The New York Herald Newspaper, August 11, 1855, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD. | JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR AND EDITOR, @PFICE N. W- COBNER OF NASSAU AND FULTON STS ERMS, cash advonce. TERMS, cox? GIRRALD; 2 conte per copy-$1 per an- um. < gf WEEKLY HERALD every Saturday, at 614 cents ota $3 per annum ; the European edition $4 per Pinum, to any part of Great Britain, or $5 to any part of ‘he Continent, both to include postage. i" “ILL LETTERS by Mail for Subscriptions or with Ad~ wertisements lo be pottpaid, ‘or the postage will be deducted ite remitted. Ivo UNTARY CORRESPONDENCE containing im- news, soli ited from any quarter ca the world—if ceed will be Uberally paid for. Bay Ocn Fonsi Connes- FONDENTS ARE PARTICULARLY RPQUESTED TO SEAL ALL LETTERS PACKAGES SENT C8. “NO NOTICE taken Ch a al communications. We rected. BROADWAY THEATRE, Broadway—Ronert Macame— Four Lovers. NIBLO’S GARDEN, Broadway—Mr. Burtox—ToopiEs— WANDERING MINSTREL. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery—Tum Losr Sarp—Ronent ‘Eumer. METROPOLITAN THEATRE, Broadway—Lx Piawo pe Bermar—La Grraxa—La Derwren HevRE fr MALFILATRE, ‘WOOD'S MINSTRELS, Mechanics’ Hall—472 Broadway. New York, Saturday, August 11, 1855. The News. Mr. Daweon having declined the appointment of Governor of Kansas, ex-Governor Wilson Shannon, of Ohio, has been selected for the place. Mr. Shan- non was a member of the last Congress, and voted for the Kansas-Nebraska bill. He may, therefore, prove less objectionable to the squatter sovereigns of the new Territory than his predecessor. We publish elsewhere accounts of the recent ter wible riots at Louisville, taken from Know Nothing and anti-Know Nothing journals. Our readers, therefore, now have an opportunity of reading the epinions of the organs of both parties as to the origin of this tragic event, and possibly of arriving ata satisfactory conclusion as to where the respon" sibility should properly rest. With reference to the recent State elections there is but little of a positive character to report. In KENTUCKY there appears to be no doubt of the election of Charles §. Morehead, American, to the office of Gov- ernor, by a very large majority, and also of the suc- oees of the entire Know Nothing State ticket. A number of the Congressmen are still in doubt, but the following, judging from the returns as far as re- eeived, we believe to be elected:— Dis, New Congress. Old Congress. 3—W. L. Underwood, K.N. F. W. Bristow, whig. 4—Vountain T. Fox, K. N. James 8. Chrisman, dem. 5—Joshua M. Jewett, dem. Clement 8. Hill, whig. ‘Alex. K. Marshall, K.N, J.C. Breckenridge, dem. Cox, K. Leander M. Cox, whig. ope, R. H. Stanton, dem. : , The official vote of Louisville on Monday last, was as follows:—For Governor, Morehead 3,074, Clark 3,218. For Congress, Marshall 3,057, Preston 1,344. NORTH CAROLINA, As we stated two days back, the Americans have elected their candidates for Congress in the First, Fifth and Sixth districts, and the democrats have sueceeded in the five remaining districts, which gives the democratic party the same number of members in the delegation which they had in the Jast Congress. TENNESSEE. Nothing certain has been received in regard to the eboice of Governor. Both parties claim the election of their candidates, and it may be some time yet before we get sufficient returns on which to base an announcement of the result. Of the election of Con- gresemen very little is known beyond the success of Zolikoffer, K, N., in the Eighth district. ALABAMA. A despateh states that Shortridge, K. N., is cer- tainly elected Governor, and that is about all the intelligence we have from the State. The Board,.of Councilmen last night did little business of importance. Most of the evening the Board was in Committee 8f the Whole, and when the committee rose a resolution was offered directing the Comptroller to publish in his semi-annual re- port the amount of carriage hire charged to the Mayor, with the names of the members of the Com- mon Council riding at the public expense. This resolution was the feature of the session, and was adopted. In the Board of Aldermen the Finance Committee recommended additional appropriations, amounting to #128,321, for the Department of Repairs and Supplies, which recommendation was agreed to. The Law Committee presented a report relative to the refusal of the Mayor to furnish to the Board the names of policemen apppointed since lst of January, 1#55. The committee contend that the Mayor is bound to report the information called for, and argue the point at considerable length and with much force. The report concludes with the recom- mendation that if the Mayor continues to withhold the desired information, the Corporation Counsel be directed to take legal measnres to enforce compli- ance with the wishes of the Board. An effort was made to adopt the report at once, but finally a mo- tion to print prevailed. A special committee, con- sisting of Aldermen Ely, Wakeman and Herrick, ‘was appointed to investigate the charges of corrap- tion made against Alderman Moser. It is proposed to erect a new county jail on the corporation pro- perty situated between Ludlow and Essex streets, and between Grand and Broome streets. The Alder- man of the Eighth ward was appointed to consider the report upon the subject. The steamer James Adger, with the Newfound- land telegraphic excursionists on board, arrived at Halifax yesterday forenoon. A despatch under the telegraphic head gives a brief sketch of the voyage. The yellow fever continues its ravages at Ports- mouth and Gosport, Va., but at Norfolk it has nearly ceased. During the prevalence of the epidemic we have seen the names of sixty-six persons who have died, among whom was a family comprising twelve individuals, at the head of which was Mr. Alexander Goodwin, not one of whom now remain above ground. The victims are nearly all adujta, while children ap- pear to he less lable to take tie disease. The deaths that have occurred are classified as follows:—Men, 29; women, 32; children, 5—Total, 66. Accounts from Fort Laramie to the 16th ult. state ‘that all was quiet in that region. Cholera was raging with great virulence at Fort Riley. Major Ogden was among its victims. Senator Benjamin, of Lonisiana, has written a let- ter in opposition to the Know Nothing party. ‘The annual regatta of the New York Yacht Club will come off at Newport on Tuesday next. Five hnndred dollars is the prize to be contended for, and the race will be open to all crews, We have dates from Porto Cabello, Venezuela, to the 23d of July. The republic was tranquil, healthy and prosperous. Business was extremely dull, and likely to continne so for some months tocome. The stock of coffee did not exceed one thousand bags, which could not be purchased under lljc. Hides, ‘on board ship, were quoted at 163, and scarce at that price. German and Spanish merchants were in the market, giving the highest price for all kinds of pro- duce. The following notice relative to the packing and repacking of merchandise has been issued by the Treasury Department :—" All merchandise in public or private bonded warehouses may be examined at any time during the business hours of the port by the importer, consignee, or agent, who shall have liberty to take samples of his goods in quantities ac- cording to the usage of the port, make all needfal repairs of packages, and to repack the sane, pro- vided the original contents are placed in the new ackage, and the original marks and numbers placed thereon, in the mode prescribed in the 8 venfy th section of th et of 2d March, 1799, and eactof lst March, 1823: vided that no samples shall be taken, nor shall uny gecds be exhibited or examined, unless ander the immediate supervision of an inspector of the customs, and by order of the importer, owner, or consignee, at his expense; nor shall avy package be repaired, or gocds repacked, without a written order from the collector of the port.” The sales of cotton yesterday reached about 1,500 baies, the market closing firm. Flour was active, without change of moment in prices. Wheat was firmer, especially for good white. Fair Southern red sold at $1 90 a $1 95; white ditto, at $2 12; and a cargo of superior North Carolina white at $1 25. Indian corn was about one cent a bushel higher. Sales of Western mixed were pretty freely made at 874c., including one cargo at 88¢. Pork was active and firmer. Sugars were in good demand, with free ales at quite full prices. Coffee was also firm, with free sales of Java at 144. The advance in corn de- pressed the rates for its shipment to Liverpool, while cotton was taken at 3-16d. Kansas and the Restoration of the Missouri Compromise—A Difficulty. It is a notable feature of the times that the great abolition movement in the North, em- bracing the organization of the republican party by the Sewards and Van Burens, the fusion in Ohio, under Chase, and the original negro worshippers in Massachusetts and New England, is now made to hinge almost exclu- sively on the restoration of the Missouri com- promise, and the defeat of the people of Kan- sas in their asserted rights of self-government. It isa great point gained when an issue is se- cured from an unscrupulous opponent. Whether the agitators have been driven off from other points, or on to this, it makes little difference. The former is probably the case, as the Fugitive law, the Wilmot proviso, and, half a dozen other specific aggressions of the oligarchy, seem to have lost their force. Mas- sachusetts, Vermont, Ohio, and Wisconsin, ran the opposition to the Fugitive act entirely un- der ground. They overloaded the subject with so much of folly and madness, it is no wonder that even the people of Massachusetts—a peo- ple who elected a Hiss Legislature and a Wilson to the Senate, and licensed their repre- sentatives torun a muck amongst its women and children, and were in ecstacies of triumph when they found that the sacred cloisters of female worship could not shield the affrighted devotees from the paid spies of the old Com- monwealth—it isno wonder that even such a people should turn in disgust from their follies, and shirk off the Fugitive law for the more distant and less dangerous matter of the resto- ration of the Missouri compromise, and flat- footed opposition to the people of Kansas upon the question of self-government, If ever a people had reason to doubt the propriety of popular sovereignty, it is the vaunted freemen of Massachusetts. If that principle in government has been impeached, or its practical exercise seriously brought in question, we may appeal, not to Kansas, Min- nesota, or New Mexico, but to New England, for testimony in that behalf. Taking the worst view of the Gisorders of the Territory presided over by Gov. Reeder, and they become harmless election disputes compared with the studied treason of the Legislature of Massa- chusetts against the Union of the States, and the exercise of popular rights. The question is now narrowed down to the “Kansas pertidy’—to the “desertion” of the North by the “doughfaces”—and the remedy for all this is restoration and repeal! It isa little remarkable that those who deem them- selves aggrieved as members of the Federal Union, and call for restitution, are in open rebellion against the constitution and laws of the United States. But no matter. At pre- cisely this point the issue is made, The Fugi- tive law, the Temperance farce, and all other rituals of agitation and folly, are thrust aside for the trial of the question of the repeal of the Kansas act, aud the restoration of the Missouri compromise. That work accom- plished, and even the Courier and Enquirer will lapse into its former conservative position— will give up Garrison and Tappan, and again take to the constitution and the fraternal harmony of the States, Py It will be seen that there are two questions involved in this “republican” programme of repeal—the one affecting the compromise, and the other the right of the people of Kansas to carry on their present government. It is well to be practical in the application of remedies when we propose to apply them. In this view, is it not obvious that the restoration of the act of 1820 would fail to abrogate government in Kansas? Is it not equally plain that the repeal of the Terri- torial law would also fail essentially to affect the present rule there? The success of both these measures would leave the people of Kan- sas precisely where the Californians found themselves, without any Territorial act, but with ample ability and will to provide a system of lawssuited to their condition and necessities. Kansas has already organized her government, and the continuance of the law of Congress un- der which she has so far acted is no more ne- cesary to its vitality and stability than is the fifth wheel to the movement of acoach. We may as well look this question directly in the face, that we may not spend too much time in foolishly trying to mould it to our own views. The Missouri compromise controlled Kansas very well as long as that Territory had no in- habitants; it was not expected todo more. So long as there were no people to exercise the powers of freemen—so long as the Territory had no other signification than that of lands—it was all very well. Indeed, nobody has doubted the efficacy of that act, as the soul of a mere the- ory:—as a practical limitation of the people, it never had any binding force, or even the charm of temporary control. To test this, it is only necessary to anticipate its full restoration; and even go tarther, and repeal the Territorial law, do away entirely with the “ perfidy,” annihilate all the « dough- faces,” and what have you accomplished? By this paper conquest, have you destroyed the government of Kansas? Have you limited the rights of popular sovereignty there? Have you brought its people into subjection to your anti-slavery or your slavery ideas? None of these results will follow your works, You will have your labor for your pains. The people have established an independent government the ject to the provisions of the constitution of the U States, and it is impossible to change it, They exist as a dis tinct political community, on the bases of po- pular rovercignty an inherent right of their own-——not a grant of power——whteh they may exercise, but_which they cannot alienate, Neither the constitution or the deductions pmmon sense, in this respect, recognize any tinction between a Territory and a State in NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, AUGUST li, the exercise of the ordinary rights of govern- ment. Judge McLean says: “A State cannot divest itself of the essential attributes of sovereignty. It cannot enter into a compact not to exercise its legislative and judicia! func- tions or jts elective rights, because this would Le to change the form of government guaran- teed by the federal constitution.” What this “form of government’ is, is apparent. Indeed, if there is one paimt in the nature of American policy made more obvious than another, it is that of popular sovereignty—that the people shall be considered the primary source of power. It is the corner stone and foundation of the repub- lic. It is a pervading principle, admitting of no material exceptions. The case of the District of Columbia, the seat of the federal government ond the home of its patronage—a source of perpetual compensations and bribes—is the only radical violation of the rule, The constitution never contemplated the ex” ‘stence of any other Territory, It treats other organized communities as States; and to all egal intents and purposes, in the exercise of elective rights, they are States. We have endeavored thus to separate the question of the restoration of the act of 1820 from that of the repeal of the Territorial law of Kansas, The former is a lifeless medium of political excitement and of sectional bitter- nese—the latter is an incipient State of the confederacy in process of rapid increase, and in spite of its detractors will soon add its pro- ductions to the commerce of the world. It has the power alike to govern itself and to vindicate its character from assaults, from whatever source. It is a living element in the American system of organized labor and rule, resting upon boundless capabilities, easy and sure of developement. The question is, whether {t shall be governed by its own people or by an act of Congress passed thirty-five years before it had an existence—an act which never had its origin in the American policy— a bantling of excitement, an abortion of revo- lution. Its existence was a shame to legiti- macy and a disgrace to the government to which its incubation was committed. It is a worthy subject for the negro worshippers— worthy of the “ republican” party of Seward, Wilson and Chase—of their exclusive labors ; worthy of the Tribune, the Times, and the Courier and Enquirer. But what is to be gained by restoration and repeal? Is it to provide another compromise, to reach away off in the future, and again to topple over and crumble to dust when called upon to interpose its lifeless inhibitions against the fixed laws of population? Can the free- men of the North be saved from slavery only by leaning on such 4 fragment of folly, and denying the rights of popular sovereignty to Kansas? Are we thus called upon to enslave the whites in order to prevent a citizen of Kentucky from taking his labor into the pub- lic Territory? “Are the people of Kansas to be driven out, and pfovisions made to settle that Territory exclusively under the super- vision of the Emigrant Aid Society? There is but one idea involved in the programme of the negro worshippers, as a practical question. What is it? What is it? AMERICAN AND ENGLISH WATERING PLAces— Joun Bunt axp Brotuer JONATHAN IN THEIR Summer Retreats.—We present to our readers to-day, a large batch of correspondence from all the principal watering places in the Union, together with a well written and interesting letter descriptive of society at the English springs. From these chapters of social life, in its freest and gayest aspects, much amusement and some instruction may be gleaned. If we have not an opportunity of seeing ourselves as others see us, we have at least the advantage of instituting a comparison, where a compari- son may be useful. There is one noticeable feature in the let- ters of our correspondents which gives us sincere pleasure, and which, we have no doubt, will be attended with a beneficial effect. It will be seen that they one and all set their faces against the attempts made in some of the watering places to convert the healthful enjoy- ments of the country into the dissipation and extravagance which characterize the society of our larger cities. Such a perversion of God’s most enjoyable gifts ought to be strenuously resisted and written down. The foolish‘ ambi- tion and rivalry which suggest it are produc- tive of sufficiently mischievous consequences in their original sphere, without their being suf- fered to poison and destroy those rural plea- sures in which the overtaxed mind seeks relief What chances are there of tranquillity and con- valescence for the invalid, when he knows that the fashionable outfit of his wife and daughters for the springs will plunge him into pecuniary difficulties and harrassing anxieties for the re- mainder of the year? How many cares, too, of a more delicate character may not the free asso- ciation with what is called fashionable society in such places bring with it! Composed but too frequently of shameless intrigantes, for- tune hunters, gamblers, and unprincipled adventurers of all sorts, nothing can be more dangerous than close contact with it. It is the duty, therefore, of every one who has the least regard to the interests and happiness of his family, to prevent them mixing with or imi- tating the habits of these so-called fashionables. They are all pursuing a game which can nei- ther benefit the morals nor the reputations of respectable people, In another point of view these letters will be found useful. To persons in almost all condi- tions of physical derangement, they will sug- gest both a choice of the localities suited to their complaints, and serve as a sort of guide to them. No country in the world possesses a greater variety of natural remedial agents, in the shape of mineral waters, than this; and the case must be a peculiar one, indeed, which will not be in some way benefitted by their use. For those to whom they are prohibited, there are other resources in the fine surf bathing and refresh- ing breezes of our extensive and varied coast scenery; whilst in cases where the mountain air alone is required, we have, within a few hours’ distance of our city, some of the most picturesque and delightful spots in the world, If invalids will only be satisfied to leave be- hind them their fashionable prejudices and city habits, they may tind in some one or other of these places the healing and renovating influ- ences of which they are in search. Ixvorwatios Waxten—Of the good effets of the late, descents upon the gamblers, lottery policy dealers, and so forth, by the police. Strike bigher. Ri Goop News — The intelliger from all quarters of the country, concerning the weather and the crops Peaches aod cream for al! Tus Cusan Junta ann Our Transiator—A Correction Correcrep—We published on Tuesday last an editorial paragtaph stating that there was an error in the translation of the address of the Cuban Junta, which appeared the previous day in our columns, and which made them complain of the coldness and op- position of the American people. The amende was made at the request of the Secretary of the Junta, and in the absence from town of our translator. He has since returned, and re- spectfully insists on the fidelity and correct- ness with which the document in question was rendered. The only paragraph about which there is any question is the following, which we give in the original, with the translation of it, as published:— Y si ninguna escusa pudieron encontrar los poderes parados, en sus antecedentes politicos, y los principios conservadores que representaban, para Ia hostilidad que desplegaron contra los intentos de los revolucionarios de Cuba; menos aun debe concedérsela f la actual adminis- tracion, que fué deudora de su eleccion @ lox elementos mas democraticos y progresivos, y & los compromisos mas solemnes en favor dela causa de nuestra patria, * * * Y si fueran solas estas m, a8 las que vertiera sobre el na pudiera lavarlas en el bano caracter de su nacion, de #u cobardia é ineptil Otras responsabilidades le reserva tal vez el grandia de las revelaciones, que lo con- Genen entonces @ Ia animadversion de todos los pechos generosos del mundo, [TRANSLATION A8 PUBLISHED. } And if past administrations can find no excuse in their politieal antecedents and the conservative principles which they represented, for the hostility which they dis- played against the e@>rts of the Cuban revobutionists, Pail lesa can any excuse be formed for the present admin- istration, which owed its election to the most democratic and progressive elements, and to the most solemn engage- menta in favor of the.cause of our country, * * ® * And if these 8 were the only ones which the ad- ministration cast upon the national character, they might perhaps be washed away in the bath of its own cowardice and inaptitude. But there are other responsibilities, which are perhaps reserved for the great day of revela- tions, which may then condemn the natianal character to the animadversion of all the generous hearts of the world. It will be seen by any person having a gram- matical knowledge of the Spanish language, that the point in dispute consists in the proper rendering of the little pronoun lo in the last section, It is the accusative masculine for it. The Junta say that they intended it to apply to the administration: our translator made it ap- ply to the national character. Which is the correct rendering? Our translator contends that his is the only proper grammatical con- struction that can be given to the sentence, and gives the following reason. The phrase la actual administracion, in the same paragraph, is feminine, and if the application as to the ani- madversion of the world was intended toapply to the administration, the word Ja (the accusa- tive feminine) should have been used instead of lo (the masculine), But the phrase ed carac- ter de su nacion,in the preceding sentence, is masculine, and the pronoun lo, in the following one, can only grammatically apply to it. And that is the interpretation, it will be seen, which our translator has given it, and which is in perfect harmony, we think, with the succeed- ing and other paragraphs, The Cuban Junta will see, and doubtless ac- knowledge, that if their ideas have -been mis- construed, it was their own, not our transla- tor’s fault, and that in all such cases, where there might possibly be a doubt of the meaning of a sentence, precision of language and clear- ness of expression are most desirable. Where the error is their own, they should certainly not seek to shift the responsibility. Newsparer Impostors.—We have been shown another letter from our soidisant associate, Mr. J. F, Carman, in the same terms as the last. It runs as follows:— New York, August 9, 1855, My Dear Sin:—My new book of the Biographies of Leading New York Citizens and Me@chants’? will appear next Monday, and being rather pressed for papers 1 wish to beg of you the loan and favor of $10, which I will re- fund again on that day, together with a few copies of the books, wherein you may see how highly esteemed among them you stand; and if convenient, you could call at my private office to-morrow, between 10 and 11 A. M., you may see the proofs and make any addition or allges les i ‘aneweri r bearer, yemoblige yours, fepetialy; i ne Perly T, CAMMANS Assistant Editor New Yor« Henatn, Mr. Carman, it appears, has been going pret- ty extensively into the business. When he wrote to the Methodiats or the piously inclined, he called himself an assistant editor of the Commercial Advertiser; to the merchants and the public at large he assumed the title of assist- ant editor of the Hrraup. In both cases the modest creature only asked for ten dollars, which he was to repay, and give books into the bargain. Once for all, the attaches of the Heratp ex- pect and want neither loans, favors, nor gra- tuities of any kind from the public, or the people with whom they come into contact in the way of business. Any one who, pretending to belong to the Hrraxo, writes letters like Mr. Carman’s is an impostor. Any one who under the like pretence, seeks to travel free ona railroad, is an impostor. Any one who, under cover of the Heratp’s name, endeavors to pass as a deadhead at hotels, or any where else, is an impostor, and will we hope be treated as such. No one connected with this establish- ment is authorized or desires to avail himself of the old fashioned immunities of the press, in order to practise economies which are not open to the rest of mankind. The public is fairly warned; it must now take care of itself. Tuvrtow Weep on THE AweRICAN Party.— The Albany Journal has made the astonishing discovery that while the platforms of the Know Nofhing State Councils North of Mason and Dixon’s line are of the anti-slavery stripe, those on the South side are of the most decided pro-slavery character. This is old news. We had supposed that the split in the Philadelphia Council had left the party in each section and ineach State to take its own course on the slavery question, and that they have been act- ing independently of each other, in pursuance of the Philadelphia plan of agreeing to disa- gree for the present. The truth is, that all par- ties, upon all questions—especially the slavery question—are all adrift, North and South, East and West, except as sectional organizations, Nor is there any visible nucleus or prospect of a national organization in 1856, except from the materials of the American party, and their reconstruction upon the living practical issues of the day, with a strong, sound, reliable con- servative man at the helm. In the mean- time, Know Nothing State platforms signify little or nothing. A White Hovsn Dixver.—Judge Douglas and Mr. Senator Mason, of Virginia, dined the other day at the White House, with the Presi- dent. All three are candidates for the succes- sion. Which is to give way? We have no in- formation that Marcy was present; but we pre- sume that, for various good reasons, he was left out, Three Nebraska candidates are enough at one sitting. We are afraid that | Marcy is losing caste. Cenrors ComcipEnt published from the © the crickets and grasshoppers in Utah, which, excepting afew lines, we flad Lo be exac tly the body of ane ftorialof the Merino of some two weeks ago, Can the Chinago Pree aoconnt for the coinciden 1855. Kans, MINISTRATION.—According to the latest ac- counts, the Kansas experiment of “ squatter sovereignty” will have produced a pretty ket- of fish for the approaching Congress. It appears that the® border ruffians,” not satistied with the removal of Reeder, have named a man of their own as his successor; that the Legis: ture of Kansas is composed largely of Missouri- ans who still live in Missouri; that they have moved the seat of government to suit their own convenience, inspite of the Governor's pro- test; and, finally, that they have adopted a resolution imposing a fine of fivédollars upon any man in the Territory who shialt-call Gov. Reeder by any higher civil title than Squire Reeder. All these knotty and embarrassing proceedings are of course too much for Mr. President Pierce. He will let them run on; he has burnt his fingers badly enough already in this Kansas business, The squatters and “border ruftians,”’ on both sides, meantime, are preparing for war in earnest; but they may go to war with impunity. Our administration is afraid to touch them, one way or the other. Our only hope, therefore, of escaping a bloody war among the “border ruffians” is, that hos- tilities may be delayed till Congress can inter- fere. What a glorious administration! Tue Borper Rurvians”—Tue Av- Tue TEXANS AND THE MEX#}CAN REVOLUTION- 1sts.—We perceive by our exchanges that the frontier people of Texas‘are preparing to lend ahelping hand to the Mexican revolutionists, with a view to the annexation of the northern provinces of Mexico to the United States. The game is hardly worth the candle. <The people of Texas had better let the Mexitans fight it out among themselves, for the result is inevitable, sooner or later, and we can, af- ford to wait a little longer, especially with the present fanatical and threatening free soil and abolition agitation upon our hands. Moreover, we have some treaty obligations to fulfil towards Mexico, which should not be dis- regarded by the magnanimous people of Texas. We should also be glad to be informed by Mr. Pierce's organs of the “difference betwixt tweedle dum and tweedle dee.’ Under the threats of England and France, the whole power of the administration, on land and sea, has been brought to bear against the Cuban Junta and their associate liberators; while, as it appears, the Mexican revolutionists and Texan filibusters make our side of the boundary a place of retreat and military rendezvous at their convenience, and without the slightest molestation from the United States authori- ties, civil or military. We should like to know from the Washington Union whether Marcy is still the friend of Santa Anna, or is in this Texas border conspiracy to despoil him of half his empire. Our exterior and border troubles seem to be getting worse and worse every day. An Op Fooy, Waxrxa Up.—One of our ‘Wall street cotemporaries kicked a little the other day, and softly remonstrated against the programme of whig, free soil and abolition fusion, as laid down by the Seward Astor House Junta. The same deliberate and modest old fogy becomes, however, a little excited on learning that the “free democracy” of this State—the free soilers proper of the Hale and John Jay party—have issued a manifesto dis- banding their forces and proclaiming a junc- tion with Seward’s Holy Alliance. The old Wall street whig is indignant. But what will he do? Will he surrender or submit? Gen. Webb has led the way. Fallin.. It is absurd to be fastidious about our company in war times. Rely upon it, the whig party is dead, and its remains are buried in this Seward fusion of the nigger loving factions, Let our old Wall street whig fallin. We cannot otherwise provide for him. Omxievses oN Broapway.—The Common Council very properly instituted an inquiry into the matter of the ten new omnibuses licensed to run on Broadway, and received from the Mayor an answer justifying his right to license omnibuses, He argues that the new law does not deprive him of the right he pos- sessed under the old one, and soon. Mr.Wood evades or mistakes the issue. The question is not whether he, as Mayor, had or had not the right to license new omnibuses on Broadway; but whether it was right and proper so to do, the state of the street duly considered. The public opinion is that Broadway is sufficiently crowded as it is; that ten new omnibuses will add to the inconvenience already felt by the community; and that Mayor Wood had far better try to explain why he inflicted that ad- ditional inconvenience than enter into a com- mentary on the Jaw. Tux Cextrat Park.—Why have the Com- missfoners appointed to trace and lay out the Central Park not made their report? Suppose the Common Council request the Corporation Attorney to answer this question, or, in case he cannot, to institute the inquiries Necessary to elicit an answer from the proper quarter. These Commissioners have been at work two years or thereabouts, at a cost to the city of twenty dollars a day. It does not appear that the task they were to perform ought to have taken over a part of a single season. Let the Common Council inquire how long the city is to pay the $20 per diem, and when we shall have the report? Capiver Movements.—A correspondent of the Washington Union informs us that Secreta- ry Dobbin is at the Virginia Red Sulphur Springs, and looks fifty per cent better than when he left Washington, Mr. Marcy was about leaving Old Point Comfort. The Presi- dent is expected on a short Northern trip. Mr. Cushing is engaged as assistant editor of the Cabinet organ, under the directions of Col. Forney. No blame can be attached to the Captain. Tue Srrver Macutwes.— We observe of late detachments here and there of atreet cleaners “with a vote,” hard at work. ber is coming along. Novem. Boost FOR THE SOC DE BiexrAwance.—This evening the French Vaudeville Company give several of the best pieces in their repertoire at Wallack’s theatre, for (he be- nefit of the Societé Frangaise de Bienfaisance, The per- formances will consist of Scribe’s “ Protegée suns le Sa- voir,’’ the “ Ponthere de Java,” and “Les Deux Sans Culottes.” Mile. Zoe will kindly give her services on this oceasion, which is sure to cnlist the sympathies of Before Hon. Judge Clerko, Swain Lindsley vs. Mary Ann Lindel . granted to defendant a f divorce, and $60 tor cou Before Hon. Judge Tn the case of Alien, assi HYRArD, a ver role! rhe wae rendered for pinint(tT THE LATEST NEW BY MAGNETIC ANO PRINTING TELEGRAPHS, Waarrvaron, August 10, 1855 Wilson Shamnon, ex-Governor of Ohio, a tne the last Congress from that State, and a supporter Nebraska bill, has been appointed Gov ice Dawson declined, he Alaba lection. Corrana, §. C., August 9, From Alabama we have received returns showing the following Know Nothing majorities for Governor:—Shelby- Greene county, 408; Tus- county, (20; Bibb county, caloora county, 1,000; Macon, bile county, 600; Lownde ing counties give democratic majorities poos, £39; Clarke, 162; Chambers, 600; Wilcox, 100; Tal- Indega, £50; Jefferson, 250; Coora, 400; Barbour reported, (but doubtful), 950, Dowdell, (dem.,) ix elected to Congress in the Third district, by 400 majority. Interesting from the Plains. ARMY INTELLIGENCE— CHOLERA AT FORT RILEY, ETC. Sr, Lovis, August 10, 1855. A correspondent of the Repiwlican, writing from Fort Taramle, under date of July 16, says that all was quiet in that region, Captain Foote’s company of infantry had arrived. Colonel Howe's dragoons were met within fifty miles of Fort Kearney. ‘The road was lined with trains, and those attending them were all well. No Sioux Indians were seen on the route. Cholera was prevailing with great fatality at Fort Riley. ‘Major Ogden was among its victims. Several companies of troops and a large number of mechanics were there. Numbers had abandoned the Fort and taken to the hills. ‘The New York and Newfoundland Telegraph Company Excursionists. Haurax, August 10, 1855, ‘The steamer James Adger, from New York, with the New York apd Newfoundland Telegraph Company ex- cursionists on board, has arrived at this port. We are indebted to a distinguished gentleman in the telegraphic world for the following graphic account of the trip thus far:— We arrived here at eleven o’clock this morning, just three days from New York by the outside of Long Island route. The weather was extremely pleasant until yes- terday afternoon. We passed the steamship Bultic, bound to New York, and saw numerous whales and a fleet of from one hundred to one hundred and fifty fish- ing boate catching cod. Our party consist of 66 persons, composed of religious, literary, legal, medical, <cientific, ‘telegraphic and business gentlemen and their ladies. Yesterday afternoon a storm arose, increasing in fury until near midnight, during which the Adger behaved: well. Captain Turner is a perfect trump, and so are his officers and crew. We were within fifteen or twenty miles of this port last night, but the storm prevented, the possibility of getting a pilot, and we put off to sea for safety, and after being tossed about all night came iw this morning. We coal here and start this afternoon for Port au Basque, where we take @ 2,000 ton ship in tow for Cape Breton, to pay out the cable across the Gulf of St. Lawrence, thence we proceed across the banks of St. Johns, N. F. Halifax is a fine place, and the ladies are pretty. We must annex before long. The gentlemen have proved themselves quite agreeable. ‘Telegraph to Holmew’ Hole, Edgarton and Nantucket. “ Boeron, August 10, 1855. The Boston and Cape Cod Telegraph Company have de- cided to extend their wires, by a strong submarine cable. of the same size as that now being laid down between New- foundland and Nova Scotia, to Holmes’ Hole (Martha’s ” Vineyard), Edgarton and Nantucket; and we learn that contracta were made to-day binding the company to have the line completed on the Ist of November. The proposed: line will prove of great value to the shipping interest, as it will place the important points named in constant oom- munication with this city at all seasons of the year. Yellow Fever in Virginia. Barnmonr, August 10, 185 At Norfolk and Portsmouth the yellow fever is - ting and over seven thousand people have fled. The Ohio and Mississippi Railroad. Sr. Louis, August 10, 1855. The directors of the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad held a meeting last night to choose a plan for putting the rond in operation, Nothing, however, was decided upon The meeting adjourned until this evening. Arrest for Violating the Neutrality Laws. Bostox, Auguft 20, 1355. Ayerson named Wagner was arrested here to-day, charged with enlisting men for foreign military service. He will be examined to-morrow before the United State» Ccmmissioner. ‘The Annual Regatta at Newport. TO THE EDITOK OF THE HERALD. Newport, Aug. 10, 1855. ‘There will be a regatta at Newport on Tue-day next August 14, open to all crews. Prize $500, J. PRESCOTT HALL, Chairman of Committee, Markets. Osweio, August 10—6:30 P. M. Flour unchanged. Wheat in: fair demand for milling- Sales 1,600 bush, at $220. Corn firm, with an upward tendency. Sales 2,000 bush at 78c, Freights without change. Receipts trifling. PHILADELPHIA IRON MARKET. z Prapeirmia, August 10, 1655. ‘The inquiries for American pig iron during the past week have been more active, and the mills are fully em- ployed. Sales of the week, 6,500 tons. No, 2 foundry is quoted at $25, and No. 1 ‘at’ $26; forge iron $234 $25, Choice brands of American are in ‘demand for casting, as they afford greater strength than Scotch. American bare are In request. Sales of the week 500 tons at $70 n #75. American sheet in good demand. Nails improving.. _—— Our Washington Correspondence. Wasuinotox, August 10, 1855. ‘The Result of the Late Eleations—Opposition Majoriy in the Next Congress—Gadsden’s Despatches—Marcy a! Old Point Comfort—Health of Secretary Dobbin—His Pro- table Kesignation—United States Steamer San Jarin'o and her Officers—Judge Minot, the New Commissioner of Pen- sions—Indian Treaties, de. de. The reault of the late elections is being anxiously looked to by the administration, and it seems to be con- ceded by the Union that there will be an opposition ma- Jority in the House of Representatives, although the democrats Lave triumphed in most of the elections heard from. It is plain that the administration—its acts and omissions, its blundery, follies and imbecilities-—never entered practically, as an issue, into the controversy, and the triumph is no triumph of President Pierce. The American party will hold the balance of power in the popular branch of next Congress, and by # judicious sys- tem of tactics the Know Nothings may yet checkmate the powers that be, and come in for a large share in the aon- trol of the government. Important despatches have been received here from General Gadsden, our Minister to Mexico, explaining the circumstances under which he became involved in diffi- culties with the Mexican Secretary of Foreign Affairs. The despatches were forwarded yesterday by express to Mr. Marcy, who is still at (ld Point Comfort. Mr. Mar- qs position to General Gadeden ia well known, and these additional diplomatic quarrels of the great xouth Carolinian will not have a tendency to conciliate the Se- ‘ or It is well for him to receive these despatches at © cool a place as Old Point. else there is no telling what ‘he old man might be tempted to do in this hot weather A letter to the Washington Union, from the Red sul- phur Springs, announces Secretary Dobbin as much im- proved in health, but a private letter to a gencieman of this city reports him ‘‘no better,’ and concludes, that unless ‘he resigns his official position in a short time. death will relieve him of the necessity of doing so. Mr. Dobbin is expected back bi: the fire of next week, when he will proceed to devlgnate the offi- cers for the U. 8. steamer San Jacinto, now at the Rrook- lyn mer pore and nearly ready for sea. Judge Minot has entered upon tho discharge of his du- ties a Commissioner of Pensions, and seems to g-asp without an effort the complicated ‘machinery of hte ba. reau. He is remarkably quiet in manner, but exhibite great firmness of purpore. and will doubtiew make « Worthy successor to the Hon. Loren P. Waldo. Jurge Minot has adopted as @ rule in his official action that no pension cr se shall be re-opened for examination unles upon the production of new and material evidence. This will cut off a large portion of the business form ly thrown upon the office. Under Mr. Waldo’s administra- tien the claimant had the privilege, at any time, to file brief or argument in a case, and if he could show that the previous action of the of was erroneous, and that he was legally entitled, the case was re-examined, and if found to be just was allowed, The latter seems to be the Practice sanctioned by justice, though the former will save the office great labor, Judge Minot wax the law partner of President Pierce, but seems to have comein for a very «mall spoils, Mr, Fillmore did better for h lail—who was placed at the head 0 Lepar! ment. ‘The Commissioner of Indian Affe now abwnt o 4 retend, in or glass bends and red paint for mineral linv jerlor, or, im other words, in holding ta! ke and ne