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' ,j ; ■Editorial on -first ~j»gc « Breakers A-hesd.” f ‘ - THE iuvm 4VEITION. ; It is.not oftenfound that-a ’question which is of sufficient importance td ekcite general ■ inquiry is exquisitely balanced by leaving! the '■* right ail on one side, and Tie wfong.aU on the : other. It so.happens, generally, timV the [two are decidedly-'blended,’And that' passionj and prejudice, and jaundiced eyes, make partisans • ‘ :i»feacti. . ■' ■->',{ . The question of slavery, we are quite clear,' is one which has enlisted ihrlejs dispassionate, - philosophical inquiry, in this country, than it t ought to have done., For this reason it is ' raert difficult to discuss it . without subjecting ...the writer to a charge of partisanship but the •. .truth may, nevertheless, bo, fullyln^ostlgated. When the time arrivea that this cannot safely be done. it is Sot difficult. to xao that reason . wili have boen dethroned, and that the instifu y, tioas of thaStates wiildepohdupDa the wiideat : . passions of the,mob. V : ' ' •Wo submit that the slavery question is now being treated' In the. Northern. States as -an excrescence which has been Listened upon us, : siqce the organization of- the. Federal GovernV stent;. A material fact, on the '; other hand, to be bornd inf mmd. is, the exist ..' moo of that institution in the tbirteen origiaal mombers of the Confederacy at the time of the ’" adoptlonofthe ConStltution. "We repeat, this ’ is necessary, because,- it. colors- the Tesponsi i, biUty of that relation, and makes'the.fixst of iti existence a- part of our poiitical ayatem. Vj'dßejprdfng '/slavery ; a$ an interpobitiOß, we - woaid have a right to usail it, and> to deolate _ aigeiuat its continiiKnce or exteosibn. Coining " into the Union with 5t .aA-.in element of eiir ’ SUte systemß, aod giviog. it a representation . , in the Nationai Legislature, thus making it a - baslsof ail poiltitnl actlon, it shoul, to lesiye'the whole,question,to Con \-'gtiu, where it has remained during nearly our ' entire natioual existence,' and where its man- has bpon a, perpetualabhrcq of dls cOrd and of strife' botweea the alaveholding and the non-slaveholding States. - If it were further to “continao tide exciting bone ‘‘Of contention intheNationa! .Legislature, we . know of nothing, which would so certainly lead toincreased bitterness, if not to impossible union. But tlio Supreme Court, acting upon the subject, has doqldod that • the people, ’ when they may'Ostahllsh their own Constitu tion, preparatory to admission' into the' family /of Sktes/tiave the right- to isupreme control over all such, subjects'. The Kansas act was based upon'the principle of that decision.- . We are. confident that if the" people of the United States. North and South, wouid care . fiilly examine this matter, they would, With • almost absolute unimimityidecide.that there Is no, other, just and'practical mods of (joveru ’‘" ' niaht ih the premfses'. ’ if,in the first instance ': Itappeara to have worked against the South, ■ ' lt shonld be considered whether, by any other j proooss, a different .result was, possible? Wo ,ore as much opposed, to any mere forcible , ’ cwwttpnpf slayery-in- opposition to;the will (•; offtWlpcfll epfemiitiityi m .wo are to forcible . interference with the institution, where It i'j:lexists,by Unpeople of tho-free States, . - yiewed in an economical f light—and how-la ;,i|;‘;j|o**itile to regard jt, ifi pay other ?—fftj woeild be fallacious to attempt to force slavery r .where it is not needed as it would bo to direct, ; ,‘tijr enactment, tho employment .of individuals 'dn the various pursuits of life. Neither the. , one nor the other is possible for any period of -tbae/ ; V'. • '' ■/ ; But again’; Tbe doctrine of submitting ' such inajieraito tbe local communities,- though . U has -operated, and .will ever operate in the North against slavery, is precisely the doctcino 1 which, on Bomo futuro .oceas'on, the,South ' ; , r srßl,invoke'forits,own&aefit.' ,’jfe ? ;h»veyef trnveDed bat a little way. jn-the direction of Territorial acquisitions. It is - manifest that' . herfwiter, as heretofore, our course iu .that re-. apetitwrill tie' to the Sputtiand West, Mexico is’ - cnnsbiing into decay with rich soils and genial climates. Commerce in the Pacific is just 1 belnjbpefled. The whole face of thlp Hepub •; BeUiiableany yeaytptieqompletejy changed. The channels of trade can hardly be said to bo v , at all permanent. Production in those great staples of which tbe South has and oipst ever, > retain monopoly, in its Infenoyi..,' Slaye /1 < without lajprejudtca agaiijstltsemployment.lt ' 'f wtlbilT tif lie i slim! fn those fields 1 l-ii'jljfpi’ft;can -he> xpoitprofitably fired; "The ■{; iaJSheUw,of .industry everywhere, ip ever; - -pro®* l* eafiedrenty.iTinfe imp had been fitful and experiments!. . JtJi wIU soonei or later be reduced to tbe kwa . trforderjq.n ttie principie of acquiring the grentestatpcntitof compenaation. In this view of we have purposely, reteihcdf fi'om'ftlii'owiug; upon it the slightest ‘ ijade'tof mock pliilau-;; jhropy—our intestine quarrels about it 3 occu pancy of thiaor sink into utter contempt. And yet we do quarrel ; and wo quarrel in the face of the groat histori cal fact that slavery has never been established where it could not bo profitably employed, against the operation of the samo law. It is not a matter which,can be 'put oM'iiire » candle oriightedupUke a torch. It is a great material interest, and of course' its enlargement and employment is to be gov erned not by caprice but laws. Let us suppose a ease in illustration. Grant that Missouri abolishes slavery. The practi cal operation of such a process would be this: Her proprietors Would, as a general thing, transfer their negroes to the South. The abo lition of slavory, then, in Missouri, would simply bo an enactment that the relation shontd not exist there. Meanwhile the present force in the State would be transferred to a point where their labor wduld he more, profitable. Sooner or later—granting that Missouri was not adapted to slave labor—such a result would be inevitable. In, truth, slavery will not 6e abolished in Missouri tilt it ceases to ho profitable in comparison with other fields for its employment; and when that time arrives, if ever, it will be the fact that proprietors can do better elsewhere that will ha expressed in the act of emancipation.' W® have, in other words, no faith In the power of a naked phi lanthopy to accomplish any such general work In opposition to private interests. West In dia emancipation is no exception, because pro prietors were‘paid for their negroes, and the gnfat motive which led to the act was a jeal ous rivalry of the system of the United States, which it was iboiight would be thrown into dis repute by the abolition of alave'ry there, Such are tho vlcisaitudes 6f Government, and not of law. ’ THE POLITICAL CONDITION OF EDROFE AND THE EAST. The news from' Europe on the arrival of every mail is of a highly exciting character. The philosophic observer cannot fell to see that great changes are in process all over the .world, and that Europe "is’A field of especial interest ,tt the present time, ' The proposition is self-evident; that in the five leading States of the Continent; including England, nearly all positive power is lodged. They constitute the governing agencies of the other side of the water. It would Be just as sensible to consult the foot or the great toe of aman,|in order to ascertain what the intellect and the will propose to do; as to counsel with the smaller Slates of the Continent in order to foretell the future political movements of Europe. Such, at all events, has been tlio post. But great changes, inaugurated by tile Elder Napoleon, and rapidly recurring under various phases, with widely different objects aiid purposes, stimulated by different motives, but all tending to one common end—the en franchisement of Europe and the identity of States—indicate the approach of a. new order of- things. - We are not amongst those who believe in (be 'doctrines that the overthrow of a despot is the inauguration of freedom—that the removal of a tyrant is the education and preparation of the people over whoiif he ruled tor the recep tion of the dignities and responsibilities of free government. Intelligence is tlio only , basis of a just and impartial administration of the affaire of State. When power is lodged with (hose who, are deficient in that qualification, whatever may be their motives, ‘nothing but disaster is to be anticipated. Henco, we infer that Europe has hut just entered upon the threshold of ■ the tomplo of freedom; and we believe that if the torches of revolution wore lighted all over the continent, it would be the signal of anarchy and of‘a doeper oppression than wo have yet witnessed. It would bo jußt as sensible: to enact-that’seamen should no longer navigate our ships, and that landsmen should do that technical service, as to oxpcct of the uneducated masses of Europe a wiso aiid judicious' exercise of the powors of self government., But-the process of. education and prSparation is,going on. Men are being enlightened by. that most potent of. al\ re generating powers—observation and experi ence. We stand before the-world as AO ex ample; and as communication with Europe is opened; as commerce and exchange perform (heir offices; as immigration and correspond ence increase; as we are orderly and success fill, that example continues to present its triumphs to every class and condition of man kind; .and it,is exciting- this dpy more influ ence'upon the destinies of Europe than the fire groat powers combined., . , We have never been of those who hare re garded the re-establishment Of the Empire in France and the recognition of the Napoleonic Dynasty—and of course the utter repeal of the atatuies of the Congress of "Vienna, in 1816— as menacing .toil to the people of Europe. Providence never, in our judgment, directed A more beneficent work. Franco, with dom inant power—the centre of European civiliza tion—the home of the boat political philoso phers'on the other side of the water, men of indomitable will and honest purpose—was wholly unprepared, nevertheless, to exercise , the faculties of a free State. Her people saw their enfranchisement only through the spec tacles of Ledbu Rollin and his associates in .power;, and the latter, governed on the princi ple of popular rights, with the full conscious , ness that their own schemes _ mus( absolutely prevail or that the end would be anarchy. The return of Napoleon arid his triumph on the nominal basis of popular election rights— the establishment of an Empire in fact on the tenure of, the ballot-box—whatever may have .been the means employed to effect that end, was an endorsement of the principle upon which this Republic was founded. Thus was transplanted into the very heart ,of Europe, find after a struggle which, with varying suc cess; was *■ cotemporaneons with our entire national existence; the great doctrines of our Declaration of Nor can it bo regarded as involving tbe least. sacrifice for the time being; for France was utterly dis qualificd.to exercise self-governing powers. The effect of the re-establishment of tbo Empire and the ftill recognition of the Dynas- tic titles of Napoleon, upon the States of Europe, is visible to all the world. The concentration of power in Franco and in all tire-German States, the check which has been imposed upon Russia, the subdued attitude of Austria, the defensive condition of England, and tho conviction which exists everywhere that she can no longer be aggressive, arc amongst the most visible of the return of the Napoleons. The equilibrium of Europe—tlic fair distribution of power- -is the safety of the people of the Continent. ! Now, where authority has been added most— in France and Germany—thcro tho people will first require its exercise when they shall re turn to their own estate. If may tie said that wo do injustice to England in this assertion— that England approaches nearest to our sys tem, and should bo appealed to as the break water against the surges of despotism from the .Continent. It ought to bo so, but it is not so, and we cbooso to deal with facts. Tbe Dee system of England is a necessity growing out of, the steady encroachment of her people up on the power' of her aristocracy j the latter always retaining control of tho State and hedging in theirexcluaive privileges. Hence, we infer that the , governing principle of the -British nation.is essentially restrictive and ex - elusive, and that tho cause of popnlar liberty can expect nothing from England short of a complete revolution. The wisest and most practical men in the world govern England j ( but they govern for their own benefit—to per petuate their own power. They will concede at home tbe .semblance of an enlarged frau. chlse i tint thtiy are men of wealth and sagaci ty, and they own, in their thirty thousand fami lies, alt the teal estate of tbe kingdom, on which the millions must rely for subsistence. This is a reserve power which is capable ot controlling the people—of turning a free elec tion into an agency to sustain tbe landholder— the aristocracy . England in fifty years will be far In ttie , back-ground of free government, while France and Germany will be in advance. ’ , TFe do not count upon the fall of England. has intelligence, morality, religion, and a history of law the sUpertOr pf all mankind., She is an ingenious, i oirderly. liKinstrlohsi iyitematlc nation. She is entetyrfaingoud money-making. The loss tif/tifik toWcb a peopie Is a loss, only of a ftac tion of fierdlvidends. India does not touch hefvitat WBergies. ' Colonial profits have been growing smaller and smaller for many years. The. Improvements of the last generation have reduced tbe circumference of the globe, and , - THE FRIDAY, At/OUST ai, 1857. hayb thus: mingled nations together, removed i'CßtrictioD a , arid;diffused the profits of trade. English way be lowered and impaired; hut it is . Impossible, not to see, in the current of great public ©vents, tbat, the dominion of any one nation over a distant and numerous people cannot long be maiiitiined. The pow er of England in the East has boon a gigantlo commercial speculation—it lias onriclied tho operators, employed a vast navy and army, but has given to the governors only an adventitious political importance. The London Cabinet as well as that of Paris and Madrid, have been struggling with the colonies on this side of the water during the whole of this century. They have abolished slavery, sold and beon driven out, tile guiding motive, of general action being found in an attempt to impair tho po sition of the United States. Tho result has been the destruction of their colonies without damaging our interests. Out-of all those changes tho people havo been steadily advancing. The cause of popu lar government, free Bpeech, inquiry, and judgment, has been promoted; and we count amongst the certain events of the future, in peace and in war, the triumph of our great American, example over the Governments of Europe. The restoration of tho slave trade by France, the re-conquest and subjugation of India by England, are testimonies against those States, and a vindication of tbo policy of our own. GREAT NAMES TO-JUSTIFV GREAT ER- The habit of using a good name to cover an evil deed is as old as civilization itself. It has been a practice with the advocates of Ditf union to use the names of Washington, Jef febson, and Madison, to shield and sanction their designs—and this has been done North and South. Even Mr. De Bow, President of the late Southern Convention at Knoxville, Tenq., could not refrain falliug into this prac tice. We copy from his speech the follow ing passage: Though, then, I am unwilling to make any more of the kind of saorifioes which are asked for, to save the Union, and havo boen forced by high and imperious necessity, to become reconciled to the idoaof lotting its enemies, if they will, consum mate their mad purposes, and force upon us the virtuous'and patriotio purpose of dissolution, 1 yet yield to no one in my estimate of what tho Union was ekpehte at becoming!'cud °f what blessings it might nave conferred'upon mankind, if adminis tered according to the intentions of our fathom who formod it/andloftitasonrinhoritaade —-tho Washingtons und 'Jefiersons, Hamiltons and Jays, and Rutledges and Madisons. Now, then, Mr. De Bow supplies uslusidea of Southern independence: Let the South but assume her stand among tho nations, and theso palacos and Hoots and navies shall, with the rapidity that marked thoburnishing of tho Arabian's lamp, bo found to have transferred thoinselves a thousand miles away, and have taken their seats among tho mountains of Virginia, Ten nessee, and Carolina, or in tho harbors of tho Chesapeake, of Charleston, Brunswick, Savannah, Mobile; and Now Orleans. Great interior towns will spring up as by enohantmont, and great sea coast cities and the urterics of communication bo tween them reticniato the whole faco of tho country. Tho mammoth European steamship line would at once plough tho waters of tho Chesapeake, ns other lines would bring into frequont communication our ports with each other and with Europe, Our trade would bo made free, and all the world invited to par ticipate in it. “ Whoro tho carcass is there will be the eagles." With $200,00P,000 to $260,000,000 of exportable produots, and an oqunl demand for tho productions of other countries, adequato ravenucs for all the wants of the most imposing Government would bo had from dntics, almost nominal in com § arisen with what at presont exist, and an abun ant basis would bo supplied for tho wisest treaties, and the most liberal illplomaey. All the world, by their necessities and interests, would bo bound to koep the peace, and nations are alone ruled by their interests. Tho North would find us a profitable neigh bor at her door, ready to trade upon just and fair torms, or if these bo denied, roady and willing, and ablo to carry that trade to another quarter. To make war upon ns would be still more tocripple theelian nolsofhorlnduBtry, to addtohor Impoverishment, and undertake that for which the genius, the in stincts, and the eduoatlon of her people have unfit tedher.OnrbordcrpToporty woutd beproteetedas muob,und as saoredly aa is now the common property ori llio Canadian lino. Her dreamers and theorists would imagine themselves ho more responsible for our institutions than they are for those of Cuba or Brasil, and the whole power of the Northern Gov ernment would bo exorcised in sending back our slaves, under rendition treaties, the moment that thoy touched her shores, whloh would bo preferable to paying for thorn, u 3 England did, undor tho E revisions of tho treaty of Ghont. The daugor of order wars could be no greater than in Europe, whose Status have often hut imaginary boundaries, and wohid ho much less from tho peculiar charac teristics of American iifo. Wo havo no border wnrs with Canada. Reciprocal treaties would be the interest of the Northern arid Soathorn Govern ments. offensive and defensive, against the rest of the world, for the reasons that: the United States woutd have 'gono Into Convention with the South Amerioan States fot the maintenance of the in- tegrity of the Continent against the balance' of power systems of Europe. England, ever ready to forget her theories and her sentimentality, in the dictates of lordly inter ests and of empire, would unite herself In lasting diplomacy with a country whloh already supplios five-sixths of her industrial materia], and would become larger and still larger consumer of her wares. Franco has few ships, and eonldnot, if she would, conduct a war throe tbonsand miles distant; and with Russia and England ather doors, she will have little lime for such adventure. The Missis sippi aud other great rivers would be made free to ell requiring their navigation upon the principle that the great rivers of Europe are now free. Popu lation wiTl erowd in upon us from all sources. We shall have the men of intelligence, of enterprise and capital, the artisanß of Europe and the North, in the new and bonndlesa field that will bo presented. If wars most come, despite of all the causes which seem to rendor them improbable, and the most strenuous efforts of tho patriot, the South is pro tected against invasion oy the causos which de stroyed, in a single Campaign, a score of general officers, and with them nearly tho whole of the army of French who undertook to operate in ISO 3 in tho West Indies. Upon her soil she will prove to he as invincible as the. Macedonian pha lanxes. ller system of labor will enable her to spare more men, in proportion, from tho indus trial pursuits, to take too field, than any other Power, and . her semi-military system of soci ety has at all times raised her martial ohnracter to the highest nossihlo tank. Neither in the war of tho revolution, nor la 1812, though her slaves were as numerous in proportion os now, did sho experience the least embarrassment from thorn, although at timos the enemy’s ships were in sight of her shore, urging them to insurrection. The Continental Congress ordered a legion of two thou sand slaves to be raised, and a battalion of this population servod hand, in hand with the whites at tho battle of Now Orleans. Against the North tho South would at least be a match, at any and-at all dimes, and against one or all of the European Pow ers, l/u common interests of America would dic tate her stcurity. We express our gratitude that these views of Hr. De Bow did not meet the sanctiou of the intelligent men over whom he presided. Their very last act was a tribute to the Union—to peace and to brotherhood—and wo printed it yesterday with sincere commendation. There is a degreo of complacency in Mr. De Bow’s vision that reminds us of those spiritual theorists who tell us of their communications, with departed friends, and who, in their infatuation, remove them setves from contact with tho outer world. Ho seems to take it for granted that bis dream will be fulfilled at once—that he will bring all tbe South with him—that ho will cut loose from the North and West amid tho blessings ot tbe people ol' his own section—and that, when this Southern Confederacy is started, all will be as amicable and as quiet as it is now— that the Mississippi, Us source held by a for eign power, and along almost its whole course to tho Ohio flanked by free States, would be as tranquil as it is at presout, when it is not guarded ou one side by Southern forts, and bristling on the other with Western bayonets. Mr. De Bow’s picture.is a little too much like Claude Memotte’b anticipation of his « Pal ace by the Lake of Como,” und, for his own sake, we are glad that there is no imme diate danger of its realisation. We porcoive, however, that he invokes tlie testimony of James Madison in bis bchulf. Now let us contrast Mr. De Bow’s easy way to break up the Union with Mr. Madison’s idea of how to pruene iti l submit to you, my fellow,citizens, those con siderations, in full'coiiildonco thst the good sense, which has sooften markod yourdicisions, will allow thorn their dno woightund effect; and that you will never suffer difficulties, however fonnidublo in up peurunce, or howover fashionable the error on which they may be fodnded, to drivo you into the gloomy and perilous seenos into which the advo cates for disunion would conduct you. Hearken not lo the unnatural voice, which tells you that the people of America, knit together, as they aro, by so many cords of affection, can no longer live together as members of tbe samo family; can no longer oon'tlnuo tho mutual guardians of their mutual happiness; can no longer ho feilow-eitirens of one groat, respeotahie, and flourishing empire. Hearken not to the voice, which potulantly tolls yon that tho form of Government recommended for your adoption is a novelty in the political world; that it has never yet had a place in the theories of the wildest projectors; that it rashly attempts what it is impossible to accomplish. No, my oountrymon; shut your ears against this un hallowed language. Shut your hearts against the Selsonwhloh it convoys; theklndrod blood which owe in tbe veins of American oitirons, the mingled blood, which they have shed in defence of ttielr sacred rights, consecrate their union, and oxcite horror at tbe idea of their becoming aliens, rivals, enemies. And if novelties are'do he shunned, believe me, the most alarming of all novelties, the most, wild of all projects, the molt rash of all attempts j is, that of ! rending us m pieces, in order to preserve our liberties and promote our happiness- hut why is the experiment of an ex tended Repnblia to be rejected, merely because ft may comprise what it new ? Is i t not the gio ry of the peopieofAmerioa, that, whilst they have paid a de cent regard to ths opinions of former times and other nations, they have not suffered a blind. veneration tar antiquity, for custom, or fop names, to overrule the suggestions of their own'good sense, the know ledge of their' own situation, ana the lessons of their own experience? To this manly spirit pos terity will be indebted for the'possession, and the world for the example, of tbe numerous innova tions displayed on the American theatre in favor of private righta andpnbllo happiness. Had no important step been taken by the leaders of the Revolution; fw'i*SbVii precedent *>«M ntWjUr coveted; hsul no Government boon oatablinßc rt, of which an bxfebt model did not present itsqlf, the peo ple of the wtanhnt, hav 2 ™**2^CS£Zor misguided councils; must at hwthWo won labor* inK under the weight of sojne of those forms which have oruahed the lioerliej of thereat fLTwv.U. Happily for America, happilyi we traJt» for the whole human race, they pursued a now ond.more »ohlo course. They accomplished a Revolution whiohhos no parallel in the annals of human society, roared fabrioo of Government w|ioh rh&vo no model on tho faoo of the globe. Theyformodtho design of a great Confederacy, whiob Hisiyonrabent on their successors to improve and perpetuate. If their works betray I “? c 1 r I fe l tioD f>/® n l der^ t the fewness of them. If the* erred most in the structure of tho Union, this was the work most difficult to be executed; this is the work which has been new-modelled by the act of your Conven tion. and it is that act on which you are now to deliberate and deolde. CONCESSIONS TO PRINCIPLE. There is nothing half bo eloquent and effec tive as the admission of a political opponent after having been fairly conquered In honorable warfare. Tho crimination and recrimination of mere harm The fol lowing evidences of this truth will not be utt interesting: Southern Politics and Partir*.— I The Rich mond Whig., acting on tho principle laid down by the Irishman, that if he was dead he wouHawn it, frankly acknowledges that tho Ameth&n party South is defunot. It says: «We trust that the wise men of the American party, will put their heads together, and they will undoubtedly reach the inevitable coneltnton that Americanism, as a respectable and formidable organisation, is dead—dead forever, Jjqpjeui the prospect, of the hope, or tho power of resurrection. With only five or ten members of Congress in both branches, what of cheer does the future promise for it? We commend the melancholy subject'to the calm and prayerful consideration of every Ameri can in the Union ” The Whig's advice to the men with whom it has heretofore aoted is as follows: “Wo advise what we have heretofore advised, an abandonment of the lifeless romalnirtff the American party, and the substitution in thpir Stead' of a new and living party, with last and cbtepre-t tensive principles. Unless there Is manifested the sagacity, the wisdom, and the common sense to adopt the course we have indicated, the expedition to the Democracy, which constitutes anovemeltn ing majority of the people of the Union, cap never be unitedlyand successfully rallied. This, it seems to us, is a self-evident truth, and needs neither argument nor illustration to enforce it.” A Candid Admission. —The Columbifc-*J9o7/l// Carolinian refuses to join in the assault upon Gov. Walker for bis Kansas policy. It oandldiy admits that the attempt to make Kansas a sieve State Is a failure, and for the reason that Providence has In terposed an objection. The South -fighting for Kansas was like fighting against the winds of hea ven and the power of the oTements. Climate seems to settlo the question bettor than the politicians. Gebritt Smith’s Land Gifts.— Gerritt JJraith, In a recently published letter, says that hlsejcpec tatlons in regard to fats gifts of land to colored men have not been fully realized. He says : “Of tho three thousand oolored men to whom I gave land, probably less than fifty have taken and continue to hold possession of their grants. What is worse, half tho three thousand, as I judge, have either sold their land, or been so oaroless as to allow it to be sold for taxes. ” Political.— The Paris (Ky.) Ctttzen £ American) seems to agreo with the Richmond Whig that the American party has boon effectually the South by tho recent olectlon. Its&ys: “The Amerioan party is again defeated in Ken tucky. Our opponents say .it is now effectually dead. It may be so. It may bo that, for all im portantpurposes of a political party, it is power less. Wo candidly confess that we see no imme diate prospect of its suQQogs. We don’t know that it has auy prospect of suooosb, immediate or re mote.” The downward tendency of Republicanism has become so notorious, is so palpably observable in all tho political indications now ocourridg, that not even the New Vork Tribune, with all ns par tisanship, oan conceal the fact from its readers. The following extracts will show how it accom plishes this task: 11 Thousands did vote for Fremont last Novem ber who wore not Republicans, and had never be fore 1856 pretended to be. Some of these really believed tuat the outrages in Kansas would revolu tionise the country: some ‘went in for the chances,’ especially after the maguificent triumph in Maine, fancying that the prospects for missions, oolloctorchips, territorial governorships, and other nico lid-bits, wore beat in the comparatively un officorcd Republican party than in either of its rivals. Many of these are with urin heart—so far as they have aity heart—to-day; but four years is long to wait, and they are cutting in for what is going now, intending to securo our eternal grati tude, and the fattest berths in o&ae tho prospect shall justify thorn in coming back to us in 1859 or 1860. “ Of oourse, some of those who voted for Fremont will fall away from the Republican standard, as we have already intimated. Tho force of habit and tho appeals of old compatriots will prevail with quite a number; though experience shows that it is harder to break away from old party associa tions than to resist their allurements afterwards. Yet, doubtless, some who looked for victory last fall and did not find it. or for offioo and failed to soouro it, will now slough off from their Republi can friends.” COMMENDABLE DISPATCH. , * y The steamer Arabia strived at jfr dcskytn Jersey City, yosterday, at five P. thir ty minutes past five the mail was at the New York Post Office, and the Philadelphia portion of it dispatched for this city by the six P. M. train. This is as it should be, and the efficient Postmaster of New York, Isaac V. Foynin, Esq., has demonstrated more conclusively than wo could do by any argument, ‘that wo should and can always have tho foreign mails by tho first train after their arrival in New York. In the present instance, but one hour elapsed between tho arrival of the steamer at Jersey City and the dispatch of the'mail from New York. Wo understand that the Postmaster General, at the request of our Postmaster, Mr. Wescott, issued directions some weeks since to the New York office to have all the foreign malls for Philadelphia , forwarded by the first train after their arrival, without any reference to the train being a mail train. We cannot see the necessity of sending that portion of the foreign mail which comes South over to the New York office boforo it is for warded. In many cases this causes a vexatious as well as a wholly unnecessary delay. General Harlan, of Philadelphia. This gentleman must be fresh in the memory of many of our citizens. When a very young man he sailed for Calcutta, and entered the company's service as an assistant mirgoon. He rose to the rank of surgeon, staff-surgeon, hospital surgeon, and subsequently entered the military service of Dost Mahomed in Cabul, as aid-de-camp, and rose to the rank of general in the army. Alter twenty-five years' service in India he returned to his native city of Phila delphia, about the year 18*2, with his much impaired. . He resided with his brother, Dr. Harlan, the distinguished naturalist, and mingled much in society in this city. Ho pub lished a small brochure On India, in whish he predicted the speedy downfall of British power in India; and pointed out some of tho robber ies, the tyrannies and oppressions of the British rulers. We desire to call the attention ; of.the Philadelphia public to these published notes of one of our own citizens, and to express our regret that Gen. Harlan died before the publication of his “Residence In India,” 4hich he had announced as almost ready for the Jiress. The Will of the Majority. , . Wo repeat the idea contained in Tuesday’s Press, that it may not be forgotten, in a Short er paragraphs „j 1 “ l'ho principle that the majority shall rule is, to übo Mr. Buchanan's expressive tan, guago, *as old as free government itself.' it is this principle which enables the Sotith, tided by the conservatives of Ike fret States, lo pro tect the Constitution in its purity , and to ar rest the threatening onset of an infuriated fa naticism. It is this which insures to tho South all its just rights,* which gives to the law Us strength and its sanctity ; and which surrounds the minority with an impenetrable armor.*' A Rush for the Navy,— Since the fat of, January, eight hundred and thirty men have been shipped at the United States naval, ren dezvous, Philadelphia. This is one of tile re sults of tho late act of Congress in raising the pay in the navy. * Naval Orders.—Parsed Assistant Surgeon Edward Shippen has been ordered to the United States naval rendezvous in this city. Educational. The advertisements of several academies and institutions for the education of youth will he found in this morning’s Press. That of the pßorE.iTA.yr Episcopal Oittfitoir, vrhioh resumes operations on the 7th of Septem ber, is .under the patronage of the Right Rev. Bishop Potter, and is one of (ho first of its kiml in the United States. Rev. B. K. Suyser’s boarding-school for boys is also one of high reputation. ” W.G. Aqsew’b institute for young ladies, No. 711 Vino street, west of Seventeenth, Will shortly be in full session, and h of high credit. Mrs. Geobob W. Barton’s boarding and day school for young ladies, No. 1922 Chestnut street, below Twentieth, will open on tho second Monday in September, and deserves to be extensively pa tronised. Judge Taney.— The Washington Umon.uyß, thajiaolwithstanding all that has been said, “ the majority of the Supreme Court are not stave holders? 1 Four Of the Justices reside in free States, where no one owns slaves., The Chief Jus tice Is not a slaveholder, nor hoi he bßon for the last thirty years. He never bought or sold a slave. Of those that tho British spared his father, When they polluted the soil of Maryland, some came to him by inheritance. After educating those who were young enough to be taught, ana,qualifying them to take care of themselves, ke voluntarily gave them all their freedom . Two, who were so old as to be unable to, earn their living, ke sheer fully supported during their lives. He has not since owned a slave. NEWS BY TELEGRAPH. FROM WASHINGTON. [special despatch to ths press.] The Island ot Formosa—Copt. Simms’s Mis sion—The New Commissioner of Patents Rumored Removal from Office—The New York and Boston Collectors—Appointments by the President. Wabuinutok, August 20.—The mission of Capt. J. D. Bunts, of the U. 8. Marino Corps, to the Island of For. moBA, lying off tbs coast of China, is to a'great extent misunderstood, and that it may appear in its true character, I will state the facts as I have learned them from the highest authority. Commodore AbmstroNO, commanding the Fast iLdia Squadron, received a letter from Mr. Bobinet, an enterprising American merchant, who, for more than a year, has been carrying on the mercantile aud shipping business at Ape’s Hill, Island of Formosa, With the Information that the American ship “ Highflyer,” wrecked upon that Island, had been plundered, and its officers and crew murdered by the natives. Some time after, another American vessel, the “ Progressive,” was seised by the Chinese authorities, and the officers and crew Imprisoned. They were only released on the payment of a heavy ransom. All these proceedings were contrary to the express an. deratapdlog with the authorities of the island, that Mr. Robinkt should carry on his business unmolested, and under which he had been acting, with the American Bag flying from his house for at least twelve months. Commodore Armstrong despatched Captain Simms, to inquire into and ascertain the correctness of Mr. Rosi- Rat’s report. The Commodore Instructed him In a cautious, prudent, and friendly manner, to learn from the authorities all that could be ascertained on the sab* ject, reporting to him, by every opportunity, such in formation as he should obtain. His head-quarters were directed to be at Mr. Robinit’s, Ape’s Hill, where the American flag had been flying, as stated by Mr. Robi net, by permission of the authorities, for more than a year. He was to abstain from hostilities as far as pos sible, but, In case of necessity, he was to call upon the American ship “Science.” Alt those facts were communicated to Dr. Pabker, our Commissioner to China, with the further statement that OAptain Simms would he kept at Formosa until the Gov ernment could be heard from, and ‘that this step might he necessary to legitimate a prior American foothold, in esse our Government should look to future reprisals and occupancy. Hr. Parksr approved what had been done. The last communication to the Government was dated April 10th, 1867, at which time nothing had been heard from Captain Simms. Hither Col. Uuohbs, of Maryland, or Hon. Cbarliu R. Ikqebsoll, of Connecticut, will to-morrow be\p. pointed Commissioner of Patents. The latter has been pressed very strongly by Secretary Todcey. It Is rumored that Wm. F. Phillips, of Virginia, has been removed from the Sixth Auditorshlp, and that either Dr. Tate, of Virginia, or Mr. Reed Martin, of Mississippi, will take his place. Collectors Sohrll, of New York, and Austin, of Bos ton, Are here looking niter their appointments of subor dinate officers, some of which do not stand much chance of confirmation at the Treasury Department. llksbt v. "Wendell has been appointed naval agont at Portsmouth,N. H., tier Nshkhiah Mosss, to take effect Ist of September next. t First Lieutenant Alokrnon 8. Tatlok has been ap pointed to a captaincy iu the marine corps, vice Captain H. B. Tyler, promoted; Second Lieutenant Andrew J. Hats to ail rat lleutenantcy, vice Tatlob, promoted; and MtronC. RraoH, of Connecticut, to a second lieuten* antey, to fill a vacancy occasioned -by the promotion of Hats. The President has appointed John 0. Downet collec tor, Sau Pedro, California, viceC. E. Care, resigned; Tench Tilohman, collector, Oxford, Maryland, vice B, U. Willis, deceased; and John Havebtt, superintend ent of the central Indian agency at St. Louis. The receipts of the United States Treasury for the week ending Saturday the 16th Inst are $1,642,184.02; drafts -paid, $1,423,779.63; drafts issued, $1,556,323.01 ; amount subject to draft, $20,007,369.61. The Navy Department has advices that tho Cumber- land, flag ship of the African squadron, was, on the 20th of July, at Madeira, about to proceed to the coast of Africa. All well. One of the stipulations of the general pre-emption law is, that the applicant, to bring himself under Its provisions, shall “be a citiiea of the United States, or shall hhve filed his dtelaratlon of intention to become a citizen.” Under the decision of the Supreme Court of the Uni ted Stales iu the Hand Scott case, at the December terra, 1856, “ a free negro of the African race, whose an cestors were brought to this country and sold as slaves, Is not a citizen within the meaning of the Constitution of the United States.” I understand that cases of applicants falling under that class of persoun have been very properly ruled out and rejected by the General Land office. This action of the proper authorities will fully answer the question so generally propounded of late by the press of the coun try : “Can nogroes pre-empt public lands?” and will preclude the evil of Territories peopled principally by the negro raco applying, at some future time, for ad pittance iftto the Union as sovereign States. X. Y. Official Despatches from Governor Walker- Treaty with Persia—Appointments. Wubixqton, August^).— Governor Walker, of Kan sas, in his official despatches, recently received, says in one point he has been grossly misrepresented, namely— as desiring that every man should vote who happened to bo in the Territory on the day of election, for the ratification of the Constitution, This, he remarks, would be desirable, if there were “conclusive ” evi dence that all such persons were actual “bona fide” settlers, but the only sufficient and usual proof of such a faqt would be spme previous residence. On this Mint, 'which was one of detail, he had never proposed to make suggestion* to tho Convention, although when asked his opinion by members of that body, he had indicated a previousresidenceofthreeorsixmonths; and that the same qualifications should be adopted in the Constitu tion, in regard not only to that, bat to all future elec tions; and in his judgment, one or the other of these terms of residence will be adopted by the Conventions, from whom he Anticipates a cordial co-operation. 41 It is somewhat extraordinary,” he adds, <*th«t while this accusation of letting every man vote who may happen to be in the Territory on the day of election has been preferred In the South, as Indicating the desire on my part to let in abolition vagrants and inter lopers to control the result, the Republicans of Kansan have drawn an entirely different conclusion, vis; that I design in this manner to bring many thousand Mis sourians into the Territory to decide the contest.” The President has, by proclamation, declared a treaty of friendship and commerce between the United States and Persia, of binding force. Iu addition to an ambas sador or diplomatic agent near each Government, it pro vides for Persian consuls at Washington, New York, and New Orleans, and for United States consuls at Te heran, Bender, Busblr, and Tauris. This treaty will continue in force for ten years. John Havertyhas been appointed superintendent of Indian affairs for the Western Agency, vice Governor Cummings. On the assembling of Congress, Hon. Fred. P. B tan ton, Secretary of State in Kansas, will succeed him. Joseph Holt, of Kentucky, was to-day tendered*, but he declined, an appointment as Commissioner of Patents. The Pre-emption Claim of a Colored Man for Government Land Refused. Washington, Aug. 20.—The General Land Office to day decided against the pre-emption claim of a colored roan to three hundred and sixty acres of land in Wiscon sin, taking the ground of the Supreme Court in theDred Scott case, that “ A free negro, of African race, whose ancestors were brought to this country and sold as slaves, is not a citizen within the meaning of the Con stitution of the United Statcu.” This decision of the Land Office applies to the other similar cases pending. Renewal of Hostilities between the Sioux and Chippewa Indians. DdboQoi:, August 20.—Hostilities have again broken ont between the Sioux and Chippewa Indiana, com menced by the latter, a band of Chippewas having at tacked a party of Sioux, near Lsctroxlers. They took thirty scalps and then retreated down the Red river. An Ex-Bank Cashier arrested for an alleged Robbery. CitiOAOo, A’ngustaO.—S.BronßOD, Jr,, formerly Cashier of the Merchants’ apd Mechanics 1 Bank of thJa city, «a* arrested at St. Paul’s on Sunday, at the instance of Mr. Woodworth, the President, on the charge of the larceny of $50,000 of the funds of the Bank. Colored Baptist Convention. Boston, Aug. 20,—A convention of colored Baptists is now in session in this city. Sermons have been preached by the Bev. Moses Clayton, of Baltimore, and Edmund Kelley, of Philadelphia. It will adjourn to-day. A levee at Faneuil Hall will be held this evening. The American and Newfoundland Telegraph Companies—Courtesy to the Press* New York, August 20.—Peter Cooper, Esq., President of the American and NewfoundlandTatagraph Companies, has tendered tho tree use of their wires to the press of this country, on the arrival of the submarine cable at Newfoundland, for the transmission of any communica tion! thereto. . Death of a Newspaper Proprietor. Cincinnati, Aug. 20.—John H. Strauss, one of the proprietors of the Daily Commercial , died suddenly to-day. Death ot a New Orleans Auctioneer. New Osakans/ August 20.—Major Beard, the celpbra. ted auctioneer of this city, is dead. Markets, New Yobk, August 20.—Flour depressed ; 4,600 bbls. sold at $0.40ff156.60 for State, an advance of 6c. Wheat continues with a declining tendency, and is nominally quoted. .Corn dull; 20,000 bushels sold. Provision market generally steady. Whiskey dull. Stocks are active aud firmer. Sterling Exchange is firmer at 9 % o V cent, premium. Baltimore, August 20.—Flour is active and steady. Wheat—The receipts have been light. Corn—Sales of White at 84 N. Harris— Attempts to Recover the Bodies. {From the New Haven Journal of ye-stenJ&j morning.] The steam-tug George W. Geer, Captain R. W. Saunders, awived here yesterday from New Lon don. having visited the spot where the late disaster on the Bound took place. Captain Smith, of the Harris, and tho engineer, were on board the tug, and they cruised about for hours, but were unable to find the slightest trace of the place where the propeller went down. Captain Smith has given up all hope of raisins the vessel, but is anxious to secure the bodies of hS children. He says that the water was oovered with floating articles on the morning of the disaster, but that the wind probably drove them ashore on Long Island. Quantities of the cargo have been found near Horton’s Point, and along the shore towards Greenport. Judge W. Z. Stuart has resigned his seat on the Supreme Benoh of Indiana. V £ >4 ii i MATTERS-AND THINGS-IN NEW TORS. [From the New York Papers of (he 20th.] Yesterdav Mr. Biankman, theooansel associated with Mr.'Ashmead, of your city, in the defence of Michele Canoemi, ohwrged with the murder of Policeman Bugene Anderson, repaired to’the office of Mr. C. J- Warren, the property derk, ahffo. 86 • Franklin street, with several parties, all Italians, for tho purpose of examining the articles found in the apartments occupied by Caneemi. If .the evi dence of these countrymen, of tbcaocusedistobe relied upon, and there seezus to be no reason why it should be discredited, the majority of the articles were not the proceeds of burglary committal, at least in this country. All the jewelry, and man; pieces of clothing, were shown to have been in his possession in Palermo, where he was a person of some standing in society, and where, in 1848, after the re* YOlntionary outbreak, he was appointed Captain of he -Municipal Guard. His commission to that appointment is among the documents found la his chamber, and is regularly signed by the Palerxnan authorities. The Tetters from his brother, found with the’ jewelry, have been translated by Mr. Cristadora, the Broadway ptrruqvier. They are marked by strong .fraternal affection, and in no way indicate any improper conduct on the part of the accused. Canoeunf occupies a cell on the lower corridor of the Tombs, adjoining that at present tenanted by Smith, sentenced to death for the mnrder of the cook of the brig General Pierce. By strict orders from the District Attorney, nobody whatever, except his counsel, is permitted to con verse with him. He keeps up his spirits, eat# heartily, and does not appear to be in the least apprehensive as to his ultimate fate. Considerable stir has been occasioned in tbe vil lage of Port Chester and vicinity, in consequence or the Rev. Mr. Porteus of the Methodist Epucopal Church, Stanwieh, Conn., baring eloped with a Hiss Pine, daughter of James Pine, of Ring street, Westchester county, a young lady of about nine teen years of age, and or prepossessing appearance. They got married in New York without the girl’s fhtherbeing consul ted Is the matter. No vessels arriving at Quarantine hereafter will be sent to the lower Quarantine anchorage, except from the following ports; Havana, Port auPrince, May ungues,Black River, St. Thomas, and vronaives. Accounts from the ports named show a favorable falling of in the nnmoer of yellow fever cases There were ten vemels detained yes terday at upper Quarantine, making the present number detained there twenty-six restels, while at the lower anchorage there are now but three vessels. An exciting meeting of the NeiriYcrk Volunteer Association took place last evening at the Mercer House, relative to the gold snuff-box oostrorroy, which promises to be * serious bone of eontentioa between the parties who support the claims of the two principal candidates for the gift. The Burnett men bolted and would not rote on die question of the adoption of the resolutions endorsing the Com mon Counoil committee’s selection of Colonel Dyokman, on the alleged ground that this was not a bona fide meeting of the Volunteers, bat merely of the Volunteer Association. Colonel Dyokman waspresent and acted asohalman. Paric ®S*to 'he headquarters of I>> alker’s returned deserters yesteraaj. They i drew a crowd, and many knots of a doien or so I were formed with a filibuster In the centre recitin g j his adventures. Although there were no appeals . made for charity, & considerable sum waa ©euected ' daring the day in the Park and elsewhere for their relief Six or eight were forwarded to Buffalo by I Mr. Kellook, of die Almshouse Department, and 1 others accepted the offer of a free passage, to Al bany by tho Hudson River boats. In a day or two all will probably be token care of. At noon, yesterday, the passengers on board the South Brooklyn ferry-boat Transit were spectators to a most exciting scene—no less than an attempted suicide by drowning by a young glri, and her rescue by two seamen. It seems that the girl is well known by night to tho employees of the ferry com pany. She baa been seen to croas os the ferry re peatedly, and her eccentric habits were such as to raise a suspicion that she was of unsound mind. The quarantine commissioners are getting specifications, and estimates of the cost of erecting a sight for a permanent quarantine on the Orchard Shoals, which lie a short distance off the const of Staten Island, some five miles nearer to the city than Seguine's Point. If the cost should sot be too startling, it is thought that the Orchard Shoals and Seguine’s Point together -sill it ns oat with a permanent quarantine, ample for all the purposes demanded for the public health. The “Orchard ‘Skoals” are sot ted down oa the maps of the coast survey, but being situated near the main ship channel, it 2 thought the situation will sot be so objectionable to the commercial interests as Seguine’s Point. The original sna appropriated by the lata Lesula* tore for the removal of quarantine was fltt.OoOaU told. Of this, $50,000 were subsequently destined to the construction of a temporary accommodation. Out of the remaining it ia understood the commissioners have been obliged to draw largely their currant and daily expanses. Unless the Legislature come to their relief with an additional appropriation, the island to be constructed upon “ Orchard Sheals ” will not, we suspeet, be a lane one. Near Aurora on the Cayuga Lake, the other day, three sons of K. H. dale (formerly of this city) were sailing in a yacht, with a very light breeze, when the boom jibed and the youngest son, Nathaniel 5., into the wafer.' Hese kiah M., who was an expert swimmer, leaped in Immediately to save his brother, when both were drowned, despite the efforts of the third brother to reach them with the boat. Nathaniel was the youngest, and the fool of the family. Hetekiah was noted for his generosity and courage, and was beloved by all who knew him. Their bodies were recovered, and both buried In one grave. Thefr ages were thirteen and twenty-two. The Br. earew steamer City of Baltimore, Cant. Leitcb,sailed at noon to-day for Liverpool. She took 5$ cabin and 187 steerage Mrs. Sarah Matthias, react of the Ber. 3. B. i hfatthlas, died yesterday at residesce of her sos, the Her. J. J. Matthias*) chaplain at 4s fils* men's Retreat, on Staten Island, at the advanced age of 88 year*. The deceased wee one of the few who formed the first Methodist Church inJohn street, in this city. She was present at the inau guration of Washington; saw the British troops evacuate this city; and when very young was sent by her mother with food to some who were in pri son in the old sugar house. Her father was with Washington at Valley Forge and at other poets. Mr. Bamuel Osgood sold by anotlon the ship L. D. Carver, 415 tons register, for 113,000. Mr. H. D. Brookman was the purchaser- The Mraterleux Burial it ttnwatny, X. J, [From the Newark Advertiser of last evening.} Investigation into the oireomstanees of the death of Margaret Dale, and her banal on the shore at Shrewsbury river, by her brother-in-law, Wm. H. Conover, of this city, was formally commenced yesterday at the Evergreen Cemetery, KUiabeth. The Newark authorities obtained the services of Lowis Braun, coroner for the county of Union, who empanelled a jury. The coroner and jury proceeded to the Ever freen Cemetery, and opened tho inquest at the oust of the keeper about 3 P. M. The body had been disinterred, and a superficial of it made by the physicians—a critical analysis being almost impossible on account of its decom posed state. The testimony of the physicians concerning the appearance of the body and its internal organs was not given yesterday to the jury, but they gave their opinions in conversation. The coffin was opened in the presence of the coroner and jury, and the body found to have been interred in the usual clothing, and the blanket which vaa wrapped around It in the sand. Decomposition had fir ad vanced, and the right and odor were exceedingly offensive. The examination of the phyrioians disclosed no traces of prison nor violence. The stomach and intestines presented & natural appearance. The lungs were very much gone, and appeared highly diseased. The fuller details of the examination will he patented to the jury to-day. Only the evidence of Dr. Conover and his son was heard hefbre the jury yesterday—the investi gation being adjourned until to-day in order to procure the attendance of Meters. Baum and Rad way, of New York, who saw the disinterment. Captain Douglas, who assisted in it, Mrs. Conover, ana Mrs, Maaknet> who was on the excursion, but who had returned, however* before the death. The owe, as it now standi, exhibits no evidence of any violence on the part of Dr. Conover towards the deceased, but a great want cf propriety— arising either from agitation under the peculiar rironastances of being away from home in a «n»ril boat, or from a disregard of the deceased, on ac count of her imbecile character. The relationship between deceased and the family was never ac knowledged, and a ruling Idea of Dr. C. in all hit proceedings seems to hare been to dispose of her as quiokly aa possible, so that the relationship should never be discovered. In this he most be adjudged guilty of impropriety, if not of inhumanity. Far ther remarks on the matter are, however, improper until the investigation is concluded. The publio Is warned not to be lieve the numerous rumors that are in circulation and are published— especially those in Up New York papers. Scarcely an account ha* yet been giren which (does not con tain many misstatements—most of them, too, of an aggravating' and exciting character. We correct* ed a number yesterday. The statement that the burial w*s made without a permit is incorrect, as ail the legal forms were gone through with hy the undertaker, previous to the interment, although they were not absolutely essential In the case. Tna coffin procured for deceased was suoh as is usually obtained for families in moderate circumstances for their friends—being of white*wood, handsomely varnished and lined, having sOver-plated screws, Ac. An anonymous letter, directed to “The Coroner of tho city of Newark,” was reoelved this morning by Coroner Baldwin from Port Monmouth, stating that on Sunday a man brought upon a schooner at that point a box which he desired to sender freight jVew Tori. The canlaiu becoming suspicious (but all was not right refused to receive it. The man then took it to Onion, and endeavored to hire a man to buiy a dead body for him, übk-h w.a also refused, whereupon be hired a man to pilot his boat, containing the body, to Elizabethport. The investigation has not yet closed. Tbe Governor's Election in Missouri. [From the St. Louis Republican of the 15th.] According to the returns which we publish this morning, the two eandidates for Governor ar* getting.into VW olose quarters. From some 5,000 majority, to w}u?h Mij. Rollins attained at one time, he is so reduced in numbers that two will cover the whole, and returns to be received before this article is dosed may put him behind bis com petitor in the race. The election of Coionel Stewart to the office of Go vemor of this Gtme, may we presume, he regarded as a died fact So it eras received yesterday, and , M the returns mdioate, unless there ehouldbe un eipected changes in the counties yet to hear from officially, or pot beard from at all. Should he he eleoted, this may he said in his favor, that notwith standing ho has been the best blackguarded— the most infamously abused—man in this State tbe people have manifested their willingness to try him and to soe what manner of man he is His name has been connected with nil public affairs for the last ten or fifteen years, and it must have seemed strange to them tfiaione occupying aoob a position should vet he the subject of sooh unlimited abuse and ridicule They have not, it would seem by their votes be lieved these calumnies, and all that Calonel StUart. or any Wend of his, can ask, is tu give him a fa» trial. This the people have determined to aooord *2 5. “d. "f 1 s® lot *> administer the affaire £S*S?bS£ *“ U,ttM •***&&*- Colonel Stewart’* tealonty will sot bthm. bly two or three hundred; but it is enougti ?or adi preotical pMposes, especially when it is cins\de«d that he had to enoounter a eomMmfi omSitim * 2218401,1