The New York Herald Newspaper, September 24, 1854, Page 3

| if i | if t i i i 3 Ba } i! - i f FE RAS. i 3 { g | E af fr fr H 5 3 i = é { j HH I i to ihe peree progress of man- those in authority, and of those pation. i the world, whether by their ‘organs of public i to or even to the may be obtained. bob ors algar rall Br poltti a 0 vulgar lying politi- of persons engaged in the irdng soenes life it may truly be seid that the best sel- our hopes, or the worst our fears. To free indeed, we are wont to look with ter they area barrier it ea- prices and abuses of absolute authority, and they givo to whatever is worth in the »o- tical structure of a nation; but free institutions, like other portion of the mechanism of society, must pa be fos nf the good they prodse, ‘and it Spares oC pelea cae perpenriraaow ae slate a positive benefit because it does not originate ina form ernment as men, o yularas ourown. Aa Foglish- got gee ek ante tter of ‘rance may be goverred, an a mat ol fmportanes tous what’ may be ber {ateraal of government; at any rate, we have nothirg to do with the choice of a French dynasty or the nature of a French constitution, but we are immeasurably concerned in the maintenance of peace and good will between our- selves and our nearest and most powerful meighbor. We know that this union is our ‘and our welfare; and im these times the broad national interests which have sprang up between the most civilized com nunities ef the world, are the first object to which we direct our and our hopes. In this sense, the excursion of Albert to Boulogne has a national interest, though it has not the character of a military or @ political mis- sien, and we have no doubt that his reception in France wit be as cordial as the best friends of the two countries can desire, what family . The Peniusuiar Mails. the Peninsular and Oriental Company’s steamship at Southempion on September 2, we have dates from Gibraltar to the 2th, Cadiz 25th, Lisbon 20th, Qporte and Vigo 0th ultimo. ‘The Lisbon Sag oT goa of the London Times says:— ‘The idea of Don V. becoming joint sovereiga of and Portugal ie much more Alecuenea and thought in Spain, France and Fogland, than in Portugal—there in a neweparer here, the J , which advocates the Weerian union, and the Miguelite organs are the only ones which trouble themselves to contest the fusion. No ene can be surprised that the government papers should evade the subject i was former! de is also now evidently well satisfied to let things take couree; it contends the recent changes in Spain are not calculated to effect any alteration of government here, and I bslieve this to ba ‘the fact. I alao believe the king of Portugal would think ‘twice before he accepted a Spanish crown, were it offered te him even under the most favorable auspices, and his present subjects are assuredly far from appreciat- img. as yet the advantages the Iberian union. I do not to know the ex; timents of the King of Fortagal, Zonet, or his ministers; they have very peotestly rained from saying anything or giviog any sign about it. There is no truth in a report that A epenam one qj ‘who advocates the union, wag recently refused an audi- @nce by the King Regent; nor has any ast come to my krow from whieh an inference can be drawn as t> ‘the sent mts of this court—though I have been bold berate lib) give my opinion of those sentiments—if the occa! should offer, and it is by no means impousiblo, I think, I +ha'l prove oorreat. of sen- the King Large orders for & ve been sent from 0; Algarves for the brandy, as a substitute for preduce of the grape, so that the price of figs is like- Ty tobe bighor than usual, notwithstanding the crop pro- pe Deseigncd $8 /that of almands, w was uno- Lisbon Board of Health had not noticed the reports cholera in the es, bat had declared it to exiat at Leghorn, jona. Toulon, Smyrna, Belfast, and Quebeo, all of which are declared to be infected ports, and, as suspected, all the other Neapolitan and Tuscan porte, all the Spanish in the Mediterranean, @ibral- and the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Lisbon ex es at three months are by this packet qucted—on Le: 5 B44, money very scarce, few trans- actions, and paper over hough not al andant; Paris dune at 681, and Hamburg at OX; Amsterdam’ quoted at 423%, and Genoa 528. Fashions for September. [From Le Follet.} ‘The excessive heat of the weather lately has rathor tried the courage of the fair votaries of fashion, by the exertion involved in the adornment of their gracetal figures. but the recollection of the old seer “Tl faat seoffrir pour etre belle,’’ came opportunely to their re- Mef, snd rather than forego the gratifcation which » , and especially a French woman, derives from the eontemplation ef herself when bien mise, or risk the loss ef the compliments of her friends on pee pupenrnacs, with th ation of martyrs pursued ‘daily exerci: ino felt amply repaid by the result. A terial, barege is well adapted as a medium for the display of elegant patterns ‘and usefal styles. Gray, im various shades, is much in demand; the flounces are ipally ornamented with designs in violet, pink, deep @, or cerise. Sometimes the flounces on these dresson are maie of to the g produces a good effect. ‘Taffetas dresses in large checks, blue and white pink and white, or white and lilec, and made with full bodies end a ceinture, are much worn. A robe of Renal de laine of rather a dark shade of ourlés flounces, forming a pleasing of- wege, plaited on the shoulder and at the waist, terminated by a waist ribbon of the same color with geod ends; the front of the body was trim- med bows of ribbon to match; and the ves com. raed of three oouillens, separated by ribbons ending in a The dereription of a Tory prety sleeve, made e by may is formed of & large bouifant and tho epaulette trimmed with two narrow friils, with a = There are two also at the bottom of 8) e. porsage a bretelle is just now at ths heicht of feahion. We have noticed several of guipure or black Inet, and berquines sealloped behind and in front. Th juine, and also of the slcevas, is ea- Us of: lace or guipure. Th's japted to display an elegant figure. tane we have seen several very es. They are made with a double or tri witha plain hem about five or six inc! corsage a la vierge is gathered in at the waist, and cut square at the top on ¢o a uarrow worked ‘band or a lace insertion. The sleeves are very short, end slightly bouffantes; underneath is a second slesve, in the middle, or rather a joskey, trimmed on edges with an insertion or work like that on the top Soy. With this dress a broad caintare of white, or blue taffetas ribbon is worn: it is fastened in at the side, or behind; the latter gives a more Javenile character. é A ty, but somewhat eccentric dress, composed of Giapbane gauro of exquisite delicacy, was mad ‘with three skirts, trimmed with deep bouillonnées of game material. On them were sprinkled small pearls in white jet. The effect was singular, but vory good, and @onveyed the idea of a sprizkling of dew drops. The dou aon ace in the hair were oompored of ), int with leaves of white jet, as lizht lowers, foliage are, 6 well- kmown talent of our "most celebrated pedo in this ‘branch, brought s0 closely to imitate nature, that ata first glance the eye might easily be dezeived by their Deautiful appearance. ‘Ihe perfection at which ert hhas arrived will account for this style of ornament being ref mp 4 fashionable, and apt lied to the various parts FA 3 ‘toilet, wherever practica! omaidsy or at the country be more spe te than wreatt flowers ju blended w! linge and fruits,on tulle? As, for ex- ample, # robe, which from the ‘top to the bottom only @ single bouillonnée of tulle illusion, on which are jearelessly scattered small white roses with their buds. |The corsage bdoutllonnée trimmed at the centre with a bouquet of the same flowers, and on the rleeves ote Fores with the stems, hanging gracefully on ® We are tempted to accompany the deroription of this mister SF Satter eee ee ure #o charming init. It was pie ad masons and in th was discerned a small string of white rosebada, and bandeanx were artistically 4, and pro- et, ensemble. hile others me ‘The rim ia lined med with fratt as round the ler size; and two broad brides in » when the young ladies put on Hs id i u i ii ie i iy if Fi t fe tt Le | : E 5 ~ i i z 5 E E i ry 3 | § % ES a tse usually accompanied by ears ef corn, or leaves, in straw. ‘or morsing wear, a little veste with p flounces similarly embroidered, is very suitable and liked ; lally as this desc: Dafa pesadien oat iy Semiacine tive, and from its costliness ean only be élite of the beau monde. Our New Haven Correspondence. New Haven, Sept. 8, 1854. The Rum Law—lIts Effects upon Trade— New York and New Haven Railroad— Hon, Joel W. White, ete. The wisdom of the lest Legislative qnacks of this old nutmeg State is exibiting itself in various end sundry ways about these hot and dry dog days. Although the rum bill was thought by its friends to be sugar-coated suf- ficient to ensure a “go down,” still their sagacity did not reach far enough to discover the peril and jeopardy of other interests in- separably connected with rum, The experi- ment, thus far, has shown no diminuation in the consumption of the “ critter”—if outward signs afford safe conclusions. It has closed a great number of busincss houses other than hotels, driven their occupants to New York, Boston, end elsewhere, and transferred the trade which naturally belongs to the cities of Connecticut to foreign States, and consequently foir | depreciated property to the extent of the amount of trade thus withdrawn, which may be safely put down at one tenth of the whole mercantile business of the State. Had all the sections of the law, as originally framed, been passed, it would have performed the last service (elways excepting the doxology) for old Connecticut. Suppose a few such sections as the following specimen had been tailed on this famous rum pill?—or, indeed, attached. to Mr. Harrison’s free African bill:—‘ And be it further enacted, &c., that it shall not be lawfal for any white person to become a citizen, or pass through or over this State, who cannot prove by affidavit or otherwise to the satisfaction of the court having jurisdiction, that (him or her) as the case may be, are ready to steal property from any slaveholaing State—violate an express law of Congress by refusing to surrender the same when ca!led upon to do so by the legal author- ity—possess not less than twenty-five shares of underground railroad stock—in full communica- tion with the Presbyterian Church, and ready at a minute’s warsing to wade knee deep in blood in defence of niggers, bond and free, all over the world!” How such a law would Schuylerize the State; and how many of the members of the last Jegislature would have voted for a law as preposterous as this did they hope for its pvssage, I am not prepared to say.’ But that some of them would I have no reason to doubt. Speaking of Schuyler brings to mind the New York and New Haven railroad. I notice | that the “committee” which was appointed some Uae since ty Jou iato their , are soon to make their report,—the correctness of which depends very much upon the position whici they occupy at present and prospec- tively. If they are the agents of that old rot- ten faction who have lcd themselves in a shower of gold to kingly palaces by frand and impu- dence, neither the stockholders nor the public should have much confidence in their report. Nothing short of a general scooping out of all the old sharks in the concern will satisfy, and the sooner done the better. The New York and New Haven railroad approaches nearer a peries railroad monopoly than any railroad in is country. It enjoys a business equal to the most favored—sufficient, if properly managed, or not hourly robbed, to poy 8 fair dividend, even against the fraud in its construction, an inccmpetens or criminal directory, the great Schuyler fraud, and possibly pilferings since. Its receipts are enormous. Its expenses more than enormous. Compare it with the Michigan, South- ern and Northern Michigan, which cost some five or six millions—the gross receipts of which should cbs be more Ayes a of the New oo ven—and expense of operating greater. We find the former road to be good Paying roper- ty, and the reason simply is, because it is man- aged with strict reference to the interest of all. fo fat jobs are given there that goes to con- struction account, and afterwards divided be- tween the contractor and a little coterie of the directors. No over issue of stocks, while Judge | Stryker, Mr. Jervis, and the Litchfields are | about. In short, their road is not run without 8 president, a board of directors, competent engineers and employees who are in active ser- | vice, and who are chosen with strict reference | to snten and brains, without inquiring the | Tespectability of parentage or weight of purse. | Give the New Haven Railroad all that belongs to it, and that is neither more nor less than similar management to the Northern Indiana, | and it will pay a fair dividend upon five mil- | lions of dollars, keep itself in repair, and sus- tain its rolling stock. I notice that you have endorsed the recommendation of the Hon. Joel W. White, of Norwich, for the Presidency of the New Haven Railroad. You have hit upon one of the most energetic railroad men in the country; one of much practical experience, wealth and influence, and who takes great pride in carrying all his enterprises through. He will receive the vote of the New England stock- holders, should-he consent to retire from the presidency of the Norwich and Worcester rail- road and serve. Should he be placed there, I | apprehend that parties in interest would soon realize the difference between the old style of doing the business and the new; and, by way of adding strength to the ticket, 1 may be permit- ted to name A. C. Flagg, Esq., for treasurer, and with a working ‘arrest 4 e New York and New Haven Railroad ll pay beyond a ques- tion. When is the mags meeting of the stock- holders at the Metropolitan Hotel? The people about here are guxious to know. They are tting uneasy—feverieh. Let us know about it, and oblige, Sream. Annsst OF A CoUNrERrErTER AND Discovery oF 4 Lancg Amount or Countsrrsir PLates.— Thomas Davis, of thia city, suc:eeded in arrestin an ogre counterfeiter, wn by the name D.D. Newman. Information having been received that he was ina village om the Central Railroad, west of Auburn, Sheriff Thompson and officer Davis started to arrest him. Mr. Davis, who had seen Newman on one or two occasions, remained at Waterloo, while Mr. Thompson went as far os Canandaigua, but, not finding bis man, returned to Waterloo, on his way home. At that place he was joized by Mr. Davis, acd after they were seated in the cars, Newman entered the same car, tate ed his carpet bag and took a seat near thom. He was first noticed by Mr. Thompson, who only knew him by description, and Pointing him out to cfficer Davia, he was be recognized as the man they wete in search of. It was thought beat not to arrest him until they ar- ‘rived at Syracuse, when he was taken into custody ‘and escorted to the Sheriff's office, where his carpet bag was searched, and sixteen different plates for altering bank bills were found. Among the plates were found tens on the Bank of Selina; fives on the Merchants’ Bank of Byra- cuse ; tens on the Farmers’ Bank a ios aa arena anes chanics’ and Manufacturers’ Bank dente. Providence, R. 1; Bank of Saratoga ; Hamilton Bank, discon Co.; Weybooset Bank I L is Union Bank, R. I. Besides ral s¢ dies for twent the arty and sft E =o bey might mame, to set but he wea eotirel mistaken in men, FE SBe a = 13 wusiin, or Hight taffetes, in softy , ent found sgainst bim.—Syracuse Standard. soon lodged in nitent to awail ting of the vents (oy. ta aay wee brought before the Grand Jury and an indi F *h 2 Our Albany Correspondence. Axsany, Sept. 4, 1854. Enlargement of the Assembly Chamber— Committee Rooms— State Library Building —Idiot Aaylum. The Last Legislature appropriated a suffl- cient amount of money to enlarge the Assem- bly Chamber in the Capitol. The eontractors for the work have progressed with commenda- ble energy. The rear walls have been rebuilt, the roofing completed, and the cornices con- structed so as to conform with the old portion surrounding the front and sides of the building. The Speaker’s chair and Clerk’s desk, will be thrown back some fifteen feet, being the depth attained by the new additions. The workmen sre now plastering and stuccoing the in- terior, and in the course of two months the material portions of the alterations will be per- fected. The painting, upholstering, carpeting, and refitting the furniture, will occupy nearly all the time left before the meeting of the next legislature. The chamber is to be sup- plied with new desks and chairs, the latter somewhat similar to those in the Senate cham- ber. This furniture is in process of manufac- ture, by Messrs. Merrifield & Wooster, an Alba- ny firm of cabinet-makers. From samples of the work which have been exhibited-to us, we have no hesitation in pronouncing it such as will give perfect satisfaction to the State officers and members of the Legislature. It will be highly creditable to those: young mechanics. The whole will be ready as soon as the cham- ber is prepared to receive it. The architect has also provided for a full and free ventila- tion, which the room never before possessed. It has also been wisely determined to dispense with the hot air steam furnaces, and to heat the chamber with wood in open fireplaces. as far as practicable. This will be a great relief to members from the country, as this class have heretofore suffered most ‘intolerably from the upbealtby atmosphere of the room. The rooms above, now occupied by the mis- cellaneous lib: , are to be altered and conve- viently arranged for committee rooms, an ob- ject v much desired. The State of New York, with all its res liberality in other re- ects, has never before provided any suitable place for the meeting of any of the committees of its legislature. Now, it is likely the claims, the finance, the canal, railroad, bank, judiciary, roads and bridges, ways and means, commerce and navigation, insurance, and all other promi- nent committees will have rooms prepared where their consultations may be held without interruption, and be provided with all necessary conveniences, and ample accommodations for the preliminary transaction of the public busi- ness. The law library room, on the floor with the Senate chamber, are to be accommodated to the wants of Senators and legislative visit- ers, viz:—the lobby. In the rear of the Capitol stands the new li- brary building, now within two months of being completed. Its cost has been very ex- travagant in comparison with the amount which the trustees said was sufficient, when the Legislature made the first appropriation, some four or five years since. It is supposed to be entirely fire proof, as there is no wood work about itexcept the doors, (and they are to be sheeted with tin or iren,) the stairs and the frames which support the shelving. The upper story is about completed, and the sheet iron shelving in the main entrance will only require some six weeks time, when that will also be done. Mr. Peter Smith having this contract, is pushing it ahead with all the force he can place upon it. The workmanship of the entire interior has been planned and executed in the most admirable manner—the decorations and finish will compare with any room for beauty and effect, in the country. The whole State li will be removed, and ali the books and miecellaneous matter pore bye ly arranged, ready for the inspection of the new Legislature in Jaw next. The lower por- tion will be greatly deficient in light, which, in the it Lares cloudy or Jomering bo must sup) gas—not v leasant when daylight shodla subserve, oo The Idiot Asylum, which has been in opera- tion for three years in this vicinity, is to be re- moved near Syracuse, as soon as public accom- modations are provided. The establishment would have remained in this neighborhood but for the conduct of a pereon representing this city and county in the Senate. Ever since the asylum has been instituted hired premises have beenused. The Legislature of 1853, being satisfied that a necessity existed for making it a perma- nent “institution,” granted the sum of twenty thousand dollars for asite and towards the erection of a building. The trustees visited several locations which were offered, and finally urchased a few acres, some four or five, of Mee ‘tephen Clark, on the Troy road, near this city, for which they paid him the sum of one thousand five hundred deflars per acre, cach, out of the fund ay paeemed by the Legisla- ture. It was considered a very eligible situa- tion, being near the city, convenient to mar- kets, easy of transportation by teams, rail- roads, canals, or the Hudson river. Though the trustees, (John C. Spencer being chief man- oger,) paid more than double the actual value of the soil, they still had the sum of thirteen thousand two hundred and fifty dollars remain- ing in the treasury, subject to their order, with which to commence the erection of the asylum. But they moved nofarther. The Senator above alluded to owned a piece of property, or was the agent of it, which he stron; y urged upon the trustees, but they did not think proper to make the purchase. During the last session he laid the matter before the Senate, and from the facts which he presented, together with the eloquence he displayed, induced the legislature to instruct the Asylum trustees to make further inquiries, and purchase another site. This opened the matter, when one of the present State officers stepped in and sold a lot of land, near Syra- cuee, to the said tructees, upon which the Asy- Inm is to be erected. The property purchased on the Troy road is accordingly abandoned, and the next le, ture will pos le its sale at auction, an pee alos of about two-thirds of its cost. John O. Spencer, on account of his thus financiering for the State, should be held accountable for the loss. It is contended that Syracuse is entitled to the Asylum, being the hot-bed of abolitionism, greatly afflicted with the rapping mania, and the place where all man- ner ef political, radical, abolition conventions are held, consequently a larger number of idi- ots are congregated than in the State legisla- ture. Hence the removal from Albany to Syra- cuse. As one institution cannot accommodaie more than one hundred and fifty patients, it is likely that the time will soon arrive when the cne at the capital must be revived. A. . Axpayy, Sept. 7, 1854. Deficiency in First Class Hotels—Capitalists invited to the Subject—Retrograding rather than Advancing. The want of first class hotels has olways been sensibly felt in Albany. The old Tontine Coffee House, whose palmy days were in the beginning of the present century, was more famed than any which has superseded it. Its location in State street, where Little’s book- store now is, gave it a prominence over all others, In those early party times, when the lines were being drawn between federal and republican, the Tontine was headquarters for the hotheads of those times, the one party led on by the astute and accomplished Aaron Burr, the other by the open and courageous John Jey and Morgan Lewis. At the time of the great street fight upon the adoption of the na- tional constitution, when Greene atrect was the foene of dreadfal hostilities, the Tontine was occupied the friends of the constitation. Subsequently Dunn’s Hotel, in Greene street. corner of Broome, became prominent for the gathering of the politicians, and consequently of the lawyers and other speculators always ! hanging about the Legislature. The celebrated expenditure of money which any of that ric! family ever made in the city. The old man, his brothers, and all his children, preferred im- ving perty in New Orleans and New ‘ork rather than in Albany, where their an- nually princely incomes were derived. But the erection of the Eagle Tavern was hailed with much éclat. Its reputation extended far and wide—its landiords were generally popular and liberal. It flourished greatest under the administration of the late Leverett Crut- tenden. The many thousands who have been hia guests wi!l ever remember his smiling face, his constant good nature, the never ending joke, nor his superabundant humor and face- tiousness, He was unquestionably the prince of landlords; always had on his tongue’s end pleasant words for everybody, and a joke or witticism for those who enjoyed it. After he retired the hotel was comparatively deserted, until finally swept away in the great fire of 1848, There is now oaly a single hotel in Alban: wholly erected and-at all adapted to the wan! of the floating community—the Delavan House. Its location is the most undesirable for beauty, health, or economy of any in the city. Being surrounded by the meanest streets, in'a low re- gion, it possesses no attractions, except being at the termination of the Central railroad. Ia truth, the proprietor had nothing but the rail- road in view when he erected it. It is kept as a temperance house, de jure. Then we have Congress Hall, Stanwix Hall, City Hotel, Mansion House, and American Hotel, every one of which has been patched up, additions built, and other repairs, styling them hotels. Neither one of them were origi- mally exposed for hotel purposes, and they never can be made first class hotels, if their proprie- tors alter and repair them annually until the Compromise line is restored, or Pierce serves a second Presidential term. There is no city in the Union with half the capital, or quarter the travel through it, so lJamentably deficient in first class hotels as Al- bany. Go to the infant West—look at Buifa- lo, at Cleveland, Cincinnati, Toledo, Chicago, Galena, Dubuque, aye, eves at St. Pauls, in Minnesota, at the head of Mississippi naviga- tion, and at all or either of those new cities, and many others, the stranger and traveller will find hotels which will compare with the Astor and St. Nicholas, in the city of New York; and here in the ancient, rich and populous city of Albany, the capital of this great State, at the head of water communication with the ocean— the concentrated point of a dozen railroads, which bring into the city ten thousand passen- gers daily—with enterprise and energy of the most laudable nature—with mechanical, manu- facturing, commercial and mercantile skill un- surpassed any where—there is not a single pub- lic house of a first class. Whilst all other cities, many of them greatly inferior to Albany in allrespects, as to location, wealth or s city, have springing up within them public palaces, with ample accommodations, fitt2d and furnished in all the styles of modern improve- ment, our city, in fact, is retrograding. None of our wealthy capitaliats are willing to spead 8 few dollars of their surplus funds in erecting @ public hotel such as is pow absolutely neces- sary for the wants of the travelling community and the members of, and visiters to, the State Legislature. A. Our Delaware Correspondence. Witminaton, Sept. 4, 1854. Men and Things in Wilmington, Delaware —Political Affairs—The Know Nothings— New Custom House--Nominations—Mil- ford Bank, &c., &e. The state of parties here is anything but satistactory. Party cant and drill, that once had influenced and led each of the antagonistic ranks against the other at the polls, are com- pletely overwhelmed by the secret operations of the day. The whigs are hard set to get any respectable or responsible man to accept a nomination. I doubt very much if the demo- crats will be in any better state than their op- ponents. Our Maine Law League have inter- rogated a number of individuals of respectable abilities and standing, who decline having any- thing todo with a set ofmen whom they charge with a want of principle, and charging them with a deficiency of judgment in that they do not really know what they want done in the cause of temperance—that every legislative act which granted all they asked for, had only whetted their appetites for something new in the novelty of legislation. The Know Nothings have organized a large body in this city and vicinity, and their secret operations keep all other parties in fear and dread of their acts. They say, however, that when they have’enrolled in their order one half of the votes of the State, they will then hold a convention, and we shall then know more of their intentions than at present. It is understood here that the Hon. John M. Clayton is shortly to publish a letter in favor of the Know Nothings, which he has thd set with much skill and industry since his return from Con- gress. The signs of the times indicate clearly that he will be the Know Nothing candidate for the gprs Much complaint exists here in the manage- ment of the Post Office. While members of Congress have been censured for not forward- ing papers and documents to their constituents, it bas been discovered that they remain here for three or four months in the office, from sheer neglect of duty in the proper officer to have them delivered; and the same may be said with regard to other mailable matter arriving at this place. Our new Custom House here is progressing at snail like speed. We reeeived twenty-five thousand dollars as an appropria- tion in the first place, some three years ago, aud at the last seseion an additional sum of twelve thousand, to make the building fire proof. The first amount was all sufficient to have built a fine cetublichment for a port of entry of this size, where .the receipts of custom are about $200 per quarter; buat there are two superintendents appointed by the govern- ment to cee the work well done, and some fine pickings are yet to come out of this national building. Our present representative in Con- gress having made an elaborate report on mano, and as it has been tolerably well circu- lated, we have some of ha him nom- inated for re-election, being loath to dispense with his valuable services at this inauspicious hour, and his Ki lpg in legislation is of great moment with the soft shells, or adminis. tration democrats, so that bis chance for nomi- nation is good. ‘As to the majority he will be likely to receive we shall say nothing about, until after the second Tuesday in November. Business of all kinds here is quite brisk, and the trade of shipbuilding particularly so. All our yards are actively engaged in building brigs, barks, echooners, steamboats, &o, The Milford bank, it is said, is not yet broke, as re- ported in New York some few days since— she only forgot to keep specie on hand in Phila- delphia, to Lee her notes, ‘he Bank of Wilmington and Brandy wine has been nig ke large dividends for some time back. re is very little of anything here to speculate in except it be bank stock, and that is pretty rally confined to the directors, who sell out while the dividends are Jarge. We have a South Sea Company here who are making great LS ania ae < art steam engines and fishery in the South Pacific ocean. They count their profits at 100 per cent. There are still a few shares of stock on hand. The weather con- tinues dry, and the corn suffers in proportion. Lamoyr. Our Boston Correspondence. Bosron, September 16th. 1854. Exhibitions and Suppers—‘ Fruit, Flower, and ‘Thorn Pieces” —New Banks—Col. Needham’s Let- ter—Annezation of Boston and Charlestown— Reurn from the Sea Shore and Mountains— The New Theatre—The other Theatres—Gen. Wilson's Nomination— Unfavorably received by the Know Nothings—Newspaper Changes, §c. We have had quite a lively week, what with the Horticultural Society’s exhibition, which was very beautifal ; and the Pomological Society's meetings, which was very full ; and the opening of the new theatre, which was very successful ; and the politi- cal intelligence, which was very exciting. The hor- ticultaral outdid itself, which, as it has distanced all outside competition, was all that was left for it to accomplish by way of completing its list of triumphs. The Pomological Society’s discussions, and so forth, showed how deep an interest is felt in the pleasing and grateful pursuit of fruit raising ; and it is gratifying to see eminent men exhibiting so sincere an interest in matter upon the proper following of which depends so much of the welfare of the community. Lucullus, as you will recollect, is a8 immortal from his having introduced the cher" ry into Euroze from Cerasus, as from all his Pontic and Armenian victories. A cherry tree, as Byron says, may weigh against a bloody laurel. Mr. Wilder, president of the Pomological, gave a grand party at the Revere on Thursday evening, at which many of our notabilities were present, from his Excellency the Governor down to gentlemen who would gladly re- lieve that respectable gentleman of all the cares that beset the occupants of eminent stations. The juice of the native grape of several varieties was liberally tested, and pronounced by several eminent temperance men, superior to the fruit of the foreign vine. Several new banks, chartered by the Legislature at ite last session, have gone into operation within the last few days: the Maverick, at East Boston, with a capital of $400,000 ; the Townsend, at Town- send, Middlesex county, capital $100,000, and one in the city of Worcester. The complaint is still that there is not bank capital enough, aud I suppose it wouldn’t be materially diminished if every peti- tion’s prayer were granted. ‘The letter of Colonel Needham, chairman of that body, shows that no resolation was passed by our Democratic State Committee “ endorsing ” the pre- sent immaculate national administration. Nor does any evidence of such action appear on the records of the committee, according to the representations of several of its members. The chairman’s letter flatly and peremptorily contradicts the Post’s state- ments on the subject; but I am not aware of any correction haying been made by that paper. Onur citizens, and those of Charlestown, are to vote on the queetion of annexing the two cities, on the 26th inst. The newspapers are discussing the pro- ject, but quite coolly, and there is but little excite- ment. The impression is that the annexationists will prevail. Should this prove well founded, then we shall have Cambridge and Roxbury brought into the ring. A few years will probably see almost the entire population within five miles of the State House living under one munisipal government. In that case we should have a great city in New Eng land, containing about 300,000 inhabitants, allowing for the rate of increase, and not putting it higher than experience would watrant us in doing. In 1850, the various towns and cities out of which this fame “great metropolis” is to be made, contained some 220,000 people, snd it is not very likely that they will be found to have grown at slower rates between 1850 and 1860 than they did between 1840 and 1850. One object of this annexation movement is to swamp the foreign vote of Boston, which is Getting to be altogether too large and unmanageable to be controlled by the “gentlemen of property and standing,” who aesume to rule in municipal affaire, The advent of autumn bas brought back to their homes pretty much a'l those of our inhabitants who have been spending the summer at the soa sid3 o amongst the mountains. The Nelly Baker wil cease rushing between here and Nahant on Monday next ; but I hear that the hotel at that romanti place is to be kept open permanently. Tha last o the visiters to Hull left there onthe 14th. Hull has been the most suctesefal of all the summer re treats, and the Mansion House, under the able super: intendence of Mr. Beiley, (of Union Hall, Boston, has been crowded throughout the season. It is said to have been the most successfal establishment of the kind in New England. The Old Colony, at Hivgham, {a sti] open. The Roskland is closed, or is soon to be. The custom of visiting these places is getting to be more and more common. The “mountaineers,” or most of them, have left the White Hills and the Gieen Mountains, or whatever other cclor or altitude they may have honored with their “ patronage.” The sea ehore is longer endur- able than the mountains by our cockneys. The new theatre has done well thus far; but one week is no criterion for a season. The company has certainly much talent, and Mr. Barry manifests hie usual tact and good taste. I have heard it said, by these who ought to be good critics, that if the company be deficient in anything, it fe in that light ness ard vivacity ao neceseary tothe proper lac- tion of the old comedy. Tiere are two objections made to the house. The first is, the internal color is too dsrk, end the light not reflected from it, so that the general tore is a sombre one, which to most le is not agreeable. There is s deficiency of ight, which to some Pepin i§ orang gen: tlemen and ladies who do not wish to mount cles to atone for the raseges of time—is a seridas evil. A lighter coloring will Mbit in adopted, and fcrtunately it can be without g! gap any of that chasteness of style to which Mr. Barry isso ot and which reflects so much credit on hia jaste, ‘he Tremont was a model theatre, as I re- member it, in the way of coloring, running to neither extreme of glare or gloom. The other objection is financial. It is, that the house is not built so as to make money. It ia more of a show- house than a playhouse, which ought to be serious in everything that re‘ates to dollars. This was one of the chief ctions that existed to the Tremont, the boxes of which could not seat enough ms fo pay for the room they took up; and the Tremont, had a fine pit, while the new house has ge of the kind—a great oversight in the building of it. The plays performed this week have been judicious: ly selected—‘' The Rivals,” and “ The Wonder,” for two evenings each, and the “Love Chase” last evening. The audience on Monday evening, at the oy ening, was great, but lacked enthusiasm. Per- haps it was what Mrs, Jariey called “ classical.” Next Monday evening we are to have the ‘“ Mer- chart of Venice,” with Br. Bennett as Shylock, and Mrs. Barrow aa Portia. The other theatres are doing well. Mr. Bourci- cault and Agnes Robertson wili commence an en- gagement at the Naticnal next Monday. The Mu- eeum js crowded, afternoons and evenings, as usual. Dr. Parsons, who took the prize for an address at the opening of the new theatre, has just given to the world a volume of poems, publ d by the house of Ticknor & Fields. They show considera- ble familiarity with Itaitan !iterature, but the poem to Menzoni’s Cingue Maggio would not bave been the weree if the author had omitted frem it the lines in which he speaks of Napoleon as ————the aspiring man of crime, Whom gentle goodness must abhor, Who carried into every clime The fury and the waste of war. Such trash might have answered forty years ago, but is altogether cut of place in these days,when even England has united herself with Na ’a heir to do what the great emperor sought to a:complish in 1812. Besides, Napvleon did not carry war into Pe A Be A op ex ea whe ger an army to eliher rador, or Spitz! or Nova Zembla, or the Iste of Man. iene The new Jewish Synagogne, on Pleasant street, was consecrated yesterday. services were very impressive. Rey. Dr. Dilenthal of New York, was the principal offciator, assisted by the Rev. Mr. Pog ag ge at ac le invention ‘mere pea would have astonished Solo- 1¥- ‘The nominat mer Henry Wilson by the new or blican party, for the Governorship, removes whatever doubt may have existed as to the.identity of that pea ¢ free soil organization. Whe- ther Gen. acted wisely or not in accepting the nomination, must be dete-mined by the event; by which I ey not his Caw f for rr ore nor, as for many years past, must depend u, the result of the Legivintive Riections, nothing he ing more absurd than the claim of the Know No- things that they are strong encugh to elect any gen- tleman whom May choose to putup, for ugh powerful they are not invincible; but i mea number of votes that may be cast for him. Should even only the 30,000 that were given him last year be maint }, 1 do not think that he could be ac- cused of not having acted prudently, though I know jo in the Bighth dieteict were hoping that he would not bea candi late, as the were anxious to run him for Congress—bot democrats and free soilers, He would have ma de » vote ever cast tor Governor chusetts, save that of 1848 fcr Mr. Phillips, of 1652, for Mr. Man. The fst waa given e party, and when the democracy bn fs }, Gen. Cashing reveivi 24,000 at the same election ; and Mr. Mann included some six or seven thousand votes from the temperance men, both whigs and democrats. That the first year of the Maice law, and men’s mints were greatly excited on the question, and they voted accordiogly. The demo- cratic candidate for Lieutenant Governor ran some six or seven thousand votes ahead of the same party’s candidate for Governor, he receivin; votes ofall the rammies; while ‘he whig candidate, from bein, creme by the same distinguished and disinte: d class, ran greatly behind t party's candidate for Governor. Last year, the tem) men opposed General Wilsen, and so did all the free so! who followed Palfrey and Adams aod Morton, whose object was the General’s defeat, and all of whom would have supported the new tution had any other person been nominated by the free soilers for Governor. He actually. gained on the old free soil vote, or he would not bave run #0 well in the face of sueh diffi.ulties, and it such treachery. He is now the ‘ fasion” candidate, and to judge from the way in which the “ fusion” movement bas worked in Maine, I should not be surprised if he were to do better than ever. Some of the Know Nothing pa; are at- tacking Gen. Wileon, which is « very foolish pro- ceeding, and the more to be wondered at because of the tact that has hitherto marked their party’s course, and which tas been one cause of ita success, As ta their objection to him on te ground of hia being an. old political leacer, it comes with an ill grace from a party whose leaders consist, to 2 considerable extent, of some of the moat inveterate party hacks im chris- tendom. It could not be otherwise. To suj that there could be a party here of some f oe Sivy thousand voters, headed by a band of pa - cians, would be enough to defy the gravil the universe. Is Henry |. Gardiner to pat on ts and appear as “Le Pucelle” of the present contest, or who is to take that character and fat office? ‘The hunker democrats will hold a convention in this city on the 11th of October. They hate the ad- ministration as strongly as otner people despise it. It is supp2eed that Dr. Weles will be their candidate. They are a plucky set of fellows, whose labors have been attended with considerable effect in our gla The news; r world of Boston seems to be in a very moving state: Oxe ef the oldest sixpemay jonr- uals has gone regularly into benkropets Another, of the same class, is said to be “on its last legs,” which order of legs are aiways weak and ricketty. A third, the Commonweaith, is to be converted in*o the temperance organ, and will be re-christened the Tribune. This looks like a regular giving up of the battle by the free soilers of this quarter. e are reports of changes to be made soon in some other apers, but what they will amoun: to I donot know. ‘he Know Nothing papers make the most money now. Their weekly papers, I hear, print tens of thousands, and keep their presses runaing night anc: day. This may last, or it may not, but the fact shows the interest that is felt in the general subject. The newspaper business ia overdoae in Boston, and some people have been “dane” too much in conse- quence. Our publishers have to stand much com- petition with the dailies of your city, which are greatly abead of our dwn papers. Asa general rule, our eveping papers are betver than our morning papers, which is the reverse, I sbould say, of wha’ exists in ober places. Mr. Bates, of the Ply mouth Rock, bas issued proposals for the. pab Hieation of demouratic daily evening paper in thia city, to be named the Union; but from what quarter suppor: is expected for euch @ journal, I must confess myself at a loss to say: Mr. Bates propcees to eo the old coalition party, 1 chould judge, from the language of his pi Cbs. He might as ell promise the reurrection of Pere- grine White, tke first American-born person in Mas- racbusetts, as to attempt the revival of the coalt- tion, which is dead as the heptarchy. New ideas have taken the place of those which prevailed in the times of the coalition, avd there is no man woo tupposes that they would be made to | ps place to old things. The coalition was butchered by Mr. Frothingham, oze of ita god-fathers, and General Cushing, of whom it made s Judge of the Supreme Comt. If Mr. Bates should succeed in bis under tiking—as I hope be wili—be will deserve to ne stamped by some future Carlyle, in a list of very heroic “heroes.” The nev Nationa! Democrat, whish was to have been under charge of Mr. Pepper, @ clever yourg Irishman of your city, has never apgedred. Per- hips Mr. Pepper found that the nutber of “vationels” in these parts was but smali, aud his prospects of success in the proposed under‘akin g smaller stil]. A man can form no jadgment of our politics by observing those of New York, which are a Gifferent as if thetr field were Japan, and oure Laputa. ALgoxa. Affairs in New Granada, OUR PANAMA CORRESPONDENCE. Panama (N. G.), Aug, 30, 1854. The Emigrants at Panama—Appearance of Acé venturers—Abandonment of the-Lucky Mincs— Love and Attempted Swicide—The Railroad. Panama wears a dull, uninteresting aspect. No life, no animation, no progress. The only events which break this unvarying mon%tony of the scene are the arrival of the steamers from San Francisco and of the papers and mails from New York. These occur twice a month, and for two or three daye al! is bustle and animation. Crowds of passengers throng our streets; mules clatter in every direction; the ho tels, the saloons, the billiard rooms, reap @ brief bat sbundant harvest. But to these brief sami-monthly excitements auc eeds & period of profound collapse. The silence of deathreigna in the streets. The few solitary wayfarers who are visible seem almest scared at the sound of their own footsteps. S There isa striking difference in the aspe:t ard appearance of the two currents which meet in this place—thoee from San Francisco and those from the Btates. The passengers from California arrive here clean and in good concition. The voyage down bas been pleasant. They have the air of men well eatisfied and well fed. Your retarned Oaliforn'aa has seen ‘‘the Elephant.” He is atravelled man. He draws a handful of gold from his pockets when he “takes a drink.” He carries “dust” quilted im his belt round . What a contrast to the new arrivals from the and travel-worn, with States, Weary garments soiled and bespattered witn the mud of the Isthmos —mounted upon jaded and broken-down mules, they slowly enter the streets of Panama, inquiring and suspicious glances at the new scenes and new faces which meet their view. Brayihiag sbout them shows the air of men embarked io a new and arducus enterprise, which they wish they were safely ont of. A tragical event occurred here, « fey — since. A gentleman from California, '. H—, arrived here in the Sonora, for the purpose of being married to a young Indy of this town, the Benorita Josefa A——, to whom he bad been previously betrothed. The bridal hour ewes Te eekemtig te bled, the officiating edre was just pe ie ceremony, when the loud report of a pistol was heard ina house but a few rods distant. and found a seek Serna. ee some appearance, a his blood, with « Pound in the left An exploded Iny at his side. He said but ‘Josefa, Josefa,” the name of the bride. eeems he bad been a rejected lover. He hadseen but a few hours previous—begged Btrangely enon; his breast, the penetrated and lodged in the back, under the shoulder blace. eed well now and 4 It is will Heaven grant it. At Voztro. fiat the renee December next. PorUuLaTION OF Maurnrs, Taxx.—The census of po ae been taken, and shows the foliow- Ing result: — of city of twenty-five per cent since the last ceneus, Bd popniat Pn of the city and its suburbs is stated to be sixteenthoueand, =~