The New York Herald Newspaper, November 19, 1857, Page 4

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The News. The steamship Niagara, which left Liverpool on the afternoon of the 7th inst., arrived at Halifax yesterday. The news is three days later than pre- ‘vious advices, and is of a highly important charac- ter. The buoyancy in the London money market caused by the intelligence of the fall of Delhi, had passed away, leaving monetary and commercial affairs in an exceedingly depressed condition. The Bank of England had advanced the rate of interest to nine per cent, and at this high figure the demand for money was unusually active. Consols had fluctuat- ed considerably, and on the 7th were quoted at 884 a 88j for money. The stringency in money matters had led to suggestions for governmental relief, and a deputation from Glasgow had arrived in London to confer with the authorities. A suspension of ex- ports of specie to India is recommended. Among the failures the houses of Naylor, Vickers & Co., of Sheffield; Powles, Brothers & Co., of London, W. Orr & Co., of Liverpool, and Andrew Stewart & Co., of Greenock, are mentioned. At Liver- pool the cotton dealers had been struck with a panic, and prices had declined half a cent per pound on the rates of the 30th ult. Flour had falleu a shil- ling, provisions were very dull, and sugar had de- clined two shillings. ‘The Niagara brings nearly half a million in specie. Shipments of specie from various points on the Con- tinent to the United States are mentioned. Mr. Dallas, our Minister at London, recently made a speech at a banguet given to the Duke of Cam- bridge, in which he alluded in fitting terms to the horrible atrocities committed by the mutinous sepoys ih India, and to the punishment that should be dealt ‘out to them. The United States steamship Niagara sailed from Plymouth on the 5th inst., and is now fully due at this port. ®The political news is unimportant. There were reports of another ministerial crisis in Spain, and rumors of a rupture between the French Minister at Constantinople and Reschid Pacha. A letter has been received from Commander Me- Clintock, of Lady Franklin's Arctic yacht Fox, dated at Cape Cranstown, in lat. 71 deg. He was about to start northward—al! well—from Uppernavik. Advices from Martinique, of the 15th ultimo, state that the French government still want eleven fhou- sand coolies for labor purposes in the colony. Australian gold dust sold at $30 a $30 60ger bun- kal, in Singapore, E. L., on 19th of September. We published on Tuesday last, from the Alta Cali- fornia, a report received by way of Manila of the massacre by the Chinese of all the American and English residents at Ningpo, one of the five open ports lying between Amoy and Shanghae. This news was said to be contained in a private letter received at Manila from Amoy, but no further de- tails were given. The American ship Alexander, which brought it to San Francisco, left Manila on the 16th of August. From an official correspondence in the North China Herald of September 10, which is now lying before us, we are inclined to think that this statement had its origin in an outrage commit- ted on the Portuguese residents at Ningpo on the 26th of June previous. On that day several armed Canton junks entered that port, and in spite of the interference of the native authorities and of the foreign consuls, their crews attacked and pillaged the Portuguese consulate, under the pretext that some Portuguese lorchas had committed acts of piracy. They also captured and put to death in the streets several Portuguese traders who were entirely innocent of any participation in the occur. ences thus characterized. M. de Montigny, the Con- sul of France, in the absence of the Portuguese Con- sul, lost no time in addressing on his own behalf, and on that of his other foreign colleagues, a spirited re- monstrance to the Taotai on these acts of violence, accompanied by a demand that the articles stolen from the consulate should be restored and in- Gemnity made for the other losses incurred. Once ‘the affair of the Consulate terminated, M. de Mon- tigny adds, he will proceed with the Portuguese agents to assemble the claims of the individuals of ail nations who have been victimized by these Chinese pirates; and he insists that the piratical craft seized shall be sold to reimburse all these per- sons for the property taken from them. The ‘Taotai replies by a proclamation, in which he states that the Portuguese who were the original authors of the trouble, have been arrested, and will be de- livered up for trial to their national tribunals. He therefore calls upon the inhabitants of Ningpo to assist him in maintaining the peaceable residents and officials of that nation in their rights, and threatens with severe punishment all who molest them. We publish elsewhere full details of highly inter sting news from Mexico to the 4th inst. With suc ces#ful rebellion in the south and west. her frontiers ravaged by savages, her treasury bankrupt, and her Dighways thronging with banditti, this unhappy re Public seems to be in the final throes of dissolution. The United States steamship Mississippi arrived at Bt. Helena, on the 4th ult., from New York and Ma. Geira, on ber voyage to China. She was in good trim, with all well on board,and engines working ad mirably. Our correspondent states that the health, comfort, moral training and discipline of the crew, Young and old, were attended to with vigilance by the commander and officers. ‘The sub-committee on getting up the catefalque on which to convey the remains of Major General Worth to the monument just erected to his memory, met yesterday at 1 P. M., when several plans of catefalque were presented. The committee adopted the one produced by Heury Wilson, Esq,, with the NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1857. understanding that it should be changed during its construction in any way the committee should desire. The telegraph reports a collision of the steam- boats 0) elousas and Galveston somewhere between Berwick bay and Galveston, Some twenty-five of the passen;ersof the Opelousas were drowned, among them Gen. Hamilton of South Carolina. A ‘sketch of the career of this distinguished gentleman is given elsewhere. ‘The official despatches of Colonels Alexander and Johnston, of the Utah military expedition, detailing the position of the forces and the events that have transpired, are given under the telegraphic head. The administration are said to be a good deal an- noyed at the position of affairs in Utah, and General Harney, with a large force, will be depatched for the scene of action a8 soon as he can make an entrance iuto the Territory. The trial of Michael Cancemi for the murder of officer Anderson, which has been in progress since Monday, before Judge Davies, was concluded last evening. The whole of the day was occupied in summing up, and the jury retired to their room at seven o'clock, and agreed upon a verdict of guilty at eight minutes to eleven. A terrible chapter of crime is given in to-day’s paper. The murder of Vincent in William street; the homicide of a German grocer in Seventeenth street; the affray between two negroes in West Broadway and the stabbing of one of them beyond all hope of recovery; and the precarious condition of young Hamilton, who was shot in Canal street, form the incidents, and presenta fearful picture of life in the metropolis. The democrats in the various wards made their nominations for aldermen last evening. <A list of the names of the candidates selected is given under the appropriate head. The unemployed workingmen assembled in con- siderable force ai ue Central Park yesterday, and after listening to several speeches from their leaders quietly dispersed. The Commissioners of Emigration met yesterday, a! «adopted a report reflecting on the Quarantine Commissioners severely, and agreeing to take charge of the buildings at Seguin’s Point from motives of charity. The emigration for the year up to the 18th instant, was 169,571, being an increase of 39,594, as compared with last year. The Metropolitan Police Commissioners will meet this afternoon and will consider, as the special order of business, the claims of the old force to rein- statement, and a list of appointments recommended for the Thirteenth ward. The General and Deputy Superintendents will submit their quarterly reports. The proceedings in the Court of General Sessions yesterday were unimportant. Peter Reinhart, a respectable looking youth, pleaded guilty to grand larceny, and was sent to the State prison for two years. John Mullen was aquitted of a charge of the same nature, and Charles Cutler, who was indicted for grand larceny, pleaded guilty to the minor of- fence, and Judge Russell sentenced him to six months in the penitentiary. The final argument of the Parish will case is being proceeded with daily before the Surrogate, the court sitting from 10 o'clock in the morning till 10 at night, except a short recessat4 P.M. Yesterday the Surrogate was unable from illness to sit after 12 o'clock, 80 the case was postponed till to-day. The third counsel is arguing at present, and it will pro- bably be more than a week before the case is closed. The Board of Education met last evening, when the report upon the changes in the Free Academy was again discussed. We have heretofore given the substance of this document. The report was finally amended 80 as to leave the salaries of the tutors of the Academy the same in amount as they were previous to the agitation of the subject, and it was then adopted. Owing to the freshets in the interior the receipts of beef cattle have been very light during the past week. The total number offered for sale was 2,181 head, less by 1,317 than the offerings of the week previous. The short supply caused an active de- mand, and prices advanced Ic. a 1gc. per pound, the quotations being 9c. @ 11}c., according to quality. The cattle offered for sale, however, were of or- dinary quality. There was no change of moment in other descriptions of stock. > The cotton market was quiet yesterday, and prices nominal. The news by the Niagara was published at too jute a period in the day for its effects on breadstuffs to be developed. Flour opened without change of moment, while the market closed rather easier for State and Weet- ern brands, with a fair amount of sales. Wheat was less active and buoyant, while sales were chiefly confined to cargoes of Western, at rates given in another column. Corn was scarce and firmer, with sales of Western mixed at S23gc. @ 83c. Pork sold in small lots at $19 50 for mess, and at $17 4 $17 25 for prime. Sugars were tolera. bly active, with sales of about 1,100 hhds. at rates given in another column, Coffee was steady; sales of 500 bags Rio were made to the trade at 10\¢c. a 1le., with 100 mats Java at 163¢6.; about 1,930 bags Rio were sold at 93%0. a lke, average 9-700. Freights to Liverpool were ‘ensier, and Bome 40,000.a50,000 bushels wheat, in bulk and bags, were engaged at 84, a83¢4.; flour was taken ats. Od, a 2%. To London cheese was taken at 358, There was nothing new to the Continent. ‘The Virginia Senatorial Question—Trenchant Letter of Gov. Wise in Defence of the Administration, When, “in the brave days of ad,” a Red Cross Knight, adorned with the laurels of the Crusades, stepped into the ring of the tourna- ment, it was with the general conviction that he would make the fur fly. So it is in these de- generate days when Gov. Wise makes a stump speech or issues a democratic manifesto. He strikes the enemy, without or within the camp, at every clip, between the joints of his harness. Read, for example, the trenchant pronuncia- miento of the Governor, which we publish to-day. The subject of this bold and pungent letter is the Virginia Senatorial imbroglio between the fire-eating supporters of Senator Hunter, on the one hand, and the conservative democracy, who are with the Governor and the administra- tion, on the other; but, as we have heretofore repeatedly shown, it will be seen that this Senatorial squabble involves the important is- sues of a Southern factious hostility to Mr, Buchanan's administration and the integ- rity of the democratic party. In his especial treatment of the Senatorial imueg Governor Wise is magnanimous, and concedes to Senator Hunter everything that could be reasonably expected. The Governor does not desire a seat in the United States Senate; he is willing to accept the ques- tionable promises of Mr. Hunter respecting the administration, as satisfactory, and gracefully gives him the road. But all this does not amount to a treaty of peace. It is but the pro- clamation from the stronger party of the terms of a temporary armistice, and terms, withal, of a pretty rigid and exacting character, The suggestion that the State Legislature may possibly postpone the election of Senator “to a time nearer the termination of the six years o the present term” of Mr. Hunter, is in this con- nection very significant. It simply means that possibly the Legislature may choose to awnit for some proofs of Senator Hunter's orthodoxy in the approaching Congress, before trusting him with the honors of a re-election. ‘Thus much upon the direct issue between the party of the Governor and the partizans of the Senator, But the incidental questions involved are of larger magnitude. Governor Wise, be- ginning with the last Presidential election, says that “the contest was whether sectionaliem, caused by the foreign influence of Old England and Canada, and operating in the form of black republicanism upon New York and the New England States, and upon the lake borders of other States, should invade us further South, or our own nationalism or de- mocracy should drive it back further North.” With this statement of the case we cannot agree, for itis sheer nonsense. Old England and Canada had nothing to do with the last Presidential election. The facts in the matter are simply these: The miserable spoils policy of poor Pierce had broken up the democratic party in New York; his treacherous and deuble- dealing policy in Kansas had revolutionized the whole North, and the general imbecility of his administration had disgusted the whole coun- try. Thus, upon the eve of the last Presidential campaign the State elections indicated an aggregate opposition majority against the dis- mantled democracy of upwards of three hun- dred thousand of the popular vote. These opposition elements, however, were all adrift until the New York Henratp, as a rally- ing point, brought out Colonel Fremont upon the course. And upon what issue? Not upon an issue from “Old England” or “Canada,” of. “sectionalism” or “black republicanism,” but upon the practical issue of popular sovereignty in Kansas, as contradistinguished from the de- moralizing border ruffian policy of poor Pierce. Upon this issue Fremont would have been elected but for the treachery of the Seward black republican committees in their “side door” management of the Pennsylvania Octo- ber election. Now what do we see? Mr. Bu- chanan, we see, has adopted the identical Kan- sas policy which was the secret of Fremont’s popularity, and we see that, accordingly, the heavy Fremont majorities of last fall have been lost to the black republicans, In fact, the black republicans were drawn into the support of Fremont against their will; his. election would have crushed them out, and hence they contrived to defeat him. Upon the same Kan- sas policy that we advocated Fremont’s election we now sustain Mr. Buchanan’s administration; and “Old England” and “Canada” were about as much concerned in the one as they are in the other. Passing from this point, we must say that the hearty good will with which Governor Wise “pitches into” the Southern fire-eating disor- ganizers meets with our. cordial concurrence. He treats “the porcupine opposition” of these fire-eaters to the administration as it deserves to be treated by every conservative democratin the Union. Here the bold and decisive quali- ties of Gov. Wise shine forth, not like a “sun dog,” but like the aurora borealis, abounding in brilliant corruscations. He does not stop to mince matters or chop logic upon quibbles and artful dodges, but he holds all quibblers and dodgers to the doctrine that “he who is not with us is against us;” and let him look well to the consequences. And thus we rejoice in the acquisition to our side of a champion so stalworth and zealous as Gov. Wise. He is with us at last, out and out, in his defence of the noble Kansas doctrine of popular sovereignty, our doctrine in the Fre- mont campaign, and the doctrine upon which we sustain the Kansas policy of Mr. Buchanan; and that isenough. He believes that the peo- ple of Kansas should have the right allowed them of an honest vote upon their organic law —so do we believe. He thinks it would only revive and embitter the slavery agitation to de- fraud those people of this sovereign right—so think we, and so think all honest men, not for- getting our honest President and the conserva- tive statesmen who stand around him. This letter of Gov. Wise will have a good ef- fect. It will stir up the fire-eaters from Rich- mond to New Orleans, but it will strengthen the arms of the administration party in Virginia, and throughout the States, and in Kansas andin Congress. It covers the ground upon which the administration will starid, and in opposition to which its factious and insidious enemies will fall. Gov. Wise is learning and improving from experience. He no longer whisks about like a meteor, but shines to some purpose, like a light- ship through the fog. He bas found an ancho- rage by the side of the administration, and by the side of the New York Henaup. Well done, Governor. The country is safe, Tuk Mormoxs.—The proclamation of Brig- ham Young against the United States army re- duces the Mormon question to a narrow com- pass, They are in open rebellion against the government, and should they be able to repulse the small military force now in the midst of their mountain passes, they must know that with the return of spring an army will march against them sufficient to reduce them to sub- mission upon a very short notice, if they remain in Utah, But we adhere to our first impression that the early evacuation of Utah by the Saints is the ultimatum which lies at the bottom of this rebellion. Brigham Young has too much shrewdness to entertain the idea for a moment that he can, by force of arms, maintain his ter- ritorial dictatorship against the military re- sources of the United States. His sole object, in this present war, is doubtless to keep back the government troops from Salt Lake City dur- ing the winter; for with the removal of the snows next eummer, he will most probably, with his whole community, bag and baggage, wives, concubines and children, be off for the British possessions, His Northern exploring tour of the last summer, we daré say, had referegoe to this movement. At all events, stay or go, this Mormon rupture brings the Mormon question to a speedy solution. Tae Caxpipates ron Mavon.—The Wall street people have been as successful as the Know Nothings in getting a candidate for the Mayor- alty. They have offered the candidateship to Daniel F. Tiemann, an ex-Alderman, and a Governor of the Almehouse. Mr. Tiemann is type of pious respectable imbecility. He is an exceedingly worthy man, and makes excellent paint at his factory at Man- hattanville; but his career as Alderman and Governor of the Almshouse has shown pretty conclusively that he has neither head nor nerve for the discharge of executive functions of im- portance. He would be a King Log, and the rowdies would have it all their own way under him. Mr. Cooley isa far better choice; a man of courage, nerve, coolness, and sagacity. The Know Nothings have got ahead of the Wall street people this time, and will come out best at the election. How comes it, by the way, that the poor black republicans have no candidate? Has no man any faith left in republicanism? Are there no prophets left in Israel? Here we see the Know Nothings have their candidate, Mr. Cooley, and the merchants of Wall street have theirs, Daniel F. Tiemann, and the democrats have theirs, Fer- nando Wood; but where is the republican? Where is Oakey Hall's man? ‘The News from Mexico—-The Resuscitation of that Republic Dependent upon a War ‘with Spain. The news from Mexico which we publish to- day is of a most interesting and important character, and bears out in a remarkable man- ner the views we have from time to time ex- pressed in regard to the present condition and future destiny of that republic, since the con- vention for the formation of a constitution that followed the success of the plan of Ayutla. It will be seen that the disorganization of the country is proceeding with great rapidity; that in the South the rebels have possession of Cuer- navaca, while those of the West hold Queretaro, two of the important cities of the republic; that the savages are ravaging the North; that the treasury is bankrupt, the army demoralized, the people hopeless, and the constitutionally constituted government powerless. It may be said that this is not anew state of things for Mexico. This is in some measure true; but the social and political paralysis has never before been so intense and all-pervading as it now is. In this state of affairs, Congress, which had been but a few weeks in session, has despaired of its ability to remedy the existing disorder, and has adopted the expedient that has several instances as precedents in the history of that re- public, and placed absolute or dictatorial power in the hands of President Comonfort. This has not been done unanimously, nor with- out dissent, as will be seen by our numerous translations and extracts elsewhere, but it is the act of a majority sufficiently large to give him an immense popular support, and above all it is the voluntary will of the country, constitu- tionally expressed. The state of affairs in which he takes the helm is undoubtedly worse than any that has preceded it, and the condition of the country is one of much greater prostration and exhaustion. But a careful study of the people of Mexico and their past history will give him unmistakeable indications of the course he should pursue, and if he adopts it with a firm purpose, and follows it with courage and con- stancy, he may revive the national spirit, give new life to society and government, and replace Mexico in an honorable position among the nations. Santa Anna has been looked upon repeatedly, both at home and abroad, in times of great national depression, as the only man who could resuscitate Mexico, and on several occasions has received or usurped the dictatorial power. In all the latter part of his career, during which he has been constantly winning and losing the supreme power, there is one great key to his policy which he has never failed to use. Whenever the nation was exanimous and he was called upon to revive it, resistance to “the barbarians of the North” was his constant theme, and it roused the people to fury againgt the growing power of the United States. For a time it succeeded in every instance, and Mexico almost seemed herself again. But the furore would subside, the great moral power of this Union would resume its gigantic appear- apce, and Santa Anna lost his sway by the sub- sidence of the popular tumult and the increase of his own greed. Here we have the key note for Comonfort, but he must avoid the errors of Santa Anna. He must awaken the national feeling by a cry of war, and bring back to the people the old feeling of the time of Hidalgo and Morelos, Guerrero and Iturbide. A war with Spain will rouse Mexico as she has never been roused for thirty years past. The new generation wait to hear the cry that stirred every heart in the republic when their fathers were in their prime, and mueran los gachupines will fill the ranks of his armies, dissolve the re- bellious bands, bind the dissonant States, ani- mate the people and resuscitate the nation. Let him not preach a defensive war, but one of ag- gression, to avenge the national honor so re- peatedly outraged of late, and to break the black cloud that is now gathering against his country in the harbor of Havana, Let a new Cortes return to Cuba in the person of Comon- fort, and show to the lion of Castile that from the ashes of Montezuma an avenger has sprung. If he has the courage to undertake such a policy and such a course, men and means will not be wanting; if he has not, he cannot save the republic of Mexico, Financial Affairs in Europe. At last, it seems, the English begin to feel the effects of our commercial revulsion. By the steamer which arrived at Halifax yester- day morning, we learn that the Bank of England has raised the rate of interest to nine per cent; the highest legal rate ever known in Great Britain. Since Sir Robert Peel's act was passed, in 1844, the bank has once, and only once, in 1847, raised the rate of interest to eight per cent; this was considered the maximum value of money. The pressure of the present year, and above all the demand for money for export to the United States, has compelled the bank to adopt even a higher rate; a rate at which it may be said positively, no commercial business that is now transacted can be profitable. The news is uniformly gloomy. Console have declined one per cent since the Ariel left. This decline is of course due to the same cause as the increase in the rate of interest—the reverbera- tion of our troubles on the other side, and the alarm lest the simultaneous drain of specie to India and to the United States should prove too much for the Bank of England. The decline is large. The news of our suspension only knocked consols down an eighth; the news of the fall of Delhi did not quite send them up two per cent. One may judge of the uneasiness which must have prevailed when—in the ab- sence of untoward advices from abroad—con- sols could fall one per cent in three days. To add to all, cotton has declined, and bread- stuff are dull, Neither of these declines can be permanent; the price of cotton and corn is regulated by causes which rise above the influ- ence of monetary panics; and so long as the hu man race, or the best part of it, is fed with our wheat and clothed in our cotton, transient de clines in prices need inconvenience no one bu speculators. ‘The news cannot but lead to very grave ap- prehensions for the standing of the London houses whose business lays chiefly with this coun try. Having litile beyond Amestean securities and promises to pay in the Uudted States to offer the bank and the London capitalist as se- ourity for advances, one can tumdly hope that all will eacceed in weathers. the storm which bas at length burst upon them. Of course, it is well to hope for the best, until the thing is de- cided; but the aspect of financial affairs, as re- vealed by the steamer’s news, cannot but be viewed ax very gloomy indeed for these houses. This news will rather upset some of our Wall street ulators, who have been putting stocks up at the rate of three or four per cent a day of late, Froin the lowest point—which was imme- diately before the suspension of specie payments by our banks—to the present “time, State and the better class ef railway securities have ad- vanced thirty per cent. Even such undonbted- ly worthless stocks as Erie, Michigan Southern, and LaCrosse have gone up with the others. For the last three days, the brokers have been wild. ‘The Board has sat till one and half-past one; the list of stocks now occupies so much space that we have thought of charging for it as an advertisement to the bulls; everybody seems crazy about the inflation of prices. All this grows out of the plethora of money in the banks—which insti¢u- tions, having twenty odd millions of specie, and not knowing what to do with it, are lending right and left, on call, on stocks. The news from Europe must tend to cool this enthusiasm. With money nine per cent in England, and hard to lend here at four and five, our specie is not likely to have a long lease of existence in this hemisphere. We shall soon ship it back again; and then, after one or two more little panics, we shall, with a curtailed expenditure and a contracted trade, with abun- dant crops and a growing country, proceed in the walk of prosperity with renewed vigor. —— THE LATEST NEWS. THE MORMON WAR. The Despatches of Colonels Alexander and Johnston. COLONEL ALEXANDER TO THE ADJUTANT GENERAL. Hxrapguarrers Army ror Uran, Camp Wire, U. T., Oct. 9, 1857. Col. 8. Coorsr, Adjutant General, U. 8. A.: Sin—Ihave the honor to report that I have assumed command of the troops of the United States, consisting of part of the army for Utah, which are now encamped at this point. These troops are the Fifth Regiment of In- fantry, eight companies of the Tenth Infantry, and the batteries of Artillery (six and twelve pounders) com- manded by Captains Phelps, Fourth Artillery, and Reno, Ordnance Department, respectively. This camp is situ- ated on Ham’s Fork, a tributary of Black’s Fork, which is in turn a tributary of Green river, about fifteen miles above the junction of the two forks. Fort Bridger is dis- tant, in a southeast direction, about thirty miles. The ‘Tenth Infantry reached here on the 28th of September— Phelps’ battery on the following day. The Fifth Infantry arrived on the 4th of October, and Reno’s battery on the same day. On the Sth inst. I assumed command, for reasons whic! conceive to be of the greatest importance to the oe and their supplies, and of which I shall have the honor to make a full report when a safe and more certain opportu- nity of sending despatches presents itself. At present I can give only a statement of what has occurred since my arrival, and report the disposition I haye determined to make of the troops. On the day after reaching Ham’s Fork, and at the first camp 1 made on it, I received the enclosed letters from Governor Young and Lieutenant General Wells. The pro- positions they contain, however absurd they are, showed conclusively that a determined opposition to the power of the government was intended. I had met Captain Van Vliet on the 21st of September, returning from Salt Lake City, and was informed by him that although the Mor- mons, or rather Governor Young, were determined to oppose an entrance into the city, yet he was assured that no armed resistance would be attempted if we went no further than Fort Bridger and Fort Supply. I was still further convinced of this by the circumstance that @ train of more than one hundred contractors’ wagons had been parked for nearly three weeks on Ham's Fork without defence, and had been unmolested, al- though they contained provisions and supplies which would have been of great use to the Mormons. Upon receiving these letters, I prepared for defence and to guard the supplies near us until the nearest troops came up. Ireplied to Governor Young's letter, a copy of which I inclose, and have not had any further corres- pondence with him. On the morning of the 5th of Octo- ber the Mormons burnt two trains of government stores ‘on Green river and on the Big Sandy, and a few wagons belonging to Mr. Perry, sutler of the 10th Infantry, which were a few miles behind the latter train. Colonel Waite, of the Fifth, though not anticipating any act of the kind, was preparing to send back a detachment to these trains from his camp on Black's Fork when he re. ceived from some teamsters who came in the intelligence of their being burned. No doubt now existed that the most determined hostility might be expected on the part of the Mormons, and it be- came necessary, from the extreme lateness of the season, to adopt some immediate course for wintering the troops and preserving the supply trains with us. After much de liberation, and assisted by the counsel of the senior off cers, I have determined to move the troops by the follow- ing route:—Up Ham's Fork about eighteen miles, to a road called Subletie’s Cut-off; along that road to Bear river and Soda Spring; on arriving at Soda Spring two routes will be open—one down Bear river Valley, towards the Salt Lake, and one to the northeast, to wards the Wind river Mountains, where good wallies for wintering the troops and stock can be found, The adoption of one of these will be decided by the following circumstances :—If the force under my command is sufficient to overcome the re. sistance which I expect to meet at Soda Spring, I shall endeaver to force my way into the valley of Bear river and occupy some of the Mormon villages, because I am under the impression that the Mormons, after a defeat, will be willing to treat and bring provisions for sale. The supplies on hand will last six months, and if I can get possession of a town in Bear river Valley 1 can easily fortify and hold it all winter. Thore are also several supply trains in the rear, to which I bave communicated, and if they re- ceive my letter in time they will be saved and can join us. If the Mormons are too strong for us, which I do not anti- cipate, the other road will be adopted and I will make the best of my way to the mountains and tent for the winter. I desire to impress upon you the fact that I, though not the commander appointed to this army, have adopted this course because the safety of the troops absolutely de- pends upon an immediate effort, and having information which makes it certain that the commander will not reach here before the 20th inst., and if we wait until that time we cannot leave the valley. The information I allude to is to the effect that Col. Johnston had relieved Gen. Harney and bad not left Fort Leavenworth on the 10th of Septem. ber, and thirty days is the least possible time in which he can arrive hero. I cannot, for fear of this being inter. cepted, tell you the strength of my command or send returna of it. It is strong enough to defend itself and its supplies; whether it is abie to assume and sustain an of. fensive position remaing to be seen, but should the com mands which I have heard are in the rear come up in time, 1 think we will have sufficient force to carry out an active invasion. If we are obliged to winter in the mountains, you can perceive by ® reference to Standbury’s maps that we will have an open road to Salt Lake City in the «pring, and one which T am told is open early. By this one attack can be made and attention called from the main road (that by Fort Bridger), which may then be traversed by troops. The Boar river route is, however, said Wo be the best one into the valley. The other passes through canons that can be defended by a handful against thousands, and it is moreover #0 easily obstructed that in a week it could be made utterly impassable. The want of cavairy is severely felt, and we are powerless on account of this deficiency to effect any chastisement of the marauding banda that are constantly hovering about us. On the 7th inst, I detached Capt. Marcy, 6th Infantry, with four companies to Green river, to collect what he could find serviceable from the burnt traing, and to disperse any bodies of Mormons be found. In conclusion, permit me to express the bopo that my ‘acts will meet the approval of the government, and on the firet opportunity I will make afuller and more de tailed report. It is unquestionably the duty of the government to quell by overwhelming force this treason able rebeltion @ the Governor and people of Utah, and I must most uré®ntly impress upon the War Departmen the fact that the email body of troops here will need re! inforcements and «upplies as soon as they can possibly be jot bere next pring. [would further respectfully sug: gest that troops should be sent from California and Oregon. It is said that the road from California to Salt Lake is passable all winter, and it ie certainly so much earlior in the #pring than that from the States. Your obedient servant. KE. B. ALEXANDER, Colonel 10th Infantry, commanding. COLONRL JOHNSTON TO THR ASSISTANT ADJUTANT GRNERAL. Tikangvanrens Anwy gr Uta, } Came ON THR THRER CRromsiNGs OF Sweet Warne, Oct. 13, 1857. Mason—7o night two men who liye at Fort Laramie, | and who had been sent on expross to Colonel Alexander <ievie4 ah cup camp on their way back. From thom I Jean, the Mormons, having interposed foro im rear of OUF ‘oops then encamped at Ham's Fork of Green river,» "ceeded in burning throe supply trains, with their conten’: A message from Colonel Alexander was sent by them $0 Qolouel C. F. Smith, instructing him to protect the traing fn thé rear, which contain the clothing, Sibley tents, subsistence, &. The orders with regard to the march of the cavalry and companies of the Sixth having been countermanded, leaves Colonel Smith with only twenty-two men. Forty.seven moa of his command were left at Laramie as the Governor's ea- cort. Lt. Smith, of the Dragoons, is four days’ march be- hind us, with two companies of dragoons, the forty-seven. men of Col. Smith’s command and twenty-five dragoons of my escort who were left at Laramie to come on witis Lieut. Smith; bis command will number about 200 men. Thave ordered him to hasten forward and join Colonel Smith’s command. We will march in the morning, aad expect to encamp with Col. Smith to-morrow night. The express man says Col, Alexander would attempt to reach the valley of Salt Lake by the Bear river; it is much far- ther than by the usual route, and why. he solects it I could not learn, unless from the probability of the grass being burnt by the Mormons on the direct route. , These men say that it is certain that they will burn the grass om the route they are about to pursue. Under these ciroum- stances, if I could communicate with Col. Alexander I would direct him to take up a good position for the winter at Ham's Fork. The road is beset between this and Ham’s Fork with companies of Mormons, so thas it is doubtful whether I shall be able to communicate ‘with Col. Alexander. With great respect, your obedicat ser- vant, A. 8. JOHNSTON, Col. 2d Cavalry, commanding Army of Utah. Major Irvin McDowsi1, Assistant Adjutant Genorel, Headquarters of the Army, New York city. Interesting from Washington. THE NEW TREATY WITH NICARAGUA—HOW THE AD- MINISTRATION VIEW THE KANSAS CONSTITUTION THE NEW YORK CUSTOM HOUSE APPOINTMENTS —OFFICERS IN THE NAVAL COURTS—CONTRAOTS FOR SUPPLYING INDIANS, ETC. Wasurnaton, Nov. 18, 1859. Mr. Yrisarri left this afternoon for New York. Bofore leaving he paid his respects to his diplomatic colleagues, according to etiquette. He assured the Brittsh and Frenok Ministers he was prepared to conclude with their re- spective governments a treaty similar in every respect to that just negotiated with the United States. Lord Napier, T understand, declared his want of power to act; but it ia believed possible that Sir William Gore Ouseley's instruc- tions may authorize him to negotiate with Senor Yrisarri. The new treaty has not yet been seen by either Lord Napier or M. Sartiges. They are, therefore, ignorant of its provisions, the points of which I correctly stated Last evening. The trea®y does not provide for the transportation of troeps over the Transit, either with or without arms. This was the chuuse insisted upon by Gene- ral Cass, but resisted by Mr. Yrissari on the ground that his instructions did not authorize him to grant such privilege. ‘The fact that the treaty was not signed until after Goa. Walker's departure is looked upon with suspicion; and it is feared that Nicaragua, doubting our good faith, may re- ject it. If ratified by Nicaragua, and Walker should succeed im getting possession of the government, the treaty just me- gotiated would revert to his benefit in every particular. Such is the view taken of it by some of the European diplomatists; or, rather, they say this will be the view taken of the trausaction in Europe. The good faith of our government is not questioned by any of the diplomatic corps here. No one has yet been thought of in connection with the Central American mission. The sut@egt was Isid aside until after the arrival here of Sir WilliaalfDaseley, who, ac- companied by Col. Van Buren, of the agmy, arrived this evening, and is stopping at Willard’s, Hie bas been de- tained in New York, owing to sickness in his family. Lord Napier wrote him a day or two since to come as 8008 ‘as possible. It is understood that Senor Paraga will leave in the first steamer for Nicaragua and carry out tho new treaty. It is understood here in political circles that the adminis- tration are well satisfled with the action of the Kansas Convention in submitting the slavery clause only to the people. This forces the free State men to vote for the constitution without slavery, which is otherwise unobjec- tionable, The plan is said to be Governor Walker's, and altogether a shrewd one. Collector Schell is expected here to-morrow morning. It is understood that he brings a large batch of appoint- ments to be confirmed by Secretary Cobb. Look out for a clean sweep in the Custom House. In the first Naval Court to-day Doctor Sharp was ex- amined, on behalf of the government, in the case of ex- Passed Midshipman West, which was then concluded. In the Second Court Mr. Brady was examined on bohalf of Lieut. Lynch. In the Third Court Commodores Perry and Stringham were examined, on behalf of government, ia the case of Captain Levy. The Court of Claims adjourned till the 30th instant. ‘The bids for furnishing Indian goods have been opeacd, and the results will probably be announced to morrow. Cronin, Hurxthal & Sears, of New York, will get the ooa- tract for furnishing dry goods at their bid of $113,985. Stewart & Matthews, of New York bid $115,785. Two other bids were received, but, being informal, were aot considered. The same firm may get the ready made clothing contract at their bid of $10,995, Whiting, Ga- loupe, Bliss & Co, of Boston, bid $10,475, but the success of either of these bids depends upon a calculation yot to be made by ‘the office. There were six other bids, ranging from eloven to seventeen thousand dollars. The hardware contract will be assigned to cither Bruff Bro- ther & Seever, of New York, or F. Poultney, of Baltimore, with the chances in favor of the latter, at the bid of $11,153—one hundred and fifty nine dollars less thas Bruff Brother & Seever's. Six other bids were in, rang- ing from eleven thousand five hundred to eighteen thou- sand dollars, H. E. Leman, of Lancaster, Poon., gow the gun contract at $7,300, F. Poultney, of Baltimore, the only competitor, bid $7,400. THR GENERAL NEWHPAPER BERPATOH. Wammreron, Nov. 18, 1867. It is believed that Costa Rica will retire from the posses. sion of the San Juan river as soon as she may be in- formed of the negotiation of the recent treaty between the United States and Nicaragua. ‘The action of the Constitutional Convention moots the approval of the President, as calculated to quiet existing troubles. Sertous Steambont Collision. TWENTY-FIVE LIVES LOST, INCLUDING GRN. HAMLL- TON OF SOUTH CAROLINA. New Onusans, Nov. 17, 1867. ‘The Texas steamship Opelousas, from Berwick Bay, bound for Galveston, with fifty.six passengers, came im collision with the steamer Galveston, of the same line, at midnight, on the 16th inst. The Opelousas sunk almost immediately, and from twenty to twonty-five lives were lost—among them Genéral Hamilton, of South Carolina. All the officers and crew of the Opelousas wore saved. ‘The Galveston was but slightly injured. ‘Two men —— aa Works at Kar, Pa, Nov. 18, 1867. Two men bean ge in the gas works here died today from suffocation while cleaning the purifier. They were ordered to breath fresh air every half hour, the neglect of which caused their death. ‘The Niagara’s News at New Orleans. The advices brought wy oe tom Mov amas thie vi , Treas, thie city, at Se yuinuten peat Sock y a at five minutes ten o'e! 5 New York at seven o'clock (New Y time) over the wires of the National line. ——— The Wisconsin Election. Deraort, Nov. . The Superior (Wis.) Chromicle of the 10th instant, re ceived here this evening, says that Douglas county givea democratic Croma, the candidate for Governor, LIT majors. ty, which, it is claimed, insures hia election. ———————— Departure of the Canada. Boston, Nov. 18, 1857 PR ha = ae Canada og higg Lod g jay at noon, with thirty eight passengers ver} and seven for Halifax, xad $176,000 in specie. peel, pa nh a hd ay ‘The Atlanta at Charleston, Cuanunttox, Nov. 18, 1857, ‘The steamship Atlanta arrived here from Now York, a seven o'clock Inst evening. Condition of the Providence Banks, Provinayen, Nov. 18, 1867. oe nhowes® ‘the statement of the Providence banks to Nov. 16:— $1,948,418 2,311,217 18,533 /390 . S612TL Markets, PHILADELPHIA STOCK BOARD. Paitaneirma, Nov. 18, 1867 Stocks heavy; Pennsylvania 6's, 85: Roading Rat road, 23; Morris Canal, 60; L Railroad, Pennsylvania Railroad, 41 “ed pomdhes aw Onimans, Nov. 18, 1857 Tho receipts here of the Niagara's advices thisfora