The New York Herald Newspaper, November 12, 1855, Page 6

4 NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR AND EDITOR. SPFICE N. W. CORKER OF NASSAU AND FULTON STS. : ALD, 2 annum. Tae AY AER ALD. oer ithe ends por af Crocs Blan, oe Bo nos part ay ihe Contino both 'Y CORRESPONDENCE containing important Youn fom ee, quarter of the scorki—if used will be ‘past for. ‘OUR FORRIGN OORKMSFOMDENTS ARE pn eel Wequestap 70 Smal alt Lerreks AND PACKAGES NO NO2iCR taken @ anonymous communications. We donot JOB | TING eecuted with neatness, cheapness and dee ADVERTISEMENTS renewed every day. VWelume XX. AMUSEMENTS TO-MORROW EVENING. BROADWAY THEATRE, —) Ei Poe a Broadway—Humoussck—To WIBLO'S GARDEN, Brondway—Axouro—Lione Dnorme. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery—Sriez Water Runs Deer @ORTOWS THRATKE, Chamber I + Serriage Mn Five Ganaioe et eet Dewaar Ax WALLAOK’S THEATR | — —— eS B, Broadway: Manirest Destin y- ‘WOOD'S MINSTRELS, 444 Broadway—Eruiorian Pre- VORMANCES. SUCKLEY’S BURLESQUE OPERA HOUSF, - wey—Buaisqve Oraaa ero ‘Neano owcemat a MECHANICS’ HALL, 472 —Puor. o aN £12 Broadway—Puor. Mac. tisTen’s ACADEMY HAUL, 663 Broadway—Bartie oF BUNKER EMPIRE HALL—Tove.or Evxore—Siece or SasssToro.. New York, Monday, November 12, 1855. ‘The News. We publish on the first page, returns of the vote given for city and county officers at the late elec- tion. They are complete, with the exception of the vote of the figst district of the Twelfth ward, and set at rest:the hopes and fears of the politicians of all parties. The sieamship Northern Light arrived yesterday from Sea Juan, bringing dates from San Francisco to the 30th ult. The trip was made in twenty days and eighteen hours. The news from California is an- important, and we might say uninteresting. Finan- cial affairs were represented as being somewhat easier, although there was considerable tightness displayed on the 20th, owing to the usual demand for money for remittances. We learn, however, that the mail steamer, which left San Francisco on that day, had onboard about two millions of dollars. Another duel had been fought near San Francisco, between two bloods whose wounded honor demanded a resort to naval revolyers. No lives were lost; one of the combatants was wounded in the thigh, and the other had a pertion of his pantaloous carried away, and both were satisfied. More Indian disturbances had occurred, and seem to be continually occurring, in the northern part of California, in the vicinity of Rogne river, and in Oregon and Washington Territories. In Washington, an Indian gest named Bolan had been killed, and a con- federation had been organized among the various tribes for a general war upon the whites. In Rogue River Valley aregular battle had been fought be- tween the whites and red skins, in whieh the latter were . defeated and ebout forty of their number killed. The allied fleets are still hovering along the coast of the Russian possessions, but had not succeeded up to the latest dates in meeting any Russian vessels ef war. “Jt appears that the Russians are assembled in great force at the mouth of the river Amoor, where they occupy a strongly fortified position. This place is so diffleult of access that any attempt against it on the part of the allies will, it is confi- dently expected, result in defeat. The Euglish war steamer Barracouta visited the port of Ayan, which had been previously abandoned by the Russians, who had for some time before anticipated the arri- val of their enemies. Before leaving, how. ever, they destroyed almost everything they cculd not take with them, to the great disap- pointment of the English, who expected to tind a rich booty. The contents of a tug-boat, con- sisting of merchandise belonging to the Russian American Company's warehouse, and which the Russians had failed in concealing before the arrival of the Barracouta, were captured, and the boat itself destroyed. The British commander ordered all nev. tral vessels out of the port, and refused permission to the American whaleships Petrel to put in for wood and water. He was also very desirous of making a prize of the brig Leverett, another Ameri- can vessel, but the papers of her captain were so correet that he could not find a pretence for the gratification of his wish. The cruise of the allied fleet in the sea of Ochotsk has been most unsuccess- ful; the towns along the coast were deserted, and they had only made one capture. This was the Brig men brig Greta, which had one hundred and forty Rossians, officers and soldiers, on board. In connection with the account of the doings of the allied fleet, we publish that of the craise of the United States sloop-of-war Vincennes, in the Arctic Ocean, where it has made yy valuable and ima portant discoveries. The description of the Pohuc- chis Indians, a warlike race inhabiting that ; of the Russian Empire which is bounded b; ring Straits, will be found pee ly interesting. They are a tribe of whom little or nothing has hithe { to been known, and who present a marked ditht euce in their social life to any race of Indians de- scribed by travellers in that or any other region. Much valuable information lias been added to tie acience of geography, and several mistakes made by previous navigators in that part of the Arctic Ocean corrected. It will be seen, also, by this news that the United States Pacitic surveying squac- ron had arrived at San Francisco, and that one of the yessele—the steamer John Hancock—had dis covered an extensive vein of coal on the coast of Kamschotka. The news from Nicaragua is highly interesting: General Walker, as commander-in-chief of the de- mocratic army in occupation of Granada, had con- cluded a treaty of peace with General Corral, acting on behalf of the forces and people adhering to the Chomerro party. This docament, which we publish , had given much pleasure to all the inhabitants of the republic. In it Walker is named as general-in, chief. Colonel Parker H. French had entered on his duties as Commissary at War. It was expected that a lasting peace would ensae, and that the city of Granada, with the entire country, would again be restored to its former greatness, Granada has now a population of eight thonsand’souls, whilst its inhabi- tanta formerly numbered thirty thousand. The city is at present six miles in extent. Reinforcements had arrived from San Francisco, and the scene at their embarkation there is fully described. A mounted voltigeur company, under command of Colonel Fry, had been formed. The American: and native troops had passed a most creditable review on the plaza of Granada. Colonel Kinney’s ooloni. zation party still remained at Greytown, and claimed ahat they were energetically carrying out their origi- nal idea of land improvement. Pom the Sandwich Islands we have news to the 22d of September. Hon. Mr. Gregg had presented a letter tom !’resident Pierce to King Kamahama- the President condoles with him on the ba, ins \ death « ‘ather, and congratulates him on his aecoasion to 1, We throne, The King, in his remarks, regerred to the , ‘ste treaty concladed with the United States as likely t. > affect the interests of both coun- oe ’ A discharged sailor from the ship tiles bencticially. Shooting Star, ot 4 Francis, had murdered a man a) Henolala. . Our correspondent at 12th ult., states that Fr Barbadoes, writing on the gach and English mea-of- wor tonch at that place eve TY day, bat their officers never land. They procare s. ‘pplies, but never dis close their force or destinatio + 80 numerous are NEW YORK ‘HERALD, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1855. the arrivals, many of the inhabitants are at times in- clined to think the allied Baltic or Black Sea fleeta are in their waters. The health of Barbadoes was never better. The yield of sugar promised to be unusually large—equal to sixty thousand hogeheads: American produce was in demand, at high prices. An election for State officers and members of Congress took place in Mississippi on the 5th and 6th inst. From Washington we learn that last evening Secretary Davis received a despatch stating |. that the State had gone democratic by a large ma jority, electing the entire delegation to Congress, and securing the Legislature. In Louisiana, as far as heard from, the Know Nothings have elected one of the four members of Congress, namely, George Eustis, Jr., in the First istrict. et Lucretia Mott, of Philadelphia, preached to a very large audience at the Friends’ Meeting House, in Rose street, in this city, yesterday morning. Her sermon was somewhat discursive in its character, touching but slightly on woman’s rights and aboli- tion. In the afternoon the distinguished lady at- tended the Friends’ mecting in Brooklyn. We learn from the directors of the American Ex- press Company, that the assertion in the telegraphic report from Washington, thatthey had “ notified the Treasury department that they will not pay the fifty thousand dollars lately lost in transmission rom Dubuque, until compelled to do so by law,” ie entirely without foundation, there being a mutual understanding and arrangement between the De- partment and the company, which the latter are prepared and expect to carry out. On Saturday the sales of cotton reached about 1,000 bales. The whole advance, since the arrival of the Asia, has been a full jc. The stock in this mar- ket is much reduced, and a good deal lighter than usual for the same season of the year. Wheat was steady for prime lots, and rather easier for ordinary or common qualities. Indian corn was unchanged. Pork was the same, with rather more doing. The public sale of Rio coffee made yesterday exhibited an advance of about jc. Sugars were quite steady, with a fair demand. There was no new feature to notice in freights. Dry fruit, andgespecially raisins, promise to be high this winter. The remainder of the last cargo, received here from Malaga, was sold yesterday. Boxes .of bunch rasins brought $3 65 ; halves, $1 85; quarters, 95c., and boxes of layers, $125. Dates to the 16th from Malaga have come to hand, stating that heavy storms and floods had occurred in the southern part of Spain, which had inflicted further injury on the fruit crops. The Financial Condi of the City Govern- ment—What a Field for Corruption! There are comparatively few among our vast population who fully understand or realize the importance of the financial condition of our city government, or the great interests intrusi- ed to the care of our corporate authorities. It is the general belief that the public money is misapplied, that our officials, or a portion of them, appropriate a considerable amount of it to their own use, and that, in a word, we are required to pay more than double the amount for the value of the work performed. This is the general belief; but in regard to the condi- tion of the city finances, the knowledge is, as we have said, limited toa few of our citizens. We propose, for the benefit of those who have never investigated the matter, or who have had but little time to devote to it, to give a clear, simple and brief review of the whole subject. During the past ten years the real and person- al estate of our city has doubled in value, and at present, as will be seen from the following ta- ble, amounts to nearly five hundred millions of dollars:— of it would be required for that purpose, at the utmost. But we tind that large as it is, aud out of all proportion with the penses of the governments of Boston, Phi- ladelphia and other cities, it is still inadequate to ours, and that new appropriations are re- quired to meet the iner penditares, In bis annnal message, the Mayor, speaking of this particular subject, says that the sum re- quired to be raised for the ou t expouses of this y lamount to and this, he adds, in view of the fact that the govern- ment, instead of impro in an equal ratio with the outlay, has deteriorated. ‘This he at- tributes to the undue, unnece ry and ex traordinary expenditures in nearly all the de- partments, for which the y has received no equivalent, either in the value or the amount of the work performed. ft ina great degree, to the want of r the heads of the different ¢ OX. ts, who xcept the st of the public people without a re- her indefinite and in- people, for the disburse . Now, ntative are sufficient authority in such cases, there is, for all practical purposes, no accountability or responsibility in the m We kaow from experience how di the conviction of a public malfeasance; and so long he present order of things exists it would be absurd to expect a ebange in this particular. Positions like these, lt itis to procure er for oficial of the highest trust that 2 people can confer upon their chief munici 8, have be- come the prize of polit mate of the value of the office is measured only by the amount they can realize over their salaries. These do not, in some cases, exceed three thousand dollars a year; yet it is nothing un- usual to hear of one of the heads of departments realizing fifteen and twenty thousand dollars in the same time, and there is hardly an officer of avy importance connected with the govern- ment whose perquisites do not fur execed the amount of his annual income as fixed by law. If the salary is insufficient, would @ not be better—would it not be more politic—to in- crease it, and do away with all perquisites in the shape of fees, which are an unjust tax upon those engaged in the transaction of business with the city government? This is a growing evil, and must be abated; but it is the least of the evils, and shrinks into insignificance com- pared with those resulting from the contract sys- tem, by which the people are cheated out of hundreds of thousands of dollars every year. In the department of streets alone the expen- ditures for the last six months of 1854 amount- ed to $751,297, while the value of the work per- formed did not probably exceed one hundred thousand. In the mere matter of opening one street, no less than six departments are engaged, besides several outside commis- sioners, inspectors, surveyors, appraisers and other agents, all of whom charge the most ex- orbitant rates. We agree with the Mayor when he says that sometimes twenty officials belong: ing to different departments are engaged in doing at the same ‘time that which could be accomplished by one man, if acting for him- sell, in one-twentieth part of the time and at one-twentieth the cost. The only remedy for this is tobe found ina return to the charter of 1830, and in making the heads of the de- partments responsible to the Mayor. To him the people will then look for the strict per- formance of the daties of officials; but as the go- vernment exists at present they are almost en- tirely independent of his authority, ashis power is merely that of @ supervisor. With an efficient, honest, trustworthy gov- ernment our taxes might be reduced to lese than one-fifth of their present amount by the aid of the revenue derived from other sources ; and by disposing of the property, or that portion of it which is either lying useless or is an ex- pense to the city, thetotal city debt, which up tothe first of the present month amounted to $15,204,856, might be liquidated. The follow- ing tables, which heve been furnished by reliable authority, will show at a glance the tax imposed upon the people for the pay- ment of the simple interest on this debt:— PERMANENT DEBT. Amount. An’l interest. Five per cent water stock, redeem- able Jan. 1, 1858, $3,000,600 $160,000 00 Do, Jan. 1, 1960. 2,500,000 125,000 00 Do. Nos. 1, 187 8,000,000 150,000 00 July 12, 18% 255,600 12,780 00 . Nov. 1, 1880. 2,147,000 107,350 00 Five per cent Croti redeemable Fev. 1, 1890, 900,000 - Six per cent Croton water stock, redeemable Feb 1, 1890... Seven per cent water loan, re- deemsble Feb, 1, 1857.........+ Five per cent Fire Indemnity sicck, redeemable May 10, 1868. Five per cent Public Buildi deemehle May 6, 1856 Five per cent 2, redeemable > 1870. Do.'No. 4, Nov. 1, 1873... Total amount. . Five per cent Bu No. 3, payable in yearly instal- ments of $50,000 on the lst 4 of Nov. ineach of the years 188 to 1866 inclusive....<.sccessee 500,000 25,000 Five per cent N. ¥. City Stocks for docks and slips, payable in yearly instalments of $50,000 on the Ist day of Nov. in each of the years 1867 to 1876 inclusive 500,000 25,000 Five per cent Public Education Stock, payable May Ist, 1873... 154,000 7,700 Tota! amounts. + $1,204,000 $59,200 * Interest until due. To pay these fifteen millions.and free the city from the tex necessary for the payment of the interest upon it, we have, as may be seen from the subjoined table, over five millions— AMOUNT OF THE SINKING FUND JULy 1, 1855. Five per cent Water Stock, redeemable 1858... Do. do. do. Do. do, do. Do, do. do. Do, do. do. Five and Six pret. do. Do. Public Building Stoc De, Fire Indemnity Do. Public Building, No. 3, To do. No. 4, do, Do. Public Education Stock do. redeemable 1868. do, 1863 _ 766, Total amount of stoeks..... Revenue Bonds of 1854 end 1865 Total investment in Stocks Fire Toan Bonds and Mortgages Bond of Hudson River R. R. Co. Balance in Bank July Ist, 1855...... Total Arcets, July Ist, 1855.....+.0eece0eee , In addition to these assets and the annual revenues by law appropriated to this fund, the real estate belonging to the Corporation is esti- mated as worth more than $22,000,000, exclu- sive of the Croton aqueduct and reservoirs. Here, then, we have in bonds, mortgages and real estate, about thirty millions of dollars, the interest on which, at five per cent per an. num, ought to be sufficient to defray all the expenses of our city government. While the expenses in the different departments have in. creased, it is, however, gratifying to us to be able to state that the annual receipts for wa- ter rents, and from other sources, set apart for the payment of the interest on the city debt, have increased to an amount sufficient to pay the entire interest on that debt, without in- cluding a dollar in the tax levy for this pur- pose. The amount placed to the credit of the sink- ing fund for the year ending June 30th, 1855, was $1,178,461. Thisis made up from the an- nual receipts for mark»t fees and market rents, for commutation of quit rents, for licenses, the net proceeds of all sales of real estate be- longing to the Corporation, and the interest on stocks held by Commissioners, &c., which for several years past have amounted to one million of dollars. These Commissioners are ithe Mayor, the Recorder, the Comptroller, the Civy Chamberlain and the Chairman of the Finance Committee of each Board of the Com mon Council. ‘These gentlemen have complete control over the sinking fund, and ma; for their own purposes, responsibility, exeept that v der to the people, stated—is, for all practi sibility at all. ofthese were dishone them from approp' to their own use? We want no sinking fuad— let the money. which is so accumulated be employed in the redemption of the city debt We should have no city debt with a property in real estate, mortgages and other forms, amounting to nearly thirty millious. Oar mar- kets should be sold for what they are worth: for, as they now exist, instead of affor revenue, they are an expeuse of thirty thousand dollars a year to the ¢ Their estimated value is $1,166,000—a sum which is not only lyiog in the form of useless property, but property that actually costs the city thirty thousand dolars a year to keep. This is not all, howe the property, besides being useless, is a nuisance, and prevents the erection of buildings of put utility in their place. Several attempts have been made to erect a enitable structure in the place of that which now occupies the space at the foot of Fulton and Vesey streets; but they have been defeated by the dealers, who are the only par- ties that derive a benefit from the property, While our city government, as we have said, exists as it is at present, it is absurd to expect a reform in any of these particulars, and the people's money must always remain at the dis- posal of unprincipled politicians and gamblers for office. According to public rumor, there are cases in which candidates for offices in the executive department of the city expend from five to ten thousand dollars to secure their election, while the yearly salary of each docs not exceed three thousand, and the term of office is only three years. Can there be o stronger commentary on the way in which our municipal affairs are conducted? use it and whic al purposes, no respon= ora moment, that all men: what is to prevent ey entirely Suppos ing this mo y ic Tue Liqror Law.-—How stands our new Le- gislature on the Liquor law? Let it be tried We suspect the nuisange has been crushed as between the upper and the nether millstone, ‘The News from California. The news from San Francisco, received by the Northern Light, presents some features of stirring interest. The Nicaraguan expedition of Walker had exoited such -enthusiasm amongst the edventurous spirits of the State, that parties of volunteers were leaving by every opportunity that offered, and even forci- bly boarding vessels to obtain a passage. The scene which occurred on the occasion of the departure from San Francisco of the steamer Uncle Sam became quite alarming, from the lawless violence displayed; and it is a miracle that many lives wepe not lost in the attempt of the expediti who were disappointed of passage tickets, to get on board. Large quantities of erms and ammunition had been purchased in San I'rancisco, and forwarded by this steamer to San Juan. Not content with these supplies, however, the Walker men had plundered the armories of several of the San Francisco city companies of their contents, and the aid of the Sheriff and City Marshal had to be called in to forcibly compel their restoration. When these new levies arrive, ol. Walker will find himself at the head of quite a respectable force, and will be enabled to give effect to the first promises of the ex- tensive revolutionary programme which he has laid down in his letter to Mr. Marcy. The Indians in Rogue River Valley kad by their murderousattacks and depredations, be- come so intolerable a scourge that the popula- tion of that district, not caring to trust any longer to the ineffective protection of the few military stationed there, had risen en masse for their defence. On the 7th ult, a battle took place at the mouth of Butte Creek, between several companies of volunteers and the ene- my. After a sharp fight the Indians were to. tally routed, leaving about forty of their num- ber dead on the field. The volunteers had two killed and twelve wounded. From Oregon, we learn the disagreeable in- telligence that the troops under command of Major Haller had been completely surround- ed by the Indians at a point about twenty five miles from the Dalles, where his troops and animals had been without water for forty- eight hours. He had forwarded ar express to the latter post calling for the aid of large re- inforcements, and a requisition had been made out for one thousand men. It is probable that all the materiel necessary for establishing a military post in the midst of the Yakima country, will be immediately forwarded there, and by this means a prompt settlement of In- dian difficulties in this quarter may be effect- ed. In Washimgton Territory similar troubles had occurred, ard asting Gov. Mason was about marelimg into the Indian country with a strong force, to chastise the natives for the numerous outrages which they had committed. The financial position ot the city of San Francisco continues as desperate as ever. Some idea may be formed of it from the statement of its condition published in the San Francisco Herald. Resuming it ina few brief words, that paper says that the wheels of government are completely stopped—that the assessors cannot proceed with their duties, in consequence of the inability of the city to provide them with pens, ink and paper, and that licenses cannot be issued to the cartman because the city can- not scrape together a few dollars necessary for the purchase of tin plates! A pretty state of things, truly, for the first city of the Gold- en State! Conquest or Nicaracua.—We publish to- day, among other interesting items of intelli- gence from Nicaragua, the text of the treaty of peace concluded in the city of Granada on the 23d October, between General William Walker, commander-in-chief of the democratic forces on ihe one side, and Gen. Ponciano Cor- ral, holding the same relation to the forces of the Chamorro or legitimist party, on the other. The first article of this treaty declares that, hostilities are suspended, and that there shall be henceforth peace and friendship between the belligerent armies. The second names Patricio Rivas provisional President of the re- public tor the term of fourteen mouths. The fifth declares a general oblivion ofall past political offences, and in the next the contracting parties and the provisional President engage to re- cognize all debts contracted by the belligerent armice. The twelfth, and last, contains the cream of the whole, whic’ that the govera- ments theretofore existing in Nicaragua daring the war, shall cease so soon as the generals shall notify them of the said treaty. By addi- tional articles it is declared that General Walker shall be recognized as general-in-chiel of the armies of the repablic; that Corral shall deliver up the pannon and munitions of war, and thet the government shall have its resi- dence in Gravada, The denovement of the Walker drama has thus proved to be more fayoreble than the most sanguine supporter of it could have an- ticipated, Walker has the command in chief of the forces, and has the provisional President, Mr. Patricio Rivas, completely under his thamb. He is, therefore, practically the ruler, One of his earliest acts of government will probably be to expe! Col, Kinney from Grey- town. His pap 1 Nicaraguense—evinces the feeling of dire hostility which exists be- tween these two rival filibusteros, and in- timates that the government of Nicaragua will take the necessary steps to keep Mr. Kinney in his proper position. It would not, therefore, be surprising to witness onother bombardment of Greytown, of which the Pierce administration would not be entitled to the credit. However that may be, the conquest of Nicaragna is achieved, and filibusterism is triumphant, Cau. ror A Democratic State CONVENTION. The hard shell organ of this city suggests the propriety of calling a State convention for the re-union of the democracy ; but just now, we apprehend, nothing could be more umseasona- ple. The hards are calling the softs traitors, and thd softs designate the hards as a per- fidions faction; and how could such elements harmonize, fresh from their damaging scrim- mage with eachother and the Know Nothings and the Seward abolition league? Better wait to see what Congress intends to do with Mr, Pierce, the administration and Gov. Reeder, It will be time enough then to dispose of Marcy. Instructions TO Skwarv.—We hope that the State Assembly, at the earliest possible day, will pass resolutions instructing their Senators in Congress as to their duties on the slavery question, Mr. Seward is sadly in the dark up- on this all-important subject. Let him be en- lightened. Tue Execnoy Returns—Rvmors or Fravp.— It is publicly asserted that frauds of the most glaring character were committed by the in- spectors of election last week. Some of the rumors that are current on the subject are mentioned in a couple of extracts which we give elsewhere. It certainly appears wonderful that the in- spectors should have needed so long a period of time to count the votes. In the first district of the Twelfth ward, for instance—a district in which there are not altogether five hundred votes—the inspectors appear to have been hard at work from Tuesday to Saturday night, and have not yet been able to give a return of the votes polled for-Comptroller. Nor is the experience of the press less singu- lar. Before the election blanks were prepared by the press and sent round to the inspectors, with a request that they would fill them up. Gn Tuesday night these blanks were called for, but they were not filled up in every instance. In some, the inspectors had not added the votes, they said; in others, they refused point blank to-furnish any information to the press. One cannot help remembering that if the re- turns had been given to the press, and pub- lished next morning, it would have been im- possible to alter them afterwards without great risk; whereas, by withholding them from the public, a fraudulent set of inspectors had it in their power to falsify them in order to meet contingencies and satisfy the necessities of their party. Of course we cannot say that this was done; we simply note that the evident dislike of pub- licity shown by some of the inspectors was suspicious; and, under the circumstances, as it is not the-design of the constitution that the inspectors of election should elect the State and city officers, it will be as well for the Le- gislature, at the next session, to pass a new law regulating the manner of canvassing the votes in this city, providing that the polls shall be held in places to which people can get, that they shall be guarded by a sufficient police force, and that the returns shall be guaranteed such and so early publicity that fraudulent alterations shall be more difficult to effect, DANGER TO TuE Unton.—Our free love co- temporary—the Tribune—is exercised over the assertions made by enemies to the republican cause, that it is in dangerous antagonism to the Union. The Tribune is uncandid in this—the estimates of speakers and writers having been made on the supposition that that paper was telling the truth in regard to the numbers of its party. It now turns out that our cotem- porary was just half right—the dangers have been greatly lessened since the public has come to the actual result of the elections, All the republican party lack to make it formida- ble and destructive to the federal eompact, is numbers—an essential ingredient, it mast bo confessed, in a popular government, While on this subject we may as well say that we have no confidence that the British fleet, which is- being despatched to our shores, is intended to act in conjunction with the abolitionists—anti- cipating the triumph of the latter in the elec- tions. Our negro lovers and worshippers are a humane but not a fighting people. They as- similate a little, to be sure, to saltpetre, by their peculiarly explosive qualities; but we see no other warlike feature in their character. We hold it to be certain, then, that Her Ma- jesty’s fleet is not sent to co-operate with the heroes of black republicanism. Tue Brresu Wesr Inpta Sqvapron.—A Washington correspondent of the Baltimore Sun says that a similar movement to that of the present reinforcing of the British West {ndia squadron was made last year, and that “the British government then explained that the ships would be wanted in the spring, and must be kept meanwhile in a condition of efficiency, and could be more conveniently wintered on the West India station than else- where.” This is a plausible and sensible ex- planation; but, if it be the trae one, what becomes of the tremendous broadsides which Marcy and our Minister at London have been pouring into Lord Palmerston on the Central American and Cuba questions? Can there be such an awful smoke and smell of gunpowder- and Cuban filibusteros and Irish revolution- iste, without a spark of fire? Perhaps it is but adodge of the administration to humbug the democracy. Ai all events, until we shail have received some further explavations of this British West India squadron, let all warlike expeditions fitting out in this country, for Cuba or Ireland, remain in port. The British Baltic fleet in part is coming over, wnd there may be danger on the seas. Perhaps the squadron is destined for a raid upon Greytown, «la Captain Hollins. Who knows? I+ Colonel Kinney duly fortitied? News from the Sand wich Islands. FRIENDLY KBLATIONS WITH THE UNITED STATES— THE RECIPROCITY TREATY—PRESIDENT PIERCE TO KING KAMEWAMEHA—THE KING'S KAMARKS—A MURDER. By the arrival of the b Francisco, we havo dates September, On Thureday, 20th September, Hon. D. L. Gregg had an audience ot his Majesty at noon, requeted in the name of the Presi the United’ State ly letter of the Lich lowing is a copy of the letter: YRANKUN PIERCE, PRESIDENT OF ‘THT AMERICA, 10 MUS MAIGETY NAMEVLAMIEA TY GRrar Ap Goop Frvap:—f have which under date of the 16th Febr Majesty adéressed to me, nunouncing the demise of Your predecessor, the King Kamehameha Ii, and the fuct of our Majesty's accession to the throne of your forefathers, Your Majesty in not mistaken in sappposing that 1 par- take of the sorrow occasioned by the ceath of the late King. His dinjesty hed fiven such decided and repoates proofs of hi wara friendship for the United States, and their citizens restoring to the Hawatian Kingdom, that he was regarded by the government amd people of thin county with seniiments of more than oriiaary conii- nee and esteem. While offering my sincere condolence of one so nearly reiated to your Majesty, and #0 ly beloved by the Hawaiian people, it afords me peculiar gratification to congratulate your Majesty upon your accession to the throne of Hawaii, and we receive the assurance that your Majesty is not ‘indifer@nt to the sympathy acd good will of the Executive and people of be Uitea States. Such sentiments towards tho sove- reign and people of Hawali, have ever been cherlahat by the United States, and they are especially entertained in behall of your Majesty, under whose liberal, wise, and enlighted rule, I doubt not the relations between the tw> governments will become more intimate, and the welfare and happiness of your Majesty's «ubjects greatly enlarges, Praying that God will vouchsafe to your Majes‘y a long, Brorveros and happy reign, and ‘commending yoa to* Hie see and holy keeping, Fam, with stmcore esteem and high regard, your Majesty's good feien | (Signed) FRANKLIN PIERO (Countersigned,) ‘k Francie Palmer at San rom Honolulu to the 22d 3, to deliver f February. ITED STATES OF W. L. MARCY, See. To reply to some remarks made ey Mr. G» occasion, the King raid : I will not do my own feelings the injustice oi attempt ing to dirguise the fact that at the present moueac tix communication from the head of your government, ae- cording 10 my appreciation of it, loses entirely its form character, ond appears te express only the sentiments of a friend whe has proved himself worthy of that high ‘The treaty recently negotiated between my envoy nend Mr. Marcy, on the part of the Unites jeed, but one Hnk in the chain that biads the two countries in relations of the most happy kiat Fut it isa convention cf the greatest importance, nor x who are numbered among my subject: rican citizen who has any interests upon Ido not doubt Ls A its effects will be to call hither more of your enterprising countrymen, axd Siect penne the pow partially developed resources f thin arebipelago the attention of your judi ready capitalists, Under this treaty we may f State. son the see American citizens ratsing the Prodi hich Ameri- can ebips will oer toan ‘Anarica® cocw hg On Tuesday, 18th of September, a man named Winters, ine ee, of Se ans, & Cc. pao, wae shot by named Francis, from the clipper ship Shooting # Star oe Ror THE LATEST NEWS. BY ELECTRIC AND PRINTING TELEGRAPHS, From Wasbington, ANTICIPATED REVELATIONS IN POLITICAL MATTERS, Wastuxatox, Nov. 11, 1856, ‘There is now here, and has been for some days, quite a Albert Pike, of Arknnsas, and Clark, of New York; and I understad there is a scheme on foot, which is not now: fully developed, that will startle the uninitiated in politteay gambling, and of which 1 shall apprise you as soon as it assumes proper form. 1 Se Loutsiana State Election. Nuw Ontzays, Nov. 10, 1855. The election for members of Congress ia this Stale has resulted as follows, as far as heard from:—First district, George Eustis, Jr., K. N., is elected over Albert Fabre, democrat; second district, Miles Taylor, democrat, over Theodore G. Hunt, K. N.; third district, Thomas G, Davidson, democrat, ahead of Preston Pond, Jr., K, Nez fourth district not yet heard from, ——————————— Mississippi State Election. ‘Wasnixaton, Nov, 11, 1855, It is reported that Jefferson Davis received 4 despatch from Jackson, Mississippi, yesterday, to the effect that everything in that State had gone democratic; that their State ticket had been carried by five thousand mayority; that the whole democratic delegation to Congress had been elected, and that the party have a majority of thirty in the Legislature. New OrtEans, Nov. 10, 1855. In the fourth Congressional district, William A. Lake, K. N., is elected over A. R. Singleton, democrat, Virginia Securities. Bautimore, Nov. 11, 1855. The Richmond Enquirer gives a semi-oficial contradice tion to the rumor that Virginia will not be able to pay the January interest on her bonds. We haveno mails south of Mobile to-day. Three from New Orleans are now due, Markets, few ORLEANS, Nov. 10, 1855, Our cotton market is unsettled: the’ sales on Friday were 1,500 bales, and for the week, they foot up 47,000 bales, "The receipts of the week wero 37,000 bales, ‘and the stock on hand is 186,000 bales. ‘The receipte at thia port are now 141,000 bales ahead of the same date last year. Sterling exchange is quoted at 64 a7 per cent Piva bay e) tied booty’ ils oe sat ‘e have had hea sof rain in this locali the rivers are all rising. ee Provipexce, Nov. 10, 1855. The demand for cotton during the past week has been steady for small lots at irregular prices. For wool, the market hus een rather quiet at the sane range of prices; sales 69,900 Ibs, Printing cloths—Sales of the week, 21,800 pieces. NEWS FROM UTAH. We have received our correspondence and files from Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory. The news is to September 30, two weeks later. Our Great Sait Lake Correspondence. Great Sarr Laxe Crry, Sept 30, 1855. Description of the Route to the Salt Lake Valley— The Topography of Salt Lake City— The Grass- hopper Plague—Emigration—Brigham Young @ Millionaire—Costume of the Mormon La dies, &c. The “ Suint,” who for the first time wends his way to the “ Valley of the Mountains,’ must 10 doubt often compare himaelf with the hero of Bun- yan’s delightful allegory, the Pilgrim’s Progress ; for of all rough entrances to a place, the last hun- dred miles of the route to this place certainly cones nearer to the learned tincker’s description of “ a hard road to travel.” The road winds through narnw ravines, within a few inches of the edges of high creek banks, along sidling hills, over mirey speta and nasty holes, crossing creeks almost innumerable times, up and down two long steep and rough mom- tains; and lastly, through its numerous windings on the last few miles of the road, keeps the stranger in momentary expectation of emerging suddenly into the oasis of a half desert mid continent. As the stranger leaves the narrow confines of emigration, he sees before him a valley apparently ot more than five or six miles in width, and norh- ward, seemly the same distance, a Great Salt Lake, like a silver line gleaming across the vally, while he thinks a mile and a half’s travel vill bring him to the city which, partly hid by a pont of the East Mountains lays before him; five gwd miles of travel, however, only brings him to the edge of the city, and upon enquiring he learns that fifteen miles more of travelling ina straight line will only find him at the foot of the West Moan- tains, and twenty more upon the southeastern shores of the lake. This deception, on the part of nature, in regard to the landmarks of this valley, is tobe aseribed to the purity-of the atmosphere and the deep but gradual descent of the land from the moan- tains to the centre. Great Salt Lake City is situated on the east side of the river Jordan, a small stream that flows north- ward into Great Salt Lake. The streets, which are eight rods wide, cross each other at right angles, running parallel to the four cardinal points of the compass. There are nineteen wards in the city, each containing nine squares, and each square con. tains six lots of one and a quarter acres each. These lots were originally given to actual settlers, but now vary in price from one hundred and fifty dollars in the outskirts to as many for a small piece in the centre of the city; they are being rapidly subdivided, and no doubtthe city will, in time, be as compactly built as any Gentile city. The streets are still in a primitive condition, being neither graded nor paved; they, however, present a hard surface. But, in oue of the high winds that sometimes sweep the streets, phew! all is obscurity, and it is only by an occa- sional lull in old Boreas’ tide that a persou can dis- cein his whereabouts. There is no shade along the waiks,except what is made by some diminutive specimens of future expectations. This is not to be wondered at, however, when we consider that seven years ago nothing of the tree kind grew upon the Jand now occupied by the city. Two large streams, flowing from the Hast Mountains, have been divert- ed from their old channels, and are led by large ditches into the city, where, by means of smaller ditches along the edges of the sidewalks, the water is eansed to ramify throughout the city and water ery square. From these ditches each lot is en tilled to use the water, for irrigation, a certain num. ber of hours every week, according to the abun dance or scarcity. The houses are either built of logs or adobes, or sun-dried bricks, though chiefly of the latter. These blue or cream-colored adobe houses give to the city a quiet, Qaakerlike appearance, in agreeable contrast to the glaring, colors of the buildings in Eastern. towns, On account of the high winds quite frequent in these regions, nine-tenthsof the buildings are: less than two stories in height. A few flower gar- dens claim the passing tribute of admiration; bat,, asa general thing, utility reigna th: the ity from tke pole fences to the inward decora® ons f the houses. Rich, indeed, must be the man who, in these far-off regio can gather around him ali the things of comfort and ornament that adorn the houses of Eastern mechanics. Each ward coutaina & schoolhouse, wherein, as a general thing, schovl is only taught during the ‘ew winter months. A mud, wall, eight fect high by fi:o feet thick at the base, surrounds the city ss & protection against the In- dians in case of (ic he city is computed to contain fifteen th iobsbitanta, The sity govern onsixts of a Mayor, Board of Aldermen, and & Common Council. There are, also, justices and constables; but, I imagine, they ore offices of honor rather than profit, for the Mor- rf pe dislike oing to law. Over éach ward the church has a bishop, whose office, in coa- Junction with two counsellors, is to attend to the sick and veedy, and settle all minor disputes or quartels aut may occur between persons residia, within ~~} his jurisdiction. If a Seint is prow to lieve wronged or slanderet a brother or sister, and refases to make restitution, or eck forgiveness, he is disfelie cut off from the church until he repents; “ son being on a par with a cyiminal atneimy the Cen. number of leading Know Nothivgs, among whom is *