The New York Herald Newspaper, July 18, 1858, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD. fAMES GORDON BENNETY®, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. FICE N. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU STS. TERME, cash in adoance. TBR DAILY WERALD. to cents . $7 per annum, copy, or 85 por unm; the Burgpeon Rion 4. per’ onion, fo or ‘annum | part Great Biriiaim, or Bo to any part of the Continent, THE FAMILY , every Wednesday, at four cents per or $2 per annum. UNTARY CORRESPONDENCE, containing 4m) mews, solicited from rier of the work, of weed weil be Me any qua: ¢ world; rally paid for. BQ-OUR F. fe Ts ake PaR- ma ro Seau au. Larrruas 48D FAckaGne 3 JO NOTICE taken of anonymows communications, We do Mot return ; advertisements in- ADVER' (ENTS, “4 reneicad every Bertad in He Werxtr Beravy, Famiry TOs PRINTING execuiod with noatness, cheapness and des Vetume XXIII....... soeeee ‘AMUSEMENTS TO-MOBBOW EVENING. NIBLO’S GARDEN, Broadway—OLp Heaps avn Yours ‘Bxaers. WALLACK’S THEATER, Broadway—Iaisn Docron— ‘TuRior ManieD—Inisu Bason. MUSRUM, Broadway—Atter- —Wonpsrrct Ovriositiss ac. WOOD'S BUILDING. 561 and 563 Broadway—Ernt Songs, Dawoes, 40.—Pixoxama or tur Hopsow Riven. METROPOLITAN GARDSN, Thirtieth street and Second Avenne—DxAWiINGROOM ENTERTAINMENT BY THE HuTCHIN- Gon Brormens, £0. New York, Sunday, July 18, 1858, ‘The News. Some additional particulars relative to the Atlan- tic telegraph fleet, derived from the officers of the ship Alice Munroe, the vessel that fell in with the ‘Niagara and Gorgon on the 27th ult., are given in to- day's paper. The telegraph announces the death of Gen. Quit- man, at his residence near Natchez, Tenn., yester- day morning. ‘The inquest on the bodies of the passengers who were killed by the recent accident on the Erie Rail- road resulted in a verdict from the jury exonerating the railroad company from all blame in causing the accident. A full report of the testimony at the inquest, and many other interesting particulars, will be found in the report contained in to-day’s paper. Five young women were drowned on Friday eve- ning at the foot of Eighty-sixth street, North river. The unbappy girls were inmates of the House of Mercy in that vicinity, and had gone to the river to enjoy a bath. From the statement of the matron and the bystanders it would appear that one of the girls, Ellen Smith, felt herself sinking, and cried for help; that when the others went to her assistance they were immediately dragged under the water and did not again rise. The police are yet busily engaged dragging the river for the bodies. We have files from Buenos Ayres dated on the ‘27th of May, which contain some interesting news. ‘The steamer employed in the exploration of the Ber- mejo river was at Gangalle on the 30th of March. ‘This point is twenty leagues higher than what had ever been attained before. The Indians did not mo- Jest the party. The United States Consul and Don Felix Frias were to examine all claims of Americans against the State of Buenos Ayres. Severe storms of rain and wind had done much damage. The ex- ecutive had officially defined the actual political re- lations existing between the State and the other portions of the Argentine Confederation. It declares that Buenos Ayres is and will be an integral portion of the Confederation, but the temporary division now existing will be maintained for the next ten years if the difficulties are not amicably adjusted in the meantime. Buenos Ayres will continue firm and Joyal to the other States during the above period, maintaining, however, her present status m quo by force if necessary. The markets were active, freights dull. ‘The July term of the General Sessions closed yes- terday. Margaret Schneider, who was tried for the murder of her child, and convicted of manslaughter in the fourth degree, was sent to the penitentiary for four months by the Recorder. Wm. James, con- victed of forgery in the fourth degree, was sent to the penitentiary for six months by the City Judge. Leroy Ruscher, indicted for murder, and who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the first degree, will not be sentenced till next term. Jadgment was sus pended on George W. Herrick, convicted of forgery in the fourth degree; also on Morgan Badgly and Michael McCabe, guilty of petit larceny. During the twelve days that the court has been in session Judge Russel! has disposed of one hundred and three cases, having performed more judicial labor than has been done by previous Judges ina month. Highty- four prisoners were disposed of by trial and confes- sion, and nineteen discharged. There were sixty- two pleas of guilty, fourteen prisoners convicted by verdict, and eight acquitted. Twenty-three males and one female were sent to the State prison, and the like number to the penitentiary. Five males and one female were sent to the city prison, and six boys to the House of Refuge. Eighteen witnesses were discharged, thus relieving the prison of a hun- dred and twenty-one individuals, and giving the offi. cers of the court cause for a general jubilee. A fire occurred in Leavenworth City, Kansas, on the 14th inst., which destroyed the theatre and thirty buildings adjoining, involving a loss estimated at $100,000. The break in the Erie canal near Schenectady has been repaired, and boats will pass without inter- Tuption tomorrow. We iearn from the report of the City Inspector that there were 553 deaths in the city during the past week, an increase of 111 as compared with the mortality of the week previous, and 179 more than occurred daring the corresponding week in last year. Of the whole number 409 were of ten years of age and under, and 52 inmates of the public institution# The following table exhibits the number of deaths during the past two weeks among adults and chil- dren, distinguishing the sexes:— Men. Women. Boys. Girls. Total. 7 66; (T1380 448 7 Gh «68m 188653 causes of death were the fol- Week ending Juiy 17 Among the princip lowing :— — Week Diseases July 10. July 17. Broochitis eee F} 10 Cooenm ption r Convulsions (ipfantile) . 7 or Croup... 5 6 a 107 Dearth ” 36 Dy: s 9 Dropsy im % | Inflammation of the lungs Bt 9 Tofiemmation of the brain u u ( 1 33 8 6 7 4 ongestion of the brain, 2 of sunstroke,6 of disease of the heart, 7 of hooping cough, 4 of teething, 9 of smallpox, and 16 deaths from violent causes, including 2 suicides, 2 murders, and 6 drowned The following is a classification of the diseases, and the number of deaths in each class of disease, during the week: — Wok ending July 19, 1866 ‘Werk coding July 18, 1887. oe Werk ending July 16, 1868... “2 Werk coding Joly 17 1868 66 The nativity table gives 444 natives of the United Btates. 67 of Ireland, 26 of Germany, 7 of England, 1 each of France, Scotland, Beigiam, Switzerland, Wales and West Indies, and 3 unknown. ‘The cotton market continues firm, and the sales em- braced on Saturday about 3,600 bales, on the basis of 1230. for middling uplands, and at 13c for middiing New Orieans. Flour opened dull, but closed with more irm- ness, without change of moment in prices. The sales Wore toa feir extent. Prime parcels of wheat continued scarce and firm, while common qualities were unchanged. Sales were to a fair extent, among which was & small lot of good Southern white at $1 40. Corn was firm for all sound qualities, which were scarce. The chief sales were confined to unsound cargoes of Western mixed, a: 60c. a 700. Prime eound sold at 80c., and @ lot (1,000 bushels) of prime round yellow at 91c. No sound Southern white or yellow was offering. Pork was steady, with aales of mess at $16 75 a $17—the latter figure for extra. Clear mess was scarce and quiet at $18 76, Thin was at $15 20 and prime sold at $13 75. Beef was firm. Cut meate were more active, with purchasers (especially of hams) for shipment to California, Sugars were quite active and firm, while the gales embraced about 2,200 hhds. and £00 boxes at full prices, The sales of the week closed at an advance of about 3c. per Ib. Freights were firm, espe- cially to English ports, while engagements were moderate British Assurances and British Assurance. It is announced that the government have informed Lord Malmesbury that it will not pro- pose any plan for “asccrtaining the nationality of veesels at cea;’’ or, in other words, modi- fying the universally admitted law of uations on the subject of the right of search in time of peace, but that it will be glad to receive any suggestions England may have to make. This is, in plain words, a declination to treat on this question; and in declining to do so the government has done perfectly right. Every time we have made any negotiation with Eng- land there has been some hitch in it that has led to irritation and subsequent difficulty. The treaty of peace in 1783 had twenty such, which we need not enumerate; the treaty of amity in 1794 tried to settle many of them, and did so in part, with the aid of four subsequent ex- planatory articles, anda new convention in 1802; but her conduct under these led to the war of 1812, Then came the treaty of Ghent, under which nothing was settled; then we had a series of negotiations about the lake naval forces and trade, 1817; the boundary question and fisheries, 1818; slaves carried off, 1822; ar- bitration of Maine boundary, 1827; after that came the boundary, slave trade and extradition treaty of 1842, with its causes of mutual complaint; and, finally, the Clayton-Bul- wer trick in 1849, It is now proposed to hatch up some new imbroglio about the right of search. Each of our formal treaties with England has led to a war, or 80 nearly to one that it is a wonder we escaped. It is wisdom, therefore, to decline negotiations with her on these great points. Our plain path is to make up our minds as a nation as to what course is right and just for us to pursue, and then to follow it, regardless of England or any other Power. This is the only course we can pursue in the question of the right of search. That question may be adjourned for years; but it is not set- tled. The only way in which it could have been explicitly and finally settled was by the capture of the Styx when the recent outrages first occurred, and showing to England that we were in earnest in this matter. Now, the result will probably be that which one of our naval correspondents detailed recently: when Com- mander Kellett, of the British gunboat fleet, was asked what would probably be done with the officer in command of the Styx, he replied, “he will be ordered home and promoted.” And there is no reason to doubt that such will be the result. Mr. Crampton was recalled and made a Baronet of for insulting us, and after a little delay put in a fat office again. But it will be seen, from the letter of our Havana correspondent, published yesterday, that the position which the right of search question has assumed is precisely that which we have claim- ed to be the position of Lord Malmesbury in interpreting General Cass’ letter of the 10th of April. If we accept that interpretation we yield to England the right to search our ves- sels, provided the act be performed after the manner of Mr. Samuel Slick. This is the course which it will be seen has been recently pursued by her Britannic Majesty's gunboat Skipjack, in demanding the papers of two American ves- sels off the south coast of Cuba. The master of one of these, it will be seen, exhibited his papors to the British officer, but the master of the other refused to doso. So far as we can learn the course of cach was equally satisfac- tory to the officer, as the Skipjack went off in both instances aboat her business. No one, however, will be disposed to accept this double dealing system as the ground of final settle- ment of the right of the right of search ques tion. As for the recent discussion in the British Parliament, it is anything but conciliatory to us: and the policy it exposes, in the confessions of Lord Malmesbury about Spain, is anything bat flattering. This British Minister acknow- ledges that England has always endeavored to prevent any agreement on the part of Spain by which she might be induced to part with Cuba. By this we may measure the honesty of the pro- feesions of England’s statesmen. Cubais the only country where the African slave trade is con- nived at by the government. In their professed desire to stop the trade, they claim a right to search every versel at sea; that other nations should join with them in the humane crusade; that the law of nations shall be altered; and that, in fact, the boatewain’s pipe of every navy shall be set to the air of “Britannia rules the waves.’ Yet the transfer of Cuba to the Ame- rican Union, which would stop at the same time the African slave trade and all shadow of rea- son for these preposterous claims of England, must be resisted at all hazards. Now, the only course for oar government to pursue is to deter- mine to take posseesion of Cuba on the first o0- casion that presents itself, and by one step to settle all these and the thousand other questions that are complicated with the present anoma- lous position of that island. This is a policy to be acted on, but not to be prociaimed; and time will show whether we have not made up our mind to follow it. Negotiation with Spain is therefore as undesirable as it is with Ragland. Tuertow Ween at tae CoxrrsstonaL.—The late failure of Thurlow Weed before the Repub- lican Executive Committee at Albany, to pack the September State Convention of that party with one delegate from each Aseembly district instead of two, has soared himexceedingly. He comes out in his Jowrnel in this melancholy mood, with a pretty full exposition of all the wonderful things be has done, from time to time, as a caucus manager of his party, its con- ventions, nominatione, &c., giving all the “ifs” and “ands” and all the whys and wherefores, all the way through. The impression naturally produced is that Thurlow has been a pretty big pumpkin in the Albany Janta of his party for a good many years: but that the old chap at last begins to suspect that he is played out. But heis . NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, JULY 18, 1858 reeigned, and talks as amiabiy as if he had jast pocketed another free wool lobby fund of $5,000 for “statistics.” Ob! if Thuriow would only now, while be is in the humor for it--if he would only give us his lobby experience in full, with all the “‘statistice’’—how the greenhorns would open their eyes! Ann ual College Commencements. We publish this morning a most inter- esting chapter in the history of Ameri- can education—namely, the report of the annual Commencements of twenty-eight col- jeges threughout different States of the Union—No:th, South, East and West. Colleges and universities in this country have been of late years rapidly acquiring a high position in popu- lar estimation. Within the last twenty years upwards of fifty colleges have been founded. There are now in the United States a hundred and twenty-four colleges and universities, with on aggregate number of students of fourteen thousand; and these are located in every State, from Wisconsin to Louisiana, and from Maine to Missouri. Forty-seven of these institutions are under the charge of religious denominations. Of those not under the special care of any church, the pre- vailing religious influences of the colleges in New England are Congregationalist, and of the others Preebyterian. The number of colleges under the direction of the Baptista is sixteen; Episcopalians, seven; Catholics, twelve; and Meth , twelve. In all New England there is but one Catholic college—one of the noblest educational institutions in the country—the College of the Holy Cross, at Worcester, Mas- sachusetts. The strong Puritan spirit of that State engendered so much antipathy to the Catholic religion that, year after year, the application for a charter for this college was refused, and it necessarily labored under many disabilities. A charter, however, has at last been granted, and the establishment is flourishing in consequence. Though the fo- reign born and Catholic element has been grow- ing so rapidly in Boston of late years that it now equals that of the native born, yet so strong is the Puritan feeling of the representatives from the interior of the State that it was with the utmost difficulty this small measure of justice was wrung from the Legislature. The narrow spirit of bigotry which of old devised tortures for the Quakers, and piled up faggots for poor old women, still rules the Legislature of Massa- chusetts, and its monument stands in the charred ruins of the Charlestown convent, which the Catholic bishop vowed should remain untouched until the State indemnified the Institution for the injury done by the furious mob which it could not, or would not, control. Over twenty- five years have passed since the outrage was com- mitted, and the ruins still remain as a record of Puritan bigotry and uncharitableness. It is a cause of much pride and gratification to see so many of our youth, of both sexes, re- ceiving a high order of education im collegiate institutions. In England a college education has until very lately been a privilege of the higher and wealthier classes, but in this country the door of the university is open freely to all. Female colleges are becoming quite an institu- tion in the United States; they are particularly numerous in the West, as may be seen by our reports this morning. Young ladies formerly who changed their condition were converted from maids into wives; now they can avail themselves of the variety of a change from maids to bachelors. We think this is carrying woman's rights to the extreme. Seriously, the flourishing state of colleges, universities and professional schools at the present time gives promise of great things from the rising genera- tion. Forsros Tueatracarts is New York.— Among the many cosmopolitan features of this city, none is more strikisg than the number of theatres where plays are performed in foreign tongues. As one walks up the Bowery he may count as many as four establishments where theatrical performances are regularly given in the German language; and as a further novelty, it will be noticed that these theatres are opened on Sunday evenings, nominally for “sacred” concerts, Plays, however, are sandwichod be- tween the efforts of the fiddlers and the exer- tions of the barkeepers. One of these theatres— Hoym’s—has just been erected at considerable expense and furnished with good actors. All these establishments seem to be well conducted, and may be philosophically defended on the gtound that they keep people out of mischief, and likewise afford a good school for the students of German. We are sorry that we can- not say as much for the English theatres. Our French residents are not so willing to pay for their amusements as the Germane. We have had from time to time small French com- panies migrating from place to place, playing vaudevilles very well, but altogether unable to give even a fair performance of comedies and dramas. Several efforts have been made to establish a regular French theatre here. After the depar- ture of Mile. Rachel, who had, all things con- sidered, a wonderful degree of pecuniary suc- cees in this city, her sister, Mile. Sarah Felix, waited upon the principal French merchants of the city, and proposed to establish an opera and comedy company at Niblo’s. Bat the figures were pretty high, and the merchants did not manifest that alacrity in coming down with the funds that Mile. Sarah had expected. This enterprise was abandoned, and we hear no more of a French theatre until the enterprising Mr. Strakoech arrived from New Orleans with two of the principal artiste of Mr. Boudoisque’s company—Mme. Colsan, a prima donna, and M. Junca, a primo basso. With this nucleus of a company Mr. Strakosch made proposals to Mr. Niblo, which were conditionally accepted. Mr. Strakosch then sailed for France, to engage ertiste for the comic opera and vaudevilles which it is purposed to give at the Garden in September next. The names of Niblo and Strakosch give to this project that air of sta- bility which its predecessors lacked, and with which it would apparently command success, While these negotiations were going on, M. Thiery, a very good French actor, who had been successful in San Francisco, where the French theatre was a permanent affair for seve- ral seasons, arrived in New York with a emall company. He haa given fifteen or twenty representations, which have been highly sucocesfal, both ia an artistic and ® pecuniary point of view. This manager now propores to bring out from France a first class company, provided he can obtain a sufficient amount of money wherewith to pay the ad- vanced salary required by the artists, and to defray the expense of their passage to this port. This money he purposes to raise by subscrip- tions, to be repaid in tickets to the perform- ances. The loo! of the theatre isto be the Metro. politan Music Hall in Broadway, opposite the hotel of the same name. Should the money be raised, M. Thiery will sail for Havre ov Sutur- day next, and promises to commence operations here in September. It is not our purpose just now to do more than to put upon record the facts concerning the above-named enterprises, and to wieh them both success. The agitation of the subject proves that the public is ready for a good French theatre and opera house; and as another proof of the metropolitan charactor of the city, it isa good sign. We may say in passing, how- ever, that the subscription system rarely works well, People cannot be expected to pay for a thing before they get it, and at any rate their hesitation to invest money in an uncertainty is quite natural. When a manager begins his ca- reer with a heavy debt, his ruin is almost cer- tain to result. The argument that the debt is to be liquidated with tickets is plausible, but fallacious; for it is to the holders of the tickets issued in advance he would look, under other circumstances, for the bulk of his paying au- dience. However, the public has become pretty well used to ruined mansgers, and eo they get their amusements care little whether or not a hecatomb of directors are slaughtered in front of their own foot-lights. Tax Accipent oN THE Erte Rartroap —It will be seen by a despatch elsewhere, that the Coroner’s jury in the railroad accident case at Port Jervis, have rendered a verdict entirely exculpating the railroad company from all blame. They were just two hours coming toa conclusion on the subject, taking the testimony, examining the construction of the rails, and all the other details necessary to arriving at acalm and deliberate opinion as to how and by whose action over fifty of their fellow beings were, in an instant, frightfully mangled and mutilated. They have pronounced the skirts of the com- pany clear of blood—rather a basty judgment we think, Lut after all not without precedent in such cases. Thus we go from one railroad slaughter to another, with a verdict in each case of “no one to blame.” Our hope now is in the courts, Let every injured passenger bring suits sgainst the company for damages sustained, ard the public may derive some satisfaction from the result. Tue Taxpayers’ Party Movixa.—We learn with considerable pleasure that the taxpayers of the Twenty-first ward have organized a “ Tax- payers’ Asscciation,” which already numbers over two hundred bona fide paying members, and which number is increasing daily. It is not the intention of the Association to hold any meet- ings until it counts at least five or six hundred members, which it undoubtedly will do as soon as many of the residents of the ward now in the country return to towa. We have the circular of the Association before us, in which we find its object stated thus :— Of the people, of Dose bat respectable tax: pay! cil. feos abd thou wo, e fled our attempt, thea to payers of every ward in the city will form simi- lar associations, which can all labor together as @ unit in the great work of reform before them. Gone it Atons.—According to the latest signs of the times, Mr. Douglas, in his Illinois campaign, will be permitted to “go it alone.” In his opening Chicago speech he substantially indicated this to be his wish, we can learn from Washington, he will be in- dulged in it. The administration will stand aloof and let him fight his battle in his own way, if he will have itso, Very likely he will never touch bottom; but no matter. Let him go his own way, if nothing elee will do. It is the last card of his Kansas-Nebraska bill. Let him play it. Mans ow tae Sannari.—A petition to the Postmaster General has been got up at Knox- ville, Tenn., requesting him to discontinue the Sundsy mail through East Tennessee. Similar petitions are raid to be on foot between Rich- mond and New Orleans. A general stirring up of the question of Sunday observance seems to be determined on. THE LATEST NEWS. tter from a Government Officer in Utah— ‘The Return of the Mormons to Salt Lake City Predicted—Important Military Move. ments in Nerthern Mexico, dic. Wasurnoron, July 17, 1858. A government officer in Utah writes to Washing- ton, June 11, from Salt Lake City, as follows: — Tbad the pleasure of meeting this evening Brigham Young,{Kimball and others. Young is no common man, in my opinion. He bas complete control over this people. Governor Cumming is much esteemed, and recognized as Governor, and bad the difficulties really settled before the Peace Commissioners came. | was invited to the counsi! this evening with Governor Cumming and the Commia- sioners on the part of govercment. Young aad somo of hia leaders called on us st four and remained till nine ‘There was friendly intercourse. [ feel confident every- thing is Deing satisfactorily arranged. There was, ever, some middling rough talk, not by Young, bat by rome of bis big men. It was with great difficulty I could Jet pase unanswered mean allusions and slang at Mr. Buchanan. We shal! moet again to morrow at nine o'clock. My impression is the peopie will commence moving back Jn lows than a week. Additional official information bas arrived from Monterey, Mexico, to the 28th ult. Vidaurri was to start for San Lais Potosi on the 10th inst., with two thousand men, eight pieces of artillery and ammu- nition, and to take command of the Army of the North. Zoazua was leaving Zacatecas with about four thousand men, to attack San Lais Potosi, and would not wait for the arrival of Vidaurri. News had arrived at Monterey from Guadalajara to the 12th alt., stating that the federal army had taken positions and began the attack of the city. Miramon was on thé way to Guadalajara with four thousand men to relieve the city. Therefore, it is believed a great battle will be fought there. Galindo is mili tary commander of Nuevo Leon during the absence of Vidaurri, and is charged with the duty of organizing and supplying forces, ammunition, &c., for the Army of the North. His position on the Rio Grande is considered highly favorable for obtaining supplies Vidaurri says they are determined to send liberal forces from the north to overwhelm the reactionists, A thotsand men from Chihuahua, under Cornado, were marching to join the Army of the North. It is expected that by the end of July there would be about eight thousand federal troops concentrated at San Luis Potosi, ready to march towards the city of Mexico. It is said that the culogies of Senator Douglas, which now fill the soft shell newspapers of the State of New York, showing the evident tendency to affili- ation of that wing of the democratic party with him, have attracted the attention of the administration. Tt is said that Captain Henry is bearer of des patcbes to Mr. Forsyth, of the character mentioned yesterdsy, and that the Presideat will sead a vessel of war to bring our Minister home from Mexico. ‘The Harriet Lane, United States revenue cutter, returned to Washington this evening. The party are much pleased with their trip. Mr. Schell and others on board apeak of the Harriet Lane as a very fine vessel. TUK GENERAL NEWAPAPRR DRSPATCH. Wasuinaron, J uly 17, 1858. It is true, as reported, that Minister Forsyth had been instructed to withdraw the legation from Mex* ico and return home. Mr. Henry, of the army, is bearer of despatches to him. The following named officers are ordered to pro- ceed to Washington Territory, and report to General Clarke:—Major Cariton and Lieutenant R. Johnston, of the dragoons; Captains Wallen, English and Un- derwood; Lieutenants Bysell, Woods, Quattlebaum and Bonnycastle, of the infantry, and Lieutenant Ayres, of the artillery. They will leave with the re- inforcements from New York. ‘The steamer Water Witch has arrived here. Impertaat frem forthera Mexico. Wasi , July 17, 1868. The mails from all pointe South, as late as due, are to hand. The New Orleans papers contain details of the news by the steamer General Rusk, from Brazos Santiago. The advices from Monterey state that a portion of the liberal army under Degollado and Blanco attacked Guadalajara, carrying all the outworks and driving the enemy to the main plaza, which was to have been stormed on the 14th inst. Miramon had left San Luis at the head of four thousand men, to aid the besieged, and Zuazua was closely following in his rear with a heavy force of rifles. Tt was rumored that Moreno, commandant at Tam- pico, had been reduced to the necessity of making peace overtures to Caravajal, who answered that he could listen to no terms which did not recognise the existing authorities. Vidaurri was in bad health, but in excellent spirits and sanguine of succeas. Itwas rumored that pro- positions of reconciliation had been made to him by the centralists, but that he refused to entertain them unless they acknowledged the supremacy of the con- stitutional government. The correspondent of the Brownsville Flag at Rowa says that the Indians had made a descent on the Guara silver mines, recently opened by the American Company, taking all the property of any value that they could lay their hands on. Destructive Fire at Leavenworth City, Kansas, Laavanwortn, K. T., Jul, 35} Via. Booneville, July 17. A fire broke out here about midnight on the 14th inst., wifich at one time threatened the destruction of the denser portion of the city. It originated in the green room of the Union the- atre, corner of Third and Delaware streets, and ra- pidly communicated to the adjoining buildings. Thirty buildings, principally included in the block bounded by Cherokee, Shawnee, Second and Third streets, were reduced to ashes. ‘The loss is underestimated at $100,000, on which there is but a trifling insurance. There is no appa- ratus or fire organization in the city, and the pro- gress of the conflagration was providentially arrested by a lullof the wind and a copious fall of rain. A general panic was manifested at the breaking out of the fire, but the citizens afterwards worked energeti- cally, and the fire was finally got under about three o'clock. One hundred and fifty recruits from Carlisle bar- racks, destined for the regiment of mounted rifles in New Mexico, arrived at the fort last night. They go forward forthwith. From Albany, Axsany, Jal; 1868. Mr. Samuel B. Ruggles, the new! pointed Canal Commussioner, has been in town here, but left this morning for New York. He expresses a strong personal inclination to decline the appointment, but will probably be induced to accept it, forthe sake of the canals, to the interests of which he has long been devoted. ‘The funeral of Mr. John N. Wilder was attended from the North Pearl street Baptist church by an immense concourse of persons. The Young Men's Association, the members of the city Corporation, the Burgesses corps, and the Washington Continen- tals all turned ont in bodies in citizens’ dress. The procession was very large, some thousands of per- sons joining in it. The stores in the city were very generally closed. Convention of the Sons of Malta. Puttapenrasa, July 17,1858. One hundred and fifty delegates to the National Convention of the Sons of Malta have arrived here, including fifteen from San Francisco, and repre- sentatives from Cuba and Mexico, Delegates from France and England are expected by the Canada. The convention meets on Monday next. Accident on the Jackson Railroad. New Oniaans, July 16, 1858. A collision has occurred to the mail train on the New Orleans and Jackson Railroad, at Bohala, Several persons were wounded, but no one was killed. Opening of the Musical Season at Saratogn, Saratooa Srrines, July 17, 13538. The young American prima donna, Miss Abby Fays, gave a grand concert here last night, which was a most brilliant snecess, it being attended by all the beauty and fashion in the place. The Erle Canal, Scuxvectapy, July 17, 1958. ‘The canal break near this city has been nearly re- paired, and boats wili pass freely on Monday next. A Son of Professor Rearson Drowned, Scnsngorapy, July 17, 1858. A son of Professor Rearson, of Union College, aged about seventeen years, was drowned last even- ing, about half past seven o'clock, in the Mohawk river here. He was out in a skiff with two others, and fell overboard and was drowned. His body was recovered soon after. His funeral takes place to- morrow. Departure of the Angio-Saton. Qvenne, July 17, 1858. The steamship Anglo-Saxon sailed for Liverpool at ten o'clock this morning, with 92 cabin and 388 steerege passengers. Markets. PRILADELPTIA STOCK BOARD. Paivaverrata, July 17, 1858, Stocks dull. Pennsylvania State fives, 89; Read ing Railroad, 224; Morris Canal, 43; Long Island Railroad, 114; Pennsylvania Railroad, 41. Naw Onvrans, July 16, 1858. Cotton firm, with a slight aorement cn the middliny ry Sales to-day 3,000 bales; sales of the week 1: bales; receipts do. 4,350 bales. In- creased receipts at this port to date, 110,250 bales; do. at all ithern ports, 140,000 bales. Stock at this port, 54,170 bales, Freights—Cotton to Liver: pool, #4. Sugar firm. Lard also firm at ile. Rio coffee, L0je. Ba.timoan, July 17, 1858. Breadstaffs unchanged. Wheat dull. ‘Corn active; Yellow, 85¢. Provisions active. Whiskey firm at Pati apanrnta, July 17, 1958. Flour firm: sales at $425 a $4.37}. ‘Wheat firm: sales of 2,000 bushels old red, $105; white, $1 20; , $1.10; white #1 1s, sions dull. Whiskey firm at Borraro, Jaly 17—1 P. M. Flour—Nothing doing except for the home trade ; supply very light, and market firm. Sales 300 bbls. at previous rates. Wheat—Market quiet, and no change to note. Sales 12,000 bushels good Chic spring at 7c., agg 12,000 bushels ted Ohio at 900. Corn in fair der , with sales of 25,000 bushels unsound at 49}¢.a60c, Oats in moderate request at steady sales; 10,000 bushels sound at 37§c., and 14,000 bushels unsound at 23c. Canal ita un: changed: 40c. on flour, Ile. on wheat, 10c. on corn to New York. Recei bbla, by lake to day—7,740 flour, 90,841 bushels wheat, 47,806 bushels boshels oats. Canal exports —4,058 bbls. flow 720 bushels wheat, 10,144 bushels cora, 20,000 bushels onta, Mesewal af tye Canuda at Boston. Boson, July 2¥, 1656. ‘The steamehip Canada arrived here from Halifax at about seven o'clock this evening. The papem she brings contain nothing of special interest ad- ditional to the despatoh already sent over the wires. Her mails will be forwarded to New York to-mor- row (Sunday) evening, and are due in New York at an early hour on Monday morning. Affairs in Boston. Boston, July 17, 1868. Mr. J. L. Henshaw sold to-day at auction seventy- five thousand dollars of United States five's of 1866 for 1024 to 102}. Mrs. Whittlesey, editress of the Mothers’ Maga zine, died at Colchester, Conn., on Friday. Wm. Brightmore, alias Spunkey, a noted thief, while being conveyed to-day to the State prison at Charlestown, to serve out a sentence of seven years, jumped from the vehicle and ran, falling through a railroad track fifteen feet into the water. Ashe came up warden Paynes presented a pistol, when Bright- more yielded. Melancholy Casuality. Srainerrecp, Mass., July 17, 1858. A collision occurred this evening between a light four oared boat of the Yale Navy and a Springfield, club boat, eight oars, while practicing on the river, by which the former was capsized, and one of her crew named George E. Dunham, a junior of Yale College, was drowned. His body has been recover- ed. Mr. Dunham wasason of Austin Dunham, of the firm of E. N. Kellogg & Co, wool dealers, of Hartford, Connecticut. Death of General Quitman. New Ontaans, July 17, 1858. General Quitman died at his residence near Natchez, this morning, of the disease which he con- tracted at the National Hotel last fall. The Steam Roanok N, July 17, 658. The steam frigate Roanoke is to be fitted for sea immediately at the Charlestown Navy Yard. —___ NOTICES OF NEW PUBLICATIONS Books Recetved to July 17. George Melville. ‘ Picturesque Tourist. Sappho—a tragedy. The Life and Adventures of Major Roger Sherman Potter. The American Merchant for July. Littell’s Living Age for July. The Scalpel for July. The New York Dental Journal for July. The Churchman’s Monthly Magazine for July. The Comptroller's Report for 1857. Report of the Select Committee of the Board of Health on Milk. Fire Marshal's Half Yearly Report. First Annual Report of the Merchants’ and Me- chanics’ Exchange of Norfolk, Va. Second Annual Report of the American Industrial Association. Defence of Dr. Gould by the Scientific Council of the Dudley Observatory. Extension of Albany street through Trinity church- yard. Argument of Dr. Vinton. Pamphlet on same subject. Charter and by-laws of Newport Anillery Com- Dany. City of Superior and Lake Superior region. Causes of Atmospheric Movement on the Magnetic Needle. Letter from David Landreth, of Philadelphia, to the Commissioner of Patents. A Mother's Prayer—Song and music. Theresa Polka. The Angels Told Me So. Quadrilles Les Lanciers. ‘The Swinging Schottish. R. Hoe & Co.'s Catalogue. Tam Lirz axp Apvanrunss or Mas. Rogen MAN Porrse, together with an accurate and ceedingly mci account of his great achieve- ments in politics, diplomacy and war. By Pheleg Van Trusedale. Stanford & Dellaser, . New York: We have received advance sheets of this new pub- lication, which has not yet been issued from the press. It is written in a humorous, sarcastic vein, and recounts a series of adventures, some as droll and whimsical as those of the famous (Gil Blas. Groros Metviire, an American novel. New York: W.R. C. Clark & Co. This work appears to be made up of precisely the same elements as are invariably woven into the American novels of the day—the profligacy of Young men, the seduction of young women, hambug railroad enterprises, police and prison arrange- ments, and the follies and foibles of life in New York, being the chief ingredients. Those who admire that style of literature may find George Melville preity good of its class. Tas Protvassque Tourist ; being a Gui the Biate of New York, and Gover nea toes Canada, including a Hudson River Guide: giving an accurate description of cities and villages, cele- brated cities of resort, &c., with maps and illns- trations. New York: J. Disturnell. A very useful pocket companion for travellers and pleasure seekers, containing a good deal of infer- mation in a small compass. If its illustrations had been got up in a somewhat better style, or else omitted altogether, it would tell better for the sale of the book. Sarrno, a Tra; in five acts: » G of Fran Grligarzer, "by Bada Middleton, New York: D. Appleton & Company. The Italian translation of Sappho first appeared in 1821. It attracted the attention of Lord Byron, who commented very favorably on the production of Grillparzer, and spoke of it as superb and sublime, “Grillparzer,” said he, in his diary, “is grand, an- tique; not so simple as the ancients, but very simple for a modern; too Madame de Staelish now and then, but altogether a great and goodly writer.’ ‘The translation of Mrs. Middleton certainly justifies the tone of commendation in which the great poet spoke of the Italian version (and the Italians, he said, are the very worst translators, except from the classics). The tragedy is grand, simple, antique, ex. cellent for the closet, if not for the stage. The style of the publication corresponds with the subject. Us Davis pes Cavses pes Movvewanrs pe Aros. Par F. C. T. Trufort, St. Julien, Savoye. Geneve, Mai, 1868. (A Guess at the Causes of Atmospheric Movements.) Mr. Trufort, in his preface to this pamphlet, does what it would be advisable for many other writers to do—give in a few words the pith of what he has to say. Thns he lays down these two great princi- Ist. If the north wind prevails on your continent (America), it drives or attracts towards ours (Bue rope) the south wind. 2d. As to the activity of atmospheric movement, the whole hemisphere is a unison, either very active or very inactive; and that does not contradict the foregoing distribution of one of the two winds for one of the two continents, and the other wind for the other continent. So, when our hemisphere falls into inactivity, the opposite hemisphere resumes ite activity, and so on in eternal change—active here, inactive there; active there, inactive here. ‘These periods have no connection with the winter or snmmer seasons. They occur by chance and iar dependently of all fixed terms. Here, in afew words, is the whole system of atmospheric moye- ments. —_—__. Ferry to Craa—A New Extenrriom.—We are informed that arrangements have been made for tho establishment of a line of steamers of the Inrgeet size and mont olagant de- soription, to ply between this port and the Havana, touch- ing at Matanzas, One of the vomols is airewiy purchased, and will start upon hor first trip, under the command of Captain J.J. Wright, as soon aa the alterations and im. Provements can be made that are deemed necessary to adapt her to the business; and anothor is to be placed upon the stocks without delay. [t is the intention of . tO male the passage in about four days, - troduce many novel features, with the view ok rernwaing — Similar t9 (hows of & Pret gings American SS a ooo