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TEEN VREELT PRESSIi furnished to eubecarli;ori it, •s2'per year, lir'selealii; GUI slues copy,aa4 to,oloko "et twenty; when lent to one E2O, in orlianchr., Plea copies„ for ph, thetotioter of Tun 'l;Aaso of. irreppire ; • •-• 'truism 'liming of treatyoeoter_wlUpleee e bosi to thet,tbe toper thus ordoild cannot be:di, rieted, to loch eubsonbei uuloia the club lido of $1.20 ' r spfreannwrix.:l4 Odd; rind= pair( in' advance: , Thle Is ,ftriturdinee with 'our poblltihod *stet, and tot' loot , due , • t 4l. ll _, d° . 4 4 TP. eveTio.oked -PurELPFtYliattl 0 04 014 4 '`.to Will Ore :to this rule.. • - ? • , • Pater ,Douglee ;Jerruldv No; 11l ; !"A great Independence DO. in Boston; • tettorkfreii Carlisle ; From Reading ; Rev. William , Cbr-i .bitty. Ritui , Cheater Ciao; Cushirie Fourth Of Air Diploded. System from Utah ;' climatenil of the Pool. f General' EMCEE Tx p. - - reaCtlon of quiet After the exalting asthma ; ism of the NatienarAnntiensart bas nrodturalli natural etreet tiqou . thalaena' 'May 'ba quoted decidedly' dull.' - : - ;' It Is reported at Nyaehington., that commander rio will take oftwira Of.,:the 'Othiremment „Tempi Whictila soon to start to Paiaguay, under the nowt, sr.. tionferred , upon " the President by •Msointion of Congress. Commander Pagt; Was In - charge of the; Water Witeh". it the time of .the Original dittioulty with the authorities' Of peraguai, and by hit di g n :atthiteniAe op:the:honor of the Anierionn flog karneirdeieriedly the applause of his countrymen ,Wp think that. in• thd delicate antics connected with the present minion, no bet ter aid could have been calledhr to oontriptt6 - to the.eaccessOG the enterprise. , 4n Stab bands; ihe honor of the country will he certainly, safe, and should the South, American 'authorities endeavor to play the Bobadil, we opine that :they will noon change their-tone under the.persuasive eloquence. of. Comroander , Pogo's gap, should the latter Infra tiihe palled into requisition?.:adentiigeneyWhieh; We trust, may neverafise 1 Gen. Ward B.. Burnett, of New York, bee been tendered the appeiiittitelif of itukeykrOneral of Kansas and Nebraska, vice General ,JOhn „Cal: hOut, , of Lioompton belie that Burnett riiii -, l)O:indined to ,iocept position hAe to so Abundantly itualillid to fill. To do w7;ll6Were;r; Must minire considerable msolution, Reit involvel a separation from a velTlirger . oirele of. Intimate. Wri ft:rot - nine 'filo eopntry. will feel riolutinitedegfaciof regret iatthii prospect of "Regent Calhoun's. retiraoy ttio Aida of By'the merle received per othainskip Oily of. W e ashingtop,".- we learn thdt theharquelrmonifie Wattaon" had hap. lakinAnt& Steirst'he * Ohehy Mfß.rlit's trai;steattier , '" , l3loodhoond;"" L on the ground of alleged'eettinliettiWillttlnialave.trade: Tice Chantei:ii deflated in the English jnurnale, do not appear to be made out (dearly, and we infer that the Judge AdOiato at Sierra Leone thought as' inttilf' as be - nerialtted the vassal to proceed prompt)) , to ,her derdinatien, 1.• There hal been no edictal oonlirmatiim of the reeont ,rumor:that Governotr==Denver,iatende re tfigning his po!t; , but-from-a' teligrem from SC: Louje We learn that Governor, ....enver—paue through titatelli yeeferdayk an Me, way, to :Wash. elitumetinee which would seem to ;lye coloring to the reported reelguatiop' Gtiiettirgtti 26 l.ho the 1 -- tie B!uiiiixii - ,01 , 0t two hundred of Port LeirenwOrth..The.inetniettons flow,Washliigton,. announcing hie ohange - of - destination hid not reneged him, 6 he 'wassiihent;'proMmiling on hie;, origliid rude. The 'o(6tulerioner indtatt -.6lfalra has de: spefebed a special mereenger for the eptgiimenrpl' the dlitiuhaneee near There la, a eatirffhipiy)?rdeileettifnii bbeorablo anditentioa.. able Iririgeteent - ot the whole Allillenity. the French negotiator In)icaragua who' was 'retietitly lintifeneraled 'by the Yank 6. ehreWdrieeti of 061eVanderbill, ,ailed for YestocdaY, tthe , gooe to relectlie material eidneoeseary to makethis celebrated imintif whiehle tdt'refoloe'the two , Ooeiins: - hie mitbie allmentery oanal /should be the moot !Brea and eatiefootory 160 to suit Belly;' we think that the gon:, - /lettu G.,Jonea could bring abundant guarantee/las to, hiesibllltrto:tikethe oontriothl6e:, Ille gastiOnomicfeatifitthelYhite; 1101 co ireolndo the tieeeeslti. P4iii;o!..vrom: .entering hott, the queettortAt , ail TheFeteemablirtiTerela" /mild froin, hies! York' . yentenley;':it , i. t .l.,:tcin - Lti" ., erool,eltk.tvez hue,. draiV!alteilgere, and mUllen - do epeoie.6. freight/ 2 , 1 8 0 ' lll , B ljargei 5010 list' then any eteainehlp hair taken' Out'for reverg There le no anninitioitibift:yet.or;i4e *Thiel the jelfijigLtitof , l_,Witttii•fsl l 4 o t tieitfute.: l thaeli4m Marled by,t66 proeneerotannionof the two ireollapheree .hue merwir;dllid Ont.:lt-Si dot improliabib flint the riefl ' 3tas~ath .' XIITOpa may brillitit intaGlgenee i ottbe/falliiro;'Of the en terprfet/RIAM ietur6of,the hailverpool: Thenotor one Captain de Rlvidre, wholute figured Sn Hew ',lariat/ eohnentiori 1/Sidito thin ef Mr. Blosiiit'irditigieer, 'iSunday evening at the Napoleon...Gob/I, Iloboken. It re quired,til ex6refee eftostrielderable! shrewdness on the part or the deteetive ohleer e t e ng oo ,,th e arrest. JORPk and tb¢ t iiiittngt.diwithter were found aE th a iquo i f t ii g , A nd_ pines,-and, strange to tell they vivre/wed a decided 'lGortirellee;for'ehiring the dertibikif the Ytenob'adientirer, ' De,itlyfd ro won beb,i _to bait 'the 11 4 1:1712 pA!Ip1108114., dollars, a n d itr Plonce;rameined- at -the 'hotel with hie wife and daughier..:, - It te not"otettott-whottitif 'riot Rlvierti•tind M6de one, and - wklitWlll be thonext phaea of thiiiirloue drarnifilieri,tiiiMiifeatirts to determine, , The;o664tA6beri and wife 'tad others,' °barged Witltlasidephiity to poison i*nliiln, - Xtrkliati.idktos 4 the Ooh ft qt fjua;tai Hedelongt odgo dilteon pro, deyelopecilw.the4tioi , notion , of the partlee hitveleerigitbitctironireid:' ere. ThriAirobeirftfir fe 1114 Bietb - fr.Athe'pAnel: pal defOtlatii;444membd 4:iikon*or.Mier Kirkpitti4 tv;'6:- ,,, Xi;eirjt;:)titkiattiek formerlymigagedin fheleeinese of Inerrant/16g.' JndgeseUey,avhd,',with Mr oeorge.d. , o6tl'ily, ld engn i geg the'firrikemitlert; eitiiiiid'Atijiare to the, jery lirkijklidk l 43o4ll main; p o int s Airifif,to itzstait: the defeat , donto. 41i.pottion oGtht , teetlitionylof the pan= 1 cutler/ yrtierstamlttißlheiterlil:7l: 6fute'rlit probably - 66Wtlityrimiiiii' dr ; of Ifiaiteao:oloailkikl2lo, l ,l4tility#l':4ll tha on acem . iit ef,4l.44taAtling :AO means of Uteri's- . the immodistoli Interested hi rtitlaltt • POLITICS IN INDEPENDENCE SQUARE The beautiful ceremony of celebrating the 4th of July in Independence Square, by a Demo- Matte meetinO'ytias wits:leaned' by a small as semblage of eiptoltixens ortAtanday morning hist. Mr. FLORENOE'treeliled; 'itn , tl indulged in his usually good-natured, platitudes; Mr. Oilman Itsoiesoui..=proiktunced a scholar like and finfeher,Citifitipt„ ant - the ever:reedy Senator BfiILER instated upon making the darkness of his position visible by a long and very lurid illumination. But the pulse of the people beat - coldly and - low: - -In vain Colonel I sFKUSNerI invoked harmony, in vain Mr. Bumun, shouted his_ prefosaioneof devotion. Inifeliettinciacy, the enthusiaam patent to iiCointlena Was 'wanting. The , comment upon the text of - ithe President of the'day, that there should be harmony and peace; and `oblivion; to the pig; and many other good tiiings; was; the, following resolution, moat in audibly reed 'at the` close of the meeting, by a cuatoin-house Utfleer, When there Were not , - eiteugh-perions present to fill an ordinary bar ' room: • Ritorssed, That we, regard the action of Coll een in lot:alien the : Kansas question by, a mode of adjustment which, while preserving the supra- Macy . of the laws and, authority of the United States, and conceding nothing whatever to rebel lWee agitation against Government and law, hes, neverthaless, invoked snob an expression of popu lar opinion, after A regular and legal manner , in the Territory el Kansas, as satisfactorily disposed of the whole of this vexations, but for all practical purposes really unimportant mbjeet,as amounting party sense, to its in% final, and proper settle ment., That inasmuch as the . ,terms and modes of settlenient have been:assumed and endorsed by a , Deraoratie President end Cabinet ; by a Demo oratieSenate on a strict party Vale; by a Demo cratic, Rouse with scarce half a dozen Demooratio votes in the negative, and by the strongutterance of the party organisation, in almost every State of the Union, midis conformity tattle the princt• plea of the •Dentocraticyarty,it is the plain duty of every true Democrat desirous of remaining in fellowship, with - the, liarty, to submit to Mt party's irrsversale demszonj•and to =split as a;inality. - = - • When we repel Dint a' - getttleniati presided over this meeting who expects to be re-elected to Congress, after persisteutlY voting for a 'scandalous surrender of Democratic. principles, (and when we saithis, we desire to be under stood as entertaining every kind feeling for - Celbnid !",f,otti,xo;;),Dui impertinent absurdity Of the , 'deubie, falsehood and threat contained in tho above resolution, especially that part in must apPerent. " Hardly had - echoes of the appeals for union and harmony been - stilled - , before this resolution was an. Oonnee& by Colonel FLORENCE to have been What sort of.. union and harniony does it effort:Simply; this, and nothing more : That every !rue Dennierat, desirous of remaining in the partY; , 1411431 SUbMY to the party's in - ever- Able decision on the Kansa; question. In other words, that unless we approve Col. FLORENCE Loroinpton colleagues, we are not of the . partil Pray, Col. Pm:union, are you roady to ton 'for Congress on this miserable threat- 7 a threat compounded of insanity and ofuntruth ? Your district is filled with Democrate,'Whe publicly denounce the whole policy. to which you 'willingly sub scribed--men who have been in the party all their liyea, and mon, too, who are wholly in dependent of its patronage. These men are 4o 'be east out if they do not submit to the party's ss irreversible - decree " as to Kansas. Are you ready to adopt this arrogant and inso lent language'for your camas, and to advo cate it from the stump? .:If you are, wo would not give three counterfeit pennies for your chance Twenty sloops weuld not save you. The madness of the men who have managed this meeting is incomprehensible. Most of them offfee.hoiders, and. nearly all the others office hunters, their heads become - intoxicated with :the (Oa that because theY have usurped an ;Organization, they can, in the name of that organization, perpetrate all manner of out.. "rage upon Democrats. With ono breath they lieg f9r peace and for harmony, and with the other they thunder anathemas against all who differ trotn them: The Organization of the Democratic , party hero is, or ought to tie, the, creature of the Democratic masses, instead of which it has become their mas ter; and. as it is controlled by a set of place-Men, the salaried dependents of pow er. are in fact the controllers of the great body of voters. Submitted,te - by . these latter, they kkow:blind, initdea;f; and dumb, in their' offi cial snuggeries, and, in their adulation of the temporary influence that feeds them, enact the test shameless absurditlea, and then flatter themselves that if defeat ensues to the, party, they at least are secure in office. ''Take the foregoing resolution as a specimen. We have spoken Of the threat against the thousands of, Democrats who trample open Lecompton,' and denounce those who -have supported it. Now look at the 'gross falsehood "so ostentatiously asserted. We pro told that the Kansas ques tion has been "localized" and "settled" by Plan Which ss is in conformity with the 'principles °Mho Democratic party I" The moat abject slave of office,lhe most willing worshipper of expediency, will not read this =ME Miserable misstatement without a blush. Even the Washington . Union has abandoned the attempt of reconciling the Kansas policy of the Adniinistration to the Cincinnati plat (Whichje pa very itiet expiession of i/Meniberidie principles,") and boldly de. alarealhat LeCtimptOrt is right, and that the idatform is wrong, inconsistent, and imp/ elect. Mut. a 'holder policy prevailed in _lndepen dence square on Monday. There and then teaprapton was saki to be in accordance with bemocratic principles; and those who do, not think so aro out Of the party ! We 'desire to assure the worthy officials Whq control our politics, make our nomina tions, CAIRO our creeds, and ventilate and vary our, platforms, that for all practical pur. poses, their tesOlutiona Might as, well hive heft* read then the stage of the theatre, as Bart of a comedy, for all practical benefits 010 Can do. The only parties damaged by their (c utterance " are the very enterprising gentlemen who fabricated and endorsed them. They are as valueless as wake paper to every. body else. , THE' yVEST . : PHILADELPHIA PASSENGER - RAILWAY. IL' is with no little pleasure that we announce the completion of the first portion of the West Philadelphia - Passenger Railway. The marl werephiced upon 'the track on Friday after n'oop, end run from Eighth street all the way oht Market street to' Logan, street, and on Lo 'On street to Aaverford street, In the Twenty feurth Ward. The : People west of the Schuyl hilf-ireti greatilieat the successful fruition of this enterprise, and the fifteen cars put upon the road on Saturday were filled at once with delighted passengers. We like the way in • , which. this company have grappled with.the many difficulties that have beset them in car rying forward their enterprise, and we hearti . kcorwatuiarp them on the prospect of hand- some returner fRr the, time,qabor, and moneY they have expended. - ; ?Apple' praise is due to the engineer, Mr. Vanesllll,l,lkfL, for the ingenuity and practical skill liphas tuanifeated in the laying of the track: ! The difficulties he has encountered tirit'Oahably •gieater, than have been met in Any` similar Work, and they : have bona over coirktby such simple,yet unfailing applications of skill f e. show_ am 'to be a muter of his busi ness.- The completion - of this railway will give a newifurietifs tikthe'growth of, the most beau tift4distriet, west of the Schuylkill, and can not fail to add largely to the value of property. • irri Inernasion.=-4nother instance of the wisdom anklienelloenoeof life insurance has just Goole under. ouinetloei and deserves to be men tioned.: The late lamented 'Edward T. Mott, as most of oat readers are aware, was a =reheat in title city, 'doing an extensive business; but, not withstanding his success in .trado, he effected an insurance on his life as early as 1848, for the sum 'Of five thousand dollari, payable at his death to his widow; in mule she:survived him, During the .leteeeinnerotal revulsion, the firm of which Mr. Matt was a member was obliged,. in common with rain* , ether good.hauses„to succumb to the, storm, So that'aft of Mr. MOWS, means were required to meat tAShisluess engagements. ,In the prime of life he:bilibeen suddenly. called away, his death Wing bean occasioned by causes which originally were of a trifling - nature. Me was buried on Bun- Y 0 48 147 the 'Penn Mutual Life. In :81W4TO. Pempany, at the Oorner . of Third and Dock sine% With a promptitude that reflects in finite credit on the management, Without availing themselves of the 'delay to which; they were en titled'Ander -their rafoYl Pati , Mrs. Mott the Amount - loin - red on the life df her husband. It was both love and wisdom on the part of Mr-Mott, when be thug made for hintamily against the intsfortentsl business and the uncertainty of life, at a thne,wlien. everything seemed to promise ripe old age • and ample means. The publie ootaa Pratt by this example. It is a signal illus tration of the duty which, rests on the head of evety family similarly situated, to provide a like support for his widolVand eitildrea in the event of their being dePtived of his exertions. THE THREE GREAT ORATORS OF NEW ENGLAND. Boston is the only,city,on this Continent that knows how to celebrate the Fourth of July. Let ts frankly Confess and be done With it. Philadelphlai indeed, where Inde pendence was born, fails far behind the heart felt enthusiasm of the commercial metropolis or New Bngland. If we take up a Boston pa per two days after the Fofirth of July, and compare it with a Philadelphia paper of the same date, and read tho respective accounts of the celebration of our national anniversary, the contrast will - painful in the extreme. In 1867 the celebration at Boston attracted tont of thousands to that city.' Artists were invited from every part of the Union to participate, and an immense amount of money was expended, some of it contributed by tho municipality;somo by the merchants, and a large amount by individuals froin a mere pa triotic purpose. That ovation lasted the en tire day. All classes shared. in it—the chil dren in the schools, the clergy,, the politi cians, the theatres—and the whole affair ended with a display of pyrotechnics that will long be remembered. Boston seems to cherish in her heart of hearts the idea of that statesman who propheti cally demanded that posterity should honor him and his confederates. Is it this spirit, or what is it, that has given Boston thename and the fame of being. the seat of the present great orators of America? Can this patriotic feeling be the .secret why so many eloquent men- now live in and speak from the great New England city? Whatever the cause may be, the fact Is that at this dayßoston contains more eloquent Americans than any other city on the continent. Three of these men, all of them distill. guished, learned, and experienced, came forth, on Monday last, to testify, in strains of majestic and striking rhetoric their devotion to the Constitution and the Unien-we mean EDWARD EVERETT, RUFUS CIIOATF., and CA LEB CUSHING. The two first spoke in Boston, and the latter in New York, and all by a eng. gestive coincidence at Democratic celebra tions. We give in another:part of this paper specimen of the respective styles of Cym ru° and CHOATE, and refer those who are de sirous of knowing about the celebration at Boston to the interesting and animated letter of our Boston correspondent in THE PREBB of this morning. Mr. Cnsniso excelled himself at Tammany, and Mr. CHOATE seems to have caught a new inspiration from his well-worn theme. In deed; the fact that all •these orators were to speak on the same day doubtless stimu lated each to do his best; and we have the product before us. GOV. WISE AT THE MONROE INTER • DIENT. The brief telegraphic announcement, Which we published on Tuesday, of the part which Governor Max bore in the imposing ccremo nies connected with the final deposition of President MONROE'S remains, in Hollywood Cemetery, gave but a very inCetnplete and un satisfactory idea of , the sensation caused•: by the Governor's admirable remarks at the en tertainment given to the Now York Regiment. We publish in full, from the Richmond Enqui rer, a verbatim report of Governor Wren's speech. It fairly glows with "thoughts that breathe and words that burn." Virginia may indeed be proud of Such a son. The sixth regular toast on the occasion was as followe VutanslA—for sons of the past. Her sons of the present oun speak for themselves. Upon the reading of the • above,' Colonel DURYEA. called upon tho National Guard to give nine aeon for the Governor, and five times nine were given with a will. When order was finally restored, Governor WISE roso and said . FE L. LOW• 111111 : I think I can ecU Our selves to witn 4s that we aro the most cheerful meeting that e r gathered together. [Laughter.] We are told, in the toast to which Ihave been called upon to respond, that it is first given to " Virginia ;" next to her " sons of the peat;" and as for her sons of the present, they can speak for themselves; and I think I eon call yourselves to witness, that every ono of us ono speak at once. [Laughter. There was immense confusion in the hall 1 - Last night, late, I was notified duly that 'I would be called upon this day to respond to this toast; and when I came to look at it, vary little reflection taught me that it would take a whole lifetime to respond to it. Once when the State of Massachusetts, the oldest sister of Virginia, wee alluded to—and alluded to with a sneer—all that that 'master of eloquence—no other than Daniel Webster himself—did say, was, "there Massachusetts! stands ;" and 1n respect to Vir , would take up the sentiment of his words, and say, " here Virginia stands." [Applause.] But. are you prepared to listen to a library of his tory in speaking of herself and a biography in speaking of her sone of the past? It would take volumes to speak, or to . write her his tory and their - biography. No ! you have not the time for either now, and we are not pre• pared for the task. But Virginia has her history of her settlenient ! And there stands Jamestown, with all the romance of the history of Pocahontas and Captain Smith. [Applause.] Virginia has her colonial history, and there is a volume in the first rebellion against British tyranny on this continent in Bacon's rebellion. And here, near you, Is "Bloody Run ; '" and, besides this, there is Point Pleasant, and beyond that Is the marsh of George Rogers Clark to Kaskaskia and Vincennes, that beats any march of the ten thousand in Grecian or Persian history. '•(Applause.] And then, Vir ginia has her revolutionary history. Go to the old magazine at Williamsburg ; and there you will find weethe first ball of theitevolution to which Patrick Henry's! eloquence gave the impulse. [Ap plause.) Qo to the vary frond/piece of the first work of the first Convention of our fathers, and there you will find the record of the first bill of rights, not excepting Magna Marta. [Applause.' I SUM, fellow.ci Wens, not alluding to events like those which threw the tea into the harbor of Bos ton—that, and other deeds of like kind, were done by masked men—men who had to assume the oostnme of the red man—of Mohawks. But I speak of open and organized action. Go to the Old Raleigh in Williamsburg, and you will there find, that vrithoutputting on a meek, Virginia, through her legislators and representatives, the first that ever ,sat in the world, of a sovereign constituency, was the first openly, daringly, in organized conclave, to :proclaim freedom and independence on the 20th of June, 1770. (Applause.] She alone proclaimed herself solely, without knowing whether any sister State would back her, free, sovereign, and independent. [Applause.] Go, then, into Carpenter's Hall and see the sovereign States meet; etio them assemble there. Oh! what a scene ! My God, if you can only picture that scone this , day in an aseembly like this! Charles Carroll signing the risk of millions, and Stephen Hopkins, with palsy in the hand, but none in the heart, signing—signing what? Signing the groat Charter, the groat National Declaration, which said that the Virginia declaration of the 20th of June shall not be loft alone, but that the 4th of July shall be added to the declaration of the 20th of June, and that the whole nation shall be united in ono declaration, written by the four fingers and the thumb of one of Virginia's sires. '(Tro mendous applause.) Look' to Virginia!s part in the formation of the Articles of the Confederation, which led to the formation of your Federal Con stitution - Listen to me now, and to what lam go ing to say—l wish that there was no noise, and that there was silence in all the earth, and that I lied the trumpet of an arch-angel to sound it every where. When your 'fathers attempted to form this Union they did not know, beforehaed, what sort „of a Union it was to be.. They set to work to do the best they could under the circum stances. What they would accomplish no man could tell. There was not a head upon either that had the human wisdom to foretell what it was to be; but they wont in for union, for ration's sake. (Applause.] By all the Gode; by all the altars of my, country, I go for union for union's sake. • [Loud. applause, which continued for several minutes.] They sot to work to make the best Union they could, and they did make the best Union and the best Government that ever Was' made. [Applause,] Washington, Franklin, Jefferson—alf combined, in Congress or out of COll - in Convention or out of Convention, never made that Constitution—God Almighty lent it down to yourfathers.. 'Applause.) It was a work. too, of fiery and a work, of inspiration. [A p: plause. I believe that as fully as. I believe in my Bib 0, No man, from Hamilton and Jay and Madison—from Edmund Randolph, who had the chief hand in making it—and he was a Virginian— the writers of it, the authors of it, and qou who have lived under it, from 1782 down to this year of our Lord, 1808—nane of your fathers, and none of your fathers'. sone, bee' ever measured the .height or the depth, or tho length or the breadth, of the wisdom of thaaConstitution. [Lend applause.] Virginia! Virginia speaks for herself! she gave you the Father of your Country ; [Applause ;] she gave you your Revolution; she gave you your li berty ; she gave you the author of the Declaration of Independence; she put the ball of revolution in motien • and was the first that gave it impulse. [Applanke.] She was the mother of your Con stitution in ,the person of Edmund Randolph and Madison. And then she was the mother of your judiciary, in the person of John Marshall. [Ap plause.] Mother of the Father of the Coun try ; mother of the .o:institution ; mother of the Declaration of Independence ; mother of the Re volution; mother of the Judiciary, which Is the great bulwark of the Constitution. [Loud ap. pietism.] We may well claim that she is "mother of us all!" Is it necessary for me to , give you a list of her sons? They aro more numerous than the mighty pillars of this mighty fabrio ; and they are just as etaunoh in their historical renown as - Am pillars in their firm basements. (Loud applause.] _ BUH•ATLAtTIC TELEGRAPH. The arrival of the Telegraphic Fleet, with intelligence respecting the placing or not placing of the sub-marine cable has not been, announced. It is presumed that this connec tion between the Old and New Worlds has not been made. In the Louden share-market on June 22d, (the day before before the City of Washington left England,) shares in the Sub- Atlantic Telegraph Company were at 50 per cent. discount. The success of the under taking would speedily raise the price, of eouree. Mies Caroline Richinge is singing the Mar- Ballistic, and Mr. Riohings is peisonating Qattara Washington at Detroit, Andiron. The " Child of tho Regiiinint" was announced. , TIVE l IIIHRADAY; ,TUIN g, 180. BY MIDNIGHT MAIL. LETTER FROM ,OCCASIONAL. O I Norrespondeine of The Press! WAS RINGTON, July 7, 1858, It is Proposed to ohango a number of the bureaus within the next few months. These bureaus have become the nests of favorithun. It is a question for grave consideration whether the rule of rota tion should be applied to faithful subordinates. I am not clear Whether good men should not bo re tained in those positions, but there can be no question as to the propriety of making frequent changes In those departments from which vast pa-, tronage is , distributed. ;Washington is always: infested with operators and, speculators, and then men make it their buSiness to seek an acque it intance with the persons neareet the Secretaries to whom it may be euppoied are invariably referred all bide for . contracts, jobs, Pte. The . amount of 'inkuonee which those subnhiefs exercise is stupendous. Whether it is a sloop to build, a nail , yard to supply, a fri gate to refit, mules to furnish, corn, beef, coal— everything in the long catalogue of human ne cessities—the outside cormorants aro on the qzti vive t and. although never pretending to produce what they offer to supply, yet always ready to un dertake the business of putting the partiee who have the raw material in hand through the de partments. Same of the most dapper and fashion able anti aristooratio of Unpolitical managers and loungers on about here are dealers in ham, oxen, mules, and, indeed, in anything that honest men have to sell and the Government is anxious to buy. Mr. Buchanan Is no wide awake to' these people as any man alive. No man has a' greater aversion to what is termed burealtocracq, and cope olally that part of it which has its connections among tho so-called family intluencee of the capi tal ; and I am glad to know that he Intends snaking a change which will entice considerable panto among the dry bones of the departments. It is evident Governor Denver has determined to resign, which will give another chance to the patriots who want his place. The Kansas papers speak highly Of Denver's integrity and general . impartiality. - JOLIIO3 S. Green has reached Missouri by this tine. Before ho left Washington he was very de cided against the proscription of the Douglas Democracy. of Illinois. The truth about it is that Green has discovered a strong anti-Lecompton feeling among hie own people in Missouri. Frank Blair, the free Democratio candidate In St. Louis. will be elected by 'a largo majority, and there is notating what will become of Missouri politics if the foolish War upon indigo Douglas goal on. .In Kentucky, the opposition candidate for the Court of Appeals is making anti-Lsoompion speeches all over the State, and his chances are Said to bo good for election. I do not think ,thrit Messrs. Benjamin, Harris, La Sore, kCo will Complete their Tehuantepec line through Mexico as smoothly as was expected. The disturbance in Mexico, and thel jea.ousy of 'the rival oompanies,will do much'to interrupt and arrest operations. There, is no doubt that Mr. Slidell can go to France if he desires it: Mr. Dix is ambitious for the mission. Mr. Slidell has taken Buell a deep interest in the speedy execution of Judge Douglas that probably he will remain at home. The various libraries and institutions of learn ing which are shortly to be supplied with complete sets of doeuments of the Thirty-fourth Congress will bo highly honored. *The workfkupplied to eeoh ono of these institutions vPill cost the Govern ment from $5OO to $BOO. , The land sales which have boon ordered in the Western land States and Territories, as well as in California and Oregon, and which aro soon to take place, are expected to bring large sumo of money into the Treasury. Colonel Hickey has ordered out the 'volunteer -companies of Washington to receive , the famous Seventh. regiment of New York 'militia, expected here this evening or in the morning..`" Crowds of ladies and gentlemen are wending their way to the President's grounds to promenade through the shady alleys and listen to the mode of the Marine Band. OCOASIONAL. THE LATEST NEWS WASHINGTON, July 7.—lt is reported that Corn mender Page will command the vessel noon to be despatched to Paraguay. The various librarlea and institutions of learn ing throughout the Union will shortly be supplied by the Interior Department with complete sets of the dootimentsof the Thirty-fourth Congreas. The depositories were designated by the members of Congress in acoordanoe with the law of the last session. John H. Clark has beenappointed commissioner, John Holes, surveyor, and Hugh Campbell, astrono mer, on the part of the United States, to run the Texan boundary. They will commence operations about the first of September, at the point where the thirty-sooond parallel crosses the Rio Grande. Jonathan J. Bettetette bee been appointed as sistant sturgeon, and Win. 11. Dand, lieutenant in the navy, in plans of Edward C. Stookton, die missed. The receipts in the Treasury from the net to the last of June amount to $81,109; the amount in deposit le $8,120,000 ; the amount of drafts drawn buinnt p. 4801 $2,206,000 t_the amount subject to draft nearly $0,005,000. The Seeretary of the Interior wilt leave Wash ington for hie home in Mississippi. on Friday. General Ward A. Burnett, of New York, has been tendered the appointment of surveyor gene ral of Kansas and Nebraska, vice General Calhoun, whose commission expired on the 3d of July. James Guthrie, Jr., has bean appointed receiver of publio moneys at Oregon City ; Pasquel Be quelete at San Francisco; William A. Street for the district of New MexictY,'and William David son, of Louisiana, register for the latter Territory. WARRINGTON', July 7.—The Commissioner of In dian Affairs with the approbation of the Srcrettily of the Interior, has taken' prompt measures with the view of preventing further Indian depreds tiona in the Sioux agency. Recently, a spools' agent, K. Pritchette, was despatched to. the scenes of the disturbandes, and to-day full instrus- Mona were sent to the Superintendent of Indiaa Affairs at St. Paula. The claims of the Indians against the Government are to bo satisfied, pro. seals distributed, and other measures initiated to promote their domestics comfort. The Indian Bureau, long ago, -anticipated diffl ankles in that quarter, but was unable to act of. fectually in the premises until Congress, at the late cession, made an appropriation in accordance with ite urgent recommendation to satisfy the treaty obligations and other demands of these dis affected savages. The Utah Expedition-oov. Denver en route for Washington. Sr. Lours, July 7.—Letters from the Utah cor respondent of the Democrat, .srlio is travelling with the headquarters, says that General Harney, with blastoff, reached a point on tinaittle Blue river, two hundred and forty miles west, of Fort Lavenworth, on June 25. All were troll, and in excellent spirits.. . • The letters contain no news. The roads were good, and the weather tine, and the headquarters were progressing rapidly. The third column, under Colonel May, was overtaken on the evening of the 23,1 of June. Governor Denver hoe passed through this city. (St. Louis) en. route for Washington. A despatch from Nebraska says the ox trains, returning from Fort Kearney, are in fine condi. tion, and reports good roads. A number of trains wore awaiting the arrival of Government freight. • The corresnondents of the New York Herald, Cincinnati Ga :ette and Conkrnerrial, left for Utah on Juno 30. The Seventh Regiment of New York. RICHMOND, July 7.—The Seventh Regiment. of New York were yesterday reviewed In the Capitol Square by Governor Wise, in the presence of thou sands. The regiment left for Washington by the Ericsson, and aro expected to arrive at Mount Ver non to-morrow morning. ' NEW YORK, July 7.--The following are the lates commercial advioes from Havre 114vaz, Jana 21 —The talcs of 'Cotton for tho week havo boon 4,600 bales at an advance of Ifa2f. Bales of bas at 97f. greadstaffs steady. NEw YORK, July 7.—Tho steamship Persia &sit od nt noon for Livorpool, with two hundred parson gore and $500,000 in spode. Non-Arrlral of the Telegraph Fleet. • (131 the American Telegraph Co.) TIMMY BAY. N. P., July 7-8 P. M.—Tbo weather le oloar, and has boon fine all day, with a 'melody breeze. No intolligenoo hoe boon re. solved with regard to the telegraph float. Naval intelligence. NEW Yong, July 7.—The United States steamer Fulton was off Atatanzee on the 27th ult. All well. ammo, July 7.—Flour steady. Wheat buoyant at 630. Corn firm. Oats firm. Shipments to Oswego, no Flour; 2d,000 bugle's Wheat. Receipts, 1,000 barrels Flour; 70,000 bushel! Wheat; 78,000 bushels Corn, and 20,00 boebels Cele. New OELEstiO, July o,—The Cotton market to very dull, on account of the holiday, and only 200 bales were sold. Flour is also vary dull Gunny bags quote at 100. Pork Is dull at $l6. Cern Ott • . . . Now .onusaue, July 6.—Oottou—Salee of 000 halos at irregular prices. Sales o' last three days 5,000 bales. Receipts of three days 2.400. Increase of receipt/ over last year, 100,700 holm Sugar quoted at fix 074/0. Flour—sales of superfine at $4. lexchange on. New York,.at eight, quoted at irr cent. discount. Moult', July 7.—Cotton—The soles have been very light to-day, but the market cloned unchanged. The receipts for three days amount to only 850 bales. W4L71110101, July 7 —Flour is quiet but steady. Wheat—Sales of red at $1.2081.25, and white at $1.25 8117 go; sales of old Wheat at $101.05. Oorn steady at belle for white, and 713a780 for yellow. Whiskey quotes at 22e283 0. presbyter's are dull, but un oh waged. - CINCINNATI, July 7.—Flour firm at $$0084; 'Whis key firm at 200 •, Mess Pork $l6 ; Linseed 011 600 ; 700 bbl/ prime loa sold at 10o; 100 nhda Bacon sold at 6,1f0 for shoulders. . . NEW YORK CATTLE MARKET, JUly 7.—The our rent prioes for the week at all the markets are ai follows : Beef Cattle.—First quality, per opt., s9a9 50 ; ordinary quality, $8.7589 ; common quality, Oa 8.50; inferior quality, $7.50a8. • Cows and Calves.—First quality, $5545 ; ordi nary quality $45850 ; common quality, $30a40 ; Inferior quality, $20a30. Veal Calves.—First quality, per lb, Rano; ordinary quality, 51400 ; common quality, 41aba ; inferior quality, 31a40. Sheep and Lamb.,.—Prime quality, per head, $0118; ordinary, $5a5.50; common, s4as; inferior, $384. Swine.—Bost oorn fed, 4io ; ordinary, 41o; coin- Inon,4fo ; inferior, 4fo, _ BY TELEGRAPH. Finin Washington. Indian Affairs The Latest Havre Market. Sailing of the Persia. Markets by Telegraph LETTER FROM NEW' YORE [Correspondence of The Prrei NnW Yonk, 1858, The oily is recovering from ita annual fever,' (thanks to the eruption of Monday,) and we may now walk the streets without risk of our eyes. Still, however, no news of the Telegraph landing at New foundland, and, consequently, all sorts of surmises and forebodings. The Persia remained at her wharf until;two o'clock before steaming eff ; but she will take no news but that by the mails. Let us hope, however, that ore Elbe arrives out, her news will have long been made stale by _previous sub-marine intelligence. Ex-Governor and present editor Raymond wont out in the Peres, to visit his family now in Europe, and to hobnob 'with the trans-Atlantio thunderer of 'thsothei "Printing-Mins° Square." For; you must know that the good people, of the vioinity inelet upon dubbing the new Times building, with -the world-known , appellation that distinguishes the locate of its London namesake. 'John Van Buren, leaning over the Persia's rail to-day, With 'the Republican editor, looked as if he intended to astonish his brother “Princes" across the water. Thee - lost of the square of American State officers, olooted in '55, has just vacated his office by death. Canal CommiesionerWhallon died yesterday after noon, at Erie, of scarlet fever, and one honest man less le in the world. Mr. Whallon was engaged in preparing , an expose of some of the swindles which have robbed the canals, but who will new follow up the trail of facts whioh he bad opened, is not easily to be named. It is a subject of satisfaction to that bear, though . ,Theice Whitley (ox-artist and Art 'Union anta gonist) admitted the Chevalier d'industrie Ri viera to bail in $l,OOO, the scamp has not yet found A party willing to become his bondsman; so be remains in custody of an officer at the Hotel Napoleon, Hoboken. He is now held, on affidavit of Mr. Monet, father of his deluded wife, or mis tress, for fareeny, In Ideating; not the damsel, but her clothing and a gold ring. The infatuated soo ther still refuses to return to. her husband, and "MB Emily '4 in secreted, SD it is BOW said. But there are a hundred rumors extant, and th,e next ono, I fear, will be that the Chevalier has escaped. , • A suicide was discovered this forenoon at the Bt. Niohola, Hotel—a respectably dressed stranger about sixty years old, who bad poisoned himself with prussic acid. Nothing was found about him whereby he could be identified. A half-dozen burglaries were committed last night, in various parts of the city; Borne of the thieves wore arrested in the act; one follow, named James Wilson, in A. B. Barnes's book-store. Tho Health Commissioners, sitting today, re. ported cases of yellow fever at quatabilne; but the regulations regarding' these arelcemod suffi cient to remove all fear of contagion. Let' Yellow Jaok,however, onoo get up to a First ward tenant house, angle may snap his lingers at all the health ordlnanies. ,This morning's stook market was firm, and a moderate activity was manifested. Reading was lively, at 451 to 451, regular, agalnst46 at the first board yesterday, and 45, seller thirty, at the N. cond. In New York Central 2,650 shares were sold, opening at 83 and closing at 838. Erie gain ed 1. Hudson River 1. Delaware and Hudson brought 081, regular, against 98, seller sixty, yes. torday. In Western railroads, Chicago and`Rook Island continued quite active, opening at and closing at 741, last night's price. Galena and Chicago has 'declined 3 since yesterday morning. The other Westorn road stooks maintained the prices quoted in my last letter. - In railroad bonds little was transacted ; Erie of 1875 brought 32; ditto, fourth mortgage, 58. Hud son River, third mortgage, closed at 64, anti La Crosse Land Grant at 34. A lot of United States lives, of 1885, was sold et 101 i, I advance. There was a large business in MlCsouri BUSS, closing at 841, decline. Tonnes aeo closed M adVallee ; North CarOlina at 96, yestedity's price ; Ohio, of 1886, at 1053; Virginia at 92; Indiana lives at 873, and Call 'tomtit new bonds at 851. In bank stooks the only sales were.Amerlcan Exchange at 1031 to 105; Importers' and Tradore' at 102; Dank of Commerce at 1001, and Common wealth at 9a Thompson k Co. quote land warrants, up to M. this day, as follows : Buying. Belling per acre.l729. 1150. SO 92 70 82 89 02 40 sere warrants 80 tt gi 120 U 180 " " The depreciated value of the Delaware Bank, Dolbi, N. Y., are now redeemed at par at the Me tropolitan Bank of this city. At the Corn Exchange the business was limited this morning, prices being unchanged. Good sound Wheat is still in demand, and prime; tend Upward. Corn is not plenty, and held firm. A good business doing in Oats. Good Beef in good request. Pork steady. Lard adranoed a trifle. Butter and Cheese remained at former quotations. The following is Wednesday's business at the office of the Assistant Treasurer: Racelpte Payments Fine bare, &a omltte , Defence The receipt* include $lOO NEW YORK - STOUK f 279,300.70 . 809,882 02 yesterday.. 854.113.70 0 419 112.92 ,000 from cmitmos. EXOEIANGE-SULT 7 SECOND 1000 Ohio St Os 'OO 101 K 30000 Missouri St 61 043 6000 Brooklyn City Os 97 1000 111 Con Bd 00 2000 do 89 200 Erie R t3O 179 2.n, do 37 h 200 Iltidaon ft R 27 100 Gal & Ohic ft 86% 050 Oler & Toll 34 160 Reading R 455, 1100 do 3130 45N 16 Mich Oen it 64 5 Mich 8 R Prf 43N 1 1160 Ohle&R I R 510 75 100 do s3O 76 69 do 630 751( 60 do 75N , i l.O do 76N 0000 Gal& Ohio Ist m 98 20 Ocean Bank Ira 100 Penn Coal Oo 763( 100 N Y Oen lt 833( 60 do P 374 1360 do al 60 do b3O 84) 100 do MO 81 300 100 LI M & R 034 d 160 OK THE MARKETS Amiss —Market steady, with a fair demand. Sales 100 bble at $6 for both Pots and Pearls, nearly all of the former description . MUMMY is coerce and firmer. Sales 200 bbls at 23X es 20c, the latter price for a very choice parcel. Corron.—Market quiet; prince without alteration. !isles small percale middling Uplands at 12.0 800lne.—There is only a limited demand for raw, but we can discover no change of moment in prides; sales since our last 400 tilide Cuba and Porto Rico at about previous prices. Corm,—The transactions are only to a moderate ex tent, and the market remains about the same as las quoted. Mousses.—A quiet market continua, and previous figures are Well tuetalued; Bales trifling. Rain —Salo• elate our tut of 200 tot at 31513%c (or common to mime. FLOUR.—The business is to a satisfactory figure. Su porilne State is In demand at full prices; sales 15,500 We at $3.80a3.85; 53.05er4.05 for extra do (with tho bulk of the sales at $3.05,24); $3.80;r3.00 for superfine Western; 53.05a4.45 for common to medium extra Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, and Wisconsin; awl $4.60e4.70 for shipping brands of extra round hooped Ohio, the market closing quiet. In Canadian Flour there is only a moderate business doing at unchanged wires; sales 540 bbls at.P4.20e5.20 for common to choice Southern Flour continues steady ; sales 1,200 bbls at 14.46 if 4.75 for superfine, and 5.8086.00 for fancy and ortra. Rye Flour unehneged; mien 200 bbls at 03013.20. Chun Meal is quiet at previous quotations. nalw,—Wheat market is firmer for good sound par rule, which are wanted to a fele extent for export. Wo quote strictly prime Chicago Spring at 81ct88o, atd do Milwaukee club at 000102 e. Sales 40.000 bus at 763120 for badly damaged Chicago Spring; 8 Irak for inhrior to fair unsound Milwaukee Club; $lO4 (or wilts Canadian; $1.20 for new red Southern; $1.40 for wilts do; and about $l.Ol for Winter and Western. lye without important change; sales 4,000 bus at 801410, atloat and delivered. Corn is quite scarce and wafted at-better price, ; sales 3,000 bus at 70.278 e for Wear to good mixed Western ; 070 fora lot of very bady damaged do; 790;60a for white Southern; 750 for damaged yellow do, and 850 nominally for prime yellow Bontarn. 0 is In good request at 450460 ror State and Western. Time —The market le firm,wlth a moderate demand. Balm 135 bales at desSe for new crop. Ho Is held firmer. Vales 400 bees at 40c50 for goodahippiog lots. PRIV tstoNi.—There is a fairlibusinesa in Pork, and a Orme: feeling to observable. The tendency of the mar ket t to higher prince. Wee of ROO bble. at $lO bOto $18.71 for mewl, the latter figures for Jobbing lois, but at the close there were no caller. at the inside pries, and 11.3 60413 60 for Prime. Prime mesa la steady and nominal at 815.600516 For Beef we notice a good damsel, in part speculativo. and the market very firm; ales 335 bbla. at $10.7505111.50 for county mesa; " 519.00413.10 for revoked Weotern maim; and $l4 000 $l4 60 or extra do. Prime mess is dull and nominally unthawed. Beef Same are steady, with small sales at 3.17 . --tbe range lifrom $l5 to 3.17. Itanords doll. Out Meats am bald with more firm neva, tbo trausactions are small, on a bails of 5,M m • 511 for Moulders and 73et71( for Hams. Primo Lan ie suoyatt at 110, but without sales of moment ; mice 14Q bble ommon, for manufacturing purposes, at Do 10 Xo, hitter and Cheese are both dull and un changed. Receipt of Produce per North Rim Beata—Flour 2,472 bble; Wheat 31.324 bushels; Corn LBO do.; Oats 1 600 do.;,kshes 14 bble ; Oil Cake 80 tons. Per ftodhern Steamers and lislifoadil—Flour 1,113 bbla. ; Wiest 2,070 bushels, 802 bags; - Corn 13,000 bushels; dales 26 bbls; Lard 015 bbl, ; Provisions PM pkgs.; Whekey 268 bble ; and 708 begs Feed. Pntraemrnis MARKETS, July 7—Evening.— The markt for Brcadstuffs is devoid of animation, and the MS of Flour are confined to the retailers and baker, at from $4.25 to $4.371 for superfine; $4.021a4.88 for extra, and ssao per bbl for extra and ram his, as to brand and quality. Shippors are not in rurket at our lowest figure, and there is nothing soling for export. Corn Meal and Rye Flottriare tot inquired for, and aro held at $3.371 for the forum, and $3.811 for the latter. Wheats are dull am but little Inquired for, with a few small sales ti note at 100a105o for reds, and 110 a 1120 for whte, of common and good qualities. Corn hoe lather advanced, with antes of about 2,000 bus yellur, all offered, at 800 for Southern, afloat, and Zo for fair Pennsylvania, in store. Oats are also letter, with sales of 4,500 bus Penn sylvania at 40. Southern aro quoted at Maas, afloat. Rya a in moderato request, with sales of 800 bus Pentalvania at 70a71e per bu. Bark is selling on neva! at $3O for first quality Quer citron. Cottoris unchanged, and about 150 bales, mostly uplandt have changed hands at 12a1310, cash. Grooerto' are more inquired for, and Sugar is Selling quite teely at full rates. Provisions (ire dull, and a sine !titaness doing in Bacon Barns at 101a111o. leads are quiet, and Cloverseed very snares at 0.5044.621 per bu. 'Whiskey Is scarce, with Snail sales of bbls at 21a25e, hhde 2310, and drudia at 221a230. Fatal .Betided..—Ooronor Fenner will hold en inquest this morning on the body of a lad named William Eakeover, residing in Bishop street, between I:seen and Vienna, who wan at. most instantly lilted yesterday afternoon by a spar falling on his, in the Eighteenth ward. The Charlestoo' Mercury and the Evening Standard leave ben united. 'I'HE COURTS. yIiSTXRDAT'S PROOXBDIROB THE KIRKPATRICK POISONING CASE Reported for The Proem.] QUARTER SEssioNs—Judge Allison.—At a corn paratively early hour yesterday Morning, the' Court of Quarter Sessions was nearly filled;by a well-dressed crowd of persons of both sexes, the witnesses and friends of the parties in the ease of the Commonwealth vs. Robert Kirkpatrick and others, charged with conspiracy to poison Edwin Kirkpatrick and family. The interest of the case was increased by the social standing of both pro. scouter And defendants, and by the fact that-the crime would, if consummated, have been fratricide as well as murder. The defendant, Robert B. Kirkpatrick, reolder by about five years than his brother Edwin, and is a rather prepossessing look ing men, with a high and white forehead." . He appeared to be laboring under considerable excitement during the delivery of his brother's testimony, and was constantly chewing some nor collo, possibly with a view to the steadying of his nerves. Ho sat, behind his counsel, Mr. J. 11. Randall, and paid great attention to the evidence. His wife and the other defendant, Mrs Yardley or Richards, sat on a book seat, and were respectably dressed. Josiah G. Jones, the colored defendant, was not present during the day, and his counsel stated to the court that he had . gone to Atlantis City in seareh of a material witness. Only ono witness, Mr. Edwin Kirkpatrick, was on , the stand yesterday, and his cross-examination has not yet terminated. The testimony given thus far does not seem to point directly to the defendants, as nothing but circumstantial evidence has been disolosed. Before a Jur . ) , was empanelled the defendants exercised their right of challenge to the full ex tent, fourteen jurors having been challenged per emptorily, and two for cause We give below the names of the defendants, the charge against them, and the names of the counsel by Senora they are represented : Robert B. Kirkpatrick, Sarah Kirkpatrick, Jo siah G. Jones, Elizabeth Yardley, alias Elisabeth Richards, were charged with ,conspiring in at tempting to poison the family of Edwin Kirkpat riek, by means of a poisoned minim pie. This ease was peremptorily fixed for trial yesterday morning by Judge Allison. William D. Kelley and Geo. A. Coffey represent the Commonwealth, F. C. Brew ster and James H. Randall the Kirkpatrioks, Hen ry S. Hagert for Mrs.. Richards, and Isaac Basle hurst and Lima Hirst for Josiah Jones. The following named persons were chosen as fu rore: William Brine, John H. Axe, James Win. cheater, James Short, Samuel Gray, James R. Steel, Samuel Hines, Charles P. Righter, laaao Henry, Conrad Rush, William Calhoun, and Thomas Armstrong, foreman. Mr. Brewster asked the court to grant the usual order made in rush eases as these, to exclude from the court-room all witnesses except the one under examination, which was granted, and the District Court-room was assigned for the use of the witnesses: Hon. William D. Kelley, in opening for the pro secution, said: With submission to your honor, Gentlemen of the Jary : The bill of indictments which I am about cal ling your attention charges Robert B. Kirkpatrick, Sarah Kirkpatrick, Josiah G. Jones, and Elizabeth Yardley, (otherwise called Elizabeth Richarda,) with the offence of conspiracy. The mum, ae the witnesses will present it to you, will strike your minds no the most remarkable ease—certainly, one of the most re markable cases that have sver been brought to the at tention of smart and jury In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Our simple annals of crime furnish no parallel to it. To find one that may snatch It, we must go to the dente and antiquated capitals of Europe The feature. of the cue are more like thee. which dletin• guished the celebrated cases of Lafarge and De Brio- Villiers, than any known American CAM. Even the celebrated poisoning cases of Chipman and Mina were simple in their details, and matters of little moinent, in comparison with the details about to be p.esented to you la this cause. The bill of indictment has been spoken of as en ela borate one—and It le so.. It could not, gentlemen of the jury be a simple one; for it was not to bring to your notice a simple transaction; happening in a pass ing moment, a fleeting hour, a brief day The period of time covered by the incidents to which it will be my duty to call the attention of wltnesses'is something over a year. Many of the incidents will be very minute; and I shall therefore ask (as. no doubt, the eats will re ceive) your careful attention to that which may In it molt appear to be very trivial, but which may be an Im portant part of a great whole Not alone from its facts le this case a remarkab le one, but aloe from the parties concerned • The-prose cuter in the ease fen I name him, for so he will be called by the other side) le thebrother of the defendant lint named in the bill—a younger brother. They are sans of parents who new, far gone In the vale of years, have borne en honorable character in the community in which tbuy have passed the allotted life of man. I believe the younger of them Is full three score years and ten. The sone shared at an early day tho fortune earned by the father, and entered upon life with that measure of repeotablllty eurroundlng them 'that the wall-spent liven of their parents, their nodal position, and their wealth guarantied them. • The prosecutor to Edwin Kirkpatrick, who resides In 'bolt street. near Tbirieenth, a member of_the firm of Myers. Kirkpatrick, & CO., at the southwest corner of . Third and Vine irreets. - Robert. 11. Kirkpatrick (who is, as I have said, his eldest brother, i was his prods- Mum in that firm; was for a time hii co-partner and subsequently to that became si member of the drm of Kirkpatrick & Let, sugar rednere, in Vine street, below Third. Ile resides with his wife, at 'be corner of Eleventh and Wallace streets. 111 and his wife aro defendant. in this case. With them aro associated Josiah G. Jones (a colored man, who served for some time in the family of David Kirkpatrick, the father, and who w. discharged from service there for want or fidelity.) and Elisabeth Yardley, or Elisabeth Richards, ae abe first became known in this, case, and was, when it bad progressed some distance on its way towards the trial be Jury. Elisabeth Richards is. I belie., the sis er Or half-Mater of Mrs. Robei t D. Kirkpatrick. I say I belleve so; for so I have been informed recently, though I may not Fe able to prove the fact, nor will it probably be important:. She does not reside with the other defendant... She appears, sod will appear by the testimony. to hare been for, some time an humbie de pendantofMr and biro Roberti!. Kirkpatrick, though living apart from them. The circtimatances of the cue I will proceed to nar rate, but I bog that you will net permit your Judgment to be concluded by my statement of the facts. Ido but ivcapitutate Them ow may do so imperfectly) for the purppee of enabling you to appreciate the pinta of evidence no the cue proceeds. Fora long period of time, Mr. Edwin Kirkpatrick hax been subject to annoyances oha peculiar and most pain• ful character. He is the husband of en amiable and intelligent woman, and the ;ether of an interesting family of children. And pt., from time to time, begin ning shortly after the marriage-day, ingenuity has managed to suggest doubts AA to the parity and pro prl.ty of his life and to circulate rumors welieeplcu lated to disturb his public peace. To many of these it will not be my painful duty to.rall your attention; but others, beginning with the early part of the month of January, 1657, I will hare to bring to your notice. In the early part of that month, Mrs. Kirkpatrick gave .birth to a child, and on the second or third day of that child's existence , Mr. Kirkpatrick entered his home at the ueuittdinner•hour and found In front of the clock, upon the mantel, a little parcel directed to his wife, and oupoohing It to be some evidence of affection sent from come family friend, he carried ft to her room and placed It la her hands. It proved to be the daguerreotype likeness of a woman, accompanied by a letter addressed to his wife, informing her that It wax the Ikenehe of a woman whom he had seduced and abandoned, and begging her to give it her attention. Oo that same day there went to his father and his mother a letter In the came handwriting, covering ano ther letter, in a female's handwriting. purporting to be addressed to Edwin Kirkpatrick r appealing to him, as from a mined woman, for money, and not to abandon her; and the attention of the father was called to this by the letter in which it was enclosed. At about the some time, • series of letters, In a female'. handwriting, Were received at his store, In the pretence of his co partners end clerict, calling upon him to meet a woman Immediately, Or fixing the time and place for a meeting. These lettere were fortunately exhibited on the spot, and efforts were mode to detect the person sending them. d• On one occasion, Mr. Rlikpatrick requested a broth r and a clerk in the establishment to beaten to a host indicated in the neighborhood, and observe anybody. with whom he might fall into conversation, in order that they might know again any such person, 11e re. paired to the spot, in the neighborhood of St. Angus. tine's Church, and was soon met by a woman, a stranger to him, who minted hi.o, who professed to know him, who admitted that she might possibly be mistaken and left. On another occasion, &meeting was fixed to be had In the neighborhood of Fifth and Arch street., and Id the evening. He repaired to the Tdayer's olioe, and placing the letter.- in Charge of the Chief of Police, had officers ptationed where they might arrest the woman Hello should come. No woman came. Ile received another letter; it was unnoticed: still a fourth, and to woman came. But some months after ward'', when posing westward, on Arch street, to. ward hie home at his usual dinner hour, the woman who had met him in accordance with one of the letters• met him on Arch street, approached him, when be threatened to have her arrested. and was followed by her, as he looked for a pollee officer, to neat Twelfth street. Finding him intent upon procuring an officer,' she turned; he turned to follow her, but, unhappily, lost trace °flier. Who she wee he Moot know. The officers could give no clue to her Ile hut no intimation as to who she was, except that the youngclerk In hit store meld to him. it I have never seen such a person, but I think It la the sister of Mrs. Robert It Kirkpat rick " The handwriting of the letter accompanying the daguerreotype sent to his wife, as well as that of the letter purporting to come from a female, which was sent to hie father, wan recognised as the dieguixed handwriting of Robert B. Kirkpatrick. The simple euspleon of Charles Orilla that the woman wet the Sister of hire Robert B. Kirkpatrick, led him to am elate those transactions with the malignant hatred borne him byhie brother. fo matters passed until the year 1858 From (I thirds) the month of May or June he had not seen the woman the pale•feced woman," as he ske of her—ii the light.halrod and light-eyed woman . ' No farther ails alveeroffi a painful character had bees eent to his wife ; none, so far as he had heard, to his parents But while he was at hie home, on the I4th or 15th of January, 1858, a pile was handed in at the doer with a card which had written open it "For care. Kirkpatrick—from Kate." I may here remark, that among the aunts of Mrs. Kirkpatrick iti Mix. Catharine Landis, fa , miderly known throughout an extenelve family as Aunt Kate."—a lady who, with other and more elegant aceompllnhmente, Is famous in her circle for the domestic accomplishment of skill in cookery, and who delights to enter the home of her young tdeuel, pod do for them, or teach them the art of doing, fanny ()Sok cry, preserving, eto.• Therefore, nothing in the world could be more mantel at such a time (the close of the holiday.) then that a pie should come from "Aunt Kate to a favorite niece. The little child, on hear ing the deor•bell ring, ran to the door, preceding the servant whose duty It was to go. I regret, may it please your Honor, that no important a question u who delverect that pie ehould depend, in I 1 large degree. upon the evidence of a vritneut so young ; but so it is. The bell ring; the child haatoned to the d or ; a man stood upon tho step below the large covering slab, with a parcel in his hands; the child ruched end received It; the man said, Give thin to Mrs. Kirkpatrick," then turned and left. The The women who had followed him to the door has toad on ail °modem, that she could not at al; recop nice the person; that she did net know whethet he was blank or white; that she rather thought he wee white, hot of a tory dark complexion; bat she could not tell whether he was tall or short, black er white, The child 'peels positively Our only evident., therefore, la that of the child. You will find, however, to the prow., of the nee, drum confirmatory hes. The pie was handed to Mr.. Kirkpatrick. Ohs looked at the cud and said to her bunbend, who set by her, Why, this Is not Aunt Kate's Never mind,. sold he, cc I suppose she ha* been busy, and has got one of the boys to write it." "Not it not the writing of the bepe.'' The pie RIM placed in the clapboard, the card was lost, and on the following Monday or Tuesday the tile was brought to the table, at which eat Mr. Kirkpatrick, his wife, his child. It wail helped out. Fortunately, perhaps, the child, with taste fastidionn, was the first to commence upon it, and he suggested that it tasted like medicine. With the quick perception of woman, the wife examined it, and said, "It Is not Ana Katews pantry.. There were facts, ever in the mind of Mr. Kirkpatrick, which induced hint at once to nay, "Eat no more of it,. and to caution the servants against eating It. The portion width had not been broken Into wan at once net apart. There was, naturally, some excitement in the family, and amid this the broken pieces passed Into the kitchen . . That pie, gentlemen of the jury, was ant. charged with atnenio--with arennic wrought In the crunt—with arsenic wrought in thameatt so he ludeed.thst two of the admonition "girt. ( u,etiog it to settle Its quality, were made violently ill. with all the symptoms of polaoning by that mineral—vomiting, burning of the stomach and Chest, unconquerable thirst, vertigo—and remained under Its influence for many honra. ' A portion of the pie was carried by Mr Ifirk• patrick to Isle store, whore that nlmplent of all test.— not accurate or reliable—Mug applied to it; It was thrown into the fire, and gave forth the white %teeniest blaze. A portion of it was taken by the brothixdri•law of Mr. Kirkpatrick, Dr. Hutchinson, and analysed, Elting forth its full quantity of white arsenic. The re. • militarist part was placed in the hands of Dr. Drldger,lof "e College of Pharmacy, and by him analyzed—with what result he Mill tell you. • - thould. r hrother,Appeal to the law against brother? Fas ne tenger a queation open for dlseuasion. Ho •ever :willing a mad might, e to permit hie character aril hie domestic PNies to be gulled through a long merles or jeers life ;omit be nroteoted. - Duty to God and man, - duty to thoee whom beloved bettor than self , and duty to self. settled the question, We shall Show you, gentlemen of the jury, that when this man had brought hie mind to the determination to submit his troubles to public view and seek the, pro tection of the law, he was able to deeover, slowly and by effort, where that pie came from. I think shall be able to prove to you, beyond alt reasonable doubt, that . It was made by the hand of Sarah Kirkpatrick ; that It was delivered by. her and Robert D. Kirkpatrick to Jo siah IL Jones. - and, borne by him. MN pined in the h Rode of William Henry Airkpatri k. at the door of his father's house. The evidence which we shall bo able te ni f r e e niTl o y u Oni n siag . po int n n p:t o rrck; fn iflorm n :Te t4 tl c i ' e f pie, nbnk Out lit that house mid tell. It rat unknown to those Who hid well nigh been the victims But the process of the law wee resorted to to order to produce the servants; they were pat upon their oath; and these arearnotiz the recut which tbey will disclose to you a That hire, Kirkpatrick, shortly after New-Year's Day, sent word by Jane Carlin. the house-maid, to Kilert Lynch, the cook, to get everything ready far having a few pies made; that sae wanted them baked very nicely, as one was to be sent to a friend ; • that Ellen prepared every thing for the making of the pies. and that in drie time, Mrs. Kirkpatrick entered the kitchen, and itesable4 the duties One of the girls wax away ; the other woo mo ving shout, attending to other affairs, and not °beim ving what her mistress was doing, but ever and anon hearing a word front her. She would, said Mrs. Kirkpatrick, make a little w crise-cross" upon the one thatwas to be neat away, that she might know 'it. the wa• ted it babel nicely, for Mr. Kirkpatrick wear °log to send it to 'friend; it might be to Mr. Sharp. but she did riot knew just who; but see the pies were baked, and then ehe would sugar the one to be sent to a friend. and make it look as nice es possible. Accordingly, when the fear plea which had been baked were done, the one upon which the ' cries cross" had been put was sugared and sent to the coreervatory ; the other three were eaten in the family, and all seemed to go well. Some days after tho baking of the pie, one of the girls Saw it standing in the 'conservatory, and then it disappeared. About that timeJosigh C. Jonas was an occasional vial- ter at the house, going. as the witness has said, "just as daylight begins to grow dark" The .ple was deli- vered jest after the gee had been lighted. 'Yon will have detailed to you other conversations on the part of Mrs Kirkpatrick, In which. after the ar rest of her husband, she sail that she had told him he ought not to be en revengeful; in which she implored a servant to do by her as she would do' by a friend, es curing her that she would swear that black was white; if it woo to serve a friend. It will be shown that she instructed the servants, before they , were brought from her house, to say "no" to every question that then d be caked them, and above all; if anything should be shown to them, to say they had never seen It; that again, when they were about going to the oldies, she begged them, if they were asked timid - Atm Richards. to 8y that they did not know her name, baying never asked it, and that they did not know .where she lived. During the absence of 'Ellen (mbar first examination, Mrs Kirk patrick was in much trepidation and excitement, and while chatting with her companion, the little house maid, said to her that she was afraid Ellen wan so simple she would Pay Mee thing that would he braided upori and do Mr. Kirkpat rick a great deal of harm. These. and other converse- Vous, 'mounting almost to direct admission. will be de tailed to you. A. oog them will be this; Upon the re turn of Ellen from the first examination (a witness, by the by, who bad been enbrceriaed under the - lip, of "Robert Kirkpetriek'e cook," whom name was urfinoira to those representing the Commonwealth,) Vrs Kirk. patrick said, "Ellen, what Is it all about?'' "A pis, metre, that was sent to Mr. Edwin Kirkpatrick's In Arch street, and which, they tell me, bed Pa' eon in; and, Mrs Kirkpatrick, sere, they've rot oar dial; there." "bfy Owl, Ellen! you didn't tell them that ?" "No, me ; I did as you told me to; rode I had never seen it; that I did not know it." ' , That Was right. How many more of them are there? Let's gather them up and break them; for those constables are so cunning, If they should get into the hem play the devil with us." 'And the pieces of one and the whole of another were taken, in the presence cat ode of the girls, (the other having been sent from the room,) and broken Into perticiee 60 small that he who might find them should net be able to guess at the size or shape of the plate of which they boil been part. Them fregmente wore then enveloped by her and handed to the servant to carry to a vacant lot at Eleventh and Coates streets. The servant declined, and they were borne Iry Mrs. Kirkpatrick herself, late at night, to the deposi tory at the foot of the yard, into which they were cent. We shall show you that about the time of sending the pie—subsequently to the arrest, of Mr. Kirkpatrick, and before that 'of Josiah G. /ones—Them was as I have said, a frequent vislter at the house of Mr. Robert B Kirkpatrick, and that his visite were always at about the time I have designated. We shall show you that he had no occasion to like Mr. Edwin Kirkpatrick, who had been the means of canting his discharge from the employ of Mr David Kirkpatrick, the father of Edwin' and that, thoush suspected of grave offences while In that employ, he retained, at least for these Matters, the confidence of Robert li. Kirkpatrick. ..... r Having learned thee much from the witnesses already brought from under Mr. Robert Kirkostrick's roof, the Commonwealth sent its process .for Richards, when, lo ! in her peewits appears the woman who met Edwin Kirkpatrick in aecerdsnce with the notes, who bad followed him almost to the threshold of tie home; and, no longer a witneu, she takes her place the bill of indictment. I bare thus given you, gentlemen, am briefly as I could. an outline of the course of the testimony. I ask lon to listen with That attention which the case de mands ; I a , k you to note minute facts, that you may tilecoeer their relation Yon are the chosen Jury of the andante i and I shall submit the case on the part of the Commonwealth, confident that in the rendition of your verdict,juttice will be done between Stisn .anyi man, and between the Commonwealth and her erring children . Edwin Kirkpatrick, sw orn.-My name is Edwin Kirkpatrick, and I reside at lifo. 1331 Arch street; am a married man, and have two children; my bit. linen Is a bide and leather dealer; the firm is Myers, Kirkpatrick, A Co., at the S. W. corner of Third and Vine streets; I knowK. B. Kirkpatrick; he is my eider brother; I hays been in business with him and my father for eight or nine years as a partner, and about fourteen years as boy and man together ;I know Josiatr.G. -Jones, and have known him from 15 to 18 years; he was In my fa ther's service; Ido not know Mrs. Richards; Sirs. R. B. Kirkpatrick I do not know intimately; Jones left my father's employment In the fall of 1856, as far as my memory serves me. Q.—Under what oircumatances did be leave? Objected to by Mr. Ifarleburat, and, after argu ment, the Judge admitted the question. • I told Jones he would be discharged; I told him on what grounds. Q.—Whs . ! were those grounds?, A.—On suspicion of setting fire to my father's stable; and directly afterwards he was discharged [A deguerreots po and letter handed to witness j I first saw. these on January Bth, 1857, at my own house; on going home that day, at noon, I saw a package on the olook in my dining room, directed to him Amanda B. Kirkpatrick, Arch Street be low Broad street ; I immediately carried It up to my wife's room, where she had been confined two or throe days before with an infant son ; the de fendant knew she had been confined; I mean R. B. Kirkpatrick ; banded it to my wife and said, "Bore is a present for you;" she took It, opened it, and looked at the daguerreotype, and turned exceedingly pale ; commeneed reading the note ; before getting through with the note she was all in a tremor ; she handed It back to me, and remarked. "This is fur you and not for me ;" I replied, " I did not know anything about it;" I never bad seen the daguerreotype or the person It repre sented in my life, to my knowledge; I know the handwriting of R. B. Kirkpatrick; am familiar with his handwriting, and have seen him write frequently, and have seen a great deal of his wri ting; have seen him write with various kinds of pens ; I believe a part of this letter and the en , vclope to be in the handwriting of him, under dis guise ; there are some letters in the note which aro without disguise. [Other letters were handed to the witness, who said I Bret saw these the evening I received the daguerreotype; I saw them at my father's house; on returning home I stopped at my father's house; I showed what I bad re ceived to my father and mother; they showed me what they bad received that day or one previous; it is directed to Mr. D. Kirkpatrick, No. 193 (old number,) Arch street; big name is David Kirk patrick; he resides at 193 (old number) Arch street ; the handwriting on the envelope and let ter signed MIS 3 Shuborne I believe to be the handwriting of Robert D. Kirkpatrick under dis guise; I have no doubt about it. [Another letter handed to witness.] I received this at my store on January 10th, 1857, the day of its date; Mr. Kinsey, Alexander E. Kirkpatrick, and Charles Orlin were present when it was received ; I showed it to theta and made arrangements to fulfil the meeting it proposes ; I did not know from whom it came; I do not know the handwriting, nor did I then ; I went according to the request of the note ; made arrangements with Colin to have the inter. view observed, also with Alexander E. Kirkpatrick; 1 went to the rendezvous, and there a lady, with her veil half drawn over her face, actors:oil me; she wished to know what I was walking there for; I replied I did not know that was any of her busi ness; she asked me if I knew het, o ut I did not recognise her; I said no, not to my knowledge ; at that time Colin came up; she said probably she was mistaken In the person; she then im mediately passed down Fourth street ; this is all she said ; Alexander Kirkpatrick came up at this time ; I requested him to follow her and got a good look at her face; Colin and I then went to the store; I had never seen her before to my knowledge. [An other letter handed to witness, who says,) this let ' ter I received at my Store about May 7, 1857; I went to Lieut. Buckley's office; I am not portion inrly skilled in handwritings; 1 have examined the handwritings of these several letters ; I have met this lady again, in the summer months of I 1857. in Arch street, between Tenth and Eleventh streets ; I was going home to my dinner; the lady. in the act of passing me, who was closely veiled, I said quickly, " I want to speak to you;" I replied, "I will have an officer to take you; I looked for an officer, but could not find - any; she fol lowed me about a square and a half; she then turned and walked back; I followed her in search of an officer, being in her wake about half a equate; between Ninth and Tenth I lost her, as there were quite a number of per- sons on the pavement; after looking , for her for some time, I returned home to dinner, and this ended that. I believe Mrs. Richards to be the women, and also the ono who rnet me on Follett' street. I next Paw her at the Recorder's office; I then learned that she was Mrs Richards; she was there to see if we could recognise her ; a pie was sent to my house, on the evening of January 18th or 18th, on Friday of this year; I WU sitting in the dining-room when my oldest eon brought a package up from the front door, saying to his mother, here mamma tea pre. sent for you ; she opened it and it proved to be a pie; on the top of the pia was a card with the su perscription for Mrs. Kirkpatrick from Kate; my wife put it in the store-room; on the following Monday it was placed on the table; 'I cut it, passed a piece to my son. a piece to my wife, cut a piece for myself; I commenced eating my pia ; my son said, " Papa, this tastes like medroine pie ;" my wife remarked," It Is not aunt Kate's pastry ;" I said it might be poisoned; I gave directions zo my wife to put it away, and not let any of the domestics eat of it ; she followed me out into the entry; my wife first took a piece to Dr. Hutchinson, my brother-in-law; I took a piece to the store to Mr. Kinsey; the balance was given in Dr. Hutehinson's hands for the purpose of having it analyzed; Mr. Kinsey tested the piece at the store in the fire; one part of the flame was either bine or white, the lower or upper part was blue or white; I don't recollect which ; my brother was engaged in the sugar-refining business, in Vine street, below Third street. Tho witnors was cross-examined at great length a full report of whioh we shall give in our repor of tomorrow. Tla Carson Case.—The argument for a nen trial was postponed until Monday next. The Society of the Cincinnati.—At the an nual Mated meeting of the State Society of the Cincinnati, held on Monday, the following Allen and the standing committee for the ensuing year. were selected: John R. Latham', president ; JaMeS Glentworth. vice president; John IL Markland, treasurer; Robert Adams, assistant treasurer; Hat ris L. Sprout, secretary; George W. Harris, assist ant seorotary. Standing Committee—James Schott, William G. Caldwell Pete g Hall, Charles , Pugh, Samuel B. Boude, Wayne, Robert Patterson. The Sons of Malta.—The grand Convention of this ancient order takes place in this oily on the 19th. Delegates will be present from every State in the Union. atm lodges of England and France aro expected to be represented. QM: i;0 I6I EndIAII. - Tin: MONEY MARKET. • Prtudate.t.rets July 7, 1858. We are sorry to See an Increafei virulence and reckleB9llB6l in thir attacks mode by some of the journals of our State upon Governor Packer, for withholding his signature from the nmdescript mass of words, which, under the name of an insu ranee bill, passed the two houses of the Legislature last winter. The last phase of this petty warfare is exhibited in the assertion, that the Governor will not eign*this abortion beosuse of an interest in the affairs of the Lycoming Mutual Insurance Company, which.also comes in for a share of vitu peration as a bogus concern. The fact is, that there is no more reliable company in - the country for indemnity than the Lycoming Mutual. Its method of doing business is not suited to the busi ness of large cities, perhaps, imit it is nevertheless eminently safe. and -economical for the assured. Those who undertake to judge of its solvency, by a comparison of the amount it-insures with its assets, only betray their own ignorance of the laws of insurance. . ' A company with a half million of dollen cash capital to deemed prudent and safe in insuring ten times that amount of property In a single city, yet the LyComing Mutual is condemned by these Solons for having too much insured for its means, though it is well known that iti risks are scattered over the farms and in the hamlets of nearly our whole State, and that no single conflagration, however wide-spread, could Inflict upon it any o nions loss. It gets a very small premium in esth for its policies; it Is trete, but it gets a note for a large percentage of the sum insured, which is lia ble to assessment for losses, and which, with its assessments, constitutes a lien upon the property insured. It is more amusing than otherwise to bear the Governor assailed for the reason stated, that he is interested in a bogus insurance company —to wit, the Lycoming Mutual, which bas one of the best charters, and Is conducted upon a system embodying as much piactical wisdom and as care ful a regard for the interests of policy-holders as, in our Opinion, was ever devised. We do not know whether Governor Packer has or has not any in terest in this company ; but if hd has any, we are well assured that he has no reason to be ashamed of it There are crying reasons why a law should be plumed for the protection of the community against bogus insurance companies, but there can never be reasons sufficiently important to warrant Go vernor Packer in putting his name to each a thing as this insurance bill We can readily understand how it was made. It is a hash of the Itlassachn se t ts, New York, and . Pennsylvania insurance laws, made in the most crude aad batigling manner,_ with a lot of haltkirmed opinions thrown in as amendments, and hi Its pisuge through the Legis lature it has received additions, which, if not in tended to kill it, will certainly operate to make it nugatory if it over beComes a It is inoonsia tent with itself, and in many of its providers per fectly absurd. With any recollections of .the pad history of the insurance business in Philadelphia, it is impossible to believe that the author of the bill had any real desire or belief that It would fully become a law, and many of those who voted for it must have done so purely for buncombe, well know ing that no intelligent Governor would give his eanotion to snob a bill ' We will refer to a few sections of the bill as il lustrations of what manner of a law it would be. The drat provides - for the appointment of three commissioners with certain duties, among which one is to require that s -- joint-stack company shell hare 200,000 'dollars capital subscribed, and half paid in and invested, a mixed stock and mutual company shall have capital steak, scrip, and as sets to the amount of 100.000, but a purely mu tual company shall have satisfactory guarantee notes to the amount of 200,006 dollars. Here is an act which will, undoubtedly, conliot with the charters of many companies. To meet this difficulty, the law-maker has attached a pro via—. that such shall be in conformity with the act Incorporating said company." Of comae, if it Is not in conformity with the charter of a company, it goes for nothing so far as that company is con cerned. Was ever greater nonsense palmed of for law? • Again, - mutual companies must have reliable capital to the extent of $200,000; bat stook com panies need only have $lOO,OOO paid in. No pro vision is attempted for securing the payment of the remainder of the subscribed capital: - But most of the mutual companies have the privilege of issuing steak. Under such n law sa this, key would avail themselves at once of their privilege, and then they need only have $lOO,OOO of Mete— not stock, but assets, which would include pay ments for stock; bills receivable, enbariptien notes, stock notes, premium notes, premiums, and everything. Where is the security for policy holders under such a law as this? Section fourth goes over the game ground as section first, and provides thet stock companies shall have their subscribed capital made np to $200,000, or go into liquidation; and winds up with a - proviso which - nullifies the whole section again—" Provided; that nothing contained in this section shall be construed to infringe upon se Change the charter of any company heretofore in corporated, without the assent of said company." Section fourteenth provides that all mutual fire insurance companies shall confine their business to the county in which they are located and the counties a !joining. The author of the bill evi dently thinks to himself, as be reads over this direct prohibition of the spreading of rirks, in which the safety of the business consists, "Now, then, you've took and gone and done it;" so he commences upon his favorite plan of undoing all be does with the provisos, and be first provides that the act shall not apply to immune com panies heretofore incorporated, except companies located in and doing business in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, or Allegheny City, or companies baring agencies In said cities or either of them. Ile then provides further that companies that do not have an agency in said cities may transact business there by applying to the court of common pleas of their own county, and going through cer tain forms. That is to say, all mutual fire insurance companies shall stay at home, bat companies that have been heretofore incorporated shell not stay at home, ex cept those that have agencies already in Phiiadel• phis, &0., who shall stay at home, while those who are at home now, and have been commanded to stay there, are told how they must go to Philadel phia to do business. How can any Governor, possessed of as much brains as the law allows every man, sign such an abortion of a bill as this? The brainless at the Stook Board to-day WAS MG delete. Reading Railroad stook maintains the advance of the last few days, bet the price being understood as kept up by the short interest ; it fails to create a corresponding stiffness among the other funciar, which droop under the bet wea ther. The presidents of the rival railroads running from the seaboard west are In session in New York, trying to patch up another agreement. The Punic faith exhibited by the rival railroads keeps the president of the. Pennsylvania Central Rail road pretty busy attending conferesoes, which Out side people are beginning to look upon as ao many farces, if, indeed, they be not worse affairs for the interests of oar great road. The Lehigh Talley Railroad tonnage for lest week was 11,227 tons, a gain of 1,370 tom over the corresponding week of last year. The Lehigh Canal noel tonnage amounted last week to 25,3.51 tons, making the aggregate for the season 276,371 tons. The Lancaster Express of Tuesday evening says : "The commissioners to inrestigate•the affairs of the Lancaster Savings Institution entered upon their duties to-day. The commission is composed of Messrs. Benjamin Parke, Esq., Gen. E. C. Wilson, and lion Eli Slifer, the latter having been ap pointed in plate of ex-Governor Geary, resigned. We understand the depositors are about to bold a meeting to appoint P3lllO person to represent them before the entuuditrion, and tolookieftertheir inte rests." PUILADELPhIA STOCK EXCHANON BALES, Jaly 7, 1553. NIPORTED NT KAMM, BROWN, & Co. NASK-NOTN, Met, AND NICHANGABRONERN,NORVAWIESNCOINiII =RD AND CDRATNDT 15TRISTS. FIRST BOARD 300 Peon& 5e...C&P 87X I 4000 do ..C6iP.BB 600 City 64 96 I 500 do 96 100 do ..New.loo X I 3%0 do .New 100 X 1000 Allwg co 6a.Cou nelseille.49 1000 do do 42 1000 Pena& R 64.21 mt 87 100) do 24ent S 7 3000 Sch..l Noe Oe '82.67% 600 do 57 w DETIVER. 1000 Ilarrisbl R 6.9....88 I SECOND I'9o Caindtkma 64 437.80 600 .2 retina 11. 5. 571 j 131.3 91 Lehigh Bar Mort 6s 94% 400 do 97 Pennsyl soots 8...4 ti 1 do .oseh 41N, 5 do 21 Lehigh Val B 34 6 do 34 20 Reading R 12 do BOARDS. 6 Lehigh Nar BOARD. 7000 Penns Coup tn...95X ZOO CuntAm nee 53.79 1000 do ....05x 220 do 79 200 City 6e. . ... ....06 1000 Schul Nur Imp 500 City 116;Rxempt 96,h 64.65 60 8000 Allen co Be Coo. 10 Reading R ,2h nelarille 65 49 7 do 2.:X 740Lsbigh ho. Matt ' 60 do 21‘ 6. 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Morgan, the particular, of wbleh ow have already been published in The re's:, met last evening, and rendered a verdict of 4. ac cidental death.' Several vessels are at New York quarantine with the yellow fever on board.
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