The New York Herald Newspaper, November 23, 1857, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. OFFICE N. W. CORNER OF NASSAU AND FULTON STS. EMS, cash én advance FRE DAILY HERALD, too conte . 81 per annum. THE WEEKLY HERALD, every at win conte oor, or BSper annum; the Buropean edition. $4 per annum to ore ‘Great Britan, or $6 to any part of the Trude poms. Sime Aw '¥ BERALD, every Wednesday, at fowr cents per wor oe Bi ae DVERTISEMENTS renewed every day; in otn sm te Weasiy Wenale, Facuy ‘and in the Gaivorna ana Burapean Bu'itions, AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. BROADWAY THEATRE, Broadwa: PATTER VS. CLaTrem—W ANDERING FIBLO’S GARDEN, Broadway—Gopsnsat—Coape Tax- ‘pop Pantomins oF Boxnas. ROWERY THEA’ Bowery— Wastic Feats—Monkey OF Mapaip. BURTON'S THEATRE. Broadway, Panis axv Lon von—Buxton's New WALLACK'S THEATRE, Broadway—Bacueor or Ants —Tue Orvreis Hossaxn, ACHELOR OF ARTS EQUESTRIAN AND GYM- ‘opposite Bond ‘oux Dinuctony. LAURA KEENE’S THEATRE, Broadway—Tux Sea oF Tor, on 4 Moruan’s Paaren. NAGLE'S JUVENILE COMEDIANS, 444 Broadway—At- Pink MaiD—Day AoTRE THE FAIR—SINGING, DANCING, &C. BARNUN'S AMERICAN woon—Lvon's IN A Nama ‘CounrRy’'s SINEWS, WOOD'S BUILDINGS, 561 and 563 Broadway.—Gronce Onnutr & Woon's Mineraets—Doas in Tax Doo Dars. MECHANICS’ HALL, 472 Brond way—Bryant’s MinsTRELs —Krsrorian SoxGs—CoLoren Picrors Gattery, 4c. NATIONAL CIRCUS, 84 Bowery—Equxstaian Faars— Grmnastic ExgRcisss, 4c. . EMPIRE HALL, 596 Rroadway—Parstines [i.vstmative Ov tux Kane Exrepirion, &c. a jew York, Sunday, November 23, 1857. MUSEUM, Broadway—After- Famity Jans. Evening, Oum ‘The News. ‘We are informed by the Post Office authorities that the steamer Adriatic will sail at twelve o'clock to- day, and that an extra mail will be made up at half past ten o'clock, The same statement was made to cour reporter, at the Collins dock, foot of Canal street. We have four days later and highly important news from Europe, received by the steamship Atlan- tic, which left Liverpool on the evening of the 11th inst. and arrived at this port early last evening. The effect of the financial crash in the United States was being severely felt in Great Britain and on the Conti- nent. On the 9th inst. the Bank of England raised Sta rate of discount from nine to ten per cent. The Bank of France had increased its rate to eight per cent. At these rates the demand for money was un- usually active, and consols had advanced to 89{ a 893. There had been quite a number of commercial failures, among them the Western Bank of Scotland nad the old established house of Dennistoun & Co., of Glasgow. The bank had nearly one hundred ranches in Scotland, and Dennistoun & Co. had connections in all parts of the world. The liabilities of the Dennistouns amount to two million of dollars. ‘The immediate cause of the failare of this house was the non-receipt of remittances from the United States. We have the following list of suspensio Deunistoun & Company ‘Weetern Bank of Scotlan Joseph Foot & Sons...... Lennoch, Twentyman & Rigg Bradway & Barclay. John Munro & Co. Hoge & Williamson. In American securities business was limited, and the tendency of prices was downward. At Liver- pool the cotton market was almost at a stand still, while prices had fallen one cent per pound. Bread- stuff were lower, with every symptom of a farther Gecline. There was also a considerable fall in sugar. A fortnight’s later news has been received from India. The intelligence of the fall of Delhi is con- firmed. The Biitish obtained entire possession of the city on the Zist of September. Subsequently, the fugitive king, his principal wife, and sons, were captured. The life of the old monarch, who is re- ported to be nearly ninety years of age, with that of his wife, was spared, but his sons were executed. In the assault on Delhi the British had sixty-one officers and eleven hundred soldiers killed and wounded. General Havelock had relieved Lucknow just as the besiegers were about to blow itup. Some additional ettempts at rebellion in the Bombay Pres- idency and other places were promptly suppressed. The revolt was considered as nearly at an end. ‘There is nothing of political interest from France. The family of the last King of the French, resident in England, had sustained a loss in the demise of the Duchess de Nemours. We also have to record the Geath of the Infunta Amalia, wife of Don Sebastian and sister of the Duchess of Tuscany. A new Cabinet had been formed in Belgium. ‘was composed of liberals. Our correspondent at Nassau, N.P., writing on the Sth instant, says:—The bark Irma, from St. Thomas for Philadelphia, put in here a few days since in dis- tress, She repaired and sails today for her port of destination. The weather here is very fine, the gene- ral health road, and the crops promise weil. Business never was better, mainly on account of American, English, French and Spanish ships of war continnally passing and repassing among us, and frequently their officers land and infuse cheerfulness and diffuse money most liberally for everything we can supply. Advices from East Harbor, Tarks Islands, to the Bist ult., say:—If vewels do not arrive soon with provisions we shall see a famine, as there is not more than two weeks provisions on the island. There is but little water to be obtained. There is more talt now at this harbor than has been known for several pease ne. Archbishop Hughes delivered a lecture last even. ing for the benefit of the fund of the Free School fociety attached to St. James church. The receipts amounted to about fifteen hundred dollars. About six o'clock yesterday morning # fire broke out in the store of Bucklin & Crane, importers of teas, No. 80 Front street. The stock was entirely consumed, together with part ef the building. The lows is estimated at 75,000; fully covered by insur- It ance in city offices The annexed table shows the temperature of the atmosphere in this city during the past week, the range of the barometer, the variation of wind currents, and the etate of the weather, at three periods during each day, viz.: at 9 A. M., and 3 and # o'clock P.M P \Fi sr ak = {8 ba) faa} {rreaeerr | REWARTR, afternoon, rain; night, h 1 Clear and al) day. y ) he. clear and warm, afternoon, cloudy with light rain; night, cold. ar and cold all day and night. fa “ F aud cold The ign goods imported at the port of week ending 20th inst. amounted owing an increase of $406,363 as b the corresponding week in 166, > , ork Bible Bockety held ite anniversary five fast evening, in Dr. Alexander's church, coruur Of Fifth ayeuue aud Ninetecath strget, The pare NKW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1857. annual report was read. It shows that the receipts of the.past year have been $18,700—a diminution as compared with previous years. The society has, however, been able to meet all its engagements, aud donate $1,000 to the American Bible Society. Under the appropriate head will be found .th particulars of several new outrages committed by our city ruffians. An officer of the Ninth Ward named Horatio Sanger was so cruelly beaten by rowdies while in the discharge of his,dutyon Sunday morning that his life is despaired of. Another po- liceman in the Fourth ward was assaulted by a gang of thieves whom he surprised, and was left by them for dead. In several oyster saloons there was furious fights, growing out of the habit so common among rowdies of eating and drinking in those places and then refusing to pay their score. Two men were ar- rested yesterday charged with being the parties who attempted to assault Dr. A. B. Mott. ‘The sales of cotton on Saturday were quite limited, and prices depressed and unsettled. The stock continued to be very light. Owing to the high wind on the river, no tow was in, and the receipts of flour were confined to about 11,400 bbls. There continued to be a good local and export demand for the article, and prices closed at an adjamape of 5 to 10 cents per barrel, especially on shipping brands. Sales were made to @ fair extent. The freceipts of wheat embraced only 1,600 bushels, whilst the sales em- braced about 30,000 bushels, considerable portions of which embraced Western spring carjoes, at $1, with Milwaukie club at $1 08, and white Canatian at $1 25. No receipts of corn by canal and river were reported, while light sales of Western mixed were made at 80c. a 82c., from etore and delivered. Pork was inactive, with mo- derate sales of mess at $19 37 a $19 50, and primo at $17. Boef was dull for country and repacked Western, while a considerable gale of Chicago prime mess was reported at $22 50. Sugars were in fair demand at the recent decline, with sales of about 830 hhds. Cuba muscovados, part in bond for export and part for refining, and the balance grocery goods, at pretty much within the range of the previous day’s quotations. In coffee the chief movement consisted of the sale of the cargo of the Sprite, embracing 2,760 bags of Rio, on speculation and on private terms. Freight engagements to English ports were moderate and rates without change of moment; to Bremen, 200 hhds. sugar were engaged at 25s. and 200 tierces rice at 30s.; to Rotterdam, 200 bhds. molasses, at 3'sc. per gallon, and 1,000 barrels rosin at 3s. 6d. Rates to Havre were with- out alteration. The News from England —The Financial Crisis in Europe. The tenor of the financial advices from Europe by the steamship Atlantic will not cause much surprise among those who have seriously re- flected upon the sensitive ramifications of com- merce all over the world, and drawn a logical deduction from the events of the past three months among ourselves, But the course which affairs are taking in England is one that may reproduce some of the evils which we had hoped were past for our mercantile community. It will be seen, by reference to our news co- lumns, that the Bank of England had again raised the rate of interest, which now stands at the un- precedented point of ten per cent. The object of this was to so far diminish the profit on the ex- port of gold as to stop the drain for this coun- try, which threatened to exhaust the coffers of the bank. This rise in the rate, however, had not had the slightest effect in diminishing the calls for discount, and the London Times accuses the merchants of a desire to over-provide for their wants and thus increase the general dis- tress. The increasing pressure had brought up again the question of the bank charter and the currency system, and this subject had given rise to a lively discussion between the Trmes and the Chronicle. The latter insists upon it that the present charter of the bank isa great evil, and will be productive of much greater distress than has yet been experienced, while, it argues, an unrestricted paper currency would meet and relieve the wants of trade. The Western Bank of Scotland—a large estab- lishment, with something like a hundred agen- cies in different parts of the kingdom—had stopped payment. It turns out to have been the Ohio Life and Trust Company of Great Britain, and it is alleged that the primary cause of its disasters was an agency it had in New York, which had made large advances upon the same class of securities as those which swallowed up the assets of the great concern which was first to fall in our late distress. But the event which will be most severely felt in this country is the failure of the Dennis- touns This house, having its head at Glasgow, had branches in London, Liverpool, New York, New Orleans and Melbourne, The latter house, it is said, will not be affected. Upon the others, the liabilities, which are said to reach ten millions of dollars, will fall heavily. The acceptances which this house and other bankers in England connected with this country will send back will be se- verely felt here in the present state of unes- tablished mercantile confidence, and may pro- Gace further failures, both here and in Eng- land. It will, in fact, amount to a wiping out of a large sum which the British manufacturers counted upon receiving from this side. A similar effect had been produced upon the first class securities in England to what was ex- hibited here in the earlier’ part of our pressure. First class securities were mgch sought after, and consols had advanced. In trade the result was quite the reverse. Cotton had declined one cent a pound jn four days; the silk trade was almost stopped; sugar experienced a large de- cline; baie, ge and other staples were feel- ing severely The advance in the rate of interest, and confidence bad almost entirely disappeared among commercial men. From the Continent the advices were almost equally unfavorable; and as the price of gold was higher in London than in Paris and Hamburg, the effect of this, and the general untoward state of affairs, were contemplated with great anxiety. ‘The Mission of Sir William Gore Ouscley. The accounts that come to us from England in regard to the mission of Sir Wm. Gore Ouse- ley do not agree entirely with those which we receive from Washington. When the appointment of this gentleman first became known, our Washington correspondents advised us that he was to go to Central Ameri- ca, but would stop at Washington to consult with Lord Napier, and to learn the views of our government in regard to Central American affeire, But an article from the London Times, which we publiebed on Saturday, and one from the London Jost, which we print to-day, both dis- tinetly assert that the mission of Mr. Ouseley is to Washington, and that the chief subject for discussion is “the interpretation to be put upon the Clayton-Bulwer treaty.” Were this the as- sertion of the Times alone we should suppose that it had been misinfogmed, or had committed a tingle misadvertence. Followed up as it is by the Post, which is the recognized or- gan of Lord Palmerston, there is no room for either of these suppositions; and as neither of the journals allade in any way to this gentleman's proceeding any further than Washington, it would seem as though Mr. Ouseley was accredited directly to the govern- ment at Washington as a epecial Minister. Apart from there being no known reason why such a course should be pursued toward the present representative of the British govern- ment here, who has given proof of marked di- plomatie ability, we have good reason to know that Mr. Ouseley will proceed to Central Ame- rica, and that he visits Washington for the ex- press purpose of learning the policy which Mr. Buchanan intends to pursue in regard to the Central American questions. The London jour- nals above referred to both acknowledge that the Clayton-Bulwer treaty is an obstacle in the path of both British and American diplomacy, and advocate that there should be mutual con- cessions in favor of the cause of peace and har- mony. We have discussed this question too thoroughly and too frequently to enter upon it now; and if Mr. Ouseley has instructions on that point, the best thing he can do is to con- sent to its abrogation at once. The very policy of that treaty is offensive to our people, sud no mending of it will avail. Whatever may be decided upon at Washing- ton, the new British Minister to Central Ameri- ca has another difficulty in his path. The Bay Islands treaty, about which so much was said some months ago, has been rejected by Hondu- ras, and very rightfully, too, as infringing her national sovereignty, being nothing more than an attempt to get her to take back, with onerous conditions, a part of her territory, which was taken from her without the slightest foundation in reason. There are two points in the aticles from the Times and Post which we are glad to see: First, the recognition of the fact that there is room for concession in regard to the Clayton-Bulwer treaty; and, second, the acknowledgment of the fact that while from their contiguity to us and our great interoceanic transit, the ques- tions attending the Isthmus routes of America are of great interest to our people, they have very small import to those of England. This is the ground of our position, advocating that ihe government of the United States shall take the lead in the policy to be pursued toward the petty Central American States by the leading Powers of the world; and the sooner British statesmen come to recognise this fact the more will it satisfy the people of both countries, and conduce to harmony between us. The City Finances—Extravagant Expendl. tures by the Governors of the Almshouse. We publish eleewhere a detailed statement of the expenditures of the Governors of the Alms- house since the Board was constituted. We have given the statistics for the past nine years, com- piled from official sources, and we recommend the document to the careful perusal of every tax payer in the city. The issue that is made by the opponents of the present chief magistrate of the city is founded upon statements that he is vesponsible for the heavy and constantly in- creasing len of taxation under which we labor. They promise, if Mr. Wood is beaten and Mr. Tiemann elected, a sort of political and so- cial millenium, when the Comptroller shall have plenty of money, while the taxes are to be ma- terially lessened. They have gathered together the odds and ends of all parties, and the hybrid organization is led and engineered by a number of old political hacks, who have always worked with the spoilsmen of Al- bany in their laudable endeavors to deplete the city treasury. All the measures adopted by the Legislature have had only this result—to in- crease our taxes, and give places to broken down politicians who have been repudiated by the public voice over and over again. The last Legislature cut out jobs to the amount of over two millions, and now the originators of these schemes coolly turn about and tell the people that it is Mayor Wood who is responsible for all. Each of these jobs has been placed in the hands of a commission appointed by the central power, and each commission is entirely irre- sponsible to any authority in the city. Let us take, for example, the case of the Ten Governors of the Almshouse, who have the care of all the city institutions, and may expend as much money as they choose, without being called to account for it by the representatives of the people—the Mayor and the Common Council. It will be seen by the figures that in eight years, when there has been only three per cent increase of pauperism, the expenditures have increased from $403,307 83 per year to $718,800—which, with an old debt of $125,000, which is charged upon this year’s expenditure, make an increase of one hundred per cent. This bids fair to be still further increased by extra appropriations, ostensibly for the relicf of the out-door poor; and we rhall not get off this year for any sum much below a million. ‘This increase is partially the fault of the sys tem by which the Board was constituted, but the Governors are still very much to be blamed ; and although they reader no account of their stewardship to the Corporation, they have a long one to settle with the people. They have made all sorts of building jobs for their friends, and wasted the public money in the most shame- ful manner. What possible excuse can they make for aleak through which nearly half a million of dollars runs through their hands every year? How can they defend their private junketings, which cost ten thousand dollars per annum? Were they placed in their positions to become elegant paupers and feed at the public expense? For paupers they are when they eat the bread of the destitute, and that bread bought with the public money. These facts being well understood, mark the inconsistency of the so-called reform party who put up as a candidate for the Mayoralty one of these very Governors of the Alms House. Mr. Tiemann has been for three years a member of this precious Board, and during those three years the expenditures have been inerrasing in a far greater ratio than the increase of pau- perism. If he honestly desired to reform the government and reduce the taxation—if he pos- sensed the ability and integrity claimed for him by his eupporters—why did he not display those qualities in this very inviting field? The lead. ing journals have frequently called attention to the enormous increase in the expenditures of this Board, as well ax the Board of Education, which will cost us, twelve hundred thousand dollars this year. The philosophers and re- formers of Wall street caused these irresponsi- ble bodies to be createdwhy do they not con- trol them for the public good? Their candi- date for Mayor has been in a position to resist the increase in the expenses on accouuat of the public institution, but he has never done so, Is it likely that euch man will use the little pow- er thimt is left to the Mayor to the advantage of the public? Mr. Wood certainly cannot be held responsi ble for the increase in the tax levy; the reform Itgislators have left him no power whatever over the matéer. Mr. Tiemann, however, had the power, and dif not see fit to exercise it. The unblushing impudence of the men who really brought all this load of taxation upon us, amd now desire to shift the infamy of their acts from their own shoulders, or to dodge the issue alto- ! to be feared from the reelection of Mayor gether by abusing the Mayor, is something alto- getber unparalleled. There is certainly no hope of any reform in the city government if they succeed in grasping the reigns of power. The Frightfual Increase of Crime tn our City, and its Causes, The increase of crime in this metropqlis with- in the last few weeks has been perfeptly ap- palling. The worst exaggerations of Kansas border ruffianism in its worst days fall short of the horrid realities daily and nightly trans- piring in the midst of this community, Our streets literally swarm with savages, and their atrocities are only exceeded by those of the Sepoys at Cawnpore and Delhi. The young girl and the poor old woman, reduced by sick- ness and the infirmities of age to the verge of the grave, fall alike the victims to our city trained Apaches; and our half grown tiger cubs, who have turned to the profession of garroting, pounce alike upon any lonely. passenger pro- mising the trophy of a pocketbook, a watch or a breast pin. The infamous dens and stews of all sorts which undermine our city like the rat warrens of a granary, appear to have turned loose their murderers, robbers and vagabonds of every description into the streets, as for a grand carnival of crime. The details of their latest operations occupied over a page of the news columns of yesterday's Heraup. Neither San Francisco, when driven to the revolution- ary necessity of a vigilance committee, nor Vicksburg, when reduced to the alternative of stringing up its impudent gamblers like her- rings in the sun, suffered a tithe of what we are now suffering from that rampant ruffianism which defias our authorities and our laws. In view of these swarms of reckless savages and their fearful excesses of crime, the question still recurs—What are the causes which have produced these deplorable effects? There are various causes, and they embrace the mistakes of our judicial system, the weakness of most of our judicial tribunals, electioneering influences, and the mischievous tampering of the last Sew- ard Legislature .with our municipal affairs, These are among the causes which underlie the whole catalogue of our abounding crimes and criminals. There can be no doubt that this financial pressure in various ways has operated to cut off the supplies of our loose vagabonds of all sorts, who flourish upon the wastages and extravagances of “flush times,” and that thus these gleaners and scavengers of a luxuri- ous city have been reduced to the most despe- rate expedients to “raise the wind.”’ This cause, however, like the rain or the heat which deve- lopes a rank growth of weeds, does not reach the seeds of the disease. They are in the ground, and they are the causes which it is now our purpose briefly to consider. First—The disorganization of our municipal affairs by the late Seward Legislature. Mayor Wood had organized and drilled an efficient police force. True, there were some garrotings last winter; but the severe and summary pun- ishments inflicted by Judge Russell upon the offenders caught and convicted, soon put a stop to the business, But with the appointment of our Metropolitan Police Board, and the dis- charge of the efficient police corps of the Mayor, our city first became a scene of riots and blood- shed ona large scale, and recently it has be- come a scene of miscellaneous criminal offences without a precedent in the history of any city this side of Mexico. The Police Board, blocked and locked upon party questions, has done little or nothing except to give us a force of some eight hundred comparatively raw and incompetent policemen, when two thousand effective men would not be a man too many for the necessities of the city. Secoadly—The inefficiency of our criminal courts contributes largely to the increase of our stock of murderers, robbers, garroters and all sorts of vagabonds. This inefficiency arises from the present false system of electing the Judges of our courte. Thus, holding their offices more or less subject to the ruffian influences which are sure to be brought to bear upon such elec- tions, our criminal Judges, we fear, have too much adopted the saving clause of winking at small and great offenders, and giving them the benefit of every possible quibble and trick of the shyster. A year or two ago, under the energetic supervision of Mayor Wood, a gang of detected gamblers were brought up before Judge Smith (our present indignant Recorder) for trial, and the quirks and quibbles upon which this learned Judge permitted these gentry to slip through the fingers of justice are too well known to need a more particular specification. The electioneering influences to which we may attribute the impunity with which our rogues and rascals of all degrees slip through the meshes of the law, will also, perhaps, to some extent, account for the fifteen hundred or two thousand untried criminal indictments stowed away in the pigeon holes of the District Attor- ney’s office. In Judge Russell we have a worthy excep- tion to this general rule of judicial weakness. ‘Phe convicted criminal before his court meets with his just deserts, and this Judge, possessing the requisite back bone, makes very short work of murderers, garroters, thieves aad convicted ruffians of every degree. A half dozen such Judges would doa great deal to transfer the mass of criminals now at large in our streets to the scaffold, to Sing Sing, the Island or the Tombs, And yet among our Fourierites, s#o- cialiste, and silly old fogies, Judge Russell has been scarcely less abused, villified and slander- ed than Mayor Wood. And here, in such vile abure ax that poured out npon the Mayor, in which he fe denounced as “a thief,’ “# forger,” “a swindler,” scoundrel,” “a robber” and “a liar,” we have another cause for the brazen- faced impudence of our unpunished criminals. They say, “look at the newspapers, and you will see that the Mayor, all the city offi- cers, all the newspaper editors, and all these fellows who want office, are no better than our- selves, We are all birds of a feather; and all being rogues and rascals alike, who is there to punish us?” Thus it will be seen that the causes which underlie this rank growth of desperate and reckless savages, from which we as a commu- nity are now so seriously suffering, are various and comprehensive—ihat Mayor Wood is not responsible—that in his efforts in behalf of law and order he was a ed by a corrupt Legis Jature, and his power taken away—that (he re- sults have been an inefficient police force of raw and incompetent men, of which the ruffians and rowdies of the city have availed themselves in every possi- ble way; and that, excepting the court of Judge Russell, our criminal tribunals practi- cally afford rather a plea of justification for crime instead of a proper punishment; and thus, we epprehend that while there is nothing Wood, there is but a slim prospect for the millenium with his defeat. ———_ Tus News rrom inpta.—The Atlantic, which arrived yesterday, brought us two weeks later intelligence from India, confirming the news of the fall of Delhi and the occupation of the city on the 2lst of September by the English troops. ‘The assault wae attended with terrible carnago, the English having lost in killed and wounded upwards of eleven hundred soldiers and sixty- one officers, which was one-third of the whole assaulting force. It was, however, most suc- cessful, and speaks highly for the courage and daring of the British troops. They succeeded in taking the King of Delhi, his two sons and chief wife prisoners. The age of the King saved his life, but the sons were shot immedi- ately after their capture. Lucknow had been relieved by the gallant Havelock just in the nick of time, as the besiegers were on the point of blowing up the garrison. It also appears from this news that the Englieh are successful throughout India in sup- pressing the outbreak, and that the backbone of the mutiny was considered broken; but of course there is a great deal yet to do in pacifi- cating the country, in punishing the Sepoys, and re-arranging the government in order to pre- vent any future difficulty of a similar charac- ter. It hes been a very severe lesson to the English, and it is to be hoped they will profit by it; that they will place India under a pro- per government, do away with the policy of red-tapeism, and give the country an adminis- tration suited to its wants and the spirit of the age. The news was received in London on the day the Atlantic’ sailed. Such news had been anti- cipated, however, and to this the firmness in consols may be in a great measure attributed. ee THE LATEST NEWS. Interesting from Washington. ARRIVAL OF THE COSTA RICAN SPECIAL ENVOY—MR. BELMONT OUT OF THE DIPLOMATIC RING, ETC. Wasuryerton, Noy, 22, 1857. Napoleon Escalante, the special envoy from Costa Rica, has arrived here. He will call on Secrotary Cass to-mor- row, when doubtless something will be known of his mis- sion, The new treaty with Nicaragua bas changed the whole aspect of affairs in Costa Rica, so far as our govern- ment is concerned, as Escalante has already ascertained through Seuor Molina. Ihave itfrom high authority that the President has no idea of sending Mr. Belmont either to Spain or Paris. Mr. Belmont has settled his afuirs and reiurned to New York. Mr. Crawford, the English Consul General at Havana, is here. Destructive Fire in Baltimore. Baurmmorx, Noy. 22, 1857. A destructive fire occurred here on Baltimore street, neag Howard, last evening. The splendid warchouse occupied by Fisher, Boyd & Bros., dry goods dealers and others, was totally destroyed. The adjoining store was much damaged, and several tenants suffered losses. Tho total loss is about $80,000, and is divided a follows:— Fisher, Boyd & Bros., $40,000; F. S. Bants & Co., shoo and hat dealers, $12,000; Horner & Brother, fancy goods, $10,- 000; L. D. P. Newman, shoe house, $15,000, and Stiner & Brother, clothiers, $6,000 by water. All partios are fully insured, and of the insurance $6,000 is in Philadelphia and about $10,000 in New York offices. Large Fire at Olean, N. Y. Ouman, N. Y., Nov. 22, 1857. A terrible conflagration occurred here last night, which destroyed eight stores and one dwelling house. The loss ia estimated at about $70,000, United States Steamship Saranac Noxroux, Va., Nov. 22, 1857. The United States steamship Saranac, which started for the Pacific, is aground below this place, and will probably not be got off for some days. The Brig Monticello Ashore, Provipenox, Nov. 22, 1857. The brig Monticello from St. Domingo, of and for Boston, went ashore on Block Island at five o'clock thia morning. Her cargo consist of coffee and logwood. News from the South. ‘Wastuxatow, Nov. 22, 1857. ‘The Southern mail from all points as late fas due bas been received. ‘The message of the Governor of Texas shows that the amount in the State treasury, subject to draft, is $760,000; and that the school fund amounts to $2,200,000. He re. commends a State University. The entire State tax amounts to $67,327, being an increase of 11 per cent over last year. Gen, Walker's rendezvous at Powder Horn has been broken up, and his recruits disbanded, Markets, New Onteans, Nov. 21, 1867. Cotton is unchanged in price; sales to-day 10,000 bales,” the market closing firm. Receipts to-day 4,000 bales. Sugar quiet at 54c. Mess pork $16 60. Other articles unchanged. Bovrauo, Nov. 21—6 P. M. Flour steady. Sales 700 bbis. at $475 a 85 25 for extra Ohio and Indiana. Wheat steady and in good demand. Sales 40,000 bushels at 78¢. for Chicago spring, and 96c. for mixed Ohio. — There is no corn of cousequeuce here; it is worth a little over 65c. Onta steady at about Sie. Whis key firm at 200. Freights—Sevoral boats of wheat to New York were taken at 19c. a 200. Lake imports for the twent, hours ending at noon to-lay—2,000 bbis. bushels wheat. Crna! exporte—26,000 bush ; 4,000 bushels corn; 3,000 bus!vols oats Oswroo, Nov. 21—6 P.M. Wheat dull. Sales 4,000 bushels at 860. for Milwaukie club, and 87140. for chelce Kenosha go. There have been no arrivals from the Welland canal since the break was repaired. nines by canal to New York are about closing. Canal exports—2,200 bbis. flour; 5,000 bushels wheat; 5,000 bushels barley. Cinerco, Nov. 21—6 P. M. Flonr dall. Wheat closed with an advancing tendenc: Corn inactive. Ouw firm. Shipments to Builaio—No flour, 100,000 bushels wheat, Shipments to Oswego—No floar, 34,000 bushels wheat. Receipta—2,600 bbls. flour, 49,000 bushels wheat, 3,408 bushois barley. Lecture by Archbishop Hughes on the Educa- ton of the Catholic Youth, The announcement that Archbislop Haghes would de- liver @ lecture in the Church of St. James, James street, filled that edifice to excess last evening, although the price of admission was half a dollar for each person. The recepta, which amounted to about fifteen hundred do! lars, are intended for the bevedit of the Free School Society Attached to the church. The subject chosen for the lec ture was peculiarly appropriate to the occasion—“The education of the Catholic youth.’ The Archbishop com menced by congratulating the audience on the deep in. terest which was displayed in Catholic education as shown by the efforts which the Catholics of New York had made in the erection and support of schools, and in the large audience which bad assembled on this occasion. He then proceeded to say that the education afforded by the State waa imperfect, because it was or professed to be wholly secular, aud !gnored the moral and religious caltaro of youth. To the absence of proper religious training ‘and to the fact that the State had usurped the re of the church and the femily in the management and disepline of the schools, which he regarded as a purely govern mental institution, might be attributed no inconsiderable jon of the crime which has rendered New York so Prominent among American cities. The Catholic comma nity had always opposed the eystem, and unwilling to hey had, although re. trust their children to ita influence quired to pay their portion of the public school expenses, estab lieh ‘schools of their own and supported them at their own expense. This they were willing to do rathor than have their children educated under «uch a detmoral faing aystem. And in saying this he did not wish to be ‘UNeerstood as reflecting upon the character of the teach- ers; nomatter how good they might be, the system jisclf being radically wrong must be injurious in its effects: If, however, said the Archbishop, they give ws but one-third of all the taxos wo) have paid for school purposes we will engago to make the duties of both Judge and policeman less ard We would then show them what public education ie, and prove that it does not consis in the learning of this or that study, but in the formation of the moral and religious as well as the intellectual character of the pupil. In conclusion the tec torer expressed hie belief that the day would svon arrive when every Catholic church would have a suitaile school house attached to it, and that deepite of the buriten which the State had imposed on the Catholics, m the form of sebool tax, they would be enabkel to successfully pertorm the great Work which they had wn ortaken, Lorrenmra 1x Gronais—The Legislotnre of Georgia hae dnanimously pronounced lotteries to be a curse and arwindie, It is thought that at the expiration of te present charters for lvtterics po more will bo granted, Dramatic and Musical Matters, ‘The Opera at the Academy of Music closed on Friday after a disastrous campaign. The performances were ad- mirable in every respect, but the public did not see ft te pay for them. We have hopes of something better for the next season, which, we hear, is soon to be commenced. ‘Tho rehearsals of ‘Robert le Diable,”” which has beer some time in preparation for the début of Herr Formes, wil! probably be continued during the prosent week, ‘The Director of the Academy announces that in order te accommodate those who could not obtain seats at the last ‘matinge, another grand opera matinée will be given om ‘Thursday next, Thanksgiving day, at two o'clock, whioh ‘Will positively bo the last of the season—the difficulty of the music of “Robert le Diable,”’ now in rehearsal, not per- mitting any extra exertion on the part of the artists. The matinée of Thursday will consist of the opera of “La Som nambula,” in which La Grango, Labocetta and Gassior will perform—a grand scena by Madam D’ Angri, and a concert by Henri Vieuxtemps, Miss Milner and Mr. Porring. Oa Monday, the 30th instant, the celebrated Carl Formes makes his débul aa Bertram in Meyerbeer’s great opera “Robert le Diable.” Md’le Cairoli will also make her first appearance in opera on that occasion, La Grange, Bignard! and Labocetta all take parts; and with the addi- tion of a fine ballet company from Niblo’s, engaged for this opera, and comprising the beautiful danseuse Te- resa Rolla, and Paul Brillant, together with the new scenery, dresses and machinery prepared for the ocoa- sion, Meyerbeer’s magnificent opera will be produced in unequalled style. Although all the artists of the Opera have not consented to accept smaller salaries than they agreed for, in consideration of the hard times, the manage- ment has come to the determination of continuing the season for a few nights more. A grand opera and concert are announced at the Academy on Saturday next, 28th instant, for the benefit of the Fire Department. With a little sacrifice on the part of the artists and a litde more appreciation on the part of the public we can have the Opera during tho winter, and we believe that this will be the consummation of the matter. The second concert in aid of the funds of the Women’s Hoepital will be given on Tuesday of this week at Mozart Hall. A number of the best of our artista have yolun- teered, and the occasion is worthy a very full house. At the theatres the business of the week has been mo derately good. Mr. Charles Mathews, at the Broadway theatre, has been the principal attraction. His audi- ences have been large and fashicnable. Mr. Mathews’ performances of Lavater (‘Not a Bad Judge”) Hawk (“Game of Speculation,”) aud Jasper (A Bachelor of Arts’’) are all admirable. We have nover had anything to equal them here. To-night Mr. Mathews plays in “A Bachelor of Arts’? and “ Pattor vs. Clatter.”” If any one feels particularly blue over the hard times or anything else, we advise him to go and seo Mathews. At Burton’s theatre Miss Anna Maria Quinn closed an engagement of six nights on Saturday. She made a favor- able impression, but was hardly strong enough to draw. For this evening Mr. Burton announces the capital bur- Jetta, ‘Paris and London,” and “The New York Direc- tory,” in both of which the manager performs. At Niblo’s Garden the business has been very good. ‘Boreas’? was played for the forty-secona time on Satur- day, and this week will close its unprecedented run. Tho new rope dancer, Marietta Zanfretia, has made a great bit. She is a young and pretty girl, and quite an artist tm her way. The Ravels, with Rolla and Zanfretta, appoar to-night, and every night during the week. At Wallack’s theatre the new comedy, “The Maidea Wifo,”’ has been withdrawn, after five representations. “The Invisible Husband,’ after a run of twentyone nights, seems quite as popular as ever. It remains in the bill for this evening, with “A Bachelor of Arts,’ one of the great successes of “this house. Mr. Lester plays Jasper, his original part, and Mrs. Hey essays Adolpuus for the first time. At Laura Keene's theatre, © The Sea of Ice” draws capital houses, and will be continued in the bills for another week—the fourth of 1's performance. The play is gotten up in the most superb manner, and admirabiy acted, It fully deserves all its success. Miss Keeno’s performance of Ogarita is one of her very best por- traitures, The “ Sea of Ice” to-night. The pretty little thoatro No. 444 Broadway has beem well attended during the week, and the infant comedians have quite ingratiated themselves with the public. They appear to-night in the operetta “ Alpine Maid,” and “A Day after the Fair.”? At the Bowery theatre Mr. Eddy announces for’ this evening the first appearance of Sands, Nathans & Co.'s equestrian and acrobatic company. The bill for this evening is & very taking one, including sixteen acts in tha circle, and @ new extravaganza. Atthe Museum the bill of to-night announces the national prize drama “Our Country's Sinews; or, the Mechanic and Volunteer.’ Two capital farces are in the bill for tha afternoon. At Wood's Minstrels there is an excelient bill for to-day, with a new farce, called “Dogs in the Dog Days,’ in whic all the company appear. At Mechanics’ Hall the Bryants give their usual variety; and @ very good variety It is. Mr. John Tryon opens a new National Circus at the National Garden, 84 Bowery, this evening. The list of tha company includes the names of several of the first por- formers. Tueatrical Movemxsts.—Mr, John Brougham has re- turned to town, after a tour in the West. Mr. Brougham was seized at Rochester with an intermittent fever, from which he has not yet entirely recovered. By the order of his physicians he bas been obliged to give up alll his South- ern engagements, Mr, Brougham has been engaged at Burton's, where ho will shortly appear in his adaptation of Thackeray's “Vanity Fair."’ Every one will be glad to welcome Brougham and Burton back to the same boards, and the Southerners’ loss is our gain. Mr. Burton an- nounces a new local piece for Thanksgiving day. Miss Laura Keene gives an afternoon performance of ‘The Sea of Ice” on the same day. The Ronzani ballet troupe have revived the fortunes of the Boston theatre, and play to crowded houses every night. Mr. Forrest is still playing at St. Louis to immense audiences. With this exception theatrical business in the South and West is very bad in- deed. ‘The prominent members of the Bowery Theatre Com- pany, with Miss Sallie St. Clair, open the Olympic theatre at New Haven to-night, and play there under the manage- ment of Mr. J. W. Lingard during the engagement of the equestrian company at the Bowery. Mr. Wallack has so far recovered from his recent severe illness as to be ablo to sppeur on the sunny side of Broadway. Miss Charlotte Cushman is about to commence @ tour through the West- ern cities. At the last accounte Mr. and Mrs, Barney Wil- iiams were playing in Ireland with more success than ever. New York Bible Society. The anniversary meeting of the New York Bible So- ciety, auxiliary tothe American Bible Society, was heid last night in Rev. Dr. Alexander's church, corner of Fifta avenue and Nineteenth street. The attendance was quite large and fashionable. After a voluntary played on the organ, Dr. Houpnipe® read the 119th psalm, commencing at O7th verse, and offered up a fervent extempore prayer. Mr. Cuas. A. Davinson, Corresponding Secretary, pro coeded to read the 34th annual report of the society. Af- ter some prefatory remarks on the cheering progress made at home and abroad in circulating the Bible, the re port gave the following details—The Rev. Alex. Watson visited 10,832 families and distributed 2,139 Bibles, includ Ing TO hotels. Mr. Henry Gou, among the French and German 1a tion, visited 11,165 families, and distributed 3414. Mr. Parker, also an additional agent, visited 11,280 families, making a total of 38,277 families visited, and 5,007 vo- lames were distributed. The Committee on Humane and Criminal Institutions re rt a distribution of 2,868 Bibles and 1,658 Testaments, @ present number of these institutions is about fifty, and the number of persons that annually enter and leave them is about 30,000, The Committec on Naval Stations report a distribution of 529 volumes, The Committee on Military Poste rey @ distribution during the year of 424 Bibles and 1,052 Testaments, The emigrant agents report a distribution of 18,863 volumes at Castle Garden. The Marine Committee report a distribution among the sailors of 2,253 Bibles and 24,907 Testaments, making a total of 27,158, More than 1,700 vessels were visited and supplied. Ot vessels bound to the East Indies, &e., 132 have been supplied with Bibies and Testaments in various languages. Grante also volumes were made to the owners of reamens dred and five packet ships and Testaments, in French among the steera, > passengers, making in all al 00 volumes, besides supplying 64 foreign vessels and 69T American versels bound to Roman lic epuntries, The total receipts of the society during fhe year have been $18,700, showing a diminution from those of former years; but, notwithstanding, we have discharged all our indebtedness and been able to hand over $1 donation the American Bible Society. Political Intelligence, Mr. HeCHANAN BRovent Ont ror a Sxooxp Tarm.—A Washington correspondent of the Cincinnati Gavele says “Mr, Buchanan looks young enough to serve on eight years’ Presidential duty."” MiNesoTA.—The constitution of the Stato of Minnesota Provides that the first wession of the Legislature shall | commence on the first Wednesday (the second day) of December next, at the State capitol in St. Paul. Two United States Senators are to be chosen by this Legiala ture LLL a