The New York Herald Newspaper, October 22, 1855, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD,. MONT,AY, OCTOBER - 22; 1855., ee about 124 cents per bbl. advance. The salesia- | pedients adopted im Paris than from any real | cluded parcels for export, Wheat was more active, | difficulties connected with the resources of 1", but somewhat irregular in prices. Good red was in) people and its financial agents, All tb')g is demand at full rates, and in some cases a slight ad- | tyne too of the French Empire. Its ine reasod vance was obtained ; while common grades of white | + ,aens imposed by the war, it is vient from and inferior red and mixed Western lots were the alacrity with which its loans be.go boen ne- ithont f moment, and less actively in- i pls bag bebe having closed at ra 25 | gotiated, ave not the real source, of the trouble. a $128. Barley was active at $1 30a$1 40. Pork | Unlike the great Napoleonic ‘struggle, the pre- was about the same, with some better demand for | kent #s wholly confined t,o land operations. prime. Sugars were steady, but sales moderate. | The highways of comm’srce are as free and ‘The auction sale of coffte went off well, and exhibit- | peeceful asever. The, manufacturing industry 04 an advance of Jc, on common grades. Freights | of the two nations js in undisturbed and suc- were steady. To Liverpool, 20,000 bushels grain | -ceseful employment. The great exhibition of their productions at Paris during the present ~, | season, have been such az to indicate how com- The value of foreign goods imported into the por if of Boston during the week ee 19th instant, pletely independent they are of the war. In- NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES CORDON BENNETT, PP/opRIETOR AND EDITOR. OHFHWE Kr. CORNER CF NASSAU AND FULTON STS. AMUSEMENTS THIS 5' BROADWAY THAT 2, Broatisy~Grapiaton—Tas Map wirn tite MiLKIN SIBLO'R GARDE Eyoadway—Mas. Jeunstox— WALLACK’S THEA TR! oF Business. Aswoppus—A Purrry P: amounted to $702,410. ‘The total value of imperta- | eed, an examination will show that even from tions for the quarter endixg September 30th, was | 1790 to 1813 there was a steady advancement $10,542,527. in British industry and commerce. The fluc- We are glad to be able to announce that’ the latest | tuations of the funds bear no kind of accounts from Mississippi give reason'to hope that | comparison to the uniform movements of the the yellow fever has entirely Gisappeareti from all | great branches of labor and the operations of the afflicted localities. j trade. It is not the amount expended in war, ‘The Financial Crisis in France avd England | but the character of the war, and the amount Position ‘of the United States. required to make the expenditure, which are The fruits of war ‘ripen prematurely. In | to be considered in order to determine its time of peace the atmosphere is serene, | effect upon those interests whose success de- the sun shines brightly on the commercial | pends essentially upon peace. Even some of “Wotice to Candidates, world, giving assurance of health and prosperi- | the branches of commerce are actually bene- Being désitoes of giving a correct list “of the names of | ty. But no soener do the clouds of war over- | fitted by such a contest as that waged against all fie candide:es for office in this State, from Assembly- | hang the political ‘horizon than all settled | Russia. It employs the shipping, and opens paseo ara re, 20 hee ora: ues bard politics | rules of trade andvallthe occupations of men | markets for many articles which before had prs ai ain Lbten pes ag ia wames or {| are changed. The-cowncils of the two interests | hecome » drug in the stores. the partiowto which they areattaghed, in orderthat the | are entirely different. Quacks are brought to | But let us suppose that the great moneyed Bist may be a1 perfect as possible. “We desire to publish | the surface, exploded dogmas of political eco- | institutions—the Bank of England and the © correct Est, properly classtited. nomy are revived,’ expedients and devices are | Bank of France—are compelled to suspend = thrust forward in the vain hope of averting the | payment of specie. Such a contingency in penalties which war inflicts upon commerce, | time, in the event of the prosecution of the vee baal Sark eee = public mind | war, is inevitable; and in the loss of public . : Rat « uaaaiee comes feverish and sensitive, dangers are | confidence, such as now seems probable, there Pick epansfion Wreetita. cht eit felt but not seen, instinctively dreaded but | isno saying how soon it will take*place. The Hen (printed in English and French) will be | not fully comprehended. It is a note-worthy | Those institutions exist by virtue of the gene- geblihed at ten o’clock in ‘the morning. Single copies, | fact—the first scene in the drama of the present | ral belief in their solvency and their ability tm wrappers, sixpence. war—that before the last gun had sounded the | to meet their engagements. A large share of Pes waeptstocernry rng Ancestry triumphs of the allied armies at Sebastopol— | their credits is ate from Pee eta A tm Buroye:~ at the very time that England and France had | joss of confidence on the part of those persons, Gavinroon, John Hunter, No. 12 Bacheage street, East. | received positive assurance that the great by their withdrawal of their means would errr ton, Walls Co. 8 Place de la Bourse, | Struggle in which they were engaged could in | compel both banks to suspend. Specie would ‘The contents of the European edition of the Heratp | no possible contingency be extended to the | at once be held ata premium, The suspension ‘will embraco the news received: by mail and telegraph at | ocean—when British and French commerce and | itself would lock up in Europe at least $100,- ‘the office during the previous week, and to the heur of | manufactures were assured that, beyond the ef- | 900,000, and most likely, by individual hoard- eer ns fects of the withdrawal from those branches of ings, double that amount. It is manifest in industry of large means to carry on the war, | such a state of things that the highest market they could not be crippled or paralyzed—at | for American coin, would be on the other side such a momentsomething like a panic in the | of the water. Our shipments of produce financial circles is precipitated upon them! would not reach the right point—they would BSimoda. At the Bonin Islands the inhabitants were That the war with Russia will put commer- | not answer the purpose—there would be but found in a most -destitute condition, owing to the cial endurance to the severest test is evident, | one remedy, and that of a homeopathic char- ravages cansed by au earthquake shock which visit- | from the fact that it will continue to with- | ‘acter, simillics similbus curanti—we should be eq them on the 23d.of last December, sweeping | draw from the channels of trade vast sums of | compelled to adopt suspension as a remedy away their houses, crops and cattle. Many of the { money to carry on its operations, Itisanew | for suspension., people also lost their. lives, and the remainder had | use for money, « new field for its employment, Pa ee to subsist on the precarious yield of © the | now men are to distribute it, and an imperious Tne Free Love Carastrorue.—When Mr. tortle bunt. In. entering the port of Simoda | p14 controlling law governs its collection anfl Brisbane, who was arrested at the Free the sailing directions of Lieutenant Maury, of | a: jursement—a law which overrides, and to a | Love establichment on Thursday, and spent the United States Japan Squadron, were found CEE A “4 the night at the station house, talks of a) s ; certain extent, repeale that under which the ig) le Bt ato! ee, P- very useful; but the Japanese pilot, with Com- ty pealing to the courts of justice for redress, modore Perry's certificate, did not render | Peaceful operations of exchange are conducted, Ss 4 ? much aid. A numberof natives visited the vessel | and which makes all the world a party to its | 98 he does in the letter we published on Satur- at anchor,and having heard that two American | influence. There are many who argue that we | 48Y, ‘he does what perhaps most men of spirit Jadies were on board, expressed the greatest desire) in the United States are exempt from its ef- | Would do in the like case—he utters a threat to see. them. The shipwrecked Russians of the | fects, because we are a producing nation--a | Which, when his blood is cool, he will think frigate Diana were on shore, and some additional | neutral commercial community blessed with | twice about fulfilling. It is very possible, as details are given of their exertions petuteand ® | avast surplus produce, powerful enough to | Mr. Brisbane says, that the society of which he peg Se Heri eS Fane oer ON,» uae seme protect our rights and wise enough to take ad- | undertook on that day to be the mouthpiece this vessel was viewed with admiration -by twelve aa oes not propose to itself directly 4o work mis- thousand Japanese. ‘Tho Diana was wrecked by the vantage of our position. We have great means af y same convulsion of nature which so ruined the pros- | Of resistance, of defence against financial dis- | chief., But so shrewd a gentleman as the pects of the people of the Bonin Islands. ‘The | asters on the other side of the water, but we late chief of the American Associationists oflicers of the French vessels Constantine aud Col- | have no absolute exemption. In the exact | needs not to be told that when men start by bert were surprised to find Americans so} ratio that we are connected by commer- “placing the sentiment of individual con- soon established in Japan. It appears that | cial ties with England and France are | science above the prescriptions of political the first act of the Japanese government | wo Jiable to the effects of financial re- | and social institutions’—in plainer words, g of a violation of the recent treaty was ex- | vuisions .and disasters in those countries, | when they undertake to decide for themselves towards Commodore Rodgers, Commander of | 7. 14 our share of the precious metals of | what is right and what wrong, regardless of ted. Eruten anrveving eqnadtoniin. We afore r law, divine mandate, or human custom, the: Pacific, at Ousima, one of the Loo Choo group of the world by commercial tenures. Commerce | law, ’ h Mey islands, where he was refased wood, water, provi- | is the great field of its employment ; it settles | cannot, when they get into trouble, appeal to sion.,. 2nd the services of a pilot. Commodore | the proportions which cach nation shall use ; | the law for protection or to the public for sym- Rodgew immediately sought out the King, and | it regulates its exchange from one to another ; | pathy, with any good grace or decent consisten- commen°ed negotiations in- the most effectual way, | and these are laws by themselves wholly irre- J CY: Moreover, whatever the intention of the attended by two hundred gailors, marines and offi- pealable, and made to operate upon all. The original Free Lovers may-have been, it is un- cers, wid some field’ pieces, small arms, and am- | withdrawal of vast means, at any given point | deniable that their acts brought them legiti- munition. The Japanese officers got alarmed, and of the world, from its channels, creates a va- | mately under the eye of the police. When eadeavoze: to stop the Commodore on his way | cuum, which must be filled by contributions from | the organ of the sect admits the immorality ee a erat quant: put Wn | other paris. Thus the United States stand re- | of the ecenes at these assemblies, we may lated to the commercial states of England and | safely credit the uninitiated who assert France at the present time; and thus are we | positively that the Free Love Associa- liable to be affected by commercial revulsions | tion resembled the society of the Pacific and discredits in those countries. Our means | Islands, which, as every one knows, has NIALO'S SALOON, nex Nev MIScELLANSOUS AND WOOD'S MINSURELS, {44 Broadway—Exvmorux P2n- roumancs. BUCKLEY’? AURURSCUR OPERA HOUSE, 539 Broad- wey—Busies@.s Orera “inp Neguo Muréraxisy. Tak, Pa amy | ap tas Dienama oF THE’SATTLB ty BuNKuR Wt—Ate3 way. MECHANICS’ TAS, m Broadway“Prov. Macertisren’s ‘Bomrxs’ Maciques. SMPING HALE-© or or Ecrore—Steax or Spsastoron. r to Niblo’s Garden—Comrry’ \RACTERISTIC VONCERTS, New Yorks, Monday, Ovtober 22, 1855. Malls for Europe. (N¥W YORK HERALD—EWTTION FOR EUROPE. The €.nard mail steamship Canada, Capt. Stone, will Jeave Boston on Wednesday, at noon, for Liverpool. The News, Ono of ovr correspondsnts in Japan, dating at the Temple of Yokushen, Kakisaki, Port of Simoda, on June 15th, gives an interesting account of a voyage #rom+ Honolulu to the Bonin Islands, and thence to path of ,daty by the allurement of even “worms inevery style,’ and on he went to the chief, avho, after. aome talk, furnished all that was re- quired. The Americans at Simoda were most grate- 4x1 to the Commodore for his firmness on the occa- sicna, Commodore Rodgers afterwards partook of 2 banquet with Isava, “Piince of Idzee.’” The Rus- sang and Americans at Simoda had a grand ban- quet in the temple of Yokushen, but they took the precaution to tern allthe gods with their faces to theyrall, lest they should be shocked by looking ‘on tho profanity.of a waltz oy gallopade. In defence | flour to London, Liverpool, Glasgow, Havre, ofthe Japenese, with regard to want of faith in | Marseilles, Cork, Constantinople, Bremen, Ham- vthe stveaty affair, it is said that the American | burg, Dunkirk, Antwerp, to British Guiana, whip:Wiat Cheerson a voyage from China tothe | to the Argentine Republic, to the French West ,Sandwioh Islands with coolies, had entered the | Indies, to Brazil, Honduras, the Danish West p tof Loo Chooand contracted a debt of eighty | Indies, British West Indies, British North ck Garg, which she, gofused to a Mn tig pie American Colonies, to Australia, and other ne ‘anaed eae tie cae ules Foy itn: points of the world. Upon all these countries | will produce the same effect on his Free Love te Scavealina at the Bonin Islands with a fair wind | the long guns of our agriculture are made to | inclinations that the loss of half a fortune and fierying vheet. We give the port rules ob- | bear with marvellous effect. No excess of | did upon his Fourierite tendencies. It is plain serve “by the British at Hakodadi. mere. commercial disasters in the great states | enough, indeed, that he and men of his stamp In, wether part of today’s paper may be found | of the world would be likely to reach us—but | are innocent partners in these operations. The an in ‘enesting correspondence between Mr. R. C. | when we superadd to short crops in England, | Teal men—the Andrews, the Gove-Nichols, Murph, ¥, cur Consul at Shanghae, and the Saperin- | France and Prassia, entailing upon those coun- | the Greeleys, and those who herd with them— tendent of Customs at thet port, relative to the cur- | tries the most serious embarrassments, the bur- | ®lmost invariably manage to creep out by rency, th taxation upon tea in the interior of Chima, | gong of a war such as that waged against Rus- | & back door when a row takes place, -leay- and the bia gies ee Res rebar euat , sia, the end of which it is impossible to divine— | ing their honester and more respectable com- the entran pope oy Rive pewter ay mantaee a war whose necessities withdraw from the | Trades in the lurch. They pocket the gains so elgrti bs business with the Celestial empire can- | channels of commerce avery large proportion of | long as the game is successful; the moment the not be overr, Vell, and they.will no doubt attraet due | its means—which has carried up interest at the | tide of fortune turns they beg your pardon, attention, rate.of half per cent a month—which has driy- | look unconscious, and have nothing to do with We publish ‘his.morning an interesting Jetteron | en the bank of France already to the most | the “unfortunate party.” the cod and sex I Seheries of Newfoundland, ia which | misorable devices to sustain its credit, devices | What harm has Mr. Brisbane done, in com there is auch. Waable information for those among | and expedients that have frightened its deposi- | parison with that which has been effected our citizens who bave already invested, or who may | tors into the withdrawal of their means from | by the New York Zribune? A fewhundred per- hereafter desire to invest, their copital in them: | it, vauits and which are likely to lead to a | sons at one time or other have heard him talk ‘The facts and Lh oo pisertd presi bss a 5 suspension of payments—with all our resources | Fourieriem ; but the 7ridune has poured forth ger debs asna . tare: oad. he panplaron * and ail our means of defence, it is time to pre- | # steady stream of social poison for years lay the si taurine ca ble between Newfousdland ang | Pare for the worst. : The members of the Free Love Association Cape Bret em The real burdens imposed upon England and | learned their doctrines, not from Brisbane, but The dete ile of the tows from Mexico to the oth | France by thewar are not what weigh upon the | from the 7'ritune; it was in the columns of that instant, bric€ ageaps of which had heen received | dinancial interests of those countries—it is the | sheet they were first taught to “ place the sen- during the p \ «week by telegraph fram New Or. | yain effort of the bank of France to create, for } timent of individual conscience above social jeans, ave giv. Sa another column. The intelli- | a teief period, an artificial prosperity—a species | and political institutions;” it was there they gence of the ele tea of Gen, Sen se the Presi- | of ¢alse pretenee—a violation of the plainest | were first told in the James and Greeley cor- dency was telegra vhed a 2 wf hi ried ' | dictates of ecouomy, involving the saeritice of | reepondence that marriage was an old fashion- Vera Cruz, on the #the swore lahat eo confidence and of the true interests of | ed absurdity. When there was a disposi- ae ave dates from Rio Janeiro to September 4, pe herr and the whole trading community. | tion in this country to encourage social experi- ‘The chole-a bee! dieapp2ared, and the province was Sach violations of the laws of business must | mente, the Zrivunc went headlong into Fourier- quite healthy. Business was somewhat brisk, but inevitably draw with them corresponding pen- | ism, and made money, while such men as Albert not so active as tue receipts Of produce from the in- alties, The actual expenses of the war, so far, | Brisbane and the wealthy converts to the terior warranted, Thero wee no foreign ships of | are nothing. The average burdens imposed | phalansterian system lost it. When Fourier- war in port. upon Great Britain from 1790 to 1813, the Iat- | ism fell, and honest Andrews carried ont its The fusion Ftate Ceyral Committee of Ohio have | ter part of the time in the Napoleon and Amer- | doctrines in his free love establishment, and resolved to hold a grand republican celebration, in | joan wars, did not exceed £10,000,000 per year. | the police descended and broke it up, who honor of the election of Xslmon p, ‘Thase to the That goveruthent, at the present moment, was so innocent and unconscious as the 7yi- which the missionaries have had to contend. With what hopes can the members of such a body as this presume to appeal to the courts for redress, because, forsooth, they spent a night at the station house? Three months of hard labor is the law for Mercer street. Shall there be damages and sympathy for Broadway ? As to Mr. Brisbane, all men will agree with the Mayor in regretting that he should have thrust himself into such a wasps’ nest, and in hoping that his adventure with Capt, Turnbull our weapons in better repair or in more efficient operation, During the week just closed our exports, chiefly breadstufts, from this city alone, amount- ed in round numbers to $2,100,000. We sent eerie cel awiaa a poten li does not maintain an army very much above } dune? The free lovers might be vilified, and present. its peace establishment; and althongh its ex- | Brisbane locked up; but the Zritune, when Nepales fenton an Saturday reached abot. 090 | Penses bave been increased, and the finances of | called upon td share their fate, imitated Peter, i cloning steady, Withont cance in prices | {he country greatly deranged, tts present embar- | and “began to curs? and to swear, saying, we viow was quite aetive, aad te market closed at .! saeeuguis result far wory fom the yawise ex- | jmow not the man,” of defence are almost boundless. Never were | been the most formidable obstacle against | The Presentment of the Grand Jury—In- dictment of City Officials. On Saturday, as was stated in yesterday’s Heraxp, the Grand Jury continued the work of purging the city of corruption by present- ing a number of officials. The Recorder re- fused to allow the presentment to be read, be- cause he considered that it would put the par- ties accused on their gnard, and would further tend to impede the administration of justice, by leading the class of individuals from whom the jurors are selected to disqualify themselves by prejudging the case. It was accordingly handed tothe Clerk, who transmitted it to the District Attorney, who will proceed forthwith to take such measures against the parties ac- cused as the presentment indicates, and the evidence will justify. * The officials whose names, or rather whose offices have transpired, are the Street Commissioner,,.the Collector of Taxes, the City Inspector, the Commissioner of Repairs and Supplies, and the Commissioner of Lamps and Gas, Others may have been included ia the list, for the Recorder interrupted the Clerk of the Court, and stopped the reading of the presentment after the last officer was men- tioned. But even supposing that the above officials stand alone, they comprise, with those who have been previously indicted, nearly one half the entire corps of municipal officers, The question now is, will this sort of thing’ check the corrupt practices which every one believes prevail among the city officials? In one sense it is probable it will. For an indict- ment for corruption is a very unpleasant thing, which no man of character would care to pro- voke. Whereas it leaves a stigma which will cling to the name and be remembered against aman for a whole generation. Acquittal does not cure the mischief, for there will always remain a vague impression on the public mind that it was rather due to the insufficiency of the evidence than to the purity of character of the accused. On the other hand, it must be remembered that the class of persons who seek city offices are not always those to whom reputation is a matter of paramount concern. Many candi- dates for office—at all elections—solicit public support under a load of disgrace which would crush 8 man in society. It is not at all unugual to hear candidates charged—and on the best ground-—with having had to do with the penal code. For these, of course, an indictment for corruption will have no terrors, They will laugh at it; for while it cannot injure their character, there is very little reason to fear that it will be followed by any of the rigors which the law denounces against the guilty. It is, in fact, pretty well under- stood that the publication of the names of the indicted officials is the severest part of their punishment. A judicious district Attorney is sure to find good cause to enter nolle prosequi before their case comes on; or if this cannot be done consistently with decency, the trial will be indefinitely postponed, or it will be brought on in the absence of the chief wit- nesses for the prosecution, No one, who has any experience in public affairs, has the least idea that any one person out of the large number indicted by the grand juries within the last six weeks will be punished for cor- ruption. Yet it is the general belief that curruption exists. How is it to be met, if indictments will not doit? There is after all but one way of curing such evils in democracies, and that is by a judicious exercise of the suffrage. If men would make up their minds to shake off the trammels of party, and vote for no man whose previous reputation had been such that he is at all likely to be corrupted, there would be no need of indictments, and the public would be spared seeing the scandal of the chosen officials of a great city like New York under recogni- zances for a criminal offence. There are men enough on the tickets now before the public, upon whom no breath of suspicion can rest— men whose acquaintance would be ready to stake their own characters and their fortunes that they would be faithful to their trust. Cannot a majority of the people of New York agree to unite upon these men, and put an end to the disgrace of these presentments? them, but made public afterwards, CoLoxeL Sterror, Mr. Prestpent Prerce, AND THE Mormons.—We are informed that Col. Steptoe the other day hada conference with the President on the Mormons, and expressed his readiness to go out again to the Great Salt Lake as their Governor, provided he is backed up by a sufficient military force to hold Brig- ham Young in subjection. _This Col. Steptoe is the same, we suppose, who lately re- signed the office of Governor of Utab, and evacuated the country with the detachment under his command, very much to the relief of the Grand Patriarch and his saintly polygamists; but if the Colonel, provided with a sufficient body of good look- ing soldiers, will promise to return to Utah‘and become the Governor de facto, nolens volens, we shall have ho objection to his re-appointment. We adhere to the opinion that the quartering of a regiment or battalion of handsome bache- lor troops upon the saints at their New Je- rusalem would do much to break up their ha- rems of ten, twenty, thirty and even fifty wives a piece, by exciting a general rebellion among the women, against the tenth, twentieth, or fiftieth part of a husband. We repeat, also, that this Mormon nuisance of polygamy and free love, if it cannot be reached by the constitution, on account of the “higher law” of “ squatter sovercignty,” must be reached by strategem, and that a small army corps of enterprising young bachelors, relieved every three months by a new corps, would be very apt at the end of a year to work out a wholesome revolution, from the numbers of the rebellious sisterhood which each detachment of troops, on its transfer to California, would cary away, never to return, This plan was suggested to us from the con- fessions of Brigham Young in reference to Col. Steptoe’s late command, which, against all the efforts and orders of the Colonel, car- vied off quite a lot of the fair slaves of the Prophet, his apostles and disciples, as camp followers to the gold diggings. What, then, might agt be avhieved with instractions to As to the officials indicted, the only thing to _ be done now, apparently, is for the District At- torney to place the presentment of the Grand Jury on file at once. The public have a right to know what it contains, and notwithstanding the objections of the Recorder, there appear to be no good reasons for departing from a prin- ciple so well understood as that which provides that accusations against individuals shall be kept secret until the Grand Jury has confirmed follow up this game, with all due respect to the marriage institutions of the States? Hav- ing failed in every other expedient to break up this atrocious exerescence of Mormonism, let Mr. Pierce try this plan of an active in- surrection and a general desertion of the Mor- mon women; and let our women’s rights wo- men give them a hejping hand. New Comwercri, Apvaytaces at SHANGTAR —Imrorranr To our Tea Mercnants.—We de- sire to call the attention of all who are inte- rested in the trade with Shanghae and the great Chinese river Yang-tse-Kiang, to an important correspondence published in another part of our paper to-day. This correspondence took place, during the past summer, between our Consul at Shanghae, Mr. R. C, Murphy, and his Excellency Chaou; Superintendent of Mari- time Customs at that port. It refers to the ex- istence of three distinct matters having an injurious effect upon our commerce there: First, the levying of an inland tax upon tea in its transit from the interior to the mouth of the river. Second, the depreciation in the market of Mexican and other dollars, on which a dis- count of from 20 to 27 percent was imposed to equalize them with the Spanish or Carolus dol- Jur, although all were of equal, or nearly equal, value; and third, the non-existence of buoys or signals to mark the channel of the river and afford facilities to navigation. To all of these three causes of complaint Mr. Murphy gave his attention, and on the subject of them He communicated with the Superintendent of Customs ; and it will be seen by the corres- pondence which we publish, with what good effect he did so. The taxation of tea in the interior has been systematically carried ou by the Chinese, al- though in direct violation of the terms of the treaty. The produce came, therefore, to the port enhanced in value, and the consumers have at various times made unsuccessful efforts Consul has now procured that the receipts sentative at Shanghae. per cent below its present standard. exhibited in the matter. cide which is the legitimate and which the rants upon the Kansas question will be tested upon the election of the Speaker; and who can predict the result? Verily, we have the pro- mise of a revolutionary opening of Congress, whatever the end may be. Are the Union men prepared for the struggle? With Congress we open the campaign for 56, and the contest for union or disunion. Let not this momentous fact be forgotten, Ovr Minister to Fraxce—It is highly amusing, and instructive to watch with a scru. tinizing eye the course of things bearing upon our embassy at Paris. Washington cor- respondents will persist in representing the state of Mr. Mason’s health to be so bad as to render his immediate supersedure in office ne- cessury; Whereas we know very well that that Minister is in as good health, and in possession of as sound faculties, as any of the Kitchen Ca- binet who seem to be so anxious for his re- moval by death or otherwise from the sphere of his present duties. Within the last week or two, we published from our regular Paris cor- respondent a letter assuring us of the com plete xestoration to health of Mr, Mason, and had thus to pay not only the legitimate export duty on the article, but the tax illegitimately levied on it in the interior. Our ministers to procure from the Chinese government guar- antees against this unjust imposition. But our given for the internal tax shall.be taken at the custom house in payment of the export du- ties. When we state that this inland taxation was proposed to be this year ten per cent ad valorem, and that hitherto it has been always exclusive of the regular duty, it will be seen how important is the advantage derived on this point from the action of our commercial repre- And yet even this advantage is slight, com- pared with that derived from the attainment of his second point, namely, the equalization of currency. The Chinese have always exhibited a marked preference for the Spanish or Caro- lus dollar over the Mexican, French, and South American dollars, although in point of intrin- sic value there is only an extremely minute difference between them. The Carolus dollar’ consequently became the standard, and as they have been gradually diminished in circulation, the capitalists possessing the largest quantity of them were enabled to combine together and regulate at what rate of discount other dollars should be received ; and their power being of course affected by the supply in the market, the rise dnd fall ‘of exchamge sometimes oscil- lated to the extent of 30 per cent—a state of things highly detrimental to the interests of merchants here, however profitable it may have been to the shavers and brokers of Can- ton and Shanghae. The rate of exchange at the latter port has been sometimes 27 per cent higher than at the former, though the distance between them is only a thousand miles. The remonstrance of our Consul with his Excellency Chaou, has been successful in removing thisseri- ous evil, and establishing the terms of the treaty in regard to currency, namely, that it shall be regulated in reference to the purity in silver. And so Mr. Chaou has issued a decree showing the result of the assay of six species of coins, and commanding that henceforth such coins be received at the relative rates specified. This decree will have the effect, it is estimated, of reducing the rate of exchange from 20 to 30 As to the third point which entered into the correspondence, namely, the rendering more safe the navigation into the port of Shanghae, his Excellency Chaou has evinced the same judicious and respectful deference to the sug- gestions of our Consul, and has authorized Mr. ‘Murphy to establish the proper buoys and sig- nals, at the expense of the Chinese .govern- ment. All these are immense pratical benefits gained for our commerce at Shanghac; and our worthy Consul there is entitled to great credit for the good sense, propriety and regard for the interests confided to him, which he has Cononrrss—Kansas--Tus SreaKer oF THE Hovse.--We are given to understand that the election of the Speaker of the House upon the assembling of the new Congress on the first Mon- day in December, will turn upon the question of the delegate from Kansas. Two delegates have been elected--Whitfield by the pro- slavery party, and Reeder by the anti-slavery squatters of the Territory. Both will come on to Washington, each as the legitimately elected delegate, and it will be for the House to de- spurious claimant of the seat. The Commit- tee on Elections will have much to do with this decision, and the composition of that commit- tee will depend upon the party bias of the Speaker who will have to appoint it. Conse- quently, the whole issue between the bellige- cemneieninnsttieneniiiasteatmiateaniiaamasiite that his mental faculties were even more than ordinarily bright since his recovery. This gave the lie to all the open assertions and covert insinuations so industriously kept in cireula- tion by interested parties in Washington, to the prejudice of that Minister. But notwith- standing this direct and unequivocal refuta- tion of the falsehood, we see that it is still persevered in. A telegraphic corres- pondent at Washington, in a despatch pub- lished yesterday morning, repeats the state~ ment, on the strength of * private letters from: Paris, received by the Inet steamer,” that the physical condition of Mr. Mason is “ extremely critical.” The correspondent has been deceiv- ed by some plausible story. There is no truth in the report. THE LATEST NEWS. BY MAGNETIC AND PRINTING TELEGRAPHS, From Washington, CUSHING ON THE EASTMAN WAK—TNE PRESIDENT AND GOV. WISE AT VARIANCE--NAVAL AFFAIRS— RECAL OF DR. WARD—THE BODISCO ESTATE—THE* GOVERNORSHIP OF UTAM, ETO. Wasuixaton, Oct, 21, 1855. To-day’s Union containsan article upon the Hastern war written by Cushing. ‘The President and Gov. Wise, I loarn from reliable au- thority, are at loggerheads—reason, Wise peremptorily @ refuses to allow Virginia to elect delegates to the Cincia»- nati convention in favor of Pierce. Capt. Slack, of the United States marine corps, left. here this evening for New York, with s marine guard of twenty four men for the sloop-of-war Cyane. Lieut. Dallas, of the marine corps, has resigned his: commission. Final action waa taken yesterday in the case of Doctor Ward. The government, it is understood, disapproves: of his conduct Ia striking his flag and coming home. Hig services will be dispensed with, and his successor shortly appointed. Delaware has a kind of prescriptive right to- the office. Tn the Orphans’ Court yesterday Mrs. Bodisco and her brother entered bond of one hundred thousand dollars, as administrators of the will of Mr. Bodisco, late Russian Minister, so far as relates to his personel estate. . Judge: Purcell decided that the will, bearing only his signature, and not having been witnessed according to the statute, was not suficient to pass the realestate, which, however, goes by descent to his widow and children. All his pro- perty in the country is supposed to amount to $300,000. From what can be ascertained nothing will be done with the Governorship of Utah until the meeting of Con- gress. Itis the opinion of those most conversant with affairs there that it will bo necessary to station # atrong military force in the Territery. The Kansas Election. Sr. Loum, Oct. 20, 1855. Returns of the Congressional election of the second of. October, from all the counties in Kansas, give Whitfield, pro-slavery, 2,504 votes, and Reeder 36, ‘The election on the 9th of October, passed off quietly. In Leavenworth City, Reeder got 630, and in Lawrence City, 225. These two preciucts give Reeder more than twice the number of votes they gave to Whitfield at the election of the 2d of October. —$—<————___—_ The Yellow Fever in Virginia. eS Norvotk, Oct. 21, 1856. Occasional new cases of yellow fever continue to breab out among the returned refugees. The Howard Society: cautions absentees not to return before the occurrence o* a heavy frost. Conviction of a Murderer. Cummentaxp, Md., Oct. 21, 185% Frederick Miller wes tried on Saturday for the mur- der of Dr. J.F.C. Hadel, sud @ verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree was returned. Jhe testimony inli- cated bis guilt, also, of the murder of Mopry Graff, for which there is a separate indictment. Markets. Provinrxcr, Oct. 20, 1985, The demand during the past week for’ cotton has been steady, and the sales moderate, at unsettle! prices. Wool—The market continues firm ut the same range of yricen; gales 68,000 Ibs. Printing Cloths—Market ae- ive, and prices firm; sales 65,100 pieces. Our Washington Correspondence. Wasninctox, Oct. 20, 1855; President Pierce Promises to Surprise the People—An Ort— ginel Executive Move--Cabinet Relations with Great Bri- tain—The Enlistment Dificulty—Intended Honors to Com- midore Stewart—Creation of United States Admiral. President Pierce has pledged himself to surprise the American people by the boldness and originality of his: next message. The heads of the departments have been: requested to furnish fim with briefs of the principal. bustuess transactions of their offices during the last Con-- gressional year. With the exception of Marcy, it is pretty well understood that none of the Secretaries will be called upon for their opinions in making up this im- portant document, but will be left to the logitimate du- ties of their own offices. Should this course be adopted, General Pierce can claim. originality for the precedent he will have established;.but as for its success, that must be left for time to determine.’ That it cannot but be pro- Auctive of jealousies ana ill fecting, is rather apparent, and somewhat natural, considering the position that an American Cabinet is supposed to hold to the executive officer of the nation; but as Mr. Pierce has thus far shown himself an original, some allowance must-be male for the responsibility, in case he should assume it, . Cushing, alone of the Cabinet, approacbes near- est the President, in his hatred towards Great Bri- tain, and it is surmised, that this fecling can be in- creased, if opportunity and place khould regnire it, Mr. Marey’s late letter to Lord Palmerston,’ requiring ex- planation relative to his instructions in the ealistment case, cid not prove in accortance to the wishes of Mr. Pierce, who, for a time, withheld from it his assent, in the hope that the bellicose amendment suggested by him would finally be adopted. ‘To bis surpefse, upon in- quiring of Mr. Marcy what he had concluded to do in- the maiter, he was informed that be had resolved upon making no alteration, and that the letter, as written by him, had been rent by the last Enropean wail. This fs the proper place to remark that all rumors and reports representing a demand feom the United States for the recall of the English Mivtster are without foundation, and that of the lotters seat to Lord Palmerston, the first bas been answered, but not proving satifastory to Mr. Marey, the socond and last was written and despatcued as above velated. A movement is making by the friends of Commotore Stewart, that cannot but prove unpleagent to those who were principal iu endeavoring to drive him from the navy —ond with every prospect of success. An exrly applica- tion will be made to C mgress to establish in the navy the grave and rank of Admiral, with the undecstanding *hat “Old Troneides”’ is to be the first on whom this to be bestowed. Such a petition will certainly find tuvor ming Cougrens, and the act cannot fill to attract 0 the unanimous approval of the Ameti ple. Commodore Stewart has been to the navy wi nena Scott has been to the army; both have added honor and ter to their country; the latte: has hat lately re- fresh recognition of his servi hy act ot Om- gress, and a like act of justice i+ now deinanded hy a grateiul nation in bebalf of Charies Stewart, cf the United. States Navy. The same history which tells the story of © the achievements of Scott, tells equally of the achieve- ments of Stewart, who. when it was the proud boast of Great Britain thet “Her march was on the moun wave, Her home was on the sea,’ was among the stay that march. Whatever may hive been the y ries of our land forces, in the war of 1812, they were not superior to our tiamprs over the proud mistress of the seas, and in those triumphs there was no more danutless spirit, no more experienced officer, no more con \nering hero than Chavles stewart. Wasinsatos, Vet. 20, 1855. More Cuban Developementi--A Startling Chap A Spanich Offetal Letter Of Sele of the Ista Offered to General PiereomSeereary Marcy's Anwwn—m Its Rfect—The Papers Conceated from the Pope Cuba is up spin, A fresh chapter in hoc history, after more than @ year’s concealment, is about to boone public. property. The particulara it gives will be more than interesting, the word vlied with every propriety. Before the meeting of the last Congress President Pierce could have venderel the question of Cuban annexation no to drabtfal one: the means for settling t were, indiceetly, within bis seach, and through ihe government of Spain came the proposal of rottlemeat, The supptessed chapter ad- dresses fteeit to ‘(fli Exeoliency, Frankiia Peres, President of the Uni‘ed States.” Before opening our- Listory, a few words introductory suggest thernselyes. ‘The revolution that brought in power the present go- vernment of H.C. Mi. Isabella, was for montha the Queen mother, Christian’, and various means gertedto wardit off. Money could alone doit. Che spanish treasury wee exhausted, and the ecities contition or the country would pet alow « pal fev, Time woe poeming, and the Aflarrs, the prineypal ndvierr of € into copmeel Iwenty milion of dollace was tng sum re