The New York Herald Newspaper, September 14, 1856, Page 4

4 VANES GURDUS BE SDMTOR AND PROPRIETOR OPTICS N. W. COANSR OF KASSAU AND FULTON OT8. tm advance, HERALD. 2 conts per copy, $1 per annun. ML HBIALD neo'y Seccr enya Og ont Por ory, um; the European edition, ‘annum, (0 mie reat Brita oF 98 10 auy Dart af the Continent TD inchute VOLUNT“R) CORRESPONDENCE, containing import news, wouciter/rom any quarter af’ ¢ world—if used will be iy pail. Aa” OUN FORKIGN JORRESPONDENTS 408 PARFICULARLY RAQUESTED TO BRab auc Lerreus axB (ACK: "MO NOTICE taken of anorymous commnications. We do return (hone rejected, 358 PRINTING axeculed with neatnes,c% apnese and dew ADVERTISEMENTS renewot every day. a resevsererercece soeee NOs 356 TS TO-MORROW EVENING, &CADEMY OF MUSIC, Four Nonma. b st. Ivauan Orzba— roadway—Tigzt Rore Frars—Fas. EBLO'S GARDE! p—Pos TY AL Dassan BOWERY © . Bowery--Live is New Yore— Wer-4 wo ws, O8 Toe Last OF THE PotLYwoes, BURTON'S NEW THEATRE, Broadway opposite Bond etveet—Hoxcyxous.—A ROLAND POR 4¥ OLIVER, CHAY! STREET THEATRE, te Burton’s)—OraELo —SexEnony Pise. BARNUMS AMERICAN MUSEUM, Broadway-Afernoon —Bieum axp Wonex—Intsu Turon. Bvening =Gimaiva— BROADW rjadway—Tae SEaious Fauny—To0 @R0. CHRISTY & WOOD'S MINSTRELS, $44 Broadway— Bemorss Pearoemaxces— Werro. BOCKLEYS SERENADE 585 Broadway—Eraiorus Mamera cist j—Lucantia Boxe BROADWAY ATHEN THE ALLEGHANIANS. M, 64 Broadway—Coxcert By yn—Don Cmeam ve Bazan cw York, Sunday, September 14, 1856. Te the Pubite. advortizemente must be handed into the publication ee dolore wine o'clock im the evening. Announce (@peuin of doathr, or olber equally urgent notices, arc, of samarse, nace ied. The News. The Arabia, as if to make up for the discomfiture occasioned by her recent accident, has made an ta- wsually rapid return voyage, having left Liverpool on Thursday, the 4th inst., at 11:30 A. M., and arrived at Halifax at 4 A.M. on the 13th—thus making the run in little more than 84 days. There is but little importance in the news which she brings. Its lead- ing features are commented upon in our editorial eolamns. We also give a number of letters re: da by previous steamers, and some ‘ateresting extract. ‘The Arabia left Halifax at half-past ten o'clock for Boston, where she will probably arvive to-morrow. The report of the City Inspector for the week ending yesterday exhibits a further decrease in the mortality of the metropolis, the total number of deaths during the week being 476—29 less than the _previogs week, in which there was@ decline of 27. “Cholera infantam—2 cSseasé peculiar to children— appears to have slightly increased, the report P hed 63 as the total for the week, against 51 the week previous. This complaint is chiefly prevalent dur mg the summer months, and is very fatal to chil- dren. We soon shall have cooler and less sultry wea- ther, when the disease may be reasonably expected to abate its virnlence, as it usually does after the equinoxial changes have taken place. Consump- tion and other diseases of the lungs and throat show an improvement over the previous week, there being 13 deaths less A marked decline is observable in diseases of the brain and nerves, there being a decrease of eleven in that peculiar class of diseases. Diseases of the stomach and bowels, though still very preva- jent, are on the decline. An improvement is aico perceptible in skin and eruptive fevers, which are Was frequent. One death from yellow fowor had eccarred in the Seventh ward, bat the City In- spector reports that the victim was knowa to have visited Quarantine, Staten Island. This is the only cage that has occurred, 20 far as the report states, @mring the week. The fvilowing is a comparison of the mortality last week, compared with that of the week previous:— Men. Women Boys. Girls. Toe Week endtog Sept. 6...59 8$ 199 169 598 Week ening 15....60 @ 208 123 10 The following were among the principal caases of death ‘he past week, as compared with those of the week preceding :-— wee 5 45 nevated above, there were 9 cases of congestion of the brain, 6 of remittent fever, 16 of dropay of the head, 1 by rupture of the liver, 3 hy mortificetion of the lungs, 5 by smallpox, 2 by sunstroke, and 19 from violent causes. There ‘were also 52 sti bora and premature births. The pumber of deaths among children under one year of age is surpricing, amounting to 183. Of the whole number of deaths 375 were natives of the United States, the balance being from various coantries of Burope, principally Ireland and Germany. In the various public institutions the mortality was 47. The mortality seems to have been greatest in the Seven- teenth ward, in which 56 deaths occurred. This ward is large, and teems with population. The following table gives the number of deaths dest week, compared with the corresponding weeks im 1864 and 1855 Week ending Sept. if, 1854..... ost ) Sept. 15, 1866. bu3 “ Rept. 6, 1854 505 “ Sept. 13, 1866.. 416 The following table gives the classification of diseases, and the total number of desths cansed by ecb disease, during the (wo weeks ending — pt. 6. ALR Bones, rine. ke... - 6 ™ 4 3 oi 3 8 5 we 1 23 198 40 1 2 TOM. occ cece cess ‘ wm ae The annexed table shows the temperature of the atmosphere during the past week, the range of the barometer, the variations of the wind currents, and the state of the weather at three periods doring -at 9 A. M., and 3 and 9 o’ctock, NW. 516 REMARKS A burday—Clear all day fa eday—Clear and tultry Mon day—A. M., rainy; ). M., clear, Wetnceday—ciear ai ia eda; ail day. we iv 7 with 4 yA. M.; after 3 oveleek 5 r Friday—Ovoar day. The Britis: bark Resolute, which was deser'od by her captain anc’ crew while on a voyage of discovery » the A otie Ocean, bas arrived at the Navy Yard , Where the is about to undergo repairs nigh to the NEW YORK MERALD, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1856. vernment, Cengress having appropriated $40,000 for that purpose. The Resolute was discovered on the 10th of September, 1855, in latitude 67 degrees North, about twenty miles distant from Cape Mercy, by the whaling bark George Henry, of New London, Connecticut. Captain Buddington, the commander of the George Henry, resolved to bring her to the United States, as a monument of the in- trepidity and seamanship of Yankee whalers; and after a perilous voyage, succeeded in reaching New London in safety with his prize. The Resolute was built of teak wood, expressly for service in high northern latitudes, and is a mode! vessel in that re- spect. When thoroughly repaired she will be sent to Liverpool under command of Commander Hart- stein, who has been appointed to that service by the government. We have files from Kingston (Jamaica) to the llth of August last. They contain little news. Severe earthquake shocks had been experienced in Kingston and the town of Falmouth. In Kingston the undulations appeared to have been from north to south. For days previous the weather was ex- ceedingly hot. About three hours before the earth- quake there was a very smart shower of rain. The Falmouth Post says:—We regret to learn that the crops this year in Trelawny, wil! be much less than we expected, in consequence of the severe drought which has been experienced. The Hon. 8. J. Dallas ‘bas been called by the Governor to the Legislative Council of the island. The Hon Isaac Jackson died on the 3d of August. Some of the journals de- nounce the Spanish traffic in slaves for Cuba. Two men, charged with being abolition agents, were arrested at Cheraw, S. C., a few days ago. They were examined by a Vigilance Committee, and ordered to be sent to the free States. Two mills, belonging to the Norway Plane Com- pany, at Great Falls, N. H., were destroyed by fire Jesterday morning. Tie loss was about $100,000, which fulls on insurance conpanies. Elsewhere will be found fall details of a frightful riot which occurred at Baltimore on Friday. Two men were instantly killed and twelve mortally wounded, besides mavy that were seriously wound- ed. An application was made yesterday (Saturday) before Judge Clerke, af the Supreme Court, fora receiver in the case of the Nicaragua Transit Com- pany, but the matter was postponed to Saturday next. The foreign news per Cambria and Arabia cansed hi lders of cotton yesterday to manifest greater firm- ness; the sales were confined to about 809 bales, without quotable change in prices. Flour advanced a lOc. per barrel, and wheat from 2c. a 3c. per bushel; the sales of wheat on the spot, and to ar- rive, on Priday and Saturday last, exceeded 200,000 bushels, taken ch for export. Common to choice new white Southern, Western and Canadian sold from $1 65 a $170 a $175, the latver igure for choice Canadian, and red do. at $1 50, $1 55 a $1 60. Corn was also 2c. a 3c. higher, and was sold at 7('c. a 724c. for sound mixed. Pork sold at $19 87, check on the same day; while in the usual way it closed at $20. Sugars were active, and purchases were made pretty freely by the trade, and by refiners, at full prices, Coffee was firm, with fair transactions at full prices. Freights were steady, with engage- ments of grain to Liverpool and London at &d.a 8)d., and flour at 2s, a 2s. $d. The News from Europe—The Entente Cor. @lale=Health of Louls Napoleon. ‘The news brought by the Arabia is rather of speculative than positive interest. The London Ster, one of the new penny dailies, and a paper conducted with some ability, publishes a state- ment, to the effect that the relations of Britain and France have lately lost mach of their cordiality in consequence of the policy pursued by t ter in connection with Spain. The dis- position manifested by Great Dritaia to make ifices to conciliate the good- will and he United States, is looked upon e of the probability of an estrange- ment, if not of a positive rupture, between the allies Tt will be recollected that this was the i of the sudden revolution which tone of the English press and of generally, towards this of the Crampton aff lays some with cortal as evi we took tt on cur opinions in connection ‘acts derived from its special sources of in- formation in Paris. There is nothing mor probable than that France should regard jealousy any tendency to a close union between our government and that of Great Britain; and all remaining causes of difficulty between them being since removed, by the settlement of the Central American question, its apprehensions on this point have probably caused Louis Nap leon to receive in anything but a patient spirit ponstrances which Lord Palmerston may t it Lie duty to urge in reference to £ 1 The critical position of affairs in Naples, and active efforts made by the partizanus of Psi Marat to precipitate a revolution there, ar ed to impair the relation: » English and French gover’ Naples, as in Spain, the old Nepoleon policy of family aggrandisement is again beginuluy w d velope itself; and it is evident from the ¢"or'« which England is making to draw closer her tice with this country, that she is alive to the dangers which must result to her from another series of dynastic combinations controlled by so skilful a political intriguer as the French Emperor. The Ster only gives utterance to the sentiment which prevails generally in the English breast ou this point, and which was recently so unmistakably indicated as to compel Lord Palmerston to pocket lis pride, and make such concessions to this coun- try as justice, and, indeed, ecif-interest, dictated. It is to the feeling of uneasiness cansed by these anticipations that must be attribated the downward inclination of the English funds. The revival of the reports regarding the serious character of the malady under which the Em- peror is said to be suffering may also have bad something to do with it, although in the new aspec which matters are assuming we question whether his death would be looked upon by the English as so great a calamity as they were disposed to view it a short time since. There is nothing fresh from Spain. The ex- pected decrees dissolving the Cortes and fixing the new elections had not appeared. Considerable anxiety is manifested on the subject, as it i understood that Louis Napoleon has had no small share in the concoction of the new mea sures which are to decide the fate of that coun try, either by making such concessions to the Progreersistas as may eecure their adbesion to th: new order of things, or, as is more probable, by building up a despotiaa only int d to last nnti) the ulterior projects of the Emperor have had time to be matured. Tae Ivvense Finuworn Getieniwe.— The Fillmore journals are glorifying exce their “ immense demonstration” at Union s the other night, But what does it amount t Who ¢ not remember the funeral of Willia Por Was there ever such a mighty turn o of the people in New Yook since the arriva Kewsuth? Who has forgotten the mave me Great Times in Old Virginia—Botts en the Nigger Driving Democracy. We have given to-day an elaborate speech from John Minor Botts, the Palinurus of Virgi- nia whigs, the bosom friend of Mr. Clay, and the bedfellow of Captain Tyler. This speech, al- though somewhat lengthy, will be found exceed- ingly interesting, and well deserves a careful pe- rusal. Whatever may be the opinions entertain- ed of Mr. Botts by those who have been political- ly opposed to him, it cannot be gainsayed that he is a shrewd observer of the political field and exceedingly well informed upon the topics of which he speaks, For twenty years Mr. Botts has been one of the most prominent politicians in a State where polities are studied as a science, and where every man expects @@her to hold oftice or to say who shall administer the govera- ment—the State of Virginia. He is one of the executors of Mr, Clay—one of the last of that gal- ‘ant band who made so splendid a tight in eighteen hundred and forty-four, and who fell with their feet to the foe. Well, like a good many of his friends, Mr Botts turned up among the Know Nothings, an? s considered one of their best men, He was a candidate for the Presidency before one of the nominating conventions, and has always filled a prominent place in the political history of the country. Mr. Botts now comes before us as the advocate of Mr. Fillmore, although his speech is more like an attack upon the nigger driving de- mocracy thana panegyric upon the Sage of county. Mr. Botts represents the conservative Union element of the South, and his remarks are worth attention. He is firmly convinced that the Missouri compromise should not have been disturbed, and that the administration of Mr Pierce and Jeff. Davis is solely responsible for the disturbed state of the country. Mr. Botss slashes away at Pierce and Buchanan in the most telling way, and ridicules the idea of disusion as a consequence of the election of Col. Fremoat— an event which he seems to consider as high- ly probable. He predicts that our venerable friend at Wheatland will not get a Northern electoral vote, whic! fact, an acknowledg- ment that there is no doubt of Colonel Fremont’ success. He analyzes the cinnati platform. and severely condemns Brooks for his assai upon Sumner. He'says, very truly, that it is not the intention of Mr. Fremont’s supporters to in- terfere with slavery w t exists by law, and that the institation and Union would be az safe in the hands of one candidate as in those o/ another, Altogether Mr. Boits’ Richmond speech, al- though intended to help Mr, Fillmore, will be a valuable electionecring document for Fremont. There are many weuk backed people at the North—aund particularly i ersey and Penn- sylvania—who are frightened by this ery of dis- union, but who would be glad to vote for Fremont were this bugbear out of the way. Mr. Botts, representing the same populatiea of the South, has laid this ghost. He declares many tis that whatever may be the result of the con- test, the Union will be in no sort of danger This is the salient point of the speech, and it shows a revolution in the sentiment of that sec- tion when an orator cau say these things toa Southern audience, and be ed to with ab- sorbing attention. He conden too, gross outrage upon Senatg Sumner; and in this we are confident he will Le sustained by the intelli- gence of the South. Mr. Botts has taken the po- sition on this question pr ely assumed by the Heratp and other cor tive journals. It aview founded upon common sense, and is alike repugnant to extreme fani n, wh r coming from ihe North or tl sene men must know that th North and the secessionist a very mall minority; and derstood everywhere. Th mocracy hope té gain votes by re lisunion, and calling every man for Mr. Buchanan a Botts says, they should han shame, and ask to be reli s of power which they have incompetent to maintai B outh ar ni tain great principles inve tiel contest which should for a moment. The Fremont men > the ar- nt all on their and should not by frightened by the outeries of the ore like the Chinese gongs with wh viore of the Central Flowery Kingdc en the Bri Progestin the Old ments of Approx! the multitade of » ve been lately started to gratify t epeeulation, which has ef the money ma: re comparatively few whi tory estimates, or whi prospects of a return for the « ition nvested Curious to say. in proportion means of obtaining information rv them seems easy and the ground to be« | limited, the difi- culty of arriving at prec'se results i¢ augment We have seen thie illustrated in numberless i stances on our own lines, and the fact is only to be accounted for by the general unsonndacsa of these projects, and their concoction for the par- poses of fraud. With schemes of greater mayni- tude, end which embrace t scope of their operations the inter f several cour tries, the reverse is to be observed. The at tion of the scientific world generally becomes ii terested in them, they receive a thorough in- vestigation and discussion, and {t fe, therefore z2 the bene. fte in which so many and such varions interests must share, These facts have been forcibly im preseed upon us by great railroad enterprises v epite of their apparent dif difficult for speculators to mouoy e consideration of two h have latterly, i risen rap public favor, and bid fair to be eventually real ized. The fret of these in importance —at least as regards thie comtinent—is Honduras Inter c¢ Railway. The pre y survey of his line wae made in the year! by Lieut. dofftere, U.S. N., and a eommission of scien fe gentlemen, who drew up a_ highly able report of its capabilities, [te facts subsequently confirmed by Captain Fitzroy, an official report to Lord Clarcadoo dated May 15, 1856. Both documents show that ir neral calubrity and aber niry throug oasesses at all the pri 10 adequate and A char roment of Hendurae, which w , 1 hy Logislative " ‘ be A 1 cough Pal pote. aay CUM | bueerek, Ob pany are to enjoy the road for a period of seventy years from its opening, at the end of which time the works are to be purchased by the State at a fair valuation, or the charter must be continued to the company in perpetuity. The charter of the Pa- nama line, it should be observed, is only for forty- nine years, at the end of which period the road must revert to the public of New Granada; but at the expiration of twenty years the government may take it on payment of $5,000,000, or at the end of twenty years on payment of $2,000,000, or less than one-third of the cost. The charter of the proposed Tehuantepec line is for twenty years, when it must devolve to the government—a bonus of $600,000 to be paid to the latter by the com- pany on the delivery of the charter. It is encum- bered with other conditions controlling its opera- tions and burdening its traffic. Thus, it will be seen that as regards the extent and duration of its privileges, the Honduras line porResses mi greater advantages than the other —) Politically speaking, it is also much moi ably situated. The whole lineand both ports are under the sole jurisdiction of one State, which has surrounded the concession with guarantees which place it beyond the dan- ger of seizure or interruption. By the recent treaty with England the line will be placed ua- der the joint protection of this country and the three leading European Powers: and thus eircum- stanced, there is no political contingency that can be thought of which can affect its prosperity. Of its facilities of construction we have satisfac- tory evidence in the report of the American Commission, and in those of Captain Fitzroy, R. N., and Mr. Kelley, an American gentleman, who has had a survey of the Isthmus made at his own expense, with the object of constructing a shin canal. Without going minutely into the details of these reports, it is sufficient for us to state that, notwithstanding the great elevation of the summit level, (2,400 feet.) the aggregate rise and fall will not be as great as those of the Bos- ton and Albany, the New York Central, the New York and Erie, and many others of our own lincs, There are no intermediate summits. The road ascends gradually through the valley of one river and descends through that of another, and presents none of the, difficulties which are in- separable from routes crossing a district of country transversely to the water courses. In addition to this, the longest incline, and conse- quently the lightest grades is on the Atlantic side, from which direction the heaviest freight may be expected to come. But to reduce the question to positive figures, we may state that the Panama railway has grades of fifty-three feet on the Atlantic declivity, and sixty on the Pacific. The maximum grades on the proposed Tehuantepec road are sixty-four feet, not to speak of tumeiling. Those on the proposed Honduras line will not exceed fifty-five fect. We take these data from Captain Fitzroy’s report, as being least likely to incur the charge of partiality. For the pecuniary prospects of the line we ere, fortunately, not compelled to have recourse to conjectural estimates. The returns of the Panama road will afford a fair basis of caleula- tion for the returns that may be expected from the Honduras route. From the report of the former, it appears that two semi-annual divi- dends of six per cept were paid to the Panama shareholders out of the earnings of the road for 1855, leaving a surplus of three per cent addi- tional in the treasury of the company. Up to January 1, 1856, the road had paid thirty and a half per cent on its subscribed capital. These earnings were made on a travel nearly equally divided with the route via Nicaragua. Amongst the other advantages which the Hon- duras Hine will have over its Isthmus rivals are those of the greater durability of the works and amore convenient and abundant supply of fuel. Owing to the quantity of wood employed in th« construction of the Panama line, and the moisture of the climate, the outlay for repairs is necessarily very great. This will not be the case with the Honduras road, the temperature being so much dryer; and besides this, all the requisite materials, as well as native labor, are to be found on the spot. The fuel which is used on the Panama line is carried from distant ports, but in the case of the Honduras road there will not be this difficulty, as itis to be found in abundance near Fonseca Gulf. Whethar, therefore, we take the privileges granted under the charter, of which we have only specified the leading one, the facilities of construe- tion and fuel, or the financial prospectsof theline, it is undeniable that no railroad enterprise has ever presented itself under more promising aus pices. Favyorably situated as it will be for com- munication with North and South America, Europe, China, India, Australia and the islands of the Pacific, it is one that will speedi- ly concentrate upon it the attention of capitalists, both here and abroad, and employ profitably some portion of the immense sums which are being frittered away on bogus specula- tions offering no real prospect of return. Of the vest commercial benefite which it will ultimately confer upon our continent it is unnecessary to speak. They will be apparent to every one who chooses to give a moment’s consideration to the subject. Of a similar character, in its prospective influ: ence on the destinies of the other hemisphere, bat involving a greater expenditure and covering larger extent of space in its construction, is the project known as the Euphrates Valley route to India, Of the immense variety of schemes clabo- rated within the last quarter of a century for the purpose of shortening the communication be tween Great Britain and its Indian possess'ons, it iscurious that althongh none are older, none have continued to mainfain 80 strong a hold of the favor of scientific men as this. Whilst all the others, from Pare’s project of a Calais, Constan- tinople and Calcutta railway in 1842, down to Mr. R. M. Stephenson's crude schemes of a more recent date, have been exploded, as being more or less impracticable, this route has been again revived with a fair prospect of being ultimately executed. The country through which it is pro- posed to carry this line was, by command of William IV., examined and surveyed sbout twenty years ago, with the view to the introduction of improved means of transit, by Major General Chosney; and subsequent scientific investigations under Captain Lyneh, C. B., and Commander Campbell, both of the Indian Navy, have oborated the favorable report made by that officer. The consent of the Vorte having been recently obiained to the exe- eution of the project, a company bas heen formed o carry itow'. 1 le only) present to execute the first sect’ at railroad from port Seleuck: ithe Mel erranean, to Ja | low whieh point the permanently open for steamer € the boot m, at 7 Onetle. on the Euphea wotow of th vor en livate Ob cay a ieee Gua, at steam route being thus established between the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf, the shortest and most rapid means of communication between the capitals and emporia of the West and East would be open at once for political and commercial purposes. The future sections of the line will be gradually carried down the val- ley of the Euphrates, from the right bank, oppo- site Ja’ber Castle, to Phumsah, the ancient Thap- sacus. Crossing into Mesopotamia, at this suit- able place, the railway will be carried along by Anah and Hit to the environs of Bagdad, and thence by Babylon and Hillah to the confluence of the Euphrates and Tigris, at Kurnab, where there is sufficient depth of water for the largest steamers, or to Bussorah, thirty-seven miles nearer the head of the Persian Gulf, wheve an extensive trade is already carried on, and where there is ample accommodation for square rigged vessels. In fact, the trade of Tur- key in Europe, Asia Minor, Mesopotamia, and all along the proposed line to its terminus at the head of the gulf, is of the greatest importance, and only requires a ready means of transit for its developement. The success of the English and Austrian steam companies on the line be- tween Constantinople, Smyrna and the coast of Syria and Egypt, is the best proof that the re- sources of these countries merely require an out- let. In addition to this, we may mention that 1¢0,000 pilgrims pass yearly along the route of the Euphrates or Tigris, to visit Bagdad and the other holy cities, Of the benefits to the com- merce of Europe and of the world generally, that will result from the opening up of this route, some idea may be formed from a comparison of the imports and the exports of the ancient trade with these countries, and the more modern sta- tistics of British commerce with the East during and subsequent to the existence of the Levant Company. These are the considerations which recom- mend it most to our favor, although amongst the other claims urged for it are the moze expedi- tious route which it will give Great Britain to its Indian possessions, and the beneficial influ- ence which it will exercise on the good govern- ment and developement of the Ottoman empire. From the facts which we have laid before our readers in regard to these two great enterprises, it will be seen that pari passu in both hemispheres there are two great movements of approximation in progress, by which it is sought to draw closer their relations and interests, Whatever Scrip- tural interpretotion may be given by fanatics tothis tendency to union on the part of the na- tions of ihe earth, the optimist and the philan- thropist cannot but rejoice at it as a step gained towards their favorite Utopias. Looking upon it ina more sober and material light, we believe that it is destined to exercise a powerful influence on the future welfare and progress of the United States, All the new routes opened up to European commerce in India, China and Africa are only so many fresh channels secured to Ameri- can enterprise and energy. There can be no stronger bonds of amity between nations, or surer guarantee against the recurrence of war. Forgiex Estimates or American Maxners— Evipexce on wich we are Jvpgep.—tIn another column will be found two curious articles, from the Correio Mereunti! of Brazil, and Le Nord of Brussels, based upon the advertisements of the New York Herarp. In the interest which the great social and political movements at work in this country naturally excite abroad, it is not to be wondered at that foreigners should frequently commit mistakes in their appreciation of their true character and objects. If those who are resident amongst us cannot, after the lapse of years, always succeed in identifying themselves with our ideas, it is not to be expected that writers at a distance should be able to forma fir estimate of American society from such im- perfect evidences as they have before them. We have seen how few foreign tourisis have pene- trated below the surface of things in their analysis of our social and political life. How less likely is it, then, that writers who formed their <peenlations on the ephemera of our jour- nals should approach nearer to a sound judg- ment? The articles to which we refer scarcely fall within the list of those which are entitled toa serious criticism. They do not the less contribute to confirm the misapprehensions which prevail abroad as to our ideas and habits, The writers do not reflect that it would be just as fair for us to draw from the advertisements of the London Times, or of the Continental jour- nals, conclusions prejudicial to the general morality of English, French or German society, as for them to deduce from the advertisements of our newspapers views unfavorable to that of Ame- rica, The leading journals of ‘all countries re- semble each other in the character of their ad- vertisements. The more popular and wide spread their influence, the more diversified, original and amusing the latter are. The opportunities af- forded by euch convenient vehicles of communi- cation are of course frequently abused, and the frivolous and idle do not seruple to avail them- selves liberally of them. To take the eserpades of such persons as evidence of anything beyond the fact that there are in our midst the usual _propor- tion of triflers and fools which is to be found in every large community, is too absurd a mode of judging of things to excite any other feeling than that of amusement. That a limitation is not im- posed on advertisements of this character, is to be accounted for less by the cupidity of newspa- per proprietors than by their unwillingness to curtail a positive convenience to the public. How many facts of vital importance to individuals, which would find no other means of transmis- sion, are daily communicated through this me- dium! We have known numberless instances of property restored, of lost children recovered, of erring members of a family brought back to their duties, and of undeserved suffering relieved, through its means, For such benefits the adver- tising system, which has found its greatest deve- lopement here and in England, may well be ex- cused for the occasional abuses to which it gives rise. Orr wrrn Trem Heans.—We are sorry to learn that several Custom House democrats who took sides among the democratic wire-pullers on Thursday, in behalf of Mayor Wood for Mayor, were discharged on Friday. Quick work. For- ney’s finger in the pie. The Turf. Rocnar, Brows Dink axn Lany Moacow.—There cele britien mect to morrow on the Uniow Course, to contend a purse and stake of #2,000 This trot will be @ air, and worth secing are to trot to har ma “tween these t, and will re BE WG wegines THE LATEST NEWS BY MAGNETIC AND PRINTING TELEGRAPHS, Massachusetts Politics—Death of Hon, J, L. Dimmock. Boston, Sept. 18, 1856, The Hon, Samyel H. Walley, the whig candidate fo Governor last year, has written a letter réviewing politi cal affairs, and declaring for Fremont ana Dayton. The Hon. Jobn L. Dimmock, a well known citizen, d yesterday at his residence in Watertown. Fillmore Mass Mecting. Crvcrnnati, Sept. 12, 1856, ‘There was a yery large Fillmore mass meeting be this evening. A large torch light procession is now p rading. From Washington, Wasuincrow, Sopt. 13, 1856, Senator Clayton publishes a letter in the Jn(elligencer, declaring that it is his intention to express no preference and take no part in the Prosidentia! contest. Burning of the Mills of the Norway Plain Company. Gaear Fairs, N. H., Sept. 13, 1866. Mills Nos, 1 and 2of the Norway Plain Company, at Rochester, N. H., were destroyed by fire this morning, Lose about $100,000, Ineured, pests ‘The Ship Sebasticook, Bosroy, Sept. 18, 1856. ‘The ship Sebasticook, which sailed from Shields for New York, is telegraphed below, wiih jury, fore, main and mizentopmasts gone. She has anchored in Nantasket Reads, Arrest of Abol m Agents. Bataiwore, Sept. 13, 1856, James Caldwell and John Malone had been arrested at Cheraw, 8. C., charged with being abolition agents. They were taken before the Vigilance Committee and sent to the free States, New Orjeans papers of Sunday last are to hand, Markets. PHILADELPHIA STOCK BOARD. PutapeLrnia, Sept. 13, 1856. Stocks steady. Pennsylvania 6’s, 83; Reading Rail- road, 4334; Long Island Railroad, 1334; Morris Canal, ‘1434; Pennsylvania Railroad, 4’ , 47. New Oxreays, Sopt. 12, 1856. Cotton—Sales, 1,800 bales: market wuctaaged.. Beies for the week, 9,200 bales. Stock, 21,000 bales. Coffee— Sales at 10:6. 810% c. Sales for the week, 3,000 bags. Stock, 69,000 bags. Sterling exchange, 9}, per cent pre- mum, ‘The Bark Resolute at the Navy Yard. Tne British bark Resolute, with whose history our renders are already familiar, arrived at the Navy Yard yesterday, where she is tobe repaired and fitted up un- der the direction of Licut. Hartstein. It will be remem- bered that @ resolation was adopted at the extra session of Cor gress, appropriating forty thousand dollars towards purchasing and putting her in a proper condition before presenting ber to the British government. Of this amount thirty-three thousand are to be paid to the owners, captain and crew of the whaling bark George Henry, of New London, Conn., by which, it will be remembered, she was discovered on the 10th of Sept,. 1856, in latitude 67 north, and about twenty miles from Cape Mercy, The Rerolute is at present lying in dock, and the work of overhauling her commensed yesterday. As it is the intention to present her tothe British government with everytbing that was found on board at the time of her discovery, an inventory of her cargo, furniture, and alP her appointments, will be taken previous to their removal, for the parposes of repairing, cleaning and repainting. The men employed ber were engaged, yesterday, in removing the powder, rockets and other ammunition from the hold. With this exception everything on board remains ag it was at the time of the discovery of the bark. There was the captain’s library, and conspicuous among the works it contained was a fine edition of ‘ Ali- son's History of Europe.’’ The greater part of the collec- tion consisted, however, of scientific books. Here, in another place, was an old hand organ, with which the Arctic voyagers whiled away some of the tedious hours of the long and dreary polar nights, but it was in a rather dilapidated condition, and, like the vessel, stood much in need of repair. Old boots, with leggings made of the warm- eet kind of fur, and soles of corks, were lying in what had evidently once been jatended tor the wardrobe, but which ‘Was now @ storehouse for the old clothes that had been cast off by the crew before fhey abandoned the vesecl. The curtority seekers had hardly left a button that they had not appropriated. Of plates, dishes, cups, saucers, kpivee, forks, spoons, and other indispensible articles of tbat character, there wore enough to supply a good sized store, In fact, there was “nothing wanting which wae necessary for the use and comfort of the officers and crew. The vessel herself is a mode! of massive strength, and admirably titted to cope with the perils end dangers of the Arctic seas, The expense of repairing her, exclu- sive of the tbirty-three thousand dollars purchase money paid for ber by our government, will be from ten to fifteen thourand dollars. I: ts expected that she will be ready for sea in about four weeks, when Lieutenant Hart- stein, who has already been appointed to tne command, will take ber to Eugland. The other cflicers have not yet ‘been appointed. It has been suggesied that it would be well for car government to send jastructions to some one of our war yeesels on the European station, to be prepared to re- ceived her on her arrival at London, or whatever other English port she may stop at; and it is thought that the steam frigate Merrimac, which sailed a fow days since for Southampton, would bo the most suitable vessel for the purpose, Something of the kind ought to be done, and we think the suggestion is at least worthy of conal- deration. Religious Intelligence. Several of the churches of this vity, which have been closed for the last month or two for repairs, were opened last sabbath, and discourses preached by the pastors, Among them we notice the return of Key. Dre. Adams, Campbell, Parker, and Burchard, and Rey. Messrs. Wood, Hovey, and Lucas. The Seventh church is not yet com- pleted; the other absent pastors are expected to be at their posts to-day. The Allen street church has been considerably improved. Rev. Cyrus Hamlin, D.D., Missionary of the American Board at Constantinople, will preach in the Mercer street church (Rey. Dr. Prentiss), this morning. Bishop Potter will admiutster the rite of confirmation in the Memorial church, coruer of Hammond street and Waverley place, this evening. ‘The Rey. Dr. Macmenamy’s services, condusted on the Aposiolical plan of dealing with error, and attended by Romanists of various sects and Protestants of various Chrietian denominations, are now held in the new Mission church, Twentieth street, between First and Second ave- pues, on Sabbath evenings, at 734 o'clock, Pa J Fifteenth fg Presby mage me ——— avenue rv wi a Preaching by Rev. gus tt aboot, nial The Fiftieth atreet Presbyterian church, Rev. G. 8. Plomley, pastor, will resume their services to-day, on tne grounes of Samuel Fleet, Eeq , corner of Highth avenue and Fifty rourth street. Preaching by the pastor. APPOINTMENTS OF THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL nIsHoP. To day, evening, at the Memorial church, in this city. Torodef, Toresaon, at Lewlsboro ae Laws ". Wednesday, at St. Mary's church, North Castle; after- noon at St. Stephen's. ORDINATION. Rey, William B. Capron, who is under t of the 4. B. ©. F. M., as @ missionary to in South. India, was or dained to the work of the miaistry in ridge, Mass., on Wednesday, Sept. 3. INVITATIONS. ‘The Rev, Geoge P’. Hopkune bas accepted a cal) to Trin}~ ty Church, Freeport, armstrong county, I’a. Mr. Edwin M Wheelock bas recently been invited to. settle over the Unitarian society in Dover, N. #. Mr. George Bradford bas received an invitation to be- come the pastor of the Unitarian society in Watertown, Rey. Louis Kellogg, of Oswego, tas nocepted a cail io the Presbyterian aeerte in Tromansburg, N.Y. Rev, Wm, Hall has ascepted a call to the O14 Svhood church in Mt. Pleasant, Ky. Rev. Cyrus, Dickinson, of Wheeling, calied to festminster ((). 8) church, Baltimore, Rev. Dr. . Rogers, of Philadelphia, bas been callow to the North Duteh church in Albany. INSTALLATION. ‘The installation of Rev. ©. Y. DeNormandio over the Ppitarian Charch and Society, in Fairhaven, took place om Wednesday evening, Septembor 10. Rev. 8. Hi. Tolman was ordained and installed at Wil- mington, Mass, on the lith ult. Sermon by Professor Phelps. Rey. Fiias N. Crane was ordained and imetalied jor of the 0. 8. chureh in New \ernon, N.J., om the ‘on une sermon by Dr. Murray |, RESIGNATIONS. Torry has resigned the rectorship of Vo, Missouri, aad accepted a call ts epureh, St: Louta, hav restened the rurnh of Peta ett Va, bas boom she F briat ¢ he cbe peter COR oat ebgMOE WE Fite Ob