The New York Herald Newspaper, May 30, 1855, Page 4

4 ee NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 1855. NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON Ere PROPRIETOR AND EDITOR. OFFICE M. W. CORNER OF NASSAU AND FULTONSTS, TERMS, cash in advance. THE DAILY HERALD 2 conte per $gPy M7 per annem. THE WEEKLY HERALD every day, at OXcente ‘copy, or $3 per annum; tke European editton = part of Great Britain, or $6 to amy part ofthe COTE LETTERS by Matt for Subscriptions or swith Adver: the. VOLUNTaR Y CORRESPONDENCE, containing impor. sagt ee, eouomes Sree any ‘quarter of the world—if used weil be liberally paid for. wgrOuR Youeson Conn savor: pre eid | pepe REQUESTED TO SEAL ALL 8 AND PACKAGES SENT VS. ‘NO NOTICE taken of anonymous Communications. We do not return thosere. JOB PRINTING ezecuted with neatness, cheapness, and tech. *GDVERTISEMENTS renewed every day. AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. ACADEMY OF MUSIC, Fourteenth st.—Ennant, BROADWAY THEATRE. 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Kinney’s filibuster craft, the famous steam- ship United States, lies at che foot of Eighth street, East river, completely blockaded by a fleet of taree government steamers and a revenue catter. The bloskadingsquadron ride with anchors hove short, steam up, decks cleared for action, guns shotted, all hands ou the alert, officers looking ferocious, powder monkeys in high glee. The steamer Vixen lies off Sixteenth street, cutting off all chance of a break through Hellgate, to Long Island Bound, and we presume tie garrison in the fort at Throgg’s Neck is also prepared to prevent tho passage of the expedition through the narrow chan- nel at that point. Off Grand street a long, low, Diack, saucy locking revenue cutter commands the niver towards the bay, while nearly opposite the object of suspicion le the steamers Boston snd Cor- win. The eteamer United States is said to be fally equipped for sea, with a force of four hundred men on beard—terrible fellows, whose ordinary beverage ia a mixture of gunpowder and agusdente, an anti- Maire law drink first concocted by Teech, or B ack- beard, as that invincible marine cheval‘er of the olden time was called by bis admirers and iati- mate friende. T2e Nicsragua expedition and the government are at a cead Jock, and are likely to remain £0 for some time to come. The Board of Ten Governors me! yesterday. We give a report ot the proveedings in another columa, from which it appears that the efforts ot Mayor Woed and the police to abate the nuisance of street waikers are of no avail. Gavernor Draper stated that of the ejghty-five prostitutes receally commit ted tothe penitentiary and watchhouse, over sixty sre pow on the streets of the city. They stay in prison only long encugh for their frienda to procare a babeas corpus, when they are brought before a court and discharged; and is is quite evident, fron the remarks of Mr. Diaper, thas the Ten Governors offer no impediment to their release. Tae report of the Saperintendent of Out-door Poor shows that during the first three mouths of the present year 80,548 persons have received relief, at an exgendi- ture of $71,018 56, against 42,136 persons and $43,814 96 during the same months in 1854. Taere were, according to the weekly statement, 5,694 per- sons in the institutions under the charge of the Governors. Among the passengers arrived on Monday in the Empire City from Havaua is Senor Juan B. A'bardi, Minister Plenipotentiary of the argentiae Confe- deraticn nearjthe courts of Paris and London, on his way +o the places of his destination. Senor Alberdi, we sre informed, was lately a lawyer of the bar of Chili, and by his ab'e writings and indefatigable exertions in his profession has acquired a wide celebrity in all the South American repnblics, both on tre Pacific and Atlentic sides of the continent. Severa! ward meetings of the liquor dealers’ as- sociations were held Jart night, with a view to the more thorough organization of those engaged in the trsffic before the 4th of Jalymext. A large number signed their names to the list of members, and in a few weeks more it is expected that all the dealers will have joined the societies in their respsctive wards. In tbe case of Walker, which was decided last week by Justice Meech, the Liquor Dealers’ At tion have concluded to psy the fine, and to withdraw the appeal which they intended to take to the Court of Common Pleas. The Carson League bave entered 2 complsint againet Messrs. Coleman & Stetson, of the Astor House, which will shortly me vp in due form before the proper tribunal. Sotton was active yesterday, with sales of sbont 7,000 bales, part in transita. Prices closed 9% about the quotations given in another column. Flour was irregulsr, but in a general way prices favored buyers for common to good brands of State, West ern ard Canadian, while Southern was unchanged Michigan wheat sold st $2.65. Corn was very active, chiefly in Western mixed, and prices lower, Pork was easier, with a fair amount of sales, There was a epectlative movement in coffee, and the ag- regate sales of all kinds amounted to about 12,000 bags, particulars of which are contained in another place. Sugars were also active, and the rales em, braced 1,500 bhds. Cuba muecovado, the market having recovered jc. on the previous decline of jc.; and 600 & 800 boxes were also sold at pretty fall prices. p ix New Yorx.—In our impres- sion of to-day we give an interesting ‘etter 1 on the shores of Lake Mahopas. It iano ue than remarkab'e that our people know nt their own country than any other, which will be The War of Clatses in hingland—Th ec New Reform Movement and its Prospects. The English arristocracy are now on their last trial by the people woom they have so long misgoverned and plundered. If they can rise above the selfish and unpatriotic influences which have hitherto swayed ‘hem, and abandon to the middle classes a fair share of the exclu- sive privileges which they have so much abused, they may still preserve the natural predominance with which their wealth and great territorial possessions invest them. If, on the contrary, they mistake the character of the present reform movement and confound it with the demands which ihey have hitherto succeeded in satisfying by small concessions, they will be swept off and annihilated by the gathering storm, with as remorseless and as un- sparing a hand as were the old nobility of France by the revolution of 1789. Then will go by the board, not only the relics of the old feudal privileges, the law of premogeniture, and territorial monopolies in general, but all the political influences which they carry with them. For balf a century afterwards, as in France, the old families will find themseves as completely excluded from a share in the ad- ministration of public affairs as the middle classes in England are now. Whether the monarchical system itself will survive the shocks which these changes will inflict upon it, will of course depend on the good sense and moderation of the English people, and its owa adaptability to the requirements of popular government, Such, we repeat, are the consequences to be looked for from the failure of the English aris- tocracy to concede the reforms demanded from them by the masses. They have been tried and found wanting as a governing body, and unless they consent to the infusion of popular ele- ments amongst them, their prestige and in- fluence is forever gone. The question now arises whether they have the good sense and ragacity to appreciate the dangers of their posi- tion, and to apply the pruning knife to the ex- erescences complained of, before the axe is brought to bear by ruder hands on the root of the tree. It would seem not. When Lord Pal- merston was called by the unanimous voice of the English people to the direction of the government, it was hoped that he would have comprehended the true nature of the crisis, and would have insisted upoa carrying out such sweeping reforms in the various departments of the State as would have saved not only the country from the dangers which pressed upon it from aristocratic incapacity, but his own order from the consequences of their per- verse, corrupt, and unpatriotic policy io the management of public affairs. But in this re- pect, as we at the time predicted, his lordship has wofully disappointed the expectations of those who trusted him. Since his accession to the office of Premier he has scemed to think that his cbief mission was to defend the aris- tocracy from popular assault; for, on every occasion, instead of fairly plunging himself in medius res, he canters off into heroic eulogisms about this class, declaring that it is ever fore- most in the field and first in council, and that it will be an evil day for England when it ceases to be so. Will the English people sub- mit to the degrading assumptions conveyed in such declarations? What, has it come to this, that they are to be regarded as a flock of help- less sheep, with the aristocracy as the shepherds —shepherds who more frequently play the part of the wolf than of the protector,? These questions have already been answered in a manner not to be mistaken, by the great reform meeting which was held in London on the Sth, and a full report of which we publish today. That as- semblage was composed of some of the most influential merchants and shipowners—in fact, the commercial aristocracy of Londin. Some idea may be formed of the wealth and respect- ability of the individuals who attended it, from the fact that twenty-five of the persons pre- sent subscribed five bundred dollars each to further the objects of the movement. The statements made at this meeting, by Mr. Lind- say, the great shipowner, Mr. Gassiot, Mr. Powles, and others, are worthy of perusal, fyom the lamentable picture which they present of the careless and reckless manner in which the public affairs of England are administered. From the sentiments expressed at this meet- ing, and the bold and uncompromising charac- ter of the resolutions passed dt it, it is evident that the measures of reform announced by Lord Palmerstov as being in preparation by the go- verzment, will fall far short of the expectations and demands of the English people. So far as we can understand, these measures are limited to the coxsolidation of the ordnance and com mistariat with the administration of the army into .a single depaitment, under the direction of the Minister of War, and some few changes in the conditions required for admission into the army itself. We learn trom asource upon which reliance may be placed thay it is contemplated to found a mili- tary ac y on the plan of West Point, in which all aspirants for the army will for the future have to graduate. The creation of such an establishment will no doubt ensure military efficiency; but unlessit is accompanied by the safeguards which protect it from abuses here, and, above all, the abolition of the sale of com- missions, it will only serve to render the mo- nopoly of the army by the aristocracy closer than before. Suppose, for instance, that our system of nominations to such an institution were adopted in England, without further changes being introlused in the political or- ganization of the government, what would be the result? The House of Commons, we are told, as at present constituted, is composed of one hundred and twenty sons of peers and about one hundred more of their sons-in-law, grandsons or nephews, making altogether about one third of that assembly. From this statement, it will be at once seen that a military schoo) composed of nominations by the members of the lower branch of the Legisla. ture would be far more aristocratically exclu sive in its practical workiogs than the present system. Such a plan would be popular under a popular form of government, but it would only excite jealousy and odium under an oligarchical system like that of Eagland. From what we have stated, it is evident that the Engish aristocracy will concede nothing to the popu’ar demands that they think they can withhold. Such reforms as they will grant wilj only be temporary palliatives intended to stave off the pressure that the war has put upon them. The abuses of the aristocratic system have, however, attained a height which will no jonger admit The popu. jar patience is exh ti ree bat a little resistavce » @xplosion. From the indications that r us the crisis seems pear at hand. “ The proof of the pudding is in the eating thereof.” The paper recently established at Washington, modestly assuming to be the national organ of the Know Nothings, thus accounts for the over- whelming defeat of “Sam” in Virginia:— 1, All the Irish on the public works voted for Henry A Wise. And sure they couldn’t be expected-to vote for “Sam,” who has sworn a solemn gath to turn every poor devil of a born trig Catholic, native cr foreign born, out of every sort of public situation, and to keep him out till doomsday. 2, A large mumber of democrats joined the Order for the purposes of deception. Shouldn’t wonder if they did ; gnd the result only showed what stuff and rubbish these secret oaths of the lodges are, when the recipient is disgusted with the contracted principles involv- ed in them. 3. The disaffected old liners of the whig party voted tor Wise. Very likely. A good many old whigs in Vir- ginia were doubtless indignant at the idea of selling out the party and its principles for a pig in a bag. 4, Virginia was lost to the Know Nothings by their bad management and over-confidence. This is unquestionably true. Look, for in- stance, at the bad mansgement in the re-elec- tion of Seward, in the election of Wilson from Massachusetts, in the seditious proceedings of that Legislature, and in the failure of our New York State Council to make a diversion the other way. As for the “over confidence” of the Know Nothings, it is likely that the money which they have lost in Virginia and on Vir- ginia would keep a dozeh daily newspapers in full blast from this time to the end of the Pre- sidential campaign. Now, the question recurs with redoubled force: What is to be done? The democratic party will begin again to stir themselves, and, from present appearances, under whatever name they may enter into the forthcoming election, we may expect, if successful, that the administration will be but a continuation of the present corrupt spoils establishment of Mr. Pierce and his Kitchen Cabinet. This adminis- trati n has been condemned by the people. Mr. Wise carried the State of Virginia in spite of it. Upon no other basis can there be organ- ized a party—a great new national party— half as powerful and enthusiastic as upon the simple platform of the repudiation of these second class Van Buren Bourbons at Washing- ton, and the substitution of a new administra: tion, new men, new measures, “ retrenchment and reform,” and a new policy out-and-out. Let this American party be re-organized with open doors upon this.platform, and they may compass a political revolution equal to that of 1840. The people are ripe for it. Pro- claim.a policy of opposition to the domestic se- cession and free soil spoils system of Mr. Pierce, of hostility to his diplomacy and such foreign appointments as a money-changing Austrian Jew to the Hague, an English socialist to Naples, a French revolutionary refugee to Madrid, and an Irish filibuster to Lisbon, and sound the alarm against this present wasteful extravagance of eighty millions a year for the support of our peace establishment, and the work may be done. The Know Nothings may head this movement if they please. They have only to cut off their existing unconstitutional and preposterous oaths of persecution against the Irish and the Catholics, and to sink all minor issues in the paramount question of a new administration—they have only to pro- claim the constitutional doctrine of non-inter- vention in the domestic affairs of the States, and the policy of fair and generous dealing in any territorial issue which may hereafter come up for adjustment upon the slavery ques- tion, and the road is open before them. On the other hand, ifthe Know Nothinga persist in their present secret, contracted and unconstitutional policy, there is every pro- bability of a junction ofall sorts of parties with the democracy, as in a common cause against unwarrantable bigotry, intolerance and proscription. This junction is already ad- mitted to some extent in Virginia, and it will take very little labor to make it a general movement throughout the country. The true Amcrican policy for 1856 is the ousting of this spoils dynasty at Washington and the election of an entirely new administration, in men, measures and principles. Cayapian Arratrs.—The Canadian Parlia- ment is about to break up, without having done much business. Among the important acts discussed is a bill to render the Legis- lative Council elective, and one to organize a Provincial Militia. The former divests the crown of the right of appointing the upper branch of the legislature, and confers it on the people. Itis the last step but one towards a pure democracy. When it shall have been tried and found to answer, the people ot Canada will insist on electing their Governor as well: England will consent of course; and possibly Sir Edmund Head will be the last Colonial Governor of the Province. The other act, organizing a militia, or na- tional guard. in order to dispense with the British garrisons now quartered in the pro- vince, is equally important. Some of the great- est military works that have ever been erected by Great Britain are in Canada. It is now the general opinion in England that these had better be handed over to the Canadians, rather than be held in future at an enormous expense by Bri- tish troops: there can be no question, in fact, but they will be surrendered. To Canada, the withdrawal of the British troops will be an unmixed benefit, The readers of Bancroft and other bistorical writers need not be reminded of the impression produced by the redcoats in the “ Provinces” of Massachusetts Bay, Con- necticut and New York; they have rendered themselves almost equally obnoxious in Ca- nada: the men breeding debauchery and disorder wherever they were quartered, the officers, aided by the snobbery of the native aristocracy, fomenting unwholesome divisions of society into upper and Jower classes, and aiding eseentially to check the growth of a truly patriotic and Canadian spirit among the people. In a few months, according to the law of 1849, the seat of government is to leave Quebec and return to Toronto for four years. It is un- derstood that Sir Edmund Head opposed the war between the United States and Great Pritain was among the possible contingencies of the next tour years. From the last advices, | ciety, Montgomery, $10,000, however, it sppears that the members of the| TH E LATEST NEWS. Legislature were not of the Governor’s mind, and that the removal wou'd take place. A few months ago a fiercely British spirit pervaded Canada. Nothing was heard every- where but abuse of the Americans because they did not declare war against Russia, or at least throw their hats in the air every time the Allies gained an advantage. While this feeling lasted, a highly excited gentleman of the name of Ran- kin raised a troop of horse, and some one else a regiment of light infantry ; and a letter was despatched to England to say that her Majesty had only to say the word, and her faithfal Canadians would be off to the Crimea in a twinkling. After six weeks of awful anxiety on the part of the volunteers, the letter came back, with a civil note from some red tapist or other in Downing street, stating that it was wrongly addressed, was obviously intended for the house opposite, and had better be directed accordingly. This cooled the Canadians con- siderably. Since that time, in fact, it is under- stood they have come to a new set of conclu- sions about the war and the mother conntry; are less infuriate with the United States; and are quite disposed in the event of a war be- tween this country and Great Britain, not to allow their territory to be the battle field, and to stipulate for neutrality. Canada is worth o good deal more now than it was in 1812. Senator Gwin’s PRETeNce or A RE-ELEC- TIoN.—One of our Wall street cotemporaries, in @ labored pettifogging article, attempts to prove that the late Senator Gwin, from California, was re-elected to the Senate from that State on the first ballot, and upon the plea set forth by one of Mr. Gwin’s organs in California, which is this :-— The Senatorial We dapesd has assumed a new phase at the capital, wh'ch has created no little flutteriag in the disatiected wing of the democracy. Dr. Gwin was con- stitutionally elected Senator on the first ballot that took place in the joint convention of the two houses of the Legislature, in January last. On that ballot he received forty-two votes, and Mr. Edwards, the next highest can- didate, thirty-six, which gave Gwin » plurahty of six vote 3. ‘The thirty-eighth section of the fourth article of the State constitution declares that, ‘‘In all elections by the Legislature, the members thereof apd the vote shall be entered on th . Section twentieth, in article eleven, dezlares that, “A plurality of votes given at any election, shall constitate * ees where not otherwise directed in this constitu- tion.” Under these clauses of our constitution, Dr. Gwin is clearly elected United States Senator. ‘‘A plurality of votes given at any élection shall constitute a choice.” The Alta California, of San Francisco, thus answers what it calls “this last and shabbiest Acdge to secure the Senatorship for Dr. Gwin:” ‘The argument is very good as far as it goes, but the writer appears to ignore the constitution of the United States, which say United States shall be composed “The Senate of of two Senatora from each State, chosen by the Legisla- ture thereof. “The time, places, and manner of holding elections for Senators and Representatives shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof.’” Jn accordance with those provisions an act was passed in 1852 that ina joint ballot to elect a United states tenator. a ‘majority of the votes given shall be neces- rary to elect.” So that Gwin is not Senator, after all. Hos partisans at Sacramento, however, astert loudly that he is, and stick to it. We presume that had there been a single doubt in the California Legislature upon this point, they would have saved themselves the trouble of some fifty ballotings for a majority. We presume, further, that if Dr. Gwin comes on to Washington to claim his election upon this plea of a plurality, it will be adjudged as not even worth the mileage; and thus he will be defeated of perhaps the main okject of his visit. This plurality plea should have been put in while the Legislature wes still in session. Dr. Gwin had better “pick the flint and try it again.” The power of the Legislature over this case is supreme. Kansas—Tue Anti-Stavery Hue anp Cry.— Another unfortunate man has suffered the vilest atrocities of mobJaw in Kansas, whereat our free soil Seward organs and agitators renew their terrible hue and cry against the abomi- nations of the “slaveholding oligarchy” of the South. Moonshine! Kaneas jast now seems, in regard to ruffianism, to be the territorial Five Points of the Union—a sort of general rendezvous for the lawless vagabonds of both sections of the country. But their riots and lawless acts are local affairs, and they must settle them among themselves as best they can. They will not determine the great issue of popular sovereignty, one way or the other; an issue which can only be settled by a majority of the actual citizens of the Territory. If our free soilers and abolitionists would introdace a better state of things into Kansas than now exists there, let them set the example by send- ing out law-abiding men. It is very natural that a Northern emigrant who believes the Stealing of a slave from his master a virtue, should be regarded and treated by the frontier slaveholder as a nuisance, subject to the code of Judge Lynch. Atall events, the place for the settlement of the Kansas disturbances is in the Territory; and those free soil heroes who stay at home while they counsel others to go out, ought not to be trusted too far. There is something of knavery in this sort of agitation and blustering wrath against the ‘‘slaveholding oligarcby.”’ Precept and practice should go together with all nigger worshippers. BErverit or THE Misses GovGxxaria.—The two sisters Gougenheim take their benefit at the Broadway this evening. Among the most popular of the actresses of the company, they will doubtless be remembered by their numerous friends and admirers in that substantial expression of approbation which can only be accorded in “a bumper.’ The peculiar line of the elder of these sisters is the character of the clegant and refined lady; tne forte of the younger is the joyous, boisterous, jubi- lant, generous, rattle-trap mischief-maker of the low comedy. Both have won, from their earnest and well directed endeavors to please the public, a large share of the public partiality. They are to leave shortly on aa | expedition to California, where, we apprehend, from their perfonal attractions, popularity, the fine climate, good opportunities, &c., they will be likely toremain. Let their friends here, to whore amusement they have so much contributed, remember them to night. rine Affairs. For Liverroot.—The Collins steamship Baltic, Captain Comstock, sails from her dock, punctually, at one o’closk to-day, for Liverpool. She takes about 250 passengers, ‘who must be on board at twel clock. Tae SreaMsurP Avavsta, Capt. Lyon, from Savannah, arrived yesterday morning. Among her cargo are sixty- six barrels of Southern vegetables, for the New York market, Businzes av THe Saur—A letter to the Toledo lace, from Mackinac, announces a busy state of affairs atthe faut. It All the boarcing houses in the boa are full, and the prospects at present are that we shall have more than our usual trade ani busiaess this summer, The fishermen are preparing their nets, end going off to the islands to commence their summer occupation, with high anticipations of success. The merchapts begin to epruce up, and arrange their shelves in anticipaticn of new goods; the hotels are being reno- vated, enlarged, amd got ready fora fall rua of busi- ‘by way of guests visiting the island for health and ure.’’ The Detroit Free Press, of the 27th hy the formalities of delivering the Sant ship to tate were completed at Lansing on Friday, the caval company have been Pid in possession of the removal on the ground that Quebec was a forti- | fied town, while Toronto is mot; and that a | 750,000 acres of land appropriated for th@convtruction of fe work, ic | The late Abner MeGhee, of Alabama, previous t) his death, made the following liberal dozations :— Am Fivle Society, New York, $50,000; MeShee Callee haroa, $10,000; Samaritan Fund, Alabama Oonf Methodist Frotestant Chureb, $},600; Alabama ! | made himself boisterous and noi BY MAGNETIC AND PRINTING TELEGRAPRS, Virginia Election, Baurutone, May 29, 1865. Official returns from 110 counties in Virginia have been received. They give Wise @ majority of 10,781. ‘The thirty-two counties yet to hear from gave Pierce 591 majority. The Eleventh Congressional district remains in doubt. The democratic losses and gains in the Legislature are about equal. Democratic Rejoicings, ONE HUNDBED GUNS AT TRENTON. ‘Trenton, May 29, 1855. ‘The democrats fired one hundred guns, this afternoon, in honor of the democratic victory in New Jersey. SALUTE AT ROCHESTER—A MAN INJURED. Rocussrer, May 29, 1855. One hundred guns were fired in this city in honor of the election of Mr. Wise this morning. A premature dis- charge of a cannon dangerously, if not fatally, injured @ man named Hutchinson. Both of his arms were broken, and bis head and face dreadfully mangled. Know Nothing Convention in Maine. Bancor, May 29, 1855, ‘The Know Nothing Convention met here to-day, and quite a large numberof delegates are present. No nomi- nations have yet been made, and nothing of interest has transpired. They remain in session through to-morrow, Meeting of the Rhode Island Legislature. Provipxnce, May 29, 1865. Tne General Assembly of thie State met at Newport to-day. Benjamin Fessenden was elected Speaker of the House, Trial of the Boston Liquor Dealers. Boson, May 29, 1855. ‘The police court was densely crowded this forenoon, to witness the examination of Paran Stevens, Lewis Rice, Harvey D. Parker, and other leading liquor dealers, whose cases were postponed from last week. Hon. Samuel D. Parker, R. H. Dana and other eminent counsel were in attendance for the defence, but the Court rather unex- pectedly ordered the discharge of the defendants, on the ground that the complaint was void, from indefiniteness, The complaint charged the selling of intoxicating ‘‘or”’ spiritous liquors, for which should have been substitut- ed ‘‘and” spirituous liquors, &c. Justice Russell quoted the unanimous decision of the Supreme Court in a simi- lar case, The complaints were said to be made in ac- cordance with the new statute, and the result caused some excitement. Warrants were issued this afternoon, on amended complaints, against the partics, and they will be exam- ined to-morrow. Massachusetts Colonization Society. Boston, May 29, 1855. The Massachusetts Colonization eociety helds its an- nual meeting, in Tremont Temple, this forenoon. The Becretary’s report exhibits the receipts for the year at about $16,500, and the expenditure: about $16,800, Mr. Bradford, Purser in the U. 8. Navy, described the colony at Liberia as being in a mott flourishing condi- tion. Rey. Mr. Pinney, Secretary of the New York As- sociation, also addressed the meeting on the encourag- ing prospects of the Liberia colony. The several anniversary meetings were well attended to-day. Business chiefly of a Jccal interest was trans- acted, Boston Bank Statement, Bosrox, May 29, 1865. The following are the footings of the bank statement for the past week :— Capital stock.. Loans and discount: 12,004, 3' Specie. rea 3,201,248 Due from other banks. 8,040,083 oe oe banks 27500208 se p oa 7,192,823 Theft ot a Sub-Treasury Draft. Sr, Lous, May 29, 1855, A man, giving his name as Traban, presented a draft at the Sub-Treasury, which proved to have been stolen, ‘The individual arrested and held for examination. Disasters to Lake Steamboats. CuicaGo, May 28, 1855. ‘The steamer Glendy Burk, from St. Louis for New Or- Jeans, struck on a rock, on Thursday, near Cairo, and immediately sunk in twelve feet of water. She had a full cargo of grain, flour, &c. The boat will probably prove a total loss, OGpENSBURG, May 29, 1855. The Canadian Freight steamer Princess was sunk eix miles below here yesterday. The accident was caused by the carelessness of ths fireman in leaving the port- holes open. She was loaded with flour, &. Markets. PHILADELPHIA STOCK MARKET. PHILADELPHIA, May 29, 1855. Money easy. Stocks firm. Reading, 4435: Morris Ca- nal, 133{; Long Island, 16; Pennsylvania Railroad, 4334; Pennsylvania State Fives, 87. Burra, Mey 20—12 M. Flour—the market is dull this morning, and the in- quiry limited, prices favoring buyers. Sales of 400 bbls. common to choice Wisconsin, at $9250 $950, ands small parcel of extra Wisconsin at $10 1234. Wheat is slso quiet, and the demand Jimited—sales of 600 bush- els red Wisconson. at $215, The receipts both of wheat sn‘ corn are Jig ‘The latter is im moderate request, nd ine. lower: sales of 15,000 bushels, nt Oe, Oats are firm and # ; sales of 8, is at 61340. 8 64c. Canal freighta—10c. for corn, and 60c. for flour, to Albany, Burrato, Mey 20—6 P, M. Flour is in fair request to-day, and the market is a shade eaieer for Upper Lake, other descriptions sre un- changed. Sales 1,500 bble. at $9 25a $9 60, for the range of good to fancy Wisconsin; $9 76 for choice Iiincia, $10 for Misbigan, and $10 50 for favorite extra Indiana, Wheat is quiet Sales 4,000 busuels Upper Lake Spring at $1 95, and 6C0 bushels red Wisconsin at $2 15, Corn dull and quiet. Sales 20,600 bushels at 90c closing with buyers even below this figure. (atsin good inquiry. Sales 8,000 bushels on the spot at 613¢c. » 64c , and 25,000 to arrive at 623¢¢. Canal freights unchanged. Receipts for the twenty-four hours, ending at noon to- day, 4,975 bbls. flour; 16,918 bushels wheat; 65,055 do. corn; 12 200 do. oats. ALBANY, May 20—12 M. Flour uncbanged; sales, 900 bbls. Wheat—Sales of 3,500 bushels Canadin white whe it $255. Corn is lower—$1 08 afloat for Western mixed, and $1 09 in lots; sales, 10,000 bushels. Rye—Sales of 7,000 bushels, at $167 for Wisconsiv. Oats sold to arrive, at 75}4c. T6c., weight. Whiskey, 38. Osweco, May 29, 1855. Flour.—Total sales to-day 800 bbis., at $9 50 a $975 for straight State, and $1025 for ckoice brands, Wheat fates to-day, 11600 bushel Canadian at $2.50, Corn— Sales, 27,000 bushels, at $1 05 a $1 04, Virginia Election, The Richmond Enquirer of Monday gives returns from 100 counties, which foot up as follows:— For Wise... -Majoritien 16,503 For Flournoy ~he 521 Wise’s majortty... oSeveen The Enquirer says:—The official returns may slightly vary some of the above majorities, but any variance will not lessen the aggregate democratic majority. We have to hear from 44 coanties, which will give a large democratic majority. It is reported—but we do not give credence to it—that Kanawha county bas given 1,600 majority to Flourn sy. The remaining counties usually give a large demo cratic majority; they include the strong democratic counties of Tee, Scott, Carroll, Grayson, Barbour, Wet el, Lewis, &c. The vote inthe counties to bs heard For Congress, pingle dutrict, raze that of Mr, Lewis, trom which we bave a few returns, All the other members of Congress are doubtless re-elected For the Legislature, we have atready gained 3 and lost 2Senators, and gained 13 and lost 11 members of the House of Delegater—thus retaining the future large de- mocratic ascendancy in the Legislature. The Washington American n Wo are in- formed by an intelligent Virginia dei that there ase 10,000 Irish laborers on the public works in Virginia who have voted at this election for the first time,and all of them for the Wire ticket. There are from 3,000 to 4,000 of these Iaborers on the Blue Ridge Tunnel. In Avgusta alone 340 Irish laborers came to the polls and yoted for Wise. On the Virginia and Tennessee road, in +. W. Virginia, there were several thousand foreign votes cant against us. A Carnowe Priest i tae Watcn Hovss—Tae Cotoago Jew sal of the 26th inst., gives the following account of ope of the ‘‘Soly Fathers’? getting ona spree, and finally inte the watch house, in Chicago, last Friday wight. it appears that the Father Confessors are ¢ temptation, and sometimes fail from their seromed virtue and purity, ac well as other people:—The Rey. Father Cavanangh last evening wrapped the drape- ry of his soiled rove about bim, and laid down to dreams in the sawdust of the calaboose, drunk, very un- manly, and certainly most unpriestly drunk. He made a disturbance at the Matteson House about 11 o'clock, demandivg © room, and after being ejected fron that hotel, be took a zig-zag course to the Tremont, where he and having tasked the forbearance of the clerke to the utmost, he was | taken io charge by officers Noyes and Welvin, who offer- any him to any piace in thecity, He was id ugly. and wae finally locked up, aod £0 for bis spree, The punish- wi) prove salotary. Academy cf Music—The Wallack Benefit. ‘This affair, absurdly called, in the cant of the —which finds plain English not expressive enough for its purpose—a ‘*Testimonial,”’ came off yesterday at the Academy. The first performance commenced at half past two and ended at a quarter before seven, The se- cond commenced at half: past seven and ended at about half an hour sfter midnight. ‘The benefit was, as our readers are aware, a compli- mentary affair, given to Mr. Wallack by the members of bis own company, assisted by a great deal of volunteer talent. The bill included the names of nearly sixty ar- tists, and was beaded by the names of Mr. Edwin Forrest, Mr. Edward L. Davenport and Miss Fanny Vining. The afternocn performance, which consisted of farces, a ballet civertissement, and s musical entertainment, was not well attended, the receipts being about five hundred dollars. The strength of the affair waa reserved for the night, when the spacious theatre was crowded ia every part. At no theatrical or operatic performance has the houge been so full, and on only one occasion—the cele- bration of the last anniversary of the birthday of Wash- ington—has so large an audience been convened within its walls. The seats were all taken, and every available inch of standing room was closely contested. Every class of metropolitan society was represented. Inthe reserved seats we noticed many shining lights in the beau frequenters of the opera, snd habitués of Wallack’s theatre, while the democratic element was well repre- sented by a jammed third circle, and Young America, in its shirt sleeves, gave a pleasant fringe to the amphi- theatre, and frequently testified its enjoyment of the performance by demonstrations of applause of the most noisy kind. The evening performance commenced with the very well known tragedy, “Damon and Pythias.”” Damon by Mr. Forrest; Pythias, by Mr. Davenport; Dyozisius, by Mr. Dyott; Laculius, by Mr. Grosvenor; Calanthe, by Misa Fanny Vining. The acting of thie play was undoubtedly the best ever seen in New York. Mr. Forrest’s perfogm- ance of Damon is grand, dignified, noble and idtpas- sioned, while Mr. Davenport's Pythias was the perfection of what is technically called juvenile tragedy, Mr. Da- venport’s scene, in the third act, with Calanthe and Dyonisius, was very well worked up, and he received. the deserved honor of a call before the curtain at the endofthe act. Mr. Forrest, in his scene with Lucullus, in the fourth act, played with great vigor, and was also called out to receive the plaudits of a delighted audience, Miss Vining played the very difficalt part of Calanthe with a great deal of power. At the close of the performance of the first piece, Mr. Forrest, Mr. Davenport and Miss Vining were severally called before the curtain. Then there was a unanimous call for Wallack. The veteran appeared before the foot. Lights, looking as jaunty as ever, and acknowledging the plaudits of the audience with that exquisite grace which is one of the greatest charms of his acting: he made @ brief and pertinent speech, saying that he had trusted to the occasion to inspire him and that he was, therefore, altogether unprepared. Such triumphs asthege, he continued, were most grateful to the heart of the actor who, by the peculiarity ot his voca+ tion, was prevented from having any test, other than the public voice, of the merit of his efforts. The painter or the sculptor could see and judge of the effect of his work after it had left his hands, but the successes of the actor were entirely ephemeral. After the triumph of a night they passed away; therefore, the brilliant scene before him was the more gratifying to him (Mr. Wallack) becaute it was a proof that his efforts had been appre- ciated. In passing, he paid a graceful compliment to Mr. Forrest, whom he called “the” great tragedian of the American stage, and returned thanks to Mr. Davenport, Miss Vining, and other artists who bad volunteered their services. He closed by saying that this affair was a free will offering to him by his compony and other artists, and that he accepted it not, as some journals had hinted, as a mendicant, but as a gentleman, Hehbad been nearly forty years connected with the stege, ani thirty-seven years with American theatres, asan actor snd a manager. The public had: had ample opportunities to judge of his merit in both positions, and he intended that they should see more of him. The affair of that night had been tendered tohim by his professional associates, as an evidence of their ap- preciation and kindly feelhng, and in that epirit he had accepted it. Mr, Wallack was warmly applauded throughout his speech. The ‘Poor Gentleman’? was then played by Wallack’s company. Miss Rosa Bennett, who was cast for Emily Worthington, did not appear, but Mrs, Hoey was @ most agreeable remplacant for her. There was no public explanation made, but we have heard that Miss. Bennett was prevented from,playing by illness, and tha ehe sent a physician’s certificate by way of evidence. The receipts of Jast night’s houee have been variously estimated. We should set them ¢own at $3,500 or $4,000. It must have been high.y gratifying to Mr. Wallack and his many friends. Headoche Eradicators.—Discard the heavy and uncomfortable winter hat, and for a substitute therefor: visit KN OX’S, 128 Fulton street, or 533 Broadway. He has eee suitable for warm weather, and his prices are very low. The Result,— White, the Hatter, is prepared: to furnish bis customers and all those that may favor him. with their patro ‘at his magnificent mammoth store, where the silvery }, together with Almost everything of hattery taste, oa found, at 32h Broadway, opposite the Broadway theat: ‘The Summer Fashion of Hats for Gentle men’s wear, made ot the Rock introduced by ESPENSCHE! inet., and suc 46 his former issues have been in hit ting the popular taste, this last is the crowning triumph; it will be the tavorite ‘of the season, Price $4. Give bim » call, at 118 Nassau street. It is as easy as rolling off a log to say “vest photographs in the world made here,” but if such is. the fact why 40 carefully avoid even suggesting a compari- sont Now, ROOT, 363 Broa :, sCompare his pho- tographs with 1 o' see for yourself which are the is ‘Williamson Phot Institate, Brook= lyn, 249 Fulton strest.—A portion of this establishment is ret spart for pupils, who are thoroughli ght every branch of the aft, and furnished with appar Second-hand Pianos at Great Bargains. One ail round corners, carved legs and mouldings, tret- board, &e., 'f. Gil Co’s make; price $500—been used about one for sale for $350. U1 Lae gees front. 10. One do. octave, $825, vanos for $175, $1) and . , $125, $100, and new 4 HORACE WATERS, 833 Broadway. Second hand piano: octave pianos for Ba: mornin; —We will Open this ok of barezes and xronadines ot sever brought to this ym is. 6d. toSe, Many of i & very oxtensive sat devigne—tl Printed Muslins.—We will Open this morning 10 cases of rich printed musling, which we will sell from 18, to 28. 6d.,the same as usually sold from 2s. yard. E ll. LEADBEATER & CO., 347 Brondway, ¢ orner Leonard strest, Silks at a Great Sacrifice.—E. H. Leadbeater & CO., 247 Broadway, will offer to-day, rich silk at 4s., ba. ‘and 6s.; brocade and plaid from 5s. to $3. Superior black silk, very cheap; 0 stock of India ike equaHy Millinery and Straw Goods Establishment, 112 Canal sireet, Mrs. IRVINE’ 1 diversified selec~ tions of ill parasols, la stock of this ‘stor prices, M, Wilson, shiets, collars of the best qu: L gloves of every Gloves—Gloves—Gloves = 1,000 Dozen uadies” super Paris made kid glover, of tho very best kind. will no «fered this morning, ats. per pair, worth 7s. &. Hi. LEAD- BEATER & CO, 84 Leonard street. Fog gan & Crocker, 162 Canal street, have the reputation of surpassing ail others with their prem Excelsior shirts. which are unrivalled for artistic out, ft plover for elasticity, softness and finish; their hosiery and durability, are proverb Carpetings —Peterson & Humphrey, 379 roadway, corner of White street, have just received from B t he Inte iakyo auction eales a lnrge astortinont of carpeniog, ‘will sell at the following low pric in. to 14s, per yard; fieh tapestry, Be. 29 108, i rich Brose! per yard; three ply, S*. to 9s. per rain (Lowell make), és. per yard. And all other yar goods equally lyw. Hiram Anderson's Great Carpet Establish. ‘ext and moss tashi: A Meeting of the Feath Ward Liquor dealers will be held at the Capitol, corner of i 4 Grand streets, on Wednesday evening, Moy 30, o'clock. Every man in tho business is requested ro punctually. Oceanic House, Coney Island.—The second on will be given © ° ‘will commence at 8 o'stcck, A hy will have good company and stries. 0 ean the sme evening eD/oy & Lenutiful meontight 80. tendin They der, ridg