The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-10-12


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7 i Of the opposition Tho results, Congrcs-
sionilly, may possibly be somewhat damaging to
the d, mocratic party; but in no event can they
sha<c the stability or arrest the progress, in its
great practical policy, foreign and domestic. Of
Mr.. Buchanan's administration.
II is only in the State of New York that the
opposition factions have attempted coalition in
direct reference TO The Presidential clcc;ion and
this attempt has most signally failed. There
coali be no fusion where the issue was SewarJ
a ID his exploded anti-slavery platform on The
side. and Crittendcn or Jshn Bell and their
exploded Know Nothing anti-popery ahstrac-
tons on the other. IT is not, therefore to these
Pennsy lvania, Ohio or Indiana elections that We
can look for any positive indications in reference
10 1860; but to New York, in November, when
the trial comes of upon which w. Ii. Seward has
stake his political existence. In this view, let
the American party proclaim at once Gen. scott
AZ their candidate for the succession, and they
viii make q diversion il November which will
put an end to the hopes Of Seward and give
ihem the control Of the whole opposition army
for 1850, North and South.
Meantime, We await the returns Of this days
elections with the expectation that they viii ex-
hibit some very curious results Of losses aud
gains. and combinations and splits, on all sides,
signifying nothing 50 clearly as the unsettled
and revolutionary condition Of all the existing
factions Of the day.
AFYAIRs N MExICo.-Thc advices from Mexi-
co. received through Monterey, have curious
look. The great battle which WAS expected to
come of between Vidaurri and Miramon, and
settle the affairs Of the republic for at least six
mouths or year, has not yet come of Weare
not told where Miramon is, but il is stated that
VidauTri had marched out of San Luis Potosi,
ard was in hopes to get Miramon into it, when
lie would whip him like sack. This looks to rs
very much like abandoning fortified city which
he did not feel himself strong enough to hold;
for We do not see the logic Of q military CON-
mander, who is not by any means well supplied
with siege artillery, marching out of bomb proof
barracks and from behind stone walls in order
to weaken his enemy by getting him into them
We incline to believe that Vidaurri, though
no doubt in command Of plenty of men, is not
at all abundant in means and supplies, aud that
he is not in position to march on the capital or
hazard all by bold stroke at Miramon. In
fact that he finds himselffar more able to carry
on a guerrilla warfare rather than q series Of re-
gular military operations. This is, indeed
the state Of both parties in Mexico, neither
of them possessing the resources requisite to
overthrow the other and to restore order to the
country. If this is really the case, the early sue
cess that has been anticipated for the liberal
arms may not be realized. We are strengthened
in this belief hy the report that President Juarez
i preparing for movement from Vera Cruz.
and that CARA had detailed eight hundred men
to go down from Tampico to join it. The Mexi-
can liberals, short time since, placed their en-
tire reliance upon the advance of Vidaurri, but
latterly II had been stated that General Echoa-
garay who commands tho church troops in the
State ofPuebla Was dissatisfied with their policy
and might turn against them. The present Cabi-
net Of Zuloaga is thoroughly Santa Annista,
and could the one-legged chief get into the
country he would be placed at once at the head
OF afiairs in the capital But though his friends
are in power there, they have not possession Of
single port by which they can bring him in.
Recent adyices from Europe state that Spain
Wa determined to prosecute her claims vigor-
ou-ly against Mexico, and that she IL preparing
10 send out large reinforcements to Cuba. This
Is III bravado. The matter Of The troops for
Cuba Is nothing more than the usual replace
ment Of her forces there Spain has about
fifteen thousand men in her army in Cuba, the
annual loss to which. from death, deserton, and
discharges because Of the expiration Of their
term Of enlistment, amounts to about three
thousand men. A. no Cuban j. allowed to serve
in the army in that island, these recruits. must
all come from Spain, and they are usually sent
out in the fall, in order that they may become
partially acclimated during the ensuing winter
season. In this way We have an annual an
ncuncement Of SPANS sending more troops to
Cuba The war cry again-i Mexico i political
dodge go, up by General O'Doancll, In order to
aftrt the elections OF deputies 10 the Cortes
which take place In Spain during he preseu,
month.
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