The New York Herald Newspaper, September 3, 1857, Page 4

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BABNUM'S AMERIOAN MUSBUM, Bonpet Basy -Dusowvine Views, Pats Sew York, Thureday, September ‘i, 1857. ‘The News. ‘The steamship Vanderbilt arrived at this port yes- terday morning with three days later news from j ‘Telegrephic advices had been received from In- dia, atating that Delhi had not beentaken. General Barnard, the commander of the forces before Dethi, had died of dysentery. General Lawrence had died of wounds received in a sortie at Lucknow. General Haveivck had beaten the rebels in three engage- mente. There is no news from China. Mar. Bright, the engircer-in-chief of the Atlantic Telegraph Company, bed mace ais report with refe- rence to the submerging and breaking of the cable. It toay be found in our compilation of the news. The dhectors of the company, sided by the commanders of the ships composing the telegraph fleet, and Capt. Harrison, of the steamer Great Eastern, were in | consultation from day to day; but nothing had tran- spired to indicate what wouid be determined on with regard to a repetition of the experiment. All par- ties agree that, with some modifications of the ma- chinery, the cable can be safely laid, and it is not improbable that another attempt will be made in October. The London money market shows a decline in console of a quarter per cent. cotton market was active, at an advance of one- eighth of a penny. Toe return of fine weather had depressed breadstuffs, and prices had given way a | nifle. ; i ‘The panic in Wall street has completely sub- | sided. There was no evidence whatever yesterday of excitement in the street. No new failures ov- | curred, and things began to assume their accustom- ed aspect. No better evidence of the confidence shared by the masses of the people could be found than the fact tbat the deposits in the savings banks increased. The defaulting teller of the Mechanics’ Banking Aesociation, Mr. Van Blarcom, has been discharged, no charge being brought against him except that of breach of trust, which is not an in- dictable offence. He has shown that the money was loared to customers of the bank, whose notes he holds as security, and that none of it was applied to his own use. Inthe Supreme Court an injunc tion was issued against the bank. The affairs of the concern will be wound up as soon as receivers are appointed. It is reported that the bank is abundantly able to meet al! its liabilities, and will psy claimants as soon as possible. The banking house of Hatch & Landon, at Cincinnati, failed yesterday. The rival Tammany committees have, it seems, come to an understanding, and there is now a strong probability that a union of eome sort will be effect- ed. The initistory steps were taken by the Wilson Bmail General Committee last night, and this even- | ‘ing both the other organizations will come together. It is understood that the rival ward organizations | will be consolidate}, anda new General Committee | chosen, two-fifths of which will be from the Savage | committee , two fifths from the Small committee, and poe-fifth from the Cooper committee. Onr epecial despatch from Washington gives in detail the corps ordered to Kansas to replace the troops eent to Utah. Should the companies be full, Gov, Walker will have upwards of two thousand — United States soldiers present inf Kansas to insure order at the October election. Gen. Harney takes , command of the forces in Kansas, and Col. Johuston the command of the Utah expedition. | ‘The letter of President Buchanan, in response to a communication signed by Protessor Silliman and some forty other professors and clergymen of New England, with reference to tbe Kansas policy of the administration, is published elsewhere in this morn- peper. We have commented upon this docu ment in the editonal columns. A paper in Maine states that Hon. Benjamin It Curtis, of Massachusetts, has resigned his seat « Justice of the United States Sapreme Court. to take effect on the Ist of October next. We have ic type, and shall publish as soon as cir cumstances permit, a full report of the fourth and fifth de ys’ proceedings of the Southern Prestyterian Secession Convention at Richmord. The Coaven tion adjourned sine die at one o'clock on Wednesday morning. The platform reported by the Basiness Committee, and which has heretofore appeared in the Henaxn, was adopted, without materiel amend- ment, we believe. The fourth resolution was altered eo a« to make the (General Synod meet at Koorvilie on the first Thursday, instead of the first ‘Tueedsy in May next. Dr. A. H.H. Boyd, ot Va., made an elcquent speech denouncing the movement fore reanion with the Old School I’reebyterians He could not understand why some of his iearned brethren who composed the present Convention should be so ready to abandon the platform which they bad adopted in 1837 ‘They had abandoned the Cleveland Arsembly be- cause of & virtnal excision, and now they wan'ed to rush into » body who were guilty of actual exci sion. He concluded by pointing out some irrecon- cileable doctrinal differences which interposed in- surmoontable obstacles, in b's opinion, to a reunion of the two churches. Dr. Boyd was followed by the Rev. H. Matthews and the Rev. J. H.C. Leach, of Virginia, who took a directly opposite view of the question. A resolution was subsequently adopt ed recommending the Knoxville Synod to invite the id School Presbyterians to a fraternal conference. ‘The steamship Arabia smiled from this port yes terday for liverpool, with seventy-one passengers and $53,000 in specie. The steamship Jason also sailed yesterday for Southampton and Bremen. She took out 129 passengers. ‘The seventh annual Social Turnfest ended last even ing with a ball at the City Assembly Rooms, and awarding of prizes for turning, fencing, shooting and singing. A list of the victors and description of the scene may be found elsewhere. ‘A stated meeting of the Academy of Medicine waa heid last evening at the University, for the | transaction of business. A very interesting paper on “ Lesions and Fractions of the Epiglotis” read by Dr. H. Greene. Th ,sauject of placing Dr. Ubi on trial before that body was mot broached, it ©. \ understood that the bylaws expresly pro 1) scomplaint being entertained {or a moment member unless it cous la “ugh the Com at » Whose t $ bea at Liverpool the | | celine of bovt 4c per bushel. was | sufficient importance te fay the sama before the Academy. It ie said thos Dr. Catlin, who is a mem- ber of the Academy, 41 be placed oa sriai imme- — alter the District Attorney is through with ‘The attenéase at the Nationa! Railroad Conven- tion was not us goed as on Tuesday. The second day's proces dings consisted in forming the constita- tion, reaciag reports and discussing improvements in railroad machinery. The members of the associa. tion received a recognition from Philadelphia in the shape of a bande of tracts on “Sabbath Notes and Questions," w: ich seemed to make but little impres. sion on their religious feelings. The meeting ad- jourved until this morning. The proceedings on the writ of habeas corpus is- sued by Judge Peabody to show why Mrs. Cunnivg- ham should not be admitted to bail, were resumed yesterday in the Sapreme Court. The Judge denied the motion of the District Attorney to dismias the writ, and listened to the arguments of couasel rela- tive to the question of bail, but adjourned the further hearing of the case till Thursday (today) at 12 o'clock. ‘The Cana! Board met at Albany yesterday, when & communication was received from the Auditor stating that the fund forthe payment of the inte- rest on the carnal debt will be exhauste! after the payment of the October interest, and that $700,000 must be raised on the credit of the Sinking Fund in January, to pay the interest on tha; debt in 1858. The receipts of beef cattle during the past week ameunted to 5,540 head, an increase of 1,539 head a8 compared with the week previous. The receipts of all other kinds of stock were also quite heavy: Geclined fully 1c. per pound, the current prices be- ing 9c. a 12c., the latter for first quality only. Cows and calves were dull of sale at $25 a $65, though oc- casionally 2 prime cow brought $75. Veal calves sold at about Gc.a Gje., and very extra at 7c. Sheep and lambs, under the influence of heavy re- ceipts during the past fortnight, declined to $3 a $5. At the close o: the market, ho rever, prices exhibit- ed an upward tendency. There was no material change in the price of swine. The quoted rates are Tic. a Se. The cotion market yesterday continued du!!, without quotable change in prices. The saics embraced about 700 bales, part mede the previous aflernoan. Tne stock in this Port, in store and shipboard, has been sscortsined to be | 16,246 bales, a Sgure @ good deal below what we had brea | ied to expect from the previous weekly tabies published | ‘nw leading city price curreat. Up to the latest mail detes the rece!pls at ail the porte wore 2,906,716 bales, agaioat 9,489,170 in 1856, and the total exports have been 2,248.6), | agsinst 2,940,292 bales ‘ast year, Our exports to Great | Britain exbibit the greatest faliing off, aud are 1,422,060, egainat 1,946,000 Dales last year. To srancs we haye | sent 413,000 bales, against 479,000 iast year. The total i to other ports in Earope this year hes been 4/2,900, | Mgaicat 620,000 Iast year, The Southern porix nave sent to Northern ports $20,681, against $5,202 bales iast year. | The flour market was again dull and lower, with sales at a decline of 6c. s 10c, and in some cases even more | Wheat was in moderate demaed, and 23 a 3c lower. | Corn was dull, and cloeed at 80s. for Westen mix:d,ade | | Pork was dail, with small | sales at $26 50 a 25 65 for mese, and $21 a 21 25 for prine. | Bugare sid more freely, chieily Cubs, ia bond, for exgor:. The sales embraced aboui1,0is bhds., at race gives in apothercolumn. Coffee was steady and quiet. Whitkey was lowcr, and sold at 6c. per gation. Freighws were qolet and rates unchanged, ‘The Financial Criste—No Cause for Alarm We notice ss well in the country as in the city papers a pretty general impression that in this last tumble down of railway stocks, unsound banks and insolvent merchants, the country at large is going to pieces. These writers seem to think that be- cause the jobbers in railway stock break, the whole nation must go into mourning and none of us must ever again hope to have “cakes and ale.” This is a terrible blunder, and it is very sur- prising that oor cotemporatics chould so gene- rally fall into it. A paper that is owned by a Wall street stock gambler will of course cry out that the erd of the world is at hand when Wall | strect stock gambling ceases to pay; but that | The demand for eattie yesterday wae dull, and prices | our ‘porary cause of embarrassment. We have over- bought ourselves this year, and the balaace must be paid in apecie, at whatever cost, even though our banks have to suspend. But even if it came to this, and the baoke did suspend and half the merobants too, it would still be a very tri- fling matter to the country at large. By Janu- ary oli would be right again; and even if it wasn't, the stoppage of all the banks and merchants of New York wouldn't prevent the country from arowing rich with the corn of the West, the cot- ton and sugar of the South, the coal and iroa of the centre, the manufuctures aud shipping of the East, Thore is vothing to warrant alarm smoag prudent men who have cot epeculated, or dab- bied in railway stocks or railway paper. The beart or the country is sound. We must suffer for our over-importations; we must be punished for oar over-sanguine epeculatioos ef various kinds; the railways must go to pieces, and #0 must the banks which have become entangled with them; but honest, prudent men need not bieak their hearts after all because a few score of speculators are going to the wall. Tar Artaniio Terxoraps—-Tax Orricial Rerort.—In the Heraip of yesterday we urged the necessity of the engineer of the Atlaatic Te- legraph Compsuy issuing wa official report de- tuiling the circumstances of the late uccident to the cable, The steamship Vanderailt, which ar- rived yesterday, brought that report, aad it ap- peais in our columns this morning. It is higbly satisfactory to have all the facts in this casc laid before us, It will allay distrust, calm auxiety and impurt strength to the hopes of success so abundantly ‘vatervuised in both ue- mispheres, it will be seen that two most important points, upon which much doubt existed, have been de- cidkd by the recent experiment, It has been proved, ia the first place, that the ship cau lic to in deep water without continuing to pay ou: the cable: this feat having beca accomplished by the Niagara when ihe cable slipped off the sheaves, the cable being held by stoppers mean -shile, Aguin, it was supposed that some trouble would avire atter joining the portion of the cable oa the Agememnon io that of the Niagara whea the latter had peid out her share, feom the fact that the two portions had becn made with the tvist of the wire different ways. But Mr, Bright says | that he tried an experiment ou this afier the mishap, and found that*the cable paid out and sabk admirably in two thousand fathoms water. In this official report we have some iaterestiag adwissions, the most fmportant of which is tbat an inexperienced person had charge of the ma- ebine when the cable broke. Mr. Bright states | that he went forwa:d to see after the speed of find nothing savo.a tem-{ Tux, the ship, leaving the machine in charge of = me- | chapic—bis own regular staff having retired from | exheaustion——and when he returned the cable | was broken. “I was obliged for the time,” he | says, “to leave the maghine without, as it proves, sufficient intelligence to control it.” We hope no one without sufficient intelligence to conirol it will be trusted with this all-impor- | tant duty in the next attempt. ' Mr. Bright freely admits that his machinery re- quires alteration acd modification. There can be no doubt ot it. To its deficiency is attributabie | the fact that we are not now in telegraphic com- | munication with Europe. . . However, we repeat what we have said before, | that the results of this first trial are of # most | oheering character. Every opinion we expressed on the matter is confirmed by the oiticial report of the chief engincer. A few trifling deficiencies | in the mechanism of the appliances for paying | out the cable (easy of remedy) and an unpardon- | jourvals which arc entirely disconnected with the gambling enterprises of Wall street, and whose | owners have no part or share in the speculating monopolies of that region, should share the delu- sion is odd enough, and reflects but little credit on | their discernment. What are the facts? The stocks of several | railway companies- to wit, the Illinois Central, which has just practised a perfect snap gamo | with its stockbolders; the Erie and Michigan Southern, which were long since known to be in- | solvent and so pronounced in these columns: the Cleveland and Toledo, which is no better; the | New York Central, which is in a better posi- tion only inarmuch as it bas a lighter debt | and more stock in proportion; the Reading, which has been poying heavy dividends and borrowing money every year, aad several other stocks of a like character and value, have de clined from ten to twenty per cent within the } past month or so. One specalating bank—he Obio Life and Trust Company—aboat whose at- fairs there bangs a singular degree of myete and another bank, the Mechanics’ Banking Aeso- + ciation, which has been blundcring}y mismanaged for years, togetber with # few rotten concerns throughout the country, have suspended pay- ment. What the Obio concern may pay we know not: but the others will probably cause their ercditors 20 lors. Finally, a few merchants— one ia the California trace, whose liabilities are probably of ancient date, one or two in other trades, one manufacturer of railway eupplics, whose pockets are fall of railway paper, and per- baps bere and there another—have tailed. We do not epeak of the stockjobbers who have failed, becouse their solvency and insolvency are really matters of so much uncertainty and s9 lit- Ue interest both to the pablic and to themselves that it is not worth while dweiling on them. | This, then, is the fall catalogue of our calami- ties. It appears to be all told in a single sen- tence-—the breakage of a few of the leading rall- way monopolies, and of persons connected with them. But this is neither unex. | pected event nor one to be deoply | lomented. Months and years ago, the Herat | , Pointed to the inevitable consequences of tne | policy which the railways were pursuing, aud in- dicated, amovg others, the Erie road as one of , the firet that was likely to suffer, Events have taken no reader of this journal by surprise. And | furthermore, it is very doubtful whether, all things coneidered, the bankruptcy of the leading railways will not prove to be a blessing rather than an injury. It will hurt no one but the few | perrons who are stockholders, and who, we trast have in mest instances sccuted themselves from catly purchases of jand which the con tion of the road has decupled in value. Aud an } it will b inmi xed benefit to the roads, to the borrows! ie, to travellers, and to consumers of wer It will cheapen provisions and bread. It will, by reducing the cost of the | roads and the sam ov which interest has to be | paid, «nable tiem to be run more obeaply and more safely. I will relieve | the money market from the pressure of a constant demand for money for the railroads. On the other hand, when w the real interests of the country corn and cotton. our great man 1 East and Middle States—our shipp' come to Jook at Hture, sof the g interests, | our able want of caution in employing the proper | pereon to take charge of it—easily remedied. too | —are the only obstacles to success. Short of the actaal accomplishment of this magnificent feat, we could hardly expect from » first trial a more satisfactory consummation. We have uo positive information yet as to the intention of the company to resume the enter- | prise; but we are glad to perceive that tney have | gone to work earnestly and with promotitude. appointing sub committees to investigate the di ferent points where difficulty is supposed to | ist, and consulting men of science and naval | skill. -in short, taking seach measures af befit a | body charged with the management of an under t | | taking for which lstory records no parallel- For, after all, what ure the stupendous works of antiquity compared with thie? The Pyramids, to raise whose gigautic stracture the labor of whole geueratious of meu were absorbed, serve but to enshrine a handful of calicd iteelf royalty. of Luxor and Palmyra, which in their palmiest days were Wat the abiding places of luxury and -cficiminacy, maintained by the suff.ring and the | blood of opproteed nations are to-day but gloomy land@arks 10 indicate the spot where human | pride and passion once ran riot, rearing their | broken columns above a soil where the vivifying inthuence of nature cannot win a flower to blos- som or a blade of gravs to grow. Even the great viaducts of the Roman empire, which have with- stood the shocks of centuries of time, though dust which once | great national works at the time they were constructed, and essential to the | transit of vast armies, and» withal no mean commercial highways, were, after all, | comparatively of value only to a section of one continent and the interests of one people. But the Atlantic telegraph, which, if it falfils its pro- mises, tn deatined to uaite, by a mysterious ele- ment, continents, nations and racea—to establish harmony among men to convert the sword inte the plougbahare—to diffase civilization and ex- tend liberty—to exercise that supernatural power of which Puck boasted to “put a girdle round about the earth’’—this, indeed, is an enterprise which may well command from thore who have undertaken it all the wisdom, tbe prudence and the energy with which Provideuce hws gifled ‘And from the evidence before us we have no reason to doubt that the work is receiving all the care which ite magnitude demande, and that a specdy triamph is in etore for it, We see with | gratification that the commander of the mammoth | teomship, the Creat Eastern, Captain Harrison, | ' who has large experience in trapeatlant‘c naviga- tion, #hen consulted by the directors of the com- peny, accorded with the views expressed in the Herat not yesterday, that the month of October | | was a moet propitious time to resume the under- taking. We trust they will bo guided by his opinion, and that the next news from Europe will contain nteligence that the squadron is preparing, with still more brilliant auspices, to reenme the great vork over which temporary failure has thrown + parsing shadow Way are Rery asp Merron so Dran?—De- cause a small portica of the bangs opolivers with fuuds, instead of ai ero. fd the mo. regular | Sickles, Wilson Small, Emanuel B, Hart,{sase V. | Do they The magnificent palazes | ¢ | quietly in the’ ayp THE Fortr-OLERGrMEn, —W come days since that the Presideht bad written a remarkable letter to eome forty profeesors and elergymen of New Engiand, in re, ply to an address from them on the Kansasques- tion, requesting him to withdraw all the troops, and let the Topeka party have full sway. This letter bas been the subject of diligent inquiry among tho laity, as well as emong the clergy, and we are enubled to gratify the curiosity of all by publishing it in another column thie morning. It is a masterly production, and must have astonished “the forty clergymen” not # little when shey received it, They evidently went off at half-cock in sctting forth their charges against the Presideat, and his severe rebuke at their want of charity is not the less cutting for being ciothed in courteous language. Mr. Bachanan’s exposition of bis duty as the first magistrate of the Country is mort"masterly, and the clear and forcible manner in which he cites the laws that bind himunder bis oath of office will carry conviction to every unprejudiced mind of the unlawful character and ut- ter folly of the agitators. in Kansas, His poeition toward the Topeka Convention is preciscly similar to that of Preeident Madison to- ward the old Hartford Convention, and he will follow that precedent, that hasbeen sustained by the good sense of the whole country for more than ferty years, He will take no notice of the proceedings of such “illegal and dangerous com- bivations” until they shall perform some act that will bring them in actual collision with the constitution, and then “they shall be resisted aod put down by the whole power of the govern- ment.” This is eaid with the force of a Jackson; and we thick the whole letter will form a subject of deep reflection to “the forty ciergymen,” and receive the hearty astent of the people of the United 82 Tnx News rvrom Iyvra.—The advices from india, received by the Vanderbilt yesterday, are fitteen days later than our previous advices, but are very meagre in then details. Delhi still re- mained in poasession of the rebels, and the mu- tinies reported by ihe last mail are confirmed. General Havelock bad beaten the insurgents thrice in the field between Allababad and Cawn- pore, and was following them in their retreat. The most important point in the despatch as it bes reached us, is, that General Barnard, the Commsender-in-Chief, who had succeeded General Anson, had aleo died of dysentery before Delhi, and Sir Henry Lawrence had died of bis wounds before Lucknow. It is a pleasing fact that no disturbances bave occurred in either of the other two I’residencies, and that the mutiny in Bengai is pot announced ag assuming any more effective organization. The reinforcements will soon be- gin to reach Calcutta, and if no reveree of mo- ment occurs for a few weeks to the English troops now holding the rebels in check, the tide of affaire will take a favorable turn. Sir Colin Campbell, however, will not arrive a mo- ics, | ment too soou to revive the drooping spirits of the English in India, Tae Revnion or TH: New Yore Dewocracy. | ~The late apparently irreconcileable squabbles of Tammany Hall, we feel authorized to state, are substantially rettled, Thre never, wus any trouble among the great body of the rank and file of the party, but the rival leaders and their conflicting personal interests have been the fruit- ful source of all the disasters which the demo- cracy of this State have suffered since the memo- rabie split of 1848, Bat now we understand that all | the late belligerent captains of this city--Colleotor | Schell, Mayor Wood, John Cochrane, Daniel FE. | Fowler, and all the rest—are prepared for an ac tive party movement, en mas, to recover the | city and the State from the rapacious and un- scrupulous plundering and taxing apeilsmen of | the Seward oligarchy. Thos, Mayor Wood will be reaominated as the , Union demociatic candidate for Mayor; the other nominations, city and State, will be made in | regular form. ‘There will be but ove delegation | from this city to Syracase, and but one policy the policy of union and consolidation, Thus, the roughest of the work, we may say, is accomplish ed, and a bright prospect opens before us for the | defeat, in State and city, of the Seward oligar- chy in November as li Staetiine DeveLoreMEnt ts icoap May- scemeny. —The famoas Michigan Southern Kail- road, managed by Litchfield & Co.. has com- mnced an action for libel against the Hews. expect us to pey in damages all the losses which thele stockholders in that rotten y susiain? No matter. The trial of it it ever comes to trial, will develope | a chapter in railroad financicring that will aston- If Schuyler and Nick Biddle were | } ish the world. ‘alive they would deeply sympathise with the | Litehficids in their new mode of raising the wind for » falling railroad, by trying to get damages out of a newspaper for telling the truth and warning the honeet public aguinst its projects. Waitfor the War Ture The Tribwne says that Kansas ie to be placed under martial law, from | Which we may infer there will be more blood let- tung. We know very well that our Seward agi- tators are doing their best to stir up another bor- | der war in Kansas; bat the policy of the admi- nistration is peace, and the peace, we suspect, | will be maintained against all these border dis | turbers and Kansas agitators, North and South. | Let us wait and see. Tre O1v Lise Wires. —The old line whigs of | Ww Vermont, we believe, hada ticket running in the late election in that State, bat it appears from the result’ that the “old line whigs” have vanished from the Green Mountains. Can the venerable old grandfathers of the National Intel. Jigencer tell we where we shall next look for these “old line whigsl’’ Why not let the dead sleep gravee? - - i Arrvat. To Tun Srantrs. Notice ie hereby | given that we mewn to appeal to the spirits of | Nick Biddle and Sebuyler, and icarn from them what they think of the new system of shyster | finance begun by the famous Michigan Soathern. Judge Edmonds will receive a fee and be our spiritual and legal medium. New Systeu ov The | famous Michigan Southern Railroad, in the «traits of the dey, buve hit upon a new mode of raising mouey for construction agcount. It is to raise money out of libe! suite, This is a reguiar Tombs lawyer business, Great must be the wants of the wonderful Michigna Souther Dox‘ we Atinwen.-<No man, house, or in stitution will break in the present financial crisis but those that ought to break. Don't be alarmed. It is merely 4 cummer thunder storm to cool the weather and elrar the commercial sky. ‘That's all. The covntry is rich beyond all former times. Rairoan Bixasen, | ‘THE LATEST r from Washington. "Bs CONTROVEEDY GBOUZTARY VLOYD AND 23-GBORBTART M'OLBULAMD— Tis SUIGLDE OF BA- NaTOR BUQE—TEN THOUSAND THOVEH BN ROUTE FR RANGAS—-OUR RELATIONS WITH VENSTUELA, are, Wasarroron, Sept, %, 1861. In wy despatoh yesterday | alladed to « matier of inte- rest which bad been laid before the Cabins: by Governor Fiopd before leaving forthe West, By un act of the Le Glelalure of Virginia, of Febroary 98, 1513, tae Governor and Council of the Stale of Virginia were cunstituted » tri- NEWS. and allowed tho lal of March, ¥ proper euthoritics of the Commanwenh of vine a nervicca by the officers and ‘seamen marine: of the Virginia State and limes of he tis Betray ote intro °, Doing eulatod Uy revision of the procf, tay Cores teatrteasrel ws ty tay tes Governor Floy« considers this action of the Interior de- partment as inguliing to Virginia, and impeaching his offi- ctal conduct while the executive of that State, Application bes been made to Secretary Thempecn to reverse the ac. tion of his predecessor, and this will be made the subject Of Cabinet consideration. Gov. Floyd contends tha: the act of 1862 only gave the Secretary of the Interior the power to withheld the land ecrip in cases of manifost er- rer Or palpable fravd—sueh being the construction given the eci by Judge Underwood of Ky., who reported the bill Gov. Floyd ts now absent on « visit {0 some valuabis coal and salt mines he owns in Kentucky ,on the Big Sandy rivor. A private despatch received from Texas concerning the death cf General Rusk says—“Sirce the death of his wife the Geveral has been very low epizited. He wrote to his commission merchant in New O-lcans for # g-uvestone for bis wife, and rays thet bo would not need on for bim- eit, aa the regret for bis lose would be tombatone suough for bim.’ At the time of his death be was coyorsng With @ number of bis friends, when ho gos vp, tox bis gun and walked down towards the eprine Jn a shor: time ibe revort of the gua was heard, und tn a few minvtes he was found tying on bis gun with tne top of bis bead blown off” Dering the absence cf tho Seoretary of War, Colonel Drinward, Chief Clerk, wil! perform the fanctions of his office, having been duly commissioned by the Presideat for that parpore, The War Department to-day sent ont ordere to the fol- lowing t:oops to put themselves en route for Kaneas:—Tea cconpenies of the Ist Cayairy, under command of Colonei Summzer szd Lieutenant Coloncl Johnson; seven companies Of the tb Ipfantry, under the same command; ten compa- nies of the 4th Artillery, from Florida; twe companies of the 9d Artillery, frem Fort Monroe; two companies of the 2d Artillery , from For! Snelling; one Light Battery com- pany from Fort MoHenry; which, if thé average strength of the companies be sixty, will give a force of upwards of two thousand men. Genera! Harney will remain im com- mand of Kaneas. Colonel Albert 8. Johaston, late from Texas, has been assigned to the command of troops to Utah. Ar. Eames, Minster to Venezucis, leaves Washington to-morrow, and will speedily return to Caracas, with ful) {netrvctions, framed upcn matare examination of the sub- ject by our goverpment, to bring the pending questions with Venezucia to a prompt conciusion. ‘Ths new Granadian negotiation wi!) be clesed this week. Nevai Court No. 3 meets to-morrow, and is composed as follows :—Commodores Storer, Stringham and Captain Mercer. Courts Nos land 2 meet om the 7th inst., botn of wBich remain the same. Dr. Tate, of Virginia, having resigned his position as Btate Senator, has arrived here to tako charge of the sixth auditorehip, to which office I announced his appointment tome days ago. In justice to Mr, King, First Assistant Postmaster Gene- ral, it ts proper to state that he was not aware of the character of the commupioation from Professor Milliman and others to the President. It came to him through the mail from e person anknown, and he aceordingly sent ti to tho President. ‘The disgraceful aair on board th® mail boat between this city and Alexandrie ‘e now undergoing an investiga- | thon. Itis « common thing for passengers on this line to complain of bad treatment, and unless the Orange aad Alessandria Railroad Company remedy the evil they can ot expect travel to pass over their line, The gentleman | aamaulted on the occasion alladed to is mot expected to live. ‘The beard sppolnted to examine the steam sioop models gubmitted to the Navy Department expect to be in session one nionth before reporting. Mesers, Faulkner and Booook, of Virginia, are stopping at Brown's; also Col. Savage, of Tennessee, and Hos. Mr. | Stevenson, member elect from Kentucky. THO GENERAL SOWHPATER DEHPATOH. Wasmrvoror, Sopt, 2, 1867, The Attorney Gonoral has decided adversely to the ox- tracrdinary olnima of Haywood, the late Marshal of Utah, | more than $20,000 of whieh were for conveying the Judges of tho Territory to and from the places of holding the courte. The expenses for numerous guards, horses, wagons and provisions were not those of the ministerial officers. The Attorney General states that the expenses of a Jndge on his way to the court are his own. ‘The net amount im the Treasury subject to draft is $19,500,000, of which there are in New York nearly nine ‘and one-third mililons; at Philadelphia, two millions and two thirds, and at New Orleans over a milion and a half Assistant Postmaster General Dundas will shortly pro. | ceed te New Yor) to make arrangements for fasiliiating the transportation of the overland mal to California. The Secretary of the Treasury has, on appeal, adirmed the assceament of « duty of fifteen per cent on chlorate of potash and sal acetoselia, ninoteen per cemt om re- | fined borax, twenty-four per cent om fidberta and four ent on sumac. Retignation of Judge Unrtis of the United Mates Supreme Court, Bostom, Sept. 2, 1867. ‘The Portland “ta'r of Maire announces the resignation Of Jndge Curtis, of the Waited Stales Sapreme Coart, to tak cffoot.on the 1:4 cf October next. The Verment State Flection. Mortrnias, Vi., Sept 2, 1867. Returns of the sleetion come in slowly. So “ar as hoard from 47 repablicams aro elected and 7 democrats, The vote for Govornor in geome of the priacipel towns is ae fei - Pletsher, Swanton &. Albans ‘J ‘The votes ip sweaty additional towne beard from foot op. for vletoher 5,300 and for Kozes 1,560. na have olested Afty.six repabiioan ro Sixty seven | presentatives and cleven dembcrats. ‘The vote im fifty towns for Governaer stands ae follows —Fietoher, 7,980; Keyes, 4013. ‘The vote ‘a very light compared with last year, bed iho repubiteaa majority is absnt, comparatively, eqnal, Potsoning tase In Rochester. Rocumermn, Rept, 2, ino? Jobs & Roberta, sashier of the liege Hank, hae just been arrested om the *hargs of sitempting to prodmoe ine death of bis wife by administering certein drugn of & slow but deadly natars. 7ho evidence against him ixanid to he conclasive. He hne not yet been examined. The an. nownsement of hie arrost has croated the grantost excite meat in al] circles. Faeal RaMrond Accident. Orvowrnatt, Sogh. 1, 1887, ‘The wail train from Dayton for Gandasky ran oT (hy trech whon sear Onaiaiia thie morning, and the ang ne aod baggage cam wont ever the embankwemt Henry Noss, the bageage master; David Caseott, Wain boy, and Mr. Karkle, tho editor of « Sandusky paper, grere, instantly Milled, aad two or thr ‘The Atabame at Bayan, SAAS cn, apt 1, 1887 ‘The Uolted @tetes Mall ttesorshyy 4 avama anrived @ere Dom New Tork this morning ’ Meeting of the Cava! Soard—Tns Funds Ma- haasted. ‘ALAANT, Sept. 2, 1807, ‘The Capel Board heid s meeting to-day, the Ores tnsove. rai weeks. The Comptroller, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, S'sto Engineer, alc Canal Commissioners Wha- Jon and Sherrill were present. the rate of canal tolls on stave bstts and butte was 220d et ope mil and three-tontns. ‘The capal doposite, which bave formeriy been made ay tbe Reciprocity aad Hollister Banks ot Boffaio, were or- dered to he trapaferred as follows: —One hal’ to the Marine Bank, one fourth to the Manufacturers’ and Traders’ Baan, and one fourth to the Bank of Attica. ‘The tolls, formeriy deposited with the Onterte Beam, ‘Were ordered to be transferred to the Qnetée Bank. Important communications were laid before the Board by the Auditor, showing the present condition of the canal fond, The Auditor states that the fund for the pay- ‘mont of the interes: on the canal debi will be exheustiet after the payment of the Ootober interest, and that $700,000 must be raised on the credit of the sinuing fuad in January to pay tho interest on the debt for 1868. ‘The committees sppointed to investigate the charges against the Albany Collector reported that they found some of the charges substanisted. A large amount of other busls ens was also done. ‘The Contracting did not meet La consequence ef the tlinoas of Osnal misstouer Fitzhugh. Tt is expest- ed that this Board will make several removals of Canal Engincors to-morrow, She Southern Secession Presbyterian Cear vention. Rrouwonp, Va., Sept. 1, 1864. | ‘Tne Southern Presbyterian Convention, that has been im session here for the last three or four days, adjourned ‘Site die at one o’clook this morning. The preamble and resolutions reported by the Commitess: on Resolutions were ali adopied. The resolution was changed #0 as to make the General Synod mest @ Knoxville on the firet Thursday iualead of the drat Tess- day in May. Aretoiution was also adopted recommending the Kaox- ville Bynod to invite the Gemeral Assembly of the Old School Presbyterians to a fraterna! confersuce. Whe Baptist Association of Georgia and the American Tract Society, AvGUATA, Ga , Sopt 2, 1867. ‘The Baptist Centrai Associaiiva of Georgia, at « recent meeting tn Morgan county, reprobsted the act‘on of the Americen Tract Sopiety tm regard to slavery, and recom. mended the wiadvawing of patronage from, and dia- coumenanse Of the ¢.orte of the ageate who are raising fands by colporteunt for the eale af works, until the society rescind thelr recent act, wid go back to their original sileuce ea the subject of slavery. Great Race at the Horse alr at Elumtre, Fimmma, Sept. 2—P. M. The Great contest between Flora Temple and Lasoot has just taken place. The conditions were, mile heat is, best two in three, with Fiore in harness aod Lancet under the tacdle, The followiag is the resit:-—First, Flora Temple; seond, Lancet; third, Miller's Damsel; sad fourth, Red Bird, Time:—228 and 227. Ten thousand poovde were on the ground. The great contest for the $2,000 prize will take piace on Saturday. Tomorrow thore will boa re view of ine fire companies. Whe United States Agricultural Exhibition, Lovisyitia, Sept. 2, 1857. ‘Thirty-two young hovees were exhibiied to-day; they ‘were very superior, particularly the stailions. There have been large additions to the fruitand machinery depart mects. [he iatter is very large, containing very valuable tmachines, and the exhibition is every way superior to the previous days, The attendance to day is cetimeted as 12,000 t2 15,000, ‘The weather ts fine. A lotter from Vise President Breckenridge says ho will be hore on Friday, Death of an Aretic Voyager Bustos, Sspt. 1, 1967. Jieutenart James MoGarey, wbo accompanies Dr. Kase on his iast Arstia Expedition, aud who was connected with, the panorama of Kane’s Arctic voyages, now {a Urs olty, died suddenly to day. Phe Revenue Cutter Taney Struck by Lighe- ning. AvGuETA, Soph. 2, 1867. ‘The cutter Taney was struck by lightaing of Tybee em Monday morning, which ahivered the foreiopmest, topsall, head foremast, aad foregaT, and them pawwed tuto the bold. The decks wore spread with fragments, The cutter ‘was momentarily a sheet of flame, bul the ire wae eoom wuddued. No one was killed, but several persons were Naw Onimane, Sept. 1, 1867. General Wm, Waiker arrived in thie city this moraing, Markete PHILADELPHIA STOOK BOARD. aa Stocks steady. Pennsylvania Gres, 83 weadag Toad, 2635 5 aed 8; tae 1, 1567. No sales of cotton today.” Red wheat, Bt Ohm pork, $36. Yellow corn 000. Almay, Flour dull apd lower, Sales—Oni Borrato, opt. A ip i ay —38, MEETING OF THR WILSON SMALL ORTERAL GoM MIPTRE—PROSPROT OF UNION AND TARMONT APOBR ALL THR FUSP—THE COOTRR AND Mane COMMITTESS TO HOLD A LO%M PRAST 7ONIORY AT TAMMANY MALL--THS BASIS OF Tus Rm ORGANIZATION. ‘Tho meoting of the Wilron Small Gonora! Gommites, which was hold at Tammany Hail last night, pet em om rely new aspect on the state of affaires among the deme _ eracy. After the actica of the Oooper Comuiites, in las. {pg «call for a primary aiection 08 their own book, 8 wap suppored tat thore was no hops for upica; bat it seem that sinoe then negodations have been resumed, God row the probability |e, nai some sort of @ trace wl) be patched, with @ rocatal ronervation on cach aide toca Ue cahor fporsitve. Tho davis of the union, aa agreed upon by the leaders, ls am follows — Anow Goneral fer! and © vo'nt of sa) Comannes ma bo bake re will be formatiy for primary olections, to choass teiegatns to which will sesemble oo the 10Wh trot. The foliowing one a4ortnd by tep Sonali Commaittec last night — Resolved, Thai this com mitios camno, hut eryreg sincere regrets tnat the negotiations lately pending (ween copforence comm|itees of rival org’ smations hail ing from Tainmany dal), for the amiable adjartment of termipa'ed withoot seooss Rosvived, That we respeotfnily wk the gentiomen com- poring the commitiee over wi sd ward sider, to authorize It committee vf confersoce to reonm- vider its report, nad to eeriowsay Polleot poo the onse- quenoes to the iemooratic of & cootnuance of oxies a Sneeee. nord this bedy ar A ualod, and to repom, the res: eveDg, September 3, a ee to mort tows adorn