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6 INTERETSING POLITICAL CORRESPONDENCE, ‘fiir. Rep Private Letters oa the Nomina- tiem of General Tayor—Very Carious Let tor to Mix. Botts—Nomi.ation ot Mr. Bote fer y by an American Com- Malttee of Broome County, N. ¥. TO THE EDITOR OF TH HERALD. New Yor, Dec. 1, 1855, Teend a note from myself ty the Hon. Joun M, Botta, of Vixginis, and his reply 10 me, including a letter from the ‘ate Mr. Clay to Mr. Botts. I submit to you that it is proper, as an act of courtery, if not of justice, to that gentleman (Mr. Botts) tbat they may be allowed a place in the odlumas ot the Henarp, and with them, also a cor- respondence between sundry citizens of this State and Mr. Botta, heretofure pubitshed in the Cortland American, awhioh I place at your disposal. Respectfully, yours, JOHN B. FRY. MR. FRY TO MR. BOTTS. Naw Yori, Nov. 29, 1855. Hoy. Joun M. Borts:— Mr Drax S—I perceive that yesterday’s Daily Times— 8 copy of which I enclose—contains what purporta to be & portion of the personal correspondence of the late Henry Clay, taken from a work about to be brought before the public, by the Rev. Calvin Colton, As your personal and political friend, and having long sustained the same relations with Mr. Clay, I think it due to all the parties concerned that I should call your particular at- tention toe paragraph in ove of the letters—whict I marb—of the late President Tuylor, having injurious re- erence to yourself, I am, very truly, your friend, JOHN B. FRY. MB. BOTTS TO MR. PRY. Aston Housk, New York, Nov. 30, 1955. To Jounx B, Fry, Esq. : My Dxaz Sim—I ain obliged to you for calling my atten- tion to the Daily Times ot tho 28th inat., in which is to be found a number of letters taken from a work resently pub- Hished by the Rey. Calvin Colton, purpor'ivg to con‘ain ‘the correspondence of the Inte Henry Clay, ant in which is to be found, mixed up with a portion of Mr, Clay's let- tere of the most uninteresting ani unimportant charac- ‘ter, and ofa private and comestic nature, several from Gen, Taylor to Mr. Clay, whi'e Mr. Clay's answers to thess letters are neither to be found ie the paper nor the book, It cannot fail to create some surprise that the friends of Mr. Clay should have becn willing to supply the public with perhaps all of Gen. Toylor’s letters to him, when there is nowhere in that work a le\ter to be found from Mr. Olay to Gen. Taylor. It may be, perhaps, that as a friend of Mr. Clay, I feel the more sensitive oo this sub Ject, as in one of his letters to me he complains that co- pies of his letters to Gen. Taylor had been furnished, whilat he had refused copies of Gen. Taylur’s to him—but adda, ‘I should be perfec'ly willing that all the letters which have pasved between Gen. [uylor and myseif should be published.” In one of these published letters of Gen. Taylor the following pactage o:curs:— ‘The course pursued by the Hon. Mr. Botts toward me sinoe I wes brought prominautsy before the country. as a can ‘e for the ‘oflice kuown to our laws, has beea doubt. Jess the eunse Jes some mordexuon ou the partof & portion a perhaps, awong the number—as I feel cow -deat thet you did nat au Coffe. Had me. Batts, O° aay one opposed my election io the, Presidency on the ground of proper qualifications to discharge (he impartwat duties connedted with tald cflce ina becoming manner and propar ‘would have been all right and proper, and would not nor does it, at aay rate; i have gtvep me one moment's concern; Carmien ontanss ijen a etaing me ofa hate : tye silimate'y deg ade those whoever may be concerned in it. 9 faa or friends, containiog matter that wight be used to ‘aie parage m: jon before the public, or offen:ively wo my sensi ties, ehould bave been furnished for publica- tion. Our relations fer his exist- constant devotion to bis , the eacri- ence, m} foes of both a persons) and political character that [ en- for his advancement. should have forbidden it, and have protected me from ail ass.ults, whother wi bh an 0} tnister design, ae far as they we'e oc ucerned, T have in my powesrion quite # voluminous and in: ‘teresting correspondence wih Mr. Clay, a great portioa ef whichis marsed “‘priva'e and onnsiiential.ty me of fach of it ie wil, ‘haps, never reach the pub ic eye may, at bap tn yet been seen by but vecy few of my most confidential friends. During the last six months! have reseived numerous ay na from Mr. Colton, wiging me 0 let him bay correspondence for nis contempla'ed wok, which I ‘have uniformly declined, f:om motives of propriety as @oncernei Mr. Clay, and from motives of delicacy as SS ether public wen, including alike the living Lean have no desire to see the feats which existed in ‘1848 between the friends of those distinguished gentle- men revived, and which, so far as I par:icipa'ed in them, have been long since forgiven and forgoiten; bat since ‘this letter of Gen. Taylor hos been selected and somewhat prominently displayed in ‘he public priats, I prosume not without an object, I fee! myself not only at liberty, ‘but called on by a rense of what is due to my own cha- racter and position, to show that Gen. Taylor was some. what mistaken in his conjecturesthat Mr. Clay discoun- tenanced or disapproved my course towsrds him, and for that purpose I rubmit the enclosed letter of Mr. Clay, being one only of a great number of a similar character my ion. to be used at your di-cretion. Gen. Taylor is now dead, aud I am left in ignorance as fo what portion of my letters or speeches he has rever- once, apd which be charac erized a8 ‘“misrepresentation ‘and scurrility,”” and I aim, therefore le% without the means of defence, further than to give the most unquall- fied denial to both. I bave abundant reason to suppose that there were not a few miscirit ig eacwigs ready atalitimes to whisper in Gen, Taylor's ear very gras misrepresentations of privase conversations, some of which I have aiso reason to know found their way {ito a portion of the public press; and I think it mot fmproba- Dletthat it was to such he reference. Bat be this as it may, if any friend of Gen. Taylor oon point to anything Lever spoke or wrote respecting him which in hia estima- tion deserved to be thus characte:ized by Gen. Taylor, T fovite him to point it out, portunity for a vindicatien of ihe o! Lam, very truly, your fiend, OLN MB. CLAY TO MR. BOTTS. Asutaxp, Ang. 20, 1843, My Daan Sin—You must have received from me a let- ter shortly after the date of yours of tho 23d inst,, just received. I believe the next day afier { despatched it, I read your letter addrersed to Mr. Jauney. I thought i: manly, maintaining a proper regard to self-sespect, and placing your support of Gen. Tsylor on the only ground which you could consistently occupy. I see it asserted that the two letters from him—oue addressed to Mr. ‘Lippard, and the other to bis Sou'h Carolina friends—are forgeries. A short time will decide, H» has, without regard to them, 1 think, dixplayel much tnatability and vacillation. 1 bave no: adequate means to judge of the results of the Presidentix) contest. With you { believe out of the State of New York Mr. Von Buea wiil draw more votes fiom the whigs than from the locofocos, But I am inclined nevertheless to think that Gen. fsylor may got New Youk (uplers the boay of the old huakors join ‘the barnburvei+) and Massachusetts, Vermont, Conuec- Aicut, New Jersey and Maryland, are all, I suppose, Sonbiful. You are perfectly right to act upon your own consei- entiour convictions, and to maintain your personal in- , whatever may e the consequenses. By so ag, you are sure of self-approbation, whish hav a value far Deyoud any other earthly ap yrovation. am importuned daily, by le'ters from ull quarters, to come cut and endorse General Taylor and pabiisty to support him [have not complied with thele solisita- tons, nor, as at presen: 4, shall [do ao. 1 have not sufficient confiden. n, nor sufficient kno ¥- of his principles. phot consoat to assist in anyone. Should J vote fe him (and I re- serve the right of deciding that question at the last mo- ment, he be on the pede a ths choice of evils iid sot ‘pide fifty miles to vote fur I was at a watering place that distance feom howe, came three days before the election, and 4 come without any regard to it. I voted fur him. bee I could pot wate fu parca and un the Chri returnii od for evil. 3 not Aas tonsctens wish or desire to retarn to ths Senate. My public career is termiua'ed. If 1 were por- fectly sure of being an instrument to eifect aay good by going back to that body, I might overeome my revug- But [em far from thivking that | should be adic nance. plishanything. I believe that both the North pd sy os Dave greatly magnified the importance of uestion which unhappily divides them, ia respect introduction of slaves {ato Mexteo aad Cali- = lem, however, persunded that there is but one iteraative—either to retrocede those countries, or to ex- elude slavery from them. Ax to snother—chat of dis- union—| hope that no man in hi seases will ever agree t> it, om the ground of such exclusion. Len ever truly your friend, H. LAY. ‘The Hon. Joux M. Borm. INTERESTING CORRESPONDENCE BRIWREN HON. JONN M. BOTTA, OF VIRGINIA, AND CERTAIN CITIZENS OF ‘THIS STATE. [From the Cortland American.) the to ‘Truano1a, Broome county, N. ¥., Sopt. 18, 1855, , lon. Joun M. Borrs— jecta of the great naticnal Amoricaa part; pa hae, ‘beg leave respectfully to nd ireat the communication to you. Allow us to preanive thet al msrcenall¢ waeeee> to you, neverthetwas, your high reputation for moral worth, for cultivated {bilities and talente, and for the possesalon of a rare com. ‘vinadion of stateameniike qualities, has long een knowa to end mat ae aa hed the = of our i the public press, in connse ion ‘rth the whew President of the Unite States to be filed by the election of 1866, and such use has commaatet -oar most eordial coveurrence and approval. We have tones Ay Se Rae thet is fo ae =o ive tusm ve promiaeat men 6 present me yous prenced Ly He they are m ” e Spear edie solar io ed operation ot public juste with which they have no right tocomplain, We will be more explicit. For years we have been quiet, unodtrurive observers of passing iii during whieh, from time to time, Eirough the bebenis of : ¢ loading’ men belonging to both toe old parties, whig end democratic, we have been . etllea to lend our aig towards the sacrifice ‘the public well being. t less than this did Go ‘whee in TE8, "we stood by” like’ Saul “of NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1855. Torsus at the of St. Stephen, ‘“con- renting,” though with fFTigt, And reluctance,’ to, she heartless immolation of the immortal Heury Clay? By whom were we then mapacled and pushed forward to the perpetration of that foul d-ed? A single giance of ‘be Roe the Serna aot the Sao glovions old wi party, anda ‘appeal to ‘aad memory, will anawer the question. What leas than this did we, when in 1852 we again, 48 before, stood by, not un aoved but powerless, and in the martyrdo of that riot and statesman, Lewis Cass, and of our beloved and chivalrous Danie! S. Dickinson? For wom ‘were these sacrificial rites performed? Another sii sickenicg glance at the city of Washivgton, and over dieruptured ranks of the once proud, dominant ald de- woerstic party, and you huve a prompt solution of this question. Well, sir, we conceive that the time has arived when this dangerous tendency in one pubiio »ffaira shovid be arrested. We are in the habit of believing that the chief magis- trate of the United States shuld command the respoct at least, of every citizen. His experience in the public service, his talents, Jearning, statesmanship, inherent dignity of character, based upon bia truth and hexor, com all the manly virtues, should of them- selves ever tur him ample support, thus super: the necessity fora reliance on faotitious alis of of- ficiul station, Messured by this the present Presidential incumbent would as certaialy fail as he did in the fleld of Mexico when “‘his horse snuffed the battle from a‘ar off,’” Without intending to employ any fulsome praise, or adulatory remarks, wi in ull sinserity, that it {a our full conviction @M? JH, sir, pre-emiasatly At vbe portraiture we have drawn for our Presidential candidate in 1856—its features telong to you. It used to adorn the White Hons ia Wach- iugtom—we wirh it ma, and purpose deivg oar — bert eideavors. 10° exsomptish, (axe ead, Selisn, time serving politicians, of both the old parties—aDoli- tioniste ut the North, secessionists at South demi gogues acquiring notoriety and place at the expenss of private honor and the public trenquility—disunionists and nullifers, no matter whether found in South Csroli- have carried their infamous schemes quite too far, and, (to use a trite expreseion,) should be ‘shut down upon without further notice,” "At present we have great con- ficencethat it is the mission of the National American party, just now reaching robust manhood, to correst mony’ of the principal abuses of the decayed whig aad democratic parties, till, notwithstanding the strength of our faith, and our bucyant hopes in this regard, we find it difficult vo repress the intrusion of an appceden- sion, lest (considering the magnitude of the issues at ‘stake,) some fatal error may creep in or some flagrant wrong be committed, by which we shall be forced toeucounier bitter disappointment. Past expe- rience has made us somewhat suspicious. The masses of our people, ip all sections of the Union, are now, as they have always teen, iotelligent, well meaning snd patrioue, and when left to carry ‘out their own views and wishes in relation to the affairs of government have seldom gone wrong. But herein Hes the grievous ob- struction. Derigning, self-seeking, sel{-sgraudizing, un- scrupulous politicians, the very pests of the body poli- tic, spring into the arena, pull the wires, practice every apecies of corrupt jugulery, introduce ‘theie mi: quacteries “whistle down’ the wind” our wisest and most patrictic public men, upset the soundest ines- sures of government, and thus they have long controlled the mighty interests of this great nation, We indulge this train of observation and repetition, from a very profound soticitude that our expectations, fondly cher':)od, may be fally realized through the action of the no party in question, and from some quite strong indications, (Sarely diseern- ‘abie until quite lately) that it may be betrayed in‘o the corumittal, at an early «tage cf ite existence, into one of the chief errors of both the old parties—that of disragard- ing public sentiment in the eclection of candita‘es for ofice, To overlovk this would prove fatal to the hopes of the American party. The people, for once, are wide awabe, ano reaclved either themselves to lead, or son- senting to be led by others, that it be in the right direc- tion, indecency aud order. There 1s one qualification not yet mentioned, which, with us in these parta, will be deemed indixpensub!o to anytucure candidate fr Proaident. It in a severer test, we fully believe, than some could stand who have been spoken of in tbat connection. He must pos- sers euflictent learning to be capable of sustaining credits bly, an examtnuation to teach @ common school in the “rural districte.”” We do not insist that he shall obtain a certificate to that effect, but let us have some pre- aumptive evidence that he could do ao if put to the test. To what a pust havo we come, to be sure! Talking seri- ously of men for the Presidency of the United States—a civil station ar exalted ss any on earth—who have scarcely mastered the first line in the “ horn book.” It is a monstrosity unparrallelud—let us have done with it. When, under Mr. Polk’s administration, It was pro- posed to supersede, in the prosecution of the war against jexieo, the most ¢itinguished and accomplished cap- tain of the age, Winfield Scott, by the appolatment of Thomas H. Benton, a civilian of great experienee aad Vast acquirements, what reoepttn ‘bad it with the peo- ple? ‘The proposition met with instant rebate, once indignant and overwhelming. Way did this hap- pen? Flsinly because of his unfiness for tho. w'a‘lon, and the thing ‘savored of wilful dlvregard of ‘mo: mentous publ interests. Well, that the people Were right, and the authoritles w-ong, wao doubts? It was the mere application of a very proper rale—of al- most universal observance—that of the adoption of ap- propriate means to the accomplishment of eniis. ‘To partioularize:—If we wish to freight and send a ship to Chins, we do not employ as captain a farmor who never tasted salt water nor saw a compass, If we want a plow, xedo not cv'lona sailor to manufacture it. If we are in want of a divine to officiate in the sacred desk, we do not catch up the first brawling pettifosger we weet. If we seck a judge to elucidate abstruse questions of law, we are not di-posed to select a vender of quace medicines, If wo desire enlightenment through the pub- lic press, we do not patronize as oditurs stroliing wia- strels with hurdy-gurdys on their back In fine, as we reinarked, in all the fitness and adaptation of means to the accomplishment has been generally considered a safe and sound ction, and for our humble part (and the rediy with us) we have very small respect Jor that class of political demagogues aud tricksters who Would make the Presidential office sa exception to ite appiication, ‘The great American party, io its majesty and might, is about taking its own business into its own hancs, and neither needs nor desires tho co-operation of those politi- esl cormorants, who teach the doctrine tha: inexpe- rience is the chfef recommendation to the most digniied and respousivle civil trust within-the power of the. peo- ple to confer. Entertaining strong convictions of the correctness, of the views exprested in the foregoing, and not doubting they are hela in common with us by the people in all see tions of the country, we think it not unsuitable at this time, that those who have been in the habit of monopo- lizing the President-making business should be allowed to take @ glance at them. Thus, sit, we have written you ina epirit of entire free dom and frankness, having been led to do so by our in- pressions of what would be agreeable to you. Your own manly, straight-forward, xelf--acrificiog ‘career 8s a goa tleman and statesman, furniahos the strongest proof we could kaye that » communication to be acceptahle to you must be characterized by truth and candor. Perhaps it ig needless to repeat that we most earnestly desire your elevation to the Presidency of the United States, sod should regard such an event in every respect as an aus- pictous augury of the peace, prosperity and perpetuity of our beloved national Union. With many and hest wishes for your emtinuod health and bappiness, we are very respectfully your friends and obedient rorvanie— L. H. Spencer, Alonzo Dillenvoe, Craries S. Olmstead, ‘1’, Sweetland, Dolphus 8 Whituey, M.D, Spencer, Solomon Dulenbeck,’ — George 8. Tick nor, E.8. D, Speveer, Frocerich Kglestun, John M. Dilienbéck, Stephen Losey, Chas, J. Sweetland, Joreph B. Whitney, Smith Whitney, Guy E, Baker, C.B, Tait Chandler Olmstead, Chancy Waltnoy, Dexter Whitney, Luman Olmstead, Oliver C. Wiitney, Luther L, Olmstead, Jesse Bostwi zk. Lowis Beeman, MI. BOTTS’ REPLY Ricuaoxb, Sept. 30, 1955. Gustiemex—On my retura from the North a few days since, I received your letter of the 18th, signe! (as T am {informed by wn accompanying note) by every member of the council present, which has elicfied my wsrmost erati tude, and it would «vince at once an uneuvis ble and natural state of ferling. (1 it did not excite bota gi cation and rride 1 find that I occupy so favorable place in the minds cfgentlemen so entirely ur known te me, and frem whom I had no right to expect such a mark of kind ness and respect. J hardly know what language to employ in making m acknowle’gments for the very complimentary and flat- tering terms {a which you bave spoken of my public and piivate character, That I have aimed to de honest, fa. dependent and patriotic in all my transactions in life, whether in my private capacity or on the public stage, may conrcientious!y claim. Yet I bave not had che good fortune to inn press the entire community in which I have lived from early childhood, quite ro favorably as those more remote, ana under woore personal observation I have not passed for with sor iatly # portion of the public pres, [ bave been a euhject for detractionand misrepresentation from my eartiest entrance into public life down to the present day. But it is certaioly calenlated to relieve one of mortificetion, to reflect that such nas been the fate, 10 9 greater or lexe degree, of all public mea, from the days of Washington down to the present timo; aad the more emivent and worthy they have becn,’ the larger the rhare of vituperation that has beea heaped wpen them. And when we remember that the Savior himself was the victin of detraction, and the: tho cruciixion was the resalt of calumny, we may well ask with what pretence can any mortal man expect to excape it? It ix nevertheless a source of no small consolation to me to know, that I have been sustained, and uphel! at all times, and under all circumstances, by a ver; large mejerity of those who were most familiar with bot my public and private walks of life, } ineet heartily apd entirely concur with you, gentle. mer, in the views you express as to the requi.ite qualia cationa for the chief ee of this great nation, to order to preserve (I should rather say restore) its digni- ty and its honor. ‘That there has been a «af deprecis tion in the standard of public virtue, aa well as in the standard of intelligence to be found fo high pisses. both See ‘cat’ Sota, ts © teclaedhely Oat’ upavalatla truth; ard that there is occasion and necessity for re- form, few will venture to dispute; but whether I come up to the flattering portraiture you have drawn and ap propriated to me, is not # question for me to decide. 1 am proud ts find that you thiok { do, and that impres- win gererally evtertained, would be @ thousand times ‘more acceptable to me than the office itself to which you refer ‘The highest reward I have ever sought throughout my whole publte career, was first, to feel assured in my own mind, that I bad done what I believed to be right, and secondly, the public conviction that my intentions ware pure, patiio'ic aud upright, and that whatever errors might commit, proceeded from an error of jadgment and not from deseign. You are kind enongh, gentlemen, to i that you carnestly Cesire to ree me elevated to the Presidency of the United Stator; it is @ very exalted position for even | the most elevated a us to occupy, and I scarcely | dare flatter myself with the belief that you have mot overestimated my fitness for the station, It is not the first time, however, (you mnet excuse me for saying, ) that siml- ter ie bave been made from~ other quarters, and! have unitermly ati bye oy Tnow say to you, tuat Lam mo candidate tor the aud shall to evok or procure it. Ifa aly ofthe ot the Uni ed States sbeuld do me tne hon r to concur a Pe mag ge raphe ah node a 2a r service, | can only sey that I would take upon wyrelf the high responsibility, with hepsicn that my j migh' me inte error, knowledge that the natiooal honor, the public welfsre, and ‘he perpetuity of the Union, woula constitute the chief aim of my adminiatration, wituou’ regard to sec- tional or party ‘odnrequences; aud as the roaponsi- Dilily of the position woul rest upon my shoulders, I se os the reddent de facto, ~ — a de 3 course, I not “mean un ttoed that 1 would not seck the advice of oth- ers and follow it where my jadg-vent was convinced; but the case would have to be a strong one, indeed, ia which 1 would covrent to pursue a course not sustained by my own couvistions of right and propriety, and this disposi- tion would. »erhspa, ender me o! lonable wi'h some. But, gentlemen, a41 have said to others, J will also say to you the prebubil tow of my nomination are not very duitering—trst, because whaiever strength I may hav», Hee with the people and not the politicians, and these things are ‘at last controlled by ticiams and not the people, who stay at bome and the politicians manage to suit themselves and provide for their own intereut. ‘The people have a great deal to do with electioas, but generally very livtle with nominations. Whether, as you soem to thick, they are now resolved to take this matter into thelr own Liazda, remains to be sen Another dificulty in my path is, that it has become necessary, or at all events it ix oxpocted thet 28 of money are to beexpended either by the his friende, Now, 1 bave not only no money of my own to embark in such en enterprise, but it I had, I should endeavor to make a more wortby and creditable, if not more profitable, use of it; and unfortunately, perhaps, my friands generally are of the laboring clasces, and not overstocked with means; and what chance lias any wan to be nominated for the Presidency, who has neither the itictaua nor the capialists in his fivor? It was rough their instrumentality, in disregard of the gene- ral expectation, and iu defiance of the popular will, that General Har: som was nominated in I ‘Mr, Poik im ’44, General Twylox in 8, and Mr. Piercain 62, All know more or leas what exacting demand: are made, both by cepitel and power, and as never could Crook the pregnant hinges of the knee That ihritt might tollow tawnine, I have not had the good fortune to make myself ac- ceptable to ot:hor of the classes spoken of. I have had more respect fer frogal poverty and honest industry than for puccesntul speculations or inhorited estates, and I have seen ‘co much of political life and polltival men to have an overweening confidence in their unselish in- fegnty and patrfotism au a class; and for these seasons, it L hove not made enemies, I certainly ve not had the fortune to make f iends ¢f either of tne two classes. here is a third class to whom J should ‘prove unsccep- table, and that {s the professed hangers-on for office, and their name is legion, ‘They are always at work for those who psy best, and as I bave never courted their favors, they are not likely to favor me. But there is till another difficulty in the way of my advancement, and that is, that no nominstion is secured now-a-days except through management and intrigue. For myrelf, 1 may sincere ly disclaim both the inclination and eapacity tor intrigue, I have never studied the art, and have never aitempted to practice at the game. It is netaccording to my taste, nor sens of true dignity. In- deed, 1 tink it one of the most unmavly qualitics a gen- tleman can porsess, That I might have acquired some knowledge of the art of pulling wircs, if { had com- menced at an earlier period of life, ia probable enongh, for I have seen the game quite successfully played by very fofeyicr men, who wore in teuth wofully dadelent 1a all the other arts and sciences, wuetber of ancient or modern discovery; and it is my misfortune (perhaps) that none of my friends seem to t it cae Ido myeelf. williv, yw much more about T believe I have some who would be enough to try if they knew how; but like me, id nov begin in time, and like me, ia an other re- wn too old to learn new games. gentlemen, notwithstansing ‘that have been manifested to me from time to time, and from different, I migat with truth say, from almost every section of the country, of a desire to witness my elevation to that high office, 1 have never permuted myself to lock upon it as anythiog more than & povsible, but highly improbable event. f ove thing you may be assured. I shall not seek it. If it comes at uli it must come with honor, and in'a man- ner to be appreciated. It must come gratuitously and voluntarily from the people, and neither by intrigue nor purchase, nor yet by @ eaccitice of trne dignity and inde- pendence. But] am not the loss obliged to you, gentle mn, for the kind and cheering mavner in which you have addressed me, and 1 havo felt that it was duo to you that I should write with the same freedom and frankners that characterized your letter to me. With a very grateful sense of my obligations to each ene of you, whose namen shall be cheriyhed by me as good and eatnest fricnds, I remain, very truly and sin- Serely, your obeditmt and humble servact: To L. H. Srmxczr, and other JNO. M. BOTTS, rs. The Irish Movement. [From the Awerican Celt, Dec. 1.) WHERE ARE YOUR OFFIVERS? If the misguided men and their misleadera who we eh wept ee on net oy bee be ae on be not ent Hen sa a it of security, we would ask them to consider ‘on that occasion ons main difficulty in their undertaking; after a candid statement of that difficulty, if there are still to be found a thousand or ten thousand men willing to throw overboard all family obligations, all friendly advices, all religious dissuasions, and to embark soul and body in a lawless venture, planned by Free Ma- sons, in Masonic mystery, condemned by the church, and wholly repognant to the present temper of Ire- land, their blood be on their own heads. That the Irish in America, legaily embodied at the call of an American government, would turn ont an immense rank and file force, we all under- stand. Among our emigrants there larger pro- eo of male adults than among the native popa- tion. The yery young, the very old, did not gene- rally emigrate; men between the fighting ages, eighteen and forty-five, formed the vast majority of those who did. Between those ages the rey spirit is active in most Irishmen; that spirit whic found ubundant employment in the services of France, Spain, Austria, Russia, and even Prussia, betore the repeal of the Pg on laws, now in Leathe mantitacturing, bat intolerant America, leeply irritated by social persecution, natu- rally sceks some outlet for its over excited activity. If this country were at war with England, and its rulers thought politic to embody a peculiarly hich army for a peculiarly Irish purpose, (a we never expect to see out of Irecland,) we have not the least doubt but that, within three months, 100,000 gallant Celts would answer to its call. This, nner, would be Ireland’s (American) “oppor- ub Su sing under there—the most cheering and favorsble circumstances—this force of 100,000 men raised, what would remain to be done to make it of- ficient? A crowd is not a camp, nor is a multitude anarmy. Fora hundred thousand men there are requited some five thousand officers, including gen- eral and staff officers, and a proportionate number of engineers and artillerists. In modern warfare, the highest authority, Naooleon I., has pronounced the artillery to be the principal arn; the pre- sent war shows its paramount importance; engineering skill and practice, with the requisite number of guus, are the best guarantees of victory. Now, if the United States had one handred thousand Irish volunteers as_brave as ever stepped in shoe leather, they would still be obliged to supply expe- rienced officers, engineers, and generals tae uate to their command. The military strength of the Lrish element in this country lies altogether in its rank and file; we are almost wholly deticient in officers of experience, who understand the art of war asa chess player does his game, or a sailor the workings of his ship. There no other art or science of which our educated men sre so ignorant even i been Mathematicians are not rare among them ; chemists there are a few ; jurists, ae, the»- logiane, our fo the bulk. But veteran <uptains, such as are to be found among the Polish, German, Italian, or French refugees, we do not know that we have one. There were, indeed, three or four superior officers of Irish birth, who won their spurs in the Mexican war. Brigadier General James Shields came out of that war with a reputation second to no officer of his gatet Mejor McReynolds, of Detroit, is known for a ishing cavalry officer; Colonel O'Brien, of the ar- tillery, is, alas! no more. Several brave officers of minor rank, noticed in the despatches of the period, are lish by descent or birth, and the survivors among them would, doubtless, be found as ready for war in ‘56 as in ‘46, if government required their services, It is, however, to be observed, that officers who have served with credit under a regular government, rarely, if ever, put faith in, or take service with, filibusters. Reputation is a tme conserva- tive ; caste all powerful with soldiers who have won it; such nen are apt to place, per- haps, too moch stress on system, order and obedi- ence; on BS po #rades and authoritative eom- mands; on all those externals and internals of mili- tary life, in which @ filibustero is wholly and una- voldably deficient. We do not believe that in the resent secret undertaking, the focus of which is to on Tu next, the Astor House, (one of the public hotels in New York,) there isa a ag can or Irish of any reputation . If the thing had the sanction of this government, there would soon be enough; but no man who hae once borne a commission with honor, and received the recognition of a powerful government, will em- bark in a doubly condemned expedition, under the auspices of an anonymoas convention of civilians. Supposing that the filibusters—a mere fraction of erfal minority in this country—su and equip ten full Tegiments, without the consent, ‘and against the proclamations of this government, where are the officers to come from? Only that he may be oath- bound, we would ask this question o. our old friend and former military contributor, Oliver Byrne. That gentleman has, we hear, gone somewhat into this affair. He is, perhaps, ¢! syne Teg ictellect as yet embarked in it; he is perfectly sin- cere, we may be sure; and hates & apécialité for fighting, we expect to have a good account of him, whatever the rest may do. Mr. Byrne, with the true modesty of genius, frequently declared that he would never go into a field unless under officers who had teen actoal eervice. We ask bim, where is he to them in this country, without the pen gs this government? Can he look for them to France? No. Im Russia? Russia is already obliged to em foreign officers Wotee then ll ttle Ra aan tot arene toe ere then mong mi rel of Old World, now so abundant in our midst? Among the huiry heroes who drove the from Rome, who swear by Hecker and Kinkel, Mazzini and Koseuth ? Pie Place at the mercy of such men, without religion, without affection for, or in- terest in, Theland, the fate of frieads—he credit of the Irish name? If not, Low then? What honert man cen advise reckless boys and mad men trust themselves: to the jj tm ment ptains who have Dever en. an een. victory; and a false confidence iv incompetent leaders, will not be on, Ese aa udably attempted a school f 7, Byrne @ acl or dighicers in this city, Has his (ee in that en- terprise convinced him that there is the resolute selt-denial, or the studious tenacity, in men of the fillibuster clase, to master even the outliues of mili- tary science? We believe the very reverse has beon Ins experience. If ro, how will those, too impa- tient to learn the merest ities of a great and complicated art, be able to lead others in the exer cise of that art? These are questions this conven- tion, if it means ri; by its recruits, must answer some day or other. How much better anawer it be- fore than after the embarkation of their “ force:!”” We regard this practical difficulty—want of head —asafatal objection to the proposed expedition, even i! there were not other and even stronger ob- Jectic. There we have discussed frequently, and nced not now repeat; we haye done our duty ia part, azdshall uot shrink from following it up to the end. Aff. irs In Kansas. LETIER FROM GEN. STRINGFELLOW. [From the bion gomery (Als ) Advertiner.) We publish the following letter from Gen. String- fellow to a gentleman of this State, It gives an in- teresting and, doubtless, a correct view of matters in Kansas:— Weston, Oct. 6, 1855. My prar Sin—I was much grutified by the re- ceipt of yours of ——, and take pleasure in reply ing to your inquiries. I have deferred writing until I could give you the result of the election of dele- pile to Congress, which was held on lust Monday. thought it barely possible that the result of that election might affect my answer. From the threats of the abolitionists in the Fast, and the secret move- ments of their emirsaries in Kansas, it was impos- sible to foresee what would oacur at the election. It seemed as if they desired a conflict, and I re- garded it 28 a mere bility that at some precincts they might bring it sbont But Tem glad to fird that, as usual, they are mere boasters, and very careful to 7: out of the wa, when true men are at hand. They did not attend the election; suffered it to goby default. The re- suit is Whittield’s re-election, though not half the pro-+lavery vote was given. There being no contest, and the settlers being busy gathering gon bag 94 and ing for winter, did uot turn out. ie abolitionf§ts have evidently abandoned the con- test in Kansas, and determined to transfer it to Li eg On next Tuesday oer hold an election on their own responsibility; will elect Reeder by as many nominal votes as they choose to certity, and will rely on the House with its abolition ma- jority, giving him the seat. You may think 1 am fering. as it is hard to realize such folly, but I am im earnest, and am eatisfied they act under advice and instructlons from leading abolitionists in and out of the House. I am prepared to see any out- rage etrated by them. Should the House give er this seat and eject Whitfield, what willSouthern members do? 1] hope no one of them will so for forget himeelf as to open his lips in op- position to such a movement. We should throw the whole responsibility on the North; force them to the iesue and make them decide it. I may seem to be wandering from the matters about which you desire information, but Iam not. If Reeder be admitted to a seat, or any other action be taken by Congress to deprive the people of Kan- sas of their right to determine their future condi- tion, we ehall need the wen at once, I need hardly tay to you that abolition cannot be forced upon Kansas, unless the South prove traitors—and not then without more and better fighting men than can easily be found in all abolitiondom. The pro- slavery party have been indifferent to abuse, to the vilest slanders; they have submitted to and availed themeelves of abolition law; have quietly, by votiug, succeeded in protecting themselves. If resort to had to other meaus—to force—they will be fe rpterang ready, and, I doubt not, equally pre- jared. , If, however, no extra necessity be cre. I would advise you to send those of I'ttle means MY whe spring. They can, by reaching Kansas by the mid- le of March, or even Ist ot April, secure to them- selves a Fife ated by erecting a cabin, and then find ample employment by farmers at good wages, during the summer and full. In this way, they can save enough to Pay crane during the winter, and pee that time for fencing and improving their own claim. There will be no election until next October. Men who have means can come in the fall—during the vinter fence their land, so as to be prepared for breaking their grounds early in the spring Our crops are abundant, and provisions will very cheap this winter. The Jand is being rapidly sar- veyed, and by Yai all north of Kausas river and 4 yood deal on the south, will be surveyed, and no bomyor will attend settiements. Every mechanic can find more work at high wages than he can do. It ia thus that the abolitionists Le all their strength --their mechanics alone can live in Kansas, and Id Southern mechanics be found, theirs could get 10 employment. Any who may come, directed to Thomas Johnson, hawnee Mission; any of your friends at Westport; myself at Weston; P. T. Abell, or my brother Dr. Jobn H. Stringfellow, at Atchison, will at once re- ceive every attention and be forwarded in their wishes. No healthy, industrious man will need any help to support him after he reaches here. Twenty-five dollars would be more than gt Sorgaver contingent expenses while making a lo- cation. Iwill say, further, that to any man who will come and recure a pre-emption, the money necessary to enter it will be advanced on the security of the claim at reasonable interest. In 99 cases in 100 his claim will, when entered, bring $500. Claims can now be had which will bring on eutry $10 per acre, with only a cabin. But you should not confiue yourselves to sendin; poor mer—of all sectious of the Union, Kansas the most desirable to men of means—especially to those who have slaves. It must be one of the health- jest ie es of our country—our negroca are as healt! » as in Virginia. They hire for etter prices than in any other State in the Union. This is con- clusive as to the value of their labor. lite danger of their escape, even Jess than from Virginia. They are remote from any free State, have no facilities tor getting away, aud our people are more on the alert than elsewhere. They have now laws more efficient to protect slave prepetty than any State in the Union; these laws ave just taken effect. and have already silenced abcliuonists, for in tae of their heretotore boa-t- ing, they know they will be enforced to the very let- ter, and with the utmost rigor. Not only is it protit- able for slaveholdera to go to Kansas, but politically it is all-important. Every slave taken there will gain five votes from anti-slavery men. Though in feeling opposed to slavery thore who have moved—not been sent—to Kansas from the non-sluveholding States, soon be- come attached to Southern men, and are unwilling to drive them away or to strip them of their proper- ty, and thus practically become pro-alavery But in addition, the necessity for labor demands that slavery be brought here, else the people may be driven to seek white labor, not being able to get negroes, and from nece#rity be forced to exclude ne- gro slavery, that white slaves may be induced to come, In this, our only real danger, where patriot ism and profit combine to call Southern men to come, Thope boy? will 1espopd—that they will not be frightened by the idle threats ot abolitionistain New York or Boston. ‘They ovght to know that ail their outcry fs in the hope that thus Southern men, on the principle—a stupid one, by the way—that “slavery ix ‘dmia,” will, so long as there ia a seeming contest, be de- terred from coming with their slaves, and that thus, after a time, they may outnumber us. Oar friends in Kansas have giver evidence that should satisfy the meet incredulous. hey have carried every election —have enacted the most efficient laws—are prepared and determined to en‘orce them. lcare not how this has been done—if, as aboli- tionists say, Missourians have done it, Missouri. There is as ans can it again! As you know we can, if driven to it, this country alone, send more men to than all New Englaid has been enabled to put there. If are forced in self- defence, we will show that we can do far more than Greeley in bis ravings haa charged ua with deing. But we do not wish, and it is not right that we +! ld be compelled to depopulate our countr. in defence of Southern rights. Others should be ae tic, when, too, they would be so mach r gaipera than we, by @ removal. The South not been recreant, and I am glad to find rhe is now betug aroused to the necessity for We aro on te outposts, fahting yout, bntion We fe are on #, fighting ir battles, e will hold the poet while we have hen left—and if you will give ua @ little help, we will not only gain a victory, but id you and your friends “ out of danger” in the future. Excure the length of this, You know how deeply I feel in this matter. When started, I hardly know how to “stop,” but I know I cannot say too much even to one a8 deeply eulisted aa you. Trily, you friend, B. FP. Sraingrsutow, Thankagiving at the Greene Street Syne- Bogre. On Thanksgiving day the Rev. Dr. Raphall preached a sermon at the Greene street church, in which he alluded to Gov. Clark's proclamation. He said :— My Friendz—We meet here this day to join in the public thankegiving to which we, and our fellow citizens have been invited by the Mayor of New York, the able and honest chief magistrate of this great city. Able I call him, for such bis brief but expressive proclamation bespeaks him; honest I consider him, for such his respect for the dearest rights of his constituents—the rights of conscience —proves him. I had occasion last year on Thanks- giving day, to animadvert on the proclamation of the then Governor, who addressed the inbabitunts of the,State as “ Christians,” and thereby—as far as in bis power laid—excluded all who were not Christians. seid that the constitution of the State of New Youk does not recognise any religious distinctions, Lut considers ail citizens as equals ; that a Governor of this State, holding office under that constitution, is bound in any public document or proclamation to addres: the people as citizens only ; that he has no ight to prefer any one religious persuasion, how- ever overwhelming the majority formed by its pro- fessors ; nor yet to address the people generally as cf one particular denomination, however honorable bat denomination may be in itself; that, conse- quently, Governor Seymour in his proclamation bad vielated the constitution, and had outstepped the legitimate power of his office by infringing on the rights of the minority, and needlessly wounding the feelings of many thousands of his constituents, whom he shut out from the general thanksgiving. Few and simple us were my remarks on the occasion, they reached the ears oi Governor Seymour, who felt himrelf bound to offer an explanation which, in his name, wes tendered to me by a mutual friend. Aud as | wow left at liberty to mse that explanation in any manyer I pleased, I thus publicly state that Governor Horatio Revmanr sarong e medium of Dr Elbert H. Champlin, of Washi ning place, in this city— expressed to me his regret that he should have given causo for my animadversions, which he admitied to be just, well founded, and in perfect ac- cordance with the letter and epirit of the constitu- tion of this State ; that the proclamation in ques tion, however, had not been drawn up by himself ; but from the press of business he had been com- Ned to entrust it to a clerical friend, and that he fy Lo Beans Wished to wrong his Jewish fellow citi- zens or to lessen their rights. Now, if this apology was due to us from ex-Governor Seymour, who ia his proclamation last yoar used one single phrase not sanctioned by the constitution, what amends can be offered by his Excellency Myron H. Clark, our piesent Governor, who in his late proclamation is leased to favor his fellow citizens with an entire iseertation on theology, of the most curious kind, overwhelming them with grace, and faith, and woiks, in @ manner which I doubt whether any two of the many religious denominations throughout the State would receive as orthodox. Now, with his Excellency the Governor's theol in the abstract, I do not find fault, so long as it ps iis arpa place, Let me tinctly unde: i—the tame right of conscience which I desire for wyself, the same respect for our feelings which 1 claim for my people, I am in duty bound, and most willing to extend to others. If, there- fore, his Excellency Myron H. Clark, who hed us 80 singular and nncalled for a specimen of bis theolo- icsl acquirements, should permitted to hold foith from any pulpit throughont the land, and should there expound his views on faith, works, &o., he has as good a right so to do as I have to ad: dregs you here; for Myron Clark, in his private ca- pacity, can and does profess the persuasion his oon- science prefers. The State of New York, however, does not profess any particular religion; and his Excellency the Governor, who representa the State, must not hinge his official acts with one particular religicn more than with any other. When, there- fore, his Excellenoy the Governor permits his pri- opinions and feelings to oP, e diacharge of his public duties, when he foists his peculiar into a general proclamation, and when he does this in & manner offensive to the minority and uncalled for by the majority, 1 say he violates the constita- tion under which he holds office, and is guilty of treason against the rights of conscience. t it not be saié that this expression is too harsh. We are republicans, freemen, and bound to watch that liber ty be not injured by the men we raise to-_power We are Jews, and bound, to the utmost, to main tan perfect religious equality. It is our most pre cious, most highly cherish: : n. It shall not be touched even by a sacrilegious finger, with- out our lovd and indignant protest resounding through the land; and that protest, I know, will re- ceive tLe support of every whole-souled American; for } have read in the New York Herauo twelve o! the proclamations iasued in the States which today celcbrate their Thankegiving; and I tind that in the majority of these proclamations—issued in seven States, which, however, jointly, do: not contain a lithe of the number of Jews residing in the State of New York—no expression is used that the cham- pion for religious equality can find fault with, Let us, then, covsider and treat the proclamation issued by his Excellency Myron Clark, and which shuts ug out from joining in the thanksgiving, as a mere piece of waste paper. Aud now enough of Myroa harks Ifthe All-mercifal spares you and me until next year I have no doubt of being able to announce to you that the people of this State, in justice to the Governor's extraor: pag, Reggie oan v ents, have restored him to t privacy which is best adapted for the study of themes so abstruse as faith aud works and grace; while we, in our thauksgiv- ing, shall, amidst other public mercies, have to make special mention of the removal from office of an unworthy public officer. Let us now accept the invitation oi his Honor the Mayor, and direct our attention to the words of the Psalmist:—Let the vations give thanks to thee, O God! Let them give thanks to Thee, the nations, all of them. The earth hath yielded ber increase. God, our God, doth bless us. God will bless ux, and all the ends of earth shall fear him.” —Ps, 67:5—7.) Theatres and Mxhibitions. Proapway TukatRe —Mra. Julia Dean Hayne will com- merce her fourth week at this house to morrow evening, op which cecasion sbe will perform the heroine in a nev cemestio play, written expr uy for her, enlled “ Che Parhrupt,” tbe scenes and incidents of which belong to this city.’ The pleasant little farce of ‘My Neighbor's Wite”’ will follow. Niv10’s.—The Ravels bave been remarkably successfal since their retprn to ne of their former triumphs. They present a most attractive bill for to-morrow night— conristing of the comic pantomims of “Jeannet-e and Jearot,’” © A Grand Divertissement,’’ embracing national and characteristic dances arranged by Mr. Paul Brillant, and the comic fairy pantomime of ‘+: Asphodel.’’ Fowsny Tusatre — The exciting drama called *‘ The Fe- male Gembler’”’ is agaia atnounced fur to-morroy even- ing, with the same excellent cast as before. The conclud- ing piece ia the nautical drama of *‘ False Colors,’’ ia which Mr. Jobneton and Mes. Ward personate leading parte, The manager announces an eogagement with the new American tragedian, Mr. B. Fairclough. BURTON's THKATRE.—A new five act comedy, written ex reesly for this theatre, called ‘* Falxe Prevences, or Bota Rises of Good Society,’? is to be produced for the first time w-morrow cyening. The various cliaracters will be per- wonated by the leading members of the company, aclad- log ‘be manager. The ole farce of ‘' Al the World’s a Stoge’’ will close the extertainments. Warrack's Trmasee.—The revival of the attractive couedy of “Rule a Wife and Have a Wifa’’ bas proved a very successful 0 ion. It is announced for repetition te-morrow evening, er with the charnlag now comedy cwled “The Little Treasure.”’ Both pieoss ac admirably cast, the principal charss'ers being po-forme! by Messrs. Lester, Walcot, Mrs, Hoey, Miss Gannon, aud other favorites. Wocn’s Mixstruta,—An entire change of songs, danct &e., is announced in the programme for to-morrow. ‘The whole will conclude with the admirable bur- colien “Robe t Mecsire.’’ The managers seem de- termined to merit the success they receive—they spare 1oexpenre to piccure novelties and render their hall comfortable, Bvckiey’s SeRenspers.—This troupe is still, drawing overflowing houses at 689 Broadway. A new programme of peng’, ie offered for to-morrow evening, together with the comical burlesque entitled ‘Villikins and his linah,”’ in whieh Bishop and George Buckiey, Miss Mil- ter, ond other pepular vocalists appear. ‘THs Youne Mxx’s Dramanic Association a ing a dramatic ertertainment and soiree at be Breotiy Mureum to morrow —- After witnessing the per- cymenee of ‘ The Lady ot Lyons’? and ‘The iy,” the audience wiil retire to the ball room, Fest ron « Fiexway’s Wivow.—The members of Engine Co. No. 4 have made arr: its 10 given benefit ‘widow of their deceased Sllow membex, Wallace I. bo war killed ast Monday the fall- flageta is is ike place at Wallaek’s next Satu . Mir, Walleck ng tendered the use of his house for OCC abn, EEE EEE FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. MONKEY MARKET. Sarvepar, Deo. 1—5 P. M. The foreign news by the Atlantic has fallen with crush- Ing effect cn thertock market. The balis to-day were no- where, The advices are mot particularly bad, but ths future is looked forward to with the most serious fore- bodings, end it ie the anticipation of evil more than the really at the moment that ix the onuse of the prosend depression. We have for woeks past shown what the natural course of things must be so long as the Eu- war continues; we have done all in our power to prepare the public mind for the contraction and depres- sion in commercial operations apd in eredit which the bat ent —" ‘far ts sure to bring shout; we Reve chown operators te the stock market that there coul? be no substauttaf baste fov moy inflattom in prices wo lorig ns the war oon- tinued; but all was of no avail. Operators for a rise, im their blind stapidity, rushed into the market, boughs right and left, aud filled themselves. up with fancy stocks at prices which even in the most prospervus tam would have Seen considered by shrewd, seasibly men suffi sfeutly expanded, Some of theve nave never got thel: eyas opened; but dofore they eharly comprehend the danger of their position their pockets witl be considerably igher; perbaps as empty as their heads, A’ the first board to- @ay Linoiy Central Bonds declined % per cent; Canton Co., 3; Nicaragua Transit, 4; Huisoe Raitroad, 34; Cumberland, 1; Panama Railroad 14; Clevelaad aad To- ledo, 34; Galena and Chicago, 3; Chicago snd R, Island, 3; Michigon Centre! Railroad, 2; Michigan Southern Ruil- rond, 4; Erie Railroad, 234; Reading, 1%. There wore Joads of Erie stock brought out this morniag, the sales amounting to more than six thousand shares. There is very little doubt but that this stock mst dnally settle dowa, and fluctuatep under the tufluense of spocuistion, between thirty aud forty percent. These are prodably the extremes, and it may not go beyond either for years. The New York Contral Raileoad, which is aow selling for about double the price or Erie, must steadily approximate. We all know what Erie fs, and as soon as the internal affairs of ‘he New York Central bécome 88 well known, the stock will rule down amoug the sixties, It is nothing but the want of knowleige among holders that keeps New York Central stock wi hin’ twenty per cent of its current price, Erie has # «maior capital, earns nearly as much money, is ope-ated as economically, and yet we find it selling for a>0ut one- half the price for Contzal, Wo do not for a moment think that Erie is worth a fraction more than it is selling at, but we do think New York Central is enormoudly inflated. Reading fell off to-day, with Iirge sales. The fises] year of this company ended yesterday, aad the net earnings for that year will not vary much from two and a-balf miilion dollars, or on increase of sbout half ustt- lion on the net income of the previous year. Western railroad stocks were sold to some extent this morning, ell at lower prices. Mlinois Centrel bonds were freely offered, and sold largely on time. The only operations fu State stocks were in Indiana 6’s, amounting to ten thou- eavd dollare. At the second board the stock market was cdfnpara- tively quiet, Erie and Reading closed heavy at a slight declire, Chicago ond Rock Island advanced 1 per cont, and Nicaragua Transit $4 per cent. New York Central Failroad was quoted at 89 per cent, without sales. A fue days since this stock sold at 92 per cont. Buyers are few and far between. Erie at 47, and New York Coutrag at 89, is out of all resson. There must be a greater equality in value than this. It would certalaly bea very bad bargain to give one and ® half shares of Erie for one of Centra). ‘The Amistamt Treasurer reports to-day as follows:— Paid on Treasury sccount Received his! Balance & "ald for Assay office... for disbursing check! Balavce of all accounta, The warrants entered at the Treasury department, Washington, on the 20th ef November, were as follows :— For the redemption of stocks... $38,143 08 For the Treasury departmen: 13,687 85 For the Interior cepartment For the Custems... - we warrants received and entered, On account of the Navy......0+sse.++ Covered in from ReOUs KOUTCeD can securities during the peat soak investments is Virgin He bends, per cent conver’ ate third mort Sinking Fund bonds, Tilinow plaids and Free fond vonds. here had been so depres:ed by the tightness of money, and an anticipatiun of a decline in the New York market, and were s0 much below the late quotations on that side, thet we have not much to pote, sv they are now about current New York rates. Purchasers are doverred. to come extent from operating by. the late violont tone of the Englich presa, which appears to have worked up aa injory and insul: to the dignity of England, on tte part of America, of which the American Press seoms wholly unconscious. The Boston Transcript of Nov. 80th, says: ‘The Bank Commissioners have-been engaged durin; the last few dys in thoroughly examining the affalr of the Grocer’s Bank. Findiog wavy of the: negotia- tions of the officers to be of rather a loose characier and their affairs wuch extended, with no disposition on the part of tbe other banks to farther lend their ald, the applied to Chiet Justice Shaw this toring for ou aj no ticm op the institution. ‘The Court gran‘ed the appiica tiop, and the bank is prohibited feom doing further ousk ness until the hearing ot the cave on the 4th of Deeombe next, to which time the injunction remains. The presen trouble in financial affairs in State street will not'be mash’ helped by the breakdown of another of our banks, as it wiil have the effect of creating such s panic as will send home a lasge amount ot bills for redemption from abroad. wniok would otherwise be kept out. As might bs expseted, this cloring of the bank doors caused con«iderable exc'te- ment this moroing, particularly among those who bed notes and deposits within; but, as we learn, che Gormis- sieners bave expressed mo doubt of the ‘ablity of the bank to pee Nabilities to the public, those whe hare claims should not sacrifice them, but wait the official statement which the Commissioners must make to the Supreme Court, at the hearing next ye P.8-—Since the above was written, we joarn that an overirsve of bills to the amount of $106,000 his been cCitcovered, which was the immediate cause uf he ppomyt action of the Bank Commisei mera this morniug. Varl- ous rumors sre current in regard to this bank, but we believe the sbove statement embraces all the unaesvunt- ed for liabilities that have come to hght. The curreat report that the stock account was overisaued, is believed to be erroneous. Btock Exe! Big TaN ge. Sarcrpay, Dec. 1, 1855. 60 chs Chi& RIS KR. 90 200 Mivh Gen RR... 100 Mich $& NT RDIO 150 oe b3 5 do... 5 Continental bk. 63 200 Canton C 1to do, 100 do. 2c0 do 277860 21K 2 850 Nic Trans Co..83 153 100 100 d0.,..-.600 16% 460 6 Penn Coal Co, .93 660 160 Hudson R BR..83 3 ay de. 100 106 200 Co... DAO 72% 100 Gal & Chie’ge RR 11836 88003 $10000 Louis’ b10 Os 8600 IILC KR bds.c 7735 50 160 hs CamtomCo,., 21 60 I 50 50 10Ch.& R 300 heading 300 do. oO do. WO do 100 do. 300 do. Ww do 100 do BIE 100 Had Uirer RR... 31 200 Clev & Tol RR.o3 77 10Gal &Chi 18 56 a de 1856 Sarcnpay, Dee. 1 -P M Frotn—The market was without change of m- ment, but, with a good export demend. The sales braced about 12,000 = 15,000 bbis., including com- mon and @xtrm State at $0 37% a 89 50, Westera brands were tolerably active, and for the better claw af Indiana and Mhio brands, the full prices of yeeterday were obtained. Micbigan was dull; Canadian and Soutbera were unchanged. Wheat comtinued inactive, ag. mo- erate sales were raze, among which were 3,000. bushels Canadian white at $2 25; a cargo of Soathern do. sb $2 20; Tenvqmes red at $215.0 $2 16. Western redjwae quiet and nominal. Corn—Sales were toa fair extent at $1050 $3 06% and $1 06, chicdy at the inside fgares, Rye wan unsettled, Pork—Sales uf 300 400 bbls. mess wore re ported at $21 « $21 60. Beef was unchanged. Lard was firm, with sales of 9002 400 bbls. om the spot at 1c. « 1.30. Free sales were made, deliveradie in Janaary and Feoruary, at f(s. 8 11}ge. Cotton wan qaist, mthoat ruflicient sales to establish the market ince the receipt of the Atlantic's news. Whiskey—The sales embraced about 400 bbls. tate prison, at 40¢