The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-08-28

igration bill had been passed in Ihe Ie.,s,a.nre
I. Vincent was healthy, with stor INV weather.
The reply Of Mr.. +. w. Edmo nas. ,s,s cash;ey Of
be Mechanics Bank, TO y "a charges rreserred
gainst him whilst an office Of that institution. an
pears in another part Of this davis paper, 1t il
complete vndcation OF Dis ofc conduct, and places
some Of those still &C nnected with the concern in
no very erviable POI tion We felt confident from the
first that Mr.. Edr Aonds would, at the proper time,
clear up the my atery and expose the machinery by
which some Oh. banking institutions are worked.
It cannot f.e particularly gratifying to the stock
enlders Of The Mechanics Bank to know that its
aaars Sce now managed by nsenof SO little expert
enceA Mr.. Edmonds was the mainstay, and when
he left the bank lost its principal prop.
An address to the people Of Pennsylvania has
been published by the free soil abolition branch Of
the Reading Know Nothing Council, in which the
official announcement is made that the Know No
things of Pennsylvania, at least that portion OF
them who follow the free soil section, have broken
the bond that bound them to the national organiza-
lion as they were represented In their late Council
at Philadelphia. The address declares that PENN
sylvania was always opposed to the extension Of
slavery, the passage of the Nebraska bill, and the
repeal of the Missouri compromise, and SO forth,
and that ON these issues the Know Nothings tri-
umphed in the last election. It further declares that
the State Council at Reading (the free soil portion)
trampled the twelfth section Of the national plat
form in the dust, where it belongs Terrible fell
low, is Governor Johnston.
Our correspondent ut Bermuda, writing on the
10th instant, informs us that the building Of the
new hotel undertaken by the corporation Of Hamil-
tom had commenced, and that in @ short time
tourists and invalids can be amply accommodated
there.
The next California mail is expected to bring
dates to August ls After that date, with the con-
curlence Of the Post Office Department, the depar-
lures from San Francisco viii be permanently
changed from the lst and 10th TO the 9Th and goth
Of each month. Under the rev arrangement it is
understood that the movements Of the steamers
will be SO regulated to enable the Atlantic boats
to leave Aspnwall invariably on the 4th and 10th,
and arrive at this port punctually on the 18th and
Goth. The sailing days from New York will remain
unchanged, but the same certainty as to time will
be observed as on the eastern passage
The steamship Granada, Capt. Griffin, from Ha-
vana arrived at this port last evening, bringing one
weeks later news. At the time the G. left Havana
it was unknown whether or not Santa Anna had
arrived. Our correspondent states that o British
vessel of war was at Vera Cruz for the purpose Of
taking him away, and that q Spanish steamer had
been sent to his assistance. Sickness was on the
increase in the city.
The steamship Daniel Webster, Capt. Miner, ar
rived yesterday morning from Punta Arenas, bring
ing s7l2 900 in specie, and $50 passengers BY her
arrival we learn that terrific hurricane swept
the Mosquito coast the night of the l4th inst, by
which tie British sloop war Woolverein became
total loss No case Of cholera, it is stated, had ap
peared in Nicaragua for the past few weeks.
Gen. Pierce received public reception at the
White Sulphur Springs, Va. ExPresideat Tyler
welcomed him; and the President, in reply, compl-
mented Mr.. I. on the purity Of his administration,
&c. The President, during his speech, indirectly
assailed the Know NothiDgs, and denounced their
principles as contrary to those Of the constitution
An interesting sketch of the life Of Santa Anna,
who recently fed from Mexico for the third
imc, viii be found in psper to-day.
Our Albany despatch this morning furnishes us
with the current in that city relative to the
probable action of tie Free soil State Convention
Which is TO meet in syracuse on Wednesday next
The Grand Jury of Cumberland, Maine, have re-
used to Gnd bill OF Indictment against Neal Dow
for his connection with the death Of Robbins in the
ate liquor riots in Portland.
The sales Of cotton yesterday were confined 70
about 500 bales, chiefly to pnners, without change
in prices Dealers were disposed TO await the re-
ceipt Of later foreign news, via Halifax Buyers
could not purchase except ut about 11c for mddiing
UpIands; II lc. ii c. for Mobile, and 1llc. llac.
for New Orleans; while persons disposed 10 press
sales cond not effect them without some concession
in prices. Flour easier especially for lower and
common grades, and sales were made 10 a fair ave
rage extent Common to good Southern red wheat
sold at Il 81 q 81 90; white was ~ ~ 05. Corn
sold at CSC. oOc. Pork advanced SOC. per barrel
for new mess with free sales, including parcels set
tied by contract ut the same figure. Other pro-
Visions were also Grm Sugats were firm, aud coffee
steady, with moderate sales. Freights were without
quotable change, but dull, with light engagements
The French Censorship upon the American
Press.
There is far more than meets the eye at any
single glance, in the establishment in the city
Of New York, by authority Of the French gov
eminent of an active clandestinc censorship
upon the newspapers OF the United States, by
which il is proposed TO interfere between them
and their American readers in foreign lands.
All will admit that it is measure Of extreme
severity, to be justified only by urgent and un-
comfortable necessity 1t is an Intervention
in our affairs exercised by q foreign State upon
our own soil, under the actual protection of
our laws, institutions and journals, which in
turn it violates insults and betrays Aside
from the question Of the exercise Of such ano-
malous powers here, unless the suppression Of
our papers is demanded by the disturbing in
Aucnce they exert in the dominions of Napo-
Icon, such proceeding is in the last degree Of