The New York Herald Newspaper, August 7, 1857, Page 4

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Havar—An. & European Expresa Co Pre coutew s of the E ir pean edition of the Array will oomnire the Lows recrived by mai and telegeanh a! this oftce during the previous woes, and up to the hourot pubica'inn ‘The News. The Democratic State Committee met at Albany yesterday. There was a very fi ttendance of m+ mcers ond the best feeling prevailed. Thursday, the 10.» of September, is as-igued asthe day for | ho-ding @ State Convention at Syracuse, for the no- | mination of candidstes and laying out the pro- giamme of the coming campaign. Tbe Odio Gemocratic State Convention met at Colun bos yeaterday, and noaivated H. B. Payoe tor Governor; W. H. Lyttle, fur Lieut. Governor; Mr. Morris, for Treasurer; and candidates tor other State officers. Resolutions heartily endorsing the | acts of the administration, and in favor of an inde- | pendent Stete treasury, were adopted. | Our correspoudent at St. Paul, Minnesota, writing | on Slat wit., states that the Democratic Constitu- | tional Ccnvention had organized at last, and that both the democrats and republicans were hard at | work perfecting the organic law ofthe Territory. | So far nothing had transpired to indicate the cha- | racter of the constitutions about to be put forth. lt was generally believed, however, that there would be no essential difference in the two, ‘The question that isto be promicently put before | the people, when the constitutions are submitted for | ratification, is with regard to the regularity of the | first day's proceedings of the members; and in this respect it is assumed that the democrats are sus tained both by parliamentary law and usage in such | cases. The republicans hare passed resolutions charging their opponents with designing to prevent the immediate admission of the Territory into the | Union, and calling on the people to/hold meetings | and express their view as to the question of admis- sion. The contest will undoubtedly be a very spi- rited one, and will draw largely on the oratorical capacity of both parties. The physicians appointed to malse a personal ex amination of Mrs. Canningham, to ascertain if she had recent)y given birth to a child, reported yester- day that Mrs. Cunningham, by advise of counsel’ Geclincs submitting to such a test. At the solicita- tion of Mrs. Cunningham's counsel, the taking of estimory before the Justice in his behalf, was post- poned until thismorning. No new developements of importance have occarred. The Police Commissioners balloted one hundred and fourteen times yesterday for a successor to Mr. Dreper, without effecting a choice, and soon after adjourned. The candidates were E. 1. Morgan, re- publican ; R. L. Stuert, democrat: and E. Brooks» Know Nothirg. The farce will be repeated to day. A suit was commenced in the Fourth District Court | yesterday, by a member of the old police force, agaiast | the Corporation, to recever compensation for services , rende:‘d frcm the organization of the Metropolitan Board up to the time of the disbandment of the Ma- . We give a report of the case in an- | ta pear ago the failure of the crop at the Cape de Ver ie Isiands caused very great distress, and severa! merchants and others convened a pablic meeting atthe Exchange, when subscriptions to a considerabie amount were received, provisions pur- chesed, end the Portuguese Consul freighted the } brig N. Hand with these benevolent offerings. Sap- plies were also shipped on board the vessel by Mr. | Abrea. It appears from documents which we pub- | Usb in to day's Hunarp that the N. Hand, after de Uvering ler relief cargo, never reuche i her final des- tination, nor has she ever retarned to the port of New York. Itis saserted that she went into the rade. The correspondence will be read with i \ j | fe qaestion aa towho was the bravest son of New York in the Mexican war has been definitively cettied by the Committee of the Common Couneil | bestowing General Jackson's gold box upon Lieut. Ceci. Garrett W. Dyckman, of the First regiment New York Volunteers. ‘There was 9 good dea! of Losiness transacted in the Court of General Sessions yesterday, as will be ween by cur report. The Grand Jury brought in @ } bill against Michael Cancemi for the murder of officer Eugene Anderson, and after considerable de- bate the trial was pat down for Monday week, He | ‘was examined through an interpreter and pleaded not guilty to the charge. James Campbell, « very | respectable young man, charged with robbery, was honorably acquitted. A notorious youth of the name of Divine was convicted of a felonious nemauit, ‘and sent to the State prison for seven years. Wm. Young, s lad well known to the authorities, was charged with an attempt at highway robbery, buy coavicted of assault and battery only, Hg a> sosteq gentleman in Tompkins park ond demanded money, and on being refused etabbid him in the back—penitentiary six months A number of m.not sentences were passed. A meeting was held in the Fifth ward last night, | a! which resoiations condemnatory of the recently organized Vigilance Committee in the Fifth and Lig hth warés were adopted. Owing to some misun- nding as to the time of holding the meeting a slim attendance. td etreet, Bast river, for the purpose of acoptce meosnies to secure better eccommodation id last evening at the foot of t on the pert of the Ferry Company running between ‘Twenty-third etreet and Greenpoin, a report of which we give ip anetber columa, The suniect it one of much importance to the commanity genera'ly, and we are happy to see that the people at length begin to appreciate the necessity of taking decided steps ip the matter. Several witnesses were examined yesterday at the Coroner's inquest at Hoboken, regarding the recent death of Theodere L. Tompkins, who died from in- juries received ou Saturday night, at No.3 Mulberry street, a hose of prostitution. It will be seen from the evidence, as published elsewhere, thatthe pre- vious statement of Mrs. Mitchell, the landlady, is entirely controverted. A strange Gorman, a visiter at she house, is still indicated as the probable murderer of the young man. It isthought that the further testimony to be given may afford some clue as to his identity. The original parties arrested are yet under bail to await the verdict of the jary. In the Board of Councilmen last evening a reso- lution authorizing the Comptroller to pay the Mani- cipal policemen up to the period of their disband" ment was laid on the table, but enbsequently adopt” ed by a unanimous vo‘e. They concurred with the Aldermen in their determination to sustain the founders of the Nursery Hoapital in a contemplated. suit for the ground on which it is erected. The pro- posal to offer a reward of $2,500 for the discovery of the murderer of Dr. Burdell and Mr. Van Liew was lost for want of a coastitutional vote. The re- organization of the Finance and City Inspector's departments were made the special order for Monday, ‘The Chamber of Commerce met yesterday and had a number of interesting matters before them. A committee was appointed to inquire into the ware. housing system of this city. It was demed by the chairman that the merchants had given up the abo- lition of seamen’s advanced wages. He taought it woud yet be done, though it would taketime. C.H. Marshall bronght up the subject of the abuses prac- ticed upon American seamen at Havana in the hos- pitals, and stated that not one ina hundred ever came out of them alive. He wished government to to take some action. Mr. Marshall also inveighed strongly agaizst a steamship mail line between this city and New Orleans, which he charged was in the receipt from government of $295,000 per year, for the last ten years, for which they gave no appreciable equivalent in the way of eervices. The Commissioners of Health held their usnal meeting yesterday. The city and port are in a most healthy condition. We publish elsewhere a decision of Surrogate Bradford in the case of the will of the late Patrick McLesky. It embraces come important points with respect to the law of guardianship, the construction of wills, when legacies lapse, &c. A fire broke out in St. Anthony street, St. Panl, Minnesota, on the morning of the 4th instant, and before the flames could be subdued the entire square, excepting the Presbyterian church, comprising | seventeen buildings, were entirely destroyed. Loss estimated at fifty thousand dollars. We have news from Georgetown, Demarara, to the 16th ult. Our correspondent says—The intro- duction of coolies 0 far is most advantageous and far superior to slave labor. The immigrants have a will, and the way is easily found which by theory ard practice is beneficial to labor and laborer. A coolie is worth to the planter twentytwo per cent over a slave; hence our crops are increasing a third, and next year’s produce will double any previous year’s yield. Our neighbors, the French, are mak- ing rapid strides in the growth of cotton, sagar and tobacco, and are ahead of the Datch aud ourselves in the cultivation of cach staple. Our rice crop is good. All the necessaries of life are abundant, ex- cept flour. Next year we shall be good customers for coal for manufacturing purposes. We are peaceable, the country is very healthy and, the gold mines are producing rather more than expected, which operates rather against the agricultural re- sources of the country. Bricks and machines for mowing ani reaping are wanted. We have news from Tampico to the 19th ult. The extreme democratic party preva'led in the recent Gubernational election, and ex-Governor Garza is again the choice of the people. With the exception of the excitement incident to the canvass, the State | and city of Tampico were quiet. The sales of cotton yesterday based vpon m'ddling upluncs at 16° sc., Orleans at 156. The receipts at all the Soutbera ports up to latest dates, by mail and telegraph,aho ¢ a falling off of 582,000 bales comparc’ with thore at the same poriod lat year. The total supply up to September 1, 1856, Amocnted to 557,000 cales. Hence, subtracting the abovo falling off from this amount, leaves 2,945,000 bales, which ‘will rot vary materially from the crop now drawing to a clove, end of the crop of 1856 Flour was in steady de- mand, and with « light stock prices were firm, with eales toatairextent. Wheat was firm, with sales of new white Southern at $1.55 and now red at $1 76. Corn was frm, with tales of sound Western mixed at 88c. Pork was steady, with moderate sales of mess at $24 300 $24 35. Boef was in good demand, with sales of about 600 a 680 ‘bia. at foll prices, Sagars continued active, with sales of about 1 800 a 2,000 bhds., at rates given elsowhore, and 000 do, Cuba were sold in bond for export, Coffee was quiet and steady, Froights were inactive, while rates were without change !n (uotations of moment. NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1857. tly lege’ course in Kansas; i; is not eufi- it that the affaire of that distracted Territory ara te ha loft ta thoce pezzons who are alone com- Petert to eettle them, viz: the people resident therein; it ie vot sufficient that the administra- tion erd the Governor of Kansas have followed +trietly tbe provisions of the act by which the Territorial goverament was erect-d. No, the rabid seccasiovists, forming a amall bat noisy and troublesome mivority, claim that Kansas shall be @ slave State without regard to the eenti- ments of the majority of its citizens, who alone are competent to decide upon the matter. In politics, as in trade, too much prosperity is dangerous, The natural effict of the late eweep™ ing triumph of the democracy in the South will be an iacrease of blustering on the part of the fire eating eection of the party, aud this may re- sult in a split, when we shall have on one side the conservative, Union loving, coustitutions! democrsts supporting the administration; and on the other the fellows who beiicve that the affairs of the republic should be administered with a sole view to an increase of slave territory or the dissolation of the Union. In the efforts of the secessionists to drive the administration from its present course with regard to Kansas sucb-a division of the democratic party ecems to be an absolute cer- tainty. These are the signs of the times. Need we point to the record of the past to show the secessionists that the democratic party bas always been success- ful wben united—that it has always failed when divided? Or must we again quote the often re- peated maxim, “Whom the gods wish to destroy they first make madi” | The Bond Street Murder and the Sham Ac- couchement, There is @ very general acd very hopeful im- pressicn on the public mind that circumstances growing out of the exposure of Mrs. Cunuing- ham’s atrempt to predace an heir to the Burdell estate, will lead in some way to the removal of the veil of mystery which yet enshrouds the mur- dér of Harvey Burdell. It is a very natural idea, and one to which present indications lend a good share of likelihood. Doctor Catlin, one of the actors in the pantomime of the sham accouche- ment, has made revelations to the District At- torney; aud as only euch portions of his statement as bore particularly on this last transaction were embodied in his sworn affidavit, and a special re- servation was made of other portions, it is not unrearonable to infer that the reserved portions have some bearing upon the question of the mar- der, or, mayhap, upon the question of the pre- tended marriage. The general impression is that they have, ard that the minute examination of this appendix to the tragedy will bring to light the whole mysterious secret of the tragedy it- eelf, Much sympathy has been created for the daughters of that remarkable woman who con- tinues to perform her r°le at 31 Bond street, re- gardless of the officer’s abrup! announcement that the game was played out. Itis quite evident that she did not confide even in them, or ac- quaint them that she was bat acting 9 part: Perbaps all her woman’s nature was not extin- guished, even by the crimes through which she had waded, and that one spark of conscience re- mained which prompted her to epare her daugh- ters the necessity of perjury. Augusta, the eldest, having probably tried every effort to dis- suade her mother from her resolve to go through this mock confinement, made up her mind not to be a witness to the scenes that have since taken place, and which her imagination may have sug- gested to her; and so, on the afternoon of the day when the Burdell heir was to be born, she left Bond street and retired to the house of an aunt. Her deportment at the examination be- fore the magistrate evinced deep tribulation and anguish. Her bearing—so different from her former haughty manner—has been attributed to grief at this new developement, but it is mach more likely that it was the effect of re. morse for the part ehe has heretofore taken in aid of her mother’s stratagems. From whatever source it sprang, it has, at all events, awakened sympathy on her behalf, show- ing, as it does, that she is not altogether callous | or stony hearted. She may yet be induced to ease ber heart of all the secrets locked up there | affecting that terrible tragedy of Bond street. It | would be well for the poor girl if she would do so. Some slight hope appears to be entertained, | too, that the wretched woman whose figure looms 28th of October. ‘There was not near so much want of similitude between Burdell end Catlin as there was between Burdell and Eckel; and thie curious threat of Mrs, Cunningbam’s might lead some to euppose that having Catlin under her thumb—as she said—she might have coerced bim to help her out in the marriage eham as we! asin the accouchement shem. By all means, therefore, let Dr. Catlin haye an opportunity ot removing this suspicion from the public mind. It would be well to let the Rev. Mr. Marvine sec the Doctor, that he may be able to say ‘hat Le, Catlin, was or was not—as the case may be the map with the bushy whiskers whom he mar- ricd to Mrs Curningham, The public good may make some further eug- gestions necessary, In tho meantime we hope the District Attorney wil! have aii these matters properly looked after. Beven Months Trade, We have before us the trade ticles of the port of New York, as compiled at the Castom Houre, for the past seven months, They are emiueutly instructive and thought-worthy, In the first place we may notice that the im- ports of foreign p oduce and merchandise at this port during the month of Ju'y were larger than were ever befere landed at any port in the United States curing a single month. The amouat en- tered at this port curing that mouth was $35,- 00,206, of which the enormous amvunt of $26,- 042,740 were entered for consumption The fol- lowing table will chow how these figures wili compare with former yeaz8:— Entered for Taal Rotered Consumpiion. at this Port Joly, 186 $13,008,486 16 308 947 July, 18 19,28 886 25,716,832 uly, 185% 26,049,140 86,80 "206 The contrast is absolutely appalling. It we make a éGetailed comparison for the year, an equelly ssmking reeult is shown:— Foreign Goods Entered at this Port. $84 ,2! Firet eoven months of 1865 Do. co, 18! Do. do. 1867 729,633 One result of this glat of the market, (for in addition to the unprecedented entries for con- sumption during the month, $10,470,820 worth of gocds were withdrawn from warehouse during the same period,) will be a sacrifice of a large quantity of foreign goods, which must naturally be sold here at a loss, perhaps ruinous to the im- porter. But a question of more importance than this, to the country at large, is the method by which these goods which weare taking in such enor- mous quantities are to be paid for. It appears from the Custom House returns that the exports of domestic produce irom this port during the month of July fell short of the exports of July: 1856, by $1,768,860, exclasive of specie; and the total exports of the seven months of the year are equally bebind hand. The detailed comparison is as follows:— Exports of domestic from lst January to Slat July, 186: Do, do. 186) juse from New York ++ B14,678 165 « 88,726, Falbpg cf te year........ecseceeseseseees $5,062,829 ‘Thus we are already nearly six millions be- hind last year in our shipments of produce, while we require—to pay for our increased im- portations—nearly twenty-three millions more. A part of the deficiency is balsnced by the ex- port of epecie. We have already shipped to Eu- rope $26,226,000 of specie, against $20.547,000, during the same pericd la-t year; thus reducing the balance against us to about twenty-three millions for the first seven months of the year. What are we to do with thie balaace? There is reason to believe that the imports will continue to be enormous during the months of August and September. On the strengtn of the tariff our merchauts have strained their means to the utmost to give copious orders to the Mmanutacturers abroad; while the excellent crop prospects of the West encourage tae Westera merchants to be liberal in their orders to their correspondents here. We look tora coatinuation, | for some time to come, in the increase of imports both at this and other ports. Asto the means of paying for them. It is now obvious that the crops in Europe are going to be eo bountiful that our grain will hardly pay the cost of freight to Liverpool. We must ex- pect to get on as well as we can without foreign demand. Especially in view of the pending movement for the increase of ratlway farcs, it seems very unlikely that any consi- derable portion of the harvest will be moved this fall. We cannot expect the cotton bills before the beginning of the winter. There re- ‘The August Elections—The Final Overthrow | UP £0 gloomily in all this mystery, and who now mains then only the two old staples with which of the Know Rothing Party 1a the South. During the first week of the present month elections were appointed to be held in Ala. bama, Kentucky, Missouri, Texas, North Ca- rolina and Tennesece. In these States there have been chosen twenty-eeven members of the lower | house of the Thirty-fifth Congress, together with State officers. We are enabled to lay before our readers this morning returns sufficient to show | that the administration party has made a great | gain upon the vote of last November, and that the Know Nothings of the South and West, who | beld the balance of power in the popular branch | of the last Congress, have been almost entirely wiped out of existence. The Louisville Convention would scem to have had a bad effect upon the American party in Kentucky; for we | find that the democrats have gained largely upon the vote for Mr. Buchanan, and that the Con- | writhes on her bed in that {ll-omened house in Bond street, a prey to a thousand furies, may, in | her despair, or in her rage at being betrayed and | foiled, reveal all. Possibly she may. She is | just the woman who, in desperate circumstances, | Would do such a desperate act, particularly if she | fupposed she could thereby avenge herself on those | who may bave played her false or have other- | wise exposed themselves to her hate. She has declared that she had Doctor Catlin under her thumb, intimating that she was possessed of some | crushing secret in regard to him. He has re- vealed to the District Attorney what secrets of her's he kuew. In revenge, she may give practi- | cal expression to her implied threat against him: | and thus a clue may be afforded to the unravel- | ling of that mysterious web which covers the whole cage. Among the extraordinary peculiarities of this we bave so often been obliged to pay our Euro- pean dt bte—paper securities and gold. But, with the former, the capitalists of Europe will bave no more to do. We believe it is a fact that since the outbreak of the Russian war no single American loan has been negotiated in Europe. It is well known that the recent vigorous endeavor which was made by Mr. Pruyo, of the New York Central, to place a large quantity of that stock on the London mar- ket, and so relieve holders here, was a total failure, notwithstanding the reputation of the security and the high character of the agent employed. It is also well kaown that, of late, American securities have been travelling westward, not eastward; coming home to us in blocks, and not going out at all. The disgraceful failures of some companies, the still more disgraceful financial shifts—not to say gressional delegation, with only two exceptions, | whole Bond street tragedy, one of the not least | frauds-—of others, have thoroughly sickened the bxJongs to the administration side of the House, From these Indications we may safely conclude that the American organization in the South and ‘West has followed in the footeteps of its gallant predecessor, the whig party; that the utmost courtery which can be claimed by our Know Nothing friends is that of a decent burial. Like St. Paul, they have fought a good fight, bat, unlike the Apostle, victory has not been ac- corded to them. Now, then, Ict us see what is loomingin the futare. The last sad rites having been performed over the grave of the Southern Krow No- things, we turn our eyes from the dead to ibe living, and we find the democratic party paramount in that section. In point of fact there is no vital political organization in the South, eave that which clected the present ad- ministration, To the ordinary observer the Gemeciatic shy is unclouded. But we regret to be obliged to point out a speck, no bigger than a man's land, in the direction of the frontier. The Kareas question is by mo means settled, ins Southern point of view; the pacific course pursued by Gov. Walker, while it is satisfactory to the conserva- tive men of all partics, gives especial offence to the fire-eating secossontst wing of the demccratic party in the South It is not tufficient for there fanatics that the present ed- ministration is the firmest aud the beet which we bave bad since the days of Mr. Polk; it is not of many of the principal actors in it, as developed in the courte of the numerous inci- dental investigations. Dr. Cattis, who has jnst row assumed a prominent ri/¢ in the affair, fur- nishes another illustration of this. Not only have the statements that we have just glanced at attached to his name, but other curious circumstances in his domestic and professional history have been remarked upon: It isstated, for instance, that his wifo—who, by by-the-byc, is the sister of the Rev. Mr. Beecher, of Saratoga, at whose seminary one of tho Can- ningham girls was being educated—has, for rea- sons of her own, eeparated from him, and refuses to live with him? We have also heard it assert- cd that this sham accouchement is not the first in which the Doctor has played a part; but that he participated in a somewhat similar offair in Brooklyn not long since. Is there any truthin thts aseertion? We think that in conacctioa with this case of the sham Burdell heir some investi- gation should be made into the trath or false- hood of these allegations. If they are false, Dr. Catlin's reputation should not be permitted fo ‘kable is the strange affinity in the charac- European public of our securities, and we doubt whether fifty thousand dollars worth will be sold during the remaining five months ¢f ihe year. ‘This #00886 Of relief being therefore hopeless, there only remains epecie to carry us through the fall, and pay the enormous debts we are in- curring. It will probably take thirty-eight to forty-five millions of specie te pay the debts which will have to be paid before the cotton crop becomes available. Assuming forty mil- lions as the probable means, such a drain upon ua would make our specie export for the year near- ly double what it has ever been. Added to the $26,000,000 already sent abroad, it would oblige us to part with the colossal sum of $66,000,000 in specie ina single year. In what condition are we to bear sucha drain? For the past eight woeks we have been draining the Boston, Phila- detphia, Southern and Western banks of every dollar of specie they bad; having accomplished which, we find ourselves at the head of about thirteen millions, all told. Of this our country friends will take from us, in the course of the next five or six weeks, all they sent us, say four or five millions; and inthe meantime we shall euffer bya failure to expose their falsehood. If} have to supply the demand from the shippers they are true, they may help to subserve the ends of justice. It is in that view that wo refer to them, It might be well, also, in order to guard against a porsible misapprehension in the public mind, that Dr. Catlin should have an opportunity of showing that he was not the man who represent- for Europe. The prospect is that bofore the end of August our banks—which have been expand- ing with characteristic bliodness——will find them- selves compelled to adopt the most energetic measures to avert a suspension of specie .pay- mente; and that the very best paper and most undeniable securities will be glad to find a pur. Sullicient that Governor Walker has purened a ed Dr. Burdell at the marriage ceremony of the ghaser at two per cent « month, Tax Stare or Tax Crry.—We bave on 6 varie- ty of ceensions recently culled (ublic attention, end the attention of the Potice Commissioners particularly, to the disordered condition of the city, ard to the abeoiute necersity for an effective police. The riots ia the Sixth ward and in the Seventeenth ward, and the feartully increasing bumber of burglaries and garrotiags aud assassi- vation, the news of which ts aaily asvonishing and shocking the community, afford the strongest evidence of the utter absolute usclessness of the present police force, and of the criminal imbe- cility of the Police Commissioners. Day aiter dey the pewspspere of the city are filled with re- porte ef crime and outrage, but 60 deaf and bitad to all this are the police +uthorities that the resi- dents of some of the wards have found it ueces- enry for their own safety to organise vigilance committecs, and establish regalar night patrols The circumstances of the late burglary and murder in Eigutconth street reflect mostdiagrac+ fnliy on the police. Here was a estore broken into about midn‘yhi, in a populous neighborbod, by clumsy, unprofresional burgiars, the striking of @ ligh’, the figut besweea them and the brave man who rushed upon them when they were ioride, the four sacceestve discharges from a *e- volver, their exit trom the store, pureaed by the wounded man, aud yet in no one of all these scenes did a police officer present himself. Were the police asleep, or on a journey, or were they to share in the exp:ctea plunder? Whatever the unewer to these questious may be, one thing is certain, that this case proves most conclasively thai the police of New Yurk need never be looked for wheu the occaeion for their presence arises. And yet in tace of this disgraceful and terrible condition of things, the miserable political adven- tures nd mbeciles whom a partisan Governor hue tu's'ed ou this community as Police Commis- siovers meet from day to day, go through the farce of balloting for eome other nincompoop like them- selves, renre tu theirdinners, pocket in anticipation their eight doilars a day, and leave the city and its eight huvared thousand people to take care of themselves 6s best they can. Is there nothing that can bring these profligate officials to a be- coming cense of their duties? Can nothing in- duce them to buy their scurvy political ideas, and go to work earnestly in an attempt to do the best tbat can be done with the Metropolitan po- lice law? Do they want a mages indignation meet- ing of the people of New York, and the probable repetition of the scenes of San Francisco during the reign of the Vigilance Committee? We warn them not to trifle too far with the patience of the people of New York, lest they may awake some fine morning and find the laws in a state of sus- pension and the city in the hands of a committee of safety. Mr. Scuen. axp tHE Imrorters—New Ccstom House Wantep.—There is a conside- rable amount of grumbling done and dissatifac- tion expressed by the merchants who import goods into this port, on account of delays and difficultice in obtaining their goods, which they say they have experienced within the last few weeks. A meeting of such importers was held in the rotunda of the Exchange a few days tince, when a committee was appointed to wait upon and confer with the Collector as to the best mode of obviating the difficulty; and there is no doubt that whatever ought to be or can be done by Mr. Schell to give facilities to the mercantile community will becheerfally and effectually done bim. Wee ali. even if there be any serious cause tor grumbling. it ought to be satisfactory to the impcrters to know that the cause is but tempo- rary. They ought to be also consoled by the Teflection teat the difficulty arises out of the im- meotely increasing business of this port. The geu'leman who presided at the meeting to which we have reference, gave himself an additional reason, and suggested a further excuze for the officials of the Custom House. He reminded the dissatisfied merchants that Mr. Schell hud been only thirty days in-office, and that he had found sucha quantity of goods stored and packed away that it was impossible for him to have done much better than he had done. He also intimated that it was to be regretted that the vacancy in the office of the Collector had not oc- curred at an earlier day. We have nothing now to do with this last inti- mation. Itis nothing to us now whether Mr. Schell’s predeceseor was or was not an efficient officer. All we have to do with, and all that the merchants have to do with, is the present incum- bent. We believe that no better selection could have been made by Mr. Buchanan for the office of Collector of this port than that which he has made. We are not alone in that belief. It is universal in the business and mercantile circles of the community. And if there have been recently difficulties experienced by importers they must be aware that thoec were transient and unayoida- ble, and will be removed as quickly as possible. ‘The fact is, as Mr. Brower suggested, that it was impossible for the Coilector to do better than hebad done. He went into office just as the new tariff went into operation. The bonded warehouses were filled with goods which mer- chante declined withdrawing until they could withdraw them at diminished rates of duty. Im- portations were retarded so that goods might be subject only to the reduced rates, The ocn- sequence was an unparalleled entering of im- porte during the past month, for which no ade- | quate accommodations had been made. The monthly receipt of packages of goods at the bonded warehouses of the oity has for tho Inst year or two averaged 11,000 packages. The number received Inet month was 17,000 packages It was this enormous increare of business, coupled with the facts of the bonded warchouses being glutted with goods, and the necessary issuc of aset of new customs instructions, that gave rise to the temporary inconveniences experienced. But, after all, anything that Mr. Schell or his subordinate officers can do will not obviate the chief difficulty that lics in the way. That diffi- culty is the utter inadequacy of the present Cus- tom Houre building to supply the wants of our commerce. It was built to suit the business of this port as it was ten or fifteen years ago; but it has no relativences to the business of the present day. Ite size is not one-fifth of what it should be in view of the commerce of the port in 1857, and tot one-tenth of what it should be in view of the commerce of New York twenty, thirty or forty years hence, Until a Custom Houve suitable to our immenee trade is provided by the general go- vernment, importers must be content to put up with inconveniences. The real difficulty les there. The remedy ts plain enoagh. Let the city deed to the United States the battery—which is now a lounging place for loafers and improper characters—as a site for» Custom House building commensurate with our present and futare greatness as the commercial emporium of this continent, Congress will not refuse to this port —from which rhe general government derives tho largest share of ite rerenue—a Hberal appro- ttt tenes priation for the purpose. A couple of millions ot dollars added to the price that would be get for the prerent building at the corner of Wall and Naseau etreets, would probably euffive, ‘Let our merchants and importers tacu their at- tention to this matter and copfer with our Con- gressional representatives on the eubject. Mr. Cochrane, who, from his position as Surveyor ef the port, is intimately acquain‘ed with ite busi- nees apd requirements, is just the man to cany the project through Congress, We premume he ouly peeds s bint from the right quarter to give his beat evergies to the matter. Till such @ me- cersity is euppliecd our importers canaot look for complete imwunity from trouble and inoouveni- ence but they may rest assured that so far aa ‘be Secretary of the Treasury and Mr. Schell are concerned, nothing will be left undone to plaae down as much ag possible such unavoidable dif- ficulties THE LATEST NEWS. BMeeteng of the Sew York Democratic State Committee. CALL FOR STATE CONVENTIONS—ALL BARMUMOUS. ‘ATBANY, August 6, 1867. ‘The Democratic State Convention met et Ouagress Hal in th city to-day, There wase pretty geneva! atieadanoe, Genera harmony prevalled, and a beliéf that the dtatn ane ‘be carried, either with the repubiicansand Know in farion, or tm separate detachments. The opiaion ‘valled that the ablest men in the ranks would be placed on the ticket, without regard te any previous sections, or respect to former predilictions. ‘The State Convention is called for Thursday, the 1am day of September, at Syracuse, come four weeks hence, ‘The delegation to compose one from each Assembly dis- trict, as arranged under the law of the last Legislature, ‘There was a feeling to oail the conven ion a fow days after that of the republicans, and to have two delegates from canb Aseembly district. But there was no effort in the committee to carry out either of those propositiuns, News From Wa- ton, RESPECT POR THE LATE SECRETARY DORSIN -PHR GAN FRANOINCO AND ORRGON MAIL CONTBAOT AWARDED—GBN. GHIGLDS’ REMINTROENCHS OF TES MEXICAN WAR—A USELESS $10,000 J03—REPORP OF THE CONDITION OF THK UTAM INDIAN’—PRO: CBEDINGS OF THE NaVA‘. COURTS, BTC. Wasemeton, August 6, 1857. ‘Tho Cabinet hold a short session to-day, and determined to close all the public offices to morrow, in respect to the memory of Secretary Dobbin. ‘The contract fer the sem! montbly mail by steamship frem San Francisco to Olympia, has been closed with the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, (W. H Davidge. Prest- Gent,) at $122,500 per annum, from 10th Octo>er, 1857, for four years, Tho steamers are to connect with the Aspin- wall or Panama lines, and touch at Humboldt Bay, Trin dad and Crescent city, Umpqua city, Astoria, Shoalwater bay and Port Townsend. The Commissionor cf Indian Affaire has now eleves clerks, at a salary of $100 por month, employed in manag “copies of all papers relative to Indian affairs on the Pa- cific coast,’’ called for by @ resolution of inst Cong-ese. ‘This resolution was offered by Hon. Russel Sago, cf New York; but for what purposo {t is hard to imagine, The Copies will cost the government nealy toa thousand dol. Jars, and are wholly worthless. Senor Robles, (the Mexican Minister,) Gen. James Shields and several o:ber distinguished gentlemen, were Jat ly eeated sround a» dinner table in this city. The wine bavicg Sowed pretty freely, Gen. Shiclts was callad up ‘and gave in glowing colors the incidents. immediately connected with bis belag wounded with « grape shot i= the Mexican war. He closed by saying he could never forget the appoarance of the cilloer who gave the commaet. t0 Ste Be was the last object he ea fore falling, and be should recognize him if be dhould ever seo him again Senor Robbee, who bad listened with intense interest at ‘the recital, slowly rose from his chair and asked him if he recognised in him that officer; ‘ for,’’ said he, “I gave the command to fire.’ The effect of this annoancemest can be beter imagined than described. Since then the gallent bero of Chepultepec and General Robles have been particular friends. ‘The Commissioner of Indian Affairs received yesterday an exceedingly tutoresting account of our red brethren ip Uvab and thelr farming operations. It is much doutted if Governor Young could make a report eq: favorable of our white friends {a the Mormon territof. 1 here. ‘with send you a copy of the report:— Guar Sac Laxe Cry, June +0, 1867. Srr—1 have the satisfaction of }, to belaif of the ta Territory any kind haveo cured Rey a for more !lisn twelve mouilis, is Jan aurfocabie efforts which baye been mado suitable reeervations oqveahan., tho eroyh Wok prombetny, sat eh every eqrvasl » ne joo} ab ve mignon parren ed : i jurromonts being larger than I anticipated clore of the previous quarter, I would state, by explanation, that itis mostly in comsequonce of the f Icdtose from tI ern tiie of the moi i i telegraphic cable have been coiled. The ship was to tail on tho 27th July for the Cove of Cork. Valencia Bay, Ireland, was to be the starting point, instead of mid- doeen nued, and Lieutenant Peter Turner testified that ne hed known him sixteen years; never knew him to be alem; (\hought him pre-cminentiy qualified for naval service; furgeon Minor was examined on the part of the govers- ment. Ie Court No. 2, Agsiatant Engineer Wheeler, witness, bad knows Licutenant M. ©. Perry since Sep- tember, 1963; eailed with him nino moaths; saw him twice ander the influenes cf liquor, once at Old Point Comfort and onee on board the steamer Hertzel at Old ‘Was stupid: never saw him unter the while on duty, Passed Assistant ment witnes—had known years; tailed with him on the from October, 1840, drenk on one oocasion at night in port; Puget Bound; Perry was ina saudi and talking incoherently ; never saw ence of Nquor while on duty; there had been a pa ty the day he was drank; was surprised to seo him hibiting tho influence of Liquor, from what I knew of hte of his habits Lieutenant Wilkinson, goversmont witness, bad known Porry Intimately for seven yeart; sailed with him three years, from Ootober, 4840; his habits were tr. regniar ; could specify no Instances of intoxication. Gene- ral Pattorson, of Philadelphia, gaye Lieutenant Perry a high character. Court No. 3 bas adjourned for four woeks, | ! i i i i it tli THE GRNERAL NEWAPAPER DESPATCH, OUK RELATIONS ©: KNTRAL AMERIOA--8ATTSPAG- TORY STATS OF APFAIRG AT OTHER POINTS. Wasmisoton, August 6, 1987, Great Britain has not yet replied to the communication of the Bate Department wriiten several months ago, rets- tive to Central American affairs in connection with the re jected treaty. Tho claims for consequential damages wil! not be en