The New York Herald Newspaper, August 17, 1855, Page 4

ATI) | tue Mevting 00 fertinnin’ gas Enotes of NEW YORK HERALD. s GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR AND EDITOR. JAME errrice ¥. W. CORNER OF NASSAU AND FULTON STs. Paceeivend corer es ou, cash im adleances Hee ire PAE, fone Pearl Ee aoe, nin; the Bur edition, $4 per annum, vr tae gS bo amy part of the Continent, bot * Wo NU RIO taken of enonymous communications. We do nat cin eee NTING executed with meainess, cheapness and pi) gPISEMENTS renewed every day. ume XX MUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. & BROADWAY TREATRB, Broadway—ELoPEmEnt—2aEEN |, MONBTER. : NIBLO'S: GARDEN,.Broadway—Miss ‘Pywe—Courwerer’.,, ERY THEA’ Bewery—Tux Invasion OF Biarrary ite ete GasuGET, ROPOLITAN, Broadway—Le Paures Caamranorn— et tintamonewosa—MaD1 4 Quatonzs Heunss, New York, Friday, August 17, 1855. ‘The News. The soft shell primary elections were held last might for delegates to the soft State convention, which meets on the 29th inst.,at Syracuse. The attempted fasion withthe hards was a dead failare, as the adamantines would not go near the polls. Among the delegates chosen are John Cochrane, John Van Buren, L. B. Shepard, Robert Kelly, and other leading administration wirepullers. Among the lesser lights are several ‘short boys,” a few Coun" cilmen, a number of Aldermen, and other even less reputable persons. The elections were peaceably conducted in all save the Nineteenth ward, where the Wood and Herrick parties had quite a tusstle, in which the latter came out second best, the Wood party electing their ticket by a handsome majority. A numerously attended and influential meeting of members of the old John Street Methodist Episco- pal Church, and of others opposed to its sale, was held last evening in the Green Street Church. A history of the edifice was given by Rev. Mr. Mitch- ell, which will be found extremely interesting. Ad- dresses were afterwards made by Rev. Mr. Wakeley and Mr. Chauncey Schaffer. In the statements of the latter, the six trustees who are in favor of the sale of the church were rather roughly handled, and insinuations were largely dealt in against an honora- ble and high-minded member of the bench in New York. We could, however, only give a brief sketch of his remarks. At the close of the meeting a pro- test was unanimously decreed against the sale of the church, and a collection was taken up to defray expenses, A meeting of merchants was held at the Corn Exchange yesterday, which was well attended. Walter R. Griffith, Eeq., acted as President, and Alfred Barrett, as Secretary. The President ex. plained the object of the meeting to be to aid the suf- ferers from yellow fever at Norfolk and Portsmouth; im reference to which a resolution was offered by Mr. Soutter, in favor of appointing a soliciting commitee, which was adopted. The committee was Sppointed by the Chair, and also a treasurer and distributing committee. An account of the proceed” ings will be found in another column. We learn from a gentleman. recently arrived from Eastern Virginia, that a great deal of distress prevailed among the poorer and laboring classes in the in- fected towns. They were in a measure barricaded from egress to the country, while the country producers were afraid or prohibited from venturing 4m to cell the usnal supplies. Pretty nearly all busi- ness was suspended, and the usual daily employment for laborers was cut off, while great destitution prevailed among both sick and well. They are comparatively small places, and hence means of relief, if sent promptly, will be the sooner applied, and do the more good, We believe the Hxnacp was the first to suggest this movement, and we are glad to find that it has been so quickly and well responded to. The Board of Supervisors met yesterday, and adjourned without transacting any business of im. e coy eer porte ire Aldermen sat from five to half-past eight o'clock yesterday evening, taking testimony in the weari- some case of Engine Company No. 5 against Engine company No. 14. A full report may be found in to- day's paper. The committee will resume the con- sideration of the subject this afternoon. The motion for a habeas corpus in the case of Passmore Williamson, the notorious hero of the Wheeler slave abduction case, was argued yesterday at Bedford, Pa., before a full bench of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. The Court adjourned, with- out rendering any decision, to mect on the first Mon day in October. The foreign news, as faras cotton was eoncerned, rather disappointed dealers in cotton in this mar- ket, notwithstanding which holders continued firm yesterday, and no indication appeared in favor of any concession in prices. No sales of importance transpired, and there seemed to be a disposition to await the receipt of private letters. Low and com- mon grades of flour were dull, while fancy and ex- tra brands were firm. Wheat was higher—new Southern red sold at $1 90 a $1.93}, and white do. at $2 20a $225. Corn advanced from two to three cents per bushel, and closed at about 9c. a 92c, Pork was firm at $19 87 for new meas, aud some con- tract deliveries were made at $20. Lard was also quite tirm. Coffee was quict. A cargo of 20,000 mats, of Java, per Flying Fish, hid arrived at Boston. Sugars were firm. A lot of prime Cuba was sold as high as 7jc. Freights were dull. Tue Daxisn Sounp Dvrs.—The Londoners seem rather pleased at the step taken by the Jnited States administration in notifying Den- mark that the treaty acknowledging the Dan- ish claim to Sound dues was abrogated. As Great Britain, like most maritime nations, has a treaty with Deumark entitling it to the same privileges as are enjoyed by the most favored nations, the release of the United States from the Sound dues will, ipso facto, re’ Great Britain. Hence the half suopressed chuckle we find in the organs of the British mercantile community. They would not themselves have urged their government to so cowardly a pro- ceeding as to strip unfortunate Denmark of her revenues at the moment when her neigh- bors’ quarrels have placed her very existence in jeopardy. They would have been the first to talk about British honor, and British libe- rality; and, seeing how much the Sound dues were to Denmark, and how little to England, they would have insisted on the shabby work of their-repudiation being left to some one poorer or meaner than themselves, But when the United States steps forward and offers to do the dirty job for the world at large, why of course these Englishmen are quite pleased, and pat brother Jonathan ou the back. It must be quite gratifying to Mr. Pierce to meet with the approval of the London Shipping Ga- aetle. In the meantime we see that Denmark has sent an embassy to the Court of Russia with proposals for a compromise. If there be any feeling in the administration higher than the regard for dollars and cents, we trust that some arrangement may be effected by which Denmark —the brave little kingdom—may be saved from extinction. Liout Wayten—In Tammony Hall, in re- ference to the platform of the forthcoming oft shell State convention. Inquire of Mr. Cochrane at the Custom House. canism” is breaking wu yon us. New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, M eesachusetis and Maine have sprung the t 9p, and, we judge, with some success. lition stripe in se West is preparing the way, and « few Wee’ ey will combine the entire negro worshippers, of the North under the republican banners ©.¢ Seward. At all events, we are be- ginnin« éto understand the movement, its ex- tent, its character, its objects, and ‘its men. Wi perhaps trifling differences of opinion “apon outside matters, the creed and the ritual have been determined and adopted. It is the restoration of the Missouri compromise, the repeal of the Nebraska-Kansas law, and the abolition of slavery in the District of Colum bia. Thus the campaign is opened—the issue is made, and the battle is to be fought. Says the Evening Post, “The Hon. B. F. Butler is on the stump.” We infer his enlistment for the war, but whether as chaplain, to give “stated preaching of the gospel,” or as a soldier in the ranks, is left to conjecture, epartment Committee of the Board of NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 1855. the Republican Moveme? .¢ on the Stump. The plot thickens—the, gawn of “republi- Thy copying press of the alio- Well, itisan odd combination—a strange medley of the odds and ends of all parties—a fusion of a8 desperate a band of gamesters as ever disturbed the order and well being of society. The dramatis persone of the play can- not fail to attract public attention, and excite personal interest. Not all the parts have yet been assigned, and there is an adjourned ques- tion of management between Mr. Seward and Mr. Chase, of Ohio., the two most prominent representatives of the old stage. It is no busi- ness of ours to interfere; but rumor has it that Chase is confident of being able to over- turn his New York competitor, and to carry off the honors and the profits of the perform- | ance. We fear his confidence will betray him. At all events, it is no more than right that he should fully comprehend the position of his antagonist, and we rejoice that it is in our power to aid him. Seward is by no means certain that the republican ticket can, by any exertion, be successful in 1856. his friends, therefore, to thrust Chase into the foreground—to let him take the responsibility of the errors which are necessarily incident to the organization of a new party—in short, to make him beat the bush for the Seward marksmen, and if itis considered impossible to succeed in the coming Presidential canvass, to drive Chase into the nomination for the Presidency. Mark this prediction. The sub- ject has been fully discussed by the Seward men. To the suggestion that there was danger in thrusting the Ohio agitator into too much prominence, the answer has been uniformly returned, “We have the power at any moment to lay him aside, even in Ohio.” pies no other position than that which we have conferred upon him, and will be permitted to perform no service except such as we assign to him.” This is hardly fair play; and hence we feel bound at least to call the attention of Mr. Chase and his friends to the matter, merely He advises “He occu- remarking that by sending their agents to the leading Seward men in this State, they can be fully satisfied of the entire truthfulness of our assertion. Meanwhile, with or without Chase, the re- measures, we propose a short sketch of its men whig, an abolitionist. a free soiler—now ore found anywhere. posts the books, His feats of dexterous horse- manship, in which he has straddled three nags at a time—abolitionism, whigism and tempe- has ridden two at once in different directions, and held a parley with Bishop Hughes on the lieved. devil take the hindermost.” New York politics into the dominions of St. Peter, has nevgr been known. Next comes Mr. Philosopher Greeley—some- thing of a whig, a good deal of an abolition- ist, a Grahamite, a Fourierite, abloodless tem- perance man, in favor of women, but constitu- tionally moral in his tendencies and ideas— opposed to French government, especially its prison discipline. Greeley has a remarkable personal appearance, is a director of the Crys- tal Palace, editor of the New York Zribune, the proprietor of the drab coat, believes in ne- groes and spiritusl manifestations, of which he is himself a near personification, is a repub- lican of the tit. .s, and has no doubt that Wil- liam H. Seward will be President of the Unit- ed States. Then cones Gen. Webb of the Courier and Enquirer—a very late but very earn- est disciple. Just what he can do for the fu- sionists, now that they have fixed upon a name and have no thought of creating a United States Bank, it is not easy to discern. Gen. Webb is a financier, very respectable at com- promises and sudden turns; it is not unlikely, therefore, that he will be able to make himself useful. If we add to these Gov. Johnston, of Pennsylvania; Wilson, of Massachusetts; Gid- dings, of Ohio, and a few others, we shall have the capital stock contributed to the re- publicans by what may be termed the old whig party. The demooracy comes in first in the person of Martin Van Buren, Jate President of the United States, Benj. F. Butler, his Attorney- General, Wm. ©. Bryant, Preston King, Salmon P. Chase, Senator of Ohio, John P. Hale of New Hampshire, Gov. Cleveland of Conn., and a host of others who are only waiting to be relieved of office by Gen. Pierce. Thus the capital stock of the republican party is made up. It is all based, or nearly so, on the elec- tion of William H. Seward to the Presidency; and in default thereof there will be no divi- dends. In the history of American politics there is no parallel to such an array of disappointed and huckstering politicians, Their first act is to place the union of the States in subjection publican movement must go on, and, as a mat- ter of general interest in connection with its Its head, body and soulis William H. Sew- ard, an anti-Mason, a national republican, a publican—pretty much everything by turns ex- cept President of the States. Next comes Thurlow Weed, as desperate a political scaven- ger in early life, and as proud and despotic a manager of the various elements opposed to the democratic party in later times, as isto be He will never have credit for what he is, unless the spirit of mischief rance—are common to the country. That he subject of Catholic votes, is extensively be- He, too, was an anti-Mason, having eet up business on the corporeal estates of Ti- mofthy Munroe, which he inherited strictly on the principle of the present fusion game—“the In this way, Ti- mothy became a useful man, especially after his death, when he was set to political services by Weed, and actually laid the foundation of the present republican party. Whether he was satisfied to play the part of “a good enough Morgan till after election,” and thus to force to their «hemes of anti-slavery. The effort is to force on the country the organization of parties bounded by the free and the slave States,’ and to carry their points by the numerical ma- jorities of the North; to subvert the constitu- tion—to raise the power of such majorities into omnipotent control, and then to plead the same in justification of their acts. At is a war upon the institutions of the South —4® war upon slavery, and, if need be, upon the Union, to’ effect the objects they have in view. The first speaker at the Portland mass meeting thus avowed. Thus for personal objects all the great in- terests of the country are thrown into the ha- zards of dissolution of the Union. We are no alarmists; but it is idle to talk about maintain- ing the existing government in violation and sacrifice of the rights and property of fifteen of the thirty-one members of the confederacy. It cannot and ought not to be maintained, irre- spective even of the settled convictions of so mportant an interest. Tug Surrerers at Norrouk — Hurry Up wita Your Contrisutioxs.—The following ap- peal from. the Howard Association at Norfolk tells a tale of pressing necessity :-— ‘An appeal is made by the Howard Association of Nor- folk, Va., to the pathies of the inhabitants of New York in bebalf of the suffering poor of that city. In con- sequence of the prevalence of the yellow fever, business is almost totally suspended, and bee Berk as thrown out of work who are it uy daily labor for the support of their families. ‘Association say, thing is done, it is wanted quickly. Any donations leit with the subscribers will be promptly forwarded and faithfully suplied. BROWN & DE ROSSET, 168 Pearl street. JAS, T. SOUTTER, Presid’t Bank of the Republic. BLOW & MARCH, 91 Water street. These few lines are more eloquent than a homily preached on the subject. The Associa- tion say, “If anything is done, it is wanted quickly.” Sosay we. There is no doubt that the appeals that have been made to the public will be freely and generously responded to. But this is not sufficient. Benevolence, to be effective, should be prompt. We are glad to see, therefore, that the merchants have taken the matter in hand. A very spirited meeting was held at the Corn Exchange yesterday and adopted the right course to pursue. We give the procecdings in another column. New Frvancuat Pouicy or Spars.—It appears, by the mails by the Lebanon, that a new finan- cial policy is about to be proposed to the Cor- tes by the Ministry of Spain. According to the rumors that were current in Madrid, this policy would be a sort of revival of the old plan of colonial protection abandoned by England with regard to her colonies within the past ten years. It would consist in the admission of colonial produce—such as su- gars—free of duty, or on payment of a very small duty—into Spain; the deficit in the re- venue to be made up by an increase of duties on imports of breadstufts into the colonies. At present Spain draws most of her sugara from Cuba; they pay a heavy duty, which it is proposed to remove in order to give Cuba the monopoly of the trade. On the other hand the colonists are expected to remunerate the home government by submitting to a further increase in the duties levied at the colonial ports on foreign breadstufls. Those duties have hitherto been so high that the revenue irom them is now, with the exception of the export duty on segars and the hushmoney for the slave trade, the uearest and largest item in the income of the colonial treasury. When flour was $6 a barrel here, it sold at the Ha- vana for $24. It is the business of the creoles and not of he United States to satisfy themselves with regard to the necessity of 2 measure which will have the effect of raising the price of the first necessary of life. If they are content to pay a dollar or two more for their flour, in order that the people of Madrid may buy cheap sugar we have no business to interfere. If they are satisfied to tax themselves in order to raise a revenue to pay the twelve thousand trained soldiers who are kept on the island for the purpose of suppressing insurrection and keeping out the filibusteros, again we say it is their business not ours. We are interested in the proposed alteration in the Cuban tariff only inasmuch as it ex- cludes our produce from the island, and reveals the tendency of Spanish feeling. The former consideration is not very weighty. Cuba, un- der the present tariff, cannot afford to take half a million worth of our flour and wheat in the course of a year; it would matter very little if so small a trade were cut off altoge- ther, Butasan evidence of the Iitking hos- tility toward this country which avimates the Spanish people, the fact is noteworthy. It was understood when Mr. Soulé was recalled and Mr. Dodge sent to Spain, that the conces- sion to Spanish pride and the substitution of a lamb-like Christian for a Southern fire-cater would bring the Spaniards to our arms, and lead to a period of halcyonlike harmony. It was further asserted, when Mr. Dodge rolled himself in the dirt before Isabella’s feet, that the performance was a politic one, as Spain was about to establish a new tariff in Cuba, which would largely enure to our interest. We now see the fulfilment of these prophecies. Spain is about to exclude our produce alto- gether from the island; and while Mr. Dodge is borrowing court speeches from the records of the Eastern satrapies, the Spanish govern- ment is endeavoring and almost succeeding in extorting from the Western Powers a full ter- ritorial guarantee against aggressions from any side. AN Exr.anation Wantep.— What is the use of the Board of Supervisors meeting day after day, at an expense of nearly $50 per diem, and adjourning almost’ immediately without trans- acting any business? Who is at fault? The Mayor has sickness in his family, the Recorder is, like a sensible man, enjoying some cool re- treat during the recess from his judicial duties, and the Supervisors are,.as a body, a nonenti- ty without them; and yet they meet day after day, get $2 each put to their credit, and come and come again, looking for more pickings. Who is at fault? As guardians of the public interest, we have aright to put the question, and as a heavy taxpayer we demand an ex- planation. A Rermement with A Proviso.—Tharlow Weed retires from the editorial chair of the Albany Journal with a proviso; that is to say, he disappears from the stage to direct the movements of the fusionists behind the scenes as faras an old fogy can understand th. The big and “little villains” of Mr. Sews are to wait upon Mr. Weed with instructions from headqnarters from time to time, so as to keep the machinery in smooth running or- der. The Cereseo Free Love Union—Headquarters in New York—Soctaliem Brought to Perfec- We. fer to these columns, from the Osh- kosh (Wis.,) Courier, a full exposition of a new socialistic society set up in that section, under the romantic but suspicious title of the “Ce- resco Free Love Union.” We give it as a frag- ment of the current history of the times. The platform of these. Ceresco communists is the perfection of socialism. All that the Jacobins of the first French revolution, all that the women’s rights and abolition amalgamation societies, all that the Mormons, all that our spi- ritualists, Fourierites and other cliques of transcendentalists and philosophers have been aiming at in the destruction and reconstruc- tion of modern civilized society, and all that they have been laboring to cover up, under various flimsy disguises and false pretences, is frankly confessed and boldly proclaimed in the pronunciamento of this “Ceresco Free Love Union.” Reduced into a single brief sentence, the so- cial system of these Ceresco free lovers pro- poses that society, as it exists, shall be des- troyed, and that the same free and promiscu- ous intercourse among the sexes as that which characterizes the infamous establishments of Church and Mercer streets shall become the universal law throughout the whole commu- nity, Or, in the words of our Wisconsin cotem- porary, the Ceresco communists “would turn the world into a vast brothel,” and “the re- gions of the damned could hardly present the realization of a more horrid picture” than the fulfilment of this infernal Ceresco system. The text books relied upon by these Wiscon- sin socialists appear to be from the mint of T. L. Nichols and Mrs. Mary 8. Gove Nichols; and as there are two conspicuous soci..! reformers in this city bearing these names, it becomes somewhat interesting to them and to this com- munity to know whether they are’ or are not the guilty parties. Of the guilt or innocence of the other individuals mentioned, we know nothing; but if they are innocent in the pre- mises, they should lose no time in proving it. It is understood that a Mrs. Mary S. Gove-Ni- chols is the authoress of new novel of some notoriety, which betrays a strong leaning to this Ceresco free love platform—an incident which, if true, admonishes us of the subtle and extensive ramifications of these insidious doc- trines of perfected socialism. We hardly think it possible, however, that among the virtuous people of Wisconsin this Ceresco Society will be permitted to exist; and the society have shown a lack of discre- tion in attempting to setup their new system in aregularly organized American community. The forcible and bloody expulsion of the Mor- mons from Missouri and from Illinois should have been remembered by these Ceresco sen- sualists, and they should have profited from the experience of the Latter Day Satnts, by lo- cating themselves in the outset in some place a thousand miles from the contact of civilized society, among the deserts and valleys beyond the Rocky Mountains, Of course, they would have keep clear of the Salt Lake polyga- mists for while they allow wives without num- ber, and divorces upon a moment’s warning, their intercourse between man and woman is still regulated at least by mock ceremonies of marriage—an institution which these Wisconsin socialists utterly repudiate. We repeat, however, that this Ceresco free love platform is but the complete developement and confession of the doctrines and tendencies of the social system of Fourier and his disci- ples, and other seditious and disorganizing schemes of social reform, of which the New York 7ridune, and other journals affecting to be models of pure morality, have labored so in- dustriously for years to fasten upon this country. We understand, in fact, that this Wisconsin society is but an offshoot of the parent organization existing in this city, and which has existed for a year or more, and which still continues to hold its regular meet- ings of men and women, married and single, under a system of regulations of the most liberal familiarity. Here the “Hot Corn” literature, so brazenly flaunted to the world from the Zribune office, and so unblushingly palmed off upon the community by negro worshipping clergymen and professing edito- rial teachers of morality and religion—here, we say, in this New York Free Love Society, ‘this “Hot Corn” literature of the Tribune philosophers, and the untold mysteries of Fou- rieriem are thoroughly understood and appre- ciated. < We understand, further, that this New York Free Love Society is divided and subdivided into various orders and exercises, literary, political and recreative, and that their pro- ceedings are of a very interesting and amusing character. Of late years, Mr. Albert Brisbaye, the founder of our Fourierite phalanxes, has dis- appeared from the public eye, and Mr. Stephen Pearl Andrews, whose learned dissertations sometime ago in the Fourierite organ on marriage and divorce, betrayed the tenden- cies of his ideas on those important subjects, has of late ceased to torment the public with his notions of social perfection. Perhaps Mr. Brisbane, and Mr. Pearl Andrews may know something of this New York Free Love Asso- ciation, and of its principles, regulations, pro- gress and prospects, If they do, now that the society and its alleged branch in Wisconsin are arraigned before the har of public opinion, let them come forward as of counsel for the defence, and render in their knowledge, expe- rience and belief. What a millenium we shall have when the Union and society are destroyed; when all races, blacks, whites, reds and yellows, shall be made absolutely equal in all things, and when amalgamation of all colors, and the free intercourse of both sexes, shall be sustained by an equal division of property from time to time; and when such moral reformers as Gree- ley, Brisbane, Lloyd Garrison, and the strong- minded women and “free colored Americans” of the day shall stand foremost among the shining lights of the world! “Hot corn! hot corn! Here’s your nice hot corn, smoking hot!” . Ho! ron Kaxsas.—Col. Jere. Clemens, of Alabama, late Senator of the United States, having failed to be elected to his State Legis- ture, will now, perhaps, make up, his mind to follow the example of Gen. Foote, of Missis- sippi, in making off for California. We would suggest that there isa more inviting field for an enterprising Southern politician like Col. Clemens, in Kansas, We should like to see all our defeated politicians, of all parties and all sections, puthing off into Kansas; for thus we should all the sooner have the Kansas imbrog- lio brought to a definite solution. Ho! for Kansas. Yellow Fover in Virginia, Barmiwore, August 10, 1855. There were four deaths from-yellow fever at Norfolk curing the twenty-four hours ending at noon oa Wea- nesiay, and the alarm liad somewhat abated. Captain Barron was convalescent; but his daughter continacd very low. Captain James Henderson was in a dying state. ‘The deaths at Portsmouth have averaged eig’! por day. The Norfolk papers of the 14th inst. stute thit Nash Tatem, chief inspector of the Navy Yard, is dead; Hun- ter Woodis, Muyor of the city, ill, and Dr, Sylvester dy~ ing. The fever has extended from the infected district to the upper part of Norfolk. ‘T. G, Broughton, Jr., son of the editor of the Herald, isin a dying state. Yheve is great difficulty in getting nurses, and ten dollars por night is charged. There are not more than 1,509 people now in Ports- mouth, Col. John Harper, John B, Davis and Nathaniek Manning are amongst the dead. Many other prominent citizens are ill. RELIEF FOR THE SUFFERERS FROM YELLOW FEVER. Puapeventa, August 16, 1855. A meeting of merchants was held in the Exchange at noon to-day for the purpose of adopting measures forthe relief of the sufferers from yellow fever in Norfolk, Ports- mouth, &c. A committee of fifty was appointed to solicit eubserip~ tions for the sufferers. Bavrimore, August 16,1855. Our merchants held a meeting to-day at the Exchange, with a view of.affording relief to the sufferers from yellow fever. ‘Three thousand dollars were contributed by the meet- ing, and provisions were purchasod and despatched by the boat for Norfolk to-night. From Sarat * ANOTHER ROBBERY—THE WOMEN'S RIGHTS CONVEN- TION. Sanatoca, August 16, 1855, ‘The room of W. E. M‘Master’s, who is in lodgings from: the Union Hotel, was robbed last night of notes against: private individuals, to the extent of $1,200. A certificate of deposit in the Crouse Bank of $100; do. in the Bank of Auburn of $320; bills on the Atalanta Bank, Ga., for $70, and o diamond ring. There is no clae to the robbers. The Women’s Rights Convention is still going on. Mrs. Bakewell, better known as Lucy Stone, arrived last night and addressed the convention this morning. ‘The Case of Passmore Williamson. . Bepyorp, Pa., Augus! 16, 1855. ‘The application of Passmore Williamson for a writ of habeas corpus, was argued this morning in the Supreme- Court of Pennsylvania, by Messrs. Gilpin and Meredith, for nearly three hours. All the Judges were ~ ‘The speeches were very able. Without giving any deci- sion, the court adjourned to meet at Sunbury on the first Monday in October. A Man Gored to Death Wy a Bull. Bostox, Aug. 16, 1855. Solomon Childs, a respectable farmer of Waltham, Mass., was gored to death yesterday by a bull. He was. attempting 10 chain the aximal in bis barn. Stonxp, Seauep ano Dativersp.—Benjamia F. Butler, (late a lion among our New York Van Buren democracy,) in a late letter toa Maine free soil fusion meeting announces himeelf, in substance, as true to his speech in the Park of a year ago—that he would rather vote for W. H. Seward for the Presidency than for Stephen A. Douglas.. Mr. Butler is thussigned, sealed and delivered over to the Seward coa- lition. . Wuar’s iy tak Winp,—The softs have ru- mors flying about of a hard shell State conven- tion on the 23d, to cut under the soft conven™ tion of the 29th. Wonder if there is anything in it! THE LATEST NEWS. BY MAGNETIC AND PRINTING TELEGRAPHS, Kentucky Election. CGcxxam, August 16, 1865. Official returns from 74 counties in Kentucky, and the reported majorities from the remaining counties, reduce the majority of Morehead (K. N.), for Governor, to 4,200. Maryland State Demceratic Convention. Barrivorg, Aug. 16, 1855. Our State Democratic Convention to-' nominated W. W. Bowie, of Prince George’s county, @r State Comp- troller, and George Galé, of Kent county, for Lottery Commissioner. Massachusetts Republican Convention. Bogroy, August 16, 1855. A republican or fusion meeting was held in Chapman’s Hall to-day. Among the prominent persons presént were Hon. Samuel Hoar (free soil), Charles Francis Adams (free soil), Hon. James Duncan (whig), R. H. Dana (free soil), and others. Hon. C. Goodrich, of Stock- bridge, presided. Among the Vice Presidents were ex- Governor Boutwell (dem.), Lieutenant Governor Brown (K. N.), and John W. Foster (K N.) ‘The meeting continued in session until late in the after- noon. Speeches were made by Samuel Hoar, of Concord; James H. Duncan, of Haverhill; Richard UI. Dana, Amasa Walker, John C. Parks, Elizar Wright and others. The Committee on Resolutions reported as follows:— Resolved, That the time has {ully come for the people of Massachusetts to act in concert with the friends of free- dom throughout the Union, with a view of restraining the alarming encroachments of slavery. Resolved, That as a means to this end there should be an early assemblage of the people of this commonwealth in mass convention. Acommittee of one from each county, with Samuel Hoar aschairman, was appointed for consultation with political organizations, and to calla mass State conven- tion in favor of the fusion movement, at an carly day. The meeting, although not numerously attended, was quite enthusiastic. Personal Intelligence Senator Seward has been in to deliver the oration. before the Plymouth Rock Association on the 22d of De- cember next. Col: Fremont and party left the Clarendon yesterday to spend a few days at Nantucket, after which hie expects to spend some weeks in New York. Father Daniel A. Hearn, the Catholic priest in Taun- ton, Mass., who wéighs nearly 300 pounda, fell from. the tower of the new church to the ground, fifty feet, without - apparent injury, The rope broke by which the workmen were drawing up. ARRIVALS, At the Smithsonian House—Wm. E. Hollowell, ae DECLARATION, PLATFORM AND CONSTITUTION OF ‘THE REPUBLICAN ASSOCIATION OF WASHINGTON. ‘Wasnincton, August 16, 1855. Whereas, by the repeal of the eighth section of the act for the admission of Missouri into the Union, the Territo- ries of Kansas and Nebraska have been opened to the in- troduction of slavery, and all the compromises, real or ry, upon that subject, are thus violated and an- preg and deep dishonor inficted upon the age in which we ive— Now, therefore, in bei hpery with all those through- out the land who oppose this and other similar measures, which we deem to be contrary to the spirit of the consti- | aia. B,J, ‘New Orleans; L. Trails, Dei ‘Mich. ; tation, and which are designed toextend and perpetuate | 4 Siurgina, Nev Ovleann; WW leory, trained ape slavery, we do associate ourselves together under the | M. Albany; Hon. Geo. Streot iar bot Se? name and title of “The Republican Association of Wash- gen eg at jGesecinns fi yas omc new ington, D.C. . " Jatform, to | ott Hev. He. 11. Mason, Kaleigh; N.C; Capt. Hamilton, RN. age re sace hie ering a0. oneipol eras sttorey) A the Aslor House—A. Bord, Borion; 7. Harrison, Louis First. That Congress possesses no power over the in- peg: Sy tego ot yea oe, aieeloe stitution of slavery in the several States; but that, out- | do.; iH. H. Wall, Alabama; . U. Matthews, Harlford; T. How: side of State ju ction, the constitutional power of the | ard, Detroit; Hon. It. Schenck, Ohio; M. Bond, Woburn; T. C. federal government should be exerted to secure life, liberty | Sherry, do.; G Eldriiye, North Carolina; J.D. Perryer, do. Richmond, &: damotre ms, Ci lurtord, J Magatee, i in the steathahip Jamest tnd happiness to allmen, And, therefore, ‘ Second. There should be neither slavery nor involun- tary servitude, except for the punishment of crime, in 3 any of the Territories of the United States. und child, Mrs . ‘A Levy, wife and child, "“K Bacheldor, D 8 Ws six je Bee pm are Sie eentfe) eoiiene ioe il eOnis @hidren and servant, ‘Miss Eliza Saunders, Thoe Tabb. aise gal power; and all officers should, as far as practicable, | Falkner, Mrs A Zepp. Miss Jane Norcott, HH Potter, UBN, G bec! by & direct vote of the people. C Borum, USN, J D Denagree, Indy, four children and servant, Fourth. Candidates for political offices should be men | AJ Crane and two children, Mrs J il Poindex‘er and three Foot nl Capt 8 C Elliott, lady and two children—31 in the tteerage. Savannah, in the steamship Alabama—Col J Sullivan, of undoubted integrity and sobriety, and pledged to snp- port the prinelples of fits platform by all Eewfalesd oom: erase ati UBA; J B Atkew, J CC Burnett, J Bellman, John Ryan, J tutional means, CONSTITUTION. 5 Reinhart, WT Dewitt, E Evins, E Kinstine, If L French, 3 Art. 1, Any person may become a member of this asso- | MeKinney, A Low, T B Danforth, J H Dents, WT Gootwia, ciation on subscribing to its platform and constitution. | ¥ Rotheehid, B Wade, OT Hart, BG Stern, ¥' Hake te Mer. Art. 2, The ofticers of this association shall be a preai- oe y Flostane © oe Ca Mrs Daggers and five dent, vice presidents, three directors, treasurer, record- | giildren, J H Buidw Fae hares Se Y juyon, Miss M Hart, 88 Solomon, Mrs Guan, T ing ‘secretary and corresponding secretary, who shall | jy Davis, Dr P H Aylett, C E Clark, lady and child, Mra Weeks serve until such day as the association shall appoint as | and servant, Wd Ingraham, J Lowenbury, WO the time for the annual meeting: then and thereafter, the | Robt Dill and lady, Mrs Brad ley and daughter, J P Jordon, E officers shall be elected annually, W Buker, Miss Bireeter, Geo H Cheever, L, J’ Guilmartin sod ‘Art. 3. The three directors, with the president, secre- | lady, LSireeter, J D Crane, A Hunter, E Hancock, 8-H Whit: aker and lady, R B Barnett, D Rubens, Jas Foley and dai ler, @ Gilmour, @ W Price, 8 Hernandes, MKautuan, ‘Mire Delony and two daughters, W Stevens, Miss McDonald) Mrs Reed and two children, Mrs Pinder, ® C Post, Mra Phreys, Mre Rutherford, Mra Perkins, Miss Cole, C and {7 ‘in he steerage. DEPARTURES. tories and treasurer, shall constitute » committee to at- tend to the proper distribution of such funds as may be placed at their disposal by the association, and to perfagm such other duties as may from time to time be assigned them. Art. 4. The funds of the association shall be devoted iam: Dil— exclusively to the payment of the necessary contingent | _For Liverpool in steamship Axia, from Boston—Mersra Chas expenrer of the same. for the purchase and circulation of | W Tuts, WB Swett 1B Sargenl, Mrs Hal, Mossra PS Cuol- important documents and information, and in the ase of | Nork u y Bs erkee, such means as may have a tendency to advance the principles laid down in our platform, Art. 5. In order to secure concert of action, the more direct interchange of intelligence, and general co-opera- tion throughout the country, we invite the formation of similar associations in any State, county, city or village in the Union, whose officers shall be ex- io members of this ascociation, and who are requested to report to this association the’ names of their officers, and number of members, for general information of the whole. Art. 6. This association may at any time, ay a mark of respect, elect to the office of honorary vice-president, or to honorary membership, any distinguished or influen- Norton, Mass Holyoke; J kon, of 3 4 % rleston; Andrew Low, of Savannah; Mrs Ann Ross and daughter, of South Caro- lina Messrs George Sloan J Goldwick, of Ohio; P tial gentleman, whether a resident or non-resident, pro- folland, J jase, Col Campbell, H J Ramey vided he be known tofavor our platform and coustitution, | apd Join Laickersant, of New Orleaus;’ JD Liginger, Daniel Spencer, of Salt River; Col Perey lll wife, child and rerrani: Lieut Gol’ Alekander- Gordon, Messrs © Mitier and wife, Thomas N Corbet, Stew art Miltop and J LeHoist, of Kingston, © W; Mrs Thurlwell and son of Guelph, © W; Messrs Luabar Me: A Gilkison, Art. 7. This constitution may be altered or amended by a vote of two-thirds of the members present, at any of its regular meetings, John Crump, P Andrew and son, Fred Bak: 4 New Jersey State Temperance Convention. | daier Roberent Me Candas Mice ke Relat Wight, Prinapeusaa, Aug. 10, 1855. | er of Montreal: © Preiivabon aad wite, Frases, Bred Holland, The New Jersey State Temperance Convention met at | land; Jos Purcell of Liverpool; A Hill nud F Carles at Lomies: Camden to-day, and was fully attended. independent po- | Mis.A Coury of Ireland: Mest Jas, Rathvon, Win Mule litical action was recommended. Of Beotland; His Exceliency-e Cusyo and servant Manuel Suaret, A Gonza$s and Ai He orieh of : his Brea Spain; jency Commander F T d4Uayvatho Morlera (Brazillian to England) wife, three children, nephet Fire at Port Deposite. nae Brazil; CC Johnston of Pernambuco; Compt de Frignarene, Por. ‘aan Kohn of Peru; R Port Deporirr, Aug. 16, 1855. A fire occurred here this morning, destroying Wiley & Thompson's sash factory, planing mill and warehouse; Davis & Co.’s warehouse and lumber yazd; Lanahan & Son’s office, and the dwellings of David Kennedy and Ephraim Cornish. The loss is about $50,000. Insurance only $7,000, tuguese Minister at Washington; Mesers Gomez of Chill; H Schuchard of Vaiparatso: Louls Merriam and Miguel Guerreso of Granada; Gardner B Perry and Samuel ‘of Buenos Ayres; Major Wolfe, wile and two sons, of S¢ ; Chas Scharvenberg, wile aud child, of Havana; A Miller, of Austria; B Ingham of Palermo; $ Wolowski and wife, Madame Gomez, J Lorileux and T Gillard, of Paris: Mad ame Asiere and servant and M Delaine, of Frans; Henric.son, Mr Burton, wife and five children, residence not given—155. For Hallax—Mesers Wm Ellixt and Pesris, of Boston; Hon James McNabb and wife, Mr Rose, wife and two servanta John Hotter, W Harris D McRae, Miis Patterson. Mise 8 Frobi. sher, and Mr. vey, o x; Rev J Pack: wile, Barbadoes—16. ‘Total Bi. laa Fichter hel en ca Coronerw’ Inquests. Fata Kon Ove Case.--Coroner Wilhelm held an in- quest yesterday, at 180 Fast Eleventh strest, upon the body of a boy, 13 years of age, named Patrick Concannon, who came to his death from Injuries received by belug knocked down by a junk wagon, on the Mth inst. The Jury were of opinion that the driver of the vehicle was in no Way to blame, and therefore rendered a verdict of ac cidenta) death. ‘The deceased was a native of New York, and resided with his parents at the above pl Drama ry Exposves.—Coroner Wilhelm also held an in- quest upon the body afa female infant found dead in the alleyway leading from 127 Forsyth street, where it was left’by tome person unknown to the jury. Dr, Hassell made an examinatinn of the body, and forind that it wue newly born, the navel cord not being tied or the body washed. From the poit mortem examination made by the Naval Intelligence. Barmwone, August 16, 1855. The sloop-of-war Marion hay returned home, wailing for orders from the Navy Department, ae she bas been condemned as unseaworthy. Mall Robber Arrested. Hanmsuono, Aug. 10, 1855. Henry Glant was arrested here to-day for robbing the mail on board of the packet boat Dauphin, and committed in default of bail of $2,000. He was arrested by Me. Hughes, specia! agent of the Post Office Department, pa Aaa Navigation of the Ohio. Prrispers, August 16, 1859. The river is standing at five feet three inches, Freights continue low. Markews. doctor it appenred that the child was born alive, and in six hundred hend of hemes? ETM Aug. 16, 1858, |B opinion Bed died from exposure. Verdict accordingly. § vired he ves were offered our LN Pos S oro a santheh to-day, ond:teartyall On aa pod le me Kuiep iw 4 Founpry.—Coroner 0'Doanell held an in- quest upon the body of Charles Fracl, a laborer in Tup- per’s iron foundry, in Eleventh street, who was acciden- tally killed by @ splinter of iron striking him and producing a fracture of the skull. Verdict tal death. The deceased was a native of Ire about 28 years of age. $7.0 $9 75 net. Hogs in good demand, and valev at 87 7 & $8 50 per 100 Ibe, Borrao, Augast 16—1 7. M. Flour—demand active; receipts better, Bales 1.500 bbla. at $8 50 a $8 75 for good to extra new Ohio, and $9 for old Mlinois. Wheat—better inquiry. Sales 10,000 bushels Upper Lak spring at $1 52; 1.400 bushels new red Ohio at $1 62; 1,200 bushels new white Ohio at $1 98, and 9,000 bushels Upper Lake on private terms. Corn firmer and demand active to fill contracts. Sales 70,000 bushels at 77¢. a 79¢., closing at the letter figare, in. cluding 10,000 bushels to arrive and now atloat, at 78. Oats unchanged. Sales 13,000 bushels at 45¢. a 46, Canal freights firmer; 846. for corn to Albany. and I1ige. to New York, ’ Lake. im yesterday—Flour, 1,645 bbla.; wheat, 8,686 bushels; corn, 34,000 bushels, oats, 2,606 bushels. Canal exports same time—Flour, 63 bble.; wheat, 6,600 bushels; corn, 40,600 bushels; cats, 20,500 bushels, Burraro, Aug. 16—9:30 P. M. Flour steady and active, Sales 2,000 bbls. at $3 50a £8 €2}4, for good new Ohio, and $8 75 a $9 for fancy Obio and extra Msinois. Most of the sales were of now flour, Wheat—Demandactive. Sales 27,000 bushels, 5 tlemen Walth Hats:-—Gen the arrival of these choice mode colored Paris soft hats, are notified we received them per Baltic, and this day place them on sale. Also Paris dress silk hats of new pat- terns, all direct from our own fabricant. LEARY & C0,, leaders anid introducers of fashion for gentiemen’s hats Astor House. Pianos.—Horace Waters’ Modern place, possensing in their improvement of action and hb oy oda wer and compass of tone equal to rand pianos, | Sole agency for T. Gilbert & Caen, Haters Cumston’s, Woodward ’#, and Jacob Chicker- ing’s Boston pianos; oy intly in store — from jew Yor! “f tomb guaranione to give manutactorins, insrta entire satisfacti money returned. Second-hand piauos of all varintiie ct cluding 1,(00 bushels 0 5] et $1 52; at great bargains. Prices 5 bushel new red Ohio st OI 62; 12.8 ahela new rei | pianos, with iron trae, for $160. ‘Hews ere ‘and inoie, winter, rr a on rma, | rent hase. : 7 and the balance om Gms opet, om de." Chee Un aatine de’ Sle cen ge ne ee Ran Payments, Sole agency for'S. D. ke H W. Smith's cele mand to fill contracts, and market firmer, Sales 103,000 ual rated meloleons, (tuned the 7 " temperament.) bushels at Tic. a 78, including 2,0000 buabels, to arrive, sate at the latter price, aod 14,008 bushels oft the spot “ek HORACE WATERS, $38 Brosdway, Te, the market elosing rather tame at TPc, Onte in good | To Straw Bonnet Dealers.—We are now request. Sales 26,000 bushels at 450, a 460, for old. Crna) freights unchanged. Lake imports for the lact 24 hourn:--Flour, 8,740 bbe; wheat, 4,009 bushels; sara, 57,640 bushels: dats, 1,062 bushel. Canalyggports time--Flour, 63 bbla.; wheat, 5,167 buab™® corn 20 - 860 burhels;’ oats, 6,700 bueh oared to show a large and complete poems of the Ayle of straw bonndts, conslating tn part of (he Flare Pedste, English dunstable and split straw bonnets, ail of which ‘are of our own mani are, and will be sol at . rarket price by the ease.’ A. LELAND & (0.,