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and a California Pont and are thus placed in
.. constant, fatordourso with the people in every
1 ; . i part of .tbe.tTßlon. '’
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• . Discontent afc tho arrangement between tlio
. French and Austrian Emperors das rapidly
gpyeadldg thfougliOjnt Juty a t tho latest dated
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if witjeh a regular agreement will bo drawn
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s aclejjratejJ )>epnty yrho in her youth had
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■t. aatfgitHy haaifed thotd, When they joined the
cojpnpmd hut re
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: It bocomoa our sa4duty.;t') announce: id The, 1
Press this morning tho death of one of tho most ,
distinguished American, citizens—Hon. Bichard
Rush: Ho died in this oity on Saturday morn
ing last; the 30th~ of July, between seven and eight
o’clock’, in Eighth street, below
Lodust. HP ‘suffered greatly at times during his
lPh']g'iHhPM, whieh'commenced .early in the spring,
•but it was 'a, great > consolation to. his family and
friends that ho was free from pain aif<jiiAofid ap
pro ached» toat'he'wasin full possession of all his
fhopitiev add .perfectly composed and resigned;
'hndtoathe passed,off,withouta atruggle. Ho was
born in'PhUadelphiaiin Augnst of tfBo, and was
id'the seventy-ninth year of his ago. t - - j .
' Few ihen haveaerrod the nation more faithfully,
in iiuporUnt stationi/andfow hare" more honestly
period, tho confidence and respeot of tho American
pePplP. 'He Was ‘the /acoond jon.of Dr. Benjamin
Rush,'ontTof the signers of the Declaration of In-
whbso ’dov6tiQh ps a patriot,'talent as
ik stateahan, skill as a physician, and merited Tepu
tstion- as »' philosopher, won for hini one of the
proudest plaCrcs'in American .history.-- >Hismator
nal grandfather, Riohard Stocktori, ofNow' J orsey,
Was ;anptoer of the : signors of the* Declaration.of
. •; •- -
-'-‘The long’and useful >lifo ofßiohardßuto shows
-him to have' been fully worthy ofhis illustrious an;
.’castey •'' ‘'After Undergoing, -the usual 1 preliminary
conrwVrriudy-atminbrßchpols, he,was
afifadettt cat Princeton College, when he was ,but
fourteen ybara of age, and hb graduated at that In
.stitution iKl7&7j when he was’ but ’ cighteOh yoars
of age;being the youngest in aolassofthirty-three.'
AtPnnceton eptemporary, if ; not tho.
uldM-mato/of ; Charles Fedtdir Mercer, John For*>
[of • John BT. Berrien,-
;; others, tbp
country/ Jte. immediately afterwaHte^orinihenpod•
the" study ofthe law) in the office of William Lewis,
; ‘of the leaders of 'the Philadelphia
: [tar. *;i& was\mlmltted to the bar In 1800/when
but littlfS o for twenty years qf, ago,' and during the
succeeding seven years was, a -devoted student,' en
riching bis’mind with information'that proved of
great ' service to' him. in his public barber. From
: -his father he imbibed*ah ardent attachment to the
• Democratic, or,, as it .was then-.Btylod, the.Rcpub;
> lioan,'p»rty) Dr.? Benjamin Rush bring one of tho
few leading men, in .Philadelphia who maintained;
feend’ly.V'elatibhs'with Thomas Jefferson; after tho
. rforaatiph of "the Federal and Republican parties.
, Richard Rush was, hQweverJ too devoted a stu-‘
: dent to>atticipate' actively in politics at an early
age,'ahd' the first political meeting ho attended
# wasone.held in, thoState-llouso yard, in 1807) ®°° n
after'thp. attack ? by British on the American
frigate Chesapeake: He delivered a spepoh on
’ occasion I 'which attraoted consldorable attention by
l its abllityy'and introduced him favorably to the
- Democratic or Republican party, and in the follow
lngy$ar(1808)he was brought 'into groat political
1 and 'professional prominence by-his defence of
1 Duane, editor 7 of the Aurora] the Domocra
, tie organ in Philadelphia at that time, against the
■ charge 'of ! libel ppon Governor McKoan/, The
TOcech oocnpied nearly an entire day, and, afforded
intonso gratification to a largo bodyof Democrats
•present, pne of/Wbom embraced him as. soon os it
: was conoludod, and took him up in his arms, amid
T loud plaudits' from tho audience. • v ;
' From this time ho was recognised as a leading
' spirit of. tho Doraooratio party, and honors and pro
fesribnai employment wero freoly tendered to 1 him.
In January, 1811, .Governor Snydor appointed him
1 Attorney Gonoral of Pennsylvania, and ho'was thus
brought into intercourse with nearly *ll tho leading
. .political*spirits,of that.period in the State, and
gained the warm friendship of many of thorn.
. About this period he wrote a number of artiriesfor
Xb*} Aurora against 1 tho reoharter of tho United
\ Stated Bapk, on the ground of its unoonstitution
/,-. 7-:7*’- , f 7 • ■- .. 7
7. In November, 1811, Mr. Madison, then President,
appointed him First Comptroller of tho Troasury,
which appointment, after .some hesitation, ho ao
cepted,^aiid’remoypd/t9’ 1 R r ,ashingtbn to discharge
* its duties.- in'JnnOj.JBi2, war wa3declare(l against
Great Britain, an<|-Mr,’Rush was soloo twl to de
liver a pnbllb Oration-In Washington, on the 4th of
July!' immediately ’following, In the Hall of the
r House of Representatives, ’ The state of tho oouto
try render®! tho occasion one of unusual interest.
A contest-which has been, not , inappropriately.
> gtylcd.tho Second War of Independence,.had just
; been commenced, and it was important that a de
monstration should be ( made St the Ifationnl Capi
tal which- would awaken public attention to tho
perilous nature of tho struggle, and erowo the
sentiment of the country. The audience
consisted of the President, Heads of DcparMnents,
nearly all, the members of .both Houses of Congress,
the:Foreign Ministers; and. a darge conoocrso of
; eitiieia ind oration’ was a mas-
and W,a<i9 impression.
1 , thej* war; j Mr: goptinuod to
r m ninw|.iil ' n
Mr. /Madlsoh; Demooratio- joumals, and.'
thuamatcrifajy aijid to nnntraliso tho influenqo of
.thejjfttor upon It by. tho Fcdoral i
pdrty; .through its pressos mul Its orators, 7
Mr. v ßu*h securod the esteem and confidence of,
Mr/ M&dison, from toe flrat moment of tholr
aoqnaihtanco. In Fobmary 911814; when Mr. i;
Rush was but a lifctio mdre than tbirty throo years
of age, ho was offered the post o.f either .‘Attorney
Generhl or Secretary.- of tho Treasury—both pf
thosoimportont ofllees being at tho lime. vacant,
toe formor by the resignation of Mr. Pinkney, and
toe, latter by the protracted absohee of ; Gal
latin as a'Minister in Europe. Ho chose too otfleo
1 General) which ho held until 18X7,
ffnportant dnties in a very oredita
*ble mshner^^ Among his offolaV labors during this
period, was. too.publication ■of n new! edition or:
eodifioatiom of the laws, of tho United States, '
whl’chheporsonaUy superiUtonded with groat care!,
If 'cooaits of five.volumes, and 1 ; was pbblishod in
1815.7 Mr 7 Rushf has been for many yppr® ’tho
last eorvivtag member-of the.. Cabinet of Janus
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."After toe-inauguration, of Mr.Monrce, In 1817,
John Q./Xdams, toon Minister to England, was ap
pointed BecroUry of State! bnt.for about six months
previous to his return Mr. Rush acted in r that ca.-
paclty and thus ohjoyed'anopiwrtumty, which ho
highly prised! of 'reading in'too original manuscript :
: the of tlio diplomats of the Royo-
Julionary. eni—FranVUn, John' Adams,; JefforsoDj
Jay t -btOi- /"r "L'.-" < *-,A .. *. •* . 7 .• '
■UiS temporary discharge of the duties of a Scc
rotory.of Stote wos olso of, groathdvantago In
paring Idm for tho ,important position wbiohwas.
bestowed upon himin.October, 1817—-that of Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to tho
,t?ourt of Gyoat Britain/" He crabaAod for London,
'withhlafamily, in TTovembor,' 1817, from Annapo
lis,?ln the Franklin, commanded by Commodore
Stewart. - Thlst-postiion he held ,from that time
until 1825, ; a poriod of eight yoars/ Many import
ant questions aroso fordisenksion, but Mr. Rush was
fully equal to all tiie, trylng.emorgonoios In which
he was placed, and to the advancement of too into.-
rests of the Unitcrd; States as far as- toe nature of
his office enabled him to promote them.
In 1833, he published a book dosoribing ’many
of tod' occurrences which transpired during"this
period, and in : 1845 a new nnd enlargod edition Of
the aune work^under tho title-of “ Memoranda of.
a Residence at too Court of London, comprising in
cldents, official and personal, from 1819 to 1825.
uioludlpg negotiations on the Oregon qnostioq, and
other uniottied questions between too United States
and Groat Britain/’ /
' TfaU hook created much'fongation at the time of
Its.appearance, and will alwdys bo yoluablo, not
only on account of tho light, it shods upon the'life
of an American diplomatist/ hut on- account of : iho
Intoresting Infojrm&tioh it (hmishes in regard to toe
intercourse between the United States
*ntl /Our limited spaco provonts us
frpm gtvlng a minute account of too iahpps of Mr.’
Bdsh.during this important period. Thoy cannot
be diMossed without entering largely into the his
tory'of :the Out .relations wjth England
Inavo at itii times/formod bub of the gr&vcßt sub
jeets ofo nationst solicifudo, and they/assumed a
particulariylmportaotaHpwt during too period re
fbrtedtb. 7 7 ; £ . -- -"..v. ,
Jte' PreoldyntaV contest of' Ujqf ( narao, of
Mr. Bash was pliicod oppn tho Crawford
in PoaUfylyania. Ho did not return homo,:
howcYflir, until JTdiie, bad previously boon
appo|ntM'by. thnow President, John (J. Adams,
Sooretary oriho Trbawry, in which capacity ho
served .dating tho conUnuanoo
strenuous advocate of America#
mahufaetufos/ atid eamosUy urged Congress in his
for Hxofjr pr'otqotlon. nis con
neotipn with:titq Adams : Administration separated
him temporarily from that, portion of the DomoY
oratidparty.which rallied around G enoral Jaciksori;
Mr. Jthih haying been absent from the country, for
eight yako» prevl6us t 01825, aad haying been close
ly connected with jobn Q. Adams tattor
Secretary of> State,/, and haying also accepled a
Cabinet appointment from him, it was not strange
that this'separation occurred; ' ( . .
In 1828 Mri' Rush was nominated , on tho same
ticket with Mr. Adams, for. tho. office of Vioo Prosi r
deni of the* Doited States, and * received the eamo
nhmbdr of olqotoral votes. From 1830 to r 1833 ho ro-_
Pfded atjYork, Pyqnsyiyanift, biit iri tholattor year
boagaiinrdturhddtoPfeilodolphin.lnSoptombor,
Jacksotfs famous declaration of the
pauses of bis remoVal of tho deposits, of tho publia,
mondy United Statoß Bank/madoils ap
peara^e^..4^d,;',dodtjripqs;<)f that document wore ;
warmly approved by Mr, at ondo boldly
entered in, its #pd'wroto .'mahy
abledette'w agatostthe attracted con-!
and had the offoct of oompietoly
hiDa as a prominent mqmbor of tjie j
as ..reorganized under the
anspicea'-l of - Jayson. v'?)ho' edd :
gavoi=kim.,twt>.'strong fpro^aTs,^.ojf. his] regard;
add. eobfldendo^-first,' by > appointing him, -j#.
Howard/ to actaa i
modjitoi’s. i ; disputants of Ohi#
and Micmgan/wh’o were greatly Vxcildd in regard
tq. ifffljr boundaries—and second, by appointing him,
in 1836, a iratial agont to visit England to roceivo
the jfteitfigt of $500,000, whioh has
since beenappropriafod tp Vip qpnft/’uotion and on
jloyment of the magnificent
at The fight o? our Government' to
this sum was questioned, and hod become a subject
of litigation in .the English Court of Chanoery, but
finally, ip August, 1838;Mri Rush had tho satisfao
tioivof returning to Philadelphia) with tho of
it, and depositing it, in gold, at tho United States
Mint, to too credit of the National Government.
In. March, 1847, ho was appointed, by President
Polk, minister to Franco, and. bring our repre
sentative in Paris at tho time of tho Frenoh Revo
lution of 1848, was the first foreign minister to ro«
odgnise the 7 new ; Government. His prompt, dis
charge of this duty was duly appreciated by the Re
publicans of Franco, and wannly approved/ by Mr.
Polk, who, in a special message to Congress, dated
April B,’ 1848, communicated Mr. Rush’s despatch,
announcing the, Revolution and subsequent occur
rences, and said: 7 *.
“The prompt recognition of the now. Govern
ment by tho representative of tho‘ United States
at the French Court, moots my full and unqualified
approbation, and no . has boon authorized in a
suftablo manner to make known this fact to tho
constituted authorities of tho Fronch Republio.
Called upon' to aot upon* a sudden emorgenoy,
which could not havo been anticipated by his in
structions, he judged.rightly.of the feelings and
Sentiments ofhis Govornment and ofhis countrymen)
whon, in advanohof tho diplomatic roprosoutatives
of other countries, ho was the first to recognise, so
fhras it was in his power, the free Government
established by too French pooplo.” ,
Mr. Rush continued to aot as Minister to Frahoo
until his successor. (Mr. Rives,, wo believe,) was
appointed by thp* Taylor-FUlmoro-Administration,
when ho returned home. This was too last public
position hold by Mr. Rush.
_ It will bo soon that, few American statesmen have
been in toe public service for a more* extended pe
riod) Jn important positions, than tho subjoctof this
Memoir. Ho-successively filled the offices of At
'torney General of Pennsylvania, Attorney General
of the United States, (under toe Administration of
Mr. MadisonJ—wob acting Socrotary of State for
six months, and Minister to England for right years
under PresideiitilONßOE'-Sccretary Qf the Treas
uiy Tor/four years under tho Adroinistration of
John Q. AnAwa—Special Agent to England to ob
tain the Smithsonian bequest—and Minister to
Franco. ’
The duties of all theso offices were discharged
with scrupulous fidolity and signal ability.
1- Since his return, from .tho French mission, Mr.
Rush has lived in retirement, residing, till within
tho last year or two, at his country house, called
Sydenham,” a short distance from Philadelphia,
where his ’father lived before him. Ho recently
removed to-a. town residonco which belonged to
him, in -Eighth street, near Locust). whore ho
breathed his last. His wifo, Mrs. Catharine Eliza
Rush) died, a few years ago, at an advanced ago,
while ho still resided at Sydenham. She was a
native of Maryland. An obituary notice appeared
at tho time of her death which attracted much at
tention, and was prepared by Chiof Justice Taney,
who' knew her woll in early and later life. Mr.
Rush loaves three sons, Benjamin, J. Murray, and
Rtehard Rush, Jr., and two daughters.
During toe long career of this eminent American,
he sustained not.only an enviable political reputa
tion, but established a name for purity of charac
ter, integrity of purpose, and sincoro patriotism
that may well bo quoted as an example for imita
tion. * Up to tho period of his last illness, and
during the intervals when his physical sufferings
enabled.him to do' so, ho continued to toko tho
doopcst interest in public affairs, indulging his
literary'tastes and contributing to promote tho
welfare of his beloved .country by ovory moans
within bis , power. f Nothing gratified him more
than tho society of educated publie-mcn, and no
statesman of our 'day was at the samo thno nioro
agroeablo and fascinating in conversation, or more
Willing, in' his own gontlo and winning manner, to
furnish, frpmjiis fast oxperienco, such suggestions
and'information as jtyigbt c ß°B fc <tihors. Ifo en
joyed the precious consoiousooss of living, as it
were, among his posterity, and of feeling that tbefo
was not a Qf- party animosity iii rogard to
himself, and above all, of knowing that in passing
from the ranks of men b° <?i4 spt ioayo behind
him an enomy, but snrrondorod his spirit to hie
Maker dmU} the respect, the royorenoe, and the uf:
footion of his countrymen,
Cosmopolitan Art-Union*
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radiating into the parts of tho United
States, Canada, and tho West tp<ti o9 / Founded in
Juno, 1854/it was chartered in May IQ5$, and has
| over slnco been, Hko too Thane of Cawdor, “ a
prosperous gontloiaan.” It has the loading foalurcs
of tho Art-LTnions of pnrope, at exactly half tho
; price, ; Each subsefibor pays $3 a year) on:
titles him to a (juartoriy,rirfrJpKr/mf, published
by tho Association, to a first.class engraving, (worth
four timea tho subscription), and to a fair chance of
a \rork of jrt, painting, or sculpture, romotltnos of
great yrid o / Greek glayo was one of ,4ho
prizes giyon by tJLio AP'* on S to o prises
for the present year, to bo dyayn fn will
be the-original painting of
Herring.
The engravings, in proepding years, impressions
are “Saturday Night,” “Manifest
Desuny,” ap'd For
■the presont year too Di purchased,
from Lloyd Brothors, of London, too bountiful on-
f raving, by James Faed/of “Shakspeare and his
'Hernia,” painted by his brother, Johij ;Fiy|d, of
JthoJP-oyai Aaodotsy Gotland. This was origin
ally put in hand as a ftubscriptiQßrpluto, to be sold
at $4O and $2O per impression, but. the quantity of
worfe pppe it delayed the engraving bo long that
the publisher ffo/P unable to deliver it in time,
and finally sotd the plate JJ® Cosmopolitan Art
Association. Tho plate is an- unpoytefft pno, in
size 22 by 28 inches, on paper 30 by 38.
Bhakfy'caro, ropresontod as tho contrsl figuro of
tho group, sits at ft table, surrounded by fourteen
of his most illustrious Opposito
him are Thomas Saokvillo, Earl of Dorset, tho fiu*
thqjr' itatosman, and William Carndon, tho anti- ;
quariari, Jfyptjjor on aro John Flotchor, tho
dramntist, and tho Francis Booon. In
the- back-ground, John gjjtiqaary,
stands botwogn “ silver-tongued Sylvester,” Iran*.-
jqtor tfi and Francis Boanmont, tho
playwright. - o side with Sbakßpoaro sits
“ rare Bon Jonaon.” Near him jjro John Donno,
poet and divine, and Samuol Danial, who &«c<?9P4;
ed 'Spqpcor, as Poct-Laurcaio. On tho loft of
Shakspeare, gallant Sir ‘Walter Raloigb,
loaning on jLiOrd tJio friend of poets.
Sir Robert Cotton, whqso library tho
grftish Htiscum, Is talking to Shakspeore, and
Thomas DeckOf) author of “ Satyro-mastrix,” in
yrhlch ho lauglied q.t Pen Jonson, occupies
a seat on the extreme left. Thp grouping is
admirable, wholly free from stinnoss, onj
the likenesses are from tho most autbontio
contemporary portr&Us, Tho costume is that of
tho Elizabethan era. tho pic
ture arc fow, tho painter’s design boing to Ryoid
drawing away tho attention from tho persons
whom ho Thero is a littlo antiquo furniture,
and tho window, i }f§ 4 ra P e, 7; i' a beautifully
drawn. On the whole, this is »bo ongraving
yot presented by tho Art-Union to its ipomftoFj?-
fhe pjqto arrived in ibis country in May, and a?
tho process of printing from it has beon industri
ously going op cyof ##o3, engravings will
speOdily bo ready for dcliyory iff rlefa—im
pressions to ho snppliod in tho .order of th,o qntry
of tho names on Uio hooks, Messrs. Hunt, c.ornor
of Fifth and Chestnut streets, whfi allowed
wr an-qarly opportunity of ejaminipg tjio pn,
grAving, aro tho Philadelphia agents fortho Assp
cifltion, to rooolve subsoribors’ names and deliver
th'o engravings and prizes.
Mr. Dougherty’s Oration.
- The boautifal and oloquont oration of Daniel
Dougherty,-Esq., of-this oity, pronounced before
tho literary societies, of Lafuyotto Collogo, At Eas
ton, pa., qp Jpesday lost, will bo found in The
Prejs ,Giis jtuoynjng. ot;oqg tyutj?s aro strongly
uttorod and. advocated, andwo arp pot
that the' address was favorably rocoivod. Tho cha
racter of tho most of tho speeches at tho anniver
saries of thh difforont literary societies has latterly
bopn fnr.bolow thb expectation, being, in too
many cases, more literary jpr ropotitions
of thrloo-told talcs; Mr. Dougherty' hai stplPh
out a now path, for which ho dcsorvoa, and will re
ceive, thp thspks of every man who admires cou
rage and integrity. ' • **
Letters from Abroad*
-; Tarcjqrrow wo shall publish a letter from pur
admirable Foreign £ojftospondont. 'Ho writes from
Fribourg, in Bwjtserland, and /)pa«flbos tho 'cole*
bration, in that oity, of tho Grande fete de Wen;
al&9 relates his visit to tho horinlt&go of la
MadoNna, r Fribourg anf Dorno, and &
Sunday fostlval in the yijjago pf Laupln..
Cohen’s DinEc^opf—Wo invito attention to an
gdyoftiitemontyin to-day’s paper, of Cohon’s Phila
delphia City Directory for 3860. < Among tho sub
scribers tp thiawoyk ttj}} be found tho names of tho
.beat men in tho oity. Mr. Gohop possessos tact,
energy, and wo feol assurod thpi hi*
Directory will glyp general satisfac
tion. ... . - ' '
.. SiUBP Practice. —A planter, named flenry
IC. IClvott, hailing from North .Carolina, visited Now
York last week, and after purchasing a sowing ma
chine, and various other articlbs/arfiypd Ip our city
on Saturday ovohipg. Jfo took room® tie Frank
lin-House, and being a gentleman of .social disposi
tion, formed tho- acquaintanoo of sw»o pf tboso
obliging and attontlvo wdrUilbs who -nro always
ready to show, tho strangor tho ” sights M ■of our
boautlfuP city; They accordingly wpitod on Mr,
Kivott ou^ Sunday morning, and accompanied him
to Fairihohnt. 'Whilo thoro they introduced tho
“ ball and snfo’.'gamoto tho astonished planter,
wjjo qoon became dooply interested. Bets on tho
yesuU ran high, and the sharpers finally induced
their visiter to loan thorn $524 on a draft on Chicago
for $7BO. < It is useless to add that tho draft was
and > that thp pharpors suddenly dooampod
wj^^Q Iparing thp planter to bewail hi*
loss, .anf that ho was
■tho victim of 11 c<?p#</e;ip Q /V '
Specir for JSpßgrp.B-Tho steamships Ariel and
City of ‘Washington salted fyojn Jfpvsr York on Sat
urday, having on board in speflio.
Thf. Rev. EnwAnD ICiNasronn, D. D., an emi
nent divino of tho Baptist Church, died at his rcsi
d in Washington, on tho 27th pltimo.
THE PRESS.—PHIL A'
Letter from 4< Occi
[Correspondence of The Press.}
Mr. Seorotary Toucoy, who ha&oon rustioating
on tho banks of tho Commotio I rivor, roturnod
horo last ovoning, and to-morromill duly rotako
his position in tho Nary Dopartint. Tho Soaro
tary is not a very communtcatinprson, and those
who know more of, his I do, declare
that be comes bnok to his posmdro tnoiturn than
fever. Ho is by no moans satijei with tho eondi-.
tion of things in Now EngladJ Tho stampodo
among tho Administration Demo lata of that State
has becomoirroßisUblo. Qem-aj Pratt, who ran
for Govornor at tho tho Democratic
ticket,together with many othetDinooratio loadors,
is said Intoly to haro boon inprased in favor of
Douglas. It is to bo hopod thit Ir. Toucoy, how
ever roservod to others, will gj'ofco President tho
bonofit of his observations as t> Cpneotiout.
Two very important olootbnatake plaeo this |
week in IContuoky and Toniosbo. In tho first I
State, which votes to-day, I biverory littlo doubt |
that tho Domooratio, ticket ,wU jrovait, although
tho Democratic party is cruelty fardchod with -a
defence of tho enormities pfihelpresont Federal
Administration, and all tho difiajltios growing out
of such a position. Strango to Ay, in Kentucky,
tho Opposition, headed by tho L&isvillo Journey
stand upon tkooxtromo Calhoun patform as to sla
very in tho Torritorioß, which givi them in aSOuth
ora Stato something of an advntage; while tho
Domooratio party, led by tho gafljnt Brcokinridge }
emphatically deny Congressionrf intervention on
that question. InTonnes9eo,’(iijwhioh State, Mr-
Bell writes to his frionds hen, tho Opposition
aro certain to have a sweopingnMority,) tho Demo
crats aro equally confident wits ilieir opponents.
Hero tho issues aro not as they aron Kentucky. Tho
Torritorial question is little meimOncd, but the De
mocracy suffer grontly on accousof the policy of
the Administration, and pnrtlularly becausa of
tho oxposuros growing out of thv&te investigations
by Congress, and tho cqonnowinSreasQiOf tbo ex
penditures of tho Federal GoythUnont. ' As I have
said before, I say ngain: if tbi Domooratio 1 . party
should bo defeated in any of tiepoulhcrn Stqtes,
that oatastropho must bo ebajgfd upon Mr. Bu r
chanan. His course has' rovi\M tho worst ani
mosities of tho old Whig paryhns driven book
into the Opposition ranks thopmds who would,
have been too glad to co-oporoo with us-hod he
boon ro&souably right; and ij^this.opposition is
over V({iionalizefi } to him wil| belong tlio credit
of having accomplished that is to them tho
most important desideratum, ' k . ' ; .
Tho President finds tho weathlfnnd tho company
so cold at Bodford that ho has resolved to return
sooner than was expected;. I 4ould not bo sur
prised if ho roached Washingto ( fry Tuesday rnoru
ing. ; 4 -
Tho Constitution continucsilp cry out against
the “ leaks.'’* I oopy its last gtoan;
“ It is entirely Immaterial .wjothor the informa*
tion alloged to have boon coromhnlcatcd to the Now
Vork Times 1 9 in this instawe true or false,' or
whothor it is, like much of tho Washington corres
pondence, \ '
“ A little trtith\ but dash'd andbrew’d with lies,**
tho foot romains that a to&dingppposition newspa
per has tho audacity to speak if tho Secretary of
State and h|s assistant as 1 devotees of wax and
rod tape,’and to boast of p^sstdlng-a.',correspon
dent who can overrenoh them, [This candid disclo
sure of tho Times will perhaps riantrltiuto' to stop
, * the leaks,’ 'fho Democracy, of this, city aro
?nlte aware that there nro some who, whllo opjoy
ng tho favor of tho Administration, repay them by
contributing directly or indirectly to tho columns
of Opposition newspapers. In tho opinion of very.
raaDy gontleinon of different departments, tho timo
, has now arrfved when this nniianco ought to be
abated.” -
Let mo .toll tho ConstitutiotifKo secret of some |
of thoso'-“leaka.’’ Whenever a, member ,of tho
Cabinot wants kimaolf puffed in an •“ Opposition”
Ijewapaper, ho places in tho hsnds of tho corros
pqndentqf tljat papop bore, tbojjiost valuable in-1
formation in his pqssQssion j' gonoplly sqwo ro- I
iatlvo or familiar. I nrill qqt the I
journals that aro leaky in thiMMpccVbut whon
oyor soo a mombor of the dabinot applauded I
in coyrospontjonco of an Opposition papor, look j
out fbr a special despatch xommtnloatlng some imr
portant Cabinet secret. Tho ’Rbif XorkJlerald I
help# tho special family orgak of tho Presi
dent (qnd therefore, in tho policy, bound
to oondomn tho memhors of Uj«[ Cabinet indivi
dually and oollcotivelyyisthui.-cnt off from the
ptqgt' jmpovtnpt iptoUigonco, Exactly in tho
ratio of jts doyotiqn fo tflp CJiipf of thp Goyorn
niont. Ttys wilf account alijso thp gripiibUpg
of tho Constitutiqu and tfjp Qf ftahuottj be.-1
|ng about thoonly subject upon wblchtho two agreo. ’
Tho fling at (jcncraj'gas? in Herald of last
week, was, no doul>t, provojied f a< st t})Qt tfeo
Now York Ttines got tho firstitefcs in roforenco to
tho projet of tho McLane treaty,; I, myself, hnvo
occasionally lent a willing car tqs[Cabinet minister
hungry fop praise in’ The Press'. \
Tboso who really beiiovo, that 'kfr. Buchanan is
siijqopfl jn jifo 'ijcQtoj-JtjQri pok 1,9 fjfb a ijandidate,
first in tho Rodford Gazette, om| fHcarpd ip I|i6
letter, to Judge McOandtess;*<’pf "RlMwhurg. base
-tuoxi upiijiunWronynipo» of'toouTtorifo*
surdity of his being a candidate at a.U; *os scoondly,
because of his anxiety to bo rescued from! tho terri
ble ordeal which must await him invito event of
hi? Jfojng too oarly in tho fiold Pro-
flf all yporrjua “ pro
dotormined purpose” aoffo iioa* ‘f tfoot
such doubts aro calculated to impair hisinfluonoo
In carrying important measures;” i$ ridiculous, in
asmuch as it is now apparont Unit ho wiH have far
less Influence i# t]j o noxt Congress than ho hod
in tho last, rejected or oyory pro
minent rcconimonddtlon ‘ho made, Mon of all
parties, excepting thoso who are looking for placo,
prefor waiting until another Administration
has boon Inaugurated, ftßd pdjl content thomsolvca
with' passing tho utoal appropriation hills, RPfl
nothing woro. Mr> Buobandh’s Administration
y>U bo tho second parenthetical Administration
in our annuls, JfqjYioftor tho Administrations of
Tylbr and Buchanan will stand side hytfdp, Tho
gonius of history, in recording 1 tho fragment of tho
ono and tho full torn of tho other, may, liko
Sterna’? nngol, drop a tear upon thoir orrors, al
though, unlijkoth a dwifahlo motive that prompted
his forgivon'ces‘‘of “ Dhole Tristyfinra” pnth, tho
nngol may woop that our country has over boon
qjllioted by two such Administrations.' *'
There i'-* Pj? (jQtjht of tlio nomination of Roger A.
Pryor for. Congress b y tho UcuiqcrJito qf tho Peters
burg district, and also of ills triumphant election,'
Tho abscnco of tho French minister, who is by
this iipjo paying court to’his imperial master in
Paris, and r douhtiew fo tjje prjncc.Bs Mathildo, has
lod to a good many surmises as to the eoursa ho
will dcom it proper to suggest, now timt tho French
I-TOJSS have boon covered with new glory,* and that
tho GalHcian Ates?ud?F is looking abroad for now
worlds 'to conquer. Lord Lyons, t|i-° Spccessor’of
tbo bon Giovanni of'thb dlplomaUc oirclo hero—
Lord Napier—has, it is not doubted, in preparation
a prognuppio, to bo Inid before oufChiof Magistrate
on his return from the watora and cool
breezes of Bedford, to tho effeot that Louis Napo
leon has ono oyo upon Great Britain and Iro-
JqfliJ, and tho other upon tho United States, Tho
courso of tho llr|tj?b papers is a full confirmation of
tho first of his apprehonsions, and tho
notorious fact that Louis Napoleon is personally
inimical to this country may rbalizo ft so far ns
yo aro cQn?orae<)L I would not bo surprised \f tho
Prosidont yoro tq rocquiiqcbd au a|lianco, oflonsivo
and defonsiyo, with agajnsjt tho Bronch ;
t|io obstacle tq this is unquo»lionabiy tho fact
tl/o bqip} qf tjjo British (joyorinqont 4 at this
tiqjo Lord pql/nQFStoq, #h9 j?o#(?nlyoppospd.to
Amorloan interests, but has ifoyojj had a ycry high
appreciation of Mr> Buchanan h><polf.
I am not muoh disposed to boflovo that In tho
complications np| to grow out of jho suddon poaco
in Italy, there is any approhonsipn of a revolt in
Irolftnd, but that John Mitehol, pf tho Southern
Citizen, is .about starting for |ho continent of
Europo (as soon as his timo will allow him to put
his ajfalri iq 9fc} or ) I s a suggestiyo item of nows.
Tbat'mopy'of Ml gcjiqql of foreign poll
tics biillovo that matters in taking
a turu favdrftblo to thorn, thoro Is no doubt, r
Tho mombors of tho Cabinot arp confidont that
thoy will uow bo ablo to convinoo tho Prosidont
that!);ho wholo courso of Bounott qf tho Now York
Hcrqw, white bo fitvorablo to him,
was the most sublimated piece off |p qows
papor polities. They will show (ijlackwitlifihoks.
poaro in his hand, and Touooy with tho Biblo In
his) that Bennett's wholo plan has boon to destroy
Mr. Baoh&nan white pretending tqdofond him, and
that ho has m&do tho Administration ridiculous by
advocating tho worst part of its {conduct, and by
duffing ovor and laughing at tho littlo sblvcdgo of
good pari) charity. They
will delicately rointni #usi}iWjb too, that tho
persistent advocacy of his re-nomination J>y Ban*
nett was a iucco of Satanio satire, especially that
part Iff (t m which ho lately alludes to tho Chief
Magistrate as u a ol(j man."! You may roly
upon it that Bennett’s ga»)o to )/e JjlpckcU, anil
that tho businoss of maldng a lmighlng of
tlio President, at tho oxponso of tljo Cabinot, is to
bo tbor.ojigjdy ventilated. . Occasional.
To Whom It may fttitpr •'
Will-you not ohligo many residents of Grcon and
Mount Vorapp jjtfoota, above Broad, by calling tjio
attention of ®,9^V«rrtj§fl to tho condition
of tho at Grcop and 'BP r f n g
fltrpoto ? ftpyyt tlio 11th of Juno tooy Wo.ro takon
up to lay tJ?o jyater p;ajn, find since that time thoy
hayo boon a Wf/Jtohod Q, B.
sTir ; h case Qf Virginia Ste>y
art still opniimtes topmte tho physicians of tho
N. Y. Hospital. Sho >va? por \jorsp
nt a late houro n Saturday night; Sho wa* per.
feotly conscious, and conversed frequently with a
Catholic clergyman who visited hof.
i; The Protestant Cthurphmftn says s—Wo5 —Wo )iave
booh 1 favored with oxtjaots from .tfio peoHlfty press
in Illinois on too subject of nn oxtraordinary ease,
of discipline. Rov. Dr. Adams, qf Chicago, has
boon suspended from oxoroistng the functions of a
denebn for officiating in tho pulpit of a Prcsbytc
rian ■ -
Tjik Roman GaJliyJi# IJislioj) ‘of Montreal
has addressed ft circular to hia clergy, o&lh'ng unon
thwji, Qj) a.dj)Ofl’al!jlo,'jo proilwfico' irtipt toe|r
. pulpHs a str/mg ffgdlu'Bi tho opGra, tho
thentro, tho c/rone. and othpr nmpteniontH pr'H
Similar nature, iyhioh at dip 9,
real scandal to our city and country qtsirio'te/’' *
A new Methodist Episcopal church was dedicated
at Orango, Now Jorsoy, on tho 28th ultimo.
ILPHIA, MONDAY, AUGUST I, 1859.
ruly 31, 1859.
WAfIHINQTOHI
Letter from Bedford,'
[Correspondence of Tho Press.]
Bedford Springs, July 29, 1859,
Tho “season’ ’ horo bos boon unproeodontedly euo
oossful. White a good many othor summor resorts
havo, as I see by the journals of tho day, boon sad
ly neglected, tho only troublo horo has boon to ac
commodate tho numerous applicants for rooms. A
‘largo number havo necossarily boon turned away
.from tho doors qf tho hotel, and havo been obliged
to soek quarters in tho town, (which is about a milo
and a half distant.) At prosont thoro are at least
four hundred guosts horo, and ono hundred more
in Bedford. This dolightful resort, however,- pos
. so3Boa so many substantial attractions that I do,not
wonder at Its popularity. As a watering place,
it ie of no musbrooom growth, but during tv long
sories of yoars it has beon gradually acquiring
tho hold it now possosscs upon public favor. At
prOsont about'twenty miles of stago-coaoh travel,
I from Hopowollj Is necessary to roach'it, but a rail.
I road is now boing constructed ovor twelve mites of
this diatanoo—to Bloody Run—and on the remain-
ing oight milos it is supposed, that tho railroad
makers will also soon commonoo operations. I
think it not unreasonable to anticipate that after
this now railroad is lqtd down, Bedford Springs
will count hor annual guosts by'thousands rather
than by hundreds, if buildings sufficiently exten
sive to accommodato thorn aro erected hero.
Tho purity ? and health-giving qualities of tljo
mountain air; tho modicinal virtues of the water; ‘
tho beauty of tho surrounding scenery, .and tho
many superior natural advantages of this locality,
delight all our visitors, and unite to place Bedford
Springs upon a proud pre-eminence among Ameri
can summer resorts.
An idea which has a tendency to injure tho
springs in gonorul estimation extensively prevails,
which my limited observation bos led mo to bo-,
liovo to bo in a great measure unfounded. Many
appear to sijpposo that it is in an unusual degree
a resort for politicians; but, while that important
branch of.the human speoitgj js_ undoubtedly repre
sented horo, it is but just to say that thoy form but
an infinitesimal minority of tho present guests,
who arc chiefly raodo up of unpolitical pleasure,
recreation, and hcnlth-seekors, from various por
tions of Pennsylvania and neighboring States—•
your own good city having sdnt hither a numbor of
tho citizens of this class. •
Those who suppose that tho prosonco of the Pre-
sident amongst us has oxcitod any profound sensa
tion, or called hither any considerable number of
prominent Democratic politicians, aro egregiously
mistaken. It is a happy theory of our Govern
- ment that its officials—oven thoso who occupy the
highest positions—aro tbo sorvants of tho people
rathor than thoir ‘masters, and whilo tho offices
thoy occupy aro treated with proper respect, tho
mou who hold them pass current in sooioty at-just
about thoir ihtrinsio worth, without much roforenco
to tho official; stomp upon them. Tho significant
hint of tho offioial organ, warning off all office
huntora ftrojp tho prodnets of Bedford, under
penalty of dire Executive displeasure, has beon
takon, In fact, it has boon most too effectual, for
you know, as well as I do, that When alt who wish
official favors keep out of tho Presidential pro
senoo, his train of courtiors becomes an extromoly
small ono. The ohilUng reception which' the re
nomination artieloof tho Pittsburgh Post received
has beon very annoying, And too President has :
doomed it inoumbppt upon himself to reaffirm, in
tho rn'ogt opiphatio terms, his determination not to
bo a candidate for tho Presidency again. He do*
dares that in his lato speech in North Carolina ho
aiiiiounoed that ho was ft firm bcliovor in the doo*
tribe of Nathaniel Macon, who hold that no man
should servo more than ouo Presidential term un
der any circumstances. Not satisfied with this, ho
has had the following paragraph insortod in too
Bedford Gazette of this morning': . ■
“Mr. Buchanan and the Next Presidency.—A
fow days ago the Pittsburg Post arrived here, con-
I twining an-ablo editorial qrging that undor cortain
I qontingonoies,- Mr! Buchanan must again bocomo a
I oandidftto for tbo Prcsidonoy. This surprised many ■
| ol the President’s friends in Bedford, who wbuld
willingly have supported his rornommation, biit
who had often heard him dcolaro, when on his visit
to tho Springs last yoar, tbat ho never would, un
der any oiroumatanqcs, hoaomo a candidate for
that high offioo. Mr. Buobanan arrived at this
j placo shortly after this article mado its appearance,
I and, in conversation with his frionds, whilst doing
fulliustico to tho friendly intentions of the'editor
of too Post , ho promptly and unhositafJngly do*
I clarod that ,his determination on this subject was
final and irrevocable. Howevor touch we may re
gret this determination, ivp yield to it. Ho is now
entirely out of tho fiold, and tho duty devolyos
I upon too Demooraoy of Pennsylvania to Select bojuo
other candidate who will carry out tho principles of
tho present truly Democratic Administration.”
You will know muck tytfor hqw to interpret this
j apticlp tjiqp I do.‘
I sporUpiap takes a | , andqme)iot qtafiook of pigeons
and fails to bag his game, too best thing ho cun do
is to koop as much out of sight oe possible until tho
I birds scttlo again and forget all about tho report
of hiß gun, whop, ir ho lias good luck, ho may havo
anotbor shot at thorn. h?ow, inasmuch aa tkoj dis
ohaFgo.qf. ifjQ Pjttabm'g pdffilpbly
kicking tho ownor ovor, than in doing .anything
else, it is important that tho alarm whioh has
spread throughout tho Democratic party at tod bare
mention of tho idea of bringing Mr. Buohahan into
tho fiold in 1860, should bo and tho “ dl-
Yido and conquer ” polloy bo allowod to work its
fijll ißeosprp of migohlefand cynipsion rnpong tho
rival aspftantd to tho speoession, ‘ ’ ’ ”
It is now supposed that Mr. Buchanan will loavo
us on Monday for Washington.
80 far as tho gathering horo is of a political char?
actor at all, it is rathor of & Republican than a
pomooratlo stapip, as fioinq jjujf ijqzon Peunpyjya
nia membors of Congress oloct of that party, are
liore. Camoron left last wook, and tod Hon.' Joh'n
M. Road has been here during tho prorent ono/'
B«t f fopeat that the df our visitors aro
much more busy in thoir schemes of pleasure and
rcoroation tpAn'in anything else. And ns some of
our guosts are now about "dopartpg, and vacant
rooms will soon bo more numerous, tbo host thing
yow and your readers can do is to join us horo, and,
for tho prosont, leaving thogroatpolUlonl problems
of tho day to work out thoir own Solution, gain new
life and vigor in this boautlful collogo of hoalth,
Wh o r? too mountains,pure air, andwatoreunningly
'distilled in the groat bosom of {pother earth, confer
more substantial bqnofit upon us than t|joft\oßt skil
ful physician. , Not CjccAg^ONAL.
Interesting liettcr from Lcwisburg.
[Correspondence of .Tho Pres^.}
IiBwiHBURO, NortUumboriand Co., Penna.,
: Jpjv 27, 1859.
In tho oourso qf a Bbort summer tqqr, I arrived
at this interesting town yostorday, and have beon
so much grntifiod’wUh what I have beard and wit
nessed, that I havo concluded to writo you a short
jottgr dosoriptivo of it. It ia an old maxim, that one
hatf the world scarcely knows how tho othor half
. lives, and this saying is peculiarly applicable to the
citizens of Pennsylvania, wfco, temOhow or other,
intermix .with and intorvisit each othor, to & less
tjxtent t)}f>n tjjocitixena of almost any othor Qtatp..
I f/nd horo, for Instance, ono of tho most flourishing
And important educational establishments in tho
country, tho Dowisburg University, which has one
of tho finest collogo buildings in tlio’ country, *ia
richly endowed, I u«d e rstepd| an< l attended by a
large numbor of studonts, and yot I scarcoly know
qf its existence before I pado piy prosont visit
boro. It is undor tlio control of tho largo and in
jjuontiul sept of and is a sort of pot insti
tution wjtji thopi. tq which t|iq wealthy mombors of
tho o’hurch, particularly l)r! Jaypo, of your city,
and another gontloman in your vioinity, hayo mado
vqry.ltoorai pqqtjrtoutiqns. It pa? thirty qcros of
ground'opciosod, and, berideff to® CHttoulldings for
a primary school and a fowalo sominary, its main col*
logo building is dOO foot long, and of an appropriate
width. Tho oitizons of tho town and vioinity maui
fost a Hvoly Interest in its prosperity, and in roturn,
it has contributed vastly to tho importance of the
neighborhood, os is fully shown by tho fact that
about fifty now houses aro boing eroctod in Lowis
burg during t}jo present season, a very largo num
ber fordVnSajl town, -
Tho annual o&rnmoncemont of-too collogo is
now tho groat topia of the day in this region, and
a number of intelligent young men are receiving
crowning glories of thoir yoara .of laborious.study.
I had not tho ploasuro- of bbaring the oratorical
efforts, epproprfatg to such occasions, of too stu
dents, ahd therefore gßUffot pfcotomj'tq db{scrihe
thorn, or even to give tho names of thoso who dis
tinguished thomsolves. But I had the good for
tune to hoar tho address of Hen. A. G. Curtin, of
Centre county, to too literary societies of the Col
lege, last evoning, and regrot that you wore not
also present to enjoy this rioh intellectual treat.
Tho fame of tho orator, and tho doop interest felt
)q t|>o (jqlfjgoj fillod tho hall—a vory largo onoj as
It la eighty ioQt’Wmare-r-tp at an pqrly
hour. I supposo r that at Ibnst '3,000 porWAs’woto
prosont, many of whom |md visftba this placo from
distant pointß, to witnoss the collogo oxorciscs.
The toeni9 Pf spoakor was tho historioa! posi
tion of ouv oounlry, anil tho relation of its educa
ted men to ite-n fruitfur and suggestive subject
audit was. handled with groat ability. The deliv
ery of tho address occupied nodrly an hour and
a half, and white it was listened to throughout with
tout oiircful and b'reathloss attention which,ja too
jbighost oomplilnont an audionco ' ean pay 'to a
spObkor,- iW telling points wore irtoaj onthUHiasK
flight skotch of it, ns nq qrie a gkitfol phono
graphor' qonld it'jijsticor ‘ important
tqo often ovorlookcdj wore poworfully jmr
pressed, to ljoantiful ant} appropriate lapgpago,
Jfpon t]io au(Jionco. tjie pro.-
gressiyo character' of tho pcoplo, nhd
#ecQUntto§ fqr |t, in a gfeat mciifiiipo,’ hy t}io fact
that they lyere composed of a ffilsQd rao® } made up
of many divorso nationalities—tpo speqkor, datiug
t|io nioderp ora of progression from tho period
of tl(b JtofflquatiQu—alnoo wfotoh time, j\e said that
'{ibordlidpas/ltoo a tproad of.gold, jiad ppriohed
the wob of hufiian history j showed tpat ip nur poun=
try tho BlUcklog of froedom had boou romovod, and
its oitizofis placed upon tho broad platform or dead
level cf nolUiqal equality. This ho oonsidored tho
proper and just mot W *qf C^!r nlliu 2 human gov
ernmental bptqttoc same tiuio it imposed upon
citizomruters tlje inqral ohljgation of rendering
fhoi’naolyes'Qqfnpotopt tq prqporly dUchapgp toojf
polit{eat <toU C9 i ami jnaejo jt incumbent upon tnogo
wko«wero woll-oducatod to evince a pjneoro opd
porsistont regard for tho welfare of their couptry.
And here several very important
admirably and effectively elaborated, vifcV**'
. Thateduoated, mon should intermingle'failjh
grobtor froodom* than many of them
played in the political affairs of tho country—not as
mero placo-huntors and intriguants, but in a states
manlike spirit.
That mon of eduoation should shun tho too com
mon error of supposing that tho only proper ave
nues for the oxoroiso of thoir improved mental fa
cilities were tho leamod professions—that wo had
too many lawyers, doc tors,an<L unskilful dummies,
alroady—and that in tho mechanical,
and commercial pursuits of life, superior education
al abilities could be beneficially employed., '
THE LATEST NEWS
BY TELEGRAPH.
One Day Later from Europe, j
THE KASOAROO; OFF CAPE RACE.
THE PEACE CONFERENCE AT ZORICH.'
COTTON. STEADY-CONSOLS, Ss®os#.
- St. Johns, N. Jb\, July 30.— Tho steamship Kan
garoo ha 9 been intercepted off Capo Race by tljo
news yacht; and telegraphic advices from Liver
pool and London, via Qdeenstown, to Thursday
noon, the 21st Inat.j are furnished. •' ]
Tho Peace Conference of Austrian, French, and
Sardinian representatives,.whioh is to decide finally
on tho basis of peaco agreed upon by the two Em
perors, will meet at Zurich, ip Switzerland, in about
ten days. M. Bourguony will represent France,
and Count Colmaredo, Austria.
On tho Paris Bourse'on Wednesday, the Rentes
closod at 68f. Bombay dates to the 23<1 havo beon.
received, but the news is unimportant.
‘Commercial Intelligence.
Liverpool, July 21.—Tho Cotton market is steady; and
ma a better tone than was reported inTueeday’a circu
lars. . Theestimated sales this morning were 7,000 bates.
'The Breadstufl'a market is quiet; the sales have beon
unimportant.. Provisions dull. -
. intlieprodiicemarkotbpiritsofTarpentinoard quoted
at 365. The markets for other artioles are without cnanko
to note. - •
•London, Joly 21.— { By Telegraph.]—COnsola are quoted
this morning at 95)£«95. . - r
Arrival of the Northern Light*
LATEK PROM TUB ISTHMUS AND . SOUTH AMBRICA.
New York, July 31.—The steamship. Northern
Light has arrived, with dates from Aspinwall to
tho 23d lust. ' • . ,
' ’ Gen Lamar is a passenger on tho Northern Light.
.. The U, S. frigato Roanoke and aloop-of-war St.
Louis wore at Aspinwall.
The dates from Valparaiso aro to July-Ist.
Chili has agreed to pay.sls,ooo indemnity to tho
owners of the American ship Franklin, detained at
Tafcahuano ip 1832.. ' ' ‘ ‘ ■
' Tho town of Anoud had boon nearly destroyed
by fire. Loha $30,000. . .
. - .Callao dates to July.l2th stAto that tho. late at
'tempt at Revolution in South Peru had boon put
down, and an amnesty granted.
. Gon. Costilla and Dr. Ureta are reported as de
feated by.tho Government forces.
Tho advioes from Bolivia are not'interesting. 1
Letter from the President Declining a
Renomination*
PiTTSßuna, July 30.—Tho following lottor, from'
the Presidont, was received this morning, by Hon.
Wilson McCandloss: •
. Bedford Springs, 25th July, 3M?.
Mr Dear Sir: 1 have received tour kind note of
the lflth inat., with the loader from the Post.
Whilst i appreciate, as it deserves, the ability and
friendship displayed in. the editofial, I yet regret that it
has been published. My determination, not, under any
circumstances, to beoome a candidate for reflection, is
final and conclusive, My best judgment and strong in
clination unite in favor of this course. To cast doubts
upon my predetermined purpose is calculated to impai
my infiuenoe, iucarrying important measures, and snort
a pretext for saying that they have been dictated by tho
desire to bo renominated.
With tho kindest regards, A«„
RospeottuUy. your rnona,
' James Buchanan.
Railfqad Accident and Loss of Life.
Boston, July 30, —Tho express train from Now
Bedford and Fall Rivor, this morning, ran into a
privato carriage which was crossing the track soar
North Bridgewater. A lady and child, who were
in tho carnage, woro instantly killod, aud tho
other occupants, tho driver and a lady, rccoirod
fatal injuries, Tho pajuos of tho parties havo not
sko whiatlo was blown‘and the brakos applied to
tho train as soon a a the carriago was soon, but tho
mnn persisted in whipping his horso forward, which
was tho cause of tho disaster.
Numoroas witnesses of tho accidont stato that, tho
officers of tho train arb free from all blamo in tho
matter, .
A Browned at Atlantic
' Atlantic City, July*3?l,—A man named Mc-
Dovitt, who resided in tho vicinity of Fourth and
Master etroota, -Philadelphia, wai drowned yester
day) white bathing at tbfr plooo, His body was re
covore4 and an inquest hold.upon it.' It uppears
that the deceased and a companion, who had como
here with an excursion party, went into tho surf to
batho, while under tho inQuenco of liquor. . They
ventured out' too far, aad McDovitt’s companion
was saved with difficulty. • • / *
• 4 A ~ , Jglu jpub
liean address, (Jailing ypon tbo non*alavoholdur3 of
Kontucky.to;proparo to take a share in the N
ational Republican triumphs next fall.
From Washington,
WAflmHQtoK, July 30.—Information has been re
ceived at the State Department that proper stops'
havo boen taken by Uie Chineso Government to
carry into effoct tho arrangements made by ex-
Mimstor'{lood, for the payment of tho various
claims of American citizens,' amounting to about
fTOO.OpO, , ' ’ * •• ■
From California.
/ [BY HAIL.]
St. Louis, Juiy 30.—Tho ovorland mail, from
San Francisco on tho Bth instant, arrived at Jeffer
son Oifcy to x day. • •' ‘
Tho general nevrs is .
Business at Sap Francisco continued without Im
provomont.
Balloon Ascension By Professor Wise.
St. LoufS; July 30.—Professor ‘Wise mode an as
cension from Washington Square at 11 o’clock this
morning, it bmng his iutqpt[op to descend at or no&r
Lafayette, Ind., arrangements will bo made to
reinflate tho balloon, hnd ho will again ascend and
proceed eastward.- . ■
of the Indian*
Montreal, July' 30.—Tho steamship.. Indian
suilod from Quob’eo for Liyerpqql at half past nino
o’clock this morning,.taking o,ut 31 cabin ami 5
steorage pqssongors.
Weathor clear,' Wi n d w e?t and light.
. The MftYpnq Mpil.
New Orleans, July 30.—After tho Ist of No
vember no*t tho majl at ifayana for tho United
States will be mado up by tT|b Hritlah consulate for
transhiissicn bjr Rojnl West India Company.
State Temperance Society*
Aluany, July 30.—Tho adjourned annual moot
ing of tbe; State Society is called to
moot at Saratoga { August 3d.
Sailing of the l/. S. Frigate Jacinto,
Now' York, Jiiiy’3o.—Tho United States steam
frigate San Jagiqto sailed this mornjng f«>y Ihq coaal
of Africa.
Fires Testerday. —alarm of lire was
caused, about half past ono o'qlook yesterday morn
ing, by tho burning of a barn aitpato on Simon’s
lane, in f‘lhe Ifcok, 1 ? First yard.' Tho bpilding
was owned by .John Farfol. It was oyidontly flrod
Intentionally', by some scalps, who, unliko those
who gonorally resort to doods of a similar obafac
tor, woro fiumane enough to tako tho of
removing tho pontes fron] tho stable hofprp fiping
it. Tho' building was entirely y c;onsupied. Loss
ftboutS4QQ.
At half past two o'clock a bright light was dis
eovorod in a southwesterly diroctlon, by tho beU,
ringing on.tho State House stoeplo. Tho alarm
was promptly given, and a general tufnoui of tho
flro companies ensued. Aftor corno'difficulty tho
rosin-oil establishment of Rowley, Ashburnor, &
Co., situated on tho banks.of tho Schuylkill, noar
Gray’s Ferry, in tho Twenty-fourth ward, was dis
covered to bo in flames. Tho com-.,
prjsing a teifg of toiy were located noar
tlio embankment of' tho Hodia Railroad, and pro
bably caught firo from. a A number
of steam engines and hose carriages arrived on tho
spot, and wont into sorvico, but were too Into to
save tho buildings. Tho amount of stock on hand
Jiofls $1,5001.^
4 krfte alarit) was oroatod at 0 o'clock last overl
ing. While tho Spring’Qardon JJose Coppapy wore
proceeding to tho designated locality tlioy ran ovor
a youug man, namod Crcgar, at Twentioth and
Wood stroots. Ho was sofiously injured intbrnally,
aud conveyed to his rosidonco, in Roxborougb.
An Excitement. —Quito an excitement was
croatod in tho'neighborhood of Fourth and Chest
nut stroohf on Saturday, shortly aftor noon, by a
map iyfto jp a jjt of ipciplont (JoUrium trotuens.
Ho was armed with a olqfr’wttb which k° Blo*h£tf
around at a violent, ra|o, oausjng a scam
pering, but fortunately hurting nobody. A purty
of tbo Rosorvo forco camo along, and aftor a des
perate struggle, they got |ho man to tho Contval
Station.'
Hand CnusiiEp.—A lad, named Thomas 11.
• Campbell, was admitted to tho Hospital' on Satur
day morning, haying'had his band badly cut by a
circular saw. in Vah&kon’s sawmill!, Spring Garden
streot, obovo Brood. h * '
Anniversary. -To-day, the first of August,
ja tho of tho emancipation of slaycs Jn
tljo English Wost Indies. The cqlorod population
gonorally rotor tq thp day in sorno foatlyo niftuner.
TlfH J’fUfiT PniWlfO HydbAnTi—Qn Satur
day irtornipg, Ifio first public drinking hydrant,
put itp at publio cost, was put in operation at
Eighth and Chostnut streets, It waft well patroni
zed during tho duy,
Sudden Deatii—On Saturday morning, a
woman namod RosaStedo, aged thirty-throe years,
old, ropldtegin'Roliof alley, diod suddenly from
iatempornneo. . Art inquest was hold by tbo coro
ner. - • . ' , ' " i ' ' "
Hia Condition. —Mr. Keen . still remains at
tho hospital, and wo aro plonsod to announce that
ho is gradually recovering from tho wounds ro
ooivod at Fourth andßaco strooU'on Thursday •
last,
T|je heyy cr ti n Pf° o i i s!n c > hp|H fpf po
ontur pngino Cpropany, of Frankfort}* Will be
housed on tho 2QtU of next month.
Tip CITY.
;/ Bedford Street.—*
Baker streota figure mor| |
’ll^ 8 • 'P°lido returns than any other
our cit y—occasionally as the soeneof
robberies, frequently os that of rioting and crime}
and sevoraLtiines latoly as, that of murdor.. The
body of a Woman, named Margaret Smith, was
found, m-J(pflfo/d£trpo£ wHit
O. person. Inquiries werd
made, and it wna foundthat she'bad boon lighting -
with her 'Bister; Rosy : Snlith, on 'thb'eveninjj pre
vious, and, it f s)l|ogoil, reeoiyod, hqr death at
her handed Bday wai taken''in-custbdy.^' Atfjin- -
quost was hold on tho body of the
the following ovidonco olieitod: t
EllenDolan>sworo.*-Lives in-*Dtiffjr’s court, in Baker
street, above Stafford: etopbed-with the 'dbooasod last
evening; while there the sister of the deceased, named
Rosy Smith, struck her with a )>oard, (board produced jj
eawthe board in her hand, but did not see her strike ;
puttue deceased to bed. {
.The witness did not appear to know much about the
circumstances, and had evidently l>oen drinking.
Ann McDevittaworn.—Lives in Bedford street; went
to the house ol tho deceased on Saturday and saw her in
good health; tho child of deceased came to the house of
witness m the morning, and said that her mother wits
dead, and had been killed by a man with an axoj de
ceased wa?/ very drunk last .evening j the-outer, Rosy,
had been drinking,"lmt was l not drunk: the party Was
much given to drinking; have known Margaret Smith
Bincoachild: knew her father whon in Ireland. >
Eliza Cook lives in Bedford street, above Seventh:
saw deceased and sister fighting, at about 9 o’clock Sat
urday evening; tho parties used nothing but thojr,
hands; about .two o'clock m the morning, saw a strange
man go down into the •cellar efthe-house occupied ny
the deceased ; eo went down quietly ; heard no noigo
nicer ho went .down; deceased was very drunkwhdn
they were fighting; at about 12 o'clock saw the de
ceased go down into the cellar, i
Officer Edward Irvin sworn.—On Saturday night,
about seven, saw deceased sitting on step foedineher
child; next saw h6r when dead in the morning; Ellen
Dolan told mm she saw tho deceased sister sinko her
with a board, and took it away from her; she was sober
about soven o’clock, when he saw her. j
The inquest was adjourned over until this morning at
eleven , • . r , i \
Sad Result of Folly.— On Saturday after
noon, a boy named Henry J3otz, - about thirteen
years of ngo/waa drowned
Dickcrson-strect wharf. Xmniediatoly
occurrence,; a young man named Gilbert, who ism
canal boatman from Mauch Chunk, repaired to the
Second/district police station; and surrendered
himself into custody, to await tho result of tho:
Coronor’a Thp to the
same boat with Gilbert. Tho affair appears toTiavo*
boon one of accidental recklessness on tho part of
Gilbert,'who,- after, pushing.'tho hoy overboard,
shared a like fate himself, and barely escaped
drowning. The'party hod been engaged during
the greater part of the day in fishing, and proposed
a swim in order to wash themselves, tho boy having
previously asserted 'that he wto a' good.swimmer.
An inqnost was held yesterday afternoon, when
the following evldonco was olieitod:
, Alfre.d -leqerachiU-awprn—Live in Jteadjng; : be
longed m another boat; four of tnji“noatnsen were all
ready to gorin W inrnn;. Arison Gilbert , a hand on the
overboard in a playful manner; Da
vid Fetter, the driver of a boat, pushed Gilbert over
. also; there was no ill feeling between the deceased and
Gilbert; Gilbert endeavored to save dece&sedpand in
doing so came near tiding drowned.
David Fetter aworn.-A party of four wont up the river
to fish;; tlipy took the- net < nround to the month of the
crebk; their clothes word till muddy, and they determin
ed to go in,to swim* Henry said he could swim, and
while tlioy wore getting ready Gilbert pushed Botz over
board; Gilbert was pushed overboard by witness; he
came near being drowned also; there was no ill will be
tween them: I am driver of boat Captain Kritz. 1 "
- * Jonathan of boat, sworn.—Saw the four
boys up in the marsh fishing; came back and was lying
in tho stern; heard ap,asb,and his wife saying "earn
' is drowning;” rushed to. side of boat and managed to
save Sam aftor a difficulty ; Gilbertsaid ho wns trying
to get the boy when taken from the water! there was
ro ill-feeling botwoon the deceased and Gilbert.
. . Jos. Beam/ of the boat Barley;-'volunteered to take
cliargoof the body, He had been with the' captain for
throe months: helivednear.Suniueytown, in Cumber
land county. The jury rendered a verdict that the boy
. eaiuo to his death from drowning, by being pushed over
board from the canal-boat Cathonne Kritz; by a man
i named Adnm Gilbert, now in custody. Gilbert will bo
brought bofore the, court to-day on. a writ of habeas
i corpus. ‘
,Aquatic.— At the recent« city of 'Worces
ter, grand prise regatta,” which was participated
in. by oluba from Boston, Now York, Pittsburg,
Now London, Hartford, Now Haven, Williamsburg,
and other oitics, tho six-oarod boat “ Atlantic, ’ 3 -
of-our SohuylktU navy/ signally distinguished
itself. Oat of twenty-throo four and six-oared
boats, from all tho largo cities, distinguished as
having mode the fastest three-mile time since tho
introduction of-what arc termed shell boats, she
ranks number four, liaving ' accomplished it in
ninoteen minutes and. thirty seconds, ;on tho 25th
of- Juno last.. Thoso which take preced.enep taro
tho Harvard, of Boston, haring made 19. l l;
Yalo, of Worcester, 19.14; Howard, of Worces
ter, 19.18. ' 1 '
An Unceremonious Visit,— P;uil Morpliy
hai boon board from at-last. After months of
silenoo, ho roplies to Philadelphia In a dignified
afld delightfully brief opistio of twolvo tines. This
letter wo gratefully print: “ ... ,
Brbvoost Hdtss, Now-York,}
; . July 21,1859.' S .
Professor George Allen, Chairman, &o,;
'My Dear Sir: In iny lastcommum cation to you I
stated that it was not in ray power to specify any period
at which to visit your city. My engagements here have
been such that I have, up to this day. found- it itupossi
bie’to determine upon any definite time i’pr the accept
ance of.your invitation. In view of this fact, and for
other reasons which will readily suggest themselves to
decline any pyplic reception m
I shall, hawevor, avail myself of the earliest oppprtu
mty to pj>y a. friendly and,unceremonious visit to the
members of the Athenreum. < • <•- - ..»
-
MAn unceremonious visit r n “at the; earliest op
portunity,” “to tho meinbera of tho.Athens?mn.’ ’
We will be'glad to soo Mr; Morphy, and eon truly
awuro him that if ho does como to this city,
wholhor 9tberwiso, ho will're
ceive more courtesies frorp tho peoplo of Philadel
phia than he ‘extended .to them, by the marked
silenco and implied contempt which .characterised
bis conduct. . '
Warrants por Fire Companies^—AH the
fire companies of this city havo .received their war
rants for last year’s Appropriation, cx<iopt tho fol
lowing, who have not yof called for them : Rose
Companies — Good- .Will,’ America, W ashing ton,
Moyamensing, Fame, Niagara, and Germantown.
Engine. Companies— Liberty, of Hotmesburg;
Congress, of Phesjntrt Hill j .Wisschickon, Fellow
ahipj and aWashuigten, of Gefmautownand Em
pire Hook and. liidderlCompany^' The warrants
aro all. ready, at tfye Cbiof office, and
the irfoncy will bo paid upon thoir at
tho City. Treasurer’s ofljao. . **i
Thb State AQKicuf.TURAb. Society.—Tlio
Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society havo mad o'
arrangements for enclosing all tho ground at Powcl
ton, Twenty-fourth ward, heretofore occupied by
the socipty, for. their nQ-xt in
'September next. Bdbrts by tho
managers to intorest the farmers throughout this
and adjoining States, in the coming exhibition, and,
with tho liberal premium list, there can bo but lit
tle douht of thoir gpeoess.' •
F[RE9.—At a lato hour on Saturday after
noon. some mischievous scamp set fir© to an old un
oecupiodframebuirdingon MarkeFet’reot, east of
Twenty-soeodd. ’ Tho flhmesword extinguished be
foro any important (tapiago had been ([one.
. Botwoen one and two o’clock yestorday.morning
an alarm of fire was caused by the burning of a
stable, or 80p)Q 'other combustiblo property, in the
extreme southorn part of the city. Tho alaim
catuo from bo? No. 7i at Eighth aud Washington
streets. ‘ l . .
Death op a Philabbiphian-.Abroad.—Mr.
Wiu- U* Elepian, fqrmerly of our city, waafound.
dead in his room, fit the corner of Kbarney and Pa-,
cifio streets, San Francisco, on the 23d of June'7
Mr. Eleman was a prominent member of the San
Francisco Firo Department, being one of tho Board
of Delegates and Secrotary of Company No. 10.
Ho was a eon* of tho lato Philip Eloman, a well
known oitizen of\philadoipbia. - The deceased was
but thirty-.two yoars of ago. ' j',
FmNTERk; job, the, . Ocean,— t,te
Mouijt Vernon Association, composed of mombers of
tho Philadelphia Typographical Union, will leave
this city in tho schooner *« Father and Sons,” on a
ploasuro excursion. Thoy contemplate visiting
Baltimore, Washington, and Mount Vornooi and to
roturn by sea, stopping on the fißhing bank. . Wo
bospoak for them a pleasant timo.
Sacrilegious. —A man named Wm. 11. Mack
was arrested on Saturday morning byDotectivo
Officer tho.chargo of robbing Mount Zion
M. E Church, in Darby township, Delawarocounty.
The WW epteved du and rqbbod of
carpeting, 4c/ * The aceUSod was, committed to
await a requisition fnj>m tho Delaware'county au
thorities.
Alleged Bobbery.—A man naipod Joseph
Johnson W ns before Aid. Ogle on Saturday morn
ihgj Ol) thfl of h ft Ylng_rqbh°d a ooyntry wa
gon, which was standing iu .Second streot, abovo.
Shippen. I(o Is allcgod to havo stolon'a basket
containing numorous articles, among which was a'
port-monnaio with a considerable sum of money in
it. 1 Tho dofosdant was held to answor.
Death prom .Burning Fluid.—A widow
lady, named Mrs. Andrews, white [sitting on h
ohair, asloop, at a !«to hour on Friday night, was
fatally injured. She overturned tlio fiuid lamp,
aud scattered coptePla oyer her olothing.-- - The
lady D'bs so shockingly burnod that sho died at an
early hour on Saturday night. Who will be tho
noxt victim to tho fluid fiend? ’: ’ y
Passing Counterfeit Money.—bn. Satur
day morning a woman* Alice Cnmpboll, was
hold in t|m sum of $l,OOO bail for a further hearing
to nnswor tho cliargo of having possed'cqmiterfcjt
mouoy. Sho woa arrested atTwoptj£flfth and
Coates stroots, r .
Sebio.uu Robert Hirst, charged
with having committed a violent assault upon an
o.fficor, was takou into; custody about thvoo o’clock
qn Saturday morning, in Tontb below Race.
Ifo was, arraigned hefbrb Aldormoti Hibberd, and
held in $l,OOO, bailfor a further hoaring.
-Expected YiaiTfina. —Tho Mayor and Coui) r
oils of Cincinnati are oxpccted to nrrivo in this
city/.on Wednesday, noxt, for. tho purposo of in
specting our. publio Institutions. Cbjcf Rugglcs,
the ftotlng Mayor, will rccoivo them at Ihdcpou
denco Hall, in the absonoo of-Mnyor Henry.
Extreme Poverty.— A female, whoso name
is unknown, committed suicide, on Saturday, by
swallowing laudanum. 1 • Sho resided in Apple
street, abovo .Culvert. The CoraneV bcdd an in
quest on tbebody. Verdict suicide, caused by ox*
tremo poverty. ~ ~ .
Abroad.— Chief Engineer Featon, of'tho
Fire Department, ono of tho most,industrious pub
lio officers wo liayo ip tho city, is now
exapifnlng tfio ejopfiant in |te yaf';o\ia stiges of pro
vincial development. S. p. F. was in magniUdest
epirlta.
£<i g i-rc
Meeting’ in’favor ofSuntlayTrayel.
A large mmborofpcrsoaspio tho number of
about five thoUsandrassAnbleA In Indopendonce
Square," Cri' Saturday evening, in pursuaneo of a
call published in the' different daily papers. -
At a" few minutes, to eight .-o’clock the iaeetizig
-was called.to order by John F. Maschcr, who nomi
nated John M. Butler fop president.;- v .- 1 ,
The nomination, wps confirmed- amid great ap
plause,, and Mr. Butler, in taking the ckair t Baid:
“I ffiahkybUßiricerely.ir.T friends andfeilow-citizens,
for the honor yon have conferred upon me.* This is an
Leemcqtfod
without distinction of party* for tlie 7 purpose ordtscuaaLng
tho propriety 9fß/&:pn£u»fore*h6. Legislature tho ne
cessity for the passage of a law totalising the running of
passenger cars through the city Upon'Sundays. We feel
.that our rights invaded.and *hat'the?rrfet
till BabSt°h day 6 ** cloBat} against us upon
. “ We are here to agitate this matter until we succeed
in securing *o*. oursel yes tli e bsme,rights that are en
joyed by others- .[Cheers.] WO have made a retrograde f
movement m this business, and f hope that our mends
upon the other aide of tlio question, wiien they soo the
warmth rfnd eamestne&a of public opinion upoirthe sah
«r V WI " isjcome more charitable and more enlightened.
A* °,ii\Y o retrograded, I say, foy ; we -have gone back to
the uavb when chums were stretched across the streets
inlroptofthe churches., [Cheers.]- , -
♦«^* l fJ^»i e . Botno T? ll osay this is not the time to agi
tate tms question. I believe that it is tho timet that alt
tunes are proper when our cherished rights are assailed,
and no place is more appropriate for the discussion
than the sacred spokWithm the shadow of that venerable
hall where liberty.was first proclaimed * throughout all
tho land, andtoaUtheinbabitaatsthereof.’” [Applause.]'
Mr. Butler named tho following gentlemen as
the meeting:
VICE PRESIDENTS.
Wm.McCuHey. 'Dr.A.Pennybaker
Ferdinand Gisler, George Sevems.
John Kraus* vj. ■ Wm.-JYitte.
Adam Maas, Geo. Bertram,
Frank Johnson, B. 1\
Henry B. Cook, Charles Stein.'
Dr. David Jayne, , Dr. F. Brnon,
Win. M. Svaiu), C.T.Bnckinghani,
Simon Gartland, J. D. Nunes.
U. Remak, John C. Keller,
Robert Everett, T. Westcott,
H.K. Strong, JohnOakford,
Robt. T. Carter, Jos. McFadden,
. George F. Lewis, Sand. S. Moon,
Hash Clark, * John Diefil.
Nolson Jay, E. J. Hiaeken.
(John L&wlor, -
SECRETARIES^*
J- 8. Cohen, ■" lDr. J. R, C«td, • MChas. FealU"'
R. Donegsn, A. J. Wester, Henry A. Gildea
Wni/Ketnick. . Wm. Bernard. Jamei&ok '
J. F. Randolph, (George CrOll,' George Fisher.
• - .The nominations were confirmed amid tho groat
,est applause, when Mr. Joseph Bond was intro
duccd'toihb me’oUn'g. lie said :' r : ’
I do not knew; my friends' and fcllbw-oitizens, why a
.little and obscure man like myself should beeai]ed<npon
thatyo'u^siffi?ifve B S?e -Cut
os a many ho has always been- tmihedto tnve liberty, l
cannot refrain fronmayrng & few words on tliis occasion.
It is righteousness tkat 4 e*alt£th a nation j sin Is a re
proach to any people. >Ve stand
shadow of-that sacred spire where that ancient belLWns
known to pu| forth ntsiyibrationsj and proclaim liberty
tiironghonf- the land, to dll- the ‘inhabitants thereof.
[Cheers.] A declaration short of that would not have
satisfied the people of that day.' The day is, fast ap
proaching whett thftt same bailor some other wi U sonud
another declaration, to. satisfy, the citizens of the good
old Commonwealth of Perin. fApplause.]
Permit me, to remark that mr good, old-aged father,
lived in the days of Thomas Jefferson. I-, as an bmnblo
child of his, should be recreant to the principles of that
good old father it I did not cherish the sentiments ho in
culcated, .1 would bo ashamed of my religion ir I thought
for one moment that tlip spirit Of the to hi was noclhe
spirit of liberty. [Cheers, j' Since' I'attended yonr’last
meeting, <>ue of my good,neighbors said to me, “My
Inond Bond, I was surprised to hearof your going down
to that meeting, managed, as it was by-infidels of the
deepest d)eV’ f replied," 'What do the'views of my
teliow-citizens on theology concern me ?”
tjlainnot about to say how many infidels are here to
night, bnt ).t jg a beautiful commentary upon the. popular
religion ol Philadelphia, wlien-infidelsate left to take
care of the rights pf Amencaii citizens. [Cheers.] 1
should be unworthy or being nJolloMer of the meek and
Jowly Jesus-the Lamb.of God-the. Blessed Son-it I
faded 'to* promntm 1 tho glad tidings'awarded liberty to
every map. [Cheers.l That’s the doctrine 1 prench,
stand fortir among- ru
you.against any,,encroachment ,of our ; civil liberty.
[Cheers.] ! T care not in what form it’ what
! garbifc assumes. Our fatberssaid, We hold these truths
to lie self-evident, that alt-men are free ettuals, and en
titled to inalienable rights, among which ore fife,liberty,
and the pursuit of happiness.” Tliese rights are inaliena
ble toua-rGod-given and heaven douied—the most secure
of anything l»eneath tlie heavens. '
Ho would not detain JUe audiencejthere.were plenty
of speakers behind him. Thank God free speech waa
left yet. [GreatrapplausA.] He was not thereasalaw
yer.Jmtasßimnister; notn&a politician,but asophi
lanthropjst.Applause.] He stood, there as a private
citizen, 'having an equal interest m this doctrine.
[Cheers] To-morrow ho had to go to New Jersey. There
was no convenience now, nnd lie would have to walk to
thatwhprf; [Laughter/] j ; f ‘
He had been thinking for some time past that’ofir peo
ple had got so religious tliatif our blessed Saviour should
come to dwell m this cUr.aahe did in.Jndea, doing all
manner of good on the Sabbath day, whether or not lie
womd stand in danger of being arrested for a breach o f
-the peace, _,
The speaker, in .concluding, said ■he stood Ihere: as a
peaceman., He did.nntask.tha aid of physical force to
accomplish his ideas; The people hod 'commenced mov
ing, and when they once got on the track. no Judge
Thompson or. Judge. Taney* could block .up thoj'way.
[Great cheers.] Givo him the public sentiment and the
pubhomorahty of the. people, and he would move tho
world. [Cheors.] Ho hoped that the poor man would
be permitted to tako out his wife and children into the
country, where they could enjoy the fresh air of heaven.
[Loud cheers, amid which the speaker retired.]
Mr. William H. Martin read the following reso
lutions : v. ... -
Wn. il. Thomas,
Richard M. Berry,
Geo. A. Cofley, -
8. C. Thompson,
W. J. Gillingham,
Benjamin Nare,
l)r.A. Kennedy,
Henry J. Bone,
J. B. Hodman,
AquiUa Pascne*,'
J. M. Gosline,
Alfred-Long,
A. J. Boswell,
Wm. H, Nolen,
Theo. Kell, .
J. B. Nichols, I
Amos Briggs, ,
. Whereas,: TheTundamental principle of government
isfooudod upon the security and \relP-bein? of society—
tbe interests and wants of the mnny formine tho grand
arch upon which au enlightened BepubUo solidly rests—
it behooves a free nnd republican people sedulously to
watch that their Tights are not invaded or encroached
upon, and their requirements impaired.by hctssubver
sive of a liberal.anu constitutional Government.
That the widely-extended ares of the eon
soiidated oitjf ofPhuadelphia, uith the inarpasod and
daily increasing .population within its'limits, J with tho
many nmi diversified interests of tho people.' and with
the prosperity and fost-rrowing importaoce.of tho city,
-allcorobnso-to demand t hog rented dam litieaof Ingress,
egress, and repress to the inhabitants.'
„ B«o/r<d,'Tnaf thgfecent'aggressivo'interferenco of
poisons to prevent tho city passenger car*fro in run
ning on Sunday* and tho enforcement of certain' peculiar
soctanan views under tho-shadow of liW'and judicial
decision, are mnnical to civil nud religions liberty, and
are infringements upon tho tights of citizens, guaran- ,
tied by the Constitution.
.£f«o2w<f.?hattba institution ofsho Sunday,or Chris
tian Sabbath, as a day of restand religious observance w,
doci not preclude eujojment m innocent recreation, urn?
that tho runiimg of city passenger railway cars an -
other, pubuc conveyances docs not detract from t£’‘
sanctity of the-day,’or interfere with, ita poimla
servnnc©.». , - .
ResolvedrThnt the experience of tho citizens of New
iotk, Brooklyn, and .Boston, m the use.of railroads on
Sunday, affords us evidence that the object we are seok
mg is neither now nor dangerdus to the welfare oi so- -
cietjv' * - - : • r , ,c. -s ■
Risolstd, That we will usq;an honorable jnejms to
effect such a modification of-the Sunday laws as will al
low city passenger railway cars, and all otlierpnbtic con
veyances, to run on Sunday; under tho same restrictions
us they ore now by law. and ordinance limited.
Resolved, That we will support no candidate for either
branch of- the;Legislatnre. at the. enraingfall election,
who will not pled?© himself, in writing, that, if’elected,
he will use au honorable means to procure such enact
ment, or enactments, os will secure to the people of'
Philadelphia the unrestricted transit of public convey
ances intofout of, and through thelinnta of the city.
... Tho last resolution was received with-loud and
long-continued applause. ' ,- -
. Mr. Martin said Ihe'resolutions'etnbrajbed the whole
subloctTinder contest. There was a principle IriVolved
that underlay tho wholo foundation of our Amorican
liberty.* LCheers,] The citizen had as good a-iight to
travel on one day or tbe year as tho other;'and the right
to travel w|iera he pleaaed.whon ho pleased, and how ho
pleased, was'neverdeoied by any freeman to his brother.
(Applause/) It'wasa right that was not oven’denied to
the people of the old -world by tho monarch* and auto
crats. of .Europe. ln order to carry this
prinoiple mto execution, we most elect men pledged to
its support. [Groatopplause.] U was not apaxty move
ment m which they were-engaged. They wanted the
privilegete eojortbe rights, privileges* andiminunitios
of freemen— nothing loss and Tiotlung' more/ fCiioers.l
Mr. Martin concluded by moving the adoption of tho re
solutions. .
‘ Tho motion was agreed to, amid 'great 7 applause.
Henry Bruner wild he did not know what had called
this groat assemhlago .together, unless it was that tho
rights of the people had bean attacked. Arguments lor
freemen should be directed to their reason, and'not to
their prejudices. The advocates of this oppressive law
wjll find such an opposition raised against them that it
will recoil upon them with overwhehmnjrforco, which
will teach them a lesson they would not soon forget,
when the rights of the peoplo aro invaded they should
stand up tn their defonco, and not be faint-hearted. If
Miere had boon such ftmaltmm in the Revolution, tiie
Declaration of Independence would not have been made
All nations who have lost their freedom never lost it at
onos, but by degrees.. Henee w© must boa-are of overv
attempt to ourtatl our liberties. Hewus one of the
earliest aud warmest friends of Mayor Henry, but
he denounced him ns being completely under the
control of. the religions bieote, as was shown by his
letter to the Chief of Police to stop tho Green
street cars. That letter was an infringement of our
rights- .A clergyman had said he loved. England for
overy thing but her desire to dissolve our Union. For
my part, (said Mr. 8.,) I despise her bocause she has
Church and State united, pad I despite hor for her ha
tred of our free institutions. But, Hove her because
dii has her fare to run on Sunday. A gentleman in
Market street had told him that they run on that day for
lialf price, which showed regard for the poor mao. He
mid the opponents of Sunday travel thought they were
strong, but they were weak, ami we will uhow them next
winter, when we wiU Uava-tha-IAW. repealed in spito of
them.- He urged t|»» present to vote only for members
of the LogUl«tar* who were in favor of tho repeal of the
Uv, Without regard topartr. whether they were Demo
crats, Whigs, or Natives. When Jefferson was a candi
date to? President, the 'clergy in the pulpit denounced
him as an infidel, blit under his administration tho coun
try had prospered, and tho foundations Of’its lutme
greatness had been laid. Ho did not care whether a man
wa«ACatholic or- Jew-or anytiiing else. so lone as ho
was a good citizen, and paid his debt*. ,
J. Sous Cohen saul, in considering this Snnday-travo 1
question, we wore to determine whether one man or set
of. men Should haya nautical rights, aud dictate to their
OJiu W ;y C, i lzen9 ri n J phal they should observe the
Sabbath day. it Wag V secondary matter whether reli
gious wretmgs were disturbed on Sanaa* by running
[Cheers.) The assumption oi power on the part
of these men cannot be too early repressed. [Applause.)
JC, j°tt *»v© these people an inch they will take an ell!
IC hears. J - , ■
.* Mr. pi’H Da Wolfe thought this the prondast occasion
in his life. lie could not hyt.tey with the bard of Avon.
There is a tide in the affairs of men. which, taken at
ite height, loads on to fortune.” With us that tide was
at its flood. He would give his political and rotuMous
creed in a few words, and he requested that, ns Cant.
Cuttle says, they would make a note of it.:
• Bound to no party,
To no sect confined;
. Tho world Is my home;
Mjr brethren all mankind—
Mr. De Wolfe continuedat much.length, and in a very
humorous strain. He censured the Christianity of the
people who aoucht to oppress the man, and deprive him
of his rights, The people were a class of Hip Van Win
kles. fhorhad bqen weeping for-many years, and now
they, ware wokiug up-.lp conclusion, therefore, he would
say in tho.wordsof Rip's famous toast: “ Hero’s toyour
health, to your iaroihea* good health, aud mar you live
tons and prosper,’ - [.Great ohaeriug.] .
Dr. Coatos would promise brevity. .He came there not
to discuss religious matter* but tho kjaestir.a of ruuning
the cars on Sunday, This wag a quesfion of vast import
hßc*r «concerned usnU v The parttos opposed to their
objftctpd. to the no ISO u*hich they created during
»- ur °mk oua "'orsb'P- But this was a verv slight
SLi.iS.? ll, T . h i? 'J 1 ' «M>n>nellod them to c.irry bell, to kSop
pooolo from the trooV, nmHoavoidncciiWt. Ho did not
IWcPEPW . mvcst ? J m ohnrclie, tr.nn lost-lhoj mnko
food forts m timoof war. The Doctor "concluded with
SO n!?.''?fi !r n h ' lmolO “, s . r . c . , ''? lks '. B ! lllJ in-cat chooritnr.
John 0 Byruo said that ho wished to discuss the ques
tion directly upon iba merits. There was uot a lino of
scripture enjoining tlie cessation of tho cars runmmr on
the first daf.of ttioweoV. Constantine was the author
ortho sacred character of Sunday 1321 years after Christ,
bat then it was lait optional with iwoplo whother to work
or not oiv tliaf day. It was not long subsequent that
a gugnopsion of one’ii favorite pursuit, and a virtual
transfer o.f the Sabbath day to Sunday, was enacted bl
ow. . * '
Unfortunately for ua, we are sufTormg from a re
Quironiput Qvpn.niore <Kiiotis, and havo to battle with
tno entire eccloamsHcal power of tho day. -Mr. O’Bvrno
olnbowfeff at considerable .length his views as to tho
course to be pursued, but after so many M.to efforts al
ready made there remained little more to Ikv said Ho
was very warmly apphuded at tho clow of, ami at inter
,vn!s between, hrfc remark®. ' - . ’ umer
.Thomas McClintock, a venerablo memberof the So
ciety of Fnomls. made a rnthor lengthy ami an
address. What™ right one day was ASht aAother
tCheers.l It was not tUa uay that made the Quality of the
actloJ * itself. I Cheers.] 'Tfio sib?
as a impiap institution, was very well in iisclf Th»
The triftlls
confined to priests more than to others!
1 noy are « ntten upon the Tocky leaves of the Book of
wlior? all may road them. "Wo must remember
that eternal VKilanco is the price of liberty, and that wo
! l n S i i 0» huk to perform that must not be sutrered to
remain unaccomplished.
Dr Child said hi» nemo was Child, but he was man
enough to sKnd UP and speak on a question hke tl ?£
feH Ho greatly admired the old 1113x1111, “ Vox
Populi. Vfut* Dei.” aud never saw it so applicable «, ,t
orosont. Ppoplo had nmomMrd. not liv iLuamla, Imt
b, acres. Ho ljolniiaod lo no party or sect, but n-ns fathor
» sort of mi ootsulo Hunker. Ho urns stronslv in favor of
tmvellm, on Suudnr; and concbulod by sa>i„e that, as
tho hour was lata, if they romained much lonrer ihov
MdiheoS./, h ° fUlei ’ 6;iC<! - [orc " t >«“«”»«
.Uf-Kamerl) said he was in favor of Sunday travel on
the Oil) Passenger Railroads because it was Mnoflcntl
to the poor man. As for tho city railruads. ho hiinvoi/
liful no use fdf them; he rode in his own carnago at all
times, aud every whoro it was tu» ln foct ui
Mil” toiroada (t Croat nuisance; ho -.v.-ia I'.ured"
tuni o.T. and then he wa» obheed to turn on. and now l!n
had made up hia liund to turn in and lend a lolpiu" hand
inapw; vh® could not rule in tholr en t-ohiclom
in* c.Vv 00 , 11 alford tn pay five cents to cnahlo them to
got Ood s free mr. Ho was thore to specie hia honest
sentiments: hko the man away out- mJMissour? 1?n
KoVinn®. ann\*.he thought* and arould-heht his own
rattlss. you might compare him to ii stump-tail bull in
fly time, who charged aroond in tho higß eram ml
iougdit hu own flies.. Ho hoped to see tho timo'.S tha t
2m* T - c “> ia r i d »' * half
f ea t. htessuig. and would keep the doo
tor am: uumy concpiuitau: evils at a safedfstanco.
a motion was msdo to ad
dftura, hut trat. Mr. Bond came forward, and after
addressing a fow remarks W tlio crowd,' tho, quiet,
ly adjourned.