The New York Herald Newspaper, July 9, 1857, Page 4

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New York, Thursday, July 9, 1857. , Broadway—Kravoviam ‘The News. ‘The question of the Street Commissionership was decided yesterday by Judge Peabody in favor of Mr. Conover, the appointee of the Governor, as ageinst Mr. Devlin, the present incumbent, ap- pointed by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen. The case is, however, still pending before Judge Roose- weit. He will no doubt decide in favor of Mr. Dey- | lin, and the subject will then go to the Court of Ap- | peals. This Court will not meet until September mext. In view of the acrid political complexion of | the case, the Court of Appeals will undonbtedly } avoid a decision, by postponing it until afterthe No- vember election, when the controversy will be set- ted by the people in a verdict rendered from the ballot boxes. The Board of Councilmen last evening adopted a resolution, -by a vote of forty four to four, to give the police station houses and other property to the Metropolitan Board. A similar move wil! probably be made in the Board of Aldermen to-night. An effort has been made to iuduce the new Commis- sloners to re-appoint the disbanded policemen, and | they have signified their willingness tocomply. They | will appoint any number of policemen that the Board | ot Supervisors will permit. At present the Com- | missioners are restricted to five patrolmen, but they | have no mn to increasing the number to an | indefinite extent. Comptroller Plagg has signified his intention of paying the old force the sums due | them. The investigation into the cause of the death of | the men Bernard and Lantenberg, killed in the riot of the Fourth, was continued yesterday by Coroner Perry, aud several important facts were developed. In the first place eleven of the rloters were satisfac: | torily identified among them a man named Rooney, who was proved to have thrown the first stone at the Metzopoiitan force, and lead the first attack, with ‘the battie ery of “ Down with the black republicans, | and three cheers for the old police.’ Again it was shown that notwithstanding the manifest hostility of the Dead Rabbit party to the Metropolitan police, several of the old Municipal force were engaged in | NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1857. from the etore of Tiffany & Co., in June, and seat to the State prison for five years. A telegraphic despatch from Washington atetes that the Btate Department ia apprised of the charnc- ter of the recent correspondence between our Minis- ter at Caracas and the Venezuelan government, in reference to the Aves islands claims, and that Mr- Sardford, formerly attaché to the American Legation at Paris, has been at Caracas, and recently at Wash- ington, representing one set of claims against Veae- zuela, Oar cocrespongent at Porto CabeUo supplies a good desi of interesting information in regard to the origin of the claims made by certain parties in Bos- ton and Philadelphia against the Venezuelan go- vernment, arising out of it the guauo islands of that republic, and as to the claims of citizens cf New York, arising outof the old bonds of the Coiambian confederacy. He also states that there are rumors in Venewuela of an an- ticipated filibustering movement, got up here under the auspices of ex-President Paes. Our correspon: Gent at Caracas states that President Monagas was tistied with the tone and manuer of Minister ames’ communication, that he declined to append his sigoature to the treaty with the United States, just ratified by the Venezuelan Congress. The particulars of the melancholy accident at Ronkonkoma Lake, 1.,1.,by which Mr. John W. Jeslie, David B. Porter and Harriet Palmer lost their lives, are fully detailed in another column. From the record of this case by the Corouer of Suf- folk county, it will Le discovered that all the Dog- burrys aze not dead. An interesting account of the melancholy acci- dent at Milton harbor, by which eight persons were Crowued, willbe found in our Portchester corres: pondence, with some remarks on that picturesque We have news from South America dated Rio G henge 12th, Bahia 28d, Rio Janeiro 25th, and Per- ith of May. The stock of flour at Rio 5,700 barrels, Richmond retailed and Baltimore at 20 milreas, At Rio rian the stock of four was estimated at 70,000 bartels, 26,608 barrels of wich remained in first hands. Sales had been made at 24 for Rich- mond, 25 for Fontana, and 16 a 18 milreas for other American varietics. There had been but little change in the Pernambuco markets. White sugars, however, were in better demand at advanced priees We have files from Georgetown, Demerara, to the 6th ult, The Colonist of that date says—‘On Satur- | day last the schooner John Walker. from Essequi- bo, fell in with a small boat containing nine negroes | who, it is reported, have made their eseape from Cayenne.” A proclamation had been issued sum- moning the College of Electors to meet on the 10th ult. to fill a vacant seat in the Court of Policy. Our correspondent at Barbadces, writing on the 20th ult., says:—“The health of the island is good. The weather has been and is very favorable, copious rains having fallen throughout the island, The pro «iuce market has been duil fer some days, owing to the absence of purchasers for the United States. Very little of the crop remains to be reaped. Since the commencement of the crop, 1,407 hogsheads, 425 tierces, 1,007 barrels sugar, aud 2,000 puncheons, 177 barrels molasses, have been shipped to the United States. Sugar sells at $s a $8 25,and mo- lasses at 46c.a 47c. There is much speculation in | breadstuffs, which tends to stiffen the market. | Floor cells freely at $3 25, and corn meal at $5 25. Oil meal is much wanted. Fish and tumber are in the fight, assisting the Metropolitans andthe Bowery | spply-’ boys, while not one of them was recognized on the | side of those who were apparently battling in their | name, the Rabbits. Coroner Perry has succeeded, | by the testimony of one important witness, in eluci- dating the cause which gave birth to this mysterious Dead Rabbit gang, their leaders, and the purpose of | theie organization. It appears that they were | formed with a view of contesting the political supremacy of the Sixth ward with the Bowery party. In other words, as sworn to by the witness re ; ferred to, for the purpose of licking the Bowery boys and getting possession of the whole ward. Doubt- The receipts of cattle during the past week amonnted to 2,544 head, against 3,301 head received the week previous. The scant supply caused a brisk demand, and an advance of about three-fourths of a cent per pound was realized, the range of prices being %. a 12\¢. according to quality. Cows undcalves were dull, at #4 a $ per head lower prices. The demand for veal calves fel! off, but last week's prices were maintained. Sheep and lambs were in large supply, but with a light demand | prices remained unchanged. Full details of the | week's business are given ander the appropriate | head elsewhere. less the present crisis in our municipal affairs was The cot:on market was quite firm yesterday, with sales selected as a favorable opportunity for deciding the point in one grand affray. How the Lowery party came to be accidentally on the side of law and order is easily accounted for by the fact that they made | common cause with the police against their deadly | enemies from the Five Paints. Noone, we pre- same, will give them credit for any gratuitous in- terference in behalf of the public peace. They are not rema:kobie for any weakness of that character. We give a full report in another column of the pro- ceedings held yesterday in the Coroner's office. It will be found most interesting and important, as , throwing mach new light on this disgraceful trans. action. It is to be regretied that the Justices have Ubersted many of the parties arrested, as from the } evidence taken yesterday there ts no doubt that many of them were prominent participators in the riot. We presume, however, that Coroner Perry has already issued warrants for the arrest of all the parties proved to have tuken an active part in the affray. The investigation will be resumed to-day at | 10 o'clock, and a verdict may be expected before evening. The funeral of Mr. Marcy at Albany yesterday | ‘was one of the Mos) imposing ever witnessed in that | city. Kx-Presidents Van Buren and Pierce, ex: | Governors Bouck, Fish, Hunt and Seward, and | many otber public men, attended, The display of | military was very fine. The buildings in the streets | article from the Riclunond / inquirer on Kansas and | through which the funeral procession passed were draped with mourning, and signs of sorrow were | visible on every house. The «teamehip Persia left this port at noon yester- | day for Liverpool. She took out two hundred aod thirty passengers, and $852,855 in specie. The Jason also sailed yesterday for Southampton, Lon don and Bremen, with one hundred aud sixty three ree ‘The United States Marsha! yesterday took formal | | end part a | were sold to the extent of about 400 bogsbe | Buffalo organ of W. H. ‘of abe 500 bales at the ful. prices given in another co- Jumn. The decrease at all the Southern ports compared With the eaue period Inet year amounts to 569,000 bales; thus bringing down the crop, should there be uo further decrease, to 2,064,000 bales, against a total apply iaat year of 3,627,000 bales. Some of those who fixcd their ' estimaies a few months since a high at 5,150,000 a | 5,200,009 bales, have felt themselves constrained to re duce Lbeir ligures to an estimate of about “50,000 bales, whieh, however, at about $60 per bale, eld a larger sum than the whole supply last your. Siour was less ‘active and buoyamt, while, with moderate sales, prices were unchanged. Wheat was firm, with sale: of Wiroorein clcb at $1.65, Chicago spring at $i 50, and new white Tennessee for city miling a: $2 06 9 $2 0 Aad vow red ditto wt $2a8202 Wostera miced corn fold protty frecly mt #20, a 8¥e., oblely at Suu, a 8, Southern yellow wae gearce and pomigal at S7e. ork was act\e, with Sree sales of mews part check, on the day mooth, relier's option, \, fowud in another columm. Coffee was quiet but tirm, the salce being confined to mate Javaat Lijge. Freights were irveguar, and engagements moderate. The chief shy» ment to Liverpoo consisted of a bin oF iwo of grain ay St Kansas and Congres='The Sorth and the Sonth—Polltical Parties for the Next Pre- sideney. We publish to-day a very interesting and eeasible Congress; the Mississippi democtatie resolutions | against Gov. Walker; au article from the Seward, levelled at this journal in reference to the reconstruction of | partics for 1860, and a characteristic arti om the New York Zrifame, on the present situation and future prospects and purposes of the pre-sia- very and no slavery partics of Kansas. Our readers are aware that in the face of the | poeseasion of the bark Panchita, recently arrived | hue and ery of the Southern ultras, including from the coast of Africa in charge of British offi their Georgia and Mississippi resolutions, the ad. cers, under and by virtue of a monition ising ministration has reeelved to stand by Governor ander the seal of the District Court. No time has | watkor, yet been fixed for an examination. Mr. Joseph P. | mond Fnjuirer, in exposition of the extraordinary | Weeks hax filed his claim as the ower of said bark. ‘The frigute Independence, of the Pacitie squadron, has been ordered to San Francisco, where she will be converted into a storeship. Her crew will come home via the Isthmus. The frigate Merrimac, Com. Long, will relieve Com. Mervine as soon as her com plement of men is made up. The Board of Aldermen last evening adopted the proposition to send an agent to ingland to indace | the proprietors of the steamship Great Vastern to | send that veasel to New York. ‘The Commissioners of Emigration met yesterday and appointed a committee to confer with the Ten Governors with « view to settle the financial dix putes between the two Boards. Resolutions were alao passed regretting the death of William 1.. Marcy. The emigration so far this year has bean 97,006, being an increase of neatly 40,900, as com pared with the first six months of last year. Tue trial of James C. Holmes, for refusing to aid the Metropolitan police officers statione) atthe old Quarantine in their recent arrest of Dominic Ragan for a breach of the Quarantine laws, took place yesterday at Tompkinsville before Justice De For. The article referred to from the Rich- action on the gubjest of | powers granted by Congress to the people of | Kansas over their local concerns, chows very | strongly that the law and the testimony are on the | wide of the administration and Gov. Walker, and that these Georgia and Mississippi resolutions rest upon falee pretences. The simple fact is, that popular sovereignty was the test acocpted | by the South for the solution of the question of slavery or no slavery in Kansas, and that our Southern ultras, in view of the probabilies of Kaneas thus becoming a free State, are now endeavoring to serve their own “ ‘feb parposes, through this false alarin against srnor Waiker and Mr. Buchasan of treachery and abolition affiliations The abeurdity of this ultra Southern outery is alundantly answered by the savage assaults upon Mr. Buchanan and Governor Walker from our Northern Seward anti-slavery organs. Take for example the slurs upon the “ slave democracy,” and upon “ Walker, Stanton and Perrin,” in the Tritune article which we give to-day. Thus, it vest, A large number of witnesses were examined, | ®ppears that the Seward nigger worshippers of after which the opposing counse! in the « sum. | the North are as hard to please in the manage- med up, occupying several hours. The Justice re, ment of Kansas affairs as the secession nigger served his decision til Priday. Additional interest | diivcre of the uth. With these two sectional ediee a ot Gs verses Pome hi ome | P ty extremes thus arrayed Agrinst the adminis tn the Coust of Goutttl Reshons sesterday Jone | °™™ it is clear ws the day thal the Kansas H4Crone, elias Jokn Seatohard Gas tried and oon. | POT Mr. Buchanan rests upon the eafe inter- vieted for an atten, tw entiet the aid of Mr. Charles | @*diate ground of an impartial adhesion to the Kane in prcowins the release of Charles B, Han- § 82598 crganic law. In this connection, we are ington from ihe State prison. He will be ven. | Pleated to eee t e conservative democratic ter ay. Charles 1,.Cook,an artist, wae [ Jcurnals of the So z the Washington coming out manfully to the defence of the emi- nistratioa. In the belligerent manifesto of our Tribune peacemakers, there is a distinct foreshadowing of nother border war in Kansas. This we hope, bowever, will be avoided, through the sagacious counsels of the administration. There is no necessity fr putting a State govern- ment into cperation in Kansas until her admis- sion into the Union shall have been determined by Congress, Nor need there be any appeal to arms about the Lecompton constitution or the Topeka constitution, whetber they are or are not referred to a vote of the people, before they are carried up to Congress. The proceedings in re- ference to the Iecompton constitution have been ex parte, and in regard to the Topeka document exceedingly loose and irregular. The best course, perhaps. in regatd to both parties in Kansas, would be to have the Lecompton Convention adopt their constitution and send it up to Con- grees without further ceremony; to let the free State party send up their Topeka charter ai the sane time, and thex to prevail upon Congress to feud both constitutions back to Kansas, together with an enabling act (as in the case of Minneso- ta) to the people of the Territory, ia behalf of atystematic and reguler course of proceedings in the adoption of a Siate constitution and gov- ernment, Through this policy no ground of complaint will be lefi to either party, and no cause for a sectional bullabaloo, North or South, ioasmuch as the population of Kansas will still fall short of the requirement of the federal ratio for a member of the House of Representatives. This requirement, too, is the Coctrine of the President's inaugural, which necessarily comprehcnuds a deliberate and complete reconsideration by the people of Kan- sas avd by Congrees of the crude and irregular proceedings on both eides of the question, from the first Territorial election to the last. With reference to the reconstruction of parties for 1Sf\0, upon this Kansas imbroglio, time will show whether Mr. Seward’s organ at Buffalo or the New Yorx Hera is the false prophet. We say that there exists a Northern sectional | antislavery party, of which Mr. Seward is the } especial leader and the great expectant; that a | Southern ulfra sectional pro slavery party is in pro- cess of formation; and that between these sectional extremcs the solid conservative body of the busi- nees people, North and South, will be rallied to- gether into a new Union party, upon the basis of the conservative policy of Mr. Buchanan. The Buffalo E'cpress affects a higher degree of wisdom than this, and aseures us that there will be but two parties in the ficld in 1860—the slavery and Popery democracy and the republicans —and that the latter will abeorb the principles and loose materials of the late Know Nothing party everywhere, as they have done in Massachusetts, Very well. The iesue of these conflicting theories for 1860 depends upon the settlement of the Kansas question. It is a delicate affair. Its peaceable solution will require the nicest hand- ling, but we think that Mr. Buchanan has thus far proved himself equal to the task. We also think that in its final settlement he will yet diseppoint our sectional agitators of discord and diseension, North and South, and thus establish the platform for a triumphant conservative party in 1860, against both Northern and Southern ultras. If the question for the succession of a separate eectioual party South is not determined Uy this next Congress, we shall give it up. But from all the signs of the times, we shall have at least three parties in the race of 1860, and the victorious party in the shape of a new Union party, representing the conservative and con- ciliating policy of a just and honest national ad- | ministration. Tax Sovranxy Cosventioy.— We publish else where the call for the usual Southern Convention which is to meet in session at Knoxville, Ten- | nessee, on the 10th of August next. The call is | signed by five persons, of whom Mr. J. D. B. De Bow, the well known statistician, is the head: it is addressed only to “ the people of the slavehold- Ing States.” The objects of the Convention, which, it must be confessed, are only vaguely fore- shadowed in the call, are “to spread far and | wide, correct, enlarged, and faithful views of our rights and obligations, to unite us together by sacred bonds,” and generally, to promote the | “advancement and sceurity of the South.” Well, we hope our Southern friends will have # good time at Knoxville, and io the “ virgia | country” which the circular informs us sur- | rounds that Tennessean Paradise. We trust they will tonke pleasant acquaintances, and have en- joyuble rides, and give «a ball or two, and be the | means of bringiag together some lovely girls and stout well-to-do young fellows in want of wives. Vor if their trip to Knoxville be not followed by a reward of this character, we fear it will be alto- gether fruitlces, and the time and money of the sexcursioniste will be thrown away. | We have seen a good many of these Southern | Conventions, and mere trashy, milk and } watery affairs we do mot know where to | find. The epecches are mere froth; the j Schemes utterly unfeasible; the burden of | the members’ song the eame old nonsense about the North, of which every rational Southerner | was long since tick. Never from the first propo- sal for a Southern Convention to the call which will be found in another column bas any one good thing come out of the practice of holding them. But, we shall be told by Mr. De Bow and his friends, the South bas wants, the South has ne- cessities; why should she not take counsel among her children wbout these? The thing is this, Mr. De Bow: the real needs of the South are not the needs which answer for the use of political conventions, or for which po- litical conventions can offer a cure. The South needs industry, agriculture, and rational mercan. | tile and indastrial onterprise: it does not need -#pecches, or buncombe, or trash about disunion in or out of print, or fraternal embraces between | political pickpockets. This latter clase of com- moditics are of no manner of use to any Southern State, though the eapply of them is large in all. But intelligent and improved systems of agricul- ture; eagacious employment of capital in indus try; prudent and at the same time enterprising mercantile developement; are really much wanted at the South, and it would be a biesing for all the Southern States if they could be encouraged | and fostered. That, unfortunately, is a thing | which political conventions cannot do; while such | gatherings undoubtedly tend to cstrange North and South, they have never suggeeted one single practical method by which either the industry or the agriculture or the commerce or the edaca- tional systems of the South could be improved. Nor indecd is it odd that they have sot. Such improvemente are invariably the work of indivi- duals, and the growth of time. Combined intel- ligences, in the form of conventions, are either (= registries of the will of sa individual, or errant hu nfvage. 1 hb, we st k, will do better to compet at come e our agricultural and industrial in| than ‘o hold iteelt aloof in the dignified though useless retirement of exclusive conventions, A time is coming when it will be of no use to prate in fine language about the rightsof the South, if the Southern States cannot support a lino of steamers to Europe, or if they cannot feed and clothe their people: better think of this rapidly approaching future than be the tools of designing §politi- cisns and waste time in idle attendance upon non- sensical conventions, expected, Judge Peabody decided yesterday against Mr. Devlin, and in favor of Mr. Conover in the cate of the disputed Street Commissioner- ship. This does not settle the case by any means; the litigation te which the dispute has given rise is extensive and various, and allowing for appeals, will not be brought to a close for some time. Meanwhile we presume that Mr. Devlin will coutinue to perform the duties of the office. ‘The judgment, however, illustrates the start- ling danger ia which we etand. Should the other suits be brought to a like termination in favor of Mr. Conover, and should they be sus- tained on appeal, centralization of power in the Albany government will aye become a fixed fuct. ‘The sacred right of sel{-governmeat will have pateed out of the hands of people of the city into those of the Albany politicians, We eee in come of the papers sucering articles about the French elections: some of the repub- lican organs are especially facetious on the obse- quious subserviency of the French mires and peefas to the Emperor. We had best make sure ere we Jaugh, that we are not tending towards the same etate of things here, and that our local officers will not have, ten years hence, as good reasons to be subservient to the State govern- ment, xs thore of France at the present day have for cringing to his Imperial Majesty. Serre or Aymrican Vessers on THR Coast or Arnica.—The arrival of the American bark Pavchita at this port in charge of a British officer and prize crew, she having been ecized on the coast ot Africa by the commander of the British brig-of-war Sappho on suspicion of being engaged in the slaye trade, brings up egain the question of evizure of American vessels at sea, or in the ports of non-civilized nations by British cruisers, We have: no wish to countenance or defend the aiders and abettors of the African slave trade, but we cannot consent to the exer- cise of s police of the sea by British officers over American verels. The commanders of English ships of war have never been noted for their nice discrimination between right and wrong whenever a question of interference with traders competing with their own has come up; and the increasing trade of the coast of Africa is jealously regarded by England. Recent authorities state that the commerce of Great Britain with thatregion now amounts to ten millions of dollars annually, and that it is enbject to severe competition by the American traders, The subjecting of our vessels trading on that coast to a continued surveillance and interference by English men-of-war, must have a prejudicial ef- fect upon thera, and seriously diminieh their profits end ability to compete with those of England. The seizure of a single hooest trader inspires the Whole trade with a want of confidence; and in this light the present ease is one that calle for an earnest and diligent inquiry into all its cirowm- stances by our own government. Should it be found that insufficient reagon for the seizure exists, no amend that the British government can make to the individual sufferers by thix act can recom- pense the injury that is done by it to our honest trade with the African coast. The policy of re- cognizing the right of British ships to capture our vessels at all is a most dangerous one, as under it great injury may be inflicted upon our trade. Coumox SENSE OF THE Bostos1axs.—We notice that the Rev. Mr. Alger, the Boston ora- tor, who took occasion in his Vourth of July oration to insult Senator Mason and the people of Massachusetts for their polite recognition of him at the Warren monument celebration, has received a lesson from the Common Council of Bos- ton which will probably do him good. On the ques: tion being put whether the oration should be printed, and the orator thanked in the usual way, every member except the mover voted in the negative, and Mr. Alger’s solitary friend even thought it necessary to apologies for his vote, and explain that he did not approve the taste of the speech. We hope this will cure come of the explosive abolitionists. ‘The idea of reproaching the people of Massa- chusetts with their civil treatment of Mr. Mason is quite preposterous, and characteristic of the party which gave it birth, There was nothing in Mr. Mason's specch that was in any degree calcu- lated to wound avy New Ex glander’s sensibilities; and, having been invited —as was right he should be-—he could hardly eay less or more than he did. Unilees it be understood hereafter that it ix in- deligate to speak well of the Union, or to praise Washington, or to hope for a bright destiny for our country in presence of a man from Massa- chusetts, Mr. Mason’s speech cannot be con- demned; and the newspapers which condemned it deserve to be snubbed as Mr. Alger was. Rerorten Dtscovenrss or Gon Mixes. Every now and again we receive communications ‘and newspaper extracts giving accounts of the dircovery of gold mines of fabulous richness and extent in some one or other of the Central or South American States. We usually publish these communications and newspaper articlo:, | just letting them go for what they are worth. So today we publish a letter from British Guiana, purporting to come from “a resident in Demarara,” who does not give his name, direct- ing our attention to recent gold discoveries in Cayenne (French Guiana) and in Venezuela; and as to the latter we also publish some corrobora tive testimony in the shape of a despatch from the Justice of Peace at Upata to Ue political chief of the canton. We have become pretty familiar now with this etyle of thing. The trick of spreading rumors of gold discoveries for the purpose of drawing emi- grants to the localities is not novel, and has lost | much of ite force. Almost all of these flaming announcements of rich gold mines are made with precisely that object in view. We have no doubt that in Guiana and in Venezuela, and in every State of Central and South America, there ix gold to be found; but the question is, will it repay the labor of eecking it? Experience has for the moet part proved the contrary; and, al though we publish there new announcements af gold discoveries, we do not believe that that will produce a large rush of emigration to the new anriferous regions. Digging for gold has been found to be about the most Ishorious apd dim. cult way to get rich. — | ema: Ta from Washington, VENS"URLA AND FEB BIRD ISLAND OLAIM—MINTS7 IR RETURN. Wasuinatom, July 8, 13567. Tieara Mr, ames bas not yet arrived here, bu; lam ipformed that the department are apprised of the character Of the recent correspondence between him and the Vene- rusian government respecting the Aves tslandclaim. The Rotice of Senor O’Keete, the Venezuelan Consul at Phila. deiphia, and thé recent information sent you from here in relation to Mr. lames’ demanding bis passports and leay- ing Caraccas, do not give wll the facts precisely, Both stated that he had not demanded his passports on ecoount of the coaduct of President Movagas tn regard to that claim, but that hia returm to this country was in virtue of a leave of absence obtained some time since from General Cass. This may be literally truc as far az it goes; but I learn it is also true that about tho last of May he notified the government of Venezuela that he should leave for the United States within ‘a fortaight, aad he fixed upon the 6th of June as the time ‘when he would receive the detinitive aaswer of that go- ‘vernment ia relation to that ciaim before he left for Wash- (ngton, and that if the answer was no} received he should report in person to his government thet other than diplo- matic means must be resorted (0 to effect justice. [ un- derstand that Mr, Saaford, iormer Charge at Paris, and who has represented that claim, bas recently returned from Caraccas, aud waa here yesterday u' ging the govern- ment to decistye measures sustaining Mr. Fames, I may, perhaps, be able to sead you the substance of tuis impor- ant and interesting correspondence hereafter. THE NEW GRANADA QUESTION—BELIZY OF THE PA- CIFIC SQUADBON—THE FRIGATH INDEPENDSNCE ORDERED TO SAN FRANCASCO—APPO{NTMENT OF CLERK6-—PROCSEDINGS IN THB NAVAL COURTS— TUE GaSM8 OF LIUTS, MAYPITT AND BOLANDO, Ere, Wasnmotos, July 8, 1807. ‘The Secretary of the Navy has ordered the frigate Inde Pendeace, built in 1814, ao! now at Panams, to send home for disebarge those men whoee terme of service have ex pired, ifitean be done wits safety to the ship, and then proce San Fragciseo, where the Independence be- comes « storeeulp. ‘The Merrimas is expected to sail (uj six weeks from Powlon az the lagehiy of Captain Long, who is ordered to relleve Commodore Mervine in command of the Pacitic squadroa. Tbe viffculty of procirtag soamea may delay the Merrimac beyood the time stated. Several of the cierkn intely dropped {o the Interior De- partment bave been again provided for teraporarily, viz, AS H White, Peter Abi, B. G. Daniels, Wm. Walbach ‘WI, Todd, Wm Cave, Thomas Mitehou, J. C, Clerk and Carey Gwynne, ol Wm. Ogden Niles, of the Peasion Ortica, is lying dangerously {ll la Puiladelpbia. He has been uaconselous since Monday morning Gov, Wie, ex Secretary Guthrie, and Robert Tylor are in attendance oa the White House. SMe, Guthrie's par ticular friend, Fogiish, has been removed fram the Louis. ville Custom Houre, He wants to know why. Naval Court No. 1 was crowded with spectators to-day to hear the evidence of Commodores Av lick and McCanley, two of the most distinguished officers in the case of Lieut. MamMitt. The questions were few but comprehensive, and the answers were t the point, Commodore Aulick thought that Lieut. Mattitt was fit to serve, mot ouly as first Mentenant of a shp, but in any capacity on board a man of war. Commodore McUaaley considered him am o‘ticer of groai intelligence, and would take him as the First Eieutomaat of bis ship if be wore golvg {nto action with an enemy. It must be recollected that Lieut M. was struck from the active service liat aud ‘the Mae of promot.on because he bad beea for the last if. teen years detailed on coast survey service, with only eight prior sea service. Commodore McCauley thought this service weil calculated to ‘improve,’ not to degrade an officer, It was « better schoo! than a man of war. The latter was most of the time at sea, where there was but litle duty and less responsibility. In the coast sur- vey service there was ® constant practice of seamanship among shoals and rocks, and a heavy responsibility, At sea they bad nothing but the weather to watch. The Judge Advocate asked if about going into e battle be would risk bis reputation om Lieut. Mai\itt as the frst officer of his ¢hip’ The Commodore answered promply that he would. What » commentary this on the Retiring Board! mber of depositious, and among them ex-Secretary Dobbin's, was read in bebaif of ‘the C.aimaut: In Court No. 2 Lieutenant Rowe swore that lieutenant Rolando was intoxicated and whot!y unfit for duty during the celebrated engagement with the Chisose pirates, in which the British Admiral roporied that Kolando dis- Unguisued himself in fighung the pirates hand t band ‘with unexamplied bravery. To day aa alempt was made to impeach Lie tenant Rowe's evidence. Commander Rodgers and [euteuaat Gibson testided that he (Rowe) was 8 man of strong prejudices, but that under oath they would beleve him as to b.s statement of facts, but would receive bis colorings with suspicion. The testimony here Closed, The defence will be reat by Hon, Louis Mclain on Friday next In Court No. 5 Commander Bruce, “furloughed,”’ wae taken up and dispoeed of catirely on documeatary evi dence Mr. Bowlin, Minister to New Granada, arrive! here this evening, and js stopping at Willngg’s. Be bas been wo St. Lools, where his family resive his return to this country, be ba) lag previously forwarded the despatchos which be brougbt with him, He lotends to call om the President and Secretary of Bute to-morrow, and will in form them of the exact etale of affairs in that country. ‘The adainistration, however, anticipate no dtiteulty in the speedy aod amicable settiemont of the pending imbroguo Destructive Fire at New Urieans. ELEVEN -TORRS eat 08% KATIMATRD AT 5 New Oxreaye, Joly $10 Mt A terrific Are * pow raving om the levee, Letweea Gra- ‘vier and Common streets. It broke out ia the commission house of Tusk & Co., aud the whole blook, occupied by Wheeler & Forstall aa a foundry; by Lusk & Co.; the Cairo mail office; Waldo & Haghes, ae a hardware store; RW Adams, grocery, Snapp «Co , steamboat agents, and seve ral other partics, will be consumed. The rear block on Fulton street is also on ire. ‘There was great diificulty in getting water for some time after the fire broke oc’, aud so progress has yet bees | made in putting down the tire The joss te immense, Lusk & Oo. are insured for $60,000, bat tbe insurance apon the other offices bas aot Ween ascertaines yet. The rear biock between Fulton aad New Levee streets ie pow in ‘ames. The fire bas destroyed leven stores. The lowe is put down at $886,000, but 8 most y insured. Indian Difficulties at the West. Sr. Loom, July 8, 1867. Reliable advices from Fort Randall state that « band of Sioux Indians ba! comm|ited « number of murders at Spirit Inke, sear the head waters of the James river. Spirit lake is sixty miles from Fort Perre, aad it ts pro bablea troop from there will be sent after them. News from Nassau, §. P. Wasmsaton, July 8, 1857 ‘The Charleston Courter of the Oth Inst. contains Nawan dates to the 2th ult. ‘The ship Panay Forrester, from New York for New Or- Joana, had beom ashore at Biminis, aod sustained alight in jury Her cargo was safe. The schooner Fexford Webb, from New York for Apalachicola, bad also been ashore, —e and had eailod for ver port of dee “othe bark Iitwart, from New York for Mobile, was lost ‘At Biminis Inland on the 18th of Jone. Markets. PHILADELPHIA STOCK BOARD. Panay ee daly 8, 1867 ‘Stoske onsteady. Pennsylvania fives, Peadin, road, Long Island Hailroad, lig. Morns, ‘Canal, al; Vepnsylvaoia Railroad, 45. Naw Omanaws, Joly 8, 1957. Cotton—Salaa to 600 ales at stiffer but bot quotabiy higher prices. Fiour, $6 60 ; corn, 80c, a 850, (ther ar. icles generally wuchanged. Oxeaeo, Joly 66 PM. Flour ts doll and a . Wheat is quiet : eyeing, $1 57 8 $1 98; Milwaukie clib $1 in’ Gate some parcels of corn at To Canal freight—Corn, So, and wheat 10);¢. to NewYork. Laie in 1,00 Dbis. Sour, 7,90 bushels wheat, 1 corn. Canyt exporte—1,000 bola. Hoar, wheat, 14,200 bushels corn. Berraro, Jo’ An A OPM. Ho\ters ancious to realire, 1,000 bbls, at W seovsin and i Hinote, 88 ba r Caio and lows, for double extra Wheat scares and Sales 12,000 for Chicago spring, and $1 46 for Milwaukie clad Cora fteady, dhies 9,000 bushels at Toc Cate lowe be J 8,000 burhels at 6c. Whiskey uschaexed P Dbia. at ite. por gallon. Freighis-—8e. ® Sse, for corn ‘tod tos. to New York, ane ria for the A wheat, 50,000 ng at nono to-day =-1,400 bu a. wi) Dry amy te Hg water thousands fupon thousands of people from every portom Of the State assembling at one coremon centre to ‘othe mortuary and the orypt the remains of tho ies. trious statesman co receatly among tie itving. At about 7 o’clock this morning strangers commenced te flocs towards the Assembiy Chamber, to taxe a last look ay, bim whom they had for so many yearstolightedto honer. Di Js eatimated that not leas than ten thousand persens viewod the corpse. Hours before the procession formed. tas Parts and adjacent grounds of the Capitol were filled to over. the deceased statesman, and mvch disappointment was expressed when they learned that at the request of the relatives of the deceased the cofin would noi bo opened. A Sue fall of rain last evening contributed uot omy a lay the dust but to reuder the atmosphere clear aad ta every way tolerable. Atan early hour the citirena be- took themselves to the enabroudiag of the city in funeral regalia, With bot very few exceptions every bulidiag om Broadway and State street was handsomely and approprt- ately decorated, and particular attention was pald to the stracture of the Mechanics and Farmers’ Bank, of whiew Mare; ele, decorated rorigy py upon the staf ‘ware all the fags thrvoghout the city, simiiarly dresse, the columns, wails and various chambers being dra: tu Diack. Chamber, in which the funeral exercises most soleinply decorated and arrayed, the pew en acd the i, and ing deeply raped with In the centre of the oe Speaker's desk, war the bier cpon whieh the Cottiu, srewa with white ‘lowers, rested, the constitution of the being placed upon the breast of the illustrious The pall bearers wore seated upon either side of the cotta, aud the mouracrs at the head of the collin, while the Burgesses Corps occupied a position at the right. ‘At three o'clock every building on State street amd Broadway for three miios was draped ia mourning, Ue black white cloth intertwined presenting a splomdtd rt vOwing to the large arrivals of visiters from other otttes the funeral ceremonies were not commanced ati! three M. all the bells tu tho city bot cease doing sunt! the E : i sank, if til o’cloc At commenced mong the companics that arrived during the day, were three from Syracuse, three frow Sch ~ ged from Troy, ove from Johnstown, and two from Baliwiae- ville. The visiting com) were wauived and eaien. save talzed by the Burgeaace 1 Stanwix Hail, the Americag Hotel, the Deiovan Hoase ‘and Congress Hall, were crowded’ with distinguismed visiters. At three o'clock the ceremonies at the ary com wegoed emis howling of beilg and the firing of minune Ibe venerable Dr. Nott opened the faueral ‘with an elequent prayer. voor g eee by Rev. Dr. Sprague, who read Pantry a! . a — discourse was ge soap | ey. be Tne ex- — closed with a prayer aad Ray. Dr. The jine formed at 33g P. M., and pn oyeneved on the Pie pneu preceded of amt proweata wan «met imposing oot, Ab inte Mejor Jobn E. Wool, Grand Marshai Military escort, under the command of Major General J. T. Cooper, of the Third Division. ‘The Heventh Brigade, under the commaad of Brigadier -—" repeats Regiment, under the command of Ost. pag The Seventy-sixth Regiment, under the command & mts a hing ooh izen’s Corps, ° Natlooal Gesed, Capt. : a 3 follows — ihe we, Cope, Coaselier see lreemes Cee ‘Schencetady companies, as follows — oe ace . y Guard, te are ie Ticks Guard, were iowa uy 7 five companies, tizena’ (orga andthe pl hE beget geben by, on Pimnabenpesd On each side of,it werethe members dents Van Haren and Pierce, Gov. King, ex-Goveraors Hunt, Fish, Seward and ‘houck; dion. 'reuon King, How, and other pe. ‘These were followed by the Fire Departmeat, under the command of the Chief Engineer, MeQuode, and the iting fire Companies, consisting altogether * Panag Roe Yay Y ouog America Light Guard, the Order of Free Masons, the under of Odd Follows, and the civic sogtotien, wih e ¢ number of citizens on foot Procession took ope hour in Passing « given pola, an was altecether the largest ever wiewine ta city. There were gn! five bands of music ia lt. Toe day was fine, and everything passed of well Steamboat Botler veer Ow 2 8, 1867. on @e The meamer Rolling ( age Ouhikeab Fiver, ou the 3 i aod four persous ware Killed and eeveral others sentous'y tavared Reported Loss of « Freneb Steam Min a Borrow, Jaly § Cameron, of tho steamer Aan, which arrived a Halifax on the Ist inst. from Newfoundland, reports that « large French stoam frigate bas been totally lost 08 Polak Rich, Nowfoundiand, Renewal of the Hiots at Mackrelivlie, TWO OY TNE KIOTRRS SHOT — THe METROPOLITAN POLICE AROUND FIGHT SETWHEN TUE aOWOCRS AND POLICKMEN. Last night, between haif-past eleven aad twelve o'clock, a lreeh man:festation of the riotous spirit at Mackretiviiie broke forth, and large crowds of organized rowdies cot. lected in the neighborhood of Tompkins Mark, coming from streets between Tweifth and Seventh sirects, aoa the neighberhood of avenue A. After some skirmishing with « party of half a doves ga. trolmen in that neighborhood a regular onset was make poe the police, whoa some six shots were fred by the iatter at the rowdies. ‘This checked them for about fifteca minutes, when they rothed again upon the pohee, who had meantime girs the eigza! for e reinfureement The number of the pottes- men being thos Increased they rece ved the secoad akac& aa in the previout instance with another discharge of pistol. ‘Two at least, It war noticed, were borne off wounded, when a fresh retreat was the conseyacoce. ‘The entire of the mon detailed in this vicinity ware there Onucentrate! for defence, and the upper streets te wards Twelfth street abandoned to the rioters. The opm ing ¢t this, as of the previous alfairs of the kind, ome characterized by throwing of misses from house tops ema windows. + — — Acavamy oF Mesio —La Grange last night a@ Amina, & “Somaambula, ' supported by Brignoli , Colett! ant Madame Seidenburg, drew an excellent house. The acoustomed applause and delight prevailed, la Grange being eniiet before the curtain at the close of the Grvt act, On Friday the ever popular “Trovatore”’ will be piven, with the old and sdmirable cast, including our American popular ose. traito, Adelaide Phillips. turned to New Yerk from his Western and Cansdiaa toar, And in Maying ot the St. Noholas. Strakosch and all the concert troupe w bo haye accompanied him are im town aie, and all are in excellent condition and spirits, They havo Cleared some twonty thousand dollars. The arrival hers of these harmonious disciples of Apollo, on Saturday even ing, wae lost in the din and discord which has ragnet eines the evlmination of the White sires) constellation | our Metropolitan vemith. The New Hallet at Nibio’s. Signorina Rolla appeared iast sight 'n the new bailet o¢ “<a Syiphide"’ for the tecond time, There l# no dining fon in the members Who Crowd to witane this eequlsite and gracetnl artide. The house last night was {a!l to oversew ing. Thongh “ Ta Sylphide” does not abound {nas maay groupings ae the bales @ + Paquita,” Sie of the ay!ph alforde aw ap opportunity for the display of her peewitar grace. fulness and elegance of moben. The plot of the ballot te fim! iar to that of Rarnett's opera of “ The Mountain Sy}. taken from ascotch legenw The costumes art picturesg: of the dances syecedingly beantifa) ‘Owing ry Ly daccitent which bofel the primes dances on Monday oocasioned by tripping ber foot ona rose whic fel’ (rom One of the bea ety, the following pAragranh wae inwerted tie bil * » aevident whicd hefel Rirnoren ae ral fnaera on io ha ge batore tie term aaow whe ‘This reqnemt wae religiously complied wis he Canal exporte-6 0 bushels whead w the 5 See risa's appearesee, n obed'aere to the « ail ater We WAP LitCINL y gel wah na roa