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4 NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPSIETOR AND EDITOR. OFF.OB BR. W. CORNER OF NASSAU AND FULTON S03, TERMS, cash in adounce THE DAILS HERALD 2 cents per <epy—¥T per annum. THE WEEKLY HERALD every Saturday, at 6g cents per copy, or 83 por annum; tke ‘European editton $4 per fam loruny prt of Great Britain, or $5 0 any ‘part ofthe Continent. both to include post ge. ALL LETTERS by i Subscriptions or with Adver- Heomgnts to:bo pest pate, or postage wil be deducted from the ete VOLUN Tak Y CORRESPOND INCE, contasning tmpor- t tant ni ¢ fr ihe world—if used will be liberally pecid fi IGN CORR ESPON DENTS ARE FARTIOVL. LEOTERS AvD PACKAGES SENT US. NO NOTICE t. ken of anonymous Communications. We do not return thoserejected. Volume XX., AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. ACADEMY OF MUSIC, Fourteenth st.—Ernani, BROADWAY THEATRE. Broadway—Evapwe—ALy FUaT GLITTARS 18 NOT QOLD. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery—Lovery Maw oF Tus Oczan—Srven leuPraTions. 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The News. ‘We have reported majorities on the vets for Governor is Virginia from eighty-one counties and cities, which give the following result :— Fifty-two counties give Wiss majorities aggre- * ‘ 14,512 12,500 ‘Wise’s majority........ccscescceeceeeereeses 2,012 Such is the result, according to the figures that bave reached us. Our Washington despatch, how. ever, gives Wise a majority of about 6,000 in seventy five counties, and the estimate is undoubt- edly correct. Wehave commented upon the preseat aspect of the cews in the editorial columne. The Washington Union believes the following candi- da‘es for Congress are elected: — Dist. 1—T, H, Boyly,"dem. -—John 8. Milison, dem. ’—Jobn 8. Caskie, dem. 4—W. 0. Goode, dem. 5—T. 8. Rocock, dem, ¢—Paulus Powell, dem. 7—William Smith, Know Nothing dem. >, J. kaulener, dem. 9—H. A Komondson, dem. ‘The loth, 11th, 12th, and 13th districts to hear from. Our Shanghae correspondence, in another co- luma, will be found particularly interesting. It gives the details of the final visit of the steam fri- xe Powhatan tw Simoda, Japan, the terrible earth: quake at that place, and the total destraction of the Russian frigate Diana. The officers and crew of the D., five hundred in number, landed safely, atd woud be compelled to remain on the shores of Japan, a sort of army of occupation, till an opporta- ity cflered to take them to eastern Roseia. The Dns of che frigate were taken on shore. The Ras- siare bad made a treaty similar to that lately ratified ish she americans. The Diana was a new ship, vty test sailer, mounting fifty guns, manned by a orew of piked men, and commanded by Admiral Pondiatine, an officer of high reputation, and side- ée-camp to the Czar. Our advices from Rio Jaceiro are up to the 16th ot April. The coffee market had for some time beck more active than usual. The Brazilian equad rup bac arrived at the mouth of the Paraguay river, wnd 1t4 commandant had commanicated to the Para- gusyau government the object or his visit, declariog +) at be was suthorised and prepared to enter into an amicable arrangement of the existing difficalties. The Poraguayan governmen’ on its side conveyed avturances of its desire to preserve amicable rela nhons, aud invited tae commandaat, Senor Oliviera, to proceed to Aseumpcton, the capital, with his flag sip, provided that the remainder of his squadron sbould come to anchor outside of the Paraguayan wsicts, The proposition was acced:d 6», aud Senor Oliviera bad gone to Assumpcion, where he had been rezeived with suitable honors, and where, it ‘was rupposed, an amicable termination of the diffi. euties would be arrived at. The schooner Maria L. Davies arrived yesterday with Curacoa cates to the 10th inst, We learn trom Mr. Lewis Horan, @ passenger, thas Mr. J. H. Young, United States Consul for that island and its dependencies, bad armved out, and agaio eatere1 upen the duties of his office. We are also informed that, through the heavy rains at Caracoa and Bo- aire, the salt crop wiil be delayed in the gathering unti! the latter part of July or August. Tae yacat Flying Cicud, formerly of New York, owned by Mesere. Brown Brothers, was sold at Caracoa, but toe terms bad not been made public. The yacnt Olata, of Boston, which conveyed Consul Young to the island, would be 1un as a packet bstweon St. ‘Thomas and Santa Croz. Among the passengers of the America is Mr. Lo- sey, tue Anatriau Consul at this port, who r-tams to New York ater an abzence of several montha, from bis vitit to Vienna and several of the principal manniacturing towns of Austria, having sabmitted to his governmen: and the trading pabiic of that country dis plans for the extension of the commer- slationa between the Uvited Btates and Aus- counties give ‘Flournoy majorities SERTEBRUIDE... esses cess seecerenseee one oeanes 3 ue of steamships between New York and Tri- est. We understand that Mr. Losey’s propositi ns bsve been very favorably received, and efforts will be made to carry them into effect. The ship Willism Stetson, arrived at this port yes- terday from Liverpool, brought two hundred aad fifty sormons among her passengers, all bound for the valley of the Grea: Sat Lake. Among the ia- fante ¢ were four deaths on the voyage, and two bi.ths, one of ibem off Staten Island. The Weshington Union replies to complaints of the Boston Advertiser against the existing rates of internstiondl (Britian) postage on magazines, pom biete, &c., showing thas ail the oppressive and exorbitant features of thoee rates result wholly from the efforts of Great Britain to make & change of them the pretext for further charges whicd will admit British bocks into the United States free of duty. ‘The imports of foreigu goods at Boston during t be week eudirg 234 inst. emounted to $682,72 Absut 3,000 @ 4.000 bales of cotton ware sold on Saturday, the market closing fiem at the quota tion given in snotber column. Flour was active snd firmer, at the previous day's pris Sales of Cansdian white wheat were made at $2 00, and of Michigan at $265. The receip's of Western mixed corn were larger, though @ good deal of it was notin shipping order, for which there was a good demand. The sales ware active at 21088 $1 11—the juside figure for that not considered in good order for shipping, and the Jatter for a good gound ariisle; which closed, however, at $1 09, and at $112 for Southern white. Yellow Southern was held ebove the views of buyers. Pork wasin good demand, and large sales were made, closing firm, especially for new prime. Lard was rather dall, ‘but beet and otber provisions were firm pnd in good demend. To Liverpool, about 18,000 bushels of corn were engaged at 34d. in ship’s bags, and some Tots of cotton at 5-324. for compressed, with a small parcel of Sea Island at jd. We have advices from Mexico to the 19th inst. Santa Avna at the latest accounts was marching upon Zamora, where the inaurgents were posted in force. His army, however, had been separated by the skilful maceuvring of his oppovents. It is re” ported that the government troops had gained a vic- wry at Guanajuato. Havana dates to the 23d have come to hand by way of New Orleans. The San Jacinto and Cyane were in port. The Constitution left for Portamoath, N.H., on the 21st. There is no politica! or com- mercial news. Commencement of the Great Struggle be tween the Masses and the Arisocracy of Epgiand. The new reform movement set on foot in England, by the administrative incapacity and corruption displayed by the aristocracy in the management of the war, has received an im- pulse from the great public meeting held in London on the 5th, which nothing can arrest. The elements of that assembixge were of a character the significance of which cannot be misunderstood. When we see a large body of the merchant princes of Eugland not only lend- ing their countenance to an agilation of this sort but subscribing large sums to promote its objects, it is evident that the days of oligarchi- cal domination in that country are numbered. This time the movement is not confined to the wresting from the aristocracy of » few borough privileges or the loosening a littie their hold of the counties. It strikes at once at the extinc- tion of their monopoly of the governing pow- ers and asa consequence, althoug! those who have set the ball in movement may not them- selves have contemplated it, at the ultimate abrogation of the monarchical system itself. This result had long been foreseen and fore- told by the few sagacious democratic statesmen who have been able to force their way through tha barriers to political distinction opposed to them by the prejudices of caste. But the voice of warning has been uplifted in vain. The evil day has been postponed by small concessions to popular clamor, sufficient for a time to serve as a sop tothe many headed Cerberus. Bat this plan of averting the danger by temporary pal- liatives could not be expected to stand the test of experience. None buta class corrupted hy the long and exclusive enjoyment of power, and be- sotted by indulgence, could have remained blind to the unmistakable portents and signs in the political horizon which have been crowding upon them for some time past. The great re- form bill which was to have proved a panacea tor all popular complaints has long been pro- nounced a failure. Inits purpose of untram- melirg the exercise of the constitution, in its practical influence on the affairs of the English nation, it has proved a mere delusion. It is found, in short, that the old blundering ma- chinery which let slip from its grasp the Amer- ican colonies, which interfered with France, apd only triumphed over its innumerable mistakes by the aid of the mountains of gold which it sunk in the swamps and mo- tasees of European diplomacy, subsidising gov- ernments, suborning traitors and saddling for- ever a millstone of debt on the back of the peo- ple of England, is precisely what it was in the worst years of George the Third; and that, in the face of Europe, advanced as it isin enlight- e.ment, and of America, grown as it is in poli- tical influence to proportions that already over- shadow it, it is about to repeat the same mad cycle of waste, confusion and paralytic inanity which signalized it two-thirds of acentury ago. Although there are many considerations which render the Englich aristocracy less per- sonally odious to the masses than the fatal re- sults of their past policy and administration are calculatd to make them, itis ciear that the English people can no longer submit to a state of things like tais. The Russian war has demonstrated what was before a matter of speculation, that between an independent na- tional existence and the abolition of the exclu- sive privileges enjoyed by the aristocracy there is no alternative left. This conviction has forced itself reluctantly upon the English mind; but it cannot be denied that it is now all-pervading and general. The truth can no longer be con- cealed, that in the struggle in which England is epgaged abroad any overweening delicacy exercised towards the aristocracy would only jeopardize the country, and bury both high and low in one common ruin. When education was principally confined to this class, it was all very well to leave to it the duties and respon- sibilities of government. But the whole world has been galloping apace this last century; and although it cannot be denied that the moral character of the English aristocracy is re- epectable, its business character bas sunk below zero, and just now thisis the very thing that is most wanted. Blood and treasure are being poured forth like water trom a thousand foun- tains; the aristocracy unluck the floodgates, but sre powerless to direct the current. Eng- land itself, proud of its ancient renowa— its giant struggles at Cressy, at Agin- court, at Blenheim, and at Waterloo—is seen skulking at the heels of France, its former rival, but now honored pro. tector. It beholds the French empire clutched in the grasp of one man, on whose faith and life this alliance rests, and it knows that but a few wecks since the assassin’s bullet had nearly cut away from it this frail dependence. The whole struggle may any day be left upon its own hands; what was attempted on the 29:h of April may be again repeated with success. The barricades of Paris would then sound the knell of the English alliance, and a revolu- tionary army would probably again unfurl the standard of invasion at Bologne. Isit tobe won- dered at that, with such dangers staring them in the face, the English people should be aroused fiom their supineness and insist upon being ad- mitted to an equal share in the adminstration of their own affairs? “ Whilst we disclaim,” says one of the resolutions passed at the London meeting, “every desire of excluding the aris tocratic classes from participation in the coun- cils of the Crown, we feel it our duty to protest against the pretensions of any section of the community to monopolize the functions of ad- ministration.” Should the English aristocracy be insensate enough to turn a deaf car to this demand, modest as it is urder the grave circumstances in which England is placed, their doom asa class issealed. Seldom has it happened in the history of the world that a people, compelled to iake the management of their affairs into their own hands, have known where to stop short. Let the English aristocracy take warn- ing from the fatal lesson set them by the mis- takes of the old French noblesse, and yield in time what it would be destruction to further withhold. NEW YORK’ HERALD, MONDAY, MAY 28, 1855. ¢ommon school question, his flock and himself, time bas tully come, we apprehend, for the ington lest night, the Know Nothings in that political rendezvous give up the Virginia elec- tion—Governor, State officers, Congressmen, everything; Extra-Billy Smith, a sort of half- and-half administration democrat and Know Nothing, being the only positive success of the American ticket. It appears that in seventy-five counties Wise has come six thousand majority, which is put down by our Wasbington correspondent at 1,600 below the majority of Pierce in the same counties, which must, therefore, have been 7,600. The majority of Pierce in the State was over 15,000. If, therefore, Wiee has only lost 1,600 in seventy-five counties, he can afford to lose in the same ratio in the remaining sixty- two counties, and still be elected by 10.000 majority. We, are not surprised, therefore, that the Know Nothings of Washington give it up, notwithstanding their interest—over one hundred thousand dollars, it is said—hazarded on the result, The Richmond Whig of Saturday morning, two nights after the election, has never a soli- tary word to say upon the subject; but as a substitute for anything about Wise or Flournoy it gives us a very short leader on Mr. Perry's letter from Madrid. This we take to be cir- cumstantial evidence as conclusive as if we had seen the murder committed in broad day- light. Per contra: the Enquirer crows lustily; claims the election of Wise by an unprecedented majority; the election of all the democratic candidates for Congress, and the Legislature into the bargain. Thus, according to the evidence on both sides, the Know Nothings have been utterly routed in the O:d Dominion, upon everything excepting Extra-Billy Smith. The candidate of each of the opposing parties for the Presidency, therefore, is thus suggested to be.— Of the democrats—Henry A. Wise. Ot the Know Nothings—Extra-Billy Smith, Provided, always, that George Law says agreed! Let tae ball be started by a fusion movement of the New York democracy, cut- ting loose entirely from the administration, and rallying as one man upon Henry A. Wise. De- mocrats! to the Park! As for our enthusiastic friends, the Know Nothings, they must now make up their minds for a sound public proclamation of good stiff national principles at their Philadelphia Grand Council, or consent to be dispersed among the outside sectional factions of tue hour. They tried to deteat Seward, but actually elected him by their own votes. Perhaps, to some extent, they did the same thing for Mr. Wise They must now strike out into deeper water at Philadelphia, or they will be broken up among the breakers. Mr. Wis 1n Wasninctox—Bap Poutcy ror tue Kxow Noruinos.—Mr. Wise, resting in Washington from his recent extraordinary la- bors in the Virginia canvase, was there called vpon at bis hotel by the exultant democracy, ineluding, no doubt, a Jarge number of office- holders, and was congratulated upon his sap- posed election with a serenade, and called out for a speech. But, we are sorry to say that he was cut short by the hootings, yellings and other interruptions of a disorderly body of men, supposed to be Know Nothings, and was com- pelled to give it up. Such conduct as this on the part of his opponents is without excuse, and if persevered in, its natural consequences will inevitably extend to riots, bloodehed, and a state of public excitement and disorder dis creditable to a free and intelligent people. We have had some inklings of this in the late elec tion disturbances at Cincinnati and Louisville. The moral effect of such proceedings as tho:e in Washington on Saturday night against Mr, Wise will be to drive away respectable and high-minded men from any association with the party concerned. The true policy of the Know Nothings is to show themselves in their public conduct worthy of the public confidence. If they persist in a different course they must expect soon to fall into the bad repute of the hired bullies ard ruffians who have done so much to demoralize and destroy both the old politics! parties in this city. Let decency b a public rule of action among the Know No, ings, or they will surely sink into the same public contempt. Tue Bativore Carnoric Counci AND THE Porr or Rome.—We published yesterday the pastoral letter of the Archbishop of Baltimore ard the bishops and preiates of the Catholic province of Baltimore, which includes nearly half the United States east of the Mississipgi river. This documentis chiefly devoted to a learned exposition of the new dogma of the Immaculate Conception of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary, which can certainly do no harm, if this belief were extended back through all the carthly ancestors of the Virgin, even to Adem and Eve. On the otber hand, the doc- trine, resting, as it does rest, upon that celes tial virtue of immaculate purity, must neces- sarily be productive of good and healing influ- evces among the faithful. There is, however, a secondary branch of this pastoral letter which challenges our spe- cial attention. It relates to that interesting and important political question of the extent of the temporal power of the Pope over his flock in the United States. The Baltimore Archbishop and his subordinates expressly de- clare to the faithful upon this subject, “that we have never exacted of you, as we ourselves have never made, even to the highest eccle- risetical authority, any engagements incou- sistent with the duties we owe to the country and its laws. On every opportune occasion we have avowed these principles; and even in our communications to the late Pontiff we rejected as a calumny the imputation that we were, in civil matters, subject to hiseuthority.” Thisis surely as emphatic as could be desired; but to make it perfectly plain they farther say that “to the general and State goveromenss you owe eJlegiance in all that regards the civil order.” This is worthy the ec- clesiastical successor of the Catholie found ers of Maryland. Pity that the ignorant and conceited editers of Catholic newspapers avd periodicals should bave done so much to create @ different opinion in this country; pity that our zealous, learned and sagacious Archhishop Hughes, of the province ot New York, should have done £0 little to arrest theee anti-repub. lican proclivities and principles of his organs and subordinates. Let us hope, now, shat fol- lowing the example of the Archbishop of Balti- more, the Archbishop of New York will here- after, on all suitable occasions, cause it to be distinctly understood that in all matters re- jating to “ the olvil order,” ingluding even the “owe their allegiance to the general and the State governments.” The controversy with Mr. Senator Brooks on the church property question being closed, we call upon Father Hughes to issue a similar prociamation to that of the Archbishop of Bal- timore, including an official order upon the new Jiquor law. Wuo 1s ResronstBLet—A question is discussed just now in some of the country prints, as to who is reaponsible for the destructive and des- perate doctrines put forward by the organ of socialitm in this city. The question appears a simple one. It is usual in this couatry for the proprietors or responsible editors of a public journa), to advertire their responsibility for its contents by printing their names as proprietors, publishers. or editors, in some coospicuous part of the same. It is not customary, on ordinary cecasions, where unusual provocation is want- ing, to go beyond the names of these ostensible mep. It is understood that if they allow their names to be printed as sponsors for the jouraal, they approve of whatever it contains; and that when it expresses opinions in which they do not coincide, they will, of course, withdraw their names, and jeave the real author of such opinions to answer for them himself. The rule is one of general application and every geueral justice. Judging the Tribune newspaper by this test, it appears that the person who is respon- sible for the irreligious, infidel, and demoraliz- ing doctrines it is now actively engaged in dis- seminating is Mr. Thomas McElrath. The only persons whose namesare printed in the Tribune are “Greeley & McElrath.” Of these tne for- mer, Mr. Horace Greeley, is, we unders:and, in France, enjoying the hospitality ot the French government, in return for having called its bead, the Emperor, a “liar,” a “villain,” a “rut fian,”’ a “murderer,” @ “cheat,” a “scoundrel,” “@ perjured monster,” an “unguillotined assas- sin,” a “vile cut-throat,” d&c., d&c., dc., day after dy, in bis paper for years. He cannot there- fore, be chargeable with the present actions of the journal; their responsibility rests wholly with Mr. Thomas, McEirath. Who is Mr. McEl- rath? He is the President of the Nassau Bank; an institution, we need hardly ray, supported and carried on by the custom and business of gro- cers, real estate owners and others whose in terest it is that trade should thrive, that uojast Jaws should not curtail man’s natural liberty, and tbat peace should continue. Yet the news- paper for which Mr. McElreth is responsible, advocates a Jaw intended to destroy one exten- sive branch of trade altogether, and impair the value of all real estate. It urges with ail the venom it possesses the diminution of the liberty now erjoyed by the people of this State, and desires that the stiffuecked Puritans of New England and their cousics in the country parts of this State should make narrow !aws for us, It spurs on the North and the South to enmity and batred of each other, aud seems to have no o: her goal than the uprooting of the prosperity of the conntry, the dissolution of the Union, apd the establishment ot a select Northern re- public, on exclusively fanatical principles, where there shall be neither laws, nor property, nor religion, nor liquor. Mr. McElrath is turther a member of the Methodist Cburch North and a professing Chris- tien. Yet this journal, ter which he alone is responsible, assai)s religion in terms the more @angerous as they are concealed: saps the foundation of our Christian faith, by throwing doubts on this or that point which the imperfect knowledge of the present day is unable to explain; and never weariesof hinting at the superiority of modern French atheistic philoso- phy over the philosophy of the Bible. Mr. McElrath is a citizen of repute, a man of wealth, and of standing in society. There are countries where Mr. McElrath’s great stake in the fortunes of the nation would be considered sufficient to warrant his being invested with political rights denied to the masses. What a mistake this would be may be learnt from the course of the journal he controls. Its every eflort is now directed to destroy all fraternat feeling between the North and the South, and 1o brivg on, sooner or later, civil war between them. Every day some fresh attempt is made 1o embitter the feelings on one side or the other, and so to pave the way for the time when the North and the South shall be arrayed against euch other, and England will step iu and dictate terms to both. The Tribune never alludes to the South but in terms of attack and reproach; its malignity is carefal to inflame the minds of its Northern readers by inventions of the most devilish character; what cap it seek but the destruction of the Union and the ruin of the country? Yet this is the journal owved, and of couree costrolled by Thomas McElrath, the leading citizen and wealthy man. What says this Thomas McEirath, President of the Nassau Bank, member of the Methodist Church, and professing Christian? Is he or is he not responsible for the infidelity, the sedi- ticn, the folly ot the Tribune? Tue WasuincTon Union AND THE MorMons.— A recent original communication on the Mor- mons, in the Washington Union, published, we presume, by and with the advice and consent of the Administration, expresses the following just opinions of this heathenish community at the Great Salt Lake :— The care of the Mormons may serve further to illus- trate our idea of the rignts or conscience, Without questioning their right to believe in the Divine mission ef Jee Smith or Brigham Young, crto have as many ‘wives apd concubines as King Solomon or the Grand Turk, we certainly Co deny their right, as members of this confeceration, to set up the inspirations of their prophet ‘p opporition to the constitutional powers of the President of the United States or any other branch of the government, Nor do we think their privileges ox- tena toa violation of those laws and institutions which are the basis of our manners, habits, and morals. Po- Jygsmy, however sanctioned by the example of the pa- trisiche, 18 a criminal offence in every State of the Union, ape a community in which every man may have as many wiver as be pleases can no more assimilate with those who adwit of but one than ii it sanctioned the comm(s- sion of murder or any other cme against the laws of nature and society. Coming at length to the main question, the writer turther informs us that:— Ae migbt be expected, since they became Territoria members of the Union they have placed themselves in di- ret opporition to the legitimate authority of the govern- ment of the United States, by rejecting its officers and refuring to recognize any authority but that of their in- fpired prophet. In this, we think unfortunately, ay were humored by Mr. Fillmore, who conferred on B. Young the office of civil Governor in adcition to that far higher station he held as the oracle of the Divine wil, Thus, Governor Brigham Young now combines ia his perron the sanctity of a representative ot the Divi- vity and the temporal authority of an officer of the goverpment of the United States, The association is supremely absurd, if not absolutely blasphemous. Soitis. But what we have to ask is, whe- ther Mr. Pierce has done any better than Mr. Fillmore? As we understand it, the officers sent out by Mr. Pierce, at least the Governor, has declined in favor of Brigham Young, and we are not informed whether it is the intentioa of Mr. Pierce farther to interfere with the au- qhority of the gromt polygamist or not, The breaking up of this nest of the unclean birds of Mormondom. Will the Washington Union oblige us and tbe public at large by informing us what this administration has done, and what it proposes to do, to abolish the nuisauce? Lorrery Poxicres—“ A Victim’ has in- formed us that in his opinion there are nearly two thousand lottery policy shops in this city, called “exchange offices,” and charges upon these nnlewful establishments “the true cause of much of the misery among the working clasves,”’ ‘Can these things be?” Is Fer- nando Wood Mayor? or is there no way of reaching these illicit exchange offices. If not, why not abolish the laws covcerning them, aud et everybody have chance? THE LaTEST NEWS. BY MAGNETIC AND PRINTING TELEGRAPHS, From Baltimore, LOSS BY THE RECENT FIRE—SKCRETARY DAVIS GONE SOUTH—ABRIVAL OF THE SOUTHERN MaIL Baxrimore, May 27, 1855, ‘Tbe Gre in this city on Saturday night was very de- tructive. Tbe owners estimate the loss 0a g018 at $118,000, on which there was $156,000 insurance in Baltimore offices—principally the Firemen’s, The loss en the buildings is $31,000, and tbe insurance $27,000. The losses on the stoska were all more than fully in- sured, the fire occurring at the close of the busy neason, Secretary Davis has left Washington for Mississippi. Aojutant General Cooper bas been appointed to act a+ Recretary during bis absence. New Orleans papers, by the arrival of the mail as late as due, are received, but they contain no news of in- terest. Two Children Murdered by their Father. Putaperata, May 27, 1855. In Dover, Delaware, on Thursday last, a colored maa, named Parker, who broke out of jail some three months since, murdered his two children in a most brutal man- ner. ‘Weather in Boston, Boston, May 27, 1855. ‘The weather here to-day has been exceedingly delight- ful and pleasant. Markets. Provivence, May 26, 1855, Cotton—The market for the week has been active, the sales being absut 5,000 bales, equally divided between speculators ond spinners. Wool—Market firm, with » very light stock on hand. Prices unchanged. Sales 60,200 Ibs. Printing Cloths—Prices firm; sales 54,200 pieces, Pleasant Summer Retreats, The days of June are upon us, and with them comes a yearning for those pleasant rural and seaside retreats for which the northern and middle States are so justly celebrated. The man of business, the artist, the littera- teur ond the mere lounger, all fly from the city during the hot months, to enjoy, for a shorter or s longer sea- son, according to their inclinations and the length of their purses. In order that selections may be easily made, we call attention to some of the most prominent resorts for the ensuing summer. ‘The Getty House, at Yonkers, will be kept this year by Messrs, Robert L, Bucklin & Edward A. Dusenbury, two gentlemen who are au fait in the arduous duties of their vocation. Yonkers is pleasantly situated on the east benk of the Hudson, about sixteen miles from the city. It is one of the prettiest towns on the river, ani com- munication with this city may be had eeveral times a day, by care and steamboats. The Getty House will thus be found @ pleasant home for gentlemen whose avocations prevent them from taking a protracted sum- mer tour, The hotel has been entirely re-firted and newly furnished, and the proprietors guarantee that every provision shall be made for the conveniencee and enjoyment of their guests. ‘The new hotel at Cape May—the Mount Vernon Honro— will be soon opened tothe public, ‘This is the most exten- tive hotel in America, und has accommodations for fifteen hundred guests, The dining room is nearly five hundred feet in lengih, By new arrangement, families may here live an privately as in their own houses—s sort of combinaticn of the Kuropean and American systems; for while parties may be served in their apartmenta, the table d’hote at regular hours will be maintained. The bathing facilities at Cape May are very fine, and it is « great resort for the beau monde of Philadelpbia. The Mount Vernon has been leased by Samuel B, Woolman & Co. ‘There are many pleasant places ‘‘on‘old Long Inland’s sea girt abore,” and several of the most delightful have been secured as hotel sites. We ree that the American Hotel, Babylon, L. I., is already open, under the admi- nistration of Mr. William B, Watson. Babylon is within easy sail of the fisbing grounds at Fire Island, and can be reached from the city by « three hours’ ride on the Long Island Railroad. ‘The Bath Hotel, Sea Side, L. I, will be opened on the let June, by Mr. B, Rathbun. This house is only six miles from New York. To our Massachusetts readers, and such others as may virit that State daring the summer, we would say that the Mansion House, Hull, will be opened on the 1st Jane by Mr. Robert S. J. Bailey—a very popular landlord, Hull is a right pleasant place, on the southerly side of Moaerackusetts bay, and the Mansion House is worth a visit. Mr. R. Shurtleff will open the Island House, Bellows Falls, Vt., on the 4th June. Beliows Falls is one of the most beautiful spots in the Green Mountain State, and is om the direct route to the White Mountains and Mon- treal. The Island House has a first-rate reputation. The Wadawanuck House, Stonington, Connecticut, will be opened by Mr. J. G. Briggs, on the 10th of June. The hotel is very near the shores of the Sound, and is quite a popular resort. The deep sea fishing in the vicinity is very good. Mr 8. &. Verboyck, will open Washington’s Head- quarters at Tappan, near Piermont, on the Hudson, the Sb June. The New York Bay Private Family Hotel, on the Bergen Point road, near Jersey City, is open for the season, Captain Lees, proprietor, Every facility for sea-side sports may be found here. The Yonkers Mansion House, kept by Mr. Kellinger, is ready to receive visiters. We have thus briefly rur through with the most popu- lar rural and sea-side resorts. Matters in the city have lately taken such @ turn that many persons will find it more economical to pass a few weeks at either of these places than to keep up their expensive establishments in the buay, dusty, dirty and dried up metropolis. The Seized Letters per Ariel. ATCHES.—We hear that there were it pac! roti 4 thet they were pr by’ the povernment’s despatch Various merchants. wh ty ai Tuele steamers sail, rected those of tI 00] before each of ro, but throu; who, knowing that ‘were of great im to the commerce of stretched hit ving them a place gle oocarion in his despatch bag. The cloring mail pouches earlier than usual on the European steamers, t duc notice to the commercial interest of New York, operdonable outrage on businars comity, hogish refusal to allow th ernment: id te over the coean on this sl yn the usual terms, was in fair keeping, indeed, with the treatment to the mer: charts to which we refer 8. We are requested by the agent of the Ariel to aay in reply to the above paragraph from the Washington Siar, that the letter bag of that ship was closed at the hour as edvertised, and that no intimation was given by any one of a desire to have her letter bag kept open longer, and no request was made by the government to send despatches by the Ariel. The reized bag contained no deapatehes, but was made up solely of letters, &., in- tended to be smuggled by the Ariel, on which letter. postage moneys had been collected to the prejudice and im defiance of the property and rights of the owner of thet ship orit; a ney Olty News. ArremrTeD Scicipz.—A man, named Charles Rutter, who is addicted to the excessive use of intoxicating drink, while under its influence, undertook, on Thursday ing last, to commit suicide by taking poison. On Recorder Cutter committed him torjaa for three BuRcLans.—Recent depredations of burglars show that a shrewd and dangerous gang of that class of thieves are at work in Jersey City and vicinity. operate on the most scientific system of house robbing, and can be detected only by great vigilance om the part of the police and citizens, Mazine Affatrs, Frvat Tray Ter or Tue Sreamsmp Axaco —This vessel, before noticed as intented for the Havre trade, made her Gnal trial trip oa Saturday, previous to taking her berth to load for Havre. We have previously given the power, dimensions and the various capabilities of ‘this pobie crait, aud st is therefore unnecessary to re- peat them. Itis, however, due to her builders to say that her performances op Saturday were gratifying in every respect, and gave great satisfaction to s number of guests, including several scientific gentiemen, invited by the owners to be present on the occasion The veasel left the Quarautine ground st about ten o’closk A, M., and sfler proceeding some twenty miles beyond the. Hook returned to the city at foar o’clock, The engines worked'with admireble precition and regalarity througn- out the trip. The d)stavce ran per hour was about 13. knots, equal to id statute miles, with a pressure of about 25 pounds of steam to the square inch, the engine making 15 turns per mute. , This, however, 1s net com> sidered as the maximum of her speed, though er designers did not cont: mptate, ia conetructing her, to make the passage to Havre in less than el: ver or twelve. days, and, therefore, did not aim at the greatest speedy ‘The engines are of the kind called orciliators, und occu uch less space thanis required for side lever or engives, aud, as explained by Mr. Horatio Allea on Satu: day, in a very lucid description ef them, possess variou: other importuat advas tages, amongst which may be enu- saerated their smail number of parts, consisting of but two~namely, the piston and piston r24—while in the beain engine there are fourteen separate parts, There is, consequentiy, leas liability to break down, with thecon- sequent ultimate cheapness, besides many other impor- vant advantages. ‘Ibe cssillating engices have been in- troduced by the Novelty Works into various vessele since 1861, during whixn no objection bas arisen to any part that conrtitates the peculiarity of the oscillator, every additional oue built strengthening the conviction of engineers that this kind possesses the most reliable combination ever put in a ship The motion of the Arago through the water on Saturday was extremely +mootb; the vibration, even upon the paddle boxes, being very sligbt, ard on other parts of the deck scarcely perceptible, The hull, the production of Messrs. Wester- velt & Sons, possesses vory easy lines, and cuts through the water, with her chpper- shaped bow, with the amooth— peas and grace of a crack North river bost. Through her psrformances yesterday we have no doubt she will prove one of the easiest-going ocean steamers afloat, in all kinds of weather. The Arago will safl for Havre on Saturday next, and will doubtless carry a large delegation of the annual summer tourists, bound for the theatre of hostilisies, and other interesting and notorious localities of the Old Wor'd. Senator W. H. Sewsrd was one of the compiny on the trip on Saturday, and after dinner was loudly called upon for a speech, but declined to respond. ‘The consort of the Arago, now building by Messrs. Smith & Dimon, will be launched in August, and is ox- pected to be in working order by December next. She is to be named the Fulton, im honor of the graat pionser of steam navigation, The following are the officers of the Arago :— Captain—D. Lines, First Officer—Mr J.T. Prentice. Second do—Mr. C. Fisher. Surgeor—Mr. Smith. Chief Exgiceer— Mr, Jobn H. Mars. First Asst. ¢a.—Mr, E. Mars, Second do. do.—Mr, J. Young, ‘Third do. do —Mr. T, Falls. Pureer—Mr, J. 0. Kane, Steward—Mr. Allen, The hands on board. including crew, firemen, waiters, &e., number over a hundred. ‘Tae New SreaMeEk FoR THe Couns Live —The new steamship Adriatic for the Coilins line, we understand, is to be built by Mr. George Steers, who will lay her keel to-day. Her dimensions are to be much larger than the other vessels of the line ‘Tue QUICKEST PASSAGE TO MELBOURNE.—The ship James Baines, Capt. McDonald, arrived nt Melbourne on the 12th February, from Liverpool, in sixty-four deys, the shortest passage ever made. This beats the trip of the steamer Great Britain, previously considered the short- est, by e dsy aud a half. The James Baines is owned by the Messrs. Baines, of Liverpool, and is one of the six built for that firm by Mr, Donald M’Key, of East Boston. She was uncer contract to make the passage in sixty-five days. Personal Intelligenc >. Daniel UItmann, Bag. of New Yore city, be ncsepted sn invitation to deliver an oration at Wilmington, Del., on the Fourth of July next, Gov. Powell, of Kentucky, is ona visit to Indianapolis, stopping wish Gov. Wright, Miss Macray, a Meid of Honor to Queen Victoria, a Jady ot fine edacational ac- qairements, is eleo the guest of Gov. Wright. ‘The health of Judge Ruggles, of Poughkespsie, is so infirm, that he has determined to resign his seat upon the bench of the Court of Appeals. Hon. John Slidell, U. 8, Senator from Louisiana, left ‘New Orleans on the 19th ing). for Washington, Governor Wright, of Indiana, has accepted the invita- tion tendered him by Hon, Samuel Cheever, President of the New York State Agricult vral Society, to deliver the. annual address at the fair st Elmira in ber next. Americans registered at the banking oflica of Livi step, Welle & Co., 8 Place de ls Bourse, Paris, May d Indy, G. Potts and lady, H A. Cobh, We M. Onlecgla, TB, Millers D:D. “J. Wilson and son, A. 8, Lethro} YW. Benjamin, 8, Marshall, §, Mayer, es horger, Ki. G. Thurmaner, J, H. Woods, 'f. Hiller, We Brunner, J Mortimer, U. W. MoCune, J. Moriimer and fa: maily. V.M. Delano, 'W. M. Gawtry, ¥ Bunker. 0. P. Rdwards snd family, © Je. New York lutshinson, J. H. Mutching Tageart D, J. 0. Frame, CF. W, U. Somers, Vv: oh Cartner At the St. Nicholae—Dr. E. Fi ols, Warhington; Isaac Batts, Epain; Dr, Stone, Boston; J. H. Doss At the Metropolitan—C. Danou, W. Il. Robbins, Utica; Antonio Sunati A. Di At Wood Huven; Hoa! ship Roanoke—Yorace B ena lady, John J Innis, ericson. the Irvin, Oswero; G. 8 E, Addiro. D.C. From Richmond, &o, in « Kent, John L Winters, Geo I: Miss Hi B Hastrook. Miss CC yn, A Avery and k James, H Livingston, TP Cummings and lady, F A B Hamblin, Wm C Avorick, Wm @ ¢ im, John Y Forsythe, Mrs M M Clari bt daughter, Hammond Whit Indy, four children and servant; John 'B Pedin, Henry C Barritt, Jas smith. Ed Stanvard, Miss M_ MeKebson, Wm H Bowditch, son, i ‘almer, hard 1. Moo ‘Thos. non, Caries Mt endell fe tt ina, in the Br sehr Gipsy—Mr Acust Alb. ‘in the ship American Congrese--Joha Lipse combe and Indy, NYork; A F Carman, J LC Boston; ¥ Shannon. NOrles idan, Ba: Rev Lot Jones ap iverpool, i Robert Lioyd, of Wal * From Curncoss in fohr Marta E Devie—Lewie Horan, Th rom Curacoe, ir Marin je— Lew! 108 8 Brown, J Dudley Brown, R Freiter.” PASSENGERS TO ARRIVE. From Liverpool, in ship Dreadnought, reported below—Me- rd, and Mrr Lisneff, Mise Casaldo. Mesars Wi Barlow, Cogan, Hi Petre, M ; El both Robert Moryuey: Me snd Mer Walk. oO = a Teformation has been received at the State Depart- ment at Washington, from the United States Consul at a, of the death of Dr, D, Watson, an American citizen, who was in the bay of Panam Usrrep Sa’ £8, 66, 72, 67, 68, 69, Surman uit.—Nos. 1707, 1874, 18, 20, a1, eral Noa, 22, 12, 25, 286, 95, 96, 10, 33, 49. 17, 98, 5, 62, 14, UPRRIOR Cover.—810, 1122, 906, 175, 607, 61, 60, 683,. " }y Te, . . a 724, 48: 81K, 920, 922, 023, B80, B44, 205, 406, 564, 188, a8, 205, Common Pteas—The Appeal Calendar. Selling off at a Profit — Knox, that hie mers are senaibl oKe is engaged in th igetnre and eal o sats Se pore” leat dove corte. Call 128'Fulton street, or No. 683 Broudway, ‘White, the Hatter, has removed from old stend, 212 Broadway, to 321 Broadway, opposite the Srentrey cumanen, oete is can be townd with his usual, ‘WHITE, 321 Broadway. cheid’s Summer Style.The match, leas model ot this euperh hat, together with the richnoss of seven eh intataaes eune esa pnt ek wi genulemen of refved taste,” The storo is 118 Nassau strooke found make a note on No. ‘S63 Broad: , makes the best photo; hein the i; pan L ae heft lend on ctl na Fulton street. ‘on erect} lym, 249. dagu ied Gorn styles, miniature, cabinot and life rises °° ™0 Portratts at wo cents, and $3—exccuted ia pester gt wo conte, 8) conts and $1, of superior execution, at the Sopot of art, Now York plovuse company, So) Drondirey,

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