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New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-11-01
THE MAYORALTY.

The Courier and Enquirer makes an elaborate
effort in behalf of j. w. Barker, the Know-Noth-
ing candidate for Mayor, and charges that Mr..
HUNT, theReform candidate, is supporter ofthe
Nebraska bill. As for that question though it can
not strictly have anything TODD with the admin
istration of the City, there are, no doubt, many
voters who viii be influenced by such a consider
alton to withhold their sufrages from Mr.. Hunt.
To such we can say that though we have not con-
ferred with him on the subject, we are assured
in the most positive manner by gentlemen who
have done So that he is not supporter Of the
Nebraska bill nor an abettor in the ex sansion of
Slavery over free soil.
The Courier also AYERS that Mr.. Hunt has given
no pledges to execute the laws against illegal
liquor selling, while Mr. Barker has done so.
This is entirely erroneous. Mr.. Hunt is under
the most solemn pledges to execute all the laws
in relation to which the Mayor has any power
as well those against illegal liquor. selling as
against every other oaense. And more than this,
We can cay, without any improperly, that Mr.
Hunts personal character and antecedents afford
pledges in that regard far more raIuable and trust
rOrihy than any that could be given by Mr.
Barker in reply to interrOgatories or otherwise.
One great object to be achieved by Mr.. Hunts
election is the overthrow of the perfectly corrupt
mode Of making nominations that has hitherto
prevailed in this City. Ard we have no reason to
suppose that tie people who last year rose so
powerfully against that evil will now suppant it
BY another mode much more pernicious, because
ices open to public supervision. Mr.. Barker is
VIGOROUSLY the leader Of the Know .Nothings
whose mechanism he has employed to secure his
own nomination to an important Office and means
also TO employ for his election. Certainly there
Is 10 corruption in the ordinary primary election
SO infolerable as Mr.. Barkers using his secret
society to elevate him to whatever position of
power and profit he may desire. The fact tina,
in his hands this organization is made merely the
instrument of his private advancement. ,bou,a
be enough to ALLEVIATE from bis support every hon.
eat and well meaning member Of the order: ara
the fact that lie is brought before the public under
such auspices, should alone secure the vote of
every other independent citizen against him. Let
us not allow the reform Of the City Government
to be perverted so far as to subject US to system
of secret nominations by an irresponsible body
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slave, in that quarter at least, seldom see tae
light What Star Chamber or Inquisition Hall
could be worse' No other paper but The Tras
Delta noticed this circumstance on the 2Oth' but
the next day The Pieaynns had the following re-
speeding il:
"cHAKek o. CRUELTY 70 st.'EsSFssn n. sn ia
tween Burgundy AID RAmparss was charged on Mesnes
day with touros her slave. IL sens sn., nS
r.slrg down Louis when be Was startled oy tne ,aa
den ets ns.9 IeeSop Of piece Of
tied round her Her back bleeding IN sewers
snS on questioning her told the policeman that ,as lad
tpped ang her when she broke rom het
and on examining her body found to be covered
with Jumps and scars the effects OF tofmet hippn I
stated that her mistress in the habit OF seans AZ
the cruel manner aud msntoned couple Of
slave boys whom she W. eontihay ,S Doyss Ia stra
ments into them On hearing these statements Lieut. Monee
maze W n Srsusb to the Poles ocs the &C.
csed gnantly denied these allegations aud eodeed osy
spS upon whom 10 mals eoad be found The slave
first arrested however reiterated her statement and sad ha
emitted 70 see them An officer was dispatched her
house and returned with the two BOYS wno da not
them thew were found TO number of places with
the Of fresh and old burns and pnneureS wounds were
ordered give security II the sum Of u 900 70. hs sppss
bow. and Er were sent to the Parish Prison"
Be ii remembered that slave cannot give evil
dence against white person. The arrest, We
may safely affirm, is all that will ever be heard of
this circumstance.
The Creole, published at New.Orlesns is
paper devoted to sound morals, Christianity
/" and temperance"-and this journal iudorses
communication in its columns as of interest not
"only to slayeowpers but TO all who value peace
and good order" which recommends that free
and enslayed blacks be subject TO the same police
regulations as to passes. In the course OF the
communication the following avowal leaks out:
Free negroes and Abclitous TO commn-
nifty and annually cepreciatng by tae example and 10
uence the value of the slave population both Of city aud
adjacent country"
Here we have il; the Aboitionists are making
themselves felt in New Orleans and depreciating
the value of the slave population What an
ayowall Ca ira
In the same moral and religious communication
CLEANS the following evangelical bit:
shall have occasion refer this subject In connection
with the schools and churches that have been established
and the the black population aud inquire by what
law slaves permitted attend the former There evils
in midst which require correction and these are OF aat
class"
Put out the light" ifyou can.
The same pious print praisiug gun shop in
New Orleans Gays, "the subject Of firearms is
one of lively interest especially to the people of
the " southwest" Are not "red hot irons and
" sticking forks" of equally lively interest
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LATER FROM MEXICO.

NEw-0RLEAss, Saturday, Oct. %, 1884.
By the arrival Of the steamship Orizsba, from
Vera Cruz, we have later news from the City Of
Mexico. II is however, of but little interest The
Mexican war-steamer Santa Anna, Capt. Powers,
the 10th inst.
The L. s. NJ. steamship Philadelphia arrived to-
day from NewYOrk, via Havana the oath inst, with
the California mails per steamship Falcon, at the lat
ter port from Aspinwall.
The Philadelphias advces, both from California
and Cuba, have been anticipated by the arrivals Of
the George Law, Star of the West and Empire City
at this port
NEw. ORLEANS, Tuesday, Oct. 81, 1884.
The steamships Modoco and the Star Of the South
arrived here to-day from New-York.
The latter reports having seen the ship Icomaum,
from New York, ashore Florida Reef and that she
would most probably be a total loss.
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or the peitifogging of Seymour. Bronson & Co.
as to what that operation .hosid be-

or the peitifogging Of Seymour. Bronson q 20.
as to what that operation .hosid be-
But we point all who are bothered By the
cayns of the Rum Interest to CONNECTICUT a.
the solver Of their doubts the dispeller of their
fears. The Prohibitory Law Of that Safe is de-
cidedy more stringent than our bill of last winter
1t includes sll the obnoxious provisions of our
bill, and adds others peculiarly its own. Ii was
passed against vehement party opposition, and
went into operation amidst general predictions
that it would never be enforced. Yet it IS en-
forced from one end Of the State to the other far
better than the laws against Murder are here or
can be until we have the Liquor Traffic pro-
hibited From one end Of the State to the other,
there is not to-day place at which Liquors are
openly sold, and very few where they are sold
secretly. A stranger in Hartford or New Haven
must search long for Liquor if he obtains it at all,
and cannot get drop at the principal hotels
Practically the Liquor Traffic is suppressed in
Connecticut.
Yet no private houses are invaded by search
wsrrsnts-no families subjected to unreasonable
intrusion No one except grogshop keepers COM
pldlut vi OpcIdtlVu VI tnc law enu enS, INV
in good part left the State-the residue having
generally betaken themselves to more laudable
vacations. Consequently, the jails are very
empty, the criminal calenders are very mea-
ger, the police reports without interest, and
the aims houses thinning out. Crime aud des-
titution are dying out industry and thrift
are gaining ground. The laboring poor have
more comfort more selfrespect, more hope.
The coming winter must be hard one for the in
digent generally; but it will not subject half so
msny to restitution or drive so many into the
Poor House as it would if the Liquor Traffic had
not been stringently prohibited.
If, therefore any deyotee of Bacchus or of
Mammon should accost you with forebodings Of
inquisition, oppression, failure, discord, exa,pe-
ration likely to result from the passage of the
Maine Law in New York, just say to him Con-
NECTICUT" 1t is word he will not find in
the publications on his side of the Liquor ques-
ton, yet one which he will not fail to understand.
There are volumes of solid argument in it, and
they 90 straight to the mark. To his sophistries
reply with facts, and he will very soon haul Off
Pamphleteers and spouters for the Rumseers!
why don't you dare to say Connecticut
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MASSACHUSETTS POLITICS.

BosTOY, Tuesday, Oct. 81, 1851
. Henry J. Gardner, the Know Nothing candidate
for Governor In this State, has written to the State
Temperance Committe defining his position on the
liquor question. He Gays he has been member OF
of the Massachusetts Total Abstinence Society four
teen years and that if elected Governor, constitu
tona law prohibiting the liquor traffic would meet
his cordial assent. 1t is thought this letter will
cure Mr. Gardner the Temperance influence Of the
State, which, with the aid of the Know Nothings,
gives him a strong chance Of being the next Gov
ernor.
dense fog has prevailed here for the last thrtysx
hours, with frequent heavy showers.
The British brig Magnet arrived at this port to-day
from St. Johns Newfoundland, with dates to the Goth
inst reports that all the vessels sent in search Of tho
Arctcs boats &c, had returned, bringing tidings
whatever.
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CLOSING OF THE CRYSTAL PALACE

Last evening, according to public announcement,
the Crystal Palace closed forever as place of
exhibition. There were about two thousand persons
present, many of whom had not visited the place
before Sheltons full band was in attendance during
the evening aud performed a variety of polkas,
marches waltzes, &c. The Palace was most brill
liantly Illuminated, and presented from without as
well as within, magnificent appearance.
As most of the articles that have been exhibition
since the opening will not be removed for month
yet, the Directors have determined upon admitting
persons to the Palace for the nominal sum of l2i
cents All tickets are dispensed with, and none win
be received az the door.
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THE WITNESS OF CONNECTICUT.

Howit could be that a dead fish should weigh con
siderably more than the same fsh alive-this was
problem that puzzled for season the ingenuity
of a beyy of philosophers, until at last one of
them bethought him Of verifying the fact, and
found it, on experiment, no fact at all Thence
forth he resolved to incur no more headache in
resolving incongruites until he had first made
sure Of their existence.
Our State is now flooded by the Associated
Liquor.dealers with Seymour's Veto Messages
and kindred documents expatating on the fearful
perils TO Liberty involved in the passage of Law
of Prohibition similar to that of last winter.
Alarming pictures are drawn of the exposure of
peaceful citizens homes TO invasion and desecta-
ton through the frghtful power conceded 10
search for c0ntrabsnd Liquors. Yet, though the
Mime Law has been in operation these three
years, and has been adopted by half dozen States
yet none Of these documents even pretends to cite
single instance wherein the Right of Search
for Liquor has actually been abused to the annoy
ance OF household not engaged in the sale of
Alcoholic Liquors contrary to law. Up to this
hour. we have never even heard Of case Of
search for Liquors BY the friends Of the Law in
place where Liquors had not been sold; and no
complaint of practical abuse of the Right Of
Search has yet reached the public ear.
Which then, shsuld weigh heaviest with the
Puble-tbe sctual operstiou Of tie M,iDe Law,
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PUBLIC CHARITIES-RCM.

At the meeting of the Board of Governors Of the
Aims House, yesterday, the estimates for 1855
were submitted, and will be handed over to the
Common Council. The aggregate sum required
il FIVE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY THOUSAND Dol
LARS, including $4,000 estimated receipts;
leaving $40 600 to come from the Treasury. In
addition to this they want Sl25, 900 to carry them
through this year, making total of 1852, 900 for
1854. The leading items in the estimates for
1856 are Fresh Beef, $4,000; Coal, $4,000;
Out Door Poor DOnations, S27 500; Dry Goods,
$4,000; Flour, sos, 600; Salaries, 500, 0OOi Nur
sing Children, $4,000; Drugs and Medicines,
$4,000; Hay and Grain, $4,000; Lumber,
$lO500; Milk, $1,000; Wine, Alcohol and
Brandy, $500; Refreshments for Visitors,
$4,000. The Governors say that the estimates
for 1854 were made up in October 1853, and
predicated upon prices paid for various articles
during the early part Of that year; but the subse-
quent large rise in almost every article of con-
sumption has rendered the appropriation of a
heavy extra amour. indispensable. They present
the following comparison of prices as paid by
them
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-11-01
MILITARY
PARADE OF THE THIRD BRIGADE.

PARADE OF THE THIRD BRIGADE.
The Third Brigade New-York State Militia under
command Of Brgaiier General Hall, paraded yester-
day for inspection and review as provided by statute
This Brigade is composed of the Seventh, Eighth and
Ninth Regiments, and numbers altogether about
twelve hundred men.
The Seventh, Regiment National Guard, under COM
mand Of Col. Duryes, was reviewed at Tompkins-
square, about noon, by the Brigade Inspector; the
Eighth Regiment, Washington Greys, Col De Voc, at
O'Clock, and the Ninth Regiment Irish Volunteers,
commanded by Col. Ferris, about o'clock.
Notwithstanding the wretehed condition Of the
weather, the ranks were well flled-but very few in
the whole brigade being absent.
Each Regiment, upon the completion Of the inspec'
ton, was Immediately dismissed by the General, when
after short march the various companies defled OIL
toward their respective arnories.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-11-01

who shun the light and rejoice in darkness, con
genial to corruption and baseness. And let Us
have no Mayor whose obligations to his Lodge
and to his secret associates may, for aught we
can tell, be more imperative upon him than those
he assumes to the people and the laws Of the
country. The candidates are J. w. Barker, j.
]. Herrick, Fernando Wood and Wilson G. Hunt.
OF them all, only the latter is not, and never has
been, a Know Nothing. He is also the only one
who has not intrigued and used means that are
corrupt to get the nomination. He should be
al
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A STAR CHAMBER IN NEw-oRLEASs.

The southern papers reveal constantly phe-
nomena Of Slavery which are worse than the
ordinary subjects Of condemnation selected by
the friends of humanity from among It's dark
details. For example, take the following from
The Ner Orleans True Delta Of Oct 30, in rather
an obscure part Of the payer:
FiENDfsH OUTAGE A woman ususi Fa,nv Smith wa.
yesy arrested on charge Of burning with hot irons, and
cruelty ~ treating two sl1v. boys whom she owns,
% Sho I'VE WIZ her IN house St Louiss II /, sad
s ~ en- Is brothel Of the crosses stamp
te 'at heI 6staycr toward her slaves i the mos, eenSb
mat ca PossSy Dc Unsigned Ii Is to be hoped t., eb
WI not he Pc united 10 pass unpunshed Ika
~. e y Ae.Vts IN relation charges similar to that
fAnny are generally hidden from the reporter. IN
the KseoideIs ofes q the Second District Fanny had re-
eery from California with soodlv stores sf sItS
but surely her wealth purchase irify f- a. Toni a.
Cfeuse" - -- -
Observe, the paragraph states that it i. 81. liz.
tile strsnge"-only little-it is not passing
" strange" or monstrous. So the legal details of
tie internal bsrbarities pr.cticed toward the
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-11-01
FURTHER FROM TEXAS.

BALTIMORE, Tuesday, Oct. III, 1854.
The southern mail as late a. due, is received. The
New Orleans papers of Wednesday last contain Gal
weston dates TO the 22d inst.
Major Emory was in San Antonio on the 10th inst,
proceed TO New.Mexico on the Boundary Commission.
The Houston Telegraph Of the 2lst says: " We hear
" nothing further of Messrs. Walker and King, and
q the $500 900 deposit which to have been made
on the 30th inst. There are but twelve DAYS le In
which TO save the present contract and tho money
must reach here within next week the contract
will fall to the ground"
Yellow fever was stil prevailing at Galveston and
Houston.
Some Mexican fllibusters had been arrested at
Brownsville by the United States Commissioner.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-11-01

Our readers will aotice that our Washington
Correspondent communicates the surprising in.
telligence that the British Government have de-
termined to abandon all assertion of the Mosqu-
to Protectorate as far as San Juan is concerned.
and will leave the sovereignty of that place to be
settled between the claimants without doing more
til an maintain the provisions of the Clayton Bull
wer Treaty as regards the freedom of the port
and transit route. At the same time the claims
of bona-fde British subjects for damages from
the late bombardment of the town. will alone be
urged by the Cabinet Of st. James. We shall
be gratifed to find this intelligence confirmed.
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THE LATEST NEWS,
RECEIVED BY
MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.
IMPORTANT FROM SAN JUAN-THE MOS
QUITO PROTECTORATE ABANDONED.

QUITO PROTECTORATE ABANDONED.
Special Dispatch to The n. Y. Tribune.
WASHINGTON, Tuesday, Oct. 81, 1854.
am informed from an undoubted source that
the British Government has issued orders to
its naval officers and diplomatic agents in the
West Indies and Central America which amount
to the abandonment OF the Mosquito Protectorats
as far as Greytown is concerned. These officers
are directed not to interfere there any farther
than TO protect recognized and bona fd. British
subjects; not to assert any right Of sovereignty
or any jurisdiction over the place; not to inter-
NEEDLE with any quarrel between the Transit
Company and the town, or with any controversy
that may there be going on as respects titles 10
land or the right Of possession and to leave oc-
cupants and claimants TO settle it as they can.
They are not even to lend any support to the
titles to land issued hitherto by the former British
Vice. Consul at the place. Claims Of actual Brit
ish subjects for damages in the Holllns bone
bsrdment are to be taken notice or and to be
reported, but nothing more. And II the Ameri-
can vessels in the port salute the nag OF Near
aqua, or any other flag, nothing is to be said or
done against il. In word, the Protectorste is
altogether dOanQOneu, NJ itdst az eau ouhu' anu
ifNicaragua could now take possession of the
place, she would meet with no opposition from
the British Government.
Costa RIGA has also taken an important step
in that region. Some forty or fifty miles above
the mouth of the San Juan considerable stream,
known as the San Carlos, empties into that river.
At the mouth of the aiiluent there is an island
commanding the navigation Of the San Juan, and
this island Costa Rics has garrisoned and is for
titng. At the same time she has notified the
Transit Company that she is about to take pos
session of the entire right bank Of the San Juan
down to its mouth, a territory she has long
claimed. This includes Punta Arenas, where
are the buildings Ofthe Transit Company, which.
if the design be carried out, will have to decsmp
to the Greytown side of the river. 1t may be
doubted, however, whether Costa RIGA can raise
soldiers enough to execute such scheme.
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We give place this morning to letter which
Mr.. Fernando Wood has addressed to an Irish
gentleman, of his own party, who deemed proper
to interregate him concerning his alleged connec-
ton with the Order of Know. NothiDgs. Mr..
Wood denies with great positiveness that he ID
member of that Order, and since he makes the
assertion we are bound until further evidence to
believe that be tells the truth. But now tina. he
is in the way of public explanations, we should
like to know from him nhen he ceased TO be a mem
Der Of that Order and more particularly, rhen he
ceased to be member Of the Knou- Nothing State
Executive Committee, or central directing agency.
1t may evince creditable degree OF moral sens-
bility in Mr.. Wood to abandon the Order when he
discovers that he cannot use it for his private pur
poses on the one hand, and that it may lose him
few Irish or German votes on the other But
these foreign born citizens, for whom the assur-
ance of Mr.. Woods conversion from Know Moth
iDgism is intended, may perhaps desire to be in .
formed just on whit day that miracle took place
and in their behalf we take leave to PROFOUND
these questions.