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4 NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1858. NEW YORK HERALD. | JAMES GORDON BENNETT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. OFFION N. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAT STS, ‘AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING, NIBLO'S GABDEN, Broadway.—Pavrnerre. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—Paaxtou—Raovl—Itaxo- Bouse Ja0K. BURTON'S NEW THEATRE, Broadway.—Excusn Ores a Tuovstous. ‘WALLAOK’S THEATRE, Broadway —Noraise Vextces, Noruwxa Wor—Nerronr’s RAT. UBA KEENE’S THEATRE, 68 Broadway OxDON abvaaee dent Ln —— - ant ee ee Vianney ace WOOD'R MIP TREL BU.LUTy. vtand 563 Broadway— prmern ee os, Danons, 40.—Tas Old CLoog, MECHANIC'S HALL, 2 Srosaw .—BRrants’ Mistress —Mrcuo Soscs ax ‘Venstsavas~BicmaRo THE THIED. /AMPBI NETRELS, 444 Broadway. —Eraioruan Cus a cAME RE foros, acter Moves Masraus. ODP FELLOWS’ HALL, Hobokea.—Mx. Massurr's “Sona anp Onrt- Guat or TkavRL IN Many Lanps.”” New York, Tucsday, October 5, 1858. BAILS FOR EUROPE. @heo New York Herald—Edition for Eurupe. ‘The Cunard mail steamship Niagara, Capt. Miller, will Jeave Boston on Wednesday, at noon, for Liverpool. The European mails wil! close in this city this af- fornoon, at half past two o'clock to go by railroad, aud at four o'clock to go by steamboat. ‘The European edition of tho Hgzaxp, printed in French fand English, will bo published at eleven o'clock in the morning. Single eopies In wrappers, six cents. Subseriptions and advertisements for any edition of the New Yous Hxnato will be received at the fullewing places in Europe -— Lowpox,. ..Samson Low, Son & Co., 47 Ludgate Hill. Emes & Macey, 61 King William street. Parm,..... Jansing, Baldwin & Ov., 8 Pla Bourse. we de Lavexroor . Lansing, Starr & Co., No. 9 Chapel street. R. Stuart, 10 Exchange street Barvnz...... Lansing, Baldwin & Co., 21 Rue Corneille. ‘The contents of the European edition of the Henan will combine the news received by mail and telegraph at Whe office during the previous week, and up to the hour of publication. eee MAILS FOR THF. PACIFIC. New York Herald—California Edition. The United States mail steamship Moses Taylor, Captain Jobn McGowan, will leave this port Uhisjafternoon, at two o'clock, for Aspinwall. ‘Tho mails for California and other parts of the Paclde will close at one o'clock this afternoon, The New Yours Weekty Henacrn—California odition— Gontaining the latest intelligence from ali parts of the world, will be published at ten o'clock in the morning. Single copies, in wrappers, ready for mailing, nts. Agonts wil! ploase send in their orders as carly us pos mible. ‘The News. There were no indications of the steamship Nova Beotian at Point du Loupe late last night. She will bring four days later news, and is now overdue. The Norwegian ship Cattarina arrived at Quebec on Sunday, with twenty-two additions! persons paved from the steamer Austria. Their names, together with an interesting statement by a pos wenger, will be found elsewhere. The steamers Fulton and Harriet Lane will leave Norfolk to-fay for the Paraguay expedition. The vessel sunk at Montauk Point proves to be the Haidee, of New York, and not the Elizabeth, as previously reported. The Haidee sailed from this port last January, for Gibraltar. From there phe went to Cadiz, and thence to the coast of Af rica, where she took in a cargo of 960 slaves, aud then proceeded to Cuba. She arrived safely at Cardenas, landed her tlaves, and then went to Havana, where the captain and owners left her. ‘The vessel then went to sea under the charge of the mate, who scuttled and sunk her off Montauk Point, the crew going ashore in the boats and then Oispersing in different directions. Three of the men were arrested in this city a few days ago, and were placed in confinement. Macomber, the mate was arrested near New Bedford, and brought on to this city by a deputy of the United States Marshal ‘The prisoners say but little about the matter, and At is difficult to obtain information from them. All the facts, however, so far as they have been elici- fed, will be found detailed in another column. The Marshal intends to have the Huidce raised if she is worth the expense. It is understood that the sail- ore were Portugucse, ond that nearly all of them have succeeded in getting out of the country. A serious riot occurred on Sunday night at the Coamopotitan Gardens, near Yorkville. This place Js owned by an Italian, and much frequented by the Italian residents of the upper part of the city. ‘The difficulty had its origin in an Irishman stamb Bing against an Italian woman and knocking her @own. The Italians immediately made an on Blaught on the Irish, armed with guns, pistols, and Knives, killed one man outright, and severely, if not mortally, wounded three or four others. A po ficeman, who attempted to make arrests, wa obliged to fly for his life. Subsequently, however, the place was taken possession of by the police the inmates arrested and the premises search ‘The police found large quantities of valuable stolen goods secreted in different parts of the house, the | proceeds of various burglaries committed by Italians, Sicilians, and others. Some of the st property has been identified. A full reporti elsewhere. A large ratification meeting of the democracy of Kings county was held last evening in front of the Brooklyn City Hall, to ratify the State and county Gemocratic nominations. a given @eal of enthusiasm was manifested. Tie Board of Aldermen met last night. A mes frage was received from the Mayor relative to «ta Sion houses. A resolution was passed against Certain abuses in the omuilusee in collecting fare. ‘The Corporation Counsel was called upon to report whether the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund have power to lease the ferry franchives at auc tion; also to state why he did not take proceedings bo satisfy the Lowber claim, as directed. A volumi hous report from the Joint Committee on Accounts ‘Was laid on the table and ordered to be printed. ‘We have the document in type, but are compelled to omit it for want of room. The subject of a new | Census of the city was referred to the Committee ©n Ordinances. The committee on the Comptrol fer's communication relative to the Lowber claim, after along discussion, was adopted. An injune tion restraining the Board from repealing the Fourth avenue steam ordinance, was referred to the Committee on Arts and Sciences, and the Board adjourned to Thursday. The Board of Councilmen were in session last @vening, when an unusually large number of reso lutions, the greater portion of which referred to foutine matters, were passed. The report of th Fpecial committee on selecting a location for a yellow fever hospital, was presented. The commit tee recommend Westbank as the most appropriat Spot for the hospital. A resolution, presented by Mr. Crows, directing the Corporation counsel to in Btitute proceedings against Terence Farley, for the recovery of $4,000, said to be due to the city trea sory, was lost eflording another illustration of the Manner in which the interests of the taxpayers are looked after by their representatives, and fully jns- tifying the course which the Hgmanp has pur sued in advocating the formation of a taxpayers’ party, Ar lution was adopted, directing the Corporat counsel to take ry proceedings to Speeches were made by | the Hon. George Taylor and others, and a good | pany. M . Cross was put into contempt for leaving the chamber without the President's permission, and had not been purged of the contempt when the Prard adjourned. After the adjournment some hot words ensued between the President and Mr. | Cross, but they separated without coming to any further difficulty. The German Conference Societies resumed their sittings yesterday at Pythagoras Hall. ‘The order of the day was a discussion of the petition to be sent to Congress, haying for its object the better protection of emigrants on shipboard. The Hon. John Cochrane offered his services to the Confer- ence, believing that he could afford them valuable information on the subject of shipping regulations, {ter an animated discussion of the abuses of the luggage sysiem, the Conference adjourned until this morning. The Rov. &. L. Baldwin, of the Methodist Epis- copal church, with his lady and Mrs. Bonlah, and Miss Sarah Woolston, of Trenton, N. J., and Miss F. A. Potter, of New York, sailed yesterday fore- noon in the clipper ship Empress for Shaughae. The reverend gentleman goes out as a missionary of bis church to enlighten the subdued Chinese ia the glorious truths of Christianity. Tho ladios who accompany him will act in the capacity of teachers to the feminine inhabitants of the Celestial Empire. Three ministers of the Dutch Reformed church also take passege in the Empress for Shaaghae, but are afterwards destined for Amoy and Fuh Chau. For the former place the Rey. Alvan Ostrom and lady, and the Rev. Mr. Rappaljec are “sot apart:” the Rey. £.. P. Peet and lady go to the latter place. Their departure from our city has created much interest in their respective denominations. Judge Brady gave his decision in the Fourth ave- nue railroad case yesterday. The Judge gave it as his decision that the Common Council have full power to grant the use of steam, and to repeal the privi- lege whenever they see fit; that steam is not a nui- sence, but @ motive power of great utility. The Judge denied the motion to restrain the Corpora- tion from repealing the ordinances, and dissolved the injunction. The October term of the General Sessions com- menced yesterday. Recorder Barnard presiding. The Grand Jury panel was called, and a quorum not being present, those answering to their es were discharged till Tuesday. A sufficient number of petit jurors were in attendance to allow the business of the court to go on. Richard Barry, who was indicted with two men named Bush and Thompson, for a felonious assault upon Phillip Wolfe, pleaded guilty to assault and battery, and was remanded till Saturday for sentence. The indict- ment against Richard Barry for robbery was dis- charged. William Mulligan was arraigned on an indictment for assault and battery on James F. Warner, said to have been committed on the 27th of July, to which the defendant pleaded not guilty. Mr. Sedgwick, the District Attorney, strenuously urged it on for trial, but the Recorder set it down for next Monday. It is but just to Mr. Sedgwick to state that the at- tucks made upon him by an obscure city paper for alleged neglect of daty in failing to protect the interests of the people, when Mulligan pleaded guilty to assaulting Capt. Webb, were entirely un- warrantable. Charles Hawkins, a notorious thicf, was convicted of grand larceny, having stolen a quantity of jewelry from Mary La Cost, 64 Lau- vens street. The defence catied a number of wit- nesses, said to he bad characters, and the jury would not believe (hem. Hawkins was sent to the State prison for five years, having served two terms in that institution already. John Carney was charged with stabbing Cornelius Fridgen on the lth of August, and with the consent of the prose- cuting officer, pleaded guilty to assault and battery. He will be sentenced ou Saturday. | Counsel for Mr. Ray Tompkins and Mr. J. C. | Thompson, in the investigation now proceeding | before Judge Metcalfe, into the alleged charges of arson at Stapleton, Staten Island, closed their case | yesterday. Ex-Judge Dean and Mr. Anthon will | sum up for the defendants on Thursday next. | At eleven o'clock yesterday a large namber of speculators and others assembled at the City Hall. It was expected that the furniture of the Gov- ernor’s room and all the other moveable property of the Corporation would be soid at auction by the Sheriff at that hour, according to announcement, to liquidate the debt of $200,000 which the Sa- preme Court has affirmed the city owes to Mr. Lowber. No sale took place, however, Mr. Low- ber agrecing to have it postponed till Friday next, in order to afford the Mayor and Corporation an opportunity of effecting some more favorable ar- rangement with him in the meantime. By the arrival of the steamship Cahawha we have news from Havana dated on the 29th ultimo. The city was very healthy. Sugars were quiet in the market, but holders firm. One hundred and twenty thousand boxes remained on hand. Freights continued very dull. Exchange on New York was at four and a half to five per cent premium. Our correspondents in Havana state that acting Consul Savage, of the United States, did not pocket any portion of the one thousand dollars awarded to him for his information to the Exeou- tive in the case of the American slave brig Per- kins, but that he had donated it in charity, and for w aud other incidental expenses of the Spaniards the Nine hundred negroes had beon nded near Cardenas from the American bark Haidee, which vessel is insured in Paris. Captain Wright had left for New York to order the build- ing of steam vessels for his new line between this | city and Havaue, which hes been finally approved of by the Captain General. | Late accounts from Mexico state taat the liberal ists were forming an army at Vera Cras. General Vidaurri was at Potosi om the 13th ult. Miramon had declined fighting. | The Sante Fe mail arrived at Independence, Mo., ou the 2d instant, with dates to the 13th ult. from New Mexico. There was considerable politi | cal excitement in Santa Fe. The Apaches were still troublesome, and had stolen some government property. Mr. Craig, @ government contractor, is supposed to have been murdered by Indians, The British brig Bsperanga, from Vera Cruz, bound to Liverpool, with @ cargo of mahogany, was picked up in the gulf by the steamer Orizaba and towed into Apalachicola. The captain had died, end all the erew were ill of fever. Another account states that none bat two men and a hoy were living on the 28th ult., when the Orizaba fell in with her. Coroner Hills held two inquests yesterday at the New York Hospital. One was on the body of a Prussian suicide named William Stoy, who came to his death by swallowing a dose of arsenic The other inquest was on the body of William Hovey who died from injuries received by the premature discharge of a cannon on board one of the Galway steamers. An inquest was also held at the Alms house on the body of a pauper named Robt. Park who died of phthisic. Coroner Perry held an in qnest at 142 Charles street, on the body of Mrs Mary Ann Cisco, a native of New Jersey, who die! from the effects of accidental burns received on the 4th uit. Jobn FP. Housewright and John Hackett, of 55 Broadway, were arrested yesterday and held to bail, on a charge of winning $830 at faro, from a drover named Benjamin F. Hibler, residing at Paris, Kentucky. A fire occurred at 198 Second street yesterday morning, occupied asa clothing store by Simon Bacharach. Damage to stock and premises about eighty dolinrs. Another fire occurred ina frame two story dwelling in 122d street, near Third ave nue. Loss $1,500. The bottle establishment 127 Fast Eleventh street, took fire Yesterday morning and was entirely destroyed. Loss on stock $10,000, on build 7 Sut i | | | { » good part of which was in transit. ‘Tho market closed { efforts have boen quite steady, Should the presout favorable woathor con- tinue toa late period in the season at the South, it cannot tailto inspire more confidence in larger estimates of the growing crops; yet prospects may be varied al alinost any moment. ‘The oceurrence of an extensive equinoctial earnestly seconded by Governor Brown, the Postmaster General, and the result will be that before the present year will have ex- | pired, traders, travellers and emigrants will be | able to go to cur Pacific States without expend- storm, which has mot yet been felt on lang, followed by | ing a sum that is a fortune to a poor or young the adveut of killing frost, would materially lessen the ul- mate yield. The crop, al best, is Inte, and this is a most cal season of tho year, Mat lot the crop reach 3,390- 600 bales, or even 8,400,000, to which somo parties aro Gisposed to raise their estimates, vet, with cheap bread, cheap money, and peace in Karope, and especial- iy in England, it will all be wanted, and at re munerative prices to the producers. Tho roccipts at the ports since the Ist of September exceed those for the same period Iast year by about 86,378 bales. The exports to Great Britain aro about 12,429 bales, and those to France 10,735 bales, making a total of 24,428 Dales in excess of those for the same period last year. The flour market was depressed, aad with mode- rate sales; prices closed at 5c. a 0c. docline, and somo grades of inferior were quoted at Ibe. lower. Wheat was 2c. to Se. lower, and in some cases of inforior grades even a larger concession was claimed, Corn was rather easier, ‘but more active. Pork was heavy, with sales of moas at $16 85 a $16 90 for old, and at $17 for new; prime at $14 804 $14.90. Sugars were firm, and closed at about one-cighth cont per pound better, with sales of about 900 2 1,000 bhds. and 500 boxes Cuba at rates given in another culumn. Cofive was quict, but steady. Froights were offering to a fair amount for Liverpoo}, while on- gagements were moderate and rates somewhat irregular, though in the mai rd Moutes to our Pacific Empire=The Dawn of a New State ot A good deal of activity is being displayed in opening new and re-opening old routes to Cali- fornia and the Pacific shore, which promises at no distant day to be productive of fruitful re- sults, The Tehuantepec company is earnestly at work sending down coaches and a river steamer from here, and cattle and materials from New Orleans to Minatitlan, and confidently expect to carry a mail through on the first of November. The steamship Quaker City, Captain Shufeldt, will leave here for New Orleans on the 9th, and that port on the 27th instant for Minatitlan, from whence the mail will be carried across to Ventosa, a distance of about 150 miles, in Concord stages, and there it will connect with the Pacific mail steamers for San Francisco. By this arrange- ment the company anticipate being able to run the mail through from New Orleans to California in fifteen days, arriving on the same steamer with the Panama mail, but with one weck’s later news. The return trip will be made in the same way, leaving San Francisco at the same time, with the Panama mail, and reaching New Orleans by way of Tehuantepec one weck sooner than the mails that goto Panama. We understand that the Tehuantepec Company intends to make liberal arrangements for the conveyance of pas- sengers and treasure, and are confident that they can keep the route permanently open, and up to time from the start. While these preparations haye been going on for opening the Tehuantepec route, similar labors have been actively prosecuted for opening the Nicaragua route under the auspices of Col. Joe White and the White-Stebbins grant. This com- pany bas despatched the steamship Hermann round Cape Horn for the purpose of performing the sea service on the Pacific, and have sent out {wo river steamers to San Juan del Norte for the river and lake portion of the line. There is some difficulty as regards the validity of the grant by Nicaragua, that government maintaining that it has lapsed, and no announcement of the time of opening this line has yet been made. The com- pany no doubt awaits the intelligence of the arrival of the Hermans at San Juan del Sur, and of the Cass-Yrisarri aud her companion river steamer at San Juan del Norte, before com- mitting itself to the public. The arrunge- ments for this line have been made without much publicity, the first announcement of the proceedings being the report given in the Henan a few weeks since, of the sailing of aome of the steamers. We hope there will be none of | the mismanagement in this matter that bas marked the past history of the Nicaragua route. Coincident with these sea and isthmus routes is the opening of the wagon road overland route, of which we gave a full description in the Hu- of the 26th ultimo. Thix enterprise has undertaken by contract with the Post Of fice Department by a company styled the Over- land Mail Company. The route runs from St. Louis to Fort Smith, on the western border of Arkansas; thence to Franklin on the western border of Texas, near El Paso: thence through Arizona to Fort Yuma on the Colorado, near the head of the Gulf of California, and from there by land to San Francisco. The distance tra- versed by this line is 2,651, milos, of which 664 are from Fort Yuma to San Irancisco, and the schedule time is twenty-five days, This line, besides taking the mails from our Western States to California, will open facilities for regular cor- rexpondence with large tracts of territory which have hitherto had few and uncertain means of commanication, and are comparatively un- known fo the great mass of the peo- ple. The popular idea ix that it is a vast sandy waste, bounded on the west hy almost im- penetrable mountain ranges: but there are large | tracts well adapted to the support of man, and at no very distant day they will become favorite resorts for emigrants and the universal Yankee land speculator, Frém present appearances, therefore, we shall soon have four routes to California permanently opened to correspondence and travel. We pre- sent them here in @ tabular form, with their re- spective distances and time of transit to San Francisco from New York:— Miler . Overland route 25115 -~ Tebuante 4 6.808 2 Do. from New Orleans 2,704 wu Nicaragua Mises 400 2 Vanaina. + 4,008 2 The opening of these routes cannot but have a most beneficial effect upon the interests and growth of our Pacific empire; for the greatest impediment to its progress and prosperity has been the high prices of passage by the only line that has kept up an uninterrupted communica- tion between New York and San Francisco, How great bas been this impediment may be imagined from the fact that the company possessing it can afford to pay a yearly bonus of. $672,000 to other parties during the closing of arival route. Such a tax, with iis concomml- tant profit, upon the young and rising prosperity of an infant State is onerous in the extreme. Its removal by the opening of competing routes, and the consequent reduction of fares and increase of facilities, must have a beneficial effect upon trade both on the Atlantic and the Pacific shores, To the firm and consistent policy of Mr. Bu- chanan are these resulis mainly duc. In the face of the strongest opposition from rival route seekers and holders, in spite of a thousand groundless accusation of undue preference and partiality, and with an abiding confidence in the future for his defence from all the rge: | man just starting in the world. European Crowns and Democratic Sccurt- ties—A Mint to Queon Victoria. The crowned heads and coronets of Europe are doing an active business in the way of in- vestments in this country; and all alike, from the mouerch whose throne has stood unscathed for a thousand years, to him who is the heir of his uncle of yesterday, are placing large sums in on freedom’s side of the Atlantic. Whe- ther this arises from a greater confidence in the stability of free institutions, or because a better interest is obtained here, where everybody tries toemploy to advantage more capital than he possesses, or whether it is the simple act of a wise foresight, matters little, and we do not care to inquire. Suffice it that the fact is so, Kings and princes are sending largesums here; aud this fact may have no small share in producing the plethora of money secking employment, now to be observed among us. One of the leading operators in this way is Christina, dowager Queen of Spain. She is one of the richest individuals in Europe, and proba- bly the greatest business women in the world. Her operations are not confined to any one country or any single class of securities, She dabbles in everything: Driven from Spain, she has her fist in every spe- culative project in the Peninsula. She has con- tracted with the Pope to build the railways of the Papal States. Her investments in the French railways have been large; she has bought Malmaison, the former residence of Josephine, and now owns the Courrier de Paris newspaper. She has been one of the most successful opera- tors in the Cuban slave trade, and has innumera- ble projects in Cuba—among which are the Ha- yana gas works, several fine sugar estates, and many tracts of fine lands. At one time, when she was paramount in Spain, it is said she offered to lend her influence to the sale of Cuba to us, provided we would give her the land the walls of Havana stand on. She has two or three agents in this country—one being in Philadel- phia, one in New Orleans, and another with- out a fixed location. Each of these is supposed to control investments to the amount of one or two millions of dollars, scattered in real estate, railway securities and State stocks. Louis Philippe was well known to have large possessions in this country, and the last visit of the Prince de Joinville was principally to look after them, and to see if they promised well in the future. The heirs of the house of Or- Jeans have retained these, and are continually adding to them. Louis Napoleon has followed the example of Louis Philippe, and has several active and shrewd agents in this country look- ing out for good investments, in which the savings of the Parisian improvements and the pickings of the empire may be made at once safe and to pay a good rate of interest. There is no doubt that he has sent here from three to five millions of dollars in this way, and that he looks upon them as being much safer than the sceptre he plays with. But the greatest operators in safe invest- ments here are the petty princes of Germany. The German houses through whom they operate have become a marked feature in our money market, and they control some of the most pro- minent of our railroad securities. It is estimated that the sums invested in this way among us hy the dukes, counts, barons and timid capitalists | of Germany amount to fully fifty millions of dol- jars. One of the most curious features in this ' system is the fact that European capitalists | control some of our leading railroads, and these railroads control the political affairs of several of our most prosperous States. In this way the Duke of Baden-Baden has more influence in | New York politics than he has in those of Ger- many, and a bigger share in the per centages of the Albany cliques than ia the gambling banks of his own duchy. Now, in view of this prosperous state of things, , and of the fact that Queen Victoria will neither | come over to see us, nor lend a baby to open the | Canadian exhibition, we suggest to her whether | it would not be well to invest a few millions in | democratic securities. Crowns are slippery | things, and she has a large family to provide for. | Suppose, then, she puts in for some safe American | investments. Every one of her English lords has his pocket full of them, and finds them to be, | after all, the safest and best paying investments. | We would advice ber to buy out one of the lead- | ing New York railroads, and send her proxy to sit with Corning and our other railroad men in high conclave upon New York politics. They now rule the State, and some of her kingly cousins are already represented there. Coxprrion or THe Fivance Derartunst— Starement or Hower Fraxxtty.—We publish | in another column a letter from Homer Franklin in reply to a communication from some of the leading tax payers in the city, relative to his labors in connection with the Joint Committee of Accounts. It is a very clear and satisfactory exposition of the mode in which the affairs of the Finance Department are conducted, with which | no man is better acquainted than Mr. Franklin, | to whose efficiency and ability the public are in- debted for the exposure of many frauds in the city government; .as well as the suggestion of many remedies for the disgraceful condition now existing in the public affairs of this city. In the communication referred to, Mr. Franklin shows that over thirty-eight millions of dollars | have been placed in the hands of collectors of assesements, for collection, during the last five years, and not one of their accounts was ever andited-or adjusted until he undertook to do it— | with what result we have already been made ac- quainted through the medium of his reports, pub- lished in the Henai.o from time to time, The most deplorable confusion, and worse than confu- sion, exists in all the public departments, e«pe- cially in the Comptroller's office, where all the fraud and plunder have been tacitly sanctioned hy the incapacity of the present incumbent. Mr. Franklin proposes a remedy, which will at once strike any sensible man as the only available one—namely ; the auditing of every account in the Finance Department, which has never been done, by « competent and faithful accountant, Mr. Franklin sa, Under such a method of auditing and bookkeeping as 1 have matured, not only would the liability to losses by negligence and fraud be greatly lessened, if not entirely removed, but @ balance sheet from the (principa’ ledger would be a self-explanatory report, showing the expenditures in every department of the city govern. ment. under proper captions, the amount of collected reve- nucs from every source, the amounts uncollected, and who are held responsible, the state of all accounts, for which appropriations havo beea authorized, the true ‘cost to expect from the chief officer of the Finaace Department of the city of New York. By the present system of irresponsible depart- ments, with no one to check them, there is fo limit to the fraud which may be committed; and to meet this difficulty Mr. F. proposes that the collection of assessments should be placed in the hands of one responsible officer, and that the money should find its way into the Treasury directly through him, and through no other chan- nel, Mr. Franklin has been now engaged for eighteen months on the work of unravelling the dark mysteries of the Finance Department, and endeavoring to get the accounts into such a shape that stealing will be henceforth impossible. For this arduous task he deserves the gratitude of the public; and if he be properly sustained, we may hope to see some amelioration of the condition of the city government. Meantime we commond his letter to the attention of our readers. It will be found to possess for every taxpayer a mournful interest and some instruction. Geknrr Surru Srmxziva up TH¥ Brack Re- PUBLICANS-—From the dreadful complaints of the Hon. Massa Greeley, it is pretty evident that Gerrit Smith—the candidate of the “temperance and freedom” party, pure and simple, for Gover- nor—is doing considerable damage in the black republican camp. Greeley calls the attention of Mr. Smith.to the fact that 15,000 opposition votes in this State, in 1844, thrown away upon Birney, elected Mr. Polk President, and argues that Mr. Smith is now laboring, on a smaller scale, to bring about a similar result. No doubt this is exactly what he is after, in order to rebuke the Seward party of this State for their humbugging and shuffling course upon the great issues of “ temperance and freedom.” As it is possible, too, that Mr. Smith may carry off not fifieen thousand but fifty thousand votes in November, he will be very apt to finish up this other Morgan. Rescuk or Twenty-two Mort oF tHE Avs- Ria’s PasseNGERS.—Our readers will be glad to learn that « vessel has arrived at Quebec with twenty-two more of the passengers of the ill- fated Austria. These are the persons brought off from the wreck by the boatg of the Norwegian ves- sel, the Catarina, The addition oftheir number to the list of rescued passengers already enumerated makes the total number of persons known to be saved eighty-nine, There are still hopes that we shall have some further names to add to this list. The escapes at sea of shipwrecked persons are often as miraculous as they are various, and it may be that others of whom we have not heard have been picked up by passing vessels, The probabilities, we must own, are not very encou- raging; but whilst there is uncertainty there is hope, and those bereaved are justified in clinging to it, THE LATEST NEWS. ‘The Atlantic Telegraph. The following despatch came to hand on Monday fore noon :— ‘Trusty Bar, Oct. 4, 1858. Pwree Cooper, New York :— Nothing was done with Valentia yesterday. Some very good currents were received from Valentia, but no intolli- gible signals. ©. Y. DE SAUTY. ‘The following was received Monday aftornoon:— Taury Bay, Oct. 4, 1868. Perse Coorzn, New York: — Thore has becn no change whatever since my last, I am trying this morning a now system of working, and will telegraph again to-day as to its results. Cc. V. DE SACTY. Non-Arrival of the Nova Scotian, Raven pu Loore, C. E., Oct. 4—11 P.M. There are no signs of the steamship Nova Scotian, now with Liverpool dates of the 22d ult., four days Our Special Washi: Despatch, OUR RELATIONS WITH NICAMAGUA—THE PARAGUAY KAPEDITION, ETC. Wasmmvarow, Oct, 4, 1858, Senor Jerez, Minister from Nicaragua, had an interview again to-eay with the Secretary of State. He has dira vowed, in the fullest manner, the intention of his govern- ‘Ment to insult or give offence to the United States in the Belly negotiations, or In language used with reapect to the government or people of this republic. In fact, the firm- ness of the adminstration and the tone of the despatch of our veteran and able Secretary of State to General Lamar have opened the eyes of the Nicaraguans. The Martines government bas completely backed down, and will pro- bably bebave better in future. Should this be the case our government can afford, upon proof of sincerity, to be lenient, and to receive Senor Jerez as an accredited Minister The despatch of General Cass to Lamar, important por tions of which were published in the Herman, bas boon spoken of bya statesman of most cminent position in oar country as one of the ablest papers over sont from the State Department General Herran, New Granadian Minister, and Senor Pombo, Secretary of Legation, arrived here to-night from New York. General Herran left Washington a few days ago, having, as it was ufderstood, arranged his affairs to be absent some time. It is thought bis presence is required by the State Depaftment. There is evidently a shaking of the dry bones just now It said that Commodore Shubrick, in command of the Paraguay expedition, bas an understanding with the Navy Department to retarn in some months to be at the head of Light House Board. Tt te thought that Lieut. Maffit, being disappointed in not ging to Paraguay in command of the Dolphin, in conse. quence of the trial of the captain of the capiured siaver, and for bis couduct in making that capture, will be sout to St. Domingo to look after affairs there. It is the opinion of many naval men hore that it is not safe to send the Paraguay expedition without «larger ma rine or land force than is ordered. THE GENERAL NEWSPAPER DRePATCH. Wasirxoroy, Oct. 4, 1858, ‘The Indian Bureau to-day received a letter from Doctor Forney, confirmatory of the report of the Indians robbing the mail three hondred and fifty miles from Salt Lake city. He says that no attempt mare to kill the con ductor, drivers or guard, that the Indians on the Humboldt have been committing depredations for ten years pact, and that this was the first outbreak of the present season. Gea. Johnston, at the request of Governor Cumming, had sont a military force of one hundred and Gfty men for the protection of ihe mails and travellers, ‘The steamers Fulton and Harriet Lane will leave Nor folk to morrow on the Paraguay expedition Secretary Thom has gone to Philadelphia on busi eas, and will remain several days. Congressional Nomination—Fires, Bowron, Oct, 4, 1958, The American Convention in the Fourth district nomi nated N. A. Thompson for Congress this evening. It was somewhat expected that this Convention would ratify the nomination of Mr. Coming by the republicaus, but the Americans will pot coalesce, A fire broke out in South Boston this « ing the large two story building, 200 by James D. Rossel manufacturers, Loss buildings were algo inju A fire on Bunker Hill street, Charlestown, yesterday afternoon, destroyed four dwellings, a stable and a paint shop. Loss $10,000, of which only $200 is insured. Election in Halifax. Haran, N, 8., Oot. 4, 1868 » destroy a Henry Pryor has been re-elected Mayor of this city, Withont oppoerition Bridgeport City Blectiom. Temmowtoer, Coan, Oct. 4, 1858 At the city election to. ay the entir was clocted.” Sins U. Booth, republican, for Maye thirty-one majority over P. C. Calhoun, democrat Police Court bill was defeated by a voto of nearly four to one, Ne Church in Newark. cn N J, Det. 4, 1868, The corner stone of the new edi or the first Raptist congregation in Academy street, near Broad, wae iad ths afternocn in the presence of a large congregation Paper Mill Burned. . By the datos of tho 26th ult. The yellow fever was ri Matamoras and Brownsvillo, = * General Vidaurri was near San Luis Potosi on the 13th. Miramon had declined + The Liboralists were forming an army at Vera » en From New Mexico. Sr. Lov, Oct. 4, 1868, A despatch from Independence says the Santa Fe mait arrived on the %1 with dates of the 13th ult. Mr. the hay contractor at Fort Massachusetts, is supposed to have been murdered by the Indians. There was couside- rabic political excitement at Santa Fo between the regular democratic nomination and what the Gazette calls the bob- tail democracy. The Apache Indians were stil! troub!e. some about Fort Buchanan. They had stolen a lot of fils supposed, Ube, cepeditica againat he Navajo Intinns 5 muy expediti inst the Navajo E! ipedition agai vay fj Railroad Accident. ‘The train from Philadelphia, this morning, was detained till six o'clock by running over & horse at Perryville. The from thotrack, and Potor MoGirk, a another, Garnar, severely sengers were injured. Accident on the Memphis and Charleston ‘ Rallroad. 3 ‘Tho cars on the Memphis and Cherncicn. taatent ran off the track near Huntsville on Saturday. Several per- sos Were wounded, but none fatally. ‘The Vellow Fever Pepe the South, RERSTON, Oct. 4, 1858. The Health Offices sixty-four deaths from fever during the week enditg Saturday’, inclusive. ‘Savanwan, Oct, 4, 1858. The interments yesterday humberod six, of which three were from yellow fever. ‘SAvANNs a ho» There were no deaths from fover today, 4 hacen Ni Oct. 4, 1858. Ww OnuKany, Oct. The deaths from fever yesterda; ak foot up 380. rr Y were 63, and for the A BRITISH VESSEL PICKED UP AT SEA, ew , Oct. 4, 1868. The steamship Orizaba, from Key West, found tho Brit- ish brig Esperanza drifting about in the ‘juif, the dead, and all the crew sick with fever, ant towod her into hicola, AvGuata, Ga., Sot. 4, 1858, ‘Tho Tallahassee Journal of.the 2d states, that ne 28th ult, the British brig Esperanza, from Vera Cruz for Liverpool, with mabogany, was off Bayport, Florida, in distress. "Two men and a sick boy were living, while tha* captain, mate, and balance of the crew had ded. Tho steamer Orizaba manned the Esperanza and seu her to Apalachicola. WRECK OF THE SLOOP QuINcY. Boston, Oot. 4, 1868. The body of «man, anda valise were found on Dennis Beach this morning, supposed to belong to a Quincy sloop, which was wreeked on Yarmouth bar Saturday, The valise contained papers belonging to Wm. Parker, of Rock port. Two persons were seen on board the vessel whea she struck. FISHING VESSEL STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. HAUPAX, N.S., Oct. 4, 1858. The fishing schooner Bloomer, of Gloucester, Maas., has arrived here. She was struck by lightning ‘on Friday, had foremast split, and sustained other damage. Ous man was killod. Death of a Methodist C1. 5 Newark, N. J., Oct. 4, 1868. Rey. John K. Shaw, Pastor of the Warren street Me- thodist Episcopal church im this city, and woll known to the Methodist Reapers Ay Lg State, died to-day, after an illuess of several weeks from bilious remittent fever. Markets. Cotton—Sales to-day 3,300 tae Nerrgroes Sy hy Saoen Locay iF Jo, at C48 unchanged prices. Flour firm at $5. Corn at 62%c. sid Cuanumston, Oct. 2, 1858. The sales of cotton to-day were 1,700 baies, the market closing with an advauciug tendency: the sales included 500 bales at 18 cents. Cuantesroy, Oct. 4, 1858. Cotton—Sales to-day 3,000 bales, at firm prices, Savanxatt, Uct. 4, 1858, Cotton is unchanged. 4 ‘ Crsenevatt, Oct. 46 P.M. Flour dull and unsettled, accurate notations, cannot be Pad Whiskey unchanged, with a demand at 16c. vvisions unchanged, Wheat duil poe ee a +6 P.M. Flour very dull. declined 2c.: sales at T2c. Corn quiet and declined 2c. Cats quiet. Shipments to Buifaio—46,000 busheis wheat, 45,000 bushels corn. Shi ments to Oswi 000 bushels wheat, Receipts—I J bbls. four, $0,000 bushels wheat, 38,000 bushels corn. Burrawo, Oct. 4—6 P. M. There has been only a moderate demand for flour to-day and the market bardiy so firm: salca, 1,800 bbls, at $5 for choice superfine Wisconsin and lllinola; $6 25 « $5 60 for good to choice brands extra Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Canada; $5 75.085 874; for double extras. Wheat in good supply aud only a moderate demand: ot for common aud medium grades 5c. lower: sales, 28,000 bush. at 950. for Milwaukie club; 9c. for No. 2 red winter {Ili ‘nois; $1 16 for white Canadian. Corn in large supply market dull and lowor: sales, 26,000 bush., at G0e. a 6lc. tor prime Litinois, No sales of barley rye or oats, and rates nominally as last quoted. Whiskey im fair demand: fales, 230 bbis., at Ze, Canal freights firm at 4c. on flour, Lie. on wheat, 10c. on corn to New York. Recv! for the last forty-eight hours by Inke—19,009 bbls. dour; 35,903 bush. wheat, 142,029 bush. corn. Shipments by 16 bbis. flour: 61,627 bush. wheat; 66,992) bush, corn, §,813 bush oats, 6,200 bush. barley. Oswndo, Ovt . Me Flour quiet. Wheat held above the views of buyers, and the inarket very dull: sales 17,000 bushels red West" ern at $1 12%. Nothing doing in’ corn, rye or barley. freights firmer and ee, advanced deny. Imports—2,800 Ubis. flour, fi ushels corn, 3, Me 500 bbls. ont Annivat oF GrxgRat Scort rom Was Porxt.—On Satur. day afternoon, the 24 instant, General Scott arrived in this city, from his summer sojourn at West Point, mnch improved in appearance, and, we are happy to stato, quite recovered from his recent accident, There was commotion in the crowd, as usual, that wore awaiting the arrival of the steamer, on its being known that the Gen eral was on board. Even the hackmen forgot to porso- cute their victims, iv their eagerness to get « sight of the General, whose acquaintance with the chances of a hun dred stricken felis scarcely availed him to withstand * “ the pressure’ on this occasion, Ho was, with mach diMeulty, finally enabled to reach his carriage and pro ceed homewards in safety. A serenade, intended to honor his return, which was under consideration by tho officers of the Scott Life Guard, has been for certain rea- sons postponed for the present. As upwards of a hundred performers had been engaged, this disappointment will doubtless be felt by many But it will probably take place at an early day, or night, on a scale hitherto. wnapproached, both in respect to numbers and professional excellence. ARRIVALS. vane, Cahn: ly, OM Gooper, J J Wrighl, Johm Pox, A From Ra, Island, in the bark Maraval—Mise Anita Bas- sante, Miss Harriet Spencer, both from Port Spain. From Rio Janeiro, in the bark Lamartine—Capt A Merwia, late of brig Hesperu , oondemned and sold. oan DEPARTURES. ©incte need ih Cneemttonens Time, J eotcks | James Sullivan, Jamies Dalton, Me Boston; Monsieur and Madame Jolie, ‘France: Don jounabrgh, Span; Mra Beard, two children and ser- Couusios At Ska.—The packet ship Liverpool, which arrived last evening, reports that on September 23, at 7:30 P. M., im tat, 44.90 long. 40:16, during a heavy fog, ran foul of the fishing schooner Arctic, of Provincetown, One man jumped on board the ship; twy others, named Frank Josephe and John Coben, in attempting to get on board fell overboard, Threw the life buoy to them, wore ship, and found the schooner, Senta boat to her and took the re. mainder of the crew off. The Captain (Dyer) reported his vessel sinking, and wished to abandon her, When tho weather cleared, found the schooner close alongside of us, , apparently in good condition, sent a boat on board again to ascertain the possibility of saving the vessel, and found four feet of water in her, The boat returned without seq. ing anything of the life buoy or the two men. ing lost flying jib boom, fore topmast, and sail boom. The schooner had no light set; if ste had it could have been seen in time to clear ber. From New Orleans M Roulet and servent, danizhter Mor Druin, Major Trem Brown lo—Dr WG Sayur, er; Milton Naval Intelligeoce, The following is a correct list: of officers of the United States steamer Harriet Lane:—John Faunce, Captain; Ar ther D. Stanford D. ©. Constable, J. Wall Wilson, Bashrot W. Troble, Liewtenants; Angelo Tonesi, Surgeon; Jameq R. Dryburgh, Chief Pngineer; Walter Scott, ant Engiueer: Agall er, First Assistant Engine Chas, G. Dale, Second Assistant Ruginoer; J.T. Web Second Assietant Engineer, Robert A Tlabersham Assistant Engineer; Edward Willard, Purser’s Cler charge; Vincent P. Travis, Captain's Clerk. Joseph b Gunner. George W -

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