The New York herald., 1851-11-05

The elections being the all-engr ossing topic q.
the present time we have taken considerable pains
TO give as full returns as possible Of the contest
which took place in this State yesterday. We also
furnish partial reports Of the polls in New Jersey
for State and county officers, and in Delaware on
the new char,er-but we have nothing from Michi-
gan and Wisconsin. Elections were held in all the
previous named states yesterday. Not word has
besn heard from Mississippi, where the voting
commenced on Monday and will be closed to-day.
However, that state may be set down IS all right
for the nion, anyhow. The wings at New
Orleans have carried their ticke: for State aud
county officers
/, appears by the latest accounts from the seat Of
var in south America, taat General Orbe, (the
depoled President Of Montevideo, and now acting
Commander-in Chief Of the disaaected Orientalists
and the Buenos Ayrean amy has again applied
TO the commanders Of the Ere nch and English fleets
to relieve him from his precarioas situation Find
ing himself between the two armies OF his enemies
deserted by large portion Of his troops, and the
remnant refusing 70 fight, II is now said that hs
wishes to dispose Of his property and 90 to Europe
The present state Of affair, in that part Of the Ame
ricsn continent is wrelched in the extreme. While
nearly all the houses ia Mon.evideo have been dc.
serted, the citizens Of Buenos Ayres have been, for
some time, in dread Of blockade by the B:a-
zilisns
There Is again trouble among the Mormons.
Brigham Young, the temporal rs well as spiritual
Governor Of Utah territory having fallen out with
some Of his chief ofi-ial coadjutors, has ordered
them 10 abdicate his dominions. These FUNSTON
aries, on the other hand, accuse the Governor Of
malpraetice, in having squandered twenty thousand
dollars Of the money Appropriated by Congress for
the general benefit Of the people Of the territory; in
addition to which be attempted to ge. possession Of
tuenty.four thousand dollars which vas IN the
hands Of the Secretary, who is one Of the exied
officers This is pretty good illustration Of the
old sayisg, that Church and state will not con-
jointly work well"
Gen. Twiggs promptly desIatched two companies
CT artillery from New Orlelns, for Brownsville,
opposite Mstamoras, on receipt Of the late intelli-
gensc Of the revolution In Northern Mexico. The
obiec. is 70 enforce duty Of neutrality towards
the tcligcrerts While engaged in preventing
host expeditions from leaving our territory L is
aio to be desired ths, they will protect our citizens
in that region from being p,uudered by ludians,
negroes, and all outlaws.
Last evening a complimentary dinner was given
ty TIE Ertlsh residents in New York, to Henry
81 rinnen and the ofhcers of TIE expedition he sent
out in search Of ia John Franklin. Mr.. rnrell
was not present, neither was the com nsnder Of the
expedition, nor the sailors. Tn. medals we're dis
trbuted to two Of toe ocers and Il was stated that
on Monday they would be presented TO the ssamen,
on board the North Carolina, a, the navy yard. IL
docs not in the best taste TO separate the pre-
sentstion. The prevailing feature Of the dinner
was lavish laudstion of Epgland
Winter, It seems, has at length taken up lie
quarters for the season in this part Of the country
We learn that large quantities Of snow have fallen
to the north cast, and west OF US, and the present
indications are tha. there VII coon be sleghing
hercsbouts.