The New York Herald Newspaper, October 6, 1847, Page 2

NEW YORK HERALD. ‘The Herald for Europe, We shall publish this morning an edition of the Herald for Europe, for the mails of the Sarah Sands, which vessel will leave this port this afternoon. It will be ready at eleven o'clock, and will contain the latest news from the seat of war; accounts of the entry of our army into the city of Mexico ; the American markets, and such other information as will be of interest to Euro- pean readers. It will contain, likewise, an engraving of the capture of the town of Panuco in Mexico. It will be a single sheet; price two cents per copy. Our Relations with Mexico. We understand that no ofhcial despatches from either General Scott or Mr. Trist have yet been received at Washington, but it is generally con- ceded that the Mexican accounts which we have received of the failure of negotiations and the at- tendant circumstances, are in the main correct ; they are, of course, exaggerated. Our commissioner, Mr. Trist, having failed, the next consideration is, will our government renew the attempt to negotiate, or will it, in case of an overture by Mexico for peace, sendanother commissioner authorized to conclude a treaty, notwithstanding the ill success of Mr. Trist’s mission ? On this subject we are ; osseased of information which is worth communicating to our readers. Although there is no expectation of asp-edy peace entertained by the public or the administration, yet we believe that it there should be a single glimmer of hope perceptible, no matter how in- distinet it might be, Mr. Buchanan himself will go as commissioner to Mexico, and endeavor to settle the war. Inthe mean time, however, it is the intention of the government to infuse more vigor and energy into the prosecution of nostili- ties than it has yet done, and in doing so it will receive the countenance and support of every citizen througHout this Union. The plan will be toconduct the war with rigor, and at the first symptoms of returning sanity, and a disposition to treat of peace, Mr. Buchanan himself will probably go to Mexico and receive the proposi- tions that republic may make, for no more pro- positions will_be made to her. On looking over the terms of the treaty which Mr. Trist took with him to Mexico, our readers cannot but feel surprised at their liberality. They furnish convincing proof to the world, that beaten and thrashed as the enemy is, with his #ea-ports, his towns, fortresses, and his very ca- pital, in our possession, that we wished not to take advantage of his humiliation, nor had any inclination to wrest from him more than what was justto ourselves. Indeed, many of the po- litical friends of the administration in the South, and a few here, find fault with him tor presenting such liberal terms, and insist strong- lythat he should have demanded much more than he did It must be borne in mind by all who think thus, that the United States is now enacting a scene which history will record with impartiality; centuries hence the war with Mex- [ ico will be talked of in private circles, and be read of in librari s and public institutions all over the world. How much more agreeable is it to our feelings, to be assured that the most unre- lenting of our enemies, when talking of the terms of that treaty, will not deny that they were conceived and tendered in a-spirit of jus- tice and liberality, and that in offering them, we desired not to take advantage of a prostrate foe, but'to secure an honorable peacc. There is an apparent inclination on the part of a portion of the public to censure Mr. Trist for departing from the letter of his instructions, in consenting to entertain for one minute, an offer to make the territory between the Nueces and the Rio Grande neutral; and to give up New Mexico; concerning which, it is represented, he asked for forty-five days, to consult his govern- ment. We can scarcely believe that Mr. Trist has really acted in the manner represented; yet the Mexican reports represent such to be the case. His instructions were clear and express, not to entertain any proposition short of New Mexico and California, agd a boundary of the Rio Grande and the thirty-second parallel, under any circumstances; and in no case, unless peace depended upon it, to abate the claim to Lower California and a right of way across the isthmus of Tehuantepec. lf he disregarded them he has injured him. self and his government, but we shall await fur- ther accounts before we can believe he did | do so. | MB. BENNETTS LETTERS FROM EUROPE. | — | Liverpoo, Sept. 18, 1847. | ‘The Commercial Crisis. | The panic which now prevails in London and the commercial world, is probably as great as ever took place in England during the last thirty years. Since the last steamer sailed, a fortnight ago, failures to the amount of five millions sterl- | ing, (twenty-five millions of dollars,) have been announced, principally in London—last week about two millions sterling, and this week nearly three millions, among whom was another Director of the Bank of England, and two or three large bill houses, or foreign mer- chants, As yet, Liverpool has comparatively | escaped, but how long no one can tell. The aggregate amount of failures, since they began, five weeks ago, cannot be far from sixty or seventy millions of dollars, and many of them are very bad ones. None but the large failures | are recorded, but crowds of small dealers break that escape notice. When is all this to end? No one can tell. | There is positively something wrong in the state | of England. The extraordinary fall in the price | of grain, which took place two months since, | set these failures in motion; but though wheat is now advancing a little, the panic increases and spreads beyond belief. The currency, the | crops, the railroads, the government, have all | become topics of investigation and reproach, | but no one can agree with his neighbor as to the real cause of the present commercial embarsass- ments. I believe myself, that the crisis in| some degree, the accumulation of the disorders and bad conduct of a century in the manage- ment of public affairs, appertaining specially to the government, to the currency, and to the condition of society. Famine, and railroad speculation, including, also, corn, and other speculations, are only the proximate causes of the present disturbance. | « There is, however, one point on which these events should be examined in relation to the Onited States. hat is to be the effect of present events he =+ cn the commercial affairs of New York und th ¢ United States? I have much to say on these points, for I have collected much general and special information on such matters. On one point, there is little doubt about. The British Government, the Bank of England, and the great European bill and bullion brokers, have taken their measures for the last six months to bring back from the United States all the specie that had been previously sent in payment of grain, during the short crops of 1846 and 1847, The first effect of that policy has been to break down the most rotten, and the most extended of their own merchants ; but if they can check, or put a stop to the money power of the United States, they will expect, as its natural conse- changes—and such financial embarrassments in the United States as will compel that govern- ment to evacuate Mexico, and give up their views in that quarter. In the present state of alarm, many imagine that there will be an early meeting of the new Parlia- ment. If so, a new and singular combination of parties will be effected, such as have not been seen in England since the time of the French re- public. I have every reason to believe that there will be an attempt to form a-union of the whigs and tories proper, in the House of Commons, against the repealers, the radicals, the ultra libe- rals, and even some of the friends of Peel, such as Burke succeeded in effecting in Parliament against the first French revolution. Itis said that the Russell ministry is busy preparing a new tariff system, in which only ten or twelve leading arti- cles will be taxed, on the principle of protection; and that in this system will be comprehended a corn law, to suit the landed interest ; a sugarlaw, to please the colonies; and a cotton law, to satisfy Manchester and In This is to be the basis of a new combination of parties, composed of the eld whigs and tories, and having for its ulti- mate object the union and preservation of the landed and moneyed aristocracy of England against the new movément of the radicals and repealers, who look ultimately to a Teplac like that of the United States. At present, however, until Parliament meets, the revulsion among all those classes connected with the American money market, will be allowed to. go forward, until the twenty millions of specie, heretofore sent there, can be recover ed. By accomplishing this result, it is expected that the finances of the United States will be- come embarrased, and hence Mexico will be abandoned, a thing that will be very agreeable to Lord Palmerston. We will see. Wuie State Convention.—The whig dele- gate’ to the State convention for the nomination of candidates for State officers will assemble in Syracuse to-day. We have not heard of all the pirants for the offices to be filled at the next election. The following compose all that have ‘come to our knowledge :— Names or Wutos ror tax Stare Nomination. Secretary of State. Essex 00. Geo. A. Simmons, of ~ ‘Comptrolier. Francis Granger, once M. C., and once P, M. G. Samuel B Ruggles, of New York. - Millard Fillmore. State Engineer and Surveyor, Charles B. Stewart, of Rochester. Charles A. Olmsted, of Onondaga county. : ’ We shall publish the proceedings from day to day, and the nominations as soon as they shall have been made. We hope this convention will be characterized by more harmony and less quar- relling, than the democratic convention, which was held at the same place afew days since. Mr. Crawrorp Livinaston.—We regret to learn that Mr. Crawford Livingston, of the firm of Messrs. Livingston & Wells, has for some time been confined to his bed by serious indispo- sition, He was, some days past, thought to be convalescent, but his friends to-day learn by telegraph that his case has again become serious, and fears were entertained about his recovery. He lies ill at his father’s residence, Livingston Manor, Columbia county. Mr. L., it is unne- cessary to state, is one of our most enterprising business men, and has, during his intercourse with business men in this community, se- cured the respect and esteem of a large circle of friends. ty we have been in the habit of noticing, arriv- ed yesterday afternoon from Charleston, in a passage of seventy hours. She lad but ten hours pleasant weather, the remainder being very unfavorable, blowing a gale from the north- east. By her we have one day’s laterintelli- gedce from New Orleans, than brought by the mail. Tue Sarpintan Corvetre.—The L’Aurora, which had teen lying in our harbor for some few weeks, took her departure yesterday. A parting salute was fired as she passed the Battery and Governor’s Island. Intelligence. Tux Races To-Day.—Brilliant as was yesterday's sport over the Union course, the four mile contest to-day between Fashion and Passenger, bids fair to exceed in spirit and animation any event that has occurred on the turffor along time. Expectation ison tiptoe, all is ex- citement—and the dount and uncertainty as to the result seem to inerease the interest manifested asthe hour approaches. Fashion has passed the hey- day of youth, but her beauty, her strength, her spirit, her speed, have not deserted her—and in the eyes of her ardent admirers, she is still capable of making extraordi- nary time. Passenger isa gay young fellow, full of life, beauty, substance, bone, musole, and of everything oa- pable of forming a formidable rival to his opponent. The contest at Baltimore last spring, between him and Fashion, was one of four heats, three miles each. The first was won by Passenger, the second by Fashion; the third was a dead heat, and the fourth was won by Fashion by merely a throat-latch. This race stamps | Passenger as one of the best horses in this country; and the race to-day will still further test his abilities. The race, acoording to old Jocky Club custom, will come off atlP.M. ‘Tre Races at tue Union Course, L. I.—Faun Mert- ivo—Finst Day.—Yesterday was one of the loveliest days for sport of this kind that ever dawned on a race course; and at an early hour in the morning every ne- cossary preparation to have all that could conduce to the comforts of the visiters was perfect, and as the hour approached for the start, crowds of anxious admi- rers of racing could be seen rushing from the railroad cars to the track, besides some hundreds who came by other conveyances; and at the time of starting, the | course was graced with a tolerably large concourse of atlemen. ‘clock precisely the bugle sounded for the preparatory ceremonies, such as weighing riders, sad- dling, &c. The following were the entries and conditions of the first Seeman ime for three year olds, $200 entrance, $60 forfeit, which was closed with four sub- soribers, a8 follor O. P. Hare’s ob. f. Palmetto, by Leviathan, out of Samuel Laird’s (William Gibbon’s) b. f. Whisper, by Mariner, dem by Henry, W. W. Barber's br. f. Fancy, by Hornbiower, out ys dam °. ‘Whisper did not contend in this race, Grawn for the purpose of for the to take plage Immediately after The ba; Py adn BA hotel purse, which was the termination of the at even against the fiel jous to the the first heat it was nt wo to one, Pal- having become a decided favorite with the great lority of the . joy drew the inside position, Traveller the middie, thus mae Palmetto on the outside. They started at hbag etic drum.and in & bound or two Fancy took the lead. and hela it to the quarter pole, where the chestnut took sides with her, and they ran locked for nearly balf » mile, Traveller laying about length behin: he t until near the juarter others, but be had not the speed ; be took sides on the home ‘stretch, however, with Fancy, Palmetto having gained the lead, which she maintained to the stand by & wae to have been Time. 1:643. usual time allowed Letween heats igie _ sounded for the to er and promptly was summons obeyed. ere wase ttle trouble in getting Traveller to the score on a line with the other two; but after = few attempts, they all dashed away, Palmetto on the ineide, Traveller nest to her, and Fancy on the outside. Going round the upper turn Palmetto was « length in a, ve t. the sueatee 7 Paey typ up with er, an ran ani to Here Palmetto ; Lr 1:51. $800, three mile heats. The following were the entries ,— (Wihiaaa ‘Gibivons his 8 years old, lariner, dam by Henry,..... 3 dr, Bhi Conover’s (Col. J. H. Coster’s) br. Wil T., 6 years old, by Langford, out of Miss This race seemed to create more interest than the pre- quences, vast profits in the new torn of the ex- ceeding one, and it may bo accounted for by there bul more miles to perform by jo the nage engaged ; the majo | A ze EE f |, 5:55, Second Heat.—Bostona now looked upon as in- vincible, and betting ranged at ten to two offered, ten to one asked. They got away finely, the colt with a slight lead, which he held round the turn; but as soon as they reached. the straight the track she passed him, after which the colt never caught ber, until when within a hundred yards or so of the stand, at the ond of the heat, she waa held up, and the colt, being on a fall run, came up, and was beaten only by a length. Time, first mile, 1:56—second, 1:58—third mile, 1:69}4— making the heat 5:63. And thus concluded the sport at the Union. Centarvitie Counss—Trorrina —After the raceson have an opportunity to geailfy their propensity f08 cls ye an opportuni for this sport, by a visit to the othr PTW metohos are advertited—one 18 between Lady Sutton and Ajax, for Re $500 aside,two mile heats, to wagons weighing 260 ibs ; and the other musth, between Fosthoy sad Cam: bridge Girl, mile heats, to sulkies, stakes $400 ‘The at- tendance will mo doubé be very good, as most of those who viait ‘the Union to-day ‘will be prosent, and cepl- tal sport is anticipated. Centrevitre Counse, L, L—Pacinc.—One of the most interesting and closely contested pacing engage- ments ever witoessed. took place yesterday afternoon, atthe above track It was between the roan gelding Roenoke. and the fameus oh g. Jas K. Polk The Oregon Maid also started tor the purse—which was $200, two mile heats, Polk to go woe wagon weighing 180 pounds, and the others in harness—but soon after the start she was left so farim the rear, that she did not Interfere in the slightest with the struggle between the others. The splendid and beaut pearance of Polk when he came on the track, struck all be- holders, with admiration, which, certainly, must be a source of pride to his experienced and trainer, J. P. Scudder. He was driven by Albert Conklin in s most skillful manner. Roanoke, in the hands of Isaac Woodruff, looked better, and decidedly made the best performance of his ca- reer yesterday afternoon We have notroom to give the contest in detail, but we will carry the reader round the teeny, Riou 8 rapidly as did these fleet nags on this occasion. First Heat.—At the start Polk was about four lengths behind—Roanoke and the Oregon Maid close together— at the quarter Roanoke was about @ length in front of Polk, in 38 seconds, and at the half in the same position in 1:12 At the stand in 2:28, Polk close up. All the way round the next mile they held their relative positions until they came on the stretch, when Polk took the lead and won the heat by about two lengths, Roanoke having broken up in the last stri Time of this mile 2:38, and of the heat 5:06. The Oregon Maid was distanced. Second Hea: ood start, and Polk and Roanoke went side and side duri the whole of the first mi They made the quarter in 37, the half in 1:13, and the mile in 2:30. Going round the turn and to the quarter, on the next wile, Roanoke fell off a few lengths ; he re- covered sgain, and at the balf was close up with Polk; and they continued thus till they reached the home stretch, where Polk carried the roan off his feet, and won the puree. ‘Time of the last mile, 2:44, and of the heat, ‘Theatrical and Musteal. Panx Turtre.—The opera of the “Favorite” was again presented at the Park last evening, and was listen ed to with great attention by the audience. The music is really delightful, and is pronounced one of the best, and by many the very best, of Donisetti’s compositions . It contains no less than thirty-five airs, duets, recitative and concerted pieces, The choruses are good, and are will sustained. The story of the opera is an interesting one, and fails not to engage the feelings of the audience. ‘The bill for last evening was made up of the opera and the farce of “Love in Livery,” in which Mr. Chapman sings his capital comic song of ‘Hark the Wedding.” This farce is very popular. To-night,we are tohave a repetition of the “Favorite” and the farce of “A Kiss in the Dark,” the farce to be performed before the opera, and the whole to conclude with the comedy of “Ways and Means,” in which last piece Massrs. Bass, Chapman: Hield, Stark and Povey, with Mesdames Vernon and Ab- bett, and Miss Kate Horn, will appear. This is o bill which certainly ought to draw » good House. ([Bowrny Tuxatar.—This evening’s receipts at this house will be appropriated tothe benefit of the author of the grand national spectacle,“ The Siege of Monte- rey,” which has been drawing such immense audiences to this theatre for for the last week or so. We have no doubt Mr. J. Foster, the gentleman in question, will have as great a house as any which have yt witnessed his piece. We have already so frequently alluded to the particulars of this grand spectacle, that we now need only recommend all play-goers to see it, as it must soon be withdrawn for other novelties. It will be preceded this evening by the favorite drama of the ‘ Golden Farmer.”’ Cuatnam Tueatre.—This evening there is an exoel- lent bill set forth, vis: “Used up,” the piece in which Mr. Walcot and Miss Clarke appear tosuch advantage, it is one of the most amusing comedies now on the stage; “ Boots at the Swan,” with Mr. Waloott and Miss Clarke in the principal characters. will follow, and the whole will conclude with the highly successful drama of the “Lonely Man of the Ocean.” We have already noticed this last piece, and can only repeat, that it is worth see- ing, by every one. The strength of the company perform it. Cincus—Bowery AmPuitHeatRe.—Senta Anna's re- treat, by John Gossin, is all the go atithis house, andthe audience are so overpowered with laughter as to require some tonic epplication to keep them up, and this they obtain in the other numerous performances which are nightly given by the Holiand family, Senor Carlo, Mr. and Madigan, and the ten negro dancers—in fact, take it all in all, the oirous is one of our most amusing and best conducted pisces of entertainment. Mavame Bisnor’s Orena Comrany.—Madame Bishop has formed a new eperatic company, composed of the fol- lowing English and Italian artistes :—Madame Anns Bishop, prima donna Assoluta di Cartelloof the San Car- lo, Naples, soprano; Mlle Mathilde Korsinski, mezz° soprano; M’me G. Alexander Macfarren, contralto, from the London concerts, her first appearance in America; Mr. W. H. Reeve, primo tenore, his first appearance in America; Signor Vaitellina, primo basso cantante; Mr. Brough, basso; and Signor De Begnis, the favorite buffo. With this force, aided by efficient singers in second parts and choruses, (the latter under the direciion of Signor R. Bennetti,) Madame B. has every reason to believe tha she will be able to furnish such musical enter.ainments as cannot fail to meet the probation of the musio-lov- ing public. We cannot think that the enterprise will be suocessful. The new company will be competent to produce both Italian and English operas—a considera- tion of primary importance in a city like ours, where the patrons of the opera are about equally divided between continental ie and those whose vernacular is the E tongue. Madame Bishop’s concert at the Taber- nacile on Monday nae ‘was well attended, and the audience were highly de ited with the performance, which we were prevented from notioing before, by the ress of matter which claimed s place in our columns of ‘uesday morning Sxconp Concert or Messns. Hentz anv Sivont.— This musical event takes place this evening at the Ta- bernacle. We think it useless to advise the dilettants of New York not to omit the opportunity of hearing these two talented performers, who came forward to re- osive their due share of applause. The programme of this concert willbe undoubdteily one of the finest of the season. M. Herz performs several of his best compos!- tions, smong them the “Swiss Rondo;”’ M. Sivori will play “ The Campanella,” and the “ Carnival of Venice,” which are, each of them, his triumph on the violin. Madame Fleury Jolly, from the French opera of New Orleans, has fully recovered from her hoarseness. She has just returned from Philadelphia, where she re ceived warm applause, and will sing two of the most pro- minent scenas of her réies, “ Casta Diva,” and“ Une vooe poca fa.’ To these attractions will be added, the first appearance in public of the society called * Lie- derktanz,”” in which one hundred singers will execute several of those choruses 60 renownedin Europe, where they were first introduced by the grand maestro Berlioz We do not hesitate to predict scrowded oe at the ons Hansen’s Concert.—Tnis young lady who made her début before New York audience last evening, produced upon us two distipet impressions. The first was relative to her figure, her face, and oxpres- sion; the second relative to her voice aud her style of singing. Miss H., whose father is an American, and professor of music at I'rinoipe (Island of Cuba), has been educated him, and taught to imitate with her voice the variations of « violin, and even the queer notes which are produced by that instrument. The upper scale of Miss Hansen’s voice is thin, but very sweet, and she pleased us (her method excepted) when she sung the ballad of Karl Muller, The Dream,” whilst on the con- trary, we find her style very bad in the two pieces, “To t’amo,” and ‘Mariana.’ 4propos—who wrote such music; what induced Mi W to'render such an agglomeration of chromatic gamuts and notes, one s0 queerly J ogee by the ~ ofthe other? Miss H. has good v we mean ber upper notes, but she wan study under an able teacher. a Cunssty’s Minstaeis—This celebrated troupe of negro minstrels, who have become such great favorites during their former exhibitions at Mechanics’ Hall, are now delighting the up-town gentry with their sweet and pleasing melodies, mock cachucas, end cowbellogian peg cmege in imitation of the Swiss bell-ringerss ‘ew York is now favored with two companies—Dumble. ton’s and Christy’s—who alone oan be termed ne Hl gins ultve'@? nique minetecley. ‘We wish them both ‘success. Exwmiorian SmARNODERS at Patmols.—The success that these gentry have met with thus far, this week, has juslled all the ex s that might been formed. The house has been Alled to oveedotine. Sicnon Buitz.—The great success attendant on the Signor’s exhibition must be to his {ng aa well as is pocket. "He vacloo hie bill sight Du. Couven’s Living Statvany.—This olasalo exhibi- tion, is the resort of all the tasteful people of New York; aa every body aspires to taste, of course every body will 0. Mr. Forrest commenced an engagement at the Boston ‘Theatre on M evening. ligt eeeeatecee aimee whioh was ‘Gialle. Cerio has quitted England for Faris, ‘The “Swedish Nigh: has, it is reported, taken unto herself a mate. envied man is said to bea banker of Stockholm, an Sages, and related by marriage to a gentleman in w! ‘are united the char- acters of # London banker snd 6 Grecian historian. ‘The ceremony took ‘at Manchester. The Theatre Royal at Montreal, closed for the season on the 30th ult. ‘The Viennoise children have concluded their engage- ment at Buffalo; during their stay there the managers ‘were compelled to stop the sale of tickets for the boxes. Mr. Collins has commenced @ re-engagement at the Walnut street Theatre, Philadelphia. The National Theatre at Cincinnati re-opened on last Tuesday evenin; Tue Farr at Castie Ganven.—The twentieth annu- al fair of the American Institute opened yesterday, and attracted, as it has always done, » vast number of visiters. We tooka look in, but found 4 great number of the articles were not placed in the positions assigned them, and that it would teke some hours to arrange them properly. @Ve shall visit it again to-day, and re- port progress. We recommend all who take an interest in the mechanic arts, and wish to observe the develope- ment of native telent, to visit this fair. A great many persons expressed their disappointment yesterday, at not being able to see the Chinese junk, having come from distant parts of the country, as much tosee her as to see the fair. We are at loss to see what good reason the managers can have for objecting toher being exhibited. We should say that it would benefit the fair considerably—fully as much as it would injure it—to have that vessel exhibited in the immedi- ate vioinity of Castle Garden, the place where the fair is held. It is well known that she is not in any manner connected with the fair—not being an American pro- duction. Tue Weatner.—The weather tremely fine, and was fully favoral the fair at Castle Garden. Fings.—A fire occurred yesterday morning about 3 o’olock, in the rear of corner Spring street and Bowery. It was promptly put out - the police. It was oocu- pes as ® blind factory. ‘he premises reeeived much injury. Another fire broke out at No 248 Canal street. It was promptly put out, damage trifling. Fire Com es.—The * Purser Guards,” a fine look- ing body of. from the Fourth Ward, passed our office Sroning vith thei get pretty. well riddled: proviog evening wi e' it we led, provin them to be capital marksmen, They rece beni | hy on excellent band The “Washington Guards,” another equally fine looking Lage & of men, passed our office ona similar excursion. Our fire companies are an honor to the service, The organization of the enti: ent improves every day. We recognize in som companies, some of our most respectable citiz ‘he orderly demeanor and im} d condition of this entire the best proof of its Tsing and daily impreving . New York should feel proud that the rows and fracas that disgrace other cities are not to be seen here. We wish the fire companies every success, inclu- ding both engine, hose, and all attached to the depart- ment. Srienpip Gi —We had an opportunity, er: bo of testing J bY tbery frei denn kd of Dr. Ve: Pe’s grapes. We foun m equal in every respect to what they were rey ited, luscious and cxoollent. They are sold at 316 Broadway, opposite Pearl street. Baown’s Paintincs ov Gen. Tavion anp Starr.— ‘These celebrated paintings, which all those who have an opportunity of judging, pronounce te be fect like- nesses, are expected in town cary The place of their exhibition is not yet settled, but they will very shortly be thrown open to the publio. Axnivay or Emionan: emigrant passengers arrive last, amounted to 219. Maxine Hosrrrat, Staten Istanv.—The weekly re- gerd from the wbove institution, from the 27th of Septem- to the 4th instant, shows a decrease of 30 patients from the previous week. The number of deaths by typhus, or ship fever, however, was the same. Died by ship fever 12; remaining sick, do 85; died by small pox 1; by other diseases 10; by remittent fever 5. Total number in hospital, 390. Kittep ny Fatiina Down Stains.—Coroner Walters was called yesterday to hold an inquest in 19th street, near 8th avenue, upon the body of Abraham Suffren, aged 64 years, a native of y.. From the testimo- ny before the Coroner, it appears that the deceased, on Sunday night, went home intoxicated, and after sitting down for » while, went into the garret. | In attempting sibfe, down stairs again, he fell, and was taken up insen- examination of his body, it was discovered that the brain y WAS ex- to the opening of encens.—Tho number of at this port during Monday He died about 1 o’clook on Monday night was com! and the shoulder injured. The jury found a verdict in accordance with the testimony in the Case. 2: Deatn ny Drownina,— Coroner Walters was also called to hold an inquest at, the se of Hubert street, upon of Edwin T. Burroughs, years, ® native of New Jersey, On Thursday last, the deceased Went ins small boat to Jersey city, for the purpose of bringi tools to this city. On his return he tried to fasten his boat to yacht, in which attempt he fell over- board and was drowned. "The body was recovered yas- terday, and the Coroner’s jury fouad a verdict accord- ingly. eee Deatn.—Corener Walters held an inquest yesterday at the corner of Wall and South streets, upon the body of a colored named Daniel Rhoades, . 38 years, who died suddenly on Monday afternoon. The deceased had been subject to cramp in the chest for some time, and on M afternoon hed an attack from which he died in afew minutes after. The jury found a verdict that the deceased came to his death by disease of the heart. Mgetina or THE Parison Disciriine Association.— The convention on cng discipline met Br meye = | morning at 9 o’clock, John W. Edmonds presiding, and organised for business by ogee John Duer, Esq. of New York, President; Col. Wm. Robinson, of Pittsburg; Hon. John W. Edmonds, of New York, and 8 B. a dis, Esq, of New Jersey, Vice Presidents; and Dr John D Rees, of New York, and G. W. Smith, Eeq., of Phila- delphia, Secretaries. The committee on credentials re- ported to the ccnvention the names of about fifty gen- tlemen who presented themselves as members of the convention. among whom was a delegate from Prussia, one ym Demmark, and one from Canada. The same rules were adopted for the government of the convention as those adopted by the State legislature. The committee on the nature and order of business, made the following report:— The committee appointed to designate the subjects, and elect the order in which they sball be presented for the consideration of the convention, beg leave respect- fully to report: That they have considered the subject matter referred to them, and unanimously recommend for the consideration of the conventien the following subjects, in the order hereto ant ral 1, A comparison of the advantages and disadvantages of the separate and congregate systems of prison govern- ment 2. Milage resins securing a uniform method of re- tiny jaon statistics. Por tths proper length of sentences, and the extent of the discretion that should be conferred upon judges in regard thereto, t The best method of supplying the prisoners with food and clothing 5 hepeed pee to Lee: nmap in wed tarry we the separate and ccngregate systems respectively—ite effec On the habits snd morals of the prisonere--its produe- tiveness, &o.—its interference with free labor, and in- cluding the merits of the contract system—and the pro- prety. of allowing overstent. 6. The imposition of fines, and the conditions to which they shall be subjected. 7. The best method of appointing prison officers, and the proper tenure of their offices 8. A comparison of the criminal Jaws of different States, and the best means of securing uniformity therein. 9 on hee ner be 7 “_ 10. The use an: its of the pardoning pow. 11. The discipline of prisons and the treatme: soners. 12, The organisation of county prisons. 13. The proper construction of State and county pri- sons, both on the separate and congregate systems in re- lation to discipline, 14. The Hygiene reform of prisoners under the seps- rate and congregate systems. 15. The proper treatment of discharged prisoners. Your committee suggest all letters, papers snd enssys be referred to your committee, to be to the con- vention. Signed, RICHARD VAUX, Chairman. After which the convention sdjourned to visit our o’clock in the after- tof pri- SON. Various letters were presented and read, among which tter from Judge Porter, of Florida, on the ‘Ko ; ® very interesting paper from ron of the Sing Sing prison on the length of sentences, socom) by valuable statistical tables, and a very instructive letter from Joho Stenton Gould,’ member of Assembly elect, embracing digest and comparison of the los of our count; prisons ‘A letter was also reed from Hon. Levi Wood- aey on —_ wey M as ro to the peculiar vices an ypensities on’ "The convention then adjourned to meet at helf-past seven o'clock, Movements in Politics, ‘The whigs have lost two county commissioners in Rockinghem oo., N. H., on account of informality in the returna, and a blunder in leaving off “jr.” from the name of one of the candidates, by which he lost over six hua- dred votes in the towns of jer, Derry, and Newton. The last Tuscaloosa, Ala, Monitor says : The Gover. nor hes appointed Wm. H. Martin, Attorney Goneral, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of T, D. Clarke. The legislature of Tennessee were to meet yesterday, The Libert; of Hampden co., Mass , have nom|- seE Leite of Ludlow, and Chamasey Che: pin of Springfield, for senators. ‘The annual session of the National council will oon- yene on the first Monday in October. The organization mbers, the election of judges, and the transaction ‘business generally, promise to make the session of much interest and 2) jept. 16th. Amportance.— Cherokee “Advocate, Interesting War Intelligence. ' FORBEARANCE HAS CEASED TO BE A VIRTUE, Union, Oct 4 neat having declined ts oseae Mberal propositions of our ent for peace. tothe etTaould seem, to give them a serious and re- spectful hearing, it is now manifest that the forbesring spirit and object which has induced the administration to tender peace has been wholly misunderstood. The propositions of Mexico—that we sbould pay to Mexican citizens all the damages sustained by them du- ring the war, surrender all that portion of Texas west of the Nueces, abandon all of New ico, all of Lower and one half of Upper California, leave the imports of our own and all Sine merchants into the xican ports open to new Gatien, or even 1 00 cat nd give UP our claim to an: across are aaa to puta hopes of peec, alee forthe present, out juestion. a ccdurtiond tt hes been determined by the govern- "hereafter, it her. sue for it ms ot her capital, principal olties, ions. Large rein! dail aurea Poet tenn Vern Cran, sufficient tO sup- Capital "tla. mo te pene Soe tad tne }.» en ‘en 0¢ a communication eeween ths seaboura and the main gertain of the seourity of the army cocupation and operations. As continuance of the war is forced upon us, it must be Ly! ‘with vigor. The country conquered must be occupied and governed by martial law, and its resour- ces and revenues rendered tributary in: ery practicable manner to the support ofour oecupation vernment We are happs ‘to learn that there are ample means in the inks to the operation of the tariff of 1846) for the most Sigceces of the war, in- cluding the ization, equipment, trani » Ke., of all the new troops required, until some after the meeting of Cor Mexico would never have offered terms so preposterous, if she had not been encouraged by the ‘no territory P .” by the Nueces party ‘and Mexican att? at ome, bd the Mente’ pei qa £ ee as gressive, unholy, an: ‘on our part. Let ushope, however, thet her reoent treacherous and vindiottve course will rouse and unite the nation in the prosecution of the war, and in exacting from her, by military contri- butions, as far as practicable, its future expenses. The Mexican government has a curious idea, indeed, of the rules of civilized warfare. The last oommunica- tion of the commissioners to their government is full of flimsy sophistry, and an impudent affectation ot refined principles The facts, however, lie ina nut-shell, Ac- cording i te ee: cae of ethi e wey Bisader our people, jmprison their persons, and violate her ties intended to compensate them for their losses. ‘She may thus give us good cause for war in the eyes of the Congress of the United States, and of civilized nations, and yet we forbear even then to wage war up- on her. She ‘ma; 8 Mo. Semoee sot, Seenere, ot tained according to all the established rules of civilized nations; she may refuse to receive the aml _ ; she may reject the olive-branch time after time. @ may then shed the blood of our own people upon our own soil. She thus compels us to draw the sword to repel her aggressions—to pursue her into her own territory, to exact justice from her hands; and yet she will now insist upon our making a treaty’ of peace, yet her giving us one ber to pay he A sui je, or one cen’ us the expenses o! tho war which she has povihed, She will not on! Qr to give us land, of which she has too mucl for the benefit of her own people, and in place of money, of which she has none to pay us; but she demands that we must oreep out of this war by giving up the very land which we have annexed to our confederacy by the yoluntary consent ef the people of two free repul She insists upon our abandonment of so much of the ae of ‘Texas as lies west of the Nueces river, and wo! of a portion of her territory. She makes this degrading condition as asine qua non of peace; and she makes it whi er troops have been overthrown, cap- tured, her strongholds in our power. and our glorious fleg is now fying over her capital. Well, indeed, has it been said that Providence maddens those whom it in- tends to destroy. ‘We laid before our readers, on parsnday nahh, all the letters which had been then received in Washington.— Others have since come te hand, which we hasten to lay before them. So far as they go, we have no doubt they may be relied on. So far as they are silent about interes! rs, it indicates a disbelief in their oo- Diag ‘We regard most of these rumors with great LETTERS FROM TRUSTWORTHY SOURCES, RECRIVED AT WASHINGTON. ‘Vena Cavz, Sept. 19, 1847. On the 9th instant Liewt. Col. Hughes’s Maryland volunteers took possession of the National Bridge and its works, without the slightest diMculty or resistance from the enemy. His description of its advantageous position has determined us to make it a depot at once, and to, throw in all the ee we can, at such times as the trains are not otherwise employéd.’ About half way (at San Juan) we have established a resting place, whic is held by Col. Collin’s battalion of 2d Lilinois volunteers. ‘* Brigadier General Lane, with two regimeuts of Ohio- ans, arrived from the Brazos within the few last days. He seems much occupied in getting ready to march. will take with him all the several detachments of re- cruits, and others that have arrived here iately. «Major Lally, we learn unofficially, was to have left Jalapa on Saturday, the 18th inst.,to join the army. Gen. Rea, it is reported by Mexicans, is on the road near Puebla with 3,000 troops, for the purpose of inter- cepting ‘and cutting off trains and reinforcements des- tined for our army; and also of Gen. Paredes being ex- pected there with 6,000 more There are no means of ancertai the truth of these stories. There are thou- sands of tales circulating daily, without the slightest foundation. in hundred of these reports. “The sickness in this city fever, entirely ceased. The cases amongst the troops are Row mostly intermittent fever and scurvy. The following has been received from Cordova by ex- press, dated 19th September:. “This night we received the news that the American army, after taking Chapultepec and the citadel, entered the sity of Mexico. “General Bravo has been killed, and Santa Anua re- tired, with the “Loromn darn of bis troops, to Guada- lupe, after suffering a heavy loss. Santa Anns was wounded in the arm. The news is up to and includes the 14th of September at Mexico, and I am assured can be relied on,’ « “The different turned to the Brazos from here, for the balance of the oe: under General Cushing “ General Lane left to-day, (19th,) without furnishing to this office of his command from the Brazos ber 20th.—Having heard nothing more from or of Colonel Childs, | am perfectly well satisfied that the whole report is Mexican, and entirely unfounded. "As yet, wehave no official news direct trom General Scott. It is exceedingly difficult te get an express through, for the guerilius.” [From a gentleman intimately connected with the capital) Vena Cava, 20th September. The intelligence received this morning from Mexico, via Orizabs, that Gen. Scott entered the capital a reviously taken Chapultepec and the cit- force, havin; adel, is for me equivalent to official news. I knew no further details Gen. Bravo was killed, and that General ranta Anna retired to Guadalupe, six miles north of Mexico, with his remaining troops A great number of Mexican officers are reported to have been killed. With regard to events anterior to the taking of the oapital on the 14th, nothing explicit has reached here, that I am aware of. All the information, however. that has been gathered coincides to show that on the Sth a movement had been made by the Americans on Chapul- tepec, and that light engegements had taken place up to the 11th, on which date the fire commenced to be pretty brisk, and continued till the work was consummated — But, ae | alr: stated, there wore no details that can be relied on st Mexico has fallen into the hands of the American army, I repeat it, is an accomplished fact Tam satisfied of it. MR. TRIST. [From the Washington Union, Oct. 4.) In justice to this gentleman, it is proper to observe that the statement of the Mexican commissioners can- not possibly be true—that if the other terms of the treaty were satisfactorily adjusted, he would refer to his government, in the hope of a favorable result, the ques tion of surrendering the territory between the Nueces and the Rio Grande, and alsoa portion of Upper Califor. ula, Inthe absence of any information from that gen- tleman on the subject, we undertake to give this state ment a fist denial. It would not only have been a viola- tion of his instructions; but the ides of consulting his government upon the propriety of surrendering » portion of the territory of the sovereign State of Texas is too ab- surd to be entertained for s moment by any person ex cept a rabid Mexican whig. Mr. Trist in able, firm, avd truly patriotic m aavertion, that he net Mexican commission nd we confidently venture the made any such suggestion to the MEXICAN DOCUMENTS. Letter ef tha Governor of the State of Mewico to th: General Government, accompanying the protest of th: representatives of the States of mewico, Jalisco and is, to his Eaceliency the Minister of Foreign Gran Ita of Sept 16), —~ If his Excellency the President most superhuman efforta to carry on the war and defend the capital, those efforts have been a) together unsucorssful, made without the ass cided public opinion if the States had ‘not furnishes supplies of men and money, nothing could have been ef- footed. I speak at least for the State of Moxico, at, the ie! head of which | am placed. This State has loaded its citizens with taxes. It has sent to the capital ail the armed men and all the money that it could collect. Ic has oxbausted all its resources. It has sacrificed iteelf, ‘and it regrets to see that it has done this to no purpose, and that its sacrifices are neither appreciated nor ne- knowledged. From this capital alone « thousand infant- ry soldiers have been furnished, comprising the greater part of the battalion which I have the honor to com- mand, — all of them well equipped and the whole supplied with the best arms to be found in the army as- eembled in the city. From all parts of the State, inolu- ding the sultry dstricta of the south, large bodies of men, armed and unarmed, full of enthusiaem, have vied with each other in fying to the defence of the capital; the State has done this through its love of independence and desire of preserving nationality d had not ite citizens been im; by these noble motives, no human force, nor the influence of: any individual, would have induced them to sbandon their homes, and sacrifice ve- ry thing, even to,existence, in the defence of their tian gai agnte"hoa ‘be taming and he he Showing a venve of thelr valu is urpose te deserving nens—but rather their deplorable misfortune, that they | have not found » chief of commanding them. This government knows the extent of its powers,and | ng them lor <f | ims of our | prive one of the sovereign States of this Union | No credence whatever can be given to one | has, as far as regards yellow | propellers and other vessels havo re- | powers of the President of tha Vexi- governmant believes that unless the constitution and the other laws which govern us idl id to, order cannot exinly DOF society deserve to be so eal ed, nor shall w e r be able to that phat say we have in fact Military commanders, whatever may be their rank, who have committed faults om the field of battle. be held responsible for their acts, and should be promptly tried and severely punished; sacrifices, and does not make them, for the purpose of in- ; for the nation has not made curring contempt. It is cxtenordinery, Mr. Minister, that an armistice should have been arranged at 6 o’clook on the morning of the 23d, and that to- the 26th, the terms of it are not known in this cay your excellency’s circ dated the 23d, to which I have the honor to reply, hi ing 4 regeived here by @ special messenger yesterday, the 25th. , an apy one ae ‘may aspire to it, and will cheerfully fight under bis orders, are worthy of attention; but no Mexi- can will ever regard the humiliation and debasement of his country as @ secondary consideration, under any cir- cumstances; and every Masia: ipo Figgins country possesses & representative ows how and nee whom power la derived, and in what manner he who is clothed with it is placed at the head of the military force. ‘The representatives of the State have already declared their opinion, in a manner the most werthy of them, in the protest which! have the honor to enclose to yourex- cellency : and the order to carry it into effect, which, witbout any claim on my part to the honor. has been placed in my hands, my sentiments being in unison with those of the hovorable body from which it emanates, re- iterates the protestin the most positive and emphatic manner ; and it grieves to add that it does not expect, under such circumstances, an hono: peace ; and ex- pects it still lesa, Soarioring ‘how little ability has been shown in turning toaccount the sacrifices made by the nation, and conducting this war in the manner which it hoped for—a war which it has been and will ba in fa- vor of, until peace can be made with dignity aud honor, nd such @ peace as will be agpered of by all liberal and just men throughout the world. lL renew to your excellenocy the assurances of my due consideration. God, liberty, and federation. OLAGUIBEL. Touvca, August 26, 1847, The constitutional Governor of the free and sovereign State of Mexico toitsinhabitante. FeLiow-Crrizens :—Misfortune atill pursues us; and the rout of our troops twice in one day, in the vicinity of the capital, has exposed us to the severest blow of fate. ‘To this series of afflicting reverses others still greater may be added ; and to bear up against them will require the highest effort of patriotism, and a constancy roof against any trial. . The misfortune of defeat is nothing compared with that of humiliation and ignominy. Our fathers died in order to sive us independence, to free us from ® ioreign yoke, and that our country might hold. a rank among nations. Let us die rather than traffic away in a vile bargain, what they purchased with their blood. Death is preferable to ignominy; and if our forefathers struggled for ten years, in bloody com- bats, under circumstances a thousand times more ad- re to us than those of the present day, let us strug- for another ten, or for a hundred years, until we ave vindicated their fame and our own. Citizens ot the State of Mexico—We have called our- selves free and independent for more than twenty years. Let us die free and independent, rather than sell our lands and our brethren for foreign gold Fellow citizens—Valor and constancy ! and let us bear up sgainst this load of misfortune, with the assurance that the nation which desires to be free is so. FRANCISCO M, DE OLAGUIBEL. Toluoo, August 26, 1847. Circular of His Excellency, the Secretary of State, to the Governors af the States of Mexico and Puebla. Your Exce.tency,—His excellency the President of the Republic, orders that our excellency will command the local authorities of all the towns villages in this State, which lie within the distance of thirty leagues from any of the points in which the enemy may happen to be situated, to en masse the respective inhabi- tants of the suid towns and villages, in order that they may attack and harrass the enemy with whatever wea- pons each may conveniently procure, whether good or by fire and by sword, and by every practicable means which it:is possible to employ, in the annihilating of an invading army. And his excellency also orders that your excellen will take an exact account of all those who, having at- tained the age of 16, and not advanced beyond 50, with- out any physical blemish, remain at home, and care not to enlist in the National Guards, nor support any num- ber of soldiers, nor serve the cause of the nation in any one of the br now mentioned; as, for instance, making prisoners of the scattered soldiers of the foe,catohing his mules and horses, and seizing his wagons, and desiroy- ing his munitions of war. nation and its inhabitants are defended by means of a military or a popular force, and certainly their defence by the latter is really the most efficacious, and less ex- pensive, because a people who do not choose it can ne- verbe conquered by another; and had not a series of unfortunate events occurred to enervate the spirit of the people, ‘the march of 12,000 men upon our capital wi never have been witnessed. Your excellency knows that the Argentine Republic is inferior, in point of population, to sny one of our States; yet will your exceliency remember that 11,000 | Englishmen perished in the streets ot Buenos Ayres, harrassed even by the women, who hurled upon them from their house tops, furniture, stones, and boiling water, I copy sn omar this supreme decree for your ex- | evllency, in order that you may enforce the ascomplish- ment of all that has been expressed in it, upon the part ef the Mexican inhabitants of this capital; and when the sblest of its population, comprised among its pro- merchants, and shall go forth, gun in hand, to encounter the enemy, those that remala in the city will defend it to its very last entrenchment; and for that purpose, your excellency will command that stones and every other kind of missiles and projectiles, be col- lected and placed upon the house tops, for the emergen- 3 cy, #0 soon as it arrives, charging the aloaldes, mem! ofthe municipality, and justices of the peace, with the execution of this order. God and liberty! ° THE REPULSE AT CHAPOLTEPEC.. The Mexican account of the so ealled repulse of Gens. Twiggs and Pierce, at Chapoltepec, is published in the Picayune, and it turns out to be as we expected, that the Mexicans were routed. Here it is :— At half-past five this morning, (the Sth.) the fire com- menced on the two flanks of Chapoltepec.’ The left was resting on the mill of El Rey, close to the forest of Cha- poltepec. This point was commanded by Gen Leon, and under his order were the battalion of Mina, whose Colonel was the patriotic and valiant Balderas, and the battalions Union and La Patria, Oaxaca, in one of which | were included the companies of Puebla, also » body from | eae” and some others, all comprising the National uards. ‘The right flank rested on the house of Mata, at the distance of a quarter of a Joogee from Chapoltepec, and occupied by 1500 of the regular army. oommanded by Gen. Peres. The enemy in two colams. with his usual daring, attacked these points, first with artillery, and at a quarter to six, with a rapid fire of musketry. Gen. Peres sustained the fire very well for about halfan hour, when. for causes at present unknown, he retired with bis forces, although he had not lost ten men. The retreat must have been fatal for Mexico, if, fortunately, Gen. Leon and his brigade had not shown prodigies of valor. Twice he repulsed the columns that attacked him, and in the second he sallied from hia position to recover the artillery Gen Pers lost ; but then he received a mortal wound.and moments afterwards the valiant wounded, and died on the field. ‘The enemy, with additional forces, again charged and took potension of the mill ‘Twice he was dislodged, but on re-taking it the third time it was found impossible to bring our troops to the charge. | Im spite of these two advantages which they had gained in their endeavors to attack Chapoltepec,they could not cffect « further advance, which may be owing to their belng intimidated by the rosistance of our forces,and the conalderable loss they had suffered. The result wus that at nine o'clock ia the morning the fire of small arms had neatly ceased, and they were seen employed in collectin their killed and woun At 11 o’clock the enemy hi commenced a retrograde mevement. and by 2 o’clock in the afternoon he withdrew all his forces to Tacuba:a, andoning the two points he had occupied, and blowing up the house of Mata, although some say it was set on fire by a bomb. fired from Chapoltepeo. it i believed that Gens. Twiggs and Pierce directed the attack, and that they putin motion about 8000 men.’ ‘After this comes the Mexicaus’s peculations what they might have done, if so end so hed taken place. {¢ ed to them saya :— if the cavalry had taken the position at four o'clock in the morning, by order of Gen. Santa Anna,and if above all, they had made the charge which was ordered at the moment that the enemy attacked the mill of El Rey, instead of flying precipitately, the action would have terminated early, and the triumph would have been complete. But they did not take the position to which they were ordered, much less take the o as commanded Gen. Alvares being obliged to state offi- jutent that he did not m: 6 rdinate officers refused on ao ing too uneven and broken for ca- ‘the same for the cavalry of the ground as if it were not enemy. OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS RELATIVE TO THE BATTLE oF co vairy, Heap Quarrens 67H Ivrantay, Tacunara, Aug. 22d, 1847 Sir :—In obedience to your orders, | have the honor to it the following report of the operations of the 5th a regiment of Infantry, under my command, during the 20th instant. About 10 o'clock, A. M.,on the morning of the 20th, ee epks taal Ruplaties sore ta to right yy Capt. I , Engineers, x the flank, the craggy and Broken ground to the left e enemy's works, of San Antonio, to turn that flank of 9 get in their rear and out off their retreat towards Mexico. When the advance of the regiment came in view of San Antonio, the road was seen to be filled with masses of the retreating enemy, who were abandoning their works and retreating towards their next fort in rear.— ‘The regiment was Fapldly pushed forward, and engaged the memy—s heavy fire was kept up for about ten mi- nutes, when the anemy broke and dispersed in every di. reotion, closely pursued, Many dead bodies of thi my were left on the field, (including one Lt. Cot.) many more were wounded. A number of prisoners were takem, among whom were Brevet Brig Gen. Gavay, commanding theit rear guar captured by Lieut. C. 8. Hamilton—on one Lieut. captured by Lieut. N. B. Rossell—three other officers o ptured = ¢ command. The main portion of the regiment then along the causeway to. wards San Antonio, in close pursuit of Looe iv. from the sand-bag breastwork sores ee Re MM mmm