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WHOLE NO. 7611. MORNING EDITION?MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1853. PRICE TWO CENTS. great fires. [ Destruction of Fowler's Buildings in Fulton ami Nassau streets. DEPLORABLE LOSS OF LIFE. TWO BODIES RECOVERED-SEARCH!' G FOR OTHERS. DEATH OF A FIR Ril A FROM INJURIES, Four Hundred Thoii-r nd Dollars Worth of Properly Pr^rcyed# Harrow escape of che herald building. Gallant Condnet cf the Firemen. &?., ttc Ac. Yesterday morning st tlx o'clock commenced one or the ruoa' ilisa tcou -i fire* York has experienced for some j ears. 81* bn'i lii .? . ? lug part of the edifice known as I owler's Pnil ;rps ,.?;*! pxtonding from Fulton to Ann h!rf>et, with the '?? ? ",'i*iu street, directly opposite the Her/id B.iil' ? w?ie entirely do nt roved, with the larger porti* n ot t ! > ir valuable eootents. The loss may he estimated iu round tiutubera sit Tour hundred thousmd dollars, of which about one hundred thousand dollars is covered by iSMimuee iieveral liuudred me chanics ate thrown out *>f ? ; . 1 v nr 'it, and by the falling ot the flooring one or nu.ro ^ >u* have been lulled. TUo fire was discovered at f iv o'cl- ?<?!?. yesterday morning, and originated in the bullclng >? 121 lulton street, thoujh In which rrom eannnt '? idly ascertained. The fire extended fiom th' < pciut up to the corner of Nassau Ftreet, deploying evvij hiny Ir i:s progress, and around the cotner on Nassan street, \ hero three buildings were burned before its progres ? had been arrested. The tire commenced in tiie ay per part of the build ing, which nade the firan j'r work more difficult, t.nd probably was ti e ecus.) why the (lie could not b* stopped. TLo firemen Wer oa hand with tJie'r usaal proiuptitudu, and by qua.-.i r u t ; i\ they had a half do ten povreiful ; tream > up >n >1 i. i ' sections of tlie bail! lug. But the Fire King v;i- not to >i? thwarted; he had masked tlio building for bii rm A half pant six all Nassau atreet and nil Fulton street v.; ; ir: ?s ate of smoke, firo and excitement. The flame ? 1? a eii froiith* windows and curled around tho cornices, tbo?treu>'M of water poured iu upon it seeming rather n lucres r i. \ ?? heme nee, the flreui n worked steadily at their t>raUe.>, or rushed bra rely iuio tlie burtiiu;; buhdiu?s,to sui . t: : ,r <od^ from destruction; the fixe was at its height. IV. .i thU time till seven o'clock the crowd increased, and tho h?at from tao burn ing pile I s came iutcn i was hardly any wind utiitiag? a ino?t fortunate circumstance. IRgher and higher leaped the flam* ? hai der a ml harder struggled the Cremen? the soeuo became t? ; dy interesting. The Street# were filled with fir: mei. e.nd fire engine-, police men and spectators, v.bile a1 1 the tiice the labor went on and tho fire pursued it* re-:' ; ' ? march. The Era had now nearly destroyed No. l?.l l"ultr>n street, occupied by Bunnell ic l*iice, book ?l!c .?r 1 others, and had passed on to the corner wh? i ?* was situated the largo clothing establishment of P. L. Sogers, occupying nearly tlie whole of tbo si.\ ttory building. Theeffurts made to save this were fruitless, and the firemen, with the insurance watchmen, buslid themselves in removing the goods from tlie lower stories, as tlie lira commenced in the upper poition of the building. lJoar< of crats, trowaers and waistcoat", viere thu 5 taken out un 1 placed in the llriMT.D office for safe keeping. While these wen were thus en gaged, the upper floor ; -aere burned away and fell in with a tremendous crash: their v fight was too much for tho lowor floors, and the whole mass sank to the cellar, carry ing with it several of the gailant fellows who were laboring iniT.de to savo the property of their neigh bor. It is believe'! that there were about fifteen perrons in the baildiDg at the tiue < f ' e crash. Several of these sscaped, almost miiacuioi.-i ly, without injury. We ha->o arranged the follov log list : ? 1. John Carman. This v rn wa ' ??een in the building at the time of the crash, an 1 1 a* i:"t h?en heird from since. J It is almost certain that he is under the ruins. Ho wa-. a member of Engine Com puny No. 5, and an insurance watr.hr an. His brother !ii t aeu woe at work excavating the ruins for his tody up t . a l.ito hour last evening, but the mass of rnbbi-h from the falling walU made their progress very Mow. 2. _ Iiurke, foreman ? f Hosa Cart No. 1, wis taken out badly injured and '.vhii< : ? ? : u carried bono he died. 3. Charles Kent, of th., ?ue coicpauy, was somewhat Injured, but not seiiou 'y. 4. John Gailcer, 3 oond war 1 police;taken out slightly Injured. 6. Thomas Haller, Second ward police; e=rnpol with out Injury. 6. William Cilne, policeman; was in the building, but Jumped out of the wimhiw just rs tiie floor fell, uninjured j 7. William Rich, policeman; was missing and supposed to be in tho ruins. We were informed that he was safe. 8. Lieut. Saodgrass. Second war i police; buried in tho ruins, but escaped. 9. John Wolsey, polictmaa; slightly injured. 10. Samuel Jackson, Eoso C mpauy No. 11; wa-; in tlio buildlcg. but escaped wl'-hoit*. ' -ry. It was stated that je was buried, but though far in the building ho was active enough to make his ot capo. U. Van Allen, insurance wa'climan, wn ^ mlsilr% and it waa supposed that bo wi iu the ruins. We tnado diligent inqunes, but could karn nothing of hiin. IIo was undoubtedly buried beneath tho ruins. 12. Michael O'Brien, Ilcse ' ' irt No. ?5; the same remarks Will apply to this person as to \*an Allon. 13. Francis McGowen, No. 10 Hois, in tho building and escaped uninjured. It was also stated that a moa.'.wr of Engine No. 20 was missing, but there was no defitite information to be hid as to bin; . To return to the lii*. Tue. fl'mf-,had now enveloped the whole of Rogers' sliop: it > is half past seven. Nas sau street is none loo wide, au l tlio lieat in tho I Ii:rs.vi.n Building became insuppottal !?.?. Every inomsnt saeme-l to teem with its dostruetian. TUo publication of tho IIiDiAin, which was goi-ig on ' 'be viults, wa-- sitspendcd, and the printers rushed to 'i:c re?oue. Many of tlio firemen aud spectator* rb<> ' ? v^ave th" Hrrsun Building, at any rata!" and tho -vntlmont that this oflSoa must be pre^r.-e l a'; all i . k> . --erne J to bo uni versal. The flakes cr> : -s i ?a '.reel and conununieated to the roof of the II- im i> 'ladd'p^. All was excitement in the crowd; but the firero ? i"-' -erved their oooluen. Mr. Chief Engineer Otrsoti v. .;-. active in directing opera tions for our safety. Tin- ?t- it hoight of tho buildiug Tendered it impossiblo for the <> to get a stream of axtenaive power upon it; c jnv . ?? n'.ly several Irn^tlin of 3soee were hoisted up with to, ai 1 from them tlie por tion of tho building rrontin;', on ^'msau street was kept wet. Hose Cart No. 4(5 and I.njlne C >. No. 25 played tho ?rst streams on our bcilrtlo^, and among othors who labored for us were Mr. Pa\; !<.i? Olsckmeyor, of Engine Do. No. SS, Mr. Thoma Reynold*, of No. 41? <i"a !>?? of this office, aad Mr tfaiavn! Jackson, of Hose Co. No. 49. Engine Companies No*'. 6, 20, 14, 38, 42 and 0, sdso played upon this builctng la fact, all the dromon showed great alacrity iu our behalf The HnuiJ> Building was out <>r utn>fnr at eight o'clock, And the damage sustained was trifling. One of our c?m posing rooms was flooded nith water; but as many of our printers are firemen, none of those annoying acci dent* which arise from tl.e bel'efin tho minds of tho uninitiated that forms *. ty ; c are made in a soli led nam occurred. It waa now nearly nice oV. ?? and the report having npread over the city that the ?? 1 bat it.n office was burned, crowda of our friends rushed into Nassau and Fulton ntreets, anxious to hear the tews. They were relieved, however, and so were all ef ilie Iiaiuto atiarhe*. The fire bad extended to the next bull iing, No. 08 Nassau street, oeoupled by T. W. Strong, statlocer, printer, engraver, And lithographer. Here the lire was stayed, and all that xwnalnedof the building was the tottering debris of walla. Ik* Bremen eat themselves to work to pull these down, ?n4 the fOrenoon waa spent in this work. The last por tion of the front wall came down at half paat twelve. Ifca tmt walla wera very shabby affairs, aad the ladders -jrfe* tvM to U? oppwito iU? The cohesive power of the mortar appeared to be Ter y blight iudeed. Thn trail** to the Mcon I itorr having been levelled, the firemen cotill enter the ruins with compira tlve rafety, aud they immediately commenced the work of excavation, with a view totlie obtaining of the bodies of the n~en suppo?e 1 to hive b^en buried under them. All the afternoon, and until h late hour in the evening, the work wan c< ntinued and it ?as no easy labor. It was conducted in the most orderly manner, under the su pervision of Capt. I?onard, of the Second ward police, who whs bu'Iiy engine 1 at the fire duriog the whole day. Fulton street was closed np, and lines drawn across to keep away the crowd, w'uicii had now become <'en?e. The ruost exiruvagint rtportii were circulated anions the crowd as to the number of persons in the ruins, and the excitement wiu intense. The Gremen possessed them selves o harrow/, nuu hod-, and from three or four point* they conveyelthe rubbish to the .treets, Tiiey were as sisted by the police rnd the iniurance watchmen. Now that the tire itself has b?< n described, we coma to ostimate the darauge arising t ?"in it. The building has been erected about two ye,-. . ihe front, was of brown stone and the remain or brick. It was the property of Jonathan 0. Fowler, of Greenwich Rtreet, whose low is estiu ated at #40.000; insurance. $28,000. The land wai lca?cii from the Reformed Dutch Church, whose property it is. On Kullon street. No. US. I' S. Rogers, Union lal Clothing W.ireliouK'. Mr. Rogers hud h very Urge and valuable ttock S5 1 70,CK>0 ? ,-ind he is Instiled to the amount of &"i(i,C00 iiut very litlie of his stock was saved. In the same building, third st-sry. HslNbiiry Al Arrow* nith rnanafacti rirg jeweller*, and Mr. r'uromniln, watch c*se make), lost it uir stock an' lools ? $10,000, pai tidily in lured In the bii street. Mr Mc.filton had a re-aauiant, and lost all, to the .mourt of $1,800 ? no insurance. No. OS was occupied by T. W. .Strong, en rraver, station*), Jtc. Mr. Strut g had a most extensive stock, and it w.u value 1 at $72,000 ? insured to theamsunt of $25,000. Tim text building. No. 100, was in iunniuent c an,'er. but escaped with b drenching. It was occupied by K Ayres jeweller, Vinton, prln er, und o'hor persons. File piintiuj ofiiee of tt* Autiutial thai ?<!?. tu the third story, was damaged by 1vater, and s? ti.e oT the typo thrown into l,pi." Ou Ful ton at tet, Mr. Rogers' atoro ext'-aded the length of the building. The next building was < ccupied by Uuunell A; I rice, book-ellers and publishers. thMr loss is $2,000, and they are l ot iu.ared. In the upper story. James II. I>ei, t, military tquipui ;it , SI, CO). lUueimmt of So. lit Fultcn street was ocutipied as a store room for papt r by lianu.-h k lieebe. Tiitlr lo . i i $4,c0(>, Insured for $J,c;00 at Hartford. A>?ove, Sib.rt sV Rubin son, lithographers, lust ei ery thing; ho amount is stated at $6,00); insured ut the New York City eld e to the aniouut of $1,600 Jehn Broad, restaurateur, in Ihe basement, total loss $2,000 ; no insurance. Tim Mil J try Argut oA'cc wai In the same building. ar.d its materials. kt.f were destroyed. Loss $2,000 Publ' died by John Crawley. I'Lair A: Co., p; inter:-., in this building, were also losers to a considerable extent. Bain it Prin' erholf, surgical in nfniii ent n inkers, lo.t . and to">Ls. 'ihe summitg up, as near as It can bo got at In the present coijfused state of affairs, would (>e :i* follows Tms. Insurance. P. I* P.ogers $100,000 In ured $'>o,0')0 D? ah,?XK? l'o 1&.U00 m nsueed C.C00 Do 1.000 Insurance $107 G'JO Ihe tstiu.aie of the insurance -nay not be precisely cor rect, but it is very nearly so. Much of Salisbury & Arrowsiuith's jewelry may bo burled aniorg the rales and be saved. Mr. Roger* is the heaviest lo?or, but lie be*r? It like philosopher. The followLo ; is a statement of Lis in sutance, and tlie amount at each oftiw : ? Mercantile Insurance Ulllcc $5,00 i North American, Philadelphia 6,<H)t I'nion Mutual 6,0.)) Lieekn.au. 6.01 ) Aster 6.H0 t Irving 4,000 Buil'.iiig ^rsiciation 6,00 > Imp ire City 6,0 )n Niagara 5,00 > 'i wo or three other. >, about ii,C0 Total $50,000 Mr. Friers' stock *;?- valued at about 5170,000, and theie was f-iived fioui tho first lloc-rs about $3,u00 worth, maticg his net loss nbout $115,000 Messrs. Hogers ti Co. have niade arrangements to on with their bu?i?o.is at luS I'ulton ?(trtet, lik" an Ameiican Pha'nlx. A? night u) proachcd the Art men and others at work in the mins weru relieved hj othor.s, and the crowd seemed rathi r to incieaw. The nnnilx r of men knonn to bo un der the rniu* we- no.v lited at threo ? Messrs. Carman, Van Alien und OT, .en? and tho friends of theso men. ani mated by the hope, ??*: inst hope utmost, tliat thej might |je saved, cheered on the b't*y worker*. Tiie streets and sidewalks were ?o\ er< * . ill i irt s, m utar, mud and wa ter, while li'itie l'oimUiins uom l a!.* in tliehose spatter ed the passer; -by, ntid meoe tiiem nastier ami dirtier every moiunit. I" pile :'at'0ue? dc.?plte unpldasant wea ther ? despite their nisc ;ro f<j.?ilioMs, slippiug every ino incut, ami in ileliiince e>f sll ( hstncles, the men tolled on. The barrows and hid,; ,ctI!I pm-.d between tiie ruins und the stieet; euch man d< jioslted his loa 1 and returned by another w:i_\ , that lie mifiht not jnstl? or impede his fellow labours. There wa. somctli'.ic; nolle and self sacriflciug in all thi-; but they seemed to regard it a- a matter of course. Evening cl' se.l in gloomily enough but the work did not ceese. Paid la' ;? rs , ? n-e their toll at thegoiug town of tl.e sun; but this was a labor of luvu which never erases until it> luls-don is fully unl finally accomplished. A bonfire of wood \ :i- " >d wiiliin the ruiiu, the gas which s trin ufed livm b.oi.eu | i i cs was ignited, and a street la r p i ii Kultotf street, u i i 'li ha^l been broken by a falling wall, ?as twisted arorr. s,> that the aperture turned towaids the ruins, and a ,'rea; jet of llatne flared frf'ni this source ar.d c -t a strong li^ht into toe scene of the disaster. I-anVrn- ' "ro brought, and men stationed with them near to the p'uoc where the bodies were .sup posed to be. Tie scene ? at painfully interesting. The glareof the great ;?! " jets falling on the excited faces of the crowd? t lie halt' conccal half disclosed mass which in the morning had b era beautiful building ? the flitting forms nf the ? ??rl r.ioii and thef" earnest eounten\nce?? the hhouts o: et cov.i ?? '"f t 'rom the crowd? the beaver like Industry of the Insuran " patrol men, and the air of whclt -heai tcdnr s i ar.d contempt f> r fatigue which seem ed to animate the v.l.ola allai ? all this, and much finer* which cinnot be de- libed. made up a picture at onco absorbing, thrilling and saddening ?? liat dark Suuday night's wi rk las nut many parallels, ami will live loo^ in tie memory of tho>e who ..sslstel in or wituessid it. POa ISCRIl'T . MR. CAllMAV^ BODY lU.t'OVKltKD. About twenty minutes before two o'clock this morn ln<? the bf.dy of Mr. Joi n Carman was recovered fr m the ruins. >m. o'ci.u:\'rt aoi)T. Atx>ut fi 'e o'clock the remains of Mr. Michael ti'B.ien weiediig from benfath the fallen *ali'- an 1 timbers. Uii to half past five o'clock uo other oodies had been taken out. Kxcavatiotis had la<en made in several places, tnd one down t<> the cellir floor. Thi work still continued. J. O. Fowler 40, COO T W. strong 72,000 f?u is bury Arrow smith 8,000 Ruui.eh & Ptice.... 2.0C0 J. -McJiltcn 1,800 J. Brosd " 000 , Sam, ah i: Beebe. . . 4,000 1 Bicbert & Robinaou. 6,000 John Ci aw ley 2,000 Others about 6, C00 Total loss $841 800 Large Fire at the Atlantic Dock, Brooklyn. About eli-rpu o'clock ye?'erday morning, a lire broke out in the grain etorebouse on the north pi<y of the Atlantic dock, oocupied bv T. Shortland A Amu. The lire caught In the engine roera of No. 33. and extended to No*. 30 and 3'.', and btfme the flame- could" be subdued caune 1 ? ynftt amount of dan<?fjo. The building* a-e used a* de posits^ grain. and were uuti) recently in the occupancy of Mi MM. Verjilank k < hamber*. Tim content* amounted to wail; 70.000 liucliwl-' Of wiest and corn, In abiut eqnal proportions, which wa? either entirely consumed or greatly dan.;i}ted. The Machinery wa? valued at nearly $20,000, which was damaged to the extent of two-thirds on the whole amount, lbe gTain wax, with the exception of a few bins, insured In the New York G>rn Kxchange; and the buildings nnd machinery were insured for $'J5, 000 in the .%'tna and Protection companies, of Hartford, Connecticut, and in a New York office. Tke firemen were promptly on the ground, and labored assiduously for several hours be fore they succeeded in luppreealng the flamee. The Brooklyn department was there in fall force, together with a number of New York flrtmtn. ?U? t9w I0*8 ibpvU to about 900,000. JflflfTS BT TELEGRAPH. From Washington City. 8n:n*r. coKHfr<roin>KMx of thk nkw routt tor vl?. ABOLITION I1STK TO I)K DISMISSED PROM Til? BOSTON CUSTOM f!Ol'H?? OUIl CONSUL TO GENOA ? WILL UK BE RECOGNIZED ? ? np/VIoNS OK THK UMIOK. WamiINOTI'V, Oct. 30 ? 8 1'. M. It I* understood Secretary liuthrie intends to re move two er three abolitionist* holding p? tty offices in the Massachusetts Cu torn Flouw1? watchiuva or hometbing of th?t kind ? end the administration are in hope* by doing bo, to create the impre- .ion that free Miil r i are not to be favored, a> o 1 1 do ?w,i v with the feeling which Mr. Brou *en'.s treatment has oreaied. "he poor watchmen iu Massachusetts, win/ mi ppo-c' there was no more harm in their spotting abolition doctrines down East than there it in Cocbrere and his irieudsdoing ho in New York, will now be taught tlie difference between tweedledum and tweed ledee. The Vnitm , ttiin morning, alluding to the rumors that the Sardinian government will refase to recognise E Fell* fore*ti as I nited States Consul at fiei.oa, say ?, if tkey are true, ' then the aitagobistri of the administra tion will not find the Pr. ident either undecided or un piepated. The Austrian Koverniiient, and its proprietors in St. Petersburg asvl elsewhere, moat learn that the Uiiited States cannot bo brow beaten or tricked.'' What contempllbl- twaddle! Tbe spoils Cabinet and their or Kan seem to imagine the people of the United States are fool-, fbtir clumsy eliur .v to di ei't public attent ??n 1'iom tl.eir Van Bureu and Preston King' proclivitfe-, are every w here food for laughter, First we are treated to the tome's nest about Cuba, all tl'.e fact (>f whiih, ao far as known, weie pub'iahc t moult s ago in the IIkkami, as a reference to i's file- will chow. Tnat dou't attract the at ti n - ii required, nbn a breeze is now attempted to be raised because it is run ' red 0110 of the European govern meets intend to refuse h i exequatur to a consul. rbere is hcurcdy a boy of Fi\teen who does not know that even tb? refusal of a government lo receive a particular in dividual as minister plenipotentiary, or turning Him out of the country after he I, a- been received, is not a nu tter for tbe govern uint tending tVic minister to went. The I'nited Siates have more than otce set the example of such a course. That the refusal to grant nu exequatur to a consul ? a mere commercial agent ? is to throw the government of r.u Cnited States into hysterics, end call forth all thedeoUi' r, ai"' flrume's of the I'ren dent t'- prevort our being browt'i i*'-n, according to the Union la about tlie nieuneft att frui pt to b*ing t\e l'iesi dert into ridicule that the spoils or .an has yet been guilty of. ''lie Union winds up by declaring that F<>r?sti will be our "Consul, or there shall be none." For who-e benefit do we appoint consuls!'? our own citizoni or foreign governinent'-V Whfcre s I'wnchi PETER THE HERMIT. TIIK REDEMPTION OF OOVKBNMENT STOCKS'. tV.v.-inxfiTo.v, Sept. 10, 1853. TIjo following is the amount of 1'oited States stocks re deemer at the Treasury Department for the week ending ye terday:? I.ran of 1842 $1-17,500 kand iM'l 21,090 1/ian of lfcJb 70,100 Loan of 1847 24'.'. T50 Loan of 1848 17,50" flax on indemnity 75,000 Total $57 J, 800 From tlie South. HON. JOI1N BELL IUE-ULECTKD UK ITE!> STATES 8ENA To it FOB TBMM188KE ? Ft NOB ID lUli Ti'.KASL'UY? Till: BALTIMOltK VL.VTFOEM, ETC. Bai.timokk. Oct. 30, 1S53. The Southern mail of this evening brought Now Or leans pr,jer> of ilcni'r.y la-t; but they contain no news of Interest. A telegrajdiii- despatch from Nashville yesterday, aa nrxinces tin? c'< ."Hon of John I'--ll as United States Sena tor. Mr. Kell received f.rty-ote votes. Tlie Wn'hiiijslon Oil n of this moruitijt publishes tin editoilal, in which the writer nrjes the pre crvatlou ol the Italtimr.re ;'atform, nud say* that he who atiem^t to violate that Kolcnm covrnant, vvlutover Ills an tew d? in , will liiciit, ?- lie will rcceive, I'm condign puni.-li rient < f r.n titi-ernpnlot* polltlciil traitor. 11. c United S tutus Tlvu urer'- etal'. uicnt,invle uptotlia C-lili nsti'nt, ahowa tb. net oiaount inlhe United State Tie:! or- f object to draft, is ?J5,'l"iv,,75(i. Marino l>l-n^tcrt!. BJiItU UAUWOfO Dl^ii asTED? I! vtlK R. Xt. P-1CGLA58 AND 1! ft It! BUEXA VISTA a8nOHE. 1'illUDKtJ'UiA, Oct. 30,' 1853. Tlie hark H. IT. Douglass, from Oalvestoa for New York, we# towed into the breakwater ye", terday by tie pilot boat Connor, with loss of masts and deck load of cotton. Tlie bark Ilarwood, flr.odwin, from CarditT for Norfol':, with railroad iron, is ashore on Hogg Island. Mr. Corne lius F&f-eett, the New York unlerwriter's agpnt, has gone to her a^istance; lie went mi board the wrecking schooner Martha t'tcwart, v.-illi an ample complein-nt of men and materials to aid in Faring vessel and cargo. The hrij? Buenn Vista, from Philadelphia for Wilming ton, N. C., ii u.-horo inside of Cape llenli.peu. BAUK A I' -TIN ASIIOHE. PROvnilc.cK, Oct. SO. If53. Tlie res f?l seen by Capt. Tuttle, of schooner Vol ta. on theSOtb inst., ashore on Cardner's Msnd, ami roporteo as beirgash-p proves to have been the bark Au>tin, Capt_ Ma-on. which cleared at New York, on the 20th, for Bos ton, with r. Cirgo of 2 100 bbls. of (lour, a quantity of but ter. A'c. f-ho encountered a gale on the 24tli, olT .Moutauk Point, and weut into Otrdner's Hay, where sho let go Isith anchors and soon after parted one cable nod drag ged ashore. Assistance has Icn Sent to her from New I ondrn r.nd shj will prcbably bs got nil' without serious damage. 11 is said she Las a pilot on board. liiroiilitoy (might nt Hudson. Urn.so.v. Oct. 30. 1*53. A yomg it!:m named Chiirl?s Toucher, about twenty years < f nge, vwis caught hutn'ght iu the act of netting Are to the dry goods store of Messrs. Spranue .V l>mvey, ir whose store he had Ik on a clerk. This Is the seventh time the same 4oro h.i? been set on fire within tbe last two months. Fire In l'hlladelphln. ritrtADKirinA, Oct. ?0, 1853. Tlie WKshiiiiton hose hou-e situated in I.ombard, be low Tenth street, was mallciou dy set on lire early thi morning, and tbo ?diQoe, wb.ch was new and handsome, with its beautiful furniture and costly library, was con ?utr.ed. This dnring act of incend'arisra Into be deplored. The I<< ^?re Hurl. CitAitr.FSTo.v, Oct. 29, 1853. The (:innd .Tory yeslct'lay ignored the bill against John l'unofnnt, Jr.. for killing J.imesI). I<egare iu a duel. Markets. Cii VKi.KST"\, Oct. 20. 1953. Sales of cotton during th-~ week were 5,500 biles. Tlv quotations at'1 lOctolO'jO. Crises have declined an eighth to a quarter of a ccnt. The stock at tliia port is 1^,250 baks. rr,ovinv:\(T, Oct. 20, 1853. Cotton Is uull, vi itl) light salos. Tlie prices of wool are about the snmo as last week, with continued duluess in the market. Tho sales oi' Die weik amounted to 70,000 lbs. There has been some Inquiry for printing cloths, and price.- are firmer. There is n^ accumulation o ( stock. Halos i^3'.t o.'iO pieces. The Storm in Coknei Ticct^? The storm of ntln, which pro\ a ile.d on Monday, wound up with a fiirlous galeoT wind al night, which did eonslderable damage In this vicinity. Two ouildlni^s at Fair Haven, In process of erection, wcra Mown down; tlie roof of a bl.icUsmi' h's shop was Idonn oil, and a Uarn tilled vrilh giAlti and hay was leveled to the earth. The roof of the railroad depot at l.yme ws? injured by the wind, and a large tr*> near the stony Creek s.alion was blown il >wu. and thrown across the New tendon tr.ick. Tlie engine of the evenlug train from tlii.1 ?i*y name in contact with the tree, but fnrtnimlely no injury w*? done. Several vessels are said to be ashore between tills port aud New London, though we have not learned the particular*. A sloop is said to be suLk near l.yme. and another I* ashore a short dis tance this side. ? ;V?iu l/cwu Ornritr, (M. 20. Domestic Mlaei llnny. On the 22d instant, ssys the Augusta (iia.)CHrontV> aw I fbntintl, an altercation occmred in the street, betwen I'eter Feagan, one of the city walclnnen, and Augustus (arlledge. (ming which ? art lodge shottim with a pistol, of which lie died in a few minutes. Two runners for rival hotels in Watertown, N. Y., got into a fight on the 27th Inatant. w hen one of them, Walter Wilcox, stabbed the other, Mlohael Meagher, in the ab domen. The wounded man will pro baby die from hi* Injuriea. Mre. Ellen Dnneee, who U supposed to be insane, haa been arrested ta CluqiA&?ttl for settln| fire to bet otrn feOUM, ARRIVAL OF THE ARCTIC. She Warlike Aspect of tbe Turkish Question. Refusal of the Russian Commander* in* Chief to Evacuate the Principalities. Appointment of Triiire Paskk witch to the Com Band of the Russian Army, THE VISIT OF COMMODORE PERKY TO JAPAN. inUrotiiur Interview between the Commodore and a Japanese Governor. Tun JAPANESE KNOWLEDGE OF AMERICAN AFFAIRS. 'ilitli' Ocelit lo Tit am the ProspeeU of Ihu Pacific Railroad. THE CHINESE REBELLION. THE KOSZTA AFFAIR. < orrc:|.oi denre bel?f<n the lucrltan and Austrian Ministers at Constantinople* STATE CF THE FUNDS. IMPROVED tuT IN R it KA D 8TUF FS. NO C HA\(.E IN COTTON. Ate., to., Al. Tlie Collins mail steamship Aratlc, Captain I. uce, ar rived at this porl at four -o'cteck yesterd iv afternoon. She left l.iverpis 1 at nooa f Wednesday, 19th instant. Tim A rt lie stints two hunlitd and twenly passengers, amoiip whom me Seaer Martusctdll, MinURir from Na ples to 'he Uui'ed States, and suite; tliu Hon. I). I). Bat es id, late American Minuter to Prussia, with hia fam ily; Senator D '\xgUiH, of Illinois; Me vrs. Loufty and haml UTemi, Commitisitnors from Egvpt to the Cry etui Palate; end M'llt\ liab'iella do la Motte, the celebrate! pianist, from Paris. The news in four days lu or, ami interesting in several poinU of riew ? 1st. In regard to tlie warlike* aspojt of tlio Turkish question. id. In tlie details or Commodore Parry's visit to the Jiipan U In ad 8. ?d. la the improvement in breadi-tuffs. 4th In the piogress of the Chinoso rebellion. Our ageut in Liverpool sums up the uewn from the Tuikish frontiers-, follows: ? Tln> Kastern queHiion continues unchanged in its as pe;t. B low we publish tie Tnrkisn declaration of war. whuh i>- naid to bavn be^n m:\de known by Qatar Pa.li.i to the Russian crnutinuder ia a brief aiid Wilder-like letttr. notifying him thafon tlu> 'ifith instaut at lutest the Mate oi war would commence. The Cstir, ou hU part, l ad r.uolaiot that th? w ir -boutd be a wur of ex temiiruUiou. Meantime t.iie 1'reni h aud English negoti *ti ra think that ibutr dip'omacy wiii surve to >:ontiue tin- wii tiii) to tho TutkUh frontiers without extou ling gtrwm ly to 1 an ope. Au-ui* and Prussia dmiliuo tlieir nei.'rol.'.y in the coming struggle. The details ef the intelligence which we arrange in the Oikami of this ii o ting will g!vo tlio public a fuller view <f tbe position <>1 thin iiaportiVMt qis?v t -a. ^ratly two hundred political arrest, werw made sud denly at Tails in SJumtay night, tilth inst. The cause uid not tiacspire. Among those arrested wan Ootid cbaux, formerly .Minister tf Finance, under the Pro vi sit nal government. His paper, were tearched and he wax speedily libera tril. Considerable agitation prevailed among the refugees in Piedmont, aud the government ha. felt it necessary to establish a supervision ver thaw for th?ir own good. Au?tria was strengthening alt her posts in Italy, tin ier Apprehension of an insurrection. Cotton at I.ivi rpool continued steady, notwithstanding tbe seriors mi<undei standng between the Lancashire l mill ownerf and the operatives. All the mt.ls at I're.ston liad been closed uutll the difficulty ahull be adjusted, I and twenty -live thousand jet-sous weio thereby thrown out of bread. Ti e food maikets were again active, at an advance. The Cururd steamship Africa, Captain Harrison, hence, sirivnl at Liverprol on Saturday evening, the 16th Inst. The Bremen steamsh'p Hans*, had put into Southamp ton for coal. THE TURKISH QUESTION. The Saltan'* War Declaration? Gortschl kitff'i Rffnis) to Evneitalc tbe Princi palities? Tlie Turks t? be Exterminated, uuordlng to tke Czar? Tito Polity ami Action of flic .Saltan- I-licmlcr Boy sent to P?i In ? Tlie Fleets at IIinIIui Day ? Movt nunts of tlie Combined Cabinets? Tlie I.alret D< tpalcht s. We publish to-day, two important de^patcho*. or rather one (ifl'cinl despatch? the Turkish Declaration of War? and a private ('expatcii, stating thai when the C/ar road the sttiil Declaration, he fell into a fur , and doclared that he retracted every conresslon he hud made, and that noth |i'g now remains for him but a wur of extermination against the Tiuk". TLe following is s translation of THKTl UKIS1I DECI.ABATTOR Of WAR. In the present slate of circuuthlan :?m, it would bo m petfluouH to tnke tip from its \ery oommencument the ex planation of the difference whieti h*s arisen between the Sublime Porte and Russia, to enter arew into the detail of the diverse phase, which this difference lias p^ene through, ? r to rcpmlnce tbe opinion^ and judgments of the governmett of hfs Ma,ie?ty t:<e Sultan, which have been made public by the ollicial documents promulgated from time to t imw. In spite of the desire not to re-stat? ths urgent reasons wliith doternilned the moditicHtioiiH introductid by the hubliiue Porte into the uraft iff the note prepared at \"i ?nrm, (motives exposed previou?ly in a noteexplaaatorv I of the modiScations.) yet new solicitations huvia| been | made for tho adoption, pure and simple, of the said n'>'e, in consequence of tlie non adhe.sion of Rusiia to the?e fame mi dilieatiun, tho ottoman government, ttndiug it-elf at present compelled and lo cei: to tindertske war, thfuUs it it outy to ghe an exposition of tin imperious reasons for that in>|)oitnnl delerminstion. as well as tor those which have oVliged it n< t to regulate this time its conduct ac cording to tLe countel" of the Urea*. Powers it1- allies, al though it has never csft-ed to appreciate tho benevolent bat it i e of their suggestions. The principal i mnts to which the' povernmont of his Majesty theScPnn de ire? togivepromioence are these:? Tliat f.'OB the very beaming hi? conduct bus furnished n i n>otii< of quarrel, and that, animated with the desire of preserving peace, he has acted with a remarkable spirit of moderation and conciliation, from the commencement of tbe difference unto the present time. It is easy to prove these facts to all who do not wander from the path of justice and equity. K> en sur posing that R'lsxiajtad a subject ?f complaint in relation to the Holy I 'laces, she ought to have circum scribed her actions and so icitatloni within the limits of this question alone, and ought not to have raided preten slons which the object of her complaints could not sus tain. She ought not, moreover, to have taken mea-tues o' intimidation, Huclij as sending her troops to the fruu tiers, nud mskirg naval preparations at Hehastopol on the subject of a question v.hich might buve been settled iimicably between the two Powers. But is evident that what has taken plaoe is totally contrary to an intention of nmieable settlement. 1 he question of the Holy Places had been settled to the -atisfaation of all parties ; and the govrrnni. ut of hit Majesty the Sultan had testified favorable dispositions on the guaranties demanded. In sb< rt, Kuan ia had no longer nny ground for raising any protest. Is it not set king a prete'xt fo. quarrd, then, to insist ai Russia has done upou the que-tion of the privileges of the Greek Church granted by the Ottoman g irornnent ? privi leges which the government believe its honor, its dignity, and its sovereign power are concorned ia maintaining, and tin the subject of whieh it can neither admit the inter vene* nor the surwillanre of any jrovernnient ? Is it rot Hussia which has oicupied, with confiilerahlo forces, tbe ptincipalities of Moldnvia and Wallacbia, declaring at the same tiuie that the- ') provinces should serve as a guarantee until she had obtained what she desired? I In i not this act been considered justly by the Sublime Porte as a violation of treaties, and consequently a cntift'i belli .' Have the othor Pow ers themselves been able to come to any other decision? Who. they, will donbt that Russia has been the aggres sor? Could the Sublime l'orte, which haa always observed all her treatlee with a fidelity known to all, by infringing them In any way, do more than determine Russia to a proceeding so rtolent M that of hen elf Infringing all tfc?M treaties' Airain, ha* t here ari sen tr?ry to tba promt e n illicitly given iu tlia treaty of Kaioardji. -i?ch tba im< ii.BD eii pire *s the demolition of CbrHtUn o! burett es, or obstacle* opposed to the exercise of too lurutia relit' on? The ottoman Cabinet. without. <<esrring to enter in o too long details on these point* doubt* uot tlitt the high Towers, its allies. will judge wi'li perfect truth anujustice on th* statement just exhibited. Ah to the nou adoption of the Vienea note ia it.' pure anil t-iniple form by the Sublime l'orte, ? is to >e ro tbu' thin project, iithmigh not it. kh.j point confirmed to the tide of Prince Mens hik. B, anil wVile containing, it in true in its compnaitinii. some of the paragraph* of tue draught note ol' Ihe Sublime Terte, is not as a *b.-ile, whulier in letiei or Kj-iiit, essvn ialty i i'eient fioiu tAut of Trince Vei xcbik<>9. .... < 1 li e NseoianccH u-,-nM given by the re^ce-entatlees ?f the great Towers, respecting the appreh. niled dangerfrom hurtful Interpretation* of ihe draft note i?" quou '?a, ares ir? proof of the kind lirentions of their resp nt, v? tfovertimentK towards the Sublime Tore. 1'ioy have con ffrOUMitiy produced 11 )ivel< mi iilacl i< n on the pirt of thO governn ent of hi- Maje -t.r the Sultan H ulils.. he re ntal ked. however, that while ?e bare still befere our eyea t. unite of religious privileges nusadby Ru?*i%, wnlou M-elis 1o fca?e Itsc'nlvns on a paragraph sr. clua- ami *o precise iti the triaty or K-?m.ir.ijt, which wish-" to 'u^r in a diplomatic document the paragraph concerning ttie n tin- solicitude ot the Kmjierur of Kus-i* for the ms'iite nance in tbe Siat.s of the Sublime Porte of religious un uiuniti*.. and privileges which were ^aiite l y.. the (.reek ti'e by the IHtomau Kinperor* tietore Russia en nuich an exi-'ed as an einoire to leave in it dark and doubtful state the uhseuce "full relation be tween the M pr vilepes and thu tretty of Is its^hul; Kaiu ii r ii t ? employ in favor of a great community of subject* of the Sublime l'orte professing the t?-e- 1. rehgi m ex pre-stens -'hich might m*ke allu-iop.s to treaties c hi eluded with Krance and Au-trla, rein ire to t'ie_ I ri>a'- i and Lstlu rei gion#, tbia would be to incur the rtin ol pit < ii.(5 in the li?nd? of Rnrtia vajue n i l c.bicure para, uraphti, M?me of which are contre.ry 10 the reality of lurtit ami would olJer to R.n?ii< i mdid pret'X' for her urt 'eilhii uh t" a reliifioMH aurveill, n.ie m l p'n'ejl >ratu f.r? t? UMuns vliV h that I'ow -r wtiul.l . 'ten "it to pro-lu -e, i.ll; ? li.iri'-', tlir.t li t v me not <!?>?? ;at-<rv l" tli" t-uvere ;*u'y nuri ii.dependeijce of the Sublime i'or e The veiv litngimgeot tha .unplovet ^nd a?c?n?? o* Uu-i K.a *bo have rei'lared that tbe iuien'i 10 of th* govern i, WIN ill- Other (hail to fulfil h" olliea ol an a lvooalo with tli? yubWu.e whfOt?\er artnouotrary to*xi*uo<5 pri ? ih ge* might be done, if a pat? nt proof of th? jualioe of the opinion of the Ottoman (jorenimeut. .... II the covet nnient of bin Jin jentv tli? Sulla a nw iuogaa it rti-i-MHui'y t#> reijuiie that anHuraoce* should be given? even if the niooilicationn which it Introduced by it idUi the ViemiH uote were adopted, how iu con* ?ienemsoulu it lie troruiuil if Ihe note were to be retained in in tuteiyrity i, nil without nirditieatl'in? I'lie Sul.liinu Porte, in accept ing that which it lia* declared tti all the world it coul'l not. aotrlt wi hunt helng coi'ipelled thete'o, would ciiii pt. u ii.e itudignitv in \lew of the other IWem. ?vonld am ritice tt? 1 on ir in the eyf a of its owu euojecta, uu a would commit n mental auc. moral aulcide. Altlio gh tbe telimil of Hun-ia to ac - r I the muiv.vca tii us teqniicd h> the Sublime l'orte hit' been based on a ii e-tu uof hon'oi, it ciiinot ba denied that too ground if that i?fua?l waa kiuiply nnd solely its deniie not to allow ??x | J'rit term, to lejbi'c vague oxpre'sion*. whiod r.r bt ut siiuie futura time furninh it Willi a |ire'uxt lot iniei niti.dli- Mn-h conduct, therefore, compels tlw Suhiime l'orte to f eti-irft on it:; part iu withholding ita a<l 'i i i irii.-i ns which l ave ('efprmined the Ottoman eiruictit in ma!>a it? mo;>irte?tli nti haviup bren nprroci all.(j v the representatives of the four I'owarH, it pr veu lh.it Ihe Ml. lime I'o.te wua rib'ht in lot purely and .^ira i l\ U'loptinar the Vieui a rotf It- it not with a view or ei ilicN ng a project which obtained the absent of th<? gn at l'oweri- that we enter up- nadlscnssioa ot the innon veni. MPs which ti e Vi?ma note presents. Their ellortit lur e ?l*n v- tended to the pr. lervntion of poace, while dtfendit" "the ri'rht< nnd in^opiuid' nee f f the Imperial guv. inn ent Tlie er.daavors made to attain thene object* having t t en *h laudab e as cau be conceived, tue Sublime i'dvte ranoot imfflciently a -know lelge th.-m. Hut, a* evidently each Kovcrnmeut luunt jwffees, iu conseijiience of it s peculiar knowledge aud iw loonUxperi^nce, more facilities tkan any other government for judging nf tue points which concern its own riKhts, the c\amin.?tion wh;ch the O tonian goyi rument makes is prompted ?n tiu \ l.y it cle-iie to justify the ob igutory eituMion, in ?hii'h. "to its irr?ttt regret, it iinds it^ell placed, desiring, as it hns ilons, to continue following the laumvoinit coun sel tiered to it bv its allies ever siuco the concmencoinont of tl e dilTf icnco1 ! at.d which uuM nov tt has followed. If it is alleged that the co.^0 witli which the Vienna note wa drawn up result s from the backwardness ot the gulditne r. rte to propo-? an arrangement, the govern nientol his Majesty tie Sultan must jiibtify ituclf by Btatica the folh'tviiig facts: ? Uefore the entrance of the lluH-i.ui troopa into tlio two Principals e.,,?ome of l!u leprfieutatlve.. ut the l'ower ii, actuated hv the fiucera inlentiua of pi-evonting the oacu natienof thou' prurlnces ur.'.?i up'iri the Subl'tno 1 ortj the necessity or fiumiui? a dr tt t uote occupyiug a middl place between thedratt note of the Sublime Porte and that of 1 'liuce Mcoiuhikoil. iloro la'elv the represontativ? of the Towers conlnlenlly oomniitnicaBeil di.rarei t schema* of atiangemeat to the Sublin o l'orte. None of then latter respond) <1 to the views of the Ituperin! go crnment, and the Ottoma* Cabinet waa ou t'ne point of catering into negoiiationN with lU? i*presentative ii the Towers on the hana <f a project d: awn up by itself in cnroriuity Willi tlioe Mt intention* li ivas at thi- tnunii'iit that neivs of the x>? ?.?#??? of the '"ru h hy tie Rus#lnn< iinivoil? a tart which changed the face of the whole question. Ihe draft aole proposed by the Sublime l'orte w is thou Riit atido and the caViuefs 'were requested to express their viowaof -.1 in Molation ot tteaties after the protc.it of th* Pnbiiuie l'orte. Un the one hand the Ottoman Cabinot ha J 1?> wait for their replies, and ou the other it drew up, at the suggestion of thu representative* of the Pottery a wiect ol airaugemeuts, which was sent to \ ienua. As tlic t lo answer to nil the.^c ac\ivo stops, tu^ urait of our note prepared (fials-n ) at Vienna made its ..ppcar However that may he (Qitcnqn'il rn f i') the Ottoman gov ernment fearing rifchtly (ajusic ii!r* ) overything wl ich loitht imply a tight of intorferenjc iu favor of Kussia ii relaious matters, could do no more tUan giva as-:urance* ttalculuteil to ( issipato the doubts which hid becoiyo the sub ect of dlscnsi.i..u;anil it will not, after so many propar alh'uis anil saciiftces, accept propoMtiomi which coull nut be rf ceivedat thotlnco of tl:<> star cf Pria.? Mensch.kotT at Constant inr pie. s;1((.cthe<'?>>t:ietof St. Tct*rshurg has not been ci ntonf with the assurances and pledge* that hare been offered sine*' t he benevolent efforts ol' the lii^h Towers have rcnialcfd fruitlefs? sim e, in lino, the Sublime Porte can not toleiate or seller tny longer the actual state or things, or the | nilcngation of the occupation of the M'duo-n al ia chiau Tii. cipnlities, th^y bein< integral nortioa* of it* e (ittoman C ah'nct, with the Arm and praise worthy intent'on of defending the sncro 1 rights of "over ei^i.tv and. the inde >enden u of its government, will em ploy ju t repil'als again t a violation of the tre.vie* which it considers as a cafi' ' It uotifio?, then, ofti ciallv. that the government <-f hi* majesty tho Sultan hr.ds it sell obliged to declare war; that it has gW'n ino-l r.red-c iustt notion* ?/??? in 'rucii'OS l<: rtui c?/'. ?/??/?;?.?) to his Excellency Dinar l'acba to demand from l'rinaa (i ru cliaki fl th* evacuation of tlip- Trlncip illtie*. and to coin mence hostilities if. alter a delay >f lifU-eu .'ay* from tbe arrt.al of his despatch at the Russian hoad quarters, an answer in the negative si ould be returr ed. it is distiuctly umUntood that should tho reply or 1'rlnce Oortscliakoll be negative, tho Russian agent* aro to unit the Ottoman s utos. and that tho commercial ro la t ions of the respective bdbjects of tho t.\o governments shall be broken off. At the Fr ino time, tho Sublime I'orto will not cousi- or it just to lay an embargo upon Russian merchant vessels, as' has been the prictice. Consequently, thov will b? warned to resort either to the Itlack Sea or to the MeH tcrrnnfou as th*'}' Hhali think tit, *ilhin u tertn l.i.it shah herealter be fixed. Moreover, tho Ottoman govern ment being unwilling to place hindrancos In tho way of c tnmercinl intercourse between the subjects of friendly Powers, will, during the war, leave tho Straits open to their mercantile n arine. The Por'e has further ndilre- ed n manl 'asto t<> tho l our Towers, but it had not been publish! d. As Iskondor Bey, aide do camp to Omar Pacha, was in Paris, charged with a special private mission to tho cabinets of Fnttica and England, he was probably bearer of the manifesto. The u?ual mail steamer from Constantinople, Oc tober 6th, has arrived at Marseilles, and reported froai Besika Bay that the fleets were proparing to enter the Dardanelles. Admiral l>und* < ha* wut hi- wife home to Knjland, out of the way of danger. On the ad i nst. tho Russian fleet arrived at Ode* a from Sebastapol to embark troops, as was believed, for Redout U<Tbe Tiris ftuvle state* that l>ance and England hari? sent a joint note to Russia, demanding tho immediate evacuation of the TrinclralUles as a preliminary measure, before they will enter on the mediation which they ara still willing to undertake. Letters by way of Vienna state positively that Marsha, 1'askiewlt.ch is appointed to the command of tl.o army in the Principalities. They add that the Marshal litis already left for the l'annV-, and was probably at headquarter*. OortischakolT ti? only chief of the staff. Paskiewit*ch 1* about 7fi years ornge, and i* krown for hi* campaign* in Poland nnd Persia. It wa* also stated that the Turfcs In tended commencing hostilities in the direction of the lllack Sea and In Georgia. The Russians have about 80,000 men In these part*. dinar Pacha is stated to have written to hi* govern incut offering to etoss the Danube, and force the Russians from 'their position, If . 00, 000 more men be given bun. Nn withstanding this. It was considered doubtful ifhe* tilities would commence on the Danube this winter, as neither commander would choose to have such a river in bis rear. The Russian* are posted in three strong bodle*, so that they might attempt to orosa tho river *imul taneously at three point*. . ... On the 27th ult. Scliamyl issti"d from the mountain* with hi* lorces, and broke into the Russian disUHct ot Dscharo Rlelokansk, where he made an att.v'k tres* of Novysakatal. <ien. tirbelian marchwl with three battalion* or Infantry, six gun* and *ome cavalry, to meet the mountaineers ; and, after hard fighting, whlchlasted till nightfall, nucceoded in tlririnK them hack Tn? Rni sisn atatement, from which this acceunt is taken, say* jn thelt aid. Xb* ffforU ttet \)M WmA 9t fw?l? W | fgree ' to mint tbe P.ussiass la ogsin strongly motrk I dieted, ?L(1 the ctein'er etatenieut is made thai tl e Per ' ulnri force* are to aid the TurVs The Turkish force in Bulgaria now numbers 110,000 UDSK. TIIF INTENTIONS OK F.Nril.SSP. Willi renjiect to the ruteotions of government M te the part l.nglaiid w ill t.lay !o lie present Kusteru crisis, tkt triic t'ate of the cane i* that the public ha?e U'j iaf <r mo tion whatever, beyond what they glian from the coafliut ii >x R ateaents of tlie Ivhk'oii fkfkei*. T!ie oearos' ap poach that baa been roVe to anything de.iaite U that contained i-i tbe following letter from <Se Premier, Id re ply to an address by the r!tiwnn of Rhftffleld. Kveu this document U not remarkable for i te lueiilAy ... Dowwiwo Oct 12, K1J. save Lud the li < ? n r to receive vnur lettor. traneiaifc titiy tn tin f? ni cm rial, ?ipne<l by to-rohan ta. ir. aiiufactnr jrL and itlur lub&ldtanta ?.i t'n Ci,vn ?f siell.lU. in wliiek ti iy < x[r ii t. ur ni>]>r< t rci . of the cou'lvot of her M* es tv ? I r. viniinent, anil j.rf.y tl.it they ?i'| ,.-r?i re in the t '' 'B< r-lii'y* In cli hn hlth-rJo I n f'T'ii .1 l.yt'iem in the 1 sat. I I, tn thauli t lie vniertalis's f, , tj,,, 0i?rk of tbeif onnt.deneft. and to, ensure them tlirt her ?l < out v'a e > vera inei t ? i.l imt . I'tt? tie ir i-arm-at nuurar r< I . r. . oni-tle the ??f*r?n' ,n? which have aris. n. anil. n ?tently with the turner et this country, to pre.4<-r>? Knr ike frntn the celmi iti.nnl war. 1 bate the lienor to be. n'r. emir obedi cut, bumble servant, AUZUDKKJf. Kl'JIklir W ATKBHOVHE. Jr., P*n. There is no other political oe*?> of any importance. TI1E ACTION OI? KtUNCr. we are without further intelligence of th* definite no tion i! trance in the Kast. Our correspondence from I h? la i rd llavie slat** that tbe hope prevailed that hoe tllit.s between the Russian* ami Tu.ka w .uhl be of 4 na ture t;t-,iiy reconcilable or would not, at letst, affect the Rem-ml |? ace of kurope The impression, upfsirently W^' that 1'niHtiia au i H nutria will ktwfi tuttni sehes aloof trom the difficulty, ms i.-niiJly stremtlheus this belief, and teinjed to quiet the public mind. A'n troop* had bee nor dared toem Una orotker public uianifeitali jo nwlf Tile pieii lent activity prevailed iu the l-'reuoh nary y*:il?. (Irdei ? had beeu giv?n for the imiuediate arm*, "?ent. in cast* of neoeaaity, o' tlie friflf.iten Vaubun, l)n. eai tea, A>nioi!i>e, C?cn|ue Montfsama, aud l'ananut. Thft frigate Ubrador had ailed from T.mlon, with "60 ?ddl to na! fen men, to be distributed among the French ahipc Kverytuiig nuicatea tbut Knuicn uioana to diHtinguiah her-eif in tlie coming war; an.i it it not for/ottea that I/ i.. Niijioleon thn atened to t.e revenged on the Ozar;for nia tartly recognition both of bin el?ction to the ernpir* an loi hi t iiiariiage. Iu . uch matters LouU ia a man ?i bis a orii, PRI SSIA HKMA1JJS NKPTRiL. Prttatia'ii prsttli n in the |iri*.".Bnt criiia wan looked for not lei-s aiixii.n-ly thin A'latri.i'a. >C)tun*teiy. l'rua>ia !iun liecided for pnace. and nat lot neutrality only, but for mediation, as fur ax her pMjiti** will permit, between the temend. ng partio*. The Berha X''it conLaina au injairtant article i>u tnia subject, and wuich may be oou-idereil ofiiuiaL It Hays: ? If Prua>ia running neutral it oarmet l>v any neand be pro dknti d of lu-r tha' she t'nTL hy I Iii'Ih lier'-lf t>. :i ilo notbin* """rie. l'rniniiu'a taek, if we n ] )iro li .nii it rightly, iitat dr-U\e t. tntrality, '1 ho mure ransin hulda herself aloef 1 r i > hi ft ii pitivn . arttrlp.J inn m the oxUtinx 'titt'er -in:e*i ? Lht lens iutire-t of her own alio eliow^ iu 'he auhjeet matter oC tlii'M. i illm ni ' ? with ru uuiili ttjj; inor" ili <iuti<i.-et - i ie^e ? 1) ^1 e be able to rai<ie her voire in mediation, and w iuaeb the titter irurpeettbi.re ?ill I. that her voice will bo IU teni'u to. f>i>oni'ot li? ?re\t |inwtre of P.nrope ?tn, J? ?? uiiei Jice m il in thn hna?.i Turkla:, d iV-ren-te a? I'runU. ' "r cuimrrjo trjvtla run we^twardj; i% tic Illrirk *oa t o Prun^lan Hi'? la a idnm aecn, be cftiiac oi.r r.ianu lacturef have no outlet tlierj. Oiu t-rial (tiiar . Tr. ui our p lit eali intoreata, aro thna hardl* in the ili^hteit depre touched l?v a war hetwoen Suaai^ an. 1'irlc , ?i-d ly the yilat of diiferenoe wh'oh at pre*ea% if f o.". ii.ly ah. ut to in i ari n a bt u ti of war bet r.* eon these two ji'iur'. Nritlior hniclaud r.or l'r ?n:e, nor Austria, can saw tin f> i me id themti Ivi h. It ii ti-ii unin'i rest* due is that eon atitutea Prttasia'n t-all tn iu< dlate. Pruisia can, howevtr, de anu tn meniato nitbinc else than a'peai e In Kiulaed and 1 rar.ee they f ] :a k oi compelHug rcaes by mean* of wa? nuar ures, or, on the ;>Uii'r liaud, ? t contuiiu^ war within o?r tain 1 ii alitn a. We do nol foar that Prujai.i will be obligad to :i.riimo a warlikd attitude in ^rdcr to exert htraolf for tbe prrii rvation of peso#. Hut. even were it. a. , it ?culd he M curilini; to ^eur conviction, only for tie purpose of giring greater emfihani? to h r mi'aioe ol poaoe. Uaaf ratroe cvicH we said, J'rjec'a'a position with referene* to the events in ti o l!.a^t, will, n o are eoL^ineed, be that of a neutrality that commands rc^cct; veuov a'ld, what wo arc no Seen convinced of, that this neutrality must not bo mtcefev pasrivo. Tl e Corrrspwhn: Bureau further wys:? Wo believe that our government now has tho propet ConU under ccnMd'jr.ition. in order ou ito port to .omit oothiie that may serve us a meanu lor the preiarvat ou of peaoe. aust:ca wii.i. also i:kk vjji mxutral. With the view < i aiuvuig the appruhenaion which had arisen rtwpecting the can^erx to l>? anticipated bf Austria holai drawn iutoa war, the Miuistor at War bad announced uiat a reduction of tbe army would imtiMdi atelj take pUce, by means of an extensive systeia ?C ftir lotifihi. This rcdnoti. n is, however, deceptive. Sometime siaai leave of ahi-ei.ce war for hi. Men to ali ollicers aad eoldtmk tbe re*1 in inn i? no tnitie thau a r?stora'ion of the far Irugli. f-'iiatl as it in. it U accepted as an indication tlul Austria will rtrnain nee'ral if poaailde. The French .pa pers mi accept it . Tl, i ayjnpeaka tke ssnUiaenti of ltd brethrac when it sayn:? The fiduc.lrn f 'he Aiuliiui arm* at th-j present momeak w. ulJ l.o a ?>mpt in okaracteriatiu of the follcy wbiak tho ci,urt of > nina pr,ipa*e? to fillow That poliew apn< ara t> ut clearly poiutud out by tho iat roaU et Ai. ??ria, and cannot ha anj.thi jg olse than a loyal me dial inn or a vigorous neutrality That, also in o?C ctMuion, ia tho po ftina ot i'm^bia, aad tho very oon di :;..n of her prcpoueerance in i.jrmany. Should tks a! ><o ncwa b > crrrect, it eeins to indiuto in a alirnifloaat u.inn*r thoattlti 'o which A iitria int* uda mainta niag hn trip crave ipieatiui. I " i i nlwist rnel9?a to remark that'll# utelnrcd rcutrnlliy oftle derman Po?ura would bo ? deei aivi i r'"i< that tbo war between Ru??ia and Turkey cannot asaumoa Kur .pea'i character; and that, being cirouinsoribod tn t he front irs of '.he Otlo-nan empiro, it would without an* doubt load bel jt > ioug to that coucili^tory ectUcinent wbiak thn iuUrett# of lurops call tcr, Tlie I'atriircU ol Constantinople died the 2Sth tilt. HI* funeral mien liitie* |a> <d over without any fanatical nianiiohtalion. The choice of liin succeMior. wIiohq *a potatment wti with the Sultan, will have great im jiortauce iu der existing circumstance r V1F.W< Of Tlir. ENi.I.Isn UOVrUNMKKT. [Kront tho I,ond iu Staiutari, Oct. IS.] I/^nl Aberdeen"- journal this tu. 'ruiiig pve <eot? the ful lowio? somewhat extraorJic?ry Hiv tmont for surrender ing the Tnrkish empire to tho ambition of the Our. A* we impjine that the irgunii'iit proceoda from tho Preruiec himnelf? we know at lesst that lie iias used it iu cmuma eicatlon with the very lii^licai personages ? we cony it in in'Mjro '?l\e are next told that tht Ottoman Porto is weak and helj.Ier j, nn J inve ted under Hiicii ciruuinstaucea with a claim to protection airainit the atroii^. line our oppo nents considered what tltia plea of weakness means / Or have tbe people of this cuuutrv realized in their own w ncoptlons the true churric'ei of a P'iwer thus up. ken o< like Switzerland or Belgium f This poor, little, weak State la constitute! of territories the mo^t opnlent eaten fivcauil Imperial ever known siuoe the days of Home. Three rjuartera of the gloi,e contribute their falrent regions to its domiuions. If i possession* include thd rlclie- 1 provinces of Asia. Alrioa. and Kurope. The su perlicial e*?ent of its territory is more ti.an double thato< (?rtat n-italti and France united, mid this tiot conatitut ed of swamps or solitudes, but of the most renownad and proi uotive countries under tho sun. Under tha swry of the goTcrnmont recominended to ^nneroas pro tsction on the score of its weakness, is compri ed ha* the great basin of th; Mediterranean. <M1 the mist fa mous cities of Asia, all he -oats of ancient power and gremnei-s? Tyre and Sidon, Autinch aUd Jerusalem, l"an5ascns and Tsigdal, Ilabylou aud l'alm\ ia, together with all the islands an.l seajiorts of that magnift cent region? form but one half of the Turkieh empire. In ,\f:ica it possesses the Urn} of Kgypt, itself equivaleit to a l.ingdi in. Iu Europe it puahes ita dependencies from the waters of the Archipelago up to th" latitude of Paris, and a centre of this prodigious dominion, po--esses u capital so wonderfully endowed with every conceivable advantage of strength and situatio* that conquerors of all agei have been lost in admiratio* of it. and Napoleon, in ttie heigl.t of his (lory, spoke at Constantinople as eiju valent to it ali. Judged by ratour cr ? jMipubitii n, and means, tlie Turkish empire ought to bo infinitely the strongest power on the face of the globe; and what, then, is tbe confession made by pleading its woahnersf What hind of government must that bd which, witb (inch capacities, cannot so much as help li st It', and ia compelled to cry for Kuropean protection at every dl?t?rbn nee from within or without? Tlie answac is, thnt the whole imperial dominion Is aominal, aad the lireat countries in tke world have b< en so paralysed by the permanent incumhus of barbarian conquest aa t* bo absolutely neutralized in the community of aationa." THE VERY LATEST. Tim following answer to Omar l'achas demand lidd b?ea r?cclvel bv Kub-ioa' ina telegraph: ? VirvxA, MdJtPAT WKVtNO. Advices lave been received in thl* elty, sta'lng that i'rinre Cortschikntf has aent a reply to the demand mad* by Omar Pasha on the part Ottoman tiovernment, that tha Russian force* evacuate tha Dannbian principalitian within a period of fifteen day*, otherwise hostilities would be commenced. The answer of the Ruaglan Com mandar in chief is to tbe effect that ha i* neither authorised t? commence hostilities, nor to conclude peace, nor t* evacuate the Principalities. The anneved intelligence has also boen forwarded by sub marine telegraph:? OALAT7, Oct. 7, 1RS3. Oincr Pacha has declared that vessels sailing under k neutral Hag will be allowed to pas* on tha Danube till tha 2ftth in st. In llessarabia, Bulgaria, and the Tannbian PiineipaM ties, the smaller rivers and mountain streams are drlad up. 'Ihe Wall.ichian militia, who were detached along th* 1'anU of the Itanube, have been ordered to inarch apaa Bucharest, where they will set as a garrison. li e Russian subjects In Turkey are. from the 1st or October, to be placed under the prote tionaf Austria. Rcrn.'nWT, fet. I, 1H43. Several fainll'e hare arrived here from D*urdzuvn, Is tho apprehension that that i clghborhood will soon be tha theatre of war. . , .. . Trinco Cortschlkoff has orilered tbe construction of two httmlred cabins, each one hundred and twenty feet ha lrnrr'b, on the Danube, and several thousand men are now at work thereon. Prince Stirbey has practically withdrawn from tho government. There Is a rumor that MenchikofT wiU tako his place, but be bus not yet made his appearance. Tato, Oct. IT? ? P. M. The alittUHtimnrl of yesterday asserted that orders hail been sent to Touloti to prepare ships forth* transport of a corps of troepe to tbe Dardanelles. The Mimitixrr declares thkt this statement Is altogether void of foundation. The German papers announce that Austria and rras <i? k?rs ordered tMz rohjeota ia Um tvkkk HTltt to