The New York Herald Newspaper, November 1, 1854, Page 4

ee IF a pe or tie NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR AND EDITOR, OFFI®E N. W. CORNER OF NASSAU AND FULTON STS. THe Oe ee ceoy St THE DAILY HERALD, 2c ts annum. DHE WEEKLY HERAL cc ry Saturday at 0% conte per ‘apy, or $8 per annum: the Bus pean $4 per annum, te any part of Great Britain, and $5 to any part of the Conti: to ment, Maree u “ALL LEXYERS by Mal fer, Subscriptions or with Adver- Bleemcnts lo be patd, or postage will be deducted from a NOTICE raise communications. We de vdeo. VOLUNTARY CO. ;ESPONDENCE, containing impor ewe, solicited from any quarter of the world—if used paid for. gqrOuR Poneion JonREsPOND- TICULARLY REQUESTED TO SEAL ALL UET- CKAGES SENT US. VERTISEMENTS renewed every day. AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. ACADEMY OF MUSIC, Fourteenth stroet—SemrRauipE. ~Broadway—Twe Bowxy™ BROADWAY THEATRE, NG AcTRI oasrLes- Axow BLAKa— Yi BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery—Waecx ov true Raven— Duron GuaRoas—Sixrexy STRING Jace. 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Subscriptions and advertisements for any edition of the New Yank unary will be received at the follewing places in Europe — 8, Sandford & Co., Ne. 17 Cornh'll. mas & Co., No. 19 Catherine stroet. 5 vig Wells &C Place de la Bourse. The contents.of the Europexn edition of the: Heraty will embrace thanews received by mail and telegraph at the office during the previous week, and to the heur of publication. The News. ALL ABOUT OYSTERS. The cyster panic, although it may have proved temporarily disauvantageous to dealers, has never theless been productive of good results, It has led to investigation, aud investigation leads to facta. We have given from. time to time descriptive aud statistical accounte of tue oyster traffic—the amount of money invested therein, the number of persons engaged in it, the process of cultivation, &c., &:.— andin today’s paper we publish a communication which sheds a flood of light upon the constitutive properties of the oyater;iteelf. Heretofore the pub Yc mouth has watered in anticipation, and the pub- lic maw bas been crammed.in reatization of oysters, Faw and roasted, without apy just appreciation ot their true merits. But our correspoodent has rea -@ared them full justice. H+ bas eatea oysters im their season almost daily for twenty jears, das observed their effect upen the humar sys tem, nas finaly avalyzed them, acd, ther + fore, knows 4!] about oysters. The resuite of his wiicroscopical examinations are mizately giver, aud ‘they lead to the conclusion that the 0) s'e: is un ex teaordinary production— indeed, an amazing produc tion. The frean oyster, however, is qpite a common: ploce affair—it may be eaten with perfect impunity. It ia the oyster that bas been opeved a few hours that con‘ains one hundred and forty-five millions of a species of animaleuls,a few of them vesembling eels, moving about witn a brisk, lively metion, and others ja size equal o tweaty eels, wits “' motions similar to a dock rat seeking food.” Our corres pondent leaves the oyster eating public to conjecture what would.be the effect of taking half a dozen raw of tis quelity into the diaphram, with eight baa- @red and sixty-four millions of anima’s resembling a “dock rat seeking food.” Bat, enough said— read t' e communication. THE GREAT PACIFIC RAILROAD. The gigantic project of Robert J. Walker and T. Butler King is likely to fall through sooner thin was anticipated, Tre deposit of three bundred Phousand dcliara required py the State of Texas be fore moking over t the company severa! millions acres of !ard to aid in the constraction of this road was to be pa‘d on the 30th ult. The Houston Tve gruph of the 2let ult. intima’ea thatthe deposit would * be forthooming, und that the contract will, there‘ore, be nul! and void. FROM MEXICO. Later advices have bees received at New Orleans from the ity of Mexico; but the news was of no impo tance. Tne new war steamer Santa Anva, from this port, arrived at Vera Croz onthe 16th ims‘ant. THE PACIFIO’S NEWS. The Pacific was boarded on Monday morning off Sandy Hook by the news yacht of the Associated Press, at about 7 o'clock, and through the consider- ate attention of Cap'ain Nye a full summary of her news was promptly delivered at the Sandy Hook Telegraph office; but owicg to the storm, which de- rapged all the wires ou: of the city, it was found impossible to get the news here in advance of the steamer’s arriva’. STATE OF THE MARKETS. The flow: market was vithout further chasge yeserday. Extees covtinued firm, while inferior fod common grades were eusier to prechase at the previous ra‘es. Wheat was quiet and firm for good quality, which was in moderate supply. Corn so!d largely at 80c. 2 Slice. a 82c. for sound Western mixed, but chiefly at the ficst figures. About two ear goes of round yellow were sold at 85c. Chicago oatssold at 57c. Cotton was firm, with moderat: sales. Indian corn was pretty freely engaged to A ee Acne ere the pressure ia the Morey market, the sale was ard candidates for the Amembly would, if pos- | considered & very good one. All the lots were ” POLITICAL MATTERS. Two Congressional rat ficatio: meetings were held im this city last ev: ning—one in favor of Alder- mar John Kelly, in the Fourth district, and the other in favor of Mr. John McLeod Marphy, in the Sixth district. Both were very enthusiastic. LOCAL AFFAIRS. An investigation into the circumstances attending the homicide in James street, on Monday night, was held yesterday,an re ulted in the coroner’s jary finding a verdict that the deceased, William Tree, em» to bis'deach by a -'ab from knife in the han@s of William Mathews. The prisoner was verecuted with neatness, cheapnen, and committed to the Tomf>:. The homicide resulted , trom am affray superinduced by bad liquor. George Westbrook, implicated in the alieged Mer- chants’ Exchange Bank fraud. was yesterday ad- mitted to ba] in five thousand dollars bonds. ‘Yesterday being the cen‘ennial anniversary of the or'the administration to hurry you into a vote | yy sty tig, day on which a ¢harter wae gtanted to Columbia College, an address was delivered by the Rev. Wm. #. Williams, D. D., at the Clinton Hall lecture ‘room, before the alumni of the college and a large vaudience. Asketch of the address is given in another co uma. Last evening a fire occurred ina turner’s shop in Fifth street, which spread to an-edjoining building. The damage done in all will amount to between | $3,000 and #4,000. An account of the fire will be ound elsewhere. Duty of the Friends of Order at the Comist; Election. Next to*Mr. Clark’s liquor probibitory bill, ‘moon—Oxp Cuatzav. By-- | the maim reliance of the Seward candidates at | the election is the supposed prevalence of ‘the | abolition sentiment. They believe thet a | majority of the citizens of this State are op- | posed to the Nebraska bill, and will give their | support in consequence to the abolition candi- | dates. They argue further that no distiaction | will be drawn by the people between hostility to the Jaw organizing Kansas and Nebraska and thorough abvlition; and hence they count apon the votes both of the followers of Garrison and Greeley, and the more moderate opponents of the principle of non-intervention. It is very questionable whether this hope will be realized. Of the anti-Nebraska party in this State, the abolitionists proper constitute a large portion. It, however, includes men who do not desire the extension of slavery, but do not want to quar- rel with it where it is: men who did not like the bill as it was presented to Congress, but who will acquiesce in the act now that it is passed; men who. thisk that the bill was uo- necessarily introduced,.and a firebrand useless- ly thrown among the -people; besides a large number who, like Mr. Everett, took exception on incidental grounds to the organization of Nebraska vn the terms proposed. All these is is expected to whip in to the support of Ciark and Raymoud. The Seward mauagers are confident that with the aid of the yrewt bugbear Nebracka they will be able to effect aJyusicn between al these various claszes—iu- cluding among them many ,national whigs, and free soil democrats—and the common herd o! abolitionists who figure avnually at the Taber nacle. It may seem at first.a singular delusion to suppose that men who have time and again expressed and proved tueir attachment to the Union will now turn their backs on the consti- tutional side, and enroll themeelves ia the same army as the demagogues they have so of- ten-denounced. Yet this is the confident anti- cipation of the Seward clique #Tbey believe that Nebraska has roused such an intense feel- ing throughout the country that loyalty hi- ceased to be a popular sentiment, and attach ment to the constitution is no longer entertain- ed by the masses. We believe no such thing. Except in the Seward organ we see no evi- dence whatever of any excitement in tte pub- lic mind on the subject of Nebraska. Every- body seems to have forgotten the bill except those who have something ‘to gain by riding the storm it aroused for awhile. But whether we are right or not, the ittem;t is being not the less vigorously made to force a coalition between hese national whigs and constitutioa- @! citizens and the abvlitionists proper. If the scheme succeeds, ihe organization of the great Northern par.y may be considered a; complete in this State: and for some time at least, the moderate and national men who ob;ected to the | Nebraska bill will find that they have by their aet won @ victory for the abolitionists, with whom really they have no sympathy whatever. Let us suppose that the Seward people suc- ceed jn their scheme, and carry the State with the aid of the national whigs and moderate anti-Nebraska men. What sort of a government can we expect? It is as clearas daylight that Bw York wiil be body and soul in the hands of the abolitionists. Neither Mr. Clark nor Mr. Raymond will adopt the views of the mo- derate men among their supporters, Bound to William H. Seward, through whose influence they obtained their nomination, they cannot but pursue the policy he dictates; a policy, in- deed, with which they are both already fully identified. If any one asks how that policy could prove injuri us to the interests of the State, let him turn to the Heraxp of yester- day, and read how at Worcester, in Massachu- | setts, violence was offered toa citizen of the United States for arresting the slave Burns, crowds menaced him, his life was constantly ia danger,and how finally he escaped being “kicked and beaten almost to death.” Yet this mau had done nothing but belp to carry out one of the clearest snd mos, yuequiygga) laws oF the Union. Por atsempting to enforce oar Jaws, as the minister of justice, he was mobved and beaten “ almost to death,’ by citizens who owe their own peace and prosperity to those laws. Now is there any man in New York who desires to see such scenes enacted in this State? If so, let him vote for Clark and Ray Liverpool, in bulk and bags, at 4jc.a 6d., which | mond; for they will—nay, they mast—exert all was an advance in this kind of freight. For the firet time in a long period probably some 50,000 a 60,000 bushels of corn this week have been engaged for Havre, Fiance, and at 10. per bushel. Some Indian corn, it is said, has ig been grown in the south of France, bit enough, in the falling off of the wine crop, supply the demand for distilting purgoses. is feared by some that the spirit of our sent ou may come back to us in the form of gocd cognac brandy—such are ‘he important Gigcoveries made in chemietry at the preseat day. Ifthe French inbabitants, and particutarly those of ‘the capital and of the northern sections of the em- pire, understood the chemical conversion of Indian corn inte good wholesome breid as well as the Americans do, its practical application it wonld » much more conducive to economy and thelr general health than the use of wheat flour exclu sively for brea’. The seles at the auction rooms yesterlay were in several cases, made to a fair extent, bat qonaral Jy not of sufficient magnitude to reqaire special no- tiee. Mevara. Ooffin & Haydock held a large catalogue sale of diamond jewelry, imported watches by cele. brated makers, &c., which embraced one hundres swe thinty dota, Pho novelty of ty ale attracted a 19. OOMpary, who diepl.y i competi Regs i the influence which will appertain to their sta; tion to promote the very feeling whick incited and stimulated the outrage at Worcester. Under their rule, abolitionism must thrive, aod hatred to the South increase. Here again is trouble in store for us if they are elected. In this great commercial State, which transacts three-fourths of the busi- ness of the Union, we ought, from seif-interest alone, if from no higher motive, to cultivate the most frienvly feelings with the South. It should be our endeavor, if we expect to continue those commercial relations which have proved so profituble to us in times past, to, frown down and “ crush out” the mischievous endeavors of those fanatics whose business it is to promote dissension between the several sections of the country: or at all events to let the South see that their rant and nonsense are only tolerated not approved here. How ean we do thir, if we elect the very chiefs of the abolition party to our highest offices?’ How shall any Union man or national whig from New York meet a South- erner, after Myron H. Clark is Governor, and the editor of the abolition Times Lieutenant? In every way the success of the Seward party ties pand, cobaidering the natus, uv { ihe axticies,a ! would be dicusixons. [be eleotion of the Sew- ' measure the pro-perity we enjoy. sible, be more fatal ‘o our best interests than that of the Seward nominee for Governor and Lieutenant, for it would necessarily involve | the continuction of the abolition as, ect of New | York in the United States Senate. Now, is it not a shameful thing that this great State—the leading State of the Union—and whieh owes | o eo much to it—should be represented in the federal councils by men who are avowedly op- | posed to one of the prime conditions of the con- federacy; that we abould appear, while claim- | ing for ourse ves an unconditional right to di- rect our own affairs as we wish, to ‘be desirous of denying that right to our sister States, | and thoge especially to « hom we owe ina great | Netional men, think well befere you allow | | your feelings of hostility to the Nebraska bil! forthe Seward ticket. A mistake of this kind | isnot easily repaired. If ence you allow the -abelitionists to fasten their claws in the reat of | government, you know net how long they may ‘‘yemain there: and you may be quite certain | that under their rule, 'he laws will be violated, | the peace broken, the South embitt-red, and the Union brought inte contempt. The Drought and the Crops=The Berald €or- | respondence. We lay before our readers the following Hon. Solon Borland=Milivary Glory and Dt | plomacy—New ‘Drug Store. We clip the following, advertisements from an Arkansas paper:— NE‘W DRUG STORE, CORNER GF WAIN AND CHERRY STREETS, “LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS. CoS ecososcoco’sooeooo oO Oooo OO © ‘Here follows a cut, representing the emblems of a © country drug store—pestle and mortar, &c. ° SoedoceooeccocoooeseoOlODCO Dr. J. J. McAlmont & Co., SUCCESSORS TO DR. W. W. ADAMS. | have purchased Dr. W. W. Adams’ | intire stock of Drugs, Chemicals, Dye Stuffs, Paints, | , Glass, and all articles of the best quality, usually | ‘rept in Drag Stores; and will continue the business on a “Fiiyeleithe’preceriptions put wp, af ell Aours, with ne ut u} irs, wi neatuess and despatch, SOLON BORLAND, MD. J. J. McALMONT,' M.D. e000 Aap The business will be conducted by Dr. McAlmont | in person ; and he will give to it his undivided and con- | 14—tf. HAS RESUMED THE PRACTICE OF Medicine and Surgery, 'N all their branches, and will, in future, devote him- self, exclusively, to the duties of his profession. | ‘Kar His residence is about a mile south of the city. His office is in the south end of Capt. C. C. Dan buildings, and next door to the residence of Dr. W. . Adams, on Scott street. Little Rock, Oct. 12, 1854. 14—tf. Now these advertisements furnish us a most striking illustration of the beautitul simplicity additional interesting letters, tu our geveral aud extensive correspondence, aiready publisb- | ed, on the drought and the crops. Ia connec- tion with the foreign marke's, thie class of let- | ters will continue to be read with interest:— MISSOURI. LEXINGTON, Me., Sept. 28, 1851. Dear Sin—In answer to your circular respecting the crops, I take pleasure in giving you sucht information a | has come under my observation, o& a pretty extensive | tour through Texas, Lousiana, Mississippi, and again to Lexington, Mo. Commencing with the first mentioned tates, say from San Antonjo on astern Texas, to the Brazor,the crops of boti corn and cotton were goo an average ; from thence, through eastern Tex: the northern portion of Louisiana, it will only from a half to two thirds of a crop-of cotton and corn. In Mississip , itis about on an average with the last mention- ed section of country. I reached home about ten days since, and find that the corn crop. m western Missouri will not average balf a one. Potatoes about the same. Wheat, oats and hay very good. Hogs for slaughtering must necessarily be considerably short, on the account of the scarcity of corn to fatten them. Lint and hemp nearly if not quite an average crop. Hempseed will be very short; it is feared there will be nothing like enough to sow the next crop. The drougth through this sec- tion of the country has been unparalelled within the re- collection of the oldest inhabitants. Our last rain to wet the ground more than to lay the dust, was on the 22d of June last ; and the drought still continues up to the present time, so that the.farmers find it extremely difficult to break. up their lands €or the purpose of sowing their wheat crops. By strict economy, with the advan- tage of a good crop of wavt, there will be I think a com- petency in this section, especially as the lands are very rich, and the farmers were in the habit heretofore of muking double the grain they really needed for home consumption. Very respectfully yours, Wx. P. GRAVES. Jaurs Gordon Buxyett, Esq. TENNESSEE. Overton County, Tenn., Oct. 5, 1854. brace st leisure to answer your inquiries én relation to the injury done by the drought to the agriculture of this section of country. We have had the driest and hotest season ever expe. rienced here. June was cvol and wet upto the 15th; on the 21st we bad a good rain; from this to the latter end of July we had only a few Jight showers, scarcely enough to wet the parched earth an inch in depth. Cern is our leading crop, and much of our soil has been a good deal exhausted by its long continued culti- vation—such has not yielded half acrop. A smaller portion, nut so much worn, with some cove and bottom lands, has yielded over half. crop. A few neighbor- hocds were blessed with a rain or two at the right time, and will yield an average crop. ‘Taking all together two- e crop may be considered a liberal of this county. From the from different parts of the State, id not exceed the estimate given of this county tanding crop is now selling at fifty cents per bushel—the vend ice at this season being twenty cents Dear S1x—I emul { ery good— 4 yielded crop. Irish and sweet potatoes are cultivated in patches for fam'ly use. The yield is yery Iight—vet more than will furnixh seed for th Cotton is not as It is cultivated in po yield is better than Yast yei white oak abound, there for fattening hogs, 's eon There is a very general? dred varieties) which The scarcity of carn will a . The price of most other nally healthy county has b years with typhus fever; it is more general this «ea: son than it has been. Some localities are visited with the flux. The scarcity of the present season may serve to teach those who will learn, the important truth that itis best for every community to have a warket on the soil fer its products. For the want of this the farmers of this region are compelled, to meet current expenses, to send the products of their soil abroad. We are, consequently, de- pendent on the distant manufacturer for our comforts and necessaries, which keeps us drained of cash, and many of ws in debt for a part of our yearly expenses. Our region of country is unconnected with others by in- ternal improvements; in times of scareity we eannot avail ourselves of their surplus products. ith a fertile soil and a population of twenty-two on the square mils, there is a likelihood of the poor amongst us suffering for bread the present season. Yours, very respectfully, 0. T. L, MARTIN. Jans Gorvon Bennett, Esq. MISSISSIPPI. Epwarps, Miss., Sept. 25, 1854. ETT, EpIToR oF THE New York HERALD:— nder date of September 14, you call upon readers in all sections of the country,” ts concerning the crops. Reading your call this morning, and thinking you may not have any bet- ter information from this region, I purpose to give you ing stock or all I possess, of course giving you permission to use what I give Tam well acquainted with a large number of planters in Warren, Hinds and Madison counties, and having seen a number of them within the past twenty or thirty days, 1 think Tean give you what may be reliable. | There was planted more land'to corn and grain than formerly, but the yield will be less per hand as well as per acre. While some planters do not make a six months’ supply, tome few not even three months, others will lave enough, if no hogs be fatted, and others will have enough for howe use—very few, indeed, can spare any ale. My neighbors have for years—perhaps for as as there has been a settlement and a demand for \—had corn for sale; but now, I do not think we can ly our own demand, much less spare any to our up- land planting brethren. Many could not cut oats or sow cow peas, oWing to the cotton crop demanding so much work. My own condition is—last_year we housed five thou- sand bushels; this year, with an increased breadth at samve yield, to give me a thousand bushels more, I will not have four thousand bushels, and only cut oats for seed, I DY, Nave corn enowgu, ANd hone the rains may bi ont peas, 40 u per fi hough the prospect is bad, as ithout making a bloom. No | tn to vegetate turnip seed from 224 July to 18th Sep- camber; consequently our turnip patelies are very scarce. Apartof this county had much rain in August, but cor was too old to bé helped. Our cotton erep will be, perhaps, as bad as our corn I write you more at length than I would if I anticipat- ed you would publish entire, Thaye been finding fault for two months with planters for holding out a fall yield, large crops, and such stuff. Having made twenty-four ‘crops on this place, taking notes since the first day I became a tiller of the soil, 1 lave of course noticed closely. This year’s crops were generally in the grass in June, and many not clean be- fore the last of Jaly; about that time fine seasons pro- duced a very fine fine growth, and by the Ist of August there had never been so fine a prospect for an over- whelming crop. The manager of this place, after the fine season of 22d of July, said he would not give a hat to insure him 825 bales—280 acres to cotton. Certainly, everywhere I had been, and 1 saw hundreds of acres, and conversed with owners of thousands, there never before had been such a prospect. Isaid then to many, ‘it is all stuif; no full crop was ever yet made with a wet May or June, when the erop waa in the grass all June, meh less if not clean in aly.” And why? Be. cause the forms in June and July always make the crop to be relied on. True, a bloom of the Ist to the 10th of Sep- tember may make; but liable to so many disasters that I would not give ten blooms of the 20th of June for 500 or 1,000 of the 10th of September. Idare any planter to be certain of his figures and dates, to produce any crop in the grass on the 20th of June to the 10th of July,that has ever yielded two-thirds of a fall per acre erop! To cap the climax—owing to a drought of two months, and the hottest suny(a thermometer within five fect of the same ifying for twenty-four years)—caused cotton to 0 non very rich bettom lands to the very top. dclage yesterday, which has caused a clear loss, very mony think, of 20 per cent. A part of my land fs under water, where corn and cotton were, with the like oeeur- ring only in August, 1804, and in October, 18%8, and not then to any loss, My manager remarked last night he now only ealled for 225 bales: but I think he is alarmed; I count on 240 bales yet, a full per acre crop being not lees than 300. T have seen only a few acres, and may ort in expecting 240, I presume a fourth under a fall crop. Corn is now selling at $1 to $1 69, by retail, in thas county Mt. W. PHILLIPS, P. S—I forgot to mention the worst feature of all dis- asters, here, and at least twenty miles distant—the cot: 1 ed in the boll, and many re they will have to rely on unsound seed, or buy. planter of Axty years ex- perience is here to-night; he says, in his neighborhood curn is yery light, and cvtion Kees than last year, and flexibility of our republican institatious Itis but one illustration of a thousand. But, coming in just now, when so many decayed politicians are thrown off the track, or are laid upon the sbelf, this case is particularly refresh- ing and full of encouragement. Let us look Ovk Mrusrer at THE HaGte axp rae Avs- TRIAN Livery.—We are simost tired of being good-natured—our weakess in that respect sometimes leading us into grave mistakes, The other day, at the solicitation of some of Mr. Belmont’s friends, we made the amende hono- rable regarding a statement which had been pretty widely circulated, that our resident Minister at the Hague managed to mike his position pleasant and profitable by turning the official residence into a shaving shop, and nego- tiating loans and notes of hand “ at short dates,” | as Mr. Micawber felicitously expresses it. Our | denial of the correctness of this assertion, to be | sure, had not much better foundation than the | fact that Mr. Belmont had declined discounting | small loan for Captain Gibson, upon the per- sonal security of the Captain, pending the sct- tlement ofhisclaim. But we now take back our , recent retraction, and are forced to adhere to | the original belief of our Minister being a money | changer and an agent of Rothschild. Our Paris | correspondent in yesterday’s HeraLp makes a | further allegation, that Mr. Belmont, not con- | tent with sympathizing with the “tyrants of the | Old World,” and loaning them money, has abso- Tntely donned the livery of the most outra- geous ofthem all, and his furniture, plate, car- | riages and servants are now adorned with the | Austrian arms. Asa matter of taste, our min- | isters abroad might rest content with the arms of the United Sta‘es, somewhat ornamented, of course, so as to hide as much as possible the vulgarity of the eagle, by making him resplen- dent in feathers and not wanting in beak. We would even go further, and in such a case as that of Mr. Belmont, where ancestral pride’ is at it, Hon. Solon Borland in the outset removed rom Virginia to Arkansas, and commenced his career in the useful and honorable vocatiou of a regular physician. Becoming popular, h» became a politician, and wa: rapidly advancing | the livery of a foreign power, he should assuch when the war broke out with Mexico. Thereupon, fired with military ardor, he volun- | of-continuing to serve two masters. There is | teered in the enlistment of volunteers, and as aetural as it is commendable, waive the eagle, and say never a word at the substitution of the three golden balls pendant. But com- mon decency suggests that where an American minister so far forgets his position as to assume ‘at once be relieved from the painful necessity | Scriptural authority as te the ill effects of such | a Se oe can nee an RR TL TLL ATLEAST sap Rt ET SS lamentable failure. The establishment was gotten up in the wrong way, at the wrong place, and too late after the appointed day, to suc- ceed. The same building and the same con- tents, under other auspices and other arrange- ments, might have paid a handsome dividend. But after it was condemned by the public, it was adding insult to injury to call in Barnum to galvanize it into a Joyce Heth notoriety. The furore of the Musical Congress lasted for two or three daye. When they stopped blowing their twelve hundred wind instruments, the wind declined instantly again into adead calm. Barnum gave it up. It was another fire anni- hilator. And now there isan end of it. But its mischievous effects upon the mercantile in- terests, rents, &c., of the city are not yet over. Who buys the Crystal Palace? A Dic ar Szyvmourn.—The Washington Union asserts that “Bronson and Seymour continue to- divide the democratic party.” Of course it is to be expected that the organ will pitch into. Bronson; but what has Governor Seymour done to be thus kicked by the administration t ‘The Mortality in Emigrant Ships. INTENSE ANXIETY OF THE FRIENDS OF THE PASSEN- GERS—SOENES AT QUARANTINE GROUND. The sudden re-appearance 6f severe disease on board of different emigrant vessels, which have lately arrived at this port, and the great number of deaths which occur- red on some of them during their voyages from Liver- pool and Havre, have caused the authorities td enforee a most rigid observance of the quarantine laws, and hence quite a flect of ships weve lying off Staten Island: during the past week, with the yellow flag fying at half mast. Situated in this manner were the ships West- moreland, which left Havre with four hundred and seventy-eight passengers, of whom twelve died; the Minnesota, which sailed from Liverpool with three hun- dred and thirty passengers,of whom thirty were swept off with cholera in twenty-two days; the Metropolitan, from Havre, which had thirty-one deaths; the Edgar, from Havre, from which twenty-six people died; and the bark Robert, from the same port, from which five persons were lost. The emigrants were mostly from Germany aud Ireland, and belonged to the different classes of s0- ciety which come from the ok countries of Europe daily at this season of the year. Most of them had some money, good clothing and fait prospects of quickly be- “marched to the battle field” with the columa | double responsibility; and although it may find | coming self-supporting citizens; whilst, on the other of Gen. Wool. A few days before the battle of | very little respect at Mr. Belmont’s hands, it is | Buena Vista being, with an advanced detach- ment of cavalry, taken prisoner by the Mexi- caps, Major Borland was marched off to the city of Mexico with his force, as prisoners of war. Major Gaines and Captain Cassius M. Clay, of Kentucky, with another cavalry de- tachment, were also taken at the same time and place, and sent off to the same destinativn. A single prisoner, Captain Dan Drake Henrie, ina bold dash through the Mexican lines, after much peril and suffering, effected his escape to the camp of Gen. Taylor, who, being thus in- formed of the rapid advance of Sauta Anna, was enabled to put himeelf in the splendid de- fensive position of Buena Vista, and thus he “saved the day.” Major Borland, Major Gaines, and their fellow prisoners, were relieved with the conquest of the city of Mexico by Gen. Scott, and returned home with their full share of the honors of the war. With a lively sense of gratitude for his services in the tented field, Major Borland, by the democracy of the Arkansas Legislature, was returned to the Senate of the United State, and had two years of an unexpired term yet remaining, when he was appoinied by President Pierce, (perhaps on account of his military recollections of the Major,) Governor of New Mexico. But, upon reflection, the Major concluded that Santa Fe was tvo far re- moved from the white settlements, and so he d¢clined the place. He was then appointed, un- der a sort of general roving commission estub- lished by Congress, Minister to the States of Central America, severally or collectively, as circumstances might require. This office he accepted, and after defining in the Senate his ultra Young American position on the Monroe doctrine, he went down to enter into the knotty diplomacy of Nicaragua and the Mosquito kingdom. His active career in this capacious field for an enterprising diplomat, beginn‘ag with the shooting by Captain Smith of that unfortunate mulatto in his bungalo, was vio toriously terminated in the magnificent bom- bardment and storming and burning of Grey- town. With this crowning achievement Major Bor- land was content to rest upon his military, senatorial and diplomatic achievements, and accordingly he resigned his Central American commission, took a parting dinner at the White House, and, after a long conversation with Marcy on the affairs of Greytown, he returned to Arkansas, re-opened the practice of medi- cine, and is now comfortably established in business in a “new drug store” at Little Rock. And, we repeat it, and ere proud to repeat*it, that this example is but one of a thousand or ten thousand of the beautiful simplicity, elas ticity and flexibility of our beneficent institu- tion. Without recurring to the early fathers of the Republic, a return to the honest indus- trial pursuits of private life has been the rule, aud not the occasional exception, among our great statesmen. Old Hickory at the Hermi'- ege, Clay and Webster among their fine cat- tle, Van Buren among his potatoes and cab- bages, are prominent examples. Captain Tyler, returning from the office of President of the United States to the superintendence of a conntry road in Virginia, is also a striking € ample in the premises. There is* nothing wonderful, therefor2, in Major Borland retiring from the mission to Cen- tral America and opening a “new drug store” at Little Rock, in Arkansas, Regularly amply sufficient to meet the requirements of the case. What says Mr. Pierce? Tue Ware House anp THE CHILLS axp Fe- weER.--It is reported that the ague and fever -have again made their appearance at the White House at Washington, and that the President is suffering from the malaria. Very likely. From -August to December the situation is unwhole- some. The White House is upon a hill, com- ‘manding from its southern front a fine view for ten or fifteen miles down the broad Potomac. But the broad Potomac at Washington is but little better than a shallow lake of half stag- nant fresh water. Its opposite bank (site of Jackson City) is a marek, as pestilentialin the fall season (though in a milder form) as the Roman Campagna. The southern winds blow- ingover this marsh and ever the rank and de- caying vegetation which covers four-fifths of the immediate river when the tide is dewn, carry the malaria to the range of low hills, upon the zaost conspicuous of which is the White House, and this poisonous infection lodging there in the night, is only lifted away in the hape.of a thick fog by the sen in the morning. hand, a large number were very poor in every respect, with the exception of the material requisites of done and sinew. Each of them was anxiously expected by some near relative or very dear acquaintance, and in- tense anxiety was “manifested by the latter in order to Yearn the names of the dead or of those who were pros- trated by illness. The ship Minnesota was consigned to Mr. Cornelius Grinnell, of this city, and his office; at‘No. 87 South street, was visited by a large number of per- sonson Friday evening, every one of whom had some different form of inquiry to propose to his clerks. As early as half past 7 0’clock of Saturday morning, long before the office was opened, little knots of people, both men and women, were gathered around the door, inor- der, if possible, to learn something concerning the fate of a parent, a brother, a sister, or other friend. When the office was opened it was announced to all that no return. of the names of the deceased had been received, but that asteamer would be sent down for the survivors during the day, and that they would probably be landed at pier No. 16, North river. This only served to render the agony more intense; but the people went off, andin a few minutes they had re-assembled on the end of the slip, vainly endeavoring to peer through the thick fog in order to catch # glimpse of the expected » Asa nearly similar scene had taken place at the offices of the different consignees of the ships mentioned above, al- most every pier had its watchers, whilst a good many had assembled on the extreme point of the Battery. None of the tow boats had come up at twelve o'clock, 80 that in a short time after that hour the impatient people commenced to leave the city and go down to Staten As the river fills up with the depositions from the upper country, the malaria increases, uc- til, we may say, the White House has become the reguiar habitation of fever and ague, inter- mittent fevers, &c., in the autumn. What then? Why, nothing less than o ummer end autumn residenee, removed irom this malaria, should be pro- vided for thePresident. Mr. Fillmore fled for refuge to an humble but snug little cottage on the heights of Georgetown, above the drift of this malaria. Congress should provide some such retreat for the executive family during the summer and fall. There are plenty of can- didates quite willing to run the risks of the White House all the year round, for the sake of the salary, the patronage and the honor— the highest in the world—which the office con- fers upon the incumbent. But if the situation, during one half the year, is found to be ua- wholesome, pestilential—in fact, it is the duty of Congress for this interval to provide a house in a healthier locality for the executive and his family. The heights of Georgetown offer the desired retreat. There the executive, ac- cesaible for business, would be to a great ex- tent, relieved from the pressure of office seek- ers, and would have more time to devote to such important matters as the occupation of Greytown and the acquisition of Cuba. We call the attention of Congress to the subject. Tue Union Ferry Monopony.—it is rather curious that while the great railroads announse that their expenses will be less this year than last, and the ocean steamers do not pretend they are greater, the owners'of the Brooklyn ferries should insist on exacting double rates from their passengers, on the ground that it costs them to run their boats this year twice as much asit did last. There must be some strange misapprehension somewhere, The Erie railroad estimates for the coming year set down the working expenses at a leas per centage than they have usually reached; the Union Ferry Company say that theirs will be double the usual figure. The Erie raMiroad report is en- dorsed by such men as Mr. Brown and Mr. Tiles ton, and can bardly be supposed to be false in so material a particular: for if the working expenses of the road were increased in any- thing like the same proportion as those of the Island at each half hour trip of the ferry boat. ‘Here the scene was at once exciting and m in the extreme. Three or four large tow boats lay along- side as many ships, from the huge. sides of which the weary, emaciated, and dispirited passengers were passed down, in order to be transferred for medical inspection to quarantine hospital sheds. The water was soon dotted. over with small row boats, containing the friends of the passengers, and as none of them could be permitted to goon board either the ships or towboats, there was one continual seene of shouting out of congratulations, in- quiries, announcements of safety and health, and alas, very frequently, an announcement of death and the gloomy burial at sea. ‘Patrick So-and-so,”” would be hallooed out by half a dozen excited Irishmen, at once, and ‘Carl So-and-so,”’ called for at the same moment by about as many Germans, and as Patrick or Carl appeared on the deck, they were received with huzsas, ‘Glad to see you,” ‘All right, old boy,”’ and so forth. Many peo- ple continued to row around the ships and steamers until late in the afternoon, and perhaps at the last moment some stranger would baw] out that the friend whom they had anxiously hoped to mect, had died on the passage, It was painful to witness the effect of the revulsion of feeling which this news produced. Eyes, which were @ moment before beaming with the hope of a happy greet- ing, were in an instant suffused with tears, and the pale cheek of many a poor Irish laborer told how severe wag the pang which he experienced when assured of the suds den death of some persons who had, perhaps, shared hig poverty at home, and for whom he had sent, in order that they should enjoy together his comparative happt- ness in the New World. : Towards evening the tow-boats reached their docks ix New York, and here the same scenes were witnessed un- til, after dark, the bustling crowds dispersed,'some to the homes of friends, others to Greenwich street boarding houses, and many even then to offices to purchase lickets for a speedy transit to the far West. The causes of the mortality should be inquired into: AcaDEMY OF Music.—The operatic spectacle of ‘Semi. ramide”’ is to be performed again to-night. It is one of” Grizi’s best representations. . Marine Affairs. Tae Brinsn Screw SteamsniP Inp1aNA sailed yesterday: for Southampton and Havre, with sixty-five passengers, City Intelligence. TROUBLE AT TaE Horse Orxra.—There was quite an ex. citement at the circus at Castle Garden last evening, growing out of the rivalry between the two beautiful equestriennes, Mile. Rosa and Mile. Chiarini. Tho “ friends of both became boisterously enthusiastic in their. demonstrations, and at last manifested their admiration by a regular knock down all around, during which seve- ral of the most conspicuous were conveyed to the sta- tion house. and the No great was done, ¥ managers of the circus, we unders' have made ar- rangements to present the recurrence such manifes- tations in future. Cuaxoe or Hour To Puitapetpata.—The Camden and Amboy Railroad line, will leave at nix instead- of seven A.M., on and after att ee ie Novem- ter 1. This Toute is by steamboat John Potter, from, educated as a physician, and having had | Brooklyn ferries, the road would not only be | pier No. 1 North river, foot of Battery place. much experience in this noble profession, we are inclined to think that the Major, as a doc- tor and a druggist, may render more useful ser- vices to the public than he has rendered as senator, military chieftain, or ambassador, «¢ in all these capacities combined, inclading even the muss and the fuss and the bombardment cf Greytown. In this vi-w we gratuitously give his advertisements the benefit of our world-wide circulation, and recommend Dr. Borland and his “new drug store” to the patronage of the citizens of Little Rock and the public general- Jy. And this is what we should call “a first Bite notice.” PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE.—It is reported that Mr. Atchison, of Missouri, President pro tem, of the United States Senate, will be absent from his post during the approaching session. five days’ rain last week, and a small | Hig term is about to expire, and in the contest | of the Industry of All Nations. Itlived a mise- for refilling his place he desires to be on the ground to fight Benton and the Bentonites, who are resolved upon his defeat. Upon this point we have only to say that if Mr. Atchison can- not be at his post ut the next session of Con- gress, according to his contract, he ought to resign at once, or asubstitute should be appoiat- ed in his place. Every friend of the constitu. tional rights of the South, of either house, will be wanted at the approaching session of Con- grees. unable to pay any dividend, but would not furnish the monthly deposit to the proposed sinking fund. We must therefore conclude that the price of labor, coal, iron and other materials has not increased along the line of the Erie road in anything like the ratio that the same articles are said tohave risen in value on the East river. Whence does this arise? Resi- dents of Brooklyn should look to it. If, as ap- pears to be the case, the rise in the ferry rates is not warranted by the enhanced value of labor, coal, &c., steps should at once be taken to prevent this grasping monopoly from con- tinuing to fatten on extortion. The remedy is in the hands of the people. Tax CrrstaL Parace C1osep—Dreapron Lerrme Doyn.—Yesterday was the last day of the New York Crystal Palace for the Exhibition rable existence, and died a lingering death. It was aspeculation, however, upon which, though many have lost money, some must have realized alittle. The stock, which, about the time of the inauguration under the auspices of President Pierce and half his Cabinet, was inflated to 175 per cent, had fallen yesterday to 1 1-4, being a decline from 75 per cent premium to 98 3-4 per cent discount. An awfal fall. Lucky was he who sold out at high tide. It ip peclese to dwell upon the causes of thig nce Brooklyn City News, Tar Inish NationaL Ports.—On last evening Miss- eresa Esmonde was waited upon at her residence by a committee appointed to present her with request to re- cite, at her earliest convenience, selections from the poems of Thomas Davis, and others of the Irish national poets. The request was very neatly gotten up, and was «si Emmet, Thomas. Adis Beet, hoot Snipe, Toraee Greeley thomar F. Meagher, and numerous 7 comman- i ‘After a few re- dants of various militia com) the request was read Mr. F. A. Jackson, mari Miss Esmonde re: in very ee a cat the poral, and Tecein the Lo peo of time pal the pemtlement committee. Bai R Dinner.—Several members of the Brooklyn bar are engaged to dine with Judges Rockwell, Green- wood and Moore, at Delmonico’s, on next—the surplus of the subscription to be devoted to the Brook lyn Law Library. Subscriptions will be reoelved by Mr, sof ibis ly. aes 81, 1854 NEW YORK MERALD. Bnoortyy, Oct. ‘TO THE RDITOR OF Will you oblige me by stating to the public, that a se. very illness prevented my appearance at the concert for which I was announced this evening, at the Athenaeum; but that my concert wil aitively place at that Hall, on Friday evening, November 8, would also thank such of my friends and the publis, favored me by visiting the Hall this evel and thet this explanation may be natin em, as I deem a postponement, under stances, to be injurious to an arte, ISIDORA Fatan Ai ‘* held at Fort Lee, New Jersey, on the body CCIDENT—CORONER? Ne Pear, (by Abraham Carlock, one of the county of Bergen,) who was ot by nard Davis, on the 26th of q that the wound he received was ent socket yo ee blame or-guilt attached to sald