The New York Herald Newspaper, December 5, 1854, Page 4

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Both honses of Congress assembled at noon yes tercay, thirty-seven Senators snd one hundred and piety seven Representasives being present in thetr respective chambers, The President’s annval m:s- sage, Mr. Atchisen’s recigvation of the presidency of ibe Senate, the proposition of Mr. Waltjidge to abolish the duty on foreign coal, the resolu‘ion ca }- ing for the coi res; ondence relative to the diff-aity between Mixiater Soulé aud the French government, and the wquiry for information respeczing the ob- jects of the conference at Ostend, are the features of the day’s business. The mes-age, which is re- viewed at lengta in cur. editorial columns, is what Old Bullion, in his inelegant but expressive phrase ology, wuld term a“ wiily-wonty, donty-santy” sort of production. However, as but little was expected of it, there is but little disappointment. The retire ment of Mr. Atchison from the chair of thr Senate will er able him to carry on the partizan wa: im Miasvuri againet bis Bentonite and whig aizer- series with greater vigor, while the elevation of Gen. Cars in bis stead, even though temporarily, ix ® graceful tribute to the character of the oldest member of the body. The proposal of our feliow- ¢itizen to abolish the duty on foreign coal will be tally appreciated. With the thermometer at fifteen a@agreca below the freezing point—that was the figure at eleven o’cicck last right—and domestic anthracite at $7 50 per tov, there ought to be uo Aifference of opinion ag to the propriety and ha- mazity of removing all restrictions on the foreign article. Let tie coal come in. With regard tothe correspondence on the Soulé imbroglio no- thing need be said. Ths facts are be fore the public, and the “official” information sought for will not change their character one way orthe other. The inquiry as to the objects of the conference at Ostend, and also whether it assembled tm obediexce to instractions from the Secretary of Btate, and the result of the meeting, is a very per- finent one. But it originated witha whig member, acd the House incontinently retused to entertaia ‘the proposition. The President’s message, giving bas reasons for vetoing the River and Harber bil. passed at the last session, was read, and will com: ep for consideration on Weduesday. The sterm of Sunday night proved one cf the moe’ disastrous thas bas been experienc d for years. Au iwmenee quantity of snuw has falien st the Ex. and at the West, impeding railroad snd telegraph communication, derangieg the mails, and causing serious damage. The ehioping on the lakes and oo ‘the seaboard bas also euffered terribiy, aud we fear many hives have been lost. Brief aceoucts of disas tere oo sea and Jand are given elsewhere. the Kno@ Nothings ot New Orleans on the 27th alt. oclieved a triumph, elgctiog their candidat for the Legislature by bands myjorities. The letters of our Havana ‘corresponden’, dated to tevive o'cygk noon of Novéivor 23, contsic li she important news items of ths ivland of Ouds up to toe moment of the departure of the Bis k Warrior. An interesting notice of the deata aad funeral of Charles William Smith, at the Hote! Cubs no, with arketch of his parentage aud life, ae given. His loss was ceeply regretted, owing to his more and social viitucs. Govecoment officers bad geaiched the Americun schooner Istely a-rested at Ba:acos, and found her freighted with cutlasses, Girks, pistole, sabres, carbines, aad otser muni tions of war, ro that the fact of whether she was fitted out ass rlaver, a pirate, or a fitibustero ves- sel, remains in a glorious state of uncertainty. The United States war ehip Princeton had resurned from @ fruitless search for toe missing siov» Albany. It was feared in Havana thatthe vesee! was let, a- no tidings of her bed been beard from any of the channels which cross the track of the British Wes: India steamers. General Concha had entertained Meeere. Eames and Robertson at dianer; but we learn, at the latest moment, that the effect of the courtesy was nearly effaced by the govern nent de sys given tothe passengers of the Biack Warrior from New Orleans. 1: was hoped that Louis Na- poleon would have compromived himself in the Boulé quarrel with the United States. Commercia' and sanitary reports are given. There was some better feeling in flour yesterday, for common and Michigan grades, without any ad- vance on Saturday's prices. Canada white wheat sold in bond at $1 95, and $2 10 daty paid. South ern red and fair white do. sold at $195. Indian corn closed one cent per busuel higher, with free sales for export. Pork was firmer, with sales of small Jote of meas at $13 560,while some holders asked $14, without bayers, avd prime sold at $124 12 25. Cotton was without change, while salos of 600. 700 | wae reoetved from the Saprame Court, wi the eat of, {rue rpettentions of the Serrstary, which may bales were made. Freight’ continued ficm and | wctive. About 1,300 bales 0’ compressed cotror | were taken for Liverpool at 5-32d.,and 50,000 a 60,000 bushels of corn and 4,000 do. wheat, all at 64. in balk ond 64d. in sbip’s bags. Dead weigut was taken at 17s, 6d., and to London at 20s, To Liver pool and Londen, about 2,000 a 3,000 barrels pro- visions were engaged at 42. per tierce and 3s. per | barrel, The Bosra of Councilmen transacted a larg? «mount of routine dasiaesd last evening, Aqorder Rors & Reid, @ joining upon the Comm n Cour A} de foucdi» bis report im this paper, are not to efiein from ratifying the eurre: der of 4 990" Ack | without considerable interestin this coonection. | heretofore subsistiag betweoa thei #9 4a Reps & Reid, for paving Chatham street, the Bowe .y, and | Fowth avenne. Axcother comment stn was re ceived from the Commissioners ender the amended charter of 1853, in relatiun to the deficiency in the schoel moneys for 1854. In canzection with this subject re-olusions were pateed that the Board.of Eéocation report to the Board of Conucilmen the | number of pupils who have attended its schools dpring 1853 ard 1854, and that the Corporation | | Counsel be requested te communicate his opinion | relative to the powers of the Board of Education to | raise funds to meet the deficiency. Oar report is published in another column. ‘The Board of Aldermen held the first mesting of the December session lest evening. The subjact of the new law courte buildicg was, afier an ineffeo- tual effort to get it up, posiponed until Thu-sday next. An order for an ‘pjunction was served yester- day on the Mayor and every member of the Board of | Aldermen, directing them to refrain from ra‘itying or ac epting the surrerder or release of the con- tract signed by Russ & Reld. ‘The Counsel for the | Corporation was directed to defend the proovedings. A petition was received from Mr. Caizns, asking the Committee on Buildings to inspect the olive free- stone, for the purpore of testing ite Aiinese for ths | purposes of erecting the new lawcourts, A reso- lution #as adopted directiog the Commiasioner of Repa‘rs avd Supplies to report to the Board in what | papers adveriisements for work to be done are pub- lished. This resolution was offered in consequence of repeated complaints from contractors that the advertisements were published in only one paper, and frequently in the least conspicuous part of it. The President's ‘Message. The President’s annual message to Congress is before our readers. It is as smooth as oil. If it does not quiet all the late apprehensions concerning it, of all the old women in thecoun- try, then we must say they are very hard to please. If we did not know to the contrary, from his having enlisted in the Mexican war, and from the bombardment of Greytown, one would most naturally conclude, upon the reading of this message, that Gen. Pierce mpst be a Quaker. Marcy has triumphed— his peace policy, for the present, has been adopted ont- and-out, avd the programme of the league at Ostend, confrolied by Soulé and the Coatiaen- tal refugees in London, is publicly re ected. It is manifest that there will be no immediate change in the Cabinet upon the war poiicy of Soulé and Caleb Cushing—equally manifest that we ehall not get Cuba within the promised interval of “ six months.” The meesage opens with an explanation to the Enropean Powers of our strongly marked foreign policy of neutrality, non-intervention, peace and free trade. Our Presiden', however, has seized the occasion of the existing Russian war to secure from the European Powers the specific recognition.of the American doctrine— tbat “free ships make free goods.” A treaty has accordingly been made with Ruasia, and some progress has been making to the same end in Prussia and the Two Sicilies, which is all very well as far as it goes. There may be a speck of war—a small speck—in the refusal of our Executive to abandon the pri- vateeripg rystem in conneetion with naval ope- rations against an enemy ; but with our present miterably deficient navy, we can have no other recourse in view of a brush with France and Spain, than the volunteer system of privateer- iog, which would certainly give us Cuba “in Jess than six months.” Some recommerdations follow, touching the late reciprocity treaty and the boundary be- tween the United States and Great Britain on the Pacific side. We are next encouraged with the highly gratifying suggestion that, notwith- standing all the fuss and trouble between Louis Napoleon and Pierre Soulé, our kindly politi- cal and social relations with France are not wkely to be interrupted. Another short para- graph places our relations with Spain upon a scarcely less pacific footing, notwithstanding the belligerent policy of our minister there, and a suspicion that the next steamer may possibly bring us the news of his expulsion from the country. Mr. Pierce expects that Soulé will find the new government at Madrid more “ fa- vorably inclined than the preceding to comply with our just demands, and to make suitable arrangements for restoring harmony and pre- serving peace between the two countries.” We have here the vague admission that there is a lack of harmony, and a hint-of the possibility of @ rupture; but not the slightest intimation of the “suitable arrangements” required for the ‘preservation of peace.” These ar- rangements may involve the cession of Cuba, or a fight for it. The reason, probably, that no more is said about it is, that the definitive policy of the administration may be depending upon the issue of Soulé’s retarn to Madrid. The Executive favors us with a minute state- ment 0: the facts touching the bombardment and burning of Greyiown. He justifies the act asa measure of necessity, and denounces the place as a “ piratical resort of outlaws,” and “a camp of savages.” Our impression has been that the principal property holders of Greytown or San Juan were American citi- zens; but the official information of Borland may have satisfied the Cabinet that the place was nothing more than another South Sea Island Quailah Battoo. The reception of our warlike minieter at the offending village was calculated toconvince him that the place was a “camp of savages;” bat his information was official, and the government only acts upon official advices. Upon one little point, though not recommended in the message, we should ke toe an investigation ordered by Con- gress, It is this: Did not the President of the United States, ia this Greytown affair, commi: an act of war, which, being without the au- thority of Congress, renders him liable to im- peachment ‘in having thus been guilty of vio- lating his oath to support the constitution? Did he not violate the constitution in this act, in the criminal usurpation of the power exclusively resting with Congress—the power to make war? Let us have an investigation and a report upon this point. It may be useful for the future. Meantime, the “strenuous efforts” of Mr. Bu- chanan to settle the affairs ot Central America have resulted in nothing. Gen. Gadsden, it seems, has been laboring very hard with Santa Anna to secure @ settle- ment of various unadjusted demands of Amer- ican eitizens against Mexico. The conclusion will probably be anotber Gadeden treaty, ceding to us another slice of desert country for pay- ment, end transferring to Congress the liquida- tion of ancther profitable catalogue of Gard- ner claims, The treasury continues plethoric. Guthrie has more money than is wanted for all the wasteful eetimates and appropriations of cur- Tent expensea*He has a surplus of twenty millions. He calls for relief in a reduction of the revenue from custome, and Congress is ac- ' cordingly recommended to reduce the tariff. We shall reeurto them and bis sariff projec’ , hereafter. From the panic ard confusion among | the epoilsmen, however, itis searce y probable that any modification of the tariff will be | made doring the present rhort session. The recommendations in r gard tothe army | and navy apd marine disasters are wortby of | ' attention. The remarks in the message upon | the Post Office Department look very much like a broad hint for an increase of postag-s. The department does not pay expenses. Why | Rot, then, reduce them by etopping some of the | leekagee? Mr. Campbell has been spending a vast smount of money, one way or another. We have failed to detect in this message any | recommendation for the extension of Colt’s | pistol patent, an other patent monopolies, which, we think, Is somewhet remarkanle in juxtaposition with the message of. last year. In this view, it is also very remarkable that | in the present message there is not @ recom- mendation for, but an argument against, the grapting of public lands by Congress to rail- road land jobbers. A great act of public justice : bas been done in pursuance of this new view of I the subject at the White House. Immense bodies of public lands, which had been se’ apart forthe benefit of railroad jobbers, ia expecta- tion of grants after the fashion, perhaps, of Cul Forney’s Wisconsin bill, have been throwg into the common public market. Good. Gea. Pierce is evidently a reader of the New York Heratp, and not without some little improve- ment. The message throws a wet blanket over the railroad land spoiJsmen this time. The two closing paragraphs of the message are splendid. Never, in the closing of the most beautiful stump speeches, have we heard any- thing finer. Upon the whole, the message is a judicious admixture of milk and water, care- fully seasoned for ‘eeble digestion. Bui what has become of the Sandwich Islands? Here- we are left in the dark. What has become of Belmont? Not a word about Capt. Gibson. FINace OF ioee Mrrcust—Dreapron News FOR THE ALLIEs.—Misfortunes never come singly ; simultaneously with the loss of life be fore Sebastopol, it is announced that Joho Mitchel the Irieh refugee, is going to Russia. We are dying to know how Aberdeen and Louis Napoleon will like that. Valiant Joho will be ahost in himself. His mlitary experiency, gained during the pota'oe field campaign in Ireland, will be of the greatest value to the Czar: he will teach he Russians a thing or two, such as the use of vitril, and similar weapons. Mr. Mitchel may be expected to rank as field marshal in the Russian army be- fore a month is out. It is, we are told, the hideous grow:h of Know Nothingism which has drivea Mr. Mitchel to this second expatriation. “Rather,” says he, “than submit to the smallest shadow of a distinction in civic dignity or capacity, I would go-and settle in Russia,” &c. And else- where he insinuates that he has been “ cheated” by the Americans. Let us humor Mr. Mitchel awhile, and look into this. Such men as he cannot be lost without rome notice. We need not allude to the circumstances under which Mr. Mitchel came here ; they ar notorious. Well, he cams, and was offered the hand of friendship on every side. The firs: thing he did was to ally himself with a parce! of petty politicians and make speeches againsi the United States government. This, to say the least, was not becoming or wise in a mere refu- gee. Then he founded a paper whose sole objects have been, first, to keep alive a distinc- tion between the Irish and all other races in thi- country, and next to strive to embroil the United States in trouble with other nations and especially England. This was too much for human patience to bear. Because he, Joba Mitchel, looked to the Irish for support ia his personal schemes, therefore he must prevent their becoming good citizens of the United States,and band them into cliques and claus of their own, contra-distinguished from and op posed to the sons of the soil: and because he, Fohn Mitchel, had a private feud with Englany for having tried and exiled him as a fel.o, therefore the United States must be persuaded to quarrel with their best customers and th: whole world embroiled. The day Mr. Mitch. took this ground, he was voted a nuisance by the intelligent masses,and his downfall was certain. It has come. He can no longer cu dure the scorn and contempt into which he has fallen, and is off to Russia. It will suit him in many respects better than the United States. There he can gratify uis hatred of England by throwing vitriol bottles at her soldiers. There he can easily procure a lot of serfs, to whom he can admiuister the knout in his idle moments. Hecan abuse the Roman Catholic Church all the better from the fact that there will be no Archbishop to rap him over the knuckles. He will need, it is true, to practise more discretion in speaking of liberty or the Czar’s government than he pos: sessed here, or he will find his way to Siberia, a somewhat tighter place than Australia: but he has learnt a lesson, and will not be likely to repeat these blunders again. Poor Jchn! there is a vigor in him at times worthy of a sounder head. When heis at Mos- cow commanding the Preobajenskis, or at Croi- stadt superintending the vitriol bottles, we shail often regret him. Tue Fare or Sir Joun Franxuin.—The des- patch published in yesterday’s papers relative to the bodies of Sir John Franklin and party. is probably without foundation in fact. Dr. Kane’s party were last heard from at Smith’s Sound, and it does not seem probable that they had gone to Back river, where Sir John Franklin's party are supposed to have periehed. The statement which was published as coming from Albany by te'egraph yesterday, wos received at our office on Saturday night last, in the Bal- timore Sun of the same date, with the same editorial remarks which are appended to the despatch. It seems that somebody has hum: bugged the Lake Superior papers, or «lse they have got the names of Dr. Rae and Dr. Kane confounded with each other. Pretty Strone Proor.—The Know Nothing: of Boston have nominated Mayor Smith as their candidate for that office; which will doubtiess recure hi: re-election by @ large ma ority Mayor Smith, it will be remembered, took an active part in maintaining the laws in the case of Burne, the fugitive slave, and has been mark- ed by the anti-slavery societies of Boston for inevitable execution. His nomination by the Know Nothings is pretty strong proof of the toundness and the moral courage of this new party on the slavery question. Pretty strong proof. What say the Seward and ‘he Cabinet or gangs? On Sator@sy Jast a .atherng of Freach | 1 fugees took place somew ere nt is city to go through the form of eating a dinner, driak- ing cham;agne, and protesting against the government of their country. No withstanding the ferocious inscription on the banquet hall: “ Tu peux tuer cet homme avec impunité,” and the general bloodthirstiness of the speeches, | the guests a) pear to have bee”, on all subjects save the Emperor, an amiable set of gentlemen | ‘ and perfectly harmless members of society. | But it was wonderful to notice how fierce and | undying was their hatred of “the man of the second Decem er.” Hm they execrated with truly French volubility, and each and all ingten directed Mr. Foy to wait on the federal authorities of Switzerland with that dis- avewal. We do not believe anything of the kind. George Sanders, an Awerican citizen, living for the present in London, has # perfeet right to exprees whatever sentiments he pleases on the policy ef Switzerland or any other subject, and to print.and circulate the same. | i | Our Execut ve have no more basiness to dis prayed for tLe time when they might return to | France, overthrow and asea:sinate the usurper, | and set up a republican governmen: in his stead. Now, let us try and reason awhile on this matter. Since Charles X. fell a victim to Bour- bon stupidity, Frince has been almost at any time at the service of the republicans. They wight bave had a republic in 1830: constantly during Louis Philippe’s reign, opportunities were offered, of which an able band of republi- cans might have availed themselves, as is evi- dent from the ease with which he was at last upeet: in 1848, they had a republic ; even in 1851 they might have retained it had they known how. How comes it, if the non-exist- ence of @ republic in France is due to Napo- leot’s villany—as they say—that it was not firmly established when he was in England or America? How did it fail in 18302 How did it never rear its head in a menacing way when Lonis Philippe’s government was so weak that it seemed @ charity to kick it down? How, finally, when it was established, and had army and money and everything else under its con- tro), did it break down of its own accord in three years and a half? These are questions which the French republicans should answer fully and satisfactorily if they expect us to sympathise with them. © The tendency is very great among calm sober minded men like the Americans to impute the failure of republican efferts in France to the want of practical ability in the republican lead- ers, In this country we are apt to teat men and things by net results, which may be a very wrong, but isa very natural way of judging. We believe here that if the republicans of France, in 1830 or 1848, had been men of prac- tical common renee, looking always tothe main charce, and abandoning theory wherever it came into collision with safety, the French re- public would have been flourishing still: and if it is not, we think the blame belongs to those who could not sustain it, not to those who, when it crumbled to pieces, set up a strong and good government on its ruins. In like manner, @ strong presumption exists that if the gentlemen who met in Leonard street to drink death to the usurper! had been men of ability and common eense, they would now have been at the head of important departments in the government of France, instead of exiles in Ame- rica. Thie, however, is of no consequence. The only question of any practical moment to the world and to the French refugees is :his: Are denunciations of Napoleon and calis for his overthrow the way to advance the cause of democratic liberty in France? The seciety called “ La Montagne,” in com pany with other revolutionary committees, thinks they are; we think not, and for a very simple reason; The tendency ot the war in Europe is asclear asnoonday. Sooner or later it must become a question of principle, in which Napoleon must represent democracy. Brave and skilful as the allies may be, their soldiers are ouly men: and when Germany and Raasia pour half or three quarters of a million of well disciplined troops upon the Rhine, Napoleon, whether supported by England or not, must give way unless he has something better to fall back upon than’French hostility to Russia That something can be nothing else than the revolutionary principle. Napoleon, without the democracy of Europe, has. not six moaths to reign: Napoleon, leading the democrats of France, Spain, Italy, Hungary, Prussia and Poland, is likely to hold all the despots of the continent in check. But these French exiles will have nothing to tay tohim. They call him ausurper, and de- mand bis head. Did they ever ask themselves what they could do with him? We speak not of individuals, for the tide would leave them behind. But, in the event of Napoleon’s over- throw, are the republican masses so blind as not to see that they would be far more, surely crushed by a Russian army or a Bourbon King than a democraticEmperor? In June next the chances are that a deadly conflict will be waged on the Rhine. Where will the republicans be then? Opposed to Napoleon, in order to be trampled out by the victorious Austrians and Russians? or on his side, saving France, and aiding him to establish a free, liberal and strong government? Their own fate depends on their choice. Napoleon’s course is clear and plain. From whatever cause the hostility existing between him and the democrats has sprang, it is his duty as well as theirs, to use all practical means to bring it to an end. Safety for him means demo- cracy; the throne isdeadly. On him devolves the duty of convincing these fractious republicans who call him murderer and so forth, that the necessity of establishing a strong government frequently justifies arbitrary acts, just as the appearance of disease necessitates amputation; and that his “second December” was not halt so desperate a deed as many which mark the bistory of republican Rome. He must show the republicans of France that their hopes can only be realized by his success: that his fall will be their fall; his triumph their triumph, and his arms theirarms. To do this, he must liberalize his institutions. Let him give free- dom to the press, and liberty of discussion to the people; it being fally understood that any attempt to misuse these rights and to over- throw him at home will be mercilessly met with grape and cunister. Let him summon the exiles, Victor Hugo and Ledru Rollin at their head, to his councils, and call them to assist bim in saving France; the world might be astonished, buat they would obey the summons, and in all probability prove good citizens and firm friends of the republicaa Emperor. Fi- nally, let him eschew Lord Palmerston aad his cunning advice; or he will find that his English friend has dealt with him as Mephis- topheles did with Faust. A union of the democracy and the empire in France is the only safeguard ~—" another foreign invasion. Mr. Fay ann Mr. Sanpers’ Letrer ro tar Swiss—An account is given elsewhere of the effect produced in Europe by George Sanders’ letter to the Swiss, and Mr. Fay’s alleged disavowal of the sentiments it contained. It is avow what he says or to direct their agents 80 to do than to control the tone of this journa'. Mr. Sanders’ statements did not bind the gov- ernment of the United States, and could not therefore form the subject of an official disa- vowal. Still, Mr. Pierce and his Cabinet have committed so many absurd acts that it may be rash to assert bluntly that no orders of ihe kind were sent to Mr. Fay. It is just possible that the adminictration, in the natural course of its imbecility, may have directed its figent in Switzerland to disavow the letter of a private American citizen; acd this on the ground that that letter contained sentiments objectionable in parts of Europe, but firmly | implanted in the breast of every American, and forming in fact the corner stone of the edifice of republican liberty in America. It would be extraordinary that Mr. Pierce and Mr. Marcy ehould have repudiated the doc- trines on which our goveroment and their au- thority rest, and publisbed that repudia- tion in such a way as to violate in the grossest manner the rights of a private citizen : but things nearly as astounding have been known before. The best thing to be dove under the circumstances is to call for the dipiv- matic correspondence between the Executive and Mr. Fay. Let some member of Conzress move for its production at once, so that the ruth may come to light. THE LATEST NEWS. BY MAGNETIC AND PRINTING TELEGRAPHS, From Washington. ‘THE PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE—MOVEMENT FOR CHEA? COAL—THE TARIFF—THE LAND JOBBERS CHECKED, sae Wasumratox, Dec. 4—7.80 P. M. ‘The Message is considered an exceedingly tame dvcn- ment. From the absence of any decided recommenda- tions with regard to foreign affairs spoken of, it ia evi- dent the admivistration is broken down, and now only begs for quarter. Members appear to have met for a spree. Evéry one is laughing at the administration, themselves, and the state of parties. Mr. Walbridge’s notice to bring in a resolution for the repeal of the coal duties meets with fav@r. ‘The session may be a working one, but it is not proba- ble any important change will be made in the tariff, or any attention paid to new measures which may be intro- duced. The President’s altered views as to the proprioty of giving away alternate sections of lands for railroad purposes, may help the Hunter bill, which is regarded as antagonistic to this principle. It is understood that the Hxratp’s formidable opposition to the President’s former opinions in this respect has caused the change now avowed. THE PRESIDENCY OF THE SENATE, ETC. ‘Wasuxaron, Dec. 4, 1854. ‘The matters which are “most attracting public atten- tion here, are the President’s Message and tha election of a President to the United States Senate. The message was altered somewhat from the original copy out, but the emendations are not material. Mr. Bright will undoubtedly be elected as the Presi- dent of the Senate, although he will meet with opposi- tion from the Southern members, who will seek to ele- vate a man to the office from their own section of coun- try. There will not, however, be enough division of feeling to defeat the election of Mr. Bright, who seem: |- to be a decided favorite with @ majority of the members of the Senate. ke Mr. Cass was elected for to-day only, and the regular election will ensue to-morrow. ‘The weather is extremely cold, and it has been blow- ing a perfect gale all day. ~ Further from Mexico and Texas. Baxrmgors, Dee. 4, 1854. By the arrival of the Southern mail we have received ‘New Orleans papers of Tuesday. The steamship Nautilus had arrived from the Brazos, bringing five hundred and {fty-five thousand dollars in specie. Unusual excitement was prevailing along the frontier, but nothing beyond mere talking was going on, A large force of Mexican troops had gathered at Matamoras, and General Woll had summoned the 8éx § nole chief, Wild Cat, and his followers there, and it was supposed that they were wanted for some secret mis- sion. = ce Committee had been appointed at Point isabel, Our Galveston dates are to the 25th ultimo. Genera Rusk sustains Governor Pease in his refnsal to receive Messrs. Walker and King's securities. Indian gepredations were continuing, and three sol- diers from Fort Davis had been killed. From Boston. THE BOSTON MAYORALITY—MARINE DISASTERS. Boston, Dec. 4, 1854. Mayor Smith bas been renominated for election by the Know Nothings. The brig T. C. Perkins, from Philadelphia for Boston, loaded with coal, went ashore last night near Fourth Cliff, at Scituate. Crew saved. ‘The brig Whitaker, of Goldboro, from Calais for New York, with lumber, is ashore at North river, Marshiield. Crew saved. The schooner Boston, of and from Bangor for Nan- tucket, lumber laden, went ashore at the entrance of North river, Marshfieki, and the vessel has gone to pieces. The crew were all saved, with the exception of & boy named Henry Armstrong, twelve years of age. An unknown brig is also ashore near Scituate light. Another Rallroad Accident. Rocussrer, Dec. 4, 1854. At half past 9 o’clock this morning a railroad accident occurred about six miles west of this city. As tl train on the Albany and Buffalo Railroad was going west, it came in collision with the first train coming east, in consequence of which three locomotives belonging to the train going west, and two to the train coming east, were badly smaghed, and two others thrown off the track Happily no lives were lost. The accident happened on account of both trains being out of their time, and the snow falling so thickly that they Were unable tosee each other until it was too late to avoid coming in contact. cachet ines Loss by the Fire at Black Rock Yesterday. Burra1o, Dee. 4, 1854. The total loss by the fire at Black Rock yesterday amounts to $65,000. The propeller International was entimated at $30,000 and was insured for $10,000 in the tna, and $10,000 in the Home Insurance office. The mill is insured for $20,000, and the stock for $12,000, ‘The Steamer Florida at Savannah. Savawwan, Dec. 2, 1854. The steamship Florida, arrived here from New York, early this (Saturday) morning, with all on board well. A Quarrel and a Murder. Bangor, Dec. 4, 1854, A quarrel took place here on Saturday evening, at an Irish raffle, in which Michael Daley, an Irishman, was murdered by another, with a slung shot. Markets. BALTIMORE — LTIMO} 5 5 Beef cattle are coming forward beat 00 heed were offered to-day, 200 of which were driven to Phila. eae ey reuicee bin a Sales were made of the aining at to in the hoof, to $8 net, ‘trea 80 rome. " Large: ots ure ura at $6 to $64 per hu good condition; eee to $5%. Slaughtered hogs are dull; rales at 95% to $546, the latter price for strictly prime, 1; sales made to-day at $23¢ to $8 by gross, The cotton market is unchan were 8,500 bales, For mess lower; 900 barrels received from sold for $18, Freights are firm. quoted at 8a 8% per cent premium. | THE STOPM OF FUNDAY—INTENSELY COLD WEATHER — CONDITION OF THE STREETS. ‘The sterm of Sunday has been succeeded by a ‘spell’” of intensely cold weather, which is rendered. still more uncomfortalile by a sharp, cutting wind that pierces to the very morrow.” The following is a record of the tem™ perature as exhibited by the mercury at the Hanatp office: — Monday, 4th inst.—7 A. M., 28 deg.; 1 P. Mi, 83 deg. ; 4P. M., 5] deg.; 10 P. M., 22 deg. Broadwey yesterday was a purgatory—a place ef tor- meni—fer horses. ‘The poor brutes were slipping at every step. It wasa pitiable sight ts see them, endea- voring to make headway over the treacherous pavement. At every ascent or descent of the street, they would Joose their footheldgnd fall to the ground. & is sup- posed that over three hundred horses fell down in Broad- way yesterday, Can’t some plan be devised to render this great thoroughfare tolerable to horse flesh? Won't some of our savans take this matter into consideration, and propose a remedy? The loss to the owners must be. very great. In the present condition of the streets, it would be: well for our citizens to keep their walks well sprinkled with ashes, for however amusing it may be to a looker- on to sce some poor fellow measure his length en the pavement, it is anything but an agreeable or safe per- formance todo so. On this point we speak feelingly, and if any of our readers have experienced the sensation: of taking an involuntary seat on @ cold pavement, they will fully agree with us, Should we have any snow dur ing the present ‘cold term,’ we may expect some ex cellent +léighing, as the ground is in @ capital condition to receive it. Active preparations are going forward, we understand, in the way of fitting up sleighs for the com- ing winter. Look out fer something a om Broadway when the snow comes, The Effeets of the Storm. The sloop Jobn Tyler, of Haverstraw, laying at Staple- ton dock, Staten Istand, had her quarter stove in during he gale of Sunday, and sunk, She was loaded with bricks. About four hundred feet of the new dock off New Brighton, Staten Island, lately built by Commodore Van- derbilt, was carried away by the storm, and layastrewn along the ‘These are the aly disasters at Staten Island we have heard of. ‘We de not hear of anything along the docks of tho East or North river. ‘The storm of Suaday night was very severe on the Susquehanna and Delaware divisims of the New York and Erie id, The snow on these two divisions is over two feet do-p ona level, and has detained all the trains. The expresaArain from Dunkirk, dueat New York at €.40 this morning, will not arrive until about 10 The freight trains had to be day. The snow on the western divisioa is extremely light, and but four or five inches: indepth. Mr. McCallum, the superintendent, is up the road directing the measures used to clear the road, and the trains are expected to run regularly by to-morrow. Great times for the sportmen in the wild regions along the: Delaware. Deer are said to be more plentiful than in any season for ten years past. DEPTH OF THE SNOW. We are indebted to the Morse Telegraph line for the following information relative to the fall of snow at the diflerent stations on their line on Saturday and Sunday, ‘The measurement was taken on Monday morning — Inches. 10 B 18 Buffalo. Lock por Brockport peek During the continuance of the storm last Sunday eve- ning, the front wall of the upper story of an unoccupied three story house in the Third avenue, near. Fifty- second street, was blown in, making» loud crash as it struck the floor. The occupants of the neighboring buildings were panic stricken, thinking their tenementa were about to follow, and hastily vacated their premi- ses. Nothing, hqwever, occurred to justify their fears. ‘The house which fell in is said to be one of a row of very insecure buildings lately erected in that place. The side walls are still standing, but apparently very likely to oon fall, TELEGRAPHIC. THE STORM ON THE HUDSON BIVER. Ronpovr, Dec. 4, 1954. We were visited yesterday and last night by a very evere snow storm. Early in the evening especially, it nowed very fast and blew a perfect gale. We have learned of the following disasters on the river, near this place, viz.:—The steamer Adrian Meneely- 6 sunk; the Troy is broken in two, and is a tote: ose. There are also several other boats lost, the names of which we have not been able tolearm, Th> barges Ohio, Monroe, and four or five others ,are ashore near Foint Ewen. The barges, &c., were partof the South America’s tow from Albany. The deck loads of some of the boats and barges were driven ashore. We have not heard of the loss of any lives, Snow fell here to the depth of nine inches. The wind is now N. N. W., and is quite cold, THE 8XOW STORM AT ALBANY. Aupany, Dec. 4, 1854, ‘The snow storm still continues here, and the weather is getting very cold. Snow has now fallen without inter- mission for thirty hours. No mail, have arrived to-day rom any quarter. THE WEATHER IN BUFFALO. Borraxo, Des. 4, 1854, A driving snow storm, which has comtinued without abatement during the entire day, put a quietus on all. business transactions, WRECKS AT CLEVELAND: CiEvELAND, (0.,) Dec. 4, 1850: the schooner Omer, with a cargo of salt, weat on the west pier this morning, and will prove, probably, a total loss. Efforts are making to save the crew, but thus far witbout success, The government lifeboat was wrecked: alongside. The schooner Pearl is ashore west of the pier, but will. probably be got off. - CtxvELaND—6 o'clock P. M, ‘The schooner Omar is now breaking up. One of her crew, in attempting to get to the west pier, was drowned: another was saved by a rope flung to him from the Wer. Captain Keech and five others are still on board of her, and the storm continues torage with unabated. violence. The brig Roscius snd the schooner Monsoon have just come in safely, driving in before the gale. The propeller Pangasset has started out to try and save those remaining on board of the Omar. On reach- ing her, two of her crew, in attempting to jump aboard of the propeller, fell into the water and were drowned. Capt. Watts, of the steamer Obio, who had volunteered to go in the propeller, then jumped on board of the Omar, with a rope, when the propellor was driven off by the violence of the storm, and Capt. Watts left on board the schooner. The propeller subsequently made s second attempt, and succeeded in rescuing Capt. Watts and the remainder of the crew of the Omar. ‘The schooner Charles Crooks, from Oswego, loaded with salt, has just gone ashore at Breakwater. “The crew are saved, but the vessel and cargo are a total loss. CixvELaxD—9 o'clock P. M. The gale is now somewhat abating, but it is still ter- rifle. The schooners Sturgis and Virginia and the brig Mary- land are lost. Their crews were saved. The schooner J. J. Johns is ashore at Grand river, and all that were on board of her are lost. The propeller Paugasset sunk in the slip from injuries. received im saving the crew of the schooner Omar, THE STORM IN THE EASTWARD. Boston, Dec. 4, 1864. A tremendous north-east storm of wind and rain raged in this locality last night, but the weather is pleasant. to-day. The train from New York last night bas not yet arrived. ‘The damage in this city by the gale was trifling, being mainly confined to awnings, signs, &e. One or two- chimmies were blown down. Some injury was sustained by the shipping in the harbor. The ship Westward Ho. was badly chafed, and the brig Matanzas was driven ashore at South Boston. The brig Arabella lost her jib- boom, and several ballast lighters were sunk. We have. heard nothing from the Capes yet. ‘Ten or twelve vossels of small sise were sunk by the gale last might, but no lors of life bas been ‘The mail train from Boston to New York left at eight o'clock last night and arrived at Worcester this morning, where it was detained by the snow. ‘The morning train from Worcester arrived here two hours late, drawn by two engines. In Fitchburg snow has fallen to the depth of fifteen inches, in Lowell, eight inches. Telegraph communica- is broken Nort.. and East, ‘SPRINGFIRLD, Deo. 4, 1864. Sar 8 er ee ee ae ar ery So