The New York Herald Newspaper, August 1, 1860, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GoRDON BENNETT, TERMS, cach in advance. Money sent by mail vill be at the riak of the sender, “Postage siamipe not received as tubecription money. THE DAILY HER. THE WEEKLY H. tio cents per copy, $7 per annum. LD. every Saturday, a six cents European Edition every Wedne $1 per annum toany part of Great Britain, the Continent, both to include postage; he y the Bth and S00 af each month al wz cents oF $1 fd) per annum. PTHPYEGMILY TELALD’ on Wednentay, at four cents per or $2 per annwm. ; Y ESPONDENCE, containing importo From any quarter of the w af used, il! be lilerully paid for. Ba OUR FoRsiGN eS PON DE! Paxniovrarty Kxquestep TO Seat all Larreas ano Pack mB BENT US. “yO ‘NOTICE taken of anonymous correspondence. Wedo not return rejected commun ications. AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING, —— GARDEN, Broadway.—Afiernoon and Even- one uoumentan Penroux uncam WINTER GARDEN, Broadway, . BANNEITE AND JRANNOT—COOPERS, ‘opposite Bond street.— WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broadway.—Toopizs—Zouaves. LAURA KEENR’S THEATRE, €2 Broadway.—Ovn Amznican Cousin, NEW BOWERY, Bowery.—Aagtizan or lvons—Devi's Osx—Suoet or tan Lex. Iway.—Day and BARNUM’S AMERICAN MUSEUM, Broad Sa Songs, Dances, Bux.esqurs, Living rms, NATIONAL VARIETIES, Chatham street.—Swiss Cor- esos amp Dancing—Scuoo. 1x an Urnoak—Lin- enicx Bor. PALACE GARDEN, Fourteenth street.—Vocat amp In- @ravmEntaL CONCERT. CANTERBURY CONCERT SALOON, 063 Broadway.— Bowcs, Dances, Buxissques, Ac. New York, Wednesday, August 1, 1560. MAILS FOR EUROPE. Wme Kew Werk Herald— Edition for Europe. The Cunard mai! steamship Africa, Captain Shannon, Will leave this port to-day for Liverpool. ‘Tho European mails will clore in this city this af.ernoou, at half-past twelve o'clock. ‘The Evgorgam Eprnon ov Tus HexaLp will be published fat eleven o'clock ta the morning, Single copies, in wrap- pers, six centa, ‘The contents of the Evrorgas Eprom ov rum Herat will combine the news received by mail and telegraph at Aho office duriag the previous week, and up to the hour of pablication. MAILS FOR THE PACIFIC. Sew York Herald—California Edition, ‘The mail steamship Arial, Capt. Miner, will leave this port to-day, at noon, for Aspinwall. ‘The mails for California and other parts of the Pacific ‘will close at half-past ten o'clock this morning. The New Yora Werxty Huratp—California edition— ®ontaining the latest intelligence from all parts of the ‘world, with a large quantity of local and misceliancous ‘matter, will be published at balf-past nine o'clock in the morning. BSingie copies, in wrappers, ready for mailing, six cents, Agents will please send in their orders as carly as pos- aible. 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 sition, and various reforms had been ordered in his kingdom. There is nothing of importance from Sicily. A conference was to take place in a few days between the Emperor of Austria and the Prince egent of Prussia. On the 24th ult. the Liverpool coon market closed dull. Flour and wheat had an advancing tendency. Consols, on the 2ith 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 Tress was thrown overboard some eight miles south of the Cape, ina dense fog, upon the cl ing up of which Captain Jeftrey stood in for the Cape, passing very near it, and several guns were fired. The absence of the boat prevented the ship being boarded, anda pack- age of news was made up and sent ashore, with the latest papers, bya fishing boat. The courteous and friendly spirit shown to the press by the offi- 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, brought from Calif by the pony express. The news of the double ¢ ratic nominations at Bal- timore, when first received in San Francisco, caused some surprise among the democracy: but salutes were fired for both Breckinridge and Doug- 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 Owen's Lake. A company of United States ander Captain Smith, had been att. near Hloney Lake by over three hundred Indians, when @ fight, lasting nearly two hours, took place, re- sulting in the death of several of the Indians, A package of documents from the Emperor of Japan for the Japanese Embassy at Washi nm had ar- rived at San Francisco. The p ports the route between Carson Valley and Salt Lake as np ins Stars Beek cope, oh he pow ats, | peaceable extinguishment of slavery? We ! Joseph yesterday, we have 6 from Den- | Presume it means its exclusion from the Terri | ver City to July 23. By re . despatches, tories, and its removal from the District of Co. | under our telegraphic head, it will be seen that | !umbia, navyryards, dock yards, &o., by act of rather a lawless state of society ms to exist at | Congress; next, the enppression of the inter Denver. Shooting affrays seem to be the order of | State slave trade, and the repeal of the Figitive | the day there. The steamship Great Eastern arrived at Cape May at seven o'clock yesterday morning. Great dinsatisfaction 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 provisions made for the comfort of the passengers. The Great Eastern was to leave on her return to New York at six o'clock Inst evening, and will probably arrive here at about six o'clock this morning. Our news from Halifax is very 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 funch at the Government House, he and his suit went to view the rustic sports that had been got up 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 wes given at the Province Building, and was ad | publican programme for the conversion of all ‘NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, ¥ mired and observed by all. There has been a general holiday in Halifax for the last two days. The Board of Aldermen met last evewlag. ‘The semi-annual report of the Fire Marshal 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 bassy. 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 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 column, Flour opeucd dull and heavy, but became more active, with a firme tone in prices at the close, in consequence of the favor. able obaracter of the foreign news, Wheat also closed with more show of firmness, while sales were to « fair extent, including some parcels taken for export. Corn was firmer and more active, with free sales at full prices. Pork was without change of importance: gales of new mess were] ma: $18 90 a $19 12h, and of old mess at $18 25, aad new prime at $14. Sugars were in light demand, while the sales embraced about 450 a 500 bhds., aigfrates given in another column. 1k, Coniprises 87,957" bhds. year; 24,718 boxes, agvinst 24,608; tast year, and 8,250 hhds. melado, against 2,908 last yoar, Coffee was {firm and sales light. The stock of Rio was freduced to 4,500 bags, to 12,284 mats Java, 1,360 bags governmoat do , with a total of packages of all kinds of 34,995. The stock of Rio in Raltimora was reduced to 200,000, and that of New Orleans to 4,000 bags. Freights were steady, an included in the shipments were 38,000 bushels wheat to Liverpool, in bulk and bags, at 104. a 1044., and flour at 25 6d. ade THd."pat 0 fll up. dee tad sone The) Irrepressitble Conflict’—Important Semi-Official 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 hisjneighbors, if, you would learn What he is.” Adopting this idea that his imme- 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, a paper possessing more largely the confidence of “Oid Abe” than any other newspaper in Illinois. “The editor of said paper is his Honor John ‘Wentworth, Mayor of Chicago, familiarly called “Li John,” from his altitude, which is six Toon or" iwe inches more that Wat Us 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 bloody 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 free;” 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- vents, at this moment, “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- | native of secession and a Southern confederacy hould be agitated in the South? What means Slave law: and next, the babeas corpns pro cesses of Lysander Spooner in regard to slaves | In drief, with a Congress, an Executive and a Supreme Court all of the same model and the same mind, it would not be a dificult 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 a thousand dollars, utterly worthless to his master, And such, we doubt not, is this peaceful re the States into free States. Are not Southern men aware of this? Do they not know that within the Union they have fullen 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 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 iu 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, as 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 Lincoln, 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<ion or resistance of the South to the victorious aati- 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 TeLeGrapus or THE Wortp.—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. Shaffner, 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 iovestigations 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 made 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, anda girdle be put about the earth in forty minutes. Danorrs or THe Staten Istanp Ferry.— 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 wded 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 human 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 hardly 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, and yet it is liable to occur at any time during 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 Cexses—Tue 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 a 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 ean 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 influe on every part. The Politicians at Fault and Suarling 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 yester- day in the minor journals of this metropolis. The Trilune gives usa three column letter of Washington Hunt, and a four column reply of Horace Greeley; the News has a three columa 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 in art, intelligence and civilization, I mean to labor for its eradi, cation from our own and all other couatries 60 long as I 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, just as the people in the North are laughing at Grec- ley, Hunt, Seymour, Sanders and the like. In Kentucky the same bitter feeling exists among .the professional spoilsmen, and the Guthrie men, the Combs men and the Douglas men are all accusing the Breckinridge men™vf having stolen from them the hear's of the peo- pie, none“of them being aware of the simple 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 revolutic amounts to_pothing more than a verification of the Spanish proverb:—“When cronie: 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 Silas Seymour lost Big office, or what Wise and Hunter th'nk of each other, or why the foolish Forsyth lost his mission to Mexico, or whether the blackguard Pryor opines this or that, or what course the official leech 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- volved; 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 tar Prince or Wates.—The Prince of Wales is rapidly progressing in his journey towards the United States. He has left Newfoundland, and is now in 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 bave 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 route 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. He 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. Hauirax and New York—Tue Prisce of Wares axp THE Great Eastery.—Two of the most 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 steamers, yachts and boats of all dimensions — @ parting eslute thundering out from all points os the monster moved slong. [i is 860. 7” & 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 wase British celebrity that evoked it. It is @curious Oincidence, however, that the two finest harbo, * in America should have been the ecene of a gra 74 sensation on the same day. Sream Versus them by their personal bravery, their self-nega- tion, or the admirable esprit du corps by which their excellent organization is sustained. Such 8 band of heroic and self-denying men it would be hard to find anywhere. The alacrity they invariably evince whenever the cry ot 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 uncessing 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 sun Fie Evawes.—The fire in Nassau etreet on h'onday evening last has demonstrated the supetiority of steam over mere manual labor, when Spplied 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 ee I AFFAIRS AT Vi‘€ NATIONAL CAPITAL. ween es Our Special Washin.<tom Despatch, | Wasa t0", July 31, 1960. TRE DIOMON MOVEMENTS AT THY SOUTS. Tt is stated here today upog bigh authority that tne disunion movement foreshadowed by KeNtt is much more extensive and mature than had beem supp. $d; that coa- certed action has been taken by severmi of i.e States ia Seceding and that an agent is to be sent te Europe 40 sound, the cabinets of St. Cioud 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 o@ the part of some of the delegates to the Dougtne State Convention which meots at Staunton, Va., -morrow, that they will be sold out to @ Breckinridge or fusion movement. It is quite probable Wise is at the head of this movement. THIS ADMINISTRATION AND THY DOUGLASITMS. ‘The policy of the administration seems to be to recaph. tate all Douglas beads North which will mot mod in favor of fusion, and ostracise all members of the party Soutis ‘who are not in favor of Breekinridge. Douglas men say the only objection to this procedure, is that it results im giving all the turkeys to Rreckinridge, and all the bus- ‘ards to Douglass. Allogetber, it is painfully apparent ‘that tho leaders are intriguing for the spoils, without the slightest regard for the well being of the country. a ae SANDERS’ LUTTKH 70 TUB pREMDENT. ppearanze of the impudent and denuaciatory letter of that cxofce holder, and always Political advertiser, George N. Sanders, to the Preesdent of the United States has produced effects on the minds of readers as Varied a& political parties are humerous. Allagree that the Guthor is, a9 woual, seek- ing notoriety, and selects the venerable Chief Magtstrate asthe target which will bring his oame most promi- nently before the political community. The friends of the President look upon it as simply a picee of sublime audacity which will recoil upon its author. His encmies Of all parties chuckle over ite tippant pungency aod sauciness. Among people who know the parties it will have no effect prejudicial to the President. 1} 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 Crigaate 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 dosigna- tion for her, owing to her prominent connection with the most brilliant achievements in our naval history. She has been extensively repaired, under the superintendence of constructor W. L. Hanscom, and is oue of the Gacst frigates in the navy. DEPARTURE OF JUDGE BLACK FOR PRNNSYLVANLA. Judge Black leaves town to morrow for Peansytvania, 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 Francisoo, 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 234 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 ita destination by the next steamer for the Kast. Tha 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 cargoes without trouble, but the prices of goods were said to have ad- vanced very much. of great fires, the men 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 of these new American balf dollars are represented to be uscless for the purpose of trade. They are reccived 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. Sr. Josera, July 31, 1860. We have the following additional news by the pony ex- — oe 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 cent a month. The pony express, with St. Louis dates of July 2, ar- rived at Carson Valley on the 15th instaut, and at Sam Francisco on the 16th. It also brought the letters by the 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 provide the city with a full complement of these superior engines. ‘Tue Site ror tux Post Orrice—Tue Detca Cuvnca Turowy 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 tombs 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 im the Park, and we will have things ax nature and the circumstances of the metropolis intended them to be. A Fraxk Conessstox.—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 comtemporary that it is a very serious defect in Mr. Douglas’ cause, Williamsburg City News, Deowsen Wine BariwG—A young maa, named Samuel W. Inglee, 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 dered bel Resiaeets of the vicinityfbeard hiv cries for help, but their agsistance came too late. His body ‘was recovered and taken to bis late bome, in Division ave nue, near Fleventh street Assaruren By Womrs —A German, engaged at Schnader badie’ ybrewery, in Remsen street, was attacked by a number of females resi fing in the neighborhood , on day evening, and severely beaten. It to struck a litte child with a horewhip, whieh, very \. raliy, raised the indignation of the mother, who collected her frieads and pitched into the offender, who waa ae yore ly drubbed before they lot bin up previous express from St. Joseph. The delay was occa- sioned by waiting somewhere west of Salt Lake for an es- cort, and thea having to journry two huodred miles im Company with soldiers, making ouly forty miles per day. ‘The route between Carson Valley and Salt Lake ia now reported well stocked and clear of Indians, 80 that the fu- ture trips of the express will be regularly made. ‘The news received by the pony express, which left St. Louis on the 1st inst., of double democratic nominations St Baltimore, perplexes the democrats more than ever. The party organs hesitate to support either ticket for fear (be ofher may prove the stronger one. The federal = nearly all of them, support Breckinridge and ane. Salutes have been fired for Douglas, and then for Breck- iuridge and Lane, by the partisans of each, in every principal town in the State. The probabilities favor the nomination of two electoral tickets by the two wings of the party. A Donglas 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 as the speakers, The San Francisco Herald, the only democratic organ that came out in support of Dougias after the annoumes- ment of bis nomination, has become silent for the pre- ‘sent, it having received orders from the Custom House, from whence its 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, Acompany, numbering forty two persons, from Kala- mazoo, bad a fight with the Indians and whipped them. ‘The company all arrived in 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 cotmage. Many people are leaving Visalia, « Southeastern border town, for the newly discovered silver mines pear Owen's Lake, on the Eastern slope of the mountains, 200 miles - south of the Washoe mines. The last accounts state that 900 men had arrived at these mines, and that rich silver leads of quarty, yiciding $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 troope were to be despatebed to the countey east of the Cascades, to protect the settlers against the Indians. Captain Smith’s company, while marching towarde Honey Lake, was attacked by over 300 Indians, armed with guns and bows and arrows. The Sight lasted nearly an hour. Several Indians were killed. General Harney arrived by the Pacific on his way to Washington. Col, Wright Las been appointed to the command of the Department, ke Oregon gold in considerable quantities las been fouad 08 the tributaries of Des Chates river. ‘The Soake Indians arc manifesting a hostile disposition. An election for mem ders of the Legisiature has been held in Washington Territory. Returns are only received from Cowlitz county, electing two republicans by thirty major ty. This county has heretofore gone largely domocratie. Dates from British Columbia to the 14th gtate thas ® new gold mining region has been discovered in Okonagen ‘and Insuctlc counties. This is regarded as importanh mi- ning news. News from the mines is generally extremety faxorable. ‘There is no other news. Everything was quiet at Kanagawa, but the interior of the country was in a disturbed state, It waa te Prince Regent who was assassinated by the adbercalA Of Prince Metao. The act was committed within the walle of tho Regent's palace, The assassins had all Beem waptared. The Tycoon is represented to be very Moers’. towards foreigners, and for this reason be eucomAdered Che wi wit of Prince Metao. ‘The bark Onward ts daily expreted b> arrive, with dates from Kanagawa to the Sth of Jane SHIPPING INTEL KOR cp, Arrived at Honotuly June 4 totus, Sen Franeisen for Hong Bong, 1th, Vested, FP oget sound, 17th, ab