The New York Herald Newspaper, August 28, 1856, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD. eee JAMBS GORDON BENNETT, EDITOR 45D PROPRIETOR. ernics X. W: CORNER OF NASSAU AND FULTON 8T i me conte per. 87 per annum. i ‘~ay ar aN ents per rho Pe Great Britain or to any Mike Continent, Me paket “acowted wlth neatnens, cReapness and des- ED vORTISEMENTS renewed every day. | Weterme BES. ccceccccsseessseenees Ne. 339 AMU-EMENTS THIS EVENING, WIDLO'S GARDEN, Broadway—Gavevieve—T cur Rore resrs— AsPRODEL. ROWFRY THEATRE, Bowery—Po-ca-non-tas—Daxcin@ kare ws New York. @8O. CHRISTY 4 WOOD'S MINSTRELS, 444 Broadway —Bywiorias Pemrormances—Ye Loarse-Tonye. BUCKLEY'S SERENADERS, 585 Broadway—Ermorian Mnwraeisy—TRovATORE. BUILDINGS, 589 Broadway—NgGno Sones, BURKESQUES—-On, Bose. “Wew York, Thursday, August 25, 1956. ee ee ee ‘The News. The Bmropean mails by the Niagara‘reached ‘this city ata late hour last night. We find wething of importance in our files that was not given in our telegraphic summary of the news which appeared in Tuesday's paper. The @nnard steamsbip Persia that left New York August 6, arrived at the bar of the Mersey river, Liverpool, on the evening of August 15, having eecupied in the passage eight days, twenty-three hours and thirty minutes, which the Liverpool Mex ‘eury calle the shortest passage on record. The greatest mamber of miles run in one day was 348, amd on ‘ive other days she made respectively 308, 333, 351, 344 and 342 miles. Mrs. Charlea Mathews Better krown as Madame Vestris—a prominemt mem’ ‘eer of the English stage—died at Grove Lodge, Fal- Tham, on the 16th inst. She was 59 years of age. Our despatches from Washington are impor-ant. ‘The Army Appropriation bill of the last session is aguin afloxt. It was started om motion of Senator Hunter, minus the Kansas proviso, and is now in ‘we hands o: a conference commitiee, composed of Mew rs. Hunter, Bigler and Crittenden of the Senate, -and Mesers. Campbell of Ohio, Stephens of Georgia, amd Sherman of Ohio, of the House. The usual parliamentary protcedings will doubtless be gone Wwough with, and the bill killed off, as before. "Where is a very strong probability, hewever, feat the administration party will hare a majority in the House to day, which may complete- Wy charge the aspect of affairs. In such en event, a mew bill, without the obnoxious clause, but contaia- img some provico respecting the tyranttical laws of Kansas, wil) be reported to the House and passed. Mr. Weiler’s bill and Mr. Clayton's proposition were @iscussed in the Senate and laid on the tible. A sketch ‘of the debate, which was a very animated ‘ene, is given'in our report of the procecdixgs. The Heuze adopted a resolution to adjeurn to-day at ‘three o'clock, but it is not likely that the Senate will eoncar. By way of New Orleans we have news from Sao Pranciseo to the Sth inst. It is very tnteresting. ‘The Vigilance Committee continued in full vigor. ‘Pwo executions had taken place, and #dd': onal ar- wests bad been made. Judge Terry was still a pri woner. ‘Mr. Hopkins, whom he stabbed, had reco- vered. Several attempts bad been made to fire San Prancisco and Sacramento, but happily they wére frustrated. Riots between Americans end foreign » ers had occurred in various locatities. The markets, which had been active for tbe fortnight previous, elosed dull at the time of the steamer’s departure. ‘Burning trom this gloomy aspect of aMairs, it will be seen that the State Treasurer bas been directed * te provide for the payment of the interest on the pablic deus, which, by the default of Yelmer, Cook & Co., is mew overdue in this city, thus eaving the tate from the stain of repudiation. Tne crops every where promised an abundant yielc. and min- ‘mg operations were flourishing. The Ivois, which Jeft Azpinwell on the 20th inst, with-¢) 500,000 in treasure, a fail complement of passengers, and the semi-montieky mail, is now due at thie por. We hawe intelligence from Micarague to the 9th mestant. The revolutionary movement aycinst Gen Walker appeens to be gaining ground. A large force from Gactemala and Sen Salvader occupied Leon, and with che return of the «dry season some hard knocks mew be looked for. i is rowerted that Walker's trogps. vere deserting rapidly. The San Prancisco pamers however, mertiag that three hu- @ed nen were w leave that city am the steemer of the 20th inst. to reinforce the Nicaraguan army. Col. Salazar.and.aeveral natives bad been convicted ef treason and hot. The British Consul at.Leon, who wes impliceieé in the treasomable desicns of Salazac and his coleaymes, had been disminsed. Accuns’s from Coex Rica state that another at- tempta’ insurrection Lad been enppressed. The American &%e% Council, whiek bas heer in seemone. Syracuse for a couple of days past, split yesterday upon reudigions condemning the aege ult wpe y MrsCumner aac. Cenc uncing the Kansas /e- bras ka act. The Pilimove 1a0u refnsed to reecivo the resolutions, wheregpon their opponents with- drew, endorsed the nouinstipn of Frement, and made wragg ements Cor, siding a convention for nomina. ‘ing ste officars.a. Sy actise on the 17th of Septemb vt. ."The Fillmore Americans finiebed up tbeir rou imedasiness Laguoninsly They hoida nowinatin ¢ osarention & Bochester. The next semi- annual me ting of the Comue!! will be held in Troy, if the orgn ata hangs togaher long enough Our corrspaptent at Gyyame, Porto Kico, writingen the St, ‘nst., statestzat “he cholera bad abated canside rayig at that place, Lut had anfor- tunately gnpeased 22 some te> districts. Pesce was free fzom the. disease. Some comvalescents in Cuayama bed bess.gcsried off by the intervention ‘et low typheld fewer. The cond» of Mr. Lind, Alcalde of Geyawa, a son-indew of Prof. Morse nd well known in tee United Gjctes, is bighiy raised for histcnmare attentions do the sick and dying. Trade.wes very dull. The growing sugar weeenes had been & wh Lemefitted by hearty rains. A graphic account of the execution.of Fox, who pu‘Tered.the.extremo penalty of the law yesterday wt Now Bronawick, &.J., incxpiation of <he homi tia of John Henry, son of @--Governer deury, of 1 Wher city, is pulviiched it to-dag’s paper. Tino Commissioners of Emigration met yester din YA repart was received from the residea. phy sic, te.0f the Marine Hospital, angouncing the grati tyir @Mactthat the yellow fever hag died out at that inet} ‘ution. From the weekly summary it wil be fiat 50% immigrants arrived at this port vthe postweek. @ makes the emigration of this ear 534 a dec. of 4.02140 same pe riod Inst year. Tho debt of the Comntiasion ik now 26 102 6 2. “one apa 2ofthe Lebigh Valley Pailroad “bridge over the De Waware river from aston to Philipsburg, which conn © With the New Jersey Central road, arn durin; gave woy on Monday, whilst two engines wore pass- ing over it. ¢ ne of the engines was precipitated into the Morris tonal,a distance of sixty feet, and the other caught onan abutment. There were five persons on the en at the time of tho accident. Two of them escap ‘ed injury, two were serlonsly in- jared, and one was ki Wed. Trafic will be suspended doth ‘om the canal and Tllroad for some days. ‘Ail the workmen emp *oyed in the United States Armory at Springfield, 4, ‘a®., some fonr hundred in aumber, were discharged “tom their employment yesterday, in accordance wi. i orders from the War Department. ‘The failore of the Army bill in Con grees ia the pretext for this mo, . ‘The cattle market was well . “plied with stock yesterday, most of which, howc'ver, fell into the sends yf ‘peculatora, who adraaigd price, thy terday, by the upsetting of a boat, containing Mrs. Dr. Kemff, Mrs. J. A.D. Funk and James Fonk, wife and son of Captain Stansbury Funk; Linda Har. riott, a child of Mr. Casman Harriott; Eddie Nor- thup, son of Mr. John Northap, and a servant girl of Mr. Harriott, all of whom were drowned. The de- ceased were all from this city. No particulara of the melancholy occurrence have reached us, ia detailed at length elsewhere. Particulars, in- cluding names of seventeen of the latest cases, up to last night, are given in the account. It seems the disease, which has heretofore been confined to vhe wealthy, has broken out among the poor with uch virulence that doctors aud nurses have left the place, and the sick are compelled to shift for them- selves. Enormous prices are offered for nurses to attend those who are ill. A few devoted persons have heretofore done the work and braved the danger. 800 bales, including part in transitu, without chauge in prices. Flour sold toa moderate extent, with- out change in quotations. Wheat fell off at the close 2c. & 3¢. per bushel for uew red and white; while old was guiet and nominal. Corn closed at 604c. a 6le. for sound Western mixed. Pork was active, bat irregular; it opened in a small way for mess at $19 a $19 25, and closed at $19 31a $19 374; prime was at $19. Sugars were active, with saies of about 1,600 hhds. Cuba uuscovado, chiefly taken by refiners; the turm of the market was claimed to be in favor of purchasers. Coffee was more active; sales of 2,000 bags of Rio were made, and about 4,000 begs East India or Java, at rates in another column. Freights were steady, and 70,000 NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1856. juriediction of Congress amounts to, if It cannot be applied to uphold the constitution, to enforce order, to repel lawless invaders, to repeal despotic Territorial acts, and to say how the federal moneys for Territorial uses shall be applied. Gen. Cass is in a position to speak without fear of the South- ern secession dragoons of the democratic party. His time for the Presidency has gone by. He isfree to act for the good of the country ; he hasnothing to expect of future democratic conventions, As friend of Mr. Buchanan | he should interpose to save him irom this “bloody code of Kansas.” The dead weight of this Pierce administration and its border ruffian Kansas Legislature and Kansas laws is more than Buchanan ean carry. Mr. Weller would relieve him of a part of the crushing burden. What says General Cass? Is be afraid to open his mouth? average rates st the close being 10c. a 10}c. per | pound. Vea) calves were in brisk demand at 6c. a Je. Sheep and lambe were in large supply and prices consequently declined somewhat. Swine were more plenty, and sold at 6c. a6jc. We refer to our report elsewhere for the details of the transactions, A sad accident happened at Bellport, L.I., yes- The progress of ihe yellow fever at Fort Hamilton The sales of cotton yesterday embraced about a 80,000 pushela grain were taken for Liverpoo) at 644., 64d. a 74., in bulk and bags. The Administration, Congress, and the Bloody Code of Kansas. The badger bas been at length smoked out of his hole. A Northern democrat, in the Senate of the United States, Mr. Weller of California, here- tofore enjoying something of the reputation of a political nigger dviver, a filibuster and a border ruffian, has had the moral courage and the parti- | zan sagacity to confess that the laws of the Missouri-Kansas Legislature « violate, not only the organic act of the Territory, hat the constitu- tion of the United States.” He was, therefore, “anxious to wipe these laws out of the statute book, as infamous and atrocious in their character.” Thus much for Mr. Weller. He speaks like a democrat of the old school. Mr. Mason of Vir- ginia, Mr. Butler of South Carolina, and Mr. Brown of Miscissippi—the latter the particular friené of Mr. Buchanan and his Ostend -plat- form--and al} three Southern fire-eaters of the secession school~—instantly fired ap against this humene, enlightened and statesmanlike proposi- tion ef Mr. Weller, on the ground that it invelved a step towards a compromise with the Hevse on the Army bill, Their ultimatwm with Mr. Bu- chanan is the Pierce admiuttration policy of establishing slavery in Kauras through the bloat y code of the border reffians, and ty Con- cious laws.” motion, and that after the adjournment or Tues- day evening there was a democratic Seratorial caueus, wherein it was @nally agreéd thet they would not adopt Mr. Weller’ motion now, “inas- ww! as they had twice before presented é to the Thowe, and they had refusedo take aay action onit’’ Hamlet, in suck case of-Senatorial dodging, would cry out, *< netLing but ratting. Let useoe. Kaneas, lately passed by the they are anade the party plattorm «f the adinin- istretion andot Mr. Buchanan, the bender ruflan will enfores them, and the United States anny will back thes up. For the infomnation of Gen. Case, Mr. Douglas, Northern Buchaacn silence thas far indicates their become the establishe! policy of the Pierce ad- demopracy, that the ¢x>ression or circulation of anti-sk very sentiqaents /: a felony in Kensas, yinishedle with fram two to five gears ierprisag-nent at hard labor, Another act eoepends the writ of da\co corpus; another declares that offenders subject to igapri- sonment a hard laber shall, ve securely fastened jvon attached, “whieh chair shall be securely fastenel to the ancle of such capvict with a strong lock and key;" and where there are two or more such eonvicts,~ they shall be fastened together with ns, With locks aml keys,” &e. Webelieve strong cha that the f treason. becauseof their diaregard ef these Kansas laws, are confined to dhis day with <he required “chaine,” and “ball,” aod “lodks and fceys,” not- withstanding the solemn confidential pledge of Mr. Pierce to the Chairmen on Ways aad Means of the House, that they should be immediately released. 1 was’ upon this promise flat the Ex- ecutive and Judicial Appropriation bill was passed without its Kanens amendments; and be- fore making any further concessions, the Howse should know what the President bee done In fab filment of hie promise to Mr. Campbell. Witt Mr. Campbell be good enough, for the informa- tion of the public, to state whether those Kan sae free State prisoners have been, or remain yet fo be, released? General Smith says they are stil} in custody. We desire to hear cepecially from Gen. Cas: We place these Kaneas laws before him for hie information. They are clearly violative of the constitution, and should be blotted out, We should like ot this exigency to hear from Gen. Coes how they are to be reaghed, if Congress has Ay J ower ip reach them, and what the supremg gressional appropriations onl United States trogps in support of those “infamous an‘ atro- Tt further appears that the domineering voice of Mr. Mason arrested the Senate upon Mr. Weller’s a -rat~a raty’ and a rati.is. This pettifogging axl cquivees\ing is ‘Tue bill of Mr. Toombe for "the pacification of enate, doer away witivthe farce of squatter sovereiguty, ard de- claves the supreme jurisdiction. of Congress over the Territories—a jurisdiction » hich involves the power to repeal Kansas Territerial laws and to abolish Kansas Legislatures o¢)ihitum, especialy when they exist in violation ef the constitution of the United States, Mr. Butler eays, “if they are uneonsiitutional, they are neil aad void without any agtof Congress.’ Technically they are,and £0 was the Missouri compromise; but yet it was regurded.ss binding till repealed by the compe- tent authority. And so, Mr. Butler very well knows, orcught to know, that as leng as Congress winks at their Kansas atrocities, aod aa long as Mr. Bigler of Po., Mr. Pugh of Obie, and other enators, whose semarkable ignorance ! the chasacter of the bloody ode of Keneas, we reprich an epitome of it elsewhere in this paper. From these ex- trae ts, it appears the! under this code, which has minie‘ration am! the, Yachanan nigger driving with a chain six feet iong,.with a round ball of State grisoners held us ler charges of The issue in Kansas is now the establishment of lavery in, orthe expulsion of slavery from the Ter ritory, by force of arms. The bloody Kansas code of Mr. Pierce and his ruffian confederates has brought the question to this ultimatum of civil war. Itis for Congress to decide whether this war shall cease or goon. If it is to go on, all that is required to give it full seope isto vote Mr. Pierce his Kansas appropriations without a why" or wherefore. But if there be amajority of the Senate who really desire peace in Kansas, they have only to adopt the proposition of Mr. Weller and the House proviso to the Army bill to secure it. Wipe out these border raffian courts ; stops the supplies to Mr. agents; provide for the protection of all bona side necessary securities fer rights, and peace and law and order will follow the extinction of woody ruftianism, as the morn- ing follows the night. Pierce’s border raftam settlers in Kansas; provide the their censtitatioual The admissions and the preposition of Mr. Weller place the democratic party in a position of responsibility from which it cannot escape by dodging. They place this Pierce administration aud its Kansas policy, which Mr. Buchanan is to follow up, in the blackest infamy before the peo- ple. The House of Representatives stands con- fessedly in the right ; and it were better. a thou- send times better, to let the army be disbanded than to make it the tool of Mr. Pierce’s bloody code of Kansas, his bloody agents and their bloody work. As between Fremont and Bucha- uan, the House, standing fast to their saving con- ditions for Kansas, army or ne army, may safely 4 leave the issue with the people. Two Faces on the Ostend Policy. We publish to-day an article from the Jour mad of Commerce, and another from the Richmond Eu. quirer, both organs of Mr. Buchanan, the 0! # in the North, the other in the South, (the form: ¢ the only one in this section of the country war- thy of notice,) which ave singularly ¢ Bverse ‘They show conclusively the falsehood of the pre- tensions with which his dlaims here are ur ged, aud the singular duplicity with they are set, forth by on the policy of the ‘Ostend manifesto. his princlpal supporter, his foreige am! domestic policy. quences would, ia that case, be an involvement the coamtry inwwar. The Journal underiakes + in reply to the coming announcement. friend of the Journal of Commeree. “whole tenar” of his note. ceptance was framed accordingly, however, a “strict responsibility to the peopl He warily begged to be excused from tion to do justice to all nations, requir: them all. The “if made,” under ed to the committee, and independence of character. lopemente of the future,” he propo: Bonth in the confederacy.” Saunders, the American proves that he ‘adopted’ tke of regard to tected ly the og! ion upon their borders says the submitted to the sacrifice of slavery President Picree, its deliberations were guided by the “‘ master mind,” and its action was “directed by the incomparable sagacity” of Mr, Buchanan. {tisbelieved, continues the Hngvirer, that the Span- ish designis “only suspended, not abandoned,” and we view the enbject in its epecial relation to the interests of the South—Mr. Buchanan commend- ing himself in efther aspect to its “confidence ond gratitude.” {i ie Gras plenrty evideny to the most garsless The Journal of Cramerce quotes the declara- tion impute? to Mr. Buchanan after hie no- mination—‘iam no longer James Buchanan: Lam the represemtetive of the Cincinnati plat- form’ —and complemns that itis used to weaken his claims, founded. on his well-known “personal character and this great experience as a states man.” itis inferred, says the Journal, that he adopts the whole platform, and that it will guide The conre- of remove all aprrehension of this result, by the tatewent that a member of the Cincinnati Con- vention stopped on his way home at Wheatiand, where Mr. Buchanan showed him in advanee a letter of acceptance of bis nomination, prepared Tn that dratt reply he -considered the resolutions of Mr. Mead, of Virginia, on our foreign policy, as advisory merely, because he misunderstood the vote to refer ahem as a vote of adoption, Mr. Buchanan being informed of his mistake, sent a messenger ta’ Lancaster to ascertain the facte, for he seemed to discredit the information of this The mistake being ascertained, he was obliged to alter the His letter of ac- nd in that he stated, as no ows could foresee the exigencies which might arise in our various and changing foreign relations, “the federal government must of necessity exercise a sound discretion” with regard to them, “as they may occur,” under, “into particulars,” and professed his determina- ustice in return, and to cultivate peace and friendship with declaration, therefore, in his speech to the people of Lancaster, was made, the impression that the platform was an advisory, and not a pe remptory one. In Lis letter actually deliver- and published some days afterwards—which ix the trae exponent of his policy, says the Jowrnal—he reserves to hime self this exercise of a sound discretion, and it is the highest evidence of Mr. Buchanan's firmness The Richmond Fnguirer, of the 16th inet. however, publishes an article which accepts the nomination, and places the claims of Mr. Buchanan on very different grounds—indeed, the very opposite of those which are put forth in the article of the Journal of Commerce. The Enquirer openly asserts that Mr. Buchanan “has been a con- sistent and zealous advocate of the acquisition of Cuba,” and that, “anticipating the possible deve- lthe acquiai- tion of that island gg “the boat expedient for main- taining the independence avd equality of the Wis despatch to Mr. Minister at Madrid, policy ont the peculiar imerests ef the South. These particular interests were endanger- ed hy the Spanieh idea of Africanizing Caba, and the setting up of a negro government there, pero- ain and Franee, which would disturh institutions of the South, blow «the sparks of and endanger the peace and tranquillity of the United States. Dither, Engiirer, the “ plot to Afvicanize Cabe must have been defeated, or the South must have ’ The Os tend Conference met under the instructions of — Thetwo of United States soldiers in the fort. wero Faaseben oan some two weeks since, and are now ence ped, to the number of two hundred, several miles. {Ble pd. ‘There are ouly « few sentinels fort, 71d they daily sickep follewing tract of a letter we received from. Fev) ase a has selatives sick at Fart Hamilton; — THE PUBLIC HEALTH. Commissioners of Health. ‘The Board met at the usual time, with « quorum pre- observer, if he has not already been convinced by the speeches and writings of G yy, Wise of Virginia, that the South look forw urd to the con- summation of the Ostend poli y, and to Mr. g 14 sent. Buchanan as the agent to carr , jt out, ‘The s\-| — The following cases were acted upon at the request of | “GirBeoneld and Mr. Oliver have stayed and gacity which he displayed aby fom is to be exert- | the Heal:h Odlicer:— done all they could, from tie time of Su thenaler Whites illness, with no one (o aseist them, Mr, Soofteld ia now ‘worn out, and has been obliged W leave to recover somo, of his lost strevgth; and My. Oliver is now the only ome left there. Ove huncred dollars per day was offered for a nurse for Mr. Cummings, aud there was none w be had... Cy a of mousy can be raised to hire nurses,, apd Bark Cornelia, from Havane;*July 26, with sugar and molasses, Lost ope man on passage of yellow. ‘foyer. Cargo has been discharged for ® period of twenty days, and no one has sickenod op board during the Y,rooess of discharging. Vessel allowed to proceed. Brig Albion Cooper, came to Quarenting from Carde- nas August 12. All bands well. Cargo discharged for five days and ship fumigated, Allowed to proceed on twentieth doy efter arrival. Brig Necoochee, the particulars heretofore given, al- lowed # atroam permit to lighter thence to New York, except the hides. Brig Wildfire, came into port bugust 4, from Vera Cruz, All Bands well, fo dischange her cargo on lighters, and sent to the city, except Sides, which are not to bo " cl ve yards of New Work or Brooklyn to discharge cargo. Bre , With ‘hides and muhogany, August 16, from Veru Oruz.’ To discharge cargo in lighters at Qua- raatine, . Brig BK. , 5th, with ealt, sugar and molasses. ‘All bands on board well; has been lying at Quarantine eleven days; has been fumigated. Humacoa, her port of departare, is represented a8 healthy. Allowed to proceed. PETITION. & Schoorer Yorktown, now tyiug at Southwest Spit, which arrived from Porto Cabelio on the 18tn, with hides, cot- fee, wood and torus, represents thet all hands were well ‘on leaving port, but’ one Band died after tive days of in termittent fever from sleeping on deck ip the night air. ‘Vessel leaky and requires pumpivg four or five times a day; acks permission to come to city, or tw be al- lowed > Gischarge cargo into lighters, and from thence into canal boats for inland transportation. The Health Officer was apprehensive that the death was from yellow fever; advise no change. Former decision eustained. € Brig Mary Baekil!, trom Cienfuegos, Cuba, 18th Inst— removed to Southwest Spit by the Board. Had several deaths during the passage. Pe‘ itiun to come up refused. Petition of brig Guayama, from Angostura, to land hid¢s at some pier on North river, denied. Brig Mary Lowell, from San Jaan de los Remedios, to proceed to city and diecharge cargo. Denied. Owner ot brig Isabella Bearman, from Sagua la Grand, requesting reverea) of decision. ied. ‘k Pride of the Sea, from Trinidad. A similar pett tion denied. ed at home, His acceptar ce of the nomination is full enough and wide & jough to permit him to pursue the scheme of obtaining Cuba at the cost of a war with Spe’ in if necessary. All the South will have to de , is to sound the alarm, and declare their instity’ ons to be in danger, and'Mr. ce ean “ dise’ setion” will rapidly come into play. The article’ ) the Enquirer thus most palpably shows forth th ¢ future policy of the South—their determinatio » to secure Cuba at any price and at any 88 rifiee to the country at large. Nay, more-—th? t the election of Mr, Buchanan is the first stey , in the design. It is, therefore, prepos- terous f the Journal of Commerce here to hold out any 4 nrances of his unwillingness to embroil our foreig o relations, It ie a deception upon the cred¥ ity of its readers and the public, when it seeks to cover up the real intentions and the well wn erstood purposes of Mr, Buchanan, Here we ha ve two of his organs—the Northern and the 9 outhern— urging his claims on directly opposite | ‘grounds; and it is an insult to common senee, on the part «af the Journal, to suppose that these ” palpable ontradictions will not be at once per- ceived a ad perfectly understood by the people of the Uni ted States. If they choose to drift into @ Span’ gh war, and the consequent disturbance of our for eign relations, let them vote for Buchanan. They * will now do it with thelr eyes open. race a Fort Hamilton want the pablis at- ion called to fact, “ar Green ani his on are |} very low. There is: no prospect of any one who ix DOW ae, They are dying from sheer neglect, Every x. and poor, who can réice money im any way to get awayr from the , are ieaving. Dr. Vollam, of the army, ig the only physician in the place. All the-ethers havo» fed, but he has done @!) that one man can do; beer. Up night and day, ard now the government bas ordered? him to Bedlow’s Island. Le is only waiting to borelievodt by the regular phy:icivn 01 the fort, Dr. Bailey, Yellow Fever at Staten Istand. Although the yell w fever has almost died out ia tisor ‘Marine Hospital, seversi cares nave occurre?. in the dia- trict of Southfield. In Clifton there are threo cases ro ported, as follows — — Bilva, a lad about 14 years of age, reported dead on Tuesday night. Daughter of Mr. Asp.nwali’s coachman; quite ill, Mr, Austin, who ia bow recovering. Tbe utmoss cor stervation prevatis among the-v!! and there bas been a reguiar stampede from that part of” the island. Over twenty larmers have left since Sat Jast, and there are hardly teams enough to take away titer goods. An effort has been mace to keep matters secret. Brooklyn Board ef Mealth. Av6, 217.—Present, Mayor Hall, presiding, and Aide - men Sbaw, Oskiey and Walsh, The following vessels were permitted to land their: cargocs:— . Brigantine Susan Duncan, trom Antigua, with sugar auc: molagses. Brig Warreu Goddard, from. Cienfuegos, with, sugar and molasses, rig B. K, Faton, from Bumacos, with salt end sugar. Also, brig Truxillo, from Jeremic, Bayt, (on producing the proper oertileate from the cer. ‘Application was mae to land hides from brig Virginia, Seileafieee, and refused. Montserrat, from, Carthagena, was permiued to land coffee, bari, fustic, &c., but vo hides, of which part of ber cargo consisted. The Bealth Offcer reported no cases of infectious oi coptagious diseases tor the last tweuty-four hours. It having been wained that two wage Doig 5 Jeoted to report casey of smallpox by them, conformity to the reqniyements of.the Board, the Corpora- tion Attorhey was directed to notify them to appear and show cause. The dead house in the Citizens’ Union Cemetery, om Bovwsy road, hae been leased for the use of the. roners, Te g War w Carirornu—Tae Viormayxce Com meres Sr. ar Work.—By an arrival at New Orleans on Tuesday, we have further news fron a Oelifornia to the Sth inst. Our despatch stat es that the Vigilance Committee were still in ful 4 foxee—that they had made more arrests, and ha aged two persons who were convicted of mar- dg. Mr. Terry, one of the Justices of the Su- P reme Court, was still under the Committee's ) eck and key, Several attempts had been made te ifire San Francisco and Sacramento, and altogether the country seems to be in a bad way. It would seem that the Vigilance Commit- tealhes declared itself en permanence, and that it is now ‘the sole ruling pewer of the State. Such ‘being the case, we give the following list of the Bxerutive Committee — 413% OF MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ‘07 HE COMMITTEE ©F VIGILANCE, 24N FRAN- @re0, JULY 5, 1856. QUARANTINE MATTERS. The annexed letter was received from Elisha Harris, Resident Physician of the Marine Hospital, by the Mayor, and by him sent to the Commissioners :— Manne Hosprrar, August 27, 1856. TO TS HONOR THE MAVOR AND RESIDENT PiIYSICIAN OF SEW YORK. Gexrixex—The report of the yellow fever at the Marine Hospital for the past week. exbibite the pleasing intelligence of the entire ceasation at Quarantine. The case received from the city is already well known to the Resident Phys cian, The patient contracied the fever sear the water sid cither In the vicinity of Hamilton avenue, Brooklyn, or tween Whitehall and Peck slip, New York. Probably, how ever, in the vicinity of the Atlantic Dock, ° walked about there on several occasions in the evening, aout A Week previous to hi@ittack of fever. ‘The exse from the Jas- per may have origénated at Quarantine, where the vessel ‘Was anchored, and the crew exposed in the vicinity of infected ‘vessels, from four to six days. 4 ‘The man remaived trom four to six days in the city before ing sent to the Marine Hospital. The little girl, Symon, I found sick of black vomlt, in the farm house of Wm. H Aspinwall, near the water side, some twenty rods southeast of the residence of Mr. Aspinwall, 02 the promontory, four Tales south of Quarantine. I have'as- certained that itis chilc had beem exposed to the canses of yellow fever no etherv:ise than by living to an infected at ‘The Fever ta Kings County, TO THE EDITOR OF THR HERALD. Tread in your edition of yesterday a very fair aud in- teresting article on the yellow fever at Fort Hamilten and Bay Ridge. It might have been extended much further, and included mavy heart stirring scenes of distress and ' Pprivation, and more inr\ances of self sacriticing devotion to those unfortunate victims of disease, from whose bed- side, and even neighbo: hood, peopie, old and young, fied asat éhe presence of the destroying angel, Among the Intter your correspoudent bes vot enumerated the halt here at the place mention: ith great respect, yours, &., 5 z. Fist, P at the p ment alone Pare brit < Physician, thet have listened to ihe perpen nents. | and J. P. Manrow, The following is the rrpert:—No. 130, August | Sovxht safety in tight, and some from locations where, W.P. eee wa a | pb reed _ Basa 4 ome me Jas) =o oe y= — up to the present moment, there hag been ne reason —— Thompeon, coal mer- , enilor; age, 26; nativity, 5 P ; dae jellow fever; died \ugast 21; contractod from vessel. | to,hotieve thet the peaulcnoe would appear, the result of W. 7. Thompson. 2. 131—Avgust 23, Elias Sly mon; age, 10 years; nativity, | bavc, many of them, been left without pro or | JOH. Fish, United States; disease, yellow fever, cont from the | svmpathy in their dying struggles with thie, fernble ‘Aaron Burne, * 4 village, No. August 23, Wm. Dyer, from bark | scourge. Let the namex of Mr. Cuming and Mr. Oliver C. V. Gillespie, Samuel Sole, Agnes from Caras; occupation, sailor; Fre 18 yoars: | ho appropriately remembered am among those who per- Charies Doane, Myers P. Truett, may, Peet; disease, yellow fever; August 255 | fied th and li'e under the most Hing circum Themes D Johns, — Osgood, clerk im Ap- | dinease brought from the city. stances, The former, aud a beloved have, within Issac .Bloxome, Jr., 33, - praiser’s oes, Board adjourned. & few hours of each other, been laid in the grave, which Ke . Gi : ha» closed over so many of ideir friends and neighbore. a “Reed Hussey, SS aes es Commissioners of one The latter yet survives, aud-I hope be may long live to o mats jules David, 1, Gay | The Board met at 4 P. M.—Galian C. Verplanck in the | cojey fhe rich reward of an approving conaci Sichelne deren, Pe om am Mr. Ednor, my obj ct in pepping these few lines was R Jeseup, Washington bartiett, editor MARINE HOMPITAL MATTIRS, tdath eenaeae mane @ tn Wea ten ef ones er oe of Ritchie, Pa ran Teche, The tollowing letter was received -— whoee uptlipcbing fcarlessness m the dark bours which 4 jerars. Vail, Tu! Demp Mantye Hosrrrat, Ang, 27, 1856. have parsed over our ili-teted district, no dangers could James Dows, distiler, ster, Rogers & e— f Gextirwes—t have th oni; " . Uitacrefaata, | caceent cine dover hts be eds So be are Max | Soup Mh nae, ME Nethennl Borlet family (and sob Doyle's) Who were umong the severest sullerers—fathor, daughters and ton jn-iaw were its first victims. It waa in family that Mr Heury Stilwell, itving at Bay Ridge, ‘rom the first appear ance of disease, spent all bie time, nightand day, im unceasing endeavors to adminis- ter comfort and solution to the sick and dring. He stood over them while writhing in the sgontes of fever, im all the repulsive sages of its progress, ull the black vomit set its sea] upon the \ast scene of its victim; and when the, li pirit had flown to Him ‘who made it, io Wrap the winding sheet around the bee es with bis own und sometimes unaided band, litt remained of father apd children im the narrow which for bours bat awaited the extinction of the vital spark, and then hurried to the grave which had yawned © PS eee ota & sere “the last of " Stiwel is a man in hamble circumstances, nd the welfare of his family; pital during the past week, and that no new cases of the me I) have among the residents of the establishment. Only a single case of the feverfremains under treatment, and this is a lite girl that was brought to the hospital from 4 tarm house on Staten Island, opposite Fort Hamilton. The history of the past two Weeks. together with the con. tinued low temperature-of the weather, give us reason to hope that the threatened scourge of yeliow fever is averted from s. In making ‘hie report is proper that I should advert to. the fact that the Marine Hospital has been most liberally sustained by your honorable board, and that the benefits of the institn- tion have been freely extended w all the uaiortunate victims of yellow fever who could be removed to the hospital. Your bieht eroplayed in iratsierting the sick to the hospital frog vas ployed in transferring the sick to var rios parts of the island, and all the Ii seems by the despatch from New Orleans tha! the Commiitee had executed two men for murder. The man Braee has, we believe, been in the -hands of the legal authorities, and was condenmed to die, It is probable that the Com- mittee had nothing to de with him, but that he war hanged according to law. The state of things in California is one that may well excite alarm, and lead us to consider whether or not we have really solved the problem of democratic government, bee meaus at our command have been sod for the benetit of the public and for the relief of the sick, widhout referee: to any special of legal obligntion. For such labor and benetita the Commissioners of Emigration, have meried ed Will undoubtedly receive the gratitude of those whore houses have been with pestileuee. is daily exernions * Re fn b wire, &e., But in all this sloom there is one cheering enpenialy, Powe Fe. eaenis ¥. D., Physician, thus situated, it was & truly generous and admirable speck of news, The State of California is about ] This document was ordered on file, eel{ng which €0 Beautifully re the Divine command to “leve our neighbor as ourselves.” These are some of be gy a gpg » a. Uife —e, like the brilliant met ave & stream! azling ii cheer the loom ot surroudiag SOE PE 5c and encourage ali such. shall have feft our shores, ( Dr. Hanns alse reported that the term of Dr. Harcourt, who was appointed to ac) as special assistant during the paver lp deg yellow fever, bad expired, the disease y x «¥ Objected to the removal of Dr. Harcourt. Mr. Cuxns and toe Paxsnyt took the same view of the subject. The matier was finally disposed of by agreeing See cecensras oe hes = certs hisseryices, Adjourned. The Yellow Fever at Fort Hamilton. PROGRESS OF THE DISEASE—NAMES OF THE DEAD. The news we received from Fort Hamilton lato last evening was heartrending im the extreme. Not only is the yellow fever raging with great virulence among the few people who remain ip that plague stricken spot, but the sick and dying are neglected, and neither love nor money will induce Surses and relatives © wait upon them. Heretofore the discase bas been mainly conflnod to the wealthy families living on the sea shore, but now it has broken out at a place known as Triahtown, among a popu- lation of very poor poopie, and ia reported to be very fatal. To show how panicstricken the poopie in that vicinity are, it is stated $100 a day are offered to nurses, but even that exorbitant price will not induce them to risk their lives by attending to tue wick. The whole labor has fallen upon afew persons, among whom aro Mr, Paul Oliver, whom we mentioned yesterday, and Rey. Michae! Sco- field, the Fpiscopal clergyman, and the latter has been compelled to retire to recruit, so arduous and exacting bas been his labors. » The friends of thore who have reiatives sick at Fort to redeem fits eredit and pay the interest on its bonds due iu this city, Our readers will remem- ber that the San Francisco bankers, Messrs, Pal- mer, Cook & Company, were the agents of the State to pay this money, which they had already received. They failed to forward it, and conse- quently the interest on the State debt remains unpakl. Besides the disgrace to the State, this was very distressing to numerous bolders of the coupons here who depended upon the money for their subsistence. The affair affords a good les- son to States to beware how they lodge their funds with irresponsible persons, Several other States have been victimized in the same manner, and it ought to be known by this time that the only eafe way in such cases is to place the funds in some sound, safe bank, which will not be broken by a run-of a few thonsaud dollars. How- ever, we are glad to know that the State will net repudiate. She may come out right side up yet. Re-Oresixe or vig Orees.—Max Maretyek puta forth hie official announcement today for the coming Opera teason at the Academy of Music, which will positively commence on Monday, with the ‘ Trovatore,”’ most popular opera that bas been produced within the last too years, The prima donna is Mme. Le la Géange, the most satislying Of toprani. Mme. De la Grange never gets , OF fatigued, or disgusted, or displeased with Mon- sieur le publique, and consequently that monster will be more happy to see and bear her than to risk a new im- portation, which might turn outa bad one. The company will otherwise be quite eqnal to that of Max's last yery suc cesstul season. [uring the coming season we are to have several neveltios~ the ‘ Etoile du ag yA pony 8 aad & new tenor, Signor Tiberini, who is w be young, banceome, and a fine artiat. come slowly Dut ly wo the bumbie hears, wile Wey round thir own eomforble ‘their wants. 2: 7 . Ray Rives, Aug. 27, 1856. The Way Vessels are Quarautined. Jaxes GORDON Bawxert, Esq.— Jam ploased to soe that you aro taking the action of the Commissioners of Health into consideration. It ie high time their proceedings were closely scrutinized, and ‘the public informed upon what principle the Quarantine. laws are applied. I ree it stated that steamers are, with but rery little detention, permitted to come up (othe and Wiscbarge their cargoce, while sail veescle, with, Us ‘same description of cargo and from the same ports, are de- ‘ere s!ould be detained the longest. Qan one who is a little ‘The Yellow Fever. TO THE EDITOR OF THE WERALD. For years past I have been a close observer of the pro- ree oe Tar eee ced ieee TIME 8? © | gress of our city and ite suburbs, and I must admit that 1 Muecent Lerrens —List of letters advertised in Public Ledyrr, Monday, August 25, 1856, remaining in the Phila- delphia Post OMce uncalled for, no doubt misdirceted -— RALTINORE HOTHRS, Gover, Rese, & Ca. Harrison, & Son. SEW YORK NOUSES, Jobneon, Brown, & Co., Miller, Orton & Mulligan, C. Muller, & Oo., Rogers & Son, or blast our hopes and prospects for years. The sensible and timely remaries of your Fort Hamil- ton correspondent, “O. D. G.,"’ in yoar paper of the 17th, ‘and the two excellent reports of Dr. A. B. Whiting to the Comomissionors of Health, published in your paper of the 204, are so similar to my own experience as to the intro- for the benedt of your numerous Soteen; bas Appleton, & Co. Wiest the gardens, Wiliata. -Plek ‘Tappan, McKillop, & Co. Laat evening we learn there were six now cases ro- | | shall ably offer an occasional article on the manner a " sy Tee lows: — of ey and the danger of communicating tt - . from ing to the inhabitants, tt Brooklyn City News Miss Groge: shores of owt besatifel bay and harbor. i re Anasne On Wonks Deetnoven ry Pis.—About dve o'clock yesterday morning fire broke out in the Atlantic (ti Works, on the corner of Van Dyke and Ferris streets. The butiding was of brick, end oaly one story in height. There wore eeveral outbuildings, in which some of the materia) Servant gir’ Servant yirl of Gen. Stanton A soldier, name not reported Jack, acolored tnan, one of the beac’ : Mr. Commings and wife were buried yerterday, There Wee BO One to lay them out except Mr. I’'aal Ulver and Jn 1848 I took a residence on the east tide of Staten Teland, tm full view of the veasels at anchor in the Quar Aniine limits, Dot app ehend ing the least danger from the eitps or hospitals verai vessels arrive! with ment ry some tI] with yellow fever, Tue sick were taken to hospital, and as it was a common oocur- ‘was deposited. ‘The place being Billed with roein, oil and | Hey. Mr. Seoteld rence, did not excite the wonder of the resiaeuts along the other highly coraBestibic substances, the fire spread ra. dir, Cummings was a wealthy man, and co indeed are | shore. ted pidly, and the whic was enveloped in ‘lames jn a very | SCBr'y &!! who dave sicd so far. It so heppened that a very gentle wind prevailed foy short period after the discovery of the fire, The smoke The improdence of endeavoring to keep an epidemic | two weeks, b/owing directly from the ship tothe shore from burning pile rore in @ dense black column and | !'k¢ this secret is strongly exemplified in case Of Fort | About the middle of Acoust a great number of my neigh Hemiiten. When the yellow fover firet appeared at thie , an old doctor, who was familiar with it at the Fouth, gave it ite true name tmmediately; bot he was rcouted and cerided, and called an alarmist. Soon, how. ever, the most sceptical had to confess that the yellow fover was in their inidst, and nlerm succeeded apathy. A perton attached to @ well known newspaper in Ni York, living and owning property at that place, was called upon and requested to make a statement of facta to the public, 60 Unat the infected vessels might be removed, ut he declined doing 80, alleging that it would create woneceseary alarm in New York, and perhaps injure business. Consequently the disease spread northward from polpt to point, and mow it is on the very confines of Brooklyn. _|t was not vntil public attention was called to the fact that any elort was made to check the progress of this disease. It can be proved to @ demonstration that sonary measures would haye kept the yellow fever ‘ort Iiamilton, and have saved many valuable lives that are now jost. This should be a warn ing to cur Boar’ of Health, not to keep the facts out of the pablie ournals, ‘We stated yesterday that this disease seems to haro been conveyed ty, the wind: and this theory is con. firmed by many additional facts, After the disease bad prevailed at the Fort for some time, it ooased and passed bors wore taken i!', and to my surprise the physiciane: | rononnced ity fever, This surprised every one, or ‘twas certain that none of the persons attacked hac ever bad the least connection, either directly or indirevt- Y. with the shipping, and that the poison aiTecting those. cn shore way waited to them by the gentle cast wind then prevailing. The slarm was terrible indeed—the place was rapidly aepopulated; hundreds Sow tox -1 among the number. nhabitants implored the [lealth Oftecr to remove ‘he ships further from the shore. He did so, but of no avail. Over 150 of the population took the fever, and « great number died; and the disease was only arrceted for the want of subjects and the approach of frost. Unfortunately for me, this sommer | located on the Long Islay shore, and again I have had to return to the city from the same cause as in I wing witnessed tne introduction of yollow foyer at Fort Hamilton and the Leng Island shore ID AJ ed maaner and fron the same cause as It was introduced on the east shore Ftnuen Taam in 8B . b « suppose the Health OMcer, for tho bettor protection the ety and the inbabivants of Staton Inland, romored att the infected vecsels a: they arrived outside the Narrows, to Gravesend Bay, near a mile from Fort Hamilton, ama no doubt supposed beyond harm to any one, extended for miles over the city, being carried in an east. erly direction by the current of air, The fire was the regult of carelessness on the part of one of the workmen, who Jeft one of the stilitaps open, by which the rosin ran into the fire, and set the whole in'a blaze, Soon after the alarm was given one of the Union ferry boats, provided with the Worthington steam engine, ran alowg the dock and ¢irected several “treams upon contiguous proporty, which was .hus preserved. The City Fire department was nigo on band in good time, and exerted thomecives man- Gully. A propelier barge stood on the stocks near by, xd was in dang cr Of being burned, but was saved by tho pigom engine. ‘Thc loss s about $12,000—no insurance, Toe owners are Mes. *re. Barris & Stoddard, ‘Tre Late Boren FE V1080N.— Another of the victims of the boiler explosion in Wilder's safe manufactory, on the 10th iast., died at the City Mospital on Toceday night. ‘The Coroner hold an inques %, 804 a verdict in accordance ‘With the facts was rendered "¥ the jury. The name of deceased was James Johns@. United States On *lt Court, Neteow, Justice —Ordered, that at *pecial session of tho Girenit Court of the United States for the Southorn District | to the northward. This was while the south and south: Rr zen loaded with ~ at mark the r of New York be beld tthe sual pia % nthe city for | west winds prevailed, “But when the cok run tet fa, an | poiwonel simorphere:a very hoe wouibwusettt weak et holding said Circuit Court, on the secon. t Monday of Mop. | the wind blew from the north for several days in succes: | in and blew for about two weoke "during Tas bented tember noxt (8th), in purrwarce of the 5 Wer conferred | sion, it reappeared at Fort Hamilton, after ten days with: | rm,” when the meroury ranged from 80 to 100, direct by the act of Congrosa passed July 4, 1840," said Court | out anew case, Fy AH 4 ly on the 1 island shore, thug conveying among the commence at 10 o'clock A. M., om said « ‘ay, and that fever poison had been borne from Gowanus, ¥: Hook | inhabitants w! ship londs of the mow lead poison causes for argument be noticed and put on ,Wiendar for | and the Qnarantine, Fipht upon this fated epet Bhis fact f fre the laboratory of info ” Je iptererting, and her iv Dyestigntion, Stee Tbs oversea! ,ocash aad westow of tke peony