The New York Herald Newspaper, September 21, 1860, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. OFFICE B. W. CORNEM OF NassAU AND FULTON STS. ‘TAR. pea sent by mat! wil! beat the otha Decne Ponape sianpa ot received as subscription mye FRR DAILY HERALD too conte ner copy, WT per annum, THE WEEXLY HERALD, every So fy « , oF ‘Gnnum,; the European Seas ye ‘cents per copy, $b per annum to any pai aut Britain ‘the Continent, both to tnokude po tage; Colionnte Biles nom the Loe Lith and Bit of each month at oi por copy, or 81 80 per annum cont: AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING, ACADEMY OF MUSIC, Fourteenth street.—Trattas Ore pi—Tux sicician Venrnne WIBLO’S GARDEN, Grosdway.—Hamver WINTER GARDEN, Broadway. x mim O'DONNELL Cop10Ms OF THk CouNTAY—BRyaw O'! xa. BOWERY THEATRE, Rowery—faray ox Eanra— Lavy or tam Lene. WALLACK’S THEATRE, trosdway.—Tow Roriun— Pirrsy Tue. 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Bingie copics, tn wrappers, ready for mailing, #ix cents, Agonts will please send in their orders an early as pos- Bible The News, The Breckinridge and Douglas conventions for the nomination of New York county officers met last eve The result of their labors will be found elsewhere. Owing to the violence of the storm last night, none of the telegraphic wires west of Buffalo were in operation. This accounts for the non-appear- ance this morning of our usual report of the pro- gress of the Prince of Wales, and other talegra- phic matters, The Cahawba, from Havana 17th inst., has ar- rived at New Orleans. She reports the arrival of a Spanish vessel at Havana from Traxillo, with news that General Walker and Colonel Radler had been shot by the Honduran authorities. The remainder of the filibuster party were allowed to leave the Files of Rio Janeiro papers to August § have been received. They contain but few items of any interest. On Sunday, Joly 29, her Imperial High- ness the Princess, heiress apparent, Donna Isabel, took the oath of fidelity to the constitution, in the Senate chamber, in presence of the members of the diplomatic body, the Senators, deputies and high dignitaries of the empire. At eleven o'clock the acclatmations of the crowd outside and the music of the military bands announced the arrival of her Highness, who was received at the door and con- ducted to a large arm chair placed at the foot of the throne. The President read the oath to the s, who knelt and repeated it in a firm voice. it was then signed by her Highness and the mem- bers of the bureau, and the ceremony concluded. At one o'clock there was a reception at the palace, and in the evening a grand gala performance atthe theatre We publish in another colamn additional particu- lars of the ravages of the gale along the Gulf coast on the 1th inst., and also a complete list of the crew and manifest of the cargo of the ship R. H. Dixey, bound from this port for Mobile, which stranded on the bar at the latter port, attended with the loss of the captain and eighteen of his crew. The telegraphic accounts of the storm are meagre, which is no doubt owing to the fact that the wires are out of order. In the Court of General Sessions yesterday, ap- plication was made for the discharge from custo- dy on bail of Charles Jeflerds, who has been in prison for some weeks, charged with the murder of John Walton and John W. Mathews, on the Ground that he was not committed to prison by any proper tribunal, but in accordance with a preja- diced ve¥dict of a Coroner's jury. Judge Russell denied the motion. Subsequently the counsel for the prisoner contended that the accused should be discharged at once, for the statute clearly pro- vided that if two terms of the Court elapsod be- fore an accused party was indicted he should be entitled to his discharge; besides, the evideuce of the w sses for the prosecution was sent to the District Attorney on the 15th of July, and that offi- ot_submitted the case to the Grand Jury. ¢ 2} claimed that the prosscnting officer had ¢ i 1 the statute, which provided that every person accused of crime should have edy trial, and intimated that unless the ! Jory found a bill against Jefferds very action would be taken against the autho- for false imprisonment. The motion for the discharge of Jefferds will be renewed on Monday. The Fusion Committee of Fifteen met yesterday morping. and organized by electing Joshua J. Henr; chairman. They appointed a committee to coafer with the Breckinridge and Donglas State Committees, and adjourned to meet at the call of the chairman. The fourth and last meeting of the Tappan and Craven Investigating Aldermanic Committee oc- curred yesterday. No communication being re- ceived from the Mayor, however, in response to the answers of the accused gentlemen, the com- mittee adjourned the inquiry eine die, promising to report as soon as possible. The Board of Supervisors met yesterday and transacted considerable routine business. A finan- cial statement was presented, showing that the re- ceipts of the county treasury since the last return Amounted to $275,619, and the disbursements to $259,200, leaving a balance of $32,875. No money has been paid into the treasury since January 1, 1858, for forfeited recognizances. A resolation was offer- ed directing the commitices on Annaal Taxes and Printing and Stationery to inqnire and ascertain forth with whether any arranrement has been made with the County Treasurer by which said officer is to pay interest on security funds deposited with him, the rate of interest and the time of the of the same. They were anthorized to + sons and papers. The subject was refi to the Committee on Annual Taws. In the Board of Aldermen yesterday a commtoni- cation was recetved from the Mayor relative to the visit of the Prince of Wales. The Prince fs expected to arrive om the Lith of next month. The Comptroller reported the balance in the wea- gary on 15th inst. to amount to $193,414. The Noard of Councilmen held @ short session {ast evening and adopted a resolution, presented 3 by Mr. Decker, directing the Committee on Rail- roads to report what action is necessary to be taken to require the Hudson River Railroad Com- pany to comply with an ordinance, passed by the Common Council in 1858, directing the above com- | pany torus small cara from Chambers street to | Fifty-second street, and to charge each passenger ' five cents. It appears that the Hudson River | Railroad Company have neglected to comply with | this ordinance. The Committee on Salaries and | Officers presented reports in favor of increasing the | salaries of the first and second clerks in the Corpo- | ration Attorney's office, also three clerks in the office of the Chief Engineer of the Fire Department. The papers were laid over, whereupon Mr. Shaw made @ motion to adjourn, which was carried. There are over two hundred gefieral orders on the calen- dar awaiting the action of the Board, and it is hoped that they will take action upon them as soon as possible. The sales of cotton yesterday embraced about 2,500 bales, closing firm on all grades except lots of inferior quality. We quote middling uplands at 107¢¢., middling Floridas at Yic., and New Orleans at lic. A cotem- porary throws doubt oa our report of 2,600 a 4,900 bales, made day before yesterday, and published !n yeeterday \ morning's edition, in the following language:—‘‘It is to be regretted that at presentno system is followed in our cotton market fur ascertaining the daily sales, Few of the brokers attend "Chango regularly to report bus! ness, ood It (herefore devolves upon the market reporters to vigit the various offices to obtain the amovat of cotton socatcach. Mistakes arc, consequently, of constant oc- currence, and, as am iostance, we find the Henaip reports the sales of yesterday at 9,500 to 4,000 bales, with an advance fn prices, while it is dioalt to trace out more than 2500 to 2,000 bales actually sold, and the mai kot had certainly a downward teadency.” The didi culty to which be alludes only involves # little more in dustry on the part of persons seeking information. We made no mistake; every bale we reported was cold, which, if necessary, ean be establisbed on the most oon closive evidence. It {ts untrue that we quoted “an advance.” Gur language was this —The cot ton market was firm and more active." And the prices we gavo showed no change in quotations. The flour market was again beayy, and closed at a de- cline of Ge. to 1c. per barrel. Wheat, owing to mode rate receipts and the filling of orders at the resent con- cession (held aloof for some time past), tended to checi: apy further decline for the moment; but the market closed dull, with a considerable quantity offering. Corn was to good domestic and Eastern demand, and prices for good Western mixed were rather higher, with sales re ported at @7c. a CSc. The stock of corm in this market ts large, eetimated at not much uncer 2,000,000 bushels, the bulk of which is held in store on speculation. Por!. was rather more active, with sales of new mess at $19 10 8 $19.90, and of primo at $l¢a $1425. Sugars were tteacy, with enles of 1,800 a 2,000 hogsheads, 180 boxes, and 140 hogsheads melado, at rates given in another column. Coffee was quiet. Freights were without change of moment, while engagements were fair. Seward’s New Phase of Manifest Destiny— While the Southern politicians are splittiog straws and quarrelling among themselves about abstract and useless questions of South- ern rights, Seward and the abolitionists are trying to steal the old original democratic thunder of “manifest destiny,” and to paint it with a Northern as well as a Southern aspect. In taking this course Seward practically con- fesses the hollowness of his owa theories, and enters upon a path that will isevitably carry him into the advocacy of pro-slavery ideas if he pursues it to its logical developement. Manifest destiny extended over Canada would not affect our life and stamina as a nation. But its extension over the inferior and mongrel races of Mexico and Central America, on Seward’s plan of reducing the white man to the level of the black and the Indtan, would destroy our national vitality, for this lies in preserving the homogeneity of the white race. The black republicans may legislate till doomsday, in order to bring the black up to an equality with the white, and yet the negro will always be a negro. The experiment bas been tried in every country sonth of us, except Cuba and Porto Rico, and everywhere it has produced the same result—anarchy and national decay. It is only by keeping the inferior races in subjection to the superior mind of the Latin and Teutonic races that civilization and national progress can be maintained. These two can mix without degeneracy, but not so with the others. We could not admit the mongrel popu- lation of Mexico with equal rights into the Union without debasing the standard of our population. Seward’s manifest destinarianiem is, therefore, a fallacy, and has only been seized by him with the spirit of a demagogue, because he sees that the present condition of affairs in Mexico is tending to bring about events that will attract powerfully the public attention of the country. The gathering of the fleets in the Gulf at the present time is a remarkable movement, and may bring about remarkable consequences. Spain has determined to press her claims against that republic on the Juarez government at an inopportune time, for the purpose of affecting the result of the civil war there, and our own fleet is already gathering in anticipation of the event. Our Minister, Mr. McLane, is about to sail for Vera Cruz, and the lst of December will probably find gathered in the waters of that port and vicinity larger fleets than have been witnessed there since the time of the Mexican war. While this is occurring that republic is itself dropping to pieces, through the natural operation of the rule of discordant and mongrel races. In Yu- catan a war of castes between the white and the Indian has long exieted, and to-day the ian- guage of the Mayo Indians is that of the whole State. Guerrero has fallen into the bands of the pintos, and in Oajaca and Chiapas the In- dians reign supreme. With this state of affairs in the south, the northern portion of the repub- lic is consummating its separation from the Mexi- can confederation, and Lower California, So- nora and Sinaloa on the Pacific, Chihuahua in the centre,and Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas on tho Gulf slope, are preparing fora new order of things. Mexico proper is thus becoming reduced? to « small repablic of some four or five millions of peo- ple, lying on either side of «@ line running from Vera Cruz to the Pacific, passing through Puebla, Mexico, Guanajuato and Guadalajara. The next five years will see some rapid de- velopements of manifest destiny in the disin- tegrating confederacy of Mexico, and the be- ginning may come with the Christmas holidays at Vera Craz. Spain little dreams of the fast music that may be played at the ball she is so anxious to open, nor is Seward fully aware of what the Northern white man will do when into direct contact with the inferior races of the South. The bumanitarianism of “the Massachusetts school” may theori7/ down East,” and “out West;” but the transplanted Yankee makes the strongest of pro-slavery ad- yocates the moment he comes to live among the negroes, and to know them practically. If the black republicans do not take oare they will burn their fingers with “manifest destiny,” and in ap pealing to it now they show the utter hollow bees of their own theories and professions. The Conquest of Naples—Garibaldi ta tne Oapttal. Although the despatch reported to have been received by the British government announcing the triumphant entrance of Garibaldi into Na ples lacks confirmation, there is little reason to doubt the fact, The flight of the King removed the only obstacle which stood in the way of the Dictator’s keeping his pledge of entering it on the 7th, for he might have offered a temporary reslatance with the troops that remained fuithfu! to bim, and thus retarded the promised event. The Count of Syracuse’s letter seems, however, to have precipitated matters, and to have de cided the crestfallen monarch in abandoning the city. The manuer in which that document was received by those who had continued friendly to him must have dissipated bis few re- maining illusions. Thus, in little better than sixty days, hae the conquest of a kingdom, with a popula:ion of eleven millions and a formidable standing army. been effected by a handful of troops, the force originally landed in Sicily not exceeding at the outside twelve bandred men. No such feat is recorded in history, nor even amongst the deeds of mythological heroes. When the undertaking was firat announced, men held their breath, and pronounced its author bent upon self-destruction, The easy éuccess with which it bas been attended will redeem from the censure of historical critics many a reckless act of daring. Even that famous invasion of France, which was un. dertaken with the sid merely of 6 live cagle and a dozen of champagne, is elevated into the dignity of a serious fact by this achievement. But with all his heroism and disinterested- ness, the credit of the inspirations by which Garibald! bas been impelled must be shared with another. The programme which he is working out is, in fact, the offspring of the master mind which for the last ten years has initiated most of the great political move- ments that have agitated Europe. Garibaldi aad Victor Emanuel have beea only his instruments; and if the expulsion of the Bourbons from Naples was not for- malized as one of the features of the Ita- lian campaign, it was not the less a pre. determined plan with him. But the second Napoleon, unlike bis uncle, accomplishes his ob- jects leisurely, and fortifies his work as he pro- ceeds, in order tbat he may not have to return upon it. After each successive movement, he rests a while to watch its effect upon the public mind of Europe, ss well as to strengthen him” self by fresh combinations and alliances. And notwithstanding the deference that he osten- sibly pays to public sentiment, and the ob- etacles by which he is frequenily impeded, he rarely fails in carrying out his original concep- tions. Thus, the objects of tke Italian cam- paign, although partly arrested by the treaty of Villafranca, are all in process of being se- cured. Italy, if not as yet “freed from the Alps to the Adriatic,” will soon be so, without the Emperor violating any of the obligations forced upon him by that unwelcome compact. In the same way the plan of the Italian confe- deration, which was temporarily frustrated by the Pope's obstinacy, is nearing its accomplich- ment. France secures to the Pontiff the pos- seesion of the Eternal City, but the States of the Church will be left freo to assert their independence, just as the Two Sicilies have done. Every effort will be made to prevent Garibaldi from attacking Venice ; and in pre- sence of the immense military force which Fran- cis Joseph has congregated there, it is not pro- bable that be will attempt so hazardous @ step. Austria is not in a position to support for any length of time the enormous cost of this oc- cupation, which is equal to a war expenditure; and she will therefore have to make such politi- cal concessions to the Venetians as will place them on a par with the reat of Italy. The national unity which has so long constituted the dream of Italian patriots will be thus ac- complished, and will be reconciled with the in- terests of Europe, and of the Catholic world, by the wise scheme of the French Emperor. Should it not work as expected, however, the cause of the Venetians will have lost nothing, whilst Italy will bave gained mnch by she ex- ercise of a little prudence on the part of the Liberator. Tum Brack Rercerscaxs ann Tun Genwans.— The Germans, whose most sacred rights of property and personal liberty have been re- cently invaded by the black republicans in this State, and particularly in this city and Brook- lyn, cannot fall to mark the beautiful consisten- cy of the party in its extreme zeal for the rights and liberties of the negro race, who repudiate its interference as impudent, wanton aad un called for. It is only blacks, it seems, who are entitled to the benefits of the “higher law.” White men must be content with human law, and the worst specimens of it. Anything is good enough for white men. Niggers alone are worthy of much attention—they are objects of republican wor- ship. The Germans do not forget how the puritanical Sunday laws, enacted by a repub- lican Legislature and carried into operation by a republican police, were brought to bear upon them to destroy their legitimate business, and to deprive their fellow citizens and their wives and children of the innocent recreation of their “gardens,” to which they had been accustomed in Fatherland, and which were per- fectly free from offence to any class of citizens here. The principle of republicanism is to med- dle with everything—to meddle with the domes- tic institutions of other States, and to meddle with family arrangements in their own Statese— to force their barsh and uncongenial puritani- cal creed down the throats of other men, and compel them to digest it under pains and penalties. Their liquor laws, and their Sunday laws, and their police laws, and their crusnde egainst slavery in other States, all proceed from an insolent assumption of superiority ever other men, and an impudent dictation to them as to what they should do and what they should not do. Who made them judges and rulers over white men as good as themselves ' ‘The great theory of our government fs to govern as little as possible, and to leave the largest Iberty to the people. The theory of republicanism is to upset all this, and to govern and rule the people with a rod of fron in everything; to make them pay for the same by & constantly increasing taxation: to erect a censorship over human conduct in its social, moral and religious aspects ; in other words, to establich a theocracy like that of the Jews of old, by which American citizens are to be re- duced to a galling yoke of bondage which neither they nor their fathers were able to bear NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1860. Tux Crovoue Csrntval—PREPARATIONS FOR TuE Pravcy’s Batt.—As usual, the ladies had a bad time of it yesterday, when the fall and winter fashions were displayed by the milliners and mantuamakers of the metropolis. The rain fell at intervals and in the most provoking manner, but the enthusiasm of the fair was not to be damped ; they defied all the pluvial gods, and went boldly forth to inspect the armor where- with they will array themselves for the coming fashionable campaign. What the new styles are like—what sort of bonnets, and robes, and cloaks, and jewelry, and other articles, will compose the paraphernalia of the conquering heroines—may be ascertained from the very full and elaborate descriptions which we publish in another part of this paper. The subject, we think, has been treated in a manner at once artistic and exhaustive, and it is quite as impor- tant as the operations of the broken-down poli- tical managers or the lame ducks in Wall street. It will be noticed, as the especial feature of the crinoline carnival for the present year, that caleulations as to the ball which is to be given next month in honor of the Prince of Wales enter largely into the views of the leaders of the ton. It is settled that the soiree is to be a grand affair, and that the number of partici- tached to the matter, is to be quite limited. Every young lady—and where can we find an old one ?—ia exceedingly anxious to participate in the festivities in honor of the heir apparent. Then there are thousands of provincial belles upon the anxious seat, and the Scriptaral rule of confining the elect to the few, aud leaving the many to gnash their pearly teeth in oute? darkness, will be rigidly enforced. Of course the lucky fair ones will all endeavor to out- shine each other, and some idea of the magnifi cence of the affair may be gathered from our partial description of the dresses which are to be worn at the ball. Impressed with the im portance of the affair,many ladies have sent to Paris for their dresses, These will arrive just before the ball, and wil] be, of course, ravish- ing, Paris being justly termed the paradise of cooks and milliners. No dinnera and no dresses out of Paris, is the first article of the fashiona- ble creed. Then there is a good deal going on in the jewelry line, and an impending revo- lution in the time-honored styles of bijouteric. American ladies are as celebrated for their good taste in all matters of personal adornment as for their personal beauty, which far surpasses that of the women of any other nation. The French woman has espril; the English, ruddy health and high animal spirits; but in the American lady we find French gayety, English aplomb and rare beauty combined in the same indivi- dual. é It is not too much to say, then, that the Prince of Wales will behold at the Academy ball an ar- ray of charming women such as the world can- not match. Their dresses and jewelry—manu- factured expressly for this occasion—will form & most important item in the expense of the affair, which will cost altogether as much as a quarter of a million of dollars, and will be cheap at the price. It will stimulate the retail trade, attract strangers from all parts of the country, keep the ladies in a most delightful state of excitement, and show to our British cousins that, without a titled aristocracy, we can still make as fine a show, when we try, as any of the European courts. Already the ex- citement among the queens of the fashionable world has commenced, and many are the con- tions and congresses that have béen held “up town” upon the all-absorbing topic of the hour. The Prince’s ball, with all its pros and cons, is canvassed with much more spirit than the Presidential election, the ladies being far abead of the politicians when a really important matter comes up. So we may as well be prepared for a great metropolitan sensation, and one that will exceed anything of the sort that has ever before been experienced in the United States. Tue Pactic Tstecrara—Advices from Washington indicate that there may be some hope of the construction of the telegraph line to the Pacific, in accordance with the provisions of the law of the last session of Congress. That act grants the right of way over the public domain to any company that ‘|! cuarantee the opening of the line withi: i» cars, and also the use and occupancy for «\atious of one quarter section of land for every fifteen miles of the route. Upon the completion of the line, the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to contract with the company for government business, on certain conditions, at the maximum rate of forty thousand dollars per annum. In awarding the contract, however, the law provides that it shall be given to that party who ehall agree to do the govern- ment business at the lowest price under the fixed maximum sum, subject to the same re- strictions. Several bids, varying from $25,000 to $40,000, were put in, but none of the bid- ders greatly benefitted by it, and, therefore, would be for their pecuniary interest, from the business of the Pacific line, to build doubt that Congress expected the Secretary of the Treasury to exercise his discretion as to whether bidders were responsible or not. Otherwise there would be no probability that the communication would ever be opened in obedience to Congressional authority, for there are always plenty of sanguine, irresponsible enthusiasts who will bid lower for contracts than any sane, practical man would venture to do, with any intention of executing them. We are rery glad to learn, therefore, that there is a prospect of the lowest bidders for this contract asking leave to withdraw, on the ground that {hey are unwilling to furnish the guarantees which Mr. Cobb certainly ought to require from them. In such a conti: gency we trust that the work will be awarded at once to those parties who slone of all the bidders are able to execute it. The government and the pants therein, considering the interest at-. Po ers public care nothing about the squabbles of | Welker’s raid bed caused intense excitement throughout rival contractors. They are of no account. Tet us are the tlepreph line, _ Tux Cuarces Agamet Messrs. Crawan AND ‘Tarran.—The committee of Aldermen ap- pointed to investigate the charges against Mesers, Craven and Tappan, of the Croton Board, closed their proceedings yesterday, with the intention of reporting to the Board of Al- -dermen as soon as possible. It is quite evident that the charges against these gentiemen amount to nothing. Their defence appeared to be com- plete; and as the Mayor did not present himself to substantiate them, we hardly see what the committee have to report, except that they are all bosh. The statements of the Mayor con- cerning the contracts, may be all true, but Mr. Craven and Mr. Tappan manifestly exercised a wise discretion in carrying out their part of the duty, and they were perfectly right. The sys- tem of awarding contracts to irresponsible per- sons, because they happen to be the loweat bid- ders, who will not fail to put in extra claims afterwarda, is the greatest source of frand and corruption known in the management of our public affairs. Mcears. Craven and Tappan are both men of integrity and experience, and they come out of this business with characters wholly unimpaired to resume their duties, which we trust they will be long permitted to fulfil. Tax Hive or Pourncrans ae Worx.—The poli- ticians of the city, great and small, are all bu- sily at work these times. There are four Presi- dential tickets in the field—those of Breckin- ridge, Douglas, Bell and Lincoln—and the friends of each are all alive in the grogshops and other haunts of political agitators. Between this and December next there are about three hun- dred offices to be filled, from Councilman to President of the United States; and for these there are about seven hundred candidates, one- half of whom never intend to run, but only get themselves nominated by a few cliques of strikers in the different-wards, for the purpose of selling themselves out to men who receive the nomination from the regular parties. Of all the candidates in nomination, real or bogus, few, very few, are fit for the ‘offices they seek. The manner of their nomination is evidence enough of that, and yet our mil- Vionaires, and merchants, and taxpayers, who refuse to participate in the primary elections, lest their broadcloth should be contaminated, or their shirt roffies get a stain of tobacco juice, and who would not associate with their candi- dates, speak to them in the street, or dine at the same table with them, will go quietly and respectably to the polls on election day and drop their votes into the ballot box for these very men, because they were nominated by “the party.” By and by, when these fellows goto Albany or into the council chamber, and rob the city of millions of dollars, the million. aires, and merchants, and taxpayers, will hold up their hands and wonder that such iniquities can be. They will make grievous moans and will run to the newspapers to know what is to be done to check the corruption and plunder ; but we tell them now in advance that the only way to prevent the evil isto look after their own interests at the polls, and vote for none but decent men. Let them not send the grog- shop nominee or hack politician to the Legisla- ture, and they will have no complaints to make. Ee NEWS FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. Prodigtous Piot of Dougias to Elect Lin- colnm—The Fate of Walker, the Filibus- ter=—The Pacific Telegraph Contract— Effect of the Cooper Iastitute Meet- ing, é&c., &e. ‘Wasmxaron, Sept. 20, 1860. DOUGLAF SCHEMING FOR LINCOLN'S RLECTION. It is authoritatively stated, among the leading political men bere, that Dougias has struck a bargain with two immense interests in the country to elect Lincola if he cannot be elected bimeeif. It is said the New Almaden Quicksilver Mine Company have assigned a large interest to Dougias for bis influence to induce the fetera! govern- ment, after next March, to abandon (ue suit against that company, and that there !s an understanding with the republicans for this purpose, and it ie asserted, ales, thit ‘the New Yor) Central Ratlroad Company an4 other com- panies havo agreed with the republicans for the control Wrrect OF THB GREAT NEW YORK rMION urErVE ‘The New York | gratn’s full reports of the speeches and other proceedings a$ the great gathering at the Cooper Institute have increased the joy and bope which ‘were awakened by imperfect accounts. This glorious de monstration will be ha{led everywhere as the harbiager of the victory of the consorvatives over tho destructiver Gentlemen from ail quarters of the Union say that the against Linooin will be hence‘orth conducted vigor and animation, and with confidence of suc. which could only be intpired by the certainty that York will declare decisively against the destruc. iii H| Little solicitude though much interest ia felt avout the mew electora! ticket. The committee are good men and true, They know New York, and they know what the country expects. No one of any authority here is dis- THE PROSPECT IN TEXWRAEER. ‘The news from Tennessee clearly shows gains for Brock- tmridge. The letter of Col. Saced, of the Knoxville ais- trict, an old Clay and Webster announcing ‘the Breckiartdge ticket to be the national and Unton one, feasign. Mr. Boll had no abler or more reputabie sup- porter. Wore the National Inielligencer to came out for Breckinridge {t would not be a stronger blow to Boll. ‘Those old Clay guns, Gentry and Ready, are on tls side of * FRE INDICATIONS IN FRIWETLY AIA. Peansytvaniens of caution and thorough intelligence speak confidently of Foster's success. If he triumphs it ‘will be easy to construct an eiectorial ticket that will de- feat Limeoin and piace the Keystone among the conserva- tive States. BRBCKIVRIDGR 1 MORALS. ‘The Bon. B. R. Holmes, one of the strongest Union men tn Misstestpp!, hag come out strongly in a powerful letter for Breck inridge. ‘TRE SOBMON OF ME. LINBEAT. Mr. Lindsay's agency is not diplomatic, nor does it in- torfere with the duties of Lord Lyons. It ia the practice Of the British government to avail itself of the special qualifications of particolar mon fir tho benefit of the pub He service. Lord Lyons enjoys the fullest confidence of his sovereign and the Foreign (ice, as be is ominent!y we THe MENCAN Queer. ‘This government, with its hande tied vp by the action of the republicans, ie the only one of the four Powers concerned in the Mexican question that ganno! promptly and vigorously pursue the course which the rights and interests of our fellow citizens, and the welfare of Mexico herself, may require in a certain emergency. Bat the polley of Mr, Buchanan wil! be jantified by the world, and the blame of embarrassing it will be a hoary lont for bis ‘The name of the Secrotary of Legation to Mexico Is Mr. La Reintre, me FATE OF WALERN, THE PHTeTER ‘The Department of State are jubilant, ar are als) thore tu diplomatic circles, at the disastroun fatlore of Walker's expedition, and of his eapture aod ore this iraom/aions Genth, Ho bas been the evorce of creat ne 89 one forernment, and they feet greatiy 6 1 thy he hes teen thos tuddeoly checked ir vorus Career ’ e¢ from Mouduras oo. Gcavomala state that in bit i the Ocntral American States. ‘THR PACIFIC TELEGRAPH CONTRACT. Mesers. Harmon & Clark, ant Fickiin & Go., the two loweat bidders for the contract to build the Pacific tle” graph, baving asked permission to withdraw their bids, will probably be allowed to do so, in which case the con- tract will be awarded to Sibley & Co., the amount of theirs being forty thousand dollars, and who are coa- sidercd by the governmont as the only parties competent to build the line. Ir. Ribiey’s bid is the only one now before the Becre- tary of the Treasury, the others baving been withdraws. His was the highest, being the maximum limit of the act of Congress. Some preliminary legal question, however, remains to be decided, but the probability is the contract will be warded to him, ‘The Secretary, it is known, ie desirous of placing the work in such hands as will at once ‘undertake apd complete the line, CONDITION OF THE TREASURY. ‘The receipts into the Treasury last week were $1,11T,- 000, oF $220,000 more than the provious woek. CAPT, MEIGS, OF TAR WASSINGTON AQUEDUCT ‘The War Department has relicved Capt. Meigs from ail the duties assigned him in the special orders of July Hs ts directed to immediately turn over to Capt. Benham, Chief Engineer of the Washington aqueduct, all ths books, money, plans, &c., pertaining to the eame in hit possession. Capt. Moigs is also relieved from the charg» of the construction of Fort Madison, and is assigned to the conatruction of Fort Jefferton, Garden Key, Florita, and will enter upon his duty as soon as practicable. The disbursements on account of the Washington aqueduct and Potomac water works will hereaftes be mais by Capt, Benham. Gen, Walker and Col. Radler Shot, New Ontaans, Spt. 20, 1660. ‘The steamship Cahawba has arrived, from Havana Ith, ‘The steamer Francisco de Asis, from Truxillo, at Ha- ‘vana, reports that Gen. Walker and Col. Rudler had been shot by the Honduras authorities. - Walker's men were allowed to depart uamolested At Havana sugars were dull and unchanged: No. 12, 85¢ reals; stock, 169.000 boxes. Molasses inactive. €x- change on London, 163, a 15% premium; on New York, Sa4X premium. Freights declining. Movements of Senator Dougias, Borravo, Sept, 20, 1360. Judge Douglas and party loft Niagara Falls at eleven o'clock. At Tonawanda and Black Rock the train was mot by @ large comoourse of people, being joined at the former place by aepecial train from Lockport, bringing nearly two thousand pereons to the meeting, with several banda of music.’ The cars were handsomely decorated with baa- ners, At Buffalo the great depot was dilied with peopie, and peer ogee ed nent, 2. ‘The Fageggad ot Gelivered| ‘im ‘over to the Comiaittee of Local “Arrange! wi i i I | PHD.ADtoat a, Sept, 20, 1860, on the erection of now for Cd awarde! the comtract for Scenes ‘weed im the consiruction « orehant’s Saas #1287,000, This comteant ry A Be Serene, Ore en dnypete Hits eaiecied by the onccrunat tadns ss aptaaneseet FP oer Titles, the Councile may act unfavorably Me. the measure, ) Sept. 20, 1960, Bhip Georgiana taw a ehip sehore on Hesele tuoala to be the Mary from New York to Sew beans