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

4 NEW YORK HERALD. was lost by a vote of six to five, one less than requi- site by law. A motion to appropriate $50,000 for this purpose was then agreed to, and the tax levy wae passed. «phe vae apart no The elite of the base ball players of this city and OFrwe u. W. CORNER OF FULTON anp wasgau eT. | Of Brooklyn played thir retarn match yesterday ——————————————— afternoon, on the Fashion Course, L. I., the Brook- Wotwme XT oo... .esecc cesses sess ese eeoe 998 | lynites gaining a handsome victory of twenty-nine ——_—_—————————————————————————_ | mnstocight. The number of spectators on this oc- AMUSEMENTS THIG EVENING. casion was much smaller than when the same parties contested a few weeks back, but those present are PRTBLO’S, GARDEN. Brenaway—Lonvon AMUBANOE | ovted of a higher class, which is regarded as a BOWERY THRATRE, Bowery—Orme.co—2acre Puus— | 8tOwing interest in the right direction, A full re- Gwe Gwaun. ‘ port is given elsewhere. WsLLAGK’s THEATRE, Broedway—Inun Euicnant— The Commissioners of Health met at the usual Ronssasortax Rurm(son, time yesterday. The following veesels were per Broadway—After- | mitted to proceed :—Schooner Abbott Smith to ean oF Aston ANY) Fi: abethport immediately; schooner Joseph Cran- dall to eame place immediately; ship Silas Holmes to come up to the city on the 2lat inst.; schooner W. C. Mershon on the 20th inst.; brig Young Ame- rica in five days; brig G. L. Buckman on the 2lst = " - —— pp ship Messenger, having discharged her cargo, New York, Wednesday, August 18, 1858, proceed to Hunter's Point for repnirs on the 19th _ -- | inst., and the brig R. A. Fisher on the 20th inst. The 8. Ppaceengers of the steamship Columbia will be al- GAILs FoR “ lowed to come to the city after their baggage has the New York Heraid—Editton for “urope. | been ventilated and fumigated. The Cunard mail steamsbip Persia, Capt. Judkins, will The sales of cotton yestoraay embraced about 1,500 Ipave this port to day for Liverpoo:. Dales. The Arabin’s vows imparted more strength to the The European maiis wili close in this efty af tem | market, which closed at an advance of about 4c. per Ib ©’ clock this morning. Toe incresse in the recetpts at all the ports (by mai ‘The Buropeas edition of tho Hegarp, printed tm Fremoh | dates) amounts to about 163,000 bales. Tne ex- ‘and English, wil! be published at balt-past nine o'clock tm | ports to Gveat Brita'n are 376,624 bales in excess the morning Single copies, in wrappens, six cents. Of Inet year, and the cecrease to France equal to 31,388 Sabscriptions and advertwements for any edition of the | bales. The siock 1» the ports amounts to about 20,794 New Yous Hua wil! be received at the following place | ba es in excess of \he +mount st the sume period last year. Bennyige gums ye . marep Wouia—Coniosirixs, bo. WOODS RUTLDING, 661 and Broadway—Sraiorux Bones, Dixons. 40 parti Moun, MBCHANIOW HALL, 472 Broadway—Buranvs’ Minersnis —Necnc Muoves Boniasquas—Hor or Faswion. in Beropa— fi: Fiour wae in fair request, with sales for the home trade Laspos.,.. amon Low, Son & Oo., 47 and for export; good extra closed firm, while prices a: fe pate Kxprese bo., 61 King Wiiam wt, generally were without change of importance. Wheat Ph cee Express 00., Ohapel street, Wes drm, but not sctive; the sales embraced abou; R. Stuart, 10 Exchange 2/000 bushels a: prices given in another place; Havan.,,...Am.-Ruropean Exprese Co., 21 Rue Corn ite. : Do ade the sales were some choice new whie Kentucey at $1 68 81 60, Corn was in fair demiud, wih saies of 30,000 burbe'e given elsewhere. Pork opesed with ight sales Of moss at $17 26% $17 37; aferwards 1,000 bois. were sold at $17. Si gars were firm, with sale: of snout 1,200 hbds, at prices given in another column. Coffee was quiei. the stock amoun's to 28,951 d+gs, oni of all kinds at ‘The celebration in this cityandelsewhere through: | 53.093 pace. Ferights—Eog g*ments wore light and putthe country and the British Provinces yesterday, | rates unchanged. Sonsequert upon the consummation of the Atlantic | National RejJaicings Over the Success of the i tlantic Telegraph. ‘Telegraph enterprise, was marked by a spontaneous a lege enthusiasm never before witnessed on this continent. ne baa erik Sai a _ The celebration was commenced in this city atan| 1° ee — demonstrations made yesterday in the metropo- early hour in the morning by the display of flags and | jj. ang througbout the United States, in honor banners, having upon them appropriate inscriptions | of the final confirmation of the success of the expressive of the public and individual joy at i Atlantic telegraph. Ten years have elapsed the successful result of the cable experiment. | since ary similar demonstration was made in ‘The publication in full of the message of the Queen | this city. That was in honor of the glorious of England to the President, and Mr. Buchanan's succestes Of our arm: in Mexico. It has been response, created evident satisfaction—indeed, it well said that peace hath its victories no leas re- may be said that Mr. Buchanan never has, and pro- nowned than war; but never, we think, has the hably never will, pen am Gat 0 eek with truth of that sentiment been so completely es- equal approbation from all, democrats or Know tablished and elucidated as by the event which ‘Nothings, black or red republicans. In the evening Tae contents of the Furcpeas edition of the Ara wiligombiBe the news received by mail and telograph at tao office during ths previous week, amd up to the bour of pabilicaiion. again paid with any degree of regularity unt the government of that disintegrated republic bas been reorganized and received new life. The ony chance of such an event occurring lies in the extension of the influence of the United States over Mexico to such a degree as eball eortain an honest government there, aud repress i's tendency towards continual civil war and anarchy. When tbis is done there wil! be some hope for the holders of the foreign bonds of Mexico. The present struggle in that repub- lic precludes all hope of payment, for the para- montt right of every government is to use its revenues for the preservation of the State, If the revenues are deviated from this use, for the purpose of paying the annual interest on its debt, and the State falls, then principal and future intereet fall with it. Though the Britirb creditor bold s mortgage of all the revenue, he cannot enforce his claim when such an enforcement would destroy his own pro- perty. In this way there is a constant excuse for the misapplication of the Mexi- can revenue. When an American influence 8 brought to bearthere in favor of law acd order, just rights can be protected and the obli- gationsof the republic fulfilled. It is this coa- viction, which is beginning to be felt in Eag- land, that is causing an increasing feeling there in favor of the extension of American influvnce on this continent. A similar argument is being felt among the Brities creditors of Spain. Her debt is in some what better repute than that of Mexico, but it stands tar lower ia the list of government secu- rities than those of a well established Power should stand. The extension of our influence is also looked to to revive these securities, The island of Cuba, vow a Spanish possession, is one of the natura! defences of this Union. A lees scrupulous government than ours would long since have found reasons for taking pos- session of the greatest military strategic point on our shores. We have endeavored to buy it, and are still willing todo co. If Spain were to agree to sell it to us for one hundred millions of dollars, one-half of that sum in a five or six per cent stock would give her more revenue than the colony now does. The application of the otber half, in the shape of a five or six per cent stock, to the liquidation of her foreign debt, would go far towards extinguishing the whole of it. Spain would thus become practically the recipient of double the revenue from Cuba that she now receives. ‘Thus the practical extension of American in- fluence on this continent would redound greatly to the advantage of the Spanish and Mexican creditors, and in time to those of all the other Spanish-American ‘tates. There are still cer- tain political chimeras in the minds of many European statesmen which sustain the idea that last night’s demonstrations were got up to cele- brate. the display was exceedingly brilliant. The exhibi- tion of fireworks, the salutes of artillery and the illu- minations, altogether made up a demonstration never before ‘equalled. All these things are fully and graphically described in to-day's paper, and to these descriptions we refer our readers. Bhortly after midnight last night the cupola of the City Hall was discovered to be on fire, and the flames spread so rapidly that it was soon allina | blaze. The firemen were promptly on the spot, but conflagration. The cupola and upper part of the building was completely destroyed, and the pictures | in the Governor's room, as well as other property in | But we leave to our reporters the description of no efforts on their part could stop the fury of the Not even on the occasion of the rejoicings over our brilant campaign in Mexico was the en- thusiasm +o thigh as tha: exhibited yesterday. All clsases of our citizens, all nationalities represented in this cosmopol'tan city of ours— Celts, Saxons and Teutons, as well as Ameri- cans—were equally jubilant, equally enthusias. tic, equally demonstiative. And so it was in every city, town and hamlet of the United States where the glorious news had reached. the increase of Americau influence is inimical to the interests of the Powers of Europe. These views, founded as they are in error, will dissolve before the advancing conviction that peace and good government are inimical to one nation. The old political idea that no nation thrives on the spoil of another is fast following the economical fallacy that one merchant's loss is the gain of another. The peace and progress of each contributes to the prosperity of all. The reorganization of Mexico, and the liberation of Cuba from the thrall of Spain, will in like manner be advantageous to themselves and to the rest of the world. the demonstrations, only adding that great and general as they were, they were but the prelude to those that will be made on the great interna tional day of jubilee, tobe fixed hereafter, in : inj i | which all the cities of the United States shall the Hall, no doubt are mach injared, ¥ not totally | sith those of the British falande in testity- | ing their appreciation of the greatest achieve ment of modern days. It will be seen that the Queen’s message pub- liched yeeterday was but partial, owing to some difficulties that occurred ia the transmission of it from Valentia to Trinity Bay, and to the fact Saxonia at one o'clock P.M. on Monday, 290 miles _ that the operators on this side were under the cast of Sandy Hook. She was under canvass at the | impression that the first paragraph was the com- time. Her arrival may be locked for any moment, | plete message, and, aa such, forwarded it to the The joint committee of the Common Council met | President. It was no wonder that there was yestervay at their regular hour. A deputation from | much disappointment felt and expressed at the the Common Cor of Hoboken waited upon them | meagrenees of the despatch, and at its omission to express the desire of that body to join in the ap- | of anythiog like a sentiment due to the occasion. proaching celebration of the laying of the cable. | ‘That, disappointment, however, is entirely They obtained & copy of the prograimme of arrange- | cleaied off by the publication of the conclading ments and then took their departure. A report of | paragraphs of the Queen's message, which we tne proceedings of the committee may be found | published in yesterday afternoon’s edition of the elsewhere, The screw steamship Saxonis, which left South. | Hunatn, and which will be found : baad ampton on the 14th inst., arrived at this port yester- | Columns thie morning. It leaves no room for any day evening. Our files are dated four days later | complaint on that head. Its publication in full than the papers brought by the Niagara to Boston, | in the afternoon editions of yesterday satisfied put the news and commercial reports bythe Saxonia | all minds, and made the demonstration mach have been anticipated by the summary of the Ara- | more enthusiastic than it would otherwise have bia, telegraphed from St. Johns, N. F., last Sanday, | ween, The interchange of congratulations be which appeared in the Haxasn yesterday morning. | tween the rulers of the two great nations most The English Parliament had heen prorogued. | jsmediately interested is creditable to both, Qveen Victoria expresses a hope in her message that destroyed. The fire originated from the pyrotechnic display of last night, and Ms progress is doubtless ue to carelessness on the part of the person who had the building in charge. The new City Hall now becomes « public necessity. The steam frigate Niagara was seen by the subjects from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Bir William Gore Ouseley is to have a new secre- tary for his special mission to Central America. ‘The gentleman appointed bas served in the English | and science on the part of the electricians. We Foreign Office | may rest confident, however, that the company The Spanish government is, it is said, quite satis- | that bas already achieved so much, and over- fied with the ee eee come ao many difficulties that had been deemed ng ee ¥ ey } insuperable, will not be prevented by avy nar- uae pei rapt ot ; oe po Tow or personal feelings, or deterred by any ob stacles, from placing the Atlantic telegraph in Honduras, were unable to meet their engagements. Liabilities stated as considerable. the most efficient working condition, and in the We have news from Ceylon, dated at Colombo on briefest poseible time. They have already the 24th of June, The Observer of that day says:— | evinced eo much enterprise and liberality that ‘The weather during nearly the whole of the fort’ we may well leave to them, with the utmost night ‘edie monsvonieh. boom rope: i confidence, the consummation of the great work wailed, tal away 6,558 owt. of coffee, al wi gurated whe native, with the exception of 78 cwt. Includ- | tone ing the cargo of the wrecked Sibella, the total ex- porta since the Ist of October, 1857, are brought up of Spain and Spanish America, to 472,751 owt., in the proportions of 385,309 planta. | Our Loudon correspondents have, on several tion, and 197,442 native. If the export of aative occasions, referred to the interest felt in that comes up to our expectations, the whole out-tarn city by the creditors.of the Spanish-American will be sbort only by 4,000 cwt. of that of 1856-57, republics in the question of the advance of our greatest yet, the figures being:—Exports of American influence on this continent. It is be- 1864 29,000 cwt.; estimated do., 186765, 525+ Dinning to be seen that the British holders of 00 cwt.; deficiency, 4,000 owt, can end other Spauish-American bonds Mexil We bave news fro Gi dated le have news from the Caps of Good Hope dated | 1 sone direct and palpable interest at | Of course the perfection of this great medium of inetantaneous commurication will require some time and the highest developement of skill ————_——_ Amerkan Progress aud the British Creditors at Cape Towa on the 20th of June. The principal , events in this part of che world have been the proro- | Stake in this matter. gation of the Cape Parliament by Sir George Grey, Although the main question is essentially a nnd the cessation of hostilities between the free | material one, its eolution depends entirely upoo State ond Moshesh, the Rasuta Chief. These hostili- | political elements. Immense debts are due to ies bave proved of mach shorter daration than was | Britieh creditors, not only by the Spanish re- anticipated, the only result being that both parties publics of America, but by Spain herself, the “wn tenaquil Some on * pont felt lest the prvrnd | obtained by a co operation of American in population, or the tribes adjacent, shoald take part in | fluence with the outraged creditors whose just the quarrel between the Basutas and tue free State, | Claims have been #0 pertinaciously set aside. Without going over the whole field, we may | cite the inetances of the Spanich and Mexican foreign debte, which will eufficiently elucidate bot no disposition of and it had been ascertained ¢! eft the colony for that purpose. | The following despatch was revcived in Liverpool | the enhject. Spain owes to her foreign creditors on the Ist of Angst, in anticipation of the Brazilian | ghout one hundred millions of dollars of mai! steamer:—Rio Janeiro (no date) — Exchange tt . . ree per cent stocks, which, from the 26; coffee 200 reie higher, Babia—Exchage, 26); | ; ° pagar 150 rete lower. Pernambaco—Rxchango, 25. | UT°eet peyment of interest, ore h At the meeting of the Board of Sapervisurs yer. | UPOP 80 average forty per cent in the market. ferday, the tax levy was again taken up, the motion Mexico owes to her British ereditors from sixty Leing on an amendment appropriating $300,000 for to seventy millions of doilara, on which the printing the decuments in the office of re Commis | annual interest has not been paid since 1853 ; picuere of Record. After some debate th motion and from present appesrances it will never be The Queen’s Meseag : and Its Effects. The publication of what purported to be the Queen’s message to President Buchanan yester- day morning, but which proved to be only the first paragraph of it, produced @ sensation in this community of an opposite character from what wat anticipated. It was received indeed as conclusive evidence that the two continents were securely united by the electric chain, and salvos of artillery and chiming of bells epcke the general joy at that grand event. But while the satisfaction of the public at the suc- cess of the enterprise was enthusiastically ex- preesed, the character of the message itself acted like a wet blanket to the popular excitement. It was received with a universal expression of discontent and disappointment. Brief, formal and cold; uttering no hope or prophecy of future grand reeults—nothing but an ordiaary word of congratulation—it was thought, and properly thought, entirely unbecoming the oc- casion. On the contrary, the President's reply was deemed eminently befitting the glorious event in spirit and in language; and especially that portion of it which snggests—with the very firet throb of life in this submarine artery—that it should be proclaimed forever neutral, and its meesagee sacred, no matter what convulsion may hereafter sever and disturb the nations, When intelligence arrived, late in the day, that come accident at Valentia had interrupted the pavsage of her Majesty’s message, and the electric current flashed the remainder of it from Trinity Bay to this city, and it was apread be fore the people in the columns of an‘ extra Herat, the relief and satisfaction was gene ral. The Queen’s message in ite entirety is quite up to the mark. It is filled with the epirit of the age, and fully meets the require- ments of the public mind in its present natural- ly overwrought and excited condition. The meerage reade as follows: — THE QUERN'S MESSAGE. Usman Srarm, Wasmmoros:— ‘The Queen desires to congratulate the President upon the succeesfu! completion of this great international work, in which the Queen has taken the deepest interest, The Queen i# convinced that the Proesicent will join ‘with her in fervently hoping that the electric cable which now connects Great Pritain with the Uuited States will Prove an additional lick between the nations, whoxs friencehip is founded upon their common interest and re ciprocal esteem. The Queen hes much pleascre in thus communicating with the President, and renewing to him her wishes for the prosperity of the United States. And here is Mr. Buchanan's reply, which, though written on receipt of the first para graph only, is singularly appropriate to the whole :— , THR PRRSIDRET'S REPLY. Wasnmaron City, sagust 16, 1868. To Hien Masnery Victoria, tae Quran ov Gamat Brrrain— ‘Tho President cordially res\procates the oongratnlations of her Majesty the Queen, on the ruccess of the groat io ternational enterprise accomplished by the science, aki! end indomitable energy of the two countries, It if a trtamph more glorious, becanse far more useful to mankind, than was ever won by conqueror on the eld cf battle, May the AUanilc telograpb, under the bleasing of Hoa ven, prove t bea bon of perpetual peace and friend chip between the kindred nations, and an instrument deatined by Divine Providence to aiffase religion, clvilize tion, liberty aud law throughout tbe world. In this view, will not all nations of Christendom spontaneously unite i the declaration that it eball be for over peutrel, and that its communications shall be held ancred in passing to their places of clestination, even in the midet of hontilities’ JAMFS BUCHANAN, It has been frequently suggested that the Queen should visit her Canadian subjects. Now ‘e the favorable time to carry out that project; pow, when for the first time she has spoken by the mysterious agency which binds two worlds as one, words of friendship aod peace to the ruler of the master nation of this continent. Let her come by all means, aud visit her republican cousins, too; she would get such areception in New York, just now, as never greeted monarch in the world before. We will ebow her all our inatitutions—the Henao insti- tution included. She shall visit the Islands, and the Navy Yard, and be welcomed to the City Hall with aldermanic honors. She will never have eo good an opportunity of learning how tenderly attached to her person her trans- atlantic cousins are. In connection with this idea we are glad to perceive that the people of Toronto are sending an influential citizen—Mr. Norris—to England by the Persia to-day, with an invitation to the Queen to visit that city and preside at the opening of the Crystal Palace there. But, whether our intercourse with her Britan- nic Mojesty is to be renewed in person or not, we have the great living fact before us that her dominions are joined to ours by bonds stronger than iron. With the transmission of her triendly greeting all doubts and misgivings have vanished. The Atlantic telegraph is a fixed fact, and we will soon see submarine cables laid from point to point throughout the entire globe. In this age of invention there will be no want of electrical machinery equal to everything which may be required of it, and before another year or two have elapsed we shall bebold tele- graphic lines, bearing the thoughts of men in all quarters of the world upon their wings of lightning, spanning the earth—through the air and beneath the waters—to the incalculable benefit and amelioration of the whole human race; and to the two nations which, in laying the foundation of the scheme of which this isto be the glorious consummation, have conquered the elements, bent science to their will, and commanded a success unparalelled, to them will belong all the honor, and we doubt not the largest share of the benefits of the victory. ‘The Havana Consulate and American Ships— "The Evils of our Consular System, The recent improper proceedings of the Acting Consul General of the United States at Havana, in regard to the seizure of an Ameri. can vessel and the arrest of her captain and crew, has drawn public attention strongly to the manner in which our foreign consulates are filled, and the universal expression among mer- chants and shipmasters is one of dissatisfaction at the incompetency of many of the incum- bents. It has been too much the case that con- suls to some of the most important commercial ports of the world have been sent from the backwoods States for purely political reasons. ‘Thus, that at Havana has been filled for three suceessive appointments by gentlemen from Mississippi, who, however worthy and compe- tent to perform the duties of public office in that State, were utterly unfit to discharge those of the Consulate at Havana. A consul abroad is, by the very nature of his office, invested with an important jurisdiction over ships and commerce, and has necessarily to intervene and advise in many questions re- lating to insurance, maritime law and custom, and commercial usage. It is aleo a special part of his duty to procure authentic commercial in- formation in regard to the products and trade of the country where he may reside, and transmit a full report thereon to the govern- ment. The very nature of these duties of his office requires that he should have an extensive acquaintance with commerce and shipping. Under the system of appointments so long pur- sued by our government there is not a consular post at any important point filled by a compe- tent pereon. Consulates have been urually given to broken down political hacks, whom the political delegations of the several States find it expedient to get out of the way by some foreign appointment. In consequence of this system of sppointment nearly all our consuls, when they first go abroad, require a wet nurse, who is too often some young clerk who has been a few years in the office, or some sycophant who finds bis account in flattering the new appointee. ‘Thus the commercial interests of the country are made to suffer. The Havana Consulate is at this moment a pregnant instance of the evils of this system. Some years since Judge Sharkey, of Mississippi, filled it. Though in bis private relations doubt- lees a worthy man, in his public capacity he was utterly incompetent. After a short term he resigned, and was eucceeded by another legal gentleman from Miesissippi, who found he was the wrong man for the place. Sohe got permission to stay at home and divide the pay with Mr. Robertean, whose long commercial and consular enabled him for two years to fill the office with credit. Then came another worthy gentleman from Mississippi, Col. Blythe, who acquired his commercial experience in the Mexican war. Finding that his successor had been appointed, he came home and left the office in charge of his clerk, Mr. Savage, the gentleman who has eo suddenly displayed his incompetency. We learn that Colonel Dann, aleo of Mississippi, who was to have succeeded Colonel Blythe, has died, and that the office has now to be filled. We protest, in the name of the great commercial interests of this country, against the giving ef the Havana Consulate to any other person from Mississippi; aod we would urge upon Mr. Buchanan that he at onee fill the office’ by appointing some one who has had experience in commerce, and who knows the maivyard from a marline-spike when called to exercise his functions on board of a ship. One word about Mr. Savage. Weare informed that he fe not a citizen of the United States, and has been but once, and then only for a few weeks, in this country. The Consular Act of 1856 enacte in ite 21st section that the compensation provided in that act for certain offices, including ‘he Consulate at Havana, ehall not be paid to eny person who ehall not be a citizen of the United States. We would call the attention of he State Department to these facts, for we do not suppose Mr. Savage is serving gratuitously. That he has made a mistake in the affair of the brig Nancy ie evident. If she was in- ringing the laws of Ouba, the consular instrac ‘ions forbid bim to interfere. If he had suffi- cient evidence to lead him to think that she was infringing the laws of the United States, he could have prevented her going to eea by refa- sing to give to the parties implicated her Ame- rican papers, which necessarily were in his pos- ecesion; or he might have gone farther, and vont her bome, with the evidence, for trial by ont courts. In giving her ap to a Spanish court be has done wrong. The Consul at Havana may do much to break up the slave trade, bat not in the way Mr. Savage has attempted it. This subject ¢hould be immediately investigated NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1858. by the goverment, and if Mr. Savage's oolrse was @ proper one he sbould be vindicated; if it waa improper, he should be discharged from hie clerkship in the American Consulate at Havana. TOR CNY GALL ON FIRE. 1 male tures in tne Governor's ftvom. Just as we going to press, a fire has broken out fa the City all, which thraters to destroy that One building, end all the property it contains. ‘The cupola is one mass of flame, and the conflegration fs epreadiog repidly to the floor beneath, There is at recent no hope of being able to wave the propery cf tbe building, though it is likely thet the sbell will remain, belong composed of marble. ‘The origi of the Gre, atthe time we write, is unknown, but tt ia supposed to have resuited from the fireworks of jaet evening; that some of the sparks caught the wood- work of the cupola, and after smouldering for several ours e¢ length burst in’o @ flame, with such tury that nothing could stop it, The bell ringer bad only time to ring two alarms of the bell, when the fire became 80 hot {bat he was compelled to leave. ‘The fact thet the Hall bell did not ring, decoived many of the flremen, and they did notarrive as early as they otherwise would, when, im consequence of the great height of the oupola, the streams did very Little good after he engines got in working order. The firs commenced in the woodwork at the base of sbe cupola, and eoon the whole dome was & mess of jurid fame. The scene was most magnificent and far ovlehown the illumivation of @ few hours bofore :The flame was as drilliant asthe eun at noonday, and rolled up the sidee of the building in huge waves of fire. ‘The etreams of water from the engines seemed to be of no sort of use in stopping the progress of the conflagra- tion. The m:jority of the streams could barely reach the roof,‘and bxd as much effect as a child’s equirt would have ia putting outa volcano. The uecessity of a tteam fire epgine was pever eo manifest es in the fire last night, es all the firemen could pretend todo was to keep the roof saturated, to prevent the progress of the flames downward, So intexse became the fire in a few moments that the clockwork began to melt, aud the molten metal ran to the floor below. There is scarcely a doubt but that all th» pictures in the Governor's Room, and the papers and property in other parts of the building, will be very much dams,ed, if not extirely destroyed. There is much feeling at the partiai destruction of this fine building, and it will lead to an agitation for the imme- diate construction of the new City From all accounts there must have been the most cul- pable carelessness on the part of certsin persons in the building. Tho fire was seen smouldering from the street afull bour before it broke into a blaze. It is incredible but that had proper precaution been used there would have been no danger of the edifice being destroyed. It is the genere! opinion that the City Hall is fireproof. ‘Tia is true of the main building, but the cupola has been filled wish inflammable wood work, and bas long been ex- ceedingly dangerons. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. Attwenty minutos past twelve o'clock this morning « fire broke ovt at the base of the City Hall cupola. The dell ringer stationed therein struck the bell, but so rapid was the progress of the flames that be was unable to re- main in bis position, and had but little time allowed him to make bis escape. In lees than ten minutes after the fire broke out, pretty much the whcle of the cupola was enveloped tn fl.mes, thus effording the citizens an exhibition not set forth in the programme, and looked upon with general feciings of regret. Ate quarter afler one o'clock the cupola was one Dody of fire, and expected to fall every moment. The roof and the garret story of the centre bu‘ldiog was also burning furicuriy. A large body of firemen were working with all their energies, but the streams tended but little to subdue the violonce of the fire. The flames spread rapi¢ly downwards, burning to the ceiling of the Go- ‘vernor’s rocm, ated the doms over the staircase, Attwo o'clock, the balance of the cupola fell, and the firemen, by & copious supply of water, succeeded in checking the flames from spreading much beyond the parts of the building aiready alluded to. ‘The damage by tire and water canpot wel! fall short of $50,000, Some of the largest paintings in the Governor's room were removed to prevent thelr injury by water. Foo crigin of the fro im at present unknown, but it is etated on pretty reliable authority that it commenced at the base of the cupola, where it joins the roof, and is supposed to have been caused by the reworks. The fire was observed by many persons to be buraing from fifteen to twenty minutes before aa alarm was ac- tually given, avd somo say 8 smoko and smouldering fire ‘was noticed all of an hour before. How this will be veri- fied {ga matter for the Fire Marehal to investigate. Mr. Cornwell, one of the Assistant Engineers of the Fire Department, was walking up Nassau street with Eogincor Baulch, and were said to be about the first to give the alarm. Mr. Cornwell saw the locality of the fire and bur. ried into the telegraph office to call to Mr. Bevins, the Dell ringer. They called ap the tube, but could not for some time obtain any reply. The fire by thw time had advanced considerably up the cupola, and Mr. Bevins only bad time to strike the bell six strokes when compelled to quit, as the fire was cuiting off bis retrcat by the stairs. ‘TRE SCENK AT THR FIER. When the fire first commenced the firemen who wore At the scene of tho conflagration did not work with that combined effort which was manifested by them ata sub Sequent period, and thus the diffioulty of keeping the flames in subjection was materially increased; but from one o'clock till the failing of the cupola (portions of which fell at intervals) the strenuous and laborious ex- ertions put forth by the nobie, self-sacrificiog firemen, are beyond all praise. The most extravagant com- mendations were heaped upon those who ventured, with their lives in their hands, to prevent the flames from spreading, avd tbe excited apsetators of the sub- lime eoene cave ven to their approbation of the iedustry and energy exhibited by the firemen in lout ond pro- tected cheering. The guests ai the Astor, French's and Tammany cccupied every window of the buildings, and watched the progress of the conflagration with intense in- terest. The ladies were minus their hoops end crinoline, of courre, and the male eex hed doffed their artificial movstaches and other fascinating appendages in which they appeared bata few bours previous. Both genders, bowever, forgot these minor affairs and wero absorbed in contemplating @ seens which aroused the fer! tngzof sublimity to 80 intense = degrees, as tho burning of the temple in which our Oity Fathors offer up their devo Hons was so woll calculated to inspire, = - ‘The motley group which bad been constantly accumy- lating in the Park from the moment the alarm was given, until the raging element had yieited to the omnipotence of map seemed to “enjoy the fun’ amazingly. An irish wo man was very anxious to know if there were “min, wi- min and childer sleepin’ there, and also whether the stock of rurnitare was very great or not.” Our reporter gave her such answers as seemed to appease her curiosity immediately. “Bill,” said « ragged young archin toa newsboy, “the Queen will have to pay for these fireworks.” ‘Ain't it a jolly big fre, “yelled another enthusiastic young Ame- rican.’ This reminds me of the burning of Old Saint Paul's observed # would be philosophic old gentieman, ‘and paid his companion, “ it calla to my recollection the persecutions which the martyrs endured ia the early history of the Christian church, when Nero burned them at the stake.” Various were the criticiams made by tho tesembled multitude, many of whom on leaving the park remarked that they would not have missed the sight for & good many dollars. City Late Fatat Acctipest—Ocriovs Oosprct or rae Usiow Ferry Comraxy.—On Saturday the 7th inst., while the boat Me- tropolia, of the Caion Ferry Company, was crossing Wall street ferry, ® lighter came in collision with ber and tore off one of her cabins. A young man who had been seen on board was immediately missed, and his hat found on he boat. The hat was retafned in the ferry house, but he employéa of the cotapany took no trouble to find out eithor the fate of its owner or his identity, On the ‘Ved neaday followitg a boly was picked up at Ray Ridgo, and an Inquest beld on it, The Ooroner very properly ou ad 8 description of the boty and the marks on the joen of the docensed, which wag soea by Mr. Huwiolph Wolff, of Of William street, whos brother Robert hed been mirsing since the Tub inet. He bad the body ddisia- tered, at Fiatvush comeory, and recognized it aa thas of hyn brother Surpecting fou! play, be advertised for in. formation as to the cance of his death Inthe Hararn of yeaterday, and a who had been om the Dont at ihe time of the aockiont, calle? ow him with information relative to tho jon being mirsod ab the time and hie hat baring been found. Mr. Wolf wont to the office of the Wall street ferry, where he was handed the bat, waoich he icentified at once as tho rty of hie brother, When be loquired why no pabiication of the lows of the youtg man bad beoo made, he was told thas it was not the busiocas of the ferty employe to make apy report of euch things. This i; ovly one more Jastanee. 0 addition to many, cf the getes carelessness and ind'fe. rence to hore lie on the pars of the forry companies, THE LATEST NEWS. Frem Washington. Wasnincron, August 17, 1868, ‘The Indian Bure u has received s communication front Brigham Youn ;, in which he says he will give way to Dr. Forney, and close his office as Superin- tendent of Indian Affairs for Utah. He asks for am allowance of thirteen hundred dollars, to reimburse him for food and presents to the Indians, in order to conciliate and keep them in check until the peaceful results following the advance of the troops could be explained to them. It is suspected by the Commis sioner of Indian Affairs that Brigham coneiliated the Indians for his own purposes, but finding ne coud not use them, wants the government to pay the ex- penses. Special Agent Prichette, under date of August 2, states that he had made an ineffectual effort with a large body of Yancton Indians to fx a time and placé to meet Superintendent Callen, to receive the presents, &c., authorized by recent acts of Congress to be distributed among them. He was returned to the Sioux agency. Superintendeas Cullen has taken measures to meet them in council on the 17th August. Nomination of Tom Corwin fur Congress. Cincinnati, August 17, 1858. Hon. Tom Corwin was nominated for Congress yesterday by the republicans of the Seventh district Gerrite Smith on ths Stamp. Osweeo, August 17, 1858. Hon. Gerritt Smith, by invitation extended him some days since, attended a meeting here this after- noon, for the purpose of being qrestioned relative te hie views on the general political topics of the day. The meeting was well attended, and at the close Mr. Smith expressed his previous determination to run for the Governorship, and earnestly called Spon the voters to come to his support. The Terre Haute, Alion and 4t. Louts Rall<« road. Sr. Loves, Aug. 17, 1858. The track of the Terre Haute, Alton and St. Louis Railroad, washed away by the great flood in June, is now thoroughly repaired; and the bridge acrosa the long lake being finished yesterday, trains are enabled to run through without change of cars. Fire at Iochester, Rocaesree, August 17, 1858. Longmuir’s brewery, situated on Water street, was totally destroyed by fire about ten o'clock this morning. Also Dund«s & Hallowell's sheep skin factory and Doxlater’s baths adjoining. Longmuir’s loss is about $25,000—insurance $18,000. Dundas & Hallowell’s loss is $3,000—insurance $1,000. Willis & Hallowell in the same building experienced a loss of $1,500—insured fer $1,000. Doxlater’s loss is $1,500—no insurance. Boston Weekly Bank Statemeat. Boston, Augast 17, 1868. The following are the footings of our bank state- ment for the past week:— Capital stook. Specie... 8,796,000 Amount dae from other banks 616,400 Amount due to other banks. 8.13%,400 Deposits , 801,900 Army Intelligence. Sr. Lovis, Angust 17, 1858. Leavenworth advices of the 14th, per United States Express Company to Booneville 17th inst., state that Lieut. Col. Johnson, First cavalry, and Capt. Simpson, of the have arrived from the Plains. The former shortly assumes the command at Fort Riley. Fire in Attleboro’, Mass. Boston, a 17, 1858, In Attleboro’ last night a large ding occupied | Fad Mansfield Thread Manufacturing Company, ie sawing mill of Hayward, Briggs & Co., and Eve- rett, Dean & Co., jewellers, was destroyed by fire. ‘The loss is estimated at $25,000. One hundred and fifty persons are thrown out of employment, The Great Base Bal! Matcb—Ail New York vs, AU Brvokiyn. Yesterdey afternoon, for thefecond timopthis season, the base ball players of New York and Bronkiyn ned a grand Contest on Fashion Course. The first contest bo'ween the Players was to have takeo place on the 15: of |a:t mouta, Tho inclemency of the weathor, however, led to ite post- popement tiH the 20th. So great was the inierest io thie elmost new and very popular game, tha) ii was us culated that pot far from 10,000 persons were present on that co- casion. The lovers and patrons of athletic sports and manly exercises woro greatly interssted in the coutest Detween the two cities, and beiling was high. At the Great part of the play, om the 20th July, the odds wore all in favor of the Lorg Islanders, but when they got towarde the middie of the comtes} the New Yorkers wore stimu- Jated to greater exertion, and finished with a naacsome vic~ be yy terminating with 1s rons, New Yors 23. return play yesterday did not attract snot a large assemblage of spectators. Probabdiy the expectations of envertainment counted upom ia the cele sratives of the eventog kept many athome Thers were, however, some thousands of 10 Witness the contest A much larger bamber of vebioies wore yesterday around the ocuree; evidencing the growing interest of the cli'e, amoag whom were a number of the fair sex. Yortorday’s com- oir favor over the Now Yorkers, ory ry Brooklyo having twenty pine rans, while New York baa only eight. Tae annexed ts the score:— o AL. = 3 1 6 o s s 4 o 2 i 2 o 1 i 4 i 3 1 s Awtin- for and ia bo and tre we wee Persia to-day to present it to hor Majesty. The following is » copy of the petition: — To Tre Qreey's Moet Exomaamer Marery— The numble the undersigned, eitizene of Toronto and in! Mot Canada generally most re- Poctfully anoweth Th petitioners desire to your Majong win al exten ‘of their AE. y-—%s end be eg Fone and family. your for the exbit ‘and ekill, is in course of érection In Toronto, and will be Jeted about the tires day of Ootoder next. or Pajerty has been graciously pleased to ration of similar nadertakings la Kngland ith pour Rogal presence, noost bum Dly that yom most Tor and distincyoa, ‘Your cious Majesty whl coasor ® towrk Of on your icyal subjects in Canada, of whick they will al- ways entertain the mort wretohe! rememmrence, b: 1g your autkorny on hie Royal Highmess the Princo of Wales, of ome other member of your Majesty's royal favolly, ‘Trove to Canada, and 0 represent your Jenty 12 opening the Crystal Palace, in thia the mont impor. laut dapoudoney of your Majesty's empire. And your petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever &o. Signed by a. T. BELLAAU, Speaker of the | rgisiative Counc’ and all the mombera. HWPARY @Mita, Spoaner of tho Legisdative pom. 2... all the memhors, ty tie Ubancel.er Bt dil the By the Protestant and Catholic Bikhogs of for By Sie Antlan MacNab, 3 ‘ation of Tyreate. ation of famiitov ‘894 all the leaving mon of tae or wad Jory of of Qnet