The New York Herald Newspaper, August 22, 1856, Page 4

continued * NEW YORK HERALD. citer when i JAMES GORDON B oP foreiga news received yesterday by the EDITOB AND PROPRIETOR. sea was not of decided change in our produce markets. The ————e D-TIC, M. W. CORNER OF NASSAU AND FULTON OTS. an stecesereeseesoes NOs = r "AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. — WIBLO’S GARDEN, Brea¢way—Ms. Br Pau HO Gur ron a Houpay. 82003 Nicat— BOWERY Seazas, Bowery~ “Gira = New Yous— eeiiten or tas Canrhas weroneseay” BOON Pan. few York, Fridey, Augv.a ua lie, ——— Walls for the PF: seific, EE PEW TORK HERALD—C2 LIPORNTA EDITION, ‘The United States mail steamy’ nip George Law, Captain Gernddn, vill lexve this pring this eMernodn, «i two o'@lock, fe: Aspirwal). ‘The thie!ls for California er 4 other‘yarta of the Pacific, ‘Wi cloce at one o'clock. ‘The Naw Yeux Wee" .y Henie>—Caltfornia edition ‘Somtamming the latest i eltigence ‘trom all pats of the ‘world, will te publidke d at elever o’clook in tho morning, ‘Bingle cer ics, in Wey sppers, Feely for mailing, sixpence, ‘agents wii ploase end in their orders as early as poe ‘ulble, === * Malls for Earope. ‘SEW YORE BERALD— EDITION FOR EUROPE. ‘Tho mall etetroship Arago, Captain Lines, will leave ‘Chie Port to-werrow, at noon, for Southareyton and Havre. ‘The Europe .n magls wi") close in this city at balf-past ten o'clock t2-mor row trarning. ‘The Himi:y (primtetl tm Knglish thd French) will bo “published: at ten o’ciBok in the mor#™g. Single copies, “Wn wrapftrs, civ pence. Subsctptions. smd’e.'vertisements fer any edition of the New Yoru Hamm will be recetted at the following places in Huroge Loxpos—Am. 8t>>pean Express @o., €) Kin; Pax do. do. 8 Plac Livekroor—_ do, Lvemrcoi- Jot) William st. le la Bourse. 1 street. East, do. 9 Chay unter, 12 Excinage street, ‘News. ‘Wm accordeti-e with the proclamation of the Presi- Gent, both houses of Congress convened yesterday. ‘Thirty-eigttt Senators emd ore hundred and seventy- mine members of the Honce were in attendance. After the teaal preliminary business a message re ceived from the Presifett was read. It briefly r> capitulates the result—the breaking up of our mili- tary esti Jis'sment—srWich would, in his opinion, follow frem the failure of Congress to grant the ap- propriativna for the ‘army. The Senate held a short executt > session, con*urred with the House in a re- solutive allowing Vilista be signed that had from want 6: time on Mondsy failed to be perfected, and. then’ journed. Thé Honse, withont unnecessary delay, went into Committee of the Whole, and repdried the Army bill as it stood at the break- ‘wmg‘cp of the reg-lar session, Kansas proviso in- eludicd, and it subsequently passed the House by a vote of ninety-three against eighty-five. Thus the question stands <s before. The two houses have come to a dead tock; and if the programme detailed by our Washington correspondent is adhered to, ‘they are likely te remain in that position for some time. It seeme to be generally understood that no Dasiness but tho Army bill will be brought up at ‘the preseat seston. 8 It is reported that the President has instructed ‘the’ Postmaster General not to select the Brick Church property as a site for the new Post office. Our telegraphic despatches from Kensas contain exciting news. There are reports of half a dozen sanguinary conflicts, in which the free State men’ appear to have gained some advantage. It is aleo reported that the town of Lecompton has been cap- tured, and that Gov. Robinson and the other State prisoners bave been rescued. There is, however, reason to sappose that these accounts are highly colored, and that they have been started to influence. the present state of affairs at Washington. The German mass meeting held at the Taber- nacle.dast might was one of the most imposing as well as important demorstrations that has taken place since Lhe opening of the present canvass. The vast ball was densely crowded with the very elite of eur German population, and the cheering and en- thusiaym were tremendous. The name of Fre- mont, whenever annocnced, called down a storm of cheers and burrahs. Addresses were made vby. distingwished German orators, and letters were rea from Jeb P. Hale, Salmon P. Chase, Dr. Solger, andethers. After the meeting adjourned a procession of over a mile in length was formed, and the assembly proceeded to Col. Fremont’s residence, in Ninth strest, but he was not at home. The crowd were addressed by Philip Dorsheimer, of Buffalo. Altogether this was the most important and signifi- cant political demoastration ever made by the Ger mans in this city. The .emocracy asacmbled in immense numbers jin and about Old Tammany last evening, to ratify the nominationa made at Syracuse. Judge Parker, the nominee for, Governor, made a speech, as did also Gen. Walbridge, and several other gentlemen. In , point of numbers, noise, fireworks, artillery, music, end so forth, the demonstration was a successful ene, and reflected credit npon the committee of ar- rapgements; but enthpsiasm was lacking—the soul of the ancient democracy was very faint. ‘The Castleton Board of Health met yesterday. ‘The chief business: transacted was the dismissal of eigh. out of the twelve men employed as sentinels utile the Quapsotine Hospital gate, and the pre paration of a comm inication tobe sent to the Com ara of Emigration, in response to the last let- ter of Dr. Thompess te the same body. A resolo tion wa passed directing the ro-cnactment of the previous ordinances # the Board, bet permitting the Health. (ficer and employs within the hospital to pase freely out over the waters of tie Narrows or bay. Everything of imterest tranapi ing yesterday connected with matters at Quarantine .-vill be found in the same.colamn with ¢ report of the above. We underaiand that the Court of Appeals at Al- vany has deoided the case ! the disputeé seat in the Supreme Court of this city (a favor of tho present incumbent, Jndye Davies, amd adverse to tie claim of exdudge Peavody. The decision was re, dered dy Mr. Justice Harris. In another part.of to-day's paper we publisig ad- ditional particulare of the disaster by the late sey ere storm at the South, dogether with en account of t ve Aertible catastrophe at Last Islaad, whereby one Jhendred and sixteen lives were lov. A list of the nagges of those who perished by the inundation is given. It embraces in ite melanchaly catalogue members of some of the most distinguished families of Lonisiana. ‘The seyere rain storm of Tuesday last caused an immense amount of damage. At Albany the piers are submerged, and business yesterdsy was ata stand still. The Central and other railroads have een mueh injured by the destruction of culverts and teidges, and the caving in of embankments, and in nome localities the roads have been impassible. ‘seaward, and prices were lower. market closed without quotable change in prices, though firm. The receipts of flour down the North river were light, which, with a light stock on hand, ‘and Western brands to be sold at higher rates. | cred rights attained by the Blood and treasure of Southern brands, however, had accumulated from Choice new Southern and Western red and white wheat ad- ‘vanced 2c.a 30. per bushel, and in one case ag much as 5c. advance was realized. Corn was firm for sound Western mixed, with e fairamount of trans- actions. Sales of mess pork were made at $19 $74, check to-day, and $19 50, in the usual way. Lard sold at 13fc,, since held at 13}c. @ dc. Sugars were easier, and the market exhibited a de- cline of about jc. The sales reached 800 a 1,000 hhds. and 300 boxes brown Havana. Coffee was steady, with sales of 800 bags Rio ami 1,000 do. skinnings do. at rates given in ancther columa. Freights were steady. About 60,000 bushels of grain (corn and wheat) were taken'to Liverpool, in | bulk and bags, at 6d, a €§d. and 74. The Extra Seséion—What ls to be Done ? ‘The extra session has commenced, the Presi- dent's message is sent in, and the Army Ap- propriation bill with the ‘proviso ‘ittached, has, been reported to the Howe by the'Committee of Ways and Means, and patsed by a vote of ‘93 to 85. The détails are given in ‘our telegraphic despatch. ‘As a counter movement Mr.’Camp- bell, of Ohio, made ax attempt, but without suc~ cess, to introduce a substitute, declaring the pre-, sent laws of Kansas void, azd reorgarizing the, Perritory by a new election. 5 It is well known that the loss of the Army Ap-, propriation bill, and the differences ta Congress on the subject, have occurred becawse the House of Representatives added*to it the yroviso whieh restrained the use of the army by*the President to enforce the present legislation of Kareas, The Senate refused to slopt it, returned the*bill to the House, and the House adhered to its amendment. Congress adjourneé without cering tean agreement, and the President, by hic pro- elamation, has convened them, ‘for the purpose ¢f reconsidering the question; and, in fact, te com- pel them to pass the bill without the proviso. The scheme on foot is perfeet!y tramsparent. It the original bill is passed, the President gains his point, and will continue to use the United States troops against the people of Kansas; if it fails, it will give his party, as he flatters himself, an op- portunity of denunciation; and a chance for mak- ing further political capital for the coming Pre- sidential election. The: House has an undoubted constitutional right to treat ‘this question precisely as it has done. It has the aeknowledged and legal power exelusively to originate all the money and supply bills; and this is wisely secured to them as a wholesome check upon the Executive and the Senate. The exercise of this power rests in the House. In gr.nting appropriations it may always justly consider their effect and tendency, and it may withhold them if it will. The ques- tion then arises, whether this is sucha case as will fully authorize it in still withholding its con- sent to the present Army bill. If it passes with- out the proviso, thé President will persist in en- forcing, by the unusual employment of United States troops, the execution of laws which, in their inception, their objects, and their conse- quences, are anti-republican, unjust and uncon- stitutional. The framers of these laws seem to have taken it for granted that Kansas is positive- ly to become. a slave State, that they were right- fully legislating upon that subject, and that it is to come into the. Union in its.own way, at itsown diecretion, and whether it is republican in its character or not. And what kind of laws are those, which upon ‘this assumption have been pasecd, leaving entirely out of view for the mo- ment, the kind of Legislature which has passed them? -Of the illegality of its election, we do not -how speak. We look at them as they have received their authority, aud as the President is determined to enforce them. Our readers will-perceive from the extracts we publish in another column. that they are the most monstrons violations of liberty ever known, and exceed any which have ever di+ graced the career of even foreign despots, One of these laws disqualifies any citizen from acting as & juror who is conscientiously apposed to the holding of slaves, or who does not admit the right to hold them in the Territory, in any case where that right comes up for adjudication, either if an injury is-done to or committed by a shave, or there is eny violation of any law for the protection of lave pro- perty, or any crime committed against it. Another requires the taking of oaths by Ter- ritorial officers to support the provisions of the Nebraska and Kansas act, being no more nor less than test oaths based on mere political opinions. Another abolishes the freedom of speech and of the press, by making it a felony, punishable with five years’ imprisonment, to speak or write against the right of persons to hold slaves in th Territory, or to publish any book, pamphlet, ma- gazine or circular, or circulate or introdace any denial of euch right, or any opinion, sentiment, doctrine, advice or inuende calculated to pro- duce any disorder, danger or rebellious disaffec- tion among the slaves, or induce them to desert their masters. And thie offence is also declared a felony, and punishable with five years’ impri ronment and hard labor. More than this: the writ of habeas corpus has been effectually abolished in the case of all negroes, mnlattocs and fugitive slaves ; and barbarous punishments have been enacted, to be put in force against any per- son sentenced under these laws, or any law of the Territory, to imprisonment and hard labor, de- claring them conviets and compelling them to wear an irom ball and chain, the former of four or six inches in diameter, the latter six feet in length! And where there are two or more snch umi‘appy convicts they are to be fastenod together with strong lecks and keys. Still worse: the very enticement of a slave to escap?, or the abluction of any from the Terri- tory, i# to be visited with the infliction of the Another landmark in our colonial history has | doath penalty! If any slave, male or female, com- payed away. The venerable “ Charter Oak” of Har@ord is no more. The incident which has ren- dered this tree famous we will briefly relate, al- though jt is doubtless familiar to our reader). New Haven was for several years a separate cofony, and when Chazles IT., in 1665, granted a charter to Con- necticut, she refused her adhesion for a time, but sat length submitted, and the Coanectiont colonies were consolidated into one government. Sir Ra mend Andros was sent over by James I1., in 1686 to aemume the chaiters granted to the colonies, The Assembly was in session on bis arrival at Harifen}, and while the subject was under considera- tion the lights were suddenly extinguished, and the charter secretly conveyed away and concealed in the cavity of anold oak. Since that day this mite a po't larceny, they are to be punished, by stripes in the former case, or in the latter by imprisonment,’ or twenty-one lashes, at the diacre- tion of the Justice. These laws, ten, so illegal, unconstitutional and barbarous, ha ve been enacted in Kansae bya border ruffian Legislature, taking for granted that Kansas is absoh ttely and completely a slave | State, and that this is co be its political character and destiny. The most callous heart is shocked at such enormity. What American can for a moment consent to ils legality? Who is « lost to humanity and justice as to sanction it or permit, if he can snecessfully oppose it, the tree has been caijed the “ Charter Oak.” After the | sustaining of auch barbaritics by the military crposition of Apdrde fag charter was resumed, and forge of the couotry—the army of the Puited in our history, and for the honor of human nature we hope it may be the last. The House of Rep- a character to produce any | roceniatives has now the most important duty to perform that ever devolved upon it. Ite con- stitutional privileges, its checks upon the tyranny of the President, are now for the first time of To falter is to bring into danger all those sa- our fathers, and to overturn all our strongest constitutional safeguards for liberty of speech, liberty of the press, and freedom of conscience. No possible calamity which the defeat of the Army bill can oceasion is comparable with those which wiil and mast follow its passage, without the important and indispensable check of this proviso. The House has a perfect right, and it is ite bounden duty, to stand fast in its integrity against this@angerous power sought for by the President, sanctioned by the Senate, and subver- sive of the constitutional rights of the citizens of Kansas. Let it stand fast. If we cannot have an army without its being made the oppressors of the peopte and the maintainers of barbarous, ille- gal and wicked legislation, let it be disbanded forever. Move TaLk or New Journars.—We under- stand that Forney, the principal Buchanan man in Pennsylvania, is exceedingly savage that his agents and understrappers have not as yet been eble to start a newspaper organ here. The prin- cfpal persons engaged in this project are George N. Sanders, ex-Consul to Lenion, whe is to take the financial department, aad Robert J. Walker, formerly Secretary to the Treasury, who is to be the principal editor, with probably Danie! S. Sickles to do up the foreign and diplomatic arti- cles—Sanders himself teking care of -all the fili- bustering. These gentlemen profess to heve-a subscription amounting to $100,000, forty thousand dollars’ of which is to be available in thirty €ays, the | remainder to be foxthcoming some time between / this and the day of judgment. The great difii-' culty which they ‘have had to encounter is thet im possibility of procuring:a newspaper machine of sufficient speed to-print off the vast circulation with which they mean to deluge the bewildered minds which cannot see the light without their assistance. They applied to Mesars. Hoe & Co., the famous machine umkers, to supply them with a press, but Hoedk Co., with the whole of their meehanies and -machinery, are engaged on work for the New York Herarp and ihe Lon- which will keep them employed two jour. with eylin- don Times, for the next two years. These have entered .into contracts Messrs. Hoe for six tea presses, each valued at vals the der amounting in the -aggregate ‘to $180,000. The drawings for one #f these presses, after: being ex- THE LATEST NEWS. BY MAGNETIC AND PRINTING TELEGRAPHS, OPENING OF THE EXTRA SESSION OF CONGRESS Passage of the Army Bill in the Howe, IMPORTANT NEWS FROM KANSAS. Reported Resene of the State Prisoners, dice See, de. From the National Capital. OPENING OF THE EXTRA SESSION OF CONGRESS—PRO- GRAMMB OF FUTURE PROCEEDINGS—THE BRICK CHURCH NOT TO BE A POST OFFICE SITE—IMPOR- TANT INDIAN TREATY, ETC. Wasuunatoy, August 21, 1856. The Senate transacted no business to-day but to consur with the House that all bills should be perfected which had been passed by both houses but bad not beon pre sented for the signatures of the officers, or having been signed, had not been presented to the President for his approval. A short Executive session was held. Great diseatisfaction exists among the republicans in the House. Mr. Speaker Banks desired Mr. Pennington, of New Jereey, to take the Chair today, when going into Committee of the Whole on the Army vill. He positively refused, declaring that he would not be further entangled in their difficulties. Mr. P, was desired to ofier again his amendment to the bill, but declined, ag they had “ funy. ed”? once, ‘Mr. L. D, Campbell o%rs to bet that ite repéWican ranks will give way, and that the army apprepf.ation Dill will Tecome a law in a few days. It pasted the House today, with 4s old obmoxieus provise'.n it, by eight mejority. The Senate will strike this proviso oat to-merrow, when'tte two houses wil be prectely where they rere on Montiny last. Tw republicans rallied in Yayge rumberr to-day, the morting wain beving brought quite an accession to their rarte. They ted on a straigts: vote seven majority, and Kright, of Perasylvania, and twe more in reserve. Met, of Obie,-are determin¢i to adhere to the provi The pregranme as ‘ald down for to-morrow is as fol tows :—The Senate will strize out the prot ‘will and eend it back to the House, Committees of con ference wi! then be appointed—they will Tie House will insist on ther amendment, a and thus the matter will stand. in the absence of Col. Nicholson, editor of the Crion, who hes gone to T:nnessee to look after matters there, quite aaumber of gentlemen have mounted the tripod, among whom are Mr Gillett, Glancey Jones, Mr. Seamaa, desides quite a number of email fry. It t understood this evening that the President has instructed Poetmaster Campbcli not to accept the Brick Church as the site for a New York Post Otlice. Col. Geary is still here, and will not unt} some provision is made for that Trrr.tory. It is uo derstood he favors the »roposit«n of Mr. Cau pbell which was rulec out of order by the Speaker. Mr.. Barclay, of Penn., who is a Buchanan man, threat ers that if they defeat the army Dill he will take the stump for Fremont, and carry his dietrict by ten thousand acaipet Buchanay. According to the communication of the Secretary of War, the standing army, in regiments, numbers over thirteen thousand men, of whom more than twelve thou sand are eng! depredations «1 hostile Indians, ‘An agent of the Centra! Kangas Committee arrived here $30,000, and | tonight to lay before the President, to morrow, certified documents showing the critical position of settiers in Kareas, and asking bie interposition to protect them from the threatened invasion of the Missourian. Many telegraph despatches have been received by hibited here, has been sent out to the-proprietors | western and Northern members of Congress, encoureg- of the London Zines for their approval. han campaign. It is singular enough that in this dilemma, a person, with whese name we were then unac- quainted, applied te us'to sell them one of our ylinder presses, of which we have three. We offered to sell (be machine, for the benefit of Forney & Co. and for the advantage of the Buchanan election, for 330,000—it being little the worse for wear; but it seems that this offer ape- rated as a complete extinguisher on the news- | to They could not raise the $30,000—we question if they could raise even $3,000--and consequently they re- main without a press, without an organ, and with- out the so much coveted opportunity of enlight- ening the people of thie great metropolis and four-¢: paper projects of the elique. country as to ther true interests. Mr. Buchanan, Chevalier Forney and his kitchen associates have by this time learned that to establish a political organ in a country town, delphia, is a very different thing from altempting to set up a newspaper to take the place of the Hegatp in such a metropolis as New York. The estab- is like the es | Feow Crrmess or ter Srxarte axp Hovse or Rernrses or even ina provincial capital like Phi lishment of a great modern journal tablishment of a new government; it requires al- moet as many years, as much talent, and a great deal more brains than are required to form and carry on the government of the United States orof Great Britain. Take the New York He- We out- live administration after administration and grow with the growth of civilization beyond all former precedents and beyond even the most extrava- nAcp or the London Times aa examples want calculations of mewspaper cuterprise in these enterprising times. We would advise Mr. Buchanan, ex-Consul . Walker, and all the other mo- dicums of intellect which are bustling about the world and trying to attract attention, to retura to their proper positions and occupations, and not to meddle with matters which they don’t un- derstand, such as the management, policy, inte- rest and duties of a leading journal in such mag- nders, Robert J nificent cities as London and New York. Another Ratlroad Accident. AN ENGINE, TENDER AND BAGGAGE CAn INTO THE CHEMUNG RIVER. We are called upon again to record another railroad accident—one of the most narrow escapes from instante: neoes death we have for years known. On Wednesday | ferogsio Light, about 11.36, as the night express train from Dun kirk.was about ten miles this side of Elmira, the engineer, pamed Peter Clow, discovered an unused telegraph pole | result He immediately biew and was In the act of stopplag the engine, but it was too late. The engine in an instant went over the pole, followed by the tender and baggage ud in & moment more all three were wh'zaing down lying directly across the track the whietle to “break up,” an embankment, about thirty feet in height, in’o Chem river. As the engine struck the pole conpligzs connecting the to the the livesof scores of people, there being between and 400 rs. These cars were thrown in a zigzag course saross the track, and might possibly have m that the thrown ower the Saggy bad it not outer track avas.tort up some twe handred feet or more, the rails bent in various ¢! : ™ f ‘epgi@eecr and fireman ty rade otis som] only wet ski and beif a car full of va cious kinds of bag vpen them. in the river. The night being vory daté:, and moat pesteagers asleep, someg iden can be fe: med of the con- Blernasion that prevailed. The conduewr, §. Bowles, was ingbe yi diges yf car at the time of the accident, and ran to render wnat assistance he coud to the engl. seer ané freman, lot wae saved die trovusie as he found the two men scrambling ot Of the water and wp the om vankmentes if for their dear lives, Ry the time the prsaenger.aars were totally deserted and upoe inquiry, foding thatwone wore kilied or severe'y injured, dee con: ductor de patched men with lanterns up and dowe the track t@ warn oft all approaching trains. In thc course of balf an hour 4 freight train coming Kast arrived at the scene O she disaster. Two passenger cars were then procured team the town of Waverley, a few miles distant, - ae 4G A. M. the passengers were brought on to New ‘ork. Mr. Cowles. the engineer, informed the sengers thi when aout a mile from the ecene of the Nacut boopien an Individual walking quite fast. A number of the pas: fengers, upon the receipt of this intelligence, went in fearch of the person. but ali their to find bim «ed fruitless, notwithstanding they scoured the track ov vi six and a baif miles. It was conjectured by some of the pearengers thai the afaim was a act, and surmised hy others that the pole possibly hay beea blown, during a high wind, acrors we Hoe & Co. are now busily engaged on these important machines, and accordingly could, not receive any new order from the Forney clique to make a press available for political uses in the Bucha- THROWN the the cars ‘became. suddenly loosed—tbus, in all provabiinyraaring pes. ‘¢ carried down with the te ome wt OF eight fest, but for- w' . notwithetand- the fact that a whole tender {uil of heavy pine wood gage was thrown ‘The baggage car cangbt its forward wheels in #2 descent, aad now lies with but one end submerged of ing them to stand firm by the Kansas restriction to the Army bill. The Washington Sentin- died of the negicct of the Na tional Democratic (ommittee, by whose funds \t bas re cently been partially sustained. in the affirmative. tween the Unit) , residing west is considered one of the most ‘my with the aboriginal tribes. The nate recen bave assented. Hovee. ou immigration. forever quict Indian disturbances in Florida—an im poriant coneideration—in view of the millione of mouey expended on account of In‘ian hostilities in that State. ir. Mix, the chief clerk, bas been commissioned to act issioner of Indian Affairs, in the absence of Cal. ‘as Come Manypenny. THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. EXTRA SESSION. Senate. Wasmxotox, Aug. 21, 1866. Thirty-eight Senators were present. The President's proclamation was read. ready to proceed to business. The President's message was then received aad read It is as follows: — TATIVES:— Tn consequence of the failure of Congress at its recent ses: sion to make provision for the support of the army, it became imperatively ioumbent pon me to exercise the power which the const itut confers oa the Executive for extraordinary oc portunity of reconsidering a subject of auch the peace and welfare of the Union. arti! authority vested by law in the Secretary ipply of clothing and subsiateace, the army Js wholly dependent on the appropriations annuslt made by Congress. The omission of Congress to act in t respect before the lermiration of ( eaused embarrassments to the serv only in expectation of appropriat! present month. If the requisite is be not ily «peedily pro Fidea. the Executive will 10 lonzer be able to furnish for trans portation the eynipinents aud munitions which are essential {0 the effec:iveness of a military force m the field. With no pro vision for the pay of the contracts of én istment would be broken, avd the army must in effect be dishanded—the consequences of which would be so digastrons as to demand all wy le efforts to avert the calamity. T\ is not merely that 1 listed men of the army are to be thus deprived o: heh they 7 equipage rust be discontinued, and with this branch of the public service ti ve deprived G5! of the employment essential to # subsistence. Nor is It merely the waste feonsequent on the forced abandonment of the seaboard fortifications and of the posts and other establishments, and the 8 expense of reerniting and reorganizing ihe army in distributing il over the vast regions which it now occupies. These are evils whic iis true, be repaired hereafter by taxes Imposed on bitother evils are involved, which no however lavish, h local and ignificanee. A part of the army is situate remote {routior Or in the deseris and mountains of the interior. To discharge large bodies of men in such places, without the moans of re gaining their homes, and wh w = gistence by, honest Industry ng and t rantry expenditares, with ferin emptation, with disregard of justice and right most ~ to the government. in the Territories of Wash facten and Oregon mimerous bands of Tadiav in arma, * a war of exiermination against the white although 0% ely carrying on the compnign, we have no. i tof @ auccesafal ‘On the Western (lai ing the imposing, dixpiny of military force recently made there, und the chas tisement inflicted on the rebellious tribes, others, far from and are waging Inbabitents: av being dismayed, have manifested hostile intentions, gxilly of out whieh, if ferve to shor t re fo restrain their viciows prope tatties, Biate of Texas has produce: the temporary Alittes there in New Mexico incessant re required {0 kee} h infest that Territory. removed from the Fiate of Flos » and the with drawal of the (rcops therefrom, leaving that object unaecom- pilthed, would be most injurious to the inhabitants, und a reach of the positive engazement of the general government. To refuse supplies to the army, the 18 to compel the complete cessation of all \is operations, and practical disband ni, and thus to invite hordes of predatory savages from the ‘ern plaine and Rocky Mountains to spre devasiation long & frontier of more than four thousand miles In extent, and to deliver Wy ree gy of & vast tract of coun in substance, would ¢ refusal of Co firet time in the history of the government, to grant supplies the inevitable waste of millions of pudlic treasare—the inflie tion of extreme wrong upon all persons emnectel with the military establishment by service, employment or contrac the recall of owr forces from the teld—the fearful sacriiice of life, aod inealoniable destrneuion of proverty on the remote fromiiers—the striking of our national fag ou the battlements Of the foriresses which defend our maritime cities against fo feign Inyaslon—the violation of the public honor and food faith, and the diseredii of the United States in the eyes of the ined world. confidently tenet thai these considerations, and. othersap rtaining to the peace of the conniry, whieh eanno' to suggest themselves to every patriotic mind, will, on re tion, be duly appreciated by both houses of Congress, and Induce the enaeiment of the req ttiaite provisions of law for the support of the army of the United ity ANKLIN PTERCE, Wasmixetox, Angust 21, 1966 . Mr. Hester, (dem ) of} Va. In ches bh submitted a resolution Surpending so much of the twenty-Mrst rule as requires six bet eto from the commencement of a session ig the consideration of any bills, &¢., re undetermined at the close of ths Iast session, so fects the Army A bill. i Mr. Sewanp, (nigger worshipper) of N. Y., said had m9 desire to cxpedite the passage of that bill insect 8 way as to interfere with the free action of the House, he piiowld call for the yeas and Bays on ihe resolution, would remark that he paired off with Mr’ "the rieotounn was tnen passed, by 96; r a Against 6 4 revelation wae stupied continesdg the standing oom. mit seeston. The Roose resolution providing for the signature of to the Army 1 to agree. will offer a joint resolution to adjcurn, which they will carry. The Senate vill refuse to take any aoticn on the resolution, e for Kansas aged in protecting the frontiers against the All the democratic members ‘rn the House voted against Da f Maryland, was the only States and the the Missigstppi, aded ly ratides! it, with amendments, to which the delegacion in this city It_approp: ‘ates $899,000, for waich a bill Las passed the Senate, and awaits the action of the These Creeks and Seminoles surrender lauds to h“eminoles in Florida as may remove West, while the treaty secures to the last, on that condfion, certain pecu- Diary and civil advantages, aud permits ‘them to enjoy theif own—a Seminole—government, independently of iation wah any other tribes—a failure to obtain which bas been a prominent objection heretofore to their This, it is supposed, will have a tendeacy ir. Hexren, (dem.) of Va., the Secre- tary of the Senate was crdered to acquaint the House that a quorum of the Senate had assembled, and were ‘and promptly to convene the two houses in order to ‘ith the Teootve the signature of the ; tiding officer of house Prosident sated Adjourned. House of Representatives Wasinarom, 4 4 ‘1866, Tue Epeaker announced that the Hov’ ye ved nsomtied in pursuauee of the President's proc .mation, which was read. The roll was then called, and *,79 members answered to their names. On motion of Mr. Preps, (4em.) of Mo., it was or- dered that the Senate be ir ,formed that aquorum was present, and that the He use was ready to proceed to On motion of Mr. C4’ cpneit (nigger worshi; Ohio, the Speaker Was “directed. fo ‘appoint mittees similar to tho’ .9 of the late session. A joint committe » was appointed by both houses to pach ped eed ot pnd inte bim each had as- sem) re. read: any communication he might be pleased 10 m9 en) 2Y . Mr. Swvra (K Ns of Va., made an ineffectual effort to ‘ntroduce @ rer olution looking to the employment of Mr. Vandorbilt’s line of steamers between New York and po Europe, for carrying the mails. The prop sition was objected to, and several members ppremees, the hope that no new business would be tntro- The FY esident’s meseage was then received and read. On m otion of Mr. Carnet, of Ohio, it was referred to the Co’ ;nmittee on Ways and Means. Mr, Pux.rs wished to introduce an Army bill without a Kane as proviso. ¥ rr, Wasununy, (nigger worshipper) of Me., objected. she House bere @ recess for one hour, Mr. Camrmit, of Obio, on the reassembling of the 7 douse, asked leave to report the same bill, which died on Monday in consequence of the disagreeing amendments of both houses. Mr. Srerness, (pational) of Ga, would not yield his consent to report a bill with the Kansas restrictive proviao in it. Mr. Camrnet1—If the House wish to vote it in, on them rests the responaibiliiy. Mr. Srmrnaxs—I want « proper Army bill. Mr. Conn, (dem.) of Ga., was anxious to concur with the Senate on suspending the twenty tiret rule. The pair could then proceed to vote at once on the cont question, After gome further conversation Mr. Campbell, of Ohio, reported the bill, when the Committee on Ways and Means called for reports in regular order. Mr. ORR, (dem ) of 8. C., raised the question that the prov: exchange existing laws, and there- fore was not germain to the bill. The SPEAKER Overruled the point, and Mr. Orr’s appeal from his decision was tabled by 95 against 79. ‘The House then went into Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union, by a vote of 101 Mr. Camrnett (Ohio) made an ineffectual have a substitute for the bill adopted, containing tion, declaring the laws of the Kansas Legislatare void, and providing for the reorganization of the Territory by a new election, as entirely as if no effort to that end had heretofore been made. The bill, precisely the same as when lost on Monday. including the Kanras restrictive viso, was reported from the Committee o1 the Wholo on the State of the Union, and passed by 93 against 85. Adjourned, Exciting News from Kansas. BLOODY WORK—LECOMPTON TAKEN BY THE FREE STATE MEN—GOV. ROBINSON AND HIS FELLOW PRISONERS RESCUED, ETC. We have received the foliowing trom Lawrence, Kansas Territory, dated 2 o'clock P. M. of the 21st inst. :—‘‘ Yes- terday, about four hundred free State men, including one hundred {rom Lane’s party, attacked the rufflans’ camp at Washivgton Creek, bat the cowards ran before we got within a mile of them. They were strong y fortified, ‘They tcft their provisions, and we burned their fort. We took two prisooers near by, who eay they had about sixty nen at 20’clock this morning. Our camp marched towards Lecompton, and at this moment I can distinctly hear the booming of cannon. A large company of Mis sourians are there, but victory is sure. Dragoons don’t interfere. I hasten to the scene.” Goycrnor Robinson and the other free State prisoners have been rescued. Shannon aad the citizens of Lecomp- ton have ded. Shannon refuses to call out the troops. Nothing bas been heard of Smith's movements. It is reperted that at the fight pear Ossawatomie the free State men were repalsed, with fourteen killed and sixteen wounded. Lecompton will be destroyed. Sr. Lovis, Aug. 20, 1856, The steamer Lucas arrived here to-day, and brings the intelligence that a party of Southerners, who le here wo weeks ago for Kansas, were attaeked, while on their ), of com, fre soilers, when a desperate conflict ensued. Many re killed and wounded on both sides, The Southerners were finally compelled to yield, and were driven from the deld. Sr. Lovis, Aug. 21, 1966. The Leavenworth City, Kavsas, Journal, of the 17th nst., contains an account of another outbreak which oc- ourred in Kansas. Mr. Brown, at the head of 300 free soilors, attacked and drove isto Missouri a colony of —— who wore near Ossawatomie burning houses eh nmceees Pecan. the Treadwell settlement, in Dougias count, ed pm | thirty men, was attacked by 400 so.leri rmed mounted, onder Messrs. e ‘ler, Walker. The Treadwe!] pariy were on foot, an1 they sent to Governor Shannon for ad. He called onthe United ‘States \roops to go to their assistance, but refused to do so. The anti-slavery men ave driving, as cap, all the pro-s avery men out of Doug! county. A tight occurred on the 14th, near Ossawatomie, be- tween 2C0 tree soilers and 12 pro slavery men—the latter ‘were im the fort. Fourteea free soilers were killed and six wounded. On the mori of the 10th Lecompton wes attacked and taken by 8(0 of General Lane’s men. The United States troops, hay ine’ . Robinson, Brown and otbers, surrendered wi firmg a gun. Colonel Titus was absent at the time, baving gone to the assist- co of the pro-slavery party in T well. His house, about a mile from Lecompton, was burned. Mr. Clowes, ow of Une Scuthern Advocate, and Mr. Systaore were i A large body of men were organizing in the border counties of Missouri, for the purpose of evtering Kansas. It is 4 that it is the of the pro-slavery ‘ty to burn Lawrence on the , ier With pine & rge force bad left Leavenworth. committing depredations upon the farms of the free State settlers in the vicinity, when they sent for assistance to lawrence. The people from 'e sont Mr. Hoyt, for- merly of Massachusetts, to the camp of the Missourians of !'ranklin, for the parpone of secu arms to drive the t of t Territory, bu ‘sustain! con siderable loss in iled and wounded in the attack sn the fort, they were o>liged to return to Lawrence without atlacking the camp of the Missourians and Carolinians. AS TO THE PLACE—MILITARY ENCAMPMENT IN TRE MIDST OF THE LATE STORM. Atnasy, Aug. 21, 1856, Commissioners appointed by the Legislature to locate the Albany bridge have been in session in this city for two days. There were three places presented to them as Proper for the bridge crossing—one from the foot of Lum- ber street, arother at the foot of Spencer street, where the freight depot of the Central road is erected, and the third at the foot of Maiden lane. After hearing a mass Of testimony-of engineers and others, it was decided to locate at the latter point. This is place where the frry boats of the Boston and Hudson River Railroads within a few rods of the Central road and the centre of the city. It is a point oa: ily necessible to all the public offices, hotels and the ‘butiness community, and Public convenience it is probably the best location which could be selected. But & large number of Albanians transacting commercial busi- ness above this point are very m river d d freight encampment of the Twenty-fifth reciment, which includes the military o! this city, From the moment the tents were pitched until the parade ended, the rain poured down in torrents. The nen were compietely drenched. Notwithstanding, their military ardor Bot been quenched, They are ready for another trial, with hopes of better luck next time. Fall of the famous «Charter Oak.” Hartrorn, Comn., Aug. 21, 1956. The ‘Charter Onk’’ fell this morning, ata quarter be- fore one o'clock, with a tremendous crash, and but six feet of the stump now remains. This famons tree was far past its prime when the charter was concoaled in it on the Oth of May, 1689, and was probably an old tree When Columbus discovered the New World. It stood upon the old Wyllis estate, now owned by Hon. J. W. Stuart. Crowds of citizens are visiting the ruins, and each one bears away a portion of the vencrabie tree. Drowned while Bathing. Loxe Brayen, Aug. 21, 1956, A Mr. Conway, from Georgia, stopping at the National Tovee here, was drowned to-day while bathing, body was recovered. Mis Way {rom Kansas City to Lecompton, by @ large body of they imagined the brid would be constructed at a greater distance above the centre of the city. It will | balance strike the eastern shore between the Boston and Hudson p Convention of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Aunany, Aug. 21, 1866. SECOND DAY. The Convention of the American Association for thé Advancement of Belence re-seneadtiag this morning, and wera Whe whanaction of the ordinary business, the Com. vention divided into |wo sections, one holdi a in the Senate, and the otner in the Assembly chamber, In the section of mathematics, physics and the following On the next a) ce of the periodical comet of thir. teen years, by Dr. Peters. comet was discovered by Dr. Peters, at Naples, in 1846. He calc then it would be periodical every thirteen moar, but some ar in the calculat renderes it like! would appear ever’ twelve years. If so, it would be visible this year in this countr; i ys On the peculiar sppevnhe of the atmosphere Montreal on the 73d of May last, occasioned by the ob scuration of light and the the sun by vapor, by Professor jwood. ‘On the Jaw of human mortality, by O. F, MeCoy, Esq, A very interesting paper, submitiing a table of mortality, the theory of which proved that mortality increases from year to year in steady rutio; the chances ef dying one year being always greater than the last, and at uo age is there any deviation from this increase. ¢ An analytical discussion of the motion of a body under the action of central forces, by Profeseo Perine. In the section of Natural History and Geology, the foi be fai Fn were read:— On quakes, by Prof. Winslow. On Volcanoes, by the rame. On the Exhibition of living Gar Pikes, by J. P. Gairs = mpanied by interesting remarks from Professer ‘Adjourned to 4 o'clock ——_—_—— Mis-sent Letters. List of letters advertised in the Baltimore ‘Sun Tuesday August 19, 1856, remaining in the Baltimore Post offto uncalled for:— DELPHIA ¥ Claghorn & Co. novtsewors & Smajth, | ers, orn 5 sti Snyder & Melvin. 2 NEW YORK HOUSES. Davison & Crom Kibbee & Ball, Woodworth & Co, THE PUBLIC HEALTH. The Yellow fever. QUARANTINE MATTERS--NO ADDITIONAL CA8E3 0} FEVER—THE CASTLETON BOARD OF HEALTH THE QUARANTINE AUTHORITISS—VESSELS SOUTHWEST SPIT—ONE WITH SIGNAL OF D! —THE BRIG JASPAR—-CONPROVERSY 3 OWNERS OF VESSELS AND CONSIGNBESS OF GOOD Yesterday showed no iucrease in the number of c: of yellow fever under treatment at the Quarantine Ho pial over the past four days. Of those under t several are able to walk about in the wards. The typ of the cases is much less virulent tham formerly Constable Giles bas now the charge of the guard p’ outside the Quarantine walis. He remains during day and directs the general surveillance. A n'ght is still kept om. It is stated they are directed carefu to notice that ae peasing rsa Se oae ee ep per permits; 4! use no such 1 vigilance ov the steyedores, but these parties continue scaling th wails s' ly, and return by daylight on the ensu morning, without being troubled in the least, or attention being paid by the outsiders to n x of the Quarantine lawe It is said, ppt to) : organization oft the Cartleton Board of the oflicl employed outside have not arrested a person Soe referred to. The only thing ty be aimed do is to watch persons who bave been permitted by Health Officer to pass the gate of the enclosure, thus solving the entire matter into seen ae the Qa antine authorities, and not an effort protection the public health. It hes been hoped that the recent d ciston of Judge Bridsey."on a motion to discharge ti isoners who had imprisoned authority of ot f o 5 ticer of the port of Now York. Connected with the above matter, anda provable cause of future excitement, it is said Peter Roff and Jo Silva, the persons imprisoned referred to, intend p cuting each member of the Castle:on Board of H fa ce tprieonment, aud that each member of the Board wiil be presented to the next Grand Jury of city and county of New York for bye it be misdemeanor under the statute to obstruct H Officers of the port in the discharge of their duties. ‘The statements made by the captains of the vessels chored at Southwest Spit, tha; the vessels could not their povition should a storm arise, turns out—from fact of the vess¢ Is all ovtrode the storm of Tu night—to have been based upon groundless appreb They all passed 01 unsafe anchorage, caunot be justly 5 Yesterday morning the brig Architect, at South Spit, had @ signal of distress ilying. As the vessel lay @ good position, and had not drifted, the um plion that additional members of the crew had taken the yellow fever. The real cause of the being eur informant did not learn. The captain and eeveral| the cj of this el, it will be remembered, were moved a few di ince to the Marine Hospital with yellow fever. only the unportance of observation, but tne vessels should disease break stream permit was given stream one of the crew whereupon the Health bet to Quarantine. the a eaatieneee are bound to to be landed in It is bardly The following communication was received from Thompson :— Avousr 12, 185 The bark Clara Windsor, from Port au Prince, cate port August 15, all ou board well—and_no sickness has imported from that port for several weeks. Her cargo is charged, whieh is logwood, except a small kept in| bailast.’ The vessel was much injured by the late the owners desire her to proceed. With the apy Commissioners of Health the usual wi R. 1H. THOMPSON, ge: that immediately prior to into Q ‘ine said vessel came in contact with n bitg and et Dowsprit, ana as she also has no is in ot ey Bf foremast. She is in a disabled conditi thoroughly cleansed’ by the thoroughly el by desire permission to come up to the cargo from the ship on North river. — vg days at hme hee obser vation. agents and owners thip Frigate Philadeiphia, sent in a i as Toliows «That ‘om vessel arrived at this Aug. 3, men to from « very unb i. Afni elec om the captain of he Nacooche, whioh arrived July 28 from Havana, that has undergone quarantine for a of 22 days, by direction of the authorities di half her that she was rent to the Southwest Auguat 16, Being driven ashore. "ie represented thal there i driven He re) no sickness either in port or on the passage, and being a new vessel, she is | to alse aistes that the owner dwsen moje og expenee and loss of time, and he rensales in. os Scuaiteae dae sent position she will become @ total wreck. The Kangaroo Outward Bound, fore requests that said vesse! may be poems PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 21, 1956, phy Ry {he beease of her : oa which cannot ew now The steamer Kangaroo sailed from hero for Livcrpoot, + “hermismon wen nesica te her Drona At clovon o'clock this morning, with 163 passongors and ‘Tho owners of the ship Young America, Tas $12,060 in specie. July 28, state that all hands on board were at aie ini ape et ans Coates etme PHILADELPHIA STOCK BOARD. lighters to be brought to the ity, which being, done PaLADeLPAmA, fy 21, 1866. ae a decision, [nM sent to the lrond, 4.27%; Long Ieland Railroad, 12%’, i Carine ag allege, ven to provi‘ 18; Peniayty aie Pinte 5's, 82)¢. tultable ctor, ait yesog! veing oon