The New York Herald Newspaper, November 28, 1854, Page 4

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Livingston, Wells & Co., 8 Place de la Bourse. ‘The contents of the European edition of the HERALD ‘will embraeo tho news received by mail and telegraph at ‘the office during the previous week, and to the hour of publication, The News. We publish to-day in detail the very elaborate and ably prepared opinion of Judge Hoffman ia matter connected with the late extensive frauda. | lent issue of the New York and New Haven Rail- | road Company. The action was brought by Morris Ketchum a2d others against the President of th: Bank of Commerce, to recover the sum of $25,000, with interest, paid by the plaintiffs upon a transfer of 370 shares of the railroad company. The Judge decides that the plaintiffs are entitled, under the certificate and power taken by them from Mr. Stevens, the President of the company, to be ad- mitted as shareholders in the capital a‘ock of the company, in common with ail the other sherebold ers whoee rights are admitted, or shall be establish ed,aad that their right is in prgportion to such whole number of holders allotted upon s capital of three millions of do!lars. Tue opinion will be read with deep interest by the commercial community, by specuiators, and by the legal profession. Two icter: sting public meetings were held ia this city jast evening, reports of whi b are padlished in to-day’s paper. One was the celebration of the an- y of the Polish :evolution of 1830, whic) was atteaded by a iarge concourse of republicans 0! the natiors of continentai Europe. The otber wus composed principally of mambers of the Know Nothing order, aod was held for the purpose of at- fordivy pe uniary aid to the families of tae unfortu- nate sufferess hy the late election riot.at Williams burg. The price of admission to the meeting and tke collection taken up no doubt yielaed a hanésome gum of money. Mr, Don Piatt, our Secretary of Legation at Paris, | bas arrived at Washington with important de- spatches, which have engaged tbe earnest attention | of the Cabinet. It is said Mr. Soalé will not again be received by the Spanish government. The Scard of County Canvarsers yesterday pass ed uyon the returns of the Twenty first wari, and the First and Second districts of the Eleventh ward ‘The returvs of the Twenty-second ward and the ba lance of the returns of the Eieventh are all that re | main to be canvassed, when the final canvass of eact: | ward will take piace, and the resalt be declared. ‘The only change thus far in the canvass of any im portance is the adcition of ten to the votes for My- ron H. Clark. Two divorce suits are now pending before our courte, which sre disclosing, in their progress, in- stances of avery lax state of morals in our midst. The ladies are the complaining parties in both cases. The Board of Aldermen was in session last eve- uing. A report of the proceedings is given else where. The committee appointed to confer witi: the general government relative to the selection o: a site for the proposed new post office building made a report, concluding with the recommende- tion thet the Commissioners of the Sinking Fan be directed to negotiate with the government fo- the erection of « suitable building in the Park. The Pos‘master General has signified his approva of the site snggested by the committce. A commu: vt sn from the Mayor, appointing Jobn P. tion civer of taxes, in jlace of Wa. N. Dar resivned’ was accepted. | of the New York Bible Socie gin the Presbyterian Cauret er of Nineteenth street. Ad dresers d by Rev. Dr. Hewitt, o Brio zeport, Cow hn Thompson, Exq., and For. | Giorgs D. Mare, late United States charge to Cor | stantivesple. The ma:ket for breadstaff was more a tive y day at about the closing rates of Saturday. cluded in the sales of flour were some 5,000 a 6,000 bbls. for exvort, embraced in which were 2,000 & 3,000 ecmmon State, 900 Howard at $9, and 1,500 | Canadien in bond, at about $8 81 8 $8 87. Canada wheat sold freely in bond at $2 074, Upper Lake at $1 80, and Southern white at $1 85.a$2 06. The wales of corn reached about 100,000 bushels at 9c. in store, and 94cc. a 950, afloat. About 2,000 bales of cotton were sold—900 of which were Mobile for export. The general tone of the market indi- cated about jc. per Ib. decline. Pork was firmer, | with lignt sales. 600 bbls. lard sold for export at | 10jc. Fieights were active for Foglish ports anda’ | higher retes. Grain was taken as high as 6d. in | bulk for Liverpool. . | The shipments of American produce for Europe qwere again large yesterday, and embraced about | 4,000 & 5,000 bales of cotton, about 70,000 a 30,000 | boshels of grain—8,000 bushels of which was in | balk st 6d—4,000 a 5,000 barrels of flour, together | with parcels of beef, lard, tallow, and other dead. | ‘weight, at about 16s. per ton, the aggregate value | of which did not fall below $300,000 or | $350,000. These extensive exportations of produce | toll on sterling exchange which closed exceedingly | dull yesterday at 109}. Tie te eae tx tot cf water (a the Oblo sir, | with cvery prospect of @ continued rise. | John H. Phelps, convicted «* West Troy ot the marder of his wife, war yestertsy senten e1 to be executed on the 19th of J cus'y, { The ane na) meetin. ty wos tic Id lust eee in Pyi avenne were detive | American friends. It was doubtless through | ble to bring about a collision between Europe | There was at one time a sor: of prospect that open alliance-of Germany with the Czar, or, | | on the other hand ‘the adhesion of the German ! Powers tothe Western league, woutd inevita- | | bly be followed by consequences of the highest | moment to Europe, it is not to be disguised that any events which might lead to embroil the United States with any of the leading na- | tions of that continent would be fraught with | far:more signal importance. On the one might hang the destiny of Turkey and the fate of a | dynasty or two: but the whole world would | ultimately become embroiled in the contest | that would grow out of the other. | Ever since the visit of Kossuth to this coun- try, it has been the aim of the demoeratic leaders in Europe to use us as the best instru- ment forattaining their ends. The character | of our government, the sympathetic temper of | | our people, and likewise in some measure the | perusal and digestion of the Know Nothing desire for distinction and notoriety which pre- vails among our public men, afforded a pro- mising groundwork. The foreigners began some time since. to put forward the United States as the propagandist of democracy in Europe. Connections adroitly formed with such men as Mr. Soulé and others among our foreign envoys, favored the scheme. Many ot our countrymen were delighted at appearing to lead a movement which counted among its rank and file soldiers like Kossuth, Mazzini, Louis Blanc, and Victor Hugo; and readily consented to give their names and their moral support to actions or appeals which might have failed in their aim had their real pater- nity been recognized. Americans, secure un- der the panoply of their foreign birth, could venture to do and say things which might have cost life and liberty to a German or a Frenchman; and hence, while the revolution ary committee at London gave it out tha; it was idle, and that the present was not the time to move, the principles for which its members were contending were being actively | scattered and sown on European soil by their the instigation of this same committee at Lun- don that the congress of American ambas- sadors was convened at Ostend. To apore- ciate the full importauce of this movement we must bear in mind that in countries not very far from O-tend, the very name of u republican isa pasaport to the police office. and the act of several democrats meeting to gether quite enough to induce governments to order troop; under arms. In fact, for doing and saying the things done at Ostend by our ministers, Victor Hugo, and hosts of other Frenchmen, had been exiled. It was therefore a | great thing for the committee to precure the meeting of this congress; a moral challenge | to kings and an open defiance to monarchists Nor can we exaggerate the strength and support it must have given to the silent body of repub- licans throughout the Continent. We say that the idea of this congress emanat ed from the revolutionary committee of Lon- don: and that, whether rightly or wrongly we inquire not for the present, our Ministers to Europe, following the lead of Mr. Soulé, are acting under its suggestions. What they will do next remains 10 be seen; but whatever it be, there is every reason to expect, judging from the past, that it will be consonant with the views and aims of Kossuth, Mazzini, and Ledra Rollin. There is but one point on whioh it is possi- and the United States. That point is Cuba. On the Cuban question an ingenious system of provocation on the one side, and a blind spirit of hostility on the other, may involve us in hostilities with Spain, and poesibly France and England. To that point therefore the attention of the democratic committee is now turned. France might be inveigled into a quarrel with the United States on the subject of Mr. Soulé; but that chance was lost when Napolean re- tracted his offensive order. With England all is smooth and on the best possible footing. The only chance of mischief lies in the Cuban question. It must be admitted that it ix a promising one, Besides the contingencies flowing from Mr. Soulé’s personal peculi- srities— uch as the prospect of quarrels be- tween him and the new ministers, or of new attempts at revolution organized under his superintendenee—the Black Warrior ques- tion is not yet adjusted, and Congress will be compelled in some way or other to notice the fact. ‘Thus if Mr. Soulé does not pick a quarrel with the Spanish court, the correspondence on the Black Warrior case will be likely to afford an opportunity for an interruption of inter- course: and if the latter be finally settled, the former will be sure to get up some personal squabble. care at present the prospects on which the revolutionaries of London are fouading their hopes. It must be admitted that they present much matter for reflection. In the event of any trouble arising out of Cuba, Spain, or rather the Western Powers—for Spain alone could do nothing—would find herself opposed to a nation not only equal in point of numeri cal strength to England or France, but far su- perior to any European Power by her re- sources. If the United States went to war with France or England, the interruption of com- mercial intercourse would alone inflict on the European belligerent an smount of injury equal to all that could be wrought by recourse to arms. With her corn and her cotton, the United States, going to war with France or England, would be equal in strength toa Power of fifty millions of inhabitants. At the present time, especially, when the ill-success which seems to attend the allied arms in the East can- not but tend to discourage the people of Western Europe, and militate gravely against the popularity of their governments, the news that France for instance was going to war with the United States to help Spain keep Cuba would be almost certain to create a revolution in Paris. Nor would it be less fatal to a minis try in England: the whole commercial com- munity would rise in arms against a war that would utterly destroy their trade. If we had a government that was not wholly imbecilé and incapable, it is obvious that we should at this crisis be taking an important stand in face of Earope. Whether we should realize the aspirations of the refugees, who ‘expect ws to clear the way for them, is a differ: | be scattered into fragmeuts oefore the Pres ext question: but certain it is, shat we should assame sach a renk ameng nations a3 not improbably would render us in a measure arbiters of Earopean destiny. The utmost we can expect under the present administration is that we shall be plunged into foolish quarrels, and extricated w.thout houor; that we shall make enemies without becoming feared, and lose friends, witheut gaining anything to compen- sate us for the loss. The opportunity will be thrown away. ‘The Know Nothings and their Movements Presidential Programme. The newspapers of the two old decayed and broken down political parties of the country are intensely exercised concerning the future movements and. the organs of the Know No- things; but especially concerving the candidate of this mew and extraordinary party for the next Presidential election. Now it so happens that we are in the posses- sion of certain information in reference to these things, which may be exceedingly usefal to the old party organs, the old party cliques, and the old party hucksters, whigs and democrats, ad- ministration and enti-admini-iration, Seward men and silver grays inclusive. They will probably be saved a great deal of trouble, doubt, speculation and anxiety, from a careful echedule of operations from this time to the grand November campaign of 1856,as we un- derstand it. We know nothing of the authority whence it has emanated, but the following is very likely the programme in question. It certainly tallies with the system of operatioas thus far so successfully pursued by the Know Nothings; and, therefore, we apprehend that the same plan will be followed up to and tbrough the Presidential election. First of all, then, the Know Nothings, as a party, have no authorized newspaper organs, nor will they have any. Those which assnme to be their organs are catch penny individual enterprises. The party will have no newspaper organs. They will manage the enrollment of their forces and their work for the elections, State and national, in their clubsand councils, 'eaving the newspapers of all parties perfectly fiee to the discussion of public men, public measures, and great political issues and principles, among themselves, According to this system, as car- ried out in the late Massachusetts and other surprices, the Know Nothings expect to sweep all, or nearly all, the State elections of the en- suing year, just as they hive swept Massachu- setts, from stem to stern, Aud why not? The old parties are disbanded—the people are free —the fieldis open, ana the coast is cl:-ar. Assuming ,that the Know Nothings, upon this novel avd inaccessible system of action. will carry the State elections of the ensuing year, North and South, it becomes manifest that the usual Baltimore party conventions may be dispensed with, and tbat they probably will be postponed to the next election.’ The Know Nothings will have the game in their hands. The questions then recur, what is to be their progrumme for the Presidential election? Who will be their candidate? How wiil they nomi- nate him? Whut will be his platform? Aad how will they conduct the electioneering bu- siness of thr campaign ? These are important questions: but they may be answered in a very brief exyositiou of tae simple constitatioowl plau which the Know Nothivgs will most provavly parsue. When the Presidential campaign comes on, they wii! meet io their State councils, aud in each State respectively, uominate an electoral titke:. omitting any meation of their candidate for President or Vice President. Their electorai ticket itself, to the uninitiated, may be left » matter of conjecture till election day; bo« i will most likely leak ont in the outset, or iv the progress of the canvass, as a secret of secondary importance. In any event, the usnat caption of the electoral ticket—to wit, the can- didates of the party for President and Vice President—will be left a blank. The peopledo not vete for President and Vice President ; they vote for the electoral ticket, as expressiy ordained in the federal constitution. Under this plan, the newspapers may huve as many candidates for the Know Nothings as they please; but of the real candidate thy will know nothing, or next to nothing, till atier the election. This arrangement will leave the claims of every Presidential aspirant in the country perfectly free for newspaper discus- sion, and every one of them may have as many organs as may volunteer in his behalf, or as many as he can afford topurchase. Gen. Scott, Gen. Wool, Gen. Houston, Gen. Cass, Gen. Pierce, Gen. Pillow, and all the other generals, all the Cabinet and Kitchen Cabinet, Buchan- an, Mason, Dickinson, Hunter, Fillmore, Clay- ton, Everett, Crittenden, John Bell, Jacob Broome, Henry S. Mott, Mayor Conrad, Daniel Ullmann, and all the rest, may have a run, if they choose, in the newspapers and on the stamp, each as the candidate of the Know Nothings. But the order themselves will most probably come to no fixed determination upon their candidate till after the election. If, when the election is over, it shall turn out that the Know Nothings have secured a majority of the vote of the elec- toral colleges, then, by a preconcerted arrange- ment of their councils, their electoral tickets in the several States which they shall have car- ried, will be concentrated upon one and the same individual for President, and a Know Nothiag will succeed a Do Nothing administration. This system will bring back the Presidential election to the provisions of the constitution upon the subject. The constitution ordains that the people shall vote for electors; and that the electors thus elected in the several States shall choose their President by ballot. It says nothing of Baltimore conventions, They are an unconstitutional usurpation of the rights of the people and their clectors, It would, no doubt, be just as well, perhaps better, to have the vote of each State for President decid- ed directly by the vote of the people; but until it is changed, we must take the con- stitution as it is. Its framers were wise men; and £0 they have left it subject to change, according to the progressive spirit of the age. But as it stands, the programme of the Know Nothings, it will be seen, proposes to stick to the constitution to the very letter. Wehave no objection to give this plan a fair trial. It will turn the attention of newspapers from their customary abuse and slanders against individuals, to the discussion of great principles and measures of public policy. I/ the same plan were generally carried out in our State elections, so as to keep the candidates of the different parties out of the newspapers, some of our cotemporaries would be saved the trouble and expense of twoor three or half a dozen libel swits after the elections. It is predicted in various quarters that the Know Nothing organization will explode and | dential campaign comes on. We tuink not. | The vast amount of the public pluader of a | Presidential election in these days (seventy~ | five millions a year and rising) is enoush for _ the unity of any political party, with even the | ordinary chances of success. The Kuow No- things, we take it, will hold on and buld to gether till the Presidential election. They may 184@, or of Pierce in 1852. Conroration Rascatrrms.—The present City Council bas about five weeks more to live. Al- to differ in the essential point of spending Money from its predecessors. Its members ap- pear to have been undergoing a couree of train- ‘ing for the last eleven months at the hands of certain speculators, and the operators must ‘have the credit of success in their work. Read and judge: The Corporation advertisements are now hid- den in the most remote corners of obscure newspapers, and the people are without definite information as to the acts of their servants. They are probably unaware that four hundred and eighty-nine thousand dollars has been or will be spent in two or three paving jobs. Such seems to be the fact; and it also appears that the Cerberus of the treasury, Mr. Comp- troller Fiagg, has slightly relaxed his grasp of the purse strings. The present Council has expended one hundred and ninety-eight thousand dollars fur one job of paving, with the new Bel- gian pavement. The amount is equal to one- half that expended for Russ pavement in eight years. This appropriation was for the paving of Grand and Fulton streets, and was urged by Mr. Flagg. One-half the money has been spent on Grand street. Following this, we have another report recommending the ap- propriation of two hundred and ninety-one thousand dollars for the paving of the Bowery with this same almost untried Belgian pave- ment. It is a suspicious circumstance that ac- cording to the advertisement, the Council can reject all of the first bids mide for this job, and thus secure it for the benefit of the specu- lators who have put up the appropriation and lobbied it through. The above facts cannot be controverted, and they go to show, first—that the reform cry wa: asheer humbug; second, that the speculators have a firm grip on the present Couu-il; and not being so eure of the next, they purpose to “make hay while the sun shines;” and third, that unless something is done to stop the pro- ceedings now going on af the City Hall, we tax-payerswf this city will suffer heavily in their pockets between this date and New Year's day. Some writer says that “experience is a good teacher—but she is very dear;” aod it is certain that the people of New York have paid her well. It now remains to be seen whether or not the new Mayor and the new City Council will profit by the lessons of the past. They have it in their power to put a stop to al! this corruption, and by so doing they will build fo themselves a reputation which will secure fo them the gratitude of their fellow citizens and of posterity. We havea right to expect that Mr. Fernando Wiod and his coad- jutors will be true retormers. Shall we be dis- appointed: We have heretofore given a statement of the powers of the Mayor under the new city char- ter. We presume that everybody believes that the Mayor has concurrent power with the heads of departments, and that he should be, in part. responsible for their short comings. We pre- sume that Mr. Wood takes the same view of the matter as we do; and it is new his duty, as well as that of the other executive officers, to give us a pure, undoubted reform goverament, He can easily do this with the concurrence of the other executive officers, and has only to puta check to extravagance and to demand that each officer under the city government, and each contractor under the city pay, shall faith- fally and truly perform his duty and fulfil his contract. Let us have the executive power pure, and there is not so much danger from the legislative power. Even now we are suffering from dirty streets and general neglect all around. The five weeks ensuing will he great weeks for speculatorgat the City Hall. Let Mr. Wood and his associates be prepared to save us from the impending danger, if it has not gone 100 far when they come into office ; at any rate, they can look out for next year. ‘ Farore or THE GvyanpottE ScHeME.— Read the letter, given elsewhere, on the failure of the great Guyandotte scheme, which was to enrich our cotemporary, Mr. James Watson Webb, and Virginia generally. It is believed by those interested that the London Tim:s had something to de with the failure of the plan; and it is a singular coincidence that Mr. ‘Vebb, who has been so civil to the London T'imes for some time past, turns around upon them in his letter published yesterday, and accuses them of falsifying the news to gratify their spite againet the Minister. THE LATEST NEWS. BY MAGNETIC AND PRINTING TELEGRAPHS. From Albany. JOHN H. PUELPS SENTENOKD TO BE HUNG ON THE 130H DAY OF JANUARY. Aunaxy, Nov. 27, 1854, ‘This being the day assigned by the court for it.posing he penalty of the l@v upon John H. Phelps, convicted on Friday last of the murder of his wife, a large number of persons assembled at the City Hall to «ee the prisoner and hear the sentence pronounced by Judge Harris, ‘Twelve o’clock was the hour appeinted, but long p:evious to that time several thousands sought entrance into the court room, The members of the bar, reporters for the press, large numbers of the acquaintances of the doomed man, and also many Indies were admitted. At ten minutes before twelve Sheriff McEwen and his offi- cers brought Phelps in, seating him in the same place which he occnpied during his trial. Dur- ing his trial he wore a gray loose coat—to- day he wore a black bombazine summer coat. Heap- peared nothing daunted, turning his head about ocea- sionally, seemingly for the purpose of allowing the whole audience, as wellas those who stood behind him as those in front, to have a fair view of his countenance, At ten minutes past twelve Judge Harris took his seat upon the bench, as wellas Justices Williams and Chism. Judge ‘Wm. B. Wright was invited and occupied a seat on the right of the presiding Judge. The doors were then thrown open, and a mighty rush of people found them- selves within the court room. Some ten minutes were thus ocenpied, when the mass became #0 crowded that further entrance was impossible; the doors, with much difficulty, were closed by the officers. Judge Harris requested the audience to remain per- fectly quiet, without lisping a word or stirring a foot, which was complied with as best could be by such com- pact thousands. The District Attorney then moved that the sentence of the Iaw be pronounced upon the con- viet. Ex-Recorder Wright, the prisoner’s counsel, stated that he had not, as yet, decided whether to make up a bill of exceptions, and to ask for anew trial on the ground of certain testimony which was, as he thought, erroneously admitted, and also upon a few points in the Judge’s charge. He could do so, however, as well after sentence bad been passed as before. The Judge told Thelps to stand up, which be did very yoadily. “Haye ~ you anything to say why the sentence of the law shall * pot be provounced! upon you?” inquired Judge Harris, carry it, too, with the rush of Harrison in | Phelps replied by «tating that he “was innocentof the crime for which he had been convicted.” The Jadge, evidently unprepared for such a bold declaration, re_ marked that he felt grevec at bearing that statement. During the whole trial there was no denial that he mar- Gered his wife, and the only defence was that he was insane. He had been pronounced, by an intelligent jury, a murderer, and the Judge believed the yerdiet was a just one. About twenty minutes were ocowpied im addressing the prisoner, during which Jadge Havris | implored him, during the few days that yet remained of his life, to prepare for death. There has been some idea | that a commutation of punishment might be obtained, | but the Judge warned him against any such delusion, as though it is a reform Council, it does not appear } there was not the slightest chance for imprisonment in- stead of death, The Judge concluded by saying: “John H. Phelps, you will be returned to prison, ay! there re- main until the 19th day of January next, when, between the hours of ten and two o’elock of that day, you will be hanged by the neck until you are dead.”” ‘The audience uttered a heavy sigh, and Phelps took his seat without exhibiting the least emotion of fear, agita- , tion, tremor, or symptom of uneasiness, Turning to his step-son, a lad of some twelve years,who sat beside him, wrapped in tears, Phelps reprimanded the boy for allow- | ing his feelings thus to guth out. He then held his head | erect, without the moving of a muscle, the shedding a tear, or even heaving a sigh. In five minutes the efficers , conducted him to his cell in prison, A human being, | possessing © more callous, obdurate heart, is scarcely ever brought to justice to satis y the law. SHOCKING AGOIDENT AT COHOES. ALBANY, Nov. 27,1854, | Michael Donovan, whilst engaged in oiling the ma- chinery attached to the elevator at Symond’s axe fac- tory, Cohoes, this morning, was crushed to death by the elevator being let down upon him by mistake. He was much respected by his employers, and leaves + wife and family, From Washington. RUMORED REJECTION OF MR. SOULE BY SPAIN—ARRBI- VAL OF IMPORTANT DESPATCHES FROM EUROPE. “ -Wasutnetox, Noy. 27, 1854. The Star says it ia believed in the London and Paris diplomatic circles that Mr. Soulé will not again be re- ceived at Madrid. Mr. Piatt, the Secretary of United States Legation at Paris, has arrived here and brings important despatches with him from Messrs. Mason and Buchanan, and also letters from Mr. Soulé. He has been closetted to-day with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of War. From Quebec. | THE FEUDAL TENURE ABOLITION BILL—THE QUEBEC | AND RICHMOND RAILROAD. Qursec, Nov. 27, 1854. To-day the seigneurs are to be heard by counsel at | the bar of the Legislative Assembly, against the Feudal Tenure Abolition bill. ; ‘The first regular train on the Quebec and Richuiond | Railroad left Point Levi at 8 o’clock this morning. From Texas. THE PACIFIC’ RAILROAD—LYNGHING OF A NEGRO STEALER. Bauriwore, Nov. 27, 1854. We have received here New Orleans papers of Tuesday, with dates from Galveston, Texas, to the 19th inst. ‘A brisk newspaper war was raging between Governor Pease and Treasurer Raymond, with reference to the ac- ceptance of the securities offered by Messrs. King and Walker, The Governor persists that the stock is insuffi- cient security. Much excitement existed in Narano county, growing out of the arrest of a man named Wells, charged with negro stealing. He was taken in charge by the mob and immediately hung. His br mutilated in the most barbarous n) ner, om Buffalo. \ER MAYPLOW DER AND BUICIDE. Bvrraro, Nov. 27, 1851. The steamer Mayflower went ashore at Point-au- Pelee on Friday night. The passengers were all saved by the steamer Ocean. Last night a violent gale pre- vailed.on the lake, and there is a report current this morning that the Mayflower has gone entirely to pieces. Patrick Kane, a soldier in the United States army, murdered his wife last night by cutting her throat, and then committed suicide by the same mean’. WRECKOF THE S' M ON LAKE ERIE— Great Excitement at Rocheste: Intense excitement now preva’ y, caused by the rumor that the dead body of a female has been found in the river, at Hanford’s Lauding, two miles be- low here. It is supposed to be that of Miss Emma Moore, who so suddenly disappeared two weeks The Mayor and the police are now there, investigat sidemt, in the ebair, , referred, Reiwonstran Bighty filth steovt, { all whi | tion or approval as anything equal to the Pat | tee are pre Fy Hoard of Aldermen. The Boar’ met hist evening, Nathaa C. Ely, Ds... PAPERS Petitions for the relief £ aED. taxes were receive: aust flagging Fifth strc enue, and against grad avenue to East river: nent of a sewer between Bowery an monstrance again tween Houston and i Alderman Hew sac Street Commissioner ency in front of Fer Corporation Attorney who placed them th cla resolution directing he lamp and trans) relosque Opera, and that cted to prosecute the pa 100 srke Assesement, ed improve! sleet. done his property tending Canal and wid the Counsel of the Corporation. THE FINE DEP Aresolution was offered, of the Fire Department to re persons elected as members of have duly sworn to thei any person duly authorize oath, and he is further «ire said returns, together with ty Adopted. usual certificate non DEPUTY RECEIVER OF TAXES. A communication was received [ the Mayor, closing the resignation of Wm. A. z, of the vi of Deputy Receiver of Taxes and nominating Johny Hone, the present firet clerk, to fll the vacancy. cepted. FINANCE DEPARTMEN RETRANCHMENT. Acommuynication was received from the Comptrol enclosink the awards made to parties propo: ® ply the Common Council, tie several burea cers of the corporation with stationery, and i that a room had been rented the third floo row, at $200 a year, for the accommodation of th , and when requisitions are made upon the ( trolier by the departinents the articles will be fi under his direetions. Referred to Committee on Rep: and Supplies. Alderman Howanp offered the tollowing Resolved, ‘hut the Commissiouer of Ke plies report 10 this board the reasons, if new station house buiit for the use of t] rolice has not been ¢ having remained vac: ‘Adopted. PROPOSED #ITE FOR A NEW POST OFFICE AT THF SOUTH END OF THE PARK. Alderman Morr offered the following report of the cial committee appointed vo confer relative to a suiu location for erecting a new post office:— ‘The Special Committee of the Board of Aldermon to wt ferred the annexed preambls aud resolution to coy With the general governinest, to ascertain if propor suitabio arrangements could be entered into between City of New York and the United States government the erection of a building for » Most Office, at tho sout! end of the Park, or some place contiguous thereto, res} fully report: "That since this matter has been referred to your coma tee, they have had an interview with Mr. Campbell, Postmaster-General of the United States, and havo laid matter eo referred to them fully before him. The Postma, ower to the proposition referred to your ly understanding the same, expressed, © ‘arrangement shoald be entered into i the proposition should be laid beforo jelay. The Postma: ter-General inf your committee that hehad been called upon ites in this city for a place upon which to erec ich Le had inspected, but none of them m as his inspection bad gene, the Fark locality possessed Neniences that far surpassed any othor locality in the + it being more central, convenient, and more easy of a0 ‘The favorable respouse your committee received from Postmaster-General left no doubt but that a sath and favorable arrangement could immediately be eat into with the general government, und that the whole ter could he oonsummatea before the ond ef the noxt gross, The subject of the location of a Post Office is on Such importance to cvery person that, before any actio had, the greatest convenience to the whole commu should be obtained, and im view of this object yous cum pared to recommend what to thom seems to bi most central point tor such ® purpose. Private int: will no doubt exert considerable influence against an: tion your committco may recommend, All such 007 tions, however strong they may be urged, should be diretarded, and havo been Ly your, Committee, buildings should be located in parks, where such oan bow, ‘They should notonly be easy of access on all sides, bu have plenty of air and light. ‘The present Park ig the property of the eity, and can he converted to any nur Mich the city may Werle. Such of the public buildiay the city as are most frequented are located there ai | time, and no good reason can he urged why other buil: equally required in that part of the city should not oo a portion of that ground. ‘tho Park i3 no longer rom for pleasure ground. Those noble mansiona, once occt as private residences, have al! been removed, to giv to large mereantile ware ‘The Park is ‘fast the centre of the fi perations of this great cmporium, and it may well be that it is the nucleus of this cily, connec N with Brooklyn and Jersey City, both of whicl. aze doept terested in this snlject. What other point is as contr: the Park, or as easy of greater number of to any other point ; thore, and business seem: committee is fully improssed with the belief that wheng subject becomes better known the public will decide at lend ail to that location, in favor of having the lost Office removed trom its pro pises,tothe Park, where {t vould undonbtedly romain jong time to come, The Park now is of no uso to. the except to be used in part for public buildings, and by ‘use of this ground the citizons will be accommoda, the city he able to receive a handsome revenue thore. Your committee, thereiore, are of an opinion that no b, disposition canbe made of the southern part of the than to allow # portion of it used by the gonoral go.) ment as a site for the crection of a Post Office. The Id not, under any circumstances, part with the f nd, but Toase to the United States so much o Park south of @ line parallel with the south side of | place as may be required for the such terms and conditions xs inay be Resolved, That thy Commissi: uthorized and directed to no a the United States to crect s 1 Far tiate with the i Office in the ark sou! 1 line Parallel with the south line of Park placo, an hn pasos tolease so much of the ground of tho Par the matter. ‘The U. S. Sloop of War Albany. Rostoy, Nov. 27, 1854. A letter has been received in this city from an ofticer belonging to the U.8. sloop of war Albany, dated St. Louis, September 27th, from the tenor of which it is inferred that those on board of her did not expect to re- turn home immediately, but were bound in another direction. Another Bank Fallure. Toinpo, Noy. 27, 18° +. The Commercial Bank, a branch of the Bank oi the State of Ohio, in this city, closed its doors to-day. Navigation of the Ohio River. Prrmencra, Nov. 27, 1854. The Ohio river is now in fine navigable order. In the channel there is nearly six feet of water, ani the rise continues. The weather is quite favorable for « further rise. Markets. PHILADELPHIA STOCK BOARD. Parapeirata, Novy. 27, 1854, At our first board of brokers this morning transactions were quite small and the market was heavy. The sales ised Reading Railroad at 825;; Morris Canal, 10%; Long Island Railroad, 113¢; Pennsylvania Railroad, 403, ; Pennsylvania State 5’s, 794;. The money market shows no change. BALTIMORE CATTLE MARKET. Battimore, Nov. 27, 1854. At our cattle market to-day, two hundred head of beef cattle were offered. Three hundred head were left over, and the remainder sold at prices ranging from $2 50 to $425, There is a brisk market for hogs, and they are much wanted. Crxcrsxatt, Noy. 27, 1854. Hogs are quoted at four dollars and twenty-five cents, with an improved tendency. The money market is un- change. Burrato, Noy. 27—11 A. M. Flour.—The flour market opens very quietly this morning, and the demand is very limited. sales 200 bbls. choice Indiana, at$8 75. There have been po sales of any kind in the grain market. There are no buyers in the market, and holders’ views are without change, d the prices are firm at previous quotations. ‘The re: are kept back by the high winds which have becn pre- vailing for two or three days past, which have obliged vessels to seek the nearest shelter. Whiskoy—In whiskey there is nothing new. Sales 160 bbls. at 38e, Canal freights are firm but not active—I&c. to 20c. asked for wheat to Albany and Troy. Receipts since Saturday— 3,182 bbls. flour; 60 bushels of wheat, and 7,336 bu. he's of oats. Nov. 27—6 P. M. Flour—There is nothing doing in four to-day, except for the retail trade. We have no cliange to note in quo- tations. Sales 300 bbls. at $8 75 for brands of Michigan and Indiana. Wheat—The wheat market ix dull. The only sale we have to note is a small parce! of white Michigan at $2. Corn—Corn is in moderate de- moand; sales 7,000 at 70c. Oats—Oats are dull and nominal,’ at dlc. a. 42c. Whiskey—Whiskey is in request, Sales 300 bbls., at 38c. Receipts for the st 48 hours—Flour, 6,482 bbls; wheat, 29,665 buxhels: cats, §,500 bushels; barley, 4,860 bushels, rye, 1,200 ushels, Marine Affairs. ‘Tue Sreamsmre Nortuern Ligut, for San Juan, Nica- ragua, with passengers for California, sailed yesterday afternoon. Praiovs SrrvaTion.—The ship Rubicon, Capt, Becket, which sailed from this port on the 8th inst. for Rio Janeiro, returned on Saturday. When four days out a seaman discovered smoke in the forecastle, and in a short time it was perceived throughout the ship. Capt. Becket immediately had a barrel of bread and another of beef brought on deck, as also the chronomoter; but time could not be allowed to get any clothing of the officers or crew. Every avenue to the hold was then closed up, and caulked, to stifle the flames if possible. Holes were cut inthe éeck, water red down, and other means used to extinguish the fire, The ship was then put about for home, and two days Fie a eg Son port the fire appeared to be extinguisned. The officers days, tfniy clad, but all cherfallyeoropersted in the lays, thinly el * all in tl exertions to save'the vestel. On opening the hatehen it was found that the fire was among the sawdust cover- ing the ice in the lower hold, fore andaft. This sawdust was burnt to cinders, but the rest of the cargo snd the vessel do not appear to have received any serious injury. ‘The origin of the fire is unknown, but is believed to have been a spark from a iy at or pipe, smoked by some per- son on deck before the hatches were closed. ns employed in loading the vessel were strictly forbidden to smoke below.—Boston Advertise, Nov. 21. Soo SuNK~-One Max Drownep.—Saturday morning the sloop Rising ng of Hudson, toaded with iron, was struck by a flaw of wind, which carried ore her mast, and sunk her fear Coeymans. The mate of the vessel was drowned. The captain and a sailor, the only other two persons on poard, were sayed.— Albany Argus. Reoessary, on such terms and conditions as they report, which signed by Aldermen Mott, Tucker, Peter P. Voorhis and Henry Howard, was ord” to be printed. The rey Cone MISCELLANEOUS. rtof the Committee on Fire Departme with the Councilmen to have a new he lerk to the Committee on the Fire Departin, The motion to adopt was lost, reconsidered and Ini! ¢ The report of the Committee on Police—In ¢ ® concurring with the Board of Councilmen. to 1 medical bills of Drs. Van Leir, Freeman, Budd, Hus Traphagen, and Carter. Concurred int INCREASE OF POLICE FORCE FOR THE NINTH WARD. The report of the Committee on Police in favc- concurring to increase the police force of the N Ward, and that ten additional men be appolnted, The Board then to receive q from the Councilmen. Adjourned. “arta FIRE IN FRONT STREET. Shortly after 6 ©’clock yesterday morning a fire by outin the store No, 79Front street. The fire was first covered on the third floor, where it no doubt origins The first floor of the said store was occupied by E Frans, dealer in teas, &e., and Remington &Co., des! in pickles. rear par Dank a Nguimsas apumemociin cane ee The second floor front is occupied by BR. Richards, McIntire & Crane, commission brokers. The rear o! ce Ih Mosby, dealer in tobacco, : loor is occupied by George W. W: Ui spice mills, and also the fourt’ : to have originated in Mr. Wright's frontoffice, and bu, || throngh the floor to the roof. Mr. Wright estimates | stock of spices, coffee, &e., at $12,000, on which he 1 an insurance of $7,000; $3,000 of whicl is in the Hc | ard Insurance Company, and $5,000 h the Manhatt Insurance Company. ‘The loss by lire, tater and smo Mr. Wright estima‘ ‘at about 40 per ant on the sto. The other parts of the building were aly damaged water. On the first floor Mr. Evans hasan frre rid his stock to the amount of $10,000; $£000 of which in the ae Insurance Company, and $500 in the Knic _ erbocker Insurance Company. The lod is not yet e: || mated. Remington & Co.'s stock, w understand, covered by insurance, ‘The offices dectsied by the off parties were more or less damaged by witer. j FIRE IN CHATHAM STRET. - About 8 o'clock yesterday morning a (te was ai { inthe third story of the building knowias 150 Chats street, corner of Mulberry, occupied t William Ban} “| feather dealer and upholsterer. The tle was caused © a defect in the furnace used for the dying of feathe: which set fire to the flooring. Mr. Baks has an ins) | rance of $6,000, $8,000 of which is in te Citizens’ =| rance Company, amd the balance in th Jefferson Inst ance Company.’ The firemen were carlon the extinguished it before it spread from he spot in w) itenginated. ‘The damage will probaby amount to $ or $500, the New York Hospital, from the ceived on this . He expired fracture of the left leg above the anc! the same limb above the knee. An i Row Pr.—Yesterday moi while workmen were endea' iron safe from the ruins of Jud: ACCIDENT ON THE STEAMBO. Five Lives Lost.—We are int