The New York Herald Newspaper, July 18, 1855, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDO®S EvNeTT, PROPRIETOR aNO EDITOR ayyio’ XN. W. OOBNEB OF NASSAU AND FULTON OTe, TERMS cnsh in advance. THE DAILY HERALD 2 cents per per annum, Thad WEEKLY HERALD eucry Sturdy "ot 63 cons r unnum; the European ett ran Cy pene tin or BS to amy part of the / Subscriptions or with Atver- Haements to ed or patd, or the postage will be deducted from me NON TAR Y CORRESPONDENCE contwining impor a vt of Greet Feces te Re :) ee aN Tae TE Grom ony querter of the worlded tacd twill be liber all gar OuR Fobwion COR REEPON- REQUEHTED TO SEAL ALL va. mous communications, We OENTS ANE Perreve ap Pack ace! NO NOTICE taken of 3 thowe rejecter. +h PRINTING executed with neatness. cheapness, and “USC ERTISEMENTS renewed every day. AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. ROADWAY THEATRE, Grosdway Instawp Axp Aminica—Ganney the Bason—Yanxee Counrsurr. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery—Tue Dauvcanp -Tow anp Jexny—Wivow’s Vicwrm. WIBLO’S GARDEW, Brosdway- Qurew or 4 Dav. PERUAM’S OPERA HOUSE, 563 Broad way—Ariecua a2ANs. WOOD'S MINSTRELS Mechanics’ Ball—472 Broxaway, New York, Wednesday, July 18, 1855. The News. ‘The steamship Canada, which left Liverpool for Ha ifax and Bos*on-on the 7th ins*., had not beea telegra shed at Haltfsx at twelve o’c\ook last night. Bhe will bring three days Inter news, | We publish todsy the decision of Recorder Bmitn, in the case of Thomas Dowd and Charice B. Smith, charged with a violation of the Mains EL quor Jaw, which desision was delivered in the Court of Special Sessions yesterday. H» pitches into the law without gloves. He says, “It ia an as" in deregation of the common la, bigh'y pesal in ite rature, deatructive to property in ita conse- quenecs, jeopsrd zing liberty, and inflicting the Joes of rocial position avd civil rights, sammary in its execution, granting extraordioary powers to trrespourible persons, and affording no adequate Tgdrera to the parties injured.” The eoaclusion of the Recorder is, ‘tat it is no offsoce tonal! im ported liquor without having obtained the licsass mentioned in the act of April.” The defendaats Dowd and Smith were discharged Tre famous Jager bier case revently tried at Povgbkeeprie, wherein s worthy Myoheer toatified to the daily counsumption of s‘xty glasses of tha’ beversge without experiencing intoxication, osm Bo jesterday, in tie Saxreme Court of thy Seo md @etrict, held in Beooklya, Jadgea S rong, Brown and Rockwell formed the court. Tie matter cams before trem cn writ of certiorari. Tha argaments of the prison+r’s cunse! were, that the proceadings below were informal; shat t e prisoner saoald hava been tried only on pressatmen’ of tie grand jary, and before a jary of tvelvs myn; vba! the oom- pluint ehoold have alleged that she Iiqaor was 20+ imvorted; and, floally, tat the act waa uncons- tiorai ard void. Te ounse) for the people com- baited, of conrse, all these a'gamenta. Tie Ovirt seemed only t> pay attention to tie iatiac point; and, so far as their sentiments ware exvra:z9d, they were decidedly aiverse tothe ast. Dacision, how- ever, is reservec. We give a repozt of the pro~ eerdings. The Commissioners of the Almah use did not hoid their regular weekly meeting yesterday, da‘ the usuel summary was han’od ion, The oumb: pereone remaiving iv the ineitntions waa as fol- Jows:—Belleous H: apital, 613; Lane'fc Asyina, Almshoure, 1,094; Penitentisry, 350; i Borptial, from Penitentiary, 149; from Wo kaouw, 148; frem Almshonse, 21; Worknouss, 712; Small Pox Boepital,6; Raodal’s Island, 814; Randall's Inland Horpitel, 229; Cisy Prison, 458; Second Dis trict Prison, 30; Coird Distri t Prissn, 12; Ovloved Home, 248; Colored Orphan Asylum, 180; chilires at vu/se, 184. Showing an increase of 212 iumates over the number of the preceding week, when the total was 5635. The number edmitvet for the week erding 14h was 1,189; total, 6824. Of tae Domber 17 died, 863 were discharged, 95 wers a9! to the Penitentiary, and 2 ¢> the State Prison. From Demerara, (Britis: Gaiana,) w+ have files of papers to tue 29td ot Jase. Tae colony was ex ovedingly healthy, trade very dull, sbipving abna. dant, and freights low. Additional taxes had boon imposed ona good many srticies of imoor’, th» echedule ras of whioh we c mmond to the atts. tion of American traders. The daty onram had been inereased from 80 centa to 90 cents per gallon. Four bate—coatiog $14 each—had been imported trom New York without the daty of sixty c:ats baving been paid. They were seized aad the con- signees of the Montezuma had to pay the daty, wisn § axe of $5 in adcition. Late accoonts from Northern Mexico rayreseat that the revolationiate had captured Salti!l>, were besieging Cawarg-, from whence they contempls ted marching upon Matamorov, where General Weil was pregaring to give them a warm resep tion. The Governor of Louisiana bas issasd & procs mation deciaring ali ves.eis arriving fom p rtaio the West Indi +, the Golf of Mexico, an) cerain ports in Brazil, eudlect to deveation at quirsutins for @ p riod of ten d.ye. Toe Committe: on Lawp: ard Gas of the Board of Councilmen met yesterday sttersooa at tho obamber of tte Board, There were presea) Messee, Picckney, Moore, Purdy, snd Floyd. Mr. Gough ton requested an adjcurnment to enerrly dey, poo vided is would off r no detiiment totue early deci tion of the question at iseue, Owing to the snsence of Mr. Willsrd, the counsel for the cp sing com pany (the Manbattan). The Cosirman exp'siasd that as the Bosrd would likely acjmra for tae month, no report could possibly be given ia till «a ea'ly pert of the Aogust session. I; waa, tere aoon, agreed to adjourn for some day’, eubjact to the cail of the Chairman. The Board of Couscilmen last nigit flashed their labors jor July, and edjourced till Augus, next, The basinees transackd was not of very grestim- portance. A cisonvsion arose upon the motiog & oorcur with the Boa d of Aldermen in erecting a Topoment to Geo, Worth on Brosd ray, corner of Teenty-fifth street, which moon to cxncar was Ansily carcied. Te next Cocament of importance before the Board was the 8 mi annmal report of Mr, A.fed EB. Baker, the Fire Marehal, from whic) we cojlect come va'uable statistic:, which is iacladed ia tim report of the proceedings ot the Board, pub lished elscwhere, We give undor the t legrapyic head « skeleton re port of the proveedings of an important oublic meet ing beld at Lexingtov, Mo., lat week. The dele gates to the convention were 6 imposed of taat clas of soviety which is comorehended by Giv, Rewter ia the +pibet “ border ruflamy.”” bar we this ths po | ceedings ef the pody, for temperate action dad n> deste language, will compare well wit) any abil tic emigrant society wath ing couvensd siace the passage of ine Kansas Nebeasks dull. The cotton, marks contiaatd t> ba ange'tled: | seeterday the nales + reetrieled to be 4 three snd tive hoadred ostes, woes afieded n eriterion of | Poor wa. dnl, and inferior #ith common grades wery & tefl, lower; aba 2,000 bushels new Seatners @n a) were gyda $2 25, ond 300 J new d>, 85 $2.90, Suen wld ton fale exe I. 49% Pow ® ti, *fh eslea, tne bow. Bre particular in sac at een t Gon, wito eae of 2 ra QR aut 700 sds. rugs, 4 : war? bvee ive, oo abi 20 gas ceostp of ister i afo'ge Beet, ta vie TS _ | thas , | dene away with ¢ ‘ NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JULY 18,..1855. Scrub Races for the Presidency—The Clection of 1824 and the eruspeet for 1855, From all the political movements around us, and frem all the lights before us, the fact is becoming more and more apparent every day, that we are drifting he}ter skelter into all the bazards, excitewents, “ noise and confasion”’ of a miscellaneous serub race for the Presi- dency. It is almost equally clear that we shall bave a scrub race which will carry ap the elec tion of President to the Honse of Representa- tives at Washington upon the three highest candidates from the people. upon this gontingency, these questions nata- -relly arise:-What dre the prospec’s for the succession? What party will come uppermost, and what principles will prevail? Let us look back a little. Our guides for the future are the lights of the past. Oar Political history since the adoption of the fede- ral con+titution in 1789 may be divided into four epochs, which have passed away, and a Tbrown, then, \, reeurrection of the whig party ; and the move- mente for the reconsotidatioa by the democracy North, wre very unsatisfactory. Ou the o'het band, we have the nucleus already organized, ia both sccions, of a new national party, p wer. ful io nbumbers, united in action, and coxtiteas of success; acd a form dabdle anti-slavery coaltion in the Nort, «hich only a coa- janction of the couservative body of the people of all sections can put to flight. Against these two parties, we have, under the avepices of this administration. nothing to ex- pect better than a feeble and sickly rally of the spoils democracy, and a decided ultra sectiona! par'y in the South, At all eveuts, we Can ex- pect nothing better than a scrub race ia 1856, tbe carrying up to the Hous: at Washingon the three highest candidates from the people, Reduced to this alternative, what are the pros- pecte? The elections already held for the Congress of 1855-6 betray a fcee soil majority in four- fifth, which is soon to commence. First. The sdministration of Washington, dariag which ali party distinctions were held in suspense in the universe! respect and confidence which the Fatner of his Country commind- ed. Second. The administration of the elder Adame, which developed and brought into force the stringent bigh church doctrines of the old Federal party, having, what Patrick Heary would call, “an awfnl squinting at a monar- chy.” Third. The Jeffersonian epoch, which gave the arcendency to the radically popnlar yrincip'es of Thomas Jefferson, which were brought out into very bold and startling relief from the reaction of the French revolution, and its terrible crusade agaiast the Bourbons, the French aristocracy, and the monarchies of Europe This epoch may be considered as lasting from 1800 to 1824, when the old federal party having melted entirely sway, another change ant another reconstruction of parties succeaded. The administration of John Quiaey Adams was the transition administration from the “era of good feeling,” under Mr. Monroe, to that violent antiquarim of parties which was brought out into a definite shape in the contast between Adams and Jackson in 1828. This is our fourth political epoch which, with several incidental revelutions, may be set dowa as the era of the democratic and whig par'ies, closing with the election of Gen Pierce in 1852. Sinse that day all the political events of the country in the interval past, present and to come, wiil culminate in the inauguration of our fifth poli- tical epoch in 1856. Now for our Presidential scrub races and the election of President by the federal House of Representatives. Under the old dispensation, from 1789 to 1800, when the highest candidates wos President aod the next highest Vice-Pre- sideat, every Presidential election may be said to bave been a serab race; for as yet the peo- ple were not driited to the discipline of porty caucuses Oreconventioas. But in 1800, Jeffer- sen and Barr baving each 73 votes ia the eles toral colleges, the election was thrown into Congress, where, after six days balloting, Jefferson carried the day. This difficulty and exciting affair resul'ed in a change of the con- stitution providing a distivet vote cach, at the electoral colleges for President and Vic : Pre- ident. Then followed also the party syssem of Congressional caucus nominations, which lasted till 1824 in fall force; and this briags us to fhe only real ont-end-out scrub race in the whole series of our Presidential contests from beginning to end; and to the only point in the disintegration and reconstruction of parties heretofore bearieg any practical analogy to the present state of things. In 1824 the candidates before the people were Geverai Jackson, John Quiocy Adams, William H. Crawford and Henry Clay. The o'd party lines, federal avd republican, had become obso- They were “all federalists, all republi- It was a coutest of cliques and iadi viduals for the spoils. In view of this contest, the leading politiciaos in Cougress in 1820 had effected the Missouri compromise, Mr. Clay taking the most active part in it, The election was thrown into the House. Mr. Adams, before the people, was the ouly candidate of the noo- tlavebo'ding iuterest, the other three being Soarhern men. The electoral vote w.8, Jack- son 99, Adame 84, Crawford 41, Clay 37. In the House, therefore, Mr. Clsy did not come up as a candidate; butin turning over the votes of the States of Kentucky, Ohio, [ili- pois and Missouri, which he controiled in the House, to Adams, he decided the elesden in his favor upon the fir.t batlot. Aad why did Mr. Clay preter Adams to either Jack-oa or Craw- ford? Ue saw that Jackson was a dangerous rival, that the Clay vote for Adams would de- teat Jackvon, while if thrown for Crawford, it would be thrown away. But we presam» that the grext object of Mr Ciay was to strexgthea him- self tor the fature in tae North, against the over- whelsiug popularity of Jackson in the South, acd that hence his support of Adams. Thus, al/hongh we can discover neither’in the divi- sion of the popular, nor the electoral, nor the Houre vote for President in 1824, anything of positively sectional character, it still appears thet the election of Adams was the result of an cfleriog to the Northern anti-slavery seatiment by a Southern sepirant for another trial Ip 1828 there was a clean contest between Jackson avd Adams, reenleing in t @ over- wheiming defeat of tho latter. Ta 1832 the forvee opposed to Jackson's administration were | divided upon Clay, Floyd and Wirt, with’ no better result. In 1836, the opposition were again cot op on Harrison, ‘bite, Mungam and Webster against Van Burea as the Jackson de- mocra ic candidate, when they were again most sigvally deieated. Lao 1540, the universal coa- centration of sll the opposition forces upon Gen. Harrison, swept awny Van Baren and his disustrons fivancial administratioa, ay by an avulanche. In 1844, the slavery question, bav. ing been suffered to sleep for twenty odd years, was brought for the firs: time dircetly to bear | nv on the Presidential issue ia cosnection with he Texas question, Tne contest was bety rolk and Clay; ond the fifteen thousand aati- | pearly all whig, drawn off | toBiency, the acti slavery candidate, gave this lavery votes, ; State by five thonsaod to Polk and elevred him | lu the same way the anti slavery diversion | 18!8, upon the Vea Buren Baffato ticks, defeat | | ed Ge n. ¢ by givimg this 3-ate to Gon. Tuy- | | lor, Th be old demoralized whig party | } made its tas” rand rally, and was utterly de | | mols taaysant demrecacy fa | ef we heen oroket to pleees aad diewinded by } an ioefleient aud fai vilens visteatiogn A he oid pareies and ott ourey toe e fly is op r oo » Page (ike | je clear for auot t 1824, aod ation of pr Thus far there und ou surged tforine | Poy symp tous of a possiole | bis ¢ teen States, and a tiein Iowa. There are fif teen Southern States, which, in the Honse, upon the slavery question, will assuredly stand ogether, aud Cal.fornia will most probably go with them. So that in a vote of the Hoas: for President, each State castiog only one voter the South will be perfectly secure ia their coa- stitutional rights against the anti-alavery league. Let us, therefore, have a scrub race, and an election by the House; for there, be- tween Nortbern aod Southern ultras and dis- upionists, we way rely upon the success of the mort national, conservative and practical man of the three highest from the people. Tus Fire Marsnat’s Rerort—IncenviaRisu in New Yors.— We publish to-day a documen of considerable interest—the Fire Marshal’s semi annual report to the Mayor and Common Council of this city. It presents some gratifying features of improvement on the previous report, and contains a number of suggestions which are based on the results of Mr. Baker’s official investigations during the period he has been in office. The recapitulation of the carefully com piled tables annexed to this docament presents us with the following results for the period em braced between the let of December, 1854, and the 31st of May, 1855 :— Cause of Fire. Number, Loss. Insurance Fasnace flues , cy $174,006 $163 500 Obimney flues. 8 98,4 825,200 Accicestal... 3B 1,673 32.70 Suppored seciden 173,102 280,450 Carelensness .. 1 5,929 39 000 Suppored careleran 2 26,880 128,010 Gao light in the win 8 2,683 78,900 Intoxicstion,..... 2 400 4,500 Leakage of ee 1 8,500 25) Tabivg @ light ints a closet 2 1,423 13,250 Sparka trom @scove....... 8 1,280 10,100 Supro ed rats im matches, 4 4,044 37,50 Spontaneous combustion... 2 237853 65'500 Supposed by matches. 1 29 693, 65,000 Fiction of machiner, 1 49,580 38,000 Explosion of boile 1 500 2,000 Phosphorus ... 1 180 1,809 1 1,330 490 4 4'650 17,159 31 134.608 854,770 11 25,633 79,300, 8 230 27,400 3 2172 4,550 8 116,181 95,750 $879,849 $1,858,670 Nearly ami‘lion of property consumed with in the space of six months! Startling a3 is this amount of loes, it is nothing in comparison with the fact that ont of these ono hundred aad seventy-three fires, nearly one-third were the werk of incendieries! And yet we are told that in the Inst six montha there is a decrease of thirty-one incendiary fires, and that at a season when the opportunities for these crimes more readily present themselves. When wecompare these results with the losses occasioned by the same causes in the great European cities, the conviction forces itself upon us that oar police authorities have not been as active and vigilant in there cases as thty might have b-ca. The amerdment shown in the report ia the last six months is, however, evidence that the apooint ment of the Fire Marshal, aided by the restless energy of ournew Mayor, has given a stimulaa to the watchfulness of the police, which in time will bave the effect of reducing the losses from incendiary fires to a comparatively trifling amount. In pointing out the various causes of acoi- dental fires, the Fire Marshal dwells on the fact that in most cases these casualties are at- tributable to imperfections in the principles on which our buildings are cons'ructed. H+ shows that as long as owners and contractors are left unvisited by any legal punishment for unsubstantial and dan- gerous work, these accidents will be neves early of frequent occurrence Hy calls fur the enactment of a law or ordinance imposing a fine and imprisonment on builders or persons authorizing the erection of buildings w th walis Jess than sixteen inches, or flues less than eight or twelve inches in thickness. He also would make it penal to place any wood work withins distance of less than twenty inches from the ch’ n- ney or furnace flues. To enforce these reguta- tions he recommends the appointment of building ingpectors, as in London and Paris, to visit ali new works and to report all infractions of the law to the authorities. Iuall these suggestions we heartily concur, and we trust that they will receive the attention they merit. There is another -ubject tonched upon by Mr. Baker with the bearings of which we are not so familiar, but to which h» seems to attach great importance, namely, the classification of drags. | We are afraid that there may be some practical difeulties in the way of his recommendations being carried out, but the ubject at all events deserves investigation. In the meanwhile we are clad to find the anticipatioas which we had | expressed of the utility of the creation of this office so fally borne out by the intelligence and conscientiousness displayed in his report, “Sovrnern ty His Frevivas.”—The New School First Presbyterian Chatch at St. Jo sepb’s, Missouri, having advertised fora pastor, and that he must be ‘Soathera in his feeliags,” the circumstance is seized upon by oar elder Seward organ as an affair which s-eks to mea- sure the doctrines of Christianity according to “the price of uegro fl sh.” And yet what goald | be more reasonable thaa the reqiiremoat thyt he pastor tor a Soathera congregation should be “Southern in his feelings?” The slaveholders of St. Joseph's, Missouri, hive | eeen something, perhaps, in Kansas, of the work | ing of the diabolical principles of such parsons as the Rey. Theodore Parker, and they simply wish to preventsuch “bioody instructions’ as histo their slaves from their owa patpit. don’t t to pay for a wolf in sheep's cloth- ing. They can dispanse with the raat of Parker and the phitautbropie hypocrisy of Seward aud rgaus, They are a Southern courregation, apd want spreacher thera io his feetiogs”” What monsters are produced by abotitionism, when even the getes of tre Southera eharehes e guarded against them by pubtie ad- it They have to va Tux New Centrat Park—Tae New Croton Reszrvor—Tae New Wasaivaton Market— Tus New Esorant Deror at Castis Gaapen —Tue New Crry Hatu—-The pudiic mind has been in a state of pleasing excitement with the various projects which have been proposed dur- ing the last four or five years for the emoellish- ment ard improvemeat of the ctiy. Our citi- zens began io indalge in the hope that New York woud eventnally rival some of ths first cities of the Old World in the splendor of her public works, and that her vast material wealta would be expended not only in the erec:ion of warehouses snd the bnilding of ships, but ia works of art for the refinement and cultivation of the popular taste, One of the first and moat important of the projects preseated, was a large park in the cen‘re of Manhattan Island, which would be free to all, and which we were told would not be shrpassed by the fuest about London. A report was made on the subject about two yeara ago in the Legislature by Mr. Cooley ; the Common Council dixcassed it over and over again with their usual volubility, and it was fondly imagined that the work would be commenced in a year from that time. Two years, however, have elapsed, and we appear now to be as far off as ever from the realization of the projest. The Commissioners, whose duty it was to re- porton the value of the lagd embraced within the limits of the Park, have not, so far as we have been able to learn, even entered upoa their work, and as they are piid for every day they meet since their appointment, whether they are engaged or not, it is not likely that they will be prepared to report for another twelve months. Would it not be well for the Counsel to the Corporation to look into the matter, and let the public kaow what progress, if any, has been made? It is time that a stop was put to this ehemefal system of imposition on the pub- lic, and we mow of no better way of doing so in the present case than by making an expos- ure of the cen uct of those Commissioners. Will Mr. Dillon inform us how mach those gea- tlemen have already received of the people’s money, and tell us, also, what they have done for it? ‘ In connection with this there is another matter of the most vital importance to the city, and in relation to which the same culpable negligence and indifference has been exhibited by cur authorities, We allude to the new Croton reservoir, the necessity for which is becoming more imperative every day. The capacity of the present reservoir is only sufi: cient to supply the demands of our immense and rapidly increasing population, and if a breakage, or avy such serious accident occurred, the consequences might be of the most fearfal character. A few moaths ago a portion of the worka gave way, and although the damage was comporatively trifling, a large force of mea had to be employed night and day ia repairing it, that the city might not be deprived of its usaal supply of water. Accidents of this kind are liable at any moment, and we shriak from coatea. plating the fearfal sacrifice of life by which they might be attended. The Mayor has already called the attention of the Commoa Conaasil to the matter, but we think it would b2 advisable for him to remind them of it again, as their memory about such things appears to be none of the best. The rebuilding of Washington Market— another of the projects which the Common Council have had under consideration—seems to have been totally abandoned. Our readers may remember that the plans for thisstrusture were made out; that the necessity for it was admitted by every one, except a few discoa- tented individuals about the market; that about three acres were taken in from the river for the purpose, and that it was said the work could be finiehed in less than syear. More than three years have passed since the proposition was made, and the first stone of the new market has not been laid, while the old building is at present in such a ruinous condition that it threatens to tamb'e down on the herds of its present occupants, The space which has been filled in is covered over with old wooden shanties, which are anything buat an ornament, and the streets are almost im- paseable in wet weather in consequence of the dirt. In fact, Washington Market, iastead of being what it should be—one of the cleanest in the city—is the most irregular, the most crowded, and the filthiest. As to the erection of a new structure, the public seem to have lost all hope, and if something is not done very eoon about it, the whole subject will shortly be forgotten. The last project before the Common Council, if we may judge from the fate of those to which we have just referred, will also fail through. That a new City Hall will be erected in course of time we have no donbt, for the city canaot do without it; but that it will be pat uader way in less than five or ten years, would be vaio to expect, unlesq throagh some remarka- ble stroke of good fortuae. Plans of the building have been presented, but no- thing definite has yet been devided on, nor has it even been settled in what part of the city it will be erected. Like ail other con templated public improvements, it has become a complete speculation, avd it is useless to ex- pect the Common Council to do anything aboat it antil they bave madzall that can be sqaeezed out of the contractors. We trust, however, for the credit of the city, that when they shall decide upon the building, it will he worthy o” the great metropolis ia point of architéctura! beauty. The filling in of the Battery has been going on about three years, and will take about three more before it is finished. This, m coanexion wich the conversion of Castle Garden fate an emigrant depot, will completely change the character of that favorite resort. The building 8 at precent ip couree of preparation for its tu- tore occupants, aod will be ready in a few months. This isthe only one of the many pro- jects which is at pres-nt being carried into ex- ecution; ‘and if it depended solely upon the Common Council, it would be neg ected, like all the rest. Fravps Uron Eutcrants.—We publish this morning an exposition of the frauds committed daily upoa emigrants, written by Mr. Ludwig Semler, the head of the Department, which was recently reorganized by the Mayor for theic protection against the imposition of runner, boarding bou-ekeepers and ticket ageata Coctment Was written in reply to inqviries ia relation to the Emigract law, and for the to formation of the committee appointed by the Just Legislature, to investigete the many abuses to which emigrants sre sudject on arriving at | this port. ‘Tbat there is ned, and great need ; of xetorm in this particular, every one at The | all conversant with the subject mast admit. Under the law as it now exists, it is almost impossible to punieh the offender, for alshough the Mayor has done a great deal for the protec- tion of emigrants, be is utterly unable to pat a stop to tbe frauds until the Legislavare, so a'ter or modify the Jay, that those who commit them capnot escape the penalty. The suggestions of Mr. Semler are worthy the consideration of the Legislative Committee, aad we trast that if chey aze not followed ont they will at least lead to the adoption of rome plan for the redress of the many outrages to which emigrants are sub- Jected. Youne Arrica Acai -Letrer Frou Lewis H. Purnam—Our article in the Heraup of Mondey, on the conventions of colored mea celled to meet at Philadelphia and Troy, bas called out various express ons of opinion trom several sources, white and black. It has alao waked up Mc. Lewis H. Patnam, colored man, of Bedford, in the State of Lag Island, who sends us his ideas on the subjec' referred to. Mr. Putnam traasmits to protix circulars anda letter. We publich the letter or reasons anvexed, bat must decline to re- print the circulars. We must be merciful, Me Potpam, as well as just, aad we cannot bore our readers with half a column of abstractious when tbe mercury marks ninety degrees Fah- renbeit. Perbaps some of ou readers do not know our correspondent, Mr. Lewis H. Putnam. We re- member him He is like Crispas Attacks, the mulatto who was killed at the Boston massacre in 1773; he is like the nameless negro who figures in all the pictures of the battle of Bua- ker Hil; be is like the battalion of blacks who did such good service ia the Revolutionary war, and were publicly thanked by General Wash- ington; he is like Cuptain Joha Tyler’s b> i- map, who followed his lord aod master from the sbades of Sherwood Forest to the big wars, and could not get a land warrant; like the memory of all those heroes who have been immortalized in abolition lectures hundred times. Mr Lewis H Putnem’s name is inseparably inter-. woven with the thread of the history of the republic. Thus:— After General Scott had redaced the city of tte Monteznmas, and finished the war with Mexico, Major Ripley, of the army, wrote a bock upon the subject, in the appendix to which be states that when the pos; office in the city of Mexico was overhauled, there were Jound letters from Lewis H. Putnam, to Santa Appa, Almonte and others, offering to stir up @ revolution amoog the blacks ia the Southern States, and lead them to take sides with the Mexican government. It is well known that many Mexicans believed that there would bea slave insurrection in the United States, and that by the aid of the negroes the Mexican banner might be planted on the dome of the Capitol at Washiogtoo. Mr. Patnam— who is a plausible colored gentleman, hav- ing more of the suaviter in modo than of the fortiter in re—was willing to elevate the colored race and put Mexican dollars in bis purse by helping along this praiseworthy object. We hope that when negro patriotism isagain referred to, Mr. Lewis H. Putnam will not be forgotten. Mr. Putnam’s plan at present is to colonize part of Liberia, and provide every negro family with a farm and tools to cultivate it with. Congress is to sppropriate the ridicu- lously smallsum of six millions to pay for land, expenses of one hundred thousand emigrants, @ pegro, or even some white men, a farm, stock. tools, eto., aud he will bask lazily in the sua, waiting for some one to help him work it. No, the negroes must earn their own farms, their own passage money, their own farming imple- ments, and then emigrate to their own soil. Who knows bat from the new repuolic yet to be established on the shores of Africa, a mod- ern Hannibal or Scipio might arise, overran the south of Europe, and carry the banner of Young Afric# into the cantons of Switzerland, or the vineyards of France. Give the biack man a fair chance on his own soil, and he may work wonders. Meanwhile, let Young Africa remember what we have said. Its action in cutting loose from the designing white trash, in giving the cut direct to the hypocrites who have been filling their own pockets while pretending to be at work for the liberation of the slave and the elevation 0 the free negro is commendable. But, their ouly safety isin emigration—volan- tary, gradual emigration—not as paupers, but as {ree citizens, deliberately returning from the house of bondage to the sunny land of “their fathers Let Young Africa, as Mr. Wise wrote to the Granite Club, Number One, of Boston, “be firm, be united, be true, and we shall yet tee the country safe.” Abuve all, let Young Africa bewsre of outside pressure and ineide divi- sions. Look ont for Seward, Greeley, Raymoad and Company ! ‘The Navy Yard. ACTIVITY AT TIE STATION—VI8IT OF THE RUSSTAN CONSUL-GENSKAL AND RUSSIAN NAVAL OFFIORAS, The yard jast now presents a scens of considerable activity. The stesuvr Niagara is tapidly progressing, urder the personal supervision of Grorgs Stoors, who bas the contrac: for builiiog her. [t is likely sue will ‘be ready for launching by the beginning of October The steam frgate San Jacinto, which arrived on the 12h of Jane, bas just been taxon from ths dost, aad {s pow being fitted up with as much dispaten as posible She is destined for the Kast lodia squsdroo, aad will be unter the co: 4 of Commodore Wa. M. Aru rirong, who is now im Boston ewailiag tae tig ap of Ue verse] previous to his taking commant Tho a9 Jacinto was built at the Brooklyn Navy Yar! in 1950, ood mounts ¢iz gang. Tuis steamer is to by the flag sb p of the East India squadton, It i# reported that the steamer Potomac will arrivs here on or about the 26th in from Norfolx, She will brirg with her J C. Dovbin, Secretary of the Navy who will take the sea voyage for the benefit of h’s health, which in now quite delicate On Monday morning the yard as visited by the Russian Cony) General at this port, Alexia Kaataphieve, He was seceived with « ralute of thirteen ganas, aad apptopriate- 'y enterta ned on toard the North Ciroliny He was accompanied by two Rassian navel offionrs, Sersral In- dies were on board, among others the wife and daughters of Commodore Boorman, and music, danciag sai other festivit es were in’ ulped i Of late years a mani’est improvement hes taken place in the internal arrangements of the Nevy Yard, mach of which is due to the energs, tact and skill of ths officer a* present ip command, Commodore Boorman. His term of fice will scom expire, eat if he in nov re-appointed, i sil be difficult to find an officer as competent to fill th- sorte + loribg the past month there ’ ave been 630 rocraita re. coved on board the North ©. olina, of woish 125 ace apy entices in noticradls +) at since the abolitiow of real punishments it is moch easier to recruit tian Now the depertm-ot bes their p.ck of the mn form riy they wi obliged to tare then a me. \ eystem of rews ds aud pua shmeat: hav adopted, which prs at besifectual ia preserving eiyline, A the of a ‘rave, aa booorahs charye entitles the recipient t) three months’ axtrs p ely bh may amount to as mac” a9 $120, Ina tow ye ihe syetem will no donbt be muah perfested, and as hich artele of diss plins maintained a4 was evor exa its) under ihe old regime of cat 0’ mime-tailsand public whiz pret foun enky. mee, © the: » and co forth. It won’ do, Mr. Patnam. Give | TAK LATEST NEWS3 BY MAGNETIC END PRINTING TELEGRAPHE, Non Arrival of the Canada. Hauwax, Tassdsy--9 P M, The stesmsh‘p Canada is aow in her eleven’ day out, and fully due at this port, but up‘ tue proseat moment there ure no p'gus of ber approach. Ovning to some troab’e in tue telegraph wires east of Calais, we are unable to get a later deapatoh. From W: gton. PROOREDING3 OF THE OUUNT OF MOVaLB. Wasuisetoy, July 17, 1355. The Court of Claims mat this morning and called the docket regularly jown:o No, €0, Such eares aa were not ready for disposition by the court were passéd over. CUAINS~—-RE* In thore cases that were resdy the Court took tha pa- pers xamination prior to hearimg argument, fo members of the bar objected. It was tauta- mount to ceci¢ing the case ard then heariog counsel. Without doing any other busicess the court a journed over till Thursday morning, when the docret will bo again called and counsel heard. fwo clerks in the Treavury Department, a:msd Mar- sball and Caldwel!, anda watchman, bad their esd opped off to day, St. Louis, July 17, 1855, The convention called at Lexington, tn th'a State, duly astembied on the 12th inst., and a large mum sr of dsin- gates were, present, Col. Woodson was chosen ’rosidant protem., and Col. Lovg, Secretary. A Mr. Ralston, of ‘Kansas, created great contus'ou oa sccount of tha cm- vention refusing to recognise him a8 @ delegit?., Gen. Atchison and Col, Douip2aa were called upon to addrass the meeting, but declimed doing #0, for fea: of preju- dicing the action and barmovy of the meeting. Col, Lowry wished to know the object of tha convan- tion, He was igoorant of it, and was in favor of laying down 4 platform on which the whole South could stand, Itehonld advocate by all law!ul msaus the #)tadliah- ment of elavery in Kansas Col. 8. A. Youna made s law and order spsech, whem the convention adjourned till evening. In the evening the folowing permanent officers ware reported:—President, Hon, W. F. Wood; Vico Presi- dents, J.F. V, Thompson and Jobo Lowry; Secretary, 8. A, Lowry 804 L. Witely. On the second day two gentlemen from St Louis claimed seats in the convention, and the Progidsat decided that they were entitled to tham. This decision ‘was appealed from, but the Chair was sustaind. Resolutions were reported requesiiag ths Lexislatare of Missouri to pase an act retaliating upan snd cissrimi~ Bating against the products of Massachusetts. Mishigan and Vermont, Majer ALVIN opposed the proposition, and considered that apy law diccriminatiog setween ths products of the different States was unconstitutional. Judge NaPron’s opinion was called for on this polat, ‘but he refused to give it. President SHANNON, of the University, dsliverad, om invitation, # Bible argument sustaining slavery. Hie addrens towards the close decame very inflammstory and 8 motion that it be printed in the procescings of tne conyention caused much excliemen:, stro onjectioas ‘being urged. A motion to adjoura sine di+ wes nega. tived, and after mueh coofusion the conven‘ws daaily adjourned till evening. Farther from Mexico, Batmimors, Jaly 17, 13¢5. The latest news from Rio Grande sta*ea ths’ the rev2- TJutioniets were besieging Camargo, and from thera ox- pected to attask Matamoros, which Gsneral Woll was en- gaged in fortifying ‘SeltMJo had been yielded to the revolutionia‘s withrat - a struggle. The American Consul had left Monterey. Destraction of the Steamer John Stevens by Fire, Paraparraia, July 17, 1855. The splendid steamer Jobn Stevens, belongicg to the - Camden and Amboy live, war destroyed by tire at tws o’clock this morning, while lying at the Whitshail laad- ing, below Bordentown The entire woolwork was burned, but the hull being iron, the machinery is probably not mach damaged. Sho was t! aad Moat expensive tost on our river, and was built in 1946, Six persons wire sleepiog on the boat. Tho pilot, one deck hend, and = chambermaid, were all saved; bat three female cooks are supposed to have jumped over. ‘beard, ‘The verse] cort $11¢,000, ani wee not iasored. ‘This afternoon the bodies of the three oo) sro’ f+males were found in the river nvar by the acene of tus dinester, The unfortunate women had junped overboari a2) were drowned. The tota) loss by the burning of the sieamer is $155,000, Boston Weekly Bank Statemect. Boston, July 17, 1365. The following is our weet)y bank statement for the Past week:— $32,710,000 « «64,279,088 Specie in banks... 3225102 Amount dve from other bani 4,019,938 - Amount due to other bank 6,726,199 Leposits. « 15,449 733 Greulation 7,602,637 Mortality of New Orteans. New Orteans, July 16, 1355. ‘There were one hundred end eighty eeves deaths in ‘this city last week, of which forty-four wers from yel- . low fever, ‘Trial for Vioisiing the Neutrality Laws, Bostow, Juty 17, 1856, ‘The trial of Const Louis Kazinski, Hago Lip', Richard Rudelins and A. Langlois, who were taken from the British brig Buffalo by the rev. utter James Cauip- dell, on the charge of ealisting soldiers for tus Crimsa, was commenced ia the United Stater District Court to-day, before Judge Sprague, The case will probably occupy several 0 ‘Ibe heat to day waa very oppressive, the thermom»- ter at 2 o’clock indicating 93 degrees. Boy Kilied by Lightoing. Cueverano, July 17, 1855. A doy named Theodore Binck, aged 16, was killod by lightning thie aftervoon, and acotrer boy who was with Dim was etunned, A horse was also killed by the same Gach. Recruiting for the Kurcign Legion In Suffaio. Borrato, July 17, 1855. Deputy United States Mershal Tyler to day arrested three gen, one an officer ia the Britian service, On & ebarge of recru'ting men for he war in the Urimes. Aa examipation will piace before Jucge Hal) to morrow. ‘The State Normal School of New Jeracy, faevron, Jaly 17, 1855. ‘The State Normal Schoo! Trustees met at Prinzetan to~ aay, and selected Trenton as the lovation for ths Siete Sevool, William F. Phelps, of New York, wis chose pr.ncipal. Gas Exptomon and Deata. Lyseunuaa, Va, Jaly 17, 1855. James W, Boyd, Exq. © prominent merchast of this place, wan killed by on explosion of gis a! bis rtvidenos to-day. Markets. PRILADELYWIA STOCK BOARD. LADeLPutA, Juty Money plenty. Stocks doll, Xeading, Capel 14%; Loog Irlans RK, 16M, Ponary vei 4494; Penny lwemie Siaie a 88 84- New Gnieans, J The #1 of cotton to dey views rat premium Mess pork sel) q ORLEANS, Saly 14 1 declined (0. Salen today 1.600 bal Oe, 8 1 30. for middiing. Bacon sides, 654:.; Sa Gera, Wo Atmasy, Jaiy 17--6 P.M. Trere bas been nothing doing bere today io Moar. The gales of wheat amounted to 4.200 yarer. Mixed corm sellx at fhe & at 4X adic. No canal rece p's nave be in, Borrsto, July 165002, ME The demand for flour bes bern muderata to-day, ant mostly tor retail pararls for Lest ose. Prices steady. Eales 0.CC0 DDI at BH 60 & 891254 for good to fancy, apd extra litnis, Indisaa and Wa oosin = Whest, ua- Cotton ebargec; sales 3°00 bushes Uvper Late, sur ag, at BA) Corn in goot request, dashele at Tbe. 5 OO) burbein at T8e ; alto, Auguet at THe os The Fire Commoners, The Fire Commissioners beid a mertiag lieth erm at the Fireman's Hett map), Brows, Wright and Freeborn. The complaint of Hose Co. No. 21 agatast Bagiae 20,