The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-09-17

At one o'clock yesterday afternoon we received
Geographic despatch from Albany Of these two coll-
prehensive words "Matber acquitted" Thus, then,
terminates the attempt to make this the scgpe
goat of the whole Canal Board. The hards have
made "a hit-a palpable iIt''-in his denomination.
He is endorsed by the court summoned for his i'm
parchment. His denomination before his acqTttal
and his acquittal after his denomination, will react
npon each other to his advantage in this canvass
He goes before the people as man released from
his prosecutors with judgment against them The
issue between the hards and the softs is new dis
tinctly and clearly defined "Mather acquitted"
Immediately upon the announcement of the new
the big guns were brought out by the hards at Al
bany Rochester, aud elsewhere. Fire away.
A Geographic despatch states that new paper is
to be started Immediately in Albany, for the purpose
of advocating the soft shell nominations andeuppor
ing the national and State administrations. What's
the matter with the Atds-is it dissatisfied with the
colt platform?
When is Attorney General Cushing to hear the
las. Of that famous after dinner speech delivered by
him in Newark? II bias been published eRd re-
published, and commented on by journals on both
continents, and among them al! very many hard
things have been said against Mr.. Cushing. But
some Of the severest handling which that celebrated
allocution has met with it has received from the
special organ OF General Santa Anna, Ell Universal
of Mexico That journal treats it both loosely aud
seriously and in both moods with extreme bitter
ness To enable the American public and the ad.
miRist-ation to know what the Mexc idea of it 10
we give this morning correct translation of the ar
ticle in question. We also publish the translation of
portion Of an article recently published in one of
the Madrid papers, in which the institutions and
government of this country are held up in fatteriag
contrast to the despotsms of the Old World. Both
articles deserving of attention.
Full particulars are elsewhere given of the COLI.
sion on the Hudson River Railroad, near Poughkeep.
ze, yesterday afternoon by which two persons were
killed and number of others seriously injured. To
add to the already volumiuous chapter Of railroad
caamities, we learn that similar misfortune hap.
pened on the New York Central Railway yester-
dag morning. The express train bound for the
West, while stopping at the Oneida depot was run
into by freight train, which is said to have been
out Of time Mr.. Thatcher, Of Ohio, was instantly
killed two men had both their thighs broken,
and many other passengers were shockingly bruised
some Of them so badly that it is doubtful whether
they car survive. These the fruits Of the negIi
gence Of those members of the late Legislature whose
inexcusable procrastinaton vas the cause Vt defeat
ing the anti-rairosd accident bill.
Hon. James J. Mckay, of North Carolina. was
taken i'll in the cars last Thursday, near Whining
ton and died In few hours. He was a member of
Congress Tor sixteen years and was chairman of the
Committee Of Ways and Means at the time Of the
passage Of the tariff act in ls4e
News IRON the city OF Mexico to the 4th inst
tends to confirm the impression that the arbitrary
proceedings Of Santa Anna will lead to another revo.
luton at no distant day. 1t ia reported that he
causes every person against whom suspicion is en-
tertained to be executed without warning.
The mails Of the Niagara reached this city from
Boston last evening. The most interesting points
of the news had been transmitted previously by
telegraph, and were published in our paper. We
give to-day the latest continental intel gence which
bad been received in London, With n selection from
the eadior articles Of the journals Of that city upon
the Eastern difficulty and the monetary affairs of
the country some further remarks uoon the an
pesrsnce Of TIE Russian feet in the Chinese xstars
are also published.
The last European news hid no perceptible efr,c,
on The New Orleans cotton market. TIE orioa c,,
tinue6 very firm 81 previous figures on the 49,, or
fee was still going up
Lady 3rad, assisted by the Lieutenant Goyerno.
turres se Grss sod for TIE track Of the Erropean
and North American Railroad, at st. John " p.
last Wednesday Some twenty-five tho1s lad people
49,, mbled to witness the ceremony, among them
Com. shubrick and several Of his officers Accord.
gcg TO orr telcgraphic despatch the city was in
perfect blaze of glory on the occasion.
Notwithstanding that there has been a very graft
Tying decrease in the number Of deaths at Mes Or
cans within the last few weeks, large NUMBERS Of
persons are daily being swept OF " the yellow fever
kag the Ju. vs.s. snd 0~er NO iss-