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the organizers of the meeting, were declored passed, | riage was first proposed, and the latte? could despite the opposition of at least one half of the | hardly fail to coasider a percomal injury. persons preeent, while some presented by thoee | Whatever influence the Naples Bourbons could of the opposition were declared rejected. exert would of cyurse be exercised against The Bosrd of Aldermen met last evening. Among | 449 oetablichmezt of an Orleans on their other matters, a communication was read from Al cousin’s thrgne. If Montpensier succeeded derman A. G. Trowbridge, of the Tenth ward, 4 ‘4 : exonerating Mr. Wm. B. Reynolda from the charge see Haese foes, Prag os» — ror of receiving pay from the owners for the removal of ims, a man 0! ys NEW YORK HERALD, JA gGR9 GORDON DENNEPT, WROPRIBTOR AND ROUTOR, Service %. W. COANER OF FAS8L0 AND FULION STR. WERMS, cach FREE grees ae. se to the Kurepean “ Great Britain, awd $5 se any parte) the to fifty millions a year, the surph supplies will be consumed. Wer a ” the a margin for the indemnitie- aust aleoleave tobe paid for the stor a which will have Grey town, and for t* wading avd barning of a probable wer. A contingent expenses of i . a prin’ ad Yetrenohments and redactions ee 40 rchedules were, therefore, but the los, with the Count the he Cacti eat a . d horses, cows, dc. But little business was | th party of Don Carlos, acteats of the passing hour. Guthrie had TOLUNTERY CORRUSPUNDRNCE, containing inp: pawndviarsy ‘Monimolin at its head. The strongest reo 1 stmrly miscalculnied the ecomumies of the ad- any ‘of the wor! be [for —ga- Oun Foreion Connesron- DRE PARTICULARLY REQUESTED TO SEAL ALL AND PACKAGES SENT UB. TICE taken of anonymous Communications, We do re / LETTERS by Mail for Subscriptions or sith Adver~ ta to lope pd or | egies will Be deducted from BH BRINTING executed with neatners cheapness, and The Board of Councilmen were also in sessior,, | gon in hia favor is the open support oF the and appear to have made themselves merry @, the | Czar, whose gold is already working *yonders expense of Mr. Comptrotler Flagg, who, it woems, | on his bebulf, He is considered i, Russia as had paid a pill for hack hire for the Coramissionera the legitimate sovereign of Stain; and if of migration thet had been sent ‘co his office by | xictclas cap effect anything, he will assuredly mistake, The Committee on Arta and Peiences re- $e vlaced ’s thron: ; . * 2 ‘“ e placed ov; Isabella’s ie, Finally, Spain ported in favor of appropsigimg $15,000 towards fi ‘ contains a large and influential democratic purchasing Dr. Abbott’s collection of Egyptian an- be farth hy tiquties, now in thia city, the money to be paid party, which seeks to go even er than the when the ssid collection shall have been “pur | republican Cortes of 1812, and to destroy the Ceased an@ delivered for free exhibition to the res | menarchy itself. The aim of the Spanish re- eidenta of this city.” The majority report probibR | gnblicans is to divide Spain and its colonies ing locomotives from running on the track of the | into anumber of federal States after the plan New Firven or Harlem railroads, south of Forty- of the American Union; admitting Cuba into eecoud street, was adopted. the confederacy as an independent State. The CORONER'S INQUEST IN WILLLAMSEURG. tintien tha pens te tele femod on ‘The investigation in relation to the street fight, peta iit ais it is hoped by the Which occurred in Williamsburg on Sunday morn- i GASTLE GARDES—Maxtor pt Rowan. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery—Jack Suutrann~Tiowr Rorx. WYBLO'2—Varicaviy Rowe~CRargQ Divertiseuent ~ Kur-Ks RATIONAL THEATRE, Chath: street~Tou Car- etr—A Lap iy run Wonvenvu, Maur Youne Schur AMERICAN MUSEUM.—Attormoon and Evening~Tux hsesiianbests — > i ‘ i leaders that this earnest of their democratic, ae ing, 3d inst., and in which James Higgina received 2 a occ alg morgen he eo heya tajuries which caused hés death, was vontineed yes- | Principles will secure them our sympathy sad terday. It sppeaas from the evidence that the attack | good will, With this party Separtero eid on Higgims was premeditated, andthe jury rendered | O'Donnell are believed to be secretly affiliey.ed- a verdict gains: Peter Clark and Michael McFargin, and say‘feat a young woman named Ann Rose was avcessory to the deed. Clark aad the girl are in cus- ‘ody. McFargin left on the morniag the fight took place, and has thus far eludeé pursuit. COMMERCIAL AFFAIRS, ‘The light receipts, with « good local and Bastern démand, again imparted reater Grmness to flour, BUCKLEY’S OPERA HOSSE. 639 Broaiway.—Bucu- ar’s Erutorran Orzna Teoure. WAANCON!’S LIPPODTOME—Ma pis0n Sew ane. side the water are not idle. It bas long been suena 1 Se earths aotorious that peace was onty maintaimed in —————————— Mem! for MWW YORE HERALD—EBIION FOR BUROPE. The Cunard moi tteamship Africa, Orptain Sherion, will tonve Jersey City this dey, at 12 e%clock M., fer Liv *ee yoo). confidently expected by parties who are usually well informed that the news of the‘overthrow ailers. ‘With light transactions, whert was with- | courss receive his letters of recall"ny the same out marked: change. Corn moved pretty freely, at | mail which brings the intelligence of the suc- rabout 60c. ade. per bushel, The estimated wales | cese of O'Donnell; aw] in the general confe- of cotton were not leas than 15000 bales, the market | sion that will ensue, a chance will be a‘fordeil closing steady at Monday’s ¢ficial qudtations. Pot the Creoles to stritg the long-desired blow ashes advanced six cents per pound. Groceries and-provisions were without alteration of mement in prices. ~ @’obeck in the merning. ‘The Hens, (printed iu French amd Engliah;) will be “published at Galf-past mine o’cleuk in the ‘noraing. Bangle copies in wrappers, sixpsnce. @adscriptions and advevtinxements for any edition of ‘Who New Yous Huniww will be received at tho fellowing Pla es in Barope -— ve Pe iectgaayg ttn fantsord woo No, 17 Coruhi, “ Wm. Themes & Co., No. 19 Catherine street - Livingston, Wells & Oo., 8 Place de la Bourse. ‘The contents of the European edition of the Henuw “wil embrace the news received by mail amd telegraph et “this office during the previous week and to the hour ef publication. on their courage and the sagadity of their fend MISCELUMANEOUS. evs. A fairer opportunity can hardly be -cx- The bak Grapeshot, of which s0 muchas been |: pected. Monarchy or repubtio, Spain wil! al said, saffed from New Orleans on the lst inst., ina |-ways be to ‘them what she has been: « tard rather mysterious manner. Many rumom were in | taskmaster ‘andcruel stepmother. They‘now circulation in regard %o her destination, ana by |+fyrnish the most tangible portion of her re- some percons it was intimated that her sudden de- venue; and'as-money will obviously be the first parture was connected with the arrival 6f the spe. want of whi¢hever party gains the upper hand ial Russi bassador in this city. The Spanish cai ca ing pepe ty of nae departure, be- at Madrid, we do not see any prospect ¢f alle- of the Creoles in the came ¢uite alarmed; 2nd immediately ckarteredaud | Viation for the burthens despatched a ase to Havana. present revolution. A change of masiers is A negro man was injured, perhaps fatally, on the | the most it-can effect : and as the revenue from Camden and Amboy Railroad yesterday. ‘The in- | ‘Cuba is the only resource the new government jury was caused: by his own indiscretion. can rely on, it were infateation to suppose th §j The mechanics im the Charlestown Navy Yard, who | a democratic Cortes would be less exacting than strack for $3.a day, have returned to work at the J a king or-queen. Whichever way fortune turn § oeesaee) sear) PR ae Dc apt whether Isabella maintains herself,or Mentmolin destructive CCl Md y - the 5th inst. Loswestimated at a mittion of dollars pets a peace cooks apt Revolutionary Prospects in Spain and Caba, | 98 before. This is well understood on the island; The proclamation issued by General O’Don- | nd if the’ hearts of a few leading men are true nei and the other insurgent leaders to the | and their nerves strong, we may look for start- people of Spain, will be found in another col- | ling news'by oneof theaext steamers. Whether ump. Without careful study, but dittle practi- { the Credies move or not. our news already cal information respecting the revolution in | Notifies us.that our-own filibusteros:are on the progress and the general state of Spanish af- { alert. fairs can be gained from its for, es usnal in | gy, Gkanings .of Congress<Some of the Spanish documents, rhetoric abowads to the Things which Were Not ‘Done. exclusion of reasons, and tropes to the detri- We'have given’our readers. list.of the acts, ment of facts. As we can understand it, how- | public.and private, good, bad and indifferent, ever, its signers allege that they took up arms | passed. aud approved .during the late long ses- to expel the ministry, whose illegal exactions, | sion of:Gongress, We have also apprised the broken pledges and corrupt practices were sub- } reading public of the more important measures versive of a)l sound government and calculated | which have failed. In the acts which have to ruin the kingdom. General O'Donnell dis- | passed there has been apyihing but retrench- claims the title of a revolutionary leader: “It | ment, 2nd from the measures which have been is the government,” seys he, “which is revolu- | defeated, or which go over to the next session, tionary.” What measure of sincerity this | we have but little enconragement in the matter assurance may have contained at the time it | of reform. In a word, retrenchment has been was given, itis not now worth while to inquire: | superseded by extravagance, and referm has events have succeeded cech other faster per- | been indefinitely postponed. haps than the General expected, and it is.quite Among the best of these things which were clear to every one at this¢time that the alieged | not done, was the failure ef the House amend- conservatism of the insurgents wears as revelu- | ment to the Occan Mail Steamor appropriation tionary an aspect as could well be imagined, | bill, for giving the required six months’ notice O'Donnell has been compelied, ont of regard | to the Collins company of the suspensien of for the cuccess of his movement and hia own | their additional compensation allowed by the safety, to admit asa partner iz his enterprise { last Congress. The House insisted upon theno- the veteran Espartero; and whatever the | tice—the Senate persisted in opposing it; andso Gesigns of the former may have been, the | pendirg the conflict between the two, the ses- latter is a notorious foe to the present | sion expired, and with the whole bill the notice institutions of Spain. Wher our last | was lost, e But although the appropriations accounts Jeft, the insurrection kad attained | failed, they will have to be made to meet the its firet and avowed object: it had driven the | government contracts, at the next session; while ministry from power, It bad likewise achieved | by the loss of the bill, the company have gain- another end, less openly confessed by the lead- | ed at least four months’ additional time, even ers: ft had driven the Queen Mother from the | should the two houses give the proposed notice palace, and for the present reduced her infla- | among thelr first proceedings in December. At- ence to zero, Nor have we any reason to be- | ter voting a subsidy of ten millions for the sup- lieve that it was intended or expected to rest | port of a despotism in Mexico, it would have here. Succees seems rather to have inflamed | been a corry businees had Congress, dur. Ahan satisfied the popular mind. The probabil- | ing the same session, given notice of ity that Isabella would be dealt withas her | the suspension of the comparatively small mother had been-—that the half measure of a | gem necessary to sustain the noblest set change of ministry with Espartero at its head | of steamers which have ever crossed the sen. would be inadequate to calm the people—even | We congratulate our readers, therefore, in the that the throne itself would be destroyed, 3 } failure of the mail steamer appropriations, be- so many other thrones have been during the } cause the notice is thereby postponed, last century, was generally discussed in Spain A month. or two since Guthrie was suffering when the last news left. Less likely events | from a surplus in the Treasury of some thirty than any one of these have been witnessed in | millions of dollars, and the revenues from cus- our days. Look over the whole Spanish penin- | toms were still accumulating upon his hands. sula, and neither a man nor an institution can | He was oppressed—he was in danger of sui be found that can be said to possess elements of | cation from a plethora of gold—bleeding alone abiding firnmess or stability. The people are | cou'd save him. It was proposed, therefore, to i ed with the whole Bourbon family. | make a healthful reduction in the leading Opinions are widely divided with respect to the | schedules of the tariff act of 1846—the plan of various ¢} ates for popular favor. Neither | a bill was drawn up and sent to the Mouse, and the church nor the throne nor the Cortes nor | then another projet was drawn up in the House. the Senate rest on such a basis as to defy the | and the country was admonished that upon the shock of a successtul revolution. Without for- | foreign raw materials entering into our home ma. ign interference, all might be swept away. It | nufactures, and upon various other things, there is within the bounds of possibility that any go- | was to be a great reduction of the tariff, from vernment soever, that could master Madrid fer | the imperious neegasity of reducing the re- a few days, might suceced in grasping the | venucs to the standard of the economies of the seeptre Isabella's band has not the strength to | administration. : hold. Then came the supply bill of the Gadsden There are at least four parties in the field | treaty. The relief it gave to Guthrie was so already, Isabella bas some few adherents left ; great that we have not heard from either house ynd ihe middle classes of Spain will obviously | another solitary syllable on the tariff question lean to her side as Jess pregnant with danger | since the ten millions were voted to Santa and uncertainty than a change of sovereign or | Anna. From that day, with every succeeding dynasty. Men of property, with the timidity | day, as the regular appropriation bills were of their station, will prefer a bad government | filled up with amendments, Guthrie was still that they know, to a mew one that may be | further relieved, so that now it is suspected worse. Could ste matigin herself, foreiga | that the increased appropriations for the fiscal cations Would obviously g¥stain from inter, | year, and the Gadeden treaty, will swallow up ference. She has on her site the advantage of | every dollar of the surplus in the treasury, in- possession ; agaiust her, her own character and | cluding every penny that can be coMected from the odiom of her past misgovernment and her | the tariff as it stan mother’s vices, Mer sister Louisa, the wife of During the fis ear ending the thirtieth sier, is dou\tless alive to her chances. | June last, the receipts from customs exceeded dentsare fair for a Spanish Princess; | by twelve millions the Teceipts of the year pre- t she has not yet rendered her name a | ceding. ‘Fhis very much alarmed Gathrie. byword of reproach. If the Spaniards wanted | With thirty millions, surplus on hand, and + BcusLon who was notdisreputable, she would | seventy millions a year coming in from the be their choice. But against her, there are the | tariff alone, what could he do when the expen- heavy odds of foreign opposition. Russia is | ditures were rated at fifty millions a year? devoted to the Carlist interest. Neither Eng- | The answer is at hand. With the expenditures jond nor Louls Napoleon would quietly submit | increased to seventy or eighty millions, and the to the realization of the scheme, which the | receipts for the current year diminished, pro- formes tried so hard to prevent when the mas-} bably, from the diminution of foreign imports, "whe News LA&TER FROM EUROPE. There is scarcely a prominent feature in the newa Drought by the Arabia. No arrival that we have as yet had since the commencement ‘of the war bas been more barren of interest. Austria and Prussia are stated to have agreed in the main on the an- wer to be returned to the last Russian note, al- ‘though some minor points still remained anscttled, In their joint reply, which was tobe addressed to @ount Esterhazy, the two- goveraments concur in -asserting thet the occupation of the Principalities is imconsistent with the integrity of the Ottoman Em- pke, and that the propositions of the Czar cannot be taken into.consideration until the Principalities m@meevacuated. We cannot, of course, attach im- Pricit credit to this statement, in the face of the eontradictions which every mail brings to some previodsly asserted fact. We question much if Prussia has been prevailed upon to commit herself Mus for. After the Ozar’s explicit dgplarations of ‘his intentions as regards the Principalities, such an ‘mnewer on the part of Prussia would be tantemount to an undertaking to join Austria in enforcing the wondition laid.dewn in it—a step which we know swell that she bes neither the daclination nor the purpose to take. In the meanwhile the tammediate entry of the Austrians into the Principalities, would seem to have been for. mally decided upon. <A Russian corps un @er Liprandi, hed been directed upon Foksbani, in ®@onsequence of the advance of the Austrians from Transylvania. Prince Gortschakoff, who had been @ontirmed in the command of the Moldo-Wallachian amy, was withdrawing a great part of his ermy from the Danube to Buchsrest. Jt wonld seem as #, according to cur anticipations, the right and lefc wing of the Rassian army were retreating on the Bereth line of operations. There are now ebeut ninety thousand English and Prench troops concentrated at Varna, whose only occupation is to curse the policy that consigns them to such sickening inactivity. Amongst the English portion of the force, the beard question bas occasioned some little excitement. The orders is- ged from bead-quarters on this important point of siscipline are as contradictory as they are childish. Is will scarcely be believed that in the Adjutant General's instractions the precise measure of a so)- @ier’s beard, or rather of the part of his chin that he is directed to shave, is laid down by a foot rule. After this it would not be surprising if the Eastern war were to degenerate into broad farce. We have as yet no clue to the views of Espartero as regurds the measures necessary to be taken in the present critical state of Spanish alairs. It was thought significant that in his proclamation to the people of Saragossa, which we publish elsewhere, be thould have carefully avoided all mention of the Queen's name. His presence was hourly expected $1 Madrid when the last despatehes left. The en thnsiasm of the inhabitants of the capital in his favor was only to be equalled by the ardor and fury with which they fought against the Queen's troops. One of our correspondents writing from Paris states that a gentleman who had just arrived from Madrid, id who had witnessed the French revolution of 3830, informed bim that he had never beheld such @etermined bravery and resolution. Even the female population took an active part in the straggle. There are some curious stories afloat with regard to the death of Abbas Pacha, the Egyptian Viceroy. ‘They are only slightly alluded to in one of the Eng- Mish journals, but from late advices which we have received from Alexandria we are enabled to give some fuller details a3 to the event. His death was not only suspiciously sudden, but was attended with viroumstances which affuid strong grounds for be- Meving thet he was poisoned. He bad retired to res’ in his usual good health, and was found deadin his bed next morning. The two Mamelakes who aually s'eptin bis apartment, had fled, and have mot been since heard of. The news was not made public for more than twenty-four hours afterwards, ‘end then the body was buried under an unusually strong escort of coldiers. Said Pacha, his successo:, is spoken of asa man of great abilities, and is ex- tremely popular with all classes of his subjects. VENEZUELA. By the htter of our correspondent it will be seen that the revelation in this country was progressing, and that the government was powerless to check it Signor Herrera, a gentieman of iaflaence and talent, had joined the revolotionists, and the disaffection appears to be general and widespread. At the date of our correspondent’s letter, business was en. tirely paralysed, and the entire country in a state af slerm and distraction. ELECTIONS. @ The returns from North Carolina, as usual, me im slowly. Private despatches received in Washing: ton, sta‘e that the democrat: have three majority in the Senate, and that the Houee is aboutatic. The contest for Governor is very close. . Tre recent Jocal election in Kentucky passed off quietly. The Know Nothings have made their ap- pearence in that State, and, in several instances, elected their candidates, ‘The Parliementary election in Upper Canada has been completed, and it is stated that on the vote of “wart of confidence,” the Ministers will be sustain- ed in the new house. APPAIRS IX THE CITY. The nti Nebraska mass meeting held in the Park Jax! evening was, a8 may be seen from our report of ape proceedings, @ tuta) failare, aad broke up ia @ geverairun A wecion of ieagiutiong comcosied by nd Meanwhile, however, the Spaniards on this Cuba by ‘the bayonets ofthe soldiery: it is of the ministry in Spain-will be the signal for / Te mails will close in Chis city at half-prst ten r though sales were moderate, and closed ‘in favor of | an explosion at Havana. Pezucta will of, Whether they will embrace iter not depends ministration. Nohedy else, we suppose, has been suffciently credulous to be deceived. The bill for Oe re-organization of the navy has gone by th.e board—the old granny and old fogy system, of the antiquated bureaus of the department, stilt continues. Mr. Dobbin, how- ever, is net much to blame. The sdmitistra- tion has heen ctherwise employed. The Kitchen Cabine’: had ne time to spare for the substantial and t’uorough reformation and disciplining of the ‘navy, escording to the exigencies of the tiv.es, when such important spoils projects as @ adsden treaties, patent monopolies, and Min- Jierota Railroad bills were pending. And so of the army—<£o of the protection of the Western frontiers; and so of ‘some of the wise and hu- Mane *neasures for the pacification and subsis- tenceof the frontier Indians. There was no time to attend to them pending the grand aquehble for ttre public plunder. An instructive report, withan accompanying sensible bill for the re-organization of our bengling diplomatic and consular establish- ments, was introduced isto the Honse some- ‘time ago; but it has gone over among <he un- ‘finished business, and our consuls and diplo- mats musthe content for some time longer with the broad brimmed -hat, shad bellied coat, and linsey weclsey breeches prescribed by Gov. Marcy. If we cannot have the practical diplo- matic goed sense and sound judgment of Dr. Franklia,'we must stick to his breeches; and if they arc-a little the worse for wear, a patch or two must suffice for the present, ‘ We are not surprised that the bill of five mil- lions ‘for French epoliations has received no attention whatever. It was vetoed by President Polk,sand-nobody has had the presumption to suppose that President Pierce is less a strict constructionist than his last democratic prede- cessor. But weere alittle surprised at the failure of tke eight million bill for the indemnification of the creditors-of Texas, because that measure bes:about it so-strong an odor of the lobby and the spoils thatit ought to have followed next inorder to the‘Gadsden treaty. ‘The report and bill of Senator Fish for the reformation of the abuses in passenger ships were brought in too late in the session for the consideration of the Senate this season; but we can hardly suppese that a measure contemplat- ing such wholesome sanitary regulations as this, can fail of the early attention ef beth houses at their next meeting in December. ‘We .have only to repeat, that considering the disorganized and demoralized condition of both:the old parties in Congress, the feebleness aud-spoils. appropriating rapacity of the admin- istration, the recklessness of the spoilamen of ‘both honses, the lobby end the Kitchen Cabinet, and the general looeenees which has character- ized the proceedings of this late session, that itds.a subject for pablic congratulation that the gpoilsmen have not, besides cleaning out the treasury, swept off every available acre of the public domain. The fall elections will, per- haps, have a wholesome effect upon both houses in December next. Very likely. Tax Lirtie Homrsteap Brw—Frer Fins IN THE GapspEN Covxtry.—One of our Wash- ington correspondents advises us that the bill -providing for the surveys of public lands in Kansas, Nebraska and New Mexico, and for free farms of @ quarter section to actual settlers, does not extend the free farm principle to Kan- eas and Nebraska, but limits it to the Territory of New Mexico. He calls our attention to the second section of the bil], which is as follows: applying only to the Territory of New M 4 ico :— s) Section 2.—And be it further enacted : That to every white male citizen of the United States, or every white male above the age of twenty-one years, who has declar- x o— rae! aay aioe a Lag and who was reaid- ing in said terri ior to the first day of Januar: eighteen bundred and fifty-three, and who may be etit residing there, these shall be and hereby is donated one quarter section, or one hundred and six'y acres, of land. And to every white male cit.zen of the United States, or every white male above the age of twenty-one years, who has declared lila intention to become a citizen, an: who shall bave removed or shall remove to and setilo in said territory, between the first day of January, eight- cen hurdred ond fifty-three, and the first day of Janu- ary, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, thers shall in like mapvaer be donated one quarter section, or one hundred and sixty acres, on condition of actual settlement and cultivation tor not less than four years : Provited, how- ever, That each of said donations shall {nclude the act- ual rettl-ment and improvement of the donee and shall be selected by lege! subdivisions, within three months after the survey of the land, where the ,scttlement was mace before the survey ; and where the setclement was made after the survey, then within three months after the settlement has been made ; and al! persous failing to designate the boundaries of their claima within that time, shall forfeit all right to the same. This is “ keeping the word of promise to the ear, and breaking it to the hope” with admira- ble coolness. We doubt if there are one hnu- red and sixty acres of unoecupied arable land among all the deserts of the Territory of New Mexico, as bounded a month ago. But a late act of Congress—one of the latest of the sxe sion—incorporates all the country acquired by the Gadsden treaty into the Territory of New Mexico, so that actual settlers in the Gads- den couniry are entitled (according to the terms above laid down) to @ farm there of one hun: dred and sixty acres of land free gratis for noth” ing. And let the landless remember that they are indebted for this act of generosity entirely to Santa Anna and the administration. Ten million: of dollars was thegprice paid for this Gadsden country, equal, perhaps, in size to the fine State of Tennessee—it is annexed to New Mexico, and actual settlers are entitled to free farms oll over the deserts of that Territory, including the Gadsden country. Perhaps the Gadsden country was bought of Sapta Anna for the express purpose of an ex- perimental homestead bill. Ifit succeeds there, we may next have the benefits of the act ex- terded all along the summits of the Rocky Mountains, and all over the burning sands of the volcanic Great Basin of Utah. Meantime the free soil squatters in Kansas and Nebraska must be content with the new Dill introduced in the House by Mr. Cobb of Alabama, and passed and approved, providing for the reduc- tion and graduation of the prices of the public lands, The Ittle out-and-out homestead bill is limited to New Mexico and the Gadsden coun- try. Will nobody accept a farm in Gen. Gadeden’s purchase, as a gratuity? Will nobody appreciate the magnanimity of Santa Anna and the administration ? Wich nas tae Premrom?—Jeffards, who knocked off the’hat from the head of the Presi- dent with a hard-boiled egg, or the administra- tion, which knocked down the hats of the poor natives of San Juan with hard-boiled bomb- shells? Egg-shetls or bomb-shells—which wins the premium / Prixcé Jouy Van Buren on is Preasvre Visrr 19 Evrore.—In conséquence of uufounded rumors having prevailed absut the object of Mr, John Van Buren’s visit to England, and his occupation while there, bg nas tequested us to print the follqwing éxtract from the London Morning Advertiser of the 17th ult.—which was the origin of those rumors—and the authori- tative contradiction thereof which appeared in the next day’s issue of that paper:— [From the Londop Morning Advertiser, July wz) THE GREAT ANTI-SLAVERY CONVENTION AT MAN- CRESTER. ‘This convention, to be holden on the 1st of August, at Manchester, will receive an additional interest in the of tbe Hon. John Van Buren, 2 prominent Amo- riean politician, and son of Martin Van Raren, ex-Presi- @ent of the United States. Mr. Van Buren visits this country to be went at the forthcoming Anti Slavery Convention, and to advise with his fellow workers in the noble cause of negro emancipation in the United States, with which bie fa.ner, aa as himvelf, bas for several ears been identified. This is another evidence of tho iiewsatee batred of that peculiar institution galalng ground in the feelings of every right mink won. Wo shail bail Mr. Van Buren’s presence at ‘this interesting period of the anti-slavery, cause in America os of great good omen. No man ‘can better advise his fellow workers in the noble causé; no man will be listened to with more sttention, nor, considering his antecedents, is more capable of giving practical directions. In our impressionef Saturday we ve a list of the important subjects tebe discussed. All ey subjects affect more or lees the internal affairs of the ecveral states,aa wellas the federal Union. There is none, howeyer, of such vital impertance as that pro- posing the discussion of the feasibility of dissolving that great union of tates, which ithas too often been said is governed by the hearts of a free people, and now stands. ip its greatvess am example to the world. The discus- fion of ibis momentous topic will form a new phase of the snti-siavery movement in this country. With such compatriots as George Thompson, W. Wells Brown, aud Parker Pillsbury, Mr. Van Buren cannot fafl to render [Sedona ear e cause of freedom by instructing his low workers on this side of the Atlantic. [From the London Morning Advertiser, Joly 18.) AMERICAN SLAVERY—MR. J. VAN BUREN. We are requested by Mr. John Van Buren to state that the paragrs ph which ay peared in our paper yesterday, to the effect that be: will “attend the Anti-Slevery Confer- ence, to be hela at Menchester next month, is incorrect. Mr. Van Buren adda, that while he entertains strong feelirgs on the subject of siffvery, and expresses them freely at home, nothing is forther from his purpose than to take any part whatever in the discussions on the sub- ject eleewhere. ‘ “ Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown,” and equally uncomfortable must the demo- cratic Prince feel when his pleasure trips are £0 marred by rumors of abolition conventions and challenges to mortal combat. Tug Arrarr at San Juan—Srricr. Consrrvc- TIonN.—The Norfolk (Va.) ews,’ « thorough- going democratic paper, upon strict construc- tion principles, puts the following inquiries concerning the constitutionality of the bom- bardment and burning of San Juan:— Now the question, and a grave one it is, arises, ‘Whose authority were these many houses knocked frst into-cocked bate, and then burnt? If by the adminis- tration (and this we cannot doubt), where does it find authority on which to sustain its action? Is the Prest- dent au ized to make war? i lb dis epinn sree yen counsellors And mere especially, is it 0) with him to burn and destroy, when the thue des ed is _in the subjects? Toeathe sonstieetion costar upon his Fxcel- oe right which has in this case been arrogated? We humbly not, and it will be « matter of some difficalty to reconcile Sho aatnclnies oF strict construc: tion, which the Cabinet avow, w! oa ee Page ment woe of @ power imper:! pe ‘These questions will have to be met and an- swered by Congress at their next meeting. They lacked the moral courage to touch the question upon the reception ot the documents in the case; porhaps they had no time to do it justice so close upon the adjournment, and with such @ press of business. But as it is one of thore enbjects which will keep for a few months without epoiling, we may expect it at the next ecesion, immediately after the settlement of the Spanich war question. -In the meantime, from his instructions, as carried out by Captain Hol- lins, our Premier has-cut out work enough to employ the whole Cabinet through the recess. They will hardly have time to interfere this season in our New York elections New York Poxrrics ww Carrrornta.—As San Francisco is the commercial offspring of New York, ro the golden State of the Pacific ep- pears to be, in politics at least, only a second edition of the Empire State: of the Atlantic coast, with marginal notes and amendments. The late news from that quarter informs us that— The political excitement has reached a high point be- tween the two sections of the democratic party. Thi State convention will meet on the 18th. The anti-Brode- rick men claim to bave a large majority of the delegates; the Broderick men make the same claim, and about one. fourth of the seats are contestei by double delegations, pater it is very probable that there wil) be two con. ventions, “Very. probable there will be two conven- tions” of the democracy! This will only be a repetition of the Cemocratic game at Syracuse; and the position of Broderick (a New Yorker, by the way,) is about equivalent to that of Bronson. Broderiek is a candidate for the United States Senate, and his administration antagonist is Senator Gwin, whose term will shortly expire. The contest is very lively and spirited, and the result doubtful. Gen. Foote, of Mississippi, is out there, and as he stands opposed to the administration, and in a position for conciliating the whigs, there may yet be a chance for Foote to return to the Senate, if the bards should fail upon Broderick. At all events, they have our New York politics in California in fall blast. Great Revier—The adjournment of Con- grees and the cool weather of the last day or two. Obituary. DEATH OF MRS. ANN WATSON, THE VOCALIST. ‘We erred yesterday in identifying Mre. Baily, the vo" calist (nee Miss Watson,) with the lady who died 0 su § denly on Tuesday last, in Philadelphia. The decessed was Mra, Ann Watsdn, (nee Misa Wells,) anda ballad and opera singer, some years ago, of merited celebrity. Mrs. Watson bas left three children, a daughter and two sons, all of whom were absen‘ on summer jaunts at the time of her decease. She was en route for this city, to visit her sone, who were residing for a few days here with their aunt, when she was taken ill and expired. : Lavxcn.—Mr. A. C, Bell will launch to morrow, at 10 o'clock, from the foot of Stanton stroet, the schooner Loyal Scranton, 400 tons, for Messrs. Scranton & Tall. man, for their Savannah line. Bam at Movyt yunon Horm.—The grand tp Re facet akenome ies nd, N. J., on }, Aug. 10, Nish: a ioe cc the Saees te the couatey, and the lo. cality is said to be the it attractive in that part of country, From the extensive tions which bave been made for the ball, it promises to be a splendid affair. The invitation informs ns that the number of tickets bas been limited to three thousand. ANOTHER Fatal ACcIpENT.—John Murphy was yesterday morning found in a dying condition at pier No. 39 North river. ‘Was supposed to have been crushed between the wharf and the steamboat. He was token to the Cit Hospital, where he died within fifteen minutes after 4 admission, Tbe Coroner will hold an ingnest to-day. SROCKING ACCIDRST+-Deata or Ax Actor, —Yesterday morning, near Brooklyh, Mr. Joseph P.Brelsford, an actor well anew ot ) Sout ane West, came to his death very suddevly. Ho was bathing, and diving én i water bis head struck thebottor with suck eloledes. as to fracture the cercival vertebras, causing almost instant death. Mr. Breisford was a young and Voi promising actor. A few weeks since he was on; stenting trn gecisn by the manager of tho New York theatre now Leing erected on the site of Metropolitan Hall. A ates Passace—Our bp ene Sneite are going shead, and as we offended the Boronto onee by. saying sof bed taken a leaf out of Theis Brother Jona- than’s book, we will now say that, in this instance of en- terprise, they are treading on our heels. Mr. MeNameo, the indefatigable mail agent, left Toronto at a quarter 101 o'clock on Monday, and was in Now cs ready for the Britieh mails, on morning at 10, ‘tere American Cricket Marten at Hopoxgn to-pay.—An in- {erestiog mateh will be played tytn dey 10 o'clock, on the ground of the New York Cricket Clob, between eaeven. puneetnen eee peg eeys oe Se ee eeen. “tad ae cloven American born of the New York Clad. ‘The ox. citement among the lovers of this noble and helthy me ie great, and wil) ne doub! cause an aticndance Gin preat buenas pf Demy. ‘Tha teports of the two cholera hospitals yesterday, at o'clock, noon, summed up as follows:— a er te Fianklin 4 Mott stiest,. 2 18 Total.., 6 - 25 ‘The return of the Board of Heaith yesterday morning, states that there had bee only thirteen cases and three. deaths during the precoding twenty-four hours. ‘WILLIAMSBURG. No new cases of cholera were reported to the Board of > Health yesterday. Died, one. TELEGRAPHIC. CHOLERA aT Barmmtoaz, August §, 1854. One new case of cholera occurred at the Almshoure., and there were two deaths to day. rhe Pam, UNION COURSB, L. 1—TROTTING. ‘A trotting match for $200, mile heats, best three in five, to wagons, came off yesterday afternoon, de: tween a bay mare, driven by Isaac Woodruff, and a grey gelding, in charge of Harry Jones. The mare won the race, distancing the gray in the secend heat. She beat bim about sixty yarda on the first heat. The gray was the favozite previous. to the start at two to one, which found few takers. The folowing is a summary:— Isaac Woodruff named b. m.. Harry Jones, paaed R ‘ass lance am Tar Faun Racrs—a ¢ Pie Gaame of the races to come off over sha.) —- pext month, is evough to satisfy ry wor! that the coming meeting will be far superior: ay thing of the kind ever before known. There be more racea and, Aone fields than the world ever roduced at a single meeting. re TeE Narioxate Fair—Breeders of stock and owners of fine horses. may now be getting them in order for the fir, which takes place next month, A list of. the prizes is published in our advertising columns. Police Intelligence, The Late Highway Kotbery Caze in the Twenty-second Ward.—In this case the defendant, Jolin Capin, after updergoing sn examination by Justice Stewart, was ad- mitted to bail in the he rive ‘ (@, toanawer the charge at the “ourt.of Geveral Sessions. Stealing Beef.—Two boys, named William Quin and George Iudson, were srrpeiad seaetans:| . by Jomen Irving, of 177 East Twenty-first street, with hav- ing at various and divers times stolen fr ma his place of business abcut $200 worth cf meat . The defen. dants, it appears, have onty committed porn A the quantity stolen at ary one time not in value. ‘Jodge Stewart eommitted them for trial. Furious Driving.—Tbree men, named Wm. 4 Jobn Carzon and Thos. Cassidy, were arrested by policeman Brundage, charged with eas teas driven their horses at a furious rate Dey Cortlandt* atreets. They were taken before Alderman: Howard, acting magistrate) at the lower police court, "ipunplary tthe Seound’ Degres oon Monday, evening Patrick McDermott Dame aiRaelss ot nig oer tenet the owner of the: 1 se orn pig mre asectees however, in te oped ards by officers and Everard, who followed fhathess of Ur. ‘O'Keefe, In the pockets of the prison- ers were found a bunch of skeleton keysand a pair of i z f 2 Brooklyn Oity In le f A mg broke out y: ad double house 7 pig a known as the: D . lopging to Mr. Stephen Eutton, slightly injured. The Joss on amounts to $10,000. There was OvrnacEous Conpucr.—A miscreant called at the house of H. S. Keyser, No. 44 Willow street, bapciiny requested the gl] who opened. the door to allow him to sit down aitew moments; be also asked for a of paper and a drink of water, but as she wae going to com- py. ‘with the request he struek her with a stone ‘a bandkerchief. He then made off. fhe name of the = Mary poe Ese on the poten alee rete such an act is not known. escape: an bas not cince been hear. of, Cars 10 GxEENWeoD —This lovg desired acoommodation hea just been put in operation. The cars throngb Court street. ¢ Jwrt of the road on the Third avense wil be finiehed in» week or ten days, Until then the a-Fengers will be tran-f+rred to the stages, as the bridge s Bot yet completed at Ninth street, SINGULAR AND Fatal, \ ccrpEst.—A man of the name of ‘William Thompson, ab ut tweaty-two years of age, who- was boardifg in the house of Mrs. Wilson, Kent avenue, eat Brooklyn, was » sew nizhts since found lying in the yard, abd in an insensible condition. Dr. Godwin was immediately called in, and discovered that the man ad received a very revere fracture of the skull, An peration was deemed necesrary, which, although suc. censfully performed, was ineffectual, for the man died within a few hours. It is conjectured that he went from his bed to the roof of an a¢juining house, and then fell but as no one saw the accident oecur, a satisfactory ex planation of it cannot be given. On BurGiary —Yesterday pc A bout one o'clock, the houte of Mr. Foster, No. 49 Fourth street, was enter. ed by burglars, who stole from bis sleeping apartments a watoh. ten dollars in money, agold. pencil, and a ten dol- Jor Dil (bad) on te Globe Bank. The entrance was ef. fected throvgh a second story window from the 4 peed sn coke eee “hbtebagd handy, to use on such customers, unfortunat @ was not awakened un- til after the departure of bis Visiter = Ixsant.—About five o’clock yesterday mi Thinkam found a Germsn po sont” twentySeaae er Cie poe i the ae with nothing on her but « night drees. the gave her name as . Dr. J. A. Brady pronounced her insane, Hog Dome atic ‘Miscellany. A sed accident took place about 2 o’clock on Friday, at Zanesville, ‘The high gravel bank belonging to the bh hmae rot cd mile east of the depot, caved in, iting two Irish Jal i er “a ig tee chen vers instantaneously, and severely Extensive Gres are raging in the woods in the vieini of ao Me. The en; ae have been called oot the buildings in the cutekirts of the city. Fires are also raing = the Green Mountains, in the vei ‘mont, a? a pamely, ox tail, mullogat, , mutton and beef, clam’ fi bpd we ag eae re N. B, Soup at all hours day and night, ———<——_____. Meade Brothers, heve the Picasure 7 frat introducing to the New York public the ae stereoscopic views of Washington’s Tomb tn boing ad the brid Coron buildings in America and Furope. ve and li examinati Gallery free, on the first floor, 283 Broadway. et Reese and Co~'The Original Teventy-five cent Daguerreotype depot, 289 Broadway. Pictures taken by Holmes” patent double camera, two at once, acd 600 daily. Patent rights for the use of the double camera for 14 yoacs, for sale a: this of United Staten.” ee ae RN NO A Rees and Co, axe the original 25 cent Bar guerreotypists, 365 Broadway, (formerly 289,) and the only & CO. in this case at the daguet ty pe busi- ree times the num! en - ment. 285 Broadway. Sis en Joona, celebrated f ya Pe os oven purity, re ‘or ter zd sweetness of tove than thowe of any other takers? Those wishing to examine, or purchase at ® very low. yrise, 8 number ore invtrument, should call at the of all ry No. 883 Broadway. Mi other ‘Sa pHloee constantly on HORACE W. &, Gilbert & Co.'s with or without the han. Noone ‘setiele of manufacture has = : 2 ‘ne clviiee world than cee Ee of tee dome of Hallett & Oa," deeeu Cuore, ‘ceg’s pianos, The above pianos to be on waTeRs: the See of HORACE Wa’ 333 ard & Pleye!’s Pianos.~L. J. Descombes, DE prosdwey, onpostte the Metropolitan Hotel one tet im New York of thése magoificent pi the. most celebrated manufacturer in the - mely for America, aud warranted for this climate. ot Pianos, of the best makers, for sale, hire, ox sgetee. N. B.—Medals awarded by all the late exhi« lons. Metallic Tablet Strop.—By the use of this article the operation of shaving becomes at once easy and agreeable. nearly thirty years which this article ‘jhas been before the publie none have received so many epcoriums in rev of willity, “ ums ey YY. SAUNDERS, No. ‘TgAstor aaa <cen-n AEE Very Choice Brandes, Blackberry Brandy: Min cla ar et hans Sa 2 be sae soy certi Te ef . 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