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| with more than the customary honors. The
occasion was seized upon by his partisans as well
| as the friends of consolidation, as the occasion
| for public rejoicing. Independence Square, as
well as the streets leading4o it, were pretty
| we'll crowded with men, woiaen, and children.
What with the waving of Tags, the firing Of
cannon, and the occasional Cheers of the mul-
| titude, the whole scene presented most AMI
mated appearance.
The new Mayors speech was well delivered
and well received. He was frequently inter
rupted in many passages by the cheers of the
| crowd After thanking his fellow-ctizens for
the high evidence which they had given him
of their confidence, and assuring them that he
would endeavor to discharge the responsible
duties of his Office to the best of his ability,
he proceeded briefly to point out the princi-
pies which should influence and govern mis-
| official conduct.
He stated that he would not appoint natu-
rallied citizens TO Office. As the Mayor has
about 800 appointments in his gift this portion
/ of his speech produced considerable sensation.
He also stated that his first official act would
| be to elose all the dram shops of Philadelphia
on the Sabbath Cheers followed this declara-
ton, mingled with some slight evidences Of dis
appreciation.
THE FUGITIVE LAw-We see it stated that
at Milwaukee, on the 9th instant, one of the
Judges of the Supreme Court of Wisconsin de-
clared the Fugitive Slave Law unconstitutional
The case was an application of the writ of hG-
tsGS eOrpBs to release one of the persons charged
with participating in the rescue of a fugitive
from st. Louis, not long since. The court or
dered his release. The United States marshal,
it is said, will not obey the order of the Judge.
New ORLEANS, JUNE 12.-Fhe Vera Cruz
steamer has arrived, with city Of Mexico dates
Of the 5th. 1t was rumored that Santa Anna
had rejected the Gadsden treaty, and returned
it with amendments.
Great preparations were making to cele-
brate Santa Annals birthday on the 9th, when,
twas rumored, he would proclaim himself En-
| peror.
Nothing further had transpired regarding
Alvarez.
Mr. Gadsden arrived at Vera Cruz on the
! 3lst, and was received with unusual attention.
He Immediately proceeded to the capital
The British ship Challenge arrived at Quay
amas on the oath ult., from San Francisco,
with $50 troops, mostly French, recently en-
listed in San Francisco by the Mexican consul.
Much excitement existed at Guayamas be-
cause the captain of the British brig Dido had
released three prisoners of Walkers expedition,
who were on board the British ship Ethebert
and being transported, under Mexican guard,
| to Mszatlan for trial.
CONCORD, N. H. JUNE 13.-The House of
Representatives to-day refused to lay the anti
Nebraska resolutions on the table, by.a vote Of
1913 to 147-four Democrats and one Wing
being absent
Joel Eastman webster Whig) and George
| K Morrison (anti- Nebraska Democrat) are the
most prominent coalition candidates for the U.
! States Senate.
NEGRO SoLDIERs-The enrolment of ne
! gro troops in Cuba is a fruitful topic for the
Havana correspondents of the New York and
| New Orleans papers. They ali seem to agree
! in one point viz that the number of these nc
gro soldiers will be sufficient to attract general
attention to the movement, and excite specula-
ton as to the ultimate intention Of the Govern
ment. They, however, differ widely as to the
actual proportion of these troops. The last
statement on the subject is One we find in the
Havana correspondence of the New York Daily
Times, which is generally reliable. This is to
the effect that the AfricanAe are to comprise
one-third of the Cuban militTy force. AS the
war complement of Spsnia regiment is two
thousand men, this would g 700 negroes to
| 1900 whites
The same authority informs Is, that at first the
negroes declined entering t. service but it
becoming known that their (usal would draw
upon them the anger Of the government, they
came forward for enrollmen The officers of
these African soldiers are K be white natives
of Spain, experienced CONF anders, and able
to instruct and manage theiFx men. Opinions
vary as to the result of this J lovement. Some
believe that the present effOf is but the begin
4, &C
troops into the Spanish sci ice on the island,
and they express the opinioE that the policy
will prove offensive to the t!reole population,
and eventuate in an outb-esS. Others see in
it only an efectual plan to frp trate the schemes
of annexation to or conqut It by the United
States by putting it alwsyr within reach of
the Spanish Government TO suppress an out
break of the Creoles The correspondent of
the Times having oonversed with an old negro
possessed of much influence among his people,
is inclined to believe that, Onee armed, drilled,
and in sufficient force, they win be on the watch
to strike for their own interests,
CHOLERA AND SMALL Pox IN New York
The New York Post of Monday says:
"By a report which appears in another col
umn, our readers are apprised of the preva-
lence of two alarming epidemios the cholera
and the small pox, at the Quarantine ON Stat
en- Island, and that the collector of the port
has been constrained, by the pressing repre-
sensations Of the Board Of Health 70 give up
two large warehouses belonging to the Gener-
| al Government for the accommodation OF the
sick. 1t is also pretty we'll RETAINED that the
cholera has prevailed, TO greater or less extent,
for more than fortnight, in the heart of our
city, and an impression prevails that 1T Is ON
| the increase"
WIscoNsIN-Th Milwaukee Free Democrat
publishes a call for all men opposed to the Re-
peal of tho Missouri Compromise the Exten-
sion of Slavery aud the Rnle Of the Slave Power,
to meet at Madison, Thursday, July 10, to take
such measures as may be deemed necessary to
prevent the Future Entertainments of the
Slave Power, to Repeal oil Compromises in
favor Of Slavery and to establish the Principle
of Freedom as the Rule of the State and Me-
tional Governments The tine has come it
says, for the union of all Free Men for the sake
of Freedom There is but one alternative-we
must unite and be free, or divide and be en-
shaved by the pr@torian bands of the Slayehold-
ers and their Nebraska allies.
There is but one sentiment, the Democrat
says, pervadiDg the mass of the people, and that
is, that we must burg all past political differ
enceS, and unite, TO maintain our liberties and
put an end 10 the domination Of Slavery.
The same call is published in other Wiscon-
sin papers, of all parties.
| BosToN, JUNE 15.-One of the most destruc-