The New York Herald Newspaper, August 16, 1855, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD. grr ES GORDON BONN ; 7 PROPRIETOR AND EDITOR. OFFICE N. W. CORNER OF NASSAU AND FULTON 83. Na PERM ge ea D, MILD, 2 cents per copy, $1 per annunn. o "AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. ‘RE, Broadway—" REEN MONSTER. - ONC MARTINETTY BROADWAY THE AT! Brorurns—U ya GARDEN: BrosdW®” te, Bentor—Buve Davis BOWERY THEATER", owery—Dason axp Prriitas—Tae Iervaseon oF BRITA, ROPOLITAN, Broxiway—bs Pairee OnaMrenois— La H0? aL Des Nvurnues—Aa! ‘Quer Prasin pD’Eru Gar gon, WOO'/S MINSTRELS, Mechanics’ Hall, 4®@ Broadway. By the arr:val of the America et Halifax, and of the Lebasion at this port, we are in possession of ane week's later istelligente from Europe. There’ ia but lifie of real interest ta these advices. No event of impartance had taken place befote Sebas- topol, bat : eontinned to be made at ‘Kamiesch and’ sklava Yor the secret<xpedition, the object'of “which Yemained undivalged. There ‘wae 9 report.current in Paris that the tHombardmeat -of the Mulatyoff and Redan had been ‘resumed pre- ‘paratery t7 another assanit. A despatch from Prince GvoetachakoM, dated July the. 28th, allies on" hat day egainst the Flagetaff battery,which | bad been vigerously replied to. ‘On the 30th the 1g was‘resumed on both sides, but it was only partial, AZondon weekly paper, issued just’ Before the ‘departure of the America, states that the siege of Se baatepol was about to be raised, and that; the alhes ‘fad received startling news from Germany., Iris nee’ fless to say that the statement was a mere anticipa tion of probabilities for a°commercial pur: pose. The reports in reference to the progress ofthe war in Asia seem to be of a contradictory charactor. ‘Phe Russians are stated in one account to be 4d- vancing upon Erzeroum, aud in another to have eus- pended operations against that place and Kars,and to be in full retreat. Z ‘The combined squadrons in the Baltic occupy the pame positions as atthe previous dates, Adairal Dundas seems not to be likely to win the laurels which slipped from “‘ the fighting old Commodore's” Braep. The Arch-Duchess Sophia has, it is said, at the in- @tigation of the Dowager Empress of Rassia, induced Prancis Jozeph to write an autograph letter to:Na- poleon, calling upon him to assent to some pacific arrangement, the nature of which is not known, Jn Lombardy matters appear to be ripe for a revo- lation. The Austrian government is evidently labor- ig under great apprehensions on the subject. in reply to a question put by Mr. Milner Gibson, tm Parliament, to Lord Palmerston, in reference to the arrest of Mr. Coneul Rowcroft, his lordship ‘wtated that as the enlistment of men for the Foreign ‘Legion at Halifax had led to questlons whether the laws of the United States had been violated, the British government, desirous that by no possibility foch questions should arise, had put an end.to the eniietment of troops in Nova Scotia. The official report on the French loan states the amount raised to be 3,600,000,000 franca, six times the amount asked for! The number of the subseri- bers is 310,000. The financial operations of ..Lonis Napoleon are not the least marvellous of the many eventful incident. s¢ ma, vaswvsumeny ~~~ The commercial imtelligence presents no feature of importance. Consola were quoted at 912 to 913. Cotton and breadstuffs were quiet, with a alight @ownward tendency in the latter. Provisions were fn. ~ The sales of cotton yesterday reached about 1,600 bakes, the market closing firm. Mr. George W. Butta received one bale of new cotton on the lith inst., from Savannah, where it was received on the @th. The quality is said to he good, but the house has not yet put it on the market. Flour was un- ehanged yesterday, with more doing. The Alabama recently brought to this city from 12,000 to 16,000 bushels of new wheat. The receipe of Southern wheat have done good service for consumers. Had Southern wheat not been forthcomiug the flour mar- ket would have ruled higher than it has done within the past few weeks. Southern good red wheat sold at $1 900¢1 92}, and white at $2 15 a $2 25, Corn was one cent per bushel higher, having closed at 8&c.a 89c. Rye was scarce aud nominal. Pork was firmer, and prices tended upward. New mess sold at $19 81a $1987, anda small lot of heavy Chicago sold at $20, Beef and lard were also firm. Sugars were quite firm, with a fair amount of sales. Freighta to Liverpool and Havre were dall, while a fair business was doing for Antwerp and Hamburg. There were sold yesterday at auction six shares of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company’s stock at 33, and twenty shares of the same stock at 40. Also the steamship St. Louis, of 2,060 tons measurement, built in 1854 by Jacob A. Westervelt & Co., for the sum of $490,000, payable in the stock of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company at par, or $245,000 paya- ble in shares at 50 each, or in cash. There has been but one death on board the sloop- of-war Falmouth—that of Midshipman Cain. A sea- man was sent to the Quarantaine hospital yesterday. The Women's Rights Convention met at Saratoga yesterday. The strong minded were out in fall force, ind a very small sprinkling of males attend- ed. So far as we are informed, the proceedings pre- sen@ed nothing new. The corner stone of the Hedding Methodist Epis- copal Church, being erected in Montgomery street, between Barrow and Grove streets, Jersey City, was laid by Bishop Janes, at 5 o’clock yesterday after- noon, with the usual ceremonies. A coroner's investigation into the cirenmatances attending the death of John Henry Lovejoy, from the effects of a stab inflicted during a broil in a la- ver bier saloon in William street on the night of the Ath instant, was held yesterday. After a patient in- quiry, the Jury found a verdict against Peter Sevier and John L. Volk. Sevier was committed to an swer, and @ warrant was issued for the arrest of Volk. The Board of Sapervisors met yesterday, but far- ther than the reference of a few bills of census mar- Shals, nothing was done. The Board of Aldermen met last evening. The Comptroller sent in a communication in relation to the additional appropriations for the Department of Repairs and Supplies, A synopsis of the document may be found in our wport. The appropriation of $90,000 for streets and lamps was concurred in. A motion that the Board meet on Friday, in order to proceed with the investigation into certain charges of corruption made against Alderman Moser, created considerable discussion, but it was finall y with- drawn, and after the transaction of some unimpor- tant business, the Board adjourned to the first Mon- day in September. The Board of Councilmen last night adjourned for the month. Nothing of any importance was done at last night's session. The report of Dr. J. W. Ran ney, in favor of granting Castle Garden to the Com. missioners of Emigration, was set down for the order of the day, bat the members, being in a hurry to get through with their work, refused to take it up, al. though a motion was made to that effect. An effort ‘was made to raise the salary of the Chie’ Engineer of the Fire Department, but without effect, The Emigrant Commissioners, at a public meeting of the Board held lat night, consummated the change in the medical department of Ward's Island inaugurated by them at a secret meeting held on the Jet ult. They confirmed the appointmouts made by their newly appointed phyrician-in-chief, Dr. H, B. Foy, and the medical sah at thy dang 23 aow com: No.” 4g | the America and the Lebanon is made up of <== | rumors, most of them evidently without any serious foundstion. With the exception of a catchpenny statement put forth by a London weekly Mewspaper, that the siege of Sebastopol was about to be abandoned, and that the Al- lies had received news from Germany which @here is but little to comment upen in plete. From the repor', given ‘elsewhere, it will be seen the Commissic’ sory are troubled to know what becomes of the p-andy they-vote for the sick emi- grants, WHO.’ 5. the way, do not get it. One of “ing Board #0” ‘eosted that it evaporates, Very li),ely, The News frew. Euror<, ‘The news received alzaost simultaneously by was likely to lead to momentous results, these advices, The fact is, in Englend as at Sebastopol, matters ere pretty nearly as they were before. Of course # is not to be expected that the ‘allied generals stand in the position of theatrical managers who are bound to furnish-a never ending list of novel- ties to amuse and atartle the public. Provided the end‘of the war be gained, it matters little to’the Powers engaged whether'the campaigns have ‘been exciting or monetonous, At the ‘ame time there are crises in every great work when’ not #o advance. is to lose ground. Anvd it does'appear, from the best information thet can be hal on the suijeet taft the Allies ‘save reached that crisis.. “Let us recell the events of the summer. ‘French side to within two hundred yards, October, 1854. From these, a bombardment was commenced which lasted ten days. Ha ) net result, by the admission of the English themselves was to exhaust the material of the besiegers, and to leave the Russian works stronger than before. For six weeks after this nothing was done. At last the Russians weary- ing of inactivity, made a sortie on 20th May, the 22d and 23d May. A fortnight’s quiet.fol- lowed. was renewed from something like 460 guns, then by assault. tacked the advanced Russian works of attack which stretched in a line parallel to the city walls, on the east side, from opposite the greet Redan to the head of Careening Bay. ‘The assault was successful on the whele line. .The English were found by daylight on the 8th in undisturbed possession of the Russian rifle pits opposite the Redan; the French held the this success the Allies seem to have contented On the Malakoff from the Mamelon. familiar in every one’s memory. sians on the 7th. On the other hand, the Russians with equal ardor applied themselves to strengthening the Redan and Malakoff. Our latest accounts represent the French worke on the Mamelon as being very strong indeed; but they likewise acknowledge that the strength of the Russian defences has beon increased to a still greater extent; and hint plainly that if they were strong enough to repel the assault of 18th June, they are much better able to resist any similar attempt now. A leading quarterly British periodical, of the place asa preliminary measure to an aseault.”’ that the writer does not believe that Sebasto- attack be invented for the purpose; not a very likely thing. There are in short reasons for supposing that such is the opinion of the lead- ing minds of the British government. That opinion is based upon the philosophical theo- ries of such men as Howard Douglas and Fer- guson; and upon the practical experience of a twelve months’ campaign, waged upon a scale both as regards men and material, wholly un- paralleled in history. After this itis to be hoped that Americans will be allowed to question the probability of the fall of Sebas- topol without being accused of entertaining Russian sympathies, At any rate, whatever becomes of the siege, if the Allies wish to accomplish anything at all, they should overcome one enemy that has done them more mischief than the Russians, but which is of their own creation. That ene- my is a divided command. Until recently there have been four independent commanders in-chief of the Allied armies before Sebasto- pol. No business in the world could be con- ducted under such an arrangement. Even al- lowing that the men selected for the chief com- mands were paragons of forbearance and good temper, it is quite impossible that they could conceive any plan or execute it with that uni- ty which in military operations is essential to success. The disaster of the 18th June has been openly ascribed to the want of that unity; so has the battle of Inkerman; so have num- herless other failures and accidents. If the Allies want to succeed they must rely on the one-man power. Let Omer Pasha go to the Danube, Send Della Marmora with his Ital- ians to the Sea of Azoff. Let General Simp- son march into the interior of the Crimea, and try to take Bakshiserai or Simpheropol. Let Pelissier conduct the stege of Sebastopol alone. Any such division of labor as this would secure for the Allies the inestimable ad- vantages of secresy of counsel, concentration of purpose, and accumulation of responsibili- ty—three essentials to fuccese whic Rds 2 iberto been Wanting, ecese which have hi ‘are tors. benefits which they have conferred rpon them, but they care but little for the individuals who have sacrificed their time and their talents in | line whig party is truly and hopeless): 'y dead or their service. It is true thr.t we hear occa- sionelly of a Marlborough or a Wellington be- ing rewarded during thetr lives by gifts of pen- sions and titles, but they owe them rather to their aristocratic and political connexions than | phia News says -— to the value of their military deeds. Such heroes as Sir De Lacy Brown will meet with nothing but cold neg- lect, whilst incapables, like Lord Raglan, are promoted ta a niche in the Puntheon of cele- brities, and their families laden with proofsof the discriminating bounty of those whose in- ernment is republican that we are free from ae ‘great fhteHects that may succeed them. - It is states thif, a heavy firing had been opened by the | che approach of spring, the Allies were en- | “camped on the ground they occupied after the | battle of Inkerman. Parallels had been ad- | vanced on the British side to within six hun- | \ dred yards of the Russian works, and on the ‘| - But the batteries were no nearer than on 17th , on the west side of the city and threw up small offensive works near the head of Quarantine’ Bay. These Pelissier took on the nights-of Then, on 6th June, the bombardment It seems to have been the intention of the be- siegers to proceéd in this instance according to established rule -by a bombardment heavy enough to silence the Russian batteries;and For on the evening of the ‘7th, assaulting parties from both armies.at- Mamelon, the crowning work of the line, and ‘ the White Works and redoubts on Mount Sa-' ponne had of course been evacuated. With’! pe in asimilar state; whilst that of Jefferson, at attend ein Raionade a Scone was made—the English advancing on the Redan from the rifle pits, the French on the The story of ite || failure, and the grounds which have been ag- signed for the fact by the allied officers are After the repulse of the 18th the allied armies confined their exertions to strengthening their position in the line of the works taken from the Rus- which is understood to speak the sentiments of the British government, in sketching the events of the campaign, sumsup the whole in the propositions that “when the guns of a fort are equal in number to those of the attack, they cannot be silenced by the besieger ;” that “every fort can easily be made to mount twice the number of guns that can be brought against it:” and that “hitherto fortified places could not be taken without silencing the fire It follows pretty plainly from this pol can be taken unless some new system of od NEW YORK HERALD, THUPSpAY, AUGUST 16, 1855. Tax Puncaase or Mount Vitiivioy.—Nations | ment to any great national issue, one Way or They commemorate their actiong for the Evans or Sir George terests they have sacrificed by their blunders. It nmust not be imagined beoause our gov- this vice of ingratitude. Of che host of public man who have risen to famein our service but ew have reaped-any substential ‘reward from | {heir labors. ‘The greater the worth and the tive efforts in all parts of the State to re-~ ta¥ents‘of ‘a stutenman, the greater the reason, ‘ ito Owr:code: oP political ethos, for ‘excluding'him ‘from ‘the honors to which Ae aapiresy So -it-was with Olay, Calhoun, Web- ‘ster and Scott, and 4o it will be with the other. ‘undeniable, that in this country of pepular government -the ‘prizes of pojitical life are ‘bestowed with even less discrimination and wegard to ‘personal merit than in despotic States. ‘We seem, in fact, afraid of the cleva- ction ‘ of ‘men: of genius to positions in which their talents might attain their highest sphere ‘of usefulness, ‘Mhis is a ‘curious‘feature in eur political idfosyncracy, but it is less remarkable than the fact that we do not endeevor to*make compensation for its injustice, by honoring -after death the memories of the:men who have rendered themselves illustrious by their patri- ‘otism. -We cannot very well-help admitting that we*are proud of them, for history has taken out ef our hands the csre of their repu- tations; but we-do not show by our actions any,particular appreciation of their services. - our.Presidents repose, and answer, if we have tomb of Washington, as it now stands, is a dis- | grace to the country. .It is a monument, not of our affection and respeet for the departed | hero, but of our indifference to the vast services | which he. rendered us, amd to the contempt | which such culpable neglect must inspire in other nations. If the decay to which | were to continue a few years longer, there would not be a trace of .it left. The brick- | work which supports tle sarcophagi of the General.and his wife are.fast crumbling away, and the letter will soon be deft to find on the The tombef Harrison, at North Bend, is said to Maalzon, Heth MAM ANS GANS. Of guishing magk for the eye.ef the stranger; and Monroe’s.cccupies a coruer in an obscure gzaveyard in this city—unkgown, unvisited, and unhonosed. Such is the way we have of guanifesting our patriots. And yet when the son of Clay contemplates making some alterations in his ancestral residence in Kentucky, rendered ne- cessary by its dilapidated condition, we have the hardikood to acense him of sacrilege in venturing to disturb the remains ef his fa- ther’s house. The reproach comes worthily from those who, having reaped the benefit of the labors of political men, grudge the paltry contribution which would rescuc these precious monuments from innovation or decay. Efforts are making to redeem us from this reproach—at least so far as the tomb of Wash- ington is concerned; but they want that spirit and epontaniety which should mark so impor- tanta movement. The purchase for the na- tion of that beautiful and ever te be honored spot in which rest the remains of the greatest and purest patriot that the world has ever pro- duced should not be left to the well meant but feeble efforts of a few Southern and North- ern ladies. If Virginia docs not feel interest- ed enough in the matter to take the entire cost of this purchase upon her own shoulders, an appropriation for the purpose should be made by Congress, or more fitly still, a national sub- scription should be opened for it throughout the Union, to commence and finish on the same day. There is an historical justice in this lat- ter course which leads us to prefer it. Is there patriotiem enough amongst us to accomplish this act of retribution, without overtaxing our enérgics or our ixclinations? Tue Democratic Wics 1s Motiox—Warta Fvsion Movements—As they sing at some of the camp meetingsin the “rural districts”— Let the earth and skies‘resound: The dead’s alive—the lost is found! The “democratic whig party” is resurrected, and is out again. We have a call from the “Demecratic Whig General Committee” of this city, signed by William Hall, chairman, and dated Broadway House, New York, Aug. 13, 1855, appointing the city whig primary elcc- tion to come off onthe 21st day of this very month, They say that, “conscientiously be- lieving in the perpewity of the principles long since inscribed upoa the whig banner, because they were held dear by the wise and good— principles advocated, elucidated and stamped with the unsullied impress of truth, of a Henry Clay and a Webstor—names immortal in our nation’s history—principles, too, revered and loved by our own favorite sons; therefore” they are resolved to adhere to these old land- marks, &. But mack what follows :—“We will strive, by every Jaudablo means, to restore that boon of concord to the country known as the Missouri compromise.” Now, can anybody tell the meaning of this? It isa whig movement—a sort of hard shell silver gray movement. The Seward organs make light of it, and say that it will end in smoke; but we fear that it will end in fasion somewhere. This restoration of the Missouri compromise betrays the weak point; but let the old line whigs stick to their independent ac- tion, here and throughout the State, and they may make a diversion in November which will place them in a commanding position in 1956, There are no members of Congress to he elected by us thie year—no United States Senator—so that we may have as many parties in our No- yember election as we please, without detri- proverbially ungrateful to their benefac- | the other. Let us, therefore, here and all over the State, have a separate independent “demo- cratic whig” ticket, for ifit determines nothin else, it will settle the question whether t) “e old “still lives.” We perceive that this policy, or independent whig action in the fall ele“stigns yet to come, is not limited to New Xerk. The Philadel- Concerted and br cmonigris action between the Ameri- cans and Whigs “arou, it the is now hardl; i ble, however “4 “ery for the ‘Amarin , ra in fault. He they al med their secret conclaves, and at an er.rly day determined upon making open nomina- ‘tions, une every one to participate in making them -who eer een ‘with, thoie orgeaisation, there would buve ‘ign no movement made to re-organize the Whig party, nd, as a consequence the Americans, with the £44 aud Aiport of whigs, would have triumphed in the State. Golag on, however, in their exclusive policy, ex- pecting tire whigs to support their candidates, and z refusing them any participation in selecting them, haw produéed a deep fecling of hostility to their secret orga nization, even among those who, though not belonging to it-hitherto, acted with them and supported their nomi- ners. , And the reeult of all this is the call of an ‘ndependent whig:State Convention, and “ac- organize the whig party, and rally the whigs to the support of theit own distinctive organi- zation.” We apprehend, however, that Gov. Jehneton is.at the bottom ef this movement, and that ‘the object in a separate whig organi- gation is to draw not erly the old whiga out of the Know Nething camp, but the Know Nothing free soiters to the support of Seward’s Northern black republican fusion movement, The National Americans of Penn- sylvania are thus to be thrown out to shift for themselves, and we should like to know what they purpose todo. Lect them maintain their ground at all hazerds, against the Seward disunion ‘coalition of the North, and the de- mocratic.administration secession movements in the South. We:are-apprised of some other whig move- mentsin Massachusetts and Maine, for exam- ple, with:nothing but fusion at the bottom of them, like this of Pennsylvania. Whatever the whigs:may do there or in other States in the support of Seward’s programme, we trust that our “Democratic Whig General Commit- tee”. contemplate nothing of the kind in New ‘Look at the condition; for imstance, of almost | York. “We can make no pledges in their be- i half, short of some satisfactory information of all the hallowed spots in which the remains of dheis deeigns; but {¥ they aro going to try ia good eaznest whether the old whig party be indeed any. real sense-of national pride. The «dead or-alive, let them stick to it. They can’t lose much, and they,may make a very impor- ‘tantidiversion in reference to the reconstruc- We shall see how ithey will come out on the 21st in their primary -tion of:parties in 1856. selections, Yenrow Fever at Noxroix anp 113 Vicrnrry this, precious-maueoleum bas been consigned | _perrer vor THE SurrERERS.—In order to cor- rect any.misapprehensien which may exist as 4o the extent of this visitation, it may be as »well.to state that it is net confined to: Norfolk -alone, but also presses severely upon Gosport and Portsmouth, having, da fact, first broken damp earth ready- agents. of decomposition. | ont in the latter pladé> ‘These towns. all oceu- py. pretty nenrly the same relative positions towards each other as Breeklynand Williams- Monticello, is like the mansior in which he lived burg hold towards New York. Norfolk con- promptly responded to. Jars :— ‘TO THE E@’TOR OF THE HERALD. A Pe te youn EY, YOM, Aug. 16, 1805. read pleasure your ir r a plan whieh you suggest that’ the Eitetttants ef New York at once afford seme practical aid to the good people of Norfol and Portemouth in their present severe heartrending calamity. I like the idea, and remit cajlfor a sub- en & for 80 bexevolent wo en ol it. JOHN J, GLASSON'E 8. N. Now, if Mr. Glasson’s example were followed by afew of those who do business with Nor- folk, we have no doubt but a seasonable aid might be afforded to the sufferers from yellow fever. Suppose the merchants of this city who trade with Norfotk, hoid a meeting at the Corn Exchange to-day—this morning, and appoint a treasurer and a committee to collect subscrip- tions. The whole thing might be arranged in a day or two, and enough money sent to gladden the hearts of scores of families and save the lives of no one knows how many poor crea- tures. Mr. Glasson gives five dollars: who gives next? AorictirunaL Snows.—Decidedly the best shows of the year will be the farmers’. That stereotyped witness—“the oldest inhabitant”— declares that he never knew eo plentiful a year as 1855 promises to be. All around from Canada to Georgia and Tennessee, the farmers are revelling in the prospect of case and wealth. It is probable that the world has ne- ver seen so gorgeous a display of agricultural wealth as will be witnessed at the twenty-two State fairs which take place between the 10th of September and the Ist of November. Georgia begins the round, at Atalanta, on 10-13 September. On 11th the shows at Sher- brook, C. E., and Rutland, Vermont, are open- ed; on 12th that of New Hampshire, and that of the Philadelphia Agricultural Society. The Ohio fair begins on 15th at Columbus; and on the following day that of New Jersey at Cam- den, On the 25th Kentucky and Pennsylvania open theirs; and on the 26th the Western Vir- ginia fair ins at Wheeling Island. During the first week in October three shaws are held, that of New York at Elmira, that of Michigan at Detroit, and that of Tennessee at Nashville. Canada West, Connecticut and Il- linois follow on 9-12th October, at Coburg, Hartford and Chicago respectively. A show is to be held at Montzomery, Alabama, on 234d, and another on the same day at London, East Tennessee. Finally, the list is concluded hy shows at Baltimore, Maryland, in the last week of the month, and at Richmond, Virginia, on 30th Oct.—2d Nov. The farmers will have a good time; and pro- hibitionists had better give them a wide berth. Joux Van Buren wy Viroryra—At the last accounts Jobn Van Buren was at the Virginia White Sulphur Springs, awaiting the arrival of Mr. President Pierce and Senator Mason. A soft chell movement, no doubt. Let the com- mittee of the Stuyvesant Institute send downa delegate without delay. There can be no de- | mocratic fusion unless the hards are repro- sented. Newrort Reaatra.—By telegraph, from New- port, we have the following particulars of the rogatta at that’ place on Friday afternoon. The Julia, of New York, won the first prize, time, si hours 57 minutes, 17 seconds. ‘The Iréne, of New York, the second prize; times, 4 hours, 98 minutes, 51 seconds.” The Richmond, the third prize: time, 4 hours, 87 minutes, 13g seconds. The Richmond in a sloop yacht, and was built expressly for this race, at Mystic, where she belongy, The wind we south easterly and yery light, T’4E LATEST NEWS. BY MAGNETIC AND PRINTING TELEGRAPHS, ; i a ea al a The Hard Shell State Convention. Sypacuse, August 15, 1855. There-is a lively time among the hard shells in this region, as the time for holding their State Convention is understood to have been changed to the 23d instant. Ant?-Maine Law Movement in Massachusetts. Bostos, August 15, 1855. Aconvention of the anti-Maine law citizens was held in Chapman Hall last evening, when it was determined to issue a call for @State convention to be held in Wor- Other preliminary business cester, on the 80th instant. towards a political campaign was also transacted. News Items from Washington. Wasimnaton, Aug. 15, 1855. ‘The new Board of Managers of the Washington Mrnu- ment Association commences building operations on Mon- day next. Subscriptions are coming in liberally. ‘The President and Mrs. Pierce leave here to-morrow for the Virginia springy. He will return in about ten days with Secretary Dobbin, while she will remain there for the benefit of her feeble health, The Commandant of our navyyard is exercising the ut- most discretion to avoid the possibility of the introduc- tion of fever there; hence he refuses to employ mechanics directly from the Gosport yard. ; Samaroas, Aug. 16, 1855, “the Women's Rights Convention assembled here to-day. The following officers were elected:—President, Martha it, of Auburn. ‘Vice Presidents, Rey. Samuel J. racuso; Lydia Mott, of Albany; Eineatine L. Rose, of New York; Antoinette L. Brown, of New Sg o Saratoga Springs. Secretaries, Emily Jaques, of Nassau; Aaron W. Powell, of Ghent; Mary L. Booth, of Williams- burg. Finance Committee, Susan B. Anthony, Mariotta Richmond, Mary S. Anthony, Phebe Jones. Business Committee, Antoinette L. Brown, Ernestine L. Rose, F. H. Higginson, C. F. Hevey, of Boston; Phebe Merritt, of ©. May, of Susan B, Anthony, of Rochester; Augusta A. Wiggi Michigan; Hon. Wm. Jay, of Saratoga Springs, Resolutions of the usual stamp were then reported. ‘Asoong the principe! speakers were Mrs. Rose, Rev. Antoinette L. Brown, and T. H. Higginson. Pennsytvania Politics. Prrmuura, August 15, 1855. The Democratic County Committee met to-day and adopted the anti-Know Nothing pledge, which is to be signed by the delegates to the county convention be. The conyen- fore leave is given then to take their seats. tion meets next Wednesday. Yellow Fever in Virginia. Baurimors, August 15, 1855, ‘At Norfolk, on Monday, there were eight deaths from yellow feverin the city, and threo in thehospital. At Pertsmouth, on the same day, twenty deaths were re- ported. ‘Teachers’ ‘Convention in Wisconsin. Race, Aug. 15, 1855. The annual session of the Wisconsin State Teachers’ Association commenced here this morning. A large num- ber were in.attendance. Rey. Mr. Barry, Superintendent of Public Instruction, delivered the opening address this afternoon. Disaster. Melancholy LO8S OF THE BARK L. M. HUBBY—TWBLVE OF HER CBEW DROWNED. Mirwavnim, Aug. 15, 1855. ‘The hark L. M. Hubby, of Cleveland, capsized, off Point Betsey, on the-8th inst. The crew, twelve in number, were all lost. “Cotterell, the mate, alone was saved. ‘The Descendants of the Cushmans. Prymours, Aug. 15, 1855. ‘The descendants of Kobert 4nd Mary Cushman, who Janded fram the Mayflower, held an interesting and hap- There was a procession, an address ‘by the Rev. Robert W. Cushman, of Boston, and tains a population of 18,000, Portsmouth of | ® dinner, of which about 600 of the Cushman family TL,UUY, Wie oe g-—+ -* «NN ROUIy, The clatus on the sympatkics of our feljew citizens, wore. ore, extend over a larger asea than many sup. pose. \¥/e trust that they wid! be liberaly land Ip the meanwhile we have to ackaowledge the weceipt of the revevence for the memories ef our departed | following letter, with an enclosure of five dol- py reunion here today. partook. ‘The Lebanon's News av x.x.w Oricans. New ORLEANS, August 15, 1855. The advices by the steamship Lebanon were received here this morning over the National Telegraph line, and published in the regular evening editions of the asso- ciated press. Te cotton market is unsettled, but there is no quotable change. The day’s sales have been 600 bales. ‘The American Association for the Advance- ment of Knowledge. Provipence, August 16, 1855, The American Association for the Advancement of Knowledge commenced its ninth session in this city to- day. The meeting was held at the University, and the members were welcomed to the city by Dr. Weyland. A number of papers upon aplentific subjects were read and @iscussed Dr Wayland gave a brilliant party this eve- ning, which was largely attended. plan eect cate eS A Case of Murder. Cunvetaxn, August 15, 1855. A man named Matthews was robbed and murdered, and bis body left on the track, below Painesville, yosterday morning. He had only $13, An empty wallet was found beside him. eaten ae Departure of the Asia. Bostox, August 15, 1855. The royal mail steamship Asia, Captain Lott, sailed at noon to-day, with 157 passengers for Liverpool, and 16 for Halifax. She takes out $826,000 in specte. priiecnimbost par csver is Arrival of the Florida at Savannah. Savaxwan, August 14, 1855, ‘The steamship Florida arrived at her wharf here from New York, early this (Tuesday) morning, with all on board well. Navigation of the Ohio River. Prrmsncra, Aug. 15, 1855. The river measures now five feet tour inches. The great increase of light steamers on the Ohio has caused intense competition at this point for freights, and the rates are very low. festive pinata Markets, BuFPAIO, Ang. 15—12:30 P. Mf. Flour scarce and steady; demand moderate. 150 bbls. at $8 75 a $8 871; for fancy Southern, Ohi Mlinois. Wheat quiet, but prices tending upwards; of 400 bushels prime white winter Wisconsin at $1 95, Corn is unchanged, but favoring buyers; sales of 13,00) bushels at 75c. Oats are held at 47c.°Canal freights dull, Corn Uc. to New York. The lake imports yesterday were-—Flour, 1,407 bblt.; wheat, 1,310 bushels 41,254 bushels.” Canal exports ‘same time—Fl bbls.; wheat, 5.418 bushels; corn, 48,485 bushe 22,500 bushels. + Osweso, Aug. 16— Wheat dull. Sales small. White Afi Corn activersales 26,000 bushels, at 77 —— Merroroutax Tweatee,—The new ballet, “Lfsle des Nymphes,’” which has just been produced at this theatre, is one of those light and attractive creations whieh, owing to their artistic merft and graceful ideality, gene- rally please the public, It is, more strictly epeaking, a divertissement than a ballet, and in it M. Niman pre- sents ua with the most picturesque and aerial groups pox- sible, ibanaging them with such tact that all the persons who compose them contribute equally to their effect, As in this artistic composition the dance dominatey, it is the ensemble alone that we are bound to admire. Yet we cannot pase in silence the pas de deux executed by Mike. Victorine Franck and M. L. Tilman, with all the spiritual grace of the former and the elegant energy of the latter, Mile, Franck is a veritable Sylphide, evidentiy belonging to another sphere than ours. The pas exeeuted by Mile N. Tilipan and M, Carosee is also entitled to favorable no tice. The former young and charming dancer has not Perhaps {he foree of Mile. Franek, but everything which tho executes {s fintahed, and of the severest correctness Uniting grace with simplicity, hor dancing is in perfect harmony with that of Mlle. rs Nothing, in fact, can be more perfect in its eneemble than the dancing of these two charming young creatures in the ‘Redowa” and the “Zingarilla.’’ One of ita most pleasing featares is its modesty and chasteness, differing as it does from the grosser characteristics of the continental achool, It ap- pears that Mle. Tilman is not merely a grasefal dancer, but a distinguished pianist ; and from what we have read of her in the Havana journals, we are curious to hear her upon that instrament before her departure, The Cronica says of one of her performances :—“If Henry Herz iad been prevent, he would have added his hearty applaase to ours—for Mile. Tilman identified herself so fully with the idea of the composer, that the variations of the cele brated pianist had an interpreter worthy of him.” We trust that Mile, Tilman may be induced to favor the pub- Ne .with a specimen of her musical powers before eh goer South, - Sales of city, was murdered in cold bloodimd the 1M} Skeeter called upon the individual referred so enraged the debtor that he seized Mr and before assistance gould be had 30 death, prey et TT Base Ball. ‘Two of the new clubs lately formed in Jere. played their first match, on a field pleasantly situated betwem the two citicr—Jersey and Hoboken. The weather was cool and pleasant, and visiters from Jersey, New York. ‘and Brooklyn flocked to see the play. Among them vas Mr. Wadsworth, of the Knickerbocker, Mr. D, Godwin, President of the Putnam Club, East Brooklyn, ond several members of the Gothoin, Eagle, &. The two clubs that: contested were the Pioxeor and the Excelsior, both latdy organized, and with a lttle more practice will come out ‘trong—some of their Gelding at present is very lowe, Excelsior were greatly victorious—winning by long olds both games, ‘The first game was played wth only sine mer—two from cach club being absent. The second geome had eleven on « ride, and they played eight innings each. The following was the score at close:-~ Pioxen Cuvn. EXcen sion CLup, Games. . 2d Ist 24 © W. Hatton . 4 6 1 C. Van Bran .3 6 2 C. Hutton .8 4 1 3 3 ry 8 8 4 14 4 14 1 2 6 2 ‘La 2 - 5 2 4 19 6 D. rd s+... Recorder J ei cces- ini S. 1. Calverly, of Colasibia Club, B, B Oty Intelligence. Orp Joun Staemr Mernopusr Eriscoran Cuuku.—We call the attention.of our readers to an advortisempnt in an~ other column calling @ meeting of the members and con- gregation’ of the above church, inthe Greene street. Methodist Episcopal Church this evening at 7} o'clock. We: anticipate a large audience from the fact that the John street Methodist Episcopal Church is the oldest fa the: United States, and is much wanted in the lower part of our city. ArpoistwENT.—The Mayor has appointed Capt. John W. Bennett as Boarding Officer of emigraut ~hips in the port of New York. Capt. B. was formerly keeper of the: Minots’ house, Mass., which, it wil! be recol- lected, rove bp away some few years since, and two of the assistant keepers lost in its destruction. Tne Union Ferry ComPANY AND THE Prick oF CodL— When the Union Ferry Company decided to raise the fare on their boats from one to two cents, they alleged as @ justification that the high price of coal took #¢ much away from their profits that running the boatsat one cent on was losing them money. They premised tbat on Sea as coal became cheap, they would re- duce the fare to one cent again. The public, it must be confesred, were incredulous as to the good intentions of the company, and attributed the rise to lative movement on their part, as it was known a new ferry was bought up about that time. It may be that in this sua picion injustice was done the company, but they have now a fine opportunity to redeem their word. (bal bas declined front $7 a ton to from $4 to $5 a ton; and if the word of the company is good for an: , ab AZROUNCE- ment will soon be made by them that the farcis again reduced to one cent per person, We will chronicle the announcement with pleasure. Hurry up, Me‘srt, Mana- gers. Frme iw Caossy streer.—About a quarter to two o'clock yesterday morning, » fire broke out in the second story of the five story brick building No. 95 Crosby street. The cellar and first floor are occupied by Gsorge F. Bellows as a livery stable; the second ani ourth floors are occupied by Mathews & Stacy, enamelled cabinet furniture manufacturers; and the third and fifth floors by Henry Stoney, manufacturer of cabinet furniture. From examination, it appears that the fire started in the rear part of the second fivor, about the staircase; but the firemen soon arrived and extin- guished the Hames. George F. Bellows, livery stable roprietor, estimates his damage at about $25; he has an urance of $6,050, divided equally in the Broadway and Hi car- were taken out by the insurance Mathews & Stacy estimate their loss at about ey have an insurance on their etock of $1,000, in mix Insur- 34 ance Company of ae aie Henry Stoney estimates his Joss at about $225. He an insurance on his stock of pee) in the Rutgers Insurance Company. ‘Tho eos | to Mr, Daniel Walker, which i: éa:aged about $150, and insured in the National Inaurance Com for $2,560, and the St, Nicholas for $2,500, The origin of the fire is under investigation. Fink mt SeveNTmENTH SrFET.—About 10 o'clock, on Tuesday night, a fire broke out in the building No, 280: ‘West Seventeenth street. It originated on the second: among some shavings. It aished pails ps fntoyad No pms waders ees ‘Finw in Tiomrsow Srreet.—Between 12 an 1 o'clock om Tuesday night, a camphene lamp was upset in the room £Mr. Davis, on the first floor of No, 68 Thompson ctting fire toa chair. It was extinguishe? with a pail “i fa of water without doing any » Noalarn n. ALARM OF Fink IN THE Fourta Distruct.—Last night, at about 10 o'clock, an alarm of fire was struck for the Fourth distriot,caused by the taking fire ef a chimney in the restaurant of Thomas Cisco, No. 565 Broadway. It seems a pan of fat boiled over, which set fire tothe ehim- ney. It was soon extinguished and without damage, Broome Crry Drexcrory.—The Brooklyn City Diree- tory for the year ending May 1, 1856, haw just been is- sued. It is well gotten up, and contains much informa- tion that must be important, not only to Breoklynites, but to New Yorkers. Besides being a gonesal directory of the inhabitants, it is also an avenue ani strect guide, and contains an appendix, in which is @ record of the city government, count; officers, the courts, nilitary and re departments, Navy Yard, city banks, insurance and miscellaneous companies, and ic institutions; a me- chanics’ exchange sey ok ot it of city polieemen, &c, con eres eae a? to be an improvement on all that taped Bei - is published by Wm. H. Smith, Mon- Biamixo tux Wrono Party.—An account war given in ‘the Heap last Sunday of a wagon falling overboard at the Hoboken ferry, in which blame ix throva on the driver for unnecessary haste. We find on imuiry that the blame should rest elsewhere. It appears that the wagon came to the gate and was admitted by the keeper, and when halfway down the bridge the bell was struck for the boat to leave. The parties be near oat of course endeavored to get on 5 ate how been perm! 10 do, or else id bpp Sends il gate. They depot sere when the chains were loosed b; offi connected with the ferry, and, of course, a9 the boo iene the horse was thrown overboard, ca the men wagon over with him. If blame 'is to fall anywhere It Bove seater ee company; as they either rhould not imi 1e Wi tan oat ae ragon, or else have given the driver Loox Ovr vor Countervert Ockan Baxk Brss,—We un- derstand that a great number of counterfeit tive dollar bills on the Ocean Bank are in circulation, and it is feared that many poor persons have sulle " niarily thereby. Over fifty dollars of it ea been Pier. ed at the Heratp office in payment for advertivements, was, of course, not accepted by our clerka. The counterfeita were exceedingly well done, and in the sbeence of an, mention fa the Bank Detector of spurious money being in circulation, ra —_ j Beem Ny ‘ulation, no doubt many persona have Caerie Garpes Exscraxt Derot.—Two vessels arrived yesterday—the Mary Morris, from Greenock, Scotland, with 172 passengers, having in their possession nearly $6,000 in specie; also, the Devonshire, from London, with 241 passengers. ‘The Palmer, thet arrived the day before, had 403 passengers and $13,000 in moucy, A New Bask Batt Civn.—A new base ball club has been organized in Brooklyn, under the name of the At- lantic Base Ball Club, They will play this a‘tomnoon, at 4.7. M., at Seelam Stillwell’s hosting ground, Coney Island plank Toad , They number home twenty-three par- Fons, and expect to do something ast in ti of batting and bow! ice hic che Bied as A Doo Story.—On y 4 vicious dog Di: a little girl in Forty-third street, near Eleventh avenue. Assistance was called, and a German, named John Bing, volunteered to make an end of the ‘animal. He procured an old horse pistol and fired, but found he was as much injured himself aa the dog. ‘The weapon had jerked up om the concussion and severely lacerated his forehead. A phy- sican pronounced the wound dangerous. et Accumulation of Archtepiscopal Property. The following extraordinary epistle has been Just re- ceived by one of the Judges of the United States Court of this district. It shows the desire on the part of the “faithful” to treasure up “for the use of thelr souls’? We have not heard officially the amount contain in the papers of the Court, but whatever it is, we hope the Ayataime Co... Bishop may get it;— 1855, } : TON, JUDGE OF THE UNITED STATS DISTRICT ¢ Dear Sir—It ix my will that the money ef Jame: Kos mann as security of New Orleans shall be given to the Bishop Hughes of New York for the use of mt soul, ama wish that the same shall be recorded, #o that I will bee MinereR Aug. come free of the evil thoughts about my mind, which was done to me by a bad meaning of a bad 1 gh And I hope that all will be fixed right. You will tnd all the papers in the Court of the year A. D. 164) and if 1 should come myself write to me, if not it would be no use, and I will consider all right, Hereof fail oot. Your truly friend, and obedient servant, CLEMENS HEARING To THe Cummk ov Te Userep States Dusrer Coup New Yous, ¥. ¥, bio, Aug. 4. ° of that Det, byw @Bcalty.’. Sr. to nhortly af. ter he had retiredend.presem'el @ hill’dgaines hime Cine % pysthe throat, ed bin Bs passionate man with whom he hades actualy