The New York Herald Newspaper, November 10, 1854, Page 4

NEW YORK HERALD, ZAaMEBS GORDOY BENNETTS, PROPRIATOK AND EDITOR, QVPICR N. W. CORNED OF WABSAU ANY, roLroN sre. Teobaow XXKI........ Nena 209 AMUSEMENTS TUL, RyENING, @AcADWAY THEATR al Usen Ur Youre scrress, way—Axoy Biaxe— SOwERY TIRATRS, Fexwon Srv Prasmour rus OCEAN Rowery—Roperr Macatne— «xp Detoumax —Lowety Manor Bae ce Senna ¥—Garannca~ Spouse Curr—La BORTON'S, Cb warren § 7 aus. Be aay aanane | stet—tnn Sroors to Oon MATIONAL TREAT etreet—Row Rov— Barve Davenren ee Chane FSLLAG RS THEARES, Brosdway—Tum Barcanp— Woxeave Syareus ABTPOPOLITAN FACATRE, Brosdway—Duun's Wa- ovn—Cnanixs X11. SMERICAN Mi SBUM—Aftorncon—Dowm Max or Mame RAV. omrrrpa-——Evezing Onn Urs? WOOD'S VARIBWES—) nics’ Hall, 472 Broadway. BUCKLEY'S BWLOPIAN OPERA WOUSE—839 Broaa- way -HoRCEs@@e rena ann Nacho MiveTRetser. WOOD'S MINSERELS— Minstrel Mall, 444 Broadway. | CASTLE QAWDEN—Rquaeruiay Praroawance, WSOPE CHAPEL, 720 3: ° Mearoar, Pees, os reranem Asmexazen New Work, Friday, Rovember 10, 1854, The THE RLECTION, For Geverror the chan-es are still more favorable for ti:e re-election of Mr. Seymonr, and it is not an- safe terpredict that ‘hat gemtieman will oconpy the gubermetorial chair fortwo years longer. The re Wornsfast night, which embraces about two-thirds of the State, left him upwards of thirteen thousand vot-r ahead of Clark, aod seventeen thousand in advance of Ullman. We think trerefore, we can safely predict a plarslity for Saymoar of at least ten shousand. For the offise of Lieutenant Governor, +we hardly can venture an opinion on the result. As far as returne have come in, Ludlow, the soft shell, stands uppermost, but be was considerably | in the rear of Seymour, and Scroggs and Raymond are clore upon his heels. Raymond certainly hass ebance of winning, and so has Scroggs, but on whose banner the victory will light, it will take a ay or two yet to determine. ‘Tie chances of Fernando Wood for the Mayoral- ty are rendered, by the additional returns received last night, almost certain, although his plurality is slighty decreased. Four or five districts are yet to hear from, bat the result will not vary mach from the present aggregats vote. ‘We refer our readets to the different tables for information in regard to the election of members of Congrees, Assembly, dc. KNOW NOTHING MEETING IN THE PARK. There was a great meeting of the wide awake party in the Park yesterday afternoon, some ten thousand people being present, mostly young men Resolutions, charging that J. W. Barker had been Geprived of votes by illegal retarns—that returns aad been held beck for the same purpose—denounc- Ging tte Tribune, whitewashing the County Clerk, and sppointing a committee to investigate the frauds, were passed, §) were made and an immense amount of cheering done. Ses report. ANOTHER RIOT IN WILLIAMSBURG. ‘The faveral of William H. Harrison, who was fatally injured in the late riot in Williamsburg, evvk place yesterday, and was atiended by a large concourse of citizens. Much excitement prevatled iu Wat city daring the day, and at night some men and boys, to revepge the death of Mr. Harrison, visited the I:ish portion of the city, and commenced Fioting. Tey attacked a Catholic church, but be- fore doiug mnch damage were dispersed by @ bcy of military thet Mayor Wall had in rea- dines to sng;rss any disorder. We are glad to say that no person was killed. A nom- br of arrests were made. We hope we shall hear of no more rivting in Williamsburg. The au- thorities are closely investigating the subject of the Iste riot, and have sdopted the most energetic meas- ures to briog the oTenders to pnnishment. Ia the resntime it is t2 be hoped that every citizen will se! ain from avy word or ced calculated to produce acrimonious feelinge. A large reward, we under stand, will be immediately offered for the apprehen- sion of the offenders. Efficient etepa have beer taken to suppress avy farther violation of order, and we would advise the citizens of that city to abs‘ain from all actions calculated to produce disorder, and leave to the law the task of punishing the guilty. LOSS OF THE STEAMSHIP YANKER BLADE.- In another part of to-day’s paper will be found an acccunt of the total lors of the independent steam ship Yenkee Biade, Capt. Randall, on the ro:ks near Point Conception, on the afternoon of Sunday, 1st ult. The Yankee Blade was on her passage som? San Francisco to Panams,and had on board frum eight hundred passengers. As soon as abe struck unavailir g efforts were mace to get her off, but hav- ing opened a seam in her bows, the water rashed io and she coon settled to her guarts. The cap'ain immediately left to select a suitab‘e place for land- ing his passengers, aud was shortly after followed bp the first and second mates in boats laden with Passengers, mostly ladies, one of which uaforta- nately capsized and twelve ladies were drowned. Ti @ loss of life is differently estimated at from thirty to sixty persons. Du-ing the night of Sun day, and while the prinsipsl officers of the ship were absent, a band of wretches on board committed acts of murder, violence and pillage that would have disgraced the veriest ssvages. The accounts are sickenirg to read, and it is wonderful that the paesengers did not turn upon the fiends and mas @acre them. The Y. B. was 2,000 tons barthen, and was Isonched on the 10th Nov., 1853, from Mr. Stack’s yard, at Williamsburg, who finished her constrac- tion in conjunction with Mr. Perine. Her building was commenced by the firm of Perine, Patierson & Stack, which was dissolved before she was com Pieted. She was built for Mr. E. Mills, but when lost we believe was ownei by the Pacific Mail Steamship Co., and valued at $250,000. SCHUYLERISM IN CALIFORNIA. It seems that Schuyleriam is not confined to New York, as San Francisco has recently been the scene of one of ths boldest and most successfal forgeries en record. Mr. Henry Meiggs, an old resident and well known man of business, and who bore a1 ex- cilent reputation for integrity, has abeconded from that city after having committed forgeries and con- acted business debts to the amount of near two millions of dollars. John G. Meiggs, who had re- cently been elected City Comptroller, under reform snspices,disappeared at at the same time with Henry Meige, and it was supposed that the brothers were @omnecied together in the forgeries. Other frauds were expected to be discovered, and no 4 @raon in Ben Francisco could tell the extent to which they had been carried. Sach acts are painful to record, ‘ae their effects must be injarious to the commercial world, and are calculated to destroy all moral confi- dence hetween man and man. An interesting ac count of theese forgeries will be found in our paper to-day. NEWS FROM CALIFORNIA. The steamship North Star, Capt. Warnock, ar- sived at this port last eveniog, with dates from California to t.e 16th October. She brings near two mllious in specie. Full detaile of her news will be found in our paper this morning, which will be found perticularly interessing. SRRIVAL OF THE AMERIOA AT HALIFAX. Tho R. M. steamship” America arrived at Hatitex afternoon. Her rews, which is found ateresting, will be found commented on in another colamn. Sebastopol had not been taken, ‘thongh formally summoned to surrender. There ‘Was & prospect of war. between Austria and Ressia Le Turks bad fought a battle, and gaiped a victory , over the Ryetare a GO rri. refused pivmia ion o pass through Fravee om bis ey fom Brglind to 8 a sctiee demond a d easier. Cotton was firm. The Tyovigion m. ke cataract Mr. Bou'é b d been Mmey wes ia lew as sterdy. Ove cf onr correspo: dente states that the Atlan- tie lay eff Bolyne d fifteen ours, being unable to enter ‘be port, and tha cur ng hese fifteen hoars HO one bad «pierprise snoug ‘0 send off a boat to inquire or ‘urtber news especting the Arotic. THE snorTiC’s BOATS. Tie report o the schoonir Lilly Da's ) aving fond one of che Arctic’s boats @ sea, w.th @ epor ofhavin see wha they believed to be another of the unfortunste +t-amsrip’s boats, ha: naturally ex: ited a dep essing influence en the minds of those who were ‘ed to believ tha they had e atives in thoee beats, who ar: ap? to conclade from their bavieg been found empty that their inmates had fcund a bome in the depthsof the ocean. Dorian, the | Chief «fiicur of the Arctis, thin’ s far otherwise. He seye that nine ships out of :en would pick up the occupants and send the boat adrif. His own boat | Was near mecting the sam fate, and it was only a secondary thought that induced ‘hs captan o! the Huron to hoist his cwn boat aboard, afer he (Do- | rian) had determined to cast ter adrift. Ships, be fore leaving port, use all their available space, both { below amd above deck, acd in general have no room to svare for such contingencies as this, and their first endeavor would of course be to pick up the floating sufferers, and send the boat adrift— especially so if there were what sailors techni- caliy term “a sea cn.” Mr. Gourlay, the second officer, when he left the Arctic, had a good boat, good men to man her, notuiag to incommode him; was perfectly conversant with the position of his ship on the occan, when he was ordered to the assistance of the Vests, and naturally, finding himself left be- hind, weuld pull towards the land. He had two good guides to go by; the swell of the sea and the dura. tion of the wind as it then blew. He did not reach land, and the inference is that He must have been picked up as he journeyed thi:ber. Safficient time has not yet elapsed for us to hear from an outward bound vessel having reached the other side, suppos- ing that such ship had picked them up. Some of them might have been bound to France, Holland, &c., and the identification of the picked up boat as belorging to the Arctic, is not complete, and there- fore unsatisfactory. IMPORTANT ARSON CASE. The case of Charles A. Peverelly, indicted for an attempt te burn down his warehouse, 147 Front street, in July lact, was commenced yesterday in the Court of Sessions before his Honor Judge Beebe. Fifty-three jurors were challenged by the counsel for the prisoner, and examined tonching their competency as impartial jurors, betore a quorum could be obtained. A full report of the case is published in another column. THE GERMAN HEBREW BENEVOLENT SOCIETY. This meritorious society celebrated ita eleventh anniversary by «public dinner, givenin the City Assembly Rooms, Broadway, last evening. About two hundred gentlemen cet down to a sumptuous entertainment, at eight o’clock, under the presidency of Joseph Seligman, Esq. After dinner eloquent speeches were made by the President, Rev. Mr. Isaace, Rev. Dr. Lilianthal, P. Frankenheimer, Esq., Mr. Davison, and other gentlemen, reports of which are unavoidably crowced out of our colums today, owing to the extent of our election tables and other matter. It was announced that the donations dur- ing the past year amounted to $5,100, of which $500 was invested in the hospital fand, and the balauce, with the exception of $80, was distributed amongat poor brethren. About $3,000 were collested in the rocms last evening. THE NEW HAVEN RAILROAD MEETING. In our special report of the proceedings of the stockholders in the ‘City of Elms,’ which appeared in yesterday's Heratp, the name of Judge In- gtaham appears amenget the sreakers who took pars ip the discussion. We desire to state that the gentleman named is not Judge Ingrabam of this city, who was at the time sitting as First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas. AFFAIRS IN THE CITY. The Board of Aldermen were in session last even- ing. Several reports were received, but no business ofan interesting character was transacted. A young German, a cabinet maker, yesterday at- tempted to kill his lady love, because she had taken the “ober second theught’”’ on her consent to marry him, and declined to fulfil her contract. He did not succeed in his des'gn, and was arrested and commit- ted to prison for examination. MISCELLANEOUS, Farther bank failures were yesterday reported ia Cinsinnati, Cleveland, Buffalo and Pittsburgh. These suspensions seem to be extending all over the Western country, and our citizens cannot be too careful as to the character of the notes they receive. Governor Seymour will appoint Thursday, 30th inst., as @ day of thanksgiving. Acconnts from Texas state that the Governor of that State bas refused to receive the stock offered by Mesers. Wa'ker and King, as @ deposit to ascure the Pacific railroad contract, and the project is con- sidered a failure. Solomon H. Dutton, colored man, has been ar- rested in Worcester, charged with taking part in the assault on Asa O. Butman, during tne late rlot in that city. Arison, the man charged with sending a1 inferns] machine, by which Mr. Allison and his grife were killed in Cincinnati last summer, has been arrested in Muscatine, lowa, and is on his way to Cincinnati. STATE OF THE MARKETS, The flour market yesterday was dull, and inferior to common grades were 12}c. per barre! lower; while choice and extra brands were unchanged. Genesee white wheat sold at $2 30, and red South- ern, at $190. Indian corn was about one cent per bushel higher. Mess pork declined 12)c. per bar- rel, with sales at $12. Cotton was rather doll, owing to some increase in the amount of stock, with 8 fair amount of sales. The Late Election—The Parties, the Issues and the Results—Review of the Field. In a general view of the results of our late New York election, it is a matter of but tem- porary and secondary importance whether Clark, Seymour or Ullman is the Governor. The paramount result and the great moral of the division of the popular vote are to be found in the overwhelming popular majority of Sey- mour, Bronson and Ullman, combined, over the allied anti-slavery forces of the Seward coali- tion. Aided, as this coalition has been, by the pow- erful influence of a coercive temperance law as azainst the vice of drunkenness and its frigut- ful catalogue of crimes, diseases, casualties and social evils, and confident as was this Holy Alliance of the Seward party in the anti- slavery reaction against the Nebraska bill, the Clark ticket, with its Maine law and abolition platform, and its motley crew of mercenaries, has mustered less than onc-third of the popular vote of the State. This is the result which de molishes the Seward programme, and lays all its recent imaginary triumphs in the dust. This is the great moral of the election—the cruebing anti-Seward reaction in the very camp of the arch-agitator—which demoralizes his army of incendiaries, and throws open the field for the triumphal entry of a new, sound and wholesome national Union party. The Baltimore platforms of 1852, of the whig vnd democratic parties respectively, show that even then these two old worn out parties were Practically defunct. The great issues which had given active vitality to both had been settled—the lines between them were scarcely discernible, except in the struggles for the spoils, But am incidental question in the einen a OR nel Ue RCI | of the national whig p-rty, that there was an canvacs drew a new line between eres amt Scott, broad, dees ond di» inet; and the general ! enrpleiin tbat he latter, f elected, would be- come the pliant ps rom at of W. i. Seward ond bis snti-tlav »y designs, alicd the whole country to ihe support of he more adroit New Hompsbire po itician. T e defert of S ott was astounding; but was nota party triamph oo the side of Perce. It was a popular uprising— the outburst of a popular ev. lation—the first bold dash of the peop’ ir.mtoeir oli party | sback'es; an! all our subseque + political re- | actions have been but the ashing advances of | this rev lutionary movement of “ popular s0- vereignty.”” It was thought, u on the election of Pierce, from the ute pr stration and demora'ization open course for the v ctorious democracy for at Teast twenty y:are to come. But thede usion was short. ‘he popalar verdic: was set aside and reversed. The fata free soil spoils policy of the administratio spoiled he w: ole calcu a ios. | The democratic split which fol'owel in New York was but the precurs r of a political revul- sion, compare i with which that uf 1852 was no- thing more than the overture to the epcra—a suggestive movement of the yopular mind, which ¢an now be unders'ood as utterly re- gardless of Baltimore conventions and old clap- trap party trammels, It was mistaken by the band the forces cf the allies are estimated at cect he CL AS CATO I At ACRES OEIC LCI NE tne 1 The Rewstan War—Schastopal not yet Taken Fombardment of Petropolovstd. By the mmujtaneous arrivu! of the Arerioa , ai Yalitex, and the North Star at this por’, from Aspinwall, we bave inte lig nee af the prozross of the war n tye Crinea, and of an & tack made by the ccmbinét squad ons of the, allies n tle Pac'fie on one of the ;osta oR he coast of Kamrchatka, Sebastopo has “got as yet fallen, aud to all appearance is DO {ikely to surrender until after pro racted Frege, the batteries of the allies bav ng as ye% made but it le imores sion upon the fortifications The garrison inekes fréquent sorties, ani has eaccecded on several occosions in destroying the works of the | besiegers, Lettera from Constantinop e men- | tion that five steamers bad arrived from Bala- | klava, containing troops wounde! in repelling | one of these gaflies. The allied genersis had | forma'ly summoned the place to surrender, | and demanded that the women, children | and sick should be rent out of the town. | The Russian army, under Menschikoff, was | concen'rating on the Belbeck, and was sup- | pored to amount to 45,000 strong. The garri- | son of Sebas'opol is stated to be now 40,000, about 110,000. It seems that the siege works sre attended with more difficulty than was at first anticipated. The nature of the ground, a foot of earth on solid rock, renders scientific ap- prosches impossible, and it was thought thatia Washington spoilemen for an old fashioned party triumph of the Van Buren regency—the diffu- sion of independent opinions, by railroads and telegraphs, and through the resigtless currents of the independent press, having been iguorant- ly overlooked. The consequences of these fatal blunders of huckstering and narrow-sighted politicians are before us, The demoralization and disin- tegration of the late whig party have been ra- out” of the administration party, from New Hampshire to Missouri, in the recent eleo- tions, At this moment the drift, the rubbish, the fragments of the overwhelming democratic cohesion of 1852 are :wallowed up among the ephemeral factions of the hour. - Within two short years the work is completed. The disas- trous defeat of Scott in the one case was not more fatal nor more ignominious than the over- and the other from a surfeit. The reconstruction of parties was ihe next | the 2th of July the English and French flects, | in the Circuit Court of this district, on Monday proceeding, and the presence of four distinct | Dumbering in all six vessels of war, with | morning, and the case last evening terminated State organizations in this November canvass was but the natural consequence of the abun- dance of the waste and loose materials in the | “ha'kan coast and arrived off Petropolovaki on | viction has taken place is that of the 15th May, field. But no one of. these four parties has been organized with reference to the revival of the old democratic party, the old whig party, or | ®°0ner had they hove in eight than the guns of | engaged in ‘the slave trade, or any person the continuance of the Cabinet party. The bulk | the place were opened upon them. Before the | whosoever who is one of the crew of # veseel of the whigs have been shuffled together for a | Dombardment commenced, an incident occurred | belonging to, or navigated for, citizens of the Northern anti-slavery alliance for the Presiden- | Which spread dismay and grief amongst the | United States, ehall, on conviction thereof, bo cy—the soft shell democrats simply in referen>e to the holding of the spoils—the hard shells in view of some new national organization ; and the Know Nothingg in contemplation of a mo- nopoly of the public offices by the natives, to | OY the attack was postponed until the fol-| been heretofore arrested, charged with the the total exclusion of foreigners and the hu- miliation of the Irish and the Catholic church. and the adminirtration, have all been literally “crushed out.” Let not the Cabinet organ at Washington flatter itself with the returns for Governor Sey- consequence of this an attempt would be made to storm the fortifications. Should this idea be carried out the carnage will be frightful. Of general news in connection with the war, the most important is the statement that there 8a probability of immediate hostilities break- OF Ty Cpriue ov Stave Deatea.—The 8 & | ing out between Russia and Austria. The entry of the Russians into the Dobrudscha is not confirmed. There is a rumor of another pidly followed by the most merotless “crushing defeat of the latter near Gumri, in which they | coast of Cubs, ond having arrived within » are stated to have lost all their guns and bag- gage. The San Francisco papers bring us the de-| yived the borrors of the middle passage. The tails of the first naval operation of the allies against the Russian possessions in the North | captain and the American portion of her crew Pacific. Petropolovski, the point selected for the attack, is a post situated on the eastern shore of Kamschatka, and from the description | his first mate—another German, by the name | given of it, appears to be @ place of considera- | of James Will—the latter revealed to the an- whelming triumph of Pierce has been in the | ble importance. A strong garrison bas always | thorities here the acts in which he had recently other, The only difference between the two | been Kept up there, and in anticipation of a | taken part. The captain was arrested, and has partiesis, that the one perished from starvation, | Visit from the combined fleets, energetic efforts | since been in custody of the United States had been made to strengthen its defences, On an armament of one hundred and ninety-six guns, left the Sandwich Islands for the Kams- the 29th of August. They met with » warmer reception than they were prepared for, for no crews of the English squadron. Whilst the Eng- lich Admiral Price was loading his pistols, one of them accidentally went off, the ball passing | that hasever taken place in the United States through his heart. Out of respect for his mem- lowing day. On the Sist of August the ships of the allies | been either acquitted, or having been admitted The old whig party, the old democratic party opened fire. The town is situated on a kind of | to bail, forfeited their recognizances and 80 inuer bay, and the Russian frigate Aurora, of Tue Caray ova U, 9. Vesaen Comvicrep Crrent) Court for th Seuthero distriet of New | York bes beeo occupied since Monday last in | the trie! of » bi care of tlawe deating—the more importaat and | interesti g from the fect that the s'ave ship soiled from’ this port, chat many persons of posi- | tion io this city ere to some extent involved ia | the affair, and that it is the first case of a capi- tal conviction in the United States under the Jaw branding the slave trade as piracy. As oor readers geveral y May not have perased the report of the proceediogs given trom day to day in our columns, we will state the salient points tbwt bave appeared on the trial. Cvptain James Smith, or Julius Schmidt, the prisoner, is a vative of the kingdom of Hano- ver, and came to this country in 1849, as mate of a vessel. In January last he was in this city, and appeared to be connected with cer- tain pergons—-as well Portuguese as Ameri- cans—in slave dealing speculations. In the latter part of that month he proceeded to Bos- ton, and there purchased a small brig, built in Maine, of some 190 tons burthen, and called the Julia Moulton. This vessel was brought round to the pirt of New York; a crew was shipped ; a <aryo of beaus, rice, Indian meal, &ec., with all she necessaries for constructing a slave deck, was put on board; the vessel cleared at the Custom House, the captain (James Smith,) representing himself to be an American citizen, and sole owner; and on the morning of Sunday, the 12th of Febraary, she put to sea. In the latter end of April she touched at the Congo river, on the coast of Africa, and in the course of two or three hours received on board acarg> of six hun- dred and sixty-five negroes, including forty women. She then steered for the southern n'y interesting and important few miles of Trinidad, on that island, landed her human cargo, or so many of them as sur- Julia Moulton was then burned at sea. The returned to the United States. In consequence of a misunderstanding between the captain and Marsbal. He was put on trial, as we have said, in a verdict of guilty against him. The act of Congress wader which this con- 1820,.which provides that any citizen of the United States who is one of the crew of a vessel adjudged guilty of piracy, and shall suffer death. The present case is the first conviction under the provisions of that law. Persons have commission of the offence in question, but have Ace tt OTE LL NEWS BY TELEGRAPH. ONE WEEK LATER FROM EUROPE. ARRIVAL CF THE AMERICA AT HABIPAX, SEEASTOPOL NOT YET TAKEN,. TURKISH VICTORY AT GUMRI. War Between Austria and Russia Imminent. MR. SOULE NOT ALLOWED TO ENTER FRANCE... COTTON FIRM—PROVISIONS STEADY, ko, &., &e. Haurax, Nov. 9, 1854. The royal mail steamship America, Capt. Lang, from Liverpool on the 26th ult., arrived here at a quarter past. 8 o'clock this afternoon. ’ The Collins steamship Atlantic, from New York on the 14th ult., arrived off Holyhead at noon on Wednes— day, the 26th, but could not enter the Mersey until 3 | o'clock on Thursday morning. | . The St. Louis sailed from Southampton for New York on the 26th ult. The screw steamship Alps arrived at Kingston, Ire- | land, on the 23d, with troops, from Halifax, and reached. Liverpool on the 26th. A letter from the Hague of the 2ist mentions the de-- parture of Mr. Gibson for America, and says that he took with him the result of the conference of the Ameri- can Ministers at Ostend. The ship Triton, from Glasgow, bound to Boston, was abandoned on the 11th Oct., the crew being taken off by the North Wind, arrived at Havre. The London imes says:— ‘We are informed that Mr. Soule, American Madrid, was, on Thursday the 24th, refused Ci through France on his return from pain. The London Morning Post, announcing semi-oficially the acquisition of Samana, says:— | _ It amounts virtually, if not annex: | tion of 8t. Dentager’ ‘The Seeaiaeely, te! thes Vaited. | Seki cinerea ae meee 7 Cuba_and Porte Rico, and so directly the | British West Indiampossessions, cannot be roceived with, indifference. The R. M. steamship America, from Liverpool, erm route for Boston, was still at her wharf when the Niaga- ra arrived, but sailed immediately after, and t& Mkely to. have fine weather, but head winds, on herpassage to, Boston. ister at. THE WAR. SEBASTOPOL NOT TAKEN—FORMAL SUMMONS TO SUB RENDER—RUSSIAN TROOPS ENTERINF SEBASTOPOL. Sebastopol is not taken. The latest advices show that twenty days elapsed between the departure of the be- sieging armies from Balaklava, and their opening fre upon Sebastopol. Both the French and English had their batteries ready on the 15th. On the 17th, fire was opened on the place from land and sea. The bombard- ment continued till night, The Russians lost 500 killed and wounded. Admiral Kornileff was killed. The Rus- sian fortifications suffered very little. On the next day (18th) the bombardment was re- sumed from the allied batteries only. Russian despatches say that the garrison make frequent sorties. ‘When the mail left Constantinople on ihe 28tB, five steamers had arrived at Balaklava with men wounded in repelling a great sortie of 20,000 strong. Generals Raglan and Canrobert had formally summon? ed Sebastopol to surrender, and required the women and children and sick to be sent away, and flags to be hoisted upon the hospitals. fo far os is known the Russian army is concentrating on the upper Belbek, and already numbers 45,000. ‘The allied army is divided into s siege army and army of observation. The latter is posted on the extensive table land which separates Balaklava from Sebastopol, escaped the penalty aitaching to the offence. 40 guns, and the Dwina, were sheltered behind | In this particular case, however, the law has a sort of sand key or bank in front of it. The outward bay is protected by three ferts, one of been, so far, successfully vindicated. An interesting question of law has been mour. Beyond the votes of John Cochrane and which stands on the extremity of the narrow | raised on the trial, on which the prisoner may his fellow office holders, the administration has had no more weight in bebalf of Seymour than peninsula which contributes to form it, and the other two on the main land opposite. The towa ultimately escape the punishment which the law provides. The defence did not at- the King of the Cannibal Islands. It was that | {elf is built on o rising ground, the top of | tempt to controvert the testimony sub- vetoof the Maine Liquor law last year that dia | Which was covered with batteries. The affair | mitted on the part of the the bneiness. Clay, Webster, and Fillmore whigs, and whigs who labored and struggled eeems to have been a desperate one, and it is admitted on all hands that the Russians con- prosecu- jon, but virtually admitted its truth. When they did disclose their line of defence, it day and night for Scott, have, upon the liquor | Wucted themselves with great coolness aud | was simply this —That the defendant was a ns- question, voted for Seymour ; and hard shelle, bravery. During the four days that the bom- | tive of Hanover; that he did not leave that whose bitterest feelings are those of inten @ bardment lacted, the battcries from the heights, country till October, 1849; that therefore he disgust for the Cabinet and Kitchen Cabinct. preferring even bad liquor to the despotiem «f the Maine law, bave stood side by side with t'e given of the condition of the French vessels | United States; and that, moreover, Sachems of Tanimany Hall for Seymour. } § ag well as the guns from the Aurora and Dwina, did great execution, and from the descripti n which put into San Francisco. to reit, was not, and could not be, at the time of the commission of the offence, a citizen of the the brig being his own property, and not that of an does ihe platform of Seymour, of an acque- | ‘Mey must have suffered considerably. After | American citizen, the statute did not in any of scence in the Nebraska bill, with @ protest, three of the Russian batteries had been silenced, its provisions render him amenable to punish- tally with the standing ef the Kitchen Cabin it | * detachment of cix hundred marines were | ment. The offset to this line of defence was as understood in the South. Let the Cabinot | !nded for the purpose of spiking the guns and | the oath made by the prizoner in clearing the organ cancel all other issues, and make completing the destruction of the abandoned | vessel at the Custom-House of New York, that Governor Seymour's veto of the Maine Liquor law the national test end platform of demo- forts ; but owing cither to a mistake or tresch- ery on the part of their guide, they got en- he was an American citizen; but the counsel for the defence contended that the prisoner cracy, and it may claim his vote for Governor | ‘#>gled amongst thick bpshes, which emba’- | should not be concluded by this mere matter of as a democratic victory. It would be rank in- | T@*sed their movements and exposed them toa | course formality. The jury did not seem to justice to the liquor interest, wholesale and re- tail, whig and democratic, to place it upon any other ground. raking fire from the Russian marksmen. After a desperate conflict the allies succeeded in do- stroying one of the forts, and capturing forty- consider the proof of the prisoner being an alien to countervail the effect of the oath, and hence, the main facts being undisputed, the ver- The most atriking and significant feature of three of the Russians. As it became evident, | dict of guilty was rendered, after an hour’s de- this election is the Know Nothing vote for UL!- | however, that the town could not be taken | liberation. man and Scroggs. Taking the field at the eleventh hour, and canvassing the State in silence and secresy, in mystery and darkness, the vote which they have polled is positively turprising. It isan exaggeration to suppose it all their own. The repulsive Saratoga, Syra- cuse and Auburn whig coalition resolutions have swelled the vote of Ullman with ne inconsidera- ble accessions from the silver grays, and the ani moaities between softs and hards resulted a3 a last expedient against Seymour in the transfer of the bulk of the bard shells, we suspect, {0 the reputed Bengal native candidate, with a sprinkling of old hunkers on the temperance question for Clark. The general result furnishes us with three valuable conclusions. First, that the Seward anti-slavery fusion in New York has exploded; second, that there can be no reconciliation be- tween the hard and sott divisions of the late democratic party upon the basis of the adminis- tration; and third, that the Know Nothings have not joined the Northern whig anti-slavery coalition, but are fighting their own battle as an independent affair. In other States, they have prostrated the administration and the democrats supporting it; in New York, the ad- ministration being already extinguished, they have preferred to annihilate the Seward coalition. And thus they have cleared the track for 1856, A living terror to all the old parties, party hacks and Presidential aspirants for Baltimore uominations, the Know Nothings, though they have lost their Governor, have exhibited a balance of power, here as elsewhere, which renders Kitchen Cabinet arrangements and Bal- timore Conventions alike subservient to the decrees of the order. But while the Know Nothings themselves have broken the backbone of the Seward ooali- tion, and prostrated the administration forces low in the dust, they in their turn may be over- come, and a hazardour warfare upon religion may be averted by the organization of a broad- breasted constitntfonai Union party,new and ho- mogencous, aud active and strong in resting up- on the fundamental law all those practical ideas of progress and developement which mark the advances of our country, the unity of the State, the ity of our » the energy of our in-titutions, and the spirit of the age, without fearful loss, the order to re-embark was given, and the fleets sailed southward. capturing the Sitka, a vessel belonging to the Russian American Company, on their way. From the nearly equel losses which took place on both sides, and the imperfect results Application will be made fora new trial, and this point of law willcome up for farther adja- ication. In the meantime, the United States District Attorney is on the trail of others— some of them in high positions in this city— who are believed to be implicated in the nefa- attained by the operations, the Russians will | rious traffic. no doubt claim the credit of a victory in this affair. Whatever exception may be taken to its justice, it must be admitted that the defence which they made was characterized by great skill and bravery, and redeems in some degree the errers which their generals have committed nthe south. If the garrisons of the ports in the Baltic and the Black Sea only exhibit the same obstinate valor, the Russian war is likely to be of indefinite duration. New Party Devomtyations~-The results of the recent elections have knocked into squash all our old political classifications, The hard ehells and soft shells have cast their concholo gical ccate, and will for the future be known as hard woods and soft woods. Raracrty or Forgien Artists.—Rachel's programme of conditions for an engagement in | this country exacts, it is said, a salary of twelve hundred dollars a night, and the payment of all | her expenses. If her brother succeeds ia get- | ting such terms for her we will be justified in | exclaiming with the Latin poet, Felir gui potuit! Ay Uxrar Comparis Mra. Trollope calls the aristocracy of Vienna the créme de la creme of elegant society. It would appear from a recent letter from an English military dandy to his lady mother that the cream of Crimean hospitality is only cream of Tartar. SvictaL.—It isto be feared that the Maine liquor law men will take to drinking to drown their. sorrows. Sort Sur. Mermye.—A meeting of the democracy will be held in the Park this evening, at five o’lock. A reply to the assaults of the Know Nothing meeting will be given. Look out for fun. Naval Intelligence. ‘Toe Steamentr Brack Wannsor sailed yesterday after- ‘noon for New Orleans via Havana. Twenty-one lon tee were arrested in Cleveland for stealing wt the Jate Bre in that city, Riot in Williamsburg. THE FUNERAL OBSEQUIES OF THE LATE MR. HARRI- SON--ARREBT OF RIOTERS, ‘The fnnera) of the late Mr. Harrison, who died from injuries received at the election riot in the Fourteenth ward, on Tuesday, took place yesterday afternoon, at 3 o'clock, from his late residence in Eighth street, near fouth Second. The high estimation entertained for Mr. Harrison, by his acquaintances, and the lamentable o 1 currence which caused his untimely death, drew togeth cr some threb thousand persons, many of them ladies. who deeply sympathize with the relatives in their af 9 tion. ‘The funeral was attended by Engine Company No. 3, of which deceased was a member, and Engine companies Nos. 2 and 8, Hose companies No. 1, No. 8, No. 4, and elegations from nearly all of the fire companies in the city ;also Chief Engineer Talbot, Assistants Strong, Meeks nd Wall; several of the Aldermen, Sheriff Lott; about 50 special deputies from Brooklyn and Williamsburg, snd a large number of citizens in carriages and on foot. Theprocession—Mr. Char. W, Hays Marshal—extended nearly a mile in length. Engiue Company No. 3 bore a banner of black velvet, upon which was inscribed :— “Good Intent Engine, No. 3, of Williamsburg, “We mourn departe@ worth.”’ A ‘The special deputies bore the American colors draped | in mourning. The city flags from the various engine houses were svepended at half mast, and the fire bells were tolled during the marching of the procession. Engine house No. 3 was appropriately draped in mourning, and over the entrance was s banner with the following iacription—* “In life we honored him, In death we deplore his loss,’ ‘The remains were conveyed to Greenwood for inter- ment. Michael O'Brien and John Lyon were arrestod yeater- day by officer Ward, on a warrant charging them with being concerned in the riot on Tuesday afternoon, at the Fitst district, Fourteenth ward, polls, Edward Brown was also arrested yesterday afternoon, charged with be- ing concerned in disturbance at the same pollin the early part of the day. Coroner Hanford commenced the investigation yester- lay, relative to the death of Wm. H. Harrison, who died from injuries received at the riot on Tuesday afternoon, at the Fourteenth ward polls, In order to further the ends of justice, the Coroner has suppressed the publica- tion of the evidence until after the verdict ia rendered. The testimony of several witnesses was taken, and the jury adjourned to this (Friday) morning. accessible only from two points, the savine of Teherna; on the north side, and pass of Balaklava on the south- east. This position is defended by sixteen redoubta. The Russians are hovering on the outside of the allies” positions. On the 7th they made s strong demonstra- iomon the northwest eggs of the camp, but wero kept in check by artillery, and retired without giving sattle. On the 2d, Sth and 11th the garrison of Sebastopol mede sorties, and destroyed some small works. ‘On the evening of the 5th a convoy of four thousand. Russians suc led in entering Sebastopol. ‘The city does not appear to be yet surrounded, bat niy on two aides. e allies now number 110,000, and 8,000 additional: French were ready to embark from Marseilles on the: 21st, and 8,000 Turks from Varna. Letters of the 12th say that the nature of the ground— a foot of earth, on solid rock—renders scientific aj proaches impossible; that the allies have, . guns’ battery, and after a few dayn’ fire will attempt to. storm the garrison, which is ted at 40,000 with plenty of amunition and supplies. It fs su; “ that although the allies should carry the to the Rus~ sians can make a protracted resistance in + tine. . It is true that the Russians have sunk eight ships. across the channel, which is Hs age wide, Lents et ‘Dattle ships, anchored close to shore, complete Altogether, the prospect of the speedy fall of Sebasto. Bolle: of hovicaryss cope sy epee in’ of land and France ¥ Ey from ‘to hour, dmiral Machimoff, who commanded at rooreaying. that he wil Getend ito" the lst ea aay 68 68} e one is lest to shoot him if he don’t. Advices from Constantinople of the 13th, say that the Russians had retaken toria, and that the a Srp Ianared retired with the loss of one D. . oka allied force in sent boy ig nant IN opener bar bis Sooner eee oe ssians. rains retarded the advanoe, the weather wan ‘again fine. ba A rumor became current in the allied camp, that on: ‘the 11th the Russian army from Simf would at~ tack them, and that the Greeks in fire the town, The Greeks were conse- quently all expelled. THE DANUBE. There is no doubt that the Russians have re-entered the Dobrudscha in force, but details are wanting. Al Affairs look black between Russia and Austria. A. gazeat council of war was held at Vienna. The. , and Baron t Austria summoned Russia frontier of Gallicia. The whole Austrian was to be put on a war foot- g on the 26th. The gervln ‘Vienna has orders to- be ready for march at forty-eight hours notice. Russia: of the army All are concent: Austrian frontier. Little doubt is entertained a1 actual hostilitic that ere long there will be ies. from Sebastopol. On the 2ist the operations of the besiegers continued,. and their fire was effectively answered. The fortifica- tions were little damaged. , Oct. 9, 1854. ‘TREBIZOND, The Abaria chiefs have refused to receive Schamy! envoy. Hasif Pacha has juently cut off all com- = wien te Ss Friday Night, Oct 27, 1064, -ARIB, iy There is no confirmation of the ‘of the Russians. "fe Jolin Burgoyat,on the Lath a sites for bat- ir John ne, 5 i "7 teries which will destroy the Rassias. shipping. They are to be mounted with four, eight and ten inch guns, pent a es hundred yards from the ves- sels. wo war steamer had been gaptared by the- lect. Yas Gumri, when the the Turks at Bajacid, adi van. It was, where it suffered of the Prussian adhere inflexibly to her the 30th take was ‘The ex . addon which Prusela would: for with anxiety. of Prussia has Prince the federal fortress of Mayence. Great Britain. : The British Soot is to leave the Baltic about the ona of” Portsmouth, Sheer-- November, returning in squadrons to ness, ith and Cork. Five floating batteries and twen' four feet of water cach, are ¢ in Hnglaad for apring operations. Another Polar expedition is to be sent next to bring home the remains of Sir John Franklin's party, Dr. will have the command, 4 pres ay tus was constructed at New- castle-on-Tyne to blow up the sunk off Sebastopol.