The New York Herald Newspaper, November 13, 1858, Page 4

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By the arrival of the steamship Star of the West at this port yesterday from Aspinwall, we have news from our Pacific possessions, Central Ame: New Granada, the South Pacific and Australia. Fall particulars are given in today’s Hgnacp. The dates from San Francisco are to the 20th ult., five days later than those received by the overland mail. The news is interesting. The troublesome war with the Indians, which had been going on for some months past in Oregon, had finally terminated, and the savages had sued for peace. In California: however, the skirmishing still continued. The ex. citement about the Fraser river gold mines had nearly ceased. All the reports agree that there ix gold in that locality, but it seems it will not pay wages to the diggers. A majority of the miners had retarned to California, most of whom were in distressed circumstances. The Star of the West brings $1,664,664 in specie, which is about five hundred thousand dollars in advance of the sbijy ment of the corresponding dete last year. We have dates from Sydney, Australia, to the 27th August, fifteen days later than previous ac- counts, but they contain no general or commercial news. The ship Norway, of New York, Captain Major, the largest ship that ever arrived at Sydney, reached there on the 26th of August from Hong Kong, with 1,230 emigrants, all in good health, Laving had only three deaths on the passage. The politicians were actively at work last night. The Republican Convention for the nomination of Gity officers met, and agreed upon candidates for Comptrolier and Almshouse Governor. There are now two sets of candidates for these important sta- tions as followa:— Anti Tammany Republican. For Comptroller .. Jas. T. Soutter. Robt. T. Hawes. For Alushouse Governor James Lynch. C. V. Anderson. Thete were also several other conventions held, and reports of their proceedings are given under the proper head. By the arrival at this port yesterday of the British brig Elizabeth, Capt. Graham, from Tarks I we have the Hoyal Standard to October 2 furnishes particulars of the disasters to shipping in the Gulf during the recent hurricane. The details ere given in another column. The cargo of the brigantine River Belle, stranded at Grand Turk, consisting of flour, pork, corn, oats, bran and hay, was advertised to be sold October 25. The spars, sails, rigging, &e., would be sold on the 30th. The bull of the schooner Transit, stranded at the same place, would be sold on the 23d; also, the bull, ruila, rigging, &c., of the brig Mungo Park, on the veth. The quantity of salt shipped during the week ending 23d ult. had been comparatively emall, owing togthe boisterous weather which had prevailed, and which may be said to have com- pletely broken ap the salt season for this year. The stock on hand was about 500,000 bushels, Price fe. Be. James Rodgers, the murderer of Mr. Swanston, ruffered the extreme penalty of the law yesterday forenoon. The execution took place in the yard | of the City Prison, in the presence of about one | hundred persons. The culprit died happy, in the | belief that his sins had been forgiven him, and ap 4 perfectly resigned to his fate. A fall ae | mplet- 'y of Swanston’s murder and other interesting | will be found in another colon iwey's eparing exh grand compli count of the execution, together with a « hist Be per annum, to | ary benefit came off last evening in Hoym's theatre, Bowery. Two thousand five hundred tickets were taken at the doors. The crowd and enthosivem were Dattering to the Lengiciare. In addition to the presentation of the $5,000 stakes, he was presented with a handsome emerald, se around with sixteen diamonds, encased in gold, manufactured in this city at the cost of $500, By way of Key West we informed from reliable source that at the town of Palmillas, in Cubs, midway between Cardenas and Cicufic large wooden sheds, supposed to be for barracks have recently been erected, capable of containing 5,000 troops. It is a mowntainous site, remarkable for the salabrity of its air and purity of its water, On the 19th of October the Spanish war frigates Isa bella I. and Ferrolana jeft Cadiz for the port of Havana, and the Perla was to have followed soun after. The steamer Piles at the same time set ont for Havana from Carthagena. All of them carried out troops to reinforce the garrison of Cuba Other vemels of war are to follow as soon as they can be fitted out inthe arsenal of Caraca. The decision of Justice Welsh in the Mullearn ease, on application of the defendant's counsel to discharge the prisoner, wae given veeterday afte h¢ apptication being denied. The exanioa NEW YORK BERALD, SATURDAY tion will, therefore, be resumed, and witnesses for the defence called and eworn. We give to-day a full account of the ravages of the northeast storm which raged from the 20th to the 26th of October last, and which extended from the Bahamas to the banks of Newfoundland. It Was one of the severest on record. Several vessels were partially or totally wrecked, and hundreds were more or less disabled in the hurricane. ‘The sales of cotton yesterday embrace about 1,000 bales, closing at about 112¢. for middling uplands, in store, The market for lots to arrive and in transit was boovy, but without quotable change in prices. Flour was again firmer for common and medium grades, while « (os wore somewhat less active. There continued to bs a F astern and local demand. Wheat was in mo ‘erate request, while gales were limited to rates given in an- other column, Corn was less active and price Western mixed sold at 733s¢. a Te.; yellow do. ut Bde white Southern at 83c., and yellow do, at 83c. 860. Fork was less buoyant, while sales were (o a fair extent, pelud hg mers at $17 873g a $17 44, and prime at $13 75 « $14. Sugurs were steady, with sales of 459 a 590 hhds., and 450 boxes, at rates given in another column, Colfve Was quiet, and sales confined to small lots of Maracaibo, at rates given im another place. Freights to Liverpool were firm, while engagements were limited; cotton was tukeu at 34¢., and cheese at 22s. 6d.; dead weight was There was a good demand for vesselg to load at n ports with cotton for Europe sien; scare! Sou The Slavery Agitation—Senator Hammond's Great Speech—A Southern Reaction, The great speech of Senator Hammond, of South Carolina, which we published the other day, is creating a profound and wholesome im- pression in all sections and among all parties and classes of the American people. We trust that we do not over estimate the importance of this sound and statesmanlike production, in sig- nalizing it as the initial landmark of a new epoch in the slavery agitation, full of cheering promises in behalf of the peace and harmony of the Union. ‘The man, the time and the place, thus identi- fied with this new movement, could not have been better selected. Mr. Hammond is neither sectional Presidential demagogue nor a time- serving party manager or party toel. He Is a courageous and independent man. Profiting from the ripe results of long experieuce, ob- servation and careful study of the great question at issue, in all its bearings, he frankly abandons the radical heresies of nullification and secession, and pleads, with the irresistible force of com- mon sense, the safety and prosperity of the South within the Union. He admits that slavery may go no farther within the present limits of the Union; that to the South, Mexico, Central America, and even Cuba, are forbidden fruit; but that still the policy and the safety of the South are within the present confederacy with the North. Aud why? Because of the moral and political victories which the South has achieved against the abolition agitators of the North, and of England and France, during the last twenty- five years; and because the people of the South are now, and henceforth wil! be, united in de- fence of their domestic institutions, while the people of the North are not and cannot be com- bined against them Upon this last point, in regard to the next Pre- sidency, the whole case, as between the North and the South, upon the subject of slavery, hinges. It is all-important, therefore, to ascer- tain whether Mr. Hammond is correct or at fault in this position. We believe that he isright. In the campaign of 1856, upon an anti-slavery issue within the limits of the constitution, the North- ern States were divided, and the Southern States, with one solitary exception, presented a solid front in defence of their paramount insti- tution. Since that day this union of the South- ern States has been strengthened, until there hardly remains @ serious opposition to the de- mocratic party in any Southern State. Unques tionably, against Northern movement, resting upon anything like Senator Seward’s Rochester abolition platform, there will be an absolute pro-slavery union of the South in 1860, against the divided suffrages of the North, involving that Northern balance of power which will give the South the victory, as 1856. ” ahs historical facts and the unanswerable de- ductions with which Mr. Hammond has strength- ened himself upon this point, make the case so clear that we need not hesitate to declare that the only alternative to the opposition forces in 1860, will be @ combination euspending the Northern crusade against slavery, ora division which will insure their defeat. In this view there is something peculiarly remarkable and appropriate in the fact, that simultaneously with the new abolition pronunciamiento of Senator Seward from the heart of New York, there should come up from the heart of South Caro- lina a proclamation of peace and concord which at once extinguishes the reckless and revolu- tionary plot of our scheming sectional agitator, and simplifies the issues of the next Presidential contest to practical things, or the overwhelming defeat of the black republicaa party. Thus, in a single effort in the Union and the constitution, tended for buncombe, nor political capital, nor popularity, nor notoriety, but simply designed to fill the requirements of a familiar epeech from the Senator in Congress to his con- stituents, Mr. Hammond has placed himself fore- most in the front rank of American statesmen. Compared with such shuffling and pettifogging politicians and demagogues as Donglas, Wise, Hunter, Toombs and Stephens, this new cham- pion of constitutional rights and public opinion stands like a giant among the pigmics. Con- trasted with such unscrupulous sectional disor- canizers as Seward, he stands as the advocate of and order before the baffied traitor and In- condiary. In all candor, we think it may be said that in this modest and unpretending, but patriotic and powerful, «peceh of Senator Hammond, he has given ue a general argument for the Union which will favorably compare with the best offorts of Clay or Webster. We believe, too, that if Calboun were alive at the present day he would, from the new order of things which has risen from the slavery agitation of 1850, take pre- cisely the «ame general view of the embject as that of his distinguished «accessor in the Senate. No political speech since that of Webster of the 7th arch, 1850, in behalf of the compromise policy behalf of not in- | foreshadowed by Henry Clay, has produced a wider or better impression upon the public mind; and in Senater Hammond, this unassuming but eminent statesman of South Carolina, we think we have ning whose availability or capabilities for the Presidency, as a Southern Union candidate, there can be no dispute. In any event, believing that his late Poh. and the poliey af the Sonth therein laid down, have neutralized, and will completely sapertede the Rochest ition manifesto of Seward. aud his scetional Presidential programme, we shall await with confidence in something superior to the slavery agitation in the recon- ton of p for 18600 +n renewed Tur New Gruss VoMmssionen.—Yesterday Capt. G. W. Smith was sworn into office as Street Commissioner, in place of Mr. Edward Cooper, who resigned that post. Capt. Smith was a cadet it West Point, where be graduated with honor, d entered the corps of engineers of the army. Ite served with distinction during all the Mexi- can war, and after the return of our forces was ordered to West Point, where for five years he remained as Professor of Engineering. This post he resigned for the purpose of uniting with Gen. Quitman in the projected revolution in Cuba ia 1854, and he held a high place in the esteem of that leader. After the breaking up of the or- ganization for liberating Cuba, Capt. Smith's rervices were again employed by the govern- ment, and he was sent to New Orleans to super- intend the construction of the new Marine Hospital. While engaged in this duty he solved the problem of making firm foundations for edi- fices in that city, and demonstrated that large works could be constructed there as firmly as in any other part of the country. Had this fact been known a few years earlier to the govern- ment, it would have saved millions in the con- struction of public and private buildings. He soon after resigned again his public employ- ment, and came to this city, some three years since, to engage in private business. Here he was elected a director for the Illinois Centra) Railroad, in order that that work might have the advantage of his practical skill; and he subsequently accepted the post of Deputy Street Commissioner under Mr. Cooper, for the purpose of endeavoring to organize and bring into order that great sink of official corruption and iniquity—the Street Commissioner's De- partment, ® It is to be hoped that Captain Smith wi bring to that work a military spirit and disci- pline that will foree every member of the New York army of clerks, contractors and spoilsmen that hang upon the Street Commissioner to toe the mark of strict accountability and honesty. During the short time that he has acted as Deputy, we are informed that he has introduced a strict system of accounts and detailed record into the office, which will enable any one who comes after him to carry on the work with some facility. What we now want is the election of a firm, systematic and honest Comptroller at the next charter clection, and then we may enter- tain the hope that a beginning will be made in cleaning the Augean stable of New York muni- cipal corruption. Will the New York taxpayers look to this? We may as well correct here a popular error that prevails in our community. The Street Commissioner has nothing to do with paving or cleansing the streets of the city. The first of these is under the direction of the Croton Board, and the latter is in the hands of the City Inspector. But the departments of the Street Commissioner and the City Comptroller have the reins in disbursing the public revenue, and there is where we want reform. Tak Ixvicrments AGaist ras City Ovrt- curs.—There is very little doubt that the indict- ments aguinst the corporate ex-officials connected with the Street Department and Bureau of As- sessments will have to be quashed by the City Judge to-day upon some grounds of informality or irregularity. The indictments against the Corporatien of 1857 will unquestionably share the same fate in the Court of Oyer and Terminer. The fact is that these instruments are always drawn up in such a bungling fashion that no con- scientious magistrate can hold parties to trial upon them. Indictments against officials, as a general rule, are got up by Grand Juries and District Attorneys in moments of great excite ment—often without any intention of following them up—and the result is that they will not stand the test of an acute legal mind. Such, as we have said, is the case with the indictments re- cently found against the ex-Street Commissioner and others. It is extremely difficult to convict public officers of fraud, though their guilt may be patent to the community, because they ma- nage things so well; and there is so much com- plicity between the whole band that the proofs of their dereliction cannot usually be attained. We fear that there is but little hope of reach- ing the heart of our municipal corruption by means of criminal indictments; the only way to effect a radical cure is for the taxpayers to turn all the rogues out of office, and keep them out for the future. There appears to be come hesita- tion on the part of the Taxpayers’ Association about making nominations for the offices to be filled at the Charter election, the object being to select proper men from the tickets of the diffe- rent political parties. This course is open toone objection, and that is, that although the ecandi- dates themselves may be very honest and effi- cient, yet they will go into office trammelled and controlled by the parties which nominate them, Perhaps it would be better, in this view, for the taxpayers to make their nominations boldly, and throw themselves upon the comma- nity, trusting to its good sense to support them in their commendable endeavor to purify the city government and keep down taxation. Tie Exrevrios or THe Bor Rope The wretched criminal, young Rodgers, who murd ed Mr. Swanston, a quiet citizen, in the strc October, 1557, expiated his offence with his life yesterday, in the yard of the city prison. La- mentable as ench a fate may be for one so young, the exigencies of the time and circumstances im- peratively demanded the sacrifice. Of all classes of wickedly disposed persons in this wicked eity that one to which this unfortunate belonged is perhaps the most dangerons, and stands most in need of a striking example. Older criminals shed blood for some definite aim and purpose—either for plunder or for vengeance; and they may some- times be restrained from carrying their in- tent by a calenlation of the conseqnonces, But the class to which Rodgers belonged take human life with no motive eave a thirst for blood—a desperate recklessness of the valne of life or the dignity of law; and they are rarely, if ever, de- terred from the commission of crimes of this magnitude by any fears of the penalty which at- taches tthe deed. Thue it is that no man is se- cure while bands of young and reckless criminals roam the eity, heeding neither law nor decency, but ready to strike down, without warning or without provocation, any unoffending citizen they may meet. The looseness with which criminal law has been heretofore administcred in our city. together with the indiscriminate abuse of executive cle- mency, has given boldness and confid-nce to the felon; but if the ruffians and astassins, of all srades of society, were satisfied that their crimes would be followed by certain and speedy punish- ment, there would be less bloodshed to lament, and lees judicial turpitude to blush for. Who doubts this? And yet the only criminal judge we have ever had—Jodge Russell—who un- derstands criminal jurisprudence, and adminis- ' tere the law with firmness and impartiality ’ whose rulings and decisions have always been sustained in the higher courts, ia villifie! ad | tou ¢ abused in certain quarters upon all occas!ons. It is worthy of note, that while Mrs, Cunning- ham, and Carnell, the Dey street murderer, and John B. Holmes, who killed policeman Gourley, and Baker, who shot Poole, escaped the extreme penalty of the law, through some irregularity of forms, or the negligence of the Court, and while Cancemi, (now about to be tried a rourth time,) will assuredly come out clear at last, the boy Rodgers, and.the negro Dorsay, both tried by Judge Russell, have been executed, and that, too, though strenuous exertions were made, by appeals to a higher court and to the Executive, to procure another trial or a remission of punish- ment. It is such magistrates who reduce the calendar of crime, and strike terror to the hearts of criminals. asx Exectiox.—Mr. Haskin has been de- clared re-elected to Congress. His majority, however, which is very small, will, we appre- hend, entirely disappear when put to the test of a committee of the House of Representatives, Let the case be carried up and proved. THE LATEST NEWS. Our Speetal Washington Despatch. RUMORS CONCKRNING THE NEW YORK COLLECTOR- SHIP—NEW GOVERNOR FORK KANSAS—-THK NATION- AL FINANCES, ETC. Wastaneroy, Noy. 12, 1858. There are rumors about Collector Schell being removed, and that Judge Parker had been tendered the Collector ship. As far as can be ascertained there is no foundation for such report. The Cabinet to-day was chiefly occupied in discuss- ing the points of the President’s message to Congress. ‘Tho decision on the question presented by the Collector of the port of Mobile, regarding the granting of a clear- ance toa Nicaragua emigrant vessel, will probably turn on the truth or falsity of the report that the passengers have obtained passports from Yrisarri. Should the men going to Nicaragua have passporte from the Minister here from that country, it is considered ques tiopable if this or any other goverament ought to inter- fere. ‘The newspapers say Gov. Medaty, of Ohio, is appointed Governor of Kausas, He came to Washington lust night, and it is understood he can haye that office, but has not yet decided to accept. ‘The Navy Department is informed from PMogland that the theory of iron sided ships resisting the fire of ordinary meu-of-war or shore batteries has signally failed, as proved on trial by the British naval authorities. Second Assistant Engineer Cushman has been transfer red from the Susquehanna to the chartered steamer West- ernport, of the Paraguay expedition. ' The following is the Treasury statomeut to the 10th inst. — Receipts, 570,221 Drafts paid. 925 487 Drafts issued, 1,126,736 Reduction... 556,515 Mr. Remak, of Philadelphia, is appoiuted Consul to Tricate News from the Kansas Gold Fields, LaaveworTe, Noy. 9, 1858 Favorable accounts continue to arrive from the gold re- gions. Seven men of the Georgia Company took out tive hundred dollars in five days. Upwards of six hundred wagons bound to the mines were met last week between Fort Kearney and the crossing of the Platte, Arrivals from Viah report six inches of snow on the Sweetwater, and ice an inch thy were erected in the tween this point peaceable lve hundred Indian lodges Om the military road, be- and Fort Iaramie, the Indians’ aro News from New Mexte Sr. La Noy. 12, Fe mail, with dates of the 18th ult les Ten of them were killed ed, while eighty-tive horses and sixt ‘Two of the Colonel's men, William Nu gent and Maurice Paulman, wore afterwards found to be missing, and it Was soppowed they were killed. Sergeant Jobn Peon Was Wounded. Kit Carson bad passed through Sunta Fe with » band of Utah Indians. The latter were on their way to fight the Navajos, with whom they were at war. A letter to Lieutenant Wilkins, dated September 22, says that the Mohave Indians had attacked an train while crossing the Colorado, killing three women and four children, and wounding sixtoon others. ‘The remainder of the emigrants then retreated, and scut to Albuquerque for supplies, which wore furnished w them by Major Backus ‘The ma‘) for Stockton, California, had left ludependence. Lynch Law in Kentucky. Lovrevinum, Nov. 12, 1868. A mob of desperate men from Campbeliville broke into the jail at Greensburg, Ky., on the 10th inst., and seized and bung two prisoners named Thomproa and Despau. ‘These men belonged to the party who murdered Henry Simpson some eighteen months ago, Another one of the murderers, Elias committed suicide in prison to the ction of the lynchers. A fourth prisoner, Hi , confessed the murder of Simpson, and implicated ix others in the affair, The mob are after these latter. Heavy Robbery at Fort Wayne. ‘To1no, Ohio, Nov. 12, 1968. ‘The Wabash and Western Railroad safe at Fort boos bg was ‘With false keys lant night, and mogong. ’ $5,000 of the amount was in new lills on the Frontier Babk of Miincis, and the balance was on other banks in Tiiinois and Wisconsin. There is no clue to the robbers yet. 4 several woun five hundred sheep Frost and Ice in Charteston. Cisneros, Nov, 11, 1855. ‘There was fro*t and ive here yesterday. Strangers and others may now come with safety. ‘The Pacific for Galway. Sr. Joune, N 28 IM. The eeemabip Pecife, for Galway, has not yet made her appearance , but is hourly expected. Doepatches left ». 21 Wall street, New York, 80 as to orrow (Raturday) evening will be duly She does not sail until Suntay reac y forwarded by her The Florida at Savannah. Savannan, Nov. 12, 1868. ‘The mai! steamship Florida arrived at noow today. All well. ‘The 8! Petrel Wate: The ship Petrel, from Quebec for Audrossan, sized and wateringged October 19, in lat. 45, The captain and tweive me after being six days on the by the bark Major Norton. + | : E Markets. PHILADELPHIA STOCK ROAD. Proiannivma, Nov. 12, 1868 Stocks steady: Pennsylvania State 5's, 96). Reading Railroad, 2555; Morrie Canal. 49; Long Island Ratiroad, 1156; Pennsylvania Railroad , 43 Monty, Nov, 11, 1868. The sales of cotton to-day were 2,600 balee, at unchanged prices: middling, He. a Lhige Crier, Now. ‘The sales of cotton today were 2.400 bales. week 14,000 baler; the market closes at prices ‘ye lower than on Thursday last; good wildling, 11 iy dling fair, 1). , od Cwanuetos, Nov Cotton quiet. Sales unimportant Savawwan, Now. 1), 1858, ‘The aales of cotton to day were 1.00u bales, at unchanged prices: aales of the week 7.750 bales. Receipts, 21,000, | lund exports 12,000 bales, Stock, 70,000 bales. Sivanwan, Nov Cotton dull. Sales tritiing Tarnwonn, Nov. 12, 1 Flour steady. Whent—Red, #1 15.0 #1 22: white 2145. Corn steady and unchanged. acon drm. Whiekey, 21 ‘eae ae mid 12, 1954. 2, 188 Prov sine steady Flour quiet st $5.0 $6 50. Wheat dull, with tion of prime. Corn steady yellow SI }ce., 8c. a 700. Provisions dull. Whiskey searce at Qe. a 23 Cinerwsari, Nov. 12, 1868. od-—eniog unimportant closed at 190. Hogs dall—more sellers than bu, sales of 4,000 10 pack at $5 75; this rate it was diffioult to obtain for fy ivery. The price for heavy at the close was 86 25. The mese pork $1 Bacon 60. ® ly. Wheat very dull te to Onw 17,000 be ge. Groen meats active Flour hele wheat bbls, flour, 16.000 bushels wheat, 4,100 Revvaro, Nov. 121 P.M. Floor qu en of 800 Dis, at $4.57 for good Wis. consis: $4 8 12), for good to choice extra Inds Ohio, Michigan and Canadian, Wheat dull and heavy small retait sales at previous rates. Corn dail and heavy cates Of 6,000 bushels Toledo at about (8c. No sales of other grains. Whiskey nominal, at 200, Cenal freights firm: 43e. on flour, 12, on w ‘and Te, on corn we New York. Lake receipta for the last twenty four hours 6.000 bie. flour, 800. bushels wheat, 1,000 bushels oat Cenal shipment 28 Whie. flowr, 28,140 bushels whes 65,205 buchels corn, 11,122 bushels bartey Hie basin 0 ‘ es 1/00 , NOVEMBER 13, 1858. vble, at $4 37 for good Winconain; % 2 $5 25 for ud fancy brads of extra Iodinna, oe and 76 for double extras, Wheat 0 firm sales 17,000 bushels at B8c. a cleb: #ie for No. 2 red and winter Ilinois; white Indiana. Corn dwt and lower: sales 17, at €3¢. a 6te., cloaing dull at inside Ogures, Barley dul and bela at Gbc. « 70. Rye dull at 66. and nominalat 43c. a 44e. Whiskey steady at 20c, Canal fre ghts—45¢. on flour, 12e. on wheat, Ic. om corn to New York, Receipts ‘by lake—$,719 bble. tlour, 7,016 bushels wheat, 616 bushels barley’, 10,025 oats, Shipments by canal—6,191 bbls, four, 15,570 bushels wheal, 19,520 bushels corn, 2,446 bushels barley, 1,486 bushels eute. Oswado, Nov, 126 P. M. Flour in good demand: sales 1,000 bois., including dow ble extra Michigan at $6, Wheat firm, with but little dotng: sales 9,000 bushels, at $116 for mixed Iilinois aud 76Azc. for Chicago spring. In other grais nothing rs Canal freights—Flour 80c., wheat 8450. cora 8c, to New York. Lake importa—28,800 bushels wheat, 13,100 bushels barley. Lake ex; 000 bbls. flour, 40,000 bushels whest, 22,640 bushels corn, 2,200 bushels peas, ‘AtnANY, Noy, 12—6 P.M. Flour quiet: sales and receipts moderate; prices un- cbanged. Wheat dull; sales 2,000 bushels white Michigan at $1 26. Corn—Nothing doing except in some railroad t 6c. Barley very dull and drooping: sales 400 hels hght State at 78c., 4,000 bushels Genesee Valley at 6S8e. and 1,000 bushels Canada al 6040. Whiskey— Sunall pales ab 22s¢0. Shipmemts—10,000 bushels wheat; no corn or bariey, City Politics. REPUBLICAN O'TY GONVRNTION—NOMINATION OF A COMPTROLLER AND ALMSHOUSE GOVERNOR. ‘The Republican City Convention for the nomination of Comptrolier and Governor of the Almshouso, was held last evening at the headquarters of tho party, 618 Broadway. The whole number of dologates present was one hundrod and ten. Aug. FP. Dow was appointed President, Mr. J. M. Boyd officiating as Secretary. The representation from the Sixth, Fleventh and Sixteenth wards was con- ‘| tested, and considerable time was lost before the deci- eion of the Convention could be obtained. This matter settled, a motion was made and adopted to the ef- fect that an informa! ballot be gone ‘into to ascer- tain the feelings of the Convention in regard to the nomination of & Candidate for the office of Comptrolier. After the adoption of this motion there were the usual eulogies of the various parsons aspiring to the nomination, and at least half an hour elapsed before This ballot resulted the Convention proceeded to a ballot. ng tollows:— Luther Bi Kobt. T following being the votes Robt. T. Baw: Homer Frank! Lather Bradis! Mr. Haws ha e number given, the Chair decided that he was nomi ® siderable discussion on the question which pat it required the majority of the Conven- of the majority of those present to make a wod another badtot. KuAM Meanwhile withdrew the name of On the third ballot the following vote was 86 Bradish 10 J. A. Ke 2 p ‘k; bat the Convention, after some disenssion, proceeded to ballot for Governor of the Almshouse, for which Mr Cornelius V. Anderson was nomi ‘d by a large majority. At half-past twelve the Convention aljonrned, baying spent the greater part of the time in listening to culogies of political aspirants and in the discussion of trifling pomts of order. They succeed. ed, however, in making the nominations, and it now re- mains to be seen whether they will elect their candidates, ANTIPTAMMANY COUNCTILMANIC CONVENTIONS. ‘Tho anti-Tamany democracy and the republicans met last uight in their several Councilmanie districts to choose candidates to be voted for at the next election. Annexed are reports of the several Conventions :— Fourra Insruct.—This Convention met at the Fifth Ward Hotei, at which there was a large lobby of rowd: outiders. “After organization, « ballet was taken, whic! resulted as follows: — W. HL. Bulteel.. «+» 81 William O'Shea......... 27 Andrew J. McCurty..... 26 Francis €. Gilmore. Harris Bogert .. 33 William Welsh + 32 Votes were ¢ her parties, but the above being the highest, they were declared nominated, and the Con- vention adjourned, Fierm Detmct.--The Councitmanic Convention of the anti Tammany democracy met last evening at the corner of avenue C and Fourth street, but adjourned till Tuesday evening next without nominating any one. Sixm Insruct—The Convention met and adjourned until Tuesday next, without making any nomination. “ —The People’s and Kegulars’ anti ‘Tama. Convention assembled last night at » Four Mile House, Fifty seventh stroct and Third ave- nue, and nominated the follow ing:— Wards. Twettth, Nineteenth. «Twentieth. [Twenty P reporter left in ward should bave tho sixth Council: ie meeting wi debating a8 Wo whic! man. : ANTI-TAMMANY ALDERMANIC CONVENTION. The Convention of the Fifth Aldermanic district met at the Adriatic Hotel, corner of Hudson and Barrow streets, last night, when the following ballot was entered into:— Peter Dutly 17, William FE. Blauvelt 6. Capt. Joseph Moore having declined the nomination in favor of Mr. Duify, the latter was declared the Aldermanic nominee. nerve AN COUNCILMANIC CONVENTIONS. Forsra Durmict.—This Convention met at the Fifth Ward Hotel, and organized by putting Jeremiah Lathrop, of the Fifth ward, in the chair. The Convention finally adjourned until pext Momday evening after putting the tollowing per- sons in nomination, to be voted for at that time, vi Gcorge Thompson, Lewis Hopps, Edward D. Pepper, Skidmore, Robert Collins and J. ‘Philip Phenix. Firma Dermcr.—The Republican Councilmanic Conven- ion met last evening at the Onderdonk Ilall, Grand street, but adjourned till next Wednesday evening without mak- ung & Lomnation. KNOW NOTHING GENERAL COMMITTER. ‘This committee met last night, but did no businoss be- youd issuing a call for Aldermanic Conventions, which ‘will meet during the coming week. Board of County Canvaseers. THE CONTESTED RLECTION IN THE THIRD CONGRES- SIONAL DISTRICT. ‘The cramivation of the District Canvamsers of the Yourth dwtrict of the First ward was continued yoster. day morning by Sepervisor Kennedy. The examination ‘war in relation to the excers of votes, already noticed in the Henain, and the two canvassers examined were Mr. Coffey and Mr. Kenney. Mr. Coffey stated that the tickets im the Congress box were short of the number required by the poll list a fow votes, but does not recollect the number. Ho docs not recollect the number cach candidate had at the count of the tickets found in the Congress box. When the box for Justice of the Superior Court was examined there was found an excess of tickets over the number required by the Fa list of twenty-three or twenty four—he does not recollect which. On consultation the tickets were returned to the box, and the excess was drawn out and destroyed. On the canvass of the yote for Justice there were found them twenty-three or twenty-four votes for Mr. Sickles for Congress, and these votes for Mr. Sickles were added to thore that had already been allowed to him, as found in the Congress box. Mr. Kenney stated that the tickets in the Congress box wore short of the poll hist about four votes Mr. Kassxiv—Have you any recollection My Sixt (interripting)—Ybu must take what he Yor—=not what you Want Mr. Kesxxnv—That’s right. what | want, too, Mr. Prriy—I understood that this examination was to be made publie—that it was to be made in the presence of this Board. Mr. Kuxsepy—s ir. Mr. Prxoy—Who makes this crags examination’ Mr. SiKie—It is all croes. eXamination. Mr. Kewwany—I insist upon it that the President of this Board (Mr, Purdy) has no right upon this committee. Will not allow any man to interrupt me in the disc f my dutiee. Mr. Prewy—T will not allow ang man to make cross. Xamination except im the om f thie Board. Mr. Kexwevy—I adjourn thi affair till to-morrow morn. I will not suffer these interruptions. 1 will let you at Thave some rights in this Board. 1 want Mr. and Mr, Stokely tomorrow, and I invite Mr, be present as a party. Xi Rent desire to take this opportunity to make a »arks upon the subject which haz been under ex It's apparent to every one who knows any theee returns, hatever may be done twe ¥ eaunot materially my majority, b will sll be over one b f will my majority be affected mate. int is ome with the entire Fourth die Id it be all thrown out. 1 am tenacious, matter, because I deem it my duty in ein whieh my ituents ry man who voted for me determined t eve that vieo the rights of these ion for these rights is aull be steiotiy for. ding on the part of Ideny that he has ate these three inapoo- 2e jwople before him, the return le been gent back for juired to call their attontion to the in the return ask them, You shall have that, and se cheng nd fay to them th He i also . if any exis and a}, for their statement in regard to the matter. When le bas received that statement, he is to take it, with or without the correction, a= given by the canvasser there his doty ends, Apart from all this, the whole proceeding of sending back the returns was i legal, but it has been done by a majority of the Board, end Mr. Ken organ for the time being he bi ail upon these their and T also advise then f Supervisors a communicatic the facts within their know! ody ne They may ser ME fo make the Suties Om tho night cf the election. An attempt bas beea mado—a nae ee and unfair ‘brow the stain of fraud over the canvass of Ub district, apd T 4 there nover was @ fairce canvues yi the city of New York, #0 far as Jom eble to cofiect the facts, In vegard to these twenty- three votes, T newer beard of them till T heard of the mat- ter inthis Board. Let me now say, once for all, that I will not relinquish ene of these twenty-three votes, unless the law requires me to do #0. Ido ‘net need them; but they are mine, and Twill have them. A mean attempt has becn made to stain my canvass with tho stigma of Fraud was tho main reliance of my oppon-n and my only danger. I have baffled all their schemes. “ have won the election; and my certificate, when the great seal of the State shall be affixed to it, will be ms pure ae = pearl from the depths of the sea, Mr. Correy, one of the inspectors who bad been ex- amined here,’ expressed his desire to Bay a few words. He said he was no speaker, and no poiitician—that he went to Mr. Kennedy’s office in regard to the matter, and that the statement which be made then was the game 4s that which he now gave. Mk. Kexykpy—I have no complaints to make of you. It was the interference of those who had no right to imter- bs ~~ examination. It was the President of the Board, x. D'unpy—The President of the Board? Mr. Kuxxxpy—Yee, the President of the Board. Mr. Pexpy—1 interrupted because you had no right to act as you have done. Mr. Kxxweny—I had a right, andI will exercise it. Mr. P'uRpY—Its untrue; you had no right, and it ie un- manly of you to act us you did, My. Kanwrpy—It was an act I would do anywhere. Mr. PoDy—It was said yesterday that this exatnination was to be made public. ie z —— must not interfere with me. Pr, SIGKLRS—It 18 an proceeding, and every citi- gen hae a right to be present, _ ia Mr. Purpy here ended the discussion ‘by informing those present that the our had arrived for the 1m of the Board of County Canvassers. He then calied the Board to order, and the business was provooded with im ne form. ‘The case of the Fourth district of the First ward is te come on again at eleven o'clock this morning. ‘The Indicted Aldermen and Councilmen. HOW THK VOTE 13 RECORDED IN THE BOARD OF COUNCILMEN—WHERE THE BLAME LIK3 IN THM MATTER. In onr report of the proceedings in the Court of Oyer aud Terminer, on the motion to quash the indictment found aguinst the Mayor and members of the Common Council, it was stated incidentally in yesterday's Henatp that the mistake of including in the indictment members of the Board who were not present, and did not voto for the resolution which is the subject of the complaint, arose from the loose manner in which the yeus and nays were re corded, inasmuch as the Clerk of the: common Council was im the babit of recording as voting tn the affirmative all whe did not vote in the negative. That statement tends to reflect somewhat on Mr. David T. Valentine, the worthy Clerk of the Common Council, whereus it was meant to apply to Mr. Charles MeClenachan, the Clerk of the Board of Coun cilmen. This latter gentieman relieves Mr. Valentine from ail responsibility in the matter, and gives @ very Satisiactory accomt of the reason why this loose mode of doing business in his Buard hay we have been adopted. Fis reasons are stated in the form of an affidavit, which is to bo presentod in the case to-day. In this affidavit be states that, by the express instractions of the President of the Board of Counc!lmen—which instruc: tions were acquiesced in by the Board—the Clerk was compelled to make up the record in this way: to record ae voting in the affirmative all who do not vote in the nega- tive; and that, in some instances, where the Clerk had de- clined to follow these instructions, he was directed to amend the journal in that way. This completely exone- rates Messrs. Valentine and McClenachan from all rp- #pousibility in the matter, and places it where it propor!y belongs—on the shoulders of the President and Board of It is worthy of remark, in this connection, that it is positively stated, as capable of proof, that some ef the Councilmen who have filed affidavits that were pot present and did not vote on the resolution, were actually present and did actually vote in favor of its passage. i Councilinen. Academy of Music. The third represontation of the “Don Giovanni,’ laat evening, attracted another full house, and must have brought up the total receipts of the week to the comiort- able gum of nine thousand dollars—the largest sum that has ever been taken for any operatic performances im America, The merit of Piccolomini and the present com- pany at the Acadomy is fully proven by the fact that the same persons are gathered there on overy night, making the success of the season solid and enduring, With regard to the “Don Giovanni,” as with every elaborate opera of the old school, the attentive auditor can enjoy the unfold- ing of new beauties in every succecding representation. The instrumentation, in iteelf a great study, and of the twenty or thirty @irs for the voice, it would be hard to say which is tho finest specitnen of harmonic treatment. The “Don Giovanni’? was composed with so tho- roughly an orthodox spirit as ¢o sacrifice many little effects which might have been obtained by « slight devwtion from the strict canons of the art, as they were understood by the savans of Muzart’s day. Thore are, in point of fact, 0 many fine things in the opera, that the audience is surfeited with sweet sounds and ta to applaud any of them. So far, however, as our public is - oncerned, the airs set down for Zerlina—4. ¢. the coquet- ‘ish duet with Don Giovanni, La ci darem, the half se. rious, balf quizzical * Baétt, balti,”” and the Vedratca the highest piace. It was ibran who sang Zertina when the opera was given for the first time in New York, thirtytwo years ago, and since her day there bas been no Zerlina that could Spproach her <ither in singing or in acting the part, until Piccolomini ame. The others haye sung the music well enough, and dhered to the old conventional idea of the acting of the » dle, but none of them bave made a sensation with the yublic. Piccolomini, like Malibran, is a per ectiy fresh nd original Zerlina.’ Her coquetry is irresistible, and the marked difference between her treatment of her cristocratic sdmirer and her plebeian victim make & truly artistic performance. The La ci darem ecene (8 exquisitely done, and in the Matli, batti, the air of mingled suppl and command with'which she cap- tivates Masetto is perfectly irresistibie. Her idea of the part js altogether new, and it the charin of a fresh rensation. Inthe execution of the music Piccolomiai's taken to her singing heretofore, it must be admitted that do not wpely ‘w her Zerlina, in which her vocalism is In Minor details of costume, etc., sho is, as uusnal, exquisitely artistic. a the rest, the performance of the bas mauy excellent points, the entemtde ia better usual, After ini, Formes carries off the honors. His Leperetio has not a his predecestors in the réle iu this city. is chievous and joyous, without beg Sole mage and grand of Loy scene ra el ’ as game connection. There is, however, one exce taken to this otherwise excellent thance music in the final scene of the first act bas alwa: admired, and it affords a most agreeable interlude. intended the composer that the minuet should be danced , or he would not have written it in the score. But at the Academy, although there is a corps de ballet with Senorita Soto as re danseuse, and notwithstandiag the fact that Soto appears in the scene properly and exqal- sitely costumed, yet from some cause as yet unexplained the dance ix interrupted after the first steps, and the dan‘ cers retire abruptly. The usual course bas beeu for the dance to be continued while Masetto was searching in the crowd for Zerlina, bat at the Academy the illusion of the scene, genorally sustained as above mentioned, is awk wardly broken. It has been stated that there is not room upon the stage for the execution of the ballet, jen, but there ix certainiy space enoagh for the kingle Tninuet, which is given in smaller theatres than the Academy. There is more probability in the ramor that the mutilation of the dance is owing to some pique on the part of the conductor of the orchestra, Mr. Ans- chotz, who bas had many quarrels with the artists. What ever may be the fact, however, it is the duty of the inaua- ger to ee that the public is not deprived of ite right, Senorita Sot Je is admirably suited two the graceful and polished turn of the minuet, and the public bave « distinet right to see her dance it. To send a first rate dancer on the stage for ones ie a palpable absurdity. ‘The ample programmes of Mr. Ullman, printed in our adverti«ing columns, give the details of his operations up to the ond of the t season, which closes with the current month. For today's matinés we are to bave Pic. colimini in a new réle (im in which ehe made a great London success of “Norma” ie alvo to be given, with Laborde as the priestess, On Monday and “Pen Giowann!” at the usual p bert le Mable.’ Two opera performances for Brooklyn are likew ise announerd dance been Wariarn’s Tanarne.—Tom Tay lor's last comedy, “Going to the ad,” waa produced hero last evening, the per- formance being the firet of the pleco m America, It was woll reerived by a full house, and will be repeated this evening. The crowded condition of our columns to-day ipone the bieation of a critical re obliges ws ta pe view Pottce tntetiigenee, ‘Tae Lavy Hact ov Cocermnmrnermns The parties arrested by Captain Walling and the detective officers on Thursday, in Rrookiyn, were yosterday taken before the proper aa- thoritice and committed to the Terabe, to await the action of the G1 Jury, Sergeant Nickson, while overhauling the ole eubvieh Thioh wae found at the alleged counter, foltera’ headquarters, disenvered two bank plates, covered with tar. which, after some time, he snecceded in cleaning, ‘one of which was copper, and proved to be a counterfeit plate for fives on the Oveai: nk, of this city, and the other & ateel plate Crom which connterfeit threes on the Hudeow County Bank, of Jersey City, had been printed, Tho pro: ez ‘was all placed in the hands of Mr. Warren, Proporty Jerk. New Cocxrenrsnts.— Vester day afternoon two new coun- terfeite made theif appearance. Threes on the Much Bank, of Newburyport, Mage., and fives on the Rank of Lamberteville, New Jersey. No arrests wore made, but the telegraph operator, Mr. Crowiey, telegraphed the fact to the several station Louse, and the poliee were Mstencted to notify the storekecpers New Movewenr or ran Serr Rarrens.— Tae spiriteali<te contemplate petitioning the Legislature of Magsachuseta, at its next xeasion, for a grant of money— from three to seven thonsand doflare—to enable them to “employ scientific men into the mysteries of m.” They say that the State ts pledged to the of the people, and cts beiag an educational Commonwe ith cannet vagrant tho