The New York Herald Newspaper, November 13, 1855, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 18565. NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GO ON PROPRIETOR AND EDITOR. SFPICE N. B. CORNER OF NASSAU AND FULTON STS. TERMS cash i actoance. THE Dally HERALD, 2 conte per copy; 81 por annum. THE WEEKLY HERALD, every Saturday, at 64 cents per sony. oF $3 por annum; the Bioropean sition, $4. per Sry rd of Great Birla, or #8 to amy pares/ the C io bitlude postage. VOLUNTARY CORRESPONDENC®., containing impor sani neice, solicited from any quarter of che world—if uae will be Mrraly paid for, SeOUR FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS ARE Tancotaney HkaUeeren To SeAL atl LRTPRRS AND PACKAGES **NO NOTICE taken of anonymous communications, We do not noes veh {PRIRTING executed with neatness, cheapness and des- AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. 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We present a full report of this narrative. Those who read it—and who will not?—will realize the force of Byron's line—“Truth is strange—stranger than fiction.” The Board of Supervisors met yesterday after- noon. The Committee on Annual Taxes, who have had under consideration the report of the Receiver of Taxes relative to persons liable to personal tax, presented a resolution directing the publication in the newspapers of the names of parties owing said taxes. This proposition elicited a warm debate, in which Messrs. Kelly, Ely and Herrick, Recorder Smith and Mayor Wood took part. Finally the re- solution was amended by authorizing the publication in documentary form, instead of in the newspapers, and in that shape was adopted. This proceeding will no doubt bring some portion of the six hundred and odd thousand dollars due for persona! tax into the treasury. The report in favor of increasing the salaries of the Judges of the Superior and Common Pleas Courts, and the Recorder, City Judge and Surrogate, to $6,000 per annum, was indefinitely postponed. The Board of Aldermen met last evening and had quite an interesting session. A very full discus- sion of the Reynolds’ offal contract was had. Mr. Reynolds claims thatin giving the release to the city for $85,000, he had a guarantee that the Corpo- ration would take Barren Island, with all its appur- tenances, dead horses, tackle, and other matters from him. A Mr. Scherfl offers to do the work for nothing for five years, and besides that to pay $15,000 as a bonus, and $1,000 a year for the privi- ege. Mr. Reynolds has asserted that he accepted $85,000 in lieu of a larger suin, as it would cost him $25,000 to lobby his case fully through both Boards —at ieast so Alderman Tucker said for him. The matter is set down for final argument on Thursday next, Alderman Briggs handed in his far-famed re- ative to the nativity of Chief Matsell. It is ment of ponderous size, and is ordered to be printed. The Joseph Walker e will beagain taken up on Monday next. The beard of Councilmen last evening gave their time to petitions, reports, and the third reading of Vills. All the papers that came before the Board have herejofore been noticed in the HuraLp. There were no iting speeches made, n y resolutions offered to turb the equilibrium of the members. The Boaré-meets again to-morrow evening. News from Puerto Cabello (Venezuela) to the 17th of Octebor has been received. The country was. quic ident Monagas bad inaugurated a more Many of his jate enemies were loyed by him in gover it situations, ommitted dreadful ravages all over the nm thousand péople had died of it, and de was at 2. complete stand in consequence. No new coffee had «ame to market. Senor de Roja editor of the Liberal, had died of cholera at Ca- rac fi cottoa in this market he season of the yeorthan has been known before in the history of the trade. The high rates of coasting freights has probably hed its influence in checking shipments northward. accounts the Southern | Tivers which it was thonght would tend to augment reeaipts there and here also, The sales yesterday were confined to about 700 bales, at ai. advance of another making jc. since the re. ceiptof the Asi Flour was unchanged, he stock of were on the rise, with less acti Wheat was heavy, with a fair amount of sales, though prices ruled in favor of purchasers. It was stated that some of the Prench orders, owing to the bigh prices ruling here, had been withdrawn. Indian corn declined about le. per busbel. Pork was unchanged. Lard was firm at Te. a 12 There vas fair business done in coffee, at prices ranging from lic. a lle Sugars ware quite steady, wigh moderate sales at prices given ia another column. Freights to Liver- pool Were @iack, while to the continent they were aneltered. Sterling exehange was very dull, and quotations ranged all the way from 106 a 1034 Rest bile cwese qnoted at 108] a 108) The hint wn out fhat the inability of Greek Bouses Lo negotiate their Pills had checked their operations styffe, wae said to be wholly inoorre t. ‘The Paris correspondent of ¢he Waakington Jn- dcligencer, writing oO the 25th alt., makes the fe)- lowing interesting stetement :— The Frenet gov ernment has promulgated a decree which will have in important and highly advantageooe effeet epon our tonnage ipterest. This deeree alle foreign built vessels to be aataralized, and to take the French flog, with al! its advantages, on the paymeut A ten per cent oa their assessed vaine. It will bea great opening American vessels of 600 to tons, and more especially for steamers of 1,000 to 1,200 tons, which will be in great demand, and wil! meet with « seady eale. They have also admitted umber, | er, haval stores, &c., free of duty for the ensuing three years. This will open a great morket f 1) those artic les, and likewise give pro fital¢ employment in their vonvey by ¥ seis, The Thirty-fourth Congress—The House of | General Walker in Nicaragua—The Future Representattver—The Division of Partics— ‘The Know Nothings and the Kansas Ques- tion— Their Trac ' We publish this morning a carefully prepar- ed list of the members of the Senate and the House of Representatives of the thirty-fourth Congress, and their party politics respectively. The elections for the House being completed, we are thus at length enabled to see at a glance the perplexing divisions aad subdivi- sions of the members elect upon the all-impor- tant question of slavery, and the inexplicable difficulties which will attend the organization of this conglomerate body of representatives fresh from the people :— A full House (exclusive of Territorial delegates, whose privileges are limited to Territorial business) i Members of the sixteen Northern States, Members of the fifteen Southern States, Northern majority... But for the reservation of the Senate, there- fore, inasectional division of the House, the South would becompletely at the mercy of the North. Upon the heels of the Nebraska bill, and with the advantage of the weakness of the Pierce administration in their favor, the anti-slavery league have made a desperate ef- fort to give to the House a sectional division of parties. Our catalogue will show, to some extent, how far they have succeeded and how far they have failed. As between the demo- crats, the whigs, the Know Nothings and the free soilers, they appear respectively to stand as follows:— Southern whigs...... Union Know Nothings Abolition Know Nothing Northern whigs er abolition-republican Butif we make the Kansas issue the test, and the admission of Reeder or Whitfield as the delegate from Kansas, the exact question in the organization of the House, we are com- pelled to make another division of these par- ties. Upon the question, then, of the delegate from Kansas, we may safely assume that the Southern States, democrats and Know No- things, will be a unit for Whitfield. The diffi- culty here lies with the members from the six- teen Northern States. Among them, we find upon examination that there are about seven- ty anti-Nebraska or free soil Know Nothings, including the entire delegations from Ohio and Massachusetts. Where will this branch of the Know Nothings go? They were elected by anti-administration coalitions with the free soil party a year ago. Will they in Congress stand with the Gen. Wilson abolition league, or will they cut loose from it and take, in the business of the organization of the House, the first step to the national re-construction of the American party? Upon thisquestion the issue in Congress and in the Presidential election will depend. If the seventy anti-Nebraska Know Nothings of the North fuse with the free soilers proper, they may control the House organization; but in this experiment they will cut off the South- ern Know Nothings from their Northern brethren, and reduce the party in each section to a mere outside faction or balance of power. If, on the other hand, the Know Nothings of both sections shall unite for a conservative or- ganization of the House against the extreme secessionists and against Seward’s Holy Aboli- tion Alliance, they are at once substantially organized for the great campaign of 1856. In the State elections since last Spring, the American party have carried, by a majority, the States of California, Kentucky and Mary- land; and by pluralities New York and Massa chusetts. On the other hand, the democracy have carried, by majorities, the States of Vir- ginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Ten- nessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, New Jersey and probably Louisiana; aud by a plurality, Penn- sylvania and Maine, while the black repud lieans have carried Vermont and Ohio, by a majority in the first, and a plurality in the last named State, The American party, then, are in this position: while they cannot afford to risk the loss of the North, they are bound to take such a nationalattitude as will eneourage their brethren in the South. where, by some slight additions to their actual strength, they may carry a halfdozen States which they have lost, What, then, is the true policy of the mem- bers of the American party in Congress? It is to hold a conservative position for the or- ganization of the House, without regard to the special question of the admission of Whitfield or Reeder, Upon this precise Territorial issue months may be wasted in vain endeavors to eleet a Speaker, and in the meantime the ul- tras of the two yos may destroy all the elements of a peaceful compromise, in th n- ered feelings which they will have excited. Let the American members, then, desirous of controiling the great battle of ‘56, unite North and South, upon some con- servative compromise policy in the very out- issue between Reeder and Whittield to be settled after the organization, and they will avoid the reck upon which Southern and Northern ultras intend to split them into piece One point is very clear, the balance of power in the Honse is in the hands of the American party. They may, if they choose, cast it in fa vor of the democrats, or on the side of the Se- ward and Wilson abolition league; but there is a medium course, whereby they may command the support of the more conservative members of the two other parties without committing themselves to either extreme. General Wilson has pledged W. H. Seward and his allies to break the American party into ten thousand fragments upon the rock of slavery. Let the American members of the House beware of ngling abolition or administrative al- Jiances at Washington upon the question of Speaker and Clerk,and they may lay the ground- work of a national organization for 46. There are fave divisions of the American party in Con- grese—a Northern and a Sonthern wing. Let both wings, in the first place, unite on some safe middle ground in the matter of the or- ganization of the House, and the first great task in the reconstruction of the American party upon a cause and a platform, and a common ticket as broad as the constitution and the Union will have been accomplished, The Seward organs say we will hold you to the trial apon Whitfeld versua Reeder, and so, Northern Know Nothings, look ont. But the slightest occasion for alarm, late results in New York and Massa chueett*, what can the Seward alliance do? The © n connection with the Presi- dential cantpaign is elected. The Northern Know Nothings ha therefore, only to deciae whether their allegiance is to Seward or the American party: and they of the South bave only tod 1 between a sectional and a Ubien organ Let them, on assembling | at Washington, conenit and deside aceord- jiogly. The game ie in their hands, sectior set, leaving the there is not nee th ation. of Central America. We published yesterday full accounts of the pacification of the State of Nicaragua, by means of the treaty which has been concluded between William Walker, on behalf of the late insurgents on the one side, and Ponciano Cor- ral, on behalf of the late government on the other, The treaty is in fact a capitulation to Walker by the late authorities. It places the supreme authority ina person nominated by him, and leaves him at the head of the army, which of course in a country like Nicaragua is the real post of power. On the other hand it makes no alteration in the laws, and does not curtail the rights of citizensof either par- ty; proclaims a general amnesty, and, with a liberality which can only be accounted for by the supposition that the low state of the cre- dit of the belligerents must have restricted their powers of borrowing within very narrow limits, binds the government to pay the debts of both parties. The publication of this trea- ty appears to have had a soothing effect upon the minds of the people of Nicaragua, and to have roused the Californians and others to ideas of emigration to Central America, In all this there is nothing surprising. Twenty years ago it was perfectly obvious that the natural destiny of the Central Ameri- cans was to be subjugated by Anglo-Saxons. The natives of that region could not govern themselves. They could not even earn a de- cent living if left to their unaided efforts. The Spaniard in America cannot rule himself, but he can earn his bread: the degraded mon- grel—the Spanish Indian—who inhabits the fragments of the kingdom of Guatamala, can- not read, or work, or think. He is only fit to fight—that is to say, to engage in an occupa- tion in which the brute creation are the natu- ral equals, and in some cases the superiors of man. Ifhe had been planted in any other country than one where nature dispenses with the physical labor of man, he would have pe- rished, as the Five Nations and the Esqui- maux are doing. Thrust upon the fairest por- tion of the Western hemisphere, he has lived, and quarrelled, and fought, and been a di: grace to humanity and an eyesore to his neighbors for ever so many years. The ques- tion—how long he should be left there in pos- session—simply depended on the rate of pro- gress of the rest of the continent. Children, and that class of clergymen whom Sidney Smith describes as having heads made out of the same wood as their pulpits, and brains of the same material as the stuffing of its cushions, are always ready to cry down the man who fulfils an unseen law of nature at the apparent sacrifice of subordinate municipal or international polity. It is to be expected that this class of persons will be sevqrely vir- tuous upon Walker, and will vindicate the rights of the Central Americans, as though it would be an irreparable loss to the world if a pestilence swept them off. Happily, things have turned out in such a way that the new commander-in-chief of Nicaragua has tulfilled bis mission without violating any law, or af fording any basis for the calumnies which have been afloat concerning him. He has served as a volunteer in the Nicaraguan insur- gent army, just as De Kalb and Lafayette and Pulaski served in the American insur- gent army; and has obtained the command just as, at one time, Lafayette might have done here if anything had happened to Wash- ington. It is very true that his real position is very different from that which Lafayette would have obiained, in the case supposed; but this is due to the difference between the people of Nicaragua and the people of the United States, and cannot certainly be charged against him asa fault. Strietly speaking, in the whole of this business Walker appears to have done nothing for which he could be held to auswer in this or any other country, in any con- tingency. It is perhaps premature to speak of him yet, as be will be spoken of if he become the instru- ment by weans of which Central America will be reclaimed and civilized. He may be killed; he may yet fail, as poor Colonel Kinney ap- pears to bave done; a hundred accidents may happen to overset him. In any of these contingencies his memory would not be anenviable one; the clergymen and the chil dren, and indeed the world generally would be excrutiatingly virtuous upon him if he were sinner enough to get killed. But if on the contrary he has the nerve and the tact and the luck to maintain himself at Nicaragua for the next five years, William Walker will loom up ina new and entirely respectable light. He may then be the President, or at all events one of the master spirits of a rich and prosperous State soliciting admission tothe Union. His name may be a household word in correspon- dence between the British and United States governments. Books may be written about him, and some of the clergymen—who will have heard of his setting up conventicles and schism-shops at Granada—will preach of him as one of the blessed. The newspaper editors, whose venerable noses assume a lofty curl when his name is mentioned, may then dose their readers with homilies on American ener- #y and American enterprise as exemplified in the great General Walker. Where shall we stop? What would people have said twenty years ago if we had predicted that the day would come when that shocking filibuster, Sam Houston, would be feeling the national pulse for the Presidency, aud eating canvasbacks off the old Quincy plate in the best Boston so- ciety? And remember, it is far easier to sub jugate Nicaragua than it was to overran Texas, Precavtions AGatyst Fme—In another column will be found an extremely sensible and practical Jetter from the Fire Marshal, Mr. A. E. Baker, touching the precautions to be used for the avoidance of accidents by fire during the winter season, when their frequent recurrence is to be looked for. The results of his obeervation, he says, have shown him that the causes of these disasters are most ordina- rily, the Incautious use of marches, the care- Jess manner in which stove pipes are adjusted, the use of wooden vessels for the deposit of coal and wood askes, the careless use of cam- phene and other burning fluids, and the prac- tice of crowding large quantities of inflamma. Dle goods in store windows in close proximity to gas lights, The snggeetions which he throws out are exceedingly simple, and we re- commend them to the attention of all house- holders and storekeepers They may all be summed up in the word carefulness--a quali. ty in which, unfortunately, ia these matters the majority of people are waating. The re- cowmendation, however, coming from an of- ficial quarter, and backed by the experience ayising from the daily investigution of sugh accidents, may have some weight with thse] THE LATEST MEWS. who have, perhaps, hitherto never bestowed a cain thought on the subject. BY ELECTRIC AND PRINTING TELEGRAPHS, ‘Thee New Government of Mexico—The Future From Washington. of that Republic. IMPORTANT TO MERCHANTS TRADING WITH CUBA— The résumé of the recent events that have beer ice y ce OUR? OP CLatiee—- HEALTH been transpiring in Mexico which we pub- Wasuratox, Nov. 11, 1855, lish in another part of our columns to-day, ‘The authorities of Cuba more than a year ago required must convince every reflecting mind, how- | duties to be nal Wietbinos of the United States on cor- i i tain descriptions of building materials and provisions, ever unwilling it may be to receive the an cori dead period Pa aug aber ror pate eta conviction, that that unfortunate republic either free or on the payment of a mere nominal tax. The is passing through a crisis fraught with | josces in consequence were considerable. Simce that time imminent peril not only to her territorial | the subject has been brought to the attention of the Span- integrity, but to her very existence as an | ish government, by direction of the Secretary of State, independent nation, The revolution against | trough our Minister at the Court of Madrid, and the re- sult is, as I have been informed, that government has the government of Santa Anna is consum- | ji asseq to this a proposition to refund or remit those mated—the tyrant has fled in dishonor and | guties improperly demanded by the Captain General, set- disgrace; the brave old chieftain Alvarez has | ting apart twelve mouths, during which the claimants are been proclaimed temporary Presidenty and | to present their several claims to the Spanish authori- Comonfort and other valiant officers of the li- | ties, on the adjudication or verification of which these A duties will be refunded. berating army have been appointed to high In the Court of Claims, Judge Scarborough delivered positions under the provisional government ; | tne opinion of the Court in the case of William Cox, decid- but still the day seems to be as far distant as } ing there was no cause of action, and held, first—that un- ever when the Mexican republic is to enter | der the bebe Sit hie hg yidiarhaed ipeaieans its bureaus only the Secretary himself could contract for ex- upon a career of peace and prosperity. With | °° services; and, secondly, that voluntary courtesy was garrisons animated by hostile principles, chiet- | ground for a suit at law or in equity. The argament tains following up their own ambitious pro- } in the case of Robert Roberts, claiming damages for the jects, regardless of the good of the country,-{ capture of a vessel in 1805, by a French privateer, occu- the army, the church and the people arrayed each against the other, and with a foreign force, small, but brave and unyielding, upoa its soil, Mexico presents at this moment as d«- plorable a picture of a State given over to pied the attention of the Court to-day. ‘The health of the Hon, Thomas H. Bayly, a member of anarchy and ruin as history in any age or coun- try has recorded. Congress elect, from Virginia, continues to improve, and the indications are that he will be enabled to be present The firmness, patriotism and wisdom of its high-souled warrior-President, Alvarez, and in the House at an early period in the coming session. This gentleman, it will be recollected, has, for months past been very severely afllicted with disease. ‘The Elections in Louisiana and Mississippi, New Onteays, Nov. 10, 1855. In Louisiana the result of the election is still in doubt. the energy, activity and good sense of his War v8 bert en peeiy ‘Sine; Vad te: chamnen Siren "ite Minister and Commander-in-chief, Comonfort, grap vicina the democratic majority on the State may do much in helping to extricate the re- | ticket is about 4,000. ublic from the perils and difficulties that be- LG EL aa it, But that they can be altogether suc- ee coat eee cate cessful in the effort that they are making to-| One hundred guns were fired here this noon, for the wards that end, we very much doubt. It is | success of the American State and County ticket. not in mortals to command success; and where such almost insuperable obstacles intervene, it would be foolish to expect it. If Alvarez or Comonfort—who is likely to succeed him as constitutional President—can bring order out of chaos, can reduce to subordination all the jarring and conflicting elements of society— can restore peace to a country long desolated by civil war, and can at the same time pre- serve its independence and territorial integri- ty, they will have performed a task to which any of the fabled labors of Hercules was but- a trifle. The ‘normal condition of Mexico seems to be intestine war. Her citizens know little and care less about those freemen’s rights which we prize so highly. Her churchmen and her soldiers prey upon her vitals; and the intelligent portions of her community see/ nowhere an escape from anarchy and ruin, save in the annexation of the country to the! United States of America. i It will be seen that some incidents remotely pointing to such a contingency have occurred. Vidaurri, the head of a revolutionary move- ment in the northern portion of Mexico, has not identified himself with that movement which was based on the political programme called the plan of Ayutla, of which Alvarez was the standard bearer, but is eaid to have had a special and peculiar object in view, namely: the formation of a Sierra Madre re- public, to comprise the five States of Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas, Chihuahua and Du- | rango. The project, however, would seem to| be abandoned for the present, and Vidaurri, has bombastically announced that he will not) fire a single shot in civil war so long as the | national territory is desecrated by a foreign \ foe—alluding to the, seven hundred Texas rangers who have crossed the Rio Grande, un- derthe command of Captains Callahan and Henry. The avowed object of this invasion was to chastise the Lipan tribe of Iudians, who were in the habit of crossing over occasionally into Texas aud committing outrages and de- predations there; and the journals of that re- gion even assert that the expedition was under- taken by the consent and on the invitation of the authorities of the Mexican town of Piedras Regras. A battle had been fought between one company of the rangers and a vastly superior Distressing Occurrence—Two Men Killed. Rowe, N. Y., Noy. 12, 1855, A most distressing occurrence took place to-day at Newville, a small village abont a mile anda half from this place. On the road towards Utica the steam saw mill, situated on the hill of thatYplace, blew up about nine o’elock in the morning, killing two persons in- stantly. One of the killed was Henry 8. Roberts, sonjof Judge Roberts, of this village. The other one killed was the fireman, whose name we have not been able to as- certain. Railroad Accident. Rocurssr, Nov. 12, 1855. ‘A freight and cattle train on the Central Railroad, last evening, when about four miles from this city, was thrown from the track while crossing a high bridge by the train separating and running together on a heavy grade. One person was killed and a great number of cattle. Twenty cars were thrown off the track. News from Texas, ‘a New Orteays, Nov. 10, 1855. Later dates from Texas have been received. A despe- rate fight had occurred near Fort Belknap, between par- ties of Delaware and Camanche Indians, and seven of the latter were killed, The Indians continued their depre- dations on the frontier. A treaty had been made with the Camanches in New and Northern Mexico. Markets. PHILADELPHIA STOCK BOARD. PattLapELPuia, Nov, 12 1855. Stocks steady. Pennsylvania State Fives, 83; Reading, 4245; Long Island, 123g; Morris Canal, 1234; Pennsylva- nia RR, 4234. — A Menagerie Sold at Auction. HOW THE ANIMALS SOLD—THE ROYAL BENGAL TIGER, THE LIONS, ELEPHANTS, RIINOCEROS, AND ALL KNOCKED DOWN—A ROW AMON) THE MONKEYS— THE ELEPHANT CANADA—THE KHINOCEROS AND HORN, P°TC., ETC., ETC. ‘The sale by auction of the menagerie which has been on exhibition for some weeks past at the Hippodrome, commenced yesterday, and was attended by a large num- ber of persons, As {t was announced several days ago, there was quite an excitement among lion tamers, clrens managers, and all interested in wild animals. The ani- mals themselves were displayed to the best alvantage, and looked as resigned as animals could look under the circumstances, On the outside of the building were mammoth representations in glaring colors of tiger and lion hunts, fights with bears, and terible encounters between men and leopards, tigers, and other beasts. Here was a battle between a rhinoceros and an elephant, in which the latter was treate to a horn ina way that was anything but pleasant. There was another representing a man, supposed to be Sampson, pulling the tongue out of « lion, and there again another, in which the man seemed to be getting the worst of the fight. Tigers might be seen jumping from the tops of mountains across immense chasms, elepban's trampling a dozen leopards under them, and Indians and white men engaged in fight, in which the former was, of course, the de- yee : ‘ OF | deadl; force of Indians and Mexicans, which ended in feated. party. Notwithstanding this attractive display, pres a? ‘ the menagerie, however, did not succeed. The people the retreat of the Inter; and) as the, Texaus.|) J o.is wrt pettonise ty, aid the managers were obligst to were calling for reinforcements, and seemed | sell out. ‘The auction commenced at haif-past 11 o’elock, Mr. A. C. Terme appearing upon the stand as the salesmin, Having stated that the terms were 20 per cent on the Gay of sale, and the remainder on delivery of the artielos, eceeded with the auction. Now, gentlemen, sail he, [ shall commence with the white bear and cage, the only living one in Aweri+a. He is really a splendid animal, and well worth a thousand dollars, so you haa better be liberal now, as it is the determined to stand their ground, and as, con- sequently, they were likely to be attacked by the troops sent against them by Vidaurri, it is by no means improbable that hostilities may become general, and perhaps end in the con- summation of the project conceived by that r enly ebance you may ever have. This whit» bear, gem chief—the establishment of a Sierra Madre re- | tlemen, was caught in the Arctic regions, f an iceberg, and is one of the greatest curiosities in the public, Such a result would doubt hailed with satisfaction by the inhabitants of the States which would be thus severed from M co. Indeed, the general sentiment of the in- telligent portion of the population of the whole country is in favor of annexation to the United States, and it only needs the taking of an initiatory step by the government, to give | whole menagerie. How much for him’ how much for the white bear! for the white bear how much / A Voicr—two hundced doll AUCTIONEER $00, if be *. »—only $200 to b you must rec ntry. Shall I gin—it he is 4 Now [ll take fifty more for r—fifty more for the white—2400 did I hear mn right—$400 it is. Shall I have $25 p—2450. xErR—That’s it—I’m gi he 1s truly a fine animal an : 8 there nore? $450'is th developement and result to that sentiment. |] pesd. foe ie tages 7 hed Fm pi But Comonfort, who is almost sure to be elect. |} twice, $175 the third and last time, It is gone. What's ed to the Presidency, is a trae nationalist, and ot Broper— EF. M. Shields, yea iii oe isan NEER—The next is lot N eal, live, origi- would be the last to approve, mach less ini ) Be tiger and the cage tate, such a movement. Still, as there is no other hope for Mexico, its annexation to this country can only be a question of time and ex- pediency. Let us calmly abide the issue. do you bid for the if you please; how fave some price, r indifference? how ave such a chance—a iger 1s not an animal to be caught every day—sbat shall 1 knock him dowa for? A Vori—$100. AvctionnER— What! only $100! Why, gentlemen, it would be actual murder to knosk him down at such a it woula be a perfect sacrifice, Only $100! it’s gh to make him groan, Tiere the did really groan, but it wason the severe application of the sharp stick of the keeyer, wio stirred him up occasionally by way of enlivening the sale AvcniosreR—There you hear him again, gentlemen--be wont be sold so low. “Fven the animal pimself is oppos- Crry Comprronien—It is now pretty gen- erally understood that Flagg, the great “ stop cock,” is re-elected Comptroller of the city. We are sorry for the stockholders of the Chica- go and Rock Island Railroad Company. With Flagg’s great financial ability divided be. tween New York and Chicago, we are afraid they will lose that ten per cent dividend. hare cals py oes Lead Fi wah say, 00, you steele Weceree A Vour—-$150. Broapway TieaTre—Mime. Harxe.—The public was gracious, although the elements were usprovitious to Mrs. Julia Dean Hayne, last night, She played for the first time at this house after an absence of two seavons, and selected Julia in the ‘Hunchback,’ her first triarnph, for ber opening part at the Metropolitan theatre. Al though the weather was “awful,”’ there was quite a good houre, and the Julia of the night secured their unan- {mous suffrages. Some parts of the performance were a lite too highly colored for admirers of the severely qui school of art; but the excellent manner in which the | fourth act was dene would more than excuse this. Mra. | | | Heyne was called out several timer, and heartily op- | naturel ae & Bean Delvg. How mach hi the per- planded throughout the evening. Mr. Fisher's Master fe ing liens as they vtandY They are the same lions Walter was a quiet, well ecnsidered and artistic per. | that you have heard! of sleeping with a night cap na, and a i ae re that vidn’t take a man’s head off when he pat it in their formance, This evening Mrs. Hayne will act in Shiei's | Torche No gontiemed, ney ete the Vest odtceted act. vg cy nusls that ever performed before delighted andiences, and are worth their weight in gold. How much for the theee periorming Hone? How much? $200 did I hear? I'm tily efiered $200 tor these really valuable animals, A Vowr—$260. Avcniesemn— That's it; now, then, for $1 yes, sir, Tree you. $200 it ie—who bids nm Somebedy nods. AvcrionteR—$225. That's right. It’s only half his value, not to speak of the eage. Going, one» at $225— twice; now for the third and lust time—$225—gone, Mr. Henry Butler wos announced as the purchaser of the tiger anid cage, and the tiger having been sticred up with the Keeper's pole, gave a grow! which was intead ed, somebody remarked, to express his joy at his chaage + of masters, Avetioy eer—The next lot we come to consists of the performing lions, which will be sold at once, and their den thrown in, You have of em heard of performiog ll ins, but you never saw euch Hons ax these. They oick their tcoth every morning after breakfast, and wash their tace At $200; ct? Nivto's Gennes —W1ie RAcuiet.—After a very eneceus- fol searon at the Metropolitan, and a flirtation with the Academy, Mille Machel hes at last reitied down at | 2 Venetia half thelr yalne—they ought to bring Niblo’s, a theatre betrer suited to the display of her | a thousand dollar tall. (One of the ons roars.) Do you great powers than any other in whieh she hay yet acted | hear that, genieesent They sh t x wold for henge T anal stat ’ y ll he Wrate. (Keeper atire them np in America. She had s fine howe last wight, and played pe mT rae waethir reat) at toe may $325 La ‘Tiebe in ioe Vietor Hugo's very long and not | Yep cir, it# 8826. Going at that—-oner—guing t vic very beilient melo-deams. This evening aie playe | tid rnd lett time Vireuie.”" io the Reman tragedy a’ that name, rt A V(b $50, [le whe dent @ good seats for her performances should | ANC PHBH $47 apply a day in advance, Avonoxpea—Lhat’s it, gentlemen, do justice to the sneak Any more Bint oes, twice, third and last cal) - more—{ De. And so the Boouttasa tis th were all ‘‘knocked down’” to Mr. Butler, and lot No. 4, consisting ofa zebra, leopard and cage put up, AvonionseR—The zebra you know, gentlemen, is am animal tlat can’t be tamed, and he’s a beauty with all his stripes, slow much do you bid for the lot—the zebra, the leopard snd the eage—how much for the lot? ‘Shalt 1 have $/00y How much then? Sey something. It's not every day you can buy a live zebra, or catch one either. How much ¥ A Vowr--$ A Voie—385, AvcrionrER--Go ahead, gentlemen, the zebra’s running” up. Let me say $400, The zebra and stripes, and the leopard with his spots—all tor $300. It’s a sin to sell them so low, it grieves my heart; I can’t think of it; T won’t knock such animals down for that; can’t do it $285 was the last bid, and you’! 3285—any ‘more? fair $285 third and last time— Another bargain to Mr, warning, they’re going, goin, they , gene! vatler. © next lot is a cage with a lion and hyeva, How much for them !—how much? ii A Voirn—t50, AUCTIONFER—-$50; at $50-——$75 let me say; yes, $75—be beral; going for $.5; and it’s like drawing teeth. Well, then, since you won't be liberal, you must suffer, al- though their skins alone are worth that. At $75 once, twice, three times, and they are off at $75, What's the: name? The buyer of these was a somewhat modest man, and “id not make bis name public, but whispered it qui n the car of the clerk. re ipered it quietly AUCTIONEEK.—Now I've got something nice for nice grizzly bear, and a lama. . oe ‘The attention of the audience was somewhat distracted at this stoge of the proceedings by a slight skirmish in @ cage of monkeys, which set the animals chattering for several minutes. One of them caught a peanut wi was thrown into the cage by a spectator, and he was im mediately pursued by the others with most hideous screeching and chattering. A severe OT gent of the keeper’s pole, however, set ever: right, and Brought the peanut difficulty to a 5} dy When monkeys were disposed. ofthe sale of the bear and the Hama proceeded without further interruption. AvctioxzER—How much for the antnal—how much—= say xomething—let me have a price for ifyou don't care forthe animals. bt A Voce, —$75. AvetioxrEn—I am offered only $75 for the lot—$75 on- ly—its « burning shame—only $75. ‘A Voice—8100. AvCTioNEER—I can’t think of taking so little—say some- thing more. $120—Yes,Pnow you begin to talk, no we'll listen to you; but the bear himself is worth more tham that, and he’s a barefuced man that would offer leas— $130'1 hear—$140—tnat’s it—$150; go it, gentlemen, and see who'll get tired first, (bear growls]. Do you ‘hear that, gentlemen? He can’t bear it any longer. $150 would be little enough for him; but I suppose I must sacrifice the animals for that—$150, once, twice, third and last call—$150, going! going! ‘gone!’ to Mr. Butler * Now, then, tor lot No. 7, the lionness and . $100 is bid; $110, '$110—any more’ It’s the cheapest lot sol dyets $110, going! going! gone! Mr. Jarvis announced himself as the purchaser. AVCTIONEER—I have a treat for you, now—a lovely Brazilian tiger, and I'll thank you to bid pretty lively for him. Say the word at once. Be kind enough now ta put him up at some price, for we'll never get along at this rate in the world. start him at once. A Vorcr 816, ° i CCTIONKER—A good joke, gentlemen—a good joke, only but I know its only a joke, Lie these A Vois—$100. Avcnosim—Why, that’s perfect slaughter—actuad murder. Axoriien Vorcr—8110. AUCHIOSFER—Thav’s it, now you begin to talk—$110, $110, $11¢—any more bid—any’ more—no more: then i will soon be nce, twice, third and last time. Mr. Butler also purchased this lot. No. 9 was now put up. Aveionren—Now, then, for the large Brazilian tiger and cage. You have all seen him. and know what he is— he is the perfection of a tiger. Mr. Butler, let us have @ bid; you are having itall your own way. What will T knock the tiger down for; ‘there he stands, a perfect beauty, ready to be knocked down, How much? ‘A Vour—$60, AUCTIO? EER—Oh, say $60 at onee. A Vour—875. ‘ANoTUER—$80, AveTionrgn-~Go it, and "ll tell you when to stop; don’t; get tired too soon. $80 aint anything for such a noble animal. I wonder you’d offer it—I’m ashamed of you. A Voicr—-$85, AUCTION EEK—-$85 it is, since you will be ‘liberal. $85. A Vorce--$90. Avctios R890 I'm bid, though he’s worth treble the money. What name The Vorce—Nixon. AvcniosEen——Better luck next time. I'll gi other chance, for I believe you've some gene Here’s No. 10, a young Zebra and cage, and the animal alone is worth $800. What shall [have for him? $200, and the man that gets him at $800 has a bargain. $300, that’s it, run him up, he’s worth all you're willing to give. $400, shall I have it? Well, then, $325, $800— by more? A Voice--8875. AUCTIONEER. —$375—any more—once, twice, thrico~ and he’s gone to Mr. A. Sinith. Lot No. 11 was next put up, and the, auctioneer went to work with renewed energy to dispose of it. What do you give, said he, for the monkey cage and its contents? A Voice. —What kind of an animal fs its contents? The auctioneer «id not deign to reply, but proceeded to sell the lot, and finally aisposed of it for $120. The contents turned out to be some monkeys and a young wolf, Mr. Sylvester was the purchaser. A chinoeeros was next disposed of. Here now we have something worth your attention, said the aucuon- eer—the celebrated beast so “Ah yes,” said several, ¢ all take'a horn if you please. AUCTIONEER lemen, but you must take the rhinoceros, for th wether. How much for the rhinoceros and horn—how much for the hora and rhi- noceros? ‘They are gle worth « thousand—how much’ 1 BLU AUcTIONERR— $250; it comes very hard. Now, I tell you what I'l do 0 $600, if you'can’t do any deter, ANoTuKK VouR—3260. AUCTIONEER 1am bid more than that—$400—$450— $475—8500—$55H0—$575—any move? Well then, down he markable for hig horn. let us have the horn—we'll goes. Now he’s going, going, gone—to Mr. Joseph Cushing. A Voie—And he'll make « nice pet. ° ONEER—Here’s ib a elephant called Cé w much for the elephant called CanadaY Gentlemea. I'd ave you know that the elephant called Canada iva vory intelligent animal. Start him then at once—what vo you bid for the clepliant called Canada’ He is a yery young animal—none of your old stagers. Il say ® thousand collars for the elephant called Capada? A Voick—8600. *s a poor boginning; only $500 tor the elephant called Canada, A Von r—$600. 1R—$E00; more yet for the elephant called ada. Gentlemen, the elephant ealled Canada can’t de sold for such tniserably low sum, Yes, sir, $800, 0; try it again. That's ep it up for the clephant called Canacn, . $1.0; diat’s it. Tike to see some spire id he's worth $2,000 is the elephant called Coniea.” Any more? A Vows —8t, 400, er Keep on, aad you'll redeem yourselves be- fore it’s ol $1,400; any more, any more, a-n-any vwiee, three times, at Canada, and Messrs. B. F. & leclnred the fortunate parchasers. Sorme- ] a joke, when a rash punster remark- ivis,"’ but he had to disappear very sud- ae The poet finely expressed ft, “or being nee't, er elephants were afterwards sold—the first for $1,200, and the other twe for $1,100 each, The sale closed (or the doy with a large number of rather coromon-looking horses, and at ity termination Mr. Tutte announced that ft would continue two days longer. | sizes, for the same price, of economy and progres. ir plaws, at 299 Broadway —These Brilliant Gems of «rt are taken In cloudy weather, as well as with a clear «ay, by RB. A. LEWIS. 2 Chatham stree. Pupils roughly tiughit on application Cameo=Dacguerreotype=The Most Reantl- ful likeness ever clivved fo the public. WILLIAMS Brooklyn. Ladies! 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