How. loiters, tniouo6.,Pa ,i,,lClTtit!s!iT Hoes*, Delaware Water Gap, rn- , n ,*«* Srfmas.PerrTCoantj,P*. ~ ■■ > *. , w»Ti*Bßi>'fl«*'Bs , fcis' iB ' Cumberland 00..«.. , %Ml?£*W«» Hoc B k, Ch«J*r pMfttfcWv.r.’. . /a, JUnloSSrHOTßt.'Xtlintio si,, I !'*' H6*«rMMiW OMbw.^hwlM» JJMsSiir*»#**>■#»£& ... ■ Mansion Ho»«Ms»h »«»**■**,■ 1 ,5W i :„ . . a W*;”' ■“. ! Antaican HotEi.BeUuehira,/;,*,..; T . i , . , biu Horsl, BethlshenuPa:_ ■ Amuuti. -4BaWSSBJSSf4;i J ,; JSSSt?*;"' OoMSBSS HAU., , Scab Honti . itim loTllii Atisctlo Oitr,New Jsissi. • %giaotmg.'JiUfas Citr, H,J. o.M|tt Homs, Osh Hand, Hsw Jsrse»; OSUWAU Homs, Csh Island, N. J. a**SKA* Booss, C«slslssd.H,J. . - •"Ostrsn Stats* Hotsl; Lone Branch, H. 1. K«i**tMo»ltT»mSrßt*s»,LlMslUreo., I*4. , ~'Lo»**»o tMUnss. Csilbris 00,, Ps. - . ~ .o»»et)>h*’W*sT* BrsritaiiCuabsrtsud an Bswoit) Br*»as, Bedford oa„ Ps, Olb SsnnSrsinoe, Berksoo.. Ps. *B*s»- ABsnttiCHtJvlljJ. . • i £ *eW*floWA»»* p AUMtie.C*iyi M» J. itjiw Biivtin'iSotii>« Atiintttffitfi Ms > ®|.e Jims. ijt»DAY; jtrtT J 3,185- r ~ ftps* *&*•“* Bood; Hssr PaViai-i |As*si Borsr of ths<J(tgssia**; Ltttsrs from' - Washington ; Letter frowGraybeard; Litter from Qap*-Wf°d.r Personal ;,Genefel Hssrs; fp4*S—Pojmeel ;,-The Crops; List of Letters re-; ' ntiWng Inthe Post f ffioe; Marino Intslligence , ■ to ' t ’rbe-Neir«.-, <> f '. >' | ’ Bythe arrival oflha steamar Arial.ftt New' .Vark,,we.beve Californiadatra (o the 50th of. .June. Buaipess it Sut Francieoo;waen*t very, brisk. Somofallares hid cooarred eS Sacramento HM>SBenFranolMo. ’■ -• .a'--. - -' ' ; ;VTe,,hayo dateafrpm pike’s. Pf »k *ta the lAtti, bn*, with ihe exeeplion ofsn sooount of u tie maadouß rain, storm at Denver City, by ■which muck pro£*rty n■ s deetro Jed, tho.news is uniin-, poftanf;., ‘ - 'ike BoefmMtefcGleneral is about to issue ‘orders tk*t,‘'J>ere*fteif' postage stamps, end.,not money, •halt ,)>e used for the pre-payment of letters. .Uo ‘ will also require the poet-mark on letters to,be put 'on with. greater .distinctness; by .the, postmasters throughout the country than .has; heretofore been done. ' Ibis latter is an excellent idea, and will be hailed aa snoh by the letter-wriHog publio. . r; Pertles of pleasure by water should. exeroipo greatpare.. ‘Wa'bearof aeewonla. daily,. On l ri,- ' day plgkt, ‘in Eoeton r harbor, • a boat .containing '■ elayenperyons waa rttn dorm by. and p t#oglfbr and' ayouogmen were, drowned... ' ■ Oeneml do Line, geieMion .candldate .fot Vice President, is &t present visiting his native State ■'S-Hhfttl flaftHine. they appear to hUve a good -'tints gTOefally Whbrarer ba appaars. ' l ' . ; ' i ‘ : ’iVeßttTb alominons paragraph, By telegrepb; i’idthe effeet thst at Chimney Bock, on the 2tat, a ‘lFf.Lewia choked his wife to desth, and than hill -ad himself hycultitg hit throat with a rassor; ’ Int •Inwhal portion of this' greit ’and growing' eonnlry Chlmneyßockiseitltated we are not Informed (furtbertben that it is near 11 Somerville. ’the . despatch further adds that “ as far as known” >he ;. parties have left no family. .v. The Stesmer, Pennsylvania, whose loss by flte we , published on Fatnrday, was totally destroyed, as - well ac ker wboie.eargo, with the exception offour boxes of goods. ; Forty, thousand dollars w ill , ,scaroely cover the damage.* ™ >' - . f ;' The-etesmera Fulton andSlaagow sailed from New York on Saturday, for liiverpool. For eloigtfme past the Bepubllo of Hay tl- has - boon flooded with large quantltlesof counterfeit t paper money, manufactured in the,United Steles, c ‘ and : vetiela. trading to Haytien porta .have been , 6 objected to, no little annoyance inoonaequeueo. _,and efforts bsve boon made to detect the eonntor " feltere, but without sucoeas..; On Saturday, linw -1 .'aver,, the Brooklyn police arrested on board lbs brig'Baltimore, bouhd forPort-iu-Prlnce,aOcr ' man named Hasler, who .la ohargad with selling tfteen. thousand dollars of the oouuterfeit money ‘ to the mate of said. Vessel. Healer ia supposed to he oo« of .a gttog who hare been engaged in saanc a .factoring and selling Heytion counterfeit money * far year)fpast In 'the Supreme Coart of New Tori:, on Patur* ’ 4*7* the case of Frederic Hoffman, the alleged * defaulting secretoryand transfer clerk of tip V*- • Ofdo Company, was . brought jap on a notion of counsel for the scooted for a reduction of the amotmt or ball requiredfrooi $20,000 to The District Attorney deemed the latter sum sufficient, and the ball was accordingly ro : ddeed./ '.*tl A ; ■ \v The people of Annapolis, Maryland, are Id ihe-'prospfect of the Great Eastern paying them a visit before her return to England. ( K telegraphic deepateh froni Vanßuren/Arkim- •u, states that Information had been received that OaUfottf^QTertsrid >- thatlh# arrival otthe mail would -bcdeUyedftomethlrtyhoursbejond itauraaltime. Thu accident referred to was ososed by the team running away.-. One' person was hilled, seven 1 others seriously lojurad, and the coach was cotn pletely wrecked. 5 . Tlje Japanese, donation to the Philadelphia po'ise ■ has been distributed to that body ' by Chief Rug gles. Eaoh officer received the sum of five dollars | aad thirty-two ceuU. Onf reporters furnish so account of a .desperate conflict between one of our cUtgrni and a gang of - rattans in the western part of the oily, known as the Schuylkill Rangers A boatman named Cense*** , rpn was-waylaid and attacked, and in defending himself a T figbt ensued, daring which three men „ were shot and ono stabbed. As yet, none of the in juries have proved fatal. ."'An'item of'news in our political column mon , tions the Pittsfield Sun as among the Breckin ridge papers of- Msssaohnsetts, We have been credibly informed that this is.not the case, that the Sun is a warm adherent of Douglas, and that its editor*'devote their energies te a bold fight on ' Secessionists in any possible shape. We cheerfully - correct our-inadvertent error. ' The meteoric phenomenon which .was * Friday evening In Philadelphia does not to have been confined to' our city and neighbor hood; Bo far as we have been able to learn by Hie telegraph and mails, it was seen as far north ns Boston,'in the New England States, New Tork>. .Pennsylvania, and the middle States generally. In ' these various localities it appeared at. the time < -it waseetn in Philadelphia, and presented the same . Jfctpearenoo. Saturday - being sentence day in' the Court of Quarter Beutonsj several' worthies received their ~ deserts at the hands of Judge Allison. The officers -of the law have been very busy lately-ia the hope of a summer vocation, and the doeket for the pre- ; jwnlterm now eontaips'hut a tingle case. -• *BU Honor, the Mayor, is “ recruiting”—-we li j . - Here that's the word—bis tired energies at Cepe Bay. In the meantime the wheels of the Govern- ! sgentj more easlly on, and the country is perfectly ' Safe. 7 /. / ' ' ‘ ‘ _ n ; W&Uam Hannings, a weU-kuowo restaurant . hooper of this city, is dead. Three hundred and twelve’deaths occurred in thlseity l&stweck. 142 of thia number were under rtiwoge ofpnuyear! . William .r. lii.kol.y, (he well-known teacher of daoolng, rf this city, (li.d rudile-nly yesterday at ’ Atlantic City, of apoplexy. • .Democratic State Convention. -■ ,The Democracy of Pennsylvania favorablo ' to the election of Stephen A. Douar.ua and Hzrschei, V. Johnson will assemble in mass Convention, at Harrisburg, on Thursday next, . the 26th insf., for the purpose of teting'sucli -- measures.-as will secure the appointment .of »n electoral tlaket pledged to the sup -part of the regular nominees of tho De mocratic party for'President', and Vice ; - President; Tho Convention will be held rin , ,der the jojnt auspices of those members of tho " State Central Committee wiio. recognize -tho • binding force of the nominations of Douoiab ■ »od Johbsok, and, of Bicbabd J. HAirastAx, ; **q-. themember of the Democratic National : Committee for who. was duly empowered Jay that Committee to take this codhse. There will, no donht, bo a largo at tendance of the first men in the Democratic „■ peHpof the State. < The policy of attempting - .to inn a ticket which in any, way , recognizes , thO DomlnatloD ol Buokinbidoe and Lane' ylt nettber more norlossthan the policy of dia 'union j and'all who favor such a movement .Mt apcn tbe assumption that Dovoias and -'Jrowßaoß.have hot been regularly- nominated,’ ;j id the face of the most overwhelming and un-', cpsjHary.; #§ero; !,,niw l , Mrvsf Ibisena r more, ; settled, and/ general ”'-'l«dlngtin;fevor ;of any' ticket then 1 thatnowr /-f!^^.B^;lf,lWd.Jlemocrdfic','| , ank8 1 ’ of; ■ .iCouoias. and, Joux*o!t,the only dissensions. v; bstaf tbote cteatcd by the olHce'holderSJhnd, d»Uc7ior * C0.,- ** *"> *• lll,titraM MVtwt rtf ,hr: Word, Codteodingagalaatthe flro. eating A . .upplcmeaf; .portrait, ;and memolrof Mr. t fWW. II S‘WWBr'WNI»»« all dotmec- <5 J triesijltpini one of the BrUietj jKtatitiy,) anil ~~^*SS?ftsfl®®' n r * l t'l With;(he l ptmoj :.’| the Ulnstralei London-Ncms, both dated Jaly combination tliaUlxi en- >-Vui.~. Alto; the flrat nnttiber of The lirttish Lion. ; olMtdtato between; themand the friends of ' daiertMd 1 at/“» JohfaaV.ln, jest >ha earnest," fw|<S.Conoids In.thefree State*. "micl in.this *htoh we may tpetk bf mor* fa'ly another lime, they.are cordially euatained br Jiidiro etUbllthtd at a rival to Punch, which hat. lately ' Dot)4&Uhilßaelf.' 1 ! ‘‘ ' ' •• »Ti ■ beeomaifd f‘ loyal” and :<OBrtly,'th*t' we some rt*&Tlte thtr'lHenda of tioh-Ihter^»uffl : ana v “jifll? wPonglaw letter from the editor Death of Joseph oi'thu Natiomil IntcUis^Ktife^ ljsV 18d0i Joseph Gales, for ffioro iUi»n{wty yjEats one of the two leadiltg Intelligencer, still published under the firm of Gales & Seaton, died at Eckington, his es. tato, near Washington, on Saturday evening last, at -seven-o'clock, _aged ; seventy-five. Although this -.event, • has- not taken the friefcds ■’ of Mr. ’ Gales 1 by 4 surprise, owing to hls greatly enfeebled physical /condi tion for several .years past,: it will sug gest many interesting reflections, and create profound grief in many circles, in every State of the Union. I can;recall ri6 one now on the stage of action, with the exception of his' surviving associate, the accomplished Colonel Seat on,, who has been for so long a period identified with editorial life. The vete ran Bcoimiohak, of-New England, has been . githered to bis fathers) Jos»pb : B. Chah»leb , ratlred some years ago from his «< beloved j arm-chair)”' James Gordon \ Bennett Is ; ameng'tbe oldest members of the profession, i And yet his connection with it ;does not ex- I fond, much over tbirty years i .Enwn) Gaos : yjgt-T- gtyg up.jounudism for tbe moro sgrcea ! ble tail of: making money by steam lines, : more' than, ten years ago; Thublow Wxin, who left his post several years since, returned to it with reluctance to serve his'.'friend,'Mr. Seward, and is now looking fqrward complacently to a retirement upon a country newspaper as a fitting close to a well spept’iifoV Gbo. D. Prentice, of the Louis ville Journal, Is not an old man for so old add 'rare an editor;. but among all these names there Js not one around which so many pecu liar'associations and' recollections gather as around that of Joseph Galbs, of the falicmal Intelligencer. He played a prominent part upon a grand theatre, and lived among the giants of the earlier days of the Republic. He saw these giants flourish and he saw them die) he Baw them in the social circle and in the Congress ofthe United States; he knewthem intimately and well, and being- himself a natural and thoroughbred gentleman, shared their confi dence, .and down to the conclusion of his own eventful career, was never guilty of an. act Unworthy of this proud connection. Born in England, and reaching this ceustry when about nine years of age, he was early thrown into the midst of those trials which marked the beginning of the Government, and during this experience imbibed those conservative principles which have characterized him during all his long experience.. He had not only a prido in his newspaper, but a pride..in his. adopted . country.. Now that the grave is about to dose over him, let us forget the party accusations hurled against him during merely party contests, and remem ber him as the pure and upright patriot—as the friend ot that peat Republic, the founda tion of which In his youth he saw laid, and the grandeur and gloiy of which he witnessed in his final hours.", Mr. Gales , was bom at. Eckington, near Sheffieid, England, on tho 10th of April, 1786. , Philadelphia has a right to cherish him as among her most pleasing reminis- cences, Inasmuch as it was In this city that bis father first resided alter having been' com pelled to leave England in 1796, on account of bis liberal opinions. . Those of my readers who have read‘the admirable works ofthe poet Montgomery will reinembor that wheu the father ot Joseph Gales left England, Montgomery, who was reared in his family, succeeded him in the newspaper which he published in Sheffield, and which was one of tbe boldest and most radical of the ultra-Rc publican papers ever published in the British realm.' The National Intelligencer was established by Samcel'Habbisor Smito, a Philadelphian, lu.lBoo, Sind was founded upon tho well-known Independent. Gazetteer, which.was itself con ducted.by the elder Gales. Joseph Gales, Jr., was educated ..at the University of North Carolina, in Rafeigb,.where his father removed, and where the son wai reared, and where also the father published a Republican or liberal paper. In 1809,-Mr. Gales, Jr., joined Colonel Seaioh, as a reporter of debates for the National Intelligencer, then published by Samuel Harrison Smith, and in 1810 Gales purchased the paper of Mr. Smith, and was sole editor until 1812, when he was joined by Colonel Seaton, who had meanwhile become tals brother-in-law,- since whicb-ttao the paper TfivSitia has prevented him from giving any active attention to the paper, bnt he retained his faculties unimpaired nntil within a few months past. He was elected unanimously Wayor of tho city of Washington, in 1828, which office he resigned before the close of his term. His wife, who survives him, was the daughter of Theodosia Lee, the younger brother of General Henry Lee, of the Revo lution. The influence of the National Intelligencer upon the conservative politics of the United States has always been groat. Although not so progressive as other journals of more pro fessions, it continues to wield much power, ind is read in all parts oi the United States with - interest by these who believe in a certain construction of tho Federal Consti tution. Its moderation, its courtesy, the en tire absence of all partisanship in its columns, its high literary character, the masterly ability and fairness with which its two eminent editors have discussed the leading questions of the day, have given it a deservedly high posi tion. Other newspapers have grown up, flourished for a brief season and died—parties have changed their names—new men have come upon the stago and retired—new principles have been inaugurated and aban doned— Administrations have come into existence and have expired—yet during ail these reverses and transmutations the Na tional Intelligencer has pursued its steady way, neither looking to tho right hand nOr the left; never,'except; I believe, In a-single instance, becoming the mere organ oi nn Administra tion, lint discarding all temptations to become such, and at the same time securing the re spect of the Administrations whose elevation its policy compelled it to oppose. " During tho last war with Great Britain the National Intelligencer was the vigorous and fearless defender of the American cause. Its editorial columns glowed with the true patri otic enthusiasm, and when the British troops invaded the capital, among the first objects of their Vengeance was the office ot the Intelligencer, and was indeed tho only private property they destroyed. They burned a number of the public buildings, and did not regard their work as complete until they had razed tho National Intelligencer to the ground. This is a proud title to the confidence ot onr people, and I am glad to see ttat the Congress of the United States never omits an opportunity to pay a proper tribute to Gales & Seaton. Messrs. Gales and Seaton were both short- hand reporters for tho press. They wero among the first in that great art which has now itself become one of tho leading professions of the day. Col. Seaton,- tho surviving partner, although eighteen months tho senior of Mr. Gales, I am happy to add, is as hale and hearty as many a man of fifty. He reported five of fhe great speeches of John Han douts of Roanoke, during the Adminis tration ■of Jons Quinoyi Auams, which havo nover been printed, and Mr. Webster’s immortal speech in reply to Hayne was taken down as it fell from his lips, by Mr. Gales. This yenerablo editor and truly distinguished and patriotic citizen died, with his wife by bis aide, and among her kindred. Unhappily, the news of his - last dangerous illnesß reached his devoted friend and partner, Col. Seaton, at too late an hour to enable .bitia to be present by his-bedside, but he de puted- this 'life'easlly and without pain; wel dofi)(ng deafh,,liidc.ed,' , as,a relief from'the,in- tense suifering he .had endured- during tho last and piasihg ‘from’this, trqnbled, scepollp coqseiouspesa that .he had done no aot inlifo thatunado hinr fear to fipeeitisltfMa^erlSefitoJacd.’' ; The Career of Tho most molancholy%atuiui ■ the pi'-.'gu ot tho republican oxjftrimeut in tho Uuito'l States Is jbobabjy the/disregard of all law iu tho great cities, by tkoaowhose business and interest it is tb,elude or-defy it,’and tho dis trust by people ot thoso cities as to the iato grlty ot most of the offiolals whose first duty it is (or should be) to punish these offenders. Shakspeare’s grand aphorism, uttered by the deserted Lear, is unhappily too frequently illustrated in our great municipalities: “ Throir h tattered clothes email vioee do appear; Kobe, and furred gowns hide all. Pluto sin With gold, ' And thestroag lanoe of Jostioe hartless breaks; Arm it io rais, ft rignw’a straw doth piers. it.* 1 0 Take tho case of the man Cbeoab, who was sentenced a lew days ago to a long-earned 1 punishment. /This case served to prove the mle. -He was “ a notorious villain.” Ho was known to bo a knave... Convicted by the pub- lic opinion, and often arraigned, and some times punished, ho frequently contrived to escape' his just deserts by offers of bribes to officers of the law, high and low, which bribes hare more than once been accepted. He not only grew rich by crime, but he brazened it out before society, and blazoned his wealth as if it had been honestly acquired. At last he reposes behind tho hospitable walls of . the Eastern Penitentiary. Wo have no foeling to Indulge against this man. He was, and is, a bold, gay, daring gamester; a fellow of expedients, an expert in shame, and he wen Ws way doubtless as much by his talent for craft as by the use of his money. We refer only to his career as a part of the system by. which criminals have been enabled to escape tbe vengeance of the law. What a life his has been! How many a poor creature he haSdeluded and led away from the path of rectitude I What revelations ho could make!' Possibly Borne of thoso now high in State, and lording it over their bet ters,- would be fearfully compromised if ho would open his lipa, and, for onco at least, speak the honost truth. Judge Allison deserves the thanks of the community for the manner in which ho admi nistered justice upon Cregar. The criminal has many powerful friends. Of course, Governor Packer will he approached to releaso him; and it is equally certain that Crboab will demand, and command, tho efforts of thoso he has served heretofore to assist in procuring his ppdon. But wo have every, reliance upon Governor Packer that ho will manfully resist all their appeals. The conviction of Cregar, who has heretofore takon advantage of the errorß of the law, is, in a marked degree, the result ofthe late admirable revision ofthe penal code of this State, by Hon. Ellis LEwisand David Webster, Esq., of this city, by which revision, ail persons upon whom counter feit money .or. stolen property is found, are to be tried, and if found guilty, punished. Let ns hope that the lesson taught in this case will be productive of beneficial consequences. The difficulties in the way or the honest officers ofthe law are incalculable. The men who are really ambitions to do right are disheartened by these difficulties, and those who arc willing to do , wrong are encouraged. Not only will the community at large ho benefited by this summary conviction and sentence, but faithful and upright judges, andotliors in office, will bo strengthened and sustained. Louts Napoleon and Sicily. In 1848, when the people of Sicily had completely overpowered-the forces of King Bomda upon that island, at every point except Messina, they considered that the only import ant requisite for the establishment of their fu ture independence was the selection of a ruler who should preside over their destinies, and ip return for their loyal devotion to him, regulate their affairs of State, promote order, and form a rallying point in all times of danger. Their choice was mainly divided between a younger son of GnABf.ES Albert, then King of Sardi nia, and a son ot the Grand poke ot Tuscany. At this time Lows Napoleon waa ap ,exile In London, with but gloomy prospects before him. Finding Sicily In want of a sovereign, he vdouteejpd his services, and issued an ad. dress soliciting the suppsjt and suffrages of those authorized to make a selection for that post. It so happoned, however, that his appeal fell still-bofi) upon the oars of the Sicilians to whom it was addressed, and, Instead of ral rying with enthusiasm to his standard, not a single voice was raised in his favor. Their choice finally fell upon tho son of Charles Albert, and be was on the noint of , , oseemHOg ineir throne, when the unexpected defeat of his father by Badetzky changed the whole aspect 'Of Italian politics, and placed herwbole popu lation completely under the control of the baneful influence of Austria, which continued to be irresistible until, by the great movement of 1859, it was destroyed, wo trust forever. At the very moment tho prospects of the people of Sicily for their final deliverance ap peared to be most encouraging, they wepe overwhelmed by the result of a single battle, and the baneful influence of one despotic vic tory was sufficiently potent to consign them again to the unhappy fate, from which they have reeentiy been fiellyorod by tho heroism of GAUIBALm. It is idle now to speculate upon the proba ble results to Sicily, to Louis Napoleon, and to the world, if the suit of tho present Empo. ror of Franco to Sicilians, for their support in 1818, instead of having been so coldly re jected, had been successful —hut it is by ho means improbablo that tbe wholp faeo pi Eu ropean affairs might have been changed- France might havo continued to bo a Repub lic, free from all Imperial Napoleonic influ ence, and Europe, instead of recognizing in him its master spirit, have succumbed to other controlling influences. Soon after the complete and ridiculous failure of bis proposition to the Sicilians, he laid tho foundation of liis future ascendency among the people who had been qo devotedly attached to bis Groat Uncle. And when he succeeded Cavaionad, who had warmly es poused their cause as against King Bomba, bo had an opportunity, by reversing tho po- licy of his predecessor, and abandoning them to their cruel fate, of punishing them for their aversion or neglect, which he did not fail to embrace. Even in the lato struggle, ho has abstained from alt positive interference in their behalf, and it is probable they are still subjected to the sinister influences of a modi fled phase of his displeasure and ill-will. Horn ha anil Hnehannn, We are often strangely reminded of the truth fulness of tho expression of the inspired pen. man, that “ there is nothing new under the sun.” The peculiar policy of the venera ble “ old public ihnclionary ” who now pro. sties.over the destinies of tho United States bin generally been supposed to bo as original and unique as it was unjust and despotic. But the infamous Bomba, the late King of the two Sicilies, appears to have furnished the model of political management whlch our Tycoon has adopted. In the midst of his tyrannical outrages against his subjects, Bomba issued a political catechism, in which ho had the lower orders instructed as part of their education. Two of its precepts were as follows: 1, « The King was freo not to keep his oath to a Constitution;” 2, “Liberals, even if not, all equally wicked, followed tho same rood, and reacbed tbe same prison.” This, is the original of tbe Buchanan plat form In a few pointed words. He has con tended that ho “ was free not to keep ” the pledge to sustain tbe principles of the platform upon which he was nominated and elected—an act of Infidelity not a whit less dishonest and infamous in a President, than tho violation by a King of his oath to sustain a popular Constl'utlon. Like Bomba he has denounced as Liberals, and snbjeoted to a’l the punishments ho could possibly Inflict, all. who were honest, and patriotic enough to- oppose Ills treachery to the people and his repudiation of tho prin-, ciples Upon which' he was qlevatcd to power, The"attempt of his minions, since the lato Na' ttonal Convention placed in nomination Ste phen A, Douglas, to. ovoi-tliro\v the decision of the highest authority known to. tljo Demo‘- cratic, party, shows, that,-not content with pre scribing.’ those who held ofllce- undor his control, he is determined to war to the bitter fend against the regular organization of tho Detnocfatlc party, since it, too, has adhered to the ancient faitji, and he will spare no pains to. insure evenjts destruction,.because one ofhifl. favorite maxims teaches that “ Libe rals, even if not all equally wicked, follow tho . *me road, and reach tbe same prison.” - Michigan. v-This foims no exception to the' sister Bt«tes of.the Northwest., The wheat harvest is pretty much concluded, and there .wilt be a large lafplds for exportation, and vary fine wheat it Is. THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, JULY 23, 1860- , \ IJ' 1 1 i• 11 j ISk'IV )■} '.lV.lMl'till !•«' W'Ul i> even a sort of approach ’to imdumdiol} — i'> the dolorous rnnsio of “ the sad sea-wai’os.” Wo liavo not the least donbt, lrom tho rapid growth of the place, that, in a few years/At lantic City will be an occasional winter,' as well as a constant summer- biding place' fOT Philadelphians and Jeraejites, with Concert- Halls, Museums, newspapers, and, mayhap, a theatre. There is liotliieg ol tho sort now, save on extraordinary occasionak-one of which occurs this very evening. Our friend—every body’s Iriend— Jerbv MoKibbin, of the United States Hotel, kindly and liberally places his principal saloon at the disposal ol Mr. Hpsav Moaronn, this evening, and .we take K;for I granted that « all the world” (at Atlantic City,) will throng it, to hear a poem, just the length of a lecture, upon tho duty, propriety, necessity, and so on of Grumbling. At the Bame time, nobody down in Atlantic City has any occasion to grumble at “ mine host ” of the United States’ or any other of the nu merous well-appointed hostelries there. As regards- Mr. McKibbin, it is very fortu nate for him that, now nearly three years ago, he did not receive the nominationj which, with I his popularity, would have eventuated in his ] being elected to tho office of Sheriff. When the late Major No.vu was made Sheriff of the adjacent rowdy-ville ol New York, every One said, “He is safe to make his fortune In two years.” When the two yeara were over, Noah was much poorer than when he took office. How was this 1 He paid off the debts (and costs, sometimes heavier than the debts,) of the hulk of tho unfortunates in limbo, nnder his care, and sent the poor devils home, each with a ten-dollar gold piece in his hand. In a worldly point of view, this (t did not pay”— but there is a place where Jew and Gentile may lay up treasures which do not corrupt, and we doubt not that Major Noah, by his huffiand liberality, laid up a large future treasure there. Just so, we believe, had there been a Shorili MoKinni.v, would have been tho result in Philadelphia. Our capital friend J eeuv would have made many a sad heart happy in his Shrievalty, even though he was sure that doing so would leave email profits to himself) Well, at the United States Hotel, Atlantic City, this evening, Mr. Unxnr Mohfoed will deliver one of his telling social poems—the Subject being the popular one of Grumbling. Ho is a scholar, and a gentleman, and, more over—for wo know him well—one of the best readers or reciters we ever heaid. He will initiate a new excitement on the sea-side, and we heartily commend him to such of our friends as may ho down there. From timo to time, daring tho season, other popular lecturers may appear, if, as we anticipate,Mr. Moefped bo as successful as ho merits. The Meteoric Phenomenon* Tho Now York Herald, in publishing a numl ejr of newspaper and correspondents’ accounts of the meteoric phenomenon which took place on Friday night,' and which was notloed in {Saturday’s Press, publishes the following interesting editorial re marks : “At about a quarter before ten o’clock on Fri day evening, the atmosphere being very sultry, 'and no perceptible motion in the air, a light oloud appeared In the west, from whtoh a blue-tintod luminous globe shot opt, wbioh at the first glance suggested to the Speetators the Idea of an artificial fire-work. Instantly it lost its globular form, bursting, like an immense skyrocket, into portions. The first two are represented by one of enroorroepopdegjtsaf resembling brilliant illumi nated chandeliers, with innumerable jets of purple flame; the others were gjobplar and comparatively small, appearing rather as the tails ot the first. They maintained their relative distance? as they flew athwart the sky from west to east,-occupying in their flight something like a minute. Whether they vanished Ju atr or foil ou the land rr sea«e have not yet ascertained. About n minute after tbely passage .a detonation was heard, as from a piece of ordnance; but whether it proceeded from tho bursting of t|ie meteor is a pifttter ot conjec ture. «* One very curious optics! delusionyldeh {fgavp rise to is worthy hf remark. To t|re spectator#' t« appeared to be no higher than from & quarter to half a mile, and to be almost directly over their beads, and yet, when the fact 1b considered that it was witnessed under almost identical oircum itanoes at Philadelphia, somenioety mites south wept of Now York; at New Haven, eighty m»l«s east; at Barnegat, Jorjy miles south, and at New burg, on the Hudson, sixty tnlles ngrth, ft will be perceived that the idea of its lnsignlGoaut eleva tion was most delusive. It must have been at p.n immense' elevation to have been seen at these widely remote points, and to have presented at all of thojp the B&mo appearance of being so nearly In the Vefiitth “It is also to be remarked in connection with the meteor, that for the previous t»a or three.- sights brilliant flashes of the aurora borealis have illumined the northern skies—a most unusual di*' play in the dog-days, and one which we only look tor In tfco late Fait and winter months. The aurora is generally to indicate 6l#«r cold weather, bpt In this eaw it hu been flowed by WVur D uofffMalotiDg ' oar prevtouflj-ooncalvecl potions. It‘ls also very olosely connected in point of tfmo with the solar eclipse, which took place last Wednesday xp&nrfng <( Meteors, like comets andecllpsep, have been, from the remotest antiquity, regarded as porten,- tous omens. It is haref to get nd of such super atitiona Ideas. Kven in modern times, and not withstanding the flood of light thrown by scientific men upon alt natural phenomena, people cannot entirely divest themselves of this feeling. In the poem describing the downfall of Poland, it is re-, I*t«d that os that terrible night of carnage when JjCosoiu'ko fell, 1 Vfirth shook. rc<l meteor# j[jH*h*d along the *kr, And consoious Nature’shuddered at the cry.’ “To many the pteteer of Friday night recalled the memory of that summer night,' twenty-eight years ago, when tfie rcirisTksbin meteor'io displuy, known ns the shower ofstars, took plaoc, anil whioh preceded, if it did not introdnoo, that ter rible plague, the Aslstlo cholera. There may ho rosson for supposing that those disturbances of (he atmosphere, whioh produce meteorto displays may affect more pr less the elements whioh sustain anl mailifo; bpthuman kpojyledgo is so limited in that regard, and 'Speculations on snoh subjects are so often found destitute of fojinfla'tjen, that all such apprehensions mny safely bo dismissed, and that tbosa who saw this magnificent display of oeiestiai fireworks may, without any alarm, lelicltato them selves on having witnessed tho most snbiimo spec tacle of the oentnry.” Melancholy Accitjenf j/i Boston Hny. The Boston Traveller comes* to'us with an ac orunt of a melancholy aooldent which took place i i Boston bay on Friday, and whioh resulted in the drowning of two young ladies. The Traveller “ On Efjfiay aftornoon, a party of young people, residing op tfie ijouth Cove, noar Federal and Knoelsnd streets, wept down ipo harbor in the yacht Thistle, belonging to Hr. JV Sv. Losiberbee, % superintendent of one of tho tiouth Boston bridges. The boat was in chargo of Timothy O’Halloran, an experienced boatman, end the party consisted of eleven persons hesidos tho Skipper—Jeremiah Murphy, Mlohnel Lnvery, Ed ward O’jjonnell, Thomas liowon, Mary Jane Fitz simmons, Anna JloQoriy, Mary Q’B;lep, Mary Murphy, Kate (flavin, and Mary Ann and Knte Slinev, the latter only about ten years old. “ When off fort Independence, the yaoht was run into by the schooner Alma, of Oranville, N. S , and was bo stove tfjat il sank ajtnosf instantly, and before any of the party could get hpld of anything with whioh to buoy themselves up. Q’Halloran, tbe moment the collision occurred, jumped on board the Alma, and throw a rope to tho Thistle, which was eaught by Jerry Murphy, who was dragged through the wator by it. the eohooner not stopping in its courts Mary Jane Fitzsimmons got her arms around his neck, spd pipng to him tiff they were both seved by a boat' from tho steam-tug tValpole, which fortunately was near at hand at tho time. Kate Olavin oaugln hold of Murphy by the waist, and was taken along somo distsnoo, but was drawn beneath the water so much thßt sbo was foroed to let go, and she was drowned. “ The rost of the party, with tho exception of Mary Murphy, floated and were saved by boats that were sent to their assistance from a Oape Cod sobooner. and tho Alma, and another Nova Sootin vessel. The Murphy girl is supposed to havo gone down in the Thistle. * “ Thy two girls drowned were each about seven teen years of ago. ary Murphy was the daughter of Timothy Murphy, living in fibaving street, and tbe parents of tho Glavin girl reside in Cave place. Their bodies havo not been recovered.” ’ This evening, the National Theatre, Walnpt Street, will be opened for a short mason of only a single George Christy, from Niblo’s Gar. den, New fork, who brings hither his far-famed Minstrels and himself, to amuse the sober-minded people of tho Quaker City. Music, singing, danoes, spd oomloal Ethiopian dramas will form tho staple of this entertainment. Every person knows what Christy’s Minctrfijg are, and therefore we need only announce the fact—they appear every ovenlng this week. Lajuie Sale or f-ivanroor, Ware, this morn ing. at Thomas Sc Boob’ auction store, Sonth Fourth stroct. Sale of Beal Estate, Stocks, Ac,, to-morrow, (Tuesday,) at noon, at the Exchange, including several valuable properties. Seo advertisements and catalogues. Jessi; 1). Brwiit’s Proposition. Tho liOulsvlllo Democrat savs of the nppearaDce of Joseo D. Bright, at Jeffersonville, Indiana, the other day : Jesse Bright made a speeoh and for* mslly proposed a compromise. If the Democrats would consent to run electors pledged to vote tor Douglas, if the vote.would elect /,,pj and to voto as they pleased. it their voto would eleot peither, then tpo said Jesse A Co. would run no separate t eke’, Kosiund Burke, of the Concord (N. H.) Democratic Standard (Hreck inridge,l rebukes those Demrcrats who are dreaming of “ the absurd and Impossible expedient of patching tip compro mise nnlnntiokels,” Besays; ‘■The fight is for principles, for tbe organisation, gnd for tho future of the Deinonratio paity, and not lor the victory over the Black Kepublicaas and for the spoils.” ■ Ahkan3as.— Uffill recently tha most cheer log sooonnls have reaohed us in resneot to the crons in every part of Arkansas, and we regrtt to find in tho State Gazette of the Mth, the fo'low- Inr aoeonot of an unfavorable change: “ike Crons arfi suffering very much for rain in this end adlolm fdg oonnttes; and unieis it shall oome shortly, the yield wi I bo very much lessened, and in nine lo celltiw the corn orop entirely destroyed.” kJ.Nrti- t Public Amusements. L \'i KST A K V/S i>y Telegraph to Tho Prose. Death of Sheldon McKnight, ofDe v- iroit. JBPBOIAL DESPATCH TO TUB FRRBB.J WASHINGTON, July 22, 1860. Sheldsn McKnight, of Detroit, died la this oHy, ut the Kirkwood House, on Saturday evening, after an illness of about a week. He was greatly esteemed, and after laborious and persevering ef forts, succeeded in getting a bIU passed by the l&at Congress indemnifying him for carrying the Uni ted States mails on Lake Michigan Ho died just aftor being paid the first Instalment. Arrival of the Steamer Ariel—l.otcr 'from California* N*iv York. July 22 —The steamship Ariel ar rived this evening, with the Californiamails of the 30th of June. The Ariel brings $073 000 in gold. The princi pal consignees are as follows: Messrs. Wells A Fargo $173 000 ' Daooan Sherman <1 C 0........... 114 000 - American Exchange 8ank........ 77 000 James Patri0k.................. 19000 sellenan A Co. 30 000 Bfillen A Souder 2 000 E. Kelly 64,000 Among the passengers Is General Jono?, minis ter to New Granada. The ship Oscari Pearl, from Now York, arrived at San Francisco on the 29'h ult. A moderate business was done at San Frannisco on the 29tb, but there were no transactions of mng intrude, and no change in rates. The shipment of specie per Uncle Sam was small, Messrs. Wolf A Co., liquor dealers, at Sacra mento, bavo failed, and a jobbing hoose In San Francisco, dependent thereon, failed, with liabili ties amounting to $25,000. Mazatlan advices report that the U. S. flleam frigate Lancaster was to leave, Jone 21. for Guav smas, to return in twenty days, and then leave for Aoaputco, Panama, Ac. Tho U. S sloop-of wer St. Marys was to leave the same day for the anme destination. The U. S ship Oynne was oxpeoted f*ora 8«n Francisco, to mako her headquarters at M-rsatlan. The American vesuris which wero reoently nt Mszatlan had been given up. Tho British troops bad ovaonated San Bias. From Washington. DEATH OP MR. GALES—CIRCULAR FROM THE POST MASTER GENERAL. Washington. July 22.—Joseph Gales, of the National Intelligenrsr, died last night, in the 75th year of his age. He was during two-thirds of his life connected with that establishment. For geverul years past he has been very infirm, bat continued his occasional visits to the office until toward the close of the last. Having desorvedly been held In the highest esteem by all olasses of the community, his decease occasions the deepest sorrow. Tbe funeral of Mr. Gqlea will take plaoo on Tuesday, from his country-seat, Fikinton, near ibis oity. It will probably be a large and most Impressive procession. The Postmaster General is about to issue an im portarit circular to postmasters, requiring, among other things, that, in all oases, postage stamps, and not meDey, he used In the prepayment of postages, and prohibiting the use of the datlog stamp in cancelling the postage stamps. A neglect to can cel postage stamps effectually, or to postmark let ters plainly, will be regarded as a cause for serious censure if not of removal, and all postmasters are required to report every instance of such neglect to the appointment office. Instructions are also to bo ismed in execution of the reoent provision of Congress for the return of letter# to the writers thereof, when they are not taken out of tbe office by those to whom they are addressed. The Pinaster to Steamer Pennsylvania. THE STEAMER A TOTAL LOSS—LOSS $lO 000—NO INSURANCE—ONLY FOUR BOXES OF GOODS RE COVBREp. Norfolk, Va., JoJy 21 —Tbe remains of the steamer Pennsylvania, which was burned on Thurs day night, on tbe James river, aro sank in four fathoms of water. Tho total loss by the fire Is estimated at $40,000, on which amount there is no Insurance. ' The engines of the Bteamer may possibly be Four boxes of goods are the oply portion of the cargo that has been saved. From Pike’s Peak. Sr. Joseph, Mb., July 21.—The Pike’d Poak Express arrived hers last evening, bringing Den ver City dates to July 15th. Denver City was visited on the 14th with a tre mendous raip storjn. The streets and cellars wero flooded with water, and a large amount of goods were damaged.' The raip was so 4ense that per sons coaid not see aoposs the street. Duriog tbo storm the Metropolitan billiard building was struck by lightning. Sovepal persons in tbe room stijnnejj, but none were seriously injured. A largo building In process of erection on Blake street fell daring the storm, tho walls having been undermined by the rain. Tbe advance division of the Uoited Statos troops from Camp Floyd, on their way to Arizoua, passed through Denver City on the morning of the 15th instant. • New Jersey Politics* PRIMARY ELECTIONS OF THE DEMOCRACY. Newark, N. J., July 21—The Demoorsoy of this city hold Primary meetings to day to elect de legates to the State Convention, Forty-nine delegates on the union electoral ticket were phqsen to eleven straight out Douglas delegates. . The Donglas men are dissatisfied with the result, and wilt onoose a fult set of oesteßting delegates. " /I'l.n JUU*„*. «*«■ X>«.***J|2t'« '"feVcyfepY, July 21.—A very brilliant meteor passed over this place last oveuing at 10 o’clock, giving as much light as a full moon. It came In view at tbe horizon west of nor’bwest, and passed due east, being about six eeoonds in passing. It went out of sight below the horizon east of north east. When directly northeast it broke, forming two. one following the offeer. Home minutos after it disappeared, a sound resembling thundor was dUtinotiy heard. No olouds w<»re in sight. Fire at jLnwrence* Mass*—Loss of JiAwnisNCfl, Maes., Julv 2t —A large wooden building. owned by Mr. Hazleton, jn connection with the Harorhlll Loan and Fund Association, and occupied by several Irish families, was de stroyed by Gre this morning A woman and child were burned to death, and two firemen badly in jured. Rell ami Everett Me'etinp at Cincinnati Cincinnati, .Tuly 21 —A large and entfruiastio 801 l and Kterett Meeting w&g bpld bp re last nfgbt A resolution was adopted calling a State Con to meet at Cbillicothe on August I(Uh, to nominate a State ilckot and electors. Departure of Steamer*. Np.w York, July 21 —Tho Flcamsbip Fulton, with 121 pussongeis and £<306,000 in specie, sailed at noon for JJvcfpooJ. Also, the etoasaor Llaesovr, with 150 passengers and $lOO 000 in specie. ' ' ' The steamer Fulton will stop at Cape Race on , Wednesday to receive thelatest news. Thefircat Eastern to Visit Annapolis. .* IjALTiMor.B July —lt Is stated to have been 'fettled upon that the steamer (treat Eastern will come to Annapolis on nenfc Tuesday or Friday week, to reoelvo’coal, thus* affoMicg'’Southerner l * an opportunity to visit her. C>eitera! Lane tn North Carolina. Raleigh, N. C., July 22—General Lanowas re ocfved at Shocco Springs, on Friday, by a lane ooncoaree of oitizena and military of barren and the s'urroiipdipg counties. After reviewing the troops, he responded to ap e4qros.i frojn tho Attor ney General of the State. A salute was tired, and a grand entertainment followed. HU presence in bin native State oroates great enthusiasm. lie visited ibis city and Kittrefi’s Spriugs yesterday The Expected Steamers. Father Point, Below Quebeo,* July 22—olght o’clock A. M —lnhere are no signs of the steam* rhln North Briton. [No communication’beyond Portland this eve ning ] ... Bostqjl, July 22.—N0 signs of the approach of tho steamer tfopnspcbt, fjjia oyening, from High land light, Cape C°>\. Tho weather there la dear, and a distance of 35 miles can be seen. Murder and Suicide. Somerville. July 22. —Mr. Lewis and wife were found dead at their residence, near Chimney Rock, yesterday. From the marks upon his wife’s throat, it is supposed ho first otioked her to denth.nnd »hen took his life by cutting bis tbroat and orms with a razor. The papse jg pjreeufped to have been joriojjsy. The parties were in good circum stances, but as far as is kpowD have left no family. &mlden Donth of 4 Philadelphian. .Atlantic City. July 23 —Mr. Blakeley, the well-known teaoher of dancing, of Philadelphia, .fell to-dfpy on tho pavement, in front of the United ’Rites Hotel, in a fit of apoplexy, and died in a few moments. Dr. Lmlkm was in attendance, bci medical aid was in vain. The deoeased was stop ping at tho Tammany Uouso. .Railroad Accident. Kaston, Jaly 22 —William Cavanaugh, an em ployee on the Lehigh Valley Railroad, was acci dentally run over and killed, last night, by an engine being switched on the traofc upon which he w&j standing-, Markets by Telegraph. Baltimore. .Tuly 2l.— Flnnr \n dull nnd heavy; no sales. Wheat firm htftl 20®! MPr red. and 41 30 A 1 36for, wh »e. Corn d*.U; yellow 62«rfric. Mixed hBo and white ,od7ri. Prnvja ons firms Mes* Pork $2O, Rump Sl4 CO. Whisky qu et but steady at2oo. Cm. Ewell’s Campaign in Arizona.— The oorrospondent of the Missouri Rrpuh'ican writing from tfabuoon, J«no 2fl, Bays: Gspt.il. 8. Ewell started on the 25h. with seventy-five men and aeveral volunteers, for the purpose of meeting the Chirlcabui Indians at Apache P*s*, sb 1 ad viseu your readers last week. I left Tucson 00 the 23d in order to join him, but after travelling seventy five miles, and when within a few miles of Fort Buchannn, I loarnod that he had sot out one day rooncr than he had at first intended, thus frustrating my intentions of accompanying the comrbond. 1 returned to tho Hacienda de Santa Rita, which I bad left 60on after dining, nod was there detained for several days by severe illness TrfE Bangor Timer thus burlesques tho umnljgtyle of writing adopted by tho Breoklnrldge papers: A Uoaw— -The report extensively published by the Douglas papers that John Jonsing, postmaster at Sequmvillo, bat} oome out for Douglas, is pro nounced an unmitigated hoax. The veteran De mocrat says he will never oast a vote for Douglas while he had a drop of blood in bis veins, or at least so Jong ho rotuins the SecuravUle post office. -. The Lcokiorldge and Blnno movement 1* csrtalqly becoming formidable. Perhaps r ” pf *<!• era art not aware that Hen. Lane ia tho hjaxodn of the’Marlon war, hut such Is the ooso. TIIK Lvuisvillo Courier, tho organ of Breck inridge thus treats the attempt to fuse In Missouri: We commend it to the espeolal attention of Chair man WMsh ard Senator ZHsler. We perceive that in Missouri the National Democracy have thrown overboard their. State offioors already nominated, on account of their Douglas proclivities. This is drawing the line in the right place. We shall be string just a« wo adhere boldly to principles, and weak ap we dilute them with “ squatterism. I H E CITY. A.MtffIKMKNTW TIUB EVENING. Pft.NJIBY/.YANU ACABVMf OV FINE AEIS, 10*8 Cheat* Outetreet.—The 97th Annual Exhibition. National Ham. Market, above Twelfth street*— "Solomon's Temvle.” Nat'onal Theatre, Walnut street, above Eighth.— Christy's Minatieia. Dkst&uciivbFike.—Yesterday afternoon, near 1 o’clock, smoke was discovered Issuing from the largo five-story silk jobbing warehouse of Yard, titllmore A Co , No 42 North Third street, west side, about midway between Market and Arch streets. The store was one of the first class, having a finely ornamented brown-stone front, and oxtended in depth nearly 200 feet to the rear of tho Friends’ meeting-house lot, whloh fronts on both Arch and Fourth streets. The smoke seemed to burst out simultaneously from the front and rrar portions of the building, and in less than fire minute* from tho time It vros first discovered, there was a column of smoke and flame, reaching to a great height. The firemen were early upon the ground and worked manfully, the steam-fire engines doing ex cellent service, bat, ia spite of all their exertions, although the burning building wag approached both in front and rear, the fire had attained such headway, that in a little more than an boar the splendid store was " gutted” from the fifth story to the third floor. The store contained Urge quantities of silk goods, though to what amount could not be ascertained yesterday with any certainty, the owners being oat of town. Some personsestimate the loss as high rs $70,000, and others at $5O 000. The loss is cer tainly very hoavy, and will probably range be tween those figures Large quantities of silk goods were saved by tbe police and firemen, who worked nobly in saving all they could. The Chief otPolioe, Samuel O. Haggles, was on the groand, and botween six and seven o’clock or dered tho upper story on Third street to be torn down, an it was in a very unsafe condition, and dangerous to passers-by The members of tbe Em pire £7ook and Ladder Company carried their lad ders to tho top of the adjoining building, aod a Urge hook was attached to the toppling oornloe, and a rope parsed to the firemen below, who pulled "with a wifi.'’ Tho heavy mass of brownsione, bricks, and rub bish camo tumbling down with a thundering orash, llko the booming of heavy artillery. Tho mass fell dlreoflv on too pavement below, under wbijh a vault bad been built. Tho weight of the falling ruins crushed In the p&voment from the curb stone to tho doorstep as if it had been an egg shell, loavlng the whole of tho vault exposed. The sido walls maintained their position, but it wis believed by experienced persons, yesterday, that they will bavo to be taken down, as they were net considered safe in their present condition. Tho storo was higher than those on either side of it Oo the north side is a two-and a-halfstory building, wbiob ia in groat danger in tbe event of the northern wall of the burnt ballding giving wav. Next door to the store of Messrs Yard, Gilmore. & Co., ia the four-story saddlery hardware and coach-trimming store of Vim P. Wiistaob & Co,, whoso stook was damaged somowhat by water, pro bably to tbe extent of $2 000, which is covered by Insurance. Both the members of this firm wero nlso out oi town, and it was difficult to obtain Informa tion as to the extent rf their loss. Tho baildibg sustained littio or no irjury by fire. Tbe exertions or the firemen, fortunately, kept tho firo confined to the building In whloh it oom* menoed, and prevented its spreading. The origin of the fire is involved la some doubt, and it was impossible Ift*t evening to obtain Accu rate information as to how it commenced. Those who first saw it. state that it commenced in the fourth story, and seemed to break out all at once from both front and rear. There was no fire used in tho building at the time, and, as It oonld not be attributed to spontaneous combustion, strong sus picions were expressed that it was the act of an incendiary. The cause of the fire will receive the early atten tiou of Fire Marshal Blackburn, who wilt care fully investigate all the olroumstances, and report the result. During the fire the private watchman of Wn. P Wilstaoh & Co’s store, adjoining the butning building, was arrested, by order ofChief Engineer Fearon, for refusing to permit tho firemen to go through his store to get ou tbe roof and in the rear of the storo. His name is John Doran, and he bad a hearing before Aid. Braxer, who committed him to answer the charge. While the firo was raging, Michael Meagher, of the Mojuptneing Hose Company, gat upon the roof to lead out a side stream upon the fire. While thus engaged, the pipe became unmanageable, and letting go his hold, the water spirted up in his face. This caused him to step back, and so doing fell down three stories, alighting on a frame shed or sash at the second story which broke his fail and no doubt saved his life. He sustained little or no irjary. Many other firemen exposed themselves to danger by running over the roofs of the adjoining bousos, taking up nose on ladders, and introducing streams into the midst of the tqioke end fire of the burning building, but fortunately none of them were in jured. Tbe steam fire-engines proved tbemselve3 in valuable, working without intermission, some throwing two and three streams at onoe Not withstanding tbe extensive character of the fire, the State House bell did not sound a general alarm, tbe apparatus of the First, Becond, and Third fire districts being found sufficient to subdue the fire. Desperate Fight with the Schuylkill HANQBRR—TnRRE MkN SHOT AJID OXK STABBED.— Between one and two o’clock, yesterday morning, a desperate fight took place on the lot on Twenty fourth street, between Pine and Spruce, between a man named James Cameron, alias Goosey, and a party of Schuylkill Rangers. It appears that some time slnoe Cameron had incurred the enmity of the gang of gangers, and th y had frequently threatened him with personal violence. Cameron is a boatrpan, and on Saturday evening left his boat at Pine-sireet wharf, Schuylkill, for the purpose of visiting soipe friends in the neighborhood of Twen ty-fourth and Spruoe streets. While stopping at a tavern in the vioinlly a snore ume, some or toe Rangers, woo had conare gated on the lot before spoken of, learning that amemn was at the tavern, went there, and, as he says, commenced abusing him in a very violent manner, daring him to fight, Ac. He avoided being drawn iuto a quarrel with them, and at a late hour started, in company with another young man, to go to hln boat at Pine-street wharf. When he reached the lot where the gang were lying about, one of the party, named Franfc Coyle, got up on the lamp post at Twenty-fourth and Pine streets, and pac out the light. Almost at the same moment, Cameron was attacked by one of the gang, named Miobaol Megee. Cameron drew a rovolyer and attempted to fire at Megee, but the weapon snapped, anj would not go off. Megee then made a lungo at Cameron with a knifo. which took effect in his threat, inflicting a severe though not dangerous wound. Cameron, to save himself struck Megoe wllh the barrel of the pistol and bnook*d biih down Attbis another Ran* ger, named Thomas Smith, attacked Ontueron, who discharged two barrels of tho revolver at Smith’s face 'i’ho pistoHyas Ipaded with buck-shot, and both loads took effeot on the eyes of Smith, blowing one oi his eyebrows nearly off, and completely de stroying the sight of both eyes. At the same time Anothor Ranger, named Francis Coyle, attacked Cameron, when the latter discharged one barrel of the pistol at him, the load taking effeot in the forebead, making an ugly wound, though not dan gerous During the scuffie, a man named John McKelvey, residing |p the trinity*, oqfc to' see what was the mutter, and observing that several men were fighting one man. went in to assist Cameron. The latter euppotiog McKelvey to be another of the gang, and about to attack him, fired a load at Me n olvoy which took t fleet In his left side, causing a severe if not dangerous wound. Tbo remainder of the Rangers, seeing the havoo made among their friends oy Crtmeroo, took to their hpels and ran oft’. T£o friend of Oomcron, who started from tbo tavern with him, It ia sup posed, also ran off, as he was not seen after the commencement ot the fi/ht. Cameron, after the affair, walked deliberately out towards his boat at Fine-street wharf, bat on the •ay be met Sergeant Jordan, of tbo Fifth pollco district, to whom ne surrendered himself, gave up the pistol and a knife which be said ho had taken from Mezee at the beginning of the fight, and which ho^believed was the one which Megee had stabbed him with. Tbe officer and his prisoner then went to the scene of the row, and the wounded men were ail taken to the drug store of |)r. Ashmead, Twonty fourth and Pino streets, who dressed all their wouoda, both the assailed auc| tho assailants Snnth,Coyle, and MoKolvey, afterwards taken to tho Pennsylvania Hospital, where all wereunder treatment last evening. The physicians say that Smith’s eyesight is completely destroyed. He was suffering great agony yestetdsy, and said he wished be had been Jailed in the ena^antpr. Cameron was taken btfore Alderman Patcbell, who committed hint to prison to await the remit of the iujntles to the wounded men Cameron and all the other parties were well ao qunlnted, and bo recognized all concerned in the ofiair, und alleges that bn only acted in self defence He is a young man, about tseniy-fivo years old. amj of rather light weight, h\tt of a quick, aotive temperament. Mimt.bt FuNßiur. — Yesterday after noon, the State I'enoibles, Capt. Page, paraded to ittond tho funeral of fhlwaid an old member of the corps. The intercept took place at BonaWson’s Cemetery. The Fenmbfes paraded about 00 muricets, and performed the fa oeral cercmoules with much precision. During the day, the American flag, at the armory of the corps, was suspended at naif most in token cf mourning. Camp-Meeting.—A camp-meeting will commence to-day at the Jaokson station, on the Camden and Atlantic Railroad, and close next Saturday. It will bo under the direction of the Long a coming, Waterford, and Winslow oharges of the Methodist Episcopal Churches. Correction.—We liayo boon requested to say the etesm passengercar tried upon the Nine toeotb-street Railroad on Thursday, as reported in onr local column on Saturday, was not Grice A Long’s steam oar “ alpha.” Attempted Spicide. Yesterday morning Margaret Bunting, living in PaJethorpe street, at tempted to commit suicide by taking laudanum. Iho prompt application of the stomach-pump saved her life. A Laborer Killed.—On Saturday after noon, about six o'clock, William Moran, a Jaooror, employed In tearing down the building corner of Bdtik and Market streets, fell froip the rear wall, at the height of two stories, and, 'striking upon a beam his neck was broken. The Coroner held fn toques*, nnd a verdict of accidental death waa re turned. Dlt TRIIiUT INC, TIIR JAPANFSE POLICE Fc*P —On Saturday morning, Chief of Police Samuel G. Ruggles was engaged in disbursing the fund left by tho Japanese Krabasay to be divided among the police force who were on the dity on the dav of toe arrival of the Japanese. The sum of $5 32 waa given to each man. Birth in a Station Douse --Ann Carter was arrested, late on Friday night, on a charge of larceny, and taken to the Second-district station house. On Saturday morning she gave birth to n child while there. Mother and child will bo set t to the almshouse as soop as posslhle. Flag Presentation.—Captain O, S. Chrantt, of tho steamer Joseph Belknap, has been the reoipient of a full suit of flags, presented by a number of bis friends, as a testimonial of esteem. The ceremonies on the oooaatou were quite into resMng. Thb Mayor Recreating,— Mayor Hemy baa thrown aside the cares of r.fiiceand gope down to Capq-Msy fora few days’ vorearion; -la bia absence Chief of Police Samuel G. RugaL s attends to tho mwagement of the police businoss. . jo-Fire Companies. for the sunual appropriations to the different fire companies of the oity will be rSflly , to-day f«r the porsons entitled to receive them, who will be required to produoe the ; roper vtuohe. a. Fires in tbe Jerskt Puna For »bont ten day* gerkma •mTUy, been barsing in tbe I M 8 "5 eBt3 of New Jersey, and many square miles of timber here bee* burned over. Io some luetAnoes awelUnjgw b«ve Shared the fate of the wooae, and their occupants have been compelled ?•'* There are no less than four °f ** re# .ktt/aing, the most serious one of which appears to bo ten or fifteen miles southwest from tb« 'V -jraooth tt.«on, on tho lino of tho Camden and Atlantto Railroad. Between this point end some distance below Egg Harbor City the flames have extended, and south of the lost named place there seems to be a semi circle of burniog woods. Eml of Egg Harbor City the fire has come up to tbe lice of the railroad, and the ruins of trees are - smouldering for some distance along the traek. The travel on tbe road has not been interfered with by the fire#, aad U ia aot pro. bable that it will be Impeded. The fires have ori ginated from coalings and from sparks from the ooomotives- There is no possibility of the flames being extinguished until sufficient ruin falls to fie oompllihit. At Atlantic City the fires assume a formidable appearance. The oloud of smoke, reaching a line many miles in extent, arises to sueb a heighten to spread over tbe western heavens and beyond the zenith, and It gives the son, daring the last half of the day, a murky appearance.. The'extent of the fires may be jqdged from the feet that the smoke so plainly visible at AtUnilo arises some twenty miles distant from there Tbeofadesafrcfe barnjdg brash have been carried by the wind clear to the sea, and the banks of the inlet at Atleotio are lined with blackened rubbish from the fires. The pry weather has rendered the woods rerjr'odmbaaj ible. ' ‘ The Tbtp of the Pawneb—We obtain the annexed account *of the recent trial trip of this vessel from a reliable source: The Pawnee left the navy yard on the 19th, at noon, and pro ceeded down to-Port Mifflin, where she came to fur powder and shell, after receiving which she proceeded down the river, and anchored during the night, the next morning proceeding to sea. Tbe engines belog yet laeiined to heat in the journals it was deemed prudent by Captain Jlart stein not to leave tho immediate vicinity of the Capes, and ran off and on during most of Friday. After meridian the engines were pat up to a regu lar speed, in order to develop both tbe power end speed of the vessel. The distance from tbe light boat on Five fathom Bank to the lighthouse on Cape Henlopen being twenty miles, the vessel w*s run from light to light, both ways, In order to get tbe mein: for the first hour 25} revolutions ot tho engine, tho last hour 27 revolutions—the time being two hours and five minutes, equal to 9} knots The journals oontisning to heat, particular ly those of the idle wheel, which entirely gave ont except for the most moderato speed, the brass jour nal being cracked, the representative of tho firm of the contractor!*, Messrs. Neafio & Levy, at mid night requested tbe oaptaio to return, which re quest he at once proceeded to comply with. Ou the return trip she left Cape Henlopen lighthouse at 5 o’clock A. M. on Baturday, and arrived at the navy yard at ten minutes past two P. M.; the wind being fair most of the way up, the soils were spread. The greatest amount of power developed by the ongiaes was CB2 horse power. Democratic Mass Meeting in Brides bubo —One of the meet entbusiastio demonstra tions ever witnessed in Brideabnrg, was held on Friday evening, in pursuance of a call of the friends of the national nominees. Tbe following gentlemen were appointed to act as officers of the meeting: Andrew J. Catberwooj, President; Vice Presidents, Jacob Fox, Isaac Bonsall, Rina than B. Davis, Conrad Huffman, James Drum. Wo. Tattle. Laban D. Smith, Jphn Cornell. Jacob Stinger; Secretaries, Chas. H. Davis, Elward Brelsford, James Qnigg, Wm. Dolby, w. McMil lan, Albert Nelson, Martin Gundlaoh, William Cooney. The following resolutions were offered and adopted unanimously: Ilf solved, Thatia the nominations cf Douglas, Johnson, and Foster, wo recognize the regular nominees of the Democratic party, and do hereby pledge them our cordial and unswerving support, believing them to be the only candidates calculated to still the troubled waters of the political sea Resolved , That we hereby request our represen tative in the City Executive Committee to carry out the known wishes of tbe majority of the Demo cratic citizens of the Twenty-third ward, or resign his position ia that body. 2 he following gentlemen addressed tbe meeting: P. A Vancleve, Henry W. Ditmnn, Charles W. Brooks, John Campbell, Engene Ahern, and Geo. Burgenstock. . - * ’ Reception of the Chicago ZGuaves.— It is expected that the Chicago Zouaves will pass through this city in * few days, on their way from Boston to Washington. Appearances iudieate that there may be no military reception given them io this city, In consequence of their neglect to reply to an Invitation wnich was extended to them lest week by Capt. Parry, of the Washington Grays, of this city. In regard to this matter, tho Sun day Mercury says: u We think it probable the 2 uaves will have no military reception in Philadelphia. Capt. Parry, of the Washington Grays, was desirous of extend ing to them the courtesy of a reception, and on Monday last telegraphed to Colonel Ellsworth, tbe commandant of tbe Zouaves, to that effect. Mon day and Tuesday passed, and no answer to this despatch being received, Captain Parry, on Wed nesday, took means to escort* in If his despatch had been received by Colonel Ellsworth. Tbe ii quiry estibllshed the fnot that the despatch bad been received, but remained unanswered, for whAt cause could not be ascertained. Arrangement? were in progress here to have given the Zouaves a handsome reception, but this disre s pectfal treat ment to tbe in?itfttlon Greys will doubtless prevent any the kind on Ibe ar rival of Ibe We regret this' asit may be construed info a feeling of jealousy or hostility to tho Zouaves, whloh Is not the case. The fault of this state of affairs is with them, not with us.” A Steamship epFicpß Lost Overboard tie Dklawarr Bat —On Saturday afternoon, as the steamer Kennebec, of the New Yarfe line, was ooming up tbe bay, Lawrence Urie, the first mate, was knocked overboard and drowned The steamer yas near " Danßaker’y fiboala.” h*t»v» Island, and the deceased was assisting to-fasten tho jib, and for thfs purpose hn stood on the rail ing at tbe bow of the boat. The jib was caught by the wind and carried out of Mr. Dale’s hand, and he lost his equilibrium and fell into the water. Tbe engine was immediately stopped, the stesmer backed, and tbe small boats lowered, and every effort tvss made to save him, but the unfortunate map could not be found. Re cam* to tho surface but ODce, and then sunk. It is thought that he was struck by tbe wheel, and thus stunned, a?, when he arose to the surface, the life preserver* and the chairs were thrown to him. and he made no iff >rt to get one. Tho deceased resided in thi« city, and leaves a wife and child. A meeting of tbe passengers was held before the boat reached the wharf, and a subscription started for tbo family of the deceased. $125 was raraed in this way. Democratic Organization in Tnp. Se cond Warp —Tbe Jfomcoracy of the Becond ward held a meeting on Thursday evening last, at Mealy’s Ward Hon«e, Tenth and Carpenter streets, for the rmrpese of forming a ward Douglas Johnson, and Foster association. Tho large room was crowded with the sterling men of the Demo cratic party. John Holland w i is called to the chair, and Joseph Megary appointed secretary. Addresses ware do livered bv Messrs Holland. MoOartby, Wells, and other?, when a committee of five were appointed to draft q ponstilntiqn fo.r a w*r4 association. Tbe committee retired, and shortly after reported through the obsirman. H. A. Glides, which report was adopted, and the motto, “ A ofoan victory. or a dean defeat,” was received with the wildest ap plause ! Tho association was then organiz'd by the elec tion of a full set of officers John Holland, pres! dent, with eleven vice-presidents, two secretaries, one corresponding secretary, treasurer, and a com mittee on organization, consisting of two, John McCarthy and H. A. Gidea, being the committee Arrfsted upon a Cn.vßog op Arson. Charles Porter, a young man, who has just return ed from sea, was arrested on FrlJay evening, bv Officer McCaullev, and taken to the Sixth-ward station-house. He stud two other porsons, on the night of Abril Hi. 1853, set fire to no less than five places in the vicinity of Broad and Race streets, among which was a double two-story frame house, In which eleven women and children were sleep, ing. The fire fortunately burnt itself oat. Short ly after that time, one of the parties was arrested tried, and convicted, and sentenced to two years’ imprisonment. IJo was pardoned out by Governor PdcVer, after he had served about eighteen month?. Porter went to sea «nd thus eluded the vigilance rf the police, until Friday oveniosr, when he appeared in the Ninth ward, drunk and very uproarious Ou bein'? accused of the crime, he made a full acknowledgment of his guilt, and ar tributed It to the foot of his being drunk at the time D was committed. 1. O. or O. F Parate and Pic-nic This morning the German Odd Fellows’ Lodges and Encampments will hold a plc-nio at Washington Retreat, near the Colombia Bridge. The proces sion it is exoftct. (3 t will number about fifteen hun dred men. Twelve Lodges will participate. The line will bo formed on York avenue, north of Vine stroet, at BA. M After parsing through s*Vf>r*l streets, they will take the heading Railroad car? at Sixteenth and Callowhill streets, and Vo con vovM direotly to lb© spot. Tbe entire proo*esion will be under the command of the Grand Master of tho Grand Lodgo of Pennsylvania. The net proceeds are to ha applied to tho fund for th* ereotionof the German Hospital In this city Military Ixcukaions —The Nation* Grays will make an excursion to Torresdale this} afternoon, on board tho steamer Edwin Forrest which will leave Areh-streotwharf at two o’clock. The Philadelphia Zouaves. Captain Bandin, will m»ko an excursion to Atlantic City to morrow. The National Artillery. Lieut. Jos. H. Sinex will make an excursion to Cape May on the 13*h of August, on board the steamboat George Washing ton. The Hibernia Greens, Captain Beenan, ard Patterson Light Guards Captain Cromley, will make a joint excursion to Delta Grove, N, J , on the 20th of An^usf. Parr Ball—A Decisive Match.— I This aftornoon. at 4 o’olnok, the third and decisive match at ba*o ball, will be played by the Wlrona and Equity Clubs upon the ground located »t Ridge and Columbia avenues. Each of these clubs has won a game over the other, and as they are well matohed, nn *xciring struggle for superiority max be anticipated. If the weather should prove fa vorahlo. a Inrae number of ladles wilt be upon the ground io cheer by tbeir smiles the contestant? In this glorious sport Accidfnt.— On Faturdeyaftcrccon, Mar garetCorilln, sixty years Of age, fractured htr left leg by falling from a dnor-Bt«p, at her resi dence in Germantown. She was- admitted Into tbi> Pennsylvania Ho«nltfilvPB>erdny Rlohard Hopley, ahoy, fall from a tree yeatei dny afternoon causing a alighi fraoturo and dis locating his left arm. Ha was taken to tho drug store Tenth nnd Thompson streets, where his arm wa«Bothy Dr ~H. J! Neilds. Fatal Result.—Mr, Andrew Hunter, who was Injured by an fron casting falling upon him at tho foundry of J. W. A J F. Starr, in Camden, oir Frldny morning, died the same eve ning from the effects of the injuries Ano*h«r mau who was injured at the Same time, Hes in a.Very critical ooDdition Mr. Hunter was a young man of exemplary habits and disposition, and had been married only about three months DKATn op a Well-known Citizen.—On hVurdav morning, Mr. William Manning*, the proprietor or the we'l-known Tsger-beer saloon in C»ripr atren*. below Third, died after a protracted and painful illness. Me was aged SO yean' He was at one time & letter-oarrler In the post office, and at one time was an active member of the Na tional Guard Mr. H was of a genial and gene .reus disposition, and was much respected ■ Box Brows fjl— John Bays, a lid of fif t en yearsofsao. wax drowned <m F*tudaf«lter |f> the Schuylkill river, xipporite Fatrmouct P a V£* "°dy was recovered soon afterwards. 1 n 1 the Coroner held an inquest upon it. iKTspJWvfigi* i ~,4)P4&tse B*t- AUifom—Saturday iua Lost day in the (jaarter Seaeioue, as there was a number of sentences to be posted, io addition to the regular business of the day. dock was filled with a motley crew of old and young, whites and Macks. C*>l. Cross, th® distinguished forger, was prominent in the crowd, and bis well-dressed appearance con trasted strongly ‘ wllh that of his companion* la cMhiK ' Tet, the gay and gallant Colonel has changed somewhat in look and bearing. He no longer wears that confident and self-ascured air which has characterized the man during all hi* trials and tribulations at the hands of tbe police of this city. He now tRkfS his companionship wiih felons of a lew genteel appearance very kiadly, and noeawonally he condescends to bold eon verve with his fellow-prisoners ia tbe dock. Daring ibe morn ing the Judge interned tbe Colonel, tbat as his oounsel was unable to argue the motion for a new trial made in bis ease, bU sentence could aot be determined, and be would hare to bo "brought Tne business of the court was then proceeded with regularly. John Connor, convicted some time since oflar ceny, In stealing $ 135, the property of a sailor named Williams. w»s discharged upon entering hia own looogolziDoe, the judge not feeling satisfied with tbe verdict In view of f*ets which bod come to hia knowledge sine* the trial. A writ of habeas corpus was next heard for the purpose of obtaining the Teieoeefroni the House of Sefage of a boy committed to that institution on the charge of malicious mischief. Os the bearing on Saturday it appeared that tbe aecased was charged with being concerned ia forgery sad faiceayas well as malicious misibief, and under iheee cir cumstances, Judge Allison said that as tbe ebarget were serious in their character, the hoy should have an opportunity of presenting bis defence to • jury. A discharge upon boil, to await a trial, was then ordered. In tbe ease of Eliza i, Aabme&d. charged with •ttempting to poison the family of Mr Yeager, at Ches'out Hill, a writ of habeas corpus was heard Mr. Yeager testified that Mr® Aabmeed resided in bu boats as a sab-tenant; co Saturday, the of June, a dispute arose between Mr. Yeager and Mrs. Ashmead in regard to some article of farnl tare, which Mrs. A. claimed, and which Mr. Y. refused to deliver up unless a debt was paid by Mrs. Anhmead; at this time Airs. A. said she would be revenged, if U was for fitly years to eome ; os tbe following Thursday, Friday, and Sa turday, Mr. and Mrs Yeager, after partaking of meat, were taken sick; the symptoma were tho»e of poisoning with arsenic, and an analysis cf thu meat showed that it was impregnated with Uml mineral; a child of Mr. Yeager, who had not eaten of the meat, was sot iffxted ; on the next Sunday the family were again taken sick after citing fish which had been left in tbe lower part of the bouse. In soak tbe night previous.'' The jadge thought this a care fer a jury, and he remanded the accused for trial. A writ of habeas corpus was taken nut to procure tbe release of Benjamin Finney and Mary Jane, his wife, who were imprisoned under an alias r>:. s* , after they bod neglected to teke the benefit of tbe insolvent law, when they baa given bonds be fore the alderman so to do. To tbejf. fa. ireued In tbe case, upon the transcript filed in the GoeamoE. Fleas, there was a return by the sheriff of * Stayed by order of the plaintiff*'‘attorney,” and the same return wax made to tbo ea ia. whieh followed tbe fi. fa , and then the alias ea. sa. issued under which the parties were iaprieoced Judge Pareoos appeared for the relator, ard among other points be urged that there bad been no retora of nulla lona to the ft fa., and there fore tbe ea. sa. should not have Issued; that a ea x sa. could not be Issued upon a transcript filed in the Court of Common Pleas. The court sustained this view, and os tbs oa» more properly come under- the headlof Common Pleas business, the writ was quashed and the par ties discharged. William McKenzie, charged with ebtainlng goods under false pretences, bad a hearing upon a writ of habeas corpus. This is the defendant whoee arrest at Louis*, Ky., by Officer Freukifo, wee noticed in The Press eome time since.- The accused purchased goods et Mem*. Bancroft, and Messrs. Ludwig A Koeedler, representing that ho was tbe owner of a mill property at Louisa. Tbe notes which be gave at the time were protested, and inquiries were started as to his means, whan it appeared that at the time he bought the goods, he had no paper title to the mill property, although tbe records show a deed cf a a oath or two later. MoKeszie represented the militate worth $lO,OOO, while the consideration money in the deed is $1,500, and the prosecution, which was eondueied by O. W, Davis and F. C. Brewster, Eaqrs., con tended that this was evidence that tbe property was not worth $lO,OOO, while the records showed that he did not own it at all when be purchased the goods. Th* counsel for Mr. McKenzi*, Mr. OehlaUger. produced a number of papers, which, if allewed fn evidence, would, he said, txplein tbe whole transaction, end show that Mr. McKenzie's state ment was true, as he did own the pro{ erty, al though be had no paper tide. Thaae papers were not received in eridenee, and the judge took tbe ease as it stood, and said that the omoant of $4,509 mentioned in the deed was eridenee that the state ment that tbe property woe worth $lO,OOO wn untrue. It might be exp]aired to a jaCT, and tooordissly he remanded tbe defendant, eDowing him, at the suggestion of tbe counsel for Cbe prose* cation, to enter his own recognizance la the nun of SSOQ. Next oamo tho sentences. William SktUy, con victed of assault and battery with intent to kill Themes White, of the Continental Hotel, was Ser« tenced to eighteen months’ imprisonment in the County Prison. Immediately alter- tbis-aeatence was announced Shelly was seized with a violent fi*, while In the dock. He was carried out of the court room, and when restored was conveyed to prtFoa. Charles Cress, convicted of arson, In firing the Green Rosse. ou tbe night of the 2i of Jaly lasi, was seuteuoem to four yean* imprisonment is the Eastern penitentiary. When Boehm, who is charged as an acoomplioe of Cmf t end seat of the "Prairie Hens” sbolf have been pat away for a like period the people of the Fourteenth, Fifteenth, and Twentieth wards will retire to their beds with a consciousness that their homos sill 'mV be fired ot the night. By some singular arrangement, Boehm is out on bad, and, ahboegh tbe evidence which convicted Cress, implicates 030 as much as the other, he was not bronght to trial with his guilty comrade. Busan Robinson, couvioted of keeping a disor derly bouse in Pme alley, was sentenced to three months in the County Prison. Lewis Cutter, convio'ed of passing a counterfeit $5 note, purporting to be issued by tbo Bank of Penn Township, was sentenced to three years in the Eastern Penitentiary. Eiward Meagher, who pleaded guilty of selling liquor without license, was sentenced to pay a tins of 525, and to an imprisonment of fifteen days. This is tbe first sentenoe under the late act cf as aemhly regulating tbe sale of Ifqaors. William Gilmore, convicted of selling lottery policies, was sentenced to nine months ia the Coaiity Prison. John Jackson and John Freeman, couvioted un der the new penal code of having “ ten or more ” counterfeit notes in their possession, with intent to pass lb* tamo, were called up for sentence Jack son desired to ?av a few words, and pemifslon having been granted, he requested to have the ar ticl a taken trom him at the statioc-booae returned o him. Among other things, he mentioned a note of hand for $253, and also u quantity of good coin. Jackson further stated ia teterence to tbe charge against hirq, that if time bod been allowed him, he ' coqld have produced testimony from New Yoik to prove that he woo the money in New York at “ poker,” and he was satisfied that there zzroat be some good money in the bateb. He had $195 in , all, and he passed in good faith the ooe note re ferred to. Jackson exonerated Freeman from any knowledge of the money, as ho was a chance ac quaintance made upon the road. Tbe officer who effected the arrest of Ibe parties was then called by the District Attorney to ex plain the whereabouts of the articles taken from , ihem. Ha admitted that he bod seen the note of band, and that it bad been given to lieutenant Taylor, of trie Twenty-second ward, with the other property, ; but he eouid not tell why It was not produced upon tbe trial. Tbe witness testified that it was SIIS taken from Jackson. Toe money which had b«en used at tbe trial was now produced by Mr. bbaikey, tbe clerk, in whose possession it has been since'Thursday. Upon counting it, but $O5 could be found, And when tbo offioer was oalled upon to explain where tbe : balance w&l, he was unable to state anything ex cept that It must have been retained by tbe alder man. or taken by the polioe officers as samples of counterfeit notes. As all properly found upon prisoners, when the csraer cannot be found, is deposited at tbe Mayor’s office, a messenger waa now lent for Mr Mont gomery, the Mayor’s clerk, and Mr. Haines, the messenger. They were not on hand, and Judge Allison then directed a sabpcaoa to issue for Al t. King and Lieut Taylor, to appear this morning to explain their port in tbe transaction. The sen tence was in the meanebUe deferred L&stly the ease of John if. Gallo, ccavlcted of Itbri in publhhiog In the Irt*k American an arti cle reflecting upon the character of Aid. Moore as a magistrate, was called up, and Mr F. C. Brew <-ter, counsel for Cults, moved for a new trial. De had. ho said, been counsel for Mr. Colin from tho commencement, but when the ossa w«s called for trial he happened to be absent upon a professional engagement, and the defendant was not allowed time to procure bis attorney, but was sent to trial without a defence. Judge AUUon suggested that it would be better to call witnesses to prove that the statement* contained in the alleged libellous article were true. Mr. Brewster replied that this could he done, provided the oourt allowed them until the latter part of August, when on important witne?*, now on his way to this QOgntry from Europe, would ar rive. This application was resisted by Lewis C Cassi dy aud B F Koehler, Erqs , counsel for Alderman Moore, bat after making the legal proof, by Mr Culio, tho court postponed the oase. To-day and to morrow the court will he engaged with desertion cases, a large number of which are upon Mr. S-wdcrsoa’s docket unsettled FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The Money Market. PnJLAIifLPUIA. Jul j 31, Ijgy. Theie wes hut a eiuclo session o( the Stock Board c n Saturday. The dullness coo mon to this season of torrid sensations, when the bolls so to the maintains andtha bear* forget the f r itunesof the season amid the rough w svn and gentle breezes of the ocean, has had the ten dency of atagaalmt the watira of speculation. The transactions were mostly confined to *nvestmen t stocks the fancies holding their own vith eom le diffieuify.and with few bujers. Prices remain the same aawhen last quoted. At the first Board—by the way. there was but one— the sales summed up loans, sad 330 shares. North Pennsylvania Gsauld at 76V. Mechanics’ Bank as 2oV, amden and Amboy 130 V, IVnnarivanw RaUroaa a-vonced .V- selilng- at 23V. Rending cloeed dull at ?1» SoharikiH Narigstiau pr» ferred 25?f*g3f£ % without any sales* Penn Mining was stead? at SVeL and Bohe mien BVffB!*i. The general maiket clcses steady but dull. The notes of the .Tioga County Bank and the North western Bank, Warren, Penisylv.nia, are redeemed on Third street. The Railway Convention, which has been in,session in New Yotk for a few days, adjourned on fatardan It ia understood that a n acting of the four trunk roads and the Grind Trunk of Canada will be held at Saratoga Sprinsa Jaly il, to adjust rates of freight for ibi ocm't g setsoo.' Upon passenger rates there is perfect Jiai mony, and a good understanding will be bad about freights. The earnings by the Chicago, Bml'ngton, and Qmncy Railroad, for the second week in July, i&g, war* .$26 - -Oil 84* r same we*k in 1350» $33 541 63. Increase, s*,- CS 81. Tne Spru- a aod Pm* a reets Railway Company bare e dared a dividend of lorty rents per share. The stawisltip Fulton sail'd from New York on Fri -darfur Ronthxmptott’and-Havrerwith-wo- pawenrera and $868,693 tn epeole. The Glasgow also tail** the same day for Liverpool, With ISO and SV9, 083 in specie, making a total of '2lO passengers and $838691.
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