The New York Herald Newspaper, October 2, 1854, Page 2

— ere a SS SSS SS SS SSS SSS SS SSeS SiS eS TS the water covered with the curious, in boate, barges and steamers, hovering near the Adsis-—tre committees and delegates trom the various arms of the government, paying their respects, Ac., &o. Toe time of disembarkation cf the object of our —to be the source of sore disappointment pos- sibiy— was arranged for 3 o'clock, weather permit. ting or not. ‘the streets of Havana were ia a nt covered in with decorations. Yue was but half finished, but it was au and the ‘triumph was in the hearts of the people, and geuuine. The noe of @ tempest hurried our dignity along a little; the peo- e's tears were shed on the departure of Conoha, ut te Cubans mriact 1) that heaven bewsiled in floods bis return. troops with difficulty kept opea space for the movement of the magnificent cortege from the landiag to the palace—Genera! Concha ia ead, Pezuela ou his right, the latter looking better than he ever did, enduring the trial wish great nerve and complacency, bis keen eye takiag obser- vation of everything in his field of view, ana his au- rior beight giving him personal advautage over oncta for the moment. Toe air was filled with vivas to Concha from roofs, windows, balconies and the plazas, and ye!l»w sheets of welcome song were thrown upon his path, with flowers and wreaths ia- numerable. The passage was made to the palace, when the impending storm burst upon us as if it had been only deferred until he could reach his house sgain. The work is but begun. The oaths were administered at the vagal audi- ence chambers soon after the landing, O'Riley and Cuba atreets being lined wit. troops, through which passed in the State establishment prepared for | be bim by his frienés, the people, and returned same way, the storm still continuing. Oa account of the weatuer but a small part of the pas could be car: | ried out for the first evering, but we have two days more for the labor of love. The spirits did not teil the truth as 1 snsoe.ted. Concha will not accept the present of the a-riage, horses, &c., which I am glad of. We have Concha’s address io the people on Lie taking command in 1850, and farewell of 1852, published this morning. which will show, ia comparison with what we shall have in the morn: | ing, that there is very little difference asto nourish | ment—hetween black and white beans. The next for the next. Napa Mas. Havana, Sept. 21, 1854, Decorations of the Numberless Concha Arches— Gen, Van Halen and His Antecedents—Highway- man Attack—The New York Bark Mary—Mone. tary Changes—The Telegraph,Opera and Prisons —A Grand Lottery Prize—Trade Report. It is impossible to commence this letter with- | out allusion to the vast preparations in the couree of progress for the reception of the General Jose Concha. In the Calle de la Muralla, I counted yesterday sixty-four wooden arches erected acroas the street, enclosed in redand yellow calico—the colors of Spain, “ blood and jealousy!’ These arches, I am told, are to be covered with paim branches. At the corner of the Calle de Salud, outside the | walls, in my usual ride last evening, I observed a large quantity of cocoanut tree branches collecied * for the purpose, I presume, of decorating that lo cality. In the Calle de Obispo there is a staging erected across the street, beneath which @ triumphal arch is to be erected, and from a staff erected on which will proudly float the colors of Spain. There is scarcely a calle within or without the walls of this city but what exhibits numerous lofty flag staffs, painted after the fashion of barbsrs’ poles, with al- ternate stripes of yellow and re. Do you not think they must look very pretty? Such a demand for bunting of these particular colors, has not, within the memory of the oldest dealer in this article, be- fore existed. I notice, for the first time, too, in the toy shops Chinese crackers. (I wonder who intro- duced them.) So we are to have quite a New York Fourthof July in miniature, should the rain not prevent it, and shouid geueral Concha positively arrive, about which some parties entertaia strong doubts. Oxe Catalan merchant, in my presense, yesterday, offered to wager a hundred ounces that General Concha would not ‘coms. Rumor, too, has it that Gen. Van Halen has received the appoint- ment, General Van Halen bombarded and con- quered some large town in Catalonia during Esgartero’s regency, and his presence would be ‘ar more consonant to the feelings of tie creole than that of Jose Concha. However, whether the | ore or the other shall arrive, I ahall be “ohm,” aad will cend you a full and faithfal account of oil that tranenlreg. aay, Jes us taf a8 @ good pair of eyes, Lupa a te scope from a widow in a favorable position, will enable me to do. About haif past two o’clock on Saturday afternoon lest, a yor Man named Duarte, a student at the College de Princip2, near this city, was returning to his residexce from the college at the end of the Paseo Tacon, nearly opposite the first gate of the Governor's garden, he was fe (er by two white | highwaymen, who, presenting ir daggers at his buesa, demas led boy ead or in te ie purse, contai: ut a trifle, was accordingly given up; hia gold Misch and chain was then anstehe at, aad bis valuable watch ly dragged from his ket, but he held on to the latter, and then his » but atill broke in was pierced through with a da, he held and in the struggle the two pieces; some persons approaching, the highway- men made off. 1g the small sum of money and the portion of the watch chain as their booty. So baretaced an attack I have rarely before heard of. The brig James Wakefield arrived here on the 19th inst. from Mantua, in this island, bringing Captain MoLean and seven of the crew of the late bark Mary, of New York, which cleared about the llth uit., with a cargo of cotton, at New Orleans, for Kanso, there to receive orders as to her port of destination. B fiied by contrary winds and an ad- verse current, on the night of the lita inst. she got ashore on the Colorados, where, as she bumped very beayily, and as there vas no chanceof getting her off, she was abandoned. About five hours after which she was discovered to be on fire, and it has since been ascertained she burned to the water's ecg » Upom reaching Mantua, Captaini,.McLean stated these circumstances to the captain of the Spenish war schooner Habanero, who coming to this port misrepresented the matter, and gave riso toateport that an American vessel had got on shore in the Colorados, and had afterwards been set on fire by her officers. How tne bark got on fire is @ mystery, and as two of the crew deserted at Man- tua, anda third (Pcte: Hogan by name) j umped overboard from the James Wakefield, and although he was taken out of the water slive, yet he after wards died, some investigation into the circumstance may be deemed requisite. wife of Ramin Mintalvo is understood to pes- sess peculiar influence over General Concha, and her husbard, a gambler, bag of good family, bas been elected president of the company to whom the Feng) warehouses of San Jose belong. Queea Christina is one of the chief shareholders of this company, whose interest, through General Concha, and The influence of the lady, who is very beantifal, over him, it is supposed, will be rially ad- vanced. It is understcod that it bas been decided in os tlat the value of the ounce (doubloon) heie ia to remain at $17, but a coinage of silver for the colony is to take place, giving a fictitious value to the silyer coins; @ something of this nature is really re- quisite. Small change is worth ten per cent pre- | mium here, and tho old defaved Spanish shillings | ana sixpences, which wili not pass at all in New sae agp Current bere at ry ts tyre The three cent pieces, too, pass for five cents. Some sixteen of the tel operators having e the neglected their dutics at various stations, have been fined in various sums, from $250 10 $1250. How would the gentlemen siwilarly employed in the United States approve of a like course bei ed towards them, and afterwards to have their names pub‘iehed in an official aper? But such events cannot occur in the United » The telegraph em] are too conscious of the trast confided selves,’ in order to frivolous though agreeable pursuit. oO ee de ja Pezeela T ‘was informed by 9 reliable friend yesterday, has given orders that about ® hundred cells in the Moro, Cabanas, and other for- tifteations, shall be put in complete repair. Does he intend to avenge himself upon those Catalans who have entered wi Sp mech avidity p0a the prepe- rations to welcome General Concha? from Mexico are ex- ‘The Italian to aazive bere I foreteil tuey will a season. If the report that I rused in the New York é ‘Albion be true, that GHisi Mario were about to return to Europe, dissatis- York, (alot yout ton them in New and there’ore I send this intelligeace. Business is compictely atsatend at”. All the FACETS GOP AID 6. Le maguire Kraken leave their stations to ‘‘take care of them: | attend a bell, or some other | ‘This (a our wet season. Heavy rains each after. noon, with a bright warm sun in the morning. Iknow “nothing more” at this moment at all in teresting, I therefore, as usual, subscribe myself, Povonxszesie. P. S.—Iam this moment from the wharf. Aroused by the cound of cannon, I bastened there, and found | the steamer with Gen. Concha passing the wharf, There will be rare doings, of which in my a Havana, Sept. 25, 1864. ‘The First Act of Gen. Uoncha ‘The steamer El Dorado, which was announced to have left at 9 o'clock A. M., yesterday, I ascertained last even- og was detained until this morning. I caunot allow her to leave without informing you that the editor of the Prensa has Leen fined five thousand rials, (Fuerte,) of the value of 1234 centa each, for the publication of the scandalous article against the Marquis Ce la Pezuela, This act of Gen. Concha has raised his charecter in the estimation of all right minded men. He attended the bull fight yesterday in ‘Timo does not permit me to add another line. POUGH KFEP IE. Havana, Sept. 24, 1854. Concha’s Household and Gen, Pesuela’s Farewell Offciat Address of the New Captain General to the Peo- ple—A Railway Accident and Eight Persons Killed— The Popular Rejoicings and Popular Mind. In my haste last evening to despatch my letter by the narleston steamer—for I had delayed concluding my letter until the last half hour prior to the clortng of her mail—I omitted sending you the names of the offizers who accompany Gen. Coxcha to this island. I now sup- ply the omission -— Don Juan Sune, General Secretary. Joaquin Manzano, Marsbal of the Camp. Joaquia Morales Jose Ignacio Cheran Jos Culate, Colone! ‘antonio de la Eneti ‘Antonio Palacios, © Francisco Alvear, Graduated Colonel Algo, one serjeant and 150 infantry. The manner in which the Marquis de Ia Perue'a re- signed the command, has drawn forth praise, even from his foes, His announcement of the fact in the Gacela is charac- teristic of the man ; and, it be'ng brief, I transl ate it — GOVERNOR CAPTAIN GENERAL AND SUPERINTENDENT DELB- Gate oF THR EveR Lovar Is.aNp oF Cuna— The most excel'eat Senor, the Lieutenant General Don José de la Concha, having this ¢ay arcived here, ap- pointed by her Majesty, in the royal decree of the August, to succeed me in the superior command of this | island, I have delivered it up to him, in compliance with the sovereign will, in the forms provided by law. THE MaRQUIS DE La PEZUELA. Havana, Sept. 21, 1854. By order of his Excellency: this is published in the | Gaceta for general knowlege. JOSE DE LA PEZUELA. | Could gentlemanly contempt be more aptly expressed than in the foregoing? The Gacela of this morning contains Concha’s Address | to the inhabitants of Cuba. It is as follows:— Ixnanrrants oF Cura: Since I first landed upon this soil, visibly favored by the hand of God, and since I have beea | able to appreciate the high qualities which characterize you as a people, my most anxious desire hes been to con- | tribute in some degree to your well-being and,the pros- perity of this beautiful island. Treturn to you to-dey with the hope of being able to realize there wiskes. In accepting the offics of Governor | and Captain-General and Buperinteadent of the Real Hacienda, wivh which I baye been invested, 1 have un: Gertsken the great responsiblity of fulfilling the benevo- lent wiekes of her Majesty and her government—a re- sponsibility for which I shall have to account to m Queen, my country, and.a'so to you. I accept the trust, because hope thatl can command your support and your confidence. I present to you as a guarantee for my new administration, my acts of the past. An absence of two years has awakened in me nonew sentiments unworthy of a pub ic man, and no kind of consideration will make me swerve from that course’ which the interest of the country dictates; for I regard, above all, the support and the protection of authority which cannot be separated from law and justice. Union among yourselves, inhabitants of Cuba—con- fidence in the kindness of your Queen, in her govern ment, and im the good wishes for your happiness which animate her representative in the Tsland, this beautiful | portion of the Spanish nation, will, I trust, ensuze its | prosperity for the future, and bind it in perpetual union | With the mother country by the cbaina of interest and | affection. JO3E DE La CONCHA, | Havana, Sept. 22, 1864. There is also a General Order published, which is ra- ther an address to the soldiers. It is signed Joaquin Morales de Rada, Brigadier in. Chief. General Concha is appointed Superintendent Delegate of the Royal Hacienda. I shall beat my post, and send | you regularly all the doings of the new administration, that is, if 1 am not arrested and banished. To do which, my ‘riecds tell me, Gen. Concha will be very apt—if hs can find me out, I suppose People who live in the sams ith me have no ides. of my, ccuRS SP serine to and being withal a good judge of tob ceo and segars, I pass for a dealer in that | article, I will not clore this letter until the las, mo- meat, in order to add any thing further interentng that | mey come to my bnowledge. The most insignifcant of all newspapers, the Prensa, of ‘his city, of this day’s date, has just been sent me by afriend. It contains a blackgnard article, abusiag the Marquis de Ia Pezusla, whom it speaks of in the most derogatory terms, declaring his design was to ruin Cuds. Nimporte, General Concha will be found t> fol- low a precisely similar course as regards the slave trade. The Poller of the engine (locomotive) of the ¥an An. tonia train bursted this morniog, within a hundred and fifty yards of the starting place, ard four persons, two of whom were negroes, were killed The Marquis de la Pezuela, I understand, has taken a residence at Maranss, where be intends’ to reside in | the bosom of his family. It was reported yesterday that | he was ill from fever. The three days festivities are haypliy over. There was another grand illumination last night, but the dis charging of crackers, & , was prevented by a proclama- | tion, which was plecarded on the walls where the bill stickers usually hangout the theatre and bull ght bills, from Brigadier Don Josquin Montano, segundo capo, of second incommand. The negroes, during the two past evenings, have paraded the streets with their drums and gombays, singing diegusting rhymes and completely rendering night bideous. Rumor has it that all the old officials are to be dis- charged; this was to have been expected. ‘The accident at the railway yesterday was the result Tam told by an Ame ergineer Who was in one of the cars, of the carclersness of the engine driver, a Creole, who was ki'led, and Ibave also ascertained the loss of life was greater than was at first reportad, eight persons having been killed and several others very | severely injured. General Concha last evening sadly disappointed the people. | The government carriage, with the horses at. | tached to it, was brought out snd stood nor? side of the ‘palace for upwards of aa hour. A large crowd atremblked to enlute him as he entered, but he charged his mind end did not rideout The carriage was returred to its house. ‘The non asceptance from the Commandante of Cavalry. mmendante of Engineers. (What is that?) firm at £2 10s. to £8; for’ dixect the United States there iss goo! , in pert, and parttal engagements are making a! rates for sugerin boxes ead bhds. Quotations are:—l4 risls per Sox, $7 to $8 per bhd. of sugar, $3 8714 to $4 vet Lhd of molasses; Mediterranean, £3 to £4; France, 60 to 100 franca Excuaxam ao keeping dull and drooping, and last sstes were-—Londoa, 123; to 18 rer cent premium; Paris, par to % per cent premium; Antwerp par to i orte at Se. leas. For mend, but no vessels Orleans, 3 per cent premium, ehort sight ToLLaRs —Mexican sre worth 734 per cent premium on ship board. ess TELEGRAPHIC. New Onizane, Sept. 29, 1864. The steamship Cresent City has arrived at this port from New York, via Havana, which latter place ahe on the 25th inst. The late Captain-Genersl Pezuels, had not yet left the island, but Conchs immaiistely assumes the reins of government, The port of Havana was healthy. New Jersey all Right. To James Gorpon Bennett, Esq., Fprtoz or Tas New York Beran:— Thave for many years past listened with indignation to the slurs and sarcastic remarks uttered by citizens of other States in regard to New Jer: The observation has been frequently made “that New Jersey was out of the United States, and that cur laws were upjast and tyraonical;’’ also, other remarks toe odiors to mention. They have had their effect in depreciating the value of our property and iojuricg the reputation of our State; #o much so, that ifa farm or houre and lot is offered for svle in New Jersey, many will scout at the idea of purchasing property or locating here. If the croskers, who have, by their unjust and unfounded remerks, cre: ted this prejudice against our State, will take the trouble to examine her history, they will fina that New Jersey is still in the United States, and stilla member of that glorious confederacy of the old thirteen united colonies, which gained and transmitted to us the liberties wo nov enjoy. ‘The blood of her sons, aud the finances cf our State, were not grudgingly given or withheld in that contest for liberty which tried men’s souls, And who, I would ask them, in that hour of peril and gloom, when the hopes of the friends of freedom were almost annihilated, stood by the immortal Washington, with more unflinching courage than the gallant cons of New Jersey ? The privations suffered by ner citizens thon, ‘and the outrages committed by the minions of oppres- sion throughout the whole extent of our State, should with liberal minds, entitle the name of New Jersey to respect. In our Jast contest with Groat Britain, A. Law rence, Pike, Somers, and many others, (natives of New Jersey), sealed with their blood their devotion to the ‘cause of liberty. ‘Tia true that we are small in territory, and situated between two larger and more powerful States, but we ask no odis of them, further than civility. Some of | her traducers have even the meanness to aasert publicly | that ‘‘ they pay our State taxes,” by paying their pas sage by railroad across our Stats. This is totally untrue, for we pay our own State taxes, and if they are not sa. | tisfled with the route across our plantations, they ought | toknow that they can avoid crossing New Jeraey by going by the way of Sandy Hook, or any other way thay please. Our citizens have never been guiliy of tearing up railway tracks or our Legislature of repudiatiog State debts. Although we are cursed with more monopolies than are agreeable, yet still we submit to them with as gocda grace as we can, and will continue to do so until sub- mission is no longer a virtue. Our laws are as liberal, and justice is meted out as honestly, and as summarily too, as itis cone in most of the other States. I own that we had on our statute book, a few vears ago, a law authorizing Imprisoument for debt, and that law (« rem- nantof barbarism, and Jong since repealed) was partieu- larly obroxious to Some of the sporting gentry from other State:, as it enabled their honest creditors to catch them at the horse races and other farhionabl» places of amuse- ment in New Jersey, and lsck them up until they, or zome of their friende, forked over. We have light taxes, no State debt worth naming, and no Ma‘ne liquor law (and I trust there never will be one), and the cause of education, internal improvements ard useful industry are progressiog as fast, in proportion to her population and size, as they are in any of our sis- ter States. ‘The plighted faith of our State, although sometimes unwisely and unjustly given, has ‘never yet been viola- ted. I defy any of her calumniators to point tu a single blot or stain on the fair fame or escutcheon of New Jersey. the letter of thanks addressed to the Legislature of our State by the last surviving chief of the aborigines of New Jersey, after their payment to bim of the last claim due them, from our State: “Not a drop of .our blood have you spilled in battle, not an acre of our lands have you taken, but by our own consent.’’ These facts speak for themselves and need no commext—they place the char- acier of New Jersey in and & bright example to thore States within whose territorial limiis our breth- ren still remain. Nothing rave benisous cx» fall upon her from the lips of «Leon! Lenappi. ‘The remarks made by one of her favorite sont—the Hon. Samuel L. Southard, deceased—are equally true and canpot be con- troverted. He steted ‘that it was a proud fact in the wi eo Mom Germey (Mee CrcLy TOOL UF haw nai? end fet ang 3 deen obtained from the Indians by fair and voluntary urchase and transfer; a fact that no other State in our Vnion noteven the land which bears the name of Penn., can hosst of.” Shame on her traluccrs, and also on those of her sons who Will not vindicate her honor when unjustly assailed ! By publishing the above remarks io your invaluable journal, and also please state the latitude and longitude of our Stat Lhave no Geograpby at hand, aud de member them), for the inform nm of on the character, Jersey, you will oblige , very —— A JERSEY BLUE. Township of Woodbri oa Middlesex county, N. J., in the United s 864. A regular meeting of this association was hell oa Saturday evening in the hall of the Board of £/uca- tion—T. H. Cruttenden in the chair. After some unimportant business had been transacted, Mr. Fannirg rose and gave a description of the New York State Teachers’ Convention held at Oswego in the com- mencement of August last. An aceount of the proceed- ings of this convention had already been published. Mr, Fanning conside:ed that it was sec'ional, because seven cut of nine of the annual meetings han been held in the western part of the State, and the subjecte discussed had been those which interested most the schools in the country districts. irg resolutions: — Whereas, from pt got history of the Teachers’ Asso- ciation of the state of New York, there is reason to be- lieve that by a manifestly sectional tendency, that azso- ciaticn is in danger of becoming narrowly circumscribed in its healthful influences; therefore, as the sense of this asecciation, it is— Feaclved, That any association purporting to be a State association, organised for the avowed pur- pose of advancing the educational intercsts of an en tire Btate, must necesssrily be shorn of much of its power for extensive good by becoming wedded to the lo- cal inter: y mere section or locality, whether ped row be eastern, western, northern, southern or ontral. Resolved, That this asscciation is ready and willizg to co-operate with their associates in the profession through- out the entire State, in exdenvoring to restore to our Catalans of the carrisgeand horses, expressly purchased by them for General Concha, and a few suc acts as the foregoing, will soon rencer him unpopular amongst that faction. I have much plearnre in handing you herewith the Price Current, published last evening. POUGHKEEPSIE. MARKETS. SvGane.—Beyond a few operations at prices rather in favor of sellers, there has 2 nothing of moment oc. curring during the present week, business in general being somewhat {nterrupted since the 2ist by festivities to honor the arrival of the new Captain.Gezeral! The inquiry for the article, however, is better than usual at this season of the year, andan upward tendency is evi. | dently manifesting, especially for parcels of pretty well | Preserved quality and of low graces. For moze or less | soft and damp descriptions our quotations rule so far vnaltered, as follows, viz:—Whites, inferior to florete, 74g 09 rem22e. 6d. a J0a.; yellows, do., 53; a 724 ran 18s, 54.8218, 1d.; browp?, No 11-13. 54 nis rem Tis 24. als 10d; Cucuruchos, No, 8-10, 4%; to 6 ra.— | 15s. 6d. a 168. 7d. sterling per ewt f 0b, at 18 per | cent premium of exchange. The ehiymeats since Friday | lant have been as follows:— Matanza: | Havana. New York boxes 100 7,396 | Hamburg. oo —| Baste... 100 as} Pelle isle, 2,251 a Nante 2,100 =| | . oe - | Total shipments this week........ 8/620 1,395 | The stock on hard in town is computed about the same as last week. At the Regla warehouses there are 91,730 boxes, At Matanzas the rest of the crop in frat and second hands does net exceed 20 m. bores and 250 bhde. Muscovadors.—Alparcel of caly fair quality has been cold here at 5 rials: the supply is extremely re- duced here and at cutports and mostly in second hands. Quotstiors nomiral at from 4 te 5; rials perarrobe for | low to fine qualities; superior none. | Mor asses continues as last quoted. A small lot sold in this arbor at 3% rials per neg of 53; gallons. Honey —The only parce: of alout 40 tierces which re- waived has been dispored of at 2°; rials per gallon, and , destined for Antwerp. rt. Rick is very scarce snd in demand; 400 bags Valencia ice were sold at 14 riais per arrobe. | FLour —The only arrival this week was on the 2 the brig Don Juan, from Yantander. lier cargo i unsold. | Lanp —Kegs have been retailing at $19, and darro's at $21, per quintal. ‘There isa stock in first hands of 24 barrels and 1,800 kegs, besides the cargo of the schooner G. TT Montegne, arrived yesterday from Baltimore Porators continue in good demand; 909 barrels, from Newport, have been disposed of at $6 per barrel. Evriex continues scarce and in demand. ‘Loewner —¥ hite pine very scarce and in gool ‘emand Fateh Be enjoys the same demand; there lave been no | arrivals for aleng time. Of sugar box shocks there is no stock and the last sales from stcre have been at 10 vials, Molasses hhd, shooks very scarco and wanted. fegar bhd. shooks Imited demant, so'es from store at $3. from R 1, scarce at $55 to $00 for 12 feet nd $65 to $70 for long. Empty hhds 27 rials. Frrours fer Europe contipe altogether duli and sinee | our Jest the following charvers were closed, viz. :—A Spanish brig ef about 1,600 hoxes for Antworp and back h Sroust sum of $6,000. A lanish brig of shout boxes for Faimouth via Matany nish brig of ab 80 boxes for . BOLL 1,00 lenee aire, OF B.itiah Caaaned for orders are 7 Bigom col {| Quotations for thi Bavana,fept 23,1854. | fi | the presicent ard secretary of this associa’ JERKED BREF.—We hare no artivalscr operations to re: | J | Solomon Jeuner. | battle field. State arrociation that degree of universality in i's ope ns which its original founders intended snould be an enduring characteristic. Mr. Crvrrenven also spoke in favor of these resola- tions. He said that a loos! interest was disp'ayed in the conventiors by teachers of acertain Western city. Ho did not believe that t! ey intended to alight tue teachers of New York, butt a: rere certainly doicg them an in- jury. He belioved that local interests Lad prevailed ard it was time that they ehould be checked. He had no personal feeling against the gentlemen elected by the convention, ani moved that the whole subject be referred to a committee of five to take into considera. tion and repor’ w accordingly done. Tu relation to the death of iam Kenned: late! superintendent ef the Leak Orphea Asylum, Mr. Scott, seconde by hr. Hazeltine, moved, and it was unavimously resolved, th Whereas, in the mysterious Mr. Wm. Kennedy, late superintendent of the Leake and Watts Orphan House has been removed by death from aphere ot active and usefal labor ; Resolved, That this association feel most deep'y the loss which the profession has sustaiued in Mr. Kennedy, who, by his earnest and most inde labors in our ward sehools, did ro much to elsva néard of common school instruction in thia city. ved, That we hereby bear the strongest testimony toMy. Ki nbedy's faithfulness a8 @ teacher, to hie amia- bility ond true hearte’ness ase friend, to bis integrity ago wen, aad his trusting ‘y a8 0 Christian. Resolved, That we deeply sympathize with the family of the Ceceased, and the affliction we have been called 4 hear in the loss of so esteomed a husband, father and friend. Resolved, That a copy of these resoluti signed by , be sent to the family of the deceased. he rext bi officers for the the result of Jobn H. Fanning. Henry Kid ‘Walsh... W. Bernie..,, evening was the election of months. The following was President. ‘The meeting thi Tax Caourna at Martinssvrc.—C. J. Faulk- ner informs the editor of the Baltimore Patriot, that the virulence of the cholera which recently pre- vailed at Martinsburg was entirely without prece- dent. He believes that a similar rate of mortality in New York would have caused a loss of 20,000 in afew days. It is worse than the fatality of the Mr. Faulkaer remained in Martinsbur, during the prevalence of the disease, rendering ait to the sick and dying, and describes its horrors as appalling. Ex.orewrnt.—-The husband of a very pretty wife, residing at the ae End, gored a young bs moan jay alternoon, pacsage New vork by the ‘Norwich Toute, ‘The deserted wife, not ey rts bles treatment, last eve- rer cent premium; Spain, 6 te 6 per cent premium; | New York sad Bestoo, 35 to I per cent premium; New | y: In proof of this assertion, let her traducers refer to | He concluded by offering the follow. | THE DRCUGHT-THE CROPS-~PAICES, KC, TUE NERALD CORRESPONDENCE. | Another Chapter of Interesting Letters. VIRGINIA, Livvex, Westmoreland county, } September 20, 1854. | To 198 Forror oF Yorx Hxnatp— <I have read with satisfaction your ¢irtular Jet. | ter, seking for information in regara to the drought, | crops, &e. Although not specially addressed, I consid. er mysel/ included in your general invitationy and shall } proceed fo give you information se1 possess subject af this tim ‘vast importance to the whole country, snd about which it is desirable the whole trata | should be knowm. I bave been largely engaged in grain growing for more than thirty years; have "been a close observer of every circumstance affecting crops and | prices during that period, and have resd attentively nearly all that hes been published on these subjects in | cur own and foreign journals. My loterest as a farmer js of course premoted by high prices. ‘This, candor te- quircs me to state, yet I trust I am incapable of desiring | to advance my own interest at the expense of the gene. ral prosperity of the country. I spent a short time this summer at one of the Virginia watering places and returned to the lower country dur- ing the first week of this month. During my absence from here I conversed with @ great many intelli. gent geatlemen from various parts of the coun ty, and bad an opportunity to , critically, the eoudition of the ee in a e@ portion of Maryland and Virginis. The result of my ob. servations and inquiries is, that the estimate ot the crops of Virginia, contained in the letter of Col. G. W. Munfcré, isin the rain correet From the falls of | the rivers to the seaboard there is much corn that is good, some thet is very heavy, and a vast deal that will be scarcely worth gathering. ‘The crops in the fine val- leva of the Fappabapnook and Potomac until thirty miles of Chesapeake bay, may be said to vre, and from that quarter, which usually exports largely, there would be little or none to spare. Above the falls of the rivers the drought was sUll more fatal. From the county of Albemarle to the Potomac, and from the head ef tide to the Alleghany mountains, the crop is entirely insufficient to supply the domestic consumption. In the valley of Vir one of the finest agricultural regions in,jhe world, where lands rell from thirty to sixty dollars an acr the most experienced farmers as- sured me that the ar ge produc! of corn would not exceed a barrel (five bushels) tothe cere, while many fielda would — absolutely nothing. My own ob. tervation on pot confirmed the correctness of their opinions. ‘ihe same state of things exists, as far asl | could observe, in the neighboring counties of Washi and Frecerick, Maryland. Beyond the Alleghany moun- tains Ihave xo accurate information, bat that portion of the State is chiefly engeged in grazing, and very little grain is there grown for market Of the crops in the States west and north of Virginia I | heard much from geatiemen who had sees them, and I | om satisfied that the presaof the country is misleading | the public, in theeffort, now so general, to produce the | imprestion that the crops of the great corn growing States approximate an aversge. fecting prices, existing in our country and throughout the would, resent price of grain is very low. Let us advert to some of these circumstances, and demand, it cannot be doubted that in the long run the cot 0” production will regulate prices The cost of wheat to the producer is the rent of land, wages of labor, and profits of capital necessary to produce it. For fifty years cr more the average price of wheat in New York has been over one dollara bushel. The wheat until of late yeaa was grown on new lands, requiring no manure, and by labor demanding Jess than'half the present rate of wages. Now it is grown to a great extent on ex- hausted lands, requiring a heavy outlay in gnano, Collars are often demanded for a day’s labor, whilst formerly one dol’ar was the highest price paid. £0 nd dear is Jabor, that crops in the ft to rot upon the ground, becai of saving them. - in growing States, the price o Such jandred e of gral ithin a few years, more than dou» old a few years ago for four or fivs | dollars, now readily command a thousand; and such as | hired for sixty dollars, ure row in demand in the facto- ries and public improvements at one hundred and fifty dollars a year. Medical bills and life insurance being also paid by the hirers. Mules that sold for Afty or six ty dollars now bring from one hundred and ten to one honéred and fifty dollars, and lands also have advanced more than 160 percent. "Is it wonderful that where all the elements of prices are more than doubled, that the rice of grain should advan:e? I repeat it is ex:remely low, and but -for the money pressure occasioned by over tuading and fraudulent stock speculaticns, wheat would be to-day $2 50 per bushel in the priscipal markets of the United States. This general rise of prices is not speculative or transitory, but permanent and progres- sive Hume, in his Ksusy on Money, has described this subject with ‘much greater clearness than is exhibited in the more elaborate articies published during the last year or two in tue foraiga periodicals. He that at the end of the century from the discovery cf the Epnnish mines in South America, prices had advanced more than four hundred per cent, and woul bave advanced still more but for the increited demand for money, arising from the new impulse to en Af the opening of those mines, chiefly of silver producad such an effect upon prices, ducing the last century, what way we not expect during the next, from the vast tres- Californ's and Australia? Mankind seem to forget thet gold is but the measure and not the standard of value, | and that it fluctuates qnitens much in price as other | commodities; its value being at last regulated by the cont of production, None reed be su: prised if the average | Brice of wheat for the next century should exceed two | ollars and fifty cents bushel, This cause operat op prices ‘a's permanent one, only to Le checked by the failure of the gold mines’ There are other causes affecting prices of grein, more or less temporary, that | require notice. | . The price of grain is not regulated by the quantity of land in the country, or even by the quantity ia actual | cultivation, but by the labor and capital that canbe em- | | ployed in manuring the land and producing the crops. | No greater error con exiet, than that it is possible natu. | rally to increase crops by increasing the breadth of land | sown, without a a. ingrease of labor andcapi- | tal. ‘The census reveals some striking faets on this sub- ject, which it is well to consider. The tencenzy of oar pop ulaticn is to the cities and towns, fearfolly increasing the | number of consumers without a corresponding increase of producers. From among many others, take these ox- amples: The increase of population in the State of New York, from 1840 to 1850, was 668,475: of this increase the city of New York had about 202,837, and Brooklyn, Albany, Buffalo, Rochester, Troy and Utica, had together 182,280; meking in the agg:egate an increase in those seven cities of 825,007—being more than one half the | entice incrense of the State. Ifthe enquiry were pur- aued through all the towns and villages of the State, it would probably appear, that whilst in tiia great State | there is a fearful increace of mouth; to be fea, the rural Foywation—the only prodacers—bave in fact been di- inished. The increase of the population during the de- cade, in Pennsylvania, was 587,753; of this increase the city of Philadelphia alone had 19,022, In slaveholding Maryland the same state of thiogs to some exient pre- | yails, though happily for the inhabitents and the wel. fare of the country at large, the general tendency of the slaveholding t tates is toa diffusion of the population over the rural districts. The inc-ease in Maryland was 113,015; of which the city of Baltimore alone had 66,741. It will thus be seon that whilst the producers of food, in some of the States at least, remain stationary, the con- sumers have increared at a fearful rate. It requires no prefound knowlege of arithmetic or political economy to perceive that this state of things must have its effect on prices. II], THE EFFECTS OF THE WAR IN EUROPE. That Jarge fects and armies must requee supplies, is mcat obvious. and however guiltless they may be of sbed- ding each other’x blood, the effect of the war upon prices is not the less certain. Besides disturbing the natural course cf industry in the countries that besome the theatres of war, producers are taken from the Gelds of agriculture to the cump, and become tho most watte- fal consnmers, thus diminishing the supply and greatly imereasicg the demand for bread. IV, SHORT CROP. I have already spoken of the corn crop. I think you are greatly mistaken in supposing tue last crop of wheat tohave been aa average one In what Stale wasit « full crop’ Not in Ohio, New York, Virginia, Maryland, or even in Pennsylvania, as feras1 aa informed. Of he ercya in the far West I know nothing, bat always re coive the peper estimates with many grains of allowance. In Virginia the crop is certsinly very deficient, hoth in quantity and quality. When the quality cf wheat is in different the quantity is invariably short, The Executive Committee of the Agricultural Sosiety of Maryland, after full iequiry, came to the conclusion that the whsat erop times during the summer, and examined the samples of wheat, and I have rever seen them so poor. Inent wheat the last reaton to Paltimore, that weighed upwards of 63 Ibs. to the bushel. I have examined the sales book of one of the lsygeat commission houses this season, an the weight of the same variety of wheat ranger from 55 | to $8—rarely maxing 58 pounds, An intelligent member of the firm stated to me, that he was satisfled, from the shipments ma“e to his house, that :he crop of the tide water country was one-balf short. Of the crops of Ku. rope you will have more hereafter, when necessity will Teresi the truth that policy now seoks to ernceal. Long contivued rains before harvest are now followed by go orabundant crops. The only sampics of new wheat of- fered in the London markets are reported of belng infe- rlor quality. This, of itself, is a pregoant fact, which farmers can understand, if merbants will ignore it. In conclusion, betel) Thare beh word 2 i should the genera! effort of the press to lower prices the temporary relief of the necepsitios of the cities be successful, and large shipments cf corn and other broad- staffs be mace to foreign countries, we may yet rue our folly, when the pre'sing wants of our own countrymen shall demsnd supplies, which can neither be had at home soe THe ae TSEUBET Mes NORTH CAROLINA. LETTER FROM WILLIAM EDWARDS, ESQ. Epastox, North Carolina, Sept, 22, 1854. Dear £r—In response to your circular making inqui- ries in regerd to the state of the crops, and the eondi- ‘A great error in’ \he country as regatds the | high price of Dake Vaenaicing the circumstances af. I. ‘The cost of production, Hovever much prices of com- | mcdities may. be affected from time to time by supply | lime, and other expensive manures. In harvest, three | Virginia. | prise, occasioned by the influx of the precious metals. | of that Stste didnot exceed half an average. The same may alsote said of the crop of Virgivia. I have | paesed through the Baltimore corn exchange several ia made and exported cave the ‘‘ great ataples,”’ pitch, tar, and turpentine. Now, sir, this is@ grest mistake, as can castly be established by reference to the census report as well as to the books of many of your New York merct ants. It is true, that the articles mentioned above are made in large quantifies in some of the countiss which belorgto the “ eastern section,”’ but to suppose that these are the exclusive products of this district is to fall into ghe error of those who are totally ignorant of tbe cbarscter and capabilities of its soil The north- eastern portion eompassed of these counties which bor- der on the Albemarle and the rivers emptyiog into it, and kay cistivetly as the Albemarle country, is one of the ‘agricultural sections in america. It is well watered, finely timbered, and posseases a soil unsurpass 4 in fertility by that of any porticn of the Atlantic States. The principal crops’ grown here, are corn, wheat, cotton, pees, snd potat: of which yield an abundant return to the farmer whenever the seasons are propitious. : Corn is mere extensively cultivated than anything else, particularly iu the river bottoms and on the reciaimed swamp lands a in the ites paper bagel ho nce sufied more benignl, 2 past sum mere, The season. genecaly bas been as favorable. ee | the planter could desire ; até asa result, the crops are | larger and fairer than was ever known in North Garoll. | na. Itis true that in some neighbourhocds the corn injured by the early drought, but thete instances of feiiure cozstitute only rare exceptions to the general condition of plenty and prosperity which prevailed througt out this section of the country. ‘Wheat is raisea to a consi¢erabie extent on the more | elevated lands, which ere found on the northern b raer ef the sibewarle page eg oa either sid» of the streams Which empty into it. ‘the crop promised very finely up toa short time before harvest, when the rust meade its appearance and did con- sicerable dams ge, especially to those flelds that were not roperly drained. }ield, however, was above the Prerage amount in this county, and a fair” one throughout this entire section. Cotton was once raised in greater quantity than at present. Owirg to the dimini-hed price of this ad in view of the Bed od fe nghermy is ~ s¢epted to its growth, our farmers have in a great mea- rare sbendoces its cultivation, The crop looks well and pre with a mild fall, to yield an abuadant retarn io the planter. Peas ere largely cultivated in this and the adjoining counties, and pay a hendsome profit to the farmers. ‘They are sown ‘broadcast’? in the corn fields, when the corn is worked for the last time, and then are sllow ed to take care of themselves until the time for “ pick- ing” arriver. Many of our fields present » beautiful ap- present, covered as they are witb pes vines, it luxurisnce have taken to ion of the ‘sits of corn and garnished the face of the country with soft hues of living green. ‘The prospect for a larga crop could not be better, and unless some untoward accideat ptevent, a great many peas will be raised in this ssction. Potates (eweet) constitute one of the principal stap!s of ® portion of the Albemarle country. They thrive ticularly well on the light sandy ridges which are to fe found in many of our easterncounties, The crop for the prerent year, is only an average one, both as regards the size of the fruitand the number cf bushels produced. An attempt wes made by one of ourenterprizing farmers during the past seeson, to raise Irish potatoes for the northern markets. He succeeded beyond his most ran- | guine expectations in the speculation, raising more pota- Gea thax he had anticipates, end rowining © larger cess Je of them than he had deemed po'sible umstarces. I think it probable that many | will follow bis exemple for the future, and that here- after Irish potatces will rank among the ‘principal produc- | tions of this section of North Carolina The subjoined | table will give you some idea of the extent to which the counties which compose this Congressional distsict are engaged in a a Pomitg No. bushs. No bushs. Pola- County. Land. Corn Wheat. Peas. toes 762,663 3,684 84,212 94,000 363,000 4, 7,000 28,000 205,227 29,358 84,016 86,000 292;000 1,561 10,000 62,000 310,180 4204 47,000 119,000 | F 879,¢40 15,051 64.000 95.000 | Hertrord:’; "616,879 288/805 2481 87,22 97,000 | Northampton 1,053,197 657,000 19,000 67,000 87,000 Martin..... _'741,953 267,000 2,860 38,000 119,c00 | Pasquotark 1,234,803 624/50 19,000 6,752 31,000 Perquimans 832 000 418,885 46,000 10,000 40,000 ‘Tyrrel...... 879,000 149.00 8,000 12,000 3°,0¢0 | Washington 367,000 218,0C0 15.000 81,000 44/000 ‘This wil: furnish some evidence of the fertility of our | lands, ard serve to dieabuse the public mind of the im- prersions which have been made upon itin regard to the products of North Carolina. | "Although thie letter ix already longer than I had in- tented to make it, I cannot conclude it without refer. ring to the fish ng interest of this section of the State. | This county, ae { have before, remarked, is watered by | the Albemarle ond its tributaries—the former a sound sixty miles in length, and from five to twelve in width— the Jatter, large rivers extending hundreds of miles into | the interior of the country. These waters are always well supplied with fish, but in the spring season they | are genetally filled with herrings and'shad, whick, whea teken and proper'y “ put up,”” command an ex*ellent | price in the Northern market. Fisheries have been es- | tablizbed on the sound and rivers for the fa! sed of se curing these fish, and a large amount of capital is an- nually invested in them. For four or five years preced: ing this, but few fish comparatively apposed in our waters, and the fishermen realized emell profite fom their labors. During the last spring an unusually large cimbler cf herrings and shad entered the sound, and a golden hervest was reared by all engaged in’ taxing | them Some of the largest seins realized for their own- | er8.a profit cf $10,000, and the business in all of its | bromches was exceedingly praftable. The fishing season | lasts only for six weeks, and during that time there is mere of bustle and activity m our country than in all the rewaining months of the year taken together. Ne- | grees look forward to “fishing” with great pleasure, and | make it a regular frolic from the time of “ putting in’” Sores in, gold, eontinually pourine in f:om themines ef | until rhe period for “‘cntting eff” arrives. Could some one of your “ philanthropists”? a‘ beach,” when every thing isin operation and fish ere abundant, I feel aseuied that his astonishment at the mirth and ’ happt noes prevailing smong the “hands”? would abate ia some ee his horror of slavery and its hardships. in view of oll these facts, 1am sure a will agree that we have been particularly blessed during the past | and present year, and that we have every reason to feel | thankful to the Great Giver for His bounty and merey to | the inbabitants of this section of the country. | Our fishing has been fine, the crops are good, and the eople comparatively healthy. This sums up’ what I ayo endeavcred to convey in the above remarks, and in’ ‘cates the real condition of this part of North Caro- a. Very respectfully your obedient rervant, WILLIAM EDWARDS. James Gorpox BENNETT, Editor of the New York Hera, OHIO. Nsw Loxpon, Onto, Sept. 25, 1854. To THE Fhitor oF THE New York HERALD: — I bare noticed your inquiries for information in regard to the condition of the crops, and the effect of the drought in different States. A few days observation in this part of Ohio (about fifty miles routh of Cleveland) has supplied me with some facts which may be of inte- Test. ‘The great staple of Ohio is wheat, asa grower of which it stancs first in the Union. But of this crop, which is but little grown in this section, I have but little informa. tion. The drought must have affected it severely, though being an ear‘ies grain, it escaped with loss damage than yas toftered by the ‘corn, which is the second greut ata] Corn is planted here from the middle of May till the {th ot June. Thegreat drought commenced on the 23rd of May, and was terminated by a half hour’s rain storm on the 10th of August. You will therefore see that a great proportion ot the crop must have grown to partial maturity without seeing a drop of ram. Some fields stcod the dry time much better than could be expected. But thoasends of tracts of corn in all this sec ion of the | State whl rot yicld five bushels to the acre. From the best information I can o! I am | incliced to think that the damage will amount | to not less than two-thirds of the entire crop. It is es- | timated that the usual yield throughout the Sta'e is about sixty bushels to the acre. This present crop will not average over Roce 2 The crop of hsy was better than any other, from the fact that it had attained to a rank growth before the <* summer set in yey unusual Lien A ohm frem Walpole—a phrase ve 0} peason. But the hay ed is seal ital) dried up before cuttirg, the juices quite ing from the stalk; it was secured without labor, and ready to stack as soon as cut. Dependent entirely upon the hay end corn crops is be prosperity of the stock, ia which lies a latge propor- tion of the wealth of Onio. bo ge are cheap and | growing cheaper; hogs are poor growing 7 ‘bere i. not wath Trader i winter over one tl of tue usual amount of stock; mapy will be turned loose to pick up such living as they can, in hopes thet they may be found alive.in the spring. More be rold in their present common and inferior order; the conse- | quence will bo lerge quantities of cheap and poor be and pork mmarket this fullend next spring, with very itt!e of any quality in the following season. Many farmers and speculators from Wisconsin and Iowa, ant some from Minnesota are already aad will contiaue to be in the Ohio, Indiana and Jilinots markets, buying stock for sale or use at home. Potatoes are a total failnre—very small and few ins hill. They aeomed to dry up aud die shortly after setting inthe hills ‘ney were as ripe six weeks ago as they ever will be, Many fields are not worth digging over. The quality of the corn is very much depreciated. In those fields which I have visited, the ke: hang loose. ly to the ear, andare badly shrunken. It has an acrid taste, withont fresiinees or sweetness, as in good seasons occasional (ears have, which were gathered before ‘being fully ripe. The sap, instead of circulating, t exing and berdent into bealthfal a was evi- dently slightly fermented, or perbaps its vitality seorch- cdout of it by the heat, leaving the grain to wither in- stead of rips. Fruit, like every thing else, has felt the blighting ef- feots of the drovzht. [tis small, late, hard and dry. ‘The fol'owirg is probably not f+r from a correct esti- mate of the dajnage to various crops by the drought :— Wheat (by drought and insect). t «| more than average 020) Reh cieiti, woes eres “Do per cont | The drought has further effect. It has wild | avimals of all 9 * from the and into the fields for fcod, Muskrate have left the and’ marehes and taken to corn where rida Sstaa olptatn a daily, . ‘been unusually destructi peteeey a of rhepe is ert e yon icture of Otio; but it isn tree one” The tale oonact oailer Boot for the soil is still here, w'th all ite fertility and of growth, snd the moisture of another season will ore’ the earth with the accustomed luxuriance of verdure and fruitage. But it is asevere blow for the will fall with le t, because the rod erops and the farmers in easy ciroumstances. ., Oecasionaliy it brings greater evil in its train. Yesterday, Taylor ‘ Peck, a substantial citizen of aa (Be ide by hi him: hi wideatiy tated the Greac ful se! w days since he wentround to visit his relations and neighbors, bitding each good bye with ‘an impressive solemnity, which was remarked, but did nct oxelte suspicion, He wes laboring ander a derange ment of mind, produced by the drought,tand Ris fears of famine. Le had presicted a fate of star- neighborhood and the people of the State. the incurment both of the fate he prephesied nd the lighter "ences of fof in- alse prophets in a summary ma- ner His voluntary aod sudcen exit snowed less faith in the protestion of Providence than he felt ia the whis- erings which he sald revealed to him the unfortunate Cest'ay of his neighbors and cattle, BUCKEYE. IOWA. Buarwinctoy, lowe, Sept. 18, 1864. Mr. J. G. Beswerr, Eprron Naw Yore Haratp— Sm—Your circular, addressed to Hon. A. 0. Dedge, has been banded to me, with a request that I would answer it, which I now de. The drought has extended over the southeastern portion of our State, including some of the best agricultural counties. Within its range the cora will not exceed half a crop, and the potatoes are am entire failure. We have, however, a Ane crop of wheat and osts to fall back upon. From the best information ose, the drought has extended over about one thi:d part of the setued portion of the State ; but as that part, as above stated, comprises our best corn growing region, it will affect the eggregate product of that article in a greater ratio than 3 beige pond area ges Saas I should ponpocorad lel of corn wou! eo at least as as per cent in the Stete. — ee wd Of potatoes we shall haves better supply, notwith- standing the entire failure within the Kmits of tha drought, owing to the fact that our prineipal potatee growing region Hes north aad west, anc beyond the range of the drovght. Patatoes have not beéa extea- s.vely grown in the southesat part of. the State for some years. We 1 fall short some twenty or twenty-five per cent We raise no cotton, of course. Lam, with respoct, &e., JW. WEBBEA. VERMONT. Mowrreuime, Sept. 25, 1854. Mr. Besxert— Luar Sin—] received yours in due time, and wili give you what information Ican with pleasure. I bave made every effort togather what information I could relative to potatoes, and find they are good, with the exception of thore planted on dry ground, The yletd this year is more than an average crop for the last ten years in Ver- mont. My farm isa half mile from Montpelier village. ‘Thiough this month, I think there has been from two to three Lundred bushels per day drawn-past here to mar- ket, from Washingtor and Orange counties. Maay of the farmers say their yield is two huedred bushels per aci where they planted from one to five acres. Corn is go on meadow farms, but light om hill farcs. Taken te- ether I think thane is an average crop of wheat, En the hill, but none on the iver farms, Hay spout the sameasilast year. Fall fed but very little, which will increase the price of butter and cheess, Potatoes are now selling at 40 cents per bushel; probably the price will br somewhat reduced. Pork toling Dy she hog. ix xi grass fed bee! i handred. cents per pound, and Now, sir, I shall be happy to give you all the informa: tion I can at any time, and will do so with plessure. Yours, respectfully, ANSON NYE. THE GREAT WEST. LETTER OF A TRAVELLER. RaNDOLro, Mass , Sept. 25, 1854. Jas. G. Bawsert, Esq., ? Epitor oF Tae New York HeRratp :— Sm—In reply to your circular : I left Cincinnati the ast week of August, and passing through Iodlane and part of Illinois to Chicago, from thenee to Davenport, Towa, to Detroit,-and through Upper Canada to Montreal, arrived here last week. Leaving Cincinnati just as the panic sbout the drought was beginning, raising the prices of pork and ail the products of corn, my attention was especially drawn to the condition of the crops. Without donbt, on both sides of the Ohio rive: the crop of corn will be short ; but in Indiana, north of In- Gianapolis, the corn was a8 fine and as fall c-own ast bave ever seen it in that region. South of |: \.aapolis the stalks were short bat gre I be.rd no com- y plaint about the ear, which appeared hardand the grains found Weare accustomed to see corn grow 0 in the Ohio bottoms tbat sbort stalks disappoint one, but Tbave teen as good and a3 Jarge av ear ona atalk six feet, as on one sixteen feet high A‘l through Illinois I believe the corn never was better, and larger breadth was sown Jast spring. In Iowa they ¢o not raise much corn, but wnat thece was of it was gocd, snd the wheat and potatoes were Ia Michigan the crops generally were fino and above am average, as aleo the wheat crop in Upper Canada, which is estimated by come as at least e third more thao an averege. All Canadien breadstuffs wili shortly be ad- mirsible into the States free of duty You have already noticed the fine harvest of wheat; and my impregrion is, that when the general harvest cogn, oats, and potafoes gets distributed, there will not e fourd so large a deficiency as some writers contem- late. Respecttully, JOHN H. OSBORNE, of Cincinnati. Our Key West Correspondence. Key Wesr, Sept 22, 1854, Election News--The Candida‘es for State Senator and Congress— Aid to Savannah— Wrecks. Our State election for reprezenta‘ive in Congress. State Senator, and Assemblyman, comes on the ad proximo, ard by the next steamer I shall be able to send you the result. There has been no electioneering, and apparently but little interest manifested for the election of Con- gressman, though I believe that Maxwell’s friends (demeciats) expect @ majority of fifty or theres bouts over Gov. Brown. Great interest is taken in the struggle for State Senator. Both candidates, I am told, are democrats. For the House, Dr..8. F. Jones, (whig,) our pe o ing the’ Lae lacs or is, conaibenet aac his election. The doctor's unostentatious kindness and charity to the poor during the prevalence of the fever bere, and unremitting exertions in behalf of bis patients, have won him “ golden opiniong from all sorts of people,” and whigs aad democrats will vote for him. Some of our citizens as in the course of a few hours, collected $136 for the relief of the deati- tute and sick in Savannah. They send, also, what E Sue will be prized more than money, by even the sick—three or four barrels of limea just from the tree. ‘You will observe that two wrecks are reported as baving occurred within a day of each other. weather had no agency in these a pleasant in the highest de; The that our knowing ores will be disapp their annval expectations of a gal which, 1846, le since they think ought to visit us at least once in three or four years. Tas Cuarter Oax.—All of our citizens the Charter Oak, the grand old tree that so com; ehielded the written charter, which continued organic law till 1818. In Epp prs story, made famous; and thousande of strangers annually visit it. The tree stands upon Place, now owned and occupied by the Hon. I. who has kindly eared for it. A few years boys kindled a fire within its trank, which mont of the rotten parts of it, Mr $, soon he fre, at once Lac ut out then, : ‘bad the hollow enclosed il [fe Ee i i i i ee sree, from this time, seemed to be imbued tach succeeding Spring dressing itself certer foliage. the 22d inst the New Ha companies, who came up to join their brethren in ford on the occasion of their annual mustez, visited famovs oak. Toshow them the capacity of the ‘hey were invited to enter the hollow trunk, when ty-four of the men belonging to No.6 entered ‘Sey came out, and twenty-eight of No. 7 By placing twenty eight full. grown men in room of a dwelling. one may judge of the femous old " charter oak Hartford Z i t g. H 2. é 5 maar Pee ine a? f238 iat 5 i if A Cniwp Kiniep py GraNDPMOTHER.—On if ile! : E [ ff arm uw} Sept. 27 Tae ConTRACTS FOR THE MACHINERY OF New Sreau Frigates, &o:-—We cretary of the Navy has so far actodon the of the Board of Navy Raglneers as to award contract for the machiacry of tie new Merrimac, building at Boston, to, the foundry; that for the Wabash, being built at Phila- bee ay to Merrick & Sons, of that city; andfer one Seeaeeat rar WahalME wo Vat wit po ‘edegsr Iron Wor recollected tat the West Point foiadry built the af $ ving forwarded a te to ‘have the | ‘ion of the country, permit me to make a brief state- | bave fec on every green thing, A lanes, unsightly, Seer eee ce weber cal sale aeex see inovt relative to the eastern seetion of North Carolina, | PEUGt nasty Tooking enh, om the the ay i fading sige Al ‘The wie ib aot siete ‘The idea prevails abroad, that this portion of Carolina { coccat rid nome bars enterad ip myriads the mestows, Tnotega. —Bostony Bet, Sept 21. | weoreredentizciy With pine forests, and that notain | gad entirely exten oi the roots of the grass, lenring too engines, &c., for the United Sta! souri, and that the Messrs. M the Miswtssipoi, the two fines Soeqn wreamers a2 (ag Wastes ide Uy Gaeies Btarady .