OCT. 19. 1854: ■; Law—ThoProliibi tory qu^tloo■ at ttolato eloc- 4cfi»tcai)y a vcry torge.nutfo*. (r to the State,iome 20,000, it i>. supposed.— The feldetf ahd l towns, generally speaking, voted gave large'majority against it.' ’ " ’of, FederqT malignity., pp praredtobo poured/upon the head t>f Mr. Bok i&M,dutitigfthelatp political contest, arid 1 for hhbfetc&oiV than 'because he is a true, able andfwtoachampion-of. the truo Democracy. Xhtf Bogus ‘Democrats-.bate - him with equal malignity; And basdy bartered him off for their . . defecation and that of their friends—a'cor-- t^ori pf Know-Nothingism and the most «; intoi&aht, fanatical, bigoted .and ignorant of ! *-potty -Firicral tyrants, who while they talk loudly ahoutCalholio priests, place themselves nhder. tbe lead of priests of for less character and fitanding for.piety awl learning—clerical demagogues,'such as- disgraced- their country ontwoortUreedecasiona in our political history; Vfiili base pereecution of lift. Bonusm has onipjni cared him the more to" the Democracy ofiPfcQnsylvtmiar, who recognize mhimoinan oft the essential qualities for a great leader, tong, elevate bitp to the Guberna* chair,of, the Commonwealth.. The perse • chdonofSefFcrson made him the tnoro beloved, tiatte slandcra o ix Mr. Jefferson by clerical fanaftcs.of his day, were very similar to those now bulled at the head of Mr. Bonham.. -A day of retribution will surely come. •'IC7*Tho Democracy of this State will, before many months roll round, curse, the miserable ] demagogues - and traitors who have deceived | thpm at the late election, and induced them to | fbraake that tried friend of tho people, William Biolbu. ' There are two parties in. this ebun-, tiy —tho Democratic party and those who op pose it. , This new opposition will soon. share the fate of ill tho parlies-which have proceeded it,'and will, like them, soon sink, into oblivion, tor .he followed by others of various phases, shaded and names, with no better success. This new.and. intolerant, proscriptive and pcrsccu* ting pkrty will endeavor to elect the next Presi dent,’.and theu'stiuk like carrion on the com' qioDS. { returns arc full of anomalies, In this district tho Democrats have lost their a majority of 2153 ; .in Lan caster the "Whigs have lost their Congressman by v 1190; jn Westmoreland the'Democratic candidate for Congress is defeated; in the Schuylkill district the' regular Democratic hdmihed for Congress-is defeated; the Whig nominee-for Congress in Chester and Delaware is defeated by a Democrat, &o. In Adams the pemperita have elected a member of Assembly; li\Allegheny X; in Dauphin 1; in Erie !,; in snmkiio X> in Lebanon 1; in Lancaster 2; in Philadelphia' city 1; in Union 1, *ic. ; Then again the’ Whigs have elected members of As sembly, m Bradford 2; Carbon, &c., X ; Clin ton 2; Crawford'2; Luzcrnol; Mercer,&c.,i 3; JiGDlinl; Montgomery 2; Perry 1; Phlla. I - oOUnty 9; York 3, &c. This is evidence that •Jhfe'mcii elected to Congress, at theJate election; were not supported because of their merits, nor because they were popular with the people.' A wild religious fanaticism has’ bceii tho solo cause of the strange result. returns of tlio different counties aro not all mas yet, and wo cannot say what Judge pollock’s majority will bo. Judging from tho returns received, wo think it will not bo fir short of 88,0001 Judgo Black, against whom both Whig and Know-Nothing candidates were run, will'have a majority of about 25,0001 Mott who.reccivcd the Democratic and Know-Notli. ing vote, is elected by an Immense majority, say 80,0001 Hr. Mott, it will be recollected, pub. listed a letter, several weeks previous to the election, in which ho positivolydoclared thatho had no .connection with any secret political association. However thij may be, he received tho entire vote of the Know-Nothings, and bo ,ydll. ; tberoforo bo* regarded vita suspicion, by tho Democracy of tho State. The Election of our County Tickit. Tho Democrats ot this county, notwithstand ing the defeat of their candidates for Congress and Assembly, can still rcjolcb at tho triumph iioy. have achieved in of all the 1 - County officers. By reference to the returns In 'another column, it will bo seen that Messrs N6«l» Gregg and Lytle received the Kn<&»- ;Hothing vote of tho county. Previous to tfiu election those gentlemen declared, In tho most jjoslilvo manner, that they did not belong to, 'and had no connection will) this Intolerant fac-v Hon. : Whether or not they are members of. tbSi -’Order; wo will not pretend to say. If they tiro, they have wliftjlly deceived their belt* friends, rand.they yipust bear - the odiiftn suctLconduct "must secure. Wo trust, however, for limit •own’characters and for the character of 11 party that nominated ainf conffded'in them, that thoy.spokp but the truth they asserted Ohat they, repudiated the principles of end had no connection with Ned proselytes, j". ‘But, tho balance of the Democratic ticket is Selected without receiving aid from the Know 'Nothings, and thfajs something 1 for every true IP*'' Democrat to rojolco at. Against Mr. Graham, « or, candidate for County Commiaaloncr/and Ciondoirfo, our candidate fdr Directorj Ilf,!frePoor,'tho Know-Nothings used 9very cf-) - lort, and It was only when the official vote 'Of 'the county was added up that U was discovered ihalthcso gentlemen .wore,cjectcd. Every one ■apMaod them defeated, and whenthclrsucccss r It was ns a healing balm (0 ,s?oujitod and betrayed" Democracy. : > Democrat! of Cumberland, chccf up I —stand fo your principles—adlioro, with unecas 'Yng’ < fidelity to tho constitution of your country rtnantsda youf long cherished convictions, and, jfifo, Joogi the ■ miserable Buntllnltcs who now . i bout and crow over you, will bo trampled in the ’dust bj-an Indignant people. ‘ Tho sober scc * thought of the masses will as surely crush as that a righteous God ".governs tho world.. * (ETTTIio majority for Pou.ocic in Perry county'is 709: In York county 7fHt.ii) Cum-' berlnnd county 670—'which foots up.liistnajori in this Congressional districtof 1355. Quite a chango in three years. ; ' SpidjDß.r-Tbo Nvjfool Joseph KlcUertjOf T7p ■ por Saupon, Lehigh county, committed Suicide ■oo Subday morning, Iho 2ltli a At pt. do* ■pendancy, by cutting her throat, • DISCBWUI JMDjOCT, ?. | We liavo It from ght&Whority,thj£t }n Dick inson ‘toVnahlp tl&. ‘ticket orsui>ut Jhftway op-tho 4‘ij of that abne.bht spurious tickets could, bo ferand on tb* «lecUoh ; ground. ; Those rvlio wisliedto veto .for Mr.'B.onham hod towiitc hlainamd in their tickets, and many peraonshot knowing tbo deception practiced, voted against :hira when they really intended to cast tticlc.votes in his favor. The intolerant Know-Nothings, not satisfied with'open and fair opposition to him roust resort to dirty tricks of this character to accomplish tholrdlrty’puiposes..; Tho Dem ocratic tickets rvlte the exception of Mr. Bon ham’s nAmb, tvcrb l plenty and freely circulated, and mrpy.jllitpmte T wore ‘ thus, imposed' on, thinking all the while they word Votirigfor him ,as well as Gof. Bigler. <Tlip sam o dirty game and. villainous dpcoptipn Wcro practioeilalso. in frankford; tomishipby, two or thrcoiKnow-Ndthlng knaves.- One old gentleman hada ticket* that ho had put dp’with groat caifoi because It was given him by ajpro fessing Democrat, who assured him'Jt was all right,- but .when it pjunatp b ex omined,-whs found to-be of a spurious, chorac dorT' 'This cheating men -out of on inestimable ■franbhlse is tho highest' grade of knavery, and tho individual who would so act,, baa hut a few more grades to descend,'An moral degradation, to becortio tho most abandoned character.' This tlte system of deception was the more ojUcient.at tho Woclectionfrom thbaccrot char nctcr.of'tho traitorous Know-Nothing organiza tion, and because thc.(r«»7or«’MemieloMwerc hot generally kooiiu to'tho’ people. Their for merreputatlo'n as Democrats shielded them from’ suspicion, and .rendered their treachery more etfectual than under ordinary circumstances.— These frauds were perpetrated all over tbocoun- -ty. -- . . - . •Ariothcr plah of operation was to seduce thq Democratic officers of the election. If there was a Whig Judge ami one Whig Inspector, the Know-Notsdngs had generally managed to se. euro to their base designs the other Inspector, and ‘thus hixd the management of Iho election, the reception or rejection’ of votes to suit them selves. • Democratic rotes were rejected qn the slightest technicality iarofcrenceto assessments,, residence, &c., and Illegal' Whig and Know- Nothing voles were readily and quickly reedy- j cd, sometimes even 'before an objection could ( be raised, ancHthmst hastily into the ballot box, | without any apparent compunctions ’of con-1 science. Obstacles were'constantly thrown in , the way. of. naturalized citizens Voting. Men! were objected to in the East Ward ol this 80-! rough whb had voted ht our elections from ton] to twenty years. '; Others who had,not ypted thus long were obliged to produce their naturaliza tion papers, although the tact was notorlouathat they liad been'regularly naturalized. liioue case, where the certificate of naturalization had boon lost.the officers of that ward refused even to tike the record of the rotor's naturalization, which was produced siud exhibited to them, and he was obliged to go to.the trouble afid expense of haring.a new certificate made out by the Prothonotary in regular form under the seal-of tho Court, before they would "allow him the ox ! orclsO of the elective franchise. Had lie been i naturalized elsewhere, or had the Prathonotarics | office keen closed,as it might have boon, had he | como to tho polls at a 'loto hour ortho-day, he would.have lost his rote. Such petty, roxa'- tious and tricks were constantly resorted to, to deprive .citizens of their just rights, or at least obstruct, hinder and delay them In their legitimate exercise. 'SuclTiUibcr nl conduct is highly reprehensible nud disgrace ful, yct in perfect keeping with the spirit that “rules the hour"—but thank Godf cannot bo ; of long duration, unless Hie people have lost their reason and the better instincts of human ity have fled to brutish hearts, • • In Philadelphia also, wo'learn tins gome of having- secured the officers of the election was extensively practised. The. spirit of-the elec tion law of 18811 was thus.set at defiance, which Intended elections to bo held by officers select ed from both parties, and Democrats all over the State were in this manner cheated amb dis franchised. We hope never to witness the like spectacle again. Thd Know-Nothings'are car rying out the spirit of old John Adams’ Fcder. aUsm-wUh.uhigb hand, and an outstretched arm, and can only be slopped' in their (yranical ca reer by the voice of ari Indignant people. ?’l ,( d r “reign” will bq short, -and will hercafter.be considered more odloua than- “ the reign of ter , rot” In 1708, or the political heresies, and tralt i orous conspiracies against Old government ,of tho Union, by the Hartford Convention in 1814. I Wo have warned and will continue to warn the j people of ttydr danger. Let tho mark of Ar- i !, nold and Burt bo placed upon the brows of those I double' dlfetillpd traitors preiendirig,. wilh a lie fresh on their lips, to be Democrat® —those De mocrats (?) who went round with their right Ailed with regular Democratic tickets to keep up appearances, while with (heir left lliqy were secretly distributing ballots of a different i character to deceive tho people. Some of these khoucst gentry wont even so far ns to vole an open,regularJemocrahc ticket themselves, for tho. cowardly purpose of better concealing their treachery and doqcpllon and saving their.own standing with Ole parly.' Some who thus voted' arc known to have persuaded other# to vote dll-1 fercdlly, In order to have done what they were * ashamed to do themselves. Noble hwv&nis thosoj For every veto they, thus gav<y.JbbrnseJfoB, they probabiy ; 'choatcd twenty honest tiion out oT.tbclr Inestimable rights and defrauded the party of Its'real strength. Wo may admlro some of tho characteristic# of a bold villain,, who is willing to take tho responsi bility of his own shortcomings, but a cringing, skulking knave we heartily despise. v The,spurious tickets were generally headed FollockjdffoU, Todd and the .Whig candidate# 1 for Assembly., Npdo °t these, however, were t<Tbo seen in the public bar room#, bat were se cretly carried in the left vest pocket# ood other hiding places of tho pie bald traitors. . Portu. natcly, all these tricksters are now known, much to ' their, dtscohiffinro/ and;, the beauty of the 1 “brick work” is, they will be faithfully remem. j. hired by $o Democracy of this county, 1 •7 1 - In Philadelphia, where Know-Nothing* wunhashad its day.tho tolc has dwindled \ frojn fleren to throe thousand.- This iflnp omen for tho future,'that on institution founded upon principles of intolerance and proscription can not long prosper. ' . • Pot\tqe3. —The New London Chronicle «nys;-Wc arc informed by«. an Intelligent and reliable man, who has jnat from an extensive tour through Northern and "Western Massachusetts’. that potatoes in-that region arc not oiily plcntilbl and of excellent quality, but cheap; that ho has not heard a word said of rot nor , any other disease since he has been gone, and that they can bo purchased at ilfty cents •-bushel. - • r ■. ' THE HBVEMPISO,;^ ~On Wednesday evening after tho election, a from th'cCarlklo Barracks,' Waited TjjDn,; tloct. 1 .Of course heliad to'qqrahput ahd mako Wm ';hjS'%pksi ; Wh.»ofi' he did In Jua usual styie,. Bulk.‘the’ ihattcf-of his speech was of moro interest than the man* «er; as te'showing whatarohow hift'sentiments respecting tho KnoW'NoUaug v crccd k ;.Uo de clared (go we are informed, for wo did hoi hear 1 hia speech,) himself sound on that “goose ques tion,-.nnd stated that he was opposed to cithcip foreigners or Catholics holding* office, and in favor of tho views of the “respectable crowd of freembn’ bclbrohim.’*’ X - Khow-NolJjipg hini self, he di&hot ‘dirfe* deny thb'doctrines>lie was sworn to maintain j altliough lie had said, a few i days before hb-jo)hQd : thcih, thnHbey were ** n set bf pcrjUrcd scoiindi'cls.!’Vdßat as 'soon .aa they said they would vote for Jiipi, ho’;, bccalhc, one same *tsct V. of patriotic gentlemen. MtTTodp ulsO avowed himself itifhvor of-Free S6ii, forgetting; lately fie . Had', defended Judge' Douglass' ans- thc,Ncbrafikft.hill,.and. dcnduhccAevcry body as Abolitionists;who did hot coincide with his then bnterteined riews. ' ’ .The Know-N’oihlhg procdssion then'proceed ed/amid,ra\ich “noise and ‘ confusion, 1 ’ to the residence• of-‘.the -Ben. Mr. - Tiffany, and called him out;-for - the very, disinterested ser vices of that gentlemen ;ih- tho late political campaign. ’• lie jdso -made a Know-Nothing speech, and wound up by saying that lie hoped they would persevere in maintaining the princi ples for which they Were contending mitil they had effected a.chahgo in the ponaUtiilion pf our country to suit .tlibir .views,. This is vcry 'p’ell for "n 50rt o/tAf Sircs o/’76.” . : * \ 'The crowd then-called on tho Rev, Mr. REBSti, 1 of whoso ..speech' we have heard" nothing,' and cannot say what sentiments lio advanced. It' sccms’fitrango to ace the clergy tlma-mixed, up, in political alTairs Of* the day.; ; ■ - ' During tlusKnoV-Noiliing-display tlicro Was one thought that appeared to be ou .almost every body’s tongdo, and thatwas that, they would hither stand m Mr. IlosnAM’a shoes', defeated though he. had been, while honbrahly.inaintnln ing his principles and. those.of his party, than, in thosebf Lbmdbl To»d». who had been elect by betraying both.' ■■■■ ■ : ■ *' :• , Hrimv-Nolliings, ..The rolo for Baiad forSupreriio Judge shows the strength of the Know-Nothings io this coun ty, (2,018,) and Iho only wonder is.that we have come oulbf the contest as, safely .os we have. If the old lino Whigs,.the 1115; who voted for Dahsie for .Canal Commissioner, had voted the Democratic ticket, as they should amUaa tliuy.wjU yet, on'Ttiture occasions, all danger-would have been averted* will have to bo a union of all patriotic, constitution loving nien, against this vllo heresy of Know;- Notllinglsm, pr.tho country will bo plunged in to,all the horrors.,of civil .war. The proscript ive doctrines ot the Know-Nothings, will never bp -snhinittcd.tobya frcepcoplc, Minorities under tho constitution, have rights which can not be taken Irom them. ‘ It will bo' a sad day when, religious fanaticism, 1 under thelead ot irriliglous men and clerical demagogues, is to rule ltio~cbuntiry7~- s -'. ■ ’ ' But, what la most fact, that . men bound by party allegiance as Democrats, should ontcir into arrangements to defeat those who were on tho Democratic ticket with tfichi. , selves, and upon whom And (Uctr/rieiids they relied forsupport. They would receise the votes of tho honest Democrats, at tho same" time they had a Know-Nothing ticket of their own printed, headed by Pollock; the Whig' caftdidntdjvr C*or ernor, Todd the dijorga;j|s<r /or Congress, und the Whig nominees for, jhacmbly. Thus certain men wfiro receiving the support of honest Dem ocrats,at Ihe same time that their friends (we pio'snmo with theirknowledge and- consent, as they arc all Koow-Nbihiogs .iogcther) 'were straining over)* rtorvo and using liieniosl nnscriu pulous means to defeat a portion of the Demo cratic Let tho' “traitors boward I” an Indignant people know them f The Result lir the Slate,' The incendiary, who gives to thefluncs tlio Jives and property of Jils fellow beluga, must bo doubly a.dembn if* in the.midst of bis work of revengasomo remorseful-emotion does not stir bis malignant soul. .Thu outimrsls' of passion produce no harvest .but’ regret;. and tbosu who are prompt.to act'from had-lmpulses are always punished In the results that follow unworthy ac tions. If wo desired to inflict upon thoso who have just consmnated the defeat of the Demo cratic party of Pennsyivnniatho sternest fobukc of which human ingenuity is nuacepllWe, we would leave them to the workings of their own consciences. It caunot he that their exultations were those of puru'nnd wnmlnglcd; joy; when “tuom ami cold reflection came/' after the elec tion of Tuesday, as they glanced over the field of the conflict. More than ono. heart must have grown sick at the trophies of the successful com bination between Intolerance''and proscription. While profane and oath-bound turn rejoice over 1 what. Met/ dare to'call a Victory of religion ami morals, oven they wilt fbel at what a sacrifice I they have doon enabled to defeat the re-election of William Bigler., Like .men accidently intro- 1 ducod into now scones,‘and’called upon to dis charge sacred obligations, of which their own judgments accuse them of beingincapablu,(hoy nro noxious to-bo, rescued from redeeming what they have promised, and almost ready to recall Urn just and generous men against whomthoir bad practices have prevailed. The loss being one in .which public Interests and great principles have both neon sacrificed, ] wo ore content to let thcmMv, organization work 1 out its own policy. Thu Democratic party and , its candidates carl afford to wait tile course of events and to rest upon (ho monument of thoir actions. Never,indeed, had tf public mnn a moro en nobling consciousness ot duty fulfilled than U'nf. Bigler. Never has any man moro-stcruly met all the obligations ot principle and patriot ism. Whether we contemplate him as tho chief maglslrato.of our beloved Stattvor gs the rep resentative of tho pomomtic, party, In either characccr lie challenges our respect and adnjlra tlon. . It Is remarkable (hat in aoßpUivof an ex tended and clandestine antagonism, no serious opposition has.been made, pimply becausc'nono ronld bo made, fo tho policy ot his administra tion, Many of (he men’who reap the benefits that have resulted front this policy, did not hes itate to avow thefr confidence In tho man, and (heir admiration of his courso*as Ooverhorof Pennsylvania, and yet’so poworfnl wnsthe on ginary of intolerance that they voted .against him; ITis inonly and resolute opposition to tho extension of chartered monopolies—his earnest and successful efforts,fo reduce (ho State, debt —his persevering flo’voflon to the honor of tho State' when assailed by hostile JnflucnccB(from otherfltntos-Mila fearless efforts to put an oriel to a vitiating piper currency—ami hl» liberal, enlightened and victorloussupport of .(hat groat Improvement which has opened to Philadelphia, ami tothe wholo State, now avenues Of Sveidlh and these advantages were lost sight fif Inprdor.togratify (ho designs of those who aro'pfodgcd fo ignore,tho Constitution of tho United Stales, and to o'stnhlfsh upon those shores tho worst proscription that hn« boon known In the history of modern olvillxatioh.’ ■ < ■ , Governor Bigler never stood highfar with tho people of this Slate than at the present hour.—-• Ho can look back over hispajtln the lalo can. van with prldo andploaauro. Tho ability with V ,(. '.UcA wbioh'hb discussed ftliiho greotqucsUgns i>frtp .■oourag^^v^f^uh6ugti'atixtoji^.for.ihoracCces3 ■of his pot a word bM’sjfoUeh,* nbt '&■ line that ho his to hls'dlficredlt.•' ' ■_• - "I, Whdn'uWrbdbxuloa ato'.'ftirgOttori, and when, tho dayarqfttfab'prosont intdloriiinco arc romchi-. ,horbdtwlt^ l Maine'hy.)ilß ppWofcptbrSj will bft phbtished as one who .was, .over faithful among'ths#SUhldVs,Hnd firm In : tho ho,pr whoa Wlvantanij> •.“ '.•■ '■••' ' ‘ , ' ' 'I STATE i:ii!XJI°XS. : ' , From thprclurns rccci ved'wo find that the States whjgh have recently, had elections stand os follows'f;: ' ;{QA3b)FoitittA.; •’ _ •; ■ ■ r :) l - Thopc\vs by the last steamer shows tuat the .two candidates,are .elected to and. the Democrats have 20 Sena tors to u Wings* mid 45 members oft he Assem* Wy-to.SfipWftiga; .’The lettrfns to cohiel'piway show an increased Democratic 1 'strength dh the pqpuUr/vqvD, in Which the .Whigs ore in a mi nority of tai;thousand upon a- total vote of 72,- 000;. c.TMWl‘lgestate:convention, U* will 'be rccollectedf, passed h ‘ resolve, tirianiihoiixli}, in, principles of the Nebraska bill-— 7- 6. K. . : , , , . < 'JFlomda. ■ t A Demotratlc'triumph has ■ been achieved in Florida, .election of our Congressmen and a majoritymf the Legislature. Upon-this Le£- turo the election of a U. S. Senator -in place of Jackson Morton, who was chosen as,a Taylor i mKh over the regularly nominated Democrati c Florida is also 0. K. ' v •1 : ■ ~ ‘.'Y' ■ -Ohio. - — 1 • between the regular Democracy ami the Whigs. Anli-Ne braskrtVahd Know-Nothings combined. They have alarge^ninjority. ''Arrival of Hie Baltic; Pour from Europe* Important \Var News—Four Baltics ii} the Cr.i -; mcp.—Sevastopol in’ Flames —The .Russian ’ Fleet Burned or Sunt—lB,ooo Russians lost in Killcii and, Wounded—‘J2,ooo Prisoners takcn—JßlO Clans silenccd—Grciit rejo[cings , m Enjrltjinl. - • „ / ; . ’NEWvYaitK, Oct. 10;—The steamship .Baltic armcQ'tips cvcning.' at 7 o’clock, .with .Liver pool dcteslto iho 4tb inat. ; - FROM THE'SEAT OF WAR. .About,tight hours aflcr.thc sailing of (ho Europa-'ilie official news was received of’agfeat batUe.At'thc Alma river, in the Crimea. ‘ on’th6^lst ; ult. the allied troops stormed the Russiah.cntrcrichments, after four hours’. light ing.’ . The allies lost 2800 in killed and wound ed,And thcilussian loss is reported at COQO.' ’ ‘The private despatches supply the details of tho victories as follows: • - ' : The Russian troops, under , MenschikoTf, rallied oh the river Katscha, and were again cUfcalcd io the entrenchments behind Another rally took place hero, hnd a thirA fdnght on the 24th, and the for the third time defeated. . ‘ ‘ '•'TheTvuasians then /led into Sebastopol, which was by Sea and-land by Ihe'allied fleets and : (toops. On the 251 h uU., Fort Con stantine w4s invested, hnd after an obstinate de fence,'earned by storm and blown up. 'TKo'alJiesthdri bombarded the city and fleet, Ten Russhm ahips-of-the-line were burned arid sunk by ttffchriuibst from the fleet, and the ‘re maining forts .WCro earned one after r an6ih'cK and 80Q'-g'uns were silcnqcd. ..-.Twenty-two were taken on the garrison Val)llulath|g. and the Russian loss ip dead pnd disabled is estimated’ at not less than 18000 : in SeWalopoValbne. '•; ( ' ■ Mctiscliikofr. with the shattered remains* of his forces, Retired into a position in, the inner harbor, which ho barricaded and rcfusi d to sm 1 - rendea, threatening to fire the town and blow up the renaming ships urilesathe victors would ar.iiU himjioiiomble capitulations. Tlurnllied tn‘hcrafstOTnanded*TnsuiT(}bridllional surrender, and in tho name of humanity gave him six hours for consideration- • ■ ” The latest despatch says that MensohikofT has surrendered, and that the French and Eng lish flags ware in triumph over Sebastopol. • ;Thccntrcno)ied'cqmp of the Russians on the heights of'Alma, where the. first battle’took place,'.;'contained 50;00l), including numerous cavalry'and artillery. ‘Ft was carried at the point of the bayonet, after four hours* Fighting. •.‘‘No British General officers aro reported as being wounded.’ • ’ ■ 1 ■ 'Marshal St. Arhaud and Lord Raglan com manded in person. General Tomovon, of the'Frcnch army, was wounded, and it was feared fatally. Gen. Can robert was wounded in the shoulder. • The second engagement at Knldinlai Fasted several hours', and was very sanguinary, ending in the total defeat of the Russians, who Were pursacd to the entrenchments before Sebastopol- Ssnio despatches stale that' the garrisoii of Sebastopol-was olfcrcd.lv free withdrawl.bul surrendered ns a prisoners of wiir. ‘ ‘ *’ -The despatches are very conflicting.'. One, dated Berlin,‘3d, says that a telegraphic des patch had been received there direct from' St. Fdorsbui-g. to the cifect that Meuschikoft had telegraphed, under dale of Sept. 25th, that bed had withdrawn his troops unmolested from before Sebastopol,.towards BaktehiSerai, wlicre ho will await reinforcements. : Tho despatch adds ilml Sebastopol had not been attacked up the ICiJi of September. *’ f The Kasdan accounts do not'conceal 1 the Fact of severe reverses having been experienced n the Crimea. • . - . • - . A despatch dated Berlin. Sept. 2fith, says tliat liie return of the French fleet from the Bai lie, has been countermanded. ME ijliXT UJIiISMTCBE. The Democrats will have a majority ol three or lout In thouuxt Senate. Thy llou*o will cer tainly be «gai»st,tho regular Jh.-mocr.iry, hnl,of what p:u ticularpdllticul complexion it is diflicult nay impuisihld, to tell at this time. In many of the hitherto strongest Whig counties in the State Democratic members have been chosen,, while Democratic districts havu returned .Whig 1 representatives. How these members will Voter —with whkt party, they will act, remains to ho soon. Again the question Of UnltecV'Bfuto's Senator entered largely Into the election of members of the Assembly, In some localities, men have been nominated and elected with es pecial reference to the claims of partlcularmcn for the United SlatcsScnato, and it la,altogeth er probable that tboir whole course in the next 1 legislature, wlll-bo regulated with a ma-_ | king capital lor tboir favorite. There is no (oi ling, cither, ut this crisis whether the Know.. 'Nothlngawlllact in the Legislature with tlielo former parlies, or sot tip fortheinsulves. There Is no doubt that ft largo majority, if not all Iho Whig members, nio attached to the Know-Noth ing order,;aml there la little question that some ol the so-called Independent men owe their election lo'tho fifot of belonging to tills faction. If this body not together, Inclepondent 'of- par tie#, tho choice of Speaker may fall Uito their hands. If the plan of operation hit upon by thot of. attacking (ho caucuses of cacb ,party, ami attempting tortile (hem in detail, (ho.result must prove dlsautorouß to (ho party mid thu claims of Us candidates for the, United States Soijato. , The candidate of tho Know-Nothings tor United Slides Senator Is Mayor Cmirad, of this City. , llohasUeoo informally eulectod, but Mill most fltfcnu'oVis ollbrla nio making by the Xho? Jltlon portion of. the order to stib«tlt|Uo Mr. Wllmot li| Ids stead. Tho latter gentleman wqs promiseil this post by the Whigs on condition’ that ho wOuhi nlfl in tho idocilon of James Bol lock, and also keep the North steady for tho fa 'slon candidate for President In Ib.KJ. This was , tho halt which load' Mr, Wllmot to pursue tho course he hns.. But now tho llghtlo over, tho i spoils'iire to ho divided, end hence the difficul ty which llmms up In tho distance. -The orlgl-, ml Know-Nothings aro for Conrad; -The o)ov chili hour • Abolition converts Wllmot, while tho'\Vhlgs aro endeavoring Whll kinds of tfjeks to mask tbolrroal woakuofls frouvthelr al- 1 | lies.—-JPAlfarf- Jrsus. | VSMBTWM* EXPOSURES ”OFTHE POW NOTHINGS IN ; , Thc'PettfMjlvatyUm,of the,6th inst._coftkojnß four columns under. . posurfis” 0f the proceedings of 'tKiraudCo un - i cil ; whichmeb'!on Tuesday . and i \,tsei.-Bd'a.nd Infill, i IVqrtf ihcOccount-as publishcd ul ;the Efinnsyl- : H : Thanumber of delegates present, rq)resent ing every portion, of the State, SrosiCs2, five-of whom, boweyef’.v'cronofc permitted,totakcscats., Mr. Tiliahy, : tbe president, addressed the council in.cffeot that ho was exceedingly‘sensi tive about the proccedings'becoming known or published.-:: Somucb had alrcndv-bccn given in the columns of the Philadelphia 'Pennsylvanian as tbttmkc’it absolutely necessary that every precaution betaken to prevent a similar result.' Uc \\fis frfp..t,Q conf(^s.tJiatif,thp.prOcpcdi|]g- t iof, tho present council should get papers', . ho would wiUulmW fßm Che order/ Ho stated that he was a professor ! n the collcgcat Carlisle, ; and he felt that it Would do hirti serious injury if it should be .known Ho belonged to a secret organization; : Hc;also ritbted th'at’in tbb event of publicity; all his'- .would' rptire witli him. - That already had the people become alarmed qk-fto .dangerous tendency of , a secret organization like,this', tvnd it, ia.'alljraportnnt that 'wb qliqukf throw irioro. binding’guqrds a ! round bur secrets', notonlyfor the purpose of making sure the election of our candidates, but to protect ourselves from any-odium which might attach - toosif our hames should Tjo ex-1 posed. Xlc said that he, for one, was niiwilHng I to incur the risk of btffch exposorcs, No one can doubt that'thbrigilgnco of the Penhsytvhnian has done much to destroy us, and further suc cess on file part of,that fiaper’ will ,1k? 'a roost fatal blow'lo om* objects; Mr..-Nicholas Thome,-of this .city*. agreed with the president in reference to .the -.publica tion of.-tho proceedings.* He.would have noth ing to do with-thc .order any more if siicli an ocurtdnco took place; - - • 1 > A statement wastlicn made as regards the numberbf lodgcs-in-the State: ■ It appears that there arc 035,'containing 110.000 'members— -80,000 in,good alnnuhig that most of the members ‘wero whigs, and that suchdemocraja I as-were in were fasl cd, and either leaving or being .expelled: that wifliinHlrclast two wricks there have • 50.000 resignations and expulsions: 'that - there : Wbftf at -presents 18-.000 democrats in thb order'll! the 1 entire Slfllo,' many-of Whom, it’ wns*. fenrcd,' ’ Would-rcsignor- bo' expelled before the-day "of Itheck-otidn. -;■ ■•• ? "• Thowholo nnmhcrof thd order in the cUy'of Plriladelphia was Staled to bo 13.000. ” ■* ;'lt was slated lhftt'4,oop-ntcniibrs*'have-lert or been expelled;froift: the order in'this'cily with.tho last ton days;: ; v. The president reported that alargc majority of thcorder were whigs.’’ :; ' ; , • - A.delcgato stated that-twowcekfl' ago 4 there were 17>t)00,members indhe-city- of Plriladel; pjim, but that number is now greatly-reduced; It.was staled in the convention' that the Penn sylvanian had already published the nanieft 6f the principal members -in• this* city,- and ‘also that fiix handrcd members of our police fbreO belonged to the border. , They - were -Instruotbi to keep a.diligcnt,watch over the polls, and to destroy.all tho democratic tickcts-they could.' ■ A discussion then arose in reference- to the imminent' darigcr.of an exposure of the proedtcl ings of tho council.-- It-wns declared inatlf iis proceedings .avere-niado 'public many - ofj-thc mefnbers would be.obllgca-to- voio-itt -accord ance' with tbeir old ward oft •suspicion.; - . Arresolulion was then pass appointing coin mitteca.to visit subordinatedudges for the pnri pose of giving tho president of cAch - lodge-the new signs-and passwords. > » ' . On-mollon il was - -• Resolved* That every member,, bcforc hccan obtalA the new signs and-password, make oedh Unit lie will support-the ticket which has been adopted by the- State council, whether he be whig* native, or democrat, i , And it was • Respired, That all members refusing to do ' so shmild be cxpelfed. *-'■ ■ • The grand council, by general consent, ack nowledged the correctness of tho statements published, in tho Pennsylvanian in regard to the working of tho, order. The president of the council stated that,- from information re ceived,.the exposurc.of the grand council of the United Stales was mnd6 through the folly of.a. member, from.lndiapnpolis,.lndiana, who-had been.to New Torklo attend the. national con vention of the order, and on bis way hotfJe, in pfissingtHrongh 1 Philadelphia, he gotintbadca- Ud. and while in that stale the.documents were stolen from him by some minion ofi thu 1 Itam-: sylvor.ian. ■ v During the sittings of ,this, convention, the •president rend-a circular letter addressed* tp li the authorities jwwcsttvg constitutional icnd eovipetent jurm/ichon, We poblißli be low the letter entire. The' authorities pbartsitlg conslilMiontf* hnd ‘'competent jurisdiction in and over thesutjjrel ■ -waiter m'fAt.i mis-uee tothe Brother* 6/ No. , *jojo holding a session at —~—, greeting: : . , Buotiibrs ’ It becomes our duty to address I you pjt the subject of an alleged violation,Of t]ic 1 sabred mysteries pfbiir order attempted ihetr tnln journals of this city. ‘ ‘ . \Vc arc. howovcr, grateful to tho Providence which slijl keeps watch over bur birth-land and ward over her 1 BANDED- DIIOTECTOiIS. for the 'privilege' of congratulating yop' (hnt/tlic prrildr of thb effort was deliberate and tliepnr posc deadly; ' .The attempt, however, merits t our attention I nS pfoving’lwoflidaif’deep Import and interest to 'ns''and to oyr cause; viz: ‘" ■' Ist. That the nroilktd innlicc 61 the sleopicKH disciples pf Loyola—the foes of (Joel, of mail, and of liberty—dins been.directed against iis.— Every nicahs/howcverhtrocions, will.he adopt eel, and the spirit' which lias 1 enchained, the world, and washed its fetters in gore,'will boon tlienlcrtlo discover .your socrcct.s, to thwart 'youf actioh; mid toMestroy your fortune, your reputation, and (if it,may be doiio in coward security) your life. "Against tins hostility,al ready manifested; we give you the weird of brooierly caution.' -Thefoe is \m ; and it is no hour for dmeriWuM f(>' sfvmhdr I And,■secondly, wo wouUVcaU your attention to the fact that the power of our foes consists in security; arid that wd must, if wo hope ,to save opr country, mninlain an equal advantage of secrecy. Their, principles, though instructed to hundreds of thousands, are inviolate And anfe, Taint he that tre Am wuoans.BANDED INTIfK HOLIEST OF AT,I, HUMAN EFFORTS. AND HOUND BY THE MOST AWFUL OF HU MAN OBLIGATIONS, AH FT, ESS ENTITL ED TO GONFIPENOG? WowV.dd welcome den h before so, degrading n doubt of American faith and American honor I And yet it map. parent that treason or folly (one well-nigh as crnnmnl as the o|ber) has exposed tho order to outrage.and .to .perib Brothers, let that peril, while it tbo' assassin-liko yigi .loncopf purJpcA.Ma mnn-haUrs f and tUcir om nipotent cbnfrol of the base,' whether of thopco plc or the press, sumipon you. to equal. wMeb .rmimanagreater .vigor. Lctit Uadh caution, the most circumspect, hi the government of .yourselves and guardian vigilance In ohservivivco oftho cpnduct and conversation of your brbth ers; for, whether weakness or ' wickedness red ,dels one wlio mistakes .himself for a man <i treasOn yvlvo fiuls to it. And lyt tho presence' of an enemy m tho Held stimulate you la a atcvmjr alacrity m the service. . The unmlq of flvlmt V 7) ,ns ri"; ,l: Vi S’ 10 trUo olmlccJt i.S. n ’ II ? ,louW 1,0 .°«M- Our foreign f IM! wV>o'w w r »Viiid press, won ,bo Itratllrc, U«t ours will, Ood willing, .bo tho lost. ' f Tbo ipai.V object of Abis missive; bowcvcr.'is lo convoy, will. the cm.,lor of ..atrial brothers of 11.0 sworn soldiers of American 1 liberty, tbo injunelion wl.icli Die occasion ilcu.Ai.ds', v I"l. AVIDT.E AVF, ASSDHK'-Tm; thAt THIS EXPOSURE iNVOLVRfBA HRRIOUa DISADVANTAGE 10 XHE OHDER AVB COUNSEL ,-V.OU TO A VOID.UNPROFITA BLE CONraRSATION'JN BEYOND OUR WALLS, ANa ; #l®kET; COMETS iSBSSmm itENCB Or ISMCTBB»C«'jiSpM6In.i also, upohall, roia jsition, oinwcs ri efFdUigfihce, cnc%y 24- ‘Vve enjoin upon you, that ia precious to the patriot, ihit 1 'is''sacred cir cumspcotioh in .the obserynnco^^tlipso.pledges which you t?ba and man, to maintain iuviothte the mystqries of’ the order.*— It :%i'ong.-to';BiipjjOße ‘ -that any one of ydu could incur the*withcryjg curse that visits, ‘k»> -.Uj-’Y »/ ? • • . The slave •.-n.L^T^iasoin^son,Jilco.ft,dcadiyihhglU;.<j^p^ : „ Creeps o’er the councils ■ hTth ei r hobr pf hi Igh fc! ■ THE, PI.BEpfiS HERE a'AIfEN EXISTENCE OFOUKOUPER WOULtftife 'AND TfIE.SECRECY.OPITS EXISTENCE IS ITS MOST AOTAt'CHAR ACTERISTIC, F.SSENTIALTO JTS EFFICT-’ ENCYEOR THE GREAT, TIIEnOLTTASK TO yiltCTI ITS .ENERGIESARE DEEJOA-' TEp ; for ten!frnb men’, - wi tnYhe,! aid of cy/wbuld heihore band'of boasting !a jnyptery, \vliicb7 when boasted, is'n mystify rib longcn ; V THE E&POSURE ATvREADY MADE OE* OtJR MYSTERIES BETRAYvS SOMEWHERE'A FIENEISUTREASON : ANE 'PERJURY, ;OR cifuse,lhe fault Thp .order, roust bo prcserycd'at anyyosV, fit any Sacrifice; <vnd bycost vfe rnqah no tif ensure;. for iriflUo’ns cannot ’ heal 1 'the, .wdurids bf-, honor!;< and ’ by sacrifice we ppcakr’liot'qfnnfrcripg, fetf llic agon ies of a century : Would*not Uds wrong to fhdc'aiisebl out*country! WE'REPEAT, T ftE ORDER MUST llfi PRO TECTED/,;Wc ctijoiriupon you, th&nbfofli era, the. most solemn, suspicious, 'and guariled caution hi‘admissions.’ ’ , ■ v, ■\BeWaro, ( then.!for the evil piicc done wfll te, irreparable.’' ,Koris discretion' rmich le»,s indis pensable than integrity. The admission of men feeblebf intellect or purpose, and lackbfspccch! not only enfeebles and dcgrndos'yotir .councils And nctidjirbutihrqfvcH'tlio .ccHnirity '6f cfbn* (lit)] exposure and him. V Fpr' the honor "of your , patriot yhur God! j ; 6 ur cbuntrvt arid your 'cause, wo fn\‘okO'nn(l , ciyoin you. be heedful and wary peril! or ruin will Inevitably fitliAn'our heads!./. \! . ‘'Wfc'We cQfisiderJl our duty to ihipreqil/pdn yoprstUesthc solemn and 1 awful.nature df thq oMgch'bn.'Utiidfr which j/oii*hccdWc rttfac/tcif fq j this order,’ njul which render looseness nfjpeech j drdJghYness bf thrpagc a dishonor anil "crijiiC j ’ Th’ofi(i r 6b|lgatums, it should I voluntary.' ; Cah any Wuhan being who trifles' iritVsxipn.’an oath/!who drftgij'thp; DScly' from ills thronb tb tfaiftplc and spit upon Him,hope for ohemomcnkoF happiness'herb, tit expect ah' exemption from torture, hereafter 1' > If there were no’Grid to avchgc siiqh ’perjuries an outraged conscience would dog tnp .perjured miscreant to’lhc gallows and the’ grave! 'But even these conaidcrntjohji should prove In cffectnM to alarm the dishonored' cbwitfd. ,rcc rrimt; ahd 'traftbi*.' let him. reniemher (hat |n rupturing oriii triflingyrith the awful tiewhich binds him to tens,of of gallapt mcn! criuallv- bound Hvith JTmSeir.'hc mM<es.'.cach manof those thousands HIS MORTAEF.OE! Lefiifm, ihch ,'hdi‘e a cufe, vpr 'irralh\ suppose i (haVUe sah 'escape Mr 'THUNDERROUT: that ui\kt p\irsni Aim. - ' Not only'.will infamy hiss him /vom ten thousand lips put of human soeie ty,‘ mil, go whe'rc ho hiayVwc will track'his steps. He will be snrrotinclctl wifh’ a Circle’ of fii-c. Too late, too .late, will tbelb& arid rubi ed wretch realize thb ruthless’retribution ’that iffewards the traitor, tlicmiscrpant, wlipcrgwlfl! like thb'serpcnt’K brother,•'ih’lq- the bosoms of brave and noblennen. to sting' (hem with Ids treason, and yet darcs'to.hono any other .fate than a life of torture and aft&ttffcof shame!/ .•-Mllia vringfilmlVthe-mUuArflftp "~ v 'T-'’ O’er the - - His ivarm blood ihc’ wolf shall Up f , Ere life. ■ /, gbnmc On his prnvqcvcr; ' , ! * Biasings shhl| hallpw it ' , Nfvcr! no. pever I V Kcvcr r -ncvcr,. never I’*!, • V', .... . Finally. brolluTS.-jaregard to the outrage committed .by-the .exposure referred (oj. \vc| woulddnform-yon Umt measures.willhofidopt cd sneh -as (ho occasion"demnmlß; '-ond-we would state thjit.lhe duly-pfcocli brother.will j in.all Jjicocca sioos jn.Ufe, tbat (ho ,tliciburnnl.f)r the society, that seeks to our order.is to he regarded-aa classed iwopg- theso whom to aid, encourage,'or:- befriend, is A treason to your; brothers and a wrong to your country: TERRIBLE CALAMITY I Loss of (ho SfonniMlilp Arctic. Four Jluriilred'-Lives Los// - Intelligence readied New York on Wodrics 'day of'the totalloss of the Steamer Arctic, Cftpt. Luce, by a collision with o steam propeller.. ■' George 11. Burrts. of Philadelphia, Hie-bearer of’despatchS»pc‘r .tlio Artie; fiirnislw the, fot-. .lowing, particulars' - " . < • The steamer had on hoard 25(j;pa«.<cng(TS. mid fv crew of 175'rmhi, ‘malting n total ’ of "431 souls. ■ She whs run into by the srcamjriropcller on the 271 h ulf., : hear’ Cape Race.' The Pro pellcr smile Infourhonrs. Thc Artib remained fl/loal awhile longer. ’ The life hoatVwerf got out, and fails \vcrc riggcd, but the latter cap sized and only 32 of the whole number remained to tell thelnle. . ' , , y, ' The collision occurred on the 2Tlh per. /it. noon, during a, dense fog, wjtli a Pro peller. barque, rigged, black,-iron .hull, salmon colnml-holipm ami lend colored boats, supposed to have been tho steamer Charity, of .Montreal, for Liverpool. ; .• Upwards of2oo persons were peon, crowded upon her, docks, ami the- Artie; immediately, commenced to render assm’anco,to the winking qtcunier, but.soon discovered that her own leak was of a fearful character, and gained so, fast /ih to extinguish, lut fires. The ship's boats Were launched, filled with the new and passen gers—Oapb Luce mid Air. Parian,.the’third 1 mate, remained,op board, under., whoso direc tion a raft was speedily constructed... • ■ The spddep ami aw Ad. calamity., caused the most iptcnpo papic.omong tlm passengers of the. Artie, largo nupiberp of .whom, crowded .upon tho njfti and.iin .three .minutes cfleri.tho(«Qhlo stcomcr.'Arciio went down J - All an tliphoat' wcrc,sav(,di.but onlyomsowtof thopevaity-two on the,raft. ; ,u t h , -« .At fi. M..,0n thofiftth. bjvrU UwTon. of. St. Andrews, N. B.',Capt. , "Wall, Tor, Quebec. piok ct| up thq/Ipst niantiwv*l,,b<>ftU .Tlw Huron’ ft ml hung out lights wnd.-kenl a horn.Vlowing durlngtho.night of' ,Uia 28ln in hopes of fnllipg ‘Jh’/wjtl} 4ho.\ rejnpujing.’boats,' but the effort was usclcsl. - .■ , .u‘. ' On tho-evening of. the ,29th, th? Huron spoke the ship tA'non, Cant,- Story, Bopnd Jorpfew York, and transferred ..to licr. IB passengers;! who reached New York in the pilot boatChrls-1 tton Berg.- The fivlo/of the unfortunate ipro* pellor nndher passengers, ,0 ml - the other five Wits of the Arctic, i« kuowrft ' ; i imx'oPTnß^AyEn./,' ti ..Tfto IlrWon, hs ns flawva : , . JtOim’« Alry r sßip’jj cook r.Lukc McCarthy j JcJtelfOonnoih ityphftrd-MnhaiftiThdmrfft Con- Connor; JohnDrnry: Christian Mo rafrePßKfcfl .Ward; Chistoper Callfthcr, lineman* Wihmi, ossiHlant’ engineer; Robert Brvnn.HDftvlaTfftrrv. ISroshiMMlllcr,'waiters/, at ;Nbw York hr the Isiba-non • —K<twflnl Brian,•PaUdcltV^ a ih ttn > i Thomos OaVtland, Battlok vasoyvl?ftCrick ,Tp^ . ■w / 1 ■non beep's- steward; Stanson u fi tp;L waiter; Wm: Nico)!. Seilfy Tsland pnssoiigcr:. Henry Jenkins, dot James Thomn’ son; Poul-f. firant.-otNOwTorkt pnsscngcr.GeduU, Burns' of PhifadclpWai passenger, Francis Domm! ofc Nc#lYorkv3d/oflicerr/.;.iv s. ,-wu,; ,i 'eASWoftgst ihosaJastsseen on toard dhsArotltf were. Copt. Luce $d wnpMrit. E.ute. Gollfnjfci MrtstcfCpit’.Oolliris.uMlsif-Oollinsf'Mr.'ißroSn aßfl fainilyi aVconneclion of thfrisenidf fef tW< [if' till 1 (inn of BnnviV, Shipley & Co.uMrvßro^., of' OffifeinHaH'f' Jaroia' 1 ■ Sfulrhiitfd.'-Jriv of’’Ta?'r Mr,.. Hewitt, '.Mm. Hewitf r ßnsS"^tfAttgHletenW . faKncltßWjgtiVa. at aejihew' df’Mr.' Blbna-, S. Cook,-'of Opelousas, Ea^a tji many more. * George H. BunißVof'-Adiirps* Express, far nisbM,tWibovc particulars. He says the gov ernment despatches ;from.Franco! and England given to him 'by '.Mr. JJuchariadV'ho could not save. . ; r .- : ; ' • Tbo following statement of the fosa of th« . i steamer isVby.filr.- Balhairu the 2d Balham and other-ofllccrs of. thecrawand pas scogcrs-who got :on bdard tWOyOf .thßnbftats, reached the shorc at -Broad CoVeand arrived av St.-Johns account .‘-islhus : —On Wednesday the 27t'h, a t : rio’On,‘Capoß ac# bearing K. : W. G 5 Yrillea’difi(an t while ill -a., thic k' fo gr iv lifc struckoir'thc Tslarboartf bowfpbou t£s- tfeet ftbpjfl the ni? iron iWcb'm'ado |rf < ship, the water; bne’ f psig about 6& • ./ feet in length a*nd 6& feet .wide, Icdvingdjae wboltf ?; cut-.Wnter andVtbcm of the. ; iron -fltcaniavclcar | through ihclArclic’s side.' * » -c So acnscrwoJr the- fog .that the -vessel,could V, not bo seen a minutfc before thcicoilision. The * wheel was put bard a .starboard, and the cn- ' gino stoppwTinsttfnfiyand tWS backed at full ■ speed until oft'the blher, trhich ddeppied . i a couple of minutes. ;' V ' ;•- TbeFrcncJi f\lean)crscch3td tobesihkingbow . , first, and Capt. Eucp.gaye ordcrfi te|'clcar away the quarterboats,, which .was!dpn^ v 'nhd; Mr. : Gourlcy, cfntf officer’. left. • oftbe storboard boat. ‘ V •'lk* ‘Omlqwfcringjtho port boat,-the Gapfaib ex- ' claimed,‘‘Hoist up -the Bel haui,’* and 1 ' beckoned hie to Come to him. • tlpon doing so he ordmd met6£6-oy'er'the bpw to ascertain, if possible, WhVt, damage' had ; bccn done. tJponil{fp[tnmglisnV'oftlii*'hrcts, hc.gave • orders to get sails upiVidliV to get' .around her bow to cjidiovof stbh*the leak 1- , which- : was promptly done, biU no, aaynntage,was gain cd, so inucli of.the how. and iron broken off from the'Other-steamer,, projecting froitf tho fissure that the sails Could not, be brought close ' to the Vessel's side. ‘v-- ; ; ;< - The carpenlcr-wns then' lowered Over the res- - gel’s fiide'oml : pillows -and mattnasses - passed, down to him to try atid - force them irfi sjut tho leak'was'Jbond to'bc-. so- line that tiny could not bp got »p. . Ev&y-ex* crlion made Uipdc^kiirfltcdnnafSifipif. Cnpt. TiUcd'ihcri 'ofdwci'the'fehip’s head to - be kept for tho land, which.bore. JV^byN*. By tliis,time wchnd Jos.t- sight of the qhjcficffl cer’s boat artiHHc dtHcrfiUnmd* Whldt wesap posed had sunk. "We-had not been on our course mnrclhati fire-minutes* before W iin oyer ilic‘bdat and crew belonging totho either vessel, all of whom pcrlshcdr with the cxcplioh of o'no who caught hold-of• a ropehanglng over our ljo\v. r Directly the boat was seen, orders were given to slop tKfe'onghibi sthioli the ettgi said could •* not bo' done,' OS' 'the ship was * fust sinking. ’ ■- In about thirty minutes all the'lower fires r were put out by thb watered three ftet’‘of;' water was reported in’the ship’s hbld.forc and’ aft;-’By-this time' tho confusion snibng ihi passengers was very great, but. they Used-ail their efforts ' in - assisting tbV crctyv in-keeping . the deck' pumps going nhd lightening' tho shlp forward for the purpose of endeavoring to ‘get nl thcltnk froln4JiC inside, whicK'wnsl'fbwi^:' 1 . to be of (hhrriitoinmcnccd' gctthigfTnto rttthe davits'. f ’ '■ ■' I ,'■ ‘’- v • • .'Forty-five collision I cfttnb tfp from ihrffore-lioW'ftHd tho Captain that the water was on a Icve! 'With 1 tho'lCfjvcf/; dock bcams/an'd ‘that it was Impossible to’ pet -■ at the It*ak. ’1 Oufrrtßkcrthim whsl ho thought ; 'would be the fatcofthcsbin', whCrirKfi slßfed 'his' belief that there jWfts'no hope of saving herl> ' 110-thcn told me ; to Kce (oiuy boats.’j On going' to those on the'port sfdcl fonnd them complete- ' - v' v Iv filled with fucm'womcn and childish; and /. that ■ tlicro was ,no : possibility of getting near \ them.. ■ ‘ <’ ■-’ ■" v- s Immediately I went 'to the etarbtmwf side obd'ordcrcd two'of the crew to lowtfr thegoard boat, and - Onptnm what Trtto’hls in tentions. Ho refilled that tire ship’s fat e should be his. I then nsk«d him if lie would pot'a!- low h'ls Bdn’to : go; die refumed US nn’ansWer that hc'shdnld share his fate/ ' ;'•••’< " * It wassOon discovered that thrro tras no hope of saving the Arctic, and the lady and daughter ofE. K, Collins, with several ladlrsVWcre pul on board a bo.'tt, but in ' tho net'et" lowering it one of the tackles gave way andflllckccptono lady, wlio chmgto a sailor in thenot'Of hoWing on to Clio boat,-were. percipitated'- intqtheßC* and lost. ■H’hcn ju mped in to'a boat' and Vjfiff-erclCTcdf hyUhe Captain to cut awnvthc tackleAxllsantf ’ drop under tho stern. 1 -I did so.'pnd At tfib •same time about 20 persona,-! suppose lumped ovetboard/pf whom 17 or 18 Were picked up. ( We fell in with’ another 'boat which had been I lowered on the other side; lightened Iter of part | of her complement, having 19. in her And 2& ih’ my boat.' •■ * ' ' • 1 ‘ 1 When we last had slghtof'theskamcr, gtiards wei'c' level-with the 'water,’,and the fitn** lace of the sea Wrtß’ strcwmvith human bpings» ’ who fnmped overboard 1 , to whom dt possible to-render any Sipoon lost sight.of nil ns tho Aig v^sSenH^ •Wo were their about CO- E. *of- Capo Knee. - 1 ■■■■•’ ’ v ,"• * ■ ’ Deeming iftny duly totdko (heneffTTSt Coorfio for the safety of-all, wo pulled for fortyhourS, witlrnntlnng to guide us hut the run brtlic aea which-1 took to- he heavihg from Ihosoutnwjiru, and in a thick fug which‘lasted all (lie time, wo readied Broad Cove,-12 miles 'ftorth of* Cftpo J UncevJ Wo then proceeded by land to K^ew,,..- Jk which wo reached on Friday fftHt. -At IbAt- Jk place we ol.liiitiKl awlMOdfc choree of a Briinll Lhoonev which was hired, and procMdfil .m -mediately. in search of the !• Wo cruised about In a strong p>'c of * md from tho northeast, but' disoovned ’ no traco « «• ship or boats. s'.'A - City of IMiil»dflßhi«i>cmiaintinE Inin Catastrophe,'ami I ant i n ford eel ho feen t oft two (vessels which'ho'had •■cmrWoypd about'lii&eiwp ship hut no tracapf tho:}AhJt c oi; B«r,W»U rcould WWuia. ‘ As however'third word ninny vessels in the' .ncigUharbbQd. whfcra theaisastcr , ©courted, U is thafmnny '•Hverhiay’lmvo bctm'sdvcd. ‘J76 r do«ht, hoiwf- Lcr, Is left piTwy JninA As to i«0 toftl loSs'of W | ' Tlio propeller wi th wl.ijoli'.tho gUamcr Arclio came in collision proves! to Imvehccuthp ■ scpcV. stcoincr. Vcatav.wfuoU h&B I JohnP, Newfoundland, with; lip* forem^stf qua 1 bows shattered, ; Shc lost thirteen of hcr,.pfts* ! fiongera in thp cdjiaion. and hadon bqamqVpf tho Arctic’a crew, whom she -Threo of tho Artlc’e "boats-have nqt heard frpm; ;]Fcs6qlp sent In search of unsuccessful.'. 'A genilciuAPbaaftn'ivcd.at Bos ton. frofh'New York, who says aroport prevail” cd at Fall River oji Tuesday moiiiing jtg* J vcHscl lAdcn with railroad iron had .arnxfv;^ Warren. U. 1., havlnir bn hqnrd-40 .perwM- I)i,ckcd up from quo of, the juissiiig,boats pf Arctic. T)io agents bC the.Collins'hpo at Yprk are of opinion..from all fpaqo ’that' Cpl!fpa’artd.rt large number ladies'word placed' in ouepf tho, Wats, and Rais' ly launched under jjib ,immcd\ato •ftnQQ.hr C*pt;’t«w», yct^i?found., y; ; , * ‘V p* ■ft- '‘■’l i^ '■/-J
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