The New York Herald Newspaper, November 30, 1854, Page 4

NEW YORK HERALD. |‘ ——— JANES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR AND EDITOR. ar ainratteaarruneee BPPICR H. W. CORNER OF NasaaU A>- Se ¥ - | po BNE cents per ad =” 2 "aed any port efthe Gow | “ “of Bubscriptions or with Adver- 6 ake ds‘ar the postage toil be deducted from a site SEES here” aad from any. quarter of the warty aed aed. “unre ane? for. a td og ? 2 Oun Forgien Connesrorn- sARTICULARLY REQUESTED TO SEAL ALL Let- P, A4OTICE taken of anonymous communications. We do | ING executed with neatnese, cheapness, and TISEMENTS renewed ever day. t AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. Peer THEATRE, Broadway—Camitie—Buiscnr- ‘wp Bains. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery—Aftorneon—Catanact ey THE Gancrs. ing~- EQUESTRIAN PERFORMANCES —Cazanacr oF ti ens. RIBLO’S GARDEN, Brosdway—Lucv or Lammermoor BURTON'S, Chambers streot—Urrnan Tex axp Lowen Swerty—Biionren Brine. BRATIONAL THEA’ Chatham street— Morning and Afternoon—EqureTnian fenvonmances. Evening—Tae Bovasraian Cenronmanoes—Macic Ross—Ev WALLACK’S THEATRE, Brosdway—Barourior or Aare—Porrine THE QuzetiON -THE New f00TMAN. MBTROPOLITAN THEATRE, Broadway—Pue Lavy or Lrons—Vererian. AMERICAN MUSE oumeten—Srarr Sxc faous. Evening—Wakox WOOD'S VARIETIES—Mechanice’ Hall, 472 Broadway. WDER. ing—Dume Maw or Man- Afternoon at 2 and 6—Eve HORE. several law cffices and cata. The damage sustained will piobably amount | te several thousand dollars, The firemen labored | under great disadvantages, bat succeeded in gon | fining the fire to the building in which it origina’ "|, ' ‘The Kuow Nothings of Massachusetts gre ju. | bilant, and well they may be. O23 T<jcaday evening a grand festival was held st Boston, to celebrate | the recent victory. I< was attended by about fiftee2 hundred persona, including the Governor, the | Lieutenant-Governor, and the members of Congress | elect. It was an enthusiastic assembly, and every- thing passed offin the happiest manner. We are ( compel ed, owing e press of European news | on our columns, to defer the publica ion of the in- | teresting proceedings on the occasion until to-mor- | Tow. The Know Nothings of Hartford, Conn., held a convention in tat city on the 28th inat., bat noth- iog bas transpired in regard to the business trane- acted. é One of our correspondents informs us that Captain Schaumberg, late of the United States dragoons, has offered his services to the Czar of Russia against the allies. Captain 8. resides in Philadelphia. If ‘we are not mistaken, he is the person who attracted the attention of the public to some extent, a year or two ago, by engaging in a bloody rencontre in t*e streets of Washington city, the circumstances of which our readers probably recollect. ‘Phe Russian war will perhaps prove @ capita’ safety valve for the troublesome spirits of our country. A Corener’s investigation into the circumstances attending the death of one of the unfortunate vic- tims of the recent catastrophe on the Harlem Rail- road was held yesterday. After a patient heariog of the testimony, the jury retarned a verdict censur- ing the conductor of the New Haven train which was left standing upon the track. Oar report will Afternoon and Evening. BUCKLEY’S OPERA HOUSE, 589 Brosdway—Bvex- aepy's Ernioriay Orena Trovrr. WOOD'S MINSTRELS—Minstrel Hall, 44 Broadway.— Afternoon (and Evening. GaSTLE GARDEN—Equaerxian Perronmance. Hew York, Thursday, November 30, 1854. To Delinquent Agents. Delinquent agents to this establishment are informed fat unless they immediately settle up their accounts, More suitable persons Will be appointed in their places. Berrons wishing to become agents of the New YorE Mmary will be supplied from this establishment promptly, and at the usual rates—(wenty-flve per cent acount, cash in advance. Agents in the country, dealing with city agents, will @nd it to their advantage to send their orders direct to ‘be office of this paper. JAMES GORDON BENNETT. The News. ¥ By the arrival of the Africa at this port yesterday afternoon we have three days later intelligence from the Crimea. Her mails ar; principally fliied ‘with the details of the despe-ate engagement of tho 5th, since which event up to the departure of the last advices no operation of imp2rtance seems to have been attempted on either side. It would seem from Prince Menschikoff’s despatches that the French estimate of the Russian losses in that affir ‘was grossly exaggerated, the number of their kilied and wounded, according to him, not exceeding 4,000—that of the allies bing equal. A despatch had been received from Lord Raglan, giving some Getails of the engagement, but omitting any specific @tatenients of its casualities. Three Eugiish gen erale bad been kitled and five severely wound- ed. Tie siege operations were continued, but, owing to the weakeved condition o% the allies, part of the French troops engaged ia them had been detached to strengthen the army of observa- ‘tion. The besieged are also represented to be ina very distressed condition, owing to the want of water and the falliag off in their supplies of amuu- Bition; but they were nevertueleas working with as Genperate energy as ever, repairing the breaches in their works as fast as made, aud making provision for every cdnting: ney that wight befall them. The oonfusion of dates noticeable in the ac ounts pre viously received are cleared up by this arrival. Pre parations it seems had been made by the allies for an assault on the works on the 5th, but it was anti- by the demonstration of Prince Menschikof!. I8 i enid that Prince Napeleon was to have led the Frevch stormiog par:y; but this mos’ be an error, @s another account notices the arrival of hie Highness at Constantinople under the influ ence of the colic!—a Ikely enough sort of at- tack under the circumstances. By diSsaze, the effects of privation and losses in battle, the effective | force of the allies in the Crimsa had been reduced | to 50,000 men ; but the most energetic efforts are being made by both Eogland and France to forward ; reinforcements, severa| of the mail s‘eamera plying to this country and Australia having bsen taken off | their respective lines for the purpose. A new go | vernment Joan in France, of 600,000,000 francs, is spoken of, and it is said that the Emperor contem- plates raising a new levy, of 200,000 men. Theos: statements, coupled with Lord Palmerston’s visit to Paris, serve as an index to the apprehensions en‘er- tained by the English and French governments as to the magni‘ade of the crisiz. His lordship’s visit is ssid to have been undertaken in opposition to the } | appear to-morrow. The News from the Crimea—The Allies still Held at Bay—Destiny of Russia in the East. The news received by the Africa from the seat of war announces no material alteration in the position or prospects of the belligerents since the date of our previous advices. The siege operations appear to have continued with- out interruption after the repulse of. the com- bined attack of the Russians on the 5th, and the most gloomy accounts are given of the con- dition of the besieged. Their fire is said to be slackening from the want of ammunition ; but, although disease and privation are represented to be making sad havoc in their numbers, their courage and ardor seem to be unabated, and the most energetic preparations were being made to defend the town in the event of the assault of the allies proving successful. Should the outer works be carried fearfal loss will still have to be encountered before the capture of the place can be effected. A series of de- tached forts, comprised within their enciente, will have to be attacked in detail, and withia the town itself a most desperate resistance is to be expected. Each house is being rendered a fortress in itself, and cannon are posted so as to sweep the different streets. It is exceed- ingly doubtful whether, in their present weak- ened state, and with an army of superior num- bers hovering in their rear, that the attempt of | the allies to take the place by storm, if made | before the arrival of fresh reinforcements, will | be attended with success. Their effective force is now reduced to 50,000 men, and they have been compelled to draw off a division of the French from the siege operations to strengthen the army of observation. Under these circum- stances, we do not look upon their chances as improved, although efforts are made to give a more hopeful aspect to toe present critical po sition of their affairs. The reduction of Sebastopol, evenif it should take place, will bave lost all the moral effect whieh the allies hoped to derive from its prompt capitulation. They expected by a decisive blow, struck at the outset of the war, not only to de- cide the wavering policy of the German States, but possibly also to intimidate the Czar into terms. The results of the campaign on the Danube, in which the Russians on one side and the Turks on the other, disappointed all pre- conceived ideas of their respective military prowess, afforded some grounds for this antici- patiow. Due allowance, however, was not made for the fact that the Russians themselves had | fallen into the prevailing error of underrating the military skill and resources of their foes. It is comparatively so short a time since they successfully measured swords with them that they had forgotten that during the brief in- terval that had elapsed the Ottoman armies had benefitted largely by the instructions of some of the best tacticians of the English and French military schools, and now unite the ad- vantage of European discipline with the fierce views of Lord Aberdeen and several other memb:r+ of the Cabinet, which confirms the information th we laid before our readers @ few days since as to tac probability of an immediate change in the Egglish | ministry. We have received our files of the Singapore 2i- | Monthly Circular to the 24 October. The impor's | of go'dand gold dust during the fortnight cou- sis‘ed of 300 buncals from the Archipelago. The wates repoited fo: Australian sre $29 to $29 25 for bars, and $28 to $28 50 per buaca! for dast. Ex: | ports, es above, 502 buncals. } The advices by the steamer from Eur pe arrived | yesterday after busisess hours. Breaistuils were | Joes active, as dealere preferred waiting the receipt | of news to operating. Figur was unchanged in | price. Western red wheat eold at $1 94. Indian | Corn wae again easier, and closed at 0c.a 920 | The cotton ma) ket was active. Tne sales yesterday | reached about 1,200 bales, and 3,000 for the day be: | fore, making 4,200 for the two days. The market | ‘was irregu'ar, and the average Cevliae dur ng the week, ard siace the Baltic’s news, has been equal to onecighth to one-fourth of a cent per pound. Mess pork was 6 mer, with sales on tie spos at "$13 0 $13 12, with time sales as high as $13 37a $13 50—the latter supp-sed to meet maturing con tracts the coming month. ¥reights were azain firmer for English ports, with more produce offering | Grain was taken at 5jc.a6je- ia bulk and bags; flour at le. 9d., and cotton at /d., for compressed— afterwards 5-324. was demended. Dead weight, -<jndinding provisions,) was taken at 17s. 6d., which + was jn advance. The Rev. Taeodore Parker was arraigned in the (irouit Coprt at Boston yesterday, on a charge of i riot, and with aiding the s:tempt to yescne the fagitiye Borns in that city. He was put under bonds to appear for trial in Marsh next. Several of his incendiary associates are under in- @ictment on simi'ar charges. iy ‘The Board of Education last evening aiopted resolution to adhere to all their estimates for school | for the present year, with the excep. tion @’ two items, of $20,000 and $10,009 respec- tively, ootwiths tanding the o of the Board | ‘of Commissioners. This is, we believe, the first ime that hes arisen between the two boards, and it will be interesting to note the progress of the isagreement. The Commissioners derive thelr an- thority from the:new city charter. This being Thanksgiving Day, the law courts yesterday adjourned over to Friday morning, thus affording litigants and lawyers an opportanity to celebrate the event without interrnption. ‘The evidence for the plaintiff in the Childs di- vorce case was concluded yesterday, and several witnesses for the defence wereexamined. A report | ‘of the testimony is given m another colamn. A fire took place in the rear of No. 35 Wall street, { | } | of whom, it must be remembered, was composed them to so many conquests, To the contempt of their enemy, induced by these causes, most of the errors and reverses of the Rus- attributable. Some share of them perhaps was also due to the discouraging influence which the inauspicious commencement of such an apparently unequal struggle with three great military empires must have had upon the Russian troops themselves, a large proportion of newly formed levies. Such is the only ra- tional explanation of the anomalous events of the Danubian campaign. All the calculations of the allies founded up- on these apparent indications of weaknes3, aud all the hopes formed from the prompt reduction of Sebastopol, which was supposed to be the key to the settlement of the war, have been defeated by the desperate energy and strategic skill which have been displayed in its defence. The fortress, it is trae, may ultimately fall; but the determined resistance which its besiegess are encountering, and which bids fair to rander the indidents of this siege as memorable us any in the annals of ancient or moderna war- | fare, has not only retrieved all the faults com- | mitted by the Russians in the commencement | of hostilities, but served to demonstrate to the world the spirit of religious enthusiasm by os! of their con: | rule and ty and obstinate valor which formerly conducted | the East ber Yestiny will be fulfilled and she will | drains and die out lik: ber Roman proto- type. The spectacle presen.ed to us of two great Christian nations like France and Eoglaod combining to prop up and defend the rotten fabric of Mahomedanism, is an anomaly of the strangest kind, and can only be attributed to the influence of those contrary currents of civilization which sometimes disturb the pro- grees of each otter. It shows that the states- men of Western Europe are ignorant of the past history ond the future destinies of the faith which they profess. There is, in truth, no | real spirit.of Christianity amongst the nations | of Europe. There is a form, or rather asbadow, \ of a cure , but it is without faith, without | energy, and without any great purpose affect- | ing the future. It is imp ssible that it should | be otherwise, when we regard the springs of action by which the social and political life of Europe is moved. I: is g verned by sectional and dynastic influences, having no root in the CT Breed the infidel popalations of | time to shield him from the penalty of any real faults he might have committed—requires n0 ordinary callousness and nO Cfggmon want of ccruple: bat there is a dairy journal in this | | sence and good feeling are so general in this community, that the mischievous attempt to stir up bad feeling will prove abortive. Let us have, by all means, an investigation into the circumstances of the loss of the Arctic. Let the proper authorities enmmon before them every survivor from ‘hatill starred vessel,and in- stitute the most searching inquiry into the causes of the disaster and the conduct of the crew after the collision, It is quite right not only that the country should know the truth on matters of such deep interest, but that those who failed in their duty on that awful occasion should be severely punished, if the law can reach them, or, if it cannot, that they should be sent forth into the world with th: brand of the coward and the homicide. But let#@s have no hole and corner meetings, got up for the purpose of yf for¢ing Mr. This or Mr. That a1 oppoztanity convictions or sympathies of the masses. To them we vainly look for that vitality of Chris- tian zeal and of fraternal love which constitute the essence of our holy faith. Trae Christianity is, in fact, only compatible with the democratic sentiment, which, in Europe has as yet to be developed. The desperate courage displayed by the allied troops before Sebastopol cannot, therefore, be said to proceed from any feeling of religious enthusiasm, or any conviction of the justice of their cause, like that which animater the Russians. It is the natural result of the rivalry of two great military nations, who have been for three centuries enemies, and may be compared. to just the same eager spirit of competition which pits them against each other at Newmarket or at Long-champs. National vanity is at the bot- tom of it, and the feeling will, therefore, be evanescent, whilst the faith that animates the Russians will carry them, like the Romans of old, through a long career of military conquest. Whatever may be the results of the prodigious efforts that they w.1 have to make to carry out their objects, we do not apprehend any dan- ger 10 )iberty or to democracy from them. Towards the East all those efforta will be di- rected, and the antagon'sm of any influence which Ru:sia may exert in Europe will prove rather favorable to the popular liberties than otherwise. Whether, therefore, the present war continues only for a brief period, or is pro- tracted during the life of the presént genera- tion, Russian destiny and the onward march of Christianity are certain to triamph over the conventional and unnatural combination of two Christian empires league i together to secure the perpetuation of Mahommedaa infidelity and misrule. Tue MinpEw AMONG THE NewsPAPERS.— Some mon'hs ago several of the New York daily journals boastei of their increased size and great prosperity. They compared them- selves with those among their cotempo-aries which had not thought fit to enlarge their form, and rung the changes on the prayer of thé Pharisee of old. Since then we h.ve been somewhat struck with an apparent diminution in the size of these papers. Desirous of ascer- taining the fact, we have measured their form, and we find the following result :— ‘The Times was 82 inches by 46, and is now 31 by 43. The Tribune was 36 inches by 4634, and is now 84 by 44. ‘The Sun was 24 itches by 87, and is now 22 by 30. Thus the dimunition in size has been as fol ows :— The Times has reduced its size 139 square inches. ‘The Tribune “ “183 “ ‘The Sun 228 In endeavoring to account for this startling evidence of decline on the part of our cotempo- raries, one cause which strikes the eye at the first glance is the anti-slavery tone they had adopted. During the past few months all these three journals have at some time or other and to the best of their ability assailed the institu- tions of the South and striven to disanite the two great sections of this republic. The vio- lence of their language while the Nebraska bill was pending was eminently calculated— had it been adopted by the masses—to produce an entire alienation between North and South, and to break down the consti‘ution itself. We cannot doubt but this has been one main caus> of the disfavor with which they have been re- ceived by the public. For, while the Times, | Zribune, and Sun have been compelled by their diminished receipts and increased ex- penses tocurtail the size of their daily issues, our own circulation and our receipts from adver- tising have increased over thiriy per ceut. “ “ “ : | sians in the campaign of the Danube are | This is simply a fresh example of the danger which inevitably accompanies ungonstitutioaal and treasonable practices in this couatry. The press is free: we may advocate any form of sedition without fear of punishment by courts of justice: but when we do, the public interferes, and inflicts a penalty far more effect- ual than fines or imprisonment. There will be lees talk of disunion in the North when it is clearly understood that the masses will not give bread and butter to its advocates. Tue Unrortunats Arctic AGain.—The public have been astonished and roused to indignation by a recent attempt on the part of afew petty demagogues, aided by @ small daily newspaper, to sow dissension among the unhappy survivors of the Arctic disaster. It was not enough for these parties that Mr. Col- lins had lost wife, son, daughter and property in the overwhelming catastrophe: they must em bitter the sorrow yet fresh in his heart by try ing to inflame the public mind against him, and aggravate his own grief by superadding the reproacbes of othera. The grounds on which this abominable proceeding rests are as futile, asthe attempt is revolting. The inev.table which the latter are animated—a spirit which for the last two hundred years has conducted | them in the path ot glory and conquest, and which, moreover, is combined with a firm and all prevailing conviction That it is their destiny i overthrow the | Ottomar? empire ard to re-estab.ish Chris. tianity op ttsruins. This faith, or, it may be, | destiny, like that of the old Roman Empire, will | @iffuse over the East the same sort of semi-civ- | ilization which the latter spread over the West, and which produced the more matured results | that the world is now in the enjoyment of. Rus. | sia has in fact the same mission before her which the French and English proposed to themselves in the three famous crusades of the middle ages, and will not rest until she has completed their work. Whether she triamphs over the efforts of the allies now, or only succeeds in maintaining her position until her turn comes round for the accomplishment of the obects that she has in view, her movements will not affect the balance of European power. As soon as ahe bas seated stock orators who undertook to rouse the Law Institute to action in the premises nad nothing to dilate un, put the tittle-tattle and scandal of “atid pariies, They had no evidence of any’ kind on which the smallest action at law could have been rested. Not a single witness had been exsmined: ne attempt was even made to give a rational analysis of the reports furnish. ed to the press when the accident was first an- nounced. It was reserved for @ body of law- yers to meet together and take action on a parcel of gossip which, until supported by tan- gible evidence, the «ame number of men in any other wafk of life would have dismissed in. a moment as utterly unworthy of notice. We cannot be surprised at their finding a hewspaper to act as their organ. The Collins line have their enemies: and there are some among these whom no consideration of honor, go feeling of humanity can re train from the gratification of their malice. To pick an idle story out of the mire, and make it the founda- tion of am unjust and calu onious attack against of making fine speeches, and sly digs at tbe District Attorney. Above all, let us beware of allowing twopenny demagogues to involve us in quarrels, or excite eucpicion against men like Mr. Collins, whose whole life is a refutation of the nameless slanders by which he is assailed. the church-burning riots, aad the rival andde- | white Michiger, Corn—tn corn the city which has done so, We trust that common | as resting entirely upon the Irish and Catholic When such infamous attempts are made, the public should cry: Shame!) The New York Legislature and the Knew Nothingt-—Shall Seward be Returned to the Senatet ‘The Seward organs are boastfully claiming that they have secured from the late election a decided majority in our Legislature favorable to the re-election of W. H. Seward to the Uni- ted States Senate. They have confessed that his re-election was their paramount object in the canvass; we have been told that votes which otherwise would have been given to Clark were turned over to Seymour for votes for Seward Assemblymen; that this system o’ exchanges accounts for the excess of the vote for Ray- mondover that given for Clark on the same ticket. From this it appears that the Seward men were willing to sacrifice tue Maine law for the security of their champloa in the Senate, and that the administratien soft shells consent- ed to give Seward a lift as a fair equivalent for 6 little help upon the Governor. At all events, the Seward organs, over their assamed majori- ty for their idol in the new Assembly, have been more earnest in their rejo‘cings than over the election of their man pledged to sign the Maine Liquor law. In fact, the liquor law was but a dodge to catch the votes of the tempe- rance people; and we should not be surprised if that were the last of it. We are not quite sure thit the Seward coali- tion have the majority in the Assembly of which they are boasting so bravely. They are certainly endeavorins to create the impression that all resistance is useless; and if they suc- ceed in frightening the oppositioa to this ex- tent, the re-election of Seward is inevitably fixed. But here are doubts upon this point. The repu'ed strength of Seward ia the Assem- bly is stoutly disputei in certain quarters. It is even claimed that a majority can be mus- tered against him, and that he can be defeated. We trust that he can be and will be sent adrift, as the shortest method of putting an end to the arch-agitator and his disunion conspiracy for 1856. The attachment of the people of New York to the Union, and the interests of the State in both Houses, call for the election of a good Union constitutional man in the place of Seward, the disunion agitator, and his “higher law.” The new party of the Know Nothings appear to be very sanguine of carrying the approach- ing Presidential election. But what will a President avail them without the co-operation of Congrese? Little or nothing. They are fully aware of this, and doubtleas intend to use their best exertions in filling such vacan- cies as may occur in the Senate in the interval. The term of W. H. Seward expires on the fourth of March next, with the present Con- gress, Our Legislature this winter will be called upon to fill this vacancy, either in the re-election of Seward or the election of some- | body else. His re-election will be a great triumph over the Know Nothings—his defeat will be the most important achievement, North and South, to the new party. It will paralyze the Northern anti-slavery coalition at once, inspire confidence throughout the South in the Know Nothings, and give to their general movement that essential ingredient called by Mr. Webster “a pervading odor of nationality.” All the leading antecedents of Seward mark bim and hisalliarces as the first appropriate ob- jects of éxtermination by the Kaow Nothings. Of all men iu the country he has been most ac- tive and instrumental in that general demorali- zation and corruption of the old political part! 2s, which has driven so many of the people into the organization of this new party of the Kuow Nothings. He began his political career with the anti-Masonic movement. In a drunken quarre) at Batavia a recanting Free Mason was spirited away. Subsequently the body of a dead man was picked up at Niagara Falls, and, with the addition of a-pair of false whiskers, he was pronounced the veritable Morgan. Upon this imposture the anti-Masonic movement was founded. -The dead man proved to be, too, as was predicted, “a good enough Morgan till after the election.” To this outrage upon the living and the dead—to this miserable device we date the rise of W. H. Seward as a politi- cian. Next we trace to him the jugglings and corrupt affiliations running through a sér'e* of Years between the anti-slavery societies and the whig party of New York and the North We find him, also, from time to time, trading with the anti-renters, the vote-yourself-a-faran Party, the woman’ssights associations, the free negro clubs, the Fourierites, the temperance societies, and ali the loose philosoguical, and infidel apd revolutiqnary outs|de faotions of the day,as mixed togethet at Saratoga, Auburn and Syracuse in our late canvass. In all these demoralizing affiliations W. H. Seward was the bad example, which has finally resulved in so thoroughly infecting and corrupting both the old Political parties as to render them offensive and repulsive in the nostrils of the people. A very conspicuous feature in these corrupt- ing and demoralizing expedients of Seward, is recorded in his efforts (too far successful to be soon forgotten) to bring forward the Catholics 4s an active balance-of-power in our political elections, To this end it was W. H. Seward, who succeeded in seducing Archbishop Hughes from his sacred duties in the pulpit, to the de- filement of his robes in the dirty political in- trigues of that grog-shop establishment known as Carroll Hal). To that unfortunate beginning, under the malign influences of Seward, may be traced the organizing of the Irish Catholics as shortly after four o’clock yesterday morning, dee | herself in Constantinople and subjugated toher one whose misfortunes ought at the present ! separate political element in our elections; grading bidding between the two great parties for the support of this Catholic element; until — in 1862, the Presidential election was coutested vote. No feature in that election was more | marked or remarkable than the rivalry between | Gen. Scott and Gen. Pierce for the support of “that rich Irish brogue with the Jarmin accint;” ; nor could any thing be more base and grevel- , ling than the concessions promised, this account, by the stump orators on | both sides in the event. of success, | Gen. Pierce, in his appointments, capped the | climax. “It was the last feather which broke | the camel’s back.” There has been a Teac'‘on | —a spontaneous and startling react’ g,” 4 | new and mystérious party, 0° ynore visible, | but everywhere power?’ ‘nas suddenly sprang up. The old ‘erties have sown the dragon’s teeth: they have sprouted, and the land fs full of armed men. The Know Nothings have tigen to rebuke the crying evil of the day. ‘How can they permit that most guilty dema- | gogue, W. H. Seward, to escape ? He may be defeated. He may be superseded by @ better man. We do not know but that | there may be a majority in the Assembly against him, or the materials for a majority. | It is the policyand the duty of the Kuow Nothinge, as a consistent party, to attend to him—to fix upon some plan of action in their councils, in view of the meeting of the Legisla- ture, for the defeat of Seward, or the postpone- ment of the election. And it would be well for young politicians in the Assembly, with a future before them, to cast about them, mark the revolution that is going on, the hopeless condition of Seward with regard to the future, and act accordingly. Where the current can- not be resisted, it is best to float with the cur- rent, The past, the present and the future are all against Seward. The Know Nothings have | surrounded him. Let them cut off his retreat | to the Senate, and his work is done. A short | political career awaits the supporters of Sew- | ard in the Assembly. { THE LATEST NEWS. BY MAGNETIC AND PRINTING TELEGRAPHS, From Ws le THE PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE—THE BLOCKADE OF RUS- SIAN PORTS. 3 ‘WasHINGTON, Nov. 29, 1854. It is not yet definitely settled, nor will it be until Fri- day, whether the President’s Message shall or shall not be sent to a few of the large cities in advance of its de- livery to Congress. It is quite certain, however, that the Message will be delivered to Congress at noon on Monday next, ‘ The State Department announces the reception of of- ficial information from the French and English govern- ments of their intention to vigorously enforce the blockade in ‘the spring of all Russian ports in the Baltic, Black and White Seas, and the Sea of Azof. One Day Later from Havana. Caarteston, Nov. 29, 1854. _ The United States mail steamer Governor Dudley, from to fancy ), Ohio and Indiana, and on | S0for extras, Wheat—Wheat is fe fdr demand eS ricted Je want of stock, Small xale at 70c. Oate—Onts are in oderate supply, and without any new feature to rine. Sales ae bushels, at 42c. Whiskey—Whiskey is nominally 3c. a 3%c., and no sales. Canal freigh ts— ‘There was nothing taken through to tidewater, so far as wecanhear. The rates are nominally 8c. & 10e. for wheat to Albany and Troy. Receipts this morning— Flour, 1,115 bbls, ; wheat 28,000 bushels ; oats, 3,276 bushels, Burra.o, Nov. 29-6 P. M. Flour—There was but a moderate business done ir flour to-day, and we ha change to note in quota- tione Salen 1,000 bbl $8 50 a $8 75 for good to fancy brands of Upper Lake, and $8 75 a $8 87 ing. ichigan 2, @ at 81 50, and 7 Tela do. on terms not ma Rabe. CoraPhene erent nmauid for corn, but little is offetiny on the Large receipt aré in BIOSpectlT®. ales 15,000 at 0c. “ae market closing yery ‘firm. Oats—Oats are dull and i . . Whiskey is firm, and = : 5,00 in a 42c. 1.) at 38e. — 4 bbls. of flour; 30,301 bushels of wheat; 9,106 bush- cls of corn; 2,206 bushels of oats. ewe Nisro’s Garpen—Tus Excuse Orraa.—The second opera of the series announced in Mr. Niblo’s programme, “Lucy of Lammermoor,” was produced last evening. Mle Neu appears to much better advantage in this opera than in the ‘Syren.’ This was apparent after sh, had sung the first bars of the elaborate and. bersenry; music with which the part of Lucy is adorned, Wy have bad no singer to surpass her in brilliarjey of execution, and to this she adds correct taste and an-almost tnpre- ; cedented amount of pows?, Although she was frequent- ly and warmly aypianded during her delicious rendering of the cavatina inthe first act, yet sho did not receive her due from the house, So delicately artisti¢ were some of her finest efforts that they passed by almost unheeged, In the second act, and, in fact, throughout the opera, her acting and singing were excellent enough to place her among the best representatives of (‘Lucy’” that it has been our fortune to see, She was great in her part of the_sesteit at the end of the second act. . ‘The opera was well put upon the stage; the chorus and orchestra were very good; the scenery was all new, and reflects credit upon the artists. “Lucy of Lammermoor’ will be played this evening. ‘Visit of Governor Seymour to our Benevolent Public Institations. In compliance with the invitation of the Governors of the Almshouse Department, Governor Seymour visited the diferent institutions under their. charge, and also these on Ward’s and Blackwell’s Island. Among those who accompanied him were Mrs, Seymounand the Hon. Mrs. Mary Murray, from England, one of the ladies of the Queen’s household. The company Jeft the St. Nicho- Jas Hotel under the care of Col. Dunlap and Mr. West, President of the Board of Governors, proceeded in. carriages to the Bellevue Hospital, and after @ hur- ried glance at its internal arrangements, drove up to the ferry opposite to Randell’s Island. Here they embarked in boats, and on landing were greet ed with three hearty cheers by about four hundred boys, who, to the sound of fife and drum, and with ban- ners flying, marched in regular military order before their distinguished visiters. Under the orders of their teacher, they also performed various eyblutions with re~ markable precision, winding up the display with three. more cheers for the Governor and friends, Thecom- pany then visited the «choolroom, where a couple of little orators addressed the Governor, after the most ap proved manner of public speaking, telling him that they “felt happy in having the honor of an interview "with him,” and wishing him a long life of happiness to him- self and of service to his country. The Governor re- sponded in a few remarks exprensive of the satisfaction he felt in viewing the scene before him, and in the proof it afforded him of the truly benevolent character of the institution which had rescued so many hundreds of the: helpless and destitute youth of our city from would otherwise have proved @ life of misery and were next entertained with several ey looked into the nursery depart- for Ward's Island, where the; crime, The com tongs, after which t ment, and then Havana the 25th inst., arrived at this port to-day. The news brought by her is of no importance. The Pacific Railroad. THE GOVERNOR OF TEXAS AND THE CONTRACTORS, ETO. New Opigans, Nov. 20, 1854. Governor Pease, of Texas, in a long letter to the State Treasurer, refuses to accept the stock offered by Mesars. ‘Walker and King, because it is not of the description re- quired by law, nor transferred as required, nor good par stock. He therefore declares the contract null and void, and gives notice that proposals for a new one wil) ve received. ‘ From Boston. KNOW NOTHING FESTIVAL—REV. THEODORE PARKER ARRAIGNED ON A CHARGE OF INCITING TO RIOT. Boston, Nov. 29, 1854. A grand Know Nothing festival teok place last evening in the hall over the Fitchburg Railroad depot, about 1,500 persons being present. Hon. Marshall P. Wilder presided, Speeches were made by the President; by Mr. Gardner, the Governor elect; Simeon Brown, Lieut. Governor elect ; Hon. Thomas R. Whitney, member of Congress elect from New York; Mayor Smith, Hon. N. P. Banks, Henry Wilson, Moses Knapp, Comins and Trafton, members of Congress elect, and others. The hall was handsomely decorated, the tables bountifully spread, and the speeches, mostly congratulatory of the triumph of American principles in Massachusetts, were eloquent and patriotic. The proceedings throughout were in- teresting, and the assembly highly enthusiastic. In the United States Circuit Court to-day, Judge Sprague presiding, the Rev, Theodore Parker was ar- raigned on s charge of inciting to riot and with aiding the attempt to rescue the fugitive slave Anthony Burns from the hands of the United States authorities. Mr. Parker waived the reading of the indictment against him, and gave bail in the sum of $1,500 to ap- pear for trial at the March term of the court. Messrs. Samuel May, Francis Jackson, and John R. Manly, be- came his bondsmen. Exhibition of the State Poultry Society. Ontoa, Nov. 29, 1854. The exhibition of the State Poultry Society in this city was numerdusly attended to-day. The number of en- tries made was three hundred and twenty-one, embrac- ing in the collection many different kinds of fowls. The collection is considered much better than that of last year. The Weather in Boston. Boston, Nov. 29, 1854. We have had a heavy storm of rain and snow to-day, and the weather is very cold, Trial of Fire Engines. Gwzva, Nov. 29, 1854. A trial of fire engines took place here yesterday, ona challenge from Neptune Company No. 1, of Auburn, built by James Smith of New York, to Franklin Compa- ny No. 4, of Geneva, built by L. Button & Co., of Water- ford. The engines wore alike in capacity, and were manned with 83 men each. In a trial through five hun- dred feet of hose, lasting eight minutes, the engines playing into a tank, the Smith machine beat the Button machine two hundred and fifty gallons; and, through the same length of hose, the Button machine threw a stream the extraordinary distance of two hundred an} five feet, horizontally—then bursting the hose. The Smith machine having become disabled, did not compete for distance, A Murderer Respited. AuBaxy, Nov. 20, 1864. Darrow, who Was sentenced to be hung at Buffalo to- morrow, has been reo, ted by the Goveraor until Friday, on account of Thanksgiving Day. Destructive Fire at Council Blaffs. AwBany, Nov. 29, 1844. A destructive fire occurred at Council Bluffs, lowa, on the 22d instant, consuming the stores of Messrs. Martin, Rootles & Jackson, Pegram & Co., and Stiteman & Donnells, The total loss is estimated at $35,000. Lom of Two Mississippi Steamers by Collision. CmicaGo, Nov. 28, 1854, ‘The steamers Pacific and Grand Tower came in collision on the Mississippi river, near Memphis, and both sunk, proving atotalloss. The passengers were all saved. The Pacific was bound down the river and the Grand Tower up. ‘The Steamer Knoxville at Savannah, SAVANNAH, Nov. 28, 1854, The steamship Knoxville, from™New York, artived here at 4 o’clock this (Tuesday) morning. Markets. PHILADELPHIA STOCK BOARD. . PHILADELPHIA, Nov, 29, 1854. Money is unaltered. Stocks are better. Railroad, 3334; Morris Canal, 1134; Long Island " 124; Pennsylvania 6's, 70M Pennsylvania Railroad, 41. JARLESTON, Nov. 29, 1864. The sales of cotton to.day amounted to 1,700 bales, at a decline of 34¢. per pound, the prices ranging from'7o, a OMe. Borat, Nov. 29=11 A. M. Flour—The flour market opens with a good inquiry this morning, but as yet few transactions have taken place, There is no change in the views of holders—sales 200 bbls. fancy Mlinois at $8 75. Wheat—The receipts of wheat are light and the inquiry moderate. Prices | are nominally $1 00 for Upper Lake, and $1 98 a $3 fo, *) and that if she wants it in baste, she can were received by idle, who has charge of the emi- grants. Their visit was an pated, and a some re- ast was prepared for them w! erous hospita~ fity with which the Commissioners of tion at 8 receive their visiters. After they had of the before them, ex-Alderman James Kelly = ed the health of Governor ir and This Tay. e Governor replied in a few felicitous and te remarks, ext ‘the bent nt spirit ex! institution, w! not come to the stranger from other lands, but which cared for the poor and needy who were cast upon with true Christian philanthropy and human feeling. Tue health of Mrs. Murray waa next proposed, when that lady remarked that, if the sisterly feeling which they en- tertained in England tow country were recipro- cated here, the two nations would always remain on the same friendly terms. The institutions on this and Blackwell’s Island were next looked into, but they have left about four o’clock, but the company remained be- hind, at the request of Mr. Simeon Draper,_to diaper, after which they started for the city, evidently wel pleased with the manner in which they‘had passed the ay. The Childs Divorce Case. SUPREME COURT—OIRCUIT, Before Hon. Judge Roosevelt. THIRD DAY. Nov. 29.—Frances L. Childs, by Lissack H. Simpton, Jr., her next friend, vs, Solomon Childs.—The' proceed- ings were commenced this day by putting in evidence the de bene esse testimony of Sarah Cross, who deposed that she kept a house of ill-fame in Cincinnati, and that one of her young ladies, Josephine Bates, introduced a per- son calling himself Solomon Childs to her house in 1862, and that he frequently visited her there afterwards, and always retired with Josephine Bates. Letters from the defendant to his wife, in 1850 and ’51, and addressed from Cincinnati, were then read There was nothing peculiarly interesting in the letters, Ib one, dated 28th Nov. 1850, he regrets being unable to. come to New York, as he was obliged to go on a business tour, which would take up, perhaps, four or five weeks. of his time, after which he expected to be able to come on to New York. He recommends her, in the event of her father and mother going to Europe, to board with her brother, and he (CI }) would pay for her. He tells her if she wants any money to let bis heen, al any time from Bernhermer & Brothers. says: ‘1 hope, dear Frances, you will not think hard of it that I am not able to go over and attend to you myself, but our business, uncer the nt circumstances, makes it utter! ”” He signs himself, ‘As ever, your affectionate husband, Solomon is In the next, dated 16th Dec., 1850, he ore: “I again, with pleasure, for the first time aiter my return from the country, write you a few - the hopes the; meet and. all my brothers and relatives the ment of good health, as itleaves us all here. lam to hear you did not receive the letters with in two part another and ‘There were two $60 bills. I cut them sent one letter with two and other two halves. One was for your other was for yourself. * * * Iam vos eyed eescmlaneent He hopes pends wu el 5 bi think hard of it, and hopes she will be happy in her new. ‘The next was dated Jan. 14, 1851, after again return- ing from the count where he said he had been for four weeks, and was to the others. ne letter dated March 24, 1851, he says be sends her Mr. Henry H. Morange then proceeded to open the - cave for the defence, and analyzed the testimony at.con- siderable length. He criticized with much severity the evidence of Belle Forrest and Officer Dalzell, and be. contended that it was the plaintiff! who had deserted the defendant, and that the case was got up by the rich relatives of Mrs, Childs, to divorce her from her bankrupt husband. Mr. Morange then said that the tes- timony of = and Josephine Bates, who were tpoken of Forrest, was in the ot. folomon Childs, the defertdant, and they beth declare: that he is not the person who visited them, but that « Ferson calling himself Solomon Childs was in the habit of frequenting the house of Belle Forrest, and seetiry ; them 1) He (counsel for defendant) would. prove - and two of his acquaintances ‘he used to buy goods here; went to Europe perhaps a year after his failure; Tknow Lissack Ff, Mapes ine a merchant doing business here. Q. What was the eral reputation of Solomon Childs as a man of chastity ? Gitivcted te.) Argument was then heard upon the admissibility of the question. The question was admitted, subject to plaintifs excep jon. : ‘The Court to witness—What do character as to chastity? A. I hing aMaivst bis character for chant om know of his genera) fave never head sag. ty. (Objected vo