The New York Herald Newspaper, December 8, 1854, Page 4

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The Baropean mails will close in this city at half-pact ten o'clock to-morrow morning? The Hxnatp (printed in French and English) will be published at 10 o'clock in the morning. Single copies, in wrappers, sixpence. Sabecriptions and advertisements for any edition of Abe New Youu Huma will be received at the following | places in Europe :— Asverroon..John Hunter, No. Lompow,. .. Edwards, Sandford No. 17 Cornhill. | “ ‘m. Thomas & Co., No. 19 Catherine street. Pas. Livingston, Wells & Co., 8 Place de la Bourse, The contents of the European edition of the Hunaip will embrace the news received by mail and telegraph a+ ‘the office during the previous week, and to the hour of pablication. Paradise street. Co., N The News. The steamebip Union is now in her sixteenth day eutfrom Havre. She will bring us four days later newe from Europe. A movement is on foot in Boston, Philadelphia and Baltimore, as well as in this city, towarda gei- fing up an expedition to the Arctic regions in search of the Grinnell expedition, under the command 0° | Dr. Elisha K. Kane, in aid of which the co-operation of the general government will be solicited. The | matter will ikewise be imm:diately urged upon the | avention of Congress. The last advices recived from Dy. Kane were dated about tourteen months back, at | Upper Navick, within the Arctic circle, in latitade wbout 73 degrees north. The expedition of D-. Kame sailed from New York, in the brig Advance, c@ tbe 31st of May, 1853, and was composed of the foLlow!ng persons :—Dr. Elisha K. Kane, Pa:sed Assistant Surgeon of the United States Navy, ia eommand, baving bren detailed by the depar: ment for this specie) service; J. Wall Wilson, Sailinz Mas‘er, United States Navy; Henry Brooks, First Officer, do.; James McGarry, Second Officer, d: Awoe Bossall, Third Officer, do.; Dr. J. J. Hayes, Surgeon, do.; Christian Ohlsen, Carpenter; Scntag, Astronomer; Henry Goodfellow, Aasi Astronomer; Wm. Morton, Steward; Peter shepar.'. Cook: George Stephenson, Seaman; Jefferson I. Parker, do.; George J. Whittel, do.; Wm. E. God frey, do.; George Riley, d>.; C. Blake, do. Tue Chamber of Commerce of this city yesterday tool: promp’ action with reference to affyrding relief to Dy. Kane and his companions. A resolution wa. auanimously adopted to memorialize Congress t) appropriste e sum euffivient to desgatch # steam prope}ior and 4 storeship to succor the crew of th Advance. Two events of interest to the fisancial circles of | the city transpired yesterday. One was the re ported discovery of a defalcation of $25,000 in the | Mark t Bank, and the other the arrest of the I: teller of the Ocean Bank, charged with a defales- tion of $50,000. The particulars, as far as publicly known, ere given in another column. We | learned from a directcr of the Market Bank that the defalcation of Mr. Sackett amounted to sbdoat $25,000, and that, as an offwt against it, the bank | be)é bis se urity bonde for $8,000, aad had hai turned over to it bis personal eflecta of varion kinds, amounting, at & cash valuation, to abo $5,000 more; showing an uitimate loss on he par of the bank ot ony abont $12,000. Jt was rumiore | wat Mr. S. had Jost bis money in McCallec) Goli | Minirg end other stock. Genera! Joreph W. Whitfield, the recently elected @elegate to Congreas from the Territory of Kansas, je st present Indien Agent for the United States in that Territory, and made the treaties alluded to in the Commissioner's rept. He isa native of Teu- esses, ond served fortwo terms in the Senate of that State. He isan uncompromising advocate of foutrern rights, and astrong Union man. In Tes- nessee he was known asa gcod working politician, (Gemocratic,) but was not distinguished as o1 orator. He will be remembered by many cit'zens of New York, ss he paseed throngh this city, en route for Washington, some time since, with several lo- | Gian cbie’s and braves. In the Senate a resolation to pay Mr. Atchison sum equa! tothe difference between his pay as | Senator and that of ths Vice President, during his | pexvice a8 President of the Sanate, waa ado . Badger gave n of a dill i b members of Congress and Judges of the Coart. Hon. Rufus Choate, and Hon. J. K. Panla- | ing, ex. Secretary cf the Navy, were closen regeuts of the & rian Institution. Snitable eulogies om the life and services of Mr. Ewing, of Kentucky, basing been pronounced by Kesars. Thompson aad Badger, the Sepate adjourned til] Monday. | toe House ysatersay bills were reported | waking appropriations for the paymen! of pen- riore, and for the improvement of the ravids of the | Mississippi river. Bills wore introdnved to re-modet | tee diplomatic and consular systems, and further | providing for the security of life on board of steam- | ere. The death of Hon. Presley Ewing, of Ken- | tocky, having been announced, evlogies on his | character were delivered by hie mcceasor, Mr, Brie tow, and by Merers. Lathamand Smith The nsu resolations on such cccasions were then adoptad, | apd the House eSjourned til] Monday. The annnal report of th» Secretary of the Navy, | » lengthy but interesting public document, is pub | tehed eleewhere. Some remarks upon its contents ure cives in our editorial columns. In the Board of Aldermen ‘ast evening the report of the special committee on the subject of plans fur ibe new City Hall was taken up, bot after some de- | bate the snbject was postpoced for forther eyu- eweraiion, lice of the Second ward yesterday arre a ter of fan y goods, loca‘ed st 122 ¥ sirect, on suspi ion of setting fire to bis ows A briet report of the case will be found The matter is to be fully invest'gate! Fire Marshal. Pair sales of flour were made yesterday, both Cana wiern. t by the se shee. éinn apd domestic, without change ia prices; Ca 1 white wheet, doty paid, ab $2 15 tian norn cor tinned firm, bat some le without further charg, with 0 | » 00 pales. Freigtte, for graix | nate of this State to Staten Island yesterday, accom: | | lesser Seward organ—the slippery little jackal | of the arch agitator—discussing the general | political party. First, the duty is upon them | defeating the election ot Henry A. Wise as the | by the “Holy Inquisition of Spain,” or the | sre Isboring to detude them, to call them off | veigle the unsuspecting of the order into his of steamers Rews, wera easier, while articien rates were about the same. | A fire, imvolving the loss of oroperty ot | " of one hundred thousand doilas, occurr | at Columbia, 8. C., on the night of the 6th instan’. "The trial of John N. !uck-r for the murder of bh’ | von, by cutting his throa , in August last, was com menced in the Kinge Cointy Court of Oyeraai Terminer yesterday. A report o the opening re- marks of the prosecuting attorn:y, and of the teati- | mony so ‘ar as giv.n, is publiched in another columx. The Board of Stats Canvassere me’ at Albany yesterday, but adjourned mmediaxly after organ- | izing. . { pp of the visit of a Committee of the Se- | panied by several of the Commissioners cf Emigra- | tion, io investigate certain charges of fraul and | peculation all: ged against said Commissioners, may be found in to-day’s paper. | The Know Nothings-New York and Vir | ginia—Seward and the Administration—Mu- tiny In the New Camp—Danger Ahead. That our seade’s of »l] ;arties may be tho- | roughly posted up in relation to the latest developements and phases o the great absorb- | ing political movement o the Know Nothings, | we publish to-:ay several curious articles om | the subject. ‘i he first is from the elder Seward | organ in this city, purporting to bea report | ofa rebellious outbreak in the Know Nothing camp at Brooklyn, against the late orders of diecipl ne issued by the Grand Council of this State. The second article is a leader from the merits of this universal Know Nothing reaction. The third article is from the Richmond (Va.) Enquirer, and is an appeal to’ all parties in that State—Know Nothings and all—to come up to the support of Henry A. Wise, the de- mocratic administration nominee for Governor, From a perusal of these several articles, the Know Nothings will perceive that they have three important jobs of work upon their hands, a failure in either of which will go far to destroy their prestige as an all-powerful and irresistible to establish order, ha:mony, and unity among themselves. Secondly, the tack is before them | of defeating the re-election of W. H. Seward to | the United States Senate. Thirdly, the scarce- ly less important job must be attended to, of administration anti-Know Nothing democratic | candidate for Governor of the Old Dominion. | Let us briefly consider these three points. | seriatim. | Firet, then, there are symptoms of disrnp- tion; there is, in tact, already, as we have | shown, a breach in the Know Nothing camp of | this State, and the schism appears to be | widening. The late Grand State Council, | headed by James W. Barker, passed resolutions | requiring the members of the order to confess | bow they cast their votes for Governor in our late election, and directing that all who were faithless to Ullm»nn be expelled, &, The Council at Brooklyn, held a few days after—the | proceedings of which we give to-day-protests against this system of discipline, and denounces it as “anti-American,” “anti-republican,” and worthy only of the despotic powers exercised “Grand Council of the Cardinals at Rome.” This is @ split, and will soon reduce the party of the Know Nothings to the condition of the democratic hard sbells and soft shells, unless the mischief be speedily remedied. The Seward organs, through tome under-handed means, we presume, have come into possession of these mutinous proceedings, and gloat over their publication, no doubt with sensations of posi- tive satisfaction. Their motives are self evi- dent. Their aim is to widen these existing dis- sensions into an irreconcilable rupture, when the track will be cleared of the only existing obstrnetions to the triumph of Seward and his anti-slavery coalition in this commonwealth. The tiret duty, then, of the Know Nothings of Now York is the restoration of harmony and unity in the Order. The rules of discipline | issued by the Grand State Council are clearly too rigid and despotic. They cannot be car- ried cut. They must be abandoned. Tob- sure, the discipline «f the old broken down | whig and democratic parties his been equally tyrannical. Contumacious partisans of both have been literally kicked out of Tammany Hal}, Broadway House, and other party | ead- quarters, time and again. The pugilists, i: fact, have been proverbially the ruling power | in Tammany Hall. But it is to this disgusting amd brutal despotism of both the old parties, more, perhaps, than to anything else. that they owe their ignominious condemnation by punlic opinion. Let the Know Nothings bear this in miad. Let their interna] disc'pline be in harmon: with the free and independent character of the | American people and our American institu- tions, or they will be like a tub without a bot- tom, and will speedily fall to pieces on the first exposure to the sun. American principles cau never de propagated under a despotism, whe ther it be in the government of the country or in the government of a party. If the rules of a party are despotic and repu's've, independen* men will abandon it, and free men will not join it. We commend these suggestions to the Know Nothings of New York. Harmony and unity are tobe first achieved; and in this view, des- po ic Grand State Councils are not the thing. Secondly, it is the duty of the Know Nothings to defeat Seward. We understand that they are quite sanguine upon this point. The two. faced Jack-o’-lantern, blarneying article which we publish in this connection from our lesser Seward organ, betrays some considerable fear that Seward may be defeated. It pats the Know Notbings upon the shoulder—good fel lows, ge ehead, we are with you. The plot is plain. While sowing the seeds of dissension among the new party, the Seward iatriguers from the track of the wily Senator, and to in- snpport. But the speech of Seward at the last | session of Congress makes the issue between | him and the Know Nothings of New York a direet one—war to the knife. and no quarter. His success is their defeat, His defeat is their triumph in New York and the North. If} Seward is defeated of a re-election. the Know Nothings will have secured the North. If he is re-elected, they will have all their late bar tles to fightover again To permit his election would be very much like the abandonment of Sebastepo) by the allies for another campaign, }} that has been sccomplished towards attle to be fought is against the | admin op, in its candidate Herry A Wise, for Governor of Virginia. The defeat of Seward yea powerful lever fir the over- throw of ¥ ise. Let Srward be prostrated by | | former messages of the President, have already ~ | wake the new party popular in the South. Let | the Do ch with the severest paniehmeat tn Seward e re-elected, and the Cabinet party in Virginia may still keep up to some purpose the ‘alse accusation that the Know No‘hings are in | the league of the Seward anti-slavery coalition. | Seward has made an elaborate speech against | the new party, Wise hes written an elaborate | letter to the same effet ‘he issue with both is direc: un’ posi: v. The elcc.ion of Wise in Virginia will be the defea: of the Know No- things in the Svuuth, and the tiiamph of the | administration. But, let Wise be defeated, let | Virginia be carried, ani the citatel of the Southern adm'nistration democracy will be taken. The admisistraticn will thus be stricken down in the South, as completely as in the North in the late elections. Virgisia is to the South what New Y rk is to the North—the con- trolling State. And New York and Virginia depend upon Seward and Wise. The Richmond Enquirer is alarmed at the prospect. It calls upon the democratic Know Nothiogs; it begs and prays of them to vote for Wise, after he has repudiated them in scorn and contempt. ‘o of Thurlow Weed and his echo in this city. They are blarneying the | Know Nothings to ward off the impending blow. But the defeat of S.ward is as cssential to the prestige of the new party in the North as it is necessary to their success i1 th» South. Tne defeat of Wise wil be the final vlow to the ad- ministration. But the coast cannot be cleared for the campaign of 1856 until Wise and Seward. the anti-slavery coalition and the administration gpoilsmen, are vanquished in their strongholds. The case is plain. The first duty of the Know Nothings is order, harmony, and unity in their own camp. The next duty is the de- feat of Seward as a candidate for re-election to the United States Senate; and the next thiog to be done is to defeat Henry A. Wise, the ad- ministration candidate for Governor of Virgini+ But without harmony the new party can do nothing. Seward will triumph—Wise will triumph; and the Know Nothings, as a national | organization, w.ll be broken to pieces as mys- teriously ani rapidly as they have risen to power in the late elections. Let the Grand State Couuci! :econsider their late arbitrary proceedings—let liberality be the rule, and there wil] be harmony and victory. But there can be neither union nor harmony, nor success, where there is no liberality. Plain as daylight. The Ostend ConferenceAttempt of the Cabi- net to Suppress Inquiry. Why is the administration so anxious to keep back the correspondence relative to the Ostend | conference? What necessity exists for s0 much concealment and myster,? Sundry of our representatives in Europe tuink fit to meet to- | gether for purposes which can only be conjec- tured; they leave their respective courts, and remain for several days, closeted together at Ostend, discussing questions which remain a segret to the world at large. The conference attracts some attention in Europe, and is largely commented on in this country. Itis the first instance that such a step has been taken by American ministers abroad, and iv certain quarters doubts are even expres:ed o/ their right to meet. What more natural, under these circumstances, ‘han that men should de sire to know by whont and for what objects the conference was called—what business wa transacted thereat, and whether it was a spoo taneous movement of the toreign minjsters, or a proceeding taken under instructions from Warhington? And from what motives can the administration have been impelled to exert all its strength in the House to consign the motion to the tom of the Committee on Foreign Re- lations? There is something inexpressibly sus- picious in this mode of shirking inquiry, and seeking oblivion for the past. It is impossible to divést oneself of the inference that the documents relating to the Ostend counci) would, if published, tevd to damage the Cabi- net in public estimation. Incidentally the message throw. some light on the mystery. Its pacific tone, and the scrik- ing contrast it presents in this respect to the been the subject of marked comment. One}ias only to compare it wit) the messages relating tothe Black Warrior affair to see how grea has been tre change in the sentiments of the administration in the course of the year. They commenced their duties with the arrogant tune and defiant gesture of bullies: only half their term is over, and they are already meck as lambe. This conversion mus; have been felt by their agents abroad. Mr. Soulé, for instance, was dirccted to de mand reparation for the Black Warrior affair. and to treat the-Spanish gov-rnment with /au- teur avd harshness. He fultilled his instrac tions—which were quite congenial to his tem- per—by insisting on a reply within twenty- four hours ; and soon placed matters on such a footing that the Spanish government could not, in decency, comply with demands urged in so peremptory andinsultinga manner. Mr. Soulé failed accordingly in his attempt to obtain sa- tisfaction. Almost before definite news of the failure bad reached Washington, the Cabi- net had repented of its former violence, and become as peaceable as it had been warlike. Despatches harmonizing with this new frame of mind were rece.ved by Mr. Soulé just as he was preparing to demand his passports and de- | clare war on his own account against Spaia He had not been converted, or diverted from his original purpose of creating noise and bloodshed; | and the Cbristian-like meekness of the Cabine: | dumb-founded him. Vainly he compared the instractions of 1854 with 1853, and tried to re concile them: that a change—and 4 most won | derful one—had taken place in the President's mind was most obvious: the question was—hay- | ing acted so far on his first orders that to re. | eort abruptly to the course advised in the se- | cond would be to humiliate himself and the country—what could he do? The insurrection and the ministerial crisis helped him a little: but as soon as quiet was restored, the difficnlty would recur a second time. Then it was that Mr. Soulé bethought himself of a congress of Awerican diplomatists to take counsel upon hi difficulties, and to review the course of the ad ministration, His scheme was readily embraced by some o! his colleagues who had complaints of their own against Mr. Pierce. Mr. Buchanan, w' been sent abroad to settle all the pe putes with England, complained very that without his concurrence Mr. M taken upon himself to settle the fis cipro ty questions, and left the Cent can one— which was far the most e and the least available for purposes of profit—to the Jomes. mont haf been directed to for Captain Gibson from the Dutch ment. He hed accordingly f ie not bis forte---procnred letters to he writtn 0; Mm 5 ister at St M inzist on indemoit as letter \ cave of non-compliance with Gibson's demands. The Duch government was 60 thorougily | cowed by these menaces that they not only | promised satisfaction, but actually in their fright surrendered all the private papers aud records of the case. Matters were in this train when the administration at Washington repent- ed of hectoring and bullying, and took to meek- ness. Belmont was aston shed by the change: 60 much so that he mentioned his annoyance to al] the Dutch politicians who came to get their notes shaved at the embassy. To his astonish- ment, directly afverwards, the government of | the Netherlands retracted all it had previously promised; and refused od. anything whatever for Captain Gibson. Belmont accused the ad- ministration of having ruined his prospects an: joined Soulé in his scheme of a congress. * The chances are, therefore, that the documents which would be forthcoming, if the administra- tion had not opposed Mr. Sollers’ motion, are letters from the various foreign ministers to each other, complaining cf the miserable imbecility and inconstancy of the Cabinet, and perhaps a joint remonstrance from the conference, urging Mr. Pierce and Mr. Marcy to sustain the honor of the country, and abandon their contemptible policy. It is quite clear that letters must have passed between Soulé, Buchanan, Belmont and PY MAGNETIC AND PRINTING TELEGRAPHS, From Washington. SOPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS, ETC. ‘Wasurveron, Dec. 7, 1854. ractice av the barof the Supreme Court in this city to- day : Dupresne; Israel W. Raymond vs. Wm. Tyson, he lat- ter one is still on, Information has been received at the State Depart- ment of the death of Robert N, Galton, our Consul at Mazatlan. From Albany. ORGANIZATION OF THE BOARD OF STATE CANVASSRRS. ALBANY, Dec. 7, 1854, ‘The Board of State Canvassers called a meeting to-day, the Secretary of State and Comptroller being preseut. The Mayor and Recorder of this city were added to form aquorum, Without transacting any further business the Board adjourned until to-morrow. PETER RITCRINGS, THE VOCALIST, MISSING—EXECU- TION OF THE MURDERER KEHOE—THE STEAMBOAT HERO, ETC. Aupany, Dec. 7, 1854 The Detroit Zimes ia informed by a gentleman from Cincinnati that Peter Ritchings, with his wife and and that soon after the boat got under way. Mr. Ritchings was missed, and it was supposed he had gone ashore. A telegraphic message sent by his family from the others before the congres: met; and it seems almost certain that these gentlemen must have expressed therein the sentiments of indignation and contempt which the “backing- down” of the administration cannot but have inspired. Nor is it at all reasonable to sup- pose that the congress brought forth no fruits, or that the truits it did yield were kept a secret from Mr. Marcy. On this hypothesis we can quite understand how shame alone would provoke unwillingness on the Pre- ident’s part to let the documents see the light. In spite of him, however, we must have them. There is mucn o be learnt, and there can be nothing lost, by the publication of these pa- pers, and we demand them in virtue of the rule which declares that American di, lomacy shall be public. We demand that the C.mmit- tee of Foreign Relations report, with as little delay as possible, in favor of the production of the documents, We further sugges’, in connec- tion with this subject, that some member of Congress call for the correspondence between Mr. Marcy, Mr. Belmont, and the Dutch govern- ment, in connection with Captain Gibson’s case. We do not care particularly about Belwont’s financial correspondence, or his letters on the Russian loan: no further light is required on these poinis. But the letters, which he got written for him by his friends, and which have « bearing on our relations with the Nether- lands, possess @ public interest at this time, and ought not to be kept secret, Tur Navy Rerort.—Mr. Dobbin’s report, which we publish to-day, is a plain, business- like document. The Secretary firet gives the usual statement of the operations of the va- rions squadrons. With the exceptions of the Japan treaty, the eturveying of Caledonia Bay, and the Greytown exploit, the republic’s vessels appear to have done nothing but convey our Ministers and Charges from place to place. This rather aristocratic and very expensive style of travelling should be done away with. We have ceased to regard foreign ministers as necessarily great men, and they should get to their destinations as quietly, as quickly, aud as cheaply as possible. We send a frigate to the Mediterranean mow for the purpose of giving a few official gentlemen an opportunity of enjoying delicious cruises from one point to another, thus making the captain of a first rate of no more account than a skipper of a pleasure yacht. The case of the Albany is touched upon, and we are told that “the department still enter- tains the opinion that she is safe.” No reason is given, however, for such an opinion. The proposed ship canal across the Isthmus of Darien is pronounced “totally impractica- ble;” the opinion of Lieutenant Strain will not be received, we presume, as ex cathedra by all persons interested in the matter. ‘the Sec- retary slides easily over the Greytown war, and says “hecould not reprove this command- er for his conduct.” There is no definite infor- mation as to the instructions given to Com- mander Hollins. The Secretary reiterates his recommenda- tions for an increase of the navy, and says that, even with the six unfiaishe? steam frigates, our available force will not exceed fit.y vessels in condition for service. We are in favor of an increase ofthe materiel of the navy, but the new vessels must be steamers—the Bri- tish experience in the Baltic and Black Seas prove that. We should havea few light draught steamers, which are absolutely necessary in war, and very usefal in peace for coast sur- veys, exploring expeditioss, &., &c. The Secretary again recommends th: re- organization of the navy, and seems to be in favor of Mr. Bocock’s bill, introduced last ses- sion. Wedo nced a retired list—we do need a system of promotion by merit—we do need that enlistment should be encourage! by the occasional commissioning of worthy warrant and petty officers, and, inasmuch as Mr. Bo- cock’s bill is an approach to some of these needs, it is better than nothing. The most important part of the Secretary's report is delicately touched—great danger lurks beneath it. Discipline in the navy is Jax—flogging is abolished, aud there is no sys- tm of reward or punishment to hold over the ! heads of men who often make the berth deck of & man-of-war a vivil realization of Dante's In- ferno. The pian proposed by the Secretary may touch the matter; at any rate, something must’ be found to fill the place formerly occupied on hoard ships by that useful animal —-the cat. The Secretary wisely suggests the enlistment of boys as apprentices. This should be provi- ded.for by law, both in the naval and merchant service. Thousands of boys are anxious to go to sea, and cannot obtain ax opportunity, while on al} hands there is acry of scarcity of sea- men, Masters of vesee!s object to takivg boys, because they always run away after they have learned the rudiments of a sailor’s education; bus the matter might be made profitable al around by ® Jaw requiring two or three years of apprenticeship. The material of our naval and mereantiie marine is now two-thirds foreign. This should not be, especially in these Know Nothing times. Political Intelligence. A democratic meeting was held at Rieton the Sth inst., to ratify the recent nomi that Hon, Henry A nominee meeting. Fits Henry Wa 8 the anti-Nebr United States Senator. oe State officers. jovernor, was present and address ren will be before the next Leg of Tow been seen of him since the boat left. The impression now is that he was drowned at Cincinnati. Kehoe, who was convicted at Toronto for the murder of his wife, was executed there on Monday. The steamboat Hero left this city this afternoon for New York, loaded with freight, and having in tow a barge loaded with hay. From Rochester. THE WEATHER AT ROCHESTER—-WRECK OF VESSELS ON LAKE ONTARIO—THE GENESEE RIVER FILLING WITH ICE—CANAL BOATS FROZEN IN, ETC., ETO. Rocnester, Dec, 7, 1954, The weather has somewhat moderated here, but snow still continues falling, and it is now about forty inches deep on a level. Several vessels have been wrecked near this place, on Lake Ontario, containing valuable cargoes; but as yet we hear of no lives being lost. The mouth of the Genesee River is filling with ice very fast. ‘There are some twenty-five boats loaded with wheat vetween Rochester and Brockport, completely fro zen in on the Erie canal; and there are also some ten or twelve others a few miles up the Genesee valley canal in the same predicament. ‘Teams started from here to.day to bring on wheat, to be made into flour, when it will be seni East by railroad. = an THE WRECK OF THE STEAMER MAYFLOWER—DEATH OF THE MAYOR OF DETROIT. BuFFALo, Dec. 7, 1854. ‘The steamer Mayflower, that was wrecked on the 24th { ‘of November, at Point-au-Pelee, on Lake Erie, has been abandoned. Arrangements are now being made to try and save her machinery. Her hull is broken in two across the centre. She cost originally one hundred and seventy thousand dollars, and had run for five seasons on the Michigan Central line. There was no insurance upon her. We learn that John Ladue, the Mayor of Detroit, died on Monéay. From Boston. ARREST OF J. C. CLUER, FOR BEING CONCEENED JN THE BURNS RESCUE CASE. Boston, Dec. 7, 1834. John C. Cluer was arrested this morning, as being con- cerned in the Burns riot, Francis Jackson gave bail for him in the sum of fifteen hundred dollars for his appear- ance at the March term of the court. Explosion of a Steam Boller and Loss of Life. SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Dec. 7, 1854. ‘The steam boiler in the Ames Manufacturing Com- pany, at Chicopee, exploded this morning, instantly killing A. B. Hoyt, the engineer, and breaking the legs and otherwise injuring » machinist named Lummas so badly that he is not expected to recover. The small brick building which contained the boiler was complete: ly demolished, and portions of the boiler are projecting through the walls of an adjoining building, used as « machine shop. The cause of the disaster was # lack of water in the boiler. ‘The Collision on the Central Railroad. Syraccse, Dec. 7, 1854. At the collision on the New York Central Railroad last night, near Clyde, the engines and cars were badly smashed, but no one was seriously injured. No trains Aupayr, Dee. 7, 1854. We have received here the mails from Buffalo up to Wednesday, including the morning papers of that day. Effects of the Cold Weather. 4 FLRET OF TBIRTY SAILING VESSELS BEMMD IN BY THE ICE. CLEVELAND, Dec. 7, 1854, The steamer North Star from Detroit, Monday, arrived here last night, and reports a fleet of thirty sailing ves- sels in the ice at “‘Put-in-Bay,”’ and among the isla where they will most probably have to remain until 2 thaw takes place. The Ohio River, &e. Crscrynati, Dec. 7, 1854. The Ohio river is still very low. The weather is e:; tremely cold. Exchange is quite dull. dollars and a half, Hogs have declined to fo @ Great Fire at Columbia, 8. C. Couumera, 8. C., Heo. 7, 1854. A tremendous fire occurred in this city last night, destroying an entire block of buildings on Main street. The following is a list of the principal sullerers:—Mr. Miott, druggist; Spigener, grocer; the Exchange Resta § rant; Crawford’s clothing store; Carolina Hall; Squiers & Bower's furniture stores; Comb’s Express office, nu- merous other offices, and the Carolinian newspaper and job office, owned by Messrs. R. M. Gibbes & Co., whose Joss amounts to $40,000—uninsured. The other los: 8 have not yet been ascertained. The carriage repository of Messrs, Boatwright & Co. was also destroyed, bu? their stock was saved. The total loss is estimated at about one hundred thou sand dollars, of which only one-third is insured. Destruction of the American Hotel at Medi} Meviwa, Dec. 7—~0 P.M. The American Hotel in this place, owned by L. A. and G.B, Grant, and occupied by C. J. Howe, was entirely destroyed by fire this evening. The loss is not knu ws. State of the Weather. Paaperrara, Dec. 7, 1854 The weather here to-day has been very cold and clear Wismxerox, Doe. 7, 1854. Snow fell very heavily for about half an honr thi+ morning. It is now intensely cold. Burrato, Dec. 7, 1854. The storm has abated here, but the weather is stil! very cold. Arrival of the Augusta at Savaunah, Savanwan, Dec, 5, 1854. ‘The steamship Augusta, from New York, arrived here this (Tuesday) morning, with all on board of her well, From Baltimore, DESTRUCTION OF A COTTON FACTORY bY FIRE —HEAVY FORGERIES—THE SOUTHERN MAIL, FTC. Bavriwors, Deo. 7, 1854. The Ashiand cotton factory, at Gwynn's Falls, near Wetheredsville, Baltimore county, belonging to a com- pany, of which Thomas G. Thomas was the President, was entirely destroyed by fire this morning. The Toss is about $50,000, and is fully covered by insurance, A large number of hands are thrown out of employment by this calamity. Some extensive s, amounting to some $40,000, commitied by a yy house chrpenter of this city, wore diecover is morning, The bafldings put up during the y seming rby him, including a large female vod, The seizures have been made ty parties having claims for mate r, Forged have been poy, and upwards six thow t of abilities in boro: transactions, amounting to Tt is rumored that he Was oom tad here reudalout re were THE LATEST NEWS.! Janes Ridgeway, Esq., of New York, was admitted to | ‘The following cases were argued to-day:—Grey P. Wedd | vs. Polly Weatherhead; Mareelin Haydell ys. Francoin | daughter, left that city for St. Louis on Tuesday last; | Bt. Louis to Cincinnati, was answered, that nothing had | with arresting & black boy as a vagrant, and then sell- ing him to a farmer in Carroll county as a slave. We have received no mail south of Washington this: evening. The Chesapeake and Ohio canal is frozen wp, and navi- gation has closed for the season. | We had a slight fall of enow here this morning; since then the weather hag been clear and very cold. { Markets. New Oxveans, Dec. 8, 1854, Our covton market is une! . 2 pales to-day” were 6,500 bales. The stock on hand is 155,000 bales. Rice ie 64. a Ge. per Ib. PHILADBLPBIA STOCK BOARD. PHiLapEtruta, Dec. 7, 1854. The money market is without change. Stocks are- firm. Readivg, 23; Morris Canal, 11; Long Island Rail road, 12; Pennsylvania Railroad, 41;' Pennsylvania 6's, 79%. Obituary, DEATH OF MADAME JEANIE DE LUX. Twenty-five or thirty years ago, the lady whose name> | heads this notice was the fashionable milliner of New York. Her bats were the hats for the belles of that day,, and what de Lux said on the important themes of lace, ribbons, flowers, &c., was like the laws of the Medes and Persians. Her decisions could not be reversed in the high court of fashion, even by a two-thirds vote. She was a French woman, petite in figure, active in business, fluent in speech, and with a black eye, the sparkle of which was undimmed even when sixty winters had passed over her bead, She had the command of Eaglish, too, as any one who excited her ire waa pretty sure to ascertain. Madame de Lux was married to one of her own countrymen; but the match was not « happy one, and a separation ensued—the gentleman ;etired to- | France, leaving the lady alone. She lived alone daring the remainder of her life. Madame de Lux was a very avaricious person. Often. | on the promenades, nothing remarkable escaped her eye or her fingers, and if she discovered any loose article in | the streets it was speedily confiscated, and found a place { in the house in William street in which she lived for | many years. Her business was lucrative, and she care- | fully and safely invested her money. The assessors of city tolls always encountered in her @ most reluctant tax-payer, and piteous appeals were made to their cle- mency; for, to all appearance, she was in great pecu niary distress, living in a secluded apartment in an upper story, witha scanty supply of antique wearing apparel and ricketty furniture, denying herself the ordi | nary comforts of life. In consequence of her apparent ex- ‘treme poverty and oath, she was last year assessed for only: $10,000, though the house she occupied and owned was well worth $25,000. The bureau of the Public Adminis- | trator now shows that she owned bonds to the value of | $80,000, making her entire property at least $100,009. Up to the last month of her life, Mme. de Lux was » | most active and industrious person. She was oiten seen. in' the lower part of the city, picking up ail sorts of things, and she frequently honored us with a call. Once she was robbed of a quantity of jewelry and dia- monds, but the thief was never brought to justice. She frequently inveighed against the omnibuses, and finally came to her death last week, at the age of sixty-five, in. consequence of injuries received by being rum over by a stage in Broadway. At the time of the accident, she objected to paying 4 dollar for the carriage which con- veyed her home. She was subsequently removed to the Asylum of Saint Vincent de Paul, where she was well cared for by the Sisters of Charity, She lived and died. in the Roman Catholic faith. Mme. de Lux left no will, and her property is now in. the hands of the public administrator. It is not known whether or not her husband is alive, anf her only rela- tive is a nephew, now residing in St. Louis, He will probably come into possession of this property. Mme. de Lux frequently promised to ‘‘remember” persons in. | her will—the promise being an inducement held out for some favor which she desired te obtain without a more solid quid pro quo than a visionary hope. She some- times said that she intended to found a hospital. Alto- gether, Mme. de Lux was an original character. The Storm—Great Depth of Snow. {From the Rochester Advertiser. Dec. 4.) Since Saturday night there has prevailed « regula snow storm, bating an interval of a few hourson Sun— day. It commenced wind southeasterly, and. so continued until last night, when it changed, and com- menced blowing strongly from the northwest, accom- panied by an increased fall of suow which iy still falling at nine o’clock this morning. The quantity down is considerable, and badly drifted in many places, blocking the roads and streets, and making movements either toot or mounted, a matter of considerable labor, The railroad track is much blocked up, causing the employ - went of a large number ef locomotives in opening it up. A train went east this morning, consisting of three 1~ comotives'and one Fassenger car. It is not uftea that | winter sets in so decidedly as on the present occasion. Since the preceding was in type we have been down to . the railroad, and find that at 11 o’clock this forenoon no- train had left Syracuse tor the west, and that the snow in that city was two feet deep upon a level. The road, f : dade js tages soared mip the storn» is yet prevailing, it wi ke al to open communication with the Bast. 7 ¥ Ze ‘The Buffalo train got in about 11 o’clock, there being much Jess snow west, and on to Builalo, than there i+ here, ‘The Niagara Falls train also got'in about elever o'clock. The Genesee Valley train due here at 10.40, had not arrived at 12 M., showing that the storm in that direc- tion has also heen very seve.e. It willtake some time to» get the roads in working order, especially as the storia shows no sign of abatement. [From the Ithaca Journal, Dec. 6.} The ‘‘ oldest inhabitant’? must be possessed of an ac- tive memory if he can retain the recollection of a snow storm equal to that of Sunday night and Monday last. Snow fell to the depth of near twenty-four inches, ver: light and even, when a gale sprung up from the nort! which piled up the banks to a degree we never recollect: to have seen. The streets and roads were entirely im- passable, and only industrious people succeeded in dig- ing out into light and civilization, Not a single mail from any direction bas reacbed our village since taturda: snk last. The boat did not. go out on Monday, nei did the cars start. Up totwo- o’clock Tuesday the track had been cleared from the depot half way up South Hill, where three locomotives were stuck in a snow bank. We expect to get news from the ‘yl outeide barbarians” the latter part of the present week, A correspondent of the Boston Journal, writing from» Keene, N. H., speaking of the storm of Sunday, says :—- The storm commenced about noon, with moderate snow. It increaved gradually, wind east, until about eight in the evening, when we had signs of severity. By ten it blew almost a hurricane, with snow. Many of our citizens did not go to bed untill, 2 and 3 in the morning. The houses shook and trembled, as if they would be taken from their foundations, while for hours objects could scarcely be seen three or four hundred: feet. The gale did not subside until nearly three thix morning. Much damage is rey |, but fortunately no vTfhe tops of about fity chitnneys have Desa prostrated e tops of al ity chimneys have been. breaking in roofs, &c. ‘Several barns have been shifted. from their foundations, and roofs of houses partially in- jured, The Cheshire House lost two chimn@y-tops, anc. the portico was nearly crushed; the Eagle, two; the Eme- rald, one; the High school, one. In one case & chimne crushed through Into a room where a man and his wife were in bed, but the timber so fellas to save them. Large trees bave been torn up by the roots, and some pine forests of timber almost levelled with the earth. The late storm was so severe at Quebec that four hun- dred dollars were offered to any steamer that would un dertake to carry the English mail across the river, to- place it on board the cars, but none undertook to do it. [From the Erie (Pa.) Constitution, Dec. 6.) The gale which commenced blowing on Saturilay nigh” last, and which still continues, though the wind has veered, ban been prolific in disasters. ‘The schooner Birmingham, owned by A. Scott, of this city, ran upon the rocks in Niagara river on Sunday morning. e was loaded with coal. Vessel amt cargo will prove a total loss. No insurance. On Saturday last the schooner Storm, owned by Hearn & Co. of this place, went ashore on the Canada «i short distance above Buflalo. She was also loaded witix coal, and itis presumed vessel and cargo will be a total a8. On the same night the bark Republic, owned by C. M. Reed, went ashore at Long Point, She was loaded with. corn. As she lies ona sandy beach, it is thouzht she will be got off. None of the crews of the above named ressels, we un derstand, were lost. Several other vessela were known to be out during the | gale, and, as they Lave mot been heard from, it is sup~ posed they are lost, On Saturday the U.S. steamer Michigan, which had gone to the assistance of the Mayflower, at Point-an- Pelee, ran on a sand bar, and was with difficulty got off after the discharge of fifty tons of coal. We do not learn that she received much damage. Albert H. Nicolay will hold a Special Auc~ ion sale of stocks and bonds, on Saturday, December °, 24; o'clock, at the Merchants’ Exchange. ‘ALBERT Hi. NICOLAY, Auctioneer, No. 4 Bond st. No Postponement. — Auction Sale, This morning, at 004 Broadway, corner of Duane yap = . Ther rich furniture, Also, pianos, oil paintings, lic that all aales shall bo ac seamless thas NIS MORRELL. Step in eae get Fee Daguerreotype for 25 conts.—Eeonomy is prudence, these times particntarty, when you can have as good @ porirait tor only 25 eats Try it—on the Yoong American principle, “New York Vieture Company, 289 ylway. 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