The New York Herald Newspaper, August 11, 1857, Page 4

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Livgrrooi—R, Stuart, 10 Exchange street, East. Havns—aAm. & European Express Oo., 21’ Rue Corpellle. The contents of the European edition of the Haran wil! ombiee the news received by mail and telegraph at this Mice during the previous week, and up to the hour of pabication. | The steamship Fulton, which left Southampton | on 20th of July, arrived at this port last evening, with files of European papers dated on her day of | sailing. The news had been anticipated by ourtele- | day morniog, the Indian and Fulton having left England on the same day. Parliament was almost | nightly engaged with a consideration of the affairs of India, In the Commons, on 2th of July, Mr. | Disrseli made a three hours’ speech, which was re- plied to by Mr. Vernon Smith and other gentlemen. ‘The debate ended by the adoption of a motion pro- posed by Lord John Russell, that an address be pre- | sented to her Majesty, to assure her that the House would support her in any efforts necessary for the suppreseion of the disturbances in India. We pub- lish @ report of the speeches. Great excitement prevailed with respect to the issue of the race for the Goodwood Cup. Some of the English papers claim already that the American horses are descended from English stock, and hence, by inference, their chance for triampb. A descrip- tion of the cup, with a report of the latest betting, | to seven years imprisonment at hard labor in the ~ is given. The British ship Agamemnon sailed on the 27th of July from the river Thames for Cork, with her portion of the Atlantic te’egrapb cable on board. It ‘was expected that the entire fleet would unite at the rendezvous about the 20th of July. Messrs. Newall & Company, in reply to the London Times, explain the reason why a twist occurred in the half of the | cable manufactured a! their house. The leading French exiles deny any complicity | with the recent conspiracy for the assassination of the Emperor Napoleon. Spain had accepted the mediation of England and France in the matter of her dispute with Mexico. Santa Anna had an agent in Madrid. ‘The Italian insurgents were on trial in Naples. In Belgium the city of Brussels had been the | scene of great festivities. The 26th anniversary of the accession to the throne of King Leopold was cel ebrated, and the fétesin honor of the marriage of Princess Charlotte with the Arch-Duke Maximilian of Anstria had commenced with great splendor. Prince Albert went over from England on the occasion. Royal preparations were being made in England for the reception of the Emperor and Empress of Prance, who were expected to visit Queen Victoria immediately. The London money market was depressed, owing to the news from India and s heavy failure. English accounts state that the race for the (ood ‘wood Cup this year would be the most interesting on record. The American horse Pryor was backed spirited!y at Tattereall's on the Monday previous to the race, it having been asserted that he had, within a few days, run two miles and a half—which is the length of the Goodwood course—in four minntes! ‘The race for the Goodwood was run last year in 4:59. Elsewhere we give a fall account of every thing that bas come to hand respecting this iate resting event, with the specniations as to the result, together with a description of the cup to he ran for. ‘This cvp is said to be a noble vase of oxidized silver in the style of the sixteenth century, and is des cribed as exceedingly beautifal, and of the most artistic workmanship. The rage was ran on Thars day, the 90th July, and the Canada, which left Liverpool on Saturday, the Ist instant, will being the result. She is now fully due at Halifax, and we may receive her news at any moment. Up to 10 o'clock last evening the steamer Canada had pot arrived at Halifax. She is now in her eleventh day ont, and will probably bring very in- teresting and important news from India, China and throughout Europe. We publich this morning a description of the yacht Charter Oak, owned by Mr. Webb, of Stam. ford, Connecticut, which sailed from New York for Liverpool on 20th of June, and arrived in safety, aa we are advised by the steamship Indian at Quebec. ‘The Charter Oak had only two men on board when she reached port. She was aailed by her owner Our correspondent a Washington gives usa very clear history of the difficulty with Venezuela, w | appears to be the result of certain speculations in guano entered into by parties in Boston and hile deiphia, No further Indian outrages have taken place in Minnesota, but great alarm still prevails among the settlers, who in great nombers were leaving their improvements. The Postmaster (iene ral has nearly completed arrangements to concen trate the great Northern and [astern mails at Cin- inneti, with a view to their more prompt and ex peditious distribution. heen ordered to the command of the Portsmouth Navy Yard. ‘The Emigration Commissioners, attended by the Health Officer of the port, come of the Health Com- missioners and other invited guests, paid a visit yer'eiday to Seguine’s Point. The object of the visit was to inspect the grounds and newly erected hospital buildings, before deciding upon the quea- tion of their acceptance from the Onarantive Captain John Pope bas | NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, AUGUST U1, 1857. Commissioners. It will be eeom from the re Port of the visit, as given in another colmmn, that the Emigration Commissioners pronounce the location axd accommodations as ausuitable for the requirements of a temporary quarantine. ‘This is the course that we proclaimed long since would be taken by the Commissioners of Emigation. Dr. Rockwell, one of the Health Commistioners, suggested with as much propriety as facetiousness, that the State could not tarn the buildings to better advantage than converting them iato an insame asylam and caging the three Quarantine Commis sioners in them. A mass meeting of democrats and other citizens of the Seventeenth ward was to have been held last evening in Tompkins square, to express their oppo- sition to the obuoxious laws of the Albany Legisla- ture, but owing to the unfavorable state of tho weather it had to be postponed, and further notice will be given by the Committee of Arrangements. A meeting cf the Republican Execative Commit- tee, George W. Pearcy in the chair, was held at the rooms of the committee, No. 669 Broadway, last evening, but owing to the inclewency of the weather no business of importance was transacted. The Metropolitan Police Commissioners met yea- terday mornirg in private session, and after trans- acting some minor business, adjourned to the second Monday in September. No balloting was had for a successor to Mr. Draper. We give the conclusion of the proceedings of the Commissioners in private session up to the time of Mayor Wood taking his seat at the board. In the case of Mrs, Cunningham, Justice Davison has rendered a decision refusing to admit the ac: cused to bail. A writ of certiorari may be expected to-day, when it will be seen whether Mrs. Cunning- ham will spend the remainder of this month in Bond street or in her old quarters at the Tombs. The barkeeper of the Howard Hotel, who has been living like a prince for the last seven years, was brought before Justice Welsh, at the Lower Police Court, yesterday, on charge of embezzling from time to time some $20,000 from his employer. The history of the case, a fully detailed in our po- lice reports, will be found highly interesting. The accused kept fast company, fast women and fast horses, all off $25 per month and found. How he did it, will be casily explained on reading the testi- mony adduced on the examination. Mr. Fieid concluded his argument in the contempt case yesterday, and Mr. Brady replied in a speech which attracted considerable attention, being in a great measure an answer to the personalities of the opposite counsel. At one point of hus address a burst of applause, very unusual in a court room, greeted him; and on conclading his argument he sat down amid a noisy demonstration of approba- tion. Judge Ingraham announced his decision for | Saturday next. We give a report of Mr. Brady’s | speech in another column. The Committee on Lands and Places of the Board of Councilmen, Councilman Waugh, Chairman, met at 3 o'clock P. M., yesterday, and decided to report in favor of concurring with the Board of Aldermen in appropriating $50,000 for the improvement of the Central Park. The Board of Councilmen adjourned last evening for want of a quorum. They will meet this after- noon at five o'clock. John Smith, the Portuguese sailor under sentence of death for the murder of the Captain of the brig Generol Pierce, was yesterday respited until the 11th of next month. A meeting of the New York Volunteers was held last evening in relation to the award of the gold box of General Jackson by the Committee of the Com- mon Council. It is rather remarkable that nearly all the pri- soners who have been tried in the General Sessions this month are notorious offenders. Yesterday Re- corder Smith sent Wm. Jones, alias Jim Murray, five years to the State prison for burglary. John Saun- ders and George Delmar were convicted of burglary in the first degree, in breaking into the dwelling house of Mrs. J. Pilez, 160 East Twenty-sixth street, on the 24th July. Saunders was sentenced State prison, and Delmar’s term was prolonged to fifteen years, All these men have served a number of years in prison already. John Kiernan, who participated in a riot on the 5th of July, was sent to the penitentiary for one year. The Grand Jury have indicted Wm. Gehrig for the murder of Lewis Gimbel. Toe cotton market continte¢ qiite firm yesterday, ani Closed stil at 159,¢. per Ib. for middling uplands, aod at 18X40. for middiiog New Orleans. Tho tales were con- fined to four or five bundved bales. Flour wae abont So. per barrel dearer for State and Western brands, while there was a ood local and Eastern aemand, with fair activity in sales. Wheat was without change of moment. Old Milwaukie club sold at $1 44, new Southern red at $175, and white do, at $1S5a$1 91, the latter figure belong an ouleide price. Corn was lower and vory motive, with saler of about 120,000 bushels Western | mixed at $45, 0860, The receipts for the two days pre. vioutly were also large, having been not far from | 900,000 burbels. The hea purchases were made to | Gill Fastera orders. Rye was lower, with a small sale at $1. Pork was firm, with moderate sales in lots of mees at $4 Be 40. Sogare wore quite stealy at last week's prices, talon of about 400.8500 bhds, Coffee was unchanged, while sales were limited. Freighty wera witbout change of moment, whie engegements wore | light Hester axp Wise—Onp Vinetta ox tae Fexce.—The Ricbmond Wiig has a curious arti- cle upon the coming Senatorial election by the Virginia Legislature. The Wiig thinks that Hunter will win, provided that the election is brought on early in the session; bat that if Wise gets a chance to dine and wine the rural mem bers the arpirations of his opponent will be knocked into a cocked hat the Whig Will be backed ard sustained by the whole power aod \cfluence of the saministration ai Washington, and dy all ee Gelenders and supporters of the Kansas policy of Walker in Virwir ia and in the South end in the N whereas, Henter will be compelled to rely upon the those enly who denounce Walker and distrust the istration This Sematorial election, then, will nec io wearily ‘urn apen the question whether a majority of tne democ a tic members of the next Legtaisture endorse or condema tbe Kapras policy of Walker and Bashanan. The Enquirer is very earnest in advocating the necessity of sustaining the administration, and looks with extraordinary complacency upon the | prospect of Kansas becoming a free State. The | speck in the horizon is growing bigger. Very Savacr.—The Louieville Journal is terri- bly annoyed at the election of James B. Clay for Congress from the Ashland district. The demo- | crate are correepondingly elate, and are going to have @ barbacue at Ashland in honor of the event: whereupon the Journal growls thus: The sounds of rejoicing that w/'| go up from the groves which opee echeed the tread of Kentucky's great patriot be nttered from threate tbat have been hosrse with a and biaspbemies agaiart him. Io 1544 the demo of Lexington went out to the gates of hit houre, with arome aod caspone and shoute of triumph to. od hv with the noise of their rejncing over bis de ‘They will go out there agnin en the 12th of August to im memory with their rejoicing over the election ob Le fon. The joke of the matter is that, had Mr. Clay been alive during the la‘e contest in Kentucky, he wi ent that held by his con, Look Out The Washington Union has an of- fio'al article which states that, “fortanately for the democratic party,’ the present administra- tion knows po distinction between the New York hards and softs, and hopes that the old quarrels will never be renewed. Gentlemen in the Cus- tom House and the rural districts will be good enough to take notice, and govern themselves no- dingly. We expect to see nothing but peace and harmony at Syraeuse next month Wise—according to | could have occupied no other position than | Progress of the War of Independence in India, ‘The news from India strikes us as very alarm- ing for Britich interests. It is, as the reader may be aware, the telegraphic of the overland mail, sent on from Trieste; and the Gates are from Calcutta to 2lst, from Madras to 28th June, and from Bombay to 1st July. The outbreak at Meerut having taken place on 11th Mey, we may eay in round numbers that we bave before ue come account of a month’s work; though from the destruction of the telegraph wires, and the almost universal pillage of the mailsin the Bengal Presidency and the north- western provinces, that account is necessarily very imperfect. And first, as to the spread of the mutiny. We heer that no outbreak has yet taken place at Madras or Bombay. The assurance of the tele- gragh that in these Presidencies “there is mot the slightest sign of disaffection,” reminds one of the remark made by the Bombay correspondent of the London Times, to the effect that such asser- tions merely meant that the soldiers and the populace had not yet begun to burn, slay, and destroy. Whatever motives existed for a mutiny in one Presidency, exieted in ali; and it stands to reacon that news of a euccessful mutiny in the north must rouse the eepoys of the south to action likewise. Their participation in the affair is merely a matter of time. As to the Bengal Presidency, we hear that “the mutiny is spreading among the troops” in that quarter. Then it must be eupposed that more regiments have joined the twenty-nine which the last mail announced as having mutinied; leaving —if allowance be made for the regiments which have just been disbanded at Calcutta and Bar- rackpoor—bardly any coldiers at all on the side of the government, except the handful which have been borrowed from Madras, Bombay and Ceylon, and recalled from China. It really scems as though the ole hope of British power in Bengal was the few Europeans who are scat- tered throughout the Presidency, and moat of whom are in the civil eervice. ‘Then, as to the operations at Delhi. General Barnard, with all the troops he could rally in the northwestern provinces, marched down and occupied certain heights adjoining the suburbs: made an attack, which was unsuccessful; re- pulsed “various sorties” from the insurgents; and then wisely reeolved to await reinforcements before resuming the offensive. This is the sum of our news from thence, and we must say that it looks ill for Gen. Barnard and the English. Delhi not being a walled town, or a military en- closure, but a great straggling mass of ruins, palaces, and old dwellings, it is absurd to talk of “sorties” from thence; the “sorties” must be mere attacks upon Gen. Barnard’s position by the insurgents; and the appearance is that he is actually besieged by them, and attacked with extraordinary vigor from time to time. It is said that he is awaiting reinforcements. Bat every person at all acquainted with the climate of India knows that it would be madness to at- tempt t6 march British troops w Delhi in the present season, or for ten weeks to come at least, They would die on the road, of the heat, and the still more terrible clouds of dust, before they had marched balf the distance. Lord Ellenbo- rough showed this very plainly in his speech. And supposing that there were still inthe Ben- gal Presidency native troops who could be relied upon to serve as reinforcements to Gen. Barourd, they would have to fight battle upon battle in effect a junction with him. We have now the authority of that General himeelf for asserting that the fall of Delhi must not be expected. He does not intend to assault it. And from al] the facts, read by the light of | + acareful study of the map and the best accounts of northwestern India, it really does appear | much more likely that the next news will relate tome detperate effort of Gen. Barnard to make his way tothe Ganges and escape to Calcutta than that we shall hear of the mutineers being * checked. An able article from the Gileuta Englishman, which we publish elsewhere, while it throws some light on the folly of the governing class in India, repeats the frequently mentioned hypothesis that the originators of the ¢mewe were Mahome- tans, not Hindoos, Oar cotemporary overlooks the porribility that these Mahometans may have a lurking fancy for freedom; he ascribes their disapprobation to their wish to regain their long lost supremacy over the Hindoos, This, of course, may be so; though it must be very diffi- | cult to discriminate among the legion of good causes which the Hindoos have for rebelling. Certainly, the arrest of the King of Oade by | the British authorities would appear to favor the hypotberis. The King of Oude, the head of an old Mabometan family, and lately the ruler of three millions of Hindoo eubjects, is the last vic- tim of the rapacity of the East India Company; it is natural for the company to suspect him of complicity in the rebellion, and indeed equaty natural for him to have a share in it. But it is of Oude with the theory that this is a mere ma. tiny of the sepoys, growing out of a new milita ry rule about bullocks’ fat. Sarcly, the King | did not care about greased cartridges; nor could he, being a Mahometan, care much about the re- ligious prejudices of the Hindoos. The truth is | leaking out. | The article from the Cleutia Hnglishman, which the reader will find elsewhere, is | the necessary and proper commentary on that item in the telegrapbic newe which informs us that the government of India have placed the | prees under the licenee system, that is to say, have revived the censorship 4 ¢ Louis Napoleon, This of course is utterly illegal, even at Cal- entta, where the freedom of the preay was asserted and vindicated in the courts years ago; bat in the present exigency, the Indian government will not stand upon trifles, and at all hazards the Caloutta papers must be prevented from telling the truth. They know well—these Company's servants—that behind the Hindoos and behind the Mahometans lurks an enemy more formidable | than either, in the shape of the Parliamentary opposition and tax paying people of England; who, when army after army is sent out to the Bast to be wasted away in fruitices wars, and | the United Kingdom drained of specie (as it soon will be) to pay the enormous ex- penses of reconquering the country, will rise the present condition of affairs before they conld | | | tageous it might be to the Panama Railroad | geographical formation of the Isthmus forms a very difficult to conciliate the arrest of the King } ‘The Sew Granadian Negotiations at Wath- ington. The negotiations between Gen. Cass and Gen. Herran, the New Granadian Minieter, are pro- gressing lowly at Washington, but with that care and caution that the importance of the sub- ject demands. They involve not only the settle- ment of the claims of our citizens for injuries re- ceived during the Pacama riot, but also the celebration of a postal treaty with New Granada that ehall give an undelayed transit to our Cali- fornia mails; a clearing up of the disputed point relative to the payment of tonnage dues by our ships in the ports of Aspinwall and Paoama; and some arrangements relative to the social security of the Isthmus that shall give to the commerce of the world the moral conviction that 8 safe and uninterrupted interoceanic tran- eit may always be relied upon. In regard to the first of these points we learn that the government of New Granada has admit- ted ite liability for the damages occasioned by the riot; and indeed it could hardly go otherwise, for if it threw upon other governments the neces- sity of defendiog the lives and property of their citizens in their travel over the Isthmus it would amount to a virtual abnegation of the sovereigaty of that territory. New Granada having admitted her responsibility, there only remsins the ascer- taining ot the amount of damages inflicted, which can never be a subject of serious dispute between two nations disposed to do what is right. The negctiation of the postal treaty may take a little more time, as the rights of New Granada and of the Panama Railroad Company have to be dis- cussed and blended with the trae interests of our citizens. The company gave the late admixis tration much trouble by its selfish and exacting course, and the last report of Poetmueter General Campbell is very severe upon it. It is to be hoped that a more moderate and wiee policy will now direct its course, As for the tonnage duty question, it is one of emall import, and relating more properly, as it does, to the fiscal legislation ot New Granada, it is not likely to present any serious difficulty. The question of ecurity for the transit is one of great seeming com- plication, but will probably present less real difficulty wheh it comes to be discussed than has been anticipated. Under the existing conventions between the two countries we have all the treaty stipulations that can possibly be required for the purpose, and the only real diffi- culty is that under the existing system of gov- ernment in New Granada, her public force is inadequate to the occasional exigencies of the case, and this involves the necessity of our niain- taining a naval force at the two ports of Aspin- wall and Panama, The expense of the guaran- tee to the commerce of the world is thus thrown upon us, and from this we must be relieved. To do this will involve some change in the domestic policy of New Granada, so far as regards the cx- ceptional territory of the Isthmus. This may re- quire some interchange of views between General Herran and his own government, which will ne- cessatily absorb time, but without prejudicing the final result. As for the mooted idea of a cession of islands to us for a naval station in the Bay of Panama, we do not eee that it is likely to come under discus- sion. The Congrees of New Granada, in author- izing President Ospina to settle the pending ques- tion with this country by a treaty, expressly denied to him any power to alienate or affect the sove- reignty of any portion of the Granadian terri- tory. It is not probable either that our govern- ment will press that point, for however advan- Company to sell toarich government certaia islands which it has taken care to purchase, and to secure the conveyance over their road of all the supplies for our navy in the Pacific, the bay of Panama is really the worst point on the whole Pacific coast for a naval station. The peculiar large open bay between Panta Mala and Puota Anemada, some thirty miles wide and thirty miles deep, which is noted as being the calmest spot of sea in all the world. Steamers have no | difficulty of access, buat sailing vessels not un- | frequently lie thirty or forty days becalmed there. One of our own eloops-of-war has been thirty days in getting up from Punta Mala to the anchorage. Unless we change our present navy for one altogether of steam—which will not be done very soon on a coast where the price of coal is twenty-five dollars a ton—the bay of Panama is totally unfit for a naval etation. We do not see, therefore, any difficulty in the way of a complete eettlement of the Panama | questions, and one of the promising symptoms | | that we have noted in the course of its conduct | is that the government has dispensed with the | prerence at Washington of the late clumsy nego- tiators at Bogota, Messrs, Bowlin and Morse. | General Cass will no doubt be able and zealous | to defend our interests in this matter, and we can | rely on hum to do eo Tur Vacancy iy THE Portce Commission ‘Tue Test Question ror Tan Democracy at THE | Strate Exxecrions——The Metropolitan Police | Commissioners have adjourned their sitting to | the first Monday in September, so that there is | no chance of the vacant Police Commissioner- ship being filled up for a month at least. No other appointments of any kind will be made in the force during this recess, as it seems these gentlemen are already blown with their exertions during the brief period they have been in office, and require to take breath before they encounter its further fatigues. Between the necessities of constitutional exercise, early dinners and the an- nual process of re-invigoration at some fasbiona ble watering place, our new Police Commissioners manage to give but an infinitesimal proportion of their time to the discharge of their public duties. What matters it that life and property should be daily becoming more insecure under | their jurisdiction? What signifies it that the public should, in view of their laxurious indo- lence, lore all confidence in the execution of the laws, and talk of forming vigilance committess for their own protection? If Nero fiddied while Rome burned, our amateur Fouchés may | well be excused for enjoying a little elegant lei- sure at the city’s expense. In the meanwhile, however, somebody must pay the piper; and as nothing stirs up men’s sus- | ceptibilities more than an appeal to their pockets, | it is not to be expected that the citizens of New York will look tamely on while this Epicurean up apd denounce the enterprise altogether, calling upon John Company to fight his own battles, Thus men progress in wroog. Unjust con- quest leading to oppression; ily begetting cruelty; oppression and cruelty stimulating re- sistance; resistance requiring as the first condi tion of its being met both the suppression of the truth and the suggestion of falsehood. The Koglieh are drawing near the hour of their punishment. game is being “played out.” The disregard of | public opinion evinced by the new Commission- ers in the manner in which they have allowed their partizan prejudices to interfere with the election of @ successor to Mr. Draper, and thus to paralyze the action of their Board, has created a very general feeling of indignation even among those who favored their appointment. Already it is eeen that the reforms put forth asa pretext for such sweeping changes in the organi zation of our police force, and the administration | glare of popu! of city affairs generally, will prove nothing’ bat echam, aud that the men who are charged with the du ty of carrying them out are little better than charlatans, We congratulate the so-called law and order men on @ discovery which. for us, bas been long a foregone conclusion. When they have helped, with the rest of the public, to pay the penalty of these political impostures, they will be more careful how they give their faith to professions coming from men whose careers are 8 enfficient guarantee for their perfidiousness, We are glad to see that on this question, at least, the democracy of our city are true to their old political instincts, Convinced of the useless- nees of offering any further legal resistance to the deepotic measures of our Albany tyrants, they ere energetically applying themeelves to the prozecution of the only effective remedy which the constitution has placed within their reach. It is at the pofls, and at the polls alone, that this issue with the Legislature can be successfully brought out, and they are right in directing all their efforts to secure a vigorous expression of public opinioa on the subject at the next State elections, Within the last ten days enthusiastic meetings have been held in five or eix dif- ferent wards. On Thursday next the whole of theee efforts will be concentrated in a grand mass meeting of the democracy, convened to protest against the robbery of their municipal rights, and to consider the measures necessary to compel their restoration. This meeting will be the real opening of the ball for the fall campaign, and we look forward to its proceedings with the interest which the impor- tance of the occasion naturally excites, Let it not be forgotten that at the next elec- tions we shall bave to choose an entirelymew Legislature—a new Senate as well as a new House of Assembly. The democratic party will have to look up their candidates all over the State, and they must lose no time in hunting about ior the proper men—at least men who are sound on the great constitutional issue which now presents itself for decision. Taking all the circumstances into considerstion, we do not hesitate to pronounce the next State election as the most important for the interests of the people of apy that has occurred since the Revolution. AxsotHeR Row among THE CxtvaLRy.—The Richmond South and Fnquirer are having a pret- ty sharp discussion upon Kansas matters, in the course of which the chivalric Pryor gave the lie direct to the writer in the Enquirer. Hostile cor- respondence ensued, but the matter has been eettled in the good old Pickwickian way, the writer in the Enquirer preserving his anonymity except so far as Pryor and “a few friends” (pro- bably the entire population of Richmond) are concerned. But there will be no duel, and the world may go about its business the same as ever. Terrible fellows these fire eaters. Very much wanted in India just now. Why don’t they go? Mvcu Avo Asovr Norutva.—The Charleston Mercury and Garrison’s Liberator are just now en- deavoring to dissolve the Union, because Gover- nor Walker does not consult them about the ad- ministration of Kansas affairs, It is a goodthing that brotherly love prevails between people of entirely opposite views, and we congratulate the Mercury upon the accession of an ally so well suited to its taste. We apprehend, however, that the Union will last a year or two longer, in spite of all the fanatics North and South. Wor’r Give ir Ur.—The Louisville Journal isn’t willing to acknowledge the decease of its party. The Journal says:— It in unless to say that the American t ie but in ite fofancy. Truth never dies. It may be ob- soured—it mn Be overshadowed for awhile by the false delusions, but it will ultimately triumph. “Ultimately” is a long while. Try the gal- vanic battery. Hic Jacet.—The Riebmond Lnguirer has a polite and impressive funeral sermon over the grave of the Know Nothing party, as indicated by the recent Southern elections. All right. Now let the nguirer keep @ sharp look out for the secessionist democrats, or there may be | another death in the family. THE LATES wwrrnrnrnnn Ron-Arrival of the Canada, Hativax, August 10—)", M The steamship Canada, now in ber tenth day from Liverpool, snd about due at this port, has not yet made ber appearance. inte: from W: on. THE VENPRURLA DIPFICULTY—-TOR GUANO ChAIM OM MONAGAS, BTO., RTC. Wasniseros, August 10, 1857. ‘The partice bolding cer ain ciaims apow the government of Veneruela bave been for some time urging the Stato Department to take ech action in the mater ae world! bring President Monages to the shelling ont point, but without success thos far. The history of the mattergie briefly ae (ollows — Afew years wince there was quite « rage among our enterprising speculators of the North and East to ft out small expeditions to the Carribbean Sea for the purpose of T NEWS. | bringing away the surplus deposits of phosphate of lime salts that were to be found oa the numerous nninhabited caye and isleis of that region, and which, after being ground to powder was sold in toe mark etjander the differ- ent names of Mexican guano, South American guano, Xo. In parsuit if this article every approachable cay har been ransacked and its surface coating boated off. The basinoss Itaelf bas pot proved a very profiiadie one, for the cost of | outfit of the expeditions and the expense of collecting, &, have more than balanced the procceds, and it is sail that no (ne of the many who engaged tp he bustness has made money at it. Among these active speculators wae Philo §. shelton, of Boston. The captain of a schooner fitted oat by hi | landed on Aver or Bird Island, in the Caribbean dea, aad, | alter @ curvory examination, supposed the deport to be ™masy thonsand tone. He took possession of it, and re- ported to Mr. Shelton. This grntieman imme tiately fitted oat several veercle, and rent them with picks, shovels — and epader to b ing ay the guano But some tithe was wanted to the isiamd, #0 that pow | neasion of {t could be held against intruders, and an agent war sent to Venezuela, whether by Mr. Shelton or other Parties !# not clear, to obtain ome from that government Vonervnela bad not the shadow of « claim to the rove reignty of Aves Island, for it lies several hundred miles | from her shores, and about sixty west from the French | Ieland of Guadaloupe A title from her, however, would rerve all pecestary puroorer, and that was cnough. Cortain Philadelphia lawyers, however, bad heard that | [2% there was a speculation om foot, and they put im for |t, too A Mr. Wallace wat sent by them to Caraccas to get the grant at any price. In Voneruela Mr, Wallace asenmed the style of « great cepitelist and gran tenor, and bie mag Bificent offers soon left all others in the shade. A Dargain was strock with Monagas for an oxclosive priviiegs o ‘working sil the gaano isiand# on the coast of Venexnela inclading Aves or Bird Inland, For this privilege tho Philadelphia Guano Company agreed to pay $160,000 in onsh, and give to Monagat a royalty of five dollars per ton Of guano procured, besides a one third share of the profits of the enterprise Wallace paid the $150,000 by drafia on Philadelphia, And Monagas ren. amall schoomer of war to Aven Island, iton’s half dozen of yoansia nod squad Wallice got home the Philadelphia Guano Company was organized with a great (lourish, the stock ‘Was put into the market, and the Dilla in favor of I'rest dept Monagas were accopted. A few vemole wore rent to Aven Irland, and soon brought away what phosphate of lime was found there, which turned out to be » vory amall quantity after all, Other istanda included in the grant were sublet to John FE. Gowaa, now gone to Sebastopol to raise the eunken Russian ships, but they soun geve cut lee, Having got oll that was to, be found, the Phiindel- phia company biew up, and Presidemt Monagas’ bills re- varsed uneid. Mr, Gbehon's friends took hold of the presumptive claims agninat Venezucia for d:sposseaston of Aves isiand, and employed Mr. dandford, lave Georetary Of Legation a4 Parts, to proseoute the claim at Caracoss. Some of them came here and got Marcy to instruct Mr. Eames, our Mia- ister at Venezuela, to push the subject, and ever sizes then they bave been pestering Congress, bothering the Secretary of State, publishing pamphlets and getting news- Paper correepondents to write about their greet claim against Monagas’ government, Monagas, however, fem that he had been cheated all round, and asserted roundly (hat the whole affair was nothing but a Yankee trick to gee money out of him. Mar. Eames wanted to come home to trig the wheels of applicants for his post, and having got the necessary permission for a temporary absence, wrote a valiant letter to the Veneruclan govers- ment about the affair, thinking, no doubt, that zeal im fa- vor of an Americas claim would be a great card for him to play bere, But the Minister and the friends of tr. Shelton, who have clubbed to prosecute a big claim tm the ope to get something, find that Gen. Cars is too wary te be drawn into it as Marcy hed been, the whole thing hav- ing @ vast deal of maxe up in it. ‘There is little doubt, however, that if Mr. Shelton’s ore- ditors will reduce their demands within the bounds of rea- son, the government will press their claim in a proper way. Hoe certainly held oortain possessory rights, of ‘which be was unjustly deprived, but not to the extent they Pretend to demand. Eames has made himself simply ri- dioulous in the course be has taken, and {t is not improba- ble that a new Minister may be sent to Caracons. CESSATION OF IXDIAN OUTBAGES IW MINNESOTA— ALARM AMONG THE SSTSLERO—NAVAL INTELLI- GENCE, ETC. Wastinatoy, August 10, 1867. We have another palpable contradiction in official des- patches-from the Weet. Special agent Pritchett, under date of July 31, writing from Mankato, Blue Karth czunty, ‘Minnesota, says:— tease Ser cea ta estat SS Great siarmyt Lips og, aul = sorte pao ia jeune, arr wi A sdb kteeet Gaialy ooaretetiee Despatches dated July 30, from Major Sherman to the War Department, report everything quiet, and the battery of ight artillery will return immediately to Fort Snelling. Capt. John Pope has been ordered to the command of the Portsmouth, (N. H.) navy yard, vice Commodore New- ton, deceased. Capt. McKean takes charge of the Naval Asylum at Philadelphia, Returns of the surveys ef public lands in Kansas and Nebraska have been received st the General Land Office, embracing nearly four hundred thousand acres, sitaated in South Platte, Nemahba and Delaware districts, between the Platte and Kansas rivers. Lieut. R. B. Lowry has been detached from the United States receiving ship North Carolina, at New York, and bas been ordered to the Michigan, on the Northern lakes. Lieut. John £. Hart bas been ordered to the Norih Care” Una, in Lieut. Lowry’s place. Third Assisiant Eogineer, Granville Toucey Pierce, has resigned. The government places no reliance upon the rumored attack of Fort Riley by the Indians. Becretaries Floyd and Toucey had @ long conference this morning on the subject of assimilating the military aad naval services. President Buchanan is expected to retarn to-morrow. ‘THR GENERAL NEWSPAPER DESPATCH. NEW MAIL ARRANGEMENT—INDIAN DIFFICULTIRG. Wasmunctom, August 10, 1867. ‘The Postmaster General has nearly completed the ar- rapgements by which to conventrate at Cincinnati by the most prompt and expeditious means the great Northera and Eastern mails, thence to be distributed to the Western ‘States and Territories generally. He is also endeavoring to improve the Southern mail service Advices to the War Department from Fort Ridgley to July 30, state that as soon as Major Sherman's command repaired to Yellow Stone river, Minnesots, the Sioux were overawed, and became submissive. No further informa- on of Inkpadutah’s band had been Whe Fete Champetre at Newport. Newrort, August 10, 1867. The file champétre given at the residence of Mr. W. S. Wetmore, in honor of George Peabody, came off here to day in excellent style Thirty two hundred invitations were issued, and twenty five hundred guests assembled, among whom were | ords Hervey and Althorpe and other distinguished persons. The carriages numbered upwards of three bundred. This fi‘eisenid to have cost Mr. Wet- more nearly ten thousand dollars. ‘The yaoht fleet {s here, and will sai! to-morrow, weather Permitting, for New Bedford, where the regatta will come off on the 15th Instant. Markets, PHILADELPHIA STOCK BOARD. Brrraio, August 10—1 P, M. ‘Flour is unchanged; sales to-day 900 bbis. ai $6 75 for choice Ohio and Wisconsin, and $7 for extra do, Wheet is firm; sales to day 22,000 bushels at $1 29 a $1 Gago $115 for Milwaakie clad, $1 70 inter and $1 87 for old red Hor. J. 8. Bowlin, of Missouri 5 Ps Evgland, and Major Osrleton, United Washington. i From Havre. £0, in stonmmship. Fel : ston = iniy, Dr Sam’l B Pluk aa lady. a Chaveee, Sw aay, | mour, Chas Hfutlaegte Cement | Red bearer of deepaiches from romerehe Sein i Baglen, F ussonn tee Vice, ins owas. fre Mire iP inwia vant; RM ter, an Lave: A iia E L R E Eset hase ler. ona cf Brow: ‘ Vaden, ) Re Beimow, ant 1d Hoboken City News, On Sanday bu) little business came ander the aye of the magistrates of this claasic otty. Mr. Justi judgement on a man charged with t yh a pg RAL drunkenness disorderty ‘These and the restoration of a foundli in the Riy- sium Fields were all the accidents of aay over