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4 (NEW YORK HERALD. |™ ™“”* 2s JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIEFOR AND EDITOR. Qevi0E N, W. CORNER OF NASSAU AND FULTON S73, TERMS, cash in advance ‘DAILY HERALD 2 cents per per annum, annum; ropean - - wy gait of reat ‘Britain, or $5 to ang part of the 2 in TISEMENTS renewed every day. Velume XX. . AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. ACADEMY OF MUSIC, Fourteenth street—Bon Juan, BROADWAY THEATRE, Broadway—Inerann as fe Is —Vanuze Courrsir—Linenice Bov. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery—Ewcnaxren Texeus— Sonaciirs’s Revencs. MYIBLO’S GARDEN, Broadway—Cnown Diamonns, BURTON'S THEATRE, Chambers stroet— Bo: Goon Bwou—New Yoru As ir lo—Tue Ssoner. wate ‘WOOD'S MINSTRELS—Mechanios’ Hall—4/2 Broadway @HINESE ASSEMBLY ROOMS, 189 Broadway—P. mama or EUROPE AND Stnor or Benasrorons | PERBAM’S BURL! PERA Broaé- weynBrmoreas Orena TRovres | SOS OS New Work, Friday, June 29, 1855, ‘The News. ‘The meeting of the Know Nothing State Council ‘of Massachusetts, at Boston, yesterday, was at- tended by about three hundred delegates. The oourse of the seceders from the Philadelphia Con- vention was approved of heartily, and platform of principles identical with that reported by the mi- nority of the National Convention, was adopted. A fuil account of the investigation relative to the @ouble suicide in Brooklyn, and aleo of the fanera! ef the unfortanate young couple, may be found elsewhere. The worst apprehensions respecting tthe character of the young female have been con- SBagned by the testimony before the Coroner. Governor Clark, escorted by a committee of the Commissioners of Emigration, and accompanied by amall party of invited guests, visited the ‘‘institu- tions” yesterday. A report of the affair is given in mother column, from which it will be seen that imported liquors in original packages circulated quite freely at the dinner table, adding much to the hilarity of the occasion. President Pierce and Mrs. Pierce arrived at Cape May yesterday afternoon, and tock apartments at Congress Hall. It ie said that Mr, Cole, present Chief Clerk in the Pension Office, will be promoted to the Com- miesionership made vacant by the election of Mr. Waldo to the bench of the Supreme Court of Con- mecticat. Our advices from Buenos Ayres are to the 5th of May. ‘The Constitutional Assembly had been opened for ita second session on the istult. The French government had claimed that Freach resi- dents should be irdemnified for losses sustained in the late revolutions. It was said that Great Britain ‘and France had advised the immediate absorption of the Oriental republic. On the 28th of April the government had @ balance in the treasury of eight milion dollars (currency) over all expenses up to that day. The total abolition ef port dues was contemplated. Commercial affairs were very dull. Flour was scarce and in good demand. Mr. William N. Palmer, a native of New York, aged fifty-sight, Jenga resident of Montevideo, died there on the 18th of April. Our Hamilton, (Bermuda) correspondence is to ‘the 222 of June. It is said that the Bishop of St. Johns had left, in his own yacht, after having greatly exalted the Church during a visit of four months. From things spiritual to thiegs vegetable ‘the trapsition is easy. Potatoes and onions were being treely exported to the New York markets. ‘The Legislature was in session, but did not transact much business. Advices from the Cape of Good Hope to the 19th of April have reached us. Affairs continued pros- perous. The frontier was quiet, and the copper mine productive. The cattle disease was not yet eradicated. Sir George Grey, who was very popa- Jar, gave his first public ballon tne 17th of April. His Excellency contemplated an official inspection of Namaqualand shortly. The Parliament, which ‘was still sitting, had ignored for the present the voluntary system in the Church. News from the Rio Grande to the 21st inst. states that all the towns in the departments of Tamaulipas ‘and Nueva Leon, in Northern Mexico, with the ex- ception of Matamoras, Reynosa, and Camargo, had pronounced in favor of the revolutioniste. The re- volution thus fer has been « bloodless one. Advices from New Mexico to the 30th ult. have been received. Colonel Fauntleroy hed attacked parties of hostile Utah Indians on the ist and 29th ef May, routing them in both instances, killing forty of the savages on the last mentioned date, aud taking a xumber of prisoners and a large quantity of plunder. The cotton market yesterdsy was unsettled by the accounts brought by the Baltic. The sales were Timited to 300 a 400 bales, but afforded no criterion by which to give established prices. It was said that the Arago carried out some telegraph des- patches giving accounts, (no doubt exaggerated,) of the rise in the Southern rivers, and the probable reeeipta at the shipping porte. Holders at Liver- pool, as well as here, were not disposed, however, to succumb to the extent claimed by speculative or other purchasers. Admitting every bale of cotton made last year is shipped, they say there must be a very serious deficiency in the crop compsred with the yield of the previous year, while the consump- tive demand has rather increased than diminished, caused in part by its substitution for many purposes hitherto supplied by hemp and fiax— euch as soldiers’ tenté, ships’ sails, bagging for various uses, &c., the advance in which ‘was 20 great, from interference of the war, asto render cotton a cheaper substitute. Thesudden and enormous fales of 100,000 & 120,000 bales a week in Liverpool, surprised and startled every one in the trade; and the sudden diminution in the sales, and @ullness in prices, are equally difficult to account for. If causes existed for the immense sales, larger than ever known in the same period before, it is hard to imagine any sufficient change in those causes to explain (in an easier state of the money market) why there should have been such a sudden pause or diminution of sales and quietade in prices. Can a separate class of speculators have ben at work to produce a reactive depression in order to come in at lower rates? Common grades of flour yesterday were dall, and in seme cases 12} cents per barrel lower ; but all good to fancy and extra brands were steady. Wheat wes nominal. Indian corn fell off 3 to 4 cents per ‘usbel, with free sales. Contracts for June and July delivery were settled for st about 94c. a 95c., and to the extent of about 100,000 bushels, Pork ‘wee firm, with an upward tendency. Sugars were +. fiem, with sales of 1,100 @ 1,200 hhds., at full prices. \wCofiee was steady. To Liverpool about 2,000 bales a” cotten, comprested and uncompressed, were en- ga Ted at 3-16d., ad 309000 bushels of Indian corn in b sae and bulkyat 4d. a 444, and 54., closing at the h ter figure. Am eeting of clergymen and other supporters of the Mai % Liquor law was held at Buffaloon the 26th inet, for the purpose of forming & league. Some animated discussion took place in regard to the name to be Sdopted, but it was finally concluiea to the ° title of Carson League, and call the ta ¢ Buffalo Temperfice Leagne. The eapital stook of this precious concern is unlimited; the shares are one’ hundred dollars, and the saseay Within the lity of prohibitory enactments. The leading journals, both in the large cities and in the country, have almost invariably pronounced against euch taws, and it seems to be the gene- ral opinion that the great evil of intemperance cannot be cured by law. There was once a great Roman who submitted with an immovable countenance to an exceedingly painful surgical operation, but who soon ordered the surgeon to desist from his labors, saying that. the cure was not worth the pain. So it is wath the vice of intemperance. The people of the United States drunkards—the temperance tracts to the contrary notwithstanding ; end because the few abuse ardent spirits, the many will not submit to @ total prohibition of their use, nor will they allow great commer- cial interests to be damaged to satisfy a few bigoted parsons who are insane upon one point, and who neglect the souls of their flocks while endeavoring in vain to regulate the appetite of are not all the York or New England. traders of one of the most important States in the Union arrayed in opposition to prohibitory ligne: lawe. low let us look at the position of affairs nearer home. We have seen in Maine—the centre from which prohibitory agitation sprang—a riot, bloodshed, and the tide of public opinion com- pletely turned against the great apostle of the socalled reform. Should such men as Neal Dow remain in office » year longer, the people of the State would be clamorous for a repeal of the enactment which places the power of life and deathin the hands of men without common sense or ordinary discretion. In Massachu- setts the cause of the prohibitionists does not seem much better. The first appealed case under the amended law was tried last week in Boston, when the jury acquitted the defendant without leaving their seats. The same Logis- lature which made the odious amendments to the prohibitory law, also placed on the statute book an act by which jurors are made judges of the law as well as the fact in every casé. Consequently, the jurors now assume to try the constitutionality of the law, about which delicate point even temperance men have doubte—doubts which must goin favor of the defendant. In consequence of this fact, it will be impossible to obtain a jury in Boston that will convict under this law; and as a sequence to this it follows that it can never be enforced in that city. A similar state of things existe in Springfield, and other large towns in the State. In New Hampshire, the Legislature not only refused to engraft upon their law the Massa- chueetts amendments, but raised a special com- mittee to report modifications to the present statute on the subject. In Rhode Island the law is almost a dead letter. One of the most eminent jurists in the United States— Chief Justice Shaw, of Massachusetts—has pro- nounced one section of the law ridiculous and absurd, as well he may. It provides in ap- pealed cases that the defendant shall give se- curity to “keep the peace and be of good beha- To keep the peace before he has broken it—to be of good beha- viour, when in the eye of the law he is entirely innocent of the slightest crime or misdemeanor! viour” until he is tried. Good for Massachusetts ! In the face of all these things we have Mr. Secretary Marcy’s proposition for a national prohibitory law—a very bad move for a politi- cianin the present state of affairs. Maréy would do well to review his position and the signs of the times before he advances another step as the chosen leader of the National Pro- hibitory League. If alaw of this kind were placed before the people of the United States to-morrow, three-fourths of them would say nay toit. Marcy will find it dificult to get up a national party on the cold water platform. Let him remember Illinois and the West. In our own State the temperance party has wealth, influence, intellect, and many popular parsons on its side, yet it doesnot seem to get on. Its publications fall dead from the press— no journal of character and standing favors its doctrinee—its meetings are generally fail- ures. One pretty fall gathering was got- ten up at the Metropolitan theatre, bat that was a show; some of the most popular stars, lay and clerical, appeared for this night only, and of course they drew a good house. When Mr. Forrest and Mr. Daven- port appeared in the same play, the Academy was crowded; so when the Rev. Dr. Tyng and Henry Ward Beecher enacted in the same farce, their united talent brought out a great many people who view them only as good ac- tors and very amusing persons, at times. Then there were a great many religious people, whe, having renounced the devil and all his works, could not see the new theatre except at some gathering of this kind. But this was only suo- cessful for once, and the temperance demonstra- tions since that time have fallen short in nam- bers, compared with other public gatherings Upon exciting topics, in this city. The temper- ance men are nervous, frightened, and disheart- ened. The liquor dealers have all the good cards in their own bands, Let ug pee how they will play them, public, For a practical proot of the truth of the above statements, we have only to look at the recent popular election in the State of Illinois —a State the progress and prosperity of which is almost unexampled, even in this country. Its agricultural productions are unbounded—its trade has increased with almost miraculous ra- pidity—its population is chiefly made of solid farmers and substantial merchante—active, ear- ne#t, enterprising, intelligent business men. The question of & prohibitory law or not was presented to these men a short time since. It was divested of all extraneous issues—a plain yea or nay was required. The result shows a majority of fifteen thousand against the law, in a total vote of one hundred and eighty thou- sand. This result in Iilinois, and similar failures elsewhere at the West, is not be- cause the people there drink more liquor or love it more than the people of New Had such a law been presented to the merchants and farmers of the West befase they had an opportunity to see its practical workings in other States, the re- sult would probably have been different. But recent events have shown to them clearly that the medicine is wore than the disease. All the cold water oratory in the world—and Illinois was deluged with it—could not wash out the stain of the blood shed at Portland, the home of the Maine law. Hence the present position of Tilinois—hence the fifteen thousand msjority— hence the one hundred thousand farmers and NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 1855.: Buccesses of the Allies in the Sea of Azoff—State of Spain. ‘The Baltic’s news gives u: a clearer idea of the importance of the late military advantages gained by the allies than we had formed from the advices received by the previous steamer. ‘The capture of the Mamelon and the works ex- tending from it to the Careening Bay, gives their batteries the range of that part of Sebas- topol which lies to the east of the military har- bor, and also of the ships remaining in the inlet of Sebastopol. The Russian guns of the Ma- melon have been turned against the vessels lying in Artillery Bay, and it was expected would destroy and sink them by their fire. The progress gained by these succestes would, it was thought, soon place the whole of the Rus- sian fortifications in the hands of the besiegers. A rumor prevailed in Paris that General Mor- ris had cut off the route which leads frem Sebas- topol to Simpheropol and Perekop—an opera- tion which weuld have the effect of hastening the fall of the town—but this report.eeems to want confirmation. The allies have alao obtained some addition- al succesees in the Sea of Azoff. Every place of importance along its coast, from Kertch to Arabat, and from Genetchi to Taganrog, is now in their possession. The latter town is situated at the mouth of the Don, so that the interior trade of the districts through which it rans will be brought to a complete stand still by its oc- cupation by the enemy. The most substantial advantage gained in this quarter is, however, the fall ot Anapa, on the Circassian coast. It was evacuated by the Russians without any at- tempt to maintain it, and is now in the hands of the Circassians. These advantages are, however, in some de- gree damped by the apprehensions entertained of the effects of contagious disease amongst the allied troops. Typhus fever and cholera have already begun to decimate their ranks, and, as the hot season advances, it is feared that these diseases will commit greater havoc amongst them than even the sword itself. To the pro- bable calamities to which they will lead, will have to be added that terrible scourge of the Crimea, the opthaknia of Sebastopol, which rots out the eye from the socket within four and twenty hours after the organ is attacked. Un- less, therefore, Pelissier hurries up matters, Generals July and August may do as much for the Russians as their famous mensal predeces- £098. The debate in the English House of Com- mons on the war, which had become tiresome from its prolixity, has terminated in the adop- tion of a resolution to suppost her Majesty’s ministers, From the aristocratic constitution of the lower house nothing less was to be ex- pected. Layard, undaunted; however, returns to the charge, and has brought forward another motion, impeaching the system of family in- fluence by which England is governed. A monster meeting of the Administration Reform Association was held at Drury lane theatre on the 13th, at which some strong resolutions were passed on the subject. There was a large number of members of Parliament present. The sentiments expressed by the Duke of Cambridge at the Merchant Tailors’ dinner, ia reference to the war, seem to have excited rather ‘an anxious feeling in Paris. ‘I hope,” said His Grace, ‘that when the operations we are now engaged in terminate successfally, the country will adopt a noble and generous course, and give the enemy an opportunity of coming to @ just and honorable peace.” The French conclude from this that the English government aré only waiting a favorable op- portunity to back out from the war. The state of Spain is extremely critical, al- though jor the moment the insurrection seems to be crushed. The cause assigned for the late ministerial changes is the decree declaring that enrolment in the militia should be in future voluntary, instead of compulsory; and that no one should be obliged to pay a tax for refusing to serve. The municipal authorities, unwilling to do away with this tax, remon- strated against it, and an outside pressure was brought to bear upon the Cabinet, which led to the resignation of M. Luzuriaga and three of his colleagues. A deliberate slight had been passed upon Espartero by the Cortes, in refusing a usual courtesy to the minister, which was near leading to his abandonment of office. He was only induced to remain by the earnest entrea- ties of his friends. The Paris correspondent of the London Times has the following state- ment:—“I learn, on good authority, that proofs have been furnished to the French government of the relations existing between the Carlist conspirators and the Russian government.” Nothing more probable. The London Globe formally contradicts the report that a congress of United States Minis- ters was to be held in London, and adds that Mr. Fillmore was simply there en voyageur. Muze. Racuet—Pvsiic TasTe.—It appears that notwithstanding all warnings Mlle. Rachel is resolutely bent on coming to this country. She had been placed on her guard by experi- enced friends ; she had been advised that the Americans at large did not understand the only language she speaks, and are not generally fond of classic tragedy ; and for a time these warnings seem to have rendered her irresolute ; but she has at Jast cut the knot,as she says, and resolved cofite que cofite to cross the At- lantic. ‘ The experiment does great credit to the lady’s courage. Of all the prime donne who have tought laurels and dollars here since Jenny Lind, Mlle. Rachel has not the most flattering prospects, Everybody knows that she is the first actrees on the French stage in her line. That line is the old classic tragedy such a4 Coraeille and Racine and Voltaire wrote, and Mile. Mars played. It possesses unquestionable merits, and when @ man is drilled to admire and grieve and fight and die in alexandrines, male and fe- male rhymes carefully intermixed, he oan posi- tively enjoy it on the stage. Frenchmen declare that they experience a lively sensation of plea- sure when Mile. Rachel is heard to declaim the great speech of Agrippine in “Britannicus.” In some more modern dramatic works, in which an attempt has been made to compromise between the old tragedy with the three unities and modern melodrama, Rachel is undoubtedly great ; and one can be strongly roused by her without even understanding French. But at the Frahgais, Corueille, Racine and Voltaire are her great cards. ‘The question will arise when she comes here whether the public taste is sufficiently refined and educated to appreciate such very artificial writers as Racine* We have some doubts on the point; though we have none of Mlle. Rachel’s talent, and very few of the sincerity with which Frengumen expresy their admira- tion for s class of writers who to us must al- ways sppear false, cold and unnatural. It is quite possible that Mile Rachel’s fame may draw large houses, and for her sake this is to be hoped ; but the experiment is to be made, Curiovs Orricia Amusements.—We have lately seen announcements of celebrations of “the glorious Fourth” in Boston and in Rhode Island, by boat races, under the patronage of the city and State governments. In Boston the boat races will be gotten up by a committee of the Common Council, and the money for the prizes comes out of the regular appropriation for the official celebration. It is, in effect, stamp- ing the city seal upon a gambling transaction— for a boat race is no less; and as the prizes are good, many boats from other places will parti- cipate. The sporting world has already become excited about the result, and a great deal of money will change hands upon it. In an affair of this kind, the more respectable the leaders are the more dangerous is the operation. Now, Massachusetts iscovered with a great net work of laws, and those against all kinds of gambling are particularly severe. Yet we find the city government directly engaged in tempt- ing the people to break the law. There is, per- haps, no great harm done by boat racing, or any other similar sport; but it seems a little singular to see the city fathers of a Puritan city joining the sporting fraternity in a body. It is, probably, the effect of the Prohibitory Liquor law, and other sumptuary enactments, which have been from time to time forced upon the people of Massachusetts. The people must have some excitement, and so their ralers give them a chance to lose their money by betting ona boat race. Pretty soon we may expect to hear of horse races gotten up under the same auspices—“the city cup, open for all fast trot- ters,” and marked with the motto, “As God was to our fathers, so may he be tous.” The fathers referred to would be slightly asto- nished at such proceedings. Liquor Jovrnatism.—We understand that there is a project on foot among the liquor peo- ple, to raise a fund of a hundred thousand dol- lars for the establishment’ of a new daily journal in this city, ge be expresely, devoted to their cause. ‘Captain French, it f@ said, is ready to advance twenty thousand, and to take com- mand of the paper, provided the liquor interest generally will raise -the remaining eighty thousand. It strikes us that this is a very plan for wasting money, and that Oapt French will have his -hands full with his new daily journal, and his labor for his pains. During the last thirty years the democracy have spent two or three hundred thousand dollars in vain efforts to es- tablish a democratic organ in New York; but all to no purpose, because our reading commu- nity have never appreciated the necessity of such an organ. So with the liquor interest. All the daily journals of the city—morning and evening—excepting, we believe, the two nigger- worshipping organs, the Tribune and Times, are opposed to this despotic and unconstitutional prohibitory law. And these two exceptions will be very apt to feel the penalty of their folly in their sales at the hotels, whence they have hitherto derived a considerable portion of their daily receipts. But, on the other side, it is just te likely that an organ limited to the single idea of the liquor interest will be restricted in its circulation to the liquor dealers, and will thus amount to nothing. If Captain French, however, is bent upon spending twenty thou- sand dollars in a newspaper venture, let him try it. It will be so much additional money circulated among the poor printers. ‘THE PRESIDENTIAL AGrTation IN Fun. Biast. —The progress of George Law as the American candidate for the Presidency, is creating a terri- ble agitation among the old fogies of all par- ties. Since the late Philadelphia Council he bas taken such 8 start upon them as to leave no longer any doubt that he is really in the field for the White House. The fury of the old whig and democratic journals has been correspondingly increased. They are assailing “Live Oak George” as guilty of the great crime of having secured a position of wealth and independence through his own exertions. We apprehend, however, that thisis an offence which will not materially injure him among the people. The organ of John M. Clayton at Philadelphia, and all the other old fogy party journals fellowiag in its wake, are welcome, therefore, to all the capital which they can make of this charge. It is very evident that George Law is stirring them up; that the old party machinery of platforms, resolutions, and such rubbish, will be set aside in 56 for some available Union mam; and that the man will be the platform of the successful party, as in the cases of Jackeon, Harrison, and Taylor. We are in for a scrub race; and in such a struggle it is the horse of the best speed and bottom that wins. Live Oak George is on the track. Let the old fogies blaze away. Tae Harp Democracy ann THE Know Nornmes,—At their grand meeting the other night, the hard shell democracy touched the Know Nothings very gingerly. Upon the slave- ry question, ig point of fact the platform of the two parties i8 substantially the same thing. In reference to the soft shells, on the other hand, and the administration, the inflexible hards appear to be as far from a reconciliation and a reunion as they were a year ago. These are very significant points of observation. They indicate that there is a strong probability of a fusion next November, as there was last November, between the hards and Know Nothings, and that the softs will again be cut adrift. Where, then, will the deserted softs go?. To the Seward Holy Alliance? Perhaps. Waar is 1Ts Meantne ?—From the subsequent couree ofthe Courier and Enquirer we rather suspect that its proposition to raise a fand of several hundred thousand dollars as a public testimonial to General Scott, was but # shrewd device to bring him out again for the Presiden- cy. The experiment was certainly a very in- genious one, if really intended as a feeler for another trial of the old war horse upon the Presidential course. What does our Wall street cotemporary mean? Is it a subscription, or a nomination for General Scott? We should like to know. The field is open. A scrab race is before us. The more the merrier. Now is the time. ‘Tax Overs tHe Evennc.—‘‘Dom Giovanni” is an- nounced at the Academy this evening for the last time. At Niblo’s, the English Opera Company appear in ‘‘ The Daughter of St. Mark.” At the German Opera, Frau- lin Caroline Lehmann, and other artists, will give Au- ber’s ‘‘ Massaniello,”” Palmer by name—eloped from Old Point the other day with 2 young lady from Richmond county, Va. THE LATEST NEWS. BY MAGNETIC AND PRINTING TELEGRAPHS, Wasurmeton, June 28, 1855. Mr. Cole, Chief Clerk in the Pension Office, it is be- Meved will receive the appointment of Commissioner of Pensions, in place of Judge Waldo. A CASE FOR EXEQUTIVE CLEMENOY. Wasuinatoy, June 28, 1855. Col. Charles Lee Jones has presented to the President ‘® petition from the four United States sailors now con- fined in the penitentiary of the District, acting as their counsel. ‘The facts of the case are briefly these:—Richard Bid- @le, Samuel Kays, David Hazard and John McNenny, enlisted in the naval service. The first two were tried Ly Ar ani general court martial, at Norfolk, Feb. 23, 1864, and were convicted of the offence of ‘‘mutinous conduct and language,” and were sentenced by that ody to be impri at hard labor, in the peniten- tas of Fees The other twe were without lov, and in direct violation sively and solezanly appropriated by the law of ite erea- an tion sulserve the once of erfminal justice in specific a and for us or ‘purpose whatever. itionere have been convicted are service, and not an unlimited discre- tion to iegislate new punishments into existence. crimipal court cannot imprison ia the the District of Columbia for an hour, unless 7 ir offence specifically made, punishable with im) and labor, under the laws of the United ae of the District of Columbia, licatic yey “no § et re] application on the g: jar! Te. fared the petitioners to the President for redress. ‘Therefore, in the words of the |, these sailors ‘‘sub- mit their dearest rights and honor to the adjudication of the executive, and they pray that their case re ceive the earliest consid ald gratitude to the President. ‘The President has referred the subject to the A' General and the Secretary of the Navy, who, it Spoeae, HAN steers te, Se Fate course of Movements of the President. Care Istawp, N. J., June 28, 1855. Presideat Pierce and lady arrived here this afternoon, and took apartments at Congress Hall. The weather is delightful, and there is every prospect of a brilliant season. Massachusetts Know Nothing State Council. Boston, June 28, 1855. The Know Nothing State Council met at 1 o’clock P. M. to-day, A preliminary meeting was held last night, which was attended by about one hundred persons, in- cluding Senator Wilson, Governor Gardiner, N. P. Banks, A. Burlingame, and several other members of Congress. To the meeting was submitted an address, which puts the party on the platform of the restoration of the Mis- eouri compromise—still calling it the American party, for amass convention, to be held in some central ¥ are in favor of calling the new [page froma tev agree One or two men from ton dissented from the doctrines of the +| There is some opposition to throwing off the secresy and other mac! of the party. Many of the politicians of the State are now i nernenye teagan. a « ratification meeting this oTOr HE Werk premded, ‘The following preamble and resolution were unimoualy adopted:— ™ ‘Whereas, the National Council, recently assembled in Philadelphia, ad ‘asa part of its platform certain resolutions upon je subject of apd] which are ut- terly repugnant to the sentiments of the American in Massachusetts, and subversive of the ples of justice; and whereas, the delegat rom this State Council, after emdeavoring in vain to procure from the National Councilan expression of views that should be just to the sentiments of Massachusetts and the free States, without being dishonorable to any portion of the Union, were defeated in their pereoee Sy the pepacee in that body of sectional feelings interests, and as a testimony of thetr fidelity to the sen- timents of their constituents, withdrew from the Nation- al Council, and refused to participete further in its pro- ceedings: Therefore— Resolved, ‘That this State Council approves the course of its delegates, and ei te against that action of the National Council made such course necessary. About three hundred delegates were present at the day meeting of the convention. John W. Foster pre- sided. am sddress to the countsy was adopted, set forth a platform of principles similar to minority in Philadelphia, anda series of resolutions of a like tenor were passed. The convention adopted the name of American Party of Massachusetts, and invited all cg ey the free Sfatee, of whatever political creed, to join them. ches were made by Governor Gardner, Henry Wikon and others, The sonvention, and. ratihoation meeting were generally harmonious and enthusiastic, A committee of one from each couaty, to further the ob- Jjecte of the convention, was appointed. A ratification Tmeeting of the principles of the party will be held in Norfolk county to-morrow The New York Abolition Convention. 4 Syracuse, June 28, 1855. ‘The three sessions of the convention to-day have been devoted to the consideration of the pro-slavery or anti- slavery character of the federal constitution. The de- Dates were spirited. Gerritt Smith, Wm. Goodell, Fred. Douglass, Samuel J. May, and others, took part in the discussion. The convention had an a) this morning from a Mr. John Brown, who had five sons in Kansas, and who was desirous to join them. They had written home for arms and meens of defence, and declared in their letters that fighting suasion was the most important institu- tion in the new Territory. A collection was taken up “erhe revolutions, before reported hare been adopted, ¢ resolutions before x ve and all business for which the convention was being done, ee scenes, is ern to speaking by geveral Sonoen oF Fis ‘This subje ‘* fee, ‘and composed montiy of liberty hberal infusion of anti-: ‘fy be) wi have been pretty near them in opinion. out have been very orderly, New Politics. SENATORS HALE AND BELL DEFINING THEIR POSI- TIONS. Concorn, N.H., June 28, 1855. ‘The speech of Senator Bell, last night, was strongly whig and antl-Nebraska in tone, and advocated an at- tempt to restore the Missouri compromise. Mr. Bell’s friends consider his 5] conservative enough, while the demoerats hold it identical with free soilism. Mr. Hale’s speech was characteristic, and straight out-and-out free soil. be tegen Fer jarge ye Lang sean very stringent anti-liquor been agreed on the House committee. Lif Anti-Liquor Law Celebration. One hundred and one guns were fired to-day in cele- bration of the defeat of the liquorlaw. The celebration was attended mostly by Germans and other foreigners. Consular A) ‘tment. Chas. Ney, of New York, has been eppointed Consul to a8. ew the inland of St. Martin. " Health of Abbott Lawrence. Boston, June 28, 1855. ‘The health of Abbott Lawrence is better, and hopes are entertained that he will recover. The and freight depots Vera ath at on the Hartford ro batee last Providence ‘were bur night. Loss about $4,000 in buili ‘and $10,000 in freight, the latter belonging mostly to the Rock’ and Vernon mills, The Newark Plank Road Case. ‘TRENTON, June 28, 1856. The Court of Errors and Appeals in the case of the Company, being en appen! from the decison of the ate ap ol Chancellor Halsted, af piers and bulkheads in wounded. No names given. Movements of Southern ARRIVAL OF THE JAMES ADGER AT CHARLESTON. mail steamship James Adger, fom Now York F ar. rived here at'7 o'slotk this evening. ARRIVAL OF THE KNOXVILLE AT SAVANNAH. Savawnan, June 26, 1856, ‘The Knoxville arrived here from New York early this (luesdhy) morning. have Texas dates to the 19th inst. “4 From the Plains. BLOODY AND SUCCESSFUL FIGHTS WITH INDIANS, Sr. Louis, June 28, 1855, The Republican has advices from New Mexice to May 30. On the 29th, Colonel Fountleroy attacked a camp of Utabs near Arkansas river, twenty miles north of Breu- chas pase, killed forty and took six prisoners. The command had one man slightly, and one mortally nded All the cam; ai 4 Taare alg On the Ist of a ae same ptured 4 ay inclined ee Fogg Dione ten ice who is peace. turned to Fort Massachusetts on the 9th May. - The Revolution in Northern Mextco, New Orzxans, June 27, 1865, We have received Brazos dates to the 2ist inst. All the towns im Tamaulipas and Nueva Leon, ox Matamoras, Reysoea and had ting nad occurred... favor of the evolutionists. No News from Texas, Bartiuors, June 28, 1856, By the arrival of the Southern mail as late ar due, wo: A general rise in all the rivers in Texas is reported, and cotton is coming forward rapidly. aroused half the inhabitants of the city, amd many fied into the streets. In the eastern section some windows were broken. The shock was also experienced: in country for s distance of seven miles from the city. Be eee! Vs 9 See ee sternation. Be: Cee eee re 1e was ‘whilst ihe weather was calms” we . ‘Thormometer 96 in the shade to-day. The Case of the Brig Buffalo. Boston, June 28, 1855. ‘The revenue cutter Campbell arrived to-day with seventeen steerage and four cabin passengers, taken. from the British brig at Holmes’ Hole. The brig was al- lowed to proceed on her voyage to Nova Scotia, The four cabin yes epnare were brought before Com- missioner Woodbury to day, am@ held to bail in $1,000 for examination on a charge of violating the neutrality laws. The; [i their ag Count Hezensly, A. Langlois, ard Rudekeir, and ae The. seventies steerage passengers were held in $100 each as Markets, PHILADELPHIA STOO BOARD. Mi Stocks fs "HILADELPHLA, "7 easy. ‘6 firm. Reading Morris Oanal’ 163 Long Island Raitroad 17%; Pennsy!- ‘vanis Railroad 4832, Pennsylvania Staten 5's 90, BALTIMORE CATTLE MAREBT. June 28, 1855. Cattle.—Beef continues to decline, 100 H sold at 3%¢. = 53¢¢. on hoof. Hogs firm at 7%e. to 8c, Sheep in better demand. Sales $2 to $8 60. New Orixans, June 27, 1855. Our cotton market is un Seles to-day Albany and Troy. Recei; re 26,608 bushels wheat, 1 bushels corn, 412 oats, Exports for the same time—1,273 86,021 bushels wheat, 66,896 do. corn. Burraro, June 28—6 P. Flour not yet in much demand. Sales of small cele for trade—200 bbls. —at $9 25 a $9 50 for to choice Wisconsin, and $9 75 for fancy Mi Some inquiry ‘< wheat. Market lower. and unebanged; corn 1 . a yesterds —1,119 bbls. ayE™ FEZ; if lota, in bege: do. Canadian, $2 28, and 300 white Michigan at : 4 HI BS lull and the WO Tekapo report, e market Ly buyers Oata dull ana lo er, "Salsa of 623 bbls.; wheat, 42,249 oats. 1,756 bushels, Atpany, June 28—12,30 P. M. Flour dulland heavy. Wheat, no sales, de- ching; sales 20,000 bushels Western mixed, Ry hy e 92c. afloat, at 913¢c. Oats—Sales 10,000 bushele Chicago atG4c., measure. Whiskey easier, at 37. City Intelligence. Anti- Mare Law Mrerinc.—Our French fellow citizens opposed to the odious prohibitory jJiquor law,met again last evening, at.No. 72 Leonard street, Mr. Delescluze in the chair. He read the Mayor’s instructions to the po- lice, recently published, and several kers comment- ed upon the ccurse marxed out. this it was re- solved to protest against the law by an address of the French population to the American le, and it was also resolved to attend in a solid She aan meeting of all nationalities which is to be on inthe Park. Seven d tes were then to confer with other societies having the same view of the liquor law. The meeting then adjourned to Saturday evening, at 8 o’clock, at the same ‘MEETING OF THE CensUS MARaHAls,—This evening, the Census Marshals hold a general convention at the Broadway House, for the purpose of ascertaining how far they have progressed with their work, Important Tur Warm WearTuer.—The weather is getting warm rapidly. Nesterday the thermometer stood at 78 deg. early in the morning, andat moon was nearly 80 deg. This heat will soon run up the mortality table. So far they have been kept down, owing to the lata a and the cleanly condition of our streets. ‘ous ehtntes hed better be careful what they eat and what drink; avoid apples, don’t get excited, and all things keep if you can. Court—Special Hon. Judge Cowles. Before In the Matter of the Assessment rrading the Second Avenue —The ” and cer’ |, with $10 costs. als mea, and for furnish: alleged, was intended for the slave trade. 1845, 1406, 1406, 700; 146, Bo aod, Laok, 1608 1487, 1349,'1296,'1312, a a . Soe een tnd it will be found a’ bandeo article, ESPENSOHIED, 118 Nasa street. way, yesterday, J think 1/1) go there and make an in-