The New York Herald Newspaper, August 27, 1860, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD. | JAMES GORDON BENNETT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. OFFICE N. W. CORNER OF NASSAU AND FULTON 8T3. TERMS. cash a ‘adeance. Me tick of the sender, Postage stamps y sent by mai? not received @ SPONDESTS ARE jiberally 1 H REQUESTED TO DeAL att Larreas 2x0 Pace Paaricu.arty TLY HERALD on Walnestay, at £0 Wolume XXV........ cee cererrrree tees No. 235 AMUSEMENTS THIS EVBNING. NIBLO’S GARDEN, Brosdway.—Fquestuias Psaroum Asces WINTES GARDEN, Broadway.—Paormssox AxpEasoy, WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broadway.—Wirt’s Secacr. LAURA KEENE’S THEATRE, No. 624 Broadway.—Ovn Awegicas COUsi. NEW BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—Rac Picts or Pasg—Fous Lovers—Hasey Buaxe. BARNUM'S AMERICAN MUSEUM, Broadway.—Day and Eveniug—Sincinc anp Dancinc—Bex Sour—Livine Cumostiza, 20. BRYANTH’ MINSTRELS, Mechantea’ Hail, 472 Broadway. — Bowesaves, Songs, Dances, £0.—Drerna! Land. —Hooury & Cararins NIBLO’S SALOON, Broadwa; Bl jomnEsques, Dances, do NATIONAL VARIETIES. Chatham etreet.—Visir to Ho pogay—Macic Pisis—Mixs’ Bor, PALAO® GARDEN, Fourteenth etreet.—Musicat Exrer. CAL MAST. CANTEESURY CONCERT HALL, 663 Broadway.—Sonas, Dasous, BURLESQUES, LC. The Hon. Stephen A. Douglas arrived at Nor fork on Saturday last, where he met with an en thusiastic reception. In the evening he addressed a very large assemblage at the Court House, A report of the speech is given elsewhere. The letter of the New York Committee was de- livered to Lord Lyons on Saturday, The com- mittee will be presented to the Prince today. Yesterday being Sunday the Prince spent the ug ina visit to the English Cathedral, where 3 preached by Bishop Fulford. To nee will visit the Indians, and in the per of Americans will be presented St. Lawrence Hall. Vanderbilt, from Southampton ed at this port yesterday after- g us files of European papers to the 1, s of considerable importance, notwith- t that we published on Satur nopsis of the news by the City hich is one day later than that re e Vanderbilt. and marine of mor es were greatly de The King, it is t that he had ordered Ad- lo into prison. red to the neil of State, com- tep as “‘unconstitntional,” and ers supported their colleague. | y officers whom the King « zency had repor ii were to land at thau a corporal and four men to op he wonld A report wi the Couat ¢ to Victor the first subject of the King of Ital, The hop trade has s in some parts of Great Britain, and in many districts a total tajlore of the crop w pated, Additic that Seu ewrent that his Royal Highness cnse was about to publish a letter severely ow, an important manufacturing and commercial ¢ he north of China, with pu | tation of ly t 2 s, had been sacked and barned by the rebely. It was feared that the tea crop would be late in reaching Shanghae this sea éon, if atall, on account ¢ s' paralyzed trade ng Kong as quiet in the latter ¢ of San Salvador the Lith of | ‘uly, states that on the 4th of that month a comet became visible to the westward of the city of San which had Salvador (lat. 13 deg. 43 min. north, and lon Jeg. 21 min. west), which, although not 40 bri as that of 1858, nevertheless presented a m appearance. It was still visible on the at was fast receding southward . «from Buenos Ayres to July 6, and Mon July 9, by the bark Talisman, Captain have been received. Intelligence of the arrival of Urquiza at Buenos Ayres reached Mon the day the Talismanloft. Everything was Freights were much depressed, and ont at low rates. Many were plendict Lith, be Ads vondent at Salt Lake City. writing te of the Sd inst., states that for some time ¢ have been expressions of apprehen scourge of crickets. In 401 v they had been very 4 sy roy the growing crops. few days previous to th s letter that swept e vmaging ed washing away vg wheat. The Mormon cmigration on the Plains, holy city," is said to be very t had mine, and have we for a five years ss from that State, delivered a 4 Methodist Episcopal charch cond street and Fourth avenne The » member sermon io St corner of Tw ity «¢ yesterday morning. The church was filled to ite ntmos’ capacity by a cong ation anxious to to the of the learned divine, whose re putation eminent p orator had preceded bem 1 Master C. Kennedy, the “Boy Preacher,” de t t iret formal address in this city last hutch cornet of Reoome and Nor church was densely crammed. tyree thonsand persons were pt when «commenced, and numbers were com: | pried to go away withont being able to get even a sight cf the youthful preacher. The scene oxt- aide the building was very exciting, from the ia efectoal attempts at ingress and egress, whi several times brought matters to a stand 5 Master Kennedy is about to enter Hamilton Col- flege, where he porsne his studies under the anspices of several wealthy members of the Bap- tist perevasion. The recent heavy rains on the Susqaehanna hare Proved most dissagous to the Inmber business in that region, by sweeping away immense numbers | of logs and sawed lomber. Ten or twelve thou nand logs were swept away in one instance, and cight million feet in another, The cotton market was steady on Soturday, while the @aies embraced about 1,250 baler, closing on tie basis of 0%(6. a Ute, for Mate grades of middling uplands. The floor market was firmer for shipping grades of State aad Weavers, while extra brands were unchanged. Southern Boar wea ia moderate supply, aad prices for mal aad Deas gents were Armer, Dub sales moderate. Wheat The | 2 | nel, in which he will avow himself | yy 1! details of Chinese intelligence relate | was lesa active, prtme qual ives were Urm, white Commoe grades of epring, &e, were beavy aad duit, Corn was dul acd lower, while eaies were less active. Pors was ia moderate request, while prices were without important | change: sales of now mess were made a $10 12% @ $19 25, aad of new prime at $id 12a S14 25. Sagars | were steady and prices wituout chaage of moment, while the gales embraced about 900 bhds, In cotive there was | some more confidence manifested, while ssles were | limised to small lots. I reights continued Grm, aad wheat | was agala taken for Liverpool at 124 , in ehip's bags, and | 2,000 bbis. flour at 88. 3d. To London rates were firm, aud amoog the engagements were 1,200 bbis. flour at 83. Od | The Simple Issue of the Presidential Campaign. We are becoming mere and more disgusted every day with the politicians who speak from the stump and the partisan editors who address the people through the press, Instead of con- fining themselves to the real issue of the cam- paign, the would-be teachers and leaders of the masses engage themselves in petty squabbles about matters which are of no earthly signifi cance to anybody on the face of the earth. The real and the only issue of the present political struggle in which we are now engaged is whether or not a party, built up on the basis of eternal hostility on the part of one section of the Union against the domestic institutions of another, shall have the administration of the | federal government. For we take it that it is altogether too late in the day for the supporters of Mr. Lincoln to deny that the doctrines set forth in Mr. Seward's speeches at Rochester and in the Senate, in Mr. Sumner’s barbarous harangue inst the South and its institutions, in the onable volume gotten up by the republi- ders and published in the name of Hel- per, in Lovejoy’s speech delivered in the House last winter, are the creed of the party, and are to be carried ont as far as possible when the go- yernment of the country passes into the hands of the political abolitionists. It may be that a section of the party affects moderate views, and declares that it is not the intention of the sup. porters of Lincoln to interfere with the institu. tion of s!avery in the States where it exists. But the most active members of the party, its leaders and founders, are ultra abolitionists, adherents to Mr. Seward’s theory that there is in the United States an irrepressible conflict between freedom and slavery, and that. sooner or later, one or the other must go to the wall. That four-fifths of the Lincoln men are of this opinion admits of no reasonable doubt. Other- wise the republican party could not hold to- gether for a day. Opposed to this theory we have the grand army of Union conservative men—men who adhere to the old landmarks of the constitution and the laws, and who are now endeavoring to throw aside all the old, broken down party or- ganizations, to forget past differences, and to ecnsolidate themselves under one banner, with the one idea, namely, to defeat Lincoln, and thereby preserve the Union from even the pos- sibility of danger. How absurd it is, under these circumstances, for men who are old enough to have a little common sense to- waste their time in the dis- | cussion of merely personal matters, such as | those which now occupy the political journals, | Of what consequence is it whether or not Mr. | Washington Hunt was an old whig ten years | ago’ Who cares what Brooks has said about | the Irish, the Pope and Archbishop Hughes? | Js anybody interested in the past political affi- tions of Mr. Denning Duer or Mr. James Kidd* Does the internecine war between Greeley, Seward and Weed interest any person except the parties immediately con- certed? Who cares how long Mr. Dean Rich- mond has ruled the democratic party, and who gives a moment's serious thought to the war be- tween Tammany and Mozart halls? And, apropos to Tammany, we may saya word as to the colossal impudence of its mana- gers in attempting to dictate, by resolution, to the Presidential electors to be chosen in No- | vember. There could be no stronger proof of the utter mendacity of this organization than that which is afforded by this impertinent inter- ference of a broken down, prostituted, self-cre- ated dicta‘orial body to a number of gentlemen who, if they are chosen as members of the elec- toral college, will become constitutional officers for the time being, and will be free by law to vote for any persons eligible to the offices of President and Vice President. The audacity of theee Tammany managers is beyond parallel. Under such cireumstances, the course for all good and true men is quite plain. Theyshould avoid all personal discussions, forget all past diverences, turna deafear to suggestions or recommendations, or requests or threats, from apy set of professional spoils seekers, and work hand in band for the grand object—the defeat of Lincoln—and keeping the issue of the cam- psign plainly before the people. By adopting this course, the party of treason and fanaticism may be overthrown. Otherwise, we may as well be prepared for the worst. Tux Proce or Wanes ann tHe Ampntcas Peiss-We perceive by the following note that the very elaborate reports given by the New York papers of the Prince's journey ia America are to be duly transmitted to the Queen: TO THE EDITOR OF THE ARKALD. Sin— Having received ineteuctions from the provincial government of Canada to furais, for the , three hombe: «exch of your paper, daily, from 20th July to 20th ctober, 1890, Fou pleare ‘forward them to my ad tress, with an aoeoont of the same. Tam, sir, your obedient servant P. SINCLAIR, Qewure Avgoat, 1960 St. Juba street, Quebec This circumstance shows that the home gov- ernment feel the greatest interest in ascertain- ing, from unblased sources, the effect of H. R. H.'s American tour. As a matter of course, the Eng correspondents look at the matter through different spectacles than those of our reporters, and it is desirable that the Queen should kaow exactly how the Priace and his doings appear to our people. This informa she can only obtain through the American Ia addition to this fact, we have and perhaps more important one ts (hat the first news of the landing of the Prince at Newfoundland received in Londoa was printed in the New Yors Henaro, and re produced in all the English papers, the letters of the London Times and other correspondents not having arrived. We reported the proceed- ings at Halifax and St. Joba, N.B., by telegraph, at length, and those accouats must have reached London in advance of all others, as, through a chapter of accidents, the letters of the corres- pondents were laid over two sieamers—one at Halifax and one at New York. Ia matters of ordinary aews it is always easy enough to beat the British journals; but it isa little odd that we should be able to distaace them so com- pletely sbou! thelr own alfairs aad om their own grouad NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 1860. The Chevalier Jenkins tn Trouble. Our entertaining friend Jenkins bus his trials a8 well as his triumphs. He is just now a of sorrows, aud bas been made acai with grief. In brief, Jeakins—the origin only Jenkias—the Chevalier Henry Raymond Jenkins—has a competitor in the same field and, what is worse, a successful one: 20%, therefore, the hero of Solferinc asaumes the attitude of the irate lady in the Greek play, who shakes her fist at the prompter’s boa aud 6a 98— What! for a rival have I toiled eo long’ Yes, (sorrowfully) for a rival! (Burets into tears.) The Chevalier’s rival is Tompkins—Tomp- kine, who is said to be the Mayer's man Friday—Tompkine, who fired of a long speech at the Duke of Newcastle, which -oration caused that worthy noble- man to marvel greatly—Tompkius, who pledged New York and the Mayor thereof to do all sorts of things possible and impossible for the gen- tleman whom Jenkins elegantly terms “ the youthful Guelph.” Tompkins, who had a mis” sion, was bound to fulfil it, and did it after a fashion which has filled the soul of Jenkins with mingled emotions of rage, jealousy, disappoint- ment, envy, hatred, malice and all uncharita- bleness. The Chevalier Jenkins is angered because the Chevalier Tompkins gave to the city of New York and the people thereof a rousing puff; that he alluded, incidentally, to the Aldermen and Councilmen as so many wild beasts who roam up and down the face of the earth seeking for distinguished persons whom they may de- vour, and assured the Duke that the Mayor would see that the Prince was not swallowed up by these terrible fellows. Jenkins is so angry that he absolutely ranges himself on the side of the Aldermen, and hints that there should be a fair stand up fight for the porsession of the Prince when he visits the city, of which the Chevalier Tompkins has given him so fine an idea. It is no wonder that between iwo such Chevaliers as Jenkins and Tompkins, the Duke of Newcastle should have been persuaded that the Americans are not only a great people, but a very curious one. It is very sad, though, to think that Jenkins’ pipe has been put out by Tompkins. It is a melancholy fact, however, that our hero of the Mincio has found his Waterloo at last. The Austrian bussar has appeared in Canada. That “foreign fleet, which, suddenly coming up, cut off” Jenkins’ “question of citizenship,” has been anchored in the St. Lawrence. Tompkins commands the hostile forces. Tompkins elbows Jenkins on one side, and transcends all his moat splendid efforta. No wonder that Jenkins shirks off like a whipped spaniel and hides his diminished tail between his legs. The horn of Tomphins is exalted. Tompkins isthe hero of the hour. Jenkins’ occupation, like that of Des- demona’s dueky lover, is gone. The iron has entered his soul, and Tompkias has sped the bolt. In his despair over being defeated by the odious Tompkins, the Chevalier Jenkins is re- lieving himself with sundry characteristic little eports and games. Among other things he amuses himself by inventing stories about H. R. H. It appears that the gentlemen in attend- ance on the Prince have found Jenkins out, and put him in Coventry. So, the official supply of information being stopped, the Chevalier is compelled to rely on his own very elender stock of brains, the result of which operation is the absurd and ridiculous stories published by our quadrilateral cotemporary, and intended to be worked in as puffs, with engravings, in an ilius- trated paper. That will give /’unch a most excellent opening, and, in fact, the manner in which Jenkins has managed the Prince of Wales business throughout is calculated in an emi- nent degree to impress the British public with avery lofty idea of the dignity of New York journalism. We may say, without fear of con- tradiction, that Jenkins and Tompkins have made a nice thing of it between them. We be- lieve, however, that the vice regal party will not take Jenkins as a representative of the people of the United States. They must be made to understand that since the poor little fellow got that terrible scare near the battle ground of Solferino, he has been subject to fits, during the continuation of which he is not ina condition to be held legally or morally respon- sible for what he writes. The effect of Tompkins’ mission has been to throw the Chevalier Jenkins into one of his worst spasms. and the result is an exceedingly interesting study for a philosopher. Otherwise, Jenkins, and what he says, are of not the smallest conse- quence. He will see, when the Prince comes, how properly the Mayor will receive and enter taia him. He will eee that our people will gladly join in any movement to show to our cousins of old England that the ties of lineage are still strong with us, and that when the only free government among the great Powers of Europe sends its representative to the only great republican Power in the world, the pco- ple of the latter consider the event one of suf- ficient importance to be treated with gravity and courtesy—matters coocerning which the | Chevalier Jenkins cannot be expected to know much. Tie Srey Massacnes.—We are glad to fod that the fund raised by the committee appoint- ed at the Bible House to collec! subscriptions in aid of the Syrian Christians already amounts to $7,000. We trust that in marking its sym- pathy with the families of the victims of Tark- ish fanaticism, our public will not omit to offer a tribute of its admiration and respect to thore enlightened Moslems who, at the peri! of their lives, interfered to rescue some of these un- fortunates from the hands of their butch: ers. To Abdel Kader especially some tes timonial of our appreciation is due. The generous and disinterested conduct of the Emir has, we see, elicited from the fmperor Nepoleon, and is about to draw from the Britieh government, tokens of their approba- tion. The Grand Cross of the Legion of Monor and the Order of the Bath may not be in them- telves objects that the Algerine chief will prize, but they will, at all events, serve to tes tify the gratitude thatthe Christian govern- ments feel for his humane efforts. We hare no orders or decorations to beatow, but we can in ¢ome way mark our sense of this aoble Aral’s exertions in behalf of our coreligionists. If we can raise money for testimonials to foreign military leaders for their services ia the cause of liberty, we can surely find some appropriate reward for the geocrous protection which the Emir baa eforded to the persecuted professors of ows common faila, Let cs do something for the Emir, Tus Prosrece oy Manve.—The State and Con- eressional elections take place in Maine on the 11th of September next, and their results will bear a relation to the prospects of the black re- publicaa party in the comiag election very simi- Jur to that the recent local elections in Kentucky bore to those of the Breckinridge democracy South. According to the best advices we cau obtain from Maine, we shall not be sur- prised.to see there in September the same up- rising of the latent national sentiment among the people, and popular political revolution, that have been witnessed in the Southern States. The large commercial and maritime interests of Maine are not wilting to accept the revolution- ary and destructive theories of Seward, Lia- colu, Sumner and the black republican fana- tice, and since 1856 the tide of popular feeling has set steadily against them, as will be seen in the following table:— POPU)AR MAJORITIES IN THE BIX CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS OF MALNE SINCE 1862. 53 1864. 1858. Rep. "63 Rep. 3,562 Rop. 2,116 Rep. 496 It is now confidently asserted that the black republicane will lose the First, Third and Sixth Congresaional districts, which will probably return Dovgtas democrats to Congress. ‘The same set of the tide of popular sentiment against the destructives is evinced in the popu- lar vote for President in 1854, and for Governor in 1558 and 1859, which were as follows:— POPULAR VOTE IN MAINE. 1856. 1858. 1859. | Fremont .. OTBT@ Rep... 60,762 Rep. 56,348 Buchavan...... 29,050 Dem.. 51,820 Dem, 44,548 Fillmore 3,926 - - Totals........109,784 112,582 110,696 Wp. majorities, 24 974 8,042 12,000 It bas been characteristic of the elections ia Maine that a larger popular vote has generally been thrown in the State than in the national elections. This fact has been due to the local excitement relative to the Maine Liquor law and similar local questions, which have been largely adopted by the black republicans. The liquor question has subsided greatly, and the revelations of Elder Peck, the peculating State Treasurer last year, in regard to Neal Dow and other “Maine law’’ apostles, have contributed to give the black republicans a bad odor locally. In addition to this the sea- faring population in Maine find in Mr. Douglas’ squatier sovereignty theories quite enough abolitionism for them. If, therefore, the con- servative masses in Maine unite their ballots, they will call out the immense latent conserva- tive vote which the above tables show to exist there, and Maine, on the 11th of September, will break the Northern line of black republi- can fanaticism, and lead the way to the utter rout of Northern sectionalism in November. Let the national conservative men see at once if they cannot lend a helping hand to their bretbren in Maine. That is now the key of the Northern political campaign. Tur Reat Question Berore tHe Propir.— We give in another column to-day a graphic- ally interesting sketch of Mr. Seward at home, from our special reporter. The man and the statesman are pictured in their natural colors, and in these we present them to the whole coun- try. Against Mr. Seward asa man we have never drawn our weapons, and we record his good social qualities with pleasure and truth in our columns, With equal truth his detestable position as a statesman is there also made mani- feat in these words from his own lips:— Thold that slavery is wrong, and myself and those who think with me are in aconftict with those who think slavery is right. There are byt two sides to the quostion. ‘There is no middle ground. ‘Shore can be no phitosophi- Zig upon tho point. The right or the verong of slazery ts the enly isaue. Here is the true issue presented by the black republican party, and in it lies the capital error of Mr. Seward as a statesman. He and his followers aim to eouvert a purely moral and social question into a political issue, pro- mising to administer the government, if elected, on moral and social principles, as they under- stand them. They do not claim that any harm acerues to themselves by the persistence of other communities in believing in other moral and social principles, but they wish the powers of the government to be so administered as to make others believe in what they believe. This is the fundamental error of persecution for opinion’s sake, of a state church, and of the inquisition. In all ages, and in all countries, whenever men have adopted moral and reli- gious views as guides in political conduct, go- vernment has been prostituted to the behests of fanaticism; and the uncharitable spirit which the black republicans exhibit towards our Southern brethren, who are just as moral, just as religious, and have just as good a chance to get to Heaven aa our Northern fanatics, proves that Seward, Lincoln and their followers would wield the powers of government in the same spirit that animated the Jesuits and inquisitors of old. Orenixe or Tam Fasiionante Season.—The watering places campaign for this year is nearly over. Ina very short time Saratoga and New- port will be deserted, and the inhabitants of the more aristocratic quarters of the metropolis will condescend to be again “in town.” The sum- mer has been exceedingly hot, and the exo- dus correspondingly large; but the great influx of strangers—almost unprecedented we be- lieve--has kept us lively, and preserved the Broadway shopkeepers from utter desolation. During the next two months we shall have all our own people home again, and along with them an immense number of sojourners and travellers. September and October are the pleasantest months in the year in New York, and our Southern brethren always tarry here during the early autumn. This year we have the further attraction of the Prince of Wales, whom al! the ladies are dying to see, and who will be along about the 6th of October, when everybody worth mentioning will be in towa. Already, it will be seen, the first note of preparation has been sounded by the impresario of the Academy of Music, who commences operations next week. It is re- freshing to know that all the old feuds between the rival mazagers have bees settled, and that the entente cordiale between the managers of the three companies is quite perfect. The re- sult of this artistic millentum is that ail the ope ratie talent in the city will be consolidated ai the Academy of Music. The new engagements include Tamberlik, the great tenor, and we are to have a freeh opera, composed for the Acade my by Signor Muto. Of course there will be special performances complimentary tc the Prince of Wales, and, altogether, a fine ¢pening for what should be a most succese”:| season The country ia having fiush tires agaia, and the metropolis reaps the bened! thereo. Now York is the Pacis of the New Worid People make their money elsewhere and com» here to spend it. That they will make a good dea! of money this year seeua probable. That extra ordinary facilities will be offered in the metro- polie for disbursing whatever loose cash our visiters may have is beyond al! peradventare. Tue Crry ano its Rear. Estare—Coai- ovs DeveLopesuyis.—The city of New York is certainly most unfortunate in the mapegement of its property and fiaances. It is not only plundered by its civic functionaries, but permitted to be plundered by outsiders. We eay nothing now of the manner in which it haz been victimized in the matter of the Lowber Property, the Fort Gansevoort property, the West Washington market property, and the city railroad franchises. Theee were all positive acts of plunder. But it seems that the city is béing also defrauded to a considerable extent by the gross and culpable negligence of officials. Recent developements have been made which show up a very curious state of facts. It seems that our very efiicient Comptroller was waited on, not long since, by a mysterious individual, with an ofer to disclose, for a con- sideration, the fact of the city’s ownership of certain property of which her officials knew nothing, and which had been for years in the undisturbed possession of parties who had not the slightest legal title to it. The Comptroller was somewhat dumbfounded by this extraotdinary proposition, and con- ceived it his duty to acquaint the Commission- ers of the Sinking Fund thereof. They ia their turn directed Lim to prepare a list of all the property owned by the city. In complying with this order some curious discoveries were made. For instance, it was ascertained that some valuable property was in the posses- sion of parties against whom a suit was com- menced by the Corporation twenty-three years ago, which suit is not yet determined. A very fine commentary on the fidelity and activity of the various gentlemen who have beld the fat office of Corporation Counsel for the last quar- ter of a century. Then, again, it was discovered that the city owned at Williameburg property worth at least $50,000 which had never been entered on the lists of real estate, What capi- tal Comptroilers this city must have been blessed with! Whether these discoveries have anything to do with those which the party whose offer set these inquiries on foot was pre- pared to disclose, is a matter of nacertainty. The probability is that they have not, and that this well posted person might still make a large per centage on the property which his informa- tion would enable the city to recover. We respectfully suggest to Mr. Haws the pro- priety, first, of renewing negotiations with this mysterious individual; second, of causing im- mediate steps to be taken for the recovery and proper registration of the property which bas been discovered, ard third, of not letting the matter rest until a full and intelligible list of all the real estate belonging to the city be made out by his department, so that there need be no more cheating allowed in that line. The thieves, official and otherwise, who congregate in and about the City Hall, require to have a sharp lookout kept upon their actions; and it depends a good deal upon the Comptroller whether their villanous schemes shall be frus- trated. Keep a keen eye upon them, Mr. Haws, and hurry up the documents. Oven Air Preacutn.— We see that the Bishop of London has been preaching in the open air to large assemblages of the working men and children of the British metropolis. It is grati- fying to find that something of the old Apostolic spirit has been infused into the haughtiest and proudest ecclesiastical aristocracy that exists ia any of the churches. Would it not be weil if our own clergy were to imitate this example? They are continually making complaints of the insufficiency of church accommodation in onr cities; but here is a means of meeting the evil which removes all difficulty. If, instead of coveting fancy structures and fashionable andi- ences, the shining lights of our congregations were to go forth into the moral wildernesses that lie within our city limits, they would do much more good, and convince people far more of their sincerity, than they do at present. Hitherto open air preaching in this metropolis has been confined to persons without any quali fieations for such duties, and the police have found it necessary to put a stop to their gather- ing of idle and noisy crowds of men and boys. Bat let the educated clergy, animated by the requisite degree of zeal, abandon their cushion- ed pulpits and gilt edged Bibles and prayer books, and, putting on the working day garb of Christian messengers of peace, follow vice to its haunts in the city, and the people to the green fields where they seek relaxation and one day's breathing of pure air, and they will fod no lack of church accommodation thea. With the canopy of heaven for a roof, the stately onk+ for pillars, and the verdure carpeted earth for seata, the clergy will have church room enough end, if they preacl common sense earnestly, congregations too. Tur New Scuoot ron Bairisa Priscea—We see that while the Prince of Wales is travelliog and acquiring information in the British pro- vinces, his brother, Prince Alfred, is in the Brazile undergoing a similar proces: of lightenment. Their royal mother is wise thus permitting her sons to obtaia a knowledge of foreign countries and foreign systems of government by personal observation und study It is the misfortune of princes generally. butt | ; bas been more especially s0 in the case of ruling family of England, that their minds sce | always kept withia the same cacrow ideas, and refised opportunities for d ment. The course takea by Queea Vic regard to her children cannot fail best effect upon the foreiza Britain. [t will tend more toc of the old school of diplomacy tha: other influence that we kaow of oe the f Great tae actors nome wT whe | weest citizens of Charlottesville, Va casion of the meeting of the Democratic Artreepe or Viroita Notre Seostor Hunter detivere! a AN > we ye She oC State Coarvention at that piace oo the 1th instant. Et wil! be fou niin (a moraiag’s Benaia ft is the kez gete of the con test for Breckinridge and Juang in Virgin's. soi throughout the whole South. Noe setion "ave piace in that State before the Previtential #2 tion ia November, ead to that 9% be eck ro the presen! contest are directed Tt “amald vaut Governor Wee and Seastors Huo vr aad Maca will all cunvane the Stabs frow whe oho mp, wd the speech of Mr. Ha ater ce stip the aptei: with which Shey ara go ag (atm ee camp ya “ -——$—$ ene tents ith fs Deesiiettantibnedeesceeneeeeneeneemeee Geas> Scncesay Pag ar Wasaavoron He:curs.—We understand that the Commis- sioners appointed by the last Legislature for laying out Washington Heights have come to entertain some very proper ideas as to how the work should be done—ideas which are entirely acceptable to the owners of Property in that Jocality, Instead of the stupid vandalism of reducing these elevated aud beautiful grounds to the level grade, and intersecting them with avenues and streets in the style in which the upper portion of the city is laid out, the idea now is not to interfere with the natural beauties of the location, but to run a semi-circular road round the heights from one point on the Hudson, just above Manhattanville, up to another point near Tubby Hook. This te to be a wide, macadamized road, with fine shade trees on each side, and is to be in its use, as weil as name, the Boulevards of New Yor. The grounds comprised between it and the river, over three miles in length and about a mile in width, will form a magnificent, spacious park, through which access will be had by means of numerous winding roads, exteading from the Hudgon to the Boulevards. In furtherance of the same general plan the design is to widen by fifty feet the old Kings- bridge road, plant it with shade trees, make a spiendid drive of it, and convert it inte a Champa Elyeée. We are delighted to learn that the Com- missioners are manifesting so much good sense and refined taste. No better plaa for laying cut Washington Heights could be proposed. For purposes of business the ground will aot be needed by this generation. But for the pur- poses to which it is proposed now to be applied, it is needed at the present moment. The Cen- tral Park, after all the money expended upoa it, and all the efforts made to popularize it, is a dead failure. Neither its natural nor arti- ficial beauties respond to the requirements of good taste. But here isa park already laid out by Nature’s hand, in the most enchanting va- riety of hill and dale, rock and rivulet, forest and glade, and interspersed with charming villa residences. Of course there is no intea- tion of interfering with the privacy of these retreate. They will still remain sacred withia their reapective little demesnes; but handsome drives and picturesque footpaths will wind in and out among them, revealing their varied beauties, and giving glimpses of the elegance of the suburban life of New York. We trust that the Commissioners, haviag once entertained this excellent idea, wil! not abandon it, but will carry it out in the sama refined taste in which it has been conceived. Let them do so, and in a few years New York will be able to point a Parisian to a Champa Elysée and Boulevards more exquisite thac his own. Ocr Poumciays at Home.—We receatty presented or readers with inside views of the homes and social surroundiogs of the men whose talents or party claims -have brought them upon the field as Presidential can- didates. The simplicity and unostentationsness of their modes of life are amongst the best evi- dences that can be offered of the successful workiug of our republican aystem. Here are men picked out by their fellow citizens for tae highest ofice in their power to bestow, and to fill which is a greater honor than the sovereiga- ty of an empire, living in the piainest and most unpretending style, and to all appearance um couscions of the social and political estimation in which they are held. Whatever value they may set on their own merits, it at all events is not manifested in outward display or in the at- tempt to keep up appearances whiclr their in- comes do not warrant. We publish this morning another of these political “interiors.” It is that of a man who, althongh fis pretensions to the Executive ehair have been ignored by his party on the ground of expediency, yet cannot be passed over in these sketches. Mr. Seward has oceu- pied too prominent a position, whether for good or evil, amongst the public men of our country, not to render his personal tastes and habits matters of at least equal interest with those of any of his republican rivals. Preehet on the Susquchanna—Greas Damage to the Fumber Interest. Wracasvoat, Pa, Aogust 6, 1860 ‘Tue beavy raina-yesterday raised the West Braach tom feet. Ten or twelve thousand fogs were ewept down tae ei 79° from the lower doom. Tae upper boom is catehiag an immeose amouat, oar ried (rom Lockbavea and Pine creek. Right million fest of logs were swept from Campbell's milla, and were mortiy caught here ia the bg boom, Markets. New Oniaans, Auzuat S35, Ctra dom saves today 1.000-deles, inciuding 300 basam pew at 19°ct. a 80%. for middling. “Corn mixed at 59. Trovutess Wary amt Owner chapged. Camaeo, A Piece drm. Wheat dull bat 12) a) duaa: a é R- g 3 fi $3 is ‘ mixed, $1 saies 74 000 brabels, at Be 8 ap) agvanced 5 2, 7 Seat wheat, 45,000 beabels core, 16 meat —! 600 Bois. florr, 964000: Imabels wheat ‘ors. Ereighta’ declined 3, aa cova te Buluin. Sgt exeange oa Ni ceo) Orem em, e48c in Z $ it na Baoves Ammactt ow 4 Fawan® —Tosterda. (demang MeCllao, Supecvisor of the Tweilth ward, vemdie io. ay WAGE of ntorcation weat to tke hoose Of Lake Mela. mott aad without aay provoeshon, begna to mmana.s Mew Mc Oerasott caat”, which ui wom's, «(be sacw tim? (9 ipog Kevera’ Cuts om bee beac, acma aad ocaer paris oF ber perfor. We. 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