The New York Herald Newspaper, November 16, 1856, Page 4

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Tne sec 11 @ficer of the Lyonnais, Mr. Lugaierre, accompan'e ‘The recent storms on the lakes have proved ver @eamivous to sbipping, and many tives and ms wemable preperty bave lost. A deepate’ seived esterday /rom wae of the teamer 5 Lake Soperior on the passengers, numbering fifty-yme perwons, bat «ix- teen were saved. A list of the names of the drowned wit) be found u: der our telegraphic head. A convention of the Boord of Engineers, fore” uer ané assistant foremen of the Fire Departwent w gel in the Fireman's Hall last a hea th ewanuner of electing eugimeets of th went was warmiy discur-ed he viously appointed to consider the sub, me mejority and minority report, bot) hich were earnestly advocated cad strongly oppored by A! feremt delegates; finaly resolutions ditt both of the reports pre vated by x the same that ‘* previewly he proceedings will ve found electing engivrers ne A fall report o' mm another oma. The steamship F nonia, from Mamba inet, arrived ot this port last mght fall complemen! of passengers. Che yttom yesterday emkrued aboot 3,000 out quotable change ia prices. Tue Gour market was heavy, and celes modera’e, whi prices were without change of moment. Prime ¢ @boice white and red wheat contions) firm, while corm n cr unchanged. The market was quite acti st change of moment in prices Gorn was steady, witt sales of Western mixed 466 a 60c.; Jersey white at 70c. and yellow Southern a. Tic. Pork was in moderate request, with sales of meresat SIS 57 aad sales limited, while Aales of coffee were confined ton ef Bio wt We. 6 Lijec. Fret English ports, and grain for Live 2 2 She briags a 632d. From the »egular week'y report of City [napector Morton we learn that there were 305 deaths ia Gity last week, being an increase of 37 tasity of the week previous. Diseases of the lungs Weroat and air passages have proved more fatal tuae for come weeks past, and complaints incidental to ehiidren of tender yeots have prevailed to an qual extent. The following is a comparison of the pember of deaths for the pust two weeka:— Men. Women, Boys, Girls. Toad Wack ending Nov #75 HOGA ” (Be Work ending Sov. L e 2 180 f ‘ Among the priocipal csases of death during the past week were the following :— Vock aniting Wack onabine Corer pie” ° an Cnovere wiapiwe soeve 3 Genvuimiour (\etantibe) Py Dar-hon Wedveersece 5 awry. @iommaucn of the bowels ever “ Wareer 8 neile) } There were alao 6 deaths of bronchitis, 7 of oon. gertion of the lungs, 17 of croup, 6 of dropay, 13 of @ropsy in the bead, 5 of typhus fever, 9 of hooping cough, 7 of inflammation of the braln, 20 of indam mation of the Jungs, 8 of testuing, 7 of; anaallpox, 4 @ intemperance, 4 « im tremens, 6 prema. ure birtns, 26/stiliborn, and 1) from violent canses. The following is a clavaificotion of the @ieeases end the total member of deaths cansed by each @ieonse during the two weeks — Yhe nnmber of deaths compared with the corr ganding weeks of 1854 and 1865, was as follows: Wook enving Nov. 18, Mos ending Now. 17, 1865. ending Now 16 1886 The rativity table gives natives of the Unied States, 63 of Ireland, 21 of Germany, and 7 of Nay- re ary ‘ os) 4 pver Gigeative "8 oral fevers Sh ij land. The annexed tabie shows the temperatare of <¢ NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1856. co-laborer, Mr. Browne, in the exercise of the | holding office at all is in leaving s decent reeord | THE LATEST NEWS. Buts~ ne 313 bes ied z [ r fa... § | 35,0 Sun. 30) Mon. Toes Kea. Pur Fria. esees! “N. Momiaal NI Durmg the past veek the weather has been clear and peasant, with strong breezes from the south and west. The Board of County Canvassers met yesterday, at ce usual hour, and canvassed the retarns of the Niwth ward. This makes seven wards altogether, or about one-third the whole uomber. But one dis- net of the First ward has been canvassed, the «lection of the other t vo beng disputed, snd time baving been allowed to the protestant, Alderman Sarker, te prepare his evidence in regard to the charges of frand which he has already aide in re- gurd to these districts. It will provably take two weeks to complete the canvass of the whole city. “4 99-49). Ve. Bechanan’s Pavifle Ratisoad Lecter’ Confession of Weakness acd Pear. The Maine election of September last, in coa- nection W be precediag elections in lowa and Vermont, accomplished the most extraordinary rerulta, The onexpected majorities for all the Fremont cand dates in Maine, and especially of Hawlin for Goversor, instantly produced the im- | sections acd among all parties of pression in 1 the Uuion, that there was a great popalar revolu- | tion at work, which, in all probability, would carry Fremont into the Presidency by storm. The Fremont party believed it, and trusted to luck; the Fillmore managers believed it, and forthwith set to work all their devices to Fremont in the th, 80 a8 to defeat nis e by the people, in order to carry it up to Congress; the de ts believed it, and instantly they swelled the howl of disunioa, and a heavy assess- ment was levied upoa the o ficeholders in the partinents at Wasbington, and in the Philadelphia, New York and Boston Custom Houses and Pos’ Offices, for the necessary sams to bay up a bare democratic majority in the Pennsylvania October election. But, curious to relate, the man who seem: to bave been most alarmed by this ominous September Maine election was Mr. Buchanan himself: and the evidence is before us that he was very badly seared. Down to this Maine election, Mr. Buchanan, when questioned by ‘or oc anybody from any quarter, beld up the Cia- cinnati platform as b newer, with the simple remark of “that’s me;” and tioner wus silenced. But after this ne election he began desperately to beat “bout the bush for a little extra capital. Thus the democr Northera campaigning policy wos adopted, of “Buchanan, Breckinridge, acd free Kansas,’ thns a sum total of hundreds of thousands of democratic moucy was expended in the Northern States outeide Fill- for Congress and electoral 1» buying up the heads of Kaow and State Centra) Committees elopement of ali— gesting up i bus— Buchanan, Cin And Mr. th his owa bebalf, for fornia, a letter calea- wind out of the st of the Pacific railroad. with Mr. Buchanan was a desperate H ¥ that he to throw t, on the enh the time; Ite s of the fact, not to be had. c States in te © ployed the very tion among the cracy. Bat aa this C was ntional power f+ thus nia’ Perhaps th of the nal ft + himself, may langh In his sleeve ese Of the trick; but the thing Ld 2 no more be considers? Of cour ve the Union be lding of thie Pacific by eppropriations from the public and how else is Congress to build ft? lore of Arkansas to Ban Diego vn ay seventecn hundred miles nace, the shortest and most the rond will run through # coa- en Ulmitable solitude of rocks, id plaine, timberless, without #trea.o froat tafew at vast distances apurt ra af t ar or mote, @ coutiauous dem i 4 aninbabitable, exceptinz at an here anc as in the deserts of Af 3 were good for nothing—the tre ry a) . vis work for the govorn- mu And ® 1 ‘espec: for official ma 1 z a single track road by thie rout he necessary bridges, turnouts wells for wa 1 + dar f 4 *y * be raised, ex 7 mdly, by dircet “gg a heavy t apon aiggers: or island of Cuba from reeting the ards and Creoles, and viggera and all, to the thidder? W a little curious to know if the railroad doctrine of this California letter of Mr. Buchanan will be embodied in his inangaral addre too, is ates of Span b 2 of the rocks spon which bis adminis nay be etranded. t in hia domestic or spoils policy. This | ‘The Press at the South. We publish elsewhere « card signed John Can- ninghem, in reference to the late fatal duel at Charleston, in which Mr. Taber, the editor of the | Charleston Mercury, lost his life. Mr. Cunning- ham was Taber’s second; bis card goes to show that he did not violate the rules of honor in ac- compapying Mr. Taber to the field, and allowing him to be shot at three times—in fact, till he was killed. We have no doubt but Mr. Cunningham’s card will be perfeetly satistactory at the South. The arguments are consistent with the theory of duel- ling aa it existed in Europe Jast centary, aud as recent occurrences faver the belief that it now exists at the South. But in the North, and if we mistake not throughout the civilized and liberal world, the impression created will be very differ- ent. Mr, Cenningham—and the present proprie- tors of the Charléston dfercury, in whose colamns the card appears—assumes, throughout the argu- ment, that an editor is not only responsible in the field for stricturee published in his paper, but that any person who deems himself injured thereby may require the editor to stand to be shot at, once, twice, thrice, in fact as often as may be ecessary to shoot him down, That is a theory which it will peed some argu- ment to throet down the throats of civilized s0- ciety ont of Sonik Carolina. Tere, the fanda- mental principle of liberty of the press is that the editor shall net be personally respon- sible for his language, otherwise than to the jaws — whieh will interfere for bis protection if be be assailed just 21 | readily as they will for his ponishment if he | go wrong. And the soundness of this principle is obvious, Lf any ruffian, whose crimes are 4 | fitting theme of indignant comment in the press, can avenge himself by beating out the editor's | brains, or by shooting at him till be kills him, as seems to be the practice in South Caroling, it is evident that none but those on the same level with the ruffian will undertake an editorial post, and the usefulness 01 the press will be destroyed. We hold, here, that the law of libel is ainple pro- tection for the public against editorial license: and we further hold that even this law is too stringent for the case of editorial strictures on candidates for political office. In their case, it is the setthed sentiment of the North that it is better to allow a libel to go unpunished, than to run the risk of electing a candidate without the moet searching inquiry into his character and an- tecedents. That the reverse is the principle adopted in South Carolina is evident from the tone of Mr, Conningham’s card. Jt does not appear that Mr, Taber overstepped the bounds of legitimate criti- cism in discussing Mr. Magrath’s candidature : he certainly was far more moderate than the press of his ection was m discussing Col. Fremont’s cha racter during the Presidential coatest—whence, by the way, we derive the startling inference that the Southern journals have availed themselves of Col. Fremont’s absence and station to speak of him ina tone they won'd not have dared to use had he been ope of themselves, The fact is, the Southern press is in the eame position as and on a par with the press of Paris. it is subject toa censorship not less searching vad severe than the Emperor's, A Southern editor no more dare advocate Fremont’s Presidency than he editor of the Dgdais dare call for the restora- ion of the Bourbons. Editors, both at Charles- on and at Paris, are tonguetied: their mind does not perform avy healthy function, their lips never interpret the feelings of theirheart. Theyrepeat what their masters tell them, and no more. Hence, as at Paris, the Southern press does not re- leet the Southern pablic. Southern gentlemen Lave nothing in common with their journals. ‘They do not believe in them—they do not read them. They laugh at the North which takes them seriously. IMPROVEMENTS IN AGRICULTI Re IY THE UNTTRO Srates—Tne Sucar Cave Exrnprriox —We pab- ish in another column some interesting extracts com the Report of the Commissioner of Patents en the eeeds and cuttings recently obtained by | his office from foreign county The informa tion thus periodically conveyed is of the greatest vale to onr farmers and horticulturists, as, from the diversity of eoile and climates to be found ia ihe United States, there is scarcely any plant or tree which is grown in other regions which will not alto thrive here. Land which is unenited to many of our indigenous productions has, by the importation of foreign cereals or frvit trees, been rendered infinitely more valuable than it | would otherwise have been, and every year's experience shows thai the extent which we may give to our agricultural produc's in this way hes no limitation. As an illustration of this we seed only refer our readers to the facts contained in this report. it will be seen, for in- etanee, that by the more general cultivation of Turkish flimt wheat in our middle and Southe: a States there would be added 50,000,00) bushels to their annual yield. The improve! King Philip or Brown corn is said to be suns ceptible of cultivation to an exteat equal to that of other verieties of Indian corn, and produces in most soils from 80 to 100 bushels per acre. It was obtained aboot three years ago from an irland in a lake of New Hompshire, and ie gra- dually getting into favor with the farmers of other States, Like ome other kinds of Indien corn, it takes only ninety days to mature, whilst it poeresses equally nutritious properties. Of the tuberous roote mentioned in this report, the most important and valuable is, unques- tionably, the Dioscorea Batatas, or Chinese yam. It ie an excellent substitute for the com- mon and sweet potato, and possesses this ad voutage over them, that it remains sound tn the earth for years, without its edible qualities being deteriorated. Some particulars regarding he Perian walwat, the almond and the cork tree | will aleo prove acceptable to oar Sonthern far- } mers, | Copneetd with the ogricultural brane) of this report there is another matter, the interest of | which demand« more particular notice at our aude. Our readers have beon already informed perture from thie port, on the 5th instant, of 1 States bark Release, Cap’. 0. 0. | Simms commanding, for the coast of British Guile “onth America’ The object of this +1 capedition is the procurement of fresh cut- Unge of suger cane, to be selected from the best | and room! hardy and bealthfal of eighteen desig- | noted varieties cultivated in the vicinity of | ‘The Release is also w touch at Le ecayra, for the purpow of procuring a quantity of enttings of the hardy highland varletion of cane grown in the region of Caracas. It is ex: pected that she will, on her return voyage, arrive | in the month of January at New Orleans, whence | 9 distribution of theee enttings is to be made, This enterpriee it is known Wor projected by | Senator Stidell, of Louisiana, nd is being prose- | | euted by the Commiseioner of Patents and his | Demerara funetions of the agricultural division of the Patent Office, with the aid of the Secretary of the Navy, (asin the instance of the late camel ex- pedition, the result of which has proved so suc- cessful as to induce @ second expedition for like purpore,) who, we are gratified to learn, has most cheerfully and cordially approved of the object, and shown a wise discretion in despatching the Release, and in detailing 80 capable an officer a3 Captain Simms to her command. Mr. Townsend Glover, a naturalist, attached to the Patent Office, accompanies Captain Simms, for the pur- pore of making investigations into the varieties of sugar cane in the countries named, and of se- Jecting such as are best adapted to culture in the engar regions of the United States. The prepara- tions made for this voyage, aad for the fulfilment of its miesion, are ample and efficient, and we look with sanguine anticipations to the results, If the return voyage ehould be aecomplished in season, the Release will, perhaps, make a trip to the coast of Mexico or Texas, to obtain cut- tings from the healthful sugar fields of those countries, The necessity of this important measnre is well known to the couniry, having been of late most sensibly felt, as well by the consumers of sugar as by the cultivators of it in Louisiana, whose diminished crops have eo far discouraged their enterprise as to give rise to well grounded fears that they would altogether desist from the proseention of a branch of industry eo beneficial to the country and conducive to her independence of the world beyond ber own boundaries, Orricu, Cantyrt Maxte.—The Philadelpbia Peineylvanian, which may be considered the official organ of Mr. Buchanan’s administration pro tem., bes taken up the business of Cabinet mekipg, with the other journals, and gives its views upon this important subject. As this comes from Forney, who was formerly the chicf of the Kitchen Cabinet of Mr. Pierce, and who was the manager of the recent election in Penn- sylvania, it is entitled to due consideration. Here is Mr. Forney’s list of a Cabinet, which he has made out in order to please this ;commu- nity: leet State—James Gordon Bennett, of the New ‘York Hxrarp. Secretary of the Treasury—Thomas dicKirath, of the Tribune. Pe ce of the Interior—Horace Greoley, of the 7ri- ime. Seorotary ¢f War—Jamos Watson Webb, of the Courier and Enguirer, Secretary of the Navy—Henry J. Raymond, cf the Now imes. Let this go for what it is worth. Forney evi- dently knows the best interests of the incoming administration. He has appropriately placed Fred. Douglass on the list, if he intends tt Fred. shall ocenpy the position in the kitebeu lately filled by Forney. Fred. is particularly adapted to the position, by his color and ante- cedents. We have heard that Fred. looks very much like Forney, and is fully as white, He has more talent than the late chef de cuisine, and is more honest. When he goes to market to pur- chace the beef eteaks and other arrangements for dinner, he will not impose upon the guests of the White House an inferior article. Badinage apart, we have sot as yet seen any definite indication from any quarter as to the se- lection of Mr. Buchanan’s constitutional advisers. It is true that many of the distinguished men who have supported him have been mentioned in this connection, and naturally attract pablic at- tention and create a passing excitement. But the men are of little consequence compared to the platform and principles of the new udminis- tration. If Mr. Buchanan continues the policy af Pierce in relation to Kansas, he will merely end where Pierce has ended. In the recent elee- tion Mr. Buchanan only escaped defeat by the skin of his teeth and by the accidental ignorance or treachery of some of the leaders of the repub- lican cause ia Pennsylvania. That escape will teach him the necessity of a thorough review of every department of the government, and of adopting such a line of policy as will reinstate the democratic perty in its popularity before the country. If he does not adopt a new live of policy calculated to effect this object, notiing can pre- vent the overwhelming defeat of the democratic party in 1860. Mr. Buchanan stands in a most important position. He has it in his power to raise the democracy from its ruins—to revive it in all its strength and popularity, and during the next two or three years to break up and scatter the republican party, which has been brought into life and kept together by the magic name of Fremont. No abandonment of principle is required to re- animate that great party which has almest been destroyed by poor pitiful Pierce's folly. Mr. Bacbanen must give the Kaneas-Nebraska act fair play in the Territory which it was made to govern. He must prevent the outside interfe- rence of border ruffians, whether they come from the North or the South; and the settlers must be protected from all icruptions from any section or for any purpose. They must decide upon their own domestic institutions according to their knowledge of the climate, soil and character of the Neither can the violent disunioniata of the South object to a fair and equitable deciston, even if it should deoree that Kaneas shall be a free State. If the policy of Mr. Buchanan should lead to the admission of Kaneas into the Union aa a free State, it will replenish the ranks of the de- mocracy in all the Northern and Westera States, and lay upon the shelf the republican party, ernebing all theesxpectations which the leaders of that troop of militia have formed for the next Presidential carypaign. Pa Aa Tre New Conronation.—With New Year's Day almost the entire control of our municipal government will pass into the hands of the demo- cracy, that party having large majorities in both branches of the civic legislature. In the exeeu- tive branch the men have been tried and are known; but we have heard that some of the AMS dormen and Councilmen elect have been picked up from very bad material, and that they are not precisely the persons that would be se- Jeeted to fill public offices out of the city of New York. Ramor makes some of these men great ecamps. No doubt rumor is true, to @ certain extent; but it is fashionable now-a-days to accuse a man of all the crimes in the calendar if he is euspected of & single fauz pas. We presume, how- ever, that some very bad fellows have foisted themselves into office daring the recent election. We have seen sketches of some of the Aldermen and Councilmen which are not at all flattering. To be plain, they are made out to be great ecarops, and said to have been raked up from the lowest ecum of the very worst places in the city. These men will, therefore, take notice that they go into office under a very black cloud. They will aleo remember that the only credit of when one gocs out of his place, They have an to redeem themselves before the community, and their conduct in office will be the best denial of the charges brought against them by their opponents, It is the only refuta- tion which the people—the great tribunal before which they are to be tried—demand or will ac- cept. We have no faith in what is called death bed repentance; but this is a different affair. A new career is opened to these men. They have been elevated to responsible posts and bave the honor ofa great city in their hands, It is eacy for them to make for themselves the reputation of honest, faithful public servants. They are gene- rally young, fresh men—they have the ability to do well. Let us see whether or not the will is wanting. The very fact that there is a public feeling against them ought to rouse them to the most strenuoug efforts to gain public applause. Such things have often happened, and our new Corporation may turn out much better than any one expects. Tne Greeprvess or THe Virarta Sporswen. ~-It hae been said that in the event of Fremont’s election, notwithstanding Governor Wise’s bal- labaloo of disunion, a toll collector on the Long Bridge at Washington, at the rate ot a dol- lar a head, would make a splendid fortune from the hungry office seekers that would pour iato Washington from the staunch old democratic State of Virginia. What, then, are we to expect from the election of Mr. Buchanan but a regalar crusade from the Old Dominion for the spoils? The Richmond Znguirer, we perceive, is al- ready in the field, with the cry of “hands off’ to all ontsiders. It advises Mr. Buchanan to starve the forlorn democracy of New York into submisaion, upon the principle that “ an uogo- vernable beast should be stinted in its proven- der.” Our Richmond instructor, however, is not without a toach of charity, but says that if an office is given to a New Yorker—such a man, for example, as Dickinson, Dix or Seymour—it must be taken as an act of grace—nothing more. ‘These New York hard and soft squabbies broke down poor Pierce, and Mr. Buchanan is to cnt them adrift. Now, does not this young pretender of Rich- mond know that the appointment of Dickinson, or Dix, or Seymour to the Cabinet, the New York Custom House, or a foreign mission, would be very apt to revive among the broken fragments ot the New York democracy the identical hard and soft equabbles whieh broke down poor Pierce? In point of fact, there is nothing left of the party in this State except the remnant saved by Mayor Wood in the city election. Mr. Buchanan may eafely take that asthe nucleus for the recon- struction of the party throughout the common- wealth. Otherwise, we think that Martin Van Buren or the faithful Prince John are as much entitled to an actof grace or amnesty as either Dickinson, or Dix, or the Richmond Enguirer, or Governor Wise. As far as the Virginia epoils democracy are concerned, we suggest that they await the Kan- sas issue ; for if it should result ina considerable increase in the price of niggers, Governor Wise and all concerned in this Incrative traffic will be amply rewarded for their services to Mr. Bucha- nan. The President elect shoald hold them to that bargain. Let them abide the Kansas issue and the price of niggers. Tue American Party.—The Know Nothings ere dead, at least for the present. Their own fol- y, Erastus Brooks, and the fitness of things bave laid them in their grave. Let us look back a moment at their history. ‘Thirteen years ago, when the folly of the de- mocratic politicians in appealing to the Irish as a claes and aclan, in flattering their worst quali- ties, and giving them a share of the government spoil, bad created a good deal of jealousy against foreigners, certain anti-foreign organizations were formed in several of the cities, and daring the interval between the Presidential contests of 1840 and 1844, these organizations carried cer- tain elections in several of the cities. The Presi- dential contest of 1844 apparently swept them away, though the skeleton tions subsisted. In 1858, after the distribu of General Pierce's patronage, there were in the country the broken elements of a political party adrift for want of name,a platform and a purpose. These elements were the remains of the defunct whig party floating about in helpless confusion: various loose materials of defunct local social factions; and not & few democrats, officeseekers, disappointed by their exclusion from the general division of the spoils, These elements, tossing about, in scarch of an aim and « centre, finally aggreg:'ed around the old nucleus of nativism, which was the only organization then in the field besides the democracy. Through various causes—dieguet at democratic corruption, the lawlesaness of cer tain Irish, and other agencies—this organization, now © namerous party, carried various town and State elections Elate with hope, they promised themselves, in 1855, to elect the President in 1856. But in the meanwhile a new organization had arisen, not based on any narrow prejudice or small antipathy of race or creed. Growing up by the side of the Know Nothings, the republican party bore away from them the best and stoutest of their rank and file. While the unconscious natives were thus losing their bone and sinew, they committed the deadly fault of entrusting the direction of their party affairs to old broken- down politicians of the old parties—expccially old whigs, who had been place-hunters from time immemoria), and who were certain to make any party to whieh they were attached a stepping: stone for their own ambition, So it Wroke down. The moral of its story is very simple. In a few years the accidents whide !elped to deetroy it—the rise of the repabliems, end the mismanagement of the Know Nothing leadere—will have been forgotten, and the Ame- rican party will only be remembered as an orga- nization which was based on ® narrow mean prejudice, and which therefore broke down. Asornes Carer —The Lancaster, Pa. Prprese te ware ‘hat the following famed gentlemen will be teadered the places respeotively assigned them by Mr. Buchanan: — Hon. Lewis Cars, of o Hon. R. M. T. Die, of Verano ‘of the Ton. 420. Appleton, of Maino, Soorotary of tho Inte ror. Tice. Howoll Cobb, of of the Navy. Hien, Jomen A. Bayard, cl Beluwares tcecesars ot We ae Of Pennsylvania, Attorney Gen United States Commissioner's Office. Charge J Smuggling. —The second mate of the ship Southampton, charged with smuggling laces, 4c, wae hold to bail in the fom of $1,000 Jamow Clare and Jacob | Skiff, charged aa accomplices, were hold to bail in 9690 each. Tar Liquor Law tm Venworr—-In the Vermont How: of heey op te Monday, & bill wo insure the ‘ : al rrr —— stake holder, who bad also stood as their umpire: BY MAGNETIC AND PRINTING TELEGAAPHS, Loss of the Steamer Supertor and Thirty-five Lives, Darxorr, Nov. 14, 1866. ‘The steamer Superior was lost in a storm on Lake Su- Perior on the 29th ull, near Grand Island, Her rudder ‘was carried sway, and, becoming unmanageable, she felt im the trough of the seu, when the water commenood Dreaking over her, despite tho efforts made to prevent. it, and extingubing the tires, Sho struck on the rocks. and went to pieces. Thirty five persons were lost and sixteen saved, The names of the ost wore as follows:— H. J. Jones, captain; Wm. Norris, clerk; Wm. Robin- Bop, second clerk; Henry D. White, steward; Jef. Warner and Wm. Welch barkeepers; Mr. Max, sscond engineer; Joseph Mclavgalin and Thomas Joncs, wheelmen; Henry Barnes, second mate; alexander Barney, John Smith, and John (colored), firemen; George Davis, Pairick Curley, and Carey (colored), deck hands; Alexander and Thomas Werls, waiters; Harriet (colored), stewardess; Albert and Robert (colored), cooks; Burd, sailor, Passongere— Stept en Winter and four sisters, of Oatonagon; Margarot Foster, of Cass county, Michigan; Wm, Lisson, of Indi- wapoils, and Wo. Bowe, ‘Sieteiitesideiiebeiiaietantata. From Washington, Wasiuncron, Nov, 15, 1866. Contracts for deopening tho Mississippi wero concladsd’ yeeteroay with Mesers. Craig and Riguton, of Kentucky. ‘Toey contract to execute tho work and maintain it four yeare and a hati for $520,000. Democrasic Rejolcings—Fire, Bostuy, Nov. 15, 1956. The democrata ix this cliy fre 174 govs im honor of their victory. | The Dorchester democrats dred 100 guns last night im. bopor of (Le ¢ket op of Mr Buchanan. The fire in the hardware store of Martin & Co., and Hk | W. Domoett, on Water sireet, cccacioned & lows of about $20,000 on stock snd the buiding. Large fire at Jackson, Mich. Jacksoy, Mich., Nov. 15, 1868. There waa alarge fre here last night. The Empire Boure and several stores were destroyoi. The principal auflerers are Messe. Bean and Clark, produce dealers; Kingeley, dry goods, and Morrison, groceries, Loss | about $40,000; insvrance email. i Terrible #ire at Turee Rivers. / Montxgar, Nov. 15—P, M. ! A fire is now raging in Three Rivers. Half the town. {s already comsumed. Wo havo as yot no other parti- culars. Military Movements. Baromoars, Noy, 15, 1856, ‘The troops at Fort Mackintosh and Ringgold Barracks are under orders for Florida, Snow Storm at Boston, Boeroy, Nov. 15—1i a. M, Snow to the depth of an inch fell here this morning. It is now snowing, with a nortawest wind. ‘The Florida at Savannah. Bavannas, Nov. 16, 1956. ‘Tho steamehip Florida arrived here this moruingin. fifty-eight hours from New York. Markets. ‘ PHILADELPHIA STOCK BOARD. xsse, » Ptocks dull. Iwania 5's, 84; 404; Long island Railroad, 12%; Morris ‘16; Penn syivacia Railroad, 4654. Naw Onuzasa, Nov. 14, 1886, The Asia’s advices pave greater firmness to tho market and prices are stflor. eee uoved 116. a11%e. Saios of the week, 5 0 bales bo ony, 20, ‘Btock at this port, 240,00 bales. Receipts « head of latt year, 23,000, Hugarfirm. Bread- sxufle dull, Wi & dee: Se. Cora dull st 68, Coffee firm, at lic. a3) %c. Selee of the week, 10,600 Degs; stocc in 64,600 baga. Mie gy 3 Naw et Nov. 16, 1866. j Sales today 41, bales. Flour’ Ootton $7 per Dbl oer ot Gorn lower. Freighis easy. Flour sleady;; salen 800 dbin ak 4081.6 H a Fouthers Oho.” Wheat steady; sales The Twenty-second Ward Rioct. ‘The investigaiion into the Cwenty-sccond ward riot oo the cccasion o: the erection of a Libby banner, wan re- sumed on Thursday afternoon before Recorder Smith, at the Court of General Sessions, Daniel L. Witter, Captain Twenty-second ward police, ‘was exemined, His testimony was as follows:—Could not ‘ay that I was at the station house on the ¥7th October; ‘Was ot the station on the day @ the riot at Mr. Davien’a; Van Orden to fi) up notices of & meating to be held at the Chiefs cifice, Captaia Lronard chairman and myself , Dut ft may not nave decu for tat day.) Mr.) Ppeperr moved to # rike ont that auewer, The Revoraer-t perempy rily declined He would give the widest iatl- | de 10 the investigation Of this case. ) Witnees continued—io not recollect that that meeting | ‘was Deid on the 28th, at the Chie("s office; do not remem- Der what time! left Nation house Ga las evontag off” the riot, bot think tt was at scnset roll call; did not re- tara till 10 oF 1034 o'clock at ight; came ‘down Goring the inter’ ‘War informed of the riot by a fon pamed Scott; on my revurn found that ali the went the sceni disturbance, do fot remem! whether Jne; time, or w roene of the riot; the oficers returned rived; ofd pet bring avy prironers me Jobp O Toole of O'Rourke recollect baving spy conversation wi them next day relative to the have bed copversation wich diferent persons riot, among them Jucge Covnolty,’oo Tuesday last; do remember ibat O'Rourke came aud obanged his y Of the rio; think O Rourke #as on dut i fl ili: i 7 ‘Was in the mid leot the bar when the ptones few; vald pot say from what directo came, but think it must have bees from ; recollect seeing officers Coakley fad MeGuire ai ti oii not noose that any mjory bs nner. pe ed D0 wtivews i he bad any kaow! ciienta in the riot, Witners sail he Mr, Spencer faretiously remarked that the Libty ieee thastones, ax it wae the Woe! Phillips replied that the Wood camenen men were famous Orteket, SINOLE WICKET MATOR FOR ONE HUNDRED DOLLAR A SIDE. A inateh for the above sum was played Inet Monday 0” the Hobok«n Cricket ground, between Senior (a profee sional piayer), of the Philadelphia Oricket Chib, am Croraley, cf the Kensington Club, on the one etde; a% Hallie (prover ional’), of the Newark Cricket Ciab, oor! Wilby, of tho New York Club, on tho other eile. Th New York party took the bat egainet the fine bowling Senior, and alter eome fine play on the part of Wilby & she bat, and Senior and Crossley io the Geld, thoy wer dinpored of for three rans. Sentor them wont in aga: the ripping bowlirg of Matlin, bat gawe way for Cr who made four rons in foe style, 4 cagren LJ ag Geld’” and three eure to ‘potat,’* \enving, with one wide, fvo rune on the paper, ” then went into ¢o something for New York, bot onli adi ed ene run to the score, Halls 4 Wilby to receive thes ‘hieh repr to tie, or three r . Thie wae aco omptist: ed without losing ® wicket, and the Philadelphiann holm victorious, received the money from Mr. mare a =Mr. f