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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-07-27

TBE BREcxNnrpes GENERAL CoNMrrrEE.-The
delegates from the Breckenridge ward commit
tees have organized their General Committee,
and elected Captain G. W. Smith, the present
upright and efficient Street Commissioner as
chairman. This is good move in the right
direction. Captain Smith belongs to the young
and lusty democracy that is today master Of
the situation. aud il not affiliated with the cor
ruptions Of Tammany. nor the chickering's Of
Mozart. halls IIis reform ard administration
OF the Street Department cattle him TO the
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PRAISE OF every honest man IN this city; and II
nc WIZ make his party organization as thorousfs
aa1 20 eueeuve a. he has bis department in the
Guy government his election as chairman of tho
DrecSlnr'oge General Committee will be an
otner s'ep towards obtaining a good govern
ment for this plundered and prostituted NUM-.
clpality. We want an infusion of the f,,hu.....
enthusiasm and perseverance in our c,tv rol;.
tics, and Captain Smith, as one of the rac.--
nized leaders of the old Quitman ilibusters 70
join whom he resigned his commission ia ths
army, is the very man to inspire it. The corrunt
traders and professional politicians that have
got possession of Tammany, and through Tam
many of almost every branch of the city govern
ment, cannot stand before an enthusiastic and
honest ilibuster movement.
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to birmingham and Dublin for permission to
lay down rails in those cities, and company
In London has expressed a wish to give the
proiecSa trial.
Thus, before long, we may expect to see the
american city railroads in full operation
through the leading cities of Great Britain, I'M
DER the guiding hand of an enterprising Yam
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Posi- Office 0RDsR-INPosT,s TO Taz
PCBLIC.-To those who are In the habit of de-
posting letters for the mail in the lamppost
boxes, or other boxes the subioined order OF
the Postmaster is Of some Importance
Posi- osyscx NFw Yosx July IS 1890.
The Postmaster General has directed that BE-
charged and prepaid all letters oole,ed through
sses boxes and and taken TO the Post Once 10
Al ersons dcpositng letters Tor the mails Ia the LANG
ocp those the Post Office should IN order 70 nsarc tho
transmssion Of such letters, six to each blue iona
cent? stamp in addition to the stamp required TO tins
The order Of the Postmaster General will take elect ca
the LIST OF August prcx JOHN A. DIX rostmasscs.
This change is made under the provision OF
the law which requires the payment OF a car
ricr's fee, not exceeding two cents" on ali
letters collected through the street boxes
or otherwise. If letters are deposited at the
Post Office the one cent stamp Is not necessary;
nor are letters intended for city delivery affected
by the new arrangement; for these only single
one cent stamp as before Is required. The reason
of the change which the Postmaster General.
using the discretion vested in him by Law,
now makes. Is that since the fee for the delivery
Of mail letters has been reduced from two Cent?
W on' 'ne Vuiiet sytpm Cinnot sustain iIsc".
and 1t Is found necessary therefore to charge
one cent for the carriage of mail letter TO the
Post ONCE, as well az one cent for carrying n
mail letter from the Post Office TO The patty to
whom II IL addressed This seems rea5onabsa
enough. But 1t is not simple enough. how.
ever. It would be better to have uniform
rate OF postage soy -four Goats OF FIVE cents.
Coz mail letters, aud no extra charge Zoe deli
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LAw.-Among the acts passed by the last Lee
gislature there was one prohibiting the sale
by druggists, of poisons, unless prescribed by a
physician. The law, Ike many others which
have been enacted by our sapient Legislators,
is so vague in its provisions and 80 loose in its
arrangement of details, that ii has already
given rise to a serious difference of opinion as
to its proper meaning. AT recent meeting of
the Academy Of Medicine, q member made a
motion that copies of the law should be furnish
ed to every druggist in the city. Objection be-
ing made by another modern Esculapius, on the
ground that the law was not sufficiently definite
to be effective, the mover Of the original propo-
sition assailed the objector in true Congress
sional style giving him the lie direct. Finally,
after ian evening spent in useless discussion
and the interchange of many discourteous re-
marks between members, the Academy adopted
a resolution requesting the College of Pharma-
cy to cause to be forwarded to every apotheca-
ry in the city a copy Of the act referred to.
This is the first time that the doctors in con-
gress assembled have taken hold of any matter
Of direct public interest since the famous pro-
bang controversy, when the Academy stultifed
itself ia the most remarkable way. In the
present instance, it seems to us that they have
given another instance of colossal stupidity.
The matter of the sale Of posons belongs strictly
to the College Of Pharmacy--an institution as
useful and quiet as the Academy of Medicine Is
noisy and ineffective. The Academy of Medi-
cine, in some respects, resembles the Chamber
OF Commerce Both are old fogy institutions;
both have a much larger idea of their import.
ance than any one else, and both are fond of
spending great deal of time in absurd discus.
sions. Thus we find the merchants attempting
to interfere with the province Of the general
government, and gravely recommending the
abolition Of the privateer system; while the
doctors attempt to dictate to the apoS,ecaries
as to their course in reference to law
made expressly for the guidance of ,h..
latter. Then the opinions Of the
Chamber Of Commerce and the Academy of
Medicine have precisely the same weight with the
general public-thst is none whatever. As to
the upgentlemanly spirit which characterizes
the doctors disputes, We have'a right to expect
better manners from educated aud cultivated
men. If the Chamber Of Commerce loses its
temper We are not surprised, many Of the mem
bcrs having devoted their entire attention TO
the pursuit Of wealth, to the exclusion Of thc
cultivation Of the prophecies; bu, the doctors
have no such excuse. They will do well TO
hold their sessions in private hereafter, and
thus preserve whatever reputation for dignity
and selfrespect the profession may have with
the people generally.
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befs OF the Common Council disposed of tickets
Tor the ball at prices ranging from $40 To 500. and
that the whole expense OF the Lelands did not ex'
coed $40 900, for which it was agreed they should
present bill of SOL ,000 one-third OF the lat'er
amount to be given to the Common Council
The Chicago Zouaves returned to this city yes
terday morning from Boston. IN the s'eamef
Connecticut. of the Norwich and Worcester line.
and were received on their arrival by the Second
company, National Guard, Capt Alexander
Shaer, accompanied by the full National Guard
band. As the steamer approached the dock a
national salute was fred from two brass field
pieces on the steamboat dock. The two companies
subsequently, embarked on board the steamer
Taminend, specially chartered for the occasion,
and proceeded to Yves! Point, where they visited
the Military Academy, and subsequently gave ex-
hibition drills on the lawn in front Of Cozsens Ho-
TEL in the presence of the Hon. Jefferson Davis,
Governor Banks, of Massachusetts,, and Colonel
Hardcc, the military instructor at West Point.
The Second company, National Guard followed the
performers, by giving specimen of their metal.
and were warmly applauded. They returned to
town last night, reaching this city at eleven
o'clock. To-day the zouaves depart for Philadel-
phia.
The Police Commissioners appointed at their
meeting yesterday Asa Mills patrolmsn. No
other business of importance TRANSFERRED.
The sales OF cotton yesterday embraced about 500
bales closing the basis of quotations given in anothec
column or the stock hand the prop ,ons Of cottons
above the grades Of good middlings light Flour
was again heavy and lower, closing at further Decline
especially FOR common and medium grades OF State aud
Western, she the higher qualities were irregular.
Southern -four was some cheaper for and medium
grades, while choice family qualities were about the
same The sales were fair. Wheat again lower but
active at the concession with the chief demand for
port. Corn WAS without change OF moment, while the
market was olerably active Pork easier with sales
OF new mess at $40 20 $40 rs and OF prime $l4 2
Sugars continued in good demand. Grocery goods
sustained while refining grades about eighth
cent lower The sales embraced about 1900 hogsheads
and 800 boxes ct prices given another column Coffee
was firm, while GALES light cargo of Rio which
arrived in Philadelphia yesterday by the Leighton
sod at &C. ship Freights had another decided ad
vance yesterday especially for Liverpool for which
&C 900 bushels wheat engaged in bulk at 9Hd and
in shipsbags at 1Od, 1oid l01d, and -four at 2s Cd
To London, the ship Esmeralda was taken up 10 load
with wheat a; 10i in bags for -four, S. asked To
Glasgow, 5000 bushels wheat engaged, in ships
bags, at 1Oi., aud 2 coo barrels -four at q. o.
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From these figures it will be seen that if only
four or five thousand of the American party of
1856 are now ready to cooperate with the
democracy, the State of New Jersey will be
lost to Lincoln. But should the Bell-Everett
party bring up to the rescue force of twenty
thousand men, as they probably will New Jer-
sey will be against Lincoln, even if twenty
thousand democratic votes should be thrown
away upon Mr. Douglas. We are thus of the
opinion that New Jersey may be set down as
one Of the Northern States whose electoral vote
will not be given to Lincoln.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-07-27

HE THREE New JERSEY STATE CONVENTIONS
The PRosPECr.-The copious reports which
we published yesterday of the three political
State Conventions held at Trenton the day
before will have enabled our readers to form
some opinion touching the clHnces of carrying
New Jersey against sold Abe Lincoln" Our
own opinion Is that this thing can and most pro-
badly will, be done. The proceedings of the
Bell Everett Convention show that that party
are ready to cooperate heartily with the de-
mocracy in any way best calculated to defeat
the republican ticket.
The only existing cause for doubt as to the
result of the campaign in the State is the
stand-of, no compromise position of the
Douglas faction They have refused the oyer
lures from the Breckenridge Convention, and
have set UP an independent out and out Doug
las electoral ticket They have followed up
this movement with the appointment of the Doug
las State Committee, and have declared by
resolution that they can Storm no alliances with
any sectional faction like the Lincoln party"
"nor with the Southern sectional faction, headed
by Mr.. Breckenridge, which declares the rights of
property superior to any personal rights Of free
men, and which avows its purpose to be to pre-
cipitate upon us all the evils of disunion unless
q Southern faction is permitted to rule the
whole Union"
1t is thus very evident that the battle of the
confidential managers of the cause of Mr.. Douglas
is not against Lincoln, but against the Breckin-
ridge wing of the democratic camp; not for a
victory over the republicans in 1861 but for
the whip hand over the Southern democracy in
1864, at the expense Of present general demo-
cratic defeat. But the question arises, will the
masses Of the Douglas democracy consent to
play this suicidal game of few desperate dis
appointed politicians, when great and deci-
sive victory may be at once achieved over this
Northern sectional republican party?
We have shown how Pennsylvania may be
carried by very handsome majority against
Lincoln; but now New Jersey can hardly be
turned over to Lincoln, even by the democratic
assistance promised by this Trenton Douglas
Convention. In 1856 the Presidential vote of
New Jersey was
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AFFAIRS IN TIRE STATE CAPITAL.
The Pro Rata Freight Btu.
OUR SPECIAL ALBANY DESPATCH.

ALBANY, Jan. 2t, 1881
The Pro Rata question again argued before the
seeSs committee OF tho Assembly this ate rnooo ana tho
usual interest manifested. Every member Of the
committee wss present IL s, however, remarkable
fact bas the entire committee, with tho exception Of
varan and conkng Of New York, 70 be under the
control Of tte Clinton League.
Mr.. Thompson concluded his speech daring which he
read number Of cxsas:s from the Boston and Western
paprs showing the efforts that beng made by tho
managers of 'ha Canada take the freight Of The
west and souhu their route Por,sod and Bos
ton, away iro:a Nov York all OF which serious
oss 70 New York ras proa;ed under the cheap rates OF
the Grand Trunk Road Ha said THAI the WOO! growing
interest In the eastern counties OF the State had been
d-d by the western counties OF tbs State aud TIA. OF tie
Western States, and woe growing il the Eastern
counties pot profitable. They could no: compete
Sitn the cheap lands Of the West, ye; they certainly
~cuI no, be justified In asking for Legislation 10 protect
them. The importation OF grain from the Western States
Snt legitimate business Miis Rochester and other
locales tho Western part Of tho STATE were sail.
grind the grain tha. raised in that locality hrt the
failure Of the crop, under Causes, haa
compelled The of these mills TO import @nsat
rrm the West Certainly 1t could not be just for them
10 ak for legislation TO compel discrimination in the
o. the country 10 tneir favor. Every other
rest could apply with much jastice the milling
There was Clinton league organized sscra. body OF
men, Who combined together before election and pro-
pounded qoestr,ns 10 candidates for the Legislature,
which bore IT. rce ths implication that their refusal
In the affirmative wculd the antasonism Of
this league He o,d know the extent OF the
hague, bow many votes they could CONTROL IL was
entering upon dangerous ground, and they controlled
on'y Eve thousand along the line Of each road Il
u dangerous combination.
Wthou. any reply TO the arguments Mr.. Thompson
the committee adjourned until Monday morning.
The arguments thus far strongly against III, uscc
of tha: kmd Of estsiatou Al arguments upon ques
,,cp us'ess far the action Of the House coz
cerped. have from reliable source ina: the O,a;on
League have the pledges Of large majority Of the men,
beis in favor of Pro Rata law thus cinchng the whole
thing beforehand Tue bill will DO rushed through the
Housa IN hurry.
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Cre'k and nj the bone yart aad oi Ftrb i, iag
yle, he nttiral suts VI Inase vito aoctflnes
That hty the doct ice IL right aad go;iy
thai Nor rho,H poo hiiias whenever saay 10
70 with ac,ny aud escape pubic TIL Mriniaia
NJ ac nw massacre u melancholy p-oof Of ths fast
4. rhs they the isactic. u, of cas-
train men, ann have declared from their aupi,, with
tu6'k asqo'sc.pne, that tte oaf when ia ir
valleys w"n'd '--oubd with the VOC. of eonocbe
am prepared here and nov with proofs " sustain
these chaR,s, dnpreme daSsoiy taken from numteress
sbo mites; aad occupying the position which You 30
hsre-a m' IT ncr of the Mormon cburcp havny reccv
yoot -Daosu-nt ana ,as~n upon yourself ,hs aai
cbhvs'hns ot the church, have 10 say n yon tba, WIN
Ut any reasonably. toe aud place OF your selection
meet you ac FACE before the people Federal atho
r's h-Ie really but sorro~fay, 10 subsants,e every
sp-clcaikn herein contaiueJ
] bsy. ni' or The .~s~yet Nrss yoar church organ
rrniT from 1850 1859 containing Mormon story Of
affairs dnrng hoi period shond you accept
tts Proposition tor c.io fair comparison Of testimony
thee subjects before dscsrnng public, this Ae wl bc
st your cali for reference Respectfully
JOHN CnADIEBAUGH.
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Naval Intelligence.

TIE BROOKLYN NAVY YARp-The Unitcd States steam
gse Wabash late Gsg ship Of the Asi'sorransan sqa1
ron being stripped Of rigging and mats taken ou pre-
paraory To going IN ordinary. The UG,sf Saas soop
Of war Falmouth is under repairs aoi when completed
Will be AspiB vail, where she win b. permanently
located 10 store ship FOR IN. Home squ siro,
On her arrival there her masta will be taken out and
housed over, roofing for vnch p1r aresHy
been Btted but taken down 70 be replace whsn ar
rivss her port Uf destination rnere has quito
vacuum in the yard occas,oned by tho Almost aay dv-
charges Of workmcn and those who been long
employ m~nt Of the government, dep ro.ng alone
sustenaDoe have begun 70 look for other by
they may exc out q subs,s,eucc Tho numpar nov am.
p.oyed cannot exceed fve hundred, ~hereaa IL ~ss
formerly between af,ecn hundred and two thousand
The United States steamship Pensacola from Pensacola
Forida wherc she built) via Kew West arrived n;
tts port YESTERDAY, under sail AID mSos-t s the al
chorsee OF the nava hospital not decided whcther
she will take her engine board here procee, TO
Washington TO receive H. 1,c il ofHcered present
chiefly nom the tate Fulton The Uoited Stats
steamer Nsrrsgausett taken into The dry dock on
honoay, TO t her with deeper keel 80 a. u a1rnt o
larger propeller being attached N her sth view W in
crease her N,eed-NorfoK Herutd Jan ls
Stephen c. Ktug Ssnaker Ia United States Navy,
died the 18th inst at the naval hospital In Brook yn
He had been duty the cnas Of AFRICA 10 e
sloop Dale, and contracted disease from which he
recovered He wdey known IN brooklyn, and
leaves large circle ~ relatives ana friebds " mourn his
es His orgiDsl entry In the servics was 27th March,
1857 which time he received bis warrant ~ snaxer
HIS funeral took yesterday noon from the hos
pita and his remains deposited " the hospital bu
rial grounds.
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The Woma ans State Hospital.

The dfth anniversary of tho womans Hospital Asspc,a
ton held yesterday noon, at SO Madison Avenue
There fu attendance OF the members aud friends
chair and q. hs request the Rev Dr. Prime opened TIE
exercises by prayer.
The annual and treasurers reports we're then rear by
Or. j. Sims. The former shows, amongst other things
that the institution, although quite up the expecta
.on Of it's managers, is nevertheless, fair way OF
beng established on q safe and Arm basis Tlia. the
number Of paying patients has greatly Increased ana ~
consequence the recipients OF its many benefits have 10
creased twood during the past year TnB report also
Diimates that IN appeal will be made the pubic
through the Governors Of the Alnshouse for
towards the erection Of commissions and permanent
building tho laDo, as 10 Known haviag beea already
mated by the city Of New York and comprising the square
bounded by Forty ninth and Feth Streets Fourth
Lexington avenues.
The Treasurors' (Mrs. Jacob 10 Roy and Mrs. r . Do
remus) report shows that So $40 4d has been pa; INTO
g. 55S 81 haa been paid out, incu ling ba'socs due
last year Of SIG 10, which brings tho 'rstitntoa
into debt for the year TO the amount Of
81 ~, besdes q standing In 1cbsedness Of ,2a5 aG
pprOpsle remarks He congratulated those present
the Of the undertaking. and ahuc 10 the many
benefits conferred on woman by this noble Institution
extsenca Of which was honor To metropolitan city
In the course Of his remarks Dr Francis spose Ia very
natsering terms OF tho chirurgca skill Of Dr. Sims in coa.
nectfon With his recent discovery
Mr. Bcckman, Mr. Peter Cooper, Rev. Dr.. Primo and
followed, when bcpeninon gwen By Rav.
Mr.. Mlburp ana tho meeting adjourned.
Besides the usual yearly report tho managers presented
the result Of their abors since ths Institution wont
existence IN 1866. II shows the following
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CoNMEHCIk1 INTELLIGENCE.
SAY ERasc1sSe. Gee N


FK4sc,pArIoS ,# SLAVES -toi Mctnn,s, Of Bourbon
county, passed through Ccvins,on Ky, routeAor C,n
ruac, on irc i,b nst with fourteen slaves, ineaiias
SO etusncipsie it.n tb.se.
ga.tFsrTr RING COMPANY VIRGINIA 1T has bsen m
der cpGs n. rs.oh icr IN. D- T., psgaa,z' mAnaAtrr
n COMPANY 81 il.nvc Va, the '.jont spocx princ
ever.
ross.Cs S.aAPs AND STAMPED EsvgIoPHs.-Anou0 OF
postage stamps ssucc during the quarter enei 3'st Nc
CENTER 1859, 81 -e5,Tai Amount oi stamped euv00pes,
sg31 ,ooi 20.
FoE7 Sv1r We learn rom Fnrt smith that tho
country ir excellent ccndicp the navga DE.
soofs oe'Sg cousiany received BY wassr up
high - that pdn'
fAIC11Ts Aiis, KD.-Tne cit2sns OF th8 thriving
ulon, "a tax. asurs to have ioc0gpofAfod
as . c.y ~il change Of Patapsco City = cnc
Of lbl u,5at- 'i.,sod.
Cit. soiVu TIE NtYg Cor,ry The Board of super
v..,-s 90 Ctar&lq's county, nave se<ieret thas
t1e nay' -; IL, .cvty shall b"reaf'er oe spelled ~so
trr .u.i.sf'. a us;s 81 %. p. ~ s~
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THE LAWRENCE CALAMITY.


LAWRENCE, Mase, Jan. q, 1880.
At the inquest to-day, Capt Bgeow, the engineer, ws
re examined in reference the rou pillars and mortar
works OF the building His testimony was mainly cor
roborsiiye Of that prevoufly giv.H.
D. Clement testified about the foundation Of the mill
which he considered substantial
Thomas Dolwcr testified II have examined The fcunda
ton ci the mill the falling of the building
nothing to eve to doub. the hcroughncss Of
the work ssw several bad pillars found the cKaosd
north OF the censrs byoso good uasay and found oo~
holes; iha, could have been deteoied by
outside appearance tound ,hem nearly all broken
the pillars brought here from B,ston helped 70
carry then, in; think broke one; don't know
was defective: after that cautioned the be
iui in launching them rot because they poor pillars
however; AZ the ruins found many pillars tha, We
broke Of unequal thickness.
Adjourned u Monday morning at nine O'Clock.
AID TO TIRE LAwRENcE sUFfEaEas.
Mr.. john H. Walson, lo6 Broadway, acknowledges the
rscsp, Of tho following donations day, Jannary IL
1850 for the relief Of the sufferers et lawrence Mass
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Accident OM the New Haven Railroad.
The New Haven train OF cars hsch left this city
yesterday afternscn met with serious accident when
within few miles of New Haven.
The accident occurred d the breaking of the
axle Of the driving wheel just after leaving Milford.
speed Of the train could not be the tender
trucks were thrown fro the track ano broken.
The express baggage car turned upside down and
sqnagely acfoss the track Although Eine gentlemen
were in the q. the time injured except Mr.
Ma,idigAn, express agent, slightly
The first passenger thrown down an eubauk.
ent of twenty vc feet but caught before reaching
bottom.
The second passenger car was pitched on one side d:.
rectly on bridge small creek, and ike the pre-
the truck destroyed.
Tho third and fourth remained on the track un
INJURED.
Tie engine about two hundred yards ahead of the
baggage car before its velocity could BIZ checked.
There were 2t0 passengers in the tran come Of whom
were through Boston passengers by the Shore hno road
The sccldept occurred at half past three O'Clock r. M
Three trains going North and two South were detained
upwards OF SIX hours before the debris train could
be removed from the track The train was running nj
the rate of thirty two miles per bou and escape Of
the passengers from serious injury deemed most mi
Yacalous occurrence