The New York Herald Newspaper, September 3, 1858, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD. 4AMES GORDON BENNET®, KNITOR AND PROPRIETOR. OPFIOR XM. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU OTS. FERME, o00) 21078. THE DAILY HERALD hoo cate , ST peranmem. | THE Wreney oy vy 4 every Ganley she conte per Py ws omuin, the Eurepean Bdition, wirtof Great Britain, o7 $8 10 any port @ ide pos me Sawily itinany, every Wednesday, at four ents por or onmune € BS Continent, AMUSEMENTS THIS RVENING. — ACADEMY OF MUSIC, Fonrteenth street—Trataax Ores Bicouriro, NIKLO'R GARDEN, Broscway—Wucs Apo anour Nora ING—Dhisn TIGER BOWERY THEATRE, Rowery—Fourst or Bonpy—Fais- KY Conpixk—BON7# F OKSE—THE ReGatea. NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1858. the Board of Trade of Bostou on che success of the ocean telegraph enterprise was read, and the Presi- dent was requested to make a suitable response thereto. Four gentlemen were admitted to mem- bership, and Mr. Charles Kneeland was chosen a | member of the Arbitration Committee. Che Cham- ber then adjourned till next week. At a meeting of the citizens of Weschester county, convened yesterday at Tarrytown, without distinc- tion of party, Hon. John B. Haskin was re nominated to serve another term as a representative of that dis- trict in Congress. Mr. John W. Forney made a long speech, in which he pitched into the administration of Mr. Buchanan most refreshingly, and gave some sketches of personal cotemporaneous history that will be found highly pregnant gud interesting. Sce our report. The Tammany General Committee met last night ond issued a call for primary elec'ions, to be held on the 7th inst., to elect delegates to the State De- RURTON'A NEY THEATRE, Brovdway—Nervous Mas— | mocratic Convention, which meets at Syracuse on Wronc Passencrn—Fareien Bacurion, WALLACE’S THEATR&, Srosdway—O'FiANRIGAN AND rox Farnies— Tur Denvtante—Novertr. LAURA KERNE’S THEATRE, 6% Broadwsy—Taz Av- voosts—Love axp Licutsiwc. om ‘MUSEUM, Broadway—Afer nese nae a aonon’s Tusatee oF ART, OR ARI- Maran Worto—Coniosinies, £6. BUILDING, end 663 Broedway—Brniorisy Bore Dances ba wocriane PLANTATION FESTIVITIES. MEOCHANTOS’ HAS L, 472 Broadway—Brv: —Heauo Musorims, Sc. Hx WOULD px AN actox. CAMPRELL MINSTRELS, 444 ay—Esni0rian Caanacranistics, BonGs, &c —NEGRO LITT. BROOKLYN ATHENAUM, Atlantic sieet—Tanor Burr Tae MacictaN aNd VENTUILOQUIST, WITS bis LRARNED Canane Bixee. ~ New York, Friday, September 3, 1858, Pane atin. em ce io x tele Boel THE CABLE CARNIVAL. the 15th inst. The primary elections are to be held under the supervision of inspectors, who were cho sen by the respective ward delegations represented in the General Committee last night. In wards where the delegations could not agree, the inspec tors were chosen by the general body. This plan of choosing inspectors—which was adopted by a vote of 78 to 24—while it is much more liberal than it Was generally supposed it would be, yet gives um- -Anve’ Mrxsvaate | brage to « large section of the party and may breed trouble in the future. The Regulars’ (democratic) General Committee met last evening and appointed iaspectors of elec tions, but transacted no other business. The Americans held their elections last evening for the choice of delegates to the State Nominating Convention, to be held at Syracuse on the Sth inst. The mystery surrounding the fate of Mra. Bran- nan, of Chelsea, Staten Island, yet remains The Weekly Herald, pat Full Descriptions | Veiled. The examination before Justice Deforrest of the Great Cable Carnival and Banquet. The Wexxiy Heraup, to be published at ten was concluded yesterday, without the slighest clue being afforded to the whereabouts of the missing lady. One of the witnesses deposed that he saw a o'clock tomorrow morning, will contain the fullest | lady strongly resembling Mrs. Braanan pass off the Gescription of the great cable carnival of Wednes- @sy, and also the fullest report of the sayings and doings at the cable banquet given by the Corporation last night, at the Metropolitan Hotel, to Mr. Field and the officers of the Gorgon and Niagara. Single copies in wrappers, ready for mailing, can be had at the publication office at that hour. Price six cents. Agents had better eend in their orders today. The News. The steamship Pacific, which left Galway at one o'clock on the 25th ult., arrived at St. Johns, N. F., yesterday morning. Her advices are three days later than previous accounts. The general news, however, is unimportant. market was firmer, but without any perceptible change in prices, Breadstuffs were also without ferry boat Southfield, at Quarantine, and that she subsequently entered a carriage with a strange gen" tleman and then drove off. Daly proved an alibi, and at the close of the examination was honorably discharged. The sales of cotton yerterday embraced about 1,609 bales, the market closing firm on the basis of about 12740 for mi¢dling upiands. Flour was easier to purchase at iwice figures, wtile there was more activity in sales chiefly to the home trede. Wheit was in fair demand, with esles at prices given elsewher’. Corn was in fair activity, with s-les of Western mixed, beited, at 67c a 72c , and sound Go, +t 78c. a 80c.; Southern white at 80c. a 813<c , and Southern mixed, 8c. a 82¢,, and round yel. low at 8c. Pork wasin gcod dem+nd and firmer, with sales of mess at $17 50» $11 60, and of prime at $16 50. Other provisions were firm and prices without chauge of The Liverpool cotton } moment, Sugae were firm, with sales of sbout 1,100 bhds. and 200 boxes, at rates given in auothér oolumn. In another place will be found the prices established by change. Consols on the 23d ult. were 96j. Presi- | Messrs. R. and A. Stuart for thoir refiped sugars, este- dent Buchanan's Atlantic telegraph message was published in the London papers on the 23d, and the England by the Atlantic telegraph cable was pub- lished in London on the 2Ist ultimo. It was ofa highly important, most useful and gratifying cha- racter, being nothing leas than the news o! the colli- sion between {the Cunard steamships Europa and Arabia, which took place off Cape Race on the night Dlished on the lst inst. Coffee was firm, but sales were ligbt. Freights were dull «nd engagements quite limited We learn from Washington that Mr. Bu- chanan has tendered the mission to Spain to the Hon. J. P. Benjamin, Senator for Louisiana. There is something significant ia the scrupa- lous desire on the part of the President to fil! of the 14th ult. The message reached London on | the mission to Spain with a man competent un- the 20th, and a despatch was sent to Newfoundland, | gor every view to make that post something asking additional information. In two hours and a a balf a reply reached London, stating that the passengers were all well and the vessels only slightly injured. Independast of the con- more than the dead representative of our in- terests which it has been for some years past. Mr. Benjamin is a person every way calculated roling effect of this despatch ag @e minds of the | to fill the appointment with interest to the friends of the persons on board, ®% was estimated that the money value of the message was worth country and honor to himself. He has attained & high position at the bar, has acquitted himself $250,000, It will be recollected that when the news | with dignity and credit in the Senate, is a of that accident reached New York, the Heraup | genial and sympathetic man in social inter- remarked tbat the disaster would form a prominent event to test the utility of the ocean line; and our files by the Africa, which arrived at this port yesterday, shows that it did do so in @ most signal manner, and that the cable responded to the demand made on it promptly and reliably. The grand finale of the telegraph cable celebration came off last night in the shape of a magnificent Manicipal banquet at the Metropolitan Hotel, at | which Cyrus W. Field, the officers of the Niagara, Gorgon, and Indas, Lord Napier, Archbishop Hughes and a large number of distinguished guests were pre- sent. Mayor Tiemann presided, and the speeches were of a highly eloquent character. The utmost enthusiasm pervaded the immense assembly. We publish a full report of the proceedings in our col- umnstoday. The whole affair went off with an éclat quite befitting the other portious of the cele- bration of this great event. We bave files from Bermuda to the 17th ult. The Gazette vaye:—The Spanish ine Trinidad | Captain Pedio Oliver, from Matanzas bound to Ma- jorca, called bere on Tuesday last in want of medi- | cal assistance, having three of her crew sick. She | lost two of her crew by fever immediately after leaving Matanzas. Our correspondent, writing on the 18th of August, says:—Her Majesty's steamer | Devastation, Com. Wake, arrived at Port Royal, Jamaica, on the 18th of July, froma cruise. The British steamer Buzzard, Com. Peel, left Jamaica for Antigua on the lith of July, and the Cuba at the same time for Port au Prince. The Terror (floating battery), Onyx and Nettle (gunboats) are Besides the political difficulties in the way of the only vessels of war here. In another column will be found a graphic report | of the destruction of the Quarantine hospitals and | buildings. We give statements of some of the resi dents of Castleton; but owing to the calamity of the Health Officer, our reporter was not able to obtain @ more succinct statement of the occurrence as ob. served by the Doctor. The Commissioners of Emi. gration yesterday appointed a committee to confer With Gov. King, who is now in the city, with regard to the destruction of the Quarantine buildings. Advices from St. Kitts to the 27th of July, state the exports from the Island to the 30th Jane were 5,580 bhds., 50 tierces, 2.894 barrels sugar: 1,028 | pancheons rum; 1,765 pancheons molasses: 10,178 | barrels salt; 327 barrels potatoes: 52,419 pounds | tous les moia, and 492 poundsarrowroot. The Bishop | of Antigua was on a visit to St. Kitts. | Cape of Good Hope papers, dated on the 7th of July, bad reached England. Business was dull. The Governor had dissolved both houses of Parliament Quiet had been restored on the frontier. The Commissioners of Health, at their meeting | yesterday, dischaeged one or two vessels from Quar antine. A letter was received from the Health OM. | Cer, stating that the position of his family, in conse. | quence of the late incendiary act at Staten Island, | required his undivided attention for the day, and he | would therefore be unable to attend the meeting of the Board until to-day. A special meeting of the New York Book Pub lishers’ Association was held yesterday at their rooms, to receive a communication from the Belgian Minister in regard to the appointment of a delegate to represent the trade at the International Copyright Congress to be held in Brussels. It was resolved to calla general meeting of the trade for Thuraday next to deliberate on this and other questions, A similar movement on the part of the artists resnited in the appointment of Frederick 8. Corzens as their delegate to the Literary and Artistic Parliament. The Maseachusetts democracy met in State Con vention at Worcester yesterday, and made the fol lowing nominations:—Governor, Erasmus |). Beach ; Lieutenant Governor, Charles Thompson : Secretary of State, John M. Cone; State Treasurer, Silas Pierce ; State Anditor, Seymour L. Meade; Attor ney General, Ezra Wilkinson. Resolutions fully en Gorsing the national administration were adopted. At the regular meeting of the Chamber of Com- Meroe yesterday, a despatch from the Philadelphia Poard of Trade congratulatiag the Chamber and course, and is thoroughly and practically versed in the Spanish language and law. Besides this, he is a practical man in every sense of the word. If there is work to do at Madrid, Mr. Benjamin would be the man to do it, and under no other circumstances do we suppose that he would accept the appoint-nent. As Senator for Louisiana, his term of service will expire in 1859, and the election of his suc- ceezor will take place by the Legislature of that State in January next. He isthe most promi- nent candidate named, thus far, for that elec” tion, the principal objection urged against his re-election being the fact that both he and Mr. Slidell, his colleague, are residents .of New Or- Jeans, and the other sections of the State claim one of the senatorships for their favorites. His acceptance of the appointment would preclude the giving of avother foreign mission to Mr, Slidell, who has been frequently publicly spoken of for Paris, as it is hardly to be supposed that the President would give two such important miesions to the same State. This arrangement would leave Mr. Slidell at liberty to look to the Presidency in 1860. Such a combination would arrange the Senatorial question in Loui- siana in such a way as to suit the views of all the candidates there; but then comes the doubt whether Mr. Benjamin will accept his part in it: ite accomplishment, there are others of a private character. Mr. Benjamin has a law practice, principally before the Supreme Court at Wash- | ington, which is supposed to yield him an in- | come of some thirty or forty thousand dollars | ayear. If he consents to go to Spain he must | give up this for the ministerial salary of $12,000 per annum. Sach a pecuniary sacrifice | Mr. Benjamin is not supposed to be able to af- ford. If, however, he could make a bargain with Queen Isabel for the purchase of the island of Cubs, he would have the inside track for future position in that island, and he might look to that for his reward. This, however, would only be exchanging a certainty for a con- tingency, and we have yet to see if Mr. Benja- min will do that. In tendering him the appointment Mr. Bu- chanan has made a good selection, and we hope he will be able to induce Mr. Benjamin to no- cept it. Should he do so, we shall believe that some project is actively on foot for the final settlement of the Cuban question. That island is fast outgrowing the leading strings in which Spain holds her, and if she cannot sever them in any other way she will do it by vio- lence. Cuba has derived the’ impulee of her material developement from this country. It is the constant intercourse of her people with ours that has stimulated her in tho construction of railroads, the introduction of steam engines and machinery for her productive labors and the developement of the mechanic arte. To us she looks for market for her eu- gars and segare, and to supply her with grains, meate, and lumber. These industrial ties have generated political sympathies between the two peoples, which are working out their results, We thould be sorry to see her reduced to the anarchical condition of most of the other Span- ish American countries, and she would be glad to have extended over her the guarantee of the American Union to her social permanence and industrial prosperity. Spain will be brought to see these things, and a practical Minister like Mr. Benjamin could do much at Madrid to assist in her enlightenment. The Cable Celebration—The Carnival and the Banquet. The celebration of Wedneeday and the ban- quet last night will Jong be remembered in New York. Next to the laying of the cable itself, they form one of the most remarkable events in our annals. Compared with the dieplay in our streets on Wednesday, all former ceremonials of a similar character sink into insignificance. Jn magnitude, in univer- sality of sentiment, and in intensity of feeling, it bas never been equalled, and will, we believe, never be surpassed. More than half a million of people, embracing representatives from al- most every nation in the work, united in this grand jubilee; and amongget this vast multitude there could pot be found a single individual whose heart did not respond to the general feel- inge of joy and thavkfulness which pervaded it. Of no otber event which history records can the same thing be said. The pageants of royalty may attract the masses, but they generate among them only scorn and bitterness of feeling. Eccle- siastical ceremonials may compel reverence, but the infidel and the scoffer are too frequently to be found in the ranks of the faith- ful. Even national rejoicings—the Fourth of July of course excepted—are not exempt from dissonance of feeling. There are few events that etir the heart of a people which do not bring disappointment to parties and individuals. The triumph of patriotism is the humiliation of personal ambition, and when anation rejoices it may with truth be said that politicians mourn, For once in the world’s history we have had an event to celebrate which brings regret to none, which wounds no feeling or interest, ex- cites no individual or national susceptibilities, and suggests no apprehension for the future. The resulta to which it points are so vast in their promise of good and so noutral in their chances of evil, that there is not }oom for the existence of any of the selfish sentiments in re- gard to them to which poor human nature is prone. It is this fact which brings home to every one the conviction—solemn and cousol- ing in its influence—ihat the event thus com- memorated marks the commencement of one of those traneition phases of the human mind and condition to which the Sacred Writings poiat. Omnipotent indeed must have been the infu. ence, and marked the Divine intention, which could have brought about this demonstra tion, It was not its multitudinous aspect, its qnity of movement, or ita exuberance of joy, which impressed the spectator most. It was the startling and unaccustomed sights that met his eye: the assemblage of emblems which he had hitherto been accustomed to consider hos- tile to his political faith, and the presence of a foreign military array which it was supposed could never again have been tolerated on Ame- rican soil. And then, strangest of all strange spectacles, he beheld British soldiers followed by a British society bearing the crown of their political allegiance, surmounted by a liberty cap—thus giving a practical realization to the result anticipated from the telegraphic union of the two hemispheres—that the political pre- judices of the Old World would speedily yield ascendency to the superior political enlighten- ment of the New. No where could this memorable event have been celebrated with greater effect or with more appropriateness than in the country which has given a shelter and a home to the politically oppressed. Here, and here only, could the representatives of the different nationalities, and of their various political creeds, unite in one common expression of joy and gratitude for a result which promises to redreas the which buret forth was insignificant and might have been easily mastered had the officials in charge been willing to permit the engine and hose companies to enter the grounds, Unforta- nately, the rules of the Hospital are naturally stringent, ard the persons in charge were uo- willing to-relax them ; so that when the Staten Islanders, carried away by a well meant but ill regulated zeal, did burst open the gate and en- ter the grounds, at the coat of the lives of three of their number, the fire had gained too much headway to be checked, and the altercation and coliision with the police had destroyed the or- ganization of the force, and converted it into something very like a riotous mob. The sick, however, were promptly and carefully carried out of the buraing buildings and Icdged in eafety in the long white establishment which lies nearest to the water side. Whatever could be done for their comfort was at least attempted by the mob, while the resident officials, uader the influence of panic, are said to have been seeking a safe place outside the walls. It is not worth while spending time in vain regrets. The hospital is gone; and on the whole, however i perished, New York is a gainer by the lose. For years it has heea a source of real and‘imaginary peril—the latter not lees injurious to commercial interests thaa the former. For years it has been so cru: and shocking a nuisance tothe most pleasant suburb of the city that the people of the locality mast have been long suffering indeed to have borne with it co Jone. Now that itis gone, there is a hope that New York has heard the last of the yellow fever panics, for which it afforded regu- lar yearly basis, and of which our jealous neighbors—Boston and Philadelphia—never failed to make the most. Should it appear, after due inquiry, that the cor flagration was the work of an organized mob, the event will be a matter of regret. At the same time, experience shows that grievances will occur for which the written law has provided no remedy, and which it devolves upon the sovereign people to cure by an abnor- mal resumption of their natural sovereignty. Abroad, in the monarchies of Europe, it is the monarch who steps forward on occasions of this sort, and remedies the miechief by a stretch of prerogative, as the Queen did when she sus- pended the Bank act, and as the French Ea- peror does every month or two. Here, govern- ments are mere subordinates invested with delegated authority; the power of extraerdi- nary interference with the naturel course of the law belongs to the people, who have exercised it on many occasions with perfect judgment, discretion, and salutary effect. This burning of the Quarantine—like the Vigilance Commit- tee of San Francisco—must be judged hereafter. At present, the thing necessary is to provide a new hospital. Scores of sick people are crowded into one building, which, under pre- sent circumstances, may be considered decidedly insecure. New York may be said to have no Quarantine, A yellow fever ship arriving yes- terday morning, might have sailed to any pier we chose without hindrance. For anything the public know, they may be now arriving in squadrons, and sowing the seeds of discase in the most depsely settled part of the city. It is time that eomething were done. And whatever that should be, it is easy to eay what it should not be. There should be no attempt to return to the old site near Tompkinsville. To do 20 would be to court fresh fires, and, this time, unsparing | loes of life. The people of Castleton will never permit the lazaretto to be replanted among them. A new site must be found, and that promptly. Rather than provoke fresh col- wrongs and beal the wounds of those who have | suffered for conscience sake. Like the silken | rope which bound Chaucer's priest to heaven, the telegraph cable is to the foreign exile the bond which revives all his ancient ties and af- fections. By promoting the spread of civiliza- tion and correct political ideas, it will uproot tyranny, destroy -priestcraft, and promote the cause of pure religion. Through its instru- mentality years of long and weary watching will be anticipated, and the firm of faith be bleseed by the realization of his hopes. Whatever, therefore, may have been the shortcomings as a pageant of the recent celebration, the philosophical mind canaot fail to recognize in it one of the noblést and ublimest manifestations that has ever been witnessed in this or any other country. It was not the less impressive because it was locally characteristic, and ex- hibited some @* the humorous peculiarities of our people. We would not have omitted them if we could, for their presence showed that the popular heart was stirred to a point rarely witnessed in these days of sham political demon- strations, and that it was thoroughly penetrated with the importance of the event which it commemorated. A striking evidence of this was the enthusiasm which was every- where exhibited along the linc of the procession when the Canadian militia made their ap- pearance. Its earnestness proved that the cable had already done half ite promised work, and that the link which is to bind forever in har- mony the two greatest commercial nations of the world, had found a secure hold in the hearts of our people. When the account of Wednesday's and Thure- day's proceedings reaches Europe, it will show that the progressive spirit which hasraived us to our present pitch of political and commercial greatness has enabled us to give to this great event the full appreciation that it merits, With the same promptitude and keen-sightedness which have impressed us with its theoretical val- ue, weshall be ready to seize on its practical ad- vantages. Our European rivals will have a hard race to run with us in the path of improvement; but, unlike our former struggles, our successes will be bloodless ones, and our triumphs will give them cause for rejoicing. To these ends, therefore, let every heart and hand be now turned, secure in the confidence which this manifestation of the Almighty’s in- tentions in our favor must inspire in every right thinking mind. The Barving of the Quarantine. On Wednerday evening last, just as people were returning from the Atlantic cable festival, a fire burst forth in the Quarantine grounds on Staten Island, and raged fitfully antil nearly all the hospitals, the Health Oficer’s dwell- ing house, and various out houses were destroyed. There appears to be no doubt in regard to the way the fire originated. As was to be expected, considering the intense hostility which the residents of the place feel to- ward the horpitals, in consequence of the in- fection they breed, and the corrupt practices which are said to be prevalent within their Precincts, the aecident has been ascribed to incendiarism. But it is certain, from the evidence of eye witnesses, that the first fire lisions, in the present irritated state of the pub- lic mind on the island, it would be far better for the Governor to authorize, for the present, the temporary occupation of a part of Sandy Hook, at any and all hazards; leaving to the future the business of negotiating with Jersey respect- ing the terms of the occupancy, and appealing to her good sense not to take advantage of the sore straits in which not only this city, but full one-half of the State of Jersey also, is placed by this untoward disaster. The Steam Fire Engine. GRRAT TRIAL IN BOSTON—A TRIAL TO IN NEW YORK THA MORNING. ‘The contest between the steam fire engizes of Phila- deiphia and Boston, which took place in the last aamed city, terminated, as our readers have already been in- formed by telegraph, in favor of the Philadelphian, whose machine proved to be the superior one in every respect. Four engines in atl competed, one of which was built in Philadelphia, one tp Lawrence and two ia East Boston. ‘The first trial was with an inch and a quarter nozzle through two hundred foot of hose. The following was about the result of the piaying:— ‘AKE PLACE Boston The Philadelphia engine also boat in time of firing up, sevenands half minutes being all that was required, ‘which was three to four minutes sooner than the Law- The result of the trial war, that the Philatelphin of 90.35, reosiv. the ee of $5600, the Lawrence the second prize Fiiaha Smith the third prir of 8200. Tho Philadelphia engine arrived in this city yesterday TA. M.,and today it will be played in the at10A. M. ‘the Mayor and prominent inembers of fire department are invited and will bo preseat. Personal Intelligence. ARRIVAL. ip Afri the stoare| nd lady, Chia 1 Biaweli, Joh A Ba Lewis, Mr Harper Mr Nagent Brooks, Merms Joncas & Brother, Me Slandoret, bn Oi) & Son. RD Harmer, Octavion Parshall, ere. erm’) Rilag, Joho Mader Mis Mary Ann Hay, Mr Mr ® RE Robi Hendey, Mr Naroheimer andi ephew, AJ Are Trotier Abd servant, Mr Trower, Jt. Mr'snd Mew Mitchel, Bry Mrs Devolt, Mr and Mra M0) re Mr Mi jorgen, Me aod Me onal Ma ‘Wo fF and Mrs Stratton, Mr and Mrs WW Ht children and gree. Mise Frans, OD Berit ed From 14 a im LArerpont, in Parry, Nb Onrlinie, Mr 1D ifhil, R Hoven, Mise Hisariton, WC Henil, Ht Sehlosenger, J 8 Pls oy W Bloane, Bre Dasling, v BH Bol HC Kellog, Yame!! ond Indy, Mr Cbiras, Mr and Mra Gale, son. 2 daughters and purs, Rev Dr Ritchie, D Lewis, Ba th, wv Dr Pre Jaw, Davege and brother, { Townsend, Hiram Berney, M ‘Thempace. Mr and B Iroveides, R Mix, A Haines, De brother, Mr Bevis, J ¢ THE LATEST NEWS. INTERESTING FROM WASHINGTON. Our Special ‘h from the Capital. GOOD NSWS FOR THE OFFIO“ SBRKERS—COLLECTOR SCBBLL'S APPOINTMENTS CONFIRM¥D--NAMBSS OF 7H LUCKY CANDIDATES—THS SPANISH MIS- SION, ETC. Wasnrnaron, Sept. 2, 1858. The Secretary of the Treasury to-day confirmed the following appointments of Collector Schell, be- ing the whole of his recent batch :— DBI CTY COLLECTOR, Char!cs D. Mead, vice John H. Hunt, removed, CLARKE. Micasel Orowe, vice B. A. Wikes. Joun Gilmore, vice Ferris. B. A. Chambers, vice Newton. Jobn C. Van Loon, vice Sreezoy, decer:ed, §, Siborton, vice Brown, removed. 8. S. Coleman, vice Harriscn. Ka. Barrison, vice Hasbrouck, GAUGRR. George Weir, vice Vosburgh. MEASURERS Ed. C. McConnell, vice Francis. Jobn J. Taft, viee Van fine. ‘MEASURER OF VESSELS. Jamis MoMahcn, vice blidmer, LNSPEGTORS, ¥m. Van Sann, vive Bittell. Nicbclas C, Blauvelt, vice Gaines, Jam ca Martin, vice Lawrouce. Dapiel Sibler, vice Van Nostrand. Wm. O'Donrell, vice McArthur. Carles J. Gale, vioe 5 Dexic! J. Huat, vico, vice Maxen. Obarles A. Kentith, vice Roonce. Hew mott, vico Campbell, Abred Reed, vice Barker. Fravela Swift, vice Ccncktin. Micbaei Sevin, vice Town. J-hr E Ward, vice Meehan. ‘Acoipbus F. Krack, vice Doaae, RIGHT LSPECIORS, Mablcn Clark, viee Feebay James hand ar vice Garrisca. Augostus Bride, vice Munroe. David R Decker, vice C Charles (. Leycraft, vice Maixfield. Corteliue Linz ice Wilt. James B. McGrath, vice Mooney, ‘Wiliam McKinney, vice Fay. Bernard McFale, vice Power. Thcmss D. Reiley, vice Cudney. Ebeneztr Roe, vice Phelan. Charles B. Smith, vice Kelley, William Wainwright, vice Jonas. WRIGHBR, James Starkey, vice Colemaa. The President has offered the Span'sh mission to Mr. J. P. Benjamin, United States Senator for Loui- siana, Mr. Benjamin is now in the South, and it i; not known if be will accept it. Lieutenant Pegram, who will be remembered by his daring conflict with pirates in the East Indies during the Japan expedition, is appointed to the command of the steamer Water Witch, of the Para- guay fleet. Xt is intended that this expedition shall be gotten up so that the effect will be of the best possible kind upon all the South American States, To this end Secretary Toucey desires to send out fourteen steamers at least, twelve of which shall be capable of ascending the river to Ascension. Some nine or ten of these will be chartered vessels, origi- nally built for commercial purposes, and will be thus indicative of our policy. Though our business is trading, yet the same instruments which lend facility to our transactions can at once be changed into weapons of protection and defence. Efforts are now being made to get the Post Office Department to urge upon Congress such action at the coming session as will show what the franking privilege costs the department. It is proposed that the Postmasters of Congress buy stamps of the depart- ment for the pre-payment of all free matter outward, and that correspondents of members pay their own postage inward. By this method one or two sessions will show whether the enormous deficit arises from the inadequacy of the present raiea of postage to meet the expenses of the transmission of the peo- ple’s correspondence, or from the transportation of something like one hundred thousand tons of free matter each Congress. Governor Medary, of Ohio, is at the National. Senators Rice, Slidell and Yulee are also in town. J. Glancey Jones, whose unanimous re-nomination affords the friends of the administration much pleasure, is expected here ina day or two. Attor- ney General Black will retura home to-morrow. Secretary Floyd arrived this morning. THE GENFRAL NEWSPAPER DEEPATCH. Wasutxeton, Sept. 2, 1858. ©.N. Pine, editor of the Chicago Herald, has been appointed Marshal for the Northern District of Illinois, in place of Davidson, removed. Comynander Mason has been ordered to the com- mand of the Receiving ship Pennsylvania, at Nor- folk, vice Tucker, detached. Lieut. J N. Barney haa been ordered to the Navy Yard at Norfolk. 1,007 land warrants were issued, to which 157,000 acres are The of the Navy will soon make a of Kafatant General Cooper lef the’ elt atiernoon to meet Gen, Scott at Old Polat Comfort. New York State Politics. 0: , Sept. 2, 1858, The County Republican Convention met in Tioga Oswego, on the 3lst Avgust, and Hon, L. Truman and General Westbrook delegates to the Re- publican State Convention, and W. Sm: of O» wego, Hancock of Waverly, Smith of and Patch of Richford, del to the Cor nal Convention to meet in on the 17th inst. Iruaca, Sept. 2, 1858. George W. Schuyler of Ithaca, and Homer Jen- nings of Dawby, were today elected delegates to the Republican State Convention from Tompkins county. ve a1 LBANY, Sept. 2, 1858, F.C. Delavan ig Gerrit Smith. It is un Mr. Delavan would accept a nomination on the same ticket for Lieutenant Go- vernor. E. Carter (hard) was to-day chosen delegate to the Democratic State Convention from the First District in Orange county. Povanxrsrare, Sept. 2, 1858. Stephen Baker and D. A. Cuck, have been ap- pointed by the Second district of Duchess county as delegates to the Republican State Convention. Syaacuse, Sept. 2, 1858. H, G, Beach, hard, was yesterday choren Lay from the First to the Democratic State Convention district of Onondaga county. Urica, Sept. 2, 1858. Hon. Timothy Jenkins and Lorenzo Rouse are the ites from Second district of this county to publican State Convention, Michigan oe Nominations. sTROIT, Mich., Sept. 1, 1858. Wm. A. Howard in the First, and Henry Wal- dron in the Second Con, district, were nominated today hy the republicans. Democrat! ite Convention meets here to- Prarnre pv Curmy, Wis., Sept. 1, 1958. C. C. Washburn has been ananimously nominated ti Congress from the Second del the The Negroes of the Slaver Putnam, The M of toany conaite the “Attorn 0-day con! ‘orne, Genera of Bouth Carolina's iene on ime one of negroes brought here in itnam. to the effect that the Africans be retained by the United States Marshal, and that they are not subject to the laws of South Carolina. —————— The Fever at New Orleans, New On.mans, Sept. 1, 1858. The deaths from yellow fever yesterday were forty-two, Fire in New Orleans. Naw Onisans, Sept. 1, 1958. Three stores at the corner of Magazine and Canal streets were burnt this morning. $50,000. Army Intelligence, Sr. Louis, Sept. 2, 1858. Leavenworth advices of the 29th ultimo, state the Mule Board is ¥till in cession at the fort, and that it will probably complete its labors this week. The «ation will close to-morrow. The evidence so been merely the statements of the parties who delivered the mules there this year. Ridgely. Lieutenan' ef cor , Major Being detained as member of the Mule Board. Fire in Fulton, Fenton, lil, Sept. 2, 1858. A fire ocourred atone o'clock this morning, des troying two blocks of ian, including the Post Once ary goods stores, printing office and several hoes dwellinge. $60,000; On which there is buta small furyncs. ‘The fire is supposed to have been the work of tncendiaries. Disaster Near lames of the Killed occurred o'clock on the Alleghany Valle; d, near Hatton's station, twelve mites above pie ‘The Kitanning train coming down stopped et Tarentum station and hitched on a car containing a large par When the train ty returning from meeting. “4 t mentioned, the Tarentum car was reached the thrown from the track by the breaking of the croas ber connecting the The car rolled down steep embankment, turning over twice. At the first revolution the roof was torn off, and the passengers scattered over the ground, mangling the bodies of of them . bas 734 Anne, daughter of J. 1. Kinoald, of Miss Mary this city, was instantly 5 A large number more or less injured, incbuding the . M. McCreary, arms broken. ‘Among those slightly injured are— Mr. ‘and Mrs. Kincaid. Mrs. R. Donaldson. Mr. and Mrs. Carver. Mr. and Mrs. John Slidell. Mr. and Mra. James Wright and daughter. Mr, and H, Loeman, 3 illed and wounded reside mostly in Pitta- burg and vicinity. They were brought here last hight. A coroner's inquest held over the body of Kincaid exculpates the company and em- ployés from blame. Serious Accident on the New York Central Railroad—Five Persons Injured. Avsany, Sept. 2, 1858. As the train on the Northern road was coming in crowded with passengers last night, a freight traim on the Central road was backed down at the crous- ing, and a8 ae teveomce car of the cca re pa etting it. e fol owing reps were _ “Prdgan bdell, probably fatal. Mrs. F. 8. Ayres, shoulder dislocated. Moses Craven, arm broken and injured internally. Captain Washburn, badly cut over the face and head. Mrs. C. Powell, badly cut over the face and head. All the foregoing were from West Troy, News from Utah, Sr. Louis, Sept. 2, 1858. Advices from Leavenworth to the 31st ult. say that the Salt Lake mail, with dates to the 7th uls., * arrived, ‘he election on the 2d passed off quietly. The Gentiles bad an opposition ticket, but Mr. Caborne, of Green River county, is the only one upon it elected to the Le ture. In Salt Lake county their ticket received only thirty-six votes, The late appointment by Governor Cumming of Probate Judges in Carson and Green River counties cavsed some dissatisfaction among the Mormons, but all was quiet at the departure of the mail. Thirty soldiers had deserted from General John- ston’s command. Captain Tracy was on trial at Cedar Valley for insubordinate conduct to Colonel Alexander. Colonel Hoffman had heen ordered to Oregon with the 6th Infantry. The road from Devil's Gate to Fort Bridger was strewn with cattle. Nine hundred head of cattle were met at Big Sandy, of which nine died on that day. Colonel Williams’ command was met at Scott's Bloff. The 7th Infantry, consisting of 1, men under Col. Morrison, were at Platte returning volunteers under Col. Bee were passed at Fort Laramie. But few Indians were seen. The rivers were low. The 6th regiment of Infantry has becn ordered to Benicia, Calitornia. Col. Canty, of the 10th Infantry, with two companies of the 24 Dregoons and two companies of 6th Infantry, are to garrison Fort Bridger. The following officers, on leave of absence, left Utah on the 6th :—Col. Cooke, Lieutenants Buford and Pegram, of the 2d Dra; 8; Colonels Waite and Chapman, Capt. Marcy, Lieut. Rich, of the 5th Infantry; Col. Alexander, Captains Gardiner, Gore, Donovan, and Lieutenants Grover and Maynder, of 10th Infantry. ‘The sales of cotton to-day were 300 bales, Prices. ‘Tae seen eRe yer ending to day, ai this port, foot up 1,€82, Cotton—Sales to-day 100" bales at unchanged ae prices. Other articles generally without chavgs. o1 5 ‘Cuncaco, Sept Flour very cull. Wheat quict at 87c. Corn firm: sales 2,900 bushels. Oats inactive. Shi to Bufalo— 2,000 bbis, flour, ipments 9, bushe!s 46, do. 500 coo wheat, 46,000 corn. There was a large attendance at Tamminy Hall lest E 2 § : rit i i fH i Es i it i 3 | | : Zz HT Ff i $ it rt g F le proceeded to appo'nt the inspectors: Ip accordance with the — = plan agreed upon, They adjourned MERTING OF THE RFGULAR'S GENERAI COMMITTEE. ‘This Committee met last evening, at 165 Bowery. Fe Inspectors of Election, bus did no other business " pan ny ved head quarters, and elected to the Convention, which meets onthe Sth inst. It is unm- deratood moat delegates are ey em hg Seti Sakeley: Anersatee rin Moris . hh. Bes rhe trnteepueemsangh 2. tene pein ¥ foun ck. KR. Farrington, Hoary W Fourth District. — Thresher, R. Rarnaby. Distr No alt » th District.—Jacob Van Duzer, Joseph 8. Postiey. en. Ninth Dist ict.— Fredrick ©. Wagner, Wm. R. W. Cham- bers. Alternates Wm. H Falconer, Jas. H. Doneghe. Twelth District —Harvey Oaulkins, ——— Hoggina. The Montreal Field Battery of Artitiery, The officers and men of the Montreal Fioli Battery % Artillory, as well as those of the troop of the First Montres 4 Cavalry which accompanies them, devoted yasterday to enjoying themselves individually and en flanewr, after Sores partakon of ovr hospitalities and <hared {a our pageant of Wednesday in and on hey wore to be met threvghout the day in twos and threes, or arm jp arm wih friendly civilians, seeing the tights to be seen in Gotham. prodied hy the oppor ‘onity sfferded them of resting themselves the fe. gues of the previous day in the Capacious and comforta- ble arm ctalrs of the Svevens House, the headquarters of the company. Others again devoted the day to hm E] thelr New York friends and acquaintances. All seem. well pleased at being allows! a day for repose, and rovelled in the luxurious freedom of unbuttoned. fel Oresa and unstooked necks. The places of intorest in environs of cur city were visited by some of the officers and men ip the forenoon and in the carly part of the after noon, and Greenwood Cemetry excited the admiration of those who visited that bebutiful spot, reporter was inf tillery. Corvet our reporter that it was to atthe Academy of Mesic many Pat pay y Signore er Gaasier's vocalization. The ompeiy ®ud the onva.ry troupe both leave us Albany beat at six o'clock this ev. on their Zon Getighted with Now York and New Yorkers, the bearts reception they mot with from thom,