The New York Herald Newspaper, November 2, 1854, Page 4

ae me ee emi ota eS nme NEW YORK HERALD. | JAMES GORDON BENNETT, ER OF NASSAU AND FULTON STS. QUFICE N. W. MS, cash sn advance. Tie DAILY HERALD, 2 cents per <opy—% per annum. WEEKLY HERALD every Saturday mt cents per or $3 per annum: the European B tition $4 per annum, part of Great Britain, and 86 to amy part of the Contt- "ALL LETTERS by MAL for Subscriptions or with Adver- Meements to be oot perl, or P apr Will be deducted f rom money resulted: a NOTICE token of anonymous communications. We do turn thoag rejected. VOLUNTARY CORRESPONDENCE, containing impor. tant news, fed from an rter of ‘the world—if used Sel teliberatty paid for. ‘eg-Oun Forzion Jonmesront— WIOULaRLY vs RquaermD TO smat st ‘waae anny Peoxas EDN’ "JOB PRINTING ezecuted with neatness, cheapness, and teh. WERTISEMENTS renewed every dav. BROADWAY THEATRE, Broadway—To Onriew Benson SExvuunre Prixce Youre Acrness. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery-——Orust.¢—Sorvine 6 Davourexr—Keyview. NIBLO’S, Broadway~Younc Amanioa~La Fare ves Pexs. BURTON'S, Chambers street—Sunsmre TuRroves @iovps—Toopius—Ben Bor. NATIONAL THEATRE, Chatham streot—Ivior Wit- saase— Vizann Surv. WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broadway—Tuz Baicann— “Ewo Can Paver That Gasce—WinpMiLe. ‘METROPOLITAN THEATRE, Brosdway—Consice TMERS—COUNIER OF LyoNS. AMERICAN ‘MUSEUM—Afternoon—Vittacr Pnorrii- @arE—TPAiLox or TamwortH. EveniagOun Cuarear. WOOD'S VARIETIES—Mechanics’ Hall, 472 Broadway. BUCKLEY'S OPERA HOUSE, 539 Brosdway—Bucx- eav's Ermiorian Opera TROUPE. WOOD'S MUINSTRELS—Minstrel Hall, 444 Broadwe7. CASTLE GARD! EquxsTRian PeRroRmayec. New York, Thursday, November 2, £354. The News. “POLITICAL AFFAIRS IN THE CITY. ‘The hard shell democrats bad a large and reapact able ratification meeting at the Tabernecle last Bight;cf which we publish a fall report this morn fag. The lion of the evening was Mr. Dickinson, ‘and his speech was the special attraction. We com- ‘Mend it to the attention of all parties: concerned. Dresh, as Mr. Dickinson is, from the rural districts, * Reexhibits considerable insight into the meri's of ‘the liquor question, though he judiciously refrains from attempting anything like an analysis of the | parties and principles involved in the canvass for this Corporation. The address in faver of Wilson @. Hant Mor Mayor appears to have gone down ‘@ery smoothly; and, altogether, the~ spirit and tho @onfidence of the hards in behalf of their cause ani their candidates were decidedly flattering to theic mominees. How far their enthusiasm may be ra:i- vfSed on election day is another affair, which it is use Jess to anticipate by any idle conjectuses. Itisa “free Gght; every man for himself .and the devil fake the hindmost ” is the universal motto. And aa there is a little of everything before the people, and something over, let no man attempt to excass Bimself from atteading the polls on the bloody se venth. Tre anticipated whig ratification.at the Broadway House lust night did not come off. From the sileace yesterday of the whig papers of all stripes in regaru ‘to this ratification, we presume it was abandoned by general consent. P-rhaps there was a lack of con- Gdence respecting the Short Boys and the liquor men among the camp followers of the whig ary; perhaps there were apprebensions of an undignified shindy, stead of a graceful approval of tre odd: ‘and erds of the whig coalition. At all events, she: failure of tte ratification last niat ia signiticant of -active disaffection in the whig camp. Very iikely they have postpuaed thew ratuicatiou till afies nae election, ond even then it is degen ient uy contingencies as iager bier, Irish whiske; Know Nothings. fhe poutical cau‘dron is budb!i avd boiling a levgth, and steaming ava at awfal iate, ord the Tammony Hall ratig Bight will uuquesticoadly add a hun rd pe: ceut tothe existing furore. THE NeW HAVBN RAILROAD COMPAYXY. A meeting of the st ‘ders of this vompans was held in the Chape! of ‘ne Unive sity bliss ove ning, in order to ajop: eush measares with cogard to the aasnmption or rejecsina of the over issued or “Schuyler” s'ock as they would recommend to the aseembk d stockiclders at the next meeting, to be held in New Haven. After a techuical discussion and a long speech from Jadge Roosevelt, a series of resolutions were passed—pubished else vhere— which contain the entire gist of the affair. INTERSSTING TO POLITICIANS. We publish in another part of today’s paper a Met of the names of the different candidates for Con- greasand for State and city officars, so far as shey have been ascertainel. From this i: appsars that there are no less than six'cen parsies ia the field, and over one thousand nominces before the pe sple. BOARD OF RDUCATION, The most imp<rtant measure brought up in the Board of Eiucation last evening was a report from the Finance Committee, recommending a certificate to the Commor Council to supply the dedvsiency of ne hunéred and ninety-eight tnousand and ninety me deliass in the school moneys for the year ending December 31, 1854. An abstract of the report, as well as a synopsis of the debate which ensued thereon, will be found in another column. COMMISSIONERS OF EMIGRATION. By the report of the Commissioners of Emigra fon it apoears that the number of aliens arrived ut ‘this port from Jan. 1 to Nov. 1, is 273,551. Of this mumber 2,921 remain in ths Marine Hospital and Bamig ants’ Refuge, in charge of the Commissioners. ‘The total re eipts of the Board this year, up to lst imst., are $588,566 02; disbursements, $475,022 19— balance on hand, $113,543 83. z THE ST. LOUIS PRIZE FIGHT. We give to-day an account of a prize figut which ‘took place near St. Louis on the 26th ult., between two of the amateur fancy, named fom Hyer and Pat McGowan, the latter a laborer on the Pacific Railroad. Immediately on the receipt of the new im this city two of the Wall street journals issued extras, with a fall account of the exhibition, sup- posing that one of the combatants was Mr. Thomas Hyer, of this city, and calculating that the aa g@ouncement that he had been beaten would create @ great sensation throughout tie city; but as we had before stated that Mr. Hyer had not left the city, and consequently was not engaged in the fight which had been announced, the public who take an ‘Atnterest in such matters at once came to the con- @asion that the Tom Hyer who was McGowan’s an- tagonist was spurious, and that the individual had @esumed the name; and uch is the fact, as Mr. ‘Biyer’s letter in t>dsy’s paper abundantly proves. On the day on which the fight took place Mr. Hyer ‘was riding out with his amily on Long Island. For tbe last three or four weeks he has been suffering from an attack of the rheumatism. STATE OF THE MARKETS. Common snd infenor grades of flour were 124c. 9 25e.per barrel lower yesterday, while fancy and extra brands were unchanged. Canada, in bond, gold at $8 75,and st $10 12, duty paid. No wheat ef moment was offerin:. Indian corn advan ed @me to two cents per bushel for sound Western mixed. Mess pork opened at $12 75, becam: Beavy, and a sale of 100 barrels sold at the close at $12 560. The stock of all kinds in this city was taken yesterday, and amounted to 63,441 barrels, and the stock of beef was sscortained to b> 2,46 to day amounted to 1,453 bales of undressed aud | @o, dressed. The former was held at $170 a $195 end the latter a: $230 a $275 per ton. Messrs. Wilmerding & Mount held a large cata: Jogue sale yesterday of assorted seasonable goods whi h consisted chiefly of shawls and hosiery ‘There were 624 lots embraced fit ‘se cxtalo me, The ale was avery good vne, an) —n) ac ds Nar oF ai out 1,000 shawls, being the couse sock of the - } vtaer pillar of the State, John W, Forney? Weléen Manufacturing Company. Al! were cold, Whatis the Trouble in Washingtont-The | Tae Kxow Norumos 1n Oup Vincma.—The i end st full pricee. The line o! hosiery and blankets also sold well A small ne o licen goods sold at about the rat 8 of pevions sales. There was a fair and spirited house of b dders present. Messre. Van W ck, Kobbe & T\ wosend held a moderate sale of French goods, wach compriwed 448 lots. The sale drew @ ‘a company, and the goods went off at about the rat 8 of previous aa! > ‘The Earopean War and Its Results, The results of the European war, thus far, teem satis‘actory to none of the intereste in- volved in it. | he adage that “ it is anill wind that blows nobody good,” has in this case to find its realization. Universa! disappoin' ment has, Firmness of the President. ‘The cace of the administration mast be hope- lees, indeed, when its organ derives comfort from the exposure of the condition in which the country is placed hrough the weakuess and dishonesty of those un oriunately now in office. Yet the Union declares it “most thanks” us’ for having done so, because it gives it “an op- portunity to speak,” notwithstanding the re,. joicing of the New Yorx Herat, that distr ac- tion reigns triumphant. Add what does the organ say? It announces that “Presidest Vierce ond his administration will meetiany vew crisis | without fiinching;” that “Frankliv. ‘Pierce will in fact, up to the present moment, attended all | he found true and ‘steadfast;” @xf ‘above all, | its varying chances. The Russian Emperor has | thatheis@ “barrier,” a “! not as yet accom: lished his dreams of Byzantine | conquest ; the French arms have made but little progress on the road to M acow; the ma ”o “helm”? and an exceedingly “firm” mma! Andto com- | plete this fanfaronade, it iq ptentifully inter- | loaded with nervous allvsions to “this happy ritime supremacy of England is cortent with | country,” “heliish purpeses,” “fearful orgies,” Jarge boasts and sw performances; he Ger- men Powers are trembling for their existence ; the Euro; een r volutionist-, who hoped every- thing frem tris conflict of interests, are ex- tinguished in the magnitude of the crisis; and ' Uncle Sam, who rarely misses an 6pportasity | of tarning the troubles 0° others to profitable: account, has for once been mistaken in his catec~ | lations, Let us count up te gains of the différeat expectants up to the prerer't time, and see What they amount t) Russi¢, although ste bas encountered nothing like@rretrievable reverses, | projects of aggrandizement and '0 watch over | the safety of her own territories, Tin alli-s, | after'vast preparation and magniloqueet vanats of their power to crush all opposities, ond dic- | tate daws to the rest of the world, hve om- plished the marveilous feats of destroying «0 iso.ated fortress in the Baltic, and ef deteatin : in the Crimea an army as interior in numbers as it confesgedly is ia discipline. In according to the victors the merit of their geliant deeds, we must not refuse to the vanquished the credit of these facts. From the most reliable accounte, there is reason to believe that the whole furce of the Russians opposed, in this battle, to the | 50.000 troops of the allies—the west disciplined | soldiers in the world—did notexceed 35,0¢) men. If this calculation be correct, some slight degree of honor is to be awarded tu the. despe- rate resistance made by the Russians in defence of their positions, and which «cost tbe vietors such a heavy Joss. Agoinst these trifliag ad- vautages on the side of the ablies, we have to balance an expenditure of neerly one hundred millivns of dollars in war contributions.alene, beside the enormous losses resulting from the interruption of commercial operations.. If things progress at this rate, the English and. Preach will soon be widely awakened.from their dreams, of military glory. Le jeu ne vaut pas la chan delle. But where has been our account in this cata- logue of other people’s mistor‘unes? What hes become of the rich results promised tous by sanguine rpeculators, from tuis conflict of. Euro- pean interests? It was to throw into our hands the carrying trade of the world; and yet our shipyards never exhibited such a melancholy absence of healthy activity. The great high- ways of European commerce +re as free as ever to the commercial marine of the allies, and the navy ot Russia, blocked up iu its own ports, can give no impulse to this branch of our in- dustry. Of the untold millions of European capital which were to be diverted ito this couatry by the paralysis of financial and com- mercial operations abroad, we see but small evidences. We have in some degree to thank ourselves for this, for the capitalists of Europe prefer to brave the risks arising from the pro- tracted continuance of the war, to the certain josses which are entailed by the looseness of official management which prevails in most of our great enterprises; but it is also mainly ow- ing to the fact that as yet the war has exercised no senaible influence on the monetary and com- mercial operations of Europe. And yet, strange to say, whils: we find the Eng- } lish and French funds still maintaining | themselves—whilst we have official antho- rity for believing that at no period have the trade and the revenues of the nations | immediately interested in the war been more prosperous—whilst we have nothing to loose and nothing to apprehend from its results, we are suffering from a stagnation of trade which | has had no parallel for several years past, and ; which commercial men are of opinion will be of prolo: ged duration. If we feel thus sensitively live to each disturbance in the external rela- tions of other countries, what becomes of our | proud boast of political independence? We have become the slaves of our commercial ne- cessities, like the older nations of the other hemisphere, and we must be content to follow in that inglorious but peaceable track laid down by modern civilization, which, if it leads not to warlike fame, will at least conduct us to material happiness. Wile Fart Evecrions—Tae Canprates,— ! From the tables which will be found in our | columns to-day, it appears that there are no less than sixteen parties, of different shades, in exist- ence at present, end over one thousand candi- dates in the field for the various offices in the gilt of the people. from Governor down to Councilman. In addition to the opposing sec- tions of the democratic and whig parties, we have the Know Nothings, the spurious Kaow Nothings, the temperance men, the independent temperance men, the reformers, the free de- mocracy, the Saratoga seceders, the Saratoga coalition, the liberty party, the Carson league, and several independents—all, we suppose, equally sanguine of success, Some of these parties, however, have not nominated candi- dates for all the offices, as may bé seen by reference ‘0 to the list; tut there i; no telling what they may do before election day.’ In some instances we find the name of the same candidate on three or four different tickets, and, strange to say, they have been nominated by men who aie bitter political opponents. This has been effected generally by the tact of the nominee himself, as in the case of some of the Know Nothings, soft shells and whigs, whose oames, as we have said, will be found on differ- ent tickets. Govervorsutp or Nepraska.—It is stated that the Governorship of Nebraska is not to be filled till next Spring, when Mr. Nicholson, edi- tor of the Union, is to receive the appointment asthe reward of his serviess as organ grinder ‘o the administration. We thiak i very likely, as Mr. Pierce must be convinced by this time that after the next session of Congress he wili not have even the skeleton of a party to sup. port him, and without a party of coarse there will be no use for an organ, Henee Mr. Nichol- -on being thrown out of employment, must be provided for. Bat what is to become of the is for tho moment compelie: to ubsarea her | patronymic? “dackest abyss,” “appalling the civilized | werld,” together with the tartling announse- | Ment that the United States contains ‘myriads ‘wf prosperous people.”? ; The adm nistration must aave a poor opinion of the intelligence of the’pople of this country | if they uppose such arraat nonsense can im- | pose upon any one, Whe opportunity wil! be | afforded President Pigres for a display of firm- } ersg even supposing him capable of meeting an | emerxency, should itv rise? After the 3i ot Muan-h next the House of Representatives will bev rwhelmingly:in-ypposition to him. Wish | sua a House, of coarse he will be powerless. | Bet as the Senate if democratic sti}, the fraa | cism of the Housewill be checkmated. and the | msult will be, in #l probability, a cessation of | degisiative aote for' the balance of the preseat |administration, Tne business of the govern- j ment, will be cinermscribed withia the narrow | est timivs, ana the progress of the country, as | ‘ar as federal legislation is affected, compl-te- {'y stopped. And it is fortunate indeed, | that a hody exists which will act os a barrier te the fanaticism cf ithe House. Tis to the Senate the coun- try looks, and not to the President. Every act of ‘he administration shows that if we had to rely upon the firmness of Mr. Pierce, it woud be a broken reed. For nearly tvo years the conduct of the executive hay engen- dered nothing but centempt at home and humi- liation abroad. Outrages of every description have been penpetrated by foreign governments upon our citizens, who have called upon the authorities at Washington in vain to see them redreesed. Spain—almost the weakest Power in Europe—has treated us with indignity. Mexicc—almost the weakest Power on this Con- tinent—has cheated us. But one bright spot looms up in this ocean of darkness; but a single instance of determined courage sheds a halo upon the brow of Mr. Pierce. Need we say we allude to the destruction of Greytown? True, no lives were sacrificed on either side; trae, the flag of the United States waved over the only cannon used in the engagement; and equally true, citizens of the United States owned nearly all the property destroyed. Still, it was an act--it was not confined to mere threats; and for thie reason alone deserves honoreble mention in so barren a record. The Union says we rejoice in the success of the abolitionists. It is unnecessary to inquire whe. ther this assertion is made in stupidity or froma: ipnate horror of epeaking the truth. We rejoice not in the existing state of affairs; but we arc called upon to exhibit facts. We find, instea) of peace, frightful agitation on every side. Abolitionists, who were supposed to be crushed into the dust by an overwhelming public opio ion, have suddenly sprung into renewed life— the whole country is united in but one issue: antegonism to the administration. All else is chaos. Who is responsible for such a state of confu-ion? Who is it that is making every effort to elevate William H. Seward and depress the Union sentiment throughout the land? Presi- dent Pierce. Elevated to office by a confiding people, who believed in his honesty and capa- city, from the represen'ations of others—he be- ing an ins‘gnificant and unknown man—he has betrayed every interest confided to his charge. Repudiating in the formation of his Cabinet the very principle which alone elected him, he has been consistent only in a warfare against those whom neither smiles or favor could win to the support of his treachery. Contemned, despised, and distrusted, even by those who share the executive crumbs, he stands alone, a monument of folly, and a warping to all. The best friends of the republic pray for a speedy termination of his administration—the most hopeful only desire that, for two years to come, it may be a blank. Tue Evrorgan War.—Daring the Mexican war, when our little army was covering itself with glory, and winning battle after battle against odds which almost sound fabulous, the English press—on no occasion remarkable for liberality towards the United States—was con- spicuous in its sneers and insinuations that to whip the Mexicans was no great achievement, after all. The dead and the wounded, however, on both sides, told different story, and record a tablet which will do full justice in history to ‘he gallantry of our arms. But now that the British soldiery have had an opportunity of showing what they can do, may we, without being deemed obtrusive, inquire as to the re- ult of their prowess? With their Freach allies, and outnumbering the Russians, they succeeded in gaining a sort of victory at Alma, and if they have yet taken Sebastopol, we have not heard the news. In the north their achieve- ments are even less important. Sir Charles Napier, having simply followed the example of the ancient monarch of France, is back in England to rest upon his laurels. We did not make quite such a fuss in preparing for war as England has; nor did we take a year to cross the Rio Grande, and merely send our ships to look at Vera Cruz and then return home. And yet we find writers in the London papers silly enough to talk of England whipping Russia, aud then turning round and chestising the United States. Bosh ! Is Here A Prospect or CazaP CoaL?—We have been accustomed to regard the govern- ments of our Colonial neighbors as somewhat bebind the age, but certainly in the recent prompt action of the Canadian government in issuing @ proclamation practically allowing their citizens to enjoy the advantages of the Reciprocity treaty, in anticipation of its going into effect, an example has been set the authori- ties in Washington, which it is to be hoped the latter functionaries will speedily follow. Can- not Mr. Peter G. Washington, the acting Secre- tary of the Treasury, induce the President to permit him to issue another circular to Colleo- tora, Lessons ag provisions of the recent cir- cular ament , 80 a8 to include all the arti- cles enumerated in the Reciprocity treaty. What says the gentleman with the illustrious Reena ee Pane ens 2 RRA ASIC Dt ae er nts le | to inoculate the brethren in this region, art to corrupt Bulele of a Young Lady. A MELANCHOLY TALE. Coroner WWihelm yesterday held an inquest at the New York Hospital on the body of a young lady who had eom- mitted Yuioide the night previous, by taking a dose of lau- danem. The circumstances attending the cause of her death are wrapped in great mystery, and if her own dy- ' ing words are to be believed love is at the bottom of it, She was engaged to be married on the night the deed was committed, but to whom nobody knows; and she was in love, deep im love, with somebody of whom as ports also a copious supply of pass-words and other ca- | jittle is known, and her last words were, ‘I'll die before pepe pcos er re equipped for the work | Ltake him.” Mrs. Anna Jane Maclean, the young lady B ds indi é the lent, the | in question, was a widow, but only twenty-four years of ecoming indignant upon subject, | age, and @ native of Ireland. She was » contribu- Enquirer breaks cut into the following Ob- | 1o, to the Sunday Dispatch, and was an accom- jurgations :— plished writer, both in prose verse. The Inia not @ shame that such creatures should come | editors'of this paper supposed she lady of means, here, and, undercover of darkness, depotit the poison | an4 only wrote verses for pleasure; but from the let- ae et oe tne nd to froeiom of | tex# written on the day on whlch the fatal act was com- conscience? The movements of the orier are directed | mitted which launched her into eternity, she seems to Richmond Engusrer of the 13th ult. says :— It is qb gengraily known, we suspect, that a State Conneit ‘of the Know Nothing Onter # to be held in this city to day. In spite of the severe secreey of their MOVE pent, this fact hasetranspired, and with it comes the additional “intelligence that one Reverend Mr. Y ans is prevent as representative of the “Gramd Na- ¥ onal Council of Thirteen,” of which. Barker, of New York, is President, This emissary brings atong @ re- dundant supply of the venom of intolerance wherewith the native generosity of the Virginia character. He im- and Know N ment of ingism triumph in this State, the govern- inia will be. the creature of the “Council of ‘Thirteen.”? Esteeming themselves competent to the management of their-own aifairs, Virginians have been proverbially jealous of foreign imfuence; nor will they now submit to. the usurpation of this conclave of New York Knew Nothings. The senthnent of State sovereign- ty and the © of personal independence are equally outraged by the attempt thus ¢o subjugate us. Ht furvher appearsthat this mysterious nnd cubalistic order have séized upon a very fa | vorable occasion tor the, subjugation of Vir- ginia, They are holding a great agricultural State fair at Riehmund, of which the Whig say 8:— Our city is the scene of unusual life and #iimation, Its “streets and thoroughfares ace thronged with the happy nd joyous countenances of the beauty and man- ly p of the State. The presence of so ay stran gers—the bone and sinew of the land—drawn together fvom all parts of the State by the laudable desive to pro- muote-the great agricaltural interests of their land,” naturally presents to the reflecting wii | a lively “picture of the future prosperity of the Old Iminion. “and, in reference to the alarm sounded by theCabinet organ, the Whig gives utterance 10 the general consternation in the followius terms:— TO aRus! TO ARMS!! THE ENEMY 18 During the whole of yesterday, the Richmond, with its vast multitude of visiters to the fi were almost frantic with excitement and alarm. each panic ever before existed within @he-broad limits of ~the State. Everybody stood appalled,-overwhelmed and speechless with aifright. It had been formally pro- | one time, but the money, upon which she relied, from some cause or another, never came to her. Whether poverty was the cause of this act, or love, it will never be known. Two letters were found on her person; oae ailressed to Mr, Smith, editor of the Dispatch, and the other to a Mrs. Fuller, a lady acquaintance. The lotter addressed to Mr. Smith stated that her heart belonged to one she could never have, and although engaged to be married that night, rather than give her haud where she could not give her heart she had resolved to die. There was poetry as well as prose in Mr. Suaith’s letter, but what ‘they contained we know not; they were claimed as private property. The following is'a copy of the let- ter addressed to Mrs. Fuller:— Dear Mus, Funten:—I never (except Mrs. Graham, poor friend I loved so well a4 you, and next nved your Isadore; but he’ will soon 4d. Gearze will remember me a little nd Mr, Puller will remember me sticl longer, Lam weary and glad to be atrest, Dear P Jer, tring up your ehilidgen in the fear and iov had not-revedled himself to me, aud showed longer, and I) and all thag I Jove on earth, I have suffered anguis! that none but God ean know, May you all pass dark-valley of the shadow of death, trustin wore in God than I do. | Tam writing this 4. Nolan, my landlady, and Mrs, Reynolds, a . wonder at my own composure, hut 1 to shed. J wrote to Mr.Smith, the editor o y Dixputch, and amongst some other thinge monti Wed the stitution of poor old Mrs. Armstrong, Ib 1 you will keep her from the Alms-louse feel about her. 1 know she ild, and that my death will h A comtoré r the Lord Jesus Christ's sake, amen. Your faithful + ad affectionate friend, ANNA JANE MACLEAN, To Mas, Funnen, 273 Third street. INQUEST. Jobn F. Gantz sworn—I reside at No. 75 Norfolk street, and am a police officer of the Tenth district; ne!!! claimed that they were surrounded by a host of invisi- | about'93, o'clock last evening I met:deceased at the cor. ble, intangible enemies, and each one -felt and acted as | ner of kidridge and Broome streets, as she was passing if'the next moment might be his last. Stern men stood | along leaning on the arm of a gentleman; I asked what ghastly pale the livelong day; frail women wept and trembled, and cried aloud for help, and children’s shrieks plerced all the heavens. ‘Fhe whole city was a scene of wild confusion and unutterable dismay. Dan- ger, we grieve to say, still lurksin the streets, and alleys, and byeways of the town, and in the face and gesture of every human being we meet. Which way shall we turn, and whither shall we fly for safety? ‘From murder and sudden death, good Lord deliver usi?? is to-day the fervent, heartfelt prayer of more than fifty thousand souls in the city of Richmond, whose lives, and liverties, and effects are all at the of an organized thieves, pickpockets now Nothings. vens, what an alarming and terrible combina- tion! And just to think, too, that before the risin; of another sun, eur beautiful city.may be drenched with the blood of its noble citizens, and its thousands of ho- } nored guests! Oh, may the gods protect us all from assassination by the infamous Know Nothings! The Examiner, independent democrat, refers was the matter, and he repli that be had found her sitting on a stoop near Stanton street; Iasked her name, which she gave me as Anna Jane Maclean, and said she had been boarding at No. 3 Allen streets’ I assisted the gentleman in taking her home, where I searched her and found a half ounce vial con a drop of laudanum, and having label on with the above name; I also found letters directed to Francis 8. Smith, editor of the Sunday Dispatch, and one addressed to Mrs. Fuller, 273 Third street, and a note undirected; I sent for ’s physician and ques- tioned her afterwards concerning the laudanum, but all that I could get out of her was that ‘she would rather die than have him.’”? When in the street she had a Bible, which had been presented to ber by rome Sunday school scholars; after sending for a doctor, who pronounced her out of danger, I went for a minister, but when I yeturned she had mm taken to the New York Hospital, and I saw nothing more of her till after death. that she was sick, and Amor J, Williamson, residing at 98 Gold street, being to the same subject as follows:— duly sworn, deposed—I have been acquainted the ree or four month: deceased for t s; 1 know her hand- writing; she was one of the contributors to the Sunday Dispatch, of which I am the publisher; the letters now shown me ave ja her handwriting. Deborah Nolan, residing at No. 8 Allen street, being sworn, says—Deceased boarded with me since May last; she was a widow; she told me that she was to be married on Tuesday evening, at 9 o'clock, and invited me to go down to seo it; yesterday, about 12 o'clock, she went out, saying that ‘she would return in about an hour, but I saw nothing of her The exhibitions at the fair grounds will all be public; that is, everybody can procure..a-ticket and walk in. It is understood that other exhibitions of a public tendency will be more private. The Knew Nothing managers will not exhibit their wires to the crowd, for fear of getting them broken to pieces. They meet in secret councils at night, where may be found their wires and their working tools generally. This is all the information we have thus far of the Know Nothing Grand Council for the ii aherwas Arsugnt in-stent shoe Sec Asti * - State of Virginia; but it is evident, from the faint ; Tapp ist igh ee siten'as r thotgl mt was an tone of the democratic press, that they regard the invasion of the “ Council of Thirteen” with evil forebudinga to the democracy. And, traly, if the Know Nothings do revolutionize the State of Virginia, the game is up with the remnants of the tate overwhelmiug national democratic party. The candidates of young America and the old fogies, hard shells and soft shells, wili be compelled at once to go into liquidation. They veed have no further fears or jealousies of eachtother concerning the next Democratic Na- tional Baltimore Convention—for, in the event of the triumph of the Know Nothings in Vir- ginia, there is an end of the resolutions of ’98 and '99, of the teachings of Father Ritchie, and of the democratic régime, and the democratic party. There will be only three parties re- maining in the land—the coalition anti-slavery party, the Know No:hings, and His Holiness the Pop: ot Rome. We awuit the results of the Virginia State Fair and the Council of the Know Nothings in her State capital. Richmond: is now .the Sebastopol of the terrified de, mocracy, and the Know Nothings, like the allies have crossed the river and invested the town. ro) pepe of Ke irtelgt m was 60 Snaenaibe that she could not spea! } 800n after eleven was taken to the hospital. H. 8. Swift, M. D., being sworn, says—I am house hysician of the New York Hospital ; last night about wwelve o'clock the deceased was brought. to the hospital in a Ropelese condition ; her symptoms were luced by an over dose of opium ; she was re; to ve taken laudanum three hours before admission ; she died about six o'clock this morning, as I believe, from the effects of opium. Catharine Armstrong, residing in Hleventh street, near Greenwich avenue, being sworn, says—Deceased called at my house about six o'clock last night and seemed quite cheerful and pleasant ; she stayed with me about half an hour, when we both started out together and went as far as Amity street and Sixth avenue, where I left her : she was then gaiug home, I thought ? I saw no more of her till after her death ; seemed to be in very good spirits and parted very kindly. The jury after hearing the evidence, returned a yer- dict of death by suicide. ( The letters referred to above were written on the same day that she took the Iaudanum. She even addressed the letters to Mra. Fulier and Mr. Smith in Mrs. Fuller’s house. She was there paying her a visit. Mra. F. ask- ed what was the matter, she looked so dull; the deceased replied with a smile, she would tell her all when she was gone, “she was going a great ways.”” After leaving Mrs. .) the next place she went to she said that she had a great deal to tell Mrs. F., but she had company. often told Mrs. F. that she had only seen one man in America that she would marry, but he did not know her very well. Deceased had written a novel at one time, and dramatized it, but it was never played. RESURRECTION OF 4 Pouce OrriceR.—The public of Now York were grieved at reading the following announce- ment, which appeared in our morning edition of yester- day:— Drep—On Tuesday, October 31, after a sudden but severe illness, Robert W. Bor late Commandant of the Crystal Palace police. ‘numerous friends and ben Hebel also Mr. Geo. W. Matsell, and police gene- rally of this city, are invited to ‘attend (in ‘vaiform) his funeral, from the Greyhound Hotel, Sixth avenue, this afternoon, at twoo’clock. His remains will be taken to the Cemetery of the Evergreens. While we, with others, were lamenting the untimely death of an esteemed citizen and efficient officer, we were startled by a vision of Robert W. Bowyer himself. When he entered our office he looked hale and hearty fora ghost—for s ghost we believed him to be. "With a melancholy air he handed us a slip of paper—a com- munication, as we thought at first, from the invisible world—and asked us to give it publicity. We obey the request, as in duty bound. Here it is:— ONE CENT REWARD Will be paid for the apprehension and surrender into the clutches of the subscriber, of the body of the thief who carried the announcement of his death and faneral to be published in the Nxw York Heraxp of the Ist inst, R. W. BOWYER, Office of Chief of Police. Marine Affairs. Tax Brinsh StkaMsHiP Arnica, Captain Harrizon, sail- ed at noon yesterday for Liverpool, with 81 passengers, Her specie list amounted to $910,595 in American coin and £559 15s. sterling. Launcu.—The steamer Elm City, belonging to the New Haven Steamboat Company, will be launched at 1% this morning, from the yard of Mr. Samuel Sneeden, at Greenpoint. The Elm City is to take the place of the Traveller, now running between New York and New Haven. The firing in the bay on Tuesday night was from the British ship Shackamaxon, anchored at Quarantine. To- day she is dressed in colors, and has the American flag at the fore. The French frigate Iphigene was towed from her moor- ings, off the Battery, to sea, yesterday afternoon. SUFFERING AND DxatH AT SkA.—On the 2lst August a whaleboat, with the second mate and five men, from the schooner Alfred, of New Bedford, 1, at Cape Lopez, struck and made fast a whale, which led the boat sea- ward for several mil The whale then started to, fe down, and the line accidentally became fixed ina split ' in the chocks of the boat, and took her down so far as to fill her with water. The sea was 80 ough that it was eno to get out the water, Meanwhile the boat become separated from the schooner, which in vain endeavored to find it. On the 24th of August the boat was discovered by the bark Kathleen. ‘Two of the men, Harry Ryder, of and William Smith, of Ger- many, had died. The other four were sitting in the bottom of the boat with their heads only out of water, and had yore by Bid condition bed bod days ani nights. em was speechless, had 4 dled for land, but currents carried them farther er, ‘their boat had repeatedly capsized, and the night be- fore their rescue they had lost their paddles. e suf. ferings of the four survivors lad been intense, and they could not have lived much longer. Capt. Allen, of the Kathleen, treated them with it Madeees, and re- piety ae % Ge) Alfred. jis account is obtained rom a letter from George F. Dayol, first offi Kathleen, printed in the New Bedford Standard. rd. oe Union OF THE Sort anD Harp SHELLS.—We see with much satisfaction that the list of soft shell nominations for Assembly is far from complete, and that the prospect is, a large num- ber of hard shell candidates will receive the entire soft vote. This is as it should be. Should the softs agree to make no further se- parate nominations and coalesce with the hards, they would be certain of carrying the Aseembly, and thus defeating Mr. Seward’s views on a second term in the Senate. So im- portant a point is worth a struggle. No sacri- fice of principle would be required of the softs : both they and the other wing of the party coincide on the Nebraska question; and no other great subject is in issue. All that is needed in order to secure the Assembly for the democrats is, that the softs should for once make up their minds to forget personal enmi- ties, and join hand in hand with the national democrats. Is it too much to expect that the former will see the importance of acting thus, and, whatever views may have formerly been entertained, wili honestly refuse to make an- other pb mination for Assembly? If not, we re- gard « democratic triumph for this part of the ticket as certain. ontartsieallpeliancnmeiaiians Tae Texas Branco or THE Pactrre Rat | Roap--The statement which we publish this morniog from Messrs. R.J. Walker and Thomas Butler King, concerning the Texas branch of the Pacific Railroad, (by the southern route,) shows that their contract bas thus far been met, and will contioue to be met in the regular pro- secution of the work. The Texas road from its eastern terminus, at the boundary line of Louisians, westward to El Paso del Norte, will be some eight hundred miles in length. For each mile of this road the State grants to the company some 23,000 acres of land, or a gross «mount of over twenty millions of acres to aid in the construction of the road. The company have also the privilege of selecting their lands in the eastern section of the State, even for the mileage of the western section, which is a comparatively desert region. This privilege can hardly fail to secure the completion of the work to El Paso in good time; and when the road shall have been completed to that point there will be a continuous line from Charleston to El Paso. From the value of the lauds grant- ea the company expect to be paid for the road, and to have asurplus beyond thecost of setting it in operation of several hundred thousand dollars, besides the road itself. Yet the work when completed will be worth to the State of Texas twenty times the value of the land grants which she has made for it. We hope the work will go on to El Paso, Beyond that point it is all moonshine, ‘ Naval Inte! The United States frigate Savannah, Commander 8. Mercer; the sloop-of-war Decatar, Commander J. 8. Sterett; and the steamship Massachusetts, Commander 16. Carter, were at Rio Janeiro 15th sets sais ¢ United States steam frigates Mississl ip of Commodore Perry,) Conmenade Lee; the ¢ wehan- nah, Commander Buchanan; the Powhat in McCluney ; the brig Porpoise, Commander Rolando; the sloops of war Vincennes, Commodore ; J, P. Kennedy, Commander Collins; the steamers John Han- pens Ky same hrs ren hy , Com- mander vens; the store ships u Glasson; Southany Commander Boyle, were all at ‘tha y Hong Kong Aug. re ‘The United States frigate Macedontan, Captain Abbott, was at Japan, and the sloop of war Vandalia, Com- mander Pope, at Shanghne, at last advices. ‘The United States store sip supply, Commander Sin- clair, was at Cumsingmeon at advices, and controlled by @ cabal in New York, and thus, should | hago been im great distress. Her prospects were good at | Personal Intelligence. Archbishop Blane, of the Roman Catholic eliurclt, New Orleans, seiled for Evrope yesterday, in the stean +bip Africa, Archibald Campbell, E: Chief Clerk of the War De~ partment, has been commirioned Acting Secretary of War during the temporary absence from the seat of gov- ernment of Secretary Davis, who is now on his way to West Point. ARRIVALS. “At the Metropolitan—lou. N erly United States At the St. Nicholas Hotel—Tfon. Florida; Senator Foot, Geneva; Hon. r. P. &. Field and lad: Smithers, St. Louis; James Poult: ‘obt. G. Hoffman, Baitimore; Wm. Fe Grooty, Apalachicola; IL. 1 Wilson, ow (Orleans; Edward arre, > ic! Dexter, Al t the siladelphia; W. Alexan- on fall Toronto; B.S. Develin, Philadelpti Puller, Hartford; J. W. King, New Hi W. Ci <8 Parkhurst, B . W. Ro Mass.; J.B. Rieh> arkeon, Boston; N. K. Wall, Buffalo; H. A. Charles, Cal. §. P, Dowe, N. I; D. C. Baker, Lynn, Mass.; H. B. Elliott, Troy. , At the Irvying—Rev. Dr. n Se Und Croton Point “V. carton, ay 3 Woolman, Cape Island; H. Loonie, apt. Seth Wilmarth, Boston ‘iaacers’* Henry ‘ladelphia; L- W- Abbott, St. outa. At the Prescott—B. Frank Stetson, Philadel; 5 Lieut. A. ne Kimball For Lit oL, it ny eel Mr Bainbria; ‘or Liver} inthe steamship Afriea—Mr Baint Miss Bainby fe, SY ‘Jusn M “Pieabia and lady, ites Kay and 3 children, ry ‘kin, Mrs Cullen, To- ronto; Mr Swanwic! tt, = Jas Fis! Wilson, Mr Molebiers, NYork; Thomas it en, London} Mr Penrice, N¥ork: nish Consnl at San Frame co; ‘Tho a, Spain; a ormar York; Jas D'Nairue, Giagows We an ‘m ‘Spotten, Mr Callender, NY , Jas S McMaster, Toronto: Paul Hegeman, NYork: Baton Beehnee, Mr Arthur Mitcbell, David Chapman,’ HI Uribe, Mr Emben, Julius Walting, Mr Planchart, RF org, NY ork B Symons, Eng: GM Mr Schoen, Zurich; Mr Hughes, Mr Brown, Ne ; Archbishop Blane, Ni n; Mr Stewart, Ni = Paulo obert Laterelle, New York; Mrs Sarah nt, Indianapolis, Ia; George M Prentiss, ‘do; Mrs Rippard, E Mra #, Jobn Lord, ‘New ¥ .. in the steamship Roancke—Mr Ran- ison, ‘Miss Rebecca Donovan, ‘Mre EA Wile ‘Miss Agnes Rinch, Mrs serve c A McRea, Dr RT Allen, John'Parlee, Mrs J H Raj A Powell, Jr, Will Charles Ficton, Geo G Cason, mer, BP Brown, Henty ‘Halladay, J hon, Charles Miller, @ Broden an jieas, Miss Helen 5 Tothem, A Spear, L W Nellis, and 44 in the steerage. For Charleston, per steamship James Adger—F M Weston and Indy, PC § Weston aud lady. Miss M Marot, 1 Ropers, LM Butl 3 pcklang at eae RL bee ill, three children an bal Ee Cole Tan Benen Delta donk Hata E: joo Cole, Jol er, Jo : James Leo, E Hendricks, A Alexander, and 15 in seecrage, For Savannah, per steamship Florida—L McKenna, Mrs tI ‘and neice, Mrs Eliza Thom} James L, indy, Mise MC Baker Mint Helens Reest nd lady, felons, Samuel P Bell, ‘Jobe’ Gladding, Mrs S$ Pb Bell, two children and nurse, Mrs Gladding and two children, Jose] 9 RG Holster, George Deno, Lyde Goodwin, BH. Clark, Wm I, Vroom, lady and child, J Hull, lady and child, MreF 5 oes and three children, Miss Ogden and two ser ant y mn, D B Hull, Mr d, J B Foley, three Jervakte of ME Gliberts aad 1i0'Ky tay toeragee wt nom Lanenza.—Inteltigence has been received of the formation of a new 8 te in Liberia. It is called ie of ryland. A constitution, in which wag embodjed a clause prohibiting traffic in ardent spirits, was adopted by the people on the 29th of May, and om the 6th of June the following State officers were eleect- ed:—Governor, Wm. A. Prout; Lieutenant Governor, B, J. Drayton; Senators, I. T. Gibson, A. We Thomas Fuller, and John B. Bown; Delegates, Daniel F. Wilson, Charles Harmon, John Cooper, Henry Pinkett, and John E. Motten; High Sheriff, Samuel 8. Reynolds; Coroner, Peter Siscoe. Thomas Mason was RT gh Secretary of State. The Governor's inaugura' took place on the 8th of June. Unrrep Statss Disrnicr Court.—Same as yesterday. Court—Circuit.—Nos. 20, 876, 282 to 2 0, 927 to 932. ith va” — Knox, Hatter, is so well Satisfied of the Su- pation beauty of bis new styles of fall and winter hats that cordially invites all gentlemen of cleganee aud refinement to visit his establishment for the purpose of inspecting them. ‘They combine durability, flexibility aud fashion, and are the Prevailing styles of the soason. Any of our friends may be Aree aa A a 128 Fulton street." i er it crit is cents; col |, and in ice twice tl fr cone and Sot in alias aan oars Metropolitan Hotel. % —_— Life-like are the 50 cent large size Daguer- reotypes, with handsome case, free of extra charge, tacen ab 5 Bronaway, corer of Howard strest, by GAMBANATI, 25 cent by the new. inven= tion. HOLMES’ United States patent double cameras taking two portraits in a second. Patent fights and double instru; fo le e New Rae iv ‘or! jompany, 230 Size for Fifty are made at Anson’s. They dre twice the size that others make for fifty cents, with case and coloring included, and equal in size and quality to those that others charze' for javing facilities unknown to others, enables to Pictures cheaper and quicker than any ‘other establish- nt; ANSON, 689 Broadway, opposite the Metropolitan Albert H. Ni will hold His SETA Self, at te Merchant Etchager Vox fall pars o'clock, e y - culars see his adverticement in another column.” P gelebrated pian a melode in the U; Stat t! Kxper ansortment and at ewe price than oun se found clase where. T. Gilbert & Co.'s premium with or without: she model, or Zoloan; Horace W: ry pi- ‘anos: Hallett & Cumston’s pianos, (of the rm of Hal- lett & Co.,) and a large assortment of other celebrated makes, Gey 333, b pe 90°98 hand oh, Steak Beautiful which have’ been Fonted for & abort b will be low, Pianos to rent. Cash second hand pianos. HORACE WATERS, 888 Brostway.= ‘The Horse Opera at Castle Garden has Proved ‘the success’ of the season—notwithstanding the rain last evening there wax an immense audience, ina great part of heads of families, with their cbildren. ‘Ths rival ween the two Lady Equestrians, Mile. Rosa and ted quite sn excitement among, throughout is the be os we 8 o’clook thie evenit by, Mr. Fowl ill be given at 8 o’cloo! ing . Fowler, Bais Broedway, when a private ciate will be formed, ‘The Beale Trial.—A fall report of this most extraordinary trial is published in the Nationsl Police Ga- yette, now ready. ROSS, JONES & TOUSEY, agente, Paice four © Tom Hyer Beaten.—See the and American Sporting Gatette for an account of the battle be: tween Hyer and McGowan. For sale everywhere. Price four Ladies’ and Children’s Furs at Genin’s; 214 Broadway.—The fur season having openod, the attention of Jadies wited to the I and comprehensive assortment of viotorines, ol cuffs, gloves, &o., inotuding ey, peres of fur, rare or common, and all made up im the bes! in announced in Paris for the ¢o1 winter, * GENIN, 214 Broadway, opposite St. Paul's Church. ' bee bat Eighth Avenue Bank, Knicker=- er, and all Eastern banke, taken at Lewis County, F hanios’ Bank, #0 conte: aahtenaw, 40 cents, EVANS? clothing hy 6 and 68 Fulton street, tight tit oat tiarket. so thisking cl, hereby sunouncor & red ti it of it te pecatetnel sete Pr and other millinery materials. and its neighborhood have now the finest ‘cheap bargains for cash. that a voice "ere iss cobbler ia saint id the cobbler, yd formed his Ry te this rule, bat is no cobbler. ARDERSON, No. 9 Bowery, has just reectved several mar- leent Badallion royal velvet carpets, worth #310 at 3e., 000 yards bea 4s. and Os. per yard, Warhaeiaan Tey we and Cards in the Most PB sora: Phos 25 per cont less than the usual charges. iver waters, he. Seale engraved” clits Gort thee gee , ke. s engrave: ss KEMBLE’S, practical engraver, Breedways =a Defiance Salamander Safes—Robert M. Pat= RICK is the sole manufacturer in the United States of tha shove celebrated aafes and F.C. Coftn’s impenetrable det. door below Maiden lane,” N® M94 Fesel street, ong Great Fire at Cleveland, letter to T. J. Coleman; 7 bani LEY, Our friend Mi or O—Extract of a No. 63 Wall stroet -— 1D, 0., Oot, 3, 1854, banker, was burnt ont among tha fire, I'saw everything taken ong, Tt stood a tr dons fire, na of hogs ORALSER & 09,