The New York Herald Newspaper, September 11, 1854, Page 4

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After premonitions in the shape of an overcast sky ond several alight sprinklings, about theee o'clock yesterJay morning the wing came out strong from the no theast, bringing with it a copions fal ef rain—and so the westher con‘imaed until noon. Tie thirsty earth has been watered, the atmosphere maifed, the streets elesned, amd mankind, the beasts of the field and the birds of the air, are now e0cl, comfortable aud contented. Tue storm extends fer snd wide, and in some : laces it prevailed with great violence, tu: we have not heard of asy Borious damage resilting from it in this city. Za the harbor and bay several vessels weve d iven savore, and it is possible they may have recsived son injury. In Williamsburg a building was blown @ow#p, and the trees in many places were stripped ef ‘heir branches, In Philadelphia the storm rage) violently, and prosirated « building and several frees. At Baltimore and Washington the rain fe!) plentifully. 1% are the only poiats from which we have received intelligence, the violence of the wiud, ae we ate informed, having caused nearly o complete suspens.cn of telepraphing. In the cours @! his forenogn we alinil a0 dowst be apprised of th: seffcre of the gale in other parts of the country. Bas whet significa the prestratisn of a score or tre of houres and trees com, sred with ths almost ineal- @ulubdle bane fits flowing from the copions rain, amon,’ Wee most important of which istse supplying of th tacuis and mill streams with abandance of water? THE MYSTERIOUS RXPADITION. It is reported t: at tae Catharine Augasta, a bark ef a} out four bandied t from this por( on a sec et ex a. She has a ferge number of Gcorge Lew's muskets on board, @ fair supply of ammunition, and is ssid to be manaed by as daring a crew as cvir lef; these waters—men fi for apy bold or hazardous enterprise. The propel- kr Benjamin Frankilo, which is understood to be im some way connected with the affiir, is still ia port, bat will sail in a tew days. Where is tiie Grapesnot ? 4 RENCONTRE. Quite an npusual excitement was created yester day nu the lower partof the city, arising from » trscas that took place between Jastice Clarke, a; Present presiding at tLe Tombs, and Capt. Hopkias ef the Fourth ward police, fu relation to the dis- ebarge of a prisoner arrested on Sunday moraias, fm Groenwi -h street, for drunkenness and disorderly cosguct. In the affay the Kuight of Malta receiv ed some ugly scratches about his face and neck. The matter will come np before the Grand Jary, it fe sad, to-day. In anothe: amin may be fonod a report of the extraordinary iv, togesher wita tho stat wents of the belligerent parties. THE MAINE PLEOTION. ‘This election takes place to-day, and will ne doubt Trove an interesting event. There are eleven di « tinct political organizations in the State, four ca.” d@idates for Governor, six'cen candidates for six seats in Congress-——sll of whom are anti-Nebraski men; but as to the State and otber local offices, the politicians have co inextricably snarled np thing: @bat it is impossible to @y anything about them If the people of Maine succoed to-Jay in straighten fog th: ir party lines, they will do what the partizacs ard the press have utterly failed to accomolish Oar readers are /eferred to che letter of our Portland ce rérponden in another column, for some inter enting information on this subject, INDIAN MASSAORF. A te'egrophic despatch from 3s. Louis ar aN neces the receipt of inteligen e from Fort Laramie of a mrelane! oly character. It seems thata Sioux Indian etols an.ox fro nomigrant. The -bief of the tribs ove cd to deliver the offender to the commander of abe fort; rdingly, Licut. Grattan, Sergeant’ Faver, Corpor Nalty, and twenty privates, ao companied by an interpre set out for the camp o She bioux, Where the entire party were massscred It wae reported that the chief of the Sloux was ale: Billed. Ne other partiontars of this terrible doed o Hlood are received, Reinforcements have boon d Boutched to the fort. ihe Indiens are resressnted as very hostile. MISCBL LANKOUS, The new buildiog of the American and Foreign Bible Society is com leted, and the Board of ¥anw gers annonnce that t will boloaasurated ‘he eves dng by appropriate a ¢ interes’ religioass 28 Advices from Belize, Honduras, of August 1° wate haten the Ssturday previous the bosiness bertof t'e town waa ces'royed by fire, Involvin the destrnctios of ms chandise to the amrant o baif a million dollars, and on» bundred batldings toeluding the jeil and poorhouss, The products oi Hioncuras were selling at very low prices, and al Kinds of provivions were ia great demand. The Supreme Cours cf Penasy!ven'a o inst, iasued a decre eto toe lote railroad wo the Tt 2 70 that fy are sustained, ond of course jas their p oceediog?, and the ratiroad com qvired to take up the track in the sty 420 Harbo Creek towa-hip. There seem to be every indication of ths OW river dying ny altogeth r. Tho Parkersburg Now etthe 2d inst sayy “ Oar deant ful riv now }othing more thana string of frog pocds. iat ‘week we reported it ag boing lower thaa it ever had darn Koows to ye. J; hag sigge boon rapidly falling, WEATRE Chathaih street—Minoy Aswoar | | ofthe Atl ntc States an the and now in man places ig not over one-half w one- thed of te vsua widh,a d@ ta several apote ia sider ban an ordioa y cre k.’ Is 4 wot je tha ‘be Obo will be m ray guble order ore th fisso November. Whe Wisdom or the Popatar Aind—Manifest Destioy of tne Repanhe. Itisaec mm uerro te kok exclusively to the pol tii. on tewd ftbe p opt for the solu- tin of grea questions of national aod inter- notional eo cur ‘he bistory of the past eight years ise ugh tos ow this, There is oot a novice in! ¢ medic! profe sion that sees less of the ci! cts: fhis re cri ious thao does the politicias into the cons qu noes of legislative and executive mea: ures, How jar t e occu; ation of, and the diacoveries in, alfor iah ve affect.« the grea: iuterests mmeliate fate of the goveroment of Cuba, are questious of the higbest pract’ta! and s.eculative nterest. | The latver ‘ranch of this inquiry is one which derive® peculiar significance in the preseat coa- } dition of Spavish American affa'is. Arletia’s ; reity eet twink ins in the brook, says a philo-o, hie his orian, mide her tre wife of Duke Ri bert, the Liberal, of Norman ly, ant the mother of W.lliam the Conqueror. Thus was laid the foundation «f the Anglo-Norman val ot the ifland ‘nto the s: here o dynastic pewer. It turned aside the Anglo-Am+rican wave which was ust ready tooverw elm that country. It roused the en.rgies of the people and rendered more certain than ever a renewal of the a tack. It may, indeed, be doubted whether the greatest achievement which ha resuited from the dircoveries of gold in California is not to be found in ‘he su’den and = ervading influence whic» that event as exerted upon millions of minds that had rettled down into quiescent habits and satistied fortunes. It :oused indivi- dus) energies to the highest point of adventure and risk. How wonderfully is this shown in the fact that trough for a brief sea‘on the cur- rents of emigration to the w-st were dried up, , they were again as @uddenly filled, and that at | no period o our his ory has settlements upon our extended frontier been more rapid asd | successful than within the last eight years. | It stimu'ated commerce by withdrawing from accustomed channels a vast amount of tonnage, and by creating amarket for all tbe productions o! the Atlantic States. Ir fo nented the construction of works of improvement, by infusing into capitalists a spirit of enter- prize and aiventure. It tarned the public mind abroad, and its prints are seen alike in China dynasty—the present empire of Great Britaia, | and Japan, and Turkey ‘nd Austria. Its in- The currents of population and domsnion are indeed often turned aside from aceustomed channels by trifling obstraections, The war with Mexico was precipitated, said Santa Anna, by the stupid and thoughtless desire of Herrera, then President, to appear to his people ready to punish temority af Gen. Taylor, whose r ‘mall force bad been pushed to the righ! bank | of the Rio Grande, but no view of bringing on @ general contest. A -kirmish at Paio Also instead of ending in a border feud, as was reckon- ed by the Mexican authorities, termiaated ia tue dismemberment of that republic. Such a result was as upexpected at Washington as in the Halls of the Montezumas. Had ibe effects of the Mexican war thus closed it would have been little more than ao invasion by a strong power of a weak one— the appropriation of territories apoa its own terms, a d.ctation of peace, medals aud thanks voted by Congress to successful ollicers, a few thousand pensions to widows and the wounded. @ great amount of se!f-gloritication and conse- quen: enlargement of American ideas touching the nervous sysiem of supremacy oa this side of the water. But in truth the diplomatic features of that contest bear no eartuly resembianse to its re- sults. The bantling tuat was born of the strug- gle Las a most questionable paternity. The wise men who controlled it, so far as we are concerned, saw only the exteasion of the terri- tories of the United States, without at all cal- culating their effects. Mr. Polk in his message to Cong:ess after the ratification of peace, re- counted in excellent language the number o: square miles, acres, and the extent of sea-coast on the Atiautic, Pacific and the Gulf of Mexico, which had been added to the Union by the war. Like the miser who increases his gains witbout ever dreaming of their subsequent use or abuse, 80 our official managers thought only of “the extension of the area of freedom” without estimating its effects upon the condi- tion of the conquerors. The oceapation and discoveries of gold ia Culifornia at once opened a new field for Ame- rican onterprize, and their effects have been carricd to almost every door in the repablie, For mapy years before the mind of our people bad been tarned to Cuba, and the acqnisition of that island was deemed a foregone event ia our history, sympathy for the Cubaas—a per- vadivg continental sympathy-—a belief that the island was hecessary to our national defences in the South—a distrust of the ability of Spain much longer to retain it—its great productivenest, the possession of which would give us the command, in connection with our own, of the markets of the world so far as its great staple, sugar, was concerned —its contiguity to the continent, and the con- viction thas by mature or destiay, it should enter into the constellation of republican States, were chief among the reasons that en- tered into the common judgment in reaching this conclusion, It was a telescopic vision, ia- deed, that said the end hit not the means. Tho difficulties connected with its acquisition were entively overlooked. But the general law of 1 Ou this continent—a law whose pro- are recorded in the steady progress of iglo-American rece, and the sabjugatios of every oppo: obstaele, was enough to war- rant the popu jodgment in the decision it The people had willed is, pro it, aad their voice had ever been pro- Hiciory had recorded the great fact pastures Of argrandizemenat have funda “ment in the stern language of the Florida, Louisiana and Texas had lor the'r imperious edict, ved that population bad ite laws n, and these clared te of ag we founded © energy, inte! ce aod mor cond tion of the Anglo-American race. The which bad driven the In s to the mone wasa partof ¢ acting upon the inf Jt was the saperior lact hav- ng its lations abd admitting no exce; ond, it most be cor ity for the vaunted ma r public, International tre the policy of States and stat seem not to beve im- peded its t is the antsgoni het ey aristocratic rale in B which f ts expr on in the dogma of t balenee of power—tbe heart and soal of t resent Buropean war—the status guo of the Western Powers. It is the elraple law of pro ting without reference to the viows and plans of th se who govern by div neright. Previous to the occupation of Cslitoraia and the discoveries of gold thero, the pablic mind had, as we have stated, been turned to Caba, It hed decreed the ultimate fate of that island and for the sudden and almost m'mevlous change produced in the tides of em in the direction of gen-ral enterpriz y the move ment on the Pacific. Cada must tbis have fallen into our hands, Tha mov ment almost wholly engrossed the public mind pre-ocenpied it with those stariling Civcovorios which came to us like the booming of the dis- ant cannon, telling the tale of defeat or vie- tory in war, It was something which, by its fabulous étories of wealth, carried men, means, and thoughs!rom Cuba to Califorvia. It raised the populer seige that had beer }sid against the dominions of that Island Queen, aad removed ts trains, its men, and ite unconquerable spirit wother field. It was an ermistice, post- nt in terms of the day of battle to an- It did not settle the question, and leave po other. fluence has been carried to every cewrt in Eu- Tope, until the voice of the Union is jistened to, and its just influence in the tamily of na tions acknowledged. It has given us commer cial supremacy in the Pacific, actual contro} ia Central America, and a lease of pewer over the States of this and the Southern contiaent which time can only strengthen and justify. How little did the managers of the Mexican war anticipate the astounding results of that contest? Had another world suddenly dawaed upon them and opened its infinite treasures to their vision, they cou!d not have been more astonished, And yet we are only in the begin- ning of the work. The future conceals évents eopnected with the furtunes of the American peeple which no eye can discern and no imagi- nation foreshadow. Itis plain, indeed—as Mr. Everett said in his letter declining to enter into the tripartite treaty, and justifying the United States in such @ course that itis the duty of the politician to regard the popular voice aswell in respect to international as do- mestic affairs. In that case he felt it his duty to surrender his own judgment to what he delicately expressed as the manifest destiny of bis country. Iumicration—Errects oF THE Wak IN Evrope.—tThe effects of the hostilities now waging on the Southern frontiers of Russia, and which promise before long to extend them- selves into the beart of Germany, are beginning to make themselves apparent in the statistics of emigration to this country. It will be seen from the following table of the arrivals of foreigners during the past month, that there is amongst them an unusually large proportion ot Germans, who, as they are the most likely to be immediately affected by the present un- fortunate state of things on the European con- tinent, are naturally more readily induced to transport themselves to a land where they can find protection for their families and exemp- tion from the hardships of military service. The immigration for August, classified accord- ing to nationalities, was as follows:— Irieh 8,898 Spanish .,,, Germans 23,072 Swiss, Engrish cote Welsh Freneh For the eight months commencing with January and ending with August, the returns show a total of arrivals of Irish 54,548, Ger- mans 116,400, makiog, with natives of other countries, a grand total of 209,414. It must not be suppozed that the German: who come here belong altogether to the classes which are dependent exclusively on their daily labour for a livelihood. On the contrary, we have reason to know that there are Jarge numbers of them who bring over with them considerable sums of money, euffcient to enable them to purchase farms and house property and invest in other specu- lations, and there are but few in fact compared with the emigrants from other conatries, who arrive here in what is termed a destitute condi- tion. The State of Wisconsis, which hus evinced a wise discrimination in the selection of the emigrants to whom it holds out encour- agement as settlers, and which tor that purpose maintains a special commissioner at this port, absorbs a great proportion of the German emi- grants, who are found to be the most thrifty apd industrious members that a new commu- nity can possess. From a report juct made by this officer to the Governor of Wisconsin, it would appear that the troubles in Europe have bad a most beneficial effect upon the prospecis of that State by driving over unusual numbers ot the class of settlers which it most wants— namely, men not only of considerable agricul- tural and mechanical experience, but of capital sufficient to develope the resources and add materially to the wealth of. the localities in which they may happen to settle down. Ramnoap Lanp Gnants—A Stan or Re- ‘poru.—We published the other day the follow- ing letter, but its brevity and importance will ustify © more particular noti¢e :— DivsktMext oF THR INTERIOR, Aug. 25, 1864. y to yours of the 2ist, reqaesting that will ‘withdraw from sala or private eate ltof twelve miles on each sir end Girerd Reilrond, I have to ot of the withdrawal of land s recently beon fully examines a: sat it has been determined wita ¢ approbetion of the President, to br.ng into market, with tun little dele y atteadlo,’ all heretofore w ta drwen for sve) not been favorably acted open by ecline horesfter to witharaw jande for Ul after the grant shall Lave been sir, yory reapectfaliy, your obedbent rervant, R McOLELAND, Secretary. How. A. Irgrsow, Colambus, Ga This looke # little Dike reform in the lend fey of the Cebinet. The recommondations » President’s annual message were so highly Cattering to the railroad landjobbers, that at (he last session of Congress they ga- thered into Washington with the modest ex- pectatton of absorbing all the available public \ands from the British bounJary to the Balize. The Kiteben Cabinet co-operated in their echemes. Many .of them paesed the Senate; jnvt the fall of the Wisconsin bill im the House, under charges of b'tbery and corruption, broke the backbone of the conspiracy. The. subse- quent discovery of the altcration (made wader tbo adviee and consent of of the Clerk of tue @ouse) interlined in the text of the Minnrsots Lill after it had passed, stunned the monster for the rest of the session. The Cabinet it- self, ineiuding the Président, appear now 10 be convinced of the immeasurable and ruinous corruptions of their original policy. Hence this letter of McOleland. Will the Executive follow it up st the next restion of Congress? Cubs o Spain—that caube done only by rome |b Vous vervons, i Choice of a Mayor—His Dactes, While ward politicians are ganvassing in eve- ry direction for votes for the respective caa- didates for the mayosalty, avd the usual cor- rupt egencies are brought to bear upon the members of the nominating conventions, it can- not be ami-s for the substantial citize New York, who keep themselves aloof from these deba: ing intrigues, to devote a mom-nt’é | thought to the important matter which must be decided in November next. Closely as the Mayor is shackled by the constitution, he is still left power enough for mischief, and suffi- cient int uence to render his selection a matter of universal concern. It is true, as many will urge, that the bad Mayors ve have had, have not availed to destroy the city or retard its progress: but that they have wrought us a grave injury, the state of the streets, aod the resord of crime tell but too plainly. A little energy and @ small effort in the right direction would protect us from the conticuance of this evil and might go a long way towards repair- ing it. We have no particular preference for any of the candidates that have already been proposed for the Mayoralty. Nor do we foresee that out of the incubation of the primary committees any candidate is likely to arise whose claims on our support would be paramount. In fact, we view—as who does not?—all the nominees of conventions with distrust. Everybody knows that nominations are procured from these as- semblies by corruption, intrigue, and favor; and are never, never made from a regard for the public weal. It is likewise notorious that the only consideration which is superior to the in. fluence of money in nominatiag conventions is party politics. Those therefore who do not consider that the profession of this or that po- litical principle, or the possession of money, are the best qualifications for a Mayor, willcon- cur with us in regretting that no prominent in- dividual has yet stepped forward to present himeelf as an independent candidate for the office, We are strongly inclined to believe that if such a course were adopted by any well known citizen, of tried character and probity, be would obtain a large majority at the polls. Even if he were less unexceptionable as a can- didate than some one of his rivals, it is probable that the bulk of the community would sustain him, in order to break up the fatal influence of the primary elections, and to sever, once for all, municipal offices from party politics. If, in addition to this recommendation, he possessed claims derived from a long course of useful citizenship, and an unimpeached reputation, we should regard his triumph as morally cer- tain. The election of an independent Mayor, in opposition to the swindling election-mongers who have so long held the franchise in their hands, would be a great day for New York—a most auspicious commencement of a new era- For, see what vast responsibility devolves upon our newMayor! What are the civic troubles of which we complain? Dirty streets, impassable side walks, rowdies, street fights Sunday grogeries and the myriads of cognate ills. All of these are strictly and emphatically proscribed by law. There are good and suffi- cient statutes and ordinances, if carried out, to sweep every one from the face of the city, Ample provision is made for the cleaning of the streets: yet” they teem with filth, Laws prohibit the encumbering of the side walks with goods: yet Broad street and ever so many others are barricaded with bales and barrels. Breaches of the peace are severely punished in the statute book: but enjoys pleasant impunity in practice. The excise laws prohibit the sale of liquor on Sundays, and materially interfere with the distribution—on any day—of the poison sold in corner groceries: yet there is hardly a corner in some wards where men are not seen drinking poieonous trash from Sunday morning to Saturday night. As Governor Seymour said in his message: we have plenty of laws: the difficulty arises from their not being carried into effect. This is the business of the Mayor; and hitherto we have never had a Mayor whose nerve or industry was equal to the tack. Suppose we try now to find a man who will resolutely persist in believing that laws and ordinances were not made by way of ornament, but on the contrary that they were intended to be a real terror to evildoers, and that it devolvés on him to make them such. Scores of men able and willing to act thus could be counted on the fingers: any one of whom would probably consent to serve, if some fifty ora hundred respectable citizens, independent of party, would solicit him to run, and promise their support, We earnestly hope that before the election day comes, afew of those most directly concerned will take the matter in hand, and place honestly and squarely before the people good, thorough energetic stamp candidate. Ano7rHER DgaTH AT A FERRY FOR WANT OF PRO- rER Sareovanps.—In yesterday’s paper was re- corded another death at the Fulton ferry, by the drowning of an unfortunate man in a vain attempt to jump upon the boat after it had left the bridge. One would suppose, did he not know by daily experience of the callousness of these corporations, that the constant repetition of similar disasters at one or other of the city ferries would induce the managers to adopt some plan to obviate them. Varioas remedies have been pointed ovt at different times, but not the least desire has been shown on the part of any of the companies to sdopt them. Their only answer to any such suggestion ix :—« Ie people are 89 foolish as to jump they must suffer ibe consequences,” That it is unwise to ai- tempt to get on to the boat under such circum tances no one will dispate. But many, if not all, these accidents occur through an ignorance» of the position of the boat, which cannot al- ways be distinguished at the head of the bridge, and when once a person has commenced to move quickly down the inclined bridge, he cannot always overcome the impetus, und has to jump. Sometimes be lands on the boat, and sometimes drops into the water. This, how- ever, could be avoided by stretching a chain or rope across the lower ond of the bridge as soon as the boat is utfastened, which would at once show that the boat was off, ond a sure preventive of jumping by leaving no room for ® run. Other safeguards have been euggesied, such as gates on the boats or bridges, but we despair of anything of the kind being done until public attention is 60 aroused to the matter that a further resistance to the oft-repeated wishes of the community endangere the pockets of the companies. We are not cer- tain tint an action for damage would not lio agolost them on the ground of insecurity and an absence of proper guards, as in the case of on unprotected sidewalk. A bill to make fer- ry companies constract gates on the bonta or bridges we believe wns introduced into the Legislature last session, but, like many other | Smportent matters, was allowed to lie over. We hepe come patriotic member will push the thing through next session, As generosity or buman'ty does not frm a part of the creed of these movey making companies, it is useless to expect ny voluntary uction in the premisss from them. 5 Grand Nadcnal Convention of Bubler, We received by mail yesterday, in a poster of magnificent proportioas, the following im- portant proclamation, which we especiully commend to the serious attention of ail the old | grannies, male and female, of the women’s rights | associations of the day, and of all suckling politicians and old fogies. Read! read! GRAND NATION-L CONVENTION or BABIES! The babies of the United states are invited to convene at the Fair Grounds of the Clark Couvty Agricultural Fociety, on Thursday, October 5, 1854, at whico time and place ‘heir parents and admirers are earnestly 5. li cited tp attend, Every possible provision for their com‘ort will mate Asplencid pavilion, sufficiestly commodio: coptsin ten thoursnd persons bax been engaged, sad will be erected for the use of the convention Toe wubdsecibers hope to see the lergest assemblage of children that bas ever been known on the costinent They invite the assistance snd co operstion of all their feliow citizens. Onthis occasion there will be distribated by a com- mi tee of dirintereated laties and gentl-men, THKEE MAGNIFICENT PRIZES! OF THE VALUE OF FIVE RUNDRE + } OLLARS! For the purchase of which, one of tne executive com- mittee bas visited the manu'scturers in New York. PRIZES : Ist. A grand sweepstake pr: miom of a splendid se* of silver pl.te, consisting of s coms le'e tes set of six meces, 10 be given to the finest child art over two years of ago. 20 A+imilor prize of equal value to the nest child over cneand not over two sera of age 3d. 4 similor prize of equal value to the fest chili not exceeding ove year of age For there prizes ail whe choose may compete, the only limitation veingthat the chil ren shall have been born withon the Uniied States. The committee of arrangements pledge th: all will be dove that money, exerti: ation can do, to mate the convention all tbat can wish, The strictest order and the mont rigid obdservauoe of pro- priety of behaviour will be enforced For this purpose @ speci) police force of ons huncre1 men haa been je- tuiles, aud any person fu the slightest cegree guilty of impropriety ot lengueae or behaviour will ne immediately put ur der arrest. ¢ committer have determined ant will enforce that-determination, that the convention shail be 80 conducted that no lady need be under the slightest apprebension in regard to the propriety of going there None need present their children for competition ex- vel those who choose to do #0, but we trast that ail will bring them; we can thus make @ most ‘beautiful and interesting exhibition of ee. vers, and such as no horticultural show can rival. We will do our part, do elves that you do yours. VINAL, G. H. FREY, I. Pak T, E. B. CaSSILLY, J KLINEFELTER,! 3B. H WaRDER. Local Ex. Committee. This is but another proof, a somewhat start- ling one we confess, of the progressive spirit of the age, and of the manifest destiny of Young America. Who will ventare to-deny that we are a great peopl» when even the very infants in the cradle participate in the general movement? The deliberative wisdom of the country will receive a formidable accession of strength in this grand Ohio convention of in- fantine equallers, and we should not be sur- prised if it even made its effects felt in the next Presidential campaign. In any case we may expect more useful results from it than have sprang from the sterile and unsatisfactory movements that have hitherto been dignilied with the title of conventions. This form of ga- thering has for many years been limited to po- litical conventions, tending to anything but the improvement of politicians, and to agricul- tural conventions, which have been, generally speaking, more expensive than useful. The Great Industrial Exhibition in Loudon, follow- ed up by our own clumsy and unsuccessful imitation, (which wou!d have proved a splendid affair if differently managed.) gave a new im petus to the convention system. From this grand idea of an universal exhibition of ali things, public ingenuity soon brauched off into specialities, and so we have had national horse conventions, national ox conventions, national sheep conventions, and, we believe, in Ken- tucky and elsewhere, national jackass conven- tions. In New England there was quite a number of Sha:ghai conventions last spring, followed up by tremendous ga- therings, at Albany and elsewhere, of land and aquatic geese, ducks, pigeons and other varieties of the feathered trite, with an occa- sional sprinkling of guinea pigs and poodles; but up to the present time there has been no independent special convention of babies. In- cidentally there were, to be sure, some few premiums given in New England and one or two other States to prize infants, bat for the State of Ohio and the county of Clark has been reserved the imperishable bonor of calliag together the first grand national convention of babies. Seriously speaking, we look upon this move- ment as the most important and practical that has been as yet attempted for the improve- ment and perfection of the haman race. The selence of ethnology has -been reduced to such unerring and simple princip'es since the publica- tion of the “ Types of Mankind,” that there is no Treason in the world why we should not begin to apply it to the production of better samples of humanity than are to be fouad even in some of our high places. Baby conventions will afford the mothere of the United States what artistic cri- ties call the opportunities of comparison and de- duction; and we know from Sterne’s description in Tristram Shandy of the accident that deter- mined his own idiosynerary, what slight influ- ences may affect the developement of the moral as well ae physical conformation of mankind. Tae Stavewren Hovsk Notsance.—Th+ Board of Aldermen reminds one forcibly .f a certain place vhich is said to be paved with good intentions, but in which nothiag useful isever matured. We hear of excelleat mea sures being continually introduced to the notice of that body, bat somehow or other they gener- ily fall to the ground. Alderman Mott has a very praiseworthy scheme on hand for the sup- pression of the slaughter-house noisance in the city, but like the thousand and one previous projects introduced in the Common Council we may safely predict that nothing will come of it. We own that we shall be agreeably cis appointed if the Alderman succeeds in getting his resolution through the Board of Aldermen The Tarf. NATIONAL COURSE, LONG ISLAND— THE RACES TO-DAY. The races commence to-day at the National Conree with two matches, one for $6,000 and the other for $2,000. The race between Faony Fern and Gannett Davis, three mile heats, will be a spirited affair, Large amounts are staked on the result, and ail even. The are both Glencoes—one belonging to Virginia and the other to Kentucky. The second race, between Fillen Bateman and Little Arthar, will bea betting race. The rain of yester’ day, with the strong wind that followed, has made the course al] that could be desired, and good time may be relied on. Should the dey be rainy and an plessant, the ranning will be postponed, and @ pen. past displayed from the top of the Bt. Nicholas Ho- tel. Smuall Dills will also bo posted at the diffurent ferries. Marine Affairs. Duarte a? Sa mnost Yarcow Fuven.—Mr. 2. Braat chief mate of the ship Columbia from Charleston, ¢ Oth inat, at sea, of yellow fever ; ala, Capt Revel, of the brig Philurs, from Savasinah, Oth'inat., and J. H. Fo tine, steward, Let isst., from the enme disease. Lmportant to Bankers and Denwers of Ster- Mng Biie—New Kingii o Scamp Act. We bud occasion the other day to refer to a new ond important Englisn Stamp act. Tt ecems that prior to the declaration of war, the government of Great Britain had materi- ay mo¢ified and redocrd the existing stamp du- ies. At the reeent session of Parlianent it appears that Mr. Gladstone, Chancellor of tue Exchequer, brought forward a mea-ore for remodelling tne stamp nities dn inland biiis of ex:bauge. Ia addi- tion to this bis proposed act imposed a duty like. wice on all foreign bil's «rawo out of the United , Kingdom and made pay»'e within the same, and | also op all bills drawn ou: of the United Kingdom | and made payable out of the United Kingdom bat | ea or negotiated within the United King: ; dom. ‘hus a bill drawn bya baoker in New York on parties in Englana, is not negotiable or recoverable until the duty fs paid. Tre same rule slzo applies | to accepted bills in England on another country. i | | Thus, if a merchant in New York draws ® | bill in favor of s hoase in Paris, payable | to the order of # firm in London—the usual course of remitting—the bill is made subject to the same duty as those liquidated fa Lon- don. In this it appears that foreign biils payable in England, are not on!y taxes, but also foreign bille passizg through London or ia transition for the continent. It ia the first time stamp duties, or what is the same thing, tariff duties, bave ev2r been imposed by England on foreign bills. The measure does not square very well with te do trine of free trade We allow the traneit of produ e from and to Canada through the United States, free of duty. The plea of the government in fave cf this anusual tax upon foreign property is the nec-ssities of the war. The measure is to go int effect on the lst of Oc- tober. The act is one of some importance, and in which the bankers and people of this country are largely interested. The tendevoy of the measure will be to depreciate bilis of exchange drawn on England, and alzo on the Continest, acceptances o which are provided for iu London ; while to some extent, when exchange is high, it may cause small drawers to send specie in place of bills, We are surprised that this measure has not attracted @ larger share of attention on the part of the press and the public generally. As the duty is arranged on a sort of sliding s:ale, it is difficult to form an idea of the average of the per centum of the duty «xa.ted. Estimates have varied it from 1-16th to 1-20ch of one per cent. ‘The duty on the aggregate amount of bills drawn on England from the United States, either made payable in London, or to be accepted there, must, in the course ofa year, amount to a very large sum, There are some banking houses in New York on whoee bills drawn during a year the duties will probably amount to from $10,000 to $20,000. This daty, however, wili not come from their pockets, but from the purses of the consumers; the chief payers, as we think very improperly, of sll taxes. By the kindnees of a bankiag house ‘in this city we have been favored with the annexed schedule, which speaks for itself :— STAMP DUTIES. Resolutions to be Proposed by the Chancellor of the Exche- jana Bil of Eecbange lratt oc Ureer for the ° Inland Bill of nge, Draft or Urcer for yment vo the bearer or to order, at any time otherwise than on demand, of any sum of mone, £ £44 008 006 009 010 020 080 o4o 050 g 76 10. O 016 oO 100 110 0 260 r) Foreign Bil of epee it payable out of the United Kingdom... The same duty as oo an Inland If drawn out singly, and notin set 4 of the same a- mount and tenor. If drawn in sets of three or more...... For every bill of each set. where the £ £ 6. 4. eum payable thereby shall votexceed 25 0 0 2 And where it ‘ shallexceed £25 and not exeeed 002 me 60 ed 008 - 15. s 004 “ 100 “ 008 “ 200 “ 010 «“ 200 “ o1¢ “ 400 “ o1s « 600. “ 026 “ 750 “ os 4 “ 1,000 iG 050 “ 1,500 “ 068 3 2,000 = 010 0 ie 8,000 ved 018 4 be 4,000 and upwards ...... 015 @ Foreign Bill of Exebarge, drawn out (The ssme duty as ‘of the United Kingdom, and payable } on an inland within the United Kingdom......., ) of the same a- and tenor The same duty Foi Bill of Exchange, drawn out |ason a foreign of the United Kingdom, and pryabie | bill drawn with- out of the United Kingdom, batin {in the United dorsed or tiated withia the Uni &pay- ted ington. seeceeres [able out of toe United Kingdom Promissory note, for the payment fa other manner then to/the bearer ox £aa Not exceeding...... 003° Exceeding £26 and not exceeding ° 8 $ Promise ‘ for the at ory note, for the parmea' to the bearer on demand or io any othe: manver than to the bearer on demand, of any sam of money, £ £84, Exceeding £100 and not exc: edin; 2 020 ie 200 se 300 0 8 OO ” 800 ne 4000-:00 44 0 “ 400 “ 600 0 BO “ 500 bad 16 0(«00 7 6 « 760 “ 000 010 0 « 2,600 “ 1500 015 0 « 11500 « 000 686100 a 2,000 es «8,000 110 0 « 8000 “ 4000 200 ge 4,000 and upwards =... # 250 As the act fs soon to go into operation, it will be well for bankers to preserve it. The parts which refer more eepecially to the duty on foreign bills will be readily perceived. Srare AGRICULTURAL Fam.—We have received an invitation to attend the New Hampshire State Faiz. The following is a copy:— RCRETARY’S OrFicR, Mancurstaa, N H., sept. 6, 1854. DEAR Sin—We take plensare io communicating to yor, in bebalf of the New Humpehtre State Ageioulvare So ciety, an invitation to attend the ¢naual ¥air, to be held at Keene, during the frst week in Gerober next. Hopin: you may find it convenient to b= present, we encl we th: accompmmying badge of adimirsion, and subserine our selves, yours truly, J.MES O. ADAMS, Secretary, FREDERICK SMYTA, Lreas’r. To J. G. Prxwert. This invitation was accompanied by a badge, beaded “ Complimentary.’ Undern: ath an imores- tion of the seal of the socie’y, and the words:— Admit the bearer and family tothe fifth Apnaal Fair of the New Hor pshire State Agricultural Society, Keene, October 86, itn, bth and ooh, 1864. FETER P. WOODBURY, President. JAMES O. ADAMS, Lecretary, FREDERICK SMYTH, Treasurer. We have no doubt that this exhibition willbe 9 well managed and sncvesefal affair. resultiog in much good to the society, the exhibitors, and the Heit "the annual State Fair of Vermont will bo held at Brattleboro, on’ Taesday, Wedaesday and Thursday of next week. It is expected shat there will be an unusually large show of besutiial horses, for whiob this State ts famous, stock, produ e, and manbfactared articles. A circalar race course, halt a mile in length, bas been constructed for the ase cf the fast horses, and extensive preparations have been made for the entertainment of a large number of people. Toe address will be made by Hon, Charles T. Rossel, of Boston. Extra trains will ran over all the roads connecting with Brattleboro, The occasion will be one of much interest, and will afford the citizens of Northern and Western Massachusette arare opportunity to visit the beautiful town in whi-h it takes place, and to ses the varied prodacta of the incustry of the Greon Mountain ‘State. Fires tn New York. FIRE IN’ GREENWICH STREET. At near 12 o’clock cn Saturday night a fire wae discovered in the brash steré of Thomas Caran, No, 473 Greenwich street. The firemen, as usaal, were very quick on the spot, and io a short time extingaished the