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seem 8 anda number of the rurpected were to be ex- louay Rained OUB ALABAMA OORAMSPONDENCE. Warvmrxs, Noy. 27, 1960. Busines in Alabama—The Overt Aci— What th: South Think Gf M—The Brromeous Logic of Nortian Re publican Bistore—A Fine Chance for Iuincis Wide Awakes, dc, hc. Business at this piace is very dull, and there is no very ‘womediate prospect for ite resuscitation. The tiate is tm @ perfect commotion on the exciting poil'.cal is- wucee of the day. Most every man I meet is either for disunion oF secession, whichever measure is moet likely ‘te eflect an immediate alienation from the Northern Mates. They do not wish to wait for that repablican @uphomeous trap phrase, the ‘overt act,” under tho ‘mooming Lincoln’s administration, but to act now, Promptly, and before he assumes the reins of federal pow- er. What necessity is there to wait for an overt act? Does ‘Bot the political history of this country for the past twen- ty five years bear witneas,to a series of overt acts, from ‘the inciplenay of the abolition party to ite culmination im the election of Abrabam Linoein to the Presidenoy ?—s man whose avowed principles and declarations affirm his ‘and burraiog for tioal mastere, aad carrying “Old Abe,” at the bidding of their on their fresides, are fighting lang, who are defend! quite diferent yoostions. ARKANSAS. OUR LITTLE ROCK CORRESPONDENCS. Lirna Roox, Ark., Nov. 30, 1860. ‘The Legisiatare of the State of Arkansas is in scesion at are clearly determined, if one or more of the Southern Biases should secede; sé sustain them, if thelr right 80 to do is denied by the federal government. UNITED STATES SENATORIAL CANDIDATES DEFINING 8. ‘The candidates for Senatorial honors in Arkansas, a few days since, met at Little Rock, and deflaed their po- a @f the day, by speeches in tne Jaage Warxins, ove of the candidates, sald—To have Bension of danger from ’s election it muat be Court sre agaiaas, im, a equi- Tue number ot slave Sistas manufacturing jeer. Judge Watkins was to upconstitutions iss but recommendet « our own citizons to encourare home mamu- @id uot think a Soutbern inau edould ao- ta Mr. Livooln’s Cabinet. Bit fo" |. various the Southern States, they shovid be Uled by good Southern mea, and such men, by acc. ‘ivr ibom, } coulc come uader wo implied obligetion +) say ort the ‘Mdininistrasion | Gon, Hampersan then took the stand. He said:—If ne. ocsnary, the of the South should take up arms and gus for the tation of slavery. The evile apon the | eountry were saleable to the a of the eae oratic party, If unieed, shat party could have provente Tinocin's He bad scnvedy in bie sperch at Roca: \hat the élestion of Lincoln would ‘de a cause into tac | eo right to | o.10a0 Presideut. Lin Arkansas dot He would $0 secede from the Ualoo | Bo cause for secession | is oar duty to walt and sco what if to be cone If an | overt act be committed wo will find a united Soata. | Nothing bas oocurred to in say he does not desire to rapport the Union fhe cls | ment of slavery bas exisied in our goverameas from th) | first, and the Union cannot stand without it. If the Union were dissolved wo cannot form another like ii. We are not by taxation as are ojher countries. | ‘We bave Of apdech, @ free prese. cy.-2 Of jas | tiee and be thero was | ati) rt 8, 5 Hl # ¥ with them. = to ‘Lineoin should fi! ‘fay that no ose & poaition bs i H ei : it i | the soene of NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, DECEMB Rousat P, Ancums, W. L. Surrexa, W. D, Scuoourm, and O Taam — Gantisuss—Your letter ren] ‘She present crisis in our puii fens Loan lon of their willing- obligations aud tu- " Tagen rights of em. eatens Leto os in the least surprised indigaan nses now ) It shows that it the time trust to the ooustitu- will not besitate w main- by o spirit of ‘and bationality, steps. Cpon m oitizen of their own section, and one of a orn a Par. ty, they bave now placed @ responsibility which he cao- not avoid. the Chief Executive of the nation he will be sworn to support the constitation and exeoute the laws. His oath will bring him in conflict with the uv- constitutional statutes enacted by his party \a many of the States. Elected by that party, it is but natural that ‘he commervatiom of the nation wil! watch his course wit jealous care, and demand at bis bands a rigid enforce ment of the federal laws. Should he meet the samo re- sistance which other Executives have met, it will be his duty to call to his aid the conservative masses of the country, and they will respond to the call. Should he falter or fail, and, by allowing the laws to be subverted, aid in oppreesing people of the South, he must bo ‘From the moment of his fam here wl com comic” der commence ‘ that which the party of Mr. Lincoln is based ent from els wiil be am “irrepressible conflict’ between the con- u which he has sworn to support, and the unconstitu- the party which has ham in power. He bas declared the Fugitive Slave law ja coustitational, in ite enforcement the confi ct is with the North alone, 1 need not as#ure You that whenever the tims shall come when we must choose between « loss of our consti- tutional rights and revolation, I shall choose the latter; and if J, who have led the people of Texas in stormy times of danger, hes\tate to plunge into revolution now, it ts not because lam ready to redint to Black republican rule, but beonuse I regard the constitution .( my couutry, and sm determined to stand by it. Mr. Lincola has bees cousti- much as I deprecate bis success, no ‘vationally a alternative me but to yield to tne constitution. it is violated by him,! will be abandon redress, and the is le! ‘The moment that foremost in ii bas, the peoples who ha as, peo, ve to bear the baribens of revoluiion, mast thecaselves ‘eiioct Those who reside in cities and towns, where masses influenced by passionate ap be remy for hoaty sation, Dut the working identitted with the the country, will ask time to reflect. fn the horrors which will the to consider end security of all are at stake. It is nota question for politicians to temper with—tbe masses must settle it for themsclyes ‘Toey are to consider whether, with Congress aad the Supreme Court largely in favor of the constitution, they will be justified, Decause the President, who is coustitu a ia inimical to them. It mustcoms to this. \tB all Lhese cheoks and guarantees iu oar favor, it is urged that we should no longer wais, but as once let g0 the copsiitution. Passion is rasb—wisdom cons! 9°» after calmly considering the issae ah fel Unk Yoke oppression iapoa em, hey wif ew shake it off. Then, when their now pesceful homes sro desolation, they will feel no pang of regret a counmon feeling of resistanve, they will aos forme of law to justily taeir ac toa Nor wiii hey follow the noisy demagogue, who will flee at (be fret abow of danger. Men of peopie will come forth to Jead them, who will be ready to risk the consequences of revolation. If the Union be dissolved now, will Movea ark for © Additional | gecurity for slavery? Will’ we have our rigast Deiter secured? enduring civil war for youre, will ere be aay promise of @ better state of 1: e° Noan ‘We now enjoy? EAS empecial! theres things to consider, Our treasury is early 6 Pry; We Lavo near half a million of dollars in the treasury of the United States; @ milliou of ovr school fund ‘s invested in United States bonds; we have an extensive froatier to defend, thing when tyranny is im the soalo; but are we justiied tm sacrificing these when we bare yet the cozstitution to protect us and our rights are erccre? Let us not em brace tbe higher law principle of .° onsmies, and throw the constitution, bat when \. Lave to resiat, be in the name of the coustitution and to uphold {t. Why this military display and cali to arma in foxas? ad we cnomies at home, or iwanarmy marciiog upoo ue When was there the time wher the citizeae of ibe country were not ready to flock to ita standard {a ite de- fence? Are the to deliberate on this question with ® militar, despotiem im their midst, ready to coerce them? We want aner thougbt oe reason, Bot fa- rious harapgues or the argument of bayonets. I thig 20 ie to fall, wisdom must furnish ‘Anothér and a one; anc “f pabciols yigld gow w the raah aud reckless, who only aspire to military glory, oF for anarchy and rapine,they msy find that tn ihe wreck of one free government, they bare lost the powgy to >ar ho ie Se oe Pint elotoes na Fodepal right, so 2iTl_she ‘oubenlt (hot of her rivhtaby federal uthority. Tee goven: epteres into with ne erumect a obeerrad. lied” Louina wae &, purcbass, Calviornis, Rew a ki i i g i fF i ave beep commenced immed » Word hae, however, deem seat not to begia work, and {t is doubtful if sme will be commences belore spring, if at oil. In ‘ort Jefferson, two mouths ago, the basiness of ship Duiding wan £08) , and ‘the p for tho winter was moro confidently expected to havi po py being be We and no likalibond of any more, o no 0 SS Sioa Eeve bets = SR rere of persone in various places throughout bear Green| as bear 08 can be ascertained, thes at leat persons whose calef reliance is on winter before the: Five Northern swacks from Mystic, Nonnk, &o , with full fares of fisb, weot into Oharloston, Soutn’ Oarolina, | last week, but were to leave without selling a | flab. For « few years pest bare beon pumbers of tm the habit of resorting to Southern waters during the winter, and there have plied their craft with great profit, their catch of fish at Key West, Seyaanch, Charles: ton, &¢. This mine of Southern wealth, lik fon. stern system of non intercourse with the North has been forced upon the South as @ meuscre of jast retaliation for repeated injuries, and iis rigorous applica- tion admits of mo discrimination. That such a state of | facts and feeling should oxiat is wretohedly sad, but | THE CONDITION OF THE MISSOURI BANKS. (From the St. Louis Repabiioan } The banks of Miseour! which have just easpeaded aro gt strove, and have the of the State. They ve goud asscts, aud ns late as the Ist of Uotobor they bea millions and a balf of specie in their vaults. That sum ae he been reduced, bat not masorially. ‘Toeir policy will be, we apprehend, to put # portion of this coin in New York at the earlicst possible period, where it be drawn at at @ moderate rate of pre- mium, and thos lessen cry ab: ‘the enormous paid for it. They will also, 1% is pre- Jalature, avon to asso n- bie, and justify a remission of ‘the penalties inourred by the suspeztion of specie pa, .venta. ‘There ure other eatitutions im the city, of whose course of action under existing cirei , wo ‘are not informed. wield much ‘nfuence in moncta- of specie paying backs anc coia., and tne} aire to ran counter to these restrictions. y not de- hope, at all | ‘events, tbat they will so act as to ald in Sbe commoa pur- pore—to advance the invercste of the city and State in Foch way as to them may seem bert. STEERAGE PASSENGERS SENT BACK FROM - THE SOUTH. (From the Savannah Repubiican, Deo, 1.) Some of our freesol! contemporaries in New York seem to consider themselves outraged by the puiicy adopted at the ports of Ohsrieston and Savanuan, of peng re. colve steerage passengers by the Nortiern steamers. Tesy Mave cumaan @aceectetion: ak einen searomien upon the rights of forth, and are exceedingly . nant at the existence of the embargo. Perhaps the wrath of these hotspure will bs cooled down when we explain the truc nature and object of the exclusion, at least 20 far at this port is concerned. O ving to the financial crisis and the consequent stagnation io business of every kind, a large portion of the | oring population already here were unemployet ana idiing about the streets. The 17, if not danger. of adding to this class of our ‘was manifect; our city Mayor, pursuant to an ordinance of Couacll, tanued bis proclamation probibiting the landing “‘of any steerage Passenger, or other person, likely as © pauper to become @ charge on the city.’” ‘This is all; we were unable to give employment to the laborers already bere, and it is that justice to our- selves, aa wellas to iheso passengers, reoom- mends aud sanctions the measures adopted. is there anything wrong, or even unfrieadly, in it? if the North bas starved out her laboring popalation let a ‘hem to herself, aad not saddle them upon our FIRE ARMS FOR ALABAMA. [From the Charleston Ooarier, Dec 6 ) ‘Twenty six cases, contatning munitions of war for tho ‘State of Alabame, and addressed to Governor Moore, ar- rived im this city by the Columbia, from New York, va their way to Montgomery. With a patriotic liberaiity, ‘worthy of ali praise, taey were brought hither by Atams’ Exprets Company, and forwarced to their des:ination ‘without cbarge, This is oply one of the numerous exhi- bitions of that spirtt that bas ever marked the bistory of ‘unis invaluable agency. NEWSPAPFR SUSPENSTONS. We regret to notice sha fueponsloa, \ aot Mananoe, of the ay Atlasia American, 08 in ite lagt iaece, im consequence of peouiar; Vneament. The Loccmetcre, of Saturday, also avaoupces ‘te own Suspension.— Savannah Voss. Another large discharge frem the Goeport Navy Yard took place yesterday, by which Sfty mon were thrown out of employment greater number were ship ay ters, Cease assigned, ‘mo work.”—Worfolk Day the du We hear that some forty ‘coms in the factory New York mils lave been suspended, apd the hia: | charred —, Semtined. THE EFFECT.ON THE WORKING CLASSES, ‘Tne cotton aad wou. mannfact. ergo! (nlis.el have rezolved to wors only three-quarters time, and one ‘mill will close entirely. ‘The Boston Traveller of tué 34 inst. sayt:—Ste ve the re vival of the maaafactur ing business apon the cise of tac panic of 1857 there bas beon « very large increase of spin les im ge-veral of er cotton factories, whtie 2 nombe: of new esta isbmevi. j= © beo. comme. cages are about Compieted. The prosect crisis, however, will tend to @heck this undue expansion. We bear of one extensive maoufacturer of this city who Cyn extensive additions to one of bis eastern mills, but who has within a fe i the proseat aspoot of af 1 orders lookiug to an extecelon of fairs, 8. The Schenectady News says that one of the largest foundries in that city nae partiaily suspended for lack of of Lincoin’s election. oud, Rad (a Poca i wo tae mae the nearly two thousand workmea itbin the past three weeke. ‘at Bristol bas ceased ope and the Soctbern Oar- have iately bad large Soutn- a i ¥ Fa or three mont, and tbe progpect ts that thoy Cs vere winter. ‘The following {x ‘rom our Haverhill correspondent:— | ‘The pboe interest is entirely fias here, with no prospect of improvement for some time to come, A large num>er of mechanics are out of it, while those wao at work reosive ermal com om. With win. | ter vefore us, the prospect isa very dark one to msay, ant cannot possibly be terough without muck suf fering. DISCHARGED WORKMEN. ‘The Newark Evening Journal of the 6th inst. say#:— ‘The news from the South stil] continues gloomy. We were permitted this morniag to read a private letior, detod Savanpab, 29th clt., tos leading house tn tus ber trade, in this city, writtor 3y @ member of the (who if on & busines (oar im that section), ia whica the wrivr, afer briefy reviewing the coadition of , Saye — It'you have bot dono #0 already, I would discharge all sand Loong pr y i it 3 5 He eit i bi | for one, chould not mourn, a io rf work #bioh It may pot be 7 cow to name, ii i of 1-000 mplay na port a; os are Out Of work; Haven 2,000 Duabar’s hoop skirt f.oto-y at ere cee. Fhe Eeoteniee Bo. Com aa, atbern Carriage Company, both of Winsted, have bad large Southern orders countermanded. The = tery ae ham Lron and Steel Works is tae <Diow 40 that yl. bich Birmingha’ poked lage which mm bag ever PLENTY OF REPUBLICS. The Southera papers are disouseing the probable parti- Hon of the Siates of North America after the sooeasion of the Soutbern States from the United States, and say there =e) is all prodavility, be a Northern ‘republic, two Southern republics, a Middle republic, a Western avo and as Pacific republic. "ho Pacific Ststes are to be do tacked and form a separate feceracy with Now Mexico, MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTH CAROLINA. TO THE EDITOX OF THE HERALD, Tem aware that }* > of |:tUe ithportance to the world that I was Dora tu s::*s ousetts; but such is the fact, and I cannot help tt, . ud no voioe in the matter, but have been told that 1 made myseif hoard in that locality at an carly age. Iwas proudto hail from the old Bay State vefore ehe became the hotbed of all the “isms” and ‘was solid ou} to Fred Douglass, Wendel! Phillips, Wilsoo, Andrew & Go. It is Shacks pot Burlipgame, Sumner, eeraly hows or forgotton, thet Massachusetts voted (out of the Union when -Texas was admitied, ant has remuised out ever ainoe, the act of secession remain- ing on ber siatute boots. Now, why cannot our petulant little sister South Carolina go out ia the same Pah. 1 would also propese as # final settlement of this question that they two fight it out, and should the result ‘be the game as in the encounter of the Kilkenny cats, I, N THE WALL STREET MEFTING. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. Truly ‘ there is but one step from the sublime to the Fidiculous,’? Who bas forgotten the smooth things pro- phesied from the steps of the Excuange by the great re- publican prophets prior to the election? ‘Vote for Lin- colp, and ail will be well; there will be no commercial crisis, no penic,” &c, &o. Afew days later, and what do we bebold! That groat embodiment of wisdem and republican sm, Bon George Opdyke, reading an eassy bo- fore the Finance Committee to @ shat there is a panic, and, what is mors, a pollt! panic At the same time he imparts the astounding information in proof of it, that our crops have been good, that our imports of specie have exceeded our exports, that our exports have greatly exceeded those of the past year, and some fur \her facts of a similar character, for which we are truly grateful, as we should probably never have acquired the knowledge from any other source, Bat, after all, it leaves us in @ very uncomfortable state of mind, for “ho shal! decide when dootors: ‘ad INQUIRER, NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA. THE CONTRAST OF RAVOLUTIONARY EXTREMES—-THR PROPOSED UNION IN SOUTH AMERICA, AND THE THREATENED DISU)'ON IN NORTH AMERICA, It is interesting @* bn.2 carticular junctare of affairs in the United States, -vhem a question is agitated in which the interests of @ popalation of thirty millions are involved which may be solved only by the disraption of those ties cemented by the Revolution, and the suadering of that confederated Union which has been the glory and pride of Americans ; i is interesting, we say, togiance at the Southern continentjof America, aplit up into fragments, petty States ard imbecile governments, calling themselves republics, but unworthy the name, ever jealous of, and ever wrangling with, each cther; now kept in check by the strong will of some ambitious despot, and now covvulsed with war and rebollioa, and bathing their own or their neighbor’s territory in blood. And now, as if aroused to the wrotshedness of their social, moral and political cegradation and worthlessness, they pause acd look round for s remedy, and find {t in union. ‘Thus the singular epectacie is presented at one and the same moment of an agitation for digunion on the ene band, In that portion of tho great American continent peopled by the most tntelligen! race on the globe—a race that alone seemed > compronend true liberty, ana whose prosperity and advange to power and mign: have been no exampled ; and on the other, where civilization seems tot- tering to its all, the misery and weakness of discuion and fraternal strife have wrong « cry for anion and = brotherhood. it is certainly a most strange picture, and worthy of study and reflection; nor do we think tho conclusions drawn from such study by the political philoropoer wou! de any too flattering to us, proud and self reliant ag we are, wuile they could not fail to dojuatice to a scpposed inferior people, by recognizing the vitality and Venacity of Christianity and civilization in the dessendants of that ancient and chivalrous race which firat planted the Crogs on the abores of the Mississippi. The idea of consolidating the republics of South and Centre] America is not, however, very new; but latterly ft acema to claim the attention of the leading men ia ‘hose countries more than at any former period, It ia true We have liltic or no evidence that the masses of the people buve caught the idea, or that there is the faintest approach to # mania for union; but every agitation has fiiall beginnings, and it Is encoa- raging to pcrosive that the movement originates amoug the intol'igont and educated !of those communities, the very cises, in fact, whove ambition heretofore and lust of piace sad power have been almoet the sols cause of the prostrstion which bas reduced the people of Spaniah America to & position below that of any Earopean despot- fem. In Central Awerloa the overturning of * -cpuilie by Walker and bie lawloes followers, and the recent re newed attempt of that unfortunate and misguided man, ‘would teem to have protuced @ conviction of their woak- nees and insecurity, which President Barrios, of Hon- dures, gave cxprossion to in & late addreas to tne peopie, in which, while thanking them for their patriotic efforts against the fliburters, he takes cooasion to 8) 4 of the neceesity of union amongst all the Spanish- Amer!- can population, and says thet bo, at loast, 14 ready to lay at the feet of a central goyerniaen! the power with which he haa been invested as President of Hondured. Gti) later, we havo the of the Minister of For- oign Affairs of the republic of Chile, presented to the nations Congres# on the first of last month, in which ws find the following sentiments om the subject of union, which are perhape worthy of being givea im extenso:— In the aitaatioa in which various no! py : no 00 kage whe old fdse of tbe union of the various ‘States. When internal aifairs challenge atten- not possible to estimate, with a from surrowading wuident- i) urge, 03 fares lies in ite un 0B, not for the Interest of the government, as it scom® lew during the drat days of indepmdence, vo: the SY peopie. idea ‘a {ally diglosed {n ths treatise on Americnn haa been before for the laat four ig rou lug im 1b which might comsitats » governmen'#; it seeks to rons to “ vimeve tee barriers = whieh of fs) weiok, frateraal Calo2, w)) We i Bete file 4 £85 58 i id 5s if 23 | Hi 4 3 3 3 = 5 time : Haul i i i [ i i ER 8, 1860—TRIPLE SHEET. ~™ * | ly marcn oo the capital of | ments Secliting oe the preiominapoe of an opposite system. following brief comment cn the minister's views:— ‘re of great sig ficance to Spanish-America, The Aume- rican c's ated by our government, will be in short time an accom, fact. inorder to succeed, tho faith, the o>r svanoy and the determiaed will of our leading men are more than enongh—if those who, ac- cording to our Wnister, are disposed to urge 83 far as possible that hal Union may be realized, veritied and consummated. We hope #0, too, There ie no other remé@ly but union for the terrible evils that ailiict Spaniah-America; and ie im evident, as we have alrexly observed, that the reading portion of those populations aro waking ap to the reality of the present condition of things in their midst. An able and eloquent paper, first pub- ished, we believe, in the Ferro Carrit, of San’ iago, Chile, in tts iseue of Acgast 21, of the present year, on the ooa- dition of Spaniah-America, bas been extensively copied throughout the continent, It cannot fail to create an im- Preesion whieh must do good, painting, as it does, in the mort vivid colors, the lamentable condition of the South Americsn republics. It concludes with an appoal for Union:—‘Anaroby lives by division, by discord and by the anisgonism of interesta; let us, then, be untiring in uniting, in harmonizing, tn binding together aud making A solidarity of all intercets, inviting all vo take an active part In the eocial diseathralment.”” It would be idlo as weil as ell!y to proxc homilies on the wisdom of union, We propored to contrast the oppo- atte revolutionary movements which are now apparently working out thelr legitimate cuds simultaneously on both something of the kind, and that one end, which has been up, is coming down, while thé other rises in {ts tura. Prayers are always in ecason, and let us trust ‘he simile be not too true. News from Northern Mexico. OUB MONTEREY CORRBSPONDENCE. Mowrenay, Nov. 8, 1960. The Fall of @uadalajara~-Oondition of the Liberad Army—Gonduct of Marques in Guanajualo—The United States Conmulate—Brisk Trace—Honesty and Puncluali ty of Vidaurri, dc., do. As anticipated im my last, tho liberals besieging Guada lejara have bees completely defeated. Only thiak o! it,an army of 16,000 men, with ono hundred pieces of artillery ‘and all the necessary equipments of war; one million of dollars at their disposal, which was robbed by Degollaio Of the conucta—it is hardly porsible to betleve it—but ach is the fact. Ambition on one sido, and personal im. ‘brog!tos on the other amovg tae chiefs, ts the only causes to which can be attributed their defeat. Their moral Condition is now more wretobed than their circumstances. The soldiers are now convinced of the folly of the policy of pouring out their blood, and murmur aloud that they have Bo military chieftain capable of commanding them, and “look upon themselves as sacrificed to a mad and persona ambition, now that they have experienced the serious in- conveniences of irresponsible chisfsand governors. loa word, the liberal army is morally broken down, and there aro no means of impediog its ru'n; and, in short, never was a people in sucha state of profound de- Jeotion calied upon to encounter a more imminent peril; and they are ultimately destined to lose their mationality. It ia alleged against the liberal chiefe that during the periis and chances of a siege, the fands of the conducta served them to exert their natural tendency to gambliag and deba of every sort, and abandoned their duties 80 proiigiously to this worrt of all vices that, ia- stead of using tbetr swords,.they sto make tho most of the namerous chances of making money. The ipceseant clamor and disturbed situation of the people in the interior made {t todispensablo that obr government should deviec some ineasare to pacify the country. I bave seen jetters from the mos} respectable planters and proprietors of the State of Durango, reciting Scenes of the most appalliag and melancholy characier, and calling in the nawe of Aumanity on Vidaurri to lend his aid and influence to rescue them from this unbappy state of affairs, The immediate effect of civil Tevolution in this country has been apon the working classes, as they Lave n> means to maintain themselyor during euch 8 period of adversity; acd being wholly do- pendent on ir daily wages of labor, brve are the earitest victims. Large pinntations in the State of Durango have been completely abandoned from the causes of the present revolution, which bavo precipitated the proprietors into a series cf convulsions from which (bey caunot emerge. The reactionista here baye possession of the Sta\es of Souora, Sinaloa, Darango, Chihaahua, Queretaro and Gua- Rajumio, and ere this reaches you will retake Zacatecas, Agurecalientes and San Luis Potosi, Next in the list ‘will be Taxoaulipas, and this State, New Leon. This last mentioned bas been go reduced from the iate civil war ‘that its resources are cow exhausted completely, and consequently {t has no means of placing egain in fled more forces than will in [atare take care of \tsolf, ‘Marquez, on extering Guanajaato, placed a foroed loan of one hundred thowand doiars vpon its cliizenr, and those who refened to pay ware, immediataly sent 10 jail nptil they paid up. ie was done 1 Nive of por- sons and pationalities, aud, therefore, ageinto bear tbo brunt Such has policy of our Senators by not that they have wine 60 position tusa we wore ; conaequently Miramon and Mar. quez have Do respoet for either Englishmen oF Ai. orleans, and we are doomed to vur disconsolate and Irreirivvabie rein The United States Cousul left last week for Brownsvilic, tr placed tho cousalais in the charge of 3. A. Belden, eq —a young gentleman of dariford, Uoaneoticut, and connected wita ® mercantile house of this city, is of renowned reapeotadi!ity, and will do honor to tha the foreigners bare been the acourrod tho Into tresty, toltve of ecr government and fntereste, and bope that | be may retin the office permanently, through an of- Spprininus. These are the setiiiments of i The Lerals Blated—Quadalajara Affaire Marques’ Defeai—Deyoliado— vot Bfecis of His Removal—Busi- ne, de , 0. In one cf your former editorials, relatiag to the situa ‘ion of political affairs in Moxie, you wisely and jadi- ously remarked ‘that no one could form @ poritive ides | of the politics! events paesing in the neighboring repud- Mie, aa whe changes of her otvil aad military men were eqanl to the changes of the winds.” Sasb is the fact, and the official tnfurmation received yesterday from the ‘sent of war, Guadalajara, confirm, in toto your wise pro- dictions, We were officially informed one day that every- thing was ont for the liberals from the partial defeat that Ortega tnffered. But to day a great victory is announoed by the thunder!» , of cannon aod the noise of combus- {idle rockets, the pesling and ringtog of bells, music, ts | After bombarding the cliy Of Gandalajarn for more | than a mouth, the Martinez and Iiberal cults sgreod cpen ® convention or treaty, which in sub- fiance (6 that there should be an armistice of ff. teen daye, and thet the belligercats should each rotire twelve distant irom the capital, and in owe the contending partice eboald agree, both should immediate. 100, In the meantime the | eenageia Marques, with & force of some 6,000 mon, wae within twelve leagues of liveral i our ia wade 1s con ja oe Ss , and we have now an ‘melons, which jn other parte tanced to be bung io nia, oa Feidny, te teh (round, perhaps, thet ibe reepite was granted. Tho Comercio of Valparaiso, November 2, makes the ‘These ideas, pressed by the firs) statesman in Chile, tections of the great American continent; and, haviag done #0, it 1s perhaps our duty to stop. We do not wish to think tbat this vast oontizent of ours at all resembles ® | phia—a composition uf cs iarge stick of timber, on which schoolboys play at seo- saw; bat justnow it etrikes us that {t looks very like 5 noeeiiietiiebiacanitinapaaaati teas Fine Aru, The fret exhibition of the Artists’ Friend Sootety ig ‘ROW Open @S the National Academy rooms in Tenth etreet. In order to render it Sdaitionally attractive, a number of valuable works in painting aud Statuary have been loaned by private collections. she raio of the works contributed by the membera will take pice on ths 924 inat. Arrapgements are being made tor he exbibition on Page's collected works im the old D cveldort Gallery, Broad way. The interior decorations of the Brook'yn Academy of ‘Musio offer # bold ionovation on estado” prece cute im Connection with buildings of that charasier. Tne pre- vailing siyle of the architeoture being Moorish, tree use is being made of the three primary colors im the form of arabeeques. What the general effect will be the work is not as yct auffloiently advancod to enable us to judge. One of the most agreeable reunions that wo have at- tended for some time was Mr. Hardinge’s art coneerea> tione, which oame off at the University om Monday even- | BR. The new suit of apartments which he hag added to his studio were thrown open for the ocoasion, the ele- ance and novelty of their ameublement forming mot the least altractive feature of the scene, The company, amounting to about threo hundred, comprised most of our leading connoisseurs and critics, and the fashionable world was also largely represented. The chief plotares of | the collection were shown on easels, with the coa- | centvaced on them by large concave reflect arrargement which was fougd to work aod which m’ght be advantageously tntrodaced in other galleries, insamuch as they can bo adjusted ia a moment Wo avy given focus. Amongst tho works which attracted, most atiention was a view of Veulce, by Ziem, treated it usual glowing and traneparent Etyle of 5 “Ta Dog's Dreatm,” by Bart 4 painted and pleasing stacy, after ti | & vigorously painted manner of Landseer; an yer.” by Schessele, of Ph oe Forest ud Gipsoy Scene,” b oharmicg picture, thoroughly Eogli character; wea Featlval as tho Tower of Londoa > 6 jaa ® specimen of tho modern Clande as we havo soon; View in South America,” by Churoh—aa usual care: fally elaborated and beautiful in detail; A sketch | Of & Poor Family,” ‘by Gallait, romarkable for ite pure tones and breadth of treatment; “The Death of @ Fronteur,” by A. Steveus—almort equal in coloring to some cf the best .plotures of the Venetian school ; the head of an , by Da | Keyser—also very fine to color amd handling ; © oatue | Piece by Sicmey Cooper, KR. A., and @ number of other | Picturce by Gignoux, ausdale, Verbookhoven, Tait, Par- | mela, Patrois, Sbayer, Pezous, G. Williams, Peroy Wil- Hams, Piasenn, Beeson, &3. After the company had cir. culated through the rooms for about an hour, a concert was given—tue performers being Madame Clara Brinker- hoff, Messrs. Millard, Centemer!, acd Mille, the [— ‘The programme wae made vp of’ selections ‘from ven, Donigetti, Chopin. Verdi, Liezt, with » ballad by Millard. At the close of the ‘musical ‘manoes the company were invited up stairs, wherc a collation, givem iu Leland’s best style, wound up the entertainments of the evening. Arrest of & Dangerous Letter Thief. Amos Leeds was brought before Commissioner Betts, of this city, yesterday, on complaint of the Post Office special agent, charged with the serious uffence of hay- ing fraudulently obtalved vatuable lettors, at various times, from the New York Post Office. It appears that suspicion fell upon tho accusediiad the individual who personated Mr. C. A. Hazleton, o merchaut doing business on Broadway, and got posses- sion of a regtetered letter belonging to him containing @ draft, and sent by s correspondent at Lyndon, Vt., om the 9th ult. On the arrival of the letter at the New York Post Office the usual registry notice was issued, and im some way fell into the hands of « dishonest party, wha ‘hereupon presented it at the counter of the registry room, received the letter and signed @ reveipt, using ‘the name of Charles A. Hazicton. Tne draft uot being available to the rogue, he wrote a letter to the genUiemam in Vermont, who bad sont it, expressing pleasure that the “machinery” (« knitting machine) gave such good sutis- faction, and at the same time returning the draft, as sub- Jeoting him to too great a ‘stave,’ and requesiing that “Vermout currency” might be sent in lieu thereof. That the stran tng igode el~ merit and flue in color; y Corbouid and shayer—« letter wi . . D. Our cute Vermont friend, it seems, ‘smelt a ” and enciceed the fraudulent letter back to the geouine Hazie- ton, ‘This led to an investigation at the Pust Uilios, and ans we arranged by the Fost Office agent which in a yw deye brought to lignt the author of toe fraud, im the person of Amos Leeds, who wan youterday takon into curity goon ater be bad called «| the offloe and taken outa letter, a8 be suDpoeed, conta’n'ug the “ Vermont cur- rency,” but whieh proved to be m remittance from the speoiai agent, and which subjected hia (thus —— to & worse “sbeve” even than thet lad to thecharge of the uncffemding original dra‘t, Having greedily fobbod the weleoine contents of this letter, and whjle unsuspest- waly perusing ite xgreeabio lines, he waa taken into ens- tody by police ciflocr Biaok wood, detatlet for duty around the Post Uiflee, who hat beeo duly “posted” 4s well ag the stolen letter, and who marched the cnfortunate Leeda straight insice tho Port Uflice, to the sanctam of bis friend ‘Ube egert, who had 6) 7 inaly wade dim the last realy tance, He proved to be woll know among the delivery clerks #8 the person who bad oft»n »ppitea for levters ad- drense:' to C, A. Hazloion, V, D Yung & Oo, and others. The registry clerk we called, aii a6, 100, bad tranmacted Post Office business with the gen! on, Teece’ exouse for calling for 80 many different letters was, that be had been answering matrimouial advertise at extensively, 80d mad aavimed tne above ) Dub that did not explain ti. request for the “Vermont eu ,”’ any farther, perhaps, than that twoney ts too often mace the basis of matrimony. An adjourned exsmination of tht ose tages piace to- oy de'oro Commits toner Betts It will bo recoiiectec bet one James 8. Williame was recently sent to Sing Sig for eight yours for similar frands upon ths Poss Office. We hope the effect of thie necond cotection an! arrest within & phort time will have ite proper eflest upom this mischievous oless, who cam nd nothixg better wo do than ic prey upon the business and social c-srespondence of hoest people, Court of Oyer and Termin: Before Hon. Judge Mulien. SENTENCED TO STATB PRISON FOR YIPTEEN YEARS AND SIX MONTHS. Dao, 7—In the matter of Morrissett.—The prisoner wag convicted late last evening of mansianghter in the second degree, as already reported in the Hasan. Judge Mallin thon proceeded to sentence the prisomer, He said :—You bave been convicted, Worrissett, of a vory crime that requires, hot only for your own. others, a severe Durieg the oon Prete Stacsrely bope for your sake that ine to leat a better life. The won it oftizen, ard while weil ag the most upr! you rely apom these lawe 1 the protection of soticty, you violate the In making war upon society you, and all foch as yourself, should remember that every man's hand ie against you, and that you will eventually fell ta your objet Tae sentence of fe Court is that you be con lo tm the State prison at bard labor for Gfteea yeare rey onthe. mt. IN THE MATTRR OF THOMAS DOWNING. The prisoner ts charged ith tho homicide of wateh- man on board atioop Being imprisoned since January Inat, nod avflicient evidence not betug in possersion of tho prosecu slop, be waa discharge. ‘The Court’ acjourned to Monday. The Case of Malltgan. APPLICATION FOR A STAY OF PROCEEDINGS DENIED TUR PRISONRR GOKS TO SING #LNO. ‘SUPREME COURT—APBCLAL TERM. Before Hon. Judge Suihoriand. Deo. Lhe People of the Slate of New York. Wi am Mulligan —His Honor said: —After a careful exam). nation of the bill of exceptions I do not find any wuficien® forces, commanded by Ogez and for granting the may of sated for, Somptenciy, lonvisg on tao Sela fie ail thelr arti. Erie arpteton afer the stay ie theret arms, smmunition and equipage, aa well an «great Tt ts nnderstood that Sc.igan Was ve trenamitted to Pb ge LT a the 9th Inst. vy the — uy " Indge, in Ove of which “ injured women”? — viata eotneaa vite. iepoetng of D Marine Court. prisoner Before Hoa, Judge Alker, Lory QUERTION OF JURISDICTION. ‘ar Deo, 5.8. W. Cameron ve. F K, Jones —Thia suit