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HE NEW YORK HERALD—CALIFORNIA EDITION. ‘The United States mail steamship George Law, Captain Gray, will leave this port to-morrow afternoon at two @’elock, for Aspinwall. ‘The mails for California and other parts of the Pacific will close at one o'clock. The New York Weexty Herawp—California edition— eontaining the latest intelligence from ali parts of the werld, will be published at eleven o’clock to-morrow merning. Single copies, in wrappers, ready for mailing, sixpence. Agents will please send in their orders as early as possi- Die. street, Fast. ‘The News. A despatch from New Orleans announces the ar- rival of the Crescent City at that port, with Havana @ates to the 28th ult. Santa Anna and family ar- Fived at Havana on the 24th, from Vera Cruz, and Jeft on the 26th for Caracas. We ,give elsewhere additional particulars respecting his flight, and the movements at the Mexican capital consequent thereupon. Both boards of the Common Council commenced their September sessions last night. The Aldermen ‘were occupied with the reception of official commu- nications. The Central Park Commissioners apolo- gise for delay in their work by the stale excuse of “circumstances beyond their control.” They pro- mise that the estimates and assessments with refe- rence to the Park shall be completed some time @uring the present month. The Comptroller’s report relative to the city expenditures for the year ending June, 1855, was presentad. We give the document im another part of the paper. The semi-annua! veport of Mr. Matsell, Chief of Police, was also presented. From January 1 to June 30 the ar- Tests for all offences by the patrol police numbered 22,820, and by the reserved corps 4,004. There are 1,107 men of all grades in the police department ‘The Comptroller was instructed to furnish a state ment of all the moneys paid out of the treasary since January, 1853, 0n account of public works, the ex pense of which is payable by assessment upon the Property benefited by the improvements made. In the Board of Conncilmen a resolution was of- fered authorizing the Comptroller to contract for the removal of the offal from the city; but this was jaid over by the friends of Mr. Reynolds. The docu ment of the evening was a message of his Honor the Mayor. The reading of a portion of this message caused no little sensation in the Board, and, it being rather unpalatable, the members stopped its read- ing and ordered it to be printed. The message and doings of the Board may be found in anothor column, The Board of Supervisors met and ordered a num- ber of Censns Marshals’ bills to be paid. No other business was transacted. The Furey investigating committee met yesterday. Two witnesses were examined, but the testimony elicited presented no facttending to substantiate the charges of corruption alleged against the Street Commissioner. In connection with our report of the proceedings of the committee we publish a com- munication from Mr. 8. D. Moulton, to which the attention of parties interested is directed. The Young Men’s Democratic Union Club held a meeting last night. A grandiloquent letter upon political affairs from Hon. Henry A. Wise was read, and responded to by resolutions in a similar vein. Resolutions, containing among other declarations an unqualified approval of the principles of tie Kansas-Nebraska act, were unanimously adopted, thus rebuking the free soilism of the Syracure cou- vention. A report is given elsewhere. The workingmen of the Fourteenth ward held a meeting ‘last evening, in order to organize a plan of action for the coming election. A general platform, denunciatory of the Know Nothings, the present sys- tem of letting public contracts, the cheating of labor- ers.of their wages by rich employers, the present Prohibitory Liquor law, and a monopoly of public Jands, was adopted; and will evidently be enthu. siagtically supported. The Fourth Senatorial District Whig Convention met last night and nominated Mr. William Allen, of the Tenth ward, as their candidate for State Senator, in place of Thomas R. Whitney, whose term of office expires next January. Joseph H. Petty, of the Thirteenth ward, is the Know Nothing candidate in the same district. We continue our report of the evidence taken be- fore the coroner's jury at Burlington, relative to the causes of the recent railroad catastrophe. The tes. timony was concluded yesterday, and the jary will probably render a verdict in a day or two. With re- gard to the condition of the wounded no ‘change had taken place since Saturday. mene The corner stone of a new and splendid edifice, about to be erected by the Roman Catholics of Ro- chester, was laid on Sunday afternoon, 2d inst., in prerence of between ten and fifteen thousand persons, who assembled from different parts of the diocess of Buffalo to witness the imposing cere- monies. We have advices from Nassan, N. P.,to the 28th alt, At Inagua and Rum Cay heavy rains had fall- en, and no hope remained of reaping anything like a remunerative crop of salt. At the latter place and at Crooked Island the provision crops have entirely failed, and the inhabitants are reduced toa state of destitution but little short of actual starvation. The late rains will, doubtless, bring relief to these people in the long run, but, in the meantime, they will have to endure an amount of privation and suffer. ing which it should be the object alike of private benevolence and public charity to mitigate and re- move. Onr correspondent at Rio Janeiro, writing on 18th of August, says:—In consequence of finding no shippers to purchase at prices of the Lith instant, coffee tell 250 to 800 ries per aroba yesterday, which created quite a good feeling, and several sales were effected. The steamer Bay City, bought by the Amazon Steam Packet Company, will soon be cady to take her place on that river. She !+ under 3-6 management of an American engineer, and they NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1855. expect to make eighteen miles per hour with her* McClain, the mate of the Bay City, is still in prison’ It is understood that he is to be brought to trial for resisting the police, and on no other charge. (We learn that a large portion of the cotton made last season in Louisiana is still lying on the banks of the rivers, waiting for navigation. On Red river alone two hundred thousand bales are detained. In the meantime, planters are deprived of fleur, coffee, &c., without paying for these articles to cover land carriage, at the rate of one bale of cotton for two barrels of flour. This is particularly the case above Shreveport. The sales of cotton yesterday embraced about 1,500 bales, without change in prices. Flour was dull, but more active. The sales included about 5,000 a 6,000 bbis., chiefly common State, for export. Southern wheat sold to a fair extent, at $1 70a $1 80 for red, and $1 90 for white, embracing 4,000 bushels Maryland at that figure, for export. A small lot of prime Southern was sold at $1 95. Corn was easier, with free sales at 86c. a 87c. for sound. Pork was firm at $2237 for new mess. Lard was also active and firm. Sugars advaneed about jc. since Saturday, with sales of about 700 hhds. and 1,500 boxes. Freights were firmer, with more offering for Liverpool and London. ‘The Mayor's Message—What Has the Com- mon Council! Done? Elsewhere will be found the message sent in by the Mayor to the Common Council last evening. It resembles the previous perform- ances of Mayor Wood fin that line, inasmuch as itis plain, straightforward, and not with- out a little dash of autocracy which is pecu- liarly piquant and popular in this country. Notwithstanding the obstacles which have been thrown in his way, and the really small aggre- gate of reform he has been enabled toaccom- plish, he is still confident of the virtue of the one-man power system, andis no more afraid of assuming responsibility now than he was when he was at the zenith of his fame six monthsago. But the main point of his mes- sage is contained in the first paragraph. This is a rebuke to the Common Council for the manner in which their time has been spent and their neglect of the recommendations con- tained in the last message. The very same ideas were expressed in these columns a month since, and the more closely they are consi- dered, the more blameable does the conduct of the Council appear. The suggestions contain- ed in Mayor Wood’s first message embraced the reform of every department of the city government. They referred to the increase of revenue without any increase of taxation, by increasing the amount of taxable property, and charging interest on the public deposits; to the introduction of economy into the ex- penditure by the substitution of salaries for fees in many cases, and revising the appro- priations; to the cleaning, grading and open- ing of streets, to their liberation from cattle, and to the relief of Broadway by reducing the number of stages; to the construction of new and appropriate buildings for the city government, and of substantial docks, and to the opening of the Central Park; to a general revision of the municipal ordinances, a re-examination of the school system, and to the reform of the rules under which property is now sold for as- sessments; finally, tothe re-organization of the police, to the protection of emigrants, and to the settlement of claims again si the city by individuals. Such were some of the topics on which the Mayor announced to the Common Council—though they knew it very well be- fore—that legislation was imperatively re- quired in January last; we are now in Septem- ber, and actually nothing has been done. With the exception of one or two of these subjects which were in such a condition that the Mayor could assume responsibility to set them right, they are in as bad a position as under the old administration. No provision has been made for the streets; none for increasing the reve- nue or diminishing the expense; none for the pending works of city improvement; none for the legislative reforms needed, none for the practical. In one branch as in the other the most damning evidence of the Council's ne- glect and imbecility meets the eye. Itappears certain that since January last Mayor Wood has been fighting one of the fiercest fights which can fall to the lot of a public man— namely fighting the Common Council in order to induce them to do something and not whol- ly to forget us and stultify themselves, During this period that thoroughly despica- ble body has contrived to sink itself lower in public esteem than even the worst of its prede- cessors. It has not only treated the imperative recommendations of the Mayor with perfect contempt, not devoting a night to the consider- ation of any one of them, but has allowed themes so frivolous to engross its attention that they would have disgraced a debating society of school boys. Thus we have seen the Common Council agitated on the subject of Mr. Matsell’s birth place. They knew, as every one does, that he is one of the best Chiefs of Police we could have; perhaps the very best we ever had; but such un- speakably small minded creatures were they that they must needs appoint committees to investigate the circumstances of his birth—the whole apparently with a view to show that if he had happened to have been born in England he ought to be dis, missed, no matter how gooda Chief he was, Another question which absorbed a vast deal of the Council's time was whether the Mayor had or had not appointed certain reporters policemen. It was said that two or three mem- bers of the press, who had been unfortunate in their professional associations, found the beat of a policeman a more profitable walk in life than that of a reporter, and having exchanged the quill for the club, sought admission to the ranks of the civil army. Why they should have been refused, if they were able to knock a thief down, or why, in any case, the matter was worth inquiring into, no one but a mem- ber of the present Common Council can deter- mine. <A third question which has taken up no emall share of the Council's time is the Joseph Walker contract. One man got the contract, and others—members of the Cor- poration—asserted that he oughtn’t to have got'it, and that the work might have been done for $12,500, whereas he would receive $15,000 for doing it. On the strength of this, more committees were appointed and witnesses heard, and days wasted; and all the while, by the ne- glect of one single one among the Mayor's sug- gestions, that respecting the interest on the city deposits, the city was losing hundreds of dollars every day. A fourth engrossing topic among the members of the Corporation has been their respective rides in carriages at the public ex- pense. First the Mayor was called upon to ay how often he had ridden at the public ex- pense since the beginning of the year, and when it was found that his coach hire had ac- ually cost the city $380 or $2.60 per working ing day, the members were” thrown into a pa- roxysm of honor. Then they called upon each other, and it turned out that the Aldermen had | ridden in coaches to the tune of $1,989 75 in twelve months, while jhe Councilmen—the luxurious dogs—had actually cost the -city $5,661 50 during the same period for coach hire. The increase over last year is $5,077 75 —‘“an alarming increase” as Mr. Flagg feeling- ly remarks. In such follies has the year been wasted while everything waits reform. Not one spark of his energy has the Mayor been able to in- fuse into his Council. Indeed, comparing them with their predecessors—than to defend whom nothing is farther from our wishes or inten- tions—they really seem the first in point of silliness and uselessness, and look as though they had appeared simply to prove how the intentions of the best of Mayors could be nul- lified by the opposition of the worst of Coun- cils. Racner’s Fimsr Nigut iv New York—Tse Errect or Her Active on THE AMERICAN Mixp.—Mademoiselle Rachel played last night at the Metropolitan theatre, in this city. We have no doubt that the occasion was as inte- resting to the great actress as it was to the au- dience that filled the spacious theatre from pit todome. Her mind must have gone back eighteen years—to the night when, at about the same time in the year, she stood trembling and shrinking before the very small audience that assembled to witness her début at the Comedie Francaise. The same part that she acted then (Camille, in “Les Horaces”) she played to an American audience last night. - The girl had come to the full maturity of womanhood, and stood before an audience the majority of whom were strangers to the language that fell in such sweet and subtle tones from her lips; but, by the mighty magic of her art, she overcame all this, and held and controlled their sympa- thies, while she, cold as marble, reigned the queen of all. When we take into consideration all the cir- cumstances attending it, M’lle Rachel’s début was a wonder. Although many of us have a superficial knowledge of the French language, but few learn to speak it, unless absolutely compelled by the exigencies of our trade or profession. As was said by an orator a few nights since, when addressing an audience mainly composed of Cubans, it is unfortunate for us, sometimes, that the punishment for the irreverent ancients who commenced the Tower of Babel was a confusion of: tongues. It is unfortunate for us that M’lle Rachel speaks only French, and it is unfortunate for M’lle Rachel that most of us speak only English. It is also bad that almost all Americans think Racine and Corneille rather too “cold and classical,” as Mrs. Jarley would say—that we generally goto the theatre to be excited or amused ; and, as we are notaccustomed to high art there, we are not prepared for it, and con- sequently do not appreciate it. Again: M’lle Rachel's visit has been purely a legitimate undertaking. Her manager has eschewed all the usual tricks and humbugs. He has simply said: here is an actress—you have been made familiar with her history and position abroad—the price to see her is so much, and she will play on certain nights in those parts which she has made her own. No auctions—no serenades—no ovations of any kind. Another salient point from which was predi- cated tho comparative failure of M’lle Rachel, was the arrangement of the prices. There are no three classes in this community. The best part of the house should be at one price, and the remainder at another; and this could be made lucrative, even allowing the expenses to be three thousand dollars per night, which is a liberal allowance. These are the negative points of the argu- ment—those which bear against M’lle Rachel. She has triumphed over them, at least in part. She will have the almost unanimous verdict of the American mind in her favor. She is the first great actress that ever crossed the Atlantic. It was not vouchsafed to us to see Mts. Siddons or Miss O'Neill. Ellen Tree made a furore, but chiefly in comedy. And it is re- markable that the only great actress of the age speaks in a tongue which was foreign to the greatest dramatic author. Shakspere’s “knowledge of French must have been very limited; but he is everywhere acknowledged as the master of the English stage, without an exponent; while Racine and Corneille, inferior to him in every essential point, after slumber- ing for a century or two have suddenly burst upon us with anew glory, produced solely by their modern representative, M’lle Rachel. We hesitate not to say that to the mass of the American mind, Racine, without Rachel, would be a bore, and Corneille a positive opiate. We do not belong to that school which thinks that a thing must be very good because it is very old. On the contrary, M'lle Rachel will attract greater crowds in Adrienne and Thisbe than in Camille or Phédre, be- cause Miss Davenport and Miss Cushman have made us familiar with these characters, while the others are strange tous, and Scribe and Hugo belong to the present day, while Racine and Corneille are buried in the dust of Roman monuments and the ruins of Grecian temples. Scholars may admire them, but not to the ex- tent of three dollars for a single admission, The greatness of the conqueror is to be esti- mated by the magnitude of the difficulties which he surmounts. Rachel has therefore achieved a great victory. Her Sebastopol is taken. Tur Presive ° War iv Mississirpi—Very Imrortayt Correctioy, The Aberdeen (Miss.) Democrat says that, “On the 27th ult. we addressed a note to Hon. Jeff. Davis, informing him of the silly and contemp- tible anecdote that was circulating here, in re- ference to a conversation alleged to have oc- curred between him and the President in re- ference to the removal of Gov. Reeder, to the effect that he had told the President that he had pledged himself to the people here that Reeder should be removed, and that the Presi- dent, in reply, asked him if he (Davis) thought him (Pierce) such a d—d fool as to remove Reeder, and incur the ill-will of the abolition- ists, for the little one-horse-State of Mississip- pit” Our Mississippi cotemporary then pro- duces the reply of the Secretary of War, in which he says that no such conversation as the above ever took place. The President, then, we are officially authorized to say, has not ad- mitted himself “a d—d fool,” nor has he ey stigmatized one of the sovereign members of | powerful for the throne itself in a fair en- , temperance party, to wit:— thing, however, we are perfectly satisfied, to- wit:—that neither the Seward fusionists nor ture. It has been decreed a dead letter by has been tried and proved a nuisance every- approaching Legislature as will be ready to co-operate in a new experiment of prohibition. This time they will consult some competent lawyers in advance, so as to confine their legis- lation within the limits of the State constitu- tion and the supreme law of the United States; and this is the upshot of the call for this tem- perance convention of tae third of October. The liquor dealers, therefore, and the people at large, will have to choose between the policy of a new liquor law, upon the Maine upon this issue, or next summer we may have the inauguration of a more abominable bill of pains and penalties than that of the last Fourth of July. The plan of the Holy Alliance is to cover up their temperance designs in the pre- vailing clamor upon the nigger question. But let every candidate for the Legislature be restoration of the Bourbons, he moved at Sy- racuge that the Soft Shell Democratic State Central Committee, instead of being picked up from the several judicial dictricts, should be composed of men entirely from Albany and New Movement or Tue Temperance Panry— Wuar ane Tey Arren Now!—The follow- ing proclamation has just been issued by the TEMPERANCE STATE CONVENTION. On consultation and by the advice ral p rominent friends of, bition? the Temperance Stave | the immediate neighborhood, to the end of mvention have decided to me the time for hold- i i ing the State cenvention of of the prohibitory | Ore immediate and @ective consultations. Had this motion prevailed, the Bourbon Re- gency would have been restored, and the Prince would have been inaugurated as the Prince Regent of the family. The proposition, however, was rejected, and the Prince, the ex- President, and the President, are still at large, with “all the world before them where to choose.” Let the locofocos be lit again in Tammany Hall. It is the last chance. law. It will therefore meet in the City Hall of the city of Utica, om Wednesday, the 3d day of October next, at one o'clock, P. M. WILLIAM RICHARDSON, Albany. HORACE GREELEY, New York, R. N. HAVENS, New York, JOHN I. i EDGAR B. DAY, Greene, JAMES M. S, Saratoga. LEONARD GIBBS, Washington. WESLEY BAILEY, Oneida, DANIEL WARDWELL, Jefferson. BENJAMIN JOY, Tompkins. CHARLES HATHAWAY, Delaware. BAN Cayuga. 8. ©. CUYLER, Wayne. MOSES TAGGART, Genesee ‘ ALMANZA HUTCHINSON, Orleans. Sept. 2, 1855. Temperance State Committee. Now the question arises, what are these peo- ple after? It is manifest that they have post- poned their convention to the third of Octo- ber in order to take advantage of the proceed- ings of the two Seward fusion conventions at Syracuse of the twenty-fifth of September; and we presume that the object of Greeley is to make the Temperance Alliance a parcel of blind camp followers of the nigger worshipping Seward coalition, whatever they may do, or fail to do on the temperance question. Of one THE LATEST NEWS. BY MAGNETIC AND PRINTING TELEGRAPHS, From Washington. MEETING OF THE CABINET—THE MEXICAN MINIS- TER—MONUMENT TO JUDGE CRANCH—NEW COL- LECTOR FOR SAN FRANCISCO, ETC. Wasurxcrox, Sept. 3, 1855. A meeting of the Cabinet was held to-day, at which all the members were present. A great deal of business, which had accumulated during the absence of the Pre- sident, was considered. Almonte, the Mexican Minister, does not expect to be recalled by Carrera, the Provisional President of Mexico, as he is a personal friend of his. At a meeting of the Wasbington bar this morning, to testify respect for the late Judge Cranch, it was resolved to erect a monument to his memory, and subscriptions have been commenced for that purpose. The President has under consideration the report of the Navy Retiring Board. It will be published at an early day, Mr. Hammond, late Collector of the Port at San Fran- cisco, hasbeen rémoved by the President, and the Hon. Mr. Latham, of the last Congress, appointed in his place. B. §. Cottrell has received the appointment of Commer- cial Agent at Nicaragua, vice Fabens. Later from Havana. ARRIVAL OF THE CRESCENT CITY AT NEW ORLEANS —MOVEMENTS OF SANTA ANNA. New ORtEaNs, Sept. 3, 1855. The steamship Crescent City has arrived here with Havana dates to the 28th ultimo. Santa Anna and family arrived at Havana on the 24th of August, and left again on the 26th for Caracas. News from Utah. Sr. Louis, Sept. 3, 1855. We are in receipt of Salt Lake dates to the Ist of Au- gust. Associate Justice W. W. Drummond and lady had arrived, also Surveyor General David H. Burr. Dry, hot weather prevailed, and the streams were quite low. The prospects of the crops were very gloomy. The Prohibitory Liquor Law: IMPORTANT DECISION AT ROCHESTER. Rocuusrer, Sept. 3, 1855. Judge Humphrey charged the Grand Jury of Monroe county to-day, that the Maine Liquor law was constitu- tional—that imported liquors came within its restrictions, and that the Jury was not to judge of its constitution- ality. : the Temperance Alliance have any idea of standing by the liquor law of the last Legisla- the highest judicial authority of the State; it where throughout the Commonwealth. We look in vain over the columns of the Seward and Temperance organs for any evi- dence of an intention to stand by this law. On the other hand, we have no doubt that it is the design of the parties concerned to drop it, and to try anew experiment in the new Legisla- ture to be elected in November, provided they can secure, by hook or by crook, the required majority. Our present liquor law is practically a de- funct institution. Declared unconstitutional by our highest judicial authority, itis a dead letter, null and void, and can no more be enforced in the State of New York than among the savages of the Feejec islands. The Temperance Alliance, since the disclo- sure of the official opinion of Mr. Ogden Hoffman, have come to this conclusion. Their policy is to drop the law, then, as quietly as possible, and to secure such materials in the COMPLAINT DISMISSED AT ALBANY. ‘AubaNy, Sept 3, 1855. The complaint against Narcisse Remond, fow alleged violation of the liquor law, has been dismissed, the wit- nesses summoned declining to answer the question whether they had seen Remond sell any liquor since July 4, Justice Parsons sustained the witnesses and dismissed the complaint. Verdict in the Wheeler Slave Case. Purapeipuia, Sept. 8, 1855. The jury in the case of the men arrested in the matter of the alleged rescue of Mr. Wheeler’s slaves returned their verdict this morning. It declares all the defend- ants “ Not guilty” on the first count charging them with riot; but on the second count, which charges them with assault and battery, the verdict is ‘‘Not guilty” in re- spect to all, except Ballard and Custis, who are pro- nounced guilty. The Yellow Fever in Norfolk. Barrimore, Sept. 8, 1855. We have intelligence from Norfolk, via Petersburg, up to Sunday noon. The mortality from the fever was ter- rible, On Saturday there were fifty deaths. AtPortsmouth, from sunset Saturday until daylight Sunday, the deaths were said to he fifteen; but this is probably an exaggeration. ‘An order bas been sent to New Orleans for twenty mere nurses. At Norfolk six doctors are sick with the fever, includ- ing Faden and Gingenfeuse, of Philadelphia. The Rev. Joseph Ashwarden, a Roman Catholic priest from George- town, is also sick with the fever. Sister Mary Ann is likewise very ill with it. Cricket. NEW YORK VS. PHILADELPHIA. Canes, Sept. 5, 1855. The return match between these twogreat clubs was commenced this morning ; all were on the ground in good time and looked all over ready for cricket. Phila- delphia commenced, and all of them batted well and played very steadily, but could not make large seores; the bowling was too much for them—they went out for thirty- two runs. The New Yorkers are now in, and have lost five wickets for fifty-three runs, though Higham went out for round O and Harvey for two runs. Wharton is play- ing very nicely, and Marsh is just gonein to face him. The runs have been made as follows :—Philadelphia—Holland 2, Barlow 1, Senior 1, Wister 4, Willby 4, Crossley 10, Need- ham 1, Hawthorne 5, Facon, Bradshaw and Dutton round 0; wides 3, byes1. Marsh bowled splendidly, and took five wickets; Sams was not behind but kept up his character; he made four wickets. The New Yorkers stand—Harvey 2, Wharton 18, Sams 13, Fletcher 7, and Parker 6; wides 4, byes 1, They have a good change of bowlers—Brad- shaw, Crossley, Senior, Hollarid, and Needham. The match will be a very good one. We had a very fine morning, but it threatens rain this afternoon. eS NR a TNA The British Foreign Legion. BosTox, Sept. 8, 1855. ‘The Journal of this morning publishes a long communi- cation from an intelligent German gentleman, recently from Halifax, giving an expore of the progress of enlist- ments to the Foreign Legion in the United States. He states that the amount paid by the British government ip to about the middle of July was $250,000, and the number of reeruits only about 600. ‘The writer states that the government has not re- linquished the recruiting system in the United States, but, on the contrary, bas a large number of agents em- ployed for the coming winter, who are expected to induce — poor working men to visit Canada unaer promise of employment, The recruits, on reaching Halifax, are said to be heated of half the promised pay, and imprisoned and flogged for grumbling. Telegraph Line to Martha’s Vineyard. Woon’s Hour, Mass., Sept, 3, 1885. The Cape Cod Telegraph line has been completed to this important shipping station, which, for the future, will be In direet communication by telegraph, with al arts of the country. Our office, in New York, is in the House Printing Teligraph building, at No. 21 Wall street. Meeting of a Telegraph Company. Unica, Sept. 3, 1855, The American Telegraph Company (Morse line) be- tween New York and Buffalo held its annual meeti here to-day. The election of « Board of Directors resulted in the choice of the same as last year, The stockholders then adjourned until 7 P. M., when it is understood the question of leasing the line will come up for decision. The following are the names of the directors elect George Curtiss, C. A. Mann, S. D. Childs, D. B. G win, T, R, Walker, James Dutton, E. Chapman, J. Wilk- inson and J. H. Edmonds. Arrival of the Southerner at Charleston. CiaRuestoN, Sept. 1, 1855. The United States mail steamship Sout platform, or the total abrogation of this sys- tem of enforcing temperance through the agencies of despotic power, spies, informers, search warrants, fines, confiscations and im- prisonments. Let the people of the State, therefore, who are opposed to the mockeries and mummeries, and the demoralizing influences of this prohi- bitory legislation, see to it that their candi- datos for the Assembly define their positions Portsmouth and sounded upon the liquor question, and then, at least, we shall know what we are to expect from our law makers at Albany in season to pare for the worst. Tue Fricut or Santa Anna—Mexico Axo The Unrrep Staresi—The revolution which has drawn to a close in Mexico, and which has left that distracted country without a head, is an event in which are involved questions of the gravest importance to the United States. That consideration alone— independently of the general interest which must attach to. such an event in the history of a nation—is sufficient to justify us in de- voting the space we do to-day to a rela- tion of the facts and incidents connected with the finale of the revolution, the unmanly flight of Santa Anna, and the ebullition of popular rage which broke out in the capital as soon as the news of his flight became known. The control of the destinies of Mexico is temporarily placed in the hands of General Carrera. He has been appointed President for six months. This appointment, however, is said to have been brought about by the re-ac- tionist party, and to be one which the revolu- tionary chiefs, Alvarez and Comonfort, will not long accede to. And so new complica- tions and new difficulties attend the march of events. In this distracted condition of affairs the question of annexation to the United States has already been broached. The New Orleans Delia advocates that course; and there is no denying that with whatever danger to the perpetuity of our own federal Union that measure might be at this moment fraught, it is the only adequate and efficient means of establishing peace and the elements of progress among the Mexican peo- ple utterly harried out by the oppression of military chieftains. The publication which we make to-day of extracts from New Or- Jeans and Mexican journals will, at all events, conduce to a better understanding of the epoch and its difficulties. Desperate Attempt To Revive tHe ALBANY Recency—ANOTHER Far.ere or Tar Prisce.— At the late Soft Shell Convention at Syracuse, a bold and daring attempt was made by Pfince John Van Buren to revive that ancient democratic institution known as the Albany 7] Cay Regency, dead these many years, When the | qhormasM. Ewen, arrived hore at five o'clock this (sa elder Van Buren was in the meridian of his | turday) morning. glory, it was the Albany Regency that regulat- Markets. ate — wae = Seip - pag os iomcingsa so rater 1885. § § Ss e . a 08) an ¢ distribution 0; e spoils of the State pany mente Facsont ly th bran md Ratt and the nation. Under that régime, the “ Little Magician,” was the Warwick, the “ King-ma- ker,” of his time, and the young Prince was his prophet. But like the order of the Janis- saries at Constantinople and the Mamelukes at Cairo, the Albany Regency, becoming too d, 153%; Morris Canal, 19%; Pennsylvania Railroad, New Ontnans, Sept, 1, 1855, lower. s to-day PRED sgh Foo OF. or middling. The sales for 2,000,ates, at 4c, 8, 0966; fF TAI a aetng: the the week «um J me ve been 1,287,500 bales, and the Jar andi due same period, have heen 1,478,600 bales lig bout 2,000,000 tales. The total crop 1s este ea, apt, 5:90 P.M active and lower; rales 4,000 bbis., at $5 50.0 86 this Union as “the little one-horse-State of | counter, was treachcrously betrayed and des- za er common gchoice finaly Oe, Michigan, and. Tn N Let justige be done, even to Mr. | troyed. But the Prince has a good memory, ‘itp request a0 lower: sale1 30,000 bushels, at $1 33 Tiere } and ¢, always like a trac Bringe, of the | fos Ghicego spring) $2.09 for rea Wiscon aud $1.8) for white Mlinois. Corn dull and lower; sales 90,000 bush« els, at T4e. Onta lower; sales 10,000 bushels old, at 360, Canal freights firmer—corn 12346, to New York. Lake imports for the last forty-eight hours—Flour, 8,722 bbls; wheat, 21,080 bushels; corn, 142,042 bushels: oats, 16,019 bushels, Canal exports same’ time—Flour, 150 bbls. + wheat, 26,3¢8 bushels; corn, 87,869 bushels; oats, 12,500 bushels. ALBANY, Sept. 8, 1855, Flour dull. Wheat, no sales, Sales 20,000’ bushels Western mixed corn, af 8524 0 86}4c.. Oats—Sales 18,000 bushels new state, at 400. “Barley—Sales 1,500 bushels, at $1 18%—an extreme price. Receipts by canal to-day? 1,535 bile. flour, 410 bbls. pork, 42,490 bushels corn, 1,605 bnshels barley, 13,360 bushels oats. The September Elections. Three States will hold their general elections during the present month, to wit:—Vermont, September 4; Cali- fornia, September 4; Maine, September 10. Vermont and California will therefore vote to-day. In the former State there are five organized parties, and four regularly nominated State tickets, but the result is a foregone con- clusion, ax the anti-Nebraskaites are in a great majority in the State, and the re-election of the present Gover- nor, Hon. Stephen Royce, who is the candidate of the free soil republicans, is next to certain, The Know No- things held a state Convention, but did not consider it policy to nominate a ticket. The following are the can- didates:— Dem. Whi . Merrill ‘Clark John Whe Stoddard B. Colby, Isaac T. Wright, Fr’en A. Fastman,’ George W. Prichard. Governor. Lieut, Gor Republican. Temperance, ephenRoyee, William’, Shafter, ieut. land Fletcher, Ryland Fiotcher, Treasurer..,,...Tenry M. Bates, mry M. Bates. In California the democrats have nominated Hon. John « Bigler fer a third term in the office of Governor, and he will be supported, together with the ticket he heads, by the entire strength of the administration party. The : principal, and perhaps the only opposition, will be the new American organization. The election of the Legisla- ture is, however, the great point of interest in this strug- gle, as upon its result depends the re-election or non- election of Senator Gwin. In the last Legislature thes emocrats bad a nominal majority, but'were unable to + concentrate it upon any one candidate. Gwin would hot withdraw, and the Broderick men would not vote for him, This time Mr. Gwin has taken the stump in per- son, and will leave no stone unturned to obtain the seat. On Monday next the contest will take place in Maine, There are four parties again in the field, with the follow- ing candidates for Governor:— Democrat. Whig. Samuel Wells. Isaac Reed. Know Noth'g. Republican. Samuel C. Gage. Anson P, Morrill. Mr. Morrill is also the Maine law candidate, and is the leader of the anti-Nebraska and free soil sections. Last year the vote of this State was 90,6, being much larger than the vote at the Presidential election. Morrill re- ceived 44,852; Parris, democrat, 28,306; Cary, democrat, 3,424, and Reed, whig, 14,017. A majority being neces- sary to an election, there was no choice, Mr. Morrill lacking 493 of the requisite number. It is probable that the vote will be even larger than it was last year. ‘Tre Tueatres, &c.—We are compelled by the press of matter, to omit our usual notices of the various places of amusement. A reference to our advertising columns will furnish the necessary information respecting the performances for to-night, all of which are very attrac- ‘ive. : Mr. Jobn Collins, the Irish comedian and vocalist, is at the Irving House, and will proceed to St. Louis, to play ‘a fortnight’s engagement at Mr. De Bar’s theatre. The Mr, Vincent who ia engaged at the Cleveland theatre is not Mr. F. A. Vincent, late of Wallack’s theatre, and who has not yet engaged for the coming season. Oresixa Nicut at Burtoy’s.—The theatrical season at Burton’s was inaugurated last evening under promising and auspicious circumstances. The pretty little theatre had, during the recess, undergone a thorough overhaul- ing, and shone out last evening in all the pride of new paintings, gildings and decorations. As might be ex- pected—even with Rachel making her debut—it was fully and fashionably attended. Most of the old favorites among the artists have renewed their engagements, and several new ones have been added to the stock. We have no doubt that while the former will maintain their hold on popularity the laiter will also not {ail to win golden opinions. ‘The performances last evening ¢,mmenced with Buck- stone’s pleasant comedy of “‘the Breach of Promise.” Burton as Ebenczer Sudden, was irresistibly droll and kept the house ina roar. ‘The réle of Jabber was charac- teristically sustained by Mr. Jordan, and that of Mrs Trapper by Mrs. Hughes. After this piece, Burton, in response to a demand made by his audience, came be- fore the curtain and received rounds of plaudits. In ac- knowledgment he made a brief addres#. He said:— Latics and Gentlemen—Accept my. most sincere ac knowledgments for the kind and brilliant opening you have given to our little theatre. You will see that dur- ing the recess we have not been idle, but have tried to make your favorite theatre worthy of your esteemed Patronage. We have also engaged the services of seve- ral new actors, who, I have no doubt, wii! commend themeelves to your kind applause. And I assare you that nothing will be wanting on our part to deserve a continuance of your favors. Permit me once more to return yon my inost sincere acknowledgments. After Mr. Burton retired, Jordan was also called before the curtain, The performances continued with the co- modies of ‘A Kiss in the Dui ‘Deaf as a Post.’ Marine Affairs. Lavncn.—Messrs, Smith & Dimon will launch from their yard, foot of Fourth street, East river, to-day, the 4th inst, at 2, M» the steamship Fulton, of 2,600 tons burthen, intended for the mail line of steamers’ between, New York, Havre and Southampton, and to run in con- nection with the AI The Fulton will take her place in the line on the 15th of December. Axorme Lavyat.—The ship John J. Boyd will be launched from the Westervelt ship yard, foot of Houston street, East river, this afternoon at 3 o'clock. The J.J. Boyd is a full freighting ship of the capacity of 5,000 bales cotton, and has been built under the supervision of her owner, Capt. Wm, Tyson, of this city. Dear or Cartarx Trnnitt¥.—Information was received here on Saturday that Capt. Tibbitts, master of the ship Caroline Read, of this port, was killed by falling trom aloft on the passage of his ship from Sydney to Bombay, where the ship arrived on the 7th of July. Capt. Tib- Pitta was a superior man in hls, professfon, and very highly esteemed. He leaves a widow and one child — Providence Journal, Sept. 3. We learn that Capt. Haghes, of the schooner DB Warner, on his passage from New York to this about twenty-three fathoms water, forty miles ncertitean of Frying Van Shoals, in hauling up the deep sea lead, found atiached to the bottom of it a gold ring set with stone, which he now has in his possession. An oceur- rence of the kind is seldom heard of.—Chavl-ston Courier, Sept. Try nscheid’s Hats.—His Fall are truly elegant, and. thelr cheapness is a maryel. Bliced the market, and can recommend the establishment of PENSCHEID, No. 118 Naseau street, near Beekman. Beebe & Co., 156 Broadway.—Fall Fashion for gentlemen’s bats and caps; their assortment is complete. The Census.—Counting the Noses of New Yorkers {s an enay task, but it is not so keep the count of Knox’s immense rales of hats, since he has removed into his new quarters. “He has so many and such excellent styles of ha {there {s not a man from the Bay of Fundy to Ke; Vest, that cannot be suited at his estab! t with a hand some, glomy and becoming hal. KNOX ts at 2 and 858 Broad: way. Pall style now ready. Fall Style Hats.—Banta, the Hatter, corner wi just iswued his fail “Te of is taste, skill and ability; gr ly in_appearance, it is well calculated to add to his on We are convinced the style introduced by this thriving manufacturer, will prove the most popular of the different styles tntroduced this fall. Daguerrcotypes, 25 cents, 289 Broadway. Pianos.—Horace Waters’ Modern Improved anos, possessing in thetr improvement of action and over- ‘strings @ power and compass equal yo tbe grand panos. Sole agency for T. Gilbert & C t & Cumston’s, Wood. ward & Brown's, and Jacob Chickering’s Boston planoa, and constantly in store planos from some five of the best New York manufaciories. Each instrument guaranteed to entire antisfaction or purchase money returned. res of all varieties and at great, bargains. | Priees from 8 $140: new 6% octave pianos, with Iron frames, for $130. Pianos te Fent, abd rent allowed on p Mamith’s cele. ly nenta, ‘Sole agency for 8. D. & H. ala ait hated heen germ I Lm HORA Rachel Schottisch, Com- Sees he ence ha ol iibograph, by HORACI way. We have tone ‘0.'s, A o Read the Only American illustrated comie paper. Each number contains garieatures und humorous reading in every variaiy. Price 3 ; r per year. everywhere, Office 114 Nas- Seu'tirect. Every Saturday, Kid Gloves at 560 Cents per Pair.—E. H. LEADBRATER & CO., 347 Broadway, will open today one case of ladies’ Frenc! « Tighiay sported, at 4s. per pair, Also gents’ cra ments, de, Silks, ks from Auction.Several Large Jota of new and elegant styles of dress silke will be offered Fay, at great bargains. Also a large lot of superior black Miike, Wau ranted to Wear well, equally cheap. EK, H. LEADBEATER & CO., 247 Broadway, To the Ladics.—Just Lge ved, 500 Pieces. uperior quality of ehitteal and coiored straw trimmings: Pplendit eaortment of indies’ hats, ribbo feathers. i nd raiilinery goods in general, at Wm. 8. IRVINE’. 112 Canal street, September, ning of the Fall Cam- paign at Evans’ clothing warehouse, Nos. 66 and 68 Palton Street. Bplendid business coats, $5; bine dres« coats, $10; fine pinck frock coa's $$; fancy caeimere pants, & ’ fol) vente, $2, of ®