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n i siflI uacertaia vhegaer View York s,a,e IA.
| hesn carried By the Wings Or By the Democrats
Such qaiaianguIsr contest was never known IS
fore. Whiggery, Democracy, Ansi-reu,isn Aboli.
sioaism Enipaism have ailbeen stirred up IS thei,
verYdep,hs. Every where, the regularnoninasions
have been scratched; and Is those who lose il one
county, frequently run aheadtoT heir ticke, else
where the result cannot BE- satisfactorily ascertain
ed until the official returns are received The bel.
Ter opinion seemsio be that as atihe las, STATE eie
tion some ofshe eandidateson each ticket have been
successful; but. whether more Democrats, or more
Wings, have been chosen 10 stag al home, no one
can yet determine. In this eisy, We have been
routed, horse. foot and artillery = and Locoloco
ims is high in he ascendan,. We slilI hope tia,
she general result in the State may compensate for
this local defeat
The preservation Of the Unfcn is good Thing.
and ! beliere that nine hind-cl and ninety nins
ont Of every thousand persons in the United States
are in favor ofit al any rais, the whole Whig par
y is. There are numbef of dry-goods iah' -
iron-morgers, cotton brokers, and -
m, rali,;r.l eyer, who know hoT 10
r. - ite-lents tot the benefit Of trade
Tere stuck up. at the doors of these people Ill
Broadway and other streets, headed = Union Safe
~ Committee Ticket; !" and every possible manner
Of displaying their loyalty was resor,ed 10. This
proceeding was, no DOUBT calculated to bring Gus
tom and Why should not politics Be made a source
Of profit in this way as we'll as in graspipg the fees
OF Office
The wings Of Massachusetts are making gall
liant attempt to rescue that Stale from the unholy
coalition Of the Locofocos and Free-Soiiers. They
have much to contend with but Winthrop is their
candidate for Governor, ami his name is tower
Of strength The very fact Of the Fres-Soilers
and AboliIionists combining with the Loeotoeos, to
defeat Winthrop, ought tofconvince candid lovers
Of the Union, ererylehere, that the Wing party are
the true Conservatives Of the COMPROMISE OF the
Constitution. The Massachusetts election will
come of. Oh the 10tk inst.
1t has been fovorite theme for the Locofoco
press 10 harp upon thai President Fillmore was ex
eriing bis influence for the defeat Of the regular
Wing ticket in this State because it was composed
Of gentlemen who were DO, personally agreeable
. him. Nc,hing could be more false Nearly two,
weeks 49, Mr.. Fillmore addressed a letter 10 The
State Comptroller in Albany, expressing his ardent
desire for the success Of the entire ticket and who
thar knows his devotion to The Wing cause, would
ever hagesnsp ected him pf entertaining any ether
feeling
Some ofthe table-talS ofthe late Albert Gallatin
has been written out, and Published, by Mr.. Henry
4. Schoolcrat. Among ot4er Interesting gossip,
notice that he says. that John Jacob ASior many
years ago, Fut into his hands the journal Of his ira
derson the Columbia River, in Oregon, desiring
Tim 10 use il. He ssntit to Malte Brun 1t Paris,
wAs employed the geographical facts ipvhis own
work, but paid liule respect 70 Mr.. Aston whom he
justly regarded mere merchant, seeking his
own profit and not dscoverer. He had not even
seni7a man TO observe ihefacts in National History.
Aston didn't like it.. He wasuneasy on the subject,
for several years; and, finally he gave Washing
ton Irving FIVE thousand dollars, 10 take up tie
manuscripts, and write the work known as Asto-
ria" II lis well known that Washington Irving is
a writer OF no principle. Hisgraceful and elegant
pen can be brought 10 adsofn any subject 1t is a
TACT which believe has never appeared in print,
although have il from unquestionable authority,
that Irving has, himself written the most elaborate
plfs Of his own works. Atone time, he was regu-
lar confribnor 10 The. London Quarierly
81 sayageand iarterly,9 and, in thatrevew, he
p lblished a criticism Of his own writings, for
which he was duly paid! Ilhis private character,
Mr. Irving is very estimable, except in respect TO
his intercourse with the ladies' He is getting
rather too old for gallan.ry, now; but he has been
an ncorrigible rake; aud many of his Lotharian
adventures subjects of frequent jest, in certain
circles.
Among other failures 1t seems that Insurance
Companies claim place. few days since, it.
was announced that the Columbus (Ohio) Insu-
rance Company had made a bad failure, carrying
with it many men of business and property; and,
on Tuesday last, this failure was followed by that
Of the Lexington (Ky) Insurance Co Both Of
these concerns have agencies3in Wall Street and.
probably in other parts of the country and they
have left hundreds unprotected, with their premi-
ums unearned. How much more money will be
taken out Of the pockets of our own citizens, God
only knows hope The time is not far distant,
when this system of swindlipg will take its proper
place. and receive its proper reward at The hands of
The public authorities.
The Mint has just published an intcresiir e re
port of its operations during the past ten months
from which il appears that the Coinage during thai
time has been as follows:
Gold, sio,G57525
Silver, eos 400.
J Three-cent pieces, 1871 .6f7.