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WASHINGTON. *' Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and Inseparable." 1 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1851. THE MEETING OF CONGRE88 has approached so imperceptibly that we have been scarcely aware of it uotil the arrival of Members from distant points of tbe country warns us of its being near at hand. On Monday two weeks the first Session of a new Congress (the Thirty-second) will be opened at the Capitol, and all eyes and ears will be directed, first, to the Annual Exposition of public affairs by the Chief Magistrate and the ac eompanying reports of the Heads of Departments, and afterwards to the action of Congress upon the various and great concerns which fall within the scope of its authority. Upon what is so soon to become matter of his tory as the dispositions of the present Congress, it is hardly worth while to indulge in speculation. There are two great points, however, upon which we have a right to congratulate our readers: First. That, since the termination of the last Congress, the Battle of thb Union has been fought and won, the principles of the Union being now in the ascendant in those States in which they were, at the opening of the last Congress, supposed to be most endangered, and now only seemingly threatened in one or two other States, in which parties vie with one another in professions of devo tion to the same Union : And, secondly, that there i# nothing in the rela tions of the country with foreign Powers which threatens any immediate disturbance of the Peace now happily existing between us and them. 4 But, were we ever so much disposed to indulge in speculations as to the course of conduct which will, or which ought to, distinguish the present Congress, we find our views so nearly express ed by one of our most esteemed Western con temporaries, in the subjoined brief paragraphs, that we would not change a word of them ; and, with that endorsement, we place them before our readers: rBOM THB CIBCINNATI GAZETTE OF NOVEMBER 10. In a short time the Thirty-second Congress will commence its session. Its members will have less merely party adhesion than any one elected in many years. A large majority will indeed belong to the Democratic party; but, on the other hand, a large number of these have been elected upon other is sues. In Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, and Mississippi all the members have been elected upon the principle of Secession or Anti-Secession. In the Northern States many members hold the Anti-Slavery principle predominant over any other. In addition to this, there are such strong antipa thies in different sections of both parties, that a strictly party action of a majority of Congress in legislation is not to be expected. In the election ot Speaker and officers we may indeed see party lines drawn; but, from the nature of things at pre sent, and the development of political action during the session, which must inevitably come, it will be impossible to legislate by party lines. Congress must look beyond such minor action to greater in terests, or we shall really be where politicians have endeavored to persuade us we were, in the midst of disloyal factions and impaired obligations. It is in the power of this Congress to reinstate the Nationality of Legislation, and restore a gen eral confidence in the measures of Government, without which the bonds of loyally sit lightly upon a People. To do this would confer a glory on Congress and turn aside all the petty streams of faction. It can only be done in one way : by le gislating, in the language of the Constitution, for the general welfare. Among the distinguished arrivals in this city within a few days past, is Gen. R. K. Call, of Florida, in his early life an accomplished Aid-de camp of Gen. Jackson, and for many years since closely identified with the history of Florida. He is welcomed by many old friends among us. Hon. David T. Disney, of Ohio, Wm. H. Polk, of Tennessee, and R. M. Price, of New Jersey, members elect of the House of Representatives, have reached the city, and taken lodgings at the Nation al Hotel. raox TBI MODILK daily advertiser. Petition to the Queen of Spun.?Some weeks since a petition to the Queen of Spain, numerously signed, in behalf of the Lopez victims, was for warded from this city?through the agency of the United States District Attorney?to the Stale De partment, for transmission to Spain. The follow ing letter from the Secretary of State will show those interested what disposition has been made of the petition: Department or Stats, Washington, October 30, 1851. 8ia : I have to acknowledge the receipt of jour letter of tbe 14th inatant, with its enclosure, and to state that the petition to the Queen of Spain', in behalf of the surviving Americana of the Lopez expedition, signed by many of the moat respectable citizens of Mobile, haa been forwarded to the American Legation, Madrid, with proper inatructiona re specting its presentation. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, DAN'L WEBSTER. P. Hamilton, Etq. U. S. District Attorney. The outbreak on the Rio Grande does not rise >to the dignity of a revolution. The force under Carvajal is small, consisting of Mexicans and Ame ?rican citizens, who are probably not instigated by any higher motive than plunder at present?though, if able to obtain a sufficient number of men, they ?might finally undertake to divest Mexico of a por tion of her territory. Men banded together as are those under Carvajal will not be very scrupulous in their seizure or destruction of property; and it will not be surprising if American citizens suffer. We are glad to see from the letter of Carvajal to Captain Brown that the most strenuous efforts are toeing made by the American authorities to pre serve a strict neutrality; and hope that nothing anay occur to make it necessary to change this position.?Baltimore Clipper. Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.?'The draw ing for the term of each of the newly elected Judges of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania took place yesterday at Harrisburg. We are informed through the Telegraph that Jeremiah S. Black drew the three year term, and is Chief Justice dur ing his term ; Ellis Lewis drew six years, J. B. Gibson nine years, and Richard B. Coulter drew the full term of fifteen years. |C7* The Hon. Geo. W. Summers, the Whig candidate for Governor of the State of Virginia, under her new Constitution, is expected to address the People of Fairfax, at the Court-house, on Mon day next, and those of Alexandria county, in Alex andria, on the same evening. Mr. Wm. P. Btbd, a young lawyer of Richmond, on Tuesday was engaged in rather an exciting convertalion with another person, when ho fell back on a chair, and almost im mediately expired. For some time peat he had been afflict ed with a disease of the heart, which threatened at any mo ment to terminate hie existence. His death was occasioned by the rupture of a hlood vessel. M. KOSSUTn FRIWD THE 0FFICER8 OF THE ^ MISSISSIPPI The Editor of the Ne-r , _ . following explicit atatement o?r , %mes S1 himself and the officers of the Aft*?rv!eW. . ? , . **vpt$ 10 con tradiction of certain stories censuring t. . ? ^.onuuc? of Kossuth while on board that vessel: The Miaaiaaippi arrived at this port yesterday morning, ?ad now lies at the Navy Yard. We paid her a visit daring tbe day, for the express purpose tff ascertaining from her offi' cera Ibe truth or falsehood of the statements which have been circulated in this country upon that subject. Their ltyle ol comment waa emphatic rather than complimentary. They d<d not heaiia'e to brand eveiy one of them, which aaserleil or implied any thing derogatory to Koaeuth, or any thing like a difference between him and the officers of the Miaaiaaippi, as deliberate fabrications, for which not even the shadow ol foundaiion had ever existed. The officers bad instructions from tbe Navy Department to treat Kossuth not only as the gueat of the nation, but as the recipient of their hospitality also. From the moment he cams on board at Constauiioople until he left tbe veeeel at Gibral tar, none but the ifiost friendly feelings prevailed between him and every officer on board. He made no demand to be landed any where, iior did he request or suggest that tbe vessel should touch at any port on the Mediterranean, for tbe purpose of enabling bim to " make a demonstration," or for any other purpose whatever. The frigate had poeitive orders to touch at Smyrna and at 8pezzia: at both thoae placet numbers of the inhabitanta came to see Koskuth, and at botb be was greeted with applsuae. But he did nothing but re turn bis tbanka for these demonstrationa of respect, and said nothing which could poasibly be tortured into an attempt to stir up disaffection. He suggested to Capt. Long that he ahould leave tbe veesel at Marseilles, croca f ranee with bi^family to England, and, leaving hia children there, meet the Mississippi at Gibraltar. It was suggested as tbe best means of accomplishing desirable objects, and reaching the United Stale* at the earliest moment. Capt. Long at once expreaseJ not only a willingness, but an earnest desire, to aid bim in tbia object, and stopped at Mar seillea for that purpose. Here Koesuth learned that it would be necessary to obtain the consent of the French Govern mint* and, aa all know, that coneent waa re'used. The people of Marseilles were greatly mortified at thia refusal, and made spontaneous demonstrations of their respect for Kossuth and their irolifnitim u?j !??.?*?wcut laud ivwctieu. The incident created a good deal of excitement, and Capt. iLong expressed to some of his own officers a hope that nothing might be done to compromise the American flag. Kosauth heard of thia remark, and immediately expressed the greatest anxiety lest tbe flag should be involved, or the feelings of tbe officers of tbe ship wounded, by any thing that might take place. He did nothing to increase, but all be could to allay, tbe excitement Capt. Long did not (aa it has been asserted be did) " remonstrate" with him agaioat writing bis letter to tbe people of Marseilles, nor waa there the leaat dis pute or diff recce between them, on this or on any other oc casion. The statements that have been made upon this point, and which have received wide credence here, are utter ly untrue. Nor is it true that Kossuth " deserted" the vessel at Gib raltar. Capt. Long offered to remain there until bis return from England?coinciding with him entirely as to tbe pro priety and Eeceaaity of his going thither, anxious to do every thing he could to aid him, and desirous, at the same time, of bringing him to the United States. But on consultation it waa deemed advisable to pursue a different course ; and tbat course waa taken by mutual arrangement. So far from there being the slightest ill-feeling between them, Koesuth took leave of Capt. Long,' and of all the officers and crew of the Mississippi, with the utmost warmth of feeling?declaring to each his regret at being obliged to leave, and expressing the hope of soon meeting them again upon the happy shores of the United States. Madame Koesuth and their children, as well as Kossuth himself, were affected to teara at the aeparation. Since the above was put in type we have been authorized to publish the following extracts, be ing the concluding paragraphs of a Letter from Gen. Kossuth, addressed to Capt. John C. Long, commanding the U. S. steam frigate Mississippi, to show that the kindest feelings and friendly regard existed on the part of the former towards Capt. Long and the officers under his command, at the time of his leaving the Mississippi at Gibraltar. Capt. Long states that he is entirely unconscious that any other than the kindest feeling and courtesy were ex tended to Gen. Kossuth while on board the frigate. The letter is dated " U. S. Steam Frigate Missis sippi, Bay of Gibraltar, October 13, 1851." After explaining the difficulties in the way of his return ing to Gibraltar to rejoin the Mississippi in time to permit her to reach New York before the setting in of inclement weather, and his unwillingness to subject the officers and crew to the inconveniences consequent upon a delay for him, Gen. Kossuth adds: " So I have but one favor yet ta claim, and that is, that you may be pleased to accept for yourself, as well as for the officers and crew of tbia ship, the most sincere expression of my warmest thanks, for the noble, kinJ, and generous affec tion I waa honcred with on board this ship. The remem brance of it will be a lasting treasure to my heart, and I will cherish it as a fair gilt of the Almighty, may I meet what ever fate, throughout my tempes'-tossed life. I hope to meet you soon again, on the happy shorea of your glorious land. Let me hope tbat you, and all who have the honor to do ser vice to their country under your command on board tbe Mis sissippi frigate, will bear to me a kind remembrance, and the same highminded affection tbey honored me with from the first moment I bowed with deep respcct before the glorious flag of your ship, and felt free once more, because protected by it, and aurrounded by your frank, loyal, gallant, true American hearts. " May tbe blessing of God, and glory and happiness, at tend you wherever you go ! " Please to communicate this, my warm wiahea and senti ments, to the noble-minded gallant officers and to tbe crew of the ahip. K08SUTH." At the invitation of a Committee of the Common Council of New York the Hungarian refugees who arrivfd on the steamer Mississippi have left that vessel and taken up their abode at the Irving House, New York, where they will await the ar rival of Kossuth, until which time no public de monstration is to be made. He was to sail from Liverpool on the 13th instant. The New York Evening Post, well informed, no doubt, speaking of Kossuth, says : " It ahould be remembered that Kossuth went to England with two purposes in view?first, to utter his gratitude to that generoua land for its active sympathy in bis struggles and misfortunes ; and, aecond, to consult with the leaders of the European liberal movement who are collected there on the policy of their future proceedings. In either capacity it was incumbent on him to preserve a moderate, judicious, and in offensive course. It was natural, as it was proper, that he should feel grateful to England, and confess that gratitude with characteristic warmth < and it was also prudent, if he cherished designs in regard to future efforts on the continent, that he should make no enemies by their premature dis closure, much less provoke the hostility of a Government which he hoped to reconcile to his plans. Ten days' inter course with the statesmen of England will enable bim to form some opinion as to the path they mean to pursue ia the coming contests of Europe; and until he has done so it is evident that hia wiaeat policy ia to give no needlees offences. That he means to confer with MAZirwr and Rollih on the political campaigns of next year, we are led to suppose on the authority of the officers of the Mississippi, and that the effect of such conference will be to strengthen and consoli date the Republican movement we believe on the atrength of hia known character and opinions. Kossuth has no where declared himself a Democrat in the European sense of the term, but bis life proves that his sympathies, as his hopes, aie wholly with the masses of the people, and tbat he has a deep seated and rancorous hatred of despotism in any form { while his remarks at Southampton show that he has considered politics in the light of a science, and is prepared, therefore, to accept tbe broadest and most philosophical conclusions. His dread of centralised Governments, and his attachment to mu nicipal institutions, present views that conflict with thoae of the French statesmen generally, but which in thia country have been long tbe accepted creed of the popular party. A private letter in the New York Times, dated at London on the 25th ultimo, says: " Kossuth baa arrived. Hia admirable discourse at South ampton, which ia in the Times of this morning, hta produced to-day in immense sensation. There may be some feeling to America oo account of Kossuth's coining first to South ampton ; but, long before the Miasi?sippi waa sent, he had nm)? arrangements for putting hia children to school here, j Mr. Cobdeo having kindly offered to take charge of bia daugh ter. It waa to settle hia wife and children, a* he bad all aloog proposed to do, that be wished to touch at Southampton ; aud one would auppoee that tbe public feeling of ihe United 8t?tes would censure either the Captain, who refuted to bring bim here and wait three daya for bW or the Secretary of the Vovy, if tbia act were cauted by in* stringent inatructiona to ytP'^n- Mr. y?cr8'*r7 Walker, who ia here, blamea tbe Gap. ;n much, declaring that EngWid, by htr efTorta, had done en^,^ (apart from cons<detslion? of bia family) to justify Koesuti in. stopping here a few daya on bia way to America. He propose* row to remain ten data, and then take one of the packet aimers." TEMPERATE AMD WISE COUNSELS. We have pleasure it transferring to our column* the following sound aid timely suggestions upon matters of great intereit to every lover of his coun try and respecter of its institutions : I 9 BOM THK L0UI8V1LLI PUBLIC A I) V ERT1SZH or NOVKMRSB 5. Laat week we heard a citizen of one of the extreme South ern State*, a very intelligent man and a member of the Union , party, ray that much depend* in tbe South upon the results of the pending tiiala at the North of tbe persona engaged in the late rescue of a fugitive slave from the hands of the legal authoritiea. He mid that if the peraons indicted fail to be convicted and puniahed, the feeling at the South in favor of separation from the North will be greatly deepened and ex* ten-Jed ; that, in fact, the people of the South will conclude that the aooner they are aeparated from the North tbe better. Now, we agree that the persons engaged in tbe rercue of tbe fugitive alave ought to be convicted and punished, and we m >at earnestly hope they will be ; yet we aay without hesitation that we have very little expecta ion of such a re sult. The case is one of ihuse in which the ayatem ef jury trial aecures the almost certain escape of the ofienderi with impunity. The great mass, probsbly five-eixthi or nine-tenths of the -1-- M^ M favor of the conviction of the Syracuse rioters, if the testimony should prove their guilt; yet there is a frsc tion of the populstion Abolitionists, who would be op posed to their conviction, no mstter whst tbe testimony migbl be. Now, in the empannelling of juries, the privilege thai belongs to the defendant of peremptorily challenging a certain ?umber of names gives him s great advantagej and, if the charge agsinst bim is thst of siding in' the rescue of a fugi live slave, he will always, or at least in nineteen cases out ol twenty, be able, in such a community as that at the Nortb, to secure a few men upon the jury,1 certainly one or two, thai will never permit a verdict to be rendereJ against him. We have no belief whatever that the Syracuse rioters will be con victed; but, if they are permitted to go free, their escape, growing as it will out of the nature of tbe jury system and the perverted feelings of a very small proportion of a commu nity, should create neither desperation nor susprise at th< South. ? Tbe people of the South should bear in mind that then are claflKs of crimes for which convictions cannot take placc in their own section ef country. When attempts were re cently made in New Orleans to convict some of the leaden in the getting up of the first Cuba expedition, the testimony against them was perfectly conclusive, but there was so much pub ic snd private sentiment and feeling in favor of them that ihey and their counsel bad no difficulty in securing juriei in whose hands they felt entirely safe from conviction. Tria! after trial took place, and in every inslsnce the testimony wsi as strong as it could be, yet a jury to convict a "fillibustier' mas not to be bsd, and the United States district attorney was st length forced to dismiss all the cases in despair, nine tenths of them without any trial at all. Take another class of olfonces against law. In every Southern Slate it is a direct violation of law to lynch a man for the uttersnce of abolition sentiments, yet we hardly need say that there ia not a single 8iate of the whole South in which men, if brought to trial for tarring and feathering, rid ing on a rail, whipping, or even hanging the utterer of vio lent abolition sentimenis, could be convicted by a jury. If the Syracuse rioters escape,^as we presume they ulti mately will, the result will be unfortunate, but it will give (he South no good cause to rave about tbe necessity of separating from a section of country in which juries are not honest enough to perform (hair won dutteo. DECI8ION IN THE METHODIST CHURCH CASE. In the U. S. Circuit Court, at New York, or Tuesday, Judges Nelson and Betts being on the Bench, the opinion of the Court in the case of If. B. Bascom and others vs. George Lane and others was delivered by Judge Nelson, and we may now expect that the controversy between the Metbodis Episcopal Church and the Methodist Episcopal Churcb South, in relation to tbe division of property, will be defi nitely settled. The case wss argued several months ago bj George Wood and Rorus Croats for the defendants, and Daniel Lord and Riverdt Johksok for the complainants. We reported tbe facts at considerable length at tbe time, anc it is therefore unnecessary to recapitulate them. The Com mercial Advertiser gives the following summary of the de cision : The opinion of the Court is voluminous, and occupied an hour and a half in itsadelivery. The greater part of the do cument consists of a summary of the complaint and answer. The firat point considered is the power of the General Con ference to authorize a separation, and this tbe Court hold to have been clearly shown. " Independent of properly," ihey say, " the power of severance is written upon every page ol their proceedings." They then advert to the plan of sepa ration in 1844, by which the only condition upon wbich a permanent separate organization was made to depend was the . voluntary action of the Annual Conference in the alavehold ing Slates. These Conferences determined upon the sepa ration, and ipso facto it became complete. It was stipulated in the plan of severance that ministers might attach them selves without blame to either branch of the Church, and the local property within the limits of each branch was not to be claimed by the other. The general property, auch as notes, the book concern, dcc., was reserved for disposal upon equitable principles sfter further consideration, it being con sidered essential before this part of the diviaion could be ac complisbed that two-thirds of all the Annual Conferences, Nortb and South, should consent to the repeal of the sixth restrictive article of the church. This article not having been ao repealed, tbe Court held that if there waa no other consideration in the case, the Methodist Episcopal Church 8outh might not perhaps bo entitled to a share ot tbe pro perty. liut the rights of the Church South reet upon estab lished principles of law and equity, which make it tb? duty of a Court of Chancery to interfere and see that the fund ia properly distributed, especially as it is by no means certain that tbe distribution claimed would be even in contravention of th<< sixth restrictive article. What have the travelling preachers of the South done to deprive themselves of their rights to the fund ? It was agreed on all handa that two distinct ecclesiastical organisations, though identically the same in faith and discipline, were necesssry for the promo tion of their holy mission " to spread gospel holiness through these lands," and by the plan of separation ministera were permitted to attach themselves to either without blame. Tbe complainants are not only within the description, but are among the very persons designed by the spirit if not by the letter of Ihe article. " Upon the whole, our conclusion is, that tbe complainants are entitled to their share of the pro duce of the Book Concern, snd a decree will be ordered ac cordingly. Whether tbe fund shall be adminiatered by an application of the produce pro rata, or by an apportionment of tbe capital, are questions reserved until the settlement of the decree." The decision concludes by expressing the hope thit an ar rangement may yet bo effected in a spirit of harmony and christian feeling, without the legal enforcement of the decree. Texas.?The Legislature of Texas was to have convened on Monday last. The land titles of the whole of Western Texas are to undergo a thorough examination at the present session, and the ten mil lions appropriated by the Texas Boundary bill are also to be disposed of. Efforts have been lately made, and with some success, to burn the raft on Red river. It is said that all that part of the raft over the water will burn, leaving that portion immediately in the chan nel, which can only be removed by cutting and floating. The Fort Smith Herald says that the payment of the per capita to the old Cherokee settlers closed on the 7th of October. Upward of $700,000 was paid out in a little over two weeks. MAS8ACHU8ETT8 ELECTION Boston, November 11, 4 P.M.?The entire State has now been heard from, and the vote stand* : Winthrqp, (Whig.) 64,540; Bout well, (Dein.) 43,882 ; (Palfrey, (Free-Soil,) 28,fi83. There is therefore no choice of Governor by the people. Last yeaf the vote stood : Briqos, (Whig,) 56,778 ; Bout well, (Dem.) 36,023 ; Phillips, (Free-Soil,) 27,636. The Whig increase is 7,762 ; the Demo cratic 7,86V ; and the Free-Soil 959. The probabilities are in favor of a Whig Legis lature. In the Senate there are eleven W higs and eighteen Atolitionists. The chaiacter of the House will depend upon the election yet to take place. Parties now stand, Whigs 16?, Coalition 143, no choiee 132. A num ber of tofvns have voted to send no representation. The Majority against the Convention to frame a new Consitution is 3,322, and the majority against amendmert to the City Charter is 2,544. raox tub uosToar "couaixa" ov widhisdit. The reailt of the election on Monday may be stated in pkin terms, as follows : First. Tte Constitution is preserved. The people of Massschuseta have decided, by a majority of between three sod four thousand votes, that they will nut call a Convention to alter the Constitution. Secondly.There ia an increase in the Whig vote through out the Statif amounting to between seven and eight thou sand over Out of the last year. Thirdly. There ii an increased Whig strength in the Rep resentative tturns, and, although the political character of the House runtins to be decided by further elections, the Whiga have a respectable majority of the members already chosen, wbict\ if proper exertions be made, may give them the command *f the House. In this case, the vacancies in the Senate will be filled by Whiga, thus aecuring the election of a Whig Governor. rourtkty. Tb? T-rre-vuu toh? ur tue oiaus iun? beJuna the others t the Whig gain being 7,684 and the Democratic gain 7,807, while the Free-Soil gain is but 857. Whatever may ensue, the W bigs have triumphed in the moat important matter involved in the struggle. They have saved the Constitution from falling a prey to the political spoilers who had marked it fa destruction. This is surely glory enough for one day. 'the defeat of the coalition on this point has been signal, enphatic, and overwhelming. Their favorite project, the insidious and mischievous scheme of tearing the Constitution to piece*, that they might perpe tuate their power on ita ruins, has been demolished at a blow; leaving them no hope from any reiteration of the attempt. The Whigs of Massachusetts never did s better dsy's work in their lives than in defend^ig their old Commonwealth on Monday laat. Their rebuke of the profligate and treacherous assailants of the Constitutpn was what Napoleon would have called " a magnificent AV' The Whig* have learned by the result of this election that their atrength is increasing, and that on any great national question they may sweep the State, against all combination of parties and in the facf of every obstacle. Such a career, we need hardly add, wil be open to tbem next year. In the mean time they have orjly to eherish harmony, to continue to perfect their organizatipn, and to distinguish themselves by activity and perseverance. Dy so doing, they may be certain of putting old Massachusetts just where she ought to be in the Presidential campaign. Further comment^ upon the election and its consequences we shall reserve till the issue is beyond all doubt. In the mean time we cannot help alluding to one point, in the bom bastic gasconading with which the Free-Soil newspapers have trumpeted forth what they are pleased to call their own triumph and the defeat of the Whigs. There is an old cau tion against hallooing before you are out of the woods ; but who would look fx caution of any sort amid the ravings of these bedlamites ? At every imaginary success thty u*ter a frantic cry of " Dtniel Webster rebuked!" " Daniel Web ster put down!" I'Daniel Webster crushed!" <kc. They see nobody upon the wide stage of the universe but Daniel Webster. Sleeping or waking, they dream of nothing but him. Their imagination is haunted by the thought of Daniel Webster, as a wicked conscience is haunted by the phantom of something that rebukes it. The abuse, the spite, and the malignity which they spout out against him from behind their anonymous and irresponsible shelters are enough to show that the merits of this eminent statesman must be great in deed to provoke such intensity of hatred from * crew of skulking calumniators. The very mention of his name seems to strike a terror to their evil conscienccs, and to deprive them of the small share of reason which they display on common occasions. That, to be sun?, is not much. When their poor malice is able to touch Mr.. Webster with the tip of s ringer, they may then begin to talk of crushing and putting down, but nut till that distant day. NEW YORK ELECTION. Our latest accounts from Albany, under date of last evening, announce the receipt of official returns from nearly every county in the State. The result is, that the Whigs unquestionably have a majority in the House of Assembly, and only two of their candidates on the Slate ticket are known to be elected, viz: James M. Cook, State Treasurer, and Henry Fitzhcoh, Canal Commissioner. The rote for Attorney General is so close that it is yet doubtful which of the candidates has been elected to that office. Nothing is said concerning the po sition of parties in the Senate, which, according to previous accounts, was tied, with a Democratic Lieutenant Governor to give the casting vote. Supposing the above information to be correct, the Democrats have elected Alex. S. Johnson Judge of the Court of Appeals ; Henry S. Ran dall, Secretary of State; John C. Wright, Comp troller ; Wm. J. McAlpine, State Engineer; and Hknry Storms, Prison Inspector. This result will give the Democrats at least five out of the nine members of the Canal Board, and invest them with the power to control the expendi ture of the nine million dollars provided at the extra session of the State Legislature for the en largement of the Erie canal. MISSISSIPPI ELECTION. Jackson, November 12.?Authentic returns from fifty-five counties in Mississippi give Foote for Governor one thousand majority over Davis. Four counties remain to be heard from, which cannot change the result. The Union State ticket, with the exception of the candidate for Chancery Clerk, is elected. Railway Celkbratiok.?A great railway celebration took place at Hannibal, Missouri, on Mondsy, the 3d instant, on the occasion of breaking ground on the Hannibal and Sl Joseph Railroad. A very large number of persons was in attendance from St. Louis and the different counties of Mis souri through which the road will pass, and the ceremonies of the dsy appear to have excited the liveliest interest and en thusiasm in the success of the project. After s procession in the morning, a Convention of the friends of the enterprise was organized, at which resolutions were passed setting forth 'he advantages which will accrue to Misaouri by the comple tion of the road, and calling upon the Representatives of the State in Congress to use their exertions to obtain from the General Government s grant of the public lands to aid in its construction. The ceremony of breaking ground was then performed by the President of the road, Colonel Stiwabt ; speeches from a number of gentlemen followed, and the ob servances were closed by a public dinner and a ball in the evening. A gentleman who has lately pa*seJ along the line of the Manassas Gap Railroad, on which the laying of the rails has been commenced, (says the Alexandria Gazette,) epeaks of the high hopes entertained by the farmers and all interested, of the succcss snd value of the road, and of its importance both to town and country. Confident expectations sre en tertained that as soon ss it shall be completed, even to Witb er?'s depot, it will begin to tell. The members of the Methodist Protestant Church of Alex andria, with the funds they collected at the fair and by lib eral contributions, are about to purchsss a aits for a psrson age, and to htv? & building erected for that purpose. THE RLVOLT ON THE RIO GRANDE. We publish every thing we can find relative to the operations o4 Col. Carvajal before Matamoros. It is evident that Gen. Avalos has made a sturdy and gallant defence, and that the attacking party, owing to their want of eannon, have not ma le the progress which they expected in effecting the re duction of the town. In the mean time serious damages have been inflicted upon private property in Matamoros, and on the Rio Grande generally. This has excited the warm opposition of property holders to the movement. There are evidently two parties among the Americas eitizens on this subject, whose views are no doubt affected by their respec tive interests. The New Orleans Delta, which was the official organ of the Cuban liberators, is an open opponent of the Liberators of the Sierra Madre. It has a correspondent at Brownsville, Texas, who writes as follows : Baow.tsvillk, (Txxab,) Octobbb 28, 1851. The invaders have been besieging Matamoros for nine days, and, wiih little intermiaaion, (be firing baa bean kept up all the time ; but ao far ihey have gained nothing. The people of Matamortw, with Gen. Avalos, hate behaved well in the de fence of their town against the Liberators. On the 25th, at night, they set the town on fire, and aa soon as the fire got well under way they made a furious as sault, bot failed. The fire resched the warehouse of the Ame rican Coneul, and destroy* d a good many goods. The Con sul and three American citizens who were with him, io at tempting to aave the goods, were fired upon by Carvajal'a men, aud three of tbem wounded?one of whom was the Consul, Mr. WadJell. Nearly all the female portion of the iohabiianta of the (own have left, leaving their property at the mercy of the Liberators, who, I learn, have made free use of it. A large number of them fled to Brownsville, where I fear they will suffer for the neceasariea of life. Many have I oat all. The commanding < fficer of thia poet has been very active, doing every thing in his power to prevent armed partiea cross ing into Mexico ; had one of the Government steamers, with an officer, twelve men, and a piece of artillery on board, with ordera to go up and down the river, and prevent, if poeaible, *nv armed bodies qroaaing from Texaa into Mexico. H? bad also a guard and piece ofartiiiery at each of the lerries v yet I learned they crossed at different ranchoe where they could fin<3 a canoe and swim their horaea over. I can look upon thisafisir in no other light than an invasion I of the Mexican territory by an armed body of Americans. Carvajal's whole force I do not believe exceeds five hundred nen?three hundred and fifty or seventy-five of whom are Americans. The organ of Carvajal, the "Rio Bravo," re ports his force at eight hundred men. I have no confidence in any statement in said paper having reference to (as the editor calls them) the Liberators, he being to much interest ed in their cause. I have aeen an extra of the " Rio Bravo," beaded "Im portant Correspondence," which contains a letter from Car vajal to Capt. J. W. Phelps, without the Captain's reply, giving only one side to the question. That extra ia intended for circulation in the States. If Capt. Phelps's reply had been published in the same extra, it would, I think, have appeared better; at least it would have shown they were not disposed to conceal any thing. As it is, I think it fair to presume that they were aware that intelligent persons would have seen that Capt. J. W. Phelps's reply placed them in no enviable position before the people of the United States, and would thereby defeat their olject. I think a largo majority of the people of Brownsville and its vicinity are in favor of this invasion. I am told?and no one, I J>elieve, denies it?that their Quartermaater and Pay master both stay in Brownsville, and that the invaders are furnished with provisions, arm*, and ammunition from that place. They have their hospital on this side of the river, to which their wounded are brought. The citizens ot Brownsville, who are disposed to regard the laws, are overawed by the Liberators on the other side. Some few, who have been bold enough to express an opinion against the open violation of our laws, have had their lives threatere I, and I think have cause to fear. The force at this post is much too small for the present emergency. If these people are successful, I think the people of this town will have to call on the military for protection against the Patriotic Liberators, who are now laying waste the city of Matamoroa. If additional testimony is wanted to show that these Sierra Madre Filibusters are using the flag and territory of the Uni ted States to prosecute the ends they have in view, (what they aro nobody exactly knows,) it is furnished by a Browns ville correspondent of the New Orleans Bulletin, whom we quote: "One thing, however, is greatly to be regretted, more than all elae ; that is, the impunity with which our neutral obliga tions with Mexico are daily and publicly violated. The Lib i orators, as they are called, draw all their supplies from here; I they have their hospital here ; they make their plans here; do their drinking here, and threaten to fight here if any one t interferes to interrupt their plans. There were introduced ai Camargo, under Carvajal's arrangement, some $200,000 t( $300,000 worth of goods. The rumor here now is that the Mexicans of the General Government have retaken the towu where these goods are and have captured the goods. " The war is prosecuted by the besiegers with great barbarity and vandalism ; hardly a night that aome house or houses are not burnt. I fear it will end in acts of violenceon this aide unless tho Government sends troops here immediately. " This man Carvajal is seeking political favor and plun der, and has been months past endeavoring to get up a revo lution, which, I understand, was commenced in tho city of Brownsville. "The officers of the Government are greatly embarrassed, indeed I may say completely powerless, so far as arrests are I concerned. There is no United States District Attorney ! here, none nearer than Galveston. On the 22d ultimo, when these lawless men were crossing hourly to the American aide of the river, enlisting men in the city of Brownsville, and boasting of their determination to aeize all the merchandiae which had recently been imported into the port of Matamoros, one of their officers waa bold enough to stand upon the levee and iasue orders to a squadron of cavalry on the Mexican bank of the river. "The Commissioner, who is an aUorney, informed me that he considered it of the utmost importance that the Gov ernment ahould have assistant counsel; that the violation of the laws of the United States had been most open and crimi nal ; and all the preparatory steps, documents, dcc. should be gone into end gotten up with the Utmost caution. Un less the Government acta promptly and with the utmost vigor in bringing the guilty parties to punishment, there will be no peace, or quiet, or safely on this frontier for years. I trust the whole power of the Government, civil and military, as far as necessary, will be put forth to breakdown and extermi nate from the land this spirit of lawless enterprise so rife on this border. The honor of the nation demands it." The Matamoros correspondent of the Delta gives the fol lowing account of some Americans who are conspicuous among the insurgenta: Major J. 8. McMicken is the adjutant general of the auxili aries, and stirs with his energy as much as he did the Cuban cause. Col. Ford was wounded in the head the third or fourth day. He is the Richard Cour de Leon of this frontier. Capt. Walker is the guiding star of the select company, and shows himself to them occasionally in a flame of fire. Capt. Howell, the brother-in-law of Senator Davis of Mississippi, is as pre-eminent in war and council as he is in stature, be ing able to look down upon any six-footer, or up into any six-shooter. He is six feet six and a half inches in height. Caivsjal publishes in the Rio Bravo copies of the propo sitions made to the auxiliary forces (the Americans) under his command, and the oath taken by them upon their accept ance. His only aim, he rays, is to free the people from in justice an J oppreasion, and to see extended over his whole country just and equal laws. He has, he saya, aa yet only accepted the services of some three hundred auxiliaries. The following are the terms : 1st. Those who may wish to enlist will be received for the term of three or six months, provided they are armed and equipped. 2d. Their pay shall be that given to rangers operating against the Indiana. 3d. They are to swear to stsnd faithfully by me, and the cause I support, against every species of enemy ; not to dis obey orders, nor to molest private and peaceable persons, nor to touch private property. 4th. The private property of the enemy taken in battle shall be distributed among the captors. All public property, arms, muniUons of war, <Scc. shall be for the aupport of the cause. 5th. At the expiration of their term of service the men shall be entitled to two montha' pay extra, aa a bounty $ tbis shall be forfeited by leaving the service before the expiration of raid term. On the 25th of October Carvajal issued a proclamation to the people of Matamoroa, in which he denies, in the moat imperative torms, that it ia hia object to secure the indepen dence of the frontier State*, and then to annex them to the United States. Low? Island Wiw*.?At the recent Fair of the Rich mond county I?ong Island Agricultural Society, aome s?m (les of wine, four yrara old, made from (rapes grown on <he stand, were pronounced by competent judges superior to a. y American wins yet effiwd to the public. It had a dieting and peculiar flavor, unlike any fortiRn wine, but nearest a light hock. The beat of it was said to be a pure juice of the Mutkadine (rape. FROM THE TERRITORY OF UTAH. We make the subjoined extracts from the cor respondence of the Missouri Republican, relating to events in Utah of which we have previously had a brief account by Telegraph : IxDiriSDUCI, Octobkb 31, 1851. On yesterday afternoon tbe Salt Lake mail reached bere, arriving at Fort Laramie on the 16th infant ft seems that the Mormona are at the r eld game?creating difficulties wiii thoee who try to be fricada and neighbors. B. D Has a is, Secretary, L. J. Bbabdersuae, Chitf Justice, P. E. Baoc chus, Associate Judge, H. R. Dat, Indian Agent, Gillak and Youbo, have all left the Territory, and will be here by the 4th or 5th of next month. Cuonvrnt and Youse, end one or two others, will not be in quite io soon. They have been compelled to leave the Valley on account of the seditious aentimenta of Gov. Bbioham Youbo and other leaders of the Mormon church. On every occasion these men have been denouncing our Government before the officers, and especially at their religious gatherings, in such a manner as to make every one unpleasant who waa not connected with them. Church and State are so much merged io one that justice on any occasion cannot be rendered, and any one unconnected with tbe church is unsafe either as to life or property. ?' The $20,000-appropriated by Congress for public building* has been taken to pay off tbe debts of the ckurcb ; and only a short time before tbe merchants and Judges left, Bbighah Youbo called together secretly the Legislature, and pasaed resolutions and issued orders for the seisure of twenty-four thousand dollars more from tbe bands of Harris. Habbis persisted in retaining it, and only by tbe using of an injunc tion by tbe Supreme Court wae be abfp to do so, and get away with tbe money. In consr queues of this laat act of theirs, matters were brought to a ciinis, and each and all left, the merchanta without their propery, and the Judges and offieera to resign their plaees. I think new all must begin to see that trouble springs from the Mormons, and not others. Nothing of great interest transpired on the road with the mail party. The Cheyenne Indiana are not well satisfied with the treaty arrangements, not having received as mary presents as they expected, and perhaps trouble may arise to small paries on the plains in conteqoacce of it. BALTIMORE CORRESPONDENCE. Baltimore, November 14?S P. M. An interesting case has been before the CircOit Court of the United States in this city, occupying its time several days. It was brought by Wm. T. Gretnway vs. Qcorgt R. Gaither to recover an alleged loss sustained by the resale of hie (Greenway's) house, in Mount Yernon Place, which tbe de fendant had contracted to buy, and subiequeotly refused to do so. The house was afterwards sold at auction for $6,000 less than Mr. Gai her had agreed to give for it. The Court atated that the suit of tbe plaintiff bad been commenced ra ther informally, and the jury gave a verdict for the defendant. The case of the United States vs. Samuel McLellan and others, to recover certain arrearages alleged t> be due from de fendant as Navy Agent, is now being tried. Mr. McLellan was Navy Agent during Mr. Tyler's administration. At a meeting of the B jard of Directors of tbe Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, Thomas Swabb, Eeq. waa unanimously re-elected President of the company for the en suing year. Since the more recent developments in regard to Kossuth, showing his disposition towards America, and contradicting the statementa with reference to tbe reaaons why be left the Mis sissippi, a better feeling exists among our citizens towards him. There will, however, be more csution when he reaches our shores. The people wilt be more apt to restrain their impulses, and receive him with that deliberate respect which, as a patriot and a stranger, he may be entitled to. Tbe proposal for the sale of $760,000 of the coupon bonda of the company was taken thia morning by tbe Banking House of Josiau Lee & Co., at, I am told, eighty cents in tbe dof? lar. This ensures beyond doubt the completion of the road to tbe Ohio. We are informed that the greatest activity prevails at pre sent upon the line of the road, five thousand laborers being employed in pushing tbe work on. The Chief Engineer en tertains no doubt that hid promises will be kept as to the pe riod fixed for the opening of the road. The Kingwood Tun nel, nearly a mile in length, is tapidly advancing to comple tion. Only three hundred and fifty feet of the heading re mained to be removed before daylight will be seen from one end to the oiher of this stupendous work. Fair Mount, oa the MonongaheU river, will be reached on the 1st of May, and a daily train of car* extended to that point alio immedi ately thereafter. We have a wet and exceedingly disagreeable day. There is no news of moment worth writing about. Business is quiet, and tbe flour and grain markets without change. The tobacco market is very quiet. < Some sales of Maryland at $8.50 to $9.50 for heavy shipment, and $10 a $11 for I Kentucky* The week's transactions have been comparatively limited, and the receipts light. Tbo money market is easy. Confidence is gradually being restored. The banks are liberal in their discounts, and mer chants have generally passed the crisis. Sales at the stock board to-day of $2,000 Baltimore sixes 1890 at 104, and 137 shares Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at 61. Maryland sixes closed 102$ bid, 103$ asked. NEWS BY TELEGRAPH. Late from Europe. Halifax, Novembeb 13.?The steamer Cambria arrived to-day, at 8 o'clock, and sailed for Boston at 10 o'clock, where she will be due to morrow evening. Fair qualities of cotton had declined }d. a id. < middling was unchanged. The sales of the week was 46,000 bales, of which exporters took 5,800 bsles. Fair Upland and Mobile 5<L; fair Orleans 5?d.; middling Uplands 4Jd.; Orleans 4$d. a 4|d. Flour and wheat were heavy. Western flour 17s. a 18s.; yellow corn was firm at 25s. a 26s. Provisions generally were dull. Sugars snd coffee were declining. Tbe London money market was easy at 2$ a 3 per cent. Consols closed at 97} a 97j. Kossuth had paid a public visit to London, and been re ceived with much enthusiasm. He was to sail from Liver pool for New York on tbe 13th, accompanied by his family. The banquet given bim at Southampton was a very brilliant affair. The London Times contains some severe attacks upon bim. Considerable uneasiness prevailed in France, and an out break was expectcd. The Prefect of Paris had notified the citizens to hold themselves in readiness, as their services might be required in the maintensnce of public otder. These unfavorable accounts had depressed stocks. Lady Fbabklib has made an urgent appeal to tbe British Admiralty for a further search for her husband, which is strongly seconded by tbe public press. Late accounts from India state that the Governor General was about seizing upon a portion of Dost Mohammed's terri tories, which proceeding, it was thought, would lead to serious results. From the liio Grande. New Osleabs, Novembeb 12.?The steamer Louisiana has arrived with Galveston dates of the 7th. All tbe Ameii can troops except ten, stationed at Ringgold barracks, had de serted to tbe insurgents. The Mexican forces were conceni trating at Montwor. (?) Gen. Usasa had been appointed to the command of 5,000 men, with whom be intends msreh ing to iheseat of war for the purpoee of quelling the msur rec'ion. Fire and Lots of Life. Philadelphia, Novembsb 13.?Last trening, about six o'clock, one of tbe most disastrous fires which h?? occurred in our city for some months broke out in the large factory owned by Mr. James P. Bruner, at tbe southwest corner of Nixon and Hamilton streets, near Fairmounr. The tire spread with fearful rapidity, leaping story, until the whole building presented one fheet of damn. It struck terror to some hundred persons employeJ in the building, whose cries for help appalled the stoutest hearts. Several persons in their terror threw themselves from tbe windows, and were badly maimed. The ecene in the immediate vici nity of the fire beggars description. Parents were calling for their children, snd children for if eir parents in the mrst pite ous accents. Tbe tire had got such headway that nothing was left standing but the blackened walls. The several stories of the building were occupied by Messrs. Fsulkner & Lewis, michinis s; David and James Donnelly, for spinning snd carding wool; Bernard McNutt, manufac turer of cotton goods ; and tbe fourth story and eppsr part of the building by .Mr. Bruuer, for the minuiacture of cotton and woollen goods. Tbe number of persons employed in the building was about one hundred, of whom one man and two young women were burnt to death. Their names ere Edward Crosaley, Mary I Ann Browning, and Agues Mwow,