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NEW YORK HERALD.
JAMES CORD Oh BKNNKTr,
cditor and fropri ktor.
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New York, Friday, Drrrmbcr 4, 1H37.
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The New*.
We received last night a copy of th?' l/cc-ompton
Kansas CoQtjtitnfvm. It is a document that will
make i rbaps five column* of the Hkkald. The !
principal feat at os of this instrument. nlwit which .
bo mucL )uw> already been said, and which is likely '
to create a vast deal of dincunaion during the com- !
ing session of Congress, have already appeared, but
we shall publish the entire document to-morrow.
The committee of the New York Block bo Idem of
1 be New York Centra) Riilroad Company n utile a
partial report at an adjourned meeting held yester
day. Tbry had not come to any conclusion as to a
ticket for directors, but recommended that an ex
amination of accounts and a publication of candi
dates names ehould be made previous to every elec
tion. They asked time to make a further report of
a ticket to be supported at the coming election,
which was granted. The stockholders of this com
pany are thoroughly waked up to the necessity of
some action with reference to their depreciating
stock, and are vigorously preparing for the com
ing election of a Board of Directors. It will
be perceived by our report of their proceedings
yesterday that one of the committee promises to
make some startling developments concerning the
management of the company; another plainly hints
at director* being interested in real estate along the
road, and even contracts for supplies, while another
alludes to the practice of depositing proxies with
the President, giving him virtual control of every
election. Yet some of these astute gentlemen have
wondered why the stock has depreciated! Gentle
men stockholders, we have always told you that you
must look out for your own interests. Tlie Lord's
prayer says, "lead us not into temptation;" and if
jou tempt your employes by leaving them un
w ate bed you cannot complain at the legitimate con
sequence of the depreciation of the stock. Take our
advice, gentlemen? wutch the directors; keep post
ed: look out for the developemcnts, and "when
found, make a note on't."
A meeting of tlie importers and jobbers of drugs. 1
Ac., in this city, wn?- held at 100 Wall street yester
day. for the purpo-e of taking into consideration the
propriety of reducing their credit system from six to
lour month-. After a long discussion. during which
the quest u n wa- pretty thoroughly canvassed . a reso
lution was ad' pted siu.ply recommending that all
engaged in the business adopt the four, instead of
the six months' credit system, as liest calculated to
prevent losses and inconveniences in the trade.
The democrat" in the respective wards are busily
employed in electing delegates to the General Com
mittee. wbi wiU represent the party at Tammany
Hall during ti e e< ming year. By a previous ar
rshretnet'l 1 ctween the factions the Cooper organi
zation it e.i h ward elect two delegates, the Small
organization two delegate*, and the members of the
present (iineral Committee from each ward one dele
gate f rom tbL? plan it will be seen that primary
election- have been entirely discountenanced, and
the present committee, in effect, re-elect themselves.
The si??ra?hip Adriatic . 1 er e *or Liverpool, was
?een again on the 26th i:i.?t.b\ Capt. V?rk. of the
?diip Bylvanns Ilia nr ha. cl, which arrived here yester
tlay fiom Sunderland. The Adriatic was in latitude
41 M. and longitude <13 40. The date given, 2?>th.
sh ;>n?lsibly sen time, but in reality was Wediir sdav
afternooti. 2.'th.
In the United Mates Circuit Court yesterday
Judge Iiigeraoll delivered the usnal charge te the
?irand Jury. The ll?t of ci?e? to ?*> submitted to
them was, be said, a long one, showing a great In
? rt a*e of f rimes cognizable by the federal courts.
Tliere was one charge of murder on the high seas,
and a variety for assaults, revolts, ojtening letters,
counterfeiting, participation in the slave trade.
Ac. The Judge cautioned the jury against And
ing indictments upon a suspicion of guilt meiely. as
beyond their authority.
A special meeting of the Board of Councflmen was
called for yesterday afternoon, bot a quotum not
lieing prew-nt the Board adjourned till Monday,
The annual meeting of the Geographical and Sta
tistioal Society for the election of officers and the
transaction of other bwintas, was held last erening.
7 he so iety now numlsrs .144 tnemliers. and Its
aftm generally are in a *>tind and flourishing con
d * Ion, as will I* seen by onr report of tbf pro
ceeding*.
A verj interesting meeting of the American and
T n eign ' liri-tmn 1 nion was held last evening to re
4 *" '>r* Kirk, ha* recently returned from
,. toad and to promote his plan for 1be establish
P' -t <* ?u eranfr lical chape! !n Par<*feHhetwflt
of American citizen* reading at that gay capita.
We giv e * re|n>rt in another column.
The Police Commissioners were in session yester
day, and had an exciting time. Mayor Wood gave
notice that at tlie next meeting of the Board he
would offer n resolution, baaed upon the recent de
cision of Judge Davie*, to reinstate the old force
General Nye offered a preamble and resolutions for
the purpose of correcting an opinion expressed by
Judge Davies when deciding upon the injunction re
lative to the legality of the action of the Commis
sioners in refusing to rocoguifie the old police force,
to secure a speedy determination of the question
by a judicial tribunal, which were adopted. The
plantation of the resolutions gave rim' to an ex
citing debate, in which Mayor Wood and General
Nye took a leading part. His Honor stated that he
would produce evidence to show that a number of
the Metropolitan officers were busily engaged in
canvassing for their favorite candidate at the re
cent election, thus proving that it was a partisan
body.
We have news from the Bahamas, dated at Nassau,
N. P.. on 12th of November. Fever was still preva
lent , but its violence had abated. A very heavy gale
swept over the island and harbor on the 10th ult.,
doing considerable damage to the shipping and or
chard*. The second West India regiment (colored)
had been ordered to India by the English govern
ment. and it was expected that the men would par
ticularly distinguish themselves.
The City Council of Philadelphia have for some
time past been engaged in investigating the transac
tions of the Board of Health of that city, and have
ascertained that fraud and forgery in every variety i
have been succemfully practised to draw money
from the treasury. The amount thus obtained is not
known as yet, but it is believed it will reach a large
sum. The committee having the matter in charge
were to report last evening, when all the facts would
be made public.
The Surrogate is despatching the business of his
office as fast as possible, so as to leave a clean record
at the end of the year. He is preparing several im
portant decisions, which will shortly appear. Ves
terday he heard the final argument of the Irving will
case; the cases ot the Bloodgood, Patchin and Nel
son estates were also before him.
The rottou market whs heavy yesterday, and the sales
confined to straggling lots, at irregular prices. Dealers
were di.-po*ed to await the receiptor the America's mall
before itoma nuich Flou?- wn again very heavy, and
ale- u. ?!erate, confined chiei. to tL ? t'ical ar.d Kistern
rade. The market closed at a de? iin< A about 15 cents
per barrel and in -owe ca-es as much as 'J.V. p r barrel
w.. i la.m d on the lowt r and common gr:t les of State and
Wert -m Wheat was also heavy, and .<ale.< confined |
in nbcut 'JO ,000 bushels, a' rates given In ano
ther column Corn was lower, and sale" o! Western
mis "it were made from store and delivered at S'tc a sic ,
new Soctheru at 70c a 76c , and Jersev new at 66e a '(>? j
Rye sold at 7Sc a "Cc. I'ork wa- dull, with limited sale
:il pru? given n another column. Sugars were in lair
request, with sales of 600 a 700 hhds and 900 boxes, at
rates given elsewhere. Retlncd sugars were better, and
uo crushed, it was said, was in first hands. Coffee was in
lair request, with limited sales, at rates given in another
pUce. The freight market continued dull, and engage,
ments limited.
The Kansas Squabble Among the Democracy
? Ttar Administration.
It is now abundantly manifest that the first
and the most exciting subject before the new
Congress will comprehend Kansas, the Lecomp
ton Convention, the policy of the administra
tion. the adverse policy of Governor Walker,
the position of Senator Douglas upon '-popular
sovereignty." the demands of tie Southern fire
< alcr-, and the critical posit n of the Northern
democracy.
As at present advised the purpose ofSouator
Douglas is to t>ecomc thv gr< at pacificator be
tween the policy of the ad vi-iistration and the
uncompromising attitude ot hostility assumed
by Go . ernor Walker. We dare say. however,
that Mi. Buchanan, in !ii.? menage, will no' un
dertake to make the Lecomp' -n programme a
positive ultimatum. The election which is to
decide, according to this progrumme. the ques
tion of -slavery" or ' no slavery," is appointed
for the 21st of this month, and the administra
tion must await the result. There may lie no
election? the froe State party appear to be ex
cited to the necessary pitch of wrath to break
up the election by force, if required. They had
appointed a general Convention on the
2d inst.: and. judging from the temper of a
late tire and brimstone speech of "Jim Lane."
which we published yesterday, we may next ex
pect to hear that the suid Convention have
resolved upon a very summary process with
the I.ecompton constitution and the parties
concerned in it.
At all events, neither the administration nor
Congress can accept this Lecompton constitu
tion till It is officially before them, and it can
not so come before tbera until after the 21st
instant, and after the issue of the electiou upyn
"slavery" or "no slavery." apjHiintcd for that
day. In the meantime, as intimated. it is ^nite
possible that Mr. Douglas may break ground
upon an intermediate policy Is- 1 ween that ot
Mr. Buchanan and Governor Walker, and try
the experiment of pacification and compro
mise upon some such "enabling act " as that
which was passed in the case of Minnesota, and
which has resulted so smoothly in bringing that
Territory into the Union as a State. On the
part of Governor Walker, as b<* has no voice in
i Congress, it is probable that he will issue an
early manifesto to the American people, em
tracing the history of his experience and
troubles in Kansar his constitutional and legal
Interpretation of " popular sovereignty." and
his peculiar views of the alleged " infamous
juggles" and "scandalous outrages" which
have made up the materials and the transac
lions itf this aforesaid I.ecompton Convention.
But the administration holds the inside track.
Mr Buchanan is compelled to aecpt the legal
developement* of "popular sovereignty" as he
l ; is them. This Lecompton Convention wu?
? kd by less than one-tenth of the voters of
i.. k and vet. having ?>een eb-cted according
. e .uisitlons of the regular Territorial
authorities, the President was compel ltd to ar
?ept the Convention as a valid Convention.
"Popular sovereignty." strictly applied, re
quired that the whole constitution, ??odily.
should be submitted to the popular vote; but a^
the only question Involved, of any practical
consequence, was the question of "slavery" or
"no slavery," and as that question is to I*1 ?ul>
mittetl to the people on the 21sf instant, the
President has had no alternative but to accept
what ha* been done, and to await th< result of
that which remains to be done.
This is the -trona position. The free State
party that is the legitimate voters of Ka> sa
in favor of making her a free State? are. at
leasl in number*, as four to <.nc of the |?r- ?
slavery party With anything, th'vefore, ap
proximating an honest e)?v tion. the result will
inevitably b- n<> slavery." and Kanias will be
admitted a* a free Stale But should there be
a fraudulent e]< cti<,n or should th'1 whole Le.
I comptOD |'iop> i rn r i i < v d the leader in il Is
expelled from Kan?a? through violent means,
the administration w 1! Is perfectly free to
?hape its courae as the occu-ion may require
But should law and ider prfv !| in Kansas
and -bon Id -he admitted int the T'nionnpon
the I n - of tb? I.ecompton con^t'tu* on and
upon a fair election and a popular verdict of
' no slavery," the country will be satisfied, and
the demagogic* and agitators will be defeated.
The only real danger ? and thia is "the dead
|K>int of danger"? hinges upon the approach
ing '?slavery" or "no slavery" election; but in
regard to this the President must await the
movements of the people of Kansas. That
is all.
Financial AfMn In England.
The British Parliament met yesterday, being
summoned at this unusual season to take coun
sel with the government on the financial crisis,
and especially to pass an act of indemnity re
lieving the Bank of England from the forfeit
ure incurred by the late overissue of notes. It
is obvious that the session will be an arduous
one. and that Ministers will not obtain the
legislation they require without some stormy
debates. There is a party already which de
mands that the bank charter be repealed and a
new one enacted; one may judge from the tone
of the Ttmts' money article, which we gave the
other day, how bitterly the policy of the bank
is likely to be criticised by the friend* of the
bouses which have gone down. Whether any
thing practicnl in the way of bank reform
can be effected seems, however, very doubtful
indeed.
The position of the bank and of the chiefs of
British finance is, in truth, very irregular and
unprecedented. The policy which the bank
would have pursued in former times ? which it
did pursue, for instance, in 1837, when it broke
the three American houses? was, when the
panic came, to discount to the verge of its le
gal capacity, then, to refuse to forfeit its
charter, and let the insolvents break.
This was the course to be pursued ac
cording to the old principles of bank
ing; it was the course attempted by
our banks here, and really pursued till
they were broken by their depositors. Instead
<lf pursuing it. in England, the bank, wrought
i upon by private menaces, consented to forfeit
its charter rather than accelerate the downfall
of embarrassed tirm- by rul'using them discounts.
| It discounted when by law it hud no right to
j discount, and no means of redeeming the paper
I it put forth. Nor was this privilege seemingly
! exercised with niggard hand. The house ot
' George Peabody. we perceive, is understood to
have obtained from the bank aid to the amount
of a million pounds sterling at a tine; and
other houses, also known to have given credits
on this side the water, bave been as freely
accommodated.
Of course the public have no means of know
ing what security the bank obtained for these
advances, and as the newspapers affirm that the
security was ample, there is no prima facie cause
for apprehension. But it cannot be disguised
that the lnilk of the assets which these Anglo
American houses had to pledge must have been
of American origin, either promises to pay in
the United States, or railroad or other corpo
rate stocks ; and that the one must have been
made to pay for produce, cotton, sugar, corn,
or shipping at a time when these articles were
much higher thnr. they are. while the other?
the railway stocks-arc going through
a similar process of decline in value.
To feel assured therefore of Mug reimbursed,
the bank must have something very
unusual in the way of margin; else. when, six I
month* hence, the goods which the American ,
paper represents and tho railroad properties
represented by the stocks have still further de
preciated. where would the bank be ?
There are not wanting persons who. judging
this very singular state of things with the light
of common sense and by contract with the
parallel case of 1K37, boldly conclude that the
Bank of England has been acting under coer
cion : that the Anglo-American bankers first
forc?-d the bank to suspend? that is to say. to
break its charter; and next that George Peabody
forced it to carry him through. They say that
the financial condition of England Is such that
neither the government nor the country could
afford to let a house like that of Peabody "s go
down; and that at any cost that , and other simi
lar houses in the same position, are to be car
ried through at all events till the spring.
Time will shed light on this novel theory, of
which we will only say that It seems not Intrin
sically improbable. Times are changed cer
tainly from the days when the bank could
quietly choke off the Anglo-American houses
without seriously disturbing trade: now. we are
asked to believe that one single American
) tanker has practically forced the Bank of Eng
land to break In order to save him !
Who Arf. to Have lit*?? We fear that the
several cliques interested in Mr. Tiemann 'selec
tion are already in trouble upon thf* important
question ? " Who are to have him '' The John
MrKeon democratic clique -ay that he is their
man. head, shoulders, body, breeches and b<>oU.
for that they with their two thousand demo
i vatic d? -erters turned the scale of the election.
The black republicans nay thnt to Oak< y Hall
belongs the honor of laying Mayor Wood low
in the duft, and that it was Oakey's Wall
street movement and money that did tho busi
ne-*, But, again. I?ool>y Brooks and th^ rump
of the Know Nothing party air tusking a loud
! noise, and are not going to tie put off any more
with cold victuals and old clo". In this dilemma
we should not wonder at* II if Mr. Tiemann were
at last to fall into our hands. And why not. we
should like to know? Have we not a good
< laim?? For ha- not Booby Brook- himself ad
mitted that it ??? the Hkr.U.d that defeated
Mayor Wood ' Let justice take Its course. Let
the honor fall where it belongs. What's the
price ol putty
Dr. CtuHf M Mai t w T ii- distinguish"!
gentleman who i< known to fam?' as th'- author
of several famous English song?. ?uch as "Cheer,
boys, cheer." nnd known to the newspaper guild
as the principal editor of the Ilhntrat?i Ixmiinn
Xmt. is n'?w lecturing in thf ? city on Bri
tish minstrelsy. We have no doubt hifc lecture
are very interesting and successful. Dr. Mac
kav occnp'?"i ? position in I 'n trli-h society some
what analogous to that of our General Morris
who i- also a writei ami it new-paper man
We notice that I>r M.tckay is writing letter
to th?* llhi*trnt?l Nw about this country, and
that lie i? vs->tlv pleased with what he <*>e~ He
considers Broadway the flne?t ?tre? t in the
world, ami doesn't think Regent street or Rue
Rivoll can compare with It? Thi? new* the re
sid^nts on Broadway and the Knickerbockers
generally will lien* with fortltnd*: we can stand
a good deal of that sort of thing, as a people.
But Dr. Mae.kay makes some funny blunders
about our ?mnk- If he will tuk" our advice, he
w^ll write more abou* musical notes than about
bank notes; which litter are pleasant to own.
| tinder any circumstance* but tough materin!
I for a poet's ,
The French Pit* and American FlUfou*
te riant ? la It a Joke 1
We published a day or two since an article
from the Paris organ of Louis Napoleon, Is
Oomtitvtionnei, in which the writer took the
United States in general and the Nkw York
Herald in particular to task for their pro
gressive and filibuster tendencies. It seem?
that a journalist in Paris, who has resided some
time in this country, undertook to correct the
views of the Cbmtitutinnnr/ and to set the whole
matter right, on the ground that the Herald,
though the paper most read, is the journal of
least influence in America. The result was a
very pretty bit of sharp writing between the
two French gentlemen, which will be found
elsewhere in our paper this morning.
The Omatitutionntl very justly and properly
scouts at the old and hackneyed idea that
although the Hera.ij> is the journal most read,
it is the one of least influence in this country;
and truthfully says that such an idea is not
only illogical, but carries a contradiction within
itself. The truth is that it is merely an old
aud favorite phrase of the petty cliques that
are to be found in every community, and
which, finding in the comprehensive and inde
pendent utterances of the Hkrai.d views entire
ly beyond their own short sighted vision, seek
consolation in a piece of sophistry that falls of
itself to the ground. The Hkrai.o in all things
pursues au unbiassed course, treating the topics
of the day as they come up, by the light of
sound, practical common sense, and contem
plates from a high stand-point the great march
of the increasing millions that hive under the
wings of the American Union.
Wtshave no need to go far back, nor to point
to many instances, to show that wo view things
here as" they are. and that we do not fear to
cpeak of them as an independent journalist
should speak. -Without touching upon recent
financial event? here, we will only recur to the
views which we have expressed in regard to
coming popular movements in this country, aud
whit h have so alarmed the French prt s From
the first we saw the; effect vh' h a ? t it oi em
ployment would produce upon ihe young, ac
tive, enterprising, energetic ant' ambitious
population here: and we -aid they would turn
filibusters, and that they were only waiting for
an opeuiug and a leader. Events ara already
demonstrating the tru'b of our views. Walker
has departed tor Nicaragua, and the govern
ment, as we have before explained, was power
less to Stop him. At this moment thousands of
men are watching his course, hoping that he
has learned something from the past, and
ready to join him the moment he has got a foot
hold.
Then there is Mexico, crumbling to pieces
and clamoring for a leader. The northern part
of her territory a prey to the savage, while the
inhabitants are praying even for the filibusters
to save them ? the south (Yucatan) sending
pressing letters to Walker to abandon Nica
ragua and to come and restore order there ?
the west. Sonora. inviting them from Califor
nia, and its Governor making a solemn contract
with Crabbe. whom he afterwards shot? Cuba,
hating Spain with a hatred most cordial, still
keeps up Ia? Verdad in this city, and is watch
ing for a favorable chance to bring the filibus
ters to her shore* -Dominica longing to conquer
Haytl. and seeking here the means or doing it
?everywhere around us the ? tmo ?lements and
the same spirit rife. In our tnidst a filibuster
cannot lie convicted by any jury that can lie
empannelled. O'Sulllvan is tried in New York,
acquitted, and sent Minister to Portugal; Lo
pez is tried in New Orleans, acquitted,
and departs on a second expedition; Quit
man is arrested by a federal Judge, but a Grand
Jury refuses to find against him. and he is sent
to Congress, narrowly escaping the nomination
at Cincinnati for the Vice Presidency; Walker,
acquitted in California, slips through the wide
me?hes of the law at New Orleans, and goes oft
on a third expedition. Not a man running
for office, from Maine to the farthest confine
of California, dare announce that he is not a
filibuster, and hope to be elected. The Ostend
manifesto is a strong card for the Pn -idency.
and "hurrah for Culm," or Nicaragua, or
wherever else the filibuster's aim happens to
is the winning shout at every popular
election.
It requires only a little common sense to put
this and that together to show what the people
of the United States will do when the time- be
gin to squeer-e them a little. And there Is a
deep philosophy in it all. It is tl: ? march of a
free people, where mnn is indlvidu vlizcd. Intel
lect is free. energy unencumbei -d. enterprise
unrestrained and hope strong. The people of
every country unite in it. It is not alone the
Americans that are filibusters; but the m.Mi of
th- Old World. too become filibu-ter* as soon {
^ they get here and find that their old chains
ire broken- that willintr mind, stout heart and
brawny srm are free to develope their energies.
Irish, Knclish, F.otcb, French, Germans.
Italians. Spaniards? it is all the cam*: and th"
GmMttiitiamH b:-~ only to look to the list of
killed and wound d to be convinced of this. In
a word, it is the p<*?h of the free d< Velopement
of man in his highest condition, and carrying
with him th" b .n* of a fiee representative
government; ard we tulvlse ffcp '*\rn <1i and
rulers of th" Old World to look ?o it and
ponder over it.
Vovvmi nm o* Govrrvor Wai.rkr.? We un
derstand thaf a gr'-at political dinner move
ment 1- going on Id this city in behalf of (iov
I I nor Walker, with the vi< w of bringing him
Pttd ! !? present, position upon Kansas affairs
with actmrthinp of CM before the country,
,vnme of our Cu tom House and other govern- ,
iDfttl ofiltiul are at the head of the enterprise, j
and it is said that ovtain managers of the re- ]
publican and Americau parties are also a? tively j
Implicated, and that the great ultimatum in i
view i* the n<'*t Presidential election. Our re* I
cent municipal contest ha ? broken the ice ?>f :? ,
new and grand Northern combination move- j
men! for the ?ucc ?-ion Th? lute Holy Alliance |
In this city of republicans. Know Nothing* and
renegade d' lnocr ? J h ?? Wotked ?o Slicee?nful1y j
in the lab' stronghold of democrat y to slig
ht very foreibly the policy r' extending this I
combination ov< r. all tli"V>-.h. Jo . 1 * move
ment, also. ?om<' such man as Gmnrnoi Walker,
po(w?ow?intr hi" democratic antecd ntstlik' Mr
TU mann), 'nmc tip into t?>ld relief as the
"man for th?* hour," to use one of th< graphic
expressions of George Sanders And the esti
mate is that Governor Walker, thu* trotted out
upon the course, would supersede Buchanan.
l>ouglas Fremont, Sward and any man in the
North, of any partv. from Maine to Kansas
The dinner ia soon to com" off Sib
srrP>ers are s'gfli*>g the caP repilly Some
tomprehenslve u' n> tietion i involved in the
general plfl^, of Ml1 i"r ?vr leadu ?
republican and American editor*, and their
prospective perquisites and pickings; but these
tnny be temporarily delayed. The dinner party
itself, we presume, will not be levelled point
blank at the administration, bat it will follow
up the napping and mining policy initiated by
Governor Walter, and which already threatens
so imminently the dissolution of the Northern
democracy. Let us have the dinner.
Wild H porta of the W rat? Foreign Nlntrodjisn
Our American Hunting Grounds.
We published recently, in a letter from the
Platte river, an account of the exploits of Sir
George Gore, the well known Irihh sportsman,
who has spent the last three years out West in
the pursuit of game. The amount which he
ban ' bagged" during that time must have been
enormous, seeing that the returns of one season
alone reached the almost incredible aggregate
of 3,600 animals, none of which were smaller
than the antelope. It is to be presumed, how
ever, that, great a shot as he is, SirTreorge's sin
gle arm did not accomplish this wholesale work
of destruction, as he was accompanied by a suite
of about fifty persons, whose various occupa
tions were intended to minister to his comforts,
but who probably all bore their share in their
master's amusements and dangers.
The Irish and Scotch have always been hardy
and enterprising sportsmen, and have not, like
the English, contented themselves with such
ignoble game as the hare or the ordinary Held
birds. Deer stalking, fox hunting and steeple
chasing attest their love for the more perilous
descriptions of sport. It is true that stag hunt
ing was, in the course of the last half cen
tury. partially revived in England through
the patronage of George III. and the Prince
Regent, and even now we believe a
pack of buck hounds is kept in the neighbor
hood of Windsor. The English nobility, how
ever, do not seem in modern times to have "cot
toned" to the sport, and with the exception of
the Earl of Derby, grandfather to the present
Earl, Earl Berkeley, Earl Fitzharditige. and one
or two others, we do not recollect any other
English proprietors of staghounds in our day.
Most of these packs have been broken up, and
now. we believe, with the exception of o.ie
kept by Baron Rothschild in the n >ghborh< 1
of Aylesbury, there is no regularly constituted
private kennel of these hounds in any part of
England.
Deer stalking in the Highlands of Scotland
and in the Killarney mountains is still, and al
ways will be, the favorite amusement of the
Scotch and Irish gentry. Fox hunting and the
steeple chase are also as much in vogue as ever
amongst them. With the Gaelic aud Celtic
races, indeed, the passion for wild sports is a
taste impossible to overcome. This ardent love
of the chase even leads them to other
and distant lauds in quest of game
more formidable and adventures more
exciting than those which they are accustomed
to in their own country. Africa, India, and
our own western regions have each In turn fur
nished hunting trophies and themes for books
to these bold sportsmen.
It is now about thirty years since the glowing
pictures of backwoods and prairie scenery fa
miliarized to them by the works of our novel
ists, and the more technical but reliable descrip
tions of Wilson, Audubon, Bonaparte, and other
naturalists ? first attracted to our shores the
titled Nimrod* of the Old Country. The part
lx.>rne by Sir William Drummond Stewart in
the perils and hairbreadth escapes of Fremont
in his explorations in the Rocky Mountains,
must still be fresh in the recollection of our
readers. Since his time we have had numerous
other scions of nobility amongst us, attracted
by the same inducements. Seven years ago a
son of Earl Fitzwilliam. who recently, we be
lieve, succeeded to his father's title, came over
with a large party of English sportsmen to en
joy the pleasures of the chase amongst the wild
deer and buffalo herds of the West. We
are occasionally favored, too. with the visits of
sportsmen of another kind? geuuine cockuey*?
who are betrayed into sad mistakes by their
ignorance of tho country, its distances and its
local tttculiarities in respect to game. It is
nut long since a Londoner landed hero with the
idea of hunting the buffalo in the neighborhood
of Ni'h ^ (irk. His look of blank distuay may
be imagined when he was informed that if he
ambitioned game of this sort he would have to
go a thousand mile* further for it.
There is no doubt that if the ex|?erimcnt of
which the Leviathan steamer ? the Great East
ern? i- the fit 't e?say, should prove successful,
we shall be inundated with visiters of the Gor
don Cumming aud Sir George Gore school.
The more the letter say we. for these men have
large incomes, bring numerous suites with
them, and scatter money profusely wherever
tucygo. In gratifying their own tastes they
will help to carry out the work of civiliza
tion on our frontiers by the destruction of
liea?ts of prey, and by the refining influence of
| tbeir manuers. But there is also another and
J more numerous class of sportsmen, like our green
j friend al?ovc referred to. who will be induced
1>) these increased fut ilities of communication
to pay us periodical vi-its. We allude to the
i disciples of the great master rtf tho piscatory
j art er a* Lord B^ron describee him
j T' fit r am' oM rnv .m?v mho tn ht? gullet
liuvr n heok'sn I i s:n?ll irout t?> _ nl.t
T- tiu -e r?r rivers and lak \ ill furnish
'n< xhaus: 'ble sources of atnu.sorcen\ i liey will
' find in them varieties of ii*b that are novel to
them, and which will try the!: skill with the
line and the hiwik. Thosi who are expert with
(he gun. and who do not care to encounter the
peril- of the backwoods or prairies, will find
within a short distance of New York full op
portunities for gratify ing I heir more moderate
fas os. Thu?. at Pennsgrove or Dcnuisville,
New Jersey, they will find snipe in abundance,
not the kind familiar to them, tint the genuine
American bird, known us the Wilson snipe.
Partridge they will meet wifh everywhere in
Iho Eastern and Middle States. For the wood
cock, the rloe bunting 01 ro d bird, the gra*
plover. the isill headed or golden do., the rail
or American water hen. the canvass back dock,
i the seaup die k the American widgeon and tho
Canada goose they will only have to go to the
Chesapeake or Delaware, within an easy day's
ride of New 1 ork. Add to these inducements
tli" uttr*< tiotiu of a new country, splendid
s< enery, cheap and luxurious living, aud a so
ci"ty facile and indulgent in its treatment of
stranger* and we have a reasonable chance of
ab - ?l ing a large proportion of the money spent
on |.ii h ure tour* by European idlers. A rharr
'{? <)< ) as the Front h say.
Ti?? Mormon War. ? The Mormon war closes
for v ars the gn at thoroughfai > t<? California
\ t the South Pass leaving o,"-i only th"
Southern route along 'he ^ '.d parallel This'
route has been traversed by thousands of emi
grants since 1*47. Six hundred rnilew of it lit*
in the new Territory of Arizona, along the line
?f the overland mail to the Pacific. This fact
gives a strong argument in favor of the imme
diate organization of Arizona by Congrow, and
it is urged as a matter of absolute necessity by
the California press. Probably no Territory
has ever presented itself to Congress with such
strong claims to immediate attention as doea
Arizona, and the opening of the Mormon war
only adds another argument to those already
presented.
Come, Pony Up, Mk. Tikmann.? Neither Mr.
Tiemann, the Mayor elect, nor his partners in
the paint making business, have as yet settled
that small bill which they acknowledge to be
due the Hkrald for its volunteer advertising of
their factory during the late canvass. Are alt
those splendid puffs and acknowledgments to go
for nothing ? Look around us. A cruel winter
is upon us, and thousands of unfortunates in our
midst are. already suffering from hunger, thirst
and cold. They will soon need all that can be
raised in their behalf; and in this view we appeal
to Messrs. Tiemann & Co. to Bcttle that little
bill. Even in a political sense, Mr. Tiemann is
largely indebted to the Hkrald, for Booby
Brooks confesses the corn that we did, perhaps,
more to defeat Mayor Wood than anybody else.
Make up your bill, Mr. Tiemann, for that adver
tising, send us a check for the amount, and thus
contribute something for the poor.
THE L^ESTJNEWS.
Tl?e Next European News.
Halifax, Dec. 3, 1861.
The Collins steamship Baltic, Capt Co ma took, from
Liverpool on Wednesday, the ttth ult .four days subse
quent to the departure of the America, is nojr due off Cap*
Race, but the line Is interrupted beyond l'ictou. Wo have,
consequently, no Intelligence from St. Johns, Newfound
land, to-day.
Arrival of the America at Boston.
, Boston-, Doc. 3, 1867.
The steamship America, from Liverpool oa the '.Jin', dfct.,
via Halifax, arrived below at about live o'clock *turi
evening, but oa iiqr to the unfavor < bl- stato ol the tide did
not reach her dock until half past nlm>. Her mail* for tho
south will be despatched by the laud tram to morrow
niormuK, and w.U be due in New York at live P. M. There
is nothing of im|>ortance in the papers to hand in ad iition
to the Halifax despatch.
The steamer Persia and the ship Drea<lnon0ht were Keen
going into Liverpool i n the 'Jlst ult.
Kcw? from tbe National Capital.
ARRIVAL OF SKNATOUM AMD MKMBKKS ? ACTITI V RE
PARATIONS OP THK COMIRKS8ION A I, CAMPAION ?
JI'UOB DOl'OLAS AND THK PRESILKNT ON THK KAN
SAS QCB8T10N. ETC.
Wahhwotow, Dec. 3, 1857.
Tho city is rapidly filling up with Senators, members of
Congress and strangers. The cars came in to-night
crowded with Congressmen, and there U no doubt of an
organization on Monday.
The Hkkald's leader yesterday on the Kansas difficulty
is the theme of great praise among tbe democracy here.
Senator Douglas had a friendly interview with the Pre
sident to day, when the Kansas question was diecusaed at
some length. Whilst it Isknown that the Judge take* strong
exception to aertain features of the I.ecomptoa Kansas
Convention proceedings, it is not known that be intends to
maintain that, if tbe vote in December should be a fair
one. Kansas should be kept out of the Union because
the entire constitution was not submitted lie intends to
suspend judgment until be sees what pop it ion the 1'noi
dent lakes in his message, and all the facts upon the sub
jeet are laid before the Senate, when he will take an eariy
occasion to define his position.
The contest for Clerk and Printer is waxing hot BoUi
Robinson and Allen are sanguine of success. Robiason's
friends are making capital with Southern members, alleg
ing that Douglas? who is the friend of Allen- -is unsound
on tho Kansas question. The fight is getting mtre*tmg.
Wendell is moving heaven and earth, au<t ?ays ? >??? he ?
bound to carry off the prise. Basks will go into the caucus
with forty votes. Stoadman will have about thirty.
The President has appointed Reuben P Boise, of Oregoo,
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Oregon, vice
Cyrus Olney , declining re appointment
The President refuses to let copies of his Message be
sent to California by tho next steamer.
Naval Court No. 1 transacted no txt-iiness to day. In
Court No. 2, the case of Ijeut J. A. Doyle was continued,
and Captains 8. Barron and L. M Powell testified in behalf
of government, and K. A. Roe for appellant. Before Court
No 3 the ca?e of ex Captain lovy was continued, and do
cumentary evidence submitted.
Car urn's saloon has been leased by tbe proprietor of
Wsllack's theatre, and is to be fitted up immediately aa a
firrt class playhouse
THE UKXXS.U HlWWirOI ftWMPATTN.
THK POSITION OP JllNJK DOt'OLAH ON THK KANSAS
^ctoritii.
Waamikuimn, Dec. 3, IMT.
Judge Douglas and the President had to day a full and
free Interi hange of opinion on the Kansas question, with
out, ss it Is understood, being able to arm e at the same
conclusion In regard to the line of policy which juntioe and
duty require each to pursue The Interview, it is fur
ther stated , was courteous, and they parted as tboy met,
friends, regretting they could not view the l<e?omptoa
movement in the same light.
Senator Douglas in conversation with bis friends freely
defines his position. He .elands, be says, en the pria
ctple of the Nebraska Kansas bill, which guarantee*
to e ich State and Territory the right to regulate
their domestic institutions to suit themselves, and he will
follow that principle wherever Its logical consequencw
carry Mm, defending it against nil assaults from whatever
quarter they may come.
In it* application to Kansas he insists upon ignoring Nth
the l/ocotnpton and Topeka movements, and securing to
the peo|>le the right to form a constitution for themselves.
U. 1 onsiders tbe l*tomptou movement directly violative
of the print iples of tbe Kansas Nebraska bill and tbe Ctn
c ' uaC platform, and he will, probably, at an early period
of the session, introduce a bill authorising the people of
Kansas to call a Constitutional Convention
Tl>e Magnetic Telegraph Company have established an
office in the Capitol. The wire eonnects with the North
without delay in the Washington office Thw will much
facilitate Congressional reports, ati-i will admit of touting
di ? patches to a later hour.
News I rum Kansas.
ft. lot' IK, hv T, 1*67.
A. s meeting at ! etvenworth, K.in .is on the aist ult.,
resolution." were adopted .imi .ar to those pa.-<?d at law
rence on the 1Mb. and spec. he? were made by Messrs.
Vaughan. Phillip*. Hutch ins. More and others Mr Phil
lip ail vised rallying around the Topeka constitution, > ail
ing It tbe M;<gn.i Charts of Kansas liberty. A Vtgllanro
Committee is being formed throughout the Territory.
A letter to the Prmnrral, dated lAwrence, November 17,
states that tJovernor Walker sai l he would call a special
session of the legislature, providing the members would
sign a pledge guarantying that they would not go Into gen
eral legislation.
The llartfbrri Banks.
Haktvoiu), Conn . Dse. 3, 1M7.
The Injunction against the Mercantile, tliarter (ink and
Exchange Ranks of this city was this morning removed,
and they are now prepared to do busmen* as formerly
Alt of these banks are In first rate condition.
Tho Vhoonrr Northern Light WaleHnggwi,
Chasi.ssto*. Bee. 3. 1M7
Hie schooner Northern light, of Bu< kport, Me , wm
water logged on the Oth of November The British ship
Star took from the wreck her captain and four men, who
have arrived here.
How* fmui Um Month.
WssmvcTof, Dec 3, 1A5T.
The sagar cane in Rapides parish, Is , was seriously in.
jured by the frost last week.
The steamship Texas report* seeing the wreck of Lb4
Opelousas, bottom upwards.
Ice was formed at Houston, Tsvas, on the 20?h
At Oalveston cotton was inactive Receipts of the week,
3.200 bales. Exports. 1.300 bales. The stock of cottoo in
Houston and Oalveston Is estimated at 15,000 bales. Tho
incoming crop is cstimatod at 95,000 bales. Middling,
?Xc. a lOftc.
Hie doings of the Ten* legislature were nnimportaal.
A joint resolution wm patse.i u? raise a regiment of rw
If for prnf^Uon against Oie frontier Indians.
general Hoiiderton, of tw, ig cvuv*lc?cgBl Do pro