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t:: j .j!dONDAY, 00TOBR 15, 1860.
. -Ftnex•Peen.—Dinners:=Ruestan end English ;
Personal end'Pelltioal ; But* &anti ; The Reyo
,..-intion in Igurope; Important Avid in New York ;
An Elopement In Rochester.; Founin PAQE.—A
Leaf frem the Criminal Calendar; The Disaster to,
the • Ileinsught ; Destruction
,of the Propeller
Want Vernon ; pet of Letters; Marine f Intern-
The NellfiN
The , steamer North Star hu:anived at New
York from San Franobno, with' ater news from
Cintril and South America, Her California and
Paella coast - advice. have • been - anticipated by
nrjoriand mail. The John L. Stephens, overdue at
Panama 'when the Northern Light left 'Aspinwall,
had arrived safely. She, was delayed - by an acol.
'dent to her machinery, and was towed into port by
the United Stater steamer Cyan,— On the Isthmus
all was orderly, and there was 'no fear of a recur;
`race of • the neve riots; ;The British and Amor!,
- eau f orms rema i n ed in Joint possession of Panama,
for the pinions Of Maintaining peace. The revolt'.
den at Costa Rica bad reached a summary .00nolet
„siren • Bs-President Mora's forces, had been beaten
by the Government Forces, he had been captured,
arid; together with some of his principal adherents,
';',arasu s There was nothing further of importance.
We have intelligenee of another disaster on the .
- Western waters, . In . a - brief telegraphic) message
Lenistille': pie steamboat Tempest, while
'-‘'Preceidlifg from LonisyMe, to - Cairo, was suhk off
Wand. The disaster happened on Thursday
night,.,Tbs yawl had a , full freight on board,
lost. We are glad to say that no lives
Thereilie . witre in the -Twenty-fourth ward, on
Saturday night, accompanied by a Will accident.
:The building:at the corner 'of Laimatter avenue
and. Market' West was burned. An old lady who
was in the home was no much injured by tho fire
ind tonoire;'while being removed, that rho died at
the Station•house.
The telegraph from Boston reports & terrible gale
baring occurred In the St. Lawrence on the 6th
and 7th.' It raged with euoh fury that several
bindings ere blown down, schooner' driven from
theirrnooringer, and trees proatrated. Two 'schooners
- are supposed to. be lost, with all on board. In
one town daniage'was done to the amount of ten
thousand dollars.
There is much excitement among fpoliticians
relatlie to the recent election in the First Con.
gressional'distrlot. The award of the certificate
of election to John M. Butler, the Republican can
didate; is disputed by Mr. Lehman on the ground
of forgery in the'returns. Wm. Byerly, the return
judge, of the Fourth ward, was arrested and taken
before Itecorder'Eneu on the charge of oommitting
the forgery.- The Recorder; after hearing the
case, held Mr. Byerly' in the sum of $1,500 to n
ewer at - court. Mr. Lehman has placed the matter
in the hands of Governor Pieter, with a request
that the proclamation of Mr. Butler's election be
suspended.
, In Van Boren, Arkansas, on Saturday, a fearful
and fatal affray took place. it arose out of an old
fetid which had been exieting between several OM
sans ,of that place. Two brothers, named Silas
and ion Edwards, who are regarded as terrors to
" the littete by reason- of their aggressive and vio
lent oondunt, induced the quarrel, and killed three
men '. mimed Rufus, Jackson, and Covington.
Several others were stabbed. Tke Edwards
brothers -were arrested, and narrowly escaped
being lynched. The affair is regarded as one of
the moat atrocinna crimes ever committed in Ar
ktuisas. =
The Southern papers Mill print details of the
:Jabs tornado in the Southwest. The Picayune
~ says : The effects of the Maim in the parishes are
0 - disastrous beyond anything before on record. The
Thibodaim Gaiette of the 6th Inst. says in that
- • ,
"town a' parallel has not been witnessed in that
part the State. • The 'rind carried-everything
....before it, uprooting trees, tearing down fences, and,
in , some instances, blowing down'tenements.
lion. Ws.lliam L. Yancey.
, Thia gentleman,- so bitterly assailed, and,
we believe, so generally misunderstood, made
•, • studied speech a few nights since, in the
.
city of New York, at the Cooper Institute,
which' is reported in the Now fork pa
, pers.. Mr. Yancify,_ is About forty-six years
'of age, and lives in the beautiful city of Mont
• gomery, Alabama, whore ho, has many ardent
-trioxde and not a fon; equally ardent enemies.
Ile has been withdrawn from national politics
- for some twelve years -vest,
,haidn,g resigned
his seat „in Congress in 'lB4l, after serving
three years with - eminent ability ; but he has
been considerably mixed - rip with party atm&
glei Inhls oivildistrict and State': Mr. YA N.
oar has' always 'been looked upon as an es
frame
-Southern' Man; and, in the late differ.
-ences iu the riemocratic party, without, for a
moment, approving the proscriptive policy of
.the .416inistration on the Kansas question,
Lbw allowed himself to be carried away by the
;idea that the Northern people were resolved
,todo injustice to his section. But the pecu
liar divisions In Alabama politics have had
:much to dO with his, More recent nitraism.
If we know Mr: 'Luton,. and we think we
- do; atbelleve that he hall:lee:eine telly con-.
under existing circumstances, the
doctrines of the Seceisionists cannot be main
tained in the South. He has had some ex
" perience in the North. He has many admin3rs
in Philadelphia and New York, and 'mere than
4 :oear,*o, when he took occasion. to visit
~thkrjsection, he was greeted with the heartiest
Making friefuht . ,Ort all aides by his
,;:,CandOr and his onnierotti genial qualities. He
•-• - Salflittai to undeceive! him. Like most proud
-fineit;inirtivei;haVing laid downo certain rule
ol,aptiOn t he believes that it is his ,duty tead
hero to that rule, and rather then lose his
'ffihariCterforoOnsisteecy, . resolves to stick to
t f beekirhich hie-best judgment must convince
• hiro is'; impracticable.' If Mr. Maori
Jutei: a personal feeling •in his heart , two
.yeara ago; as - ,between Bascarsureon.ind
Minot:Ls; 10, warmly preferred the latter.' But
Wheit Mr. Brtacitteanxin sought to outbid the
leaders of the extreme sentiment of the South;
Mr. YAIIICRY; by'general aceltiMation, (haying
always been' in the 'fore front of the' State
Melds Denionineyowas nominated as tho cap.
tain-general ol.the Breekitirldge movement.
Neer had any sympathy with Mr. &wax !
of Lotiisiana, Mr.. FITKPATRION. of Alabania,
-or Mr.' Wan of Virginia; and other Breckli
'rldgerieaders, and .his Course, therefore, for
tlindwit - year has been. guided rather by his
-tor Mer
,opinions than by bia latter declara
'tioni.'',
Alabama is a peculiar State. One portion
.6! it is-ertivrded with slaves, and another with
White "men ; and nowhere is the Union senti.
.4:*ent mere irresistible - , when aroused. Mr.
• apui;linpuisive in his assertions upon the
•
le,with all, a sagacious and far-seeing
,;; : tesmari; and has no more misundersteed
rfto real sentiment of his own State than, since
recent visits to the North, he has misun,
derstood the- sentiments of the free States.
We; are not surprised; therefore, that, in the
course-- .Of his address on Wednesday
'evening, be should have, given utterance
Itiollollewingiconservative opinions, which
we:print; italics and'all ; from ' the - -New York
littald et :yesterday: „ • ,
`ll-Pe no.oandidete for any office,
and I do not
w ant yourviite t But I would to advice with
yOtt and get you to vote for a good man—for any
snan,j do not care who it as, excepting one of the
trrepreiesble-confisa men. [Uproarious applause.]
In the first place ' there ss no such thing as the
South seeedsag. Ida not know how she would
go about it. [Cries of Clood,'. and loud cheers.]
'There es ssich'iT think aff 'ct
.State seceding, but
the Boutli heeding Is a thing {Nisch. I cannot com
prehend.-I de not think itionld veer happen, and,
therefore, I have got na answer to,gsve as to what
theiSauth - shoutti do. Now, then, lam a User' of
theStata of Aislisma. - I . am what's Sailed a States
sightelion.' 'Cheers 3 I believe in the rights of my
State; Ihe Constitution of my oottatry telir we
- ihitsertaln imwerd were given to the General Go.
veirnment, and that all which Were not expose!,
given, dr were not neoessary,to carry out the 'pow
ers granted,, wore reserved to the btetes and the
people of the Stites." —.
A Ipienett. Peneilisng. •
,"'Poilevring the :lead of public opinion, the
last number of Punelalitei a cartoon entitled
ge,Apood Offer ' which represents the Pope,
With it heavy tiara onerously pressing on his
br6w, sitting down lu iery.bad spirits, as It
hO)rere terribly out of ;sortie As be leans his
head upon his hand, be looks the very image
of„despair. Close tO hinridandeGsnmstm,
in. , ?setni-military" array, bedding a dap of
before ,his Holiness', :NA eigillicantiy
aki,elliig as he points to It • toridte cap,
Pope Titre., :Voirlieu find it more e‘oitoitabiti
t: 1 1 6 0*
4,crfrio:.s;litili is one'of the boat bits
lately,made *Punch.. - • •
fro% Preabury.
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The Surrender of Walker.
As the smoke clears away, and we begin to
perceive the circumstances attending the
surrender and execution of WALKER in Hon
duras, we find reasons for surprise, if not for
complaint.
We grant he deserved death at the bands of
the authorities of the State against which be
bad levied unprovoked hostilities; and wo
have heretofore expressed our unqualified con
demnation of his having seduced bravo but
misguided mon from our own shores, to suffer,
and many of them to perish miserably in a
foreign land. We now go still farther, and
admit there was a reprehensible carelessness,
if not_a criminal connivance, in regard to
WALKER'S raids, on the part of our Govern
ment, under the extreme Southern eounsels,
to which it seems to have surrendered itself.
The Manchester (England) Guardian calls it
"the shuffling and evasive policy of Mr. Bu
m/aux." For WALKER'S fate simply, then,
we have no regrets; but for the a manner of
his taking off," or, rather, at his unconditional
and (as far as we can learn) unasked surrender
to that fate by a British officer to whom, and
to whose flag alone, he had surrendered him
self—that challenges our surprise, if not our
condemnation.
A nearly parallel case, except in the rank
and respectability of the parties, (which makes
no difference in law or strict justice,) is to bo
found la that of Marshals SAVARY, (Duke of
Rovigo,) and LALLEKAND, who accompanied
the first NAroLzoN when he surrendered him
self and suite, to Capt. MAITLAND, of the Bri
tish ship Bellerophon, off the French coast,
in 181 b. We do not propose to enter into the
special, pleading which English statesmen
were compelled to adopt; in reference to the
course pursued toward BONAPARTE himself;
nor the ex post facto act of Parliament,* pass
ed avowedly to legalize his imprisonment.
All the rational defiance over presented by,
or in behalf of the English Government, was
upon the ground that he was a "prisoner of
war," and might be dealt with as such—while
the special act of Parliament declaring this,
amounted. to an admission that ho was not so
until the passage of the statute imposed tho
character upon him. Nor shall we turn over
the treaties between Honduras and England ;
because we apprehend that the great British
nation has never bound itself to perform po
lice service, or play the tipataff for a beggarly,
half-civilized Government, which is eternally
in a state of revolution. Our conclusions are
drawn from the facts stated by the correspon
dent of the New York Herald, published a
few days since, with regard to WALKER'S sur
render to the commander of the British sloop
of war, Icarus, the representative of her Bri
tannic Majesty. With these facts in view, and
WALKER'S formal protest against being given
up to the authorities of Honduras, we pro
pose to turn over Commander SALMON, of the
Icarus, to bo judged by the doctrines of (his
peer at least,) the bravo and chivalrous com
mander of the Bellerophon declared in the
case of SAVARY,BIId LALLEMAND.
It will be recollected, that in the disposi
tion made of the officers accompanying NAro-
LEON, these two marshals were prohibited from
going with the fallen Emperor to his island
prison. They had also been excluded from the
amnesty proclaimed by the new Government of
'France. Under these circumstances, dread
ing their being surrendered to the French au
thorities, as resulting in the same fate which
the gallant NEY afterwards met with—they
appealed to Captain MAITLAND, alleging that
their surrender was to the British flag, and to
the representative of the British Government.
They also addressed a letter to that justly
eminent English lawyer and statesman, Sir
SAMUEL RommLy, to be laid by him in their
behalf before the British ministry. This let
ter, written by the Duke of Rovigo, with' all
its faults of spelling and grammar, may be
feund by the curious upon this question, in
the Diary of BOMILLY; published atter his de
cease. It was presented, together with one
from Captain MAITLAND to Lord MELVILLE,
before Lord Chancellor ELDON. In tho course
of the discussion between Sir SAMUEL BOWL
LY and Lord ELDoN,•it accidentally leaked out
that BONAPARTE himself had already been sent
to Sea again, and that the Bellerophon was
soon to, be joined by the Northumberland,
Which was to convey the imperial prisoner to
St. Helena. Well might so jest a mind as
that of RouiLLy's exclaim : ac Hew stran go
that all this should have been determined on
and carried into execution before the Minis
ters knew with exactness what had passed be
tween Captain MArrLAND and BoNArAwra, and
in what manner the latter understood he was
received on board a British ship 1" f
SAYARY and 'LAIL/HAND were finally sent,
by the English Government, to Malta, for a
time, and until the French authorities were
propitiated for their return to their own coun
try. The'peint we make in regard to WALlcmt
is this: Even if he had been a pirate, or hoetts
ImMIUMM generic; carrying about with him caput
irspinum, (as the legal phrase runs,) still he
had surrendered to a representative of the
English Government, with no expectation
Whatever 'of being handed over to certain
death at, the' hands of the semi-savages of
Honduras. 'We must believe that this SALMON
is an odd fish in the British navy, and that he
had never read the following manly and gene
rens letter, which was addressed, , as we have
already said, to Lord MELVILLE
"11. M B. BELLRROMON J
PLYMOUTH, 3lst July, 1815.
"Mr Loan: I am induced to address -your
lordship in consegitence of having observed in the
intimation delivered to Napoleon Bonaparte, of
the number of persons allowed to accompany him
to the island of St. Plelena,.that the names of La
very - and 'lsillemand are expre ss l y
excepted,
whlati"together with their being proscribed in the
Francis papers bad -erected in " them a belief that
It is the Intention of his Majesty'a Government to
deliver them up to the king of Prance Far be it
from me, to assume such an idea • bat I hope your
leidehip will make allowances 'for the feelings of
an officer, who has nothing so dear to him as hie
honor, and who could not hear that a stain should
be affixed to a name he has ever endeavored to
bear unblemished.
"Those two men, Balmy and Lallemand, (What
their character er conduct towards their own
Country may be I know not,) threw themselves
alder the protection of the British flag ; that pro.
faction was granted them with the sanction of
my nametrue no conditions were stipulated
for, but acted in the fall confidence that their
lives would be held sacred, or they never should
have put a foot in a ship I command, without
being made acquainted it was for the purpose of
delivering them over to the laws of their own
country.
"I again beg leave to repeat to your lordship,
that I am far from eapposla g it to be the intention
of his Majesty's Government to deliver these men
over to the laws of their country; but as they are
strongly impressed with that belief themselves,
and I look upon myself as being the cause of their
being in their present situation, I most earnestly
beg your lordship's influenoe may be exerted, that
tiro men may not be brought to the seeffoldrwho
olaimed and obtained at my hands.the protection
'of the British sag.
" I have the honor to ho, ko ,
"FaIiDERICF. MAITLAND:''
Spoken like a true, hearty, whole-souled
linglishman ; and what a scorching commen
tary it affords, not only upon Com. SALMON,
but also upon the conduct of the British min
istry of that day, in chaining ICtromoti to' a
bleak and barren nick, in an insalubrious
clime, even before they had inquired as to the
terms upon which he had surrendered! Well
may the noble and accomplished author of the
"Lives of the Lord Chancellors" of England
; le - sr fg it Will bo said that he was treated in the
nineteenth century with some cruel spirit, as
was the Maid of Orleans in the fifteenth; and
there' may be tragedies on the death of NA
POLEON in which Sir HUDSON Lows will be the
abirro ; and even Lord ELDON may he intro
duced as the stern old Councillor, who decreed
the hero's imprisonment." Equal in point
and significance was the declaration related
,by o.4.lmxxcounT, of ALExkilecu. the Emperor
of Russia : cc It would have teen very embar
rassing to me, had NAPOLEON consigned his
fate to my hands, for .:.would rather have de
clared war against every Power on earth than
have betrayed the confidence of a vanquished
enemy."
'56 Ciao. 111., oap 22. Romilly'a Diary, P. W.
THOMAS & SONS' BUM THIB
'State, -,to-day (Monday), at Blue 801 l Tavern,
Darby road. Furniture, to-day, at No. 131 North
Twentieth street. Stooks and real estate, a large
sale, tomorrow (Tuesday), at tho Exohange. Fur
niture, to-morrow, at 513 South Front street. Bloc
gent residence and furniture, Wednesday, at 722
spruce street. Furniture, Thursday, at the auc
tion store. Bee advertisements of the six sales,
LABOD PosITIVI BALM OF CROWE FRENCH DRY
Goons, &o.—The early attention of purchasers is
requested to the'large and attractive assortment of
Preach, German, ° Swiss, India, and British dry
goods,. &c.,embraCing about 1,125 lots of fanny
staple artcles In wonted, woollen, cotton, i%d
!dike, fancy artiolos, &a., to be peremptorily Bold,
by catalogue, on six months' credit; commencing
tbil - morping, at 10 1 o'olook, to continuo. all day
and part of this evening, wlthout , lntermiesion by
Myers Clashorn,* Co , anotioneers, 41.3kand:415
Areh AMA: . „ ,
W lhav, Alte, Muir &died L'ondon. ..IYetas 414
Ne4iht of ttiql:drhi , of Keitember29,
from Oeseader & etreet,
Public Buildings in ,11jcw York and
A remarkable letter has recently appeared in
the journals of New York city. It is the re.
signation of lion. EDWARDS PIERREPONT, as
cue of the judges of the Superior Court, ad
dressed to Governor Moacus. He was elected
but three years ago, and after serving for a
short portion of his official term, declines to
act longer, and frankly states the reasons
which have induced him to resign. It appears
that about six years ago, when the old City
Hall was burned, the court over which he pre
sided was obliged to take temporary refuge ccin
the fireman's lofts ofan engine house," and there
in spite of ropeated attempts to erect proper
new buildings, it has remained ever since, ex
cept during a few short intervals, when better
accommodations were temporarily procured,
although repeated investigations have shown
that these confined rooms cc were utterly unfit
for the transaction of business ; ruinous to the
health, and dangerous to the lives, of those who
were obliged to live within them." Efforts
very similar to those recently resorted to in
Philadelphia were made to secure proper ac
commodations. The New York Legislature
authorized the creation of a building commis
sion. The Mayor appointed the commis
sioners, but the Board of Supervisors refused
to confirm them. Then the Supervisors un
dertook to erect a building themselves,
but they found they "had no power to
take the land of the park for any purpose."
And while Judge PIERREPONT has been
daily gasping for breath in the poisoned air of
his little courtroom, hoping for a time that
something would bo done to provide proper
accommodations for the judges of a great city,
upon whose decisions the most momentous
questions depend, he says he has discovered,
(taller three years of trial, that no man,
or body of men, in the municipal government
[of Now York] have any power to do any sub.
stantial thing, except to stay the action of every
other man, or body of men. Tho machinery of
the city government is so cunningly devised
that each wheel can stop the motion of every
other,. and so that the whole shall by no possibi
lity move in harmony together. No man is held
responsible for anything, and no one appears
to have the power to do anything but mischief."
The result of the repeated efforts in Phila
delphia to provide proper public buildings for
our city has been substantially the same as
that complained of in New York. While
daily inconvenience is suffered by all con
nected with, or who have any business to
transact in, our courts and public offices, all
the complicated machinery of our government
is powerless to provide for the erection of
commodious now edifices. When a fair pros
pect looms up of having something' ractical
accomplished, such powerful batteries aro
turned upon the innovators who antagonise
the "how-not-to-do-it" system that all their
well-meaning efforts aro nullified. We have
mighty influences to prevent the accomplish
ment of important projects, but little efficient
power to proniote them. The interests of
real estate owners, the prejudices for or against
particular locations, the jealousies and antago
nisms of rival architects and contractors, con
spire to prevent the consummation of the im
provements which the public welfare demands,
and which any or all of these parties would ho
the moat clamorous advocates of if their pri
vate views and purposes could be served.
Considering that the gentlemen who composed
the Commission, whose contract with Mr.
MCARTIIIIR has recently been rejected by City
Councils, are particularly well qualified by
their positions to form a correct judgment in
regard to the character of the new buildings
needed in Philadelphia, and that their duties
necessarily oblige them day after day to no
tice, and to suffer serious inconveniences from,
the insufficiency of the existing accommoda
, lions, there certainly appeared to be good
reason to suppose that some respect would
have been shown for their action, and that
their labors would have linen successful. But
the whole question is now at sea again, and
Philadelphia is substantially placed in the
same imbecile position in regard to her build
ings which Now York occupies.
Judge PrennErzer proceeds in his letter to
account for the neglect and delay from which
ho has suffered by the bad government which
prevails in our neighboring city, and the inat
tention of its intelligent citizens to political
affairs. His remarks on this subject apply
with infinitely more force to New York than
to Philadelphia ; but as a picture of the morals
and controlling influences of the "commer
cial metropolis," they deserve attention
everywhere. He says:
Government will be administered by some
body—that may be relied upon; if the wise and
good will sot attend to it, fools and knaves will.
.Badgovernment and false notion , at what is wor
thy always go together, and ect'andl, 'reset upon
each other, as they do here. Bac - Mb unpromis
lug feature in our civilisation gly presents it
, self—namely, the insane passion f r outward gran
, deur and meretricious display, which everywhere
prevails.
" It la easy.to demonstrate that, in the yet die
covered - 10,trld; there is not arta 'another extrava
, gent people, ,in proportion to . Its real wealth,
as that which -inhabits this- city. To accumulate
fortune by tomtit ,Jintustry, economy, &weeny,
and the self-denial bf long yeare,,with el view to
found a family °tie endow am Institution, has a
virtue in it; that ittlitt,what we see; but, instead,
a frantio determination to Okla some immediate
way, the means of appearing to be - rich. It to
=Lang harlots of your 'women and rogues of
your men It is to tined that individu a l,
will not be influenced . by' the `general tone of
' the community in which they live. Tho young
man of good character and industrious habits,
making his toilsome way up through the
thorny road to honorable distillation in this
great wilderness of men, cannot marry, because
society Imposes upon him expenses whioh be can
not meet; his pride revolts at alliance which de
prives him of manly independence, or degrades
his position among men. We all know the conse
quences. Already the success of a lawyer is de.
termined by the money which he makes; already
the views of a nun toter of Christ is, in some
degree estimated by the salary which he receives;
and the time is hastening when the success of a
judge on the bench will be measured by the money
which he :shall there accumulate. If our wise,
and good, rich, intelligent, and honest citizens,
think these things of no moment, they will let
them alone, as they have hitherto done; but they
may rely upon it, th ese things will not let them
alone."
When it is recollected that these statements
emanate from no sensation novelist, nor from
no maligning foe, but from a grave Judge
upon the Bench, in an official letter, wo can
well imagine how strong must have boon the
convictions, and how overwhelming the evi
dence, which induced him to make such start
ling allegations.
The Key. H. G. Guinness.
Tho European Times tolls us that "The
Rev. HENRY GRATTAN GUINNESS i 8 to be mar
ried on the 2d of October, at Bath, to Miss
FrrzoxuALD, a near relation of Lord Frrzex-
BALD and VEriv, and of the Marchioness of
Am.+. Ho intends to complete his mission in
America, and is to sail by the Great Eastern,
on the 17th of October, with his wife."
Mr. GUINNESS will scarcely leave England by
the Great Eastern, for the Carinarthen Weekly
Reporter says : cg We regret to state that the in
spector of the Board of Trade has been obliged
to suspend the certificate of the Great Eastern,
and she will not be allowed to proceed on her
contemplated voyage to America or elsewhere.
It is reported that the mein axle of her screw
has sunk; and there are other serious defects,
which will require a considerable outlay of
money to make good, and there is every pro
bability of the great ship wintering - on the
gridiron. This untoward event, though detri
mental to the interests of the Groat Steamship
Company, will prove a boon to New Milford,
as the flow of visitors will still continuo."
WHAT THE NEW YORKERS TIIIKLOIP THE
PRINOZ'S MORMON IN PNILADELPHI.i.---Tho Now
York World Faye:
" We have all, as Americans, a right to be proud
of the reception which Philadelphia accorded to
its royal guest. It was cordial, without being in
trusive ; delicate and refined, while warmly en
thusiastic. The young man will rarely in his life
witness a more brilliant spectacle—rarely see
gathered together an assemblage in which wealth
and metal culture shall stand more clearly ex
pressed than in this of Wednesday evening."
The New York 2'ribunc, alluding to the opera
tie entertainment here, says : In feet, the inte
rest wee by no means confined to the stage display,
the occasional splendors of which were alwaYs
eclipsed by the unvarying magnificence of the
spectacle in the front of the house. I think that,
in spite of all the easy nonchalance of the Prince's
party, there were sometimes indications which
could not be mistaken of a delighted amazement—
not precisely at the display itself, which" may be
often enough more than rivaled abroad, but at
so dazzling a proof of the ^pssibility•of suoh
an event in an American oParfor which ea
premaoy in matters of Mahlon and taste had
never been claimed. In fact, there were thous
who deolared that in no foreign capital couitt
worthier repreientation of anoint brilliance and
popular refinement be presented. The freedom
from !tampions, from impertinent scrutiny which
the Primaenjoyed, were greater than he had ever
found eivelk:aroong his loyal Canadians, and Peg.
haps the haat thing that can be said of the affair
le, that, ohArming as was the picture-of glittering
gayety it, presented, the constant - evidence of
courtesy and delicate feeling was still more agree
able. no Philadelphians never had fairer ground
for delf-igratulation. They cannot be better "geld
fied with themselves than all stranger., were with
them,"
THE PRESS.-PIDIAJDELPIIIA, MONDAY, , OCTOBER 15, 1860.
WASHXXOTON CORRESPONDENCE.
Interesting Letter from " Occasional.”
[Correspondence of The Press,] ,
WASEllfteToi, 00[0bOr 14, 1860.
The Senate of the United States, during the
short session whioh closes on the 4th of March,
1861, stands 66 Secession, or Administration De
moorats, 27. Republioans, 2 Douglas Domoorats,
with one vacancy from Oregon. The Administra
tion will, therefore, hold absolute power in the
Senate until the 4th of Merch, thereby enabling
Mr, Duel:men to tilt all vacancies that may trans
pire before that period, to be confirmed by the
Senate ; an opportunity of which he will greedily
avail himself. It will bo recollected that when
President Tyler, prior to the inauguration :of
James K. Polk, on the 4th of March 1846, at
tempted to appoint certain men to high office, the
Domooratio majority of the Senate resisted him.
But for this action, the Hon. J. M. Read, of Penn
sylvania, would now be one of tho Justices of the
Supreme Court of the United States. It is not to
be expeoted that Mr. Buchanan will bear himself
in any other way toward Mr. Lincoln, if the latter
is chosen President. Should another of the pre
sent Justine of the Supremo Court die, or resign
before the expiration of his Administration, Mr.
Buohanan will then have to nominate two mem
bers of that grave tribunal.
The design long contemplated by the Preeident
and the extreme men of the South will undoubted
ly be attempted before the expiration of the pre
sent Administration—l mean the reorganisation of
the Supreme Court so es to place upon the bench
of that high tribunal a sure majority, for years to
come, in favor of the demands of the ultra pro
slavery leaders. The vacancy created by the
death of Justice Daniel, of Virginia, still exists.
The President is anxious to appoint Judge Black,
and he would have done so at the last session
of Congress, but for information conveyed 'to
him from his friends in the Senate, that the ap
pointment would not be confirmed. The venera
ble Chief Justice Taney, who continues to become
feebler with increasing years, and who has been
muoh irritated by the comments upon his decision
in the Bred Scott ease, which, however objected to,
was conscientiously given on his part, hoe bad
more than one intimation of the anxiety of the Pre
sident to receive his resignation in order that his
place may not be filled by a Republioan Executive.
Laboring under many infirmities, and justly proud
of the high position he has maintained before the
country and the world, this unrivalled jurist and
honest man has doubtless become disgusted with
the maohirtations of the different politicians who
are clutching at his robes, and ,may gratify them
by surrendering his Officer to these greedy can
didates, and so enable the President to appoint
two members of this 'high court - of judicature.
,These tempting plaint have intoxicated more
than one leading man. The. secret of Caleb
Cushing's treachery at Charleston and Baltimore
may certainly be found In hie anxiety to emceed
Daniel or Taney, and the fire-eaters of tho South
would doubtless be more willing to accept him
than Judge Black, because he has sunk to a
blacker baseness to serve them. Be assured, they
will not permit the President to appoint two
Northern men upon the Supreme Bench. As
the court now stands, there aro four North
ern and four Southern judges. Should Judge
Black succeed in overreaching Cushing, it is
then arranged that John Cadwalader shall be.
come Attorney General, and M. M. Phillips II•
B. Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
If, however, Judge Bleak should fail in this, it is
gravely intimated that MY. Dallas will be re
called to give him place as minister at the Court
of St. James. The extreme South will get the
ether judge, if the Chief Justice resigns.
Mr. President Buchanan daily renews his threats
not to return to Pennsylvania, the largo majority
in Lancaster county for Curtin and the Republican
ticket having deepened his disgust for his old
home. I have it from . good authority that he is
greatly smitten with a country-seat twelve miles
from Washington, now owned by Mr. Batohelor,
of " Batohelor's hair-dye," and that be hex paid
it several visits in order to induce the bwdor to
sell out at the lowest figure. It is a beautiful
spot, and as it is located in tho old Dominion,"
tho "retired statesman" would bo in the midst of
those he has latterly sorved to faithfully, and
could distil the poison he tampering for his forth
coming'worlt, " The llistory of Mr OWN TDIEB."
The last Washington sensation was the parade of
the Republican Wide• Awakes, to rejoice over the
triumph of their party in Pennsylvania. Their
numbers took the town by surprise, and their re
solute bearing and compact columns, as wall as the
respectability of those who participated with them
in the procession, with the knowledge that they
wore armed to protect themselves, probably pre
vented a bloody tumult. The clerks from the ex
treme South who, witnessed tho array, and fol
lowed it through its march, did not hesitate fre
quently to avow a ,desire to attack it, and more
than one loudly asserted that it was an outrage to
alien a Republican parade ,ppon slave territo
ry ; (!) but when they were qutotly Informed that
the Wide-Awakes not only bad lanterns in their
hands, but revolvers in their pockets, and
while determined not to provoke an attack,
wore ready .to resist at all hazards and to
he last extremity, no attempt was made to in
terfero with them. The epeeoh of Mr. Kit
goro, of Indiana, who spoke for the Repuldican
National Committee, vies bold, frank, and ,'conser
votive, and produkive of the happleat results.
When one of tho'stipendiariee of tho Administra
tion called out to htm from the vast orowd that ho
(Mr. K) and his party intended to steal their =-
gross, he replied aptly and at once that that was
another of the misrepresentations under whioh the
Republican party '• had , been compelled to rest.
"We do not want your negroes," said he. " I
am from Indians whioh has passed a. law prohibi
ting negroes from hereafter entering her limits. I
am equally opposed to the introduction of free no
gross or slaves. Our party is the party of white
men." This retort excited great enthusiasm, and
many who came to scent went away Converted. The
feet is, the Republicans hove bad Many accessions
elnoo the result of the Pennsylvania Gubernatorial
election. lam told that one hundred and seventy.
five joined the club the night after the result.
Everybody seems to be preparing for the advent
of Lincoln's Administration. The tradesmoa, so
far from being despondent, are rejoiced. They
want to see new faces. They declare any change
will be better for them, and that thoY Will confide
no longer in those who' have been hard paymasters
while in power, and who will not 'be any more
trustworthy, now that their official tenure is
rapidly expiring. The Washington ;people argue
in this wise : that the whole community has fallen
nto 'Mohan& of a sot of loaders who had convinced
themeelves that by no possibility could they ever
ho displaced, and that, thus believing, they have
assieted the present Administration' in all of its
follies. Under their induenee, hundreds of the first
people here have been thrust aeido, society has
been controlled by a close Administration mule,
andzono were admitted into the charmed olrole who
would not worship the Administration and its ora
cles. I havomore than ones called attention to the
treatment extended by Hr. Ruchanan and Wimp
porters to the Republican members of Congress—
to his refusal to invite them, according le' an
honored usage, to the White House, and to the
social war waged upon Judge Douglas and hie
friends—all of which clearly prepared the way for
the scenes which marked the opening of the Dist
session of Congress. This ex3lusive spirit exhi
bitod towards the Representatives of the people in
the National Legislature was manifested against
hundreds of the oldest and most respeotablo
dents here. Now, when all is to bo ehangtl,
and those who aided the 0. P. P. and his await
in his narrow proscription, social and political, are
compelled to retire to their own homes North and
South, little regret will be• expressed by the resi
dent population ; and if the President determines
to close his career in or near Washington, he may
have an opportunity of suffering, if not by an imi
tation of his Own conduct to others, at least by such
contrast to this conduct on the part of his truceos
sore in °Moo, as will convince him of the truth of the
old adage, that "curses, like young °Wakens. alwaya
come home to roost " Many of those who havebasked
in the sunshine of his favor and have delighted in
assist him in his social crusade against individuals,
will personify be taught the lesson which they so
muoh aided in teaching others.
Tho flea t interesting question is how will thel
Senate stand after the 4th of March neat. Ken
tuoky has elected John C. Breckinridge, Secession
Democrat, In place of John J. Crittenden, Ameri
can ; James A. Pearce, Secession Demme, had
been re-elected from Maryland ; Salmon P. Chase,
Republican, elected from 0 hio, in place of George
E. Pugh, Douglas Democrat and from recent elec.
tionrwe may confidently calculate that a Republi
can will suececallannibal Hamlin from Maine ; a
Republican will succeed Mr. Seward from New
York, (probably himself ;l'a Republican will sue•
teed Mr. Bigler, Secession Democrat, from Penn
sylvania ; a Republican will succeed Graham N.
Fitab, Secession Democrat, from. Indiana; a Re
publican will succeed 14. 111. Rico, Secession
Democrat, from Minnesota; leaving a vamm6Y in
California, and the two senators in Oregon in
doubt, with the chance in favor of a Secession De
mocrat from Caliternia, in place of Dr. (twin,' anci '
a Douglas Democrat and a Republican from' Oro
gen. It lento° probable that an opposition Demo
untie Senator, probably Pierre Soule, will be
elected from:DOutslana, in place of John Slidell,
Secession Democrat. With those changes and cal
culations, the new Senate will stand as follows :
Maine
New Rampahlre 2
_.
Rhode Island
Manaohneette 2
'
Conneotient 2
Veins:tont -2
~' iW - York 2
owJersoy 1 1
Pinneylvania 2
,
Delaware 2
I ••
Maryland
Virginia 2
.
North Carolina 2 ~
South Carolina 2
Georgia ,
'Alabama
Mlsilasipiii 'r
lAßiblana 1
Chid - , t .... , , ........ .. 2
Reotlach Y 2
. . • .1.
TetteinStrt t t • i. q' t 2 ...
Indiana Elecepi on Dam. Ref ub
. -
1
Illinois 1
Missouri 2 • •
Arkansas. 2 ..
Florida 2 • •
Texas 2 ••
lowa. 2
Mlohigan 2
Wisconsin 2
California 2 • •
Minnesota 1 1
Seoession Democrats 3
Republicans 2
The Senate consists of sixty-six members. The
five not included as above are Stephen A. Douglas,
Democrat, (Illinois) ; A. P. Kennedy, American,
(Maryland) ; the Senator to be elected from Louisi
ana, who may be Mr. South, and the two unde
cided Senators from Oregon—in all.five. If Kan
sas is admitted, this will probably increase the
Republican column to twenty-nine. Much will
depend upon the Course of Douglas and Kennedy,
and the result of the Oregon eleotion.
The Conststutton of this (Senday) morning con-
Balsa a comparatively moderato article, an which,
anticipating election of Linooln, it congratu
lates itself that any, mischievous objects that he
and: Ma party may have in view will be defeated
by the probability that ',bah the house and th e
Senate will be arrayed against his Administration.
From proaent appoaranoes, however, the belanee
of power will be hold by the friends of Stephen A.
Douglas, at least in the Reuse. The Constitu
tion siys that the Republicans can only secure
the Rouse by a iontztion with the friends of
Judge Douglas or Bell, and it deplores such a
" coalition" as a gross " outrage upon decency,"
forgetting that the friends of Breokinridge, all
over the free States, have themselves voted with
the Republicans in order to defeat the regular
Douglas Democracy. How can Judge Douglas
and his supporters in Congress unite with Seceders
and Diranlimista in canons? What honor, eon.
aisteney, bremfety would „there be in such a "co
alition" after having been insulted and betrayed
by those very Seceders and Disunionists? These
met( will certainly not trust themselves to the
tender mercies of the Administration, particularly
now that the sword is drawn upon them as the
authors of the probable election of Abraham Lin
coln. OCCASIONAL.
'ACADIMY OF Mono —Nothing has transpired
relative to the sudden break-up of the opera troupe
here. The Sunday Dispatch, speaking of the
Prince's night, acy e : u The managers undoubtedly
pocketed six thousand dollars by the operation,
and as it. is probable they managed to humbug the
public by keel ing back tickets which ware put in
the hands of their agents and speculators for sale
at high prices, probably from eight to ten thousand
dollars went into the operatic trearury. This great
haul seems to have overjoyed the managers so
much that they deemed it host to disband the com
pany, or go book to New York, or to run off with
the assets." It adds, endorsing a suggestion we
have frequently made, " Our Academy of Music
ought to be a credit to the city, and an attraction
to strangers. Wo should have our own opera
company, and could have it, if the stockholders
were inclined to be liberal with a manager who
would keep the !dose open with a good company.
But they are more intent upon getting six per cent.
for their money, and free admissions also, than
-doing anything for the encouragement of music
and the substantial good of Philadelphia." Tho
Sunday Transcript also speaks out. It says, "We
want an opera of our own. Why does not Stra
kosoh, so well liked here, get the direotora to give
him the house at a moderate rent, and then form a
troupe especially for Philadelphia? Wo really do
not want the endorsement of Now York on our
artists. The first season here, with Gazzanigil,
Brignoli, Amodio, ete., wee certainly the most'en
joyable, though we have had greater prime donne
than G azzaniga. The star system is bad, even in
opera. The Parisian public. vies satisfied ter ten
years with the same four artists—Nubini,Lableche,
Oren, and Tamborini. So would Philadelphia get
necuatomed to the artists, .their style, and their
acting, and prefer them to a perpetual change. Of
.course, we could not expect four such artists; but
then Philadelphia is not Paris ; besides, in Europe
1 1 such artists as those glorious four are not to be found.
We have hereizaterials for es good an opera as they
have at any theatre in Europe. Why, then, should
the doors of tho Academy be cloned ?" The Even tug
Journal throws out a good practical idea. It says
We have Academy' of Music, but the public
has not yet had any evidence that. it is doing any
thing as an Academy. If we had a well-drilled
chorus and orchestra of our own, we could always
get leading artists in abundance. We might be
independent of the New York managers, and then
when they did come, they would keep their word,
but so long as we are wholly at their mercy how
can we hope for any better treatment than we have
just enjoyed? We certainly have musical talent
and musical appreciation enough, but these spas
media reasons only gratify a morbid craving for
excitement." There seems to be general sympa
thy for Mr. Straker* and a prevalent idea that
if he, disconnected from Ullman, were to have di
reetion of the opera hero, it would give public sa.
tisfaction.
ARCH-STREET THEATEE.--lho [programme for
this week is capital. It includes a combination of
"The Royalist," and Coyno's now play "The
Merchant and-his Clerks." We noticed both of
them on Saturday, and need only repeat that the
company at the Arch is decidedly the beat, not
only in this city, bat In the Union, with the excep
tion of that at Wank's, In New York. In their
respective linos Mr. Wheatley and Mr. Clarke have
no equals.
WALNUT-STREET THEATRE.—Bandwiohed in be
tween those familiar dramas "Ireland as it retie,"
and " The Irish Tiger," an original extravaganza,
written by the late Mr. Drough, and called
Pfll3oo Doloroso, or the Magic Joke," will be
performed here, this evening, with Mre. Williams
in the leading character. Mrs. Thayer, -Mrs.
Cowell, Mr. Kemple, Mr. Vining Bowers, and
Mr. 'Temple, are also In the oast. Tho engagement
of Mr. and Mrs. Williams will terminate
,at the
close of this week:
McDoscuon's OLYSIPIC.—" Uncle Tom's Ca
bin," in whieh Cordelia Howard appears as Eva,
Mrs. Howard as Topsy, Mr, Frank Whittaker as
Uncle Tom, Miss 0. Mitchell as Uasscy, and Mr
McDonough as PArneas Fletcher, met with such
decided mom last week that it will be repeated
every evening this wrek and also at a matinee, at
two o'clock, next Saturday. Mr. MoDonough has
eollooted a good dramatic company, and brings his
pieces out with liberality and taste.
Searenn's OPERA House. It would appear
that the attraction of Mr. Sanford's fine company
of Ethiopians is undiminished. Ile gives a great
deal of variety, and contrives to satiety every ono.
CONTINENTAL THEATRN.—The present is the
eighth and fast week of Cameron k Sharpley's
Minstrele at this theatre. They will have a new
programme for these remaining six nights. A now
barlenitio, " Black Richard the Third," with
Sharpley na Richard, and Frank Brewer as Rich.
mond, will bo produced this evening.
Cloucin's Lucrum—Mr. Gough, the, tempo
ranee advocate, lectures at Musical Fund Hall, this
evening.
ANNEERON AT CONCERT HALL.—The 'Wizard of
the North hints that his stay in Philadelphia must
be limited. Think not of it, Mr. Anderson ! Your
entertainments are not only very popular, but in
creasingly so, and your changes of programme,
including a succession and alternation of perform
:moo, present that taillike variety which the pub
lie look for. There will be anothermatinlie neat
Saturday, at 2 o'olook. The juveniles luxuriate
in these performances.
English Recruit° for Garibaldi.
The London correspondent of the Now York
Times says:
It would scarcely have looked decent, in our po
sition , to have allowed advertisements in our
newspapers for volunteers in an insurgent (muse ;
so the managers of the affair called it an " exour
don to Sicily," and so it primed current. What it
really was, was, of course; well understood. The
cause was popular. The reoruits wore numerous,
end when I went to the head office in Ballabury.
street Strand, some three weeks ago, about 800
I
had joined. went into a room fitted like an of
floe, with desks and chairs; it was filled with men
lounging about, smelting and chatting. A clerk
Sat at a desk, taking ; down the names of recruits,
and receiving stibsoriptious. A finer body of men
I never Serr—loose, careless, dare-devil sort of
fellows, up_ to anything, and to be appalled by
nothing. The captain, an Irishman, named Win
shin, stood considerably above six feet, and was a
splendid specimen ofmtnhood. They had been
so successful in their recruiting that they wore
growing particular. While I was there a delicate
looking young man came in and offered himself as
a volunteer. But they, wouldn't have him; told
him bluntly that his health did not seem Orst.rate ;
that they had no roma for hospital-mates; in plain
terms, that he would not do. They wore men in
the prime of life, and ready for anything, but they
had very little IoBollioeS, and the expedition
hung fire for some time. At length, on Sunday
morning last, the first batch of volunteers started
from Gravesend, in a steamer called the Molauro,
which had been chartered for them. About 250
sailed In her. all in tip-top spirits. There aro all
kinds of men in this wild orew—lrish Adventurers
who have anent their patrimony, Buglish hell-rakes
who have done ditto, ex.a,rmyoffieers who found a
military life too costly for their small - purses, a few
loungers—men with a - couple of hundred a year,
who have run through all the varied excitements
of a London life, who have not money enough for
the higher pleasures, and who are going, literally
for the sake of killing their worst enemy, Time.
THAOKEILAY ON NEONO MINSTRELBY.—Mr.
Thaokeray thus speaks of the performances of an
American company of Ethiopian minstrels who
were recently in England " I heard a humorist
balladist, a minstrel with wool on his head,'and
an ultra Ethiopian complexion, who performed a
negro ballad that I confess moistened,these spec.
tadles in the most unexpeoted manner. They
have gazed at dozens of tragedy-queens dying
on the stage, and expiring in appropriate blank
verse, and I never wanted to wipe them. They
have looked up, with deep respect bo It said, at
many scores of clergymen in pulpits, without
being dimmed; and behold a minstrel, with a
corked face and a banjo, sings a little song. strikes
a wild note, which sets ,the whole heart thrilling
with happy piety. flumor ! humor is the mistress
of tears; she knows the way to the fans lachry
marnm, strikes in dry and rugged places with her
enchanting wand, and bids tho fountain gualfrand
sparkle. She has refreshed myriads more from
her natural springs than over Tragedy bee watered
from her rempoue old urn,
Seneston Dom, Repub.
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By Telegraph to The Press,
[SPECIAL DESPATCH TO “ THE Passe."]
A Duel in Missouri between two Poli-
ticinals.
DOTE PARTIES SERIOUSLY INJURED
NODAWAY, ffio., Oct. 13.—A dual was fought
near here yesterday morning, between /RAJAH J.
Portrait, SSFq , President of the Demooratio Club,
and Chairman of the Executive Committee of Bt.
Joseph, and Col. Ilantax, of Boonville.
Mr. 'PORTER was addressing a political meeting
at Nodaway, when Col. Barman called him a
liar.
Both parties wore seriously, though not fatally,
wounded. O. W. IC.
ARRIVAL OF THE NORTH STAR.
$1,970,000 IN GOLD.
Arrival of the Passengers and Gold Shipped
by the John L, Stephens,
Accident to the Steamer John L. Stephens
NEW Your:, October 14.—The steamer North Star
arrived last night from Aspinwall with $1.,970,000
in specie from California, including the shipments
from California by the steamer John L. Stephens
and Uncle Sam.. The former steamer broke her
machinery on her downward trip when near Aca
pulco, and was towed in by the United States sloop
of-war Cyttne. The passengers and specie were
transferred to the steamer Uncle Sam.
Tho California dates are to the 2lst ult., and have
boon anticipated by the pony express.
All was orderly on the Isthmus. The American
and British forces remained in joint possession at
Panama ' but would probably soon be withdrawn.
The forces of ex-President Mora had been beaten
by the troops of the Costa Rican Government.
Mora, General Canes, and others had been shot,
and the revolution thus brought Co a sudden termi
nation.
CALIFORNIA
The fiftieth anniversary of Mezie,st indepen
dence was celebrated in Ban Francisco, September
16, by the hoisting of tho national ensign on Tele• (
graph IEII, which was saluted by salvosof artil
lery. Salutes were also fired at noon and at sun
down. In the evening an address wan delivered
by Gen. Perez Hernandez, and dancing followed.
ANNIVERSARY OF BRODERICK'S DEATH
The lfith was the anniversary of the death of
David 0. Broderick. Tho flags of several of the
engine houses were at half mast, and the Repub.
lioan and independent newspapers published art'.
'ales laudatory of the man, and honorable to his
memory. The work on the monument hag not yet
commenced, although the sum of fivo thousand
dollars is in the hands of the committee.
SUMMARY OF NEWEL
the deposits of gold bullion in the brandi mint
of this oily, during the weak just cloud, earn um
7,038 ounces; silver bullion, same period, 13,767
ounces. There wore coined $150,000 in double
eagles, and $lO,OOO in half-dollars,
Upwards of $35,000, it is reported, was taken
out of the Mount Ophir claims, in Tuolumne
county, one day last weak.
The late magnificent display of the aurora bore
alis was witnessed all over tho State.
COSTA RICA.
THE REVOLUTION IN COSTA' RICA-BATTLE NEAR
PUNTA ARENAS-DEFEAT OF PRESIDENT MORA-
RS IS TAKEN PRISONER AND SIIOT
From Costa Rica the news is very important On
the night of the 28th ult. the troops of President
Montealegre, L3OO strong, under General Mame
Blanco, attacked the fort of ex-President Mora, at
the Angostura, near Punta Arenas. The forces of
the latter only amounted to about 250 or 300 mon
that he had armed from among the launch men
and other inhabitants of Punta Arenas; nf' bouts°,
they could not resist the attack, and after twenty
minutes lighting, the attacking party succeeded.
At the same time a small party of thirty men
came down in small boats and took Mora and his
staff by surprise at their headquarters at Punta
Arenas. After some resistance the house wits ta•
ken; but Mora and two others hid theinselves un
der the floor of the adjoining house, where they
remained a night and a day. When they came out
they surrendered to General Blanco, and, without
any trial, even by a court -martial, Mora and
Aranolbla were ehot in the most summary manner,
on the morning of the 30th. General Canes, who
had command of the fort, fought very bravely; he
fired the last gun with his own hands,
After the storming of the fort, Canes came to
town and took refuge In the house of the Now
Grenadian consul, bat, offer the
,excitement was
over he surrendered to the commander, who par
doned him and promised to,,luive his life; but on
the night of the Ist an order came from Ben Jose
to shoot him also, and cohsequently he was exe
cuted ea the morning of 2i. When the troops
entered Punta AreneAs great many of the friends
of Mora were in the streets, and many
houses robbed.'. The number of killed on both
aides is said to be about three hundred. -
General Jose J. Mora, brother to the ex-Presi.
dent, Don Manuel Ganes, brother to the General,
and Mr. Maunot Arguello, were ordered to leave
the country, but their friends bad fear that they
might be also shot, and they succeeded in getting
an order froni the oommander•ineshief to be taken
on board the Amerman bark Reindeer, where they
were to remain until the arrival of the steamer
Columbus, - when they were to embark to go to San
Salvador.
GUATEMALA
The volume of Fuego in Guatemala had been
very votive for two week i previous to the depar•
hire of the steamer; however, the country around
has not suffered any serious damage. Dr. Mine D.
Halstead, late of New. York, died in the silty of
Antigun, Guatemala, on the 6th of September.
SALVADOR AND NICARAGUA.
No news from Salvador and Nicaragua oteept
the confirmation of Cho capture of Walker by the
captain of the Icarus.
An Arkansas Difficulty.
A FAMILY FEUD--THREIS HEY KILLIB-ATTEMPT
Vex Bumf, Ark., October 13.—After a regi
mental muster, which was held here to-day, a dif
ficulty occurred, during which three men named
Rufus and Jackson, (brothers,) and Richard Cov
ington, (a son of the latter,) were killed by two
brothers named Silas and Ben. Edwards. Several
others were badly cat and Injured on both sides.
An old feud existed between the parties, but the
Edwardses, who have long been the terror of this
part of the State, were the aggressors. While they
were trying to make their escape, they were over
taken a short distance from town by the constable
and his posse and lodged in the jail. A large
crowd nearly succeeded in taking the prisoners
from the constable and hanging them upon the
street. They afterwards surrounded the jail for
that purpose, but were finally pacified. The people
aro very much exalted, and it is feared that the
prisoners will yet be lynched. The affair was one
of tho most atrocious that ever occurred here.
Terrific Gale in the Gulf of St. Law
BOSTON, Oct. 13.—Lato Now Brunswick papers
report the occurrence of a terrific gale in the Cull
of St. Lawrence on the 6th and 7th inst.
Tho railroad wharf at Shedtao was destroyed,
five buildings were bloWn down, twe schooners
driven fromiheir moorings, and a great number
of trees prostrated.
Two schooners that left, on the morning of the
6th are supposed to have beonllost, with all hands.
The damage done to property at Shediao was
estimated at $16,000.
The largo bridges at Cocague, lifehteurchc, Ost
wanks, and other places, were much damaged.
Badrond Engine-House Burned.
• PITTSBURG, 0 , 3 t. 14.—The enaine-house• of the
Pittsburg and Cleveland railroad, located at Man
chester, three tulles below this city, wan destroyed
by fire at three o'clock this morning. Eight loco
motives were burned. The loss is very heavy. It
is supposed that the engine-house was set on Are.
Marine Disaster.
NEW YORK, Oct. 14.—The ship Horsburg, from
Caiao for Hampton Roads, bas been sunk in the
Pacific. The captain and crew escaped from the
wreck in the small boats, and had arrived at Juan
Fernandez.
Sinking of a Western Steamer.
Lotasvim,s, Oot. 13.—The steamer Tempest,
bound from Louisville to Claire, with a full freight
list. was sunk off Long Island on Thursday night,
No lives lost.
HEALTH Or AMERICANS.—De Boutht Mor
tality statistics, compiled from the last census,
show that the people of tho United States are Um
healthiest on the globe. The deaths are three hun
dred and twenty thousand per year, or one and a
half per cent. of the population. In England the
ratio is nearly two per cent. Virginia and North
Carolina are the healthiest of the States, and havo
six hundred and thirty-eight inhabitants over ono
hundred years of age. These figures, however,
may all be, reversed by the next census, for the
medical schools were never more flourishing,
twentyaix colleges having graduated last year
about thirteen hundred doctors.
MILITARY MOVENIENT9.—This afternoon
there will be throe military parades. The Nation
al Guard, Capt. Lyle, will go to Point Breeze for
target practice, leaving South•streot wharf at 2
o'clock, on board the steamboat Star, wbeno.t
they will be taken to Penrose Ferry bridge, and
march from thence to the park.
The Philadelphia Grays, Lieut. Foley, will pa.
redo and proceed to, Belmont Cottage for target
practice.
The National Grays, Capt. Fritz, will leave this
afternoon for Went Cheater, and return home to
morrow afternoon. They will bo the guests of the
National Guards, of West Chester, Capt. Cuss, and
a ball will be given this evening at llortioulturol
Nall, in their honor. To-morrow morning they
will engage In target prnctico in a grove near the
borough.
The Continental Guards, Capt. George Spos
will parade on Thursday afternoon neat, for target
practice.
The Washington Grays, Capt. Parry, will parade
on Friday afternoon mat, for their annual fall tar
get memo.
-
bERIODS RAILROAD ACOIDMIT.—On Sa
turday morning a serious accident happened en
the Philadelphia and Germantown and Norris
town railroad, about eleven miles above tho city.
A man attempted' to cross the track, when the en•
hisstruck him, knocking him down, fracturing
his elcull, and breaking several of his ribs. Ho
was brought to the city, and taken to the hospital
in an•insensible condition. Ile looked like a le•
boring man- 'There was nothing to indloate his
name exoept a linen handkerchief, red border,
with W. H. Wharton on it. His recovery is oon
eidered very doubtful.
PAINFUL ,AOOIDENT TO AN INPANT.-011
Friday evening, a little girl, mei or eight years
old, carrying a bay nine' months old in her arms,
attempted to arena Vine street, between Eighth and
Ninth, in front of a passenger railway car Seeing
the ear approaohing„the girl got frightened and
dropped the baby ye the street. Before the car
could be stopped, ono of the wheels caught ono of
the child's arms, and crushed it lengthwise in a
dreadful manni3r. The little sufferer was taken la,
the hospital, and was afterwards taken home Uy
its mother.
IX:FIRED BY JUMPINId PROM A CAR.—On
Saturday evening, a colored man named Richard
Woodward, twonty-four yowls of age, was badly
injured by jumping from a passenger railway car,
on Fourth street, abode R-ce Ile was riding on
the front platform, and wishing to got off, ha
jumped, but got naught hotwoon the car end a pile
of Woke. fie wan taken to the hoepital.
THE CITY.
ANUS unEras THIS EVENING
WALNUT-STREET THEATRE. Walnut and Ninth sta.—
"Ireland as it was "—" Prinoe Doloroso "—" The Irish
Tiger."
WHEATLEY & OLARKE.I4 ABCII-STREET THEATRE.
Arch etreet, above bixth.—" The Royalist"— " The
Merchant and Hie Clerks."
McDoNoucia's OLYMPIC (late Gaieties), Rase street
above Second.—" Unole Tom's Cabin"
CONTINENTAL THEATRE, Walnut et., above Eighth. —
Cameros and Bharriley'n Minstrels..
CONCERT BALL, Chestnut street, above Twelfth.—
The Wizard of the North."
SASPORD'S OPERA Bonen, Eleventh street, above
Cheetnut.—Conoert nightly.
THE FORGED ELECTION RETURNS
HEARING BEFORE THE RECORDER
WM. BYEBLY BOUND OVER TO ANSWER
In Saturday's Press we stated that Wm. Byerly,
the return judge of the Fourth ward, had been
arrosted upon a warrant issued by Recorder Emu,
charglig him with presenting, at the meeting of
the Return Judges on Friday, a forged copy of the
returns of the election in the Fourth ward, which
gave the election of Congressman from the First
dieted to John M. Butler, Republican, instead of
Win. E. Lehman, Democrat, who was . legally
elected, according to the duplicate returns filed in
the office of the Prothonotary of the Court of Com.
mon Pleas of ter the election.
The moused had a hearing on Saturday mofn
ing, before the Recorder. The office was crowded
to suffocation wits persona anxious to hear the 1
proceedings.
District Attorney Mann appeared for the Com
monwealth, and Messrs Hirst and Webster were
present as private counsel for Mr. Lehman, but
they took no part in the proceedings. -On the part
'of Mr. Byerly, Mr. L C. Cassidy appeared.
First the judges of the precincts of the Fourth
ward were examined (except in the Fourth pre
cinct, represented by Mr. Byerly )
They all testified that they attended the meet
ing of the judges of the ward, at the house of Mr.
MoDonougn, Sixth street, below Shippen, the
morning after the election. At this meeting Mr.
Byerly was selected as return judge to the general
meeting to be held on Friday. AU the officers
had kept a memorandum of the vote in their pre•
dna, and they produced them before the Recorder.
An officer of the Common Pleas produced the
book containing the precinct returns for the Fourth'
ward—the papers from which Mr. Lehman, as
well as the reporters , took their vote. And these
returns, which are signed •by the officers of the
election, correspond with their memorandum pro
ducted at the hearing.
These two comparing in:this way, the fraud must
be traced elsewhere. Mr. Parker, the chairmen
of the meeting of the return judges, was swoon,
and ordered by the District Attorney to open the
bundle of returns in bis possession, and exhibit
the return made by Mr. Byerly for the Fourth
ward. At first Mr. Parker objected to this; as the
papers had been left in his custody for safe keep
ing, and he had them under seal.
Mr. Mann informed him that the law demanded
them, and then saying something about somebody'
not being gentlemanly in asking for the papers, be
broke the seal and produced the return about
which there had been so much trouble.
. It was in the same condition as when handed in
by Mr. Byerly, except that the counsel for Mr.
Lehman had visited the house of Mr. Parker and
after examining the paper, had marked it foriden
tification.
The paper is regularly drawn up, with the sig
natures of the ton precinct judges added. The
error alleged on the part of Mr. Lehman oan be
understood by the following table, whtoh gives the
true and forged returns :
=MEM
Lehmln. Butaq. Hil 2g.
BrEID2II
Second-- -....--....105 131 23
Third.
Ito a
.... :..... 143 6:1 30
67 11
61
. . - .
_
tinventh... ..... .. .......230 41 5
/19 41
Ninth —...119—. 174 10
=EIS
1518 1903 193
rorulst , IitSURN.
Lehmui
1.32
.-. 300
Pivot:lets
First.
Second..
VIMMEM
..177 105 18
203 72 4
eixth. .---
Bqvenfh
i. 216 161 .30
-107 178 10
.. 70 178
Tenth --...
1160 S
To all of the judges of the precincts of ZO
the
Booth ward, (exoept the fourth, represented by
Mr. Byerly,) this return was presented, and they
were questioned in regard to their signatures. -
Mr. llenrrW. Sped was positive that his name,
as there written, was a forgery. That was not
like the paper he signed, as ho was the first to
sign, in the genuine, after plaoing " Elva, pre
eifiel." After his own name he wrote the list
down to the Tenth preoinot, for the oonvenienee of
the judges who might not appear in regular order
when signing. In the return presented by Mr.
Byorly, Mr. Spool said the figures were not his
own.
Mr. 4801 also testified to a oonveraatlon with
Mrs. Dyerly. She gala that the papers bed not
boon oat of her possession. She placed them on the
mantel. During the afternoon the left the honae
on a visit, leaving in the house a Mr. Scanlan and.
a small boy. When she returned the papers were
still On the mantel. '
gOeo. V. Moore, Felix Donnelly, Philip Dougherty.
Mr. Barnes, and Mr. Thompson testified positively
that these signatures, as attached to Mr. Byorly's
return, were forgeries:
Mr. Davie, one of theladges, was not positive in
regard to the matter, as it looked similar.
Mr. Leckie, another of the judges, testified that
it we., his signature, and he stuck to it like a good
fellow, although Mr. Mann nailed his attention to
the foot that the name was spelled Leckie, and alSo
that the figures were not the same as on the return
filed with the Prothonotary.
Mr. Lehman was now sworn, and he testified as
follows : In the zmighborhood of eight o'clock on
Wednesday, the morning after the eleotion, I - went
to the Prothonotary's offioe, and secured a place
beside Mr. Kn.ight, for the purpose of examining
the returns for the First Congressional district. I
waited until every precinekteame in, and Mr.
Knight was particular in askiltg each officer, " Are
these the offloial papers?" . I carefully examined
the returns with Mr, Knight, and , we corrected
each other in any little inaacnraoiffst.. I there made
a copy of the vote, and in thdFoullth ward I had a
majority of 555 votes. °nevi' my clerks then eo•
pied this paper, and I enclosed it in a letter to Mr.
Byerly, with the request that he Would sot as my
friend, an I verify any mistakes that might occur
in the general return. A few minutes before the
meeting of the return judges, on Friday, I met Mr.
Byerly at Sixth and Chestnut, and asked him if he
bad the paper I had sent to him, and he said yea;
and in response to, my wish that 'he would act as
lay friend, he agreekto do so. I then wont to the
meeting, and there hew Mr. Byerly hand In the
forged returns.
In answer to a question on cross. examination,
Mr. Lehman Dud that he was induced to ask Mr.
Byerly to act for him, es he heard it said that he
was to be " counted out." ,
Mr. L. then detailed the proceedings before the
judges as given , above.
The evidence here closed, and. Mr. Mann, in
summing up, made a speech, declaring his detesta
tion of the party. whoever ho might be, who was
guilty of this substitution of one paper for another,
and the forgery of the names It was an import
ant matter not only to the citizens of this Common
wealth, but of the whole country, as upon the vote
in Congress of one man might depend the election
of a Speaker, ho. The duty of all good men, irre
spective of party, was to assist in ferreting out and
bringing to justice the individuals guilty of this
wrong.
Mr. Mann could not believe that Mr. Byorly had
actually done this thing, but as an act of justice to
him ho should have an opportunity of jpreseuting
his defence to a court and jury..
In the meanwhile, every exertion , should bo
made to discover the parties concerned, and Mr.
Mann pledged himself, se an °Meer of the Com
monwealth and as a citizen, to lend his aid to the
work.
Mr. Cassidy said ho was inotruoted to state that
Mr. Byerly had a full and complete defence to the
charge. '
The Recorder held the accused in $1,500 to an
raver at the present term of the court.
Immediately after the fraud was discovered, Mr.
Lehman forwarded to Governor Packer a state
ment of the whole we, with the repeat that the
proclamation of Mr. Butler's election should be
delayed for the present.
Under our present election laws, two returns are
forwarded to the Governor, the one from the re•
turn judges, and the other from the Prothonotary
of the Common Pleas AS these returns will not
agree, the Governor will probably consider himself
justified hu withholding for the present the °erg
oato to Mr. Butler which is authorized to be given
under the broad seal of the Commonwealth. •
FIRM ON SATURDAY . NIGHT—A WOMAN
Donlan.—About 10 o'clock on Saturday night, a
flro broke out in the feed store of Charles IL Hun•
tor, at the corner of Lancaster avenue and Market
street, West Philadelphia. The upper part of the
building was accepted as the Democratic Head
quarters of the ward. The flames spread with
groat rapidity, and the whole establiahment was
destroyed The conflagration oausod a very great
light, which was seen from all parts of the oity.
A portion of the premises was used in a dwelling
house by Mr. Hunter and family. The majority
of the occupants were removed in safety, and it
was supposed that all the inmates had escaped. It
unfortunately happened that in the excitement
and confusion an old lady was forgotten. She was
rich and unable to remove, and after the' building
was encompassed with flames her situation was re
membered.
Mr. William B Frits, of the Schuylkill Hose
Company, with tiomeether members of the same,
with groat daring, entered the building and reach
ed the second story through smoke and flame. Mr.
Fritz rescued the lady, took her to the front win
dow, and she was taken down the ladder. She
woe conveyed to the pollee station-honae of the
Twenty-fourth ward, bat wee so mach injured by
suffocation and the tiamea that she died bofore she
reached that plane. The deceased was apparently
about fifty-fire years of age.
PAYING A BIT ON THE RESULT OF THE
LATE ELECTION.—On Saturday, at noon, Chestnut
street was exalted at a novel affair, resulting from
the recent election. Thomas 11. Leabourn, ono of
the assessors of the Second ward . , made a bet with
another gentleman, the conditions of which wore
that the loser should •wheel a load of wood from
the Delaware to the Schuylkill, along Chestnut
street. Thomas, being the losing party, mounted
a strap over his shoulder, and, attaching it to a
wheelbarrow, loaded with sawed wood, wheeled it
from Chestnut-street wharf, on the Delaware, to
Chestnut-street wharf, Schuylkill. The affair cre
ated much amusement along the fashionable tho
roughfare of our city.
RECOVERY OP THE BODY OF A SUPPOSED
SUICIDE —On Saturday the body of a man, apps.
really about sixty years of age, was found in the
Delaware, opposite Riel3mond. There was a
satchel filled with mod about the neck of the de
ceaSed. A limn with such a satchel hanging from
his neck committed suicide by jumping overboard
from a litarket-atreet ferry boat about two weeks
since. If Is supfiesed that the remains found on
Saturday are those of the person referred - to. The
body was dressed in black coat and vest, and light
striped pasts. Coroner Fenner held an inquest in
the MO. A verdict of " found drowned" was
rendered.
- CLEANSING TEE STREETS BY MAGI:UNE.—
This afternoon, at three o'cloek, Myneman
will give a trial of his street-sweeping maohines,
on Seventh street, from Market to Callowhill,th
presence of a committee of Councils, who have In
charge the subject of a plan for the better cleans
ing of the streets.
Meeting at the suauglas Headquarters.
ADDRIIBB BY THX'HOIt, IGIRDRICH B. WRIGHT.
On Saturday evening, the Headquarters of the
Douglas Club, Fifth and Chestnut streets, was
crowded to overflowing by the frienda of non-in
tervention. to hear an address by the lion. Hen
drick 13. Wright, of Lucerne county.
The appearance of this veteran in the Demo
cretin ranks was greeted with cheering, and in
addressing the assemblage he said be eame for
ward under somewhat embarrassing circumstances
as regarded the interests and welfare of the Do
i meeratio party. The day after the election he bad
picked up the New York Herald, and a leading
editorial commenced in this wise : Pennsylvania
has spoiren—Pennsylvania is lost." Lest! Only
temporarily. (Applause. We have been defeated,
we may be dismayed; but to thy that we are van-
quished is to give the lie to the history of the past.
The Opposition may dampen, temporarily, our ar
dor, but it is not in their power to destroy the De
mocratic, principles which lie at the foundation of
this Government. (Applause.]
I have bean for many yeara connected with the
politics of Pennsylvania. For many years I have
taken an active part in all the deliberations of the
Democracy, and I have'been active in promoting
the successor Demooratio principles. I remember
the campaign in 1840, when there were the same
appeala to the passions and prejudices of the
people R 8 now, and the Democracy wore defeated.
Bat the victory of the Opposition was temporary,
and two years hadmot rolled by before that glen
ens banner waved again in triumph [Applause.]
And I say to-night, that two years will not pass
over before these eagles, that have been taken
from us, shall be restored to us. (Applause. j
Upon whatprineiples have the Opposition carried
this campaign? what have been the great issues
involved? Has it been the tariff? Certainly not,
for the Democracy of Pensylvania have always
recognized the need of protection to her industrial
interests. Has it been by principles which will
not stand the examination and scrutiny of time ?
No question seems to have beelPinyolved, except
it may be that of the right of the black man to be •
placed on an equality' with the white race, and, if
so, theylotory wilt be a demob in the merits of
the party before many months. [Applause.)
In 1840, the campaign of the Opposition was ear
ried on without argument. They made their ap
peal then to the same passions and prejudices of
men, by parading with their cider barrels and
their log cabins, and all those things calculated to
take the public eye, but not effect the public mind.
So it la now. Is there any principle 14 a cape
and cap? It is a dumb display, which' has no
meaning, no argument, and no force, and it must
pass away when the second sober thought of the
people shall come, while theDemoaratio party will
survive forever. Applause.]
The principle of our party was an immortal
one—the great principle of non-intervention by
Congress in the affairs of the "people of-the States
and Territories. If there is any question that will
stand the test of time, it i 8 that toe people of the
Territories have the same asperity for self-govern
ment as the people of the States. Douglas, as the
embodiment of that principle, is worthy of support,
and it will eventually rally around him all the
people of this country. Jackson at one time was
vitt:fled and abused, yet the people rallied to his
support, as they will to that of Stephen A. Douglas.
[Applause. J He may be defeated, but it will be
through the machinations of James Bnehanan—a
man around whom the Democracy rallied in 1855,
and raised to the Presidential chair.
The speaker then reviewed the history of the
Dsmocratie Conventions for the past twelve years,
and preyed that the doctrine of non-intervention
was recognized in all the platforms adopted during
that time. The doctrine was as correct now as
when Cass, Pierce, and Buchanan gave in their
adhesion to it;
Mr. Wright urged his hearers not -to be dis
couraged. In the coming election let the party go
forward, and it might be to victor/. (APPicuils
In this city thirty-eight thousand cast their votes
for the Demooratio candidate for Governor. Let
these mon stand together, and the influence which
they would exert would bring about a political re
surrection sooner than the most timid could expect.
Let each man stand Arm and vote for pritteli lee,
no matter what the result.
Mr. Wright promised to go to Lucerne eounty,
and there talk as he bad not talked before, and he
would bring haek five hundred votes which had
been east for Curtin. (Applause. _ •
The meeting th en adjourned with cheers for Mr.
Douglas.
Republican Meeting at the Wigwam.
Butler. Xing
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131 ra
SPEECH BY SHE HON. ALEXANDER K. H'CLIDIE
. .
,_. . .. .
Oa Saturday evening, a well-attended Republi
can meeting was held at the Wigwam, North Sixth
street, above Brown. Among the audience was a
number of ladies. General James Irvin, of Cen
tre county, presided, who introduced, as the first
speaker, the Hon- Alexander if. McClure, Chair
man of the People's State Committee.
Mr. McClure add the Keystone State hid just
spoken in a manner which bad done her great
credit When Pennsylvania thundered, the Pre
sidential contest was settled, and the question of
free labor and free trade was forever set at rest.
He rejoiced at the recent triumph. He rejoiced,
not because a single man bad obtained an Moe,
nor because any set of men had been elevated to
power. But it was because a triumph had been
achieved—a triumph that will bring gladnesolo
every home in Pennsylvania. It will strengthen
every arm and 'quicken the impulses of the work—
ing classes. The' interpretation of this victory is;
that here are a people who have rid themeelved of
a policy which was calculated to ruin our State.
This triumph teaches us that the doctrines of Tree -
trade are wrong, absolutely wrong., It- teaches,
furthermore, that - 3h. time - has come when a -
prostituted- , Administration—an Administration'
that has stricken at the very foundatiiiksf our
prosperity—la falling to the dust. - - -4,,,
He rejoiced that Col. Curtin wee- eleetest. , :dife
had known him well. From him he lbarrAd the
first lessons of politica. He knew that Col. Curtin
would be an honor to the State, whose Gel:Amato-
Hal chair be will so ably adorn. Who is not now
proud of Col. Cartbea election? Every_ honest
Pennsylvanian - hag a right to be protid. M i r Ail
tin has declared his principles alike to erve
in the Commonwealth. He never concealed his
political preferences. Be did not hesitate to say,
"I am for Lincoln " [Applause.] Be has met
the people face to face, and has defended their
rights nobly and well. Me has been admirably re
warded. A majority has been given him which
places beyond a doubt the election of our atandard
, bearer, Abraham Lincoln. In thiftentest, we
have been- moved by a love, not for one emotion
only, but for every section of the country.
Mr. McClure criticised the attempted " fusion "
of the Ball Union-savers,Breokinridge disunionist?,
and Douglas squatters, for the purpose of defeat
' ing Onitin. Thole whole object was to "defeat
I Lincoln." Pow Rio Ay they had succeeded! jAp
plause„l
lie eras particularly severe upon the friends of
Bell and Everett. 'These duped creatures he pi
tied, because they have been sadly betrayed. They
entered the field for the purpose of defeating Liu
colnism. The election of Tuesday shows that they
were made only the instruments for tbo election of
the People's candidates Some of them are now
beginning to perceive the folly of their course.
Those who had voted for Curtin will certainly vote
for Lincoln, and hundreds who voted for Foster in
tend also to vote for Lincoln. He respected an
honest Bell man for preferring his candidate to
. Lincoln for the Presidency. Every man has
preferences. Yet when an honest man finds his
ty coming over into the bosom of free trade
#
d disunionism, it is time to give up the man
1.
whom he desires to see elevated, and put in power
a statesman of equal talent aid ability, from whom
no! danger can be expected. The Belt - men at
Reading, the other day, went so far as to silk the
Democracy, that they might, in cominon with theta,'
be allowed to die together. The Democracy spurn
ed the overtures, and the Bell maniere saddenedat
heart.
1:1WM;f1
Rl/1
General Foster had anted to the
to secure his own election. and "
fare of the Democratic party.
in attempting to put forward the iikika
in favor of protection. Mr. MoC are
that Philadelphia bad been true to heriaiate:lo
interests, and hoped that in November sbeliould ,
speak in thunder tones in favor of Abe Lincoln.
The city is now in sympathy with the State, and
when Pennsylvania rolls op 40,000 for Lincoln,
Philadelphia will give 10,000. (Applause.) He
did not mistake when be said that Philadelphia, in
November, will rend a thrill of joy throughout the
State, and stir up the channels of her industry. The
interests of labor are harmonious. When you strike
at Philadelphia, you strike at Pennsylvania.
When you touch a vital part in the body, you
touch every part. What i s it that has made the
iron horse rush ant of your oily into the interior
of your State? What has built
-up your corn.
merle? What has constructed your ships and
your railroads? It has been the sturdy arms of
the people. The working classes have done It,
and are they not to ho rewarded? Be believed
they would be, and therefore he urged his hearers
to keep up the fires of their enthusiasm.
The contest is worthy of being fought out Its
MOWS will give new life to the Government. It
will erect free homes where deserts- now exist. It
will teach the men who ask eiderby side with the
Southern slave that the mission of free „govern
ment is to elevate the laborer and the mechanic.
We would not invade Bontbern rights, and the man
who affirms that it is the mission of the Republi
can party to make war upon the South states what
he knows in his heart to be felon. [Applause J
This Government was made for free mon, and it is
our policy to keep the land of the West free from
the desolating tread of slavery. The triumph of
the Republican party will be 'a death-blow to
Northern Abolitionism. It will teach men who
oroolaim that " the Constitution is a league with
hell" that they have no claim upon honest men.
and that they must be brought into the reins of
subjection. It will Tao a triumph that will give a
renewed impulse to the prosperity of the nation,
and plaao its credit above a doubt. This party
will soon turn from power an Administration that
has forever disgraced the nation in the sight of the
world. 4he people have now determined that
their next President shall be chosen by a popular
verdict, and that verdict be given for Abraham
Lincoln. (Applause.] That honest statesman will
teach the whole nation that what is good for one
class is good for another. lie will deal oat justice
to the North and justice to the South. Re will
not spare the offender, nor bo lenient to one where
he to severe to another.
Mr. MoClute concluded amid prolonged cheer
ing.
Isaac J. Neal was the next speaker. Ile came
forward on the present ocoaxion, not as a People's
man, not as a Republican, but as a pure Democrat,
a Democrat, however, of a different school from
those of the present day. The .Republican party
was the only true Democratio party of the country.
He congratulated his audience on the sucoess of
Curtin. lie bad spoken during the canvass many
times in favor of the gallant standard-bearer of the
People's party. It was now time to talk for Lin
coln. [Applause ] He then eulogised the oharao
ter of honest Abe, and predicted a happy termina
tion of the present misrule at Washington, under
his Administration. He believed there was not a
shadow of a doubt as to his election. He then pro
ceeded to dismiss the principles of tho party, and
throughout was greeted with hearty outbursts of
applause.
Other gentleman followed, and the meeting ad
journed at a late hour
SBERNADE TO 31'CLURE
About ll o'clock, a number of the friends of Mr.
McClure, accompanied by the Pennsylvania Cornet
Band, serenaded Mn McClure, at. the Girard
Rouse. Re made a short areech from the balcony,
declaring that the result of the eleotion of Curtin
was the precursor of the election of Lincoln in no
vember., Re was loudly applauded. Messrs. Cof
fey, Goforth, and others made short addresses.
ANOTHER FATAL ACCIDENT FROM BURN
ING FLn)D.—Alittlegirl,four years old, named
Annie Rank*, living in Milton street, beta eon
Tenth and Eleventh, was badly burned by the up
setting of a fluid lamp on _Pride* evening. She
was taken to the hospital, where she died from
the effects of the Wilma reaoyed.
, , -
rOblio Esturdsky- morn
ing, the body of Daniel MoGinn, aged thirty-live
years, was found floating in the , I,Deleare, Jit
Queen Arent wharf. He had beerj o
—Saturday, the 661 a Wet. VerdAl—