The New York Herald Newspaper, November 27, 1855, Page 2

THE NEXT PRESIDENCY. NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, NOV man who shall be worthy of the time h 910 ed stand- ard he will bear, and about whom th ople will rally with enthusiasm and pride, ‘he Democracy, the Know Nothings, the Black | A SUGAR PLUM FOR MR. WISE—A ROUND Republicans, and the Defunct Whig Party. MOVEMENTS OF THE PIPELAYERS. UNDEBCURRENTS OF PUBLIC OPINION. Views of the Nebraska Press en Men, Princ ciples, Sections and Factiens, Know No- things, Niggers and the Constitation. NORTH, SOUTH, EAST AND WEST, &., &e., &, THE CABINET ORGAN READS A LECTURE TO AN ARKANSAS DEMOCRATIC PAPBR, (From the Washington Union. } THE PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION. ‘We have observed with gratification the general tone of liberality and forbearance with which the elaims of different prominent democrats to a Presi- dential nomination have been discussed by their respective friends. An exception to this general course is furnished in a letter written from Wash- ington, and published in the Baton Rouge Ad- vocate of the 3th inst. We quote from the letter as follows :— ‘The fact is, the President, with good intentions, has been unfortunate in weakening the Bree of almost every: thing really good in bis administration by an appearauce Of indecision at the moment of its execution. To » goot President there are needed not only elevated principle and geod judgment, bat Grmand resolu:e will, This eonviction is seing more and more impressed every day upen the public mind. If Cass had possessed one hait boldness of Douglass he would long since have beon Wi-eaud Hunter were blended into one, puid present a aan with the decision of the one and the rea! sta*esmacship of the yther ha would be hailed with acclamation as the man for the nex: Presi. devey. Buchanan wis always timid, and, it be wax not now out of the political arena, would stand no chance, Mr, Dallas seems to possess a combination of qualities most suited to the wants of the times. His bold aud de- cided position, years ogo, fo denouncing the Missuuri line as unconsticuli nal sud iljudged, bis manly stand, through al) the chenges of the polltion! world, iu defences of Southern righ's and the tru p:taciples of the consti. tution; his asscciation with Mr, Polk; inis parriotic auc ber ting vote on the tariff when’ presicing officer of the Sera'e—all these, united with the fact of his absence from all political inirigue and his bevuti(ul private ebar- agier, would appear todesignate hin as the man for the erisis, We have no excention to take to the language of ‘warm commendation in which the writer sets forth the di-tingnished services and merits of Mr. Dallas. On the contrary, we rejoice that we have in our party @ statesman whose public and private character furnishes just ground for such compliments. Nor do we except to the abstract truth that “toa good President there are needed not only elevated priaci- ple and good judginent,buta firm and resolute will.” ‘'o assume, however, a8 the writer does, that none of the distinguished men named by him, except Mr. Ins, posseas all the noble attitbutes of charac- ter requisite in “a good sideut,” is as unjast to them as it is unnecessary for the promotion of Mr. Dallas’ claims, We ave very sure that no one would be more prompt than he to repel suth an imputa- tion against democrats whose public services have identitied their names with the honor and the pros- perity of the democratic party, and none inore ready to condemn the indiscreet zeal which seeks to advance his interests by underrating the merits of those assured tobe his Competitors for a Presiden- tial nominutio If it were necessary to vindicate President Pierce, General Cass, Mr. Hunter, or Mr. Buel from the imputation of timidity or want of bold- ness, or Governor Wise from that of rash precip- itancy,it would be readily accomplished by pointing ‘to occurrences in the public career of MN which are wholly irreconcilable with the assumption on which the writer for the Advocate so unceremo- niously disqualifies all of them for the Presidency. It is not a little remarkable that the very ground on which the enemies of our party have heretofore as- sailed these great champions of democracy is the one which the advocate of Mr. Dallas adopts as true, and as suflicient to establish the superiority of his claims. How strikingly true this remark is in re- ard to President Pierce will readily ocenr to all who -bave observed the persistent efforts of such opposition journals as the Hexany and the Tyibune to make the impression that his administration has been characterized by vacillation and indecision. Not- withstanding the fact that efery public positi: by Ger. Pierce, whether in the’ Leyislatare eanrahire. in the Gai eas in Orns n of New Hampshice, the House of Re, ritatives of Congress, in the Senate of the Urited States, or in the Presidency, abounds with evidences of the most conclusive cha- racter that promptness, decision aud firmness fia been amongst the most prominent traits of hi racter, and those to which he has owe: ay eminent degree, his wonderful success ublic = man $ his, and unhesitatingly adopts the —thread- bare falsehood of the worst enemies of Presi- dent Pierce, and palms it off on the democrats of Lovisiona as proof that he is deficient in one esen- tial requisite of a rod Pre * Sneh rank injustice as this to President Pierce was not enough. With like disregard of the well known events in the ubli: lives of Messrs. Case, Buchanan, Hunter and Vise, which stamp the assumption as utterly ¢roand- less. he denies to them an attribute of excellence, without which it were impossible that they could hove attamed respectively their present political eminences, We have no objection to a frank and free dixcnssion of the merits of our several promi- nent statesmen, whoxe names are associated with a Presidential nomination; but when the discussion is marked by such indixcreet partisan zeal as char terizes this whole letter, it is well calculated to cite personal feelings, which will embarrass the h p wa yet this writer overlooks ail monious action of the convention, and certainly to promote the prospects of any favorite aspi who is thus sought to be elevated by de racti: * from the just claims and merits of others. It is nv. our purpose to engage in sach disoussions, but we cannot consent to sce unjust imputations cast upon any of our democratic Icaders, whose public aL vate characters are the property of the dem» cratic party, without repelling them with prom)" ness and firmness. AN AWFUL LICK BACK VAN FROM PENNSYL- [From the Easton (Ia.) Argus, demoorat.) We must acknowledge our surprise and regret ob the attempts, originating principally with te olive holders of the general government, to bring the name of Gen. Pierce befove the Cincinnati National Convention for renomination. It can have no ef- fect except to divert the attention of the people and the expression of public opinion from seeking for fit and available candidates, avd can resuit in nothing. No national convention would be, in. onr opiaion, °9 ingane as to nominate him, and no defeat would be so utter and inglorious as that which his name would bring. } , The course and policy of his administration has almost lost Pennsylvania to the deinocracy already, and his nomination would give it the dnist- ing blow. No man at all conversant with the tone of public opinion in our State would entertain a par- ticle of hope, with him as our standard bearer. A general and deep ecated conviction of his want of nerve, his want of honesty and his want of ability, pervades our whole people, and no amount of effort could efface it. We hear it constantly sad daily expressed by all classes of people in this region, and are informed that the same outspoken sentiment is heard all over the Stite. The blaz ders which marked the first year of his aaminis tion, instead of being redeemed, have only been ag- gravated. The people have with pain seen the small manceuvres of the township politician emana- ting from the Presidential chair. They have moarn- ed over the evidence that dignity and statesmanship are ignored in little intrigues to build up cliques for Te-nomination, and are compelled toadmit that the only a feature of his administration con- sists in the pusillanimous dodging of every embar- rasging question, and a persistent shutting of his eyes to every perplexing duty. The weakness of hie regime has evoked gross vi lations of the law and the constitution from the fanatic Know Nothing Legislature of Mastachucetts and the nuliiiers of Missouri, and when the eyes of allthe conservative men of the nation were eagerly turned to Washington for a demonstration which should at one effort vindi- cate and defend the constitution against abolition ism and disunion, the President, calm and smirking, veemed to be the ovly man in the land who hal never heard the martling intelligence. 4 His official organ, to the editing of which it is ‘well understood his leisure hours are devoted, and for which he alone is responsible, excluding everythiag that does not sqnare with his see nothing, do noth. ing tactics, publishing whole columns for th saying noth gg, and occupying both sides of every dangerous question with a nimble agility that would carn applause for a Ravel, is a consiatent and fitting exponent of his poliey. ith these things staring ns in the face as the de- yelopemente of tie last few years, freely spokea of by his former political friends and boding disaster to our party, we should be delinquent in our duty not to speak out, when we see him laboring for a re- nomination, and when, as we know, office holding emissaries are at work in Pennsylvania, to secure her aid in bringing it ab Now is the time to speak ont and to speok plainly, if we would save the lefent. We have no favorite to p [From the Richmond Enquirer.—Communicated.} ENRY A. WISE. GRaTanc—There are a ort of men whese visages Do cream and mantle like a standing pool, & 4.00 ® wilful atiliness » emtertain, ith purpore to be dres an opinion Of wis om, gravity, profound someslt, As who sbould say, “I am Sir Oracle, ‘And when { ope my lips, let no dog bark!”” [Alerchant of Venice. Talleyrand, the prince of politicians, said that “the power of ore was given to man to conceal 1e his thoughts.” statesmen of England act out the idea of Talleyrand in the tion of the Queen’s speech, from which all thought or meanin, is carefully excluded. The House of Peers, in their debates, tallow apie closely the same rule, and in- dv)ge only in stale common places. In the House of Commons, & new country member does occasionally ‘ive vent to a little wit and originality of thought, ut is soon hissed down by the regular debaters, whore speeches ve more tdious than a thrice told tale, Vexing the duli ear of a drowsy man. The Senate of the United Stutes is becoming almost as well bred, as dull and monotonous as the House of Peers. But for the “ Bear garden” in the Lower House, Congressional debates would be as soporific as the sound of a millor the dropping of water, Politicians generally reverse the maxim of Jonathan Wild. He said “a lie was too precious a thing to be told often.” They- thiuk that truth should be most carefully economised. They prac- tice noncommittaliem, and wear at all times a cloak of mysterious reserve and affected dignity, to con- ceal their designs or to cover their intellectual in- firmitics. As they grow in reputation they begin, too, to follow the advice of that unprinctpled but cunning statesman, Henry IV. Fy being rcldom seen, I could not stir, Bur, like a comet | was od at ‘Thet men would tell th dren, ? "This is he:?? Others would cay, Where? which is Bollogoroke?” Oy 4:8) Oy Fig MS Le Thue did I keep my person fresh and new ; My prerence, likea rote pontifical, Never seen, but wondered at {First part of King Henry IV. Because Mr. Wise will practice none of this trick- ery, humbuggery and charlatanism—bee use she is Lold and canuid, generous, unregerved, and social in his nuture—becaure he deterts vice and meanness 80 intensely that be will neither wink at them norcom- promire with them, but is ever loreimost to denounce and lash them—he has made mary enemies, and subjected himeelf to much disparagement. | Bat there qualities, wiited to Roman simplicity and in- tegrity of character, aud to that singular facility with which he meets danger in the fuce—and b foiling it, avoids it—have made him two friends where his virties have lost hiu one. His conduct of the gubernatorial canvass alone is suflicient to pr ve that he is endowed with quick perception, rapid and comprehensive powers of combination, preat courage, eloquence, cuergy aud perseverauce ‘The rest of his public ive has been of a piece with his bearing on this occasion. He isa good lawyer, echolar, statesman aud orator; but above ail, he isan hovest and a fearless man. He is emphatically the man for a crisis or an exigency—such as Rome, in troublous times, would have imade dictator. We much fear an exigency or a crisis impeuds in this country. We do not nominate Mr. Wise for the Presidency. We have ae communications in the papers which were guilly of the bad taste of recommending otuers by disparaging him. To vindicate him from asper- tion is al) we desire. Let the range of selection be wide, and the choice of a candidate unbiassed by pref. dice or mierepresentation. Hunter, Buchanan, Case, Dickinson, Pierce, Dou- glas, and several others, are unexceptionable. We would write their names with that of Henry A. Wire in a Round Robin. Hunter is the Fabius of Virginia, Wire her Marcellus. And yet they can intercharge characters. Hunter, on occasion, can play Marcellus, and Wise often conceals a Fabian policy behind a seeming rashness. WEAT SHALL SOUTH CAROLINA DO? (From the Charies'on Mercury.) Let South Carolina, then, go into the Cincinnati Convention, and what can be accomplished at the mest? Simply, @ union of a party in the South, not of the whole South. Her act will not obliterate the national divisions which elsewhere exist through- out the South. It will rather intensily them. It will strike a pang to the hearte of true but scattered men, who have watched her course of independence with patriotic pride, as of a State devoted solely to the cause of the South. She will cease to be the pele-star of intense Southern feeling ond principles. Our cotemporsry speaks as though te past course of South Carolina ia just cauge of offence to her si ter Pouthern States, Where is the reason or jus- ean caters ante dsinion? What more have they a right to ask or expect of her, than that she shoild sustain their measures, and, if proper, vote tor their neminees? Georgia veed not be assured, by our sending delegates to Cincinnati, of our rea- dinces to stand with her upon the platform of her Convention. She ard the whole South know, in ad- vence, ‘be sort of man that will receive our support. Her infiueuce in making the nomiuation will be far stronger, when it is kuown that she will support nove beta fit candidate, than, if, by gong into the Convention, she were bound, with the rest, to vote for the nominee, whoever he was—a condition ex- acted by the caucus system, whereby the miner! are made to execute the will of the majority. Whae, then, we ask our cotemporary, are the wounds of bis expectation that his acheme will ac- ccmplish the vnion of the South? If, as we have ceen, itcan at best effect only the union of a party in the South, and that not for Southern, but national objects; if it will distract South Carolina herself, whatis there in it to commend it to our approbation? A GEORGIA KNOW NOTHING'S OPINIONS OP MR. WISE FREELY SPOKEN, (From the Savanah Kepublican.] MR. WISE AND THE PRESIDENCY. , We almost udder at the ill-omened juxta-position prevented in the above caption. The very ides seems to convey the eseence of an evil that we have been taught by the wholesome lessons of ont fathers to shun as pregeant with calamity to the country. Caried away some months ago by, the trium) yh of ‘Mr. Wise over the American party of that old demo- cratic fortress, the State of Virginia, and undgy an enthusiastic feeling of Oo pein for the temporary check he had given a tide of popular sentiment t! bid fair to break up and destroy a corrupt old party that hud so long worked so well for the individual profit of its members there were a few who ventured +0 far in their zeal as to connect the name of their timely benetactor with the highest office in the gi’t of the people. The suggestion met with but litide favor in any portion of the country, and we had sup pored it hud parsed away with the temporary ebuili- tion that brought it to the surface. It seems, how- ever, that we were mistaken, The movement has taken a fresh start, and the old President-making re- gency in Virginia seem determined to press the matter upon a reluctant public. The Richmond En- quirer is bordering on the clamorous in bis behalf, while Mr. Wise himself has recently wiitien a letter in which he very modestly agrees to accept a nomi- nation from the democratic party. In regard to Mr. Wise, we can only say he has leas of the qualifications pace yt fe a President of the United States at the present day than any other ablic man we know in all the broad limits of the Thicn. He has talents, bat he has nothing ofse, He has been an ultra radical, churiish, pe tical snap dragon all his life, wholly destitate of ability to govern himself, much less the delicate and mo- mentous sfitirs of a great nation. He has no ad { tints subject, wecanrot dirguise from ourselves, the dangers which cuviron our Presidential candidate in the coming election; as they do from the unequivocalness of that , and the equivocal position occupied ay other party—or rather, the attempt by the Southern ion of the Know Notbing party to assume for that party an equivocal poriticn upon the subject of slavery. We ‘iowa desire to do injustice to the Know Nothing party South. We are willing to concede to @ large majority of the individual members of that party in the Scuth cound opinions upon the subject ofslavery. Nor will we do any injustice to the posi- tion taken by their National Council at Philadelphia. We must avy, however, that itis a fact, notorious all over the Siortmt that neither the State Councils, nor the leaders, nor the membership of the Know Nothing party, in the Noithern States, adopt or ad- here to the national form upon that subject. Even with the pret: mn of opinion on the con- stitvtional question, they je sec the platform and refuse to stand cn it for a single day. Fut, to admit that the platform presents the true position of that Part) as # national organization, aud thot upon that platform the party is to run its can- didate for the Presidency, we still say that the po- sitition of the Nnow Not ing party is equivocal and entirely unsafe for the Sout " ne a * Can it be possible that the Sovth will deem itself safe in the ha ds of mere expediency men? We trust not, and it is not from Fouthern votes that we app:eLend danger to the success of the democratic candidate. It is from the North, where the aboli- tion feeling is rampant that the danger is to be ap- prehevced. The Kuow Nothing party South, by as- suming the equivccal, expediency ition, seek to secure abolition aid ‘There is not one of their lead- ers Noith who is scund upon the constitutional ques- ticn—rot one. Whilst in the South many of tan aye, hosts of their mort distinguished men, are un- sound. And of these the giant (Gen. Houston) lives in our midst. As the North largely preponderates in the Electo- ral College, if by equivocation the vote of the North largely, and a small electoral vote at the South, can be carried for the Know Nothiwg candidate, aboli- tion will seat itself in the executive mansion, and to a great extent rule the destinies of the repubsic. We have no doubts as to the South. But for the North we ticmble, and look to the sober second theught of the people there, led by such heroes (tor Leroes indeed they are) as Cass, Douglas, Dicl. sen, Dallas, Buchanan, Pierce, Cushing, and others, to save the constitution and the Union. A SEWARD ORGANS OPINIONS OF LIVE CE a ectare cteg HIM TO FILL [From the Buffalo Express, Nov. 20.] PRESIDENTIAL CHANCES. It is an interesting time (or such of our distia- guished iellow-citizens as have a wishful eye npon ihe next Presidency. The unexpected result of the election in this State bas sharpened the optics of some parties wonderfully. The success of the so- called Aroerican par i) was unlocked for, and would have Leen imporsible withort the efficient and timely uid of George Law. He furnished the vital clemcuts of the fight, and inthe city of New York alone so applied his efiorts and means as to secure the dered result, The figures show that the chenge in that city-decided the election, and that without thet clunge the State would have goue, as everybody suppored, for republicanism, Under such circumstances, if there is any such thing in the American party as gratitude, George Law will share largely of its exercise, and finda prompt and hearty return for his invest@ent. The indications now me that the Know Nothings of this State will rally in Lebali of Mr. Lew and bear his case into the National Convention with willing hands attended by warm hearts. The Albany Register has a letter written Ly ‘1A Soldier in the Rauks’ in New York city, which may be taken as a sizn of the times. After exulting over the late election it saya:— Ana in thix connection let it not be overlooked that the convection of the name of George Law with :he fnturena- tions] cestinies of the American party, has had mightily to do with our success in city and state. The hands of his le- gions of friends pushed forward the American car, and Upheld the banner men, and cheered the seutsies on the walls, They ruma ‘Live Oak’? keel under the American clipper, and insured her triumph. Nor have they been iny tive in other States that now flaunt victoriously the American banner. Let these incts be remembered, for, now that the State election ix over, all eyes are turning towerd the national cauree, and the Aimeriean boys want to see a crack rider mounted on their party. They in- tend to win he raco—and they can if Geoige Law—iake dim all and all, the largest md soundest i dividual type of the American people and spirit Hving—ta put on the ra k, If George Law is really put on the track for the Piesidency ty the American party, he willbe a hard nag to Leat iu the National Convention. He knows right where to touch men, to make them re- spond heartily to his wishes, and being abundantly blest with the elements of euccess, such as -he be- stowed upon the late election, the conservatives and fogies must whip up or they will be distanced. We moy expect soofi to hear of a distinguished ar- rival from burope ae clouds Hegin to * lower around our house,” ard call for action. .George Law is & nien of the age in which he lives, and will take hold in the spirit of that age, which in its progress out- strips antiquity and leaves its fossils far behind. THE SKWARD MAN AT BUFFALO CHANGES HIS MIND ABOUT LIVE OAK GEORGE, AND PITCHES INTO HIM, [From the Buffalo Express, of Novernber 22.) THE DEMOCRATIC DESCENT. s K. Polk was elected tothe Presi- y over the most illustrious man whose name graces the annals of our post Revolutionary history, aud whore fame like a star of superior magnitude shines highest in the galaxy that adorns our coun- try, we thought it bad enough then to see— An eagle scaring ia bis pride of place By a mousing owl bowked at and slain: but the culmination of political disgrace had not been then attained; it was rererved for the same party to ascend to a point of disgrace far beyond that, in tlie elevation of Frank Pierce to the seat of Washington. Another peak hasbeen discovered yet higher, for we see it pi Ra that George Law, of New York, should be ident of the United States, George Law! a man whose sole merit is thatof a successful steamboat proprietor, something of an engincer no doubt, politically, rough, rude and }lustering us Boreas, with money and great iaflu- ence amorg the steamboat runners acd agents, and the people who constitute the surroundings of a great steamboat proprietor. Has not the farce bee: played out? is there another act of disgrace to the country and of reprdiation of all statesmanship, ex- perience and talent yet to be acted? George Law! we doubt whether he would make half so clever a Presi dentag our active and energetic fellow citizen, Mr. Bill Lockwood, and certainly he has not a tithe of the talent of the funny Fred Emmons. Ifweare to have \ steamboat man for President, give us a chance in this quarter, and we will agree to tind a man who shall have all the guaranty of success that grows out of this kind of capital, and quite as good -as George Law. Not that George Law or any other nominee of the Know Nothings has the remotest chance of success in a strife for the Presidency, if put upon the courre, but it is lowering that high and more than imperial place to mention in connection with iteuch aman, In his business a good man, ener- getic and enterprising, fertile in expedients for making movey, and undertaking many # great plan for that purpore, and having too the merit of suc- cers, but no more fit for President than he is for a bishop. We know that money and liquor are po- tent engines in a canvass, expecially when aided by the sanction of a church and ecclesiastical advice, but ro man’s fortune is adequate to purchasing votes enovgh in the whole country, and any party rely- ing on money to accomplish a Presidential election and win it, will require the treasury of Corsus. ministrative faculties, no prudence, no judgment, and would carry the country to the —— in less than six months. The selection of such a man as the Chief Exeentive of the nation, in preference to the liight array of able, experienced and tried states- men that overshadow him in eve! fo nd me fe tains to trne political and personal worth, woul be the strongest evidence of our incapacity for se! vernment that has been presented to the world irom the struggle for independence to the present day. The party thet would venture upon so perilous an experin.evt in there troublous es, may well be suspected of a eecret intention to tear down the cita- We are 60 low now that the strife should be to nomi- uate proper mea by all parties. A DEMOCRATIC CALCULATION. TRE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 1556—TH8 P:.08- PEOTS AY THIS TIME. [From the Cincinnati Enquiver.] If no change occurs in the political sentiment of the American people, as indicated by the results of the State elections held in 1855, the next President of the United States will certainly bs a democrat. During the past summer.and fall the following States have gone democratle by decided majorities on the popular vote. We give them in their order, dei of the Union. Soathern men as we are, and ain- cerely desirous of seeing the government in hands that will manoge it consistently with the rights of the slavebolding States, we deprecate the election of such « tan to any important national trust; as to the Presidency, we pray God that that cap may be ailowed to pase, ‘The timbers that sapport the fabrie of our Union are inadequate to such an ordeal. A TEXAS DEMOCRAT DOWN UPON THE KNOW NOTHINGS. (From the Indianols (Texas) Bulletin.) THE PRESIDENCY—SLAVERY. It is aseeited by the wise men of the East—Ren- nett, of the New Yore Heravp, and others—that | the controlling element in the next Presidential election will be the slavery question, We are in- clired to believe this to be true. That is, we believe that i! there was no slavery question the democratic condidate would be go easily elected, so certainly triumphant over the Kuow Nothing candidate, that the contest would excite but Vite fnterest. In that question alone is there danger to the democratic party, and to the South, and to the Union ‘Tiere will be two cavdidates for the Presidency: ove nominated by the democracy and the other by the Know Nothiigs The position which the demo- cratic neminee will ocenpy upon this snbject of " is not a matter of Sverybedy knows the platform of the col slavery, as a political institutior conjecture. democracy and that it nel of thi Y upon that enbject, 8 opp, Guaticism of abolition, ree ! > with the number of Presidential electors to which they are entitled: — fectoral Votes. ty 1,000 Totalt....ssees an 109,000 As one hundred and forty-nine clectors will choose a President, the States that have already gone de- mocratic lack but five of that number. We presume no sone man will chen the ability of the demo- cracy to carry, in addition, the following States:— Electoral Votes. Wiscensir... Akane «~ @ Fouth Cs ‘a Minconrte.. ® Plerida... se gee tees 3 Here we beve enongh and nir al votes to epare, to sey nothing of or ¢ ich are { any othor aid Mich | better than t New Rompibine, Jo electoral votes altogether. In New York, at tho late election, the democratic vote, hard and doft, exceeded that of any other organization, conclusively poving that our friends have the ability to ca 't State with ite thirty five electoral vo! But, ner that State to the , the Know No- ciuar we only carried with it the following eB Erectoral votes. Kentucky........ ones California... . Maryland New York 13 The black republicans have succeeded in Ohio and Vermont, casting tweuty-eight electoral votes. We have, therefore, beaten both factions, even if they had been united, handsomely, in the State elec- tions of 1855, and have, altogether, the best chance for 1656. In the last six months the democrats have choren no less than eight, and probably nine Go- yernorr of States: Wise in Virginia; Andrew John- son in Temmessee; Pease in Texas; Winston in Ala- bama, Wells in Maiue; H. V. Johnston in Georgia; McKee in Mitsiesippi; Wickliffe in Louisiana, and probally Barstow in Wisconsin. The choice of so many State democrati, executives indicates that the Union will choose one of the same politics in 1856. A MELANCHOLY pe OF THE WHOLE ELD. [From the New Redford (Mass.) Mercury.] WHO SHALL LE OUR NEXT PRESIDENT? =. The State elections being settled, it is about time for the initiatory movements to commence for the Presidential carpal Ever since President Pierce came in the entire United States have been under a conviction that at the close of his term some body would be wanted to fil his place. Only a few gen- tlemen in official stations, who are bound to worship the meridian sun in preference to any rising or to rive, have contradicted the universal desire for change. We cannot consider the pre-ent incumbent os a candidate, since nobody, except in discharge of official duty, dreams of his re-election. First upon the list comes Daniel Pratt, and close by, following, George Washington Frost Mellen. Neither of those mighty men cau be spared from the i of private virtue. Then Com. Stockton, who is supposed to be poptlar in the navy aud with the sailors, has been nominated in New Jersey, and will not decline if much urged. Gen. Houston, who has a life published, and who appears therein as the impersonation of gieainers and goodness, Gen. Houston was once thought to be well ahead on the track, especially since he was happily baptised Samuel, George Law has also accepted nominations, and George Law is reported to have a great deal of muney; so that, contrary to the popular believe, those who “go to Law” will get rich, Mr. Dallas, of Pennsylvania, has heen named in connection with the Presidency, but in consequence of his foreign antecedents, is thought to he ineligible Senator Douglas was much talked of three years ago, but, at present, none are 80 poor as to do him any reveren Millard Will- more has the advantage of practical experience. He has also taken the “third degree” and ought to find favor in the eyes of the Know soning Then Mr. Hivchanan is a stap/ling caudidate, and may be considered the “first *Xoice” of every body, but for “prudential reasons” hot to be nominated. Lastly, there is Henry A. Wise, of Virginia, whom the Louis- ville Joernal called “Mr. Otherwise.” Mr. Wise has written one or two remarkable letters, apicy as a New York gingernut, aud short as himself. Mr. Wiee (if elected, it will not be by Know Nothing votes, it iz safe to say) will draw the sword of Virgi- nia, and proceed to cut in pieces the personal liberty bill of Massachusetts, and to decapitate all and suc: dry, the editors who have said one word agains: Judge Loring. Out of this peofosian of candidates what barren- nets of choicel We have named half a score o1 men, not one of whom, with the es see perhaps of Mr. Fillmore aud Mr. Buchanan, has given cvi- dence of a particle of that administrative taleut which should fit him for the post he is desired to fil. ‘That neither of those gentlemen have a shadow of a chance, makes it only the more striking. But we have no belief that the choice will fall upon any we have named. The happy individual is now reposing in innocent obscurity. “To be talked of for that place is a certain omen of defeat, unleas upon the cve of the convention of nomination. The jealous policy of modern politics requires obscurity. The repollic dreads her great men. The popular mind deriies not a wise leader, but the idol of aday. The Jess that is known of the here, the better. Take up a country attorney, like Pierce, and you can ascribe to him every virtue under heaven, for be certain no one knows anything to contradict what you say. Ii the candidate has never made a epeech or writien a letier, co much the better for his chances. We with we could eee some indications of a new cre—of a better time coming—but we cannot. The descent in Presidential ability has been gradual bu‘ swe. Wehave got from military services down to mere military rank We have left worshipping the sword, aud gone to deifying the coat and epaulettes of the geveral. Nefore the change for the better comes, we fear it moust be still worse. We look yet to see some po litical hack, or some accidental notoriety, paraded a ¢, for whom the country will’ have hourly Jush and be sed. The Mike Walshes aud thc Bill Pocles are not many years distant from the high pleces cf office. Unless the common senee of the country is aroused this result will surely come uponus. We have seen a tacit consent of parties ignoring the claims of the best men, and secking the available men. There is but one issue to this fatal march, It is the loss of an respect for offices that are filled by political dema- xeguer, und for laws that are administered only for the El of. voll Republicanism in this con try necd never fear the ambition of one man; it has every reason to dread the corruption of the many. Gyening of the Corn Change In New Orleans. {From the New Orleans Vicayaue, Nov. 18. Tis establishment opened on Kuesday, the 6. inst. witl w fair attendance ot business men connectel with the Weetern interest, aud since then it has daily increase? in interest, in num ers and in practical influences. neh an institution has long beea wanted here to concentrate meny important and varied departments of our com: were; to bring the Western buyer and seller, broker and shipper, face to face at one special hour; to exhibit! one rootn the samples of ail produce on the market; i. obtem by legitimate sales im the ’Chauge hour, at legiti- mate sn real prices, a respectable standard to direct th: werke!; and by beirging the Western meichants together daily to create ameng them @ unity and harmony of fer’ sand eprit de eps, thal have deen ond are mv neeéco, oud which cannot bat strougly tend to ele- vate tret: reputetion and in@uence abroad, while better- ing ti eir porition at home. the present "Change ix yet but in infancy, and tt will xequire perhaps © couplé of months or more before its henefcial effects in economizing time, regulating 1 Westen trade, and expediting that business ia all tts yertmente ean be felt. The leading Western merchact» obtained the neceseary sub: criptions, and have been able to secure for the management of the "Change the + vices of Mersrs. Sherivan, Wharton & Co,, proprietors the Comercial News and Reading Rooms. These go: temen Lave the requized experience for such an under taking and from the resourees at thelr command at thr Reading Rooms, are enabled to save the ’ ane penditure of over $1,000 per annum—thereby insuris., iis economical wanngement, and perhaps the certainty of lis bewg carried through suczesefully, ‘he Com kxehange is not intended merely for transac tions in flour, whent, oats, &¢., as its tile would seem to imply, but all branelies connected with the Western bur! ness sre desired and expected to find in it their centre ot of operationr, For instance, the list of subscribers now in cludes, besides receivers and buyers, brokers and shipping agents, cimnidus proprie‘ors, bakers. grocers, warehouse keepers, and #0 on; while the sample tables exhivit sam pler of fiour, wheat, oats, Sran, rye, sugar, rice, alt oll, &e, ‘The sugar and coffee interests are not so largely represented us Ley should be, but the persons interest, in them will presently find it ‘very beneficlal, no doubt to attend on Change every day. ‘The Change hour is from 10 to 11 o'clock A.M. The sales during this hour are reported on the bulletin board +o soon ax made, with prices und qualivies; thelr veport ig closed at 11 A. M., and is copied into @ book kept for the purpore, to serve asa legitimate record for after ..- ference. The Board is furnished regularly with reports f sieambeot arrivals and cargoes ship arrivals and clesranees, and marke and brands of produce, Tre daily city papers and the various prices current me on tle; and the room, which {s for the present year situsted on the second floor of the new building at the corner ot Poydeas and New Levee streets, is in Cther respects nently though plainly fitted up. The luer tion is an excellent ove, being near the levee and not too far from the majority of the subse thers? counting houses, The Change is under the contro! of x commitice of five, nppointee by the subscribers, and compoved of Mesars. Kennedy, Pelkuap, Pox, Pe la Rue and Coub, to serve for the Orsi year and to act as arbitrators, when desire, in eases Of difference between buyers and sellers, ca taing and clerks of stesmbonts, masters of vessels, pudlic inspectors of produce, newspaper reporters and. stran- gers, Non-residents bave the eutranee to the room free cf charge, thelr names betog entered on a book kept for he urpore, The terms of subscription are moderato, and subseribers are privileged to vend their clerks free of charge. A-visit to the ’Change will show better and more practically than we can do the advantoges the un- Gertaking poseesres, anil we are glad to sce the project«t fie eetablishment successfully realized, after so inany vain attempts to give it form snd substance. AnrivaL oF Morwoxs at Covxom, Bivrrs, Tows.—A few deys since twent-six Eldere arrived feo Utoh, o« missionaries to different parts of the United Stetee and Europe. They were fifty ¢ays crorsing the plains, end had rather a hard journey. the grass on the frat part of the route was devoured by crickets, and on he la'ter part it bad been killed by frosts, so (bot their svimals bad to eubsist on scanty rations the whole dis- d were much reduced. “They disposed of them departed immediately by steamboat and stage ir different destioations. ‘They bring quits favora- be reports {rem Utah. Not withetending the ravages by kets and grarrhoppers, there will be enough raisel ty teke them through to another aarvest; but the people beve had to be persevering ani industrious, and many have bed to put in their crops the second or third time. Tle bes!thisgooe, The Indians through the Territory @ quiet and penrably dt Tee public works were progressing fi i vhent? aur was made as to ahsing scnter of the notes stated that they be onged to a gon- tiemun who bad put up at his boure. This caused the banker to decline chenging them, unless tha’ gentleman could give a referecce. * his hovre, on beard ‘the Washington to arra and he then thought that Mesere, Croskey & (i them there, the Jondlerd mention the efreumstanse about and having read the advertisement about Martinson, vent on board, saw him, and also taw that he auswered the description given in the advertisement, and be then very quietly put himself en rapport with the detcetive, and gave the robber into custody. In less than an hour afterwards, the latier was on his way to London, instead of to New York. Casting of the peaenbr yen Monument at Manich. dvits, and the master proclaimed the cast to ba succweded, approached Mr. Crawford, the artist of the Washi tea imenument, to congratulate him on his sucsess. Another cheer ‘as given to M, de Miller, the chief of the ieyal Foundry of Munich, who had personally conductet the work. Denwerk 91d the United States—Cession bas accepted the efiice of medi stor between Denmark é cutet consi such an sequ' cans, #6 close to their own West not be desirable, the Carcert Nove, er New Prisons, or which bad not heen conferred upon that cel offenders, bis He Dis sovereign cle was ccmypatible with the exigencies of justice. Amongst quence of telegraphic instructions curing him of having forgec drafts, with the signature cf the ex-preaicent Ceballos, upon the London panking house of Mu which ensh he recetyed from the bankers Fe EMBER 27, 1855. INTERESTING FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE, Direct Communication Betwee and Livepool—A Line or Btcamers to be (Eng.) Herald, Nov. 8.) Fo:med. Frem - Eastern Counties mx bg the vessels which have sailed from’ Chicago to Fnglano, cpening for the first time a direct trade bet weea the former yisee Europe, was one for his port, viz.: —the bark 7. F. Parka. he cleared for Hull at the be- ginning of October, with a cargo of cata, and her freight was ‘aken at $16 per ton. She had the privilege ot re-sbipp'ng at Montreal, but it was aid rhe ‘would pe likey to go wl th herself. During the past eer the subject of cirect trade with Europe has occupied {he general attention of the mercantile and commercial in ererts of Chicago, ay well as other classes of the com- munity, whore wo ldly wel'are hangs so much on the ex- tension 'and development of’ite tradc with other coun tries, Atthe commencement of last spring, when navi- gation wat reoperes, the anticipati*ns of the public in that part of the globe were in a fair way of being real- ized, and to some extent they were so. in the summer ‘vessels wet out trom Chicago to the ocean, and a vessel which had been io Liverpool #as also seen in the harbor. ‘hen come tbe despatehing of a vessel for Hull, with » jarge cargo, and others for this and various other Euro- pean bore Will speedily fullow, if commercial enterprise ave not niready given ‘ull life to the trade between Chi- cago and these arts, It is stated that now the 3t. Law- rence has been opened by the reefprocity treaty, no ob-ta- cle exits to prevent a large mojority of the vessels ti oicg to the At sn'ic cr to the ports cf Europe. Vessel are loaded at Chicago almost every week for Montreal, andit bas been a matter of surprise that large shipments tor Eurape buve not been wade by that place, It Wrsatd that not only bas the produce purchased on foreign ac- count beer bined by Oswego and Buffalo to New York, but the whole of the foreign goods imported by Canadian werchents in the ci'fes on the north shore of Lake Onta- rio snd the west of it, have been coming turough New York and Boston. Among the many reasons which are believed. to Lave led to this ix the present war, The Eng- lich government have monopolized the vessels generally trading to Montreal and Quebec, in furnishing supplies for the Crimean army, and henge it is asserted that there 236 pot vessels enough trading in the St. Lawrence to afford competition sufficlent to keep freights down to a figure which wilt enable shippers to furward prodase and recelye goods in return by that route. Vessels bound from the St, Lawrence to Europe, in order to continue fn the trade, muxt have @ return freight of foreiga mer- eboncire, It is hoped that apother sesgon will not ex- pire without a great advacce in securing for the west dis- trict trade with Kurepe; and we may add that several fine sieomers ow char cred t) the English government Pull it fe expeated, run between Chiesgo and Liverponl, Loubiless Hull will participate Jargel iin the newly opened trade, and we trust those who have taken the watter up Fo sptri(edly on the other side of the Atiantic will not rest until they have carried out their present rcheme to as great an éxtent aa it is practicable, An English Bank Robber Arrested on Board the Washington. {From the London sews, Nov. 8. Robert Mar ineon, the Neweastle-on-Tyne Bank cashier, whoabsconde), attec stealing nearly £4,000, was Clas Lended yes'erday, at Southampton, on board the United States ninil sieawer Washing’on, just as she was about to leave that port for New York, "Ee has beon advertised for te Jart week, and one hundred guineas reward offered for whoever would give such information as would lead to his ayprchevsion. A detective police officer has been in Fouthampton tor some time on the look-out for hia. Martineen, it appears, arrived at Southampton on Friday last, and frequently passed the detective without bein) notived by him, | Mr. Hillier, a clerk to Messrs. Croskey Co., the sgenis. for the Washington steamer, recognized him amongst the other passengers on board the Washing- ton, and gave him into custody of the detective. The dr- lir quent. cashier bad bea living at au inn in the town. fury freely. | Yesterday morning, two or three hours be- fore the Wnehingion eailod, he gave the landlord of the inn iwo £100 Bunk of Fnuland notes to get changed. The Initer tock them toa bavk in the town, where some de- change for them. The pre- en the lacdlord returnei to e found that the owrer of the notes had gone about his berth, he would take the notes to vo endeavor to obtain change for Her, the clerk in the office, hearing 0. Mr. Hill the noves, From the London Builder, Nov. 7.) The casing of the borce for thiy’monament, at Mu- nich, in ene of the great fenta of modern foundry, Aa fif- teen tone of bronze had to be melted und kept of fluloity for several days and nights previously, a large fie was at these hinge masses, which required to be stivved at times mate ersey was made in @ small trial cart, and, to heighten the color, some more copper was added. Sue estate When the bronze was liquitied, an ulti- essively ail the chambers through which the metal had © tlow in the form were cleared of the coal with whi-h Ley bad been hept warm, and the master examined all Le air +pirels and iseues of the metal; the props of the tubes were then placed, and every man bad his duty and pluce eesigued to bim, Finally, the waster, amid the intense expectation of he meny art mmateurs present, pronounced the words, dn ibe name of God? and then three mighty steokes cpered. the fiery gulf, out of which the glowing meal flowed ina circuit to the large form. mognificent, and in the little sea of fire stood the master, ano gave bis commands ahout the suecessive opening of ihe props. the conduits the metai coiled in waves; still, mo decision yet, o8 the infex of the bronze in the very veins of tne figure c the signt was Hot vapor ;oured from the air spirals: in ald be but slow. nee fitmning shower® jumped out of the air con- At A loud cheer followed, when the mastor of the Isiand ot St. Thomas. Hamburg (Nov. 3) Correspondence ot Lonéon New: here « some reason to beheve that, after all, Ru United States, and proposed, as an acjusiment of cultier, that Denmark shall cede her island of St ‘Themas to the Unita States for the sum of five millions of deliars. and total exemplion of American ships and carqy Siem the future payment of the Serund dues. ‘coeny is of no value to Denmark in a pecuniary point Although the f view, rather cou-ing am expense than bringing in a sw plus’ yet Permark iv said to have declined the proposal, aticn to ‘he Western Powers, 10 whom tion of territory on the part of the Aimeri- ‘a possessions, ean- Interview between Plus the Ninth and § Mextean Forger. (Reme (Oct. 31) Cerrespendenre of the London News (n Thursday Jast the Vope surprised the fomates with a visit, an he Toeality vin 6 Mest of the astonished prisoneys inoe of Leo XU. made immediate nse of the golden opportunity thas af ford the Carceri Nuove ar imploring an alleviation of their penalties. As llotted to criminal and not polfti ness felt justified in promisiog that ency should be exer:ised as far as those who threw themselves at Pio Nono’s feet was a Nexican nemed Romor, recently imprisoned in con-e- com London, ac- ita & Co,, to the amount of 1,500 Pg at Florence, and Torlonia here. Signor Ceballos had set out from London to confront hie real sigoature with that of the forger, and was expected daily ; but hearing of politico! even’s requiring bis immediate erence in America, be forwarded his signature to the Rerun titanal instead of coming tn person, and left Eu. reye, ebanconing Sigvor Ramos to bis fate in the Carcert Nuove, where he endeavored to exeit torsion by asturiog him that he w ‘Ueman of Mexteo, and a zealous Catholic, de vance vile through @ mere mistake. His Holiaess does nt appeer to have had any compunctions f+ elings in ta- of the Mexiean, but he ordered tany of the prisoners car inges, #0 wany of which, with their gorgeous tr Toga pare burnt or destroy? the puobife plozzan of Keae atter the Pope’s flight toGe ‘These en“ huriasts, who nuprivonment, arc row at large, after having undergone one-third of their term; ond the yaong wen who in 1860 celebrated the an- niversary of the Roman republic, or rather who intended to co so. with the Bengal lights which they were diseo- vered ranvfscturing, will, it is said, be exousea from re- » elning any longer in the penal servitude to which, in consequence of that heinous intention, they were eo demned for a period of twenty years, The Commercial Laws of San Domingo. {From the London Gazette.) Poanp of Traps, Wirenans, Oct. 31, 1866. The R'ght Honorable the Lords of the Comuptttee of Privy Couuell for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for F Affairs, a copy ef a despatch frem hér Majesty’s Consul at San Domingo, trovemittirg coptes of the laws on maritime commerce, ond of the new tariff. Ry the first of these the tonnage duty of 50 cents, Spa- nish (2¢. 1d ), per ton, formerly levied on national ves- cis, or veesele belor won toa country having a treaty of recijrocity with the Ixminican republic, fs raised te 1 Szunish dellar (4s, 24.) per ton; ‘yestels belonging to a nation not fp treaty with the Dominican republic paying 1 dollar 50 cents (6s. 24.) per ton, ‘The ccasting trade is reserved to national vessels. Fo- reign vessels are, however, permitted to load on the coast, on payment of the same charge (28. 14. per ton) hitherto made. ‘The anchorege tates bave been altered from £1 5s. per vessel to Gd, per ton, The rame alteration has taken Jace in the yilo'age eborges. Mithe entry theres, which wae formerly 10s, 8d: per ve. eel, for a'l veneels of over twenty tons burden, Ls altered by the existing. Iw to fd. per ton. Tate charpe for riage ha, been altered ty 84. 4d. por éay, in Hen of 16s. €4, previously charged for the whole tine occupied in unloading the ear his charge ia, hrwerer, only made in the event of the accommodation being required. Tle wha fege i pet cant on om raased 10 ty, formerly levied at we by the vessel, bas rge of eer voase! Mae been &e.,* altered by the new law to I6s. 84. for vevsels of sbove one hundred tons burden, vessels of lesa burden payiag’ ‘be rome amount ax formerly. Bach vessel ie aif have to pay 8, 44. towards the mainteaance of the tele- graph, The Heal Oficer's fe remains unaltered. ; ‘atering, former! ty af rate of has been rained to vi 2a er uk. veaialnaiia All vessels of less than 20 tons bu: coming from abroa?, sre subject only to the ‘tonnage du w! Guty, and the duty for coast loading. yptectey By the new tariff, ‘he ad valorem duties payable on ar- ticles having » fixed value, have been raised on the av- erage 40 per cent. The export duties, although nominally the same as previously to the promulgation of the present tariff, have Virtually been raised 123, per cent in consequence of the deterioration of the Dominican paper currenoy, whi is now reckoned at 6234 pesos to the Spanish in Hew of the former rate of 50 pesos, ite value being thus dimin- ished 12% per cant, and the new tariff having established that such doties as are desired to be paid on paper must be settled at the market vulue of this currency. Fashions for November. Winter fashions invariably assume a decided character in November, and although the s.mmer season has been this tog Ususually projonged, our manufactwers and artists bave not been unmindfal of the approaching win- ter, as the variety of el # noveltien vosh tn style and ian cachewtre, att 24 terry velvet, motre cachemive, plain aid terry vs a Inwart. aud damark hold the highest place in Matietter hk rich material half velvet, half , ia very elegant, and is worn without tritoming. Tatfetas, will be much in favor, black expectally, dreraes of which will be wora with. Lounees, entirely covered with nurrow ribbons or bands of velvet. Moire antique dresses sre very much in repute in all cviors, either with flounces, double skirts, or pluing n the former, a beautiful (rimmme composed of flowers of velvet, and leaves of plush is often ued. Velvet will be very much used ag a trimming this winter, woven in the drevs, or appliqué. As an in sication of the materials Wkery to be worn this winter, we Kava romacked several Night cioths with double face, rerembling those u-ed last yeor. ‘The upper side ix of a dark shade; the liniug blue kearlet, orange, &c., sometimes spotted with black. kind of flannel, in imitation of this cloth, has been made, which may be called flannelle Angora; it is also drab or or gray, wnd is well suiled for nétigés ‘mantels and morning dresser. Néligés manteauz are also made of black cloth, edged with broad >ands of dark blue or violet plush checked with black. The manteauz are lined with tha fame color as the plush, Bonnets are influenced by the change of seasons; for example, velvet is taking tho of ribbon as trim- wings and, when mixed with beautiful fenoy flowers, forms a mont elegant gartiture. We mast also mention that the size of bonnets is rather inereased. The crowns coptinve tmall, round, and flat; the curtains are orought up bigh on each side. and form a rounded queue behind. the front edge of the bonnet, both faside and out, ia trimmed with » profusion of ornaments. fhe matarial mostly adopted is terry velvet or spotted satin as a foun- dation, and harmonises well with light and magnificent white or black lace, with which some of the most ele- gant bonnets ue ornamenied, mixed with autume flowers made of sbaded yelvets. ‘The ime is passed when each season has itt distinct material4, and now it ix qnite as allowacle for fayfeltas to be used in winter as vel- vet 10 be emplcyed in sun mer foilettes, The style #rd malerial for manteaue become matters for serious consideration, Nothiag but velvet and em- broidered cachemire are admitted for full dress, and cloth end flarnel for népligé costume, It is more particalarly in the style and ornaments that the greatest novelties are to be obrerved. The Yalma will decidedly bea favorite this winter, eyen if the name should be altered, or the form rightly mocified, Scxtous Riot in New Haven—Marder of a Po- ice Officer. (From the New Haven Joucual, Nov, 26. A most dixgraceful and desperate fot occurred in this city on Seturoay evening, resulting ia the death of one peliceman, and serious, 1f not fatal injury, to another. ‘Ihe particulars, ax for as we have been adle to lei them, are given below. ltseems theta men named Creamer, living in Moroc- co street, who has lately lost bis wife, aud is represented ax being poor and needy, was to have » ‘‘rwifle” om FSutureay evening, the avails ot which were to be applied this Benefit. In order to draws crowd aud make the aficir attrsciive, a dauce was go> up to precede the rafile and some twenty-five or tbhety people were gathered togethcr at the house of one Mulvy, ia Morocco rtreet, vear Congress avenue, It appeara that » girl tamed Healy atvended the dance, unknown to her parents, and in the course of the evening her mother went 10 Mulvy’s house after her. The til refased to go, when the mother took « stick and beat her, whien caused a geuerul disturbance, and so much noise was made as to attract the notice of Mr. ‘Vhomas Cummins and Wm. Grant, policomen, who wera im that rection of the town, ‘They immediately’ repaired 10 the house’ in order to quell the noike, and noticing a son of Creamer to be in a xtate of intoxication, they at- tep pted to arrest him. Upon this, the lights in the room were put out, and ® generel emeute took place. Mr. Grant was thown to the floor, the drunken Creamer failing upen him, clinching bim by thethroat. Mr. Cum wins went to his xaristance, and while in the discharge ot bis duty, was +t uck with a sluog short or some other instrument, which made « terrible wound in his head. A pumber of the gang prevent—all of whvw ware Insa— then piicheo upon Grant, took away his club, kicked him bacly in the taco and struck him heavy blow on the head. ‘The crowd then lef", andj:he policemen—both fof whom were faint and nearly extausted from the loss of tlood—rucceeced in gettiog away from tue house ond dtaching the police ofice. Young Croamer, the druaken ofiender, was arrested and lodged in jail. Mesors. Commins and Grant, alihough e°vered with jood, and presenting # frighttal appearance, were not, uought at the time to be dangervunly wounded; and ter bavirg the wounds dressed, Mr. Grant went home, nd Mr, Cummins repaiied to the St. Paul’s ehurch—of Which lie is texton—for the purpy#e of building fire, for uniay. Nothing more was seen or heard of him until yesterday morning, about To'clock ‘The children connéoted with Le Sabbath school repaired to the church st the usnat hour in the morving, to attend their lessons, but wore upable to obtain admittance. Some of them looked iu at. the windows, and saw hin sittings there, apparent! asleep; but he answered not th leche wes dead. Dr. Hocker was cal'ed upon, who entered the room, and found him as deseribed ubove—oold and ati. His Honor Mayor blackman, end Justice Beanett, were immediately iniormed of the sragedy, and a jury of inquest was sumn- moned. ‘The body was removed to the vestry toom, and on exawination of the wound was made by Dra, Hooker and Jewett. After the examination by the physicians, the body was zemoved to the iate residence of the deceased in Park Grant is considered in a critical condition, and at ricds yesterday was in a dangerous state of mind. ie har & frightful wound in his head, and hia face was horribly mangled by the kicks he received from bis arenilante. Two Satides In Phiedelphia. We have to chronicle, says the Philadelphia American, two suicides of a melancholy character, the circum- stances of which possess a puinful interest. The first is that of a young woman, of beautifal person, and evident- ly rerpectuble connestions, which was consummated on Fridsy vight. About nice o'clock on Friday evening, Mersts, homes and MeCalvey, Custom House watchmen, heard o stroggle in the water, ina dock on the Delaware, Just above Vine street. They soon found that the noise proceeded from a drowning person; and, ufter some diffi- cvlt exertion, euceeeded im taking from the water the body of You females=but tho vital spark was extin- guithed. "The body was conveyed to the undertaking es- twbiishment of Barnet Cohen, in Fifth street, below Lom- bard, where, in the absence of the Coroner, Alterman Ceunge Bicore held on inquest. .The jury rendered » ver- cict of suicide; but the body was not identified by any witnerser produced at the inquest, The deceased appear- +4 to bave been about 17 years of age. She was rather under the medium height, robust, and wita @ most pre- “posserring countenance, ' She had dark brown hair, whico was rather long. She wore adark,atri ‘mousiin de Isine dress, with lace undersieeves, and alt her elot sing wor of & peat and even elegant description. There were no moiks upon the clothing by which the person of the un- fortonate young wor an could be identified. The only or mentylariicles about her were hatr bracelets on her ¢rists, mounted with jet. The shawl of the young woman was found on the mud, within a short distance af where the bedy was recovered. It is woollen and stone colored, with a brown beraer, Upon the wharf near by was a phin}, which still contaiued « emall portion of laudanam, brd the label vet forth tat the article had bea obtatned fem the drog store of George K. Smith, No. 149 North ‘Thi d street. ‘Lhe bunnet of tht \d was not recovered. Thos who saw iton the water are unser the finpression that it was blue or green. The tide was low at the time the derjernte act was commitied; and it is believed tha: the wretched young woman let herself down into the dock, nd cebbeately walked into the deep, dark waters of the uiver. Dr. Coad, whe made the post’ mortem examina- tion, in of the opinion tbat the young woman had never led & Cisselote Ihe, while her hands wore as soft and deli- cate a8 ff she bad never toiled. The oocurreaces that rendered ove 40 young sad fair so desperate, mast have een :f@ eae apd touching character, A iarge number cf persone called to view tbe body yesterday, but ap to a late hour fn the evening it had not been identified, Abert ILveleck «p Sonday morning, the citizens in the vicinity of Voplar and Apple streete were thrown inte a state of excitement by « loud explosion, which ore fem the second stery front room ot the house oc- vpied by Acom Hein, Jactimater and dealer in findings, op the south sie ef Poplar street, below Fifth. Upon Cre persons proceeding to the room, Mr, Rein himself es found in the og nies of deat in a few seconds eexpied. The bedy presented a shook tacks. be cecensed bad beavily losded 9 horse j he mozzle of ft to his mouth, and blew his head Imort to ple ses. ‘The weap n was ehattered by the explosion; one hand was moch mangled, ‘he breast wou the sf the pixtol and the abirt set on fire. window glass nd several articles in (he apartment vere also mact Comeg d. In the absence of the Coroner, Alderman Reet Lele an inguest, and m verdict’ of suicide waa rendered by the gory. It I ny thut the deceased had not lived apply with bis wife for some time past. He had fallen, into intemperate habita,-ond this led to the act of relf- cestrnction. He was doing a good bustsess, Some $500 in gold was found in the house. Revexve Manive Orricers Onpensp.—Seeond Licut. James D. Usher has been ordered to eatter Dob- div, en the Wilmington (N. ©.) station, and trom the Robert MeClelian’, on the | Mobile «tation. Sreond Lieut. Jobn M. No been the Tebsin, amd ordered to the cutter Forward, at ington, ag | Lieut, B. J. Killam hae been detached from the Forward, and ordered to the cutter Harrison, at Onwego, N ¥ First Ifeut. Jebn A. Webster, Jr., has been detached from the eutter » Cushing, at Portland, Me,, and the For ward. eee et WJ. hegers bas been detached from the Forward, and cscered to the Cushi from wil- fon ip pissed the Georgia Logistatare to in ndiriary Comm'tiee to report upon the pro. Teg or repealing t ry awe of thy A reed timet the riety cf wor tere.