The New York Herald Newspaper, September 23, 1860, Page 4

4 N NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETO!:. The Fasiom Squabble—W hat ts Demana- ed by the People. The bluster and confusion that are now going on with the fusion negotiators, over who eball be placed upon the uniea electoral ticket, ar | tho veriest dribble, ond only tend to disgust "edness | the public. It matters but Little who are on ” cash tn advance. Money sent by matt wit! beat the | the ticket, only that they are men of respecta- vided the onder Postage stamps not recsioul ee - j bility, and will cast their vote, if elected, UMTS See |e cae useane ereooes cepa, oF 8 per anny: ori ey patay Gre Briain, | Gate, The defeat of Linco! paramoun! ieee ts ti aah Sek ronag: M4 | object with the conservative voters of the ee a, Ne Sane cy, at four cents per | State, and fur this purpose a union ticket will Coy, oF 32 pe on n esPONDENCE, consindng be formed. It matters not whether they will cast their vote for either of the men now in ss, plies from any ter of the world; edt be | (eral Pa egterean to nat sis Lavras ax PAGE" ‘nomination against the sectional republican “ETO NOTICE taken of anonymous correspondenc, Wedonot | candidate, or tuke up some new man; the pub- eearepeeterrrer te | lie, aside from the trading politicians, will be | equally satisfied, and any clique, organization = ~ =: or set of men that attempt to run an electoral AMUSEMENTS TO-MORROW EVENING, | ticket in opposition to this union combination | are only Lincoln men in disguise, and will be so considered by the people. It may be all very well for the aoisy politi- cians to keep up their tumult about Douglas; but a candid survey of the field must eatisfy any person that he does not stand the remotest chance of being elected by the people; and it is only by a union of the conservative forces in the Middle States that the election of Lincoln can be prevented, and the selection of our next President thrown into Congress, The contest in the Southern States is exclusively between Breckinridge and Bell, with a prospect of the vote being divided between them, neither hav- ing enough to elect him, even with the addition of two or three Northern States. There was at one time some hope that a portion of the New England States, or at least that Connec- ticut and Rhode Island, would throw off the fanatical spirit that has so long had possession of New England; but the same factious spirit that has ruined all the political parties seems to have full sway amongst the opposition to Lincoln, leaving no hope in that direction. The present attitude of those States indicate that Lincoln will have the entire vote of New England. The struggle in the Northwestern OFFICE N. W. CORNER OF NASSAU AND FULTON BTS. Volume XXV ACAMEWY OF MUSIC, Fourteenth street,—Iearian Ore ga—Dow Giov ana. NIBLO'S GARDEN, Broadway.—Hamcer. WINTER GARDEN, Broadway, oajie Bond atreet — Mac Jost—Pasue OrDonemuce Latest vROm New Yous. BOWFRY THEATRE, Bowery.—Tux Hivpex Haxn— Puowago Til. WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broadway.—Tux Morarsr— Race om a Wipow. LAURA K¥ENE’S THEATRE, No. 624 Broadway.—Tar Moscer Bor. NEW BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—Tux Counixn or Lroms- Avorigy Caio—Haxnsome Jack BARNUM’S AMERICAN MUSEUM, Broadway. —Day and Evening—Josern amp His Baerukex—Livine Ouxiost mips, Ac. BRYANTS MINSTRELS, Mechanics’ Hall, 472 Broudway.— byaceseues, Soscs, Danoms, dc ack Cape. 28 SALOON, Broadway.—Hooury & Campnnuc’s 1 1 Brnworian Sonos, BuRimsaus Dances, &o.— 10" BaLL. Mi Iyavoumazion NATIONAL THEATRE, Chatham street.—Devi's Daven reas—Ma.ic Banwei—Tue Mout Macuiees, TRBURY MUSIC HALL, 663 Broadwa y.—Soxes BURLESQUES, Ac. New York, Sunday, September 25, 1860. The News. The steamship Adriatic, from Havre and South- ampton 12th inst., for New York, had not made “ her appearance off this port up to a late hour last States is between Douglas and Lincoln; the night. She will bring three days later news. former may succeed in carrying one or two ‘The steamship Bienville, from New Orleans 15th | States, but his chances are exceedingly slim, and Havana 18th inst., arrived at this port yester- | and it is almost like hoping against hope. day afternoon. The Bienville brings a very large ‘This throws the responsibility of the defeat cargo, and has made a quick run, although she | of Lincoln upon the conservative voters in the had a strong norther and a heavy sea for twenty- Middle States, or New York, New Jersey and four hours to contend with. There is nothing of Pr Ivania, where the several factions are general interest from Havana. Freights had de- doing all within their power to p reed clined, with comparatively few vessels in port. ‘The Bienville, on the afternoon of the 18th inst., | dial union of the entire anti-Lincoln forces. about fifteen miles northeast of Havana, spoke the | In Pennsylvania the masses are trying to unite, United States steamer Crusader, Lieut. Comman- | but Forney insists upon running a straight out dant J. N. Maffit, from Key West, bound for her | Douglas ticket, to pay the republicans for giv- cruising ground off the east end of Cuba. ing him the Clerkship of the House of Repre- The steamship Illinois sailed from this port yes- | sentatives. The regular democratic organiza- terday for Southampton and Havre, with 171 passen- | tion in New Jersey have hoisted a union ticket, gers and $448,362 in specie. The City of Manches- aso sailag yesterday for Liverpool, with 246 ppd =k bey mmr oe ) be @n@ $14,561 in specio—making the total 4 ug shipment of specie $463,023. men, who really want Lincoln elected, are run- On the Sth instant the new iron paddle steamer | Ding @ straight Douglas ticket; but they, like Munster, the last of the four new iron steamers in- | Forney, are fast sinking into insignificance. tended for the use of the Galway Packet Company, | How does the contest stand in New York? was successfully launched at Hull, England. The We here find the political Peter Punks throw- Munster is next in size to the Great Eastern, is 380 | ing every obstacle in the way of union, so loud- feet long, forty feet wide, and thirty fect deep; is | }y demanded by the people. There will, how- en ne ae ae ever, be a union in spite of thelr determination for nearly 700 persons. It is stated that orders have been given by the Go omoule wage Wanrale by air Spanish government for the immediate construc- ; tion of ten war steamers, destined to suppress the | *€* Which we publish elsewhere from Mr. slave trade and for the defence of the coast of | Viele, the Breckinridge candidate for Lieute- Coba. nant Governor, shows that he is unwilling to In New Orleans, on Friday night, the liquor store | take the responsibility of resisting the tide. of Karstendeck & Co., and several other similar es- | Will Brady do as much? Now that the ma- tablishments, located on Tchoupitoulas street, be- | nagers of the two State Central Committees are tween Lafayette and Girod streets, were destroyed | in’the city, face to face with the committee re- by fire. During the conflagration a large quantity | presenting the masses of New York, let there of liquor in the fourth story of Karstendeck’s store be a union ticket put forth at once. We have exploded, prostrating the building at the corner of had enough of the quibble about who shall Lafayette and Tchoupitanlas streets, and burying oie - between forty and fifty persons in the ruins. At constitute that ticket. What is demanded is last accounts fifteen dead bodies and several | Simply one electoral ticket, composed of re- wounded persons had been extricated. The loss | spectable and reliable names, pledged to vote by the fire is estimated at $150,000. A square in | against Lincoln and run on the issue, opposi- the fourth district, New Orleans, was alsodestroyed | tion to a sectional and fanatical President. No by fire yesterday morning, involving a loss of be- | more, no less. tween $70,000 and $80,000. The Union meeting Fusion Committee met again | Crosr or THe Scuer Season—Tur Iscovrse yesterday, but found that their Eye Hanvest.—The fashionable season is now all not completed their negotiations, and adjourned at umerous st rts, eat Monday at twelve eect, ot which time they aeaee . ccntiitsdieds same 06 abe wil complete their and announce a union - ticket The committee have, it is said, got Rich- politan Princes will once more echo with home- saond in a position that will force him to yield to a made mirth and festivity. Bridget and her fesioa ith all the other anti-Lincoln forces. friends, who have for so many months held high We pr blish in today’s paper letters from our | carnival in gilded chambers and curtalned par- correspoadents at London, Paris, Dieppe and | lors, will have to drop back into the basement Serlin, containing the latest details of public and | kitchen and patiently wait for the coming of social events transpiring at these points. another summer. The watering places are be- laron Renfrew, at Chisago, yesterday, ing rapidly deserted. There are very few arti- ne of the oe e8 bo em for | vals at any of their hotels now. while the rail- t city is famous. He subsequently, in ac- * _— cordance with the published notice, exhibited him- | "*J® yi tangs peas oye — ey ve baleony of the hotel to the assembled capaci prance American sovercigns, who had congregated in . The hegira bas mere than passed its lacge oambers to view his Royal Highness. The zenith, and in another week Newport sad Sara- Prace. later in the day, left town for the hanting | toga will be totally deserted, while autumn groun)s, where be will spend several days in the | leaves will be thick upon the ground. sports of the chase. In the meantime the attractions and sensa Thousands of persons visited the Central Park tions of the metropolis are every day increasing, yesterday to enjoy the fresh air, listen to the ‘con- | and the present fall and winter will doubtless cert of {nstramental mosic, and watch the graceful | be fully as exciting as any of their predecessors. morcments of the swans, and otherwise amuse The city is now filled with strangers, and the theteselses. excitement was caused at Pittston, Pa., on fall trade bas made very ropta acd oivan- Friday Wy the explosion of fire-damp in one of the tageous strides to the benefit of the importer mine. Six persons were in the mine at the time | 824 consumer. The visit of the heir tc the of the accident, all of whom were rescued save | British throne—now so near at hand— one, samed John Howard, Jr., who, it was found, | will draw into our midst many thousands was saffocated of our fellow citizens from the farthest coufines © Police Commissioners yesterday appointed | of the republic, while our Canadian neighbors Richard Kaig o rowndeman in the Tenth ward, and | wi} not fail to swell the throng by many thou- accepted the rounetes of James Murray, of the | ganas of tourists in their anxiety to see how First ward. No other buainess was transacted. The sales of cotton yesterday embraced 1,500 Bales. New Yorkers are going to receive the Prince ‘The supply of new cotions aro yet so light that no ro | Thus, while our summer resorts are being turned rolar quotations have yet been established. The new | into “deserted villages,” our principal cities are yield arrives clean, and generally in good condition, and | being crowded with the wealth, beauty and @ wanted for export. It ranks higher than old cotton of | fashion which so recently were the observed of the tame grade. Old middling uplands are quoted at all in these bi te of pleas a 10\¢., Florida middling old do. st the mame Ggure, and observers in annts of pleasure an New Orleans and Texas middiings at 10%c. « lic, ag | SMusement. — oe 2 es oe acvauntiens | The keepers cf the fasbionable hotels cf the pre Aaah prove ager Tote at Idea 12-q2, | Lifferent watering places have in many instances ‘The Sour market was heavy, and salce moderate; the re. | derived considerable profit from the activity of colpta were large, and the turn of the market in favor of | the closing season. We published Inst week the purchaser, The receipte of whent were large, | ® concluding batch of Interesting corres- aot prices %. a 3c per bushel lower, Gorn | pondence from these localities, which showed wes sino easier, Private letters by the Fareps | how the festivities cf the season terminated. ‘were not enoourncing. A letter wae received by © MRipping house bere from ite Liverpool friends, The landlords lock with blank dismay at the (whowe previous lotiers had been of a gloomy tone re. | inactive months which are now beginning to garding the matter), stating that two weeks more of good | evolve; but they have no reason to complain of weather (rom that date would give Fingland s yield equal | the summer season, os it is generally acknow- to What of iagt your, All thoughts of thove engaged in the | leaged that it has bees very profitable. trade here are turned towards the next news, by the : Adriatic, which, it ie eupposed, will prove decisive one | 08 the whole we have, as & people, much to way of the other, since no steamer dine at thie port in be grateful for. Returaing autumn Ande our months, if In Years past, contained more important news | city and our whole country thriving, prosperous pede 2 yf bag ‘nap ~adheg bstnfpia A eas ome and happy. Our internal and external trade Pork war » with sal new meas . ue . * ha mn " Go @, tha few pie of 885 0. Samewen |” Pa igs? ped be Seraes neti and the steady, with eales of 7008 S00 bibde. Coftee wae rm evidences of wealth and affluence sre evary- od quiet. Freights closed with more firmness, and | Where to be eeen. While frem cther lands we Whent was cngaged for Liverpool, im bull and bags, at gu, | bear of ihe failure of grops and the danger of wef ou EW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, famine, we rejoice in the happiness of an over flowing harveet and increased production of the articles cf food essential to the sustenance of man and besst, 60 that we shall have enough to supply the wants of those for whom the earth has cot yielded its increase, Importation and exportation will therefore briskly increase, while wealth will rapidly flow into the coffers of our merchants, to the common advantage of the laboring classes. All these circumstances taken together will exercise a ealutary influence on the prosperity of the Empire State. ‘The Constitution Nullified by the Party Mode of Electing the Presidcat. ‘The candidates for the Presidency, al! of them the nominees of party conventions, are stumping the country in their own behalf, and instead of championing great principles, or meeting the issue of the day, they are taking Barrow personal ground, and eelfishness looms up in all their speeches, and not the welfare of the country or the stability of its institutions. Ifthe leaders of the parties to which they be- long will not point out to them their mistake, somebody else must do it. The practice of candidates campaigning for themselves was unknown to our forefathers, and is practically at variance with their whole idea in the provi sion of the constitution which directs that the people shall elect electors—wise and discreet citizens—who will then choose the best man for chief magistrate after due deliberation. This provision was intended as a check upon demagogueism, but is now virtually rendered a nullity. It is true that the right of all to free speech in this republic is undoubted, and any man can advocate what he pleases, no matter how un- constitutional it is or absurd. But as republics are founded on the public virtue and intelli- gence of the people, on these qualities we must depend for the working out of our institutions, and for resistance to all systems that are prac- tically, though indireetly, at variance with the spirit and intent of the fundamental law. The people may be led astray for atime; but when their attention is pointed to their errors they will soon come right again. They have allowed the party convention system by degrees to practically supplant the mode cf election pro- vided in the constitution; but if we are not greatly mistaken, the time is at hand when fhey will retrace their steps. It is all right that the leaders of parties should advocate each their own respective principles; but the people ought not to countenance. them in forestalling the action of the electors as to the particular in- dividuals to represent those principles. The people may legitimately recommend indivi- duals as candidates for the Presidency; but the electors may just as legitimately reject them and substitute better men. If the people, indeed, were unanimous, or nearly unanimous, in indicating a particu- lar man, it is not likely that the electors would slight their recommendation, for they would probably participate in the general feel- ing; but all attempts to pledge them before- hand to any candidate ought to be resisted both by the people and the electors. The prevailing system is in opposition to the intention of the constitution, which is the supreme law of the land, and which every good Origin. Tn yesterday's HxzraLp we published a letter from our London correspondent, in which he givee an account of the people’s scbscription Sunday band, and its performances in Regent's park, London. Whats contrast between this and the gloomy fanaticism which pervades the Sun- day in New York, under the inflaence of black republican legislation! New York, so far ahead of London and every capital of Europe in its ideas of rational liberty, and in the securi- ties which it possesses for the eame in the con- stitution of the United States and the constitu- tion of this State, is yet far behind London and Paris, and other European capitals, in the prac- tical enjoyment of freedom for at least one day out of seven. This is a reproach to our civilization and our Christisnity, and is owing, not to the genius of our institutions, but to a perverse fanaticism grafted upon them, in defiance of their spirit and letter and the epirit and let- ter of genuine Christianity. The spiritual despotism with which the people have to con- tend in this State is identified with black repub- licanism, and is the remnant of the old Puritan fanaticism imported from England by the Pil- grim Fathers, who arrived in the Mayflower and settled 'n Massachusetts. In Old England it has been put down by the good sense and determi- nation of the people, with not one-tenth the po- litical power in their hands which the people of this city and State enjoy. In New England it still reigns, to the disgrace of its superior en- lightenment and its common schools. It has spread from thence more or leas to other States, and here even in New York it is a stumbling block in the way of the rational enjoyment of the people. It affects the temporal intereste and the very health of the citizens. In London, after a severe struggle with the fanatics, led on by Sir Andrew Agnew and Exe- ter Hall, they were defeated, and now the people can have their refreshments on Sunday, their Sunday music, snd their Sunday trains, made cheap by act of Par- liament, to convey them out of the metropolis to inhale the fresh and invigorating breezes of the country, and to feast the sight and the ima- gination on the beauties of rural scenery. This is a step in civilization in advance of New York; but it is to be hoped we shal! not long lag be- hind. We must get rid of the leaven of puri- tanism at any cost, for it is polsoning the springs of our social existence. The Puritans were always a persecuting sect. Under the designation of Roundheads they per- secuted the Cavaliers in England anf Scotland, and all who would not wear their iron yoke of observances, which they borrowed from the harsh old Jewish religion, whieh the mild founder of Christianity came to supplant by a broad charity and a universal toleration. The Puri- tans themselves were persecuted in turn when their party were deprived of power on the restoration of Charles IL; and were it not for their fanaticiem no king or queen would have reigned in England to this day. They emigrated to Holland rather than conform to the estab- lished religion, and after eleven years they set out for this continent. The persecution they had endured, instead of being a lesson to teach toleration ané ton Mather, these fanatics burned respectable men and women as witches, and they drove out the inoffensive Quakers and other sects, and they enacted “blue laws” of the most ob- noxious and tyrannical character, worthy only of the dark ages. Many of these have beceme a dead letter, but enongh of the leaven still re- mains to stir up the active antagonism ofevery friend of freedom. The liquor laws and the Sunday laws, as well asthe anti-slavery agitation and law ‘o bring down the white man to the level of the black, are its legitimate offepring. The “Sabbath Committee” in this city, under its inspiration, have issued most intolerant and benighted do- cuments, worthy of Haytior Dahomey. They have wrought on the politicians, not indeed to convert them to their superstitious views, but to take them up, as good party capital, to in- fluence the half enlightened portion of the re- ligions community, and «0 to win the local elections, ‘The sacred nuime of religion is thus prostituted for party purpeses, and many of the men who thus employ it sre motorious public thieves and robbers, whose immoral and de- praved lives furnish a curious comment upon their zeal for puritanical religion. The Legisla- ture has been bought uader the pressure of this fanaticism, and acts have been passed at va- riance with the fundamental laws of the land. ‘The German whose religious ideas are totally different from those of the Puritans, have suffered most from the unconstitutional enactments. They have suffered in their busi- ness, and they hare been deprived of the inno- cent gratification of a glass of lager bier and a smoke at their “gardens,” which they have enjoyed from time immemorial, without injury or molestation to other men. It remains, then, for the Germans to right themselves and lay the insolent usurpérs yunited actién at the paceege of kemtemioae biogas fal and bloodless revolution. ask the people to do what they know the peo- ple have not the constitutional power to do—to elect them to the office of President—and they try to baile the design of the framers of the constitution, and to effect by indirection what they cannot legitimately accomplish by straight forward legal means. They are attempting to nullify the constitution by urging the people to bring undue influence to bear upon the elec- tors, to force them to vote for these candidates, instead of leaving them to their own free choice. As well might the parties to a trial in court go to the friends and neighbors of the jury with a view to induce the twelve men sworn to do Justice to render a verdict in accordance with the wishes and the interests of said parties. If the framers of the constitution had intended that the people should elect the President directly they would have said so. Instead of that the constitution provides that the people elect electors in proportion to the representa- tion of State in Congress (for example, thirty-five fh this State); and in order that no. undue influence should be exercised over these mea, they are not to be members of Congress, not to hold any federal office, and they are to give their votes by secret ballot, which is all a farce if they are to vote as they are openly directed beforehand by party conventions, or as they bave pledged themselves to vote. ~ When the constitution was being drawn up variovs modes were suggested as to the choice of these high and responsible officers; first, the choice was proposed to be made by Congress; secondly, by the State Legislatures; thirdly, by the people at large; fourthly, by the people in districts; and, lastly, by electors. Upon fcll divexssion and mature consideration, the last wat deemed the best, as it would secure the united action and wisdom of a selected body cf distinguished citizens in the choice, and would be attended with less aud more deliberation than a popular ¢ But this {2 all practically reversed, and instead cf Geliverating and deciding according to their ows judgment, as would ajury of twelve men co tbelr caths, they invariably vote for the maa that party leaders and party conventions dictate to them beforehand. We beliéve there is caly one instance on record to the contrary. Now, we hold that their oath of office is stronger than any party pledge, and abeolves them from all such promises, and that if they do not elect the President according to the dis- cretion vested in them by the constitution, and the obligation of their oath, they aro guilty of perjury and traitors to the republic. The departure from the landmarks of the constitution in the mode of electing the Presi- dent Is every day becoming greater and .more evident, and if the distance from constitutional principles continues to be increased im the same ratio hereafter, the time cannot be far off Simmatarraw Cxst—Proressioy ash Paac- Tick.—There fs in London a Cabmen’s Sunday ‘Rest Association, the object of which is to pro- cure a total cessation of labor on the part of that useful body of public servants on the Sab- bath. Ata recent meeting of the society some curious facts came out. Heretofore the assump- tion has been that Sunday labor was due mainly to the ungodly. It was only the light minded and Irreligious who had hot dinners cooked, who entertained company, who took carriage airings, or who did anything else which necessitated he services of others on that day. What is the experience of the London cabmen! Before we proceed to state it, let us show how essential an euxiliary of life in the European capitals the cabman is. In London and Paris but few of the strangers who visit those cities make use of ‘the omnibuses. Cab hire is so low that time is gained and money economized by their employ- ment. But to metropolitan residents the cab is equally indispensable. Ladies, as a general thing, dislike riding in omnibuees, and when it rains, as it usually does five days ont of seven fn London, the cab is in universal request. People who cannot afford to keep or hire car- tages use it to transact business, to go shop- ping, or to take them to the theatre or to other with wi itts attempted places of amusement. receem the It would naturally be supposed that on the = ot ph ty odes ap erige Sunday the use of cabs would be limited, by San banerie eal Taal the closing of al! the business houses and thea- degraded them f tres which keep them busy during the week. 1860. Such is not the fact. The London cabmen com- plain that the Sabbath is anything but a day of rest to them, not because of pleasure, traffic or visiting, but because that portion of the com- munity who plume themselves most on respect for the Lord’s day will not give themselves the trocble to walk. The great sensation preachers and the revivalists are especially pointed out as the worst enemies of Sabbath observances. When Spurgeon, or Punshon, or Bellew, hold forth there is no rest for the spiritually bereft Jehus of the metropolis. But the manner in which the advocates of Sabbath restrictions re- concile their doctrines with their practices is so characteristic that we must let the missionary of the cabmen give his own account of it :— A lady, and kept @ = oe way sixpence wo Mad lebone jay oe . This is delicious. Just picture to yourself the expression of Cabby’s face, as, twirling his fare’s gift between his fore-finger and thumb, he watches her disappearing within the portals of the fashionable Bethesda. It needs not, however, that we should resort to the experience of London life to expose the hypocrisy and humbug of these Sabbatarians. If they presented in their own habits a faithful re‘ection of their results, we might have some patience with them ; but when it is notorious that they Compound for sing that they're inclined to, By damaing those they have uo mind to, we are forced to the conclusion that their ty- rannical interference with the consciences of their fellow men has its foundations on other motives than religious conviction. NEWS FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. ‘Wasatarox, Sept. 22, 1860. ‘THY RETORNS OF THE CENSUS MARSHALS. ‘The cenaus returns are rapidly pouring in from the sey- eral Marshals throughout the country, but returns from no one Btate or Territory have yet been received to indi- cate the population. BIDS FOR SCPPLIB FOR THR NATT. ‘The bids for supplying the several navy yards through- out the United States with materials have been received and opened at the Navy it, and the clerks are engaged arranging and c! them. The bids are generally very low, and the competition immense. Gil- bert & Co., of this city, are the heaviest bidders, and are entirely responsible, which campot be said of all the bid- ders, The government frequently loses large sums by the irresponsibility of its contractors, who fail to comply with thelr contracts. Destructive Fires and Explosion in New Orleans. FIFTEEN PERSONS KILLED AND MANY INJURED. New Onizas, Sept. 22, 1860. Karstendeck & Oo.'s and other liquor stores on Tchoupi- toulas street, between Lafayette and Girod streets, were burned last night. The fourth story of Karstendeck’s store was heavily laded with spirits, which wounded persons have thus far been an active search is being prosecuted for loa is estimated at $150,000, and is mostly covered insurance. A weil built square in the Fourth district was burned this morning. Loss $70,000 to $80,000; mostly insured. hasan HaRameens, Sept. 23, 1990. The Dovcias State Executive Committes publish o card etating that as much has recently been published on the -wbject of alleged propositions for fusion in Peansylvania, be public are informed that the question of fusion has at ‘no time been entertained by that committee. @he Missouri Breckinridge State Conven- tion. Bt. Lor, Sept. 21, 1860. ‘M special deepaich to the Republican, from Jefferson City, suys the Breckinridge State Convention has adopted he report of the Committee on Resolutions, which de- clares:— ‘Whereas, the failure of the Charleston Convention to no- minate leaves to the people their cloice of candidates and d, That we still adhere to the he dlmoecutie of —— a =~ saapettnney andere eons eae ae ‘The resotutions also reairm the piatform adopted by the State Cou veation beld in April, dectare a steadfast de- ‘votion to the platform adopted by the Maryindd institute Convention, aad accept Breckinridge and Lage as the can- didates of the democracy of Missouri. ‘Mr. Thurston, a delegate to Charleston, spoke nearly an hour. The most notiveadie feavure of nls speech was the expressioa of is belle! in Lincoln's election, and the advice to prepare for defeat, after which they would be purged and ready for a democratic victory. St Lore, Sept. 22, 1860, Before the Ginai ad ournment of tue Breckinridge State Contention yesterday, a resolution wae offered, but not acted upon, reqd'ring the electors to vote for any cand!- date to defent Limeoin. The electora: ticket was revised, and all the vacancies dled, when the Ccovention ad- Jocraed sine die, ————_————_——— Mr, Douglas im Cleveland. Cumann, Sept. 22, 1860. “SP Douplas spoke to-day toa large crowd. The aud! ence from the country was especiaily large, aod the ec thosiaem was great. Mr. Dougias remains here tl! Moo day,* nd thea goes to Tiiin, Chto The ship Mary, a: this port from New York, reports baring seen an uocaown ship ashore at tee ovter en! of Florida Reef. dismasted. ‘The bark Horace, (rom Matanws, \s ashore at Passa TOetre. - ‘The schooner Bullrush, from New York for Bravos, har pot into Pensacola, leaking. ‘The schooner’ Martha, from New (ricans for Peusacols, (9 emhore high and dry on Haif Moon island Homictede tm Quincy, Mass. Bostos, Sept. 22, 1860 Baward BR. Pope, a farmer, of Quimey, quarrelied yer. terday afternoon with Francis D. Jortier.« young msn ‘rc his employ, about wages, and shot him dead. Deceased wes nineteen years old, and «native of Brandos, Vt. Oficers are in pursuit of Pope. Affairs in Philade}phia. . Pariaretrms, Sept 22, 1570 The sloop-of-war Pawnee Lauied ovt into the stream to- day. She will sail down the Delaware on Monday and ‘await the arrival of Minister McLane. Parser Abbott, of the Pawnee, appiled fora writ of habeas corpus in the Court of Nisi Prius to day, to be ro leased from bail on the criminal charge against him, re sulting from holding money collected on board the fiag ahip St. Lawrence in 1866 for the redemption of the fam! tried in the Quarter Sessions. Brooklyn, and the Frcelsior Otcb of this city, cameo this afernoon, and resulted in the rietery of the former ‘The score stood at the clove of the game—Ficolsinns ya, Oy one. Excelsiors of Baltimore, six. Nom- Arrival of the Adriatic. Sasor Hoon, Bopt 22-10 P.M. 9 ‘There are yet no signs of the steamship Adriatic. Wind fresh from 6. W.; weather clear. Seutherm Ocean Steamer Movements. Savanna, Sept. 22,1660. ‘The steamship Florida arrived at Tybee at six o'clock, and at hor wharf at balf-past cleven, Friday night. All Toe ecrew Savarnan, Sept. Mount Veraca, from ‘olock, steamed! arrived here Last at six 0’ Horse Race at Lexington, Ky. Lincxctom, Ky., Sept. 22, 1868. Joe Stower won the four mile race here to-day, distans- ing bis opponeat. Time 7:41. 1688. Rew tore, The Great Western Ratlway of Canada. Euros, C, W., Sept. 22, 1860, ‘The carvings of the Great Western Railway, for tha week ending yesterday, were $96,250, being an increase Of $42,800, over the corresponding week of last year, Fire Damp Explosion at Pittston, Pa. Scnaytos, Pa., Sept. 21, 1960, A fire damp explosion occurred to-day ia Bowkley’e mine, at the upper end of Pittston. Six mena were in the mine, all of whom got out except John Howara, Jr., whe, It is feared, is suffocated. The scene is one of the wildest — excitement, the pump being brokea and the sha‘t ‘liam, with water. ROW EVENING, ETC., ETC., Tammany Hall having opened the ball formally by nominating a fall ticket, to be subjected to the suffrages of the electors of the county and city of New York, the other political conventions are about to follow suit; and next week promises to bring with it a busy time for dele- gates, candidates, and last, though not least, reporters. ‘The handful of republicans flourishing hereaboute are highly elated at the miserable discord ¢xigting in the osom of the unhappy democratic family, and hope to eu- einer successfully the election of a straightout woolly beaded ticket in November. From present appearances their anticipations are likely to be realized in part, for there is no prospect of the election of any of the demo. cratic candidates, except those who receive the endoreal of two or three of the democratic conventions, backed with the support of the Bell-Everett men, however insig- nificant in numbers the latter may really be. The repub- cans are therefore marshalling their forces with coa- siderable spirit, and carefully canvassing the claims of their candidates, with the view to nominating noue but first class men for the suffrages of the people. On Monday evening the Republican County Convention will meet at the rooms of the Central Committee, Ne. 618 Broadway. We have already given the names of tne Prominent candidate:, and baye since seen no reason te alter our calculations. Some of the candidates we then mentioned, whose chances were excellent, have declined to run, thus abbreviating the List of aspirants. strongest competition appears to be over the Recorder- ship, the friends of Messrs. John H. White, Charies &. Spencer, anid Welcome R. Beebe urging the claims of their ‘elas is note candiaste 6th.) tt i ayee i bgighieekz el i HH ; agar 3 Van Whale would, § a, & i Pe F f i i il it on F = > Oy i i 7” rf i t $ i : i i Commie — Dean Sa—Having been nominated for the office of ante are representation ‘will probably setile the: cates. by the ‘uatret, tomorrow a night i er Judge James H. t Cy yoy ty fetes i oh i ! i of all these rival candi- SENAY X. VIRL? RRADT TO RETIRE OVTO PuvaTE Borraro, Sept <1, 1969. } AT. , Charman National