The New York Herald Newspaper, August 20, 1857, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, EDITOR 45D PROPRIETOR. eee TRRMS, cash: THE DAILY a ee eT mT er NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1887. (hat the latter officials would name an carly dey to | The Arsenal Property—Hlore Financial Spe. vislt the same. It is expected that come day mext week will be Bpom, The Qearaating Commis- sloners feel, The body of Margsset Dale was yesterday ex bamed from its res'ing place im the Evergreen Ce. den iat THE Piuihr RERALD cosy Woonona for cone per metery, near Elis-beth'own, New Jorsey, for the iE talon of anonymous correspondence. We do not ry x return hows rejected JOB PRINTING eccwted wich neatness, chewpness and des Pol DVERTISEMENTS renewed very day; ewied me Weexiy Hens, Pama California and Bure) eon Kelitione, i and on the ‘Wolume XXit se ccee ees NOs B30 sVUCTHE HIS BVENING. tway—GENEVIEY K—PROMBRADE NIBiA'S GARDEN. CONCERT MAGIC (RUMPET. SOWSRY Ci taran Broven Boow~Hiau Lire axp (Ron Cumet—Tux Docaus RA KEENZ'S THEATRE Broadway— Loam or 4 Marry Man—Wasr ering Mist sn Lor ACADEMY OF MUSIC, Fourteent #t—Geano Crogan Oruxs sy One Kuspaan any TWENTY-FIvs PearORM iaconte per | DUTpOBe of instituting inquiries as to the cause of Sen ge cr her death. Coroner Baun, of Elisabethtown, em- paauelled @ jary of thirieen men, when a post mor tem examination was held by Dr. Baldwin, Coronor of Newark, Dr. Green end the Coroner of Blizabeth- town, which proved that she had rot died from vio. lunoe’of ai y kind. The corpse was fur advanced im & stage of Cecomposition, rencerimg the task of hclding ® post mortem anything bot pleasant or agrerable. Dr. Green gives it as his opinion that she came to ber death from drowning. The testi- wony elicited from Mr. Wm. H. Conover, the den- tist, with whore family she was living, stows taat 8CO was aeister of his wife, and a persor of uxsound mind; sJso that he hed buried ber in a public lot, net wishing to have her interr:d in his private lot. He gives # fall statement of the entire transsction from begii ning to end, from which it appears that, POR AR NUMS AMESICAN YUSSUM Revedwar—Tix Bocos | however injudicious be may have acted in regard to BUxDRLL Basy ——DISSOLVING VIEWS ~OURIOMTIBE, KO. MECHANICS BALD Ao.—D0Ws IN Alanine BY Sew York, Thursday, August 20, 1857, THE GREAT ATLANFIC TELRGRAPA CABLE. barying and exhuming her, he is doubtless free fom 40% Wwoadway—Nsceo Mevoorms, | any contemplated wrong. The inquest will be con- tinued today, when Mis. Conover and several other witneeses will be examined. Anexciting meeting of the New York Volanteer Association took place !ast evening atthe Mercer House relative to the gold snuff box controversy, which promises to be 2 serious bone of conten- Starting of the Kquadron from Valentina Bay | tion betwren the parties who support the cisims Account of the Telegraph System ail over the World, Fully Liustrated. The full account of the great cable of the Atlantic tele graph, tbe laying of which commences successfully at ‘Valenti Bay, on the western ooast of Ireland, on the bth {nstant, and a complete histery of the telegrajhic systems im use in every country in the world, wil! appear in the ‘Hirai of to-morrow, copiously !llusirated wiih diagrams ‘and figures. It is needices to say that it will be one of the most tmportant documents ever published im public Sournal—valuable not alone a} the present time, whon the saxioty of every civilized nation ison tiptoe concerning tho momentous event now transpiring in mid ocean, but taoomparably valuabie for the fature, when the experi mont becomes « matter of history, cither asa greattri | ‘mph for ecience, or a temporary failure to accemp|ish ane of her bekiest feats ‘The News. We have three days later news from Europe, brought by the steamship Arabia, which left Liver- pool on the morning of the 5th inst. and arrived at this port last evening. On Wednesday, the 5th inet., the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland laid the end of the Atlantic telegraph cable on the mainiand, near Valentia, amidst great rejoicing. The Knight of Kerry entertained the distinguished individuais connected with the under- taking at a banquet in the evening, and the entire fleet sailed with high hopes of success soon after. | It is expected that the expedition will reach Trinity Bay on Tuesday next. In the meantime the etesmer Anglo-Saxon, which will reach Quebec on Sundsy next, will probably bring intelligence of | terlay at upper Q tine, making the pi 4 | number detained there twenty-six vessels, while at the progress of the squadron. ‘The Emperor Napoleon, accompanied by the Em- press Eugenie, bad reached Osborne on a visit to | Queen Victoria. Lords Palmerston and Clarendon | with the Count Waleweki were in attendance on the sovereigns. The visit was styled a private one. In Tarkey the French diplomatic difficulty con- tinued, and it was thought that England would join France in her course of policy respecting the Mol- davian elections. Ownng to the receipt of late news from Mexico, Spain had resumed her war tone, and the negotia- tiona with Senor Lafragua were broken off in Ma- drid. It was said that the aspect of the imbroglio bad become very serious. Some of the Italians charged with conspiring against the life of tne Emperor of France bad been convicted in Paris and sentenced to different terms of imprisonment. There was no vews from Indis, but the anxiety of enffered no abatemect. The ex royal family of Oude had appealed to Paritament for relief from | suspicion in connection with the revolt and on the anbject of the King’s situation, by petition to the Hoase cf Lords, but the paper, which we publish, was rejected on a mere point of technical etiquette. | Evgland was continuing her vast military prepara tions. A ieport of the fall of Delhi was again cir- culated in London. A number of the Paria journals rejoice a England s Eastern embarrassments. Bishop Blomfield, late of London, died on the 5th inst., fom an epilep*ic attack. In the Liverpool market cotton was quiet and un- changed, and breadstuffs very dull. In London an- gar was again lower. Consols closed om the 7th inat. at 0} a 90 We have been favored by the politeness of a dix tinguished merch of Puerto Rico—now briefly sejourning in this city—with a copy of the Boletin de Puerto Rico of the 20th of July last, containing the royal order issued at Madrid, and the circular of the Captain Genera!, commanding the extinction by calling in of the famous Maenguina money. The | eutject is, we confess, of great interest to those con. cerned in trade with the Spanish Antilles; bat we have twice before in the Hanaup already given the necessary information, and published the royal order for the revocation and extinction of this money. At the same time we thank our correspondent for his attentions. of the two principal candidates for the gift. The Barnett men bolted and would not vote on the ques- tion of the adoption of the resolations endorsing the Common Council committee's selection of Colona! Dyckman, on the alleged ground that this was not a bona fide meeting of the Volunteers, but merely of the Volanteer Aseociation. Colonel Dyckman was present and acted aa chairman. Mr. Gilpatrick, the rider of Prioress in the late Goodwood Cup race in England, has given a state ment of his opinion of the reasons why the Ameri- can horses were beaten, which we give in another coiumn. He believes that the borses were not in good condition and denies that the race was lost by his bad riding, or that he was discharged by Mr. ‘Ten Broeck. The Commissioners of Emigration met yesterday. Mr. Garrigue, President of the German Society, made a long speech, ostensibly in response to cer- tain animadversions on the conduct of the Board in a@ morning journal, but really in reply to what has been put forward by the Quarantine Commissioners. As the opinions advanced may be considered official we give the speech verbatim. The Commissioners are confident that the State authorities will not com- pel them to take the hospital at Seguine’s Point. The emigration to this port up to the 12th instant was 118,872, being an increase as compared with the emigration of last year of 25,882. No vessels arriving at Quarantine hereafter will be sent to the lower Quarantine anchorage, except from the following ports: Havana, Port au Prince St. Domingo, Mayuaguez, Black River, St. Thomas and Gonaives. Accounts from the ports named show a favorable falling off in the number of yellow fever cases. There were ten vessels detained yes- the lower anchorage there are now but three ves- eels, Jacob Schweinn, the stevedore arrested, charge’ with stealing clothing and miscellaneous articles from the other stevedores, was tried yesterday be- fore Justi_e De Forrest at Tompkinsvilie, and seat to Richmond county jail for three months. The ten stevedores heretofore reported as arrested upon a charge of stealing sugar from the bark Oakland, have had an examination and the complaint dis- missed. ‘The receipts of beet cattle during the past week | reached 4,022 head—an increase of 1,628 as com- pared with the week previous. The heavy receipts, coupled with a light demand, caused a decline in prices of fully two cen's per pound, the ruling rates being Ste. @ 12c., according to quality. 1; is said | that the receipts of the next two or three weeks will } large, still further decline in prices ‘he peopie with respect to its probable character | ss apne 7 —. therefore be reasonably hoped for. In other descrip tions of stoek there is little change to notice. Cows and calves are qnoted at $25 a $75; veal calves, Se. 74o.; sheep and lambs, $3 s $6; swine, Tic. a Sic. ‘The sales of cotton yosterday were con‘ined to about 600 bales at fuil prices. Flour was cell and enlea wore moderate and closed easier for extra grades. dome do. scriptions of common qualities new wheat was in Increased supply and prices lower, wales of Po Bouthern and Tennessee at $165 081008 whito do, a6 $1760$180. Gorn was in far domaad, ‘with anles of Wertern mixed at A5e. « 860 , delivered and im thesbip. Pork was higher, with ssiet of mess at $26 96 0 $26 60, ond prime a1 $2160. About 400 » 600 bis. repacked Western mess beef sold at fall prices. Sugars were active, with rales of about 1,100 bhds. Cave muscorado, 000 of which wers refining goods, all at prices given in another columm. Coffee was in moderate Gemend and saler light, but the market wae firm. Freight engagements were moderaie ant raves uachanged. Tut Missour: Exxction.—The contest in Mis- souri for Governor is a close fit; but should Rollins, in summing up the official returns, fall short of an election by a few votes, it will not materially effect the moral result and the signifi- | cant teachings of this contest. Missouri is on | the bigh road to the gradual abolition of African | slavery, and the substitution of free white labor. By the arrival of the Danish brig Reztauradeur, | Capt. Janzen, we have dates from Humacoa, Porto | Rico,*to the 4th of August. On the 2d a fire broke cat in the warehouse of Messrs. Pous Brothers, which, together with the tx adjoining houses, were destroy ed. The Americana Association for the Advancement of | sclence are etill in session in Montreal. On the 15th ast Mr. Ramsay read a paper in the geological sec ton cn the Physical Break in the Succession of Life ¢ British Islands,” whieh proved that his popula, s lecturer ia this branch of acience is deserved. A paper by the Rey. Mr. McIlvaine on“ Arrow Head or Wedge Inscriptions’ waa attentively listened to | by the ethnclogical section. The “Physical Con- atracticn of the Coctinent of Africa’ and “Blectri- cal Hypothesis of the Aurora Borealis,” formed the @abjects of two useful papers by Professors Gayot Such is the working of the eupreme laws of cli- mate, productions and the currents of emigration. Nigger drivers may agitate and threaten all torts of terrible consequences should Kansas be admitted ae a free State, but it is fast becoming a fixed fact that negro elavery cannot be established where it will not pay expenses. On the other hand, our Northern nigger worshippers may how! till they crack their lungs over the abominations of elavery in the South ; but in ali those States and Territories where the climate is in favor of the black man, and is fatal to the white man, there, if introduced, will the institation of African elavery continue to flourish and extend ideclf. These are the supreme laws which are regulating the metes and bounds of slavery, and | under whith Missouri, within the next ten years, and Olmstead. The excursion to Bt. Helen's Isle | was a pleasant aMuir. An extensive gang of male and female operators | in ecanterfeit five dollar bills on the Lee Bank, of Massachusetts, has been detected recently in this city. It la supposed that at least five thopaand doi- of these worthless bills have been pat in . The parties arrested are now in prison PGMBa the course of the law. Io our account of the cetection and arrest of the counterfeiters we publish a fac simile of the bogus notes, so that our readers may be on their guard should they be offer ed in payment of goods. ‘The investigation in the case of Alexander Boyd, who was murdered by burglars, was concluded yes- teiday. The Coroner's jury was unable to find suffi- cleat proof to justify the further detention of the ersons under suspicion. They, bowever, suggested (hat a reward gpould be oflered for the apprehension of the murderer. At the meeting of the Commissioners of Health yestercay. Dr Reid adverted to infection spreading among the community through the ase of diseased meats. He will present a report on the subject to- doy The Quarantine Commissioners have sent an Giciai notice to the Governor and officers of State anmoarcing the completion of the sew hospital viidings, Ac, at Seguine’s Pols, with the request | will become a free State. A Srnarcut-Ovt Avenican Ticket.—Wao Brns?— We have already informed our readers of the philorophical transactions of the Know No- thing Young Men's National American Club meeting at the Stuyvesant Institute the other evening. One curious feature of those proceed- inge wae the epecch of an Indian Chief who was present. He was in fuvor of that Americanism which excludes all Dutch and Irish, and espeei- ally all Irish Catholics, from the party eamp; but he thought the Indians ought to be allowed to m!x jp. tan who brought down the house. He is a re- gular straight-out. He declared that the “whole country would be ruled by foreigners unles« the tide of emigration be stopped forthwith’ But the crowning joke of his speech was the emphatic declaration in favor of ‘a straight out American ticket” in our approaching city and State elec tion. "No entangling ailiances should be en tered into, nor should the people allow the poli- ticians to ell them out.” This sort of talk will, we fear, be considered treason at the Express office; but in a few weeks we shall know under which thimble to Gind the little joker. Who bids? { Mr. George 0. Jones, however, was the ; culations at the Mxpense of the City, Within the limits of what is to constitute the Central Park of this clty the State owns a plece of property of condderable extent, om which the Arsenal buildings stand. The Legislature which created Commissioners for the regalation and government of the Central Park also passed a law authorizing the gale of the State Arsems’ and grounds, By thia law the Commissioners of the Land Office were directed to sell this proper- ty by auctlou, at not less than $275,000; and the third section gave « sort of pre-emption right to the clty. If the city ehould pay over to the State the eum of $275,000 the property wes to be con- veyed to it, Speculators have cat their eyes upon this cheace ofmaking money. The Arsenal property, belng within the Kmits of the proposed park, must be procured by the city at whaterer cost. A capital operation, therefore, it would be, for there speculators to defeat the d rect sale by the Stete to ths city, procure the property themselves, aad thea sell it beck to the city, a la the Gansevoort sebcme, at 8 profit of come two or three bandred pereent. That pretty p'an eppears just now to have a good chaace of being cyried out. Lt was stated within tho last few days tht the puroltsse of this Arsenal property by the city had beon completed by the payment of the purchase moncy )$275,000) by the City Comptroller. This, how ever, is an error; but the facts in rclation ‘to it develope a pretty picce of financial business. The sum of $275,000 fixed by the Legislature is a low figure, as is proved oy the fact that pri vate individuals stand ready to bid $400,000 for the same property. Owing to squabbles among our officials, the parchase baa not been made, but the eale of the proper- ty by auction to the higtest bidder hoa been from time to time postponed Ly the appli- ance to the Commissioners of the Land (Office of “injanction.”’ this city, and waited upon Mr. Flagg, for the purpose of inquiziag what were his intention regerd io the Arsenal property, iutimsting ‘hut the matter must be closed up at once; that the Commissioners of the Land Office, if prevented by an injunction from eelling at auction, had it the sale, to throw tae whole matter overboard until the next legielative seesion; that they wewd do so unless the city came at once to the point, and that the Corporation would find it difficult to obtain such good terms again. Mr. Flagg thereupon concluded to close the bar- gain, aud he accordingly issued hie check to Mr. City Chamberlain Stout for the sum of $275,000, to be deposited in the Manhattan Bank to the credit of the proper parties, This money had been raised by loan, and was deposited ia the Shoe sad Lesther Bank for this special purpose. The check was counteraigned by the Mayor, and the proper deed was delivered to Mr. Flagg by Comptroller Burrows. Mr. Stout, when the check was handed to him, ascured Mr. Burrows that ail was satisfactory— that the amount was large, but that the deposit sboulé be duly made the next day, But imme diately upon Mr. Burrows’ departure Mr. Stout repaired to the office of the Corporation Coun- sel, and, in company with Mr. Busteed, waited upon Mr. Flagg. The Watch Dog of theCity Trea sury received them with a growl, for he foresaw actormy time fa the coojunetion of two such planets, Mr. Bas’eed opensd fire:—“Mr. Flagg,” said the Corporation Coaneel, “I understand you have issued s coeck for $275,000 to Mr Stout, in payment for tte Arronal property. It will not do, sir; itwil not do It’s scandalous; it’s woree—it'’s robbery. The deed isn’t worth straw, sir, and you bave no right to pay this mo- ney until I have examined aud approved the deed.” Mr. Fiace--"Mr. Busteed, I Aave issued the cbeck, end the money is to be paid. Better be satisfied with this title, and wait till we can get a better, than sacrifice the property.” Mr, Bestrro— Bat, sir, the title isn’t worth a straw.” Mr. Fi.aco—“Mr. Busted, I believe it’s a bet- ter title than you accepted for the Lowber pro- The conversation continaed in the same strain, Mr. Busteed fuming, Mr. Stout recommending caution, and Mr. Flagg continuing obstinate, un- til et length the latter told the Chamberlain that he might shoulder the responsibility aud do as he pleased. Upon this, Mr. Stout assumed ou- thority to send a letter to the Comptroller in- forming bis that consent to the payment of the money had been withdrawn. So the purchase has | fallen through, and the affair remains in statu que--Mr. Busteed taking time to consider whether the conveyance by the State to the city is complete. We can bardly think that the title | ie unsatisfactory. Ta the meantime, this is the day fixed for the postponed sale im this city; and another injanc- tion bas been served upon the Commissioners of the Land Office, restraining them from eelliag. It remains to be seen whether they will refuse to postpone, and thus throw the whole matter over to the next Legislature. It is impossible fag the money to be deposited on Mr. Flagg’s check, as Mr. Stout holds that in his poreewion; and os soon as be had got over the difficulty, it is said, he “left town for some days.” It is an M11 wind that blows nobody good. The $275,000 to be deposited with the Manhattan Company would have had to be withdrawn from the Shoe and Leather Bank. The use of this money for a month is worth a couple of thoasand dollars to the latter institution, to ray nothing about the possible inconvenience of its with- drawal at this time. Tas Dasv Scorr Dectston and tax Stara CongrrruTion or Marmxy.—The Supreme Court of the State of Maine, having been requested by the Legislature to give its opinion upon that branch of the Dred Scott decision touching the constitu- tional right of free colored persons to vote in said State, have decided that; | <treprere mamrmenen eaten come of 0s op tad! in some town or plantation Im this State | Moube uext preceding aay election, and who are not Perr, allews nor persons apder guardianship, are sa\bo Tized under the provisions of the constitution of thie State to be electors for Governor, Senators and ltepreseniatives The decisions of the Judges, including # mi- | nority report, we have received in full, and may perbaps publish at some early day. The fore- | going extract is the cream of the matter, and we presume will bring up in the next Legislatare of Maine the question, Shall we or shall we not take steps for the modification of our State con- stitution, so aa to make it conform to the deci- tion of the Supreme Court of the United States in the Dred Scott case’ We apprehend, how- ever, that the object with the late Maine Legis lature was to satisfy the cit'zens of Maine, white and black, that the Dred Scott decision amounts to nothing. that convenient avd sow farbionsble article -an | ¢ On Friday set Comptroller Burrows was in | in their power, by failing to attend and postpone | Fruposrseu Jupesn sy re Net Resours.— The coincideace, in point of time, between the annonecement that Generals Walker and Hen- niogsen are about to engage ina new filibuster- ing expedition against Nicarayua, add the arri- val et this port of the last inetalment of the poor, wounded, crippled, moribund eurvivors of his tate expedition, is very unfortunate for the ex-dictator of Nicaragus, and for the cause of fili- asterism generally, For—-whatever may be said by way of accounting for the failure of the late expedition avd for the misfortanee which it en tailed upon the rank and file who engaged in it— the broad naked fact is incontrovertible that it was the ruin of every one connected with it. Vory bkely many ef the leaders lost nothiog by it, be- osnse they had nothing to lose; but the soldiers, the men who invested their bone end sinew and health and strength in the operation, have lost @ thet they risked, and have rcturced to us, matncd, cftppled by chronic diseases, and proxi- mstc candida es for no higher station than an re resting place in some pauper cemetery. is no use in blinking the fact—this is (result of Nicaraguan filibusterism thus Of cours itis casy to chow that sufferings mishaps of thiskind sre not. peculiar to NfR- raguao expeditious, or to any other class of filibuster enterprises, but that they exe the natural ond almost invariable constquences of war in eny shapQggd under any climate, Our “glorious” Mexicalf war pro- duced moze cripples aud dug more premature graves than half a dozen filibuster enterprises. Wellington and Nepoleon epent their lives ia causing just vuch scuncs a3 that which was wit- nessed oa the arrival of the filibusters the other Acd, a3 n0 one has raised his voice to moke this a charge against these eminent Geae- rales; ss Generals Scott and Taylor have never aoned to the bar of justice to answer ’, limbs and heaivh of the unheppy re- | cruits who died ol their sufferings during the Mexican campaigns; 0, perhaps, it might be uo- to hold Generst Walker to a personal re- ‘bility for, hardships which he could not have averted. Civilization is a veritable car of Juggernaut; | it progresses over the bodies of its best triends. | As the country at large goes most rapidly ahead when individuals and corporations lose sight of | the laws of prudcace and embark ia enterprises which ruin them, £0 civilization and commerce, in the world at large, are uaturally advanced at the sacrifice of the pioneers who undertake to exterd them The thousand or fifteen hundred volunteer filibusters under Walker who have re- turned to this couctry im the last stage of want, euffering and iil health, and who are probably not for long among us, are the pledge that is given to the fulare that Nicaragua will yet be redeemed from the black veil which hangs over it, As for the moral, we hope that the spectacle | of these poor wretched creatures will tend to re- coucile poor men here to their lot, and to die cournge that craving after adventure and mili- tery excitemcut which uafits so many of our young men for the steady avocations of industri- ous life. They may depend upon it that even succereful filibusterism will not yield so hand- some areturn in the long run as steady, honest, persistent toil at home; and, should it prove un- euccesefal, they may learn from the sad spectacle now before them what would be their prospect. No man should become a soldier who can do any- thing else. Itis the lowest of all trades; the only trade in which a man is self confessedly and notoriously worth less than a horse or a lump | of iron fashioned into a certain shape. And it may be urged upon Generals Walker aud Henningsen that, if they are still bent upon renewing their efforts against Nicaragua, they will do weil to provide themselves before they go with euch a force and euch supplies as will | epare this community from a repetition of the eckening sights we now witness. We do not thare the indignation of those who believe that all this misery bas been the fruit of Waiker’s in- | ordinate personal ambition; we give him credit fer bigher aims than perconal aggrandizement; but we do thivk that if he leads more men into Nicaragua without feeling perfectly satisfied that he cannot again be driven out and his followers left to perish, it wilt be very bard to sercen him from the wrath of this community. A wilful and recklese eacrifice of more lives, in an ill con- sidcred attempt to regain the supreme power in that State, would justly entitle its author to a short sbri:t at the bonds of Judge Lynch. Fant. Prosrrors.—The Persia sailed yester- €ay sod took out $1,742,507 of specie, greatly to the inconvenience of out banke, which have for the past month pursued the suicidal policy of increasing their live of discounts without re- gard to the deposit movement and specie pros- ect. Ve pointed, a month ago, to the crisis in mo- | ney matters which was coming upon us; it haa now begun; and what with the demand for spe cie for export to pay what we owe in Earope, and with the for the payment of duties on | our fail imports, we look for a very severe time indeed during the months of September and Oo- a= corn and other merchanta will feel it. The late failure of the moet prominent member of the Corn Exchange was not an isolated event; he succumbed naturally to the discrepancy between the snticipations of his Western correspondents | end the actual range of prices. It appears quite likely that the same causes will affect others ia like manner. The farmers, counting upon a first rate harvest, have made their plans accordingly; and the excellent prospects of the crop in Europe bave completely overset their calculations by re- ducing the demand to # merely nominal amount. Again, our sugar men and large grocers are carrying heavy quantities of sugar, in the hope | of higher prices. The late flare up at Havana forced some of the holders to diagorge; the others will find it hard work to hold on with money at two per cent a month. We do not look for very many fuilares, but we anticipate, this fall, a peried of stringency and inconvenience which will remind the sufferers of the very hardest times we have ever gone | through. He Wants Two Corton Piavtations.—Be fore that illustrious Irish exile, John Mitchel, lett the city of New York in disgust, he boldly avowed his views of the nigger question in the expression of the wieh tor ‘a cotten plantation ia Alabama, well stocked with good fat negroes.’ In a recent letter from Tennesace (his present location), In which he advocates the revival of the Aftican elave trade and a third war with England, he eays, alluding to that Alabama wish:— “Now that I bave seen much of the South, and have lived in it eight and twenty months, I wish for two plantations in that respectable State.” John is improving; let him persevere, and by and bye he may be clected @ dclegate to a Southera Com meroial Couvcativa, Tae Ferar Redcrstions -Messtmas ro EN. Force THEM.—Woe ate giad to perceive that our — rabies of Monday last in relation the gross negligence of the ‘in providing against accidents = dh wera effect. Mr. Superintendent Tallmadge, we per- ceive, bas adopted our views in regard to the pro- Priety of exforcing the law which requires ferry boats to carry row boats and other appliances for the rescue of passengers in case of danger. He has detailed two mea from his department to visit the boats on all the ferries and report their exact condition. We hope he will not sleep on the matter, but will carry out his intentions vigorously and promptly. The officers despatched on this eorvice com- menced operations yeeterday at the Wall atreet ferry, and made examination of eeveral boats on the East river. The duty is a tedious and onerous one; but we hope that they will not be conteat with a superficial survey, but will institute a thorough investigation, eo that the public may be assured that life is not to be any longer reck- lesaly exposed. So far they report that in some instances the provisions of the law are complied with; but in othere they are utterly disregarded. Just as we stated in our article on Monday, the boats pro- vided nominally for eafety they found in many cases entirely inadequate, some of them being so rotten that they could push their hands through the bottoms. The duty of Mr. Hall in these cases is very clear. He must prosecute the managers of te compacy for this palpable violation of law. Hu- man life is too precious—although it seems to be held at email value in New York at present—to be trifled with by rich corporations, who can well afford to eupply the necessaries required to en- eure safety, which, in their unbounded avaricious- ness, they refuse to do. Now that the matter has been taken in hands by the authorities, we hope it will be followed up in a manner that will prove satisfac ory; that neither fear nor favor, nor anything else, will be permitted to operate againet the tull vindication of the law. Impoumic Procespixes i Kansas,—We are sorry to learn from the St. Louis, Missouri, Demo- crat that some “two hundred indictments had been found against persons residing in the neigh- borhood of Topeka, and that six men had been arrested in Franklin county by dragoons and taken tocamp.’’ This was the policy which, un- der poor Pierce, brought on the bloody scenes in Kansas in 1856. Governor Walker should en- deavor to avoid a repetition of them, and keep Kansas quiet, if possible, till the meeting of Con- grees, That has become now his paramount duty. THE LATEST NEWS. Affaire In Washington, THA NICAMAGUA TRANSIT ROUTE—APTOINTMRNT. Wasurvcros, August 19, 1867. Tem authorized to state that the Nicaraguan Minister as received, by tne Tennessee, edvices that Nicaragua does not approve the contract of Costa Rica with Webster for the Transit route, bat ignores it. Wm F. Phillipe, Sits Auditor, was removed today, aad Dr, Tete, of Virginia, appointed im his place. ‘THE GENERA! wawer Mee DEraTca. SCIENCE AND DIVINITY AGAINGT MILITARY FORCE LY KANGAS—OPFIODRS OF THK MALKIMAC, BTC. Wasuisarom, August 19, 1867. The Preeident a short time ago received @ lever from Professor Silliman and others, ‘ncluding several doctors of Clvinity, objecting to the employment by him of the United States mi itery forces to execute the s0-callod laws of Kansas, and aseuring Dim ihat they would not cease to pray that he might have tbe proper course of duty pointed out to bim, or something to this effect. To this letter the Preeident has just replied, briely but pointedly, denying thetr premises, questioning their knowledge of those laws, and, after scknowledging their validity, he calmly as- sures them that, by the help of God, be will enforce them, in accordance with bis cath of office. ™ \petpal officers ordered to the steamer Merrimac, to take the dag ehip of the Pasifiqequadron, are Comman- der Wainwright, Lieutenants Crosson, Arnold, Sharp and Breeee; Surgeon of the Flect Edwards, Pamed Assistant Surgeon Sebuver, Assistant Surgeon Bloodgood, Purser Beibnap, and Chief Engineer Long. Passed Midshipman ‘Kameey Las been ordered to ths ship as her master. ‘A pectal Cabinet moeting was held to-day and appotnt- ments to several of the Auditorship: and Oomptrolier- ships and Commeissioners of Patenta were considered. A umber of gent smen have beco designated for ue posts, but their namex have not yet transpired. Tho President has appointed Charles Lindley, of Ca’ifor- nia, Recetver of Public Moneys a Marysville, that State, ‘vice Rust, resigned. A private letter from New Orleans states that up to tho 124h tast. it bad rained thore every day for thirty-eight days consecutivoly, and was still raining. The city, how- ever was remarkably healthy, never more so at this eca_ fon of the year, ‘Tremendous Storm on James River, Prrumsnvec, Va , August 18, 1857. There was a tremendous storm et City Point, Jamos River, to-day. The ships Rigo and Wieland, and tho schooners Jamestown, Susan and | anay Beech, were dai ly damaged. The loss is about $5,000. ‘The Crops at the South. Wamuvorom, August 19, 1857. ‘The Mobile Mercury bas recetved discouraging accounts of the cotton crops from almost every section of Alabama an4 castern Misaiseipp!, Put ihe crop of wheat and cate \s extraord nary, and a great yield of corn is promised. Rarning of « Fiemp Factory. & Lovw, August 19, 1867. The hemp factory of MoGrew Brothers, at Lexington, Mo., was destroyed by fire yesterday, (om, $30,000. In. sured. Hobbery and Probable Murter, Dwrnort, August 19, 1867. 8. M. Holden, a lumberman, formerly of Saginaw, was shot and robbed of $00 af Ann Arbor las night. He was on bis way from the railroad depot to his residence. His Wounds are considered mortal. Supposed Shipwreck. Buerom, August 10, 1957, A vowel's stern, with the name of ‘John Murray, of Brooklyn’ came ashore acer Diack Peck, Cohasset, yes tercay. Market, PHILADELPHIA STOCK BOARD. PRLaDmria, Angas I ocks heavy. Ivania fives, A436; Nos Long island 5 jags county, tees oa) iy bushes ant ‘850. 0D private terms, supposed to be im the range of $1 25481 50. Aiipment> of corn last evening 60, 191 P.M, jw age f Flour \s decidedly lower. Sales to "i bis., at $6 25 for extra Onio and Indiana ts very dull lon of white to-day at $1 66. Bu ‘offer for it }1 60. Corn is fiat; holders ask 760. and buyers Onte—New, 56c. Whirkoy 26}¢0, Freignts aro lower: corn to New York 10. Imports yerterday—9,000 bbie, Hour, 14,000 bushels whost and 120,000 bushels oorn Exports Josterday—1,000 bashels wheat and 44,000 bush- ‘els corn. Bcrrato, Angust 10—6P. W. Flour 950. lower—ralee 906 bhis. at $6 5 for superfine Ohio ane Indiana; $6 76 9 $6 87 for extra do., 6 0 for extra [ilinols, —hoatlovor—sales 90,000 bushels at 7534. Oats favor hayors—enlee 2,000 harhels at 84. for new and 60¢ for old. Whi 100, for corn to Be@ York. State 3,000 ry) Own freer. Joa 8,000 ene . Lake tmj 3,000 bsts. Nour, 3,006 bushele , 33, . Corn. Omorco, Augua 19—6 P. Flour a declining tendency. Wheat steady. Core falling, nd declined 1¢, Osta firm. Shipmonta to flour or wheat, 3,600 bushots corn, HOBBES WERE NOT IN GOOD CONDITION, THeT THSY MAY XBT ASTONISE TH8 ENGLER — ‘HIS OPINION OF ENGLIBE JOCKEYS, ETC. ‘The following statement tn reialion to tho late Good. ‘wood Oup race in Ragland, bas been made by Ar.Glipairics, (t&? rider of Prioross, in view of the many statements whieh hay,’ been made, both ta this coantr7 and in Eagiand, de. rogata Ty t0 Lis character asartier, It will be cbeeeved that be, denies ‘atly the assortions of the English papers that ho ia ‘t ground in the race, or that he was discharged by Mr Ten Broeck He charges the faliure solely te tha bad tratatag .of the ho: ses, and thinks that they may yet, {f trained prop riy, astonish the Koglish. The following ia the atatement:— 1 leh New Yoris 00 the 20th of June ast, having beam engaged by Mr. Tem Brook to ride the famous Amertoam Ware Pricross in the gees Eogtish Goodwood Cup race. £ arrived at Southampton 00 the 10th of June, and at Seok: bridge, the training ground, on the lst of July. I there saw the Americana horses. Pryor bad jus recovered from a lung fever; he looked very fat and fino to the epa, but was by no meaas in a running condition; be bad omy been galloped three limes before I arrived, as I was tit by Mr. Palmer, the traiuer. Prioreas had beea alling, but she looked much beter than Pryor. Timmediasiy weot to work to exercise Pryor, but I found that io btm exercise he bad mo “action,” and told Mr. Ten Bross (hat such was the case, The bo se appeares to be “ ted up,” and could not extend himself. track up to tbe day of was said or done until the bad not et any time any confidence 4 THE RACE. On the morping of the race Mr. Ten Broeck fo meke @ slow race, or “waiting race,’ as it bor peop i i, wt fo eaee 08 ae lead unl net help it. at any part ground, until stretch, Wo al! started off ou a very slow: Froress’ gallop betrg moc faster ban horsee, ebe brought us up om the lead at which posttion we remained cniil tae seo: the balance of the horses came up with us as were making the turn I remained {a th slow pace to ihe \op of t1¢ bill, about two miles, whea pace Commcnoed to increase I kept with tnem for abows A quarter of @ mile, I thick, omill whan we got within sbouta huacred and fifty yards of the staud Prioresa sbowed «; mptems of “log weariness’ and “tired,” as she had cone in our trials; she ured very bad indeed, ‘fact; and I thick tbat the only reason thas we wore beasen was that our berses were not ts condition After the race chore was some fault found with me for losing ground, and Mr. Ter Brook sal¢ to me, ‘They aay, * batit id bim what wee cme i A ik 3 it; 5g g 55 HH smooth irack to run open. Over the same ground that we nad choren, and if I lo: ground in one piace | think 1 made it no im another. I was told after the race that Mr. Morris, who is, I be- Heve, associated with Mr. Ton Brocok, had said that I 5. The Opera at Burton’s—Il Trovatore, ‘The muocess of Mr. Burton's first operatic expertment ecoms assured. The house last nifht was crowded to ex- oven, and the represemtation of the “Trovatore”’ was at- last night in the steamship Arabia, and proceeded to he lodgings #1 the Clarendon Hotel. She is engaged by Mr. Ulimae to ft the Academy in concerts opens Svaiion af We hands of tho New York pablo ham, who, im hie double capacity of actor and ea- thor, holds the highest piace im the aifections of our iblio, bas been ‘he small towns, ‘Roston, ° ko. iJ mate sccenetal he intowas, extend bis wanderings South and Wen daring Be play in however, he occasion farewell st Nblo's Garton, London ‘aroranc’” in ibe Playa the cast is the most atiractive we remember, Mra. Wood as Rob- Mr. Lat Ly 4 Wi i on Col, Caycee and the Cransit Route, TO THE EDITOR OF THE HARALD. Naw Yor, August 19, 1867, Th your isene thie date you publish my name and state that I have bean acting as “special agent of Commodore ‘Vandorbitt to obtain the grant of the tranzit route from aa,” MN Boing simply an homble soldier, and with no ambition Inconel tent wh anch a sation, 'T bog much Be to de me the jastiog of dovtal and much oblige yours truly, b Wer onvorn” Conta Mean Army, Political Intelligence. + Democeario Att OVER = The Legisiniure jam slected by the people of Alabama i certainly & model one. The Senate stands twonty-clght democrat to five Know Tua Miworn ELactiow.—The St. Lovis Inicligencer, of Raturday, says that Rollins is cortainly elected, while the Repuliican, which sapported Stewart, though t does not almil bis defeat, says the requ is yory doubtful,