The New York Herald Newspaper, July 4, 1856, Page 4

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The coutents of the European edition of the Hwmarp wilt embrace the news received by mail anJ telegraph at we office during the previous week, and to the hour of papiioaiicn. Mails for the Pac! THE NEW YORK HERALD—CALIFORNIA EDITION, We United States steamship Hlineis, Captain el Jemve this port this afternoon, at two o'clock, ‘or Asjin- wall Tho tails for Californie and other parle of ibe Pacific, ‘Will clove at one o'clock, fhe New York Weenry Exnicp—Celiferria edition ontaining the latest ligence from ail parts of the werld, will be publish: leven o'clock ‘3 the morning. Aingle copies, in wrappe: 7 mailing, Sixpence. fgenws will plese vend io their orders a8 carly as pos- Wk. The News. The Senate yesterday morning, afcer a zession of wwenty hours duration, passed the bill providing for the admission of Kansas into the Union bya vote 4f thirty-three to twelve. This measures provides for an enumeration of the inhabitants of the Terri- tory; a commission, to consist of five persons, of various shades of political opinion, and from dif- ferent rections of the Union, to decide upon the eli gibility of voters and register their names; au election of delegates to a Territorial Convention fer the formation of a State constitution; the meeting of the Convention; annals the test laws and sther objectionable enactments passed heretofore by the Territorial Legislature; extinguishes squatter sovertignty; amd permits persons who have left the Territory, from whatever cause, and who may return by October,and make it appear tw the satisfaction of the Comumiseioners that they are, and intend to remain, bona fide citizens of the Territory, to exercise the right of suffrage at the election of delegates to the State Convention. Such are the main features of the bill, and it is believed that it will pass the House, though not wituout a desperate sesistance on the part of the nigger wor- shippers. In the House yesterday the vote rejecting the Konaas free State constitution was re-considered, avd the bill passed by 100 yeas to 7 nays. Both houses adjourned till Monday. By way of New Orleans we beve dates from the city of Mexico to the 19th, aud from Vera Cruz to the 22d uit. Congress had reported tour distinct plans of a new constitution for the country. They were all liberal, bot each one differed from the other im material points either of popular security or freuchive. ‘Wany Moxican officers, lately cashiered from the army, were being recruited by Guatema- jan military agents to fight against General Walker in Nicaragua. Santa Anna's decree in favor of the restoration of the Jesuits had been anaulied by the Legislature. The Spanish conventional debt ques tloo was beceming more interesting every day. The Spanivh Minister seemed to look upon the debi as the least important part of his mission. He claimed redress for wrongs dene Spanish citizens ia the ‘ast revolution. The Spanish Minister declared be must send a categorical answer to tix covernment by the next steamer, 40 that within a short time the ques- tion of peace or war would be decided. There waa a strong party in Mexico in favor of a war with Spain. Meanwhile, the Executive and Congress would hardly Le said to move harmoniously together. A large body of troops had marched for Queretaro trom Mexico city. Salvador Iturbide, son of the for- ner Emperor of that name, had been drowned while bathing near Tepic. The steamekip Hermann, which left Southampton on the 18th ult., arrived bere early yesterday mor- Bing. Although the European advices brought out by the Hermann had been anticipated by the ar- rival of the North America at Quebec and the Canada at Halifax, stili our files contain some highly important and interesting detail« of news, which we publish today. Mr. Marcy's despatches announcing the dismissal of Mr. Crampton and the three Conmils, and stating the position of the United States Cabinet on the Central American difficulties, Lad been published in England, and created a profound sensation in favor of peace, with a good dew of popular feeling against the Palmerston minietry for its action on eth points Mr. Crampton himself bad appeared im London, and had interviews with Lords Pai- merston and Clarendon. Mr. Haillie had withdrawn hie motion adverse to the ministry in the House of Commons; bat the speech of Lord John Rassell— which we poblish—asking for information respect ing the relations actaally existing between Eng- jand and the United States, will be found and Mr. Disraeli in the House of Commons, on the same subject. It would appear, both from the de- bates in Parliament and the tone of the leading Rondon papers, a4 if Mr. Crampton were entirely to Wame for the near approach of war. He is desig- nated as @ third-rate diplomat, who executed his mission zealovsly, bat not with sufficient caution, ‘and, having been “ found out,” deservee no shelter from the home government. France was at to mediate between Spain and Mexico, and Queen Isa- bella's Cabinet had approved of the friendiy inter- ference of Napoleon. The near advent of the national holiday, w th the abwence of the Canada’s letters, had a tendency to restrict trauaactions in some branches of pr duce. The sales of cattem were confined toa few hundred bales, at onchapged prices. Flour advanced fully 6o.a 100. per barrel, and im some few instances even a greater advance was claimed. Prime and shoice white wheat was quite firm, with sales of Gamadian aif] 65 a os OTf, HTS red at#1 ¥0,and Genesee whte at $155 a $1 45. Western spring and red were sold at steady prices, Corn wa without change of moment, with fairsales- Pork continued firm, with moderate sales of mess, at $20 50 a £20 564, Sugars were sold to the extent of about 1,200 hhds., including: 300 Porto Rico, and the remainder Cuba muscovado, at rates stated else- where. Coffee was quiet and steady Freights vere firm to Liverpool and London. To the former place about 70,000 bushels wheat were engeged, in bulk and bags, at 93c. a 9je. The Chamber of Commerce met yesterday and appointed a committee of ow best known merchants to co-operate with other organizations in raising subscriptions for the relief of the sufferers by the French inundations, Resolutions were alao passed denouncing the attempt in Congress to pass a law compelling merchants to use 9 new patent marine code of signals, which the merchants acknowledge to be useful, but deem it wrong to force them into ite adoption. It is ramored that, notwithstanding the many prosecutions instituted by the United States District Attorney against slavers and slave traffickers, two vessels have left the port of New York within the past few days fulty equipped for the slave trade on the coast of Africa. A numerous and highly reapectable meeting was held at the Merchants’ Exchange, Philadelphia, yesterday, to reciprocate the pacifie feeling mani- feated towards the United States by the people of Manchester, Liverpool, and other *o wns in Eng and. The Mayor presided, and speeches were delivered by Judge Conrad and other. + The officers and seamen who served in the Galf squadron in the war with Mexico mei at the Shak- spere Hotel last evening, and passed resolutions in favor of petitioning Congress for extra pay for their services during the campaign. A full report of the meeting wil! be found in another column. The Canadian Parliament was prorogacd by the Governor Genéral on the 1st inst. to the 9th of Au- gust next. The A merican committee to solicit. subscriptions in aid of the sufferers hy the inandations in France held an informal meeting yesterday, at the Mayor's appointing ac mittee, consisting and Wm. B. Duukin, to confer with the French committee, adjourned to mee: in con- janction with the commitiee of the Chamber of Commerce, on Monday next, at three o'clock, at the Mayor's office. The New Kansas Bill of Mr. Toombs Passed E.ansas to be a Slave State. a continaous session of twenty hours. running from Wednesday noon, through the after- noon and the night, and closing at about nine o'clock Thursday morning, the new Kansus bill originally Introduced into the Senate by Mr. Toombs, of Georgia, and adopted by ihe Com- mittee on Territories, was passed by a vote of thirty-three for the bill, to twelve a ast it. The vote and final proceedings upon will be found under our Congressional bead. Let all the people read this bill, and remembe for it establishes another conspicuous landmark in the history of the slavery question in this country, Kansas is to be a slave State. That was, we pre- sume, on the part of Mr. Doaglas, the intent of the divisioa of the Nebraska Territory, and the object of the KansasNebraska Dill. It is the par- ticular purpose of this bill; and if passed by the House of Representatives, it will accomplish the work. As a balance of power in the Senate, the South are eatitied to Kansas—they have fought for it, through good and evil report; and now all that they require to secure the prize is the concurrence of the Tlouse of Representatives. The time i+ auspicious for this movement; the bill is exactly odapted to the time, the means and the agencies to make it good ; and all that is now wanted to secure Kansas to the South is the vote of the House in behalf of the measure. But will the House concur? Upoa that question the whole case hinges. We think it very likely that the Southern leaders of the Senate know what they have been doing, and that they would not think of resolving upon sit- ting out the bil! through a session 0” twenty-four or forty-eight honrs, as the case might require, without a pretty distinct understanding that the House is safe for the measure. The late test in that body, by which thebill admitting Kansas as te was lost by one vote, is a strong in- ill the Filmore Koow Nothings ne to think they will, be- eaudidate is the Assuming, then, that with the aid of the Fill- the House this bill will soon be- come a law of the land, we have no hesitation in declaring it equivalent to the admission of Kansas asadlave State, The President is to appoint the commissioners to carry out this law, and to superintend its execution; and after all the pre- scribed preliminaries shall have been fulfilled, the settlers of Kansas, under the limitations est down, are to vote upon the question of anew constitation—slavery or no slavery. The cream of the bill fe in the executive authority of Mr- Pierce, and in the limitations defined. The “border ruffians,’ by and with the advice and consent of the administration, have expelled the bulk of (he abolition and free State settlers by fire and «word; the Territory is in the occupation of the pro slavery squatters, including, doubtles, many valuable land claims, town sites, &c., conquered from the Northern emigrant colonies, and held by the ancient feudal tenure, that— He shall get who has the power, And be shall keep who can The Northern abolition and free soit «uatters thus driven off, impoverished and dispossessed, will hardly desire to try their unfortunate pil- grimage to Kansas over again; but if they should desire #, they can hardly be mustered back into Kansas ia sufficient numbers to outvote, on the day appointed, the convenient Missourians, who have only « three month's sojourn to undergo in the Territory to secure the golden prize. Hence our conviction that the passage of this bill is equivalent to the admission of Kansaa, in #0 many words, a a slaveholding Stato; and we repeat that, taking the late House vote upon the “ Free State bill” ne the test, we think this bill can be passed. From many years of close ebser- vation of the doings of Congress, we can safely assert that where a measure of sugh vast import- ance as this may require an ad@fional vote or two to pass it, they can he secured. We may refer to the tariff bill of 1242, the tariff bill more men | of 1846, the Texas annexation resolutions, some vital poiats ja the compromise measures of 1850, and to some of the close and critieal voter upon the Kanane-Nebraska bill, These examples. and many others, bear ux out in the conelusion that apon almost amy great mea- sure before Congress requiring one, two, or three, or half a dozen additional votes to eyneeze it through, they can be picked ap, and often where least expected. The repert of the Kansas Investigating Com- mittee ie on ugly affair. Ite facts aad elroum stantial epecificationa are hard to get over, They confirm the wort reports of Governor Reeder and othere border ruffians.”” It je shown Wy ‘NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, JULY 4, 1856, the encouragement of Mr. Pierce and Mi. Jeff Davis, have re-enacted most of the atrocities of the piratical Saxons and Normans when they in- vaded England. Even the United States army undet Col. Sumner appears to have been detailed to Kansas on the same benevolent mission with which Cromwell was sent over to Ireland—that. is, to punish the rebel free State squatters, and to eat out their substance. But the past cannot be yecalled. We have to deal with the present and for the future. Looking, then, to the spirit of compromise and equivalents upon which this Union was founded, as our only possible seeurity for the future, we call upon the House of Repre- seniatives to accept this bill of the Senate, and thus to renew the constitutional basis of at least a temporary armistice in providing for the admis- ion of Kansas as a slave State. It may be urged by the nigger-worshippers that this bill gives the lic to squatter sovereignty -that it steals into Kansas like a thief—that in he prescribed term of residence to voters it is a shatneless fraud upon popular rights—and that in che amendment excluding ail aliens not fally na- uralized {vom voting in the Tevritory, as they were permitted to vote by the original Nebraska bill, this new measure betrays the humillating servility of Northern Senators to Southern nigger drivers; but what of all this? Is not the question even of a temporary peace between the North and the South worth all these little sacrifices of regularity, law and order in a frontier territory? Should we not, ina choice of evils, choose the least? In a word, what will the North lose in losing Kansas? And can we not afford to give it up, when it is manifestly indispensable to the future curity of the South, and will increase the cash value of niggers, if not up to the stand- crd of Governor Wise, at least ten per cent? We are wel! aware that the passage of this bill of Mr. Toombs, even with the modifications of Mr. Douglas and the Fillmore Know Nothings of the Senate, will only add fresh fuel to the fires of agitation which are now lighting up all the North; we foresee that this bill will give a tre- mendous impulse to the Northern furore for Fre- mont and a new administration; we believe that it will hurry to its denouement the popular revolu- tion which a wicked and imbecile dynasty, and this reckless, corrupt and rotten Pierce and Jeff. Davis democracy, have set in motion, But we also believe in the power and in the overruling goed sense of the American people, the solid, honest masses, North and South, and that out of all this disorder, confusion and chaos g¢od will be educed in the end. We believe that ‘he end will be the sinking of all the corrupt parces and fag ends of parties, and all the old worn out poli- tical hacks of the day, and the establishment upon their ruins of a new and better state of things. Let this revolution, then, go on, and jet this new bill, providing for the admission ¢f Kansas asaslave State, be passed. Let the Fillmore Know Nothings of the House especially remem- that this bill is, perhaps, intended to break down their cause in the South. Let them stick to it, and pass the bill. A Change Coming over British Sentiment. It will be seen by the extracts from the British journals and the debates in Parliament, which are published elsewhere, that a marked change is coming over British feeling and British opinioas with regard to this country. The dismissal of Mr. Crampton is considered calmly, and the lead- ing journals seem at least resigned to the acci- dent. More important than these, the speech of Mr. Disraeli openly takes the ground that much of the bad feeling that has been roused in past times between the United states and England has been originally caused by British jealousy of American expansion—a feeling, says the orator, unjustifiable in principle, unjustified by practice. We are exceedingly happy to perceive this sensible language—coming as it does from one of the foremost statesmen of England, from an orator of the party-from which we had least right to expect good will, and listened to with marked applause in the British House of Commons. Many years have elapsed since similar sentiments first appeared in these columns. We have always been satisfied that every increase in the territory of the United States was aot an injury buta large benefit to mankind in general, and to the great trading nations, such as France and Eag- land, in particular. To the case of California Mr. Disraeli might have added that of onisiana, whose purchase was regarded at the time as a severe blow to England, hut from which we will venture to say that she has since derived more wealth and more profit thon from any of her own colonies, India ex- cepted. The acquisition of Mexico, were such a thing pdasible, which it fx not at present, aud that of Central America, whieh {s out of the question, would also be beneficial to England, to France, to every nation that has a trade and ships, to every person who is interested in the spread of civilization, commerce, industry, religion, free- dom and good government. We cannot help withing that Mr. Disraeli had availed himeelf of his position and his opporta- nity to explain why it has happened that the expansion of the United States has been for the world’s good, and why Great Britain has hitherto oppored it. A very few words might have made the matter clear. In former times, annexation implied subjection. Conquest was the usual mode of annexing territory; and all other modes being assimilated to it, the race whose territory was annexed was treated as a conquered people, without rights or claims save on the mercy of the conquerors. They were quite commonly deprived of their institutions, stripped of their liberty, made to pay tribute; and not unfrequently denied the free use of their language aud their religion. Under a «ystem of such severity as this, anpema- tion naturally appeared a very hateful operation to all but the annexers. Again, in former times, when wars were sempiternal, a nation's strength consisted in the number of men she could bring into the field; and the nation which owned the mort conquered provinces, whose male citizens the could by the rules of public law force intoher public service, was natorally the most powerful. Hence, a very natural reason for a dislike on the part of one nation to see its rival providing itself with new supplies of soldiers from this source, It war mainly from these reasons that the peculiar Britich aversion to see the United States expand firet took its origin. The feeling was a tradition. ary one, and modern rivelry aggravated it, A glance at the facts of course shows its falla cy. Jn the first place, the United States eek no war with any one, do not impress soldiers, owe their etrength to their corn and their cotten and their labor and their freedom, and the happy combination of circumstances which render ji good policy for foreign capitalists to invest their money here, These elements of strength can hardly be increased by the a tion of new Statice And, secondly, the United States have | have conquered, and to whom they have doled out the harsh lot of the vanquished. When they annex a State, it is admitting a partner, not seizing a servant; there is nothing in the business that any one can object to; but, on the contrary, much in the prospect of prosperity and freedom and a higher civilization for the new citizens that can be honorably applauded. The United States are not in the habit of extracting a revenue from new States, as is done by the East India Company in Hindostan; nor even do they lay restraints on their trade, prescribe to whom they may ¢ell, or from whom buy, as used to be the British policy. Mr. Disraeli might have laid stress on these arguments, and shown that the causes for the feeling having vanished, the feeling itself had best be laid aside. But perhaps this was need- less, The Crampton case has awakened men’s minds both here and in Europe to the enormous infamy of a war between the United States and England; and we need not fear that a quarrel, will again be needlessly provoked. Both nations will esteem each other the more for the brush ; and though the United States—to whom the af- fair will be of infinite service in Europe—may be the greater gainer of the two, the good sense and discretion evinced at this last moment by the prees, Parliament and people of England will not be thrown away on this country. So far as Mr. Disraeli refers to American af- fairs he has our hearty concurrence. He has our concurrence in his denunciation of the Monroe doctrine, though it is not quite clear from what he says that he thoroughly understands it. The Monroe doctrine was invented as a sort of re- ply to the monarchical congresses which used to be held every two or three years, some thirty-five to forty years ago in Europe. It arose at the time that confederations of American republics, from North to South, were seriously mooted, and was viewed as the best means of protecting the weaker ones from European attack. But the premises, here again, are all changed. The North American and Central republics have been total failures in some cases, and not brilliant suc- cesses in any; no one talks of a federation now; and the doctrine which was to cement and shelter it bas gone with the original scheme, and only survives in the frothy speeches of prory poli- ticians, News from Mexico—The Spanish and French. War with that Republic. We received later news from Mexico by last evening's mail from New Orleans. The question of war between Spain and Mexico had not been settled since former advices. Whether it will be settled amicably is for Spain to decide. If any one can predict what either Spain or Mexico will do, on a given statement of facts, he must have a gift of prophecy falling to few mortals, It is certain that Mexico will not yield an inch in this controversy; and being on the defensive, no step need be taken of a positive character. Spain, on’ the contrary, has been aggressive in displaying a fleet before Vera Cruz as a menace, while her Spanish subjects were permitted to boast in Ha- vana tbat the fleet would compel the Mexicans to aretiionent. Besides this, a treaty exists which Mexico refuses to fulfil, and which daty, if not dignity, on the part of Spain requires compliance with. We must see what French mediation will do. Yet we sce the Spanish Minister in Mexico spending precious weeks in the Aztec capital without an official recognition, while he is told that as long as the menace of a fleet is held over the Mexican nation there will be no negotiations of any kind, It is evident that the Spanish gov- ernment are cautious in proceeding to hostilities, although there is a tempting prize held out in the prospect of a Spanish prince upon the throne of Montezuma. This might be a ridiculous sup- position, were it not proven by the recent expose in Madrid, where the liberals in the Cortes com- pelled the production of some documents, in which it appeared that in 1854 a large sum of mo- ney had been expended by the ministry for that object. On the other band, Spain well knows that a war with Mexico would once more arouse the Cuban patriots to action gud give life to the Cuban Junta in this eity; that adventurers of all kinds would take part in a war promising the realization of dreams fora long time dormant. It is idle to suppose that the Spanish authorities are not aware of this, But at the same time it must be borne in mind that ignorance in the Spanish court has engendered a supercilious contempt for all filibustering enterprises and patriotic move- ments on the island of Cuba. France, too, is counted on a¢ favorable to the aggressive policy of the Spanish court; for France bas aleo her views in regard to Central America and Mexico. It must not be forgotten that Louis Napoleon, in regard to the Isthmus of Panama, has left his opinions on its commercial and political importance on record by pub Nehing them, At this moment French en- gineers are engaged in the vicinity of the magnificent bay of Fonseca, which in all probability it i# the intention of Napoleon soon to appropriate, with the aid of a railroad from thence acroes Honduras to the Caribbean Sea. Count Gabriac, the French Minister in Mexico, is no less industrious in his pursuit of knowledge of all that pertains to the country round about Acapulco, with its unrivalled har- bor. It is known that be is apparently much in- terested in schemes having for their object the advancement of that important point on the Pa- cific. The unfortunate enterprise of the French in Sonora under Count Boulbon brought to light the important fact that the unlucky Count was acting with the full approbation of his imperial master, Had the enterprise been successful, Senora would be now, beyond all doubt, a flou- rishing French colony. But France must act cautiously in a scheme so daring, with England on one side and the United States on the other. The Mexican government seem to leave Eng- and ont of view in contemplating the dangers hat threaten at this time. Formerly, the British government would have been appealed to in op- position to the filibustering designs of the Spanish and French courts, But it is there supposed that he Britich nation bas descended to a second rate Tewer and dare not interfere with the designs of France. The policy of Mr. Canning, while Pre- mier in 1823, may still be good Rnglich policy; but Mexico is afraid to trust to the British Cabi- net practically enforcing it. When the French government, in 1822, sent an army into Spain to wppert Ferdinand upon bis throue in opposition ty the liberals. the British Cabinet would not interfere beyond protesting against the proceedings? for they were apprehensive thet an armed intervention would bring on a genere! war. But as the French pro pressed until they spread their troops over all the peninsula, it was publicly stated ty was eager to euljugate, on behelf of Sp France al th ia, Lote igyaduny under | no provinces, no euljugand people whom Wy + insurgent Amerioan colonies, dir. Uauuing thea declured in Parliament that Great Britain would not tolerate any proposed cession by Spain to France of any of those colonics over which Spain had ceased to have any control. 1 could not, there- fore, be permitted that France should carry the war across the Atlantic, and attempt to captnre those colonies which Spain could not pretend to be able to cede, “ We will not,” said Mr. Can- ning, “ interfere with Spain in any attempt which she may make to reeonquer what were once her colonies; but we will not permit any tbird Power to attack or reconquer them for her.” — This was the British Monroe doctrine at that time, It may still be unchanged; but in the meantime France has regained her lost supremacy and maintained her designs amid all her changes of dynasties, It is now to be seen whether England will ad- here to her Canning policy and the United States to the Monroe doctrine, The British Cabinet recently asserted that the Monroe doctrine was only a dictum. The Mexican Cabinet now think the Canning declaration only a dictum not to be depended upon. Both ave substantially the same policy, starting at the same time and from the same cause. Let us see which will back out. oY THE LATEST NEWS. BY MAGNETIC AND PRINTING TELEGRAPHS, IMPORTANT FROM WASHINGTON. PROTRACTED SESSION OF THE SENATE. Passage of the Bill for the Admission of Kansas. Passage of the Topeka Kansas Bill in the House &e., &e., ke. Important from the National Capital. DOUGLAS’ KANSAS BILL—AMENDMENTS THEKETO— MARCY FELICITATED BY THE FRENCH MINISTER— THE BRITIEH LEGATION RE-OPENED-—THE FILLMORE AND FREMONT MEN PLOTTING, BTC. Wasixeros, July 3, 1856, , Judge Dougias’ bill, as it passed the Senate this morn ing, will undoubtedly pass the House. The leading ob- jection ¢> the bill urged by the nigger worshippers in the Senate was, that ‘t contined the right of voting to thoro who were in the Territry on he Fourth of July instant, and thus excluded all those alleged to have been driven out of the Territory by the disturbances. Just before the final vote was taken Judge Dovglas offered the following amendment, in order to oby ate'shis objection, which was acopted unan mously:— ‘That all persons who possess the other qualigcations preveribed by this act for yoters, and who shail have been buna fle inhabit of said Territory at any time since the organization thereof, and who shall have ab- vented themselves therefrom in consequence of the dis tu bances therein, and who return prior to the first day of October next, aud become bona fide inhabitants, with the view of making rpermakent home, an hall furnish satisfactory of these facts to the Fourd of Commissioners be entitied to vote, aud shall bave their names placed on the corrected lists of voters for that purpose. There was one oiber very ‘mportant amendment, offered by Mr. Geyer, of Missouri, and adopted—forty three—which repeals all the obuoxious Aaws™ the Ter- ritory as to test oaths, &c., and guaranteeing freedom of speech, discussion and the press om slavery and all other subjects. * The House Topeka bill will be referred to the Committee op Territories in the Senate; and \t is rumored that Judge Douglas will report on Tuesday a copy of the Senate bil! just Puseed as a substitute for the House measure, and ie that shape it will undoubtedly bec law. Judge Douglas? able tactics have ucerted the Ligger worsluppers. M. Sartiges, the French Minister, called ‘on Secretary Marcy at the State Department to-day, and expresso himself highly delighted at the peaceful turn things have laken between our government and Fugland, and fur ther, that the retention of our Minister will effect an amt cable adjustmen} of all ov ies with that govern ment. This friendly assurance pleased the old Premier amazingly Tam Informed this evening, on good avthority, that the Foglish government have instr’ Mr. Lumsley, Seere tary of Legation, to open hus off! which had been hy authority of Mr. Crampton, Thus diplomatic course will go on as though nothing had transpired. The administration do not expect a new Minister in place of Mr, Crampton for some time. A cavens is now being held at a private parlor in Wil lard’s Hotel by quite a large nu 7 nigger worship pers, in which Thurlow Weed and Seward are the princi pal leaders. The object of this meeting is, I um stand, effect some arrangement between the more and Fremout interests. Quite a uumber of Poua- are now in the city. for merder, and that of Breoks, or assault, are appomted lo take place next week. Many members of the Hi are anxious w relieve them-eives of speeches on tl assault, which they have had prepared for » ° Tho offical report of Weduestay’s proceedings in the Senate on the Kaneas bill will oceupy about elghty columns of tho Globe newspaper. Kentucky Whig Sta Lowisvinie, July 3, 1856. The Whig State Convention met in this eity to-day, #6 Fenteen counties being represented. The Lexington whig form was adopted, with the aiditienal resolutions, that Congress should pass stringent lows to prohibit: the importation of foreign paupers mad felons, and that the time for the naturalization of foreigners should be ox tended; also, that this Convention deems i impolitic te make nominations, and recommends to the whigs of the Union to held no National Convention, dut each whig to vote for the candidate whose princip!es conform wost nearly to his own, A resolution, expressing the coud dence of the wh'gs of Kentucky im Millard Fillmore, and saying he was as worthy of their support as in 1848, was rejeqgd by the vote of sixteen counties against, to one in fav@. Joshua F. Bell and Judge Kinkaid supported the resolutions endorsing Mr. Fillmore. Adjourned sine dic. Wholesale Robbery of Kansas Emigrants. Cuicade, July 2, 1866. Passengers from Texington bring inte capture of a company of emigrant: board the steamer Arabia, on Friday night. robbed of everything, and dptained close prisoners 1 was resolved by the mob to take the Massachnsetts mon in the company up the river and hang their } catur, immediately, All the arms, provisions, baggaqv and money of the prisoners were coufscated for the uve of the mob Six Steamers Destroyed by Fire at St. Louls. Sr. Loui, Jaly 2, 1896 At five o'clock this morning, a fire broke out on beard the steamer St. Clair, at the upper end of the levee, an itsoon comuunicated to the steamers Maul Andere, Grand Turk, and J. M. Stockwell, lying alongside. The steamers Southerner and Sarance were out lone from ‘their moorings, but the burning boats floated against hem and set them on fire, The whole six boats were eutirely consumed. All were old ones, excepting the Southerner, Loss about $100,000, Ineurance not ascer. tained. How the fire originated is not known. The Disaster at Philadelphia. Punaverena, July 3494 P.M. ‘The Reod street disacter fs sti!! the all absorbing ques. tioa among the macses, throwing the approaching Fourth of July into the shade. Corpaes continne to be picked ap daily, and are immediately recognized, Not less than thirty lives bave been lost by this dreadful accident Moeeers. Merrick & Son, who own the wharf, are wore. mitting in labor and money to recover the bodies under the displaced timbers, At this writing (P.M) four bodies have been taken up in adrco fully mangled con dition, € Owen Lovejoy, of Bureau county, by the republicans to represent the Third dictriet « 5, 1866 Twelve hundred beoves were off ay. of whieh 140 Were driven to Philadeiphia, 100 ty New York, » left over, and the remainder cold at $7 a $9 Th om ti y Kinga fair atypy gj, ate sales at 6. a8 owe P sbort Jor its execution, om Otewa, on Hi They were | ent THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION. Senate. CONTINUATION OF WEDNESDAY'S SESEION. Wasiaxeroy, July 3-1 4. M. THE KANSAS DERATE. Mr. Taunus, (nigger worshipper) of Jl, said thad many features of the bill met his approvation. It com- tained, as an assumption of power, that Congress had the right to govern the Territories, and repudiated squatter sovereignty. There was no such thing as sovereignty ane eelt goveruinent in the Territory, and be was glad the Committee on Territories had at last come to this conelu- Tn condeming the affairs of Kansas, be eaid there s constructive treason, end FA) the. leaders of the free State party are in prison under this. trumped ug charge. The cers there are acting out the cesigns of the men who invaded the Territory, He then gave his objections to the bill, saying i iv ghoul pase it would not give peace to Kansas. ‘He hoped his tongue might cleave to the reef of hig mouth aud his right hand forget its cunning, if ho ever voted for the admission into the Union of @ State upom which slavery had been forced by fraud and violence, Never, so help him God! and he did not believe the people of the country would, Two things must be done to give peace—exchide slavery from Kansas while a Tor- ritory and give the people a fair election, and it they eg tablish slavery their admission as a Stato might be ag. sented to; and then abolish all odious and injamous laws, It was now midnizht. Mr. Buu, of Tonn., said every gentleman who had looked into the question must kuow that Uns agitation Will continue to ge on un.il finally settled by Wie admissiog, of Kansas as a State into the Union. It he had the power he would crush this hydra headed monster at once, 80 it shovid not go into the Presidential election, The bill pending meets the case too promptly. The time is too During the turbulence of the Presidential election the measure was not likely to give vativtactiop to the country. He did not believe that any measure could be adopted that would give entire satis- faction, He preferred Mr. Clayton’s bill, leaving owt the federal ratio of representation, Abolish and abrogate the unjust and obnoxious laws, ard let the peeple go om under the proy sions of that bill to establish a State go- ee, and, meanwhile, elect @ new legislative age sembiy, At Salt. past twelve o’clock Mr. Crrrrexpxy moved fow an adjoursment, but Mr. Douglas and others on bis side of the question, who had been regaling,in private roomay came in aud yoted down the motion, by ayes 9, noes 22, and ther retired. About two dozen persons are in the galleries, some of them asleep, A ew of U Senators are snoozing in the lobby om sofas and otwers in their chairs. In the meantime Mr. Bait discussed the admission o& Statee into the Union in connection with the slavery question. Sir. Jouyson said it was a late hour, and the same might have been said two hours ago. ’ Laughter.) I they could have a moment of silence amidst this pro- found cighing aud deep breathing (laughter) he trusted. the Semate would come to a vote. Mr. Skwaxp said, generally 2 session lasted three or four hours, but the present session had already occupied: He would say to Mr. Crittenden be was not l) compromises, but against a compromise ine volving moral right, political justice, or high political expediency. By no act of his should any man be held. or kept in slavery. On this he could mot compromise, Mr. Seward is Still speaking. ‘The jrospecte are that the session will continue till daylight, ax the majority are evidently determined to. vote on ihe bill before adjournment. Mr. Sewaxp advocated his bill for the admiesion of Kan- gas with the Topeka constitution. Mr. Rip replied to Mr. Seward’s remarks relative to- slavery, saying that when a majority of the people of the. North become prepared to enforce the doctrine declared by Mr. Seward, this Union cannot last one hour longer. Haw-pasr Biour A. M. Several amendments of comparative unimportance were adopted, and others rejected. Mr. Gyvex, (nat.) of Mo., offered an amendment that ne Jaw hail be mare or have force or effect which shall require- atest oath or an cath to support any act of Congress, oF other legivlative act, as a qualitication for any ciy.t office or public trust, ov for any employment or profession, or tor Ferve ae a juror or yote at an election, or which shall ime pose any tax upon or condition to exercise the right of suf frage by any qualified voter, or which shall restrain or prohibit free discussion of any law or gas of legislae- or in the i tory or free expression of opinion thereon, by the peopie of the Territory. ‘This amendment gave rise to a debate involving the que-tion of squatter sovereignty, and whether Congress ought te interfere with the people im the settlement of their own afluirs, ‘Mr. Cass said some of the acts passed by the Legisiae tive on of Kansas were disgraceful & the age. How could the people properly pas laws (pless they hie right of tree clecesslont octiilel wet ment was adopted YOtO <= mn ON. IL) Bet Messrs. Alien, Bayard, The Bed (Fenn, ler, redhead, a Soda, Douglas, Durkee, Hrane Fest ager, ale, Iverson, Johnson, Jones wid, Sebastian, Seward, Slidell, Stu ‘Loombs, Toucey, Trumbull, Wade, Wel- “ wh, Fitzpatrick and Mason. ent, W abrogate and declare yold /gisiature of Kansag was rejected, as follows — (N. H.), Collamer, Durkee, Fessenden, son—S. ‘ard, Bell (T nym io, Bi . Brown, Cass, Clay, Clayton, Dodge, f itrpatrick, Geyer, Hunter, Iversou, John- Mailory, Mason, Pratt, Pugh, Reid, Sebas- tuart. Thompson (Ky.), Toombs, fonces, Wels ec! a substitute, admitting Kaneas with ution, MW ncte paw y yeae F Yras--Mes Foster Seward. Wade, Wii Nave—Mesars. Allen, Ha; Bg ft, Brodhend, Nas Merers. hell (N. H.), Collamer, Durkee, Peseenden, Foeo', Foster, Hale, Seward, Trumbull, Wade, Wilson—ii. Davs—v6. ihe Ul! Was passed, by 33 yeas against 12 nays, as Yeasm@tessre, Allen, Bayard, Rell (Tenm.), Bi Vises, Daler, Bright, Brodhead, Wrown, Cass, Cha: den, Douglas, Hanter, Iverson, Johnson, Jones (Ie Frat, Pugh, Keld, Sebastian, Slidell, Smart, Ti Fousey, Weller, Wrig Messrs. tell (N, Hj, Collainer, Dodge, Darken, Toot, Foster, Hale, Seward, Trumbull, Wade, regarding the bill as ef great impor. moved that ten thousand copies of it be Acopted, and at § o'clock A. M. the Senate ad. journes jenjamin, Critten® Mal- Jory Sone P.M. wa. took the chair at noon—no Se- «himself. The only perseas op the ety, SergeantatArma, one door- lery, one reporter and ced the signing of ee- cluding the Kanses b."!, ant then, ovinus understanding, declared the ‘The Presutent pre nator present be ter were the Ker por and two pas 1 ol HED House of Kepresentatives, Waausoras, July 3, 1856. A mes-age was recegwed from the Senote, aunounciog the paseuge 04 the Kansas bill, THE SUMNER CARR, Mr. Cawrents, (nigger worshipper) of Olso, in response queeiion of Mr. Kunkle, said be intended to eal! op the report of the select committee, relative to the assauls on Mr, Summer, On Tuesday next, but that he would nos then move the previous qaestion if the friends of the par- tier Invo! ce Cestre a discussion. Mr Cocoman, (dem.) of N. C.—There wif be a din Bepate mage & C:arerts sald he would move the previous ques tion on Woenerday. ‘THE TOPERA KANSAS PILL. Mr. Horclay’s motion to reconsider the vote by which the bill te mit Kansas Into the Unice—with the Topeka constity rt wis rejected, was ealled op, and adopted by Wl fee “) pays h wes then pasted—100 yeas against 97 nayem re. Albright, Allison, Ball. Rerbour, Barclay, Y . Heneun, Willingburst, Bingham, 4) * : 1m, Bufington, Campbell of Pa, wks of N. ¥., Clark of Conn., Clawson, Colfax, Co- . Cumback, Damrell, Davis of Masa, ison) Todd, ka heel 3 3, Men 2. Moit, Murra, Perr: “3 oY ation, ee: aiibrvige, Waldron, . Washbourne of Me, Welch, rod coors, Alken, Allen, Barksdale, Bell, Bennett of bocock, Vowte, Branch, Brooks, Broom, Hurnett, Cad- man, Cobb of Ga, Cabb of ox, trie) Crnatord, Callen, Davia of Md. Denver, i © Kémmunison, Englieh, Btheriige, Ruste, bentnrr, Picrence, Bullet of Me., Pniler of Pa Cree) wood, Mall of Towa, Harris of Md., Harris of i jarcinom, Haven, Houston, Jevett, Jonge e., Kelly, Kernett, Kidwell, Lake, Lind Sorehall of Ky., Humphrey Marshall weMuilin, ert Mier ov ind en) AL ey ona. Stewart, Rwope, ‘onl effort to have an evening session, Jing members to speak, the House or the pury onened tl Mow Markets, PHIL ADELPMIA STOCK MARKET. Vomanme nnn, July 8, 1886 stocks gre steady. Pemneylvania 5's, 8136; Reading Raviiow!, 463, Long Island, 14),; Morris Canal, 15%; Teorey lvanw Railroad, 4744, Atnasy, Jaly 3=1 P, 4. Western heated, and Sie. a ito. for ound. Sales 18,000 bushels oats; ¢nies 14,000 oasheis at Wm a de. jor State, Rye—Sales 2,000 bushels from store at St Burraro, July 341 P.M. jer: demand good; sales 4,000 bbit, at + good to choice Wisconsin; $4 for exten vod to chotee Ojo, Indiana and South a $6 75 for extra do. Wheat, scarce e@. Corn firmer; ales 12,000 bushels, at for sound; tendency upward, i en, unchanged; 145g0. for Perr Flour is inactive and fimer, Sales wo day—b,000 bisliny