The New York Herald Newspaper, August 13, 1856, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1856. re NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR, niavetons tees sibosnti |WFFICE N. W. CORNER OF NASSAU AND FULTON f,73. a seeeteeeaseeeeaseee NO, 994 AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. NIBLO'S GARDEN, Breadway—Sms Stoors to Conquak —Joun Jones. e! THEATR' Bowery—Prmates OF Tux Missi ee R pea wy WPuse. HuwnansePoo.s now TAs. BROADWAY ATHEN 2UM, No. 654 Broaév ay—Daawine Room EX MATALNMENTS, BY Miss Fanny DEANE. CHINESE BUILBING, 839 Broadway—Erurorian Per- wORMASCES BY THE CaMPBeLL MUNSTRELS. —————————————— New York, Wednesday, August 13, 1856. —————— ‘The Yews. The Legisletive, Executive and Jadicial Appro- priation bill was taken up and passed in the United States Senate yesterday, by a vote of 35to 12. The Navy Appropriation bi was also passe’ The Pa- cific Railroad bill wae laid on the sable. In the House of Representatives the ( mittee on Public Lands reported a bill for buildiag a railroad and telegraph line from the western boundary of Mis- souri and Obio, north of the 35th and south of the 44th degree of latitude to tbe Pacific ocean, A motion to lay the bill on the table was lost by the casting vote of the Speaker. A joint resolution was passed allowing Texan creditors sixty additional days to present their claims. Some fifty private bills were passed. By a despatch from St. Louis we have news from Kansas to the 4th inst. A letter from Whitehead etates that Judge Lecompte had opened the United States District Court ai that place. The cases on the docket were chiefly political. In his charge to the Grand Jury Judge L. advised them to be “ cool, calm and unbiassed in their action, and to do noth- ing haying the appearance of personal or sectional feeling.” It was reported that five hundred of Gen. Lane’s men were in readiness to rescue any person eonvicted by the Court, and on the strength of the report General Smith had sent fifty dragoons to protect the Court and enforce its decisions. A letter from Leavenworth, dated the 6th, received in Chi- ago, informs us that the Overland Emigrant Com- pany had entered Topeka safely. It was stated that company of dragoons had entered Nebraska for the purpose of arresting General Lane, but retarned without accomplishing their object. There were rumors of a battle having been fought between the emigrants and the Regulators near the Nebraska Vine, but they were not credited. The Board of Aldermen last evening adopted the report of the Committee on Markets in favor of establishing a market on the East river, between Tenth and Twenty-fourth streets. A joint commu- nication was received from the Comptroller and Btreet Commissioner, showing thé manner in which contracts are made and wrong estimates furnished for work performed for the city. In the matter of grading a block on Eleventh’ avenue they discovered that wrong estimates had been made, and the Comp- troller refused to execute the contract. In the Board of Councilmen a resolution was adopted requiring the Harlem Railroad to stop all passenger trains, excepting through express trains, at Harlem, to land and receive passengers. The Board also adopted the report of the Committee on Law Department declaring the right of members to remove from their district without losing their seats, provided they continue within the limits of the “Tie jury empannelled to inquire into the canse of the boiler explosion in Wilder's safe manufactory in Brooklyn, was abruptly dissolved yesterday hy the Coroner, in consequence of a misunderstanding between’ himself and the foreman of the jury. It will now be necessary to empanne! another jury and commence the inquisition anew. The republicans of the Waterville, Me., district have nominated Freeman H. Morse as their candi- date for Congress. The steamer Daniel G. Taylor, with a valuable cargo, was sunk in the Missouri river on Satarday Jast. The loss on the vessel and cargo is estimated at $250,000, which is mostly covered by insurance in St. Louis. The foreign news by the Arabia had no effect upon the cotton market yesterday. The sales were confined to 400 a 500 bales, without change in prices. The Arabia's news caused a further decline of about ten cents per barre! in flour, and especially in the common grades. Wheat was irregular, and in a general way the market was easier, and closed at about two cents lower, while sales were easily made, including cargoes for export. Corn was steady and prices unchanged. Pork was heavy at $19 Sla $19 87} for mess, and $}7 75 at #18 for prime. Cut meats and lard were firm. Sugara were inactive, and the sales were confined to about 600 a 700 hhds. within the range of 8jc. a je. for Caba. The ac- counta regarding the English markets were lees fa vorable. Transactions im coffee were moderate, and prices unchanged. In freights there was more of- fering for Liverpo~|, and rates on grain were firmer. About 40,000 a 100,000 bushels for grain were en- gaged, in bulk and bags, for that port, at 6jd.a 7d. and a «mall lot at 7)d. in ship's bags. ‘Tne States Istaspers axp tite Yeurow Fy ver.—Our neighbors on Staten Island keep up the excitement in connection with the yellow fe- ver. Being apparently contagionists to a man. they will not allow Dr. Thompson to appear in Tompkineville, nor will they even permit the Custom House officers to land on the island after having boarded the vessels Which arrive. The idea evidently is that these worthies might bring the yellow fever ashore in their pockets. It ap pears to be understood on the island that the fence which has been erected at the gate of the boepital is a perfect barrier against the passage of fowl air: the burghers of Tompkineville, whose windows look into those of the hospital wards, look at the fence and go to bed, tranquil in their minds, Meanwhile the Custom House authorities and the Castletonians are likely to have a collision. Notwithstanding the clever proposal of one Mr Purdy, who, on bebolf of the islanders, thought it would be best to begin the war by imprisoning a reporter, “as that would make 4 «tir among the papers,” the firet hostilities have been levelled at the Custom House employés. who are somewhat inhospitably driven from shore to shore. neither Staten nor Long Island being willing to grant them a resting place. The upshot of this will probably be an exercise of anthority on the part of the United States officers, in which the insular patriots will probably learn a lesson. Uncle Sam cannot lose his revenue, because the good- folk of the island choose to get frightened. The whole affair would be simply laughable were it not that foolish stories are getting into the country papers. Our kind neighbors in Bos- ton and Philadelphia are quite concerned about the awful spread of the yellow fever in New York: they are much alarmed lest the country mer- chants, in going to the cheapest market to buy their goods, as usual, should run any risks for their health. In parts of the West. too, cock and nl) stories about the ravages of the fever here are passing from mouth to mouth; and very like. ly, our fall sales will feel the effect. [f these aby eurd tales are kept up. the whole city will feel it Would it not be well for the merchants of New York to take the matter in hand, and proceed to the only feasible remedy—the completion of the negotiations for the removal of the Quarantine to The, Meal Character and Position of the Se (eaonsts of Une South—Lmportant Confee- alors. We ‘transfer to this paper three interesting Political articles from the editorial columns of the Charleston Mercury, the leading secession organ, nof only of South Carolina, but of the whole South. The first of these articles is head- ed “A Libel upon the State,” and is levelled at the New York Henaxp? the second is on “ South- ern Weakness,”’ and the third upon “ The Issue” —that is the Kansas issue, as raised in Congress upon the Army Appropriation bill. We also give in this connection an article from the South Carolina 7imes, in reply toa late article in our cohumns en the statistics of Southern slavehold- ing and non-slaveholding voters, The Times ounds the alarm, and calls the South to the res- cue against the 500,000 non-slaveholding voters that live among them, and enjoins vigilance and a strict inquiry into their opinions, Let our read- evs peruse these several extracts, especially that of the Columbia Tiwes. It is certainly a very curious and suggestive Southern warning. The first of these articles, in reference to the alleged “ libel upon the State” of South Carolina by the New York Hera, first demands our at- tention. In a late leading article on the slavery question, we took occasion to advert to that large majority of the white voters of the South, composed of the various non-slaveholding indus- trial classes ; and from a recent admission of the South Carolina Times “that we have more abolitionists at heart residing in the South than most people are aware of,” we undertook to show that this hostili- ty to the slaveholding aristocracy existed, no doubt, in this large non-slaveholding ma- jority of the Southern white population. Applying this view of the subject to the threats of Mr. Fillmore, Mr. Bu- chanan, Mr. Toombs, and other secessionists, that « the election of Fremont will and ought to be the end of the Union,” we ventured upon the logical conclusion, that from the natural an- ism between the democracy of labor and stocracy of capital everywhere, the Southern slaveholders, should they attempt the experiment of secess! would be defeated by the reaction of their non-slaveholding neighbors, with whom the Union is of higher importance than the extension of slavery or the price of niggers. This is the “libel” against South Carolina, of which we stand accused. To prove iteupon us, our Charleston cotemporary says that it was not the non-slavehoMling Southern people that de- feated the secession movements of 1851, in South Carolina and other States—that, on the contrary, this class are sound and reliable upon the ques- tion of secession; but that ~ it is a fact, which no one can here deny, that thé wealth of the State was arrayed against the secession party.” We are further assured that the defeat of the secessionists + was the work of men having the greatest possible stake in slavery, and who, by every argument of pride or possession, should have been foremost in resenting and resisting aggressions upon it.” These statements of fact are so explicit and emphatic, that we accept them without debate. Indeed, in,confirmation of them, we are re- minded that at the Secession Convention at Charleston, in the spring of 1851, such men as Senator Butler and Langdon Cheves, were among the first to break the spell of the secession furore, which at that time threatened to hurry South Carolina single- handed into the desperate “experiment of an armed insurrection against the Union. Adopt- ng. Wen; the facts of our Charleston cotempo- rary as the true explanation of the defeat of the secessionists, what follows? We are thus fur- nished with a better argument than our own in behalf of the etrength of the Union in the South. We are informed upon good authority, and have the proofs to support the declaration, that in South Carolina, in 1851, “the wealth of the State was arrayed against the secession party,” and defeated it. And why not? That project of secession was a hazardous one; and the substan- tial property holders of the State foresaw that, if adopted, it would involve ruinous sacrifices to them without any compensating equivalent. Pro- perty, indeed, is everywhere couservatjve and anti-revolutionary ; or it only moves in behalf of great political changed, from’a cool caleulatign of the chances, and with a reasonable expecta. tion of solid benefits in the end, superior to all possible intermediate sacrifices, But, in accepting the fact that the wealth of the South, in the secession experiments of 1851, was “arrayed against the secession party, the question arises, who were and who are the secessionists’ We answer that they are the anecrupulous demagogues and __ poli- ticians of the South—mere adventurers and spoils- men, like our Northern abolition and democratic secession and disunion agitators, whos only ca- pital isa disunion agitation, and who have no- thing to lose from any convulsion which may occur, but everytbing to gain, like the camp fdl- lowers and carrion birds that hang upon the trail of an army. Such is the secession party of the South represented in the Senate by such politi- cians as Mr. Toombs of Georgia, and in the North by such old party hacks and hucksters, we were about to say, as Mr. Fillmore and Mr. Buchanan. We undertake to declare that so far from on advocacy of secession from the body of the large slavebolders of the South, in the event of a fail- ure to extend the area of slavery, that the balk of them will be satisfied with the failure, from the fact that the extension of the arca of the cotton, tobacco, sugar and rice culture, will tend to diminish the profits of those products by in- creasing the annual supplies. This objection was made by Mr. Barrow, a Senator from Louisiana, against the annexation of Texas, He said that it would result in the addition of a great cotton and sugar growing region to the Union, the de- velopement of which would so largely increase the general pplies of those products as seriously to diminish the profits of the cotton and su- gar planters of Louisiana, and the value of their lands, And this argument holds g6od whenever the products of slave labor are of higher moment than the pri of niggers, In Virginia a different rule applics. In that State slave labor is comparatively unprofitable; but the price of niggers is a question of clear profit, Hence the importance which Governor Wi» at taches to the election of Mr. Buchanan, as) volving the question of new markets for slaves in the acquisition of new slaveholding Territuries and States. We see, then, that there are two or tree in the South to this question of the extension of slavery: but we are content with the great fact that the solid wealth and intelligence of the South are opposed to the disorganizing schemes of the secession politicians and spoilsmen. These demagogues may lead their unthinking and im- pressible fellow citizens astray by their falee Sancy Books Wlador, a8 Gus abolition and demogratig eogessiog | orators and spoilamen lead off w/{th thelr wicked deceptions the ignorant and ‘sxcitable of our Northern population; but while the intelligent of all classes of our people are ‘sustained by the solid men of wealth and erterprise in both sec- tions in behalf of the Union, this cry ef secession’ in the event of Fremont’s election, becomes the meanest and dirtiest deception of the Gay. Let the South have Kansas, or an equivalent in one or two other new slave States; but Kansas or ne Kansas, the interests of the North and the the safety of the South are in the Union. Dis- solve the Union! It can’t be done. Secession! It isa bumbug, nothing but a humbug, and it is time that Mr. Fillmore, Mr, Buchanan, and Mr. Toombs were ashamed of it. It won't do. The people have heard this cry of “ wolf, wolf” so long, and they have been so often laughed at for their trouble, that the trick will no longer take. Our Charleston cotemporary will never realize his great ultimatum of secession from Fremont’s election or the Kansas controversy. Capital, property, society, peace, order, everything of value, are in the Union, and secession is a hum- bug. Mysterms or tie New York Democracy.— It is understood that very bitter feelings again prevail among certain cliques of the Buchanan democracy in this city, in spite of the vaunted union of the hards and softs, The great question which agitates them is not the safety of the re- public, not the Kansas question, not our foreiga affairs, nor anything of that sort, but it is whether, in the case of Mr. Buchanan’s election the present office holders are all to go out or are all to be retained. This is the problem, the solu- tion of which causes so many incumbents to scratch their heads and betake themselves to the anxious seat. The outs are furious for the spoils —they are as ravenous as if they had been tra- yellers over the prairies, for weeks together, with- out having even a taste of dog's meat to appease their hunger. The incipient contest may be already seen in the transactions at Tammany Hall, and the vain attempt to reform or re- model the system of primary elections, where the cards can be stocked before hand—and the outs have but little chance against the office holders in & pitched battle. This is the old grievance, the old story, the sorrow of former years, the old vice of official avarice— Never ending, still beginning; Still the same, and still enjoying. During Mr. Polk's administration the division of the party into barnburners and hunkers was precisely of a similar nature. It was not prin- ciple—it was the spoils which drove them apart; and the defeat of the democracy and the election of General Taylor were the fruits of these differ- ences. By a subsequent union, without real harmony, however, brought about through the in- fluence of Governor Marcy as much as any one, General Pierce was elected, and then the divisions recommenced their suspended hostilities, and, under the appellation of hards and softs, contend- ed once more, warmly for the spoils. They pre- tended to be guided by great leading principles, but the loaves and fishes were at the bottom of all their professions. Those who got office ar- rayed themselves on.one side; those who got none, growled bitterly on the other. Again, in the extremity of their disagreements, they once more fused temporarily, and at the Cincin- nati Convention, united on James Buchanan as their common savior. But the snake was only seotehed, not killed. The same quarrels and divisions remain. Dis- content shows itself in various high quarters, and the leading men of the sections are looking anxiously forward to ascertain their pro- bable fate. It is evident the democracy of this State will hardly pass the No- vember election without a regular scuftle The peculiar friends of Mr. Buchanan ave already dividing, in anticipation, the plunder which is to be theirs. Those who came in and turned the scale in his favor at Cincinnati, have no idea of being thrown out; the cleventh hour men claim that they are as much entitled to their penny as those who began to work for him from the beginning. It is very evident, therefore, that the original cause of difficulty is by no means removed, and that he must expect it to prodace the same effects as it has heretofore dane, In short, the union of the hards and softs is but a hollow truce, It has no real sincerity of design; it will not last long, and it is worthy of consideration whether peace can permanently be restored between factions whose regard for office has been their great and only incentive. Even should Mr. Buchanan be elected it will be impossible for him to please both sides, His administration will be but a re. petition of Pierce's. Old fogyism will beon hand with ite many scars and wooden legs. Young democracy, with heated blood and a quick pulse will be rampant for its share, and between the two, the Sage of Wheatland will wish that be had long ago let out those drops of democratic blood which tingled in his veins, and whieh the leeches will suck out as long as there is one left. Sram Faras. To Fraxce.—The article in the Moniteuy, which we published yesterday, is a curi ous proof of the effect of tradition on national policy. More than a century since France began to meddle in Spanish affairs, and the Great Mo- narch Yeaped the fruits in the shape of debte which were one of the ultimate causes of the revolution that took place eighty years after- ward. Napoleon no sooner found himself the leading Power of jhe Continent than he began to meddle with Spain; tricked the Spanish King into a surrender of his liberty, and set up his brother in his place. It bas never been doubted but the Spanish invasion was the first step toward Napoleon's overthrow. Again, the Bourbons, eight years after their restoration, had nothing letter to do witht» “and their money than to send an” army\ >. ain, under the Duc ad Angouleme, toreta.. inand on his throne, in oppositior tothe gs. “e people. And of all the fF Act aot m5 + “ty foolish family, not omy maul Hloo .¢ vany enemies, or filled men’s mince Wits .c' .ofound a conviction of their folly, a2 Mio ervention in Spain, Final- y, Louis Philippe may be said to have ruined cl! in Spats. Up to the time of the Spanish s, Louis Philippe enjoyed the esteem of © large ) se in France and the moral support of Engtend. It was nothing but the selfish desire to aycrvandize his family, as evinced by the marriage the Due de Montpensier, in violation of his promise to the British government, that lost him the substantial good will of the French bourgeoine. Thus it appears that Spain has always been fatal to French sovereigns, and the rock on which French dynasties have split. Yet, some- how, it has always seemed the key of continental politics, and no sovereign cither in France or Germany becomes a prominent tharacter without having a hankering after Spain. Nepolgou thy Tbird bag Ulustrated the wud of this principle during the last month. We have already bad occasion to allude to the rumors of intrigues between the Queen Mother of Spain and the Emperor of the French; the article in the Moniteur, looking distinctly toward interven- tion in the event of the failure of the coup d’.tat, appears to confirm these rumors in the most What advantage Napoleon is to derive from the fortification of the preroga- tive of Queen Isabella, we cannot even guess at present. No allusion ‘has been made to dynastic alliances, nor does ft appear, at the present time, as though the Empengp looked for anything be- yond a moral confirmation of his system by its application to another country, But no one can tell what a few months may bring forth in such unsettled nations, At any rate, if, having inter- fered in Spain, Napoleon escapes the common fate of his predecessors, he will prove that he is remarkable manner. indeed an uncommonly fortunate man. The Ostend Consptracy. On the 9th day of October, in the year of our Lord 1854, three gentlemen, bearing honorable commissions from the United States, and entrusted with important diplomatic functions, left their official places of residence, hun- dreds of miles apart, and, proprio motu, as they say at the Vatican, met together at a small fortified town in West Flanders, known as Os- tend. "There. they held a triumvira) congress, in imitation of those so frequently held on the Continent by allied conspirators against the rights of European nations. The city stands upon a flat shore, easily accessible by muddy canals, and famous for its inveterate hatred of It was therefore well chosen as a place Spain. of rendezvous by this congress in petto, for it was a flat piece of business they were engaged in; it wae easily accessible to those used to dirty water, secure from any coup de main, and a most admirable position for making an onslaught against the Spaniards. After three days’ incu- bation the party proceeded to Aix-la-Chapelle, celebrated for its baths, its treaties, and parti- culary for its manufactures of Spanish wool. There the egg was hatched out, and the mani- festo strutted forth a full grown shanghae, long legged, and with a very loud and dangerous crow. The result is before the public. the Presidency, cards, and Cuba was the trump? uncertain are all human calculations! The trick was not taken, Soul¢ threw up his hand; Mason left the game; and Buchanan shufiled the cards into his own pocket. So much for that part of the business, But there is another view of this affair, and not so pleasant a one. It is this:—What ought the American people to say to such an ex- traordinary, uncalled for transaction, and what confidence gan they justly place in the men who were engaged in this attempt-to coerce the Spanish government into a sale of Cuba by an insinuation of force, or the actuality of force, the insinuation was not sufficient? foreign country for any such purpose, and what opinion is to be entertained of any man who ad- vocated such a dangerous policy? Yet so it is, We are now entreated to support as a candidate for the Presidency, the chief of these very conspmators, Nor must we forget the reasons which were assigned for this undiplofnatic conduct. The principal and only ground of the procedure was that Cuba might become “ Africanized,” and thus endanger the safety of the Southern States! But how could this be so endangered? Are we not told by the South every day, that they are fully adequate to their own protection, not only against the negroes in they midst, but the whole united force of the Northern nigger worshippers? Although they have three millions of slaves to look after, they ask no favors from the gencral government. Indeed, the colored peo- ple, the most affectionate agd loyal of dependents, would take up arms for their masters! As we are very willing to believe this, does it not Mlow that Mr. Buchanan and his associates grossly fibbed when they intimated to the contrary,and predicted indeed, that the destruction of the Union, but for their Ostend policy, was close at hand? We come to the conclusion, then, that the mani- festo was a precious piece of humbug all round. got up by arrangement, and on the face of it to help Mr. Pierce with the filibusters of the North and South, and to secure the support of the slave States in the Convention at Cincinnati. It was a signal miscalculation, however. On the contra- ry, it was a daring bid over Mr. Pierce's head on the part of Mr. Buchanan, and he has reaped, so fur, the benefit of the plot. But this suecess in no way vindicates his conduct, and of that we have to express onr most unqualified disapprobation. Is it consistent with the principles or practice of our government to permit the voluntary assembling of our foreign Ministers in foreign countries to project plans of spoliation against those nations with whom we are at peace? If they can do it to involve us with Spain, they may do it to in- volve us with France and England. The very existence of such intentions casts a stain upoa our diplomacy, and is repugnant to the frank, manly and honorable feelings which have hither- to been so conspicuously manifested in ‘our foreign intercourse. The bare assumption of such authority of recommendation is contrary to our notions of propriety and official duty. It would be the easiest thing in the world for a few captions and unprincipled Ministers to embroil us in the bloodiest of wars, costing us thousands of lives and millions of treasure. Yet the man who has shown himself most conspicuous in this folly and indiscretion—who would risk the wel- fare of his country from such motives, with a double treachery in the act—ie now placed before us as the paragon of statesmen and the most con- servative of politicians. We wait to see the judgment of his countrymen, We panse to learn whether so much complicity in public life is to be a recommendation to an office where his half concocted mischief may yet be perfected, to the shame and injury of the republic, and the demo- ralization of our national principles. Tur Frexen Tosxace Dertes—Goversment Sersipmes To Man. Strawens.—We publish in another column, an interesting letter from a Havre correspondent on the unfair advantage given to English over American shipping by the inequality of the French tonnage duties. We insert the letter for the interesting facts which it states in connection with this matter. but we are far from endorsing the opinions of the writer in reference to the impolicy of giving govern- There was Soul¢, who was able to carry Louisiana; Mason, to soporize Virginia, and Buchanan, who was to put the Keystone into the arch. How was it possible but that Mr. Pierce, with such a manifesto, would secure a renomination to when such men held his But, alas! how When before did a trio of American Ministers assemble in a vinced us that apart from considerations of postal convenience, it is necessary that our government should have at command a certain number of first class steamers which may be called in aid of our own fieet in any sudden emer- gency. The opponents of mail contracts will find that their case has assumed rather a hope- less aspect since the blunders of the English admiralty demonstrated the utility of having such a resource to fall back upon, Procresstve QuakERISM.—Among the curious changes which the rapid progress of the age is effecting in the habits and opinions of men, there are none more so than those taking place among the Friends or Quakers in Pennsylvania. We have just received a tract, in their quaint lan- guage styled “A Testimony”—one of their usual expressions—which discusses the subject of “ Amusements, their Uses and Abuses,”’ and ema- nates from the “ Fifth Yearly” Meeting, in Ches- ter, Penn., held in May last. It is officially signed by three clerks, and was subsequently ap- proved by the Waterloo Yearly Mecting of this State. It is the work and authoritative opinion of a new dissenting religions community who call themselves “ Progressive Quakers.” It is well known that the Seekers or Friends in this country have had numerous divisions among themselves. At various times they have moditied the various teachings of their founder, George Fox, who, by the way, visited this gountry. There is yet, or was lately, a tree at Flushing, Long Island, under which he frequently preach- ed. In Pennsylvania they adopted the principles of William Penn, and before the Revolution and since—though a highly influential body—were not always at peace among themselves, nor unani- mous in the direction of their influence. Though generally non-combatants, a portion of them during the war formed themselves into a military company, under the command of Captain Hum- phrey, for the defence of the country, and fol- lowed the patriotic advice of Thomas Mifilin, a Quaker member of the Provincial Congress, who advocated an appeal to arms. A good many dis- putes have arisen as to their belief in the divinity of the Saviour, and in 1836 Elias Hicks broke loose from the main body, and was believed to have advocated the principles of Deism. His followers still constiiutea considerable body of the Friends. Without going into detail as to the doctrines generally held by them, both in Great Britain and the United States, it is enough forthe present to mention that, without exception, they have always been opposed to “ public diversions, gaming and other vain amusements of the world,” as a “waste of time and a diversion of the mind from the sober duties of life.” In this they differ from the Shakers, who make what the gay world calls an innocent amusement, a part of their most solemn ceremonies. These followers of Anna Lee are the most persevering of dancers, but thore of Fox, Barclay and Penn hitherto never tolerated it in any form. But now it seems a new light has broken in upon the brethren. The “ Testimony,” to which we have already alluded, comes out flat- footed, heel and toe, in favor of social dancing. They have officially announced their change of opinion; and the candor and good sense they have shown while discussing the subject, could be profitably imitated by those straight-laced sectarians of other denominations who denounce the wrath of God on all who “trip it soft to soothing measures.” “We assert with confi- dence,” say they, “that the prejudice which places amusements in the list of things forbidden, has its root in the asceticism which disfigures the popular faith; piety becomes a hideous spectre—grotesque, spectral, and fantastic; its ong an unnatural whine, its voice a menacing growl.” “Religion,” they continue, “was not designed to make us sorrowful, melancholy and cadaverous, but round faced, happy and joyful.” “We do not hesitate,” say they, “to advise parents to cultivate in their children the faculty of music.” “If there is on earth any scene that can give us a foretaste of heavenly bliss, it is that of a household whore refined sympathies, affluent affections and world embracing love, find daily expression in melodious song.”’ With regard to dancing. they admit the exist- ence of a strong prejudice in the minds of serious persons against the practice, “its most invete- rate opponents are the most strict in their vene- ration of the Scriptures.’ But how ean they shut their eyes, says the “ Testimony” against the example of Miriam, or the aphorism of Solomon, that “there is a time to dance,” or of the exhorta- tion of the Psalmist, to“ praise God in the dance?” or the Saviour’s parable of the Prodigal son, whose return to virtue and his father’s house was celebrated “with music and dancing?’ While we must not forget, however, that the Shakers quote the very same authorities for cutting their capers, we must admit that they are well put by the “progressives,” who advocate the amusement, however, only as a social one. They oppose pub- lic balls in no measured terms, They consider them as the worst form of social pleasure, inas- much as the “time consumed in preparation, the extravagance in dress, the late hours, the exhaustion of strength, the exposure of health and the languor of the succeeding day” are evils sufficient to cause the “banishment” of such amusements from the community. But a hop among friends, improvised, enlivening, health- ful and innocent, “that is the ticket.’ Yea, verily, it is a horse of another color. With regard to the drama, the progressives have not yet made up their minds, Good plays must be good; bad plays must be bad. They will at present “proceed no farther in the business.” In short, we have the evidence of a singular out- break among these quaint, honest, broad brim- med people, but it will be “mighty popular” in Philadelphia and New York. One of these days, not far off, perhaps, the old English song will come into fashion:— Merrily danced the Quaker’s wife, Merrily danced the Qu Cigantxe or THe Streets—New Crry Orot- xance.--In the Board of Aldermen on Monday last, the following resolutions were introduced by Alderman Fulmer and adopted by the Board:— Whereas, under the amended charter the cleaning of the streete by contract, under the charge of the Commis. sioner of Streets and Lampe, hes proved a failure, and has been a lose to the city, and whereas, the appropria tion for cleaning streets for the present year ts exbausted, and five months of the year yet remaining—therefore. Resolved, That the Committee on Ordinances are in- strvcted to report an ordinance directing the owners of all houses and jote in this city to have the streets and gutters in front of their houses and lots properly cleaned. ‘The amount appropriated by the city for the cleaning of the streets for the present year was $280,000, a sum amply sufficient, in the opinion of competent judges, to cover the bona fide ex- penditure, and to insure the proper execution of the work, In seven months, however, Mr. Com- missioner Ebling has contrived to dissipate the whole of this large sum; and where and how it went we have yet to learn from him. In the lat- ment subventions to mail steamers. The expe- sienge of the late Crimeag gampaign has gon: ter part of the winter and beginning of «pring phe greater past oh Broadway ang gio’ of thy down town streets were cleaned by our citizens Whatever was left in Broadway [the Mayor com tracted to have removed for leas than $3,000) We have now arrived at the most dangerous part of the year, and out of the large ap- propriation voted by the city there is not a cent left to defray the expense of removing, whatever filth has since accumulated. We are coolly told that if the garbage is to be takem away it must be done on credit—in other words, that the city must be placed under an obligatiom to the poor cartmen who will do the work in ad~ vance, and trust to its sense of honor for repay~ ment. A creditable position truly for a great and flourishing community like ours! We first suffer our money to be foolishly squandered, and then, like all spendthrifts, we are obliged to sponge upon others. If it were from nothing but a sense of shame, those who have the administra~ tion of our affairs should see that we are not. again exposed to such a degradation. Instead of seeking to get our citizens to da three times over the work which they have sa liberally paid others to do for them, the Board of Aldermen would be more fitly discharging their duty if they were thoroughly to investigate where all the money has gone which was voted by the city for cleaning the streets, Could it be showa to them that it had been properly appropriated, they might be better satisfied tocomply with the ordinance directing them to resume individually, the duties of Mr. Ebling. Let there be an inv: tigation. THE LATEST NEWS ‘BY MAGNETIC AND PRINTING TELEGRAPHE, State Elections, MISSOURI. St. Lovis, Aug. 11, 1858. Returns from seventy-one covnties give Polk 30,9923. Ewing, 28,131; Benton, 19,202. There are thirty-qr counties yet to hear from, and they wil] probab}y inc: Polk’s majority to 8,000. In the Second district, Ander. son's (American) majority over Richmond (:lemocrat) 500. In the Third district, Green (democrat) beats Lind. ley (American) several hundred. In the Fourth district, Craig’s (democrat) majority is put down at 2,000. 1 the Seveth district, Woodson (American), for the ful term, and Akers (American), to fill the vacancy, ar elected. In the Sixth district, the meagre retarns receiv. ed indicate the re-election of Phelps (democrat) by handsome majority. In the Seventh district, Caruthers’ (democrat) majority is about 3,000, Fifty-seven counties return 34 democrats, $7 Ameri cans, 22 Bentonites, and 7 whigs to the House. IOWA. Cmicaco, Aug. 11, 1856, Forty-two counties in Iowa bave been beard trom, giving the republicans 6,219 majority. In the First Con greesional district Curtis’ majority is 1,260. The dem crate still claim the election of Tate. ALABAMA.” > Barmiaore, Aug. 12, 2858. The Alabama election was only for assessors avd count; clerks. The papers of both parties admit there was real contest. From Washington. LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATION BILL—THE COURT 0) CLAIMS—THE PACIFIC RAILROAD—REPORT ON CAPITOL BXTENSION—RIVER AND HARBOR SPEECE OF MR. LETCHER, ETC., ETC. Wasimxotox, Aug. 'l2, 1856. The Legislative Appropriation bil) passed the Senate day, and was sent back to the House, and with Senate’s amendments, referred to the Committee of Way and Means, Many of the republicans boast of tneir d mination to defeat the Appropriation bills or carry th Kansas provises. A moseage was received from the President comm cating the proceedings of the London Commigsion Claims. Areport was also received by the Senate from Court of Claims. Unless these reports are sustained, Court should be abated as a nuisance. The Senate passed a Dill previding for the settlems and payment of claims for depredations by the Creek dians in Alabama and Georgia in 1834 and 1835, claims amount to upwards of a million dollars, ag tained by commissioners in 1836 and 1837. Mr. Weller’s railroad biil was tabed to-day, while tl House refused to order the previous question on Gene Denvers’ bill, ag reported by Mr. Walbridge, from Committee on Public Lands. These two bille differ terially. Weller’s bill authorizes the Executive ‘ment to contract for the construction of one road to Pacific ovean; the House bi!) makes direct grants of to companies, to aid therein the construction of th reads, amounting in ali to aboutone hundred thirty militons of acres. The latter bill is the trst bi ness in order to-morrow, the House baving refused Postpone it by a tie vote. Thee Nava) Apprepriation bill, from the House, passed by tha Senate to-day, with some important ments. An ineffectual effort was made to amend by allo’ extra pay to the officers and men engaged ia the Matte, Bherings and Japan expeditions, An attempt was also made to transfor the preparat! of the nautical almanac from Cambridge to the Nati Observetory at Washington. The joint resolution extending the time sixty days filing at the United States treasury claims upon the T debt fund was passed by the House, and wil be at adopted by the Senate, Kour hundred thousand do! of this debt yet remain to be filled. The House spent to day on the private calendar, worked well, passing forty-eix bile, The President communicated to the House *o- another elaborate report from the Secretary of War the Capitol extension. Mr Ball, Chairman of the committee to investigate alleged frauds, thinks this port makes some important developments:—F iret, Salter purchased bricks at four to six dollars; Capt, Meigs bad them offered at seven dollars; third, Captain purchaged four million five hundred tho bricks, paying from ten to fifteen doll additional estimates are submitted for lion eight hundred thousand dollara to the work, when the original estimates for the whole ‘were only two and a half millions, which bave been pended. The freseo painting in one committee cost four thousand dollars. The marble mantel five dred dollars, The President bas determined to change bis policy veto all the river and barbor bills as soon as pi for his signature. If held till next session bis yeto avail nothing but be voted down, Mr. Letcher, of Va., made an able expose last ev touching public expenditures, and showing where responsibility rested. THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. FIRST SESSION, two Senate, Wasumeton, Aug 12, } CIVIL APPROPRIATION PILI. Mr. Hexter, (dem. ) of Va., asked that the q taken on the passage of the Legislative, Judicial Executive Appropriation bill. Ni Mr. Trewnert, (nigger worshipper) of Il!., could not or it, because the Senate had stricken out the clauge iding that no part of the money to be appropriated € expended for prosecuting or detaining persons with treason or other political offences in Kansas. . ‘ of Tel. a tee setae eine bill tadend 4086. a ui Pa ao i Di von thon 4 Bn, ‘The Pac irom was then taken np. wr Hecedievoves to lay it on the table, as a test which was afreed to, by 25 against 23. Yracm Messrs. Pi, Bell of N. H., Benjamin, Bright, Brodhead, Brown, Butler, ©! Douglas, senden, Fitzpatrick, Hale, Houston, unter, iv Mallory, Mason, Pearce, Held, Slidell, Thompson of ly ret woo mh ten VaveueAdams, Al'en, of Tenn., ler, © mer, Dodge, Durkee, Foot, Foster, ayer Merion i Jones of lowa, Jones of Tenn., Pratt, y Stuart, Trumbull, Wade, Weller, Wright. NAVY APPROPRIATION FILL, The Navy Appropriation bill waa then paceed. journed, House of I Presentatives. Wasmoros, Ang. 12, 1 TUR PACIFIC RAILROAD. Mr. Wateriner, (nigger worsbipper) of Mich., from) Gommitige on Public Lands, reported @ bil bar ‘be: