The New York Herald Newspaper, October 1, 1855, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD ° JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR AND EDITOR @Price X. W. CORNER OF NASSAU AND FULTON STS. ry ’ UNT1 ¥ CORRESPONDENC! containing imporiand eee ee eect te corti used Oa Wer Tie paid for,” Agr OUN FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS ARE PaR- SnobL aki RequesreD TO Sai ALL LETTERS AND Pack acs NO 'NOTICE taken of cnomynows commuenications, We donot ————— = AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING, BROADWAY THEATRE, Broadway—Fraxcesca pa Ri- wane—To Panis axp Back. NIBLO’S GARDEN, Broadway—Miss Prve—Rir Vax Winans, BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery—Kuve or rae Commoxs— ia THE CADMan, BURTON'S THEATRE, Chambers street—P. Waren Russ Derr. WALLACK’S THEATRE, Sroadway-Gauz or Love— ‘How Stour You'ar Gerrixe. METROPOLITAN THEATRE, Broadway—AXDROMAQUE. WOOD'S MINSTRELS, #4 Broadway—Ermorian Per- FORMANCE P.—Sru CKLBY'S BURLESQUE OPERA HOUSE, 539 Broad- Peas Orrxa 250 NeGro MinsTexisy. APOLLO ROOMS, 410 Broadway—Tue Hresesta, ry Mas. ALEXANDER Ginps, ACADEMY HALL, 603 Broadway—Barmuz or BuxKer Bimi—TuE ALLEGHANIANS. New York, Monday, October 1, 1855. Thé News. The steamship Star of the West arrived at this port yesterday afternoon, bringing eighteen days jeter intelligence from the Pacific coast, and up- wards of a million of dollars in coin and gold dust. The news from California is unimportant except wa political point of view. The elections were go- mg on at the time the steamer sailed, onthe 5th alt., and the greatest excitement was manifested by the members of all parties ; but the papers predict- ed that it would nevertheless pass off without any breach ofthe public peace being attempted. Atthe @emocratic primary elections on the g21st August a eanguinary affray occurred, which resulted in a nam- ber of persons being shot and stabbed, among whom were J. W. Bagley and James Cushing, who were severely wounded. An abstract of the report of the Board to Examine Land Titles wili be found among the items of news, by which it will be seen there were three hundred and thirty-one claims to be passed upon, and nearly one thousand warrants, and that the total amount of claims was upwards of two millions of dollars. The shock of an earthquake was felt in San Francisco on the 28th August, which ‘was snpposed had extended to other parts of the State. Some interesting intelligence will also be found from the Russian possessions. The most important intelligence by the Star of the ‘West is that from Nicaragua. Col. Kinney was cho- ven Provisional Civil and Military Governor of Grey town and the territory thereunto belonging on the 6th inst., by the citizens in mass meeting assembled. We give the Colonel’s inaugural proclamation in another column. It isa brief and sensible document. He pledges himself to spare no effort to procure from our government indemnity for the losses sustained by the burning of Greytown. Col. Walker has turned up victorious at laat, On the 3d ult. he proceeded from San Juan del Sud with one hundred and fifty men, to Virgin Bay, where he was attacked by Gen Guardiola, with four hundred men. The government troops were handsomely beaten, with a loss of fifty men, while Walker lost only one white man and four natives. Jt was reported that he had returned to fan Juan with the intention of attacking Rivas, the headquarters of the government forces. We have received, and publish elsewhere, a pungent letter from Col. Walker addressed to Mr. Marcy, our Secretary 01 State. We have news from Oregon to the 27th of August. The Willamette valley had nearly become depopulated by the rush for the Colville gold dig- gings, which are now said to be very productive. An emigrant train, numbering three hundred per- sons, was attacked by the Indians at Devil's Gate, and one hundred and fifty slain, and all the stock and provisions captured. Among the killed was a brother of General Lane, together with his family. The island of New Caledonia, in the Pacific, has been formally declared part of the colonial domain of the French empire. We have received dates from the Sandwich Islands to July 27, The Legislature has reduced the duty on French brandies, thus clearing the way fora yearrangement of the treaty with France. Our correspondent at Washington snnounces that a treaty, establishing reciprocal free trade in all pro- ducts of the Sandwich Islands and the United Btates, has just been concluded. We have dates from Rio Janeiro to the Mth August. There does not appear to be any news of interest or importance. The papers contain no positive information as to the settlement of affairs with Paraguay, but quote one of the Buenos Ayrean papers, which says that Brazil is_ about to declare war determinedly against that repwblic. We also Jearn throngh the same source that an ambassador from Uruguay had visited France for the pury pose of getting the consent of that government to the annexation of Uraguay to Brazil, but such assent was withheld. Onur correspondent at Port Spain, Trinidad, writ- ing on the 30th ult., states that the island was healthy. American provisions continued de- pressed, particularly flour, of which one firm held eight thousand barrels, The letters of our European correspondents and the extracts from our files of foreign papers, which we publish to-day , contain some additional inter- esting details in connection with the fall of Sebas- topol and the late attempt on the life of the French Emperor. A fall report of the proceedings of the General Temperance Convention, held on Saturday evening, is given in another column. Permanent officers were chosen, and the organization completed. In Biling vacancies in the committees in the different wards, an attempt by one of the delegates to intro- dace two liquor dealers from his ward was made, but met with unanimous opposition. The planof this new Organization, it would thas seem, though avow- ing itself opposed to the Maine law and the Carson League, disclaims any intent to fuse with liquor dealers. They announce themselves advocates of a stringent license Jaw, and, os a political faction, de- clare their purpose to lay aside all other issues, and choose as candidates those agreeing with them apon the temperance question. They will unite upon those candidates already in the field who advocate a stringent license law, and only name new candidates when euch are not offered. They hold their nominat. ing convention for city and county officers next Saturday evening, Our German democratic fellow citizens held a Meeting yesterday afternoon, and nominated D: Withelm for Coroner, and Charles Dessoye for Go- vernor of the Almshouse. It is expected by the Germans that Tammany Hall will adopt these no- minations. The new Presbyterian charch which has just been erected in Forty-second street, near Righth avenue, was “edicated to divine service yesterday, with the usual religious ceremonies. The sermon was preached by Rey. Dr. Wm. W. Phillips. To-day the Prohibitory Liquor law, passed at the Joat eersion of the Pennsylvania Legislature, will go into operation. The cotton market continued quiet Saturday, while sales were unimpo tant, as dealers wore oti) without the America’s letters, which were anxiously Jooked for, but would not arrive in time to be made available in the market until Monday. Flour was unchanged, with a good demand for export. Wheat was firm. A contract for 10,000 bushels Tennessee red was settled at $192, Good Southern red on the spot ranged from #1 90 a $1 92, and white do. from $206 a #210, the former figure for Canadian do. Corn experienced a slight decline. Pork was dull, and sales light. There wes a speculative movement, in coffee, and the sales of Rio embraced two car goes, amounting to about 7,000 bags. Sugars were steady, but paratively quiet. Freights to Liver. pool and London were again firmer, with a fair amount offering and taken for present and future delivery. Our Porty Politica—The Syracuse Abolition League—The October Elections=Fusion and Confusion. Our work in this State for November, as cut out by our various party State conventions, is a dish of salmagundi, odor- ous of tainted pork and onions. Like the offence of the King of Denmark, it emits an awful smell—it “is rank and smells to heaven.” The abolition fusionists at Syracuse have re- alized a coalition compared with which that of the French, English, Turks and Sardinians isa model of consistency and cohesiveness. The black republican league have put forward a whig fusion ticket, with an old Van Buren free soiler at the head and an ambitious and sedi- tious outside free soiler at the tail; and be- tween Preston King and Bradford R. Wood we have a most interesting mixture of soft shell democracy, Seward whiggery and rampant abolitionism; but never a word upon the Maine liquor law. Let the administration look well to its retainers in this State, or they will stray away with Preston King and the Sage of Lin- denwold to this Seward mixed commission upon their old Buffalo platform. In opposition to this Syracuse conglomera- tion of the negro worshippers, we have the hard shell and the soft shell democratic tickets, and the Know Nothing ticket, with the tem- perance alliance and liquor interest still in the back ground ; likewise, the half-shell demo- cratic movement, contemplating a compromise and are-union of the bards and softs upora half-shell ticket and a half-shell platform, Such is the division and condition of our New York cliques and parties at this cri- sis—a state of things clearly showing us that in this great State there does not now exist a solitary organization that is not of a local or sectional character. The democratic hard shells are conservative, but they are only a fraction of the democracy; and the late na- tional position of the regular Know Nothings has been modified to the imaginary pressure of our November election. By reference to our political intelligence—in another part of this paper—-it will be seen that from the first to the njnth of October, the State elections of Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Ohio and Pennsylvania, come off; and from the tickets in the field in the said States, it will be perceived that the canvass is only confined to two parties in the Southern States of Maryland, Georgia and Louisiana, to wit: the American and Know Nothing parties. In Ohio and Pennsylvania, on the other hand, they are pretty much under the same promiscuous and temporary scrub arrangements as we of the Empire State. In Pennsylvania, however, there appears to be a “sidling up” of the Know Nothings, under the bad example of ex-Gover- nor Johnson, to the negro fusionisis of the Seward school. In Ohio, the German Sag Nichts, with the Seward Know Nothings and whigs, have joined the black republicans upon Chase for Governor, while upon the rest of the State ticket the Dutch and the democracy are hand in hand. This prevailing confusion, this efervescence, this inexplicable disjunction, subdivision and reconstruction of parties throughout the North, affords abundant proof of the great fact that the political revolution pre- cipitated upon the country by the mal- administration of Franklin Pierce has not yet assumed any definite or satisfactory shape for the great campaign of 56. The democracy, though somewhat uniform upon other princi- ples, North and South, still clash upon the nigger question, and upon the more important issue, fo their leaders, of the public plunder. The mass of the Northern whig party is absorbed between the new abolition league and the conservative Know Nothings; yet we find here and there a silvery gray straggler who knows not where to go. The Northern Know Noihings themselves, outside of New York, are playing fast and loose, more as a balance of power between other parties than as an independent, consistent and homogene- ous general organization. The simple fact is, that no party of the North—not even the new abolition league—has taken as yet the exact shape, form and substance which will char- acterize it in the battle for Presidency, In the late elections, however, and in the October catalogue, which we publish to-day, there will be found the clements of a general re-union of the democratic party, without much trouble, provided they can shuffle off this incubus of our Pierce administration. And it is this re-awakening of the democracy, North and South, and their manifest tendency to « national re-union, that should admo- nish the American party of the North of the necessity of some general line of action more useful, practical, popular, national and decisive than this temporary fraterniz- ing with abolition fusionists, Maine law fa- natics, or the old, worn ont delusions of the ancient federalists and the late unfortunate whig party. The American organization of the South would soon be the controlling Southern party, were it reasonably supported by the Northern Know Nothings. Even as it is, the new party, in Kentucky, Tennessee and North Carolina, have made a good fight; but should they fail in Georgia, Louisiana and Maryland, to make a solid impression, it will be chargeable to such abolition schemers as Gen. Wilson, of Massachusetts, and Governor John- ston, of Pennsylvania, who have crept into the Northern camp only to sow the seeds of dissen- sion, mutiny and dissolution. With these views, the Sta’e elections enu- merated for the next ten days, will be of no small importance; for they will either indicate the progressive re-union of the democracy or the existence of a sufficient opposition nucleus in the South, upon which to build a great na- tional anti-administration and practical Ame- rican party, open and above board, in 1856. As for onr Northern elections, Ohio, Pennsyl- vania and New York, inclusive, they can, from present appearances, be conclusive of nothing except that fusion and confusion is still the order of the day. The first Southern from Georgia, October first, report, a in is We await the NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1855. Auatement or THe Yettow Fever at Now YOLK anp PortsmovTH.—We are exceedingly gratified to learn that the pestilence which has desolated for the last three months the unfor- tunate cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth has passed its culminating point, and is steadily abating. With the first decided frost, as usual, we hope the epidemic will be totally extinguished, and that our next intelligence will be that the frost has come. Have our readers any definite idea of the appalling fa- tality of this awful and protracted visitation under which Norfolk and Portsmouth have been stricken to the dust, and clothed as it were in sackcloth and ashes? It is estimated that one in every five of their inhabitants bas been carried off by the fever. A similar mortality in New York would carry off one hundred and twenty-five thousand people. The weekly ratio, for many weeks, of deaths to the population of Norfolk, would, if applied to the population of New York, give us the terrible weekly bill of mortality of twenty- five thonsand. Let our readers imagine the terrible havoc among this community of twenty-five thousand deaths a week, and they will have a vivid conception of the late lengthened affliction of Norfolk and Ports- mouth. We dare say that it is without a paral- lel in the annals of plagues and epidemics, not even excepting the ravages of such visita- tions in Western Asia. Wedo hope that our next news from Virginia will be that a sharp frost has utterly extinguished the fever, and that neither Norfolk nor Portsmouth, nor any other place in this country, or throughout Qe world, will ever suffer the like hereafter. Tus AppicaTion oF CarreRa.—The news from Mexico, informing us that Carrera has abdicated the Presidency, leaving the supreme authority in the hands of the friends of Alva- rez and Comonfort, may be regarded as fatal to the federalist or centralization cause in the Southern republic. Carrera’s authority was in the origin illegal. He was chosen by a body constituted by Santa Anna, in defiance of the provision in the constitutional scheme which provides for the election of a President in case of a vacancy created by the death or ab- dication of the incumbent. Carrera was, like Santa Anna, a federalist—if the term can be applied to Mexicans—and as such was opposed to Comonfort and Alvarez, who are partisans of the democratic State rights platform called the plan of Ayutla. Carrera’s resigna- tion may therefore be regarded as the triumph of the State rights party, and the adoption for the present of the plan of Ayutla as the basis of the new goverpment. Tue Seventa TriaL.—There has always been a mystic reputation for the number seven, and although the number of believers in such things may be less in these latter days than formerly, yet they will all notice that the French attack on the Malakoff was only suc- cessful on the seventh assault. The amiable Peliesier must believe in number seven, for his first start in life was when he was thrown, by request, into an Arab fort, from which the French troops had been six times repulsed. In the Grimea he probably remembered this ; and the story of Bruce, who, when a prisoner, watched a spider building his web; six times the spider attempted to fasten one of his sup- porting cables—-six times the spider failed, but the seventh he was successful. The Scottish King took heart of grace from the perseve- rance of the insect. He had been six times defeated, but the seventh was the battle of Bannockburn, quite as important in that day as the Malakoff. These coincidences are in- teresting, and convey a good lesson. There are Malakoffs in every man’s path, and if he will but persevere till the seventh time, he will be sure to have them at last. Perfevere to the end! Prick or Vxour.—Societies and combina- tions are being formed to import flour from the West. It seems that by sending to Chicago and buying it there, flour can be laid down here at $7 50, instead of $12 and $13, whi? we pay. We recommend the idea to consume: J If men will combine, they may break down‘ J foolish combination of flour dealers in the s>a- board cities inless than a fortnight, and 1.- duce the price of flour one-fourth. October Session of the Common Council, ‘This day the several boards of the city governmen &@ Supervisors, Aldermen and Councilmen—commence a new session, the Aldermen having terminatad their September sittings on Thursday last, in a regular storm respecting a question of privilege, in which the indicted members of the Board were involved, That subject is likely to ab- sorb a considerable portion of the present session, and if we can interpret ‘ nods” and “ winks’! and “ hems’? and “haws,”? we should say that there is a sequent movement on foot, the announcement of which will startle the community, There is a terrific municipal storm ahead, the termination of which the weather sage Meriam himself, could not foretell. The war has but commenced,’’ and the struggle between the ac- cuser and the accused will afford a painful interest t» the city at large for some time to come. After a few months the present Board will undergo a change. Two members—Kelly and Wakeman—are elected to Congress, and others are candidates for offices in other dep..t- ments—Brown for Sheriff, Herrick for Comptroller” Howard has obtained the hard shell nomination for Street Commissioner, and John H. Chambers, the effic’s tt and well tied deputy clerk of the Board, is talked of Ly the softs. This being the first Monday in the month the Board of Councilmen will assemble this afternoon for the transac- tion of public business. Although there are no very im portant documents to be disposed of, still an exciting ses sion is expected, mainly on accou at of the position that the Common Counclt have taken against the Mayor. The corruption matter will no doubt be brought up again this week, when some lively, spicy, and probably boisterous, debates will come off, Look out for the October term, I will be a rare one. N New Yor« Stare Far.—The anno ate Fair of New York will commence to-morrow at Elmyra, and continue four days. Governor Clark and several other distin- guished gentlemen from our own State, as well as from New England, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Obio, Michigan and Canada, have already signified their intention to be present, and the gathering will be one of great interest and the show ome of great excellence. Coroners’ Inquests. Tue Lave Stage Acctoest,—Coroner O'Donnell held an inquest at the New York Hospital upon the body of the man, Wm. O'Neil, who was run over and killed by one of the Spring street line of stages while crossing South street on Thureday night. The jury rendered a verdict of death from internal hemorrhage, produced by being run over by @ stage in South street, said stage being driven by some party unknown to the jury. Deata at Bonxs.—An inquest was also held by Coroner O'Donnell upon the body of a young man, 18 years of age, named James Wall, who died at the New York Hos. pital from the effect of severe injuries received about ten days ago, by his clothes taking fire while sleeping in the stables in the rear of No. 10 Anthony street. Deceased it appeared, went into these «tables for the purpose of sleeping, but previous to lying down it iv supposed he fighted’s pipe,’ a, spark from Thich, utiseen by him, ig. nited some hay that he was lying on. On being discovered by the owner of fad ever @ was burned in « shocking manner, and was suffering it Boe He was taken to the New York Hospital, re he was attended by Dr. Pash, but without any happy result. was ® native of Irelagd. The jury rendered @ vergict of “Death by burns,” ‘The Octoher State Elections. Five States will hold their general elections daring the first part of the present month, viz.-— Oct. 5 Pennsylvania. Oct. 7 Georgia, Maryland and Louisiana will elect their dele- gations to the Thirty-fourth Congress, which will com- plete the list of members ot the House of Representatives, except the five mombers of Missiseippi, who will be chosen on the 5th of November. In all the States hold- ing their elections this month, Legislatures are to be chosen, and on that of Pennsylvania will devolve the election of a United States Senator in place of James Cooper, whose term expired with the last Congrees, the last Legislature baying failed to perform that duty. The following are the candidates on the general tickets in the different States, together with the aspirants for seats in the national councils at Washington:— PENNSYLVANIA. The only officer to be chosen in Pennsylvania at the election, on the general ticket, is Canal Commissioner, for which the democrats have nominated Arnold Plummer, the straight-out whigs Joseph Henderson, and the fusion- ists Thomas Nicholson. It is expected that the Know Nothings will very generally support the last named can- didate, GEORGIA. In Georgia there are three candidates for Governor, as follows:— Democrat. Know Nothing. De ee H’sch’l V, Johnson. Garnett Andrews. B. H. ‘by. CONGRERE, Democrat. Know Nothing. James L. Seward. 8. M. 5 Martin J. Crawford. Willis A. Hawkins, . Lewis Y. L, G, Harris, N. Green Foster. 8 Lafayette Lamar. Alexander H. Stephens, whig, is the anti-Know Nothing candidate in the Kighth district, and will receive the bulk of the democratic vote. LOUISIANA. Democrat, Know Nothing. Governor .,.......R: C. Wickliffe, Chas. Derbigoy. Lieut. Governor, ..Chas, H. Mouton. Louis Texada. Secretary of State. Andrew S. Herron. Robert G. Beale. Anditor... Samuel F. Marks, Walter Roseman, s C.E.Greneaux | J. V. Daralde. Attorney General..E. W. Moise, ‘Randoll Hunt. Sup’t. Education, Samuel Bard, —0. D. Stillman. CONGRERS, seseseeAlbert Fabre, George Eustis, Jr. Miles Taylor. Theodore G. Hunt. . Green Davidson. Preston Pond, Jr. John M, Sandige. William B. Lewis, MARYLAND. Dem. Know Nothing. Comptroller.......Walter W. Bowie. Wm. H. Purnell. Lottery Commiss’r, George Gale. Daniel H. McPhail. CONGRESS, James B, Ricaud. J, Morrison Harris, Henry W. Davis, “Jacob Shower, Noshua Van Sant. ‘Henry May, aimee Henry W, Hoffinan, ‘Daniel Jenifer, W, W. Watkins. OHIO. Dem. Fusion. Governor .........Wm. H, Medill, — Salmon Lieut. Governor. ,. James Myers. Thomas H. Ford, Auditor, -Wm. D. Morgan. Francis M. Wright. Secretary of State. Wm. Trevitt. J. H. Baker, ‘Treasurer... “John B, Breslin, Wm. H, Gibson. Attorney General,.G. W. McCook. J.D, Kimball. Public Works. .,.. .James B. Steadman A. G. Connover, Supreme Judge....Wm, Kennon, Jacob Brinkerhoff, Do, short term.,..R.B, Warden. Chas. C. Convers. Allen Trimble is the Know Nothing nominee for Go- vernor, The sag nichts have also nominated a State ticket which is made up from the democratic and fusion tickets, and is headed by Salmon P. Chase for Governor. ELECTION IN KANSAS. The pro-slavery party in Kansas will vote to-day for a delegate to Congress. Gen. J. W. Whitfleld will be the only candidate voted for, his, former opponent, Mr. G. W. Perkins, having withdrawn from the canvass. The free State party will hold their election on Monday, Octo- ber 8th, when ex-Governor Andrew H. Reeder, having no ‘opponent, will also be elected, and both candidates will appear in Washington in December next as claimants for the seat. TOWN ELECTIONS IN CONNECTICUT. ‘To-day about two-thirds of the towns in Connecticut will hold their annual election for town officers, October Term of the Law Courts. After nearly three months of comparative stillness in he law department, enlivened only by an occasional le- gal decision or argument at special term and chambers, the courts will commence their October trial term to-day, ‘fn full blast. The ponderous calendars show what work here is in atore for lawyers during the coming winter, and prove that we are a Jaw-loving and litigous com. ys The Supreme Court, General Term, is adjourned to the 8th inst., when decisions will be rendered ; the Circuit and Special Term will open their trial terms to-day, and as usual, they present a good array of causes, The whig nominee for judgeship of the Supreme Court is the pre- sent incumbent, Justice Cowles; and the democratic ca.s- didate is James R. Whiting. The Superior Court, General Term, embraces in its list the argument for a new trial in the celebrated Forrest divorce case, which will doubtless be disposed of this month, The trialcalendar of this court has on it 1,699 causes of every description of character, from actions on notes to slanders, and suits for damages against public companies, Amongst the glaniers to be disposed of in this court, is the case of Richard G. Fowles against Henry C. Bowen, of the firm of Bowen & McNamee, The cause was tried once, before Judge Bosworth, when, under the able charge of the Court, the jury rendered a verdict for the plainti® for $6,000. A new trial was granted by Judge Campbell, on some exceptions. It will be recollected that this action created very great excitement amongst the mercan- tile community, by whom it is now watched with anx- iviy. The facts are briefly these: The plaintiff was sales. man or buyer in the dry goods warehouse of Bowen & McNamee, in this city, He left them for a better situa- tion in Cincinnati, whither he brought with him a strong recommendation from the firm of Bowen & McNamee. Subsequently, however, the defendant used the slander- ous words complained of, charging the plaintiff with dis. icnesty and falsehood, and wrote to Cincinnati to have the police watch the defendant, because he had left New York with some half dozen trunks, which, on being search- ed, were found to contain nothing but books and wearing apparel belonging to Mr. Fowles. The change of defend, ant’s opinion in regard to plaintiff, it is alleged, was in- duced by the fact of his recommending Lis employers ia Cincinnati to another house in New York, where thoy could buy goods cheaper than at Bowen & McNamee’s. ‘The case is one that possesses very general interest, and its final disposition will be momentous to the reputation and fair fame of both plaintiff and defendant. The wh'g nominees for judgships of this court are Justice Hoffman — one of the present incumbents—and Judge Woodraff, now on the Common Pleas bench, The democratic candidates are Jonas B. Phillips and ex-Judge Ulshaeffer, ‘The Court of Common Pleas will hold two trial branches, the calendars of which are heavy and contain some im- portant causes of action, The whig cantidate for the judgeship of this Court is C. Livingston. The democratic nominee is John R. Brady. In the Marine Court the calendar is also very nume- rous, but as the three Judges are now on duty, the busi- ness will be disposed of rapidly. The whig nominee for judgeship of this Court is the present incumbe nt, Justice Birdsall, The democratic candidate is George F. Alden, clerk of the Supreme Court, special term. The United States Circuit and District Courts will also hold their terms this month for admiralty appeals, pa- tent suits, equity causes, and criminal trials, Im accordance with the usual and established practice, the Court of General Sessions will be convened to-day. ‘The Grand Jury will be empannelled, and all cases of a criminal nature will be submitted for their action, The calendar for the October term shows a heavy and alarm. ing increase of crime, demanding at the hands of the aa- thorities severe scrutiny and a rigid enforcement of oir laws and ordinances. It will be perceived that the bur- glar, the thief, the forger, and the swindler, have been pretty extensively engaged during the past two weeks in their perniciou$ avocations. Bosides the ordinary prison cases, there isa large number of bail cases to be dis- posed of thie month, which will keep the Court very busy throughout the entire term. Judge Stuart will preside on the bench with his usual urbane manner. The following is the calendar as prepared by Mr. Whit. more, Clerk of the City Prison:—Grand Larceny, 28; Bur- glary, 14; Felonious Assault and Battery, 10; Forgery, 10; Rape, 2; Seduction, 1; Abandonment, 1; Perjury, 1; False Pretences, 2. Total—79, Court Calendar—This Dry. curren Court—Circuit.—Nos, 275, 820, 212, 1810, 77, 919, #82 to 340. Screen Court—Special Torm.—Nos. 1 to 17. Commox Puras—Part 1.—Nos. 709, 800, $36, 843, 850, 861, 962, 805, 866, 869, 870, 872, 900,'905, 977. Pari 2.— Nos. 791, 163, 197, 407, 62°, 574, 674, 60, 749, 000, 704, 770, 708, 342. Scranton Covrt.—Nos. 4, 6, 7, 9. 10, 1034, 13, 19 to 17, 24, 2, 26, 39 to 98, 40 to 43, 47, 48, 60 to 00, THE LATEST NEWS. BY MAGNETIC AND PRINTING THLEGRAPHS, From RECIPROCITY TREATY WITH THH SANDWICH ISLANDS, ‘Wasurnorox, Sept. 30, 1855. A treaty has just been concluded between the Sand- wich Islands and the United States, establishing reci- procal free trade in all products of the two countries, Commodore Forrest, now in command of the Washing- ton Navy Yard, has been tendered the command of the Brazil squadron. It is doubtful whether he will accept. Hon. P. 8. Herbert, newly elected member from Cali- fornia, arrived here this morning, and is stopping at Willard’s. Hon, E. B. Washburn, of Iliinois, also arrived this morning. Governor Wie arrived yesterday, and is stopping with his son-in-law. A large number of distinguished Mexicana are now here, who have heretofore figured extensively in that country. A gentleman who arrived here this evening from Georgia, vaya that the ‘“‘anties” will carry that State overwhelmingly. Markets. PROVIDENCE, Sept. 29, 1855. Cotton—The sales for the week have been limited, at about the same range of prices. Wool—The sales have deen confined toa few large purchases, prices well Printing cloths—Prices firma, i a an upward tendency. The supply of is is dally and the di in uence of the drought, een serds eoslen hie 55,000 piecoss er Dramatic and Musical Matters. All the theatres did a fine business last week. Every- ody has returned to town, and for awhile the managers may expect a rich harvest, The Racum, Sxason at the Metropolitan theatre pro- gresses triumphantly. On Friday she completed the fourth week of her engegement in this city, and played Adrienne Lecouvreur to the fullest house. Such was the rush to the lower part of the house, that some two bundred extra chairs were placed in the aisles. Choice teats were sold in the streets at half a dollar toa dollar advance on the regular price—two dollars each. The reduction of prices has had a highly beneficial effect all round. We earnestly advise every one who is studying French—young mea especially—to see all of these performances, If you cannot afford @ two dollar seat, buy one for fifty cents. The audience in the third circle is as quiet, as respectable and fully as critical as im any part of the house. Mlle, Rachel's engagement here will terminate in about three weeks. It is probable that she will go hence to Boston for eight nights; but that is not yet decided, and the Athenians, who have begun to complain in advance, of terms which they have paid willingly to hear the passé opera singers, deserve to lose her altogether. M. Felix could not arrange terms with the management of the Boston theatre; and for reasons which every one who has seen Mile, Rachel understands, it is a great deal better for the public that she should go to the Howard Atheneum or some small house. She is much better when seen from the orchestra or the front benches of the parquette, The St. James theatre, in London, where she acts, is not much larger than Wal- lack’s—the Howard Atheneum, Boston, is the largest house of the three. It is not to hear Mlle. Rachel that we should go to a small theatre, because her voice has power and volume sufficient to fill a theatre twice the size of the Boston, but to see her well; and if we were to visit her performances in Boston, we should be very glad to know that she would play at the Boston theatre, The price in Boston will be two dollars, with the choice seats at auction. If the modern Athenians do not want her at that price, we shall be very glad to keep her in New York, The play to-night is ‘Andromaque,” in whieb Mile. Rachel will play Hermione, one of her very best parts. There is a rumor that she will chant the ‘‘Mar- seilles Hymn,” after the tragedy, At the Broapway Tumarre, Mr. Boker’s new play, “Francesca di (not ‘“da’) Rimini,’’ was produced on Wed- nesday, and bas been played every night since. The al- most unanimous verdict of the public has been given in favor of this play, and the author may consider himself fortunate in having it brought out at this house, and with the very excellent cast in the principal characters, With- out the very excellent acting of Mr. Davenport, Fisher, Lanergan and Madame Ponisi, and the beautiful scenery, trom the pencil of Mr. George Heister, we do not believe the piece could have succeeded. Asit is, with first rate acting, with new and appropriate dresses, and with several very beautiful scenes, it will have a good run here, but we do not think it will keep the stage aa a standard play, The last scene—an Italian palace and terrace garden by moonlight—is one of the finest things ever seen on the Broadway stage. The new piece will be played again this evening, with a farce, in which Mr. W. A. Chapman will appear. At Nino's Ganpen, the new American opera “Rip Van Winkle” bas been played three nights to full houses, and it will be given again this evening and every night this week. The composer, Mr. Bristow, may now claim to be the first successful writer of this style of opera in Ameri ca, and in many respects this work is superior to any- thing that has yet come from the pen of any English composer. The mise en scenc is very fine. Miss L. Pyne has achieved another triumph in the very dificult rdle of Alice, The libretto is rather weak, and rather too long, but that is a fault which can easily be remedied. At WatLack’s TaRarRe there is no novelty to report Several now pieces are allready, but as “The Game of Love’ draws a full house every night, the manager will not, probably, play any other game at present. The new comedy will be played to-night, seventeenth time, Berroy’s Tukatke has been {illed every night to see “Still Water Runs Deep.’? Mr. Toodles has also looked in upon his old friends here, and “The Serious Family”? were about on Friday night. The new comedy does so well that novelties are shelved for the present, and it will be given to-night, on Tuesday, and on Wednesday. Mrs. C. R. Thorne, a capital actress, will make her dévut here. At the Bowsny Tuzarre Mr. J. W. Wallack, Jr., ha: been drawing very full houses. He plays James V. in “The King of the Commons,"’ this evening, one of its best parts, Mr. J. J. Prior plays George Weir. Mr. Henry Woop, manager of Wood’s Minstrels, an- nounces that he will open his new hall, 444 Broadway, thix evening, the first performance including Ethiopian min- streley and the farce of ‘The Wandering Minstrel.” This hall is a perfect bijou. Ithas a large parquette, the back seats raised so a8 to give a full view of the stage, and a spacious gallery. There are seats for 1,200 persons, On each side of the orchestra there are pretty private boxes. The stage measures about thirty feet each way, and is well fitted with new scenery. The hall is well ventilated and has a spacious entrance from Broadway, and stair canes to the gallery, outside the parquette door. BUcki4y's SERENADERS, 539 Broadway, announce a plea- sant bill for this evening, including the successful bur- Jesque on the ‘Danghter of the Regiment.”” Mrs, Gruns is giving her pleasant svircés at the Apollo Rooms, Broadway. Every one interested in Irish scenery, poetry, music or history should spend an hour here. No more agreeable guide than Mrs. Gibbs could be found for the traveller. a Mr. Macautisrer, the Wizard, will commence his per- formances at No, 472 Broadway, on Wednesday. Since Mr. Macallister was with us before, he has added several novelties to his cabinet. Signora Viern announces her second concert at the Brooklyn Atheneum, on Tuesday evening of this week. The Acapemy of Music, Fourteenth street, will open this evening for the season. The prices have been raised ‘to two dollars, one dollar and fifty cents, instead of one dollar, fifty cents and twenty-five. The ‘Trovatore’? is announced, with La Grange as Leonora vice Steffanone (gene to Europe), and Aldini as Azecema, vive Vestvali (giving concerts in Philadelphia). Otherwise the cast ix the same as before. Bostox.—Mr. Vandenhoff has played a short engage- ment at the Boston theatre, His wife (formerly Miss Makeah,) played Pauline and Lady Teazle for his benofit. Mrs, Charles Howard is playing at the Museum, and Me. Chanfrau bas concluded an engagement at the National, ‘The Howard Athen@um has closed again; Mr. Field could not make it pay. Miss Exsmonde bas given successful readings here. St, Lovis.—They had an excitement hereon the 28th. Miss Dora Shaw, a lady ‘ to the manner born,” made her first appearance on any stage, in that much abused but deserving heroine, Julia, in the ‘‘ Hunchback.” The /n- telligencer sayai— She seemed to have measured the task, and did nei quail before the thousand eyes rivetted on her, ax she glided to her position on the stage. Slight in figure, with a voice by no Lieans powerfal, with unpracticed enuncia- tion, and unlearned in all the movements of the boards— the good natured audience, polite, considerate, respectful ae act, Lowie audience always is, evidently were propa fo concede much to the circumstance and occasion, pre- snming their indulgence would be needed. They were agreeably surprised to find that the allowances they were to make were not all needed. Passing over a little tameness in the first three ecte-—perliaps not out of keeping with ple pary of @ young gic) of syral raining OOOO ee f G sarin i Sia te oS —the character was sustal; expectation: tations Ene bad evident Semmes the character well, and wag fully up to the of the anthor; and the immense audi~ ence testified their epprobation at the close most hearti- ia when the curate dco ed, returned her ekowledg® | pe base ay felt—in'& few brief but well-turned sen= tences. Parapsirm4.—Mr. and Mrs. Barney Wiliams have theatre, so great was the rush, There was nothing new atthe Arch, Atthe City Museum, Mr. J. ©. Owens was playing Jakey, in the old “Mose” pieoe, altered to suit the Philadelphia latitude. Jakey brought the ‘ boys’? in large numbers, but such revivals are in very question~ able taste. Messrs, Welch and Lent are making are yangements for a new circus. The Academy of Music g0¢8 on slowly, Vestvali sung at the Musical Fund con- cert on Saturday. She is going to sail to-morrow for the West Indies and Mexico, PortiaNp.—Mr. W. R. Goodall and Mrs. A. Senter ar@ playing here. Prrssperc.—Mr. Davidge has finished his it here and gone to Lendon, C. W., where he vil erate an engagement October lat. Gyaxxati—John Bates has imported the following people for his theatres at St. Louis, Cincinnati, and Louis ville; Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Elmore, from St, James? theatre, London; Mr. and Mrs. Wood Benson, from Lon+ don and Glasgow; Mr. and Mrs. Henry, from London; Mr and Mrs, E. F, Strickland, from Doncaster and York; Mra, E. Laws, from the Adelphi and Strand; Mr. and Mrs, A. Ne Gregory, from Bath and Bristol; Mr. and Mre, Muller, from. Margate and Gravesend; Mr. G. C. Lorimer, fromEdin- burg; Henry Matthewman, pantomimist, from Liverpood and Manchester; M’lle Angelina, danseuse, from Liverpoo® and Manchester. A drama from the pen of a lady of Cine cinnati {a in rehearsal at the theatre in that city, called ‘Rugenia, or The Spir't Mother,” Miss Eliza Logan i in Cincinnati. CALIFORNIA.—The Misses Gougenheim abruptly closed @ successful engagement at the Metropolitan theatre, in consequence of @ severe affection of the throat under which Miss Josephine was suffering, They are to play short engagements at Sacramento and Marysville, and ro- turn in five weeks or more to join the comp ny at the American {heatre upon its re-opening. ‘The Metropolitare was announced to be opencd under the management of Miss Laura Keene. Messrs. J. B. Booth, Wm. Chap- man and Wheatleigh, are engaged. Mr. James Starkand lady, assisted by Mrs. Woodward, Messrs, Phelps, Wilder, J. Dunn, Anderson and others, were successfully playing, at low prices, at the Union, Mrs. Sinclair and troupe, Miss EK. Votter and troupe, and other companies, were travelling through the interior, Mossrs. Lee and Mar= shall have been very successful with their Hippodrome in San Francisco. Madame Anna Bishop was shortly to receive a grand benefit, when she would probably make her last appearance before a California audience. The new theatre at Sacramento was opened under the ma+ pagement of Messrs. Maguire King, early in September. Mr. Buchanan’s agent was in San Francisco, making ar- rangements for his appearance, Miss Caroline Chapman, Messrs. J. B. Booth, Wm. Chapman, and others, were per forming at the San Francisco theatre. — , Forniay.—We take the following from the Court Jour= nal, London:— M, An ji on Saturday at actin belore Re trloeeal at Gane against Mr. Morris, the proprietor of the two Aztec chil~ dren, to obtain 25,000f. for having exbibited tha children in public at the Hotel d’Osmond, and in another establishment, in violation of an mont entered inte with him to exhibit them solely at the Hippodrome. Mr. Morris proved that what M. Arnaud badMtaken for the Aztecs were specimens of a diminutive African race called ¥arthmen, and the Tribunal, in ismissed his action with costa,’ > CoMseauenee, di It will be seen by this, that Mr. Morris, the exhibitor of these children, finally acknowledges the humbug which he attempted to foist on the American public, an which the HERALD exposed at the time. The result of the Birmingham Musical Festival ba been very satisfactory: including the receipts at the ball and other items, together with donations yet to be re- ceived, will make an aggrogate of considerably upward of £12,000. With two exceptions this is the largest amount ever taken at the Birmingham Festival. The band, it seems, numbered 145—108 stringed—and the choral force of 324, chiefly from the Birmingham Choral Society, with a few Yorkshire and London voices—every individual tried and picked, with repeated rehearsals un~ der Costa, both in London and Birmingham, formed in the aggregate such a body of choristers as was never bes ore beard in England, Among the notable incidents of this festival was tha meeting in a trio of Costa’s “Vanne a Coler,” of Grist, Mario and sims Reeves, with a hearty encore, in spite of a long programme, which carried the audience into the next morning for its finale. Two thousand five hundred pounds were expended upon the hall on thia oceasion ta improve both its appearance and the acoustic effect. Both purposes were fully answered, and the net receipts of this year will st 8 tho In fifty years £70,000 have been realized from these fes- tivals—a wonderful result in consideration of the higlt valaries paid to all engaged, Meyerbeer’s operas continue to draw—his last bri £262 on the last night of its performance at he ane Opera Comique; ‘Robert the Devil,”” £432, and the “Pro- phet’” £447 atthe Grand Opera hough “Robert le Din was then performed for the 306th time in Paris. Meyerbeer has promised to write a really comic opera for the Comique, and four others are promised that concern, one by Adam and one by Auber, parts of which hava been already tried and found satisfactory, The New Haven Railroad Disaster. FOURTEEN PERSONS INJURED AND A CAR SMASHED, Another railroad catastrophe, clearly traceable to # criminal negligence on the part of those entrusted with keeping the road in proper repair, occurred on the New Haven railroad, just above its junction with the Harleng road, near Wiiliamsbridge, on Saturday night last. Tt appenrs that as the Boston express train was passing the «pot above mentioned, the last car of the five on the train jolted off the track and swung around, tearing up. the rails and injuring the track in its course. Unfortue nately a gully occurs in the road near the junction, and into this the jast car turned over, and in doing co severely ‘wounded the passengers, who were not only hurled against each other and against the benches, but were also dashed with much violence on the side of the car. The sudderg tnrn of the last car wrenched the coupling in such @ manner that it broke, and this circumstance saved th rest of the train from being torn off, which would per : laps have mangled and killed » hundred persons, The engineer was not made acquainted with the acci« dent immediately, and ran a quarter of a mile before hg was notified to back the train to succor the sufferers. A. Oakey Hall, Esq., immediately busied themselves to clear tha Tack and Yelievo the wufterers. ‘It was found that rouoy ot them wrre severely cut aout the fice from roken only one or two were dangerously injured, Out of ‘wrenty rsons in the car, some arteon received contusions. | Fortunately for oir reporter and unfortus nately for the public, he was nota passenger in the train and is unable to give a connect lit of the lowever, as but one persou an} bs broken, i mnakes but Httle diferente, xi 7 ‘The accident was caused by a defect in the track, thé chair which holds the rail being broke, and as the train ewung around the curve, the first cars pressed by their tension the rail out, and the last car was thus run off. It was evident that the railroad employée were aware of the difticulty, found driven in the ground pike the broken rail, ta Fonagt bin hag menial bahee tae rail shoald 3 ve been properly rey re train passed, the company should be held to a strict account for their remiseness in not providing against such a casualty. The wounded "were taken as soon 08 nient on board the train, which forthwith ta this city, As the freight train was duc, a man was sent forward to warn it, and the train was detained for over an hour until the track was cleared and On thetrain with the wou! arri seoond street, word was sent to the shen dist tion, for assistance, and on the the wounded house. There they were cared for until the arrival of theig- friends with carriages, when they were conveyed home. Mr. Hall to the officer in command at the station house, ie Sroneinty ok taking alist of the wound. ed, their names residences, so that their whereabouts might be known, should their friends come after them; but. DO record was t, nor could the police tell yesterday the name of over one person injured. This is another ex- emplification of the listless, careless manner im whick our police perform their duties. They are required by their instructions to keep an account of every event of interest that transpires in their respective dis for public bier gee hy in this case not only was no mention of it in'the return to the Chief, but also the police were profoundly ignorant of the whole affair, al- thongh rounded people were in the station house for some time. —_ The Desee iS er vet direeh r. John Mowton, Jr., ‘awenty-firs . gentleman had his thigh broken and his right ¢ide mucky Injared. ls doctor pronounced him gut ot’ danger and doing well. Then, Call, bruised about the head and body. Taken to the New York Hospital, but recovered sufficiently yess terday morning to go home unaided. Christopher Bennen, also taken to the hospital mack, injured. Left yesterday Nocera, James Sheets, the brakeman, thrown to the ground, and muah injured internally. ‘The above were the most severe cases; the remaining porrengers were but slightly cut,