■lj. » . »«■" ■ W-.■/.>.!! .>'! BTJKIUJ*KEaOETS. ?■■ «*>•.< . — _ . w**m ' Whitb *cirßO*|p*l!W«, Casatexiana ru»inci H>i*in* HoTii. W. Jj, — ... , r./aM,- yniov»;BrmiM» I Kai(«*,.C6j«k»)yWiv.v*;* - • a*.. ;• Basaoa’a BotbW Atlaabo CiW ~ JS.Wioa Hoaaa. Hoaat aJtM. Bakßrltau “•>» Low* Baaca <?y XartMioa. W. J Arnica* Ocaaa Boc*B.aa»aWaa<i,J«.J. ■ ; Nanaatt JMw. ?• >, Ifanan Hooaa, AiSkb® Oity,B J. Oaaaaaaa J. Br*a Batai. ABaiba Jf./J. Uinraa BMnafbWß.. Atiaatia City.Baw Jaraer. MalM Attaabo Cttr„R.J.' HatV«Koaal.tl>aol>T’a Moaatala.M.J. o»»wai»*<«?*vOaHt«laiHl. KawJaraaj, Oavaaaa* HaM'.'Oaaii Itiaad.Na» Jatan. .' Dnawama Kant. Cana Mud, H.J. ta'aa4,ir./... ; ' , Aaaaieui laland, H.J. , Qnm ftiatM JTotmV Loan Bmaek, W.J. - ’ SBUa*tnnHtm, Minatiaa Haaak, H- )• '.• Lmaaaaa Tati*r Hoora. Labacoa.fa. , Itnuti Moaßraiaßrarata, Laaeaatar eo» ra. laamo (Iraiaaa. CanMaao.rpa. OaßaiaLß Waira *¥Ly«ca Crania*. CattbarUad oo •nraoaa Bram»a. BMford ad. Fa. Ots Bun Bntiaaav Badnatt.. Fa. Toirtura Horn, Haw Hrraa.Ccta. Sacanoa’a Bata HarfeiOaitfiml. Ogam > Maaatoa’Hocia ABaalieWtTiß'l' ' l-iacr Bona Cerraaa. ttiaatfa City. N. J. ' Aiora turon’) Ea*> i..AttaabeCUy, H.J. Ci t Jms. THOBSDAY, JVhY 12, 1860. THE WEEKLY PRESS* PovgATBEDAY >»t, a aowbubaad eu be had at the OSes. ia wrasse ta. ready for audliaf. It eoataiua the - VERY LATEST HEWS FROM ALL QUARTER*. Aa mil m Edtorialaoa all tha aotalar toaiea of t Ill ray. Wo *TMk.IT Hi« tabdahed ta bettar sailed for, vataosaia the eltr ta aiali to taairtrieada poto> town, aa a shuts cosy <a a eoaiftata history of tba time for tha preeediai malt. '"'V. TBeVsEKLY PRESS if fhrniahsd tosakeenbsisak •> tar raar.ia sdvsooe, forth* atoala oo»y, and to tllabsof Twenty, when sent to oae addraaa, Sao. in ah aaaoa. Siaala aoaiaa for. alia at the couuter of Thu fn ns* OSes, In wraseera, ready formatting. Visit Pass—Newa of Literature and Art; Wlttkamp’aßoioao add Juliet; Reply of, James O. Tan Dyke, Esq., to Collector Baker; Perso-. sal; -Obituary ; Pennsylvania' New*;, Pnlitieal Focuru Pass.—A Chapter of florrora; Bofftnar, tha. Defasltar; General Ntwa; Marine Intelli gence. ■ •• ’* 'V The News. We hare a little later news from Europe by the Arabia. A latter from Borne, received Jane 23tb. ttfi a battalion of Iriih has been organised. It is eaUad tha Battalion of Saint Patriek. Tha Vienna oorrespondest of tbe London Times says a igrast anmher of Irishmen continue to pass through Vi enne on their stay to Trieste and Ancona. The writer says many of them wish to return to tieir homes, but they are obiigad to go on to Italyas ihay haro no money with which to pay their ex pen see back to England. Tha Now York journals an denouncing the So- Tenunent officers for arranging to .hang Hioks, tho pirate, in pablie. Tha Peet of last erasing says:. “Bat by whosa.oldsr or eontrivsnce 1* it that,the Government sets,ihe example of reviving the odious* eoitomofpublinexecutions?. Bedloe’sl*laad,the place selected for the ezeoatlon of Hicks,-though separatod irom the eity by a mile or two of water, is as public s plied alaeostu the Park, or Union. Square. A row or sail of half an hour will bring every vessel In the harbor within tight of thin gib*, hat. But if Hichi is to be executed publicly—ii, hie dying quivers are tu be made a spectacle to.tbe, mob—why net, bang him near. Washington's sta tue, or in the Central Park ? A great, many mote ruffians and brutes* might be sademmodated in these localities than in the site wbioh has been sc 7 leeted.” Charles Sumner, delived. ah address last evening before tbe Republicans of New York, at CoopetV Inttftute. The topic was: “The Republican Par ty ; its Origin; Necessity, and Permanence ’ 1 ' The commencement exercises at Bart mouth Col, leg* will be held on the 25th tost. Chief dustier, Parley will deliver a eulogy on Bufus .Choate In the mornlng .'iin tho afternoon the literary eoofo. .ties .will be addressed by Hon. Edward Everett, and a poem be delivered by Mortimer Thompson . In the evening Colenel E. G. Parker will deliver an address before a convention of tho Psi Upeiloi Fraternity. Subject: “ The. Statesman and t tha Demegogne.” From Havana the latest dates an to the 4th. b< tba Karnak, arrived at New. York on Tuesday night. No news of special interest. . The Councilman are setting our municipal houti in order, before theirstntmervaeation.. Tbe hearlr of the reporters are gladdened with tha prospee. ot tha relief io store. - A special meeting of th. Selaet Branch waa held, yesterday. ’ The principal; topte under consideration was; the act, of the. Xf; gMature in relation to the pobliebnlldlngs. Mr fog aSered n series of resblntioha ratting forth that tha consent of Cdnneils’is necesaxryto the areetior of all pnblle buildings, that the set of the Legists tun Is violative of tbe mnnieipar nghts of tit. eity corporation, and directing the Solicitor to ten th* validity of tbe aet in the courta of the State, The matter still remains under consideration. Tb. Councils transacted several items ot railway busi aaas, and after passing a number of nnimportau' resolutions, adjourned. ; . Heury Creikey, Esqyhas resigned the presi dency of the Girard'Collego Passenger Railway, ’ The examination of applicants for adtuissibn inti, tba Girls’ High School has been eonolnded. Sixty . two pnplls have been admitted, with averages ranging from 55 to 81.6. The average ego of thoe. admitted la 15 yean, 6 months, and 26 days. Tb( : Morris, Northwest, and Meant' Verson - Sohooh' each send seven aehojars, the largest number sent tram any school. Twenty-one schools are tepre aentod. , . , "**"**. We print tbe correspondenee between President Buchanan and Queen Victoria relative to the vial of the Prince of Waiee to jbis country. Tbeoom mnnieations breathe a most friendly and gratify ing spirit. : - The Zouave oedetr, of Chicago, an eceentrV floatpany of military ghnUeuan, who are travel ling east to show the Yankees their military edu cation, were last heard from at Utica; N. Y., wherf they were last night. They are expected in New. York city on Saturday morning. , A telegraph sent to us by the Associated Vttsf »ya that the New Yorkers are orowdjngdhe Greer Eastern— 5,200 having gone there- yesterday—and the excitement to see the vessel la increasing. Gen. Callon, the ex-CRrk of the House of Re presentatives, has been tried on the charge of em bezslement, end honorably acquitted. Oar National Agrieulturfsts hate determined to hold the next Fair at Cincinnati, ebeomesoiog September 12th. The premium list amounts ,to $26,000. On account of the prevailing cattle dir ease n o cattle will be received- , The Paraguay oommiaslon In still in sesiloa iE Washington, ted will probably continue so foi two weeks longer. Parignay is represented by a. H. Carlisle, ;of Wsriitogton. The rumor tkatth.HosM printer w.B about to cfla.B opera tion. until the, Attorney Gueril r.mlerei fiV opinion be. di,ert4it»d. The Cot,oil* Committee'> report Is la 'the baud. of th. printer,. ; Th. print ing bill of Congress will ‘amount to $BOO,OOO. The senl-tnnml eomsoencemtnt of th* High fiehool will U«» pieae this morning »t Conoert Ball. The attendance will ho very large, and the ooeeilon of a most brilliant oharsoter, , The usual snmmer vicstlon oftLe pnbllo sehMls will commence: on Friday and eontlnoo foe'sli Writs.- That most accomplished and en.rg.tio offioer, Fin Manhil Bldokbarn; who hee mede a natloini r.petelion by his energy, ability, and sklll aaa in dateetWe, reports the p.rtloalare of is singular ease of fire,’which will he found' In cur ioactoo lumas. The details are,of.ati extraordinaryoka-, raster, and folia a m jaUrtottsand , Interesting chapter in the. history ef .fire deteotlro expert,, awe*. .1 -■ Tho Washington Market, the largest building of the kind in flow Fork,-dad oo&nmed' by in'last erenlng. ‘ v ;■ - ; We present to onr r.td.ri, on thetoarih ptgs, s chapter of horrors Woody eoough togretirythe most morbid. The swift retribution : adainlsteted. toe Borderer, to Iowc; theMstory and oonfeoton «t the villein Hicks, who dies to-morrew; the lynching of a horse-thief in lowAtmurtmlo charleston; further partloulars rf.the.'W'atton murder In Bair Fork, abd a. murder can inUutc ekaiotls, ate ail: minutely detailed. At part of tbs htatery of Am«rio»a crime, It ts appalllog to con-: ■ template. /js’cs: 'ft The rtoek Fieri exhibit.' BO chattge. ,/Fene sylranla Kali road gained i, cloring >t,29, white Beading wuquletet SI. ,: Otk.r «took.«xhlWua aa advance. '.Tha lour market Is aunttled, prices ; bring tower. Orate, generally, is dull Cotton is taeettee, tbetelMbrihgueelt:' tagtocertaaihna k a ateady-danand;' while the: provlrton market'll - to* .VWhlcky.,ls dpil. Thelfew Fork fcur, merit et Uaetlve; grain hi to feir.da saaadVprvviatoai are ineeUve, but Inn,- .while • whtohy Is'teiudy.V ' - Twrtve /y*teot« were lisned to Panntylranlur, M Owy, JouxiAL.-The City Journal, a aeatly-prt|isd aud W«U-;wrltte» ' areßlng jeuraai, hat aataa fittkfri tkto alw,‘. fee Liuoote, Hcmttii, ami CBr^%;teSi»M'i^tortW';^lpeai'44 general to aaaf toreeon pfri •*?&& dad af;;tet«tn|htew«ws,, Ihretga iwldoniaH^lttilaßatad.ssHartewaad; WW* tntey, JpMor,; .(femes*|to«»reNoaroix.—Th*'»ttouti<»*f ' > Ji 4inat*t to th» AfifteUMtoMt, wktoh -f .',:«mN'MiMl Ib tnolh.r nolson, rf thrtrivrMkly »?«** toNorfelk, 'jjunlanm of the Waited statVL.Se? . ■ .. . ,ri note. - ■ Vast results tuay depend upon the probable commission, of the United States Senate. atte£ the 4th of Hatch, 1861, eapcclaUy if ltr. In cols should he Elected; The following care fully-arranged table-will be-foundnsefnl: ,cr - ■ W»Hdj4 - •’ expire# « ; stiras. sixifos*- Hu’S I * x;v:l-?_ggfj$ Maine.,....'. 1 J , ? NawHampshire.. Clark.l ' 1 j Vermont 00Uamer........ .11' ; ManaohsMtis.... - , J } i BhodeWasd-.. 1 1 \ Ooaneotfeol F05ter....... § New Jersey '. ■„ - 1 ' Penn»jl»enia.... Bigler;l } | J Maryland........ Pearce..-..•■•••• 1 } ‘ J 1 DeUwaie......;. '. / IJ S Virginia , 1 } •? Norih Carolina ~ C11ngman......... 1 } * South Qsrolina:.. tfae0m08d....... * 1 » « .Georgia.tveiwm., ..ii 1 1* / Florida.. Tales ........... 11l Alabama'..'. Fitspatriek....... I 12 Mississippi... v>* ; 1 .112 Lesbians,, 51ide11....'....... 1 1 J Arkansas B.,’lf,Johnson... 1 } \ TcPnftfgft* .iietit ‘‘ - 11 a Kentucky. Crittenden..,.... 1 1 1 1 Missouri /.Green 1 1 j Ohio Pngh....'..11 11 Indiana.i.Fiteb.Y.;.ll 2 jllnota... I Trumbull ;.. 1 }1 l Michigan; “ ' 1 1 2 Wisconsin........ Dnrhee -11 * 10wa............ Harlan.., 1 J J Minnesota'l 1 1 1 Oregon Lane 1 * • California........ Gain *1 1 2 _ ; • Vaoant. " ■ 38|27 The'United States; Senate until March, 1861/wilt therefore 'have thirty-eight 'Ad ministration Democrats te twenty-seven Be publicans, unless in the meantime the Legis lature of Oregon shall fill tho existing vacancy, which will.lncrease the Republican vote to twenty-eight. On and after tbe fourth of March, the Senate will probably stand as follows: Maine........ ] Keir Hampshire.......... . Verm0nt................ , Massachusetts.. Rhode Island Connecticut.. New Y0rk......... New Jersey.... _ Pennsylvania..* *..* 2 Maryland De1aware................ .. Virginia...... .......... .. - North, Carolina .. South Carolina... .. Oeorgfo..** Florida....» .. A Ubacna.;;............. .. Mississippi... .. L0ui5iana............... ~ Texas./.;.*.............. .. irkasw... Tenne55ee................ .. Kentucky**** .. Missouri 0hi0.....; 2 Indiana.... 2 Illinois...; 1 Michigan.** ;...*;.* 2 Wisconsin 2 10wa..... 2 Minnesota* l 1 Ca1if0rnia............... .. 2 Oregon 2 With the admission of Kansas. 2 This is a close calculation, but the coming elections', may make it closer. North Caro lina, Louisiana, and Missouri, may elect Op position or American Senators, in place of CunoMisr, Slidell, and Gbeen, and tbe.Be ; publicans have hopes of electing a Republican in . place of the latter. .This would Increase tho Opposition column three, and corres pondingly, reduce the other. Then there is a falnt'chance for electing anti-Admlnistration Senators from Arkansas, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. We seo ho prospect of deieat ing the Republicans for U. 8. Senators, in the present division of parties, in any of the free States. If California should reject Gwi.v, *hich is probable enough if the anti-Lecomp ton Democrats and the Republicans unite, as they; have] just done in Oregon, that will be .in Opposition gain, and this example may.be followed.': Oregon is nndonbtediy against 'Lank, and will send Colonel Baker and an mti-Lecompton Democrat to the new Senate. Of course, much':will depend upon the ad mUsion of Kansas u a State beftge the next tth of March.; but this will hardly" be re .istedunlefs the Southern men in the Senate ah "resolved open The prospect is full of suggestion to politicians and to ispinints. ; , The Guillotine Again in Motiwn. The shipwrecked mariner who was cast iway upon an inhoapitable island, feared that itwaithe.abode.of rude savages, nntil he be held a gibbet, when he joyfully exclaimed * Thank God I I atu in a civilised country.” Che fntore political historian of out nation, .yho trades through the ’archives of the depart nenti at WaShlngton, trill never he at a loss to letermine the . period of- the Buchanan Ad ministration,.for every, step of its progress will. >e marked, not by deeds ot patriotic statesman ■liip, not by evidences of sincere regard for the national welfare or of assiduous labors for the promotion of great public interests—hat by an ' numerous aeries of official decapitations. jFhe nnnsnal activity of the. {ulllotine wiU lji) a'certain indication of the .■ra of ihe dyinaty,;” whose sands of life are le’arly rnn pnt,”]|». the gibbet was an unerring type of civilization. , . ’lf the custom were: in. vogue of bestowing upon Administrations escutcheons emblematic .if their leading as coats of inns are given to Oommonwealths and to no de- families, public, opinion would nnani nously point to but one device as appropriate lor our national rnlers, and it would decree. that is the pirate rejoices in his grim ensign of o leath’s bead and .bloody bones, the instrument if political proscription could aloue.worthily lypily Puchananism. Few would suspect from 'he amiable countenance of onr venerable' chief magistrate that he possessed the sangni nary disposition which has formed his main title’to distinction since he reached the long sought summit of hisambition, for he is in 'ruth apparently “ the mildest mannered man that ever scuttled ship or cut a throat”—but in invoking “the logic, the irresistible logic” of . cold steel,'he stands pre-eminent among 'American rnlers. He has had bat one answer for all the remonstrances of bis former friends against' bis treachery—but one reply to tho thopsanda, of appeals made to him for the pre-. ,'serration :of the:unity of tho parity which clothed him with powor—but ono.argument to justify the delinquencies of his official course 4-the, guillotine! „It has been hls sword and shield, his weapon of offence and defence, his, platform and his creed. - His Administration might be not inappro priately; div Wed into three eras—all distin guished bythoaotiee energy which marked the of bis favorite instrument, and (Ufferihg only in the character ot the offences that lcdi to .the, sentence of its victims. Oaring the first era, tiie plea upon which its insatiate i demands were gratified waa the principle of “ rotation in office.” Heedless of Governor Maect's sarcastic remark, that though hie had favored the maxim that “to .the Victors, belong ihe spoils,”, he. had never supposed ‘any President would plunder bis oWn ; camp—throughout the whole North thousands of beads were brought to the block, simply because thciy had enjoyed the sweets of-.: office' uniter his - predecessor, One general'change like this is quite enough for most Administrations, but Bvobahae’s thirst,forofflcUl blood, instead of being satiated with tho;usual supply, was: only sharpened tor’ new leasts,-which, la the second era, were obtained under the pretext of punish - ing Ul: who oonaclentioualy disapproved of hisKasus policy for their adherence to 4e doeninesbflßM.' This aecqnd course of horrors .was pot inf fleieht tb grati/y an appetite which, has be-- dot#*:** mertrfd and infiti'ate as that (if a horse .A- thlrdera of proscrip llbn has now, dawned upon ns, 'and the. heavy hand Of powet te being laid upon all De mbentic officials who will not agree to op- PWe.Mj* .regularly poteiaated eandidatea of the National Convention, and to support the Disunion nomlnees,Besoiti»aippE and tiairx.- fiv^while'the tfonw is tartmi into a partisan rostwmi and • the President declares thaieTery Dembdrat ! la perfectly free to snp- r port either pomlnee, . orders, are, being ■ des- PStctod in every direction to decapitate-the Pedant officiate, who attffaithftil tb the time- I* atleaat bneropect the Admihlstra- iteelf UpOTi Ite unwet-; jlfMhd RuPrrttedehtedjndnrtry, .'Trade, may' natloDbe won* dfrtsMy diminished—the, great Democratic party be hopelessly divided—dark clouds over •badow.tbe union—and every just expectation and. desire of tho American people be disap pointed—but the guillotine la kept in motion r 'T Lord Renfrew. Only too members of the Royal Family of England havo yet set foot, upon American; soli. These were JPrlnce William Henry, pilke df CLABXSbB. and subsequently King 1 William tho Fourth, and Prince Edward Duke ofKssr, father of Queen Victoria. The first of these, a jovial midshipman at the time, came to this country not long after the close of the War of Independence,’the other arrived here several years later. Both were sons of Gkoeoe the. Thud, whose obstinacy and tyranny drove his American dependencies into revolt, which'finally ripened into rebellion and national Independence.' A third Prince of ihit Royal House will soon cross the Atlantic, his destination being to re present Queen Viotoeia, his mother, at cer tain State celebrations in British North Ame rica. In this capacity, he will be accompa nied by the Duke of Newcastle and Earl St. Germains, (one a Secretary of State; tho other one of the highest officials attached to the per son of the British sovereign,) and a, suitable retinue. He will be surrounded with all the pomp, pride, and circumstanco of Boyalty, and, as the alter ego of his mother, will exer cise most of the Regal innetions. No doubt, tbe Canadians will be highly gratified at this visit. They have made a la-go pecuniary ap propriation for it. The Prince of Wales will be fooled to the top of his bent, if he relish the outward demonstrations of Canadian “ loy alty.” He will be bored with invitations, and fairly bothered with Addresses, in every city, town, and hamlet jn which' he makes eves five minutes’ stay. No helpforhim—hemusf pay the penalty of rank, and submit to that adulation, in all shapes, which the English, in their island-home and to tho farthest extremity ot their Colonies, delight to offer to Royalty, whenever they have in opportunity. That the heir-apparent to the British crown should receive such homage from his future Bnbjecls, is not to he'wondered at. The na_ tional sentiment In England and her dependen cies which bears the name oi “Loyalty,” ap pears natural ;to those who exercise it.,'The moment that one British sovereign dies, tbe “loyalty” and “ affection” which were con centrated upon hip i, instantly is transferred, as the most natural thing in tho world, to his successor. When Geoboe the Fourth shuf fled off" this mortal coil, in June, 1830, an !m. mensotideof “loyalty” set in npon his suc cessor, who, as the Duke of Clabkhoe, had been considered an old gentleman of mode rate abilities, but, as William the Fourth, im mediately was found, by bis new subjects, to be “wisest, virtnonsest, dlscreetest, best” of rulers and men. Seven years later, when he, also, paid the debt of nature, Great Britain bunt ont.into a fever of affection for his niece, tbe present Queen Victoria, still in her teens at tbe time, and exhibited their “loyalty” as warmly for her ns they previously had for her uncle. And, in like manner, the Ca. nadians, without any previous personal know, ledge of the youtbftil Prince of Wales, are prepared, already, to greet him with applause, affection, and (it may he) not a little of what democratic minds would not incorrectly de scribe as adulation. Ops. Vtm.. Am .. i .. .. 31 .34 1 The Prince, it is stated, will proceed, by a sea voyage, direct to Washington, on a visit to tho President. This, we believe, will be made simply in his capacity of a private gen tleman, the troublesome attributes of his royal station being Wisely laid aside in this country, where, sooth to sayj they wonld be very much out of place. In the United States tho Prince of Wales will simply appear as Lord Ken. fslkw, assuming, for tho time, the lowest pf his numerous hereditary titles. He has travelled largely over Europe—in Germany, Italy, and tho Peninsula, without having yot visited Paris—and thus has seen many great cities, fall of monuments of art and hallowed by historical associations. Not even Rome itself, crowned with tbe relics and re collections of twenty-six eventful centuries, could be an object of greater interest to tho eldest son of Queen Victoria than Washing ton, the political and legislative metropolis ot this vast Union, which has sprung into a mighty nation, within the memory of living men, out of what, less than a penlury since, was a congeries of -uncared-for and thlniy populatcff British-provinces. The residence and resting-place ot Washington, truly called Father of his Country- must- alsh .tjtaeply in terest the" royal visitor. \' ’ - In Philadelphia, again, he will have much to observo and think upon. What must he not feel when first the grandson of Georos the Obstinate, and the . son of Victoria the Good, finds himself in Independence Hall? There is a history speaking to him in silent eloqnenco from those hallowed walls, which Royalty may wisely ponder npon. NewTork and Boston will also be visited—the “ hub ot creation” will kindly entreat the yoUDg Prince, yre are sure, but he will bo in danger at New York, where, on one hand, ho has to evade the Scylla of being exhibited by Aldermen and Common Councillors, and, on the other, will he in imminent peril of being smothered in the vulgar pomp of a morn ing party in tho villa, at Washington Heights, where the Japanese were takon in and done for. However he may travel, whether en prince or incognito, this British young gentleman may be certain of the kindest reception in the United States. As a stranger he may rely upon it, on. his own account, hut it is chiefly on his mother’s that the Prince of Wales will be regarded and cherished. For tbe Ameri can public fally appreciate the liberal policy of Queen Victorians rule, and, above all, her own high personal character. We verily be- Hero that, in 1848, that fearful year of Revo lutions, it was tho pure personal character of Victoria which kept England out .of tbe seething cauldron of agitation, in which so many tbrones were perilled or destroyed. As a wife, a daughter, and a mother, Queen Vic toria has elevated tbe character of her and Women all ever the world hove pride and love of her for that,' Her son, therefore, will be well received.in this countryfor the la dles. (t to a man,” will reßpect and regard him for his mother’s sake. A special meeting of the Select Council was held yesterday afternoon, in order to dis pose ot pressing business, that our City Fa thers might be enabled to CDjoy a summer re. cess with no consciousness of neglected duties pressing like a nightmare upon their paternal breasts. The signal gun was fired for the commencement of what promises to bo an ani mated and protracted contest in regard to the erection of the new municipal buildings, by the introduction of a series of resolutions do- action of tho State Legislature in providing for their Ipcatloti and erection without the intervention of Conner,:, and instructing tho City Solicitor to institute b o the Supreme Court to test the right of the commissioners to carry out the provisions of the act under which they were appointed, whenever it becomes manifestßßt they intend to effectively discharge tho duties imposed upon them. No action was taken upon the subject.; Resolutions were adopted authorizing tho paving of Canal street, from Front to Beaver j the construction of an additional track in Market street, from Eighth to Front, by the West Philadelphia Passenger Bailway Com pany, and the use of steam passenger cars in the built-up portions ot tho city for ten days. Appropriations to the Fire Department, and to tho Highway Department for oleaning streets, sewers, &c., were agreed to. NapolSoh, who is supposed to cherish no affection for tho weak and wicked King of Naplesrhas just received an insult and in jury, In the City of Naples, which the weak Bourbon may find it difficult, if not impossi ble,to atone for, by even the humblest sub mission. . The anti-reform party, consisting of the King's personal followers—rotjians who cannot remain in their native land if a new, liberal Constitution bo granted—met the French Ambassador on the. street, and beat hjm nearly to death. This is one of the great eat wroDgs that -can be committed, because, according to tho law of nations, an Ambassa dor directly represents the person of his Sove reign, To all legal intents and purposes, therefore, Napoieon has sustained a heavy blow through his direct representative. It is hoi improbable that Napoucok, hitherto assu ming a neutral position in the matter of the Revolution in Sicily, may now throw the weight of his anger and arms into the scalo, against the King of Naples. Exmmnox op Marbli aud: Fax or Goods.—B. Soolt, Jr., 431 Chestnut street, has now arranged for examination an attractive aiaoitmanl of marble vaaee, fancy gooda, glassware, bronse and marble figures, «0., to be aold on Friday morning, at half put tan o’oiook. THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, JULY 12. 1860. Municipal Legislation* A New Neapolitan Difficulty. The Great Efteierii. There lias boon some montion of an idea of bringing tho Great Eastern to Philadelphia, partly to make money by exhibiting her, and partly in the hope that the fresh waters ot tbe Delaware may kill off tbe barnacles and de stroy the forest of sea-woed, which so entirely covered her bottom when voyaging across the Atlantic as to take two knots an hour from her speed. Firmly fixed as the mighty steamer now Is, in a»slough *of despond (of mud), in the North River, at New York, it would seem 'desirable, on her own account, that she should be brought under the detergent action of the Delaware. She could come up to our quays without the slightest difficulty, and she may do it—provided her owners are ever able to get her out of the deep mudhole which, at a cost of $3,000, was made for her detention at iNew York. The Harvest. All accounts, from all parte of the country, but more especially from the West, unite in tbe conclusion that the quantity and quality ot the coming harvest will be greater and better than at any other period. The vast stock on hand from last year is rapidly coming into the market, which keeps the price down. We shall he able plenteously to feed our own people, and also to supply Europe with as much grain as she will require, after a great spell of bad woatber, and a consequent poor harvest. The Naiad Queen. Whoever deßireßtooast off the oarea of business for t few hours, or to giro his family the,enjoyment of asaooesslon of hearty laughß for tboflame tirno, has only to go to Aroh-btroet Theatre, and seo Clarke perform in the speotaole drama of “ The Naiad Queen." A gqod revival is hotter than dull origi nallty, and the Naiad Queen baa been brought out here, after a retirement of several years, in a man ner which, we venture to say, no other theatre in America could equal, just now. Since the demise of Burton, no American actor ia at alt equal, inlow comedy, to J. S. Clarke—at times, ho oan be pa* thetio in his mirth, as in some scenes in “The Octoroon ” and “ Oar American Cousin,” —but In fun, downright, real, decided fun, ia whore hia forte ties. Bee him, in the Nafud Queen, and realise what a thorough aotor he is. Mrs. John Drew, who plays the leading character, and Beems younger and handsomor each time wo see her, is equally attractive. Between them, the t house, albeit in the dog-days, is orowded every night. What do we bear? That “The Naiad Queen” will only be reposted two nights more—namely this evening and to-morrow. Surely, this is nor wise. Tbe performances are very attractive. Well, lot the publio make use of these two nights. We promise them that they will be greatly grati fied, and we specially urge them, if they love amusement, to soo “The Naiad Queen.” WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE, Letter from “Occasional.” (Correspondence of Tbe Press.] Washington, July 11,1860. Dickens has made Immortal the delays and ec centricities of the ciroumlooution of Government •Sees. Rls satire applies not only to England but to Amorfon. I accompanied a friend of mine to the Treasury tbe other day, on a matter of busi ness. He had the good lijok, by a small para graph Id one of the general appropriation hills, to be entitled to a respectable Bum of money. After a little vexatious boating In the bushes, his ac count was started for the ohaae. A courtly old gentleman, with gold speotaclos and rubicund nose, handled it 'suspiciously, smelled it all over, pored over sevoral large offloe books, then tumbled through the pages of calf-bound, well-worn statutes, signed his name with' great deliberation, and gave us to the oharge of a little owlish messenger, who, after taking, through a passage silent as tbe grave, unless when other messengers passed with muffled steps, down winding stairs, along another gloomy passage, with dignified bow turned us over to a sour man, who was very long, very primly dressed, entirely hairless, and altogether unprepossessing, He eyed the.paper closely, smelled it to his satisfaction, and gave us bis autograph, and sent another Palinurus to guide us to tho next port. And so we went to a dozen offices, in eaoh of which a llko smelling process took plaee, and ai tho end we had a paper covered with autographs and chirographic mill-stones to mark the progress of theosse. There were greasy, slovenly, inatbemalipsl old men, and old mon as oreoiso as Sir Roger de Goverly binjsclf. Nearly <ll of thorn had seon a quarter of a century In doing •bis work. At last we arrived at (be warrant, and went away utterly bewildered At the tortuous Toad •hat lead! to the coffers of our beloved Uncle Sam-- •hat Is, for some lew than a million. When a new Administration emne# ip. the clerk? at the several departments are nervously.-airkfoa? to see.their desks, and know whether I ' npon them there will he found the terrible yellow envelope that laoooioally but poHtely.infbrms tbepi of the <aok of further necessity for their services. .So It was when the anti Denpmpton rebellion raised its head, and to again is it nqw, since Mr Buchanan has determined to throw his patronage in favor of the Plsnnionlsts Clerks, whose relatives or re eommenders for office adhere to regular nomina tions, have sly hints given them; and then, whilst they themselves cry out for Breckin idge and Dane, feebly though it may be, for R does not cope from the heart, the chalk mark is put upon their doors, apt} the next dav ,<ees thpfr decapitation by tbe guillotine. Your heart would melt with pity, If you only could seo nnfor'unaU office-holders, as they whig* oer in dark corners and in agony, hold baok from the pnbllo greetings of their warmest persona) friends because of tho heartless espionage placed over them. Pygmalion, with his ear-built pa lace, hoard not everything bis trembling slaves said so wall as does too venerable Mr. either at tbe White ijtouse or at the 'delightful residence be has taken in the Soldiers’ Home, built by the United States for its invalid soldiers. The State Department is at a stand-still on the San Juan question. Qar representatives do not seem to have watched the Interests of the United States with that vigUaaee, tor to have advocated them with either that ability or industry which a great people bad the right to expect. First, it is ramored that while in a conference tho boundary was agreed to as olalmed by this Govern* ment, yet our minister neglected to have •hat agreement stated in the treaty, and he question has. since tho present contro versy arose, been dealt with in so slip-shod a manner that the English ministers have arrived ns* inrally at the conclusion that It was not considered material by us, and in their last letter they have taken a portion which demands from the United states a oause of war or a disgraceful concession The annexation of Cuba is earnestly urged, be cause it is the key of tbe gulf, and is necessary for the protection of our guU coast. San Juan is on Island that controls, in a military poiot of view, our Paciflo coast, and a* wo are clearly right, 1 hope that the Administration will, at least on this matter, evince in a good osuso the indomitable ob stinacy it has displayed in Us war oa the anti-Le comptoDite?. Comstock, postmaster at Albany, Now York, bos been or will be removed. He Is connected with the Atlas* and Is the representative of Dean Rich mond, Cagger, Cassidy, *fc Co. It Is undoubted rbatall office-holders who hold out for Douglas will meet alike fate. Occasional. Will the Sonth go for the Seccdersl [ Correspondence of The Press 1 WAsntxorox, July 10. One cannot help pitying theSeoeders and 131?- unionlets while' attempting to pereua-io ihemselvos And their unfortunate duDea into the belief that Bteotajpridge and Lane will carry all the Southern, or «Barely” Dem^. r * tio > States. Infatuated aa they aro, their only trouble-w« mB to *° a ®. certain to which of tho Northern States * oonoedo tho honor of joining them in tho great work of destroying tho Democrats party, and bringing the Union to the verge of ntter ruin. The first gun from the “purely Democratic’' Spates hae been beard ; and alas! alas! the gal' lanfc Marion of the Mexican wnr, the eloquent statesman and sago from the Pocifio, the second on the list of the standard-bearers of disunion and treason, has been denounced as unworthy of tho confidence and trust of bis own constituents. Ore con, only recently admitted into the folds of the Union, has deolared withavoioe of thunder that sho Is not yet ready to sever the ties wbioh oonneot her with bor sister States. She bas denounced se cession. It, then; bids fair that the Marion of the Mexican war has been, and will be, overwhelming ly defeated in his own State. Virginia, the mother of States and Presidents— she that neyer has oact her vote against the Demo cratic party—will she go for the Seceders ? Never! The Congressional districts—amongst them the Tenth Legion, which has always cast a heavy Do mooratio majority—are for Douglas. Tfaeir dele gates did not secede at Baltimore. Gov. Letober, the present Chief Magistrate, received 77,112, and his opponent 71,543 votes, giving the former a De mocratic majority of 5.559. Should even a majority of the Democrats become reoreant to tbeir party, and oast their votes for the Breeders—something we cannot believe—Breckinridge will not be elected, bnt the State will go for the Opposition, for even tbe Seeoders will concede that Mr. Pou gks will receive over 3,569 votes. North Carolina, with a Congressional delegation now equally divided, will snrely go against the Seceders. Her Democratic majority last year for members of Congress was 6,971, and 1 ouglss will at least get 10,000 votes. The figures speak for' themselves. Kenfuoky, tho home of tho young and lucky Breokinrldge, who his permitted himself, against the wishes of his best friends, to be used as a tool In the hands of Buchanan, Slidell, Bright, A Co,, gave, In 1850, a majority ot 7,226 votes for the De mocrats. Now, Judge Donglae will receive that number of vot«.s in Louisville distilot nlon'o. Tho Seeoders theroforo cannot get “ Old Kentuok ” ' Nor oan they expect to get Tennessee, the bojhe of 01d„HIokory. Her Democrailo majority for Governor ia ’59, was 8,GQ8.. Barely, tho regular Democracy will receive as many votes. Arkansas, whore Messrs. Rust and Flournoy are stumping tho State for Douglas, will disappoint the Breeders. Louisians, which gave Buobanan a majority of 1455 votes, is sure for Mr. Douglas. At all events, tho Soseders won't get her. Mississippi, which laid, In 1831, Jefferson Davis the aroh*9eoeder, on the shelf,.will perhaps do the same In 180 p. Let her Democracy only realize tho danger, afid . they will tprn against the traitor's preolßely as they did before. Alabama, the home of Yancey, will go for tho Union, either tender the Douglas or Bell flag. Tho conservative feeling .ainongat her masses is too, strong to permit the conspirators to rule. Brook inridge cannot reeeive her vote. Georgia will not prove false to her distinguished eon, Governor Johnson, the Democratic oandldate for Vice President. Thevote for President in 1850 waß, for Buohnnau 40 030 ; for Fillmore, 28 552. Maryland, Delaware, and Texas will go for Bell. Old Houston, who beat tho Breeder. Runnels, last year, has declared in favor of the Uolon tioket. California, whioh has been so ahnmefaHy betray ed by her delegates at Baltimore, will go for Don <lns. Her interest, as well as that of Oregon and Washington, la in nnd not out of tbe Union. Her Demooraoy are In favor of non-intervention, and •hey have not forgotten that to this great prinolplo tbe Slate owes its admission into the Union. Thus, It appears that the Seoeders will hardly get three or four small States. The <( true Na tional Demooraoy,” as they modestly style them selves, will find no favor in the “sorely Democra tic ” Slates. It is true they threaten that, in the event of their defeat, they will go out of tho Union However, we are at a, loss to imagine bow they wilt manage it, especially in those States whero they *?e in a minority, lu our belief, if they go anywhere, they will go np Salt River. Nox. Commencement ot Georgetown College* [Correspondence of The Press.! Washington, July n v 1800. On Tuesday- last Georgetown College held Its Commencement. I have rarely seen, in an ex perience of forty years, a literary exhibition of so pleasing a character. Tho tasteful decorations of the hall, Its brilliant and aristocratic audience, as well as the polished oratory of the students, and the excellent mueio discoursed by the band, will make the occasion be remembered by all who had the pleasure of being present. In the usual of the President of the United States, that most winning and affable of prelates, Bishop McGill, presided. Among tho youthful as pirants for oratorical success Messrs. Uoban, Brown, Marion, and Orme MoCnllough deservo particular mention. I have been informed, however, h/ several of the students, that tho most finished speaker of tho programme was prevented from ap pearing by the reoent death of a parent. Mr. Bawtree, of Georgetown, delivered an ora tion before the venerable Philodemio Society of the ooltege. The diplomas and premiums were then distributed. I oanuot oonolude, however, without congratulating tho oitizens of your State on the large number of medals and premiums of whioh their sons were the reoipionU. I am, moreover, happy to state, by the authority of many of the faculty of tho institution, that a young and talented townsman of yours, by thename of Mr Strong, graduated with the highest honors. Bo much for our State; 1 F, Letter from New York. [Correspondence of The Press.! Nnw York, Jply 11, 1860. ’ The Republicans expect Sutpner hero to-night, to deliver a lecture on his favorite theme of Re publicanism. It is to be a respeotabie demonstra tion, the vulgar pooplo who smoke, shout, and put their feet on the benches, being erswded oqt by the.exaotlon of a quhtter. Front seats will bo reserved for ladies strong-minded enough to enjoy the sentiments of the handsome, oloqueot, ornate, and hitter Senator. By the way, some of tbe shrewd partisans, afraid of the effoot this arrange ment will produce on tho party prospeots else where, come out in a card and denounco the whole transaction, /aylDg that RepubUeans should not pay twenty-five bents to bea? a Republican Sena tor In New Y»rk. • The Brooklyn peoplo are about to enter into the work of city improvement with commendable snlrlt. One of .ihelr journals thus sums up the cost of the projected improvements, and the nrobabla Increase of the olty debt: For a park. $2 000 000; three ♦'oulevKrde, $2400,000; Boshwiok avenue, $1,000.- 000; Flfltbueh avonuo. Bay $5OO 000; county court bouse, $250 000; extension of lunatic asylum, $50,- 000; theolty is now in debr $o 100 000; the conn »y’B outstanding bonds, $372 000. Total. $l2 772,* 000 This is A-bfg sum, and If it does not frighten the Brooklyn pfeoole tboy are moro than human . Tbocorooor still hold* the ioqueat as to the cause o£Uio Walrou murder. The previous evi deuce has hem,very vague ; but that of yesterday «#emß to tend Strongly in a particular direction, (t Is understood that the evidence yet to follow is more opfiel*« tnau any thathna as yet been aivon. Charles •Jcfferds' .Arrival at the Union House, in Brooklyn, at half past twelve o'olook on Sunday morning,* amd'fhe very contradictory stories told by htm aslh hte whereabout*, to say-tbe least, are bus ptetoUs ctrcums>ccfp, nod pnjudfciel to his in rer «ts.. rjrtes far, there is no evidence which tends oiimtiiate 'tpd ytaneer hrothef, Edwin ; still, for •bvlods lessons, the jury do sot see to discharge him '• ■; Ad Attempt to shoot an alderman toot placo In the-P4rk tbf* *fte moon. which will serve ts nn ephemeral sepMflfob, and famish food for the Po- Hr* GazfttwgoisVps, Tbe Ppst gives this account of the affray: Betwton twelvo aod pn© o'clock L}-d«y. ex-Cmin oilman Kerrigan. riqw o clerk af Essex Market Po 'foe Court, encountered Alderman Oenot ip tho Park, norih*a>t of the City Hall. and drew a pis* ol upon him. Th« ? Alderman, In a hurry, rushed behind a tree, while other parties drew off tho fu rious man, and enabled Mm to escape. The affair drew a crowd,.and created an excitement not pa* •’alleled by any fecont ooourrenoe ia that vicinity, t' quizes wore heird on all hands, “ Why did he 4o it?” “Who !4 sh«? H “Who was the other one?” “Will he try to shoot him V* “Will he not f?lveit to tho man yet?” Corjecture was right, and for an hour the in the matter contln ued without afratemonf. ' ' The occasion cf tpjs is attributed to the nilscon duct of the alderman and a Mr Jpeteby op Thr ifty evening last. It is said that they induced a lister of Ketrigan and another lady to take a sill »ith them in a little yacht on tbe East river, and attempted violeneoupoo thorn about eleven o’olook near Randall’s lelapd. They did not succeed, and the loud fcrearnß of jhe two ladles attraoted atten ion. Thoy larded them and sailed repidly away, ft is said that Kerrigan had met the alderman on Monday, and given police of his intention to phoot Mm. The other racial is also rumored to have at tempted to obtain the inforqossionof friends plead ing iho exausa of intoxication. A bloody sequel to I this affilr Is anticipated Tho Liquor posters' Association'held their revu *or monthly ipectiug ?aesday evening. The buslooes of t)ie mpptingwas made up of assurances ••>n the pait of tbp poplety to aid those who are in 'rouble, or who may hereafter ioouf difficulty through the sale of liquor—license or no license— particularly on Sundays, and in the collection of -lues, which flowed Into the treasury very freely. Bernard MeAtee, an Irish lahorer, entered the porter house, corner of Fortieth street and Eleventh venuo. on Tuesday evening, and called for a Iriok, which was given him by James Dougherty, he barkeeper. Having swallowed tbo beverage. MoAteo said he wnsgoing to oatcli some fish, und would pay the bill 8S ho returned. Thjs ariaog**- mentdid not sjjlt Doughery, who demanded ifurne liatf* Wonts cnepod between thorn, and Dougherty followed MoAtee to the sidewalk- where uns’iiities were renewed, and resulted in MoA’oe {rawing a koifo and stabbing Dougherty in tbo ab domen, indioting' a ground of a very daogerouß *baraot*r. MoAtep was promptly arrested by Officer Brice, of tho Twentieth ward, and loejeed up to swpit the result of the Injuries. Dougherty wos conveyed {a Bsljpype Hospital ip a carnage. TJfjs steady at $5.12 for Pots, and ®a62 for Pearls,. r Fz.oua.— he?mark®j for 814*0 and Western Flour is fairl active, hot with .1 moderate inquiry for both ‘ooal oouiumoLsnn apd oxpoic and with few receipts. amount n to J 2 iGi ht>'B| prices rule he vv and in favor of the buyer. 3he sa’os agsrenate lOCflObhls at sS.lstfrs24 tor suporfine State. J*B4OaSW fn? extra ditto a.jfi f..r superfine Western. Sfi4ofrfi ft) for common to medium extra do. and sS7fiO'«.Bfi for extra round-hone mno. routt’ern Four is dull butu*<chang d,wi*hwl s of I,'OObbls at sfi Mffrfi 90 for mixed to rood, and fi'flrt77fi Tor extra (fnneicn Fioiw is dull end heavy, with ei ofs6obbis at {or supetfine. and $5 47^7C0 for extra. „ \ tin a in,—'With a fair demand for export and milling, vdanqodsupply, aserefffttins 70613 huanels. the mar ket for Wheat is steady, and without striking ohanxe. The sVes reported thus far amoum to 40 000 bushels at £l*9 for Milwnu‘oo Club, nnd.S'23 for Chicago Spring. Under a more active demdnd,*and small re ceipts, the Corn Market is more steady, with gales of 45.0C0 bushfels at 62ttW)£o for Western p)ixed. yryo ii qui» tat ft&SSo- Oats are unchangedand quoted at 3? «40c f.ir Southern and Jersey, and 40(0Mj for Northern a* <t Wesurp, Paoyis/oHji Pork is inactive hut firm, with sites of for old mew 1 fpia for new do; $12«) ./r —*-*u*il4 1* fnrnewdo. Benf is quiet !XCSi« .r li* w •fifA^UWfS orioie; §4 1055 loi oountrv mesa , Westerni and 911.25a12t0 for extra iness /WaLJJ quier. fft-tf Kama «r<» nominal at 610® 0 lrlme.. **• Beefis mnotivnnt 913# 8 Tut Meats are scaroo,and firm, at JO&o for Hams, and BK<E9e f rShoa'ders. I.«rd shrill, iruh sa'eg of CO bbis at ]3>a#l3o. Uuttorand Cheerenrastrady.butauiet Wmsfcv is stand*. with sales 0f250 lib sat 21»iU&p. NEW YOPK CATTLE MARKET. Wednesday. July ll.—At Allerton's y-rd 3 • ead have lieen «anted, asainet 27M last week, 'i he stock **«s generally l) eld hy »recula»ora, who combined ami worked up wnoea Tilly head, or l^oJin ih. rt W**t;S'a Simon Ulery, p. Be»tram,'' hnmaa White it Son, John Mer ritt. nurd & Carey and a few oihtrs, sold on oommis* sion, w< i e mo*t of the othpr brokers held and so d on thoir rwn a-count. We quote nt lb, nomi nallyjB«9o. average B?iflrfi)so. Sreen a d Lambs nave sotd ly**ely nt full rates V his are ceiling M.lofio, gene rally 60. and Milch Cows 935®G<» vers few over 940 bwmft are lower, end wa quote &tda6>sC- jCommcncemcut nt Eden Hail, (Correspondence of The Press ] Tills celebrated Catholic Institution for young ladies of all denominations had its annual exhibi tion on Tuesday. Tbo performances in dramatic pieces, in tong, and at tho harp and piano, gavu the fullest satisfaction; and the young ladies looked in saoh rosy, eheorftil, blooming health. *b*t everything at Eden Hull must have agreed uncommonly well with them. 12*c*U6**ro Qr Lowo, of Maryland, and iho Bishop, and a good njumhor of the prlestp of this oity, were preseut. The place #as very fashionably attended. The ex-Gorernor delivered an extempore addm? of groat oloquenoe the graduates, at the suggestion of Bishop rtood. V the oloao. the dining-rooms wjcye thrown open, snd, certainly, they wore most liberally provided. Eden flail is evidently a healthy place for jcuog klrls. Unmbets of those present are under lasting obligations to Mr. Ewing for tbe generous mannor •in vrriioh ho treated them, both at tho convent and at his own elegant manniori Barnton. which w oenrhy. 3.M.5. ■ OOK.H fiTBAMBIUrS.—-U ton o'olook, Ing, Oaptain C.imt, «f tho Engineer Eoparlmont et ihe Dulled Slntc. army, *UI deHyar »n addreffl on iho sutjeot of One an Bliomships, &t.tho Ml of the Corn hioTwngo. 'f ho reputation of Coptoln Crem ns an expeilenccd and Impartial' ffioor slunds oe r.trodlv hlghi tod his opinion, on tho subjeotof ocean navigation are north, of attontiom lor more than tivonty yeora h° las hcen oharged ntlh titc oonslderatloh of lhe Bubjrat of »aa and laho tranßportnttou of troops. _ Tho effioi.no, of handall models ho has long stneu noilcea, In tho course of hta offiolaldnt,. As the rntjeot is oue or «reat Importance to ourmorcnnMle interest, wo doubt not ft largo number of enr iusiiiosa men n ill be present. Visit o» tub Prince o? Waieb—Letter# of SXr. Dallas and Lord John Bcssull.—The fol lowing letters have beou received by the Mayor of New York in reply tu his invitation to the Prince of Wales to visit the oRy of New York, in par* saonee of the resolatlon of the Common Council : Lk(U?i>n of the Unjtkd States. ) London, 221 Jane, 1860 j Sib: My letter of the Bth instant will have in* formed you of the stop taken by me to apprize the Prinoe of Wales of the desire expres«ed by the Common Connoil of New York that be should visit your great city at the close of his public duties in Canadt. I have how tbo honor to transmit a note address* cd to me, in snswor to my communication, by her Mejesty’s principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, conveying the gratifying assurance that his Royal Highness, with the highssootion of his Utus* trioufl mother and her Government, will meet the wishes of your committee. With the highest respect, sir, Your most obedient servant. G M Dallas. To his Excellency Fernando Wood, Mayor of New York. The undersigned, her Majesty’s Principal Seore* tary of S’ate for Foreign Affairs, bos the honor to acknowledge a communication addressed to him by Mr Dallas, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary or the United States, containing a resolution exuresrive of tbo wish ot the munici pality of New YnTk. and of Its important and wealthy community, to receive a visit from his Royal Highness the Prinoo of Wales, ontbooc oaeion of his Royal Highness 1 presence in the colonial possessions of her Majesty. The under signed, having l*ld these documents before her Majesty and tbe Prince of Wulqs, is commanded by them to express to Mr Dallas the high sense wbioh they entertain of the importance of strength* enlog, by every means, the relations of friendship and regard wbioh bind this oountry to the United States of Amerioa. When, therefore, the publio duties for the per formance of wbi*h the Prince undertakes the voy age across the Atlantio to her Majesty’s North American colonies shall be oonoluued, both the consideration above referred to, and the natural desire on the part of the Prince to visit some of the institutions, and some of thomost prominent objects of interest In the United States, will prompt hi* Royal lilghoess, on bis return from the Upper Pro vince of Canada, to direot hia route through a por tion of that great oountry; end that route wPI in dude a visit to the important city of New York. Tho time allowed for the journey will, however undor all oircumstanors, be.neoesßarily very limit od, and it will be consequently out of the power of his Royal Ilishness to make a prolonged stay nis Royal Highness will, leaving the British soil, lay aride Ml royal state, and exchange his tide, as he has done on former journeys to foreign countries, for that of Lord Renfrew. Wh le thus dispensing with any ceremony wbieh might be in convenient to the communities which he hopes to visit, he trusts to be enabled, os a private gentle men, to employ tbo small amount of time at Ms disposal in the stadv of the most interesting ob jects in the United States, and of the ordinary life of >he American people. The undersigned is direoted to request that Mr. Dallas will communicate to his Excellency Fernan do Wood, the expression of the satisfaction felt bv the Prinoe of Wale?, unon receiving the resolution ot the municipality ef Now York, and of his hop# that toward the latter end of September be may be enabled to pay a visit to tho city they repre sent, and to the mercantile community who have given to him eo welcome a testimony of their friendly regard.^ The undersigned requests Mr. Dallas to accent the assurance of his highest consideration. J Russell. Foreign Office, June 21. 1860. G. 31. Dallas, Ei*q. LATEST NEWS By Telegraph to The Press. From Washington. Washington, July 11.—The commission to set tle the claims under the Paraguay treaty will pro bably bo in session two weeks longer, ihe testi mony for the Amerioan claimants Is cot yet all taken. It inoludes much valuable information re lative to the natural advantages and productions of that country. The RepubHo of Paraguay Is re presented by J. M. Carlisle, Esq,, of this city, as its attorney. The Senate printer, on Monday, delivered to the binder ten thousand of the three hundred thousand copies of the agricultural part of the Patent Office Report ordered by the House. Twenty thousand copies additional will be ready in the course of a few days. Tho printing of this document was de layed by tho aotlon of the House 10 postponing the order until the oloseof tho session. Tbe Senate edition of the work has already been printed, .bound, anddolivered. There Is no truth in the report that the House printer has suspended operations, as the Attorney General has not yet rendered an opinion os to the construction of the law reducing the prioes to be paid for the printing. Tbe report of the Covode Committee makes eight hundred and forty printed pages. Of tho one hun dred thousand copies ordered by the House, thirty thousand will be ready for delivery in the coarse of a few days. Congrep?, at the late session, ordered printing Involving an expense of at least $300,000. Workmen commenced, this morning, the remo val of the naval monument, from tbe fish pond im mediately on the western side of tbe Capitol. It is to bo transferred to the naval academy at Anna* polls, in pursuaDoe of tho recent order of Con gress. Gen Cullom, the former Clerk of the House of Representatives, charged with embezzlement, w«s t-jed by the Criminal Court to-day, and ac quitted Tboophilus Flske, of Philadelphia, welt known in the editorial world, has been appointed to a clerkship in the Post Office Department. yhp Visi| of of July 11 —The following is the correspondence between the President and Qqeeq Victoria, relative to the visit of the Prince of Wales: “To jibe Majesty Queer Victoria: I have learned, frnpi the public journals, that tbe Prince of Wales is about to visit your 'orth Amerloan dominions. Hhould it be the Intention of. Iris Ilcyal Highness to extend hfa visit to th- Unitod States. I nerd not sny how fa&rny I should be to give him a cordial welcome to Washington “You moy be well assured that everywhere in this country he will bo greeted by the American people io snob a manner as cannot fail t« prove gratifying to your ln this they will mAnlftst their drop sense ofyour domestic virtues, ns well os their convlotlons of your merits as a wise, patriotic, and constitutional Kovereign. “ Your Majesty's most obodien 4 servant, " James Buchanan. “ Washihoton, 4. 18Q0 J ’ “BpcgixqHASf Palace, Juno 23,1860. <( Mr Good Frikcd : I have been mooh gratified at tbo feelings wbioh prompted you to write to me inviting the Pnnco of Wales to oomo to Washing ton. He Intends to return from Canada through the United States, and it will give him great plea pure to have An opportunity rf testifying to you in person that these feelings are fully reofprocated bv him. Ho will thus be able, at the same time, to mark the respect wbioh he entertains for the Chief Magistrate of a great and friendly Slate and honored nation. * The Prince will drop all royal stato on leaving my dominions, apd travel under the name of Lord Renfrew, as lie hns done when travelling on the continent ofEuropo. “ The Prince fJonsprt wighe? to be kindly remem bered to you. I remain, ever your good friend, The U. S- Agricultural Exhibition. Washington, July H —The U. S Agricultural Fair this year will heboid at Cincinnati, «nra meneing September 12’h, and ending ou the 20th. The premium list amounts to $20,000 No oattle will bo received, on account of the pleuvn pneumonia, hut Urge premiums arc offered for horses, machinery, and steam fire engines. The Latest Tragedy in New York. DEATH Of HRS. ecnUKACBER. New York. July 11 —Mrs Ann Scbumoober, who war go terribly beßton on Monday morning at ber rosiuenoe in Seventy-first street died this af ternoon from the tffVo’e of tbe Injuries. And tbe lived, it was feared that her reason would bo gone, berskull baying been dreadfully shattered, and portions of tbe bone buried in the hr«fn She had not a cpuspiops interval. Francis Hoffman, the aUeged murder'er of herself and child, ts awaiting trial. The New York Aldermen, BROOTIKO CASE IN ME PARK. New York, July 11.— ISxrCounollman KerHcan attempted to shoot Aldeiman Genet, In the City Park, to day, foe an alleged attempt to oommit an outrage on hlsslsterand another lady, in a hont on the Kiel river, by the Alderman and a Mr. Ketchy. Visitors to the Great Eastern New York. July 11 —Tho vit-ltor* to the Great Eastern numbered 5 300 Tbe exoitficent In re gard io the groat ship la dally increasing, and ex cursion trains are pouring into thp city from every quarter The Washington Market in Flames. • New York-duly .11—Tbo Washington market, the largest edifice of this description in tbo oily, onus!)* fire shout 11 o’olook this evening and Is ox tending so rapidly that 1U entire destruction is al most The Zouave Cadets of Chicago. Utica, N. Y .July 11 —The Zouave Cadets from ChicHgo arrived harp to day, and were reoelved by the Forty-filth lloglment A tremendous ornwd witnessed the porfeclion of their drllllog Tho Zouaves yri\\ ayrtye ip New York on Saturday morning. \Ariivnl of the Frigate Macedonian. Portsmouth, N. 11., Ju>y 11 —Tbe United States sailing corvotte Macedonian, late of tbe Mediterranean squadron, attlved here this morn ing. Tbe Macedonian has heon about twenty eight months In oommission, during which she has touched nt &U the navigable harbors in tho south of Europe. Amval of the Steamer Glasgow. New York, July 11.—The stramsblp Glasgow, from Liverpool on tho 27fh ult., arrived at this port this morning. Her advices havo boon antici pated. Pcpnrtnrc ot the Earopn 9 with 8175*- 000 in Specie. Horton. «TuJy —Tbe royal mail steamship Bnmpn enited at riyoa (9.-day, for Liverpool, with n specie list of $175,000. * The National Guards’ Encnsnpm.ejU. pETnLEDKM, July 11,—A brilliant serenade was giveu Idct night, by C'ipt Lyle*, of tho National Guards, to the young ladies of the seminary, as well to Win. Wilson. M D.. 001. Samuel Wethe rill, Sergeant S'our, nnd tho proprietors of iho Engle and Sun Hotels, from all of whom innu merable courtesies were extended to the corps. To-day the Guards partook of n collation at the Syfl Hotel, by invitation of Mr. Leibert. and to morrow the officers dine with Col. Samuel Wethe rlli. Surgeon MltqheU h«P a perfect slneoure, Ihei’e .being no sick or wounded toyiqujjD l)s professional services. ' r Virginia Politics. LHyOCRATIC STATE CORVBNTION CALLED. •„RtcnuoND, July iJ.— l lhe Stale Domooratio Ex ecutive Committee hqvo called a State J)cmocriMo Convention, to meet at CbitrtoUfSfille'.qn tbe 10*h of August, to adopt meaFurea for tbe s< tilemeflt 0/ the party difficulties at present existing. T HJEfcg I T Y. AMUSKKKXTi THM UVfMNG. ■ tusugssf t ** a ™- KSsftS&u’awr;.**- ** «*► “CMomon'it Atnrte.W" k,t * T " lfu > Admissions to the Girls’ High School. —The fallowing are the names of the young lAdtes admitted to ihe Girls’ High Sohoolyesterday, with • list of their averages, and the school! from whence they came: • .School from Name* whence admitted. Avenge. 1. Lizzie A. Fprinxer, Newt/m, 8* 6 2. Mar Connell. lnca,t, 79 7 3 Alice n.»mith. /me. 7gg 4. Harriet Hftmi‘l. Morris, 78* 6 Max» l* A. Middleton, Morris* 75 A «. Aroma J »tiler. Morris, 72.7 7. y.|la finzby, *? or t&eastera, 727 8. Mar? Irwidt Z\ne. 7i3 9. Amelia Miller, Morris, 711 »0. Lizzie Rather, Morris, 70 4 11. L, tue Wilson, Norheastero, <59 8 12. Annie Ashbrook, Mount Vernon, 69.3 13. Mary Slater. Morns. 60. H. Mar* L. Private. 676 6- Mixsie A matron*. H»n sold. * 65.9 w fialite ► P wees, Newton. 668 I* », oulB * ,nKi ' Mount ‘'ernno, fiiB ■B. MncciefC'Amer. University, 60 19. J.iseohlue FmtiVe. Jefferson; ttf. 20. Georxeann Harlies, VWccncoe, 61 * 9AT* Shower. No'thwest, 618 22, Abbie a Hinkle, Mount Vernon. 63.7 g hate R. Rowland, Zano 63.6 24. Rebecca Grter, Hancock, 63 5 25 Li'Uisa B.lcer, Monroe, 63.6 2‘. Marr Bomber, Ruteohonse, 63* 77. Luor Turner, Northwest, 62. ». * arah «e\shaw, Southwest, 619 KateDavli, Morris, 618 SO. Anna Biye* . _ Z me, 61 4 si. pamarins L. Aik neoi, Lmverspy, h 4 St. Lydu MoC »y, Northeastern, * 608 •J» A D naH**wes. Ttflwr.no, sn« 5* Palo Wend.icks, Jeffersm, 604 38. Emma Otto Haoooek. co 4 25 Addie Griffiths, No r thwesten». 60 4 37. Mary B rans, J-ffertwn. co.t j® fi: l u ra, *» Northwestern, sag 39. Mary * huhert, Newton. 69 3 JO. Elizabeth W Guy. Southwestern, 5>.l JI Mart G Powell, Mount Vernon, ts 6 J* % sny5 ny ‘ Lroust-street, 69< 8 S«*ir* 0 M G . n^ ier * J- Q Alims, 68.4 ni | s 7 48 M- r? a chwrmroer, V prison* ars * ’ Lrtiver ity, ft7,| ® Marr Taylor, Looasf-str et, 60J fit. * mil? B jio'. aiount Vernon. &i.« -Jusao J. nnd, Mon cm. 45,5 63. Mary J*ultz, Rinetold. 66.3 6 Marr •'a-in, Northwestern, 66. 66 Ane 1 ne fV»r"raap t Poxbor ugb, 6AC Jj* Laura K. PnMm rdiue, Fan«ock. 663 67 R w Northwestern, fM So* 4ou*h?aet«fn, 66 2 69. Mirth* Brookrayr*, »es*nnvi»ie 661 M bnmaßa*er. Northwestern, lA. 21* Arj'.ea Moßnde, ffauthwest-m, 66 M. Bailie B one. Mount Vernon, 6s. Whole number admitted Jj Nomber admitta! from eaoh school -5 2l»meoh me. Norlhwaitayn 7 RiogcnM Mfunt Vern0n......7 M-'^roe ...7. ,*wron t . flanonV.'.'.'.Uli; .IV.' VVij“"Q.'idiriu. 5* e ■ ....,,4UTe«tor.viP(*...« * uthw-*t«nj 3 e, «mhe»»tern.^.«., Jcff>r*nn. .. , Pmv«r*itT 3 R'-xborough,- .. .. ,3Tnvate ........., Locust street. 3 1 Average age, 15 jea>s, 6 months. 26 d \jr. Thr Stramshtp Great B*sTisw coming to Philadelphia —lt was stated in an afternoon pao*r, yesterday that Captain Hall, of tbo levia than steamer Great Eastern has expressed biro«»lf favorablo to the projector bringing the ve?sel to Philadelphia. and inquiries hero been made of persona in this citv, with a view to ascertaining •he depth of water on the bar and at our wharves The parties to whom these irqalrlea have been addressed will give the following facts in reply ; The average dep'b, at low water, on the bar near uog Island ii Dot less than nineteen feet, and at high water twenty-five feet The wind occasions considerable variation. The depth that eon be calculated on at average tides in this month is not less than twenty-five feet. On Peach Orchard shoal,.below Delaware City, twenty-five feet can be calculated on at high water. This shoal is soft mud. Book-street flat and Cherry Island flat are diffiealt points, but they are of less consequence •ban the bar at or near Hog Island, or the Peaob Orchard shoal. There peed be no hesitation about bringing a vessel drawing twenty-five feet up the Delaware to the city ; it can be safely done on the flood tide. The ship Cathedral, drawing twenty five feet, four ioohes, was towed up on ono tide, without any difficulty or the slightest detention. The bar near Hog Island is composed of sand, and is, therefore, the greatest obstruction; the other shoals are of soft mud- A vessel, touching the bottom on them, would lie in smooth water, while the barat the entranceof Now York bay is outside Sandy Hook, exposed to the sea; therefore, a vessel stopping on it would be Iq a dangerous situation. The rise and fall of the heavy sea would, there fore, cause her to thump and strain To be sure, the depth of water on the New Yerk. bar and ours Is about the same, but one is in smooth water, while the other is at sea. There is an abundance of water at the wharves opposite the city, the clear depth st low tide being from forty-two to sixty feet. In New York, the mud had to be seooped out to give the big ship twenty-three feet of water to lie in, and- at low tide she Is now oradled in the mud. It is now cos 'emplated to briog the mammoth vessel around here before the time of her stay in New York ex pires, and then for her to return there 6he may, therefore, be looked for here in the course of a very few weeks. Tub New Court* Buildings*. —Tho com mission having in charge the location and ertoth a of the new county buildings met yesterday, at noon, at the mayor’s office. The only business transacted was the adoption of an advertisetnec* Inviting proposals for the erection of the prepared new buildings, after which the commission erf journed to meeton the 3d of September next, when the,proposals received will be opened and the eo»* tracts awarded From the feeling manifested by the cemmtarinners it Is evident that the work win be commenced and carried forward without anv unnecessary delay. The action of Select Counri' yesterday, in the passage of resolutions pro viding for testing the legality of the 1-w under which the commissioners are acting, wil, if the resolutions pass Common Council, impose little or no delay in the matter, as the Supreme Court, before whom the case will be heard, will meet in this city the latter part of the present month The commission approbend no reversal of »hejr proceedings by the Supreme Court A largf majority of the acting commissioners are well informed lawyerp, four of them being judges, aod having examined thoroughly the law under which they are acting, they entertain no doubt that \*f validity will be sustained by the Supreme Court Should the City Solicitor take the necessary steps to bring the csre before the Supreme Court at it* next session in this city, it will then ho argued and a decision made in all probability before the arrival of the lime fixed for opening the proposal; and awarding the contrscis The Commissioners having taken the iniliative steps, it will devoir* upon those opposing them to institute counter pro openings as early as possible, othorwisa the work will be oommenoed before they make a movement. Tub Mobtalitt at ms j^uianousE.- The special committee of Councils, appointed to irquire Into the alleged increase of deaths at the Almshoure during the pa«t year, have met and made the investigation, and it shows that the charge made against the present management of the in* solution is without foundation. On the contrary ibe number of deaths has been less during the time the present board has been In power than under ’be old hoard. Thp present board have also had a larger number of cases pnoer treatment in the ho? oitnl than *he old board had during the previous vear. The Investigation has disclosed the following faota: Baring tbo year ending July 1,1360. the number of cases treated in the hospital was 6.176; in the insane department, 782. making a total ot 6 933 The deaths during tbo same period in tb* hospital, out wards, and insane department, were 639. or a per cenfage of 849 of the cases un<?er 'roatment, and not of the population of the bouse Daring tho yeAr previous, under tbo management of tho old board, tho number of cases treated, as npoears by tho rrpmt of Dr R K- Srnbh. the ther chief resident physician, was 6 629. and tho death were 741. or a per eenfago of 11 18 upon the nura her of oases treated. It is expected that the com mittee will mako their report to Councils this after noon. “ Victoria R.” The Consumption op Meat.—Some idea may be formed of the vast qunntity of meat con sumed in a great city like ours, by looking over the records kept at some of the first-class market houses. At tho Western Market House, Market and S x*eenth streets, on Saturday last, the mea of 1 073 head of oatti*. including beeves, sheep, nnd lambs, was slaughtered, and all sold In on* day. On next Saturday, tho drove to be riargb tered wlllcooFlKtof 1.056 bend, includlrtg 00 head of beef oattle, first quality, 400 sheep, 250 lAinbs. 180 calves, and 130 hogs hhesslenf moats alone at tbis market frequently reaobes 147.000 pounds per day, large quantities of which are purchased for various watering places, and the surrounding towns, where It \k not always convenient U get fresh meat cf the best quality. Hoppital Oases. —On Tuesday evening Catherine FasmU. aged thirty-nine, injured hersolt sorerely by falling on ft step. At Eighteenth and Filbert streo s. bbo broke ber right shoulder, and received other piloful wounds. Pindar Angrim, aged forty-six, fell from a oherry tree, at llarrowgate, a distanoe nf thirty feet, and frao ured his j«w and several of bis ribs. A hay named Hugh M’Ginn aged five years, was kicked in tho face by a horse, iu n stable nt Eigh'h and Morris streets. It appears be bad hold of the horn’s tail, when another boy beat the animal 'which caused blin to kick. Tbe above oases were admitted to tbe Pennsyl vania Hospital. Gihls’ Northwestern Ghammar-Fchgol. —lt appears from a report made by tbe principal of this school. Miss Bond, at ft meeting of tbe nlumni Association, held on Monday evening last, tbntin July, 1850, eighteen pupils entered tbe High School for girls; in February. 1860, six wereod mittod, and in JuJv, 1860. seven ako entered. In November. 1850 Bto parsed the examination for teachers; in May, 1880, nice; ardin Juno, 1860, ono also passed Three other* wore also Appointed teacher*, making a total of forty-six young ladies who suocQ'sfully completed a grammar-sobon) course during tbe past year, which is highly oredi table to the teachers engaged At tho school. Suffolk Pabk, in tijb Twenty-Fourth Ward —ln tbo account of tbe race nt this park, published In The Pre «.t yesterday, it was stAted that tho Suffolk Park was In Delaware county. This, it appears. Is not tho case, the park being situated in the Twenty-fourth ward Ith&ahef-n generally believed to be within the limits of Dela ware county, benco our statement. We have been informed, upon good authority, that should an tker taco take place at the park, ft sufficient force of tbe olty police will bo in attendance *n nrevent any violation of the laws concerning gambling and dis orderly assemblages. Attempt to Pass Counterfeit Monet Yesterday afternoon, a man named Patrick Cook was arrested on tho charge of attemitfng to pa 6» a five dollar eounterfeHnote, on the Village Btnk Mass Alderman Belfler, in default or one thousand ijollars bail, committed him- 'to answer at 6ourt! 7 r - Postponed.— The inquest in tjtectoaof James met ft* four o’olook yesterday After noon. at the offioe of Alderman Martin. There was not a pinglo witness pro-ent, end the ease was accordingly postponed unit) Monday afternoon, when the attendance of fi»ver*l r#l»otipt TfitnwpM will be rendered compulsory. ■ PASSENGER Railway President Ke/jjgn bp —Mr. Henry Oroskev, the president of the Gi rard College Pasaenger Railway Company, has re signed. Mr. B B Edwards ha* been elected by tbe poard pf plrecters to fill the Taoanoy. - • - T&mjvfl Fiuß.-Thp of Herrv W. Wilfhank, Ridge avhime and Wood «reej|i, warslightly damaged by fire yesterday saonfysgv Closing tub Public J?Shools —>U“tfie public schools iu tbe oity willlw olefeed on Friday, for the Regal weeks’ summer vacation.' ; * iw ■ Bat J* a,G 0!f Frag Focr Tikis k™ it* .—Fii, JUrrtul Bl»ek burn is sugars i n intriguing on* of tbs most rJ Th fy ' !ISM ll * v “ OT,r cuma under bis notice. The oiroamatMMsarsss f o n ow , ; About l0 «*d»y »fto»oon, tbo clothing store and dwelling of Mr. 8. Blumentha?, Uo J-4 North fcoood street, corner of Wood, was di§oo vered to be on fire. The fire was confined to a fc,) d of wadding m the back attio. Thefsmily of Mr B wbioh ooozists of himself, wife, and two children 1 e niece, fifteen years old, anl a servant, who re side in the building, were down stairs at the time, and was given by a person who observed the smoke from the street. A few bankets of water were thrown upon the burning wedding, end it was then taken out, some being thrown into the street, and some into the yard. The building is three-' atpries high, and, with the exception of toe third story, was used fog the storage of goods, 0 »rk a l^ere was qoite an extensive stock. The firemen were noon the groundetthe tlsne of the fire, but refrained from throwing water, end' thus the stock was saved Abfatrfwoo’olhek In the arens-ion, another person in the street discovered smoke, and informed Mr Blumentbal that his place was again on fire. This time the dm es were fonodin the front attio, among some ooatf laid upon a board, which rested upon two chairs. The board was at tbo northern side of tbo room and at the end farthest from the door TM* fire wag also extinguished without the aid of the firvmon. al though they were agtln present The origin cf ' both fires was very jaij3teri»a*. The bask room had been locked up for some time, hat hod been opened within a day or two, and, according to the statements made, nobody had entered either daring the day, Mr Blumenlbal and his wife became alarmed after the second fire, and Mr B started for the Delaware Mutual Insurance Office, where bisstock was insured. Ac examination was .pxad*» bat Mr*. Bfumenthal was not satisfied, and About & half hoar after sent the clerk up stairs Ha re ported that he smelt stnofe*. but could.see no aigni of fire. The niece wm then despatched, and in a few .minutes ran down stairs and said that the front attic was Again on fire. This time, the flames were burning tbe covering of some vests, on the western side of the room and almost beneath the trap-door leading to tbe left. Tbe fire w*g again extinguished with buckets of water, hut the fire men dampened the room, in case the flames were smouldering beneath It Mr Blumentbal. and his clerk then watched the premises all night. Abou* 5 o’clock yesterd-iy morning Mr. Blumentbal laid down, and shortly afterwards tho clerk, wishing to go home, aroused •he servant girl, who occupied tbe third story back Toom The niece, who slept in tbe front room with ’he family, elfo got up aod wont down stairs. Shortly before six o’clock Mrs. R. was aroused by tho crackling of flames, and found that tbe ser vant’s room was nil on fire. The flames were nouring out the dtfor, cutting off their retreat. Mr. B. seized the oldest cbl'd, a girl about four years of age, and Mrs. B. the other—in inf iot eight months old—and crawling beneath the fire succeeded in reaching the lower part of the boose m a*fe»y. Everything in the room, including a lot of clotb irg belonging to the servant, was destroyed ; but tbe flames were extinguished before thet had ax tended beyond the entry. It wan necessary, how - ever, for the firemen to throw water Able tfiue. and •bo stock was pretty well soaked Tbe fomi'nre was Also considerably damaged. The origin of this fire is afro unaccountable. **he to’ai loss hv fire and water, it is thought, will not exceed $5OO. Tbe farniture is not Insured, but the stock is—not to its fu’l value, however. AH the circumstances in connection with the four fires are very mysterious, and are now being thoroughly investigated by Fire Marshal Black burn. Tow?.’ Ram, F-TCELSIOB AXV '’lobs.—Tbe first tnatob game between the above dubs was played between their second eleven, on the grounds of the former, on Monday, the 9»h inafc, resulting in a victory for the Excelsior, for *he handsome score of thirty-*lght th*ir competitors ResoU of tb« game: Excelsior SO. Camden 42 runs. Mr. C. Warner was umpire on »i °? ca9ion »ad Fxoelsior Clubs will play a match this afternoon, day to commerce at half past two o’chyle, on the ExceMor’s ground, Fifteenth street and Columbia avenue. The Thir teenth and Fifreentfe-etreetacus pass the ground every five minutes Citizens, and especially the ladles, are tnvPM to be present Locating More Ftjmm Fere Fngines.— Tt is understood that the Committee on Trusts «rd Fire Department of the City Coauoils will rspirt en or licence to Connells tr-day, locating the Phila delphia and Hope engines. Fellowship engine, of Germantown, and Cobbcksink hose company, 83 atoam fire engine companies. This is a most un wise measure. There is an abundance of steam fire engines now in the department, and the intro rfucHon of any more should be strongly reiis'ed by the Councils. . Presentation et High School Boys.— An excellent photograph of S’«pben Famrd, chairman or the late Committee ou the Central High f*ebool, will be presented, in afrwdAys, toiblsgen tie m»n, by tho pre«ent graduating class of that in~ situtlor, 88 a testimonial of their high regard for bis services to the school, and kind treatment of •he pupils. As a specimen of ornamental penman *hip, it perhaps is one of the best ever executed ia this city. High Fchool Commencement.—The remi annnftl commencement of the Wigh Pcbool will take place this mnm*hr, at Concert Hall, Chest nut street, above Twelfth. cTWTtems. The lire wins Business of Philadelphia. WhHo it ib understood that tbe brewing of malt l'CU'irs ranks among the most profitable of our msnu fflsturva it ic not generally known ‘hat a larger amount of capital, m proportion to the nnnu«l prodaef, •* Inveeted in this than a’most any other m*nnf*o»orin? hnsmeef* Thia *'a att*ibntAbta ma-nly tn the larce huild nts and extensive machinery r qaired in carry ins it on, sad the immense Amount of raw materia's ard stock liaoora which, for extensive operation* *tb required to be eon»t»tly kept on hand. Thus whi e the annua! product of *be breweries of fh'Jarfe]»hia. i >n 1637, amounted to some two end a half m'llion dol lars. t h e actaal capital iD\*o6te‘ In thr tnwa* shout three and a half millions. By enraparint thess afatistlcs »ith those of other cities, in the tame branc- - f bnsiness, it nppear« that the mnnufao’ure of malt liqoom const'- tutea not onlr a great feature In the industrial interests of PhUadtlphia.. hat in the Unto* as well Tbe repota'ioDol fhiladelpbiamalt liqnon. iaocia mon with nome oas rth r articles of Ph ladOphia manufacture, is aa well dcsemd as it is universal. Go nosseurs front all parts of the Ifcjon sr*‘ lavish with their rnise of ou porter and ale, and J'hu Bui hims'lf but for the faor that his b* me pr jnd ces ire allowed, in inch matters, to s*t tne belter of Ms •rdrmeot, would prefer rurbr*wnß’onttoth« K'sish irtin e, and as for oou*irs, thoir trihota •oihe rperits of American Jagn. wepr e rumesutoo ractio 1 *! to req ira comment. The superior qa-lities r or which th si PM’sdelphia mwle bev»r%fesar most noted are purity hnl’ianor of color riohnas* of flivor, and non liAh lity to deterioration inw-rm cUmatew— merits which are in a measure due to the favorable characteristics of'he ll water, but mainly to f’e ia*e’lieenee and eti ertor sol'n‘ifie knowl'dzeof oar brewers. Nownere in th* world is «hero mote p*o xre»s exhibited in the oerfe tine of brewinff-maebi ery *hnn in this city; whd t in ’leanhners and care in ’ha selection aod i‘Be of mgredienfs onr brewers areoos •osserlly unfq"aUed. Tnthis.asm minr other deia-tmeats,Philad-lphia hai the merit of containing the leoJine estahijiSo ent in the Union; we nPuda to the brewer* of Messrs. Mm ey, Collins, k Co..»laated nt the northwest corner •f Tenth nnd Fi bert street* Whnt Meern, Cornelius. B«lter, A Co are ia the raanuf'otareof Goa Fixtures;, Win. H. Horatmana k Sons in Military Goods; M.W, Rftldwiu tc Co in Loco ootivee; Reaar, Neafia k. Co. in B(eam Vescels and Mariae Fneines; Powers k VVeiehtman In Chemicals these ventlemen are in the Drotlurttna of malt liquors. Besidas beinr the most ex tensive. the brewerr nf Messrs. Master, Collins, k Co. ':&* the distinction also nf being one of the oldest *sta h!i»hmentsof the bind in this country- Established hr the rraadfa-her of Mor ecm L, Dawson, wftose name hag long Wo pron inentlj coanected with the brewiss nterest* of Philadelphia more than eishty tears mo, it has continued in the hands of inembera of the nn® familj- under different st>le» of firm, ever since. Tho orieln-i'. brewerr, br Mr. Dawson, w s erected, in the V>einitr of Chestnut and BaoV streets about the rear 178 . the removal to the present localiti—'Tenth ami r i Ibert—having been made id JBi6, under the following ciroum*tanc*s: Their present edificj was originallr bn*lt bv the far mers or 1 hestrr srd Delaware counties, w'th the view of corsum»ne their own barlej and thus reabaing a -lUher price for it in order so brrak op what thereon neived to he on unfair monopoly of the B ew»rs* •*«>- oiation of PhiladeTlna. It was not lone, however, be fore the experiment was abandon' d,»hou«h fotwithont nourrinK heavy Joes in th» sale of their propert-. w Inch was then rurchased bt 'heassootstion from the farmers, and rnbsequenily. in 18? d sold to Mr. Dawson ihe ori rinftl p edeceasor of its present occnpmts. Ftnre then, however, the 1 ulldinr has been greatly cnlarred.snd few 3 '-nrs have elapsed withoct thoasards of dollars fce - sng expended in the improvement a».d extension of its mnelnnerr. Tlie bu.Jdinr, as it now stands, forms a hoi'owyqu'rc, occupying an ex ten t of oce hundred and sixty feet each wiy, being vaulted Vhrrnghopt. In making the tour of •ti» winoinae ye«terda», from-4ts. almost frigid urderpround Tecsreu, thronrh immense stories of torrid heat, to the loflv cnyo'a, where, in »' tempe rate atmoseheie. we enjoyed one of the finest central views of onr beautiful oity. we weresurpnaed instruct ed, and interested hr turns. Everything within it is on qgtgantio scale, and clean nsn nest houeekeeper’s pan fry. Theversels about ore hundred m number, dis posed atong the way, as we ascend. Consist of ’oilere a*.d vats, all of wood, capable ofonntv>ing from rix, 'houmnd to ten'housand ga'lons each, or anaggreg* e f thirty thousstd barrels, sufficient respectably to flood a moderate->ixed city. Tbe amount of raw n-ateuals necefsiry f* b* kept oonst*ntl» rn hand for the bnsijjess em rgenciesof thr 1 * concern is etiormnu*, as mar bo inf rred Irorr the fac 1 that not 'ess than fifty thousand biahels of rn-tt are now storeo away for use at the approaching brewing •eaeon. For the immense quantities of barl»y thus annually consumed wear? largely tributary to C*>rtr?l and Western New York, fn this establiaiuneot there ire two Malting Houses, each containing four malting floors (of Roman cemert, ha*d as glass and apparent! r franeparent.) tvo grain floors, o e storing floor, snd a stnrin-i cellar underneath, the latter of which row con t u’n ten thousand barrels of stock ales. Tbe grain, aa it is received at the southern entrance to the hollow iquaje, is emrtied into a large hopper, ahere it ts weighed, and thence, by conveyers, conducted to the seventh storv, and distributed riiTouthout the building as required. In transfonmne it mto rnalt, (which can be I'onesuccesafullj from the mid dle of B«ptcmber to the middle of May ,Hhe gram is first steeped in wa f *r soma fifty hours, and then thrown out •nto couch**, where t gathers some fceatforgermini non, the entire ptoc-bs ot growing the rnnlt anddry ng it in kilns occupying about twoweeks. The next s*ep. nfler making the malt, is to grind it, &ft»r which it is conveyed to the mash-tubs, and mixed wish waterat % temperature of 1»U to ISO degrees Fahrenheit, hy which ih* starchy portions of the grain are converted into a saccharine extract. It is then conveyed to the bul.ng tubs and boiled with hops, and after being cooled on the cohere and rebigerators. is coitfuoiea to the '-urs (ca pable of conuvning fiftr ibousand gallons land erirent edwi*hjcwt. From theace if is carried to the cellars ibnfied of its yeast, then tumped up into larse vats, a- d allowed to settle before going into casks for use. The amount of porter and ais sent out by th's firm nloan. which emp’oya oonsUutly about one hundred men and nn immense capital averages twelve hundred brrrels per week.ornboutOO foo(s ; xtr thousand’ barrels annually the entire ye&Tljr produo’sof all tbe brewems in Philadelphia being shout 4 r 5 000 (four hund ed thou sand} barrels, fhe wholeesj® v+'ue o whieh. m will prohnWy be little short bf three .-nillmn dalUrs. The nameof Messrs- Masse/,Co flu*. 4c *‘o \i well -■nown'hroutliout tha Umop. p*peo ally a'onr sea board, front JWatPft to Louisiana, bs Wflfl as in the tro pics. their shipments to ihe West Tidies and cities on »he Gu'f of Mexico beior van heftTy Cneof the chief sources of large sacoess is found m the‘‘net that they are thorouuhly devoid to their business. No im provement cf value, within the sphere of their opera tions;!* too expensive to deter them from promptly in troducing it int j their eat>bl shment. and wo mat state, iit this connection, sre now raaiins »d it ion* ol this character which eill. douhtle**, materially m crea>e both their fse.Viti** for operating, and the eactl •ence of the beverares they manolaoture;
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