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Single copies, in wrappers, six pence. ‘The News. @ur special despateh from the national capital states that Senator Weller, of California, has replied to the invitation of the Nationa! Democratic Com- mittee of this city to attend a meeting on Wedunes- day next, in which he cowes out strongly in oppo- sition to the appointments of the administration, and its policy of favoring the free soil faction to the exclusion of those whose principles are untainted, It ie said that Mr. Marcy intends to advise the re- moval of every national democrat holding office in this State, end the ramored intended removal of the Postmasters of Albany and Troy gives an appear- ance of truth to the report. But it remains to be seen whether the desires of the Se:retaury of State in this matter may not be snubbed by his colleagues, who will’ hardly lend their aid to such a move. General Cass has not as yet declared his opinion upon the course of the government, and the state- ments to the contrary are pure inveotioas. The overslaugh of Howell Cobb, in the cancus of the democratic members of the Legislature of Georgia, has caused much speculation as to its effect upoa the polities of that State and the secession wing of the Both boards of the Common Council met last eve- niug, and after transacting a fair amount of busi- ness—such as referring petitions asd receiving re ports cf committees, &c.—adjourned until Wednes day evening. A petition was received from the Union Dry Dock Railroad Company, praying for the grant to ren a line of railroad from the Dry Dock to the South ferry, by the way of one or other of the side streets, to Chatham square: theace through William and Pearl, to Whitehall street—the com- pany agreeing to pay atax of $365 per anaum for each car, the number of which, estimated at sixty, werld yield an annual income to the city of $21,000. The report of the Committee on Salaries and Odfices, recommending the payment of the salaries of the various health wardens of the city engaged in their duty during the year 1852, was,after some shaffling in the Beard of Aldermen, lost for want of a constita- tional vote. No debate of any importance took place in either board, the members seeming too busy to get up a squabble. St. John, N. B., papers state that the streams and sivers had swollen alarmingly, sweeping away bridges and doing other damage. A large seizure of American brandy had been made by the officers of the revenue. The guzzlers in that regions ought to hold a congratulatory.meeting on their escape from such execrable stuff. Last evening the annual meeting of the Bible So- ciety took place at the Church of the Puritans, Union square. The proceedings possessed considerable interest, and the reports some curious statistical in- formation, Scarcely a day passes but we chronicle assaults committed by rowdies on unoffending wayfarers. Oa Suvdsy night a young man was set upon in Cherry street, knocked down, dangerously stabbed, and robbed, by a gang of three ruffians, who easily made off before the arrival of the police. Itis to be re- gretied that persons so attacked are not prepared to defend themselves, and at the same time summariiy rid our city of such an intolerable evil. Ap arrival from Curacoa, Noy. 1, reports salt scarce and hi.h at that port. Yellow fever was still prevalent ia parts of Texas at latest accounts. The packet ship Fidelia, arrived yesterday from Liverpool, reports the death of twenty-one paszen- gers end three seamen on the passa; ‘The corner stone of a new Mascnic temple was laid in Philadelphia yesterday, with appropriate ceremo- nies. Notwithstanding the rain fell in torrents, a large concourse of people attended. The steamships Washington aud Canada are now folly due, with later news from Europe. The democrats of the Georgia Legislature, in caucus, have nominated Gov. McDonald for the United States Senate. The friends of Howell Coby left the meeting. Carrol Spenee, Minister to Constantine ple, from Norfolk on Saturday in the Saranas. Dr. Rapball last vight, at the Broadway Tabor- nacle, delivered a lecture on the d Poetry of ery the Hel #, which we pu lish this moraing. The B oid of evening. The Committee on County Offices sabmitted a report in fovor of increasing the ealaries of the Ri Taxes and the clerks of hia bureau, to take t on the first of January next, which was laid on the ta ble aud ordered to be priated. the amouat of taxes $0 be collected fur this year is stated by the y and his deputies, in their petition for an incr salary, to be $5,067,122 75—in 1843, the amount of tax assessed was but $766. J. A resolution was offered that the police justices be paid a eu n equal to ene sixth their present annual salary, for special ser- vices necessarily performed but not required of taem by low, which was referred. A cid aaa, A the salaries of the first and second clerks ia the Tax Commistioner’s office from $750 per annum 4 $1,000, was adopted. Monsignor Bedini, the Papal Nuncio, haviog ce- | cided in the matter cf the control of the pr perty of the Roman Catholic Church, in favor of the bishops a8 ageinst the trusters, tha ‘aitnfal of the cbarch of St. Pever, at B-lleville, N.J., have formally comp! ed with the decision. A correspondence on the subject | moy be found in another co umn. The returns «f the election in Rhode Island indi- | cate that the prop n for a convention to form a | no ¥ constitution had been decidedly rejected. Instructions have been sent to the Postmaster of | San Francisco to make up mails for Baltimore, | Woshington, Charleston, Philadelphia, and Boston, instead of sending but oue mail to New York, as, heretofore. Interference of the Administration In St ge Elections—What ts the Cabinet Polley ¢ The President’s message, we are told, gi take strong ground on behalf of the Sout" & At would be well for correspondents aud nev gsmon- gers to be more precise in their terms., Joes this mean that the message will be cov ehed in atone of regard for the Union, a8 © pposed to Northern disunionisis, or that it W ii orres- pond in substance and point with , the State rights speeches of the South? Th js ts worth determining. If we take the previous character of Gen. Pierce as & £ roundwork for | inference, and collxie our dedy tions with the | inavgurel, the former will app ear the more na- tural interpretation; if, on the contrary, we i ih to the essertion tl at this coloring is re, in consequence of o caused by-the free Cabinet, we shall be the general di soil preeliviti bound to reg: pothesis. If again the messege should breathe apure spirlt of love forthe whole country, it will cheer many a he art. avd will do all that words can to effuce t'ae memory of the deeds of the last fw months. But if it appears, on the face of it, a mere piece of elaptrap. designed to cajole the South by an aflected espousal of their xtravagant pretensions. it will make bad and will destroy the last shred of hope on President Pieree. Vereay that the distinction t is the more so, because shows too clearly that hitherto the policy of the Cabinet has been in perfect harmony with the latter rendering of the statement. On three act occasions the administration has inter- fered in the State elections of this year. In to out of the ong cases they have been igno- miniously defeated. although they had spared ro means, fair or foul, to gain their end. In two out of three cases their interference was unequivocally on the side opposed to the Union doctrine. One was in the North; and in 3 of the rd the lat’ mr as the soundest hy- Tt important. } that the Cabinet took part with the open ere- mies of Southern institutions. in the Sout! The other was sided with the ene- nd the extreme South- nd in that i compromise 8 pa In both, the administration gaye a solid st of its hostility to the com- promise. Let us examine the cases in de- tail. Had no unusual circumstances complicated the issue, there would have been no principle at stake in the recent election in this State. It was at best,a mere contest for spoils. No- body took any interest in it but those who had their eye on office, Had it not been for the an- noyance which the clamor of the Van Burens and that ilk had caused to respectable people, no atiention would have been drawn to the business at all, and it would have passed over as a mere form without sub The case was slighily different in Mississippi. There was among the people of that State a good deal of slumbering feeling on the subject of Southern rights. They had accepted the compromise. and Foote as its representative ; but they had done so reluctautly, and their reluctance had {deep- ened into regret at the consequences which fol- lowed. They had seen the anti-southern course of the administration without comprehending it; and in view of injuries inflicted on the South, they had clung more tenaciously than ever to their peculiar rights, without clearly identify- ing who it was that assailed them. With them there was a principle involved, and that princi- ple was nothing lees than a ratification or a re- traction of their vote of two years ago. Such was the political aspect of New York and Mis- sissippi before the election. With these facts before them, the federal ad- ministration had three courses to pursue. It might have held itself entirely aloof from both contests, and this plan would at least have in accordance with the dictates of sound cy and constitutional usage. It might have thrown what legitimate influence it had into the scale of that party whose fundamental doctrite was the principle on which it was elected; and whatever might be said of the propriety of this course, it might, at all events, have been de- fended on the ground that it was essential to carry out the compromise, and that over-zeal in such a cause was almost praiseworthy. The third course was to take sides with the enemies ofthe Union in both States—to favor the Van Buren free soilers here and the Southern-rights secessionists ia Mis This course was treacherous to the pooy ‘imical to the Union, and disgraceful to the government; and it the course adopted by the present administratic The free soil letters of Davis aud Guthrie, intended to tell upon the election here, ond the ultra Southern rights letter of Caleb Cushing, telegraphed at an enor- mous expense to M ippi. to influence the election there, and defeat the nominee of General Cass—Colonel Foote—were, in every point save one, most glaring and palpable con- tradictions of each other; but there was a point in which they tallied. With the views with which they were written, both were base, perfidions, and disloyal; both were deliberate acts of trea son to the people, and direct violations of the pledges on whieh the administration had been placed in power. It may be some consolation to the Cabinet, smarting under defeat in this State, and the overwhelming rejection of the Massachusetts constitution, which it paternally endorsed as an * administration meazure,”” to know that it has was gained or tory: It has defeated the Com- promise in Mississippi. It has gained a glori ous triv ding survivors of sph over the two l rs of that immo 7. Foote. victorie un- efal to the wounded ings of It must be svothing for them to perceive that there is at least one small State in the Union in which they have not yet sunk into such contempt that their alliance would ruin any party. What is the philosophy of all this? Where is ittoend? The answer suggests itself, Pre- sident Pierce is merely serving out the second term of the Van Buren dynasty: and the de- nouement in 1856 will be a repetition of the era of 1840, a point | facts, not words, have | The og: of Britotprise. Tis ell very wet), when one sees massive stores £OIDE* gy in Broadway, fleets of heavy , Ships eailive > to and (rom our piers, streets laid out and by git ap with magic rapidity, hotels opened ¥ mich surpass Europesn palaces, im- ports 8g oxports increasing at a feverish rate of pre "8, add all the other tokens of im- | ae e prosperity and enterprise-—it is a!l very we! ifovsay that such appearances are glorious, ar @descrve io be the boast of our country. 7 meso things are no doubt a legitimate source ef pride; bet they have their cost. They cost, ( ‘n'the first place, the peace of mind of half oar | grown-up men. One-third of our merchants purch-se them at the expense of their health; otherset that of their private means, lost at last in some splendid speculation, which en- riehes New York, but reduces its originator to a garret. They cost, moreover—aud this is the | most cruel item of the price—the virtue, the |-honesty. and the fair name of a large number of our young men, Scores upon secres of those who have fallen could trace their ruin directly to the results of the reckless enterprise, and the | consequent extravagance, exhibited in New | York life. It will not be dificult for oar city readers to | find a practical application of the statement. Despite the contradictions which have appeared in some newspapers, it is well known that de- faleations to very large amounts have recently taken place in several leading banking institu- tions in the city. More money las been taken away then the bondsmen’s deposits will replace, and heavy losses must be borne by the share- holders. It does not require much experience to foresee the shape their annoyance will take. The fiercest anathemas will be launched at the heads ofthe culprits for a few days; and then, as soon as the wrath of the victims cools, all will go onas before. Itis almost utopian to expect that anything short of a general bankruptcy will bring our mercantile community to their senses. They have seen defalcations before, see them now, and will see them again before long; but they never thought of devoting one instant of the period consumed in lamentations over their losses to a calm inquiry into the ultimate causes of the disaster. And yet it does seem hardly possible for any reflecting man to witness what is going on be- fore our eyes without seizing at once the real anomalies of our position. They may be sum- med up in two phenomena: The first is the in- ordinate, absurd cost of living in the city. New Vork is now by far the most expensive place in the world. Merchants and protessional men of the first rank spend $15,000 to $20,000 a year, or more, in mere houschold expenses. The same class of men in London and other large mercantile cities, seldom spend half this sum, unless they have country honses, or other aris- tocratic channels through which their money floats away. People who keep house, who are not considered rich, and possibly have not a shilling of capital they can call their own, live economically on four or five thousand a year. Lodgers in boarding-houses—and this class in- cludes the bulk of young merchants, lawyers, clerks, &c.—unless they are content to inhabit an attic, find it hard to make both ends meet on less than $1,500 to $2.000. The same class in England live in snug nouses of their own, on $800 to $1,000. Everything is in proportion. Of the new houses above Fourteenth street, not one in twenty rents for less than $1,099. Rents of $1,250 and $1500 are far more numerous than those of 5750. Fuel and lights are enor- mously dear. Muny kinds of food are more expensive here than elsewhere. Clothing is out of all reason. If to counterbalance these taxes on the purse. ibe general value of Jabor were greater here than it is in England or elsewhere, there would not be so much reason to complain. But though the mechanic and day laborer receive higher wages here than they could obtain in Europe, the same thing is not true of the professional man, the merchant, or the clerk. We do not think that these classes are, as a general rule, better remunerated in this city than in London. They receive no more, and must spend twice os much to live. This is one of the causes which leads to defalcations. The other is equally obvious. It ts the fever of speculation which pervades all classes: There seems to be something in the air of New York which impels people to speculate. A man is not happy ifhe does not hold stocks or trade in notes. He may be in such a position that he cannot pay if he loses ; he may he able to pay with other people’s money, and so be tempted. Whether or no, he must buy and scli—not goods of a fixed, certain value, like iron or flour; but sham stocks, issned by mock auction companies, which he buys for a few cents, and expects to sell fur as many dollars. This is the sort of speculation which has co many charms for clerks and young merchants. A man may be in a good, safe | business, which gives hima reliable and suii- cient income—under other circumstances, he would not think of anything else—here, sar- rounded on all sides by speculators and opera- tore, he becomes infected with the mania, and soon takes to gambling himself. Hence, trials of all kinds. Stock operators seldom mamilee money in the long run; and when they lone, it they have not wherewithal to pay honestly, they need unusual courage to resist obtaining it dishonestly. There are many, we doubt not, who possess that eeurage; but how many there be who do not, history of the defalcations which come to our ears, and the secret tale of those which are never discovered or are hushed up, could tell but too plainly, Mr. Toomes or Grorct, anp Jevrerson Davis or THe Cantvet.—The correspondence between these two distinguished public men, recently published in the Southern Journal, has created @ great deal of discussion in the newspapers in various parts of the country. It seems to be the general opinion among those philosophers who look very deep into the future, that the correspondence in question must positively and effectually lead to a hostile collision between these two distinguished men—that is to say, must result ina duel. Mr. Davis in his letter accused Mr. Toombs of being a very naughty boy, and Mr. Toombs in his reply returned the compliment with more than ordinary interest d feeling, The words passing between them, og to all the sound philosophy ot fight- ing. and to every precedent in the case, within certain parallels of latitude, can lead to nothing clee buta fight. Sometimes, however, we are disposed to think otherwise, and that in the resent ege of the world—particularly since e discovery of additional planets, comets, and other meteors in the air, by the strength of now telescopes—fighting for honor, so as to risk life and limb, is a matter which be- longs to past ages, and not to the present go- ahead half of the nineteenth centary. We have preeedents innumerable against fightiag, all over the country, among fpolitielans. How often in Congress, and jn many of the legisla- tures—to say nothing of political meetings— have some of the most distinguished politicians of all parties called each other by every varie- ty of vile name; and yet, the next week they are seen to shake hands, be sworn brothers, and get fuddled together after the most ap- proved fashion. We see no necessity, there- fore, eccérding to recent precedents in Con- gtess and elsewhere, for Mr. Toowbs and Jeifer- son Davis risking their lives on the point of political truth and veracity ; for there is no truth in polities—there is no veracity in party, in these latter days. It is all humbug, preten- sion, and make-believe, from beginning to end; and why should men get angry, and shoot at each other, in consequence thereof? Tue Mawe Law ar Wasurncton.—We trust that the Cabinet quarrels and the embarrassing questions of our foreign policy will not pre- vent President Pieree from devoting a spare paragraph in his message to the subject of the proposed introduction of the Maine law into the District of Columbia. He must be aware by this time that there is not a city in the United States where dissipation of all kinds.is so pre- valent curing the winter season as in Washing- ton. He must already have been shocked at the amount of drunkenness which defiles the capital. We know that the President is a man of very retired habits, and it is possible that he may not know how wicked the world is. But we entreat him to overcome his incredulity, and to convince himself that more brandy, whiskey, and wine are consumed in Pennsyl- yania avenue, from one end to the other, than in any other street in the Union, not excepting Broadway. He would not be- lieve it, probably, but, to tell the truth, this drunkenness is not entirely confined to the street porters, servants, and negroes. There are many men in Washington who neither clean knives nor wait at table, but who stand round bars, swilling cobblers and cocktails: and slings, and skins, and all the other hideous mixtures that are sold in such dens, until they lose their reason entirely, and fancy them- selves Presidents of the United States. Others do it privately in rooms with docked doors ; but—alas—with an equally absurd result. Now. when President Pierce reflects on the ridiculous position in which these men place themselves, and when he sees how much of the gambling and other immoralities which prevail at Washington, are due to the immoderate use of intoxicating liquors, he will surely be con- vinced that he ought to recommend to Con- gress the adoption of the suggestions contained in the memorial of the Teetotal Society, which we published yesterday. If he does so, we will grant his cabinet a respite. Tue Paciric Bursie.—It is not often that we agree with our contemporary the 7’ribune, but its article of yesterday on the subject of the Pa- cific Railroad expresses our ideas go correctly, that we have transferred it to our columas elsewhere. A greater sham than this concern has seldom been brought to light, even in New York. Itis enough to say that, though the stock is declared in the charter to carry withita personal liability to its full amount. it is given out openly that no further instalments than those now called in, being one-tenth per cent, or one dollar on every subscription of a thousand, will ever be levied. This instalment will raise $100,000, and the road is to be built with money from heaven knows where. We repeat our tho- rough conviction that the managers have no intention of building a rozd. They will make enough noise about grants from Congress and sales of bonds in England, to render the stock a marketable article, They will then sell out. If they did so at 99 per cent discount, they would realize a handsome profit. And when Chatfield, Walker, Gwin and Co. have got rid of the stray millions which they have sub- scribed, California, Texas and Arkansas may whistle for their road. But we go farther than the Tribune. Asa Whitney may not have liad such comprehensive schemes of filibustero stock schemes as Mr- Walker or Mr. Chatfield, but we don’t regard his road as one whit more feasible than theirs. A railroad to the Pacific must be viewed in the same light as a railroad to the moon, for the next quarter of a century. Neither this govern- ment, nor the people of this country, nor the people of England, nor any other person or people that we know of, can afford to sink one hundred millions without hope of returns. Without sinking this. or a larger sum, no rail- road can be built; even if reliable scientific men should discover a suitable route. And we need not add, that, as the bulk of railways built through populous districts. from one city to another, have not es yet paid a fair annual dividend on the capital invested, no sane indi- vidual could expect the Pacific line to pay even its working expenses. The sooner the scheme is laid on the shelf, and Messrs. Walker and Chatfield resume the even tenor of their ordinary avocations, the better for them and for us. Mr. Forney snp THE CLERKSHIP OF THE Hover or Representatives.—We see it stated in some of the correspondence of the news- papers, that the President has declared himself to be in favor of the election of Mr. Forney as the Clerk of the House of Representatives, at the next meeting of Congress. We do not think it is by any means complimentary to the moral sensibilities of the President, to make such an imputation on his good name and character. Mr. Forney may be a considerable politician, an able man, a favorite of his friends, and all that, but the position in which he was placed before the public by the revelations in the For- rest divorce case, renders it utterly impossible to think that the House of Representatives elect such a man to an office of profit and trust, without involving an entire abandonment of their own reputation for honesty and right minded sentiments. We have not the highest opinion of most of the members of the last House of Representatives ; but the present is a new one, and therefore on its good behavior, and we will not impute to it anything dis honorable in its conduct until it has rovealed such dishonor by its own action. It is equally as bad in any person professing to be a friend to the President, to make such an imputation on his character a3 is contained in the represen- tations in question, Any man who could de- liherately sit down and try to persuade another individual to get up improper evidence for the purpose of crushing a woman, is utterly unfit to be elected to any office, or to associate with any respectable member of society. We hope and trust that the President of the United States is a man ofa different moral calibre to that which the representations put forth by hie friends would indicate, rn Secretary Mancy’s Deer Recarp ror Ext onants.—The great regard of our Secretary in Washington, for the oppressed who seek a re- fuge in cur land, is clearly manifested in his order to the Consul at Bremen, forbidding him to grant certificates to contracts of marriage made by emigrants, for which we are assured they only paid $2, the regular fee, to the late Consul, Mr. King, who was so severely censured for such proceedings by Secretary Marcy. Dut if the poor emigrant will only pay an extra charge to some Bremen authority, then it is all right for the consul to certify. To carry on this system with facility, it seems the pre- sent United States Consul has his office in the same building with a notary public, who first receives the declaration of the bridal pair, cer- tifies the act, and receives his fee; then the document is handed to the United States Con- sul, who certifies the signature of the notary and receives the same fee as was charged by the former consul. Here is a translation of such a document :— DECLARATION. We, George Seubert, of Hollendorf, and Catharine Arvold, of Nauves, do hereby declare and make known to all whom it may concern, That we are en goged in merriage, each to the other, and that this declarstion is made in the presence of two witnesses, whore names are hereunto subscrived, that it may be binding on each of us after our arrival in the United States, to which place we are going, and are to be married iaeed our ihe in that country, according to the laws thereof. Witness oar hands and seals, this 14th day of Oc- tober, 1853. (Sivned,) George Scusunr. (Signed,) Carnanine ARN (Signed,) 0. Kimoth, Cus. Theo. Becke Bremen, Oct, 14, 1853. No. 5,649. Be it known: That on this fourteenth day of October, 1853, before me, Karl T. Oelrici, personally came George Scubert, of Hollendorf, and Catharine Arnold, of Nauves, the persons making the foregoing declaration, and declared under oat that they are about to emigrate to the United States, and as soon as they arrive in the said United States, will be married accord g to the laws thereof; and I, the caid Kar! T. Oelrichs, do hereby certil'y that the above named persons are the identical ones who exe- cuted the foregoing declaration. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this fourteenth day of October, 1853, in presence of the witnesses, Carl Kimoth, Mechl. Langstrape, No. 33, and Christian Theodore Becker, Mech). Langstrape, No. 33. (1. s.J Signed, Karu Tue. Ozrricns, Dr., Notary. CONSULATE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, PORT OF BREMEN, I, Wm. Hildebrand, Consul of the United States of America for the port of Bremen, do hereby certify, to the best of my knowledge and belief, that the pre- ceding signature and seal of Dr. Karl Theo. Oelrichs, at Bremen, dated Bremen, Oct. 14, 1853, is genuine, and as auch worthy of full faith and credit. In testimony whereof, I, the said consul, have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of this consulate, at Bremen, this 14th ehy. of October, ni Attest. 1853, and of the Iodependence of the United States the seventy-eighth hee [us] (Signed,) W. HILDEBRAND. Thus it will be seen that Secretary Marcy has no objection to such proceedings, provided a Bremen authority receives a fee; but the purse of the poor emigrant suffers. Now itis notorious that in foreign lands, powers of attorney and contracts are generally executed before our consuls witheut the aid of anotary—thus saving one fee. Why should poor emigrants be taxed with unnecessary expense? Let Secretary Marcy answer. Lire 1 THe Fasuronasie Horers.—Existence in some of the very fashionable hotels of this city,.such as the Metropolitan, the St. Nicholas, and the New York Hotel, is made up of dress, gaiety, excitement, dinners, converzationes, cx- travagances, and amusement of the most refined, fascinating. and expensive sort. Change of sea- son brings nochange ot style, but from the begin- ning till the end of the year there reigns in un- dim-nished splendor the same fashionable sys- tem, with now and then some variations, to give it greater zest and piquancy. Iu fact, life at fashionable hotels in this city is but an improved edition of the same sort of existence in Sara- toga during the watering season. It is one con- tinued round of pleasure, feasting, fascination, and excitement to the guests, and of joy and profit to the wealthy, polite, smiling, and at- tentive hosts. In those palaces of the people there are two systems of enjoying dinner. One is for the accom- modation of the business and travelling portion of the guests, who can dine as suits their own convenience, at one, two, three, or four o’clock in the afternoon. The other is specially devoted to the wealthy, fashionable, and sans soucj portion, who appear at table at five o'clock, the gentlemen in full dress, and the ladies bedecked in their most superior, grace- ful, and seductive style. This meal is one where the extremest ceremony and punctiliousness are observed, where an army of waiters (generally black, with white gloves) move at the tinkle of a silver bell, with as much order, regu- larity, and decorum as characterize flunkies in the presence of royalty—where the sparkling champagne, the exquisite hocky.and the bright sherry is imbibed by every person at table— where conversation is quietly carried on over the dessert, and where the sitting continues from two to three hours, It is needless to say that this is the grand re-union of the day, and that the lady guests almost invariably reserve themselves for its enjoyment. After dinner the guests amuse themselves in a variety of ways— some go to the opera or the theatres; some saunter for a while up and down the magnificent corridors; some loiter in various attitudes about the splendidly furnished parlors, and some di- vide themeelves into coteries, where they discuss all sorts of musical, literary, artistic and other topics. Generally, one evening in the week is dedicated besides to the pleasures of Za danse; and thus, between the ball, the soirée, the con tersazione, the opera, the table, and the boudoir days, weeks. and months slip past in a whirl o voluptuous enjoyment. Verily New York isa great city, and life in our fashionable hotels is among its most pleasant phases. New York State Elections The official returns frem the couaties of Kings and St. Lawrence are at last received, ana vary conside- rably the total vote of the State given inthe Hseratp of yesterday, ia which the votes of these two coun" ties were imperfect. The variation, however, is in favor of the national democrats, the official vote of Kings county showing a majority for Clinton over Verplank of more than one thousand above former statements. We therefore repeat the table of votes for Secretary of State, with the correstions. SECRETARY OF STATE. Leavenworth, Clinton, Verplanck. yO Whig. NLD. s Fifty-five counties Hu- RALD of 20th inst. 147,615 89,841 89,157 Allegany county... 2.649 SLL 2,150 LAWS... erce eves 108 416 1,443 Bt. Lawrence... O41 3,004 Kings. 7804 1,201 Total 99,513 97,046 97,045 Clinton's maj. over Verplanck. 2,468 Mr. Hoffman, candidate for Attoraey General, runs the highest of any name on ths whig ticket, re, ceiving about 163,600 votes in ths State. The vote of the State in 1848 waa as follows :— Taylor, 218,603; Cass, 114,318; Van Buren, 120,510, ‘The Albany Argus of yesterday sums up the offi- eal and reported retarne frosa all the counties of th FI eee Btate, for the candidates on the State tickets of the party, as follows :— Free Soil. two sections of the democratic National Demoerats. » 99,711 96,319 93,341 » 97,194 93 618 . 97,033 98.270 . 95,620 98,218 96,580 93,480 97,090 98,509 96,060 ane 5 2 96,282 It will be seen from the above, that five of the national democratic candilates outrun their oppo- nents upon the free soil ticket ; and that three of the free soilers—Grover, by theaid of abolition votes, and Bristol and Kelly by means of strong local support— are ahead of their national competitors. It may be added that Mr. Cooley’s impradent speech against the President, ead to the election, coat him the Joss of six thousand votes. Kings County Election Returns. STATE OF FICIAL. Secretary of State...... Clinton, nat. dem... . Verplank, tree sll er, . Comptroller............ Cooley, N. Cook, wl Kelly, F. » Watson, N.D Spaulding, whig . ger, FS. . Attorney General....... Brady, N. D. Grover, Fay, N. D, Clark, whig. Bristol, F. 8: Canal Commissioner... oe N. D.. State Engineer and Sur- i Tuspector of State Pri- t HOLM. ss sdpoinranace> Dry Clerk iy Court at i po A 3 larwood, wl PS Edgerton, F. 8. Judge of the Court of) Rugg'es, dem, Appeals, 8 years. ... { Wood, whig. Judge of the Court of} Denio, dem. . Appeals, 4 years..... { Muller, whig Judge of the Supreme ( Ga Nun, dem, . eee Rockwell, whig. . COUNTY. Senator. . . Hutchins, dem... . Spinola, whig. District Attorney. icCue, dem. Underhill, w! County Treasurer....... Seabury, dem Smith, whig. Justice of Sessions...... Stillwell, dem. Stryker, whig Ooreners si. 65ic). sess. ont Creamer, dem. Hanford, wh Sael, dem... . Hubbard, dem . Taylor, Cass... Van Buren. The Italian Opera. We were preeent last evening at the rebeareal of the “Prophite,” which is to be given on Friday at Niblo’s. An undress rehearsal is seldom a pleasing spectacle. It takes away a good deal from the interest to see John of Leyden nursing his knee ona chair, and chatting confi- dentially with a drummer; and our respect for the aged Fides is materially diminished by the familiarity she dis- played towards the soldiers and Anabaptists. Add to- this the want of costume and the absense of movement, and you will readily perceive that an opera seen at a re- hearral and the same work before a full house ace very different affairs. ‘We were, nevertheless, much pleased with the musica} performance. “Le Prophite’ is certainly destined to have as great a run here as it has hadin Europe The- music is among the finest Meyerbeer bas written. Some portions, such ss tho coronation march, the drinking: song ‘‘Berlam,”? and the sweet nir sung by the tenor to the Anabaptists have long been familiar to the musical, Public on this side of the water. Those which will be new to them on Friday, bears, in equal degree, the stamp ofa master’s hand. In many pasrages, we are free to. say that, in our opinion, Meyerbeer has surpassed all his former compositions. The lyric stage does not probably. contain two finer parts than those of Fides and Jeaa o,- Leyden. Most of our readers are aware that tho libretto in the history of this famous hero—who, at the time when su; perstition and religious fanaticism had driven half Ger- many mad—left his shop, and took te preaching; felt himself inspired, like many a worze man, and called him- selfs king; what is more extraordinary, found people to believe it, was crowned, raled, and coined meuey; and finally termipated his eccentric career by a violent end. Jean fils the leading place in the Prophéte. Bis mother: and his bride supply a domestic interest, which happily. relieves the monotony of the public career of the dema- gogue: while the cold and stern but houvest Anabaptiste- serve as a foil to the impetuous imposter who claims the gift of prophecy. Fides was originally written for a bigh soprano. It was subsequently altered by Moyerbeer to suit Viardot Garcia, who first played the part. Sinoe then it has been taken by Alboni at Paris, and by Grisi in London; last “eason it was rendered at the Royal Italian Opera by. Madame Tedesco, whose voice is. a mezzo soprano of large compass. Madame Steffanone, we think, will do it justice, Her upper register may be displayed to fine advantage ; and she will seldom need to trespass upon tho:e notes: which are deficient in sweetness, Nor do we hasitate to predict that the part will be found to suit her histrionic powers. It is one, at all events, in which she will have a much better opportunity of making a hitas an actress than she has enjoyed for some time, From Mario to Salvi there: is a great step. On Friday, more than ons among the audience will have seon them both in the great cha- racier of the Prophet. And if any—as theremay be some —have l.kewise witnersed Tamberlik’s splendid concep- tion of the same role, it may possibly occur to them that. there isa resemblance between the two former artists, though the gap which seprrates thom is immeasurable, It is at all events certain that in those high portions ta which Tamberlik earned such fame for adhering strictly to his chest voice, Salvi, like Mario, wili take'refage in the falsetto. Of the other parts and singers, Bertucea, Morini, Bene ventano, Vietti; &c, we shall speak hereafter. All the seats for the first performance are said to be taken. Broadway Theatre-—Mias Julia Dean. Miss Julia Dean, an actress of some note at the South and West, commenced an engagement at the Broadway theatre last evening, when tho Rev. Henry Hart Milman’s tragedy, “Fazio, or the Italians Wife,” was represented— Miss Dean, as Bianca; Mr. Conway, aa Fazio, Miss Doan is 2 young woman who is posvessed of a gdod face, a bad figure, and couriderabie taleat for the stage. That talent in yet crude, and the displays the faults of a novice, along with the errors engendered bya bad school. The incidenta of this very effective play are too well known to need ex- planstion. The love of Bianca for Fazio—his dessrtioa of her for Aldabella—Bianca’s dennaciation of him, and her aubrequent rep: mtance, have often drawn tears froa the women, ané moved the sympathies of the sternor sex. The character of Bianca hes been played very often. Taechiet. representatives of it in this country have been Mias Char- lotte Cushman, Mies Fanny Jarman, Mrs, Farron, and Miss Fanny Kemble. Miss Dean's teachers have given her the stage businers of Charlotte Cushman aud Mrs. Farren, but she lacks the intensity and powor of the former—the grace and patios of the latter. She did nothing with the firetact, In the second the sceus with Yaxio wan over-wrovght, and the actrees forgot the ‘modesty of nature” in her anxiety to produce effects, She never lost sight of the andience, and in her dialogue with her husband she stood at right angles to him, so. that the audience might have their attention lireoted from her to him. Her pronunciation was bad. She said “berow”? for * brow,” and ‘*derread’’ for ‘dread.’ Hex eloquent xpeech, ‘Fazio, thou wrong’st me,” was mis- conceived. She gave it angrily, not with the calm con+ fiderce of a virtuous wife, conscions of her own hoor. Her announcement of the suspicion, “Thou haet seem Aldatx in,” seomed like & conclusion arcived ay some time: before, ard no: engendered by the dialogue waish had just taken piace The speesh expressive of her desire to seo T'neio lead rather than in /\iabella’s arms, was bet- ter, though its effect was impaired by @ bad habit of inouthing and drawliog the words, The third ae wae more natura’, tough the actress lacked the power to ex~ Pres the violeat emotions through whieh Bianca 1 sap- posed to pat’ The author was here her superior, aud she #eemed to be endeavoring ty act up to hiscreatioa, The scene with Fazio in prison was quiet and exprea- sive; but iho same faults in deviamation and pronua- ciation were painfully apparent. Miss Dean's positions ard ures are awkward, and in her scene with the Duke ehe seemed at a lose toknow what do with her arma, In reading the line, “God gave ye judgment but ye falvely judge,’ she used four gestures, and neither of them expressed anything. She read the line, which ie simple enough, 00 if it wore punctaniod thes >—"God,