The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-01-09

rian), situated ia West Thirteenth street, was de.
stroyed by fire early yesterday morning. The fire
is supposed to have originated from defect In the
hot air fues. The church was valued at $4,000,
and the loss IL covered by insurance in the Hano
yer and Knickerbocker companies.
The launching Of the U. s. friga.e Sabine which
was to have takes place yesterday, mas again been
postponed in consequence of the absence OF the
naval constructor. She will nov probably Ds
launched on the 10Th inst.
The New Jersey Legislature meets at Trenton
to-day. correct list Of the members will bs seen
in our columns to-day.
The bill presented by Mr.. Wentworth, from the
Committee on Commerce, on the ID inst, in the
House Of Representatives, in relation to foreign
paupers and criminals, will be found in our papsr
to-day.
At the municipal election ia Covington, KY, on
Saturday, the entire Know Nothing ticket vas sue
cessful.
Flour was less animated yesterday at Saturdays
rates, with moderate amount Of sales. Wheat vas
quiet. Indian corn advanced about lc. per bushe
with free sales Of Southern yellow to arrive at lO6c
per bushels, and Of Western mixed from store, at
1850. Old mess pork sold, in small lots, at So
| u. A sale of 900 barrels prime mess was made
on terms which made the price equal to SIS so,
although nomnaly sold at sic. The sales OF cotton
were 800 1000 bales, at further advance of
cent per h., making the whole advance from the
lowest point before the America news Of half cent
per lb. The stock is again reduced to under 5000
bales, 1000 of which is Texas. There was no
Mobile or New Orleans m,ddliog cotton on the
market The quotations ranged as follows Mid.
ding Uplands &c.; do. Florida, ssc do. Mobiles,
md NJ 81 Erai
to England were active, and considerable shipments
Of provisions -four, corn &c, were being made. to-
gether with about 800 800 bales Of cotton, 6.
| Sled. 7.32d. which was an advance.
The Know Nothings and the Southern Demo-
cratic Members OF Congress-A Great Ms
take.
Mr.. Barry, Of Mississippi, and Mr.. Keitt, of
South Carolina, have taken the field in the
House Of Representatives at Washington as the
champions Of the administration and its party
against the Know Nothings The leading OBJ
lection of these two gentlemen, as men of the
South, against this new and mysterious party
is, that it forms part and parcel of the new anti
slavery league of the Northern States. Mr..
Wise, the administration democratic candidate
electioneering travels preaching the same cru
sade against the unholy alliance Of the Know
Nothiugs and the Northern anti-slavery socie-
ties
Assuming that the members of Congress in
question, and that the chosen champion Of the
Cabinet spoils democracy of Virginia, are really
ignorant of the true position of the Know No
q not at yr ia
that we should undertake to enlighten them
and get them right. The Know Noshings, then,
of the North are not in the league Of the anti
slavery societies The new American party,
throughout the North and throughout the Union,
stands upon the safe and national ground
| Of absolute non-intervention on the slavery
question. They regard the subject IF
slavery as local question, and as
such, they simply propose to leave it TO
the legisls ION Of the States respectively con-
cerned,a j to the people Of the Territories that
! may be- ,terested Nothing more. The Know
Ecc-hir s have openly proclaimed this platform
at their recent juoilees at Boston and elsewhere;
and they are the subjects Of the bitterest hos
tility Of Lloyd Garrison's L,bsrator and all
tHt tuOllhoH JOuIudis Va euc ASoi
In this State we find this new party leaving
no stone unturned to defeat tee reelection OF
Seward to the United States Senate, because
his anti-slavery and sectional programme
for the Presidency stands in deadly opposition
to their national platform and union aad con-
servative principles. On his side we ind that
the anti-slavery partizans o: Seward consider
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wings and democrats, all except these terrible
Know Notnings They alone remain TO con-
front him. If they defeat him now. his dis
union abolition scheme for the succession is at
once demolished; and if they fail to defeat him
now, the inevitable result is only postponed
for season.
1t is certainly somewhat remarkable that
while Mr.. Barry, of Mississippi, and Mr.. Keitt,
OF South Carolina, should be at one end of the
Capitol haranguing the House against the
Know Nothings, they shoald be using the
general arguments of Seward himself ia the
Senate, of SIX months ago. Mr.. Barry is Of
the opinion that the Know Noihings in New York
would have joined the cause OF Seward had ne
not spurned the association, and that he can
yet make his own terms of accommodation
with them These opinions are refuted by the
simple facts that the Know Nothings are 10 the
aeld for themselves; that they contemplate a
run over the whole Union for the Presidency
and that they are well aware that any trading
or hockstering with Seward, upon any pretence,
would instantly reduce them 20 the mean con-
diiion Of sectional faction in the interest of
the arch sgitator.
Without going back to the original objects
and purposes of these secret societies OF the
Know Nothiogs, their political principles have