The New York Herald Newspaper, October 11, 1851, Page 4

NEW YORK HERALD. SUFICE W. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND MASSAU STS. THE DAILY HERALD, 2 cents per eopy—8! ver WEEKLY HERALD, « Berurday, ot 6 = Sat rt Fry —_—_—_—_—_—_—_———————— DOUBLE SHEET. New Yerk, Saturday, October 11, 1851. Summary of the latest Intelligence. The Washington Union, of yesterday, states that General Houston pronounces the famous Donald- gon correspondence fictitious. Now, we reiterate that every letter written to Messrs. Donaldson and Greer, as published in the New Yorx Heaton, is genuine. 1: is useless for Gen. Houston, or any ether person, to question their authenticity. We have seen the originals, and there is no mistake about them. We publish in another page, a report of the se- eond day’s proceedings of the Anti Slavery Society ef Pennsylvania, now in session in Westchester, in that State. We do so on the principle which we have always found to be corre t—that the best way to put down fanatics, is to promulgate all they say gnddo. We have seen this work advantageously m many important occasions. It will be seen by eur report that these disturbers of the peaco and harmony of the country are becoming very violent. This is excusable, under the circum- stances; for they must be annoyed; at the | failure of all their destructive schemes, and the inevitable fate which awaits them. It is, however, lamentable to see minisiers of the gospel taking part in such violent scercs. One of these men of ‘God went as far as to say that he sympathized with the persons who took part in the murder of Mr. Gorsuch, apd that if they were traitors, he too was ene. If they ought to be hung, as spectacles, be- tween heaven and earth, he said, so ought all the abolitionists. We coincide with the reverend gen- tleman, and can assure him that such a fate may yet overtake some of his associates. The democrats of Boston have nominated Mr. B F. Hallett to represent them in the democratic eonvention to be held at Boston. A very curious letter from ex-Vice President Dallas is said to have made its appearance ina ‘Texas paper, in which he pronounces the compre- mise measures of Congress a failure, and proposes to “decide the slavery question, once for all, by amending the constitution.” He wrote that letter before he heard from Georgia. A person, named Conklin, has been found guilty ef arson, at Utica, and is to be hung on the 21st of mext month. Several persons, who have heretofore wastained excellent characters, aro accused of | having been connected with the notorious rang of imeendiaries, of which Conklin was the ring- leader. Hon. C. K. Williams was yesterday inaugurated as Gorernor of Vermont. All the State officers, as ‘well as the officers of both branches of the Legisla- ture, are whigs. Fimancia] troubles are beginning to create some excitement in Maryland. The Baltimoreans are represented to be panic stricken, and the laborers im the vicinity of Cumberland have blocked up the railroad and refuse to allow the cars to pass, in eonsequence of the failure of the Maryland Mincing Company. This monetary quivering throughout the country, was probably created by the recent @iffculties in New York, and the momont that peo- ple at a distance find that ali is again right in this city, everything will once more be smooth. ‘The trial of fourteen Irishmen, charged with murder, will be commenced to-day at Buffalo. Our advices from New Mexico are to the 2d ult. ‘The details of the news will be found ofa very in- teresting character. The triangular fight about the church property will tend te the creation of a great deal of ill-fecling among tho inhabitants. ‘The expedition against the Navajoe Indians, it is thought, will meet with many difficulties, as the troops were poorly prepared for such a campaign. ‘The agricultural prospects of the territory are very flattering. Jenny Lindwill give concert at Buffalo, next ‘Wednesday, for the beneiit of the sufferers by the recent conflagration in that city. Both branches of the Common Council met Jast | evening, and performed considerable routine busi- | nest. In the Board of Assistants, the Committee on Ferries reported in favor of granting a new leaze | to the Williemsburg and Houston street Ferry Company, at an annual rent of $6,500. They also mon-concurred in the action of the Board of Aller- men in favor of locating Potter’s Field on Ward Asland ‘Three Days Later from Europe, ‘The news received by the arrival of the Asia is of an interesting character, as will be eeen by the co pious details of it, given in our colamns. The eotton market at Liverpool has undergone no @haoge, the demand contiauing steady, at firm prices, as quoted on the former arr’ from that port. The London market for American stocks, We perceive, still remains without any animation. ‘The principal points in the news, to some of which ‘we are called upon to allude as particularly worthy | ef notice, are the condition of France uoder the | now almost openly avowed determination of Louis | Napoleon to make a struggle for an imperial seat— the ¢ meeting of the Swiss people at baux de Fonda, whore the question of forming a grand league against the alliance of European severeigns was discussed at great length—the revolutionary move- ment in Greece, which seems to have sprung from British commercial influences, placed in opposition to thore of France—the continued reports respect- dng the activity of the government at Madrid on the Cuba question, which inelude the announcement that Spoin hae sent a note to all the European Powers, expressive of ite determination to demand Jaatioe of the United States, oven at the hazard of & War, however much it may deplore such a result— the fact that Sweden ana foriry of reprove s, have got the land with respect to the toleras orway, by a large ma Eng. on of their elevation to the privileges of cit ther progress of reform in Turkoy, und the y of Egypt and the Porte—and th that the rub-marine telegraph bet worn | England hes been successfully extabiirued Some of these topies are of very great ani versal interest. The one that seems parti larly to claim attention at the present momen the attitude taken by Spsin, in ite belief thes it ‘Will be rustained and counte nanced by the powers. The news of the fate of Lopon, not borin, Feached Madrid, the preparations for the prote: of Cuba bave been continu: dt, and the mote sent aroyeaa eo a the menarchies supposed to have s common feeling with respect to revolutions, and also to France— anomalous France—iadicate what might have hap- had not the Lopes expedition been annihi- lated. It is quite possible that in the first heat of resentment, steps may have already been taken by ‘Spain, which will create a very interesting diplo- watic quarrel between that power and the United States—and nothing more, at least for some moths to come, as it will not be the policy of eur govern. ment to withdraw the general popular impulses throughout Europe from the internal subjects which excite and arrest them in every village and city. The United States have little to fear from a war, beyond the loss of a small portion of the commer- cial marine, for which adequate compensation would be secured sooner or later; but a conflict with Spain would be too rich a boon for Spain herself, and for France, in the present state of Louis Napoleon’s ambition, to be derived from any diplomatic blun- dering on the part ofthe cabinet at Washington, or rather on the part of Mr. Secretary Webster. The probability is, that the latest interviews be- tween our Secretary of State and Sir Henry Lytton Bulwer, cannot be construed very favorably for the European powers, even though we have good rea- ton to believe that the language of Mr. Webster smacked strongly of a casus belli, partioularly with regard to the interference of France and England on the Cuba question. Mr. Webster is shrowd enough to bide the tide that will take him into the best haven ; and he will scarcely aid in expanding an “imperial theme’ for the minority in France to babble about, and from which they may raise an idol. France has been baptized in blood several times, a3 a republic, and cannot well become an empire again, after the ordeals she has already passed. At least, the government of the United States have too much sympathy for her republican heart, to make any arena for the deeds of those who ought to remain at home to preserve the muti- lated palladium of liberty. We cannot afford to take any of her power away, that ambition may make easier steps towards its hopes and desires, On this account, we presume that any communica- tions between Spain and the United States will be of a very formal, dignified kind—and that they will be very important, to all appearances, because they will be protracted after the most fashionable European models. There are many points with Tespect to the Cuban question, which will serve to extend the diplomatic correspondence. We draw a veil over them for the present; but they cannot long be concealed. All that has occurred on the side of the Cuban government, and upon our side, isa fair subject for investigation ; and we do not doubt that we shall bear the inspection without shrinking from any responsibility. At least, we shall openly abide by the truth, as facts have pre” sented themselves since the commencement of the trouble. The meeting of the Swiss people at Chaux de Fonds, to the number of ten thousand persons, en, gaged in a discussion on the formation of a grand league against the European alliance against popular governments, has a peculiar significance ; and when the reports of the eleven speeches de- livered on the occasion, are published, we may be prepared for a very interesting insight in‘o the ma- ehinery of monarchies, particularly with reference to the political liberty of mankind. This is a sub ject thatis beginning to assume a very grave charac- ter in this country. Europe vomits forth her thousands upon thousands of unfed and unclothed denizens upon these shores—all of them more or Kossuth is expected in and with some” thing of the same lively of satisfaction with which the American people are anxiously waiting his presence upon our shores. The recep- tion of Haynau affords a fine standard of judgment of what will be the reception of Kossuth in London, should he visit that great and populous city. But we are under some uncertainties in reference to the plan of the voyage. There is said to have been an understanding between the Austrian agents and the Sublime Porte, that the exiles should proceed to the United States direct. It is, however, pro- bable that the Mississippi, after landing Count Batbyapy and family in France, and after touching for coal and supplics at Gibraltar, will proceed northward to Southampton, in deference to the general expectation of the English people. If she does so, it may be a fortnight yet before the arrival of the ship at this port. The Mississippi is not so swift asthe Collins or Cunard steamers, and she may occupy from fifteen to eighteen days in crossing the Atlantic from Southampton ; sothat had she sailed from England on the same day with the Asia, her arrival here could hardly | be expected yet for several days. But the Mis- sissippi had not arrived at Southampton, nor at | Havre, nor even at Marseilles, from all that wo can gather from our news by the Asia. If it was the intention, therefore, of the commander of the to come. voyage of the Mississippi will be direct to the United States, from the Mediterranean, she nay be locked for, perhaps, as early as the 13th inst., but not sooner. But whatever the time of the arrival, we are as- sured of the fact that the Mississippi, with Kos- suth and most of his companions from Asiatic confinement, are coming, and will first land in the United States at this port. We see that prepara- tions are on foot to do honor to the man, and the city, on the occasion of his arrival. One of our liberal citizens has laid the basis, in the sum of a thousand dollars, of a hundsed thousand dol- lar subseription to the man, for the sake of the | cause. This is evidence of an earnest enthusiasm. | Our gallant city volunteers and militia have also been | taking the necessary steps for a general turn-out on | the occasion. But where canthe military form? The | Park will not answer. It is obstructed by teo many buildings, and is in a fair way of be ng built up completely. On the Battery? It is entirely too narrow, and the trees not onlyimpede all mancurres, but prevent, with the wallof houses in the rear, | any view of the troope, and everything like a sys- tematic series of the commonest evolutions. A military officer has suggested to us that the ship might land at the foot of Fourteenth street, along which to Union Square the military could be drawn up to greater advan‘age than at almost any other point within the city. We cheerfully throw out the suggestion for the consideration of the | authorities in the matter. In aftotber part of the Herarn, to-day, will be | found a biographical sketch ef the active career | of Kossuth, down to the period of the splendid and | terrible Hungarian revolutionary struggle of 1848, | with the history and hero of which the public are | familiar. With the introductory explanation | which accompanies it, we commend this sketch to the attention of our readers. Our Mexican Revations—TRovunLe WITH THIT Rervuniic.—Some time since we referred to the less inherently valuable—but each and all adding something to the importance of the question, in which this country has aright to havea voice. The pauper emigration is still carried on as a system; and if England has he- conflict between parishes, concerning the paupers which straggle into them, certainly we have as just a right to enquire why wo are called upon to support a horde of Europeans who are driven into exile by lax legislation, and by what may be deemed outrages on humanity. Switzerland stands in s position not dissimilar to that of the United States, in the fact that it is the home of thousands who seck within the borders of that country a shelter and asylum. That it supplies a home to those who have been deprived of a home elsewhere, furnishes no cause for the European powers to form alliances against her, on account of her liberality with foreigners; and in making common cause against the machinations of monarchies, by uniting in a grand league for protection and defence, she will gain the gratitude ofevery breast animated with the slightest zeal for rational liberty, On this subjeet much more may be said; but we refrain till we receive the reports of those speeches which were recently made on this important topic, when we anticipate that we shall be provided with an ample store of facts and arguments, which will be worthy of more than ordinary attention. The remaining fact to which we are called upon to allude, is the progress made on the Jewish ques- tion in Sweden and Norway. Both chambers ga’ a large majority on the question of opening the country to the Jews, who are now entitled to the privileges of citizenship. This change in the polisy of the country is one reflecting great credit upon the people, who have done what the English | houses of Parliament, with all their lauded libe- rality and boasted civil freedom and religious tole- | ration, have failed to do after a struggle continued for many years, by those who see moral grandeur in the course they advocate for emancipating a portion of the British population from the tyranny of religious proscription. It is to be hoped that the lesson given by Norway and Sweden will have & good effect on the British Parliament, when this subject is again discussed The Anticipated Arrtv: parctio.s for his Keception—Sketch of his Life. The final release of Koseuth from his long im- prisonment in Aeia Minor, has diffared a general glow of satisfaction throughout the civilized world. ‘The alarm and the apprehensions of the absolute powers of Russea and Aus: —osp ly of the latter—only enhance the otherwise universal or the illustrious exile. The fosrs of Aur his complete liberation from the espionage of her cabinet and her spies, appear, indeod, to border upon the ridiculous. She is evidently afflicted with tke phantom of another rising along the Danube, and the reappearance of the leader of the Mogyars, in the council, and in the camp, and ole that while be is at large the smouldering ashes of revolution in Hangary wil! retain the activo ele- ments of an extending fire. But west of the bounda- ries of the House of Hapsburg, the sympathy is almost universal in favor of the eseape of Kossuth from ‘he dangerous vigilance of his despotic ene- mies a commands the admi- ration of (he American people for the hospitality, generosity, and moral courage he has exhibited in | his protection, and Sral liberation, mest of the leaders of the late revolt against the usurpations of Austria; while the Sultan hee, by his noble, independent, and enlightened conduct in this respect, won the applause of every brave and generous people; while the conduct of Lord Paim- erston confirms his enlightened sagacity d while <vea the show of co-operation on the part of France promptly arrested any incipient scheme of an Aus tro-Russian descent upon Constantinople, we may also congratulate our own government for its action in the premises. The inetruations to } tions detailing a public vessel for the use of Kow suth and bis companions, the reception of Amin Bey by the government, and the people ali ower the Union, the splendid correspondence of Webstar with Halseman, have all buted to the d a re | fult. Koseuth and wions have aosepte | the offer of o United States hip, and on the 12th of Eeptember they were on board ¢ oble war steam Swyrta, on their way to the our English exchanges, that of Kossath—Pre- | ¢ all hazards, of | vir. Marsh, | the debates and proceedings in Congress, the resolu- | seizure of the schooner Helen Mar, by the Mexi- can authorities at Vera Cruz, as given in the Now Orleans papers at that time; but within the lastfew days the particular facts and circumstances of the case have come to our knowledge, and we cannot refrain from expressing indignation at the course of the Mexican government, and the neglect of our own. Indeed, it has become notorious that our citi- zens abroad are the least cared for of all others; and it is beginning to be a pretty well understood thing that Americane, except under the immediate shadow of the stars and stripes (where, thank God, they can take care of themselves), are left to guard their own rights and interests entirely ; for even if a diplo- matic or commercial agency does exist in a fo- reign port, the functionary is either absent on some business of his ows, or such a stupid individual that be thinks of nobody but himself. On the continent of Europe, for instance, we hear of American citi- zens being unable to get passports without retracing their steps to London, where the minister, fortu- nately, finds enough to amuse him at his post. In Mexico, on the other hand, there has been no diplo- matic agent for nearly a yeas and even in Vera Cruz (almcst the only our vessels are admitted), the Consul hi ly absented himself. The consequence of neglect of duty This vessel, it appears, arrived from Brazos in May last, at Vera Cruz, where the United States Consul recommended the Captain to a merchant to despatch his business, which business consisted in obtaining a clearance, paying port charges, &o. Receiving all the necessary papers—at least all that had been previously required of any vessel ander similar circumstances—Capt. Selkirk signified his intention at the custom house to sail for Co- atzacoalcos, and the noxt day departed, arriv- ing at his destination on the 15th of May, where he delivered his papers to the Mexi- can authorities, who did not question the validity of his clearance. On the 19h, however, u chooner was violently taken possession of by @ party of armed soldiers, and upon the captain | remonstrating, be was informed that the act was in obedience to an order from the Commanding Gene ral at Jalapa—the custom: house officers at the same time saying that they knew nothing of the caus, and that the vessel bad been cleared from Vera Cruz in the same manner as the American schooner Benito bad been, a short time previous. After a detention of three weeks at Minatitlin, the vessel was shamefully stripped and despoiled, and finally carried off to Vera Cruz. To these measures Cap- tain Seikirk remonstrated, and was told that him- self and bis crew must go there also, where the | Mississippi to come via England, her arrival here | may be delayed for a fortnight or three week: yet | On tho other hand, assuming that the | is manifest, and the Helen Mar is a case in point. | vessel would no doubt be delivered up to him again; but, unwilling to be driven on board li cr, or to trust himself to a body of hi soldiers at sea, the Captain declined to the vessel; whereupon security was exacted for his appearance at Vera Cruz, to which place he was try, at hie own expense, for eight leagues. Oa his arrival, he found thas the Helen Mar had reached there some days previous, under Mexican colors, and bringing several passengers. After suffering a delay of six woeks in Vora tacked with fever, atrial was had; and, although the merchant who clearod the vessel testified to his having purrued the same courre with the Helen Mar as with the Bonito—againet which no sharge of infringement had been brought—and although Selkirk had actedin good faith, tho decision, never- theless, was, that the schooner could only be given up on payment of a fine of $200, together with all the costs, fees, expenses, &o., which, after all the | veseel had suffered from pillage, exposure and bad | treatment, was more than her valus. Under these | cireumstances— there being no minictor at Mexico, and no Consul then at Vera Cruz—Captain Selkirk declined the liberal offer of tho Mexican authori- ties, and left for the United States, t» seok redress at home; but, so far, ho has obtained no satis tion, and the probability is, he ‘Ww uale ss the State Department keep minis’ consuls ¥Tn their places, and attend to matters whivh really | have » claim to the protection of the govera nent, in Selkirk ie an honest, hard-working sea- man, who bas toiled through many vivissitades to gather the little that has been so rudely ani so un jettly wrested from him, and his « demands imme di action. We hope something will bo done at ones. ecmpelled to travel, over a rough and rugged coun- | Cruz, during which both himself and crow wore at- | the Judge expressed himself satisfied that Captain | Sunpay m New Yoax. furnishes few more interesting or fruitful phenomens than the Sabbath in a large city, especially one com- posed of a mixed population like ours—eash nation and class pre:erving its own peculiarities of manner and amusement, which on Sunday alone have an opportunity of developement and indulgence. In the country, Sunday is a season of a most absolute repose, especially to the muscle straining and sweat producing classes; while in the city it is the schemer® and thinkers alone that rest and re‘resh their con- sciences by religious exercises; while the great bedy of the hard working population—the bone and sinew of the community—rush out like children let loose from school, to enjoy a brief interval of excite” ment, and to inhale a few breaths of uatainted air. Those whose days and hours are all their own, and who never by any possibility penctrate into the filthy and noxious quarters of the city, where helot- ism eweltere in its rags and dirt, halfsuffocated amid poisonous vapors, can form but a poor idea of the preciousness of a few hours of relaxation, change of scene and pue air, to the laboring classes. To them the city is one vast prison, in whose trenches and passages they work and dig, with the privilege of escape and respite one day in seven. To them, Sunday is not only morally, but physically, a Sab- bath; and civilization is beginning to discover that all real melioration of the condition of mankind must commence at the material side of the ques- tion. There is, doubtless, earnest and true devotion in the unconscious gladness of the laboring man who, with his wife and family, on Sunday, escapes from the city’s walls, and feels himself walking and breathing in the free air of the heavens, perfumed with the breath of grove and field. The cheerful talk and happy laughter of these people are hymns and thanksgivings to the Creator, doubtless a3 ac ceptable as the richly-paid quartettes and nicely modulated voluntaries, sandwiched with stereotyped prayers and sermons, which ascend from ianumer- able costly and magnificently-appointed churches. New York is admirably situated for the accom- modation of its working classes with the facilities for getting out of town and into the country. Per- haps there is not another instance in the world where the inhabitants in the middle ofa city of six hundred thousand population,can, in fifteen minutes, and at an expense of sixpence down to two cents, transport themselves literally into the country, sur- rounded by all the agreeable influences of woods | and green fields, and soothed by that sense of silence and repose for which the heart of the citizen pines and his frame aches. Ifyou would get a proper ap. preciation of the value set upon fresh air by those who get it but once a week, go to Huboken on Sunday morning, and wander about its romantic retreats. At length, you will find yourself at the Elysian Fields—a beautiful spot, turfed with un- broken green, and shaded by majestic old trees, with- out a suspicion of under-brush. After drinking in the strength and rest lavishly imparted by the calm solitude of this lovely spot, and feeling as much renowed as Anteus when he had kissed his mother earth, you can walk leisurely down the splendid gravelled water terrace, along the banks of the river, listening to the sleepy murmur “ Of the small ripple spilt upon the beach,” and following with your eye the countless sails that, like a flock of gigantic white winged creatures, glide through the far distance, with just sense of motion and life to give assurance that you are still jn the actual world, but not sufficient to disturb the current of your dreamy reveries. Away to the left, and northwardly as far as the eye can pierce, stretches the dark outline of the monster city, coiled along the edge of the water in gigantic folds—now, at this safe distance, silent and asleop for you. As you gaze upon the gloomy labyrinth from which you have for a moment escaped, a sense of triumph and freedom comes over you that al- most compensates for a week of toil. Such is but one of numerous places of resort for peace and rest, within easy distance of the heart of our immense city—and every one, on each return- ing Sunday, is more and more crowded with its re- spectable and neatly dressed families. The row- dyism and ruffanism which once made these resorts disagreeable and dangerous, have, in &@ great measure, disappeared, although there is still room for improvement in this re- spect. It would be greatly to the interest of the citizens of Hoboken, Staten Island, Williamsburg and all surrounding places, to have a regular and reliable police stationed at the ferries loading from New York, and around the principal places of re- sort. What noise and disturbence there may ooca- sionally be found, generally proceed from afew ig- norant persons, who would scamper, or remain quiet and respectful, if they knew there were policemen within call. The same hint would do our own aw thorities no harm. Sometimes the most disgraceful scenes are enacted in and about our ferry houses, eepecially late at night; and it ie not in the memory of man or woman that a policeman was ever to bo feen there when he was wanted. In the provisions for the peace and protection of quiet people, under the ordinary circumstances of daily life, we have much yet to learn. In the city itself, the Sabbath is not without its peculiarities and excitements. It is true that Wal! street is as still and silent as if it had been seized with an ossification of its granite heart, and the footfall of the solitary ; edestrian echoes startlingly, | like Layara’s, as he penctrated into the unburied a of Nineveh. Not a token, not a reminis cence, of all the panting and perspiring thou- sands who all the week have run fiercely up and down this great stone cage, remains on wall or walk. The dens of the brokers—those piders who weave their meshes of thin bank-paper ag®, even fiimoior and more unsubs* vtial than the arachnean web—are all hermetically closed, as if they were the tombs of the victims who have there been elain and skinned. The “‘ ponderous and mar ble jaws’’ of the isnumerable banks are also shut tight—and indecd the whole street, on Sunday, looks not unlike a thick'y populated avenue in some old | cemetery, with the Custom House and the Exchanze towering up like two gigantic mausolea, and the tall spira of Trinity springing like an exhalation departed ought to have taken. But the churches, thickly planted like trees of promire in every qaartor of the city, and the stro ts leading to them, present a totally differeat appoar- anco. If, during the week, the stranger should bo eurpriged at the intense activity and insane cager ness to make money, which prevail among our busivese men, let him look at their handsome wives and daughters as they sail out to church ia full Sunday apparel, and he will wonder no longer: | ‘This vast, uninterrupted stream of twenty-five dollar bonnets, fifty dollar silks, yard wide ribbons, embroi- dered shawls, velvet robes, and costly foat! » be- rpeaks an unparalleled extravaganve in the fami of the industrious and prosperous many who make up the great body of the population of every large city, The expensive and ostentatious style of this immense class, both in their dress and manner of living, is one of the most striking characteristios of owr country and ourage. No where else in the world can one-tenth part of #0 great a number of expensively (we do not say well) dressed women bo seen in the fame time or compass, as in Broadwa; on afize Sundsy morning. When we encountere this brilliant procession, last Sunday, and remem- red that money was worth two per cent a month in Wall street, we could not help roughly ostimat- ing the enormous interest the busbands and fa- thers of New York bestow upon their wives and | daughters. Sunday evening is given wp to the donizens of the kitchen and steward’s room From dark till late into the night, the streets are filled with raddy- checked and strong armed chambermaids and | houee-rervante, each with her “eyusin,” or “ friend | ‘proudly by her side jist come over from the ould country,” pacing ‘The babite of the drawing- toom inevitably find their way into the lower do- partments of life, and the throng on Sanday even ing iseven more gawdily bedisened than its fore ropner of the morning. It is, also, doubtless, far hoppier and more cont-nted; for the study of life in @ great city indelibly fixce this lesson deeply im the j mankind are bappy in an inverse pacity of enjoyment. | into the rky, as if to point the way the souls of the | NEWS BY EGRAPH, From Washington. ‘THE NEXT PRE? IDENCY—DANIEL WEBSTER —RETURN OF MRS. FILLMORE, ETC. Wasninoron, Oct. 10, 1861. ‘The Republic of this morning advooates harmony on the question of the whig candidate for President, and denies all feelings of preference between Scott, Webster, Fill- more, or any other distinguished whigs. General Houston authorises the Union to declare that the affair of Donaldson, of Texas, is fictitious, and that the Presidential correspondence is a hoax, ‘The Repudlic announces that the Hon. Daniel Webster will reach Washington on the 20th inst, He is to deliver the agricultural address at Baltimore on the 2th. Mrs Fillmore and family, accompanied by the lady of the Spanish Minister, returned to this city last night. Sentenced to Death for Arson, &c. Unica, October 10, 1851, J. Conklin has been found guilty of arson in the first degree, for firing the barn of Mr Sayres, connected with his house, in February last. It was shown op the trial that Conklin was the ringleader of the incendiaries last | winter ‘The District Attorney also stated that other persons who hold property in this city were under indictment, and would be tried as soon as the evidence could be collected. James Sayres,,the son of a highly respectable merchant in this city, was declared by Newell (who turned State’s evidence,) to have been accessory to several fires, among others, that of burning his farther’s barn. He is absent in the country. ‘The jury were out only eight minutes, when they re- turned with @ verdict of guilty against Conklin. The prisoner has been senteneed to be hung on the 2lst of November next. Butterfield will be tried next week. Considerable ex- citement prevails in the community in consequence of the bringing of this nest of villians to justice, Interesting from Buffalo. REPORTED FAILURE—MOVEMENTS OF JENNY LIND— TRIALS FOR MURDER, ETC. Berraxo, October 10, 1851. ‘The reported failure of William 0. Brown, creates but little excitement in this city, as Western banks will alone be affected. Some sixty or seventy thousand dollars of his paper will go back, and it is not expected that where ‘will be any losses in this State. Jenny Lind will give two concerts at the Baptist Uburch, in Buffalo, on the 15th and 17th inst. The pro- ceeds of the first will be appropriated to the sufferers of the late great fire, and the tickets are to be $2, $3, and $4. From Buffalo she goes te Toronto, and thence on a Western tour te Chicago, and via Cincinnati to New York. She will reach New York about the middle of December, and give a series of concerts. ‘The trial of fourteen Irishmen, for murder and riot on the Erie Railroad, is expected to be commenced to-mor- row. ‘The body of an unknown man, respectably dressed, was taken out of the canal to-day. From the East. THE LATE GALE AT PRINCE EDWARD'S ISLAND—ME- LANCHOLY SUICIDE—ARREST ON SUSPICION OF MUR- DER—DELEGATE TO THE BALTIMORE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION, ETC. Bosrow, Oct. 10, 1851. No particulars have yet been received as to the late destructive gale at the East. The most intense excite- ment prevails at all the fishing towns, as allare uncertain whether their friemds are dead or living. From Newbury- port and vicinity, 70 vessels are out. ‘The wife of the captain of the echooner Martha, upon hearing a rumor that her husband’s vessel was lost, with all on board, committed suicide, leaving a large family of young children. Jemes and Daniel Healy were arrested in Dorchester, thie morning, on suspicion of murder. The watch and some other property of the man missing some days, was found upom them. ‘The democratic ward and county meetsng, to night, elected Benjamin F. Hallett as delegate to the Baltimore Convention. ‘The whigs of Essex county, Mass., made the following nominations for the Senate:—Robert 8. Daniels, M- Lunt, Nathaniel Silsbee, Thomas Wright and Isaac Ames’ Items from the South. PANIC AT BALTIMORE—PAILURE OF THE MARYLAND ‘MINING COMPANY—EXTRAORDINARY LETTER FROM EX-VICE PRESIDENT DALLAS, &C. Baxtimone, Oct. 10, 1851. ‘There is great excitement in the vicinity of Cumber- Jand, about the failure of the Maryland Miuing Company. ‘The laborers blocked up the road, and refused to allow the loaded cars of the company to be brought to Balti- more. ‘There is a bank panic in Baltimore. Commodore Sloat has been appointed President of the Board to select a location for a dockyard on the Pacific, ‘Ten thousand dollars were found in the Dead Letter Oftce, at Washington, during the tast quarter. ‘The President has sent the recall to Consul Owens. The Charleston Mercury attributes the result of the Georgia election to federal patronage and cajolery. The New Orleans papers of the 3d instant are received, but are barren of news. The Galveston News publishes a letterfrom ex-Vice President Dallas, deted the end of July, containing « distinct admission of the failure of the compromise measures, and a proposition to decide the slavery question once for all, by the amendment of the constitution, = cde Georgia Election. Macon, Oct, 10, 1861. In the eighty-five counties heard from, Howell Cobb’s majority for Governor is 16,632. There are ten coun- ties still to hear from, which will increase it to 18,000. ‘The Union majority, on a joint ballot in the Legislature, is 144, The Union candidates for Congress have been elected in six of the districts, and perhaps even in the seventh and eighth. The Vermont Legislature. Mowrre.ien, Oct. 10, 1851. ‘The Senate was organized this forenoon. Samuel M. Conant, whig,was chosen secretary, and Wm, M. Dick- erman, whig, State Secretary Governor Williams and Lieutenant Governor Converse were then qualified by the usual oath of office. The Governor announced the appointment of Rufus 8. An- drews as Secretary of Civil and Military Affairs, Inthe House of Representatives, C. F. Davy was chosen clerk. ‘The Governor will deliver his message at ten o'clock to-morrow morning. Railroad Meeting at Nashville. Nasetvicen, Tenn , Oct. 10, 1851 A great railrond meeting was held here last night, at which fifty delegates were appointed to attend the con- vention at New Orleant, Sabbath School Convention. Br. Lovrs, Oot. 10, 1851. ‘The Western Sabbath School Convention has been in session here for two days, but the attondanve of delegates is email, Various resoluions have been submitted and referred to apprepriate committees Tannery Barned at Bangor. Bawoon, Me., October 10, 1851. ‘The extensive tannery situated at Branford, near this place, was destroyed by fire on the evening of the 7th, not ascertained. Fatal Accident at Stuyvesant. it wv, October 10, 1851. Mr. Hf. Campbell, superintencent of blasting on the Hudson River Railroad, was blown up by the premature discharge of a blast this afternoon, at Stuyvesant, and imstantly killed. Naval Intet © ence. Laston, Oot. 0, 1861, The United States steamer John Hanoook arrived here | fj THE LAST OF HER PRESENT SERIES OF CONCERTS? TONIGHT. This evening Catherine Hayes gives the ninth and last: of her present series of concerts in this city, On Mondsy she proceeds to Boston and sings there om-Tuesday evening. On Wedresday evening, the 16th, she sings at Providence, and on the J6th at Boston again. How many concerts she intends to give at Boston is not as yet determined ; but it is probable she will return to New York by about the 3d of November, when she wil! give a few concerts more before she proceeds on her tour South and West. Last evening she attended: Fellows’ Minstrels, and subsequently the performances of the: ‘Wizard of the North, at the Astor Place Theatre. During the dey she visited the High Bridge. Her concert on ‘Thurtday evening was about the best of the present series. The enthusiasm was intense, and the house wa? filled to overflowing. Father Mathew was in attend. ance. To-night, the programme is the best as yet offered. to the public, and # most delightful entertainment may be anticipated. There is a fine array of talent to support Mise Hayes—Marini and Badiali, both the first, singers of their class in the United States. Badiall, who was received with so much warmth on Thursday evening, will be likely to create a furore by his execu- tion of that delicious gem, “Les plours de Donizetti,” sung for the firet time in this country, Miss Hayes’ part of the concert contains the choicest gems she sings—“Savourneen Deelish,” “The Harp that once through Tara’s Halla” “O-Tiuce di quest anima,” from ‘Linda di Chamounix,”” which she sung so exquisitely on Tuesday evening, and perhaps her chef d’euvre in operatic pieces, the glorious “ Casta Diva,” which re- ecives new beauties and freshuess from the consummate - taste and artistic skill with which she never fails to ren-- der this celebrated test song We are much mistaken if this concert will not prove a rare treat. ‘The committee of arrangements for the Conover bene- | fit, have handed us the following note :— 200 Buoapway, New York, Oct. 9, 1851. Gentr—At the request of Miss Catherine Hayes, I en- close you twenty. five dollars in aid of the funds for the benefit of the family of the late William Conover, come- dian, and am desired to say that her own feasiona! engagements will not allow her to be present as desiced by you. While the committee must be aware of the nu- merous applications made to her for relief from her own destitute countrymen, she hopes this will be an apology for the small sur placed at your disposal. Be pleased to accept, Gents , agrurances of exteem and good wishes for the success of this praiseworthy object. For Miss Catherine Hayes, J. H. WARDWELL. Jamrs Turner, Esq, Chairman Ccm.of Arrangements, Conover Benefit. Movements oF tHe Antists, Last Eveme.—Madam. Thillon, accompanied by her husband, Mr. Hudson the Irish comedian, and Counsellor Galbraith visited Fellows? hall of minstrel-y; anda short time afver Miss Cathe- rine Hayes mother, and Mrs. Braham, accompanied by Dr. Joy and Messrs. Braham and Wardwell arrived, and during the amusement gave the warmest acknowiedg- ments of the pleasure they enjoyed. The ballads of Collins were applauded by thoss distinguished artists, and the eccentricities of Swain wfforded them great feli- city. Madam Thillon locked as fascinating as ever, and Miss Hayes displayed that simple and expressive counte- bance which renders her vocalization so effective. Lare rrom Persamavco.—We have dates from Per- namLuco down to the 30th of August; but the intelligence thence is unimportant. They were waiting anxiously for news from the River Platte. The schooner Flirt, from, New. York, was laying at Maceo, A mutiny had broken out among her crew, and the captain had claimed the protection of the English Consul. According to the let- ters of the American Consul, however, it seems the avthorities forced the schooner’s hatches, and the cargo of ice was destroyed. The markets were very inactive, and money scarce. Exchange, 283d. No freights. “Trix Rervte Revenue Fravos.—It appears that some mistake occurred in the statement relative to frauds in the linen line. There is no foundation for the report. Other goods than those originally designated for exami- nation were ordered to the appraisers’ store. The scrutiny resulted favorably to the character of the im- porting house in question. Tur Kossvrn Fuxp.—We are requested to ray, as & general reply to many inquirers who have addressed Mr. Genin upon the eubject. that it is not designed to abso- lutely fix the contributions to this fund at $1,000. That or a less cum will be received with equal pleasure, and if the sum total should not reach $100,000, the amount, whatever it may be, will be presented to the illustrious exile; and it is, therefore, neceseary that all those who intend to contribute should make known the amount they wish to subseribe, either to the Mayor or Mr. Genin, without any delay. City Politics. ‘The following democratic nominations were made on Thursday evening, in the Beventeenth ward:— For} Alder man—Wm. 1, Cornell. For Assistant Alderman—Jonathan Trotter, For Assessor—Jacob Bettel. For Constables—Daniel Gale, Joshua Grimes. Payne, is expecte! The following is a list 8 ne; lieutenants, N. Harrison, A. Weir; sur geon, 8. Sharp; purser, G. H. White; master, M. Simona; asristant surgeon, G. Peck; passed midabi N. HL Van Zandt; ldsbipmon. Ht. Chapman, C. L. 0. lam: Boyard FE. Hand, T PK Mygatt, W. BL Pits hugh; certains clerk J. B. Hope; bomtewaun, Feilx Hor. ; guaner, R.C. Barnard; carpenter, K. W. Barnicce: tailmaker, D.C. Prayton. . pe The United ® Adems, Attica, July Mevements of Distinguished tndividaats, Hon. James Cooper tr in thiladelpbia, meee 8 Fs E.C. Cabell, a jon. ward Stanley, D Or in Wesklogion 'y, North Carolina, are D.C. Briggs, of Westchester, and Col. D. W , Warhington, were at the Clinton ‘lotel, yester- da, | “hee: Judge Cramer, Waterford, NY; Hon. WO. De Forest, Coon, Mr and Mre J. 8 é, Carleton, ; Capt. end Mrs. MeCoy, Mnglan terd; huainie =< Read and Clemente, the jim, Inat week, by eg through the ceiling ir cell, were captured on Tuesday morning, in Gloucester conaty, by Mr. Rausow White assisted by two or three other petsons. The pri sonets were taken to Richmond on Wednesday, and ore #gain confined in Henrico jal Mails for Europe. ‘TNE NEW YORK WEEKLY HERALD. ‘The American stesmehip Baltic, Captain Comet. Will leave this port at noon, to-day, for Liverpool mails will clove at & quarter before eleven o'clock merning The New Youe Wreeny Henaro will be p lished at half-past mine o'clock thie morning. It wil! be printed English, and oor news to the atest moment. Single copies in wrappers, sixpence ® Her this Court Catendar for This Day. fornems Count -Ganenai, Teas.— Adjourned to Mon be & | Comstow P Part on, B21, 598, 699, 703. *11 113, 715, 717, 721, 723, 725, 727, 129, 781,735, Part 2- ame as yesterday. for (wel, She is from Havana, bound North. Monvoux, Oct. 10,1861. | ‘The United States sbip Savannah, Capt. Page, eighty: | two days from Valparaico, has arrived in Hampton Roads, Her officers and crew ate all well | Letters frem on board the ship Vandalia, at Acaputco, | pay that the whole crew have fuffered immensely with fever, Sixty men were down at a time, and were 60 | much reduced as to be rcarcely able to walk about. ‘The Cyane sailed for Havana from Norfolk on Thurs. day. Western Navigniton, de. Br. Louis, October 10, 1951 ‘The Upper Missierippl ! again falling ; the Missouri is very kw, but rising ; and the Iilinois is in good boating crder Prrremvae, Ootoder 10, 1861 ‘The river measures thirty-three inches and is falling Weather civar and pleesant. recep’ h from the p States. Hy likewive e ackn ow! ledges the from Lord Birir pnd the prove of materially. ix ral Nie oe of his visit te this cou | uae Poor W con of West ‘Tede Mahov will Fe fon Dute’ ‘The Sanday romances, entitlet iderahie portion Boy it, and joige ft whi Reith in mort Mf 18 ie mot thrillic gly in teresting. “ 4 O44 Fellows’ Halt cheap gontorl wd of the noted for ” hh 1 U 50 Ss “m conte. basdsomely brimm aterial. from $3 to $1” ‘Black Doeski ot me $1 B0to $4; Vout, $1 4, p A $4; Vests, $1 to $5, corner of Grand and