The New York Herald Newspaper, August 23, 1854, Page 4

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FROM CALIFORNIA. ‘The steamshin United Siates, from Aspinwall, ar aived at New Orleans on the 21st inst., bringing the €alit rpia mails and paesengem. A great fire bad ‘eceurz¢d at Marysville, and the loas reached $250,000. T e State democratic convention assem. bled at the time appointed, and, after much disturb gnce, nominatei two t: a. The wheat crop, which was large, hod been harvested, and great qnantities vere being exported. Provisions had @eelined. Four was worth $9 50 a tid. The steamships George Law and North Star, Meow Aspinwall for this port, with fifteen days later fotelligence from California, are fully die, and miy de hourly expected. LATER PROW THR BAN AMAS. We bave received our files of Nassan (N. P.) jour. mals tothe Sth of August, but they contiin vory few items of news. Tac ist of Auguet beiag the dwentieth anniversary of the sbolition of slavery in fe British West India lalands, the day, with she exception of the omission of the procession of the Friendly Societies, was observed as ordinarily, Ats meeting of the Bibama Friendly Society, held on the same day, Mr.Frilay Armbrister, of the Bight Settlement, St. Salvador, was recognized as Vice President of the Friendly Society of that tedand. Tho same j of July 22, an asrival fiom Cay we learn tha! the derk Willian on, from 8t. Jago, bound to Swansea with a cargo of copper anived Mere on the 4th instant. A fever of a very m Bant type (probably yellow) prevailed among @rew, five or six of whom died in a few days, and he remainder wero dangerously ii whea our infor- mans left. PRI-EMPTION RIES IN EANSAS ANT We publish this mornin Amiomnry General on preemption rights | in Kansas and Nebraska. He asye Congress gives pre-emption only in su h of nds ceded by tne Sndiana an are pot required first to be ofied & poblic sale; that the lands cede} under the con- @ition of being first offered at public sale are no wore opened to pre-emption by act of Congress than was the military reservation at Fort Leaven- worth; that thore Jands cannot be taken np by settlers under a claim of pre-emption, and that such takiog will be void in law, and confer no rigat on which to demand a conveyance from the Commnis- sioner of the Public Lands—moreover, it will be the duty of the President to maintain by for: tho Plighted faith of the United States in this master. MISCELLANEOUS. Two Jarge granite buildings in Broad strect, Bos- ton, fell yeste:day afternoon, with a tremondous eracb. Tree peraons ave known ta have boen Killed, and romora were current that several others were buried beneath the ruins. Immediately after the falling of tho walls,a tire buret out, kindled from a steam epgine im the basement, whi Dappily corfined t2 tag guins Loss catimate 9120,000. A meeting was held in New Haven yesterday af ‘Sernoon, for | the purpose of appointirg I’ &e., ander the newlaw. The opponcate of @ere resisted al} action, and a motion to was carried by them. The friends of they were crowded from the doorway by the pres- ware of rovdies, which statement the onents deny. The U. 8. steamer San Jacinto, it is said, put into Boston in conse juence of leaking badly when under eany he crack in her bed plate beiag of a tri- fing nature. Ae f00n a8 cauiked ahe will proceed to the Baltic. The cemocrats of Philadelphia on Monday night meminsted John Hamilton, Jr.,in the second dis trict, and Henry Mf. Phillfps ia the fourth, as thoir eandidates for Congres. The steamboat Penobscot, from Portland, while going up Boston harbor, ran down a sailboat, in which were four men, who were drowned. CITY AYFAIRS. A correspondent in to-day’s paper criticises the late milk re; ort of the City Inspector, aad argues ‘that bis concinsions are altogether erroneous. Oar @orrespondent very properly calls the attention o the public to the large quantities of uaripe aude tnwholesome yogetabies and fruits that aro daily eld in our streets and markets. Judge Roo-evelt has given two important dei- sions on residen.c and taxation, which will be read ‘with interes‘. COMMTECIAL APPAIRS, Common brand: of St.te flour again advanced Bje. a 18jc. jer bb!. Fancy and extra brands wore wmobanged. A small quantity of now Conorce ‘wheat brought $2 12,and another of Southern now zed, $1 85. Indian corn again advanced one coat per bushel; prime mixed sold at 850. Cotton wis quiet, but prices were unchanged. Meas pork sold @t$13 60. $13 62. The tale of Rio coffse made by anction yesterday realized an advance of {2.0 per Ib. A large auction sale of French glace and ewthen ‘ware came off yesterday, by Robert Haydock. It was the fist sale of the kind this season, and at tracted ® large and spirited company, The sale went off well—not a piece having been withdraws. ‘The whole was sold at very fair prices, compare 1 with the first sales of lost season. Tho valuo of t'e sale was estimated at about #25,000 a $30,000. The stock comprised a fresh consignment of goods di- rect from the manufacturers in France, and was woud at six months, approved paper. NEWS FROM ECROT Thesteams>i> Hiopa, for t nay in Ler Cleveaws da; and iy be Lowrly expootad. at SA EE AIT TT tT TES ST EE TE ‘s Patent Extenston—fome of the Myr’ gn a Disclosed. We have be o e us a congress nul doce ment, (Ul R.353) ftel te sessi n, mbody tog the testimo y taken beore he Se c''O mi e06 seven apjdinted by te Hou et) i squire into certaine’argesot ob yc rra tO! aooonection with the bil) for thy extensi o patent, an? ihe eve lreport+ pr ents frm the committee on t subect, Fr m this tes- timony an! these r ports ¢ laderable light is thrown on the mod s oper(mdi of that mys- | terious business o be Thivd House, known as | | Jobhy Jegislation. We begin with the testimony of the Hon. Mr Clivngman, of N ©. In ihe ¢_urse of his evidence he sai My information is mainly derived from eonverrati: ne wich sundry persena, which Tecan “eteil if agrenabl- o the committee, Mr. D. a. Wright, of tho Day Bok pe eapeper, and ¢he Hon. Mr. Weatorook, of Now York, were im my room last Werk, Dot mure than a week sinc , and the converration turted upon the Colt patent extens sion «nd the awsount expensed to ontain the parsage the Saw for the extension. Mr. Wright ssid th would be potsbas than rixry or seventy *hynsand a Opexpressing my surpris-, (be repeated the atal an@ rand be thought it would be that amony » head beep present at an interview betweeo Mr. Cott (a bro her of the parentee) and a m+mper of Congress, in'the room ef the f-rmer, during the pre-ent sexsion, apd that they were computing the amonot expeuted, and made i sixty er seventy thourand dolinrs. Ho decticed to mention 7be name of tho member of Congress, assyiog that be was a frend of his. Ho algo aooke of another inter iew with Mr. Colt, in which that gentleman raid to lem, if he would come up to bix room be would like to give hic a vair of pistols; but that be never did go or receive them. In reference to another out: de co sversation, Mr. Clingman said:—The Mr. Junes referred to is a member from Tennessee. Mr.Jores turned round and said to me in the hearing of Mr. Wallach, [ think: ‘Clingman, the man who spoke to toe about that matter, was Nicholson, tho editor of the Tnion. He said to me, one day, when I was in his office: ‘Jones, I heard a man say yon could get $60,000 if you would vote for the Colt sill’ 1 did not ask who the man ther tho remark was made to hia io jest oroarnest. He roylied thr be did not know, for heed inquivel nothtog about it. That was the end of the conversation. Mr. Dickerson, of New York, the principal acting lawyer of Mr. Colt in this’ caee, in his testimony, peaking of the enemies of the eran extensiin, suid :— To thisI replied I knew who they were, and named Horace HI. Day. I *old the messenger if Mr. Day wanted to talk tome, he must come himself, and not seod a third person. The next day Mr Day cama, and paid thet bo represented certain parties in Washington, ia and oat of Congress, who bad the power to pasa or defeat his bill; apd that if T wonld pa; ay bia friends in Washi $1500, and satisfy him, they would pase thls bil ia told him tbat I knew who his irienda wore ; that they were a ret of low lotter writers, and tlt I understood his plan of attack, which was to libel Col. Colt sad me, and all concerned in the business ; and that I would ra ther pay bim and them something, than be lbolled and abused in the papers. In regard to Colt’s lobby fund, the following questions were put to Mr Dickerson :— Quertion by Chairmon.—Uas the fund referred to been as much a4 yo, ,000; and if not, how much less ? Answe-,—No, sir, the whole amount woul not exceed, L think, $15,(06 Question by Chairman —How mary pistols dia you bring here with ves during this seagion, and how macy of them are stili on bang? Answer—I should think from thirty to fifty pistols. There are several (a box half full) on hand—perbaps t¢a or fifteen. Several letters, pro and con, from Mr. Dick- ercon and Mr. Day follow, addtressed to the editor of the New Yorx Herarp, and published in this journal. Mr. David Augustus Wright, of New York, editor of the Day Book, and Mr. Colt’s book- keeper, to a question of the committee, cave the following suggestions: Anawer —Accoreing to my ree sItection, I was in Mir. Dean’s room one nigat towards midnight, eleven o’closk, perbaps; Mr. Dean excused himself, ssymg he had te go down to one of Dickers n's suppers. Ho sted ano to stay there and amuse myrelf until his retura, and I did so. When he did return, he told me a dead sot ha! boon made at him to go for the renewal of Coli’s patent, and ho told me the particulars. He saul a lady who ast next to him at table had presse} Colt’s causo With a great deal of zeal, and when he came to Gus oat the reasva of her chamzionship, she said Colt had seat her two b es of kid gloves from Paris Tasked Dean how he sas go\ 48 to vote on the bill, and he said against {t. I don’t re leet, with eufficient exactuess, to mention a single La -ao in the supper party that Mr. Iiean uttonded. ees by chairman —From whom did z hearibat the amount expended, or to be expendad, to soonre the passage e of Colt’s bill waa eqnal to $60,000 or $70,000? Give the names of the persona and their residonse. Anawer.—Icannot tell. Ido not reooliect, wich auti- cient exactness, to stato the name of any one who told me. Mr. Horace H. Day was opposed to Colt’s patent, but haying a number of India rubber eases of his own to look after, the counsel of Colt, consisting of Mr. Dickerson, Col. Clemens, of Alabama, Lewis C. Levin, ex-M. C., and others, urged a compromi e; and getting Day into Weshington, he thus naively told them his plan of operations, We extract from the testi- mony of Mr. Day :— Question by Mr. Zolifeoffer—Iid you demand of Mr Dickerson the specific sum of $13,000. for yourself and friends, (reporters and other:,) as an inducomet him your aid? Answer—The idea on my mind was this:—that, unless be sveceeded with the rubber men ia extending both ihs patents, it would be no object to them to + ffect a settle ment with me. My idea was, that the Orst stop, to give easonable chance of success at that peciud of time to begin to turn public sentiment at onea: and Mf toflur nila) loner writers were emplored, wo could uot expect to empley them short of $2,000a pisce, I th ak I suggested to b'm a retainer of $500 in met—that's my impression; that’s what I #. ne eas In ra other Way (han that have I demanded of im Question ey Mr Zol‘cotor—What sum did Mr. Dick. erzon ofier to pay to eause you to ceaso your o, end to secure the aid of your friends to the j the bill? He offered me the sam of $19,000, conti bessage of the bil. Ithink that is the exnc am cone Jj 11? 8 Mueb se $10,000; it might ha $12,100. Mr. Day, as it thud @ppears, has a proity good opinion of the influcace of the proas and “influential letter-writers,”’ and of their power ever public opinion inside the House of Repro it to er ro sentatives, Hon. Gilbert Dean, of New York, soft shell anti- Nebraska man, was examined; and in the course of his evidenco,the following oceurre: Question by Mr Zollicoffer.—Did_ you ever a of those dinners or suppers? ond if $0, did you reason to believe that they wore given with a conciliate good feeling among mombers of C: wards Colt's patent? Avswer—I have beon inv ted more than 2t0 to the entertainments ai I only. No messbors of ¢ Mr. Clingmon and myself, were 7 number of ladies, and semis gantlor around Cor enbject of ko to mein favor of the Colt pa n interfered and aaid to th pored to it, and that there w: wring to influence me. I had known Sf. ring the last Congr and had met him damn tod wilh him resert session recon Mr. Colt, know him. The account given of what ocourred by Mr. Wright, in bis test read to me, ia substantially correct.” J , Lknow of no improper mana having any member of t onent, Congte! werd Sy Any member ef the present Cones Iion. George W. Jones, of Tennessec. con- cerning the conversation alluded to by Mr. Clingman, testified:— Some time last winter, or early in the spring, I wont into tho C'mon office one evening. ‘There were ons oF two other persons there. Tr) extension of the « . that he had hea ‘r20M Say that I coull get Gisy thousand dollars if I would support that oll!. Tmade no reply, nor inquiry as to who it was that said #9, nar have I since inquired or heard anything more abo 7? The Washington Union was an ardent sup porter of Colt’s patent extension. The Kitchen Cabinet are competent to look afier tnelr in- terests in any great public moasure involving the spoils, Incidentally, upoa another subject, Me. Ciingman testified as follows :— When [ entered the hall of the House of Reprosenta- 5 of the votes were being taken on the Wiscon- oad bill I was oither seut for, of in some other way I was given to uederstand that some ladies wished me to go into the gallery, As my nams hod been passed om the calling of the roll, I went up to the eastern gal tery, where I fou I thiok, with Mr. Dickerson (Colt? nt) and aaa mentions One or both of the ladies toid me they wishet me to re prin there, 0 tbat J might pot rote on the Wiscoatip fC t's pistol | ‘rated bil, Tanswerd that ! was in the babit of vot in ry question shen Teouls i te Rell aod nd go dowpend vote Te'd nae state how I joteuded to vote. ‘hey inst ted that T upnst not go, for othepxkn-w | would vote azainas the vill, which thay said they were very arximua eho WM pass. Drem, ined in eon ternriot with them afew minutes, noticing the © of tbe roll, so as to b+ ante to get dean im tims for the next vote Ant «as levieg them one or beth of them earnestly bogged mete stay Tteft them without aoy intimetion a8 to how { would vote, This accounts tor the extraord nary interest which the ladies nthe gallery s metimes be- trey in the very driest p:o eedings of the House. Kid gloves, rail road stocks, axdsuch like li'tle sonvenirs, ar: ats ake. The Wiscon- sin railroad bi] was p ssed and appr: ved ; but a forgery h-v ng been detected upon its face, it was subs quently repealed, With regard to the di tiibut’on of Colt’s re- volvere, Hon, J. H, Show.r said, ina letter to the committee :-— Thave been informed that Col. Clemens, im his testi- mony before your eammities, mentione? my name, with others, to whom a pistol of Cat's patent hed been pre sented. That Col, Clemepa cid present me with » pstol free to acmit and have frequently spoken of it pride ; but whetner it was the mannfe re of Colt, or seme other person, 1am ignorant, never baving to wy hvowledge, seen more than three before. Hon. Presley Ewing, of Keotucky. says: Mr Clemens, arecond cousin and intimate friend of mipe, gave me aColt’a pocket revolver, At the time I did net know Mr. Clemens bad any copneetinn with Colt’s apphestion for a pateptextenrion, nor did I even know Lr. Colt was urgivg auch ap spplisation. Hon. Fayette McMullen, of Virg'nia, replied tothe committee that he had got one of the pistols, but saya : I think there were two or three other gentiewon proentattbetme I aoe tne pistel to several gen tlemen of both political Col Clemens had presented it to me. Col Clemeas did Det ay one word to we st the time; nor did he refer to the extension of (ol. Cult’s patent, nor did ] snow that be waa the attorney of Col. Colt for some fou' weokn after he presented me the pistol @ token of regard from a vsiued friend ; satisfied that Col Clemens is incapable of at:empting t> wfiuence the vote of any member of Congress -uch meass, &o. Of course be is, Who dares doubt it fora single moment? It was a present from a friend, in course. Hon, W. A. Richardson, of Dinois, chairman on the Nebraska bill o-mm ttee, says that he arked the loan of one of Colt’s pisiols ; ao) ‘hen he says that— Col C, handed me a revolver, with balls, &c ; told me to keep it. No conversation was had betecen Col C aad myself, efher then or at any other time, in relation to the estepsion of Colt’s patent Hon. Daniel Mace admita that Senator James of Rhode Island, gave his little boy a pistol ; ond the reagon which the Senator gives for it is that he was attached to the little boy, because he resembled a fon of his own that he had lost. Mr. Cullom, ‘of Tennessee, got a present of one of the pi-tols from Col. Clemens; but the Colonel had never told him of his agency in the Colt patent. There pistols were revolvers, worth psubably from thirty to fifty dollars each, and were, we ] presnme, made for the especial use of Congress, The disinterested generosity manifested !n 2 their | distribution is very much to be admired; and all the more so, from the fact that all this time the bill was pending for the extension of Colt’s pistol patent for another term of years. Can any man suppose that be- cause the recipients of these pistols had each a vote in the House, there was any calen- Jatioa upon the subject. Out upon the illiberal suspicion! Could there be anything addaced more conclusive of pure high-minded friendship than this distribution of revolvers among mem hers ot Congress, to enable them to shoot down each other without fail, should oscasion require hit? Nothing, positively notbing. The committee make govera! reports. acties, and told them that by any Mr. Letcher, chairman, and Mr, Ruffla and Mr. Eddy, think there is something decidedly rot ten in tbe business, though tho positive eti- dence elicited is hardly sufticient tor a convic tion of felony. They are “down upon the claim agent letler writers,” and reeomm nd their expulsion from the House. In regard to Mr. Dickerson’s contingent lobby fund. of $15,000, in behalf of Colt’s patent, they say:— ‘Ibe money bas been used, as the evidery shows, in reying the cost and cserses Incurred in pita ly and extravagant entertai tameata, to w jadios and members ¢f Congress an? others werd invited, witha view of fortbe'ig the snccars of this mesure. The latior, haying been firet culy serproaned wih too impor: tance of Colt's pistol exter sion hy presen‘s of Paritiaa | pag aro invited to these entertulaments: and tee evi- ence shows that, whilo there, members of Congresa are appealed to by thom to fe thi In tho Janguoge of a wit at the Hon. Gilbert Deg, rexowal of Colt’s patent.” Whother tha ¢ rocial influence and appliance wan brought to U9 east. others who were invited to dine or sup at that ) odeome establishment, we have no means of ascortan’ ing, as Mr Dickerson has not given us the namos of bis cuent and hes not, therefore f: getting st the facts. ed tho rule that— “To reach tho heart or gat tle vote, Tho surest way is down the throat’? The three members of tho committee named, recommen! ‘a. more careful, exten: re and thorough examination.” §0 do wo Mr. Zclicoffer, in a separate report, thinks that “very improper practices have beea resorted to by agents, attorneys, and letter-writers, to secure the passage or defogt of bills before Con- gress.” Mr, Eliot does not Like those dinners, kid gloves, pistola,and such things, and “re- commends that the committee have lease to continue their investigations,” Messrs, Wiceler and Thurston amg $9 the conclusion that “nothing has been proved” in the way of brib- ing and corrupting members of Congress. And the committee have adjourned to a day not designated. We have thus given the cream of tho ducu- ment before us. Thongh inanflicient to estab- lish before the House the charges of corruption against Colt’s patent extension, upon which the commitice was raised, it is very lkely that the mass of our readers will arrive at a differ- ent cot on. One important fact is at least established, to wit: that the lavies who visit Washington during the sittings of Congress, do not go there exclusively to show off their charins and new dresses, nor to hunt up Con- | gressioual husbends at cight dollars per and their mileage, and tho frinking privil No. They go there to legislate; and instead of old musty law books and spoechos for Bun- combe under the hour rule, they employ the more powerful agencies of nice litle flirtations, oyster and champagne suppers, and cosy con- versations with the young bacte!or membors in the gallery, opposed to their darling pro- jects, while the House is voting on the floor be- low. But these are the most attractive agea- cies of the lobby. There are others of @ repul- sive character which remain yct to be di:closod. We hope the Honse Committee will reach them in the renewal of their investigations upon lob by corruptions in genoral. In the meantime, the document under review, we submit, furnishes evidence at loast sufficient fully to justify, and require the refusal of Con- gress to grant the patent extension asked for in behalf of Colt’s revolvers, edus with the moans oi Mz. Dickorton soems to ha re adopt eg Farner Rironte.—We publish to day a sketoh of Father Ritch'e and his connection with the Washington Union, but for forty years or 80, previously, the Gomooratic dictator of Virginia, a3 the editor of the Richmond Engnirer. The +keteh is from the pen of Major Heise, the part- ner of Mr, Ritebie when the Union was the orgen of Mr. Po'k’s odministration. The wri- ter, ther ore, is naturally somewhat Lecheranetl tiewib i 8 be Father Ri chie, bo wever, | it may be aid, vas just at home to Virginia. | His rem val to Wa-h ng on, 10 take charge of | the dem cracy o the who'e country, was bis tran fe to» t sk for which he was neither qu | life by n ture, «ducation + or: xprrienre, He | came to tte uty a an unlucky time. The in- | dependent p ess hid, to a «reat degree, super- seded the power and influence of Washisg- ton orga # before his arr v.1 there ; and it was vain fo’ Fatber R techie to a tempt to stem the tide. He persisted, and he fal d; and bis suc- cessors in the Union are doing the same ‘hing. He made sme money ; his suce:ssors will make more, They are in the Kitchen Cabinet; he was pot. Father R tchie was an am‘able gen- tlemen—a good po itician and manager for the quiet latitude of Richmond ; but among the spoil: men at Washington, he went down, Pesce to Lis memory. Wild Cat Banks, Wi'lin the last three or four days, the notes of m:st of the Wes ern banks bave almuat alto- getberceasd to circulate in this city. Three bank-, the Farmers’ and Mecbanics’ Baok of Mewmp' is, T np., the Erie and Kalamazoo Rail- road Bank, Michigan, and the Bank of Wash‘e- naw, M chigan, were advert sed the day hefure yest day us having suspended payment. Their susp: ns oO: has affected the character of all the Wertern banke, more especially those of Miohi- gan, Ind ana, Il\inois, and Wisconsin, an) while some brokers take their notes at a discount varying ‘rom two to five per cent, othera refuse them altogether, While we write, the panic is spreading; and it is by no means unlikely that the run it will create may lead to other suspen- sions, avd te ruin of many of the present banking institutions ot the West. The extent of the danger may be conceived, wien it fs re- membered that some hundreds of thousands of Weetern paper is held in this State and the sca- board cities, We have no design to become siarmists, but it cannot be concealed that a large proportion of our banking institutions are by no meansin a position to withstand a sudden run upon their funds. This applies as well to this State as to our ne’ghbors. Besides the old banks, or- ganized bfore the passage of the Free Banking Jaw, whose notes are by no means adequately secured, we are moral- ly convinced that were all the New York banks to wn} up their affairs to-morrow under the superintendence of the State officer, the as- sets of several would not meet the amount of their notes. This arises from the error in our j ening law by which banks are allowed to lodge wlia the Comptroller bonds and mort- gages of uccertain value in licu of Static or Federal stocks, Should a sale of these be forced at present, the proceeds would in many cases fall short of the amount of notes which they secure, and the noteholiers would suifor in proportion. If this {s true of New York, the banks of the other States of the Union are ina worse position still The security on which Eastern notes rest is generally very inid- equate. A few banke in New England may be regarded as safe ; but the adherence of most of the Eastern States to the old banking system deprives the holders of notes of even such a guarantee as we possess in New York. In the South, especially in Georgia, the banking sys- tem is auch that very few banks could survive arun upon them. In the West, our Free Bank- ing Jaw bas been adopted in Mlinois, Wiscon- sin and Indiana. The notes izsued by the banks of the two former States are secured by six per cent State stocks. Ohio notes are equally se- cure. Indiana notes are secured in like mao- ner by five and six per cent State stocks ; but the Comptroller has been authorizrd to take them at par, and thus the smailest decline in their current value would invclve s proportioa- ate loss to the holders of bank notes. With the exct ption of two banks, the whole currency of Michigan is unsecured, and a panic would be likely to involve many existing banks in the fate of the Erie and Kalamazoo and the Wash- tenaw banks. If the circulating medium used in each State were confined to native securities, there could be but little danger of serious losa occurring to note holders under the Free Banking law. But the worst feature in the present systom of banking in the West is the practice of import- “thg foreign and insecure notes, and issuing them ride by side with the native note: which arétolerably if not wholly seoured by State stocks. It {a barely possible for a merchant of New\ York or Illinois to know the frelaiive standing of the banks in Michigan or Teonessee; this very ignorance serves as an inducement to epeculators to iasue worth!ess foreign notes in distant States. By this means not ony Now York but every Wostern State is flooded with acurrency whieh the banks pay out Lat will not redeem, and which circulates freely in tras unijl a crisis like the present aronses sus- picion, and brings to light its worthless charac- ter. Hundreds of thousands of dollars are now floating about the country in she shape of Wes- torn notes, many of which are of doubtful value, and all of which share the taint these produce. It is euggested by a leading financial organ that Western dealers in foreign currency should be compelled to redeem all the foreign notes they pay out. The plan would certainly mitigate a share of the evil. A better system still would he to prevent the circulation of the notes of one State in any other; providing for their ex- change by stort of State clearing house; aud thus confining the attention of legislators to the condition and safety of thelr owe banks. Ifwe are to pass through another of those periodical convulsions called commercial cris's, let us be prepared for it. We cannot control events in Europe, nor can we aow repair the mischief that has been wrought by reckless railroad financiering. Foolish people whohave bongdt stocks withuut inquiring into the value they represented, must pay the penalty of their ubtusevess. But if we cannot rebuild the ship or get 1id of worthless timbers, we can at all events trim her sails and make all fast and square fora squall. Therefore do we caution the public against dealing recklessly in foreign bank notes. Some are good, as good, if not better, than our own; but others are not worth one cent on the dollar. The shrewdest cannot disctiminate between the two classes, whea a day may sbake the foundation of the most sub- stantial institutions. No reliance can he placed in the assurances of their managers; the nearer ruin approaches, the more confident it would seem are these highly honorable men. Eschew them all. Look closely into our New York banks; remembering that those which rest on a stock basis are in general likely to be sounder than those which rely on bonds and mortgages aa wel! as stock. This done, look sharp for the future, Nisio axp Caprorra Guvi; on, Waat Can BR IK THis Fatt Ack.—Amon: wo parsengers who | this efty im the good ship Batic, on the 224 o! Joly, was the well known proprietor of Nfblo’ Garden. After a pleasant landed im Liverpool, visivet passed over to Paris. In there citles Mr. Nidlo en! into arrangements with severs} artistes of celebrity, whose engogementa involve «a outlay of mors than } hundred thousand dollars. He looked in‘o the Aeadami Royale at Paris, the Overs House and Drury Lane London, 23 well as the other principal places of amunes| ment iu both capitais, and satisfied himself that in net ther of thore great cities ie there» place of omusemeng| equal to bis own establishment {a Broadway. Hay tasted ‘the delicacies of the season,” both in England] and France, he turned bis face once more towards tle! west, snd steppingon board the Baltic returned in that gallant ship to New York, #v¢ on Saturday last at four P.M. howas at home agsin in the Garden, surroundeg by @ multitude of friends so gratified to find that dure ing his brief absence, te puris bad crowded his beaus tiful houre to an overflow every night. Thus in twenty-eight dey> Mr. Niblo had crossed the Atlantic twice, visited three of the greatest cities in tha’ world, exrgaged some of the some seven thousand miles of any kind. Toere may, we thirk, be callid “active operations, *’ an are on & yar with the general manage ment of Niblo’s Garden—promut, apirited and decieivae Among the celebrities engage for the Garden, one of thé first will be the renowned Curlotta Grsi, the adautted first danseure of Karope, in whom are concentrated those great esrentisls, youth, besuty, end the attistie talent. This engagement Las long been contemplated by Mr. Niblo; but the fair danseree, now in the very pride and zenith of youth snd oopularity, could not be tempted to leave the weslth 10d plaucsts lavished on hor throughout Enrope until ‘+g: viraged war” frightened her from the gay cap*tals of , England and Russia.’ It fo soid that M’e Carlotta Crist will be accompanied by one of ‘he most complet- be llet troupes yet seen, and that ber ballots will be « mounted” in magnificent style, Under these circumstances bur career in this country will doubtless be trium;banily successful. The fair Carlotta will come to this country in the Baltic the popularity of that ehiy oud & Horse Exuyerrioxs--IurnoveMent or Live Stccx.—Not t’e least sign cf healthy progress in the Uniied States is the attention which has | lately been paid to improvements in agricultare ard the bre: ding of live stock . Tie amount of | capita) invested in what is call-d faney stock, of! all kinds, from a ten thousand dolar stallion | down to a five dollar chicken, is enormus; and | with rome peop'e the parsuit bas becowe a sort | of monomania, Grand conventions, with dele- } gations of bipeds and quadrupeds, are held | every year in every State, and they result pro- fitably to all parties concerned, The agricul- tural societies fill their coffers—the breeder se}ls bis steck for a road sum, and the farmer obtaing a vest amouut of useful inf rmation. Formerly all varieti-s of avimals were sent to there great bazaars; but as time passed away many persons found that they could make their vocation more pleasant and more lucrative by paying attention to one branch. Some of these gentl-men bent their energies toward chicken cocps, others were attracted by the magnificent proportions of Devon balls and Hereford cows, while a third class have proved to a demonstra- tion that the sperd, strength, evdurance and appearance of the horse may be improved toa woncerful extent. The success of the experi- ments with China and Malay fowls filled the pockets of many speculators, and societies for the improvement of domestic poultry have been formed in several States. These acieties have given novel, unique and succers‘ul exhibitions, aptly termed “ Hen Conventions.” Cattle thows have proved no less interesting and lucrative; but the greatest triumph was reserved for the horse breeders, who held their first fair at Springfield, Mass., in September, 1853, Fifteen hundred dollars worth of pre miums were distributed. one thousand horse: were on the ground, and nearly thirty thousand ladies and gentlemen witnersed ‘he show. The profits are raid to have reached the eum of ten thousand dollars, and the hotels, railway com- City Ime niigenees Tas Cxouma.—The following in the report of th cholera yesterday up to 12 o'clock noon in the two hog 15 panies and shopkeepers reaped » rich harvest | ** Received. Died. Cured. Rem'g: from the great influx of strangera, pelatas| ggreat me 9 3 4 Early in September of this «“yN Remsen Lee ae = y p of year, a “Na- ans 7 : = tional Horse Fair” isto be held at the new race course near this city, and the opening programme isa very tempting one, both to Misnxc or ue Dewocasrio Rereautax: ore Commrriae.—A special meting of this commit bela leat night fo Tammavy ffi), Lorenzo B the the Chair. Rees only busines: of the fining the preset se the breeders and admirers of blood stock. The | tapce was 2 of @ resolution fixing fault in the Springfield affair should bo diction sl ng a the 20 tnrcnts ote rreatiog Temedied in future exhibitions, and arrange- Praet fend 8 e'clock P, ‘ai, BY er ae hold ments chould be made to ensure a proper repre- | which the mecting adjourned. upon afleg sentation of the hard shell democracy of the the stable—the farm and draught horses, We have also received the programme of the Ohio and Pennsylvania Horse Exhibition, to be held at Salem Ohio, October 11, 12, 13 and 14. Horses from all States will be allowed to com- pete for premiums, We get a great mafif’ good horses from Pennzylvania, and a fie show may be expected. Nothing can be more novel and interesting than these exhibitions, and the =| that they are always succsssPul, proves that there is a great deal of interest felt by the public in them. Live stock im the United States has been much improved of late, but there is room enough for further improvement Teranrvar or Tae Panty \4n ov Wi Dent frigate of war Fordonskjola, which bes i tae Scvgitred ous barber for the lst 'ew ¢ase, hove ancy ere out for sen yesterday af EG salute while sailing dozn the bay, ~ penbagtn, Denmark This versel maggutine con areal to O8 Dumber of ous ‘ellow citizens, « Sy alge a fine ship, and could no « Lesbe db a oe cailed upon to act. <4 —Neptane Engine Co, No. 2 of (a alae Fire, Hartford, pow anriatee this cit soe the Hartford “srase Band, parved our office y ye ing Ca the corner, the band struck bhp ae for ua,’ Wisich was ployed in adm! able style = Toia isa Gne Took, ire company, wWeasing a unifurus similar to the New York, emen. Police Imeligence. Investigation into the late rape om board the Canal Boat James Watson —Yesterdsy an investigation into thelate alleged raze cose on board the canal boat James Watson, on her paseage down from Waterloo to this city, wag held at the veilcreon Market Molice Court, Ddefere Judge Pogart. The complainant, Emiline Dewey, on being exe still. Emicrant Sur The report of the Com- Ge! deposed that she ge! o Prisoner, 43 muol’ Ste iu of the it Wat mittee of the British House of Commons ap- | ¢ook their provisions at tte Woes ors: oe Faiorloo vd pointed to inquire into the state of the emi- —_ tose evening ot their passage, while abo was giant veszels railing from Great Britain has senaaad Maer bers weer <' hed, re nd thew did erst against hr will ava pro‘e-tation, commit = rape no ber person ; tbat on other occasioas he re= peared his arsauits, a» alreary stated, violating her per= son a second time. On ar:iing at’ New York, three o:cer violations of ber peraee ‘ook phee, abo said, the captain thicatening ber Ie if». ¢ made any noise Shout it. phe was discharged cm the fourth day after czriving et New York, and was ro is that 1t was Proseety for her to go to Bollevue hospital — ihe captain had connosiion with ber four times aitice her On her cross exomipatiou -he raid sho was married 12 Sears ago; she made no complaint against the Captain . aiter hia first violation of the com; it’s person; ‘Lat on er arrival here in New York, Barat held hee cowr ou tho cabin floor, while sumuel stevenson noon mitted a viclition agon her per on; she could not maka Spy noise as bis arm was a-rxs her wouth; abe did not ‘eave the boat that might, brcange being @ stranger aha bnew not where to zo, on she Suturdey tear aasault she went on board of a boat that Ia: them; complaicavt on every + ecasion ¢1d tes eal ee . resist these men, but was wnuble to help herself, and the aessults vere committed all 9; her will: come just heen published, and contains some sug- gestions addreseed to ue, It appears that not- withstanding the outcry that has been made upon the subject, no statistical record is kept, in available form, of the condition in which emigrants arrive here. Yet this record is ob- viously the only true test of the working of the foreign regulations respecting emigrant ebips. Whether the present rules are adequate and round can only be ascertained by a iho- rough examination of the emizrants on their arrival here, and by a comparison of their con- dition at that moment with the statement made by the officer at the time of their departure. The committee earnestly recommend the open- ing of negotiations with this government on the subject; and we trust their overtares will be met in the same spirit. We are more di- rectly concerned in the welfare of our adopted citizens tban the country they are leaving; and interest as well as bumanity should lead us to leave no means untried to obviate the evils they now euffer, In many respecte, such as the regulations regarding pace, and accom- modation for steerage pasengers, the British have much to learn of us; but, strange to say, in one particular in which we are usually in advance of the world, viz.: in etatistical re- cords of immigration, we seem to be sadly deficient, We hope the dofficiency will be sup- plicd without delay. To Ovr Reapers tn’ rur Rurat Disrrtcrs.— We have received a document, of which the following is a copy, from one of our Southern readers:— Received of Mr. head sept tbe sum of ton dollars abe aT ero boats sround ber St the tive of the York; she mace ro noise because she was afraid of them; she lived with her father in March last, but broke oe keeping on the 4th of March: her husband, rhe bad heard, wert out West, egain azd bud children; this s:e only bed by Posies shen complainant etrived. at the stallén Boameone told ee atory toa hes) there. ‘ere tha counsel for the prisoser, Samuel ap pga made s motion to dismiss t.e complaint, aa the com- plains nt did not go away trom the buat after the alleged: 3 Were committed, but waited there for three he rejetition of the offenses. Previous which, howeser, produced three witnesses for purpose of showing the questimabo charaster of the ccmplainant. One witress cepo ed that her father, he urderstood, turned ber out ot Mioors because she wanton. ‘his eviceseo wah ull vearsay, and tho quesi of its neg will be derided by the Cours. - oy aad Ing concluced; the case was for the da; Arrat of a Fugitive from Justice.—Oficer Ai of the ro vard, frank & wai Amos Feely, on suspicion of bel cg of $457 Srom Chri bet 8 olgons of Pater ‘be aetaioed ay te ene mre By Justice tren , vari) the New Jersey authorities shor convey him bask to Paterson. Monday night = fal Ut € Serious Rowand Stabbing Case —On poy sy Prey og eS for the purpore of enjoying themselves over whiskey pnoch. hey bad 4 been there more than an hour or #0, when, ag ‘sual 1h ‘wey an Lin goers and a fight i forone year subscription for the Daily New Youk Hist | in’ which two men named Patsick and Edward Kyam (Postage included). JOUN RICARDO, stabted Philip Quin with a dirs {ojaring him seri- $10. gent and Travelling Correspundent. ously. The ight o erica he ek ‘alarm was com- Puss Cumumus, day 3, 1864, municated t0 sabe Fourenih wd poliee, who qui ie arriving on the spot, arrest: It seems that this Mr. Ricardo has been iced an omterineen ates Cues eaters oomeoaee financiering afier the most approved modern fashion, and obtaining money on the pretesce that he was an agent and travelling correspoa- dent. As we have frequently stated, we have no agents anywhere, except United State; Post masters, who forward subscriptions to the Hn- RALp office. We regret that our readers should be done out of their money by such men as Ri- cardo, but we know of only one way by which they can guard against such occurrences in future. They should apply to their Postmas ters, subscribe for the Herarp, and read it at- tentively. Thereby they will become perfectly well posted up in all the wicked ways of this wieked world, and be able to receive the Ricar- dos in 8 manner oppropriate to their deserts. Marine Affairs. — ‘Toe Curr Sm Frrrva Sovp, the largest one {2 ports is now lying at Pier 10, East Rivor, receiving freight and passengers for Australia. sho isa noble vessel in erory respect, and istely sold for $100,000. She rogisters 1,713 two Ryans were bg comuitted them to the Tc forexamination. Tho injured man was taken to hospital. ci Coroners’ inquests. Yarrracres —On Monday Coroner Bilton beld an in- quest w 0 body of J.s*ph Connolly, at deceaw’a sate reside co 19 Broadway, between seventioth and se- venty first streets, whe came to hin death a ntermirtent fever, “‘supertuduced,” in the language of ‘he verdict of tho Jury, ‘oy the injudictous interference +f Dr. Leonard Shuberger, during the avtendanse of F.S. Wintors ” Deceaee@ was thirty-six yearsof age, and born in Leland. Pactixc ¥rom 4 Wixpow —Coroner O'Donnell held an inquest yestereay upon the body of John multivan, Be No. ¢5 Catharine street, wno came to bis death by Sentaily falling out one of be fourth story win ee house No 448 Water street. Verdict in accordanss with thoadawe@acts Desexed was only focrtoun years of age, and wass native of New York Dratn ny Drowwrxa —An inquest was pun Raywrnd by Coroner O'Donnell, on bo«rd the bark upon the body of a women named Catharine Togees, who came to her death by drowning, a it wae shown, been continually inebriated. the night of the occurrence. while stepping from the boat to the dock missed her step, and falling into the water, was drewn- ed before any assistance could be rendered. V. ‘ “death by drownis; while under the influeaes of liquor,’ Fea , ‘tons, and was built by Mesars. Metcalf & Norris, of Da. ARRIVALS. mariscotts, Mo, Her framo is composed of Virgin's | _ At the nee oe Soya, } Tomtom Bow. white oak, and she possesses superior sailing qualitics, pA nog i iB Groom, St. Louls; Gen: Jemes and deing vory sharp and buoyant. Sho is loading {a the | family, Mara; Fairchild’ and) ean, RS Harvey, British ras M. Bodisco, n Lagat Charles Thompson, Boston; R. 8. Molen and family, N. 0. Joston in stenomhip Marion—H W Conner, c E'misrol JP Haley, J Chapman, Jr, T Tay Hil, W W Northrap, 30 Pos MeDos Brodie, J Kelly, John Ryan i'N Cohen, Pioneer Line of Packets, mahing their ninetoonth vessel. This line have already sent out 27,000 passengors to Aus- tralia. Among this large numbor bat three deaths have taken placa, being » much smallor per centage than conld have been shown had they remained on shore, which Be BR ei JP Lester, Thomas Richards, J speaks highly for tho management of this line. The Fly- Sweeny, , Jobn Seats A sutton, Mes J Baker, t RL ing Send carries the U.8 mails, and itis confidently an- | cher, P Marela K 1 The ery F T ‘foo, A Mir Bellizy Jno Sloan, Capt Mart irs ee ee ee Wm Masterton, Mi Cunnington, 0 H Kelton, hat ta} Jackson, Tae Baraew Sreamauir Hawea, which was to have Capt T Payne, Chas F Levy and lady—11 in tho ete: sallod yestercay for Bremen, is detained until Friday, Y ne, y y- rage. Voom Sevannahs ta steam:hip FloridaT A Baila, P Bondre, Mirs M Bolton, E EN Baker, Miss M Boyd, F Correll, J8 Claghorn nod lady, Ming Wm It Dunning DrJ€ Dunbam W @ ‘Bison, Mes E Feit, Wa Greene, Jas 0’ Hara, F Honterson, Mt Hernsndes, Wi M Latonr, P M Gordan, A V Nichols, HL Prince, Wm Parker, TB Smith, r'B W Seabrook, Miss A Scorer, Col Naval Intetligo Dockno tm Razex INpKrENDENCS —The U. 8. raves Tae dependence was brought into the dry dock at the Navy Yard yesterday, under direction of Captain Hadson. Th® water was let out of the dock at 8 o'clock, sad at 11 the | CH Usher and lady—16 in th Leerage. vessel was secured to the kevl block, and workmen oom " om menced operations in cleaning her. Her armament avd die bate Naece law whieh foe fag Nqare © stores are all on board, making the greatest weight that bas ever been placed in any U. 8. dock heretofore. & ¢ is to be token ‘out this morning. Her othcors havo bess or- dered to sepors fog auty by the Ist yf September, oret invbriato, resnlied io sentencing thy loendast to a fino of Afty dollars and costs, to undergo an im~ ai sonment of sikty days, and aleo to pay the proseoator ten dollare for bringing hig jo jason