The New York Herald Newspaper, August 9, 1848, Page 2

NEW YORK HERALD. South-West Corner of Fulton and Nassau sts. SPECIAL NOTICE TO THE WORLD. HERALD Three edstions , 2 per annum, 0 ‘DY TION Sta teor’reakian; thevirtt BUSING. EDITION can be ‘newebovs af 1 w'clock; the second EVENING EDL Bo circulation on “ 5 5 BPs annum tates peck doy fh Barbgaae frente seer toinelude the postage. The European edi- non b be in the Prench and languages. ST AER tcl nae abel I ino WabrER Ties (rprewed very morning, andto te rie the mor: event i, | eas prices $0 Sapa) ne ‘in, cate enews the proprietor not re errors ia manuser' a RINTING of all Kinds executed beautifully and with de- EE Galera raseieed as the Oflec, comer of Fulton and jassau streets. ALL LETTERS u subsery , or with adver- ALL LETTERS by mil Jr gortage wil be deducted from the re ONT IRRESPONDENCE, containing import. ant mee dalcited from any quarter of the world; if weed will Chiveraliy paid for. Bt yymous communications. What- eNO NOTICE taken ohion must be authenticated by the name addres: , not necessarily for publication, seeker oo ie goct fe. We Se: eet communications YMENTS to be made in advance. “AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. ‘Bowery.—Tux Witisrien—Nicx or NIBLO'S, ASTOR PLACE—Mexny Wives or Wixpsor, BURTON'S THEATRE, Chambers street.—Lucy pip Buam AMOUR—DaNcING—FAIRY OF THE RINE. CASTLE GARDEN, Battery.—Canrmer Questiox—Boann- 1nG Semoon. SOCIETY LIBRARY, Broadway, corner of Leonard street— Campuecy’s Minsri ETHIOPIAN SINGING, Ke. PANORAMA EL Broadway, near Houston.—Banvarn's PANunAMA OF Twi BISOURT ai Mistery RIVERS MINERVA ROOMS, Broadway.—Panonama OF GENERAL Tavion's Mexican CAmParen, PANORAMA ROOM, corner Brondway and Walker street— Bawixoron’s DioRaMAs or THE CREATION OF THE Wo uD any Daiven. WILLIAMSBURG—Cunuery's MivstReLs—Brmiorian Sino- ane, Be, New York, Wednesday, August 9, 1848, Avgust 8 Tuesday... «21,648 copies, ‘The publication of the Morning Edition of the Herald com: menced yesterday at 20 minutes ast 9 o'clock, and finished at 10 minutes before 7 o'clock; the Afternoon Edition commenced at 10 minutes post % and finished at 15 minutes past 4 o'clock, ‘The State Elections. We give, under our telegraphic head, returns of the elections in Kentucky and North Carolina, as fully as they came to hand up to the hour of our going to press, and shall continue to publish them from these and other States, from day to day, as rapidly as they may be received. These returns are critically seanned by politicians of all parties, for by their complexion an opinion may be formed of the comparative strength of the two great parties jwto which the people of this country are divided. »se elections, and the proceedings ot the Buffalo Convention, are the most mteresting domestic topics that now agitate the public mind of the United States. The Buffalo Convention is im- yortant only for the influence which it will exer- in favor of or against one or the other parties. The nominee of that body will not probably get the electoral vote of a single State in the Union; but he can,by the weight of the votes which may be thrown for him, incline tre balance in favor of either Gen. ‘Taylor or Gen. Cass, as the case may be, in the tree States. In New York, if Mr. Van Buren should be nominated, he will of course stand no chance of getting the electoral vote, but he can sub- uract a sufficiency of the votes of the democratic party, to give the State to General Taylor. We sball pubhsh a telegraphic summary of the pro- ceedings of this body hkewise, from time to time. The Buffalo Convention. This important assemblage of the odds and ads of all parties, the fragments, the waifs, pairings of every clique and faction in the North for the last ten or twelve years, will meet to-day at Buffalo, under a_ tent capable of holding ten thousand persons, to unite their energies in favor of a single candidate tor the Presidency, and another for the Vice Pre- sidency, and of keeping the soil of New Mexico and California clear of Southern slavery, but making it capable of retaining the Mexican system cf slavery in its place. The proceedings, the speeches, the acts of this convention, will be interesting, and will have some efleet on the general contest for the Presi- dency. By our telegraphic intelligence, received yesterday, we understand that a large collection of people have assembled at Buffalo, including the negro Frederick Douglass, and his associates of the same race, of all shades and complexions. It will be a sort of amalgamation mass convention o! blacks and whites, and of every other shade, from the extreme white up to a dirty yellow. Whom they will nominate is of more importance than what they will say. We learn already that Tudge McLean, of Ohio, has addressed a letter to the convention, declining to accept the nomina- tion, in case it should be tendered to him. Whether this is really putting aside the purple or not, time will tell. Mr. Van Buren, 2t seems, has © written a leiter to the convention, declaring hat he will cheerfully submit to the action of that vody, composed of blacks and whites, whatever : may be, in relation to the Presidency; but it seems that he has directed that this letter shall net be read till after the nomination shall have been made. s difficult, from what we learn by tele- graph or by mail, to ascertain what the result of the convention may be; but, according to all appearances, Mr. Van Buren will have a strong and compact force in that body. It is somewhat of a new position for an ex-president to be in,listen- ang and waiting respectfully for a nomination of a convention, which may be called the first grand amalgamation convention of the black and white races, that ever has taken place in this country. As to the fuss which is created about free soil in California and New Mexico, no one who knows anything of the politicians going to Buffalo on such a mission, believes that taey care a straw jor the bleck, white, red, green, purple, yellow or brown ny portion of the United States. , called peonism, has existed in f centuries, as African slavery ac existed im the Southern States. If left to it- | we do net believe that the system at the cath would ever make its way to those territo- ee, ogains ystem which has had a permanent foothold there so long; but all reasoning, and all facts and history, are rendered of no avai! to the politicians of the day, who have merely their own obcets to accomplish, and their own passions to people The organization of the convention and their proceedings, we shall probably be able to pub- to-morrow morming. We are prepared to i the nomination of Mr. Van Buren by a portion of the convention, and also to learn | | Cnitenden went early to work to undermine | eve are three or four other discontented fac- cys, whe put forward their own notions, and will ans agree to any distinct line of action. avention and its proceedings will no doubt abolition conventions which meet every May, to amuse the peop! y uttering «ll corts of ultra notions, exhib every shade of opinion, and occasional agita- rows and riots. If Mr. Van Buren should his strength will be found principal- errtain portion of the democracy of In injure General uch Whether it will af- neral Cass and Gene- © struggle | en ( or io any great extent in the other free If Judge McLean were to be respectable whig, it is tion of General Taylor ed than that of General tthe Union "eat Buffalo, orth Carolina and hh more an any fy, by deceiving,* cheating, and humbugging ; Newsrarer Reronts or Conoress.—We under- ‘and that both houses of Congress have appointed a joint committee, composed on the part of the Senate of Messrs. Benton, Rusk, and Clayton; and | on the part of the House of Messrs. Ashmun, | MeKay, and Dunean, for the purpose of devising some new plan or system of reporting verbatim | the debates in both houses of Congress, and | publishing them on the day after they are de- | hvered. This committee is composed of men who are very intelligent on general matters, embracing also the making and unmaking of | Presidents ; but we doubt whether they possess competent knowledge on newspapers and news- | paper reportiny, or any thing connected with jour- nalism, in particular or in general. If they mean to acquire facts on which to form an accurate opinion on such a subject, 1t is very easy for them to get information from persons competent to give it—persons who have been during their whole lives connected with newspapers, either in New York or Washington. They have had, we are told, Mr. Gales, of the Intelligencer, a printer, from the office of the Union, and Mr. Rives, before them, for the purpose of examining them as to the best method of reporting daily, and giving extensive circulation to the debates of Congress. Now, with all due de- ference to the intelligence of the persons exam- ined, we doubt whether the whole of their know- | ledge put together, is sufficient to enlighten such | a committee on such a subject, in this age of the world. It is said that Mr. Benton, who formerly | had an interest in the Globe, wishes to resuscitate that concern, in order that he may be enabled to recover the advances which he made to it on a former occasion. This, however, we suppose is | slander, put forth by another portion of the com- mittee, on their particular side of the question. As far as the committee have gone, we learn that they have almost come to the conclusion to employ both the Union and the Intelligencer dur- ing every session of Congress, and pay them at the rate of ten dollars per column for Congressional reports. According to calculations, based on such data, it is probable that the aggregate expense of such a system would be nearly as follows :— Long session of 8 months. +++ $50,000 Short session.........+. + 80,000 $80,000 Here is a sum of eighty thousand dollars to be given to che Union and Intelligencer, making an aggregate of eighty thousand dollars for reporting | the debates of two sessions of Congress, in two journals which have a daily circulation not equal to three thousand issues. The daily circulationof the Union is about eight hundred ; that of the Jn- telligencer 1s about fifteen hundred, and those they circulate merely among a few politicians in some of the principal towns of the United States. Such a proposition, if proposed to Congress, and adopted by both branches, would be one of the most infa- mous and atrocious jobs ever attempted, or that ever succeeded in that body. We will venture to say that we would give nearly ten times the circu- lation, with better reports of the debates of both houses, in the columns of the Herald, for one fourth or fifth of the amount which this system proposes to give. Our circulation 1s now nearly twenty-five thousand per day. Our establish- ment is complete. We have recently expended nearly fifty thousand dollars in constructing most excellent rotary presses, each ca- pable, for we have two of them, of throw- ing off from ten to twelve thousand sheets per hour. Our journal 1s circulated over the whole Union—over all Europe more than any other journal, and in every part of the world. For forty or fifty thousand dollars, to pay the addi- tional expenses, we could issue a double sheet every morning, containing full debates of Con- gress, as perfectly and completely as the London Times issues the reports ot Parliament. The dis- tance between Washington and New York, which might be considered a bar to the employment of the Herald by Congress, is annihilated in these days of steam and electricity. Washington, in act,1s no place at all. It has no central mind—no central intellect—no community—no public opin- on New York is the metropolis of the United States; and although Congress sits at Washington, yet New York should be the centre from which should issue all their proceedings, their acts, and their doings; because, from this centre they would | radiate all over the Union, and the whole civi- lized world. What will the committee say to the proposition which we have now made to them? Will they dare to recommend to Congress a miserable job, that would cost four times as much for a less amount of services than we can perform them for, tent? ay Tue Kentvexy Evectr The first returns | from the recent State election in Kentucky, appear gloomy as regards the prospects of the whigs in that State, and in the West generally. Mr. Crit- tenden has heretofore been supposed to be one of the most popular men in that State. If by any change of public opinion, or any dissatisfaction in the public mind, arising from any canse, Mr. Crit- tenden’s majority be reduced to a mere escape from defeat, such fact will have a very paralyzing effect onthe contest for the Presidency, in November next. According to all appearances, it Mr. Crit- tenden be elected governor at all, it will be bya very small vote. A day or two will determine the result, one way or the other. Whatever may be the result of this election, it 1s very evident that some great and radical change has taken hold of the whig masses of Kentucky—a change which seems to affect, also, the same class in North Carolina. If the symptoms presented by the elections in those two States prevail in other State elections in the West, now going on, 1t will force us to come to the conclusion {that some causes have been at work, undermining the popu- causes Which are now beginning to show them- selves in these results. If General Taylor had | been nominated about a year ago, such was the en- | thusiasm which he @eated by his deedsin Mexico, | that he would have been elected unanimously by all parties. But the period of a year ap to have worked a change. The squab- between our military generals, after the conquest of Mexico, threw a stigma over their military reputation, which also, no doubt, aflected the standing of General Taylor, as | belonding to that class, although his uniform mo- | cesty, uprightess, and retiring conduct, presented a remarkable contrast to that exhibited by Gen. This may be one | | | | | Seott and his fellow generals. popularity of General Taylor. Another, nfo doubt, is the disappointment of | Mr. Clay and his especial friends. It ap- pears from the Kentucky election, that Mr. | the availability of Mr. Clay, and to praise | that of General Taylor. We are much afraid | that the high-minded Mr. Crittenden did not | act in this matter in a very high-minded man- ner, but that his policy was more that of a poli- tician than what a frank, open-hearted man would | have pursued. Politics have the power of making | the human heart a very crooked stick, and of dis | every shuffling way, instead of taking an open, | straight-forward path. Another elemeat that has | injured the whig party, has been the silly speeches and electioneering letters of General Leslie Coombs, who has heen perambulating around the country, and making himself and the cause ridi- culous. General Taylor's popularity, and availa- bility cannot stand everything; and if he should | jose his election next November, such a result | will be brought about more by the folly of the whig | leaders and whig: editors, who, beyond all other | classes of men in the world, seem to have a genius io work confusion worse confounded, and to breed eternal trouble out ot nothing. We wait with patience for further peturne trom | B eutucky larity of General Taylor, during the last year— | Mar. Potx Orrosen ro Grxerar Cass.—It 1s ge- nerally supposed in the city, that Mr. Polk, the President, and Secretary Walker, are opposed to the eleetion of Gen. Cass to the Presidency; and the reason given for this supposition is, the fact that all the principal office holders in the custom house, and some in the post office, are the warm. eet barnburners and supporters of Mr. Van Buren, that there are in this part of the country. Mr. Butler, the United States Attorney for this district; Mr. Michael Hofiman, collector of the port, and many of his assistants, down to Capt. Rynders, are all opposed to the success of General Cass, and have taken very strong measures to make this opposi- tion effective in this city. Mr. Butler was the au- thor of the famous manifesto, issued by the Utica Convention; a pronunciamenio which has done as much to bring forward Mr. Van Buren, and make him the candidate of the Buffalo Convention, as any other document that has been issued. In fact, two-thirds of the brains of the custom house, which is not much, however, and two-thirds of the money of the custom house, or the salanes, which is a great deal more than all the brains, have been actively at work for the last year or and to « much better advantage and a wider ex- | | | | of the causes which have affected the hard-earned | nine months, in building up the free soil party, .with Mr. Van Buren as its representative in the Northern States. Now, these being palpable facts, the problem is, what can be the motives of President Polk and Secretary Walker in assisting, by every means in their power, this disorganization of their own party—this opposition to men whom they profess openly to support as their successors in the White House? Are they afraid that General Cass is not reliable in favor of Southern institztions, and that, in spite of all his letters and pledges, he will let Congress pass the Wilmot proviso without a veto —or do they wish that General Taylor shall be elected with a reversion in favor ot Mr. Walker for the succession four years hence? Politics and politicians, from President Polk and Secretary Walker down to the smallest specimen in the custom house, are very slippery affairs, after all. Hvpson’s Bay Srecviarion.—There has been a most extraordinary proposition made by ‘the Hudson's Bay Company, to Congress. That hope- ful concern of British speculators, who endeavored to prevent our acquisition of Oregon, during the pending of the negotiations, is now endeavoring to swindle Congress out of a million of dollar, for what they call ther property within the limits of the territory south of 49 deg. We are informed, from what we believe to be an accurate source, that the whole property of the Iludson Bay Com- pany, within the American territory, does not amount, in value, to one hundred thousand dollars, instead of a million ; but it is very probable that, by the application of the usual weapons and en- gines of corrupuon, by which these speculators have managed to feather their nests out of the British Parliament, they will endeavor to succeed in carrying their object through the Ame- rican Congress. To pass such an act, would be a gross and atrocious job, and we trust there are independent and right thinking men in Congress who will probe 1t to the bottom before it goes through both houses. The British speculators in that territory are capable of anything. They have, no doubt, deceived the Executive and the Secre- tary of State, and will deceive Congress, too, if any chance be given to them to do so. Tue Inis# Revoxvtion. ‘ong hopes are en- tertained here that the Irish will be able to prevail in the contest that seemed to be inevitable at the sailing of the last steamer; but the history of thelast five or six centuries has done nothing but enable the English government to continue its dominion in Ireland. The policy pursued by O'Connell for a whole life-time, was calculated to weaken the spirit of the people, and make them sufler pa- tiently, under the prospect of obtaining impossible reforms in words; reforms which meant nothing but patronage and pelf, for himself, family, and dependents. But there is another idea which dis- poses the calm thinker to hesitate, before he can believe in the success of any attempt of Ireland to regain her independence and freedom. In every country where a successful revolution has taken place, the people of such country have been ani- mated by some strong sentiment, sometimes re- ligioas, sometimes political, sometimes half the one and half the other. The first revolution in England was a social, political, and religious lution of these days as fierce and unit d as the discipline of years makes a regular army. The same ~emark will apply to every revolution in France, and in every other part of the world. We are much afraid that the Irish want some great enobling, preponderating feeling or sentiment, that will supply the place of disciplined unity of pur- the Insh patriots, is the fact that all the Irish aris- tocracy, the landed proprietors, the men of pro- with the British Government. It is not a separa- tion between the people and the government alone that 1s sought; it is a separation of class from class, a separation of the poor from the sich, of Catholic from Protestant. If these modern Irish patriots can organize their numerous clubs, and make them act with some patriotic sentiment, as a sub- stitute for military tactics, they may be able to | withstand the forces that the government can bring against them. We shall wait with fear and trem- bling for the result. Tuvuntow Weev.—Thurlow Weed is beginning | to be very beautiful ones. The scene te show some signs of life. He 1s just pushing his head out of his shell, and beginning to think it is time to say a word or two about General Taylor, before the chances of recovery or reaction are gone. If Thurlow, like a hungry dog, saw some little chance of a piece of meat, or even a bone, in the foreground, he would go much more readily to work. Your job politician is the only real workie, after all. | Jamaica.—The Glamorgan, at Baltimore, brought | us files of the Gazette to the 15th ult. At the West end of the island, the blacks, from a want of means onthe part of the planters to pay them, became disafiected and refused work. A detachment of | the police marched to the scene of the troubles, by the beat of drum and with much military show. The result of their march was not known up to the last accounts. The affair caused some un- easiness. | Severe shocks of earthquake were felt through | the island, which is thus described at the places it visited :— ‘Two very severe shocks of earthquake were felt in Spanish Town at about five minutes past six o'clock, P. M., on Sunday last. The first shock lasted several reconds, and was followed by a loud:rumbling noise, like distant thunder, for about half a minute,when the second shock followed, accompanied by the same noise and of similar duration, A severe shock of an town on Sumi rthquake was felt in this day last, at twenty-five minutes past three, ‘The motion appeared to be from South to North,— Falmouth Post, July 11 On Sunday last, about a quarter past three P. M., a fmart shock of earthquake was felt in Montego Ba and neighborhood; its undulations were distinctly felt in the directions of east to west.—Curnwall Chronicle. 4 revere shock of earthyuake was felt at St. Mary’e, on Sunday evening. at a quarter to six o'clock. Two smart shocks of an earthquake were felt at Four Pathe, Clarendon, on Sunday afternoon, between five and eix o'clock, and lasted from three to four se- conds; the vibrations were from about south, aud very smart. The Coolies are etal) pouring in upon the already burthened populace. recent importation, says :— ot jearnt where the immigrants are to be Indeed ft eeoms diffleult to imagins bow they at present, to be diepored of re nre very few ust now who can afford to pay the amount fixed for the import cort; and unles# Parliament resolves on some tintmedinte relief, the soortar the linportation of nm grepts cearve the better,’ ‘Theatrical and usical. Bowrky Turatae.—At this popular place of amuse- ment last night, there was a jam house, to witness the magnificent entertainments which are nightly put forth, The performances commenced with the drama of “Nick of the Woodsjor the Jibbernainosay,” a most thrilling and magnificent production, and which was ed with good effect. Miss Mary Taylor, as Telie r first ap nce in a character of the quitted herself in a style which would proven creditable to the most experienced—either as the sup- posed daughter of the wild man of the forest, or as the daughter of the rich man, she sustained herself most tifully, was received with the greatest accla- mations of delight; Bloody Nathan, by Mr. T. Daif, Was excellent, as was alto the characters of Nick of the Woods, Spirit of the Waters, the Jibbernainosay, &e., which he also sustained; Mr. Winans, as Roari: Stackpole, was received with great sppanteiay fully sustained the character of Roaring ph. The whole of the parts were most ably sustained, and won, for all engaged, the unbounded approbation of the im- mense audience, The fairy extravaganza of “Fortu- nio and his Seven Gifted Servants,” was repeat- ed, and received with the greatest possible applause. The Bowery has a fine company, and is not behind any house in the city for perfection of arrangements, and superior pati and with the present prospect, there is not a doubt but it will do an unprecedented business during the season A first rate bill is offered for to- revolution, all combined, and forming one ter- | rible and energetic idea, which made the reve- | Pipes and we must say he played I The Gazette, alluding toa | night, and the public may look for an entertainment ich cannot be excelled for beauty and fine display Mr W. Marshall, having closed a successful engage- mentat the Bowery theatre, will commence one at the Boston theatre, on Tuesday night, on which otcasion he will appear in the character of Maobeth. Mr. M. is known to the people of Boston,and his name upon the Dill is sufficient to fill the house to overflowing. Nisto’s,—This house was again filled last evening by a most fashionable and brilliant audience, on the cecasion of the first appearance of Mr, W. J, Ham- mond, the celebrated English comedian, who has ob- tained such a name and fame in England, We no- ticed several of our city managers and members of the theatrical profession among the audience, all evident- ly on the look-out to see how the new arrival would fulfil the expectations which had been raised by the announcement of his appearance. The play selected for the evening was Goldsmith’s comedy of * She Stoops to Conquer.” and Tony Lumpkin was the part filled by Mr. H. On his first appearance, he was re ceived with long-continued plaudits, and his perform- ance of this part at once showed that he is indeed a comedian, and a valuable addition to the profession in this country. Mr. Hammond's style of acting is eas: and natural— devoid of all the exaggeration witi which one usually sees such parts as Tony Lumpkin invested; and we are pretty sure that we can con- gratulate him on having made a hit. Of course, future acting will more fully develope his capabilities, and show all he can do. And now a word regarding the other perrormers. Misa Rose Telbin played the oy of Mirs Hardcastle in her most excellent style. he excels in that most difficult of all things for an- actress, viz: the representation of a lady on the stage, as they generally overdo the thing. From her own patural lady-like carriage, however, Miss T. is fully able to give a most finished delineation of the lady on the stage. Vandenhoff played Young Mar- lowe, He was excellent—the bold, dashing young fel- low, in male company, suddenly subsiding into the modest, bashful, and even awkward youth, when brought into the society of ladies, was excellently done by Mr. V. Chippendale, John’ Sefton, and the rest of the company, all filled their parts well. ‘The mutical farce of Love Laughs at Locksmiths’ con- cluded the evening’s entertainments, Mr. Hammond taking the part of Risk, with songs. It went off with great fc) Altogether, the amusements last evening at Niblo’s must have been satisfactory to ali concern- ed, both audience and actors. Bunton’s Turatre.—-Notwithstanding the great warmth of the weather, this neat and central theatre is doing a very good business. Last evening the en- tertainment commenced with a series of tableaux called “ The Italian Brigands,” in which the Lehman family and the celebrated J. Marzetti displayed their fest pantomimic talent. The next was the new bur- esque of “ Lucy Did Sham Amour,” which is nightly received with the most vehement cheering. Luci usual, was ably personated by Miss Chapman; and that of Ravenswood, by John Dunn, was cleverly repre- sented. In fact, Myers, Phillips, Jordan, Rae, an: Miss Sinclair sustained their respective parts well; and between pill making, vending, pee ills, and droll singing, they kept the house in roars of laughter to the end of the piece. The concluding amusement was the comic fairy ballet called “ Le Diable Rouge.” The Pas de Village, by Mesdemoiselles Julia, Flora, and corps de ballet, was neatly executed., as was also the Pas de Quatre by Misses Lehman and M Ferin. But the most attractive dance was the Pas Seul by Made- moiselle Adelaide, which called forth repeated cheers. In fine, the great variety of entertainment which is presented at this theatre, is making it a favorite re- sort; and Burton, for his exertions, in catering well for his patrons, is sure to reap a rich theatrical harvest. Light and ‘amusing pieces, interspersed with ballet performances, will allways take well. CastLe Ganpen—This favorite place of pleasure and amusement is nightly visited by the élite and fashion of the city, in crowds, to enjoy the balmy and invigorating air, and witness the chaste and beautiful performances which are nightly given. There is no place in the city where so many sourcee of enjoyment are found as at this, and Mesers. French & Heiser are determined that they will not be surpassed in their en- deavors to please. Last night there was a fine atten ance, and the pieces performed went off with great eclat. The dramatic anecdote of Monsieur Jacques was presented, wich a fine cast and with good effect. Miss Phillipe, the popular vocalist, sung one of her most beaut ballads, in which she fully showed her musical powers to be extraordinar; Mi Barber, in the naval hornpipe, was loudly applauded,and deserved- ly, too,for she is by no means the least among the favorite danseuses of the present day. The laughable farce of the “ Double Bedded Room” was also pre- sented, in which Mr. G, Holland appeared as Dulcimer e part in a style peculiar! happy, and with such effect as to gain the unbounded applause of every one who witnessed his pose and action, which has always heretofore, as | we have seen in the old English and French revo- | lutions, prevailed against the military hordes of | the day. Another element against the success of , Chatham having been completely altered and newly perty and intelligence, are most of them in league | erformance, especially in his difficulty with Mrs. | Deputy Lomax (which Mrs. Vernon admirably | sustained) and her domestic animals. The ex- citing comedy of the “Post of Honor’? was also played, in which Mr. Holland took the character of Cobus Yerks. The piece was admirably performed throughout, and reflected great credit upon those en- gaged in it. Apart from the entertainment. it was worth the of admission to walk upon the balcony of the castle, and breathe the free air from the oc Goto Castle Garden to-night; a most magnific bill {s offered, and cannot fail to draw a fall house, Cnanrrav’s New Natioxay Tueatre.—The old painted and decorated, the manager has been induced, at the request of many of its patrons, to change its mame to that of the National Theatre; and it will re- open on Monday evening, with a company of the most | popula and talented artiste. | The frat tier of boxes | | js arranged with beautiful sofas, and every department re-constructed and renovated, so as to make it one of | the neatest theatres, of its size, in this city. The prices of admission will remain as heretofore ; and, no doubt, with Chanfrau at its head, who is a general | favorite and an excellent actor, this place of amuse- ment will become a favorite resort, and repay the | manager for his enterprise and exertions. Tue Sacnrep Dioramas, which are now exhibitin, | Townsend & Orr's Panorama Hall, in Broadway, quite Ris ft in their way, and represent what human | ideas can imagine of the various acts of the creation | of the world, in jost_natural manner. The intro- duction of mechanical figures, and the artistic manner | in which the light is arranged, cause these Sederpe sentin; | the deluge is a most impressive one—the vivid light | ning, the roaring of the tempest, and the crash of all | created matter, are all delineated in the most skilful | manner. This exhibition isa most at ee one | for family parties, as well as for the public in general. | Campnece’s Minsrrecs, at the Society Library, are | carrying everything before them in the way of | | Ethiopian singing. Their voices accord in most per- | fect harmony, and the bonkommie which characterizes | their performance of the various amusing Ethiopian | elodies of the day adds much to the re: beautiful | airs bp edgearnbar 2 songsare set. The Minatrels in- | tend giving a remarkably fine concert this evening. interspersed with jokes, dances, kc. Curisty’s Minstners having sung with great éclat | on Staten Island, will return to the city this day, and in the hah will sing at Williamsburg. The in- habitants of that town will, therefore, to-night, have | an osportunity of hearing the best Ethiopian singers in the country. | Baxvanp’s Paxonasa of the two great rivers of our | country, the Missouri and Mississippi, is truly a credit to American talent, The vast extent of country through which these rivers flow, and the innumerably tan waite Ae in their course, are all as faithfully | and naturally depicted, as they could be by the daguerreotype even, In fact, this immense painting may be looked on as a erreotype representation of 2,300 miles of country. In no other country in the worldcan more magnificent rivers be found, and in | no other ah could such an enterprising and original undertaking have been attempted and carried out, It is another proof of the go-a-head nature of the Anglo-American. Tre PaxonaMa or Gexenat. Taynon’s Mexican Camraron, is one of the most interesting exhibitions in town, Every one has read and heard much of the dangers and difficulties undergone by our gallant | army in Mexico. Now they have an opportunity of seeing for themselves, hew great their sufferings, and also their gallant actions were, for this panorama gives a most perfect representation of the whole cam- paign, from Corpus Christi onwards. The very great | patronage this exhibition receives every evening, ren- dersit unnecessary for us to farther urge its claims on the public attention Vocat arp Ivetnumentan Concent.—The Ameri- can Musical Institute bave made arrangements for a moonlight excursion around fen Island, on Thurs- day evening next, and will land at Biddle’s Grove, which will he brilliantly illuminated for the occasion, where they will give one of those charming concerts for which they are ro celebrated. This, indeed, wiil be a delightful trip and no doubt will be one of to the Society, Tickets can be purchased at the mu- tic stores. Henson's Bay Company.--We draw tle atten- tion of the members of the United States Senate to the article in another column, en from one of ihe Jatest London Chronicles. It will, perliaps. be, worth reading while negotiating thet company fora portion of ite property a TRLEGRAPT INTELLIGENCE, — Summary of the Latest News. Below will be found all the telegraphic election returns, so far as received up to a late hour last night. They comprise reports from North Caro- lima, Kentucky, Indiana, and Missouri Returns from 48 counties in North Carolina, state Reid’s (Dem.) majority to be 1940—26 counties yet to hear from. In Washington and Jeflerson counties, Indiana, the entire whig tucket has succeeded ; and in Bartholomew a whig representative 1s elected, by a reduced majority. In Fayette county, a democratic sheriff and representative are elected; in Marion, three whigs and one democrat; in Union, James, Hendricks, Morgan, Vigo, Put- nam, and Tippecanoe counties, two democrats and one Senator are elected. Returns from seven counties in Kentucky, give Crittenden (whig) a majority. The democrats have carned St. Louis county Missouri, by about 200 majority. The returns from Illinois, render it probable that Logan is elected. For Congressional and market reports, we refer the reader to their particular heads. INTERESTING FROM BUFFALO. The Preparations for the Free Van Buren’s and NEGRO DELEGATES. Burrato, Tuesday Evening, Aug. 8, 1848. J learn that a letter from Judge McLean will be read to the convention, in which he will decline the nomination, and express an opinion favorable to the nomination of Martin Van Buren. It is sur- mised thatif the convention insisted, Judge Mc- Lean will accept, as Mr. Van Burenaccepted the Utica nomination. falso learn that Mr. Van Buren will address a letter to the convention, in which he will declare that he will not stand in the way of any candidate whom the convention may choose to nominate for the presidency; and that he will submit cheerfully to the action of the convention, whatever it may be. His letter will be read after the nomination is made. Several negro delegates have arrived from Ohio, and will present their credentials and claim seats in the convention to-morrow. There is also one negro delegate from Cort- landt county, in this State. The wild abolitionists will probably insist upon the right et these colored individuals to seats, while the moderate white delegates will refuse to receive their credentials—this will produce some some fun. John Van Buren is here, or coming. ‘Ten thousand strangers are in the city, and more are coming. The special reporters of the New York Herald have arrived. The free soil men hold their meeting, in part, to-night. The great struggle will be between Judge Mc- Lean and Martin Van Buren. No other candi- dates are mentioned. There are delegations here from Wisconsin, and from every free Statein the Ueion All of these delegations are caucusing to-night. Mr. Van Buren will be nominated; his friends are urging his nomination by every argument they can devise. The great argument against Mclean’s nomina- tion is, that af nominated, he will resign the seat he now occupies upon the bench of the United States Supreme Court, and his place could not be filled. The negro Frederick Douglass is here, and de- livered an address this evening. Soil Convention. MoLe an’s Letters, Burraro, Aug. 8—Evening. The delegates are arriving by hundreds. The Ohio and the New York delegations now meet in separate rooms, at the University, for prelimi- nary discussion and interchange of opinions. Banners adorn the street opposite the Univer- sity, with a full length portrait of Mr. Van Buren, naming him as a candidate for President. There is good speaking 1n both delegations. Handbills are out for meetings in the Park, to- night. Other delegations from other States hold meetings to-night, in different places throughout the city. op sition to Mr. Van Buren is anticipated from the liberty party ; but there is no open manifesta- tion of it, as yet. Kentucky Elections. THE FIRST DAYS’ VOTE. Lovisvitie, Ky, August 8, 1848, 1848. 1844. Goveryon. hi Lovisvittr, August S—12 P. M. We have full returns for Governor from the fol- lowing counties :-— 1848. 1844. GoveRNon. Governor. Oe Dem. Whig. Dem. Franklin .. 107 maj. — 83 maj. — Bourbon .. . 411 © - 644 _ From Barren, Mask, and the following counties | we have not full returns, but we have enough to show that Crittenden has a majority. 1848. Govennor. i Dem. 1844, GOVERNOR. Whig Dem. 584 maj. — 16 maj 16 Powell, democrat, has a majority in Garrard, Nicholas and Casey counties. North Carolina Elections. Battmore, August 8, 1848. Hartford county gives Manly 157 majority. A despatch to the Washington Union say that the whig governor is supposed to be elected. The legislature 1s supposed to be whig, by a di- muinished majority. The election for governor will be close. The whig majority in Pitt county is now ascer- tained to be only 151 for Manly, instead of the re- turn previously reported. Prrensnvre, Va., Aug. 811) P.M. , nee majority for Governor, in 48 counties, is . Indiana Election, Purtavetrnta, Aug. 811 P. M. In Washington and Jefferson counties, the en- tire whig ticket is elected, witha whig gain in Washington. In Bartholomew, whig representa- tives are elected, by a reduced majority. In Fay- ette county, a democratic sheriff iselected, and one whig representative. InMarion, three demo- crats and one whig are elected. Pumapetrnia, Aug. 8—12 P.M. In Union, James, Hendricks, Morgan, Vigo, Putnam, and Tippecanoe counties, two democrats (barnburners) are elected by a heavy vote ; also, a denfocratic Senator. The rest are all whig In Montgomery county, the vote 1s rather doubt- andolph and Hancock counties have both noerati ourt Election. Prrrspvne, August 9-1 A. M. se democrats have carried St. Louis county by emojornty of about 200, The returns are* rather imperfeet, but from w we have, we should con- sider (he above e fair statement Eiinots Bice ' Trsrune, Aug, % jaining this e , is rather what we ean gather, Harris ty. in Menard county, of 2: ' ty, 0. ‘The m mo (wh t + tor Log | tanzas, furnishes a few additional iter ligence. Capt. Wright the A. L., rep things quiet when he left, but_a rest] Affairs Washington. Wasmerox, August 8, 1848, The House reniained in session, discussing the Harbor bull, till 11 o’clock last night. The Senate was some six hours in secret ses- sion yesterday. Mr. Webster has arrived in Wash- ington, and is expected to speak on the free soip question soon. General Butler leaves for home to-morrow ; he did not receive Stevenson’s letter, announcing his nomination for the Vice Presidency, until yester- day, some misearriage has detained the letter ; he accepts the nomination, and will, to-morrow, pub- lish his ca‘d to that effect. Wasurneton, Aug. 841848, The ©regon bill was not taken up in the Senate to-day; it will come up to-morrow. There was. a short executive session; but the supplemental treaty for the purchase of the Hudson Bay pro- perty south of 49, lies over, also, till to-morrow. Our impression is, that the treaty will be made. Mr. Douglass, this evening, moved to call up the Minesota bill ; but Mr. ‘ason interposed the negro question, and that stopped it ‘he case of General Kearny also hes over. _ At 9 o’clock this evening, the House was still in session. The Senate has adjourned. THIRTIETH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION, Senate, Wasnineton, met 8, 1848. The Senate convened at the usual hour, and was called to order by the Vice President. After r, and the transaction of some routine business, the Vice President laid before the Senate areport from the Se- cretary of State, with a copyfof the joint report of the commissioners under the treaty of Washington. Mr. Davis, of Mississippi, submitted a resolution for consideration, directing the Secretary of War to fur- 2h, ee next TP of Cong) ay ae and reports of topographical engineers, showing the opera- coat ba the army in Texas and Mexioa} wiles was adopted. Mr. Bewron submitted a resolution providing for the publication of the Senate’s reports in the Washington newspapers. Mr. Wesrcotr moved to lay the resolution on the table;twhich motion was agreed to. Mr. Kinc moved to take up the bill relative to the granting of land for the covstruction of a rail- road from Mobile to the mouth of the Ohio,— He also moved an amendment in favor of maki a similar grant of land for the construction a railroad from Jackson, Mississippi, to the Alabama line; which was adopted Mr. Lewis, of je gee”) easy oe to the bill, in favor of granting lan e Mon\ oh tg and Pensacola railroad, The amendment was Mr. Bexron, of Missouri, offered an amendment for a similar grant to the St. Joseph and Hannibal railroad, in the State of Missouri; which was adopted. ‘A debate sprung up, in which Mr. King, of Alabama, Mr. Benton, Mr. Allen, Mr. Calhoun,’ Mr, Butler, Mr. Niles, and Mr, Turney participated. Phe bill, as amended, was thenfpassed, by yeas 34, nays 15, at aquarter past 12 M. Mr. Jounsox, of Md., moved to go into executive session. Mr, Webster arrived last night from Massachusetts, and took his seat to-day in the Senate. ‘The Senate held a long executive gession yesterday of some six or seven hours duration. J¢ was supposed by some that Gen, Kearny’s nomination was under consideration, After a short time spent in executive session, Mr. Dayrox moved to take up the bill relating to the United States courts in New Jersey, which was agreed _ to, ds was then briefly discussed a third time and maeeed. Pic. Hunter, of Virginia, moved to take up the bill for the relief of the West Feliciand Railroad Compa- ny, which was agreed to, and passed unanimously. Mr, Jouxson moved to call up the bill in favor of dividing the State ot Georgia into two judicial districts, which was discussed and passed at 4 o'clock. ane then took a recess until half-past five o'clock. The Senate reassembied at 6 P. M., when Mr. Hanneoan moved to take Re the bill in favor of carrying into effect the 5th article of the treaty with Mexico for the boundary line between the two countries. ‘A debate ensued respecting the fixing of a limita- tion upon the time to be occasioned by the eommis- sioners of running the boundary line. Mr. Haxnecan named five years, Mr. Wersrer thought three sufficient. Mr. Nite id as it was conquered territory in two years, we onght to be able to measure it in the same lime. Three years was then adopted, and the bill, ae amended, was passed. House of Representatives. Wasuinaron, August 8. The bill from the Senate for carrying into effect the treaty with China and Ottoman Porte, giving judicial powers to ministers and consuls, was passed. Also, the bill from the Senate, carrying into effect the treaty with England and France for the delivery of fugitives from justice, was amended and passed. DESPATCH OF DUSINE: Pcovrt oF THE UNITED sTAT: After the transaction of some unimpor ant business, the house, on motion, took up the Senate bill in favor of facilitating the transaction of business in the United States Supreme Court. The House refused to amend it and the bill was finally rejected, after an hour spent in its consideration. SURRENDERING THE NATIONAL ROAD IN INDIANA TO THAT STATE, Mr. Scnexcx, of Ohie, from the Coffimittee on Roads and Canals, reported a bill in favor of surren- dering to the State of Indians a portion of the na- tional road in that State. The bill was read a third time, and passed. PAYMENT FOR PUBLICATION OF CONGRESSIONAL PROCEED- q tas. Mr. Asiinwn, of Massachusetts, from the Joint Come mittee, reported a resolution in favor of paying the In telligencer and Washington Union seven and-a-half dollars per column for publishing the daily proceed- ings and debates of Congress) Mr. Ashmun then spoke at some length in its favor. Mr. Ficxi1x moved to lay the resolution on the table, which was negatived, The resolution, on its passage, was rejected by the following vote—yeas 80, ni 86. The House then went into Committee of the Whole, up. As thie IN THE SUPREME and the River and Harbor bill was take: Jeaver,a night session was agreed upon. "Markets, Burra.o, Aug. 8.—Sales of 1000 barrels of flour were made at $4 50 a $4 6233. Wheat was nominal. Corn was in small supply and light sales, at 45¢ for good yel- low. No change in other articles. Avnany, Aug. 8.—Receipts within the past 24 hours —Flour, 3,600 bbls; wheat, 4,800 bushels; corn, 18,000 do. Sales of 1000 bbls of flour were made at $4 94; corn—Sales of 3,000 bushels were made at 56 a 57c. Oats—Sales of 2,050 bushels were made at 43¢. Provi- sions remained about the same. No change in whis- key. —_——_- Arrains iN Cupa.—We have had, within @ few days, various rumors of outbreaks and revolutions in Cuba. Subsequent advices from Havana and frem Trinidad, the place in which it 1s stated the trouble originated and really existed, have been received at this port; but no allusion is made to any disturbance. The ac- counts from Havana are to the 29th, and Trimdad to the 24th; and, although things appeared qmet then, there is good reason to anticipate a change in the political and commercial aspect of the island. The annexed letter, dated Havana, July 15. ives a true and distinct view of the elements of the revolution now at work. “We are here in a horrid state. Some sugary shipped, but nothing else doing. A general alarm ists—confidence is withdrawn. No money to be had on the best paper at any rate of interest. No sale to be made for cash—evyon lumber sold four and eight months at so very low rates, that indeed the bost car~ goes of P. P, lumber have been sold to pay freizht and duties only on four months credit, No planter pays a cent—their notes falling due are of necessity renewed. The cause of this state of things arises rom the state of Europe, and its consequences in mercantile afiaire, depression of our produce in Europe, failun andin United States, the apprehended diffieu Spain, the fear that a revolution there will be followed, as in France. w'th the cinancipation of our negroes, or thet Great Britain may demand it of Spai be compelled to grant it, either of which lead to the immediate destruction of the Island. Besides all this, there is a feverish uneasiness among all the people, in anticipation of evil, heightened by the discharge of a vast number of segar twisters, destitute, unprincipled, and ready for any- thing that will give them bread, And, lastiy, there are a great many loud-talking, light-headed people, of some consideration as to property and fair character, who have excit Te, and probably from some il- arranged and y-combined plan of insurrection, with a view of declaring the island independent, and subsequently to annex it tothe United States, All these causes operating at once, you can easily see are rufticient to produce the troable now existing. And itis impossible to judge of the future, in the present state of thins, although Leannot think Spain, even if & republic, would cut her own throat by emeneipating the slaves, Neither do 1 believe it could be done if she should attempt it, or Great Britain gets hor con- sent todo it, Ido noteither apprehend any outbreai here of consequence. The great fues made about a few individuals brought from Trinidad here, to be nothing more than ind talking.’ The arrival of the bark Ana Lonisa cited feeling among the people was obe ‘The government, alarmed by the eviden: dailv furnished of the existence of a revolutionary spirit, are using precautions to check it ws 8002 es shown. The troops are under strict diseipline, and are daily harangued by the various cere, in glowing ‘and loval spece The pay of the soldiery hud been increased five cents per day. 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