The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-11-08

MGs.-This will be busy week with the poll
ticians. Nearly al! the conventions for the
nomination OF candidates at the charter election
will be held during the week One branch of
the democratic party-the peoples and regu-
lars'-holds its primary elections this evening
for the choice of delegates to. the nominating
conventions. The Tammany section has not
moved yet; but doubtless that faction. as we'll as
the republicans and Americans, will make their
nominations in a few days. The taxpayers
would do well to hold back until all the tickets
are out and then will be the time to select the
best men out of the whole and wherever there
is not good man for any Office name one for
themselves and vote for him without reference
to party politics Heretofore the officials be-
longing to all the parties have been about equally
corrupt; there is nothing left but for those who
desire to see public plumber arrested in its
course to support an honest man wherever he
can be found, no matter what party he may be
attached to. There is no political issue involved
in the coming election; that fact should not be
overlooked; and it is only knaves who raise a
party cry to deceive the people, and then grab
the spols. The questions at issue are good
or a bad government for the city-an increase
or reduction of taxation-honesty or thieving
in public Office. Keep these facts in view, and
vote for the men who are most likely to solve
the questions satisfactorily.
The officers to be elected on the first Tuesday
in December Area Comptroller, two Cover
nors of the Almshouse, nine Aldermen, twenty
two Councilmen, (the whole Board), twenty-five
School Commissioners. and School Trustees and
Inspectors for the wards. These arc all impor-
tsnt offices-the Comptroller the members of the
two Boards Of the Common Council and the
School Commissioners, particularly; and no
voter who neglects to participate in their election
and exercise some discrimination in 80 doing,
will have performed his whole duty as citizen
AUTHORIZATIONS or THE BRITrsH Provinces
We publish to-day significant article from the
London Herald, the organ of Lord Derby, rela-
tive to the proposed establishment of a federal
government in the British Provinces of America
on the same principle and plan as that of the
United States. The Canadians have already
taken hold of the idea and, il we can Judge from
the tone of the Premier's organ, it seems pretty
certain that il is not received unfavorably in
England. The British government is beginning
to see that If prosperity il to attend its dominion
in the vast tracts extending west to the Pacific
shore, the institutions Of the Provinces must not
remain antagonistic to those of this country.
The founding Of British Columbia on the Pacific
started the question Of assimilating the institu-
tons Of British America to our own and the
evident intention of the Canadian government to
open q railroad to the Pacific through their west
ern wilds with the certainty OF an increasing
population which will follow it, has strengthened
the desire TO bring about that object and has
tended much to impress its necessity upon the
minds OF Canadian Statesmen
1t appears that the government of Canada has
caused surveys to be made Of the territory lying
between Lake Superior and the Red River set
Element, which is represented as being a beau
tcous and fertile region: and the Canadians al
ready pride themselves with the notion that they
will have the first railroad to the Pacific. with
which object company has been formed.
called the Northwest Transportation Com
pany" II is designed to make Halifax the
eastern and Vancouver the western terminus of
the road. A bold idea, but not impractcable.
and one, moreover which may be realized before
our government secures Pacific Railroad
through its own territory, unless the present dila-
tory mode Of proceeding be changed
II is probable that the Canadian idea i 10 di-
vert the commerce Of the Pacific Ocean. through
Minnesota and along the Canada line. to the st.
Lawrence; and IN this event New York and Port
land may come in for share Of the transit: for,
If the products OF China, Japan and British India
find their way into our territories in the North.
west, IL is natural TO suppose tina, a portion Of
them will take course to the Atlantic shore by
some Of the routes which We now Offer.
This design Of uniting ,hc British American
Provinces under single federal government IL
pregnant with change for tn destinies Of this
continent. If il il carried on, successfully. the
dividing line between British America and the
United States will be oblitcrated in q quarter Of
o century hence and We shall have an undivided
nation, under federal institutions. existing from
the Gulf Of Mexico to Hudson's Straits. without
annexation or conquest.
GEEaT PEcuSrARY Success % THE OpERa.-
Although election day brought the inevitable
November storm, which ragged during four days
with pitlcss violence, yet all the efforts of the
pluvial god could not extinguish the operate
fires raised by Piccolomini, Gazzaniga, ana the
other artists Of the Academy. The gross receipts
for the four operate performances and the con.
cert at Brooklyn amounted, on da, to something
like fifteen thousand dollars, which would have
been thought good months receipt a short
time ago. Who says hard times" after that!
NEw YoRK CLEANED OUr.--According TO all
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