jaraos Cnatlor nttemptod to coramit auicido by jump iu&.lnto tho Dolawaro nt Walnut street wharf. 110 was rescuod with eomddorMblo ilifflonlty. During tho nfternootfbo mado a similar attempt, and was again BuvctJ. Last o\oning be jumped into tho water again at Walnut street, and was rescued by a sailor. Hownsthon arrested and taken to tho Central Polico Station, wboro ho was looked up. The New Ranks.— Tho second instalment of twenty dollars por sharo in tho Union Bauk has been called for, payable nt tho % offico of the Bank, Third aud Arch streets, boforo the Ist of October. Tho second instalment of twenty dollars per share in tho Corn Exchaneo Bank baa also booncallod for, payable beforo tne 16th inst., at tho room of the Com Exohange, Socond and Gold streets. We learn that tho Unitarian Church, corner of Tenth and Looust streots, will bo re*oponcd on Sunday morning. Our citizons will then have another opportunity of listening to the chasto and elossioul discourses of thatominontsriiolnr, author, nnd diviuo, its pastor, tho Rov. William H. Fur ness. The Colored Odd Fellows’ Procession yes terday was a vory creditable affair. Thousands of onr oolored population woro abroad, and all soomed to enjoy themselves aa they alone can. Tho procession, after marching through our prin cipal streets, diewiwod in gooa ordor. fKOCtoWOS OF CIXV COUNCILS. A stated mooting of City Councils was held yes terday afternoon, at whioh the following business was transacted: ■ SELECT BRANCH. A large number of petitions and communications all of an unimportant character, were presented, read, and appropriately referred. Mr. Samuoj Ogden, Chief En ginecr of the Water Works, submitted tho following nominations in his Department • For Register— Wm. Bonsnll. Permit Clerls— G; W. B. Felton, James T. Maxwell, Augustus A. Lamorelle. _ Inspectors Edward W. Power, Samuel T, Beech, Matthew C. Brady, William R. Sohofield. Messenger— Samuel L. Snydor. Purveyors— First District, Charles M. D. Smith; Second District, Charles Peters; Third Distriot, Joseph Huneker; Fourth Distriot, George Eshor. Engineers.— Fairmount Works, Thos. Rowland, <L.orneliu3 Lane, James MoGlinsey; Schuylkill, t an > Isaac S. C&ssin; Delaware, John L. Maginnis, John F. Mecutcheon; Twenty-fourth Ward, James Ogdin, James Buchanan. W atchmanat Delaware Reservoir— Hueh Dev lin. 6 These nominations were on motion referred to the Committee on Water, with instructions to re uß?n ctn next meeting. anV..r.t.* j ftxe3 » Mr. Peter Armbruster, guemitted the following appointments for his De partment Frederick J. Walters and Isaac B. Munn, ns temporary Clork under the joint resolu tmns of Councils, passed on the 23d of July; Den nis F. Dealoy, in the place of Charles Thompson, temporary clerk, resigned ; Rowland H. Stokes/in tho plaoo of 11. B. Mooney, permanent clerk, re signed ; also, Charles Franks, in the place of Row land 11. Stokes. Referred to the Committee on Finance. Mr. Cuyler offered the following: Resolved , That a Joint Special Committee of three from each Chamber of Councils shall be ap pointed, with instructions to report such changes m the organization of the City Government, and if necessary, in the charter of the city, as will tend to render the city government leas expensive and more efficient. Mr. Neal inquired what objects tho mover of the resolution had m view? Mr. Cuyler said that the resolution was merely one of Inquiry, and was designed to operate only by way of a suggestion to'the minds or membereof Councils, who would havo the opportunity folly to oonsidor and discuss such ohanges as might be proposed whon the Committee should report That it must occurred to the mind of ovory gentle man honored with a seat on this floor, that the Common Council, as now constituted, was a most cumbersome body— too numerous to be efficient. It needs to bo reducod from its present number to at most, two from each Ward. Mr. Cuyler said these were only suggestions whioh might giro direction to tho reflections of gentlemen, and while it was but part ot tho useful purpose of the resolution, ho trusted it would sat isfy the gentlemen of its reasonableness and pro priety. Mr. Neal said he fully concurred in the re marks of Mr. Cuyler, and would vote for tho reso lution. The resolution was then adopted. Tho ordinance, submitted by the Finance Com mittee at tho last meeting, authorizing a temporary loan of $lBO,OOO, was then takon up for considera tion, after a lengthy discussion was read three times and passed finally. Tho bill entitled “An ordinance to make an ap propriation to pay tho iuterost on endorsod war rants,” was called up by Mr. Roberts. Mr. Aligner moved to postpone its further con sideration for one week. Agreed to. , The communication from Common Council rela tive to tho improvement of the Board of Assessors was laid on the tablo for tho present. Tho ordinance. No. 13, on Common Council file, providing for repairs to police stations, was called up. Mr. Taylor hopod the bill would not now be considered. Ho stated that, as there was no other business before tho Chamber, he would move to adjourn. * Another point at which the knife was needed to bo appliod was the Board uf Health, and a still third point was tho Board of Guardians. They are cxcresonces aud should be cut off. They are ano malies, nnd very expensive ones, too, in our system o government. Tho duties now confided to these Boards should bo deposited with regular depart ments of the City Government, constituted just like ail the other dopartmonts—like the city property, the wharves, tho markets, and finances—capable of close and strict supervision, and incapable cf abuse and perversion and maladministration which Councils cannot reach or correct. Wo want in those portions of the City Government tho same direct control and supervision which wo apply every where else in tno administration of our affairs. The motion to adjourn was lost. The bill appro priates $6900 for repairs to the following Station Houses, as follows: First District—First and Second Wards, $5OO Second—Third and Fourth Wards, • 1000 Third—Fifth Ward, - - - 1250 Sixth—Ninth and Tenth Wards, - 850 Seventh—Eleventh and Twelfth, - 300 Tonth—Sixteenth and Seventeenth Wards. 700 Twelfth—Twentieth Ward, - - 400 „ . $5OOO For repairs done in the year 1856, to the Fifth District Station House $l9OO, making a total ap propriation of $6900. On motion of Mr. Gamble, the ordinance was referred to the Finance Committee, and the Cham ber took a recess of fifteen minutes. On re-assem bling. other ordinances and resolutions from Com mon Council were concurred in. Tbo Committee on Girard Estate respectfully report that they have had under consideration the propriety of adopting early measuresfor improving anu renting a portion of the uoal land* in Schuyl kill oo«uty. The committee, in order to form a more definite opinion regarding the present means of approach to the lands, and the extent of facili ties for getting the coal to market, visited the property, and examined its proximate connection by way of the Mine Hill and Sohuylk 11 Haven, Schuylkill Valley or Mill Creek and Catawissa Railroads. From tho Mahoning Valley, within a fow miles of tho Girard estate, large amounts of coal are now daily sent to market. The entire success of the Mino Hill and Schuylkill Havoa Railroad Company, in transporting coal from that deep valley over tho summit of Broad Mountain, and tho superiority of thoir coal enablos operators to couipoto successfully in all the Atlantic markets. In verification of this fact it is only necessary to state, that in July, 1859,30,000 tons were drawn up tho two inclined planes ef that road, and in tho sftmo month of that yoar, 52,000; notwithstanding tho market is unusually depressed in tho last month, August—more than 58,000 tons were raised in tho same manner Some of tho othor roads to which wo bftTo al luded will, it is said, when extended, afford even more favorable avenues to market. They doubt less will furnish increased facilities forsending coal from some/ sections of tho Girard lauds, but w© havo tho satisfaction of knowing that a railroad is already made and in operation to a point within about two miles of Girardvillo, tho moat feasiblo locality for opening mines and making immediate improvements. Tno remaining two miles were graded for the Danville and Fottsvillo railroad, which may be occupied for the entire extension, and will cortainly secure an opening to market whenever the business of mining shall have been commenced. The coal seams in the vicinity of G irardvillo bav o bceu largely developed under the direotion of a former Committee, and are highly favorable lor tho establishment of colliries Your committee think that the advantages which tho property enjoys for mining purposes aro such as should command good tenants, and at liberal rentage whenever brought into market. The reso lution undor the will of Mr. Girard for five years’ leases is a difficulty somewhat embarrassing, jot it is believod that such concessions may bo mado as will satisfy tho tenunts, and secure them from a prejudice under a short lease. Fifteen years is tho term for which coal looses are usually rented in that vicinity, a part of tho improvements being mado by tbo tenant, aud a part by the landlord, tho proportions varying with thy circumstances and condition of oontract. Tbo chief difficulty of short leases not renewable ia In the first terra, as nearly a year would bo lost In making improvements beforo receiving any re turns. It is believed, howovor, that adoquate mea sures might bo introduced to secure tho tenant from loss of snch expenditure, if his leaso were not renewed by an equitable allowance for all improve ments mado by him preparatory to a permanent or continuous business, and of which tho landlord would enjoy tho future benefit. Uudcr such a contraot tno tonant might rest assured that if ho conducted tho business iu a fair and liberal man ner, bis leaso would bo Qontinucdfrom term to term us with other properties. Your oommittoe believe that a fair rontago on coal loavo for ouo or moro mines may he hod on those conditions, tho city making fow or no other improvements than the erection of dwelling houses and stores, for which a remunerative rent would bo pauL Thoro aro at Girardvillo several houses from which no income is now derived, but whioh would at onco be remunerative, were the business of mining commenced. There aro also two saw tuilJs in that location, which should bo dismantled unloss the mines bo put into early operation. Tho sale of lumbor having been discontinued last year, and tbo preparing of It confined to «uoh lumber as had already fallen, tbo stock whioh has accumula ted under theso orders is now upwards of two hun dred thousand foot board moasuro. This lumber is sultablo foroolliery work and for minors’ houses. It would, therefore, reduce materially the outlay on tho part of the city in making such improve ments os arc proposod, and would consequently in oroso tho percentage of income therefrom. If Counoils should not authorize tho adoption of mouaurc-a for the renting of collieries, this lumber should be sold without delay, Tho eovcral ejectment suits that havo been insti tuted against adverse claimants to portions of tho estate should be pushed to trial witn all possible vigor, aud wo have roques ted the Counsel repre senting tho interests of tho city to takoprompt ac tion to accomplish tho purpose. There is, howovor, iu the boJiofof tbo Committee, abuudaut coal and timber land. tYeo from any such claim, to enable tho city to rent, without auy interference, several collieries in tho best and moat accessible portion of tho estate. l’ho Committee, therefore, recommend the fol lowing: •• Resolved by Select and Common Councils of this oity, That tho Superintendent of tbo Girard Estates bo nereby, and ho is authorised to adver tise for proposals to rent ouo or more of tho colle ries near tuo village of Girardvillo, insaid estate.” Philadelphia, Sept. Ist. Tho resolution was agreed to. Adjourned. COMMON COUNCIL. A communication was received from the Secre tary of tho Board of Guardians, asking for tho chan*© of certain Items of appropriation toother items of exponse. Referred. Also, qne from tho City Controller, asking an ap propriation to procurs an additional fire-proof, for the bottor security of public papers. Referred A petition was presented for a culvert on Coates street, botwcon Fifteenth street and Ridge avenuo. Another for a oulvert in the Twenty-fourth ward. Roforrcd. A communication was received from tho Chief Engineer of Water, stating that tho late hoavy rains has carried away portions of tho highway, and left tho main water pipe in tho Twentv-fourth tward exposed uud liable to damage or serious dis aster. Referred. Ouo from tbo Pennsylvania Railroad Company, asking to have aebaDge in the track of tho rail road on Markot street, and in relation to a third track botwoon Broad street and Twenty-first street. Referred. A numbor of petitions wero presented for paring streets aud for vurious other objects. Mr. King submitted & resolution for tho purpose of having notion by tho next session of tho Legis lature, and presented therewith the draft of sup plemental act of Assembly, embracing bis views upon the subject, and the mattor proposed to be enacted Into a law. The provisions are prin cipally : That the Treasurer of the city shall pay Into the Treasury of the State dollars in full of all taxes assessed in the city for State purpose*; ex cepting collateral inheritance tax and tavern licenses, which are to remain as at present; to tax all property, real and personal, not specially ex empted, and the City Councils to elect nnnaally assessors, or provide for their election by the peo plo. to constitute a Board of Assessors, who shall do ail th'e duties of assessors; Councils to control them in thoirdaties; the taxation of real and per eonal prppe/ty. the latter to include all goods, chattels,'moneys and effects, all ships and veaceU at home or abrosd. Ac. Ac.; to assess a poll-tax not to exceed one dollar on each person; the Board of Revision is to be abolished, and generally the whole system of assessments, taxation and collec tion is remodeled. On motion of Mr. King, the matter wa3 referred to a special committee of six, and Messrs, King, Milter and Hardy were appointed. # An effort was made to get up the ordinance in viting plans and estimates for a bridge over the river Schuylkill, at Chesnut street, but was unsuc cessful. aa a two-thirds vote eoold not be obtained to suspend the orders of the day. Mr. Miller, horn the Committee on Highways, reported ia favor of haring a large number of streets paved and repaired, and the opening and grading of several streets, all of which war* agreed to. On motion of Mr. Miller, the orders of the day were suspended, so as to proceed to the considera tion of matters from Select Council. Resolutions to lay water pipes on South street,, from Sixteenth to Seventeenth streets; Washington street, from Nineteenth to Twentieth streets,* Ship- Een street, from Seventeenth to Eighteenth streets; 'auphin streot, from Fraukford road to German town road; Hepburn street, between Shippen and Fitzwater streets; Seventh stieet, between Frank lin and Moore streets; Everett, Lewis, Oxford, Thompson and Hutchinson streets—all of which were adopted. The resolution to allow the Register of Water to close his office upon the Ist of September at one o clock was laid on the table. The resolution directing the Highway Depart ment to construct a culvert at Myrtle aud Thirty fifth streets, m the Twenty-fourtb Ward, so as to soenre and protect the water-main there • which after some debate, was referred to the Committee on Highways. The resolution to protest against the adoption of the surrey in the Twenty-first Ward, which re quires bridges over Broad, Huntingdon and other ' streets crossing the Germantown railroad, was da-~ bated for some time, and finally adopted. - -• O Tho resolution in relation to the moneys collected t for a monument in Washington Square, referring it to the Committee on City Property to report upon the practicability of having it applied to its origi nal purpose, was laid npon the table. That in re lation to tho securities of the Chief Engineer of Water aud Register of Water, amended by Select branch, was concurred in. Several matters connected with the Water De partment, in relation to paying for stop-cock fix tures, wero concurred in; that aHovtin* two ad ditioual clerks in the Register’s Office was not agreed to. • ® r^,nftnCo changing certain appropriations m the Department of City Property was passed. The ordmanco making an appropriation to the Department of Highways, for paying salaries not estimated in the original appropriation, was passed. The resolution requesting the Committee on Water Works to enquire as to the expediency of lighting with gas the grounds at Fairmount, and the improvement o? the lot on the north of the basin, was passed. ‘Tho amendment by Select Council to the ordi nance making the annual appropriation to the Fire Department, oy which each company Is required to furnish the City Controller with alist of its mem bership, boforo he shall countersign any warrant in their favor, was concurred in, and of eourse the bill was finally passed. . The resolution to change an item of appropria tion to the Olcrks of Councils, was concurred in. The resolution in relation to the appointment of a Joint Committee to inquire and report upon such, modifications of the organic law aa will make the expenses of the city less, and seenreamore efficient administration of its affairs. Referred to Mewrs. King, Milter, and Handy. . Mr. King moved to take up the ordinance rela- - ting to the conveyance of the Sedgley Park, which was not agreed to. Tho resolution from Select Council in relation to tho leasing of certain coal mines in Schuylkill eo., " was agreed to. ' Mr. Baird, from the Committee on Port War dens, Ao., reported to have Aroh street wharf re paired, which was agreed to. Also, an ordinance to pay for certain paving and curbing was passed. ° The resolution from Select Council, authorizing the Commissioner of City Property to proceed with the • work of improving the Hunting Park, was passed. The resolution to cleanse the docks at Catharine, Locust, and Spruce streets, on the Schuylkill, was passed—striking out the latter portion. The ordinauee In reference to the steam engine Young America, was called np but not considered, no quorum voting. Adjourned. MATTERS AND THINGS IN NEW YORK. [From the New York papers of last evening.} A down-town merchant received a remittance from one of his correspondents, in the shape of a draft on the Ohio Life and Trust Company for $3,000, on the very day on which that institution closed its doors. He Immediately telegraphed the fact to his debtor, who sent him another draft on John Thompson, which arrived the day after the failure of that broker; the merchant again tele graphed the failure, and received iu a fow dajH another draft on Atwood A Co., just as that firm suspended. The steamship Adriatic will not leave for Eu rope on the 12th, as advertised, on account of de lays have occurred in getting her into the bei*flce-dock to clean her copper. Her machinery is now pronounced complete. Some twenty rent concerns have been employed day and night for two months upon the construction of her en gines, all of which, Mr. Coliins says, has beend one in the most satisfactory manner. Just as tho steamer Arabia was about to yes terday, Mr. P. T. Barnum, who-had taken passage for Liverpool, was arrested on a “ Jerome clock note,” held, as ho says, by a broker, who shared It at about half its face. Mr. B. told the officer that if the broker wanted his “ body” he jras welcome to it, for he had not known what todo with it these two years. Barnum says that most of his persecu tors are men who obtained the clock notes at un lawful interest, and he looks to the Courts to libe rate him from their grasp. The Turners closed their seventh annual festival lost evening, by dancing away the hoars of dark ness at the City Assembly'Rooms. Fully two thousand persons participated in the pleasures of tho occasion. The day haring been devoted to rest, the Turners enjoyed the dance with greater zest, aid tho dancing did not eloso until sear day light. Prizes were awarded during the evening to the otmmpions is the sports through which they had passed. Michael Ennis, a laborer, was killed thix morn ing while removing a barrel of slush from a steamer lying at the Collins’ dock, foot of Canal street, to tab pier. Between noon and one P. M. yesterday, the boiler attached to a pile-driving machine in me at the end of Hamilton Avenue, in Gowanus Bay, Brooklyn, exploded, killing Thomas McGareny in stantjy, and seriously injuring Thomas Henry, both employed about tho piie-driTer. Just before the explosion, tho engineer left the engine to go a short distance. Ho says that the boiler was plen tifully sapplied with water, and that there wo) a head of fifty pounds of steam on- Mr. Gaveny was sitting on the boiler eating his dinner at the timo of the explosion. His body was shockingly mangled. Among the passengers at this port, yesterday, by the Vanderbilt, frum Southampton, were the family of Commodore Vanderbilt, Rov. R. S. Cook, formerly Secretary of the Tract Society, am) Rev. Frederick Monod. Mr. Monod will remain in the United States several months. Nothing occurred to get excited about in Wall street yesterday, and nobody was apparently much, oxcited. Although the Mechanics* Banking As sociation did not resume payment, its apartments at No. 33 Wall street wero open, as usual doling banking hours, and the officers of the institution were at their posts. Of course, a great business was done iu the note-protesting line. Tbo Underwriters received yesterday afternoon encouraging new 3 from their agent at the Roswell Sprague. Tho cargo was all out between decks, and tno snip had been hauled astern onco her length during the morning tide. He ordered a steamtug to be sent down immediately to assist in palling on the ship, and to tow her to the city when aha seta afloat. Tho W. H. Webb was dispatched to ner assistance, and if the weather continued aa favor able as it has been for a few days past, it was thought that the ship would be got off at last night’# tide. Tho Clara Biookman and Charles Albert are, no doubt, a total loss. No later information had been received from the latter vessel up to yester day, on account, we suppose, of some interruption of the telegraph to Squau Chas. Ellison, a young man living in the town of Monroe. Orange county, N. Y., stepped into Turner's Hotel ono day last week, and called for liquor, which was refused him. He then declared that if it were not given to him, he would kill himself. It being still refused him, he deliberately placed his bead on the railroad track as a train was approaching, and was instantly killed. ~ At the Horse Fair, at Elmira. N. Y., on Wed nesday. a contest ef speed took place between Flora Temple and Lancet—the former in harness ami the latter under the saddle —mile heats, best two in threo. Flora wa3 successful, in >:2B and Hon. John Jay has recently purchased the house situate in tho town of Lewisboro’, \Vcstchester county, N. Y., iu which Major Andre, the fpT, was confined subsequent to his interception at Tarrv town by Paulding, Williams and Van Wert. The building is a one-3tory, plain structure, with a base ment or high collar underneath, asd is in a good state of preservation. Mx. Jay has stepped in in good time to secure and perpetuate this object of revolutionary interest, which, in common with too many others of a similar oharaeter all over the country, have thus far been suffered to go unre claimed. Tho Express says: “Panic’' has fled to-day; Wall street is lively, happy, and everything is up Sco money market. Stocks have advanced from l per cent, to 17] per cent! Specie is rapidly flowing into the city from Cali fornia, tho Sub-Treasury and other cities. Wall street will be $3,000,000 stronger by next Monday. Tbo assumed hearing in the matter of Mrs. Cun ningham's habeas corpus waa continued at ouo o clock this afternoon. A large crowd of spec ta torswas present, as nsual. Mrs. Cunningham waa in court, and looks palo, anxious and dejected. The St. Nicholas Hotel receives fresh, but yet experienced life, in the person of Robert B. Cole man, (lato of the Astor.) who, with his son, go into the management of that great and excellent estab rneot. Ivo wish the old and the new men a long prosperity. Counterfeit s’s on tho Housatocio Bask, Mass., Merchants’ Exohange Bank. Bridgeport, Conn., aud Boylston Bank, Boston, are circulating in Brooklyu. Among the arrivals by the Asia this morning, are Charles Jlatthewa, tbe English comedian, Max Marotxck and his new prima donna, Signora Ra mos, and tho danseusc, Mile. Lamareux, who forms ono of Signer Romani’s ballet troupe. Mary Montgomery, an Irish woman, wu ar rested by Officer Johnson, of the ,19th precinct, charged with posing & counterfeit's! on uie Ex change Bank of Hartford, to Mr. A. Hyatt, a mer chant. Mary was held for examination. William Smith attempted to pas* ass bill on the Hartford Bank of Hartford on Wednesday even* iug, at tho store of John Ryan, corner of Eighth avenuo and Forty-first street. Mr. Ryan suspect ing the hiJ] to bo spurious, despatched a aaasengar for officers. Smith hastily left the. store and ran down the avenue, closely pursued by -officers, who arrested him after going sevexalhlocta. An elderly woman named Margaret Reach fen from the socond-story window of house Xa* 14 Car roll street, Brooklyn, to tho sidewalk Tuesday evening and woe almost instantly killed.
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