The New York Herald Newspaper, June 8, 1859, Page 6

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The contents of the European edition of | will combine the news received by mail and telegraps «i tne office during the previous week and up to the hour of tie publication, The News. We publish to-day Some very interesting ex- tracts taken from our European files received by the City of Washington. Additional details con- cerning the battle of Montebello, and the position A graphic and intevestiag ao- | Course of England tn the WaxaiKosmth on of the day's sport may be found in another | Hon-Intervention, column. | The war is developing some curious revolu- | vrecotton merket exhibited more frmnese yesterday, | tions in the political mind abroad. Things seem and loved at uu advance of about }fc., with sales of | to he everywhere turning fupside down as viewed about 1,0C0 bales middling uplands, closing at about from the old stand point, In England, as will Thd4d—7 mymous correspawience. We do nat | seen ee NO, SS | ve7Ge. A carious fact was mentioned on 'Change yes terdoy—-that a small lot of cotton f-om Montorey, Mexico, had veen shipped to and gold fa the Liverpool market at Md, per lb., nearly equal to 20c. It was supposed to be similar or Lo approximate Sea islaad in quality, Tais ccumstance would seem to prove that were that por- tion of Mexico open to Americans yery superior cotton might be produced there, and probably in considerable ‘ qvantities, Flour was in rather better request, but | prices were irregolar, and the market for State aod Western grades closed dull, Southern flour was in steady demand, and prices were pretty well supported, | Wheat was less buoyant, while sales were moderate, with” Out change of moment in quotations for prime quality’ | while common and medium grades were heavy, with a tendency to lower prices. Corn was less active and in moderate request, Fair round yeliow sold at 90c., Weat- 1 ern mixed at 88c., white Southern at 930. and prime yel- low at 95e. Pork was firmer and in good demand, with | sales of nOw mess at $17 a $17 75, and $16 00a $15 for | column. Coffee was quiet and sales limited. An account of stock will be (ound in another place. Freight engage- | ments were moderate and rates rather heavy. Among the shipments were about 1,000 bales of cotton to Liverpool at yd. | terme. Notices of two or three charters will be found in another coiumn, Mr. Buchanan and the Deserters from the Administrauion. We have observed, of late, from our extensive list of newspaper exchanges of all parties and factions throughout the Union, a remarkable | slackening of the fire of the opposition batteries | against the administration. They have evidently | exbausted their immediate supplies of ammuni- | tion, and the sources which have supplied them | are falling short. At the same time, in the en- | thusiastic reception of Mr. Buchanan in North | Carolina, from place to place, by all parties, we recognise the general sentiment of the American | people in regard to his administration as the | sentiment of cordial approbation. These things, | after the terrible ordeal of opposition assaults | and democratic desertions, rebellions, treach- j eries and conspiracies through which Mr. | Buchanan, as the responsible head of the govern- ; ment, has bravely fought his way, will afford him the calm enjoyment of the rich fruits of a great and solid victory. dent elected with such tremendous odds against depend 20 much upon the personal popularity and nationality of their candidate; and never | before did the necessities of the party demand more imperiously its cordial union in support of the President thus elected. But, with the proclamation of his Cabinet, the war of the cliques and factions commenced to rule or ruin his administration. Thus, from the fourth of March, 1857, down to this day, the treacheries, rebellions and conspiracies of the democratic camp have given the President more trouble, more labor and more abuse than all the efforts and inventions of the opposition, in Con- and strength of the contending armies, are given. Napoleon's despatch reporting the engagement to Eugenie, in her capacity of Empress Regent, will be read with much interest, more particularly from the similarity of its style to the despatches by Napoleon I. to Josephine, when she held the same high office. Kossuth’s speeches in London and Manchester, on the hopes of the “peoples” from the war, andthe policy of England towards the Powers engaged in it, are also given. ra In illustration of the effect which the Italian war is producing upon the financial and commercial affairs of Europe, we publish elsewhere a very inte- resting review of the deranged state of affairs there, the depreciation that has already taken place in government securities in England and the Conti- nent, the numerous and serious failures that have followed, and the measures resorted to by the French, Austrian and Sardinian governments re- spectively to raise money to carry on the war, showing the tendency of things towards a great financial revolution more momentous in its conse- quences than any other issue which the war is likely to have. The Coroner's inquest in the case of Mrs. Fanny Deane Halsey was concluded yesterday,and resulted in the jury bringing in a verdict of “found drowned.” The mother, sister and brother of deceased were examined, but no evidence as to Mr. Wells’ connec- tion with the case was brought forward, notwith- standing there were witnesses present who could have enlightened the jury upon that point. The documentary evidence, consisting of letters which, it is alleged, passed between deceased and Mr. Wells, was wi Elsewhere will be found a full report of the investigation, together correspondence in question, a copy of w been furnished us by Captain Walling, of the de- tective police. ‘ We copy in another part of to-day’s Heraup an article from the St. Louis Republican in relation to the overland mail to California, which shows the feeling in the West in regard to this important service. One of its advantages appears to have been overlooked by the press and the commercial world. Letters from Europe for San Francisco, and vice versa, are no longer detained, awaiting the departure of the steamers for Aspinwall and Panama, but are forwarded twice a week by land. This is on important advantage to the interests of erce, saving, a3it does, from three to nine rd of Ten Governors met yesterday af- A communication onel Vosburg, of the Seven- ee Light Tuesday, and asking ckwell m Ce to visit the iostitutions. On motion of Governor B.F. Pinckney a committee was appointed to a y the Light Guard and afford them f jes for seeing the institutions, and have refreshments for them. A communica- | tion was read from the new i tentiary. informing the Bi G. J. Seely, a keeper in tl ing “all right” when a prisone’ not in bed at the proper and tions to eflect his escape. A commau forming the Board that the box co; seven bodies found in Westchester coun dentally from the boat from Potter's field to W Committee on | d Hi d for repor a ine he iz them ominissione of allowing the Quarantine tos emallpox patients to the Island Ho: 1, and tha the Commissioners be charged with their expense Resolutions in accords with the report were read, and the Board adjourned to meet next Tues day at the Rotunda. The number in the institation is 7,035; died, discharged or sent to other institu tions, 1,31 ase during the fortaight, The cases liquor dealers the Court of Common Pleas erday, but at the fendants a postpone jowed. terday, at which they received two ap licenses. They granted one, but deeli the other on the ground of informatity in cation. d granting appli- gress and throughout the country, to belie, to disparage and to break down his administration. In truth, the rebels and traitors of the democra- tic party have been the principal sources which have supplied to the most unscrupulous of the opposition journals, here and elsewhere, the filthy garbage of personal defamation, upon which, for the last year or two, they have been chiefly feeding. Conspicuous among: the democratic cliques and factions which have thus had their revenges to satisfy against Mr. Buchanan, we may men- tion the Wise clique of Virginia, the Walker- Kansas clique of New York, the Douglas faction of Illinois, and the Forney faction of Pennsylva- nia. Kansas, the Lecompton constitution, “the 1 40,0C0 bd. staves to London om private | Never, before 1856, was a democratic Presi- | him; never before did the succegs of the party | | be seen by his harangues in London and Man- chester, Kossuth is preaching the principle of non-intervention. He is no longer the advocate of British propagandism; he wants neither its aid nor its sympathy; he will be but too happy if it remains quiescent, Stranger still, he all but glorifies Louis Napoleon, whilst he recognises in | the empire a “focus of light.” It is remarkable how quickly the Emperor’s sins against the re- | volution are forgotten in the benefits which his | present course is likely to confer upon Hun- gary. Koseuth’s is, however, not the only | conversion to extreme opinions which the war has brought about. We flad, for example, that certain of the English journals which claim | to be considered organs of progress have = | prime. Beef and lard were dull, Sugars were active, | become violently Austrian, whilst in Ireland, | with sales of about 2,000 hhds. at rates given in another | whatever strength has been gained by the Derby government is due entirely to the efforts of the | Roman Qatholic priesthood. Thus we have that | portion of the press which is continually insisting on the value of liberal institutions, and that por- tion of the constituencies which. is supposed to be most revolutionary in its tendencies, ranging hemselves on the side of despotism. The fact proves how much selfish interests are apt to pre- dominate over the broad principles with which party organizations are in the habit of identify- ing themselves. When their theories seem likely to pinch them in a tight place, there are but few politicians, liberal or conservative, who care much about their practical application. In this country we fortunately have a public opipion and a press that can view these muta- tions of the European mind uninfluenced by the passions and prejudices of the hour. Having nothing to gain by the events to which they are owing, we can have no motive for investing them with an artificial or perverted coloring. Hence it is that public sentiment here is begin- ning to exercise such a marked influence abroad and to be looked upon as an impartial mirror ia which the errors of European policy are fuithful- ly reflected. | Pursuing our task of unprejudiced criticism, we can readily detect the motive of the hostility of the English class organs to the movement in | favor of Italian independence. The English oli- garchy, whilst professing itself accessible to the influence of public opinion at home, is suspicious toan extreme of any disturbance of the ordinary course of events abroad that is like- ly to react upon their position. There are two great interests in England which are constantly struggling for the mastery—the one feudal inits territorial monopolies, the other commercial and financial. With the first the church is closely allied, because it is dependent upon it for its existence; with the latter the masses, because through it they can alone emancipate themselves from the thraldom of the aristocracy. Whatever fine spun theories may be uttered about the admirable system of checks and balances which forms the machinery of the British constitution, it is not the less true that there is a continual conflict in progress between these two interests, which re- quires but a slight preponderance of force in the one to irrecoverably derange it. For this reason the aristocracy have steadily resisted all mea- sures of reform which contemplated an invasion of the privileges of the church, hateful and in- vidious as these are to the great body | of the people. They reason, and perhaps with justice, that encroachments upon these privileges would be followed by attacks upon their own. Under such circumstances it is not to be wondered that when a movement is set on foot which endangers the principles on which as | rs held a meeting yea | English swindle,” were the excuses for deser- | both feudal and ecclesiastical rights are tounded, tion and rebellion in each of these cases; but | the aristocratic classes and the journals in their unquestionably the real provocation in each | interest should set their faces resolutely case was in various disappointments, great and | against it. ‘ small, in the paramount democratic business of | The inconsistency manifested by the Irish con- the division of the epoils, the honors and emolu- | stituencies in the zealous support which they ments within the gift of the President. Thus, | gave the tory candidates at the late elections is the Virginia clique of Wise, Ritchie, Pryor and | no new phase of the Irish mind. The principle others, if reduced to an honest confession, would | of a divided nationality is so enracinated in the doubtless say that the unpardonable insult to | latter, that it can never be expected to take an them was the ingratitude of Mr. Buchanan con- | imperial view of any question. In the present cerning certain foreign missions and other fat | instance there are sectarian considerations in- places bestowed elsewhere; thus the peculiar | volved which would in themselves be sufficient hostility of the Douglas-Illinois clique against | to override all others with a highly devotional the President was drawn from his distribution | people like the Irish, It is well known, of the Illinois Post offices and other local bits | that for some time past strenuous efforts have of federal patronage; thus Forney became an | been made by the Papal Court, through Car- implacable enemy of Mr. Buchanan, because the | dinal Wiseman, to arouse a determined President failed to perceive the fitness of Forney | spirit of hostility amongst the Roman Catholics for a Cabinet appointment. | of Ireland against the movement in favor of We all know, that as a special act of good | Italian independence. They have been taught will towards Goy. Wise, Mr. Buchanan made Mr. | to look upon it as one fatal to the interests of Floyd his Secretary of War; that the President | Romanism, and hence it is that we find them was disposed to go to any reasonable length to | uniting with the tories and the Protestant clergy satisfy the spoils claims of Mr. Douglas, and that | at the elections. That the latter should accept in the cage of Forney, after having failed to get | of such associates is a proof that old feuds are him elected to the United States Senate ina | regarded with indifference in the presence of Pennsylvania democratic Legislature, the Presi- | events which are pregnant with danger to thé dent offered him the Consulate to Liverpool, and | principle of the union between church and State. some other good things; but these concessions | The indiscretions in which these combinatious were not sufficient. Neither the Wise clique nor have emboldened the journals in their interests the Douglas faction, nor Forney, would be satis- to indulge may be productive of very serious fied with anything short of the monopoly of the consequences. Louis Napoleon cannot but feel spoils on hand and the control of Mr. Buchanan sensitively the bitterness of language and in reference to the spoils of the euccession. As unsparing vituperation used towards him. for Robert J. Walker, he has proved a very un- | Sceing that he has committed no overt act grateful epoils politician. As the chief of the which oan imply a breach of faith towarda New York Hotel democratic Contribution Rais- his English allies, he had a right to expact | ing Committee of 1856, his influence decided the that his declarations and acts should be appointment in regard to several of the very judged impartially by them. This malevolent fattest federal offices in this city; and yet,.not perseverance in an opposite course must even- content with his desertion of the administration tually arouse his resentment and provoke him to | which bad thus favored him, Mr. Walker, it is hostilities. The French have so many traditional | understood, has been using, and continu@s to wrongs to vindicate that they would support him | use, these New York officials to the prejudice of enthusiastically in any scheme that would hold | the President and the democratic party. out the hope of their being able to wipe out | From the rebellious and treacherous leaders, former military disgraces. Had it not been for | cliques nd factions, thus indicated, and from the Emperor's good sense, he would long since the agents and newspaper organs in their inte- | have been committed to some attempt of the | Test, the opposition for a year or two have been | *ort by the stormy anti-British feeling of his | cbiefly supplicd with all those ecandalous inven- | entoutuge. | tions of personal abuse and scurrility which have | The revilers of Louis Napoleon prob- | £0 deeply disgraced their warfare against Mr | ably reckon upon his having too much Buchanan and bis administration. But with the | on his hands to think of an invasion of England. exhaustion of the corrupt fountains which have They may be mistaken. The promptitade | supplied these foul streams, we find the stream | with which be put aa end to the Crimean war, | themselves very naturally drying up. Simulta contrary to the views of his allies, and the ad- | neously we see the public sentiment of the coun | vantages which he reaped from it, prove that he | try illustrated in the vindication of the Prest | is capable of a sudden resolve changing the en- | dent and his general policy. At this rate, itis | tire face of the present complications. There is | bardly unreasonable to predict that before the | no just ground for supposing that he has the expiration of Mr. Buchanan’s term of office | intention of carrying the war beyond the limits | these aforesaid faithless cliques and leaders of | of Italy, The sensibilities of Germany have | hie own party, of high nd low degree, wiil sink | been upreatonably excited upon this point, and down to their proper level of public indifference, | the Engh partisans of Austria have been betray- The summing up ia the Chauncey and Hillsburg \ while the administration itself will continue to | ed by their prejudices into the same conviction. libel case was postponed yesterday by consent of | rise in the public estimation, in consequence of both parties. its steady firmness to ite course, regardless The four mile race over the Union Course zestor- , alike of open enemies and party rebole, traitors €ay wae wou by Tar River in two straight heats, ' and conspirators, We should not be at all surprised if, after the capture of Milan, he were to make a sudden peace with Francis Joseph, aud direct his immense | ‘armaments against the shores of the ungrate NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1850.~TRIPLE SHEET. ful ally which has been rewarding hie good faith with the language of calumny and insult, What, then, would be the position of Haglaud? There is not a single nation in Europe to which she could look for sympathy or aid. To consti- tutional governments she has proved indifferent, and to allothers she is a rival of too formidable a character not to be intensely hated. Hers is a despotiam purely commercial and financial, it is true, but still more arbitrary and more an object of dread to other governments than any of the great military monarchies. Under such circum- stances Louis Napoleon would not find: many obstacles to a project which was long a favbrite one with his uncle, and which probably before this has occupied his own mind. An invasion of England would lead to results very different from those which would have attended it in the time of the great Emperor. Then it would have been met by a firm and compact resistance; now, t would just as likely be followed by revolution. It is a mistake to suppose that the English people are stationary in their political notions, Within the last few years we have observed ia them a growing approximation to American ideas and modes of thought. The governing classes in England: should reflect over these facts. They suggest a warning which they would do well to profit by. Astounding Frauds in the Post Office—Why that Department ts net Seif-Sustaining. We learn by our Washington despatch that some astounding developements 0” frauds upon the Post Office Department have recently taken place, which go far to account for the deficiency in the revenues of that branch of the govern- ment. It seems that well founded suspicions exist that a system of counterfeiting the postage stamps, and of washing off the defacing mark from the used ones, has been practised and that in this way the Post Office is yearly robbed of not less than a million of dollars. No possibility exists of checking this enor- mous fraud, except the abolishing of the use of stamps entirely. They are so easily counter- feited that avy one man of common ingenuity can manufacture millions of them without the possibility of detectién; and the public expe- rience of the honesty of postmasters and Post Office clerks, in the matter of money remittances through the mails, leads readily to the suspicion that many of these public officers are not a whit too honest to enter themselves into such a lucrative business as the manufacture and sale of surreptitious postage stamps would be. They are the ones to sell them, and no one can ever agceriain how many they have sold, or how many have carried letters through the mails, for it cannot be ascertained how many stamps exist at any time in the hands of the people- Then they come back to the office on letters, are hastily defaced, conveyed in the mails to their destination, and delivered again to the public to be destroyed—if, indeed, they are not cleaned and again used. The fact is, eo great is the corruption of our politicians, and so careless have the people be- come as to whom they place in office, that pub- lic employment has become the refuge of every kind of rascale. There are two ways through which rascality gets into public employment. One of these is through the political clubs and organizations, where it lends itself to all kinds of party services, and is rewarded with a place in some office where it can labor for the public profit at the public expense. The other is by the courts of justice, through which the fellow rascal is provided with a place in the penitentiary, where he can hammer stone or do some other labor equally at the public expense and the public profit, Thus rascality comes to the surface among us, and on starting in life it is an evea chance whether it will get nto public office or the penitentiary. This matter of the Post Office frauds merits and is receiving the attention of the administra- tion. The President will smoke the rascals out if it is possible to do so. But owing to the culpable negligence of Congress, and the close affinity between many of its members and the rascals, strikers, shoulder-hitters, and whatnots, to whom they owe their places, there is room to doubt whether the good intentions of Mr. Buchanan in this respect may not be foiled There seems to be no way to stop the plunder. ers except in stopping the use of postage stamps altogether. Yet we must have a cheap postage, and this and prepayment are insepafa- ble. Recourse must be had, then, to the use of stamped envelopes and prepayment of letters in money. The latter necessitates an increase of clerks in the Post Offices, to accommodate the public, and the former may, in a slight degree, increage the expense to the letter writer. Yet the revenue of the Department should be protected. Money prepayment does this, and the use of peculiar envelopes will also help to do it. By introducing water marks in the paper a great difficulty is placed in the way of the coun- terfeiter, who then must have a paper mill in collusion with him. The adoption of any pecu- liarity in the manufacture of the envelope will also create the necessity of employing expensive machinery and many hands in their production on « large scale. The British postage stamps and stamped envelopes both have a water mark in the paper of which they are made; and the Prussian stamped envelope has a thread of silk or linen woven into the paper in its manufac- ture. Other plans will no doubt present them- selves to the Postmaster-General and those familiar with the subject, to protect the en- velope and make it convenient to all classes, which should receive attention on the part of the government. At all events, the Postmaster- General should be prepared to present to Con- gress at its next session come plan for stopping these monstrous frauds. The public will submit to some little inconvenience to protect itself; and should Mr. Holt find a means of guarding the revenue against the present system of plunder- ing, and Congress abolish the ridiculous and much abused fiaoking privilege, we have no doubt the Post Office will soon become a self sustaining branch of the government. Orrictat. Corrertion—Wuart are We Comtse ‘To ?—The shameless course which the Board of Aldermen are pursuing with reference to the confirmation of a City Inspector, is one of the strongest evidences of the hardened and unblush- ing corruption which has fallen upon the officials of our city government. The Mayor has succes- tively submitted to the Board the names of some four or five persons to fill the vacant office of City Inspector, and each one has been either re- jected by the Aldermen, or not reported upon at all. He has eclccted men from all parties, and rome of them—Mr. Delavan for instance—emi- nently qualified for the position. Can there be ang de under lbete clecuwstances, that the motive in refusing to confirm some of these nomi- Lt, nee maaunneen | nees isa base one; that the foulest corruption underlies the action of the Board? In every branch of the municipal goverument, aud among all clagses of politicians, we see the most flagrant disregard ot duty and the welfare of the citizens— the most undirguised fraud and swindting open- ly perpetrated; but we begin to think that of all branches of tye government the Board of Alder- men is about the worst. If things go on in this way, it is impossible to say to\what depth of in- famy our cfficials will descend. Even the sem- blance of government which we have now will have vanished, and we shall be reduced to the dernier recort of a Vigilance Committee for pub- lic protection against the rascality of municipal officers. Some people are beginning to ask al- ready if democracy is not a failure. Tue Case or Mrs, Fanny Deane Hatsey— AxorneR Specimen oF “Crowner’s ’Quest Law.’’—The inquest held on the body of the un- fortunate woman cast upon the beach near Fort Hamilton was concluded yesterday, and the ver- dict rendered was the usual stereotyped one of “found drowned.” No new facts were de- veloped, no clue followed out, no attempt made to trace the career of the poor creature from the hour when she left her house in West Twelfth instant, down to the time when she, probably under the influence of shame and remorse, Rashly imporsunate, went to her death, If, indeed, as appears most likely, her death was that of the suicide. On the contrary, so far as the inquest went, it was the merest sham ever perpetrated in the solemn name of justice. Facts which would tbrow light on the circumstances preceding and leading to the woman's death were suppressed, and the persons who must necessarily have known most about them, and who were in custody pending the proceedings, were al- lowed to keep their mouths closed, and were not asked a single question. The hus. band of the woman had been placed under arrest on suspicion of having been a party to her death ; so had been also the man whose al- leged improper intimacy with the deceased was the turning point of the tragedy. There is nota probability that either of them was directly in- strumental in it. But they knew more than per- circumstances. Why were they not examined? Why was not Mr. Haleey made to give an account of himself during the Wednesday of his wife's dis- appearance, and to say whether he had seen her after his parting with her on the morniag of that day? And why was not Mr. Wells placed on the stand and examined as to whether this woman, with whom it was asserted he was in the habit of making assignations, had not | sought him out, after she had left her husband’s presence for the last time. With that astuteness and intelligence so characteristic of coroners in all ages and coun- tries, the official who conducted this iavestiga- tion declined to examine either Mr. Halsey or Mr. Wells. He declined also to examine the officers who had been active in collecting im- portant facts. A conductor on one of the Brook- lyn railroad cars remembered that on Wednes- day or Thursday evening he had taken up, near the City Hall, a lady whose strange demeanor and efforts at concealment attracted his attention. From the descriptions published of Mrs. Halsey, and from conversations which he subsequently had with her sisters, he felt positive that she was the same person; and yet, although he was pre- sent, he was not examined, nor was any oppor- tunity allowed him to identify the body, and thus furnish a clue to the mystery. It was known to the officials that the deck hands of one of the Hamilton avenue ferry boats had also on one of those evenings observed a well dressed woman, laboring under excitement, crosa and recross the river several times. None of these meno were produced to be asked whether they could iden- tify the body cast by the tide on the Fort Hamil- ton beach as the same. In brief, all glimpses of light were carefully excluded from the investiga- tion; and of course the result was that unmeaning verdict of “found drowned.” From this plain statement of facts the public will see how far this investigation, in the case of Mrs. Fanny Deane Halsey, has been full, com- plete or impartial, and will learn to appreciate more highly than ever the beautiful administra. tion of “Crowner’s ‘quest law” in this regioa. ARE THE Tax Comasstoners CoystituTionaL- Ly Apporntep?—OvGut We To Pay Taxes?—Our readers will remember that the last Legislature ran through a tax and assessment bill which gave the appointment of Tax Commissioners to the Comptroller, in whose hands was placed uncon- trolled power to raise or remit taxes at their sole option. We stated at the time that this new and outrageous bill was got up for the purpose of relieving certain millionaires in the lower wards {rom some millions of taxation, and put- ting the burden upon the shoulders of the indus- trious classes residing up town. It will be seen by our Albany correspondence to-day that the scheme is beginning to develope itself. It is time that the question of the constitutionality of this mode of appointing Tax Commissioners should be raised. In the first place, the Comp- troller is a mere Corporation officer, elected under the charter, and it is very doubtful whether any law authorizing him to appoint county officere—as the Tax Commissioners are— would stand the test of constitutionality. Iu fact, the Commissioners of Taxes and Asseas- ments—the men who have the power to pro- nounce upon the value of the citizens’ property and assess taxes upon it at will—should be elect- ed by the people, and not appointed by an offi- cial to whom by the act itself they are not held responsible for their conduct. We repeat that it is very questionable whether the action of this new board is not illegal, and whether the taxes levied by it are not unlawfully collected. Would it not be well to test the matter in our courts? Avotngr Sicxits Arram—The West Troy Democrat bas been put in possession of the particularg of the shooting of a young man by the father of a fri aid to have been reduced by the young man. The affair took place in Stillwater, Saratoga county, We give tao account asfurnisbed the Democrat, which paper vouches for the credibility of the statemeat:— The citizens of this place wore thrown !nto great ex- citement last night by a report which reached us about sunset that Hiram 1), Case bad been shot by Artaur Hold. en for improper relations with his (Holden’s) daaghter, ‘Cose was formerly clerk in @ dry goods cétabjishment in Aitany. His parents ano friends tive about five miles north of this Last December he came home end ttayed about bere for three weeks, aud during that time got acquainted with Mes floldea. She was the daughter of @ poor man, but bore @ good character. As ciroum- siances have siace showa, Case, under promise of mar. ringe, roioed ber, As soon se her father knew this, ho swore that Case should answer for the crime with his lifo, Mr. Holden served in the Mexicaa war, aud with him4so sey was to perform. Since the first of March Case has re- rin bis Fideo arent, and last night came down 1 haps any one else of the preceding and attendant | } py SRESTING PAOW WaSHINGTOR. Extensive F*auds oa the Pow Office Depart- ment by ve use of Counterfelt Postage Stamps— Reta, “™ OF the Preslacnt=Tne Vous ual Rights Qac M1, ce, our sreviaL Wan UNSTON Desraron, ‘Ww. SUNGTON, Juno 7, 1859, Recent investigations im theaffsirm."f ‘he Post Office loud to the belief that that department of the go¥¢rament loses ‘one million of dollars a year by the use of coniterfoit aud Tewashert postage stamps. 1¢ ie believed that thie are two classes of persous engaged in this nefarious business— one which manufactures, either from engraved or photo- graphed plates, and sells new postage stamps; and another that gathers those which have been used froin waste papor collections, and by means of an acid washes off the Post Office stamp that was put on them when they passed through the office, Under the present postal system there is no means of guarding against the firet named evil, for the mandfacture of the postage stamp is eo simple that one man can make hig plate and produce thousands of sheets without the ald Of asingle person. To dispose of them he has only to come into collusion with some of the postmasters or their clerks, of which there are more than fifty thousand in all throughout the country, and the constant losses of money in passing through the mails does not givo a high standard of honeaty among them. ll of them are entrusted with the sale of stamps, and no check can be kept upom them, for there is no possibility of ascertaining how many stamps are in the hands of the street, on the afternoon of Wednesday, the Ist | people. Wihen letters are posted the clerks have ‘no time to scrutinise the stamp on them, and they are rap- idly defaced with a black atamp. As the letters with the defaced stamps on them pase again into the hands of the people, the department can form no positive idea to what extent the fraudulent stamps are used. The game difficulty of detection attends the rewashad stamps, but they are supposed to be used to a less extent than the counterfeits, on account of the greater facilities for selling the latter. Efforts have been made, both in this country and in England, where the same difficulty is en- countered, to obtain‘ an indelible ink for the purpose of defacing the used stamps, but without success; aud the inefliclency of our police system for preventing the opera- tions of counterfeiters leaves the manufacturer of surrep- titious postage stamps to labor with impunity. It is the opinion of persons well versed in the affairs of the Post Office Department here, that these frauds have an intimate connection with the deiiciency in its revenues, and could the Postmaster General devise some means to stop them the Department would soon become a self-sus- taining one. The only possible manner of doing it scoms to be to abolish entirely the use of postage stamps, and resort to prepayment by the use of stamped envelopes, \ which should be guarded in their manufacture by water marks in the paper, and every other contrivance and im- provement in the style and construction of envelopes which the Postmaster General can possibly devise, with- out increasing too much the cast of the eavelope to the public. The President and Secretary Thompson afrived this morning from North Carolina, in exoglient health and spirits. ‘The Cabinet met at an early hour, and continued in ses- sion unt quite late, There are a number of important. matters, which have recently arisen, that will require careful consideration, probably the most prominent among them being that of neutral rights, The evasive and un- satisfactory reply of Lord Malmesbury upon this aubdject brings the question at once prominently before our gov- ernment. The War Department have received official confirma- tion, from Major Van Dorn, of the battle which was fought with the Camanches, near Fort Atkingon, in which Ofty Camanches were killed and a large namber captured. Captain Smith and Lieutonant Lee were dangerously wounded. Despatches bave been received at the State Deparment from our Minister at Naples. Aftor speaking of the pre- carious condition of Italian affairs, without predicting ‘what is to be the resuls of the impending war, he gives a glowing account of the visit of the frigate Wabash to Neples. Daring her brief stay there, he says, she was visited by thousands and commanded universal attention. THE GENERAL NEWSPAPER DESPATCH. Wassiaror, June 7, 1859. ‘The representatives of several Southern railroad com” panics have again been in consultation with the proper officer of the Post Office Department, and left hore to-day for Philadelphia, where they design to-morrow to meet ‘be representatives of railroad companies whose lines ex- tend from Washington to New York. Their business is to arrange the terms andechedules for carrying the mails between New Orieans and New York with certainty and ‘with an increase of speed. At present the failures are so frequent ss to demand a new arrangement, such as is new proposed. ‘The mere declaration of intention to become a citizen of the Uoited States does not entitle the person making it to 4 paseport, and of this facta number of applicants have recently been informed. It appears by the records of the Land Office that Arkan- sae bas received 1,115,000 acres of public lands to aid in the construction ef tha Cairo and Fulton Railroad in that State, besides another heavy instalment of swamp lands. A gentleman just arrived here from Utah represents tbat the people are in an excited and turbulent condition, bordering on rebellion, and hence the proclamation of Gov Cumming, with a view to dispersing the various partieg of Mormons agsembled in a military capacity in the moun- tains Surrounding Salt Lake. There parties, be says, are @ portion of the militia called out by the Governor to re- Bet the entrance of the government troops during the ses- sion of the court at Salt Lake City. The Mormons are being monthly augmented by the arrival of foreign con- yerts. The civil law having failed to answer its purpose, itis the opinion of intelligent Gentiles in the Territory that peace can be preserved only by strong military rule, or bloodshed averted by favoring the removal of the Mor- mous beyond the jurisdiction of the federal authorities. The New Hampshire Legislature. Coxcorn, June 7, 1859. The New Hampebire Legislature is now under fall head of steam, and business is abundant. Important local mutters bave been introduced into the House—among which are bills to prohibit the change of school books in schools oftener than once in five years; a bill to repeal the Hawkers’ and Pedlers’ act, and to refund all money paid under it by parties who have taken out licenses, and a bill to abolish all the Courts of Com- mon Pleas and give their business to the Supreme Court. The bill in relation to the change of school books has beought hither quite a delegation of publishers, and ite passage will be warmly opposed. ‘The Senate resolved to adjourn finally on the 25th inst., but the Bouse has not yet concurred. . Albany County Poiltics. Anas, Jane 7, 1869. A meeting of the Republican General County Committee was beld this mornmg, and William G. Weed was unaai- mously elected President for the ensuing year. Twenty- three members of the committee, out of forty, were pre- sent. Mr. Weed was last fall read-out of the ‘republican party by the old General Committee, for supporting Mr. Corning for Congress against Mr. Reynolds, The minority of the present Committee have called an- other meeting for this evening, and the result will proba- bly be a division in the committee. The Republican General Committee met this evening Pursuant to the regular call of the presiding officers of the last General Committee, under the directions of that com- mittee, Twenty-eight delegates were Charles: P, Easton was unanimously elected President. fhe dele. gates present all presensed credentials of clection. This Sclaimed to be the regular meoting of the Committoe. Only twelve celogates were present atthe morning meet- ing, who wore admitted to have been regularly chosen. ees The Court of Appenis and the Death of Nicholas Hill. Aunayy, Juge 7, 1869. ‘The Court of Appeals commonced its seasion to-day, ell ‘he Judges being present. Immediately,on the opening of the Court Joha H. Reynolds, Fsq., rose and addrossed the Court in @ touching and eloquent speech, conveying the tormual intelligence of the death of Nicholas Hill. Daring © Mr. Reynolds’ remarke, which were unusually effective and affecting, the Judges aud many members.of the bar were moved to tears. Judge Edwards, in a few appro- priate remarks, presented the proceedings of the New York bar on the same subject. Judge Johnson made some brief remarks, warmly eulogizing the character of the de- ceaned, and expressing in strong language the high re- spect of the Court for the personal character, the logal st- taioments and the grea’ ability of the late Mr. Hill. The following order was then made by the Court:— Ix Court oF Arrsais, Jusn 7, Lote. The death ot the late Nicholos Hill baving been forwoally ant ma a Court by Jobe ere te iM racniy of the mcaeated Becenaed his tansciaves Gi. Ube bar and the publi in #much a