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MYSTERIES OF THE STOCK BOARD.

The Albany Argus is rendering the country no
slight service in exposing, with an able and fear
less hand the mysteries, rather the sharp prac-
tees, of the stock gamblers correspondent of the
Argus, in the city of New York, makes in a recent
communication the following revelations
During the last seventy days the sales of the
stock OF the Reading railroad amount to 32 623 shares
exactly ss55 shares than the entire stock of the
company AT par the amount exceeds SIC 600 0O0 and
the average per day shares IS kept up the bus
of the year in Reading alone will amount to S64
43, ,500about sl4 900 900 than the banking cap
tal of this city But notwithstanding the amount and
the uror that is kept up the subject the stock in the
city neither increases dimnshes and the innocent or
morally inclined citizens in the shape Of interest and com
missions, Obliged TO fork between four and five
millions of dollars But such is life, and the swinde
enables the fraternity TO seize upon any of the stocks
their lists and batter the price TO suit their intentions
We must endure It until the sense of the people
the legislature of the State directs Il otherwise The
gambling part Of Che story is however not the worst
The facility for destroying the best stocks of the country
is beginning TO alarm the people abroad and II the sys-
tenn is continued may be forced to recognise another
reason for pressure the money market But more
anon"
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GEN. CAss on SUNDAY SCHOOLS.

The venerable patriot and statesman, Gen. Cass
having been invited to address the Michigan State
Sunday School Convention, thus writes 1T will
afford me pleasure TO accept your invitation | ap
preciate the importance Of our Sunday schools, and
consider their institution among the most valuable
and efficient of religious Improvement, that
have come in our day to encourage the noble efforts
which are making to ameorate the moral condition
of the world, And no rejecting man can look abroad
upon the dangerous and dcusive vagaries which I'M
der the of religion take possession day by day
of the hoai and minds of men, leading to individ-
ual and social deprayity, without being deeply inn
pressed with the Importance of Jealous and concen-
traed exertons TO check this great and threatening
evil. And it best be cffcctlally checked by
training the youthful mind in the knowledge of God
and the truths of His revelation Standing on this
vantageground, the battle may be fought and won.
And for one believe the contest to be one of the
most momentous which society has ever been en-
gagged in, and the Sunday tuition of the youth
an assured means, under God, of eventual success.
So believing, my prayers and best wishes arc with
Cpu
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BREAD FoR THE MIIlIoNs.

Hitherto the "philanthropistsa of Exeter Hall have
narrowed down their patriotic appeals to the British
public to throw off their " dependence on the Uni
ted States to the single question Of the cotton sup
ply. They have rung on that one charge 80 long
so many lectures have been addressed 10 the under
standing and many appeals to the passions and
prejudices Of the people Of Great Britain the
everlasting topic of cotton-that even at the risk of
exposing our noble-heared and independent western
farmers TO the direful denunciatons of the pious la
dies and gentlemen who manage the Exeter Hall as
semblages, we propose to supply them with new
idea by way of variety They have grumbled and
growled at US no long because have clothed the
naked that opine there viii be no limit to the
excess Of their pous indignation when they find
that these desperate Yankees, they style all
actually presume, also, to " feed the hungry 70 be
sure these are Offices which Divines rank among the
works of mercy---those heavenly beattudesto which
the Gospel aiinexes an abundance of blessings. But
the dispensatons of the Exeter saints ordain differ
entity. We are equally the victims of their pious
wrath, whether we ciothe their naked or feed
their hungry. How thankful we ought to be TO
Providence that these saints do not constitute
the British nation; that they form so small a
moiety of the British people; nay that they are,
all told, but d mere handful of misguided, anateal
though perhaps well meaning ladies and gentlemen
ofa certain age and uncertain principles, whose
harmless rantings weigh but little in moulding pub
lie opinion in Great Britain, and whose weekly assem-
bages only known to the people of London
through the jealous efforts of the city reporters 10
furnish something novel and spicy in the local col
ums of the metropolitan press. We must, however,
let them have at least 1.-TWO strings TO their bow -
and patiently await the result We, therefore, sub
Join in tabular form statement showing the quanti-
ty of wheat imported into Great Britain during the
first six months of 1857 viz FROM January to June
80, and the countries whence imported. That our
readers may see the almost incredible progress the
United States is making in supplying the people of
Great Britain with food--from being the lowest on
the list in 1856 to the highest in lS57we will in
cude the first six months of the two preceding years
for purposes of comparison. We will add that every
bushe of wheat given in the table was entered for
consumption in Great Britain.
Statement tormg the quantities Of wheat imported into Great
Bra and the countries rhe,ce imported from January 10
Jn,e 80, IN The years 1855, 1856, 1851
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DR.. J. Sheridan has withdrawn from the Daily
Northwest, and the sole management of this ably
conducted and influential democratic journal now
devolves upon Col III. II. Heath, formerly of this
city. In announcing the change, Col. II. says:
" Ia assuming the sole managementof the Daily North
west have but few words to say to those kind patrons
who since DR. Sheridan and myself took IL in charge in
April last have generously strengthened hands, not
more by the material aid conferred through their patron
age than by the kind and cheering words they have
been pleased to speak What the Northwest has proved
to be under joint management heretofore il will bo
my pride and pleasure TO make IL in future and far
as possible, to improve It, In politics it will still
rgdy maintain the old and ellestablished landmarks
of democracy supporting at all times democratic men
and democratic measures with religious assiduy and
tanty In the bright days of party prosperity shall
support the cause and in the dark days of adversely
which may come, the democratic party will in
find ready and willing laborcr The Northwest will
contRnc to he tn"T" 67scYo'c yy7e- as heretofore
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SOMETHING TO PONDER OVER.

In the rampant days of know-nothingism election
frauds, alleged to have been perpetrated by ,nnatu-
rallied foreigners, favorite theme with the
members of the ''order, 7 both Of high and low de-
gree To the few remaining followers of Sam we
recommend the perusal of the following instructive
statement which appears in late number of the
Wilmington (Del) Gazette
g At the recent meeting held by the knownothing
party at the City Hail. the deputy attorney general said
in speech that the person who tried and acquitted
last November at New Castle for voting on Illegal nat
uralizaton papers the only that had oc-
Cured in the State He also said the person charged
with the offence repinanded by the chief justice and
told that ever he into court again for similar of
fence he should instruct De jy 70 bring ,ua for con
sTe,os Thus after all the talk about frauds by for
egnes with false naturalization papers, it appears there
has never been of the kind In Delaware The per-
son alluded TO voted after his papers examined by
Mr. Bayard and Mr. Gordon, and he had undoubted
right to his vote Judge Hall said the papers were not
quito in form but do not believe that the chief JUS
tce denied the legality of the papers or the man
would have been punished. Mr.. Smihcrs will not be
able to deter natuazed foreign voters from going
the polls by throwing out any such broad nsinuatons
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Correspondence # the Louisiana Courier !

TnE SLAVE TRADE IN CunA The slave trade hourishes
amazingly. l have heard of four five cargoes Of
Boz negroes having been landed since last wrote You
the last but one, beyond Trinidad de Cuba six hundred
in number has been seized by Bgadier Morales dc Rada
who happened TO e in that vicinity and who also made
prisoners of all the parties concerned in the landing
They, with the Africans, ON their way to this
city, This, certainly, has the appearance Of attempt
TO put stop to the African slave trade The last cargo
of Bozas landed quay near Santa Cruz. 1t had
been found impossible 10 effect their landing, without de-
lection on the main land of this island and SO they
were landed the quay. There is an improbable re-
port that the steamship Paaro del oceano Ocean Bird
in this harbor is being fitted up for trip to the At
rican coast She would carry from fourteen to sixteen
hundred negroes, and with her unrvaled speed could
bid defiance to any British cruiser afloat Three
American vessels have been sold 10 the Spaninrs and
will most probably be employed in the slave trade Two
have already sailed with sealeter under the United
States flag
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EXAMINATION OF STEPHEN BRoNsoy, JR. HELD IN D.
FAULT OF 1000 BAII---Tbe examination OF StePbD
Bronson, jr the delinquent bank cashier took place e
terday afternoon before Justice Mlikin The prosecu
attorney, Charles Haven, esq, was assisted by y W
Chickering, esq Messs. Stewart, Dckey, Mather ana
Taft appeared for the defence The principal witness vs
J. Fl. Wocdworth who Of the directors OF 'i'
bank The testimony shows that he ewindled the baD'
out of So, 900 The examination was adjourned to ~
m, to-day. At the close of the examination nc VIZ
held to bail in $40 900, and in default of the came com
mitted TO Jail.
We learn that the difficulties which await him I' ~
taking other forms. Civil proceedings have been inn
tuted against him for amounts reaching total Of $50 GOV
[Cnicago Journal, 2la'
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KnapoN 81 tllt NriIiiIkaLAsDs.

KINGDOM or ms NKiIkRLANDs-
Pho Serriee for The Sa Passes Of Eread and Of te Ems
Ao 10 Naogators virtue of royal decree OF the lst
of this month No &c. the pilot service for the Passes OF
Fesand and of the Fms will go into operation ON the
LIST OF July, 1857.
This service viii be applied TO the piloage OF vessels
a. From the through the Friesland Pass up to
0osrMAHoRN and ZoUTcAMP
b. From the sea through the Pass of the Ems up to
Delfziil u..t 80 r
G From 2outkainp and 0ostninhorh down to the sea.
a FROM Delfzljl down to the sea.
From and after the lst of July next commissioned
pilots will be cruising before those passes ON boats carry
ing the usual signals namely blue nag, bearing the
number OF the pot-boat at the masthead and on the
mansail the of the sea-pass, together with the
number Of the boat
From set OF sun till rise Of the piot-boats carry a
light on the topmast, set in lantern with white and
red glass in alternate panes torch blaze is, from time
to time exhibited nom the decks of the piot-boats
At oostmahorn Zoutcanp, and Defzil pilots will be
stationed commissioned for the ploage of outgoing
sells to the high
The pilot fees shall be paid at oostmahon and at
Delfl
They shall be collected in accordance with the tariff
annexed to the pilot regulations for the Passes of the
Frize and of the Ems approved by royal decree March
Is, 1851
The HAGUE June G, 1857.
j. S. Lo1SIJ,
Minister of Marine.
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and placed in No IA Winder's Building for exhibition
They number thirteen in all, and finely finished B
three Of them bore the Of their desgnersan @
three were made, respectively by Donald Mckay Of BOS
ton James L. Townsend, OF Ncwburyport and Messs
Vaughan and Lynn, of Philadelphia. About dozen Tre
teal ipbuilders were present, and seemed to exan
The different models with great interest
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In addition to the quantity of wheat which Great
Britain received from the United States from Jan
nary to June 80 of the present year. 4s3, 1852
bushels--wo also supplied them during the same pc
rod with the quantity Of IL l497 ,024 lbs.
of flour, besides heavy quantities of Indian corn bar
ley, oats, peas and beans. We will first exhibit the
-four account, and then add statement of the other
articles.
Statement shocng The quantity IN c,f Of -four imported into
Grea Britia aud the countries trheee imported from jan
aary / 10 June 80 in 1855. 1856 1857
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NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL FAIR

The arrangements of the national agricultural fair
to be held at Louisville, commencing next Monday.
are nearly complete. Contributions are coming from
all sections Of the Union ExPresident Pierce, Vice
President Breckenridge, Lord Napier and other dis
tuguisbed gentlemen have accepted invitations to be
present,
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Bishop otey, of Tennessee, is not opposed to the cu
walton Of innocent amusement His pleasant disposition
is illustrated by the following remark of his Ihrty
years ago came to Tennessee with my wife my fiddle
and horse and sully. NV horse and suky are long
since gone, but my wife and fiddle remain Ms good as
new ~
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The preceding tables clearly show that while
the United States can SO well g feed the hungry
from her magnificent and overaowing granaries the
pent-up millions of Great Britain will look TO her
for bread inevitably and naturally her Man
chester weavers do for the requisite material to
"a clothe the naked Commerce and common sense
will pursue their natural and legitimate channels and
obey their natural and legitimate laws, though the
Exeter g shreking' Of halfcrazod "philanthro-
psts should cease only with their existence.
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We are unable to distinguish the exporting coun-
tries for the remaining articles but, doubtless the
United States furnished the same proportion as is
shown in the preceding tables, especially respects
Indian and barley.
Quantities Of Ae toocg articles Of food imported alo Grea
Britain during Ge moas ending Jp 80 IN The Ve1rs
1855. 1856. and 1857.
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NAVY DEPARTMENT.

The Nep Soq-e. va. Tho models for the new sloop
ofwa the construction of which win he given out by
contract opened yesterday at the Navy Department
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WASHINGTON CITY.
WEDNESDAY MORNING. AUGUST 20. 1867.

sMr JAxEs No 1S2 South Tenth street. Philadelphia
is our general travelling agent assisted by wH H. wEs Jo Co
Lss JAMES D1aESG j. H1T s jams TBos NICE r w AoR
sSeN WHY WA l. wArlKsAs, Alsr II GIBSON u x Nus
rIs rNs r. SWAIN T. AsHxAE, aud r. DAVIS
psy IxsEY N LEWIS Montgomery, Alabama generaay-
cling agent for the STATES Alabama &n1 Tennessee assisted by
JAMES LswIs md II. NJ LkwE,Jr
sSNr c. W. JAHHs No is,rson street. Cincinnati Ohio Is
general collecting Sr e Texas by
H. j. TsonAs wnLAs q TaosAs JAMES A. L. Gums
Gzosas BoR agS IAK Receipts Of either good
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rrArE DEPARTMENT.

The following notice has been officially communicated
TO this department and is published for the Information
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THE DAILY NORTHWEST.

gave heavy fusion majority last spring
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1857-06-27
4 Fine Nrgai,.

We omitted to state. last week, that a
new organ Of the largest class had been pro-
cured from New York, for the use of the
pupils of the Institution for the Deaf and
Dumb and Blind, in this Place The leg
ialature at its last session appropriated the
sum of s25oo for this purpose, and an in
strumeut has been obtained from the manu-
facturor at that price. though not at prime
cost, as has been stated. This will open up
a pew source Of employment to the unfortu-
nate 'fthat Institution, as the salaries of
organists IL some of the larger religions
congregations is sufficient to afford the
laeans Of making good support,
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/. The Old Game

The Spectator says it .mcant chiefly" in
its editorial Of week before last to express
q xant of confidence in the "N..tional De-
mocraey9 in any contest between the North
and South, and t,.at We overlooked the point,
We rather incline 10 the opiaion that our
ncighbors might have made a much stronger
point, if they had stated ihey had 10 conf
Aence in the Northern Wing or Know Moth
ing party. In the recent Presidential cam
vase, their chief, Mr.. Fillmore. received but
eight electoral votes, and these we're from a
Southern State, while Mr. Bnchapau carried
two Northern and two Western States Our
neighbors would have been nearer the mark
if they had said they had no confidence in
their own party, North. We insist upon it,
our neighbors had better come over to the
national party, aud if thcf can't DO like.
li1ise do like NJ Clay.
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Singular circumstance.

As q son Of Mr.. Jacob Reinheart, resi-
ding at Upton, Franklin county, Pa; lad
about twelve ycsrs ofage, was passing along
en- tl;e batfs q tie West conoco6Ieagae
cress:, his attention was attracted e boy,
sfih less than Himself, preparing bats for
IBIS hook and lire, as lie was fishing When
near him the beg suddenly manifested great
alarm and fell back Into tie creek, Young
Reinhart, with uhusual presence Of mlnd,
Immediately procured pole and thrust she
end of it into the war where the body had
fallen in, and although he -as 50 deep in
the water as 10 be ont of sight, yet he tcek
hold Of it, when young ReinIart drew him
TO The shore lie had scarce cot him out
ere he perceived the cause Of the little fell
lows, alarm, which was that large black
snake, about four and half feet in length
which had wrapped itself tight around the
boys body.
Fortunately be had been using knife
for cutting bats, which he dropped when the
snake first attacked him. Picking it up,
young Reinhart Immediately applied it to
his snakeship, to release the little fellow
from its coils; but so tight was it fastened
around his body that he had to insert the
blade aatwise between the body of the boy
and the snake and then turned the edge,
and severed it in two. In doing this how
ever he did not escape being himself bit on
the finger without, however, being much in
jured therefrom, as the Inflammation produ-
ced from the bite was slight. The snake
had wrapped itself nearly twice around the
body of the boy. This is certainly singu-
lar circumstance, and owing to the presence
of Young Reinhart The lad was saved from
premature death Franklin Repository.
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The Purchase Of Mt, Vernon,

We hare received circular, which com.
mences hs follows
., II the Mayors If Cl't,ss md 2ovEs. aitd
Lditofs Of Newspapers Aepaghopt Inc
Iaton.
we have been commissioned. ~ tie
SOUTHERN MATRoN, to make an earnest ap@
peal to the Mayors of cities and towns, and
to our brother Editors throughout the Union,
to come mp promptly and efficiently to her
help in the great and patriotic work which
she has undertaken-'he purchase and con-
sccration of Mount Vernon, as the pcrpetu-
al shrine Of WASHINGTON, and the Mecca
Of America >
We approve of the object of the South
ern Matron," but We must entor a protest
against paying Mr.. John A. Washington
the sum of t,eo hundred thousand dollars for
200 acres of poor land not worth over go
or S25 an acre. At fair valuation or even
at price of double the value no objection
ought to be made to the purchase of Mount
Vernon. It does seem like selling the bones
of our great countryman, when such an e.
nous price is asked for the land, and we
imagine the sum will not be so easily raised.
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1857-06-27
Ashamed Of 1t.

In reply to an intimation that it was the
Organ of Know othingism, the Rich
mond Wing holds the following language:
Organ of the Known Nothing party. gar
e.reei1uce of Richmond God forbid -
We repudiate the bare intimation with scorn
and contempt. We are not the organ of
that ghastly, ghostly, Goddess crew.
Wonder how the k. ms like the picture as
drawn by the hand of the editor of the Rich
mond Wing, a paper which fought fer
Flournoy with all the zeal Of which it was
capable, and for Fillmore with equal artior
and with like i'll success What must the
members OF that party think when they hear
themselves stigmatized as a Goddess crew.
and that by one who knows all the work
lngs OF the party 1t is not surprising that
after the burnings and murders and other
gross oatrages Of Sam" that honest people
are cutting his acquaintance and denying all
connection with the order As much was
lntimated months ago, by more thanone De-
mocratic editor, that the name would be-
come so hateful that many would disown
their connection with the unfortunate Sam
1t was said then that it would leave brand
as broad and deef as lat Which marked the
members Of the celebrated Hartford Con-
vcntien 9Ehe downfall Of this odious and
pfoscflptiec organization is another proof
that iii politics us well ny in morals, hon
esty is tue best policy It's effects have
been bad, and It's advocates see and know
it. There would have been no murders and
riots at the polls but for Sam there
would have been no Plug giles interrupt
ing honest men in the discharge of their du-
ties. 1t broke up the old Wing party, which
was national party. and has driven from
it hundreds of the best men of that proud
organization, who are now cooperating with
the Democracy. 1t is useless to attempt a
reorganization of tie Know Nothing party;
aparty 50 proscriptiye and seeming to press
upon the public mind but one idea, cannot
have nationality and cannot long exist
The recent assen1blage Of its members in
Kentucky, f7r the purpose of ro-organizing,
was an unmitiqated failurc-but eight or
ten States were represented. and since then
meeting las been held il Massachusetts,
sahich Ee.aiIirn4ed the Springfield PLATFORM
opposed to slayery-=and which spis upon the
Kentucky proceedings. So se G., Tsa'e
Sam is an unfortunate s'indiwidnal.
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Examination Week,

This has been week of examinations at
the various S'eminaries in Stanton We
have not had the pleasure of attending at
any of the Semiaaries, but understand that
all passed off pleasantly and satisfactorily
IN few days soa'o two or three hundred
young ladies will leave our town, for their
distant homes, bat We hope tley Will all re-
tusa With great aeeessoas 10 the nunbas,
and that the next scholastic year at the tlif-
ferent semiharies IN town may be one Of
great prosperity,
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
N T &C z z !!

~ the 2sth of May last dropped on the proni-
~ scs of Geo. Koiper.. Esq, my Pocket Wallet,
containing rank Notes, have recovered all except
the right hand half of note issued by the bx-
change Bank OF Virginia for 500, No. $780, letter
b., dated 18th of March 1856, aud signed NV. W.
Sharp. President" iorewarn all persons from
receiving said part ofnote, aad If in the possession
Of any one, will reward him prop eilv upon his
giving it to me, have applied To the Bank to pay
me the amount oslthe note on the usual terms, the
reserved portion ISL its POSSESSION
JOHN BROOKS.
June y, lsaIs-lt. Barterbfaok Va.
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1857-06-27

St,yedaine II lFhiszfy-Tho dangerous
and infamous use of strychnine in whiskey,
resorted to because hushel of corn, from
which by an honest distillation about two
and half gallons are extrioated, is made to
yield four or five gallons by this means, is
attracting attention everywhere, and strin-
gent laws are demanded for public rrotec-
ton. 4 writer in the Richmond Enquirer
calls the attention of the Legislature to the
practice, and asks fer scientific
and practical ehemists-fo examine every
barrel OF Virginia manufactured OF import
ed whlskey before it is allowed to be offered
for sale This, with strong penalties against
the adulteration, will efectually prevent it,