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The stock market very heavy at the opening Of
the first board and although greater rmness shown
towards the close, prices receded slightly from yester
days quotations State stocks and railroad bonds
very dull but prices well maintained At the
ond board the business done exceedingly light but
the mornings quotations were strongly maintained The
following the closing prices Pacific Mail, SGT, IAN
advance of since morning y New York Central, 50
Erie l73 Michigan Southern, 224; Panama, 1861 La.
CIR. and MIL, s ; Chicago and II. H. TOY; and Nil. and
Miss, II.
The -four market was buoyant at further advance OF
10 Is cents per barrel which is owing partly to the ia
voable from Europe, to reduction Of the stock
here and break in the canal which will retard arrivals
for the present Wheat also cents higher but the
demand is not active, Corn is dearer, and is
Pork is very steady at the advance but transactions
on u limited scale Beef is firm and quiet. Cotton il
unchanged. u
The cash transactions at the subtreasury to-day were
follows: aqtEss sc -&s EN
Receipts $f32b4S So
Payments. .................. 322 IA
Balance 339 90
The receipts from o!s.cn to-day were ,9ss 92.
ADSUM e
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whose terms of service viii expire Che third day Of March,

whose terms of service viii expire the third day Of March,
1863
Whereupon.
The papers first above mentioned being put by the SEQ
Rotary into the baIlotbox the Hon. James Shields drew
the paper numbered and is accordingly ia the class
Of senators whose terms OF service will expire the third
day of March, 1859 and the Hon. Henry NJ Rice drew
the blank The papers numbered wo and rss then
put by the Secretary into the box and the Hon Henry
M Rice drew the paper numbered three and accordingly
in the class of whose terms Of service will expire
the third day Of March, 1865 2 = & tA -
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Iron the London Times, July ~

There time when the famous knight Don Quixote
might have been accepted type Of the Spanish pco
pie. In days tho pure gold OF Tint noble dreamer
has become sadly alleged with Baser metal The Don
meyer dabbed dishonesty in the funds he never cheated
and then laughed A. hls creditors, ne never took UPON
Of violating them at the first convenient opportunity
he selected those who had done him good turn rs
the especial objects of his abuse he never ran away
leaving others to bear the brunt OF the fight claimed
tile victory which they had Many other things he
did which modern Spaniars do every day Of their
lives, and glory in the performance Wiil surprise any
one who aware Of the history Of the connexion be-
tween the two eountrcs 70 bp told thRt 9t the present
moment England Is selected the peculiar mark for
SPANS III Will The bones OF the bfayest among our
forefathe have not yet altogether crumbled into dust
upon that Spanish soil IN defence Of which they died
Another generation shed their blood under Evans for
Isabella II, and now tbs Spaniards limiting at the
possibility OF an invasion Of shores to I've conducted
by their precious fleets and armies More than two
turtles and half have elapsed since threat Of this
kind was reality. In evil moment for tho Span
sh name those who directed the forces Of nation
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THE WASHINGTON UNION.

every attempt to ride the two horsesdcmocracy and TO
pubcanism has resulted IN heavy fall in the dirt
and the receipt Of kicks from both steods He
has, it must DO owned trusted to produce an eicct
much more repuLlicanism than on democracy and
might have succeeded much better had not General
Webb macously persisted in soapng instead Of chaking
his feet and saddle with the design, when ho faskin)
was thrown badly that he could remount jump
up himself and carry of all the honors-
10 speak seriously, with the exception Of few--a
very few personal friends la Forlham, West Farms, and
Morrisana there is not single democrat in the three
counties who will vote for Haskins nomination The
know -nohings distrust and dislike him. and the ropub-
cns think with Gen. Webb, that unless he comes
with arms and baggage TO their camp, and declares his
discrimination to under their banner he ought not
TO receive their votes His elaborate celebration Of
kin instead of the Decaraton of Independence, the
9Th Of July taken in had part and his dancing
in his shirt sleeves, with the thermometer at 80 in the
shade, failed to win him the sympathies OF the DANES
and madens whom he sought specially charm by his
nirnbe earochat
Peter Dawson the king Of the 4 ward and the owner
OF one OF the most fearful dens of nfmy and oatsome
cruelty that 1t possible to conceive, brought up
to-day before the judges OF the of special
stand his trial On being aragned he pleaded guilty to
all the charges against him. and will be sentenced
Saturday next 1t to be hoped that the soverest pun
shnent which the law awards for the crime Of which he
is confessedly guilty may be inflicted and that the
mayor may succeed in breaking up the other establish
mcnts Of similar character with which this city
abounds
The pilot commissioners have issued an order that
all vessels ascetined to have yellow fever board
shall anchor at the lower quarantine ground at the
mouth of the bay, and that vessels Havana Matan
xls, st. Jago dc Cuba Sagua la Grande, St. Thomas
Portau Prince, Ponce, Cardenas, Trinidad do Cuba Glen
uegos St Juan dc los Remedies, and New Orleans shall
also anchor in the lower bay.
If such thing possible, the money market was
rather dnllcr and more unnteresting to- day than usual
but, as the sereotyped phrase runs its leading fea
lures remain unchanged that is, there is immense
accumulation In the banks and the hands of private
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WASHINGTON CITY.
FRIDAY MORNING. JULY "a. 1885,
Business Notice.

As the ~ the proposed
oAnss tsrms will conducted strictly cssh basis all
agencies collection for tie Union are discon
Nv paymen should be made Agents after ts date ex
NJ IIscomb who authorized TO make coeeats
ia Delaware, Nary land, and Virginia
wAsxasoTux, March %, lsbs--G 3 fit ~
The foregoing Include agents coec
tors that employed Ii this city but
only performed such service In other parts or the
country. Ap2s-u
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Our railway trains run too fast Look at The
cent disasters says the Albany Journal ut train
going half-a-mle minute that made the fatal plunge
through the Sauquo bridge. 1t train running for
ty miles hour that precpitated down tho Shin
Hollow embankment, killing and manning The train
that went crashing into the river the Lafayette and
Indianapolis road Cincinnati express train. The
train that pitched off the track at Pen Yam New
York express train All these disasters have happened
since the summer timetables adopted in May, in
creasing the average speed. 1t is always One of
these Wholesale ghtfu sacrifices of life and limb rarely
happens except to- by of train at high speed
But the travelling public love to ride in Of these
lightning runs which whizzes them the track at
rate as dangerous it is delightful They love speed
which grinds the rails racks the axes, strains the tim
bers renders It impossible to stop In time 10 avoid scc
dent and insures death and destruction when accident
does occur So the danger is incurred to please The pas
sengers
I" Tho Dramas lave the Dramas patrons give,
And those who live to please mast please 10 Iys.'
And by similar necessity railway managers are forced 10
adopt time tables to suit public opinion though they
know the hazard Of accident and the certainty runops
wear and tear which they involve speed should be pro-
portioned to strength Of material This Is not matter
H chance but Of calculation Given the speed Of train
and the strength pf wood and iron, 1t Us mere sum IN
arithmetic TO determine whether car can be crushed TO
atoms Gan only be wrcnched and jolted by going on
the track Speed should be the secondary, safety the
primary consideration. BETTER arrive hour later than
run the risk of being killed MANNED for life on the
way" N
2 The Kansas Herald of the 10th inst Gays that Gov.
Stanton is in tho Territory and inmates that he Is
candidate for the Office Of United States senator
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NEWS BY TELEGRAPH.
Later FROM south America

NEW ORLEANS, July 22.-The barque Indus from Rio,
on the 9th June. The between Buenos Ayres and
the Argentine confederation still continues. Buenos
Ayres refuses the mediation of England and asks the in
terventon of rance
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storm and Destruction OF Crops.

NEW YORK, July PA frightful hail.storm has oc-
Cured at Whby Canada West destroying the crops and
doing much other damage
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Heavy Loss by Fire.

BUFFALO, july 22he elevator attached to the freight
depot Of the New York Central road burnt yesterday
loss $50 900
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Loans. Dcposios. Specie. Circulation.
New York July II 500 sa
56626OO0 21462 500 S93S 800 623670
Philadelphia, 2a5 s7s lesa7s3l o,sas5oo 5isp4s
n. Orleans, July 10 121l64S6 la,so77o2 l07T2SS6 7els3
484 900 I4377l,s77 l91027O % so3 495
Last week 2lll4o2sl 14247b20 o07s4o21 e4495, t43
The following the quotations for land warrants
which current to-day:
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NEW York, "wednesday night July FL, 1858.

There is decided difference Of opinion among the
publican journals here to who the real father of that
playful little bantling iamarly known by the name of
ach-republcanis The Evening Post insists that
Thurlow Weed Is entitled to the honors Of the
paternity and the Tribune maintains that Joseph
Blunt, Henry J. Raymond, and others the joint
parents, and that Thurlow Weed at the most
nothing but one of the wctnurses From modcsty,
any share in the production Of such offspring, the
senior editor Of the Tbpne though Rotorious in favor
of free love- omts himself from the list Of distinguished
putative parents Mr.. Raymond is in Europe We're he
here am very confident that he would discaim the I'm
pute distinction 1t is not astonishing that 1t should
be hard to find any willing to acknowledge the pater
nifty Of so very egmatc child but the general i'm
preston Ia that the Post is rghthnt black republican
Ism does oc it's existence to Thurow Weed and ought to
show him and his valuable teachings becoming respect
and obedience.
The probable nomination of Gcrrit Smith as indie
pendent republican candidate for governor striking ter
ror into tho Seward wing Of the party and not without
good reason. Herrit Smiths orthodox abotionism,
large fortune, and popp4r maHne will recommend him
TO great many republicans IN preferences to any Of the
less advanced and outspoken abotonsts II fanaticism
Is TO Triumph In any shape Jet us have tho genuine and
not the bogus ARTICLE
heard very agreeable tidings to-day from the 9th
congressional district on tho truth Of which have every
reason to rely notwithstanding Mr. Haskin's ipdomi-
table efforts to win popular favor by every species Of po
ltical tumbing and harlequin activity he is received
with Misses instead Of applause The fact is the higher
he tries to jump the more he exposes himself and his
New-York daily tribune., 1858-10-02
Meeting Of the American Stak
Committee.
ALBANY. Friday. Oct. |, lS

ALBANY, Friday, Oct. !, lse
The American State Committee met to-day St ~
Delayan House. There was full Attendance. IL
Hon. Daniel Ullmann and other outsiders, and al ".
State candidates except the Canal CommIssioner "e'
present. -
The Hon. Erastus Brooks a New.York was eee.es
Chairman, and John {. Fetman Of Albany secre'al,
when Committee was appointed to organise "''
conduct tn. canvass.
A letter addressed by Ex-Governor Hunt 70 tle reI
fcstion meeting fixed for this evening, bat postum
until next week, was read. The letter strongly "
dorses the American candidates, and declares s .s
Americans had no alternative after the action oi w
Republicans, but To nominate q separate ticket
The acceptance Of all the candidates On the AnslI
can ticket was then received. Those present faD
that while none Of them anxious for Office, ~,
all felt bound TO place themselves IN the hands ''
friends and stand the result of The contest. !,
The Committee was in session only Il few hour
adjourned subject 10 the call of the officers d w.
Convention.
During the meeting Of the Committee, large DIE G
Der Of Republican politicians present al inc -
House. but talk of union took place inside ~
meeting. -
The American ratification meeting which was ~
for tonight IL postponed TO Thursday, next wesA'
consequence Of the storm. -
Tie Democrats who organized q separate CssL.
Committee, On the plea Of frauds in the primary e.
tons and in opposition 70 Mr.. Cagger, have -, -,
two Delegates from each town, with the eity Tx
sentation on the Committee, and agreed 70 GO"
County Convention on the 9Th inst.
New-York daily tribune., 1858-10-02

The Express contains an account OF the meeting
Of the American County Convention, which is any
thing but creditabe either to the American party
OF to the community where political affairs are
controlled by such 1t seems that it is sup
posed that in the proposed division of the county
nominations between the Republicans and Ameri-
cans the former will be willing to take the Amcri
can candidate for Sheriff, on condition that the
Americans shall take the Republican candidate for
County Clerk. With this expectation, according
to the writer in The Express, the American Con-
vention was converted into sort of rOwdy arena,
in which the friends of Mr.. James W. Barker and
Mr. Joseph ii. Toonc struggled for the superiority.
This struggle was attended by some little episodes
of physical collision, but finally the Barker men
had the advantage; they had twelve Ward deega-
tions in the Convention as finally constituted, to
ten controlled by the Toone party.
Now We trust that the proposed cooperation
is not to be Of such IA sort that each party must
take bndly whatever candidate is proposed by
the other. Let the County Clerk be Republican
if you please, and the Sheriff an American; but
both of them must be men of such character and
ability and so free from all political or other
stains that the non-partzan electors of the city
will vote for them with alacrity. Because you are
going to have fusion, il is called, it will not do
TO present unavailable candidates or to force the
bad or the week men of one party upon the other
If you do You will he beaten, and, more than that,
you will deserve to be beaten. If the Opposition
will combine and put up its best men, it can tri-
umphsntly elect them; but if it puts up the sort of
creatures who buy and sell at primary elections,
who pack conventions, and intrigue for nomina-
tons, 1t will notony be routed, it will be disgrsced
BY hook or by crook you may manage TO get such
persons nominated, but it is all disgusting waste
of time and effort. Elected they can't be.
New-York daily tribune., 1858-10-02
THE LATEST NEWS
RECEIVED BY
MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.
From Washington.
WAsHIsGros, Friday, Oct |,

WAsHIsGros, Friday, Oct. !, 1858.
A rimor prevails that the troops to be removed
from Fort McIienry, in consequence of alleged nics-
tious disease in that neghborhood. There reason,
however to believe that the report is premature. The
regulations of the Army authorize the removal oi
troops from cky to healthy locations, and this would
doubtless, be- done by the commanding officer Of tie
post, there sufficient grounds for the exercise
his discretionary power.
II has been decided at the Post Office Depatmeu
that letters received from United States vessels cauna
be considered ship letters under the provisions Of To
act of March 3, 1925, which apply only to letters
packets carried an any private ship vessel" Such
letters, therefore chargeable only with drop st
postage, if intended for the delivery of the Offices IN
which they deposited, and with the ordinary rates
if forwarded to other Offices and, 10 neither eSe
any compensation to be allowed to the person fro
whom they are received.
In addition to the measures taken some months ~
to introduce the tea plant into the United States va
China inquiries have been made by the Patent Ohc
through Mr.. Meade, our Minister to Brazil, tor u
tanning tea seed from that country where il has ben
successfully cultivated for thirty years.
Measures are about being taken, through the nan
expedition 10 Paraguay to introduce into the Units
States the mate, or Paraguay tea; also valuable
dcina plant called nard, believed to be sure specie
against the bites Of venOmous insects reptiles and
peculiar kind If honey bee, which builds on branches
of trees instead Of in hives trunks o trees with
the common bee.
New-York daily tribune., 1858-10-02

desirous Of that result under the idea that II Can
ton were destroyed the trade Of which 1t has so
long been the seat would all center at Hong kong.
II does not seem to be generally expected that the
signature Of the treaty will have any immediate e-
feet on the course Of events at Canton
The opening Of the Yang-tse- kiang to foreigners
seems to be- confined to four cities, oi which
Hankow, the highest up. ia eight hundred miles
from the mouth. II is said to be the center oil
network Of canals and tributary rivers, and the
great depot for those Districts which produce the
best tea and silk. Ii is expected to prove all eA-
cellent market for piece goods. wooiens' iead anu
iron Ching -kiang foo, at the mouth OF the great
canal, is also very important place, but thls' ac'
cording to the latest accounts, like so man! other
cities in this rich district has just fallen INTO The
hands Of the rebels; and as the treaty seems 70
provide that the opening of the river shall not TAKE
place till its banks are cleared of rebels sorne con-
siderable delay may occur. This, perhaps, Is d
stroke of Chinese policy, intended to induce the
allies themselves to undertake the expulsion OF the
rebels and the restitution Of these cities to the
Imperial authority. As TO the i've new ports to
be opened on the coast, they do not appear 10 DC
Of much Importance. One is on the island oil For
mosa, another on the island OF Hainan, another
in the Gulf of Pe-chee-lee, fourth in Manchoorla.
SWatOw hitherto infamous as a seat OF the Cody
trade, is the only one Of the number made known
to Europeans.
With all the exultstions of the British over this
treaty il will be well to recoect that trade is not
made by treaties. We esteem il very doubtful
whether the additional outlet for English manu-
features so confidently reckoned upon will be
speedily found. We much fear that the first and
leading consequence of this extension of the points
of contact between Europeans and Chinese will
onl, Le an increased extension of the demoralzing
opiGm traffic SO disgraceful to England and so ruin
ous to China; and which has contributed in so
great an extent to str Ggthen and uphold the oppo-
siton of the Chinese Government to any extension
Of intercourse with Europe
New-York daily tribune., 1858-10-02


insisted that if the South had Constitution, -.
to hold slaves as property, it had riaht "a ~,
them In peace and quiet and that all at,sm.., !.
disturb or question that right, and all effort. ma
view to It's subyersion permitted 10 b. r,a..-
the Free States, either through organized Co.
ties, public lectures or the press, were dir>c. -,
dangerous oUtrages-snce, if allowed 70 -
they must 1T length result in the ahoFh,.
Slavery. The repeal by the States Of Neu.y...
and Pennsylvania of their slave soiournmen, -
under which Shareholders might travel ,hrss
those States snd reside in them for l,pi,.s
Rod attended by their slaves and witbou, to-.
ing their ownership, Mr. Calhoun cops;S.,.,
gross violation of the rights Of the South ,ns :,
the mpunity with which throughou, the No,,..-
States the Fugitive Slave Law wa. ey,de3 ..
regarded. II is easy 10 see from this u,,,
have to expect should the Calhoun D,moer,..',
the present day gain the sscendency in .le NJ,
ern States. Of course they will proceed Z, O..
out the Calhoun programme; not that. if ls, =
themselves they would be at all inclined 70 40 ="
but that they will be required to do 40 nv ~
Southern masters. Having carried eysrv o,,--
point-havng mastered Congress and tie su,,s,,.
Court. and that by following Mr. Cshoun'. a
vice-the shareholders, 1t is reasonable to e,pse,
will follow out that advice to the end; vhas on,
Northern doughfaces, having Welded I'D eyerxth;,,
else will have no alternative but to go on yieI6,,
to the last. As Mr.. Calhoun held that the whit.
and blacks could not live together in the SOu,As-,
States, both races being free, but that one Ma
must either exterminate or enslsye the other al.
held that it was impossible for Slavery and IN,
Discussion to coexist. We must therefore a.
pect, as the natural consequence of the trumph,
the Free States of the Calhoun DeuoenI
cy, all sorts of gag laws and Mppressiu
enactments, to the extent of making il
penal ofiense TO say, preach or print that
savehoding is either sin, crime. or peruicioa,
institution which ought TO be sbolished or TO in.
sinuate the same thing by implication, in ge.
ting up Free Soil or Free Labor ticket ",
must expect as the result of the triumph Of tie
Calhoun Democracy in the Northern States, Tia
establishment of the same system of despotic SUD
preston of all agitation and discussion in fayorS q
Free Labor which now exists at the South, and
the enactment of laws by which such men q
Wendell Phillips, Henry Ward Beecher, Dr.
Cheever and Gerrit Smith will be compelled b
hold their tongues, or be sent to the Penitentisy
to keep them out of mischief. The present contest
with the Calhoun Democracy is not merely a con-
test for Free Soil but struggle for Free Speech.
and every man who shall vote at the coming State
elections for the candidates of that party whether
for Federal or State Offices, will vote not merely
favor of forcing Slavery into the Territories buti
Northern States.
New-York daily tribune., 1858-10-02

The North China Herald furnishes summary of
the recent British treaty concluded with the Chi
nese: but, il is noticeable that this summary
contains no statement as to the smount of the in-
demnty to be paid by the Chinese, or the method
of its payment. Three stories have been received
from China on this subject One fixes the total
indemnity to be paid to both France and England
at about six millions of dollars; the second raises
this amount 70 twenty-five mlions-sixteen to En-
gland and six to France; the third, and wis. The
London Times esteems the most probable story,
reduces the English indemnity 10 ten millions.
As yet however, there does not seem to BE- any
positive proof how much is to be paid. If, accord
ing TO one version Of the story, the allies
are to pay themselves out of the proceeds
of the Canton Custom House, il will re-
main for them in the first place TO restore the
trade Of that city, which at the last accounts was
at q complete stand-still. Not only that, but the
city itself was in state Of siege; the suburbs had
all been destroyed to guard against the approach of
assaiants, aud there seemed to be great danger
that the struggle would only end in the destruction
of Canton itself. In fact, many Of the English are