The New York Herald Newspaper, August 29, 1858, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD.! WOULARLY au, Larrans anv Pscsacea east us Volume KTM, .........eccee esenerereeee Oe BBD AMUSEMENTS THIS AFTERNOON, BURTOWS NEW THEATRE, Broadway—Iuisu Aunasea- poa— Bow to Par tux Rant. ELL MINSTRE! 444 Broadway—Ermrorian onauecenttice Bosas, as -Mevae BoraseanT. BROOKLYN ATHENAZUM, Atlantic suect—SiGxon Butz, TAR MAGICIAN AND VENTRILOQUIST, WitH nis LEARNED Canany Binzs, New York, Sunday, August 29, 1858, ‘The News. We learn from the report of the City Inspector That there were 657 deaths in the city during the past week—an increase of 19 as compared with the mortality of the week previous, and 54 more than occurred during the corresponding week of last year. The mortality among children continues to be large. Of the whole number of deaths last week 489 were children of ten years and leas. One fatal case of yellow fever is reported. The deceased, David Pol- lock, a native of Scotland, was steward of the brig John Stevens, just arrived from Trinidad de Cuba, which vessel is now at Quarantine. He was admit- ted to Bellevue Hospital on the 22d inst., and died the same day. The following table shows the number of deaths during the past two weeks among adults and children, distinguishing the Bexes:— a Men. Women. Boys. Girls. Total. Week ending Angus’ 21.61 66 238 «(268 = 638 Week ending August 23..48 70 22 «(261 687 Among the principal causes of death were the fol- lowing:— ‘Aug. 2. Aug. 28. ty 3 42 59 4 47 160 187 of 31 ar 2 at 1 13 G rt 0 10 8 él 70 2 4 ay 8 There were also 5 deaths of disease of the kidneys, 4 of apoplexy, 4 of cholera morbus, 16 of congestion of the brain, 6 of croup, 8 of debility (infantile), 7 | of cancer, 9 of disease of the heart, 19 of hooping cough, 9 of teething, 5 of smallpox, 14 premature births, 23 stillborn and 13 deaths from violent causes. | The following isa classification of the diseases, | and the number of deaths in each class of disease | | e 3 . oT | , compared with the corres. ponding weeks in 1856 and 1857, was a: follows:— | ‘Week ending Aug. 30, 1866 ‘Week ending Aug. 29, 1857 Week ending Aug. 21, 1868. ‘Wook ending Aug. 28, 1858 657 The nativity table gives 538 natives of the United States, 75 of Ireland, 26 of Germany, 5 of England, 4 of Scotland, and the balance of various foreign countries. The committee on the arrangements for the ap; proaching cable celebration met again yesterday. ‘They agreed to receive the British naval officers as the guests of the city upon their arrival in New ing the celebration, and they agreed to invite the of. ficers of the army and navy in and about the city to march with the procession. An interesting report of the proceedimgs, together with a number of com- munications containing suggestions, all more or leas worthy consideration, with reference to the celebra- tion, may be found in another part of to-day’s Henan. | ed in it to keep up an undue public excitement | about yellow fever and epidemic diseases, but it | gives rise to such conflicts as we have witnessed | this eeason, between the Collector and the Quar- | antine officers, about warehousing goods, and Coroner Gamble held an inquest yesterday upon the body of James Dowling, the barkeeper who was | shot dead at No. 29 Mulberry street, on Friday eve | ning. The evidence taken on the inquest pointed | plainly to a man named James Larkin as the perpe. | trator of the murder, and the jury rendered a ver- dict against the accused accordingly. Larkin, who escaped immediately after the occurrence, has not been arrested. Two of his companions, who were | with him at the time of the occurrence, were secured | and committed as accessories. Elsewhere will be | found a full report of the proceedings as they tran- spired before the Coroner yesterday. The slaver captured off the coast of Cuba by the ] United States brig Dolphin arrived at Charleston on Friday. She is reported as the brig Echo, of Balti- | more. The annexed table shows the temperature of the Stmosphere in this city during the past week, the ange of the barometer, the variation of wind cur. ents, and the state of the weather at three periods uring each day, viz.: at 9 A. M., and 3 and 9 o'clock P.M. — | Proper defence of the city from contegious 7 al Mo .y—Morning, @fernoon, diowing fresh; i on vy -Moening, elear and ool; afternoon, clear. | wigh oo aod moun ligt. = “ Ay CORE Md plenennt wii day, vigus, doar 1 1j—Moreug, ewer, wMervoon, eric) might, hor hy ©) <Morping, overcast with light rain, afternoon, flow eight, Clowdy, he ete) —Morning, Overonat and eultry with light rain Ju.t a shadow of a trail of the missing Mrs. Bren man, of Staten Island, is aaid to have been discover. wd We give a resumé of the case in another @olumn ‘The ales of cotton yesterday embraced about 1,09 NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, AUGUST 29, 1858. ‘The Captured Slaver—Who ts She and What is the Law? We publiched yesterday a report of the cap- ture of a slaver by the United States brig Dolphin, and we now learn that the prize has arrived at Charleston, S.C., in charge of the crew put on boand, and with three hundred and eighteen negroes in her hold. This case has occurred very opportunely to ventilate the question of the slave trade that is fostered by the Spanish government in Cuba, in the prosecution of which the American fiag has been co ehamefully abused. We are not yet informed whether the vessel had any papers whatever on board, or who composed her officers and crew. But as during the pursuit by the Dolphin her crew hoisted the American flag to protect her imiquitous traffic, it would be no more than just that they should be dealt with according to American law. If this can legally be done it would go much farther toward stop- ping the trade than almost any other course that could be pursued. By the act of May 10, 1800, the owners of vessels fitting out for or engaging in the slave trade forfeit their property and incur a fine of double the amount. Under the act of May 15, 1820, the trade became piracy, and American citizens Dale, clomng Grm @ whout 122{¢. for middling cplaads. Flour was leas buoyant ana active, rejected aud crm- mon brands of State and Western were teavy, while ober Geecriptlons were firm and in fair demand, Southern Drands, of good to extra grades, were not plenty and the market firm. Wheat was in fair request, but sales wore Limited while prices wore steady, and good lots armly held. Cora was heavy with sales of about 35,000 bashels at rates given in apother place. Pork was in better request end prices firmer, with sales of mess at $17 250 617 40— chiefly at the latter figure—and of prime wt $15 Sugars were quiet; the rain tended to check sales, which Were confined to small jobbing lots at unchaaged prices. Coffees was steady; the chief sale cousisted of a cargo of Rio, embracing 3,500 bags, on private terms. Freights were heavy and engagements moderate. The Abuses of Oar Quarantine System—A ‘Word to the Merchants of New York. The present quarantine system for the pro- tection of the city of New York from epidemio and contagious diseases, is admitted on all sides imperiously to require a thorough and wholesome reform. Complaints are rife againsi it—the people of Staten Island loudiy assert that the quarantine officers and employés are permitted to circulate freely in the neighbor- ing villages to the Quarantine station, and to carry contagion among them. The commercial! interests complain that trade and merchandise are subjected to onerous and expensive restric- tions, which are unequal in their eperation and unjust in their results. Travellers are dissatis. fied with what they deem to be vexatious an- noyances, which are irregular in their opera- tion and not imposed upon all alike, Lighter- men and stevedores murmur against the mono- poly system which is practised in regard to lighterage and labor, depriving many persone of employment, while the expenses are largely increased to the merchants. Politicians bes lieve that the Quarantine revenues are made in a great measure to subserve party pur- poses. And the public is dissatisfied with the conflicting exertions of the parties interested in the quarantine system, to keep up an excitement on the subject of yel- low fever and other epidemic diseases, for pur- poses which are suspected of emanating from other sources than zeal for the public gocd. There are, undoubtedly, many difficulties sur- rounding the reform and reorganization of our quarantine system. Among these we may enu- merate the interests of the property holders on Staten Island, who wish it to be removed from their vicinity ; the opposing interests of other partice, none of wham wish the new location to be in their neighborhood ; the objections of the commercial classes to have the Quarantine re- moved to a long distance, where their property cannot be in some degree protected from depze- dation by their own watchfulness; the vested interests of those who obtain a participation in the lighterage and handling of the great quan- tities of merchandise imported during the sum- mer months ; the conflicting views of specula- tors of all kinds; and the antagonistic efforts of politicians, who look upon the control of the Quarantine as a prize for party. But un- doubtedly the greatest difficulty in the way of its reform is the large income which accrues to the Health Officer, and which is far beyond what in reason should be the remunera- tion of any public officer in any coun- try. While the President of this great republic receives only $25,000 a year, the Health Officer of the port of New York is esti- mated to have an income from his position of $100,000, and some parties estimate it as high as $150,000 a year. This is a state of things that should no longer be allowed toexist. So large an income not only affords a palpable reason for the parties interest- veesels engaged in the trade incur the penalty of death. Some quibble or loophole may yet be found by lawyers to save these vagabonds from their merited punishment; but if justice can have due courte, the hanging of the Ame- rican portion of the crew will have a salutary effect. It becomes, therefore, an interesting question, who are the owners and crew of the captured slave trader. Of the crew we have, as yet, no information. As regards the owners some in- name was formerly “Putnam,” but that “Echo” been at her alleged port of destination. put upon her bottom. she is the vessel now captured she probably fitted out for this voyage in May last, when she was newly coppered. Another Echo is an hermaphrodite brig of 200 tons, built at Somer- villg in 1851, and owned in May, 1858, when she was also newly coppered, by Mr. T. C. Oakly, of New York. At this time she was commanded by Captain King. She is reported as having cleared from New York on the 22d of February last, by C. H. Pierson, for Jacksonville, and while in this port she laid at pier 20 North river. Another brig Echo, Captain Churchill, was cleared from this port on the 24th of May last, for Rio Grande, by Mesers. Corning, Banto & Co. There is also another hermaphrodite brig Echo of 115 tonson record. She was built at Prince Edward Island, and is now owned by Mr. Roark and others, of St. John, New Brunswick, and is, therefore, an English vessel. We shall probably soon know which of these veesels is the guilty one. In making the prize the officers and crew of the Dolphin have had a stroke of good fortune. The law not only gives them one-half of the value of the vessel, but also 25 a head prize money. They will thus be en- titled to between eight and nine thousand dol- lars to be divided among the officers and crew. The existing law authorizes the Prosident to send the captured negroes back te Africa at the expense of the United States. We believe this is the firet case of a captured slaver with ne groes on board being brought into our ports, The Amistad case, which occurred about twenty years ago, was a Cuban coasting schooner, carry- ing eome twenty-five or thirty negroes from one port in Cuba to another. ‘These rose upon the crew, and, killing part of them, forced the others to navigate the vessel. She was picked up by the United States eurveying brig Washington off the eastern end of Long Island, and brought into this port. The abolitionists here had a great time about the negroes while the case was before the courts, As the lately captured slaver has been taken into Charleston, we euppore the abolition- ists will hardly venture there in large numbers to embarrass the in the case, though no doubt some of them will do so. Tue Artaxtic TeLeonar as 4 Bawkina Acrnt.—Amongst the innumerable benefits that will be derived from ocean telegraphs the facilities which they will afford for banking operations are not the least to be valued. Through their instrumentality drafts will be tranamitted with greater security and rapidity than through any of the existing agencies, If the accounts given of the Chevalier Bouelli’s autographic recording instrument should turn out to be correct, bankers or merchants in Lon- don, or any of the other European cities, will shortly be able to transmit money orders or even bills of exchange through the Atlantic telegraph, the reproduction on this side by the instrument being a perfect fac simile of the original. Supposing, however, that the capa- bilities of this instrament should prove to be exaggerated, it suffices that the principle of autographic communication be once established to lead to the reeulte that we anticipate. These obtained, they will of course necessitate exten- sive changes in the legislation of the different contries in regard to drafts and bills of ox- change. Powers of verification must, for in- ance, be given to the telegraph offices, and they must he constituted hanking agencies in a legal sense. The rules of law governing documentary evidence in commer:'s) universal dissatisfaction at the system pursued at the Quarantine station. A reform, therefore, is necereary. But who shall undertake to fight the windmill of this immense abuse? Political Partisans will not undertake Mt, for they fear the yellow fever cry that will be got up against it. Legislators will not do it, for their interests are not directly concerned, and the great in- come of the vested interests in the Quarantine establishment enables them to bring an im- mense lobby power to bear against reform. In- dividual efforts cannot accomplish it, for the pab- lic is persuaded into the belief that the Qua- rantine is ite only protection against contagion and death. The establishment of a proper qua- rantine system is no doubt useful in allaying public excitement and fear, even if it does not keep out contagion, but the present system, with its attendant conflicting sources of excite- ment, is wore than no quarantine at all. One set of men labor to prove that it brings in disease, while another goes to work persistently to chow how much is kept within the quarantine limite. Exaggeration is appealed to by both sides. ‘ There is one claes of men in our city that is more directly interested in the preservation of its health than any other, and this is the class which should undertake the necessary reform of our quarentine. The mercantile interest is the one upon whom the burthen of its support most directly weigher, and that is, besides, most heavily interested in the maintenance of a diecaee. If an epidemic should break oat here trade would be the first and greatest sufferer. Not only would a large portion of our own consumers leave town, but none of the thou- sands of purchasers that come here to lay in their supplies would be seen in our marta. The interests of the merchants are therefore directly affected by all the bearings of the quarantine question. They have an organized representa- tion in the Chamber of Commerce, composed of men commanding public confidence, and they should take the subject in hand. Acting through the officers of that corporation, their suggestions would command the attention, and doubtlers the co-operation, of our city authori- ties. The two combined could soon settle this question, and not only do away with the Present complaints, but inspire the public with confidence in their exertions and intentions. Will the merchants meve in this matter? Tue Hack Nvisaxck—We thonght that Mayor Tiemann had underteken to put down the snnoyance to the travelling public caused hy the importunitics and violence of the hack- ney coechmen at the different wharves. If he will only visit the Fall River, and, indeed, an trans. | of the other steamboat landings, he will find | actions must also undergo a modifies Tet the conduct of these men is just asout-| tion to suit the conditions of this rageous as ever, and that their promicce of | new financial medium. Surrounded by theee amendment have been shamefally troken. A | guarantece, it is obivous that no safer or few severe examples shonld be made of the prompter mode of tranamission could be de- more prominent amongst them, in order to show that the city authorities are not the dupes of their protestations and pretended efforts at self-reformation, vircd. The circumstances of publicity attend. ing each operation, the oonciusivences of the evidence afforded by the presouce of legally sppointed witnesses, and tho fac simile repro. © |.the unsightly range of edifices that was then serving on boart*of American or “foreign aa quiry may be made. It is etated that the brig’s was on her stern and had been painted over. Of the name of Putnam we can find record of but one brig. This was a full rigged brig, of 187 tons burthen, built at Baltimore in 1845, of full model and cabin on deck. In March, 1857, she was surveyed by the underwriters’ inspec- tors, at which time she belonged to Messrs. Handy & Everrett, of this city, and was com- manded by Captain Oliphant. This vessel, or another of the same name, was cleared under the command of Captain Townshend, from New Orleans, by Messrs. Goldenbow and Lesparre, of that city, for St. Thomas anda market, on the 6th of March last; and for two months after that date we can find no news of her having Of the name of Echo we find three brigs recorded. The Echo, of Baltimore, is a full rigged brig of 230 tons burthen, of full model and cabin on deck. She was built in Baltimore in 1854, and was last surveyed in May, 1858, when she had new metal At that time she was commanded by Captain Long and owned by Messrs. Sterling & Arens, of Baltimore. This vessel was cleared at Baltimore for the West Indies, on the 2lst of January last. If duction of the draft itself, all tend to defeat the ebifts of legal ingenuity and to diminish the coete of recovery, As a eafeguard against accidents or fraud, there can be no question of the superior advantages of the new system. Steamers may be lost and post office clerks may embezzle, but these contingencies can in no way affect money remitted by the telegraph. All its operations im this line will be conducted with the same unerring security and rapidity with which its news department will be carried on. The advantages to commerce of such a medium areincaloulable. It will facilitate the exchanges, diminieh the time and risk as weil as the cost of transmiseion, and render mercantile transac- tions between different countries more certain and easy of control. These facilities will, in their turn, give an enormous impetus to the trade of the world, and diffuse more generally the advantages enjoyed by the more favored of the commercial nations. character or results, yet on the present occa- sion, in view of the approaching State election, 8 coming together of the editorial fraternity of thedemooratic party was very likely to bring out an expression of opinion on the policy, ex- pectations and plan of operations of the party; and so it proved to be. The democratic papers of almost every county in the State were repre- sented there, and it is somewhat remarkable, considering the disunion which existe in the party in this city, that the country editors seem perfectly harmonious and united upon the ques- Ovr Pustic Burprvas.—The destruction by fire of the cupola of the City Hall has again brought up before the minds of the community the eubject of our pablic buildings. Since the conflagration, some two or three years ago, of over the State for some time past. Whether acting in good faith with each other, or only as a matter of policy, the most complete unanimity was manifested by the editors from all the coun- ties, and expressions of Confidence in a demo- cratic victory next November were universal. From all, without exception, the course of the administration received a cordial approval, and known as the new City Hall, and that was used for courts and offices, the question as to the character and location of the new edifice that was to replace it, has been disoussed with a good deal of warmth ; but up to the present time nothing definite has been, we believe, re- solved upon. Now, however, the question has been revived, and must be promptly decided one way orthe other. Thecommittee of the Common Council, to which was referred the subject of the repairs made necessary by the recent fire, reported last Tuesday, recommending that the upper floor of the City Hall be raised to the height ofa full story; that the dome and cupola be rebuilt, and that a bell tower be erected at the southern end of the Park. We have no fault to find with the first portion of the committee's recommendations; but how they should have come to recommend the building of the bell tower we cannot so readily understand. The subject referred to them was simply as to the repairs to the hall, not as to the erection of a bell tower. The committee, however, in the preamble to their report, falsely assume that they had this latter subject also in charge. Thus they say that they had before them “a recom- mendation from his Honor the Mayor that the bell tower and bell now on the City Hall be re- moved therefrom, and a building with the ne- cessary accommodations for the bell ringers be erected therefor in a portion of the present Park.” The fact was that they had no such recom- mendation before them, nor was any such sub- ject referred to them. The only excuse they could have for considering and reporting upon it is that the Mayor’s message on the subject of the burning of the cupola was referred to them, and that that message contained the following Paragraph: Judge Douglas were made with great reserve, and received with respectful and forbear- ing silence. At the same time the idea of danger to the party resulting from fusion of its opponents was treated with perfect indifference and contempt, as though the democratic stronghold was impregnable. other eubject apart from local politics. among the people. for the November election. Js qonnection with this subject I would alse recommend it, and thus obviate the necessity ofthe use of fire at avy time in the cupola of the building. It would be an insult to the intelligence of our readers for us to enter into any argument to show that the preamble to the report of the committee of the Board of Aldermen is a false assumption, so far as the erection of a bell tower in the Park is concerned. We leave it to those Aldermen who signed the report to explain, if they can, why they have delibe- rately falsified the record, and ghall proceed te diecuss the merits of the recommendation itself, admitting, for the sake of the argument, that they had the right to embody it in their report. Last year, when it was proposed to cede to the general government the lower end of the Park for the purposes of a post office and fede- ral courts, we opposed that project on the ground that the enclosure known as the Park is at present even too emall in its dimensions, and that its space should certainly not be any fur- ther encroached upon or curtailed by buildings, for any purpose. We advocated the purchase by the city of a square of ground in the neigh- borhood of Centre street and the Five Points, and the erection thereon of a splendid and spa- cous building, which would suffice for the ac- commodation of all the federal, State, county and municipal courts and offices. Our idea was to have such a building erected there as would be an architectural ornament to the city—not a nondescript concern, with one front marble and another brown stone, but a building which we and our descendants, throughout all coming time, might point to with pride. With such a building there, the whole character of that notoriously bad section of the city would be changed, and it would be converted into the most valuable business portion of the city. The present City Hall might be preserved as a sort of Louvre, where treasures of art should be collected and where the guests of the city should be recetved. ‘The arguments which we used then in favor of this plan, we adhere to still. No better plan can be devised. The City Hall and adjacent buildings are much too small to accommodate the immense and daily increasing business of our courts and public offices; and the Park is too diminutive to admit of more public build- ings being raised within its boundaries. On the contrary, it should be preserved and embellish- ed with statues of our great men, so as to be really a public garden, and a down town sabsti- tute for a park. Such a barbarous, vandalic idea as that of raising an ungainly bell tower upon its southern end, which would be a nuisance to the entire neighborhood, could only have entered into the heads of some stapid Aldermen; unless, mdecd, it was suggested through corrupt and speculative motives. The Teport comes up next Tuesday, when we expect to see that portion of it, at least, expunged. A Geyerat, Honipay on tie First or Srr- Tewpen.—We publish to-day a number of com- munications relative to the celebration of the success of the Atlantic telegraph on the first of next month, and for some time past letters of a similar character have been pouring in upon us. It is evident that public opinion is strongly in favor of having Wednesday next a general holi- day, ae faithfally observed as the Fourth of July; and we think that such would be quite proper. The celebration will be a most impos- ing one, aod will commend euch universal at- tention that bueiness in the city will be virtually suspended. Why, then, only half do the thing! Merchants and etcrekeopers will lose nothing by acceding to the general wish, and closing up their places of busines for the day, It will enable’their clerks to participate in celebrating an event which will atfect commerce more than anythfog elec. The suggestion of one of our correspondents (his morning, that the workshops ehould be also closed, in order that mechanics Chamber of Commerce to correct the error, and to extend the eame compliments and ac- knowledgments to the gallant officers of the British veseels as should be made to those of the Niagara, and to the petty officers and tars, also, of the ships of beth nations. The amende honorable has been made, The Committee of the Chamber and of the mer- chants, to whom the eubject was referred, held a meeting on Friday, at which it was unani- mously resolved that the same mark of respect to be paid by the city of New York to Captain Hudson and the officers of the Niagara, with Mr. Field, Mr, Everett, Mr. Woodhouse and Lieutenant Berryman, be also extended to the officers of the Agamemnon, Gorgon and Valor- ous, in order, saya the resolution, that the recog- nition of the services of these men may render the action of the committee international in its character. That was the very argument which we took the liberty of submitting to the committee, and we are gratified that the committee has recog- nized the force of it. All testimonials in con- nection with the Atlantic cable should be inter- national in their character; and even if those of the English government and people be not ex- tended to the officers of the Niagara—a con- tingency which we do not anticipate—still our city will be sufficiently rewarded for its libe- rality by the reflection that,no exclusiveism was indulged in by us. That is as it should be. Tak Mitexstum Bouxp to Comm—Byriet. axp SappaTartan Conventtons.—The black re- publicans and Choctaws, and hard shells and soft shells, who flock to Syracuse from all parts of the State within the next fortnight, are not by any means to have a monopoly of conven- tions in that quarter of the world. The repre- sentatives of all the combined isms of the day, from Rochester knockings to the beauties of free love, are preparad to take advantage of the political gatherings, and have issued a call for 8 philanthropic convention, ‘to overcome evil with good,” at Utica, on the 10th, 11th and 12th of September. And the Sabbatarians, who affect to believe that the cooking of a leg of mutton, or the running of a steamboat or rail- road car on Sunday is one of the seven deadly sins, have called a State Convention of the friends of the Sabbath, at Syracuse, on Tuesday, the 14th of , It will be hard if, among the shining lights of these two Conventions, some notable plan for the immediate attainment of the millennium should not be devised. The philanthropic con- vention refers all the calamities of mankind to existing laws, systems and institutions, and be- lieves that through ite means there can be got up more ennobling institutions and philan- thropic systems of education. What these are the call does not intimate, though from the ma- jority of the names attached to it we might naturally infer that among some of the reform* to be effected are the abolition of all forms of church worship and observances; the establieh- went, in their place, of some form of spiritual- ism ; the enppression of marriage relations, and the putting into practice of Mrs. Branch’s poou lier doctrines as to the right of women to bear children to whomsoever they may please. These are probably to be the chief points in the Iatiorm of the pailanthropic convention. : The Sabintatan Courgution, 98 the gthox tions which have disturbed the rank and file all | the few allusions to the name and cenduct of The attempt of the republican party to make the Kansas question an issue, or, as the Tribune would have it, the issue in the next State elec- tion, was ridiculed and laughed at, and very properly; for defunct Kansas has about as much to do with the issues before the people at the fall election as the Atlantic telegraph or any All these indications go to show that, what- ever divisions may distract the democratic party in the city of New York, the country press are determined, so far as their power ex- tends, to preserve harmony and unity of action It is evident, if the tone of the speeches at Saratoga can be taken as an index, that union of all the now confused ele- ments of the democratic party, at all sacrifices of prejudices and preferences, is to be the policy International Courtesres.—We are gratified to perceive that an appeal which we made to the New York Chamber of Commerce, in our issue of Tuesday last, in regard to the extension of complimentary acknowledgments to the offi- cers of the British vessels engaged in laying the telegraphic cable, as well as to those of the Nia- gara, was not without its good effect. At the meeting of the Chamber on the previous Satur- day, resolutions had been adopted, the object of which was to have measures taken to present @ proper testimonial to Captain Hudson and the offigers and engineers of the Niagara, ignoring altogether the equally strong claims of the offi- cers of the Agamemnon, the Gorgon and the Valorous. We believed that the omission arose rather from inadvertance than design, and so we appealed to the justice and liberality of our band, proposes to devise and consider means to Prowote the better observance of the Sabbath— especially in securing the closing of the locks on the State canals, That appears to be a very ridiculonsly small means toa great end. The Syracuse Sabbatarians are easily satisfied, if that is all they ask. Their strictlaced progenitors would be satisfied with nothing less than law making it » penal offence for a man to kiss his wife on the Sabbath. We are evidently improv- ing in toleration, notwithstanding the periodbal meetings of those pharisees of modern days. China has got rid of her hoary system of iatsle- rance and absurd prejudice. Let us not bebe- hind the Celestials in liberality. The right way to promote the due observance of the Sabbath is, not to cloee the public highways, the canala railroad and telegraph lines, not to deprive our citizens of the enioyment of a newspaper, bat to give increased facilities to the toiling thou- sands of our oities and towns to get at the coun- try and have one day of health, relaxation and Pleasure out of the seven. Every railroad line ebould on Sundey run hourly or half hourly excursion trains from the large cities and towna, _ some twenty, fifty, or a hundred miles into the country, and thus let our overworked operatives and our poor sewing girls forget, in the pleasant meadows, and by the lakes, and in clamberiag over mountain tops, the dreary.and monotonous toil of the six days of labor. That would be in the spirit of true philanthrophy, and, we dare say, of true Christianity. \ More Rowpyism—Wu tox Law se Var- picatep ?—Another fatal instance of the rowdy spirit which reigns in the community, and ofthe miserable inefficiency of our police, occurred on Friday evening in that delectable region, the haunt of the “Dead Rabbits.” It appears that three ruffians went into a saloon in Baxter street, where they had procured liquor a few days pre- vious and refused to pay for it. The bar-tender, acting on the instructions of his employer, re- fused to give them avy drink on the second o0- casion without money, when one cf them, on the instant, drew a revolver, and shot him dead om the spot. Asis customary in such cases, a po- liceman arrived with great promptitude—imme- diately after the mischief was done: an instant after the murder was committed. But, with more zeal than the police are in the habit of exhibit- ing, the officer succeeded in arresting two of the offending parties and conveying them to the sta- tion house. The principal rioter, however, es- caped. It now remains to be seen whether the per- petrator of this foul and wanton murder, if ar- rested, will be dealt with as the law and the safety of society demands, or whether judicial leniency, legal quibbles or political juggling will, as in many other similar cases, be exercised in his be- half. From past experience we regret to say that the probabilities seem all in favor of the latter supposition. There is nothing more im- possible in law than the conviction and just panishment of a murderer in New York. THE LATEST NEWS. ‘The Slaver Echo at Charleston. CHARLESTON, August 27, 1958. The brig Echo, of Baltimore, has entered this har- bor with three hundred Africans on board. She was captured five days since off the north coast of Cuba by the United States brig Dolph!n, and was brought into port by Lieut. Bradford. Peet tc Our Special Washington Despatch. RETURN OF THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY-—-4 NEW COMMANDER FOR THE BRAZIL SQUADRON—TaR PARAGUAY MISSION—CALI#ORNIA LAND TITLES CONFIRMBD—THE POLITICAL CAMPAIGN IN THE WEST, BTC. Wasninoton, August 28, 1858. Secretary Toucey reached this city last night. The members of the Cabinet are now all here bat Secre- tary Floyd, who will return next week, and Judge Black, who may remain in Pennsylvania sometime longer. "The first official act of the Secretary of the Navy on his arrival was to designate Commodore Shubrick to the command of the Brazilian squadron. He re- lieves Commodore Forrest. The Paraguay feet, un- der Capt. Page, will be attached to this squadron, and the Commodore will probably accompany it to the La Plata. He will go out in the Sabine, stop- ping at Rio Janeiro on his way. It is thought that the President might be disposed to invest the Com" modore with the power to treat as commissioner’ were it not that the appointment of a naval officer, whos trade is to fight, might be looked upon by President Lopez as an attempt to intimidate him: All danger of wotinding his sensibilities in this re” spect will be guarded against by sending a civilian; but who it will be is not yet decidea. Two companies of troops from the Plains, near Fort Ripley, have been ordered to Fort Arbuckle» and four companies from Gen. Twiggs’ department have been directed to scour the Indian between Fort Arbuckle and the one-hundreth degree of longitude, to keep the Camanches in check. Col- Rector, the Saperintendent of Indian Affairs in that country, will leave here on his way home next week, to distribute goods and trinkets as presents to these tribes. No official intelligence from the Washington and Oregon Indians by this mail has yet been received- The despatches for the War Department must first go to headquarters at West Point, Some very important plats of surveys by the United States Surveyor General of Lands in Cali- fornia are received. The Rancho Catacula, contain- ing eight thousand five hundred and forty-five acres, has been finally confirmed to J. B, Chiles; San Fran. cisquito Rancho, two thousand two hundred and fifty acres, to Maria Conception Valencia de Rodriques; Rancho Huerbuero, fifteen thousand six hundred and eighty-four acres, to Francisco Branch; Rancho de Ja Nacion, twenty-three thousand six hundred and thirty-one acres, to Juan Forster; Rancho Guesiaosi, eight thonsand eight hundred and ninety-four acres, to William Gordon; and Rancho Yajome, six thoa- sand six hundred and thirty-two acres, to Salvador Vallejo. The above were all finally confirmed on she 34 inst, During September and October the Post Office Department hope to have two moré mail lines to the Pacific in operation— Wells, Butterfield & Com- pany’s overland, and the La Sere & Company Te- huantepec route. It is expected by many that the present Chicf of the Bureau of Clothing and Furnishing in the Navy Department, Purser Bridge, will be rotated, and the result is the gathering of several applicants—Pur- ser Levi D. Slamm, formerly of New York, and now at the Charlestown Navy Yard; Parser Rittenhonse and Purser Harris, are ail of them willing, if not anxious, to relieve Parser Bridge of his arduous duties. It is by no means certain whether the practice of rotating the chief will be adopted. It ia a rule which applies to no other portion of our naval service. Purser Bridge is supposed to be willing to hold over, while the others are decidedly in favor of rotation. Itis not believed that any of them are recommended for their experience in the manufacture and sale of clothing. Polities ave becoming daily nore ewriting as the Congressional canvass in the West progresses. Com- miei mer Hendricks and Senator Bright, wito are ta Tndions, are not expected to retarn till October. They report cheeriagly from that State, ho wey whale from | /inois advices come in of a conflict. ing character. Adi parties are sanguine of « by “ook or by crook,” Gold Mines Pine » hee. 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