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4 NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, JULY 8, 1856, NEW YORK HERALD. eee JAMES GORDON BENNETT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR, 2 conte per /, 37 per annum. en "at Og conte por “Great Briuain, oF 10 amy Prat of the Condinand, eieeonierats ReQuEsTED TO SRAL AL LETTERS AND PACK- SPICE sate of anonymous communications We do VER TISRMENTS renewed every day. = AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. NIBLO’S GARDEN. Broadway—Miss Ewaa STANLEY Lv Sus Seven Acks or Woman. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery—Tuz Bun: Eyep Susan. BROADWAY VARIRTIES, 472 Broadway—Incoman, THE Barsanian Ff FRBEDOM— WOOD'S MINSTRELS, 444 Broadway—Etaiorian Muy- ewnmrsy—Roskxt Macaine. KELLER’S EMPIRE HALL, 2p MISCELLANHOUS TaBLEUx—' DUSSELDORF GALLERY, No. 497 Broadway—Vatvanue Bain TinGs AND StATUARY—MARTYRDOM ov Huss, &e. New York, Tuesday, July 8, 1856. SS Malls for Europe. NEW YORK HERALD—EDITION FOR EUROPE. 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The biil providing for the improve- ment of the mouth of the Mississippi river, which ‘was vetoed by the President, was then taken up. Mr. Slidell advocated the appropriation. Mr. Cass poke in favor of the improvement of St. Mary's river and St. Clair Flats, and charged the President with inconsistency with regard to his action on the sabject of river and harbor improvements. On the question being taken on the Mississippi river improve- ment bill, it received thirty-one votes to twelve against it. The Cnair decided the bill passed by a two-thirds vote; but Mr. Mason objected, and contended that the rule required the votes ef two-thirds of all the members of the Se- mate. The decision of the Chair was sustained— thirty-fourto seven. Subsequeatly the St. Mary’s Fiver and St. Clair Flats bills were passed over the President's veto. There will now be no limit to this species of special legislation, we suppose. The House Kansas bill was received and referred to the Cemmitiee on Territories. In the House the bill providing for the settlement of the claims of Kevo- utionary olicers and others was ordered to be en- grossed. A motion to consider the Senate's resolu- tion fixing the day of the final adjournment was newatived, the republicans voting against it ina wouy. The Senate's Kansas bill, together with the amendments offered in the House, were ordered to te printed. Mr. Campbell, of Onio, asked leave to oder a resolution proposing a select committee to re port a bill for the adjustment of the Kansas diffi- calties, embracing, among other provisions, the sestoration of the Missouri Compromise; but without gurther consideration of the proposition, the House de We publish to-day a lengthy but interesting ad- dress delivered by Governor Wise, on the occasion of the :cauguration of a bronze statue of Washing- ton, at the Virginia Military Institute, om the Jd inst. Apropos of Wise—the telegraph informs us ‘that (he Governor yesterday bad an altercation at Richmond with Mr. Hugh R. Pleasants, daring which the latter received some slight bodily injary. We have received and publish elsewhere, copies ef certain documents in relation to the alleged sus- by the Executive of the Treasurer of this State, Stephen Clark. First we have an affidavit from Silas Seymour, State Engineer. Mr. Seymour @epores that he assigned Mr. S. A. Charles, a resi- @ent engineer, to the Cuamplain Canal, to at Waterford, and Mr. H. V. B. Barker, another engi meer, to the western division of the Erie canal, to reeide at Albion; that by direction of the Comptroller, Attorney General, Treasurer, Secretary of State and Canal Commissioner Whalion, these engineers had exchanged residences, much tothe injury of the duty they were appointed to perform; and Mr. Seymour finally protests to the Executive against said action on the part of sald State oilicers. Second, the Treasurer's reply. He states that the enly charge against him appears to be that he acted with a majority of the Canal Board fm ailowing or directing two engineers to change places. Mr. Clark then goes iato an elaborate argument to show and q 10tes the law to prove that the wajority of the Board have power to do the abovenamed act, aud that the Governor has no power tosuspend him for acting with the majority. He closes by saying that be will not, epon any action by the Governor, founded upon Mr. Seymour's com plaint, give up the office to which the people have elected him. This appears to be the whole story, except that there is a political current below. Mr. Clark and others of the majority of the Canal Board ore Fillmore Know Nothings, Seymour and the minority ore nigger worshippers, and that ac counts for the milk in the cocoanut. Itis not pre- tended that Mr. Clark bas committed any act as @tate Treaenrer which should deprive him of tuat office. The documenta are important in a political point of view, and should be‘carefally read. ‘The trial of the treason cases in Kansas commenced ‘at Tecumseh Court House, Shawnee county, on the 20th ult, before United States Commissioner Ed ward Hoagland. John Brown, Jr.,Jason Brown, Poindexter Maness, Samcel W. Kilborn, Henry H. Williams, Simeon B. Morse and William B. Partridge are the parties under indictment. The Board of Supervisors met yesterday, and re ferred to the appropriate committee the bills of the four Coroners for the quarter ending June 30, amounting to $3,084 62) for inquesta, and $355 for post mortem examinations. Nothing else worth mentioning was lone. Both Boards of the Common Coun fl held the fire meeting of their July session last evening. In the Soard of Aldermen it was resvived to hold the meetings consecutively until the business wa @ispowed of. A message from the Mayor, sug: gesting the establishment, by the city, of a University for a higher order of edacation * for males, and a Free Academy for females, ‘evan reecived, ordered to be printed and referred toa gommittes. The expenses of printing and advertis for the Mayor's office show how the small pi pers of this city exist on large contributions fren the treasury. (Other documents were presented and referred to the respective co mmittesa, Nothing of particular importance happened in Board of Councilmen. A committee was ap to investigate certain charges alleged by Van Tine against Councilman Wh: ‘the last named gentieman’s integrity te i writingjon the 22d ult, says very fine rains con- | Kansas Territyrial Legislature, “which is recog- tinued to favor the island. The sugar crop wad | nised as leyitimate by the federal Executive.” arawing to a close, and it would prove # very good | Pitiful evasion! Does Mr. Van Buren himself re- one. The young cane looked exceedingly welh | cognise the legitimacy of that Legiflaturet That American produce would soon be in demand, tbe | i. whet we desire to know. Why should he ekulk under the coat tail of Mr. Pierce, with the Buf- falo platform all the time in his pocket? The Sage of Lindenwold next informs ns that likes the Kansas-Nebraska bill a good better than he did at first; but his reasons for this change of mind are rather cloudy. He hasn’t a copy of the Kansas-Nebraska bill by him; but taking Mr. Buchanan’s letter of acceptance as a true interpretation, he thinks it means to “leave the people of Kansasperfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institu- tions in their’ own way, subject only to the con- stitution of the United States.” Facetious old gentleman! Nero was also facetious, who, perched upon a housetop, fiddled away while Rome was burning. Will anybody send up to Lindenwold a copy of the report of the Congres- sional Kansas Investigating Cémmittee ? The innocent philosopher of the Buffalo ticket next asswes us that it is “ beyond dispate or cavil that it was the intention of Congress to clothe the people of the Territories with ample power to exclude slavery,” “as well while they continued Territories, as in making provision for its exclusion from the State when that transition shall take place.” Will Mr. Toombs be good enough to send up to ex-President Van Buren the debates of the present session of the United States Senate upon squatter sovereignty, includ- ing the speeches of Mr. Douglas? Kinder- hook lies off the river, and they do not keep up there with the latest fashions, Lastly, Mr. Van Buren is satisfied that Mr. Buchanan will redeem his pledge of a fair execution of the law of “ squatter sovereignty.” Here, again, our re- tired ex-President is behind time, We can in- form him that'the present plan js to leave but one alternative in setiling the Kansas diiiculty with Mr. Buchanan; that through the medium of Ex Mr. Keate, the Lieutenant Governor. The Governor- ship of St- Lucia is now vested in Governor Hincks, of Barbadoes. The sales of cotton yesterday were confined to about 500 bales, at full prices; the market closing firm. The news by the Baltic caused considerable excitement in breadstuffs. Flour advanced from 10c. a 20c. per bbl., especially on common and me- dium grades, and in some cases large lines of straight brands in good order, and wanted for immediate shipment, as high as 25c. per barrel advance was paid. Wheat was also active, and low to medium grades from 3c. a 5c. better. Corn was also more active, and freely sold at 48c, a 49c. for distilling lots, and at 50c. a Sde. or eastern shipment, while round yellow and Southern yellow were sold at 60c.a63c. Pork was active and higher, having closed at $20 56} a $20 624. Sugars were quiet, with small sales at steady prices. Coffee was also quiet and prices un shanged. Freights to English ports were active and firmer, To Liverpool about 100,000 bushels of. grain, chiefly wheat, were engaged at 10d. in ship’s bags, and flour at 2s. 6d. a 2s, 7}d. To London wheat was taken at 10d. in bags, and flour at 3s, Rates were also firm for the Continent. George Law and Martin Van Buren on the Presidency=The Plain Speaker and the Pettifogger. One of the most striking illustrations of the progressive spirit of the present age, as compared with the slow coaches of the past generation, is afforded in the two letters which we publish to- day on the Presidential question—the first from George Law, and the second from Martin Van Buren; the one representing the living, active, onward revolutionary spirit of these wonderful THE LATEST NEWS. BY MAGNETIC AND PRINTING TELEGRAPHS, Interesting from Washington. ‘THE VOTE DEFEATING THE PRESIDENTS VETO—FRAUD IN HIGH PLACES—ASTOUNDING REVELATIONS BX- PECTED—SOMETHING ABOUT THE IRON FLOATING BATTERY FOR THE PROTECTION OF NEW YORK HA BOR—NEW PATENT LAWS, ETC. Wasuinetox, July 7, 1856. ‘The Senate discussed today the important constitu- tional question whether it required two-thirds of the whole Senate or only two-thirds of a quorum to pass a bill over the President’s veto, Messrs. Mason, Clay and Bay- ard, contended for the former. Messrs. Benjamin, Sii- dell, Seward and others, supported the latter position, ‘The question was decided in favor of two-thirés of a quorum by thirty to seven, In the ratification of treaties, requiring the same yote, two-thirds of a quorum has always been regarded as sufticient. The veto was defeated by a vote of thirty-one to twelve, the whole yote—forty- three—being only two-thirds of the Senate. ‘The republicans voted in a body to-day against con- sidering the pr oposition to adjourn, Iram Nye was eonfirmed to-day as Marsbal of the Northern district of Hiinois, vice Wilson, resigned. The book stealing resolution passed the House to-day by a decided majority. Mr, Ball, Chairman of the Committee on Public Build- ings, will maké some astounding disclosures, either to- morrow or next day. He will offer a regolution asking for a special committee to investigate certain charges against persons in high places in the Treasury Bepart- ment. His charges are backed up by allidayits of re- sponsible men, He charges certain men in the Treasury Department with receiving large sums of money in awarding contracts for custom houses, &e., in Mobile and inthe West. The Committee will also haye power to in- vestigate other contracts that have been awarded here and elsewhere, and to send for persons and papers. Persone are implicated in this matter who have hereto- fore stood high in the department. I suppose you are aware that a large iron floating bat- tery has been building in New York for some years past. This fact, howevéF, is not generally known’ Several months ago, I believe, the Secretary of the Navy sent an intelligent naval officer to inspect this battery, and re- port progress. This report is now on file at the Navy Department. It is an interesting document at this time, when gun-boats and all sorts of defensive and offensive modes of warfare are being developed. This iron vessel, so mysteriously docked and hid from times, and the other the torpid, equivoca: pettifogging technicalities and the old dead ad gone Albany Regency. Any man, of any party, in the slightest de- gree inoculated with the progr present day, must, in the transition spoken letter of “Live Oak George” twaddling manifesto from Lindenwold—must, we abstractions of the new Senate bill of Mr. Toombs and Mr, | public view, has already been fourteen years under way, Dou Kausas is to be pushed through as @ | and of course considerable progress has been made in her slave State before the free State settlers who | mtetion, and she could be finished, if neces- - sary, in one year. She is four hundred feet long, and have been expelled can return to fill up thirty or forty fect in breadth. Sho is buil rely their wasted ranks; and that, in any event, Mr. | of wrought iron plates, and each plate seven inches in thickness; these are attached to her iron frame Buckaran is pledged to the Cincintati platform; work, She will have eight steam engines, and and that, according to Governor Wise of Virgi- nia, his election will be good for a rise in the price of niggers from one thousand to four or five thousand dollars a head. Ex-President Van Buren shoald read that masterly speech of Gov- ernor Wise. Some suppose that the venerable philosopher of Lindenwold, high and dry himself, is in this letter only paving the way for a fresh start to the Prince, who, since that free soil escapade of 1848, has been vainly struggling along at the bottom of the hill. Others say that the object may perhaps be to give Mr. Fillmore a lift in the South, from the presumption that the support of Martin Van Buren will be a dead weight to Mr. Buchanan in that section. “Whatever may be the object, this letter brings back the old backslider into full comumunion in Tammany Hull, and if Gen. Cass can forgive him, and if Governor Wise will endorse him, we see no reason why he should not be sent out as Mr, Buchanan’s Minister to Hagti. Symrroms or Distress iy Evrore.—We no- ice with considerable apprehension that the tock of the Credit Mobilier has already fallen rom 1,945 to 1,562, a fall of over 20 per cent in he course of a few weeks, Simultaneously with his, some fifty operators on the Paris bourse, in- cluding several well known names, have just fail- cd, and, as usual in such cases, have left few or no assets. It is stated that these accidents were caused by the failure of M. Henri Place. But as we understood the statements made at thetime in the French journals, the Credit Mobilier claimed not to be a loser by M. Place, though he was one of its directors; the fall in the stock, therefore, if in any way connected with his suspension, must have been so indirectly, as, for instance, by an impression gaining ground among the public that M. Place was not likely to have managed other men’s affairs better than be had hisown. And as to his failure causing that of the operators who have just gone to pieces, the thing cannot be reconciled with the fact that his creditors were few in number, and all for large amounts; a state of things which the knowing were prompt to ob- rerve reflected credit on his management. Another fact is brought to light by statistics, which are now being published in Paris. The Bank of France had at the opening of the war with Russia about $122,000,000 in specie; during the war—that is to say, during a period of two yeare—about sixty millions were imported, raising the total amount to $152,000,000; yetat the close of the war the sai in vault was only $40,000,000, The specie that has disappeared has gone in some part into hoards, the rest of it to the East, It is hoped that the former, at al events, will retarn to the bank; the reserve is certainly increasing. but co slowly that the fact is hardly perceptible. It would seem as though every one was not tho- roughly satiefied that tic empire would be able to endure the wear and anxiety of a peace. We have stated on a former occasion that the xeiple of the institution called the Credit lier is bad, and (hat its ruin is a mere ques tion of time. It is perfectly egrtain that men do, asa general rule, manage their own affairs better than thore of other people, and that when men entrust the management of their monay to others they may expect to lose it. These are principles extraordinary simpl and broad conunon sense; yet it is certain that they cannot be con- treverted, and that, applied to the case of the Credit Mobilier, they render it a matter of merc time that it must break down, There ix no suspicion of the event in France. The Credit Mobilier is just going into a new railway in Austria—the Francie Joseph Railway —which is to cost, they say, thirty millions of dollars, and shareholders are fighting for scrip. We do not hear lately of the Turkish and Rus sian project had they been abandoned we should have heard of it. And quite lately, we understand a banking association has commenced business in this city, under @ very modest, unas fuming title, but with the support and some not wcnerally understood conneetion with the Credit Mobilier. All persons who have read narratives of pact «ree of speculation in Europe must have noticed how the speculative fever expanded and «welled and grew wider and wider until the very mo- ment it burst. It may also be remembered that while most of them took their origin in public embarraesmente, they began to do the micchief in the temporary flush of prosperity which followed a peace. The resemblance, indeed, between the era of the land |; culations and euch former ex- periences fe feo king not to have been notioad lefore, At the rate the world is going, we may soon iculieg Why seyyud portion of ike parallel, say, feel very much as if suddenly removed from the birdseye view of the High Bridge to the damp, dark and dismal coal hole of Tammany Hall, with its rats, cobwebs and old lumber. Such is the contrast between these two letters—the one boldly facing the light of the sun, like the Ame- rican eagle. the other flitting noiselessly along an old fence row, like an owl in the light of the moon, picking up here and there a little mouse of an idea, and chuckling over it an hour at a time. The reading of George Law's letter and the reading of Martin Van Buren’s at the same iiting, is, in other words, like a steamboat trip to Albany®and a retura trip right away, in an old sloop, creeping along ae the wind gud tide may serve, with a prospect of getting into port in the course of two or three days. Most people at this day, with afl the ha- zards of being drowned, burnt or blown up, would choose the steamboat; yet we dare say that there are old women in and about the ancieut Dutch settlement of Kinderhook who would pre- er the old fashioned Albany sloop navigation. Let us look at these two letters, vis-a-nis. There s no difficulty in understanding the position, the easons and the argument of “ Live Oak George. He speaks like a man thorouglily impressed with he merits of his case, and fully convinced of the oundness and justice of his cause—who is wader no constraint to shuffle over one difficulty and dodge another, and under no necessity of cover- ng up his tracks behind him. On the other hand, Martin Van Buren argues his case like-a crippled dog chasing a rabbit till he loses both the sight and the scent of his game, and goes hobbling about on both sides of the fence to recover the wall. George Law speaks boldly and frankly, as fer a good cause; Martin Van Buren pleads as if pl against his will, his convictions, associa- tions , wishes and antecedents, The consequence is, that while Live Oak George rattles along as comfortably as a two horse wagon over a sooth turnpike, after a smart summer shower, Mr, Van Buren drags as heavily as a heavy sleigh over a rough road with the snow melted. George Law speaks out against the democratic ruffianiem which lords it over Congress and over Kanens—against the Pierce policy of making Kanras a slave State by the strong hand of the “border ruffians,” and against Mr. Buchanan, be- cane he is pledged to the policy of Mr. Pierce. The great contractor has, to be sure, a good d crow of his own to pick with Mr. Fillmore, ee rning the affair of the steamship Crescent City; ond it must be confessed that in hie plain statement of the case the Know Nothing ex-Pre- sident is placed in a somewhat ridiculous and ntemptible light before the American people. But upon the main question of his candidate for the White House, “Live Oak George” is par- ticularly felicitous, and speaks the common in- spiration which is moving the masses of the inde- pendent people for Fremo He goes for Fre- mont, because he has done something for the country—has left his footprints from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific—has done something in opening the track of empire westward, in con- quering California, in securing it to the North, and in developing ite fabulous riches for the benefit of the North, the South, and all mankind. He prefers a man like this, in the prime of life, unfettered and fresh from the people, to any “old politician, with his hosts of dependents as scdy as himself.” He pronounces both Bu- chanan and Fillmore “old drones, who have lived upon office, aml have never done anything for the country.” And is not this true? What is there to he remembered in the public life of Mr. Fill- more, execpt hie compulsory endorsement of the compromise bills of 1850? What great public act or measure is there upon record especially identified with the name of Buchanan, except the Ortend manifesto? Men of this stamp, who live and grow fat upon office; who spend from thirty to forty years in the most con«picn- ous offices without leaving a distinguishing mark, save to their disparagement, upon the journals of Congress or the records of the Execn- tive government, are surely not the men for the exigencies of this active, bustling day. Such are | the views and conclusions of “Live Oak George, | who has no more respect for an “old fogy” than for a line of old stages where a double track railroad is wanted. Turn we now to the letter of Martin Van Bu- ren. It it like the almehouse soup of Oliver Twist—very thin and watery; yet, like poor Oliver, there being nothing else in the house, wa cmpty the dich and are constrained to aek for more, We areas hungry ae at the beginning. Mr. Van Buren objcets to the Topeka constita- tion, becauey it wae framed im defiauge of the is to be propelled by two screw paddles, one on each side of her stern post. In smooth water she will run, it is expected, from twenty to twenty-five miles per hour; and as she is intended solely for harbor defences, she will have smooth water to run iu at all times. She can, by her double propulsion power, by reversing one of the screws, turn in her own axis, or in a space of four hundred feet. She is to be mounted with twenty gans, of the heaviest calibre and longest range, ‘The dock where this wonderful floating battery is now lying is very mysteriously guarded. Owing to the ex- treme length of the vessel, rocks have been excavated, and one of the streets of Hoboken has been tunnelled to admit one end of the monster. When Mr. Robert L. Ste- vens died he left models to enable Mr. Walker, the Super- intendent of her construction, to complete the vessel in accordance with his original conception. She has cost the government, thus fur, over half a million of dollars, all of which has been expended, and lately the work has been carried on out of the private funds of Mr. Stevens, ‘This vessel, or two or three like her, will guard New York from any force that may be brought against the place, She is perfectly impervious to shot or shell, from Lancaster, Paixhan or Columbiad. The iron pilates of which she is constructed are each thoroughly tested by cannon shot bet ore being fastened to the frame ol the ves- sel. Her machinery is all below the water line and out of harm’s way. Her speed will make her equal to twenty or thirty gun boats of the modern style. With two or three such vessels New York would indeed be impreg- able. The Committee, on Patents are preparing, and will re- Port in a short time, a new patent bill, in opposition to the one recently reperted in the Senate by Senator James, of Rhode Island. Senator James’ bill is considered, by cer- ‘ain of the patent fraternity, too general. The new bill which is being gotten up, has been put into the hands of ‘one of the legal minds of Massachusetts; and when coin- pleted, is expected to mect the approval, and overcome all the obstacles, which have beretefore been brought against bills ofa similar character. We can tell better of this, however, when we see the bill. The Committee on Patents have another bill which they intend to report, called the Reciprocity bill. The bill, ax I understand it, is one that will apply to foreign patents, or rather, to the Canadas. It appears that there is no re- ciprocity patent bill between the United States and Cana- da, except one that operates very unjustly upen our poo- ple as well as upon forcigners; and this bill—the main features of which I have not seen, and of course cannot speak positively with reference to it—will be approved by both countries. The cost of procuring a patent by a foreign country is one hundred and fifty dollars, and, if T am informed correctly, our government pays double this rum, besides which, there are other difieulties we have to cneounter, The new reciprocity patent law obviates all this difficulty. Mr. “umner left here this morning for some quiet and healthful resort. ‘There seems to be no doubt bat that the Senate's Com mittee on Territories will report the Kansas bill parsed on Thursday, aa a substitnte forthe House bill, and io that shape return it to the latter body, where its snecess is doubtful. The House is to acton the river improvement bill: which the Senate passed to-day over the President's vetoes. Mr. Bright's decision, #0 decisively sustained establishes a precedent relative to the const tutionality of the vote in such cases, Affiay between Gov. Wise and Hugh R. Piea- sants, in the Capitol of Virginia. Ricumoxn, July 7, 1856. Flogh R. Pleasants, a brother of the late John Hamp- den Pleasants, and formerly editor of the Penny Port of this city, went this morning into the Executive Chamber of the Capitol, where Gov. Wixe was engaged writing, and taking 4 seat by invitation of the Governor, said, af tor a brief period : “I thought gizzard foot was here.” Gov. Wise emilingly replied: ‘1 am the man.’ Plea santa, rising from his seat, and approaching the table at which the Governor ent, said : “ By God, I did not know you; and #0 you are ebo shin and gizzard foot “T am,” remarked Gov. Wise, with asmile, “ and you are Hugh Pleasants.’ Pleasants thereupon commenced abua- ing the Governor, without any provocation whatever, when the Governor ordered him to leave the room, but he refused to do so. The Governor then rose from his seat, approascbed Pleasants, and taking bold of him, ev- deavored to push him out. Pleasants resisted, squared off, and placed himself in ap attitude to strike, when the Governor etrock him with hie fiet under the left eye, and cut him pretty severely. He then seized him by the arm, turned him round, and kicked him. At this time the messenger of the Executive came up, and had bim removed by the order of the Governor. It is seid that Pleasants was intoxicated. The Know Nothings of the elty are vory indignant about the amair. S.rfous Accident on the Baltimore and Ohio Ratiroad. TWO PERSONS KILLED AND FOUR BADLY INJURED, Racriwons, July 7, 1866 A dreadful accident occurred on the Haltimore and (gio Railroad this evening. The train was thrown off the track near the Relay Hotiee, in consequence of the switch being half opened and broken. The ongineer, James Gough, and Henry Nogle, newsman, were killed. Mr. Hedges, mail agent; Mr. Worthington, lawyer, of Anna- polis; Wm. Bridges, confectioner, and a fireman named Russell were badly injured. Several cars were broken up. Indian Troubles in New Mexico. Cmcaao, July 5, 1866. Major Fry, with a party from Santa Fe, arrived at St, Towle on the 8d. Indian troubles in New Mexico had broken out again with renewed violence, and many of the tribes were engaged in hortilities. General Garland was preparing for a campaign on an extensive scale. ‘The party on the way met numerous Camanches and other Indians ov the Camagghe river, awaiting anowi- ues. — Senate. ‘Wasmvotoy, July 7, 1856, ‘MAIL BETWEEN CHARLESTON AND HAVANA, Mr. Yuen, (dem.) of Fla., reported, and the Senate passed, a joint resolution appropriating $10,000 for the continuance of the mail service between Charleston, 8. C., and ‘Havana, Cuba, during the months of August and September, for which the present contract does not pro- vide, THE PRESIDENT’S RIVER IMPROVEMENT VETO ANNULCED. ‘The Senate resumed the consideration of the bill pro- viding for the improvement of nayigation at the mouth of the Mississippi river, which was vetoed Ly the President. Mr. Supett, (dem.) of La., spoke in favor of the bill, showing the importance of the work, and answering the President's objections. Mr. Cass, (dem.) of Mich., sald, in the remarks he pro- posed to make on this occasien{ he should not so much adyert to the par.icular improvement provided for in the Dill before the Senate, the importance of which had been £0 ably and eloquently set forth by the two Senators from Louisiana, as to the improvements at St. Mary’s river and St. Clair flats, ia which his own constituents were-more immediately interested, und which had also been ve- toed by the President. No man could fail to perceive that the views of the President had undergone a radical change relative to this subject since he sent in his veto message on the River and Har- bor bill, two years ago. On that occasion the President declared, while he could not rustain a gencral bill be cauwe it contained some ohjectiouable items, yet here were some meritorious objects, and if sepa ‘ate bills making appropriations for them were ent to him, be woule approve and sign them, ‘This was precisely the course the Senate pursued If apy objects were national and ccnstitutional, certainly those in the bill which the President recently vetoed would come under that head. Mr. Cass argued in favor of the censtitutionaliy of these improvements, quoting the views of Jackson and Calhoun to sustain him in his position The question was taken, shall the Dill pass, the objections of the President to the contrary notwith- salami tue vote resulted in yeas 31, nays 12, as lows — Yras—Mersrs, Allen, Bayard, Bell (N. H.,) Bell (Tenn.,) Benjamin, Bright, Brown, Casa, Collamer, Crittenden, Dodge, Dotigias, ’ Durkee, Fessenden, Foot, Foster, Geyer, Hale, Jonson, Jones (Lowa,) Pearce, Pugh, Sebastian, Seward, Slidell, Stuart, Thompson (Ky.,) Trumbull, Wade, Weller—31. Nave—Messrs. Biggs, Brodhead, Butler, Clay, Evans, Fitz- patrick, Hunter, Mason, Reid, Teombs, Toucey, Yulee—12. The Cam announced that two thirds of those present having voted for the bill it wag passe Mr. Mason, (dem.) of Va., thought it required two- thirds of all the members of the Senate, and appealed from the decision of the Chair. A discussion ensued, in which Messrs. Seward, Bonja- min, Thompeon of Kentucky, Slidell, Crittendea and others, susteined the Chair; and Messrs. Butler, Clay, Toombs, Mason and others opposed the decision. A yote being taken, the Chair was sustained, by 34 against 7. ‘The Senate then passed the §St. Mary’s river and St. Clair Flats Improvement bill over the President's veto; the former by 28 against 10, and the latter by 28 against 8. The Hovge bill for ‘the .edmission of Kansas was re- ferred to the Committee on Territories. Adjourned, House of Representatives. Wasuixotoy, July 7, 1856, ROOKS POR MEMBERS, The House passed a resolution supplying new members with books of a public character similar to those voted to members of the last Congress. THE CAPITOL EMBELLISHMENTS. ‘A mesenge was received from the President relative to appropriations heretofore made, for 1 agpecacg of pro curing from Hiram Powers, the sculptor, some work of art to adorn the Capitol, from which it appears such pur- pose is still pending. INTERESTING TO REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMANTS. The House ordered to be engrossed for a third reading the bill providing for a settlement of the claims of the officers of the revolutionary army and the widows and Crphans of those that died in service. THE ADJOURNMENT OF CONGRESS, Mr. Hovstox, (dem.) of Ala., moved a suspension of the rules, in order to act on the Senate’s resolution fixing a day for the adjournment of Congress. Negatived, by 74 againet 98, THE SLAVE STATE KANSAS Prt, The Senate bill authorizing the people of Kansas to form a constitution and State government was ordered to be printed, together with the amendments offered by Messrs. Dunn, Haven and Bennett, of New York. TUE PACIFICATION OF KANSAS. Mr. Cawrvent, (nigger worshipper.) of Ohio, asked leave to offer # resolution providing for the appointment of a select committee by the Speaker to report a bill for the adjustment of difficulties im Kansas, and the restora- tion of peace and good order, embracing a provision for the restoration of the Missouri Compromise, the pratec- tion of voters, the removal of test oaths, &c. Mr. Corn, (dem.) of Ga., said the Senate bill was good enongh for him. He moved to adjourn, Adjourned. Balloon Ascension and Fireworks, Bostox, July 7, 1866. A large proportion of the citizens of Boston and vicini- ty thronged the Common this evening to witness Mr. Wise’s balloon ascension and the setting off the city fire- works, which had been postponed from the Fourth. Both went off satisfactorily. Mr. Wire, the aeronaut, landed safely in West Medford, about six miles from this city, at » Cricket Match at Albany. Atmany, July 7, 1856, The cricket match between Newark and Albany was commenced here today. The Albany club in its first in- nings got 73 runs, and Newark 101 runs. Iu the second inwings Albany scored 55 with four wickets to go down. The match will be resumed to-morrow. ‘The United States Steamer Merrimac—Mesars. Coburn and Daltap. Boeroy, July 7, 1866, ‘The United States steamer Merrimac, from Key West, is below, and will arrive up this afternoon, The Governor and Counell have refused to pardon Mesers, Coburn and Dalton, now confined in Jail for the aerault on William Sumner, Me Markets, PHILADELPHIA STOCK MARKET. Pucaneurna, Saly 7, 1966. Se. rng bp me rend State 5's, 82; Hing Hail. road, ; Long lek 1554; Morris Canal, 1556; I apiviets Rilreed, 4936. - tt ga Bervato, Joly 7—6 P.M. Flour—A light stock restricts trade; market firmer— Sales, 1,800 bbis., at $6 1d 0 $6 37 Indiana apd Ubie, $6 extra Lilinois, $657 for extra Wisconsin, and $$ 50 for common Michigan, Wheat advanced and scarep—Sales, 20,000 bushels, at $1 30 for Chicago spring, and $146 for White Milwaukie. Corn firm—Sales, 45,000 bushels, At S7jge. a 40c. for warm, and dic. a 45c. for sound. Oats jower—Saies, 14,000 bushels, at 32)gc. Canal feighte—24 Jac. for corn, and 1s gc. for wheat to New ork. Oewreo, July 16 P.M. Wheat—There is an active speculaive and milling demand for wheat, the market is better, Sales, 60,000 bushels, at $1600 8165 for choice Canadian, and $1274) for white Michigan. Freights firm and un cbanged—Fiowr, 4le.; wheat, 14! :c.. and corn I2ige. to New York. Lai Is. flor, 63,500 bushels wheat, 7 17,882 bushels rye. Canal exporte—1,889 bi , 51 981 bushels wheat; 11,570 bushels corn; 10,850 bushels oats. Our Washington Correspondence. Wasurserox, July 4, 1856, The Tactics of the Cnion—What Forney is Abowl—A Peep Bedind the Scenee—Interesting Operations for the Con grasional Electume—A New Organ to be Established Secretary Marcy Won't Run for Governor of New York Departure of General Gadeien, de., ds. The interest which the Union newspaper of this city would have the democratic party believe it entertains in the success of Mr. Buchanan, is nothing more than the playing ont of an innocent game which wes arrange: mouths since by Forney and Major Nicholson, Had Pierce been nominated and elected, Forney was to be taken care of by the operations of his partnor, while in Buchanan's success Forney would make ail right with the Major. Thisix the game, and not easily to be beat, for elnie the cards as you may, a trump fs certain to turn ap. Meny will have it that the man Forney has closed his relations with the Union, This is a mistake, for he receives hiv slaves of the profits derived from the Senate printing, and bas an equal right with Mr, Nicholson in the columns of the paper. To avow this the parties knew would be fatal to their interests, for the npopularity of Forney, and the want of confidence in he man, should bis name appear as one of the proprio. tors- of the Union, would drag to the ground the whole concern, which even the profits of the printing could mot keep up. Inetance the haste with which Forney went to work to have his withdrawal from the Union a when his last act of treachery to Pierce was d This is known also to have pat forth to edeure to Nicholson the Senate print which that body had refused LT a) to the Union so | as Torney’s name was connected with it. cheat which is thus being practised upon the ae: atic party, wil beshortly bronght u» with a tarp, ing Matters for the extabtish: command the confdenee of ‘This is a desperate undertaking, so far as capite! is concerned, for many of thore who would now aid ju the contemplated movement are man who have m by parties who are arrai mene of a papor that # the country. suffered largely by similar schemes and entetpr sea in times past, point is nevertheless conceded that something must be done, and that immediately, if Bu chanan is to be spared from evile that threaten bie ad. ministration with the same fatal consequences that has followed the administration of Gen. Pierce. The feet ia z ‘jonal election in New Torb, Pesnsylyanin a8 How Jersey, We wo by made fit of the =, o very men, managed affairs in this city frateaee ae ea a see last, oe in ranches of your ture, with a present member oF Congress, have bad Fetegnted to them the trust of select. ing from New York ety to the next Congress such men &s can be relied upon as Fasney representatives. Withy these three States secured, this Forney, or Unim will set about to make their Speaker and Clerk for ther neat Congres They count upon influences that willt bring to thei the vote of the majority of the South, while with Forney’s promises as leader and director” of the Buchanan administration, nothing will be easier than the accompli hment of their object. Of emrse, Union is to come in for the printing of both houses, and’ will continue to be the advocate of any scheme or projecst that is 1 ss benefit the country at large, as im ther case of the Mexican three millon distribution spoils, Now, this is the “big game” before spoken of in thor Hrnarp, which Forney and friends are piaying, and’ which they will succeed in, unless Mr. Buchanin has ther moral courage to publicly declare a separation betweer Limself and them. Forney, ‘under fPierce, had not ther control of Congress, but tinder Buchanan vii: is to be: secured, and its patrouage distributed as abowe men- tioned. One of the objects in the establishment of a news organ in this city, is to expose these contemplated fraudg+ upon the country, and to cwil the attegtion of Mr, Bu~ ebanan to the subject. The necessity (8F action on his. part towards these men is daily becoming more neces- fary and important to the success of the party—a fact; which any honest member of Congress will a‘l!tm to om being questioned. It has been suggested to ov Sentinel, but objections have been inter pose anything to do with the paper. Ina few dy cecided whether the amount subscribed—wh’ #tand to be in the neighborhood of $20,000-— the patronage it may get from the government. Secretary Marcy declines running for the offee oF Governor of tho State of New York, having ‘lled that, 4 for x years, wi! e think: s! ove man to hold the office. males apy se gl Should Mr. Seymour accept the mission to France, ts will be at the urgent request of Governor Mar sy, who of fered him the post early last winter, but was yefused by: the ex-Governor. An intimation coming to the ears of the Prosiant thats Generral Gadsden had hinted ata full knowledg9 of they mysteries surronuding the payment of the tiree mil-- lions of dollars due Mexico, the Minister was sont for. apd the next day left the city for parts unknown, bud supposed to be for Mexico, Ls Wasuncron, July 5, 1856, Doings in Oongress—The Reports of (he Commrttces=The Kansos Bills—What will the House do with the Senater Bill: —Dinner to Marcy, €e. The first session of the Thirty-fourth Congress cam challenge competition in the history of American legisja~ tion. Its characteristics, thus far, are idleness, igno~ rance, public plunder and indifference. It is beneath» anything that has ever presented itself, as a Congress, im Washington. It has not the talent of the Empire Club off New York, and as for industry, it is but necessary to caid attention to the nptiing uess which it bas accomplished. There are actually membere who would find thomselyes: puzzled to give even the name of the committee to which they belong; and there are chairmen of committees who, for want of information, woukl be at a loss for answers ,to questions put to them on matters «specially entrusted to their charge. What single committee can he instanced for attention to business? [4 it the Ways tand Means? Its existence would be a question were the public not reminded of the fact by the press, and the occasional interruption by. its Chairman, in call- ing out “Mr. Speaker.”’ in the House of Representatives... Such, nevertheless, are the facts, that out of the thirty~ four committees selected to attend to the pub ic busi- ness, not a solitary measure of general interest bas beem reported by any of them, after @ session, thus far, of more than seven months. The Public Land Committee, by early attention and ont-door encouragement, has managed to give away to pri- vate parties, though by auother name, over nine millions ob” acres of the public lands, which grants were approved of by the signature of Mr. Hierce to: the several bills. The Committee on Commerce, by desperate etfuit agreed upon a bill togive to the New York Custom House In- epectors frome increase of pay, and on this they rest tor tho remainder of the session. The Judiciary reported their project for alteration of the naturalization laws, which wou’t see the light until after December next. The Committee on Patents have iade their exit, or have contented themset with the report on that subject by Senator James, in the other Mouse of Cougre 4 whore fault is this ¥ Certain it 18 that the Greeley-Se- ward Beecher party have a lareq majority o\ their par- tizans on cach of the thirty-four landing committees off the House, who, as we see, have done ac nothing Jor the wants of (ue country, beyond thelr * screechings’> and * yellings”’ ‘or Kansas and freedom. —No:ting tyr has been done, ond nothing there will be done by thisfton-- gress but to ease’ the public treasury of its surphie: dollars. Hints and givings out ave everywhere heard) that the Appropriation wilh be the lastact of Us scasion, is in amount to double thas, of any of its yr “ors, The Senate will not ve allow- ad time to exar n detail, and the proc mast be prepared tw qi % to @ general plunter of ite Millions. Gree! y will have Fremont President, and the —“ will haye to foot the bill which his election ig to cost. The Senate K \n-as bill is undergoing change and modi~ feation, preparatory to its consideration by te House, by the united leaders of the black republicans. who have been im caucus upon it since Friday mornirg. The tear will be on a proposition to attach to it tho Wilmot proviso, which it is thought may be carried, and with this amend ment returned to the Senate. Under such a 5! ot things & committee of conference would be worse useless, and Congress would have to adjourn without +nything being done by it for the beneiit of Kansas, Po- \tically, the defeat of Sanator Douglas’ bill would be off sreat advantage. by kecping up the Kansas exeitement,, to Fremont, which is underevood by his supporters in: Congress. Monday wiil opem the ball, and alord some — to judge — ‘things are be ve reasons: waying that Mr. will J be invited to adinner, which it is ponent yn = hun in this » by a distinguished party, upon his suc- Cramp- led that certain favorites of ‘plomatic corps will be invited to attend. enue bably some truth in the getting up-of the dinser, but that. Mr. ) Somer member of the diplomatic corps would attend or give countenance to suchoffensive and indis- Creet movements, is wholly absurd and out of question. It sounds like a movement of General Webb's, but wheth- er it is or no, 1am not prepared toway, Wasimxates, July 5, 1886, Mr, Teombs Again—His Compromise Policy—Move Against: Douglas—Clarendon's Reply om Crampton's Dismissal. The Union Nevspaper—Important Mews for Mr. Bux chanan's Ear. The understanding said to have beon made with the free soil democratic’ leaders in Pennsylvania, through Lt. Gov. Roberts and the friends of Gov. Reeder, to secure: that State, and to which I have alluded, is ayaiu the topic of discussion among certain Southern men. it is now «confirmed conviction that Mr. Toombs will come for~ ward as the leader of a compromise party at the South, aided by Cobb and Stephens of Georgia, Benjamin off Louisiana, and the oid line whigs. The bill reported by Douglas, and passéd by the Seuate, commits that gentie~ fully to peg gt . vats ns it is stated that heis prepar! 0 way us friend Cobb in 1509, Doug! will find himself out genoralled, np The reply of Clarendon to the despatch from Vir. Marcy, is addressed more to the people of the country than the cabinet. Although dircoted to the Departiunent. State, it is intended for the ear of the public, the question ina new light for diplomacy—oue ludeod which will damage the admiuistration in paviic esteem and sympathy. The hesitation of our government on the Sound dues question, grows out of the representations of Ressia im the matter, as the Czar wishes to arrange the diflicuity ia connection with other interests of his own. The rv of achauge in the democratic organ at Washington -, I think, premature. The Union is to re- mM as it is, the organ extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the party, near the gov crnment of Ar. Bachanare This, indeed, wae a part of the game of the Tennessee de- legation at Cincinnati, and the special object of Judge Nicholson's visit to Nashville last fall or winter, althougty the President supposed the pilgrim went on bis dasty wag for his (Gen, Pierce’s) benetit. There is a ‘tleman o> talent in Mobile—John Forsyth, the editor of the Register, believe—who has been taken into the arrangement by Judge Nicholson. He is the son of the former “tisti: > ed Secretary of State of that name from Georgia, and has the influence of the Georgia and Alabama deicgation be- hind him. He wae also one of the committee appointed to convey to Mr. Buchanan the fact of his nomination, On itl may state, as the very latest piece of news, that all the officeholders and thowe Congresional politi- cians who despair of a re nomination and ro-eleeton, are in favor of James nan for the Presuency, The He- rai should convey this important taformation to thas dia- tinguished personage as carly as possible, Coronerw’ Office. Attbeen Ixrasticin nt A Cooney Womas,—Coroner onnery was engaged yesterday in holding an inquest m the body of astiil born ehid, which was found Jacked ap ina box in the apartments of a colored woman amed Lacy Blake, at No. 60 Third street. The skull oF the child was broken, and the body was more of Jess in» ured, The alleged mother of the child was taken into . On suspicion of laving committed violence upory er offepring. A medical examination, mace by De. For. uson, showed that the chila was etill born. The woman, ney Hake, admitted ha: iven birth to the infant, Hthough a few weeks previously she swore she was nod eneente Coroner Connery locked her up to await the ae tion of the Grand Jary. Forxn Drowxep.—Coroner Hills held an inquest yes- terday, upon the body of a man named Valentine Bondar, a native of Germany, aged 26 years, who wat drowned while bathing off Ward's Island, Verdict accordingly. Coroaer Perry held ap inquest, at the foot of Stanton street, upon the body of Philip Carroll, a native of Ire. land, aged 25 years, who fell overboard and was drown. ed. Verdict, accidental drowning. Tie Kine Street Myereny.— Yesterday Coroner Connery concluded the ante-mortem examination in the case of Mary Price, the woman who it was supposed had posom cdministered to her by parties with a view to obtaining her perty. The evidence of the physic tondemes going to show that the medicine A tote atient wae not by any means poisonous, 1 4 irection of the Cor ‘shat they be which in all probability wills