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4 NEW YORK HERALD. Ja™ES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR AND EDITOR. OvyeWe N. W. CORNER OF NASSAU AND FULTON ST, TTY aBRaLD, 2 conte px #1 pe een. aon ee AD ey tion Gh p * eoname SBriardey erat Britain, op 8S bo any part of the Condinent, Both ” xo Mi akon «/' anonymous conmuniosiions, We do not retere uae 408 Pi "LNG aorued wah neainem, cheapness and aeqeuh. reper NOs 201 AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING, ¥ TREATRE, Laat ny Seip Rore-T PR ero Brornens—THE nS, i ‘MIBLO’S GARDEN, Brosdway—ttss Pyxo—Crxpencins, BOWERT THFATRE, Bowery—Ronpens— Raven or Taw MRTROPOLITAN THEATRE, Broadway—Vanrrr rx Exe .aND—Ln MAJA De SeVELL—MONS, Matiar—WaDDING Day_ WOOD'S MINSTRELS, Meshanio's Hall, 2 Broadway." BUCKLEY'S BURLESQUE OPERA HOUSE, way—Bunieseve Ora anD ‘eaatoceen. ane Now York, Friday, August ii, 1855. ‘The News. ‘Wedvote a large portion of ourspace to-day to ‘the proceedings of the politicians, particularly those of the soft shelie, who have been wrangling at Syra- euse ‘over the question of a platform, for the past twodays. It is quite evident, however the subject may finally be compromised between the rival efiques of the softs, that they are pretty thoroughly abolitionized. The proceedings are very carious, very racy, and very symptomatic of a dissolution» weoner or later. ‘We are again compelled to omit the publication ef the speech of Mr. Daniel E. Sickles, and also a eurious letter on political matters from the pen of ex-Consul George 'N. Sanders, both of which we have had in type for several days. The Know Nothing State Convention, which has ‘boon in eession for the past three days at Bingham- ton, adjourned sine die yesterday. We give, also, a veport of their proceedings. The greatest harmony and enthusiasm prevailed throughout. The democracy of Indiana met in State Conven- tion at Indianapolis on Wednesday. The attendance ‘waw very large. Resolutions similiar to those adopt- ed recently bythe national democracy of New York passed with unanimity. AND anti*Maine law convention was held yesterday at Worcester, Masa. A ticket for State officers, com- pored of men from both the whig and democratic parties, was nominated, and resolutions embodying the principles of the opponents of coervive legisla- tion, were adopted. Horatio M. Wild, the Know Nothing nominee for Senator in the Fifth district, was selected last night wy the whige, at the Broadway House, for the same office. The Third District Whig Convention, which met at the Irving House, nominated Theodore A- Ward, ex-Aasembiyman, for Senator. A bill is now pending before the Kansas Legisia- tare for a charter of a bank with a capital of a mil- lion doliars, with the privilege to double it. The eapital stock is said to be already taken, and the projectors are ready to commence business immedi- atély. The institution is to he located at Atchison. Additional particulars respecting the terrible ca- tastrophe onthe Camden and Amboy railroad, on Wednrerday, are given in to-day’s paper, together with the names of the killed and wounded, and the testimony taken yesterday before the Coroner's jury éalled to investigate the cireumstances which led to the painful calamity. The steamship Canada arrived at Bosion yestor @ay afternoon, andthe Enropean mails brought by her will reach ‘this city early this morning. W: have received some additional items of news by te graph. The ship Lightfoot, of New York, ‘ London for Calcwita, was wrecked near Sanger on the 29th of June, and became a total los. According to the recent accounts, Denmark has ‘veen thrown into great alarm with reference to the Elsinore Sonnd dues. ce the action of the United States government relative to this matter, we have, on more than one occasion, alluded to the refusal of American ship masters to pay the tribute levied by the Danish authorities, and we now learn that Vice- Admiral Mourrier, secompanied by his Adjutant, M. Balbe, bas been seut from Copenhagen to Paris on @ rpecial mission regarding this matter. He’ § at the sume time, bearer to the Emperor of the French of the insignia of the Order of the Eiephant of Denmark. The treaty between the United States and Denmark expires April next, andour govern- ment having declared it will no longer pay the dues, a apecies of crisis had occurred, and r- mors of war between the two countries were current in political circles. Fears were entertained that we should seize on che Danish possessions of St. Thomas and St. Croix. The Danish governme ¢ hopes the Emperor of the French will interfere to prevent a rupture. No lere than 2,200 merch: § vessels paid the Sound dues fn the month of July last. Thése tolls are cliimed as necessary to pay the expenre of keeping up lights, Iandmarks, & § along the coast, though #30 or $40 on every foreisa versel isa pretty heavy charge for work that the Danish government onght to do for the benefit. @ at the expense of its own citizens. Swedish anu Vanish yersel¥, however, are excepted. The av rage anionnt of tolls is between $700,000 and $800,000, aa there are onan average 1#,000 vessels annually pwsing through the strait, They are graduated ac- cording to the cargo, and are Jevied at the forives+ of Elsinore. , The funeral services of the late Rey. Dr. Spencer H. Cone took place yesterdey at the Tirst Baptist charch in this city. An immense concourse of apectators attended. The proceedings are deserihed in another column. We have Bermuda papers to the Jist of Augusi. Anexamination of the children connected with the Wesleyan Sabbath School in Hamilton took place in Zion chapel on the tth inst. The examination wag vonducted by the Rev R Duncan, assisted hy the Rev. James Horne. The scholars acqnitted them: selvea with much The onviversary of the Mamiton Temperance Society had been also cele brated, \ bloody tragedy was enacted at North sterling, Y., on Wednesday. A man named rald, with bis wife and son, were foand dead in their beds, horribly mutilated. Another son is sne- ported of committing the awfnl deed. from Halifax states that the steamer Jeanos Adger, with the Newfoundland telegraphic cersion party on board, left Cape Breton on the 4d inst., with the ship in tow having on board the submarine cable. The excursionists were im good \ dospat: wealth. Some anxiety is felt for the y of the steam- ship Crescent bonnd from this port for New Orleans. She had not arrived at the latter port on the 90th inet. ab whic! days on the voyage. the time she bad heen thirtean ton market yesterday was recre ootive les having reached about 1,800 a 2,000 bal est@ilishiag an advance of full | cent per pound, Flonr was easier, to purchuse all round, except, perkaps, of extra Genevee, of which very little was in warket. The variations in quotations, however, wore not very important, Wheat was doll and lower Southern red sold at 182c. a 187¢., the lat- ter figore for good qnatity, and white at 190c. for common and 200°, for good, and 2050. for prime quality toextia. Corn was duil, without material chengo in prices. Pork was tirm, with sales o? new mess at $22 97. Sugars were active, with large tranaactions, About 2.000 bhda, and 2.000 boxes ehonged handa at full: prices. hin) was firm, with sales of between 2,000 and 3,090 packages of a” Khida,at fall rates. Pretghts woro donor NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 1855. ‘Tire Rallwv.y in Jersey. Elsewhere “vill be found additional accounts” ‘of the hewrtrending railway accident near Bur lington, N. J. We are, at an earlier period than usual on such occasions, placed in possession of all the material facts, and enabled to point with perfect confidence to the causes of the disaster. These are, first, that rule of the Camden and Amboy Railway Company which directs the train first arriving at Burlington to wait ten minutes for the opposite train, then to ran whether the latter has made its appearance or no: and secondly, the want of a double track on that part of the line. Some of the reporters have attributed especial carelessness to the conductor of the train on which the accident oceurred. We lay little stress on this point, because, in the first place, the man’s misconduct is not fully proved, and, secondly, it does not appear that, under the circumstances, any care or vigilance could have prevented the acci- dent. The main facts are these : in pursuance of the public rules of the Camden and Amboy Railway Company, two trains were run in op- posite directions on the same track, at the same time, and a collision between them was only prevented by an accident which destroyed the life of at least twenty-four individuals, and wounded fifty-five. A grand jury ingniring into the case could find no more than this, No more is needed to discover the guilty. Since the awful disaster at Norwalk, every notable railway accident has been commented on in these columns; we never remember to have been called on to chronicle acase in which the responsibility was so clearly brought home to the railway com- pany. We know, of course, that before long affidavits will be produced from unknown per- sons going to show that the company’s rules were not rules, that their regard for life was greater than their Jove for money, that white is black, and so-forth ; but until the ma- nagers have had time to prepare evidence of this kind, the testimony on record proves mast conclusively that the twenty-four persons killed at Burlington perished by their act, They were as clearly and as simply the victims of the railway directors, as if the latter had di- rected a gun loaded vith grape to be fired among them, There is po oecasion for angry words about the matier; little temptation to indulge in fine writing. Here are twenty-four of us killed by the railway. We know they need not have been killed. The train might have wailed at Bur- limgtom ti)] the down train arrived, as is the ease on all well ordered lines; but there was the order of the directors to wait ten minutes, then go en slowly to meet the down train. There might have been two tracks, in which case collisions would be impossible; bué it ap- pears the railway company did not choose to go to the expense, And so it fell ont that twenty-four of us—old and young, honored ci- tizens, loved mothers, tender children—all in health and spirits on Wednesday morning— are now dead, and fifty-five more wounded. ow the question is, onee more, how long ave we to submit to this sort of thing? Is it impossible to prevent manslaughter on ways? What is there in the quality of a rail- way director that invests its owner with im- punity? If these twenty-four persons had been killed by the evert act or grows. negligence of @ merehant or a lawyer or an editor, i ments Would have been laid, trials would b followed, and the guilty would have been punished; why does the railway company os eape in the like ease? The men who framed that rule, ond refused to build that track, knew perfectly, when they did ¢o, that ac dents would probably follow; any one, with ever so little railway experience, kuows ihat Tf two traing run in opposite dire at the same time, coll imminent: why should not these same ty wil men be held the consequences of tis Woe take mosé of our jurisprudence from Eng- land and France. Had the Burlington ac dent no ut at this moment, th nlendens of the 0 eu and Amboy Railway, together with the conductors of the train, would have been in jail, and the Attorney-General would be proceeding agalust them, In cases where the guilt or negl of the company was far less obvious thas it railway ny to answer for aecurved in those countric hesitate fo say tors and super here, Brit: ptors have been prisoned for a term of years. There are at this moment at the galleys at T France, two old French merchants wanse a fatal accident vay of which they were d and the jury found that they had shown r The consequence of these ineasures ty that fatal railway accidents re England and hardly ever in France; here six months never pass withont an awfal ere, and collisions, slips from the track, e of daily oecurrence, New, is ter that thirty or forty usefi he “dl every six months, one or two leading men should be rs to the State prison by way of e: What aygravates pecutiarly the Camden and Amboy Railway, i and advantages of the company. alarly—but traly 1 that gence. where e+ ehould sacri sa who «The people of New Jersey ve onhe with the railway amount ing. Wappears tobe their function tn life to aspire to serve the great monopoly; tbe highest aim of their ambition to become its tool A dingly we find the whole legisla- tion of Jersey framed, not in order todevelope the resources of the State, but to foster the railway and its dependent enterprises, Th Legistature is a the ten out fairly and printe i Tritt rt hohests of the r ort of recatding ofice, y company are No other ratiway The great the t 1 to erase the State seeeured forever to the compa any rates it likes for freigh It may run as many trains and ist pleases, It may have two track Mt itsown convenience. For, railway is the State; in the Jerseys we nothing. To these unparai tages the Camden and Amboy Rail pany have owed their perfect immu the disasters and embarrassments whic! overwhelmed other similar enterprises, Their stock is hardly ever sold in the market; tb fortunate holders value if at something lik fiity per ceat premium, They mever waat money, ant mortgages, They are the richest stockholders in the United States, And yet, while enormous dividends swell their wealth annually, and thelr intquitous contract bility of ultimate toes « pettttas second track to their road, though they know- the want of it jeopardisee hundreds of lives every day of the year! . Now, we submit to every fair porson whether conduct of thiskind ought not to bhe—if in- deed it is not already—punishable by courts of justice. How can you punish the fool who fires a p'stol carelessly out of a window and shoots his neighbor, if you allow equally gross negligence, springing trom a far baser motive, and causing far more disastrous results, to go unpunished? It is hopeless to expect reform from the guilty. It will always pay to kill people rather than build double tracks, Nor can we in this case look with the least hope for any salutary action from the State Legis lature of Jersey. That body is much more likely to pass a statute extending the powers of the railway than to rebel againat its Old Man of the Mountain. If our laws for the prevention of homicide are to be pre- served on the statute book, they must be made to cover the case of loss of life on railways, Manslaughter is manslaughter, whether it is done with an axe, a pistol or a railroad car; and where the malice or the negligence is the same, no solid distinction should be drawn from the instrument ased. Tn the meantime we hope that all the parties who have been injured, and the relations of the killed, will lose no time in instituting ac- tions against the company for damages. The Camden and Amboy monopoly is rich ; it must be made to pay the price of blood, The Soft Shell Convention at Syracuse= Smash up of the Administration tn New York. Aswe anticipated and predicted, the soft shell administration branch of the democracy are rapidly approaching the end of their rope. ‘Their convention isa compromise hetween abo- litionism and the office holders, with a striking preponderance of the former. Without hav- ing reached the end of their proceedings, enough is shown to authorize us to say the administration is literally smashed to pieces. There ig net a spark of vitality and power ap- parent in that peculiar and unfortunate branch of the democracy. It is in Syracuse shorn of its strength, derided, spat upon—-condemned. Mr. John Van Buren and Mr. Join Coch- rane, who are the leading administration dele- gates, and who asked first for a whole loaf, are contented, it would seem from the proceedings as far as received, to retire with bloody noses and fallen fortunes. They asked that the ad- ministration might be sustained, and this boon was granted by the passage of 2 resolution en- dorsing its foreign policy, the economy af its treasury management, and the propriety of some of Gen, Pierce’s vetoes! The Kansas question is not only the bone of contention, but it is the roek on which the convention is likely to split. The New York men desire that it may be passed over in si- Tence. The convention answers no. [t is then proposed to ignore all reference to general poliiics, including the resolutions sustaining the foreign and economical policy of the ad- ministration; but it is evident that this cannot be permitted. The truth is ob’ The abolitionists scem to have entire possession of the convention. The administration has at length got home it is in the hands of its friends. The result of its poliey—its proseription of national men— its rewards of di ionisis—is now returaed, noi by a contemptuous silence, but hy a flerce denunciation, The proceedings thas fa grand row will be the inevitable result. The indomitable soft shells—the Tammany pat- riots--the gallant Captain Rynders—ali are the yiotims of * misplaced centidence.” They too young to ¢ 90, from the onfideni tone of their organs—from their na- tional—thetly terribly national resolutions,writ- ven in the Cariton House and passed in all the wards and all about the country, that they are not prepared. The softs have very fervently, and almost religiously, hated their breihren, le hards. Tho gulf which lays betw them LS. indicate that a formed by that ceaseless flow of de- ef the administravion by the 23 a personal dif y only- it ad- | the bitterest and most relentiess was irreconcilable, for softs loved How terrible is their then, to find their own precious ho a furore of zeal against the Kansas bill and everything that sayors of rines, And then, again, what so all the Costom House, yiinistration. tien W constitutional doe- was the Pre son and Beardsley and Cooley dee the men whom the President bad taken to himself in New York were at heart qboliti ists, and would land him high and dry cn t! sands of a desolate minority, the very first time their services might be really needed! What ingratit The truth is, the offers cid not held out-—negroism was longer than the aialonge of places, Goon vor —The of the Paris Siecle says the condnet of Mr. Dodge iso benevolent and cireumepect as to fully prove to Spain that there is no fe; ny trouble from tho filibusiers at Cuba, Washington, and all atong shore, Extraordi- nary man, that Dodge! We are glad that the Madrid cabinet has confidence in his benevo- lenee, Dodge is endorsed in Madrid, although emned in Towa, ExTRaorpisary Inver the little one espe: Done cond organs y have taken heart of grace from » tion meetings in Massachusetts, and announ that the republican movement is p th ‘in a very gratifying many nothing new for fanatici+m to progr sachmvetts, as the ing the debates of th A Brerar Exnanrrtios.W vit West has been making a ball on horseback, This has be but is new here, and never should be re Tt is barbarous fn the extreme, and we thi horse is the nobler animal of things ought to be nipped in we may as well go back to the 1 have seh cases the the two. Such the bod, or else retined sports of the tniddle ages, bull tights and bear baitings in the Park. « Navel Intelligence. Vedere bay e Deon ve Navy Yard to ft to mediately en the Falmouth and the ateain f Jacint the Rast Indies The lave « be the Cntied § pract ca called reer, Poon on th : ward The i nie ates frigate Savannah, Commodore Salter, viiived! ef ue Jonelro on the 12th uit. in seventeen days fn Meptevidre ord remained theré on the 27th. The be ate. brig Painbridge, from * th July off the Wy THE LATEST NEWS. -{ Sewazreves of the Orescent City at Neve BY MAGNETIC AND PRINTING TELEGRAPHS, Additional News from Europe. ARRIVAL OF THE OANADA AT BOSTON-—THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO FRANCE—THE RUSSIAN ATTACK ON THE ‘TCHERNAY A—FINANCIAL MATTERS--WRECK OF THE #BIP 'LIGHTFOOT, ETC. Boerox, Aug. 30, 1655. ‘The Canada arrived here shout four o'clock this a‘ter- noon. The news appears to have been fully anticipated from Halifax. Her mails were forwarded via Stonington steamboat route, and will be due in New York early on Friday morning. The following was telegraphed from London to Liver- poolz— Pormyorr, Friday Night, Aug. 17, 1865, At seven o’clock this evening, her saleely, Prince Al- bert and the Court, embarkedon board the steam yacht Victoria and Albert, and started at daylight for Bou- eT e mars Bortooxr, Aug. 17, 1855. ‘The Emperor arnyed here from Paris at six o'clock this evening, and proceeded amidst, the acclamations of ‘the people fo the Hotel Pavitton Imperial. The flag- ship Neptune, the St. George and other sh{ps of the royal juadron, have fired a royal salute from the offing. eo whole town is in a state of intense excitement. ‘The Sardinians had two hundred killed and wounded in vbe Rursian attack on the Tuhernaya. the Jondon Post says, that Gen. Liprandi made the attack by orders from St. Petersburg, im congequense of adearth of provisions, means of transport, &., which threatened the existence of his army if the month of feptember found the Russians in their then position, The Poet states that the besieged and besiegers are 0 close at Sebastopol, that hand grenades have become the favorite weapor., The same journal predicts the speedy capture of the place, The puilion in the Bank of England had ineveased £43,581. ’ ‘At Hamburg there wae « continued scarcity of money, owing to a large quantity of bar silver being kent to Eng- land. The rate of exchange presents an unfavorable ap- peaxance. The same was the case at Amsterdam, The ship Lightfoot, of New York, from London March 1¢th for Caleutta, arrived at Sand Heads June 2Ist, with joss of all her topmasts in a whirlwind, and for want of a steamer, was wrecked near Sanger anchoring toy June 29th, and became a tota) loxs, Crew saved. Return of the President. Wasmvatox, August £0, 1855. ‘the President wil return to-morrow or Saturday. Accounts represent his and Mrs. Pierce’s health much improved by their visit to the From Kansas Territory: INYERESTING DEBATE IN THE LEGISLATURE ABOUT THE PRESIDENT." Cmeaco, Ang. 30, 1855. In the Kansae Legislature, on the 2isy inst., the con current resolutions denunciatory of President Pierce for removing Judge Elmore, were debated. ‘Mr. MeMeeken though: the President should be taught to know his place. Mr. Stringfellow did not object to the vote of censure, but ihought they were making themwelves ridi . Mr. Blasr said that Reeder was removed only to pre- pare the way for Elmore’s removal, Mr. Whitlock thought the President should have cent a battalion of soldieré (o slaughter the whole crowd of free soilers. Mr. Weddell looked upon the President as a mean Yan- kee, and a double.dyed coward. ‘An amendment was finally adopted, iewving t tion about the same as the original. esotu- Indjane Democratic State Conventian. Cixawvam, August 30, 1855, The indiana Democratic State Convention met at In- dianapolis yesterday. Speeches were made by Governor Wright, Hon, 4. P. Willard, Col, May, andothers, The convention adjourned atter adopting resolutions re-ai- firming the principles of the national convanttons of 1848 and 1852, denouncing the conduct of the Mlssou- riana and Mur-achusetia mon, in interforing im the legral righ(s of Kansas sotlers, and inaintalning that govern- ment rhould prote:t the’ rights of all legal cftvens, whether native or foreign born. Th was the largest ever assembled in that elty Republican Convention In Alleghany Co., P: Prrresens, Aug ‘Tho Republican County Coayention me’ and nominated « evunty ticket, Resolutions ed condemning ¢he repeal of the Missou in Kansas, in oppo condemning the imprisonment of I’ and recommending open pt gard to birthplace of citize riderable enthusiasm prevai more 1+ on and wtal Great unanimity ay Anti-atne Law Convention in Massachu. setts. Worersren, Auge ne Law Convention of Col. oH. Wright was number of v' The Aun this rity to-4 dent. witha larg laries. ‘The Committee on Credentials reported two hundred (owns, cepresented by abont 1,200 delegates, Col, Wright aking the chair, made a brief speech, stating the ob- ontion was assembied, ‘The Rey, on the Ad 04 for Governor which EL follows The whole numaber D. Beach, of Springfield, (dow ward W. Lincoln, of Worcester, Lovejoy, of Cambridge, 13, The now Peach Was then declarsd amanimoua, Mores Davenport, of Newbnryport, paied by acclamation for 1 Tenton, of Boston, for Se Austin, of West Roxbury a utcnant T. Lavis, of Greenfield, fv of Boston, for Attort The Fey, Mr. Love esand Resolutions, malo a report Tengthy ar, 5 a nun going to fringaments of th ‘om a letter written by ¢ Ka the Liquor lay are makes extracts late Abbott Law © Liqaer law of 195% lied upcn to rally The resckations are iquor Jew, and an a dor the banner of rep simply a declavati tatute b which it was The Case of Col. Wheeler's Pariansuma, August $9, 185 ‘The aseauit and battery case growing out of the ressne of Col, Wheeler's siaves, was continued this morn'ng. Among the witnesses examined was Jane Johison, the slave woma imony agrees with her deposition, formerly pub! The appearance ¢ Wheeler, in court, : meny was much the ame as her afide hud fesired her freedom, and made such arrange before leaving home, as ‘to expect her friends to rescue heron reaching New York. After her statement was concluded, tho United Siates offices « attempted to arrest her, but the Court Instrnoeted its officers that she, being a witness, war to be defended with their lives, Sie was taken ont of court between a long file of peace oMears, aud placed in a carriage and driven off. Relays had been prepared, and were in waiting, ond she Was soon he- nd the reach of the officers. excitement prevail. about the Court House for ome time alter th curren. Jone Job vente, Four Persons Drowned tn Lake Champ! ALnwwy, Ang. 20, 1855, Pour young men belonging to Montreal, named Cha’ Atwater, Wm. Webster, Harsy M. Webster ond Will Keoler, were drowned while crossing Lake Champlain, fiem Chimney Point to Crown Point, The day oa which they weredrowned is not stated. Atwater was a con of Alderman Atwater, cf Montreal, All tho hodioe had | eon recaver ‘The Websters wero sone of ir. Wom | ” nid Keeler was a + on of th Londen Times, ‘They ali lett Montreal « ‘on a pleasure excursion. p n the Navigation of the Obto, at W Wirune, Aug. Thora aro seven feet of water in the oh freight are low and boate plenty. A Man Shot at Sandy Hook. Hiamtasps, Aug. 20, 1855, pi. Terry, an oysterman, was ehot on the Hook chie morning. There aeeme to be some mystery about the uals, The shooting i¢ supposed to have besn accidental Another Railroad Accident, PILADenPitrs, Ang, 90, 1865. train on the Trenton road from New York wns A two hours by tho breaking ot the connecting y lor, the fireman bodly Inurt the head, and shiville at Charlenton. CHARLEETON, Augast 97, 18 The Mnited States mail steom-hip’ Nasyeilie, Ca, rived here nt wight o'elst Teng, from New York hb | ’ New Ontzass, Aug. 30, 1855. The steamship Crescent City is now thirteen days out trom New York for this port, and as yet we have no tidings of her. There is some anxiety felt for bor. THE NEWPOUNDLAND TELEGRAPH EXCURSIONISTS— THE AMERICA OUTWARD BOUND. Haurax, August 30, 1855. ‘The captain of a vessel arrived at this port from Port fu Basque states that the ship with the rubmarine tele- graph cable on board arrived at that place on the 16th inst. The James Adger took her in tow, and started for Cape Breton on the 23d, but put back, owing to head on the expecting to reach Gare Seten oo sioel, tee png tebe Siar on board the Adger were all well. ‘The steamship America arrived here from Boston about 10 o'clock this evening, and shortly afterwards departed tor Liverpool, Horrible Murder of a Man, his Wife and Child. Oswrno, August 30, 1855, A most awful murder was committed fn North Sterling, about nine miles west of Oswego last night. A man named Fitzgerald, together with his wife, was found dead in bed this morning most horribly cut to pieces, A young gon of theirs was also discovered in the same room badly mutilated, but still alive. He has sine died, Another son by the name of John is suspected as committing the deed, a3 he tells a great many contradictory stories in regard to it, He was recently arrested for horse stealing. A short time ago he bad a quarrel with his father and threatened to kill him, and yestorday he had another with his mother. He has been arrested, and says the murder was committed by a negro and not by Lim. Another son in a different part of the house heard nothing till the screaming of his little brother aroused him, when he li ap and alarmed the neighbors. Before sounding the alarm, it was found that all the doors of the house had been fastened in the inside, and that John was in the room with the murdered persons. slept on the floor in a room opening into the bedroom where the murdez was committed. The Yellow Fever at Norfolk and Portsmouth. Barmors, August 30, 1855. The low fever shows no abatement at Norfolk. During the forty-cight hours ending at noon yesterday, the deaths numbered twenty-seven. , At Portsmouth during the same period, there were twenty deaths. Private letters from Portsmouth, Va., announce the death of Dr. Trugien, Mayor Fiske is recovering, as is also Rev, Mr. Deyelin, @ Catholic priest. The Rev. Messrs, Wills and Debrill, Methodists, are down with the fever; and Dr, De Casto, the Cuban physician, and Dr. Halson, have been attacked. : Dr. Robert Thompson, of Baltimore, and Dr. Cannon, of Norfolk, are among the dead. Charleston is sending more physicians an] nurses to the ald of the sick. A Boy Stabbed by a Playmate. Corp Srrixa, N. Y., Angust 30, 1855, While some boys were “playing soldier’ this afternoon in thia village, Thomas Phalen was stabbed in the lower part of his body with a sharp bayonet fixed on a stick by a boy named Finnen, and injured #0 much that he died in about half an hour afterwards, The deceased wae about eight years of age. Marketa. PHILADELPHIA STOCK HOARD. Pintaprirma, August $0, 1855. Money eae les Stocks heavy. Pennsylvania State Fives, 8744; Kea Railroad, 47; Long Isiand Railrog 16°, ; Morris Canal, 1324 ; Panama Railroad, 43. Burriory, Ang. 30, 1855. At our cattle market to-day there were offered 1,100 heeves, of which 1.6 were driven Eastward. The belance wereall soll at six to eight and three-quarters. There was a light eed of hovs, and the demand was brisk at eight and one-half to eight’ and three-quarte ‘August 28, 1855. jive, at a decline of new at O4c¢. a O'ie, Sues to-day, of the new crop to this date ainat 1,100 to the same time last 50, Bacon—Sides, Me.; shoul- NEW ORLEAN! Our cotton market is middling being qnot 3,500 bales, ‘The recel foot up 16,000 bales, year. Flour sells at $ ders, 10} New ORuEANS, August 29, 1855. The news per the Canada has been received here, but fect on the market has not yet been developed. Prices of cotton were a trifle lower to-day: sales, 1,500 bales at 94je. for middling. Cotton freights to Liverpool Xd., to Havre Lise. Oxweso, Angust 30—8:30 P.M. Wheat is dull, with a decliningitendency. Corn unset. 8,500 bushels on private ternia. Recoipt to- 5 bhie, flour, 25,000 bushels wheat, do, corn, *bipped by canal:—175 bbls flour, 260 bushela ALpANy, August 30—8:30 P, M. wheat, 150 do. corn. Flour dull, Wheat--Sales 2,900 bushels new mixed Illinois at $1 €8. Corn dull at 84? ern wixed, Oats very dull, 48e. and measure for Chicago. sat $1 65, Barley—Two lots wer nd solid at $1a$l06%. R Funeral of Rev. Dr. Cone. ral services of the Rev, Spencer H. Cone, ath waa chronicled in the Herrin of Wednes- day, took place yesterday afternoon, at the First Baptist chureb, Brocme street—the scene of his public ministra- tions for the last fourteen years—in the presence of a Jarg? conconise of persone, The sp completely thromged, and hundreds re away from its doors, nnable to obtain even standing room. The interior of the buikiing presented a very imposing stacle. There could not have been less them four thonsend persons gathered within its walls to pay the last tribute of respect to fts lamented pastor, Shortly afer two o'clock the coffin was borne into the chareh, followed by the family and personal friends of the de. ceased, and placed in the aisleimmediately in front of the pulpit, which had been draped with black cloth for the o a, the choir meanwhile singing a solemn ding The coffin was a handsome age, of dark wood, studded With silver headed nafls, and lined with white eflk, A silver plate upon its lid bore the following inseription:— 4 bien teseacs tke ean acca ENCER H. 04 i Bied August 28, 185: Aged 70 years, three months an! 20 days. Beccsssssscsevccnsissiosesipiesisisetsisecet indy Rey. Mr. Briggs, of the Firet Baptist church, Brook- Iyn, opened the services hy reading av appropriate selece tion from the First J pistle to the Corinthians, ‘The singing of a hymn fi lloweds— ‘Jesus can make the dying bed 1 soft as downy pillows are."? Aiter which the Rey, Dr. Knox, of the Duteh Reformed ohurch, offered up prayer. ir then sung another hymn, comm ‘Jesus, lover of my soul, Let mo to thy bosom fly. While the raging billows flow, While the tempest still is high.” Nev. b. L, Masoon, D.D., pastor of the Oliver street Paptist church, delivered a brief bat eloquent and im- pressive address, Frayer hy the Rey. Charles G. Sommers, PD. D., the singing of another hymn, followed. The kev. Dr. 8. H. Cox then closed the ger few remarks, He eaid—-My Chri ‘identaliy, by which I mean prot my heart, as if magnetized, brought me to i thovgh 1am speaking in the presence of bandrele who probably knew Brother Cone better that I did, I donbt itthere are ten who have known him so long. ten or twelve years since, Dr. Milner, Dr. Cone ene self met upon in this city. We ured to live together in Phi allof us ignorant of God, 1 recollect that Dy upon that occasion asked, © Do you know wher mete’ Yes,”? «aid Dr, Cone, “at the theatre ; andl do you know where we all expect to meet We upwards In hope of the mediation of the Lore Christ, to whem we were all indissslably and for ever united by faith, I will simply add, that waile Dr. Milner vase Member of Congress and a distingnished lawyer, he was avakened and began to seek God, in the antamna of 15 In the we antnmn so did J, although the and T believe it was in the next + Brother Cone began to seek and to find Mir ht and found him. nd de cing and Jentially apy ordinary int ethiseeene? Hit iy a fact that on some poinee it {sa grander fact that on Rrester a more points we agreed, telt ibat he wes my brother, and Jam very ela’ hat in the resurrection of the just the Ur knew that we were brotha Tray to hiv leper in Jesus They that sleep in Jews, bing unto him, ‘(Of all that my tather hath gi > nothing, but will raise it up again at the Inet It fs almost half a century since I frst bosame painted with our deceased brother—-sinw he first im- me with the brillianey of his genina, the power of yeieo, ond the strength of his mind, Long hefore he vcome 2 Christion | knew him in. the offy of Philadel. phia, and Tam happy to attest—as few men con do m Fecanve they are gone—that his character for lity, and tor a domestic ond holy affection, I had almost said, for his mother and other relatives, bad won for him a pe- cullar fame, «ven before he know Christ. But be ix gone, and J have no doubt that heaven fs richer, as Tam. fuse earth is poorer, becanse he has left ns. To you, my dear triends, P will only say, believe in the Le Christ, and let bia religion be yours, for you wi nothing, of worke than nothing furever, if colig your crewn—the religion of the Lord who lowed us. ond gove bimeclf for us; and rowe again fiom the lead ax the firat fruit of the resurrection ot the just, ‘The revercnd gentleman then pronoun he henedie. tion, and the audience slowly and desworonsly cotired {icant the church, afier parsing in front of the cottin. the lid of which had beon partially raise, to tke « last view af the countenance of tl the eorpae was to rem: ch durlee tove night. ard will be conveyed tha r Rches } in the Plate of 9 nine 4 ‘Yue Tuxarem,—Each place of amusement offers pro- grammes of ap attractive character for this evening. ‘By reference to the bills it will be seen that they have catered well for their patrons, Remember Parks’ bene- fit, the fireman who #uffered at Jenning’s tire, in Broad- way, will come off next Monday evening at the Taberne- cle, ‘Ihe citizens of New York shoull evince their feel- ings on this occasion, as they aré more indebted to thir body than any other by which they arc surrounded. ‘They have protected property and life at We visk of alb their dearest interests, Let Parks have # bumper. He deserves one. Me. Hackerr’s Laer Niarm.—The presomt yason a the Metropolitan must close on Saturday evening, wher the theatre will be given up to Mile. Rachel's manager. Mr. Hackett’s benefit takes place this evening, when he will play Solomon Swap in “A Yankee in Eng! ” We believe that Mr. Hackett is the first actor who Intro- duced us to the stage Yankee. To-night’s b') also in cludes a ballet by Senorita Soto and M. Carvese, who are about to leave us foro Mexican tour, lat Mr. Hackett have a crowded house, ‘Dur Frexcu TREATRE.—A ‘ representation ¢*teaordin~ aire’ will be given at Perham’s Hall, 663 Bocadway, this evening, for the benefit of the artists of the French ac- tors that lately played at Wallack’s. Three wew vaude- villes a? announced, Nrevo’s: GaRpEN—"' Covprarina.”’—We dropped in at Niblo’s, on Wednesday night, and found another fall and delighted houre for the performance of * Cludexella,”* ‘The attractiveness of this opera is wonderful, Mize. Aus- tin played in it for thirty-three nights at the Park, and since that time it has never been produced tairly without gieat profit to the manager. At Niblo’s ‘t hay already reached its third week, and is good for some time Tanger. ‘The charming music, smart dialogue, =plendia wenery, transformations, the magic of the stage—all combine to attract and please, both old and young. Vi “Cinde- relia” “It will be given again this evening; and Miss Ionisa Pyne—now acknowledged as the tinest English vocalist of the day—will introduce Benedict's aria, ‘The Rkylark,”? All the young people in (own ought to see “+ Cinderella.’? Courumentary Bewerrr to Henn Cris, —This aflair will take place at Niblo’s Garden on Saturday evening. Misa L. Pyne, Mme. Celestine Franck, Mr. Barney Wiliams, Mr. J. R. Scott, Mr. N. B. Clarke and other artixte have volunteered, and the entertainment will te » very plea- sani one. The beneficiary isa worthy and veleran ar- tist, and fully merits public patronage. ‘Tar Boston Treatre.—Mr. Barry is in town completing the arrangements for the opening of the Boston theatre, which event will take place on the 10th September. Phe official call for the company is published in the Hymarn of to-day, Mr. Barry has brought over M Belton, artists of bigh reputation in London. Me. ton is an actor of juvenile tragedy and comes Jately a member of Mr. Kean’s company ai the Princess's, and Mr. Smith’s at Drury lane, The Londen papers speak highly of Mr. Belton, and say they cannot well spare him. Mrs. Belton is a coiedienn’, and will play the second parts, Miss Julia Bennett Barrow be'ne engage’, as we have before stated, as leading actros:. The Turf. UNION COURBE, L. I—TROTTING. A trotting mateh for $500, mile heats, best three in five, to wagons, carrying Mr, Whelan’s weight, came olf on Tuesday afternoon, between r.m, Lady Pranklin and ».m, Miller’s Dameel, both well known in tho sporting world Tady Franklin won the race handtiy. The bet- ting was very even at the time of starting. the attend- ance wae large. First Heat.—Miller’s Damsel won the pole, and Jed to the quarter pole in forty seconds; but onthe back- stretch she broke badly, and the roau mare went in front, and passed the half mile pole im 1:1634. Miller's Damsel was half a dozen lengths behind on ihe Tower turn, Shemadea capital brush up the homstreteh, but could not overtake the little roan. Lady Mranklin won by a couple of lengths. Time, 22373 vond Heat.—The nags were started nicely, and went. hend and head around the upper turn, but peering the quarter pole they both broke up, Lady Franklin passing there a length ahead in forty seconds. The sorrel mare took another break on the backstreteby and siderably. Lady Franklin made the’ hal an won the heat by thiee or four lengths, in 2 Third Heat.—Same ax belore—kranklin quarter pole in forty sevonds—at the haif | Lome in 2239, The following ia the Timpay, August 28.—Match, $i three in five, to wagons, carrying Wm. H, Woodruff named Lady Frankl Wm. Whelan Miller’s Pam x White, Leader and Introducer of Fashions or gents’ hata, will introduce his full style of dress hat oa Saturday, the 25th inst., superb in every point. | WHITE, leader and introducer ‘of achious, sal fway, opposite the Broadway theatre. ‘The Genin Dress Hat for the Fall of 1855, just introduced, inentirely new in style and general ap- pearance, and for lightness and beauty of finish far sur~ passes alf former efforts. Gentlemen are invited to view ibis superb gem of the season. GENIN, 214 Broadway, opposite § Beehe & Co., 156 ay.—Fall Fashion for gentlemen’s hats and caps; thelr assortment js complete, Espencheid’s Fall Style of Hats for 1855 ix rely ni . Tt isthe riehest fabric we have yer Sus y $4 for a hat In Broadway whon ove sn porter fu every respect can be purchased for #4 G0 at 8 Ni seu street, near Beekman. 9, Paul's Church, Satarday, the Int Day of ber, Knox, widely known as ‘‘the”” hatter, will tame his fall siyle of hate, Originality, Sassling beauty, richness of material, and un Hed excellence la manufteture—the characte an i ; four dollars. David's Fali Style of Gentlemen’ now ready. | Those in want of a beautiful hat should give hitm, & call WSL Broadway, second door trom Duane s‘vee", where all tastes can be sulted, Portraits for 25 Cente=By the People’s Hietare makers, 29 Broadway—the greatest zoo (o the many hy inportant invention Inthe art, to economise and band down (o posterity the children of men centuries hereafter, Attention ts Called to the Large Salc of Fine Hungarian wines, from the honse of F. A. Jalies & Co., of Hungary, consisting of both white and red, and war- ranted (0 be as linported, Tree from adulteration and impuri- ‘os, to be made by ALERT UH. NICOLAY, this d Aine: BE at tt clock, wi his ealesradtn, UE Brow! » same time will also be sold a consigument or fi ait, sherry, Madeira and champagne wines, Tellers sae catalogues, to be had the wale=* Many Men Fall tn Life from the Sapposed want of great oreasions for display, ‘The wiser plap bs steadily fo seek public confidence by deserving It, This hax been the alin of GREEN, No. 1 Astor House, the beauty of whose shiris and unvarying punctuality are equally proverbial, Set Goods,—JIet and Gold Jewel: ing bracelets, brooches, necklaces, earrings guards, cnt pins, sleeve buttons, studs, & Yelling bags, shell Comba, fan bs and & User arthelésy at OSBURNE HOATDMAN & 42) Broadway, corner of Spring street, shawl ping, watch \s0 parasdls, ten TOWNSEND'S, First Appearance ‘Attracts ‘ew Yorkers have approved ‘ie magnill- pesiry aud Brussels carpets revolved ‘cid remarkably low at he great earpe( HIRAM ANDERSON, #8 Bowers M. 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