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Newspaper Page Text00\fthIij d'oifstituttonalist. BY JAMES GARDNER. Municipal Election in Philadelphia- Overwhelming Democratic Triumph. The Pennsylvanian of the 6th instant, gives a most spirited account of what justly may be re garded as one of the most brilJ^M^^decisive | nthlenc*. t lie rty. 1:* localities where we were then the majorities of the opposition have either been great ly reduced or entirely overcome; and where we were then successful, our strength has been con solidated and strengthened. The municipal elec tion in the city yesterday forms another evidence of this eratily in" condition of public sentiment. In the Second Ward, unfortunately, internal divi sions in our ranks existed, and some of our candi dates, whose success would otherwise have been inevitable, have been defeated by the machinations of disorganize rs. But, notwithstanding these ditti cnlties, our triumph has been complete. Full dc :*:ls had not been ascertained at the time we pen ned this article, but enough was known to assure us of an overwhelming triumph with our general city ticket, as well as with a decided majority of our ward tickets. The election passed off quietly, and with comparatively very little excitement. The policy of our Democrat ic rulers Iras been so popu lar, that not enough objection could be made to it to arouse the opposition to vigorous efforts, and the people have emphatically endorsed it, and ex pressed their desire to secure its continuance. Wm. V. McGrath, the Democratic candidate for city treasurer, is elected by an overwhelming ma jority. His friends sustained him nobly by their voices and votes. Janies Logan is elected city commissioner bv an equally gratifying and overwhelming majority. The Democrats have elected neany all of their candidates for select council; and out of twenty four select councilmeti, including those holding over, twenty-one are Democrats. Our majority in the commoti council will be equally decided. Nev er has any party won so complete a triumph in this city. Never has so overwhelming an endorse ment anywhere been given by a confiding people. The result astonishes alike friends and foes, and echoes the death-knell of the vagaries of the oppo sition in Philadelphia. After the result was partially known, on im mense crowd of the Democracy called upon Gen. fierce, at the La Pierre House, and in response to their enthusiastic calls, he delivered one of the tuost brilliant and effective speeches we have ever \ earth The confidence <>f the people of Philadelphia Us thus been fully and unreservedly reposed in tIV Democratic party. Let it now be our highest ait to fully deserve so gratifying a token of ap pH~al. Let our conduct be such as to meet the ▼id s and to honcstlv observe the true interests f i;ir citizens. From the Baltimore Sun. Additional by the Steamer Europa. The \iiinese in Sarawak, Borneo, rose on the 17th of P, binary, a nil massacred several Europeans Sir Jaim\ Brooks, then rajah, saved lus life by swiuiinin«-across the creek. One of the Borneo company’s \teamers subsequently arrived at Sara wak, and wkh Sir James Brooks at the head of u body of Malay* and Dyaks, avenged the destruc tion of the settV-incut, killing two thousand Chi nese. The Dutch authorities bent u war steamer, out its services were not required. A laige meeting of the tn-rchants and manufac turers bad been held at M i:i<heeter for the purpose of fornoiL* i association ail over ibe world, par liaut*-U^«»rr p } mailed the oeUer Kupp.v Association. > Fra rice. —M arshal Sorvaoo had leftFans'Vbr M7i drid to smooth the way for the Mexican ambassa dors. The Danish ministerial crisis continues. There was to be a review of fifty thousand troops at Paris about the Othof May, in honor ofthe Grand Duke Constantine. The council of state has commenced the exami nation ofthe bill against the usurpation of titles of nobility. The J bn’deur publishes a convention between France and the Grand Duchy of liaden relative to strengthening the banks ofthe Khiue. Persia .. —There is a commercial treaty in progress between Persia and Sardinia. Spain. —A treaty for settling the frontier between France and Spain is to be laid before the Cortes at the first meeting. The Progressistas and the members of the Liber al Union are laboring to effect a coalition. The Government is apprehending disturbances at Lcgrono, Brugos, Vittoria, and in all Catalonia, and has taken pi ecantionary measures. The troops for Cuba leave Cadiz the end of this month. Denmark. —There is nothing further respecting the ministerial crisis, except that the Danish min ister at the Germanic diet had been sent for, which shows that the quarrel witli Germany enters as an important element into the present complication. Prussia. —The proposition to establish a legal, instead of a police supervision over printing li censes, which was carried in the Prussian Chamber on Mouduy by one majority, was rejected next day, the Government having recruited its forces. Liverpool, April 25.— Cotton —Sades of the week 44,000 bales, including I,SoO bales for export. The market is dull and prices are irregular. Hold ers are pressing on the market and all qualities have slightly declined, lower qualities declining most —say %; ordinary declined and middling qualities 1-11 ; better descriptions slow of sale but price unaltered. The quotations are as follows : Orleans fair ; Middling 7 11-16; Uplands fair 7% ; Middling 7% ; Fair Mobile 7%; Middling 7%. Stock in port 575,0 cm) bales, including 4i0,000 bales American cotton. Havre, April 21.—Sales of 2,500 bales of cotton at steady prioes. The Manchester market has been checked by the stringent condition of the money market. Breadstuff's are steady. Corn is quiet at an ad vance of fid. Messrs. Richardson & Spence quote —Baltimore .and Philadelphia flour at 28 a 295.; Ohio 30 a 345. Wheat is steady. Red Bs. a Bs. fid.; white Bs. 3d. a 9s. 3d. for c&oice. Mixed com fi2s. fid.; yel dow 335.; white 3&S. a 365. Beef is steady but buyers demand a reduction. Pork is steady; new 925. 6d. Bacon is steady. Lard is heavy at 60s. I/jrulon Markets. —Barings’ Circular quotes Iron steady. Breads tufts are steady.' The money market continues •ringent, but there is rather less demand. Consols tor money 93 a 93>g; Bullion has increased upwards of £500,- 000; American securities are generally unchanged. from the Georgia Citizen , May 7. Runaway Negro Killed. A fellow was discovered this morning in the vicinity of Oglethorpe, and on being questioned, gave evidence that he was a runaway, whereupon an effort was made to capture hirnj but offering stout and .dangerous resistance, he was killed; one shot taking effect on the left side of the abdomen, the other oa the right side of the head, just under the ear. The negro and liis owner are so far un known. He is of dark complexion, five feet, eight or ten inches high, weighs about one hundred and forty to one hundred and fifty pounds. Yours, Ac., IvßßifiA. Oglethorpe, May fith, 1857. Rain*, Hail arj) Crops. —Since our last issue we have had some very heavy rains. During the three days, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, it was raining nearly the whole time; cleared up pretty cold Monday morning, but no frost; considerable damage done to farmers in washing their land and carrying away fencing. On yesterday morning we were visited with a storm of rain and hail— hail as large as the end of your finger. Wheat looks weli, and if nothing should come hereafter to injure it, will be one of the largest crops ever jnade in Cherokee Georgia. Planting is about through with—corn just up—looking only tolera ble well; no cotton, as yet, out of the ground. Cassville Standard, May 7. Mrs. Elizabeth Goldizan, who resided on thf. North Fork, in Hardy county, Va., died a few days since, having reached the estraordinary age of 0113 hundred nod eighteen years. Miscellaneous Items. One cf the amendments to their Constitution, just adopted by the people of Massachusetts, will reduce the number of the members of the Legis lature from live lmndi*ed to about two hundred and forty—the State is to be districted equally for that purpose. The man whose feelings were “worked up,” has ordered a fresh supply. S. M. Hurlbut, a maker of perfumes, from Phil adelphia, died suddenly at Abingdon, Ya., last week. He was insane. Col. T. S. Rowley, of Pittsburg, has been ap pointed mail agent on the Allegheny Valley rail road from Pittsburg to Kittaning. The strike of the “boilers” at Wheeling has ended, and the men have gone to work at the old prices. Rev. John G. Biddle, principal of the Winches ter (Tenn.) Female Academy, died on the 23d ult J. Q. N. Nadenboush was on Monday elected Mayor of Murtinsburg, Ya. Hon. John H. Savage has been nominated for re-election to Congress from Tennessee. Richard D. Baugh has been nominated by the Americans of Memphis, Tenn., for Mayor. John I). Mitchell, Esq., was elected Mayor of Abingdon, Ya., on the 2d inst. Hon. Jas. J. Farren declines being a candidate for Governor of Ohio. A man named Aaron Bedbug, of Montgomery county, Ky., intends petitioning the Legislature to change his name. He says that his sweet heart, whose name is Olivia, is unwilling that he should be called A. Bedbug, she O. Bedbug, and the little ones little Bedbugs. Gov. Johnson, of Tennessee, promises to ad dress the working men of New York on the 4tli of July. Railroad Tunnel.— The big tunnel of the Pitts burg and Steubenville Railroad Company, which has been under coutract for some time, is now opened the entire distance of two thousand two hundred feet. Comet Struck. —A lady, in Owen county, lowa, has become deranged from dwelling with morbid apprehensions upon the predicted collision with the comet. The proprietor of a “Gift Book Enterprise,” has been fined twenty dollars and committed to prison in Richmond, Ya., for lottery gambling without license, 1 The Senate of Massachusetts, on sth inst., voted * to address the Governor for the removal of Judge Loring, by yeas 25, nays 12. lion. Wm. L. Yancey is to deliver a lecture at Montgomery, Ala., in aid of the purchase of Mount Vernon. Ripe watermelons are among the luxuries at Sa vannah, Ga. They were grown, however, further South. Gottschalk has fallen upon pleasant times in t Havana. The Captain General gave an entertain ment in his honor, at which distinguished guesls were present, und the populace eager to do the great young pianist a service, unharnessed his j horses and drew his carriage through the streets. | Crops in East Florida. —The Palatka, (Fla.,) Democrat, ot the 30tli ult., says the crops are not so much affected by the late cold weather, as was feared. An East Flosidu correspondent of the same paper says it is hoped no serious damage is dime to cotton and corn. The Chevalier de Sekl, one of the functionaries attached to the Ministry of Commerce, at Vienna, blew out his brains lately, in consequence of heavy losses by Bourse speculations. The “ Franklin Typographical Union ” has purchased the Memphis Eagle and Enquirer of fice, and Col. J. P. Pryor retires from the editorial mwantomont or ___ . The entire amount of public lands sold and loca ted in Washington Territory, is about ten million acres. There were four hundred and fifty-two deaths in New York last week, forty-six being of consump tion, and thirty-six of scarlet fever. There were one hundred and ninety-three deaths in Philadelphia last week ; of scarlet fever, eleven ; of consumption, thirty-one. The sum of two thousand dollars was subscribed for the use of the Methodist Missionary Society, at Rev. Mr. Edwards’ church, in Petersburg, Sunday night. Small Pox is prevailing in Tazewell county, and at Moorficld, Hardy county, Vu. There are sixty cases in Tazewell. A meeting was held in Tallahassee, Florida, on Sunday last, and a committee appointed to draw up resolutions iu remonstrance with the govern ment for the removal of General liarney from Florida. Rev. J. T. Montgomery, late pressdent of the LaGrange Female College, Georgia, has accepted the Presidency of the Centenary institute at Sum merficld, Alabama, and will enter upon the dis charge of his duties on first October next. Tlie English barque, Lady Ragnal, from Cardiff, arrived at Norfolk, Friday with another cargo of iron for the Norfolk anil Petersburg railroad. There are now some five or six large ships and barques discharging railroad iron at the wharves of Norfolk and Portsmouth. An association in New York, called the Demo cratic Workingmen, have invited Governor An drew Johnson, of Tennessee, to deliver an oration to them on the coming fourth of July. A letter has been received from the Governor, accepting the invitation. It is stated that at the completion of the Atlan- 1 tic Telegraph, the leading New York dailies pro pose to take a thousand words of news each day, which will cost them from $6,000 to $7,000 per week, and the price of the papers will be increased in proportion. The Leavenworth free soil newspaper raises a most astonishing hurrah over the election of its 1 candidate for Mayor, “bring out the big gun! ” “ Let the eagle scream” “Halleluiah ! ” “The Lord reigneth and the Devil’s a fool.” These are some of the headings with which it announcos the freesoil triumph. Accident to the Cars. —We learn there was a considerable “smash up” on the Central railroad, Wednesday afternoon. The train which left here ; at quarter-past twelve, P. M., was thrown from the track by a displaced rail, at the fifty-one mile post, and three freight cars containing goods, badly , broken to pieces. A heavy rain having fallen soon after the accident, the goods were considerably ; damaged. Some fifty yards of the track were torn up, but luckily no injury was sustained by the par ties on the train.— Savannah Republican, May 8. The Daily Pennsylvanian states that a detach- . ment of about three hundred and ten United State.? troops left Carlisle barracks on Thursday evening last, en route for Kansas. A majority of them will , be stationed at Fort Leavenworth, and forty re- • cruits intended for light company B, third artillery ' at Fort Snelling. Lieutenants Griffin, Starr, Tyler, , Stanley, Wheaton and Taylor, accompanied the first detachment, and Major Sherman the second. These recruits, who had the appearance of being ] young, healthy, and robust men, were enlisted ( principally in Philadelphia, New York and Boston, j from whence they were transferred to the cavalry . depot at Carlisle barracks, where they iiave been \ thoroughly drilled and perfected for the service r under the immediate supervision of Col. Charles A. 1 May. What a Steam Fire Engine Costs. —The chief engineer of the Cincinnati Fire Department states that if a new steam fire engine is established, it will coat, for salaries $6,650 a year; running ex penses $800; horses and harness $1,500; hose car riages $700; lot of ground $3,000; house $6,000; horse feed $600; incidental $100; total $22,350. He also states that the total expenses of the fire department last year was SIIO,OOO. The Assessors of the town of Chester, S. C., re cently took a census of the population. The total number of inhabitants is one thousand and forty six, of whom six hundred and eixty-eight arc whites, three hundred and fifty-three slaves, and twenty-five free negroes. The assessed value of taxable property i& $772,25 0. -A.TTGrXJSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, MA Y 13, 1857. The Railroad Strike—End op tue Difficulty —Resumption of Business. —The action of the committee on transportation of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, at their meeting on Tues day, and the adoption of resolutions approving of the conduct of its officers, had a tendency to allsy the riotous propensities of the strikers, and sin£e their publication the excitement has been rapidly subsiding. Yesterday morning the regular tran|s portation of freight was resumed, and seven traiy were dispatched!West in the forenoon in charge B the usual number of conductors and brakemeat and met with no detention or opposition whatever In the afternoon eight more were got off, and Ac may now be fairly said that the workings of tlvl road are as expeditious, secure, and reliable as ever they were before the disturbance, the trains all running with their former regularity. Several of the dissatisfied employees, who have nevertheless remained perfectly quiescent during the “ strike,” taking no part in it, yet fearing Vi incur the hazard incident to the performance ong their duties, have, upon an investigation of thciifi case, been restored to their former places. Others# whose positions are more in doubt, arc held off unv|* til the company may become satisfied them; whilst still another portion of them, num-'l boring thirty-five or forty intelligent men, have! been pronounced guilty of insubordination to such a degree as to render their further continuance in the service of the company impossible. As for others, who proceeded to acts of violence and law lessness, warrants have been issued for their arrest, and if taken they will be handed over to the dis position of the violated laws. The company, as far as we are aware, propose adhering to its seal ing order in view of the great advantage expected to be derived therefrom in the transmission of merchandise over the road. Such slight modifica tions as, while not impairing the value or efficien cy of the system, yet render its application more acceptable to the reasonable portion of the em ployees, will doubtless by arranged by the board. Baltimore Sun. American Chapel in* Paris. —A nominal pur chase had been made of the British Chapel in Par is, by the ‘American and Foreign Christian Union/ of this city, for the use of Rev. Dr. Kirk, who re cently left Boston under the auspicies of the Socie ty ; but to avoid injuring the feelings of the Eng lish residents in Paris, this purpose was abandoned. They gave up their contract, and at once took vigorous measures to purchase a piece of ground in the Rue <le Beni, and build such an edifice as is wanted. It will be considerably larger, and much more commodious, according to American ideas, than the place first contracted for. The land, which has been purchased and one-third paid for, cost a little more than eighteen thousand dollars. The construction, and other expenses, will amount to twenty-eight thousand more. Such pecuniary arrangements have been made, in reliance upon the well-known zeal and public spirit of American Christians in Paris and here at home, that the building is already begun, and is under contract to be finished in July. Election to Congress.— Tlie electric telegraph announces the election of Gen. Milledge L. Bon ham, (now State Solicitor) to Congress, from Edge field, Abbeville, Newberry, and Laurens Districts, to supply the vacancy caused by the death of the lamented Brooks. Ilis majority over Charles P. Sullivan, Esq., his competitor, is sixteen hundred votes. Gen. Bonham is a gentleman of high char acter and great intelligence, and a lawyer of emi nence. He graduated, in the South Carolina Col lege, in the year 1854, carrying off the second honor of his class, the first honor having been awarded to Mr. Sullivan, his competitor iu the Congression al canvass. The election of Gen. Bonham will create a va cancy in the State SoHcitorsbip of the Middle Cir- Among .he oandnintes; fin thw f* inn. of in ttiT- Mold, arc William A. Owe-ns and Winchester Graham, Esqs., of Barnwen District, and Jogfah 11. Perry, Esq., of Walterborongh. Their number, if not their name, will toon be legion, we suppose. The election lies with the Shite Legislature. Charleston Courier , May 9. A New State. —We observe that there is a pro position to .make a new State out of the “Western Reserve,” the district of Ohio over which Joshua R. Giddings holds despotic sway. The Cleveland Plaimlealer thus speaks of the contemplated State: “Ohio proper” need have nothing to say about affairs in “the Reserve.” We are a peculiar peo ple, running altogether to priests, puritans, and pumpkin vines. Oberlin is to be the capital of our new State, and Giddings is to be the Brigham Young of the concern. Women are going to vote, and men are going to part their hair in the middle; pantaloons will give place to pantalets, and white men will not be allowed to run at large with out their papers. Our railroads will run under ground, and make connections only with Canada and Kentucky. The Constitution will be constru ed strictly, and all men will be considered equal, and some more so—depending on their color. A Caution to Wive and Brandy Drinkers. —Dr. Hiram Cox, chemical inspector of alcoholic liquors in Cincinnati, Ohio, states, in an address to his fel low-citizens, that during two years he has made two hundred and forty-nine inspections of various kinds of liquors, and has found more than nine tenths of them poisonous concoctions. Os brandy he does not believe there is one gallon of pure in a hundred gallons, the imitations having corn whis ky for a basis, and various poisonous acids for the condiments. Os wines not a gallon in a thousand, purporting to be sherry, port, sweet Malaga, &c„ is pure, but they are made of water; sulphuric acid, itlura, Guinea pepper, horse-radish) &c., and many of them without a single drop of alcoholic spirit. Dr. Cox warrants there are not ten gallons of gen uine port in Cincinnati. In his inspections of whis ky he has found only from seventeen to twenty per cent, of alcoholic spirit, when it should have been forty-five to fifty, and some of it contains sul phuric acid enough in a quart to eat a hole through a man’s stomach. The Weather. —The late cold weather, though very severe in this latitude, has not injured our crops materially, only in certain locations, and the hope is entertained that our planters will soon re cover from its blighting effects. Fruit is not killed except in low aud damp localities. Immense quan tities of rain have fallen in this place within the p ist eight or ten days. —Bainlridge Arjus, Mar 0. Assumed the Presidency. —The lion. James Guthrie has assumed the Presidency of the Nash ville and Louisville railroad, and is taking a very active part in its management. Confidence is now felt that the great thoroughfare will be-completed in two years. Immense Excitement. — A Chinese woman has arrived in the quiet little village of West Chester, Pa., creating an immense excitement. She was the servant of Mrs. Professor Wentworth, who ac companied her husband as a missionary to China, and died there. This woman was commissioned to bring home her child, and the infant has been safely delivered to the cure of the lady’s family. A New Invention. —Hart, the sculptor, who lias long been industriously at work in France, has completed an invention for taking portrait busts, by the use of which the measurements are accurate, and a likeness taken more correctly than by pho tographic process. A company in England has paid $50,000 for the use of the patent. The Hon. Howell Cobb, Secretary of the Trea sury, has been in our town for Several days past, whither he was called by sickness in his family. His fellow-citizens of all parties were, as they al ways are, ready to greet him with a “highland welcome.” —Athens Southern Watchman , May 7. Mrs. Bentley, a female pedestrian, began last : Monday to walk thirty consecutive hours in the New York Tabernacle, for the maintenance of her < three children. Philadelphia, May s.— The election for City * Council, Commissioner of the Treasury, Ac., passed 1 off quietly here to-day. There was but little ex citement, and <;nly a small vote was polled. It is f generally conceded that the Democrats have elect ed their Commissioner of the Treasury, and a ma- r jority of the Councilmen. ’ d Heavy Failui&s.—'The Christian Intelligence r t the respected and influential organ of the Dutch Reformed Church, summing up the history of the New York Tribune , says: “ It has failed in securing success for one single distinctive measure of its own. It has failed in its attempt to abolish capital punishment. It has fail ed to persuade the country to disregard the authority of Congress and the decisions of the dHreme Court. It has failed in its effort to di minish the public confidence in Christianity and ft* ministers. Like a blind giant, it has Beaten | the air with tremendous fury, and mistaken the mimic whirlwind of its own passions for the move ment, of the popular mind.” A Fair Hrr.—Mr. Choate writes a hand which has been compared to the autograph ofaseventeen legged spider, just crawled out of an inkstand. An exchange says: S|“. We are informed that Hon. Rufus Choate will be sent to China—not, however, by the govern ment as Minister Plenipotentiary, but that he has beeti engaged at a large salary to go out to Canton, yvhere he will be employed in lettering tea chests ! M lt ia said that his peculiar style ofehirography wUI enable him to put on those interesting hiero glyphics at a much cheaper rate than the Chinese painters can do it.” Washington, May 4.—There was no meeting of the Cabinet to day, hence the report that they nad under consideration the rejected treaty is erron eous. . Joseph K. Angell, a well known writer on legal subjects, died at Boston on Friday, aged sixty years. Hon. A. J. Talbott has been re-nominated for Congress in the fourth district, Kentucky. The King of Bavaria will arrive in Paris afltaut the 15th of May. His Majesty, Maximillian 11, is foftv-six years of age. Pittsburgh, May s.— The late rains have made an extraordinary rise in the rivers, and there are to-day in the channel eighteen feet six inches of water, which insures good navigation and low freights for some time. At Wheeling there are uow over twenty-one feet in the channel. "New Orleans’, May s. — The British frigate Tar ts* has arrived at the mouth of the river, having onboard one hundred and ninety of Col. Lock rijge’s men. in a destitute condition. The measles ar{ very bad on board. New York, May G. — A large brick dwelling at Brooklyn, occupied partly by Burdan’s mechanical bakery, was entirely destroyed by fire this morn ing. ‘l-iOBs, $60,000. Washington, May O.—A difficulty occurred to day at Willard’s Hotel between McLeod Murphy and Daj\ei E. Mr. Murphy on Sunday ad dressed a note to Mr. Sickles, accusing him of assailing his private character by unjust imputa tions in his efforts to effect his (Murphy’s) remo val as civil engineer of the Brooklyn navy-yard. Mr. Sickles replied that the note was only a vague and unmeaning menace, and as such he had al : ready taken too much notice of it, Mr. Murphy not 1 giving his author and the particulars of the alle ‘ gatioh. l\r. Murphy yesterday sent Maj. Watkins to see Mr* Sickles, when the lutter demanded the ' name o» the informant on whose statement Mr. “I Mnrpbgr based his charge, and denied the right, to 1 beirttdrrotated on rumor. Mr. Murphy consider * inkj Mr. Sickles’ note insulting, sent a challenge i thro Maj. Watkins. Mr. Sickles, in his reply, | aryrused language which cast any im _ ’ jf v,t • Murphy’* Lon or and that there r %*, no ground on which he could de »* muiul an fAvplanatian or hostile meeting. Here • the Correspondence reals. This morning Mr. Mur -1 phy obtained admission to Mr. Sickles’ chamber, f - whilst lie was in bed, and attempted to cowhide him. A struggle ensued, when Mr. S. obtained Cossession of the weapon, but received a blow in is face from the hand of his assailant, i- Mr. Murphy left Washington this afternoon for ii New York. His resignation as engineer was not . accepted by the government. Ilis rencounter with 1 Mr. Sickles forms the staple of town talk to-day. : The President attended the first out door con t cert of the Marine Band at the Capitol this after - noon. I A private dispatch from New Orleans received r here to-day says that Collector Hatch has ordered i the schooner Louis McLane to be seized at the , Bulize on suspicion of being a slaver. j Philadelphia, May 6.—The election yesterday 1 relumed a large majority for the Democrats, com pared to previous occasions. The select commit r tee is composed of two Democrats and three oppo -1 sition. Common Council will be largely Demo • cratic over the last body. ’ New Orleans, May 5.—A British frigate has ar rived in the mouth of the river with one hundred and ninety of Lockridge’s men in destitute con • dition. A storm prevailed along the South, on the s 29th ult., doing much damage in the southern part • of Mississippi. Weather is bad in thisreigon. e St. Louis, May s.—Advices from Quindaro, Kan s sas, to the 2d inst., have been received here. Ex- Governor Robinson proceeded to Lecoinpton to- day, to await his trial on an indictment for treason. 1 He was held to bail in the sum of ten thousand ” dollars, which expired on the first Monday in April, at w hich time the court was not in session. J The Democrat publishes a letter from several citizens of Lawrence, Kansas, to Secretary Stan ’ ton, stating that if the following course is adopted they will go into an election for delegates to the ' convention : Two persons—one of each party —to be selected in each district, to correct the registry ’ list, and proceed together to register the legal vo , ters, the prelate judges to correct the first lists and _ the apportionments to be made according to these * returns. Four judges of election—two from each party—are to be elected in each precinct, and the names of three of said judges to be required, on certificates, to entitle a person to a seat in the con -1 vention. Later advices say that Mr. Stanton de ’ dines the proposition. New York, May 5. —Several failures occurred ' here yesterday morning among dry goods dealers. Among them are Messrs. Whitney, Fenno & Co.; | Shaw, Sampson & Bramhall; Lord & Haley. The 5 failure of Messrs. Whitney & Fenno, it is said, has ■ been occasioned by a defalcation by their confi dential clerk to the amount of $50,000. Messrs, ling bee, Hidden & Co. are also reported as having failed. The failure of Messrs. Prince & Post is also announced. The whole amount of the liabili ties of these firms exceed a million of dollars. Oswego, May 5.—A tire broke out in this place, about 10 o’clock last evening, destroying the dwel ling aud livery stable of Charles Beers;also, the stables of the Ahibaga House, containing nine horses and some seven or eight small and com paratively valueless buildings. Loss about $6,000. Insurance small. Easton, Pa., May s.—The Delaware and Lehigh rivers are very high at this place. The Delaware rose twenty-four feet yesterday, but is now falling. Much damage has been done along the river, and many rafts swept away. The Delaware division of the Pennsylvania canal is seriously damaged, and it will take from four to six weeks to repair it. Harrisburg, May s.—The bill for the release of Gen. Small, confined more than a year ago for al leged contempt of court, has been signed bv the Governor, and his release ordered by telegraph. Washington, May s.—lt is believed that the Dallas-Clarendon treaty is beyond resurrection, the time for the exchange of ratifications having ex- pired. The administration maintains that the British Government has failed to execute the Clay ton and Bulwer treaty, and will iusist upon its be mg carried out in good faith. Report says that the Cabinet has been engaged to-day on the affairs of Utah. Boston, May s. —There were several failures of dry goods merchants yesterday. The failure of one of the houses is said to have been occasioned by the defalcations of a confiden tial clerk. The amount already ascertained to be missing is $50,000. The whole amount of the liabilities of the firms failed will exceed a million of dollars. Chicago, May s.—There is no foundation for the reports contained in the Missouri - , dien troubles at Fort Dodge, lowa. , Mr. Everett at St. Eouis. The following are the introductory remarks of i ! Mr. Everett, on the occasion of the delivery of his Washington Address at St. Louis on Monday eve ning, the sth inst.: “ Mr. President , Ladies and Gentlemen: I expe rience a peculiar satisfaction in appearing be fore you, under the auspices of the Mercan tile Library Association of St. Louis. lam old enough to remember the cession of Louisiana to the United States in 1803; it is the earliest politi cal event of which I have a distinct recollection. ' Your city, up to that time, was an inconsiderable frontier settlement, founded in the last century by enterprising, sagacious, and far-seeing men, prinei pallv for the purpose of carrying on the Indian j trade, subject to a foreign jurisdiction, in a remote j foreign colony. It was on the soil of the Ameri can continent; but had nothing else in common with the United States, from which indeed it was separated by powerful independent Indian tribes. Had it then been foretold to me—a lad about as high as this table, at one of the Boston public schools—that I should live to see St. Louis a city four or five times as large as Boston then was, nearly as large as Boston now is; that I should reach it by a continuous iron road of more than twelve hundred miles, traveling the whole dis tance in vehicles of novel consruction moved by a steam engine ; that on arriving I should find the banks of the river lined for a mile or two with vessels of immense size and strange construction, also propelled by steam, (and such a scene both by land and water as I witnessed this morning on the levee, under the friendly guidance of Mr. Kennett and Mr. Terry ; the great tides of traffic pouring at once into your streets from the four’ quarters of the compass;) that I should come here by the in vitation of an association like this, established in an edifice and surrounded with an amount of local accommodation equal to those of the most pros perous similar institutions of the Eastern cities ; that I should find in it not only a large and valua ble library, but that the first object I should see in the ante-room would be one of those marvellous Assyrian slabs from the banks of the Tigris, a specimen of the very oldest form of the art of sculpture practised by man—-sole remaining monuments of a people and a language domi nant throughout the East three thousaud years ago, but lor ages utterly past away, and ex isting only in these strange relics; while, as if to establish a most interesting contrast, the library room is adorned by one of the most recent and most pleasing creations of modern art, (Miss Hos mer’s JEnoue,) the work of a youthful American sculptress, a daughter of Massachusetts; that un- i der these circumstances, in this noble ball, amidst j these charming floral decorations, in the presence of an audience so intelligent, and comprehending I so many of the living flowers of beauty and grace j which adorn your prosperous city, I should have the privilege to speak of Washington, and that too, { in aid of the noble efforts making to rescue his dwelling ami his tomb from the chances and vicis- j situdes to which private property is subject, and I to place it under the permanent mgis of the public protection ; if this or the tithe of it had been lore told to me fifty-four years ago, when I first heard of the cession of Louisiana, surely l should have regarded it as a most wild and extravagant dream. But the wild dream has proved a sober truth, and i the circumstances 1 have mentioned are but the | j outline of the reality. Nor are these remarks, my friends, wholly for- | j eign to the subject of my address. This wondrous | ! growth, these astonishing changes haye been pro- 1 duced by the introduction of Louisiana into the ( Federal Union. The character and services of j Washington are, of course, among the ulterior es- i ficient causes of your prosperity, as much as of . that of the older portions of the Confederacy. He j had passed away indead- before this region ; was added to the United States; but everything i which lie did was for the* younger as well as the older sisters of this great political family who since entered info she great inheritance. He nev er crossed your noble river, nor trod your fertile I soil, but his thoughts were habitually turned to \ the West. In his youth he carried the surveyor’s j chain where scarce anything else belonging to civilization had preceded him; his earliest public services were on what was then the Western fron tier. I feel, therefore, as if I might, even on these grounds, count upon your sympathy, not only in the special object in aid of which I appear before you this evening, but iu ttiat veneration for the great theme of my address which is indeed com mon to every part of the country. From the New Fork Herald. Embezzling Letters—A fiootl 44 Haul’ 9 ' — Important to Merchants ami others. Some weeks since Messrs. Gasper, Hopkins & Co., of this city, made complaint at the Post Office that several of* their letters, sent by mail by some of their business correspondents, and containing drafts and notes of hand, had failed to reach them, while sotue of the drafts had been presented and paid in W»1 street on forged endorsements. Mr. Holbrook, Agent of the Post Office Department, took the matter in charge, and while engaged iu the investigation, one of the above firm called ou him with a letter from the cashier of the Oswe gatchie bank, at Ogdensburg, N. Y., stating that he had received by mail a letter enclosing two promissory notes bearing their endorsement, ac companied by a request that they might be dis- ; counted, and a check for the proceeds sent by mail to “ George Williamson, New York Post Office.” The following is a copy of the Williamson letter: New York, April 16,1857. Cashier of Osicegatchie Bank: Please find enclosed two notes of two hundred dollars each. Please discount them at a9 low a rate as possible, and send by tbe return mail a check to my order on one of the banks in this city. By so doing you will confer a great favor ou yours, respectfully, George Williamson,’ New York Post Office. The description of these notes agreed with some which should have been received by mail from the vicinity of Ogdensburg, aud the inference was clear that they also had been purloined from the Post Office. The special agent at once saw the way open for ascertaining who this “George Williamson’* might be. An envelope which had contained a previous letter from Ogdensburg, was obtained, into which was put the following communication : Ogdensburg, April 27,1857. I Mr. 9eorge Williamson: I have received, with enclosures, your favor of the 16th inst. On our last i discount day we had more paper ottered than we could attend to, but think we will be able to dis count that sent by you at the next meeting of the board, which occurs day after to-morrow, when, if dene, the amount will be remitted in a check, as you desire. Respectfully, yours, William James, for the Cashier. This missive was placed among the letters in the “general delivery,” Mr. H. instructing the clerk in attendance to notify him when it was called for, and to occupy as much time as possible in looking over the letters, in order to allow the agent time to arrive at the outside of the delivery window. Dur ing the lorenooon of the following day, the letter was called for, the signal given, and Mr. 11. arrived | Just in season to see it handed to Mr. “William son,” who was evidently too much absorbed iu as certaining the result of bis financial experiment to observe that anv one was watching his movements among the numerous bystanders, who were also awaiting their turn at Hie window. Moving rather rapidly up Nassau street, he had not gone far be fore bis curiosity to learn the contents ol his Og densburg (?) letter overcame all other considera tions, when he opened and eagerly perused it, aud with a self-satisfied air placed it in his pocket. The case, however, was not yet ripe, and his un observed. escort concluded to defer the arrest till another day. A despatch was at once sent to the cashier, at Ogdensburg, to forward the check re ferred to in a letter to “Williamson,” as desired. I This letter arrived in due course, and was at once placed in the hands of the proper delivery clerk, i but the day before its arrival “Williamson” call- 1 ed at the office, and finding nothing, stated to 1 the clerk that he had information that a valua- I bio letter would be sent him, and requesting ! that when it came it might be laid aside for ' him, as there were several persons of the same I name in the city. The clerk of course assented. 1 On Thursday morning, the “valuable letter” was disposed of as above stated, the agent selecting on this occasion a position not far off, and where < VOL. 36—UNTO. 20. the application for the letter could be instantlj | signalized. A delay ot nearly two hours occur red, when a sudden twitch of the string announced that the important moment had arrived. The agent reached the spot, outside the window, as before, just as the applicant was receiving, as he supposed, the rich reward for all his previ- v ous labors, and as he moved off through the j crowd in Nassau street, he was again the ob | served of at least one observer, who kept as j near to him as prudence would allow, and saw | all his movements, including the perusal of the ' letter and the close inspection of the check, the regular and business-like appearance of which seemed to delight him bevond measure—as was indicated by the quickening of his pace, wag ! ging his head, swinging his arms ana other de- I monstrations of a conscious triumph over Uncle ' Sam, and the keenest of bank cashiers. At the j corner of Nassau and Ann streets, he was join j ed by a person who turned out to be an accom : plice, but who for prudential reasons, no doubt | had preferred to remain at a respectful distance till he had ascertained the success of his com ! rade. After a moment’s conversation, on they ! went through Ann street and Broadway, jointly ex- ! amining the letter and check, laughing and occa sionally elbowing one another violently, and now and then dealing a hard blow with the Clenched fist upon the unoffending dry goods boxes lying near their triumphal path/as much as to say, “Haven’t we done the job well V—we’ve got ’em now, sure.” The check was drawn on the Metropolitan Bank, and this being known to their pursuer, he believed they were on their wav directly to the bank to ob tain the monev, and his plan was not to confront them fill they had actually presented the document to the teller, fearing they might separate, how ever, the services of the first pohceman who was seen on Broadway were secured, and soon after Williamson quickened his pace, leaving the other iu the rear, the two, no doubt, intending to meet again after having “ realized.” The accomplice suddenly found himself in the firm grasp of the policeman on lus way to the post otlice, while Wil liamson and his escort soon found themselves in side the Metropolitan Bank, where their acquaint anceship commenced just at the moment when the check was placed in the teller’s hand. William son was taken to the post office, where he and his accomplice again met, though under very different circumstances from those attending their “ jollifi cation meeting” at the corner of Nassau and Ann streets, where everything appeared to be going on so swimmingly. A third party was subsequently arrested, who is ! fully implicated not only in this transaction, but j several others involving the theft of letters from the Post Ollice, and the embezzlement of their con- I tents. All three, Hammond, Parsell and Qmicken j bush were handed over to the States Mar -1 shal and committed to the Tombs. Their ages i are twenty-five, twenty-four, and nineteen. The j inquiry will naturally suggest itself to the reader, i how did they get possession of the original let i ters containing the drafts, notes, &c. V The an swer is, they selected the boxes of firms, who up , t.ktlie time o‘s these losses, allowed quite a num ! l>!r of persons to call for their letters, thus con -1 fusing the delivery clerks as to who had or had not a right to apply. We give the details of this case, hoping that they will have a tendency to make boxholders at the Post Office more careful of their correspon ded*, and at the same time teach those inclined to commit similar depredations, that no matter how well and carefully their plans may be laid, they are almost certain to find themselves in the hands of the officers of justice, just at the mo , ment when they are congratulating ves «*n the complete success of their villainy. For the special benefit of such we tIC give an extract from the law of Congress oil subject eiK taking letters frcmi .h pc-st office: 15 any person shall steal the mail or shall steal jor take or****-** :*«•’ Loot or out ci i any post office, any letter or packet,ynptHfer with or without the consent of the person htfrtttg custo dy thereof, and shall open, embezzle or destroy any such mail, letter or packet, the same contain ing any artiste of value, or evidence of any debt, due, demand, right or claim, or any release, re ceipt, acquittance or discharge, or any other article or thing mentioned in the twenty-first section ci this act—or if any person shall by fraud or decep tion obtain from any person having custody there of, any mail, letter packet, * * * such offen der or offenders, on conviction thereof, shall be imprisoned not less than two nor more than ten years. If the letters so taken do not contain anything ct value, the law provides that the party so offending shall pay for each offence a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars, and be imprisoned not exceeding twelve months. Ffmi tlh Xew Albany (Indian n Lciytr. The Washington Monument. Our readers will remember that about two years ago, when “ Sam” was Hushed with triumph, and when he generously and kindly consented to “rule America” all alone by himself, the Know Noth ings, by some of that secret machinery by means of which they did so many wonder ful things in such a mysterious manner, man aged to get possession of the Washington Monu- i j ment Association. The tirst thing they did was • | to throw out all the old and hard-working officers ■ |of the society and insfal in their places thorough i j bred disciples of “Sam.” Among those discarded i was the venerable Elisha Whittlesey, who for years had labored assiduously to subserve the best interests of the patriotic enterprise. As soon as the new board had got all the old Democratic and Whig officers out of the way, they issued a manifesto to the lodges of the Order, in which they pompously announced that the monu ment to the Father of liis Country, undertaken many years previously, having progressed very slowly, they (the Know Nothings) had taken the matter in hand, and were determined to push it through to completion; that it was the “manifest destiny” of the “American Order” to perform this grateful tusk, which others bad commenced, but had failed to complete. It was set forth in this ad dress to the Know Nothing councils that it would require about a million of dollars to complete the monument; but as there were “two millions of freemen” enrolled on the books of the councils, a contribution of fifty cents from each one would se cure the desired end. It was taken for granted that no “American” (Know Nothing) would be so mean as to refuse to contribute this pitiful sum to assist in erecting a monument to Washington. The offi cers of the society did not ask the membersof any other party to contribute to this object. It was plainly intimated that donations from them would not be acceptable. The appeal for aid was direct ed exclusively to the “American” party. Well, time rolled on—month after month—and no intimations were given as to when the work was to be finished. Instead of progressing more rapidly than before, labor upon it soon ceased al most altogether. The mechanics employed were discharged one after another. The machinery and tools used were permitted to rust and rot. Some of the most beautiful and costly stones on the ground were defaced and ruined, simply because they were the gifts of “foreigners” or Catholics; and at the end of a twelvemonth the Washington Monument resembled more a toppling obelisk in an ancient Egyptian city than a rising column in honor of the greatest of patriots. The Monument Society is still in the hands of the followers of Sam, but the people of Washing ton having seen proper to elect a Democratic May or, and the Secretary having left the Order, there are now two individuals on the board who are not Know Nothings. A few days ago a meeting was called for the purpose of looking into the affairs of the association, but the presence of the two anti- Know Nothing members of the board, and a num ber of reporters for the press, was very distasteful to the Samites; hence they directed the exclusion of the reporters, preferred charges against the Secretary, and attempted to displace the Mayor, who is ejc-njjicio chairman of the board. They did not succeed, however, in the latter attempt, and the charges against the Secretary were postponed till some future time. It is quite evident that these Know Nothing managers dread any investi gation into the affairs of the society. It is known i hat a large amount of funds have been paid iuto their treasury, and there is a good deal of anxiety to know what became of them. In Madison county, Ky., the mules are Said to he dying in large numbersfrom murrain.