The New York Herald Newspaper, October 31, 1854, Page 4

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As regards the bombard- ment of Sebastopol, which, in our previous advices, was asserted to have commenced on the 5th, we now find Lord Raglan stating in his last despatch, dated the 6th, that it would commence in a few days. A Rassian despatch, received by way of Berlin, affirns ‘that nothing of importance had been undertaken against the fortress up to the 9:h, @nd another, again, ‘from the same source, but sent by way of Vienna, nnounces that General Canrobert, after having made all his dispositions for the attack, had given orders that the Russian outposts should be driven ia on the 19th, and the construction of batteries im mediately commenced. There are ramors of the Russians having been deteated in a sally of 20,000 strong from the fortress, but they require confirma tion. This delay, brief as it is, in the siege ovevations, has, in the present excized state of the public mind, had a depressing influence on the English and French funds; and it is natural that it should. Every day lost increnses the difficulties of the allies: for once General Os'en Sacken effects a junction with the forve under Wenschikoff, a diversion qill be at- tem, ted » hicn my seriously embarraas their move- ments, 20d perhaps even ultimately compel them to saise the siege. This iz of course taking for grant- ed that the,rumor, which we find repeated, is cor- rect that General Osten Sacken has already entered the Crimea. When this reinforcement arrives there will be an active Russian army in the field of 60,000 men, exclusive of the 30,000 composing the garrison of Sep»stopol. The land and sea forces of the allies are equal in number; bu; it must be recollected that whilst one portion of the Russian army will be fight- ing behind stone defences, the allies will be com- pelled to carry on both siege and field operations at the same time, which readers t»is equality more os- sensible than real. It is difficult to predict, under these circamstances, what turn matters may take. Notwithstanding the confident anticipations ex- pressed by the English journals, the siege of Sebas- topo] may, for aught that we can see to the contra- Fy, last a3 long ae the siege ot Troy. From the pre- parations that are saidt> be making for a winter campaign, it isevident, as we have always contend- ed, tha: even its fall would not accelerate the con- @lusion of peace. From the movements of the Baltic squadron it is mw pretty certain that no further operations will be undertaken in that quarter during the present sea- gon. T usin the north no material advantage has been gaived by the coulition—whilst in the south the winter bas set in, without any great progress having as jet been made towards the annihilation of Russian power in the Crimea. A project for the re-establishment of Poland as an independent kingdom is said to be at present under the serious contemplation of the allies. It re- quired the dangers of the fulfilment of Napoleon’s prophesy of Coseack predominance to 4#aken the quasi I'beral powers of Europe *%o a sense of the io- Justice to which they were parties in permitting the ruin of Polish nationality, In Denmark » popular convulsion seems inevita- ble. In tie Chember a motion for a committee to impea.h the government has beea carried by & ma- jority of eighty to six. Ina letter from oue of our Paris correspondents, published in this day’s paper, will be found some important information regarding the preceedings of the American Diplomatic Congress at Ostend. The facts ure derived from a reliable source, and are de- werving the attention of our readers. NEWS FROM CHINA, ETC. From China the news is in‘eresting. The revolu- tion was spreading, and eeveral attempts upon Can- ton had been made, which, however, proved unsuc- cessful. Anarchy prevailed, and trade was nearly at a stand stil’. The United States Commissioner had arrived a Hong Kong, but would shortly retarn to Shang»ae in company with the British plenipo tentiary, when an effort would be made to settl@the question as to levying duties, about which there has been 20 much discussion and jealousy. Commodore Perry was fo leave for home in September last. An American merchant vessel has visitei the Japan ports opened to our commerce, and met with a fa vorable reception. The squadrons of France and England in the Chinese waters are to proceed to Bitka to attack the Ruesian settlements. We bave received oar files of the Singapore Bi- Monthly Circular to the 3lst of August. The im- yam of gold and gold dast during the fortnight consisted of 214 buncals from the Archipelago. The ratea for Australian are $29 to $204 for bars, and $28 to $284 per buncal for dust. Exports, aa above, 251 buncals. STATS OF THE MARKBTS. ‘The flour market yesterdsy,on the strength of the Pacific’s news, 1ecovered 12}c. per barrel of the « cline noticed on Starday. A sale of Dalaware seo wheat was made a: $2 03 + $2 U6; and sales of gou berm white do. wore male at $2 18 $2 26 | kivdling the patrioti: A a aN LL RR Re Corn sold pretty free'y, and avanced about one cent per bustel for geod wu | ualicy. Cotton was tte er,wihmo- a@e-ale Frei.)t « Liverpool were better, and corn wa: pretty freely taken as 4, and clerward: 4.4. n wk wa: osked. POLITICAL M.TTERS. Our announceren’ © ts prop sed convention of tre nw onal whix’ of ths -t t+ cnfirmek tie meeting washed Aliany at k,aa ae-i- ton of the program of utae pea oms agreed upon is ,ivenun erth pol cal day>pa « « brie’ o idea of on rgas Z+d opposition 'o we Seward can didate for Governo , ba n-er hele # be de ection nurt prove burtfal 'o ‘bh: nom'nee o° th: fasiosists, It was aur.cd upon «t the retng of sueanad- dress to t+ people, re-affi'min. ‘he Palt'more rea- lutions of 1852—which, it will be remembered, were “ spit upon and execrs'« a” by the principal Seward organ of this city—to be circulated, in connection with thy sulto’ th othe mg -ke'ion, mme- distel, a er the 7th pro tino. No: ecommandation is maie \ hs vaional wg vot'r. in he pre-ent | cany -*, tut i isevidem’ tha’ hose who responded to thy declar.tivve of toe convention of 1852 wiil take cxre not to he d-'ith d with the abolition co alition of 1854. Two political addres+:s are ; ubiished today. One emanates fiom a comm tte of the free democratic organization, and is witten nth: s> rit which uso- ally characterizes the ji'era y rodu.tions of the leacers of that party. Tre otver purports to give the reasons 'ta cuused the K ow» Nothings‘o pce- | turer or a rtorekeeper on Broadway discharg:: | sept an imdependent nomination for State officers. This laver document ia written in the “ sisshiag” style, interspersed wita quotations from foreigo | poetaeters, which are suppysed to go tar towards | ark in the bosoms of voters. | George L. Curry, Wm. H. Farrar, and Renjamio | F. Hardis g. bave been appointed respectively to the ; Offices of Governor, Attorney, and Secretary ot the Territory of Oregon, by the President. MISOBLL aNBOUS. The wet and foggy weather which has prevailed for the past few days has nearly put a stop to tele graphic Operations. Most of the lines yesterday were unable to work, and our news, therefore, fre this source is unususlly meee ~ oe ret ane mont Stekiiz evel’ tf yesterday that has Seaghod us is the ¢pors of the riot as Worcester “Mass.,the heart of the state avd tue very core ot abolitionism. [t seems tha! Mr. Ass O. Batman, an is offered of liquor having been sold there with- in a month previously. while the lstter may be searched ¥ ithout any proof whatever. Bat this distinction— which would be obviously nuga- tory in practice—is vastly weakened by a pro- viso excepting from its benefit all dwelling houses “in part of which a shop is kept.” In the first place, whatisa shop? What guarantee have we thaf an officer m ght not choose to re- elligence ino gard every dw {ling house where ashes or rags alte we mb day of | meeting ard the day of ‘'e election preclud +i she | are sold by the hou. maid to get rid of them, something ess than twenty dollars to presume | such a sale ‘ma iciously and without probable | cause: how many men would willingly give $20 to be so conveniently revenged on an ene- | my! In fine, we cannot discover solid grounis | for expecting that any class of houses would | bill. That those searches would be used as the or- | dinary weapon of malice, envy, and ill-will, we | cannot for a moment doubt. Does a manufac- an apprentice? Forthwith the lad, with a friend like him, swears that he “believes” liquor i sold in his late master’s back parlor: and the officer with a posse of constables, the trium phavt apprentice, and a gaping mob, forces hix way into the said back purlor, goes up stairs terrets out the kitchen, and does not spare a single bedroom. A rowdy is CO” efiliied fo breaking windows on the ev’ ~ ; ble citizen: what « _esdonce of areapecta take as te * _ ov eplendid revenge could he oF .v instigate a search upon the premises ~. ois enemy, and to insist, with lying woras +2 | and devilish malice—as he could so easily do~- that the u: lawful bottle lies hid under his wife’s pillow, or in his daughter’s dressing room? His story might be improbable; but the magistrate would be bound to credit it. He might perjure officer attached to the department ot the United | bimeelf; but what satisfaction would it be to States Marshal at Bos'on, rendered good servive in his victim to bave him condemned ‘‘to pay the energetically carrying out the directions of his supe- costs?” Under the operation of Clark’s law, he rior on the occasion of the arrest of Sims and | would be u'terly helpless, Bvery respectable Burne, fagitiyes irom peryice, Mr. Bgtmay was, also, we believe, ore of the officers deputed to de- liver Burns to the custody o! his owner, and his citizen who bas a house and a home would be at the mercy of every vagabond whom he might choose or happen to offend, This would conduct elicited the approbation of the citizens uf be the first effect of the law, Richmond, to which city the slave was taken The abolitionists were exceedingly wroth at all this, and vowed vengeance. On Suaday it was discovered that Mr. Butman way stopping at one of the hotels at Worcester. Having once ecented their prey, the abolitionist- assembled in force, and attempted violsnce upon the person of Mr. Butman, who endeavored to de- fend himself. The courage of the mob oozed ou: at the sight of weapons, and a warrant was got ou’ upon a charge of carrying concea'ed arms. Sab sequently the leading fanatics succeeding in sppeas ing the fury of the mob fo: a time, and Ba'man eo- deavored to reach the railroad depot, when he was set upon by a gang of negroes, who pelted him with missiles, and kicked and beat him unmercifal!y. But it is not to be expected that men of Any}o-Saxon descent are going tamely to sub- mi®, in the nineteenth century, to lose a privi- Jege their fathers conquered eight hundred years ago, and retained in epite of kings, and Jords, and armies. There will be m2n in New York who will refuse to the last to admit that their house is no longer their castle, or that their permission has ceased to be necessary to enable the State officers to cross its threshold To many of these it will be futile to talk of the sanctity of the law. They will reply that the sanctity of their domicil comes first If the courts avenge outrages on the former, they In the case of Bevle, the dentist, convicted in | will themselves see to the protection of the Philadelphia of an ou'rage upoa @ female, his coun- eel yesterday comm»nced an argument on & motion for a new tria'. Another murder was commi ted in th's city yes terday, at a sailor boarding house in James street. Two seamen bad an altercation, and one of then latter. There is hot blood enough among us to give plenty of employment to revolvers, and muskets under such a law: and plenty of citi- zens who, though orderly and law-fearing on ordinary occasions, would not scraple to defend plunged his sheath-knife into the other, inflicting a their wife’s bedroom against the police at any wound so mortal that he died before reaching the | cost. Such rencontres we must expect to hesr lel An account of the affair is given else- | of, almost as often as the law is enforced. where. The Duty of Temperate Men in the Coming Election. Whatever reltunce the Seward candidates place on the anti-Nebraska sentiment, it is clear that their hopes of success are mainly founded on their advocacy of a Prohibitory Liquor law. Who will gain by this? Certainly not the cause of temperance, which will soon become identified with everything that is oppressive and tyrannical and repugnant to the feelings Every case in which a domicil is violated, or aman shot by a householder standing on hi- own threshold—and such cases cannot but be If Myron H. Clark had not written the bill ve- | frequent—will alienate sceres and hundreds toed las: session, »nd Henry J. Raymend pro- mised to give his su p:rt to that bill, their from the cause. A temperance man will become identical with a housebreaker : Prospecis wiuld vot comp»re with those of | the tuppression of drankenness with the Goveracr Seymour or Chief Justice Bronson | destruction of !iberty. The grogshops my It is because a large majority of the people of | he put down: but with them we shall this State ure in favor of some steps being ta- | cease to have private dwellings, inviolate ken torepress intemperance, tha: the men who | homes, and houses in which we feel we are are identified with the extreme teetotal wing | masters. Drunkards may cease to annoy us in of the temperarce army expect to carry the election. We question whether the result will justify such an expectation. The evils of intemperance focus are undoubtedly great; but it is possible to cure an evil by superposing a still greater one. The evils of absolate monarchy in France were cured by the far greater evil of the Reign of Terror, which not only wrought more in- jury during its brief existence than the monarchy in centuries, but actually retarded the progress of liberty for at least sixty years. Just so, to our thinking, it is now proposed tocure the evil of drunkenness by a law which is itself pregnant with incalca- Jable preseut danger, and which is morally cer- tain to throw the temperance cause back for years, Weask temperate men to weigh the matter well before voting. The issue is not whether some good and pro- per law or measure shall or shall not be adopted tor the suppression of intemperance: but whe- ther the very identical bill framed by Myron H. Clark, vetoed last session by Gov. Seymour, shall or shall not become the law of the land. ‘There was a time when one of the Seward can- didates—Mr. Reymond—might have been dis cussed as standing on the former ground. He then wanted—as we all do—some plan or mea- sure not defined to prevent the spread of drunk- enness; and expressed his full satisfaction o Governor Seymour’s veto of Myron Clark’s bill He has changed his mind within the last few months, and now pledges himself, should he be elected, to assent in the event of the Govern or’s death, to this same bill. The whole Sew- ard ticket stands or falls on the bill. If the bill were a new one; if it had not been published in every newspaper; hawked in every bookstore, and read at a fair proportion of fire- sides throughout the country, we might feel bound at this conjuncture to enter upon a mi- nute analysis of its provisions. As it is, it will suffice to refer our readers to their own memo- ry, and to come at once to the main ground of objection, Under the operation of the bill, “any two or more credible persons’? may cause # search warrant to be issued by a magis- trate to search the premises of any citizen of this State for liquor. All that is required is that they swear that “they have reason to be- lieve and do believe” that liquor is kept there for sale. They are not required to make oath that they “know” that liquors are concealed there; a mere “ belief” is all that is needful On the strength of this “ belief” of the “two credible persons,” an officer is forthwith des- patched “ with proper assistance’’ to search the house suspected, whether the owner is there or not. There is in truth some sort of distinction drawn between dwelling houses and shops; the former being only liable to search when proof the streets; but any moment the rap of the off§ eer and his myrmidons may be heard at our door, bidding us stand aside while he searches gatret to basement. What drunkard could be more obnoxious than the leering, insolent officer, poking and rummaging in eve- ry corner and cranny, and seasoning the exer. cise of his calling with appropriate jests and pro- fessional threats? . Does any man believe that in the face of such things, an advocate of temperance would dare show his face? Why, the boys would tear his clothes from his back, and the very women hoot him out of sight. And is this the consumma- tion honest foes to drunkenness are expected to bring about ? Prohibitory laws may answer very well in small States like Vermont and Maine, where pop- ulation is sparse, pluck developed under restric- tions, and the consciousness of power unknow: § There searches may be made legal, both because farmers and fishermen have different notions on the sacredness of the domioil, and also be- cause the class of individuals who would abure them are rare in those States. Then, again, every one knows that the law in both is merely comminatory. It is uvderstood that better brandy has been kept at the inns, both in Vermont and Maine, since the passage of the Maine law than travellers ever got there before: the only difference being that topers now find in a closet, into which they are introduced by the landlord, what they for- merly bought over the counter. In New York, it would be different. Oppres- sion, fraud, confasion and bloodshed are certain to follow it here. Our people will not submit quietly: if a sumptuary law is to be enforced— where a mere execution and strengthening of the easier laws would answer the purpose—it muet be done as the indictments say “with force and arms.” In such s conftict the tem- perance cause would be thrown Wick an age. Are our citizens prepared for this? Tue Arctic Cauamtry.—In the news brought yesterday by the Pacific it will be seen that a notice was posted inthe Underwriters’ rooms at Liverpool that the royal mail steamship Canada was spoken on the morning of the 5th October by the Arabia, and made great exer- tions to communicate with her, but the only word heard was “saved.” She then telegraphed the Arctic’s number and several other signals, but the vessels were by that time too far apart for them to be made out. It is proper to re- mind the public, in order to prevent any false hopes being entertained, that the Canada no doubt wished to communicate the intelligence that Mr. Bahlaam and his party were saved—the party, In fact, which she herself brought to Boston, a8 8 “shop?” Again, bow is the officer to know whether or no there ii< #DY connection be- tween a shop and the dwelling house adjoining? | It he chooses to believe that a , Caseage exiats between the two, he may regard the Whole as a shop under the true intent and meani,. 6 of the | | law. Again, what is proof of the sale of i. 29? It would cost, under the twenty-third secty, = | and get out a large amount ot notes. We have escape the searches so lightly authorized by the | Bank Fatlores—Safety Fund and Shinplaster Banks. Herély a day passes that the fai'ure of some bank is not reported. These » uspevsions ap- pear to be periodica’ One explosion leads to a dozen others, and the panic produced gives a good harvest t the brokers. The last failure appounced was that of the Lewis County Bank, seaf-ty fund institution of this State. Within the past few years this bank has r ken abouthalf a dozen times, notw:thstanding which the public | would take its bills, and it managed after every | revival to get out a large circulation. Itis | yeally astonishing what :rash in the shape of bank bills gets into the hands of the poor la boring classes. Afier all the efforts made by the press to warn the community against spu- | rious bank issues, it appears :o be the easiest | thing in the world to get upa wild cat bank, sometimes thought it best 10 let these swind- .¢ financiers have fall swing, and let them ‘the public Yast as mucn as they please, ¢ that nothing short of such wholesale ‘uid bring about a proper remedy. ‘wes of many States have done ‘ar power to establish systems ‘wetection of the biil-holder, “ty keep their eyes open ‘wy bill offered, there “beating. ‘wed are banks Soliar of creit, Md we doubt lin, | fleece believin, robbery We The Legislas. | everything in th. of banking for the ) and if people would o. and carefully examine ev. would not be half so much . Tbe fei recently rep which never were entitled to uu Their ins bever were secured, a. if auy of them ever bad @ dollar of eu, "ial paid im Counterfeit bills are at all times ail 6 aud ‘we may occasionally take one; that risk all must take: but it is so easy to distinguish the issues of ycod banks from thoee of # shiopluster char- voter, that we cannot satisfactorily account for the success of the scoutdrels who adopt such a method of preying ugon the ¢ vomuuity. The Jaws appeor to be iseffective ia reaching and punishing there fellows; and as au oave the privilege of refusing any bill offered in pay- ment for property or services, it rests with them to drive out of circulation bills of doubtful re putation. The safest rule to adopt is to refuse all bills not secured by the deposit of public stocks in the hands of the Comptroller of the different States. All such billscan be distin- guished by any one who can read; and although there may be good bills not so guaranteed, it would be best to avoid them. When a bank es- tablished under the Free Banking law suspends, its bills suffer no ruinous depreciation in t @ market, because the Comptroller holds in bis hands securities for the redemption of i's is- sues. The banker, broker, or speculatar, who may have been the owner or manager of the suspended free bank has no control aver the se- curities with the Comptroller, and the circula- tion is redeemed by the State officer appointed for that purpose. The free banks of the differ- ent States can supply all the currency required by the country at large, for all the legitimate purposes of trade, and there is, therefore, no ne- cessity for the public to take any other. The proprietors of the wildcat banks manu- facture bills resembling, near as possible, those of banks in good credit, and succeed in passing them off, under such a disguise. Wedon J know that any of themhave gone quite so faras to represent that they were secured by the depo- ait of public stocks with the proper authorities; but we should not be much surprised if they should even resort to such a method to get the necessary credit to command a circulation They ure capable of anything, and there is no protection but euch asevery man has within himself. The only way is to closely examine every bill offered in payment for anything, and refuee it upon the leust doubt of its security. The bank failures within the past week or two have been as follows :— Knickerbocker Bank, N. Y. Fighth Avenue Bank, N. Y. Snifolk Bank, N. Y. Lewis County Bank, N. Y. Bank of Hallowell, Maine. Ship Builder’s B’k, Maine, Brunswick Bank, Maine. Northern Indiana Bank. Bank of Milford, Delaware. Far. & Mer’ts Bk, Me mp!iis The Sackett’s Harbor Bank and the Farmers’ Bank of Saratoga County have been reported. The failure of parties connected with e ach of theee banks has no doubt been the cause of the rumor, and as itis very probable that each bank has lost more or lees by such failures, it would be well enough to be cautious, and get their bills redeemed as coon as possible. The trouble is not over yet. There are a few more banks of the same sort left. The Merchants’ Bank of Macon, Georgia, is said to be a dangerous con- cern, and we have no doubt there are many much nearer home just as bad. Money is scarce and valuable just now, and all should look sharp after the dollars, particularly if they are manufactured of paper. With the high price of coal, flour, potatoes, and all the neces- saries of life, the poor have immediate use for every penny they earn, and it is therefore im- portant that they should have their eyes wide open; and when once in doubt about the value of a bank bill, at once be resolved to have no- thing to do with it. It would be better to re- fuse half a dozen good bills than suffer a loss from one that is bad. Movements 1s Crry Poirrics—Ratirications, —We refer our readers to our advertising columns for information upon the current move- ments in our city politics, among the various ontestiog parties. Among these movements, he most important a e, the whig ratification meeting, which comes off to-morrow (Wednes- day) evening at the Broadway House; the hard hell ratification meeting on the same evening at the Broadway Tabernacle; and last, if not least, the soft shell ratification meeting at Tam- many Hall on Thursday evening. ® We are glad that these ratifications of the parties concerned are to take place before the election; for we have no doubt that each and all of them will result in throwing a flood of light upon the existing complications and crose-firings of New York politics. If, in addition to these ratifica- tions, we could only have one by the-Know Nothings on Friday or Saturday night, we really believe that with diligent reading and hard study of the proceedings and speeches of all of them—whig, hard shell, soft shell and Know Nothing—our readers, by Monday morn- ing, would be wonderfully illuminated in refer- ence to their important duties at the polls on the seventh of November. As it is, we trast that at their ratifications respectively, the co- altion whigs, the hards and the softs will tell all they know, all they expect, and all they de- sire to accomplish in the election. Let the people have light. There is more pipe-laying and rascality on foot than they are aware of. Let the police be on hand to neutralize the “Short Boys;” and remember that the Maine law allows no liquor at the whig ratification meet- ing. Let the Carson League see to it. Foacy—The diplomacy of the European war ; the whereabouts of the administration on the Cuban question and of the filibusteros; the sit- uation of Santa Anna; our city and State Ppolitigs and the weather, Ky. Trust & Banking Co. Newp’t Safety Fund Bk. Ky Erie and Kalamazoo Bank. Savings Bank, Ohio. Bank of Connersville, Ind. Elkhart Co. Bank, Indiana. | Back Acam.—Among the pas-engers by the ' Pacific are Colonel Aspinwall, for many years our Consul at Landou, and Hon Dailey Mina, Aseistant Secretary of State. Mr. Mana, before leaving Paris, doubtless bad everything duly cut and dried concerning that Continental Con- gress of General Pir rce’s diplomats, including the very latest instructions from the State De- partment on the exact materials and patierns of good old Dr. Franklin’s diplomatic costame. The country may, therefore, feel easy on tha’ subject, and perfectly assured of a harmonious conclusion to the deliberations of the aforesaid | Continental Cengress. Colonel Aspinwall, it will be remembered, was superseded in his London consulate by that great cbampion of Young America and of Kos- suth and the continental refugees ia England, George N. Sanders, who, in his turn, having been rejected by the ‘old fogies”’ of the Senave, Still, Sanders remains behind, and, having the | second-hand artillery to look after, he may not | be home for some time yet. Let him close up | all these affairs, however, as soon as possible, for it will shortly be time to set to work for the next Presidential election. Better luck, perhsps, next time—perhaps. Geyvumg or Boaus?—Some of the Kuow No- things of the interior havé met at Utica, and, repudiating Ullman and Scroggs, have adopted Clark and Ford as their gubernatorial tick: Several questions are accordingly suggested. Are these Utica Know Nothings genuine or bogus—insiders og outetders? and is Mr, Ciark a party to their neceptance of himself aad their rejection of Raymond? After the affair of that tpurious lodge which was refused admission intg the brotherhood, although Mr. Clark was dade sth nts pe + Vail one of the appiucants, these are rite timate anes tions. Will the Seward organs, who betray 80 much anxiety to know whether Daniel Uliman is a native of revolutionary descent, or a de- ecendant of a German Jew, and born in Bengal, or on the other side of the Jordan, endeavor to enlighten us as tothe precise merits of the Know Nothingiem of Myron H. Clark? Tus Free DEMOCRACY AND THEIR PRONUNCIA- MENTO.—We publish to-day the pronunciamento in behalf of the free democracy of New York, eigned by John P. Hale, Hiram Barney and Jobn Jay. Their party are the real Simon pure Birney Van Buren Buffalo free soilers. Their address is composed of equal parts of pitch, tar and turpentine, wrapped around Judge Douglas and the Nebraska bill, and all in a blaze. What they are driving at in the present canvass, and who they go for, does not so plaia- ly appear as might be desired; but as nearly as we can make out, though they are half ashamed to confess it, Clark is their man, and the whigs are their allies, upon their good behavior. Let Seward bear this in mind. Hale is also a can- didate for the Presidency on the anti-slavery platform. Woo wit BE Governor?—The Evening Post, in reviewing the principles of the several can- didates in the field for Governor, finds some in- superable objections against every one of them, and recommends its friends to vote accordingly. Upen this plan, who will be the Governor? Academy of Music, Fourteenth Street. After a brief suspension, rendered necessary by the ‘noempieteness of stage arrangements incident to a new theatre, this house was again opened last evening, for the production of the ‘Semiramide,” which, by the time taken in its preparation, appears to be the grand card of the management. The anticipations raised by this circumstance drew together one of the best audiences of the season, and we have seldom witnessed a more brilliant coup d’eil than the house presented on entering. Of the piece, truth compels us to say that it is more effective as a spectacle than as a musical representation. The mise en scene is splendid— the costumes, albeit a few anachronisms not quite reconcilable with Assyrian traditions, showy—the choruses, for a first representation, passably dis- ciplined, and the instrumentation of the orchestral perfect. The cast of the opera is, however, with the ex- ception of Grisi, Donovanni and Susinly extremely feeble, and even in the case of the tw. Wormer it iu some degree disappoints expectation. The role of Semi- ramis affords less seope for the display of those great histrionic powers which Grisi possesses, than her Lucre- zia Borgia and Norma; and although it is still a remark- able performance, it is not to be compared to those mas- terpieces of tragic effort. Such, too, seemed to be the impression of the audience, for at none of her previous performances have we seen less warmth of enthu- siasm displayed. Mlle. Donovanni, although an excellent artist, made but an indifferent Arsace, owing, in a great degree, we suspeet, to the nervousness occasioned by her donning, for the first time, a male costume, This feeling seemed to ex- tend itself to her voice, as well as to her movements, and marred most of her earlier efforts, Susini was as usual correct and effective in the rendering of his text. It would be difficult to find an artist who combines so much judgment with great vocal powers. Bating the deficiencies we have pointed out, the effec- tive manner in which this opera has been put upon the stage—combining as it does the attractions of both show and sound—will, we have no doubt, secure for it a suc- cessful run. The music of the opera, too, is of so popu- lar a character as to be in itself likely to secure that re- sult. With the twelve performances which commenced last night, it is now pretty certain that the engagement of Madame Grisi and Signor Mario, in this city, will close. The good people of Philadelphia, who have been counting upon being gratified by their appearance amongst them, will, we understand, be disappointed in their expectationst those artistes having reeeived from the Director of the Theatre i taliew in Paris such liberal offers as to lead to a negotia- tion withMr. Hackett to modify his engagement with them so as to enable them to appear in Paris this winter. It {a likely, however, that they will sing in Boston before they return to Europe—that city having the advantage of an opera house sufficiently capacious to cover, at two dollars a ticket, Mr. Hackett’s nightly expenses, which ‘we understand amount to $3,000 for each representa- fon. Tax New Excusn Opera Company.—Among the arri- als by the Pacific, we notice Mr. William Niblo, who has brought with him a full English opera company, express- ly for his popular establishment, Tho troupe is com- plete in every particular, comprising two tenors, two basses, a baritone, prima donna, seconda donna, with chef d’orchestre and chorus master. These artistes have deen selected from the first vocalists in England, with a view to the production of a series of operas new to this country. The prima donna, Miss Dolores Nau, is an American by birth, and has been the prima donna at the Academie of Music, till engaged for Niblo’s; her triumph in English opera at the Princess’s theatre, in London, ren- dered her one of the celebrities of that modern Babylon. Mr. St. Albyn, the tenor, is young and handsome, and. has lately taken the first rank in English opera, in the successful experiment made by Miss Romer, at the Royal |, lodgii Surry theatre. Mr. Allan Irving is the first basso, and possenses a rich, melodious voice and great personal ad- vantages. Mr. George Harrison is the second tenor, and Mr. Horncastle, so well known as a valuable member of the Seguin opera troupe, will be the second bass. The seconda donna is Miss Brienti, who made her first ope- ratic appearance in this country, with Mr. Manvers. Mr. Baker, the leader of Jullien’s orchestra, is the musi- cal director of the company. wilh Intelligence. Forxpua.—Between nine and ten o’clock on Sunday evening an infant about two weeks old was found in the area of the house of Father Malone, in South Third street. It was taken charge of by Mra, Weeks, at the First ward station house, Mo. 100 Boat Buraiary.—Tie house of Capt. Paxton, No. ya Eighth street, was burglariously entered few evenings ince. ‘The family being absent, it is no} known what was taken, affairs of Switzerland, the aforesaid Congress of diplomats, the movements of the refugees, and | the sale of George Law’s old maskets and | has been superseded by another appoiatment. | | Arrival of the Stcamship Empire City. The United States mail steamship Empire City, Captain H. Windle, arrived here yesterday morning. She left New Osleans the 20th inst. with the California mails and pas- sengers, aud arrived t Havana on the 23d, and landed Hevana wails and passengers the same day. On the 2d4th, after having transferred the California mails and possengers to the Uniied States mail steamship Falcon, Capt. A. G. Gray, bound tv Aspinwall, she left Havana, The United States moil stemmship Philadelphia, Capt. McGowan, arrived at Havana on the 24th, and was to. sail the rare doy for New Orleans with the California, mails and passengers from ile Faleon from Aspinwall, The Faleon was tu leave Havana for Aspinwall the next day. When the Empire City left Havana two schooners had: | just arrived with the passengers from the steamship Isa- | bel, which they reported lad been wrecked somewhere near Key West. No lives had been lost, but could get no further particulars. [The Isabel sailed from this city for Havana on the 16th Oct., after undergoing repairs.) The ‘ Fmpire City experienced strong gales anda heavy sea. from the northeast during the whole passage from Ha- vana. Died—On board steamship Faleon, on her passage from | Havana (which place she lelt om the 10th Oct.,) to As- | pinwall, Henry Scholtz. | Also, on her return™ passage, on the 19th Oct., James Cook, late of California. Died, Oct. 29, on board Empire City, Joseph Riley, coat heaver CIRCULAR. | CossuLate oF THe Usiten Srares, Havana, Oct. 19, 1854..’ f- | Official notice having been‘given to this Consulate | an American steamer had taken on board an unknown individual, after the last official visit had been paid to her, it becomes the duty of this Consulate to earnestly | @ntreat the commanders of American vessels. of every class to see that no infraction of the port regulations takes place, particularly as the Captain-General of the- Islaud has communicated to the undersigned his inten- tion of granting increased {ncilities to steamers and other vessels bringing and carrying passengers, both in: their ingress and egress, and particularly in the of passengers. This friendly disposition should wok ina corresponding spirit, and increase the vigilance of commanders upericzn vessels to prevent infringe- mept gf the laws of the Tsland. wcunesiee WM. H, ROBERTSON, Acting Consul. The Tut ONION COURSE, LONG ISLAND—rRorriNd.” Notwithstanding the storm yesterday afternoon, @ trotting match for $500, two mile heats, wagon and driver to weigh 350 Ibs., came off between g. m. Sontag and g.g. Tecumseh. It rained rapidly during the con- test, which made the track very heavy. Sontag won very easily. The betting provious to the start was in. favor of the mavé at afout one hundred to seventy;, but after the first heat, one hundred to ten wanted takers. On the last mile of the last heat one hundred dollars to: a dollar was waged once or twice. This is the fourth: race, we believe, that Sontag has trotted, and she hae won all very handily. She is a square trottor, aod = “ run t@yo.?” She trotted yesterday under a disadvantage, from one of her knees being \ bald aw and in each heat she hit it, .occasioning her to break up at the time. Tecumsch led ineach heat to near the fers pole, but never afterwards. There were very few spectators. The following is a summary :— Moxpay, Oct. 30—Trotting match $500, two mile heats, to wagons, wagon and driver weighing 250 Ibs. Mr. Whelan named g. m. Sontag... 8. Hoagland named g. g. Tecumseh. Time, 5:314—5:43, Joe Huested and Commodore trot a match this noon. Another Murder jy Stabbing. ABREST OF THY, PERPETRATOR... Last evening, not far from six o’clock, a difficulty oc. curred at the sailors’ boarding-house of Charles Camp - bell, 101 James street, between two seamen lodging there, named William Matthews and William Tell. After @ prolonged Gispwte, Matthews became so much exaspe> rated that he drew a dirk or clasp knife, and stabbed Tell in the left breast, inflicting a horrid wound, from: which the blood flowed profusely. Several who were in the house at the time rushed in to separate the com- batants, when they saw Matthews flourish the knife, but were too late to prevent its being used. Tell immedi- ately sank to the floor in a state of insensibility. A. physician was called, who advised his immediate re- moval to the New York Hospital, which was done, but: the unfortunate man died before reaching there. The: alarm which was given brought officer MeSweney, of the: Fourth ward, to the place, who promptly arrested: Matthews, and took him to the station house, to await. the holding of the Coroner’s inquisition, which will take place to-day. Five persons, who saw the fatal blow struck, were détained to give their evidence before the Coroner. No provocation, it is said, was given for using the knife. Both parties were partially intoxicated at the tme of the murder, Campbelt was much cut in en- ceavoring to separate the prisoner and deceased. City Intelligence. Tue Weatuer.—The wet weather still continues, with- ut any signs yet of letting up. 0, how muddy the treets were yesterday! They were just right to give those { the weaker sex who have pretty ancles to boast of, au opportunity of showing them. And didn’t they general- ly take advantage of the opportunity ? Well, if the con- regation of those young gentlemen who take delight in uch exhibitions before the doors of every drinking sa- loon in Broadway is any evidence, the fair sex did inn prove the opportunity. It’s some consolation that mud- dy times are welcomed by some folks. Mrerixa oF THe FRENCH BrvevoLeNt Socrery.—The members of the French Benevolent Society assembled last evening at Mr. Delmonico’s restaurant, to hear the annual report of the proceedings of the society, and elect the board of trustees for the year. 1864-58. Gn account of the bad weather very few members were present. annual report shows that the receipts for last your are deen 183,440 60 Pi ye money, do Advertising enh sundries... 964 There remains still as a reserved fund 961 74° 5 After the reading of the above the meeting una- nimously nominated the following gen’ as members of the board of trustees:—President, Mr. De Courcy; 1s¢ Vice-President, 8. R. Reynal; : J Chatellier; Treasurer, D. Poirier; and Secretary, P. A. Gerdy. AxoTHER BaLoon Ascexsion.—Monsieur Godard, the celebrated French seronaut, will make his fourth bal- loon ascension in America, on Thursday afternoon at the LS pater Mons. Godard pany with one lady and two tlemen, who have al- ready enj their seats In the aerial car. ‘The Inflas tion of the balloon will commence at three 0’ with- in the Hippodrome, which performance itself is int ing and worth the et of ads . [vg for the air, will take their flight at four o’clock. @ ‘‘ sky locomotive” used by y , is one the largest kind, and to witness its gradual ex; from the simple bundle of silk and cords, till it dances with oe to soar among the clouds, is entertain- ing to all who have a taste for the novel and the curious, Corumpta CoLLece CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY.—The hundredth anniversary of Columbia College will be cele- brated this evening at the lecture room, New Clinton Hall, Astor place. An address before the alumni will be delivered by Rev. W. R. Williams, D. D. Tho exercises will commence at 6 o’clock, and no doubt be very enter- taining. LXcTCRE AT THE TABERNACLE.—We would call attention © th® lecture of Mrs. H. M. Sige Aecoeeld which will be delivered in the Tabernacle this afternoon, as advert n the subject:—‘‘ The American Question at Home an Abroad—Catholicism and Protestantism.”’ Police Intelligence. Grand Larceny.—A young fellow namod Patrick Mc- ane, was arrested yesterday, and brought before Justice Wood at Jefferson Market Police Court, charged with aving, with others not yet arrested, robbed Mr. Brown, cf No. 4 Clarkson street, of a watch and pocket book con- taining money to the amount in all of $64. The com. eee " jo shes he wan coming home from an a little intoxicated, a party of bo: young men got round him and stole from ihe perece te above valuables, McLane, it appears, showed the wateb to some one, who immediately identified it as the of Mr. Brown. He also identified it as his watch on being shown him at Jefferson Market. The fully committed for trial by Justice Wood. Burglary in the Third —A man named James Drake, was arrested on a charge of heving! entered the saloon of Mattison & Brother, No. 447 Righ' Sin usta et et woh oe ables. on found in he posession of aceused, Who was locked up for examinat justice Wood, TA VWoman Dreteed fa Man's Oloching.—A woman witit the curious cognomen of Lydia Anne Payfor, came ta the Twenty-necond ward station house, on y i. dressed up in a man’s fall attire, and HY I ‘The officer there in comma: her departure, in such @ ‘ise for California, takes place. Lydia Anne Payfor: hn ay had years of ago, and anything but pre- in ‘Appearance. Case.—Two brothers, named Andrew Deet end Francis Deer, were statbed yesterday, by two mom named Edward Yahart and Ma: ‘Waram, while ‘were quarrelling with each otigr in Second seems that a fight took place a this street whi eo ners were enga; a that on ants interfering to pn mb ‘a friend of theirs being en, they were used very roughly, and stabbed, bat very reverely injured. The prisoners were remanded for examination by Justice Welsh until the extent of the brothers injuries is ascertained, a