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WHITE'S VARIETIES, 17 and 19 Bowory.—Awusne ae Kew York, Thursday, September 23, 1852, The News, Derived}y the moet important piese of politioal” information we bave to commmunicace this moro- fog. is vhe foot that thed. Irgates to the Woig Seare Convention, yesterdey sanmbled ia Syracase, or- gevierd without any difficulty, msde all their no Ravcone with great woauimity, got taroagh with fuch business as 18 urmally trausaeted, and adjoura ed, aficr # fow bours session of the most uousual Bermony. In Tact, there sppears to have been so Deule excitrment manitesed on the oecasion, the: the Syracusane would burdly bave known the coa Wenwou was in setsion in their midst. hid it not been fer the firing of cannon whenever the ebvice of a @andidate bad been made. As was anticipated Wartingion Hunt was eelosted for re elestion as Governor, and by aco'amatioa, at that. The persoral popularity of this gensieman would not Permit tee whigetoeven thivk of avother mao io govnrstion with the offiea, he having, at the pre- Wous election, defeated Horatio Seymour, the pre- Qent den cerstie nominee, although, ia the same @ontest, the democrats elected Saoford E Church ae Livetenant Governer. For the latier offiee, the whigs have this time nominated William Kent, of thie city, and formerly ene of oar Judges. Thisie a@ very good selestion indved—so is tho ticker threvguout In order that our readers may jadge fer ibemselves of the candidates of the two parties, ‘We tere place them side by side. They will be Lely to bring out the entire strength of eaeh seo Whigs Democrats. seeeeses Wasbipgtop Boat Tore jo Seymour. vrper, Wihiau Kent Banrord B Charch, Ox oi Commis ., They Kemp-ba'l Frodorick Poilett, More Privoy Loe Lipenetus Croevy, Darius Clark, It really appears as though where is to be no Jimit te the number of Preaidential candidates. A dis peated from Boffalo informs us that Gerrit Smith was Jesterday sowinated for the office of Chief Magis- texte of the pasion, by a gathering of the so-salled free democrats, avd a few real whigs and democrats. Bo there sre pow seven candidates in the field. What a foany race it will be. General Scott reached Columbus, Ohio, on Tues @ey afternoon, aud was welcomed, as usual, by a large e:owd of persons, who were anxious to bebold the great soldier. Read the continuation of the Memoir of bie Life, on another page; it is remark- ably interesting to-day. The New Jersoy State Temperance Convention met in Trenton yesterday, and resolved that, in- stead of nowinating an exclusive ticket for State ‘and other offices, it was advisable for the friends of total abstinence to support the teetotal nominees of the whig aud democratic parties. In order the more fully to effect their object, they devermined Bpon uring their inflasnce with both political parties, Se rcevre the vomination of candidates who are in Zevor of the Maine Liquor law. Prior to the ae sembling of the convention, about one thousand perrons, with a bard of music at their head, and various banners flying over them, paraded the Mreets Prominent among the speakers was the Hen. Theodore Frehnghuysen, who was the de- Peated candidate of the whigs for the Vive Presi- Genoy in 1844. A large whig meeting was last night held ia Bal- Simwore. The sawe party in southwestern Pennsyl- veuia have made preparasions for the holding of mae meeting in Pittsburg to-night. The complimentary diuter to the Hon. Thomas Bering, by the merchants and leading men of Bos fea, which took piace yesterday, was evidently a very meynificent affair. The edibloe were rioh, the wines rparkling, oud the speeches pointed. Many efthose preeent were doubtless chagrined at Mr B's aunouncement teat be did not come over here fm ony diplomatic ovpacity, but was merely ona tour of pleasure. He repudiated the ides of having auyibing to do with either fish or guano. Ap address to tbe Queen has been agreod upon by the Canadian Parliament, in which her Majesty is Fequested not to countenance the formation of any treaty relative to the fisheries whioh will impair Abst of 1518, unless it should be one embracing the whole commercial intercourse of the colowios and the United States. Our Canadian neighbors seom to be rather more amicably disposed with rogard to @bis fi-by affair than their brethren of Nova Ssotia aed New Brunswick. They begin to understand @hat there ie no powibility of getting up & war upon his queetion, in which Eagland would have every- thing to loa, and they everything to gain. By a despatch from Washington, it will be seon hat our city is te be honored, perhaps to-day, by @ visit from Billy Bowlegs, the celebrated Somi- mole chief. It has been arranged that as soon as Billy gets bome, the Indians are to commence mov- ing off to their now homes on the western side of dbo Mississippi From five to twelve deaths per day, from yellow fever, continue to ooour in Charleston. There were Gorty fatal oases of this disease during the wook aedivg on Monday. The despatch giving this ia- formation also states thet there is an unusual @mourt of sickness at Savannah, alchough the last papers we have received from thet place make no mention of such fact, Cool weather will very soon a@rive out almost every kind of disease from our @ountry. A derpatch from Ithace acnounces that Mrs Ven- able, cighty-two yours of age, you:erday committed @uicide by banging herself. There is an interesting letter from the city of Mexico, in avother column, giving the gossip of that g@epital. According w the writer, Sigoors Bteffanene and Signor Belvi are to be married, but not to each g@iher. Bteffanone is the fancé of a young, haud- ome and wealthy Italian gentleman, who wason ‘® tons of pleasure through Mexico. Salvi will marry rich and beautiful Mexican heiress. Thas tho @poratic expedition of Max Maretrok to the Halls of te Montesumas has turned oat quite » fortanste a account of a revo- Jation ot El Paro, wnd sho formation of a vOW ry, prdlic. We give it as we received 143 201 without ‘apy Besive to throw the least doubt upen ite ge DUN eners, we must admi. shes it is at least a piece of interesting iatelligenss, heving, ae the Austin Biate Gozeve represents, atracded to it ® respome idle signature. The warrant forthe exeention of Blaise Skupemekt, for par'ivipating in the murder of the young pedier in Pbilade)pais, was read to the prisoner yesterday. Blaice otis! pereists thas he ie insovent, aud throws all the blame on bis elder brother, Matthias, who wos executed tur the same offence some time ago. From Buffalo we bave acsownts of two or three more steamboat dirasters oo Lak Erie—aone of tbem, however, of a very serous character, except oo fur as r+ gords the amount of damage to the vee sels thempelves. The Buord of Mngiveers bave agreed upon a plan for tupmelling the Hadeom river a. Albany, and eotimate tbat the entire work can be accomplished at a reasonable ex pense. Ap affrey wok plave yesterdsyi Frankfortetreet, between a0 liation berber, memed Louie Hamert- sini, aud three men pawed Danie) M’Crodden, Aa- thony M’Bride, avd Isaee Lovkwood, ia whivd M Crodden, 18 serms, received a ata) st.b ia the abdomen, thereby eausiog his death pb a few boars efter. The efeutcf intemperance appears to have been the primary cause of the affray. Puli partic wlare Wl) be found iv aaotker column. Amopg wush other very interesting reading, our inside peges this morning contain tbe fullowiag:— The Seeret History of the Gardiner Claim; Affaire wm Pexas: the Letter of Resignation of the Cauetian Con mirsioner of Pablio Works; Transas iove in toe Supreme and United States Dis r et Courte; Tae- atiioal Notions; Commervial Review; a great var riety of paragraphs, many evlumas of advertise- mnnis, &e. Attounding Revelations—Galphinism and Gardineriom Revealed, We give iw our eolamus of this morning, a very remaikable and interesting Memoir, comprising the bistory «f the original foundation, progress, aod vicissitudes of tne Vardimer claim, from its copmencement up to the recent action ef the eour)s ano cowmitteet in Washington. We beliove bis remaskable and curious history will give the pubhe a clearer ides of the famous ease of Dr. Gar diver than any statement whivh bas hitherto been poblirbed ia any journal throaghoat the eouatry. The Gardiner claim aud its accersories osve made a great roise throughout the counuy. Tois noise has been inszeased, from the connection between the claim itse)f and the jresent talented Secretary of the Preaury, the Hon. Tnomas Corwin. Ia tho public mind, however, there have been vega no- tops and erude ideas of moral wrong, with- out spy approach to accuracy, with regard to persons or things, faets or inferences, in rela tion to the controversy. Gardinerism, a8 it bas becn called, and Galphinism, have been sli buidied up in the same parcel, and labelled by certain party journals as one of the most wicked and atrocious things that ever was perpetrated by a party holding the reics of government in this country. The denunciations have boeu vague and violent. Tbe prosent Memoir, whied we now publish, with the views expressed, may ten’ to dicpel rome of that obscurity, and present the general features of Gardinerism and Galphiniam na more distinot light to the community. The frst account that we had of Galphinism grew out ef the connection which Mr Cra@ford, the Secretary of the Treasury under General Tay- lor’s administration, bad with a elaim that had been pending for many years after the origina! party, Jobn Galphin, had died. This claim had porecd too conviderable extent into the hands of Mr Crawford, then the Secretary of the Treasary During his continuance in office, by some means or other, the claim was admitted by his colleagues in power, and it was :urmieed that improper iuflucnoes were used to pass that claim, the benefits accruing entirely to the advantage of Mr. Crawford, who re- ceived moet of the spoils produced thereby. Tho dubious nature of this transaction, as soon as it had tranepircd, produced a very marked effect upon the moral rensibilities of that good, old, honest, but imbecile President, General Taylor; and the manner in which it was allowed and paid was one of the principal causes of the disturbances in that cabinet, which finally disper-ed after his death. The Gardiner claim and some of the other Mexican claims, have been bkoned to the Galphin claim in itemoral and financial aspects. For some years past, many of the members of Congress, both of the So- patoand House, and sometimes membersof the cabi- net, bave been in the habit of being employed as counrel, by claimants against the governmont, on what are called contingent fees and contingent ad- vantages, growing out of the result of the claim- ant’s successes, before the boards ofthe government. The Meaicen claime, amounting to over three millioas of dollars, furnished the largeet batch that has yet been brought to public notive for many years past. According to the evidence now furntshed ~and probsbly sustained by that recently ool- lected by the committees at Washington —we have the beet reason for believing that the origins) elements of the Gardiner claim, the Murgous claim, and oll the other large claims allowed under the regent Mexican Commision, are all, to some ex- tent, authentic and correct in their original shape and form, a8 brought from Mexico by the original cla mante. For instance: A great effort has been made through the public press, to eonvinoe the oeimn- munity thatthe Gardiner claim was entiroly frauiu- lent. We do not believe 20, from the evidence whieh wehave seen and read The orginal claim for losses and dameget may amount to one hundred thousand dollars, more or less; bat as s00n as these into the hands of the lobby members et Weati- ivgton, tho coungel for the clsimanta, and the dis bonest operators in the purlicus of the publio offivss on the banks of the Povomac, they very gonerally contrive to swell the amount of them, by losses, prospective profits, and other damages, to four or five times the original amount eotually lost. The mode in which the calculations aro made by the lobby members and claim agents is easily explained Porter, at one ebilling a bottle, with all the con- tingent prefite, may be act down in the new mode of estimation at five dollars. Boote and choos are eetimated at five times thoir amount; and all other specific loeses aro ca’culated at five, six, seven or eight times the origina! amount. This mode of calonlet ng the clatma has been introduced at Wash- ington by thoee agents aud lobby mombers who bo- come #0 after they have passed through either House of Congress, ani made acqusiated with the wires of government, and th» method of pro- ouring clajme that +re questionable in their details; put before these agente undertake to lobby throagh a claim such as Gardiner’a, or Hargous’, or Galphin’s, they generally make it « condition that such and such associates be engaged in their company to help the application, and tha’ two thirds, and sometimes three-fourths, of the whole amount recovered shall go into their pockets, leaving sometimes simply the original amount of losses to be paid to the original claimant. This, wo betieve, is the system which hes hitherto been practised, and which has croated so mush noise, under the name of Gardinerism aud Galphin- iem, in Wasrhington aud throughout the country. The original claimants are merely usod by those lobby agents and ex-members of Congress for tho purpore of making o show of exaggerated losses, and of procuring those losses to te paid for, while the greater part of the money goes into their own Pookete. The principal difficulty which Dr. Gardl- ner had to enoounter, simply arose from a quarrel between the agents of his claim and she agents of another cleim. Inthe course of his patflio daty, Me. Corwin withhe'd, for a considerable time, over $200,000 awarded in the claim to Hargons & Co, because 2 Mr. Voss, in Mexico, had been a de” favlter to the United Btates government to that amount, and bocanse My. Voss wae oom aims got of Gardiner, and would be involved in the ssme surpreion that th- original claim was. We believe thatthe claim of Gardiner is just as correct aod Dovest in ite origina) e'ements as thit of Hargous & Co., or two-thirds of the otber Mexioain clems. We believe furtber—: bat all these claims have been ezsggerated to four or five times their awoun:, in the manner we bave already indicated, by the im genuity and Jobbyiem of those pum=rous ex-wem- bers of Congress and others who become sgeots fur tuch claimants at Washington. Mr. Corwin, wo bave every reason to believe, is perfectly innocent ofthe original deceptions that 1ark avy of these aime, in increasing the value of the losses, as we have already indicated. Dr Gardiner was maraly on instrument ia the han js of these agents, as otaers bave been. Indeed, the whole system bas been ao ingenious mode of aiding amd assisting penniless kk Lby members, aud other ex members of Congress, of al) descrip ions, for mabimg foriunes by their sup pored great political influence with every officer of | the government. Buch we believe to be the simple exp'avatioa of Gardinerism and Ga)pbiniem, in the abstract. Ou tbe score of morality, it cannot boast of mash. Is is an ingenious, but apparently legal, mode of plua- dering the government out of vaet ms ot money, pot for the beneft of claimants sach as Gardiver, Galphin, or Hargous, but for the oeaefit of their agents, who make all the exaggerated charges, prepare the dueuments, and get the Boards of Co u- missioners, and other officers of toe goverament, to pase them as correct in all their parce Tae: more immorality in this feature of the whig ps at Wasbington—for it bas been essentially whig— than there was, a few years ago, in the Swartaout- ism which a system of defalcation that pre- vailed extensively during Gen Jackeon’s and Mr. Van Baren’s administrations. Indeed, we are not sure but the morality of Galpbintem and Gardinerism de- serves @ higher niteh, in consequence of ite ingenious methods of proceeding, and the subtle process of at- taming its ends, than the bald, open, aud unblush ing defaications which marked and pervaded tho highly popular and novest administrations of Jack: son and Van Buren, in their days of glory and splendor; and even, when we come to dollars and cents, the whig system of Galphinism aud Gardinerisem has by Lo means reached the sum total that the democratic system of Swart woutiem presents in past revords. Let us seo how this may be. Here is « table of the defaulters and the amounts of their defalvations under the joint acmiristrations of Jackson and Van Buren:— Defoutters Amount Missing J. F. Wingate. Bath, Maine. $10,939 JS. Bwapten, Bath. Marne. 13 96! Jer, Olurk. York. Penney 1¥. 87 Om» UL. Wanren, Ply mourn, 163: 8.8 Allen. Brirtet.. 20 037 J Swartwout. New York, + 12.0000 deste Hoyt New York 247.500 K. Amold Peri Amboy, New Jere! 77 Ov, W itome, Buitunore, Maryland. J. Fitzgerald. Alexucdiia, Virginia, L Mure. Tappahanve . J rmith Viginia... Ara Rodgers, Camoen J. Blovogood. Wiiuriag R Cocbran, Wrimington. Useo Liolmes. Chartesion. Ed Movpger Suvappeh Georgie, Kicbusd Wall Savannah, Georgia, . A.B Fannin. Savanvan. Georgia, . Andrew Exwive. Trmnese0, Lenjemin Wail, Tennessee. W jiowp, Now O lenve, Louisines, & F. Dubourg New Orlewne, Louriana . T G Morgan. New Orleans, Lou eiam UB Trt Orleans Lousiana, ‘be mas Barret, 7 B Kk Hopkins, st, Louis. Aliseourt 120i D Duncsn Muckivaw, Wisconsin. BO wut 155 00f Met of Columota , o. ees 60,000 Eid Moore Mar: hal of the Southern District of Rew Yo Ssvandees 40,000 Petrick Coilins, Survey or of pati Ohio... 16,000 A Pension Agent in’ New England, Det transpired, . Grand total, $3 307,305 By this table it will appear that nearly foar mil lions of dollars have been abstracted from the treasury during these honest democratic administrations by the process of dofalcation, or deficiency of accoants. This sum is not even all tho emount. Probably the aggregate dofalcations of the democratic administrations during the last twenty-five years may reach five millions of do'lars, if not more. Now, as a contrast to this, we huve only the Galpbin and the Mexican claims, amounting, in the aggregate, to probably one and a half or two millions of dollars—being the sums of money supposed te be over and above the actually honest claims ; butsuch sums finding their way into the pockets of the whig agents and lobby members at Washington. It is evident, therefore, from shese figures, that the Swartwoutism during the popular, national, aod glorious administrations of Jackson and Van Baren far exceeds the Gardinerism and Galphinism that bavo taken place under the sway of the weak and imbecile administrations of Taylor and Fillmore In this respect, therefore, democracy is yet far abead of whiggery, and it will take some time, under the new administration of General Soott—if he ever tbould get into the White House—for the agents and hangers on of the whig party to bring up their plunderings to the mark of five or six millions. There isa stout and positive balanse of three or four millions which the whigs, by the authority of demooratic example and prescriptiva, have a technical right to steal from the public treasury, befere they can be considered neok and neck with theic rivals in the sublime art of plunder ing the pocketa of honest, old, and good-natured Uncle fam. So let’s have a segar! Dame not Toe Caxat Question In THE ELEcTion —Both parties are endeavoring in the interior of the State, to make the enlargement of the Erie canal, and tke completion of the sido outs, the grea’ queetion to be decided in the comingeloction. Bia- gular y enough each party charges tho other with being opposed to the c mpletion of the canals. Tais question takes up little attention in this city, for here all parties are in favor of finishing the osnale, a6 soon ws possible, according to law, and without reference to more party contests. It iss singular spectacle which is presented in the interior of the Btate, when we sce the democrats accusing the whigs, or the whigs accusing the democrats, of being hostile to the completion of the canals. It sounds about as correctly as if they were to charge each other with being averse to wholesome food when hungry, or violently opposed to a glass of good Croton water when ready te dic of thiret. The idea of introducing the canul centroversy into the approsching eleotion, is one of the meanest, most enesking, aod contemptible syrtems of tactios we remember to have ever seen or heard of. Both parties—whigs and demoorats—aro attempting to convict each other of being fools, whon they make an aocueation of being hostile to the completion of tho canals. Thore ts no real point of difference or difi- culty among those partizans. Each party wants the people to believe that they alone are friendly to this work, because euch party wishes to fingor the jobs, and make money out of the contracte—and that is the whole of it, There is no danger—whichover party succeeds in the election—of any hostility to the project of finishing the cavals. The only danger is, that in tho soramble for the jobs and spoils growing out of the expenditures for tho work, that tho two parties may quarrel, and cheat, and humbug each other and tho people. Horatio dey- mour is just as muoh in favor of finishing tho canals, and of enjoying, along with his friends, tho spvile and profits of the jobs, as Governor Hunt and his friends are. All the difficulty hitherto has boen only on the points as to which of the two parties should have the jobs, and the profits, not as to the oppo- sito party bolng antegoniatic 19 the gaual policy. ‘Tus Disesesmisaren ar> Dusraverien o” TEs ‘Waio Panty —The official returme whieh we pab- Tinbed yesterday, of the clestions to Mimouri, North Carokne, and lowe, and the seoulte from Maine aed Vermont, ae for as beard from, are very sigoidesat of the relative poritiun of tbe two great partics in ‘bin comptry a8 the present moment. Jo Miscouri the democratic majority is 12,463; in Nurih Caro Jipw it 1 5,491, end ip lowe it iv 1,757. In Maine the democretie mejority 19 31,613, aod in Vermont the mejority against the whigs 673 Toese f.ote avd Sguren are symptomatic uf the diserdered state of the wbig party oll over the United Siates. That perty, Obee 20 compset and united, has become divorganized aud divided, during she hast few yoars, Ly the operatic of a variety of eauses, but obivily by the influence of the Seward abolition clique aad its orgase, together with see introduction of al! kinds of ieme. Formerly the demoeratio party was the party of tems, aud was distracted and divided by olques. Im 1s48 1% bad the cholera, and go) almost ivto tbe collupre stege. It is now curd of that malady, and of other ill ‘sid preeepts a united front to the whigs. Toe de wouracic porty, onve so tufee'o i with ad0l\110a aid other desizusive principles, is thoroughly | purged, ard iv the ovly eoverrvative pariy in toe coULITY, While wt the same tune it is & party of pro- greedy the mgbtdireuon Ebe wig party, on 410 oiber baad, ie dieeured trom bead to toot, with free soibem, abolitivniem, Fourneriem, eommuoism, Wo- men’s Righteirm, agrartanwm, auti-reutism, ceto- tube, ppiritvabsm,eud all the otber 16m@8 Tnis couw- pligabien of dxerdere bas deen brougbt about maialy by Seward ond Louriow Weed, Dsus sud Greelvy, and tow otber philusopbers who have imported toe wud yogarirs of tbe Pyened oud Germaa reformers and ro- vwiutionists, apd emceavured to epgrafs soem uo our simple sepudiiean system The vredu.ous readers uitbe New Yok Tribune, whe edie! organ of she wns, bave bwallowed ibe sbeurd eraditios and visiouary abstraction: found wog dootsiues; and thus tbe masses buve been leavemd with three peraicious icaobings, which are producing their approgriate trait ip the dinorgariaation of che whig party, as they would in tbe disorganisation aad destruvtion of social crder of their progress were not arrested by the combination of tho conservative elements of rosiety. ‘The salt of the whig party, which at presentsavos it fom utter anpibilation, is tke Union svevioa, who go for the eompromise mearures aod for the plav- torm adopted at Baitimore, spat uponand exeerated by the dominant free 801] faction, who secured tae nomination of their man. How long these Uniov whigs will be able vo save the party from disgrave ond utier ruin, remains io be aren. I. toe Unio ond Webster whigs do not bestir themselves to vigo- rous action, the rump section will go to the polls on be 2d of November ss the whig party, aad thy whig party will be known thence'orward ovly a4 ao abebtion party, while the men who waat to pre- cerve this Union intact, and to observe religivusly the racred covinsnta of the constitution, will have 10 other alternative loft than to nuite with the de wocratie party. The rump of the wbig party, on ‘be other band, will attract to itself, by the aciple of cohesion, all the roattered isms; and icsult will be that there will be then iv the country only two parties--vne oopservative 0: he Umon and the Constitution, and the other de- structive of both. And tho fight will be, io 1306, vot between whigs and democrats as such, but be- tween the anti-slavery party on one side, sad the party who will arand by che comproimise mesures mn the other, sud resist all farther agitation of frow ‘oil and abolition questions, as tubsersive of the peace, and happiness, and prorperity of the country. Diepavation oF Lirzrany TaLent.—We were grieved Lo rotice, resently, some instanovs of the degradation of literary accomplishments and repa anon to mean party and persousl ends Ta: politicians of beth the great parties have latterly «ized hold of two of our best writers, and dragged hem down to the literary level of raatera in Tam wapny Hall, or spouters of politics on the Five Poms. Mr. Headley, whose life of General Beott 8 well spoken of, aud who is the au:hor of some xood books, is now engaged in writing a catehpenny ‘fe of the same general, for the purpose of helping op his election, employed, we suppose, by some of he abolition whig committees. And then, again, thej democruts are, in their turn, playing the same game and using similar instrumencs. Their titerary employee and biographist is Mr Hawthorne, a very elegant prose writer, and possessed of fine genius, which, however, is now prostituted to the ignoble job of writing an electioncering ‘‘: ife of Goneral Pierce.” As to the amount of talent which either of these works evinces, we need hardly say any- thing further than that as they are only intended to serve the present contingenoy, #0 they are only adapted for such a parpose, and are apt to attain to just about the same period of existence as any of the political campaign papers. ‘These aro two melancho y instances of the degra- dation of respectable literary talent, in these lauer Gays, to the dirty business of political subservieney We suppose the next movement of these eelf abne- gating lutterateurs will bo to mitato the amall-bee politicians and editors throughout the country, wao are busy proving, to their own satisfaction, and, ae they euppose, to ihe satisfaction of the public, that Genera.s Scott and Pierce aro two of the groatect bincompoops, rogues, cowards, drunkards, gamblers, and swindlers, that over disgraced this couctry. Ase epecimen of this very uadignified employ- ment of literary ability to paltry political coatro versy, We may particalurly point to the life of Gon. Scott which we have been fur come days payt pub- lishing im our columns. It has been farnisned us by some of the democratic committees, and is just of a piece, in reepect to the character of the composition, with that published on the other side by the whig committees. The one is all depresiation, the other ul! eulogy, though both may probably be correst as to facts. Ali men—Goneral Scott aud General Pierse included—bave their weak points and their strong points, their eorrect pomnts and their imbecile poiats; and it is an undoubted fact, that no man bas evor lived so pure but his character might be tortured into villany, or ec vile but it might be madeto shine outin ali the effu'gence of holiness by writers looking at it with different views, sentiments, audinterests. Tha nowepapers of both partic , at this time, are sank into tho lowest state of degradation, from the man- ner in which they have endeavored to malign the opposite cendidates. Woe do not remember any Pre- sidential contest In which there was exhibited loss principle, lees fairness, lets integrity by the partisan journals on both sider, than the present one. Nota principle nor a mesrure of any national importance has been ditcuseed or developed; but in lieu there- of, partizan journals and political rpoutors, on both sides, have resorted to personal vituperation and abnee. We bad expected this—wo wore prepared for euch » general game of diegruceful controversy ; but we were certainly not prepared to seo rome of the literary spirits of the country deecead from their position of intellectual dignity and decency to mingle in euch a basicess, and to add & new feature to the already sufficiently degraded coadition of the political contest. Now, all thess damning features in the Presidon- tial controversy aro utterly without ase or parpose. When tho twe candidates were nominated by their respective conventions in Baltimore, tho state of parties" throughout tbe country indicated broudly and strongly that the chanocs were in favor of Gen- eral Pierce and against Gen, Beott. The position of partice since that time has not been reversed ; but if we aro to judge by the recent elections in the several Btates where they have beon held, such as North Carolina, Iowa, Missouri, Maine, and even Vermont, the odds aro strengthening in favor of Pietoo. (n all these elections the broad fact is reveated to the publio, that the democrats, in all their sectional ram- ifications, were never so much united, sino the time of General Jackson, as they are during the present year, Tho pawe, reputation, and populasity of Gea. Piree, smennt to nothing in producing this effect. The Fire It io the combination of the party that is goiog to | poke Dim President, if he dees sucwed in bsing | elevted to that bigh office; and it is this ext:aordi- bery eombivation of the democratic elements, aad the vitor disintegration aud demeralisation cf the whig party and the wbig elements, which are goiog to defeat Gevers) Seo:t. But ail the vain atsempts | Ls wade by the upprinci pled politicians of either party, te defame the personal character of the oue, or to elevate the otber far beyond his merits, will, afte" ai), be found to have bad the least possible ia- fluc noe on tbe event of the election. Mn. Levcnsa, rare Ministyz To Mextoo.—A oily poper, » dey or t#o since, published the follow ing eborge ogainst the HsnaLp:— Net long eince statements were published in the Baunarv cemorrping ali-ged mirunder-tamdiogs between Hep RB. P. Leteber then U 8S Miatster a: Mex vo ana prem wen bere of the Mexivan gov-rom-no We are in sveciot of @ letter from so aarrican yen lomun i Ole eration to Mexico eon radiss Aewpnatic ‘due that u tviendly septioents were express nestion towards Vr Le ober. and w prevent eben Colonel Rodies, the Marine wh wasone ef the gare 11@1¢u! 00s falnebvod, The only statements which ever appeared ia the HEKaLD, “ concerning alieged misunderstanding: between Hon. R P. Letehor, then US. Minieter at Mexico, avd prominent members of tha Moxicsu government,” were based upon information de- rived from most reliable sources in Mexico, and had referenoe to Me Leteher’s oorrespondence with the M.xionn Sveretary of Foreign Relations, Mr Ramirez, which was of sach @ nature a3 to cause Bot ov)y @ snxpension of correapondence between them, but a complaint to the Moxioan Presidear by Mr. Ramires. Nor did the diffionlty stop bere, Preridens Arista, in roply to a letter from Proidext Fillmore, made @ formal cow. plaint to our government, and declared that, jo oopsequence of the * rerious offeuce”* which Mr, Letcber’g Javguage bod given to M. Ramirez all eorrespondence hed ceased betweon those gentle” men, and that if the United States desired to con- tinve the Trhuantepes negotiations, some other “sgeut” than Mr Letcher would be necessary. We stated these foots inthe HERALD, aa far back as last May. Our information was important and exclusive, and, as weual, waa desried by the papers here abouts—ebo, knowing rothing of the matter, tous endeavored to copeeal their ignorance. Sabseqrent- y, bewever, in reply to a call of the Senate, the whole correspondence was laid before Congress, ani tbe correotnérs of our information of course tally de monstza'ed. In tbe letterof President Arista to Mr Pillmore, the fullowivg paragraph ovcar: Latterly 1ke miniter of the United States, inflarmo) by scerbity of seelipg. @bich be carted no tar as (0 give 18 fle wen to Khe mMIDi-ter Of relations, has complovely altered the @ pect of affairs Tots he did to tbe ver) vote in which De hed shat the treaty might be su% Mitied to the comid- ration of Uongre-s ond the untae vorsble impression produced in the publie mind was b as to infor vee Dot @ lictle the diengrerable wsu0 vi matter, Sipor them other commuoications bh been received from him of the same character, w bave been allowed 10 semnin UDanswered in Order DOL Ww greduce embittorment of te:ling, {t beiug at last getrr ined to refer the mater to the goveroment of the Untied Staten, Mr Letober b ing Javited at the same ‘ime. to +u-pend ail oorre poadence Teiatiog thereto Phir Inearvie. Fugsested by motives of prudence doer not pirclnge in ayy minoer » paride and frient!y adjuse- ment but bas ref-renoe only to the person ibrougk *Lore inst rumen! bis ought to be breught arout avd With w view Gtheurties aad accomplish the oracetul end Iriendiy ends propuced. As for Col. Robles, bis name was not mentioned 'p our columns in connection with the matter. 1k ts usual for foreign ministers to communicate with ‘be Secretary for Foreiga Affairs—not the Secretary of War—and Mr. Letcher doubsless confined himselt to the ordinary medium of communication. We do vot fora moment believe that Col Robles male «py such assertion as that imputed to him ia th: extract, because it makes a serious issue of veracity with the President of the Mexican government, «ho bas placed on record a different sentimon:. Uhus much for the mizerable attempt to throw dis excdit vpon the information communicated by this paper, and which, so far as the present matter is a question, is endorsed by the official correspondenss iteelf, Who is the American gendleman t GexrraL Scoir Stitt ox rae Srouwr.—The whig committee at Washington have recently taken offtbe interdiction which they had considered it politic to place on Gen. Scott's tongue, and are nov etting him follow the bent of his inclinations in the paths of eloquence and vigorous thonght, on the Western stuwp. His speeches, however, amount t» very ‘ittle. Not a tingle point has been iilus:rated by them, in relation to his politics, or his views of the Presidency. They are all mere strings of com- pliments paid to bis auditory. If any ono thing predominates over another, ia these com non place orations, it is the eentiment which shows that the speaker looks on military matters as the first theught of nations, and the first impulse to civilize tion. Everything is looked at by him through a wilitary medium—if the people of this country de- serve any praise, it is because they are good soidvers, if they deserve thanks it is because they fought well. There has not teen a single pointiumora's society, or govert ment, wiluded te in one of his apeecres, A bospital or barrack-iooking expedition never Nustrated ony former contest fur the Presidency, Jn merey to the reputation of General Scott, the interdict should be pat on again, for if he continues Jong on the stuop he will inovitably make the odds in Ohio and tho West two to one against his election tothe Presidency. Ponton’s Treatne.—Mr Burton's first re-appearance since his late severe sccldent, was welcomed Lent night by on cv rflowing boure, Much enthosinem was manife-ted ow bir firet preeemting bimee'f on the svege, in hiv inimi- table character of Wilains Micawber, After the curtsia fol, be was loudly called for. and, obeying the summous? he returned (banks for the flattering weloome paid him, alloding briefly to the accident which had preveoted him for rome time back ef the plearnre of appearing before them, Court Caicudar~This Day.. Unitep Braves Dietater Covar —Now, 16 to 25, Buranwe CoveT—Omcuit.-Noo, 643, 676, 34, 308 531 to 601, Hureame Covat—Errora Trmm.—Nos, 60, 2, 8,4, 6, 44 43, 63. 64, 65. 41 46, 49. 68 to Ti. Corrmon Noa, 687, 970, 1,007, 1,413, 6, 8, 19, 44, 176 to 182, 43 Port Wine.—It has been a subject of com- y had in as tue conditiva in remedy this difficulty the iy superb artiolo, the “Maurie” ¢ pulicits the attention of those who are fund of Port Wine. For ealo, by EDMUND C. CHARLES, Lmpor- ter ef fine Wince, Brandis and Segars, No. 7 Park place, A New Era tn the Carpet Business.—Tre= min the prices of exhibition Taper ply aud Ingrain Carpets, Kuge, he. 1 Bowery, HIRAM ANDERSON 5 Elegant Drageete, two, thiae ‘a nants of Knglish Oitcluth, at four yards wide, half the usual pr.cor. ‘ing Cases.—These articles olaim the attention of travellers od ond atility, which ry per ons to all whoee bi Oalle them from t+ BAUNDERS, No. 7 Astor Houso, nad 387 Broadway. | Fine Cutlery —The subscriber's assortment of pon, pocket, aud sportumen’s Kaive it the diferent styles of Joweph Kodgers & Son making the Tiehest di of the kind to be soon ti BAUNDEKS. N $87 Bro Tortotse shell Dress Comba.—Ladice reepecttully invited to « 100 At the subseri ts doubt, the largest in the elt; . Es. Sau 887 Broadway, betwoon Waikor and White strects, Southern and Western merchants would do Woll te purchase Mrs. Jervis’ Cold C . 4 jon, for Coy jute. This artio! a } mon of the eountey, ie sold way, by Mee. W. JERVIS. are drew he pai Rich Carpeting.—Smith & Louni , No. 448 Hoar! street, aro now. propared to exhibit their fall sm ot rt ‘® compl on ‘apostry, Brevee ‘hree id Ingres . ti 40, & choloe assortment of all othor foods por Raining to tho carpet trade, all of which they are offering @® peiven phat Gheaeoae oumTetilia, . | relie aw Yous, September 2%, 1002. Mavam Mamsetra Ausost baad Deak Mavan :—it aff that the concert that f) at Metropolitan Hall, for the ber nd of the Fire Depart “material aid” ion haw the magoanimity nt, nsoltelted By es, “aoabiy ation. rest upon you, come. Rerpreth ‘ZorMax MiLLa, Joun Coon, dx. Pre JAMES Pi ES PK 4 PRIER H. W1Us, JONAS N. PHILLIPS, like expre fluor, upstairs, Young Love. Korslind and Oliver discovered one day, n the fase os their Live, The question wos between tiem im thy Whether it was a Had the pictured object tes they would have heen satis the picture rooms, No, 2 Daigt erreoty pe « thousands ape who eall ad way. Madame Sontag at Brady’s—This unre ralled Queey of Sung visited BRADY'S Nasional dadded trait to his ent ‘ov exhibition at Be. yent persons, of Fulton sti Knox's Hats have a distinctive eharacter=: they comuine beauty, taste, aud duraci ity—elegames, exe celience ard briliiancy, When you see w! a denominate a splendid jentieman, you may sately Knox. Jis well to rememuer at 125 Fulton street, and rowlhere elie. how one of them will improve your appearance, « Keep It before the Peo e's Matters are still vetiing the + ‘Miveir all style ot tis Vit, HAT FINISE St tand vheapost Hate im ruly elegant. Call and ON, LL ark rew, oppor $4 and $3. pric Murch.—T the tere pervert « ye ot f Fe he a cweatho arate His re roully be ut ful, toiog Ng! = ry “are commented. by als whelknow wll avd eee ini at his warercems, 290 ward, Geuin's styles in eile aod beaver fe have fixed them e pabliv mind ws of the svnsen. of being de: Look into the stor ay hour ef the € arity of Ge 4 having. GRNIN, Te you will see proof po atyles iy the er brundway, op) osite St. Gold Pe at M. warrent:d, aiay be had r-om of the Gold Pen aia wich street, dem Dy. A dar; ° and Si Pen aud bench Caene Gulu Pons ecieutitionlly repaired. N. B—The Keoervoir Pom uvw roady. Watches, Watches —Gold Levers, fall jews elled, $30, Indien’ tu gold watchin as Ww ne 83 Par hunting fe tuil jewellou, $55, $50, SW} er, Tull Jowelled, $164 8 JO! 5 4 levers, $1, $25, $3; silver $25; vilver lever, My OWb mianUincture, BI. importer, 208 Broauway (up stairs) and 251 Bowery. gupe ¢3 ter siy the reception vf buarde.# ont ihe test day Mi WATEKMAN, vi feet cvvering to be found im Broadway, pleaesutly Looted Motel, having wad will be opem October, Jr, Proprietor. Purchase Your Gaiters at Cantrell’s..The i the approval of the 'adies of this sity, at re Hishment, No 3% Bowery, ape distinguished hy eauty off. ‘superiority of mate- tlale, ylelding the greatest t ty tho wearer, Mauu- {uctureu in tow very teot style, fer which the name ef La- Voyteaux, form: roadway (uow o-operating wi Cantrell) iva gu 1 nitely lower thas Parti ular attents gaiters the cheapest aru the United stati Order a set of Shirts from Green, No. 5 Astor House, and you will never go elsewhere, is the advice and assurance which every man of fashion who has tried them gives to bis friend. “The tit is an absolute evrtaintyy the needlework equal to the finest Parisian, Attention, temen i—You are invited, not merely to place your taity in uu advertivem enli at AGATL'D, 260 bronuway, anu there tems, iuepection, the truth of the assertion, he oq uivovally mate, that the Corrarca Shirt, in ite style, adapsation tothe frame, and nevalowork, io unrivalled and unape pronched, Fashionable Clothing.—A magnifiecnt ag sortment—ail sixes, fur wen au boys—well wade goods exe ively—every artidle «i tied in every — viation trom marked pri Varchasers are invited te call and examine for themselves, at tue Broadway Fashions= ble Clothing Emporium of 3 Db MUNROE k CO. Nec 441 Broadway, betvoon Howard and Grand streeta. Call at the Musical World and Timeg ofice, N Broadway, and subscribe for shat jourual, * wet Vogal and da cowpléte course of Musical Imatr wfmusie up to the highess bram ed every Saturday, eribers without aady Rumbirs cau be obtained at the o1 for Og @ . - new volume just commenced, so now is the sime to sub seribe. Dike & WALLIS, 257 Brondway. New Music.—Old Folks Urele Tom's Cutin, Keep to the Kight, Unele Sam's invi- tation, In After Katy Dariug, Ladies Faverite Sehottiech. Also, io and tmousical ‘Ketraments, whole= a nd retail, at the well known MILLETS Musie Saloong Sf Broadway, Central agency tor Watts’ Antidote, ad Young ery. — Toe ery Maaufaerory, 46 V eoey etre eards of every: deveripti ratee than ¢ ir own » ‘age, ORT ny tantly on hind a choice variety of fine ce, Mauy of them are heavily vased aug and warranted perfect time-keepers. ‘The J pomted gold pcus suid only ava Malton, street, ‘Watts’ Nervous An euuine of nearly every drmigist iu the ity. Avery bow feaigned aud scaled, God utiaatior Wiens you buy ih, ut what you try it tor, iil her turned if it does ne good, by J. PYNE 4 Greouwieh street, Bells.—Men tory, Stenmbvat, Beils, will heroaiter Singer's Sewing Machines are all the ume inerening tn favor sinvog the sieomnivors, wnddlers, mad all others in ‘Lius ip the grent labors waving machin hae boon said, Prime cipal oftiee, ube much Paper Warehouse Writing bad eaevouy. CYKUS W. 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