8 XI MM EE ESSO RTS, Mismoy Hours, Mauch Chunk, Ph. .••/. .American Hot*l, Maooh Chunk. Te. Amwucan Hotsl. Bethlehem, P_. A'aglr' Hotsl. Bethlehem,Pa. America* Hotel, Allentown, Pa. Unitkc States Hotel, Miliorshurgi Fa* Ocean Bores, Caro Island. N.J* ...■■• National H\Ll, Cape Island, N. J> Nlttonk Hoube, Atlantio City, N J. Oottachs Retruat, Atlantio City, N, J. Oo'Gßt'34 Hall, Atlantic City, N. J. Nun Hotel, Athntio City.lLJ. United States Hotel. Atlantio City, NewJersey* Scrf Hoc**?, Atlantic City, N. J. . . Httatu HoueE.Mioolay’aMountaimN.J* CoLUMBu HotrsK. Cape Wand, New Jeroey., ConeuK*!* Hall, Capo Island, New Joroey. Dslawarb House, Civpo island, N. J. 1 • * • Tfemont Hcush, Cap? la'and.N.J. PousK.Capo leloud.N.J. . Unitsu *tatks Hotel. Lons Branch, N.J. Brigantine Housb, Brigantine Beaoh, N. J. WIUT& Sulthuu Swings Doubling Gap, Pa, Lrbanor Valley Houaa, Lobanon, Pa, Hthb*ta Mountain Springs, Lancasterco„ l’a, Lorstto Springs. Cambria eo., Pa. W'flmi Sulphur (Springs, Cumberland co HedpoUd Springs, Bedford 00.. Pa./ Old Sand Sprinqs. Berks 00., Pa, Tontine Hotel, Now Hav&-A NrwSxct in Michigan. MUCBLLANEQUS.-A Word for Old Maids- Pjkh’b Peak—Another “ Grace Darlino”—Snake Charming—Japan and the Japanese—Curious Coruesp indsncb—Case of Hardsn—The French Army —a Good Cnnss anecdote—mcily—Tiik Battle of the Biii.t—Thb City of Nauvoo—An Inventor’s Experience in Procuring an Eno- LISH P.TKN7—INTERESTING TO JIOUOEWIVES. COMMERCIAL.— WeekIy fttvtsw op thb Phila delphia Markets—The Money Mabkkt—The Philadelphia Cattle Market—Nhw York Mar- SETS. THE WEEKLY PRESS is famished to subscriber* at flu per year,in advanoe, for the single copy, and to Clubs of Twenty, when sent to one address, sio, in ad vance. Single copies for Bale at the counter of Tits i'p.sss Office, in wrappers,''reedy formailinr. First Page.—Leslie, tho Painter; Letter from Sobuylklll County; Douglas in Lohigh County. Tho Tariff BUl—Political Economy—No. XIV; Houston State Convention; Number of Oustom f/oaoea io tho United States, &o.; The Aatronomi eat Expedition; Letters from tho Lehigh—No. 1 Foumn Page—Speeches delivered at tho Mne3 Meeting of thb People’s Party on TuesdayJifbaing; Speech of Hon. John L. Dawson; gencc. / ViT, The Disnuionists in the Field* There is something daving in tho call for a Disunion Meeting in UliUadelphia, and parti cularly when tho call is ibrfsuch a meeting at Independency Square. By reference to our advertising columns, it will bo seen that the Disunlonists, who refreshingly call themselves “National Democrats,” are to assemble in grand conclave, on Monday evening next, to ratify their treason at Baltimore.- Theso men have no title to the , name of National Democrats, nono to the character of belong ing to the regular Democratic organization, and, least of all, nono to the idea of being de voted to the Union. They are against each and all of theso glorious principles.* The call is therefore courageous. , That, they should meet at Indcpcndonco Square is good. It is Well, tOO, that Bnrr of Amtiieih politics, CALEB CUBUINO, to Insult,our ciry, our State, and our country, • This ia appropriate. A,Qucstiou of Eftiquctii*'; It is stated in tho English payers that a dif ficulty ha 3 been raised at St. Petersburg, about tho reception o!' Lady Ciumpton, wife of the British Ambassador at that Court. . It is eaid ibat-tho objeetion-is that, before her marriage, sho was simpiy Miss Victoria Balpe, an opera-singer. The article aayn : “ The Russians are aghast at the idea of a eiagor having precedeueo of the ladies of the whole foreign Corps Diphmatiqui, together with the entree to tho palace. They cannot sop how ihe daughter of a musical composer, tho leader of the orchestra of tho Opera House, (herself a public eiugor moreover,) can worthily ropresont tho Majesty of England! They say “ it is true n noblo Earl married an actress, Miss Faebek ; the late Earl of Essex, Miss Stephens, tho uinger; tho late Duke of Sr. Albans, an actress, Miss Mellon; the late Ear! of HaitnisGiON,, an actress, Miss Fooie ; the Into Ear! of Craven, an actress, Miss Brunioii, &c., but none of these noble men were embassadors or other representa tives ol British Sovereigns.” The case is not fairly put by the Russian sticklers of etiquette. The Countoss of Derby, was Eliza F abrek, actress; tho Countess of Craved, was Louisa Brunton,. actress; tho Countess of Essex, was Kitty Stephens, singer. Each and every one of those ladies had an exemplary reputation before and after marriage, and wore received at the Court of tho British Sovereign for the time being, just as if they bad been Dukes’ daughters. Their husbands, in a word drew them up to (heir own elevated otatioa, and Society gladly re ceivedthem. On tho other hand, the Ducliesa of St. Al bans, (Miss Melloh, afterwards Mrs. Courts,) and tho Countess of Harrington, (tjio noto rious Oolono! Bereely’b Maria Foom,) had light cbaraelGis and loose conductbeforo mar riage, and were never received at Court, or in any Society which bad a caro tor ita own repetition'.. It was just the same with the late Countess of Blessixoion, whoßo character was about as bad as it could bo before mar riage; sho nover ventured to solicit a pre sentation at Court, and was visited, during her resl ionco in London, only by gtnllemen. ■ Miss Baiae bad an irreproachable reputa tion daring her short but brilliant professional career, ami there cannot bo tlio slightest doubt that she will attend Queen Victoria's Draw ing Room, (boiug now In England,) with a certainty of being well received there. On her. return to Russia, should any doubt thou esiet as to hor right to tho en/rdo to the Im perial Court, the Master of tho Ceremonies may bo reminded that Henrietta Sontao, a public singer, quitted tho stage to marry Count Rossi—that, while n public character, she had snug at the Opora House of St. Petersburg— and that when sho subsequently accompanied berhusbnud to Russia, whither ho was sent as Ambassador from his own country, tho Em peror Ivicholas and his wifo cordially recoived her into tiieir most intimato society. As per sons who stickle for sligtie/fc aro greatly in fluenced by precedent, hero is a case In point which may be found useful. No doubt Sir •Ton:.- Cp. a HPT on will urge it, if necessary. The Cattle Disease in Viuoisia —A nnmbsr of farmers of Rockingham connty bavo addressed Oovoraor.Lolohor on Iho subject of tho cattle dis pose, nhleh is oxoiting stioh terror at the North. They fear the introduction oLthe plcuro-puoumo tdo info Virginia, and ask ino Governor to make such rules and regulations ns are best calculated to proloot thoir interests. As yet, no decided cases of the disoaso have been reported. . Tub CAmf’rkia Mail.—The post-route bill being lost, including tho remodeling of the ovor- Inod raall, the Postmaster General, it fa believed, trill Immedlotely as,sumo tho responsibility of em ploying tho steamships at New York to carry the paper mail until Congress shall make proper pro vision. . Notice.—iVo aro requested to call Ihe attention of buyers to tho large and desirable assortment of hoots, shoos, brogans,. gsiters, tios, slippers, do., to he sold thin morning, on four months’ credit, hv rhlllp Peril A Co., at their auction rooms, Nos. .'3O Market and 521 Minor stroct, sale to corn tuciwe at ton o’clock precisely, Attention is par ticularly invited to this, the dosing rate of (bo *O4WB. Fire-worke in the City. Tho firing of guns, and of squibs, serpents, and rockets within the city was, by an act of the General Assembly of tho Province of Penn sylvania, prohibited and punished by fine and imprisonment. This was in 1721, quite the infant days of tho city. If the sparsely-built and thinly-populated city then roqjfired le gislative protection from of this character, surely now there is a-thousand fold stronger obligation enjoined upon-the city authorities to protect life and property, by rigid enforcement of all laws and ordinances prohi biting and punishing this intolerable structive nuisance. . This endangering of life and almost daily destruction of property by firing squibs, serpents, rockets, and double or single-headed Dutchmen, should be stopped* Tho laws should be enforced. Tho following city ordinance ought to bo placarded in tho Mayor’s office, and posted on every policemau’s hat from now uutil Fourth of July patriotism, whether juvenile or adult, subsides, or has spent its fiery element in tho broad fields of the country, or in tho Tlvers suitouDilliig the city. On tho 9tli of duly, 1.821, the city passed the following ordinance; “Section 1. If any person shall throw, cast, or firo any rquib, rocket, urotbor firo-vrork, in or into imy of tbo streets, lanes, or alloys of tho city of Philadelphia, every such person shall Forfeit and pay for every such offence tho sum of five dollars. The pthei* three sections of this ordinance impose tho penalty of five dollars upon any person firing oft' any gun, pistol, fowling-piece, or other fire-arms iu any of tho utrecta, alleys, or highways of the city, or from any house in tho city. The same ponalty is inflicted for permitting any of the above acts to bo done in any house in said city; and tho like penalty Is imposed upon all persons making or assisting to Drake any bonfires iu any of the streets, al leys, wharves, or squares iu the city. Itev. William IT. ItliUmru’s.Lecture La*>l livening* Jiic announcement that tho Rot. Mr. Milburn, tbo blind preacher, formerly chaplain of Congroas, would deliver bio colebralod lecture at Concert Hull last ovenlng. on “ What a Blind Man Saw in England,” attracted a very largo and intelligent audience at tho appointed hour, which, considering tho inauspicious reason (something liko a pic-nlo in .Tiauary) for Icctura-beard entertainments, nud the fact that the lecturo last ovening was a ropoli* ti m in Philadelphia, wa3 cortaiuly a vory Bub* s<.intial compliment to its gifted author. Tho pro ceeds, by tho way, wero, with commendable -frank* wees, announced to ho for Mr. MUbntn’a own bone. fi\ and tho large attendance was, therefore, all the qioro significant ns a tribute of respect. Tho hall was nearly filled. At 8 o’clock precisely Mr. Milburn appoarod upon tho platform, attended by Dr. It. Sholton Mackenzie, ot The Press , and Goorge A. Coffey, E q., tho former of whom in a felicitous three-ml mUeßppocoh introduced theleeturor to tho audi ence. Dr, Mackenzie said, that if he had not been insured from the lecturer’s own lips that he was bred and horn a Philadelphian ho should Hunk Mr. M* a citizen of his (iho speaker’s) own country, as certainly nothing could be more exquisitely Irifh than the statement of tho Icoturer’s subject, •■What ft Blind Man .Saw in England!” Tbo Scriptures informed us that thero were tho3o hiving oye3 who saw not, and those having ears nho hoard not, but here was a man without eyes who evidently saw, and to what purpose the nudl* would now bo enabled to judge for thorn ff-lve3. Ills hearing with hfs own ears, but his seeing had evidently been with other people’s eyes, and wo were now to have tho result of both offer having passed through tho alombio of the leoturor’s mind. The introduction was heartily ,3p‘piftuded by tho audience, and was concluded with a strong though Jcllcately-exprcssed eulogy upon Mr. Milburn’s effleionoy and valuable ser* vices as a minister of tho Gospel. Mr. M. then came forward, and, in his usual clear, ringing tones, commenced his leotard pro* facing U with a few remarks, full of boanty ancP philosophy, upon the abrolnlo advantiiges of blind* reß3. It seemed to him that, as God’s help was 1 always extended where it was most needed, so tie blessing of his Provldenco, in a Bpeelal manner, amended tbo blind'. There was & degree of wifi 4- dom and sweet Christian resignation In these ro* marks which at once won the hearts of his hearera. Instead of hoing sightless in consequence of this affliction, tbo blind wero rather rendored Argus eyed, from tho.faot that wherever they went every body stood ready to give the oydcs3 tho services of their own eyos. Then, again, he thought there was Toason to belieye that blindness was favorable t ) mental eight, as the mind of such naturally moved iu a more ideal light. Tho lecture itself, although a repetition, (having boon doiivercd in the same hall* on the evening of October 13th, 1859, an extended notice of it thon having bo«n given in theso columns on tho follow iog-morning,) richly rapnid hoaring again. His description of his voyago. across the Atlantic, ar* rival in England,jrisit to London, otcotera, was at "•neo 'plclarc>que,'^hTcrtalriibg ) TiT9tructlvo, ro mantlo, humorous, satirical, and colloquinl by turns. Tho plan, and what may bo tonnod tho machinery of tho.!ecturo,wcre admirably arranged to keep tho attention of anaudienco iu a peTfoot strain of interest, aud tho frequent bursts of ap plause with which the capital points wore greeted ehowod how completely tho admiration of tboau dionoo for tho man was, for tho time being, sunk in tbeir deeper interest in hie strains of descriptive and conteiuplfttivo eloquence. Ho isoloarly aman of large aud varied information and oxtraordirary ability, and tho manner in wbioh ho has absolutely conquered knowledge, although “ M olio entrauco Quito shut out," wore R notfur tho few parallel instances on reooid, would seem well nigh miraculous. At tho oleao of tho lecture, the great painting now on exhibition in this city—tho Court of Death—was exhibited to tho audience, with au interesting explanation. The Scheme* t FOr Tho Press. ) Mu. Editor : Do you not err in uffiriuiug it to bo tho design ol the Administration to elect Mr. Lane by dividing tho Democratic party ? I sub mit to you that Uio Seccdera nominated Mr. Breckinridge not that they loved him, but because thoy hated Douglas; and that their programme Is this: Thoy will endeavor to prevent tho people from electing Douglas; and ako to protont tho election of him or Lincoln by tho Douce ; and both of these failing, then article 12 of amendments to tho Constitution provides that “ thou tho Vico President (viz: John •C. Breckinridge) aball act aa President, as in thocaso of tho death or other constitutional disability of tho PreaUeut. Tho portion having tho greatest number of electoral voto3 as Vico President (viz: either Johnson, .Everett, Hamlin, or Lane) shall bo tho Vico Presi dent, if suoh number bo a majority of tho wholo number of electors appointed; aud it m person have r majority, thon from tho two highest num bers on the list the iienato shall choose tho Vice President. It thus appoar* that if both tho pcuplo and tho House fail to elect a Prealdont, then John C. Brocklnrldgo thereby necessarily becomes the President; and the Donate will be obliged to chooso: the Vico President from the two highest candidates for Vico President. J. National Executive Committee. The following gentlemen were named os mem bers of tho National Executlvo Committee by the National Democratic Convention ut Baltimore : Dylvanus R. Lyman, of Portland, Mniuo. Alphous V. Know, of Claremont, Now Hamp shire. Charles G. Eastman, of Monlpolicr, Vermont. Fred <). Prince. ofßoston.Massaohusotls. Jacob Babbitt, of Bristol, Rhode Island. Wo. If Converse, of Norwich, Connecticut. Auguste Belmont, of New York. New York. Jacob Van No3dalo,ofNowark,NowJorioy/ ; Richard Haldeman, of Harrisburg, Ponnsyi aula. Tlios. M. Lannahan,.of Baltimoro, Maryland. John A- Harman, of Staunton, Virginia. Robort E. Dick, of Greonaborough, N. Carolina. Win. B. Gaulden, of Huntsville, Alabama. W. W. Moore, of Jacksonville, Florida. Oatloy H. Bynum, of Portland, Alabama. ' Tbos.. Cottman, of Donaldsonville, Louisiana. Thos. Flournoy, of Arkansas. Jas Craig, of St. Josephs, Missouri. J Knox Walker, of Memphis, Tennessee. Henry 0. Harrison, of Coviogton, Konlucky. Huzh J. Jewott, of Zanesville, Ohio, n. W. Harrington, of Madison, Indiana. Murray MoConnel. of Jacksonville, Illinois. Bonj Follott, of Michigan. JohnK. Bharpnleln, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Wm, H.'Mcrriok, of Cedar Rapids, lowa. Henry H, Blbloy, of Minnesota. Jas. A. MeDougai, of Ban Franoißco, California. Tirn onora innoarly all seotlons of tho country aro looking as well aa could bd desired. Through out tho Western and Middle .States, thero 1b promise of n most abundant harvest. In tho Gulf States and in some parte of Now England there arc com plaints of drought, but a few. summer showers, wo trust, will come to the rescue soon. Tho Hartford (Conn.) Courant, speaking for the Farmington val ley, Faya: il Corn is backward, hut is looking very healthy. A fow weeks of favorable woathor would bring it to the usual sizo at this soason of tho year. Rye is very stout and thick, ned iu eomo fields is beginning to ripon. Potatoes aro doing first rato. In New Britain some fields aro in Wosssm and all ’look very thrifty. Gardena are doing uncommonly well, and all kinds of garden vegetables aro vory pro mising.” Auction Notice.—The attention of purchasers is requested to tho Inrgo and valuable assortment of British, French, India, Gorman, and American dry goods, imported cigars, palm-leaf hats, fash ionabio-clothing, Ao., embracing 400 packages and lots of staple and fancy articles, to bp peremptorily Bold by brßtijogiie, on. six months’ credit, com mencing this morning, at ton o’clock precisely, with the cigars and olothlog, by Myers, Cloghorn, &Co , auctioneers, N0..232 Markot street. Distinguished AnmvAiiS.—Among (he arrival* hat evening ,at tho Continental wero tho distin guished Senators.Fessenden, of Maine, and Cling man, of North Carolina WASHINGTON COEHESPOHDBNOE. Letter fVom “ Occasional** 7 ; Correspondence of The press.l ; WASMtf&'l’Oiq Juno 27, 1800. - The B occsslon loaders at HaUlmoro, in nnd but of Convention, declared that they preferred to soo Lincoln to Dougins. Thli wao tho Shout of Yon coy aDd his set from the Gilraoro Houso, and this was tho response of tho Secodors. I mark down this fact for n special parposo. 'the Southern Dis nniomstsprefer a Republican, a manwho, by their own showing , is Ihtxr worst enemy, to Stephen A. Douglas. Bo so good as to remember that you, and Douglas, and your frlehds, have been stigmatized as Block Republicans, beenuso you havo steadily supported the Cincinnati platform, mndo by tbo South, and forced by tho Bcuth upon tho North. But now the architects of the Oincin; nati platform, and tho haters of the Itopublioans 0j tho enemies of their institutions, array thomselv&s in favor l of tho Republican?, bgalnst tho chosen candidate of their best frionds in tho freo States! Humphrey Marshall, of Kentucky, has declared for the Disunion-Breokinridgo ticket. This is a strango indication. Humphroy is tho ablest of tbo living Marshalls, and is ono of tho most prac tical and comprohonßivb minds of tho South. He has been a sort of-ti-floator” in politics since tho entnstropho of the Taylor AdminUtrntiOD. Tho break down of tho old Whig party, and tho subse quent collapse of tlio Know Nothing or American order, left Humphrey high and dry. He had no other refugo but to become a pro-slavery Adminis tration Democrat, or to act in open sympathy with tho Northern Opposition, or to continue to bo an American. Ho really liken Douglas, aud his frionds aro not generally Breckinridge men. Judgo, thon, or tho general surprise whon, at tho very moment tho broak botwoen Breckinridge and Douglas gives tho South Americans a chanco to recover their power in Kentucky, Colonel Marshall should declare for tho Breckinridgo.Sccos3ionists ! All his geniu3 and oxporionco could not savo him from this ogregious bluudor. 1 know tho theory upon which ho nob— that tho revolt of tho Disuniouiats will control tho South. But 1 believo that ho will be mis* tukon in this calculation. Mcunwhile, it is certain that the frionds of Outhilo in Kentucky aro bitterly opposed to Brcckinridgo Geo. A. Caldwell, duo. C. Mason, It. 11,. Stanton, Dr. Peyton, and many more, including tho old Democratic organ,, tho Louisville Democrat, are all for Douglas, nnd it is now • believed tbul the Louißvillo Courier, tbo late organ uf the Adminis tration in Kentucky, but decidedly hostilo to Brcckinridgo, will fall In on tho same side. Col- Elnndon Duncan nnd Gol. Thos Crittenden, here tofore prominent Americans, have both declared for Douglas, and it is stated that almost tho entire Democratic press of the State has taken the samo side. A lato totter from-W. 0. Rives, of Virginia, assumes that Douglas Is (ho man for the (imQSt~ But tho Bouth Americans arc active and alert. The 7 soo in tho conflict in tho Democratic ranks a prospeot for recovering lost ground. I can con* ceiyo why a Oppositionist may stay with' hts own party, ox go to Douglas; but it puzzles my comprehension that a sensible man liko Humphrey Marshall should sltsoh himself to thoDisunjoDlgts, whoso COUTBO must bona disgraceful as it will certainly bo brief. It may bo that Colonel Matr shall looks to tho Spanish mission, alleged to ho shortly vanated by tho resignation of Colonel Pronton, of Kentucky, whoso large fortune, easy habits, and elegant tastes, conspiro to induco him to reject laborious service of any kind. Colonel Marshall would make a splendid miuistor—and I w!eh him well in his now aspiration—but I advise him not to put his trust in princes, least of alt in J.B. Tho President ha 3, removed George N. Sanders at last from (ho oflics of Navy Agent at New York. Georg© laughs btmrHJy at Mr. Buohahsn’s liesita ton“iTi this matter. He has absolutelycourUd aid defied him to removo him. Sandora nover agreed with J. B; on any parrot his public policy. He fought him on ;Leoompton', stood by Walker ftnd ; Stanfoa, nn(l hns ftbrentod himeclf from hia offios noarly.ftU ihc time. Ho has lived here among thc Ksnsss lots/ and went .I©’: ; .ph'aY)BA|oai\'ffpm .\ ; w}ijoh\-.ho.)\teht ybry ox -pensive t&liis:Chief; nhd .tboiYto Bftiti* more, whorohf/jßd and fought tho,Adsiinistrafl:>npnrasUsiJ asl'through tho ii flings .'ofMhat ;bodyr ;-Ho / -was sepeolaHy eevoro and. Company, add ho iho. Prossdont ! wHh an easy'complai Gotiay: positively riiookingrc-Aooordlng ta-Uxoprao;' iico ef :th6;dcspoff?mhcrOj : liobugbi to- havc bcon iiirnod out long ago; .Georgs ■ isVft.chWaotor; 'He to a. wliolo tcft.u; s ” and >' sfcrim train to ; i>cbt. His intellect Is always’at work!Hc sees cTcry-: body, knows everybody, fend talks to "©vary body, high and iovr. Ho -has iittlo - vene ration for groat men. I(o would ask Chief Justice Tanoy to take fi drink, and criticise Washington, wero he living, to his faoo. Born in Kentucky, and resident in Now York, ho takes a view of tho wholo country, and ia ready to tnko charge of it too. N ot r l°b> ho spends monoy liko n nabob—not poor, ho has roared a most interesting family ; nnd at tho baso of nil hia apparent recklessness thero is good Reuse, a warm heart, and devotion to hia friends. So much for GeoYgo N. Sandora. Occasional. NatiomiJ Democratic Committee. (From the Washington States. June 27.) The National Demoorntio Uoromltloo met for or ghbization anti other purposes, at tho National no tel, Tuesday. .Hon. Henry H. Sibley, of Minnesota, was tem porary chairman,"unV Louiblana, Larrabes of Wisconsin, Banks of Virginia, bo, and they arc hereby, appointed tho resident committee of the National'*Domooratio Committee. Resolved, That tho rosident committee bo re quested to proparo an address to tho Democracy of tho country, giving a truo history of tho oba rnctor and proceedings'of tho National Democratic Convention, held at Charleston and Baltimore, and tho secessions therefrom. Resolved, Tho crisis demanding that tho organ ization oi' thb Domooratio party shall bo preserved intact against open an well as sccrot enemies of tho Constitution and tho Union, that it in thorolbre re commended to tho aevoral Dtato Committeea that thoy tako moasurcs to secure tho adoption of nn electoral ticket iu their respective States pledged to tho unequivocal support of the nominees of the National Democratic Convention, tJtophon A. Douglas und Herechol V. Johnson. Resolved, That if auy State Comwilleo ehall omit to tako tho proper steps for scouring such an electoral ticket, then the member of this oommittco iu that Stato is hereby authorized, either in con junction with luombers of tho State Committee or by bis own act, to take ruch action aaho may deem necessary and proper for that purpose. Tho Hiililication Meeting, (From tho Petersburg { Vr.) ludox, June 2f».J Ae goon aa it was known last Saturday that Judge Douglas had received the nomination at Baltimore, its effect oould at unco bo perceived throughout tho city. A strong ©xoiteuiont seemed to porvado all classes. Tho particular friends of tho successful candidato mauifcctod thoir delight in moot extravagant terms, whilo those who sympa thised with tho becedei'B received tho anucunco mout iu sullen dissatisfaction. Our bullatin board waa-surrounded the whole afternoon by an exoi*od_crowd eager to lenru tho further action of tho Convention. In a lUtlo while aflor tho nows ol the nomina tion was received, largo handbills woro put out Announcing that a grand ratification meoting would bo hold at tho court house, and this faot was still more oxtemivcly mado known by tho aid of a baud of music which was convoyed through tbo streets in a wagon plentifully decorated with tho aforesaid hnndbills. pIE MEETING. At an early hour in tho evening an immonso crowd had gathered at tho court hou6o, and tho meeting was organized by tho selection of Mr. Samuel W Venable to act as president, and Mr. Ww. J. McGowan as ocoretary. On motion of Hon. F, E. Rivcu, a committee, consisting of sevonteon, was appointed to draft, resolutions exprospivo uf tho sense of tho meeting, ponding whoso action Timothy Rives, Erq-, ad dressed tho meoting at longth and in eloquent torras. Tho resolutions reported by tho committee wero to the following effect : Thoy deprecate disaonslons in tho Democratic ranks, ami approvo the coursoof tho Virginin dele gates who remained in tho Convention. Tho second resolution recognizes only ono Con vention at Baltimoro ns National, and disowns the Secedera’Convention j and tbo third extola Judge Douglas, and approves his nomination. These resolationß did not reocivo tho unanimous approbation of the mooting. An exciting debate upon thorn CDBued, Messrs. Thomas Wallaoo and Thomas Branoh mipporting them, and Messrs. J* R. Branch,-W. R. Johnson, and Dr. Claiborne op posing them. Tho discussion was protracted to a lato hour, without any vote on them being taken, tho meet ing adjourned to convene again at tho same placo on Tuesday night next. The Very Wrath ©p Giuep.—A fowdoys since, tho death of Mrs. Ruth F. Fryo, at Winneganco, Maino, was noticed in tho papers gonornlly. It now appears, by a communication signed by her father and carried by her husband to tho Bath Daily Time I}, 1 }, that she became deranged under tho pressuro of Calumny and falsehood. Tho af flicted rather thus speaks of her wiokod ran lignera: “Could thoy look into that palo marble faco; oould thoy view the result of their own damna ble work without a nhudder? Bho now relgna with her Saviour in glory. But wlioro are they? Ah ! let them bownro. Thero ifl ft place in the rcnlinfl of Pluto, reserved for them by a just God, wboxo shrieks and wailings nrino on every ride; whore fiery furnaces roar and tremble, yawning opon for tho recopthn of their victims; wnore tho exultant yell of a thousand fiends echoes and ro-eohoes around tho vastcavom; where scaly sorponts. with quivering tongues and fiory eyes, coll thoir slimy folds; whoro tho Furies, whoso hair of snakes twists ami wroatho* around, Bit, tearing tho palpitating fibres of thoir .victims with red-hot longs, to whom tho relief of death is never given. Lot them be ware of this.” THE PIIESS.--PHI L A DELPHI A, THURSDAY, J ONE 28, 1880. LATEST JEWS By Telegraph to Tire Press. ; UNITED STATES SENATE, SPECIAL SESSION. Washington, June. 2'7.-r-The Soimte, without tranßnoting any buslncfis of tho least at 10 o’clock went Into executive cession. ; When th*J doers wore opened the flonato adopted ft feftolution declaratory of the right and tltlo of ocr* tain bands of tho Daootah and Sleux Indians to (he lands embraced in tho reservations ocCuplod by them on tbo MtfthesoU .river, and allowing . them thirty. dent 3 per acre for 1 Such as .thoy. havo rclln quishod to the United States. All persons* wbfi have, in good faith, settled and rtiado Improve ments upon any lands containcd in tho said reser vations, believing tlio samo to bo Government lands, shall havo tho right of .pre-einption to eue» hundred and sixty acres on paying one dollar and twenty-five ootita pel* ftoro; provided, that when such settlements havo been made on the lands'of tho Indians, on tho south side of the Minnesota, riyor, tho assent of tho Indians shall first bo ob tained. . A resolution Wn9 adopted to print 10,000 oxira copies of the report of Lloutonant Ivcb’ Snrvoy.* . On motion of Mr. GiVin, of California, a reso lution was ndoptod appointing a committee of tiyo to wait on tho President and inform him that unless ho may havo further communications to make, tho Senate was roady tioloso its session by an adjournment. ; Messrs. Simmons, of llliodo Island, end euiiy, of Delaware, woro appointed a “commUtco to wait on tho President. ■ { Adjourned, TUB HPANISH TIU3ATT NOT KATJPIB!)—TUB I'JBXU’A^ It wa;t alalod, in yesterday's despatch, that a motion was mado in tho oxocutlvo soesion of the fcicnnto to striko from tho treaty between tho United States and tSpain, for tho seUietuont of claims, tho, claims to pay for tho Amistad negroes, and that,' whilo it was not beliovod that tho motion could; prevail, tho retoution of the olnuso would jeopard, : if not entirely defeat, tho ratification. This prediction was realised to-day. , Tho motion toslrikoout.it is understood, , was made by Mr. Sumner, of Massachusetts, but disa greed to, and, on tho question of ratification, twenty-four voted in tho affirmativo, and eightoon in tho nogalive—not tho requisite voto.of two thirds. . Tho Seuato failing to rcconcilo ihe disagree ments to the Mexican treaty, aud boing indisposed to further act on the subject at present, its consi deration was postponed till next Decelnber.. . Two Indian treaties wore ratified, and tho-ap poiutmont of Blr. Russoll, a 3 navy agout at Now York, confirmod, logGtber with the nomination of several deputy postmasters. No nominations were submiltcdby tho President for tho full Sardinian mission, or to3upply tho va liancy fa tks Supreme Court, occasioned by tho doith of Judge Daniel. Aa tho President has no further coinmuni'dttUofl to make to tho Senato. it would have adjourned to-day, but for tho fact that time 13 required for tho consideration of tho nomination or General Johnston ns Qumtorinastor General, a question having risen afl'eoting the succession under tho law of Colonel Thomas, tho senior ofliocr in that department. ' * Proposition for the tJuion of the cracy in Missouri. Washington, June 27 Senators Grooa ami Polk. Representative Phelps, Col. Harris, I’ato edi tor of tho ITm'oit, Wni. C.Trioo, Treasurer of tho United States, and Peter S. Wilkes, a delegate to tho BaUimoro Convention, (all. cUizon* of Mia* swri.j havo, at a private confcronco, recommended by tho way of suggestion, to iheDemooraoy of that Mtato, that tho Doraocrats from oaoh county assem* bio in their several localities, on tho.first.Saturdny in September, and elect dolcgatos to a State Demo cratic Convention, to ho hold at Jefferson City on the 17th of that month, to adopt measures to Insure a united action, in view of the present divided condition of tho party. They also earn estly recommend tho united support of the State and County tickets, and that the candidates for tho Legislature pledge themselves to abide' tho action of a majority of their Democratic associates. . The Breckinridge Ticket. NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE. .Washington, Juno '27. —'The fdlMwing-named gentlemen have boon appointed the Nationat'Deuio cratic Committee, authorized by tho Convention at Baltimore which nominated Mr. Breckinridge: Isaac I. Stovons, Bfq., of Oregon. Hon. George W. Hughes, of Maryland. - Hon. John W.l3tevonsou, of Kentucky. . Wsn. Flinn, Esq., postmostor, Washington city. - Hon. Jomcs G.Berret, Mayor, Washington city. Walter Lenox, ex-Mayor, Washington city. • George W. Rigga, Esq., Washington city. .Hon. Jefferson Davis, of Mississippi. . Hon. Thomas B Florence, of Pennsylvania, . Hon, J. R. Thomson, of New Joraoy, Augustus Scholl, Esq , of Now York. • Hon. A. Meok. of Alabama. Hon. Jcsso D. Bright, of Indiana, lion. Robert Johnson, of Arkansas. The New York Democracy, AURANGRKENT BETWEEN MAtOR WOOD ASD DBAN RICHMOND—WOOD AOREP.S TO SUPPORT DOUGLAS IP PLACED ON THE ELECTORAL TICKET—A STATE CONVENTION CALLED TO NOMINATE A BRECKIN RIDGE ELECTORAL TICKET. New York, Juno 27-— Tho lending politicians of tho two Dcmooratio organizations in this Stato have been in consultation hero during yesterday and to-day. Mayor Wood and Dean Richmond have conoludcd an arrangement, by whioh tho former agrocs to support Mr. Douglss for tho Presidency, m consi deration of being placed at tho hoad of tho Rich mond and Caggor electoral ticket. Hon. Gideon J. Tuokor, John A. Greono. and others, refuse to make nny bargains with Rich mond and Cassiday. and bavo called a State Con vention to moot at Syraouso on the 3d of Julv, to nominate a Breckinridge and Lane oicotqrai ttekot. Ex-Govemor Wise Declares for ])rcck« invulgc and Lane. Norfolk. Juno 27 —Tho Argus stated thatFx- Govornor Wiso has pronounced tho nomination of Breckinridge and Lane a moat admlrablo ono for tho enfotyof iho Union. Ho Trill address Iho De mocracy of tbis.olty at tho ratification mooting to bo held on Monday. ‘ Vermont Politics!. nni-uuucAN siatb convention. Rutmnd, Yt., Juno 27 —Tho ItepublfcAN Mato Convention has nominated Hon. Hrastns Fairbanks for Govornor, John B. Pago, Treasurer, and Wm. Honry and 11. G. ltoot, oTectorsat largo. Tho nt tondanco 'was full. Ann Arbor, Michigan, June 27.—-Zion. Bradley F. Graogor has been nominated by tho Ropubli oana of tlio First district for Congress.' C'liutticrs Valley Railroad Road Case. Lancaster, Pa., Juno 27.—Tho Bupromo Court met this morning, a lull bench being in ationdanco. In answer to tbo writ of attachment, for contompt of tho Court Of Allegheny county, tho sheriff produced thirteen members of Iho Pittsburg Councils," who had re fused to vote for tho levying of n tax to pay tho in terest, on the bonds of tho Uhartiors Valley Rail road. Tho court appointed Judges fa’iuysor, of Montgomery, and Long, of Lancaster county, to hear tho anawors of tho Councilman, if they desired to purgo thcmsolvci} of tho contompt. The decision of tho court will probably be given this afternoon. Lancaster, Juno 27 --This afternoon thocom njicsioneis, Judges Brnysor and Long, roportod tho answers of tho thirteen Pittsburg CouncilAicn to tho writ uf attachment for contompt. Tho court odjudeedthem guilty of contempt, aud tboy wore hold in $l,OOO bail oacli to answer at tho fall torn) of tbo Bupromo Bench to bo held at Pittsburg. Writs of attachment wore ordered to bo ipaued against twelve other members of the same Coun cil, aud also a writ to show cause why an at tachment chonld not issue against tho entire body This will bring nil tho Pittsburg Couueil wen beforo thoSupTomo Court next fall. The auswor of the Councilmon indicated Jhoiv willingucjo to endeavor to eocure tho passage of an ordinance providing for tho levy or a tax , and it waa with this understanding thut iho court de ferred seutcnco. Kxplosion ol' a Lake Propeller Lo3a or litre. Chioaoo, Juno 2/. — I The propeller KeuoJia, of the CoUingwood and Chicago line, oxploded her boiler when off Bhcboygan. yesterday, killing Cuk tis Benton, tho clerk, and Miebaol Carey, tho first engineer. Three of tho deck handu end tho cham bermaid woro dangerously injuyod. Chicaqo, Juno 27.—*^Tho following ara also amore tho killed by tho explosion of the propeller Reno aha: Ralph Shepard, ougiueor ; Margaret Hmrp, ebambonuuid; DeuinMuhan, deck hand; Daniel Carey, fireman, and Another deck hand, nnmo un known. Robort (Jrageu, Iho second uiato, is dangerouslv Injured. ” J A Negro Kiiliinppeil at Washington, 0. Washington, Fajetto county, Ohio, Judo 27.- An oicitomont wns created hero thla morniDc by tho kidnapping of it nogro, immed John Marshalf, by tbreo mon who arrived in tbo midnight- train from Cincinnati. They took Marshall away in Iho 6 o’clock tram, and atartod, it ia supposed, tor Cin cinnati without bringing him beforo the (own au thorilios. Deputy Sheriff Johnson and Constable Black moro started in hot pursuit of tho kidnappers but nothing has yot boon hoard from them. Marshall has stated that ho was a freomoo, though born n' slovo. Bawdy Hook, N. Y., Juno 27—Midnight —Up to this hour there kavo boon no signs of tho Btoamor Great Fastorn, now fully duo, if she eon tinned hor pnflsngofrom Southampton. StarUd tho 10th Inst. Tho woathor is oloudy. Departure of the Niagara* Boston, Juno 27.— I Tho stoamship Niagara Bailed at 10 o’clook this morning for Liverpool, with oighty-niuo paesengors, and $277),000 in specie. The Steamer Kangaroo at New York. New York. Judo 27.—Tho stonmship Kangaroo from Liverpool, on the 13th inst., has boon signalled bolow. Her ndvioeshavc been anticipated. The I’vnctlcc-Ship Plymouth. Norfolk, Juno 27.—Tho prnotico-ship Ply mouth Bailed to-day for Fayal. Cadis, Madeira, oto. Sho will bo absont about threo months. No Signs of the Great Eastern* New -York, June 27-2 o’clook P. M.—Tbo steamship Groat Eastern hag not yot been signalled from Sandy Ilookj though hor arrival was confi dently expeoted this morning.’ tnMORE,June “Flour steady; llow/ud-Rtreel •SAgO. Wheat firm ami in demand ; now rod 91. W; old .■jl-jijOl 40; wluto Sl.lOitPl GO. Cnrn Bteadr. Frovi sipn’i nfenily fit tho former rates. Whiskey dull at 20?fc* Ameuioah lNi)iAi;n EnuaTiNa in the hnmsit Ansiy —lt in stated in n Canadian pansr that at a dinner giyen by tbo ehiofaof tbe Hix Notion?, in honor of tho birthday of hor Majesty tho' Queon of Croat it was stated that a number of In dians of tho Bis Nations had enlisted in tho 100th, or Royal Canadian Roglinont, and woro acquitting themselves ns regular soldiers with riuoh oredit. This is probably the first instance of North Ameri can Indians appearing in tho ranks of tho British ermy as regular uniformed soldiers. TUB EXECUTIVE SESSION, TREATV POSTPONED. - ■ ■ «■ Michigan l'olilictu The Great. Eastern* NOT arrived at midnight. Markets tiy Telegraph. tfEOM CALIPOBEfXA. A.KItIYAT- OF THE NORTHERN LIGHT. A million and a half in treasure. Testimonial to Broderick, LATER FROM SOETtt AMERICA. INDEPENDENCE OF BOLIVAR DECLARED- Ffom Chili mid the Pacific Coast. ; The stcamor Northern Light, from Aspinw&U Juno 19th, arrived at Now York yesterday, bring ing tho mails from California, and over $1,500,000 In troasuro. SPECIE 7.IST. Atlonfc i'aoSSdo. 820zWiTiKlti.Modahilt* . Win Hole & C0....;.50,000 Co s«,]& Howto»A K pim™ll.!3.6So!.T BOaUill 4.100 •0rder......■ ■ 12,C00|PNa*lor ....... 10,0 0 W'iiSahgnmn &. C0..35.200 Jcnnhigß & Browator 10.000 W*m Horor & Co 40.0/51 Am Ex Bank 101,000 J Strauss. lints &• Co, 32 41)3 Ewrono Kelly fc Co.. 03 W 0 lie lUicimX Co.—. 70 700lCH Crosby 8 600 II Cohn & Co.. 14,003 Horbook & Co 2.W0 •Wallin & Sanders.... 21 000 CII Mallory. ........ 3670 /Einstein a 8r05... 1 e an Rosenbaum &Co ‘.1.600 Jiia Patrick 5c C0....'38 000 Rich Patrick..--..... 27 WO 7rraad\roll& Co 15.000 Hodman & Co 63 (‘DO iKer .. 5.000 Wells, Fargo & Co. .203 QUO Etnmbror & C 0...... 6 000 Freeman 4.,500. - ( ' ~, . Another plan by these sculptors la as follows: A Grccian-Doric obolfsK; and, although plainer than tho last iu detail, is muoh hotter proportioned, and much moro appropriate In design,. It hoars tho game motto, and would cost $7,500. A fourth plan is by tho same sculptors. It is similar in general design to tho last, but muoh moro elaborate, being in the “ Renaissance” style. Tho mouldings of tho baso and tho fillets, whioh divide tho.shaft into four cccticms, aro enriohed, ns ijlso tho orown mouldings of the pedestal, an 'Amerioan flag hangs-drooping over tho top of thbobsllsk. Tho lower section of tho obelisk Is also'sculptured with a bunt of Brodoriok, end tho plinth boars the same inscription. It will cost $0,600 Mr. D. Sullivan has submitted seven plans for monuments, whioh yory-muoh'tosi’mb.lo each other in design. Thoy aro intended to cost from $B,OOO to $lO,OOO each. They arc obelisks, with panelled pedestals intended fcrv.ornamontatlon. ; Fivo of thoso aro from olghty-fiviTtb' mnbty-Gvo feet in height, about twenty foot at tho baso. tho pedestal about fourteen foot high, and tho obtlisk onout ton feat at its baso. Two moro are abopt eighty foct high, tho obelisks sixty feet, and tho base about nineteen .feo‘t, and tho wbolo column gay twenty four feet coro3B tho baso. : FROM SOUTH AMERICA, Ths UflclGo Steam Navigation Company’s steam ship Lima arrived at Panama on tho sth instant, . bringing flfty-.tevon passengers and $327,077.65 in treasure. Cargo for New York.-— 4G ooroons bark, 29 bales goat.skins; for 25 Backs aniseed and 54 bales general merchandise. Tho Lima brings dates from Valparaiso to tho 18th, and Callao to tho 29th May, and from Paitn to the Ist Juno. Tho nows from this Republic is very scant. Tho Indians on tho frontier aro quiet, and tho inhabi tants aro rebuilding the towns. The projeotof ex tending tho Santiago Railroad to the- city of San Fernando seoms likoly to bo carried into effect. From tho mining districts tho nows is most fu7o* rablo. Letters roooivod in Valparaiso, by way of Mon-' tovideofroia Stanley Bay (Malvinas Islands,) dated Maroh 17th, state that tho Amorioan ship Soa Bangor, from Liverpool to California, was wrecked oho huudred and twenty miles from this place— crow and part of tho cargo saved. .. FROM BOGOTA. IMPORTANT PROCEEDINGS IN CONGRESS. By tho Gohoonor Nautilus, at Agpinwpn. tho mails from Oarthagenn to tho Ist Juno have been received. ' -It Is reported that the Congress at Bogota has passed a gonoral amnesty law, and modified tho “’Election law.” It Is not'stated whether Morquora is inclmiod in tho general amnesty/ but it i 3 to bo presumed that ho ia. . - XATnn.—'i'ho steamer Princo arrived at Aspin- Avail on tho Oth instant, wijh date 3 from Bogota .to tbo 15th of Slay, and from Garthagona to tho Ith Juno,.„. -k ( had adjovirnetj on tho 1-IIU uU.' ' ; A card baa been published in lit Tiempo, signed Jry tho delegates from tho States of Panama and Sontandor, bringing forward General Mosquera as a candidate for tho Presidency. Kioto has dcclarod tho State of Bolivar inde pendent of the’Gcnoral Govormuont. Magdalena had followed, and it was expected that tiautandor would vory noon also dcolaro its independence. Death oi* G. 1\ 11, James, the Novelisi [From tho Now York Boat, 37th.J George Philip ltalnforth James, of whoso death wo aro apprised by tho arrival of tho Europe, was born in Hunovbr Square,. London, in 18lH, and wont to school to a Frcnca emigrant at Greonwioh, from whom ho early aoquired a taste for French litora* taro and history. When fifteen yoars old ho wn3 sent to Franco, his stay iu that country lasting sovoral years. Ho early exhibited a fondness for writing, and somo of hie manuscripts coming io the notice of Washington Irving, that gentleman advised him to undertake somo work for tho preas. In consequence of this advico, James wrote and publitshou a Life of IZdxoardy the Black Prince. Ilia first novel, was written iu 1827, whon ho was twonty-uix yoars old. the manuscript having first received tho warm commendation of Walter Soott. Professor Wilcon, of. tho Nodes Amlrosiana % also says r “ Richelieu is one of tho most spirited, .amusing, and interesting romances levor road; characters well drawn—incidents woli managed— atory perpetually progressive—catastrophe at onco natural and unexpected—moral good, but not •goody—and the wholo felt in every chapter to bo tho workofagontleman ” , Tho BUSCOS3 of thie work decided Mr. James’s career, aud from tint date to tho year of his death bo was mi indcfatigablo romanco writer. His romances wore almost ontlroly founded on histori cal facto, uud tho subjects wore drawn from pvory ago and clime. Attila and Arabolla Stuart both find their lives recorded iu his pages, and Asia -and Amorica aro alike the scenes of hi 3 numerous , dories. To givo a list of his works would make this article read like a book eoHor'n catalogue, fi3 bio writings whon pub lished numbered no less than one hundred and ninety volumes, including fifty-ono works In three volurao?, two iu •four volumes, six in two volumes and seventeen In one volume, most of thorn post-octavo sire. Tho most popular of these, in addition to thoso already specially mentioned,' aro “Agnes Sorel” (1853), « Arrah NeU” (1815), “Onstlo of Ebtonutoin” (1817), “ Heidclborg” (1846), “ MorloyJhmUoiu 1 (1812), aud tho “Life of Ohurlomaguo (1832), which latter WB3 highly praieed by Do Quincey.' His lmt work, published »n 1859, is called “Tho Cavaliers.” Probably the litorary fecundity of Mr. James has never been surpassed by any olhor writer ia the language. Mv. Jamea’a literary merit and ability wen not unrecognized by tho English Government, whioh so frequently honors its litorary cubjccts. For a few months during tbo reign of William IV., Mr. Janioo bold tho postet “historiographer of Great Britain,” and in 1850 lio was appointed British consul to Norfolk, Virginia. Wmlo hero he mtido an oxtonsivo Araerionn acuuaintanoo, and tho Har pers, not long after, published now editions of his works. In 1838 ho was promoted to tho consul shipped Venioo, and it was naturally expected that •the infiuonoo of tlmtjromantlo city would result in a new romance of loaal situation; but this antici pation was not fulfilled.' - Romo two months slnoo he was attacked with paralysis, find it is probably owing to anothor attack that ho has at longth suc cumbed, though wo aro not yet informed of tho particulars ofhis death. Although James, qithhis “solitary horseman,” has boon Iho butt of considerable ridicule, and thq subject of various “slashing” reviews, not a fow distinguished critics ofFnaland have recordod their admiration of his works. Leigh Hunt says: “I hailovory fresh publication of .Tames, though I half know what ho is going to do with tho lady "and gen tleman, and hia land e oapo, and his mystory, and his orthodoxy, and his criminal trial. But I am charmed with tho now nrmisomont whioh ho brings mlt of old materials. I look on him ns a musician famous for ‘variations.' ” Hunt further character ized his works ns allbrding “ interest without vio lonco. and entertainment nt onoo animated and mild” And Alison adds: “Ho possesses groat pictorial powors, and a remarknblo fnoility of turning hi 3 graphio pen at will to tho delineation of tho most, opposite sobnon, manners, find social customs. * * *' * Not a word or a thought which can pain the purest heart over escaped from his pen; and tho mind, woarlcd with tho cares and grieved with tbo soltbbness of tho world, rc vorta with ploaouro to his varied compositions, which portray, porhops in too brilliant colors, tho ideas and.manners of tho olden timo.” Mr. James undoubtedly emulated Walter Scott. 110 did not roach tho point of hia nrabition, how* ovor. and it is not probnblo that many ofhis works will l.ivo lons aftor him. Aa an oornost, entertain ing, and much-abused wrilor, who has given great pleasure to myriads of readers, and ns a courteous and reapeoted gontloman, he deserves a more than, passing mention. Cause and Effect.— I The effects of tho Sicilian insurrection aro beginning to ttill in tho market. Brimstone, sqmno, oranges and lemons, and other ■Sicilian nnd Neapolitan produco have risen from five to twenty per pent, sinoo the first nows of tho landing of Garibaldi. There is as yet no prospect of a tarn In tho majkot in favor of bnyora. Pianos and Mhuodeons.—During tho present month those instruments (Raven, Baoon, «fc Cd., Hallot, Davis, & Co., and others’ jPianoa, and Ala son & Hamlin's Molodeons) will bo sold vory low for cash, io rcduco on immense stook. J., E. Gould, Seventh and Chestnut streets. T H E" C I T Y. amusements this evening. MnDotiocoii-n Gaieties, Raoa otiest, Dolow Thlid.- l-nterfc&inmenls nightly, PBNNoyi.vAnrA /.CADEMT 07 Fike Arts, 1025 Chest nut street.—Tho 37th Annual Exhibition. National Hall Market, above '.Twelfth street.*- “ Solomon's Temple. * Meeting op the City Democratic Exe cutive OoliiliTflift*—Last ©voning, the City Do mocratio Executive Committee met at Flanagan’s Hotel, Sixth atroot, below Bade. Ton members word present—Messrs. McCarthy, McGrath, Mo- Mullen, McCnhon, Ryah, Campbell, Downing, Connery, Dunn, and Gamble. .John McCarthy, of tho Second ward, was oleoted presldont, and John Campbell, of tho Seventh ward, secretary. A re solution was adopted, calling a mass mooting on Saturday ovoning, in Jndcpondonoo Square, to ratify tho nominations of Douglas and Johnson. It was agreed, also, that tho vorihU3 .ward organi sations bo requested to hold mootings thiß evening in their respective wards, i'or the pUrposoof mailing arrangements for ib© mass mooting on Saturday evening. At tho mooting lost evening thorc woro bat ton of tho membors presont out of twonty-four, thoro being ono roprc3entativo from bach ward in tho ccininlttoo. It is understood that thoro nr© thir teen of tho members in favor of tho Douglas and Johnson ticket, ton fo"r Breckinridge and Lane, and ono who i 6 non-committal. Boing aca ndidato for a Bow office in tho fall, ho has thus far declined to Ink© either sido. Tho ton in favor of Brookinridgo aronll ufiido-holdors under tho Fodernl Govern mont, holding positions either in tho custom house, p iat office, or navy yard. It will thus bo soon that tho friends of Douglas have a oloar majority in tho committee, without counting tho member who is undecided as to what course ho will tako. It was announced last ©voning that a call had been propared by tho minority mombors of tho committee, representing tho Buchanan interest, for 'k mass meetiug on Monday evening in Indepen dence Square, to ratify the nominations of Breckin rUgoand Lano. Among tho speakers announced for this mooting j wero Messrs. Fitzpatrick, of Ala bama, Benjumln, of Louisiana, Burnett, of Ken tucky, and Cushing, of Massachusetts. Tho call was stated to bo by order of tho City Executive CuimniHee, but uono of tho committee, aafar as wo could learn, attached thoir names to it, The Alleged Increased Mortal!it at the ALuanouai;.—On Monday lact, in Common Council, Mr. James Armstrong, of tho Third ward, introduced a resolution, which waa adopted, pro viding fer tho appointment of a soloofc committee of flvo mombero to inquire into tho alleged increased mortality in tho Almshouse, undor it 3 present ma nagement, compared with that under tho old ad- mnistralion, of a Board of Guardians elected by tbo people. Thin statomeathaa oxeited considera ble discussion in various quarters, bobg tbo first charge of mismanagement which has boon brought forward against-tho present Board, who are gen ; tloman of undoubted character and standing in tho community. The mombors of tho presont Board of Guardiuns express thoir entiro willingness to submit to the most rigid sorutiny into all thoir official aots, and tho results flowing from thoir system of manage ment, In order to arrive at a oorroot conclusion a* to the truthfulness of tho statomont put forth by Mr. Armstrong, wo havo been.furnished, from ro uble sources, tho following statistics, showing tho rates of mortality in the House within tho period embraced in the comparison mado by Mr. Arm strong, from which it appears that, instead of thoro being an incrcßeo in the number of deaths since the presont B&nrd came in power, thoro has boon a deoroaso of 11 por oent. comparod with what it was under tho old Board, with a population of about tho samo number. Tho present Board assumed powor on tho -lth of J uly last; so, in order to giro a fair comparison be tween iboir management and tho former Board, the statemont wo give below is takon as far hack as July 1,1858, tho period of time embraced in the comparison mado by Mr. Armstrong. Tho ftverogo population of tho bouae, from July 1.1858, to January 1,18511, was 2,102. Duringtho Mine period tho number of deaths wo/ 330. From , January 1, 1850, to July 1, 3859, the population everaged 2.021, and the deaths during the same timo were 325, making a per oentago of deaths to tho population for tho year of 25 13-100. From July 1, 1859, to January 1, 1860, the ove rage population was 2,442, and tho deaths 271. From January 3,1850, to Juno 23, the average population was 2,598, and tho deaths 313. Esti mating 0 deaths to toko place from Juho 26 to July 1, would mnko the number of deaths, within tho past six months, 318—which shows a porccntago for the year, upon tho average of population, of 23 37-100, or li per cent, less than under tho for* mer administration. • This mortality, upon tho ratio of population; may seem largo, but it must bo considered that it is based upon tho average population, and not tho whole number of inmates of tho institution, it bcim? estimated that some 8,000 persons aro annually ad* milted and discharged from tho houso. Another portion of Mr. Armstrong’s comparison referred to tho inoroasod number of deaths in tho lunatlo department undor‘the new Board. This would seem not to bo substantiated by tho record, for wo find tbaUor the first six in onths of 1859, tho number of doaths in that department was 43 ; for tho luat eix months of 1859, 30; and for tho first months of 1860, 37 ; with about tho same number of inmalod as during tho first period named. The matter Is in tho haudsof a competent corn uutteoof Councils, who will proceed to make tho ntoessary Investigations, aud report. .; Fifth Baptist Cmmuir.—Operations have already been commenced toward tho orootion of tho now edifioo of tho Fifth BapiUi Church of ibis city. Iho lot is situated at tho northwest corner of Spring Gordon and Eighteenth streets, and has a front of 90 foot on the former, and a depth of J 72 feci on tbo lattor streot. Tho plan which has beon adopted will embraoo a maiu cdifico, fronting on Spring Garden street, to aocommodato ono thousand portion:!, with a ohapol or icoluro-room on tho roar of tho lot, having a front on Eighteenth street of 10 foot, and extending in dopth 80 feet, and capa bio of seating 100 persons. There will bo an infant school-room connecting tho main edifice with tho chapel, to aocommodato 200 children. Tho stylo of architecture is that usod in Eng land in tho thirteenth oonlury. Tho walls aro being oomUrueted of Trenton brown atone. Tho towor will bo ul tho corner, and will bo detached, except that it will connect by corridor with tbo vcstibulo, and will form ono of tho principal en trances. Thoro will bo a similar \cstibulo at tbo opposite intersection on Spring Garden street, as nl;;> an entrance from Eighteenth street. The towor is to bo of atone to tho height of HiO foot, and to bo surmounted by a handsomer spire built of wood, aud covered with elate. The Interior is to bo finished in keeping with tho stylo or archi tecture, aud will be both chasto and beautiful Tbo windowa are to bo of stained glass, und the baptistery will be of a different construc tion from any in tho oily, and calculated to obvlato tho difficulties that sometimes attend on administering tho ordinance in baptisteries jTbs pastor’s study, oommitteo rooms, and candi dates’ rooms, aro all oonvouicntly arranged, und ; tbo wholo boiug connected and in tho aowo Qtyle ; will malco this church cdifico, both as to interior and exterior, one of the most beautiful in the oily. Tho cost of the building, including .furnishing, Ac., will be about $lO,OOO, exclusive of tbo lot» cost $11,625. Tho lcoture-room is fast pro gressing, and will be ready for uao In October. Tho main building ia to bp finished in one year from that time. Tho question or removal and building, which has exorcised tho old Fifth Church for some ticno past, is now finally decided, and tho work actively pro gressing. are. continued at tho old houso In Sansom street, the pastor, Rev. M Winston, preaohing morning and afternoon on the Sabbath, and on Tuesday evening of each week. • Tms Proposed Philadelphia Steamship Companiv —Quito a munorousand respectable com pany of gontlcuion assembled nt the rooms oi the Board of Trade, last evening, to hoar from Capt. T. J. Cram, of the United Stales Topographical Engineers, William Mont Storm, Esq., engineer of Now York, and Walter Campbell, Esq., onglnoer of Now York, an explanation of the proposod lino of steamers to run botwcon Philadelphia and Cali fornia, and botwoon this city and Europo. Thin plan was originated somo time since by Captain Henry Randall, and has been frequently explained to tho readers of The Press. In tho courso of Captain Cram’s remarks ho took occasion to make a comparison botween tho imports and exports to Now York, and those of Philadelphia. 110 contended that tho foreign dry goods trndo from Erropo to this city, via Now York, wns oxtonsivo onough to support a lino tallow falling upon him atThain’a oandlo factory. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The 3loitey Muvkct. PutLABELPHIJI, Junes?, ISoQ. Tiie stock market rotiticues firm, but there i« little doing. Inve»tmcnl securities are much sought for at advancius rates. Tkausaclions to*das were on a Umited soile. BohujOkiU Navigation preferred advanced hi- Navication coimnou stock ia firm at nreviovs nuo* titiona, there hfline mor© buyer* than sellers, holder# preferring to wait for a lurlhpr. advance, which is UVely to tako place, in those shares Chestnut ami Walnut- Btrcet Tassfunter Railway sliares sold at 23 Lein* «u advance of M ; Green and Coates declined }i. Bobs minn Copper Mm : ng rtook ib very heavy, in coaee nuonco of the Bostonians bavin; flondod the umkel; Bdiomnn was quoted in Boston on Thursday last at $4.25 and sales vers mado at $5 per share. On the same dav itsold in fhiseity atsSiS. Tho following is theamnuntofco.il tmuspo*ted over the Hazleton Railroad, for the week ciuJing Juno 73. 1=50: frevioualy. Tolftl. ~ , 4 ... Ton* Owl, Tons; »v?t. Ton*, r.wi, Hazleton Jlinc!s 4 05213 fin.B'9 12 70.

a 03 8 872 07 B.WB u?- Hatleigli l.Eto 07 22.181 Ol 2».O01 08 Jeddo I,lB< W). 15621 31 17,1 w H Total. Last year.. .W 544 13 an 674 02 579513 15 ' ■1227.7 U 7 102.70111 204502f0' Increase 5 587 05 • fi.SJo 15 Shipments of Coal by tho Ba-clay Railroad and Co** 1 Company: Itor.tho weekending June 23,1860 Previous shipments Ainount fur Iho ae*son Amount shipped to same date lost year. JncreaEO ......1,173.15 The following is the coal toanaje of tho Shamokin Valley audrottarilio Railroad Company: For woek'cndinr June S 3. Same tiuio last year.,..., ; jsus 15310C4 Philadelphia Stock Exchange Sales, Juno 27, 1863. RsroRTBD Br 8. E. Slaymaksr, Siiif Waluul Street. FIRST BOARD. 1000Lehirii V a 165...~ lOOBoh’ll Nev prf..... S 3 JOOOPenn’ftßealetmtjitf £0 d 0.... zj'V TiW do.. . lntmt.livi 3 Morris C‘l prf.....J14 AWO Roatiiiußo«’7o... 804 .10 Gr A: Coates *.*!?« CCicst & Wnln’t... 2) 10 do 2W 1 LcluphScripc’sh. 33r, 50Fob Mining.....to. Sii 10 do u’ah. 3i&» 20 Csly 8auif......... 41 3 do o’sa. 2 Meoh'e B’k S^lsi IS W Phi hi R 67?, / l 8 do s»‘?i M Sob’ll Wav Com-., tfil -1 do..- W) do.—. 87il 2 Girard Bank. Win BKTWBEN BOARDS. 70tH) Reading R6a 7 d.. SIV I 1500 Wilm R6aC Sc Pi . 27 IUW Pittsb 6s Con isi'd. 15 i • yECONU BOARD . >. 500 Peuu'a S 3 - 06 5 Ponn’a R ... 3S l * LWCity On C* V RJLV 6 d 0....-- as. l * J£OQ Reading R Ca 70 SI Ch !c Walnut-sts... iWv extended ...... 52*4 JJ6 (to I*s. 233* JiXW Elmira Cli«t J 05.... 21?* 25 Del l)iv Canal 49.*t» otwoXPcm'nßCscasli. 71*4 OCHm&AmR. HB.*« 2000 7l\j JO Un B’*.Tomi So** 6 Almeliiil R 6J JO do JV*i iFcun’aß ysvi PK JJiJ. Asked. PhilaaolphiaGa..ioi. t i MiV l'ttii&esil JOJ-’s i’iitla fa...uew..lol'i liu!S Penna 53 C 6 96*i Readiti* R....... 2 >4 20V Rending bda 70.. 81V 81*-; Read intCa 71.. IWV m Read ml 6s ’&>... 7-lJi 75 Peima R 33V 5S7| Penna Jl 2d mtCs S3-j" SO Morris Uni eon.. 61V 63 Morns Cnf prf. IJ-I Soil N Cs’32 mod'73V 71 fiofmvl N avlui63.Bl 81 RdmjlNavOtk.. b'l 9 Eoho.jl Navpif.. 22 rj.V ICJSS-DUIL. Bid, Aikui \Yk Kl"u lmtg..6i 70 Long IsM It .. LF* 12 3 n « eli'Ol Jc N dvofl'OCi W l oil Cl & N Scrip 3P‘«{ 3t5?L Nor»h Fonnaß... a?* a/j N Tempi K 6a. ....'Mltf 7l» a N Benin R J05...97 94 Cata R lat int bdS.OOJa 31 Frkfdit *outh .... 51 Beu L Tiid Bts R .. 47 Race AVipe-6tR.31 33 Woat Phila R S7H M Spruce & Fine irreen A Coates..'.’LV 21)if Cheat &: WcJnut.is. l a 29‘-s Vhihideljrltiiu .Markets. Juke"/—Kveniks. Flour,—Tho market is talhor quiet to-day ; holder?} howovor, are firm m their demands, and the only sake we hear of are COO Mila standard superfine, tnottly frtsk ground, at 88. CU; SCO bbl* Bread-street Mllls.aohoica brand, also fresh ground, at s{fb7>- and 200 lib’s good Lauoaator oouuty extract the fame price, ail taken for shipment. dhe sales to the trado are to a moderate ex tent only at the above rates for superfine aril extras; and S'fia»’ bM lor extra family and fancy lota, in quality. Jljo Flour ie lield nt S 3 67K, and Pennsylva nia Corn Menial. £3.i7,S bbl, withoutsa‘ea. Wnu.u.—Thoro is vi*r* littlo movemert; sales m o’udo bout 3 000 I'Ui in lots, nt £!.32tf137 for fair o prime Pcnn'jlvsnia Hed ; ST3S2>I.4- for Delaware, and if l 45®1 ?0 for. White. Bye ia rather belter, and about rWO bu Venus) Ivnnu fold at 770. Corn is not vory fic tive at the advance, and pome 3,000 bu ' ollow tumid buyers at 700 ibr rrimo Delaware, afloat. «ud 60«rt20 for inferior Into. » ats nro unchanged. with snips of a.COO tu Pennsylvania st 4i)c, ami l.toi) bu Delaware at 23c. JUbk is quiet, at $23 tvn for lit No. 1 Clueroition. F Cotton.— There w limbing newin the marks , und a email business only to note at about previous rales. Gkoceolus.—'There is very lilUadomg.audno chan** to noto m the martot. , pßOV!6i'*bB.—' The market c«'ntlnu*B firm and on the advance, the hiph viewer of bidders limiting the opera tions in most kirnb 50 casks liioon Hath* sold >«t J£c» and 200 liorceß bard at U)#c. short time, now btld hi. li or. Butter and Clicoso a’o unchanged. Whisky —the demand m modorato, but ho’dersars firm and the stock light with furthersalesof Porfibjl vrmu M>ls,at2liT2-lic, Wisterndo 22c,drudge2Vo, and hlids at 20J«c gallon. P»cw York Markets Yesterday -A'MliM.—Tho rnartot ia stand.-. §3 25 Air Pot?, and 65 75 tor Pear!?. Flour. Advicespar Euron*oncourarosmrpers.and considerable butancM has been done in State and Western Flour, chiefly Air export, At nu advance nt on yestonlny’s prions Reucjots to-day amount to 11 *!>erfin» Western; S 3 Goa'S 73 for common to medium lots d<-, and §s.iisvrsPsfors!iiprme brands ol extr* ronml-lioop Ohio. Southern Flour is m*>r« aotivo and steady, with b’lps of 1 MO bids at §sfiO*C for mixed to met!, and §6,0we.57.5il for fancy and extra. Cannda Flour is bet ter, Tritn sales of 2.W> hbts extra at $0.00*7 50, Bye Flour is quiet S2Mff4 20. Oom Meal is dull and un changed. ■jßain.—Tlio receipts of to-day hem? mostly disposed of previous to arrival, the busmen* has beonßoniawbai limited, but in view of the favorable news from Europe, priocT have timlcriono no change of n mnent There coiptnnnioantto 33 bOQnuß.whiln tho 3ales reported thus far airirrcjmto lOOoftbiißat §1.33 for Milwaukee ‘Hut), jlyo is nominal af.K?c» font is in steady request at frill prices. Ti'ith receipts of 43 4(n bus, and weosunuly hoar ol'saloy nf 20 000 Inis at 67£r6So for w rstonnnixod. In (»atn thoro - b nlsomnio doin« at 37ff4uc for Southern and Jersey, and 40*12 Air Northern and Western. I'nniisiONs.—Provision's opened quietly attho drains prices ot jPGtordny, with Giles of IcO bbls at §18.62>3 fcr $lB Ibrold do t 513.P2 for now Prime, su > §l3 GO«Id do. IJeof is quint, With sales of IQO h*»'B it w 75 pr country Prime; 84i0fiTfifo* country Mots, Ss'j)l2 W for extra Mens, Beef Rama are dub SlutfMC. prime, fttess Reof ia nominal nt $l3OlB. Cut meats nro quiet at lor Shoulders, ami o;fi*i9;aO for Hams. Lard is firm, but quiet; sales oflOd bb!s at n5.(a512. , 4c. Blitter is quint at IO.DISo for Ohio, und lurioo for t tote. Cheose ib dull nt7t*Mo}»o. . Whisky is quiet, with sales of 1,000 bids at2l?ao. NEW YOKK CATTLE Juno 2?.- The total receipts were 4.807 Beeves. if>a Cows 1347 Veals, 10 M 3 Sheen find Lambs, and 2.4'Ji Swine-showing a decline of 371 Reeves and 815 Swne, and an increase of JO Cows, JS9 Veals, ana 2.830 Sheep and Lambs. The cattle market for fho week has been in the butcher’s favor L'o Ih. or $ aesd. For the vary best 9a9.U0 was paid, and for good fat Steers B?fc. The average o' all was less than B£rB>jC. The quality was excellent; two-lhirdsof the number yarded were of good plump, coin-fed Western Steens, The average weight of the enti o offering would be cvt. Many drovers will pn homo Without any profits. nr,d the jieonesMiave not made enough to mnko them r.o home jolly. The fact is that there are at»b- Kfiiher too mnnv cat.tlc Imre for rhe rearm Mason. The consumption of Beef lonoralk decreases when the thermometer rises abivefli degree?, But fow distillery led worn in market. , . (inn lot purehared nt * Naur, wild mil; cheap, and the speculator lost, mnatol the profits by the sudden ue parturc from thin world or one steer, that ooitld not stand rhe heal, nnd faluno o- trcmnportatton from the rapif'tl to this city, lie had done nothing but eat. drinki .and steep for seioo time, and could not stand the ohailtdi . , , - • ;SheMi j A!nbvftiei,i)*7rc lower, nnd plenty: we : flUOto.frtHri $3 BDr-Veals are lower, and in liberal siprljv Wo mint* ut ex ra Co. Milch Cove nro tiull at SSotf uJ. very. lew over 540. Smino are ip demand at6H«t6?iq for common to prime. Tons. Cwt. .... I.4SHH 7,463 03 ..fl.osr oi 7.4»7 03 W6ok. Year. 4MI 01 " 7SOJS43 .4,183 17 $: 674 Vj with small sales'?, t