The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-11-07

snobbery on the Pacific is about the same thing as
elsewhere, only it breaks out in little different
form.
The sales Of cotton yesterday were confined to 800
a 400 bales, without quotable change in prices. The
Argos news came to hand too late in the after |
noon to have any influence on the market. Wheat |
toeraby active while prices favored purchasers.
Corn was unchanged. Rye closed at 81 26 Pork |
was in fair request at steady prices. There was
better feeling in sugars, with increased activity
The sales embraced about 1000 hhds and 1850
boxes, chiefly in bond for export. The public sale
of Rio and Java coffee came Off yesterday and at
prices which indicated decline Of about
cent per pound. Freights were steady, both
for England and the Continent, with moderate en-
gagements for Liverpool and London. Sterling ex-
change for the Boston steamer yesterday closed dull
and after twelve o'clock dropped down to 1888 for
the best bankers bills in the street. 1t stated
that the house of Brown Brothers not expected
to make further shipments Of specie. And it was
also indirectly stated that further shipments OF spe
Gle by Mr.. Belmonts house were over for the pre-
sent. Hence, on these rumors getting afoat in the
street, sterling bills closed at the decline stated
Our New York and other State Elections
Yestcrday-The First scattering Returns
The Know Nothings Looking UP. - I
The practical work of our election is over,
and we have only now to await the full returns
of the victorious parties and the killed and
wounded in this quadrangular and conglomerate
contest. Thus far, the returns from the city
indicate terrible resurrection of the Ameri-
can party; remarkable weakness on the part
Of the Custom House and Tammany Hall soft
shell ticket; surprising degree of strength,
all things considered, in the muster of the
hard shells, and glorious minority drumming
behind everything) to the Seward black repub-
lcan disunion negro worshipping alliance.
Read and study our city returns.
The few scattering shots we have received
from the rural districts" indicate the gene
raj fight to be between the Seward Preston
King State ticket, and the Knew Nothings,
with J. T. Headley as their standard bearer.
! Both the democratic hards and softs appear to
| be distanced, though the returns from the out
side towns and counties may change the pde-
sent aspect Of the country vote very mate
rally. The black republicans are certainly
as badly frightened at the first reports from
Sam" as they were last year, and from all
the figures received they have a substantial
reason for alarm.
Whatever may be the first summing up on
the State ticket, considering the naturally de-
moralizing influences of the various defeats
which the American party have suffered since
and including the Virginia election of last
spring, the vote which they will have cast in
this New York city and State election will as
tonish their most sanguine adherents here and
elsewhere. We suspect that this continued
unity Of action of the American party in New
York is largely due to the popularity among
all classes Of our fellow-citizens throughout
the State Of " Live Oak George Law" for his
supporters have not lost sightof him in refe-
renee to the bearings of this contest upon the
Presidential election. The black republican
State ticket is probably defeated but even if
elected the aggregate majority of all parties
| against them will leave an ample margin for
their defeat in 1856.
| There were elections in five other States,
yesterday, to wit Louisiana, Mississippi, Wis
consin, New Jersey and Massachusetts. In
Louisiana they commenced on Monday; but
our returns are limited TO report of the sue
cess Of the Know Nothings in New Orleans
A full Congressional delegation, democratic
or Know Nothing, or mixed, was elected.
From Mississippi we have no information. In
Wisconsin and New Jersey the elections were of
a purely local character. From Massachu-
setts, where they had quadranguar fight
upon the Governor, the regular Know Nothing
Gardner ticket, thus for leads the democratic,
the whig and the black republican very hand
somely.
Upon the whole, the returns thus far, from
our own State and from Massachusetts, show
avery satisfactory degree of popular insubor-
dination and rebellion against the Seward pro
gramme for general crusade upon the domes-
tic institutions Of the South. If these con-
spirators fail in New York and Massachusetts,,
their plot is substantially broken up and extin-
guished; for New York and Massachusetts are
the Malakof and the Redan of this Seward
coalition. In conclusion, for the pGsent if
the city of New York, through the Voice of the
people, are TO lose the services of COMPTROLLER
F,agg, we presunse our tax payers are resign
&C to bear the calamity.
TIE News by the Arngo.