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ACADEMY HALL, 564 Broadwey—Barraz or Buwxen MAPIRE HALL—Tour ov Evnore—S:zar oF Smmastorou. ————————————OOOeee Rew York, Wednesday, November 21, 2655. nn The News. ‘Whe highly interesting, important and protracted presecution against City Judge Stuart was brought to close at midnight, by the jury returning with a verdict of acquittal, coupled with a unanimous re- commendation that Judge Stuart -should resign. The Judge made an affecting speech to the axe dence, solemnly avowing bis innocence of corrupt motives. We give a full report ofthe proeeedings on the seventh and eighth pages-of today’s paper. The steamships North Star and Waskington, from Southampton for this port, and ‘the -Canada, from Liveryool for Halifax and Beston, are .now fully.due with ister European news. Frem Washington we have received. a complete! list of.the promotions and ther. changes in the army-since the 19th of July fast. It.mey be found on thesfiret page. The/Ro2rd of Ten Governors transacted business: yesterday. A communication was received from: the Corporation Counsel, giving it ag,his.opinion that the Aimshouse Governors have no.power to discharge. from custody persona conumitted for drunkenness, under the Maine Liquor Jaw, until the expiration efiheir sentence. A.detailed statement of the estimated expenditures of the Departuacnt for, the enazing year was presented and appropriately teferred. Fron: this document, which awe .publish im anotiier, cgiumn, it will be seen thatthe som of $817,600 ig recuired for the sepport.of the,poor of the city for,the year 1856. Hon. Benjamin "itzpatrick was neclected; to the United Staces-Sewate for the ensuing six years, by the LegisleAnre of Alabama, on the 19th énst. Captain Kelly, of the bark Lapwing, from Rio Janeiro, has forwargel to us, via Baltimose, an in- Veresting lettes from our correspondent there, dated October 9. Challarp,a¢ committed dreadful ravages: on the province of B: and along the ceast. In! Bahia fifteen thensand persons died so rapidly that! a.difficulty was found in getting help to bury.the, bodies, and although {laesilors of the imperial navy, lent their aid, many of, ihe deceased had te be burned. Two thousand of the inhabitants of Rio were.awept away, but the j¢isease was fast disap pearing. The slave popnlatin had suffered severely. | Bhipping +till healthy. The new coffee crop wae light, an@ prices had again advanced. There was @ large supply of flour on hand,.¢34 rates were likely to decling. The three boats of ithe lost ship Cleo- patra had arrived, with all hands safe and well, af- ter endaring many hardships. The bark Superior, with a carge,ef salt from Ca- diz, Spain, arrived at Chicago, IIL, og the 16th inat. The Superior crgssed the Atlantic Ocean in safety, ‘but lost her foremast daring the gale of the 11th inst., while on Lake Erie or Lake Michigan. We publish in snother column news from Hayti to the 27th of October. Trade continued excessively dail. An official report of the Ministers upon the state of the nation represents the country az iz the full tide of prosperity. Az ordinance in relation to foreign commerce had been promulgated. Tt appears from a communication recently pub- lished in a Montreal paper, which we copy else- where, that the Hudson’s Bay Company have gua- ranteed to the Russian authorities the unmolested possession of the Russian territory upon this conti- nent, provided the trading posts and settlements of the former shal) continue, during the pendency! of the existing war, free from attack by the latter. It is said the British government has sanctioned this arrangement, which seems to meet with little favor from the writer of the communication referred to, who censures the Hudson’s Bay Company severely for what he regards as selfish aud unpatriotic con- duct, Our report of the case of Mrs. Smith against the Roman Catholic Bishop of Brooklyn, is continued in another part of to-day’s paper. The developements increase in interest. The sales of cotton yesterday reached about 1,500 bales, the market closing steady. Common and straight State brands of flour advanced about 124c- per barrel. Canadian, Western, and Southern brands were also generally firm, with a tendency towards higher prices Good to prime wheat was also firmer, with more activity in the market. Ca- nadian white sold at $2 26); Western red at $1 97; a $2 06, and Tennessee red at $2 18. Corn was firmat 99e. a $1 00, for good shipping Wes ern mixed. Rye sold at $1 23.2 $1 25. Pork and beef were heavy, while lard was firm. About 2,700 bags Rio coffee were sold at full prices. Sugars continued firm, with moderate sales. Freights were steady, with a fair amount offering, especially for the continent. Commopore Stocktox’s Bro ror tite Ament «an Panty.—The gallant Commodore Stock- ton, famiJiarly known as the Emperor of New Jersey, is out with his bid for the Presidential womination of the American party. He is as fully convinced that “Americans should rale America,” as that the Dutch have taken Iol- Jand. Very wel). Let the gallant Commodore be recorded upon the list of entries for the Ame- rican National Nominating Convention, The party, in any event, will havea plenty of candi- dates from which to make their choice—Clay- ton, of Delware; ex-President Villmore and Live Oak George Law, of New York; John Bell, of Tennessee; General Sam Houston, of Texas; Jobn J. Crittenden, of Kentucky; John Mao- pherson Berrien, of Georgia; Commodore Van- derbilt, Commodore Stockton, and a host of others. At present, considering that General Houston has lost Texas, that John Bell has lost Tennessee, that Berrien has lost the State of Georgia, that Clayton can only carry the little Btate of Delaware, that Fillmore has been ab- sent all the summer and fall among the courts of Europe, that Stockton has failed to carry New Jersey over to the American side, while Live Oak George Law has, meantime, done yeoman’s fervice in revolutionizing the great State of New York, we are of the opinion that Live Oak George is aitead. If Commodore f:ockton will put this in b's pipe and smoke it he will probably discover ti"! he is on the wrong side of the river. Who co"aysaext? NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1855, ‘The Destructive Influence of the Seward Po- Mey upon the Gentus and Enterprise of the Country, : Railroads are the triumph of peace, the em- blems of internal confidence aud prosperity, the bonds of union between the States. They are essentially democratic institations—they bring the refinements of the city and the pro- ducts of the country together—they give im. spetus to the mind, acuteness to the taste, sensi- bility to the heart. and humanity to the soul, by ‘mingling ali classes and conditions of men, by which the self-cenceited are enlightened, the modest encouraged and the ignorant exposed, Mr. Hamilton called the Bank of the United States a “political machine,” because he foresaw that its stockholders would be of the wealthiest class, and their money once invested and its value wholly dependent upon a prudent and peaceful administration of the government they would be found the interested advecates of order and the strenuous defenders of public justice-and morality. It is undoubtedly true that capital, in any country, is a conservative element, and although it may not be entrusted with the eontrol of the government, nor with the direction of its economical policy, on ac- count of its selfish tendencies, it is neverthe- less a most healthful ingredient in the general administration. To a far greater extent, and with vastly more power, and equally strong motives for securing the permanent peace and concord of the States of the:Union, are our railroads political ma- chines. They spring from the local sovereiga- ties, deriving their corporate franchises and privileges from local legislation, but do the bu- siness of the whole country, to which they look for the return of the capital invested. Though the railway enterprises of this coun- try are of recent origin, it is doubtful indeed it they are not already the most powerfal and efficient of all the branches of industry in sus- taining and upholding the federal system. To say nothing of their effects in producing a rapid interchange of thoughts and of products between the various sections of the Union—to say nothing u/ thecloser social relations there- by secured,.and of the more intimate de- pendence of one upon another, their interests, mow grown to be enormous, and resting solely upon the perpetuity of the existing govera- ments, are enough to insure their hearty sup- port for the Union.and their equally earnest oendemnation of its enemies, in whatever guise. The political objections which so long ex- isied in this country against a great central monied corporation, established avowedly for the purpose of operating upon federal politics, do,nct apply to the State railroad corporations. The difference betweon the two interests is ob- vious—the latter being simply adjuncts of trade, instrumests of social and political union. Their favers.arc extended upon de- finite principles, are limited to specific objects, subjected to State laws, ead find their interests in the hazmonious aud.peaceful operations of the syste: of constitutional free trade, which is the corner stone and fouadation of the pub- Mc prosperity. These reads are yet iu their ixfancy, many scarcely in ..cperation, aiid few of them wholly perfected. “hey have n.ot yet come fully te. ppreciate the important ¢ ¥lices which self-preacrvation may call upon the w to perferm in the political concerns of the ec un- try. ‘They are ossentially the.effpring of ‘he fedgva Union, begotten by its dee trade a 14 eustained by its ree intercourse; and shoul 4 the time arrive whea our institutions shall be * menaced by faction, hey will be feund true to their instimets, and veady to do-bettle for the cause of the constitution. Powerfel for good, harmless forevil, in theie own interest, the rail- roads of the United States may soon be counted to exert a most efficient influence against North- ern agitators and disunionists. It is ore of the strongest guarantees of the existing order of things; because self-preservation demands its fealty to the constitation, and its very exten- sion over the whole country, like a net, drawing into common interests and sympathies, and pointing to all a common destiny, assure us of its ready co-operation with the patriotism of all good citizens in preserving us from the end- less evils of separation. We thus call the attention of the negro wor- shippers to a latent enemy, which, in the pro- gress of their schemes of disunion they will have to encounter. They have assailed every interest which has refused to minister to their treasonable purposes. They have called the fanaticism of the pulpit to their aid; they have denounced the cities as hot-beds of tyranny and auxiliaries of the ‘slave power;” they have sought to impeach commerce as a mercenary and subservient tool of the South; they have converted religion into a system of personal denunciations, and a disgusting effort at sec- tional controversy, by men who know as little of politics as politics knows of them—men who have been content to follow the lead of social- ist infidels and free love moralists. They will soon be found to denounce our great highway corporations, whose offices and efforts will be directed towards maintaining the integ- rity of the federal compact. We give them these hints—these pulpit texts—these subjects for newspaper diatribes, for Con- gregational, Presbyterian, and Methodistical conventions—for higher law petitions from “ thirteen hundred reverend clergymen.” We forearm them by forewarning them. The con- test is coming—a contest between the patriot- ism of the country and all its material interests —its railroads, its commerce, its manufactures, its agriculture and its capital; against the free love abolition league; against Seward, Greeley and Garrison ; against insane political clergymen, pulpit fanatics, strong minded women, weak minded men, negro worshippers, disunionists, traitors, and all that kind of stuff which comes to the top of our boiling political cauldron. Nothing is more apparent than the thorough identification of the genias and enterprise of the country with its political institutions. More to political sources than to any other are we indebted for the striking developement of the American mind. Its practical turn, its positively useful conquests and discoveries are in complete harmony with the free exercise of political franchises, with the principle of self- government. This principle is sought to be overthrown by a few bigotted sophists and counterfeit moraliste, who would undertake to set aside our system as a failure, and intro- duce in its place the Ethiopian theories of a few crazy Fourierite reformers and party hucksters. The day for such a work has gone by. Too many great interests have risen up, the result of past labors and of profound thought. We have had too much happy expe- rience; prosperity is too widely extended ; } yesults are too general and genial—all spring- ing from the operation of our federal sy:tem, | British protection, Gibraltar having been se- at this late hour to permit fectken to drive us { cured long previously. into anarchy. Like the hungey wolves around the camp fire, they may howl] and wail till the morning breaks and sends them to their wont- | Zealand. These two encroachments on land ed thefts amongst the unguarded flocks of the “border ruffians.” They can do nothing to im- | Britain an extent of territory greater than the pair the public confidence in the American | whole settled portion of the United States. government as it is. British and American Annexation. Several London journals have supposed that the increase of the British fleet in the war, and by the mere jus fortioris, while this West Indies was prompted by a desire to country has become peaceably possessed of check the “filibustering tendencies of the United States,” and “their proclivity towards the annexation of their neighbors’ property.” An allusion of sn analogous nature was made by Lord Ellesmere in his recent speech on the war, in which he took occasion to observe that the Mexican war was little better than a bucca- neering expedition. It is, perhaps, hardly worth while to discuss these statements, or to inquire whether the facts justify them, or whether the charges they convey apply more particularly to the United States than to other nations. Neither the Lon- don journals nor Lord Ellesmere occupy such a position of authority that it is essential not to allow their errors to pass uncontradicted. Still, as it seems to be the general impression --one that has been gaining ground of late years—not only among the people of England, but among the French and the Germans, that the Americans are loose in their principles, and lawless in their acts when their neighbors’ territory is concerned, it may be well to cast a glance at the fact» of history. Itmay be o}) orved at the start, that the idea of making it a reproach to a nation or arace that it expanded and spread itself over territory of which it dispossessed other nations or races, is of modern origin, and was not adopted by any writer of eminence, we venture to say, before a very few years since—that is to say, before the time of the annexation of Texas. For iv- stance, the histories of Greece and Rome have been written by men of all tempers and charac- ters, including among them, certainly, as strict examples of probity as exist anywhere in the world; and it may safely be asserted that from the heathen Livy to the Rev. Dr. Arnold, and the man of mercantile honor, the banker Grote, there has not been a single writer—we will not say, who has blamed Alexander and Cwear for their conquests, but who has not made these conquests, and the national expan- sion of which they were a part, the subject of much honest laudation and compliment. So in modern history. We are taught at school to consider the conqueror Charlemagae as a great hero, worthy of all admiration ; to enter- tain a high opinion of Charles the Fifth, and a poor one of his pacific successors ; to idolize Napoleon, who nearly conquered Europe, and to think Louis XVIIL, who was a very respectable man, but peaceable, a con- temptible bore. Conquest and expan- sion are in fact our only tests of na- tional progress and national excellence ; when we find them repeating themselves steadily at regular intervals, we praise the sovereign, and consider him a mode) to imi- tate; when they are wanting, we call the ruler to account, and moralize on national decay. It is thus that young people despise and pity Spain because it has ceased to expand and conquer; while they entertain a secret respec’ and admiration for England, which every year adds to its dominions. The habit is both na- tural and logical, and the morality of it was never questioned, as we said, until the United States annexed Texas. It was then discovered by England that the ¢ onquest and appropriation of territory be- lo uging to one nation by another was a cr) Me. Passing over the singular appropri- ate ess of the discovery by a nation which— inc. 2mmon with ourselves—sprang trom the coml ‘ination of the three boldest and greatest races Of robbers that the world ever knew— the Sa Xons, the Danes and the Normans; and coming at once to the charge fastened upoa the Uni ted States by British writers, it be- comes ci Wious to compare the number, extent and mann ef of the acquisition of foreign ter- ritory wh ‘ch have been made by the United States and Great Britain respectively since the former beca wie an independent nation. Those of t) Ye United States can be summed upin very fen 7 words. In 1800, Mr. Jefferson bovgbt Louisia 24 from France for $15,000 000 In 1821 Florida Was ceded by Spain, without violence or com) vwision of any kind, in consi- deration of clain 1 for spoliations wpon Ame rican commerce. In 1845, on ber reiterated yrayer, the indep: mdent State of Texas was admitted to the Union. In 1848, after a war with Mexico, ( ‘alifornia and a tract of unsettled land were ¢quired from the con- quered power by pur chase, and the latter wa enab' ea to recover fro the war and reinstate her government by the aid of the money r over by her conqueror, . the United States, 1853 a strip of land in th \¢ Messilla valley was purchased for the sum of | $10,000,000, These are the acquisitions whic b the ted States have made. Shortly after the establish ment of American independence, the British omeluded the My- sore war, and on the death seized the virtual sovereignty ¢ ¥f his dominions which contain three millions ¢f iehabitante. The acquisition of rights which, if not actually rights of sovereignty, were © fi ir substitate for them, followed the Mahratta w ‘ar, To 181”, the Nepaulese towns were occupie. 1; in 1817 “Ahmedabad, together with several ther ¢ were ceded to the Bratish by the conquered people of Gazerat. In the year 1824, Aracan was seized, and during ¢h ¢ two follow! ug years the Aveam and Tenasseria” provinces, At the same time, strange to say, \ falacca was bough by the British. In 1834 peay'¢ Was secured by the occupation by Britieh soldiers of large iracts of Jand in Southern In dia and on the Sutlej. In 1844 Scinde was ce Mquered, and four or five years afterwards, the, Punjaab avd Sattara, Quite recently the Rajata.\ip of Sam. buhlpore, and most of the kingdom o,° Birmah have been added by force to the India! domi- Io nion. Besides these Indian possessions Great | Britain acquired, by treaty from the Chi, ‘ese, the Island of Hong Kong, in 1841. In Africa, since the independence of ths. United States, the British wrested Cape Towa } and its dependent territory from the Dutch, in 1795. Since that time the territory has con- stantly spread itself northward, encroaching upon the Caffres, with whom a war is constant- ly carried on. In the Mediterranean, Nelson seizod and ap- propriated Malta, for England, in 1800, Ia 1814 the Jonian islacds were received under ot Tippoo Saib, | | dough faces to flight, and drive them pell. It was in 1788 that the first British settlement was made in Australia, and in 1815, in New occupied by natives, have alone given to Great On comparing these acquisitions with those of the United States, it appears that Great Britain has wrested thousands of square miles of land from their owners, after victories in every foot she has acquired from foreigners ; that Great Britain, in extending her domi- nions, has not proportionately increased the number of free subjects of the crown, while the inhabitants of each new acquisition of the United States have been granted the same rights as the oldest settlers; and finally, that for every square mile of foreign territory ac- quired by the United States since their inde- pendence, Great Britain has during the same period acquired more than ten. Bank or Enoianp Post Nores—-Movements or Srecrs.—We gave a short account a few days since of the efforts being made by the Bank of Fngland to prevent, if possible, or at least postpone, the exportation of specie to the United States for the payment of breadstuff:, which were going forward in such large quaa- tities. There isno doubt but that serious ap- prehensions have been felt in England relative to the probable shipment of specie to this country, which, with the drain going on to the Continent for war purposes, would have been a very serious matter, It undoubtedly has been expected that sooner or later such a ovement would take place, and the Bank of England has endeavored to adopt such mea- sures as would be the most likely to defeat it. The appearance of Bank of England post notes, payable sixty days after sight, in our money markets, shows that the first step has been taken, which for the time may be an effectual one. These notes are particularly available for the purchase of breadstuffs, and fill the place of so much first class exchange. The Bank gets between three and four months credit, which is the principal object in the operation, Time is the all-important matter with that great moneyed institution, and time it gets by this mode of financiering. The course pursued by the Bank of England in raising the rate of interest rapidly, from 44 per cent in April to 6 per cent in October, was solely for the purpose of forcing contraction upon commerce; and while it tended to the re- duction of imports was calculated to give a great stimulus to exports. It is important to the Bank, and to every local interest in Great Britain, that the export trade should be in- creased as much as possible; that foreign coua- tries should be flooded with British manufac- tures, and the balance of trade raised largely in their favor; that the flow of specie may be in, instead of out, so as to preserve the best supply of precious metals. In view of this de- termination and these movements, we doubt if the anticipations of our most sanguine specn- Jators regarding the export of speci2, are likely to be realized. We have found in years past, when it was expected that the current of spi would set this way, that we have received in- stead remittances of dry goods, the proceeds of whioh have liquidated all balances. It is about eight years since the tide of specie set this way from Europe. The famine of 1847 created a balance in our favor, which was paid in gold and silver. Since that time we have been large exporters, and we doubt if, even with the active demand at present existing for our breadstuffs, we shall get a dollar in specie from the other side in the way of trade. A month or two since the indications were decidedly in favor of an importation of gold in payment for our breadstufls, but they have been dispersed by the financiering of the Bank of England. It we had the power of regulat- ing this matter on this side of the Atlantic it would be easy enough to anticipate the result; but unfortunately our financial affairs are go- verned and controlled by a foreign power into whose hands we have involuntarily and unknowingly placed ourselves. is very different from that occupied ia 1847. We were then comparatively ont of debt. Our stocks were not at that time so largely held abroad as.at present, and the balance of trad regulated more or less the movements ¢ cie. Not so now. At least three millions of dollars in American s scattered throughout Europe. which amounts to eighteen mi ritie ne inte i of d perannum. This is so much adde¢ year to our annual paymer and so much extrected every y: from the industry of our people. Over and above our trade, the sum of eighteen millions of dollars bas to be paid before the ba- Jance can be struck in the account. that isnot all, Any balance that may fuot up against England, or any other Eurepean na- tion, can be liquidated by the return of onr securities before a single dollar of sp | . ‘ } be moved this way in payment. We éo not, therefore, see the slightest probability of aa importation of specie in payment for our export of breadstufls. Between Bank of Eng- Jand post notes and our own § and dry goods, manufactures, & to pay for all the food Harope may require, will be forthcoming without the least dreio upon the Bank's supply .of builion. That institution is likely to have all the drain is can previde for in another direction, and our own financial affairs should not only be regu lated upon our own specie basis, but with regard to the serious embarrassmeats of largest creditors and best customers, wi must affect more or less our great loos interests. Even eed Mr. Wise Accertaste to tar Buace Rerun. Lieans.—The Providence (B.L) Journal, black republican, seconds the motion of Greeley, in favor of Henry A. Wise. of Va, ng the de- mecratic nomminee for the Presidency, He is such an out-and-outer on slavery qnestion—such a decided, ferocious and bloed thirsty Southern fire-ester that the Saward alliance think be would put all the North tL into the black republican camp, including the , hole Van Buren, Pierce, soft shel], free soil, dem ratic faction of New York, and eome of the Cx 8 and Dickinson hards, and all the straight Whigs who have not been twisted crooked by cur late election. Ani ld be a square fight with Seward against Wise: and rathera Ww the reeult would ghow that evenas firg-cater, who it & Valonist, can peat ous arch Our position | | Lose of disunion agitator upon his own ground and in his own State. Between Seward and Wise there would also be a fine opening for the national Know Nothing conservative candidate. Why, then, can’t we have Mr. Wise asthe democratic nominee. Virginia wants him, Seward wants him, and the American party would like to give him a larger trial, All parties go for the democratic nomination of Mr. Wise. ‘Wasurnaton News—Awrut Trwes—Ho! ror Wasuincton.—Our advices this morning from Washington foreshadow a most exciting, extraordinary, revolutionary, pungent, in- explicable, savage, ridiculous and funny crose-firing and intermixing of the factions and cliques of the new House of Represen- tatives on the meeting of Congress. It will be seen that the outside expectants, aspirants and pipe layers for the plunder are already on hand, arranging their plans, getting up their circnlars, and laying their pipe for the Speak- ership and Clerkship. Upon this point the greater Seward organ of this city recommends a fusion wgiween the Know Nothing and Seward members, and a division of the spoils. But the Albany organ of the Know Nothing Philadelphia Tweltth Section (K. N. P. T. 8.) says, “Hands off! Avast, ye Seward disor- ganizers; we have ye down now, and we mast keep ye down. Ha! ha!” The Washington Organ (K. N. A. 0.) is more amiable, and thinks that a junction of all the opposition elements for an anti-administra- tion organ of the House (including the print. ing) will do, (boys, do ye hear that ?)—in other words, it is in favor of a Know Nothing con- servative and Seward black republican joint stock coalition for the spoils, (K. N.C. S. B. R. J. S. ©. S) Mark time! The day ap- proaches, the eventful first Monday in Decem- ber. Will it give us a Speaker, or will Tues- day, or Wednesday, or shall we have one by New Years’ day? Let all the members elect, then, assemble at Washington at least a week in advance, and put their heads together, that we may have an organization and get the President's message, and have this ques- or nay. than nothing. TRE LATEST NEWS. BY ELECTRIC AND PRINTING TELEGRAPHS United States Senator from Alabama, Bartimore, Nov. 20, 1855. Senator fer the next six years. trick 78, Pryor 45, New Hampehire Politics. Coxconn, Nov, 20, 1855. cepts the nomination, aud in doing so says:— to vestrain bigotry, intolerance, persecution and fani cism within harmless limits. Every law which will personal rights, the stability and the judiciary, tional obligations, 1 will sanction and dependent upon the rit J have examined the tion, and shall give t 1 support. Texas. Baurimonr, Nov. 20, 1855. the late Mexican news. wen accepted. accept the xet Texas debt Rtatement of the Boston Bunks. Boetox, Nov. 20, 1855. Departure of the Asta, &e. Bostox, Noy ne mails fer the ateamehip Asia close at eight to morrow morning, and she sails for Liverpool at ten ovclock 20, 1855. r than was ever before known on that portion of onr coast. Thomas BE. Boxter. CHAntestoN, Nov. 19, 1855. The shig Ward, of New York, from Boston for New Orleans he bar® Thomas E. Baxter, of Phila- deiphia, from Savannah for Havana, were totally lost acd 29th ult., on Absco reef, Bahamas. All han le Loss of the Schooner Victory. Cnta ox, Nov. 20 1855. ory, from. aington for Tani ay off t rt, All hands wore efi by the échooner Miranda, and arrived here this morning. Ka dieaticn of a Monament to George Te: Kastor, Pa. Nov, 20, 1 She monument in honor cf George Taylor, one of the signers of the Declaration of Indepenience, wat detica- tex today, in the Easton cometery, with impostag oere- monfoc. A considerable miliary force was present from the sursennding ountry, as well as ao immense coa- yeomanry of his original distrie:. the Rev. lor, i, 4 opened the ceremomes with prayer, afer Which @n oration, patriotic and eulogistic of the man whore menory the msnument honors, was delivered by Hon. Alex. £. Brown, ly acd in good order. The of the Relvidere and Delaware Railroad, at Philipsburg, waa robbed tis morning of avout $700, it ix suppored by some “short buys’ feom New York, atteod- ing the dedicati« Everything passed off ¢uccesstal- N 1855 Hog Pocking 7 Cin nnatl. | sNCINNAT, D ‘The weather here {s faworable for hog Maughiorieg, | the season hae fairly commenced. Several large hin es are alceady packing. A brisk buriness is doing in hogs, and the cutket is firm at $6 67, and dayding up ward. Move ments of Southera Stem.r6r#, Savawan, Nov, 2, 1955. ‘The steamer Florida has arrived here, after # passage of fitty-nine hours from New York, with ail on board avile arrive! Monday) aiter- tion of war with England settled, yea The old fogies of Wall street are be- ginning to smell brimstone and saltpetre, scarce as they are in the market; they are be- ginning to speculate upon the disasters of an impending bombardment of Coney island, and we must have the message as soon as possible. What are the pitiful spoils of the House of Re- presentatives compared with the commerce of the world, involved in this business of Cramp- ton’s enlistments and that Russian privateer, that. Irish rebellion, and the filibustering movements .of General Walker away down yonder in Nicaragua? Nothing; nothing—less Let all pasties, factions, cliqnes, wire-pul- lers, pipe-I&yers, &c., of the new Congress, proceed, then, at once to Washington, and de- vise the ways and means for a prompt organi- zation of the House, permanent or pro tem., 80 that we may get the President’s message and have this British-Anierican imbroglio settled for peace or war. All hands for Washington, Both branches of the Alabama Legislature assembled in joint convention yesterday, and on the first ballot the Hon. Benjamin Fitspatrick was reelected United States The vote stood—Fitzpa- Mr. Wells, the democratic candidate for Governor, ac- If elected, 1 will endeavor, in all constitutional ways, sure the maintenance of order, the promotion of tem- perance, the free enjoyment of religious and political opinions, the furtherance of education, the security of indpendence of and the enforcement of constitu- approve; but such laws ae will tend to promote disorder, to abridge the freedom of opinion, to limit or embarrass the enjoy- ment of political privileges, to violate personal rigtus, to impose burthens upon one class of citizens on account of their birthplace or religion, which are not imposed upon cther classes, to increase intemperance under the pre- tence of reform, or to render the Judiciary of our State r fall of parties, I will oppose. jutions adopted by the Conven- The New Orleans mails of Monday and Tuesday of last week, are received, and the papers contain full details of Comonfort’s resignation of the Ministry of War had not ‘The Governor of Texas recommenis the Legislature to of Congress for the adjustment of the ‘the fotlo eieg are the footings of our weekly bank state- $2,710,009 61,340,000 2,128,000 8 554 090 4,685,709 . 13,604,600 8,448,000 clock Off Chsttam this morning there were 100 schooners, 20 trige and 4 barks lying at anchor, being a larger namer the Ship Macy Ward and Bark noon, making the passage from port to port in forty- eight hours. Markets, PHILADELPHIA STOCK moar. mn Stocks dull. Ponseylvenia Sisto Fives, ii ie De eee Peer 42%." 1K; Canale Nov. 19, 1855 Cotton—Sales to-day 3,400 bales at full ‘Burrato, ‘Tus Easrern Mail.—The great Eastern, mail which ig brought to this city by the New Haven Railroad, arrived: on Monday evening last at eight o’clock. Their contract: anything to do with this matter? New York Historical Society, FIFTY-FIRGT ANNIVERSARY—ADDRESS BY REV. Diy DEWITT. ‘The fifty-first anniversary of the New York Historical Society was held last evening, in the chapel of the Uni- versity. The occasion was one of more than ordinary interest’ and the attendance was very numerous, Among the audience was a large number of the distinguished members of the institution. Yhe exercises were commenced with prayer by a former’ Chancellor of the University, Rev. Dr. Mathews; after which, the annual address was delivered by Rev. Dr. Dewitt, He commenced witha review of the events of the century from 1855 to 1755, alluding t> the disaster of the latter year—Braddock’s defeat. In that battle was young officer, about twenty-three years of age, to whom was owing the safety of the defeated army. That young man, sald he, was George W: ton, and the promise which was held forth of his was more than realized by bis after life. In a sermon which: was preached by Rev. Mr. Davies, on the 20th of August, 1755, particular allusion was made to the ri 18 preservation of Colonel Washington, of whom the pre ro expressed the belief that he was destined by rovidence for some great purpose. Rey. Dr, Dewitt briefly sketched his career to the time of his J the Presidential chair,after his second term of office. His life- wasagreat, a ving example to his count 3 and while they bore the remembrance of his mind he had no fear of s dissoiu‘ion of the Union, His. was a name which would prove the watchword Ke deect: § in the time of darkness and danger, s name which w rove the rallying cry of freemen throughout the nd. In the year 1755 that terrible battle was fought. by Lake Huron, in which General Dreskau, of the French, was defeated. Tsen followed the great events which preceded the Revolution. A great conven- tion, or confeceration, was called in Albany, at the stion ot Dr. Franklin, who presented the ‘plan on tl foun of July 1766. This convention was called for the rovection of the constitutional rights of the Colonies. it helped to give a right direction to what followed—the. great @ongress, at which the constitution of the States was adopted. He was truly one of the [regen of the lending spirits of the Revolution—a man for the youth of” his country to study—a man who is with admi- ration by the world. ‘The country is indebted to him for meany of the greatest benefits which it now enjoys, He ea- tablished institutions of learning; to him we are indebted. for many valuable improvements in our domestic utensile; he it was who guided the lightning from heaven and chained it to be the willing sJave of man; in his news! paper he started those doctrines which have since apa ith. such powerfal effects; in 1757 he was deputed to go ta London, there to defend the interests of the against’ oppressive taxation and unjust exactions; im 1178 he was sent to France, where he negotiateda ‘ae 4 of peace, and in 1790 the great spirit which had play. so prominent a part in the stirring events of his time, winged ite flight to snother world. His clear headed pagueity and sound judgment, connected with his integri- ty, made him moxt acceptable in his diplomatio ity by the courts to which he was sent, and the greatest service to his country. During the sesszon of our constitutional convention there ‘was great excitement, and it was disastrous results would ensue. ‘The he arore and said, *‘ Is ita truth that not a s to the ground without the will of our Heav: and can nations rire and fall without his blessing? E move that the meetings begin with prayer.”’ And said Dr, Dewitt, let me observe that the tide of events haa tlowed on uninterrupted in its course to the present time, bearing upon it prosperity to the nation. After this review he tock a retrospective glance at the events of the year 1655, commencing with the expedition of Go- vernoF Stuyverant up the Delaware, which was followed by the capture of forts Christiana and Casimir. The speaker here pronounced a high eulogiam on that ob- stinate, but brave and skilful old general. He regarded him as one of the leading men of the day, and among the greatest in the early history of this country. This course towards the Indians was a pacific one, and his govern- ment of the colony was characterized by the atest Jucgment and administrative ability. Tofustice, be auld, ‘was done to the character of Stuyvesant, but who wrote of him knew notling about the motives which gov~ rned his conduct. For his harsh acts there are motives that might be urged in his justification. He was not without faults, and great ones too, but his virtues and 1 noble acts are sufficient to turn the balance in his aver, On looking over his life and its oe acts thee was much to Lop and much to excuse. He was bold and unflinching in defence of his rights and those of" his count: inst the English, ani would never give up what he regarded as the claims of justice, Aud when he was no longer able to retain pos session of New Netherlands for his country, the terms he made for it were thly honorable and re- flect the greatest credit on his abilities and the unswery- ing determination of his character. The Rev. gentleman next passed to a consideration of the effects {uced. by the amalgamation of the Dutch, the Puritans, and the Cavaliers. ‘The spirit of liberty was the great, the overruling guide which direeted their public acta, ant they were ready to sacrifice (heir dearest personal inte- rests for the good of the country. Nor are we, said he, to pase over the Huguemot sottlers, who rivalled the Northerners in their patriotism, and whose descendants poured out their blood freely in’ defence of the rights of all and for the building up of the great republi:. It is, continued the Rev. gentleman, to preserve the of these men, of the great events in which they were all acters, that the New York Historical Sosiety was founded. Its ob- Ject is « noble one, and its value to the country cannot be- calculated. Dr. Dewitt referred to Dr. Francis as one of that the most alter this ils first members, to whose exertions, with those of others, the instituhon is indebted for ita present elevated position, Healeo spoke of De Witt Clinton, Albert Gallatin, n Tu Verplanek, Washington Irving, James M. Ma hin W. Mulligan, and other dist Wy all of whom acted i the capaeity of President of the 4 dis took cecasion to pay a well deserved tribute of praise to each of these, and then gave a short sketch of the librarians, fcom Mr. Folsom, who officiated in that capacity in 1839, and who was succeeded by George Gibbs, Mr. Jacob &. Moore; and iast though not least,’ the present oceupent of that office, Mr. George H. Moore, He concluded by speaking of the present prosperous condition of the Kbrary, stating that it con- tained 2,000 bound volumes of newspapers, 20,000 rant. scripts of various kinds, many of which are excvedingly valuable 9s historical records and authority. At the close of the address, Hon, Mr. Raxcnorr ibyed 4 vote of thanks to Dr. Dewitt, with a request that a copy of his address be furnished to the Soctety. ‘The m0- tion was unanimously adopted. Benediettan | was ther pronounced by Bishop Porrmr, after which the meeting adjourned. The British Foreign Legion. James Gonpon Bennett, Fsq.:— Sim—The notice which the vecent trial of ‘The United States vs. Henry Hertz, et al.,”” has attracted, and ther attention which the same has received both from the press and the public of the United States, indnees me to hope that the present statement—a vindication of my ebaracter from the calumnies which have Seen heaped upop it—will meet with your approbation and be aub- mitted to the public through the medium of your widely: cireulated journal. My object in entering into the schome of raising mon. for the British Foreign Legion in the United States wae fet the mercenary one which has been ascribed to me by- sore. I desirous of taking an active part in the: cb ts pow going on in Barope; 1 hal loaned tment, by the Parliament of Great Britain, nation of a foreign legion. ; mate the arrangements and plane which have appeared on tbe trial of Henry Herts. “1 did so with no miserable mercenary wotives of gain, with the view of obtaining for myself a pon and a rauk. The idea of pecuniary beneGt vever fer @ moment instigated me to the course I then 1 went tov ynpton 4) pursued. nor has such a motive nciusted me hing I have wince seen proper to perform. for a raoment violation of the laws of 1 ied States knew not, tosking that prc apton, tive th Lr. Cri eny law of the 1 prohibiting’ ‘he act acquied euch knowledge aftocgarda is trae, but was fully embarked in the business, and’ wi not have retreated with e/ odit. I need only sefer to the published trial of Herts tc show the whole tranrae va by avthority, with every dem will. Trrcelved from the Governe which a sangoine temperament migh 1 wa peamta sty We been deludel, 1 was aceured that he had fall authority from her Ye. Jesty’s government to grant eommissions In the Foreign Jagion. and my rame was placad upon the army list ith the rank of enp The evidenee on the itah ther shows my re'ur ef Sir Caxpard a attempt to raise more report to Sr Gaspard, and Av wn olfcer of eer Mojesty’s army, 1 demande turning to Rutifax, a court martial, to clew 'my-elf” it1m te tnputations thrown upon my conde Lieutenant Preston. This was refused. 1 then fa! ‘Sir Gaspard that under such circumstances, and tho +lightest blame rested upon me for the fatl we o expedition, 1 notthink of remaining | retarned to ihe United States, hoping to appeal to the jnstice of Mr, Crampton for redrees and to farther my futire plans, for | had not yet given up my origioal inten'ioa ut taking part in the war then conyulaing the groat Powers of Korope, { bed already sent my report, which was given in evidence onthe trial, to Mr. Cramton. On my retour to the United States Trent hii a letter regan ime which | had ne tend me red dollars to defray my expenses to Karope as Jdesigaed entering the Turkish service. This jotier,