The New York Herald Newspaper, May 21, 1860, Page 4

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The crops promised fair, although fora time planters had stopped grinding cane. Merchants were urging shipments, and freights were good, being 50c. on sugar and $3 50 on molasses. Sugar was worth $4 a4 75 for refining grades to strictly prime. Molasses was selling at $16 for 110 gallons. Ame- rican produce was in demand. Mayaguoz was fully stocked with everything. In Ponce the mar- ket was not well supplied. White pine lamber was much wanted. Codfish was worth 5}c. retail; flour, $13 per bbL., but several cargoes of Spanish were expected. We have received intelligence from Barbadoes Gated May 2, from which we learn there have been mumerous atiivele at thet place fram the United Btates with breadstufts, and several cargoes have failed for other markets. Flour was selling at $7 47 a $774; Brandywine meal, $4 70 a $4 74, ‘Mess pork and lard was plentiful. There had been some light showers throughout the country, which was welcomed by the planters. We have a letter from our correspondent at Salt Lake City, dated April 27. News of the introdac- tion of the anti-polygamy bill into Congress had reached Utah, and the Mormons were much ex- cited about the turn affaira had taken at Washing- ton. Dr. Jacob Forney, the Superintendent of In- dian AMuirs for the Territory, had arrived at Salt Lake City, and was anxious to meet the charges made against him of presenting false vouchers, for expenses with the Indians, to the Department at Washington. The ramor of the murder of Mr. J. 8. Williams had been confirmed. He was killed at Bitter Springs on the 18th of March by # party of Indians who pretended to be friendly. Fort Bridger was getting to be an uncomfortable place for the Mormons, as several of the “brethren” had been aitacked there,and used in a very rough manner. We publish elsewhere all the particulars which could be learned yesterday concerning the attached vessel Cora, now lying off the Battery on suspicion of being a slaver. Meanwhile the investigation in her case will be brought on to-day by the District Attorney, when it will probably be determined to the satisfaction of every one what the real charac- ter and business of the vessel was, and algo the rea- sons which led to her attachment Letters from our cerrespondents at Denver City snd Connell Bluff, inform us that the rush to the Kansas- Nebraska gold mines continues very great. +The reports from the mines were still favorable. It bad been proved beyond doubt that there was gold in abundance al) through the moun- tain region, bat whether it cam be made to pay the miner was a preblem yet to be solved. Preparations were being made to put the quartz mills on their way to the mines in operation as soon as they arrive. Tt was said that at least over one thousand persons a day passed Fort Kearney on their way to the mines. We print in our columns this morning the speech of Hon. W. L. Yancey, one of the leaders of the Boathern fire-eaters and the originator of the sece, @er's movement at Charleston, delivered at Mont gomery, Alabama, on the 12th inst., together with the speech of the fon. B. F. Batler at Lowell on the 16th. These rpeeches show the origin and cosase of the difficulty at Charleston, and foresha: dow the future course of a portion of the demo- cracy at the North amd South. A sketch of the life of the Prince de Joinville, who is at present on @ visit to this country, toge. ther with some interesting reminiscences of his for mer visit in 1841, are given in our paper today. it is said the object of his present visit is to en- gage in ® hanting and fishing excursion in the North and West, and it is aot known how long he will extend his visit. The Reformed Dutch church in Fifth avenne was densely crowded yesterday evening to wit- ness the ordination of Messrs. John Scudder and Leonard W. Kipp, Jr., two very young men, who are shortly to go on missionary tours, Mr. Scudder to India and Mr. Kipp to China. A very eloquent Sermon was preached by the Rev. Harvey D. Gause, and after the ordination by the Presbytery, & charge as to their future duties was read by the Rev. Peter Stryker. The time for their departare bas not yet been decided upon. ‘The foreign news by the steamer Adriatic, so far as it wen developed, had no perceptible effect on our cotton market Saturday. The sales embraced about 2,000 baler losing on the basie of 1150 for middling uplands. Stare fwd Weatern brands of four were in fair demand, inelnd- ing some parchases for export, and prices of common grades wore wumtained, medjum and higher qualities were ‘Pomey bai pater, though whoa important Gung iad - NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, MAY 21, 1860. quetstices. Gentacrs flour was tn fate demand, amd rather more active. Among the transactions worg some pur- cbeses for export to tropical ports, Wheat was heavy and lower, with @ fair amount of aaics at the concession, including purchases fer export. Corn was otive, while prices wore without important change; @mong the trausnetions were parcels takea for shipment to Liverpool. Pork was easier: with more doizg at the concession. Sales of now mess were made at $17 60.8 $18, and of new prime at $18 76. The sugar market was active, and the sales embraced about 1,800 a 2,000 bhds., chiefly Cuda muscovades, 200 do. melados, and 600 boxes, ali at (al! price. The ad- vance On the week's sales has reached ebout ‘(c a %c, which fully restores the prices current before the late de- pression, aad im some cases places them slightly im ad- vance of those prevailing at that period. Fair refiaiog Cubas sold at 6Xc., and grovery goods at 7c. a 7}<0. Cofiee was quiet. Freights were sustained, with a fair amount of engagements, especially for Liverpool. ———— The Presidential Comtest—Signs of Re- turning Reason Ameng tne Demo- cracy. The nomination of Lincoln and Hamlin does not touch the heart of the black republican party. It is evident that the acute and practiced minds which had built up the organization have been net aside, and the dangerous doctrines and fallacies which they proclaimed as mere political watchwords have been adopted as truths by their follow- ers, who place themselves under the lead of in- ferior and less sagacious men. Lincoln is the echo of Seward without his practical acumen, the follower of Spooner with the rabid spirit of Helper, and the worshipper of Jobn Brown without his pluck. Animated by the same sentiments, but with a far differ- ent epirit from that which sent Brown across the Susquehanna, he vauntingly proclaimed in one of his public speechesthat he “did mean to go onto the banks of the Ohio and throw missiles into Kentucky to disturb them in their institutione.” Such is the man whom the favatical black republicans have brought for ward as their choice for President of the American confederation, and for whom they have rejected every man with conservative ten- dencies, practical atatesmanship, or national views, to be found within the party ranks. There ean be but one result to such « fatuous course. The party deprived of intellectual power and practiced sagacity in leadership must dwindle down to the grasp of the intel- lect that controls it, and both eventually dis- appear in the pool of demonstrated foolishness. While the black republicans are thus making clear the path which must conduct them to de- feat, some signs of a return to common sense are beginning to develope themselves among the democratic leaders. The debate in the Senate resulted ina weak defence of political abstractions, and a turning up of a few old foseils in politics, but it did not exhibit that personal acrimony among the leaders, nor was it kept up with that spirit, that many expected torée. The discussion, too, was not brought on to the ground of the present and living is- sue, and the speeches of Davis, Douglas and Mason, and addrees of the Southern Senators been « long time completed, this voyage is her first one, and ber capacity shows what splendid veesels wore built for thet line, when the last one constructed is the best of them; and it shows also what an admirable transatlantic steamship line Congress destroyed. ‘The Age of Fraud—UVorruption in the Oid and New Worlds, The historiane of the present dey will have no difficulty in finding materials for the con secration of our own times as emphatically the age of fraud. The ancient poets sang of their age of gold and their age of iron, while more modern historians have immortalized the age of heroes and of chivalry. It is now left for the graphic pen of some historian to gather up the floating atoms of the gigantic frauds of the preeent Age, and combine them into a unit for the instruction and warning of posterity. The materials are found broadcast through- out the world. The great governments of Eu- rope have frequently been shaken to their very centres by the sudden unravelling of some complicated system of corruption. The Cri- mean war exposed some of the leading officials of the Russian government who had been prey- ing upon the imperial finances to such an ex- tent that the Emperor was glad of the oppor- tunity offered him by Napoleon to make peace with the Allied Powers. During the iate Italian war a most systematic fraud was being continually practised upon the bankrupt Austrian government by some of the most distinguished officers of the army and the em- pire. This was about one of the most daring and extensive frauds ever perpetrated on any government, whether we look at its various ramifications or atthe high character of the delinquents, several of whom, in the bitterness of their disgrace, have Jaid violent hands upoa their own lives. The peculations of Paul and Strahan in England are not yet forgotten; and the recent defalcations in the Union Bank of London must be fresh in the memory of our readers. The latest Enrepean intelligence has just informed us of the disappearance of a Scotch advocate with a vast amount of money. The accounts from Aberdeen state that the de- falcations of John Blaikie, who lately abscond- ed, will be about $1,000,000. At first it was feared they might be double that amount, He is stated to have obtained advances from the Union Bank of Scotland to the extent of about $400,000; but they have numerous securities, and are not likely to lose more than $50,000 to $70,000. It would be needless, indeed, to mul- tiply instances like these. Here, in our very midst, the most astound- ing corruption in almost every branch of the public cervice is constantly being developed. It is seen in Congress as well as in our State Legislatures; in public corporations and in private enterprises; and in fact, it would be hard to say where the corruption does not exist, so general has the moral plague become. and members of Congress, all exhibit evidences of a disposition to come Firmg fee " al be — ‘petantd a together on some common platform \ . “ny latest alleged defalcation. The stocks of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company and the Panama Railroad have suffered immense flac- tuations in consequence of the sudden disap- pearance of the late secretary of the Steam- ship Company, who has left his books in a rather mysterious state. The Wall street anacnlatare ara of course ly exercised and troubled about this 3 and they may well be eo, for in a very few days the shares of the companies have very seriously declined. Since the days of the Schuyler frauds we have witnessed nothing to be compared to the ex- citement which now pervades financial and com- mercial circles here and in Europe, in conse- quence of these recent governmental and pri- vate We have from time to time pointed out the causes of these lamentable periodical defalca- tions, but the parties who are most interested in the extinction of the evil appear to be the most supine and negligent in applying the remedy. Gentlemen who are largely concerned in railroad and other stock take very little more trouble in the matter than the purchase of their stock and in collecting their dividends. Ifthe latter are paid they are satisfied, and think no more of their invest- ments till some ruinous defalcation bursts upon them like a clap of thunder. They devote no personal attention to their vital interests, ex- cept to look at the daily quotations, and they give their proxies to the president and directors to vote for the reelection of the very men to whom they give this important power. This is a very reprehensible practice. To correct these evils members of stock companies must take a more active management of the affairs of these large concerns, and always bear in mind the apothegm, Respice finem. Instead of giving up the important act of voting to irresponsible proxies, they must vote themselves. They shonld not allow their business to be carried on in the reckless spirit which has characterised it in the past; for if they do they must always expect that defalcations will recur. They ought to know that they are living in an age of fraud and corruption, and adopt every precaution for securing their personal property. We trust that these startling defalcations will havea bene- ficial effect in awaking voters and capitalists to the necessity of combining to check so ram- pant an evil. ‘Tue Evvect or Sewano’s Dereat oy Hrs Parti saNs.—The effect of the defeat of William H.Sew- ard, at Chicago, on the partisans of the great champion of republicanism, is most marked. They are all sad and sullen. With them it was aut Cesar a nullus—Seward or no- body—just as it was with o section of the democratic party—Douglas or nobody. The New York Zimes, which recently advocated his nomination, is confounded and has not a word to say for Lincoln. The Courier and En quirer is also sorely troubled, though it en- deavors to put the best face on a bad business. But Thurlow Weed, of the Albany Fvening Journal, the man Friday of Seward, was struck dumb by the nomination of Lincoln, and on Saturday evening had only sufficiently recoy- ered hie speech to be able to say :— for the coming fight. To-day we publish else- where in our columns a speech of Mr. Butler, delivered in Massachusetts, and “one of Mr. Yancey, delivered in Alabama, both of which exhibit the same tendencies. It will be remembered that the first of these gentle- men was the proposer of the second of the mi- nority nlatfarma Im the Mheslenten Cou roustuus, and that the second was Chairman of the Ala- bama Convention and leader of the seceding delegations. Mr. Butler makes some revela- tions of occurrences at Charleston which exhi- bit a disposition on the part of the friends of Mr. Douglas to effect a compromise, which were not before known. The fact is, events are plainly demonstrating that though the Illinois Senator can be a stalworth rebel, his becoming one would give the electoral vote of half the Southern States to Bell and Everett, and throw the election into the House of Representatives. In view of such a contingency, there is an evi- dent disposition on the part of all sections of the old democratic party to listen to reason. The Tennessee resolution, which was present- ed in the Charleston Convention a short time previous to its eudden adjournment, but on which no discussion or expression of feeling took place, is a medium ground between the Northern and Southern sections of the democ- racy, on which all can stand, and which, there- fore, may unite the party: but in order to do so» both Mr. Davis and Mr. Douglas must abandon their personal claims. In the present crisis in our public affairs neither of them has any right to make his personal ambition a cause of danger to the conntry, and both of them stand in the same pereonal relation to the odi- ous Kansas-Nebraska act which reopened this Pandora's box of sectional discussion. One was the leader of the Southern fire-eaters in poor Pierce's cabinet, and the other was the en- gineer and defender of the bill in Congress. The conservative feeling of the country can- not accept any man who, in a great national crisis, prefers his personal interest to that of the whole country; and to-day the impulse of people is to oppose that revolutionary and de- structive spirit of innovation which would con- vert the constitution of the Union into an abo- lition instrument, and the government into a great promoter of religious and moral reform, of woman's rights, the divi- sion of landed property, and the displacement of the family by social phalanxes. The discus- sion of slavery in the Territories is only an abstraction, which, if admitted, leads to sim!- lar discussione in Congress; and the violation of popular rights in the inchoate States can only result in their violation in complete States. These destructive innovations must be met; and the sooner this is done the better it will be for all. But in order to meet them, politicians must give up their hair-splitting practices on political fallacies, and take ground on conser- vative principles. This is what the country waits to see the Baltimore Convention do; and if it is not done, one-half of the Southern and Middle Statee will throw their votes for Bell and Everett, and « biack republican plurality will carry most of the Northern and North- western States. ; Tne Tar or THe Avriatic.—The steamship Adtiatic, which arrived here on Saturday, | mew'wnce the people of thie Sate feet at the faltre of , wi on y. Ad made one of the quickest trips across the Essa Atlantic ever made yet, having sccom- plished it in nine days and seventeen hours, This is her first return voyage from Europe; and if ever the passage is made be- tween New York and Liverpool within nine days, which has never yet been done, we have no doubt the Adriatic will be the vessel to doit, The Adriatic ig the latent Wuili steam: There can be no doubt that the action of the Chicago Convention will bave a very disas trous effect apon the republicans of this State, who are eo identified with the fortunes of Seward that his failure or success is regarded by ® majority of them as tantamount to the failure or enccess of the party. Certain it is, bhey wil mot work for Liagola as they would ship eftbe old Colling line. Although she has { tor Seward, and we may expect apathy ant Sadifference to take the place of zeal and fanati- cal energy. INCREASE OF THE SLave Trape.—On Satarday the President communicated to the United States Senate an account of the capture of the slaver Wildfire off the coast of Cuba, by the United States steamer Mohawk, with 607 Afri- cans on board—intelligence which we published a week ago. On Saturday afternoon, at this port, the bark Cora was attached while on her way to sea, on the ground of being fitted out as a slaver, and a judicial examination is to take place to-day. It was only the other day that apothber was seized at the wharf, and still another elaver eacaped from New York to her destination on the African coast. It is evident that the traffic is increasing every day; and in connection with its increase there are two facts which are very remarkable, both showing that it is owing to the connivance of those who are loudest in their professions against foreign and domestic slavery. In the first place, the English government could put a stop to the African slave trade if it desired to do so. The only two points to which the cargoes are conveyed from Africa are Cuba and Porto Rico. These islands belong to Spain. England has « treaty with Spain against the slave trade, and yet permits these Spanish colonies to carry it on; whereas, if it assumed the proper attitude and compelled the mother country to observe the treaty, there would be an end to the slave trade. Spain is dependent for her national existence on Great Britain, but for whose interposition France would swallow her up; and no one candoubt that if there were any sincere desire on the part of the British government to stop the traffic by enforcing the treaty obligations of Spain, that government could easily accomplish it. It makesa show of philo-niggerism by keeping up a equadron on the African coast, which, for all that it effects, might as well be stationed on the coast of Van Dieman’s Land. Around Cuba and Porto Rico it mightdo some good. The nobility and lead- ing citizens of England keep up aclamor at Exeter Hall against domestic slavery in the United States, and they send over money and emissaries to revolutionize the country} and overthrow the government, out of pure love for the African race, who repudiate their in- terference and loxuriate in the maintenance and protection for life which the laws give them, and for which the white slaves of Eog- land righ in vain. The second fact which is worthy of attention in connection with the slave trade is, that the slavers aré chiefly fitted out in the Northern ports of the United States, where the anti- slavery sentiment is most rampant, and where the affiliation with British abolitionists has a local habitation and a name, but where the slave traffic is connived at for the profit which it brings. It is impossible that slavers could be prepared for sea in Northern ports without ihe knowledge of the black republicans. On the contrary, it is well known that they are the men who embark the capital, furnish the pro- visions, supply the crews, and get the con- tracts for the necessary carpenter work, sails, tigging, and other outfit. The agitation against slavery, therefore, in the seaboard States of the North, is all gammon, and the Almighty Dollar is a greater god than the Almighty Nigger. Increase oy Bustyess on THE Caxats—Tue ‘IT TEACHES.— We learn that we receipts of canal toils in this State, from the opening of navigation, for one week in April and two weeks in May, have largely increased. The receipts for the first four weeks last year were $161,600; for the first three weeks of this year, $222,257; increase, $60,656, Add an- other week's receipts at the average, and the amouat would be $296,342, and the Increase on four weeks $80,874—an increase of fifty per cent. This is indicative of the prosperity of the State, and is another argument why politi- cal revolutionary factions should not be per- mitted to break up the Union, and arrest the rapid progress of the developement of the re- sources of the country by the arts of peace. In civil war and war with foreign Powers, when the theatre of ft {s in our own country, every: thing is rendered The preservation of the Union is calculated to prevent war at homeand abroad. The dis- memberment cursor of and would hold out or retrograde: would be the sure pre bloody internecine strife, an invitation to the nations of Europe to take a part in the fray—an invitation which they would not be slow to accept. They envy our prosperity, and they desire to recruit their decayed and ex- hausted energies at the expense of this fresh young country, which, if true to its own inte- reats, is destined to overshadow them all before the rising generation shall have passed off the stage of existence. But the fact cannot be dis- guised that in this country exists a powerful party who have nominated a candidate for the Presidency on a sectional issue, and that the tendency of this party is to shatter the Union into fragments, and nip the prosperity, grext- ness and glory of the American republic in the bud. It remains to be seen whether the con- tervative interests of the country, including this great commercial city and the other com- ial and manufacturing eities of the North will permit such wanton folly to accomplish its designs. Tar Focr Potrricat Coxventtoxs.—It is « curious fact that the four conventions which are to give to the country the respective can- didates for President and Vice President for the ensuing four years are divided into two distinct classes—namely, sectional and national: That which has just adjourned at Chicago was of a purely cectional character. Its delegates were almost exclusively from the Northern and free States, and looked upon those from the South as bogus and not entitled to reats inthe body, and talked of excludingthem. The convention held in Baltimore was, on the contrary, of a national character, and made its nominations upon the constitution and a Union platform, with a national representation present from nearly every State. The next convention to assemble will be that of the seceders, at Richmond, which, according to the Hon. R. Barnwell Rhett, one of the leading men of South Caro- lina, is to be at the South what the Obicago Convention was at the North— nothing else than a sectional affair; and on the 18th of June there will resesemble at Baltimore the National Democratic Convention, which adjourned from Charleston on the Sd of the present month. Gere, therefore, are pitted against each other two great iseues, of Union or disunton, each with a party bebind it. In view of this condi- tiva of adaizs, i behooves the pational deme: pommmenititiindi cracy to unite and af. 9pt such a platform and nominate such candid. ‘tes 0s shall at once satisfy the three or four a7illions of conserva- tive voters of the country, » Tetent a striking contrast to all principles of se tionaliem, and effectually put an end to this upproatable agi- tation, which is shaking the governm at to its very foundations, Tne Procramme or SumMER SeNsarions-—~ Our programme of sensations for the summer seems now complete, since it has been decided that the Great Eastern leaves for this port on the 9th of June. It appears certain now that she will come first to New York, whether she visite Portland or not, and will probably anchor off the Battery, under fhe guidance of the New York pilots who have already gone to England for the purpose of bringing her safely into our harbor. Her arrival will be the second scene in the drama of excitement des- tined to be produced in the metropolis during the summer—the visit of the Japanese being the first—and the early portion and meridian of the season will be very well occupied with the two. The Japanese Ambassadors and the Great Eastern will last long enough to keep the city in a ferment of enthusiasm until August, about which time the Prince of Wales will arrive here, and will become the centre of @ fresh furore. It is impossible to calculate the number of strangers which these three suc- cessive sensations will draw to the metropolis. They will come in thousands from all quarters of the continent, and we should not wonder if hundreds are .even now on their wy by rail- Toad and steamboat,to get a sight of the Japan- ese, who are expected here this week or next. But these sensations, like all others, having enjoyed their day, will die out and be forgot- ten. Ifthe Japanese remain long enough they will become of as little interest to the curious as our Chinese segar dealers—though the good effects of their visit upon our trade and commerce will endure for all time. The Great Eastern, too, in course of time will cease to be a wonder, when we have other ships of the megatherium order, perhaps of larger proportions, floating in our waters; and the Prince of Wales will one day have as little interest for us as the Prince de Joinville, who passed through the city a few days ago without people knowing anything about it, although some twenty years ago his presence here was the cause of an immense excitement— an account of which we reproduce in our columns to-day, as a curious evidence of the alternations of human destiny. However, though our summer sensations be but brief and transient, they will have a material effect upon the prosperity of the metropolis, which will grow rich out of the abundance whereof the thousands of visiters will come laden. The programme, as we said, is now completed, and we but await the opening of the eensation season. Taz Soran Ectirsk—Governuest Opsmrva- tioxs—Some of the European governments, we perceive, as well as our own, are about to send out expeditions of observation to report upon the solar eclipse which will occur on the 18th of July. Our government is sending officers to Washington Territory, Labrador and the Hudson Bay territory—the former, we believe, start from this city to-day, and another company of observers to Chile—so that we ehall obtain observations of the phenomenon onder the mast favnrahle Alronmatenses This is a commendable idea. We have plenty of officers attached to the army and navy service, off duty, who, by education and taste, are fully competent to perform a duty of this character, and government could not them better than in the service of science and In the acquisition of knowledge relative to the phenomena of nature. We have a decided advantage over European countries, owing to our being in a more Southern belt, and we should not wonder if the United States expedi- tions produce the most intelligible and in- structive results. Sovn Gnares—The London Times thinks that we are making an unnecessary fuss about the visit of the Japanese, and considers it a very insignificant affair, insamuch as they are going to England and other European coun- tries as well. It is true, we believe, that they intend to visit Europe after their return to Ja- pan, and we have no objection at all to their do- ing #0, and shaking hands with Queen Victoria, now that they have done so with President Ba- chanan. We opened the Japanese trade for Eag- land as well as for ourselves, for which act of ge- nerosity the British government gave our Minie- ter that handsome gold box now on exhibition in Broadway, and we are not 60 selfish asto object to the Japanese Ambassadors paying a visit to England after they have done with us, and seen what a splendid country they have chosen to open their first commercial negotiations with. The affair is all right The pilot boat went out fer the news, but going too close tw the steamer waa move to pieces No lives were lest The pews, which is one day later, cannot be obtained oe the Anglo-Saxon reaches Quebec to moriow morn- ‘The Chi Convention. RECEITION OF THE NOMINATIONS IX DELAWARE. to the New York, Albany and Buffalo and Western Union companies’ lines for the superb manner in which they ‘were served with the doings of the Chicago Convention. baton J were oe bo fg hy -y? 2 Rewer; aper cempat. thereon great reseed for. the occasion, © liberailty on u tof the eficient and worthy amanagers of the lines, acd to thelt compete! the |. The amount of Mr. Whitiog, manager of the New assistants, for their man foil Bretow, May 20, Investigation of the alleged 1 >>>eries by membora of the police, was cootinued before the Mayor uatil a late réay night, when seven oiflcers wore held to abeWer criminal prosecution, and taree otbers were ily suspended from ¢u'y. Tho charges embrace Jarcemies only—tbe freport that the accused were in the late robbery of Grant & Oo « silk store, unfounded. Another Mystery. ‘pte, May 19, 1860. The body of a respectably mea, evidently & seaman, with the name of P Yomog on the wated of bis pants, was taken from the river here to ¢ay ‘The a is adjourned thi Monday, for the purpote of ob- information as to the identity of tee boty ——_————— Snow at Montreal. 20, 1800. Mowtomat, May 20, ‘There was quite @ sncw storm @ NEWS FROM WASHING (ON. to preeorve px ace, the anticipated troubies, it was thought, would be averted, Mr, Dimitry wasat San Jose, but was making little progress in the adjustment of the pending: difficulties. ‘TRE MEXICAN TRRATY. ‘The time for the ratification of the Mexican treaty wif expirefon the 12th of next month. Tierefore if i is net ratified before that time, ft will fall tothe ground. Ane- ber effort, it ia understood, will be made ia days, by its friends in the Senate, to take with the hope of ratifying it. If the wucceed in adopting the amendments which prepared, eaough of them will co-operate with orate to secure & two-thirds vote. TOE REPUBLICANS AXD THEIR SOMO — THE CHAMORY Om THE NOMINATION OF DOUGLAS A? BALTIMORE, ‘The republicans are getting into heroics ticket already. They declare with much is the best nomination which could have been made- they have ‘the deco. wn aeigeteals not yeb indicated who the proper fa. INCREASE OF PAY IN THE NAVY. The House Naval Committee will endeavor on Monday or Tueeday next to report the bill which they have had under consideration for several weeks, for increasing the pey of the nevy. On examining the Dill report- ed by the majority of the committee, it differs materially from the Senate bill. Mr. one of the members of the committee, has amendment adopting the Senate bill. The first ‘will be, when the bill comes up, om adopting the bill. If that fails, then the bill reported by the committee will be adopted. TUR MUMOPAL BLACTION. Mayor Berret, who is a candidate for’ re-election, ia Ukely to be injured by the outrages committed at the re- publican serenades last night. Wealthy citizens say bet- ter police regulations must be maintained. If these out. rages are repeated, they fear that the opposition in Congress ‘will defeat all appropriations for the benefit of the District. ‘The city election comes off the first Monday in June, and i rl fm the Departments and Navy Yard to indeos them to vote the democratic ticket, and that the Becre tary of the Navy also directed that the marines shoulé Mach interest is expressed to bear Toomb's specch oa Monday. His principal effort will be to defend the oot- tom States against ibe assaults of Dovgias and his friends. ‘Mr. Montgomery will offer a joint resolution to morrew It wil probably be ‘The President has recognized J. E. Zimmerman as Vice Consul General of the Kingdom of Netherlands at New York. The Presbyterian General Assembly. Cotton eales to day 7CO bales. a 19, 1860. Flour dull at 9b 500.86 55. Wheat eo. Ww we MI The, Bacon The, @ 990. Mess pork SIT. » eg an SRT, Mar 22, 1800 of importance deen done market ro hier wendy. Wheat qaiet. % to Corn bed Owber pominal. Whiskey nominally ite af g i: ‘Flour im mode ate demand | 1 tie teterior and trade: rales 6CO bbis. at 85 26 for ep for extra Canadian, Wheat in better beebel prime white Canacian at $1 5¢; Milwaukee club at $1 18; 6,000 bosbele ‘Go. terms. Corn in goot demand tales 9,500 bushels at Be : 12,800 barhele do. at B00. a Obe.; 16,000 bushels Go at fe’, 6,CC0 bushels Indiana st 80),¢. Onte tna baricy quiet. ‘Rye ull, with email sales of Canadian ot 0c. “Canal freighis teady at 808. on oe) eS wheat, and 8c. on corn. Lake sanee bees wheat Cansl ¢ 26 Sour, 18,000 Bushela wheat, 44,000 |, 1,800 vembele oats. —_—_—— Hobonem City News. A Dovnme Duck Faary Boat.—Mr. Stevens bes com- meneed the cofiection of timber and other materials for a new ferry boat from Hoboken to New Yerk. Tt it tr be two bondred fect in length, with two decks, with @.vins for passengers, fto be rescbed by ax im. St Sime: "the entire lower aeck is for the ay on me Ihis @ Ato mane her Us fasseet EES Wetmedions ferry in New York. ‘Firs Dararraent —At the annual meeting the Tras tees of the Hoboken Fire partment Pand, ® few evenings since, the following oMcers were cleeted For the enaving pares Co Ratcecry cles, dev oth Nocte O& the vndergrevad Te.rems, sad wR oOW prodadty ie yen