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AMERICA AND THE WAR IN EUROPE.

A teegraphist in Washington lately made a
good hit, when he announced that the recent
defeat of the Administration in the Crimea-the
fall of Sebastopol-had greatly distressed it..
The Administration organs and the Slavehold-
ers had set their heart upon the defeat of the
Allies, and when Sebastopol was stormed, they
felt as if they had lost one of their strongholds.
But, the Administration is not the American
People. The majority of them have no special
fondness for Russia, nor do they cherish any
antipathy against the Allies.
The London Times says:
ave believe that even such dislike as exists
among Americans towards the present alliance
and its acts, is far too ,oeak to produce any
practical effects. Putting aside the old feeling
against England, the positive sympathy for
Russia rests only on some supposed dndlogies
Jet,ceen her position and their oacn. Russia is
a new country; she is great one, and will be
greater she has an immense territory, which
she is peopling, while population in Western
Europe is stationary, or actually decreases.
She has a decaying State on her southern
boundary, of which she has taken much, and
wants more. A few years ago, the Americans
seized province Of their weak neighbor; an
alliance Of France and England acas projected,
agA. til is1 u saa,tsa ,hhqs s dg5zsNT ke rs
Russians occupied similarly situated terrific
ry; the alliance was completed, is most power
full. and may last to interfere in the affairs of
Transatlantic Turkey. We believe such
ideas as these influence large class of Amer
lean politicians, but they are obviously too i'm
aginary to be the cause of more than pamph-
lets and oratiOns. Russia may be sure that we
have not Poland at our side, nor an earnest
enemy in the great community we have found
ed"
1t will be observed that the London Times
merely states the ideas influencing large class
of American statesmen, but declares they are
Imaginary" 1t does not say that England
and France projected an alliance to prevent the
annexation of Texas, or that the present ALI
ance "may last to interfere in the affairs of
transatlantic Turkey" but that such ideas are
Imaginary"
1t is somewhat curious that the New York
Times, quoting this extract so utterly misun-
derstands it, as to attribute to the London
Times the very ideas which that paper ascribes
to some American statesmen, and pronounces
imaginary"
"The Times" says its New York namesake,
reminds us that similar alliance was once
projected to prevent the annexation Of Texas
and adds the significant menace that the exist
ing alliance 'may last to interfere in the affairs
Of transatlantic Turkey - under which |
figure Mexico is clearly referred toll!
Such misunderstanding only serve to gene
rate ill-feeling between countries that have no |
real causes of complaint against each other.
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THE NATIONAL ERA: WASHINGTON D. G, OCTOBER II,

Shawnee Mission, two days afterwards. We say
again, therefore, that we can vouch for the
very language used by Governor Shannon, and
taken down by our stenographer as he uttered
it and whatever may be the effect of it, he
must stand responsible for what he has said"
The Straight-out Wings of Massachusetts
think it of much more Importance to defeat
julius Rockwell, than to administer rebuke
to an Administration that could appoint Wilson
Shannon Governor of Kansasl
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GOVERNOR SHANNON AND SLAVERY.

Many newspapers, to secure this man from
deserved odium, and to counteract the inAu-
ence of his miserable ProSlavery conduct in
the politics of Ohio, coolly denied that he had
said, in his speech at Westport, that "Ae acas
in facor Of Szacery IN Kansas" The St. Louis
Democrat of the 9th September reiterates the
statement, asserts that the declaration was ia
Shannon delivered.
I'VE sent to Kansas, as our reporter, 81 ac-
complished stenographer, i'll order to avoid any
mistakes or inaccuracies; and so highly have
his reports been appreciated, that they were not
only copied by nearly all territorial and border
newspapers, as well as extensively throughout
the United States, but we're pronounced by the
members of the Legislature themselves far more
authentic than any others which were publish
ed. In fact, so highly were they pleased with
them, that they ordered extra copies of the st.
Louis Democrat to circulate amongst their
friends, as true exhibit of Kansas legialation.
The implication, therefore, that the preju-
dices of our reporter 'oozed through every
pore is manifestly false, and especially con-
tradicted by the manner in which his reports
we're regarded by those whose actions were the
subject matter of his pen. To put this matter
at rest, however, we have only to refer to the
fact that it is not alone upon the authority of
the st. Louis Democrat that this celebrated
expression of Governor Shannons rests. The
newspapers in the immediate vicinity, both in
Kansas and Missouri, which came to hand by
the next mail after we had received our re-
ports, contained the same thing, and it was
upon that explicit declaration that the Shsatter
Sovereign took such friendly hold of Governor
Shannon's hand. In reference to the az ,,arent
difference which occurs in the report IF the
Republican and the Democrat, those Why take
the trouble to examine the matter will d1tcover
that the speech reported in the Democr 1t was
delivered at Westport, Missouri, and imm diate-
" upon Governor Shannon's arrival Their Just
as the Legislators were leaving-while that re-
ported in the Republican was delivered at the
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VOL. TX.

the real sentiments of the Democratic party o.,
this country upon the great national issue wbicb
is now agitating the public mind. It's futr,a
course and the issue referred to can be inferrsJ
without much difficulty, l apprehend, by perr,
sing the leader in this weeks issue.
! JOHN f. ANEs.
Canton, October 3, 1855.
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER IL, 1856.
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TO ADVERTISERS.

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New ork city and vicinity and will receive and forward
Advertisements for the Era lowest rates
Advertisements can be lef HE Office No 50 Mas.
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: Thehen Of Freedom see what they have to
encounter-the Shareholders united, and COM
hinatipn of enemies at home, brought up under
free State institutons,bu false to their princi-
piles. They viii not be inundated. They will
remember that from every defeat they have
gathered strength, until from nine thousand in
1910, they have swelled to host in 1855, which
enters upon the campaign of SO with fair pros
poets of signal triumph. Possibly, defeat yet
awaits them, but final victory will be theirs, so
sure as God reigns, and Liberty is the birth
right of man.
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THE DENOMINATION OF GOV GARDNER

AS might have been expected, the members
OF the Know Nothing Party in Massachusetts
who, glad to dissolve their connection with ON
organization so anti-Republican in its creed and
Its formulas, took the earliest opportunity to
unite In the formation of a true Renubl;co,
Party, are fiercely denounced and prescribed
by the adherng members. Henry Wilson. in
reply, has written scorching letter to L. ID.
Baker, Secretary of the State Council, showing
clearly that he, the leading men of the Council.
aud the Council ITSELF were committed by their
acts and declarations to the Republican Party,
but that, after having attempted to pack the
Convention with partisans of Governor Gard
ner, so as to make it mere tool of the Order
and failed to secure his nomination, a portion
OF them bolted, and determined to defeat the
new Party and its candidate.
OF course, all this is well understood. The
real Know Nothings have held their Conven.
ton, renominated Gardner, and are as inten,
as the Straight-out Wings, on defeating the Re.
publican Party. They would rather have the
State pass into the hands of the Rum and Ad.
mInistratlon Party, than be arrayed openly and
honestly against the Slave Power. They know
that the friends of Freedom cannot be rallied
as National Party on their narrow, con,emnt
IDLY proscriptive issues; but what care thew
whether Franklin Pierce be reelected or not
provided Governor Gardner and his placement
continue in power another year?
Again, let us remind our friends-bere Won
see the fruits of Know Nothingism. IT has
done and will do more to distract and divide
the free States than Straight-out Whigery, bad
as that is.
HE HoS. THOMAS CoRwIN AND THE REPUB
LTcANs.-The editor of the Ohio State Journal,
IN reply to many inquiries, says that the Hon.
Thomas Corwin, in repeated conversations with
himself and others, avowed his determination
to vote for Mr.. Chase, not to sustain the man.
but the Principle which depended upon his
election"
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SUCCESSOR TO JUDGE CRANCH.-It seems that
the President has not been able to find among
the able professional men of Washington any
one to fill the place of the late Judge Cranch,
Chief Justice of the Circuit Court for this Dis
trict, and has accordingly appointed GEORGE
w. HOPKINS, one of the Judges of the Superior
Court of Virginia. An Administration which
has SO profound regard for the right of the
People to govern themselves, might at least
pay them the poor compliment of selecting
from among them their own Judges.
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Kansas ELEcTIoN.-A telegraphic despatch
from st. Louis announces the receipt of intel
49, "O"' rAonoas VI tLe "a instant. 1t is
SAID that the returns of the election in three
counties show heavy vote for Whitfield, Pro.
Slavery, for Congress. The Shawnee Indians
supported the Pro-Slavery ticket. The entire
vote of johnson county was given for Whitfield.
In Leavenworth county, Whitfield had 500, and
Reeder zoo. AT Willow Springs, 100 votes were
Polled, all for Pro-Slavery candidates. Gov.
Shannon 3, voted for the Pro-Slavery ticket.
!. mere was no lighting or tumult at the polls,
the Free-Soilers generally not voting. Their
election is to take place on Tuesday next.
They properly refused to recognise the valid
ity of the election appointed by the sham Legis
lature.
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1t is announced that the Learned Blacksmith,
now in Europe, is about to return to America.
1t is MS intention to deliver lectures during the
coming winter.
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The WHEELER SLAVE .CAsE.-IHiladelptd,
Oct. S.-Application was made in the United
States District Court to-day, on the part OF
Jane johnson, former slave of Colonel Wheel.
er, Of North Carolina, asking that the writ oil
habeas corpus issued to Passmore Williamson,
to bring herself and children into court, may be
quashed. John M. Read, for the petitioner,
asked that the petition be filed, contending that
writ OF habeas corpus must always be issued
by or on behalf of the party whose liberty is re-
strained, and not for a party wishing to RESTRAIN
another. Before the argument was completed,
the court adjourned,
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NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1855

sentative to the army to fight for the altar aad
freside How different this from England The
announcement of the discovery of sulphur mines
in come sp,ts along the volga, has filed the nation
with 10Y, as assuring the fabrication OF powder
independently of foreign supplies.
Some signs show that the spirit of 1913 is not
dead on the continent The 10Th Of November.
the anniversary of the Judicial murder of Robert
Blum. the most eminent German patriot aud re-
generator Of l84s was recorded BY the sp partition
in Frankfort and some other spots of black flags
with red inscriptions. Not lie" consolins at
Madrid was the eth Of November, the Anniversary
of the murder of Gen. Rieeo By Ferdinand VII
Foi the first time since thirty two years the mem
ory of the martyr has now received public and
solemn homage The spectacle took place on the
spot of the execution, where a mistrtrs was sung
and then the people, preceded by the clergy, went
in procession through the same streets through
which Riego was dragged to the gsllows. In an
adjoining church high mass was performed and
eulogy pronounced by the curate of the parish.
The Spanish clergy mourning and praising Riego
murdered by their influence! This 10 an atone
ment Of most refreshing and encouraging nature.
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We learn from our agent at Washington that tho
President has fay decided to communicate his forth
coming message TO Congress in manuscript, and that
il will not be printed in advance Of is delivery a.
heretofore The Press, therefore, viii be driven TO
the neoessty Of sending by telegraph such ncompsts
abstract of the message can be made during the
hasty reading Of it befors Congress- aud, as soon -
printed the message will probably be expressed
through to this city by locomotives cosrss
rendered necessary as well from the extortionsks
charges of the Washington telegraph lines, ~
from the bl1ndering and unreliable manner In
which those lines transact their business. 1t u
much to be regretted that the new telegraph line
10 the SOUTH to be worked under the Hughes psteaE
could not have been completed previous to The
assembling Of Congress, but we are'iookipg forward
to speedy deIiversnoe from the exOrtons which sre
now being practiced upon the press and the whsis
business public by the Morse snd House lines to Wssh
ipg.on. We informed that one of these lines b
nov making not less than from sixty 70 seventy pr
cent, net, upon the pad-up capital; which b not q
all surprising when il lie considered that the rasesf1
uninsured or incorrect messages Of. say ton word.
sie more than four times as high. distance being
taken into account, they are the Buffalo lnsa
and about three times as high on the Boston nss
for correct messages But for insured fosy correct
messages of ten words over the Washington lines,
he public hsve to pay about eight times as much ~
hey do for the same service over the Buffalo lines.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-03

Gov. CLARK has appointed Judge Cowles to fill the
vacancy on the beach of the Supreme Court caused
by the death Of Judge Morris Judge Cowe', Who Is
Dew 90 tbs bench fills the psce vacated by the death
of Judge Edwards, whose term wOald have expired
the present month. rne tsrm Of Jaoge Morris eK'
tends to the close Of 1860 This appointment wild be
9 disappointment to Mr.. Henry E Davies VIII, was
nominated and elected TO the place of idge Morris
unless Mr.. Davies can sho that toe action OF the
people v@ regular ard legsl. The Law requires that
the Secretary Of State shall give 20 days notes of an
esecion to gu such vacancy; but Judge Norris
death occurred less than 90 days previous 10 the 7th
OF November. and thereto the Constitutional notice
couo not be given. Under these circumstances, the
Attorney -asnsrai thinks the place should be filed by
the Governor and not by the people.
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Some interesting intelligence from Mexico is
given Oh another page ia the letter of or CORE
spoDdent at the capital Of that country. Toe entry
OF Gen Alvarez into the city was not received
with enthusiasm by the people nor does it appear
that bis administration can either afford much
pleasure to himfelf. or render any considerable
service to the republic. The political dsOrgsn-
zation is described as extreme. The governors of
the different States are acting with perfect in
dependence of the central Government and of each
other The employees in the public Offices are
not paid and the very reduction Of the armed
force. which in better times would be Of the
greatest benefit, now only seSeS to set some
thousands of rascals free from every restraint of
discipline and authority, to get their living en-.
tirely by brigandage, instead Ct partially, as here
tofore. Our correspondent has no faith in the per-
manence Of the present order Of things in Mexico
aid proenosticates nothing but increasing deca
dence as the destiny now immediately before that
mongrel and heterogeneous nation.
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We pablith in another column list OF the
prizes awarded 70 American exhibitors at the
French Universal Expos ton, as furni,hed By our
correspondent at Paris. twill be seen that the
result after ALL net to cast discredi on this
country, eslecally considering how few Of the
countless useful inventions which ought to have
been shown on such an occasion we're taken there
respectable number of medals Of various classes,
and even some crosses Of the Legion of Honor are
distributed to American exhibitors and commits
sioneIs The latter trinket can only be worn By
citizen of this country, on the special permission
Of Congress- ard it remains to be seen whether
that permission will be accorded to the persons
in question
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THE POOR OF NETWORK.

A spectacle before whose sublimity the historical
mam-movement Of Tartar, Hun and Goth seems
pale and dwarfed, is the great European exodus to
this ,untry, vitalized in 1928 and 1912 by the poll
cy which gave work to the hand and food to the
mouth, and growing or decreasing just a. our
national legislation was sane or insane, protective
or neglectful of home industry. Had anything
bey ond Bedlam been consulted ten years ago
in our principles of commerce, immigration
would now be One Million of human beings
q year, coming to this country, and all finding
work and being go quiet under our laws, CLEAN
ing and garneripg in the social and business
fields, that Know Nothingism would be unknown,
and tie intensity Of Americauism would be gagged
by diusive prosperity, irrespective Of brthplsces
or languages
We are particularly reminded Of the great fac
Of immigration by reading Tho Twelfth Annual
Report of the New.York Association for I'm
"proving the Condition of the Poor for the year
1855" No city in the wsrld-certsinly none in
Europe has twentieth part of the poverty cast
ready made upon her that NsW-York has. We
have not only the poor always with rs, but the
immigration which has brought thousand day
from Europe, nearly every ono to this port has
also brought an amount Of psuperism under which
London would have been rscked and Paris revolu-
donired. One thousand immigrants day landed
on our whAryes! Think Of it! Compare it with
all the antecedents of the growth Of cities with
great ringing names, and endeavor to gasp such
fact, that one thousand human beings day have
crossed tho sess to reach this haven; and the1
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BATHS Tho sc.cy OF the ELECTRO CHEMICAL BATHS Idle
covered BY VERGbEs) 10 Dg metallic subs,ocss sb
sotbsd lotto the System longer aaes Of doubt
PcYEEGNEs the lie that these "a hs will relieve
ard perm aneny all hose aft cfed with khsuns n In
Fam msto,y chroncl Payss NJ urags Contracted Nh,
ces the various dysppc sctions caused BY
the presence If minerals IN the system.
large well furnished and appointed house has besu opened
No 7l0 b. where the Professor will give his
attention to 'hoe vbo may feqoe h services He vii be
assisted by Intelligent ard mpsteut physician aud fr tia
better ri OF Of BIZ psiess will continue bis
b-spsh tstsb. ibGsnt ct No. eco 6th
Pof vii give baths OF the resdepc Of those who
able 10 wit him
The public az ansd aaiut employing seompeten per-
soLs apply the BATH es it shouf result nay instead OF
ben. fl.
Persons FROM the unty ,y be accommodated with
B0src IN tie same BUILDING.
few Student, Will be received. SPECIAL Department for
IAdi
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'epots, steamboat landings, aai hotels. The me-
mortal in it's favor has bees signed by many gentle
men OF ackno wledged substance. aud epterprise.
and is well entitled to the favorable fist 1t has re.
ceiysS in the advantages it offers OF low fares ana
ample Accommodations, both to our own citizsss
and visitors from abroad
In ,lmot every country in Europe there are
found at railway and steamboat termiai convey.
arces to carry Iugease and passengers TO any dis
lance for fair and fixed sum In Enslasd the
price is regulated at ~ cen,'s OF our money pee
mile, carrying according to selection, II Hsassn
cab two Passengers aud q ressopabis amount Of
luggage, If cab Of the good old struc ture four
passengers and luggage to correspond In Paris
a drive in hack with two horses, anywhere in
the city. costs thirty cents, or in one-horse car
rage twenty cents; or for two horse carriage
one pays thirty FIVE cents sn hour, and for one
horse carriage thirty cents an hour. In Brussols.
Berlin, Vienna and Constantinople, aud even in
wretched Malta and Athens, the price is Of the
tax somewhat less and vehicles are ever on tho
stand prepared to carry passengers at the regular
rates, cheating being contrary to the rule The
same is the case in Boston, where one is driven
from the railroad terminus to q hotel for twesty.
FIVE cents in the daytime, and fifty cents at night
In this metropolis, on the other hand, few thass
create so much surprise and 80 Injurious al ia.
preston as the extravaeant aud inordinate dc.
mands made for the conveyance Of passengers from
our steamboat landings and termini to the praci
pal hotels Ia no case, be it only for few yards.
is a less sum than dollar demanded by haokmsa,
ard this is increased ad llbtum according to the
taste of the chsriOteer and the supposed sqneczsa
bility of the charlotte. Trisug as this miserable
peculaton may seem, it affects more than can BE-
conceived the extent of travel aud the consequent
prosperity of our hotels. In Europe, forinstance.
the extortion of New-York hacks is subject Of
general remark and depreciation. 1t should there
fore be the earnest purpose of all our hotel pro-
prietOrs both on enlarged public grounds, as web
as1r their own interest, to support the formatisa
of a company which will crush an injurious
monopoly and place within reach of the travelling
community cheap and easy mode Of convey
ance alike CONSTANT with public comfort and con-
veneree, and the broad unexclusye spirit Of sur
institutions.
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EpucArfos IL NORTH CARoIIsA The State Of
North Carolina has disbs' ed among the ssve al coun-
slsl 600 for the support Of Common Schools. We
hope tina. the country which some years ago gave
800 votes majority a. ains the adoption OF the school
systsm has been sufficiently enlightened by Its opera
other side should the question be again submitted to
popular vote.
Seth Tucker, soldier Of the Revolution. died Of
WinoAeadon, Mass, lest week, aged 90 years.
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CHEAP CARRIAGES TOR THIS CITY.

We are happy to perceive that tho committee
of the Board Of Councilman, to whom the subject
bas been referred, have reported in favor of leg.
islative sanction to proposed company for run
ming omnibuses for the conveyance and transporta.
ton Of baggage and passengers between railroad