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Xow Fork, on ,the' Northern Railroad,, and ra;
'cantedTby kiTinf |wa.y .of V'bfldfO, whiell -al-j
Inwed the oarn with their, freight <d hnnns beVnfai
•to tanifcleJhto str'eahi, : the water' of wbk*h traa
. deep enough to drown the unfortanateyietlins. ’ >
. ■ '‘ A despatoh from TF«hiojton infonna ui thot the:
Ereeident yesterday called a meeUng of tha Cabi
net in reßard to ,Mexican alfaira. It ii aoertod
thit Miramolii had inyteed Fnteco and England to
unnme the;,protdetpr»t»,of bat that those
GoWrtm'ebts. had ao iutreatedJiia inyitation with.
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-The receipisinto the TlnitedStateeTnadetyfitf
the' {aft three quarfeniofthe dseal'yeaf
l*t Idly,’ ourtorUj Unda Vl and miaoeUaiieoiu
sources, were $88,58(1,000, $BO,BOO aiore than Mr.
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Private despatches announce the serious illness
of Senator Davis/of'Missjdflippi,''' J ''‘ '
' The DemhofaHe State ’ CdnjhUtee of MassacW
settshtve pottpobeil'the, tiine. of toldingthoSWe
Co^edUdn;fBdu.Cie ,
ok acoouut qf the state eocampiueut, which takes
placeon tUo7th. : .'c-H-iV- e 1-
‘'‘The court proceedings jrdsterday will be found
uhdjif theiriipptppriatehead. . A noted piekpoeket
and naaed phoenii. wae seatenoed ito
three yearirand ein months in' the Eastetn Peni
tehtlary. Judge Ludlow took occasion in some
weli-Umedrernarks to'condemn the idea that in
toxic&tlonwiWian eMuse/ovorime committed nnder
its effec.ts,' and ipokeqfthe great taiseryproduced
in'the eominunity-by the dealeH df 'Miaon to those
' of degraded hahits. /
. fhli’ap3f'»qq«wat£.Xl j';i if'l’-.’'."-tfd" •■'- 1 - '- .'w'J- >j
StdineSj Of Clendand,’ ooeamKted snieide
hy;drowning\himself in Lake: Erie last Sunday.
He left the following profound directions ina memo
tandiud .book::,*.* He i who ! finds thy body can tell
Where Dstn.' Xgreetajl my
Washington Staff of laat erfenihg, .sayit Clat
thq'otßcialfl in the gatleXr of the PatentOSce wane
’ fairored;,wM : a scenc that seldom oeeun ia that
quietmatter-of-fact locality. 'lt appoarsthst an
etnployqein OAce g&Htfies WthU'a note
to' a* lady'inyfling to meet hlin.at three o’clock
at tho Pateni pifice' Ey some means , this note fell
. into the hands of tho husband/who.J arming hitn
self with a stout pair of tinner’s shears, proceeded
tothePatent Office withthe supposedlntent ofget
tingaatisthetion by cntUng off the gay bothario’s
eats/ Or shoiring hltblnsomedleagreeahle manner,
(jay Lothario/ however, sawisfnriaied hushaod ere
hiJi>, aad t<K)k to his heels.: Infuriated
hnabandifotlowed in sharp pnrsnit, and the race
that then and thrre eame olf up and tlowndhose
gallerier/was: a‘sight to 1 see. But Lothario, hy
sharpdotigijigv managedto avenging
" sbesrif, and .the huslmndwas compellod to forego
hisßatlafaoUqn...
‘The funeral, corcinonios of the Hon. Bichard
Bnsh took: place yeeterday from his late residence
288 Boqth Eighth strccti bclow bocust. * Several of
thoEp&biipal clergywerepreseht udfook partin
the services, which were: 00Ddnoted prirately, ln
aocordaocc with.tlie idesire of the family. The
fonerai proceeded to Lanrel Hill-from'the dwell
iag;i'. ~tf.y.\ r f-.S /■ i
'A'writer .'ih’ tlie'Klcbmond IVhig gives ah/ &c-:
cquhiof.bis yiait tq New Fork, where he atiended
a meeting of a secret political society, whose cards
bear the Initials N. U. C. O. P. ' Ihe meetingoon
tinned fromB to 11' o’clock. J in regard to the Pre
sidency, the wtitor says the meeting had .no pre-
that o the Candidate >elecUdah<jtdd
be the' swbrn /enemy of Detnpcracy and Elaok Be
pub)ican.Abolitioni«ii'.;’’ii:'// . .r- .-v.
. •We give now. two d»y« l»t»r tiU ttioni-
Ing by tlio .(earner Persia*, Kew York; It will;
befaind intemting ■“ ; 1
There baob&en agreat celebration in MM*-.
chuaetta,on the. occasionof layingthe
stone’ of; A; batiocil thoPiigrini
of the pavement of Plymouth town, will hence
forth be prOtectedfrom fhrtherinjuryby plac
ing the. monument;jjyer the place,
wbete,- nearly two . contaries and a half ago,
the Puritans landed, .abandoning' their native
land ‘
these wild, apd.desolato, Shores, that freedom
of religious thought and’ action tliem
occasion. Mr. TFAaacir, president, of-the
Pilgrim /Societyj) under whose patronage and
by whose the Jl()hunient will be
cqmpletediopehed the exercises t .first, on the
lay ingofthe st6neyndxt;aner it was. laid;
thirdly,at the banquet.,But theipeech ofthe
dsyTrtLii'ffiiit ot thoughtful
apd prailohi «TheHoh.AitfOir Bca-
UHSaiini.alsd ' uspokA with -jgreat effect.; Mr.
Waksbn’s third addregs.'eyencdniiderlng the
ah4 cicltomehi pf .the occafllon,
lias.atouch v ojfei6raTag*h<:e'jnits eloquence
which is’ worthy of notice—that OthCr pnbri
lie speakers may js' queßtlonable
course.. .being, jpojrt
prandiilcah weU justify/such language as. this,- i
whichwould haTe> astonished the Pilgrim lTa
thers, Mi- WiSasH snppdsed to be'uh- j
l,/.
" atoriked* 00(38. ffom yonbrigfcfc wdM, where
nowyob Wtoij MLRtedotiw^Jnoaof hetofo’diriog/
women’ #■ tutebaken 'Hyfo of; true affec
tioafcmofoTth, ? I>t bs/yOM* deftsßdaat*,' : look
upon year «#jffiien*gcee, aawe'Bow begin the stmc
tore* wbteh wilt comm ©taor*u yen for&li after time:
CornedthOttv. spirit of *the>noble Carver! Come,*
Eiderßxpwter, wboledtt» took, as the ihepberd
of.Ood &'&««, jnMn&d Bradfottf 'atidWiwlow,
corn ’*&&• & Staadißh l wad ;eome,
,wct}^ lMbMn fmnrth '. Cora#
thijo, John Aided!: Comp rail U Come, lather, mo
ther, .hmbandfcwtfe, brother pod, tiaUtr tv Com#,.
all ye littl« L ones:,: Comenow, sod ibrever animate
ns with thy groat power of faith; with thy groat
purpose to do all lire’s work well,, Thy descendants
tiiedt-'tSeley,/asking /fori tty bleasio g
on'thbir'endeevWtd'rMsehere an eyidertoedf their
rerttembinMe! /Gather witbna, thou One hondred
oMMBJ trhbdWMit/Eomekftd a piaee wherein ti
wonhlp (rOd*! ’Meet/usndir;ptitintoeach that’
Inspiration which enabled yon to work ed mightily;
Open iMw.tbeloiig-MWedgttYM/o’erwkfeh t£#
BodJbaBgreen«llhr iceSipjrisajand, with, thychil
dren, see tho rasal ts of thy decision, tty sufferings,
Wife >B*4 nowlrWe have
called them, =- WllUUey ddrae_? ,Methioks the hea-
Tens, are onrpuiqg, as a parchment; and, from the.
abyid t
aboT»!>w;;:mw%ilsorbar here; See 1
th«*lWtWjr!lSori*ed ;sUS,?lSiril2-’aoWn i :dn a’
whili’
‘b<ty;wffe»4hob^y>,;-Haar^rwortJtoVtti«
- delay ; but fall of benignity for-we etjarmeembet*
,ng them.
iheoi r in their pare abode, noC for tmtMlT**:w •
for its, as ws shaw they are not
\TOn io
t!li. - \toSftrn s;l'
-■ Wear* iu&stfwi' jo .Hr./$4“ ■ ! at
of Hatptr'*j!ffftMi t ,Pra*i<-ixtiti’iillluatratid,
London Sim!rated Newt, and oUrtrl papers, all
of wkbh ean b« had at Mi aland is Third rtreat,
•lUfttlU# tl>4 BbqUuum-' .
The PoliUcaPßfonte Chjrtsto.
i 'That wonderful rptnanpg “ ljjie Cjqunt of,
Monte Cbrfrfo,” wbicKiejaieuredlygthej chtfi
•A’mmt of AinxAinatf
equal force and raindtahese, b®.w Epjilund
Dantes, wronged
youth, relentlessly 1 devoted the Energies of Tils
mind, Jn maturer years, to obtain signal re-,
venge upon each and all. One by one they
suffer exemplary punishment—death, ..or dis-..
grape fer yrprse than death- One hy one, they
autfel, they writhe, that the
wronged .of.bygone days has- wrought them
all" the ijl—-that. the t retributive, justice which
smites tliiim'down has tod its arrows fashioned
by .Mg ; d e ?terity, feathered, by -Ms, anger,
barbed by his hate, and shot ltom the bow hy
Ait revenge. .. . . -s I
, It la afoot, webelievo, that the main idea of.
Dukas’ romance was supplied by, a circum
stance which; actually occurred in Paris. The
reiUhetd was a shoemaker named Pioaud,
whose marriage waa preveiitedi in 1807, by four
folsC friends. Aflerelapse of seven'years,
this 1 man'emerged from the Castlo of Fenes-'
trello, in whiel) he bad been confln?d on siispi-
I cion—excitediby
pating in the anti-Napoleonic principles of La
Vetumei tdthd world, in 1814,
after NAToldsOJi’a faU, aitd was so changed that
he cottld not recognise his.own fhco',when’he
ibbked hi the! mirror. Seven year* within four
Wails had:bowed him as much' aa half a can-,
tury of ordinary life could have done,, He had
obtained, in prison, the .regard .of an italiau
ecclesiastic, aiso a captive, who, deserted by!
bi? own relative*; bequeathed seven million of
foancs in ready mouey, and almost as, much
morh in jewels and bullion, to' this one
fttt^V^‘ ( ina%2'.H#ng.' realized 'Wip pro
perty, so. as. to yield him an immense, in
come; with a large Bum in haud, FaAKCOis Fi-
CAub arrived in Paris, calling himself Joskph
Lvohxb, on - the; Idth : February, 1816 — eight
years; to .the .Very day,; on which vhe tod been
aiTcsted on the faiso evidehce of his friends.
Meanwhile his betrothed tod married one of
.Us'.lHends, : .(wo‘ yitC'ri alter tie disappet^anc®
of; her, betrothed.!’- The four; ftdso (Viends still
lived of themw&s soon found with‘a
dagger ici his, heart, ontbo Pont Aet idr/i, and
on tto handle 'of the poignard was inscribed,
fytnnii} Ok*. !Tho daughter of the woman
Who was bo have weddedPrCACD. aliMliCOEiB,
mas the; next victim; She was married to a
Marquis, who,tarns put.to be on escaped con
vict. Another of the enemies dies of poison,
and «? paper with the words Mpmbbb Two is
foundVpinned !hpi>n his bier.' , The, son of
MAaabsa«rrß: (who was to have, married,
Picaco in 1807) is tempted.to commit ;bhi'-'
glajyjj.nifipjwiy. galleys, and is
Seatenced to twentyyeara imprisonment. His
motherdies broken-heartedj his sister falls;
hi*, fotheydies, stabbed In the,.street,by Pi-
OACby who dlscldses hiraself as he strikes down
Hnnnsß. THaBK. ; ‘Ashe struck, a blow pros
trated himself andßtunned him.-., On recover
ing, he was himseif the captive of, a confede
rate j Who attempted to bxtort immense sums ;
of money firbm him, for food, (as Was done to
the Ereitch banker in-the cave of .the Roman
bahdits,) and who finally slew him. .
uT.t \
' Such are the outlines of the 1 real story on
whfeh Dbnab founded bis stirring romarico:—
Someday, perhaps, we may place the details
before onrreadeni, to show them thattruth is
stranger thjui flctlon. But, surely, if Dukas
had waited until now to write Iris work, the
poUticaof the present tiihe would supply him
with' a prototypo for JConto-Christo, in the per
gonal Olid political] history of Napoleon the
Third. v ? • ' ‘ .
. Inheritor of hiaUncle’s crown, that astute
man has long cherished the steady purpose of.
punishing the who combined to
ruin the firet Napoleon, and send him to fret
away the few remaining years of his exciting
Ijlfe, updu the arid rocfc of , St. Helena. That
he has long cherished this purpose, Is undenia
bleand undosied.; He avowed it, with his own
lips,’ when" pleading before the Chamber of
Peers, at Paris, after his unsuccessful attempt
.upon Botjlogne,' in 1840. Nothing could have
beeu more decided- than the expression of iris
resolution On that occasion. Above all, he
Saidthat Waterloo was to be avenged-
The Powers' by whom thehrat Napoleon
whs stricken down were Russia/Austria, Eng
ljiiid/aad Prassla. ! - .
Rnsstayby the treaty of Tilsit, in July 1807,
lud linked herself in the strongest manner, to
Fr»rice,&).The ..two . Empires had agreed, in
fact;-tow vide Europe between them. At that
time, , they could have done, this, liad. they se
verally adhered.to their mutual compact. Blit
Napoleon would hot'listen to AxßXAshjsk’s
grasping demand of being allowed to take pos
session of Constantinople, which the heredi
taiy policy and manifest destiny” of Musco
vite rulers have coveted, since. the time of
Pktes the Great. Thereupon Russia drew off
from France. ‘ In return, the invasion of Rus
sia, in 1812, was intended to punish this broach
of (Why .and would have severely done so, had
not the; very elements conspired against
France, the winter setting in six weeks earlier
than it had done in any of the preceding fifty
years.. Napoleon's fine army lost, he return
ed to Paris, a beaten man. The Russian cam;
paign, in factj led to his fall in 1814.
Austria, repcatedlybeaten by Napoleon—
aaGeneral, Consul, Emperor—was aj re
peatedly spued Sy his clemency. At lost, he
thonght .be had secured her by repudiating
Josephuuc, his wife, and putting oh Austrian
Archduchess in her place.' This did not suc
ceed. ’• In. 1814 . and in - ISIS, Austria went
against France, and Napoleon fell. In the
Hundred Bays, of 1816, had Austria consented
to remain even neutral, thhjtnaie might have
been different;-' 5
Prussia, repeatedly beaten by, Napoleon,
rendered subservient to France by the Treaty
of Tilsit; 1 ever played fast and loose witb eNA
pomwa. Finally joining the European league
against NAroiixoff, 1 Prussia aided his overthrow
ia'lBl4, and it was tho comlng up of BtcouEa’a
troops, on the evening of the Battfa of'Water
loo, which encouraged the English army to
hold out, untfi tho Freuch forces were routed,
the French ruler a fugitive. ;
England, all through the'war~-iri fact, from
the. execution of LouisXVl] in 1793, to the
downfall of NAPOiEon—supplied the .enemies
of France'with money, to carry on tho pro
longed contest.. Her own military force, small
as: it was f wasungaged in Spain and Portugal
teoin 1808 until 1814; her navy had annihilated'
whatever maritime power France, possessed;
her troops won the battle of Waterloo; finally,
ahb'undertook to be the, jailer of Napoleon,
and, in that capacity, treated him with marked
contumely apd unnecessary rigor. ,
: li eecm aaif,oaeby one, the third Napo
leon-were paying off, with defeat and punish-.
meiit, the wrongs which these Four Powers,
jradinflicted upon the first of his dynasty. .
, First came the war with Russia, provoked
by France, 1 the issue of which was defeat to
ther Czar,'and the dismantling of . his world’s
wondetofa fortress at Sebastopol. ’
. Secohd, we have just seen Austria beaten in
a cazupaigu of only a few weeks’ duration, and
compelled to surrender to Piedmont the better
half of!hpr Italian dominions. ...
WlietherPrUßsia or England stands next on
Napomon’s catalogue events alone can show.
He has aflne army on the banks of the Rhine,
threatening Prussia. He has an army, crowned
with recent victory, to attack England if it
please hihi, and he has a noble navy to con
vey his troops across the Channel, with the
.due harbor of Cherbourg to assemble. in and
start'ftorn.' Prom Cherbourg to Portsmouth
is only a few hours’ steamtng,
, • From Prussia, the provinces bordered by
the Khine may he coveted, to extend the
boundary of France. -On the other hand, an
inviuioilof England would be even yet more
satisfactory to Frenchmen, even though they
could scarcely hope to retain England, if they
conquered it. ,
; {Ehe England is so greatly scattered
as not to he practically. equal, on, a sudden
emergency, to that of France. On the other
hand, while France can, bring half a million, of
men into the field, having a navy large enough
to carry them to England within four-tad-'
twenty hours, England’s whole force, (which, 4
scattered all oyer the realm,) exeiusive'of India
and the colonies, Is ’only 100,000—exacjtly . a
flfth of NAPOtEos’s legions. Surely, if this
manfprbear to attack England, he is the most
forbearing, -the ..most 'forgiving of Allies 1
Perhaps he only waits for a suitable occasion
tadplausiblepretextfor strife. • ’
■ Hns.lBiiiAXSKT, confined in the jail at Sf.‘
Pa«l, rapd andur, sunteMe of death for murder,
quietly welted oat one day. The deputy jailor is
strongly suspected of connivance at her escape, and
the MtHde are indignant.' The sheriff offers a re
ward or 1600 for her arrest. 1 ’ She Is described as
36 years ofege; tali in stature; long featured; sharp
vfrace; teeth a little projected, the two front teeth,
in the upper jaw lapped; is very talkative, uses
good language, voioe masculine; gray eyes, light
Mfi ud “Bomw pom,"
The the Persia,
municates' ope circumstance iwhtch, if true, is
njett importalit. Namely. t&apthe Austrian
Tus'cSny'andvNbdena, who ac
tually fought with FEANOis-JbsE'pH, at''3olferl
no, will not be forced back upon their unwil
ling subjects. This would put an entirely new
face Upon.ma.tters in Italy, and in some degree,
atone for the retention of Venetia by Austria,
Sitting on the stool of repentance, after
having lostl>onjbardy,FßANOxs-JosEPa.ofAua--
tria, _sownH to have, gained wisdom by,
sity. Bowing to the spirit of the time, he
solemnly announces’to, his people—who form
an aggregation of sixty millions—that he wild
non commence amildor and wiser rule; that
he,'will initiate a reformed’ system; that he
wiQ reform, the tyrannic institutions: of bis
Government, which have hitherto kept it down.
“I will direct my whole and uninterrupted at
tention and care;’? he said,-«to the comple
tion of a duty which I have Imposed on myself,
—ttiat'ls,’to establish tho internal welfare and
external power of Austria by the development
of its rich moral and material strength, and
by making such, improvement* in legislation
and administration -,»s are in accordance with
thespiritof the aged’ Truly has it been re
marked, that if this hope is destined to be Well
founded,'Austria will gain far more than she
has lost" by the cession of Lombardy, her very
defhats will bo worth'to her more than tho most
signal victories, atl4s instead of being weakened
! by, her , disasters, she will bays gcijuired a
• strength which entrenched camps or a quarter
of a million of men inarms can never afford.
' It is worthy notice that, iu tho British Par.
Hament, on July 21, there was 4 gojioral ex
pression of confidence 'in Napoleon; Mr.
Disraeli objected to England taking any part in
Congresses or Conferences, which might make
her enter info engagements which would in
volve her in proceedings iiyurioua to hex re
sources, and from which she, could poap only
confusion,andruln. He had 1 heard thepeace
condemned, and.-hy English Statesmen, be
cause tho Emporor of the French had not re
alized the-programme. with which ho Bom,
mended the war; But there was no instance
in which the objects, of a war had been fully,
or in a great degree realized. He gave credit
to (be Princes - who had signed the peace, and
he hoped and believed It would be permanent;
but let England do • bn best to make it so.
How 7 by getting Napoleon to agree to a dimi
nution of his armaments, and give him credit for
sincerity. Mr. Gladstone also advocated
tfie .principle of diminution 1 of armaments,
(yet he wants money for more national de
fences;’! .gnd Mr. BsWST thought that France
was as anxious for peace as Engjap4 was.
He ’added that,- were he In 1 the position
of LonTJoBH Russell,- ho would try to eman
cipate himself from the old bloody’traditions
of the Foreign Office;' he would’approach
France tvs 'sensible, moral, and Christian
spirit, and' tes't .jtbe sincerity of the Govern
ment by proposing an alteration of the tariffs of
the.two countrlesin the interest of Free Trade,
He believed,- if-this offer were honestly made,
—not with diplomatic finesse,—it would bring
about a different state of things. Russell
blamed tho constant invectives against Napo
leon, a faithful ally of sBglW)d ; but did not
think the Protectionists of Franco wonty »!!.W
him' to adopt. Free. Trade. .Palmebston said
that, whether England was to be a party or not
to a Congress, was under consideration; but it
would not ho -tolerated that England’s repre
sentative should bo present merely to register
the' arrangements between other parties with
out the consent and concurrence of England;
Ho agreed with Hr. Bright as to the evil that
might result from the tone of hostility adopted
towards the Emperor of tho French, and the
nation he governed. England had no right
to. make itself censor as. to tho manner in
which foreign nations wore governed. Eng
land had only to look at the manner In which
the Sovereign of France had performed the
duty of an ally, and no one could deny that ho
had frilfillcd that duty toward England. That
was no reason, however, why England should
not put itself in a state of defence, and not
trust her .security to the forboorancc of another
country. It seems that, on all sides, tho anger
of Napoleon is very greatly dreaded.
Letter from Bedford;
[Correspondenc af Tbs Preßr.;
BEnroitp Soninas, August 1, 1850,
Mr. Buchanan left,ns this morning, accompanied
by MlssLsno and Mrs. Thompson. Ue goes to Cum*
borland, Md., about thirty miles distant, and
thence directly to Washington.
I fear that his visit has not provod an agreeable
one., His unpopularity, and tho grief and indig
natfcmfclt by too people at the singular course he
has pursued, were painfully apparent to every one,
and cannot have escaped bis own eye. This is, I
believe, his twonty-first summer visit, to Bedford,
and. although ho is now at the summit of power, ho
hue never hsd less attention bestowed upon him.
There has been no bitterness of feeling displayed
toward him, but tho general desire has been to
ignore him altogether. When he left this morning,
there was not the elighteet interest manifested in
his departure. Almost any other visiter would
have had more friends to gather round him to wit
ness his departure. He has completely alienated
from himself the affections of the people, and the
politicians are all becoming shrewd enough to see
that their true cue ;is to shun him, if they do not
wish tp become morkod mon hereafter, and to bo
regarded as political lepers,. . I saw several of his
old friends the other day, and asked them if thoy
had called upon him. They told mo, “ No, and wo
do not Intend to, for we fear the interview would
be unpleoeaut.’’. Knowing tbat they had no poli
tical grievances, I asked thorn why they bad suoh
a fear. Their answer, was : “ Ob, he might ask us
about some of his old friends in our neighborhood,
and ae they liavo now beoome bitterly opposed to
him, wo should not like to tell him so.” Every one
remarks, “how little attention has been paid to the
President;" “how often be is left entirely alone;”
“how flat he fell;" howunpopnlar hois;” “ho
isn’t foolish enough to suppose he could bo re-elect
ed, is, he?” etc. Butonoofthe best criticisms I
have heard on Mr. Buchanan, fell from the lips of
one of the hard-fisted Democracy of this region,
whom I met here the other day—a Frenchman by
birth. He gavo a political turn to onr conversation
liyallying, “lam a Demoorat.” “Ah!” said I,
and a Buchanan Demoorat, I suppose.” “No! I
go for se principle—ro principle, and not for.se
man.” “ But, I sppposo, as Mr, Buchanan is tho
Domooratio President, you feel bound to admire and
Sustain him, don’t yon?” “No! Ivill toll you—
I ztrlA sat Mr. Buchanan is a very gomt man to
manage his own financial' affairs, but a very bad
man to manage ze affairs of ze United States as
President."
The bath house here is under the charge of one
of ths characters of the place—a negro, named
Robert Brown. He has a very Intelligent counte
nance, and a physiognomy remarkably similar to
that of Colonel Benton. He Is one of the old stand
bys of the place, and has his own ideas about men
and things just as well as people with whiter faoos,
He was with Commodore, Forty at the battle of
Bake Erie, and claims a share of the glory of ,that
great victory. After recounting to mo eomo of his
exploits the other day, I remarked that he was a
very distinguished man. “Yes,” be answered,
with a roguish twinkle iu his eye, “dere is two
great men about dis place—one is Joems, (and be
pointed to where the President was sitting, solitary,
and alone, upon tho baloohy fronting his room,) and
do odder is old Bob Brown—but, by golly, I guess
Bob’s do biggest man of do two.”
There have been half a dozen Republican politi
cians here for one ol tho Democratic school. These
gentlomen foel so certain of a viotory in 1860 that
it becomes a matter of tho highest importance to
get ali tho preliminaries arranged as speedily as
possible. Thanks to Mr. Buchanan and his polity
the Democratic party is in a braised, heart-sore,
and displritod condition, and the Opposition scarcely
deign to fear it. lam net in die ring of the Oppo
sition caucusing, and really know nothing of the
nature,of the arrangements thoy have been matu
ring here; but I suppose a sort of Oamoron and
anti-Cameron oontest is, to some oxtent, involved
In' it. Meanwhile, it will be woll onough for all
oonoerned to remember the historical fact, that
when wise counsels govern tho Democratic party,
and when, after it has constructed a platform
.truly Democratic, and choson a candidate worthy
of the age and of the party, tho voters of tho nation
are marshalled into line for the Presidential con
test, the Demooratio nominee generally has what
they oali out West “ a pretty smart chanoo” of
suoctss- '
A considerable number of visitors left this morn
ing, and hereafter thore will be little difficulty in ob
taiuing rooms. 'Still, tho number of guests remain
ing here Is, quite large, and everybody I meet la
delighted with the plaoo. Pennsylvania should he
proud of Bedford and sustain it more liberally than
she does. I believe the day will come when its
guests will bo counted fay thousands. ’ There is only
one fault found with it by,any one, and that (oh,
tell it not in Gath, nor, proclaim it in the streets of
Aakiton) is in rerereneo to the tabie. In this re
spect it is better provided for this season than in
preceding ones, and there la , a liberal supply of
wholesome food. But the choice fruits and Vegeta
bles to which we are accustomed at this period in
the city are difficult of aceeiia here, and our appe
tites become so voracious by our rambles among
the mountains, that the consumption of Huoh food
wonld be enormous, and terribly expensive to hotel
proprietors:. For the take of Bedford, however,
and to render oomplete ’ the pleasure whioh ell fool
here, I hope that the Improvement made this season
in enlin&ry matters will be followed up next year
by another forward step in'tho same direction.
Still, take it bll in all, there is scarcely a plaoe equal
tOitiß AmpiiOfts #O7 VCjMSIOYAfct
PRKSS,~rHILADELPHIA< THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1859.
. Occasibnai.”
(Correspondency of TfiePreM.]
Aug. 3,1859* a
Who Is u I am .compelled to tfp'-
a little perSohalih.rtply'to this question,; wMob 1
peroeive gives a deaiof troubleto a number of my
readers and friends- The Administration organs
are particularly anxious to solve what is to them a
mystery. Many of them continue to lay the credit
or discredit of my productions upon you. Now,
my dear sir, while I have every possible respect
for you, I think.it quite right to say that, spy at
tetopt to deprive me of my. laurels in yohr -natne
would be.unjugL.;,,.**' v* v* £v c*.
Thorearo several reagonswfcy :yop cannot be j
“ Occasional.” In the 'firetplace, “’Occasional”'
is as regular during your absence os daring your
presence in Philadelphia, and, in the second place,
the v.ory character, of the information .I send you
is suoh as to provp to.any ordinary Atind that it
must oome from this point. Ido not-deny that I
have assistance sometimes—distinguished assist
ance, and not unfrcquently from authorities to ex
pose which would lessen my influence and de
stroy jnuoh of my usefulness. One or two of
your good friends in Washington are accused
of 'preparing- this'correspondence, and a gen
tleman very prpminent In polities, in this city,
Whose name I forbear to mention, is not at all in
disposed to allow the belief thnt/rVis “ Occasional. M
I hoar of this gentleman onoe or
twico have hfu} tbfi’ foliclty of observing .tbo oom
plaoendy with which ho ? reoelyds compliments for
what I send you. "He 5 is a tjistingulshod literary
character, fought with groat courage in Mexico,
and has served two sessions in Congress; but lam
resolved that, powerful as ho has been with the pen,
and irrosistiblo as he has,been with the sword, he
shall npt usurp the honor, if it be an honor, of these
letters'of mine. - . . A.
, would the public say if I wore to assure it
that“ Occasional” ju|B seen seventy winters, and
that his head is whi to with venerablo snow ? Tjiat
he has participated in the councils of the great,
has travelled in fdrelgn landsf has tested the ex
porienQe of nt.lcast three great politioal parties, (in
this.bfiating Mr.'Huhhanan by quo,) and that ho is
as halfrand hearty to-day, as he was at forty ? The
faot of, my.years .ie proved by the experience exhi
bited in these letters; my integrity la established
by the universal fidelity of ray foots; my power by
tho appj-oynJ of the people and the howls of the
hyonas whom I drive from their plunder, and my
vigor by the regularity and punctuality with which
.1 famish your paper with my thoughts.
' Rain or .or eummcr, during the
session and |n the Tresses of Congress, when tpe
bravest employed lyitbe richest jours
uala faint by the way«aldpj and rush off to qoql wa*
tering-plaoos, 11 Occasional* ’romains at his post,, a
solitary sentinel on* the watchtower. I play the
part here of the invisible genius. You havti fre
quently visited the itheatre and noticed a quiet fel
low, walking among the actors in the mimio scene,
hy them, but gazed- upon the audience.
Let me say to ypq that ffep is “ Occasional.”
I pass through the departments unfcnpwp, (some
times, it is true, by deputy;) Ihavocvon overheard
Cabinet secrets if I haw not been present at Ca
binet councils ; I havemraglod in the.social oirole,
and have more' than ;6noo beou compelled to de
pounce myse)f to preserve.,.! incognita.
B»t enopgh of this j„ j fthly writ? tg Jgfcyop know
that “ Occasional” is a fieshranchbloqd personage—
one who doali In fonts a? well as fimci.es, and whq
challenges contradiction in tho main. |
The Criminal Court of this Distriot is now.in ses
alon. - Judge Crawford, whose name is well known, •
administers the law,ln this tribunal. He is & Penn- i
sylvanje# by birth. • Judge Crawford was a repro*
geaUtfye ip QQnqpeifH from your State from the year
•1829 to 1888 i ip is;js fee wa.9 appointed Commis*
s lon or of Indian Affairs, and In 1816 received bi s
judloial commission., which he has Held.over since-
He is ft fine-looking old gentleman, is' regarded as
a good lawyer and just man. An Interesting oaf a
was tried yestord&y. William D. Phillips was in
dieted upon tfio alleged charge pf forging the frank
of Hon. 6. A. Douglas on a number of circular let
ters, put by him in the Washington post office, to
be sent to different sections of tho country, The prin
cipal testimony was the admission by thadbfendant
to the olerks of the .post office and tHtf postmaster.
Sopator Douglas wai examined to. prove that he
had not given apy authority for the use of his
frank. Mr. Granger, the b*Qtber ; in s tyw of Judge
Douglas,.testified to the fact that he (tho witnoss)
never used the Judge’s frank, even in writing to
the members of bis family. Tbo prosecution was
instituted by the Government, and Judge Douglas
bad JW participate, in it. Mr.. Norris, who de
fended 5 Mr, Phillips,.contended that the proseou-
intended to punish a frfepd pf Judge
Douglas, beoanse be was not in favor with the Ad
ministration ; bo aiito said that this was the first
case of the kind that bad ever been brought before
the ooutfc of this District, and that such prosecutions
ought rightly to commence in the folding-rooms of
Congress, where millions of documents are franked
eyery year, by boys and other persons not members
Of either bpuso. The District-Attorney .replied
that the franking by boys alluded to was a matter
of public' necessity, and that
authorized by Congressmen to do 40 ; but in thiß
case It was done for private and without
authority. The juty acquitted, tha, defendant in
twenty ntinqtos after, loaving tho box. Hearn
that the belief tJjeP |t yrqa p spite prosecution ,
brought at tho Instance of the Administration, had,
no little influence in oausing tho acquittal, * 1
It is notorious that persons connected with the i
Administration, not entitled to tho franking privi
logo, use the names of those who are, and thousands
of letters are continually desp&tohed from Wash
ington with franks; sometimes made with the writ
ton authority of a member of, Congress who may
be hundreds of miles from this oity. There is no
question that the fnmklpg privilege la very greatly
abused; but, nevertheless, its abolition typpld not be
attempted. Laws should be passed preventing such
abase of it. I should deprecate its total abolition,
for the roa&on that the privilege is designed moro
for the benefit of the peoplo than for tho member of
Congress or officers who exercise ft,. .There should
be no tax laid, in tbo.way of postage or otherwise*
upon tho intercourse between the constituent and Mb
servant—whether executive or legislative. I leum
that a proposition is to be made by tlje Postmaster
General at the next session of Congress, to do away
with the franking privilege by members of Con.
gress. This is a vury narrow and trifling policy,
and it Is fortunate that It will stand no chance of
attoccss—though Mir. Buchanan," being no longor a
o&ndldato, may bs.vo froo scope to exeroiso. bis
unembarrassed 11 (I borrow the word
from tho McCandless letter) in favor of its aboli
tion.
The President returned'tost evenings A portion
of his Cabinet and n few citizens, mostly dorks and
subordinates, and Home oxpoctants who linger in
the oifcy, met him ati the dopot; but oh l how differ
ent was the reception from that whioh marked tho
return of Old Hickory or of President Pierce to this
city, after a similar absonce J There was no enthu
siasm nor joy manifested; but, on tho contrary,
more than one of )he bhiqf personages who com
posed tho assemblagoat thls-official rcooption, bore
upon his anoiont cotmtonimoo manifestations of ap
prehensions of impending masculine caudle Ioc»
tores, and not a few seemed to.keep aloof from the
President, lest he might ho made tho subjoctof on
outbreak of petulance and Ul-tcmpor similar to that
he displayed towards the late consul to Havro, in
the cars, the day he left Washington. The pump
handle shake of tho hand botwoen him and those
who approached him was too unlike the cordial
grasp that characterized the meeting of General
Pierce with his friends,upohhis reiurn to tho city
aftor an ebsenoo of jioino weeks, an& was remarked
upon by several persons who witnessed pie chilled
greetings of yesterday'. 'Mr. ‘ Buojiahan was evi
dently sorely mortiiiod. Tho. ovidonco was con
vincing that he hes hot the affections of the. peo
ple of tho podoral metropolis. A. few hangors-on
and constitutional (‘oodles, of boUi genders, flat
ter, humor, and caress him, but if is chiefly to use
the old gentleman to subserve their purposes. Tho
officials are bound to affect the wfcrmoat devotion
and attachment; bu<t tho masses of tho people have
no sympathy for or with him. It will bo a joyful
for the oitlzons of Washington generally, when
he loaves tho White Homo for tho shades of Wheat
land. It Is said, however, that Ijebas expressed
his desire never to return to Wheatland as a per
manent rosidenoo, and intimated that, at tho expi
ration of his offiolal term, it is probable that he
may seek the less -impervious seclusion of some
largo city. t
Governor Floyd's health, I is no hotter,
and advices havo boon received here this morning
of tho very dangerous illness of General Jefferson
Davis, of Mississippi Tho President, romarked,
this morning, (ps I am informed,) in reforenoo to
the ill-health of Governor Floyd and others, that it
was strange that they ehouldbegomuoh afflicted
while ho enjoyed snob uninterrupted health and
undecreased vigor, and that ho was quite certain
his labors wore as onerous as those of any man in
Washington.
Mr. Conrad, of Louisiana, formerly Secretary of
War under Mr. Fillmore, and tho tndomitablo Irish
patriot, Thomas Franois Moaghef, are now in this
oity. I learn that it is probable that Mr. Meagher
will receive & complimentary notico from the Ad
ministration in the offer of a to one of
the minor South Ame rican States; whioh his con
spicuous abilities and great influence among his
MUeslan countrymen, mightbnv'o been expected)
would have secured to him long since, and for
whioh he was so strenuously pressed by his friends
during tho first year of the present Administration.
To conciliate tho Know Nothings, the Administra
tion resolved, in the, outset, to exclude adopted citi
zens from all connection with bur foreign diplomacy.
Tho only instances ha .which they have departed
from this rule have been some unimportant consul
ships and some secret .agencies, where' • thoro
was no necessity; for reposing any confidence
iu the agent. The most important of these
appointments is that, given to Monsieur Fleurot,
a Frenchman, (and a correspondent of tho
New York Herald>) who obtained tho consul
ship at Marseilles through the influence of the
editor of that paper. I should suppose that the
high-toned Meagher would not feel yery highly
gratified at being placed on the list of official
favorites at this late hour, prominent among whom
are the names of Grund and'Wikoff; but “thore
is no accounting for tastes,” as the old woman said I
wheo she fclseed her o»w. 1
, The Constitution of a brief edi;
ferial notice,-lass than hall?;® oolninn,of thadc
.ceaee of Son. RtohsrcbßSaitpadd, ttrange to wit
peas, thla-:notice (ihiJgfr'Oen: Qeorge.Waahington
Bowman a Penhayfrimaß, and the edltor.of the.
prgan o f&qAHnlmi Strati on,) is borrowed frotn the
Naiionql Intelligencer, an Opposition paper. 'lt
seems that there was hot a solitary Pennsylvanian
in Washington, connected with the Administration,
who (if General Bowman lacked the State pride
to prompt, and the-ability to bestow, suoh notice
prpperly);foit himself called uppn to do meet honor
to this illustrious man, and 'to his native State?
Where wos the pen by whioh was' written the bio
graphical notioe of Jameg Buchanan that appearsin
Appleton's Encyclopedia? Why wag the pen that
wroto that fulsome laudatory—a choice specimen of
paintednnd varnished English prosed—ldle? -Why is
it that Attorney General Black was thus remiss in
supplying the deficiencies of General Bowman?
Shame on suoh selfish indolence, such .want of pro
per feeling and State pride, that withheld the be
stowal of a just tribute to an illustrious Ponnsyl
vanian! ... . ■ . *
In the programme of Administration tactics for
the noxfc canvass in the South is laid down the
policy of presenting Senator Seward, of New York,
as- a bngboar to bo continually hold up to the
people of the South as the “ Black Republican”
candidate who will certainly bo nominated, and
elected, unless the South should unite in support
ing the .man the Administration may dlotate to
them, That the whole patronage of the Federal
Government will be used to effect; the nomination
at Charleston of gome man selected by Mr. Bn
obanan there can be no doubt, unless, as I have
heretofore intimated, the lingering embers of his
ambition may be fanned Into a flame by tbo flat*
terieg, of those around him, and ho himself in
duced to become a candidate for re-election.
If a nomination is not mode to please him, doubt-
less the candidate selected will bo without govern
mental favor ,* on the othor hand, if a proper seleo
tion is made by the Convention, regardless of Pre
sidential dictation, there are thousands who now
hold office who will soorn to be influenced by the
retiring Administration, but who will yield their
cordial- support In defianoo of the personal wishes
of tho President, or the disappointed candidates of
his Cabinet. No man connected with his Adminis
tration stands any chance of nomination, or, if
nominated, of election. Tho . odium that has at
tached to it would effectually ruin blm»
The philosophical, astronomical, and meteorolo
gical-bureau of tbeedtibrial department of, the
Constitution exhibits distinguished ability. It i 8
suspeoted that Judge Black contributed the follow
ing interesting and notice, whioh ap
peared in that paper of this morning j
“ Mrtbobic.—A set the hea
vens aglow for several seconds, on Friday evening last ,
attracted senoral attention, and sttll eonttnues to be the
subject of much comment.”
Occasional.
THE LATEST NEWS
BY TELEGRAPH. ? !
TERRIBLE RAILROAD ACCIDENT
NEAB TROY, N. Y.
A Bridge on the Northern Railroad
giveaway.
A TRAIN PLUNGED INTO THE STREAM.
TataTBSJV rxMaojva mmm,bb.
DAirV DAJffIEROCSLY WOUNDED.
Statement of a Passenger,
Albanv, Aug. 3.—A terrible accident occurred
on the Northern Railroad, near Sohagticoke, last
night. The down train, duo in Albany at 7.25 P.
M., while passing over tlie bridge whicn spans the
Tomhannook, was precipitated into the creek below,
. a dlstange of twenty tq twontysflye feet. The water
was about six or eight foot deep. Over; thirteen
Jmrsons are reported^to have been killed. Tbo fol
owing are the names, as far as they are known, of
the killed and injured.
Killed. —Mrs. Schuyler, of Albany; Mrs. Cooley,
(wifeof tho conductor,) Albany; Charlesßorihe
lon, brakemau, Albany; Charles Plimpton, mail
agent, Vermont; David Russell, express messon
for. Albany j Patrick Connolly, trackman, Green
usn,‘ ’ '
. Tho wounded are G. S. Cooley, oonduotor, of Al
bany, , badly; Thomas MeCaruck, newsboy, right
leg broken and otherwise injured; Michael Flan
nery, Troy, passenger, head out, chest bruised, and
supposed internally injured.
Tho engineer and fireman escaped with slight
bruises.
• Tho accident took place about onp mil 6 from the
village of Schagttookoi The moment tho train
struck the bridge tpe struoturo gaye way. The
locomotive, however, cot across, and became de
tached from tbo tender; the latter went down,
and tho baggage and two passenger cars followed.
The first passenger oar went down on tho tender,
and the second passenger oar ran into and koolcf
It over, Moat of tho dead and wounded have been
brought to this city.
Tnov. N. Y., August B.—Nino dead bodies had
beon token out of toe creek up to 21 o’clock last
evening, and twenty persons wero wounded, while
it wh4 thought that moro dead bodies were under
-the wreck; Tho’following are additional names of
izjurqd: . . i
John Hessorl, of Quebec, badly; Arthur Forbes,
of BytowD, Ontario county, not badly; Charles
Pony, of Claremont, N. H.; G. R. Prontice, of
Now york city; J. C. Payno, of Dayton, Ohio;
_W. 8, Harris, of Whitewater, IVia.:Thomas Tal
•bot, of New York city, and W, J. A, Fullor, of Now
York city.
' , . - STATEMENT op «R. FULLER-
Schagticokb, N. Y., August 3,—Tho, 0 o’clock
down train of the Albany and Canada Railroad
broke through tho Tomhannook bridge one mile
from tho village of Schsgticoko.
I cannot say how many , are killed or wounded,
except that I have not seen a singlo man that has
escaped injury. The water is about three feet deep
at the place where I was taken out, and the river
has a rocky bed. The man beneath me was
drowned. Tho mftnontopof mo has his leg bro
ken.
I seemed to have escaped without any broken
limb, although I have roceived'a severe contusion
on tho back of my head, and I fear my left shoul
der is dislocated, Although I have some abrasions
of tho slrin, in various places, and my system lamed
considerably, yet I hope to como round all right in
& few days, lam comfortably oared for at tho
Sehagticoko Hotel, I have been wholly unable to
ascertain tho names of any persons killed or
wounded, but I saw a frightful numbor of bloody
heads about me in tho bed of the river. The
bridge is a singlo span of about one hundred feet,
at the height of twenty-fivo or thirty feet above
the river. A train has brought up the killed and
wounded to this place. I diotate this despatch in
my bed. "
FROM WASHINGTON,
Special Meeting of the Cabinet on
Mexican Affairs,
HIRAHON INVITES FRANCE AND ENGLAND TO ABSUME
THE PROTECTORATE OF MEXICO.
Washington, August 3 —Tho President called a
special meeting of too Cabinet to*d»y, to consider
the despatches from Minister MoLane in relation
to the treaty with toe Constitutional Government
of Mexloo.
It is reliably ascertained that, several months
ago, tho Miramon Government invited Franco and
England to assume tho protectorate of Mexico,
but they have given no response ot the propo
sition.
From Washington,
asmoua illness of senator davjs, of Missis-
sippi.
Washington, August 3.—Private despatches an
nounce the sorious illness of Bonator Jefferson Da
vis, of Mississippi.
Tho Seorotary of the Treasury has left Wash
ington on a brief visit to his home in Georgia.
The receipts iuto tho Treasury for tho last three
quarters of the fiscal year, ending tho Ist of July,
from tho customs, lands and miscellaneous sources,
amounted to $38,580,800, or $BO,OOO more than Se
cretary Cobb’s estimates. ,
Alabama Flection,
Mobile, August 3> —Hon. James A. Stallworth
(Democrat) has boon ro-elootod to Congress by
over 8.000 votes.-
In the Third district, David Oloptur. (Dorn.)
has a majority of 200 votes over T. J. Judge, (In
dependent Southern-rights candidate.)
Arrival of the Steamer Circassian,
Saokville, N. 8., August 3.—Tho steamer Cir
cassian, from Galway on too 23d ult., arrived at St.
Johns on Monday. Her advioes are from England
to tho 22d, whioh have been anticipated by tho ar
rival of tho Porsta.
Arrival of the Kangaroo.
New York, August 8,-— The steamship Kangaroo
has nrrivod, with Uvorpool datos to the 21st, by
tolograpb to Quoonstown, whioh have boon antici
pated by the dosputoh from Cape Race.
Sailing of the Africa.
New York. August 3.—The steamship Afrioft Rail
ed at noon, with two hundred passengers and $460,-
000 in specie.
The Kentucky Election.
Louisville, August 3. —ln Jefferson county, it
is reported, the Democrats gain 1,000 votes.
Markets by Telegraph*
Mobile. .Augusta,—Cotton— to-day 320 bales at
HMc for Middlings. Soles of three days. 320 bales. Re
ceipts, 325 bales. Freights on Cotton Jio Liverpool Kd.
Baltimore, Augusta.—Flour buoyant; Howard-street
has advanced WHio} sales At $5.50. -Wheat firm. Corn
buoyant; 12,000 bus sold; prices unchanged, dosing
firm. Provisions unchanged. Whiskey firm at 27360.
Cincinnati, Aug. 3.—There was a slight revival in
Flour to-day i sales at $5. Whiskey 240. Provisions
are very dull, out the prices Are unchanged.
Public Amusements*
Sanford’s Opera house is now open for the
Reason, with ono of tho best and largest companies
in the country. Mr. Sanford appears every even
ing, and tho programme is so arranged as to bring
out the peculiar talents of the whole oxcellent
troupo.
George Christy is coming hither in a very short
tirno, with his admirable Minstrels, whose celebrity
in the Ethiopian lino ia well known and highly ap
preciated. We have not heard at what theatre or
other place of popular amusement Christy’s Min
strels will appear.
Sad Effects of Rum.—A young man named
George Geary, who resided in the vicinity of Lewis
and Master streets, called at the Twentieth-ward
station-house on Tuesday afternoon while Intoxi
oatod, 'and asked to be admitted, as he said, for
protection. He remained there until evening,
when he manifested indications of Insanity, and at
last became so unmanageable that the officers were
forced to h&ndouff him. Shortly after this he was
seised with fits, whereupon he was removed to the
Almshouse, where ho died at an early hour yester
day morning, evidently from an attack of delirium
rrcffww.
Two Days Later from Europe.
; .ARRIVAL OF THE PERSIA;; P
CONTINUED DISCONTENT WITH THE PEACB?
THE ZURICH CONFERENCE.
SASDIBIA, HOT ADMITTED.
THE! ITAIiIAK. DUOHIBB;
Commercial Advices*
Tho Cumml mail steamship Porsia arrived at
New York yesterday, 'with Liverpool dotes to
Saturday, tho 2&1 alt. '
The stoamships Bremen, Glasgow, and Edin
burgh, havo arrived out.
Tho Conference between Franco and Austria was
to assemble at Zurich in about a week.
No Sardinian representative to the Zurich Con
ference has been named, and it is expected that
none will bo present, but that Sardinia, if pleased
with the termq agreed upon, will acquiesce in tho
Austro-Frenoh arrangement in a separate article
It is opined that Sardinia has signed nothing but
the armistice, and is, consequently, in a nominal
state of war with Austria.
It is supposed Jhat a European Congress will as
semblo after the adjournment of the Zurich Con
ference.
The discontont in regard to the terms of peace is
unabated, and the explanations of the Emperor Na
poleon are not considered reassuring.
Tho exhibitions of discontont in Italy are in
creasing.
The people of Tuscany show a strong hostility
to tho re turn of Grand Duke. The Provisional
Government has directed a popular vote on the
sulyeot. * i
The English foreign policy had been under de
bate in the House of Commons. * \
Mr. Disraeli opposed all Interference in the
Peace Congress. Lord Palmerston and Lord John
Russell thought that England might, with pro
prlety, take part, but no course w&sdetermlnedon.
Lord Eleho jjave notice of tho introduction of a
resolution against any, interference by England.
Mr. Gladstones proposed increase of the income
tax had been agreed to.
Tho Emperor Napoleon had received the* congra
tulations of the diplomatic corps at St. Cloud.
The Pope’s Nuncio was the spokesman for the am
bassadors. The Emperor, in his reply, said that
Europe was so unjust to him at tho commencement
of the war that he was happy to conclude a peaoe
as soon as the honor and Interests of Franoe were
satisfied, as a proof of his moderation. Ho trusted
that the peace would be enduring.
The Paris Bourse dosed fiat and lower. Three
per cent. Rentes dosed at 67£. 15c.
Tho German Diet has agreed to restore tho con
tingent and fortresses to a peace footing.
Commercial Intelligence.
Lojjdoh Money Market, _ July, 22.-Consols
closed at W}a94| for monoy and account. The
joion/tn ll nn? e • of England has decreased
£242,000. The money markot is unchanged, and
closed with a good demand. - -
London, July 23,' Noon.—Consols have declined
to 94|a94}.
Liverpool Cotton,Market, July 22,--The sales
for the week haye been 50,000 bales, including
6,500 tfl speculators. and 13,000 bales to exporters.
All qualities have deolinod about id. gome circu
lars sav that atonp time the quotations were laid,
lower, hut the market rallied, and closed at id.
decline,
* The sales of cotton to-day (Friday) wore 8,000
bales, including 3,000 to speculators and 3,000
bales for export. The dosing quotations are as
follows, with a steady markot:
xr « t Fair. Middling.
New Orleans... ....8$ 74
Mobile. 7| ' 7
Uplands 74 6 15-16
Tho stock of cotton in port is 695,000 bales, in
cluding 620,000 American.
State op Trade. —The Manchester advices are
favorable, the market dosing firm at an advancing
tendency.
Liverpool, Saturday, July 23,1 o’clock P.M.—
Tho cotton market closes steady, with sales of 6,000
bales.
Havre Cotton Market, July 21—-New Orleans
tres ordinaire 112 f., Bets 107. The quotations are
baroly maintained. Tho sales of the week have
been 7,000 bales. IThe stock in port' is 85,000
bales.
Livqnnoop Breadstuff's Market, July 23.
The market closes firm. Wheat has an advancing
tondoncy, and all qualities are slightly improved.
Messrs. Richardson & Spence quote the harvest
prospects as favorable. Flour is dull at 10sal2s 6d
per cental .of 100 lbs. Wheat has an advancing
tendency, and is in more demand, having Improved
la2d: sales of Western red at 7s 6da9s 2d; white
9sa9& ttd. Com closes firm at an advancing ten
dency; sales of mlxod at 6s 3d; yellow 6saos sd:
white 7sn7s od.
Liverpool Provision Market, July 22.—Pro
visions closed with a doclining tendency, Beef is
Heavy, little inquiry, and prices weak, pork
heavy, and quotations nominal. Baoon dull,
at a declino for ail qualities, Lard steady and
quiet, at 54a5Qs,
Liverpool Produce Market, July 22.— Sugar
dull. Pqffee quiet, Rioo dpll, Rosin firm. Spirits
Turpentine steady, at a decline for ail qualities;
sales at 36a355 f Teas have advanced 4ala.
Londqn Markets, July 22.—Messrs. Baring
quote Brcadstuffadull, Sugar firm. Tea very firm-
Coffee dull, prices easier, ■ bat quotations un
changed. Rice dull. , • -
Details of the Persia’s News*
FRANCE.
THE EMPEROR’S SPEECH TO THE DIPLOMATIC COBPS.
(From the London Times, of 23d.]
A telegram of the following appeared in our
second edition yesterday. Wo translate the sub
joined from tho Mouiteur:
“ Palace op St. Cloud, July 21 —The diploma
tic body hqving expressed the wish through the organ
of its President, his Excellency the Apostolic Nun
cio of tho Holy Bee,' to bo received by the Emperor
to offer their congratulations on the conclusion of
peaoe, they had the honor of being received by his
Majesty. Tho Emperor, surrounded by the grand
officers of hU household, had at hi? aide the Minister
of Foreign Affairs, ,
“ Speaking in the name of the diplomatic body,
the Nunoio addressed his Majesty as follows:
“‘Sire: The diplomatic body felt the want to
offer to your Majesty their heartfeltand sincere con
gratulations on your happy return, and on the con
clusion of peace.’
“ Tho Emperor replied as follows:
“ ‘Europe was in general so unjust towards me at
tho commencement of tho war that I was happy to
bo able to conclude peace ns soon us the honor and
interests of France were satisfied, und to prove that
it could not enter into my intentions to subvert
{bou!cverser} Europe and provoke a general war.
1 hope that how all causes of dissent will vanish,
and that peaoe will bo of long duration. 2 thank
the diplomatic body for their congratulations.’ *’
The following telegrams hare been received at
Mr. Reuter’s office;
“ Paris, . Friday, July 22, 23.10 P. M-—The
Bourse opens flat. Rentes 67f. 40c.”
U 1 P. M.—Tho Emperor’s speech has caused a
great sensation., Rentes oontinuo 'to' declino, and
are now 67f. 250.
“ 3.28 P: M.—Rentes closed very flat, 67f. 15e.
for money, and 67f. 20c. for account, being a decline
of more than i per cont. since yesterday. ’
Paris, July 21.—A despatch of to-day from
Brescia, announces the death of the Duke of Abran
teg (sou of the famous Junofc), who was wounded
at tho battle of Sol ferino. The thigh had to be
amputated, and the patient did not long survivo
the operation. - The Duke was chief of the staff of
ono of the divisions of the army of Italy.
Tho Patrie announces that the French Govern
ment has resolved to giyo to the King of Sardinia
the greater number of tho floating batteries which
followed the army of Italy by land, and which,
launched on Luke Garda, and the marshes of Man
tua, wore‘to have been used in the siege of'the
Austrian fortresses, if it bad taken place. .This
flotilla was commanded by Roar-Admiral Dupony.
There has boon & slight diminution to-day fn the;
intense heat we havo oxperienoeff for so many days
past. Tho thermometer marked 89 degrees of
Fahrenheit In Ihe shade at 3 P. 31.
THE ZURICH CONFERENCE.
Vienna, Friday Evening.—ln the course of next
week the representatives of Austria and France
will meet at Zurich, Austria and France will
then conolude a treaty of peace, and Sardinia, if
ehe plcasos, may accede to It by an additional ar
ticle.
It is stated that tbo Conference at Zurich will as*
Bemble in the oourao of a few days or a fortnight.
It will bo attended by the representatives of
France, Austria, and Sardinia, who will there draw
and sign the definite treaty of peace between the
three rowers. This task is the more urgent if it
be true, as it is positively affirmed, that the King
of Sardinia, although ho signed the armistice, has
not signed the preliminaries of peace conoluded by
the two Emperors at Villa Franca. If wo may be*
lieve the Nord, which, in this rcapoot, certainly
represents the wishos of tho French Government,
the Conference at Zurich will be followed by an
European Congress, which will thoroughly examine
the Italian question, and discuss the basis of the
proposed Italian Confederation. This assertion
agrees with other reports current is Paris, where
it now seems to be thought that any reluctance
on the part of the English or Prussian Governments
has been, or will be overcomo, and that an Euro*
pean Congress will certainly consider the Italian
question
PRUSSIA.
Berlin, Friday, Joly 22.—The offioial Prussian
Ga.re’tte'contains the following:
“ The various erroneous opinions which have
boon of lato promulgated as regards the obieots
Prussia had fn her endeavorsfor a mediation, hare
induced the Prussian Cabinet to address the fol
lowing correctional circular despatch to the Embas
sies in Qermany;
“ Count Reohberg, immediately aftor bis return
from Verona, said to the Royal Prussian Ambassa
dor at Vienna, at follows: ‘Austria has accepted
the preliminaries of peace, principally beeauso the
conditions of mediation proposed by tha neutral
great Powers were less favorable for Austria than
those upon which tho Emporor of the French de
sired to treat.’ ”
The Emperor of Austria, in his manifesto of the
15th Inst,, expressed himself to the same effect:
“To the circular of Countvßechberg, recently
confided to mo, a project of mediation, said to bo
communicated to France by England, was added,
to tho conditions of which Prussia should bare con-,
sonted. Tho MainZer Journal of to-day, also
publishes tho abovo project,
" You are authorised to express most positively,
“1. That on tho side of Prussia no conditions of
a mediation whatever had been advanced, nor have
any such, coming from any other Power, been ac
cepted by her*
“ 2. • That tho proicot added to the Austrian cir
cular, and since published in the newspapers, was
entirely unknown tom 1 Vox gcHLßi.xirz.
“Berlin, July 21.
GARIBALDI’S MOVEMENTS.
A letter from Milan of tho IMb inat, in the Tford
of Brussels, says:
u I am able to communicate to you some details
relative to Garibaldi and his corps d'armie. You
may readily imagine that tho conclusion of poaoe
had excited some apprehension as to the conduct
whioh that corps would pursue. I have always
thought that the soldiers of Garibaldi would stifle
tho grief which the separation of Yoncfia must,,
have exoited in their ardent minds, and that they
would respect military discipline, whioh has always
been exemplary among them. This, in fact, is the
case. On the arrival of tho news of peace.) Gene
ral Garibaldi assembled his soldiers, ana, after
having' calmed their excitement by a noble* ad
dress,he requested them to renew the oath of fide*
IHy to the King, which they did without opposi
tion. This conduct, whioh reflects honor on all
oonoerned in it, will prove to Europe that the pre
tended revolutionary element in Italy fully com
prehends the importance of concord. It is worthy
of remark that among tha volunteers of Garibalai I
young men belonging,
jr DUCHIES.
*. k*™ been issued to
day Sot the affttiSrsf It&ii-S In reference to the nn
snexitjon of the Dachiefcof Central Italy to Sardi
nla; I,6rd John-BttSyiTrriting to the British Mia
:lster, at Turin, -June 28th, says her Majesty’s
Uovernment consider that everything for tho pre
be considered as provisional, and thß
wiliof the people, the fortunes of war, and, finally,
lr «atyi the last resort, mnst settle the
sffgrwssassssastt
Count Cayour, ip reply to one from Lord Malmes
bury/ Relative to the neutrality ifßaraa, com
plains of tho npfrtonaiy tone qf .the British. Mini
. >' ' -i * f •
Le Nard says it is quite eloar that the return of
the exiled rulers of Tuscany Modena, and Parma,
will be resisted by force, and that if England can
consent to flppearjn a Congress, how is the time
when' her Voice may be heard to advantage on be
half of Italy.
In another article Le. Nord shows that German
troops oannot, with any consistency, attempt to
hola garrisons in the strongholds of the new Italian
State of the Peninsular Confederacy.
ENGLAND AND THE ITALIAN DUCHIES.
In answer to an address of the House of Lords
of the 15th.inst, thero.was, yesterday, - July 23d,
SubUshed a copy, of a despatch from Lord John
;ussoll to Sir James Hudson, on the subject of the
alleged annexation of the Duohies of Central Italy
by the Government of Piedmont:
[No. I.]
.f‘ Lohb J. Boss*f,L TO Sin Jr:- Hdbso.v. .
“ [Extract] Foreign Oflice, June 22,1859.
“The Marquis d’Azeglio has read to me two de
spatohesj signed ‘Minghetti.’ The first relates to
the affairs of Lombardy, the second to those of
Parma and Moflena.;'Both, artf intended to justify
the King of Sardinia in all that he has done in re
lation to those States.
“I asked the Marquisd’Areglio whether he had
any question to ask me in relation to these de-
Ho said he wag not instructed to do so
" It is, therefore, sufficient to remark that every
thing done at present must be considered os pro
visioual. A battle on the Minoio might enable the
-a’-Tit 0 's’'“??! .Tagliamento,. or might
dnvb them back to tho Tiotno/ ’ , ' r _> ®.
“ As her Majesty .has not taken any part id the
present war, it would bo premature to decide grave
questions of public law on the present state of pos
session. .' ~, . r
“ The same observation applies to Tuscany and
tho Legations. ~ , '
• All that is to be desired for the present is, that
where the as been with-'
drawn, or haa been overthrown, an authority capa
ble of maintaining order and or ’ making itself re
spected. may be Immediately constituted. ’lt would
bo lamentable to, see the disorders: of 1843-49 re
peated in 3859.
“ The will of the Italian'people, the fortune of
•war,-and,; finally, <aErHu»pcfmi ffie
last resort, settle the tornvorial arrangements and
rights of Sovereignty in' -Northern and Central
Italy, ’
f ’ Tuo following is Sir J reply 7 : ’ ' 1 ! i
n [No .2.1 V 7
“Sib J. Hudson to Lord J. Russell. [Re
ceived June 28.]' June 28.
“Turin, June 25, 1859.— My Lord— l have
the honor to report to your Lordship that the Sar
dinian Government have addressed a circular let
ter to tho Ministers, Governors, and extraor
dloary Commissioners of the King, to tho follow
ing effeot:
“ The King’s Government have created, at the
Department for Foreign Affairs, a temporary office
for the transaction bf “business arising out of the
relations which have sprang up from tho annexa
tion to, or protection by, Sardinia of Italian pro
vinces during the present war.
“The Government had to deal with States of
Italy which heretofore had laws and an adminis
tration of their own: of these States, some are
simply protected by Sardinia, others are annexed
to her.
“With regard to the latter, this new office will
prepare the way for the regular administration of
their affairs, and will expedite their business, by
transacting it with persons conversant with their
laws and customs, instead of confiding them to the
Sardinian Ministries, where different rules and
regulations obtain.
“ The Sardinian Government, therefore, have de
termined to invest their local governors with ex
ceptional powers, in order that the current business
of each province may be carried on without delay
on the spot ,* ’ and'with regard to those points upon
which the respective governors may deem it advisa
ble to .consult the .borne Government, their corres
pondence is to be addressed to the'office now esta
blished; and as, by degrees, uniformity in the con
duct of affairs shall be established between the pa
rent State and the province annexed, the conduct
of these affairs will gradually be transferred to the
central departments of the General Government.
* “I nave, Ac., - ’ James Hudson.”
Lord J. Russell again writes as follows:
[No. 3.] ,
“ LORD J. RUSSELL TO BIR J. HUDSON.
“Foss ion Owicb, June 28,- 3859.—Sir: I have
received and laid before the Queen your despatches
to that of tho 25th inst. inclusive.' - • ■
“ With reference to the last number of these des
patches, giving a summary of a oiroular issued by
the Sardinian Government, announcing to their au
thorities that they ‘have created at the Depart
ment for Foreign Aflalrs a temporary office for the
transaction of business arising oat of the relations
whioh havo sprang up from the annexation to, or
protection by, Sardinia of Italian provinces during
the present war,’ I have to stato to you that her
Majesty’s Government readily admit the expediency
of uniting the efforts of those engaged in war with
Austria, either by tho regular action of the respec
tive sovereigns or the spontanecusmovemonfc oftho
inhabitants, under one common direction.
“ But with regard to tho permanent annexation
to Sardinia of States hitherto obeying their sepa
rate sovereigns, her Majesty’s Government- have
adopted a line of conduct which they believe to be
in conformity.with the law of nations.; Her Majes
ty’s Government, as I stated to you in my despatch
of the 22d inst., consider that everything done at
present must be. .considered as .-provisional; and
that, although it* may be to make nr
rangcincnla for the temporary, maintenance of
order in countries where tho previous 'government
has been withdrawn, or has been overthrown, yet
tho will of tho people/ the fortune of war, and
finally an 'European treaty, must, in the last resort,
settle the territorial arrangements and rights of
sovereignty in Northern and Central Italy.
“Her Majesty’s Government are happy to find
that the view' they have taken of this matter is
shared by the Government of the Emperor of the
French, and confirmed by the declaration in the
Mouiteur of the 24th inst., announcing that it has
erroneously inferred, from-thefact of die dictator
ship having been offered to the King of Sardinia
from all quarters of Italy, that' Sardinia, without
consulting' either the wishes of the people or the
great Powers, reckons, by the’support of the arms
of France, on uniting the whole of Italy in a single
State; but that such dictatorship is a purely tem
porary power, which, while uniting under a single
authority the common forces, has the advantage of
in nowise prejudging future combination.
‘<From the language of Baron Brunnow I infer
that such is likewise the view taken of the matter
by the Russian Government.
“Youwill read this despatch to Count Cavour,
but will not furnish his Excellency with a copy
of it, I am, &c„ J. Russell.”
PROCEEDINGS IN PARLIAMENT.
In the House of Commons, on Thursday, Mr.
Bright inveighed with much bitterness against tho!
attacks made, he said, upon the French Emperor,
and consequently upon tha French nation, and
whioh tended to plunge this country into war. He
could not believe that France gaw the question of
war in a different light - from ourselves, and that
thirty million Frenchman were not as anxious for a
perpetual peaeo with England as most intelligent
ana Christian Englishmen were for a perpetual
Eeace with Franoe. If he was in the position of
ord' John Russell, he would try to emancipate
himself from the old bloody traditions of the Fo
reign Office; he would approach Franoe In a sonsi
ble { moral, and Christian spirit, and test tho sin
cerity of the Government ny proposing an altera
tion of the tariffs of tho trro oountriea in the Interest
of free trade. He believed, if this offer were hon
estly made—not with diplomatic finesse—it would
bring about a different state of things.
Lord John Russell said, he hod seen with pain
the attempts mode to awaken a feeling In this coun
try against the sovereign and the people of France,
which could only prodaoe on their part a feeling of
animosity against the people of this country.' Re
believed that the Emperor of the French had been
a faithful ally to this country; whaL then, was
the meaning of the eontmual inveotiYes against
him ? Ho believed that, as for os he was concerned,
tho Emporor had boon anxious to got rid of protect
ing duties, as Injurious to Franoe, but it would not
be prudent to give a handle to the Protectionist
party in that country to oharge him with sacrificing
the interests of Franoe to those of England. ,
Lord Palmerston, after explainingthe opinion he
had expressed regarding the foreign policy of the
late Government, and declaring his oonviotion that,
had they employed the means in their power, they
might h&vo prevented the rupturo between France
and Austria, defended bis own views of foreign
polioy with respect to the Congress. Whether we
were to be parties or not was a question under con.
sideration, bat it would not bo tolerated that oar
representative should be present merely to register
the arrangements between other partios without
the consent and concurrence of England. Re
agreed with Mr. Bright as to the evil that might
result from the tone of hostility adopted towards
the Emperor of theFrenoh'and the' nation he go-'
verned. , . . ,
We had no right to njako ourselves censors as to
the manner iq which foreign nations were governed.
We had only to look at the manner in which the
sovereign of Franoo had performed tho duty of an
ally, and uo one eould dony that be had fulfilled
that duty towards us. That was no reason, how
ever, why we should not put ourselves in a state of
defence, and not trust our security to tho forbear
ance of another country.
Mr. 8. Fitzgerald observed that every one most
see that the two hpblp lords had mode up their
minds to.go into a* Congress, and that, if they eould
got into the Congress, thoy would. The circum
stances wore different from those which existed
when Lord Malmesbury proposed a Congress, and
tho object was different, They would go into the
Congress either to alter the terms of the peace or
to accept them, If the former, in whoso interests,
ho asked, were we to enter into the Congress? It
would be the duty of the Government to inform the
House at the' earliest moment of’ their decision re
specting tho entering into the Congress.
Tho suhjeot was then dropped.
On Friday, in reply to an inquiry by Mr* Pease;
Lord Palmerston said the formation of harbors qf
refuge on our coasts waa an object of great impor
tance, but it was calculated that tho expense that
would.be Incurred'thereby would be about £4,000,'.
000, and competent authorities thought they could
not be completed but at a much greater cost; so
her Majesty's Government had nointention to pro
pose a treasure upon this subject during the present
session.* -
’ ‘ Tho motion for adjournment was agreed to.
• On tho order forgoing into n.Committee of Sup
ply,
In replydo a questioh.by Mr. Griffith,
Lord J. Russell Bald ho had understood from the
Emperor of the French that there is no provision or
understanding in the treaty of Villa Franca that
the late dynasties of Tuscany, Modena, and Panna
are to he restored to those possessions, if necessary,
by military foree.
' AFFAIRS IN NAPLES.
Naples, July 16. —Prince Satriano (Filangleri)
has,'it appears to me, acted with commendable
promptitude in disembarrassing this country of the.
Swiss guards. It is ail very well to say that he
could not have done otherwise; still, a man of less
'decision would not, In forty-eight hoars after the
catastrophe of the Bth. have marched down nearly
two thousand men to the arsenal, and shipped them
off for, Marseilles,, Of course, every one regards,
the whole corps as disbanded, for, though the first
regiment, in Palermo, a portion of the fourth in
Naples, and some few of the seoond and third regi
ments, still remain,'they are all so demoralized
that they o&n po longer be of any use to theCtoren*
sent,
TIIECITY^
Ihfobtant Arrest of a Gang of Row-
of an Incendiart.— -The elti
seas of Germantown have for a long time’ booh ex
cessively annoyed by the scandalous conduct of a
gaagof rowdies, who. have been in the habit ’of
congregating near the house;of the Mount Airy
Engine Company.. So desperate had they become,
that the community were really afraid, that.-their
property would receive the torch of the inoendisry,
..and, for the purpose ofproteotiDg'tiiemarives-fonu.
ed a patrol, which was composed.of several police
men and a number of the first citizens of that vi
cinity. , /; r . - , ' i
On Saturday night the behavior of the rowdies
was so outrageous, that several citizens, among
whom were .ex-Alderman Robert Thomas, Mr. A.
S. Tourison, ex-officer of the Mount Airy; Stephen
Eberi, and other.inembers of the Mount Airy Com
pany, went out and remonstrated with the crowd.
The crowd dispersed shortly after, but, from cer
tain expressions they used, it was supposed that
their intention was to fire a building some time du
ring the night. This anticipation, was. realized.
About one o’clock on Sunday morning, it was
discovered that a large shed on Allen’s lane, near
the township line, owned by Jacob Smith & Sons,
and used fordryingtobacco, was on fire. The shed
.and its contents were totally destroyed, and tho
barn qf Mr.^Smith made a very, narrow escape.
Suspicion 'at once fell on the party above all uded
to, and they were accordingly arrested on Monday
morning, and bound over, by. Alderman King, to
answer the charge of disorderly conduct. In tho
afternoon of. that day, from certain hints received
from members of the parti', a man named Goorge
Hansberry was taken into custody, on the charge
of firing the building. Upon being the
station-house he confessed his guilt, and implicated
three others.
The facts were laid before Fire Marshal Black
burn, who visited Germantown on Tuesday after
noon, when Hansberry made Ihe following affi
davit: •'
My name is George Hansberry: am going on
twenty-one years of age; reride with my parents,
on Allen’s lane; am willing to tell all f know in
regard to tho _ burning of the drying abed of the *
Messrs. Smith, tobacconists, on Allen’s lane, west
of the Maui * street, Germantown, on the morning
of Sunday, July 31st; on Saturday night, near ll
o’clock, I was. at Miller’s corner, Mount; Aliy,
where I met a party of young fellows, whose names
are Zepbaniab Cook/David Bolter, PcterDnnbar,
Edward Hansberry, Charles Gerhart, George
Freas, John Frew, George Richards, Joseph Brit
ton, wm. Carr, Charles tiands,Th(»; Money, and
one or two others, whose names I cannot remember.
Several of these young men were singing and
hallooing; Thos. Morley wak standing near me at
the time; Charles Gerhart caught me around the
neck and .pulled me' out into the street, and asked
me to take n drink withjum. which I did; he had
a bottle of whiskey; well, then, they kept on hal
looing ; Charley Gerhart and Gedrge-Ricnards now
had me around the neck; they dragged me over to
Mr. Thomas’; I told them to let me go; X broko
from them and went over to Miller’s corner again;
some of the party continued to' sing and shout.
It was after 12 o’clock when Edward Hansberry,
who is a relative of mine, and who was sitting ou
the fence, came up to me and asked me to take »
drink with him; be had a bottle of liquor too; I
drank, with him; as fast, as the~*botiles and jugs of
liquorwere drabk the boys got them filled again
at a place dose by. Edward Hansberry asked me
if I knew any place where a fire could be made: I
told him no, I did not; he then asked me if Smith’s
tobacco ehojp (hd knew 1 had worked for Smith)
had anything in It; I told him I did not know;
then he said, “ here take this box of matches,
(handing me the box with matches in it,) and
go and see;” I took Ihe matches; I don’t know
whether he told Tom Morley or any body else to go
with me or not, but .Morley and another fellow
came right up to nie and asked me if I would go
with them to build a fire; they said, they wanted
to have a “«hwA;” I told- them-no'l wouldn’t;
then they kept poßing around me all the time,
both qf. them; they wouldn’t let me alone; I told
them if they didn’t I would hit them: I did strike
Tom Morley, whQ fell down ; .he was drink j I also
gave Charley Gerhart a above with my open hand,
and pushed him away from me.
It must have been after one o’clock when E.
Hansberry, Tom Morley, and another fellow came
up to me again; E. Hansberry told us tojgo and do
it; I mean, fire the shed ;-I told. them I did- not
care about going; they said come on; kept per
suading me, and I went; we, that is Tom Morley,
another fellow, and myself, went back of Millar
street and down through the lots to Creesoxp lane,
and through tho yard of Haines’place, and is th?«
way through the fields to the sheas approaching it,
the back way; I .bad the matches which E. Hans
berry bad given me; the shed was open, so that
we could get in; there was a pile of bundles of
straw in it; we all three, that is Morley,'the other
fellow, and myself, got around the straw, and all
ofus struck matoheoand touched it off. _ •
After we saw -it in > .blase, we oil got out as
quickly as we could and ran; they, Morley and
the other fellow, went through the clover field, and
I wont np to ,tiie fence of my father’s garden,which
was near by, and jumped over, and got into‘the
house and went toned; I laid still about five mi
nutes, and then awakened zny brother and father,
and told them there was a fire; we all ran out ana
gave the alarm; I then ran down to the Main street
and met the Germantown -Hose*, and came to the
fire with her. v , , . „..
Upon this statement Edward Hansberry and
Thomas Morley were promptly arrested by Ser-»
geant Dungan and Officers Brooks and Harring-
ton. At five o’clock on Tuesday afternoon tho
three implicated jwrties had a hearing before Al
derman King, and werefully committed'toannrcr
tho charge of arson, tho aldennaio refusing to taka
bail. b
Arrival of the Cincinnati' Yrsrneßs
The Incidents of thxib Journey—Prepara
tions for their Reception.—The expected vizi*
. ters from Cinoinnati arrived in this city by the 5.20
> P. M. train yesterday, under the escort of George
i C. Franciscos, Esq!,'superintendent of the Fhiladel
! phia division of the Pennsylvania Railroad- They
reached Pittsburg on Tuesday night, at 9 o’clock.
; The whole party was provided for at the Monon
. gahela House. At about 10 o’olock Young’s Brass
Band sainted the company, in the rotunda of
that building, with lively strains of music, after
which Mayor "Weaver, in a few neat remarks, wel
comed .Mayor Bishop and his felloir excursionists, ’
■and extended to them the hospitalities of the city.
Mayor Bishop replied in a short speeeh, in which
he referred to the intimate business relations of the
. two cities, and to his own frequent visits there as a
business man, during the last twenty-five years.
.He contrasted the condition of things twenty-five
years ago, when it took a week to pass between the.
two cities, and that existing now, when a man can
eat his breakfast in one city and sup in the other.
He t hen briefly alluded to the purpose of their visit
’East, and closed by thanking the Mayor and citi
zens of Pittsburg for the kind and unexpected re
ception accorded thorn.
On the next morning the guests visited a number
of the Pittstmig, rolling mills, the United States
arsenal, the cebetery, and some of the larger glass
works. The company expressed themselves as
tonished at the number and capacity of the Pitts
burg manufactories, and closed their morning's ex
cursion' witir srliigher opinion of the city and her •
"resources than 'could have been formed otherwise
than from an inspection of her extensive work
shops. At half past fonr the company departed
on tho mail train.
They arrived at Altoona the same evening, and
took quart ors at the Logan House. They were ap
propriately received by the authorities of the
borough, and found a sumptuous entertainment
prepared for them. They remained there over
night, and in the morning availed themselves of
the invitation of Colonel T. A. Scott, superinten
dent of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, to
take an excursion across the mountains' before
breakfast hour, after which they proceeded on their
way to Philadelphia.
The party re&ohed Harrisburg in time for dinner,
and arrived in this city, as already stated, at 5.20
P. M. yesterday, much pleased with their trip and
its inoidents. They were' met, upon their arrival,
by a-delegdtion'ftom and conducted to'
the St. Lawrence Hotel, whore the amplest arrange
ments had been mado for their reception, and for
the comfort of the inner man.
At nine o’olock this morning the guests will be
received at Independence Hall, by a formal speech
of welcome from Mr. O. P. Conrman, President'of
the Select Council. This introductory ceremony
being completed, the visitants will make the tour
of the public institutions of the city, make an ex
cursion upon the Delaware and Schuylkill, and be
conducted to such objects as the majority of their
number feel inclined to visit. They will remain in
the oily two or three days, and then depart for
Baltimore. They will devote especial attention to
the workings of-the passenger railroad, and the
fire-alarm and police telegraph, and will doubtless
derive many valuable hints from these improve
ments.
Painful Ac cident —Two house-painters,
named John Statxel and Joseph C. Brahm, met
with an accident yesterday afternoon while paint
ing a wall in tho rear of Messrs. Abbott & Jobnnes’s
dry-goods store, Market street, above Fifth, which '
will probably prove fatal to the first named. It
appears they were standing on a ladder suspended
from tho top of the wall while painting, and at a
..distance' of fifty feet from the roof of a back build
ing, when the rope suddenly broke. Thoy both
fell with great violence. Brahm escaped with one
jOf his' fingers slightly cut. "'Statzel was dangerously
injured, and was convoyed to the Pennsylvania
Hospital in an insensible condition. He remained
in this state for some time, and was conveyed to
the residence of his parents, in the vicinityof Front
street and Germantown road.
Funebal of the late Hon. Richard Rrsn.—
An immense concourse of people, composed of cler
gymen, members of the bar, and friends and rel: -
ttvea of tho deceased, assembled at his late resi
dence in Eighth street, near Locust, at 11 o’clock
yesterday morning, for the purpose of paying the
last sod tribute of respect to this eminent and high
ly respected citizen. Tho beautiful service of the
Episcopal, Church was performed at the lute re.-i
-.donce of the deceased, in accordance with the de
siro of the family, after whioh his remains were con
veyed to Laurel Hill.
a Appointment.— James Bryan, M. D., for
merly & professor, is the Philadelphia College of
Medicine, and.well known as a practitioner here,
has been: appointed Professor of Anatomy in .the
N ew York College of Medicine.
The importations of foreign goods amount, since
January Ist, at the port of New York alone, to
. $152,000,000; from this deduct exports, $81,000,000,
and tho balance of $71,000,000 remain* apparently
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