The New York Herald Newspaper, August 9, 1855, Page 4

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WOOD'S MINSTRELS, Mechanics’ Hall—472 Broadway. York, Thursday, Augast 9, 1855.) =e dur subscribers in the Twenty-first ward are requested te leave their names at this office, especially those who fe not get the paper. We have changed our carrier, and some irregularity in the delivery may have oc- curred. The News. By the arrival of the Bultic we are in possession of our European files and correspondence to the 28th uit. The news from the Crimea presents but few features of interest. The summer, which had been looked forward to as the period for energetic action on the part of the Allies, seems to be gliding away without any effective steps being taken to realisethe promises held out. It is true that the siege opera- tions still continue, but they seem to be languidly and feebly carried on. Every thing connected with this unfortunate campaign seems to inspire discou, ragement and discontent, not only in the troops themselves but in the commanders of the Allied forces. It is said that General Simpson had for- warded his resignation to his government, and that Omar Pacha was about to follow his example. It is also well known that General Pelissier is not over satisfied with the strict surveillance exercised over his acts by the Emperor. An experienced comman- @er, who has won a high military reputation by @eeds of skill and daring, can ill brook the dictates ef a judgment uniormed in the school of strategic . science. A man may become a sound politician by reading, but he cannot successfully direct the opera- tions of a military campaign without some practice in the art of war. Itis rumored that the preparations which were making for the supposed expedition against Odesss are in reality to be employed in a grand naval and military operation aguinst the harbor of Sebastopol. One hundred ships and forty thousand men are to take part in the attempt to force the entrance to the port, whilst a simultaneous attack is to be made from the land. Preparations are also making for another campaign in Bessarabia. The English and French journals seem to be labor- ing under mortal disquictude as to the proba- bility of an Austrian alliance with Russia. The let- ters of our Frankfort and Vienna correspondents, which will be found in another part of our paper, will show that there is very little real foundation for these fears. Austria has too much to lose by war to venture upon so dangerous a step. The Allied governments will take care how they force her into it. The Palmerston administration have had a narrow eseape on the Turkish loan question. The resolution im favor of the loan was only carried by a majority of three in the Commons. By the convention entered into with the Emperor of the French, the British government guarantees, jointly with his Imperial Majesty, the interest on a loan of £5,000,000, subject to the approval of the English and French Iegislatares, The result of the vote in the Commons, i is said, has determined Lord Palmerston to dissolve Parliament at au early period. We question whe- ther his lordship will venture upon so hazardous an experiment. An appeal to the constituencies would place him in a far worse position than he isin at present, There was a rumor that Queen Victoria’s projected visit to Paris would not take place after all. In noticing it one of our correspondents states that there is no doubt of her arrival on the 17th, and that immediately aiter her departure Louis Napoleon would probably proceed to the Crimea. The socialist movement in Catalonia has been entirely suppressed. Some further disturbances at Badajoz are reported, but they seem not to be ofa political churacter. Austria is about to emancipate her Jewish subjects, preparatory to further internal reforms. Prussia has published another circular defending her neutral po- sition, and Hanover has passed through a minis- terial crisis. The visit of the Prince of Prussia to St. Petersburg is mystifying all the political quid nunce. The Paris journals announce the death of the widow of Lucien Bonaparte, brother of the Emperer Napoleon I., in her 77th year. Amongst the deaths of Russian officers reported from the Crimea are those of Admiral Nachimoff and Major General Todtleben. The latter distinguish- ed officer was the son of a shop keeper in Riga, and won his way by his talents to the rank of Captain of Engineers. When Prince Menschikoff set about strengthening the fortifications of Sebastopol he consulted with the chief of the engineering staff as to the time which would be required to put certain of the defences in proper condition. The reply was, three months. Captain Todtleben, on hearing of this, went to the Prince and told him that if he would give him a suflicient number of men he would un- dertake to put them in effective order in a couple of weeks. “ How many men do you require?” inquired the Prince. “ Twelve thousand,” was the Captain's answer. “ You shall have them to-morrow morn- ing,” rejoined Menschikoff; ‘‘ and see that you keep to your undertaking.” In twelve days the works were completed to the entire satisfaction of the Prince. Captain ‘odtleven was immediately promo- ted to the ravk of colonel, and took a prominent part in all the subsequent engineering operations re quired for the deieuce of the place, The works of the Redan wad Malukotf towers were, if not created, at least rendered almost impregnable by his efforts, For these services he was promoted to the rank of Major decorated with one of the highest military orders of Russia. The Grand Duke Michael called upou his wile,on the part of ibe Emperor, to make lier 4 | but of @ princely re sidence, and to assure her of the favor aud protec: tion of the court. General Todtleven received a wouad in the leg in the affair of the 18th, w preciesy similar in character to that whic Captain Lyons, and his medical attendants was only thirty-tive y and regretted by all his comrades in anus. Owing to the reduced stock of cotton in our sea. ports, and without very tutteriug pre t yesterday did not aym thize with the decline in Liver; Large holders in a@ Weasur fully aware that they were Let condition and prospects of our own wy English, and that a state of thiugs « the influence of which Liverpool operators sooner or later be compelled to submit. .\ few holders were induegd yesterday, after the ree ypidly sank unde urs of age, and died beloved cta for the NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1855. the news, to accept prices which they had declined the day before. In this way the aggregate sales reached about 1,000 bales. Flour declined about 124c. per barrel for common to extra State brands, Wheyt was tolerably active, at $1 85 a $1 90 for good Sonthern red, and $2 03 a $2 12} for white do. Indian corn advanced lc. a 2c. per bushel, with large sales, including considerable Jota for export. Pork and beef were active, with free sales at prices given in another column. Coffee was steady and quiet. Sugars were firm and active, the sales having reached about 1,600 hhds., at full prices. The Messrs. Stuart again advanced their prices for their refined sugars. Grain was freely shipped for Liverpool, chiefly at 5d. a 54d. in ship’s bags. A deal freight was taken from Bathurst to Liverpool at 80s, The New York Liquor Dealers’ Convention organ- ived at Syracuse yesterday. Lyman Powers, of ‘Troy, was chosen President. Previous to the election of per- manent officers a resolution excluding from the hall all persons except liquor dealers delegates and re- porters was adopted. The latest accounts received from Portsmouth, Va., represent the yellow fever as increasing, not- withstanding more than half of the population have fled from the city. There had been sixty-six deaths up to Tuesday. In Norfolk it is said the disease is also increasing. The Massachnsetts Know Nothings have held a State Council and virtually abandoned their organi- zation—at least. they have discarded the principles upon which the Order in that State was originally based. They haye gone over to the abolitionista, where they properly «elong, and where, it is to -be hoped, they will req,in. With regard to the result of the recent State elec- tions we are as yet completely in the fog. G.D. Shortridge, Know Nothing candidate for Governor of Alabama, is reported as “probably” elected. Mr. Morehead is undoubtedly chosen Governor of Ken- tucky, but we have received no figures tocorroborate the opinion. In the Eighth Congressional district of North Carolina, Clingman,democrat, is said to be elected by a large majority. It is doubtful now whether the Know Nothings have chosen more than two members of Congre.s from North Carolina. The trial at Norfolk, Va., of John Decker, of Staten Island, for homicide, terminated on the 238th ult. The jury found the prisoner guilty of murder in the second degree, and sentenced him to confiuc- ment in the penitentiary for the term of ten years, The Appleton, Winnebago county, Crescent says, the wheat crop of Wisconsin this year will produce 20,000,000 bushels. In our estimate of the entire crop of the country we only allowed Wisconsin 9,000,000 bushels. Both branches of the Common Council were in session last evening. The proceedings of the Board of Aldermen were unimportent. The Board of Councilmen resolved itself into committee @f the whole soon after organizing, but during the session no paper of importance was taken up. The docu- ments were old matters, and allin reference to street improvements. The Committee on Salaries and Offices of the Board of Aldermen met yesterday, to consult re- specting the appointment of Commissioners of Deeds, A full report of the proceedings, which were exces- sively comical, is given in another column. The Commissioners of Emigration have com- pletely re-organized the medical department of Ward's Island. Dr. H. B. Fay has been appointed Resident Physician, with a salary of $4,000 per an- num, aud he is to have the appointment of three assistants—one at $1,500 per year, and two at $1,000 per year. The whole affair was arranged in secret caucus by the Board, and no doubt there are some curious facts connected with the matter that have not yet come to light. We have news from Turks Islands toa recent date. The United States Consul, Mr. John L. Nelson, who had joined the Kinney expedition, had left as his acting deputy Mr. John W.Lightbourn. The gov. ernment had made some difficulty about recognizing him. The brigs Clarence and Bermudiana were waiting for cargoes of salt. It was expected that they would leave about the Ist of the present month for Philadelphia. The raking of salt commenced on the 17th of July. The price had been 30 cents, but it had fallen to 22 cents, and it was thought would be lower when the prices in our market were ascer- tained. There were no American vessels at the islands. Our files of Bahama papers are to the 25th of July. They contain no news. The Bahama Herald of July 18 says:—The British brig Saguna, bound from Gonaives to New York, with a cargo of maho- gany and logwood, put in here in distress on Monday morning, having carried away her spars and rig- ging in a heavy squall on the Sth inst. She is ina leaky state. Public Opinion in England. Perhaps the most curious feature of the movements now pending in Europe, is the ex- traordinary firmness with which the British funds are sustained. It has been usual to call them the thermometer of public feeling. When the funds were up, Englishmen felt assured that the State was prosperous; when they went down, they looked out for squalls. All this, it seems, has been changed. When the war with Russia began, and vast preparations were made by the Western Powers to crush the Czar— when every one, in view of the gallant resis- tance of the Turks at Silistria, foresaw that the Russians would be beaten to pieces by the Allies—the funds fell very nearly to 80; but when the horizon grew dark, when the Allied armies were beaten, the Russian fortresses found impregnable, and a most formidable spi- rit of insubordination developed at home, the drooping consols began to look up and soon reached their old stand point. For the last month, every successive mail has brought news of some additional mishap to the Allies; week after week, their chances, rightly examined, seem worse and worse; and yet there stand the funds as firm as ever at their old figure, 91, It has been attempted to explain the phe- nomenon by supposing a grand combination on the part of holders to maintain the price in order to punish the bears; but this hypothesis will not stand the test of examination. It has also been urged that the price of all specula- tive securities depends on the value and plen- tifulness of money, and that the steadiness of the funds is due to the plethora of the banks, This is doubtless true to some extent, though not altogether. There is, in reality, a much plainer cause than these for the steadiness of the funds; and that cause is simply the confidence of the British people. They believe in then selves. They have not begun to de pair of the State. They say to © other that they hav on we days, yraver dangers. They receive news of re after reverse with unshaken confidenc They are told day ose best qualified to judge, that Sebasto- hnot be taken; they put their hands in ultimate success, hy th pol es (x, pay out more money, and cogi- at they will do after they have taken ‘ria desert them to coquet zh they have said time is of their ministers in r only hope was in the al- y hardly notice her de- sertion, and say that their liance of Austria, th only fear now is to join them again. They see ministry after ministry break down of its own weight; they hear the shouts of the that Austria will want people ring through the parks and the fashionable squares in Belgravia; they perceive, plainly enough, that more than half their troubles are due to the blight- ing influence of the aristocracy: yet, with these things under their very nose, they never dream of revolutions, or, indeed, of any trou- ble which a squad of policemen cannot put down, For the type of calm self-confident conservatism is John Bull: and whatever he tries, he feels he will do it, not because it is possible, but because he is John Bull. Descending below the surface, and analyzing the feelings of the various classes of society in England, we find different feelings at work. The Court is believed to lean to the Russian side, with a portion of the aristocracy, both landed and moneyed. There is not a little sym- pathy between the British peer and the Rus- sian boyard. Of late years marriages have taken place in great numbers between them, and the natural affinity between the Russian and the Englishman has been increased. But after the Prince Albert expose, the British no- bility have not cared to make any public dis- play of their feelings. Mr. Bright, on behalf of the moneyed classes, openly denounces the war; but he is allowed to bear the brunt of his unpopular stand alone; the merchant princes and the peers will only come to his aid when ) the nation is ready to follow. ‘The people at large are in favor of the war. Many reasons may ibe assigned for the fact. In the first place, John Bull is a quarrelsome ani- mal. He had been forty years at peace, with nobody to leather but a few beggarly Chinese. Naturally enough, he was glad of a chance of getting into a row. Then again, having been thrust into the war, his pride and self confi- dence forbid his wanting to get out of it, ex- cept asa victor. Other reasons operate, simi- lar to those which affected the American peo- ple during the Mexican war. The Russian campaign is conducted at a distance from Eng- land. It does not disturb the commercial re- lations of Great Britain. The small retailer pursues his trade just as usual. The grocer, the tailor, the shoemaker, the “navvie,” the potterer, in a word, six out of every ten in- dividuals in England, need not necessarily be aware that the nationis at war at all. It weighsso lightly on their pockets, and inflicts sosmall anamount of injury on them indi- vidually, that there is nothing to counterpoise in their mind the native pugnacity and inborn pride of the Briton. All that they know of the war is that “rare fighting” is going onin the Crimea; their opinion may be summed up in the emphatic assertion that “the Rooshians must be licked, that’s all.” Another cause of the strong war feeling which prevails among the masses of the people in Great Britain is the bellicose spirit of thé press. It is true that to some degree newspa- pers reflect public opinion; it is certain that a newspaper could not thrive if it pursued a course diameterically opposed to the sentiment of the community where it was published. It may appear incorrect therefore to say that the British press is the author of the war feeling among the people. But it must be remembered that between black and white there are at least seven distinct shades of color; that the readers of a journal do not usually adopt an extreme opinion en masse; and that it is very easy, by observing a gradual progression, and keeping within sight of your public, to lead it even against its own tendency. The British press have been great gainers by the war. The cir. culation and business of many of the great journals have doubled. War news—news of battles, in which one’s friends have fought and perhaps fallen—is far more interesting than the best novel ever penned. Hence, since the war has broken out, and especially since the Crimean expedition—the weekly journals pub- lished in London, and containing tales and stories, have almost dropped out of existence, and the press proper have gained what they have lost. It is understood, for instance, that the receipts of the leading illustrated journal have doubled within the past year. No wonder —in these corrupt days—that the British press should be bellicose, and that what influence it has should be exercised to keep the nation up to the fighting point. That it has been so exer- cised—that very often the flagging spirit of the people has been roused by a stirring leader in the Zimee—and the last chance of peace des- troyed by fierce anti-Russian articles in the same organ—is known to every one. From what strange causes public opinion often springs ! The Riots in Louisville —Opinions of the City Press. Elsewhere in these columns will be found various extracts from our city cotemporaries, embodying a variety and contrariety of views opinions and suggestions upon the late terrible election riots at Louisville. We give them for what they are worth, with the simple remark that the causes of these bloody scenes have scarcely been sounded by the apologists of either of the parties engaged. One journal insists that the Irish and Germans are respon- sible—that they commenced hostilities; another contends that the Know Nothings are entirely to blame; while, from all the facts reported, both parties had made up thei minds for a bloody time of it, were prepared for it, ex- pected it, and were rather anxious than other~ wise to bring it about. The Lrish and Germans were exasperated under a sense of oppression and persecution, and the natives were inflamed hy what they considered the insufferable pre- sumption of ignorant aliens and bigoted, priest- ridden Catholics. Like causes produce like effects. The Louis- ville riots of 1855 are but a repetition of the Philadelphia Irish Catholic and native Ameri- can riots of 1844. Grant that the Roman Catholic hierarchy have been inviegled by Seward and his gang into the dirty arena of our ‘patty polities, upon the common school question, church property and the spoils—grant that the Irish Catholic and the German vote has been, not once, but over and over again, employ, balance of power in our elections, especis in the large cities, by the corrupt stool- of unserupulous party demagogues a, cuses, Whig and democratic—grant thy old parties had thus made themselves eae public nuisance, and have thus brought natives and Protestants against aliens and Catholics ingvitably results ia the banding to. this general Know Nothing native A reaction—the question still recurs, is t} dy proposed adapted to the evil designed to be cured? “The tree is known by its fruit’? | The experience of 1844 is repeated in 1855. Persecution is not the paremt of harm proscription does not conciliate the party pro- scribed, The policy of banding together gether of the latter, even to the extremity of battle. It is the experience of all history; and the instincts of human nature are the same to- day as in the dark ages. We have been expecting a wholesome revo- lution in our party politics from this native American reaction—we have been expecting a mitigation of its rigid exactions to the letter and intent of the constitution—and until this new party shall come within the lim.tations of the fundamental law, their efforts in the refor- mation of the abuses of the foreign vote can result only in mischief. The constitution is good: that which conflicts with it, in our coun- try, is evil; and as an “evil tree cannot bring forth good fruit, neither can a good tree bring forth evil fruit.” The Saviour of mankind has so declared ii; and thus it is written on every leaf of the great book of nature. The Know Nothing principle of absolute exclusion of all foreign born citizens from all public offices, is unconstitutional, as also that other doctrine of the utter exclusion of all Roman Catholics, native or alien born, from the pub- {fe service. They are evil trees, and until they are cut down, can only be productive of ruch fruits as the riots off the last twelve or eighteen months, at St. ] ouis, Cincinnati and Louisville, j The party persisting jn these untenable doc- trines of proscription must inevitably go the way of the proscriptive party of 1844. Peace- able, law-abiding men, for the sake of law and order, will abandon it; and when left in the hands of only the lawless and riotous, it will soon fritter away and be extinguished. The masses of the American people are conservative, generous and: just. Un- willing to submit to any wrong, they are equally averse to any act of injustice from themselves against others, Above all things, they are attached to the Christian, benignant, liberal and wise ordinances of the federal consti- tution. Finding there that all religions and all citizens are placed upon the same general footing—Catholics and Protestants, native and foreign born—and that taxation and represen- tation shall go together, the intelligent Ameri can masses cannot be led, neither by hopes of office nor by fears of proscription, from these Jandmarks of our organic law. It is now manifest, not only from these Louis- ville and other riots, but from the resul ts of al the late elections, that the while American people desire a change in the administration of the general government, and are ready to co-operate with any practical American party to effect a change, they are yet unprepared to endorse the rigid exactions of our Know Nothing National and State Councils. The first thing, therefore, essential to an American political victory over the intractable Irish Catholics, Germans, and even the corrupt party demagogues who use them to bring dis- credit and discord into our party elections, is the repudiation of these extreme oaths and pledges for the extirpation of Catholics and aliens from our federal, State and local offices, civil and military. Let the Know Nothings call together a na- tional council, and reduce within the limits of the constitution their doctrines of nativism, and they will gain all they have lost, and much more. Let them demand a modification of the naturalization laws if they will, and adopt such reasonable measures as may be deemed expe- dient for the exclusion of the powers of the church from the dirty work of party politics, and the affairs of State, and they may prosper. Otherwise, they can never become a national party, and will soon cease to wield any effec- tive balance of power, even in our State elections, Corporation ADVERTISING.—The Committee of Finance in the Board of Aldermen have at length reported on the Comptroller’s award of contracts for city advertising. It will be re- membered that Azariah C. Flagg, moved partly by hatred of the Heratp and part- ly by love for the Evening Post, the organ of his own party, reported, in December last, in favor of giving the city advertising to the Post, the Demokrat, the Staats Zeitung, the Sun. He was bound, by the resolution under which he acted, to select the newspapers “of- fering to perform the work at the lowest rates per thousand copies circulated in the city.” Tenders were filed by eight journals. Three journals only—the Heratp, the NV. ¥. Demokrat, and the Evening Post—tendered in ac- cordance with the resolution and specified the amount per line per thousand. Mr. Flagg kindly supplied the deficiency in the others; and the result of a comparison showed that the cheapest bid per line per 1,000 copies sold in the city was that of the Staats Zeitung, which offered to advertise for 1.83 mills per line. The others were as follows:— Per line per 1,000 copies. The Heratp . ant 00 ‘Times, 13 Sun. 2.16 Dem (2.50 Post 12.60 The Express and Commercial Advertiser did not give their city circulation, and it was therefore impossible to adjust their tender to fit the re- quirements of the resolution. Passing over the informality of the tender of the Sun, Times, and Staats Zeitung, nothing was easier than to select five journals from these data. The five which offered to do the work required, in the way required, at the cheapest rate per line per 1,000 copies, as re- quired by the resolution, were the Staats Zei- tung, the Hera, the Zimes, the Sun, and the Demokrat. And if Mr. Flagg has not hated the Heravp or loved the Post, the award would undoubtedly have been made in their favor. To gratify his spite and his predilections, he violated the law in the most glaring manner, and on a pretence so pitiful that it was an in- sult to the Common Council to print it, he awarded the advertising to the Staats Zeitung, the Demokrat, (both printed in German), the Post, the Times aud the Sun. Happily, the report went before the Common Council. The Finance Committee of the Coun- cilmen instantly refused to confirm it. Itwent from them to the Aldermen, where the Finance Committee as promptly refused to be made the tools of Mr. Flagg’s personal prejudices, and concurred with the Councilmen in throwing it overboard, The qu ion is now, how shall the ci vertising be managed? All parties are on some preliminary points: such as that absurd to advertise in German pape Flagg must not be allowed to the vertising as pap for his party orga matter must be arranged s to o the city advertisements the widest possible cir- culation at the | cost. But beyond this the doctors differ. The Counciimen propose that new tenders be called for, specifying the rate per annum at which each journal will agree to advertise for the city, taking into consideration the number of copies sold in the city. This plan would secure the Common Council against an enormous expenditure tor advertisements : but as a matter of course, it would throw two- fifths at least of the city advertising into the German papers. The committee of the Aldermen have taken a more business like view of the subject. They say: Let us designate two journals—not five— to be Corporation papers: let all the city ad- vertisements be sent to them and paid for at their regular prices for business advertisements ; provided they agree to publish the official pro- ceedings of the Common Council gratuitously. It is understood that most of the leading jour- nals are ready to make this agreement. This proposal appears sensible and practi- cal. In the selection of two journals for Cor- poration papers—the question of pay being set aside—there can be but little difficulty. It 8 the interest of the city to obtain the largest and the best kind of publicity. It is quite rue, as the Finance Committee observe, that a paper may circulate largely, owing to its unusual cheapness, among “servants, seam- stresses, working girls, journeymen mecha- nics, laborers, canal boatmen, seamen, <&c.,” and yet be very unsuitable as a vehicle for Corporation advertisements. On- the other hand, the Finance Committee advance a dan- gerous doctrine when they seem to say that certain journals of small circulation would answer the purpose because they go into the hands of business men, What the Common Council requires is not Wall street publicity alone; its notices must be read everywhere— not perhaps necessarily by the class of labor- ing men above mentioned—but by every householder, every ratepayer, every man who may be a contractor, in the city. And the two journals which will place them under the eyes of the largest number of householders, ratepayers, contractors and capitalists are the proper ones to be Corporation papers. Any honest person might be left to select them. It is high time this matter were settled. Tuvriow Weep Retires in Discust—His Biocraruy.—Upon the report that Thurlow Weed was about to retire from the editorial management of the Albany Journal, our grati- fied philosophers of the Tribune have given us a biographical sketch of their hero, which makes him one of the most exalted men of the age. But what are the facts? Mr. Weed has been a dexterous wireworker in party caucuses, conventions and legislatures. He has con- trived, also, to work his machinery in the best possible manner in regard to the lion’s share of the spoils. He has “put money in his purse,” by the simple rule of appropri- ating every man and everything to the main chance that would pass asa good enough Morgan, till after the election.” He can now afford to retire, especially as the complications of the piebald, ring-streaked and striped con glomoration which now makes up the Seward alliance are too much for an old fogy whose long generalship has been limited to the com- paratively simple scene shifting of the defunct whig party. A quartette, consisting of some such geniuses as Fred. Douglass, Gerrit Smith, Big Thunder and Lucy Stone, would now be best suited to take the helm of the Albany Journal, as the central organ of that indescriba- ble bundle of abominations known as the Sew- ard Holy Anti-Slavery Alliance. Weed is getting too old and hide-bound. Let him re- tire. THE LATEST NEWS. BY MAGNETIC AND PRINTING TELEGRAPHS, The Liquor Dealers’ Convention. Syracuse, August 8, 1855. ‘The Liquor Dealers’ Convention assembled at Corinthian Hall at balf-past 4 o’clock this afternoon, and was called to order by Col. French, of New York, on whose motion P.G, Maloney, Exq., of New York, was called to the chair, and Mr. Booth, of Dutchess county, appointed secretary. A committee on credentials was then ordered and ap- pointed. The question now arose how the delegates were to be admitted. After a spirited debate, it was agreed to call by counties. A debate here ensued between Mesars. Vanderpool and French, of New York, in which some personal allusions were made, which seemed likely to disturb the harmony of the meeting. The debate grew out of a motion to ap- point a committee to examine credentials, Mr. Vanderpool asserting that it was a matter of disrespect to the chair, and charging Mr. French with evincing a desire to lead delegates. Amidst considerable excitement and confusion the Chairman called the counties alphabetically, and after he had concluded, the following resolution was read by Mr. Dray of New York:— Resolved, That no delegate be admitted toa seat in this Convention who is not a liquor dealer. A very exciting debate took place upon this, Mr. Frencu explained the resolution, by saying it in- cluded almost everybody, and offered an amendment covering his explanation, which was adopted, Mr. Frewcu moved that at the subsequent sessions of the convention no one be admitted except delegates and reporters. Carried. ‘The Convention then adjourned until half-past seven P.M. EVENING SESSION. At half-past seven o’clock the Convention, assembled again. Mr. VANDERPOOL thought it necessary to make an ex- planation of the misunderstanding between himself and Mr. French in the afternoon. Mr. Frencn followed with corresponding remarks, He hinted at fusion, and remarked, in such an event, they would elect their candidates, A motion was then made to appoint a delegate from each Judicial district to nominate permanent officers. Adopted. The Convention now took a recess for fifteen minutes, when the committee reported Lyman Powers, of Troy, President; N. R. Bunce, New York; G. B, King, Brook- J. Golden, Herkimer; M. McQuade, Attica; Hiram , Rochester; L. L. White, Binghamton; and Charles Kamp, Buffalo, Vice Presidents; and L. W. Shaffer and J. Melver, Secretaries, It was about ten o'clock when the officers took their cate, The Yellow Fever in Virginia. Nonvouk, August 7, 1955, The number of deaths from yellow fever in Portamouth and Gosport, during the last 36 hours, has been 16, and of new caves about 20, Mrs. Captain Barron is fast fail- ng, and Capt. Barron and two of his children are also ick at the N Portsmouth is nearly de- 4 Parker are amongst the tick. The Mayor of Portsmouth bas appointed Wednea- day as a day of fasting and prayer, Only two new cases have been reported in Norfolk to- The Recent Steamboat Collision on the De= laware River. PuraveLenis, August 8, 1855, the Delaware ictim by the recent ‘the body of Mark Wi felionald contained tifwen p at the ti accident, himself aud Mr. Coverdale alone escaping. The State Elections, * NORTH CAROLINA. Raueian, Aug. 8, 1855. Clingman, dem., in the Eighth Congressional district, isclected by an immense majority. Ruffin, Winslow, Branch and Craige, democrats, in the Second, Third, Fourth and Seventh districts, and Paine and Reade, Know Nothings, in the First and Fifth districts, are elected. In the Sixth district the contest is close, an&@ the result uncertain. ALABAMA. Louisvinix, August 8, 1855. A despatch to the Journal says that G. D. Shortridge,. American, is probably elected Governor of Alabama. KENTUCKY. Louisvittg, August 8, 1855. The returns thus far received show a guin in thirty-four counties for Morehead, Know Nothing, for Governor, over Scott’s majority of upwards of three thousand, The Massachusetts Know Ni SprinarieiD, Mass., August 6, 1855. The State Council of Know Nothings assembled here to- day—Hon. J. W. Foster, the President, in the Chair. A new constitution and platform of principles were reported by Lieutenant Governor Brown, Chairman of the Commit- tee appointed at the last quarterly meeting. With the ex- ception of a clause against foreigners holding office until they have been in the country twenty-one years) the platform is the same as that adopted at Cleveland and Worcester by the Know Somethings, ‘The proscriptive: clause was opposed by Henry Wilson, Fraticia Briley of Boston, and others, but the native feeling prevailed,. Resolutions in favor of a fusiin were adopted, after an ex citing debate. The following gentlemen were appoiated 9 State come mittee, agreeably to a resolution adopted:— farrell, 8. G. Nash, H, Nelson, A. B. Ely, ‘Timothy Davis, John Batchelder, Alex. Le Witt, W. 8. Thurston, A. L. Tyler, W. W. Russell, W. B. Dickinson, H. G. Knight, [. Chapman J. W. Foster, i Thos. Colt, . Wheelwright, J. E, Merrill, . C. R, Ransom, Flymouth | Barnstable.,..J. I’. Johnson, Dukes and | Chas. J. Barnesy Nantucket, f Justin Lawrence, All secresy was abolished, and every legal voter by- signing the constitution becomes a member of the party without further ceremony, Hon. J. W, Foster has been. elected Chairman of the above named committee. It ix said that a majority of the committee is opposed to @ fusion. The proposition to alter the constitution so as to admit all Protestant citizens of Massachusetts, which would in- clude naturalized Protestant foreigners, was defeated. F. P. Howland, F. G. Kelley, J, Barney, From Washington, MOVEMENTS OF THE PRESIDENT—SENATOR DOUGLAS. ARRIVED, ETO. Wasinxcroy, August 8, 1855. Owing to the yellow fever excitement at Old Point, Pree sident Pierce and lady will not go there as they anticipas ted. They will leave here on Friday for the North. Senator Douglas arrived here this afternoon. Mr. McConnell, of Illinois, has accepted the appoint. ment of Fifth Auditor of the Treasury. Mr. Hendricks has arrived here, and will enter on his duties as Commissioner of the Land Office to-morrow. ‘The Surgeon of the Washington Navy Yard officially contradicts the rumor of yellow fever being prevalent there, Mr. Marcy returns from Old Point Comfort to-morrowe From Kansas, DISSATISFACTION WITH THE NEWLY APPOINTED GOVERNOR. Sr. Lovis, Aug. 8, 1855. The Kansas correspondent of the Democrat, says there is great excitement there in regard to the new Gover- nor, The Legislature was dissatisfied, and doubted Mr. Dawson’s soundness on the slavery question. Anticipa- ting his non- acceptance, a petition was being signed by members of both houses, asking the President to appoint Mr. Woodson, the present acting Secretary, if Mr. Daw- son refuses to accept. Governor Reeder’s vetoes had been referred to impartial judges, and two of them ex- Press views condemning the action of Governor Reeder, and sustaining the Legislature in its course relative to the removal of the seat of government, More Lynch Law Law in Wisconsin, THE MURDERER DEBEAR HUNG BY A MOB. Mirwavkim, August 8, 1855. Judge Larabee held « special term of his court yester- day, at West Bend, Washington county, for the trial of DeBear, the murderer of the Muehr family. The jury brought in a verdict of murder in the first degree, whem the prisoner was remanded to jail, to await sentence. ‘The Sheriff started for the jail with the prisoner, sur- rounded by military. A rush, however, was made by @ mob, and the military gave way. DeBear was struck to the ground by a stone, when the mob fell upon him and mangled him in 2 dreadful manner. They then tied a Tope to his heels and dragged him through the streeta, @ distance of half a mile, and hung him by his heels to a tree, where he remained hanging lifeless up to 6 P. M. yesterday. i ios Removal of the Postmaster at Binghamton. BINGHAMTON, August 8, 1855. It is currently reported that Mr. Whitney, our Poste master, has been removed, and another democrat aps pointed in his place. There is considerable indignation and excitement manifested here on the subject. Ppennoeeaienieineunbasiteattertetis The Editorship of the Albany Evening Journal, Aunasy, Aug. 8, 1855. Tum informed, on the very best authority, that there is not a word of truth in the rumor that Thurlow Weed contemplates withdrawing from the editorship of the Al- bany Etening Journal. Marine Disasters. Nonpork, August, 1855. The brig William Pitt, from Baltimore, bound to Boston, with coal, put in here last night, leaking badly, The steamer Matamora, Christy, from Savannah for New York, has also put in here for repairs to her boiler. cio ection ane Markets, ALMANY, Ang. 88:30 P. M. The receipts of flour and wheat at tide water, for the first week of August, show an increase equal to 2.000 a. 3,000 bbls over the corres] ding week of last year. The receipts here to-day have been very light, Floure Prices unchanged. Sales 800 a 400 bbls. Wheat—Rales in «mal? lots at $2 10 for inferior Canadian, and #225 for white Mich Corn better. Sales 13. mixed, at 833¢c. afloat, and 5,800 bushels on private terms. Keceipts by canal to-lay, 281 bbls, bushels corm; 7,400 bushels outs, ‘ Bevvato, August 86:30 P. M. Flour unchanged. Sales: 1100 bbe, at $8 x $8 08 for food to choice Wisconsin; $8 11734 u $9 25 tor good to ex- tra IMinois, Michigan and Southern Ohio. Wheat lower, fales: 5,000 bushels new white Ohio at $2 05, and ,00€ bushels Upper Lake Spring, at $1 60. Corn ‘in good de mand for billing contracts, and some for distilling Sales 40,000 bushels at Gc. 0'723¢0., closing at the outside figures, including 10,000 bushels deliverable from the Ibi of August to the 15th of September, at Tle. Oats steady. Sales: 3,000 bushels at 48. Whiskey more active, and in better supply. Sales: 200 bbls, at B7c.. Lake Import for the last twenty-four hours: flour, 117 bbls.; wheat, 14,815 bushels; corn, 77,282 bushels: ‘onts, els. Canal exports for the same time: flour, wheat, ,400 bushels; corn, 60,373 bushels, ar; 11,810 board, among whom were the Hon. Mike Walsh and Mrs Wm. Niblo, of Niblo’s theatre. Mike Walsh is bound for the Crimea, to which place he will go overland through Germany and Russia. As Mike comes from the most military part of New York, he will no doubt be able to give the Russian generals in Sebasto- pol an idea of the best mode of defending that fortress, or he is an adept in defence, especially in the manly art of self-defence. There are already four Congressmen im the Crimea, sothe honorable gentleman will find himself quite at home, Mr. Niblo’s mission is very different. gage artists for his theatre, to play musical and dramatic season. ——____. Marine Affairs. ‘Tue S1zamenty ATLANTIC, Captain Briggs, sailed at noon yesterday for Liverpool, with 123 passengers. Her specie list amounted to $420,104, We perceive that the last number of the London Mustrated News has given a cut, with a description of the new American ship Hency Ecekford, who: were given in the Heap at the time of her launch, which was correct, and in copying from which the New blon He goes to en- during the ensuing dimensions. on the Fourth between the 2