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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-06-16
Martin Van Buren ana sr"nkiin Pierce
The Popular Reaction from lsdo 10 1917
md from 1854 to 1855.

and from 1854 TO 1855.
We published yesterday series of tables of
The results of the State elections from 1886 to
1916 State by State, and also similar tables of
the elections throughout the country since 1852,
including the overwhelming ELECTION of Mr..
Pierce to the Presidency. In making Up these
tables we have in all cases wnere t.iaie LAS been
no State election in any given year, taken the
election of the preceding year as our guide, and
in every case have adhered to the official returns
The net results of these tables, as far as the ad-
ministrations of Van Buren, and Pierce are re-
spectively concerned, are as follows
MARTIN VAN
ls-nemocratic majority Presidential election p, 55s
1s3-Aggregate opposition s'e o'ccuos 9lo
1sse-Democra,ic majority resulting from dcspc-
is4o-presidenta election opposition majority 1853 500
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
1s52-Prcsidcnta election democratic majority. 63,lIo
ls5s-sate elections aggregate opposition mag o ~ a a
1864 do. 90 90. 20 20 sSo
1866 do 40 w. 'oo'-
Now, these figures, at the first glance, afford
the " fixed facts Of a very curious, remarkable,
and rather startling comparison, as far as the
supposed brilliant prospects of Mr.. Buchanan
and the democratic party are concerned. Let us
briefly examine these figures in the comparative
degree as between the popular revolution under
Van Buren, and the tremendous reaction among
the people, which has been going on and gather
ing strength since 1852 under the unfortunate
administration of Mr.. Pierce.
In the first place notwithstanding the popu-
larity of General Jackson, with which Van Buren,
was invested as with the mantle Of Elijah, the
Little Magician against divided opposition,
only succeeded by some twenty-seven thousand
majority of the popular vote of the Union. The
next year he and his party went down with an
alarming fall but the next year they rallied con-
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Marine Court.
Before Hon. Judge Thompson.
DAMAGES FOR INJURY SUSTAINED THROUGH NEGLI-
GENCE.

GENCE.
Blade u.s. StouloJcr.Ts action Is brought to recover
damages for injuries sustained by the plaintiff (n coorcd
man, from the falling Of brick from premises 100 South
street, in this city Mr.. John 0Rourk produced tcsu
mony on part OF plaintiff to show that the defendant
or about the Goth of February last engaged in put
ting mp rafcrs the premises in question: which had
been partially destroyed by Ere Carpenters and masons
had been, for some mo previously engaged in repairing
the building and guards had been placed the side
walk at each end Of the store to keep persons from pass
ing by IT, Tho occupants Of the adjoining stores were IN
ibeil business On tho day referred to the pknLl was
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back, tip him ". INK, and give him to under
stand-as Mayo, Wood would do-that it was
all for show.
what re- source is there, under these cifcum-
stances, 'Jut in revolution!
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Loxu <-larendos's Speech--I<s 41rcction-The
Atntus In q M.


effect ia Wall street A gloom prvaded the
parlors Of the banke.s. Lord Clarendon's speech
arrived and the profanndest Spectators were at
fault No enc could ke more courteous than his
lordship. He and the other ministers yere de-
sirous of maintaining unimpaired the closest, the
most cordial AID the most sincere relations with
the United Ststes. There had been given by him
nor them no just cause of irritation. 1t was the
intent of his country to uphold the American neu-
trality laws be had retreated from his intention of
recruitment as soon as it was discovered to be IL
legal; the Central American question was as plain
as could be- he did not see how there could be two
interpretations of its text or its meaning-an hon
est difference of opinion existing, arbitration was
aproper remedy. All this and more Lord Claren-
don put forth in most concliatory and elegant
phrase0logy. He had offered every satisfaction
that one gentleman or one government could
make to another. Never before in an English
Parliament did Foreign Secretary utter such IL
bersi apologies to friend or foe. What can stand
in the wsy of an immediate adjustment Pre-
csely few paragraphs equally smooth as the
others, but of import far more peculiar. In this
basket of daisies there is concealed an English
thorn.
We do not think, says his lordship, that Mr.
Champion and our consuls have merited censure
and punishment; the course proposed to us was
what mo Independent government would sub
NIT to-" and having the meaRs Of proving to
the United States that no wrong had been done,
NOBODY would require him to sacrifice his agents
or purchase CANCELLATION by doing that which was
both shabby and dishonorable. The minister was
loudly cheered, and even Earl Grey, in his .ypiy,
while supporting the American view Of the en-
listment difficulty, said openly that the English
people cared for little else in this matter than that
I" the national honor should be maintained" This
is the point then, which is most salient-the ma
tional honor. How is that to be maintained with
out shabby expedients?
1t was this inquiry which every thinking man
in Wall street made TO himself or his friend after
reading the speech And what is the state Of
English feeling since the other news has reached
that country, that our government after doing all
| it could to embarTass the movements of Walker.
by refusing to receive the first Minister of Mica
ragua, suddenly has recognized his claim. and
taken the second envoy by the hand? Surprise
and profound regret at what they may consider
our Punic faith.
We learn from undoubted authority-and we
believe some Of the leading bankers here arc
aware Of the fact-that Mr.. Dallas, not many
days ago, expressed his opinion that as soon as
the dismissal of Mr.. Champion and the consuls
bis passports. He expected nothing else. The
passengers who came out in the Ericsson-at least
those Of intelgence-were of the same opinion,
and some foreign capitalists sold out their stocks
immediately % their arrival. This is what the
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Mails for Europe.

New York, Monday, June l6, 1855.
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BROADWAY VARIETIES, AZ Broadway-SIx DESaxns
py CaInE-BY TIE WOOD MARSH JUVENILES
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PERSONAL.

....Mr. Emery, of the London theatres, ID
coming to this country.
....Mr. John Davis, Birmingham light
comedian, has arrived in Philadclphia, and
been engaged by Crisp for the Gaiety, New
Orleans.
80. The late DR.. James c. Perciyal's Ii.
brary Of 600 volumes is to be sold by the ad.
mlnistrator, near Madison, Wisconsin, and il
Is proposed that the Legislature purchase it.
-. When Dobbs was dying, his wife. who
naa led him terrible life, was afraid tn at he
would either cut her off with a shilling. or
prevent ner marrying again she was young
anu handsome, II she was a Tartar But
DopDs LETT her all his money, on condition Of
her marrying again; " for them" said he. g
shall be certain that somebody else will he "a
wretched as I've BEEN
80. Rev. DR.. Vinton, of st. Paul's cburcb
Boston, has taken to preaching on the com
mon there. Rev. X. II. Neale has bear 40.
ing the same thing there for some TINA mast
and he never fails to gather crowd What.
ever objections may be urged to outdoor
preaching in other respects, it has at least the
advantage OF the Indoor system this blazing
hot weather.
80. New Orleans lady refusing to nav for
an artihciai leg she had bought for her own
use, the seller sued out Q writ, recurring the
sheriff to take it into his possession. The MOL
sherif-as he does sometimes in ugly capital
cases-turned the business over to a deputv.
who succeeded in serving the writ and Get,
ting the limb into his possession-how, the
editors down there have forgotten to say.
80. We see it stated that George F. Browne.
the comedian, formerly connected with the
Adelphi Theatre, in this city, died in Cincin.
natl last week from the effects of a sun stroke
He was a native of New Hampshire, about 90
years of age, and the husbs and of Louisa Prav.
the danseuse, who is the sister of Mrs. Barnet
Williams and Mrs. J. w. Florence. M
browne had many friends here who will re-.
oeHe the news Of his death with sincere sor-
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MEssRS. w. p. FErRIDGE & Co. are about
to publish novel that, from perusaI of the
early sheets with which we have been favored,
We do not hesitate to pronounce equal to the
early and best works Of Cooper. 1t is a story
of Saratoga not the present Saratoga of fash
ionable but the Saratoga of sixty years ago,
when the solitary log hut of a pioneer occupied
the site of Congress Hall and the surround
ing woods were full Of bears, panthers and
Indians. Among the prominent characters
introduced is Crazy Jake, a maniac of super
human strength and diabolical cunning who
plays all sorts of wicked FRANKS He takes a
violent fancy for the fair Lucille Valcom.
seizes her and carries her of as easily as q
wolf does lamb. The pursuit, undertaken
by her friends, with the assistance of Catfoot,
q friendly Indian, who tracks the fugitive with
the unerring skill of bloodhound, is admira-
bly, told as is the maniac's attempt to sacrifice
the half-breed Joe, who has fallen into his
clutches Sandy Brigham's account of his
scouting expedition to Burgoyne' camp, few
years before, reads like genuine chapter
from our stirring revolutionary history. In
termingled with the more thrilling incidents
and adventures is love story, which is CON
ceived with great beauty and delicacy. In
these days of ''Rag Pickers' and "News.
boys" and that class of sentimental novels
with-which the public have been so literally
dosed of late, it is refreshing to find work OF
the good strong nervous style of the Leather
stocking Tales"
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POLITICAL. ITEMS.

Tho Edgefeld Is. CO. Advertiser suggests
the propriety Of Mr.. Brooks constituents pay
ing the line, and not the Governor.
Ole Bull has given $500 towards establish.
ing new German Fremont paper in Wiscon-
sim He is to take the stump for Fremont
through that State.
Walter Brooke and Giles M Hillyer, two of
the Fillmore electors in Mississippi, have de-
clined serving, it is said in the Mississippian,
because they cannot conscientiously support
Fillmore.
The New Albany (Ind.) Ledger says that a
search warrant has been taken out in Orange
county, in that State, for Fremont man, but
up to last accounts none had been found A
rumor prevailed that one had been heard of
down at Patoka, but the report was false
one
Hon. Horace Mann, President of Antioch
College, addressed Fremont meeting at Vel.
low Springs, Ohio, on the 11th. Mr. Mann is
Dedham Federalist, of the school of Fisher
Ames, who compared the Constitution to white
birch stakes, and the Union to rope of sand.
Col. White, the Know Nothing Presidential
elector in the Fourth Congressional District OF
Indiana, while grateful to his friends for the
mark Of preference they would bestow upon
him, is still constrained to decline it, for the
simple reason that he intends to work and
vote for the Union candidates, Buchanan and
Breckinridge.
No State election will be held this year
either in Georgia in Tennessee. There will
be no elections in those States till the Presi-
Dental election in November. Some of the
political papers have been making calculations
on the State elections in both those States,
showing their political tendencies on the Pres
idential question.
Hon. E. c. Cabell, Of Florida, has ad-
dressed letter to each of the Buchanan and
Fillmore electors of that State, asking them
whether they would net vote for the presiden-
tial candidate of the opposite party-Buc-
hanan or Fillmore, as the case may be-if they
could thereby defeat the election of Fremont,
or prevent the election from going into the
House of Representatives.
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GEORGETOWN CORRESPONDENCE.
GEORGETOWN. July 30. 1856.

GEORGETOWN, July 30, 1856.
The Democratic pole at the corner of Mar
ket and Fourth streets, seems to be destined
ere long to be laid low-level with the earth,
unless its friends are very vigilant and watch
full. Another attempt was made to cut it
down yesterday. Four individuals-James
Moore, John Baltzer, George Grouse, and Jno.
Moxley-armed with bad whisky, bad coun.
ell, bad spirit, and an axe, marched up for
the purpose of determination of this seemingly
alarming implement of political warfare but
all of them were destined to meet with = sig
nal defeat Moore was taken prisoner by Of
fcer Kitchen, assisted by Constable Trun.
nell and Mr.. John Gross, and taken before
Justice Reaver, who committed him to Jail,
in default of bail. Baltzer was afterwards
arrested by Mr.. Gross and committed also
La ma, surely the young man must be
beside himself to sell goods at such low
prices" Thus exclaimed a young miss the
other day while some samples of dry goods,
which were purchased at the corner of High
and Gay streets wv. III. Hurdle's) were being
shown her. Don't be so fast, miss, We can ex
plain the MYSTERY; he buys for cash, and
trades upon the principle "cheap for cash. !"
A quick penny is better than a slow shilling
Trade is still very slack upon our canal,
OWlnB W Inc scdrclty OF water. we learn tnat
there are very large number of boats, mostly
laden with coal, now detained on the line
The Know Nothings are making prepare
tions for mass meeting in front of the Town
House this evening
A storm Of rain and much lightning and
heavy thunder passed over our city about IL
o'clock last night
The health of our city continues excellent;
as yet we hear of but very little sickness
oIo &c Ill
summer complaint among children.
No change in the markets. S.
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Proceedings of To-Day.

In the Senate, to-day, several private bills
were taken up and SUCCESSFULLY disposed of.
Mr.. Butler then called up his bill to change
the mode of compensating members of Con
gress.
Mr. Collamer moved to amend it by substi-
tuting one increasing the present pay and
compensation of the members Of Congress Is
per centum; and the bill and proposed amend
ment were ordered to be printed.
The bill to compensate pension agents was
then taken up, and the report accompanying
1t was being read for information as the Star
went to press.
In the House, call of the House was or
dered, and quorum having answered to their
names, the House proceeded to consider Mr..
Ready's pending motion to reconsider the vote
ordering to third reading bill to provide
for the settlement Of tho claims of the officers
OF the revolutionary war, and of the widows
and children of those who died i'm that service.
The motion to reconsider WAS agreed to; and
the said bill having been amended and read
a third time, on the question of its passage,
it was debated by Messrs. Jones of Tennessee,
and Craige against it, and Browne, Smith Of
virginia, and W ashburne of Maine, for it.
Mr.. Phelps moved to lay it on the table !:
not laid on the table-yeas 81, nays los.
MI Broom was engaged in tn Q delivery of
the closing speech in favor of the bill as the
Star went to press.
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A PERFUMKD BREATH.-What Iadv or oen.
tleman would remain under the curse of a dis.
agreeable breath when by using the "Balma
ola Thousand FOpers" as dentrifce would
not only render it sweet but leave the teeth
white as alabaster? Many persons do NOT
know their breath is bad, and the subject i.
so delicate their friends will never mention it.
Pour single drop Of the ''Balm on your tooth
brush and wash the teeth night and morning.
A fifty cent bottle will last year. For sale
at Shillington's, agent for Washington, and
all Druggists.
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SPIRIT OF THE MORNING PRESS.

The Inteittgencer explains the purport oil
the Senate's bill requiring prepayment of post
age on transient printed matter, as follows
eve are pleased to see that the Senate has
passed a bill providing for the compulsory
prepayment of all transient printed matter.
This, we have no doubt, is a measure neces.
sary to protect the Post Office Department
against abuse, especially as We are assured
that enormous quantities Of private business
circulars are put into the mails unpaid, on
which scarcely any postage is collected. The
Senate bill does not propose any change of
the existing law with regard to publications
sent to regular subscribers; but only to make
the prepayment of the rates compulsory, which
the existing law prescribes for transient
printed matter when prepaid. In other words,
1t proposes in effect simply to strike out of the
present law the double or unpaid rates on
transient matter.
"0f course there can be no difficulty in dis.
tinguishing transient from regular printed
matter, as the law will continue in force which
requires publishers to note on the wrappers
the number of papers which are enclosed for
subscribers and the number for printers or
to furnish the postmaster, quarterly, "a cor
tilted statement of the number of papers sent
in the mail chargeable with postage
But, as above remarked, about the only
transient matter not now prepaid consists of
private circulars. Transient newspapers,
magazines, books, &C., we understand, are
now generally prepaid"
We can add little to our neighbours expla-
nation that will strengthen this so necessary
measure. This evil Of weighing down the
mails with unpaid lottery scheme, patent
medicine, and trashy-book putting circulars,
always refused when the person to whom di.
rected knows on what he is required to pay
postage, is great nuisance, indeed, sadly in
tsrfering with the speedy and certain trans
p'rtstiOn and delivery of the mails, and very
expensive to the government. None but spec
ulators on popular credulity are benefited
by it, and it will be well for the House prompt.
ly to second the effort of the Senate to end it.
The Union comments forcibly on the fact
that all the efforts of all the opposition writer's
and orators to find Objectionable features in
James guchanan's record as statesman, have
proved abOrtive, and argues most effectively
to show that though always truly conserva
tive man, he has kept pace with the sound
progress Of the age on questions of govern.
mental expedieney.
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CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

In the Senate, yesterday, after we went to
press, the bill for the construction of a harbor
at New Buffalo, Michigan, was considered !;
and it was not passed-yeas II, nays 81.
The bill for the construction of a harbor at
next discussed and passed-yeas "a, nays IL,
ION the question of its engrossment.)
Mr. Mason moved to 60 into an Executive
session; not agreed to.
The bill to complete the harbor of st. 10.
seph, Michigan, was next passed
Mr.. Brown moved to take up the bill to ill.,
corporate the Washington Mutual Building
Association; not agreed to.
The bill to complete the piers at the harbor
Of Monroe, Michigan, was then passed : and
the bill to construct a harbor at the mouth of
Mqskegon river, Michigan, was laid on the
table
The bill to continue the improvements in
the harbor of Newark was afterwards dis
cussed, until they adjourned
In the House, the army appropriation bill
as amended was passed-yeas SO, nays 80
Mr.. Dunn called up his pending motion
(made months ago. to reconsider the vote by
which the House had committed the bill to
annul the Territorial laws of Kansas, &c and
offered for it substitute. Its principal pro-
visions restore the Missouri compromise re-
striction, forbid the passage of any laws by
the Legislature Of Kansas restricting the free.
dom OF speech and of the press. and provides
for liberating all persons charged with trea-
son and political offences
Mr.. Cobb, of Ca, moved to lay the motion
to reconsider on the table; not agreed to-
yeas SO, nays 90.
subsequently the said substitute was agreed
to without debate-yeas 80, nays 77-and as
thus amended the bill was passed-yeas SO,
nays "a.
On motion of Mr. Campbell of Ohio, the
Senate's amendment to the Consular and Dip
lomatic appropriation bill, increasing the sal.
airy OF the Interpreter to the Chinese mission
to So 900, was agreed to and then they next
went into committee, (Mr. COlfax in the chair }
The Committee next took a recess until
On re-assembling, speeches on political sub
Jects were made by Messrs. Kelsey, Hoffman,
Caruthers, and Tappan
The Committee then rose and the House ad
journed.
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DOB RY.-LIsr OF Article,

Do B B e II Y.-LIST OF ARTICLES
H stolen from the residence Of Mr.. Allen, be-
tween the 10Th OF May and Goth Of June: 10 wards
fne Linen, 20 yards white flannel, dress patterns
Of bingham, Calicos and Muslin de Lane, SIX
Vesting, Klb sewing silk, several dozen Of 81 4
silk and Linen Randkerchiefs. 10 silk stocks
and Scarfs, Is yards Of black silk Lawn Hair
Brushes, Combs, Needles, Scissors, Pearl But
tons, or dozen Of Ladies and mems Stockings,
10 yards Of Russia Diaper, 30 yards Of fine shirt
ing Muslin, Merino shirts and Drawers, figured
Swiss and plain Muslin, Ribbons, Lsces and
collars, Tabls Cloths, Towels, Blankets, Quilts,
and Sheets, also, number Of Books and Fancy
Articles too numerous to name A liberal reward
w II be paid for any portion recovered lite
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No1rcx-Those charged with the manage.

NorIcE.-Those charged with the manage
ment Of clubs, societies, and all other associa.
lions are notified that in order to insure the
insertion of advertisements or notices Of any
description in the Star, payment must be made
for them when offered, OF an arrangement for
tie payment for the same providedfOr. There
are now on file in our counting room many
advertisements, not inserted, because our
terms have not been complied with This rule
must be imperative.
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