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Wil lias Dixon and James Goodwin, two seamen of the gerously wounding the second mate of that vessel with an axe and handspike, while }ying on the coast of Sicily, in June list. The Crisis of the Administration—Removal of the Cabinet. It is not yet twelve months since Gen. Frank- lin Pierce, of New Hampshige, was elected to the most overwhelming majorities recorded in the political annals of this country since the days of Washington. His nominatien by the Baltimore Convention was as great a surprise Malls for the Pacific. THE NEW YORK WEEKLY HERALD. The United States mail steamship Ohio, will leave this port this afternoon, at two o’e for Aspinwall. The mails for California and other parts of the Pacific, Will olose at one o'clock, ‘The New York Werkty Heracp, California edition, con taining the latest intelligence from all parts of the world, will be published at ten o’clock this morning, Single copies sixpence. Agents will please send in their orders as early as possible. country. He had been one whose political reputation had scarcely extended beyond the tation as he had in the other States of the Union, was certainly calenlated to convey the impres- sion to the public mind that Franklin Pierce, placed on the Presidential chair, would dis- charge the high duties of his office with resolu- tion, vigor. wisdom, credit to himself, and honor to the country whose destinies he swayed. Imbued with this conviction and wearied with the perpetual dissensions arising from the anti-slavery sentiment which had for the past few years distracted both the great political par- ties of the country, and all but worked the dis- solution ot the Union, the citizens of the United States, with unwonted unanimity and enthusi- The News. ‘The New York Whig State Convention—a list of the delegates to which will be found in another eolamn—will be held to day in Syracuse. Our special despatches from that city, duted last evening, state that although the national whigs or “silver greys” ‘were gloomy, and the Sewardites or free soit whigs were very happy, the utmost harmony prevailed,and @zrangements were being made to secure to the former section a vortion of the ticket. The Seward- tee outaumber their rivals by more than two to one. We shal! give the result of their day’s labor to- morrow. asm, greeted and resolved to support the nomi- By telegraph we have received a few returns of | nation ofGen. Pierce. What though he wasa man the election which took place for State officers and | unknown to fame, and though his opponent in the nagar tenalard as rae Sigg a Presidential campaign had written his name high meagre to permit us to form any estimate of the | up in the archives of history, and had won for general result, but appearances indicate that Mr. | himself imperishable renown, and for his coun- Johnson, the democratic nominee for Governor, has try honor and glory, still th liar been elected over Mr. Jenkins, the Union whig can- a, grory: ee Pee @idate. It is also probable that the Legislature will political reasogg why the American people Sie democantic. -hould prefer Franklin Pierce to Winfield Scott. ‘The steamship Crescent City, which arrived from Laying entirely out of view party prejudices Aspinwall last night, brought nearly one million of | 224 party enthusiasm, the different position @ollars in gold dust—forty thousand dollars of which | and sentiment of either on that question on were from Australia, being the first arrival of any | which hung and still hangs the stability and large amount from that country via the Isthmas<f | permanency of the Union was ample reason Panama. _— steamer briogs nothing further from | for this expression of preference. It was a yeni Daman loading catuenaee tat matter of too much notoriety that General portion relative to the difficulty ie the pontine Scott was, if not in favor of abolitionism, at ship captains at Chincha. least but lukewarm in his hostility to it. Not We give to-day some further and quite interesting | © with General Pierce. His political life, and news from the Mexican republic. The French paper | his candid, unhesitating avowal of priaciples, were undoubted guarantees that in him the fim that capital—the Trait d’Union—supplies a speech of Stnta Anna to the army, made on the | opponentsof the country’s peace and welfare eecasion of one of the national anniversaries, of | would meet little of sympathy or encourage- which the Spanish journals make no mention. We | ment. This was the point, before and above give the translation of this speech, which will be | 4)} others, which gained for him the undivided poacipegeorted pied en anny hints inconfirma- | <yonort of the democratic party throughout what we stated yesterday as to Santa Anna’s ‘s eden comp Ct, There are thar tame of i | Sa sauonal deling, who forme large terest in the news. ; enDg, si) Our advices from Barbadoes are to the 23d of Au- | Proportion of the whig party. Thus was gust. Estate holders will be pleased to learn that | General Pierce carried to power with uncxam- the early promise of a good cane crop was still | pled éclat; and the news of his elevation was maintained. The intercolonial intelligence is very | hailed with joy, not only by the American peo- satisfactory. Politics were dall, but agriculture was | ple, but by all lovers of liberty and republi- flourishing. The yellow fever hed disappeared from | canism throughout the world. Antigua, And all this is the record of an era not yet The position of Minister to China is said to be | one year old. And now how changed the aspect ae eas Oita at as aa rae of affairs !— how disappointed the hopes and ex- forney General Cushing is pronounce erroneous. pectations then indulged in ! What a sad and It will be recollected that some months ago the melancholy contrast between November, 1852, United States Deputy Marshal of the Easter District | ®24 October, 1853. Then the democratic party of Pennsylvania, with his aids, proceeded to Wilkes: | —the party of progress—presented a picture of barre for the purpose of arresting a fagitive slave be- | unity and solidity. To-day it is broken into Jonging to a gentleman of Virginia, but, being ) fragments, disunited, and consequently power- violently assailed by a number of the inhabitants of | ess. In this State of New York—the Em- that neighborhood, the officers were compelled to! ire State, which to a great extent influences return to Philadelphia without accomplishing their | he whole country, North and South—the de- object. The Marshal wrote to:the Secretary of the | rocraey presents the most deplorable aspect. Interior upon the subject, and the reply of the latter Divided into two or three or more rival factions, waging against each other the most implacable will be found in a despatch from our special Wash- ington correspondent. Mr. McClelland declares that, ‘ r #0 far as depends upon his department, the law shall hostility, the democratic party not only de- be executed in good faith, and that the officers em- | grades itself in the eyes of all who have the ployed in carrying it into effect shall be sustained. | love of the country at heart, but it virtually ‘This prompt action will meet the full approbation of | pandons the field to the whig party, which was ~ Lara doerel have the laws of the land main- | heretofore deemed and declared, to all intents aaienely oe hingt and purposes, utterly and irretrievably pros- - tour of ete fe various prepare Lh trated. But now that the victors have disputed South. Secretary Marcy is at present quartered at | ®out the spoils, and, forgetting the common enemy, have turned their arms against them- the Metropolitan Hotel in this city. them- ‘The inhabitants of Sussex county, N. J., will cele- | selves, the foe have readily perceived their ad- Drate to-day, the centennial anniversary of the or- | vantage, and availed themselves of it, with of their county, in Newton. what success the approaching election will but Antioch College, at Tellou Springs, Ohio, will be | too clearly and fatally demonstrate. Gedicated today, and the Hon. Horace Mann will be What is true of the democratic party of New inaugurated 98 vee Mr. Mann will also de- | york is no less true of it throughout the States fiver the Scat Ainaeer: over Lake Brie yester generally; and present appearances but too pacar t truly indicate that in the elections now about eens eee ee oe. to come off in the several States the whi quence. Those who were out in the storm report | '° © a gs that they suffered dreadfully. One wreck was seen | Will once more obtain the ascendancy. The near the Canada shore, with two or three men inevitable result of this condition of things in clinging to her masts; and although their screams the democratic party throughout the country were distinctly heard above the roar of the tempest. is to resuscitate the whig party in its most all attempts to rescue them in the early part of the | dangerous and odious form—that is, in its de- Gay proved abortive. A steamer and surfboats had, | yotion to the interests, views and policy, of William H. Seward. Once more the country however, gone to their retief. Owing probably to the fact that the stock of | i) be, under his ominous influenee, distracted ee ae otcg eames pion by the agitation of anti-slavery and abolition Ae chord en ee Rags 4 sentiments, and the seeds of disunion will again ones ‘tay Lone a us ee echt be sown broadcast throughout the land. Whence comes this altered condition of af- How is it that the democratic party, pews, till towards the close of the day, when they Thea pecaime somewhat easier. Since the arrival of the fairs | ast three steamers from Europe fiour has advanced | flour 26,000 bbis. were destined for the port ot Havre | alone. The quantity of flour shipped from this city | to Great Britain and Iveland during the last week amounted to 69,455 bbls. And yet, notwithstanding this immense efflux, the amount of breadstuffs still pouring in from the West, and over the railroads, a8 rivers, Jakes, and canals, warrant the belief that the BURTON’S THEATRE, Chambers street—Twxtrre | supply will be ound fully equa] to the demand, and prevent prices from reaching much if any higher The regular monthly meeting of the New York Historical Society was held Jast night in the Univer- sity, Hon. Luther Bradish presiding. Resolutions expressive of the regret of the Society at the recent decease of three of its members—Judge Jones, Gen. Tallmadge, and Mr. Jacob B. Moore, father ot the present Librarian, were adopted. A report of the It is announced that the Fair will be honored with the presence of the Hon. Ed- Judge Lynch, late Justice of the Marine Coart, ex- pired on Monday, and hia successors adjourned the proceedings before them yesterday im honor of their late professional brother. Judge Nelson delivered another discussion in admiralty, and the United States District Court, before Judge Betts, was ad- journed, no cause being ready. Tue two trial branch- es of the Superior Court, and the second part of the Common Pleas, were also adjourned for the same reason. The first part of the C»mmon Pleas is stili occupied with the libel case of Keeler against Church. The Supreme Court General Term was of W. W. Chester and others against the Kingston ship Francis, were partly examined before Mr. Com- missioner Nelson on a charge of assaulting and dan- the Presidency of the United States by one of. to himself as it was to the party and to the limits of his own Granite Stute. But such repu- wh'ch not a year ago utterly annihilated all | opposition. is now to be seen in the pitiful | plight which it presenta? The answer to the question is plain and obv'ous to the dullest mind. The cause is attributable and easily traced to the unwise policy of the President, in overlooking those whose consistent aad patriot- ic devotion to the Union and constitution ele- vated him to power, and entitled them to consideration in the distribution of offices, and in bestowing places and honors on the men whose principles would, if in the ascendency, eventuate in demolishing the glorious fabric of Union bequeathed to us by our tathers. There is the reek on which President Pierce’s popu- larity and the existence of the democratic par- ty has foundered. No one, we are sure, more than General Pierce, deplores the split in the democratic party and the generally inauspicious appear- ance of the political horizon. We give him credit for the possession of those virtues which most ennoble his distinguished position. His patriotism, republicanism, and devotion to the constitution, are above suspicion or doubt. He has given many and satisfactory proofs of them in the battle field and in the foram. Neverthe- less, he has erred, erred deeply, perhaps fatally, not through design, but through inadver- tence, and through listening to improper ad- vice. He alone is responsible for the breaking tion of the whig, with all its dangerous and odious Seward tendencies. The country which elevated him to be its ruler, and to direct its progress in all the ways of national and ma- terial prosperity, will hold him accountable for the fatal use he has made of his position in ruining the popular party, and, consequently, retarding the nation in its career of greatness. It is a serious responsibility this, and we have no doubt but General Pierce so feels it. Let him. however, listen to the dictates of his own in- ternal convictions, and to the voice of the peo- ple—of which the Hxratp is the interpreter— and if he cannot retrieve the evil already com- mitted he may at least stop the spread of dis- affection which his acts have sown in the demo- cratic party. General Pierce’s first and great fault, the fault from which originated all his subsequent errors, was committed in the unwise selections which he made of persons to form his Cabinet. He had the misfortune to surround himself with cabinet ministers whose political opinions were utterly in dissonance with each other, and who knew very little either of the duties of their new position, the character of the country, or the tendencies of the popular sentiment of the American people. Acting implicitly upon their inauspicious advice, and ignoring his own intui- tive perception of right, he committed the egre- gious blunder of distributing the public offices under his patronage to men whose political an- tecedents were inimical to the Union party, to which he owed bis election, overlooking men in the democratic ranks who had a right to expect favor from him. We would suppose, indeed, looking at the appointments made, that it had become the special duty of the Cabinet, in the recent distribution of public patronage, to advise the President to reward more es- pecially those who had united with the abolition movement and advocated anti- slavery sentiments during the year that intervened between 1847 and 1850. One would suppose that the men who supported the principles enunciated at Buffalo in 1848, and who stood side by side with the Garrisonians and abolitionists in that conflict in favor of Martin Van Buren, had been selected as the principal favorites to receive trom the Presi- dent, under the advice of his Cabinet, the pub- lic offices in his gift. Persevering in this de- mented course of action, President Pierce has succeeded in estranging sections of the party from the support of his administration, and, as a natural consequence, in disorganizing and disrupting it—still more, the tendencies of this foolish internal policy are to undermine and weaken the Union sentiment of the country. If General Pierce would ward off the final catastrophe—if he would preserve the demo- cratic party from extinction—if he would pre- vent the resuscitation of the whig party, with all its baneful abolition influences—if, in fine, he would maintain his own character for firm- ness and patriotism, his only hope to do so. lies in the immediate dismissal of his Cabinet Such a coup d'etat would be hailed by the country as an incontrovertible evidence of the President’s qualification for the high office to which he has been elevated, and would justify the confidence then re- posed in him. The enemies of the Union at home and abroad regard with great glee the present involved and unhappy condition of political affairs, and see in it the presage of that event whieh is the semmum Lonum of their desires. They consider it, not without reason, as the prognostic of a social and political revo- lution in this country which is to end in the dissolution of the Union and the destruction of the prestige attached to this glorious republic. Let Gen. Pierce, therefore, disappoint these hos- tile wishes and expectations by astroke of po- licy which the state of affairs imperatively de- mands, and for which the country will honor him. Let him act as would have acted, under similar circumstances, Jackson, Jefferson, or the sainted Washington—not with that imhecility which has characterized our more recent execu- tives. His reputation is at stake, his character is vibrating in the balance, and on his prompt action will depend whether his public career as President of the United States is to. be cele- brated for undaunted courage of the highest kind or for political imbecility of the lowest stamp. We trast and expect he will choose the nobler path, and entitle himself to the gratitude of the nation and to the admiration of pos- terity. Serruement or THE Koszra Arrair.—A let- ter from Vienna received by the America, and directed to a gentleman in this city, contains the following interesting information :—The Austrian government has given its consent to the liberation of Koszta, with the understanding that he should be immediately put on board an American vessel and go directly to the United States. It was known that Mr. Marsh had pro- posed an arrangement of that kind to Baron Bruck, and the Austrian government is said to have given its consent, partly because it re- lieves the French Consul General from the dis- agreeable engagement to keep Koszta, which he had undertaken for the purpose of saving the city of Smyrna and the shipping in the harbor from immediate destruction. The Aus- trian government, in consenting to this ar- rangement, has expressly reserved its right in case Koezta should return to Turkey, and also considers him still an Austrian subject as long as he shall not be divested of his native na- tionality in a regular and lawful way. up of the democratic party and the resuscita- | Meeting of the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church. This imposing assemblage, of about thirty prelates atid between two and three hundred presbyters and eminent laymen, from all parts of the country, will meet at ten o’clock tyjs morning. in Trinity church. An English pre- late, the Right Reverend Doctor Spencer. late Bishop of Madras, will be present, together with the venerable John Sinclair, Archdeacon of Middlesex, the Reverend Ernest Hawkins, one of the prebendaries of St. Paul’s, London, and the Reverend Henry Caswell, Vicar and Proc- tor, from the diocess of Salisbury. The occa- sion will possess peeuliar interest, and, inde- pendent of the mere rustling of satins and silks, and the vivid reflected colors of the stained glass upon the profusion of bishop’s lawn and priests’ fine linen of the sanctuary. not to men- tion the rival drapery of the bonnet angels which will hover amid the solemnities, the whole scene will be on many accounts attractive and very memorable. It was sixty-six yearsago when the English Bishops consecrated the first Protestant Episco- pal Bishops for America. Until that period the cis-Atlantic members of the Church of Eng- land found themselves here a chureh pe- culiar; and if nota “Church without a Bishop.” certainly achurch with a Bishop three thou- sand miles away. For more than acentury and a half before our Revolutionary war the Epis- copalian churches in the American colonies had been under the spiritual charge of the Lords Bishops of London, These non-resident prelates, however, never once crossed the water tolook after their flocks in the wilderness, to administer to them the rite of confirmation. to consecrate their churches, and to do other acts peculiar to the office of a chief shepherd. The ocean seemed to be a great gulf, fixed so that they who would come to us from thence could not. Yet a desire to receive holy orders induced many American candidates for the ministry to encounter the perils of the deep, and go to the mother country for ordination, when these perils by water, as records prove, occasioned the loss of one- fifth of their number; for then the sloops and other small craft which usually were employed in the synodical acts of the imposing House of Bishops and House ot Deputies that constitute the General Convention that meets to-day. The first Protestant Episcopal Bishops in this country were Dr. Seabury, of Connecticut, in the year 1784, and Drs.White, of Pennsylvania, and Provoost, of New York, in 1787. Dr. Sea- bury was consecrated Bishop at Aberdeen, by three Bishops of the Scottish Church; and Drs. White and Provoost, at Lambeth, by the Arch- bishop of Canterbury, the Archbishop of York, the Bishop of Bath and Wells, and the Bishop of Peterborough. Three years after Dr. Madi- son, of Virginia, was consecrated, at Lambeth, by the Archbishop of Canterbury and two other English prelates. These church events created at the time a powerful sensation both in Eng- land and in the colonies. Tney were the first stars that cheered a dreary night, and they realised hopes that had been cherished for more than a century by British sovereigns and by some of the most illustrious prelates and other memnters of the Church of England. It is well known that not only did King Charles the Second, in 1673, purpose to send a Bishop to our colonies, but that Dr. Alexan- der Murray was nominated to this office, and would have been consecrated had not the dissolu- tion of the King’s beloved Cabal, and the troubles connected with the so-called Popish Plot for the assassination of the King, frustrated his American schemes. The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel expressed, as early as the year 1703—a hundred and fifty years ago— the wishes of the colonies to be supplied with a Suffragan to visit their churches, ordain some, confirm others, and bless all. The soci- ety actually purchased soon after, at Burling- ton, N. J., a seat for the residence of the pro- posed Bishop. But for the too early death of good Queen Anne, who was very favorable to the measure, it would have been accomplished in her reign. George the First, also, would have accomplished it but for the civil turmoil that threatened to deprive him of his crown. Bishop Secker, Bishop Burnet, and Bishop Sherlock, each in turn urged its vast importance. In this country the subject roused toa fierce conflict churchmen on the one side and prelate- haters on the other, and there was tor a time a terrible beating of drums ecclesiastic. Asa proof that systems of faith do not always run in the blood and follow the line of pedigree, Doctor Mayhew, the son of thunder and chief champion of Congregationalism at Boston, who assailed Secker, and Apthorpe, and Johnson, and Caner, then was the direct progenitor from whom our New York Provincial Bishop, Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright, has derived one of his baptismals. Our late Bishop Hobart, too, as is thought by his friends, set the balance of the sanctuary right by putting the weight of his influence against that of his forefather, Peter Hobart, of Hingham, Massachusetts, who was accustomed in his day to make the pre- latical scale of the balance kick the beam, The whole number of Bishops consecrated for the American Protestant Episcopal Church, besides the first four consecrated abroad, have been fifty-two, all consecrated in America. Twenty-two of the whole number, fifty-six, have deceased ; one, Bishop Ives, of North Carolina, has gone over to the Church of Rome; two are suspended from office; one, Bishop Southgate, formerly Missionary Bishop in the dependencies of the Sultan of Turkey, is now a parish clergy- man at Boston; and there are thirty at the. present time exercising episcopal functions. Many inveterate prejudices, and not a little opposition, have retarded, from time to time, the progress of the Protestant Episcopal Church in our country. But its growth has been re- markable. Fifty-five years ago, in 1798, in all the States north of Maryland there were but ninety Protestant Episcopal clergymen; in New York twenty, andin Pennsylvania seven- teen. Now there are numbered more than thirty diocesses. There is a Protestant Episcopal Mis- sionary Bishop in China, and one in Western Africa. In Connecticut there are more than a hundred clergymen ; and in Pennsylvania, 150 ; in Virginia, 120; in Maryland, 120 ; in Western New York, 130; and in the New York diocess, composed of the thirty-one eastern counties of this State, 300 clergymen. The whole number of Protestant Wpiscopal clergymen in the Uni- ted States is rapidly approaching 2,000. Among the usual proceedings of a General Conventiou‘are reports upon the state of the Church, that exhibit a full view of its progress and condition every three years, for these Gene- to convey these poor students of theology vere as different trom a commodious and expeditious modern packet or steamer as the ecclesiastical small things of that day were from the large views and important operations that will appear ral Conventions are held triennially, and they usually assemble at Philadelphia or New York. The last was held at Cincinnati. The Bishops constitute one body, called the House of Bishops, which always sits with closed doors. Clerical and lay representatives of each of the diocesses constitute another body. called the House of Deputies. These two bodies, like our Senate and House of Representatives, de- liberate apart from each other; but the consent of each is required to every synodical decree or act. The nature of the General Convention’s doings is purely legislative. All judicial fanc- tions are vested in the Bishops, as the Bench of Judges. In their house the senior Bishop is the presiding officer. A clergyman, chosen by bal- lot, presides in the House of Deputies. The number of deputies from a diocess cannot ex- ceed four clerical and four lay. These laymen are, for the most part, men of prominence and talent, who fill the highest offices in our gene- ral and State governments—members of the cabinet, Senators. members of Congress, goy- ernors. judges, and other magnates. The Mother Church may well look with pride and joy upon such an ecclesiastical daughter in the New World, with her family of already more Bishops thas those who have charge of all the flocks in England and Wales, where there are at present but twenty-eight, including the two Archbishops. In Ireland there are but twelve, in Scotland eight, and in all the British co- lonies together twenty-nine. The recent deputation of American bishops and clergy to take party in the concluding exer- cises of the jubilee year of the Society ror the Propagation of the Gospel has led, it appears, toa suitable return of kind sympathy. And the society is now represented here by Bishop Spencer and the Archdeacon, the Prebend, and the Vicar by whom he is accompanied. These excellent men are deservedly receiving many marks of high consideration, and are assigned prominent parts in the services of the present season. Such shaking hands with men from across the deep is certainly a good omen. And we have no doubt that the Mother Church will ever find it to be, for many reasons, advantage- ous to all concerned, as it must naturally be pleasing to her to perpetuate and consecrate this union and good feeling, whichis causing so many curious spectators and contemplative be- holders*to exclaim to-day— See how these Christians love one another.” Carrain Grnson ann THE Dutcn GovERN- MENT.—We have just received the following let- tersin relation to the pending difficulty between the Dutch government and Mr.Walter M. Gibson, of whose imprisonment and outrageous treat- ment by the Dutch authorities in Batavia a full account was published in the Heratp abouta month ago:— DerarTMent OF Srare, WasuincTon, Sept., 12, 1853. 8rr—Mr. Walter M. Gibson has made a complaint to this Department of ill-treatment of him on the gh of the Sheers oe ot the,Dutch government the island of Java. He desires the Department to act upon his statement of facts, and demand satis- faction of the ftovernment of Holland. Ihave received letters stating that Mr. Gibson is totally unworthy the protection of the government, and that his statements cannot be relied upon. You, among many others,*are named as having had business relations with him, and I desire to know what your opinion is of his (Gibson’s) character, and the reasons, if possible, for your opinion. [ am, sir, very truly, your obd't serv’t, W. L. Marcy, Jno. D. McGregor, 159 Broadway, N. Y. REPLY New York, Sept. 20, 1853. To Hon. W. L. Marcy, Secretary of State :— Sim—Yours of the’l2th instant, asking for informa- tion as to the character. of Walter M. Gibson, wh» cognplains of ill-treatment by representatives of the Dutch government at Java, was received Meee After much consideration and some inquiry, I think I can safely say that I have never known any person of that name. It may be proper for me to state that there is a lawyer in this city, named Pa’ rick McGregor, who may have had dealings with Mr. Gibson. Iregret that Iam unable to furnish the informa- tion desired, as it would be a source of high gratifica- tion to me to aid the State Department in its pa- triotic labors in seeking reparation for whatever of injury or insult may have been suffered in the case in question, and of removing the erroneous impression of those who Suppose that any American citizen can be regarded as ‘ lly unworthy the protection of of the government.” 3 Most respectfally and truly, your obd’t serv’t, No. D. McGregor. This correspondence is both curious and in- teresting, and the letter of the Secretary of State is particularly remarkable for its brevity. compared with the long and elaborate docu- ment on the Kozsta affair by the same author. Instead, however, of being addressed to the Dutch government, demanding reparation for what the Secretary of State wouid in another case call “an atrocious outrage upon a person invested with the nationality of the United States,” it is written toa private American citizen, asking for information in relation to Mr. Gibson’s character—in other words, Mr. Marcy desires to know “if he is a moral man” before he can think of ex- tending over him the protection of the gov- ernment. Both letters are somewhat different from the style of diplomatic correspondence; but they have at least, what is rarely to be found in State papers, the “virtue of sincerity.” Hereafter, we presume, it will be necessary for an American citizen to be in good standing in the community, attend church, and pay all his debts, before he can claim the protection of our government when his rights are vio'ated, his property destroyed, and his person subjected to along imprisonment in a loathsome dungeon. Will the Secretary of State read the President’s inaugural and tell us what it means? Tur Rac Pickers or New Yorx.—We pub- lish to-day an account of the chiffonniers of New York and of the rag trade, which will be found interesting to our readers. A perusal of the article will lead those who have formed an er- roneous impreesion of the business from the re- pulsive character of some of its features to change their opinion. That the rag trade is in- dispensable to the great business world is proved by the immense consumption of paper in our establishment alone. We have shown that, to supply the paper used in the printing of the Heratp, over three million pounds of rags are required every year, the cost ot which at an average of five cents a pound, is about one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. When we consider the importance of the rag trade in relation to the interests of all de- partments of business, we will be less likely to think meanly of even the poorest of those em- ployed in it. In this account of the chiffonniers of our city it has been our object to give. not only a de- scription of the manner in which the trade is conducted, but to enlighten the public upon the social condition of the rag pickers as a class. Todo this thoroughly and completely, we have visited them in their houses, conversed with them, and made investigations into the va- rious phases of the peculiar occupation in which they are employed. John Beiler, a German, will suffer death by hang: ing today, in Buffalo, for the murder of Bartley Meyer, unless an application fora new trial has been granted. “¢loaks in New York is now on show at BAR Marine Affairs. ‘Tae Briorey Sreaan Haysa, for Bremen, did not from the lower bay until Tuesday morning. ‘THE Sreamssur Arnica leaves abmoon, to-day, for Livers pool, with about ninety passepgers, and between $700,009 and $800,000 in specie. Yet.ow Frver on Boa: mut, Capt. Hubbard, ari ur SHAwatcT.—The ship Shaves ‘a at Liverpool on the 13th ula from New Orleans, When'two days ont from the bar, the captain was taken sick with the yellow fever, and was ume able to resume his duty for seven days. Had at one time fourteen seamen sick with the fever, five of whom died ow the passage. Court Calendar—This Day. Usrrep Staves Disraicr Covxt.—Nos. 16, 22 to 30, Scpneme Court—General Ter Nos. 10, 11, 20 to 32, Supreate Covrt—Circuit.—Nos. 207 to 214, 214 to 223, eas—Part First.—Same as yesterday, Par® ‘08. 691 to 524, 600, 605, 606, 603, 613, Bie, 618, 23. Stexiion Covrt—(Two Branches.)—Nos. 24, 41, 42, 46 47, 51, 64, 55, 66, 57, 59, 63, 64, 65, 69, 70, 71, 74, 73, Ty 76, 77, 78) 81, 82) 85 to 97, 99 to 105, 107, 108,'116, The Directors of the Association for the Bx hibition of the Industry of all Nations give notice that th@ exhibition is now open to the public in all its branches. Some changes and additions will hereafter, (vom time +a time, be made, but in its gront departments of raw produce, manufactured articles, machinery, and fine arts, the exhible tion may be now pronounced complete, ‘The Directors, in making this announcement, take pleasur@ 4m Saying that, in all ite branches, it is by far the oes coms Prehensive and attractive that ‘has ever eon made in thi ‘country, and thoy believe it will compare favorably with ang ever mate, a ccelaa pak nak iny of foreign art, and the the Old World, is altogether superior collected in this country, while the mechanioal skill, and the industrial ¢ have never before bean, made 40 appa ‘The enterpriso and the talunt of over 5,000 exhibitors hav@) Produced this array of the most beautiful and usefnl produet@ of human intel ce, and the Direotors now ‘carnealy invite thelr fellow citizens ‘to embrace the present opportunity te ¢ of which aver baa qxamino and to stndy @ colloctivn, the offered to thelr observations’ “i Nov IB mARY yosre The exhibition will clove iu the month of December next, : RECTORS. Mortimer Livingston. Philip Burrowes. Alfred Pell. Johnston Livingston, August Belmont, Charles W, Foster. Alex. Hamilton, Jr. Theod a Geo. L. Sehuyler, mm We dione bert J. Anderson, William Whet lenry R. Dunham, ‘ohm Dunham. W. C. H. Waddell, William Kent. Jacob A. Westervelt, Watts Sherman. James A. Hamilton, Edmonds, Samuel Nicholson, J. J. Roosevelt, THEODORE SEDG@ Gnas. B, Annunsom, Treasurer. TY ee Lavan C. Sruanr, Acting Secretary. Office of the General Superintendent, Crys tal Palace, New York, Sept, 1% prt oan ie jotice is here! ven tha Ore a Lo to exhi- pibin this busdlug, whether forelsn: or domeetio, easy tal granted. J. M, BATCHELDER, Secretary of the Superintendents, xreotypes made only af Crayon \y ROOTS Gallery, No. 363 Broadway. Process patented, Rooms easy of acce: 25 Cent Daguerreotypes.—Carden & Co.5 208 Broadway, aro still king 30) oF 400 of their cheap pie- ry or not. But ours a ure to the small sum is cheerfully paid by the admiring daily throng the rooms, CARDEN-& CO. Anson’s Daguerreotypes, Large Size, for fifty cents.—They are colured, and in » nice case twice the size of any in the ity for hity cents, and warranted equal im quality and size to those that cost $2 and $3 elsewhere. member ANSON’S, 589 Broadway. The National Police Gazette of this week) will contain a full report of the trial, conviction, and sens| tence of Joseph H. Wagstaff, tozether with a likeness of Dos| Carlos de Castro alias Valencia, and an acco dations throughout the United States. In addition to a largg| amount of foreign and dom inal matters, the pro=| ceedings before the Commissioners of Police will also be foung| in the Gazette, and their decisions in a large number of come plaints made against members of the police department. For sale everywhere. Ready on Thursday morning. Job and Card Printing.—Gordon, Printer, 84 Nassau street. Cards, circulars, billheada, notes, &c., &c9) neatly and speedily exec Cards—cards—cards, Cheap est and fastest card establishment in the city. Wholesale Hat and Cap Establishment.-< The undersigned has on hand a large stock of hats, caps, furs, and buffalo robes, which he will sell by the caso, dozen, ov otherwise, at very low prices, for cash. Country merchanta| would do well to call. . He ATKINS, Greenwioh street, noar Vesey. Rafferty & Leask ‘all Style of Gentle« men’s hats have had a very large sale already, and, as long 3, they wld likeness of 80 be: 1 and el $8 and continue to have a great e daguerreotype each customer, which is in his hat without additiona§ charge, is a great con: e in indicating one’s own hate No. 57 Chatham stree Chambers, and on the corneg’ of Chatham and Hat Finishers W: BEEBE & CO'S., 156 Broadway. Rome was not Built in a Day !-—Nor was the magnificent marble s 22 Naseau, where may for gentlemen's wear, vere,” at very low pri SMITH BROTHERS. Rich and Fi Assortiment.—A LF! have now open for assortment of well made garments, suitable for fall sud wine er wear, and embracing ull sizes, for gentlemet 1. No deviation from marked prices. Cs etme 1853-54 Buyers of Fine Goods who wish| to be served well and cheap—G way, second floor, strictly, prol upon saving his custo: ply having their wants atte: POintment, Clothing of the Best Quality and Style for the fall and winter trade, also a very superior stock of loth cageimeres, and vestings, always on Land, st HENRY L. FOS’ 'S we tl 1. FOSTER’S well known clothing establishment, No. 2 Mourning Goods.—Bartholomew & Weed have just opened one case of elegant barpours, an entirol new and desirable article. Purchasers of black goods w find this new material, far superior for deep mouraing tolany other now in use. New mourni 591 Broadway, be- tween the St. Nicholas and MM tele. Mourning Bonnets and Cloaks.—The Best and most extensive assortment of mourning bonnete wu \ HOLOME WEED'S store, 001 Broadway. Also, a well solectod stock of dress goods, consisting of every article dosirablo for full og slight mourning. | Please mark the name aud number—Bare olomew & Weed’s new mourning store, S51. Broadway, bee tween the St. Nicholus and Motropolitun Hotels, ss"? ° Lay ¥ 1 Rivbons! Rib- bonsl—R.Q. MCKENZIE, 4/1, Hudson strvct, bas on an offering at prices oxtromaely low, a splendid assortmn Of the above goods, to which he invites youe attention, Undershirts and Drawers-o—h. Large Aso gortment of every desirable atyle, all sizes ind qualitios, wil’ be constantly ready at IRA PEREGO & SON'S, 61 Nassaw street, wholesale and retail. Goods sent to any part of the city or Brooklyn. Elegant Furnishing Goods for Gentlemen, Particularly undershirts and drawers, can be found at A. Le WYATT & CO.'S “depot,”” 150g Fulton street, near Broad> way. Every article in the line at importer’s pi ‘The best, assortment of gloves in the United States The Emporium and the Palace.—No one who comes to New York to behold the wonders of the Crystal Palace should leave without visiting that resort of pleasures TUTTLE'S Curiosity Shop, at No. #4 Brondway. Thore are many curious and wonderiul goma of art to be seen at the emporium, Portable Toilet Cases.—The compac' perfect ntility of t and articles render them indispensable companions to off the army and na business or pleasu from home. Fo DERS, No. 7 Astor House, and 357 Broadw: Comb Factory.—The newest styles of La~ die’s combs, in tortoise shell and buifalo horn. ‘The varioty ia beyond all doubt, the largest in the city. Shell combs mada to order and repaired, ERS, 387 Broadway, between Walker and Fancy Cutlery, embracing a large variety of sportemen’s, pen, and pocket knives of the moet rare and benutiful pact also an assortment of toilet cutlery. SAUNDEKS. Astor House, and 3S7 Broadway, between, Walker and streets. Ad White streets, Leaner Pianos.—An Extensive As. t, at great bargaii 1, re) found: at the'warerooms of HORACE WATERS, Noo 9 way, the xrest piano and musio «tablishment, A Pianoforte Wanted.—A Secondhand piano, of T. Gilbert & Co.’s make. None other need apply. Address 8, J., Herald office, Rare Opportunity.—A Superb Piano, mado for use by ® journeyman piano maker, but circum pelling, it Will be disposed of at a great deduction. By the kinduess of Mr, Weber, it can be seen at 103 West Broadway. JOSEPH TREN Y. ‘The Best Pianos in the World.—T. Gilbert 4 Co.'s pianos, with iron frames and circular scales, are ao- Knowledged to be the best; they defy compstition fn tone, quality, and price. A larg ent at HORACR WA: , 883 Broadway, the so Melodeons.—S. D. & H. W. Smith’s Cele~ peated melodeons are tuned in the equal temperament, ‘The re the only m na jus ona: biy the bests "HORACE WATE Broadway, sole agents 'The Great Song of the Day.—' Little Katy, or Hot Corn,” by J. Simmonds. ‘This song from the first day of publication has been gencral favorite. 4,00) copies bees sold in four weeks, Publis! HORACE WATERS, 883 Brosdway. New Songs.—“ Give me a Kiss.” Wordsby James Simmonds; m ‘Thomas Baker. ‘ Guardian Spirits.” By and composer, Just published by HORACE V roadway, Quadrille, Paul and Vir- Prima’ Donna song, Blue antic gallop, Rove de Mag popular pieces, rowdway. publish for sale at ait & “Lounsberry, Rich Caxpetings.- 448 Poorl street, are now pr to exhibit their fall styles, somprisiag & complete ana fot, tn 'y, Lrussels, three ply, Ragiish ond {ug to tho trade; all of whic ahallenge competition, Carpetings.—Peterson & Hamphrey, 379 Brondvay, have received and re now opening their fall Hiyles of sich and elegant carpctings, importot oxprosaly fox Slay trade, consisting of rich “!ouraleo” oarpst, (in one en- tire carpet, medaliloh center nse Ing any carpet ever in this country, medailion velvet, mo- quet, Axminster, tapestry and Brussels carpets, and all ‘of cheaper earpeting wousily found in carpet ofloloths, in grent varicty, for sale om thormoss! rms ‘