The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-11-03

he News,
The great Presidential battle takes place to-mor
rev. and 10 order that our readers may ne prepared
for il xe pnblish elsewhere in our columns tbs
names Of the various candidates put in nomination
togethe- with much other political matte that viii
net only be interesting but useful, At the presen;
pncture. Read il.
BY telegraph from Philadelphia, we iearn ii :
fsere hss been general stampede among the FL
more electors Of Pennsylvania. The names Of
eight electors who have abandoned the Fillmore
arc given in the despatch. Several others are
said 10 hsye done likewise, bet their names are not
given. There vii b three allied electoral meetings
IN Philadelphia this evening, at which Kenneth
Rayner, Manly OF Texas, and Alexander OF May
hand are TO speak. Numbers are represented as
Leaving the Fillmore ranks, and the news from the
interior OF the State Is aid to he cheering t. the
sri,nds OF Fremont Outside OF Philadelphia on T
soar newspapers, OF limited circulation ard "a
frcnce are opposed 20 The union movement.
In another part of this Gays issue will be fodnd
ths speech Of NJ. Kenneth Rayper, delivered at Z q
Musical Fund Hall, in Philadelphia. on saturday
evening, IN favor o the union electoral ticket.
Elsewhere viii he found an elabo ate reply Of y
r n. Ruegles to the speech recently delivered f.,
commercial statistics oil she Union, and 70 certl
letters, &C., by the same gentleman in expiration
We give elsewhere graphic report OF a visit "a
che Edridge street prison, where the French raj.
road deflul;ers, Carpenter, Parrot, ana the ts1
Greets are confined. They appear 70 amuse them.
selves as he they eau, by smoking bad seslrs, aai
talking ia an excited manner about their condition,
the Bour-e. tie Credit Mobiler &c, &c. The &c
News from Vera Cruz 10 the fith ui;., reserved a;
New Orleans, states that Genera Salas had been
arrested by the government. Other arrests were
also takiLg place.
From Boston se learn that large cava!cadc viii
re- NJ. Sumner Oh his return hone, At B-ookline
az lbe city lnes on the same spot wnere Washing
st and lafayette we're received Flc sill there be
add ressed BY the Hon. Josiah Quincy and then be
esco-ted 20 the State House where he will be off.
.iaIly welcomed by the Governor aud Council 10 the
sane Of the state.
The powder min of Nathan Pratt, 4 Sonth Acton.
Mas, spiodea on Sa,urday, arc killed TWO men
who wtre employed Ia the bIilding. The explosion
va heard gieat distance ana PEOPLE In neigh.
b.. ine towns supposed the shock that Of on earth
quake.
The rive, rranuioc.ory Of n. n. Lu.ner, the soap
works of u. sanford, brick building and two
bans, IN Warren, r.. l., were destroyed ~ fire on
Saturday evening, az ives also the st0re.ho1se Of
J. u Hathaway, IN Zen River.
The criminal calendar Of the Court Of General
:. ssions for tbs MONTH comprises II cases II IA
probable hat Charles b. Huntington, distinguished
for hi Wholesale fosgcrics in Wan street. will be
nied this term. o. the evidence Tor the prosecution
II said 20 bc foaf'y compie;e.
Tie imports q foreign goods into the port " Boa.
srn for the week ending on the 3l.t ult.. amounted
in the aggregate TO s55s 5G2.
The sales Of cotton on Saturday reached abou. 200
10 40O bales. The marke' was stiil unsettled and
without guo;able change nrrioes. There wa tair
demsnd Tor -four intending sales iov export. The
market closed AZ abcu. the quotations Of eserlay.
WI, at vas ia good demand al the decline, with
sales o. Canadian white Of 81 81 a 81 c. to 81 ~,
snd prime white indiana at 81 n Western red sold
1T Al ~ 81 IS a al ca, and Chicago spring az
81 So. Corn vas Grmer, aud sales were made 1T
Toe. o 19'c. for sound Western mixed Pork sold at
S2o II s2l. Sugars were in good demand, AZ fSdl
prices. The sales embraced about 500 300 hhds
Cuba ana 000 bsgs Manis and Porto Rico, with
800 boxes brown Havana, 70 redpers. NJ prices
given in another column. Codee was steady, with
moderate sales. The cargo Of the Sunny south
consisted % 5000 bags instead OF 900, as ina1ycr
tsutly stated. Freishts were firm and more sc;ive.
Grain was taken 10 Liverpool al 81 d. 3D. in bags.
whest 10 London, in bags, at I'D, and some 10000
bbls -four AZ o.