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VER Y . ., 110k11113 - LE OONFESSI.ON:9I-,A.,P/NA,TE4. T111;41A10#,D,011.11LE .lEDIIDEE IN NEW YOR - E' TEE 1300ED-uTHE•PIIIL&DELFSITA g r . 9O.OX.E.O.!IDA.WSP.I I ' • t , TIE 131.ouNT DE tuf,vrEßE APPAIRI, SOETNEEN QATTLII.!...`„. r . Writ'art ON, ThIS ATLAN TIC 'TlME riaZzjiscurrwo—cfrrisci. yi.int'sfrixES: A BILLIARD TOUT.NtiIiENT AT 11411449qA..i . I , IEW - ,PATERTS;' ,I " -, ~_,„'7 , MRS,. PARXISGT9NI.64.4:RATOG9-.: 1101!SE - 1 . 1.111.N4 XN :Oat' IN V814.1.14?N8 , g.bIP - bi:Sp . OV.4IES: P.PRiSYLV/N.I.A.iIiOAT/OILLTURAI. SOCtiE7,lr: .POLtqatEti;TAPJAIW.: •-• P111141 . 1144Pi11i YIRkAIMPTN 13CISTOlf:: tIigArtqOATTLII mgitk'ris, -- m - siNst!ir.....//sintmorlEu!..plime.fixqarrEstalt- ARD„ moterx i . s'rookti, ' r. . . irrimitAxx*fiigro.nr,t, 5./ WZ • f,l2.• • • • • ', 23 :• • mak , "irtaf4X.:44.tilliki;imatz DISTRSOI7ON ST.' XAVIER ; AOADruale; BUSINESSTILE 31E N ,13 UNION PRAYER TILE ' WEEKLY . PBEBB ` [ a rti!'4, ; • f nlsbed to e 4, eernerieet, $2 per year; Inearattet . 46r* . iti4le'repy mad toolobs br twe,ot,y;:irtferi t ;satitAr address, fa, In !Wrap . Single coptog, for. sOle._lit” thb'eeinteret rag r s ivls,pr r , nee, /e.weemeisqlemileeteintee•':'...,,,' - Periaut“lending: ciabe!of - tire* r;r piesee beer le irggd. Shia,' the leiger'tiiirse.idr*reerolit be rooted $ 0 e§dosnbsoriber+allidti the ,6 ptlee or, per annexe Ss piid, art,t paid in #ctiaiics, seaorilium? with•Atu. At* iiii444itt, Hato to.adhere*raie , Patti i'Acns. , —No Dale j at ihe Bea• Side Toot lloation of Mozkeo;:ijr,pmLyoopi,ll4.o4olllll MeV Culture X jAititl 4 la °ire° ,Bribe ry -Bondi; General 'Neese., , • ; , We bare later adyiaef bycologratih,ftoM Utah.. The Eicrinona'hadt iiiiireed j to'Belf Like, from .. Provo. Brigham Young- had abut hit:neon lip raider the protootian - or a Liddy guard,fatietiOwtrold be,suoietaltiated: - Yehriaton *Mt Rreparing. to go into iihriteefiriartere:- ; Colonel lioffmen and the valatiqtelti,wore,-ae Pert, Bridger s - A saVere battle iireportedtibeve !Altai pltioe: betiroekthe seven liindriar - laiTeei and ;the nod 'esinpenteo ',Of _the third .infatitry,' , with ono 'handfed. riflemen, hid left for New Mexico. Captain - MarajotfalS r abette to leaVe for - the kiiatee. I The stoireshii 4 Weehteiton arrivect;;tit York yestirdity. afternixin, with Ltverpoid datee - i to the ithi ,Ifire awe has been anticipated by the Arebitkand Bennie. 6 ". The United frigateplagarkarriyed at NeveYnekYietlidiii;l;::,. - _.. ; 7 ...4 ft( 1, ?,7 Tbe - iitesi.taliMpPerida - salfed.froni : NewYerk yea terday for laverpeoLfr fie! tools Out -47P0,0D0. In epode, end the ReehAtte(hpidetilleint hit family. The Presid ent Gestalie /repo Matild a criOVie;Conial at:Belgium for this • OILY. The Demem'etie fkinVentiontif fhl,l 7 lr4dieirfol, Of New Jeree'r'Mist inf ids 's landing yesterday,' and noteliiited?.tteOrge - ,..A.,Weitier t of. Atiaritio CDCLllty,*;qpnigreii„l - , There- fun 'fiow three Itteli.; monde in.tbe , lichi7-aDenmeirit, , AnAnterieinised a Itopulilican:=-:Th‘Naliontir endotreed'enlk,On't-fitiitibt'nf„letirett: , ; • , _Oyr usW . Field lejset now electrifying the Now "lo r e. z. tworti4nt _did:Weeds reet;l4-the Gotheniitte-tie The D Ooiliditton of Allegheny. county. yeitordlicnoteliated:4t4rewAttirke for Congress; Snwnel 'l4Aeti.;:for: State ftenator, , 41'C Thotiftii Bonneiii, , ,PhiliP fiteveniiiMi`Tohk- Robert Robert:' - ina'l - .2..Thitiv c fpi,6l:ofeinbjy. The CentefAtlit,r4kip,Pars eeli3M7 meetariof theidMiriietratienofAMee Buellaced" The Amertaan.andlcoitteVOoverinitentiero to have the explusti . d . tieyet , tyk:AAf a iliy o c h Wif or: turporimente we ft*inf#:• nntit ; :thl::diet ; of„f3ept, , tember. After dhitVttnCiriVii (and' Mr. Fioliktrose..neleleebt,the eedlitfiewidpit;ed ~,limineis,inedeliele(til, . .ho:tiii. 4 **;74Y ,; The Seoritaft,e4 thejefeftneliskifeeddid,lll4 "• the law er 140; gritty:og to Lbo ftinten,•tbeleweelp end' bierite;Wkilende„fa, not applicieblate - Winne= ' rota, and thot.theettitetwikair not:e4entl'hiStitti; • sthettWd - -Intof thdiTheloifiiiheqiteriflit to ,Itit pet rage, , • - - Yeeterdlt ;#fternoon:' had; Another, white thunder eteriA':'--- , The rain 'Air •In' - -difrietibr.fiii• about half onhoiir. - Hailstones saltine Bf chest % nubs Ple96.4sll'efiY:lck'An:°i3tll4ii,ioip2,4ibidows for a few retnittie;lPrieer,;B4l: - ,reettlfttifojiowee-L , tie atmosthffit 6 lett - the ',diode d eleted. ;1 , -Thqyell44:fetei 3 n New o f l 4,ov . :f,'4,4 l Al , ootrA i t:Afikliv-fm , m . it • during the past, weete-xerd*hy.heltig an tiered* 145'oyer the, pretlotie week. ' r dra ,teic : 4 6 l l t ib.ef : l 7 edar . 111 :: 10 0*.443444404 , 4,k f 4 , 11 i , :‘l 4 la l( l o 4 ll .iiii"-!*eltt fklatO : J.ke ,ll 4. l t# totitigg Oft ',.,) , #4W4 l li.OrAfi , -•- " - • - The Evil and its Ecutedies. Industrious - mechtuilca and workmen in alleur large tonmaand cities centime to seek employment ii to be fea'red'-that they have;yet to feet.:4, l3 . '"ro elfectst of the paniest ',"tBs'o.?lmsiediatelY aftar' the crash, they hadAl:keit yings. left:4e help them through the vstiter;jileirterie,ditlias ug impaired, aneiStepl4l44l-1-eseie-7 Willing trust them to any reasonable extent, in the' hope 'that abuidance of employment would soon furnish them withthe means or.repay itient..:Eut:fiestrly a - year his' elapsed=4lilr cash line Atittleipt)ndedifteir proPeltY ruort gaged Plat - ,4 4 1 ?°g- 1 19,7 'stroyed.'„ It la' that husiness halt bean slowly . yet', *ado liYoing, b : 41 manner giat .hatOrkatarially honer fitad the condition,er preSent.prostiectS of the soiling inasses,,,,Thousands and tens of of worthy artisans are at , this moment out of einployment,andtor months pasthave eitherhild lid 'Work at all, or mere occasional jobs which they have not realinedenotigh 'tO keep body arid similtogetltet. The erection Of new in which so many persons - Ordinarily' find employment during the sum mer, asjiricklayera, masons, carpenters, la: borers, ;etc.,. 'has. , fbeen4 almost entirely sns pended:, Nearly all classes of mechanics and , Operatives -have suffered a similar dearth of employment:' ' " "' The'epiiit of ' , ietrefichment is "upon our hats, ,costa, boots, 'hiineetal, and.: lees fOiture, and require -a smaller,ininber„of,:servants,, than, „ formerly. - ;Many manufacturing establishments give little, "or no w,ork to those whosennergies were forther: ly fully - employed by them - . - Thonsands wholad 'for years Wen constantly engaged, at thee-sir.; - rent, - wages;'inA r bduchag mlumfactures of iron, „dOittii tor' Wool, ire 'now idle ill; or nearly all, thiliiini c W” ionotiofi of 'atrAir. do,..ig:..fi4oc4clo4l93pfoyetneAt not made he r terellie opkiatsCh.of-,whiter, will result in ma ter4o. misery and suffering.- , the ,raidat•of such- privations men ear nestly east`around them fora remedy. krittion - ls cue of the first resorts contempla ted: ft is, one of the most natural, and in snany'inefances liati proved one of the most efficacious' cures for poverty. The -world is ORci,,when_ one. location fails to afford rouinnerative employment, the chances are that,there are plenty-of others that will. We are .arr, emigrating people, ever ready to re move- from , city to city; and State to State, under'i . the pressure of necessity or the 'call- Of 'interest and . abandon. With a ;whole - ,:entittnent inviting cultivation and 'settlement and . liundreda ofmillions of acres .'of:pnbli n ehinde - yet, unoccupied, we have the i tppotionity for expansion that our fathers successfully availed themselves of,with the. greatly increased advantage of speedyttratel and convenient communication with all parts of the rotifedera4., We,look atound. - in"anY direction to notice who enjoy areplaced beyond the ro4tOof 'Wait and the . diawitrons effects of the panics by which we are-periodically attacked, and., inquire bow . they. have . : -obtained- their possession°, we will find some,' it 'is true, whcrhave growls rich - by smccessini ape eulationk trade; manufactures, professional - or mechanical -skill, - but the vast Majority of thern - nie their present, fiiiittneg to the rise in the TOM° of. lendinirchised by their ancestors, ,or themselyCs, when it was cheap, and retained until increased population, gradual improve _ .reepts, and, the creation of new avenues to iMarket,,made valuable: for :town' sites cir , rfarming: yratpcitteti t : Thbi'idan 'of Opera s : , lions hiAtt'avitilatibi`nOW 4 'aCtit ' 'any former peried:• - "Thoeb'44fi r ol l ,,lavii'la ',hnewledge . .„agrictilttre,:n fortitade, enough to encounter; =Y the hardships of iron tar life, and patient- industry, cannot fail ' fu such an enterprise; itihOy' rofahi life and health. The basis of the superior material prosperity or out' people rests almost, entirely, upon the, ohoapneas of land 'and the readiness withvifilclittmaybe Acquired, and an• lode= pendent jioeilion._ goourod to its,,owners; In duatriptis wie*ot amftli means, who have-large tg - Osoog -up around :them, haveAn in thiiWy.botter chance of ultimate auceess - in a new, eMuntry, where they may 4acjuite pr6Vrty -at low-rates prat 'by its: HBO in value, th l an , Onininunitlea, where : they are en 'cut'off from such :elden'roPportnnities. 'size tp.many on-account ot. the privations it mayipeOnaien, ,the separatiop.irom old and cheriabe,i.homes and: Mends, and from the fact- ; that,; at thlif moment; Many W estern towns- are' autforing - more" depreasion "than'EtiateriConeal ltmust be eonfeased that the. • prospe4 of employment fox' mocha Mide t ihnie; it this time, does not seem very AattOring.,,Yi r ,eaterp, cities have been spring , fug upliko geurds,atid, with the check ofspe culation', the rage for now 'buildings has been • greatly : dimhalshed4 therelp plenty , ' Of : einployir.euf foE . agrieilituristsc *4 fear : there butitttici Airihnie hbflibid tOr farM Work. Fortkao years past Marinfactures and com merce) haiolieen ranch'mayo ..favorite avoca nenk„tha4ngrioulfure. Yeeng men have .been tiockfug,t)ytliousands.' from • their rural homes to towns maniacs i and the plough has been de'sorted for the workshop and counting . - reonaimutil•farnitands could 'scarcely be had At any.priceiL ,- Al a consequence, agricultural productions rash' to' ieri = iiigh rates, the Lyoiindaried of prudencs_ira-an over-stimulated trade in foreign and,, domestic manufactures .were passed, and `tho mercantile and 'manti-; facturing interests of; the featintryTell -to their' zeal. in , intpcirtini and 'iiittking' mote irtiClea:Ohich'viere 'loot' Of: prime necessity than the Americen 'poople'ivettt,ttble to buy and Pay, for, • - 4: • Before' it'etinditiOnof healthy prosperity can bere etprpd, censlderable time must yet elapse. Patienti and tvoll-directed industry and econo my will; make. individuals thrive Wand prosper, and their success will, id the aggregate, restore the riation•to itg wonted :iendition. A larger poition of our pgpplo mtist avail themselves of the opportunities of successful employment in agriculture *which'. are ever open to them. _There, iuuet belesa,eagerni3as to become mer chants aialmainufacturers. Let the crowd of .aiekera after, speedy fortunes in theae chan nel; ;reflect that for ono successful Aaron or - • :eiWnarion tbers'are:tbonsands swept down by, every -•iserious progruro. Ideanwbilo, w the poorlo have alwayswithryeM.?' Something must he done for that large,hodrof our citi zone Whoa° labor constitutes their only wealth. ,w,ork of, any kind to be done, or any enterpriies requiring laborin , contempla tion, 'should flunk& their employment as soon The,omittrtictien of 04 Ran 'roads has taken - plaaeitt particularly fortu nate time. If'tbere Is anything else projected byWhich ')aborers'ean earn a fair day's wages •by a fair Work,. let us have; it pushed, ItirWard"itt once. It may, bo „necessary. that ;large coutributiona„ . should be received troni our charitable eitlzens,,for the - aid of the de tiervieg•poor ;:if it is, we doubt not that the promptness and liberality which Dave ever dis ilagiffshed, Philadelphians will be again . 'die ., • -Many look hopefully for aid from a revision hope, be granted as a - beadilyea possible..,-The present tarif is a miserable affair. it was constructed In inde ''Oeut, haste, and without proper examination. if the scale cf dritlestad been nothing' More', thaq the"price of an assortment of•old stare gentle, it could not' have,heon arranged .with fess consideration than was dig-, played Xnjerriting the tariff: of 1857. It has 'failed as a r4 . 4 . eritte measure, and is of no real value for.PUrpr;ses of protection. The sooner iChlabolished , and,a,superior :ono substituted .ita, place, the ' , better: We' hat , 6 plenty of capltai dying. Idle , in Ithe''ceuntiy.' It will tinge week - I3iriplOYment On the restoration of , contldeneee jodicions: t - ariff law' is en,, acted'ltN , llC:helP greatly to inspire buoyancy ;44, - liffpcfuln4sa, end„we, oakthat Congress will m'alloTthii:tezperirrient as speedily, as pos- Olif.: "t ' • _ upper par _a, -a. city Hall, in Now York, Nita_ apriotisli dainnged tiro FeaioLday niorlling• The oettiolo,,was destroyed; end ,l'rstiae, blind to, all arbail4 14; fklifrOM her Mel: pliiniolo, tshq bee 'ilote portal:mod 'gyni,nalitio'foit s before, in °lgaw~XoTfi;}rn'oot~peny with ,the eld 'cite*, into .the rroarTng `trainee ' below . Bo' rapidly - did the' igAmed spread) that e had n 6•011 ano a to take iia r ayy 11*, both . , perished to ,T.Mi:A're,"iial the. reSalt, oar:olosineas on t - thepartit,oonie'i . i'f, Oittialit;, who managed the pyrotalohnin diesiAay„tio „oyealng Pi , o Flare-featitedfet be übotit, sp - Ec000.,: , , perYit;WriiWer s named Ydarganheirner, ',jaded a yu#dJady irtNaw,york-yeatorday Nieman. she would not-be .klo frau, Be then. ;.trledlituiselpittdrilling an ugly hole in hie bead with ii'tl6e barrelled piste): ,He trakeliticfei,last, agrflii ; ' ' NEW JERSEY—PROT DISTEHIT DEHOORATIO CONVENTION.—This body convened at May's Landing "yesterdayp - ,and eVery,portion of the district was rege`fiented.l SHEPPARD WArr , A4HH . 'Ol 53 , 146:111,..aii - optv cnti-Leconfp- Up viAtf`l unariltrioncli - Ctlepted pre fifdent. -reaffinfaing the Cincin `initlidattifit, rectegrilsing the 'greatest freedom fa r f Opiniog on all iftileitifiiits:OlAirtl?lic policy, in favor of ix' Modiflcatio:n: , ,ef the present tariff, so as to afford sufficient protection to ' the iron, glass, and other' manufacturing in terests, now depressed, and endorsing the ad ministration only on the right-of-search quei-: Mon, wereAdopted_withent.A.diesenting There were elevfnis,andldates placed on gene. ral nomination, cold, on.tii,tenth ballot,,Judge G.accion A..WALKEny of AiIEHSO.OOTHIty, was chosen as the nominee of the party - for Con gress. ; Ile is said to :be a gentleman of.goed talent and high character. - It is said that his 'election is sure. ' Public Euteitaitimeuts. TUB Wer..ntrr.hire. Bowers will commence her fall season at the Walnut on Saturday evening. The pieces selected 'for the opening are "Romeo and Juliet " and " Sketch - 4°f India." Mr. Reach, a new candidate for public favor in this city; will appear es Romeo which we NW hint perform very creditably itrßeeton about aYerir ago. Thb gentle and loving Juliet is in the hands Of the fair mina geress, and as the rendition of the character is one of her: finest , pideeti - of noting, this alone will fill the house , with her. troops Of friends. "A plague on both your hordes "—we do not like the play, end Would have preferred something with% would bring' out - the - entire strength of the - admirable company on the first night. • The "Sketches of in good hands. Frank Drew le the Tom Tape, and'Anna Cruise the Sally Scraggs. There le mirth enough in the pair to make a Side laugh. BLit "we ninst: - not - be look to the players" in the east. , - • The interior of the Walnut has been entirely re modelled; audit now ranks among the finest and most• comfortable theatres in the eountry. Mrs. Bowers enters on her• second oampaign with the true spirit, - and'promises td'present such novelties, in rapid succession,. as will not fail to relators the drama to its pristine purity. Let her noble efforts be liberally encouraged: Them is room enough in Philadelphia for two good theatreo, and tre'ool See no resent *liy the' directress 'of the one and the lessees of the other should not--411 three of them—reap a.goldeu harvest before the alone of the season. We hope-they may. I . • - TAB Ann.—Wheatley4k Clarke are in the full tide of success, :Both of- the lessees have set to work in earnest, .and appear to be determined to make the new management a, fixed mot. The house last night wee very fashionably attended. " The Road to Ruin " was well•oast throughout, and went off with great eclat. We are pleaied to notice that Mr. Clarke has almost entirely eschewed buffoon- 7 try, and is fast hamming a vary clever legiti mate actor. Re has talent in him i let him con tinue to develep,it. This evening " Love " will be performed, with.Mr:•Wbeatloy aelliton, and Mrs: Gladstone as the Countess. - ' BY. MIDNIGHT MAIL .Lener from OccasionEg.” Morrespondence of The Pron.]' ' ineißfairr, Aug. 18;108 • We bear from all parts of the Pacific coast, and from the South, and - many ports on this side, ru mor upon rumor of intended' expeditions against Sonora. Where there is so ranch smoke there Must be some fire. There are 'some foots patent to newspaper readers for the past four or live years, which give some appearance of 'plausibility to those rumens. - There has not in that time been a Serious enthral( or division between the eonfede'. rated Mexican Staten but could be traced beak to the jealousy of the North, because - of thaPonsoli dation of •power and the treassr;y lends in the bands of the States to the South, with the city of Neale° 'as the centre. • And dining lest winter, When men were pore who it woe said knew well the feeling's of the people of Durango, Tareatili pas, Chihuahua, Sonora, ko., It was not made a very olositneorettb at it stont and properly managed orgaiaiiationz upon Antorioan erg would pot only meet with sympathy, butthe moot substantial help from the Northern Mexican -people. 'A was their desire, more than 6mM - expressed, that those States should be erected into a preeldeney, like that UtteU was the condition of Texas when, separated from "Cirabuila end the* Dierioan confederacy, she'wes preparing to'be ushered into the bosom and fellow. ship of the'Areerloan Union. In Duiango, se in Sonora and elsewhere, the' people have seen their richest ranches despoiled, antitheir most populous towns , depopulated by the ravages of the fierce Apaches. The inthiential families have, since the Mexican war; been educating their children In our Catholic, colleges, and these on their visits home. • entianlairour institutions, and' a strong dedie that choir native States, shall' follow in the path of'ocaumorcial and general -prosperity which we' have troddenio sue °Gaston:v. ' - .„ , The subject was presented In such share to these who bodied the forays against the Central Ame rican States and against Cuba, that for the timo they drew away from timed glittering prizes and bent their energies to is nobleritield of ortterpilse. Atenningsen and othersinoluding Mike who Is deeplYin the confidence of the filibristeros— went nt, once -M - Idoxloo, and were known . in trera• Crux and 'upon that coast to be maturing their plans. Nothing is being dotio against Nice-, raglan. We have not the fain teet whisper - that the " gray-eyed * man' of destiny " is glancing in that ' direction, but we dohave the eriloles of the papers Published in 'the 'city 'of Mexico, and , the com.. plaints Of the ephemeral poviers of the Republio; that an assault upon the 'supremacy of the Fede ral Government is about to take plooo,and that the result must be a disruption botwion northern Mexican States and those with whom they are now confederated. Sylvester Mowry, the delegate from eirlsona, bee written a letter In reply to some Inquiries pro pounded to blau,-11110h furnishes new Information in reference to the agricultural _capaelties of that region: , I give eomo extracts: - • ""The principal valleys on the out are the Rio Grande, from let. 84 south' to RI 'Put—about two degrees of latitude—ltiiiinding 'the well:known Afieil la. A. population of come ten ihowand 'smile, moistly Mexican, occupy portions of thie Section, congregated in the towns of Myelitis, Don Arm, Lae Oruaes, La 3feza, and Santa Barbara. There la ample room here for thousaude more. The soil Is productive. land Rae welt for 'irrigation, and water is abundant.' The climate, although warm during the Rummer months, is healthy' throUghout the leer. All the cereals grow well here, together with come of the semi-tipples' fruite. The grape grove luxuriantly, and the RI Pam ,wine will take no huthble place among thou of native growth—whether of Ohio Cr California. The Went and Rio Grande valleys are gradually acquiring popula tion, and offer every Inducement to emieranta In search of good soil, line climate, and pleasant homesteads. The market for produce is mostly confined to the supply of the army and to home consumption at present. bat the development of the undoubted mineral wealth la 'diver of the Organ mountains, acmes the Rio Grande Cod in the vicinity of the valley, will, at no distant day, give a much more extensive and lucrative trade to the agriculturist. The country wept of the Rio Grande, tar two hundred and fifty miles to the San Pedro river, is the flout grazing country in the world. This opinion is - gustsived,lo. Gen: Joseph Lane, the distinguished delegate from Oregon, And by Oct. Jack Tlayn, of Texas, in letters addressed to me. Moth of these gen tlemen travelled through Arizona before it became a portion oflgnited States territory, and there are few men in the world whose judgment upon questions of soil sod agricultural value is rio thoroughly reliable. tt The Valle de Baum, between' the Alimbres and the Sin Pedro, again affords a smalLagricultural region. The San Pedro, rbitth is at present wholly in the power of the Indian'', will sustain a imputation of several thousand. Afoot of the land on this river is not cov ered by Mexican elaime, and good inducements are litre offered to . emigrant parties for settlement. They 'should go In ruffinient numbers, dud settle In each proximity, as to afford mutual protection. The ether mining region in the Immediate vicinity, In the Santa Rita mountains and the Santa Ortiz valley, affm de a mar katfor the produce of the former at remunerative rates. In addition, the inflow of population in a new country, for, several years after the earlier settler'', gives a con stant market for the products of the coil The Santa Orus Valley le perhaps the most desirable portion of the note 'territory weat of the Rio Grande. The beautiful valleys and ranches Sopori Gaiabasse, Anemia Nogales, Tuniacacorl,' Sin Xavier, 'end others, Cannot be er= needed bleverything which makes a new country deal. ;able. • - Item grow luxuriantly every variety of grain, every fruit pleating to the rye or deliciong to the taiga, The climate la healthy and agreeable , Cotton wood grows upon the banks of the streams. Meagan wood; the great fuel of the country, is abundant, and In the mountain there Is a floe growthof oak. The silver mines in the - vloinity of.Tuboo, at Arivaca, Soper!, San Xavier , and other locolinen Eilthinigh jot being develored, give twomile of a yield that thous make Arizona da widely known as the Oliver State—aa ii California, the • Golden. , . . ti West of the Banta Cruz, except on the Gila river, until you reach the Colorado, the country Is not Invit ing to the farmer, although rich It minerals. Through out the whole length of the Gila—eve hundred miles— there are many extenelve and rich tracts of arable land, lying well for Irrigation, with plenty of water. Wheat, corn, cotton, melons, plimphloe, beans, and millet, grow abundantly, with little labor, and the soil seems inex haustible. 'The Phros Indians have raised alt them oropa for along settee of years on the Came poll, with out manure, soil with no apparent diminution la the yield. bliirth of the Oils, completely in the poseeinlon of the Indians, are eeveral large valleys watered by bold alive with flab, ,and magnificently timbered with oak, phie,and cotton wood. ' to There:are some good mill privileges on the Gila and its northern biatichea.” .. it The large amount of capital and labor employed in the mines will give an abundant market for the pro ducts of the farmer. A little 'capital node itself doub ling with ordinary eautlnii hi investing it, and the pro. feasional man, in addition to Me inn-rewarded libor In hie profeseloh, finds In a new country that every species of Taber is honorable should lie prefer Come other pur suit:ft , - - A new town has been started upon the Oolorado, ,opposite Wort Ttuna ) . called oily, which 'al. piody_kivi populetleq, • It la trn THE PRESS.-PHILADELPHIA; TI UItSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1855. route of the Petitlo Railroad, and is nosy an Im portant station of the Ban Diego and; Bas Antonio, and Memphis aiteSatiFranolsoo Oveiland' Mail The exPeridititiiii:elliii‘ Government, for .the quart's!. ending4tula'spth, 1853, Were in -round namberk $23,(40,00. , : this rate they would' he` for this fear sq2,too,00ll; ' The, belief la, that they • will be much largeitt least,tish"estintates, arid' appropriations have _looked. to that result.' Tho' receipts are each week half a Million less than the expenditures, and there at present seems but lit tle hope that they will grow better. It is evident that : the Administration must go before (Ingress at its next session for either an additional loan or n higher:tariff. The sentiment itiDemociatio, and ofhourse against more loses' unless absolutely de manded for the public credit. In reference to the tarp; the iron men in, Missouri, Michigan, Min nesota, and' Pennsylvania demand protection for their mills, which are either stopped or struggling hard against - an adierse'market. Rome change of tariff is admittedly_ demanded, and it would not be strangelf, at the neat session, it had the earliest ooreideration of Congress. The letter of "independent," in Monday's NOrtlt 'Amierietin,‘laetene upon Olanoy Jones, of Berke, the responsibility "of altering. his sieeoh, made in the Howe in July, on the subject of the tariff. Jones denounced " proteotion" in that specoh, and then out out the denunciation in the report of IC That Jones did say that '" 'would never voteier a revenue bill which had proteotion for its principle or objeot," or words to that effect . directly; is notorious. Others beside the carrels.' pondent of the IYorth American heard hire, and the latter took down the language as above quoted at the time Jones uttered it. J remember the day when ho made this: deolaration; and my recollection fully sustains "Independent:" There is no Outten upon which Jones has so humbugged hisconstitu• ants as this of the 'tariff. Re has been preaching his peouliar devotion to the manufacturers for years, grid Once managed to got their votes by 'a direot promise that he would stand by , their in termite. Having set up for a statesman, however, tte thinks it,his duty to talk one way and-vote another, retying on tho heavy majority in Berke to (miry him through. I hoar that DT. george N. &kart, of your ofty, is out In It letter,' which planes Janes in a position' atilt more awkWard than that whiCh . " Independent"' makes him occupy. Dr. Eckert 1e well known in this oit•.7 as a gentle• man of unblemished character. The warupon General Shields, by the opponents of popular sovereignty in Minnesota, is a very desperate one. Ton recollect ho was elected one of the Seniters from that State in eompany with lifr;Rice, and drew the short term. An effort wits made; lately to bring on an election (by the Same, Legislature which elected him) for the term which commences in March, a ,year, which, had it sue (seeded. would have- put out the gallant Shieldr. I am . happy to say, however, that the effort failed. After the defeat - of the scheme, the, following reso lution was 'adopted by the /loupe, which then ad journed : II Resolved, That the coUrsepureued by members of the present Legislature to enforce the eleotion of a Senator of the United Mateo, at the'presant session, to Rif the seat occupied by General Shields, for the pur pose of advancing corrupt designs, and to elect a Li comptouBeuator as a derdoutaratioa asshistatophea A. Douglas, and to conciliate the Wars of the National Ad ministration,, is alike a violation of the sentiments of the peoplo of Minnesota; and Obnoxious to the honor, intetest, and dignity cf the State.il • The Daily ledger, of_,Leavenworlft City, has been informed that immediate application will be made to Goveritorbeaver to call an extra session of thp Legislature, in older that steps may be tahen Or the ,corination of another Constitution for the TorritOry. gepisloaan. People's Convention of Chester County Noire ! spordenoe of The Prees.l At one o'clock today the - People's Convention of Chester county, assembled, in'pnranance of the published call, at the court house in'this borough. A great many speeches wore made: The deterud , nation on all hands seemed to be, in the of Mr. Qreigh, that the party should, during:the fall, fight against the Leoompton tyranny with' the same magnanimity that inspired the anti-Le• compton men during the last session of Congress. Antlamoompton Dern•eiats, with a•bravery un surpassed, had spurned beneath their feet' the, glittering bribes of power, atiti had Stood steadily' for the right, amidst, all the fascinations and plandishments of Federal,patronage. 11ir. Creel's speech was, remerkable for its conservatism and effective arguments., The remaining spoalcers o:Mk ttp the eame line of remark, with the'exeeption kr. Proorant, frau) Pelaware. county, whet-is a eandidate, for Congress himself. • The resolutions enderse the anti.lecomptOn men from this State in the 'United States Senate and "louse of Representatives, oppose the extravagance of the expenditures of the Government—doeStirda higher tariff,' insist,upon some law against the in. trodpptjan.of,foreign criminals, and reject Dred Scott decision ex aatra-judicial, andia.iyir• elogato Convention to nominate a candid t i a rjt• Congress rind a county ticket defined for Toot Ay, peptomber OttEEl4ll,. Letter from New York. [Correspoadenee of The Press.i' Naw Iroutc, August 18, 1859. A general blazo throughout the city, with reek.; e t s , ca u - dles; and window-illuminations, marked tho tlist nubile vent of New York enthusiasm neon the great event of the day. In the raided of the furoro, however, just after midnight, a fire broke out in the cupola of the City Nall, and in a short time the clook.tower and roof below wore enveloped in flames. „The statue of Justice, surmounting the tower, stood for a while amid the devouring element, but at length, ac if satisfied that there was no need of her presiding over New York Councils, abdiaated her place, and come down with a rush. nor sword was eooti con sumed, and its fragments lie at the foot of. the dome. So, the City Hall, itself Ipolcri now like a dis mantled fortress; with blackened windows and rent roofing. Whether, the fire was accidental, from fire-works, or.whraterin.s many scruple not to say, it was the: work-of persons interested in building maltreats, must be determined hereafter. There,la ,In existences legislative commission, having authority to build a new City Hall, and this partial destruction of the old building will, doulitletts, expedite operations,. • The present atruc• turo was commenced in 1803, and completed in 1812, (Meiling $200,000. Its length is 110 feet, breadth 10.5, height 01 to.tbe cupola and illumi; noted clock,- with the statue of Justice above: The Niagara steamed up to tbe' airy this after• noon, and was saluted by the North Carolina, with a disohargo of one gun for earl State and Territory, and by a royal salvo of twenty-one guns, under tbo English flag, imhorior of Great Britain, the Queen and rrinee Albert. Cyrus W. Field is at hie home. Captain Iludson is to be escorted from the navy yard to the City Hall, Brooklyn, this evening, by a prooession of his fellow-oltizens. The poetess, Anna Estelle Lewis, who has lately obtained a divorce from her husband, is about to leave her residence in Brooklyn, for a voyage to Europe. She has been engaged by one of .our publishers to.prepare a litarary,work on materials to be colleated abroad. - The baeo•bnll match between the New York and Brooklyn Clubs has reclined In the complete dis.• comfiture of the. New York players. Quarantine matters continue as usual—no new cased of infection being reported, though 60Voral vessels from infeeted ports have arrived. A man named Patrick Carron was found this Morning, about day.break, lying bleeding in the street. Ile had been stabbed in a dance-house. Businera on the street and nt the stock board continues light. This morning about 1,400 shares of Reading were sold, opening at 471, advancing and receding to close at 471. Now, York Cen tral was more activs, sales amounting to 2,200, shares, at 77 and at 771; A solo of U. S. Trust Company stock was made at 109. Paolfio Mall Steamship sold at 84—an advance of 3. In Western roads, Michigan Southern (old and guarantied) advanced 3. Michigan Central com menced selling at 573, and left off at 573. Chi cago and Rock Island, 731; Cleveland and Toledo brought 34, buyer 30, against 333, regular, yestor• day. Illinois Central opened at 74, 'and advanced Galena and Chicago declined 3; Milwaukee and Mississippi rose 3; Panama fell 1. In bank stooks, thero wore sales of Merchants' at 110 ; National at 1081 ; Metropolitan at '1073; Importers' and Traders' at 106; Bank of the State at 1013 ; and Nassau at 96. The exchanges at the bank Clearing House this morning were $14,726 590 64, and the balances Rl,- 221,200 83. The Metropolitan certificates remain at $3,000. • The following is Wednesday's business at the °Mae of the Assistant 'Treasurer{ Rooeipta 5008,606 08 Payments 17:1.021 21 Balance - 813,325,675 39 The receipts include $4B 000 from customs. On account of loan, 3450 000. At the second board Missouri fis rose 1, Galena and Chicago 3, and Michigan Southern 3. Other stooks are without change. RAW YORK STOOK EXORLNOI--AagastlB. BCCOND noseD. 2000 Tonn St Ws )00 017( WOW Missouri eys S 1 GOO Lad li 165 hitg AS 55 Am RI hank INS 81 Shoo &Lot , h likllo 100 Pacific M 8 Oo 84 20 Dot & Hud Co 03.4( 50 Canton Co els 350 N Y Cen R stiO 75% 200 do jao 77n 100 do opit 77) FOO do e3O 77X 300 do opg 779, 500 Erin R a 77 100 Illeh Oen It 67% From Porto Rico. [Par brig Delaware.] • , [Correspondence of the Philadelphia Ixcliange.) , MAyAotra a, Porto Men, Joy 20th, 1009. The market for both engem and Mtlitl94(4l bat of Into been very quiet, owing prtnntredty to want of "lock to operate in The odvicea from the States to 20th inst., resolved some days since, mired an adVance in prices In rouse, and under date or 17th, they quote from 5 to 4j•ie for extremes; Molassee, Sib. The qualities in this district, now that the rains have set in, are below the general average, but notwithstanding. as high as She has been paid the past few dap.. This A. M., we bare dates to latioat. from New York, and the good feeling evinced there will; on dogbt t make higher 'prices here . *plosicileet 11,14. WEST CIIBEITHR, - Augost 11% 1858 400 Beadlog li 47".1 200 do ' 4 1 % 000 do E6O 97 150 Cal k Obloago It Rag 103 __ _ _ do 830 Sig _.......... 25 51 Bo &N Ila it - if) jig 100_ do 60 Panama It liajri 150 Ole. & Tol P. NO 84 550 do 333/ 200 Obic It Rock I Ith3T3X 100 do 1,00 73) 150 do b3O Tax 300 , do 733,1 TnE LATEST NEWS By TELEGRAPH: FURTHER FROM EUROPE 411041 P W, OF MR :cirr O F Tram. • Amax , ow ..112' AIR VORK. Satisfaction by Oreatßritain to Spate for the .A.otion of her Cruisers. REPORTED CAPTURE OF NENA SAHIB. NEV' Yotur, August "18.--The steamship City of Washington, from Liverpool on August 4, arrived at this port at balf.Past four o'clock this afternoon. She furnishes the following further intelligenee than obtained from the Smola or Arabia. It was reported that Great Britain hut given satisfaction to Spain tulle mat ter of the 'Wien of her cruisers in Cuban waters, and that the Washing ton Oabtuet expresses satisfaction with the aottoa of the Cuban authorities. There were vague roues that Nena Sahib had been captured. LONDON, Wednesday—noon.—Consols closed at 06j for money and account. Arrival of the U. S. frigate Niagara at New York. MR. FIELD DOES NOT DOUBT THE ENTIRE SHOWS OF THE CABLE, HE RECOMMENDS THE DIRECTORS TO PRE PARE ANOTHER CABLE. Business Bespatches not to be Received tilt September Ist, NETT Yong, August 18.—The United States Steam frigate Niagara, Capt. Wm. L. Hudson, which assisted in laying the ocean cable, anchored off the Battery at 5 o'clock this afternoon. As the Mama passed the forts, she was greeted with the national salutes, and when approaching the Battery, a salute of one hundred guns was tired therefrom by the Scott Life Guard. The Niagara reports that she bad a supply of poor boal when sbo left St. Johns, which ran, short, occasioning the delay. Mr. Field states that he has not this slightest doubt of the cable being an entire success. By the Persia, whit* wag met by the Niagara off the bar, outward hound, be wrote to the Three. Virg of the Atlantic telegraph Company er Great Britain, recommending them to prepare another sable at ones, as it was evident that the present one-10114h in a short time may transmit messages as rapidly as an air line—will not be sufficient for business. Until the let of September, the line will be closed to all messages, excepting those from the Governments of Great Britain and the United 8414/5. • -The Niagara went to the navy yard at 7 o'clock this evening, gaily decked with colors from stem to stern. She received a salute from the North Carolina. _The city of Brooklyn is finely lasted in many parts to.nigbt, including the City Hall. The City Hall at Williamsburg is also illuminated. -Captain Hudson's roception was enthusiastic The streeta of the city are crowded. Iteloteinge over the Suttees of the Cable Dawvit.t.u, Pa., Aug. .Ih.—The announcement of the completion of the Atlantic Telegraph was re ceived here yesterday morning, and celebrated with the liveliest demonstrations. The Surquebrinna. River Telegraph °Moe, at Montgomery Buildings, was illuminated last evening, the belle of the. town were rung CO an hpnr, and salutes wore fired. . DErtiorr, Aug. lid -The ;Dailey, last evening. in honpr of, the' grUnt event, 'aurpassed anything ever witnessed in Detroit. The demonstrations commenced by tiring one hundred, gone at sunset. All the bolls in'the city then commenced ringing, rockets were set off, and bonfires lit up, and the streets Were thronged. All the public' buildings, and many private dwellings ward betattifully illu minaled, and gaily decorated with streamers and appropriate traneparenoies. An imposing torch light prooessson of citizens and firemen, headed by the'Mayor and other city oMeere, marched through theforineipal etreete to Camping 11 , 14ilins, where an address' was - delivered; and "exiiiessive resolutionepaated , The scene throughout was one of rdOloitig and unbonnded enthusiasm. . • NAZARETLI. Pa., Aug. 18. , --The scholars of the " Nazareth Hall,"' upon' the receipt of the news that the Atlantic Telegraph Was in full operation, oVoVent to their feelings by ringing the Old Hell bell, sheering lustily, and omitting- their school dutiful for the day. This evening bonfires will be. kindled, and there 'will be a general demonstra tion by the people of Nasareth. NEW YORK Aug. .18.—The Brooklyn authori ties have (104(40 to celebrate the success of the Atlantic Telegraph to-night. Oapt Hadrian will resolve a public reception at the City'fiall, amid salutes, an'illumination, bon fires, fireworks, and musfo—the cost to be $5OO. ST. Louts, August 18.--,-The reoeptiorlor the Queen's and President's messagoewaa hulled hero with" numb satisfaction and delight. The messages wore read on 'Change, od elicited the moat hearty and enthusiastic tioolamation. ' - Brief congratulatory remarkr.were - Wade by several gentlemen, and the meeting wan convened .under the direedlou of the President of the Chem, bar of Comtherce. 'The fellowlbg resolution was 'unanimously. adopted : Resolty4, fly the Chamber of Commerce . that St. Louis will unite with the country in the celebration or this great international r enterrize. No distinct plan of enterprise has boon decided upon, but it will doubtless be made the subject of a future meeting. PrTraaoann,Aug:lB.-The intended telegraphic calobrativw--.....w will be a brilliant affair. At 4 o'clock, P. sorts_' os will be suspended bull ail the bells in the city Wilt Mer - TaTIC salute Of one hundred guns be tired In the even ing, there will he a grand torchlight prooession by the varietal civic societies, and an illuudeated re gatta by all the boat clubs. There will also be a general illunifnalinn of the public buildings, and many private dwellings. Ensrea, Aug. IS.—The Atlantic Telegraph cue cess was celebrated here last night with numb en thusiasm. The chief burgess called [imitating at the court house, at which several ilbeechos .were made, and resolutions passed. During the pro ceedings, a rocket was sent up in front of the tele graph ofilaci A e ntl iconiodlately afterward the whole building was i luminated, the lieward lixpress Company's-calm on the ground floor, displaxing three hundred lights. The band struck up "nail Columbia," and "God Save the queen." All the belle comment:led ringing, and so mild was the ex , oitement, and so loud the noise, that the meeting In the court house was obliged to disperse, after throe hearty cheers. There was a general Mimi nation. Cincmart, Aug. I.B.—The city Is brilliantly il luminated to,night. The tins Oompqny donated one hundred barrels of tar, which are bur n ing at every corner The bells of this city, and of coy. ington and Newport aro ringing, one hundred guns ore being fired, and •an Intense excitement prevails., • From Washington—The Carriage of, ljle• Overland' Pacific 'Mail to coinmerice: Sept. 15:-The Cass-Yrt'sseri Treaty- Appointments.• . SIW