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The interesting correspondence from Mexico
published in yesterdays HERALD shows that
the excitement that followed the decree calling
for general election and for popular vote
on certain amendments to the constitution had
almost quoted. This was mainly due to the
wise use which General PorHrio Diaz had made
OF his well deserved popularity.
It was natural to expect that in Mexico,
more 30, perhaps, than anywhere else, Presl-
Dental campaign should give rise to factions,
rivalries and disturbances 1t appears now,
however, that such troublesome occurrence
will be prevented, as all the chances Of election
are Enthusiastically in favor of President Juarex
General Porfrio Diaz has seized every OBJ
portunity to show that he Is in perfect
accord with the actual Chief Magistrate, and
that he will not lend his name to support auv
division in the liberal ranks General Escobedo
has been sent into the field against such dis
turbers as Canales in the North, where he will
have his hands full without meddling with the
election, and General Ortega's chances are dis
posed of by the disposal which the government
has made of bis case and his public indictment
in the note from the Minister Of War, which we
published yesterday. Indeed, that note may be
looked upon as canpaign paper more than
as a legal document.
The boldness with which President Juarez
put forth his proposal to amend the constitu-
ton, and the nature of the alterations which he
suggests, show that he is bent upon establishing
firmly the groundwork of republican govern
ment in Mexico. II this amendment of the
constitution be carried out wisely as regards
details, there is every reason to believe that II
will work out the problem of harmonizing the
two distinct and hitherto antagonistic elements
of Mexico-aristocrac and democracy.
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THE BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS.

The Board Of Fire Commissioners held their regular
weekly meeting yesterday afternoon, Commissioners
Galway in the chair
Commissioner Wilson offered q resolution that the
Committee Discipline b. directed TO furnish libraries
for the OF the members OF this department. and to
take all means practicable to improve the moral
and increase the intelligence Of the department
The Committee on Supplies reported two bids 10 an
TO tho advertisement for sealed proposals TO furnish
two alarm bells each 10 DO Of the weight OF 5000
pounds, and recommended that the bid Of q firm in
West Troy be accepted, which adopted by the
Board, and the contract awarded 10 IT, The 0rm in
question propose 10 take Ia exchange the useless bells In
City Hall tower and Essex Market, which will leave
balance In favor Of the Fire Department
The Board adjourned. aud the Committee on Dsci-
pine proceeded 10 the trial of several OF alleged
m sdemeanor.
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City Politics-The Management of tho Pu-
ritnn and tho Blackleg.

City POlitics-The Management of the Pu.
ritnn and tho BlackIeg.
We have published very full and exhaustive
accounts of the plots and plans, the intrigues
and tricks, the bargains and barter;ngs of our
city ring politicians, and of oil the several
cliques, organizations and factions inside AMI
outside, who are just now tearing and fighting
for the spoils to be distributed at the approach
ing November and December elections Last
year, it will be remembered, the great
managers Of the democratic party in this city
were the Honorable John Morrissey, the Pu-
gilist, and the Honorable John Hoffman, the
Puritan. They ran the machine in the State,
indeed, as well as in the city, Morrissey carry
ing Hoffman through the democratic conven-
ton by force of his muscle, and Hoffman
giving Morrissey the nomination for Congress
by the influence Of his position in Tammany.
1t will be seen from our several interesting
reports that the same management is in exist
ence this year as last, and that the democracy
Of the city is to be run once more by the
coalition Of the two Honorable Johns. John
Morrssey is again to manage the financial and
rowdy division Of the business by means Of the
policy shops the grog shops and the Five
Points. John Hoffman is to run the pious por-
ton, embracing the churches, the Sunday
schools, the temperance associations and the
responsibility generally. Not the least re-
markable feature Of this curious combination
is the fact that the Blackleg is the true saint
and the man Of honorable principles, while the
Puritan's piety is all bogus, and his actions are
VIGOROUSLY too mean even for the ring poll
ticians.
These two singularly assorted managers OF
the city democracy are trying to run Comptrol-
Ter Connolly and Street Commissioner Mclean
in one direction, and Chamberlain Sweeny
and Deputy Street Commissioner Tweed in
another direction, so as to get rid Of the re-
sponsibility of distributing the Offices and
cheating everybody, by fixing 1t upon one or
other Of these divisions. As matters now
stand it would seem that the Sweeny slate
will prevail, especially as he pleads in his
favor the heavy cost Of the Chamberlain move
ment, which Is said to have reached one hun
dred and thirty thousand dollars, including .
forty thousand dollar appropriation for three
story brown stone house, of which We under
stand the Honorable John Hoffman can furnish
full information
This 10 the correct position Of affairs at the
present moment II Is q curious chapter In
the political history Of the city. We have had
some remarkable combinations In years past
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New Entertainments for the Coming season.

New Entertainments for the Coming Season.
Amidst the bewildering variety of entertain
ments for the coming season, the trump card is
likely to be the attraction offered by the read
ings and recitations of Charles Dickens, the
Hon. Mrs. Yelverton, Dumas pere and Dumas
fls, George Augustus Sala, Arthur Sketcbley,
and we know not how many more transatlantic
notabilities. The American visitors to the
Paris Exposition, who are beginning to return
home, will be numerous enough to secure full
houses for both Dumas pire and Dumas fls, and
will have picked up sufficient French during
their absence abroad to understand, or at least
TO make believe that they understand every
word spoken by those lecturers. Sala can
count upon most successful tour II he will
only "sign the pledge" directly he lands in
New York, and then set up as q rival of the
temperance lecturer, John B. Cough. We have
already predicted for Dickens most brilliant
and solid success; but we must say that Dickens
himself will be apt to find formidable COM
petitor in the Hon. Mrs. Yelverton. The admi-
ration and sympathy which the extraordinary
trials and the extraordinary talent Of this lady
have excited among her countrymen and
countrywomen are fully shared by all
Americans. Her heroic defence Of her
honor and marital rights has made
her celebrated throughout Europe, and
Notwithstanding the adverse decision Of the
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era Butler mads speech at the earnest solicitation OF
the crowd In which he claimed that the government
before could become perfect, must declare equay OF
right for all men, equality OF taxation, every one Dear
ing his proportion Of the debt aud equality OF punish
ment for traitors
General Schoned has issued order altering the oys-
ter laws Of Virginia
Some two hundred black In the late railroad SUBJ
scription election in Virginia were thrown out because
those who cast had forgotten the names by which
thew registered and had voted under others.
Edwin Booth has made application for the remains Of
his brother J. Wilkes Booth but the request has been
denied.
The election in Maryland yesterday, so far as heard
from was all in favor OF the constitution.
negro judge presided 81 Recorders court in New
Orleans yesterday
The yellow fever is spreading to the interior towns In
Louisiana Forty-six deaths occurred In New Orleans
on Tuesday.
Reuben Clark who indicted for numbering bugler
Mccarthy, OF the Fifth United States artillery, in May
last Fortress Monroe, discharged yesterday by
the County Court sitting in Hampton, Va, the jury rem
dering verdict OF not guilty.
A telegram from Fortress Monroe states that the
United States frigate Savannah from Portsmouth, Eng
land arrived of the capes yesterday route for Anna
polls
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South. The removal Of Sheridan and sickles,
and the agitation of the suffrage question arising
therefrom, including the reimbursement Of the
Northern negroes was struggle which will
open new questions in the elections next month
in Pennsylvania and Ohio, and no doubt will
evince the disposition of the people of those
States upon the question of encouraging the
Inauguration Of a reign Of anarchy and barbar-
ism in the South in this the enlightened nine
teenth century.
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Tho Classic Drama and the Devils
Drama.

Tho Classic Drama and the DEVILS
Drama.
large and fashionable audience last night
welcomed Ristori's return to our shores at the
French theatre, as the highest representative
Of the classic drama. Forrest, in his imper-
sonatons of Shakspearean characters, Is nightly
greeted by hundreds Of admirers at the Broad
way, and Othello, Lear and Macbeth are the
theme on every tongue. New York by Gaslight,
the last days Of the Mexican empire, and the
sorrows of Mary Stuart, attract crowd of sym
pathizers at present. and hankerchiefs are ex-
tensively called into requisition to weep over
the miseries portrayed in these dramas. There
Is, undoubtedly, an unbounded field for the
classic and legitimate drama in this city.
While the public taste thus runs in the direc-
ton of the legitimate sphere of the STAGE it Is
an extraordinary feature Of American civiliza-
ton that on the other hand the devil is as busy
now as in the days Of Sodom and Gomorrah.
The Black Crook is not content with its cent?
pedal attractions and anatomical studies, but
1t has even called in the aid of new dancers
and shorter dresses to lure votaries to its
shrine. The result, probably, will be that
Gentleman Wheatley will not only amass an
immense fortune, but will obtain seat in Con-
gress, on the same principles that Gentleman
Morrissey did But there Is another Richmond
in the field Banvard's Museum, among its
curiosities, promises to exhibit handsomer
women with the smallest possible amount of
raiment that the law will allow. If third ana
tomical exhibitor makes his appearance he will
have to adopt the South Sea islands costume,
cotton in the ears and fish bone through
the nose," in order to beat his predecessors in
the development Of the naked truth. These
classic and satanic movements are astonishing
developments Of our civilization. Nothing like
them can be found in any quarter of the terres-
trial globe. Even Sodom and Gomorrah were
only paltry provincial villages in comparison
to the American metropolis in its Investigations
Of the naked truth. However, we have one
advice to give to the dancers that exhibit their
pedal attractions to the nightly audience at
these establishments. They should get their
money every night from the management and
enjoy life while it lasts Some fine day
shower of fire and birthstone may interfere with
those anatomical dramas, and New York may
be 10 the same quandary as the " Cities of the
Plain" To be sure, we are surrounded by
water, and the fire department may attempt to
fight the birthstone, but still it is dangerous
state of things The ladies who are curious
enough to look upon the dancers, calcium
lights and red fire, ought to be careful of their
eyes when the birthstone shower falls; other
wise we may have number Of pillars Of salt,
like Lots wife. His internal majesty is among
you, Messrs. Managers ; so beware-bewarel A
shower of fire and birthstone Is anything but
beneficial to your arrangements for the season.
1t is not as harmless as theatrical red fire.
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THE NEW CONSTITUTION or MARYLAND.

Probable Majority of Twenty Thousand In
Favor Of the Constitution.
BALTIMORE Sept Is. 1857.
The election on the adoption OF the constisuron
took place in this State to-day The total vote In this
city 2lo16; for the constitution. ID, 24o; agaissss
56Io-majority for the constitution, 10 50A The vote
to-day was about 5000 short OF the vote Of 1900 -
Annapolis gives 277 for the constitution against LIS
amajorty Of 149 for the consultation
The majority for The consultation will mot b lsss han
20 900 In the whole StatA
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Can any one furnish us with copy Of the
documents issued by Jay Cooke & Co., no
doubt under the advice and sponsorship Of
Chase and McCulloch, showing that the national
banks are good things, that their manna-like
influence falls like dew upon the parched flow
ers of the prairiess II Sam Wilkinson will
furnish these precious papers we will acknow-
ledge our Indebtedness; but Jay Cooke & Co.
must pay all expenses.
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between Fernando Wood and Greeley. and
Tammany and Thuriow Weed; but they all
sink into insgnifcanoe beside this last and
most singular coalition between the Puritan
and the Backlog
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A CALL UPoS REsPEcrABLs REPUBLICANS
Eev Is the time for respectable republicans to
come ou, al proclaim their opposition to the
radical party that il lining the country
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House of Lords, which was due to the super
stitious reverence of the English mind for legal
technicalities rather than for abstract justice,
and was painful illustration of the conflict OF
laws in the three kingdoms Of England, Scot
land and Ireland, men will long debate over
the unsoundness Of that decision as for CEN
turtles men have debated over the character Of
Mary Queen Of Scots.
1t is somewhat remarkable that both Mrs.
Yelverton and Mr.. Dickens have made the
world familiar with their experiences of conju-
gal infelicity. 1t is unlikely that they will
repeat during their visit to this country the
condolences which they have already published
But if the Hon. Mrs. Yelverton would consent
to recite the first and only set speech ever
delivered in the House of Lords by q lady, and
to read aloud that one of her love letters which
Lord Westbury pronounced more truly poeti-
cal than anything he remembered in the whole
range of poetical literature, and which, indeed
is as full of passionate love as the song that
immortalized Sappho (this, too, she might read
with prodigious effecD, neither Dickens nor
Dumas, pere ct fills, nor Sala, nor Sketchley, nor
any other transatlantic lecturer, could expect
to compete successfully with her.
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yUhN }. +. SMITH, ACCOUNTANT
Harris CONTENT 9th August 1857.
Here was an additional expenditure Of ten
thousand pounds sterling, or some seventy
thousand dollars currency, on special cable
kilograms to the HERALD, Of which all the
other papers in the Association had the full
benefit, and for which they paid not more than
seven per cent Of the actual cost to us. But
the rules Of the Association into which we had
entered, and which were adopted after we had
Joined it, compelled us to give the advantage
of our enterprise and expenditure to all the
other members on these absurdly unjust terms.
These are the reasons that have induced us
to cut loose from the Associated Press, and to
establish newspaper system such as has never
before been known in this country or any
other. We intend to show the world what
can be accomplished in this age of steam
and electricity by liberal and enter
prising press, and we can we'll afford to
expend three hundred and fifty thousand
dollars during the next twelve months on the
experiment We shall publish news daily
from every part of the world that is reached by
the telegraphic wire; and news, too, of valu-
able description, in place Of the trash that we
have been accustomed to receive through the
Associated Press. Our enterprise and outlay
will be our own, and we shall enjoy the fair
advantage It will give us over all other jour
nails. At the same time we shall be prepared
to furnish to the press of any part Of the country
East, West, North or South, such portions of
our valuable special dispatches as they may
desire to purchase, upon very reasonable, and
to them advantageous terms.
This, Of course, relates to our own special
news arrangements and to our exclusive re-
ports obtained from our regular resident cor
respondents at home and abroad. Outside
this new association for the collection and
sale to the press Of general, commercial and
political news has been organized under the
laws of Connecticut, which will do q regular,
legitimate associated press business, in
straightforward manner, selling its reports to
such papers as choose to purchase them, and
by wholesome competition bringing down
the expense of Geographic news materially.
This new association will gather intelligence
of a general character, which all papers re-
quire, but in which there can be no compe-
tition. We shall purchase from it such news
as we may need in addition to our own
special reports.
1t will thus be seen that with the coming in
of the next year, at the latest, free trade in
news will be established, there will be lively
and spirited contest among the papers, and
every man will enjoy the benefit Of his own
capital and the fruits of his own enterprise
and forethought. So far as the HERALD is con-
cerned, we intend to cut of the supplies from
the lean and hungry journals we have been
supporting for the past ten years, and to suffer
them no longer to cling to us and live upon
us like set of famished leeches or penniless
paupers
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BOwERY THEATRE. Bowery, near Canal street-sHA
OF IcK-BRorHKR BILL AND ME-
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SAN FRANCISCO MINsTRELs 5s5 Broadway opposite
the Metropolitan Hoel-fs THEIR ETHIOPIAN ENrsRrAN.
hEsrs, SINGING, DANCING AND BuRLEsaURs-THE CoSKY
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FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE, Nos 2 and ( West Twenty
fourth street-FRA DIAvoLo-Too MUCH ron Coop NATURE
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woRREIL SISTERS NEW YORK THEATRE, oppo.
site New York Hotel UNDER GAsLIcnr.
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H0oLEYs OPERA HOUSE BROOKLYN. -ErHrorfAS
FISHER
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The Herald and tho Associated Press.
We have given notice to the Associated
Press that on the LIST OF January next we shall
separate entirely from the Association, and
place the HERALD upon an Independent basis,
relying solely on our own enterprise and
energy for the collection of news, in the true
spirit of American journalism.
During the last twelve or fourteen years we
have been associated with number of other
city papers in the collection of Geographic and
shipping news. In that time we have paid out
some four or five hundred thousand dollars for
special domestic intelligence for the HERALD,
outside the Association. Under the absurd
and unjust rules forced upon us we have been
compelled to furnish all this special news,
gathered by our forethought and at our own
expense, to the other papers in the Association,
who have not paid for them more than five per
cent of their actual cost to us.
In addition to this we have paid for special
Atlantic cable dispatches in one year, up to
the 9th of July last ten thousand pounds
sterling, as the following official statement will
show -
ABSTRACT OF MESSAGES FROM LONDON TO THE xEw YORK
HERALD FOR YEAR ENDING 9TH OF JULY, 1867.
No. Of Acss00ss No Of Words. Turf
20 6437 4543T o o
"a 1924 4162 o
l,5l4 378 10
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CENTRAL PARK AMPHITHEATRE, corner of Fifty.
ninth street and Sixth aveuue.-TIGur RoPr PERroRx.
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NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY SCIENCE AND
ART, CApiNKr OF NATURAL HfsroRY PoLYrRCuNc In.
ID. TIL 10 O'Clock 7. VI.
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AMERICAN INSTITUTE Fourteenth street-GRAyp
ExHIBirIos or NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL PRoDUCrs.
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KELLY Icons MINsTRELs TO Broadway oppo.
site the New York Hoel-IN THEIR SONGS DANCES
EccEsrRIcrIEs, BuRLEsauEs &c-SouIHKRS FLIRrAnoSs-
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ADJUSTMENTS THIS EVENING.

BROADWAY THEATRE. Broadway, corner of Broo
street.-OIHsLLo.
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OLYMPIC THEATRE. Broadway.-Rr VAN wnrLx
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BUTLBR's AMERICAN THEATRE 472 Broadway -
BALLET, FARcE, PANTosrNK BuRLEsQuEs EruiorfAy
CONC AND SENTIMENTAL yocALisNs &c.-THE REHEARSAL
WORLD
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TONY PASTORS OPERA HOUSE 9Dl Bowcry.-CoMc
VocALfsM NEGRO MIHsrRxLsY BALLET DIVER
TissENENT, &c.-SIx NIGHTS the BowERY
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EIGHTH AVENUE OPERA corner Thrt fourth
street and Eighth avenue.-HARr KERNs' Combination
Troupe.-SrSGTsG. DANCING BURLEsaUn AND PAsroxrNE
NYhPHs or CARIBBEAN SEAS
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-01-26
MACON COLLEGE, VA,
l. N ElLLL OPERAILON. fills tlme-

u ANDOLPH MACON COLLEGE, VA,
BSJIN FULL OPERATION.-This time
hOnorcd institution is again in successful opera
ton with q full Corps OF Professors The chairs
Of the several schools are filled BY aoie and ely
pcrieuced men. There are tive literary and SCI
entifc schools, viz: Oi Ancient Languages,
Mathematics. Chemistry and Natural Fhllo5o-
phv, Moral Philosophy and Modern Languages
In addition to the above the Board Of ITustces
have established It School OF Commercial
Science with the view of giving to tho young
men Of the country II Business EDUCATION.
To graduates in all these schools, Diplomas
are granted and the degrees OF Bachelor OF Aux
and Master Of Arts are conferred upon students
who ACCOMPLISH. certain course. The hlgk
grade Of scholarship, formerly required: is sli!!
aintained. We have 4 full Chemical anj
Philosophical Apparatus for the Illustration o
the subjects taught.
The location Of the College is unsurpassed for
health and gcniality. 1t is situated midway be.
tween the mountains and the scaboard and
durinca career Of thirty-three years, and with
thousands Of young men in attendance, there
has never been death arising from malaria or
other local cause. We profess to educate young
men not only rsntel!y and morally but physl-
Caliy also
Board IS sixteen dollars per month. Tuition
from $40 to 800 according 10 the number Of
schools attended. $3.50 viii cover the expenses
Of board, tickets for three schools, natrlcUIatlon
and contingent fees for ten months.
Rooms in the College free Of charge, bat the
student prOyiicS his own furniture. fuel and
lights Young men who are preparing for the
ministry and those disabled by the late war who
are unable to pay their tuition. will be allowed
to attend any or all Of the school; free OF charge
This College is situated near Boydton, the
county seat Of Meclienburg county, Va
Arrangements are made TO transport students
from Ridgway Depot, on the Raleigh and Wei
don Railroad whilst q conveyance leaves Roam
he, i.l,, urh l1,r1J ia