The New York Herald Newspaper, August 1, 1860, Page 13

4 NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. OFFICE N. W. CORNER OF NASSAU AND FULTON STS. TERMS, cach in advance. Money sent by mail with be at the rik of the sender. Postage stamps not received as subscription THE DAILY HE THE WEEKLY $4 per annum toany part Fy thd Continent, Both to include postage California Buition om the 6th and ‘noth of each month a wae cents oF $150 per annem. PnP’ AMILY HERALD on Wednesday, at four cents per Nort RES 'ONDENCE, containing im) ut liberal FO a SeaaasronDaTs Paunovancy Kaguestep TO Sea Ali Larreas axp ack sO NOTICE taken of anonymous correspondence. Wedo not -d commun ications. AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING, 8 GARDEN, Broadway.—Afternoon and Even NIBLO'’S GA —y WINTER GARDEN, Broadway, opposite Bond street.— ‘ TATITE AND JEANNOT—OOOPEES . WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broadway.—Toopirs—Zouaves. LAURA KEENE’S THEATRE, €2 Broadway.—Ovn Amenican Cousin. NEW BOWERY, Bowery.—Antizanx or J.vons—Devit's ‘Osx—Guost or tam Len. BARNUM'S AMERICAN MUSEUM, Broadway.—Day and —Erniortax Soxcs, Dances, Buxirsques, Livind Souont rin, ac VARI street.—Swiss Cor. ease Sinciwa Lav Dancin—Souooe i4 an Urwouu—Liw- wricx Bor. PALACE GARDEN, Fourteenth sireet.—Vocat amp In- @ravmEntal Concuat. CANTERBURY CONCERT SALOON, 663 Broadway.— Bowes, Dances, BUKLESGUES, New York, Wednesday, August 1, 1560. MAILS FOR EUROPE. Verk Herald— Edition for Europe. ‘The Cunard mai! steamship Africa, Captain Shannon, Will leayo this port to-day for Liverpool. Tho European mails will cloce in this city this af.ernoon, at half-past twelve o'clock. ‘The Eveorsam Eprnon or rus Hexatp wil! be published at eleven o'clock ta the morning, Single copies, in wrap pers, six cents, The contents of the Evrorgay Enrom ov rum Haraip will combine the news received by mail and telegraph a: Abe office during the previous week, and up to the hour of Pablication. New York Herald—California Edit ‘Tho mail steamship Arisl, Capt. Miner, will leave this port to-day, at noon, for Aspinwall. Tho mails for California and other parts of the Pacific ‘will close at half-past ten o'clock this morning. The New Yore Wexxty Huxaty—California edition— @ontaining the latest intelligence from all parte of the ‘world, with a large quantity of local and miscellancous matter, will be published at haif-past vine o’clock in the morning. Single copies, in wrappers, ready for mailing, six cents, Agents will please sond in their orders as carly as pos- Bible. The News. The steamship Prince Albert, from Galway 24th ult., arrived at St. Johns yesterday morning, put- tipg us in possession of five days later European intelligence. The news is not very important. The contract transferring the Galway steamers to the Canadian line had been cancelled. The proceed- ings of the British Parliament were unimportant. Affairs in Syria were unchanged. France was preparing to make powerful intervention in the affairs of that distracted country, and had given notice of her intentions to the other European Powers. The King of Naples had taken measures to secure the adherence of his troops to the recently granted constitution, and various reforms had been ordered in his from A conference was to take place in a few days between the Emperor of Austria and the Prince Regent of Prussia. On the 24th ult. the Liverpool coon market closed dull. Flour and wheat had dvancing tendency. Consols, on the 24th ult., at the close, were quoted at 934 a 93). The Police Commissioners yesterday appointed John R. Flinn, late telegraph operator at the City Hall, a patrolman. The various ward detectives have been called in and ordered to report for pa- trol duty We are informed that the steamship City of Washington, which arriged yesterday, was off Cape Race from four A. M. © nine A. M. of Friday last. It will be remembered that the newsboat was lost fn the fog on Thursday night, after boarding the Prince of Wales squadron, and did not reach the Cape till after nine A. M. of Friday. The canister containing the news for the Press was thrown overboard some eight miles south of the Cape, ina dense fog, upon the clearing up of which Captain Jeffrey stood in for the Cape, passing very near it, and several guns were fired. The absence of the boat prevented the ship being boarded, and a pack- age of news was made up and sent ashore, with the latest papers, bya fishing boat. The courteous ‘and friend! rit shown to the press by the off- cers of the City of Washington is worthy of special acknowledgment at their hands, We have some intelligence in addition to that published in the Heratp yesterday morning, Drought from California by the pony express. The news of the double d Tatic nomina’ $s at Bal- timore, when first received in San Francisco, caused some surprise among the democracy; but salutes were fired for both Breckinri and Dong- las, by the partisans of each, in all the principal towns of California. Many persons were leaving Visalia for the newly discovered silver mine near A¢ Owen's Lake. ander loney Lake by over three hundred India @ fight, lasting nearly two hours, took re- sulting in the death of several of the Indians, A package of documents from the Emperor of Japan for the Japanese Embassy at Washington had ar- rived at San Francisco. The pony express reports the route between Carson Valley and Salt Lake as being now well stocked and clear of Indians. By the Pike's Peak exp arrived at St. Joseph yesterday, we have i ence from Den ver City to July 23. By referenc e despatches, ander our telegraphic head, it will be seen that rather a lawless state of society seems to exist at Denver. Shooting aflrays seem to be the order of the day there. The steamship Great Eastern arrived at Cape May at seven o'clock yesterday morning. Great dinaatisfaction prevailed among the excursionists on board of her, owing to the many discomforts they had to endure. There seems to have been but very insufficient pfovisions made for the comfort of the passengers. The Great Eastern was leave on her return to New York at six o'clock last evening, and will probably arrive here at about six o'clock this morning. Our news from Halifax is vory interesting. The Prince of Wales continues to receive the undivided attention of the people. Yesterday he reviewed the troops in the morning, and after partaking of a fanch at the Government House, he and his snit went to view the rustic sports that had been got ap in his honor. He appeared to enjoy them very much, and laughed most heartily at some of the games. In the evening he went to the ball that was given at the Province Building, and was ad ompany of United States troops, when ogdom. There is nothing of importance | mired and observed by all. Tucre has been & general holiday in Halifax for the last two days. ‘The Board of Aldermen met last eveulng. The semi-annual report of the Fire Marsal was pre- sented and ordered on file. The greater part of the session was occupied by the Aldermen in a discussion of the proposed appropriation of $105,000 to defray the expenses attendant on entertaining the Japanese Embassy. A motion by Alderman Cornell, that the $105,000 be in liew of the $30,000 originally voted, was finally carried, A report was made by the Committee on Ferries in relation to the proposed ferry from the foot of Chambers treet. A full report of the proceedings of the Board will be found in another column. A large meeting took place last eveuing at the State Guard armory, 481 Broadway, for the pur pose of organizing a Zouave corps. A letter from General Townsend was read. A resolution that the organization be an independent one was car- ried unanimously. Company E of the Ninth regi- ment will also drill a /a Zouave. A full report of the meeting will be found elsewhere in our columns. The cotton market was steady yesterday, while the sales were confined to about 400 a 600 bales, on the basis of quotations given in another columm Flour opeucd dull and heavy, but became more active, with a firme tone in prices at the close, in consequence of the favor able oharacter of the foreign news. Wheat also closed with more show of firmness, while gales were to a fair extent, including some parcels taken for export. Corn was firmer and more active, with free sates at full prices. Pork was without change of importance: sales of new mess wereJmade¥at $18 90 a $19 12%, and of old mess at $18 25, aad new prime at $14. Sugars were in light demand, while the sales embraced about 450 a 600 bhds., atg§rates given in another column. Th omprises 87,357 bhds.,"against 66,160 at tae year; 24,718 boxes, against 24,608; tas hhds. melado, against 2,398 last year. Coffee was {firm and sales light. The stock of Rio was freduced to 4,500 bags, to 12,284 mats Java, 1,350 bags government do , with a total of packages of all kinds of $4,995. The stock of Rio in Raltimors was reduced to 200,000, and that of New Orleans to 4,000 bags. Freights were steady, and included in the shipments were 88,000 bushels wheat to Liverpool, in bulk and bags, at 10.'a 10%4., and flour at 25.64. ade. TMd.,"part 10 fll up.f dee eed pone The} Irrepresstble Conflict’—Important Semi-Oficial Decrees in Behalf of “Old Abe Lincoln.” More than one of the travelling newspaper correspondents of the republican“taith, having fulfilled the pious pilgrimage to the residence of Mr. Lincoln, have invited the unbeliever in his superior qualifications for the White House to “come out here and see Old Abe at home, and talk with hisyneighbors, if, you would learn What he is.” Adopting this idea that his mme- diate neighbors and colaborers know him ,best, and that when they assume to speak authorita- tively they speak by the book, our readers will appreciate the importance’which we attach* to a brace of editorial articles transferred to these columas from the Chicago Democrat, & paper possessing more largely the confidence of “ Abe” than any other newspaper in Illinois. ““The editor of said paper is his Honor Joha Wentworth, Mayor of Chicago, familiarly called “L John,” from hia altitude, which is six GREE oF ro Inches more tha That of the original rail splitter himself, A man of such proportions and of the official position of Went- worth, and of his skill, activity, zeal and power as a political editor, cannot be doubted as a man who speaks by authority, when he undertakes to proclaim the principles and pur- poses “of his Presidential candidate and the party supporting him. We have no doubt, should Lincoln be quietly established in the White House, on the 4th March next, that Went- worth will be duly installed as lord of the kitchen and the kitchen cabinet, much to the disgust of the Blairs, the Greeleys and the For- neys; for we dare say that much more than to all these men put together is Lincoln indebted to Wentworth for his nomination. Having thus established the semi-official cha racter of the aforesaid leading editorials of our Chicago cotemporary, let us see what they are. Taking the “irrepressible conflict’ as proclaimed by “Old Abe” in 1858 as his plat- form, Mr. Wentworth, in a review of a late edi- | torial of this journal on the subject of disunion, proceeds to show that the “game of scaring and bullying the North” is ‘but the old game which has been used time and time again to scare the North into submission to Southern demands and Southern tyranny;” that “we might as well make up our minds to fight the battle now as atany other time;” that “if we do not place slavery in the process of extinction by hemming it in where it is, and not suffering it to expand, it will extinguish us and our liberties;” and that against this work of “hemming them in,” the Southern States will not dare the ruinous experiment of seceding from the Union; for that “the only thing that can prevent a complete and Ddloody slave insurrection throughout the Southern States is the preser- vation of the Union.” Thus satisfied that the Northern mission of extinguishing slavery in the South may be safe- ly undertaken, Mr. Wentworth tells us that “a scheme may be devised and carried out which will result in the peaceful, honorable and equi- table emancipation of all the slaves; that “the States must be made all fre that “the work will be one of time and patience, but it must be done.” We are next assured that it is only their fear of the general government which pre- venis, this mome a general insurrection among the slaves in the border States;” from which it follows that, with the removal of this fear, there will be an insurrection which will make “the peaceful emancipation of all the slaves” an easy task. With the outlines of the republican programme | for the abolition of slavery thus presented by an editor fully, possessing the confidence of Mr. Lincoln, is it any wonder that the alter. ‘i ative of secession and a Southern confederacy this peaceable extinguishment of slavery? We me it means its exclusion from the Terri navyryards, dock yards, &c., by act of next, the suppression of the inter: ave trade, and the repeal of the lagitive + and next, the habeas corpus pro cesses of Lysander Spooner in regard to slaves. | In brief, with a Congress, an Executive and a Supreme Court all of the same model and the same mind, it would not be a difficult matter, under an abolition Interpretation of the consti tution, so to cripple this vital Southern institu tion of slavery as soon to render even a faithful Virginia field hand, now worth over » thousand dollars, utterly worthless to his master. And such, we doubt not, is this peaceful re | publican programme for the conversion of all the States into free States. Are not Southern men aware of this? Do they not know that within the Union they have fallen completely under the overshadowing power of the North, and that this antislavery repub lican party have taken possession of the North? Is it aot patent t all the world Cong State Slave should be agitated in the South? What means | and its removal from the District of Co. | that the “one idea” of this party is the extirpa- tion of slavery; and, to say nothing of the hazards of a servile revolt, is there not some- thing in this item of two thousand millions of dollars involved in slave property calculated to rouse the resistance of Southern men to the point of war, against a deliberate moral and political crusade, whose object is the destruc- tion of this property? ‘There may be reason to apprehend, a3 indi- cated by Mr. Weatworth, that, with the election of Lincoln, the fear being removed from the minds of Southern slaves in regard to the general government, they may rise in a bloody insurrection against their masters. Should this terrible calamity occur, or anything in the form of a servile conspiracy, upon the heel of Lin- coln’s election, unquestionably the next thing will be a general movement in the Southern States towards secession and a Southern con- federacy. At all events, it is abundantly mani- fest that this Presidential contest is between Lincoln and Breckinridge; that the chances are all in favor of Lincéln, and that his success will be regarded in the South as a declaration of no quarter to slavery, All this is plainly visible. The only question remaining is the submis-ioa or resistance of the South to the victorious anti- slavery power of the North. The greatest dan- ger is that we have had this cry of “wolf,” “wolf,” so often we may refuse to credit it, even with the wolf at the door. Tue Ocean TeLecriras or THE Worto.—It will be interesting to all the friends of science in this country to know that the American Scientific Association begins its annual conven- tion to-day, when many interesting facts in re- gard to the progress of science in America will be brought up for the discussion of its mem- bers. Last month the British Association—a society formed upon very similar principles— held their sessions at Oxford, when some very important papers were submitted to them. Among these was one presented by Col. T. P. Shaffer, an American citizen, on the practicability of laying down an At- lantic telegraph to connect Europe with America by the Faroe islands, Iceland and Greenland, the line to traverse Labrador and Canada to Quebec. Two expeditions have already set forth to make investigations in the ice-ribbed waters of the frozen seas, and the re- ports of the distinguished navigators who have accompanied them will prove whether the Newfoundland route or that by Iceland ‘and Labrador is the better. It is an interesting fact to know that there are at present no less than five proposed means of connecting the Old and New Worlds, and the unanimous action of all the civilized nations of the earth would show that such an intimate con- nection between the two continents is “a con- summation devoutly to be wished.” We have, first of all, the old Atlantic telegraph, from Ire- land to Newfoundland, which was almost brought to complete perfection, and which, though silent for many a day, may yet be madé to speak again. Then there is the line proposed by Col. Shaffuer; the line by way of the Azores; the line by the Amoor river, Behring’s Straits, San Francisco, and across to our seaboard; and last, though not least, the means of communioca- tion proposed by the Emperor of the French, and which, from his known sagacity, we may presume has some good features to recommend it. Thus, by the consent of Christendom, the prophecy of Pack will at length be realized, and a girdle be put about the earth in forty minutes. Danorrs or Tur Staten Istaxp Ferny.— Is there no law, ordinance or regulation to prevent the Staten Island ferry boats from taking a load of passengers which renders frightful loss of life at any moment imminent? This is one of the most frequented ferries run- ning from the city; and, we believe, with the exception of one boat, none of them employed there are considered safe or fit for their busi- ness. On the occasion of the sailing of the Great Eastern, on Monday, the boats were ywded down to the water's edge, and it was # same on the Fourth of July. If the slight- est panic had occurred—even from the most trivial cause—the results must have been fear- ful to think of, among such a dense mass of people crushed into so small a space. There is bardly a Sunday that hundreds of buman lives are not placed in jeopardy on these boats. One can readily fancy what the consequence would be should a collision occur or an excitement of any kind arise on one of these boats, with a thousand people on board, and absolutely no means of saving a single life, except a few life preservers, stowed away no one knows where. There are no small boats kept on board, and life preservers, we need bardly say, afford a poor chance of escape when a thousand or even five hundred people are cast upon the waters in a heap. Should a catastrophe happen on the Staten Island boats on any Sunday, not the strongest nor the calm- est passenger on board could escape drowning. This is something terrible to contemplate, the summer season. The proprietors of this ferry should be indicted for this reckless ex- posure of buman life if the law can reach them; and if not, the Common Council should see to it that the number of passengers on the boats be limited to an amount which will afford some | guarantee of safety. Tur Census—Tie Growrn or New York.— | The census is not yet completed, but probably will be by the 20th inst., though the law ex- tends the time to the Ist of September. Enough | is now ascertained to show that the population of this city has increased thirty-three per cent, and that it is now about 900,000, to which, if the population of the suburbs of the city be added—as we have a right to do—there will be | @ total of a million and a quarter, from which it appears that, outside China and Japan, New York is in population the third city in the world; and if its growth only continues in the same ratio—as there is every reason to believe it will—this metropolis will soon be the first city in the world. Its growth is the measure of the growth of the country: while the United States grow, it will necessarily grow in the same proportion, and that growth is unprece- dented in the history of the world. It is only the breaking up of the Union by fanaticism that can check the growth of this great Empire City, or retard the rapid increase of the population of the States, or prevent the speedy develope- ment of gigantic resources without a parallel. New York is the mighty brain of this body politic, communicating by nerves with its most remote extremities. and exercising more or leas of a controlling influence on every part | } and yet it is liable to occur at any time during | ‘NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1960. The Politicians at Fault and Snuarling at Each Other. One of the most curious and remarkable phases of the present political contest, and which demonstrates its thoroughly revolution- ary character, is the letter writing warfare that is being carried on among the professional poli- ticians. Owing, in a great measure, to the popular sup- position that the divisions among the party leaders of the conservative interests will result in an election by default of the candidates of the radical republican minority, no political ex- citement can be got up among the people. The politicians are, therefore, endeavoring to bring their private merits forward, and are writing letters attacking each other, explaining where each stood three, six and twelve years ago—who they opposed, what faction they supported, what they got for it, and what they did not get; who was cheated, and how it was done; and, in fact, turning the whole system of political party management for the last dozen or twenty years inside out, so that its corruption stands in full view and smells in the nostrils of the people. Of this order we had several letters yeater- day in the minor journals of this metropolis. The Tribune gives usa three column letter of Washington Hunt, and a four column reply of Horace Greeley; the News has a three column letter from ex-State Engineer Seymour, who is after Greeley too; and the Times, for want of a better correspondent, publishes ex-Navy Agent Sanders’ scolding tirade at the President for hav- ing at last done him justice. The only grain of wheat in all this chaff is the following admis- sion of Greeley and his black republican coad- jutors:— Believing slavery to be a flagrant violation of the ina lienable rights of man, a burning reproach to our coun- try, an enemy to ber prosperity and progress iv art, intelligence and civilization, I mean to labor for its eradi- cation from our own and ali other couatries so long as 1 live. The same style of quarrel is going on among the professional politicians all over the coun- try. Wise and Hunter are ready to let’ out their pent up wrath against each other, and are only restrained by the salutary suspicion that the people in the South will laugh at them, ju-t as the people in the North are laughing at Gree- ley, Hunt, Seymour, Sanders and the like. In Kentucky the same bitter feeling exists among .the professional spoilsmen, and tke Guthrie men, the Combs men and the . Douglas men are all accusing the Breckinridge men"cf having stolen from them the hear's of the peo- ple, none’of them being aware of the§ simp!e fact that the hearts of the people were never with them in their juggling and chea‘ing politi- cal operations. This wrangling aad mutually accusing "phase of the political revoluticn amounts to nothing more than a verification of the Spanish proverb:—“When cronies fall out truths come to light.” But what does the country care whether Greeley was cheated out of the nomination for Governor or not, whether Hunt was estimated at his full value or not in the old whig party, or why Silex Seymour lost pig office, or what Wise and Hunter th’nk of each other, or why the foolish Foray th lost his mission ‘o Mexico, or whether the blackguard Pryor opines this or that, or what course the official léech Sanders pursues to get another ap- pointment? All of these and their fellow bickerings among the professional politicians only prove that an immense change has taken place in public opinion, and that these quar- rellers find themselves high and dry on the shoals and quicksands of partisan jugglery, while others bid fair to float into the fat places and snug harbors of political appointment. For all this the country does not care a fig, There is a great constitutional issue at stake, in which the safety and happiness of all are in- volyed; and before November the people will find this out, and come up from every side to vote fairly and squarely on it, and save the con- stitution and the Union from the insidious de- signs of black republicanism. Progress or THE Prixce or Wates.—The Prince of Wales is rapidly progressing in his journey towards the United States. He has left Newfoundland, and is nowin Halifax, Nova Scotia; in a short time he will have visited Que- bec and Montreal, and will arrive at Niagara Falls, when he will enter the territory of the United States. He seems, from all the reports, to be improving, as he goes, in good looks and graceful manners, and to be growing rapidly into the good graces ofthe people of her Majes- ty’s colonies, We have no doubt that when he arrives here he will win quite as much popular favor as in the British provinces. It is trne that we will not have the same opportunity for a public display of enthusiasm, because the Prince will lay down his state on the frontiers of the: republic, and come among us in the simple ca- pacity of a private gentleman, en roule to the federal capital to pay a friendly visit to Presi- dent Buchanan; but such reception as he does meet with will be of the most cordial, respect- ful and genial kind—something that he will appreciate and remember. Ile will not be in- flicted with a formal welcome by our corporate officials, with all its attendant vulgarity and ob- trusiveness, nor will the pious folks of Trinity church, we sincerely hope, carry out their con- templated design of making a show of him, or canonizing him as a saint. He is a very intelligent, well conducted young gentleman, desirous of improvement, and, we should judge, rather fond of pleasure; but we hardly think that he aspires to a place in the calendar of saints; nor do we know whether he is even a member of any churcly 80 we trust that the parsons will not bore him, but will let him enjoy himself in his own way. He will thus take back to his own country a far more pleasing remembrance of the American republic, where he naturally expects to find an entire absence of flunkeyism and snobbery, and, no doubt, hopes to meet with his fellow men clothed only with the simple dignity of nature, as becomes a people who unite in their own persons the governors and the governed, Hautrax asd New York—Tue Prixce or Wares anp THE Great Easteny.—Two of the moet splendid harbors on this continent were witnesses of a grand celebration on Monday. While the Prince of Wales, the heir to the throne of Great Britain, was landing at Halifax, the finest harbor in British America, amid the firing of cannon and the shouts of assem- bled thousands, the Great Eastern, another British institution, was steaming down the bay of New York, the finest harbor in the United States, greeted by tens of thousands of jubilant spectators, surrounded by a fleet of crowded teainers, yachts and boats of all dimensions— & parting eslute thundering out from all points os the monster moved along. It is , ® question whether the enthusiasm in Halifax on, ' that day was greater than along the bay of New ° York, and it may be very flattering to the * of John Bull to know that in both places it was British celebrity that evoked it. It is 8 curious however, that the two finest harbo. * in America should have been the scene of a gra. 14 sensation on the same day. Sream Versus Hawp Firs Exaives.—The fire in Nassau street on h’onday evening last has demonstrated the supe'iority of steam over mere manual labor, when @pplied to the] extin- guishing of great conflagrations. It has also proved that the firemen of the city of New York are the foremost in the world, whether we judge them by their personal bravery, their self-nega- tion, or the admirable esprit du corps by which their excellent organization is sustained. Such a band of heroic and self-denying men it would be hard to find anywhere. The alacrity they invariably evince whenever the cry of danger is heard; the promptitude and discipline they observe in conforming to the stringent rules of their association, and the inflexible courage and determination which are their leading cha- racteriatics when life and property, public or private, are in jeopardy, are confessed facts which give a tone and a character to the pro- fession of a fireman. But in the face of all these facts, and of many others which might be added, it has been too clearly shown that a revolution is about to oc- cur in the administration of the Fire Depart- ment. Steam fire engines must inevitably be brought into universal use. The ordinary hand engines, though worked by the most courageous, athletic. and devoted men, can never hold out or compete with the tremendous force and unceesing action of the steam fire king. As steam has already demonstrated its utility and power in every branch of art and human labor, it must also come to be exclusively applied to the extinction of fires. When this grand im- provement has been fully achieved, we shall hear of but few extensive conflagrations. To the presence of one of these powerful engines we must, in a great measure, attribute the ex- emption of our own and other establishments from a very severe scorching on Monday night. Three or four large steam fire engines, bring- ing their full power of ejecting water to bear on a burning building, must very soon sub- due the flames, be they ever so fierce; and the consequence will be that, when these engines are in universal use, only one building can burn ata time, and life and property will be more securely guarded. Many of our firemen might look on the on- ward progress of steam fire engines a: an inno- vation in their profession, and as calculated to detract from the importance of their exemplary organization. But they greatly err if they be- lieve 80. The steam fire engines have to be at- tended to as carefully, if not more so, than the hand engines. They require as many men to take them to the post of danger, and. in cases of great fires, the mep of the Department would aiways find more than enough to do without wearing out their strength by the fatiguing la- bors which the hand engines demand, and with- out which they are entirely useless. The improvement is, therefore, an advan- tage to all parties—to the public as well as to the members of the Fire Depart- ment themselves. As human muscle cannot compete with steam in working against fires, let steam be altogether brought into use. And we are glad to know that this desideratum is being slowly but certainly accomplished. There are now in this city four ef these new and powerful regular district steam engines, besides two large exempt engines, which are only brought into requisition on the occasion of very large conflagrations. Measures are now, we learn, being taken by the Corporation for constructing others of the same class ; and if our city fathers really desire to protect the property of the public, they will relax no ef- fort to the city with a full complement of these superior engines. Tae Site ror Tux Post Orrice—Tur Derca Cuvrcu Turow Oversoarv.—We understand that the general government has decided not to take the old Dutch church in Nassau street as asite for the new Post Office, and for the reason that no clear title to the property can be had. It appears that there are several bodies lying in the vaults there, and the heirs to the different tombs cannot now be found; and, therefore, without their signatures no title would be secure, unless by some special act of the Legistature. Many of the heirs to these tombe are probably dead, but many may be living, and scattered over the face of the globe. It would be highly impolitic in the government to run the risk of future litigation under these circumstances, as they have no more right to take possession of these men’s tombs than of their houses. We said before, when it was rumored that the purchase of the Dutch church by government was completed, that it was not so; and it now ap- pears that we were correct in our statement, as we usually are. We consider it very fortu- nate for the public that this location cannot be had for a Post Office. It is not the proper place for it, because business is moving up town. and it would be a great hardship to com- pel people to come down to such an out of the way place as the present Post Office will be ten years hence. The fit place for the Post Office, the Custom House, the Mint and the federal courts is the City Hall Park. The title to that property is undisputed. It will be for years to come, if not always, the centre of commerce, and convenient enough to the busi- ness and shipping localities of the city. Let the city buildings be removed to the Five Points, and the offices of the general govern- ment be erected in the lark, and we will have things as nature and the circumstances of the metropolis intended them to be. A Frayk Conressioy.—A Douglas paper in the South says that “all the cause of Mf. Douglas wants to enable him to succeed is the truth.” This is a very grave lacking, for when a cause lacks truth it lacks everything, and we sgree with our contemporary that it is a very serious defect in Mr. Douglas’ cause, Wilitamsburg City News, Drowsen Wane Bareiva—A young maa, named Samuel W. Ingiec, was drowned at the foot of South Tenth street yesterday morning whilst in bathing. It is supposed that he was seized with ‘cramp and ren cored hel Resideets of the vicinityZheard bis cries for help, but their aesistance came too late. His body ‘was recovered and taken to his late home, in Division ave nue, near Fleventh street Aseacuren ay Woes —A German, engaged at Schmader badis’ brewery, in Remsen street, was atiacked by a number of females resi fing in the neighborhood, on Mon day evening, and severely beaten. It that he struck a little child with a horewhip, whieh, very natu raliy, raised the indignation of the mother, who collected her friends and pitched into the offender, who waa a yore. ya before they let bin up — ey AFFAIRS AT Vit€ NATIONAL CAPITAL. ann Ses Our Special Washin.stom Despatonh. | Waserng tom, July 31, 1960. TRE DITION MOVEMENTS Af THY BOUTS. It ig stated here today upo high authority that tae | disunion movement foreshadowed by KeXtt is much more extensive and mature than had beem supp. sed; that coa-. certed action has been taken by severnl of te States ia Seceding and that an agent is to be sent te Europe 40 sound, the cabinets of St. Cloud and St. James as te what policy they would feel bound to pursue toward @ Seuthern (oa- federacy in case of a dissolution. It is further stated that there is great appretension og the part of some of the delegates to the Dougins Stata Convention which meets at Staunton, Va., to-morrow, that they will be sold out to @ Breckinridge or fusion movement. It is quite probable Wise is at the bead of this movement. ‘THIS ADMINIBTRATION AND THE DOUGLASITEH. The policy of the administration seems to be to recaph tate all Douglas beads North which will mot pod in favor of fusion, and ostracise all members of the party Soutis ‘who are not in favor of Breckinridge. Douglas men aay ‘the only objection to this procedure, is thet it results im giving all the turkeys to Rreckiaridge, aod all the buz- ‘ards to Dougiags. Altogether, it is Painfully appereat ‘that tho leaders are intriguing for the spoils, without the Glightest regard for the well being of the country. =e SANDERS’ LETTK TO TUB vREELDGNT. Sppearanse of the impudent aud denuaci letter of that cx office holder, and pasts political advertisor, George N. Sanders, to the ~ Preesdent of the United States has produecd effects 00 the minds of readers as varied as political parties aro umerous, Allagree that the Guthor is, a9 usual, ecok- ing notoriety, and solects the venerable Chief Magistrate ‘ag the target which will bring his name most promi- ently before the political community. The friends of the President look upon it as simply a piece of sublime audacity which will recoil upon its author. His encmies of all parties chuckle over its fippant Pungency aad sauciness. Among people who know the parties it wiil have no effect prejudicial to the President. It is looked upon as the writhings and contortions of the headicsa trunk of the late navy agent at New Fork. ‘OLD IRONSIDES" ORDBRED TO ANNAPOLIS. The frignate Constitution, “ Old Ironsides,”’ is ordered to Annapolis; to perform duty as a service ship for the pa- pils of the naval school. This is a highly proper designa- tion for her, owing to her prominent connection with tha most brilliant achievements in our naval history. She has been extensively repaired, under the superintendence of constructor W. L. Hanscom, and is one of the facet frigates in the navy. DEPARTURE OF JUDGE BLACK FOR PENNSYLVANIA. Judge Black leaves town to morrow for Pennsytvania, where he will remain for a few weeks. His assistant, Mr. M. C. Calmont, remains in charge of the office during his absence. Icteresting from Japan. IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS FROM THE EMPEROR TO THE EMBASSY—INCREASK OF TRADE, ETC. San Fraxcisoo, July 19, 1860. By the bark Carrie Leland, which arrived here on the 16th of July from Kanagawa, Japan, we have intelligence from that quarter to the 23d of May. ‘The Leland brings an assorted cargo of Japanese notions and general merchandise. A package of documents from the Emperor of Japan to the Embassy at Washington was . received by this arrival, which will be transmitted to ite destination by the next steamer for tho Fast. The package is oblong in shape, about eight inches in length by four in breath, and four inches thick. It was forward- ed through the United States Consul at Kanagawa, ‘The news is meagre. San Francisco vessels had obtained cargocs without trouble, but the prices of goods were said to have ad- vanced very much. American balf dollars are represented to be uscless for the purpose of trade. They are received at the Custom House only at a discount of 8 per cent. News from the Pacific. AFFAIRS IN CALIFORNIA, OREGON AND BRITISH 00- LUMBIA—MINING INTELLIGENCE, ETC St. Josera, July 31, 1860. We have the following additional mews by the pony ex- ibe ‘Saw Francisco, July 19—3:40 P. M. The receipts of wheat the past few days have been light, and vessels are retarded from filling up. Money is plentiful at 14¢ a 2 per cont a month. The pony express, with St. Louis dates of July 1, ar- rived at Carson Valley on the 15th instant, and at Sao Franciaco on the 16th. It also brought the letters by the previous express from St. Joseph. The delay was occa- stoned by waiting somewhere west of Sall Lake for aa es- cort,and then having to jouracy two hundred miles m company with soldiers, making ouly forty miles per day. Tho route between Carson Valley and Salt Lake is now reported well stocked and clear of _Indians, so that the fu- ture trips of the express will be regularly made. ‘The news received by the pony express, which left 8. Louis on the Ist inst., of double democratic nominations ‘at Baltimore, perplexes the democrats more than ever. ‘The party organs hesitate to support either ticket for fear \he ofher may prove the stronger one. The federal officials, nearly all of them, suppert Breckinridge and Lane. Salutes have been fired for Dougias, and then for Breck- turidge and Lane, by the partisans of each, in overy principal town in the State. The probabilities favor the nomination of two electoral tickets by the two wings of the party. A Dongias ratification meeting is called for this evening at San Francitco, and ex Governor Weller, Archibald ©. Peachey, General McDowall, aud other staunch supporters of the administration, are annonnced ag the speakers. The San Francisco Herald, the only democratic organ ‘that came out in support of Dougias after the annoumeo- ment of his nomination, has become silent for the pre- sent, it having received orders from the Custom House, from whence ita main support is derived, to 4o 80. Two companies of overland emigrants from Michigan have arrived at Carson Valley within a week. They passed over the Indian infested portion of the route without the loss of one of their company. A company, numbering forty.two persons, from Kala- mazoo, bad a fight with the Indians and whipped them. ‘The company all arrived im excellent health on the 14th. Three hundred and twenty thousand dollars remained im the State Treasury. The statistics of operations in the San Francisco Mint for the past year show the total gold coinage at $11,900,000 and over $500,000 silver coinage. Many people are leaving Visalia, a Southeastern border town, for the newly discovered silver mines near Owen's Lake, on the Eastern slope of the mountains, 200 miles ~ south of the Washoe mines. The last accounts state that 300 men had arrived at these mines, and that rich silver leads of quarty, yiclding $1,000 per ton, bad been discovered. The steamer Pacific has arrived with later Oregoa, Washington and British Columbia news. Oregon dates to the 13th state that four companies of United States troops were to he despatebed to the countey east of the Cascades, to protect the settlers against the Indians. Captain Smith’s company, while marching towards Honey Lake, was attacked by over 300 Indians, armed with guns and bows and arrows. The Gght lasted uearty an hour, Several Indians were killed. General Harney arrived by the Paciiic on his way to Washington, Col. Wright bas been appointed to the command of the Department, &c Oregon gold in considerable quantities las been found on the tributaries of Des Chates river. The Soake Indians are manifesting 9 hostile disposition. An election for mem ders of the Legis in Washington Territory. Returns are Cowlite county , electing two rep ty. This county hus heretofore g: Dates from British Columbia to the new gold mining region has bee and Insuelle counties. This is r ning news. News from the mines is gencrally extremely faxoable, ‘There is 20 other news. Everything was quiet at Kanagawa, but theinterior of the country was in a disturbed state, It waa Ge Prince Regent who waa assassinated by the adhercaia of Prince Metao. The act was committed within Ue walls of tho Regent's palace. The assassins bad all Beem eapturad. The Tycoon is represented to be very Where’, towards foreigners, and for this reason he eucoumsered the sii will of Prince Metao, The bark Onward is daily expwetod t dates from Kanagawa to the Sch of June SHTPTING INTEL RIGRY Arrived at Honolulu June 4, shape 1 for Howg Boog, 1th, Vagoim, I gut sowad 14th state thos vered in Okonagea ted as importand mi- arrive, with Frineiaon 1th, brs »