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Demonstration in the REFORT, BY JUDGE HOPKINS, CF ALABAMA, OF TRE REMARES BE 8UsulITTAD ON wHE INSTANT, TO ¥HE GREAT Mass MEETING WHICH ASSEMB! IN Tes Pane. He eee be thas his voice was too mn 12 Spe of bis fellow-c\tizenc. ect of the American party, of which be wi enforce a rule which was recognized by all mations of the earth. With the exception o/ sh lands were ruled by thei Se pepaine chatione, that they, bolting as trey the of power, oftea det ed ‘the one for a President of the Ua'ted Stateo—sgaiast tne wid) of the majority of the citizens born and vred on the To correct this evil was one of the odje:ts for the can party to deprive acquired under the ist, dut it wae their yerpese maturakzed whether such foreigner may a Roms ‘or ® Protestant, a Jew, cr = Gentile, ez a Mahomedan. The execution of this purpose will not impair the constitationel rights of any citizen of fo- ‘The constitution makee sucn cttizens as eli- office ae it dese the citizens bors upen our owa office depends upon me will of the majorfty of the ele: tors, whese votes are sought. The primciple upon which ‘the American party wil actin this soapy has gener. geverned both the whig acd demo: parties. Demo erate dave not beer in the habit of voting for whigs Rave whigs been in the habit of voting for dem has never been expresetd in we Re A oeite duserist of i @etion by them of whig; wi istricte a de SSeurat hes resaly been ‘calldd to atte, “These facts, th dio judgment, were a justification of the principle which ‘the American party had adopted. He was opposed to the the naturalization Jaws. The power to enact belonged exclusively to sets, ani it yy the constitution im Congree that of naturalization might be o if Congres: t 5 severally for themselves, and these migh3 establish hal! So many diferens rales, or as there are States, and gach laws would continue in force till Congress resumed ‘Ae exercise of the power it had abandones, by the easst- ment of another law upon the subject. He desired the uation of the maturasization le; with a material tion—a requirement made change in tue Inwe—that a hoary oo must reside in the United Stites ‘twenty-one years before he could acquire the rigtt te mataralization. When naturalized, he would de eatitied te vote, a privilege of which he could not aiterwaria be }, and to bold office as other citizens are, if s ms- Ht of the electors whore right it was to confer the of- ‘Bee he sought would vote for doubt that ‘fhe fevling of opposition to foreign i ce and the ele- vation ¢f nat ived citizens to office ich now pervad greatly strengthened and moze w.dely diffused by Bis veney Sal orstties of the present aduiaiatration, Several citizens of foreign had been appointed \inie‘ere it ‘te high diplomatic stations—am vassadors and ‘te re) mat ourcountry abroad. The administra‘: fo said azd believed, has given s precerence to fore.gae EA ‘the employment of them to do the work of the p and tothe exclusion of native citizens, who were ig aud ready to do itas wellandascheap. Against ‘le policy the American eyed has protested, and it will continue to protest until the power of the govern- ment shall have heen vested im other men, who will @peotest also against and abandon this asti-Amerisia . He saic he had seen, sizce his arrival in Phila. platforms which had been adopted by such members of the American party as Senator Wilson, in ‘which they declared their cevot‘on to the Union and ‘Meir purpose to aid in carrying into effec: all the pro- Vistons of the constitution whieh created the Union; bat added to their platforms, as if they bslieved it’ was ly consistent with their pledge o! fidelity to the eenstitution, the expression of their determina:ion, when they may acquire the power to do so, to repeal the law for the recovery of fugitive ala im the District of Columbie, probi Maries, ‘and keep ont of the Union ate which may hereafter apply for admission wit! coartitation re. eognizing the institution of slavery. Such piatforme and declarations publicly made in the National Goznsil seme of the delegates from New England, brocgbt to the conclosion that all American citizens did not employ same words in the eame sense. He was convinced that such words as he had mentioned—‘‘] am devoted to the Union and ‘the constitution’’—are no: ueed by them in the sense fm which they would be employed by himself, Shey are words which all can use.’’ Cal! upon them to avow aad smeaity principles of the titution, which all held je all understcod the constitution ss the framers of and it will be seen that while s man may profess to the constitution end the Unioa, he may d ) ‘also, bis intention to destroy the that instroment, without the declaration o! eeustitution and the Union couid not have been formed; and, as be confidently helieved, they could no . @ure after the destruction of these principle! ‘the me ne ape the specification of fhe princi, tained in Platform of the trae American party, which relates to the want of power in Congress over the subject of slavery. It will exclude political Jesu'ts from American party, who, while they expzess ee to the constitution, feel nothing but Rostility to She a Aa rim im their hearts. ilson, the of those 4 irom the late National Council at Pnilsiel Decause that body would not adopt his unconsti ‘and most ultra opinions, would not hesitate to express his fidelity to the constitution; but when pressed ‘te disclose what he would be willing to do to muinta! eae ‘would declare, es he did in that Council, tha’ it ‘purpore of himself and of those witn whom he ac‘e3, asseon as they acquire the power to do so, to adolisy glavery in the District of Colambia, proh bit it i a the Territories, reject any State whici apply fer admission into the Union with a cons f slavery, at fo repeal the law for the seoovecy of fogitire ilar. Wilson Zonied tint slavery wen by the censtitution, although it proni- pci eer from abolishing what ali knew was the slave trade before the year 1808. He denied, in that slaves were intended to be incladed in the daa who may be reclaimed in one State after they had fled from another, as persons laand to service. ‘His denial was founded upon the ground that the words weed were’ “persons,” and not ‘sav: “Persons”? was certainly the most appropriate word, because it iachndes white persona and other freemen bound to s#r- ‘wieo for s term of years, as well as slaves bound to ser- viee while they live in this werld. The word “ “af v iit Eete Ses a 3 3 AL fir : not i alli tis of Massachusetts either denied, or meant no- what he said on this subject, that slaves luded in the three-fifths of other persons. alac, the cool, premeditated act of nuliil Massachusetts had just rpetrated. delegates denied that the repeal the Fugitive Slave law was nullifi they attempted to maintain s upom the absurd ground that every t of a State, and, therefore, if thie be trae, if he be an inhadita and nataralized citizen, a ‘& right to refuse to obey w of Congrese tl! Supreme Court of the United States shall have de- it to be constitutional, if in the Judgment of the of these numerous jurists, the aw be umcon- is a claim of power in the State, or in fabitants, which the constitation bas not the President of the United States. Ac- to the constitution, the Presicent of tue United may veto an: ill Congress has 6 jy, whic! y thisk was not authorised Dy the ‘coast yet, if s two-thirds vote can be after- had in Congress in favor of the vetoed bill as much the law of the land as i had net been applied, and the President would by as solemn an obl’gat‘on to have it exesuted as if be himself had recommended its pas- approved it, This tremendone power, withhe!? e constitution from the President, the Massacha- ates, or the most of them, claimed for ‘there is no power in the President States, or élaewhere, to euspent Oongress. The yg: Be to such power by the achusetts nullitiers others aid Et # E hie yyneenaae Mt. & fit i | bApESE EES Eifag ttle ize t who thought as did, seceded National “Sy anc Ad os nig he re . no etract us. Poze ass, Salt as if he believed he was under the ofa CH oe in what he uttered, ‘we would be defeated and ruined. He said the time en he, and eush as he, would bare iniquitous measures which he and heavier curses never can fall than would be caused by the execution of the he avowed. nk onal ge be had mo more lictions of Wilson, than he F 53 i i ut fl i ding constitutional right of these Territories All knew that neither Terri had some ie peeing the Nebraska-Kansas bill; yet were }, 88% consequence of it, with the one of their rights, should they exercies their will in the adoption of a constitu. slavery. The repeal of the Missouri n6t revive the French law authorizing ie Levees i Hf i od of the free y.and have oe ge ve a L fg enya ee : ris ae ica at wl to repeal the prekitition was onto by mbestere’ of Gongress from {ree States, aad Soathera members could 20 20 loan thampooept it.’ All of the latter thonght the pape = oat, gad there is no 046 of lim! . ie Cn On dpe p vary ia tne Terstvorlos. The conetitutions ri of tae prozie of be pth rat oe To violation of tna me ple, issoari wie “Rt Sened the right of "the ie these Territeries lying north of the line of 36,30, to authorise slavery, eeced ths right te the people im the Territories Dy France, and lying south of the same line ef lativude, te have aad establish rlavery, if a majerity preferred to 2ose, ow intervention oo the of Congress was, be thought, the true principle. peopie of she Ter- riveriee bad the right, whem they fermed coastite! toretie the question of slavery for themselves. He bad frequently heard the question asked, J, after eo jong ap acqaieecence ip the Missouri pro ald the Seuth consent to the repea)? He won'd answer that vesticn by asking another. Why, after aimirting slave State after slave State—Kentucky im 1792, Tennessee shortly afterwarcr accepting a cession ef territory from Ge on condition that Aovery should not be inter- fe with—the admission without objectios of the slaveholding States of Miesiesippi, Louisinas ani Alaba- wa--why, atte: establishing Territoris! gevernmente with- eut pletion ones aca neneicios pacing - ener Be, Flerica and Migpoust herself —why, ul after all these acts of Congress, uring» pariod of nearly thirty years, preving that es understood the ton- stitotion in relation twod it, °! re 4 denied e ever eupposed that the ordinance of 1787, under ihe confederation, which probibiied eon. coded Vavery inthe Northwestern Territory, was & precedent of Congress under the titation to oy Territory of the United States ‘All the property, much of which consisted in slaves, jn the territory ceded tv ua ty France, was entitied under the :reaty to the pro‘ection of the United States It was protected by the lerritoris! governments which Congress established cver Louieians, Arkaness aad Mis- sourt. Itis protected now by the States of Louisiana, Arkanese anc Missouzi, which were admit ed into the Union with constitutions recognising slavery a2 one of the ‘itations ofeach. Misecuri encountersd opposi- tion of » kind made for the first time to admission aa State. The Missouri restrictionists epposed her admis- sion unless ste would destroy by her constitution the in favor of the pew property of her people in slaves; a species of property Tathorizes Dy the lawe of both France and ) sod dy the territorial gover it which Congresa vem ber. They ‘i her, which had been coa- ceded to Lonisiaua when she was admitted. To secure the right of Mi-souri, the unconstitutional compromise wae adopted, and slavi 8 prohibited im the remsia- i ceded by ‘Tre right of a Tercitery ves ae well ss their masters, the speaker said, was demonstrated by the fact that three-fictae of the slaves were included im the bavie of representation in the House ef Representatives Upoa the admission jew State, the rst spportionment of the rapresen- tatives allowed to her mus: be made accord ng to thie b Every Territory hid the coastitational right, while she existe! as a Territory, to receive ae restiente both these cl of popelation. Why, he asked, bad & State, ery subsequent o1 materiale for the formation of be constitutional) All the old thirteen of one, had slaves whe if all ned preserve new, the agitation of the que which distracts the country would mot have arisen. if the United Systes had acquized territory immediately after the tu tion took effect, mo ene conid have donbted the any inhabitant of any State to zemove hissiaves, as well as bis other property, into euch territory, The abolition ef siavery by wome of the old States did not ehaage the constitution. What was the true interpretation of it when it was firet adopted, iu the true interpretation of it mow. A cb im an inetitution by one cr ali of the thirteen States, each acting for herself, could not and did not alter the constitution of the United States, That can be changed in one of the two modes authorized by that instrument. As each of the thirteen States had tie sameequal rights and the after the adoption of the co upon her admission, entitle and powers which belonged to the old States under the consitution they established, As each of the thirteem States entered th ‘mion with the insti- tution of slavery, and retaiwed the right, under the constitution,” to continue or abolish it, gad to restore it aiter it had been abolished, thé new States have the same right; it ie founded upoa the equ ty which the constitution’ established ameng all tae States which wae intensed by the framers of that in- strument to be secured, as well for the nswStates as the old. To admits new State, on the condition that ber constitution shou'd not recognize slavery, woald he to ceny to ber the right which each of the thirteen States had, and.bas now, uoder the constitution of the United States; euch an admi would degrade a new State and vent in her inferior powers. Jt would soon be maintain- ed by the advocates 0: of a new State, that terme, that sbe could y part of the daria could constitution withont asking the perma to make the change, or ths approval of the alteration had heen made, b of rlavery was recognized in hex ; It woula not te long 2 vlighwaent, by ® ma- jority in Congressa, of the doctrine that Congress e2n Ince such a Imitation npon the powers of mew Staves, fore the advovates of the zestriction woold raise a m question for agitation, and to prob‘bit and prevent any o aboliehed slavery, from restoring it by avother change in her conatitu'ion. The next step which these agita- tors would take would be to abolisa slavery ip the slave Lolding States, upon the pretext that 1: wae necemsary to that equality among all the States, which they them. selves had destroves by the dimimishe! pewer allowed to the mew States by the terme of their admission. He hoped and believed tust by action upon the platform of principles which had been estsbilehed and proclaimed by the grest 23 growing Awerican party, that this ard lawless agitation would be forever stayo3, and tha ure of our Union, goveraed by the con- stitution as it nd laws made in pursuance of it, would be an glorious and as prodnstive of as much indivitaal happiness and notional prosperity as toe past had been. corstitation. The Storm and Freshets in Western Pennsylvanta. [From the Pittsburg Post, June 18 } On Saturday night last this city aod country ad- joining was ed by ene of the most destract.ve rain storme which bas rred here for mamy years, 1 ‘windows of heave seemed to be opened t widest extent, and for about three hours t! down ina regular Niagara torrent. Qu accidents anc incidents oecurre?. A house on Peunsyl- vonia averne, near the tunnel, was swept away and completely destroyed by the water, the inhabitants bare- ly escaping with their lives. The paper millof Mr. James Shidle, om ihe ssme avenue, was overflowed by the tor- rents which came down Elm strest, and a large quantity of paper destroyed. Other houses were also invaded by the water, and furniture and property dectroyed. The Allegheny river rose eaddenly covers! feet, andstarted adrift abe o hundred rafts, which were mosily wrecked on the piers of the diferent bridges. Fears are alse entertained tbat great Gamage bas besn done to the crops, a8 the raim appearstto hare been as heavy all over the country, [From the Pittsburg Post, June 19.) _ The storm of rain, which came down so vigorously on Saturday night, seeme to have tptead over & greater Sarface, and caused mere destruction of property, thea was gt first supposed, It seems to have come from the northwest, and that portion of the coamty cituated north and west of the Allegheny river sufiered more than exy other part. Forturately, the rain wind, and the damage i not accompanies by much consequently not #0 great as it otherwise would nave been; but, as it is, the loss from high water Is suflloiently serious to be felt. Along the Ohio and Penasylvanis Railroad, the rin stantiel on the road, was washed away; whil ridge at Courtney's Rum w2s partially destroyed, Tne track, im P between this and Rochester, wee covered with dirt washed down from the Bilis, several feet deep, and caused a suspension of travel yecterday; bat through the exergy of the officers it was cleared off enough to allow the trains to run as usual in the after- the Allegheny the storm also appears to have been Every little rill and rivulet was converted a!- instantly inte a foam'rg torrent, and poured down ¢ Ue with resistiess force. Farms on hill sides and in valleys were cei J fences sw away, aod everything moveable out doors started off im the freshet. = Ss be- 5 jacent cou: . Four coal railroad bridges, belonging to Mesers. creel &Oo., crossing this stream, were torn from their pla te- gether with ‘large portion of the railroad track. Two bridges of the Allegieny and Butier Plank road, on the same creek, were likewise washed down. fhe water also ruched into the coal pits of Mensre Spang & Co, sitart three miles ap the run, and great troubie will ba e=- perienced in clearing them'oxt, so that work can be re- sumed again, Many ef the market gardens at the mouth of the creek, when we visited them yester ay, wore etill jorge under water, and thore from which the water ai beem drained were covered with broxen fences brushwood, timber, &e. We understand that the lose of ig & Co, will be $2,000 or $3,060, and we feel certain thet three times that amoum: will hardly cover the 4a- = done Nie povongt fen acres of wheat ing *> ’Squire Shaw, miles up the creek (Shaw's vate prmblan cy baad Hw By no Lope is entertained the crop will amount to any Y The townsh!p bridge acroes Deer sreck was swept away; the bridge across Squaw Run the 60 that travel along that way was entirely Ropped ay. ‘A bridge belonging to the Allegheny} Valley Kall-oad, at Plum creek, opp Fairport, was |, as wi alse the townehip bridge. In Birmingham, the coal sleck from the front of Kee- land & Co.'s coal poured dewn the rail ‘and filled up t) atreet at the bottom, severa: fest. la Tena. perancevie, the garden snd yard of Mr. Frank Layta were covered with the same hind of stuff, and several days will be required to remove it. @ storm expended its force before reach'ng to the east and south of tl ctty, and the only damage we hear of in that direction is to the erops, which are said te beve suftereg. considerably, We LP that in the e” northern ¢ county the rain wae ceded by & tremendous hail storm. 7 ee oo i roy i moe. CRT OF AYFEALS, June 19.—Present, all the Judges, except Jusge Rugelen. 43, 81 aod at, . 96, off, No 219, « od with Net. No. 164, é¢xebanged with No. 28, Nos. 15 and 17, reserved for June 22. No. 14, reserved for June 26. Nos, 13, 22, 71, 85 and 98, reserved for June 20. Noa, 14, 10 and 32, reserved for June 26. Ne. 27, 2. Nos, 12 and 26, reserved reverved i Nos. 38, 77, and 24, reeerved for July 5. The Question. MEETING OF THE THIRTERSTH WARD TEMPERANCE ALLIANCE A meeting of thie Alliance was beld om Monday night in the Baptist church is Cannon street, near Grand. The church was well filled with ladies and gentivmen, there ‘Deing present perdaye ever Ave hundred, Mr. Edward Falconer, the President of the Alliance im this Ward coupled the chair, and W. Vieyd officiated a» Secretary. ‘The exercises were commenced with s prayer by the Reverend Mr. Locum, after which a temperance ode was sung dy Mx. William H, Oakley. The singing was much praised. Reverend C. F. Hatrimip was thee imtreduced to the audience, who spoke in substance as fellows :-— When I was invited to be present upom thie eccasion, 150 mooting was te socertain upoe the Maine sgeinat the ministry, aris- Rover: De. fering te im the Aa Rng al tated ‘ whefe are they and echo answered! wher are they’? The speaker thought they would all prove themselves one is heart in favor of the Maine Jaw. The s:nistry was burdened with labors, which often prevented from taking the stand as public advocates for civil law; but whem the ny offersd, on the Presbyterian tion, De could plecge they would pot be found recreant to the probibitory measure. For himself, he had not tasted even wine siuce he commenced hie services as minister, over twenty years He had united over eleven hua dred couples im matrumony, and net eves so much as tasted wine, even waen pressed upom him by the tip: of Deanty and loveliness. Yearo Ce) in college, be over a body of fellow at ta who supported the prohibitory mear' and this was ata time when nothing but the old fashioned ra ae ae eee ie views 0} subject m0 had laic the community nbeer obligations to himin two perticulare, First, he had proven that the liquor law could be enforced on the Sabbath, and thusgiven arch. lic te bmow that if it c2uld be enforced upom the Sabbath it could be enforced every the week. becend, he had laid the public uncer ‘ions, bessuse he had shown how utterly fatile it was to rely upom moral sua: sion to suppress istemperance, He had proven that no- thing but the 51 arm of the Jaw could reach the éromkard’s heart. Under thé diection of his constitu: tional advisers, gave the romsellers the benefit of free trade till the fourth ef July, at the same tice ap. pealing to them to show to the community, by their ac- tions, that the kw was necessary to restrain them. What has been the effect of this appeal? Druskenneve has been the order of th ‘and debanshery has every- where prevailed. This fer ended his arse by eaDing upon the community to see thatthe Maine law was properly enforced. was then sung by Mr. Oakley, with an or- gn accompaniment, after which the Rev. Joseph Ban- vard addressed the audience. Following this gentiexan, Mr. J. E, Searles ama Mr. Leo spoke, after which the meeticg s¢journed. DECISION OF THE SUPREME COURT OF MASSACHUSBITS OM A SECTION OF THE MAINS LIQUOR LAW. From the Boston Traveller, Juve 19 } Lhe Habeos Corpus of Belsey J. Sullivan —Chief Jus- tice Sbaw came inte court this morni acc mmpanied by Justices Dewey, Metca'f and Merrick, and proceeiod to deliver his opinion io the case of Betssy J. Sullivan. yetitioner for a writ of habeas corpus, which was argued op Saturday last. He stated that the prisoner wis committed under the 15th section of the new Liquor law, for withoat license: anc from the sentenoe of the Police Uourt she appesicd, She was thea ordered to re to bch cute ker appeal to the next Court of m Pleas, and abide the final sentence of that court She is fmt, here on a writ of habeas corpus, ea the ground that by the 32d section of the new Liquor law, she should have been committed differently, : to abide the sen- tence of the Court from. Now this is a tute and must be construed pe strictiy. It canaot be forced froi on merely technical oz other g.ow We canaot know what the Legislature meant, except 20 far as wo ascer- tain from the lengvage of the statute iteelf. The pro- vision is thus:— obvious meaning Court, then next to be ant shall be coi and there to prosecute hia appeal, and to al of the court thereon, and in the meantime to keep the peaco and be ot good bebaviour. first clause of this section, a right to appeal is given in clear and distinct terme, and this is mecessary in order to satisfy that article of the Bill of Righte which secures to every one charged with a crime th right of trial by jary; Justices of the Peace and Pelice Courts do not furmeh a trial. Bat it has always been keld that if there fs am und structed and un right of appeal to a court in which such trial can be obtained, that article of the Bii of Rights is not infringed upon. ‘This right of appeal is lainsy givem by the first part of the 324 necti ut it is urged that it is tramelleiand clogged by the latter claute of the section, and that the appeal dove not take eflect as such until the turcishing of sureties required by the same and the difficulty arises upon the conetruction of that clause. Jt provides that the lant shall be-committed to abide the sentence of raid Jasticeor court. If the words « Justice or”? were,left out, there wouli be no trouble, ‘and the word ‘‘court”” might be construed to'mean the court appealed to. But we cannot thus strike out those words. We think it plainly refers to the court appealed from. Now, itie argued that it wae the intention of the islature that the party committed should be committed to abide sentence of the court sppealed from, in order t: giving bonds, he may be working cut the sentence of tae court, and at eli times have a choice either to work out the sentence orto find sureties; and that the por- tion of the sentence thus worked out should not be un- dergone sgain; but we think that when an is granted it means {that there shall bea fuli trial inthe court appealed to ve novo, and thus the object of giving the appeal. It was claimed im answer to the srguments of the At- terney General, who said that the last clause of the 32d section wae insensible and void, that if this clause was as void, there would be no provision for holding the appellants, and in thet case the party mus’, go at large, aud the remedy would be, when the appeal ‘Was entered by the common’ , to bring the appel- lant im by capias for sentence; but it is net probsb' that this was the intention of the Legislature. But there is another ground that is perfectly consist- it] atate and the ordinary rules of copstrac tto their full extent the arguments of t itioner’s counsel, that the lest clause of this eec- he is ee repugnant, inconsistent, unconstitutional and void. Tre question then arises what is to be the resuit? I¢ Yoid, the statute is to be construed as if it was not there, and although it is contended that all other laws for the committal of appeaiants are repealed by the inst section of the new liquor law. We think that argument cennot be sustained, for the Teascn that the clause being entire'y void, hes no force, rot even to repeal statutes inconsistent with its pro. visions. This leaves the Revieed Statutes, chapter 138, section 1, im full force, and the committal being in accordance with that section, is valid, though the commitmen’ would be wholly unsupported by the 324 section of the new liquor law. The priconer was therefore remanded ints custoly. MISJELLANBOUS. On the 13th inst., as we learn from the Lowell Couri:r ‘& two horse Boston wagon, laden with five casks 0!) qnor, and driven by Mr. Jeremiah Dempsey, # liquer dealer, 82 Congress street, Boston, was siezed by the police of Lav- ell, in Central street, near the American House. The driver, and sito Mr. John Johnson, who was on the wa- on, were taken to the watchhoues, and yesterday morn- ing the liquor was stored at the Vity Agency. The horses and wagon are in = ion of the city authorities, The case comes up for examination on the 23d. inst., until which time Demp and Johnson recogaized for their a, ance. The liquor is understood to have been on ite way to New Hampehire. On the Mth i Worvester, Mass., seized in the premises of Lewis Gai ther, situated int a block, 14 haif bbls, of beer, labelled ‘‘temperance «mal! beer,”’ and ¢7 bottles of wine. The liquors were placed in safe keeping, to await the issue of further examination In Fitchburg, Mass., a few days since, s constable was convinced that the breath of a stranger whom he met st the depot smelt of liquor, and enticing him to the losk- up under the pretence of procuring & drink, he shoved him in and kept bim there all At the subdsequest examination before a justice, it the etran- er was perfectly sober, and the a the cons‘a- will probably be required to pay damages for filse imprisonment. The Portland inquest was coatinued om Friday with testimony similar to that we published. The elt; marshal, Worthy Barrows, testified that he had no intel- ligence of mob organized to break into the City till Dow told him in the evening at *; past 8. Four or five of the police fired revolvers from tie roo Worvay Barrows says that, to the berghei he fired bis pistol high over the head of the leader oi The cry then was from the genet «The eo tee = cht yt ‘the iy visable forthe execation off. site hin ned pein Build was cart ry Toth common corey aaa a4 It has been in Hartford, Oonn , that kept ia the City ete tm that place, was not Neel ter Purposes of sale, but for the convenience of the guests Arreurt 10 Rarse a @nar - TIowaRkyY Trues.—Mr, Bishop, an eee Fisting Derrick, yesteriay, at West Peint, commen 4 dertaking of raising the massive Wau, nekees. dere from Wi 1778, we think, wag; fa weight being ‘ve Wieang sarees the Hadson at West Point to Intercept ‘he pessage of British vessels abou: t! . The chain was ateach B peod it wae put up, and has re- mained since, though one er two of its mas 2 2 4 bh co exhfbition ‘at the | ‘h of the river at the vend ny Mu it es is Mr. Bis) sounded fied Bimeeif that be cam mel ya aibany Argue Tone an, egy Hi FY i : i gloom and dark- MONEY MARKET. Wepnespar, June 20—6 P. M. rate improvement might have been more permanent. Fancy stocks begin to feel the influence of speeula- tion, and as they have not been mach inflated yet, they msy attract more attention and draw speculators from more substantial securities. Nearly everthing on the list advanced this morning. Buyers seem to lose sight of the extent of the in flation already realized, and purchase on time with apperent impunity. The beara do not appear to bs at all dismayed by the rapid advance in market values, but put out contracta freely, in any way to suit. State stocks, railroad bonds, canal stocks, coal stocks, raiiroad stooks, are sll sold on time, at cursent rates, by the bears, who have an abiding faith in reactions and relapses. At present prices they have a strong tide in their favor, in the shape of interest. More money is absorbid in stock spsc- ulations, at rates now ruling, and the demand for capital is likely to be more active from this as well as numerous other causes. At the first board to-day, Louisiana 6’s advanced 2 per cent; California 7’s, 2; Tennesse 6’s, 4; Erie Bonds, 1876, 4; Hudson River third mortgage Bonds, 13; Illinois Ceniral Bonds, #; do. Free land, 13; New York Oerttral Bonds, 4; d>. 7's, 4; Nicaragua Transit, 2; Canton Company, 2; Har’ lem, 3; New York Ocntral Railroad, 4; Erie Rait- road, 1}; Reading Railroad, 3; Michigan Central Railroad, 4; Michigan Southern, 3; Panam, 3; Chi- cago and Rock Island, }; Cleveland and Pittsburg, 5; Galena and Chicago, 2; Cleveland and Toledo, 3. Stonington Railroad fell off } per cent; Hudson Railroad,}. The sales were very large of all the leading stocks. The sales of railroad bonds at the firat board to-day amount to about $250,000, more than one-half of which was of the two classes of Iilinois Centrai; Erie Bonds, Hudeon Raitroad, Nev York Central, Harlem, Terre Haute and A'ton mide up the balance, all at better prices, The diffzrences existing between the Erie and New York Central Railroad Companies, in regard to rates and running regulations, “are entirely neutralized, so far as any efket onthe market value of their stocks is oon- osrned, by the speculative movements in the street: Reading was not 20 active or bu>yant to day as other prominent railroad stocks. All the stooks of Wertern railroad companies are moving up too fast Yo be firm. an advance of two, three and five per cent a day caunot be continued long, That all those railroads favorably 1ocated for the transportation of produce from the Western States to the seaboard markets, will do a large freighting bu, siness when the new crops come forward, cannot for a moment be doubted; but whether it will be pro- fitable or not depends entirely upon the extent of competition existing at the time. Capitalists and other men of means must not be again deceived by the declaration of large dividends by any of our railroad companies. Railroads for the present must depend entirely upon their net earnings for divi- dends, The time for borrowing money for sach purposes has gone by, never, we hope, to come again. Five per cent semi-annually is as much as any railroad in the country can psy and keep clear of debt. At the second board the market wes a Irttle uu settled. Harlem fell off | per cent; Galena and Chicago, 1. Missouri 6’s advanesd 3; Llinois Osa. tral Railroad, 1; E:ie Railroad, 3; Panama, 4; Cleveland and Toledo, }; Michigan Central, 2. The high prices ruling for Western railroad stocks is bripging them out, and we may look for a great change in the olase of holders. Thera wera large sales of Galena and Chicago and Cleveland and To- ledo this afternoon. It isalways best to reatizs a good profit, particularly afteran upward movemen: of great rapidity. The steamship Atrica, from Boston for Liverpool to-day, carried out $811,000 in specie. Albert H. Nicolay’s regular semi.weekly auc‘i mn eale of stocks and bonds will take place to-morrow, (Thursday), at 12} o’clock, at the Merchants’ Ex change. Simeon Draper wi!lsell at auction to morrow, at half-past 12 o’clock, at the Merchants’ Exchange, $600,000 bonds of the Deisware, Ls;kawauns and Western Railroad Company, being the remainder of the issue of $1,500,000 by that company for the extension of its road from the Lackawanna coal region toward New York. At the Mining Board the following sales were made:— 500 Gardiner Gold....$1 55 150 Hiwasse..........3 75 jd do.. 160 60 Isabelia Copper... 50 ‘The transactions at the Assistant Treasurer’s office, to-day, were as followa: Paid om Treasury account. $54,663 69 Received de 81,100 00 Belance do 2,361,414 81 Paid for Assey office.... 23,300 54 Paid on disbursing checks oe 30,616 73 ‘The warrants entered at the Treasury Department, ‘Washington, on the 18th inst., were as follows: — The directors of the Western Railsoad Company have declared a dividend of 34 per cent. The semi- annual interest on the Albany bonds, and on the Pittafiekd and North Adams Railroad stock, will be paid on the 2d proximo; the Hemflton aud Apple- ton Manufacturing companies of Lowell, each 4 per cent; Boston and Worcester, 3 per cent. The Cheshire Railroad Company has declared a divi- dend of $2 per share (in bonds). ‘The State Treasurer of Illinois gives notios that the January and July instalments of interest upon the stocks of that Btate will be paid at the agency, American Excharge Bavk,on and after Monday, the 2d of July proximo. Each instalment will be at the rate of $15 per $1,000. The amount received for tolls on all the New York State Canale during the second week in Daring rame peried in. 1854, 102,788 00 Decrease im 1868, 914,406 have been deposited at least three months on the first day of July next, will be pald t> depositors on and after Monday, Joly 16th. The recsivers of the People’s Bank of Paterson, New Jerssy, have declared # further dividend of twenty-two per cent on the outatandiag certifica‘es, payable on the 25th inst. The Boston Ovurier of the 20:h inst. says:-- ebeerfal f J animated seta eRY Sete is Taga ens ‘The transactions at ‘board, however, were not very Dat more inclination was evinced to buy than to there were sales of Worcester at ‘Old Colony at 873, By the arrival of the steemsbip Asia at Halifax, we have, through the medium of the telegraph, three days later intelligence than that received yea terday by the St. Louis at this port. The commer- an active speculation closed firm. Indian corn had advanced during the week previous to the 9th inst. Consols had advanced 2 per cent, and itis reported that the bullion inthe Bank of Eogland had largely increased. The political advices are important and interesting. ‘The Bt. Louis Republican of the 16th inst., states that it is announced official'y that Mr. Alexander, trustee and holder of the notes of the Ohio and Mis- sissippi Railroad Company, for $1,158,000, has taken posession of the road,aud is now operating it for the benefit of Poge & Bacon, or of those wno claim under them, by virtue of the deed of assign ment. Itis in the power of the trustee at any time to ofter the road for sale, first giving twenty days notice thereof, and this, it is presamed, will soon be done. ‘There is no doubt but that coal will ultimately bo universally used by locomotives on our railroais fer generating steam. The high price of wood makes its consumption an importent item in the operating expenditures of our railroads, particularly those of the New England Sta‘es, ani the reault of auy ef- fort made to displace such an expemaive articloby one not only cheaper, but more compact in bulk, should be made known far and wide throug i0u} the land. The Boston Tyaveller of the 19th instant gives the following account of experimeats made with two locomotive engines, in t:e consumption of Cumberland coal, on several railroads in that vicinity :— It will be remembered that some time since we gave Diogecl forge oe “Anthracite, as = dure zoel mutoad of wood. OF vo mush importsace 21g ‘we deem the matter that one of our re) visited the New Bedford and Taunton Railroad, where the en- WEST Pate aaa ec, built at the deen rapning by way of aperianat oe Seethawen, actly prope geese eivaies, wien the excep. tion of the smoke stack, The interior of the boiler, however, as is well known, is different in constrastion from those used on wood machines. The coal used now —both on the ‘‘Anthracite” and the “Cambeclana’— is Cumberland coal. The Cumberiand ran one day on the Old Colony ani Fall River Railroad, working admirably,and making, it i Balf miles in o Uttle over three mi: three days past it has been run on the Boston and Worcester |, and bas worked finely in drawing heavy freight trains. A careful account of its expenses has been kept, and it ie estimated that it cots nearly or quite double torun a freight train with wood that it does with coal. ‘The fact that coal must be adopted as the fuel on our fea-beard railroads is now admitted, and it only remains to be seen what kind of s machine is best adapted to the work required. The two engines built at Taunton have given — satisfaction, and another one, to be the maton, end. deslgaed fee Se Reading and Pottaville Railroad, isto be finished next week, while three more are in various stages of con- struction. The Cumberland will be used on the Worcester road. In the meant A,B. Adams, the master machinist of the Worcester ‘and a man of ling over the great ill and ingeantty, ts eagaged in ‘wood treight Hecle, to be usei for coal. The pro. minent features to be introduced into this are not yet settled. Other e1 nt locomotive ba‘! are also t their attention to the same subject, we ehall pro! have a ty of experiments tried to obtain a coal machine every way adapted to our roads. Stock sate Vicetain “ttese eal WEDNESDAY, a tng i Bes 4060 oper 100% 550 10 eases 1000 Louisiana 6s. 94 4000 Kemtucky6’s.. 1043, 3000 Califor 778970, 9134 6000 Tenn 6's 790... 9836 1COCOMiseouri6’s b6O 98 12000 eesaee 1000 Har Jet M Bas. 30000 krie bis 783 93 7000 Erie bonds 775 12000 do...b30 92 £000 do... 63 5000 HudRiv 34M Ba 500 +. b60 100¢ NI MGorL 95 12500 IiCen RR bés. 16000 bm «+.b10 ul do. 10000 a 10600 NY Cen RR bas 48¢0 NYCen 7s .. 4000 T H & Al lstmb 10000 CO... 60006 2000 dO... sees F60¢0 T H&Al 2d mbs 70 Mich Cen RR. 101 20 MiehSo&N Ia RR 110 do. 110, 200 py 50 do, 25 do, 06} 15 do. 06 5 MM Osntes 954 20 Cleve & oO 67 Galena& ll 90 Cleve & Tol 91% 260 do 92 50 do. 92 100 do 93 100 do, ae 68 do. 98. 200 do. 93 108 Chic & 100 ‘90 Cleve,C & 160 Penn Coal, BOARD. 660 sha Erie 100 do 100 Reading 60 Panama 100 do 100 Had Riv 100 40 “a eas 4, aon ie cael ae oa Westerns and ex'ra at $1 a ‘S pay, $13. eg Mg bo old quotations. Snelan (foe's Yous thi) said $10 s $11, but at $10 25 & $10 625, and rye floar were Wheat—Bales of bushd's inferior Missour, cr Western red, sold. 4 yy Lake sold at p. t., and 500 de. Canadian af $2.45 Corn—The sales om 000 bushels Western mixed at 10tc. » 1 z ries ‘ 428, Le first hap: Bales about 500 bales at $1. FP sssr-sicitied bhds. distilling, Cuba, were sold af ‘NAVAL Stones.—Small sales of spirits were made a ic. and10,000 ble. rorin at $1 85 per S10 Ibs, ¢ vere: Provisioss —Pork—The market was firmer, with doing. The sales embrace about 1,600 a 1,700 bbis., 1,104 of which was od, at $17 75, and part of the remai Bew mess, at $18 25; and 300 a 500 bois, new prime 5 25. Beet—Pales included 306 a 400 bois. at $9 60 $10 for country prime, and $10 60s $12 50 for mess d Beef bams were unchapg*d. Cut sold at Tic a 7%e, for shoulders, and hems. Bacon wae quet Lard—300 a 400 sold at 10%. » 10%, RICE.—200 casks were sold at 5Xc. a 635 Sur —10,000 bushels St. Ubes sold at 20c., and 3, binpe e gee to arrive, at 45c. Jeffrey & D’Orsey’ was at $10, SuGan,—The market was very active and closed ati firmer retes. The sa'es footed up about 2,600 hhde Cuba muscovado, at 5c a 6c., with a fansy lot of 200 63g¢., and $00 boxes a ¢ 5c. ‘Wmiskry.—Adout 200 bbls. State and Ohio were s2/d B5e. a 85340. Sales of Real Estate. ‘The following property was sold yesterday by order the Superior Oourt, at the Mershante’ dxchange. It bought about eighteen months since by a gentleman w! was lost in the ill-fated steamship Arctic, for ifty thou tn eggregnte. ef ‘PAL.125~belug a tose 1 we tneltoa faxes” er aia, of upwards of ta taousand dol-| F8:— 1 lot om Broadway, N. W. corner 46th st., 23-10 100 5 $8,000) '23-10 by a ery 23-10 by 83 3,300 do, 23-10 by 77 3,250 ireetes ). 2..23'by 166 2,900 +23 by 23 by 100 2000 with buildings, each $2,760 8,250 46th street....25 by 100 1,800 of the above, cash $700, 10, $400. . » 3,675; New York Cattle Market. ‘Wepyzspay, June 20, 1855. At Allerton’s Washington Drove Yard, the supply ef Deef cattle was pretty good for the week, and the mar- ket is, perhaps, a shade easier, though prices show na material abatement. The supplies came chiefly from Ohio, Illinois ana Indiana, and the quality on the whole, was rather common. Good beeves were scarce, and these brought relatively higher prices. The demand has been quite as good as last week, and the probability is that they will be nearly, if not quite, all sold. The supply during the week ‘was 2.184 and to-dey 2,120 T range of prices is from $8 to $10 60, with a few ex. a o and nite nominal, calves dull, sehen iis wl sneer he Swine continue in geod de- nd, but prices have slightly de:limed. The sales are 645, at from 6c. to 7340.; average about 7c. Sheep and lawbs bave rola pretty freely, without much change in prises. Whole number sold, 1,019, at an average of ortne folowing f the principal drovps, where 0) ‘sre some o inci from, asd by whom sold. Prices ran from 8c. ta.103<c. Per 100 Ibs. :—Ayraut® 194, White 138, 0. Hurd 100, C, , Coyer 100, C. D Todd 1! ‘WH, Belville 105, pis tay Mead, ib , miler & Weaver 71, J A. Mextitt 105, Bea Barney Bertram 99, Williams 75, from Ohio: Hoffman 62, from New York. Barney of four Obie cattle for ur. Jacobi for $130 per head, and two for $150 per head—all bought by Mr. . Hawes. snena anehen shows oe Ered eas of the coun. what conveyance the supplies came Hudson iver Balint. ‘Hudson River Railrosd—Sheep « Boats—Swine. "9 the for the tast week have been 271 beeves; 27 cowes and calves; 51 veal calves and 4,678 eheep and tambs. The beeves are mostly from In- @.ane and Ohio, and are in good condition—market brisic at from $8 50 to $10 "per 100 Ibs, Part the beeves here, were from "1 and Page tal ber received d 2 ing the week, sre—Beeves, 271; cows and calves, 27; veal calves, 61; sheep and lambs, 4,578. The following is @ memorandum of sales by Samuel? McGraw & Son, at Brownin; 228 sheep... 996% 90 ¢o. do. do. 1,214 sheep and Iambs, at Average per head 53 Jambs and sheep 229 00 8 Ia oe 708 25 28 lambs.. see 43 lambs and sheep 258 87 6 lambs and sheep 85 do. .....4.4. 20400 86 sheep (poor) 89 do. . +» 82800 50 do, 50 sheep.......... 175 00 39 lambe and 16175 1, 601 sheep and lamba, at. At Coszaberlain's there i 's i ol ig shah er ooy, samara Sarah iow! atthe latter rate, All gold. aie Domestic Markets. Py ee ee ee rid 8. ve no sor eee ‘present

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