The New York Herald Newspaper, November 13, 1848, Page 2

NEW YORK HERALD. Slorth- West Cornerof Fulton and Nassausts, JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR plain, | THE DAll. ¥ HRKALD— Three odinons cente MORNING EDITION ie b ‘M., and distributed before breakfast; Tonal Wine ry Saturday, fer cireula- RELY tt Seca dary cae gett ok ioe a . ‘annie to anh soctage” The Buropean edition OF. - Sidemente, to be po-t paid, of the yortage tall be deducted from thee VOLUN AR Y CORRESPONDENCE, wmportant VERTISENENTS (renewed every morning, and to be picked in the morning dad afternson ctlsions,] ot reasanable oe shle for errors in mantesci 4 een Untert’ rescived at the Ofice corner ef Pulton and ion be authenticated by the ever is intended for insertion must be autl name iddiresr of the writer; not necessarily for publication, but Gad acddreas of the riter; not iy for pul ‘annum. 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For many years past, the interests of the country have been made subservient to those of faction; end the government has been conducted in such a manner as to warrant the belief that the wishes and desires of political wire-pullers and crafty intriguere, together with the distribution of honors and offices, were the only matters which were really deserving of attention and delibera- tion. In fact, toso great an extent has this been car- ried, that our elections—State as well as national— degenerated into mere contests between rival fac tions and rival parties, for the spoils of office There is a good prospect, however, that this sys- tem will be broken to pieces by General Taylor, and that the administration ef our government will be conducted by him more with the view to the interests and advantages of the couxtry, and to the promotren of ‘its industry and happiness, than to the furtherance of factional schemes or the aggrandisemeut of factional politicians. A few days eimce, we pointed out a few of the principal measures which ought to occupy the attention of the new administration—one of which was the increase of the naval force of the United States, and espectally the addition of a fleet of steamshipe of war. This increase 18 loudly calied for at the preeent time, and may be needed before most people are aware of it. When His Holinees the Pope set the ball of revolu- tion in motion in Italy, no one conceived that it would have created such a commotion in the, whole of Europe es it has done. Nobody ima. gined for a moment, that in less than a year after he broached his liberal epinions on political sub- jects, thrones which were considered as fixed and immovable as anything human could be, would totter and fall—that the King of the Barricades would be overthrown; nor that the whole Conti- nent would rise up suddenly, as if animated with anew spirit, froma slumber of ages, and preach revolution and democracy 1n a part of the world where the mght Divine of kings to rule, was the lopg maintained principle of political faith. Yet such is the fact. Europe is ina blaze; mighty changes are going on there from day to day, and before quiet and order shall be again reatored, many more thrones will fall, and many more re} volutions and ware will probably take place. The United States will maintain, as long as possible. a neutral and passive position, and will not interfere actively, one way or the other, in the contests which are mow going on, or which may hereafter take place, in Europe. Butif she be placed in such a position that her power and dignity would require her to lift her hand, either in self defence, er to punish wanton aggression or insult, she ought to be possessed of the power to do so with effect. To do this, she would be de- pendent on her naval power. Again: our com- merce isso widely extended, and our commercial relations with every part of Europe so inti- mate and diversified, that our ships are seen in every sea, and anchor in every harbor in the ci- vilized world. They need the protecting arm of government, and should have it. But to be able to give this protection, we should have a fleet of steamships sufficient to cope successfully with that of any other country. We should be properly prepared for any emergency that may arise; and no one can tell when we may be called upon to give an exhibition of our power. This ought to be one of the first measures that should occupy the attention of the new administration, Contrasted with the naval forces of Great Britam and France, thatof the United States is quite insignificant, especially as regards steamships of war. We have, apparently, been iegardiess of the great revolution which steam has been making in the science of naval warfare during the last eight or ten years; while all the European nations have kept pace with it, and availed themselves of this new and great ele- ment, tothe best of their ability. And thus, too, when we actually have as much need of a steam navy as cither Great Britain or France, Our com- merce is greater in extent, in tonnage, and in the number of men, and in the amount of capital em- ployed, than that of any country in the world, with the single exception of England; and we shall exceed that country, even, in this branch of our in- dustry, before many years. In the collision that may take place in the wars with which Europe is menaced, our commerce will be in danger of suf- fering, 1f there be no adequate torce on those seas to protect it. We sincerely hope, therefore, that this important suyject will receive some attention from the new administration, and that it will take recent date. measures to put our steam navy on such a footing as will be compatible with the extent of our com- merce, and the maintenance of the honor and dig- nity of the nation. There is another subject in connection with our navy which needs the besom of reform very much, It should be less aristocratic, and more democratic than it is. Ever siace the last war, it has been controlled by a tew parties, whose in fluence has been directed towards making it anex- clusive family affiur. To such an extent has political and family influence controlled our navy, that itus a matter of impossibility for worth or merit to make its way, or obtain promotion.— ‘The other day, an orderly sergeant who exhibited great gallantry and daring on the coast of Calitor- nia during the recent war with Mexico—who was recommended by the Commodore, and every oflicer on the station, as worthy of promotion, and who, in addition to all that, was backed by considerable eupport here in New-York, as well as in Washing- ton—in hie application for a second lieutenant- ship, was refused; while the office which he applied for was given to the son of a Senator, who never smelt salt water in his life; and this, too, in spite of the numerous recommen lations which were voluptarily given in favor of the orderly ser- geant. Similar instances of disregard of merit, and of appointments through favor and political influence, have come to our knowledge; and all we have to say of the system 1s, that if it be perse. vered in, it will ruin our navy, and make it a tool in the hands of politicians for the aggrandizement of afavored few. The Navy Department should not be conducted in this manner. Snch a system is directly at variance with the spirit of our government and inatitutions. The navy should be like everything else connected with our coun- try. Its highest honors and offices should be with- in the reach of all, and merit, bravery and gal- lantry—and those alone—should be the stepping stones to them. While the honors and commis- sions are bartered and sold for political influence, what encouragement, we would ask, 1s held out to the thousands of gallant fellows who are ready to perform deeds of daring at the risk of their devotion to their country? None—not the slightest. Their merits are overlooked, and rank and honor are bestowed in return for politi- cal support, and are attained only through political influence. It is time, full time, that the spint of democracy which pervades our institutions on shore, was extended to our navy. There is not an office, from the highest to the lewest, on land, which is not within the reach of merit—as the election ot General Taylor to the Presidency will testify to ; but it 18 not so if the navy. The country will expect from General Taylor a reform in this, as well asia other things. They will cali for acheck on this family influence in our navy. And we trust that one of the tirst mea- sures which will occupy the attention of the new administration will be the enlargement of our steam navy, #0 that the United States may be im a position to be prepared tor any contingency that may arise out of the revolutionary state of things in Europe. General Taytor’s NominatTion--A MISTAKE Cornecrsp.—One of our cotemporaries—the Boston Iierald—claims that it predicted, on the 10th of April, 1847, that General Taylor would be the next President of the United States; and further states, that their article was the firat of that purport which appeared in the Northern papers, and was published twenty-seven days previous to our nomination of the hero of Buena Vista. In this statement our cotemporary makes a trifling mistake of just one year, for it was in the month of May, 1846—and not 1817—that we put old Zack in nomination. We have, on a former occasion, mentioned this, and do not think it necessary, at this time, to do any more than put our cotem- porary right in this matter. Tue Presipentia, Exgction.—We received no additional details of importance, ygsterday, re- epecting the election. There 18 no doubt of the whigs having carried the States named in our ta- ble, which includes Georgia, Tennessee, and Low- siana--in all 160 electoral votes. We expect to add, in a few days, Florida, 3, and probably Missis- sipp!, 6; Iowa, 4—Total, 173. Arrivan or tite Wrst Inpra Stramer.—The West India Royal Mail steamer Forth, G. T. Sturdee, Esq., commander, arrived yesterday morning from the West Indies, and last from Ber- muda, from which place she brings papers to the %h inst., from St. Thomas to the 23th ult., and Kingston, Jamaica, to the 22d. At Bermuda there was nothing new, and files of the St. Thomas Ti= tende, received at this office, are entirely barren of interest. The Jamaica Dispatch, of the 22d, gives some items from San Juan de Nicaragua, of a It says :— Among the pasrengers by the last steamer fron the Main, is Don Francisco Castellan, minister for Foreign Affairs of the republic of Nicaragua. en a special mission to the court of St. James, respecting the oscu- petion of San Juan de Nicaragua on behalf of the ing of the Mosquitos, Without entering into the merits of the case, with which we are unacquainted, we may be permitted to h that M. Castellon’s mis- tas I matters are suffered to remain in the state of sion in which they now are, the object of the Bri in taking possession of San Juan will be defeat while the commerce of Nicaragua and Costa Rica m suffer very *eriously, and injure our own, from the intercourse which exists between this island and Cens tral Averica . Mr Foster, British Consul at Realejo, is also here we understand, en route for England. The Dispatch, speeking of the Island of Ja maica, remarks :— ‘The island fe quiet—dall—and barren of local events. It ie, however, healthy, although the ther in the town has been unusually hot for this season of the year, The nights are beginning to be cool and plea- sant. The only belligerents us are the Co- lonial Bank Manager und his fri d the other members of the commissioners of public accounts who favored the iseue of Island notes. The war is liter. ally a paper one—between the manufacturers ef co- lonial bank rags, and of {sland rags. The admirers of the former tain that they ate reecivable in pay- meut of taxes and duties. The one is guaranteod by the capital of the bank under the charter, which makes each shareholder liable for the amount and only the amount. of his hares; the other, by the leland aad all that is imit, including the Colonial Bank premises. How the struggle will terminate, we sball_not predict. ‘Thus much, however. is evident’; the Island notes, to a limited extent, will cirontate, despite the attempt of the Colonial Bank to depreciate them; and the larger ones will be # convenient medium of remittance from the distant parts of the Island. Accounts from Grenada represent the growing crops of yams, and other products, to be in a blighted state. At Antigua the scarcity of breadstuffs had ex- cited much alarm among the people generally. Flour was selling at thirteen dollars per barrel; corm and corn meal were proportionably high. The island, however, had been tavored with sea- sonable supplies of rain. Affairs in Trinidad wore a gloomy aspeet. Most of the merchants there were losing inoney; the profits on sales not meeting expenses. Mats ror tu West Inpres, &c.—The steam- ship Forth, Captain Sturdee, will leave this port, to-day, for Bermuda. Her mails will close at 11 or 12 o'clock. Copies of the New York Herald, in wrappers, can be obtained at this office. Awnotnkr Missing Man.—The Belfast Journal says:--“ George Littlefield, of Me, went to Roston upon busine Oct., he, with three others, Penobscot, to return home; th nions saw of him, be went into market houre and the steamboat the steamboat, where they had Me.) aldo, and, on the 13th of folng on board the refreshment before going on board; he has not been teen or heard of since; he had about $150 in money with him. It is feared that foul play has been used upon him Any information concerning him will be thankfully receivec by his distressed family, addressed to Phineas Y, Clements, Waldo, Maine.” ged to mortal Stone's Tract lives, when opportunity offers to show their | Ireland and thelate Revolution, Several attempts have been made of late, on both sides of the Atlantic, to attribute the failure of the late insurrection in Ireland to the Insh Ca- tholic clergy. As long as this error was confined to the tew ignorant writers on this side of the At- lantic, who now and again give us their opinions on Insh matters, it was of very little consequence ; but they become invested with more importance, and are calculated to produce erroneous impres- sions on the public mind here, when they are en- dorsed and reiterated by some of those gentlemen who have taken part in getting up the insurrection, and who have just made their escape to this coun- try. One of these gentlemen, Mr. McGee, 18 desi- rous of impressing the public here with the belief that the failure of the insurrection 1s to be attribut- ed to the Catholic clergy not joining the move. ment. He says “ that the elergy of the people made a grave political mistake, and that that mistake was fatal to the iasurrection in its incipientstages.” Now, with great respect tor Mr. McGee, we take leave to say that thisis an ingenious but not very gentlemanly calumny on the Catholic clergy of Ine land. Mr. McGee knows well, or ought to know, that there 1s not a body of men in the werld who have clung with more fidelity and self-denial to the principles ot civil and religious liberty ; and though it has of late become the fashion with the foul mouthed and mercenary press of Eng!and, and their followers in this country, to heap upon the “surpliced raffians” and the ‘hooded incen- diaries” every kind of obloquy that satanic inge- nuity could devise, for their attachment to Ireland, it is neitherhonest nor honorable in the Irish re- fugees to join now, at the otherend of the trail, and assail them for the very contrary. Besides, such an assertion is scandalously false. The failure ot the attempted insurrection was owing to the incompetence and blundering stup. dity of a few self-conceited young men, who, dur- ing their shoit publie career, lived in a continual round of gelf-created delusions. Who ever placed any confidence in Smith O’Brien? He is an ho- nest—a bold man—we are ready to admit, and is worthy of all esteem, not only from his own coun- trymen, but from every lover of liberty in the world; but honesty and boldness are not the only qualities necessary for the man who takes upon himself the position of another Moses, to lead the modern Israelites out of bondage. Who, again, was Mitchel? A man whose words and writings proved him to be utterly incompetent for the task he undertook. To take one instance oui of hun- dreds: Will any one who considers his conduct previous to the celebrated Limerick soirée, under” take to say that such a man was calculated to win the confidence of a people? He went to that city for the purpose of * winning over” the disciples of moral force to the sword, and as a preparatory manauvre, he issued in the Natzonot the pre- vious week, one of the most inflammatory, abusive, and, to say the least of it, injudicious attacks on the memory of O’Connell that even he ever in- dulged in. This was the mode which this other leader adopted to “win over” the city of the “ violated heart;” and the world has witnessed the result. The only other man worth mentioning, and the ablest man, by far, of the party, Davis, was ca'led off toa better and brighter sphere just in time to save himself from the niortification of being drag- ged through the mud, or as one of the Young Ire- lana party prophetically termed it, «through the social shambles,” by his more rash, reckless and mad colleagues. As for MacNevin and Meagher, Duffy and Dilloa, Barry and O'Gorman, and some others, whatever qualification they had for making speeches and writing strong, impassioned newspay per articles and poetic appeals, they were utterly incompetent for the part of leaders of the Irish people. It 18 an ungracious task, and one which we do not set about with much pleasure, to expose the hollow pretensions of these would-be leaders of the Insh people; the more especially as some of them have undergone,and some of them still await, the vengeance of the British government. But the subject has been forced upon us by the folly and falsehood of their friends. Mr. McGee also says, “that at any time during the last ex months, the towns-people were in terms committed to at- tempt a forcible expulsion of the British power.’”’ ‘This sounds “passing strange.” Can it be possible that this gentleman has so soon forgotten the igno- minious expulsion of his own party, at any time within the last twelve months, from Waterford, Cork, Kilkenny, Limerick and Belfast, and every other town they visited to “ win over?” Can he have forgotten that he himself, with Smith O’Brien, Meagher, Mitchel, and Martin, narrowly escaped with their lives, about this time last year, from the Music Hall of Belfast? And so incensed was po pular feeling against them, that they had to be es- corted home to their hotels by the British police. This, however, was but a repetition of the treat- ment they received in almost every town in Ire- land that they visited to“ win over.” It 1s very convenient now, for this gentleman to turn round upon the Catholic clergy, and place the failure of the insurrection at their door. But it isa poor device—“a weak invention cf the enemy.” Mr. Mitche}, Mr. O’Brien, Mr. Dufly & Co., knew very well at the commencement of their secession, up to the last throw o/ the dice, that the clergy was against them. Indeed, they appeared rather sa- usfied than otherwise, that this was the case—and 100k especial pains to proclaim it to the world, and to boast in their usual vainglorious style how in- diflerently they regarded such a circumstance. It is not our intention to go into the question oF moral or physical force, in contests for popular liberty. Both are proper, at proper time and places. Our sole object is to place the responsibility of the late failure in the proper quarter. The Catholic clergy of Ireland: may be all their enemies say they are; but they have ever clung with unfaltering fidelity to their people, unseduced by bribes, and unawed by power. It is well known they did not join the Young Ireland party. But who could blame them? Who in Ireland, whose good opinion is of any value, placed confidence in that party? Noone; and the Catholic clergy would have turned their backs upon all the principles and practices of their whole lives, had they enlisted themselves, or per- mitted their ‘locks over whom they had influence, to enlist themselves under the banners of a parcel of incompetent enthusiasts, who had neither the ge~ nius to conceive, nor the judgmentto execute, any rational or practical plans for the liberation of their country. This will be all seen bye and bye; but the excitement of the times and the sympathy for the unfortunate participators in the late movement, have raiged a sort of moral mist which will pre- vent people for some time from accurately seeing the real state of the case. Moral force may redeein Ireland, and so may physical force; but if the former, it must be under abetter leader than John O'Connell; and if the latter, it must be under far different men than the poets and writers of the Nation and Untted Irish- man newspapers. In our opinion, Ireland can never by any isolated effort recover her separate rights, until she joins in a general and compre- hensive movement with the middle classes and masses of gland and Scotland, in one great, grand, and glorious effort to put down the aris- tocracy and establish a popular government over the whole kingdom. Naval Intel In future, commander will wear, in the centre of tho shoulder etrapsauthorized for officers of that g y the regulation of June 4th, 1846, a foul anchor, in gold embroidery, not to excved one and one- th inch in length. J. ¥, MASON, avy Department, Nov. 10, 1848, The United States sloop of-war Germantown arrived at St. Thomas on the 3d inst.. from Pensacol Sloop-ef- war St. Mary, Rio ot Valparaiso on the 2th of August, ine few days for California, The steam fri Saranac is to be la mouth on Tu y noxt. eer recmercemmeers sites THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. Gc, Sv, Sie. Returnsare given inthe Portland Advertis over two-thirds of the State, adding up as follo Case Van Buren... Total..... ‘The eame towns in September, voted thus for (ov. ernor :— Demoorat. . Whig....: Free Total....... + 75,805 ‘The increase of the vote, it will be seen, is princi- pally om the part of the whigs, but Cass now leads ‘Taylor 288 votes, and it is probable that the plurality for Caea will be about 3,000—a gain for Taylor, since September, of 6,000, an48,300 on Polk's majority over Clay in 1844, | ft is clear that ~ Old Zack’ would have beaten Cass in Mate, bad lt not been for the free soil movement ; #0 that it may be said the nine eleotoral votes of Maine, as well as the 23 votes of Obio, are lost to Taylor avd Fillmore by the running of the Van Buren ticket, while it is probable that the movement was not even neceseary to carry New York for the Whigs. Suoh has the popularity of Taylor proved to be in all quarters. Massachusetts, The Boston Transcript, of Saturday, says :—‘ The official vote of Massachusetts will be counted by the Governor and Council on Wednesday next. Proola- mation made forthwith, calling t! egislature togeth- er. probably on Wednesday, the 22d, or Thureday, the 234, for the choice of eleotors. There is one vacancy in the Senate to be Giled; Hon J.C, Perkins. of Sa- lem, baving been appointed @ Judge. Edmund Kim- ball and George Orborne. democrals, are the constitu- tional candidates to fill the vacancy. The whigs are higbly elated with their signal success, and stand ready to let loose their “ pent-up thua.er’ It is re- orted that 1.000 guns are to be fired on Monday, in Ponor of the election of General Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore, as President and Vico President of the United States; and the whigs of Boston would probably be willing to add 1.000 more, if they ware sure of the election of Governor Briggs. Stnce writing the above, we learn, officially, that the thousand guns sre. to be fired, and not only from one place, but from three ; namely, Copps’ Hill, Dorohester Heights, and Beston Common. So the salute will be really one of 3,000 guns! It will commence with the opening of the polls.” Pennsyiva: The returns are still inoomplet but Taylor's ma- jority will be about 12,000 over Cass, The free soil or Van Buren electoral vote. as far as heard from, is as follows :— Delaware. jontgom Phila city. Phila. count; Schuylkill . see 62,865 This vote may possibly be inoreased by the fall returns from the State. Virginia. ® The democrats having gained 622 in Accomao, (one of the counties in what was formerly Wise’s district,) compared with the vote for Harrison, in 1840, there can be but little doubt that Cass has carried the State by a small majority, ae gain sufficient to overcome 1,400, (the majority against Harrison in 1540) can hardly be expected in the Western counties to come in. Such we observe is the opinion of the Natiunal Intelligencer of Saturday, in giving the returns from 67 counties, not including Accomac,and showing a whig gain of 1. compared with the Presidential election of 1844. when Polk's majority over Clay was 5,593 in the State. Taylor has ran remarkably well in the democratic counties, and would have carried tue State the ultra Clay whigs in the tide water section of the Sta’ proved true to him. We shall give further delails in our next, North Carolina, David D, Allen, whig, has been elected in Brunswick county, to fill the vacancy oocasioned by tho resigna- tion of Henry Watters, as a member of the House of Commons of North Carolina The Popular Vote and Majorities in Ten States. [iNcompLete.) — 1848. Taylor. Cuss. V. Buren. Massachusetts + 62,010 34,939) 33,114 Vermont. 7,334 Maine. 11,036 New Hampshire 5,243 Connecticut . Rhode Island. Maryland. Delaware Pennsylvania . New York.... 57,6 Total... 2.65.46. 811,594 203; Taylor over Cass........ a Taylor over Cass and Van Buren ON TO-DAY. 0 to be held this year—im Mas- sachusetts to-day, and in Delaware to-morrow. The election in Massachueetts is for Governor, Lieut. Go- vernor, members of the State Legislature, and ten members to Congress. Annexed are the names of the candidates: NOMINATIONS FOR GOVERNOR. Ae Democrat. ig. Free Soil. Caleb Cushing. George N. Bri S.C. Phillips, FOR LINUTENANT GOVERNOR, HL. W. Cushman. john Reed. Jobn Mills, NOMINATIONS FOR CONGRESS, Ww Free Soil. . Fe Winthrop, Chas. Sumner, 2 . Stetson. 3—Geo.8. Boutwell, James H. Duncan. C.L, Knapp. 4—Fredk. Robinson, Benj. Thompson, J. G. Paltrey. 5—Isaa0 Davis, Charlee Hudson. Charlo Allea, 6—W. L. Griswold, George Ashmun. —D. W, Alvord. 7—T. F. Piuskett. Julius Rockwell, Charles Sedgwick. oe ¥ Wales, oe mam pence ligt . Wooper. in Fowler. fathantel Morton, 10—CB.LL Fessenden, dos. Grinnell: A. H, Howland, ORACULAR CALCULATION, An ingenious French correspondent of the New Orleans Bee, of the 2d instant, five days before the election, givesthe following curious arithmetical ooin- cidence, applied to his ewn calculation, on the result of the Presidential election. He says, by numbering the letters of the alphabet in the order in whioh they stand, amd applying the numbers to the letters composing the name of Zachary Taylor, he finds the addition of those numbers is 173. yy the pame system, he finds the numbers applied to letters comprising the phrase “ will be President ” also up 173. THE PROOF. mae 8 DE PG Be ty xk Le ee 8 Serre so Ie) ae ree 8 NOP QRS TUVWXYZ 4156 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 a 25 26 waevceuHA SE * TAYLOR 6 13 8 1 18 % 20 1 2 12 16 18 - Total addition of these figures, 173, Witb BE PRESIDENT 2391212 25 118 6 109 4 5 lt 2 Total addition, 173 This curious necromantic arithmotician then gives the following list of States which he calculates will vote for Taylor, and finds that the addition of their electoral votes amounts exactly to the magic number of 173; which wo may therefore presume, in the pre- rent untettled state of the returns from the several States. will prove the true number of electoral votes which Taylor will receive. STATES WHICH WILL VOTE FOR TAYLOR, Maseeachusetts.. . North Caroli: Rhode Island. . seed It will be seen that thi himself “ Un Mathem itician Tayt been wonderfully borne out in hi actual returns of the election pro- bability of med, or the number of [electoral votes, exeept perhaps by th stitution of the four votes of lowa for those of Wisco: in which case the total number would remain the same. THE RESULT OF THE FREE SOI. MOVEMENT IN RHODE ISLAND. (From the Providence Transcript, Nov. 11.] Our Rhode Island line for freedom did as well at the late election as could have been expected,under all the circumstances of the case, and we have nothing to re- gret. Weshould have been pleased to have polled the round sum of one thousand, instead of seven hun- dred and eight, that are ret down to usin the returns; but we did more than expected a few days provious to the election. V4 + o M4 ne We had 4 reason, also, to believe that the colored yoters of this State would array themselves under the banner of free soil, and would march with us boldly to a conflict with lave pi But hei destined to bedirappointed. They went ove to the enemy of free soil—th« serted the ranks of that band who wo friends and aseerted their to their foes, and with the holds hundreds of human beings in sla’ rather a Cr 9 to us, who were 04 ‘a cause which hed their interest feelings at heart. rigors of sorvitude, slavery institutions. W: o man’s friend, and #0 were our cendidates for President ‘Vice Presi We had espoused their cause: were vindie the! ims to equality—woe were ining of their wr and we hed responses pom gee a one colored vote thet they were with ut; but when the hour of trial camo, thoy wore absent. te | i} | throughout. Did they desert the * No, they came to the polls a reoruite in the ns of their own enemy—the euziliery band who were fighting the battles of the Soutbern slavebolders. This was the “unkiniest cut ed by the very people we had united ourselves with to serve, What a speota- cle did it present to sew the free soil men, at the pila, toning eare of the rights of the colored ple while tv ics, and from the path of duty, by the colored men of this city, The influence of the Taylor whigs, we kaow, was brought to bear upon them strong; they wore al- tervately threatened and flattered. bribed aud seduced, from their path of duty, and from their honorable alli- ance with the free roti voters. Under all these disoour- ging circumstances, could we have been expected to ave done better than we have’ Term.—In 1821, when Mr. Munroe took his seat a6 President of the United States, the fourth of Mat @ insuguration poned until the fifth of that month, Not- z cording to the law of 1792, “for which » President and Vice President shall be elected, eh: on the fourth day of March on which the vote of the electors beet of his ability preserve, protect, au titution off the United States . presumed, will have no duties to perform on Sun- day, except to go to church; but, as his term will then commence. 60 will the payment of his salary; and for this dirs non he will receive sixty-eight d half.— Baltimore Clipper. Theatrical and Musical. Park Turatax.—This evening Mrs. Shaw, who is generally admitted to be the best actress in the United States, will make her first appearance. after a lapse o! nine years onthe Park boards, She will commence ber engagement in the new piece which has been drama- tised by Mr. Walcott from the work of Charles Dickens, | called “Edith, or Dealings with the firmof Dombey and Son.” Mrs Shaw appears as Edith, and it neceseary to say it will receive ali the attention and judgment whioh an actress of great dramatic celebrity ‘can give to it; but when it is kaown that Mr. H Pla- cide perronates the character of Captain Cuttle, who, wo ask, cam resist the temptation of visiting the Park this evening? The cast, generally speaking, is exeel- lent, combi in the country, Gilbert takes the part of Mr. Dombey; ‘Walcott that of Toots, and Barrett.an eXoellent actor, will sustain that of Major Bagstook. Add tothese the names of Clarke, Chapman and Scott, together with those of Mrs, Gilbert, Mrs Winstanley, Mrs, Kuight, Mra. Dyott. Mies Taylor and Mrs. Waloott, aud who will say “ Dombey and Son’’ will not be ably repre- | sented? We should bo inclined to think that the Park will be crowded in every department this evening. Bowrxy Turatre.—The entertainments at this houre, this evening, will be composed of the Irish drama of “ Rory O’More,’’ the Concert of the New Orleans Serevad d the popular drama of “ Life,” now, by the by, in its third week. Mr. Barney Williams has been engaged for a limited period, and will sustain the part of Rory O’More this evening. The drams iteelf isa most interesting one. We well remember with what favor it was reorived at the Park Theatre some years ago. Barney Williams is well qualified to enact the part. He is truly an excellent Irish comedian, and derervedly popular. The piece will be well Mies Conway and Mrs. Tilton appeac in it. The Serenaders will g fine concert, not for- getting to include their amusing burlesque on the [t& lian Opera, The drama of “ Life” will conclude the performances. There will be a change in ons charac- ter, as Miss Wemyse will take of Zarbara Mil- ford. She willenactit well, we are pereusded. Broapway Tueatre.—The attractions at this splen- did theatre are continually on the increase, and the management has displayed such good judgment, that the most unprecedented success has crowned its efforts, Mr. Marshall has effected another engagement with America’s favorite, Edwin Forrest, who will brated character of d the most unbounded delight at his perfect personation of the character. It is only necessary to be known that he will appvar, and the houce is sure to be filled beyond measure. During the engagement, be will be ably supported by Mess: Waillack. jun., Dyott, and others of the talented com- pavy; and Miss F. Wallack and Mrs. Abbott. The company at Broadway cannot be excelled by avy in the country; and the present week may be looked to as being one replete with the most splendid perform- ances. Mr. Hadaway will also appear this evening, as Mr Pillicoddy,in the laughable farce of that name. The capability of this gentleman, in bisline, is too 11 known to need comment, being always received ith acclamatione of delight. We predict a plenteous harvest at the Broadway, and would say to those who wish to see the performancer, to procure tickets be- fore night, or it will be impossible to get in. Nationa Turatxe.— Mr. J. R. Scott will make his appearance here this evening, as Rob Roy, the bold outlaw, and the general cast of the piece will be strong, Mrs. Woodward will play Helen MacGregor; Miss Mes. tayer, Diana Vernon. Mr. Cunningham will make his bow to the National theatre audience as Bailie Nicol Jarvey. Pardey will be the bellicose Major Galbraith. All the original music of the piece will be gi “New York As it Is” will be [apap again evening. During lest season, this piece was played for seventy nights in succession, and it will, no doubt, be as welcome as ever this evening. Burke as Joe, the market loafer. will, no doubt, be very amusing, and Moee will be the same popular character hi has been The farce of the “ Omnibus’? will the entertainments. Seymour will take the t of Pat Rooney. He is a rising young actor, ‘and from what little we have seer. of him in such parts, he mal e capital etage Irishman, Bunron’s Turatae.—This theatre, which has been #0 very successful under its present indefatigable mana ger, Mr. Burton, whose production of light and pleas- ing pleces has met with the most liberal response, will commence this evening with the seemingly never- tiring representation of “ Dombey & Son.” Burtonis almortt perfection itself, in every character he uner- takes; but in the part of Captain Cuttle, we believe he can bave no rival. Raymond's personation of Toots requires no comment, as the public generally have already. by their enthusiastic cheers, stamped him as aninimitable representative. The character of Major stock, as performed by Mr. Brougham. is equally good, is also the part of Susan Nipper, the black- eyed one, by Mrs. Brougham. Following this, will be a new farce, called the “ Irish Eogagement,” ia which Brovgham will take the character of Tim O’Rafferty, and Miss Chapman that of J ir. Fredericks and Miss Walters will dance a“ Pas de Deux,” and the en- tertainments will conclude with “The Capture of of Captain Cuttle, or Bunsby's Wedding.” This is a ng bill, and, no doubt, will attract « large assem- Bnoapway Cincvs.—The French performers, Messrs. Julien Philippe, and Martiaett! and Maitre Carlo, have created quite an excitement at the Broadway Circus, by their very extraordinary performances. Suchgym- nastic feats bave never before been witnessed in this country; and the performances by Mme. Julion, on the tight rope, are really astonishing The grand entrees, the romersets of Mr. McFarland, the riding of Mr. Sweet, Master Walter Aymar, and Master R. Wil- liams; the eccentrfeities of John Gossin and Gardner, the clowns, and the excellent manner in which the circle is directed by Mr, James Nixon, all form a de- lightful entertainment. Cunuety's Mixsraets.—Notwithstanding the disa- greeable November weather that now prevails, the folks flock to. hear these minstrels ss much as ever. They have got the public ear firm enough, and #0 charm it by their elegant minstreley, that they will no doubt retain it for any length of time. Mropeon.—White’s Serenaders contioue their concerts with great success The performances at this house ate admirably regulated. It is just the place for family parties, Camrneuy’s Minstrets are as fresh and popular as ever. The pleasing varicty which characterises their performances {s sgreat feature in them. They sing most admirably, and dance and joke as well as they sing. They deserve the immense patronage they re- ceive. Mexico Inivstnaten.—This grand national exhi- bition is open every evening, and also on the after- nonns of Wednesdays and Saturdays. it has been pronounced, by all who have seen it, the most splendid exhibition of the kind which has bsen wo. Mr. Grain, the painter of it, may indeed be proud of his work. Mn. Groner Houtann, the favorite comedi: will take a benefit at the Olympic Theatre to-morro ning. He will present a most attractive bill. Madame Augusta is highly successful in St. Louis. Mr. and Mies Vandenboff were performing at Liver- pool, on the 2ith ult, Mr. Dempster is in Bostor Movements of Individuals, Herr Hecker, the German patriot, arrived at St. Louis on the ist ult, He declined any public demonstra- tion, but it was contemp'ated to hold mass mevtiog, at which he will address his countrymen on the condi- tion ofthings in Fudertand, Col, Charles May, of Palo Alto celebrity, passed through Cincinnati last Saturday. with 114mon of the mounted California regiment, for St. Lou! Amoi aesengers by the Northerner at Charles. ton, were the Win. Aiken and family, who have recently arrived from Europe. Tne Man, vor Havana —Letters are very fre- quently enclosed and addressed to the care of to be for- commercial houres here, from the North, the steamer to Cul ad ti cases, is only paid to this city, Upon sending the ters per the steamer, tl ast be conte ench, It would aa7 paid here, 12% ti if the letters wore not enctosed, Girected to Cubs. audthen the postage paid through would be only 12% oe: ta. Charles fon Meroury. Sixty-five Indian tribes are now under the protec. tion of the United States government, exolusive of those in Oregon, California, and New Moxico, and a | leper—the | ail found fro THe ComMENCEMENT OF THE Paxsiveverat, | Dr. Hawke at the Ohurch of the Ascension. ‘This eloquent divine, who has been se long a chiming light im the Epleoopal Churoh, betag im town yoster- Gay, preached, in the morning and afternoon. in the Church of the Ascension, Fifth Avenue. Although the day was wet and ditagreeable, there was a large at- tepdance on both ocoasions. In the morning, his discourse was exceedingly elo. quent and argumentat! }d seomed to make a sen sible impression on all who heard it. In the afternoon. he preached from the second ~~ tle of the Apostle Paul to the Corinthians, chap. 8th, verse 9th—“ For ye know the grace of our Lord, Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes 1s Veo poor; that ye, through poverty, mightos reverend gentleman then ded to ei the nco-ruity of practising the virtue of obarity. said that St Paul bad onlarged views of truth, which he to bes unity, and he loved to view itia all ed themselves to his view. His great rejected it. Im manifesting liberal- uffering, does con- gentieman, appeal to the com- our nature—to the bdless- id be conferred on society—or those ‘h igh waled to both with great propriety and effeot —the grounds be reeted bis on were v. ferent. He ti ail Towards Chit. ‘The cloyusut divine the raee on, ina strain of great eloque: to shuw how | virtu example of our Saviour, The sister who appealed bim bebalf of her brother—the 4 half ® his daughter—the mother, that li jument of soaroely | ing, as it does, many of the best comedians | helpless wo, on bebalf of ber son—the loathsome less _cripple—the wretched paralytio— loving Saviour mercy, wis-ratic and relief. He gave bsok the brother to the sister— he restored the daugbter to her father—the son to his mother—he cured the Samaritan leper, and made whole the wretched paralytic. But his af- fection for his creatures far beyond this. He relinquished the adoration of Heaven's tnhabitants, and to use mphatio words of the soriptur 6, “atripped himself of all”’—of glory, praise, honor, hap- pines: and maj he teok uy, Limeelf the form of min—simple m he who was the Lord of Hoavem aad earth, becam uderer through the world He assumed the lowest garb of humanity, and. as if that ufoient, endured all kinds of ineults and bmitted himself to the most igno- even the death of the cross He endured all thin without your solicitation - of his own. pontanvous offering—of his own uoparalleled b uaty ; d bad he not done ro, Dsequence to yeu woul have been endless suffering and endless despair, The humen race hed ne claim whatever upon this incon: ovivable love. After dwelling upon this point for aome time, the elequent preacher lauded, by saying that he would not appeal to heroafter. or urgo any motives taken from a consideration of future reward and pun- ishment, but would appeal tothe senre of gratitude, of justice and of honor, for the personal kinduess eich ‘one of them bad reoeived from the Almighty. There was not one in that congregation who would not find hundreds of insta: of this kind, if he took the trouble to examine ; »nd, apart from the other motives and grounds on which he appealnd to them, he ox- horted them, by every remembered instance o° the favor of a gracious Gua, to cultivate and praotse the virtue of charity and liberality towards the poor. City Intelligence. Tir Prorosry Ferny to Brooxtyn —In the month of October. 1647, the citizens of Brooklyn surceeded in getting a law paseed by the Legislature, app sinting & board of ferry commissioners This wasdsne with a view to estat ist, when and wh-re thry ple vs ferry or forrios between Now York and that city: such a Jaw has probably never found its way on the statute books cf any state or country before. I pro- vides that that board of commissioners shall h power to licenre ferries whenever they may deem public convenience requires it; and that men of uc- prejudiced minds might compoce that board, ene was chosen from Albany. another from Washington coun- ty, and the other from some p'ace entirely unknown toNew York. The object of the movement was to e:- tablish a ferry from the foot of W: eet, in this city. to the foot of Montague atreet.in Brooklyn, The coOmmisrioners, with the nower ef their appointment, met. and. without consulting the mayor end oom: monalty of this city. adjudged thats ferry was a tually necessary at that place. In tl they bave it so arranged, that if the owcera of the property at the foot of Wall atrest, or the corporate authorities of New York shonld refuse to dispose of such property for the purpose required by the Brooklynites, then the sheriff of Westchester eounty should be notified by the commissioners, and jury of twelve from that county chou'd a ijadge the value of the desired property. and cause the same 'o te gold for the pu-poses of aferry Well this is indeed A fine caper. Twelve men from We ‘who look upen $100 an acre as a fair prics for Inad, shall say how much two of the most valuable wharves in the city of New York are worth. All having besa done in Brooklyn that could be done without the knowledge of the corporation of New York. on Frida; their chosen committee called upon the Mayor, laid before bim an impertinent proposition for theoon- sideration of the Common Conneil. An Mayor understood the nature of the document. he trid the committee that he theurht it would not-meet with the sanction of that body. It been at ted arore on the subject Soh i not a there the slightest indication of ‘unpl nt feeling among the par‘ies. did pot look at the proposition at the time of the nuture of it, save from a telf individually, and. a8 1-nosened,would not commit the city y manner whaterer. The object of this movement is at once apo: the most careless observer. prospar'ty of the thorough-going Brosklya men endeavor first to occupy all the , possibly can for ferry purposes, that th t may be drawn to the opposite al suppose would be the house and other natio of th f and clearance: ths n this city, to great injury of tl Prorperity of that city. Well strange things willcome io pass. Who would have thought, ten ago, that {a 1848 the commercial busifers of t! village would that a custom house would be action? True, thelr but it is Rot proba 0 pay aduty on all the beef. pork, and cabbage whi. they are obliged tolook to Now Vern vere teeny i ture of the State,in violation of the charter of Ne city, have the privilege of granting to other cities wi ever privileges the nd.after nd franchiser, then the ureless, and should not pported atthe ‘Tho whole matter will be laid before the Common Council. this ev without doubt, receive a prompt and out regerd to the action of the Legi now a ferry on tach side of the pli mand which are svfficient for perpetuity of which the ocrporation have not, nor will not, refuse; but to be driven into @ m whioh they know will be injurious to the interests of the city. they will not submit to. The principal movers in this matter are persons doing business in this olty, and residing in Brookiyn, whereby they enoape taxa tion. Then the citizens of New York must be obliged to pay the expenses of @ police force, to tak the property cf individuels who are makin: effort to injure the kpro:perity of tl the chipping from the most impor in the city. The idea of such a mor aud cennot porsibly expect to meet Common Council are sufficiently a tense of their duty, to consizn such a dem mcrited oblivion, Knowing as they do that they are oply sustais nll of their constituents, Accipent on tHe New J Rartroan —An accident occurred on Saturday night on the New Jer- rey Railroad, which, had it not been for the great | ok ‘aution used by the conductors of the trains. wou'd ave proved mst fatal. The Brunswick train left Jersey City at four o'clock, and the Philadelphia tr abalf hour after Whi near Rihway, the B wick train broke down, from somo unforeven oaase. Immediately the sigoal ligbt was sont back, that the engineer of the Philadelphia train might discaver the accident in time to stop thetrain§ In consequence of there being a dercent in the grade of the road for seme distance, the light was not teen until t! hort distance, an though every effort was made to do fo. sengers in the first nam leave the oars as soon as possible, lest there should be ® collition which might prove fatal. They all left the care in thme, soon after which the heavy train oame in {contact with the otber. Two of the oars of the Bruvewick train were literally orus! a Mr. William Smith, fireman of the Philadelphia trala, had his leg broken, Mr. Smith, the supsrinten- dent of the road, was at once apprised of the ac- cident, and Immediately proceeded to the place.* In & ehort time every thing was clear, and the Phitadelphia train proceeded anthough nothing bad happened. The train from Philadelphia was late in reaching the city, in conrequence of waiting at the pi @ place for the down train. But very few accidents have hap; “a on this road for some time past, and when thay have eoourred, very fe ‘sons were injured, and ¢ as have almost in: ly made the point of destination Acctvent.— Mrs. Barnes, residing at No 3 Christo- pher street. in pasting threngh Bleeker street, on Sa- turday night, fetl into an area. atthe corner of Morton street, which is in the courre of construction, by which ehe was ny seriously injured That this accident ia the result of carelessness on the part of those having charge, there is not a doubt, and the only way to pre- vent such rerious occurrences. is the rigid prosecution of those who are guilty of leaving such places open, to the great danger of thore passing. Near this place, where several new buildings are in course of erection, afew nights since a gentleman fell intoan ates which had bee: relensly left uncovered, and but for cateh- ing @ plank as he fell, would probably have bron seri- ously inju ‘The leaving of such places open ren- the rietors liable toa penalty, and that ps- nalt: ‘ced in a few cases would entirely obviate all Common Councit —There will be « meeting of both Boards of the Common Council this evening. The report of the Committee of the Board of Aldermon on the subject of the enlargement of the Battery, pected to be presented. Should that be the most exciting discussion will be the result, it else, the evening alone will tell The Wall atrest fer- ry demand, from Brooklyn, will also be prosented for consideration. Foreraners i Brrnos Ayres —A letter from Rio Janeiro says, «It ls reported that General Rosas will soon to be \tiaems, leave Buenos Ayres.” th a The bill betore the le divide the town of Windsor, arity had been commended to us by the i