The New York Herald Newspaper, November 10, 1853, Page 4

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The election returns from the interior of this State ome in very slowly, owing part'y to the storm, bat more especially to the great variety of tickets voted, and the general breaking up of the old parties. Enough, however, is known to render certain the election of the whig State ticket for the Canal Board, by a large plurality over the hards and softs, socalled. It is also certain that the democratic Jadges for the Court of Appeals, on whom the two sections of the party united, viz.: Ruggles and De nio, are elected by large majorities, over the whig can- didates, Wood and Mullin. As to the Legislature, the whigs have electeda majority of both houses—probably two thirds of both Senate and Assembiy. It is admitted that there will be a majority in favor of the passage of a law re- straining the sale of intoxicating liquors; but whether there will be a majority in favor of the passage of a Jaw an exact copy of that of the State of Muine, we think admits of a doubt, as New Yorkers are not al- ways in favor of borrowing their ideas from New Eng- Jand. We consider it quite probable, however, that & majority of the Legislature will be strongly in favor of the passage of some kind of @ law to sup- press the sale of spirituous liquors; and those engaged 4m the traffic should govern voemselves accordingly. ‘mmefe is considerable anxlety to ascertain the relative strength ef the national democrats and the ‘Van Buren free soilers, as determined by the recent election. We consider it certain that the Vaa Baren free soilers, or soft ticket, so called, will run con- siderably abead of the hards, or national democrats, in the State, in consequence of the large yote ob- tained by the Van Buren party iu this city, com- pared with their vote in 1848. This increased vote bas been procurred by the influence of goverament patronage and promises to office seekers; also by the representations made by the Van Baren electionesr- ers to the Germans and other nataraliz ns, inducing them to believe that the free soi! State ticket was that of the regular democracy and of the national and State administrations. Dedacting the vote of this city, we believe it will be found that the relative positions of parties are much the same as they were in 1848. The election in New Jersey on Tuesday, resulted in the success of Hon. Rodman M. Price, the demo- cratic nominee for Governor, by a majority variously estimated at from five to eight thousand. The Le- gislature will be largely democratic. The State Senate will, it is reported, stand five whigs to fifteen democrats. By the arrival of the steamship Star of the West, we are to-day enabled to lay before our readers full details of very important news from Califernia, the Sandwich Islands, and Australia. The account of the escape and arrival in Sau Francisco of John Mitchel, the exiled Irish patriot, will be read with the liveliest emotions, not only by his own country- men, but by every lover of freedom, without distine- tion of nationality. Equally interesting is the an- nouncement of another step taken by the Sandwich Islanders towards annexation to the United States. ‘There now appears to be little doubt in the minds of those best informed, that his Majesty, King Kame- bameha, will, ere long, be living in retirement upon @ pension granted by this government, for the resig- nation of his sovereignty over some thirteen or fonr- teen fertile and admirably situated islands. The in- telligence from Australia, as well as that relative to the destruction of Sonora, the prosperity of the mines, &c., will of course command attention. We have received files of Kingston, Ja., papers to the 27th ult., but they are chiefly filled with the proceedings of the Legislature and courts, and con- tain no news of general interest. Twenty thousand dollars worth of property was destroyed by the burning of a planing mill and Inm- ber yard at Point Norfolk, Massachusetts, last Tues- day night. Mr. Samuel Hunt, secretary to one of the Boston insurance companies, is supposed to have committed suicide yesterday morning. He left a note stating that he intended to drown himself, and his coat and hat were afterwards found beside the Mill Dam. A delegation of Iroqucis Indians arrived ai the capital of Vermont yesterday, with the intention of pressing the claim of their tribe before the Legisla- tare, to all that part of the State lying norti of Otter Creek. ‘The steamship Niagara, which sailed from Boston for Liverpool yesterday, took ont $103,000 in Ameri- can gold, and $15,000 in sovereigns. Another revere gale recently swept over the coast of Nova Scotia, during which the schooner Gold Hunter was driven ashore, and bilged, on the islaud of Canso. The Court of Oyer and Terminer met yesterday morning at 10 o'clock, but immediately adjourned. Business will be resumed this morning, at the usual hour. The evidence for the prosecution in the alleged forgery of a draft of $5,000 onthe Hamilton FE change Bank, in which Daniel W. Van Aernam and John W. Abell were concerned, was closed yesterday, and & statement was made by Mr. Sawin, (arrested on suspicion of being an accomplice,) giving a fall account of the manner in which he was induced to fill in the blank drafts. It is @ curious affair. Besides much interesting matter to which we have no room to refer particularly, our columns to day contain a carions letter from Wasbington relative to the history of the disposal of the French Mis- sion, upon which we have elsewhere commented; Yankee Enterprice in Nicaragua; New Chap‘er io the History of the Koezta Case; Review of New Works upon Spiritnal Manifestations; Statistics of we British American Provinces; Important Ques- on as to Seamen's Wager, in the Marine Court; a great variety of Commercial, Political, T and Miscel'aneous News, &c. The steamship Pravklin, with four days’ later ad- | vices from Europe. The Niagara, with Baropean intelligence @the 20h ult., is also fully due at Hali- | fax. oy @he Practical Consequences of last Tucs- — aay’s Vote. | The reorganization of the Seward free soil , | party, on a new and more solid basis than ever, | is, as we observed yesterday, the most mo- | mentous and alarming effect of the State elec- | tions. In contemplation of the fact, all the other consequences of the event might almost be disregarded ‘for the moment. It is such a terrible thing to think that, after all the strag- | gles of the patriots of 1850—after the unmis. | takeable ratification of their labors by the people in 1852—the free soilers have once more risen from the dust, and William H. Seward has once more firmly planted his yoke on the | neck of the people of this State—this reflec- tion, we repeat, is so exasperating to those who | honestly looked forward to a period of peace, | prosperity and national unity—that it seems | almost like trifling to turn from it to consider | the minor fruits which Tuesday’s vote will | bear. Still, however engrossing be the paintul theme, we must not allow it to absorb the whole of our thoughts. More than one among the pregnant results of the State returas de- | mauds careful consideration; and if a scrutiny of their character should in some instances ag- gravate the annoyance excited by the Seward triumph. it is possible that others may supply sources of consolation. In the former class we must range the fact that the task of compleling the State canals is now definitely confided to W. H. Seward and his party. In one sevse the change is a boon. The canals will be finished, and this ever-recur- | their eloquence in canvassing for the cau tation of Bronson, an inkling of the mer: persecution they must expect in the event of perseverance in their course ; and that most of the old popular orators, such as Van Buren and Ryrders, bad expended all the resources of These are a few of the reflections suggested by the net results of the polling, given else- where. They suffice to relieve the mid from the monotony of dwelling too long on the great fact—the re-organization of the Seward faction on its new basis, with all the vigor and all the courage which success and ambition can bestow: Tue FRrencn Mission anp Orner Turvcs.— We publish elsewhere in our columns to-day a letter from Washington, from a correspondent there, professing to give a correct history of all the movements relative to the French mis- sion, including the orgenization of the Cabinct, and several other matters of great interest to epoilsmen and office seekers. Some of the facts stated in that letter are undoubtedly correct; but a great many of them, to our certain know- ledge, are erroneous and absurd—as, for in- stance, the writer states that after the State Department had been refused by Mr. Hunter, of Virginia, it was tendered to Mr. Marey, of New York, and no other. We have reason to believe from other quarters that Gen. Pierce at first was disposed to place Mr. Cush- ing in the State Department, and tbat that in- tention was changed in consequence of certain influences brought to bear on him from New York. But that is of no consequence. It would appear from the theory of the writer that Gen. Pierce interpreted his election simply as a coa- Jitton of office seekers heretofore holding oppo- site principles, instead of believing it ag it really was: the result of a general Union senti- ment throughout the country, produced by those men in Congress of all parties who brought ring bone of contention will be thus removed from the political arena, But on the other hand, Wiliam UH. Seward will be en- trusted with all the patronage and all the means of corruption which the expendi- ture of twelve miliions can supply. What honest coincidence of opinion, what the indirect influence of the administration cannot effect in | strengthening his party, the immense power of | this large sum of money willachieve. We shall have men ofall parties endorsing the Seward creed on the strength, or in the hope, of a share of the canal plunder ; and we know from expe- | rience how many politicians can be bought for \ twelve millions of dollars. Furthermore, the managers and dispensers of this glorious engine of corruption will probably reserve a handsome per centage on the amount for themselves, This prospect would have been more deplorable had we had any reason to expect greater ho- nesty from the other parties, Again, we find it asserted that the new As- sembly men are allin favor of the Maine law. We foresaw and predicted this result some twelve months back ; and now that it has come to pass, we are as ready as any one else to give the popular scheme a fair trial. It is unquestion- able that the amount of drunkenness and that of vice and crime consequent u, LOR Aran eRness pre gieaver Tos Urey wae 01 ie continent ; and far more than would be required to stamp indelible disgrace on our fair fame. Some remedy for this frightful state of things must certainly be devised ; some dam to stem the tide of dissipation ‘ere it sweeps away all the Jandmarks of virtue and morality. Alarge party, comprising the bulk of the citi- zens of this State, conceive that they will attain this end by passing the Maine law ; and we will not now throw any impedi- ment in its way. On the contrary, all we ask is that no time be lost in giving the scheme a fuir and honest trial. The law should be passed at once, after the Legislature assembles, and should go into effect within as short a delay as possible. If it does work satisfactorily, and check drunkenness, we shall be satisfied ; and we shall certainly give no countenance to an | agitation for its repeal until it has been clearly shown to be iatolerable. Moreover, we find that in the city the party styled reforme:s has been genera.ly victorious. On the strength of the fact, many citizens are | congratulating themselves on the prospect ofa new era in our city annals. They are strong in the belief that the days of corruption and ex- travagance are over, and that henceforth New | York city will possess the inestimable blessing | ofa model government. We shall be sorry to | dispel these pleasing illusions, but we cannot be- leve anything ot the kind. We shall not regard or call the new batch of civic officers reformers until we have seen some practical fruits of their reforming tendencies; nor shall we indulge any very sanguine hopes of a change in our city government before some tangible symptoms of | that change are plainly apparent. The new men may be sincere and honest in their inten- tions ; they may have the ability and nerve to carry them out. Ifso, no one will rejoice more earnestly or more loudly than ourselves. But we candidly confess that seeing them, in most instances, deserters from the old parties, and men whose names have long heen coupled with those of our hack politicians. we expect from them no material deviation from the old rou- tine, and look forward resignedly to witness their relapse into the path of their predecessors, after a few nights’ exertion in the cause of eco- nomy shall have blunted their newborn zeal. The natural inference from the returns is, that the Van Buren free soilers have a small majority over the Dickinson democracy in this State. It would be wrong to suppose: however. that such is really the case. A vast portion of the latter party have become so di: gusted with the recent manmuvres of the po- litical managers that they would not go near the polls. On the other hand, a very substan- tial fraction of the Van Buren free soilers vot @ as friends ofthe administration, in token ot their gratitude for past, or their anxiety for fa- ture favors. All the Custom House and Post Office influence was thus thrown into the Van Buren scale, and instead of showing, as the administration will doubtless pretend it does, that the Cabinet retains the favor of rather more than half the democratic party, the election really pyoves that in spite of all the corrupt agencies that were at work—in spite of the indiffer- ence of the Dickinson democrats, and the strong accessions which the Van Buren free soilers have recently received from other parties— the administration was actually unable to com- mond oa respectable majority in the most in- finential and patriotic State in the Union. It will require some ingenuity to represent the event in any other light than as a decided de- feat for Marcy and Guthrie. This defeat will appesr the more striking, when it is borae in mind that the administration party was aided on this occasion by all the influence the State Legislature could commagd ; that the Diekin- on democracy had already had, in the decapi- forward the great compromise measures of 1850, The theory of our correspondent is only fit to be entertained by a mere office seeker. A philosopher, a statesman, a man of sound and comprehensive intellect, would not put such a narrow construction on the great popular move- ment which ended in the election of General Pierce, But it is from this erroneous interpre- tation put upon that election whence arises all the mistakes and blunders made by Gen. Pierce in the-composition of his Cabinet and the distri- bution of his offices ever since. Instead of look- ing on his triumphant election as the result of a consistent and profound impulse produced by the action of Congress, in 1850, in passing the compromise measures, he has been led astray, and made to believe that it was simply the result ofa combination of office seekers in the Baltimore Convention—thus calling into the affairs of national concernment the same mode of reasoning and the same narrow policy which bas marked the internal history of politics in this State ever since 1848, Here we have seen among the democracy in the State of New York, ever since 1848, attempt after attempt made by men of opposite principles to coalesce for the spoils. Now and then they succeeded; but it mathin, Torouga eee series ut earurigtnereiion reat 1848 to 1852. The coalition of the last elec- tion is entirely broken up in this State; and the similar coalition which has been inaugur- ated at Washington--a coalition of men with- out principles or of opposite principles—will break up throughout the country before the termination of the next session of Congress. On the subject specially of the French mis- sion, in which our name is introduced, we beg leave to say a few words. We deny, totally and positively, that our name was ever placed, with our consent and knowledge, before any of the departments of the govern ment for any mission—to France or anywhere else, Ifit was so placed in any shape, or if it he pow before the departments of the govern- ment, it has found its way there by persons gratuitously assuming rights which did not be- lohg to them, and inspired, probably, by worse motives. which it is unnecessary further to re- capitulate at this moment. The representation made by our correspondent, that such men as Forvey, and George, and Dudley Mann, and Sanders, were pressing our claims for any mission before the Cabinet, is a ridiculous ab- surdity, and only meant sham and humbug from the beginning to the end. They were merely using us for their own advantage, without our knowledge; and when it eerved their pur- pose they cast us aside, as the politicians gene- rally do the instruments by which they climb into power or office. Seriously and truly, we hever aspired after or sought any office; we care nothing for any office. Our position as editor ot the New York Heratp is far higher than that of Minister to France or to England under such @ corrupt and rotten administration of the gov- ernment as is now presented tothe public. We tested and tried certain persons in respect to their sympathies and sentiments, and the corres- pendence by which that experiment was made -we will probably bring out, and thereby show up some persons high in office in a way that they donot expect. But although we deny positively that there is any application, or that there ever was any application for an office from us placed with our knowledge before any department of the government, we believe that we are more com- petent, and better entitled—as the phrase is— for services iendered to the country, to a high office under this or any other administration, than are three-fourths of the vagabonds who have received offices from the present adminis- tration, and who are now occupying them in different parts of the world. We now profess to be an applicant for an office, not that we care for its emolumente—for we have enough for our present position, and more than we re- quire as editor of the Heratp—but still we consider ourselves an applicant for the mission to France, or for the mission to England, and nothing less, before fhe present administration; and we shall continue to put forward that claim as Jong as we live, and when we die we shall leave that claim as a legacy to our son and heir, if he be alive at the time. And so the miserable traiucers, who have been inspired by Marcy ond his cor- rupt coadjutors to abuse us personally in va rious journals throughout the count:y, may lay this flattering unction to their souls. and make the mo of it. We are an applicant for the highest office the President can give, and we sha!! continue to be 80 as Jong as we live. Pessic Orion mm A Tanorite Porm—Rarip Growth snp PoruLanty or THe The ratp.—The daily circulation of this journal yesterday was well on to sixty thousand copies, far beyond fifty-five thousand. It would seem from this fact that our mode of treating the Cabinet re- ceives the approval of the public voice beyond what ever we had reason to expect when we commenced giving that concern the broken doace which they are daily taking down. Fevan, The Crystal Palace. ‘The Naw York Association for the Exhibjtion of the In? dustry of all Nations opened their Crystal Palace on the 14th of July, and since that time very full aecounts of the articles exhibited, and other matters connestéd with the eaterprire, have been g'ven in the columns of the The par ya'ne of each share in the exsocia'ion in $100; the stoek has been sold at $175 per share; but sudsequent to the opening of the exhibition it fell to $50; it was last quoted at $58; but for some weeks there has been pone in the market, for the very excellent reason that there was no demand, During the past two months the Crystal Palace hae deen open during the evening, and about five weeks since the cirectors passed a vote admitting all persons on Saturdays at twenty-five cents each, ‘The utility of this project was eoon demonstrated, for on one of these Satur- days seventeen thousand persons were admitted. The highest number ever admitted at fifty cents was about six thousand five hundred. There has been, since the exhibition opened, # prejudice sgainst it in the minds of New York residents, and there have been several faults in the mapagement, which we have from time to time noticed in our columns. For these reasons, and the fact that many persons have declared the exhibition to bea mere real estate speculation, it is undoubtedly true that many New Yorkers have never seen, or at least never entered, the beautiful building in Reservoir square, and never would, if it were kept open till the time when Sheridan said he would prey his cebts—“the day after doomsday.” But our country friends have come up tothe work nobly, They have maguanimonusly slept in attics, or reposed upon ‘cots,’? twenty five in a room, giving our hotel parlors the air of a hospital ward. They have been bullied by hack drivers, and risked their hves at crossings. They have poured out their money like water, The Crystsl Palace directors, the hotel keepers, and the treatrical managers, have grown fat upon their liberal contributions, The rugh continues, and fer the past three weeks, the Crystal Palace receipts have averaged about twevty-five thousand dollars per week, ‘The directors have resolved to keep it open during the winter, instead of closing at Christmas, as was intended. Yerteraay the judges of the various classes held a meet ing at the Crystal Palace, and it is stated that the awards of the various premiums will be som announced. All this goes to show that theexhibition his reached its culminating point; and whether itis to go down rapidly orremain stationary, must depend upon the citizens ef New York themselves. They have allowed'their country cousins to have a fair chance—they have all been be- nefitted by the rush of strangers which the exhibition has attracted to New York, and it will remain now to be seen whether or net they will return to the source from which these dollars flow any of the profits. We fear they will not; but to make the affair a profitable or even paying speculation, the city must do something for it. Virtue is its own reward; but stock jobbing virtue deserves something more solid. The Military of New York. The pride, pomp and circumstance of glorious war, is, theoretically at least, deeply impl«nted in the minds of the young men of the present day. Even the tented field, the plumed troop, and the big wars that make am- bition virtue, have proved attractive enough to the rising generation to drive them from the peaceful walks of life, to mingle in the strife and carnage of battle. The call to arma has ever been responded to with an alacrity truly astonishing in a country like this. Volunteers have flocked to the Geld in myriads, and all have proved, prac tically as well as theoretically, that they were soldiers in the true sense of the term. We have nevor before been 50 powerfully impressed with the soldierlike bearing, the discipline, and the extent of our volunteer military force as at the last annual division inspection, under the command of Mejor General Sandford. The day was exceedingly fine for the display, the weather cool and bracing, sad the fact that the Governors of three States—New York, Cen" necticut, and Massachusetts—with st veral other distin: guished military officers, were to review the division gave |~ great eclat to the affair, and every man in and out of the papbe riod wnercoum uMier Hitter euorws Ww mage the, pereae tue greatest and best of the season. That they succeeded in every particular was at the time the unani- mous roice of the masses who filled the Park and densely lined Broadway to its remotest extremity. The citizens of New York never before raw anything like it. All the celebrations, all the previous inspections and reviews, all the militery parades, of every name and nature, never have exceeded, never equalled, the turnout of our volun- teer soldiery on Wednesday of laxt week. Thcse who have for a moment supposed that we were deteriorating in this respect, or that any other city in the Union could make a greater or a better display of uni- formed militia, must no longer doubt, but promptly yield the palm to New York. It has for some time past been our cpinion that Boston was farin advance of this city, in this rerpect—that in disci§jne, in uniform, and in all those qualities which go to make up a golid, sub- stantial body of soldiers, we must acknowledge the su- periority of our Kastern brethcen; but such is not the fact, We haye not been heretofore fortunate enough, perhaps, tohave seen our regiments in their best and strongest array, or ¢lse such improvements bave been made in the dress and tactics of some of the corps which have given the division the glorious reputation it now en- joys, and made it deserving of the encomiums passed upon it on the cecasion referred to by our distinguished visi- ters. The Seventh regiment of Infantry, under the command of Col. Duryea, has long been the pride of our citizens. The uniformi'y in the equipments of ¢ach company, the Ligh condition of each man on duty, the appearance of such a numerous body, all under one command, the supe- iiority of discipline exhibited in masses over single compa: nies, have given this regiment a name which every manin it must be proud of. It seems, however, that another regi- ment in the division has for some time past been of the opinion that the Seventh Lave enjoyed this distinction long enough, and efforis have been made, euccessfully too, beyond s doubt, to wrest it from them. The rivalry has been a fair and honorable one throughout, and the Seventh cannot but feel that the spirit which has pre vailed with their competitors is justly entitled to the re rult realized, The Twelfth, under the command of Col Henry G Stebbins, is probably, at the present time, the finest regiment of citizen soldiers in this or any other country.’ The enthusiasm created among the dense masses of people, as it marched down Broadway, company front, close columns, extending from curb to curb, on the occasion referred to, exceeded anything of the kind we have ever seen in this city. Cheers upon cheers arose from the populace, asthe heavy and sclid ranks swept by; and we realized, in its full force, that proud consciousness of national glory and atrength which every man must feel when such evidences of his coun- try’s military resources are presented. To see such a body of men moving like the veteran troops of Europe, armed and equiped for active service, and to know that every plume waved over a true sovereign in his own right —that every arm was devoted to the protection of our glorious institutions—was a sight very few present will ever forget. It was so unexpected—so imposing—so well caloulated to excite the wilitary feelings of the young, and make even old men shoulder their crutch and show how battles were fought ani won, that the effect was startling, and the progress of the regiment during the day was marked by continual bursts of applanse, The officers and men deserve much credit fur the taste and unanimity of feeling exhibited in the dress through- out. The companies at present composing the Twelfth Regiment are the— Lafayette Fusileers, Independence Guai Baxter Blues, ‘Tompkins Bl City Musketeers, City Blues. lCapt. Towler. Rifles (black Capt. Johnson, Dress—White frock coat, turned up with blue; army blue pants, with white stripe or cord; black morocco crons belts and body belts; caps, United tates army pat- tern, with blue pompon, Officers the same, with gold Jace on collar and cuffs; heron plume. It is well known tbat a certain Spartan general, when asked by anenvoy from the enemy where the walls of Sparta were, pointed to his army, and said, “There are the walls of Sparta; every man is brick.” So we can point to the Seventh and Twelfth regiments of New York In- fantry and say—“There are the walls for the protection of our fresides; ¢very man is & brick.” The parade of the Twelfth regiment at any timo, as at present organized, will give a greater impetus to the military spirit of our young men, and Co more to keep up that esprit du corps in ita ranks, than any event we enn conceive, Every man belonging to it must feel proud of it, and it is a credit to be one of such a fine, soldlerly body of men. It must rapidly enlarge, and vitimately exeeed in numbers, as it already does immensely in appearance, any other regi- ment in the division, Single companies sink into insig- nificance alongside of such @ combination of such mate- ritle as form the Twelfth regiment. Capt. Waterbury Pavt. Re Capt. Palmer. Escars or Yarker Sunrivan.—It is reported that Yankee Sullivan escaped from the sheriff, op his ar: rival at Pitssfield, on Sunday, and after knocking down four mem whe atiempied Ww seimbe him, succeeded in mebing off, P NEWS BY TELEGRAPH. « Vermont Legislature—Indtan Claims. Mowrrusana, Vi, Nov, 9, 1853. The Legislature of Vermont have elected Daniel P, ‘Thompson, Secretary of State. . A delegation of the Iroquois Indians from Canada East, arrived here to-day, toclatm from the Logislature all that part of Vermont lying north of Otter Creek. ¥rem Boston, SUICIDE OF AN INSURANCE SECRETARY—SAILING OF THE NIAGARA—DESTRUCTIVE FIKE. Boston, Nov. 9, 1853, ‘Mr. Ssmuel Hunt, an old and well known citizen, left bis beure in Hancock street, at anearly hour this mora- ing, lenving bebind him # note addressed to Mr. Cart- wright, President of the Manufacturer’s Insurance Com- pany, stating that he was about to drown himself, and indicating where his body would be found. His hat and ecat were afterwards found at the Mill Dam. ‘The steamship Niagara sailed punctually at noon. She takes out fifty one passengers for Liverpcol and twelve for Halifax, and $108,000 in American gold coin and ingots, ‘and $15,000 im sovereigns. It has blown a gale here all day, and still continues. ‘The steamship Niagara was obliged to take her pilot on to Halifax, in consequence. ‘The extensive planing mill owned by A. J. Stearns, at Point Norfolk, Dorchester, together with a considerable quantity of lumber, wat burnt last night. Loas $20,000. Partially insured. From the South. INSYRUCTIONS TO REVENUE OFFICERS—QUICK TRIP 10 CHARLESTON, KTC. Baxrmmorn, Nov. 9, 1863+ By the mail of this evening we have received New Or- Jeans papers of Wednesday and Thursday last. ‘A Washington paper states that Secretory Guthrio has direéted a circular to the commanders of revenue cut- ters, directing them to make provisions for the relief of Vessels during the winter months, The catters are er- dered to cruise as follows: The Caleb Cushing, bet reen Mount Desertand Cape NadJak, in Maine; the Morria, be tween Cape Naddak and Holmes Hole, Massachusetts; the James Campbell, between Holmes Hole and Gurdiner’s Bay, Long Ieland. the Woshiugton, between Gardiner’s Bay and Little Feg Harber and Chincoteague, New Jor sey; the Judge Cumbe’l, between Chincoteagno and Cape Hatteras; the James ©. Dobbin, betwesn Cape Hatteras and Cape Fear; the Hamilton, between Cape Fear and Savannah River; the Jackson, between Savannah River and Cape Florida; the Robert McClelland, between Ship Island and Pensacola; the Duane, between Ship Island and Sabine River. Mr. William Parker, general superintendent of the Bal- timore end Ohio Railroad, resigned his office to-day. The ship New York, from New York, made the run to Charleston in fifty five hours. Madame Sontag will give a free concert to the public school children of this city on the 16th inst. Marine Disasters. @ALE ON THE COAST OF CANSO. Boston, Nov. 9, 1853, ‘A telegraphic despatch from Canso, yesterday, states that there had been another severe gale on the coast, during which the schooner Gold Hunter, of Gloucester, was driven ashore, and bilged. Loss $5,000; insured at Glou- cester for $2,800, ‘The schooners E. P. Howard and E. W. Merchant, driven ashore in a former gale, have been got oil. Jullien at Philadelphia, dc. Paianeirma, Nov. 9, 1843, M. Jullien and troupe arrived here this forenoon, and gave his first concert thie evening. The Halt was well packed, and the performance elicited much applause, After a wot, uncomfortable day, the weather this evening has cleared up. Dinner to the Poughkeepsie Guards. The Poughkeepsie Guards visited our city yesterday, as the guests of the8 ate rencibles belonging to the Seventh Regiment of the State Militia. ‘The Fenctbtex number about fifty men, commanded by Captain G. Lyons. Mr. D. F. Wentworth is First Lieutenant, and D, M. Esrl, Esq , Second Lieutenant. This company visited Poughkeepsie some few years ago, when they were received with the greatest hospitality by their present guests. In return for the kindness shown them then, they extended an in- vitation to the Povghkeepsie Guards to make them a visit, which invitation they accepted. These Guards are the crack soldiers of Dutchess county, and on the march present a fine appearance, This company was organized im the year 1828, when they were called the Fustian Guards—taking the name from their uniform, which was «f that material. The cfficers of this company are— “oseph Wright, Captain; D. H. Turner, First Lieutenant; snd F. Cabel, Second Lieutenant. The soldiers arrived in the city yesterday, in the midst of rain; bat witha trve military spirit, which scorns to waver before any*an- noyanee, they marched with tie Feneibles through several of our streets, and elicited much praise, In the evening. at cight «clock. the entire cgmpany sat down toa woll spread table, at the Broadway House, when all feasted heartily upon the good things before them. Champague Hor kled in abundance, and toasts and speeches followed e labors in behalf of the stomach. Before the first toast war offered, several communications from Gen, Sandford Col, Devoe, Capt. John Gregory, and others were read, which were received with much applause. The fret regular toast was “The President of the United States. ’’ Cheers and music, Hail Columbia, by Cook’s brass band of Albany. The second toast—‘‘The Commander in Chief, the Governor of the State of New York.” Cheers and masic, Haii to the Chief. Third regular toast—‘The Poughkeepsie Guards. ”” Enthusiastic cheers and music, The Bold Soldier Boy. Capt. Wricnr briefly responded, and closed with the sentiment —The State Fencibles. “May they prosper with health, life, peace, and happiness till the final resting of arms. ’ This toast as received with appropriate honors. ‘The foarth toast was :—The health of thomas F, Peers, former commander of the Fencibles, now Col. of the 6th vy Sige Lent fet BS ae ie Syne.” ol. PEERS feelingly respon: t for the recollection of himself,” pias te next toast wa: ‘The Press.” Great cheering and music. Major Crawtsy, of this city, respondedin a very happy manner. Several other sentiments were proposed and speeches made, after which the company dispersed, well pleased with their entertainment. The visiters will probably re- turn home to day. Fonerat. or THe Neaporray Mrsisrer.—The funeralef the late Chevalier Rocco Martuscelli, Neapolitan Minister to the United States, whose death was noticed under our obituary head yesterday morning will take place at 10 o’clock this morning. The procession will move from his late temporary residence, No. 621 Broadway, and proceed to 8t. Patrick’s Cathedral, where a high mass will be solempized by the Most Rev. Archbishop Hughes. We understand that the diplomatic corps and friends of the deceased, now resident in thie city, are respectfully in- vited to be present. The cortege will move exactly at 10 o’clock. The rewains will be deposited temporarily in one of the vaults of the cathedral, till permirsion is ob- tained from Naples to remove thei to their final resting place in that city. Williamsburg City Intelligence. Isquyens ny THe Conowxr —The Coroner, Dr. Cook, held an inquest, yecterday, on the body of Ann McArdle, twenty years of age, gpeiding in North Tenth street, who Gied the evening piSvious, from burns received by her Clothes taking fire while in the act of removing a kettle from a stove. An inquest was aleo held on the body of Marcus Sclien- ger. reviding in Moore street, The jury renderod a verdict of éeath from fever, in consequence of medical neglect. Born Rosrensts,—The residence of Mrs Brady, in South Seventh, near Second street, was entered throngh the eeuttle on Tuesday evening, and robbed of about $40 worth of silver ware. Several houses in a row in South Ninth street were en- tered in a similar manner, @ few evenings since, and robbed. Howncrwr 1s Mone —Yesterday evening, about five o'clock, Edward O'Reilly was shot by a gentleman, whore vame we suppress at the request of parties, in front of Mettie’s bar-room, on Royal street, near the . We have no reliable information concerning the eaures which led to this sad event. From what we can there had been some difficulty between the per. \ that after some harsh words O'Reilly assaulted the gentleman. The latter, in defending himself, drew a pistol and hot the other In the forehead, producing Geath almost instantaneously, The offeading party sur d himself to an officer that was passing, and was conveyed to the jail.—Mobile Tribune, Nov. & Fatat Arrray m Virainta—The Clarkaville, (Va.) Tobacco Plant states that on the 3lst ult. an affray ocenrred in the barroom of the Clarkville Hotel, between Fdward fi. Gillespie ané Green B, Kiliott, the former a citizen of Meckler burg, Va , the latter of Geanvilie, N. C., which rerulted in most instant centh of Mr. ‘Gilles: je, ard the dangerous, i: not fatal, wounding, by @ atab in the loft breast, of Bir. Elliott, ‘The latter, {fis alleged, acted in self-defence. Firs at Avixanprta.—On the 7th inst. the old stone warshouse ovned by the city, aod known as the tobacco warehouse, at Alexandria, Va., was destroyed by fire: The loea falls heavier: on the corporation, but Messrs, MeKenvio, Dangertiel’, and others, lose a large quantity of tobacco, Me, Demsey looses fishing tackle to the smount oF $2,500: insured for nearly that amount in ths Potomac offien. ‘Tie Oorvenr Orenations or THE Trrascry Deraxraxyt —On the 7th of November, there were of ‘Treesury warrants entered on the books of the Depart ment For the redemption of stock... ....6ess000.6, 890457 08 For Tronenry Department, ex luaive of stocks, 19,145 44 For the War Department. . « 14,814 26 yer the Interior Departasent. + $,826 20 History of the French Mission. + OUit SPBCIAL CORRESPONDENCE. Wast Fyn, Wasutsaron, Nov. 8, 1868 ‘While we are awaiting, in breathless anxisty, the re- turns of the New York elec.ion, (for everything depends on the success of John Van Buren and Captain Ryaders)—<« while we are anxiously awaiting for the New York returns, I think it will be interesting todo you upa rauning bis- tory of the French mission, dating back to the last Presi- dential election, Before leaving Concord General Pierce had shaped out his Cabinet, his foreign appotutmenta for the great Pows ‘ers of Bwope, and the general outlines of his foreign ang domestic pelicy. You must remember that at the Balti. more Convention the Cass men fought for their champlom to the last gasp— that Dickinson actually declined being President, in behalf of bis friend, and that General Pleroe. was nominated, net by the Cass men, but by the Southerm rights men, the Marcy, Dix, and Van Buren men, the Bus- cbaran men, the Kentucky Butler men, and others, Mark the result, The great objects to be looked after by» General Pierce in his appointments were:— 1—The harmony of the party. 2—Rewards to his friends. 38—A cesire to get the job off his hands as soon aw pom, sible. In harmonizing the party Gen. Pierce resolved first to put the extrem Southern rights gection at the head of the heap, With this view he sent for Senator Hunter, of Virginia, to come up to Concord, late in December or early in February, I think. Senator Hunter went up, and after afew days retuned to Washington, and electrified hig friends by informing them that he had been oifered the post of premier in the new Cabinet. They advised him to take it; he was puzzled what to do; he went down to Richmond, Virginia, and found the business worse and worse, Opposition was manifested ; his colleague, Mr Maron, looked dark and gloomy; it was @ dangerous jump. Mr. Hunter is a men of fine talents; but he is aa amiable man and a timid man, and he saw that in the State Department he weuld have to Gght a conspiracy. from the ovteet; he feared, perhaps, that it would result in breaking down the premior, the abinet, and all concerned, And so he declined. His friends protested, but he persisted. General ierce appealed; but Huntor was inflexible. Upon the whole, he preferred six good years in the Senate, for which he had been elected, to a doubtful tenure of the premier- hip. They scared him’ off with a hue aud ery that would have frightened off any man excopt Marcy. But what has this to do with the French mission? Wait » little. Hunter’s peremptory and irreversible declination changed the whole programme of Gen. Pierse, Had Hunter accepted tho State (epartment, the original plan was to put Marcy in the treasury. In those latter days- of Galphinism aud Gardner claims, that fifty cent patel was a substantial recommendation for the ex-Seeretary OR ‘ar. Besides, he had cut the “furs and feathers’ from Gen. Scott, and that was something, most assuredly, But the declination of Hunter reversed the order of the Cabinet, and Gen Pierce, having concilia‘ed the Buchanan . or Southern rights wing with his offer to Hunter, wae free to change his plan, The Marey interest at the Bal- timore Convention was, therefore, next takex up, and the: Cabinet, reconstruction was based upon the selection of Marcy for premier— And that’s the way the fray bogun, Mr. Marcy, having succeeded ia @ step beyond his ex, pectations, felt gratified; but Mr. Dix and his frionds were- disappointed, for they expected that he would go inte theCabinet. It was then agreed to give the New York: Custom House to the Dickinson people, as an offset for the premier; and the mission to France, through the- magnanimity of Marcy, it was resolved should be given to appease Mr. Dix, and as anextra plum to the free soilers, But a terrible uproar had been raised in the Senate cau- cusses against Dix, when it was supposed that he mighy. be put into the Cabinet. Tosound the Senate, therefore, - upon Dix, he was first appointed Sub-Treasurer of New- York, and after his confirmation, by a rather shaky vote,’ be was set down for the mission to Franee by-and-by: Upon this condition Mr. Dix accepted the New York Subs Treasury. - The fact leaked out—the Southern whig newspapers and the Northern Cass pepers growled over this thing 02" two fat appointments to Mr. Dix. It would never do. The. President was taken aback. The mission to France began. to be considered an open question, for the announcement of” the man was strangely delayed. Suspicion ripened into conviction. The South would rebel against Dix for “France, and so tho President, it was concluded, had Gropped him. Other candidates, under this ides, were brought forward—Wise of Virginia, Cobb of Georgia, Cut- ting of New York, and James Gordon Bennett, of the - New York Henatp, being among the list, in person, by Proxy, or by letter. Ask Forney, Sandera, and Paul R. George. Wise was ousted by the Cass men, notwith- standing the influence of Capt. Tyler—Cobb of Georgia Positively declined to go; he pre.erred to run his chances for six years in the Senate— Cutting was prox pily cut off * by Marcy; and that Jemes Gordon Bennett evuld be ap- Pointed to France short of a change of the premier was simply out of the question. And, bear in mind that Gen, Pierce resolved from the beginning that his first Cabinet sbould remain a unit, and hold together till the meeting ; of Congress, as the very best thing he could do, because - in the formation of a new Cabinet he will need the ad- vice of bis friends in both houses. At length, notwithstanding the retractions of Mr. Diz - on the negro question, it was manifest to General Pieroe that it would be a bad business tosend him to France. The President stated the case ina letter to Mr, Dix, and + he knocked under; but, failing in the French mission he at - once threw up his contingent appointment ef the Sub- Treasury. Mr. Mason, of Virginia, was then appointed te France, and mainly through the influence of Marcy, om : account of the Cabinet associations of the two during the Mexican war, and because Mason will be tractable, old clothes and all, whife another man might be unruly, Now, Iam disposed to believe that had Hunter sscept- ed the State Department, Mr. Bennett, from his ever cone sistent and important defence of the rights of the South, ‘would have had the mission to France or to Spain as @ voluntary thing. But what could Sanders, or Corry, or Forney, or the whole host of Yeung America, acting with- out your advice, or consent, or knowledge, do for you with Marcy? It was altogether a volunteer business on. their part anyhow, and besides, Mr. Dix and the French mission were kept together the whole summer. At one time, if I am not mistaken, Dudley Mann, Assistant Secretary of State, suggested, in a Cabinet council to which he was invited, the appointment of Mr. Bennett as a sort of Inspector General of our diplomatio corps over the whole continent of Europe, the compen- sation to be drayn from the contingent fund of the State Department, The Hrrarp had spoken favorably of Mr, Mann’s appointment. Why the proposition was not adopted I do not know, but I presume it was because there was an apprehension that you might be found out and suspected, as Dudley Mann was, of being an emis of Kossuth, Kinkel, and George Lew, ands pescet ageas forthe sale of those oli muskets and artillery, Such is the bare skeleton of the history of the mission. to France, &c. The filling up would filla common octavo volume of four hundred pages. Nothing has given the- administration one-half the trouble as the mission to France. DON CARLOS. Personal In The Hon. 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