The New York Herald Newspaper, November 17, 1854, Page 4

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We learn from Albany that the seturns, all official with few immaterial exceptions, give him a plurality over Mr. Seymour of abont six Dandred votes Schuyler county, organized last winter, and until now overlooked, is reported to have given Clark a majority of 215, which makes a material difference in the account on his side. What- ever merely clerical errors may be hereafter disco- vered cannot affect the result—Clark is the Governor elect, THE KNOW NOTHING NATIONAL CONVENTION. Our despatch from Cincinnati states that the con- vention was in session yesterday, but it bas failed to apprise us of the proceedings. THR COUNTY CANVASSERS. At the sitting of the Board yesterday the report of the special committee Was presented. It sats forth that the Board can only act ministerially, that 1 hae no authority to go behind the returns of ia- gpe.tors to make investigations or entertain pro. tests, and thet contestants must find relief in the Jew courte. The report was accepted and the com. mittee discharged. The Board then proveeded to @anvase the returne, LATER FROM EUROPE. By the arrival of the steamship Asia st this port yesterday we have three days later intelligence from the seat of war. We notice its leading fea- tures in our editorial article. They may be summed ‘ep in the remark that matters are beginning to as- game rather aticklish aspect tor the allies in the Crimea, ani that Sebastopol, so far from being as yet taken, i» lik+ly to hold out until some effort is made 'o ittieve it. The Soulé cifficulty has been settled. All objections to our Minister’s pasvage through France sre withdrawn. Tue commercial news b. this arrival is rather moe favorable. Mo ney wis easy, breadstaffs a little better, cotton big! er, aud consols had advanced to 94]. THE WILLIAMSBURG KIOT, The Corouer’s n.vestigation into the circumstaaces attending the riot at Williamsburg on ele tion day, bas been going on from day to day since Thu:sday ast, and wonld hace been concluded yesterday, but for the non-attendance of one of the witnesses. It will probably be concluded to-day. Auother of the participents in the affray, is said to be beyond re eovery. ‘THE SHIP NEW ERA. We give elsewh:re some additional particulars respecting this melancholy affair, to which the atten- tion of our readers is directed. TRE BRITISH WEST INDIA SQUADAON. By the arrival of the Britieh brig Quadruped at ‘this port yesterday we have files of Bermuda papers fo the 8th inst. The Bermudian of that date con- tains the following:—H. M. line of battle ship Bos. @awen, (70,) Capt. W. F. Glanville, bearipg the flag of Rear-Admira] Fanshawe, C. B., asilad on Satur- @ay last for Jamaica and Greytown. The admiral expects to meet, in the West Indies, the superb war wteamship Colossus, Capt. Robinson, (80,) and the powerful steam frigate Termagant, (24,) of which vease] Commodcre Henderson is to assume the com- mand, H. M.stesmsloop Medea, Capt. Phillimore, mailed on Saturday last for Halifax, where she will receive the admiral’s despatches, aud proceed thence without deley for the West Indies. H. M. ship Calypso, Capt. Forbes, sailed yesterday for the Weat Indies. LOCAL AFFAIRS. The Board of Councilmen transacted business last evening, but the proceedings were unimportant. A young Irish woman, named Bridget Paff, com- mitted suicide yesterday by hanging bereelf. A subscription list was circulated yesterday among some of our German merchants, for the relief of the destitute survivors of the shipwreck of the New Era, all of whom are in a deplorably destitute condition, We are informed that a considerable amount was eollected. A notice was posted on the door of the Merchants’ Exchange, aypealing to the charitable ser dopations. Another instance of the pernicious results arising from the infernal teachings of the spirituslits has been brought to light before one of our police ma- gis rates. The facts, as far as they have transpired, are given under the heed of police intelligence. It iea shocking case, but one which might quite nate- rally grow out ot such a djaboligal delusion. ‘The Board of Supervisors met yesterday, and paseed upon a number of accounta. ‘The Board of Aldermen was in session last eve- ming. After some debate the sum of five hundred dollars was appropriated for the celebration of Bvacuation day. The report to concur with the @ouncil in appropriating ten thoueand dollars for ‘she repair of sidewalks was discussed, and after an imeffectaal effort to reduce the amount by one half, ually lost by « vote of ten to seven. The receipts @f the Sixth and Eighth avenue railroads for the month of October amounted to $48,637 87, STATE OF THE MARKETS. Flour was firmer yesterday, especially for com- mon grades, with pretty free sa'es of both domestic and Canadien. White Michigan wheat sold at $2 15, and white Southern at $1 98 a $2. Corn was one cent per bushel higher, having clos:d a! 90c. a 91c., and chiefly at the latter figare. Rye sold at $) 32 & $1 33, whieh was an advance. Whiskey was higher, and sold at 43¢.a 434¢. per gallon. There was some better feeling in cotton, with sales of about 1,500 bales, ‘The ateamahip St. Louis has been withdrawn for the present, ‘ ‘The Merchants’ Exchange Company,yesterday de- elared a semi-annual divideod of four per cent. THE ALLEGED MERCANTILE FRAUD. Havieg published the charges made against M, sare. H. J, & 8. FP. Ibboteon, « toon i 90 act of junice to refer te their em at, as givea ia oar saventiaing COMMA Of to 117. ljayeleen Sarren derrOur Cabinet Relieved by Se>25toj ol and the Stock job’ er —What Next? According t) our spec 1! dviees from Lon- don, of the evenin of ste 33 of November, re- | ceived by the Asia md juli-hei a; the head of our foreign correspondence this moraing, | the Emperor of France bas retracted his late interdict against .ur Mivi-ter t» Spain, aod | bas not nly sccord~ him, | ut has invited bim to, a free passage ¢ rourh the tei ritories of the | empire. | ‘Pois intelligence w.li be a great rele? ‘o our | Cabinet, and te the firanci+! and commercial nteress of the whole coun'ry, ‘or the time being. It appears thit t! e bappy result is due, first, to the decisive staat taken ‘n behalf uf Soulé by Mr. \ avn, orr Minister at Paris. He reduced the m tter to the simple issue of the continaanc: or tie iumed ate suspension { ef our dip\.matic intercowr-e with France. | This, of crarse, ivvoived the money market, and all the fuanvial on] commercial embarrass- | ments of the a war with the U sited S:ates. | stood, tie Fiench funds were already sensibly affected, while the news trom Sebastopol was | ting no more irous in toe fire for the present. Thus, eecondly, the diplomatic victory ob- tained over Louis Nvpoleon by the united efforts of Mr. Mason and Mr. Buchanan is due, to a very great extent, 10 the Russians and the stockjobvers. Little does Menschikoff dream that his courageous defeace of Sebastopol has, perhups, saved the United with France and Spain. On the other hand, the i sensation at the Bourse may possibly be due to the financial diplomacy of the Rothschilds, aod their agent Belmont, our Minister at the Hague. We are further advised that the pacific coun- sels of Lord Clarendon and the British Cabinet had their proper weight with Louis Napoleon in the recoll of the iecitorial interdict against Mr. Sou!é, ond the invitation, in exchauge, to a free passage through France. Thus, through the combined agencies of the stockjobbers, Prince Meuschikoff and the Russians at Sebas- topol, and the British Cabinet, our Minister to Spain has been righted, and our Cabinet relieved of the immediate difficulties of a quarrel with Louis Nupoleon. There is, however, a dark side to this picture. Before leaving Leudon, Soulé is to be com- plimented with a dinner by George Sanders, at which Kossuth, Ledru-Rollin, and other French and Continental refugees, are to be present, From this feast of revolutionary conspirators, our ambaseador to Spain is to proceed to Paris to partake of a banquet there, to be given him by the Americans in the French capital, Now, we hive no doubt that the imperial police will have an eye upon this banquet; and it is quite possible that it may be suppressed, ou the ground that the reyo- lutionary associates and red-republican - princi- ples of Mr. Soulé, as thus exhibited, are not, in Paris, consistent with the public safety. In fact, the London dinner ot George Sanders, and the Prussian banquet, appear to us as parts of a scheme of the Coutinental refugees, under the directicn of American officials and politicians, intended to drive Louis Napolecn to the wail, with a view, if pcssible, to briog avout a rap- ture with our government, for the benefit of the socislists of France and the Continent. If the French Emperor could only be inveigled into u war with the United States on the one side, while Russia affords him-abundant employment on the other, there is no telling what might be the consequences from a rising of the revolu- tionary elements of Paris, with simultaneous outbreak throughout France, Germany and Italy. % Loutd Napoleon has evidently discovered the drift of the game. Still, there are serious rea- sons to apprehen ti a: » compliment iry dinner in Paris to o-r fil.basterwg umassador, fresh from the revolutionary orgies of the Sanders banqu:t in London, my again result in the summary ejeciion of Soulé from the French territories. At all events, we have very little hope, after what shall have trensp red in the interim, of a friendly recep- tion of Soulé on his return to Madrid, whether he returns there by land or by cea. We appre- hend, rather, that he will be coolly given his passports, with a polite suggestion that the speedier his departure from the country the better. It appears that at least a portion ot the Briti-h and French fleets frum the Baltic are to be despatched for the wiuter to the Gult of Mexico. Their presence between the Belize and the island of Cuba will relieve Spain of vli immediate fears of American fili- busteroes; ond this fact will be apt to render her comparative'y indifferent concerniug a rupture with our preseat administration. Should Soulé be quietly permitted his Parisian banquet, and quietly received again at Madrid, we shall have occasion to compli- ment, not s>) much the intrepidity of Mr. Mason and Mr. Buchanan, as the sagacity of Louis Napoleon, in detecting and spviling a scheme concocted in Lo. dou for entangling him in a ropture with the Unired Stares, for the benefit of the Contiuental revolutionists. Mr. Pierce’s red republican politicians, whose head- quarters are in Loadon, in taking the jabors of Koseuth, Ledra Rollin and Mazzini off their hands, seem to have imagined that they might direct the affairs of the Continent after the fashion of the democratic caucuses of the Pew- ter Mug and the side rooms of Tammany Hall. The Soulé affair is a chapter of their perform- ances; and it will be a blessed thing for our weak and trembling Cabinet if the worst of it is over. Progress of Hostilitics in the Crimea, Sebastopol, to use an expressioa more forcible than elegant, seems likely tv be a hard nut to crack, After all ths blu.teriog and vaporing of the English and French journals, and the confident anticipations .fover-sanguine military novices and imperfectly informed engineers, the place is doing more for its reputation thao was expected. Nothing, we were told, in the shape oi either stone or iron, could resist the weight of metal of the new siege artillery that was brought to bear uponit; and yet, after seven days incessant bombardment, the damage dune appears to be trifling. The Russians, too, finding that they have not been devoured, as was promised, at one fell swoop, are be- ginning totake heart of grace, They are even becoming saucy iu their turn, and are assuaing the initiative of attack, Their sorties have been frequent, and have been attended with more or less success. On one occasion they stormed the French redoabts and spiked about sixteen of their guns, On another, as we learn by our advices of yesterday, an auxiliary force, under the orders of General Liprandi, attacked the forte in the vicinity ef Balaklava, succeeded io obtaining possession of two of them, and nearly deuiroyed three regiments of the Hogliah pos-ib’e ait mate contingency of . As the watter strongly susge-tive of tae expediency of put- | States of America trom a belligerent imbroglio | light cavelry divis'on. On the following day, the French pesition was again areailed by ' vedy of 8,000 Rus-i.ns, both ‘rom the town and from Balaklavo. it is stated that on this occasion, they were repulsed with considerable loss. Be tba as it may, the power of the gar- vison to dispose of uch large numbers of troops as were engaged im thee operations, (one of the sorties, « is said, consisting of } twenty thousa: d men,) shows that its strength must be more «rm dable than w.s supposed, | and that u.less energet'c eforts are made by | the allies to reduce the place before the arrival | of the Russian reserves, the former may be | compelled to full back upon Balak) .va—their base of operations—or perhaps even to retire | to their chips) That either of these results is | far from being improbable is evidenced by the | fact that they Lave neither been uble to pre- | Vent reinforcements being throwa into Sebas- topol, nor hav. they succeeded in preventing, or indeed attemp'ed t» arrest, the advance of the troops despatched from Odessa to the relief ot Prince Menschikoff, In the ignorance which prevails with rea.ec* to the numbers, and even the movements of the Rusaian auxiliary forces, we should not be at all surprised if the next steamer brou,ht us the news of @ grand com- bined attack by the Russians on all the points occupied by the | esiegers. So far, then, the results 0! ‘he Crimean expe- dition do not »ppear so very promising for the allier. Had they succeeded in taking S sbasto- | pol in the off-hand manner they anticipated, it | cannut be devied that the effect of such prompt success must have tended greatly to dispirit | the Russians, although we question whether it would have altered in any material degree the | prospects of the war. It would have probably | rendered the expedition to the Crimea the ' crowning triumph of the first campaign, and | would Lave confirmed for the moment the supe- riority so vauntingly claimed by the English aud French arm:. A protracted, even though | it may not be an ultimately successful resist- ance, on the p rt of the garrison of Sebastopol, will have the double effect of weakening this prestige and of rendering the occupation of the peninsula, at least during the present season, impossible by the allies. Should, howevcr, the latter be compelled by the fortunes of war to raise the siege, such a result would have a fatal influence upon their prospects. It would not only galvanize into life that inertness of na- tional feeling which at present prevails in Rus- sia, and which under a despotism renders wars of mere aggrandisement matters of indifference to the great masses of the people, but it would have an important influence in determining the future policy of Germany. Notwithstanding the greater disposition lately manifested by Austria to abandon her position of neutrality and to range herself upon the side of the coa- lition, there is scarcely @ doubt that the hesi- tation which she still manifests to thug irre- trievably compromise hereelf, is attributable to her desire to ascertain, by the resulta of the Crimean expedition, how far the resources of Russia are to be relied upon. Whatever, however, may be the fate of Se- bustopol—whatever may be the issue of the Crimean campaign generally, it is evident that neither one nor the other of these events will bring us any nearer to the settlement of the greut political questions involved in this war With the destroetion of this tortress, the anni- hilation of its fleet, and the injuries already inflicted upon its commerce, Russia will have probably passed through the worst phase of her calamities. After these events she has bu: little more to apprehend. Each succeeding year of hostilities, if it does not add to her strength, will not materially weaken it, whilst it must inevitably tend to impoverish and ruin the pations which are combined against her. Against the results of a protracted and san- guinary wer, such as the European Powers are now entering upon, no political combinations can long hold good. It will develope new jealousies, new rivalries and new interests, which must ultimately paralyse and break up the present, as weil as every other coalition to which its varying fortuaes may give rise. A Power like Russia pos sesces immense advantages in a struygle of this sort over the coalesced elements opposed to her, formidable as they may appear. With the unity of her political system, her capabil - ties of self-reliance, and her illimitable re- sources, she has evidently but one policy to pursue—that of wasting the force of her enemies by the exhaustion of a long protracted contest. Collectively, she may not be able to conqur them, but, as in the fable of the bundle of fagote, the has only to separate and divide them to break their strength individually. Such would appear to be her settled purpose,from an article which has recently appeared in the court organ of St. Petersburg. ‘To establish and consoli- date the dominion of Christianity on the Bos- phorus,” says this journal, “Russia must carry on av obstinate war, which will break down England’s avarice and unconditionally termi- sate Turkish misrule.” This sentence proba- bly sums up the history and fortunes of the struggle. ‘The Know Nothings in Ohio~Their Prospects for the Presidency. The delegates who met on Wednesday at Cincinnati, to transact the business of the Na- tive American Order and elect a chief for the whole Union had a perilous, task to perform, There never was a party which stood more in need of prudence and circumspection. It rests with the leaders of the new body to decide whether the work begun in eo triumphant a manner shall be successfully carried out, or ignominiously abandoned. No party ever en- joyed more brilliant prospects. The countless vietories won during the past year, happily capped by the sweeping vote in Massachusetts and the scarcely less significant defeat in New York, indicate but too plainly that the sympa- thies of the bulk of the people of the United States are with the movement. Hence one of the chief dangers which menace the young party: the danger of over-sanguine confidence. If the native leaders imagine that the popu- larity of their principles absolves them from all obligations of carefulness and discretion, a terrible disappointment isin store for them? If they fancy that, because they have carried States and cities, the leaders cam now safely venture on imitating the old parties and par- celling out the votes of the American people in private caucuses and hole-and-corner conven- tions, they are laboring under a most fatal de- lusion. Not the least among the causes of the ruin of the old whig and democratic partics was the corruption introduced by the caucus and convention system: let the natives take warn- ing, and, in all they do, avoid the faintest suspicion of underhand wire-pulling, or corrupt bargaining for spoils among their leaders. Let the men they intend to being forwecd for the Presidency be fairly and openly marshalled before the public: | to that every American may have a chance of deciding aegording to the best of his judgment — who is the fittest man to rule the country. With ' caution, pradence and ski)l, the native party | are sure of a brilliant and successful career. They can carry all the local elections next year; and with the aid of the thousands of democrats whom Pierce’s administration has disgusted with the old democratic party, and who are | now looking round for a new platform and new they can as certainly elect a Presi- éent in 1856. Nor need their mission end here. With prudent management, they may hold | power for many years to come, on the basis of | devotion to American interests and hostility to the corruption and trickery of the old parties. It rests with the chiefs of the Know Nothings | to secure for their party this glorious career. Calmly examined, there is nothing whatever in the native creed that wears narrow or sec- tarian character: nothing of which a liberal large-hearted man need feel ashamed. For nearly half a century after the adoption of the constitution, foreigners were welcomed to our shores: we gave them work, land, food and clothing, and only asked of them in return that they should conform to our laws and help ad- vance the country. For nearly thirty years after the enactment of our present naturaliza- tion law, we cheerfully granted them, after a residence of five years, political privileges scarcely inferior to our own. Though many of them had not in that period of time either learnt our language or be- come familiar with our institutions, and though hardly any had possessed political rights in their own country, we raised them to an equality with ourselves in the goverament, and shared with them the sovereign power. It was a perilous experiment to make ; bat we risked it, relying on the good behavior and common sense of the strangers, and expecting that, in return for so great a boon, they would strain every nerve to evince their gratitude and good citizenship. For some thirty yeara, as was said, the arrangement lasted on this footing without complaints on either side. The Irish and Germans forbore to render themselves conspicuous by riotous or disorderly conduct; and so far as they could amalgamated with their native-born neighbors. But a change was at band. An intriguing politician, now a United States Senator, the Hon. William H. Seward, seeking to raise himself to power by the favor of local and sectional agitations, bethought himself of using the foreigners, and marshal- ling them in separate cliques distinguished by their original and cast off nationalities, He it was who first seduced Archbishop Hughes from his pulpit and his altar and persuaded him to address an Irish meeting at Carroll Hall, sur- rounded by grog-shop politicians, This drew the line between Irishmen and Americars, A large portion of the former, it is true, resisted the insidious advice of the political intriguer, and steadfastly refused to identify themselves with the erection of a special Irish party. But others led away by the prospect of inorditiate influence, jumped at the idea of belonging to two nations at once, and preserv- ing .all the prejudices, the habits and the names of Irishmen while they enjoyed all the rights of Americans. They liked being courted specially as ariehmen for their vote ; a d having never dreamt of the smallest politi- cal rights at home, relished the notion of mak- ing free American citizens cringe before them and humbly solicit their support. From the day the Irish were thus organized as a separate rage in America, voting on principles of their own, and having apparently no principles or feelings in common with the American masses —a native reaction was inevitable. Seward saw it not, as he went to mass, and encouraged the formation of Irish societies and German bunds: nor did his imitators, who, seeing his success, used the same efforts in other States to invest the foreigners with a fictitious importance and array them in antagonism to the natives, sus- pect that a revulsion was at hand which would utterly overwhelm them. It soon began, however. Twenty years ago the native American feeling was taking deep root in the country. The American blood boiled at the lying compliments which were paid and the fulsome adulation offered by poli- ticians and newspapers to the foreign voters : not the less fiercely when it was seen that such traitors as Mr. Seward were the especial favor- ites of the foreigners, and that, whenever such a thing was possible, the Irish and German vote was cast in opposition to that of the Ameri- can masses, For some time the feeling smouldered in men’s hearts; but at last it burst forth, and the consequence was fright- ful riots, destruction of churches and other property, anda wide-opened proscrip- tion of foreigners. The punishment, though merely local and partial, was severe: but acoi- dental causes prevented further developement of the feeling at the time. It was reserved for Mr. Pierce to galvanize the old native feeling into new life by his desperate disregard o/ his duty to his countrymen, and his reckless ap- pointment of incapable worthless foreigners to office. He has done the work well. Firat disgust- ing democrats with the democratic partyto which he owed his elevation, and thus providing the new party with a splendid batch of available recruits, he has carried out the design to admi- ration by sending such men as Belmont, Soulé snd Owen to Europe, and providing the United States with representatives who neither repre- sent the people, nor the spirit, nor the character of the nation. Nothing more was wanted to complete the organization of the party which claims that Americans are able to govern themeelves with- out foreign aid. That party wiil have a chance of trying the experiment before long. It will be time enongh when it fails, to send to Europe for Irishmen or Germans or Frenchmen te man- age our affairs for us. ANNIVERSARY OF THe Historica, Socrery—Divner at tar Astor Hovsr.—The fiftieth anniversary of the New York Historical Socigty will be celebrated on Monday next. An address will be delivered by the Hon. George Bancroft, at Niblo’s saloon, at 3 o'clock, and the society will sit down to dinner at the Astor House at 6 o'clock P.M. Among the invited guests who are expected to be present are the Hon. Edward Everett, Hon. Mr. Win- throp, and Jared Sparks, L, 1. D., of Massachusetts; Gen. Winfield Scott, Hon. Ogden Hoffman, and other distinguished gentlemen. Mr. Bancroft’s reputation as a writer guarantees aw address from him that will be a literary treat to listen to, and the collection of orators and writers at the dinner tables promises something ex- traordinary in the way of speeches. This cclebration will call together the literati of our country. Coroner’s Inquest. Svicie ny Hanarna.—A young woman, named Bridget Cuff, committed suicide yeaterday, at her residence, No, 22 Mulberry street, by hanging herself, The act seemed tohave been prompted by ill treatment at the hands of a man with whom she lived, and for whose arrest she had wade an unsuccessful application. Coroner Wilhelm held an inquest upon the body, and a verdict of suicide by was rendered. Deceased wae 9 pative of Ire land, and ae years of age ‘Toe New Daams ot Bratox’s.—‘The Upper Ten and { TS Police Intelligence. the Lower Twenty,” a drama in fonrects, written for | SPIRITUALISTS IN BAD REFUTE—ALLEGED VIOLATION thin theatre, was played last night for the first time. =| In this piece the author bas aimed at « description of New York life and New York people. In some degree he has been successful, aud he has certainly given us a powerful and effective drama. The story is simple, but it is ingeniously worked up; and although there is, ap- | parently, hardly enough of the main plot to carry | through four acts, yet by a skilful combination of the | elements at his disposal, together with an aptitude at arranging effective situations, the author manages to keep up the interest throughont. The story is not alto- gether new, either. We have a merchant who fondly loves his young wife. She, allured by the hope of pos- sessing greater wealth, elopes with her husband’s friend. ‘This ‘friend’ also manages to get the larger part of the husband’s money. This is the first act. In the second, we fing the husband driuking himself to death; and in the third and fourth, he lays and carries out a scheme | of revenge against his wife and her paramour. Other | alleged outrage we refrain characters are introduted to relieve the seriousness of the main plot, and, being well acted, the intent of the author was made a certainty. There are sundry anachronisms in this’ piece, but we have not space for an analytical criticism. Suffice it that the drama has great merit—that the language is always sensible, and frequently witty, and that the characters are well drawn and well rustained. There was a fine display of good acting; Mr. Burton proved, by his capital rendering of the principal part, that his vein is not altogether in the comic line. He played a very serious part, and we have not seen a bet- ter piece of acting in many aday. Miss Raymond de- serves praise for her artistic acting as Mrs. Crookpath— along and difficult part. Mr. Jordan was the beau ideal of a polished villain, and Mr. Fisher—albeit his part was not much—did very weil with it. Mr. Johnston gave a vivid picture of a New York boy—at times it was too vivid. Mrs. Hough’s Yankee girl was clever, and Mrs. Hughes had one of those troublesome old ladies, which she played well, of course. The other parts were well enough played, but we may say to Mr. Marchant that his hat should not be on his head when he is supposed to be in a drawing-room, “The Upper Ten and Lower Twenty’? made a “hit,” and when the curtain fell the manager was called out. In response to a call for the author, he stated that the play was written by Mr. T. De Walden, of this city. “The Upper Ten and Lower Twenty” will be played again to-night. Everybody should ree it, if it is only for Burton’s performance of the principal part. BRoaDWAY TseaTRE.—Miss Agnes Robertson takes her farewell benefit to-night. This elegant actress, whose brilliant success we predicted on her first appearance last year, has passed through the most extraordinary carcer within our theatrical memory. The performances to- night are also announced asa complimentary testimo- nial to Mr. Boureicault, two of whose pieces are played, and who will himself appear. We owe a long debt of amusement to the author of “London Assurance’’ and “Old Heads and Young Hearts;”’ and as it appears that hee has declined to accept a benefit tendered to him by the Broadway theatre, we invite the public to give him a kind and hearty welcome. Apmission TO THE BaR,—Sam. C, Reid, Jr., Esq., late of the New Orleans bar, was, on motion of Charles OF A WOMAN BY MEDIUMS. A few days ago, aman named Alexander Drummond appeared at the Essex Market Police Court, and made a complaint before Justice Welsh against five individuals for-having violated the person of his wife, Sarah Jane, whileshe was thrown intoa state of insensibility, by | those parties, who he believed to be spiritual mediums. He states that on the evening of the 4th instant, five men called at his house, No, 281 Third street, im the character of spiritualists, and commenced their opera tions by throwing the complainant and his wife into drowsy or rather an unconscious state, which effected, they proceeded each of them, he says, to violate the person of his wife, she being unable from their flendish acts to make any exertion whatever to ery out against the gross outrage. The statement of the com is corroborated by two men, named John McMan and — Barnes, who informed him of what occured at his house. The names of the implicated in this. ublighing until the until the examina- necessary affidavits are made, and, have been is- tion takes place. Meanwhile, warrants sued for the arrest of the accused. Selling Lottery Policies.—A man named John Ricker, of No, 20 Second avenue, was arrested by the Seven teenth ward police, charged with having sold a lotte ticket on one of the Delaware institutions, to Anna Li- nard, contrary to the Revised Statutes of this State, The Hagel was taken before Justice Welsh, at Essex Mar- et, where he denied the charge in toto, and said it was a malicious prosecution on the part of Anus. He held to bail in the sum or 6500 to answer the offence. Grand Larceny.—A young man, named John Laue, was arrested on e charge of ‘having stolen 1,700 ibs. of pig iron, valued at $34, from the barge Sherwood, lying at the foot of Oliver street. The property was found in bis possession just as he was carrying it off in a wheel- barrow. Committed for trial by Taste Welsh. Charge of Forgery.—Eugene nolds was arrested by officer Masterson, of the hich. office, charged with having forged the name of James Russell. of Thirty-ffth street and ‘third avenue, to an order for two casks of brandy, valued at $330, ‘on Louis Funke, of No. 3 Wil- liam street, and appropriating the same to hia own: benefit. On nis arrest, which took place in a liquor store in Roosevelt street, he attempted to escape, but, being closely pursued by the officer, he was re-captured.. He was committed for examination by Justice Bogart. City Intelligence. Iranian BENEVOLENT Soctery.--The annual regular’ meeting of the members of the Italian Benevolent Socie- ty in New York, which ongbt to have been held on the 12th of October last, and which was postponed in conse- quence of the atisence of some of the members, was hela cn Monday last, 13th inst., and was attended by most of the respectable Italians,’ Professor Foresti, Yrofessor Achilli, Signor Guidicini Ascoli, &e., were present. Af- ter the reading of the constitution of the Society by the Re | present Secretary, D. E. Meli, and other remarks from various members, the election of the officers and com- mittee for the ensuing year, 1855, took place, and the following gentlemen were elected by a majority of votes, viz. — President, Signor Achile Ascoli; Vice-President, Joseplr Cantarelli; Becretary, Carlo Ferrero; Treasurer, rhecte Cristadoro, Commitiee—G. F. Secchi de Casali, Giacomo: Gandolfo, Ottaviano Gari, Guido Mancini, Pietro Massa. This Society, which has been in existence for upwards of thirty years, although it works very quietly, has been, ina great measure, (so far as its pecuniary circum- stances have permitted,) the means of relieving many unfortunate and poor Italians who have arrived at. various seasons of the year, and who were more or less suffering from sickness. From the yearly balance sheet presented by the Treasurer, it shows that the Society, during the last twelve months, has received contributions amounting to- five hundred dollars, half of which amount was exclu-- sively contributed by Father Gavausi, The Society has relieved @kout one hundred, needful O'Conor, Esq., duly admitted by their honoxs of the Supreme Court, to practice in all the courts of the State. The Turf, UNION COURSE, L. 1—TROTTING. The weather for trotting was most unpropitious on Wednesday last, the day being uncommonly bleak and cold, with gusty rain clouds sweeping over the course, contributing to make the day most disagreeable, and the track very heavy. The race advertised to take place —between Sontag and Lady Collins—was made for a fine day and good track; but, nevertheless, from private rea- sons, the driver of Lady Collins consented to let the race take place, althougn the chances were much against him, he having to go toa four wheeled vehicle, whilst his adversary went toa sulky. He was beaten, as might have been expected under the circumstances, by Sontag, who is probably more than a match for Lady Collins on equal terms. Sontag is an uncommonly fine mare, prob- ably od as any at present on the turf, and her speed thus far, in public, has never been fully tested. She has won all her races without losing aheat. She will trot aga‘nst Frank Forrester on Saturday next, when, no doubt, her speed will be fully tested. This will be a ca- pital race, and well worth seeing by those who like some- inte better than ordini trotting. We understand that Frank Forrester also, like Sontag, has never been defeated, winning all his matches in capital style, with- out being compelled to show how much speed he actually ssersed, Owing to the match with Frank Forrester having been made by the owner of Sontag subsequent to that with Lady Collins, the public were led to believe that the affair with Lady Collins would ‘be an easy vic- tory; and previous to the race, so confident were the backers of Sontag, that they wagered any odds that were be srt on her success—in some instances one hundred to Twenty. First Heat.—Sontag won the pole, and taking the lead with the word, was never headed in fhe heat. She trot- ted a fine square gait, withcut skip or break, and did not appear to be | se to her speed in any of the mile. Collins broke up four tines in the heat. Sonteg — band me] tester’ 4 ee mile in thirty-nino secon: aif milo in 1:18, @ came P stand at moderate gait, i 243. ators Second Heat.—The nags had avery even ai and kept together round the upper turn. They fee i at the quarter time, thirty-nine seconds. On the backstretch ly Collins made several attempts to break up, but Hiram managed to keep her on her feet aad 1 with Sontag tothe half mile pole—time, 1:18, Collins then began to re ; but - lied’ again, went up and col Sontag on the lower turn, and they swung on the homestretch lapped. They came from the penny yh le in this way, until near the drawgate, when Lady Collins broke up end fell in behind Sontag. Hiram, however, soon drew her out, and in his peculiar way shook her up to the very top of her speed, shutting up the gap at every step, and it wi posed by many that she would win the heat. wee” crossed the score halfa length ahead. ‘Third Heat.—The horses came up for the word at an astonishing rate of speed, and bn 4 dashed around the upper turn head and head, in which way they continued to near the quarter pole when Lady Collins broke up and fell all to pieces e did not recover until Sontag was nearly a distance ahead of her; and, as a matter of course, her chances for the race were at anend, Sontag went steadily and moderately along, making the heat in 2:44: The following is the summary:— Wepxrspay, Nov. 15.—Trotting mateh—$500, mile heats, best three in five. 7 Wm. Wheelan nae m. Sontag, in harness. 1 1 1 H. Woodruff named br. m. Lady Collins, to wagon ..... * 2 432138 }69 44 7° Samm Day.—Trotting match—$200, mile heats, best three in five, in harness. fup- 1 Time, H. Woodruff named b. g. Woodstock. Lid F. J. Nodine named g. g. Metioe.. 222 Time, 2:56—2:55—: Superior Court. ACTION FOR ASSAULT, FALSE IMPRISONMENT AND CONSPIRACY. Before Hon, Judge Campbell and a Jury. Nov. 15.—John S. Taylor vs. Lemuel *, Wm. C., Geo. R.and John L. Draper.—The plaintif,’ who is a bookseller, and was on the 5th of up his business, on the secoud floor of street, in this sity, charged that on morni day, at about 10 0’clock, the defendants, who are of the family of his wife—Lemuel being her father and the other three her brothers—came to his store with the evident design of injuring, insulting and annoying him. The proof to sustain this showed that on the its entering his store, finding him not in, they desired of the eas in charge that when he came in they might be left alone with him. That he came in soon after this,when they, the defendants, opened a heavy, battery of words upon him, calling him all kinds of hard names; that they came to tell him what they thought of him; that he hai married into a family a head and shoulders above him; that they would ruin his credit and character, make this city too hot for him, and finally, that they had his wife. away from hi and that they intended to keep her away from him hence. forth and forever; that he the defendant refused to hold any conversation with them; that if they came there to uarrel and abuse him, he would leave the place, and that he attempted to leave when they hallooed, ‘‘Hold the doors, hold the doors,” and that Lemuel then caught Taylor by the coat collar to stop him, whilst the other Drapers held the doors; that soon after Taylor escaped, and they the defendants remained in the store for some time venting their anathemias upon their escaped sub- ject. For the defence, each defendant was sworn as witnesses for his co-defendants. They all testified that they went to the store of the plaintiff to talk over their famil: matters, but that on breed this from the plaintiff, he replied that he could hold no conversation with them. He said, that if his wife would send to him any person outside of their family, he would converse with such; that they insisted he must talk with them; that [his wife should or would never have anything to do with him they also admitted that the; used most of the language charged by the plaintif!; that Lemuel delicately took hold of intif’'s coat, re- questing him to remain in the store until a neighboring jo eaten should come into talk with him, who they ad just sent defendant (John) for. But they all atoutly denied that the doors were either shutor held. Mr. Henry Nicoll, counsel for the defendants, addressed the tt _ the slight character of the case, and | emg ard for a mere nominal verdict. Mr. D, B. Taylor, counsel for the plaintiff, in ee urged to the jury, with telling force, that e mission of the dante under oath showed of the plaintiff was of a most cruel and character, and only calculated to blast forever overy hope of the both in his public and private rela- ft from the J: the rived iitraciony render a vaio Yorditob jednesday 7 “which wae for the plaintiff against al the deteodants, : j TtaMans by dacratag to them momen: reli ing from rs to S15 and the balance in ihe Treasurer now is about $800. : Fire in PEARL StREET.—Shortly before 10 o’cloek Insti night, a fire took place ina copperamith shop, rear of No. 542 Pearl street, kept by Ric! Seeley. Te flames were discovered before they had time to do ranch da- mage. It originated in the vicinity of the large bellows and nea ly destroyed it. The firemen were early on the spot and ee bs ished it before any was done to the building. The damage done to the bellows and fix- tures will amount to about $200. Maeropons IN THE Bowxry.—A German gentleman called at our office last evening, with a huge tusk which, with two other similar in size and shape, he dug up in his yard in the Bowery, near the theatre. once occupied the mouth of a mastodon or some oth er monster of fifteenth or sixteenth century, Marine Affairs, THE STEAMSHIP JEWESS. New Yor, Nov. 26, 1854. Carr. J. J. Wrickt—Dzar Sim—We are induced to make the following communication tou loss of the steamship Jewess, under your during her late voyage, to relieve you, as far as lies within our wer, from the censure generally bestowed upon cap- ina in the event of accident or loss; and we deem our- selves, from our positions, fully qualified, if not to re- eve you from blame, at least to give an honest expres- Sane one ovens, and ee belief, that ire entirel from any of neglect or want tf eamanship in the Inte nocident to the Jewess. We have never, we can safely say, sailed in any vessel where 1» ore attention has been bestowed or more care manifested the entire mang, t; and during the entire voyage our conduct has inspired us with the conviction that very attention and care as to the safety of the vessel, he interest of the owners, and the comfort and well- ing of the officers and crew, have been most freely ven. Itis unnecessary to give # recapitulation of the cidents Reape Be sorage; the unpleasant portion it must be painfully vivid in your recollection. We ost seriously eae that you have sustained so severe loss, and should you at any future time require the rvices of each or any of us, we will be most happy to be again with you, having a high appreciation of your cbaracter, both as a seaman and a gentleman. ‘We had already drafted resolutions, but owing, as it appears, to the it of one who should, from the courtesy and kindness you extended to him, have beer more prompt, they have not as yet beon published. ours, most ly, GEO. A. McMUM, First Officer. LUIS F. Second Officer. . ALHATTAN, First Second me E ATTERSDN, Rent Oftcer of the bark Charlotte Wynns. Court of Common Term. Before Hon. Judge Daly. THE INJUNCTION, AGAINST RAILROAD IRON IN THE CUSTOM HOUSE ARISING OUT OF THE SCHUYLER FRAUD. Nov. 16.—Alezander Dennistoun, John Dennistoun, William Wood, William Cross and Benjamin J. Daw- son vs. Heman J. Reafieldand the New York and Har- lem Railroad Company.—The plaintiffs in thia case are copartners, doing business in the city of New York; the defendant, Redfield, is Collector of the Customs of the port, and the Harlem Railroad Company is » corpo- ration formed under the laws of the State. It ap- pears that in October last the plaintiffs obtained an ezparte injunction, restraining the Collector from de- livering to the Harlem Railroad Company five certain lots of railroad iron, which the plaintiffs allege they had imported into this port in the summer of 1854, and valued at $43,312. They also obtained an injunction at the same time against the railroad pompany, restraining them from taking away that iron. The present motion is to dissolve those injunctions, Mr. McKeon, U. 8, At- torney, and Mr. Joachimeon, Assistant U. 8. Attorney, appeared for the Collector, and Mr. ©. W. Sandford for the railroad company. Mr. C. O’Conor represented the plaintiffs, Mr, Joachimson contended that the court had no jurisdiction over the acts of the Custom House authori- ties, who are amenable only to the Secretary of the ‘Treasury or to the federal courts of this district. The cane had been submitted to the of the Trea sury, and he directed that the fron must be delivered to the railroad company. The following is the substance of the points selied upon by the Collector’s counsel:— That whatever the merits of the case, atill it is a suit, the subject of which is not iu the possession of the plaintitt or of the Harlem railroad com: ne but which is in the possersion exclusively of Mr. Real eld. Any order of the court on this subject, therefore, touches Redfield alone. bs Lap — a wees parties, the court can only — mine claims; but the property, and der it, must be on the ofendant, ‘Hedfleld.” The alg pagers yegarding Redfield are the complaint, and Mr. Dawson's first affidavit. They charge that Redfield por- sessed of the iron as Collector; that he detains it as such from the plaintiffs, and refuses to receive the duties thereon from them, though they have taken all the steps to entitle them to do it. Asa h bard injury by ‘Mr. Redfield to the plaintiffs, can this court hold him to answer? I say you cannot doit. The act of ba de paramount, and it ousts this court from juris- iction. For the railroad company, Mr. Sandford submitted that Robert Schuyler, then President of the bry aed made a contract, as their agent, with the Arm of Robert and G. 1. Schuyler, for certain quantities of railroad ir po hs ave ‘a Lon oe Seceay ant to be Ro railrond fn now detained in the custom house was 80 paid for to the firm of Robert and G. L, Schuyler, who Gelfvered to the com ay the bills of lading, and with such bills of lading ‘lem Railroaa Company made an entry in the custom house. This was done before: , the failure of the firm of the Sehuyler’s. ‘On the other hand, Mr. O'Conor for the plaintiffs, sete up that Schuyler made a contract with Charles Ilius, of this city, for the fron, and that it should be manufactured in Engiand. The manufacturers consigned. it to the plaintiffs, who were authorized to act for the English manufacturers, and to remit to them the pro- The firm of Dennistoun made the necessary rangements with Illius, and the latter with Robert Sebuyler. Mlius states that a few days before the failure of the Schuylers, one of their clerks, named Loftsun, borrowed the bills of lading from’ him, (Ilius,> and with them a fraudulent entry was subse- quently, made at the Custom House, Ilius, suspecting beg 2 of the firm of Schuylers, murned the bills of lading to the Dennistouns, who discovered that the Harlem Railroad Company repudiated the guar- ante bond of Schuyler as obtained by fraud, and denied that he had acted as mt or agent of the company in the transaction: The plaintiffs made the necessary entry of the iron at the Custom House, and claimed the Sroperts, fer whieh they tendered the proper fees and Counsel fc po sou tb guetti aves past oe foe i claimed that, mr olay ri i} fy ; 2 > ro ceeds. ar~ It evidently * oes