The New York Herald Newspaper, November 3, 1852, Page 4

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Hew York, Wednesday, Nove am * Mails for Europe. 3p WEW YORK WEEKLY HERALD—THE RESULT OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. ‘The Cunard steamship Europa, Captain Harrison, will Qeave thie port at moon to-day for Liverpool. Th® Buropean mails will close at half past ten o'clock ‘Wiis morning. The New Yorx Wrexty Herat will be published at balf-past vine o'clock. It will gontain the result of the Presidential elestion held @weughout the Union. Single copies, in wrappers: wia-pence. AS EES ae The Election Returns, Our election returns, received up te the hour of eur going to press this morning, are scattering and imoomplete. We have taken some pains, however, o present them in an intelligible shape, from which it will appear that the democratic victories in the city, the county, the State, and the Union, | are absolutely without a precedent in the history ef the country since the election of Monroe. But | ‘we would, notwithstandiug, respectfully admonish our readers, that our tables of tho gencra] results | are, to some extent, estimated, and may be, more or less, materially changed by the sotual majorities asthey come ic. Our aim is to be ‘as zesrly correct as possible in our estimates; but ‘we do not pretend to give them 2s by any means conclusive. During the day, we expect to be able 40 dissipate 21] doubis, by the receipt of definite in- telligence from every quarier of the Union this side efTexas. Let it suffice for the present, that Pierse and King are elected. That point beiog settled, all sides can 2fford to wait a few hours longer for the exact lists of the killed and wounded. Don’t ‘bet, but wait a little longer. The Elections—Overwhelming Defeat of Gen, | Scott and the Whig Party. ‘The elections 2re over. The great battle is _Sought; and from the scattering returns which have come in, General Pierse is the Presideat elect of the United States, by an overwhelming | mojority, of both the popular and the electoral ‘vote. the democratic ticket is without a parallel ince the days of General Jackson, or General Har- ison, leaving, indeed, even old Hickory himself, in the back ground. New York city has dum)-founded the whigs, laid them out stiff and cold, while it has ingpired the democrats to the most boieterous uproar of delight, and astonished everybody with its tremendous ex- plosion of some 11,000 majority in favor of Pierce | and King. The Presidential ticket, too, seems to~ have ewept everything along with it—the Corpora- tion, Btate officers, Congressional, city, county tick- | ete, Gen. Walbridge, and all Our returns, es far as received, indicate a clean sweep, from beginning to end, in the city and county of Now York. The | Webster movement has operated, no doubt, very | powerfully to this result; but that “rivh Irish rogue,” that “‘ well known German accent,” and | the “ scandalous panic” with which the whigs en- tered into the fight, bave also kad a great deal todo with this terrible prostration of the whig party. As goes the city #0 goce the State; and as goss the Btate, 20 goes the Union, Though our returns are comparatively few and imeomplete, from the country at lerge, they are sufficient to justify the conclusion that every one of the three great States of New York, Pennsylvania | » by avery | and Ohio, bas gone for Pierce and King. decisive mejority. Nay, moze—our figures indicate that Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Dela ware, and Maryland, have ranged themeolvos im the came column with Maine, New Hamp- shire, Virginia and Missouri. In short, thore is no absolete certainty, from the general complexion of | our telegraphic despatches up to the time of eur writing thie article, that General Soott has carried any cther States in the Union excepting Vermont, Massachusetts and Kentueky, aad perbeps Tennessee. Even in Massachusetts, General Pierce has run amazingly well, lead- jug the field in the city of Boston, wih a bandsome plurality over General Scott. Upon the whole, it ie highly probable that the electoral vote of General Scott will be lees than that of Van Buren in 1840. This is # revolation—a great, sig- nidcant, and genuine sevolution, as between the two great parties of the country, and in respect to the general policy and the measures of the government ai Washington. ‘The rowalt is, aloo, a great moral judgment of the | people against the exhausted whig idea of gun- perder availability; and 2 most emphatic rebuke 0 the miserable policy of trading with the abolitionists upon any terms. Mr. Webster and Mr. Fillmore were rejected, mainly because they hed givon offence to the anti slavery whigs of the Northern whig patty while General Scott's availebility, apart from his guvpowder capital, consisted almost entirely in his good political standing with Seward and his allies. Jt wae upon their imeginary strength that General Soott was nominated; but the delusion has vanished dato thin air. It is the lest time that the Southern whig party will agree to sacrifice those great lendors | who have maintained in good faith our constitu: nal obligations towards the South—it is the laet time the South will consent to sacrifice such men for tthe sake of abolition votes, after thie indignant re- bake of the people, of @ policy so deepsrate and dangerous It ie the lest time, #9 apprebem?, that i): wbig pasty, North and Son'b, of pow congti- | From the data before us, the triumph of | ‘We have it as emanating from highly respectable called hisfoonfidential friend, Peter Hervey, to him, and asked him whether Rufus Cheate intended sup- porting Scott. Mr. Harvey answered, ‘I do not know, but think not.” ‘* Well,” said the lamented Webster, “Choate has youth end talente, and tell him for me not to mar his future prospects by taking step in support of Scott--and tell him, as my dy- iny message to him, that after the 2d day of Novem- ber next, the whig party, as a national party, will exist only in history.” This prophecy is precisely the opinion which the | New Yor Hrnaxp has entertained since the nomi- nation of General Scott at Baltimore, and even as Jong as twelve months ago. The means and appli- | ances by which that nomination was effected, the ruling spirits by which it was forced upon the na- tional whige, and the contemptuous treatment | which marked the repudiation of the claims of Mr. Fillmore and Mr. Webster, were in the outset acom- | bination of drawbacks fatal to the prospects of | General Scott, and the unity of the whig perty. Ite dissolution was thus decreed st Baltimore. The compromise platform which the Convention put forth to conciliate the South, notwithstanding its prompt and even “hasty” acceptance by Gon. | Scott, was extensively regarded as a mere act of necessity, from which there wos no cacape, for the rejection of the platform would have been the dis- solution of the Convention. But whatever good might have resulted from the principles Iaid down by the Convention, in reconciling the South and the conservative. whigs of the North to their militery availability candidate, was de- stroyed in the very outset, by the leading Seward organs, ‘tin spitting upon and execra- ting” the platform, while they seized upon their man as @ victory of their faction, and as such boldly thrust him upon the country. Not all the splendid achievements of General Soott’s glorious | career in Canada and in Mexioo, nor all the admi- ration and gratitude of the American people for successful military services such as his, could sus- | tain the ccad weight of the seditious “higher law” | faction, who seized upon him as their champion, | and, as such, sustained him to the bitter end. It had heen less objectionable to reward General Scott with the Presidency, kad it not been so im- portant—so infinitely importamt—to break up | and disperse the nest of unclean birds into which he had been betrayed. And it is due to him in common justice to say, that it was not so mvek from his want of qaalidcations for the Presidential office—not s0 mush from his antece- dents of Native Americanism, and otber rigid and hard sbelled federal principles—not so much from the bad repute into whieh whig military Pres- | idential candidates had fallen—it waeno: so much | from any of these causes, or all combined, that Gen. | Scott is so signally vanquished, as from this | incubus of Sewardism, which crusbed him dowa, and held him down, in spite of ali bie efforts to rise to his feet. The clection, in fact, wae made an igsue with the people between the “‘highor jaw” and the Constitution — between revival of the slavery agitation and disunion | authority, that Mr. Webster, upon his death-bed, and fraternity with the North aad the South. The voice of | all points of the compass, has vindicated their | devotion to the Union, and has re-aflirmed their | sound judgment and enlightened convictioas with | the emphasis of an earthquake. The prophecy of Mr. Webster, that “ after the second of November the whig party, as a national party, will exist only in history,” we apprehend, | begins its fulfilment from this morning. The ties | which eve heretofore bound the whig nae | tional party together sre riven in twain. | In truth, thore has been but a nominal co-opera- | tion between the several great divisions of the | party, since the last fatal Baltimore Convention. | The seed sown broadcast over Now York and the North, by Seward and his instruments of abolition sedition, hed produced ite bitter fruits. A chasm, | too decp and wide to be closed up or bridged over, | had been made between the Seward faction and the | whige of the South and their conservative brethren | ofthe North, and their final separation was inevi- | table. It has come. The national whig party is | dissolved. ‘ It exists only in history.’ It was, | but is no more. | We may, therefore, anticipate, ag in order, the re organization of the shattered ele- ments of the late whig party. There can be no | more fraternizing, on their Baltimore resolutions, | between Southern whigs and the cohorts of Seward- | ism. The formor have only now to rally upon some | independent platform, tegether with the conserva- | tive whigs of the North, for they are now too late to fall in with the national democratic party. The Seward faction may be expected to show the cloven foot. Their natural alternative is to join the free soil and abolition factions of all shades, n the formation of a great, overshadowing Northern anti-sievery party, with Seward at the head, and Greeley at the tail. But the back of the serpent is broken, and a few more lusty blows will kill it outright. The democratic party have now a splendid career it to the proper advancement of all the great in- terests of the country, domestic and foreign, they will be held to their respensibility in due season. But we shell look to General Pierce’s administra- tion for a domestic policy and a foreign policy which shall not only promote the internal glory and prosperity of the Union, but the extension of its | power and influence among the nationsfof the earth. ‘The News. The etearmship Prometheus yorterday reached this port, with advices from the Isthmus of Panama to the 234, and Havana to the evening of the 27th ult. Full details of the Cuban intelligence have been furnished by our correspondents and trans- lators. According to this news, the Captain Gene- ral had not cpologived to Judge Conkling for the outrages perpetrated by the Spanish authorities egainst the fieg of the United States, as was stated | ina recent telegraphic despatch from Mobile, al- | though it is probable that some arrangement was entered into between tho Cuban Governor and Judge Conkling, in which the latter was given to understand thet an emple apology would be rendered. This exhibits the matter in a very different light; for, notwithstanding the fect that General Canedo may have acknow- ledged that bis government expremsed a W 7 when he comer [oth the | onthe one hand, and the reetoration of harmony | the people, like a voice of thunder, from | the next thing | opened befcre them, and if thoy fail to appropriate | tell. ‘The late information, which we elsewhere publich, from Central America, will be read with more than ordinary interest. As usual, everything in that quarter is in a state of uncertainty, particularly in Nicaragua, where a threatened revolation was pend- ing. Tho Webster and Crampton treaty for the settlement of the boundary diffioulty between that republic snd Costa Rica, continues ths theme of bitter discussion and dissatisfaction. The Nica- raguans not only protest against this treaty, but are moving in a manner that very plainly ovinces their determination not to abide by it, as will be observed by the letters from our Sen Juan del Norte and Granada cegrespondents, who likewise furnish many particulars coneerning the Accessory Transit Company, the routes of emigration to Califor- nia, &e. We to-day publish two remarkably interesting let- tors_relative to the state ofaffairs in the British pro- vinces. Our Halifax correspondent states that the good people of Nova Scotia are complotely astounded atthe eeizure and detention of their own fishing vessels at Port Hood, by Hor Majesty’s war steamer Devastation, which had been specially detailed to protect the codfish and herring ponds thereabouts. The commander of the steamer is doing his duty faithfully—the waters along the coast are perfectly | alive with fish--no vessels of any kind are per mitted to cast a met among them—and the owners of the Nova Scotia smacks are bewailing their loss, which, it is reported, already exceeds $160,000. Formerly, they complained of » want of protection to their fish, and now they have got entirely too much of it. From Quebec our corres- pondent writes that a great deal of anxiety exists to ascertain what will be the commercial policy of the Canadian government. It is generally under- stood that differential duties will be declared in fa- vor of the St. Lawrence route, and increasing the tolls on American vessels passing through the Wel- Jand cana), should the United States disagree toa treaty of reciprocity. The mercantile classes of Upper Canada are much opposed to any movemont of this kind, for the reason that they can import British, French, and West Indis goods far cheaper by way of New York than by any other route Many other matters of general interest are com- mented or by eur correspondent, te which it is not necessary to specially refer. In another part of this paper we publish a com- | plete and highly entertaining history of that pecu- liarly mysterious class of humen beings known as the Lazzaroni of Mexico, including descriptions of | their ingenious methods of robbery, sanguinary | conflicts, bull fights, &c. Those who are fond of | studying human nature, should not fail to peruse | this extraordinary chapter. Commercial men will find much to interest them in the market reports given in another page. The stock of sugars, on tha Ist inst., was below that at | | the same date in 1851, and lighter than reported | in some statements which have been given to the public in other publications. In the usual | report given to the press, we ascertained that one firm was put down for 500 hhds. which had none at all, and 1,000 boxes when they had but 500 ‘ Another party was put dowe 100 bhds. in excess of | what they actually held, making a difference of 600 hhde. snd 500 boxes. Our tables, which wo have, as far aa practicable, corrected and published in our trade report, will be found near the mark, though, | if there were mistekes in two cuses, there may | have been errors in others. By the tables referred | to, it will be seen that the entire stock on lat No- | vember, 1851, was equal to 29,000 hhds., and on the Ist November, 1852, to 23,41 ing a differ- | ence of 5,600 hhds. Of coffee the! ars to be | also a light stock, consisting of about 40,000 bags Rio, 12,000 mats, 3,000 bags government Java, | 2,000 Maracaibo and 1,000 begs St. Domingo. We insert to-day, a report of the ceremonies and sermons which took place and were delivered in the Church of the Pilgrim’s, Brooklyn, last Sunday, previous to the departure of the Reverend Mr. Hart- well, for China. A tremendovs-pressure of adver- tising and political matter upon our space, rendered an earlier publication imporsible Our inside pages contain reveral letters from dif- erent parts of France; an article relative to Messrs. Webster and Winthrop, and the successorship to the State Department; theatrical and musical notioes, | commercial reports, and much other interesting | matter, to which we have no room to refer in de- tail. The State of Europe. The eyes of Europe are fixed on Paris. The de- nouement of the drama or comedy, as you may please to style it, which was produced on the Frensh stago in 1848, and has ever since been drawing out itslong Jongth before a wondering public, is now close at | hand. The amnesty has replaced the bill of the stage manager, and the whole troupe, from the me- Jo-democratic hero to the figurantes in white robes and green sashes, are gathered before the foot-lights, to witness the final doom of the republic and the apotheosis of Louis Napoleon. Ere this, in all proba- | bility, his modest scruples will have been overcome, and, amid the shouts of # gratified people, the Prinee President will have suffered the imperial crown to | be placed on his head. Unpromising as wore the Fite des aigies, and the return from Strasbourg, the results of his southern tour have exceeded his most brilliant expectations: city after city has knelt in | the dust at hie feet: mayors, prefects, and people, ! have vied with each other in profesdonsof attachment to his person and anxiety for the restoration of the | empire. “La France s’ennui,” said, some years ago, one of the most famous bel-esprits of the capital, to account for an apparently inexplicable revulsion in public opinion. The epigram was not more witty than the sentence was just. Nor was it less true of that day than of the present. France is weary | —weary of the name of @ republic, accepted partly from an unwillingness to oppose it, and partly from weariness of monarchy ; woary of constant changes and alarms; weary of ha- ving the rappel beaten in the streots, and coups @ état threatened or executed; weary of a state of society im which every man was compelled, from a regerd for his own safety, if not from higher sonai- derations, to keep # constant watch on the movements of government. For an idle, thoughtless, laughter- loving people like the French, it is questionable whe- ther any form of government is preferable to the despotic. It relieves them from the necessity of thinking seriously; and this to them is no small boon. Though individual liberty may be curtailed —though the representatives may be tongue-tied, and the pen of the journalist blunted, property will be secure, and the person will be inviolate. Undor an imperial regime the opera will flourish; large subventions will enable managers to produce @park- ling comedies and vaudevilles, with clevor actors, and to place the pit within the roash of the most modest purses; the boulevards will be gay, as of yore; literature will be encouraged, and the manu- factures of objects of taste and luxary will thrive, under the splendid patronage of an aristocratic court; the thoughts of the lower classes being confined in the channel of their private avocations, by e judicious system of trammels on freedom, each will attain a higher degree of individual prosperity than was possible when politice absorbed half his time and energies. Thus, the empire will realize the main requisites to ® Frenchman's happiness: panem ct ciranses. Is more reqpired to oxplain the imperialist tondoncies of France? Nothing, of course, fs known a: yot of the social and political changes which will flow from the pro- clamation of the empire. What remains of the eomptitution, will, in all probability, be consigned to | | people will be Russia. | looking with tolerable indifference on the signs of | out the freo trade doctrine, in obedience to the-will | | nates. | tary companies; both are admirable, and are, per- charter (1) of the old empire will be attempted. But what measure of liberty this will vouchsafe to the nation it is impossible to foresse. Woe are equally in the dark, whether we examine the spirit of the people or the ebaracter of their ruler. The latter we only know as a politic schemer, who will allow no obstacle to interfere with the execution of his plans —s man of indomitable will and unshakeble per- severance, whom no danger can arrest—no defeat subdue; but of his love for abstract liberty we have no means of judging. The peoplo are, if possible, a still greater enigma. They are tolerably contented monarchists one day, fair avo- rage republicans the next, raving socialists on the third; and on the fourth, they seomed frenzied by a mania to get rid of the last vestige of their liberty. Whether the next scene will find them friends of constitutional governmont, or 2 willing slave to a derpot, it is impossible to conjecture, There are equal reasons for expecting either; and we will not adventure a prophecy at a risk. ‘ Whatever be the result of the change, as regards the people of France, it is certain that the Emperor will be regarded by the nations of Europe in a very different light from the President. The tone of The Times bas materially altered within the last few days, and it now throws out plain hints that its ani- mosity will be charmed away if the French army is reduced and the Emperor shows symptoms of an amicable disposition towards Great Britain. Aus- tria and Russia would prefer any dynastic govern- ment in France toa republic, even though they were compelled to fraternive with the nephew of Napoleon. It is not probable that the veteran statesmen who are in power at Vienna and St. Pe- torsburg are deluding themselves into the belief that the empire will be perpetual, or even of longer du- ration than apy of its predecessors; but ephemeral though it may be, it is infinitely preferable to a re- public. It is, at all events, a truce to the great so- cial war, which will certainly break out at the first favorable opportunity. It seems to be the provailing opinion that in case of a war between Great Britain and France, Prussia would probably side with the former, while Austria would remain: neutral, in the hope of crushing the rising power of Prussia in Germany. Notwithstanding the military honors paid to the memory of the Duke ot Wellington, it is well known that the cabinet at Vien- na is far from cherishing the most friendly feclings towards the English. The common bond of interest which united Austria and Britain in their resistance | to Napoleon, no longer exists at present; and the for- mer has ne more deadly foe than the free press and free people of the latter. Prussia, on the other hand, is | a sure ally of Great Britain, and would take part, without hesitation, in any struggle botween that country and France. Russia’s policy is obviously to remain neutral until the dyke which the central European monarchies now constitute against the en- croachments of democracy, be broken down. Then | —#0 far 28 we can judge from what we see to day— sho must take the lead in the great struggle between hereditary and popular rights. Austria, Prussia, and perhaps some of the minor Gorman powers, will flock round her banners. But the roal enomy of the Meanwhile, Great Britain, like this country, is | the times on the Continent. Her internal politios— flat.as they really are—seom to be engrossing public | | attention. Parliament is to meet on the 4th inst., for tho doepatch of business. Earl Derby is prepar- ed to open the houses, without a policy—without a party—without a measure resolved on. A protec- | tionist by principle, he has pledged himself to carry of his constituents. It will be, to the bost of our re- collection, the first instance in which the prime { minister of England will have played the part of a special pleader, and defonded, or at least acted as though he defended, a course of conduct which everybody knows is inimical to his feelings and opi ons. There may be shrewdness in the act; but it is | not very manly, not very consistent in the represen- tatiue of the Derby family, or the tory party. In plain truth, the issue was laid before ministers, as consistency vs. place, and they unhositatingly choso the latter. The sincerity of their professions is to be tested by the whigs and tho Grahamites, as soon | asthe ceremony of Wellington’s funeral, and some | other matters, are disposed of. Lord Derby will then have to choose between voting for free trade or suf- fering an inglorious defeat. The discreet silence which he has observed sinse the election, prevents our forming an accurate guess as to his own views | on the subject ; but we can draw a significant infer- | ence from the gradual conversion of his subordi- Should he resolutely refuse to redeem his former pledges to the agriculturists, and pursue the same commercial policy as his predecessors in office, he will undoubtedly retain power for a time, and the republican projects of the radicals will be laid | on the shelf. Should he, on the contrary, adhere to the vacillating tactics he has hitherto employed, or | attempta retrograde step towards protection, he will | at once be hurled from power, and a new ministry— | in which it seems likely that Sir James Graham will occupy a conspicuous post—will be entrusted with the destinics of Great Britain. Tue Tarver Comranrgs OF New York.—We are | ata loss whether to admire most the spirit of our | volunteer fire companies, or of our volunteer mili- | haps, without a parallel in the world. Both are unpaid, and both are kindred, and spring from the same source. But it is more immediately with the military spigit that we have at present to do. In another column we publish a table, giving an account of the names and number of muskets of the voluntecr military companies that have passed our office during the present year, in going to or returning from annual parades; but, as a very largo proportion of the parades are still to eomo off— November and Dkeeamber being the principal months for these emeursions—it is probable that not more than two-thirds of the companies have turned eut as yet, and we have not a doubt that the entire target companies of New York would number ten thousand rank and file, thus:— Total number of murkéts already paraded 6,558 516 7,104 3,000 Making a total of over. 10,104 These are entirely distinct from the militia, who are bound by law, under a fine, to turn out twice in the year, either uniform or without it. They consist of young men, who formthemeelves into in- dependent companies, and make exoursions for target practice, in which trials of skill take place, and prizes are awarded, some of them of great value. They do not wear uniform, but sppear in citizens dress, (black,) with glazed caps, black bolts, and muskets and ba- yonets. They are always accompanied by bands of music. Their targots, carried by colored mon, are bandeomely painted and decorated with , flowers; and frequently they exhibit, by their riddled ap- on returning from the field, the superior skill of the contestants. Sometimes half a dozen of these companies pass in the day. It isin this way that our young men are trained’ without exponso, for the day of battle. They be come first rate marksmen, and acquire the habit of taking aim—whieh is different from the Europsan plan, but, in its practical effects in war, renders the American soldier superior to all others in the use of the musket or rifle. It is rolated that at the battle of Now Orleans, many of the British dead wore shot through the eye. The Mexican campaign affords remarkable exam- ples of this fatal precision. Our troops, sometimes | there till January. The subject is to be Australia, consisting of mere boys, played the most deadly havoc with the flower of the Mexican army, from the certainty of theirfire. The Nery York regiments, which #0 distinguished themselves in that war, con- sisted, for the most part, of the target companies of thia city; and the Western and Southern rifle rogi- | mente, whieh did such executign, were formed al- who were secusiomed to the use of the rifle from their Boyes in fereste—men who could shoot s goa through the eye on the highest tree, or kill him by “bark- ing” him without injuring his shin—that is, by stri- king the tree or branch a0 close to him with the bullet, thet the bark, in fiying off, brings him down as eff-ctually nsif he were shot through the heart. In every battle they were victorious, and against all odds—such odds sit sometimes seemed madness itself to encounter Who, thet is fired with ® spark of the militery spirit, ean read the de- scription given of the battle of Buena Vista without emotion? More particularly, who can read of the deeds of the glorious Missiesippi Rifles, with out s quickened pulse, and # lofty feeling of nation- al pride? The historian of the battle tells as that the greater portion of Ampudia’s light division was moving down « plain, flanked by cavalry, and sup- ported by reserves of the heavy infantry. They seemed like an avalanche. Spartan band counted not the odds. Amidat the hissing showers of lead they advanced to meet the foe, nor paused till they had brought him within the rapge of their own unerring weapons. Then their little line blazed forth one sheet of fire. The effect was awful. The head of the enemy’s column went down before it as ripe grain before the reaper. Still the enemy came on, over his dead, and still forward pressed the riflemen—the latter a handful, the for- mer azhost. Bloody was the earnage. At length they paused—the Mississippi men on the brink of the ravine, the Mexican light infantry on the plain beyond, the cavalry being driven to cover on their left. It was net enough for the Mussissippians to hold such masses et bay. Their blood was up— they dashed with one loud yell into the ravine, clam- bered up the opposite bank, and stood before the Mexicans on their own side. Again the carnage was terrible. The column of Ampudia, bloody and torn, at last lost its steadiness—it fied in the most terrible confusion. Another incident of this battle will show the read- er still more clearly the effect of the unerring fire of American infantry and riflemen. After the Mexi- cans had failed in their attack on Buena Vista, they made a determined effort to force their way to the road at a point nearer the plateau. They brought down from the mountains opposite, and to the left of the hacionda, « fresh brigade of cavalry, covered by infantry in all its passages of ravines. With thi? they advanced to engage the Mississippi riflemen, the fragment of the Second Indiana volunteers, and the Third regiment of the same, who were still acting together, end had near them one howitzer, under | Captain Sherman. These troops formed so a8 to present an’obtuse angle to the enemy. Down the slope he came, in close columns of squadrons, and at an easy hand gallop, all his pennons flying— some 1,500 of them—the men in full uniform, the hertes beautifully caparisoned. The march was magoificent, reminding one of the cav- alry of the olden dsys. They were the chivalry of Mexico. Opposite to them were a handful of our men on foot, without pomp, or glitter, or feathers. They stood calmly with their pieces at a carry. Not most entirely of men | @ word was spoken. The rumbling sound of the earth, as the cavalry brigade swept onward like a living thunderbolt, appeared to be the only audible manifestation of the approaching carnege. They calculated upon the utter destruction of the little band. But finding, to their astonishment, as they drew near, that not a piece was discharged nor a2 man moving, they instinctively diminished their gait. They could not understand the Americans. Instead of dashing on, they finally came to a dead halt, in the very network of the two lines of fire. ‘The instant they did £0, the pieces came dowa on both faces of the angle as if swayed by the same hand. For a moment their muzzles moved slowly about, as each man felt for his aim; then they set- tled steady and firm bars of steel. Now, like the blast of » trumpet, the dreadfal word was shouted—‘ Fire!” Two re of flame converged on that beautiful brigade. It was appalling. “The whole head of the column was prostrated, and rider- lees horses, a multitude, and crimson with blood, scattered from it in every direction. Beforo the Mexicans could recover the effects of this blow, Sherman cut them up with grape and canister. Then came the rapid and deadly firing by file of our rifte- men and infantry. No troops in the world could have faced it, without the most awfal sacrifice of life ; and under it the whole brigade gave way, and fled to the mountains, leaving the ground literally covered with its dead. Such is the effect of target and rifle practice. There is no need of a standing army in the United States. Every citizen is a soldier, and woe to the enemy that is ever rash enough to land upon pur shores. Personal Intelligence. Movements oF Tuomas Francis Meacurn.—Mr. T. F, Meagher was engaged to deliver the second lecture of the annual course for the Clinton Association at the Mercan- tile Library thie month, but im consequence of the death f Mr. Webster, who was to have delivered the opening | lecture, and which would now mike Mr. Meagher fiest, he has deferred, through feeling of delicacy, his lecture Bat we understand that a requirition is in of signa- | ture inviting him to delirer a lecture on the subject im- mediately to the people at largs at Metropolitan Hall, He is engaged to lecture in Albay in the first woek of De- cember. and then at Rochester. Buffsio, Cincinnsti and St Louie. The volume contaiuing his epeeches will be | out imebout a fortnight. It has copious original notes | highly interesting to the Irish people. We | favored with a sight of the sheets. Mr. Meagher bas just recetved’e letter from his wife, whojwas sti in Van Diemen’s Land The letter ann ‘unces the birth of a ron. and breed Mr Smith O’Brien, who was in oe habit of visiting ber. as being in very low apirita, tho boo in bad heaith Mre Meagher is expected here in ti iy From the rame letter it appears that Galavin, dl e district constable who refused to obey the order ef the megistrate to arrest Mr Meagher when about to escape has been subjected to persecution, He was not only dismissed the service. (bis esalary y beng £120 por an- num.) and fined £10, but was threa the govern- ment officials, who ssid he ought to be shot like a dog Hits office corres led with that of sub-inspector of | Police in Ireis He is of pela family in ey county of Kilkenny, aed we learn thet the Irish in ) York are about to raise a subscription for hia, asa poet for his devotion to his fellow-countrymen and to aaetiel at the Metropolitan—Hon. D. 0. King, Chins; Woodhouse. Royal Artillery; Capt, Heyden, Unt fed Sraien Army; Lieut, Arm: , 16th Regiment Bri- tah Army: MajorL J. Beall United States Army; ©. Bates. Boston; Maj Harris, United States Army; L. ang stom. Baltimore; Jobn Young. County Antrim.’ Irelan = te Thomas Pong Ss Loli; Army; A Baber, Gori; Ge: ER Wilsincon, Algbamia; Get’ Duff Green, West ton. D. C; Gol. Pickett, United Btates Army; 0 Cotéril, British b Army, and 100 other Cont the Howard--G-F Clotiin, Cuba; HI. Ce Southwiok, oi, Lang. Montreal; A. M. Foster, “Canada; . Trum: bull, Glargow. Seotiand; E Forest Mandal Baris; Gant. ” man, Bu H joston ; we, Monet Financia, OPERATIONS AND ARRESTS IN pai hae eed da: Tashi ere en Liab heal at the ‘inth: ‘Onn, it in from New Yor! i iretsed, the two were ranger he stusens But it vain ov soon their movements that they were in reality together. end that all three were in the habit of assem: bling in the room of the well drossed one, which exoited and their motions Se ety the ht a half barrel of on the supposition that they mi; Beturday, the weil dressed one mekers of Mr. I. R. Praden, ruden, and nigel three men who was celled, t named Frank Je own. The third ‘was not arrested In their room ‘imthrop House, was found » large amount of excellent clothing, a bank check book with one or two checks cutout several kinds of ind. ond signs of ice om signatures. They i i us committed to Ese a ter ate conga ‘that 00 ond 6) rogues checked.—Boston Traveller, Nov. 1. Farat Accromer.—On the 224 ult., the down to the New York aan 5 ware- Perellie arr om some Belght, td while there the pack. Bae, o teeeaee.S farce aie Evan, and ena, em end Mrs. Jane Beciomerr, from “tte mld ed lamoat Sarat! ¢ mn nett a ag Séch, Mrs. Wvace and Ma. ‘are yet alive, ond if the earefal #4 ek'lifal Seatweat of D Dr Jemer can oval! ae awe Lives will yet be spared —Seiote Paley Ki Davis and his gallant | NEWS BY TELEGRAPR errr Obsequies of Mr, Wenater. MESTING OF THE NEW ORLEANS BAN, BRC. Naw Onieans, Nov. 1, 1808, ‘The members of the bar held a mecting yeaterdey for the purpose of paying a tribute of respect to the memery of Danic] Webster. Bpeeches were made, and resolution adopted, ewlogizing the illustrious deca. ‘The mesting agreed to wear the usual badge of mourning, and pro- vision was made tor the delivery of a eulogy. This being All Sainte’ day, our churches are crowded ‘aud butiners is im part suspended. Cottom deskess are awaiting the Pacifie’s advices. Abatement of Yellow Fever at Charleston, Cuanceston, Nov. 1, 2652. Deetors Frost. Diekson T. Y. Simmons, avd Dawson, state that yellow fever is no longer epidemis in this city, and that it is pow safe for strangers to visit ue. Markets. Cnancesron, Nov. 1, 1862, ‘The sales of cotton to day were 2.100 bales at fe a 100. Prices are unsteady but quotations are mot altered. Marine Affairs. Lavxcies.—Launebed, at Brunswick, Maine, October 80th, from tbe yard of Master Joseph Given, » superior three deck sbip, called the Arabia, of about 1,300 tons. Her frame is oll of white oak, cut tothe moulds by the builder. on the Potomac. Ller planks and walls are white oak and Southern pine, very thick and extra fastened Her dimensions are 201 feet on deck, 89 feet beam, and 2534 feet deop Sheis ogy ‘ardand abafc. and Is expected to bt u fast sailer. beauty of mod+! and workmen-bip she will compete fay with apy ship in the Uptted States. Her owners are Joseph Badger of Brunswick Nesmith & Sons of New York, and Capt. Joshug Boutel, eho is to command her. At Frankfort, 16th ult. by Mr Daniel Willistas, brig Anna A, Tyng, of 250 tons, owned by Chas. Tyng, Esq., of Newburyport apd othere. She is to be commanded S — Asbmun Pierce, and is intended for the Cuba rade At8.L. Dickinson's yard, Somerset, Mass., October 80th, a eplendid cltpper-built schooner, of aboat 800 tone, called the Minna Ssbiffer, built for and owned by 8. Schiffer & Brother. New York and Capt. John Wilson, who will command ber, She is intended for the Bravoy Santiago and Brownsville trade. Tar Steamswir Ustox, Capt. Adams, arrived yoster- in 52 hours from Charleston. sh the ee of the purser we received pening ‘Ohariee- ton papers, Tne Ba. Steamstur Perart, which has been under- joing some trifllvg repairs or alterations, was towed from fe East river to ler dook yesterday, News rrom tHe Wuatixc Fiest.—The New Bedford Mercury of this morning has reports from about ey he ships have doue ve 3 wl the aver fe enich > ips have done very wel a catel about nine whales to ech vessel. The few repacts Wales we have fiom the Are:ic do not oak po wall tot th yg ena a snfiiciently numerous to demonstrate the fortune of @ season, Court Catendar—This Day. Surrnior Covat—Two branches.-—Nos. 209, 222, 529, 580, 525, 178. 410, 40. 271. 206 455, 458, 120, 297, 477. 138, 180. 65.’ 612, 169. 166, 181, 200, 210, 438, 548, 547, 2 25, 482,550, 543, 558, 554, 656. 557,559, 660, 5¢1, 663, 564, 665, Burxeme Count—Cracuit Count.—Nes, 603, 68, 698, 647, 648 649, 650. 65: to 657. tse Burneme Count—Srectas Team —Nos. 23, 46, 55, 61, pale 68, 64, 06, 67, €9, 73 74, 86, 94, ion Demames ee. ferred. Scrnuwe Court —The Chambers, in November, will. commence at 12 o'clock, and continue till 4, should there be business. Unirep States Court —Nov. 2.—The November term: of Lelied re sae arent ee Courts was opened pro furma byt lon Jur Boa vin sein: ie day, they waco adjvurned . ee of the New York Herald —Gentle- men You will please correct s misprint in the Herald of tho S0th ult. In the report on Leather, at the late fair ab Costlo Garcen, the highost rrize—a gold mea wea awarded to Henry M. Crawfcro, of Philadelphia, for the best ealt skins, ‘he’ Herald of’ last Saturday has it, F.C. M. Craw ford, which is not correct. It ives us plessare :o nay, a double honor has fallen on Mr. Hi Crawford ie zittle over twelve mo: ‘The prix awarded him for calf sking in the congregated strife of nations at she Fair in 1851. We saw those calf sking in mired thelr euporiority—as we did many Americsn mavufecuure, Me. Henry is one of Gut mort respectable citizens, and: like ait intelligent ten, in the United States, isa aubicribir and constant reader of the indomitable Herald." Respoetfully, AMUEL LUMSDEN, Of the firm of 8, & W. LUMSDEN, Importors and Wholesale Dealers in Leathor ‘and Findings, No.3 Porry street, New rork. Stereoscopic pipe Pam og at This 207 discovery—the most ivainatie im at Ra 'S gall: ae Brose Photures zr = thisstyie at al simes, and the likeness warsemied. nee after Alm W the pictures Mr: RUUT and 1 ce Mat urd ear to b: ie! der thi ‘BO man valent re tive 1, can es othe mar) oink to tho highest prize 7! magnificent crayons ler the Daal a fncoeeslen, a those which wore ree vod pect of attraction at Root has now reovived old and “foe bis work. e vamber ne over award er art is countr, is rocme Broadway, firse flor talc, rds Those who have Lost or Won Hats on th® lection will fd it to their advantage to onll on Freemans ter. at) Bulton trot, ate fer $3 are very om found in the sity. description bust, Sl” FREEMAN, 80 'Fultce ease” 6 Knox’s Hats continues to be as r, if the immense sales th ‘store is any evid hate which he manufact.res resect sold at any other crt cbllanme! (pgs the hats of the Em 1y—admired vorn hy everybody, “and the rest of mankind.’ rosaries the terms of Knox, we question whether purchasers. oan find a go jole of hate as ehoap at any other similar estab! nt inthe country. “Try him on” once, and be satisfie well 1e pr sper place STER'S cktobeive oto " by va Keeps ® large etl eat More Bables! More Babies! Mere Habtesi=. It is generally reported shat moro babies are brought to PAGE'S daguerreotype trooa, corner of Bighth aveste Ana Fourteenth street, to have their piotas ey, othe. ¢stablishment in the city. Lil taken in four seconds. Likenessos of de invalids taken at their residences, g te be obtained. 8 02 Fulton atreet—exoollent im ty, admirably made, and remarkably chen monte " turned o tHe mn to be “better thi 2 Serie | on band an oxtonsive aseortment of fine re: de clothing, made the by manner. Als- boy: One price and no Hints to “Gentlemen. —You will {find at GREEN'S, 1 Astor House, wha: joa have for yearefsought in. vain. Ris shirts, shaped by th of ‘soseurement invented by Green, are true to & rv ourve of the frame Thoy fit com‘ortably, look elogantly, and art approved by men of fashion everywhere. The Subscriber has now on hand an as- sortment of Fr nch, Engi German cloths, cnesi- nty of finish and dven’s clothing in grost variety. styles ways on band, sll the latest styl Cutters attend fom 5 A.M. an 8 are Bees ellen “diamond Tolnted. ‘gid penn, great durability. ‘well eso + rs Se jachines have done theix duty at the Fi witeeseed thats Sperations with delight, and. adimistgd. the ‘ae ions e and admi | rez and beauty with which the sowing is veaeouteds Piis~ ‘lpal office 255 Broadway. eee Cc tings—Smith ds Peart siren, lasacw, Trepared to exhibit shete oa Sige om prisis ope and eg le sceortment vet tapestry, Brussels, t aleo, a ohvice Ply, ay tear. vf soreriment ote of all asthe ede er ‘to the carpet trade, all of whieh ‘thst challenge competition, There is no Use of for when the people are aware that they can get a besutife! ‘ame 7 and 8 to 9s, "iar yard, fy iar 2 ok u Bowhere lee Improvements in Dentistry.—Public atten- tionis ony to the groat pines bd y od pa Dre. (ahi NOR & CONNERY, of 52 Lispenard 9pe) to their reasona! pies Ww ee Pabst en ged warranted to give entire tire sarc sat = tention paid to filling and extract mM. Ps gees Dentist, No. 698 Bi takes thi to tine tho pablie to yritnese a hie Bye mie, ‘Wheeler's une street, for his sucoesrfal and the tusertion of artite vaubeoc rt ea Lovet's sale of his ‘somes, 114 pene, for @ jor, and vee jdnoss, Sana oonvineed,’ 4 Chambers Neer Rade ni = Schicdam Schnappe by the Medien yi a gaat hie! bn itl at tthe Teepensigmasg key FT) ieee Waitee Aromatic Schetdam Sch: meow we aprons 1 to become be ap abd the istio ehlegews. Sob so Bis WuLy oo behied fhe tmperen