The New York Herald Newspaper, September 15, 1852, Page 4

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AMERICAN MUSEUM Wee Arrennoon anv E MomNe Pravonmances In @. GURISTY'S OPERA HOUSE, 472 Broadway.—Eruiorian Bwerke.ey ny Cunsery's MineTRELS. ‘WOOD'S MINSTRELS, Wood's Musical Hall, #44 Broad- way.—Ermorran MiNsTRELSY. WHITE'S VARIETIES, 17 and 19 Bowery.—Amusine Pan rORmaxces. DOUBLE SHEET. New York, Wednemlay, September 15, 1852. Whe News. By the arrival of the Cunard steamer Niagara, at Halifax, yesterday, we are enabled to publish three days’ later intelligence from Enrope than was brought totbis port by the Humboldt on the day previous. With the exception of the commercial reports, this news is of but little importance. We find nothing ef @ political nature worthy of note. The British Premicr had gone to the races, and Louis Napoleon ‘was about publishing a pamphlet in reply to the as. persions of the English press upon his character ‘Whe fishery difficulty was looked upon as settled, and the guano affair excited little or no attention, farther than that the British papers were publishing decuments to prove that the islands belong to Peru, and the French government had notified all vessels sailing under its flag that they would not be pro- tected in loading with the precious article, in vio- lation of Peruvian authority. Cotton was firm, anda geod business was doing—but broadstuffs were still @ah. Large supplies of gold continued to come in from Australia—sixty thousand ounces having just arrived. ‘Fhe crops were unusually good; the potatoe rot had disappeared from Ireland, and, upon the whole, the inhabitants of Europe would appa- meaily be quite happy, were it not for the ravages -of the cholera, which has now made its appearance im some of the Germanic Btates. Well, we now have six eandidates for the Prasi- e@ency in the fiekc—the Southern Rights Convention having completed the half-dozen by nominating ex- Severnor George M. Troupe, of Georgia, for Presi- @ent, and General Quitman, of Mississippi, for Vice President. The formation of this ticket was brought about by a few of the disaffected spirita, formerly Selonging to both the old partics, who, it will be recollected, took the pains to address letters of in- quiry to Generals Pierce and Scott, but received no newer for their trouble. This Southern Rights no- amination does not amount to much—it is a mere #lash in the pan, and is not by any means as strong asthe Goodell ticket put forth by the New York abolitionists. ‘The returns of the election in Maine, on Monday, indicate, as was anticipated, that there has been no ehoice of Governor by the people. However, as the democrats will probably have a majority on joint ballot in the Legislature, there is little doubt but that Gevernor Hubbard, the democrat, will eventually be returned to the office. The Con- gressional delegation appears to be equally divided —three whigs and three democrats having been elected. Last yoar Maine sent five democrats and two whigs to Congress, but the new Apportionment bill reduced the numbor of her representatives to six. But this State conteet cannot be taker as a exiterion of the approaching Presidential eleetion, for there were no less than four candidates for the | Goevernorship, and about as many different aspi- rants for cach of the other offices balloted for. The more ultra opponents ofthe Maine Liquor law dropped the demecratic nominee for Governor, and went for Mr. Chandler, who received some twenty thou- sand votes ; ‘while, on the other hand, the ra- ‘bid advocates of the same law gave their support z0 Neal Dow, the democratic teetotal nominee, the vete for whom the reporters seem to have consider- ed too insignificant to class by itself, and have, therefore, placed it under the head of “ scattoring.” ‘The freesoilers also shifted around considerably—in eome towns going with the temperance men, and in others with the democrats or whigs, as suited their fancy. It will thus be seon that the curious result of the clection on Monday is altogether owing to Jocal causes, and that there is every reason to be- Neve that, upon the vote for President, General Pierce will havea handsome majority over all his competitors. It appears that thore was no choice ef Governor hy the people at the recent election in Vermont; ut as the whigs have both branches of the Logis- lature, by a large majority, of course their oandi- date, Erastus Fairbanks, will bo installed in office. The whigs elected wo, and the democrats one Con- | greseman Particular attention is direeted to the letter, which we clsewhere publish, from Senator Hale, in which he makes known his acceptance of the Pitts- | burg free soil nomination for the Precideucy. # rather curious affair. Three more shocking railrond accidents are recorded under the telegraphic head. At Roading, Pa., four young women, while walking upon the track, were ran over. Two of them were instantly killed, and the other two were eeverely injured. A little child was run over at Buffalo on Monday evening, and shockingly crushed. A gentleman named Warren Cloudman was killed near Salom, Mass., yesterday morning. Notwithstanding tho awful eocurrences every day through carelessness, people will not take heed, but still persist in walking upon and crossing the railroad tracks, even when the cars are close upen them. The master of a Baltimore schooner was yesterday arrested in Norfolk, Va., for kidnapping and selling @ Begro. Our telegraphic despatch from Baltimore, pub- ished yesterday morning, etated the deaths of yol- low fever were two per day at Savannah. Tho se- nior editor of the Georgian infomms us that thore ts no yellow fever in that city. The deaths occur- zed in Charleston, where the discase is rapidly abat- ing, only one death having occurred within the last twenty-four hours. By way of Baltimore we have some interosting items from Texas, by which we loarn that new cot- on was coming in, the eholera was disappearing, and atrocious murders wore as frequent as ever. ‘The number of deaths in this city during the woek ending on the Tth instant, was 430, of whom 91 were men, 91 women, 116 boys, and 129 girls. The cholera cases reported in the City Inspector's report, gumber 15. The numberof deaths from other bowel is not large for this season of the year, The returns do not include tho burials ot Potter's feld. It is seldom that we are able te present such an extreordinary variety of reading as 1s contained in ow columas this mocnins- The lnride prsee, ip It is addition to many columns of ments of covery description, are filled with numerous articles, of which tho following are merely the eads:—Proceedings in the Board of Supervisors, together with the report upon City Taxation, which should be read by every tax-poyer; Debate in the Board of Aldermen; Transsetions in the Sapreme, Common Pleas, and Sessions Courts; Affidavits against 2 Wall street Bank President for embezsle- ment, in the Police Court; Miscellaneous Local Items; Marine and Navel Affairs; Effects of the Maine ‘Law ; Communication Relative to the New Steam- bost Law; Late from Utah and Santa Fe; Interesting from' Cuba; Funeral of the Victims of the Reindeer; Execution of a Negro Women for Murder, in Richmond ; Meeting of the Ame- rican Board of Commissioners for Foreign Mis- sions ; the Canadian Parliament and Reciprocity ; several columns of paragraphs of all kinds and from every direction ; Monetary and Commercial Reviews; Theatrical Notices, &c. From the way in which advertisements and news are pouring in upon us, we shall be compelled to issue a double eheet every day in the week,*in order to meet the demand upon our columns. The Presidential Question—Scott vervas Webster—Wall Street Caving in. It is an indisputable fact that, through the in- trigues and influences of W. H Seward and his anti- slavery allies in the North, Genera] Scott secured the nomination of the whig convention at Baltimore. It is also true that Mr. Fillmore and Mr. Webster, from their honest maintenance of the constitutional rights of the South, had become utterly obnoxious to the Northern branch of the whig party, and were on'that account rejected. And although the South extorted from the convention, as a condition prece- dent to any nomination, a platform of principles em- bracing the finality of the compromise measures, it cannot be denied that the leaders and leading organs of the Seward-Ssott party, ‘‘exeorate and spit upon” that platform, as a farce and a nullity, ofn0 binding effect. These are facts, and there can be no mistake in their meaning. They simply mean that the anti- slavery faction which controlled the Whig National Convention, and secured the nomination of General Scott, admit of no compromise with slavery, endorse no finality; but are pledged to the extinction of sla very; and that their object in the clection of Goneral Scott is but their first step towards getting a strong foothold in the control of the genvral goverament. That foothold once obtained, through the insidious schemes of Seward and Company, the process of sap- ping and destroying the domestic institutions of the South will be comparatively oasy. It will be managed through the agency of the Northern abolitionists, as the balance of power in our political elections; and the South may then lock for no other finality than the total abolition of slavery, or a secession from the Union, and the establishment of an inde- pendent Southern confederacy. Tho South, in such a contingency, would unquestionably s0- cede; and where, then, would be the commercial and manufacturing prosperity of the North, and the proud and prosperous commercial supremacy of New York? That question we shall presently answer. {n the meantime, we have a word or two to say upon the erratic and inconsistent course of the New York Courier and Enquirer. With all its profes sions of veneration for Mr. Webster, admiration of his conduct, and disgust for the causes and the mode of his rejection at Baltimore ; with all its won- derful solicitude for the constitution, the Union, the compromise measures, and the great commercial in- terests of this great commercial city ; and at a time, too, when the true conservative Webster Union whigs, in Georgia, North Carolina, and Massachu- setts, are coming out for Webster in an independent. movement, we find the Courier deserting him, and ranging iteelf in that piebald party supporting Gen. Scott, of which Seward is the head and Greeley the tail. But our cotemporary of Wall strect has his reasons for this course of professing one set of prin- ciples while advocating another. Hear him :— If we believed it were possible to elect Mr. Webster, with the candidate of the Whig National Convention in the field—if we believed there was even one chance out of afhundred, of such a result—if we eupposed that any re- spectable number of Mr. Webster's intelligent friends. believed such a contingency possible—nay, if any ten in telligent Webster-men, of fair standing and ordioary in telligence. would gravely assure us.that they have th» slightest faith in the election of Mr. Webster from any | such movement—we should not hesitate to unite with them, and say, “God speed” to the work in hand. But there is no such hope for ws. | That is to say, a3 Mr. Webstorcannot be elezted, there is nothing gained by supperting him and his | principles. The first object is to secure the spoils, | andwe must even knock under to the abolition higher law party, till the election is over, because without their support we have no hepe of the spoils. They have rallied upon General Scott, and he is “a good enough Morgan till after the election,” if we gan only secure the spoils. Neither the bonus of $52,675 374, nor the mission to Vienna, are to be | had every day, so that whon there is such an open- | ing before us, however slim, it is folly to throw it away. If we elect Gon. Scott, “‘something,” as Bi- cawhber says, “nay turn up.’ But what is the use of eticking to Mr. Webster and his principles, when we can’t elect him. Furthermore, the Courier goes on to say :— What has been done cannot be undone. The pist cam not be regaled. And although we shall never ccase to deplore the defeat of Mr. Webster at Baltimore, but eball always look upon it as an act of national ingrati- tude and political insanity, we cannot forget that we, in common with the whole whig party, owe a duty to our country and to our principles, from whick no injnstice to Mr. Webstor can porelbly relieve us. That - two wrongs cannot make a right,’’ is anold proverb; and it is as true fs it is 3 The wrong heed Wobster will not be remedie & wrong sou, trated against | General Scott, whe eamnot be justly charged with | the ertors of the Convention; and above all, and over all, the wrong perpetrated by the Baltimore Convention against Daniel Webster, canno! justify his friends and the great whig party of our coun. try, in committing an equally grievous wrong against | whig principles, which are she principles of tho conrtitution and of Daniel Wubster himself, and in the upport and establishment of which he has done more in any other man, or any reore of mon which thir coun- has ever produced. Fiddlesticks—~all this onthusisam for Mr. Webster; for towhat singular end absurd conclusions the peculiar obop logic of our Wall street cotemporary carries him. VPorhaps it is owing to the bad moral atmosphere of Wall stroot, that he thus stultifes and confounds himself, all the way through. He aays “the defeat of Mr. Webster at Baltimore, was an act of national ingratitude and political insaaity;” andin the same breath ho urges the frionds of Mr. Webster to hurry up to the rescuo of the very faction by whom Mr. Wobater was thrown out of the conven. tion. He drops the groat expounder of the constitu- tion as a dead-head, and joins Greeley and Truman Smith in applauding Gen. Scott “as the first captain of theage, with the solitary exception of the conque- rorof Napoleon.” But, at last, with a longing eye upon the loaves and fishes, and seizing at the most sha- dowy possibility, like the dog after the shadow, ou, wise and conclliating neighbor sayz :—‘‘We cannot now elect Daniel Webster, but wo can elect Winfield Scott; und in so doing we seoure the triumph of whig principles to our country, and therewith, all the blessings which an honest and wise administra- tion ef the government can secure.” Is not that consoling? “The triumph of whig principles.” What principles 7 Not those laid dewn in the Bal- timore platform; because tho clique who managed the nomimation of Gen. Soott, and who are manag: ing his election, openly repudiate and ‘* oxecrate and spit upon” those principles. Let Goneral Scott be elected, and they will contrive to ma- nage his administration the same way as they did the unfortunate administration of General Tay- lor. And what are the “ whig principles” of this Seward-abolition-nullifieation clique? Deadly hostility to Southern slavery in evory shape and form—no compromise with it—no conoossion—no- thing but war, and a war of extermination, even to revolution, and fire, and sword. This is the first Pala ges ”” of this faction, and the others are ebominable principles of socialism, infi- delity, and unlimited amalgamation. It is for the success of much principles that the Courier deecceis frum tke coumstess conservative t platform ef the true friends of Mr. Webster, and the South, and the Union, and goes ever t Seward, in the support of General Scott. Now this Union is the result of a compromise, of many compromises, and we are bound by them, as we are devoted to the Union. Let them be broken and the Union is brok This may yet bedone. Godonly knows. But let a Seuthern confederacy be once cs tablished, and where is the eommercial supremacy of New York? The vast import and export, and coastwise and inland traffic of the South, centering in this city, to the amount of hundreds of millions 9 year, will be drawn off to the South entirely—to Bal- timore, Norfolk, Charleston, Mobile, and New Or- Jeans ; for the North will be as distinct!y separated from the South as France is from England. The South can enforce upon us, in exchange for our local supplies of cotton, sugar, rice, and tobacco, such trea- ty stipulations as will secure their slaves against abolition incendiaries ; but our Southern commerce —thongh the Mississippi should remain as free as the Atlantic ovcean—would be drawn off to Southera porte. Itis not, therefore, s rprising, in view of such a possible calamity, that the Courier—the professed organ of Wall street, and all our commer- cial intereste—should side with Mr. Wobster, agains: the revival of the slavery agitation, and in support of the constitutional righteof the South. But it is surprising to hear that, although the rojoction of Mr. Webster was an act of ‘* political insanity,” the election of Gen. Scott, by whom he was supplanted, will be the ‘triumph of whig principles.” This sort of self-stultification will never do. Let the truth be known. The Courier and Enquirer is attempting to carry water upon both shoulders. It is attempting to reconcile a disgraceful surrender to Seward to the pitiful plea of necessity, that Mc Webster can’t be elected. Oannot his course be vindicated in a just rebuke of the anti-slavery in- trigues by which he and President Fillmore were Both thrown overboard; and would not this be a sufficient, triumph of true conservative * whig prin- ciples” over the schemes of Seward, and his aboli- tion agents and organs! Let usa suppose, for example, that notwithstanding the Wall strat organ of Mr. Webster knocks under to S.+ ward and Company, in the support of Gen. S:ott, that General Pierce is elected. Let us suppose that “fired with indignation” at the result, the Seward branch of the whig party is re-organized upon a platform of open and avowed hostility to tho extension and continuance of Southern slavery —and this is not a violent presumption of what may come to pass—where, then, in such a contingency, shall we find ourreighbor of the Cowrter?—for Sew ard, or for the constitutional whig principles of Mr. Webster? Where isthe Courter now t—for or against Mr. Webster !—for or against the platform of Seward and the higher Jaw? What does it fear to lose in losing the election of Gen Scott ? What doesit hope to gain in gaining it !—whig principles or the spoils ? Is there any hope for either! Are not both the one and the other already lost? It won'tdo. The only consistent course, “sink or swim,” for our neighbor, is, guano or no guano, fish or no fish, to stick to Mr Webster. It won't do to desort him under the dodge of “ whig principles.” Stick to Mr. Webster. New Yerx anp San FRANcIscO CHANGING, Praces.—The pronunciamenio of the Grand Jury o San Francisco, on the recent termination of their labors, congratulating the citizens on the peace. good order, and security to life, which existed in that city, isa fact which should make those charged with the preservation of the public peace of Now York, blush at the evidences'which our police re ports give of the incrense of crime and ruffianism io this metropolis. San Francisco, the rendezvous of all the lawless characters whom the California gold revolution congregated to that region, has been, for the three or four years ot its existence as a city, in fasted with rockless desperadoes, robbing and mur- dering with as much impunity as the same class of ruffiansare now permitted to carry on the like opera- tions in New York. This was the natural and almost inevitable result of the yet unorganized social ele- ments existing there. But we are now told, on the authority of the Grand Jury of San Francisco, that these evils have been effectually curbed and termi- nated by the fixed determination evinced by the citizens, on all hands, to sustain law and order. Can the Grand Jury now in session in New York, the metropois of the Union, present such a document to their constituents, congratulating them on the decrease of crime in this city? And if not—why not? Simply because riotous and disorderly assom. Dlages are found indispensable to the unprincipled demagogues of both parties, to enable them to carry their candidates at ptimary elections, vi «t amis, and, therefore, the lawless characters com posing these bands are not only shielded from punishment, but paid for their ‘‘eervices.” And, also, because even in those rare instances where rolice officers do their duty, and arrest street where there delinquents aro not released by their friends, the aldermen, they have anotherdernier resort to escape from punishment, in the amiable laxity of the District Attorney. These causes combined, have caused rowdyiem to attain a condition in thix city in which it seems as firmly rooted now ss any other authorized inetitution of the day. We sec it stated that many old residents aro about leaving New York froma sense of the dangers to which their lives and property are expozed hero, and to them we would suggest tho advisability of selecting. Ban Francisco as their new residence. We com mend to tho District Attorney, Mayor, Aldermen, and Chief of Police of this city, the congratulatory document presented by the Grand Jury to the citizens of San Francisco. Lot thom ‘‘ read, mark learn, snd inwardly digeet” the came. Evycoupr rrom Barnvm.—An obscure musical weekly paper, with little circulation and no influ ence, pretends to give tho reeult of the tour of Jonny Lind in the United Statesin dollars and cents The gains of thego celebrated characters are thorein reprecontod to be over three hundred thousand do! lars each, making in all over six hundred thousand dollars as the profits of the copartuerehip, for about ninety concerts, in this country. We have not the slightest doubt but this iza gross exaggeration of the simple matter of fact. The profits of the very first concert given by Jonny Lind, at Castle Gardon, ‘was stated, in one of Barnum’s Buncombo spoeches, at nearly one-half over ita exact results. He exag- gerated every subsequent concert and event that took place, and wo have not tho least dowbt but this statement has originated from Barnum, and is now published for somo businoss purpose of his own in another quarter, which we may happen to explain one of these days. If Barnum made a hundred thousand dollars, and Jemny Lind a hundred aad fifty thousand dollars by this tour, it is nearly all that was made by those celebrated personages. Barnum has had a groat many irons in the fire— too many irans during tho lust fow years. The first was tho speculation on Joico Heth parchment. ‘The most recent seems te be the attempt to get up a bank of prodigious circulation and influence, con- tred in Connecticut, and oxtending all over the waren f We have no faith in the future oa- reer of any bank which originates in she brain of Barnum, and is conducted on the system that he has introduced in museuma, anc and musi- cal matters. The public has too recently had ex rience of the various banking operations, of whieh the Plainfield was an instance, to trust much to the per promises of those who boast before the public at they are all humbug, that they like humbug, that they are to humbug, andthat the pul lic is only fit to be humbugged. HALE Stands THE Fine.—The letter of John P. Hale, accepting the Pittsburg nomination, pute an end to the idle rumor that he intended to withdraw upon the eve of the Presidential election, in favor of Gen. Scott. He stands the fire, an Webster stands the fire. All that is mow wanted ¢o close up the ranks on all sides, is a bold movement of the thir- teen thousand Webster whigs of this city, in co- operation with “the solid mop of Boston.” But Gane Js previvue- Ip brawlers and rowdy disturbers of the peace, and. Fuontren, Incamass or TaxaTion—Tue Pri- many ELZcTIONS.—The report of the Com-nitteo of the Board of Supervisors on the Communication of the Comptroller in relation to the assessments for the year 1852, which will be found in another part of this day’s paper, is a document that deserves the serious attention of the citizens of New York, pro: senting, as it does, a picture of taxation that may well excite inquiry into the cause of #0 extravagant that the exeess ef the expenditure, over and above the appropriations, is about $600,000, which will have to go into the taxation of next year, and swell it nearly to the enormous amount of four millions of dollars. Every year the taxation has been steadily increasing, till now it has reached a figure that may well startle with horror the victimes who are doomed to pay it. The last feather breaks the camel’s back; and if the people do not very speedily offer re- sistance, but continue to hold their backs pationtly for the burthens heaped upon them, the day is not distant when the fate of the camel shall be theirs, and they shall sink beneath the accumulated load. Several of the items which go to make up the ac- count are unconstitutional, illegal, and a violation of the charter. They are a fraud upon the people, and the votes by which the money was abstrasted from the purses of the tax payers are just as dis- honest as if the operation was performed by a pick- pocket. For example, there is an item of $11,252 paid for Kossuth, still leaving $5,000 due. This, and the expenditure for the funeral of Honry Clay, and many similar items, are contrary to law, and render the members of the Common Council who passed them liable to impeachment. In view of such profligacy and illegality, if the District Attor- ney was worth a fig, he would impeach these gentle- men; but the public have long since ccased to ex- pect anything like a performance of his duty at the hands of that functionary. Tho root of the evil lies in the system of primary elections that has prevailed for several years—hired bands of rowdies securing the nominations for the most worthless and corrupt men, who, no sooner are thoy elected than they indemnify themselves tor the purchase of their seats, by the perpetration of jobs for their friends, and their partners in con- tracts, and by the most reckless squandering away of the public money for objects which are clearly il- legal, but out of which it is expected to manufac- ture political capital for the next election. It is notorious that many of the delegates to the nomi- nating conventions get themselves elected in order that they may be bought by the candidates for office; and it is well known that largo sums of money are paid to them at every qlection. The democra- tie primary elections now in progress are not an exception—the rowdyism, bullyism, intimidation, bribery and corruption, have been fully equal to the same appliances in former years. How else, for instance, could it happéh that such a man as Robert Emmet, a leading member of the Irish Directory, who has from $30,000 to $40,000 of the monoy of the Irish people in his hands for the last four years, and has never given them any account of it, and probably never will—how else could he have ob- tained the nomination ior Judge than by such in- fluences as those we have enumerated? Are the whig party any better? Not an iota. In past years they have made the very worst nomina- tions, and have employed the very same set of or- ganized rowdies that were used by the democratic demagogues, to bear down all free expression of opinion at the ballot box, and to force upon the people as candidates the mea who bribed these sanguinary bullies. Is there any prospect of an improvement at the primary eloctions of the whigs tobe held to-morrow ? Not the slightest. The same rum and rowdy influences will be at work—the same riots will take place, and the same results will follow. Hoar what the Seward-Scott social- ist organ of the rump of the whigs says on the subject. It is good authority for its own party :— , ‘The vote is to LS ballot, under the supervision of inspectors designated by the respective ward commit- tees, who could not, if they would, conane the to tho-e justly entitled to exercise it. On the contrary, men will vote in two or three wards who aro not entitled to vote in any. ond locofocos will be as active. efficient, and very probably as mumerous at the as whigs. The men who ought to be most influential in these elec- tions will not go near the polls; while the hired bullies end suckers who care for nothing beyond earning—we should have said getting—their promised stipend, will ‘be busy as by * * * * The members of our general commitices were them- eelves chosen by the machinery wherewith we seek to dispense, and many of them owe to it all thelr little con. sequence, They know how to back and carry a delega- tion under the oldsyetem,. = * = * =" “Yoare of your father the devil, and his works ye will do.” was aid of olden time, and the philosophy holds good in 1852 In some wards there will be old-fashioned contests, redolent of rum, riotand rascality. We can’t exhort our Feadlers to go near the polls where these scenes are being enacted. Such is the description, given beforehand by the Tribune, of the whig primary, elections to be held to-morrow, and, doubtless, the organ of the party knows what is going on within; it has been behind the scenes, and is well acquainted with allthe machinery that is now in a state of pre- paration for the conflict. Had a democratic journal presented its readers with such a pro- gramme of the performances, it might well be doubted; but coming, as this does, from the lead- ing whig journal of the city, there cannot bea shadow of a doubt that the drama, as set down, will bo enacted, and that the dramatis persone will each perform the parts assigned them. The samo ruffians, who can sack a theatre to order, get up a row at a serenade. or condact a torchlight proces- sion—the same trained bands of fighting men, who acted their parts at the democratic primary eloc- tions, will be on hand to-morrow, and maintain the professional reputation they have so well earned for the last few years. The scoundrels who are able and willing to pay most will be elected, and they in turn will give the nominations to ethor scoundrels, who will pay them in proportion to the value of the office, cr the amount of plunder and peculation that may be derived from it. Such is the system that has prevailed, both in the whig and democratic parties, fora series of years, robbing the public treasury, and increasing the taxation till the expenditure has now reached the very acme of corruption and profligacy, and threatens bankruptcy and ruin to all classes, tho subversion of public justice, the overthrow of law and social order, and the insecurity of life and pro- perty. ssaiidichimsicesss Mune News rrom Hauwax.—The Commercial and Post, of last evening, published a despatch purporting to give the Niagara’s news from Hali- fax. This despatch embraced quotations, amount of the sales of cotton, &c. What will the mer- chants think of the conduct of the editors of those papers, in publishing such a despatch, when they are informed that there was scarcely a word of truth in any of its statemonta 1? The despatch given in the Post and Commercial quotes the Liverpool cotton market “steady.” Wright, Gandy & Co., Dennistoun & Co., and other leading brokers, quete the market “firm.” They also quote the sales 61,000 bales, of which speculators took the large number of 15,000 bales. The ‘Commercials and Post's despatch quotes the sales at 39,000, and mostly to the trade. The dospatch, in other respects, deals, for tho most part, in generalities; but in every case whoro a positive remark is hazardod, it is proven to be false. They quote rosin at 3s. 6d., while the correct quotations aro 3s. 4d. for common, to 12s. for fine. There is nothing extraordinary in guessing protty correctly, from one steamer to another, as to the goneral foaturos of the market; but editors adopting this modo of getting news should avoid figures. Tue QuxeTion SeTTLED.—Accoriing to the la- test intelligence from Coney island, the Governor had issued a proclamation announcing the sottlo- ment of the clam question on a satisfactory basis. Guano bad declined a shade. Mopenobupotte egaingt the Maing liquoy low. and alarming a waste of public money. It appears | BSivemns. ayp Senmxapee—EXxcirEMENT AMONG ‘vas Oyerzn Hovas Onitics —The discreditable seenes perpetrated during the musical serenade given in compliment to Madame Sentag on Monday evening, were probably the result of the excited feelings of the oyster house critics, on account of the failure of all their schemes on this soprano. But we sre at oless to know why their antipathies were manifested to such an extraordi- nary degree against plain, unoffending, white hats, against which description of head-gear there was as fierce a persecution as they experienced in Germany after the revolution of 1848. The quict, phlegmatic Germans who assembled to pay honor to their re- nowned countrywoman, were treated with very little show of courtesy by the rowdies who were enlisted to create a disturbance, and to bring discredit upon the whole serenade. These latter followed out their instructions very faithfully, and did manage to of® fend and insult the spectators, and all concerned in it; and so far as that went, the oyster house gentry succeeded effectually in gratifying their spleen and envy, and in bringing public serenades into dis. repute. r There demonstrations are, generally speaking, in bad taste, low, vulgar, and unworthy of lovers of the fine arts. Ifa private serenade bo given, it may bea very fine and appropriate compliment paid by musicians to distinguished artistes ; but when they are attended with parade and show, and torchlights, and require companies of firemen, and cordons of police to prevent riot, as was the case in those recently given to Alboni and Sontag, then they degenerate into public nuisances, They only serve to invite all the vagabonds and rowdies about town to attend thom, for the pur- pose of kicking up a row, smashing hats and heads, insulting ladies, and picking pockets—all which was dono with such cclat at Union square the ether night. It would scem, indeed, that these affairs aro principally got up by a great many of the primary election people for the purpose of keeping up the organization of their lawless bands, and for the opportunity they afford of picking pockets. On this latter occasion, the oystor house critics and digappointed musical geniuses leagued themselves to these disreputable characters to vent their spleen against artistes who would not comply with their requisitions, nor submit to their exactions. A serenade is sometimes got up quietly, and without ridiculous parade, by the friends of artistes—and this is complimentary, flattering, and in good taste; but these studied affairs, with great show, and torchlight processions, &¢ , are all decidedly vile and vulgar, and should be discountenanced. They were first introduced by Barnam, t@pumbug the people, and set off the divinity of Jenny Lind They are completely of the menagerie or American Museum style, and not to be imitatod by persons affecting any degree of refinement. They may do very well among the vulgar, plotting politicians, or the temperance people, who are equally romdies in cold wateg tactics; but, as applicd to the fine arts, they are indications of a barbarous and vitiated taste. Therefore, for the sake of our reputation for refinement, let public serenades be abandoned now and forever. In the meantime, however, the oyster house critics are in a dreadful state of fuss and exeitement down among the cellars. They don’t know what to do with themselves, or how to turn their stupendous talents to account. They can get nothing out of Alboni. She treats them with that sort of lazy indifference and disregard which sit so naturally upon hor. Sontag is alike un- moved by their molo-dramatic action, and assur- ances of their distinguished considoration. Not a dollar rewards their perseverance and industry. No, not even are the danseuses affected by the desper- ate situation of these oyster house critics, but all the artistic community seem to mock and laugh at them, and they add galland wormwood to their disappointed hopes. In this awful state what can these poor devils do! Some of them plunge reso- lutely down the cellars and swallow oysters by the dozen, washing them down with frequent gulps of brandy. Some of them wander through Broadway in a state of semi-unconsciousness, muttering inco- herent imprecations against Alboni and Sontag, and some of them smuse themselves in plucking out their exquisite moustaches, and don’t seem to know whether they’ro waikipg on their boads or their heels. And yot, strange to say, the causes of these fear. ful demonstrations remain all the while perfectly unmoved and self-possossed. Sontag and Alboni laugh and sing, and receive their friends with as much sang fred as if there was not an oyster house critic within virens of New York. Such non. chalance is rable to those unfortunate men. They might ondure opposition, but’ total abnega- tion of them is more than they can bear. They aro hourly expecting to hear the last trumpet, as they think that when their magnificent services are contemned the day of judgment must be nigh ai hand. Poor fellows. Their glory is departed; their occupation clean gone, and mem and women have so lost their wits that they cannot appreciate their services or see the value of puffing. In this dreadful condition of affairs they would fain full back on Barnum ; but that wide-awake personage is so much occupied now-a-days in his roformatory mission—so busy with temporance lectures, mena- gerioe, banks, and revolving new echemes for future humbugs, that he treats the poor creatures with indifference, or at least does not pay them that great attention which the modest conception of their merit teaches them to expect. Nevertheless, it is ey Barnum spect at his earliest leisure, to enrol thom into a regular company and manage them himself. e _ “Alas, to what base uses m: re not return, Horatio.” Vermont REDEEMED.—The late election in Ver- mont insures that State for Gen. Scott in November. Score Vermont. Personal Intelligence. Arrivals at the Irving—THon. J, It. Walker, Wisconsin; Gov, Moorehead, Pa ; Copt. R. S. Ripley, U. 8. A.; Lee, Assistont Secretary of the Treasury; Lieut, J. N. Bonaparte, Major Stevens, Dr, Addison, U. 8. A.; W.H. Hunt. N. 0.; B. Ogle Taylor, Washington; Geo, W. An dereon, Savannah, and 213 others, At the Metropolitan.—Hon. J. F. Conan. Pa.; Hon. Edward Paddleford, Georgia; Hon. 8. I,, Hommend'eu, Obio: Judge Mendel, Montreal; Gen, W. M. Peyton, Roanoake; T, W* Collins. England; W. M. Cochrane, R Fisher, Kentucky; Col. Huntington, N. 0.; Natches: Hon. W. P. Butler. 8, 0. At the Astor.—C. Fitzhue, Lexington; J. B. Norris. Boston; J Beckw' R. Geddes, N. 0.; BE. A. Roes, Holyoke; Dr. Chaties G. Jackson, Mass.; Hon. Tru- | ae Smith, Conn.; James H. Lord, England, and 100 ers, At the American.—W, N. Robinson, Canada; Mr, Mo- Kenny, Washington; Roger Ridgloy, U. 8 A.; ‘T. C. Thatcher, Philadelphia; D, C. Kimball, Boston; J. A. Brady, N. C.; R. Fowler, Michigan; B, Iall, Washington, and 60 others, At the Howard—§, P, Hatch, Racine, Wis.; A. Chap- : H, Binmore, Montreal; E. A. Abbott, Con- 1. Hamblin, Troy; R. 8 Dunlap, Phitadel. it, Oswego; B. H. Wilson, Baltimore; and 100 others. i Lockport on the 11th inst,, where he would remain three or tour days. His Excellency the Governor General of Canada and suite, the members of the Cabinet, and many members of | both Houses of Poriiament, and several invited guosts, = on the 10th inst., for the Sherbroo¥e celebra- nm. Gen, Lewis Ca ss and Senator Douglas were at Cleveland on the 9th inst, Cowaxpiy AtTack on THE TunNER Soctety.— Polio os . about six oy ge wer leaving the grounds e Btate gricult Beeie'y, to return to the city, they were in Uns Se ore arene tn ©01 ai eh by & gang of rome forty or fifty boys an‘ " Turners immediately ood on their defence, and, after ® short fight, their aprailants retreated. Several = Miléo, wore badly cut with staves and stones; wa one man, whore neme could not be flightly wounded onthe bridge of the nose with o beh A od soe was tol ren of the police was on the dered efficient rere Omer Clark of the Bi Benet, and Messre, Graham and McKinley, were rere together with several other offloers. Officer ae head very badly cut, and he was beaten team with che aid Grabam was much bruised, bat focrste asal ant in the of officer Jamen Mullen. ip. lodeing, is Ate at eonalde. central police station aang ie in his oioievar an unmitigated outrage, and the wae frrented and summaril leaders in it should be Droetiog, “every thing pasted off penebee. viMtoriy and peaceable mauner.—Haltimore Sun Sept. 14. Court Calendar—This Da: a E i i ‘a Et ity im May. 1848, defendant opposed motion, and read Lumerous affidavits impeaching ginality of the patent. He aleo further set machines weie Woodworth plaving the Serreli machine was an infringement worth patent. The counsel for the plaintiff that ifupon exemination he found that the affidavits were true. he would withdraw the The court ordered the affidavits to be filed, amd tion to stand over until a week from Monday. it Eng : ie i F United States District Court. Before Hon. Judge Bette, Serr 1h,—The petty jury were discharged from attend- ance until next Monday at 11 o’clock, as Judge Betts will be engaged in the Oircuit Court, where he is now presiding, with Judge Nelson. THE HENRY CLAY CALAMITY. It was understood that the grand jury would be pre- pared to come int» court this ( Wednesday) morning with the result of their deliberation, in the case of the were twenty five witnesses in attendance ou the part of the prosecution, only ten of whom it was deemed neces- sary to examine Friends of Webster—The Paper for a Web till open atthe Day Book, All who a1 friends of Daniel Webster, and desire to see him nominate; for the Presidency, will please send in their names immedi- ately, either through the Pos ee or otherwise, i N. R. STIMSON, 203 Broadway. row's Riding School, No. 20 Fourth is now open for the reception of pupils. Hours for from 8 Ap to $P.M. Gentlemen, from 6 to 8 A, Stoo P.M. Notice.Solomon & Hart have removed to their new marblo building, No. 241 Broadway, next door to their old stand, and will open on Thursday next, September 16th, with an entirely new stock of upholstery goods and eurtain materials, Monument to Neipce & Daguerre, in France, he discoverors of the art of Dagnerreotype.—The subset bers request all persons wishing to contribute to the above object, to xend in their subscriptions without delay, We are authorized by. the society of Hoax Arts, Paris, to re ceive the same, MEADE BROTHERS, American Galleries, 283 Broadway, next to the American Hotel. To Let—A Rare Opportunity.—A Room to il the let of May next, let, on first floor of 233 Broadway, u mt, suit ted in. at half tho regular rent, and after at a reasonabl able for a jeweller, lawyer, or mercantile office. a building so well Known, it offers great ad MEADE BROTHERS, American Daguerreotype ntager. alleries, next the American Hotel. The |Bateman Children, or the “Young. Couple,” at! MEADE BROTHERS. Beautiful , Daguerreo- types of these remarkable children, in the above ehara may be seen, with one thousand eminent European and A\ rican celebrities, in our celebrated galleries, 233 Broadway, next the American Hotel. erre: 8 by Brady.—The Public are respectfully invited to examine the Prize Pictures, exhibited. at the World's Fair, together with « large collection of the portraits of most of the distinguished men of our country, at BRADY'S Gallery, 218 Broadway, corner of Fulton street, The aged a feeble will find Root’s Du- gnerreoty pe Gallery, No. 303 Broadwa , partioularly easy of access, It is on the second floor, and arranged around the walls of the reception room may be seen specimens of the art whivh challenge comparison with any others in the world Narelssus and his Watert What » fool was Narcissus to plunge for a shadow Had he lived in theso days, the unfortunate lad, oh! Instead of embarking for Gravosond by water, And committing the horrible crime of self-slaughter , He'd have walked up Broadway, a much pleasanter journey). And obtained an unfading impression from GURNEY. At his magnificent Daguerrosn Gallery, 349 Broadway. Excelsior.—Beebe & Co., 156 Broadway,. erpootfully solicit the attontion of the publie to their Fal aa jon for gentlemen's Hats. Genin’s Army and Navy Hats—New > lation, GENIN having reovived from the Department a Washington the official direction for tho new army and navé hate and eaps, is prepared to furnish them in strict eonform- the governmont regulations, with all the new devi- embroideries. GENIN, 214 Broadway, posite St. Paul's, ‘The Fall Hat for Gentlemen now being dis- Sgicheal by Amidon, 649 Broadway, is acknowledgod by all te the most olegant Hat out this sexson. Gentlemen who wanta light, comfortable and elegant Hat, should not fail tocallon AMIDON, at his now establishment, (49 Brosd- way. The Fall Tile in the fall style, and of so exquisite a al and pattern as to outdo and outshine eve- rything heretofore achieved even by himself, bas just been issued x, Knox, the great central stant of taste and - jon, in Fulton street. We cannot describe the ee, elt gance and oe of this hat—it must be worn to be a) ciated. KNOX isa true philosopher of the eclectic school; he seizes upon every new idea and beautiful thought that appears on the surface of things, aud immediately embodicw pi bis bats. It makos one quite poetical to sear one of them. A a it; oct and Flourish of Trumpets often Announces y show. Sometimes a particularly uninviting style of hat‘is thus ushered before the public, In this he qifong dollar man” endeavors, to gull the publi ¥ cing the old onssimere hat, and calling it som of his own invention, But the trick don Gacle'Sans- is not to be guiled. ‘Truly, the man of the Jenny Lind tickew must be blinded to think that such a paltry artifee of at- tempting to bring out a style of hat, fashionable ten yeurw somethi: inal, and of his own invention, would with a dis ing public. If you want's good I in at Espe oT Nascan ‘street, corner of Ann street, and se t $3 50, are not better, finer, and tastier, than in Broadway for $4. a wold Ifyou go direct to the manufacturer, yow ean always get a superior article for the same price that. is asked for an inferior article in second or third hi For instance, in buying your hats, if you go to Freeman, thy hatter, 90 Fulton street, aget them direct from th~ factory, price $3 and $3 EMAN, Manufacturer. Singer's Sewing Machines are dall: inti in public favor, for tho roason that they aurea Cer ig orwhich they are recommen dedfor sowing with neat , spatch. Princ’ - where they ean be oen ia eperation, “? “> Broad Henry L. Foster's, No. 27 Cortlandt street, Clothing and Furnishing prices as cannot fail to forget the mumber, 27 Cort- fahat street. Curtosity and U combined in Fano: TLE’S Emporium, No, Bird Tree. the Hest Boota, to FE. A. BROOKS’ Boow ys Count=-Oimcor—407, 464, 480, 486,487, 611, to 622. OS serwen Pixar 00 to 67. Ladics’, Gente’, ts. Shoes, Gaiter ‘The best articles Boys’ srushe then} 3 ppers, of every ety an af Poot th this olty, at low prices: and § for the Rasotr Lecoultre.—These Raisors have ne- gqpal in their extreme durability and keenness of edge. They ean bo obtained genuine at SAUNDERS, No. 7 Astor House, and $87 Broadway. Southern and Western Gents requh Garments made to order, equal in style, and much lower in price, than Broadway, sre politely requested to oall at my store, No. 116 William etreet, where splendid goods and Intent fashions are on viow. My racular enetomers need ne invitation. Dress coats, t to $22, Uther gar- ments in proportion, Dressing Cases for ‘ellers—The Chie® excellenco of thone cases consists in their great oorhpactness and utility, in which respect they aro superior to aay othere manufactured. They are. si in their constructio: without useless nvenient, durable, and cheap. SAUNDER! ouse, and 387 Broadway, Comb Factory, 387 Broadway.—Ladies can- hore peo the newest styles of dress Combs, in tortoise shel and buffalo horn. 7! s over a thousand different patterns, eortment in the city, Can be made to order. . 37 Broadway Fine C of sportmen's, pen, and Deautifnl patterns; also, » SAUNDE: cing a In knives, of most rare tment of toil utlery, rt House, and 357 Broadway variety G, Saunders’ Metallic Tablet Strop.—This. artiolo has been v known to the pablic— avo beon awarded to the was exhibited, and pro~ nal in setting 9 rasogy Fer enle at No.7 nounced by the judgos to and producing the finost je edye. Astor Hove and 387 Broadway. A Card for the Ladies of New York—_Me« ores Lace and Embroidery fetore, 857 Broadway.— JOHN MAD opened the adiove store on Wed Rept. let., 1852, with original * of Embroiderios and Ls dies visiting New Yo: To state In an advertisement what the ade: v ot demonstrat and carry out in his bneiness, ie i No. 1 Astor House, asserts that by his iethod of measurement and cutting, perfect fits in shirts are secured with absolute certainty, and he invites a compar ison betwoon what he {n print and what he actually accomplishes. Hood, the Poet, undertook to of the § but Agate’s Corrazza Shirts «peak for themselves to order for any gentleman sorves only se ing & desire for more, Remember ay. linferio, FiUNTEN, Agont, (Ws Broadway, ‘and corner of Mott and Broome strecte, $1,500 Planoforte.—We would call the at.. tention of our readers to the fact that there is now in the spacious wareroome of T. GILBERT & CO., the most trulp jhagnificent Pinnoforte in the United Si but chastely carved, it prosents, with its h pearl ke that it has ever ho instrument ie- wont beautiful, apeciinen of ert, in its way, en ‘ ‘The price of G heen our fortune to behold. $1,500, but it will bo wold wt x very largo deduction, or ex- Changed for another piano, The public are invited to aay and examine it, wt 0 Brondway, corner of Anthony street, up staire, Dr. Powell, Oculist and Aurt attention, as vena, to diseases of tho to 4 o’elook daily, at his residenco, 5 Powell's Treatisn on tho Kye" 0 procured at hig office, Also, Artificial Ryes, which can be inserted withouy pain, and will move and fook ie the natural eye. The fontag Serenade on Monday night cre. ated immenso excitement, but it cannot compare with the excitement created by tho." Balm of Thousand Flowers,” in eradicating from the complexion all tan, pimples, freckles, Ko. For sale wt Norton's book store, 71 Chambers street. Use Bush's Rheumatiam, Pains, Ae equal, Sold at 125 Gree: Guion, corner Bo Créam Liniment..For wellings, Bruises, &o,, it hae rer Duane ia id street; Doctor comer Gold ag we coate, wery and OK Sixth avenve: P. A. White. ) otreote, ome ether eruggists,