The New York Herald Newspaper, July 24, 1855, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENNSE?®, "/ROPRIETOR AND EDITOR. s7TWE WF. W. CORNER OF SA3340 AND FULTON STB. Bae eae ees conte per comy-8] per anni. DA ‘ ¢ WE. HERALD every Soturday, at 6% cents BW REAL Y or ths movepese clllion $4 per, on Bet port of Great Britain. er 86 to any part of the nent, both to include Fotfot Bubecriptions or with Adver- * eee ud ‘or the postage will be deducted from the SOONTEN TING executed with neatness, cheapness, and By RR TISEMEN 18 renewed every day. fotume XX.......0665 eer Sevesererereese@ 203 AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. @ROADWAY THEATRE, Breadway—Ovr Gar -Farny ROLE. "8 GARDEN, Breadway—fnx Toopies—Joun WERY THEATRE, Bowory—Suasnen anv Cuasnen —Yrenpe in Guman Form, WOOP S RINSTRELS Mechanics’ Hall--4i/3 Broadway. Wow York, Tucsday, July 24, 1855. Mails for Europe. NEW YORE HéRALD—BeITION Fox EUROP:. ‘The Collins mai! steamship Pacidc, Captain Nye, will lene this port to morrow, at noon, for Liverpool. ‘The Haropean mails wilt close im this city at half-past ten o'clock to-morrow morning. ‘The Hunuxy (printed in Foglish and french) will be published at ten o'clock in the moraing. Single copies, im wrappers, sixpence. aeeaioa ‘aud advertisements for any eéition of the Naw York Hensup will be recetved at the following places im Europe:— Lavesroon, .Jobn funter, No. andiord & Co., No. 17 Corohill, ‘m. Mamas & Co , No, 19 Catharine street. Livingston, Wells & 0o., 8 Place dela Bourse. ‘The contents of the Europeanvedition of the Hxkarp will embrace the news received ‘by mail and telegraph at tire office dusing the previous week, and tothe hour of pebligation. 12 Dxchange strost, East. Phe ews. The steamship Northern Light, now -€ae at this port with California advivos to the let iast., had not made berappearance et one o’clock tive morning. ‘Oar Brownsville, (Texas,) correspondent, writing | on Juiy 20th, states that the revolationiste were fati ef hopes of ultimate success. General Woll had | marched to Reynose, in order to take the-command | of the government troapa atationed there; but, after | entesing Camargo, t vo thousand five hundred men of the‘federal army were pushing forward rapid y to meet bim at the former town, and would endea- vor vo take him prisoner. The insurgeute were well pup; lied with money, and determined to overthrow | Banta Anna. Carvajal, with twenty seven other fiibasteros, was diacberged by the federal court at Brownsville, the Jndge having ordered the indictmétit tobe quashed, aa being ‘illegal. The weather was very fine, and the river navigation ex- | cellent. General Videurl, General-in-Chief of the libera- ticg army, has issued a degree, which we publiah, | @enonncing the penalty ef death agains: Santa Anna, bie executive cficials, general offlvers and secretaries, should he or any of them fail into the hands of the revclationiats. Mr. Joseph E. Ebling, Commiseioner of Straets aud Lamps, replies through our columas this morn- ing to the communication which Mayor Wood ad- sessed to him in relation to ihostrest sweeping diffi- culty, avd the eatimate made by Mexsra. Smith, Seck- el & Co, in their proposals for doing the work. Mr. Ebling bases his defence on the grounds that no appropriation has been made by the Common Coun- @il to.cover the ostimates for the ensuing year, and that the department over which ke presides would become involved in irreguisritios if contracts ‘were perfected when there wasno maney on hand to pay the amount ; that the tender cf Messrs. Bmith, Leckel & Co. was at first informal by ite wording, and that, although he permitted it to be amended, os an act of courtesy, he still doubts its sceuracy; and that the machine company was not ‘Whe lowest bidder in as many aseight wards. The _ Commissioner also asterta that Smith, Seckel & Co, @: anded the immediate ex-cution of a coniract, made onthe amended estimate, whica he cousidered thisdnty to refuse, ag all contracts must bs sub mitteg to the two branches of the Commoa Council previcus to confirmation. Mr. Vbliog says he will heep the city clean so long as the balance of the Bp: Propriation for 1855 lasts, and tha; he will exesute a new contract for the next year when the appro- priation for 1856 is made. the Josegh Walker investigating committee had another long session yesterday afternoon. Mr. Wal: ter R. Jones was called to the stand after Mr. Issac G. Barker, who thought that the Mayor usurped sathority. Mx Temes ove the whole history of the eontracts, and of the attempt to bleed him on the paste! toe Aldermen and a certain Sanday n:wa- peper. Mr. Jones, however, waa proof against al these attempts upon his integrity, and bis testimo- by thows that none of their efforts proved success fal. A full report of the evidence is given else- where. A most deplorable accident occurred yesterday morning, at the corner of Nastau and («dar streets, @aused by the failing of a flooring overladen wit. beick and mortar, in a building that is baiug torn Gown at that place. A namber of persons were severely injured, and two of them--a mau named Byrnes and a boy nimed Saliivan—died last night im great sgony from the injuries they received. Thig practice of piling bricks om loose floorings has cauted many fatal accidents, aad it would be well for the city authorities to pass au ordinance pro. tecting poor laborers from liability to accidonta of abis kind. Joseph Blunt, Erq., of this city, and Brastas D. Culver, Esq., City Jadge of Brooklyn, havs been appointed by the Governor, to be aseociated with A‘torney Goveral Hoffinan in the tial of the Lim- mon slave casé. The parties taken out of the British brig Baffso erd conveyed to Boston, where they were tried and gequitted of the cherge of violatiug the neutrality Jaws by enlisting men for the Crimea, have brougit ections sgeinst Captain Clark, of the revenus cut ter James Campbell, for illegal detonation aod ‘mpreonment. The damages claimed amount to forty theurand dollars. Luteliigence from Fort Laramie to the 27th ult. hao been received. The Indians on the Platte con- tinued their depredations. Two trains bad beea attacked; Robert Gibeon, the leader of one, was shot, and two men of the other were wounded. The case of Thomas Berry, of Williamsburg, ebarged with viclating the provisions of the proni- bitory liquor Jaw, is assigned for trial byjary on the 30th inst. In this cass some two thousand dol- lare worth of defendant's Uquor was seized. ‘There was said to be some bstter feeling in cotton yesterday, with more doing. The gules embraced sbout 1000 bales. Some sales of middiing uplanis were made at 10jc., and New O.leans middliags were quoted at llc. An apprehension prevailed Shas the late storm suffered at some Bou hern points beard from, had extended to a greater or leas ex. tent over portions of the cotton region. Common grades of State flour closed at about 1243. per bb. bigber, while mediam upper grades were unchangsd Now Southern wheat, in lots, gid at terms tated im another column. The supply of this kind of wheat waron the increase, and it way sald taat about 10.000 bushels arrived by steamer from Charleston yeaterday. Corn sold pretty freely at ay, 290: chiefly at the latter Sgure. Pork was trifle better for new mess. Coffee was unchanged. Sugars oon. tinued firm and active. Tho eeles reached about 1,700 hhds., with a cargo of Porto Rico, in bona, at foll price. Freight engagements continued to be moderate, for the first time in a long period. A tew thousard bushele of wheat were engaged, (or Liver. pool, yesterday, st 3d., besides which, some lots of ton and corn were taken withoot maferial Gho1 go frcm Ipet week's quotations, «Mpllions for Slavery” —Eatimates of a Se- ward Organ—The Boot on the Other Leg. NEW YORK HERALD, TU"spay, JULY 24, 1855. siana purchase, every inch of which belonged | to them on the date of its acquisition, from the We find in the Buffalo Express—a conspicuous | pajize to the British boundary above the he mr organ of W. H. Seward and his anti slavery 0o- alition—a leading article bearing the significant caption of “ Millions for Slavery—Nothing for | 1. jaw and the copstitution, Commerce.” Southern slavery ‘has ever been a pet iostitu- tion of government, and has grown fat and strong from the public treasury. dent, in turn, ‘hes caressed and patted the thing In this article we are told thet Each Presi- on the bead, while the Secretary of the Trea- sury has constantly fed it from the choicest pap afforded from the government resources. In this way ithas been reared as’a ‘spoiled child’ — desiring and coveting all that it sees, and want is pot speedily gratified.” To establish the charge that this ‘pet insti- tution ” of the South “has grown fat and strong irom the public treasury,” the following are given by our Buffalo philosopher ss some ot the items of the expenses incurred by the gene - ral government on account of slavery :— Purchasing Louisiana in 1803 Florioe, from Spain in 1821 Florida war with the ind Mirsissippi from Georgia Wor to obtain Texas, 18: Paid to Texas for sbam claims in 1850-55. ‘Mesilla Vailey, to Saute Apna, 1863. Total..... +» $310,970, 000 Now, we shall procee: talve this bitl of coets to pieces, and if we do ¥.ot prove that “‘figeres can lie,” we think we shall satisfy the 10,000, | reader that they may be used to suppress very material facts, end to establish the moet ridicu- springs of the Missieaippi. We can spare” ¢ 4). gas to the South, if they win it accor ~~ lag to and 6” st hold & Sega slice ot the origiaal ™ won Loni- abe. Let our Buffalo cotempor wary try it again. His statistics upon the 44° «Millions for slavery—nothing for OF mmeroe,” rece | against himeelf and bis cav yy is true that in our purchaee of South’ jo, territory, and im our ac- quititions from " southern territorial wars, we of the North bare secured the Mion’s share of the plunder, ‘apg i¢ is proving fretfal and uncomfortable if its every of the Mi folly to deny it. The outlet Atmeippi and the gold mines of Cali- JorD’.a Fattle the question against us, for the Pot, thre present, and for all time to come. Berustes of the Post OfficeDhe Northern Mall. The Post @ffice is never tired of affordtog ‘anrzement and edification to the people. Now $23,297,000 | \¢4s a letter which has travelled afew hundred 244,400 } aniles out of the way, ard comes back to its re- 72 oe gs || cipient when it is just too Inte to be of any use. beta’ '| Now, it isa bundle or bag of letters which have been chacked under a table, and lain there for a fortnight until the porter roots themaont ia sweeping the office. Now a batch of money letters, checks, policies of insurance and so- forth are sold ky a country postmaster, with “other rubbish,” to the paper maker of the county at four cents pound. And now, anin- lous conclusions. Let us 4ook, then, into these genious Post Office agent, exercised by a lauda- items of the Express, of the expenses‘of “ the ble thirst for knowledge, is detected in the act pet institution,” in congzection with this outcry ofopening letters, and relieving them of any of “Millions for Slavery—Nothing for Com- merce.” The firstitem relates to the Lowisiana Terri- dittle enclosures they may contain. All these “accidents,” we say, have long been fa- miliar to the public, and itis to be feared that ‘ory; and the cost of its purchase is set down | fresh allusions to sohackneyed a subject may be at $23,530,000. Grant it—grant that the ter- ritory puzchared was a slaveholding territory, were there no advantages in the purchase to the North, and “nothing for commerce.” As we understand it, the great object of the pur- chase was to secure the outlet of the Missiscippi river, and its mognificent and prolific valley, for the benefit of commerce. In the way of trade, this acquisition, since 1803, has been to the free States aud TerritoriesContiguous to the Miesiseippi and its tributaries equal in value to.at least one thousand millions of dollars, Then, again, as parts ot this Louisiana purchase, the North have secured the flourishing State of Towa, the beautiful and thrifty Territory of Mipnerota, and the tremendous Territory of Nebraska, to say nothing of the chances for Kaneas and the prairies to the south of it. All this is an offset which cannot be measured in dollars and cents; but the public lands in paseed over without notice. Still, as there is in reality no eolid reason why delays or robbe- Ties should be essential parts of the mail system, we must continue to harp upon them until some sincere desire to amend or prevent them is made manifest. Since the passage of the reciprocity treaty our business with Canada has decupled. The commercial relations now existing between the Canadian cities and New York are very exten- sive; with the exception of the Boston, Phila- delphia, and British mails, the Northern mail is probably the moat important and the largest which arrives here. Yet the old complaint, that letters are twice as long as passengers ia tra- yelling from Canada to New York and vice versa, if a8 loudly expresied ag ever. Passengers daily travel from Moat- teal to New York in fourteen to fifteen hours; the mail takes from two to three days this Louisiana purchase cold, and to be sold, } tf a Sunday intervenes it may not arrive before will probably foot up in the end at the Trea. sury Depsrtment, a gross caiount in hard cash of not less than two hundred millions of dollars, exclusive of grants to Northern rail- roads. We find, then, that the account on both sides, touching @e Louisiana parchase, stands as fol- Jows:— Purchase of Louisiana. $23,530,000 Actual benefits to Northern trade from tha acquisition of the mouths of the Mis- FISBIPPi cose ceeeee « 1,000,°° 0,000 Publ'e lande, in cas! 200,10y;000 Matas, acre. ab vet .$1,200,000,000 Deduct outlay for clavery. . 530, Balance, clear gain by the Union. ......81,176,470,000 —Over eleven hundred millions clear gain. “Answer a fool according to his folly,” saith the Scriptures. This balance will pay for the puichaee of Florida, the Florida wars from firat to last, and the purchaee of Mississippi from Georgia, to say nothing of the revenues and materials from the public lands in those States; and we shall still have a margin to spare of a thousand millions in favor of the Louisiana purchase. The next three items are— The war to obtain Texas, 184647 $217,174,000 ‘Texas claima, 1850-55 16,000,000 ‘The Gadaden treaty 10,000,000 Add Mexican indemnities, i8: 15,000,000 And we havea total of......+ss6+ ++0+ ++++8258, 164,000 This is a large sum expended in behalf of the “pet institution” of the government, resulting from the annexation of Texas. But let us look at the other side of the account. The war and the peace with Mexico have given the North the splendid State of California, whose seaport of San Francisco is the New York of the Pa cific coast. But we must not overlook the solid epecie dividends of California, nearly the whole of which have been the substantial gains of the North. Since the discovery of the gold washings on the Rio de los Americanos, in 1848, the export of Culifornia gold, manifested and in private hands, to the Atlantic Northern States have been, we dare say, fully up to three bundred and fifty millions ot dollars, Our Northern account with Southern slavery, therefore, concerning Texas, the war with Mex- ico, &c., is as follows:— Total expenres...... ro $253,174,000 Total profite, in solid go! 850,000,000 . $01,824,000 —Or, in round numbers, ninety-two millions of dollars! And how does this preposterous rab bish of “millions for slavery, and nothing for commerce” apply to California? The sequisi- tion of that country, and the discovery of the gold there, have given a greater impulse to cur commerce, domestic and foreign, Atlantic and Pacitic, than would have been given to it, without California, had a hundred millions a year, for the last half century, been appropri- ated to the improvement of rivers and harbors. We think our case is made out. Ia our pur- chares of and wars for Southern territory, neither the public treasury nor the Northern States have been the losers. On the contrary, while the treasury has been replenished from hese “acquisitions on account of the pet insti- tution of Southern slavery;” while our com- merce, from the sea to the rivers and the lakes, has been vastly benefited, and while the North has secured some of the richest and fairest of these acquisitions, we have secured with them the whole region of the gold country, and the monopoly of its bountiful diggings—wet and dry—the ports of California, the isthmus pas- sages, and the command of the Pacific trade. In view of such splendid advantages as these, derived from our outlays on account of the “pet institation,” we are ander a debt of the heaviest obligations to the Softh, This debt cannot be cancelled in dollars and oenta it oan only be met by the exercise of that spirit of compromise and concession towards the South which distinguished the fathers of the conatita- tion. In the exercise of this spirit, should the South give shape and form to the State institutions of Kansas, it will be a small concession to them to admit the State thus or- ganized into the Union, in consideration of the balance due the South on agcount of the Loui- ‘ Belunce, clear gain by the Union the fifth day. We cail this an old complaint. Three or four years ago, so much noise was made on the subject that au inquiry was institut- ed by the Canadian Post Office Department. It was diecovered that the delay arose from the stoppage of the Canadian mail at way offives in the United States: that is to say, when the mails arrived at Burlington, Rutland, White- hall or Troy, they were senf in balk to the Post Office, where they were. detained an hour or more for the purpose of being re-sorted; and, as the railroad or steamer could no’ wait so long, they were le/t behind, and only came on in the next train or the day after. To obviate this in future, the Canadian Postmaster—--Mr.Ca- meron, we believehad a special bag made up at Montreal for New York, and requested the New York office to perform the like service for Montreal. The plan, it is sapposed, answered when first put in practice—the Canadian mail came through in the eame space of time as pas- sengers. But very soon, this ceased to be the cage, and the old delay occurred once more. In- quiry being instituted, it was found that by sheer carelessness the person in charge of the mail was in the habit of sending the New York bag to the way offices with the way bags, whence it constantly happened that it was mislaid and left behind. The Canadian of- ficial, to remedy the defect, proposed that a special agent should acccmpany each through bag. As the mistake cccurred in the United States, it would have been necessary that such agents should be in the employ of the department at Washington; but as, in some points of view, their appoint- ment was needed more for the interest of Cana- da than the United States, the Canadian post- master proposed that Mr. Campbell should en- gage them and that they should be responsible to him, but that the British Province should pay their salary, or reimburse ite amount to the department at Washington. The proposal ws declined by Postmaster General Campbell. His Teason was to the effect that no such officers were employed on other mail routes in the evun- try and that no deviation from the usual prac tice could be begun for the benefit of Canada. This is, a8 we learn, the secret of the mail delays on the Northern route. Stupid bluaders on the part of agents, clerks and local postmas- ters delay the mail that ought to come straight through to New York; and the department at Washington refuses, on a point of etiquette or routine, to take the only steps that will correct the mischief. It is with the Post Office as with all the other departments: stupidity, carelesanese, and rou- tine have overgrowm every brauch, and para- lyzed every member. It is a question whether any thing can be done right without a sweeping change. The chances are, if you go to Post master Fowler and ask him why your letters are kept forty eight hours cooling in his office, thas he gives you a perfectly conclusive and satisfuc- tory answer, proving that the letters ought to stey there, that it was intended they should that it couldn’t be otherwise; and in the same way, if you ask Mr. Campbell why the No-th- ern or any other mail takes three days to tra vel a distance which passengers invariably per form in fourteen hours, he will prove as plain as any proposition in Euclid that it coulda’t possibly, by any arrangement consistent with the present sublunary condition of affairs, tra vel any faster. Srpastorot To nz Brown Ur.— Surgeon W. R. Whitehead, of Virginia, at present serving in Sebastopol with the barbarous Russians, re- cently wrote a letter to his friends here, in which among other interesting things, he says:— “Sebastopol will never be taken; it may be blown up by the Rasrians.”’ This is what we have predicted all along; it is the Russian mode of warfare never to allow anything vala- Me to fall into the hands of the enemy, on any sccount. The great Napoleon found that out at Moscow, and his sacceseor will probably be enlightened at «lmost as mach expense before Sebastopel. Sargeon Whitehead bas hit upon the real truth, by ugcident, we think. He bag ently re echoed the opinion of mavy candid sad competent judges outside the walls. Remem- ber that “Sebastopol never will be taken; the Rustians may blow the whole place, allied armies and all, as high ag a Mississippi steam- boat boiler ‘on a burst.’” putas Te The New Central Park AgainaThe Reason the Comm'asioners Won’t P. port. ‘We are glad to perceive that the publie are becoming aroused in regard to the delay in the opening ot the Central Park. A few days since we called attention to the fact that the Commis- sionere who were appointed over a year ago had not yet made their report on the subject, and at the same time we requested the Counsel to the Oorporation to inform the public what progress, if any, had been made. Whether Mr. Dillon has procured the neceseary information or not, we are unable to say; but a great deal of im- patience has been manifested for some time past by the people, to know what those Com- missioners have been doing; and it is absolutely necessary that some steps should be taken at once to satisfy them upon this point. It may be well for those gentlemen to know that we are determined to publish all the facts that are in or may come into our possession, and that we ehall aot cease to refer to the subject until a fad) and satiafactoty. report of their proceed- ings is made to the public. We will here state a few facts, showing the course pursued by those Commission- ers since their appointment, that the public may have a proper appreciation of their con- duct. When they were appointed; it was known, or at least suspected, that they were inimical to the project, and jp was feared by those who were favorable to it that they would lend all their influence to ensure its defeat. So far, their conduct has justified those apprehen- sions; bat we have no fears that they will be successful in their endeavors. We will, how- ever, let the facts speak for themselves, leaving the public to judge. When it was generally believed that the question of the Central Park was settled, and that the Commissioners had been appointed, a petition signed by about forty pereons doing business down town,was pre- sented in the Board of Councilmen in April, 1854, esking that the dimensions of the Park be cur- tailed, in consequence of ,the excessive taxation with which the city would be burdened for the purchase of the land, The petition also called upon the Com- mon Council “to take proper steps to secure the passage of am amendment to the law by which said park was directed to be established, re- stricting its size to some more reasonable li- mits.’ Our readers should observe particularly that this request was made by about forty per- fons out of a population of over three quarters of a million, aj] of whom, with this insignificant exception, were in favor of this great project, and were looking forward to Semealization with the most pleasing anticipations. The petition was granted in the Board of Councilmen, and in the early part of 1855, after the term of a por- tion of that Board had expired, it came up in the “other branch of the Common Council, where the action of the Councilmen was concurred in. A committee was appointed to investigate the subject, and this committee, after holding one or more meetings, reported favorably to the prayer of the petition. Now, as usual in such cases, the committee invit- ed all who were opposed or favorable to the project to appear before them and state their reacons for or against the mea- sure; and strange and incredible as it may seem, among its opponents were the very gentlemen who had been appointed Com- missioners. It must not be forgotten, also, that they were receiving pay for their ser- vices while acting in that capacity, and that instead of carrying out the object of their ap- pointment as speedily as possible, they were doing all they could, by opposition and delay, to defeat that object, Fortunately, however, for the interests of the city, Mayor Wood was not of the same opinion as the Common Coua- ei), and when the resolution was submitted to him for his approval, he, with his characteristic promptness and good jadgment, at once vetoed it. The reasons he gave for this action were universally approved. He stated in his veto that though it was proposed only to take from the Central Park a portion of the area agreed upon, which was about one-fourth, still it would be in effect a blow at the whole. He alco said, with equal truth, “thut any propo- sition having for its aim an interference with the work as originally devised, and which will encourage delay, and retard the provesdings of the commission, already too long protracted, will, in my opinion, jeopard the success of the most intelligent, philanthropic and patriotic public enterprise which has been uadertakean by the people of this city since the introdaction of the waters of the Croton river.” The chief objection urged by the opponents of the park is the excessive taxation to which the city must be subjected for the payment of the land required. To reducs this, it was pro- pored to cut off thirteen blocks—that is, to have its lower or southern boundary terminate at Seventy-second strect instead of Fifty-ninth, as was at first proposed, thus curtailing its dimen- sions by about ove hundred and sixty acres, and cutting off the beat and most accessible part. Now, it appears that within the portion which it was proposed to cut off there are a Jarge number of lots belonging to the Cor- poration, and that after these and the ground required for streets and avenues and the pro- posed reservoir, besides what is already occa- pied by the State Arsenal, are deducted, the number of acres to be paid for will not exceed ibree hundred and eighty-eight, or one half of ihe whole amount, The cost of this to the city; according to the estimate made by the Mayor in bis first mestage, would be two millions aad sixty-nine thourand dollars, which is much emaller than was anticipated at the time the act authorizing the establishment of the park was paseed by the Legislature. So far, then, the objection in regard to excessive taxation is without force, when we consider the great be- nefit the enterprise must prove to the city. There is hardly acity in the world gvhich is more deficient in public parks than New York, although there is none, perhaps, which stauds more in need of them. Paris, which in popula- tion does not exceed our metropolis and its suburbs, has parks, almost any one of which is larger than all ours pat together. And now we are met by the objection, when a measure of real public utility and one in which the health of our citizens is so deeply concerned, is proposed, that it will increase onP taxation to an exces- sive amount. But there ie no use in pursuing this eny farther, for it has already been con- clntively anewered, and it is, besides, a qaes- | tion with which the Commissioners have nothing todo. We~ ration Counee) © - wall again upon the Corpo- o 44 Mfr. Dillon, who, we are iufarm- phy ba volunteered, his services to them wilt jab eompensation, to facilitate their la + bore—we call upon bim to let us know what they are doing, and when, they will let the pubitc know what they have done. A Rarway Company Paw ror Kriuva Cows.—A rather singnJar action for damages was decided in one of the Vermont County Courts recently. The parties were the Connecticut ond Passompsic Rivers Railroad Company agaicet Thomas Nelson. The last-named indi- vidual owns cows, which being of a vagabond dirpoeition, have a fancy for promenading oa the reilroad track. A train was thrown off in consequence, and the company sued the owner of the cows for damages. The Judge charged that he was liable, and that the plaintiffs could recover, if it was proved to the satisfaction of the jury that the cows caused the accident, and that he must prove that he had used ordi- nary care and vigilance to keep them ont of the bighway. The jury returned a verdict for the plaiutiffs for one hundred and fifty-niue do¥ars damages and costs railroad companies, as they have gegerally been obliged to psy for slaughtered cows, ages—the owner of the beef having to pay the fenced and provided with strong cattle guards same time. THE LATEST NEWS BY MAGNET AND PRINTING TELEGRAPHS. From ‘Washington. MaROY. Wasutnoton, July 23, 1855, The Judges of the Court of Claims are still engaged in the appointment of commissioners to take temimony. Applicafions from all parts ef the Union have been very numerous, The list will be complete to-morrow. The judges are all in excellent health, Jadge Gilchrist hay- ing entirely recovered from his slight attack of dierrhoes, Secretary Marcy left bere to-day, fer Old Point Com- fort, Virginia. From Boston. ACTION FOB $40,000 DaMAGES AGAINST THE CAPTAIN OF THE REVENUE OULTER JAMES CAMPBELL —PUB- LIC SCHOOL EXHIBITION, ETC. Boston, July 23, 1855. The Count Kanzinski, Hugh Lipp!, A. Langlois and R, Rudelieua, who were recently acquitted of the charge of violating the neutrality laws, have commenced suits against Captain Clark, of the revenue cutter Jamon Campbell, by whom they were brought to this port, for legal detention, and imprisened. They lay their da- mages at $10,010 each. Captain Clark has been served with process, but not arrested. The anpual exhibition of our free public schools took Place to-day, when the Franklin and city medals were distributed to @ Jarge number of deserving scholars. The school festival followed in Faneuil Hall, and the building wes crewded with children and their parents. Appropriate addresses were made by Hon. Edward Eve rett, Maycr Smith and othere, after which a collation, musle, dancing, &c,, closed the exhibition, which was in every way agreeable and int ting. Governor Reeder and the Kansas Legislature, Curcaco, July 23, 1855. A private letter from Kansas states that Governor Reeder informed the Legislature that he did not recognize them as the Kansas Legislature, and would not meet them at Shawnee Mission. Later from the Piains. INDIAN DEPREDATIONS—ROBRR® GIBSON SHOT, RTO, 8r. Louts, July 23, 1855, near Platte company being wounded, and sixteen horses stolen. Further from Mexico, Baurtwore, July 23, 1855, fought there. aN Se eee Mutiny and Bloody Assault at Sea. Boston, July 23, 1855, The bark Kilby, Small, from New York for Quebec, anchored in Nantasket roads this afternoon, in conse. quence of trouble on board. The mate, Mr. Wm Thempeon, of New York, while ordering some coffee in the galley yesterday, off Cape Cod, was struck with an axe by the cook, three times, on the left temple, should- nd arm. He bas been brought up to this city and placed in our hospital, his condition being very critical. A steamer has been sent dowa to take off the cook, who had been placed in trons. MippieTowN, Coan., Jaly 23, 1855, Aman named Kelly was arrested heze last night for intoxication and placed in the jail, but during the night & party of men broke in the door and carried him off, He bar not been re-arrented, om heranonsmibitibcciiai Marine Disastecs. SCHOONER COLUMBUS ASHORE ON DEAL BEACH. Savpy Hook, July 23, 1855. The rchooner Columbur, Corson, of Great Egg Harbor, from Plymouth, N.C, for New York, with a cargo of stores and shingles, is ashore on Deal Beach, and going to pieces. The cargo is all coming ashore, All hands were saved,‘ Bhe is uninsured SCHOONER MONTEZUMA IN DISTRESS, Put.aperata, July 23, 1855, The schooner Montezuma, from New York for Rich- mond, Va., pat into Great Egg Harbor om Sundsy, with her masts spruog end leabiog. An Aged Man Barned to Death. Provipencr, R. I., July ¥3, 1885. Mr. Brownell Slosum, of Portsmouth, R I’, aged about 60, wan burned ¥g death in his house ou Sunday last, Markets. Burrato, Jaly 23—12:30 P. M. m4 @pened duli ai Sales of 200 and extra Upper Lake, moderate, sales 7,000 b , to arrive, at $1 70; = im bags, $2 35; white Canadian held a Corn dull and demand moderate; sales 12,000 bushels at ‘iTe.; at the clese holders offered tt without furtoer sales. Osts held unchanged. Lake imports for the Meadamdyr Se) eke Gur Washington Correspondence, Wasnixoron, Jaly 21, 1855. Mr. Dodges First Despatch from Madrid—How the President Received u—A New Mode of Setiting our Spanish Dificulticee—Highly Important Move of the Wealthy Cubans—A Peition to England and France to Secure Their Independence—The Terms Offered— What Will the United States Government Do ? Mr. Dodge, our new Minister at Madrid, bas sent in bis first despatch—official—which was received by the last arrival from Europe. It does not give satisfaction to the President or to Mr. Marcy. In his first interview with the Spanish Minister of State, after his reception by the Court, his appointment is rersrred to by the Span- ish official as @ fortunate incident, denoting the earnest desire ot the American government for a fair and impar- | tl settlement of the many questions of differences which have apbappily existed between the two govern- ments, To bring about #0 desirable an object, and one Fo earnestly nought for by ber Catholic Majesty's govern- ment, the very modest proposition is made by the well- withing miniater of her Majesty, for a registry of all the complaints preferred by the United States agains! Spain, to be taken up in order, and after full examina tion, to be disposed of, whish disposition in to be regard- ed as binding upon both governments In part, this proposition has met with the accord of our minister, notwithstanding the repeated bosstings of the Washing tom Union that our difficulties and misunderstandings Th This is a decision of some importance to while in this case they actually recover dam- butcher. A great many accidents are caused by cattle on the railroad tracks, and all parties should be careful. The railroads should be at the crossings, while the owners of cattle should keep asharp look out lest they lose them and become liable for damages at the THE COURT OF CLAIMS— DEPARTURE OF SEORETARY We have dates from Fort Laramie to the 27th of June, Robert Gibeon’s train was attacked by Indisas jeac, and Gibson was shet. Another train had alao been attacked rear the same place, two of the New Orleans papers of Tuesday last are received. The latest advices from the Rio Grande state that 2,500 ‘Yevolutionists, under Vidauri, were marching upon Mata- moras, The government forces had fallen back upon Camargo, and it was thought a great battle would be 4 —— eee witt™@pain had been happily settled, How in keeping” with the part policy of 2uam in her relations with the Walted Sinion is he? present conduct! And so long ag she is recogoiz d im per mapy ptiops with: favor Dy an imbecile aamynistration, tous long” will she cen-. tinue to pley her game of falsehood and promeditated ill leith tewaros the American nation, If lam rigttly spprised—snd | think Iam—Mr. Dodge's ipetruct. ons were put copies from 1 which were iven fo Mr. Sou'é with the ever repest- te exprermion ote continue the amicable rela~ These ace tions between the two countries.”” Hone ¢iflrr so one ym; it Hal which Mr Soulé form the Spania! i expreneed by the Spaaieh Cortes, ogo banding over to the United States for parc! the island of Cuba, the United states wil! not st presen’ revive the subject. and thet Cuba shall have her now ed position; but that the United Stetes will avy Furopesn in‘erference or policy whet. over, in tbe affeirs of the slend, Thisartituce of ourgov® +rement towerda Cuba and ber wealthy population, hag lost tothe people of the United States confidence of the said population, and the wealth of Cua at thie moment hss made its arrangemeata to mo longer c: a the United States ag friends, but ia determine: to oppose her of ted indifierence by offers which will short- both England and France, and which the’ will dud it somewhat difficult to prevent from socepting That no miituke ar th of tois matter, I would state that mm sd‘ressed to Great Britain ir interference, sad hemes, ty aes most —_ 18 paper was shown by 8 Cubsn exile, s man of high Mention ani in- Bow in this city, acd woo is to bear it to Europe: iately, to act wita thoee who have tome egri imam ‘byt who were not furvisned with the the go treaties between ‘he thore paw about to be pr: " ‘The terme are to be toose that I have before stated— th sesewalcgeers. of Cabaa inpependence, and the levery at the end of twenty one years. yupposes, how-ver, that other importen’ arrange- mente will be determined upon; and should France and Engiand agree in the recognition of Cuban miepen- dexce upon the terms solici' ed by the Cabans themeslves, im what way are the United States to interfere to previ the consummation? Now, thove late instractions (which I have given above,) to Mr Dodge, when known, cannot but hasten forma ion of vernments nemei equal to ted. the orposition of our gover: to continue Cuba in 9 stat ber oppreseive ralera, Many suggestions could be introduced op the impor- tamoe of esrly action by the South, and by the North, fovg he ward off the deapesate act about to be commit- ted by our neighbors of Cuba, so greatly calculated te- fujore the p shed ag and happiness of the Union; but those I must leave to the HeraLp, my duties being sim- ply to give facts such as ure here presented. SuppEN Jiuyzes oF Miss Louisa Prxz.—Mies Loutso Pyne, who was to have appeared at Niblo’s lsat evening as Zethra in Aub@es comic opera of ‘Fra Diavalo,” was seized with a sudden hoarseneas, owing to the vary vari- able temperature of the day, and could not perform. The house would have been crowded, and the apology of the: manager was received at the coor by hundreds whe re- gretted very much both the postponement of the piece and the cause of their disappointment. It is hoped that: Mies Pyne’a ilness will be of short duration. Donna Valeria Gomez, who bad announced a concert in the sa- Joon, was ‘mach benefitted by the circumstence, as a. large number of Miss Pyne’s admirers immediately went. tohear ihe Spanish prima donna, There 1s Comfort In tne Thought —Knoxr has straw bate enough at his establishments, on the. corner of Broadway and Fulton street, and at 533 Broad~ way, to supply every unfortunate individuel in town who je now ai ig, Perspiring eas beneath a black bat of last season. Tardy individuals, take com- fort in the thought and repair to KNOX’B. Large Sale of Bonded Liquors.—The Atten= tion of cur readersis called to the great uni peremp- tory auction sale of bonded liquors, to be made this day: yy. ALBERT B MICOLAY, at dis spaciohe sa!ssrooms, fo 11 Bread street, at 11 o'clock, comsistirg of 2,500 cases St. Jallien superior claret, 700 cases Chateaux Margeaux do,, 60 cases St. Estephe do., 150 cases Haut Bazac, 176 cases Haut Sauterne, 25 octaves Cogusc brandy (pale), 26 qr. octaves do , 23 half pipes d0,, 18 gr. pipes do , &c.; together witha lot of geauine im- sted Havana segars, also 25 dozen oe genuine Jerman cologne The whole to be sold ta original packsges, as imported and delivered from the bonded warehouse. All goods warranted to correspond with the fg ee For further particulars see the advertisement. of the auctioneer, in anotber column oop femmes rie ac Caimeo- a, ‘original, uerrect; her Ladi CHAS. He WILLLA CON artist, ied 249 Fulton street, Broaklym. Daguerreoty pes for 28 cents.— e St in: colors, is @ stride in the progress of in te tnieee ot anticipate by the hundreds who realize the fact at the sky parlors of the Artists’ Clab. 289 Broadway. The Ast of Taking Photographs Panght, tow gether with a whole my Spparatua complete forwne Duncred doliars, WILLIAMSON INSIIIULE, 219 Fukon street, Broonlyn. Secondhand Pianos —One Secondhand 1. GtL.. dert & Co. wolian piano for $210; one Nunns & Clark for $185; one Gleb & Jackson for $120; ons do. for $115; , and one for $30, at HORACE WATERS, 23$ Resto beter 08 for $150.~Horace Waters, 333. way, is now prepared toturnish 6% octave pitnos, with iron framen and eclrcular. scales, too tutors wey Sib, Cane slectly coal, shin yak nine wate e ‘Beat is a fanted tagive entire satisfaction esis pore! chee burs gare eon Blue Dress Coate—The most Fashionable ecat of the season, selling at EVANS’ clothing warehouse at $10. Aleo, check Marseilles suits at $6 50; zephyr cassimere suits, $10, &e., &o. Ten Sales Roo: st Carpet eotablishment in the United Stetes—HINA t ANDER- SON'S, 99 Bowery. Immense stock of Kogliah carpets and oilcloths, sold at tremendous low prices. Beauty and the —The Attainment of {parle ne beauty bas been wim of boch «exes of the juman race from the earliest periods of history. Holy writ ofte1 a with sdmiracion of the comelinesa of ite persoi nd it appears tl Solomon, the wisest of men, w. ceptible to ita attréctions. The Athenian ladies, in the palmy days of ancient Greece, cevoted morning to Cressing ic a becoming manner. Woman every ege apd in state of }, conscious that her influence fs beauty faded, has sought to heighten or ‘Dey charms by the aid of the toflet, Aa the ute of conmefion continues to be upivezaal, it fol- Jows that be who informs the pablic how the best ar- ticiea may be obtained at an average of ons eighth the Price cemended for them in the aes confer a Tea) benefit on the community at large, M.D" bein, re that every one of ordinary satelligence could, the aid of imple i{astractizns, pre- pare toilet articles of good quality as say that could be procured, determined to it to the public simple and easy formula, which w: ble every cne to make their own cosmetics, st a saving which will appear to the univitiated almost incredible. ie Brepering ‘there formula M. D’Cameron br ia of an iwjurious tencency—ev cbsracter, and everytring thei troubl‘some to mabe; and feels sesured that he has ac- complished his tenk ins manner which must prove high- Wy soseptate to the public. People genersliy are aware that the efficacy of meny medical compounds is often oning to. the properties of but ome or two of ita in- pee rentieth thecost of the re- # it appears, then, that the effect of a depenc om the number of its ingredi: the effective ingredient ia not that upon which the price. Gepencs, it must be plain to one thet infisitely simpler and cheaper formula can be offered, as effective ip every 9 ee as the most elaborate. Another source of berecey | be considertd in one’s Own com metics is the fact that the cost of bottles, boxes, labela and expensive engra’ in avoided, for all of which 7 ceatly in buyieg store articles. D'Cameron’s brace following superior articles: — borate, an unsu wash for removing nd pimples. Millicus of bottles of a sin'lar sold in the United States and Great at adoliar, This can be made for nins cents, The Capatherion will prevent baldness and restore the hair. Its mas ipgrecient is that upon which of the hind cepends for its efficacy. le, wil! juce & eating equivalent to store preparations at $ ‘Ihe Estence of Tyre is a meguificent hair dye. It is decidediy the best orticle &: . The ip? embraces ‘be mest recent tm Nineteen cen:s wil! buy bi a Bowuetoe dulent } fragre tl hen uet—a tful int water. (One abil- ing will make as much as four or six abillings will buy 1p the shops. La belle white—many preparations used for renew: jaded complexion, are very pernicious; they are only injurious to the skin, but act a poison, if tskem up by the abecrbente, This article is, however, parfestly ipnccent, eee oane ard afew cents wil make a quantity which will lest a time, The bloom of roses attains » lon; it desiderata mn; it affords a coloring for the cheek: tected as artificial; 15 cents quantity tqual to 108, worth of some of the articles ‘The pemadce for softening and beautifying the halr ts notesxceiled by anytaing ip vse; 15 cemts will produce what will cot $1 tm the shops. Fourre subrle-—-Articles have been sold ander thie pame which depend in some measure for their activity the rulpburate of arsenic, @ very Cengerous thing. ‘rely innocent, and ae effective ag i ee semk roctgte is wll ihn The dentifrice is on impervan' pes w the teeth ond preserve them from decay, prevent diseagse of the gums, and impart sm agreeable odor to the breath; used alter smoking, lt will meutralize tre emell of tobarce. fold by M. D'CAMERON, 212 Colambia street, one door frem Atlantic, le't side, Brooklyn, on+ mna‘e’s walk from the South terry ; or torwarded by mai te aay part of the United States. | Price #1, recipe anias Thicd cannot be do: Araiion {