The New York Herald Newspaper, October 19, 1853, Page 4

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Agents will please send in Meetr orders as early as possible. ‘The News. Our Washington special despatch states that the letters of Messrs. Bronson and O’Conor elicited uni- versal commendation; and it is believed that Mr. Marcy and Mr. Gutbrie will demand the immediate wemoval of the obnoxious officials, or send in their own resignations. There is good ground for the epinion that the President will feel constrained to adopt the latter alternative. News from the Plains may be found under the telegraphic head. The Indians were numerous, and wery hostile. Gold had been found at the crossing of ‘the Colorado, also silver and copper; a tribe of In- Gans had been met with who used gold bullets for their guns! It was probable that Governor Lane ‘would receive the certificate of election as delegate ‘te Congress from New Mexico, although his oppo- ment—Padre Gallegos—was said to have three hundred majority, some illegality in the voting being ae Episcopal Convention yesterday, the princi- pal topic under consideration was the report of the committee, appointed at the last general convention, to procure and supervise the publication of a stan- dard edition of the Bible. The medium quarto stereo- type edition published at Oxford, England, was recommended as the standard Bible of the Church of England. After some discussion, the subject was sent back to the committee. with instructions to re- port to the next convention. The New Jersey State Temperance Convention met at Trenton yesterday. Resolutions were adopted repudiating the idea of forming a third party, and ‘warmly endorsing Joel Haywood as their candidate for Governor. Mr. H. is the whig candidate. There was a slight advance in stocks yesterday, and a better feeling prevailed. Breadstuffs generally declined, and wheat fell off three to four cents per bushel. There was no change in the price of cotton. Freights continued firm. Buenos Ayres papers to the 20th of August have been received, from which we extract some interest- ing items regarding the social, moral, and political aspect which the coustry presents, after passing through a most fearful crisis of its history. Th intest interprovincial news is also given. Intelligence from Cuba to the 6th instant has been received. Our Havana correspondent details an in- teresting case of a colored American citizen, held in slavery on the island for many years. The cholera had been making fearful ravages at Havana, Matan- zas, and other points. ‘The legal investigation in the case of rape and murder, perpetrated on the person of Catherine ‘Quigley, was commenced at Jamaica, Long Island, yesterday, a full report of which may be found in another column. ‘The United States Circuit Court was occupied all Gay yesterday in the preliminary arrangements for the trial of the parties charged with causing the calamity to the steamboat Henry Clay. At the rising of the Court the case had progressed no further than the empannelling of the jury. ‘The ship Western Empire, from Liverpool for this port, put into Boston yesterday, short of water. ‘The Judiciary Convention of the Free Soil Demo- crate met last night at Tammany Hall, for the pur- pose of nominating a city and county ticket. Pre- viously to balloting, Mr. Cochrane read a letter from Judge Edmonds, declining to be put in nomination ‘unless with the unanimous consent of the conven- tion. Asthe Judge’s late extraordinary behavior does not appear to be palatable with the mass of the unbelievers, his withdrawal was accepted, and Tho- mas W. Clarke nominated as candidate for Judge of the Supreme Court. Judge Edmonds’ letter, with a psverstory observations of Mr. Cochrane, are ven in our reports of the preceedings at Tamman, Hall last night, to which we refer pa readers rd farther information upon the subject. Resolutions, fully endorsing the sentiments of Col: Jector Bronson and District Attorney O'Conor, in the Setters recently published by those gentlemen, were sdopted last night by the Young Mon’s Democratic Union Club. | ‘The oar containing the Qastern mail and Living- | ston & Fargo's express packages, caught fire yester- | | day morsing between Cleveland and Columbus, | Ohio. The mail was entirely destroyed, but a por | tion of the express freight was saved. In the Court of General Sessions yesterday two | men, one named William Mulholland alias Billy Bot- tle, was acquitted of the homicide of the infant daughter of Mary Anne Stephens, and the other, Jobn H. Holt, was als> acquitted of the manslangh- ter of Wallace Parker, whom he killed in selfde- fence, in an affray in one of the Water street dance- ouses some time ago. Inthe latter case thejury found a verdict of “justifiable homicide.” The letter of Mr. John L. O'Sullivan which we | publish today in reply to certain allusions in the | late communication of Mr. C. Edwards Lester to Se- cretary Marcy, we trust will be read by all parties concerned, and that it will be perfectly satisfactory to Mr. Cushing. Of the present plans of the Orde: of the Lone Star we have no information, °° venerable Alexander Campbell is one of the dele- gates. : j ‘The steamship Asia, from Liverpool, is now due, with three days later news. Position of Great Britain in the Turkish * Question—Fate of Turkey. sions on the subject of the present position of Turkey be suffered to go abroad. prehension exists on the point in England. A large portion of the press seems to regard the Aberdven ministry and the Z'imes as the friends and supporters of Ruesia; and our cotemporary and the Cabinet are accordingly denounced for their supposed affinity with the great Northern despot. in language of unmeasured severity. All this is sheer nonsease. Neither Lord Aber- deen nor the Z'imes have any livelier affection ago, when he was threatened with war. Noth- ing that Nicholas has since done has operated to change their views on this subject. Nor has any event occurred since the first crossing of the Pruth which could justify any material modification of the apprehensions which Eng- land then felt. Both she and France still re- gard Russia as their natural foe in the East. England still sees him spreading his power over his Eastern boundary, and gradually approach- ing nearer and nearer to the confines of her Asiatic empire. She still realizes the paramount importance of preserving the control of the route to the East in her own hands. She is still as thoroughly convinced as ever that without a breakwater in the southeast of Europe, the tide of Russian power will soon sweep away all the existing boundaries of Asiatic nations, and that the empire it has cost her two centuries, so many brave men, and so much expense to build up, will be shattered in a singlecampaign. This is her earnest, her only concern in interferingin the Turko-Russian quarrel. Yet she will not stir hand or foot to save Turkey. The reason is simple. Turkey isa decayed effete power, without vitality enough to last another century even in the midst of peace and tranquillity. Her religion is hostile to the developement of a nation’s energies. Her manners and customs are obsolete. Fear and weakness alone restrain her natural tendencies towards the persecution of the Christians. Her form of government is bad; her institutions rot- ten; the public feeling of her people base and depraved. Now, were England aad France boldly to es- pouse the cause of this power against Russia— were they to place the matter in its most favor- able aspect— to check and prevent altogether, by their menacing attitude, the accomplishment of the Russian designs, what prospect is there that they would attain the only end they care about securing—the erection of a breakwater against Russia in the Southeast of Europe? Why. Turkey would require similar interven- tions on her behalf on every case of emergency. Use she could be none; ifshe could not save the Principglities in 1853 she would not be likely to save Egypt in 1856. What would Great Britain have gained ? She would have undertaken the support of a miserable kingdom, which, even with all the powerful aid of the Western Powers, would fall to pieces from sheer rottenness in the course of afew years; and over whose corpse Russia would advance with whetted appetite and | sharpened ambition, to Egypt, Arabia, Persia, and finally Hindostan. No such short sighted policy was hers. To make Turkey worth defending, she must be able to defend herself. Accordingly, England and France are giving her an opportunity of show- ing what she can do, and of what service she might hereafter be to Great Britain, in the event of an attempt on the part of Russia to invade Egypt or Persia. The result can hardly be doubtful. Should fortune, however, by some unaccountable turn of its wheel, favor Turkey—should the Russians be worsted in one or two conflicts—should the | Turks contrive. by courage and skill, not to drive the foe out of the Principalities, but only tohold that which they can now call their own —there can be no earthly reason for doubting that England and France would forthwith enter into a solemn alliance defensive and offen- sive with the Porte. The Sultan might then safely rely on the firm friendship and material assistance of the Western Powers; for such a bond would be clearly as much for their inter- est as for his. On the other hand—and this is obviously the most probable issue of the diffi- culty—should Russia succeed in her ambitious designs, cross the Danube, as she crossed the Prath, and pour her legions over the plains which lie to the north of Constantinople, it is equally obvious that neither England nor France would commit the gaucherie of es- pousing the fallen fortunes of the Porte. Keenly alive to the inequality of an alliance, all the advantage of which would be on the side of the moribund power, and all the loses on theirs— they would let Turkey die. Not a hand would they stir to save the Ottoman Power. But, so soon as the victorious armies of Nicho- las advanced to within a few score miles of Constantinople, they would probably shake off their semblance of apathy. Then—and not till then—would Russia be formally apprized of the designs of the maritime nations—designs to be enforced with all the power and might of civilized Europe. Thus far, would then say Great Britain, may Russia go; but no farther. Neither Constantinople nor any other point com- manding the key to the Mediterranean and the route to India shall she possess. It would then be a question for the Czar whether it were more prudent for him to meet the other Powers at a conference, and dismem- ber Turkey on such terms as would still leave the important pointe on the coast in their hands, or at least in those of a neutral Christian Power, to be erected by England or France; or, hav- ing once grasped the sword, not to sheathe it un- til the whole of Eastern Europe washis. A prob- lem of no ordinary difficulty. A matter, to Eng- Jand and France, of life and death; to Russia, of The American Christian Bible Society commenced | its annual convention at Cincinnati yesterday. The | We must be cautious lest incorrect impres- | Much misap- | for the Czar now than they had some months | such vital consequence to her ambitious designs, that she also can scarcely afford to yield it. It will need more sagacity and good fortune than ; bas usually been allotted to European diplo- | matists, tosolve it by peaceable means, Such a prospect cannot be regarded with in- difference here. Though we should be compara- tively unconcerned in the decision of Turkey’s fate, no crisisin which the peace of all Europe was threatened or disturbed, could be lightly expected here. If it had no other effect, it would | at least divert from us and our concerns the meddling eyes of jealous rivals. We should— amid the clash and turmoil of a European war—be enabled to fulfil pur destiny quietly and in peace; and should that destiny require | the annexation of Cuba and Mexico, we should accomplish the deed without fear of embroiling ourselves with nations already knee-deep in blood at home. | The Cabinet and the People—Cate hing and being Caught—The Difference. The festival of the political Pentecost, insti- tuted at Washington by the Cabinet, to oblige | the people of this country to acknowledge its absolute dominion over them, forces upon usan inquiry into the authority of that Jewish tribu- | nal—those “old clo’” politicians, those pedlers of official wares, who thus proclaim the law as from Sinai, ard visit the Christian democracy of the land with edicts of excommunication. ‘The inquiry is pertinent. Whence comes the right of the half dozen elders of the Syna- gogue at the capital—the great Sanhedrim of modern political worship—to sit in judgment upon the independent mind of this country, and to deal out tokens of approval or dis- approval of individual acts? This is an age of novelties and wonders, of revivals, reformations, and conversions—of re- conciliation, of contentions ended, quarrels set- tled, of peace and of treaties between belli- gerents, and of disputes and strife between friends—of policy and arrangements, of de- pravity, repentance, and amnesties. Surely it is the millenium of the democracy, when all the whig Satans are to surrender, and the Van Burens and Marcys are to reign on earth in peace and good will with the elect of the de- mocratic saints. The law has been proclaimed, and an easy system of atonement established. It is the universalism of politics, under which all are saved, and especially trai- tors, old sinners, and wayward prodigals, for whom feasts have been grdered, and to whom the jewels of the political household have been freely distributed. Joy comes of repentance under the new covenant, and why not? When one’s enemies have surrendered, what need has he of friends? What, pray, is the use of keep- ing up the old forts and arsenals that served us in the revolution? Why build monuments to liberty’s martyrs, or distribute pensions to patriots, when the latter can be manufactured by thousands, even out of enemies, in the twinkling of an eye? Why reward fidelity to the constitution when its bitterest enemies are suddenly taken with a fit of patriotic and al- most frantic devotion to that compact, and threaten to become its only disinterested defen- ders? Why seek for counsel among your ad- herents, however faithful,when your opponents, who have made you all the trouble you have encountered, magnanimously abandon their hostility to you, and condescend to become the very body guard-of your service? But, after all, these are technical questions in the politi- eal ethics of the day, which have been ignored by the great amnesty of the Cabinet—a meagure ef supreme clemency, which, by pardoning its own members first, has let loose upon the coun- try about as precious a set of political malefac- tora as ever escaped from the hands of justice. They are called softs, a designation not alto- gether expressive of their true character, and which therefore should be more definitely traced. It is probably from the Greek word signifying mallords—soft, or mala- chite—a substance which admits of a high polish, and is used for ornamental inlaid cabinet work—for tesselating and mosaic —abit here, and a bit there—an artificial con- | glomerate held together by the cohesive power of public plunder. Desiring to be accurate in designating the Cabinet, and the corporal’s | guard by which it is sustained, we infer that | the word soft] is a vulgarism invented by Gen. Cushing to save the blundering ignorance of some of his unlearned associates; his own career would hardly allow him thus to express his contempt for men who had so suddenly aban- doned the cause they had for years supported, presenting the remarkable coincidence, une- qualled even in the day of Pentecost, of the conversion, at the same hour, of the whole free soil family of this State, from utter abolition- | ism to extreme nationalism. Whatever else may come to pass. it is tolera- bly certain that the old fallows of democracy will be broken up, and prepared for the seed of | Rew cultivators. The dominion of party is gone—irrevocably gone. Its constitution was shattered by the terrible exposures of 1852, and this fact, followed by the shocking bad treatment of the eclectic practitioners at Wash- ington, has put the patient past all hope of re- covery. If it lingers for a year or two more in its present agonies, it will be likely to go out of the world like many other superanuated fogies, remembered more for the trouble it has made than for the good it has done. But what is party in this country? Who looks to its behests now for guidance? Who recognizes its authority to control private judgment? Who deems it necessary to the success of our repub- lican system? Have assaults upon the Consti- tution sprung from the people of the United States? Where have they shown disloyalty? When have they fomented quarrels between one section of the Union and another? Every sign of discord, every fearful question of domestic strife, all sectional enmity and local animosity, has originated with party and party leaders. Justice does not always speak through public functionaries. She entrusts her cause only to those who feel its necessity, and will use its of- fices for the common good. All remarkable advances of the human family in government and business have been directed by men wholly untrammelled by party, who had risen up for the occasion. The establishment of this govern- ment from, and in the very hearts of the people, in defiance not only of the conservative opi- nions of many of the leading men of that day, but also of the greatest power on earth, attests the truth of this remark. It has ever been so with every strong movement having in view the elevation of mankind: in private enter- prizes, in the advance of the sciences and the arts, in the developement of industry, in the promulgation of liberal opinions, these who have borne the heat and the burthen of the day have risen for the occasion, and heen equal to its necessities. They have not been of parties, but of the people. The Franklins, the Clintons the Fultons, the Whitneys, the ten thousand in- ventors of the age; the masses of this country, | and not its parties. have been the moving power that has peopled a continent. and secured to us that stupendous panorama of industry, the like of which is nowherz else to be seen. The Saviour of the world “yas horn and reared in obscurity The infan!, Reformer of Bethlchem—that incar- nation of hyman progress—was not entrusted to Herod and the wise men of his kingdom. The great charter was wrested from John by the Barons of England ; but the beneficial pro- visions of that compact were not intended for the people. It was only in subsequent events that its benefits were realized by them. Not to politicians and parties are we indebted at all for the position we occupy. Inthe hour of dan" ger they are powerless for good, by dividing our allegiance—in the hour of prosperity they do little else than to sow the seeds of discord between rival interests and seetions which otherwise would readily harmonize and agree: How well is this illustrated in the course of the present Cabinet. Before they foisted their nostrums upon the country the people had set- tled down into a quiet conviction that the struggle of 1852 had overwhelmed all the agita- tors and disturbers of our domestic peace. So it really did. Not one man in fifty desired or thought of the resurrection of the Van Burens —not the Van Burens themselves supposed for a moment that they could, so soon, become Ligh priests to minister at the altar of democra- cy. Assoon might Judas have expected the benefits of anamnesty from him whom he be- trayed; as well might Arnold, after his treason, have expected to supplant Washington in the command of the American armies,and in the af- fections of the American people. We have no faith in such miraculous conversions; none what- ver in the regenerating power of the spoils to reform and elevate mankind. By its use the Cabinet has sunken almost beneath contempt; while it has served only to bring out into bolder relief the treachery of those free soilers and aboli. tioniste to whom it has been dispensed. It has proved that fanatics were traitors—that men were not led away by the pardonable impulses of benevolence—but by the cold counsels of treason. What is most wenderful of all is, that the present Cabinet should assume, through its half dozen pensioned organs, to speak for the American people. Having sacrificed their in- terests and installed the worst men of the coun- tryinto their offices, the weakest being in the Executive department—having made ofa de- mocratic triumph a Seward and Van Buren dynasty, the coalition assumes to interpret every man’s duty, and to settle the terms of his political salvation. Whence comes the au- thority for all this presumption? The answer is upon us in advance—it is the triumph of the democracy in the recent elections. We rejoin to the Cabinet that the people have a cause of their own to vindicate—that when they vote it is not tosustain a hanging cluster of political hybrids, just ready to fall from the wrinkled stalk of power. The weakness of the whigs is not the strength of the Cabinet. That party has been abolitionized, and lost. The life it exhibits is but crawling insects, consaming its decaying substance. Assure the people that na- tionalism is to be driven trom the councils of the President—that niggerism is to find a per- manent lodgment. there—that fidelity to the constitution is to be proscribed—that traitors are to be rewarded—that mere politicians and spoilsmen are to rule, and the verdict now ap- plauded will fall upon the recreant Cabinet like the axe upon the neck of the culprit. Tue Toots or THE Free Somers—Tue RvrFiaAN JUBILEE IN THE Parx.—On Satur- day last there wasa jubilee in the Park, ac- companied with lusty cheering, the waving of banners, and the firing of cannon, in glorifica- tion over the release of a convict from the Peni- tentiary. This was a Van Buren freesoil coali- tion party affair, gotten up, we presume, by the demoralized cabal now in occupation of Tammany Hall, and ip brazen defiance of all considerations of decency, law and order. It was the mere overture in rowdyism to what we may expect if this rampant spirit of the ring, taken under the protection of the Van Buren party, is permitted to gain a permanent legal- ized footing in this city. The leaders in this aforesaid jubilee are res- ponsible for the disgraceful: affair; but what care they, if through such allies as pugilists and hired bullies they can accomplish their purposes, push themselves into power by brute torce, and secure the monopoly of the Federal and State plunder? Let this Van Buren free soil coalition succeed. and we may safely count upon such a system of public plundering and private demoralization, as will ia the end leave the canals high ond dry, the commonwealth in bankruptcy, the people overwhelmed with increased taxation, stock jobbing, swindling, -bad debts, and a ruinous depreciation of pro- perty. These are the natural tendencies of the party concerned in this Park jubilee ; for when public celebrations over liberated convicts are held in the open Park, in broad daylight, the question is fairly presented whether we shall hereafter have the laws of the land and the cor- poration for our protection, or an organized band of pugilists, cut-throats, and confirmed desperadoes from Blackwell’s Island. Such are the developements of this Van Buren free soil party, and such the partizan affinities which are conspiring to break down the administra- tion of Gen. Pierce. Democratic Appress—KeeEP uP THE Fine.— The broadsides which yesterday were poured into the Van Buren free soil party and the Guthrie cabinet by Messrs. Bronson and O’Conor, are followed up by the National Demo- cratic General Committee of this city in an ad- dress to the party throughout the State, which we publish this morning. One of the principal points made out in this address, is, that the Van Buren free soil party attempted to harmonize the national branch of the party at Syracuse through the moral sua- sion of a gang of rowdies, and that this out- rageous expedient of bullying was the last feather which broke the camel's back. In other respects the historical review of Mr. O’Conor is fully sustained. Against the Cabinet; the Van Buren free soilers, the rowdies and the spoils, the old line democrats have to contend. They will probably keep up the fire. Awzap or THE SteAMER—The report from Washington that news had been received by our government that the British Cabinet had resolved to sustain Turkey. The steamer next due will probably bring us some information upon that point. WASHINGTON NATIONAL MONUMENT at 9 To cash on hand 403 05 Contributions for Oct. Tih i 99:17 Tote!., ” 96,02 92 Talk on *Change- Breadstuffs were lower, common branda, of State flour having closed at $675. Wheat, also, fell olf Se. a 4c, ver bushel, at which the market was quite active. Corn was also lower. About 800 bales of cotton were sold, with- out change in prices since the previous day The deelice in four and grain was said to be chiefly the result of local causes; one of which was to be found in the recent stringency of the money market; and another, in the difficulty experienced by commission houses in pro- viding for the immediate shipment and storage of the articles as fast as the canal boats came to hand. One large storage firm was full, and was compelled to refuse the receipt of 50,000 or 60,000 bushels of wheat. Another cause was found in high rates of freights, and the diff- culty of leading vessels with despatch. from boats laid alongside of vessels, As fast as they arrived they were very anxious to unload, and retum as soon as possible, as the season was advancing, and good return freights offering Some ships, engaged in loading, had a number of boats engaged to haul alongside and deliver cargo on board, each of which had to wait its turn. . Incase boats were detained beyond a reasoma- ble time, they claimed demurrage, or damages, for deten- tion, which were continually being made. Under the present pressure it was difficult for receivers to either de- liver on shipboard or to get storage for the consignments arriving, on much of which money was due, and had to be raised by sales Hence, under the combined operation of these causes, the market yielded to the extent indi- cated. The dock accommodations for vessels were too limited for the trade of the city, which proved detrimen- tal both to the shipowners and to shippers ef produce, It was difficult for a vessel to obtain a berth in any reasonable time, and it was said that in many cases the harbor masters were much impertuned by shipowners to assign their vessels berths in advance of the usual time. The ship Leuconia, eighteen years old, was sold for $18,000, The letter of Judge Bronson was referred to, and com, mended for the moderation of its tone, yet frauk expres” sionof opinion. The office of collector was one of much importance to merchants; and though at first preferring that some experienced and qualified merchant should have filled the place, they had, so far, met nothing in the business administration of Judge Bronson to condemn. It was hoped that if the Assistant Treasurer’s office be- came vacant—of which there wasa rumor—that come able business man, or solid merchant, might be found to fillit. There were a number of duties connected with the collection of revenue—such as those performed by surveyors, naval efficers, appraisers, &c.—which could be well discharged by qualified merchants. The same might be said of some leading consular stations. Yet, it so happened in the economy of our general government administrations, that nearly all these offices were usually filled by persons of one profession. CHALLENGE To Ficnt a Dvxt.—In consequence of some severe remarks which appeared in the Chicago Zribune, in regard to the fact that Capt. Bigelow had conveyed Bishop Hughes and the Pope’s nuneio, M. Bedina, around the Lakes in the United States steamer Michigan, some time since, Capt. B. sent his Lieutenant to the editor of the Tribune to demand a retraction of the opprobious epithets, or to meet the Captain either in Canada or seme other State,in order to evade the laws of Michigan, and give him such satisfaction as is recognized by gentlemen of honor. Of course, the editor would not consent to fight, whereupon Capt. Bigelow threatened to be revenged upon bim, and thus the affair stood at last accouats, Asny KELLY aND AN Ex-Mayor.—During the delivery of a lecture recently by Abbey Kelley Foster, at Detroit, an indignaat ex-Mayor got up and endeavored to oppose by argument the summary manner in which Abby pro- posed to bring about a dissolution of the Union, but the fair lecturer carried too many guns for her opponent, and he was fairly beat down and carried from the ring. Will the Union be dissolved ? Lame From BuENOs AYRES.—By the arrival of the brig Robert Wing, Capt. Crowell, yesterday morning, we have dates from Buenos Ayres to the 20th of August. Capt. C. reports the country quiet, and produce scarce and high. Scarcrry or Sart at Curacoa.—Capt. Atkinson, of brig Ocean Bird, arrived yesterday from Curacoa, teports salt as very scarce there, and commanding high prices, and at Bonaire there was none to be had. Pusuc Recepnoy 10 Koszta.—It is already proposed in Boston to give Koszta, on his arrival at that port, a pub. lie reception. Marine Affairs. ‘Tue SreamsnrP ARABIA leaves at noon to-day for Liver- pool, with about one hundred passengers. She will also carry out over a million dollars in specie. Rawecrs oF Tue CuotrRa IN AN EmrGrant Sutr.—The jacket ship Havre, arrived yesterday, was boarded On the th inst., in lat. 4142, lon. 58 30, by & boat from ship Sa- gadahoo, ‘(of Bath, Capt L alate, from ottentrs , bound Boston, which fifty-eight passengers by cholera. ‘he ase im roe was very sick, and fourteen passengers in a low state from sickness, Capt. Mulford, ef the Havre, lara the sufferers with some small stores and other necessaries. Personal Intelligence. Capt. Casey, who had been succeeded by Gen. Blake, at ‘Tampa, under the administration of Mr. Fillmore, was in Charleston on the 15th inst.,on his way to resume the tion he so ably and so ereditably led, Capt. C. will resume the Indian agency at Tempa, as suc- cessor of Gen. Blake. Among the passengers by the Atlantio, from Liverpool, was Gen. Robert Halsey, of Ithaca, N. Y., who has re- turned from a tour through Burope. Mr, Wm. Laird, brother of the eminent, Liverpool, iron ship builder; Major Askwith, of the Artil ery: Capt. Spen- cer, of the Army, and Mr. W. A. Barr, bearer of despateh- es, sail for Liverpool to-day in the steamship Arabia. Hon. J. N. Rogers, Tennessee; J. Gordon, Charleston, H. R. Wilson, Baltimore; Judge Lowry, Ohio; Dr. Hewston, Philadelphia E. A. Livingston, Kentucky; J. W. Soot, do. ; H. E. D. Means, Norwich E. Dudly, Richmond; Col. Gar. land, Santa Fe, aud Gen. Van Rensselear, Albany arrived yesterday. at the St. Nicholas. Lewis Gilbert; J. R. McCorkle, Washington; A. Benson, Philadelphia; W. Arnold, Toronto; W.L. Perot, Philadel: phia, and W. Bartholomew, Guilford, arrived’ yesterday at the Prescott. Hon. W. H. Seward, Auburn; James C, Cutter, Washing- ton; Faward E. Johnson, New Orleans; H. W. Newhall, na, Mass.; Alexander * Ely, California; J. W. Staunton, New Orleans; Hon, &. Fort, ermont, Gideon Mayo, Maine, arrived yesterday at the Astor, Colonél Payne, U. 8. Argay;s'udge Chambers, Maryland; Dr. Williams, do.; Hon. Samuel D. Hubbard and lady, Connecticut; Colonel Andrews and two ladies, Washi ton, D.C; br. R. H. Stuart, and family, Va. Hon. W. Clatke, Missouri; Captain S. L. Breese, U. 8. Nav ary Ee X. Collins and family, Rye, arrived yeniciay at Willard’s lote! px Governor David R, Porter, Pennsylvania; ore 8, ree H. P. Colthurst, Jamaica, W. Sverett, Kentucky; Colonel Sentz, British ‘Army; be. W. Badger, Borton;'S. A. Chase, Exq., Fall River; T. Be Knap, Had.» Hartford; “Wiliam Van Rensselaer. ats Westchester, were among the arrivals yesterday a the Necopaliten’ ‘Hotel. ARRIVALS. tom Charleston, in the steamship James Adger—Mrs 7 P ty bal Mrs Hunter, Mrs Baxter, C T McC DD vas ee Shee aa ren, GB Browne, J 1. Moore, Jr, Stewart, G W Coe, O 'V’ Shustiff, WW. Bridge, Rit Chovis, C Coun, A'L Rogers, J Seigling, Mastor R Baxter in the stecrage. Trom Antwerp, im ship Sultana —M Formanoirdelacazcels Antoin Vanderkeroone From Curacen in trix Ocean Bird—Mrs Barrela, child and servant, Wim Vanderhoern, M Faarap, DEPARTURES. In the steamship Roanoke, for Norfolk, epersres) and Richmond—H G Pool, son Deans, George A Rettey, Robert Dickson, B'R' Woodward, FA Dirkee, John Bos: doull, WN Ballard, Mrs Wyne, Mrs Smith, G EC and lady, 8 P C Caldwell and iady, S A Bi Coleman'Williams, EZ D Williams, Mrs Haight, J ‘JJ Haight, Indy and inf infant, Mire Lyd ‘ph Philipe, Jam Naval Intelligence. The sloop of-war St. Louis arrived at Spezzia Sept. 16, after a tedious passage of fifteen days from Messina, She was awaiting the arrival of the U. S. Consul General to Feypt to proceed to Alexandria. Officers as follows:— Commander, L. W. Ingri Gibson; Second Lieutenant, E. G. —_ J pen ca aham; First Lieutenant, A. ’Parrot; Third Lieuten Fourth Lieutenant, J. F Stenson; Sur. Assistant Surgeon, W. F. Cannington; eth B. F, Gallagher; Lieutenant of Marines, J, Greene; Master, J.D, Austin; Passed Midshipmen, R. Chandler, W_Perker, €. B.Smith, D. 1. Braine, B. Gherardi, RW. Mende; Boatewain, A. Hingerty; Carpenter, ithe Poinsett; Sailmaker, R. Rogers; Gunner, M. aed The U. & ship Pale'sailed {rom Beaten on, Monday for the coast of Africa. The following i alist of her oftcers:— mander, Wm. C, Whittle; Lieutenants, J. J. B. Walbach Cornelius Van Alstin, James M. Duncan: Pur- ser, John V. B, Bleecker; Passed Assistant Su: J. O’Connor Barclay; Acting Master, J. M. Bradford: Passed Midshipmen, L. A. Kimberly, E. P. Wililams; Midshipmen, Charles F. Peck, Francis E. Sheppard wain, Zach. Whitmarch; Gunner, Wm. Harcourt; Carpenter, Wm. Bennett; Sailwaker, Joseph R. Smith. J avat, Ovrickns OnpeRxp, DeracHen, FT¢. —The following officers have been ordered” very recently to the Saranac ste bud frig te, now lying at the Norfolk, yard, completing be ni tant, vis: Leutenante, C. Poindexter, Ke ington; Surgeon, John Maul Bareece, jou Thornly; Passed ih de hipmen, Joseph T. Daniels, Thomas ©. Harris, Thom: Young, Chas. E. Thorbarn, Wilson MeGumnegle; tent “Aasintant Engineer, Francis C. Dade. Second do. do., James M. Hobby and Thomas A. Jackson; Third do do., F, W. Manning and John W. Moore. Prof, Wm. Flye has heen ordered to the observatory at Washington, A riot occurred in Baltimore on the 15th inst., during ee Dare officer Cowman was shot in the breast with & pisto), and we ery wounded, About fifty of the rioters were arrested. Shippers to San wednalses, ds Lightfoot, at SE Bier 25 Baee siver, fore Saturdey, * ht te Nils of lnding, for sigaateys, to 8 street, or Messrs. HOW ES & CO. ‘The Great Auction Sale of Lots on ne Uill.—Our readers, who feel an interest im real dstate or wish to buy, must hot forget that the on Hill, overlooking, thy i mo a, and Fi ‘le of 400 lots on Ber- York, takes place rounds. WELL & CO. Avctloneer® Maps, No.3 Naat strvet. Anson’s Daguerreotypes, Large Size, for are colored and in @ nice morosce ease, anted equal in quality and aise t6 lined with velvet, and we Shose which cos! pon ete SON'S, 639 Bronéway, politem Hotel, Gurney’s New Style of Colored Daguerre- otypes.—Particular attention is called to Gurnay’s now style of colored dagucrrootyper—a new feature in the art ree Also, his miniatures and uulne: ty aud Suish of the finest cil paint> at his magnificent daguerreaa onard street. ed persons taken in oil. Cameo Daguerreotypes—Gallery 249 Ful~ ton street, Brovklyn.—Seventy-cight hundred superb, por- faite sineé the opening of sa ia October 20, 1861). arco hin et receipts, fourteen thousan M WILLIAMSON. ~ Specimens can bi a ‘349 Broadway, ‘Williamson’s Cc eco 3 and daguerreotypes by clectricity,—Lustautangous, portraits, s¢- curing the happy expression of the moment, As ® prook of the popularity of these picturos flearly eight thousand have, been taken since Oct, 2), 1601, The rrean Gallery so Easy of Access. in the city is KOUL'S, No. 363 Broadway. Persons who wish to avoid long and tedious journeys up innumerable stairs, will make % note of this. Perfect pictures taken im every style, and in all sorts ef woathor, To Music Clerks.—Wanted, a Young Man his hag a thorough insite. of tae musi business. Apply HORACE WATERS, 333 Broadway. "°N, B—First rate reference requiced. Something / Worth Knowing.—it is well for sulipuarerszof tas bate ta kunw thee teotataeete by RAF. FERTY & LEASK, for $3 and $4, cannot be # beauty, elegance, of durability; tn addition to. teks ‘hoy or posite = Ghamberss ep of his Ta er of Chatham and Pearl stroets, Wholesale Hat and Cap Hstablichment— ‘The undersigned has on haud « large stook of hate, oaps, fura, aud buffalo robes, ian Lewin aol 2" he 'eaaa, dose otlirw is, at rary Tow prises, for casm,, Count would do well Et ¥ M12 Greenwich treat ar Vesey. Bristow’s Writing Parlors, 293 macawass —None can fail, under Mr. B.'s tuition, learning to write = good hand in twelve to twenty lessons. Ladies acquire » graceful, fime, elegant style; gentlemen a bold, round, quick, mercantile hand. Visiting cards beautifully writien, To Lite: write articles on the fashio: Broadway, for address of adve: Give Me a Kiss!—A New So. ing at. Buckley's with immene, applause. Wor is i ‘ames Sim- monds, music by Thomas Baker, Price 25 cents, Published by HORACE WATERS, 333 Broadway, ANow Just Published, « The Words of Little haty; or, Will he come?” written by Selen Robinson, author of the ‘original story, published in the Tet une}, compo Horace Waters, author of the “Mo &o.; arrange 2, by Thomas Baker, with a bea Rett illustrative ofthe meeting with Little Katy. Pri cents, Published by HORACE WATERS, 333 Broadway. Apply at M. B. Brady's, 205 r. Thomas Baker’s Songs.—‘“ Heed not the Tale Tales.” sung by Malle. Anns Zerr at M. Jullien’s con- ‘Prima Donne Song, (econd edition,) arr Suilten’s celebr Ls Prima Di « Opera, witha splendid vignette title incolors, ‘These beautiful songs axe becoming s0 popular that they must shortly be found on the pianoforte of every true lover of ballad music. All the: compositions wold, vocal instrumental ef the above finiment composer, may be had AMUEL C- SOLLIE, No. 300 Broadway. The Best Pianos in the ‘Werla.—T. Gilbert. , with irom frames and cirvulae caales, ave oe 10 best; they competivion 7» and price, A largo assortment at HORAGB wat /'sg3 Broadway, ihe sole axon. Moledecns-—8. D. & HL. W. Smith's Cele= exated melodeons are tuned in the equal paoanes ae ‘The Sher ord the obiy saolodsous so tuned, an0_are unuesuona® “ply the best, HORACE WATERS, 333 Broadway, sole agent, Watches.—C schon, and cylinder erect peapests for mo a proved city acceptances. ty for eash or ap: ‘corner ef White a. Vib RalT, Importer, importer’s ‘Drives, roaway Diamonds—In P: at $28 Per Carat or in lots selected to sult eustomers, rich eluster rings bracele and man "for cash oF approved sity secaptanee. Ones iway, corner of ite DAvID RAIT, Importer. Pi heder A pond fran asigent eagle aspen Pear Sinn a oh: ceo ait net ines, Su4 all jo man Rasoilr Lecoultre.—These Razors have no equal in their extrome durability and keennovs of edge, and oan be ophatn pe at SAUNDERS’, No.7 Astor House and 887 Bro: cent be- Comb Factory, 387 Broadway.—The latest styles of tortoise shell and buffalo horn dress combs. The va- ter than it. Ladies Tie yonpectiully invited to eee J. SAUNDERS: A Grand cheap and substantial clothin, Be and dregs coats, from Pants and vest from $l to $4. GRAND & RYDER, 166 Grand street, Fashionable Ready Made Clo Clo: , Over= coats and talmas, with elegant linings; vests and vestings, latest styles; pants and catsimeres, of recent importation; Diack and brown cloths, $2. yard. }EO. LEVIE, 380 Broadway. Dru a & Proch—Never too Late.“ Be~ bind 1” indeea. Nova whit. In puffing they may be, but trade never. See their coats! See their pants and fre? Not in heady, sine since the nye k # trial—120 Fulio: y at Odd Fellows’ H: } suitable for the season, Were there ever such of Solomon. We onl; ‘Winter Ina length the fall and winter ‘warehouse by ROGERS & CO., this sonson. men’s and boys’ clothing cannot be found in an; te tablishment in the world. The prices are lower Hatuane iho. palss OF the Amn ave: larger by ‘ewe ‘bait thais they were Inst year. ¢ Price Fashionable Clothing Store... ALFRED MUNROE & CO., No.4il Brondw fer the bese ‘assortment of well made and fashionable clothing to be found. in'New York. "Purchasers are invited to eal, exami judge for themselves. No deviation, in any instance, from marked prices. Rich Embroidered and Plain Velvet Cloaks.—The subscriber invites the attention of Indies to his splendid sesortment of elaborately embroidered cloaks in Fleh Lyone velvet, which are admitted by all slolseears opected them, to be the most elegant that have herte been produced in tis city. Also, 8 great variety of plain velvet ana cloth cloak in th arisian fashions, NEUX nee 68 Canal street, Under Shirts and Drawers of every v: riety, size and pri goods, silks, merii be! wool, de., 8 now ers at Wholsale ox’ retail are requested to them. Farcels'sent homo. 1RA PEREGO & SON, OL Naseau street. Bargain In Broadcloth, C and jonk linings, €c., broad cloth, per yard; ings, 75 conts; cassimeres, $1, with & aclety of Fenay lothing at reasonable te! ‘GEO, LEVIB, 380 Broadway. Silks! Silks!!—The Ladies will find the bent stock of silks and other reasonable dry goods in the ety, HITCHCOC DBEATER’ roadway, cornet a¢ the loweut ratee, © conte, of Leonard street, and will get them, ‘They are selling b ality kid gloy To the EliteAs a General Repost Where gentlemen may find every article of elegance adapt. ed to their woar, and get the best of oigneee shirts made to order, gt moderate prices, puuctually delivered, and Piarranted to do good service, Boothby’s shi shirt. store, 38106 opposite Broadway theatre, stands pre-emit Now impottations for the sesayn, Ip Mournt ore ain if mourning took of every be te with ant dress goode, exabroid No’ [3 Brondway, vetweon St- Nicholas and Motropolitas Hotclay Mourning Cloaks and gp ipa LOMEW & WEED are dally adding new patterns and sty! to their alread ihe of muperior cloaks ane Fo eon, St. Nichalas and Metropo- femember the numb between St. Nichola: «What's in a Name —The Firm of Smith, Drumgold & Proch, wholes and retail dealors in read: mado sive thelr, business te LP. Smith, under the yeapaitcont marble fall and winter Fulton strest. clothing Wextensive, supsrior tegetved 8 supply of this or a oh having, produ effectual in Ge SAUNDERS & S08 way. shen Soap.--The subscribers have irable article, superior to all & lather which does not ea reads hard or soft wat For aT ‘Warerooms, 38 Cortlandt ‘sages. sien nea 2 co, Cty 7 Astor House and to honse Reims we, wasortmen’ the city; alse, Bit ki Shotr now ‘i Seuutitul designs botove putonssing. ele Sewing Machines.—To Cloak and Mantilla Manufacturers. M, SINGER & CO., aro now preparing to receive orders for sowing maghinos of oxtra size, and entirely how construction, adapted particuiarly to sitting linings of every deseription, ‘They will be warranted to have an ad- vantage of 200 per cont over any mavhine over ‘offered for thie Purpote, ve Man, you went vat ola it hair. Ni “ vr ie! @kaban, i sa ee i