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I Washington CITY. HUDAY. AUGUST -i7, IfhS. THE BKI'J'JbH HUM AM) Ttttt g CHEN'S VISIT IX) j CHKllltOl'llU. England has been building a complete naval e?i tabliehniunt. unci w e are not industrious enough at ! | tine moment to inquire at what period of histoid bin ! has not been th>eattnni([ all the nations willi her 1 ships-of- war aud her lortilieaUons, yards, docks? indeed, with all the implements of destraction. The IQimu went over the other day to join the Emperor ! of the French in the celebration of the completion of j the Cherbourg works instituted by the groat Napo leon. ut course everynoay Know mat <.nciuuuig was constructed in order to place France on a foot- ! ing, if possible, willi her colossal maritime neigh . bor. The two powers are allies?in fact, the very best of friends; their friendship being more likely, we j should say, to endure throughout this generation, just as both natious shall approach to equality of position. We have no idea that the first Naval Power in the world would select an ally and establish relations of political and social friendship with a weak, unioiiuential State,. So we are equally clear that the subsisting cordiality and concert of action between the Crowns of England and France could not continue for six months, except on the solid foundation of equality. We do not mean the equality of !rank and social position, however acquired and by whatever tenure maintained, hut that the parlies shall have corresponding power to aid each other and to damage each other. We have not yet reached that advanced slate of civilization when it is safe to trust the fortunes of individuals or nations to the magnanimity of the strong ; at least it is quite as well to bear arms while in the society of those whose pockets are lined with revolvers and ornamented with bowie-knives, stillettoes, and torpedoes. It was precisely this idea that originated and constructs ed the Cherbourg works. We have no belief that France would have thought of enlarging her navy and sea-coast defer ces if bhe had not long been threatened and several times practically bearded by the great naval establishment of England. In this view wo look upon the recentjUtesoi Cherbourg as a token of peace, as a species of breakwater against tlio surging and seething waves of .British power ; and that the Queen of England, in lending her presence on the. occasion, has exhibited remarkable good sense. Her government lias no occasion to fear any power on the earth ; and in the fact that France is ariued with countervailing weapons both government!! and the world have additional guarantees of peace. It is manifest that the time has come when the policy of the great States of Europe which have exercised an acknowledged control over the affairs of tho world must be changed or modified. Tho maritime power of England, for instance, has been a recognised element in all governments heretofore ; and it is safe to say that, however much good it has accomplished, it has often been at the expense of the rights aud the independence of the weaker nations. Wo have had a little disagreeable and troublesome experience in this way ourselves, and France lias also occasion to remember when she was unable to resist tho dictation of tho British government, or maintain upon her throne one who was tho acknowledged choice of her people. It was, in fact, tho irresistible) naval force of Knglnnd which was employed to maintain tho " legitimate" heirs to the French Crown and to put down the example of tho people in electing their own Chief Magistrate. We are led to make these observations after reading the comments of the English press on the occasion of the recent visit of the Queen to the French Euiperor at Cherbourg. With hardly an exception, they denounco it as insulting to the Crown, inappropriate ill-timed, and mortifying to British pride. They seem to regard tho act of the Queen, wo had almost said, as tho construction of the Cherbourg works,.to intimate at all events that, if she had declined the imperial invitation, that stupendous masonry would have been shorn of its threatening aspects, leaving England in her condition of wonted security. As wo see the matter at this distance and | with some recollections running into tho past, the sensitiveness of tho English people aud press, on tho present occasion, is a very accurate typo of what all the world has felt for a century or more at tho colossal strength and continued augmentation of the British naval power. At all events they are the last nation to complaiu of France for the increase of her war material; and we should say, considering the cordiality of the oxisting alii ance, the petulant and complaining tone of the press at the conduct of the Queen under tho circumstances, exhibits far more of unmanly fear than of national magnanimity and courage. We are reminded that the two governments are constructed upon widely different models?an intimation, of course, that the Emperor is liable at any time to be driven out of France and to be succeeded by a dynasty utterly hostile to England. If tho latter, however, exert half the strength to keep Napoleon upon the throne which they employed to drive his uncle off, there will bo 110 difficulty in sustaining tho present government in France. Meanwhile, tho two powers are becoming so ovonly balanced that who ever may control their destiny the chances of maintaining peace are thereby greatly enhanced. The receut efforts of the representatives at Paris to mitigate tho horrors and damages of war indicate the influence which the commercial and manufacturing classes are exerting upon the councils of the nations. Every expression of this nature is the disarming and dismantling of more or less ships-of-war and a practical guarantee of the closer union of all the great commercial States in the pursuit of an honorable and profitable industry. Nor aro the tokens wanting in tho successful operations of steam navigation, oceanic telegraphs, the diffusion of credits, and the rapid work of assimilating all the nations in tho affairs of industrial, social and political life, that a new era has hrokon upon mankind, the influences of which are all on the side of peace. If tho people of England will remain true to their gTeat industrial mission ; give effect to their skill, i . enterprise and genius, in connection with the United 8tat.es, they w;" hare no occasion to fear the dead works at. Cherbourg. It is, at all events, timo that their statesmen should begin to realize that the su| premacy of the Anglo-Haxon race is no longer to bo maintained by their naval squadrons. If tliey have pny lingering doubts upon this subject, they have ouly to refer to the career of this countrv, mid to roflcot how far the British people are indebted to us, . through the various channels of labor, for their present measure of prosperity. There arc two froe governments iu the world?England and tho United Buries ; and so long as they make it their chief object to maintain peace, there need be 110 fuars of the frowning battlements of Cherbourg or even the machinations of hostile dynasties. TUB NEXT ELECTION IN INDIANA. The elections in Indiana Like place on the 12th of ' October next. There are to bo elected tins year a j secretary, auditor, and treasurer of Stale ; a super- j iutendent of public instruction, an attorney general, j and the whole of tho supreme court, consisting of ! four judges. Tho present officers, elected iu 1856, are candidates for re-election, with the exception of j iuo uciitturci ui Diiiu?, hu|?ci liiiuiiucju ui puuiic ill- j slruction, anil two oi the jutlgea. They are admitted j to ho able men, eminently qualified for their respective positions, possessing tho confidence of their entire party. Mr. Bucliauau carried the State by about twenty-five thousand plurality and six thousand majority, aud the vote at the county elections in 1857 showed the democratic vote largely increased and tho republican proportionally decreased. As a State organization, our party presents an unbroken front to the enemy no word of factious disorganization is hoard no causes exist why the veto of tho democracy should ho lessened, and tho Slate tickot will undoubtedly be elected by a largo majority say from ten to twelve thousand. Elections are also to bo held at the same time for members of tho Thirty-sixth Congress. In tho first district lion. VVm. E. Niblack, the present representative, is tho democratic candidate for re-election, lie is opposed by Judge Alvin P. lluvey, a renegade democrat, who announced himself as an independent candidate early in the winter. Mr. llovoy was formerly the United States district attorney of Indiana, and a man of some considerable ability. Ho is cordially supported by the black-republicans, and will get but very few, perhaps live hundred, democratic votes. If ho gets a thousand, which ho cannot, Judge Niblack will lie elected by between two and throe thousand majority. In the second district Hon. William H. English is tho democratic nomiuee. Tho opposition seem not to have thought tho chances for defeating Mr. English good enough to pay for holding a convention? at least they have not seen fit to make any nomination. This apparent neglect ou their part is atoned for lty tlio announcement ljy himself of Mr. J0I111 M. Wilson as an independent candidate. Mr. Wilson ran against Mr. English in lHoli, and was beaten hy about twenty-live hundred votes, lie is represented as a brilliant man, but the Cincinnati Enquirer says something about his being a "hard case." At all events, he is trying the thing on again, and will meet with about the same fate as he did before ; though well-informed democrats, from the district, say that. Mr. English's majority will reach three thousand. In the third district, Hon. James Hughes has also been nominated for re-election. lie is opposed to Mr. Win. M. Dunn, the regular republican nominee. Mr. George W. Carr, is an independent candidate in the same district. It is said that tho opposition h*aders, having procured assurances from Mr. Carr's friends that he would be a candidate, proceeded to nominate their h<*st man, confidently hoping to defeat Judge Hughes. After the democratic nomination was made, Mr. Carr was announced as a candidate. For tho reason that many contradictory reports have been in circulation with regard to the state of affairs in this district, wo have taken pains to obtain, from private sources, full information ou the subject. The candidates have commenced the canvass, and it is now progressing. Tho black-republicans, however, liud that thoy have "caught a Tartar" in Mr. Carr. lie and Judge Hughes are said to bo remarkably civil to each othor, while Mr. Dunn is looking sour over the fact, which is now developing itself, that Mr. Carr, having taken ultra republican ground, squinting toward negrcr equality, is scarcely noticed by democrats, but is supported by a considerable portion of the republican party, especially by that wing of it which is composed of persons once democrats. Tho rosult of all this is, that l.liis mode of republican warfare isadecided failure, and Judge Hughes will be elected by a fliajority larger than that received by him in 1866. In the 4th district lion. William S. Holman is the democratic candidate. Mr. Holman was our nominee in 1?54, and was beaten by Mr. Cuinback. lie is a man of lino talents, a ready debater, a clearheaded and an onorgetic politician, and is making a brilliant and eflectivo canvass. We are told that Mr. Cuinback was informally tendered the nomina I tion by the lato republican convorition, and his reply was that ho had made a little reputation and did not wish to lose it by running to bo beaten. 80 a Mr. 1*. A. llacklonian was nominated. In the fifth district, known in Indiana as the ' burnt district," the democrats have as yet made no nomination, lion. David Kilgour, the present opposition representative, is a candidate for re-election. Mr. Geo. W. Julian iB said to be considerably incensed that his claims were overlooked in making the nomination, and talks of another convention. In the sixth district lion. Martin M. Itay is the democratic candidate, and Mr. Albert #. Porter tho republican. Mr. Hay is a gentleman of fine ability; ho was a whig in the days of flay and Webster, but, on the dissolution of his party, became a democrat, and is now making a thorough and energetic canvass. Mr. Porter is a renegade Maine-law democrat, one of that class who are proud, 011 joining Hie opposition, to be used by tliem on occasions like this, when they do not wish to use any of their own material. Having been nominated for defeat, he will work out liia mission, and Mr. Hay will lie the successor of Hon. James M. Gregg, the present representative from this district. In the seventh district a very spirited canvass is | now goiug on between Hon. Henry Secrest, the democratic candidate, and Hon. John G. Havis, the present representative, who was elected the ! second time as a democrat in 186C, left the party ! on " Lecompton," was an anti Lecompton candiilnlu !,? r..Humiliation beforA the late democratic ! convention, was lieatcn by Mr. Secrest, and immediately announced himself an independent candidate. Mr. Davis is a man of some talent and great energy. The black-republicans are supporting him with unanimity, but Mr. Recrest is more than his equal in J every point of view, being a lawyer, standing high ill his profession, a very ready debater, and one ol the ablest of western politicians. lie has been for Beveral years urged to bo a candidate for Congress ill that district, and positively refused until this year, and we are glad to receive assurances that lie will not be defeated. In the eighth district lion. John W. Blake is the democratic opponent of Hon. James Wilson, the present republican representative. The democrats of the district are united and hard at work, while their opponents are divided and disheartened. In I85G the republicans carried the district hy only two hundred and thirty majority?and that, too, after the perpetration of die inost stupendous election frauds, it heinir moved in olio of the 8tate courts Lhat thcV imported more votus into tho district than the 'whole number of Mr. Wilsou's majority ovor Mr. Voorheea. The contest iM a close and animated one. lu the ninth district, now represented by Mr. Colfax, who i? a candidate for re-election, (VI. John C. Walker is the democratic candidate. Col. \V. wai (he nominee of the Mtule democratic convention of 1866 for lieutenuut-goveriior, but was forced toleuve the lield hv reason id' constitutional ineligibility, lie being lens than Ihe required uge. lie is a young man of brilliant intellect, true courage, and is making (bo canvass with a strong hope that ho may be able to defeat Mr. Colfax. in tho tenth district lion. Charles Cane, tho present incumbent, is asking a re-election. Hon. Kouben J. Dawson is tho democratic candidate, and is a strong man. Allen county, the banner democratic county of the .Stale, is in thiH district, and, if a full vote can he obtained, Mr. Case will bo defeated and Mr. Dawson qlected. In the eleventh district, now represented by Mr. John C. Pettit, who is a candidate for re-election, lion. John It. Coffroth lias boon nominated by the democracy. Ho is pushing Mr. Pettit hard. Tho democracy are united and ut work, and wo havo great hopes of tho election of Mr. Coffroth. A legislature is also to ho elected in this State this autumn, but, as no senators aro to bo elected by it, this portion of the election possesses only a local interest. The democracy will probably havo, however, live majority in tho senate and sixteen in tho house, making twenty-one on joint ballot. Indeed, Mr. John D. Dcfrees lias published "figures" showing that, if tho elections result as in 18.1(1, we will havo a greater majority than that. Thus we seo that the democracy of Indiana aro a unit, that they will elect their Slate ticket, a majority of tho legislature, and certainly seven members of the Thirty-sixth Congress?viz: Messrs. Niblaek, English, Hughes. Iloltumi, Kay, Becrost, and Iflalce wilii a good ehauco for throe more. AN UNFORTUNATE PARTY.?FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD FOR A CONSTITUTION t The republicans as a party aro certainly the moat uiifortunato peoplo in the world. They had made a capital hit out of Kansas, and hint winter wore in groat glee over the immense advantages they imagined would result from the divisions of the democracy upon the Lccomptou question. It was all a delusion. Kansas has gone into liquidation. It cannot longer be used. The republicans are crying out to the people there to send up another constitution. They answer : "We can't do it this winter, because our legislature does not meet till January, and that does not afford us the necessary time. Besides, our people are stubbornly bent 011 attending to their own affairs, and will resist all efforts to use them any more." This is very discouraging to the republicans?very unfortunate ! They tell us at all hands that there never was a bettor chance for an excitement? it is the very nick of time. What is to bo done? Borne of the republicans propose thai the old hcavoii worth constitution, or, if thai will not do, that Topeka itself shall have a resurrection, and shall appear at Washington. Why not givo us Topeka T Wo might then fall buck 011 the old questions of legitimacy, ami even roanimate (ho defunct slavery issue. At all events, let ur have something, and that directly, or the republicans will fairly die out. I'oor, unfortunate peoplo ! Just now, in the flush of health and in their usuaJ hopeful promises of victory, how terribly aro they fallen I They want a constitution from Kansas; they want it immediately, to ho ready for the Decembci session of Congress. Who will furnish it, authenti oato it, and endorse it? What a great pity it is thai the Kansas legislature does not remain in perpotna session. Wo seo no remedy for the ropublicani short of thiH. Their necessities uro so suddenly pre cipitated upon them that nothing short of re;uly made laws or continued legislation will answer theii purposes. What would thoy uot give for a eonsti tutiuu ? TRIUMPH OF THE GREAT ENTERPRISE. We publish this morning the first uows dospatel received from Europe through tho medium of tin Atlantic cable. This communication gives assn ranco that the cable is now in working order, anc tliat probably for tho future tho communications wil be uninterrupted, except by such accidents as ar< unavoidable. Up to tho present time, the managon of the telegraph have furnished the public with ver little information as to its practical working, and fo this reason wo regard tho present despatch as tin more important, as it indicates tho success of thii j great undertaking, and must remove every vestigi I of doubt as to its practicability. Tho items of in i telligcnco transmitted aro of themselves important | The mutiny in India is being rapidly quelled, and i I treaty of peace lias boon concluded with Chint | There is a peculiar appropriateness in tho natitro o I tliiH first nowh despatch. Tho hopo Hum boon on 1 pressed ami tho belief indulged that tho Atl.mti ! cable would bo the means of cementing and perpot ualirig tho bonds of ainity between tho Old Worli and tho New ; and it is fitting that its first announce uiont should bo of peaco restored and rebollion snj : pressed. u". , .1-.j...? . '. Tim Havana (.'onhui.atic.?The President, wo learn has appointed Maj. Helm, of Kentucky, to be oonmi general of the United Stales at Havana. Maj. Helm ha the best of practical qualifications for tho discharge c tho duties of the most important position assignei him. Tho Havana consulate is one of immodiato in terest to the wholo American people, and wo rejoici that it haa been iiitruatod to a gentleman bo thoi ouglily qualified to dinchargo its function* a* Maj Helm. We learn from the Nashville papers that the corner stone of a German Catholic church In North Nashvilli was laid on Sunday, 15th Instant. NEWS BY TELEGRAPH. FIRST DESPATCH FROM EUROPE! I'eace with CtiiiiH --The Indian Mutiny (felled.--The Cable. Valotia, Iukland, Aiif;not 25, 11148.- By tbu arrival of later advice* from India aiulChlna at Ixaidon, we huvu 1 j important intelligence to trununit. A treaty of |>caco hurl been concluded with Chhut. Eugi i land and France are to be indemnified for the expense attending the war. Bombay da ten to the 19th of Jul y bay that the mutiny wan being rapidly quelled und subdued. The Iarudou pafiers of yesterday (Tuesday) have a long and interesting report by Win. Ihight, tiro company's eueineer. on tlie Atlantic Ttdeirranh. I 'J'I io * trainer Aula will leave Liverpool tor New York 011 i Sat unlay. Delaware Mlate Convention--Nomination of Governor--Whiteley nouiinated far Congress by accliiiuHiiou. pSlr'Cllli (Irtf)Minll to tbo CoUHI . ] Wiuunuton, I'm.., August 2(i, 1858.?The State demo- i emtio convention of Delawuro was hold to-day at Dover. The convention wan full, and the proceeding)* harinonl- j Dim. Resolutions were unanimously adopted endorsing | the coin no of the administration on the Kansas question, j 1 and on the search and Utah questions. Dr. William Burton wire nominated for governor on the fust Ballot. Hon. Wm. 11. Whiteley wan nouiinated hy acclamation lor re- , election to Congress. D. From New Mexico.? Indian DiiTlciiltic* --Husi- < ness very Brisk.--Abundant Jtuiiis and Fine , Ciops. , Inuki'kndknck, Aug. 21, via Boonovillc, Aug. 25, per i United States Kx press Company.- The Santa Fo muil has < arrived, with dates to the 2d Inst. i l'rlvate letters received at Santa Fo intiinato war with | the Navujoe Indians as inevitable, they having determined not to surrender the murderer of Major Brooks's negro, and even invited tiro United States troops to < light. Business at Santa Fe was very brisk. The Gazette ( states that nearly two hundred thousand dollars' worth I of goods had been sold there within two months. i An abundant rain had fallen throughout New Mexico, < rendering irrigation unnecessary. The crops wore in very fine condition. I [sBCO.Nl) DHSPATCU.] | St. Louis, August 2(i.?The Santa Ke correspondent of ] the St. Louis Republican says that tiro reason why the Navajoe Indians refused to surrender the murderer of ( Major Brooks's negro was because the Major had positively refused indemnity to them for forty horses killed by the troops for trespassing on the grazing grounds at Fort Defiance. | Major Brooks gives tl>o Indians until tlio 12th to sur- | render the murderer. i From Utah.--Oil" Week hater.--All Quiet at i Salt huke. I.kavkn worth, August 22, via Booueville, August 25, i per U. 8. Express.?Tire Utah mail, with dates to July I 31st, one week later, hits arrived. I The army continues to lxi occupied with making prep- i orations for the coming winter. ] All was quiet at Halt hike City. Surgeon Watts, of the army, arrived with the mail. I Alleghany County l,ollties--JVoiiiitintions hy the Anti-Tax anil American l onventions. Tiitsbi'Iu}, Aug. 25.- -The anti-tax and American conveutious met liere to-day. An attempt at fusion was unsueeossful. The anti-tax convention nominated Thomas Williams for repmsentative in Congress from the 22d district, and adopted tlio balance of the democratic ticket. Tiie American convention nominated Uen. Moorlieud, republican, for Congress for the 21st district, and appointed conferees for the nomination of a representative fiorn tiie 22d district. The balance of the ticket is composed partly of the nominees of the late republican convention. Kunsa.s Election ? Proclamation hy the Bonrrl of Commissioners --Whole Vote 13,OH8.--Major. ty Against the Propositi ai !?,r>12. --No Fraudulent Votes. Lbavknworth, August 22, via Booueville, August 2.r).? ' The board of election commissioners, constituted by the 1 " English bill," have issued a proclamation declaring the 1 proposition rejected by 9,612 majority. The whole vote was 13,088. No fraudulent votes were received, but a few precincts were rejected on account of informalities. . J Illinois Politics. Chicago, August 25.- -llie republican convention held ' <i( Augusta, Illinois, to-day, nominated jiickhoii uninsliaw, of Pike county, for (Vmgross, and John '1'ilson, of* Qulncy county, for the State senate ; both for the fifth district. i Nomination of aNiioeessorof Joshua R. Gfddings. i Clkvclano, 0., August 26.? The republicans of the twentieth congressional district have nominated John 1 liutchiiis in the place of Joshua 11. Giddings. Markets. | Nsw Voiik, Aug. 2f>. ? Cotton has a declining tendency?sales of 500 hales. Klour is unsettled sales of 10,000 barrels ; State, f.'I a $3 <10 ; Ohio, $0 15 a $0 <J0 ; ' southern, $6 a $ti .'10 to $<> 75. Wheat lias declined? . sales of 30,000 bushels; southern rod, $1 18 a $1 25; white, $1 35 a $1 50. Corn is Arm-?sales of 47,000 ' bushels--mixed, 73 a 85* cents. Pork?mess, $17 25 ; I prime has declined 5 cents, $14 85 a $14 90. Isird is I quiet. Whiskey is steady at 21J n 25J cents. Sugar is dull at 7* a K| cents. Coffee is quiet at 10 cents. Mo lasses is dull Orleans, 50 cents. Spirits of turpentine . dosed firm at 4 7 * a 4 9 cents. Itosln is dull at $1 05 a $1 70. ltice is quiet. IIaltiMOIik, Aug. 26.- Klour is steady ; Howard street r and Ohio, $5 62*. Wheat is active ; red $1 25 a $1 35; - white, $1 58 a$l 52. Corn is dull ; white, 78c. a 80c.; yellow, 88c. a 90c. Provisions liavo a declining tendency. Whiskey is dull at 25* c, a 26c. NOR III CAROLINA STATE BONDS. i j We make the following cxtruct from the report of 1). W. Courts, esq, treasurer of the State of North Carolina, I to the last legislature of that State upon its finances. I There is no State of our Union whoso credit has stood firmer in the late financial crisis than North Carolina. J The bond*, whenever offered, have commanded a higher 4 price than those of the neighboring States. Witli the f Interest payable semi-annually in New York, which is r always ready at the day, and a sinking fund to redeem the principal when due, these bonds arc justly considered 9 11,,, ;?u..uli?nnl? ,,f fhn OMIll.II VT " " But I will take this occasion to say that, having liocn B for several years connected with the finances of the Ktnto, and charged with the responsibility of meeting from time to time the demands against her, 1 suppose my oppoitnnitics have Iwen as good as those of any other person a (or collecting the sentiments of our people upon the subject of our Ktato credit and the degree of importance '' which fhey attach to the necessity of upholding it.; and f I think i do not pay thcur an undeserved compliment when I give it as my opinion that the great lsxly of them would either readily forego for a season the supposed I c | lameflts of any pro|K?sed public improvement, or would j | ipitctly submit to any additional taxation that should lie j . | found requisite, rather than tliat the credit of the Slate | should receive the slightest tarnish from a non-compli- j - ance with her contracts. 1'crimps in no State is the eu. nobliug sentiment of State pride more generally felt or more warmly cherished than in North Carolina; amino one who loves the State would wish to see tiiis feeling ' : diminished. 1 would remark further, in this connexion, , j that, while it is not my province, and therefore not my J I ; piiiposc, to express an opinion upon the policy that has i iieen or may hereafter lie pursued in relation to the ina I t..ri.nl ImoriivHiiierita of tha State, i iiaaard tlio oniuion if I that our system thus far, whatever may have been Its i blunders In paitieular eases, has, in the main, greatly redounded to tho prosperity of the Mate ; and. as these * | improvements havo been chiefly built up by the aid of B tho State, by giving hor pledges, I have no doubt that ! her faith and honor, hitherto uusoilcd, will still lw proserved hy the prompt redemption of these pledges." It Is said that one single Arm in Philadelphia expends annually upwards of one hundred thousand dollars in ad ertlsing patent mvdioinfts, and that the total sales of ars tides of this kind mariufactnrnd in Philadelphia amount to a million of dollars. FROM Ol'll 0 IK.V OORMKSPQXVKNT. N*w I'o&h, (Wednesday night,) August 25, 1H5X. The Hun Isaac Toucey, Secretary of the Navy, arrived lieru last (right, un lbs return tu Washington from his home in Conuoutirut. lie is staying at lite Metropolitan Hotel. Ah MKjii as his nirival in the city lsvauie known, he was Waited Oil hy all the fudoitil officer* in the city, iuvd a number of |iroinitient eitisens. At midnight lie ww serenaded hy tire woiiuuen of the Urooklyu navyvaiil, and in ruapouse to the < uthusiuslic call* of the crowd, liu appealed on the UahxHiy and expressed his thanks for tire unexpected compliment that was paid hint. This morning the Secretary jviurl an official visit to' tire nary-yard, where duo preparation* hail been mode to receive liiru Hlrortly before eleven o'clock he drove up in front of the I.yccuui, accompanied by Jmutc V. Fowler, Emanuel 1$. llart, Augustus Kelieil, Mayor I'owell, lleo. Taylor, M. C. from Brooklyn, John Cochrane, M. C., and John Kelly, M. C., and u numhor of others, and was received hy Com module Kearney, commandant ; Captain ltaotes, Captain Hudson, of the Niagura, Commander Mcl'lurney, of the Hahiue, and several other ollieers and heads of departments After a short stay at the Oomino dole's oltice, where the navy -yard oiiii ials wort: formally 11refuted to tlia Secretary, ho proceeded to iurqtecl the I wot kshops, Ac., and tlieu inspected tint Niagara, Httbittc, San Jacinto, and the Nortli Carolina, on which last-mentioned vessel tie was received witli u salute oi seventeen guns, the marines drawn up with presented arms, ami the hand playing "Hail Columbia." Mr. Toucey next visited the revenue steam cutter "Harriet Lane," and, after a brief stay on board that beautiful vessel, wit* pulled across tire river to see the new sloop-of-war lirooklyn, built by Jacob Weslorvelt, and now receiving her machinery. The honorable Secretary seemed much pleased with his visit, and frequently expressed iris entire satisfaction with what he saw, and itis gratilication at the cordial manner in which ho was received. During iris stay art hoard the San Jacinto, (just returned from tiro China station,) a number of tire craw stepped up to him, and ;>ne of their number petitioned for leave for himself and comrades to go ashore to visit their friends after thirty-five tuoulhs' absence. Tire required permission was promptly granted, and wlien a few minutes afterwards tire rigging was manned, in honor of the Hecretary, tire cheering of the Jack-tars was all the lustier and siucurcr irt consequence jf his kindly compliance with their request. When on hoard the Niagara Mr. Toucey warmly congratulated Juptaiu Hudson otr lite part he and Itis officers and mutt had taken in the laying of the cable, attd secured to take i great interest in the machinery, &c., employed in the execution of tire marvellous enterprise. It is believed that the Secretary will leave to-morrow for Philadelphia, unless he can he prevailed oit to accept ut invitation from a number of our most prominent and Influential democratic citizens, who rue desirous of tire honor of his company at dinner. It was remarked with pleasure by tire Secretary's many friends that ire is looking much stronger and iu better health than wheu he passed through the city a few days since. The crew of the Niagara wero received tlris evening at lire " Hall of tiro Union," iu the Cooper Institute, in presence of Hon. Isaac Toucey, l'eter Cooper, Capt. Hudson, Cyrus W. Field, and a large and distinguished assemblage. The gallant Bailors were eloquently and feelingly addressed by tire honored secretary, ltev. Charles Jones, of the Mariners' church, and others, aud after tire xmclusion of this interesting ceremony, proceeded to Palace Garden, J-1 tlx street, where an entertainment was provided for them by Cyrus W. Field. About midnight they serenaded the Secretary of the Navy at tire Metropolitan Hotel. The proceedings of tire "American council" were, us 1 predicted, not remar kably encouraging to the hopes of tire Heivdley-Grecley-Westbrook hedonists. The advice of the president of the council, Jesse C. Dunn, as read to the assembled councillors by Gustavus Adolphus Scruggs, igainst any fusion unless the republicans accept the American platform, "pure and unadulterated," and igainst any " compromise of tire principles of our party," roc mod to lind general favor ; and 1 think that the Com [irercial Advertiser Iras formed a just conclusion when it lwlurnu in uj trrmi f'nt n.-jr.iit* II, O "en Hie prospect of any cordial co-operation Isetwccn Americans and rcpnblicanti at present is not brightened by the proceedings of tbo American State Council." Tbo republicans arts very wrath at Mr. Brooks's insolent prophecy, that tbo republican party is " dead, lead, dead, and will know no resurrection unless it gives up its one idea (niggers) anil adopts such u platform as Crittenden, Hill, and Marshall, can stand on." [Inly fancy such an audacious prediction ! How can itb Dxpected that Seward, Thurlow Weed, & Co., can brook inch a blasphemous slight on the true faith, and on them, its faith till apostles ! It is pleasing to know that the Council re-affirmed the lfinghampton platform, and passed a resolution making agreement in the necessity and justice of a law excluding the foreign-born citizen from a vote in tliu Btatu until ho shall have resided therein twentv-ono years, ''the Ihhu oj co operation with any olJter oarly.'' 1 cannot notice any sjiecial alteration in the money market, unless it ho in the readiness witli which Inn rowers comply with the demands of the hanks, and pay the slightly advanced rates of discount. The Biipply of money offering on call is apparently quite us abundant as ever, I mt it does not seem that outside of the stock-brokers this sort of bank accommodation is very popular. The movement of the banks in the four principal cities of the Union, in which weekly rei>orts are made, as shown by their last statements, is as follows : Irians. Deposit*"). Spi-clo. Circulation. Now York, Aug 21. .$126,841,827 $80,159,841 $28,343,998 $7,480 SOS lln-ton, Aug. 23 66,845,000 30,008,800 8,068,000 6,989,000 Piiiladulplita, )lo. .. 24,913,520 10,348,980 0,005,883 2,505,899 N. Orloaiw, Aug 14.. 12,888,210 14,895,523 10,922,875 0,820,599 Total 219,983,509 141.002.043 54,820,753 22,891,804 last wet)it 217,027,890 142,700,907 57,056,097 23,278,568 There was no change to-day in the foreign exchange market. Trices arc nominally the same as reported in my last, namely, 109$ a 109} for bankers' sterling, and 5.13} ft 6.11J for drafts on l'uris. I have not heard of any large transactions in the new loan, or in treasury notes. Tho following is the current price for laud warrants : Ruying. Polling. 40 aero warrant* .perncro $1 12 $1 16 80 " ' " 01 94 120 " " " 81 84 100 " " " 92 96 The stock market opened very briskly this morning, Ixit Imtimih! (latter us it proceeded, unit closed licavilv at a decline on yesterday's closing prices. In the western loads there was not so much done as yesterday, llank stocks and State securities were quiet, hut prices were well maintained. 'the market fell olT again nt tho second board, and was heavy for all classes of securities. The closing rates were ns follows: Tennessee fi's, 91; Missouri's, 84J a 84j|; Virginia's, 93; Erie stock, 17 j ; N. Y. Central, 78J ; Pacific Mail, 88J ; Heading, 48 ; Panama, 114 ; Hock Island, 71} ; Michigan Southern common stock, 23$ ; Michigan Central, 57J ; Galena, 82} ; Toledo, 34 ; and Milwaukic and Min., 18}. State and western fiour declined still further this morning 5 a 10 cents (sir hbl. Wheat was slightly more active at a decline of 1 ft 2 cents per bushel. Corn was a trilie lower, l'ork was in la-tler demand and firmer. Beef wits steady and quiet. Cotton continued quiet at tho following quotations : Nsw You Cuamfleering. Uplands. Florlila. Mobile, It. O. tislTt'XO. Ordinary 10', lot, 1010', Middling 12\ 12? 12 '4 13 Middling Fair 13\' 13>; 13>, 13J4 Sugais were quiet and unchanged. Tho cattle market for lieuf was dull at unchanged prices. Sheep were better and scarcer. Veal was dull. The cash transactions ut the sub-treasury were as follows : ltccolpte $178,027 04 I'ayni'-nu J0l,SK;| 40 llnliuicr 13,730.085 42 On account of loan, $7,1,1100. The receipts from customs wero $73,295 44. ADHUtt. Al YSTKRIOUS DISAPPEARANCE. much cxutwmioni prevails 111 Hrooklyit fu consequence of the mysterious dtSH|q>cai'anne of n young man named Leicester, residing In Wycknff street, ninter circumstances of a vory singular character. It appears that the missing man was to have liocn married on Tuesday evening to a young lady residing in the tutpur part of Brooklyn. At aUmt 0 <>'stock lie left hie place of business, corner of IWk and Water streets, and proossdud home, where lie procured an empty cnipct bag, and then started for New York to obtain clothing. At the timo of his de|>artnru he had a considerable sum of money in his poHsesnlon. , The hour when the wedding ceremonies were to commence arrived, hut tlierc wns no groom. The company became, of course, alarmed, and finally disponed, full of apprehension that something wrong hod happened. This morning the relatives of the missing man have lieen searc hing for him, Imt up to noon without the least |Htrtii lo of success. ladcester is a young man of good tip pearufteo, aliout twenty live years of age, ! CMLKMRAT10X AT PAl.MYJtA, MJSSOL'RJ i"he citizen* of I'almyru and it* vicinity held & Urg0 and enthuM;iHti< meeting ou Saturday, tho Hist lu stmt, in honor of tho eloiiiou of Hon Thouuw L. Anderson to Congress from tha second district iu Missouri, and the deficit of K P. Blair, Jr., in tho llint diet riot. A large delegation from St. Louis ami Other placed wax present, and a procession Wtte formo<l, which marched to the Mj?ot chosen for tho cchhration -a Ireautiful grove uU>ut half a mile from t!1(. town, lhre two stands hml been erected, where tho hands discoursed nioht c.vcrilenl music Bauchex had Ucn provided ciipahle of Keating a thousand persons, which wore tilled by patriotic ladies. 'lhe meeting having liecu organised, wu* addressed by lion, llichard J. lioi rctt, Mr. Blair's successful competitor for Congress, who alluded to the recent struggle through which they hod passed, and spoke of tho city of 8t. lands as no leuger cut on mini mti uuaiiw in uw nwm, ?ui ?e uio clillU that ban for ii moment rebel I til against its mother ami afterwards cornea to bur urine, and as that mother clang* | the child still more warmly to hor bosom, mo Kt. Look, J ulnrnin^ to the Statu which gave her birth, will bete. 3 eeivod with more affection than buforo she went ant ray j He also spoke of the elTeet which the result ot that election would have upon the Statu of Missouri and the valley of the Miasis-ippi. On the conclusion of'his remarks, the audience pai took of a substantial dinner which ltml j been served up. Tho table was two hundred ami seventy yurds in length, and it was covered with a bouutilul supply of provisions, not less than fifteen hundred loaves of 1 tread, fifty sheep, fifty hums, and five beeves having bean provided, imsides vegetables in abundance. Dinner I being over, the audience again assembled around the i s|H.-aker's stand, and listened to eloquent addresses from j John Hogau, esq., Daniel 11. Donovan, esq., Mr. Jelinwon, senator from Kt. louis, George W. Anderson, esq., | Cel. Thomas L. Anderson, and Gen. C'laik. At the conclusion of tlie speech of Col. Anderson, th? following preamble and resolutions were introduced by Col. Davies and passed unanimously : Whereas, This great assemblage, gathered for tho purpose of celebrating the result of tho recent elections in this State, and as a fitting testimonial of their feelings of satisfaction and joy, do Hexolvt, That we hidl with unbounded gratification the defeat of Francis 1'. Blair, jr., and the black-republican f ticket, at the late election in Kt. Louis, regarding it us a triumph more glorious and more fruitful of good results ] to the honor, the happiness, and the welfare of the pee- 1 jile of this State, than any victory which luis beeuachiev- '3 ed within its borders for many years. Henolvtd, That the signal and complete overthrow of the emancipation movement ut Kt. l-oiiis and at Jefferson city places these great cities in their true position of entire harmony and sympathy with, and fealty to, the iustltu- K| tions und interests of thu people of Missouri, and oblitur- 1 atcs all pretence of feeling of autugouism to tho balance of the Ktato. RaolvaL That we regard with feelings of the Inchest 1 satisfaction the general result of the August election in this State, and more especially the election for members of Congrosa ; that, while those elections have secured tut a delegation in the national legislature who will stand j ' united iu opposing the schemes and designs of ubolithu- I ists and black-republicans, they have no foot-hold fur tho I future hojies of cinancipatiun in this meridian. Resolvnl, That we accept with pride nod acknowledge with gratitude tho re-election of our distinguished followcitiacu, Hon. Thos. L. Anderson, irs a triumpliaut vindi- 1 cation of liis firm and patriotic support of the Kansas pelicy of President Buchanan and tho rights of the South ; and that, in his triuuiphunt re-election, wo aro proud to recognize a generous endorsement of liis represeutativo cliaracier by a confiding and (ifttrlotic constituency. [Signed by thirty men? ten wliigs, ten Americans, nud ten democrats.] ; On the conclusion of the speeches the meeting adjourn- ; ed, and nil who participated in the celebration expressed -i great satisfaction with all tho proceedings. JYA'IV YOIiK POLITICS. ,i [From tho New York Journal of Cummorco.] Wo Jojirulo innkn oan Himwciluui at this point to our .lomorrallr friend* m tho I- uip?rH Staid. '1 hey hhuuld frown ilowa nil otWiiipls ! to tiriug forward ut this seigo of utter-, any candidate for lbs |iri-si : (louey in ISOo, ami eouooiitralo all otlol ts to Um sup|>orl ol loot nominations. It is hardly conceivable that them aru any silly |?srplii weak and wickoil euooftli at lies present moment thus to throw u firebrand luto the party ; hut it must tar remembered Unit folly id alWRjrs in advuuco 111 such matte.?. ll'osAoigh a Cnian. In answer to the above, and to the numerous other references to the subject to which It refers, it. Is suAicleut to say tiiat on tiie part of tiie democracy of New York . there is not, to any appreciable extent, a disposition to bring forward "at this stage of ailairs any cundidato for the presidency in lHfiO." Such a purposo can only be conceived by those whose regard for tho ephemeral excitements of the day exceeds their discretion, and outweighs their desire for tho success of the local ticket in November next, and the triumph of the dcmociatic national ticket in 1800. The democratic party in New York, when united and harmonious, is generally victorious. Through dissensions and divisions, it has lost power and pruliyt, nud coiiso(piontly tho Statu for several years lias been virtually controlled by the opposition. The divisions previously existing wero ostensibly overcome, and the party apparently united in lHfiti, hut the tide of sectionalism had set in so powerfully, and the union of tho democracy was i-tl'i. tl>ri ut. an hi in a iluv lli.il t.V,........I ..... I...1 II... by a largo majority. 1 In 18j7 the democrats bad better success. Tlioy con- M tinned their united organization ; they wero not yet look- I ing intently upon the presidential succession ; Htato afj fairs appealed powerfully to their judgments, aud the re- ' | suit win), if not a complete, at lcust a substantial victory, placing the party on high vantage ground, which cannot j . fail hereafter to command success, unless the strength j thus gained is wasted in fruitless bickerings about pre#!- I dentiul candidates, or an insane desire ninong supermini!- I alcd politicians to perpetuate their lease of political iulln- I encc and i>ower. I Among the mosses of the electors attached to tlmt party, there is a cordial agreement and a eomraond bond of union, which, if allowed to do its perfect work, will , insure the electoral vote of i860 to the democratic nonil- ' ] noes. Such, we think, is the sentiment of the great body of the democrats in the State, and, if not thwarted in their wishes and plans, tlicy will in I860 give to the national democratic nominee, if he shall stand, us he must if he it/ciml* at all, upon a conservative national platform, thirty-live electoral votes of New York. On the subject of presidential candidates, public sentiment has token, ns yet, no definite shape. Every man who has allowed his judgment to exercise its proper functions is perfectly aware that the proposition to bring forward a candidate from this State at the present time would distract and divide the party, and lead not only to disastrous results in i860, but inevitably defeat the eundidatcs on tire State ticket previously to that time. No man in Iris political senses will even suggest the possibility of nominating a New Yorker for President by tho Charleston Convention. Kuch a course can only he regarded here, and by the country, as prompted by a desire to divide and distract the [su ty, and would ho frownwl down not only by thAnasscs in this State, but by the democracy of the whole country. j ; Tho Washington Union, therefore, but expresses the opinion of the honest, sincere democrats of this State, of the leading and almost the entire democratic press, and tho judgment of sensible men in all parts of the Union, when it counsels the jrarty in New York not to waste its strength on imaginary struggles for tho candidacy in 1860. There may be those, in the language of the Union, "weak and wicked enough" to thus destroy the unity of a powerful political organization, but if wo correctly nasi the public sentiment they represent but a very small P?r" tion of the democrats of the Stato. It is curly, too early, to enter into any contest about presidential candidates here or olsewlieie. Especially >? i it foliy in New York, where tho attempt to biing out nny of our leading statesmen must result in the disc'iini Hturo of the party, and lead to a renewal of the strife j which has ]>aralyzeil it in forrAer years. When tlie timo j for making the nomination is near nt hand, it will l** | sufficiently early to determine whether the public sentl; mcnt throughout the State presents a unanimity which ! will warrant tho offering of any one of the several dis! tinguishod statesmen of Now York to tho consideration of that laxly. At present we see no such indication*! we anticipate none in the interval between this and tic i National Convention. It is safe therefore to e.m. In.ls U.>ii ii..-?? -!.? iKc name of any New Yorker upon the public consideration ! hh n democratic candidate for the presidency In 1660 J" so In djrppt and palpable contruv< ntion of the interests i of the party, ai;d, wg tjiiiy mid, of the (Minion whose adv (h a< y in thus unwisely assumed. We are sure that no man wh<> is fit for the presidency would dc?jns to h*T0 his dinners tliiiB ruthlessly destroyed by pretended or real, but mistaken friends. In tiie first congressional district of Arkansas the ?"le for llindinun was ; for hie competitor, Crosby, 2,6f>3 ; Hindman's majority, 1 f?,402. 1 n the second district, Rust received 16,302 votes, Jones ,'1,1(14. ami Ore* 3 432. Majority of Rin-l over Imth his competitors, #,746.