The New York Herald Newspaper, September 18, 1852, Page 4

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Thie cu. mous paper, mixed im due proportions with Greeley’s pictorial life of General Scott’s military career, makes his biography complete in all its parts. But aethe streak of fat and the stroak of lean is yet eookod and served separately, we propose te our amiable cotemporary of the Tribune to unite them im the same dish, fer the benefit of the public. “Phat is to say, if the Tribune will publish our me- moist of General Scott’s eivil career, we will pub- lich his memoirs of the campaigns, omitting the pic- tures for the sake of economy. What say you to this proposition? Let the people have light of all kinds— gas snd goed oil included. The News. The brief particulars of no less than six serious wailroad accidents, resulting in the loss of ien lives and the awful injury of five persons, aro re- eorded in another column. Al] but two of these oc- eurrences appear tohave been caused by the reck- Jessmoes of the employes on the roads. The fre- qvent horrible casualties on board of both steam- boa's and railroad cars, render it essential for the sefety of travellers that those who happen to be erippled or bruised, or the relatives of those killed, should prosecute with the utmost rigor those com- panics or persons through whom, or whose agents, they are injured. It is somewhat strange that none ef the benevolent philanthropists who have been so liberal in the endowment of almost all kinds of eharitable institutions, have never established a fend to be specially used for the prosecution of yailroad and steamboat associations, in behalf of peor people who are so unfortunate as to get se- siously hurt by these corporations, but who are not rich enough to stand the expenses of a lawauit. The new steamboat law may possibly do much to- wards c.ecking disasters on the water; but it is doubtful whether anything short of making the di- reetors and stockholders suffer in the pocket, will ever prevent railroad accidents. A meeting was held last evening, at the Chinese Amembly Rooms, of the Executive Committee of the “free democracy” of this city, to organize and make arrangements for a public meeting to ratify the nominations of Hale and Julien. They enrolled mames of adherents, elected delegates to the Syre- use Convention to be held on the 29th inst., and appeinted a committee to nominate candidates foa the various offices of members of Congress, members ef Awsembly, and the judicial, county, and charter tickets. The democrats of Wiseonsin have nominated Danie) Welle. Jr., for Congress, in the first district, and John B. Macy in the second. The first district is at present represented by Charles Durkee, free soil democrat, who has been ro-nominated by his party. Through the essistance of delegations from Low- ell and other surrounding towns, the Scott whigs ef Boston are reported to have got up quite a large | sized meeting last evening. One striking feature of the offair is, thet no local speakers of avy emi- nence were present. The leading whigs of Massa- ebusetts certainly seom determined to stay away from sil such gatherings. By the arrival ef the gcrew steamer Glasgow we have received a few hours’ later advices from Europe than the Niagara brougkt. This is the best western paseage ever made by @ sarew steamer. The Supreme Court hee at length decided that Benj. A. Welch, Jr., democrat, is the Treasurer of the.Btate of New York, and that Jamee M. Cook, whig, has no claim thereto. By way of consolation for his miafortune, it is underetood that some of his friends will endeaver to procure the latter gentle- man the nomination for Lieutenant Governer, on the whig ticket. Nine of the anti-renters suppose] to have been engaged in the rocent attempt to burn the house of Mr. Shaw, in Rensselaer county, have keen arrested. It is hoped that if, after an impartial trial, these men ere found guilty, they wil be puniehed to the full extent of the law. It is high time that the perpetrators of these outrages were made to fee) the penelties of their miseonduct. Agriculturiste and manufacturers are referred to the telegraphic head for » short deseription of the Ohio State Fair. As ueval om such ocensions, among the vast crowd who flocked to the fair were ® great many pickpockets, who @id pretty exten- sive business. The address of Profeceor Mapes ap- pears to have beon a practical affair, relating, ag it did, to sub-soil ploughing, cattle feeding, &e. It probably suited the Ohio farmers quite ax weil os anything that Becretary Wobster would have told them Mr. Letcher, the late American Minister to Mexi- 00, has arrived at New Orleans. By telegraph we have an account of the moet bra- tal murder of a Mre. Gregg, in Munnsville, Medi- son county. While standing near # window, on Gundey evening, some unknown miscreaat shot her threugh the body. Quite a serious affray yesterday sprung up be tween twe German editors in Cincinnati. One of them having ongrasiously made a newspaper attack sen the wife of bie gyemporery, tho leticr Fr aes a ES CCT EET a fewyears hones, when Canads is participating in | The Prestencya/Mhr, seward Organs, and | Tux Txxurmaaés Movement 1 Tus STATE OF Qreded te his office und shot him, butn: mortally. ‘They have queer ways of settling disputes in the West, and this is one of them. ‘We cleewhere publish a very interesting letter from our Quebee correspondent, relative to the fishe- Fy quettion, in whieh is incorporated the despatch of the British Secretary of State, concerning the granting of bounties (o the colonial fishermen, and the movement of the English naval forces for their protection against the alleged encroachments of the Americans. It will be observed that the British Secretary is very particu ar in stating that this naval power is merely intended to enforce the stipulations of the treaty of 1818. A complimentary dinner was given to Hon. Thos, Baring the other day, at which the distinguished guest and the Hon. Edward Everett made speeches. The Board of Assistant Aldermen yesterday ad- journed for the term. They concurred in the resolu- tion of the other board, disbanding Engine Compa- ny No. 16, and also in the ordinance dividing the electoral districts in the First, Fourth, Sixth, Twelfth; Thirteenth, and Twentieth wards. Our inside pages are this morning filled with a vast amount of highly interesting intelligence, em- the advancement of this republic; and, mean- while, money must be paid for, like any other com- modity. The price is high in propertion to the | poverty of the purchaser. A continues line from | Quebee te Port Larnia, with branches connecting | with the network ef rails in the Northern States, | will open up the resources of Canada, and make it | really worth having. We are not clear as to the | benefits to be derived from an inter-colonial railroad | from Quebec to St. John, N.B., or Halifax, N. 9. | There is not, nor is it likely there ever will be, my.ch traffic between Canada and her sister colonies. Tho States are the common market for both; an? we aro | at a loss to discover what advantage ther’, will be in intersecting a vast wilderness of b¥.rren land, virgin forests and trackless swamps. ‘Let each pro- vinee open up the fertile portions of ‘its back coun- | try, with short lines converging t¢, centres whence main linea, leading to the United * tates markets, can | serve as channels for the exper’, of surplus produce. | Let them go om opening cenals, bridging rivers, planting telegraph posts, cl¢.aring waste lands, im: | proving their water cemyunications, and dev’ ing means for encouragiv.g the settloment of © bracing political and gossiping Jetters from Paris; description of the fancy ball at Salt Bulphur Springs, Virginia; Massachusetts, Georgia, Canadian, and Rio de Janciro correspondence ; *c- count of the arrest in Ireland of a would-be Forger on the American Bank at Hartfor!; the In- surrectionary and other Movement; in Mexico ; The- atrical Notices ; Monetary and Trade Reports ; a large number of miscellaneous paragraphs, and seve- yal columns of business advertisements—tho whole assisting to porfect a sheet sufficient te entertainthe most industrious reader from morning till night. Prospects of Cannéa, The telegraphic report of Lord Elgin’s recall from the government of Canada, is, if true, well worthy of attention. It would be quite in keeping with the blundering colonial policy which Britain has pur- sued during the past, to recall the only Governor Canada ever had whose populari'y was wide—whose means of usesulness, arising from his knowledge of the country, were large—and to replace him by a respectable, but ignorant, invalid, Lord Harris. We have seen such mistakes before, and should not be surprised at their recurrence. Errors of this description are becoming every day more fatal to British power. Formerly, a certain antagonism between the governors of the colonies and the people was a matter of course. Supported by the wealthy, the influential, the family compact, a Lord Dalhousie or a Francis Head snapped their fin- gers at popular resentment, and, confident in the unswerving loyalty of the oligarchy, revelled in misgovernment. But these days have passed away for ever. The last ten years have so changed the temper of the colonists, and their political con- dition, that their best friends would hardly recog. nise the Canadians of olden time. The oligarchy has been gathered to its fathers. The Legislative Council, once the tyrannical oppressor of of the coun- try, is paralyzed and contemned. The real power of the State is in the hands of the peeple; and though the nominee of Downing street still wields the veto, and some of the prerogatives of roy- alty, he could no longer govern the province in op- position to the will of a majority of the citi- zene. Such a collision as, a few years back, marked the advent of each successive governor, would result in anarchy and contusion which it is frightful to contemplate. Ifit had been the set purpose of Britain to wean the affections-of the colonies from her, and to throw them into our arms, she could not have acted with more policy than she has done. The freedom granted to Canada by the constitution of 1841, wasa weapon placed in its hands to repel oppression from the mother country. The repeal of the protective duty on colonial corn, coming immediately after an impe. rial statute had encouraged the construction of mills, by granting the same privileges to foreign corn ground in Canada as to colonial produce, was a rude shock to the young colony. It wassoon followed by the repeal of the protective duty on timber ; and the trade in red pine was ruined. Thus the com mercial bond of union between the mother country and the colonies was severed; and simultaneously, on this side of the line a demand for colonial produee was springing up, and has increased so-rapidly that the exports of Canada to the States now exceed one- third of her total exports. The fire of disinterested loyalty still burned brightly in the bosoms of the English colonists, in 1848. In 1849, the imperial government sanctioned an act which compelled the leyalists of 1837 to pay damages to those who had risen in rms against the Queen, and achieved the revolution. This quenched the flame instantly’; and those who had been eager to spill their blood in defence of Bri- tish connection, were now the most unshrinking in professions of disloyalty. A series of vexatious disputes with the home government aggravated the seditious spirit. Britain could not think of inter- fering when abstract loyalty was at stake; but she would not permit the colonists to supply their wants with a colonial currency. She assured them that their internal concerns were entirely under their own control, but she refuses to surrender the clergy reserves. She amused them with a promise to help them to build a railroad; but when she discovered that they had an eye to their commercial as well as hen military interests, she abruptly withdrew the pledge. She drove their produce into our markets, but declined to assist them vigorously in obtaining reciprocity. In short, she has labored so efficiently and so perseveringly to alienate their good will, | that the bond which now attaches them to the | Britieh empire is slender indeed. An obstinate Governor might soon sever it altogether. The precipitate movement in 1849, in favor of annexation, has, as was to be expected, been fol- lowed by # corresponding reaction. Annexation is no longer openly broached and advocated by the press. Montreal is content to make shift with British connection for a while. But the spirit is pot. dead, but elumbering. Any fresh provocation would rouse it, more systematically, more irre- sistibly, than before. It is the inevitable dostiny of this Union to ab- sorb the various nationalities which are scattered over this continent. Louisiana and Texes have already beon merged in the great American people. Canada and Cuba must necesserily follow--their admission into the Union is a mere question of time. But before we cen grant them that privilege, i¢ will be well that they settle the internal disputes which are distracting their attention from practical pro- gress. The Parliament of Canada must efface the last veetige of feudalism; we want no seigniors here. Whether the bill which made so mueh neise last see- sion, was or wae notan electioneering manwurre, certain it ie that the work will lave to be done be- fore Canada can take rank 2# a State of the Union. Education must be more widely dissominatedamong the people of the lower province; the French Cana- dians must throw off the yoke of the clergy, aud acquire semo notions of freedom of thought and action. It will be woll that the quarrels between the various Protestant churches be scttled—we have not time here to fight about eeclesiastioel privileges. The Rowish hierarchy, toe, must make up ite mind to descend from ite throne, and, leaving politics and other sublunary matters to the laity, to concentrate its whole enexgies on the cure of souls. The measure which are boing taken for the oon- struction ef railroads are a step in the right direc- tion. We are anxiens te see the ears running on the Quebes end Melbourne line. Whon Quebec is brought into direct communication with New York and Boston, we will try if we canaot infase a lit- tle spirit into the sleepy people who in- abit the capital of Canade. We take it for granted that our Montreal friends, who were burned out the ctuer Gay, will ultimately submit to Mr. Jackson’s building them a railroad from Montreal to Toronto. What though Digh 4 Soy gplllcas wore og Jone yl be 9 pide grants among them. Tnese are the secrets of pros: | perity. Tae PRIMARY 'RECTIONS AND THEIR Fauits.— “« By theirlfruite ye shall know them,” is a dic- tum of} inspired wisdom, as well as a dedaction of | Teaton, and an axiom of common eense. The pri- mary elections of the democratic party have, thus far produced diseontent. For instance, in the case of Robert Emmet we have reason to know that the greatest dissatisfaction prevails. He has not even tho merit of'being a sound demoerat. He is only known the party as a bolter and a barnburner, who as- sisted to defeat the democracy in 1848. He is only known when there are spoils or Slieve- gammmon humbugs on foot, when there is money to be collected from the Irish, or when there is an office in the way; but when there is any work to be done for the cause, Robert Emmet is non est inventus. Ho isa leading mem- ber of the Irish Directory, who have received some $30,000 or $40,000 of the money of the Irish people for a specific purpose—a revolution in Ireland in 1848. The money has never been applied to that purpose. It is in the hands of this Directory. Tho revolution turned out to be a humbug—the money has not been returned to the subseribers. What right have the Directory to keepit? Robert Emmot has been associated in this Slievegammon affair, and the Hungarian revolutionary movement, with whigs and socialists—with Greeley ad his clique. If the politics of men are known from their po- litical associates, the inference is, that Emme is more of a whig than a true demoorat, and this view is confirmed by the injury done by him to the democratic cause in 1848. He may be a man of excellent private character, for aught we know to the contrary. But asa public man, he has no claim upon the support of the democratic parity. He has shown a want of judgment and sagacity in ideati- fying himself with fil bustero movements, which are not only ridiculous but clearly of an illegal cha racter; and he is therefore unfit to be trusted with | Ward estimate at Baltimore—the nomination of | | inevitably sealed, unless Seward and his free soil | allies could muster to the reseue the honest and the Free %oil Ticket in Ohio. The vote of Oby) is indispemsstle to the election of Gen. Beott, Even with it, the prospect is that | he will be Oefested; but without it there can be no | hope of "xis election. In 1848, although General | Taylo”, carried the States of Tennessee, Maryland, No” ch Carolina, Georgia, and Louisiana, tho loss of ew York or Pennsylvania would have defeated him. Now, with the certainty ef losing several, if | not all the above named Southern States, it is ab” | solutely imposmble that Gon. Scott ean be elected without the vote of Ohio. That is a “fixed fact.” | The Seward-Scott organs, and in fact everybody, | saw it from the start. Obio was a part of the Se- | Gen. Scott rested upon his chances of carrying New | Yerk, Pennsylvania, and Ohio—a strong team, but a desperate game. It was, however, resolved upon, and from that moment the fate of Gon. Scott was conscientious men of the free soil party in New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio, but particularly in Ohio. A sudden and deadly chill—a sort of aggravated | dumb ague—was thrown over the Beward-Scott par- | ty in the rally for the independent free soil conven- tion at Pitteburg. It was useless to attempt to stop it; but it might be turned to the disadvantage of the democrats. Senator Chase, of Ohio, a free soil democrat, a man of talent, and popular in that Mate, even among the regular democrats, was the tman for Seward’s business, If the nomination of Chase could be secured by the Pittsburg Conven- tion, he might draw sufficiently from the rank and file of the Ohio democracy to give the State to General Scott. It was the last alternative, and even John P. Hale, supposed to have none of the warmest attachment to General Pierce, co-operated in the movement. But Hale was nominated in spite of himself, and in spite of all the efforts of Seward’s agents to defeat it. Yet they left not a stone unturned, as may partly be seen from the fol- lowing diselosure of the Evening Post (kettle call- ing the pot black face.) Lhe Mr. West spoken of isacertain Mr. William West, red hot fer social: ism, Seward and General Scott. Says the Post:— Mr, West has called upon usin perron, and explained the error into which he says our correspondent has fallen. He tells us that he wished to go to the Pittsburg Con- vention as a delegate ; that he could not a! the ex- nee; he made known his condition and wishes to Horace Greeley. editor of the T'iribune ; Mr. Grecley gave hum a paper authorizing him to correspond by telegraph with the Tribune and an order upon Simeou Draper, 049 of the members of the Whig Central Committee. for money Upon handing that order to Mr. Draper, West received sixty dollars. half of which he gave to Young, and the other half he kept himself. and they went to. gether. jolly as beggars, to the Pittsburg Convention, where they labored with all their might for the nomina- tion of Chase for Presideat. Mr. West further informs ‘us that he was in favor of General Scott's election ; that he thought Chase's nominntion would have eontributed more than the nomination of Hale to that result. It is due to Mr, West to say that he disclaimed entirely being party man ; he said he was a socialist, and looked upon both parties’ only as instruments to be used for the propagation of bis favorite doctrines, and he desired the lection of Scott beeause he thought that event would be more ‘auspicious for the cause of socialism than the election of General Pierce. Of course the nomination of Hale throw all the fat into the fire; and the sixty dollars paid by Mr. any office in the gift of the people, least of all with that of the office of a judge, who ought to know international law. If this country were at war with England it would be all right to embark in these expeditions; but aslong as we are at peace with that country, itis illegal for citizens of the United States to set on foot a hostile movement against her. On these grounds, therefore, the nomination is bad, and does not deserve the support o the de- mocracy. The whigs have an opportunity ef carry- ing some of the elections by making good nomina- tions. Whether they will do so, we shall soon see. ANOTHER CASUS BELLI WITH ENGLAND.—“ Grim visaged war” again threatens to obtrude his wrin- kled front and shatter to pieces the state of amicable relations which now exists between this great repub- lic and our haughty step-mother and rival on the other side of the Atlantic. That which the scaly question of codfish and mackerel could not effect, and which the yet more impudent assumption and nterference of England in the Nicaragua affair failed to provoke, is now, it would seem, about to be produced from the wasting ire ofan offended citizen. The gibes, and insults, and wrongs, perpetrated by the London press against McKean Buchanan “the grevt American tragedian,”’ cannot be overlooked, or suf- fered to pass unresented by his countrymen, without a sacrifice of national honor. Jactaalea est—the gauntlet has been thrown down by our old adversary and we must not be slow inaccepting the challenge, nor think of showing the white feather. The recent treatment of Mr. McKean Buchanan by the London press has been described with great accuracy and graphic feeling by his own pen, ina particular despatch forwarded to and published in the New York Hrratp. The intelligence has awa kened most intense sensation throughout the whole extent of the Union, and on all sides are heard and read expressions of sympathy for our countryman, snubbed and victimized by the whole English press, and sentiments of hostility and vengeance against his unprincipled «nd malignant persecutors. The fire of agitation has spread from Maine to Georgia, and the great and important question of war is dis- cussed, by some of the journals of New Orleans friendly to the cause, in bold and exciting terms, “The great American tragedian,” says one of them, “has been basely sacrificed on the altar of British hostility to the United States, and jealousy of the spreading greatness of our incomparable republic; and we have now the damnable fact presented in all its harrewing details.”’ This quarrel between England and the United States will throw all their past dis putes into the shade, and Joom up in the history ofthe country in future ages as a terrible example of the dan- gers to all foreign powers and peoples from depreciat- ing or sneering at the talents of a real live Yankeo. The question ought to be immediately taken up by the Secretary of State, and instructions forwarded to Mr. Abbott Lawrence to demand an explanation, or prompt satisfaction, frem the British Secretary for Foreign Affairs—coupling this important theatrical question with the codfish and the Nicaragua mat, ters. It is not a sufficient or satisfactory reply for the English press to say that Charlotte Cushman and Hackett, and a great many other Amorican artistes, have received great attention and support from them. On a former occasion thoy violated the law of nations by their treatment of Edwin Forrest; but the affair was settled by a full retaliation on Macready. And now they again perpetrate an in- famous violation of theatrical eomity by refusing to acknowledge the transcendent talents of the great American tragedian, and treating him with ridicule and eontempt. This matter must bo sot right promptly, by insisting on @ retraction and ample apology frem the London prose, or sending over a special mission on the subject to the Court of St. James. But if the wounded feelings of Mr. McKean Bu- chanan cannot be healed without the salvo of war, then, in the name of that great tragedian, let us prepare for the contest, and annihilate all the ene- mies of our fellow citizens, but particularly Punch and the London Times. Sxcrsaon—Poritics Sovra—A Fuiasn x roe Par.—We publish elsewhere in our columns, a commenication which we have received from Geer gia, giving an explanation of the recent secession movements in that quarter. It appears that the whole affair was of as little consequence and had about the same influence as the Woman’s Rights Convention which assembled in this State a week ago, or the recent convenbion of abolitionists at On- nastota, that nominated Mr. Goodell for the Presi- dency. In fact, it may be set down as of ebout equal importance with the congress of the lend reformers, which met a short time since, with tweaty or thirty 2 ee eee ee ae ares With a Littl of the apet of mm 9 Of ; Draper to Mr. West, for all the good it did, might just as well have been expended upon Greeley’s tracts. The effect of Hale’s nomination om the Seward Scott organs was sad enough. Ohio was almost as good as gone. Let us recur te the data of a Presidential election or two. 1844—On10 Vote for Mr, Clay.. * for Mr. Polk.. * for J. G. Birney. 8,050 Giving, in round numbers, to Mr. Clay the electoral vote of the State by nearly 6,000 majority over Mr. Polk. Now mark the change. 1848—OnI0 Vote for Gen. Cass. * for Gen Taylor. + 138,360 “ for Martin Van Bure + 86,304 Which shows, as compared with the election of 1844, a direct loss to the whigs of nearly seventeen thou- sand votes, and a direct gain to the democrats of upwards of five thousand. From the natural in- crease of population this democratic gain is proba- bly not quite up to what should have been the fai, proportionate increase of democratic voters. But upon the same ratio the whig vote should bave increased at least seven thousand, which, added to the deficiency since “44, would make a real whig loss of twenty-four thousand votes. And this accounts very satisfactorily for the loss of the Btate to Gen. Taylor, by over 16,000 less than the vote for Gen. Cass ; and for the increase of the abolition free soil vote from 8,000 to 35,000. Some twenty odd thousand Ohio whigs went over to the free soilers, and there they have remained to this day ; and there we suspect they will be found in No- vember, for as yet they have given out no signs of yielding or falling back upon Gen. Scott. No won- der, then, that the leading Seward-Seott organ of this city should betray the anxiety and desperation it exhibited yesterday. The case is desperate—ex- tremely desperate— in fact we should say that neither tracts, nor special missionaries, nor gunpowder, noy burnt brandy could restore the fortunes of the day to Gen. Scott in Ohio. Like the chief organ of Seward and Gen. Scott, the Ohio free soilers ‘‘ execrateand spitupon” the whig platform ; but Gen. Scott hag signed it, and that is enough ; tor if his endorse- ment was but a trick, they must despise him, and ig he was in earnest, they are compelled to desert him. But it is very hard that while the South hasno faith in his principles and associations, the anti slavery people should abandon him and repudiate him for his Southern pledges. We apprehend, however, that the Pittsburg tieket will not be limited in its operation against General Scott to Ohio. It is probable that among that conscientious elass of Seward’s proselytes who religiously hold that slavery is a sin which admits of ne compromise, the whig ticket will suffer in no small degree in New York, Indiana, Iowa, and Wis- consin—to say nothing of Massachusetts. Thus, while the whole South is pouring upon General Scott # solid firein the front, and while the Webster men are enfilading him in a flank movement, the free soilersmay be expected to finish him completely by their guerilla ‘fire in the rear.” In corroboration of this review of the battle ground in Ohio, hear the “dismal howl” of Seward’s geod man Friday, of the Tribune :— But in view of the blinding mist which has ebscured he vision of a large share of her most intelligent voters, mpelliag them to do indirectly the work of the slavery propagenda while anxiously intent on resisting it, and he superhuman efforts to drive back the Irish voters nto the fold whence they are desireus of escaping, the truggle will be o hard one, and the whiga of Ohio will deserve the highest honor if they carry (as we trust they will earry) their Stgte for General Scott, in November. There are a dozen States we ean afford to, and pro- bably shall. lose, which might be seeured by patient, quiet. solid work equal to theirs, Is not this a dreadful picture? ‘A blinding mist has obscured tho vision” of so many of the people that they can’t see. It is not the smoke of the battle field, but ‘a blinding mist”—a sort of New- foundiand fog—tkat obscures their sight, which is really awful to think of—awful—awful! But, worse yet, the Irish want to get away from the democsa- tic ticket, and, with “superhuman efforts,” they are driven beck. What a pitch of despotic power the rascally democrats mast have come to, when they not only undertake to “‘ drive back the Irish,” but to drive them back with “superhuman efforts.” But if thero are half a dozen other States which eould be secured by such work aa’ the Scott men arg doing in Ohio, it is the height of folly to suffer them to be lost. Any half-dozen States in the Union are worth as much as Ohio, and they may all be wanted. The moral of this free soil movement is that the whig party has destroyed itself by its intrigues with the unclean spirit of abolitioniam in all its various , and shapes, and modifications. Sewan' and his instruments have raised » spirit whieh they a*n- not control ; and the great whig party, by conniving” at his dirty work, has sown the wind to reap the Fa hog eg Va dat Deg face. MG see no hope for er November, but a separation of the from the goats—the one set on the right hand ition, and the Union ; 10 loft, with’ Seward and all the mottled, piebald, abolition, ingdgl and sogial re- hip wy. Aucn. 154,776 New Yorx.~It will be in the recollection of our readers, that the New York State Temperance Alli- ance, at one of their meetings in this city, passed resolutions to address letters to the candidates for the office of Governor, requiring them to pledge themselves to the support of a Maine Liquor law for this State. Before recent events took place, explo- ding the teetotal movement, and revealing its true character to the world, it would not have been sur- prising if the eandidates for the governorship of the State, or other candidates for office, had been im- posed upon by the specious appearance of the hol- Jow humbug, in connection with which Barnum cut such a figure. They would have probably regarded the party as a very formidable one, possessing the balance of power, and able to turn tho scale at will to either side. But the election in Maino has de- monstrated that the agitation had no solid basis to rest upon—that it was built upon quicksand—and that the liquor law could not stand the test of ex- perience. The result has shown that there is a ma- jority of the people in that State against the tyran- nical enactment, and that in a very short time it will be repealed. The same reaction has taken place in this State, and nobody now dreams of the passage of a Maine law. Both in the State of Maine and the State of New York, the movement went ahead by appeals to theignorant, and by frightening people from their propriety, under the apprehension and terror of being called drunkards, if they did not lend their counte” nance and support to the cause of the fanatics. But upon mature reflection, and from sober second thought, men came to the conclusion that the whole thing was a mockery, a delusion and # snare —that there was not one per cent of the popu- lation who drank to excess—that ninoty-nine out of every hundred were sober temperate men, though they might occasionally drink a glass of wine or other liquor—and they made up their minds that it would be the extreme of folly for the ninety-nine, in the hope of reforming one, to currender their liberty, and sacrifice what- ever enjoyment they might derive from the mo- deragg use of brandy, porter, ale or wine, to the madness of a fow fanatios, or the selfish schemes of the knaves who allied themselves with the move- ment, in order to bring their names before the pub- ic, or to enable them to sell themselves to the highest bidder. The movement was startedin order that the leaders might be bought off by the peli- ticians of the two parties, either for so much cash down, or for a share of the nominations. Accord- ingly, we find some of the actors in the farce now forming @ coalition with the politicians up town. and going in for the spoils. We trust, therefore, that if any letters should be addressed to either of the candidates for Governor, by these honest worthies, they will treat them with the centempt they deserve. MADEMOISELLE Drover—Dunnina FoR A Ba- LANCE —We take this mode of reminding our late correspondent, who scemed to take such an interest in the fortunes of this beautiful danseuse, that he is our debtor to the tune of $495, which we request him to fork over without any unnecessary delay. He asked us to give Mademoiselle Drouet a puff of the value of five dollars or over, and promised to be responsible for the deficit. We did not give her a mean, contemptible notice, such as that trifle might warrant—three or four Irish chambermaids would pay a sum equal to it for stating their accomplishments in an advertisement—but we wrote ofher in such a complimentary, though truthful, style, as was cheap a% five hundred dollars, the price we set upon it. Its effects were quite mani- fect on the evening following the publication of our remorks, in stimulating the energies of the danseusc, producing an increased interest in her perform- ance, and procuring for her showers of bouquets and a most liberal amount of plaudits. On that same evening we understand that the praise we conscientiously bestowed on her, and which Mons. Carduan thought might be paid for with the paltry sum of five dollars, was worth to her, in bouquets alone, not less than twenty dollars, On the following night, Mdlle. Drouet, incited to still further exertion by our remarks, surpassed al her previous achievements in the dancing line, and made the young men almost crazy with admiration of her. Now, having with such happy results performed our part of the business, we expect Mons. Carduan the nom de plume, which the writer assumed, to come up to the scratch honorably, and discharge the balance still due on that account. We know him very well. He is wealthy, and can well af- ford te to be liberal in this matter. He will par don us for thus dunning him for the amount of hig indebtedness to us, and will permit us to request that he will immediately pay over to us the sum of $495, which the various charitable institutions of the city are anxious to receive the moment he forks out. There is the lying-in hospital, fthe orphan asylum, the half-orphan institution, the deaf and dumb establishment, and various other institutions ofa similar kind in the city, which are awaiting this dividend from our fand; and we trust, there- fore, that for the sake of humanity, if not for that of common honesty, Mons Carduan will no longer delay in remitting to us the amount of eur claim against him. We expect a check for the amount to-day, without fail. Axotner Cocknty Cuaracter Commng Over — We are informed, with a great flourish, by some of the journals of this city, that we aro on the eve of being honored with the society of another distin- guished stranger. The newspapers, the litterateurs, the ballad writers, and all the gens d’esprit of this metropolis, who are ever ready to abnegate their own pretensions to wit, literature, originality, or common sense, by the toadyism which they exhibit to every foreign celebrity, are on this occasion also making great fuss and manifesting considerable nervous excitement for the advent ot the new comer, who is neither less nor more than Mr. Thackoray, author of Pendennis, and ‘the natural history of bores.”” With respect to the latter work, we may sey, on passant, that it will not be complete until its author has sketched and added to it the “ Jeemes Plush” characteristics of those self samo literary toadies. Mr. Thackeray, we understand, comes in the train of Mr. Abbott Lawrence, and it is said he has been engaged to deliver a series of lectures before the Mercantile Library Aseociation of this city. Several other similar old womaniah societies throughout the States, aro also prepared to solicit him to lecture in their respective cities and towns. Thus puffs are heaped on puffs to swell the impor- tance and magnify the literary accomplishments of this cockney author, who no doubt will chuckle in his sleeve at the adulations paid bya set ef nin- compoops to genius such as his. It is very strange that certain people on this side of the Atlantic are so ready on all occasions te de- preciate native talent, by paying moan flattery to any kind of clap-trap humbug that comes to them with the stamp of the Old World upon ft. Mr. Thackeray is an amusing, comical, cockney writer, A literary snob himself, he felt quite oompe- tent to write the history of snobs in general. But into any of the higher regions of literature he has never ventured, confining himself solely to such writ- ings as grace the classic eolumne of the Pick. There might be some excuto for our giving flattering receptions to such writers a8 Macaulay, Bulwer, Dickens, or even James, of the “‘eolitary horseman” school; but as for féting Thackeray, it is just about as ridiculous as if the authors of that hoax dived down into the oyster collars frequented by our musical crities, and seized upon one of that confra- ternity to be the subject of their huvsas and con- gratulations. Tas Burrsrres.—Hugh Levey died on the instant, at the Malden House, from his injn- i ‘This makes five al, of & . Ave Gastbe iq all. Foe ie SerrLEMEnt oF THE Guano Question.—We pub? lished, on Tuesday, ® very important letter from out: t at Lima, in Pera. It appears thatthe “hasty” letter of Mr. Wobster to Captain Jewett, authorizing him, under the protection of our govern~ ment, to load his vessels with the guano of the Lobos islands, in spite of the pretensions ef Pera to their poseession, had roused the whole Peruvian natior? to arms, by land and sea The letter of Mr. Webster got to Peru, via Panama, while the guaco shipy of Captain Jewett and company have Rad te round the Horn, s0 that, by the time they get to the guano grounds, they will find them under @ Peruvian blockade too strong to be trifled with. Nor will Commodore McCauley be apt to attempt much in behalf of the freedom of the Lobos islands to all comers for guano, with a single vessel of war, whem the islands are surrounded by a Peruvian ficet of a dozen ships, ready for action, including several steamers, a..d a land reserve of eight or ten thousand men. This is a good joke, but it will spoil a good speculation; for Captain Jewett’s guano ships will either have to buy the precious manure, or look out for some new and unappropriated deposits. Meantime, Don Jofe Joaquin d’Osma, Minister to Spain from Peru, has been appointed » special envoy to our government, on his way out, to settle this guano question on a permanent footing. He ie now in this city, at the Union Place Hotel, and will shortly proceed to Washington. No doubt he will effect a speedy understanding, for the claims of Pera to the Lobos islands are some two or three hundred years old. Musical. Axnoni’s Concent —Though we have already bad six of those magnificent concerts of Madame Alboni’s, there is no apparent diminution in the senration she first created, but on the contrary, there still seems to be as much anxiety to hear her, and as much delight in listening te the netes of melody flowing from her lips. os was manifested when sha made her délut in this city, Last night’s concert was wha® all the preceding ones have been —a flattering tribute paid to talent. Tbe house was well filled, though mot crowds ed. The entertainment commenced with the overture to “Faleenmuble,” a piece of ausic whose chiefest merit seems to be in the thunder and clash cf the instruments, Signor Rovere sung “Largo al faetotum,” but come how, though he did exert himself wonderfully in his own pe- cvliar style, the audience did not seem to appresiate his performance. Then came the cavatina from ‘Sonmam- bul Come per me Sereno—s delicious moreeau, to which Magame Alboui’s execution lent charms even greater than its own, The audience were in raptures with it, and signified their approbation by continued plawdits; but though they wanted an encore, Madame politely backed out of it. She also joived ina terzetto from “Belisario” with Sangiovanni and Rovere which was much ad- mired, and sang Rhodes’ grand variation, which concluded the fires portion of the performance: Tn the second part, Madame Alboni commenced with the exquisite canzone from the “Daughter ef the Regi- ment,” in which, as in all ber pieces, she was ably seconded by the Italien chorus, The enthusiastic ap- plause which she received constrained her te honor the call for an encore. But in the grand ronde from ‘“Son- nambula”’—.4 non credeamsbe seemed to surpass herself, Her singing of thix beautiful piece was the sweetest and most enchanting music we ever listened to. Her audi- ence were in ecstacies, and applauded her with the great- est vigor, In acknowledgment of the compliment, she complied with the encore, and repeated the same delicious strains, Bignor Arditi's Seuvenir Americana, performed on the violin, was on the whole pleasing. though net a very fine fantasia. It opened with * Hail Columbia,” then get into “Ben Bolt,” then wandered imperceptibly to‘ dewn where the old folks died,” and “Yankee Doodle” eame in fer the shabbiest notice at the finale. Sangiovanni was very effective and pleasing in Una furtiva lengrena, from Doni- zetti’s “ Blisire d'Amore,”’ and was encored. The Italian chorus executed in sdmirable style, and with very pleas- ing effect, the ‘Chorus of Lombardi,” in whieh they also were encored. ‘We understand that Madame Sontag very kindly and. benevolently rent fifty tickets for last evening’s eomeert, to the Institution tor the Blind, to be givem tesueh of the inmates as had developed musical propensities. A simple. ‘unselfich act of this kind towards these poor ehildren, deserves to be recorded to Madame Alboni’s henor. ~ Maxine AMairs. 5 New Steam Tvs.—A new steam tug, named the Titaz has just commenced Ler duties on-our rivers. She was. built fora company of merchants in thiseity. by Mr Thomas Collyer. Her length in 175 feet ; beam. 20 feet @epth of hold 1034 feet. She is 528 tons burthem, and draws six feet water. Her engine, which was built at the Morgan works, is of 400 horse power, with two beilers heated by natural draught She was built as a mate to the Achilles, and is considered the most powerfal tug in these waters She towed the Liverpool packet ship Jo seph Walker to ses yesterday. and returned to the city at the rate of thirteen miles an hour, against a strong ebb tide, with fifteen inches of steam. her lawfal allowanee- being fifty inches to the equare inch, She is commanded by Captain Hazard, formerly of the Achilles, Ajax, and. Goliah tow boats. Lauxcnep.—The new rhip James Arnold, ef 400 tons Leg pong Mr eee lee ee yard of Mersrs. Hillman, lew ford. on Weduer: morning. She i by HL Taber & Go, BArinach ey Nain Launcnep at Mattapoisett, 16th instant, a lor ship of 842 tons. called the John A Parker, peateae, F. Thomas, Eq , of New Bedford and intended for the sperm whale fishery, to be commanded by Captain W. L. ‘aber, late of the Cachelut. Launcnrs.—At New Bedford. 15th inst.. by Messrs, J. & Z. Hillman, a fine ship of 390 tolls, called the James Arnold, owned by Messrs. H. Taber (o., and intended for the whale fishery A fine ship, called the Russel! Sturgis, was launehed on the llth inst. from the yard of Mesers. Currier & Townsend, at Newburyport. She is over 1,000 tops bur- then, and owned by Messrs. E D. Peters & Co. of Bos- ton. J, Folsom and others, of Buckspert, Me., and Captaia Jabez Snow. City Intelligence. ALARMING ACCIDENT—PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE OF SIX PSRYONS. The utmort alarm and excitement was created im the neighborhood of Grand street, between Attorney and Clinton streete, yesterday morning, by a report that the sewer in the course of construction there had caved in,. burying five or six workmen in the trench, ‘These fears, however, proved wllimately quite uncalled for, as, though the sewer actually had given way. and for some hours the men could not be extrioned none of e very seriously harmed. The sewes is being built by Mr, Far-- ley, contracior. and the excavation in this spot is near- ly complete, and «unk to the depth of about eighteem or twenty feet. Yesterday morning « little more than an hour after the men had comm: nved work —that ia between seven and eight o'clock — the sot on either side gave way, forcing inwards the pine planks with which the excava. tion was shored up, and completely obscuring six men who were below, namely: Michael Gallagher, Charles Smith, John Kelly Patrick Gunn. Michael Garraty, and Thomas Donohue. Their destruction seemed inevitable, and the deepest anxiety prevailed while the work of clearing away the svperincumbent mass of sand and ttones Was proceeding—an operation which consum four hours. It was then discovered that the planks ied fallen in such @ direetion as to forma roof, as it were, snd shielded the men from the fali of earth, so that they therefore escaped injury and were enabled to walk home, some of them laughing loudly. The fore- man accounts for the accident by the fact that at the hottom of the pit, the sand is what is termed “ quick,” that is dry and lose and therefore incapabiggof sustain. ng the heavier paved roadway nt the top ¥ is another ingular feature that both sides should have fallen in. simultaneously, Deatn ny Ditrase oF tie Heant —The coroner yester- day held an inquest at tho foot of Hoboken street, on. the body of Blith Mrnner, aged thirty y .ara, born in New Taree who expired suddeply on the deck of the stearm- boat Princeton, caused by disease of the heart. A ver~ dict was rendered aceordingly. Person e Intelligence. At the Irving. — Hon. J. M. oe, . Porter, Pa,; J. 8, Fillmore,. |W PD Wirconsin; Ethan Allen . Darat, Ohio; R. Bare ringer, N. yo. Johm A. Rockwell, G. L. Perkins, Ot.; E. P, Starr, Charleston: James McSherry, Va.; Jacob: Bright, England; J. 1, Bulow, Cbacleston; John MeCol- lum, 8. C ; and 183 others. At the Metropolitan —Don Manuel E. de Sarralea,, Valparaiso; Doctor C. W_ Greenfield, Miss.; Rev. 8. B. Canfield, Obio; William Wiggings. England; His Bxoel- lency Manuel Larranzia and suite Mexican Minister: Hon. J D. Phillips, Obio; Hon, John Thomas, Ta.; an Te. wt the Astor —0, Van Rani ie —O. Van nelaer, Burlington; H. Bab- cock, Cincinnati; Hon. T. Smith Conn ; Captain Nicholas , ship Flying Fih; Thurlow Weed, a'bany; Judge Foroy ths Kingston: H A. Tibbetts, New York; R. Uormie, Cincin- nati: A. Wilson, Charlenen; General Jamos, Providence; J. H. Benett Borton; and 14 o\hers, General Coombs is expected to arrive at the Astor thia day nat the American si Hialbeok Ky. ; ‘on; W. Hum; *. New Orient Wisconsin; D Lom Canada: Boston; Mr. ans; HC, . Ir. Anthoney ani Reeves, ethers, verly—T. 1. Breeden, Mre Forgay, Mine Forgay, New Or! Boston; H.'T. Mygatt New Haven; Mi lady. and Miss Anthoney, Baltimore; J 0. delphia; Mrs. Reynolds, Lancaster, and 18 5 t the Howard.—J. M. Haskell, Washington, ¥. B. Hilliard. N C.; Hon. A. L Ackley. Auburn; 0. K, Hawke, Northampton; J F. Master Madison. Wis,; W.N. Reed, a J. Bryson, ; and 119 , Beotland; Kt.