The New York Herald Newspaper, November 9, 1852, Page 3

Pe ____ Correspondenee, ‘Whtiam BH. Seward and the Late Eleetion confessions of His Organ—Movement for [Prem the New York Tribune, Nov. 8} “SEWARDISM.”” Whoever shall wriie the history of the late poli- tical contest will have to the disastrous failure of an attempt to enforce upon the whig party an outward uniformity of opinion and action with regard to human slavery, For this uniformity there is no foundation cither in fact or in tradition; our Nortbern and Southern poople have always re- | a slavery with very different eyes, and, so gas itshall exist among us, probably always will. In no national convention, in no congres- sional caucus, in no assemblage claiming to speak im bebalf of the whigs of the whole Union, was | there ever an assumption of power to create or declare uniformity on this subject prior to this ery 1852. Messrs. Toombs and Stephens did, deed, attempt to force such a declaracion in the | congressional caucus of December, 1849, but their repulse was signal and conciueive, leaving them only the old resort of defeating the party they could not control. The second attempt of the kind was mado by the opponents of General Scott's nomins tion in the Jast Baltimore Convention—with what suceces has been told in the succeeding canvass and its reeult. Another extraordinary feature of the late can- | -vass was the virtue! combination of the magnates and usual managers of both the great parties, pow- . @rfully aided, though not with such evideat matico | prepense, by those of the third party, to hunt down et eresh a single individual, and he no candidate for office, and no wise connected with the dirpensa- tion of spoils. Gov. Seward not only holds no post of power or influence under the present administra- tion, but he stood expressly ple: god to refuse any wnder the next, had Gen Scott been chosen. No matter what might have been the result of the re- cent contest, he would have remained what he now is and for three years must continue to be—a Sena- tor from the State of New York. And yet against him have the batteries of the now vietorious host been pointed throughout the canvass; the fire of the tzaitors in the whig camp has all been aimed at his devoted head Members of Congress, electors of President, and various orders of ex notables, have renounced the whig party by which they have hitherto been honored aud cherished, with no other avowed reason than this—that General Scott was the ‘‘Seward candidate,” and therefore must be crushed. ‘‘ Seward!’ **Seward!”” **Seward!”” has been the burden of our adversaries song from the outset—the theme on which the Sa- tantiec press has expended half its venom, aud on whieh the journals subsisting on advertisements of women end children for sale, have expatiated with unequalled persistence and fervor. The whig po tentates who have given their means and their names toward the promotion and support of ‘* Webster Union” tickets, have donefo to feed fat their grudge, not against Scott, but agains: Seward ; to that end have mercantile whigs by thousands either refused to vote for President at all, or voted plump for Pierce and King—ready not merely to dofeat, bus to arnihilate the whig party, if they might thereby demolish Seward. To this ond, too, have oxtra exertions been put forth by the barnburners, who feel that their recreancy and shame can never be effaced from the public recollection so long 2s Gov. Seward remains in the Senate, faithful to the prin ciples and convictions which have rendered his name detested by every traflicker in human cinews, by every perpetrator of legalized villanies, throughout the civilized world. Well: the conepiracy of Aristocrat with Jacobin, | ble an exeuse, for they talked loudly and sternly Blave Trader with Agrarian, Pearl streot with ths | Five Points, has been crowned with uumoasued sur- cess. Gen Scott is overwheimingly defeated, and the whig party not merely discomfited but annihila ted. We have no prophetic ken, and make no pre tensions to reading the future; but we do not seo how the whig party as such can ever be rallied again. Defeat is but an accident, to which any party may be eubjected; but a defeat based on comprehensive, systematic treachery, like that just experienced, can hardly be other than conclusive. For it must be considered that even those cotton urnals and politicians which finally yielded a re- | tant support to Gen. Scost, had taken such a course preparatory to the whig National Convention as to neutralize and paralyze the subsequent acqui- escence. They set out with the assumption taat en. Scott must not be nominated, since his nomi- nation would be a “Seward” triumph, which all the Bouth and conservatives every where must repuiiate When, therefore, they came round, and undertook to commend the nomination which they had so un- sparingly denounced in advance, their adversa: had only to quo’e against them their own diatribes, hardly yet ould, to prove that, on their own show- fog, Gen. Scoit should be opposed and defeated ha- eause of ewardism.”’ Thus they had taken the precaution to render their support of Gen ta nulity before they could be required to proffer it. The result, it isnow obvious, could hardly have been ether than it is ** But,” says one, ‘how docs all this prove tho whig party anuihilated! Why may ituot regain ite former Strength by eschewing or avoiding Sew- ardimm !” We answer—If you moan simply that the whig ty can rally and regain its former power by mere: ly purging itself of all that is stigmatized as“ Sew- ardicm,”’ we entreat you to go anead with the ex- periment. Thore is nothing more torisk or lose now, and there can be no harm in try ig on and trying it out. We whom you cail “Sewardites” are tired, and will giadly rest aw and let y go shead as you see fit. Whetoer your anti-pro- grestive, pro-slavery whig party would be stronger than that which has just been routed, or would re- semble ou trial ‘the tragedy of Hamlet with the part of Hamlet omitted,” can better be determined after than before » trial, There can be no reasona- ble objection to that. But if you mean that ihoss to spite and des whom you have just broken down, the party w foliow and sustain you in res:oring and re-esta ing it, with the unierstunding that they are to be aliens and servitors therein, 1 they to supprese (heir own conviction We woul’ advise you not to in hopes in 20 wile lation burry to move at all you in another cauy and nothing short of it convention with you 2 foisted into the party then beaten by you, nov of your plattorm. They oandidate’s avowed treat all whigs with views of the jast Balrime a sufficiest reason ey are to be progorib the hands of their «+ sarics, rather than at thos erous compatriots consent ation to regard an favor, whatey th c hands I But we were speaking Jism. The spees) ts and messages of William ‘ 1 process of ration for the pre 0 Baker, Eeq will probably be published next spring ‘It ha deemed by the edivo: ols that the work be plete, containing rt or pablic speech of Governor d, wherecf way revurd re mains, and to preseat.it exactly as it was ori: f iven to the public. Tho whole will m li octaves of some GOO pages each, and lished style renderiog it worthy of any goed library, so that all £ 1e8, and atrocities where tly ebarged will be readily ave thore who accuse him of reoomr t languse. 1 unpopular theologios shall be taught im our public schools (or tome of them) will no longer bave tho excuse of ignorance for their mis- representation. We believe there is no other Amortcan statesman now Jiving whoee works embody so much that will fix and reward the etudent’s attention as do those of Gev. Seward. Populor education in al! its phases ; erime and its penalties; political economy in its adaptions to our national condition; slavery, its Prerogativee, and their limitations; free soil and the comprowise ; anti rent and manorial land te- ree; the currency, &c., &>., have been dis- eursed by him for the last quarter of a century with @ vigor and clearness which leave nothing to be de- wired by his friends. When his writings shall be fairly and acceasibly before the American prople, they will be able to ‘see why he is the best abused and most widely hated man on the continent, and why the meckest utterance in behalf of outraged Justice and humanity excites more commotion and active batred than the most sweepin of all that is upright and commendable. In short, there is a manifert requirement that since the whi ty has been demoliehed and the nation delivered rand hand and foot to flibusterism and the alavery Propaganda, out of antipathy to and dread of * Se- Wardirm,” the public should know precisely and clearly whet “bewariiem” is: and, therefore, we thank Mr. Baker for bis uudert » which can hardly fail to prove every way suc tul Incidents of the Campatgn. A whig paper in New Jersey in announcing their defeat qnotes from Milton. as follows :— . “Barth felt the wound, and nature from her coat, Bighing throngh all her works gave signs of woe That ail wae lost It iv raid that at the last election. for President, and Sco! Pioroe was running was running against Hale A gentleman ip Buffalo rays that he te now going t renounce whiggery, thar he has worked hard for the psrty for twenty yeurs, wad all he ever got was the inflaaatory rheumat lem © The Madison county Whir accounts for Gen. S fent in the fact that his “om litery career disqualijed bim from rupving'’ He had never run, and couldn't leara how . The Albany Register say, we are picking up a very reepectable number of Arsemblymen, Bheritfs, Clerk’ ke . here and there, considering the “awful” democratic Majerities om the State and Electoral tickets “thenkful for small favors tid | hie hand shat, 0 denunciation | fee & live President of the United States.” “You will yet, ‘Madem,” was iho instant reply of Mr. Webster, “if you and General Pierce live until next March.” above from the lips of the husband of the lady, who was himeelf present Our Aibany Correspondence. Avsany, Nov, 3, 1852, The Ele tion—Both Parties Disappointed — The Whies Unk rsed—The Anti- Renter s Disbanded— The Effect of the * Test” Question, A majority of more than eight hundred in this city for Pierce and King, and a corresponding vote for the State ticket and local efiicers, has astonished the democrats themselves, and dumbfounded the whigs. Both parties are greatly disappointed at the result. It was supposed that this city was fair debatable ground, and either party would have besn satiefied with a woejority ever so small. Last year, when the democracy carried their Mayor and Re- corder by an average of eight hundred majority, the whigs attributed their defeat to the unpopularity of their candidates. Now, they have not so plausi- of tho strength of General Scott and Governor Hunt, and vauntingly boasted of -carrying the elo: tion in their favor. Whatever might have been the opinion heretofore, and however mush doubt might have existed, it isnow reduced to a certainty that the gain for the democracy in this city, for a few years past, has been gradually increasing to euch an extent that it has become democratic by a reliable majority. The whigs have no excuse to offer for their defea!, for they acted in perfect har. mony, and fought with as much zeal and determi- nation as ever before. Besides giving the national and State ticket un- rececented majorities, tho demosracy of ae avercaron toexultin the election of Rafus W. Peckham, gt to the next Congress. exception of Bradford R Wood, Wsy., they have not been represented in the national legis- lature for near a quarter of a century. Mr. Wood served one term, and the remainder of the time the whigs have occupied the station, and so incempe- tent were they, as is also the present member, that the people of the district are not aware of the last step he has taken for their interest. Schooloraft merely acted for Weed and Seward. ‘The election of Peekbam will be an advantage to the district. He isa man of the highest legal atteinments, and stands in the front rank of the New York bar. With him and your Cutting, the democracy of the Eu- | pire Siate will be most ably represented. This is the first time in twonty years that a de- mocratic Sheriff hassuceseded in this county. On two or three o¢ ns the prize wou'd have been attained had not camp contained traitors, who, on account of personal Se A as proved treacherous to the candidates. During the last three | preseing measures, such ag the Railway bill, Steam- | gretted ; one of the messengers of the House has With the | | | building, and stripping of its contents, to make it | | | | @ur Quebec Correspondenee, Quesec, Nov. 2, 1852. Mortality im Quebec—The Houses of Parliament— Adjowrnment— The Gold Discoveries, §e., &c. Though voted down by the House tho other day, it has now been determined on by the government to adjourn Parliament for a month or six weeks, the sudden death of Colonel Antrobus, ‘Lord Elgin’s pe- pular provinsial aide-de-camp, having hastened snch decision. Government will, if possible, endeavor to “bang on” for a few days, to pass some of the most ship bill for the line of steamers to Europe, Clergy Reserves, Commercial Policy, &c., bat whether they pass all or even one of these measures till the re-acrembling of Parliament is extremely doubtful, owing to the cholera panic, which seems to have seized members Mr. Tirrrell, M P., deceased, was deservedly re- also died. A servant of Sir Allen McNab was the next victim; and yesterday saw consigned to the tomb the last remains of Colonel Antrobus, whom all strangers visiting Quebec, and having had occa- sion to communicate with the Governer-General, must recollect with the liveliest gratitude for higr- banity and unpretending kindness, and whose memory among the citizens of Quebec is cherished with the utmost esteem. Colonel Antrobus was a Canadian by birth, having abandoned the profes- sion of lew for that ot arms, and in his old age had settled down to the quict duties of provincial aide- de-camp to the;Governor-General. Hie generosity of life hes prevented hi: laying up much for the sup- port of the large family he leaves behind, to whom the death of their protector must prove a most melancholy afiliction. The present House of Parliament, though an ex- tremely handsome building, and elegantly furnished, | isyetso badly ventilated that many suppose the disease which has proved so fatal has been occa sioned by the noxious efluvia etill lurking there, and that it will require an entire abandonment of the safe for members, whose spirits, becoming go ani- | mated with the contention of political debate, and | whose system, so forced by high living, render them | peculiar and sympathizing subjects for any epidemic which this changeful season may inepire. The great fear is, however, very groundless. The average deaths are not remarkably numerous, | and perbaps the true eecret of all of any note that | have occurred have been more owing te previoas | sickness and inattention, too high living, bad venti- lation, and heated rooms, and the natural conse- orfour terms the whigs succeeded in cajoling the anti-renters, by whose assistance they uniformly | succeeded. On this occasion both parties disro- garded the “calico gentlemen,” and the rezult has been the election of John McEwen, the democratic candidate, by a very large majority. The clection of this officer will great'y strengthou the party, as the political influence which he will bo abte to ex- ercise is greater than in any other portion of the State, the city of, New York excepted. The enti-renters, ag an organizition, are disband- ed. The reflecting portion aro content with the recent decisions of Judge Harris in rela- tion to title, and with that of the Court of Appeals abolishing the quarter sales. Thatclass of voters generally returned to their respective po- litical ranks, and gave their sutfrages to candidates withcut any reference to the ‘“‘manor difficulties.” Nine-tenths are satisfied that the excitement has mostly heen kept up political demagogues and do- ceptive lawyers. quence attending the present change from autumn to winter. Canada is likely to become a great gold produo- ing count: Several lumps. each worth from £200 to £900, bave been recently discovered at the Chaudiere mines, about thirty miles from this city ; and an American yesterday showed me a specimen he had collected ina short time worth $2. Accord- | ing to his statements the quartz exists very largely, and, with the usual enterprising spirit of his coun- trymen, he himself is bidding high for a share of | the minee, the locality of which, for thirty or forty | miles around, belong exclusively to Dr. Dougtas, of this city, and who has refused a bonus of $40,000 | for such interest as the American gentleman re- | ferred to wished to acquire. | There is no doubt, from the range of hill and for- | | mation of land, that gold exists in large quantitios, | | and though the writer has not seen the nugget of £900, he has it from undoubted authority that such a lump has been obtained. fhe whigs are heartily ashamed of themselves for throwing a religious firebrand into the ca: They have cecn the folly and injustice of attempting to array one religious denomination against all others. Instead of securing the Catholic [rish vote, they | havo driven the few who were whigs directly into the democratic ranks, for they never voted more unitediy, nor worked at the polls more actively, at any time. for any candidate, than they did yester- day for Franklin Pierce. They resented the asper- sions sought to be cast upon the democratic candi- dato by giving him their united vote. The New Hampshire test question, raised by’ the whigs to injure the General, bas produced a reaction here, aud undoubtedly throughout the whole nation, by which he received more than fifty thousand addi- tiorul votes. The election of Seymour, Church, anda large majority of the House of Assembly, will threw the entire administration of the State government in de- mocratic bands. They ascume power in the midst of considerable diffienity; but. from the well known discretion, capacity aud wisdom of the public offi- cers, it is expected that they will so administer the government as will satisfy a majority of the people. Gur Washington Correspondence. Wasninxeton, Oot. 24, 1852. The Season in Washington—The Attractions of the City—Death of Mr. Webster, §&c. The weather here is heavenly—ithe sky bluo, the air soft and pure, the sunbeams revelling amid the autumnal foliage, as if to warm the dying leaves into life again, or take a last parting embrace, be- fore the rude and cold storm shall sever them from the parent stems, on which they have quivered out their brief commer, ond scatter them over the face of the country. Tt requires little of the imagination, as one strolls over those capitol grounds, to fancy the slight moaning of the wind to he the req of those trees, and shrubs, and flowers, to the memory of Downing. How he did love them all, save only the al ‘hus. Where will be found ons, with taste so ryeficed and judgment so matured, and skill so perfect, to take the place of this la Nature bas her broathing tim of rest, a3 well as man. It isa relief here always when a ression of Congress ter Every thing ecems to enjoy the interral—and silence is so ewe r the bustle, and confusion, and same of a long on. We have all y Potomac is asleep. Its » apd still, and silvery, like pon it ere at a stand stil i hang lifeless by the mass. sturb this tranquility of bustle ia doors. house manogers hotel keep are all hard at we ing things in order for the coming winte would seem to hare my ow and highly attras- see what is being uodation and comfnt, by this and rieous, aud experienced kotel h a corresponding gratification would be Jelt by thove Who intend waking bis honse their headquarters. His par:mects are already being taken by many who are the élite of the laud, from the North, South, East, and West. Our friend Mejor Field, who is 60 well and so favorably known lemanly courtesy and well drilled expe- ey tecond in cowmand at Willard’s. No der the gentleman boarders at the New York el should have testified theie approbation of Major Field's civilities and competency, by present: ing him, ou leaving that fine establishment for this city and Willard’s, with a service of plate Washington has many attractions, and is in- creasing rap.diy in buildings and population. Timo was when the question of a removal of the sea! of government was entertained evenin Congress. But that time, I think, has gone by forever. The en- largement of the cepitol—the Smithsonian Insti tution, d the Washington Monument, togother with the great increase in population, and the com- forts of living, sre 80 many enchors to hold the capitol to its prevent moorings. And then it is cated Washington What soand is this? Why these euppressed sighs? Why ail thie gloom! Whit briogs men together, in groups; and what make them epeak in whiepers! Aud whevce the gloom that mantles every counto- nance! Webster is dead! The greatest of his race is gene. Like the sun, after having illumined, and warmed, and blessed the worll—afcer having sped his way to the West, and made for himself, of the surrounding clouds, a pavilion of glory, and at- tracted ail eyee to the splendor of his track and the gorgeousnees of bis seiting, sinks below the horizon, ro bas Webster gone down from a pecr- less track of light, and amidst a glorious actting, t> the darkress and silence of the tomb. How the heart etruggles to lightea itself of the oppressive load which attends the announcement of the death of this matchless man. | cannot open my out seeing everything bere in close ass his nameand fame. Yon capitol—the ways to it— the grounds around and svout it-the Supreme Court room—the surroundivg hills and the iater- | vening valleys—the Cabinet, where he was pre- We are j During the recent visit of Mr. Webster to his tarm at | lim, @ indy, a relative, remarked to him, “Well, Mr, Webster, I was really in hopes that some tue 1 should | ewinent in council—the State department, whe: radiated from his great mind instructions for guidance of our foreign policy—the social circle, of which he was the cuarm—the poor, who never found his heart insensible to their need , where be went to worsbip God-- ciation with Daniel Webster. He -~and the chw all, all, are in lives in them alf, dead though he be, and will live | after yon dome and hove epires shall have crumbled into dust mind! Who, and what, shail flit? Lomkains. | A young man, named Peter Giblin, was shot {ne porter: | house at Columbus. Obio, om the morning of the (4 inet , ond died of his wounds the spme evening 1 As the result of the efforts of Mr. James Whit- | man, ogent of the Association for the Exhibition of | the Industry of All Nations at New York, strenuous | efforts are being made in Canada to have its re- sources and industry represented on the occasion of | the exhibition next year. : Public meetings bave been held in the chief cities, the press unanimously support the demand the peo- ple are making for an appropriation by the govern- | ment to assist them in doing £0 effectively, and, in- | de the Executive is favorable to the matter. | | On Saturday last @ memorial to that effect, signed | by great numbers of the most influential citizens of | Quebec, was presented in Parliament by the Hon Mr. Chaveau, Solicitor General, who made a speech | | in its favor. Individually, members as they have | | expressed their opinion are also favorable; but the sudden adjournment of the Legislature may post- | ther pone immediate action in the matter. | One of the most beautiful eulogies I have yet | seen appeared in the Quebec Morning Chronicle of last week, on the death of the lamented Daniel Webster, whore standing and worth were held in | the greatest respect in Canada. ‘The election for the electors of the next President | of the United States, which to-day is engrossing all | interests of the Union, is looked upon with consi- derable attention by Canada; and many think the introduction of che measures proposed by Mr. Hinks, in favor of thg St. Lawrence importation, may hang upon the results of to-day’s voting in the dies | States. t. Our Mexican Correspondence. AcaPutco, Oct. 1, 1852. Arrwwal of Steamers—The Value of the Consulate— | The Survey of the BMescala—Senator Gwin, $c. A letter from this port may have but little inter. est for you, and in fact there is nothing of stirring importance te communicate. This city is decidedly doll, except when some of the A merican steamers come in. Then the presence of five hundred or more strangers makes the place quite lively. Within the last week, the steamers California and Cortes, bound from Panama to San Francisco, have touched at this port. The Cortes made the run from Panama tothis harbor in five days and eighteen hours—a very short passage. Both these vessels were crowded with passengers, and being here at the simo time, gave considerable animation to the streets and hotels. Mr Rice, the American Consul, will leave hero for the States in amonth ortwo. His su2cosaor, Mr. Slocum, will arrive before his departure. Some strange stories reach New York from this part of the world, and the published statement respecti the difficulties between Mr. Rice andthe author here are come of the very strangest. Tho dep ment at Washington has permitted the Mexican version of the dispute to be published by authority, while the Conrul’s side of the story has been entirsly sappreesed. I do not knew whick version of tho aflair is correct, but L do know that Governor Le e American Minister in i 0 how to act, and sanctioned proceed. Of course, the Consul has ‘* ihe documents,” and on his return may dispose some persons to in quire why he was recalled, The consulate is eup- posed to be # lucrative one, but as to that itis a quostion of gwien sabe. No consul can live bere for less than $3,000 0 year, and the fees in ordinary times will not amount to the third of that sum. By a series of accidents, such as the wrecking of the North America, and the abandonment ot several veseels in this port, the last year was quite pro- ductive—paying to the consul some $17,000. But the same good fortune cannot again heppen, as it never before occurred. 1 mention these facts for the benefit of those patriots who are now studying the blue book, to be realy with their applications om the ith of March next. J would not take this con- sulate, nor permit any friend to accept it. Some days 2go, thia place was enlivened by the arrival from down the coast of the surveying party sent out from New York, to explore and report upon the prac bility of navigating with steamboats the | river Zacatuca or Mescala. No ons here supposed that the river could be navigated, from the quantity of falls enid to be in the stream. But this party say they found no falls orjother obstacles; thas the river isof easy navigation; and the voluminous notes of the survey seem vo fally boar them out in their , | opinion. Some of our Americans who live here are already disposed to pull up their tent pins, and | nove to the mouth of tuis river at the Bay of Peta- | bel calco, a8 there does not seem to ho any doubt of the | company in your city pushing the matter through, Iwas present at @ conversation between Br! Gwin, the Senator from California, aud Col. Rau- sey, who is at the head of this surveying commis | sion, in which the nature of the whole country | lying between this coast and the Gal: of Mexico, jn the direction of Vera Cruz, was faily explained | by the latter. The Colonel has iu his possession a map prepared for his own use, which so essentially | diflers from the other maps of this country, as to | completely take the Senator by surprise.” From thie mop and explanation, it would svem that even | Humboldt is eompletely in error as to much of the topograpby, and the courses of rivers and raugos of mountains in this republic. The reaark was made that Humboldt could not be relied on for any part of Mexico which he had not seen with his own eyes, and observed with his ewn instruments. In corroboration of this, Col. Ramsey pointed out the course of a river, the existence of » rich and fertile valley, and an excellent carriege real. where H | boldt on bis map lays down one of the lofcieat ranges of mountaine in Mexico. The ocher gontle- men agreed with him, and added that they had What a vacuum in the dominion of , come over the rond in a carriage The exploring we all say that mails cart easily be carried from Vera Cruz to Ac»puleo, or to the mouth of the river Zacatuca in three days. This fact, Senator Gwin said, he had much doubted it Washington, before the pestoge of tho law for | of bis children, shovel to Fleteher, who sto makiog this Ting of commanication a mail route. After explana’ he was happy te 2a; he now thought it could be done. . Capt. Reynolds, of Flashing, a Hur! Gate pilot on the Sound, Mr. and the rest of the commission, will return by the first steamer to New York. Ram: joes up to Guerrero, the capital cf is State, aud from thenee to Mexico. As ho has this exclusive Lrebien from the Mexfean govern- ment for carryiny transit foreign mails across the republic ; and as the United States government hasordered @ California mail route to be established across this line to New Orleans, and appropriated 500,000 for the compensation, it is supposed here that all obstacles to @ speedy communication with Vera Cruz are now at an end. later from Mexico. n Onleavs Picayune, Nov. 1. By the brig America, Capt Maloney, we have re- ceived our files of Vera Orox papers to tho 12th, Jalapa to the 7th, and from the city of Mexico to the 7th of October. The Siglo Diez y Neuve of tho 3d ult. snys:— Yesterday was the day named by the commission for opening the propositions for the fehuantepec carriage road and railway, A fifth proposition haviug been pre- rented by Senor Lecunza beyond the terms and time na med in the call, all the bidders protested against the bid, and refused to reeognize it if it was opened. On cach bidder being ealled upon to recognize his sealed A aigpend the representatives of the mixed compauy said their pro- pees was contained in three sheets, and there appear- only one im the hands of the commissioners, it was wident they could net form an exact and impartial judg- ment on incompieto documents; that protested aguinst the opening of their propositions, and if the com- mission then wished to proceed they nothing further toray. The other bidders asked that all the propositions should be opened, but the commissioners not feeling themeelves authorized so to do, resolved to saspend pro- ceedings untilrext day, im order to consult with the government. - We find no further mention of this subject, until the Siglo Diez y Neuve of the 7th, which 8 With respect to the propositions for the road, we can- not form any opinion while we know the terms of the Guadalupe company only. If in this affair there is to be a secret part, the partial publicity will be ef no service. With respect to the proposition of Senor Ballange, it ferme to us strange indecd that this gentleman should be said to represent s Mexican company, when not a sin- gle Mexioan name is presented by him, and we think the government and commissioners should take care to be ‘well aseured of the existence of companies bidding. In regard to the too late proporal, we understand it is from ‘Mr, Stephens, who is represented by Mejia and Calderon. Senor Arrago said at first that it came from Senor La- cunza, through the President ; afterwards he said that had been received in due time by Senor Ramirez The idea has been started that the company which obtains the grent shall assume the responsibility of satisfying the claims of the United States. Leaving the examination Of this idea to tome other time, it would seem to us that this is equivalent to reeognizing those claime. which aro entirely groundless, and such a step would be dishonora- ble for Mexico, and would introduce an enormous diffi- culty into the question. Riva Palacio has addressed a letter td the editors of the Siglo Diez y Nueve, in the name of Munoz Ledo, enclosing them the propositions of the Guana- juato Company, in which he says that State, and those of Mexico and Oazacca are associated. The propositions are, that— ‘The supreme goverpment shall associate with the com- pavy, which shail receive the exclusive privilege, with- Ce other restrictions than the law of the ldth March, The penoeny te build a carriage road within three pears ax within four years after that, the railroad to ini ‘The ccmpany to” receive all transit dues, storage, &e, for such time as necessary to reimburse the outlay, pro- vided it does not exceed eighty years. The government to cede to the company all public lands it may consider necessary for the building of the road and its appurtenances, with the right to use the Miss (oa mat en public lands—private lamda to be jor. Peachinery. &c., for the road, to pay no import duty, and during the first year food for operatives to have the same exemption. ‘The company to build the wharves, docks, and other | works necessary for the recurity of the ports—Mexican troops to be carried free, and Mexican munitions of war at a tariff of seventy-five per cent less than freight. ‘Transit to be free to all mations, exceptiny only snch restrictions as the government may impose. Foreign troops and munitions to be conveyed only by express license of the government. The company having no views of lucre in the proposi- tion, and considering only the interest, safety aud inde- pendence of the country, leaves te the Congress the stipulation of the recompense they shall receive after the roud has paid for iteelf. ‘The company will give security for the performance of the work, War, epedemic, or other accident which may delay the execution thereof, eball retrieve the responsibility of tho company. Government shall not authorize the cutting of an inter- oceanic canal until the railroad is fimshed. Government to take one-third interest in the work, ‘The shareholders not to sell their stock to amy other thanarharebolder, without the consent of @ majority eof, The law of the press had been published by nearly all of the governors of the States. The Governor of Guansjusto had not done so, considering it un- constitutional. The Tempoaiteca, of Jalapa, published an extra on the Sth, with a letter to the Governor, stating that the insurgents had again entered Orizaba, and that fighting was going on in the streets between them and the national guard. At night, the guard had lost five killed and eleven wounded, and as tho ene- my beld several positions, the letter says they would begin again the next morning. The Universal, of the 3d, says :— : Even during the day there are troops in all the towers | ofthe capital, Many haif-pay and retired officers had reccived orders to hold themselves in readiness for service. The propositions made by Count Cortina for the opening of the railroad between Mexioo and Tial- pap, bave been approved by the government In Michoacan a decree had been published im- posing a penalty of death on the chiefs of pronun- ciamentos. The Siglo Diez y Nueve says:—Last night several men went into the cathedral, and tying tho six sa- cristans, broke open and robbed the safe of one of the priests. One of the sacristans was slightly wounded, The robbersfled. Several robberies of tho diligence had taken place. Rebelledo had been attacked when at the head | of thirty five or forty men, and the band dispersed. A band of A) pee had been defeated nearTesnado, in Sonora, and a captive woman rescued. ‘The Secretary of the French Legation had re- turned to Mexico, as was supposed, with important deepatches relative to the two and a half million business. Gen. Uraga had refused the command offered him in Guanajuato, and had determined to settle as a planter in the Sierra Two companies of troops wore ordered from tho capital to Chaleo. Anepidewie similar to the cholera has brokon | ont at Acazuleo ppt Anita, from Tabasco, reports that the tchoon au hor , some three months since, still remained under seizure. The brig Spitfire left Tabasco for Beston on the 21st wlt, under protest. Captain Tom was loading tor a Northern port. Personal Memorials of Dante! Webster: The house in which Mr. Webster was born is not Low standing, but a correct drawing has been pre- served. Mr. Webster's father raised his log cabin, for his Orst dwelling, and there the elder childron were born. The house which succeeded was a ona story framo houte, with chimney in the middis, baving four rooms on the ground floor, aud an ad- dition im the rear fora kitchen. The farm still be- longs to the Webster family. ‘the church in which Mr. Webster was baptized is still standing. The remains of the old log house are still eeen, and Mr. Websier has said of them, “T make to it my annual visit. dren to it to tea the generations which have gone before them.” The “Elm Farm’ is about three milos from the original home of the family. Here Mr, Webster spent his youth. It contains one thousand acres, lies in the bend of the Merrimac, and is one of st farma in New Hampshire. Within ite limits wre the remains of a fort, which was built for do- fence against the Indian allies of the French. The buildings on Wim Farm consist of the old dwelling, in which Mr. W spent much of his boy- heod—the house which he now cccapies on his visits to the Granite State—the house of the supsr- intendent of the farm, and the barns, &c., all painted white, aud kept in fine order. ‘Che Marshfield farm—Mr. Webster's home—con- ti about two thousand acres of undulating and marshy land, and slopes down to the ocean. It has ed to its present owner about that (EM years. The farmers in the vicinity acknowledge that they have learned much ‘of improved agricul ture from the great statesman. The raising of fine cattle was & possion with Mr. Webeter. The flower-garden covers nearly one acre, and contains an immense variety of flowers. The va- riety of forest trees on the farm is great; many of them have sprung from reeds planted by Mr. Web. eter's own band. The buildings on the farm are numerous. Bo- sides the owner's mansion and its out-houses, there are the residence of the chief tenant, the dairy- man’s cottage, the fisherman's bouse, the agriculta- ral (flice, the gardener’s house, &., &» he man- sion was built in 1774; butit has been more than doubled in size, and haa a modern appearance. It coniainsa fine Gothic library apartment, planned by Mr. Webster's daughter, the late Mrs. Appleton. The miscellancous liorary alone is in thia room, tho agricultaral works are in the office of tho farm, and the law library is at Borton. Fine portraits, busts, engravings, and other works of art. adorn this Legge residence, and the finest taste is everywhere displayed. Direstly in front of the mansion are two small elms, which were planted by the father in memory alia and Edward. He planted the d then kanding the by, said—“ My son, trees without any assistance protect thore trees after Iam gone, Let them ever Jomind you of Julia and Edward.” Belipse, which was seized by the Mexican | The brig | Loarry my chil- | them the hardships endured by | | h Captain Whitney, who came passenger in the | ptt sa Ue er The Fall Sports: OUR CORRESPONDENT ON THE TRAIL. Ausany, Oost. 21, 1852. Hunting Panthers, Wolves, Bears and Deers, Partridge Shooting, &., &¢. ‘Thus far had 1 returned from a hunting excursion in the county of St. Lawrence, when Sunday over- took me. As your paper is the great medium for all kinds of information, perhaps I cannot better em- ploy a leisure hour than in communicating some facts which may be interesting to the desciples of Nimrod and Izaak Walton. Leaving New York in the Hudson River cars, I soon found myeelf at Romo, where I loft the western railroad, and taking the Rome and Watertown rail- road, I was in the latter village in three hours. Watertown is called a village, but it has the thriv- ing appearance of s city. It is a flourishing place of some ten thousand inhabitants. Before the Rome and Watertown road was completed, their iso- | lated situation was a great obstacle to the rapid settlement of that part of the State. A contract has been made for the extension of this road to Canton, the shire town of St. Lawrence county. While upon this subject, I must beg leave to say that New Yorkers havo suffered themselves to be outgeneraled by the Bos- | toniang, in the struggle for the trade of the northern | part of this State, and the vast and fertile region beyond Brockville, in Upper Canada. The Ogdens- | burg and Rouge Point Road turns the trade which | might and ought to concentrate in New York along | the Vermont Central and Rutland roads to Boston. The only obstacle to the monopoly of that trade by Boston will: be the Rome and Watertown road, if it should ever be completed, to Ogdensburg. And then the route will be very far from a direct one. It will run soutbeast to Canton, thence southwest to Watertown, and after sweeping wost almost to Lake Ontario, wil) bend southeast again to Rome and Albany, and from there south to Now York. It is anything but a direct line. A road aan to have been made before now along the bed of the old | road which was made during the last war from Al- bany to Ogdensburg, diverging, however, suflicient- | ly to make Brockville the terminus, instead of Og- denkbatgs Almost an air line road could be made, which would have the double effect of bringing tho wild lands of Hamilten, Herkimer, and St. law- rence counties, with their vast forests of lumber, into market, and of opening io New York the uncaloula- ble resources of that fertile country which extends for many leagues around Brockville. But, from 2 say out the most practical route for the hunter, 1 have digressed to trade and commerce. It was a long and Boas ride from Watertown to Gouverneur, and Pk it was over a plank road; but somehow stage drivers fancy they cannot con- vince you of their importance without making you wait, with shivering forms and chattering teeth, while they laugh and drink at every tavern upon the wayside. Atalate hour we halted at Gouverneur. The next morning, having secured a horse and buggy and the services of a guide, we started for the town of Fine. For thirty miles we wound along the banks ofthe Oswegatcbie, a dark and turbulen’ etroai which rises in the county of Herkimer, and passingk? through Cranberry lake, flows into the St. Law- | rence at Ogdensburg. We were now upon the border of that forest which extends from the settle- ments west ef Lake Champlain to the town of Fine. Alighting at a small log house, just as the sun was Hiviaaedel J behind the hills, we were cordially invited to partake of the hogpitalities of the kind and intelligent family. There were but two rooms on the first floor, yet everything bore the evidenco of the most scrupulous nea‘ness. The chairs, floor, door and window casings, fairly shone with white- ness. After supper I went to see if our horse was well cared for, and in groping about, my hand rested upon something soft. It was the stuffed skin of a ther eight feet long. His enormous head and uge arms were calculated to impress one with a fearful idea of the vast power of the animal. Inquiries had frequently been made during the morning why Jobn had not returned. About nine o’clock the door opened, and the tall form of a hunter glided noiselegsly into the room. The greet- ings wore cordial but quiet. The new comer was one of the handsomest men I ever raw, and in his manner and bearing was the counterpart of Hawk- eye, Cooper’s most celebrated character. In the course of the evening I ascertained that John Bos- sout, the hunter, had slain during the week two martins, one fisher and a wolf. The Seal, > the 16th of October, the snow fell to the dept of three inches, but as it was Sunday they did not attempt to track the deer. Straying myeelf into the edge of the wood, I saw, scarcely twenty rods distant, what appeared, at first, the body of a panther; it was only a deer. It was too much for my piety; bat when I had returned from the house wit I found the game had made too many tracks. Monday morning we started for the forest, and traversing the old road Jeading from Aibany for ten miles, we arrived at Glasby’s shanty, on the upper Oswgatchie, or inlet, as that part of the stream is called which flows into Cranberry lake. Unac- customed to euch long tramps, I was not only very much fatigued but most uncomfortably hungry. My appetite was soon appeased, but my limbs were obstinately stiff. Here our party separated, John Bossout and'myself,entering a canoe, proceeded up the Oswgatchie. A misty rain now began to fall which required all the impervious qualities of my rubber to exclude. The Uswgatchie isa beau- tiful stream, narrow, but deep, and bordered on either side by a rich bottom covered with wlders, and blue-point grass, which indicate the inexhaust- able qualities of the soil. Joho beguiled the way with anecdotes of encounters with tho wild beasts which inhabit that region. Several times he left the canoe to look after his traps, while I remained, endeavoring to keep warm. At last I ocoompaniod him to one of them, and as we were threading the path of the wolves, John arrested our steps and ah remsrked, ‘‘ there is a wolf—the tenth one have caught this summer.” He was a ze looking monster, one of the largest of the species. He netiher complained nor exhibited anger, but crouched sullenly to the earth. The unerring rifle sent its fatal messenger through his brain he was coon lifeless. The sharp teeth of the trap were more powerful than his own. As wo returned to the canoe wo diverged from the path. “Here,” said John, “‘is tho spot where a bear, last weck, twisted the chain of my traparound these alders, and wrenched his foot away by bendiog the jaws; andin that elump of alders yonder, L found my largest panther. |i wasin August. He 1 yonder. When ho faw me coming up, you better b'lieve he growled; it fairly made my hair stand on e'nd. He did’ent show fight, though, and I finished him in a hurry.” “But,” said I, **do you notfoar that they will fol- low cn your footsteps and pounce upon you when you least expect them’” “Oh no, game istoo plenty for thai—thereis no danger of their attacking a wan.” Entering tho canoe, we provecded up the river five miles without seeing anything worthy of notice, that is, except the twisuing and waving of some bushes as a bear retreated frem the edge of the bank, whero he had been gathering chorrios. That night we stopped in oneof Bossout’s log shanties. Our bed was boughs spread upon the ground, and with a fire in front, we had a comfortable time. We had left , our meat with the other party, with the expecta- | tion of obtaining a supply on our way. It was a bad day for pariridges, and two of us tramping -through the woods made so much noise that we alarmed the deer. Twice Bossout drow his rifle to his sheuldor, but the game became euspicious and whisked away. At twelve we halted, and John, having built up a fire on the bank, at the foot of a glorious fall in the river, put on his moccasins and started in ecarch of game, which was now abroluteiy required. I threw myself on % blanket, and for- getting wolves, panthers, and bears, was soon fast asleep. Being very much fatigued I slumbered , teveral hours, and when I awoke the sun had sunk nearly to the horizon; still John had not returned, and I had the pleasing prospect of passing the night alone, without a shanty, and destitute of ani- mal food—a charming future, especially when there was superadded a possibility of becoming my- selt food for animale. But Bossout was too much of @ Leatherstocking todesert a friend; and a few minutes later I saw him cross a pole which he had thrown froth one one rock to anosher at the summit of the falls, with the hind quarters of a deer upon his shoulders. What powers of endurance theso bunters possess. Bessout had carried seventy five pounds of meat two miles through the woods, and a rifle weighing fourteen pounds. Ina fow minutes the heart of the deer was roasted, aud served as a delicious meal. Wo were here rejoined by the rest of our party, and after having erected a capacious bow tent, we passed the evening in broiling and eating delicious veniton steaks, and in listening to anecdotes of the wilderners. At last wo were lulled to sleep by the murmur of the falls, and the rot unpleasant howl- ings of a pack of wolves hard by tis remarkable this sleeping upon the ground, with nothing but a few evergreen boughs botween the slumberer and the wet loaves aud damp earth, jet they never take cold. The next morning we started for the settlement, our bread having been exhausted. That day we walked seventeen miles, shooting partridges as wo went until we were loaded down. Fourteen miles we traced the bed of the ‘ old Albany road,” as they call it, In time it must become the bed of a railroad from Albany to Brookville, and the sooner the better The capitalists of Now York and tho owners of wild lands on the ronte should look to it. The first, to increase the commerce of our metropo- lis, and the last, to open to a market the vas) forests of pine, spruce and cherry, and the fertile land which is now inhabited by wild beasts alone. | A word to fishermen. If you want rare sport, | seek the shorge of Cranberry lake. Lainie | my gun, + two, relating fo the 0 Our London » Lonpon, Oct. 22, 1852. Provogation of Parlament—Attempt of Lord Johw Russell and Sir James Graham to Overthrow the Ministry—The Derby Administration and Free Trade—Extraordinary Cvalition of the Peelites and High Tory Pavty—Louis Napoleon and the Times—Abd-el- Kader—The New Citle adopted by the Sultan of Turkey—The Six Emperors—The Turkish Loan and Its Illegality—Refusal of the Stockbrokers to Ratify the Loan—Enormous In- vestment of £30,000,000—The Arctic Expedition * --The Explovations in Africa, and the American Government—Troops to Cuba—The Condition of Spain—Departure of the Russian and Prussian Aniassadors from Paris, §c. Parliament met, pro forma, on Thursday, the 21st inst., and was then prorogued to the 4th of Novem= ber. Ten memopers, besides the Lord Chancellor, Speaker, and other officials, were present. At the | meeting on the 4th, and for a great length of time after, very little of political and party interest wilt be transacted, as the affuir ofthe funeral of the Duke | of Wellington, and the orations to be made in praise of him, together with the inquiry into the elections, and the numerous cases of bribory and violence oxercised, will occupy much time. And when thas is all over, it will be some time before Russell and Graham will find a good opportunity to make an onslaught om the ministry, such ag they are dotermined to make, and by which they are confident they will overthrow them. Their confidence, however, is not built on anything solid, and the attempt will certainly not succeed. It is confidently stated that the ministry have resolved to insert in the Queen’s specch, to be | delivered on the 4th proximo, a sentence declaring the permanence of the policy of free trade in wheat, &c. This public avowal of. the abandonment of protection by a protectionist ministry is said to be the required price and guarantee to tho Peelites for them to join the min and no doubt it is ar- ranged they will do so. Thus the t and strong: old sory party, which Sir Robert Poel broke up by his free trade policy, will be united together again in one strong body, and henceforth Englaad will sleep in the arms of despotism. The retrogade oliey will begin, and the English government wild be as absolute as that of Ausiria or Prussia. The proceedings of Louis Napoleon in France attract great attention hore—nothing else is talked of. His triumphant course begins to produce a re- action in the public mind; even the 7'mes moderates its bitterness. It is evident that if he had not acted with cruelty, and a certain savage wantonness, in his use of the military, he would have been quite popular in England. But the blood shed #0 pro- fusely, and the reckless transportations and arrests of citizens in such wholesale numbers, prevents the snecess he has met with from dazzling and cay tivating the popular mind. The release of Abd-el- Kadir has something of the sppearance of duplicity in it, fer it is in fact merely a change of his prison house, as he will be transferred to Turkish eustody, to Broussa, which is the city in which the prisoners of State and disgraced officers of the Turkish govern- ment are confined. Hoe will, no doubt, be more at home, living among Mussulmen, the people of his own faith; but the Sultan has, of course, been en- gaged to hold him fast, and he will only be & prisoner on parole. Two now emperors will now be established in Europe when Louis is dofini- tively crowned, for the Grand Sultan of Turkey has changed his title simultancously with the Grand President of France, and is henceforth to be styled His Majesty the pepe of Turkey, in- stead of being, as heretofore, His Highness of the Sublime Porte. This event ovcurring, with the as- sumption of the imperial title by the French Presi- dent, is singular enough, so that there will be now #x emperors in the world, viz.: the Emperors of Hayti, China, Russia, Austria, France and Turkey. The Turkieh loan, which Rothschild obtained at er cent, met with great favor in London and Paris when it first came out, and the scrip sold rapidly, notwithstanding the known illegality of it by the Turkish laws and Koran, and the 1g nance against it existing in the mind of the Sultan himself, and all the great men of Turkey. But a change has come over the epirits of the stock- brokers since they have found out that both religion and the Suitan aro against the loan aqd al- most refuse to ratify it. Happily for Rothschild, he had got rid efit all, and pocketed his 20 per cent on two millions, before the Christians found out that Turkey was not a Christian country as to money matters, and that they might just as well lend money to the Cherokee Indians. The Turks, it is said, are beginning to call the matter in question, after they have already received one million of the proceeds ) The winistry which effected it has been displaced, and partly, if not entirely, owing to this measure. Turkey is bound to feiteapp as the Koran makes it unlawful to take or pay in- terest; besides the immense sacrifice to the purse of Rothsehild, letting him pay only £80 and calling ita £100, and having to pay back £100 and in- terest upon it; all this alarms the Turks, and it isnot improbabie but that they will pay back what they have received, (without interest,) and have no more to do with the moncy-lenders. How the surplus capital, now so abundant in Europe, and hunting for profitable investment, is partly employ- ed, may be judged of from this fact, viz : that dur- ing the past year thirty millions have beon invest- ed in new projects of companies, railways, banks, mines, &., &c. But the most favored investmonts are in dend peying companies, which will, there- fore, command good prises for their stocks. Reports now and then arrive of the Erebus and other chips of Sir John Franklin’s having been heard of, but are founded either on hoax or mistake. Tho last expedition, which sailed from A berdeenin search of bim last year, having now returned without any trace or tidings, it would be folly to indulge any further hopes. Doubtless ho and hi: followers have met the fate of Sir Hugh Willoughby, which the poet Thompson has so Srephioaly and feolingly deseribed in his Seasons, and but for yhom he an his fate would never more perhaps have been heard of or theught of by posterity. The folly aod inutili- ty of all such expeditions, which the English go- Yernment has been perpetually Sear on for 6 hundreds of yours, ought now to bo fally man- ed. What inthe world is to be found in re- ife: gions barred by eternal ice; or if there were any paesage there, who could make use of it ! The samo may be said of the idle explorations in the interior of Africa, which have resalted in nothing bata waste of life and movey. When governments send out cxpeditionsin search of nothing, and merely for curio- to find, if perchance they should find, what they know nothing of, it is as foolish as the search after the philesopher’s stone. The American government has sent out expeditions, but never as yet on euch vague and conjectural reacarches; of course, it never will but only aims at the real and the useful. 1e affas of Cuba have begun to excite alarm in the Spanish cabinet at Madrid, which is plainly shown by the activity in the war department, and the numerous troops which are being shipped from Spain for that islend from the port ot Santan- der. A new general is said to bave been sent out to take the command of the troops—General Ollogui, by name, whe, it is to be hoped, will ro- trieve the island from the general obloqay which now overshadows it. Spain is evidently determined to fight it out to the last, to maintain this last remnant of her former vast porsesions in America; and, for the present, any hopes of insurrection or liberal movement on the part of tho people are at an end. The internal situation of Spain is repre~ sented as most deploral videncing the insapwity of the government to ish security and order. ‘The provinces of Cordova and Soville, especially, are overrun with organized bands of robbers. The Queen will be obliged to call together the Cortes, and it is expected a decree for this purpose will soon be issued. Tt was thus with Charles [. ; he only called together the parliamont which at last de- throned him, from his own utter insapacity to man~ ege the government. I mentioned in my last that the Russian ambassa- dor had Jeft Paris, [havo now to add that th Prussian ambassador has also left, these powers. being determined to proclaim to the world hereby that they do not actually oppose the new empire, yet they will not syrpathiee with it, nor counte~ nance the proceedings of the President by the sence of their repreeentatives. v. Cawapa Postacn Laws —We are indsbied to Hon, John Sanficld Macdonald, Speaker of the Canadian Portinment, for a copy of the above laws recently passed by that body. pag | its many provisions we no} nited States mitl, which are substance as follows:—The fourth section provides that. the Portmaster-General may, with the approval of the Governor in Council, make any arrangemen’ for all the mails of the United States to be transported at the expense of the American government over any portion of the prévinee from any one point in the territory of the Vnited States to any ether point im tho same territory, upon obtaining the came privilege for the transportation: of the mails of the province through the United States, when required. The fifth section provides that the United States nail ro transported, while ia the provinoe, rhali be deemed to be mail of Hor Majesty xo far as to any violation therecf The eighth section provides that it shall be lawfal for any postmaster to dotain any post letter suspected to fontain any contraband goods or mer- chandize on which duties are, law, payable, and ito forward the fame to tac nearest tor of Her Majes~ ty’s customs, who, in the presonce of the person to the letter je addresred. or in hig absenco, in case he ts prevented from attendance after due notice, to open and Ccomine the same, and in ease such goods are found the- raid letter and contents are to be detained for the par- poke of prosecution, and if no contraband goods are dis- covered the lotter is to be forwarded to its address» Buffale Advertiser. Cor, ¢ M. Grousrd, indicted for Major Jones last June, im Flotide. has been quitted by the eircult court, at Melionville, the killing of tried ac. Florida,