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reform an ...... 'social ■ffiprovcment. Tatccn early from aehool, life hud been her only education, anti with no leisure for books, she had learned through her affec tions ; and here, as our wisest statesman has said “ the heart was the best logician.” She saw the right with the unerring intuition ofa good heart. Neither sect, class, colour, nor country affected her feelings. In edu cation, social re-organization, anti-slavery, the meliora- =t»on of punishments, the advancement of woman, she took a deep and intelligent interest, and felt how slight was the effect of all her toil on evils which grew from ffalsc principles. She had good intellectual ability, sound practical senes, rare judgement, sagacity tnat few could deceive, that probed every case, anu did what she did intelligently. Bereaved in so many of her relations, separated from her kindred, constantly in the presence of so much sick ness and want, she was yet always voung, the sunshine of any circle, enjoying life extensi vely, happy under nil circumstances, full of health, her day perpetual gladness, as if her pathway had been as lull of heaven as thc heart that trod it. _ _ We say of some, and very truly, that their is a Chris tian life; but it is very rare that as in this case, the traits of anyone are so unalloyed as actually to remind us of to recal, thc traits of the Great Master. I never knew one so unconsciously penetrated with the thought that she “ came not to be ministered unto, but to min ister.” She literally “ cared for nothing,” but, like Luther’s bird, rested all her interests on the Jnfintie L o v e , alter which her own life and spirit were SO Close ly copied. * The marked peculiarity of her character was this entire giving up of herself to others, and the beauty of her perfect unconsciousness of it. We see many un selfish, many disinterested, many devoted persons.— But neither word, nor all combined, at all describe . Mrs. Garnaut. What others do with effort, or at most, from a scene of duty, in her seemed nature. Yet not . the heedless generosity of childhood of sentiment, but the harmonious working of a nature winch-existed only . to serve'olhers , as naturally as a tree grows. So utter ly unconscious was she of this active and unceasing de- , votedness, that she neither seemed to think herself dif- • ferenfc from others, nor to deem they ought to leave the ■. usual way of the world to be like her. She had that rare union of great tenderness and great firmness of character.- Though her heart bled : at the: sight of woe, she y et faced and alleviated suffer ings Of tbe most horrid description with a spirit full of courage and hope. She died, worn out, doing all her kind heart dicta ted, and all the wrctelied needed, but more than one person’s strength, or the means placed in her hands, Were sufficient for. She felt she had^ herself still to rgive, and died irt the sacrifice. All this so fecbly des- • cribed, was -the'work of one young woman, left in a ■ strange land, without means and without friends. — Those who know her have the joy of remembering that they did not entertain this angel unawares. Her death practically breaks, up the society she served.— • The institution, unspeakably useful, will be continued but the motherly love, the tenderness, the readiness for every toil the sympathy with all woe, pre-eminent ability, working wonders with nothing, the heart which made the home so beautiful to visit, as well as so vari ously useful, are gone. What she created, wliat noth ing but her unique character sustained, dies with her1 From the Newark Sentinel. The M ig r a tio n s o f t h e A g e . _ The arrival of 163,000 immigrants at Ncw-York dur ing the last six months, is one of a class of events full of important consequences. In connection with other fact9, it indicates that the whole immigration to the Country for the entire year will amount to near 400,- 000 ! Only five years ago the largest number ever received in one year was 100,000. We may well ask “ where this movement is to end. What are to be its bearings? And what, in the great chain of Providen tial movements'governing the world, is the true mean ing of events like these? To understand them, we ' must take a wide view of the '‘progressive develope- ment of -the human family. It is a subject of mo mentous import, and may well occupy public atten- ' 3 !rth pf Europe, we notice several to the East, one to the \cstern stream Canada, The Admis'ration of GeneralTaylor. The Administration of President T a y l o r had not commenced before the veteran Editor of the ‘ Union; exasperated by the overthrow of his party, announced his determination to oppose it, and, during tho last summer, before time had been allowed for thc deve- lopemcnt of the new Administration, or for the recom mendation ofa single measure of Congress, that print, “ the organ of the Opposition at the'seat of govern ment,” proclaimed its purpose, “ no mutter what face the future might wear, to oppose the Administration to the bitter end.” M a sures of domestic policy have been but very sligh tly shawdowed forth, the Union lias until recent ly confined itself chiefly to a daily outcry at tlic ap pointment to office of some of the members of a party which has during twenty years been as much proscrib ed and spurned by the Locofoco Administrations as though they were aliens in the country, am( entitled to none of tho rights and privileges of American citi zens. Having exhausted its vocabulary of vitupera- this theme, and determined to prejudge the ) ill be larger y larget; than that this direction. Our is the more striking of the eficiaf effects of -both are unparal- eieu' by any- previous movements of the kind. De Toqueville has. spoken in admirable terms of this on ward march of civilization upon the western wilder ness—year by year extending with a. firm and regu lar step, and widening the sphere of virtue and knowl edge. With reference to migration, therefore, we are per forming two distinct functions ; currying on the largest emigration over known with our own people, and re ceiving lin'd assimilating an unprecedented foreign influx. Just as tho humnn constitution has the power of assimilating various kinds of food to its own nature, so it appears tho body politic and social is able to con vert into a homogeneous constitution, the diverse ma terials of every name and language from Europe.— Some of our recent importations have been of the most .interesting description. Sixteen thousand Norwegians have settled together in Wisconsin, arid elected one of their own number to represent them in the State Leg islature. They are a simple, kind, and industrious people. Nearly the same number of Hollanders have recent ly settled in Iowa and Michigan. A better people than the Hollanders does not exist in Europe ; and those are the first considerable number who have come among us since the early settlement of “ New-Ncthcr- lands,” more than 200 years ago. They were the founders of New-York, and their descendants, notwith standing the disadvantages of their isolation by lan guage and by race, havo over maintained a high re spectability. The Yan Burcns, tho Stuyvesants, the Rutgerses, tho Van llenssolaers, the Frelinghuysens, and other well known names, belong to them. We welcome the coming of the Hollanders, therefore, not simply because they are the wealthiest of immi grants, but for virtues far more valuable than wealth. The streem of migration from Europe towards the East, proceeds mostly from Russia. We are not gen erally aware of the great movements going on in Si beria, which is by no means the barren, frozen region it is usually represented to he. Siberia is nearly dou ble the size of all Europe, and its entire southern pa rallels of latitude, for a distance of 3,500 miles m length and 500 in breadth, are fertile, quite tolerable as to climate* and capable of supporting a numerous population. It is-filling up rapidly with both free and penal emigrants from Russia, and it would seem, upon careful, examination, destined to act an important part in the grand drama of human affairs. Already we see it extending itself across upon our continent, and doubtless tne day is coming when she will precipitate lier strong, athletic masses like an avalanche toward the South—upon worn-out and cnfceblsd Southern Asia. Toward the South, the stream of migration is pro ceeding from the British Isles to South Africa, Austra lia, and India. In this direction it does not move with so large a volume as towards the East and West, but the tine is not far distant when it will be much greater than either. France has made a beginning in Algeria. Russia is already naoving upon Turkey, Circassia, and Persia—large strips of territory having been taken from each of. these and colonized. Siberia is prepar ing for a descent upon Southern Asia, and no known cause can prevent a general movement upon South America when once our own portion of this continent is even • sparcely occupied. In all these movements, we see not only the spread of civilization—freedom and Christianity'—around the globe, but. the implantation and growth of more vigor ous, healthy, and better proportioned races—deveTop- jitwhi* of humanity naturally^superior in physical, mo ral arid intellectual constitutions. The Europeans, as they arrive On our shores, for instance, bear this rela tion to tlie Aboriginal' tribes. Emigration, therefore, is one of the great facts of our da'y. It must continue su-b for a long while yet, and if we look into the pages , Of history, W0 Shall SCO that in every age, fbr more \than -3,000 years, it lms been a prominent fact, provi dentially directed for tlie improvement of mankind— •a. -point that we may pursua hereafter. been abie to do a single act which has not bcen^ con demned, or to leave undone any' tiling for the omission of which lie has not been severely censured. We propose briefly to examine this subject, and to show how groundless arc the censures of the Union. W c have been attentive observers of the manner in which our foreign affairs have been conducted since the present* Secretary ot State was called hy the I res ident to aid him in the management of those affairs; and after a dispassionate consideration of every thing he has done, which has thus far met the public eye, and of which we have any knowledge, we undertake to say, that our foreign relations, amidst, great difficul ties, were never more successfully managed, and that in every instance he has vindicated the honor and jn- terests of the nation with au ability, zeal and patriot ism which Entitle him to the respect and thanks of his country'. The Union hazards vague charges of mismanage ment, then calls for facts, and while it strikes away in the dark, complains that it has no light. We can tell the Union that, were its judgments guided by more candor, there is light enough to lead it to more chari table constructions than it now chooses to pronounce. The fact is, President Taylor’s Administration, so far as regards its foreign policy, has been most remarka ble for the frankness and openness with which lio has exposed all his doings, when compatible with the pub lic interest, without waiting the slow and distant oper ation resorted to under other Administrations, of calls of Congress. Thc moment that the Opposition raised the hue and cry about the stoppage of thc Prussian war-steamcr United States, President Taylor ordered the whole correspondence with the German Minister to be laid before tho public. The same franknessi characterised his conduct in the case of his refusal toi hold any' further communication with thc French Minister, and in general, thc correspondence of the Secretary has been promptly laid before thc public, on the call of his political assailants, with a defiance of scrutiny and opposition never before exhibited ini our history'. So far, therefore, from refusing light to liis enemies, the President, wilh characteristic fearless ness,,has unveiled liis proceedings to friend anil foe; and thc result has been that the Union , and all that portion of thc factious press, bound, under any cir cumstances, to “ oppose to thc bitter end,” have broke forth against the President and the Secretary of State with a fury unparalleled in vindictiveness and injus tice. But let us proceed. , In the case af the Prussian war-stcamer U- States, tlie conduct of the Administration was mailccd by it degree of courtesy and firmness which, while it com pelled the agents of a foreign Power within our bor ders to respect our own laws and treaties, deprived ev en those who.were bound to respect our neutral obli gations of the slightest object of complaint. As a mark of extraordinary Confidence in the German Min ister, the President [offered to accept his own written assurance, in the words of our act of 1818, that the ship should not violate our neutrality. This Baron Yon Roenne declined to give without fixing a con struction on the words of the act which rendered iit inoperative. Thc bond prescribed by the act was then demanded and obtained, to the satisfaction of Den mark, and even of Prussia horsulf. Tho ship which .wnsJiliLns out in our own navy-yard, and under thc ur own_paval commanders, by order of for tlio purpose of being eni- -IJ <l#h<bi v.'aiv -lilt'd hndi-r her port ol de ilin.ition, and inn never been able to employ of our treaty witli Denmark,—- inistration proceeded, as its predecessor ad dOTe, to fit out ships for the belligerents of Eu rope, our country would soon have become a by-word and a' reproach among nations for disregarding the faith of treaty stipulations, and ready at all times to supply any Power with the means of destroying a friend for the mere pecuniary emolument arising out of the job. * This act, exhibiting in a striking light the determi nation of President Taylor to fulfiill the pledges ot lvi3 Inaugural Address in relation to the faith of treaties, was soon followed by another act, founded on the same policy', which has elevated our national policy among the nations of lho earth. Cuba was a prize so fascinating, and so well calculated for popular lure and clnp-trnp, that our political opponents placed it first in tho apt alliteration of their party-cry during thc lust Presidential Canvass, of Cuba, Canada, and Cass.”— What General Cass’s policy would have been hnd he received a majority of the votes for the Presidency, we leave others to conjecture. It is our pride and pleasure to refer to the action of President Taylor, adopted at the first moment he learned that a hostile expedition was fitting out within our borders. No de ceitful considerations of policy were permitted by our honest Cheif Magistrate to swerve him from the path of duty and lionor^ Our treaty with Spain stood be fore our neutrality act of 1818 was faithfully executed ; and the President’s proclamation, backed by the active obedience of the officers of the Govern ment under his control, succeeded in dispersing this expedition by the calm administration of law, and the moral force of reason and good faith which distin guished the proclamation. For this act thc President has received the thanks, not only of foreign nations, but good mon in his own country; and tlie time is not distant, if it has not already arrived, when the thoughtless men who enlisted in this il'cgal enter prise, without knowing its destination, will thank the President for an interference which saved them from tho fate of tho followers of Miranda, nnd tlic horrors of thc dungeon and thc gibbet. It is now ascertained that the- Spanish commander, Roncnli, was ready to receive them with a disciplined body of regular sol diers, against whom they could not have possibly made a successful head. No vindictive measures were adopted by the Administration against those who had violated the law, or meitated its infraction. The whole expedition was peaceably and quietly dis persed, and the Administration has been no less dis tinguished by its clemency than its firmness. Simultaneously with the proclamation to arrest the illegal invasion of Cuba was another act of President Taylor, which stands in beautiful relief in connexion with it. It wns thc prompt and efficient action of the Secretary of State, through our Consul at Havana, in procuring the return to thc United States of the keeper of the prison in Havana, who had released Villaverde while under sentence of death for high treason. Firm in Ins purpose to vindicate thc honor of his own country, uml the right of every man to the pro tection of our laws who seeks shelter under them, whether native or foreigner ; resolved to maintain the honor of our flag, and the inviolability of thc poison of every one entitled to the protection of our laws, the President secured the safety of Garcia at the very moment when he had been removed to the prison: ad joining the garrotid, nnd triumphantly placed him in the custody of the law officers of the United states at New-Orleans. While many were astonished at the rapidity of the Executive movement, all were gratified at the fortu nate result. Had the President proceeded to demand Garcia from the Court at Madrid, it would have been a fatal mistake, which might, and probably would have involved the peace of the two countries. The delays of that dilatory Court, if resulting in the exe cution of Garcia, could never have been satisfactorily atoned for to our Government or People. We regard this decisive movement of the Executive in the right direction as an act not merely fortunate ip its conse quences, but evincive of that wise forecast, that saga city and quickness of decision which distinguished General Taylor in every battle he has fought and every victory lie lms won. Yet these things, which have been, and will continue, to be in future, tbe to pics: over which good men wiil rejoico, have furnished to the Opposition press, “ bound to oppose to thc bit ter end, no matter what face the conduct of thc Ad ministration might wear,” nothing but themes for con tumely and abuse. They are evidences of “ the bung ling diplomacy” Secretary of State—of blundering and ignorance” of the President of thc United States—ofthe “ imbecility” of the Cabinet. No act of the Administration of’any description lias escaped their censure. The President issued a re commendation to the People to devote one day, while a fatal pestilence was spreading its ravages through out the land, to humiliation and prayer, and the na tion responded with extraordinary unanimity to the appeal of its Chief Magistrate. Thc temples of the Almighty were opened on that day to all who ac knowledged his existence and feared his displeasure. Tlie prayers of millions went up to the Most Iligh for relief from the dreadful scourge. By His kind pro vidence the pestilence has disappeared ; yet the re commendation of the President was scoffed at, and he was most scurvily assailed for having dared to make it. From the tone of a portion of the Democratic prc?S, tho elimination of the disease—the banishment of a pesfilence after a recommendation of President Taylor of prayers to God to expel it, was little belter than a usurpation of power; and it required but one step further for them to take—a natural and an easy one—to place thc whole party on the side of thc Cholera, to defend it against the Executive encroach ments of General Taylor, and to enshrine it ii 3 a po litical martyr by the side of the French Minister, the Round Islanders, and thc “ thousand” victims who have been decapitated by thc “ bloody axe of pro scription.” The conduct of the Opposition in taking sides with the French Minister, M. P o u s s i n , against their own Government, whom he had twice insulted, exceeds, for its shameless effrontery, any thing lhat has occur red in the past history of this country. Believing, as we do, that Mr. P o u s s i n had authority in his instruc tions for the insult in the case of Capt. C a k p e n d e r , and knowing, as alt know, that Mr. Secretary M a s o n , at the head of the Navy Department under Mr. P olk , as well as Mr. C lifford , Mr. Polk’s Minister in Mex ico, bad both, with a full knowledge of all the facts, approved of all the conduct of Capt. C a r p e n d e r , we blush for a press which, in its rage to assail the Presi dent and Secretary of State, has not hesitated to de molish the characters of two of the leading statesmen of its own party. Be it remembered that the imme diate insult complained of by our Government was Mr. P oussin ' s letter to the Secretary of Stale, in which he lectured the President and his Cabinet about the dignity of our national marine, as involved in Mr. Mason’s own decision in the case of Capt. Carponder ; be it remembered that Mr. Clifford, in Mexico, had thoroughly approved of Capt. Carpender’s conduct; then let the candid reader reflect that the complaint against the Secretary of State is that he did not”re verse the decision of these two Democratic function aries, but modestly preferred submitting Commander Carpender’s defence to the French Government, in the honest hope that he might escape censure and dis grace for having saved a French ship and kept her thirty hours, not in opposition, but pursuant to the will of her own captain ! From all the facts which have ever yet appeared, Com. Carpcnder never detained thc vessel for an in stant against the will of her captain. Thc French captain, ignorant of the navigation, refused Com. Car pender’s offer to serve under him; insisted that that officer should take command of his ship to get her off the rocks, and abandoned her to him. Com. Carpen- dcr, by his nautical skill and at much hazard, succeed ed in saving her, carried her to safe anchorage, and delivered her up at the very first moment her captain appeared to ask for her. He was not only entitled to salvage for his crew, but lie exhibited an excessive generosity; in yielding up the vessel without salvage he voluntarily gave up his own rights, and the rights of his sailors, who labored all night to save the French ship: yet it seems that nothing would satisfy the French Government but his ruin. He had a lien on the vessel saved, and he had a right to detain her un til he could carry her into port for adjudication. He could not carry her into Ye.ra Cruz, as a Mexican or dinance of long standing prohibits any foreign man-of- war from entering tlic harbor of Yera Cruz ; and, had lie attempted to enter the port of the Eugenie’s desti nation, the guns of San Juan de Ulua would have an nounced the arrival of the Iris as soon as she catne ONE WEEK LATER FROM EUROPE. S t a t i s t i c s o f N. Y. O m n i b u s k s .— A correspon- The Europa has arrived with Liverpool dates to the dent of the E v e n i n g P o s t, who sa ys h e has been a dri- 13 th inst. The following is a telegraphic summary of ver on one of the oldest omnibus routes in this city lor the news : about seven years, gives the following statistics of the Till’ M a r KtiTfJ.—'-The Cotton market had been ve- business :— ■ ■ ■ ‘ We have 376 licensed omnibuses now running own- more different proprietors. Each $550, making their aggregate cost T H E C TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1849. JPRINTJ&D POR PROPRIETOR BY M. S. iuSQtT Canai Flour w»is‘quoted 23sGd. American Provisions were in demand. ' Sales 100 tons Lard at 36s6d per cwt; Bacon was in good request and full prices paid. Low priced Mess Pork wns in demand for Ireland at former rates. Cheese quiet. The accounts from ma nufacturing districts were favorable. The money mar ket was well sustained, and the sales easy. Public securities have been steady during the week. Consols closed at 92ia92j|. Latest quotations for American Stocks were the loan ot 1SG8, 103 ; Penn, of 1870, 92. R u s s i a a n d Turkey.— T h e reply of th c Emperor of Russia respecting the extradition o f the H u n g a rian refugees, which was expected with the most intense ; s™(l l'er )'ef r- At th.tt sam(J . , nnxietY would, it was thought, reach the capital of hundred and seventy-six should carry sixty thousand Tin-key'about thc 10th or 12th of October. ! one hundred and sixty passengers daily, and eighteen Apprehending that the decision of tl.C Czar might’ millions and forty-eight thousand yearly. Thus you he - 1 7 ieclariitionof war, the Porte was exceedingly im- i will perceive the number who daily take a ride in an patlcnMo learn the effect produced upon the Cabinets omnibus, exceeds the largest vote ever po led by both of london and Paris, by thc hearing of the represen- parties at any election in this city; and the number on an average, $10 a day and 53.000 a year. The whole earn S3,760 per day, and 51.128.000 a year. Their expenses are always rated $5 each, per day, and S i ,500 a year, making the aggre gate cost of tho whole $564,000 a year. The profit, therefore, o f each om n ibus to its proprietor, is $5 a day and SI,500 a .year; and the nett profit of all the omni buses in the city is $564,000. . To earn $10 a day, each carriage must make eight trips ; some make nine, but eight is the usual number ; down and back, with an average of ten fares eacli way. This would make for each omnibus, one hundred and sixty fares or passengers per day, and forty-eight thou- the same rate, the whole three witliin gunshot of that fortress. Never yet was any Opposition betrayed into a po sition so disreputable us tlieir pi« es have placed them in, by thoir detorniinntioji <<i oppugn I'rcUnit j ou, ngliFor wrong, “ to the bittci <m I.” They have walked over Mr. C lifford , and left him pros trate ; and have beaten down Secretary M a s o n , in order fo take sides with thc French Government.— To kill the Secretary of State they have not hesitated to stab their own Secretary of thc Navy. 'J o take sides with Mr. P o u s s i n they have not paused to consider what is to become of Dir. C l i f f o r d . The reputation of their own Minister in Mexico is nothing by the side or in comparison with the reputation ofa French Min ister in the United States. Tlie “ Union” and its auxi liaries have not scrupled to publish reviews and reflec tions tlie most acrimonious against an American Sec retary of State, whose only object has been to sustain the honor of his own Government, and his own official position, against Messrs. D e T o c q u e v i l l e and P o u s s i n , and to trample him in the dust to sustain tlie Min isters ofa Foreign Government who have twice gross ly insulted him. We must close these remarks for to-day. The sub ject requires more space lhan we anticipated but it demands a thorough examination, and wc shall resume it at an early day. Tho foreign policy of President Taylor will boar tho strictest aerutiny, and, in despite who mean to oppose it to the bitter end, 110 mat ter what faec it may wear, wc mean to domonstate that, so far as it has yet been disclosed to the public, it has been honorable, wise, and successful in every particu lar .— National Intelligencer. tations of the Sublime Porte A larrm fleet of steamers is collecting in the waters of the Bosphorus, and in thc harbor of the Golden Ilorn, and between the entraneeof thc Black Sea and the Propontis, and the sea of the Marmora. ’I here arc 12 ships of thc line at anchor, fully equip ped and plentifully supplied with arms and provisions. In the army, 100,000 soldiers were assembled round the Turkish capital. Drilling and reviewing was go- in\ on from daylight to dusk. A letter of the 25 ult., states that before entering the Turkish territories, official assurances were given to Kossuth that he and his fellow refuges were wel come, and should bo allowed to proceed to any part of the world. A considerable number of refugees had been put on board American corvets, and on the French steamer Lc Averin. Their destination is said to be Greece. ^ Kossuth has written a very eloquent letter on his present position to Lord Palmerston, which is publish ed entire in the English journals. From Widden, thc residence of the refugees, the news is somewhat Startling. Am m iliah had been sent to urge the refugees to embrace Islamism, has not been unsuccessful. Kossuth, Dembinski, Guyon, Zamoyski, and others, all swore that no person should induce them to apos tatize. Bern had no such scruples. The most unwelcome news from Turkey, is that those Pashalics it Europe, which are partly Greek and partly Turkish, arc in a state of great foment in consequence of thc threatened rupture between Russia and Turkey, under the influence of the Russian emissaries. They are chiefly members of the Greek Church. These vassals of the Sultan betraying a serious in tention of taking advantage of the present opportunity to get up a revolt. The greatest activity prevails in the sending of cour iers to and from all tho principal ports of Europe, but thc general firmness of the public funds indicate that the prevailing opinion is that no serious result will a- rise. A correspondent of thc London Times, writing from Paris says, that a note addressed by the English Gov’t to its Ambassador at St. Petersburgh, on tne subject of Constantinople, couched in firm but modest terms, contains not a single expression or threat calculated to wound the susceptibilities of Nicholas, whilst it an nounces the determination to support the Porte against exigencies that would compromise the dignity of an in dependent sovereign. Lord Palmerston has likewise sent proper instruc tions to Sir S. Canning, and has placed the Mediterra nean fleet at his disposal, which has by this time sail ed for the Dardanelles. A n o t h e r S p e c k o f W a r . —One of tbe leading houses in South-st. has received a private letter from a mercantile house iu Lisbon, containing the informa tion that the American Government had directed its Charge to demand of the Portuguese Government an unequivocal answer to the American claims upon it for spoliation'!. The answer murt b«> given by life first of Novevn- '•fticr next,.and lhi» must be conclusive as to the deter mination of the Portuguese Government to pay or re sist payment.— Tribune. R u s s i a a n d T u r k e y . — W c desire to hazard one prediction with regard to the question now imminent in Europe, touching the relations of Russia and Tur key. In opposition to the general current of specula tion, wc predict that Czar Nicholas w i l l n o t back out from the position he has taken concerning the Hungarian and Polish fugitives. Even though crip pled in bis finances and weakened by the heavy loss es sustained by his armies in Hungary, (mainly from Cholera, he says,) he will have the fugitives he has demanded from the Sublime Porte, or he will resort to the alternative lie has threatened. Possibly West ern diplomacy may find some middle ground (though we do not see it) between the humiliation of the Sul tan and a Russian war ; but if none such is found Ni cholas will draw thc sword. Much as we detest the policy of which lie is thc embodiment, wc have learn ed nothing to justify thc belief that he is a braggart or « churhiflin. Afler demanding thc fugitives with such il superfluity of bravado, ho is not the man (o show the white feather on the first exhibition of manliness by the Grand Turk. He cannot afford at this time to make himself tho laughing stock of Europe, nor can the cause of Despotism afford to have him made such. We await with intense anxiety thc develop ments of thc next two weeks.— Tribune. T h e I d f a o f E q u i n o c t i a l S t o r m s . - T I i c New- O rleans B u lletin de;.ounces it, and says: Did you ever hear any reason given for September and March gales, or as they are called equinoctial gales, excep t that the sun then “ crosses the line.” — And wliat is this “ crossing the line V” Nothing at all! It is ali nominal, there is no such such thing as the sun crossing the line. It is neither more nor less than that the sun in those days is vertical at noon,on the Equa tor, as it is vertical a few days previously, a short dis tance to the Northward of it ; and vertical a few, days afterwards, a short distance to tlie Southward of it.— It is also vertical in latitude 23 deg. North on thc 21st of Juno, nnd 23 deg. South on tho 21st December, and thoro is just nsmuoh reason why there should bo gales at or near these two latter days, on the 21st March, or the 21st September. It is true, there arc sometimes severe gales in September, but more frequently in Au gust, and scientific men Lave attempted to account for them from long continued or unusual heat within the tropics, that has rarified the air, and produced a hid den rush from tlie other quarters, in order to restore thc equilibrium, and thus produce gales and hurri canes ; but the position of the sun, or rather the posi tion of the earth towards the sun, has no more to do with these storms, than the planet Ycnus, or Lc Vcr- ricr’s new planet Neptune. T iie F ir s t C o t t o n F a c t o r y . — A correspondent of the Providence Journal snvs: American Quarterly Register for June con tains some very interesting manufacturing statistics.— The editor has fallen into an error, however, which we take thc liberty’ to correct. Speaking of the factory erected in Byfield, Mass. in 1793, lie says it wns first regular factory establishm ent in the U. States.” There are at least two that took precedence of the By- fiold establishment, one Beverly, Mass. erect ed in 1788, and chartered in 1789, and or.c in Paw tucket, established in 1790. The spinning and weav ing in the Beverly factory was done by band power. In tlie Pawtucket \factory the machinery was moved by water power. In 1789, Gen. Washington visited the factory in Beverly, anrl expressed a warm interest in its success. During that year, 10,000 yards of cot ton goods, such as corduroys, velveteens, &o. were ma nufactured. It was a day of small things, indeed, but the representative of a branch of industry now vitally connected with our national prosperity.” Canada A n n exation.—The Canadian Indepen dent mentions a rumor that the Montreal Annexation ists intend sending Messrs. Moffat and Papineau to England for the purpose of advocating peaceable sep aration. This is very probable Mr. Cuvillier, Mr. Vi- ger and Mr. Nelson went on a similar errand in 1828, and ono of them wrote to a friend in Upper Canada, that Independence, for Annexation purposes, was their main object. In England they never mentioned Inde pendence, but public sentiment and the situation of the two cuntries aro very different now. Moffat would havo voted to hang Papineau for seeking separation twelve years since. In fe r n a l.—-A living thing, possessing the power of speech, andjto all appearance human, was arrested lastr night by assistant captain Lovett and officer Da vie of the Ninth Ward Police on a charge of cruelly- beating a little girl about five or six years old, a rela tive of his left in his care. We saw the little sufferer, and truly a more painful spectacle wc never beheld. From her waist to her ankles she is mauled into one vast contusion, as if deliberately gone over with a club as butchers go over a tough steak with the back of a cleaver. Even her head, breast and arms show the marks of blows which it would be b\iso slander to sav tlmt Satan could have the heart to inflict. The little child was trembling, but almost slupifled from the ef fect of the blows. Thc monster confessed that thc work was his, with thc utmost nonehalence, but when brought in lie made some resistance. His name is . We won’t disgrace our kind by printing it until the examination shall fix Iho mark of Cain upon him. _ He lives in the Sixth-avenue near Thirtecnth-st. We trust no loop-hole of bail will give a ehance*of his es cape from the severest, penalty of the law. In search o f a W ife. —Two or three years since, a young merchant in the western part of New-York, hai 'ing formed a high opinion of the Lowell operatives from the contributions of some of them in the Offering, came on to the city in search of a wife. As his pur pose was made known to girls at tlie several places which he visited, or for some other reason, he was not very successful in the object of his mission, and was compelled to return home without a lady-love. It hap pened, however, not long since, that one of the youm* girls remarked that “ she wished she had known the object of so fino a gentleman’s visit—that she would have had lnm.” Another immediately made known i ns declaration to tho gentleman—and, to como to the point nt once, lie cam e on last w e e k — took tlie younir lady to llliode-Ishmtl, or Connecticut, and mar ried her—having scon her but once before. They are very happy in eacli other’s society, and wc hope long enjoy the bliss of thc wedded life. The editor of the Offering frequently has applica tions for wives from persons at a distance, but we be lieve she invariably writes them to come and make their own selections .—Lowell Jour. Mr. Fagar, of Winchester, is manufacturing mantel pieces of rare beauty from a new description <of mar- ble, found in Augusta county, 12 miles from Staunton, 11ns slone is translucent, of a tawny straw co- who ride yearly, is nearly equal to the entire popula tion of the United States in 1840. The average length of each route is three and a half miles, making the length of a trip down and back, sev en miles. We go down four times in the'forcnoon and four times in tbe afternoon, which is equivalent to fif ty-six miles in a day, and 16,800 miles a year for each omnibus and driver and 6,316,800 miles for the whole. A man riding up and down daily, two miles each way travels 600 miles for $37.50 in the course of a year. There arc six horse worked on each omnibus daily; in all 2,256. T h e distance travelled by each liorse, therefore, dai ly is about 19 miles. There is but one driver to an omnibus— 376 in all. They receive $1 per day, wages, which is about $300 a year. Each omnibus pays a licence to the city of $20 a year,from which a revenue accrues annually of $7,520. ' yon jujjoe ov the court ov ameals, ro« eoHraoM.zn, ; F O B S E C R E T A R Y O f I T A T E , - fob atto rnet - general , ran treasurer, ' ' ' ~‘ FOR STATE ENGINEER AND SURVEYOR, . » you CANAL COmUISSIONIR, FOR STATE PRISON INSPECTOR, v F O R T H E S U P R E M E C O U R T , D is m i s s a l o f t h e F r e n c h M in i s t e r .— The in telligence by the last Steamer, which assures us of a continuance of amicable relations with France, is par ticularly gratifying. The French Government, with a degree of justice and wisdom which we dared not to anticipate, has approved of the dismissal of its Min ister, who in misbehaving himself, loses not only the 1 example set them in other states, respect ot this Government, but the protection of his 1 own. The New-York Courier & Enquirer, in announc ing this result, says;— This result must be in the highest degree gratify ing to every friend of the country. While it dissi pates every feeling of apprehension that the rupture between thc two Governments may lead to serious hostilities, it vindicates thoroughly the course pursued FOB JENATOR, F O R M E M B E R O F A S f E M B L T , • : ron gniRirF, F O R C O U N T T C L E R K , F O R J U S T I C E , AVEM P L E . ' s' F O R S U P E R I N T E N D E N T O F T H E T O O R , F O R C O R O N E R S , L I G I T T I I A L L , T ' J r . , ‘ eS“TIIE ELECTION will be held one week from to-day. AVe can only repeat what we have before said—A FULL AVHIG VOTE IS ALWAYS A WHIG VICTORY. Recent results in other states are proof of this. In Maryland,Georgia andTcnnsyl- vania, the loco f’oeos claim great gains—when the fact is, they did not poll as many votes as they dicLat ihe Bresidental election. In this state there will be the same result, unless the Whigs take counsel b f fl*| fb*d; With tlie ^divienMgs of our opponents, we have nothing to do—let them alone—they must take care of themselves; But soe'tis it, that every man who calls himself a. Whig, Votes— and there will be no doubt of the result. ------ 7 V/UUIilJ \JlUlJfc. UilUUliUt by General Taylor, in promptly dismissing the Minis- nents jgefmrest. This f am ttr I t ASA rtfTi/'.i.» I a A m m n n iantiA n N lm/1 aa M»Ann1.. *' 123* S e e th a t t h e n a m e i s r i g h t .— W e f r e quently hear the name of the AVhig candidate.for County Clerk pronounced, by his friends and oppp- is erroneous- written David P . Forrest. - i t s h o u l d $ be ter whose official communications had been so grossly offensive to the Government. Of course, we have no means of knowing in what manner M de Tocqucvilb ijgy AVe are extremelj gratified to learn, that Col. has ex p lain e d o r obviated his quasi en d o r s e m e n t o f rr. c - • , , ' M. Poussin’s conduct in his despatch to our Secretary T h e o d o r e W. S a n d e r s , has received the W fg of State; but that, fortunately, is a matter with which nomination for Sheriff of Saratoga County. Theupm- our Government has no concern. If he can maintain j ination was made on the first ballot by a n early tinanh- his position in tlie French Cabinet, after so direct a rebuke as this, he has reason certainly to congratu late himself upon a facile temper and a strong hold on the favor and confidence of the French President. Our own Government stands nobly vindicated from every suspicion of rashness or imprudence. It has acted promptly, fearlessly and with the safe and no ble instinct of true patriotism. The AVashington Union, as the special organ of the French Minister , and its echoes here, will probably fee 1 this result to j ar°e maJon 3* be a keen disappointment, as it falsifies their predic tions and deprives them of every shadow of ground for denouncing the Government of their own country. But it cannot fail to prove highly gratifying to every one who appreciates the\blessings of peace, esti mates at its proper value, the dignity, ap/J honor ofthe country. mous vote. Col. Sanders, while a resident of this county, was one our most energetic and faithful AVliigs. If sterling integrity and unquestioned buppi- ness qualifications, apart from political considerations,, do not recommend him to the voters of Saratoga, wei muclFmistake their intelligence. AYe shall be much . disappointed if Col. S. is not elected by an unusually jeet was'tlie establishment of a Republican Govern ment in Cuba. For the present the expedition has been abandoned, but Cols. White and Bisco, the lead ers entertain n i doubc as to its ultimate success. Va. I • . . .V.V.1V...] V. v* .1. r, tt J oti rl V. u lor, veined throughout, and closely resembles a^ate.— Being capable of a polish fully equal to that of any marble known, and far superior to most, its beauty, in a large mass may be conceived. O. verland T ravel to C alifornia .—A corres pondent of the New-Yorlc Sun, writing from Califor nia, says: “ This gold excitement has caused an immense amount of suffering. A gentleman, who ha3 recently arrived overland, informs me that there arc at least eight thousand teams, with four persons to each team, on tbc road—32,000 persons. Ilis company started with eight wagons, only one of which wns brought thro’. For a distance of one hundred miles they used hams for fuel. They started with $20,000 worth of proper ty, but wore obliged to throw away $15,000 worth of it in ordor to get along themselves and save their lives. They lost nearly all of their cattle and mules for want of grass. He thinks that $2,000,000 would be estimate for the loss in property, provisions, and ani mals on the overland route alone. Gold should be abundant to defray such losses.” A n n exation in U p fer Canada.—During a re cent absence from home, the editor passed through a dozen villages in Upper Canada, and the sole topic of conversation among all classes and parties was A n n e x ation. N a y , in the good city of Kingston, loyal old Kingston—the hold of Conservatism par excellence —nine-tenths of the people are Annexationists; and if any practical benefit could arise from signing any Man ifesto, they would cheerfully do it. But they possess common sense, and knowing that without the consent of Great Britain, all attempts at Annexation must be worse than useless, they wisely bide their time, The election of Fetor Perry for the second Riding of York, will say how far Annexation principles prevail in tho vicinity of Toronto .—Kingston British Whig. Q u k s t o n i n g C a n d i d a t e s .— There is in every po litical contest, however heated, some little fun ; and in the AVest it seems a kind of natural ingredient. One of tlie candidates for a local office in Cincinnati, was interrogated after this wise: Q. Are you in favor of the next war ? A . Yes. Q. Should you run, will you stop running when the polls close, or will you run al! night? A. I’ll stop. Q. Are you a judge of good brandy ? A. Try me. Every thing was satisfactory to the constituent except the dime the brandy cost him. IIsTA London letter to the Z\ Tew-York Commercial says : “ The next time the monarohs are called to ac count the process will be far more terrible, because it will be calmer, and they will figure more as culprits than as victims. Meanwhile they have learned noth ing, ns their present conduct shows. The great gain of all the past events therefore is on thc side of the liberals. The latter have been chastened, but their oppressors have only become more infatuated than ever iu tiie pride that goes before destruction.” A C a lifornia A d v e n turer.—Several months since a young gentleman of this city (not regularly en gaged in trade) had thc curiosity to try his hand at the California adventure, and sent out 50 bbls. of cider, wliicli cost him $5 a barrel. The freight was $3 more, making $8 a barrel, or a total expenditure of $400.— ^^C orrespondence between': Wm, C. Young*' Esq. late Superintendent of lhe U. Sc S..Rail-road, and the several gentlemen lately engaged!with him in the business of the road, on his being presented by them with a splendid silver pitcher:: * . U tica is S c h e n e c t a d y R .U. O r n c i , ') - n, ,, r T, , , /r SchenefctM y, Oct. 29,1849. K T h f . R . . u n d L i \ n d E x p e d i t i o n .— Mr. Griffith t o W M . c . y o u n g , e - tj . S u p t. fejEne. . „ II, AVilliams, sergeant-major of tho late regiment on New-YorK and AM»»ny ; • 1 Round Island, informs the editor of the St. Louis £ir—Pleuso aoccjJt thisPffoberwap evident* Union that their ultimate destination was the'Island of friendship anil respect,-Antcrtaiped for you by JKttfet, of Cuba. The men were to have been shipped to the I who have had reason to know 'your worth. Island of Lopez to be drilled and armed. The expo- prove ft source of griifiiiciiffoff to you,, to know thMv» dition had been in contemplation fer many years, and resigning the manngement of InO1 Utica and ScheoeO“ the funds for its support had been accumulated by an- ’ tady Rail-road, you leave/a large circle offriend# who nual donations from tbe planters of Cuba, and were [have been connected with you in the.business of aud deposited in New-Yorlc, subject to the order of road, and who regret your departure- Permit M'to Lopez, the general manager of the expedition. Its ob-1 congratulate you, and say that we deem you wori%. the station you now occupy, or any otherIn yoi»r pro fession. Resp’y. yours* . - ’% P e te r R o w e , C lia u n c e y V i b h a r d , M , G a r d n e r , J * f . I E W a r 4 ,. V I » - c e n t B la c k b u r n ,_ P e t e r D o r s c lr , N o a h V ib b a r d , J o h n H n l a M , G a r d n e r V a n V o r s t , J o h n T e r n o u t h , P c t e r G r a n t , Giles Brower, J o h n D e n n iso n , H ; W . C llitte m l o n , E d w i n ' C . ^ P a i f e , T k W . M . F r a n c i s , W a l t e r B r u c e , E d w a r d SutlifF, J o h n . B a i f c r d t , % P r i e s t , H . M . G r a y , S . M c K e n n a n , W e b s t e r W a j a e r , . D . ( . 1 in y r e , S te p h e n Y a tes, G e o rg e H . C l a r k , J . Y . . C u r t e u u i , T M C o x , D y t r W i l l i a m s , G e o rg e C o x , J o h n ill. R n r k e r , J o h n Prime, A n d r e w F r a m e , P e t e r B r a d t , U . S . M c E lw a i r ij W m . 4 t C - u r y . . i . ' ' 7 1 Schenectady, Oct. 29,184*. f Gentlemen —Accept my thanks for the splendid present, and sentiments of personal and professional- respect expressed in your letter. ;: . *: Many of you bitve co-operated during thirteen df the sixteen years of my service with the, Utica and Schenectady Railroad Company, and all of you for si time, to manifest kindness and ability^ I am indebt ed to you for the credit I enjoy, for Tho successful management of this work, and it is no small pleasure to have been a witness to your gradual jjrospdrit^ and to withdraw from a connection, leaving yon in the full confidence of the Board of Directors, wWtw* gard you with interest, and require yonr conthtged. services in the advantageous situations you nowtfitt.- It wifi always be a pleasure for me to meet .yo*i-so cially, and to avail of your experience and success in, a business connection, when circumstances may favor a c h a n g e f r o m y o u r p r e s e n t * e n g a g e m e n t s . . - , I am, truly, your ob’t serv’t, WM. C. YOUNG; T o P e t e k R o -iT E ,E j q . a n d o t h e r s , ' o f m y la t e a s s o c ia te s . ____________ _ _________ B u r g la r y .—During last Friday night, the dour si ore of Mr. G. G. Maxon, was forcibly entered Wr one or more persons, by breaking the iron bar whwn secured tbe shutter of one of the basement window*.’. The burglars thon ascended to tlie first story, where they broke into the counting room. ’ Their reward for their labor was a lew pennies. This is the second time .the store of Mr. Maxon hat been forcibly entered this fall. AVe will state for |I m information'of all robbery who may see this, Maxon does not keep any funds at his store over n i g h t , and has n o t e v e n a s a f e in it — and thereto^ they are putting themselves to needless trouble, m seeking money on his premises. •. On the same night, the store of Mr. AV- F , Benedict, also in Canal-street, was broken into, and all the dto* ney—some forty cents—taken.— Reflector. D eath ox the R ailroad .—A young man,aged 22 years, named Alonzo Day, of Glen's Falls, came to his death at the railroad depot in this city, pn Tuesday morning. lie was a passenger in the train from tlie west, which arrived here at 2 A.M., and intended to « .1 . l *_ • xt I leave lhe cars, and remain in the city,’ With thu !»*• pose of taking the Saratoga run at 8 A. M. for Gfen% Falls. It- appears that lie slept during the of tlie matter, and one of the parties aggrieved threat ens, says tlie Lowell Courier, is to employ Daniel Web- In tlie School Committee Meeting, yesterday, says the Boston Transcript of the 11th instant, Mr. Ban- , , . - yard exhibited a rare specimen of youthful genius, stcr.' Meanwhile the dogs are boarded out at Lowell, in the shape of n beautiful and correct map of Massa- to await the result. chusetts, carved from a block o f wood by a lad o f 12 cars remained here, about 20 minutes, and the of the train on starting, awoke him. He immediately arose, and inquired, “ Is this Schenectady ?” Being answered in the affirmative, he seized hit ydnfe olud hastened to the door, after which he was not Oeen % the passengers. It is supposed, that, in a bewildered state he stepped off the platform or was otberwjoem^ cidentally thrown off. lie fell upon the rail, and tmS wheels of one of the cars passed over his body oblique, ly from the shoulder. He survjved about three hoUiw. His valise was found upon the platform'. His remain* were taken to Glen's Falls, on AVednesday by his fa ther. A co r o n e r ’s inquest\was held byMr. Joshua Barker; Dogged and D o G M A T i c .- T h e co n d u c to r on the a“d thej u,T rendered » verdict:to fhe effect that, tW N a s h u a and Low e ll road, recen tly seized th r e e dogs f d e c e a s e d cam e to his death by the cors poMing over b e lo n g in '' to sportsm e n in the c a rs, the l a t t e r d e c lining him w h d e he was attempting to get off, in a bewildi^. to pay for thei? tran s p o r tatio n . A suit is to grow out ed state °f™ nd,while the tram wos moving fo r \\\ Subsequently, lie parted with a share in the adventure to a friend. They have just learned tlie result. The cider sold in California for $120 a barrel, yielding a total of $6000, nine-tenths of which were clear profit. — Jour. Com. threat- . ny from Schenectady.— Reflector. years a pupil m ihe Primmer School. It represented the mountains nnd hills as elevated, and tho beds of lakes and rivers depressed. |£sg“ An exchange asks— “ Will Brown be elected ?” AVe think Smith stands the best chance, though Jones is doing all he can against him. T h e R e p u b l i c N e w s p a p e r .— It Is slated ia a AVashington letter to the Baltimore Patriot, t h a t t h * Republic newspaper, which is now about four rrutfca o l d , h a s a l r e a d y a c i r c u l a t i o n o f 1 5 , 0 0 0 c o p i e s , a « 4 h a s r e c e i v e d s u b s c r i p t i o n s to an amount r a t n n i H n a $20,000.
