The New York Herald Newspaper, September 20, 1858, Page 6

NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1858. . 4 7 NEW YORK HERALD.| SSeS ee Mitt | Aiupomy ts Masco —The Spasish josraals in| | A Locamson rom Qrasswmas, 1 Quissirom | | __, Opecetie cad Drama Matters, | JAMES GORDON NeETT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR, OFFIOR WN. W. CORNER OF FULTON TRRMS, cash in adoance. Money sent by mail will be at the Tile DATDe HERALD, two conte $i per annum. THE WEEBY AERALD, every Refer, abate cents per copy, Eaition, $4 per annun, pr ‘Gontinent, both co annem, MGreat Britain, or $8 to any part of the THE FAMILY HERALD, every Wednesday, at four conte per enven. Ws lewhint CORRESPONDENCE, ft 4 AGO NOPICE taken of anonymous correepondencs. Wo de not Communications. AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. AGADEMY OF MUSIC, Fourteenth street. —rataw Ormma —Leos vt Lammacamoon. NIBL_O'S GARDEN, Brondway.—Jrserx Baown. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—G.expower, OR THE Norra Gua poves Jessen Brows—More Barnet. 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Stuart, 10 Exchange street, East. Harrs,..,.Lansing, Baldwin & Co., 22 Rue Corneille. The contents of the opean edition of the Herauo will combine the nows r d by mail and telegraph at the office duriag the previous week, and up to the hour of publication. The News. On Saturday last Mayor Tiemann, Mayor Powell, of Brooklyn, Hon. Smith Ely, Jr., State Senator, and a large party of notables, visited the West Bank for the purpose of surveying it, with a view to erecting quarantine facilities thereon. A plan was submit- ted to them for building a pier and breakwater and warehouse for storing cargoes of infected vessels, the cost of which would be from $500,000 to $750,- 000. Yesterday over three thousand persons visited Camp Washington, and were gratified with a dress parade of the regiment at five o'clock. The Church of the Messiah, in Broadway, was largely and most fashionably attended last evening, to hear a sermon from the Rev. William Henry Chan- ning, of Liverpool, nephew of the late Dr. Chan- ning of Boston, the great apostle of Unitaricnism. Every seat in the church was occupied; and on the piatform, beside the Rev. Mr. Channing, were the Rev. Messrs. Bellows, Osgood, Frothingham and Longfellow, brother of the professor of that name. ‘The sermon was taken from the fourth and fifth verses of the fourth chapter of the Epistle of Poul, the Apostle, to the Ephesians, and the force of the discourse, apart from the propounding of doctrine, was in favor of a close union with the Unitarians of Engiand. The Rev. Dr. Osgood spoke most brilliantly, and Dr. Bellows very forcibly — each of the reverend gentlemen, and especially the former, passing the highest and most fervent eulo- giums on the Queen and government of England, and the people from whom Americans have their origin. The interest of the service continued until its clove, when the benediction, in the peculiar form of the Unitarian chorch, was pronounced by the Rev. Mr. Longfellow The correspondence from Utah which we publish this morning contains mach that is interesting in regard to the condition of things in that Territory. The Mormons appear to be in a wretched condition for clothing, and the women particularly seem to be the wafferera, Brigham still remains in his place of security, from which it appears he is afraid to ven ture among the incensed portion of his followera. Mra. ernor Camming and some of his wives have been paying visits to each other, and it would seem that they are on quite sociable terms. Our correspondent at Bridgetown, Barbadoes, writing Angust 24, says the supply of flour and cov, meal is moderate, and chiefly confined to se. cond hands. Consumption large. 200 bbls. corn | meal from Demerara sold yesterday for $5 44. | Corn is in fair supply. Crackers in excess. Peas and beans are on the decline, a» some uative pulse ia appearing. Butter and lard plenty. Pickied fish in wanted. Codfish #5 a 85 25. Flour $7 25. Shingier ond staves wanted. Lamber in fair «ap ply. Molascs 20e, No sugar in market. Yesterday and toalsy e-jious showers of rain have fallen, and t aave entertained they may continue, as the fi a is seriously injured from drought. Planters ure of opinion that the crop of sugar will be over 60,000 hhds., which is about half of lastcrop. The heaith of the island is good. The annexed table shows the temperature of the atmoryhere in this city during the past week, the range of the varometer, the variation of wind cur rents, and ‘he state of the weather at three periods during each day: viz., at 9 A. M., and 3 and 9 o'clock P.M. REMARKH. Soaring erie, overcast; afternoon, rain, com- Mencing at 1% A. night, clear. Sunday—Clear all day and night Monday —Crear ai! day aud night Tuesday —Cloudy and cool all day a: night Wednesday —Cioudy all day. night, rain Thursday—Morning, rain, aftarnoon aud night, clear Friday—Morning, clear afternoon’ cloudy Might, clear and moonlight Baturday —Morving, cca and coo! re bales. Wheat was firmer with » fair amount or sales. Southern white sold at $131 9 $1 42, and red do. at $121. Corn continued firm, with free sales at 70c. a 743¢0. for Western mixed, and good Southorn white at 88c. Yellow do, was worth 95 3c. a 96c., and Jersey do. a 960. Pork was heavy and prices lower. Salce of mess at $1Te $17 36, and prime nt $15.8 $15 25. Flour continued in fair demand, and prices in the main ruled quite steady; there continued to be # good domestic demand, with some gales for export. Sugars wero active and firm with free sales, comprising vbout 1,800 bhds., 700 boxes and 176 hhds. included at rates given in another column, closing at about ic. advance on the week's transac- tions above the current prices at the close of the provious week. Coffee was eteady with more doing. Freights were steady, and 1,800 bbls. flour were engaged .to Liverpool at 1s. 6d.; cotton at 6-82d, Rosin to London at 2s. 3d.; Cheese at 30s., and turpentine at 62. per bbl. The Quarantine Prosecu- tion without a Case. No one can read the medical testimony given in support of the prosecution against the Staten Island rioters without admitting that the so- called incendiaries have fully made out their case. Not only have the Quarantine including Dr. Thompson himse! the establishment as inconveniently located and Gangerous, but they fave tostified to the fact render its existence at this epot consistent with the public safety, Dr. Walser states that no |. matter. what extenston may be given to’ the grounds, there will never be a perfect quaran- | ting or protection against the spread of infoc- tious diseases 80 long aa there is 8 population in its neighborhood. Dr. Thompson, the Health Officer, also thinks the present site an improper one, and although the danger from yellow fever might be lessened by locating Southern vessels below the Narrows, he is of opinion that in the event of the introduction of Asiatic cholera, the population of the island would be exposed to great peril. Furthermore, the evidence of all the medical officers of the establishment and of McLyman, the bargeman in charge of the iron scow, goes to prove the truth of the charges preferred against it by the inhabitants of the village. From the extreme laxity of discipline which prevailed in regard to the stevedores and ligbtermen, and the daily violation of the Qua- rantine ordinances by all employed, it is now established beyond all question, that in acting as they have done the people of Castleton only obeyed the instincts of self preservation, prompted by a sense of pressing danger, and not the misera- ble pecuniary influences suggested by the reports of the Commissioners. We do not know how, in the face of evidence like this, the Quarantine authorities can persist in their intention of rebuilding their hospitals on the old site. All the reasoning and conclusions of their last report are so completely falsified by the adtnissions of the Health Officer and his assistants, that they will be compelled to admit either of the alternative charges that will be made against §them—vindictiveness against Staten Island, or a desire to job away the public money—if they persevere in this foolish determination. It having been conclusively shown that the present site is a per- ilous one, and that no alteration of the Quaran- tine regulations can render it otherwise, they will be taken either for madmen or rogues if they adhere to a purpose which can secure no poseible object but that of stirring up bad blood and wast- ing the public means. But the party upon whom the results of this investigation will reflect most severely is that weak minded and spasmodically energetic official, Governor King. It will be asked why a mau placed in his high and responsible position should seek to boleter up abuses such as are here dis- closed, by inflicting on the sufferers another and more grievous oppression in the illegal procla- mation of martial law? The answer must lead to the political extinction of Governor King and the pack of needy adventurers by whom he is surrounded. The party intrigues and schemes which saddled us with the Metropolitan police bave reached in this Quarantine affair at once their climax and their death blow. From a fair review of the evidence taken in the pending inqniry another conclusion has, we think, been established, which goes to the root of the question—whether a Quarantine es tablishment is necessary at all. It seems to us that no system that can ever be devised in con- nection with the trade of an extensive port like this, can secure that perfect isolation which is contended for as an imperative condition of its efficacy. With the corrupt political influences always at work amongst us it will be impossible to maintain the rigid discipline which its parti- zans say is necessary to prevent the spread of infection. Employés will take liberties and medical officers will wink at abuses, because the one are politically dependent upon the other. But even if a perfect quarantine system could be secured it seems to us undesirable. The most enlightened scientific minds abroad have de- nounced it as a fallacy, and the facts brought ont onthe present inquiry fully bear out that conclusion. Why, therefore, should we expose our- selves to this heavy annual expenditure and con- tinually recurring vexation and trouble, by con- tinuing an institution the benefits of which are so dubious? Were not the bungry spoilamen who bang on to the skirts of political parties in this country interested in ita maintenance, it is certain that the practical common sense of our people would have long since made an effort to get rid of it. A Coxstrast—Consoiation ror THe Tax- rayers—The annual report of the Auditor of Suffolk county, Massachusetts, for 1867-58, shows the whole coat of governing Boston to be $5,371,042. The cost of governing New York last year was $10,000,000. A Boston journal, while apologizing for “the large amount of mo- ney paid out,” says:— But it is alt spent for the benofit of the citizen, who re Pegi & well conducted nd careful government, which chy for busines tel eaters MNPrePEENLL OF the A truthful commentator on one of Comptrol- Jor Flagg’s reports should write something in this way: “In return for the vast expenditure of ten millions, the citizen gets comparatively little advantage ; over three millions of it goes into the pockets of a set of thieving officials, small politi- cians, rowdies and fighting men; filthy streets with the germ of pestilence in every gutter; schools so inadequate to the population tha ten thousand children are refused admittance tn one week; a police department so growly mi managed that life is continually in danger aod property almost wholly unprotected ; a city go- vernment more abominably corrupt and inefficient than any other on the face of the vlohe—these are the benefits which the citizens of New York get for all the money that is eyuandered and plundered every year.” And such comments will remain trae of the condition of this city until ft« government is taken out of the bands of dishonest politicians. ‘The convention system in this countey is generally an immense nuisance, and what are called philanthropic conventions are the most stupid of all. They are generally made up of men who eeem like women, and women who etrive to appear like men, 60 far as the oblitera- tion of all feminine delicacy goes to that end. These philosophers always delight in calling their conventions by mysterious, and, on some oc- casions, inappropriate names, Thus we see an- nounced an “harm ”’ convention, and should suppose that its meetings referred to music, per- haps to assist the French government in fixing a normal pitch; but no, instead of indomitable Na- poleonic or mercurial impressario, charming prime donne, or gentle tenors, or agreeable pianists, or erratic composers, or distinguished fiddlers, we find only a deputation of new lights from the “gpirit world,” wound up and set running by some brilliant luminary who has discovered the “harmony of the spheres,” and who doubtless plays admirably well on the harp of a thousand strings. Far more esthetic than the fiarmionial idea was that of thé but who have preceded them in their line. First, they had a splendid opening to chop logic in as- certaining what is good and what is evil, rela- tively considered. Well, allowing that matter to have been settled, we come to the considcra- tion of the causes of the preponderance of evil, and the proper means to be taken to bring about a golden age, when everybody shall be good, when there shall be no more fighting, no more naughty boys to laugh at the Bloomers or to throw eggs at Brother Foster. The field is a grand one, and so far as the length of the de- bates are concerned it was fully cultivated. As forensic curiosities we gave yesterday a pret- ty full report of the proceedings at Utica, and the entertaining record is continued in our im- pression of to-day. The Convention, as it appears, was an incon- gruous mixture of all the odd fish ofthe day. There were abolitionists of the good old rioting and nigger exciting order; Bloomers, with shakey legs; spiritualists, who were not free lovers, and spiritualists who were. Thea there was the free lover, per se, a8 well as several pro- fane scoffers, who took up the opposition side of the matter, probably to give’ piquancy to the proceedings, which, for the most part, are repeti- tions of worn out sensual sophistries or mis- erable blasphemies, which have been spouted from every town hall in the country by itinerant abolition lecturers. Some of the orators thought that the niggers originated all the evil in the country; others that the laws regulating mar- riage were responsible for our awful condition; another advocated the adoption of the Bloomer costume as a cure for all social evils, and still another proposed spiritualism as a panacea, It was like a convention of quack doc- tors, each with his own patent medi- cine, and refusing to admit for a mo- ment the prescription of a competitor. So we find Mr. Stephen Foster advising the slaves to rise against their masters ; Mr. Henry Wright declaiming against the church, and turnivg a dirty penny by the sale of a filthy book, and Mrs. Julia Branch requesting the Legislature to legitimatise all children born out of wedlock. A spiritualist lady from St. Lonis pitches into Foster, and a sort of free ora’ sal fight com- mences, and from the tone of the debates it will be generally believed that the spirit of evil was as strong in the convention room as in the wicked world out of doors. The philosophers came to the conclusion that they knew nothing whatever of the solution of the social problems which they had eo extensively discussed, and so went home, each thinking what a fool the other was, It is quite certain that such gathcrings as that of Utica can do no good, and it is more than probable that they have already worked much mischief. The resolution of the woman | Branch offers a direct premium for prostitution, by legalising lust. It is too absurd on its face to be considered seriously for a moment, and we | can only smile at the bungling of these quacks, who attempt to cure social evils with resolutions and speeches, The women of the free love school—and they seem to be the leaders of the spiritualist and women’s rights cliques of the day—are out of their proper sphere. They should not adopt half way measures, but proceed at once to take up their residences at certain free love establishments which carry into practical effect all their doctrines, and which were in ex- istence some time before they entered the field. So far as seniority goes, the free lovers of Church and Mercer streets must take precedence over the Utica branches of the same school. Aw Iyperespent Troxer ror Corporation Orricers.—In the disorder and confusion which exist among all the political factions in this city, the old proverb may be realized: “when rogues fall out honest men come by their own.” While the wire pullers of the different factions are squabbling about which committee and which clique shall have the epoils, the taxpayers have a fine opportunity to step in and protect the city treasury from further plundering, by electing a set of good honest men to all the Corporation offices. Above all, they should select a capable man for Comptroller. With an honest and fear- less man in the Comptroller's office the stealing would soon be stopped. It is to the incapacity of Mr. Flagg more than anything else we owe the fact that three millions a year have been pilfered for so many years past, and that the taxes have grown to be an insufferable bur- then. Let a proper ticket be selected and aupported by the taxpayers, independent of all party profe- rences, and it can be elected in spite of the poli- ticians, great and small. Now is the availabl: time to accomplish it. Tur Maeve av Svaten Istaxn To-Day— | At three o'clock this afternoon the citizens and | of Staten Istund will assemble at the | se of Rielmond county, to » burning of Quaranti residents Court 1 aaa the | qnes vod th * @ Governor King which hote en dead | that event. The meeting wil), in all mbility } be very largely attended by the wealthy and Tespect classes residing on t od, and the ex n of sentiment there elicited may be taken as » fiir declaration of the pablie opt anion of Sinivn Fund with referenve to the nai- sance of Quarantine, and the later nuisance of Governor King’s iMegal imposition of martial law. Cube bave been strenuous supporters, up to a Inte period, of President Zutoaga and the church party in Mexico. But so marked have been re- Cent events in that capital that even these have been forced to come out in condemnation of them, and a letter to the Diario de la Marina, which we reprint in another column, gives further and even stronger particulars than have been hitherto published of the resort to violent means for raising money by the Zuloago govern- of things is the natural result of the history of Mexico for the last thirty-five years. In that period there have been sixty-three changes of the chief magistrates, nearly all of which have been effected by violence. Such a political his- tory cannot be expected to show any political progress or material developement. The reve- nues have either disappeared or are absorbed by petty leaders the moment they are collected. As a necessary consequence the struggle for life or death, now going on between the pricats and the people, can only be carried on by plundering friend and foe alike. It is now supposed that the constitutionalists are about to triumph in Mexico, and they enter- tain lively hopes of being able to reorganize the country and restore peace. We hope it will be so, but there is room for grave doubts. Their hopes now hang upon the defeat of Miramon by Vidaurri, and this must bide the chances of war. Should Vidaurri suc- ceed, then the constitutionalists, if they adhere to their principles, must gather in Congress and reorganize the government by causing all and each of the leaders now in the field to return to a subordinate position, and give up the now pre- vailing practice of seizing upon the public revenue in its passage to the treasury and de- voting it to his own private purposes. In such a Congress the “wisdom of the serpent” and the “gentleness of the dove”’ will be alike requisite. History docs not teach us that we can hope for this union. As the liberals are expected soon to triumph, we need not attempt to anticipate their course. Ove Crry Dewocnacy.—It is reported that the anti-Tammany faction, which were so cavalierly turned out of doors at Syracuse, have a muster roll in this city of cleven thousand voters. If these men are to have “no voice in Israel,” there will be some ugly scratching of the “regular” tickets in November and December. Are the sachems of the Old Wigwam, the Cool Hole and the Pewter Mug asleep, or do they give it up in despair? ‘The organ of the anti-Tammanyites is profoundly silent, close and mysterious. It rather'likes the Syracrse platform, but it is aw- fully mum on the ticket. But we repeat that this fearful split of the de- mocracy, and the divisions of the opposition in this city, have made the best possible opening for an independent local organization and ticket of the taxpayers. They are the sufferers from all our Corporation are the par- ties who are fleeced by the robbers and jobbers of all the rotten cliques and parties in the field; and the wrongs of the taxpayers can only be righted by themselves. They can clean out our treasury suckers if they will, and a half dozen men may put the ballin motion. Will nobody take the hint, and move in this important matter of reducing the fees and perquisites of our Cor- poration sharks and jobbers to the extent of two or three millions a year? Can any man enume- rate the loafers and vagabonds now eubsisted | out of the pockets of the taxpayers, but who would be driven to honest labor, or driven ont of the city, if our Corporation expensea were cut down to the extent of some two or three millions ayeart A year ortwo ago we had Mr. Peter Cooper and his reform party in the field. Where are they now, when this work of reform is eo easy of accomplishment ? Axsoruer “Great Sovraers Party” Hew- BvG.—We have received a copy, in pamphlet form, of the “Platform and Constitution of the Great Southern Party,” bat as the document af- fords no sign of “a local habitation or a name,” we Must pronounce it as nothing better than ao anonymous experiment of some restless seces- sionist, thrown out asa feeler of the Southern pulse. After along string of “whereases,” reciting the intolerable sufferings of the South within the Union, the first resolution plumply declares that it is the purpose of this “great Southern party” to “do all we can to bring about an hon- orable, and, if possible, a peaceable separation of the Southern slave States from the Northern froe States;” and so on to the end of the chapter. But the mysterious absence of any name or place to this terrible manifesto furnishes a satisfactory answer to the proposition. The fact that the author of this revolutionary scheme has not the audacity to give his name and place indicates a healthy reaction in the Southern public mind which it is dangerous to trifle with. In faot, under the calm and conservative adininietration of Mr. Buchanan, the game of the disnnion agita- tors and malcontents, North and South, is casen- tially played out. Memoniat To Govervon Kive.A number of the residents of Richmond county have drawn ap a memorial to the Goveruor, asking him to withdraw the troops and rescind his proclama- tion, They deny that the mob was armed, that any one suffered damage to private property or life, or that the sick were inhamanly treated. They claim that it is mnjust to place a whole county under martial low for the acts of a fow individuals. They comp!sin greivously of the conduct of the commanding officer at Tompkins- ville. for placing sentinels in the streets and threatening to enter private dwellings to subsist his men. In conclusion, they warn the Governor that if these pretensions arc attempted to be car- tied out, there is reason to believe that they will be resisted. Ture Must Be.—A apot eminently fitted for the purposes of a Quarantine establishment is that large creek on the gouthwestern extremity of Sandy Hook, called the Cove. Sufficiently re- mote from the fort and lighthouse, and sepa- rated from the Jersey shore by a channel through which easterly and winds are always blowing, it offers but few chances for the epread of infection. The sparsely inhabited Highlands of Navesink are, it is true, just oppo- site, but the distance between the two ia about equal to that between the present Quarantine ea- tablishment and New Brighton, which bas never suffered from its neighborhood, whilst it has the Sdditional protection of the éea breeze, which, as we have said, takes either an easterly or wester- ly direction. This location at the Cove would, as will be seon by reference to the chart, afford full protection to vessels of almost any size, whilst at the same time it would offer full security to the people residing on the shores of the inner bay. Pending the decision of the question whether ‘the quarantine aystem should be continued, which, one of these days, {will, we are convinced, be decided inthe negative, we are of opinion that the municipal uthorities should call upon the general government to cede the cove to | them for quarantine purposes. It is doubted by some whether the federal government possesses '} this right, We entertain no sort of doubt upon the point. The act of cession by the New Jersey Legislature grants absolutely to the United States, for military or public purposes, the whole of the Hook. ‘There is no reservation in the act providing against the subletting, for temporary purposes, of any portion of it. If, therefore, the term “public purposes” should be held not to cover the Quarantine establishment— which we contend it does—it is clear that the general government, occupying a portion of the island for ita own objects, and thus complying generally with the stipulations of the act, has a right to permit the occupation of the remainder of it for any purpose within its discretion. It stands precisely in the position ofa man holding alease. Ifno clause against sub-letting be in- serted in it, he violates no principle of law or justice in availing himself of the latitude which the omission implies. Joun Wastworts’s Pia For THE Frit Cox- version oF Dovorss.—John Wentworth, com- monly known as “ Long John,” in the course of a long editorial in his Chicago Democrat, on — always Sian Mr. a would desert the South when they deserted him. | He, has already taken ‘to decide whether he will take another, power endeavor to convince him ofa fact that is patent to altoost ev ‘one but . Once convinced of that, and Douglas will be one of the greatest freedom shrickers in the United States. It strikes us there is a good deal of sound phi- losophy in this view of the subject. But who could have imagined this to be “the true intent and meaning” of the Kansas-Nebraska bill? One way or the other, the Illinois November election will be charged with revolutionary combustibles; and let Seward look to his laurels, if after No- vember Douglas shall become the “greatest freedom shrieker in the United States.” A Crean View or tHe Case.—The Albany Central Journal of the American party has open- ed and keeps up, from day to day, a raking fire against Morgan and the republican party. This is a business like view of the subject; for accord- ing to the yote which the American State ticket will get in November wili be the future market value of the party supporting it—the larger the vote the higher the price. Keep up the fire. _-_o THE LATEST NEWS. THE NEW ISTHMUS ROUTE ACROSS CENTRAL AMERICA. ‘Waauictom, Bept. 19, 1858. ‘The administration has unier consideration an impor- tant question with regard to securing the new Isthmus route across Central America, it having fine harbors, abundance of coal and ether great advantages for transit and for naval station. It is not known to the public, and great secrecy has been observed in the negotiations. The parties concerned have bees brought to Washington with- in a few days, and it is probable the government may ac- complish its object speedily. Should this be done tho President will add another laurel to his administration for American progress in that part of the world. TUR GENFRAL NEWHPAPRR DMPATCH. Wasinotom, Sept. 19, 1858. ‘The steamers Fulton and Water Witch, forming part of the expedition to Paraguay, are now ready for sea, and will probably leave to-morrow for Norfolk. Guns of very heavy calibre have been selected for both veasels—the ar- mament of the Fulton consisting of one eleven inch shell gun on a pivot, and four of nine inch in broadside; and that of the Water Witch of one nine inch shell gua on « pivot. In addition the Fulton will carry two boat howitzers, and the Water Witch three, one of which is a heavy twen. ty-four pounder, mounted on a pivot on the forecastle. Both vessels are supplied with small arms and ammuni tion of the most approved kind, Including the Sharpe and Minte muskets, together with revolvers. ‘The Union says the latest communication from our Minister to China, Mr. Reed, is dated June 18, and in this, after announcing the signature of a treaty between China and the United States on that day, he adds:—The depar. tare of the mail boat within a few hours compels me to limit this despatch to the mere announcement of the fact. I shal) send tho treaty by the next steamer." Non-Arrtval of the North Briton. Mowramar, Sept. 19, 1958. ‘The Canadian company’s now serew steamship North Briton, from Liverpool on Wedaesday, the Sth instant, ie now fully due at Quebec, but had not made her ap- pearance ai River du Loup at half past eix o'clock thie evening, when the line closed for the night. This is tle North Briton’s firet voyage. She will doubtless arrive to-morrow. Markets. New Cotton market active: sales 6,000 qnotably higher prices, Sugar dul Flour unchanged: sales bbls. fine. Whiskey—Seler 1 S00 bbia. ‘visions dull; mess pork could be bought at $15 75. Cmicaco, Sept. 166 P.M. Flour quiet, Wheat stoady at 77. , vanced Ie. Onis choice brands: Indiana, Michigan and Canadian; $5 25 a $5 50 for to choice extra ditto, Wheat mar ket opened dull and heavy: no sales up to noon, but in the afternoon a good demand 5 up and sales were mace to the extent of 4,400 at $1 10 for red Ohio, $1 14.8 $1 16 for good white Michigan and Indiana, $1 28 for prime white Canada, $1 35 for ditto Kentucky. Corn in fair demand: sales 2,600 bushels at 0c. for unsound , 64c. & 666. for prime. Ly! firm at 720. Rye at rales 9,000 bushels better demand unsound at 420, and 4,000 buntele sound at’ 460, a a B30. Canal fr ae 5 5 if 44,000 bushels wheat, ‘ise bushels corn, 2,152 bushels barley, 434 bushels oate, Oawneo, Sept. 18—6 P. M. Flour steady. Wheat in active demand; holders ge- peraliy wil the Imperial government of France had appointed a com- mission, of which MM. Meyerbeer Auber, Halévy, and other distinguished composers wore members, for the pur- ” pose of regulating the pitch, both for singers and for toshake her curls over the parquette when she slapped the Sergeant on the shoulder and called hima brick. Like- wise there were certain of the dilettanti, who thought of Joly Alboni or delicate artistic Sontag, and shrugged their shoulders at this poor Colson, who was frightened more at the ‘Who is Colon?’ air of the audience than at aay of the lingual or musica! difficulties of the role. If they had deen sitting in a Jersey court trying a vagrant New Yorker for stealing melons, they could not have been more aus- tere. Still, the Empress of the Orleanois made a success. She left the public pleased and anxious to come again. So there was a good house on Saturday when ‘La Traviata” was put up. The audience of Monday came, and more. Tt was quite evident that Mme. Colson bad recovered from her first night's nervousness. She took up the “Bria- disi’ from the tenor, and sent its ringing moleay fuli over the bouse. Every note was ‘enunciated as clearly as it could be given by an instruméat, and the house came down with one of those bursts of genuine ond almost unanimous applause which no aque could counterfeit. The demand for repetition ‘was too strong to be neglected, and the piece was repouted. In the cavatina and duet, which makes the finale of the first act, Mme. Colson sang well, but introduced some staccato flights hardly in keeping with the sentiment of the music. The tremolo was also apparent, but not to so great anextentas on Monday. Here this is taken age sign of weakness, but there is no such thing about Mme. Colson, It is characteristic of the school in which she ‘was educated, In the second act and first part of tho third, Mme. Colson was excellent, singing well and acting admirably. In the finale ‘Gran Dio,” where Gazzaniga is $0 great, Colson failed by a comparison which is forced upon us by the fact that both in acting and singing te resemblance between the manner of both artists was marked. The audience was much more enthusiastic than on Monday. We have before alluded to tho capital acting of Colson. Inthe “Traviata” she played superbly, aad gave that minute attention to the smallest detail that we rarely see off the Paris stage. Tho men applauded her vociferously, and the ladies showered their lachrymal tributes. Brignoli was in good voice and sung with more care and finish than usual. Amodio had his beet role and sung eplendidiy. His “Di Provenza"’ received s deserved encore. Strakosch conducted, and there wasa manifest improvement, both in the orchestra and chorus and in the stage appointments. We fear, however, that there is some lack of discipline in the coulisses here. The wings and entrances wero crowded with fantastically dressed persons, who seemed so much iaterested in the performance as to give it an accompaniment of comvorsa- tion. There were some young women, not remarkable for personal beauty, who occasionally dropped a tamborins when the prima donna was in a piano passage, and car- ried on light firtations im view of the people in the or- chesira and sides of the parquette. As we said before, theee young persons are not ornamental, and may as well be kept out of the way until they are used. A ‘The next opera night at Burton's will be to-morrow, when Madame Gazzaniga, whose reappearance we aro glad to announce, will sing in the ““Trovatore’’ with Brig- poli and Amodio. In these operas the superiority of Ma- dame Garzaniga is beyond question. She will sing “Lacre- ia’ and the “Favorita,’’ not the “Traviata,” as was stat- ed by mirtake yesterday. Mr. Strakosch announces six more nights—three for Colson and three for Gazzani¢a. Ou Thursday Mme. Colson will repeat the “ Traviata” and afterwards sing in the “ Puritani’’ and “ La Soonambula.”* Mr. Uliman's winter programme promises a groat oper- atic treat, His season will commence about the 10th of October, and his engagements are as follows:—Prime donne—Piccolomini, Laborde, Johanna Wagner, Poinsot (from the Imperial Opera, Par), Ghioni, mezzo soprano (from Her Majesty's); Tenor—Tamaro, a young astist of good reputation. Florenza, a bas cantante is likewise engaged, and Formes of course remains with us another reason. Piccolomini will sing in La Traviata,” the “Tro. vatore,’ the “Figta del Reggimento,” La Zingara’* (Rohemian Girt), “ Lucia,’ “ Lucrezia,” “ Don Glovan- ni,’’ “ Noaze 4i Figaro,” “ Laisa Miller,” and “ La Serva Padronn,”’ by Paesiella, with scenes from “ t Martiri La- borde;”’ and Poinsot will sing in the “ Huguenots,” “ Ro- ‘bert le Diable,” “Ta Juive,” and “ Martha” in Malian. The grand operas will be brought out with appointments now being made in France. Wagner bas in her repertory “ Orpheus" by Gitick Tanhauser, ‘ Le Prophet’ and the « Huguenots.” Such a programme ag the above needs only asimple annouscement, and the public will be giad to greet the fair Piccolomini, who will arrive within the next ten days and commence the season. ‘The Opera at the Academy is doing admirably well. “Lain” on Friday drew a splendid house, and the ma- linge on Satarday wae well attended. “Lucrezia”’ wae sung on Saturday by Carndori and Guidi, the tenor, who is in good voice and sings with taste. “Lucia!” made quite 8 furore on Friday, Mme. Uaasicr receiving unand- mous praise. Stefani will be obliged to husband his powers in euch parte as Ragardo, if he hopes to win the praise of the judicious. Finish and style are as important: With us as the voice itself. ““Lacia’” will be repeated this evening, and “William Toll” is announced for Wednesday, ‘With Stefani and Caradori ‘While the metropolis ia enjoying any quantity of Opera wo find » few concort \grumbe for the provinces. Parodi, with Junea, the \parso, and other artiste, have been making « sensation in Philadelphia and Baltimore, and .are about stir up the Bostonians. The Philadelphians are loud in praiso of Junca but do slot give him more than he deserves. OM- man has organized a company with Cari Formes at its head, and an orchestra with Anschutz as conductor, to commence at Pittsburg for a month's tour in the West. The expedition has not yet got under way. However, Mme. de Wilhorst will arrive by the Arago to sing with Stra- koeeh. ‘The Fnglish opera scason at Wallack’s is over, and the house is closed for the present. Mr. Wallack will com. mence operations in person about the first of October. His company includes Mossrs. Brougham, Lester, ©. ‘Wheatleigh, Mies Mary Gannon, Mrs. Vornon and others. Neither Mrs. Hoey nor Wiss Coombes are engaged, and the name of the leading actress is ‘(wrapped in oblivion."” Mr. Brougham has a burlesque ready for the opening, and there are rumors of » new comedy by 9 gentleman (of couree) of this city. Mr. Wallack is in Sne health and will go into the campaign with renewed vigor. ‘Thoatrical matters are not expecially lively. There is bothing startlingly new in the ‘‘Sehoot for Senadal"’ at one