The New York Herald Newspaper, October 5, 1856, Page 6

4 NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENNET?®, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR, OFFICE ¥. W. CORY ER OF NASSAU AND FULTON 878, Fairy i part of Greas Briuain, or $6 to any part athe Continent, ADVERTISE HENTS rence every tay. Velume X'KI........... setesees esse eens nese NOs BIT AMUSEMENTS TOMORROW EVENING. IBLO'3 GARDEN, Broadw: —Busxcee, 08 rae Riva, BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery—Daev, on ree Diswav ‘Swaer—MeTs-mo-ra. BURTON'S NEW THEATRE, Froadway, opposite Bond JOBBN'S LlUspawD—POOR SCHOLAR—CATCHING 4 GOV- ERNOR. Karey, thm VIVANDIERE ‘WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broadway—Loxpen Assvkaxce Tee Chev suER. OHAMBERS STRERT THEATRE, (ate Borton's)—Honse- mon Ronimeor—Deren vexsiox or Richanp IIl, BARNUW'S AMERICAN MUSEUM, Broadway—Afternoon ano Evening—Gex. Tox Tuowp axp Dramatic NoveLties, BROADWAY VARIETIES, 472 Broadway—Taw Invixci- vige—Tiie [nism BuOOM-MAKER CITY ASSEMBLY ROOMS—Orrranio Gums, py Mur. La- @rsvor ayy Tur Manereun TRovre. RO, CHRISTY & WOOD'S MINSTRELS, 444 Broadway —Brmiorias FEavoxwaxcne—WAFFO. BUCKLEY'S SERENADERS, 565 Broadway—Ersiorus ELSY—ALL MOONSHINE. ‘EMPIRE HALL, 506 Broadway—Nrono Mucopizs, Dances ECCENTRICITIES BY THE CAMPBELLS, BROOKLYN MUSEUM, Brocklyn—-ApvocaTe—Buack Susay—Toup Lover—Lapy or Tue Lake, &c. New York,’ Sunday, October 5, 1856. ——$—$—$— $_ $— $—$—=_—— Mails for the Pacific. NEW YORK HERALD—CALIFORNIA EDITION. ‘Me United States mai) steamship Ilinois, Capt. Boggs, ‘will leave this port to-morrow afternoon, at two o'clock, ‘The mails for California and other parts of the Pacific, wi!) clove at one o'clock. ‘The New Yore Werxiy Hunarp—California edition— eoutaining the latest intelligence from all parte of the world, will be published at ten o’clock im the morning. Single copies, in wrappers, ready for mailing, sixpence. Agents will please send in their orders as early as pos- eile. The News. Senator Wilson, of Massachusetts, addressed a ‘very large andience in the Broadway Tabernacle last evening, on the question of Free labor. He did #0 in compliance with the request of the Mechanics’ and Workingmen’s Union of this city. He review- ed ably, in a serious-jocose style, the recent history ef politics in the country, paid his respects to Gov. Wise, ex-Gov. Floyd, Mr. Keitt, Senator Toombs, Senator Benjamin, Mr. Herbert, &c., and laid down the doctrine broadly and unreservedly that in the territory now belonging to, or that may hereafter be ebtained by the United States, the institution of slavery shal! never be permitted to exist. We give a condensed report of his speech. After the meet ‘ing a procession was formed, whith marched up to the residence of Col. Fremont. A letter has been received in St. Louis from Kansas, dated 24th ult., which states that the free State prisoners had been examined before Judge Cato, and committed for trial at the April term of the Court. The election for delegates to Congress and members of the Territorial Legislature takes Place to-morrow. Governor Geary has, it is said, stationed United States troops at various points where troubles are anticipated on election day, in or- der to ensnre a fair expression of the popular will. We publish in another part of today’s paper a description of the ceremonies and pageants on the occas! on of the coronation of Alexander, Emperor of All the Russias. It is from the brilliant and graphic pen of the Crimean correspondent of the Lon don Times—an announcement which will ensure its eager perusal. Erastus Corning is the democratic nominee for Congress in the Albany district. We understand that a warrant from the govern- ment has been received by the French Consul, au- thorizing the arrest of Auguste Perat, Louis Grelet and Eugene Grelet, charged with defrauding the Rothschilds of some millions of francs. The war- rant directs that they be brought before the federal authorities of this city for an examination. The above named parties are already in the custody of the Sheriff, but will be transferred on Monday to the charge of the United States Marshal. The warrant also includes the mame of Charles Carpentier, not yet arrested. Jndge Anderson, of the Fifth District Court, yes- terday ordered a non-suit to be entered in an action against the Corporation and Chief Engineer Carson, for damages done to the stoop of house 257 Henry street by flre engine companies, while running their apparatus on the sidewalk during the deep snows of last winter. The decision is important, as re- gards the liability of the city in such cases. City Inspector Morton's report for the past week is a very acceptable document. It shows a decrease of 42 in she mertality of the city during that period, as compared with the figures of the week previous, There has been a large falling off in diseases of the brain and nerves, and of disorders of the stomach, bowels and other digestive organs. One death from yellow fever is reported. We observe by the re- porte from jthe Health Officer that two vessels from West India porta, having yellow fever on board, ar rived below this port on the 3d inst. They were promptly placed in Quarantine, where they will remain until the appearance of a “black frost.” The following shows the mortality of last week and of the week previous: — Men, Women. Boys. Girls. Teta, ‘Week ending Sept. 27....74 7 153 i” 431 Weer ending Oc 4....68 06 188) «(t B80 The following were among tbe principal causes of death the past week, as compared with those of the week preceding:— Week ending Week ending St, f Oct. 4 ° a ‘There were also 5 deaths of bronchitis, 7 of con- gestion of the brain, 10 of croup, 14 of dropay in the head, 8 of hooping cough, 8 of inflammation of the brain, 4 of smallpox, 5 of teething, 5 prematare births, 29 stillborn, and 13 deathe from violent causes, Of the whole number, 257 were of ten years of age and under, and 34 were inmates ot the va- ries pallic inettatians, The fe ing table gives the claasification of dis wanes, the total number of deaths caused by each disease, during the two weeks ending— Sept. "s £ Generative organa. Heart and blood RE) Saode Pe ee ry $] 33 in 1864 and 1856-——- ‘Week ending Oot. 7, 1864. Week ending Oot. 6 1886 ‘Week ending Oct. 4, 2866.. The annexed table shows the temperature of the atmoephere dering the past week, the range of the harometer, the variations of the wind currents, and the state of the westber at three periods during NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1856. each day, viz:—at 9 A.M., apd 3 and 9o'clock x. Hid | pg ee Prog FE Saturday—Clear and coo). Sunday—Ciear and cool. Monday—Cloudy, rainy, stormy; breeze &. E. ‘Tuescay—A. M., vain; P. M., cloudy. Wednesday—Clear and pleasant; P. M,, clear and cold. Thuraday—Clear and cool; P. M., clear. Friday—Clear and pleasant; P. i, clear. Saturday—Clear and pleasant. Abont forty of the two hundred engineers em- ployed upon the Erie Railroad ‘‘struck” yesterday, in consequence of the refusal of the company to rescind or modify a rule, adopted by the Board of Directors, discharging any engineer who allows his train to ron off a switch while entering 2 station. The engineers also demanded an increase of wages, and the privilege of a free passage for the employes of other railroad companies over the road, both of which propositions were likewise rejected. The strike, however, did not cause the slightest embar- rassment tothe company. The trains made their trips with the usual regularity, the situations va- cated by the discontented engineers having been immediately filled. The sales of cotton yesterday reached about 1,200 21,500 bales, the market closing firm. Mid’ ug cottons were scarce, and were dearer in proportion than the higher grades, having been sold at 12jc. The new cotton arriving is generally above the middling grades. The lightmess of the stock also tends to check operations. The chief purchases are made by spinners. Flour was from 5c. a l0c. per barrel lower. Wheat was also lower. Red sold at $l 45 a$1 52, and white at $1 60a $1 62. We learn of the suspension of a highly respectable firm engaged in the flour and corn trade. Corn sold at 67c. a 68c. Pork was dull, with sales of mess at $19 933 a $20. Sales of sugar were confined to 500 a 600 bhds. Cuba muscovado, at steady prices. Cof- fee was quiet, and prices unchanged. Freights were steady, and rates continued about the same. The Crisis of Disunion at Last—Threats tn Pennsylvania. When it became obvious that the great battle of the Presidential campaign was to be fought on the question of slavery extension by force of arms, we sept a reporter to Virginia and a cor- respondent to Pennsylvania to let us know how the land lay. We have thus had from time to time the earliest intelligence of the disunionist opera- tion by which Gov. Cobb and other Southern nota- bilities are endeavoring to bully the Pennsyl- vanians into the support of Buchanan. But the letter we publish from Pennsylvania this morning is by far the most important that we have re- ceived. The country has been alternately con- vulsed with laughter and roused to indignation by the fanfaronade of Keitt and Brooks; but their performance sinks into insignificance by the side of that of the notorious Colonel John W. For- ney, Chairman of the Buchanan Siate Executive Committee, and confidant and right hand man of the democratic candidate for President. On Saturday before last, John W. Forney ad- dressed a mass meeting at Reading, Pennsylvania. He did not take any roundabout course: he went tothe point directly: he told the people of Reading—who are mostly going to vote for Fre- mont—that if they did not vote for Buchanan, the party which he (Forney) represented would break up the Union, He would be fair with them: they would have their choice, either to let Forney choose a President for them, or to sub- mit to the loss of their nationality. One thing or the other. Either Forney or death. No other alternative. Perhaps some sturdy citizen of Reading ob- jected to being forced to accept this dilemma. Perhaps Forney saw, among the lowering faces and knit brows before him, evidence that the Pennsylvanians would not submit to be treated like cattle. For he felt it to be policy to add that the Pennsylvanians must not think of making Kansas a free State. They must give up the idea once and forever, and say no more about it; for the South would not submit to that any more than to the election of Fremont, and if the North tried it on, they would get well thrashed for their pains. “ Whe South,” he repeated, “ would wade hence deep in blood—would ride in blood up to their horses’ bellies, sooner than not carry the point.” In fine, the only course for the Pennsylvanians to pursue, if they cared for their own safety and their national existence, was to let the South make Kansas a slave State by military coercion, and to vote for Mr. Buchanan. We are not surprised to find that our corres- pondent reporte a large increase of Fremont voters in consequence of this speech. This is not the first—though we trast it may be the last—time in the history of this country in which & Presidential candidate relies on the fears, not on the wishes; on the cowardice, not on the pr- triotism; on the baseness, not on the manhood of the people for euffrages. Mr. Fillmore set the example; but Forney has given the idea a practical illustration, which places it in a far stronger light. We have seen a good deal of electioneering, and are acquainted with & good many political and oratorical de- vices; bat this is the first time that we ever heard o stump speaker tell his audience that if they did not vote for his man, he would have them ruined, and if they be- haved in a way he did not like, thrashed into the bargain. Highway robbers, as our corres. pondent suggests, use this argument. They say frankly to their victim—“Your money or your life!” But it is new for a stump speaker to adopt the same form of appeal in addressing an audience of several thousands of intelligent freemen. We shall know, in the course of a fortnight, what the effect of this original kind of oratory has had among the sturdy people of the Keystone State: we shall see how many of them Forney and the other bullies have scared into voting for Bu- chanan for fear of the South. In the meantime, we will only add that, though Forney, as the in- timate, familiar, alier ego, and guardian of James Buchanan, is perhaps entitled to more attention, and his speeches to more authority, than other members of the party like Cobb, Floyd and Brooks, we are satisfied that the difference be- tween him and them is one of degree only. He is more candid than they; but they all think alike. From Mr. Bachanan himeelf to the Post- masters and Custom House officers thronghout the country, the whole of this demoralized, un- principled, shameless ruling party goes for dis- unien in the event of their defeat, and for war in Kansas to keep up the price of slaves. They have already nullified the constitution in one half the Union hy destroying freedom of speech, -of assemblage, of the press, and substituting for the law mob violen: they wil) deetroy ii if Buchanan js elected gether in Kansas, ‘The French Railway Rebhery. Accounts from Europe represent the French capital in a state of extreme excitement, owing to the arrest of some of the persons implicated in the late robbery of the Railway du Nord. They had not yet heard of the capture of Grelet and his companion here; but the abeconding su- perintendent, Guerin, had been caught in London, and a lady “who had had most intimate rela- tions with the defaulters,” had been apprehended at Brussele, M. de Rothschild is represented as racing over the continent from place to place, in connection with the measures taken for the arrest of the criminals, Altogether, everybody seems to be excited, and not a few alarmed and uneasy, This nervous condition is not wholly due, we apprehend, to the theft of 300,000 railway shares. Other persons, besides the shareholders in the Chemin du Nord, are said to be laboring under anxiety. We do not doubt the fact. Nor have we any hesitation in stating our conviction that this anxiety and this nervousness are due to the fact that many other enterprises are in the same condition as the Northern Railway, and that Grelet, Guerin & Company are only the least adroit of a large band of unscrupulous specula- tors A French cotemporary of ours may object to this view, ashe did the last time it was ex- pressed; but something more than rhetoric will be needed to refute it. For eight years at least, France has been im an unsound financial condition. Even under Louis Philippe, the annual public deficit was much larger than a mercantile nation would consider safe: after his expulsion things from bad got worse, the debt was increased, the revenue fell off, makeshifts were eagerly ro- sorted to by the ministries of the day, and when Louis Napoleon assumed the direction of affairs, the kingdom was on the verge of bankruptcy. Has he done anything toward a wholesome reme- dy? Inplain truth, he has done nothing but spend money and stimulate speculation. He and his creatures founded the Credit Mobilier, that fraudulent version of the United States Bank, helped it to declare dividends not earned, suffer- ed its managers to knock its stock up and down for purposes of stockjobbing, encouraged it to embark in all sorts of wild speculations, hardly any of which have ever proved really remunera- tive, and crowned it the leading financial institu- tion of France. In the way of economy Louis Napoleon has set up the most expensive court seen in France since the days of the old empire, has plunged into a war which must have cost him $400,000,000, the whole thrown away without hope of return, has kept the people from revolu- tion by sustaining the price of bread below that of flour, has dispensed with productive items in the customs duties, has spent millions upon millions in improving Paris. Not in a single act of his reign can we discover any intelligent purpoee to retrench orto save money. On the other hand, he has not increased the productive power of the country. In none of the branches of French industry has the increase been larger than usual since he became Emperor, and one of the most extensive producing interests—the wine interest —has enormously fallen off. Add to this that, while setting the example of extravagance him- self, and imposing the same conduct on his court, he has tried to help it along with the people by fostering their natural proclivity to gambling, and has given his sanction to more joint stock companies than ever existed under the old re- gency—and cause enough will be seen to tremble for the financial stability of France. We believe simply that the kingdom and most of the corporate financial institutions within it are at this moment insolvent, and that the period is not far distant when their condition will be dis- covered, For the Emperor, who is a master of the arts of politics and war, is a mere child in finance, and has never been able either to suggest any scheme of economy, or even to appreciate the danger which threatens him. He can spend money; but he can do nothing else with it. There- fore, we assume that when the evil day does come, the shock will be more sudden than that which the skill of Necker and the nerve of Man- pertins and Calone availed in moderating seven- ty years ago; and we are prepared to find, on that startling occasion, that very few concerns have been allowed by their managers to break without first affording opportunities to Schaylers and Grelets to exhibit their astonishing financial abilities. Tur Detrorr Srexcu or W. H. Sewarn— Mr. Seward has been making, at Detroit, one of his characteristic speeches against the elave- holders of the South as the governing class of the country. He gives us a heavy poetical effu- sion on this theme, better fitted for the colamns of some dull politico-literary magazine than for the practical exigencies of this crisis on the stump. He is one of those old fogy politicians, who, like the Bourbons, “ never forget anything, and never learn anything.” He preaches the merits of this campaign upon false issues. He is fighting the slaveholders as a class, while the great Fremont party are devoted to the practical common cause of putting down this infamous democtatic dynasty at Washington, and of putting up @ constitutional administration in its place. We have nothing more to do with slaveholders, as a class, than with any other class of our fellow-citizens, We are dealing with a debased administration, and the corrupt party and the corrapt spoilsmen and disunion politi- cians and fire-eaters that control the Buchanan democracy. The political evile of the day were brought upon us by this Pierce administration and the party controlling it. When Mr. Pierce was inaugurated there was peace on the nigger ques- tion— it had been settled—all sides bad acquiesced, and peace was expected to continue. But this peace was broken, not necessarily, in the repeal of the Missouri compromise and the substitution of the principle of popular sovereignty; but it was broken by that desperate expedient for Southern votes at Cincinnati—that base expedient of making “Kansas a slave State by ballot stuffing and by of arms. It is Pierce, Soff. Davis, Atchisos & Co., and the democratic party that are for this, and not the slaveholders, as a clase, Fire-eating Southern democratic dema- gogues and disorganizers, however, have mis- represented the slavecholding class ae much as Seward. The mass of the Southern slaveholders are a conservative class, and seck to avoid agita- tion and unconstitutional issues and aggressions, Noto with such Southern demagogues and dis- turbers as Wise, Brooks, Keitt, Floyd, Cobb, Benjamin, Johnson and Slidell—not so with such trafficing politicians as Pierce, Fillmore and Buchanan—not so with such old party fomile as W. H. Seward. The difference between the speeches, proclama- tione, silly bombast and idle threats of euch agi- tatore and disorganizers and the true men of the day. is very broad. Compare, for example, tho raving thednese of Wise with the practical com- mon sense of Botts in Virginia—the calm, solid reasoning of Banks with the empty declamation of Floyd in Wall street, and the home thrasts of Gen. Wilson upon the main question with the labored twaddle of Seward upon a fictitious side issue; and the difference between practical men and foolish politicians and agitators will be seen at a glance. Martin Van Buren, although an old par- ty fosai) of the Saurian epoch, has yet, while en- dorsing Buchanan and the nigger policy of the democratic party, had sense enough to keep inthe shade: Seward should follow his example, for he isequally befogged as to the real drift, merits and issues of this great movement for Fremont and a new administration. McsicaL Crisis iv THe Merroro.is.—New York never can get on without a crisis. Some- times it is political, sometimes it is literary, eome- times it is theatrical, but there always must be a crisis of some kind or other. New York lives on excitements, and cannot do without them. Just now the crisis is operatic. Just now there is an operatic war carrie om between the indomitable Maretzek, he imperturbable Phalen, the diplo- matic Chevalier Wikoff, with all the young ladies and old ladies in the Fifth avenue and elsewhere ~—all.the fashionable young men—all the biasé old beaux—all the aristocratic humbugs, old and young, animated spectators of the fight. The Surore awakened by Maretzek’s coup d’état at the Academy has proved almast a counter excite- ment to the tremendous political contest new go- ing on, and it may affect the result. of the Presi- dential election, though in what way we do not see just at present. We shall give that branch of the delicate subject our most profound considera- tion hereafter. The tremendous struggles to establish the Italian Opera in New York during the past eight years form an interesting epoch in the history of the city. It would seem that it is as difficult to in- troduce the Opera in New York as it is to ferce negro slavery upon Kansas, We have no border raffians to be sure, but there have been refrac- tory tenors, rebellious prime donne and share- holders, who, in the opinion of the director, wanted altogether too much for their investment. A fearfully large amount of money has also been lost. By reference to the entertaining volume published by Max Maretzek last year, we find that he has sunk, at various times, about fifty thousand dollars, and that the entire losses of the Opera here for the past seven years have amount- ed to one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, The number of estimable people not engaged in artis- tic pursuits, but who turn their attention to the exact sciences, such as getting up boots, hats, clothes, dijouferie and King Charles’ spaniels for the artists, who Rave suffered by the spasmodic opening and shuttingfof the opera houses must be very large. For it follows, as a natural con- sequence, that if the artists have nothing todo they will have no money, and if they have no money they cannot pay. Now your artist of the Opera is a superior being. He must be dressed much better than Solomon in all his glory: he must have his dinner of four courses, with his Chateau Margaux or Clos Vougeot, and his petit verre. That 'dispensa- tion of Divine Providence which shuts up the Opera is distressing to him in a mental point of view—it severely wounds his tender susceptibili- ties, and it makes him despair for art and his salary; but the pecuniary misfortane falle upon his bottier, his costumier, his restaurateur, or his hair- dresser who arranges his raven curls, and then stands in the corner of the parquette to applaud his chef d’auvre. Those ladies and gentlemen must have suffered to the extent of fifty thousand Gollars at least, while the unpaid salaries of ar- tists, chorus singers, musicians, and so forth, can- not fall short of another hundred thousand. The wealthy gentlemen, also, who are continually of- fering up their portemonnaies on the shrine of Saint Cecilia, out of pure love of high art, are also entitled to our sympathy. For it does not follow that because one has got a great deal of money one should throw itaway. That doctrine may find advocates in Icaria or the Faubourg Saint Antoine, but it is mot received in Wall street or the Fifth avenue. The patri- otic gentlemen who pay one thousand dollars per share for stock, which depreciates in three years ninety per cent, certainly suffer, For example : Mr. Phalen says that twenty-four thousand dol- lars per annum barely pays the insurance, inte- rest, taxes, dc., &c., on the Academy. Conse- quently, as the house has been unoccupied for at least half the time that has clapsed, the owners must have lost forty thousand dollars, So the bill would stand thus :— Se ee eee ee Sam, 1840 hE to iu some time to come. But while all is 60 dark in our musical sky, « light breaks out in a new quarter of the horizon. The last European steamer brought us precions freight in the of mund Thelberg, the greatest of Thalberg is among the few European artists have an extended American reputation. a lady in the land is without Thalberg’s piano music. His social position is the he is the son of a Grand Duke, and with the highest circles in Germany, lineage, literature and art. His arrival cal event, and so will be that of Mi the contralio, who is daily expected. Now, should not Thalberg take the Academy concerts? He has often given concerts largest European opera houses—La Scala and the San Oarlon, for example. The Academy is certainly as well fitted for his concerts ae the opera honses of Milan or Naples. We would enggest to M. Thalberg that be shonid come be- i ; i I é ite sls z Bs i i eed fore the New York public in their theatre erect- ed specially for the advancement of the art of music, ‘hie will be giving @ new turn to the crisis, and will satisfy everybody. Tse Mexican Boxps.—The last news in re- ference to these bonds is that the Britih govern- ment has forwarded a strong remonstrance to the payment of the interest shall not be applied to other wees, but ehall be collected under the authority of a Mr. Whitehead as the agent of the bondholders, So fer as this goes there is no harm done, England has a right to say what she likes, and no doubt her government will feel inclined to speak plainly to a nation which has shown such very bad faith as Mexico. As to the appoint- ment of Mr. Whitehead as co-treasurer of Mexico, we doubt it very much. President Comonfort could hardly consent to such an arrangement with- out a serious sacrifice of real power and apparent dignity ; and the chances are that this will occur to him directly. We should not be surprised to hear that he has answered that he will have nothing to do with Mr. Whitehead otherwise than to pay him his interest; that he will do what in him lies to make these payments regularly—as the confiscation of the church property will enable him to do; but that, for the rest, if Eng- land be not satisfied, he cannot help it. An answer of this kind would place the British in a dilemma: they would either have to back down, or to threaten. The latter course would rouse this country, which, of course, will never allow an European Power to interferewith the inde- pendence of Mexico; and in the end, John Bull would probably find the former plan the most sensible. Connectiont State Fair. ‘New Bayan, Oct. 4, 1866, ‘The arrangements are nearty completed for the Bate ‘Fair grounds, and entries of horses and blood stock are already very numeroes. The best exhibition the State has afforded is looked for. —_—_—— ‘The Erte Canal. pa iit ii ip P i iu a ils rs iB fe af i 5% fs i i watt Sash Bet “Sha = les, ic. two Sort aul at 18c. for corn and 22360, for heat. Political Gossip. The Charleston Mercury, of the 29th, contains the com> clusion of a series of articles signed ‘A Nullifier,”’ ade dressed to Judge Magrath, which are supposed to have: been the cause of the duel in which Mr. Tabor, one of the editors of that paper, lost his ite. Among other things it charged Judge Magrath with having falsely broken hig: word toa friend to whom he promised his support as @ Congressional candidate for the same district where thé Judge is now running in his place. ‘The Savannah Daily Republican, of the 20th ult, aske, “Who are the democratic leaders in Georgis to day 1? And replies, ‘The whole concern, body, soul an@ Itis a pity, of course, that people who borrow, ~The money should not always repay it at the right. time : but public sympathy should not always be on the side of the injured creditor. The English- who lent their money to Mexico were not compelled to do so by law, or by force, or by any other reason than the uncommonly fine chance they thought they saw of making money; they pur- chased the risk with the bonds. Why should they how! so much about it now? They made their bed ; let them sleep on it. Gey. Lane or Kayass axp His Terry Cua1ience.—Our readers will find elsewhere in these columns @ very remarkable manifesto from Gen. Lane, the free State military champion in Kansas, It is avery interesting document, as far as it confirms the atrocities of border ruffianism as contrasted with the humane, defensive policy of the free State settlers, and it is very encour- aging to be thus assured that the administrative policy of making Kansas a slave State by force of arms has thus far been a signal failure. But the moet remarkable feature in this letter is the novel proposition of Gen. Lane for the settlement of the question of clavery or no slavery in Kan- sas. He proposes, instead of another bor- der ruffian invasion, that they adopt the old plan of the days of chivalry—that is, a decisive fight between a limited number of champions on either side. He thinks that a hundred men of either party would do, and that they fight the de- cisive fight in the presence of twelve members of each House of Congress, “ one half of whom shall be selected by each party, with the mutual agree- ment that the blood of the parties shall settle this question, and save Kansas from further outrage.” The Horatii and the Curatii—Lane himself vo- unteering to be the first Horatius. And why should not this plan be adopted by the border ruffians? It is exactly in their line. It proposes their own policy of fighting it out, and to make short work of it by a picked com- pany of combatants and a single decisive battle. ‘The North, we doubt not, could furnish the re- quired hundred martyrs to save their country, and the administration democracy, with such men as Brooks, Wise, Keitt, Herbert, Jeff. Davis, Atchison, Pierce, Stringfellow, Buford, Titus, Forney, John Van Buren, Slidell, Floyd, Captain Scott, Toombs, Quattlebum and others, could easily make up their hundred. And suppose not ®@ man on either side should survive the fight? Would not their loss be the country’s gain? ‘The fact is, if Pierce, Atchison and Stringfellow, who have already had their feathers clipped by Lane, should refuse this proposition of a picked com- pany for a decisive fight, they had better retire at once from the field. Let us hear from them. Will nobody take up the glove? SS THE LATEST NEWS. BY MAGNETIC AND PRINTING TELEGRAPHS, News from Kansas. THE PRES STATE PRISONERS COMMITTED FOR TRIAL. Sr. Lovin, Ost. 8, 1866. Governor Geary has issued s proclamation for the Sheriffs of the different counties tm Kameas to open the polla om Monday, Oct. 6, for the election of a delegate to Congress and members of the Legislature. St. Lovis, Oct. 4, 1856, A letter to the K-puliican from Gov. Geary, dated the ‘26th alt., cays that Ucited States troops will be stationed ‘At points where troubles are anticipated during the coming election, and that any interference with the legitimate excrete of suffrage will be punished with the utmost se- verity. Mr. Whitseld ie the pro-eiavery candidate for Congress. A letter to the Democrat, dated the 2th, says that the free State prisoners had been examined before Judge Cato, and committed for trial at the April term of the Court, Immense Fremont Mase Meeting In Ohio: grounds om the let and 2d inete. were grand affairs, not- ‘withstanding that the weather was inclement. [tis es- ‘mated that there were 40,000 present on the grounds, ‘which was whitened with tents. Speeches were made by Colonel Lane, George W. Julien, Cassius M. Clay and Erastus Corning Nominated for Congress. 4rnanr, Oot. 4, 1866. Erastus Corning was nominated for Congress by the democrats this afternoon. State Convention in New Hampshire. Maxcumeren, N. H., Oct. 4, 1866. A Fillmore Convention was held here yesterday, which nominated a State electoral ticket. Frastus Brooks ad- dressed a public meeting in the evening. Business of the Western Railroad. Cmcaao, Oct. 4, 1866. ‘The recetpta of the Rock Ieland Railroad Oompaay for September were $213,858; for the same month last year they were $141,700. The receipts of the Galena Union Railroad Company for September were $396,239; for the same month last year they were $281,320. The receipts of the Iilinoie Cemtral Railroad Company for September ‘were $990,941; for the same month last year they were $160,980. The sales of lands for September amounted to 96,064,786. é Arrest of Supposed Murderers. ALPARY, Oot. 4, 1866. Kiernan and Kearney, charged with the killing of Mr. Carroll on Arbor bil), im thie city, om Sonday lest, were Dbrovglit here (hie tmurning by the police, amd committed Cn thepwarrant of the Coroner, The Mobile Daily Regis‘erj of the 26th ult., is “cons strained to say that the South must look for her defenders “4 intial it be repealed? In the thus we see that the cry of Southern democrats, that (hq maintenance of the Kameas Nebraska bill is the test quea- on of (be present canvass is all humbug. If the South- ern people have eyes, ‘The New Orieana Daily 2th vlt., remarks: “Jt ie Do secret that the fee Buchanan party bere, as well ex in most of she Bouth, are disunion- iste.” “Par parenthéns,’" Be, “they had Detter begin at once, as eld Buck Wealready a dead cook 7 pp when evitable consequencs ‘id ti i [ i if i it i ts ? 5 i i eH ai ie