The New York Herald Newspaper, August 27, 1854, Page 1

"WHOLE NO. 6576. EWS BY TELEGRAPH. The Fires in the Woods of Maine. Bancor, August 20, 1854, The fires in the woods are still raging in this county, , Piscataquis, &e. In the vicinity of Ellsworth damage is being done, ana, in fact, the damage is all around. In some sections nothing is being by the people but fightin; the fires. Congressional Nomination, Pacapecpura, Aug. 26, 1854. he whigs of the Virst district, making the third candi- Hate now in the field for that district Later from New Mexico. . Locisviie August 25, 1864, The Senta Fe mail arrived at Independence, Missouri, Monday last, but brings no news of the least impor- } j } Heavy Robbery, Roms, August 25, 1854. ‘The house of R. S. Doty, in this place, was entered by @ few nights ogo, avi robbed of s considerable . Ameng the property takem were two checks rawn by D. ©. West, Treasurer of the Ogdensburg, tom, and Rome Railroad Company, in favor of Crom- Kimbell & Co., for $2,011 93 each—one on the fort Stanwix Benk, ani the other ou the Rome Exchange , dated the 22d inst. Payment on the checks has heen stopped. Peatm or fwo Prominent Citizens of Albany AuDANY, August 26, 1854, Two of our most prominent citizens died to-day. John wnsend, Prewident of the Commercial Bank, and for- ly Msyor of the city, was one of them. Hoe died evening, aged seventy-two years. He a'so belonged jo the firm of Isaiah and Jobn Townsend. The other William W. Forsyth, of the house of Forsyth, Rob- &Co. His death took place this mornicg, at the of forty-one years. He was also director in the lechanies’ and Farmers’ Bank in this city. Mortality of Boston. Ps Bostoy, August 26, 1854. The total mortality in this city, during the week end- ing to-day, was 135, of whom 26 died of cholera. This & slight increase on the returns of the preceding week. pe 5 shal a oi The Weatner. MEAT AT CINCINNATI. CivciNNaTy, Aug. 25, 1854, ‘The weather here continues hot and dry. BAIN AT PHILADELPHIA. ParLaperia, August 26, 1854. We had a very heavy thunderstorm here this evening, 8 considerable quantity of rain fell. ‘THE HEAT AT BALTIMORE. BatmMors, August 26, 1854. The heat fa this city has been exces: ive today. The ermometer bas ranged from 86 to 92 deg. Tilness-of ear: Mr. Rencher. |ALTIMORE, Aug ast 26, 1854. The Hon. Mr. Rencher, of North’ Carelina, lies very dangerously ill at Brown’s Hotel, Washington. Markets. PHILADELPHIA, August 26, 1854. In our mousy market this morning more confidence was it, but rates underwent no change. A feeling prevailed at the stock board, and sales were made of Readi:g Railroad at 33%; Morris Canal, 113; Long Island Raifroad, 113; Pennsylvania Railroad, 443; Lehigh Navigation, 01}. Cincinnati, Aug.'25, 1854. ‘A sale was made in our market to-day, of 1,600 bbis. prime lard, at 100. Lovrsviti . 25, 1854. busines: in mess ‘k to-day reac! 1,000 bbis., lat $13 50. In lard, 500 tierces at 10c., and 6,000 sugar cured hams at 10c. CHARLEsToN, Ang. 25, 1854. The sales of cotton to-day were 633 bales, at prices ranging from 7c. a 9%¢. New Orizans, Aug. 24, 1854. ‘The Asia’s news Brg! to Loren at noon Seton, ane nee depressed our market for cotton; no sales, however, have been made since the announcement. Kent: tobacos is firm, cal ig tapi Flour is unsettled, with sales at $7. Corn is firm at 70c., but the transactions areemall. Lard in kegs is selling at 123¢¢. a 18. Awful Conflagrauon at pega na Des- tructien of Property—iLwo loc! aurned Down—Frobable Lo-s of over . (From the;Troy Times, Aug. 25.] About one o'clock this afternoon, the large planing mill owned by Mr. Gibson, of Al’ ,and occupied by George Quiggan, on the south wi corner of Front Division streets, was discovere: to be on fire; and although the fire companies were on grodind in less than ten minutes after the was impossible to stop the p: of the lumber, » A breeze e adjoining of foe G. Eearen “¢7 Ga Med man very. which was on fire at two The grocery store of R. Vanderheyden, paetag mil on Front street, took fire consul le fire extended through from Front to River it two o'clock the dwelliag house of , corner of River and Division streets, ae ft i a 8 the property above enumerated is destroyed, ther with fifteen or twenty wood buildings on side of Front, below Division street, and tie lum- ards of Brainard & Cottrell, corner of Liberty Front streets, and extending east to River a of G. & C. W. Thompson, . Landon. west side, below Division, the wing houses have been destroyed:— Mr. War- va (blind man), adjoining F. W. Benson's; W. Wasson’s, H. Leech’s, R. J. Stark’s, L. "a, 8. G. Halsted's, tek north weat ee and River, and ouse On Opposi oenias Hever street,o cupied bya Mr Dean ig house. The residence of Moses Winne, lumber yard of G. Thomson, on River now on fire. ‘ now is that the fire will sweep ‘on River atreet (west side, and some on below Division street. It is the most eoaten. that has visited Troy since 1820. the 3 (4 destroyed are brick. A large families (many poor ones) are houseless. Ssoniie of doliare worth of prevenyy. wor! property. P. MWe have just retarned scene of conflagration. The fire is atill . terrible destraction of property. a—one extending from Division to Li- to River street, including also extensive lumber yards on Front street, is over. Liberty to Was! , and wae! is now beng oer, be destroyed. tended to another block—from ogtttd E : Biver jo meged zB eae Fue 2 ate 2 4 LF Ree aul iL & Fi ‘ ii bi | a? Hy e < s i has aleo crossed River street, below Li- be ‘on the Lift ie if E F Edward Joy Morris bas been nominated for Congress by | in ruins. The loss must amount, we should think, to near $1,000,000, Firemen trom Lansinburg and Albany are arriv- ing as we write. ADDITIONAL PARTIOULARS. (Frem the Al any Register, aug. 26.) At about 2 o'clock, P. M., Chiet Eogineer Dey Ermand, of ths city, received a telegraphicg dea- atch from ‘Troy, requesting assistance m our ire department, ana a portion was soon fetuiled, which v ent up on 'y Northern Rai'road, the superintendent having kindly eent up & special train, to carry our firemen and their apparatus to Wie took the ti jh e tool passenger train, whioh went up a short time befors the special train, and soon arrived | ib eens sence ion. e force wi went up from thia city waa com- osed of the D. D. Tompkins er gine Nob, Wash- ton, No. 1, and hose cart No. 11, with portions of Nos. 4,7,and 11. They arrived at Wect Troy » | short time after we did, and crossed the river by | the South ferry. As we crossed the river the scene was at once ter:ible and magnificent. The fire demon was rag- ing in bis might, and dealing destruction i mcet every cirection, Extending along the dook down the river fora great distance, tall piles of Jumber were biuzing, and ihe heat was easily felt by us while crossing from the western to the eastera tice of the river. Dense biack clouds hungover tne city like a pall, while the lurid fleshes from the burning piles glistened through the masses 0 smoke snd vapor, and disclosed to the eye the vas amount of destruction that had been ac omplished On arriving in the city we found masses of the citzcns burryiog through the streets with anxiou covntenances—the thoroughfares leadiog to the fire choke: up with goods, furnitare, &c. Tae fire when we arrived near it, was crossicg a narrow alley be:ween Fi st and Second streets, having con. sumed nearly all the tenements from Division to Adams street, and from Front to River street. Bi ge’s extensive chair manufactory (the third time cf ite destructicn by fire) was consumed, and nome- Hae and cos:ly residences on River, First and Becord streets. About four o'clock a number of elegant private residences, fronting on Second street, caugnt fire in the rear, and their destruction was momentarily anticipated. By strenuous exertions, however, they were saved. The valuable mansion, not yet finiehed, belonging to Mr. H. Slocum, caught iire in the rear, but by the superhuman exertions of a fire company from Cohoes the flames were subdued. The fire swept from River street up Adams to Se- cond street; from Liberty and First streets com- pletely through to the dock; from Division street to age on First street, from Liberty to Washing- on, &c. Being somewhat unacquainted with the locality, we are unable to yobs a minute description of the space qf ground burned over. We sdould think, howev@r, that it would amount to about ten blocks, At abcut 4 o'clock, the Hudson River Railroad freight house caught }, and was soon in rains. A large quantity of wood which had been sawed for the lccomotives also caught tire, aud threw out a terrible beat. We should estimate the loss at about $1,000,000. We were informed that the Mechanica’ Mutual In- surance Company, of Troy, sustains heavy losses. When we lett Troy, the flames had been checked toward the North, but trey were sweeping toward the Southern limits of the ‘city, threatening to con- sume the manvfacluries and dweilings in‘that loca- lity. There was a great scarcity of water, and the fire- men worked at ies terete The grasa in the Washington near the confl tion caught fire several times, as did also several dwellings iu remote parts of the city. The immense quantities of lumber piled along Front street were entirely consumed, and the docks were burned, neatly to water’s edge. A frame house, standing on the corner of Division rs River streets, strange to say, escaped destruc- jon. INCIDENTS, ETO. . ‘The weather was very warm, and the firemen Jabored at great disadvantages. The streets of the city were covered with a quantity of dust, which ‘was driven by the wind into the eyes and throats be the firemen, and nearly blin and straegled them. ‘There was a greatdeal of bad rum drinked in the city, and the inevitable result was mach fighting and rioting. A wagon, containing a quantity of farniture, upon which was seated fan Trish woman, who had with her a child about fifteen months old, was pass ing up Second street, near the railroad track, when the poor infant fell from the arms of its drunken other, and the vehicle passed over it instantly killing it! The mother was with diffisulty kept on the wagon, and was perfectly ot the death of her infant. At the Kossuth House, in Second street, a row eccurred, in which an American was stabbed in the shoulder by a German. The latter was arrested and taken to the watch house. About eight o’clock in the evening an officer at- tempted to arrest a rowdy in River street, nearly opposite store No. 197, when the fellow seized a stone and struck the officer a heavy blow in the face. The officer partly reeled, and eek | fainted, while a number of sensible men who stood by, chased the loafer and caught him. The policemen, aided by several citizens, conveyed the assailant toa place of confinement. A large fire, brand lodged on the top of the frame work of the steeple of the new church, now in course of erection, in Second street, which threat- ened to set that noble edifice on fire. A brave man named James Stancial, in the employ of Naughton Sage, ascended to the dizzy height, and grasping the hot brand, threw it to the ground. He deserves a reward for his courage, for the ascent was s pert!- ous one. It isa wonder that this charch was saved at all, and we consider its escape as an almost mi- raculous ore. What we took ‘for a vinegar store, was burned on the corner of Firet and Washington streets. We don't know how deep, or how large the cellar under the store is, but it was fall of vinegar, showing, ert that there must have been a large atoc! on hand. We were informed that a woman si:k with the cholera, and two children were consumed in a dwel- ling in Adams street, a Mr. Haynes, who resides in Congress street, having unsuccessfally attempted to rescue them. The report was much doubted, in Troy, and needs confirmation. A number of horses, belonging to a Mr. Sherman, were also consumed in Adams street, In addition to our firemen, there were others on the ground from Lansingburg, West Troy, Water- ford and Coboes. Our firemen disch: their duty with that ability which has ‘alwaye established for them een deserved reputation. vigo- rously—just as they do at home, when rescue the property of their cwn fellow citizens from de- struction. Material for Making Paper. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. In the making of vegetable shades for my meteoric wires, I have used the wild cucumbe plant. It is of rapid and luxuriant growth; a single seed will produce more than a thousand feet of vine, which, when properly cured, can be made into cordage, and I think may answer asa substitute for rags in making paper. [ have saved some of the vines, and will give them to any paper maker who is desirous of trying them, and, if successful, I will give him also a good supply of seed. One seed, in one year, will produce @ thous sand seed. These seed may answer for making oil or starch; and as the plant yields so abun- dantly that an experiment with them is worth trying, I put up a quantity of seed, intending on my first visit to the Adirondack mountains to plant them at its base, that may epread bed aecend the mountaua to that height which nature has fixed as the altitude for different species of vi on. I bave thought this in- of benefitting formation somebody—hence E. Meru. We 3 i i il Hi e958 ils Fe SUNDAY MORNING, Our Boston Correspondence. Boston, August 25, 1854. The Drought--The Country Burning Up-The “ Republican " Convention—Stephen O- Philtips—Congressional Cendidates—Ez- aggerated Predictions of the Know Nothing Vete—A Democratie Convention Called— Refusal of the Democratic State Committee to Endorse the Administration. The weather is horrible. There never was euch another drought since the last preceding one. The country is all burnt up. The fields are yellow as dying saffron. The irees are parched The corn is ail wilted. Herbage is dead. The atmorphere is filled with smoke and dust. The breezes are blasts from the great fire office, and seem as if meant to ascertain the exact amount of heat that the ailimal man can bear, The Boil ig all “ free soil,” for it goes every where, and makes itselt at home in all places, Your food is gritty, your books are gritty, your drink is gritty, and there is even an allowance of dust between the sheets. I suppose that New Eng- and must have lost some millions by this crought, Every thing looked beautifully a month ago. And now it is all dust and ashes— literally so, and no figure of speech. The Republican Convention, which is to meet on the 7th of September, will have a very im- portant work to perform. It is supposed that it will really nominate the free soil candidate; and if it should hit upon @ man who shall hap- pen to be satisfactory to the Know Nothings, he would stand a most excellent chance of be- ing chosen by the people, with a large margin in bis favor. Just at this time the most promi- sent name for the nomination, both of the re publicans and of the Know Nothings, is Stephen C. Phollips, of Salem, one of the original free soil leaders, for several years a member from the Salem district of Congress, posseased of great wealth, which he expends at once with wisdom and liberality, and uniting in his per- eon the not common gifts of eminent business capacity and high general talenta. No free sciler bas ever received so largo a vote aa was thrown for Mr. Phillips in 1848, He has had nothing to do with any of the internal squab- bles of the free soilers, of late years, and would be as clean a candidate as they could present, though not a whit more deserving than General Wilson. To the Know Nothings he would pro- bably be as acceptable as any man in the State of equal fitness for the station. An idea has prevailed with the new party, that they ought to nominate an entirely new man; and with some of their number it rides over everything else. It needs, however, but a little reflection to show that such a course might be attended with great evils. A new man might be of the best intentions, and yet fail, from ignorance— from want of experience. A mun is no more bern toa knowledge of and capacity for the performance of public business than to a know- ledge of making shoes or pulling teeth. To put an ignorant, inexperienced man at the bead of the State would be about as wise as it would be to give the command of the Independence to a Johnny Raw. At the same time, it does not follow that the new party should take up some old political hack who has been blown upon by the gales of the last forty years, but a man who, while he is known to be qualified for the Governorship, has been for years out of the position of an active ty leader. In these respects Mr. Phillips is better situated than any other man in Mas- sachueettse; and it is because he is so situ- ated that Iam inclined to attach more impor- tance to the talk about his nomination than to most such je phy It may be that he’would not take the nomination, as he has more than once declined it in former years. The statement made in one of our morning apers, and copied into the Heraxp, that the eae Nothings of Massachusetts will cast 80,000 votes, must be taken with wany hts sand grains of allowance. They will throw a good vote, F doubt not; but 80,000 would be a monstrous one, and such as they nor any other single party will not get very soon. If they should throw 50,000, it would be considered a great work here, and would be gladly com- pounded for at this moment. The highest num- ber of actual voters now claimed as members of the ledges, by some of the most intelligent members of the order, is 45,000; some put it a little higher, and others somewhat lower. In either case, a large deduction would bave to be made to get a fair estimate of what the actual vote would be, as there never has been an election in Massachusetts, for the last ten years, a which almost fifty thousand voters were not present at the polls. The largest vote ever thrown for Governor in Massachu- setts was that of 1852, when it amounted to 138,436. Allowing that this year it will, from various causes, reach to a hundred and fifty thousand, the casting of ei; hey thousand votes by the Know Nothings would ave but Seventy thousand votes for the whigs, democrats, free soilers and scattering, which, fallen as are the fortunes of the whigs and the democrats, would be to place them too low altogether. That the Know Nothing candidate for Governor may receive eighty thousand votes, I readily admit. For instance, if Mr. Phillips should be that candidate, it would not be matter of surprise if he were to receive over eighty thousand yotes; but one-half of his support would come from the free soilers, democrats ‘and whigs, who have never belonged to the order, and never will. The vote received by Horace japn in 1852, was 36,740, the free soilers then H — out Bark — “— come, and some whigs su] g him. e same party's vote, last ycar was about 30,000, several thou- sands of their number, under the lead of Pal trey and C. F. Adams, refusing to vote either for the new constitution or for Gen. Wilson for Governor. If there should be a free soil can- didate up, apart from the Know Nothing nomi- nation, and he should be Nemes table to his party, the Know Nothiogs wi it no easy matter to poll over 50,000 votes—unless, indeed, the democrats, in their deg of doing anything £0 long as the present administration eball keep up its “coalition” with our whigs, tor the exclusive benefit of the latter, should’ gO over en masse hed mee St of the new ty’e nomination. In case, whet with lemocrats, new voters, and the Know Nothings, who were originally whigs or free soilers, there might be thrown not far from 60,000 Nee the man who is re be bo Something may upon the action e Democratic Base Convection, but not a very great deal, I should think. There can be no queétion, I should say, that the whigs are making very Tate exertions to tarn the Know N organization to own account. Dr. Bell, in Mr. Banks’s district, * their wriete his stream, so that he turn power 80 may get into Congress. The doctor has been for eome years bedevilled with the idea of ‘ election is sure to show has happened. AUGUST 27, 1854. 80 far as that, I can see that his Con- with the course that was ited by the whig managers. It is reported that the tor has | got some of the Know Nothi on bis side, in | which case his prospects way ve. In the Ssiem district several pesbeee have been pamed as Mr. Uphaw’s sucocasor, aod rumor gays that that gentiemarr will not run ain. Mr. John I. Baker, of Beverley, stwads it as well sean man fer the nomination, | an@ would probably be as good a mau as could | be selected with reference to strength. Mr. A, W. Dodge, of Hwmilton, is another pereon named for the same place, and would be @ candigate. Gen. Devereux is s third, and bis practical knowleoge of saddles, he ought to be able to distance all competitors. If he should be as great in the chair of State as he is great on State saddles, nature evidently meant him for Governor, and to hold the place ss long as Caleb Strong. Mr. F.J. Baker is tulked of as the Know Nothing candidate for Lieutenaat Governor, which does aot look much like runping Mr. Phillips for Governor, as both eptlemen belong to Essex county. Caleb itetson, ot Norfolk county, is also talked of as the Know Nothing cendidate for Lieutenant Governor. He is a man of decided ability, very firtn and energetic, and would fill any office well. He is of the oid line democratic school of politics, and a superior man. There is a report that the Know Nothings of Charlestown have quarrelled on the subject of nominations, I know nothing about the story, but the Charlestown folk have always had a reputation for pugnacity “ without distinction of party.’” ¢ Democratic State Committee held their first meeting, last Wednesday, and appointed the 26th of September for the time aod Lowell for the place of-holding what is to be named a Democratic State Convention. Fhe place was robably selected with reference to the Lowell Poet Office influence, the gentleman whois there Postmaster having been one of the fathers of the coalition, though, after his appointmest to his present place, a few days before the issuing of the Cushing ukase, he had the hardiness of heart to stab bis own child as it lay struggling onthe ground against the exertions of the whige, Catholics, and Palfreyites, The call allows each town to send one delegate, and then one for every twenty-five democratio vot thrown in such toy vonded to, this would secure a cor about 2,000 mem- no that the democrats ame childish game that was attempted by whigs, in their desire to have a mass convention. The whigs called for 2,200 men, and got 950. The democrats ere some 26,000 behind the whigs in num- bers, and have not so many men in their ranks as can afford to pass their time in political loafing, so that they cannot look to pe &@ convention of above three hundred, or thereabouts. A question of some impor- tance may arise: Are the delegates to be chosen according to the number of the Wales demo- crate, om of the Bishop do.? or are they to be united together, or lumped, as it were? The convention will have to either endorse the Nebraeka bill, or condemn it, or let it alone, after the sneaking fushion of the Parris demo- crata of Maine. If they should endorse it, the pe. ple will leave them altogether. If they should condemn it, the administration will be down upon them, and “crush out” the disaf- fected. If they should neither endorse nor condemn it, they will offend both the people and the administration. Many democrats would have been glad to have had no. conven- tion called, as the proceedings must be in the pature of a farce; but they did not like to bers; so that it ch are trying to play take the initiative in opposing the ab- surd tom-foeiery. If. the convention had not been called, the admivistration meu would probably have taken the mat-¥ ter up, and have laid the emallness of the vote that apy party that they favor must have, to the account of the opponents of the usual course. As things are, the administra- tion, and its skeleton battalion of supporters, will now have the entire sen serene of the breakdown of the democratic party t! ie our ‘or my part, I wonder that there should have been found any. bedy ready to waste their time in holding a meeting under existing circumstances. The statement that has nm made to the effect that the Democratic State Com- mittee passed resolves endorsing the in- istration and its measures, is not true. A motion was made that the call for the con- vention should be made upon “the friends of the administration and its measures,” whtch was lost emphatically; whereupon Mr. Hobart, chairman of. the committee. and an office holder under President Pierce, as he also was under Gov. Boutwell, resigned—a dispensation that the committee, by the aid of Divine Providence, were enabled to bear up under. A resolution waspthen offered endorsing the administration; but it was withdrawn by its mover, withou any action being had on it. I learn that in course of the debates that took place, the administration had some pretty hard things suid about it. Its only friends, with one ex- ception. inf the committee, were office holders, and men of that stamp’; good men, unquestion- ably, but with their ideas warped by their in- terests, ALGoMA. Our Portland Correspondence. Porttanp, (Me.), Aug. 21, 1854. State of Parties in the State of Maine— Views of the Whigs—The Congressional Nominations of the Whigs and Anti-Ne- braska Men—Local Nominations, &c., &c. The condition of parties in this State has been becoming better, for some weeks, very fast. I say they have been becoming better, delibe- rately; and in spite of all that, you will see in our papers about the impression that exists, the local quarrels, the multiplicity of nomina- tions for office, &c., &c. I admit—and am quite ready to admit ten times as much more—all that is said concerning the “ ravelled sleeve” state of everything that here has any concern or covnection with party matters; and I con- tend, on the principle that as things approach to the height of all that is bad, so do they come nearer to good; and hence it is proper to say that matters are improving witb us, though to superficial eyes this truth may not be so appa- rent. Of course, Mr. Editor, your eyes and mine are not of the class alluded to; but there are eyes not so well made as ours, and for my explanation is made. the letter which I wrote you come eight weeks since, I could only speak of the State nominations, all of which had then been completed; but since that time the politi- cians bave been engaged in completing their work by getting up candidates for Congress, the State Senate, and so forth, and thus pre- paring the way for the grand popular war dance that is to take place on the 11th of Sep- tember. The idea that prevailed some time since was, that men should be supported for Congress who were known te be oppesed to the Nebraska bill, irrespective of party; but the whiga, who were very forward in encour- aging thisides, have apparently come to the conclusion that they would not make much in that way, and that it would be better to seek to profit by the existing state of ‘opinion as whigs than us enti-slavery men. This comes from their conviction, I presume, that their party must come Into power wea national organisa | al sepirations had a great deal to do | tion, if it shall only remain, what is called “ true to itself.’ Such conduct is so natural that it is hard to find fault withi‘; but it most be considered wise or foolish accordin, to the circumstances of the ease to which it is ap- plied. Here it seems tobe very foolish. What ds the object of our whigs’? It ia to prevent the election of friends of the administration to Congrevs ; and that can be effected only by the union of the various branches of the oppo- sition on the same eandidates, which has been effected in some districts, but notin all. Ag sured)y, the rui of two or more opposition candidates in most districts is not tle way to defeat the Pierce ond Parris men, who are | teking courage from the want of tact and dis- cernment on the part of their foes. A month | ago there was not the least prospectof a Pierce | democrat being chosen to Congress from this State; now the chances are iu favor of the elec- tiou of two or three gentlemen of administra- tien politics, because the whigs, wAo are a8 nothing here alone, wil) insist upou it that they only are entitled to: profit from the ad- mipittration’s many follies. They took the beating, they say, that created the administra- tion, and why should they not be the gainers by that course of events which is carrying it to the rocks of destruction? All) this’ would Le proper enough if the whige were so strong 28 to be able to help themseives; but as they »re not in such condition, and can look for no’ morked success av whigs, it hardly entitles them to be put in the category of wise men— onless it be of such wise meu as “went to sea in a bowl,” and made a very short time of their ! tri The whigs bave gota notion in their heads that they must carry the Congressmen, or a majority of them, in order to secure the vote! of this State for their party’s candidate for the next Presidency, as they bave a sort of vague idea that the successor of Generat Pierce will be choren by the House of Representatives, Bot tor this notion, 1 believe they would have acted with more reason than they are now dis- pleying, or are likely to display: They are evidently relying, too, on-the breaches that ex- iet in the democratic party, and relying too | much on them. That a great deal of ill feelin; exists between these branches ofa once unite | and hemogeneous organization, cannot be | doubted hy aor one who daily sees the exhibi- tions of hostile spirit which they make; but they have no affection for whiggism, and in their hearts. they hate the whigs. If anything can drive them together—and their re-union is far from being amongst the impossibilities of the world—it is the present conduct of the whigs, who act as if they thought the whole earth were theirs, they being the saints to | whom it bas been given as an inheritance, Having held possession of the State govern- ment for two years, and elected a Uniled | States Senator, though the popular ma- jority is thousands upon thousands against them, tho whigs think that their own good for- tune and their adversaries’ dissensions are bound to continue, and to secure the return of not less than four members of the next United States House of Representatives, who shall be sure to vote for the whig: candidate. for the Preridency, in case the psople should fail to make choice of a nationé) chief magistrate. They also expect to maintain possession of the State government; and, relying upon the tide that is setting against the. administration, run- ving out to the very last drops, they trust to be able to carry the Legislature in 1856, and co establish their power, perhaps, by the aid of a direct alliance with the temperance men and free soijers, and by bartering the Governorship against it, secure another United States Senator as a colleague to Mr. Fessen- den, in place of Mr. Hamlin, who, though no admirer of the present -administration, and hated by it in return, is as little like a whig as any man you could find in Maine. That the whig leading men are ne forward two yearr—a sort of eternity in politiss—I know, not only because they say sufli- cient to betray their purpose, but because the Presidential contest, with its Senatorial. and representative accompaniments, so vast an array of prospective “spoiis,”’ as would have dis- turbed the equanimity of St. Anthony himself in the midst of his temptations, would be suffi- cient to tempt even wiser heads than those which it has pleased Providence to place in the hands of the men who here control the action of the whig party. Yon may be assured that the action of the whigs throughoat New England is based on considerations connected almost en- tirely with the contest of 1856, and. that they have been induced to modify their. extreme abolition ideas in consequence of representa- tions that have been made to thom from their Southern friends. But for these representations, and the belief that the preservation of the old whig party is highly necessary for future pur- poses, you would have seen a. complete coali- tion formed here, which would have presented a stronger anti-slavery front than has ever been, seen in New England. You will easily understand that this change } of purpose, and consequentiz of action, has been by no means perfect. ‘Two. things have ope- rated to prevent the old state of affairs from being entirely resumed. lst. The idea of forming a thorough coalition had been 20 far developed that it would not be entirely abandoned, and the nominations of such men as Mr. Wood and Mr. Perry, in the First and Second districts, are the effects of a partial ad- herence to the first formed plan. Mr. Gilman, a whig of the best standing and character, was originally nominated by his party for Congres but he handsomely withdrew when it was found necessary to have a upion made on Mr. » a Morril) man, so that the same course might be pursued in the First district on Mr. Wood, a whig. Mr. Wood is a rich man, who has made his money during the last few bcd: through railroad operations and speculations, and is now afflicted—or his friends for him—with a desire for political pro- motion, which he can buy, ifnot earn. He is just one of those men who are thought every thing of because they happen to have money, but who are thought nothing of until they have it. His nomination has been the result of one of the completest little intrigues ever got w in Maine, where we have had plenty of suc! things on a small scale. He is principal owner of the Advertiser n per, our whig organ in Portland, and oouitele that paper, which is supposed to account for the leaning in favor of free soiliem and Morrill democracy thet has been Be she by that jour- nal for some time in the MM ge of its enemies. I have not, I feel bo to say, been able to diecover any of these anti-whig tenden- cies in the Advertiser that are it, beyond a desire, which may e: in various ways, to conciliate branches that are out of the Royo! Lahr whiggery, and which, we would think, indicated, sense rather than t! . Mr. Wood’s con- nection with it is the chief cause of the sus icion that attaches to it now that he has m bitten by ambition. In the Third there has been a regular rupture—Mr. Farley, the preeent whig member, having Tefused to write such a letter as A) itself the various. d Rockland, on the Eben Knowlton, who, k Nebravka” candidate of the district. bia seg is a oe document expreeses the 0; - Wye express—if dared to. , sod it ls vappened thet thoy to-morrow, able to best their opponents, not beaten one. the whigs have nominated _ the Fifth, Mr, Waehburne, THE NEW YORK HERALD. PRICE TWO CENTS. and in the Sixth, Noah Smith, Jr, who is Speaker of our present House of tae tives, and who Came co near being whig candidate for Governor. Neither of these nomi- nations is in all respects satisfactory to the oj positionists outside of the whig ranks, th they regard some with more favor than others. The second cause why the coalition has not entirely failed is, the ambition of individusik who have no idea of being compelled to remain im obscurity in order to promote the election of a whig to the Presidency two years hence, who might not be elected after all, and the practicul effict of whose clection would be the change of ong set of men for postmasters and . custom ioure officers for another set. Of the local nominations I will speak im another letter. “I will here only remark that they are likely to be very pumerous, bei qnite so af pre-ent. Disaffection may be s €o be the word of order, or of disorder, and i# religiously regarded by all men in Maine whe lyave anything to do with politics, Szsago. Condition of Bartadocs—Its Planters, Ne- Foes and Crops, F §From the Kingston (Jam) Journal, Aug. 2.) The ‘‘Agricultural Review” in the West Indian Bartvrdoes paper, of the 4th July, revoais some oir cumstances connected with the popniation of teat ielaud, and their condition, which are rather start ling. Considering the large sugar crope which have for sevezal successive years been made in Barbs does, we and others bave been led to conclude that that island was prospering, and its laboring pope- lation were happy and contented. To associate the prosperity of the people with the increased produe- tion of exportable produce was not improper. With- out an adequate supply of labor, we know from sad rience that large creps of sugar are not li to be made, and with the prospe ‘ity of the agricul- tural interest are not unreasonably associated the well doing ef the masses. This ought to be the case, and we concluded that it was. The remarks in the “Review,” however, would seem to show that a-very different condition of things prevails in Bar badoes, and that large sugarerops and want, verg> ing on starvation, are by no means incompatible, Another consideration, says the writer of the review, is the behavior of the laboring population. People kept on the-verge of starvation cannot be efficient laborers, for they have not strength, and, as the experience we have learned from the pre- yeilise epideasts Proves beyond: question, they rea- dily fall victims to its attacks. But this is not all. Ti.ey become discontented, disorderly, and ready to engage ip avy mischievous schemes to give vent te their dissatisfaction. There was plenty of ai; of this disposition in the course of last crop, inthe fre- juent incendiary fires at Hothersall, Farmer's, Joe@ ver, and other places. A more recent proof of it was given in the riotous proceedings at the upper part of Saint James and Saint Thomas, when mobs: Pa several Buaote ee eel anton estate to 9 forcing open the oures, digging up the tato fields, and pi us mhaiver: ater could sa their hands upon. We are glad to find that their mischievous proceedings. have ceased, aud that the desire for pillage, and the disposition to comasit outrages of this kind did not spread beyond the dia- trict in which it first displayed iteelf. We are quite ready to admit that when it becomes: 8 question whether sugar or .provisions should be raized, the prices of the articles rendering, sugar cultivation more profitable, it.is economical to pro- duce the Jatter. But in all cases in which the cule ture of food is practicable, in connection with the | iy sae of mat it is wise and proper to pre lece food. The density of the population in Bazba- does not only requires that attention should be paid to the cultivation of food, but permits it to be raised without interfering, with the production of the exportable commodity. There would appear te have existed, however, a disposition to depend ea~ clusively upon peg Ge gg for the subsistence ane laborers of eck joes, zr vee in that. island presses upon subsistence,an iscouraging the preduction of food, and leaving tee laborer en- tirely dependent upon bis money wages, the sugar planter pursues a policy calculated to ensure a sup- ply of continuous and cheap labor. But the sorew may be applied too tightly, and reaction may take plece, abd exhibit itself in discontented and diser- derly conduct--in readiness to engage in ier eerie a ao liability to disease, wan strength, and lial with lity to resist the latter when it appears, is very to conntemct, in time, the which are made to keep labor de; and The policy is a bed one, and we quite concur w: a writer in the West Indian, that, ‘setting aside all other feelings and considerations of humanity, it is good economy and wise policy to plant a ot ficient quantity of food forthe preservation of tha lives of those createyes (men and beasts) without: whose labor the crops of sugat—whether large or emall—can neither be raised nor peepee... And this would be the trae policy in all the colonia, whether the population be dense or scanty, Ig Barbados, where tae land is scarce, the proprietors - or attorneys will not permit Indian com or to be planted, even after the canes have been cut. off, when the lands remain open for the next year’s. crop. ie laborers. have been forced to buy flour and cornmeal; and they have been, for the last six months, at neesly double the eee rice. Im this islane , where land is abundant, the laborer perfectly independent, cultivation is varzied om im. 80 irregular and unskilful a manner that there isne. cal: Wating upon a rufficient supply of native fe and a very large portion of the population is to buy flour sad cornmeal. Here, therefore, as welk asin Barbadoes, we require that more attention should be paid to the production of the native articles of consumption. A very considerable say- ing of Jabor would be effected in this island, by am alteration in the mode of rowing food; and the labor thus saved might be devoted to the produc tion of numerous other arti les, But our proprietors. or attorneys here, like those in Parbadoes, do mot care to trouble tuemselves abon’ this matter, or to enter the list with the bill and hoe cultivators. This is to be regretted, because the supply of native food ig not only left entirely in rhe hands of ignosant and‘ unskilful cultivators, but the ignorance of our people is perpetuated. ples we are told, is better than precept, and it is at all times more powerfal when we have te deal with uniettered and ignorant persons. Those who blame our cultivators for the wasteful mauner i} in which they manage the land and at labor, torget thet they know ao other mode here toil. It was the custom duricg slavery ot a manual labor to every portion of the tasks The negro’s head supplied tha place of the beast of bur- den, even in conveying the produce of the land to market. Instruction is required, and it mast be afforded practically. The example of cultivating provisions upon a more economical plan must be set by thore who have more intelligence, and such ap) lancer a are not within the reach of the bill an cultivators. But how is this to bedone? Will the owners and attorneys of estates determine to cultivate an: 8 given number of acres of land in articles of f»04, such 98 are, and such as may be, cultivated for the wupport of our. people, ir native or introduced? Or shall we have model farms, . vated by Europeans introdoced into the island rte the jax purpose of teaching our le how @ man ows land, and calrating {efor his ows. benefit, to it, and to live. A few such, esta] din parish, and cultivated by “ ticked of leave” men from England, under superimtendence, would forniah some new jag dead i laborers, i 4 : 3 il £ z : i 3 ‘i 5 5 i Brant, reward iz