The New York Herald Newspaper, August 16, 1860, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, EDITOK AND PROPRIETOR. OFFICE K. W. CORNED OF NAHsAU AND FULTON 678. SEE 2h° eo Money cont Oy mati wilt be at the THe DAILE HERALD noo once ver copy, $1 per aneman. THE WEFKLY HERALD, svory Saturday, af wiz cont ) OF BS por annum, ‘he Burupean Bilston avery Wednces ‘Continent ‘nce ; ponte Btitim om tis Bh ttn AMD af aah at ot conte by Wray Fiwiey weieat on Wadnesday, ai four cents par oF Ri per annum Vo: RRESPON DENCE, comatning mporvans peseetanss ‘ane quarter of the word; used, wilt be iy poidfor, Ber OuR Forman La yy Paaticoraucy Requasrey 10 Seer 41d “STTEEs Amp Pang ee eT TH TR taken of anonymons corrempendence. Wedo nut peter refartad coman ications. SEMENTS renewed avery in- Taviaringias Henan, PaMity ‘and én the On! ja and Burvpean Etisions. CON PRINTING arated with meatness, eReapness and de patch AMUSEMENTS THI3 KVENING. NIBLO'S GARDEN, (A5cES——CUNDBRELLA. WINTER GARDEN, Browiway.—Seoner Masziace—Vi- Os VasDUkRa—] WALLACK’R THEATRE Aroatwqay.—Inisn Lioy—Cos ous Gy THE COUNTRY --KorNeY THE Bakox—Misciievous NEE LAURA KEENF’S THEATRE, No. @24 Brosdway.—Ovz Awzaicas Cocsrn. NEW BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—Kivg Lrin— Saeveurs iy Ivpia—Pappy @agey. BARNUM’S AMERICAN MUBEUM, Broadway.—Day acd Evern.ug—RBiuiorias Songs, Dances, BoRursqces —Liv- tae Ovaiositins, ae. mute BRYANTS’ MINSTRELS, Mechanics’ Hall, 472 Broadway.— Byacasqrss, Sones, Dances, &c.—Go 'War Bors. FOOLEY & CAMPBELLS OPERA HOUSE, 685 Broad. ear sones, uetesqoss, Dances, &c.—Scuxu- Y. NATIONAL VARIETIKS, Chatham street. Sorts Cy Hixgeur—Foun Lovens—Jumso Joa, PALACE GARDEN, Fourteenth street.—Sacrro anv Mise astogs Concwat. —Gnost CANTERBURY CONCERT HALL, 663 Broadway.— songs, Dances. Buriesares, dc. New York, Thursday, August 16, 1860. The News. aglas Democratic State Convention met at erday, and made the following nomi- « William Kelly, of Dutchess. Lieutenant William F Allen, of Oswego. Canal Commissioner... Withiam W. Wright, of Oatario, » Inapector.. William ©, Rhodes, of Cuemung, oral ticket was submitted, the committee having adjourned until this morning. Both sets of delegates from this city were admitted, with power to cast one vote each, Tammany protested and refused to vote, but remained in the Conventian. By the arrival of the Persia at this port yester- day, and the Galway steamer Parana at St. Johns, N. F., we are in possession of lute and interesting Furopean and Asiatic intelligence, which is given elsewhere. The most important points of the po- Litical news received are that 1,500 of Garibaldi’s men had landed in Calabria, the southern part of the kingdom of Naples; that one thousand volun- teers had left Turin for Sicily, and that two Nea- politan regimenta had mutinied; that Garibaldi had entered Messina amid great enthusiasm, and that the four thousand Neapolitans who guard the cita- dei would not fire upon the city unless attacked. The massacres of the Christians at Dama: had ceased; the Kurds and Bedouins had retired into the interior of the country, but the Christians still sought concealment. An armed intervention in Syria, of limited duration, had been determined on by th vat Powers, and the French troops on the point of embarkation Would leave without waiting for the contingents of the other Powers, unless in- formation should be received rendering their de- parture unnecessary. At Shanghae there was much alarm, owing to thé near approach of the rebels: trade was suspended, and the banks closed. In Melbourne the commercial depression still pre- vailed, the crops were promising, and the ship: ments of gold since the last mail steamer amount ed to 150,000 ounces. The English money market was depressed and the stock market dull and heavy. ‘The cotton market was firm on the evening of the 7th, and the weather more favorable for the grow- ing crops of breadstaffs. ‘The steamship Philadelphia, from Havana Sth inst., arrived here on Tuesday evening. The local news is of very little importance. The Cuban Messenger, of the 8th says:‘We have received letters from Key West, dated the ¢th, informing ua that there has been @ schooner wrecked on the Bahamas. with 965 Africans on b The captain and mate have been arrested and taken to Nassau, N.P. It is supposed to be the Peter Mowell, Captain Rich, from Baltimo This is no doubt the same vessel of whose capture we gave an ac- count in the Henan of the Sd inst. We are in receipt of later Cates from Mexico. Everything remained in about the same condition. The liberals were still gathering in the valley round the capital, and Miramon's force had considerably decreased by desertion. Bishop Fspinosa, _for whose ransom it was said $90,000 had been offered, has been liberated unconditionally, in the hope that such generosity might induce Miramon torelease Uraga. So far it has not had the de- sired effect. The yacht squadron was at New Bedford yester- day. The squadron will separate this morning, ome of the yachts going to Edgartown on a fishing excursion. They hada regatta at New Bedford yesterday. Much excitement was created at Syracuse yes- terday by the falling of some thirty fect of the Globe Hotel, at that place, which gave way with a loud crash. Fortanately no person was injured, the inmates of that portion of the building having previously left their apartments. The damage to property is estimated at about $12,000. The Collector of City Revenne intends to demand ® fortaight’s rent to-day from the occupants of stands at West Washington market. The rents amount to about $2,200. We understand that the market men intend to recognise the municipal ownership, notwithstanding the fact that the State lessecs, Taylor and Brennan, have protested The brig Achorn, having been seized by the United States steamer Mystic, on the coast of Afri ca, on suspicion of being engaged in the slave trade, and sent to this city, the United States Dis. trict Attorney has taken the necessary steps towards libelling her. The three little negroes found on board the W. R. Kibby on the coast of Africa, when captured by the Crasader, are now lodged in Fidridgo street jail, awaiting the action of the go- vernment. 3 65,978, being an increase of 17,246 period in 1959. The aggregate receipts for commu- tation of passengers, &c., since the lst of Jannary, Brondway.—Eqvestaiay Paxronm- NEW YO | are $195,819, oubject to an overdraft of $11,853, ‘The disbursements were $169,752, leaving # balance of $14,214 in the hands of the Commissioners. The Police Commissioners yesterday received the resignation of several patrolmen, and dismissed from the force officer Francis Mackiin, ofthe Fourteenth precinct, for conduct unbecoming an officer. Beef cattle were in enormous supply, and the market consequently dull and heavy at lower rates, varying from 5c. & 9c. Milech cows were un” changed. Veals were in demand at dhe. a 6he. Sheep and lambs continued plenty but active at full prices. Swine were steady. The total sales at all the yards, including Bergen Hill, are 5,119 head cattle, 142 cows, 625 veals, 13,846 sheep and lambs, and 4,045 swine. ‘The cotton market was firm yesterday. The sales made within the pust few days have chie‘ly embraced grades below middling. These qualities haying been Most abundant and most depressed, both in Liverpool and here, have been the first to feel the buoyancy im- parted to the market by the advices from the South and from England. The ealea embraced about 1,600 bales, closing stiff on the basis given in another column. The Tecetpte at the ports since the 1st of September last have reached 4.461,000 bales, against 5,698,000 in 1859 and 8,008,000 in 1868 ©The exports in tho same time havo reach-d %,733.000 bales, against 2,960,000 in 1869 and 2.555 000 tn 1888. The stock on hand embraced 176 000 bales, against 116,000 in 1859 and 115,000 in 1868 In consequence of the foreigo news there was an improved demand for flour, which was freely met, and the sales reached about 20000 barrels, mostly at full prices, and common ehipping grades were rather firmer. Wheat was active and better for moat qualities; the sales, including sume parcels eold the previous afternoon, reached about 130,000 busbels. Cornmeal was firm, with sales of about 75,000 bushels. At the cloce tbe mar- ket was tame and jess active, on account of bigher freights. The market was firmer for mees pork, and un- changed for prime, Salve of mess were made at $19 124; $19 25, and of new prime at $14. Sugars were steady, with sales of about 900 bhds. Cuba and Porto Rico, and 600 bhds, molado, at rates given in another co: lump. Coffee was firm. A sale of 550 bage St. Domingo were made atp t, Freights were active for Liverpool and higher. The engagements included some 76,000 bushels wheat, in bulk and ship's bags, at 105/4., and a 1034. a 11), for the latter, with four at ds. To Lon don wheat was engaged in ship's bags at 113¢d., and flour at 3s 64 Seward’s Speech and its Meanings—The Plain Duty of the Northern Conserva- tives. The speech of Senator Seward at Boston, which we published yesterday, is an important landmark in the contest now before us, and, thougb his words were brief, they are full of evil omen to the highest and dearest interests of this whole land. A significance is added to them by the past conduct of Mr. Seward towards other Presi- dential candidates of his party. When General Scott was brought forward in 1852 Mr. Seward refused to support him, and went through the campaign in silence, because he knew that he was in every way a national and conservative man, who could not be governed by radical revolutioniats. In 1856 his part in the cam- paign was also an inactive one, because he knew that Colonel Fremont was a Southern man by birth and education, and that if elected his government, too, would have been a con- servative one. Bat now the case is changed. Although his party rejected him as its Presi- dential candidate, it has brought forward a man who confessedly could neither read nor write till he was twenty-one, and consequently cannot be expected to know much; whose only demonstrated ability isto maul rails and sell whiskey, and, therefore, will require somebody to manage the government for him. Here is the key to Mr. Seward’s altered deportment to- wards the candidate of his party. He strikes in now to secure the substance if not the honors of power, and his words indicate clearly the spirit in which he designs to administer it. He tells us that he has “studied in the school of Massachusetts,” at the feet of the sage of Quincy, whom he visited when the people had driven him from power, in order to learn “what became a citizen of the United States,” and that he now supports Lincoln for Presi- dent because his “claim to that seat is that he confesses the obligation of that higher law, and avows himself, for weal or for woe, for life or for death, a soldier on the side of freedom in the irrepressible conflict between freedom and slavery.” This is an an- nouncement pregnant with all the odious and destructive theories that have ever been preclaimed by Seward, He!per, Greeley, Phil- lips, Garrison and their coadjutors and follow- ers in the Massachusetts school. It means revo- lution of the most thorough kind, the interpre- tation of the constitution as an abolition instru- ment, the reorganization of the federal Courts under abolition Judges, the issuance of writs of habeas corpus for every slave, the guarding of these Courts in the Southern States by armed bands of negroes, and the thorough and com- plete denial to fifteen States of this Union of the right of self government. An administration of the federal powers in such a spirit cannot but produce the most dis- astrous agitation and contest between the North- .ern and Southern States of the Union. The South will be forced to act in self-defence, and every tie between us will be gradually severed until we are precipitated into a civil war, for which, in bitterness and bloodshed, no parallel will be found in history. In the face of such a future, the South is nobly evincing her determination to rebuke at home the men who mean disunion, and to leave to their brother conservatives ia the North to deal with the funatic sectionalists here. When it comes to the worst they will take their stand in defence of their rights; but they hope and trust that the great body of Northern conservatives will not permit, through their divisions, a fanatic minority to succeed in their greedy clutch at power. The duty of the honest conservatives in the Northern States is, therefore, plain before them. The danger is imminent, and they must unite upon a single electoral ticket in every State, not to elect any one man, but to prevent a mi- nority from casting the vote of such State for Lincoln. It matters not who it is cast for, be it Breckinridge, Bell, Douglas or Houston; the happy result will be secured by a popular con- demnation of the odious and dangerous theory that there isa “higher law” than the constitu- tion and the statutes, of which every man isa judge in himeelf. That the conservative masses are ready to effect this union there can be no doubt, and the only obstacle in the way is the selfish claims of the professional politicians and party wire pullers. If these remain ob- sfinate in their disunion they will merely de- feat their own aims, for it is evident that no one party clique among them can snoceed by itself. Should they not unite for the common good they consign themselves to oblivion, and a scattered and divided people will remember them with a just indignation when the bitter fruits of their insane bickerings in this time of danger ripen for the country. The News from Europe—intervention of the Great Powers in Syria. According to the advices received by the Persia and Parana the Convention for a0 armed intervention in Syria has been final- ly agreed to and signed by the Euro- pean governments. The force is to con- sist of twelve thousand men, one half to be furnished by France and the rest to be supplied by another Power when required. The occupation is to be a limited one, the period fixed for its duration being six months It is to be conducted in unison with the views of the Porte, credit being given that govern- ment for a desire to put a stop to the persecu- tion of its Christian subjects. It will be readily seen, however, that in ite limitation as to time, and its faith in the sincerity of the Turkish government, there is more than the usual amount of diplomatic hypocrisy. No one believes a six months’ occupation by foreign troops will have the effect of over- awing the hostile sects; nor is it for a moment supposed that difficulties will not arise with the Sultan, or rather with his Cabinet, as to the manner and form in which the intervention is to be carried out. All the precautions possible have, to be sure, been taken against any one of the high contracting Powers taking advantage of any misunderstanding of this sort. A clause has been inserted fm the con- vention declaring the intention of the signataives not to seek for exclusive influence or privileges, and no doubt such are the present sentiments with which they all enter into this arrangement. It must be ob- vious to every reflecting mind, however, that there never was a diplomatic agreement which was more liable to the disturbance of its condi- tions, or which offered less chances of its being honestly carried out. Let us look at the facts. By the terms of the Convention, France, which has already despatched troops to the spot, is to have the field to herself, so long as the six thousand men who are to constitute her proportion of the stipulated force are sufficient to overawe the fanatics to whom these atrocities are duc. It may be safely concluded that France will not acknowledge the necessity for a further rein- forcement to have arisen until she is herself prepared to take the consequences of the in- fringement of the stipulation which limits her contingent to the number of men specified. In the meanwhile, she will have time to con- solidate that ascendancy over the Turkish government and the Turkish population at which her diplomacy has so long aimed. The circumstances under which this arrange- ment bas been agreed to exhibit as plainly as possible the fears entertained by the other go- vernments on this head. Russia endeavored, as the condition of her consent to it, to obtain per- mission to interfere on behalf of the Greek Christians in other parts of the empire; whilst England insisted on the limitation of the inter- vention to the briefest possible period. The one stipulation was overruled because of the additional complications to which it was cer- tain to lead ; and the other was assented to only because France, having anticipated the action of the Conference by the despatch of troops to Syria, felt indifferent as to a condition the ful- filment of which could only be determined by events. The insertion, therefore, of this clause in the Convention, as well as the language of Lord Stratford de Redcliffe in Parliament, prove that, notwithstanding the reiterated friendly assu- rances of the French Emperor, the distrust and jealousy in regard to him, which found expres- sion in Lord Palmerston’s recent speech, con- tinue undiminished among British statesmen. It is not that they have any actual fears of aggressive iutention of invasion on his part. We do not believe that amongst any class of English politicians such apprehensions have been for a moment entertained. What they dread is not his augmentations of the mili- tary and naval strength of France, but his po- litical genius, his diplomatic adroitness, his in- ceesant activity and watchfulness, and his efforts to stimulate the industrial and commer- cial energies of France. They see in all this the prospect of his raising the French empire to a position of political influence and great- ness far transcending that of Great Britain. And, in fact, thus far all his measures have tended to this result. No war has been under- taken, no diplomatic conference has been held, no treaty has been ratified that has not in some way or other contributed to the glory and ma- terial advantage of France. The occupation of Rome led to the humiliation of Anstria and the ascendancy of French influence in Italy; the Crimean war contrasted the military weak- ness and the internal vices of the administrative system of England with the perfect or- ganization and immense military resources of France; the campaign against Austria secured for her Nice and Savoy, whilst it won for her chief the prestige as an able general, which he had so long coveted; the promptness with which he has profited by the disturbances in Syria marks the same wonderful prescience with which he has hitherto anticipated the course of political events, and secured to his people the advantages that the hesitation and slow action of his rivals have missed. Whilst helping to give to Italy the unity which was alone wanting to constitute her a great nation, and which, since the decline of the Roman re- public, she now for the first time enjoys, he has guarded against the chances of her future in- gratitude by obtaining for Spain the privileges of a first class Power, thus raising a counter- acting influence to that which Italy may here- after exercise against him in the diplomatic councils of Europe. With the same prompt appreciation of the advantages to be gained by a show of benevolence to royalty under a cloud, he no sooner bears of the evacuation of Messina and the landing of Garibaldi in Cala- bria than he despatches a man-of-war to Na- ples, to be im readiness to offer shelter and the means of escape to the royal family. Thus, whilst he has been the main instrument in bringing about the triumph of revolutionary principles on the Continent, he conciliates the good will and esteem of his brother sovereigns by providing for the personal safety of their victims. It is plain that, in the present stunted condi- tion of statesmanship in England, a ruler en- dowed with this wonderful sagacity and energy cannot be other than an object of suspicion and dislike to the emall politicians who control her destinies. They see France daily elevated by the genius of this one man a step nearer to the proud pre-eminence that their own country has hitherto occupied. Unless another Pitt can be born out of the sterility of the modern RK HERALD, THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1860. English mind, we fear that the British Lion will for the future have to lower his mane and sink his tall in the presence of the Gallic Cock. Vern avp Manrianp—Hor Worx AuonG tue Democzacy.—The Breckinridge (official) democracy of Virginia held a State Convention to-day at Charlottesville, and the Douglas demo- cracy meet in convention at Staunton, in the next county—the object of both being a Presidential electoral ticket. The Breckinridge faction are very anxious for a fusion; but the Douglas fac- tion appear to be resolved upon fighting out their Sight with the fire-eaters, hip and thigh. The probabilities are that there will be a Breckin- ridge electoral ticket and a Douglas electoral ticket, between which Bell and Everett will walk over the course in November, to the tune of, perbaps, as much as twenty thousand plu- rality. It is-barely possible that a fusion ticket may be patched up; but the universal conservative Southern reaction going on, aa indicated in the late Kentucky and other elections, it is now apparent, will settle the business for the Virginia democraey in November, do what they may. There are thousands of Virginia Douglas men who, if they cannot have a clean ticket of their own, will vote the Bell and Everett ticket against the fire-eaters, or stay at home, and let Bell run through by default. Such a result as the defeat of the democracy in Vir- ginia will, indeed, be a revolution; for that State bhs never yet, on any occasion, or under any pressure, given her vote against the democratic party. She had a narrow escape from the sweeping tornado of 1840, but she weathered the storm ; and since that day, down to her last election for Governor, the opposition set themselves up like tenpins, only to be knocked down. But last year Goggin, opposition candidate for Governor, cut down the demo- cratic majority of 50,000 for Buchanan to 5,000, showing that this Southern reaction had been commenced eome time before the late Charleston Convention. Putting this fact in the same pipe with the present divisions and distractions of the democ- racy in Virginia and everywhere else, the smoke smells very strong of Bell and Everett tobacco, of the Mount Vernon brand. Set down Old Virginia for Bell and Everett. Who could have believed it a few months ago? Who can doubt it now? But this ground-swell against the Southern fire-eating democracy Btops not here. The Douglas faction of Maryland hold a State Con- vention in Baltimore to-day ; and as Maryland voted for Fillmore, against the united democra- cy, she will, of course, vote for Bell against the divided democracy. Thus Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, North Carolina, Tennessee and Ken- tucky are all drifting in the same direction to a regular emash up of the Southern fire-eating de- mocracy. To go no further here into Southern probabilities, is not this enough to rouse up the conservatives of the North to active co-opera- tion with the Union men of the South to save the country? Ang is not the Bell and Everett ticket the ticket for the work? Inteicves or THE BLack RePcsiican MANa- cers.—The nomination for Governor ‘ this State is the subject of keen intrigue just now among the black republican leaders. It has been said that the Greeley party and the Weed party af€ both for the renomination of Morgan, the present Governor; that the delegates also from this city are in his favor, and that there is very little doubt of his success. Let nobody be too sure of this. The same was said and believed about the nomination of William H. Seward for President, and yet he was cheated out of the nomination by the same party managers who have now taken Mr. Mor- gan in hand. Both the Weed faction and the Greeley faction are trying to cheat each other, and to humbug Morgan into the bargain. The Chevalier Webb, who is very leaky of political secrets, lets out enough to show that there is a screw loose somewhere. He is opposed to the nomination of Morgan because he vetoed the Bankrupt law last year. The Chevalier is con- tinually watching for the passage of a measure of this kind, that he may take advantage of it. The last bankrupt bill was in 1840, which he ex- pected would whitewash him from top to toe; and last year he was again’ greviously disap- pointed at the upright course of the Governor, who, being an honorable merchant, could not consent to the approval of a bill which relieved men in business from the obligation to pay their debts. Hence his hostility to Mr. Morgan, and he will defeat him if he can. Indeed, there is geod reason to believe that both the Weed and Greeley cliques are deceiving him, so that they may slip in some friend of their own at the last minute. The Greeleyites have a favorite in their eye whom they expect to play into their hands; and the Weedites have an- other instrument in view, whom they hope to use to good purpose; and while they both talk Morgan, they eecretly mean somebody else. This appears to be the more likely from the sop that Webb throws outto Grecley—the nomination for Congress from Westchester and Rockland. Mr. Greeley may possibly nibble at this bait, though nothing less than the office of Postmaster General will satisfy him if Lincoln should be elected. But the great contest in this State is not for members of Congress, or even for the Governorship, but for members of the State Legislature, who will have the control of the plunder of the public by railroad schemes and other nefarious jobs. The managers raise a dust abont the Governor- ship in order to blind the public to their real objects. Of course they want a very different kind of man from Morgan—a man after their own heart, who will do all their bidding; but they are ten times more exercised about the election of Assemblymen and State Senators, with whom they want to be silent partners in the thriving business of robbing the public by law—a business even more prosperous and ever, is so plain that it can deceive nobody. Forney has been bought and paid for, to & great extent, in advance. He is working out he debt ‘o the republican party. See the re- port of the Covode Committee. He, Forney, is no more u democrat, Douglas man or otherwise, than Jobn Hickman. The only difference ir, tba’ Hickman has confessed his adhesion to the republican cause, while Forney prefers the part of aspy inthe democratic camp. Hick- man is entitled to some respect for his honesty, while Forney ehould be despised on all sides for his impudent knavery. Srmrinc News From ALsBAM4—TREMENDOUS Sovrmern Reacrioy.—They have had some little local elections in Alabama lately, which, in or- dinary times, would pass unnoticed outside of the State, but which, at this crisis, are as im- portant as the first desultory skirmishes to a grand and decisive battle. Read the news of them which we publish to-day. What is the meaning of all thist Is Alabama, the State which led off the secession movement at Charleston under Mr. Yancey, revolting against ber governing fire-eaters! So it appears. “And if this thing is done in the green tree what will not be done in the dry?” Indeed, it would seem that this late Kentucky election speaks the sentiment of the whole South, and it would not be surprising, from all the signs of the times, if Bell and Everett were to carry every Svuthern State, including even South Carolina. This is the way the people of the South are rising against the disunionists of their section. Let the practical business men of the North, who have a solid interest in the country, emu- late their example, and, against our Northern disunionists, rally to ‘he standard of Bell and Everett, and they may still break this sectional disunion republican party into pieces on the de- cisive day of November. Warne Is tux Goversmenti—Every week we are receiving scores of communications complaining of the non-observance of this law, and the violation of that, in relation to our municipal affairs. Many of these communica- tions are very important, and we often put them to good use. It seems strange that in this vast city, with all the complicated cor- porate system, the departments and bureaus, the boards and public officers, by which we are supposed to be governed, that the only efficient government we have, after all, is to be found in the combined independent press. If it were not for the newspapers what a glorious time our thieving corporate officials would have revelling in the richness of the public treasury, and dividing the plunder between them as they choose. In fact, the only government which extsts in the country is the independent press. It ap- pears to be the watchman standing upon the tower to point out the right path, to mark the evil doers and to arrest the hand of the plunder- ing rascal as he dives into the public treasury. Affairs at the National Capital. OUR SPECIAL WASHINGTON DESParcH. e Wasarnotoy, August 14, 1560. BRECKINRIDOR AND THR PRESIDENCT. Areport iscurrent that ina letter to parties tn this city Mr. Breckinridge bas called a consultation of his friends to decide upon the propriety of his withdrawal as & candidate, in compliance with the suggestion of the Hxxstp. The prospect of his withdrawal occasions con- sternation among republicans, wu0 deprecate it as most probably fatal to Lincoln, The leading New York politi cians mentioned above approve the conduct of Mr. Breck- inridge as highly magnanimous, and urge his withdrawal ‘The results of the recent elections in Arkansas, Ken- tucky and Missouri have bad a wonderfal effect towards bringing about some accommodation of matters among anti-republicans. The powerfu! Union sentimént mani. fested in these results shows the seccesiouists that they fare weaker than they anticipated, even in the extreme ‘THE DEPARTURE OF THE BROOKLTY. By private advices from Norfolk it is ascertained that ‘at noon on Monday the steam sloopof-war Brooklyn icf Hampton Roads, bearing the Commission directed by Con- gress to survey the harbors and new railroad route con- tracted for by the Secretary of the Navy with Ambrose ‘W. Thompson, Feq. The Commission consists of Captain F. W. Engle, U. S&S. N., a8 commander; Licutenant Morton and his assistants are charged with the topo grapbical surveys and charts of the harbors, and Dr. John Bvans as geologist. Ambrose Thompson, Jr., ac- companies the Commission to represent his father’s inte- rest and to guide the parties. This young gentleman dis- covered some time ago a hitherto unknown pass through the Cordilleras, cutting his way through the mountains after his Indian guides had been lost and his provisions exhausted. ‘The Secretary of the Navy was charged by the Prest- dont of the United States to organize this Commission from the ablest men of the army and the nayy— men whore ability and integrity should be a warrant for the faithfulness of the reports to be made to Congres: at their next session. The chiefs and assistants number about twenty, while the whole force, including axe and machette men, assembled oo the ground will number about one bundred. The work is to be scsomplished in three months. Great interest is manifested in this ex- ploration, as, if successful, the route will, it is said. be ‘the leading one for the commerce of Asia, and (ura the chief portion of that commerce to the United States, CHANGES ON THE RICHMOND EVQUIRER. Messrs. Ritchie and Dunnavant wil! soon retire from the Riebmond Bagrirer leaving Messrs Tyler and Wise fole proprictors. This is canred by no difference of Opinion on politics, but i# merely the result of » legit) mate purchase by the two latter. DEATH OF MRS. BOLT. The wife of Postinaster Geveral Holt died last evening, after along illness, Ber remains were tokeo to Ken- tucky by this afternoon's train, They were accompanied to the depot by tho President and Cabinet. The Posty Odice Department has been closed to day APPOINTMENT. F. Honter, chief clerk in the Fourth Auditor's office, war LOOKING AFTER THEM PRIEVDS Avgustos Schell, Marshal Ryndere, foo. Wm Biebop, of Conn , and Hon. D. E. Sickles, aro in town looking after the welfare of some of your New York o@icebolders who are considered unsound D The Sombrero Guano Island Troubles. Boeros, August 15, 1860. The brig Wm. Mason, from St. Martins via the Som. Drero Gnano Isiand July 26, arrived hore to day. She re ports that everything was quict at the latter piace, where she touched to land the Governor of the Island. The loader of the negro insurrsetionists wan still on board the bark Warren, of Baltimore. NOMINATION OF STATE OFFICERS. Oouncil of Compromise on the Bilec- toral Ticket, be, dey ae OUR SPECIAL DESPATCH. Syxacuse, August 16, 1860. ‘This has been a gloomy day for Tammany. Her dele- gation has been virtually repudiated by the State Con- vention, and Mozart Mal! bas again been placed upon em equality with ber, and been admitted to equal honors ‘and influence in the Convention. After their admission to the Convention the Mozarters made a good point, When Clancy frequested leave for Tammany to withdraw for consultation, Bradford jumped up anc gave the instant concurrence of the Mozarters ia the action of the Convention. This took the country de- legates by etorm, and was greeted with warm applause. Clancy's etlly blunder broke down the last barrier,and after that the delegates from the rural districts did not hesitate to express the opinion that Tammany was played out. It will be a bard matter for the Regency ever again to redeem their promise made to conciliate Tammany, that oext year Wood and Mozart should be elaughtered, and Tammany again admitted to exclusiv¢ communion. It is confidently stated that the Mozart delegates are only playing @ game, and that the majority are already laughing at the Regency, and declaring that all they wanted was endorsement that would deprive Tammany nominees of the advantage of assumed regularity in city vominations, The result of the admission of both sets will probably be to insure double nominations all over the city, and the opening of a regular auction mart for State and electoral votes by all who secure nomina- tions for any office from constable to alderman or mem- ber of Assembly. ‘Tammany leaders, such as Clancy, Kennedy and O'Keefe openly declare Kelly will not get ten thousand votes ta the city. The Bell committee baye taken posseasion of Deaa’s Parlor in the Syracuse House, and the Cagger electoral committee are meeting in an adjoining room. Stryker, who was iast year knocked from the platform of the Convention by one of bis soft triends, is quite recovered from lameness, and acts as message car- rier between the two rooms. “Hunt, or more probably Lorenzo Burrows, will be put on the electoral ticket as one of the electors at large. ‘The Convention ran smoothly to-day, for no one wanted nominations in 60 desperate a cause as the Regency n0@ presents. The nominations went by default. Kelly accepts his nomnation, but {t is believed Alien will’ deoline. If be accepts, it will only be be- cause he; believes dofeat certain. W. W. Wright, Richmond’s bottle washer, jumps a} his nomi- nation as greedily as if he stood a remote chance of eleo- tion. There isan evident coaviction in the minds of all leaders that the game is up for aquatter sovereignty, and hence everything 1s permitted to go without a struggte. PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONVENTION. Srracvas, August 15, 1860. A considerable number of persons arrived here during the night and this morning. The crowd is largely increased. Much interest is manifested this moruing to learn what disposition will be made of the contest between the Tam- many and Mozart Hall delegations. The excitement among the contestants this morning was renewed, but the tone of the Tammany delegates has somewhat moderated. Messrs. John Cochrane and Smith Ely, and a few Tam- meny men, bave been favorable to conciliation from the first. Much excitement was caused this morning by an acol- dent at the Globe Hotel. About ten o'clock, a portion of the building, comprising a space of about thirty fect, ta the rear part of the main passage of the hotel, running along Salina street, fell with a loud crash, carrying away 80 much of that portion of the building to the ground. Fortunately the inmates of the several rooms had left their apartments, and no one was injured. A number of workmen were engaged in the stores below, throwing two into one, which occasioned the accident. Some eightesn or twenty sleeping apartments in the hotel must have been destroyed. The escape of the inmates is wonderful. ‘The workmen had notice of the fall by the cracking of the walls, and they all escaped. Lorenzo Burrows occupied one of the roems destzoy- ed,and, arriving late last night, had not long left the apartment at the time of the accident. ‘The safety of all other portions of the hotel is not im the slightest degree affected by the fall, and the business of the hotel is carried op just the same as if the accident had not occurred. The love, including the furnitare, &e., is estimated at $12 000. There were six pariors, clegant- ly furnished, with sleeping rooms adjoining, besides large number of aingle rooms, in the part of the building ‘which fell. ‘Tickets were iesued this morning to the delegates to the Convention and the reporters of the press as usual. Before twelve o'clock Wieting Hall wag well filled, and the Convention presented a fine appearance, both a to numbers and character. Both sets of delegates from New York were present. The galleries are wel! filled, but not crowded. At the hour of twelve o'clock Prrm Caccen, on the part of the State Centra! Committes, called the Convea- On taking the chair Judge Pratt spoke as follows: — an of the Couvention—I feel none al) are prepared to refiect in their notion, pot the wishes apd sentiments Hoa doctrine of the demecratic party tbat vpmed | er inates with fm tb Soa shout be exercised fer I j jie 5 t -