The New York Herald Newspaper, May 26, 1859, Page 4

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METROPOLITAN THEATRE Barton’s).—-Lowisy re LigheRoues~ Faint Hrans Never Won Pars Lavy Yar. WALLAOK’S THEATBE, Brosdway,—Mex or tan Dar— Moput of a Wire. LAURA KSENS’S THEATRE, No. 524 Broadway.—X> boumse Wieuy’s Dazam. [ATR FRAWOATR. BRS lway.--Le MARI ET ‘Rroad L’Amaxt—L’Asovx Que Qu O'sst Qu Cat RNUWS AMERICAN MUSEUM. Sroadway.—Afer- pena axp ouxG—Howtgss oy tae Precaxes. Even- iog—Unscrx fom's Canin, woo! ISTREL BULLDING, 56) and 563 Broadway— bert fonun Danoss, 40.—Gunu OF tee Lace, 18' MINSTRELS, MECHANICS’ HALL, 427 Broad- wary iicano Bonus, wo-—Ain's Gor Tian 10 Thay. GEORGE CHRISTY’S MINSTABLS, 444 Broadway.—Bcr. gusquas, SonGs, Dances, &0.—Paree PireR Parrer Foose. New York, Thuriday, May 26, 1859. The News. The Republican National Committee, of which Governor Morgan is chairman, met in Albany yes- terday. The only business before the committee, aa we learn from the Journal, related to prelim- inary State organization, the diffusion of political information, &c., &c. The time and place for the meeting of a Republican National Convention will be fixed ata later day. The steamship Persia, Captain Judkins, sailed from this port yesterday at noon for Europe. Her passenger list comprised two hundred and thirty- five names, among them Count Sartiges, the French Minister to the United States, with family; H. Wikoff, Esq., bearer of the ratified commercial treaty between the United States and China; M.S. P. Bidder, late Manager of the Grand Trank Rail- road of Canada; Rey. Dr. Leach, Archdeacon of Montreal; and Mr. Ross Winans and niece, of Bal- timore; besides having a freight of over three mil- lions of doliars in specie—the largest amount ever taken by asingle steamer to Europe. The Persia went down the bay in beautiful style. Appended to our report of the meeting of the Board of Health in another column will be found reports from various police captains concerning the condition of the streets throughout this city. They are interesting, affording a glance at so many different localities together ina sanitary point of view. The Board passed a resolution authorizing the Mayor and Comptroller to euter into contracts with parties for cleaning the city till the Ist of January, provided the Common Council take no action in the matter. The Excise Commissioners have handed in a | number of names of parties violating the Excise jaw in the First ward to Sheriff Kelly for prosecu- tion, and they will all be proceeded against without delay. Our report of their meeting yesterday in another column giyes th nes of the parties _already in the ds of t heriff. The Commissioners of Emigration met yesterday | at Castle Garden, Ab as received from the agent of the Vol e Arms Company for $1,100, it being ged that the police did that much damage to those they had in use at Staten Island last year. The agent also stated that about a dozen of the weapons had been raffled off by | those in whose cha: hey wi at public houses uptown. The matter was referred to the Super- intendent of Castle Garden. 8. L. Post sent ina bill for $1,500, the value he $ on three lots on Ward's Island claimed by him but held by the Board. The bill was referred. The number of rivals since the 18th has been 3,480. Overdraft on bank account $3,093¢ 88—a reduction. ‘The annual Convention of the of the Diocess of New Jerse, sion at Burlington, New Jers election of a successor to the was made the order for tod: give a special report of ye elsewhere. The first American Life Underwriters’ Conyven- tion was organized yesterday, at the Astor House; but as the attendance of delegates was small, the Convention, after transacting some preliminary business, adjourned to this morning, when they will proceed to consider the topics which they have met to discuss, winding up with a public dinner at the Astor in the evening. The Columbia street tragedy still remains a mystery. Captain Squires, in his report to the Deputy Superintendent of Police yesterday, says that although no new developements have taken place, yet he feels convinced that he has a clue which will ultimately lead to the discovery of the parties implicated. The great chess ovation in honor to the genius of Paul Morphy, the far famed champion of the game, came off at the New York University last evening with great éclat. About 1,500 ladies and gentlemen were present. The presentation of the chess men was made by Mr. John Van Buren and the watch by Mr. H. J. A. Fuller. Mr. Morphy replied in a neat and graceful manner, acknowledging the com- | pliment that was paid him in a manner to elicit much applause and sympathy at the hands of the | audience. The affair was an exceedingly pleasant one, and will long be remembered by all those who ali opal church ed its ses- | Lad the pleasure of participating in the ceremonies. | party may be split | For a full report of the proceedings, including the | speeches of Messrs. Van Buren, Fuller and Morphy, ‘we would refer our readers to another column. The Panama Railroad Company's screw steam ship Guatemala returned from her trial trip to Cape May and back yesterday at 6 P. M. Her speed was not remarkable, but the working of the machinery and the action of the ship was perfectly satisfactory throughout this short voyage. ‘This vessel was built by Samuel Sneden, at Greenpoint and cost $105,000, She is a fine craft, strong, wel ‘built, and commodiously fitted up. Among the guests were Simeon E. Draper, Wilson G. Hunt Count Yrisarri, and other well known personages, Every one on board heartily enjoyed the excursion, which was the more agreeable on account of the ‘uninterrupted fine weather from the time she left her pier at the foot of Thirteenth street, at 10 A, “M. Tuesday, till 6 P. M. yesterday. Our cotrespondent in Rio Janiero, writing on the 4th ult., says that coffee would come in very slowly for some time, owing to the bad condition of the | roads from heavy rain. Yellow fever still lingered in port, and Captain Borham, of the schooner Josephine, was down with it, but likely to recover. We have accounts from Hayti to the lst inst, | for the repeal of all laws, federal and local, pro The (hom! o° o' Representatives had rcapon"ed to the inau ural speech o Pres dent Geilrard. In this raporse they congratu'ste the President on the mossureshe has alrea ly token, and urze further government reforms, and declare tho necessity of uiwking speedy amel oration. Mr. ue 7) Hac. tens, one of the editora of La hiya has been appointed Sereary of th Leg: tion at Paris. Mr, Haen! ut Eurepe and America, and fi erly r United States. On the 26th ult. the fua quies of Louis Joseph Decimus Grenier, a 1 aytien officer, who was imprisoned by Souto ander peculiarly distressing circumstances, ¢ + sinated at Fort Laboue in August, 1305, took place with great pomp. The Rev. Mr. Mark B, Bird, an English Wesleyan missionary, who has resided for the past tiventy years Port au Prince, delivered un iaterosting tecture last evening in the Sullivan street church, on the “History, natnral resources and present prospects of Hayti.” Mr, Bird has been a preceptor of a seminary for boys at Port au Prince, avd he is desirous of establishing a similar estab! ment for girls there; but we apprehend, from se attendance upon his lecturo, that he et with but little encouragement go far, The receipts of beef cattle during the past week ivted to 2,586 head, a decrease of 9/8 head as ce mparcd with the receipts of the week previous. The short supply, combined with the circumstance of the stock being of unusually govd quality, causedan advance in prices of half t> one cer a pound on all descriptions, the range being from 10c.to 12je, There wasno change to notice in cows snl calves. The receipts of veal calves were very heavy, and the demand dul}; but prices did not decline, though the tendency was downward. The quotations are 3c.a6}c. Sheep and lamba, witha dull market, declined 50¢..a 75c., #3 , according to quality, being the extreme figures. Swine were in fair supply and more active, at an advance in rates. ‘The gales of cotton yesterday reached about 1,000 bales, and cloeed without any change of moment is prices, Tho recelpts at the ports now amount to 3,554,000 bates, against 2,662,000 iu 1858, 2,823,000 in 1857, and 3,530,000 in 1856, The exports have embraced 2,573,000 bales, against 2,081,090 in 1858, 1,963,000 in 1857, and 2,497,900 in 1886. Stock om hand 481,000, sgaivet 650,000 in 1858, 324,000 in 1857, and 410,000 in 1856. Flour was heavy, and closed at affurther decline of from 10c. to 25c., while ralrs were moderate. Southern brands, aad ospo. ciatly common apd mixed gradcs, were heavy aad cheap. er. Wheat was hoavy and sales limited. Cora was duli and gales moderate, Pork closed heavy: sales of new mese were made at $17 45 a $17 60, thin mess at $17 75, clear at $19 75, prim@aess at $18 a $20, and prime at $35 6235. Becf and lard wero steady and aaies fair, Cot fee was quiet. Freight engagements were moderate and rates were unchanged. There was geome more inquiry for vessels for the North sea. It is supposed that shou\d Austrian rts and exports be cut off from the Adriatic by the blockade of the ports, that her trade would be avgmented through Bremen, Hamburg, &¢.; aud sa tong asthe war is confined to Ltaly, commercial avd financial affairs will not be very seriously disturbed, and maay persons cousider that at tbe most the war will be of limited duration. ayUen ravelled in in the Lobse a The Charleston Convention=The South and the Slavery Question, The Charleston Mercury persists in its hue and cry against that “ weak invention of the enemy,” the rumored compromise between Mr. Buchanan and Mr. Douglas, through the intervention of Senator Green, of Missouri, acting a: peace- maker; a compromise which the said paper de- nounces as “a barter, a sale, a surrender of the South,” which the democratic party of the South will not dare to accept. And we are further ad- monished that “the days of compromise on the part of the South have passed;” that “ bar peo- ple are done with them;” that “her public men will come up to the requirements of the times, and will maintain what they have boldly and re- cently announced: the duty on the part of the general government to protect the rights of Southern slavebolders in the Territories without discrimination ;” that “any other hope in- dulged by party men is vain aud illusory;” that “if Douglas be readmitted into the democratic perty, and the territorial rights of the South be ignored, the democratic party is forever gone;” that “Union savers and party wire pullers cannot longer hoodwink the South.” Upon this same subject of the “alleged” re- conciliation between Mr. Douglas and the ad- ministration, the Mobi'e Advertiser also indulges in an indignant remonstrance aga nst any such coalition, flatly declaring that “if the co-opera- tion of Northern Gemocrats can only be pur- chased by compliance with demands, unreason- able in them to make, aad disgraceful ia us 2, then to ; we the price re- qui too high, and the offer should be ed with * because * it is the | duty of the South to demaud a sections candi- ate at the hands of the Co: ion—by which vho 2 citizen of our its rights to their e ultra Southern vie reference to the Charleston Convention, are proclaimed and re- echoed by a considerable nuniber of demecratic organs and orators from Richmond to New Or- ; but we have yet to learn that the South- oeracy will accept of nothing less than av Southern pro-slavery “sectional” candidate for 1860, with a platform declaring it the duty of Congress to pass a special code of laws for the protection of slavery in all the Territories of the Union. We all know that it was the conserva- tive nationality of Mr. Buchanan that saved the democracy in 1956, in spite of the violent “sec. tional” policy and offensive proceedings of the Southern ultras of the par'y in the prosecution of that campaign. We al! know, too, that there is no hope for the democracy in 1860, except in @ reunion upon the broad national priaciples embraced in the general policy of Mc. Buchanan's administration, and upon a candidate who is not a “sectional” but a national man. Possibly upon this sectional issue, between the humbug of squatter sovereigaty, and this new Southern abstraction of the sovereigaty—the duty of Congress to legislate for the protection of slavery in the Territories—the democratic to plecea and disbanded 4 year hence at Charl Unquestionably “ the cohesive power of the public plunder” will bt put to a severe trial in that Convention ; but we incline to the opinion that fa the spoils there will be discovered the basis of a platform upon which Wise and Tunter, and Jefferson Davis avd Donglas, and Slidell and Soulé, and Dickinson and Seymour, and all their factions, and all the other cliques and factions of the party, may harmoniously sit down together as at a family love feast, and go forth therefrom “like gianta refreshed with new wine.” In these extreme demands of our ultra fire- eating Southern politicians for Congressional legislation in behalf of slavery in the Territories hibiting the African slave trade, and for an un- | limited license to filibusters in the work of ex- | tending the area of slavery, it is a great mistake to suppose that they are supported by the slave- | holders of the South. Seuator Hammond, who | fs well qualified to speak for that class of the ) Southern people, has very emphatically de- nounced the African slave trade, as a business which, if revived, would be ruinous to slavery ia | streets now, the South; and while he does not believe that | two or three days henceforth. NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, MAY 26, 1859. unless the dirt be removed every At the same there is any territorial margin remaining within | time, the work has been commenced most oppor- the limits of the Union for the practical exten- sion of slavery, he is none the less opposed to the policy of extending it by the accession of new Southern States from the main land or the islands of the sea. The philosophy of these views of Mr, Ham- mond appeals dircotly to the interests of every extensive planter and holder of slaves through- out the South. The revival of the African slave trace would soon reduce the existing slave pro- oerty of the South to one-third its prezent cash value; and any considerable additions to the Southern area and products of cotton, sugar, rice and tobacco, would very soon reduce the prices of those articles, to the disadvautage of the present producer, acquisitions of cotton lands, the anaual product Tacrease, from new of Southern cotton, for example, from three mil- lions flve hundred thousand bales to ten millious of bales within the next ten years, and the result would be that the money which is now required to purchase one bule would purchase two or three, Limit the cotton ares of the South to its present boundaries on the one band, and muin- tain the existing prohibitions against the African slave trade, and while the producers of slaves in Maryland, Virginia aud other slave producing States will hold the command of the more South- ern markets for slave labor, our existing cotton planters will continue to hold the monopoly of the cotton culture. Thus we fiud the Virginia slaveholders op- posed to the revival of the African slave trade, because it would soon render their slave pro- perty comparatively worthless; and thus we find Senator Hammond, of South Carolina, opposing the policy of acquiring Mexico and Central America, and distrustful even of the policy of annexing Cuba, because the results would be such reinforcements of Southern slaves, and such competition in the cotton culture, as would diminish the value of South Carolina slaves, lands and their products. These views, we dare say, are entertained by the bulk of the great slaycholders and plonters of the South, both in regard to the supply of negroes aud the demand for cotton, We do not suppose, therefore, that they will insist upon a dissolution of the Union should the Charleston Convention refuse to listen to the clamor of our Southern fire-cating poli- ticians, whe, with very few exceptions, have no ‘ial interests in the price of cottoa or the price of negroes, Perhaps at the Charleston Convention the yeice of that great conservative class of Southern mea, her three hundred and fifty thousand slave holders and planters, will be heard. If so we predict that the fire-cating agitators of the African slave trade, Congressional legislation for slavery in the Territories, &c., &c., will be sent iato Coven! Atall events, “the solid men” th cannot, with safety, permit them- ves longer to be led by the aose by their reck iess and unscrupulous vagabond politicians, Tae Scrrermnas or Tar Prea’s Pwax Mixers, anp Tue Oavse Tuerzor.—We publish toGay communications from reliable sources relative to the state of things at tbe Pike's Peak geld mines, which not only throw much light upon them, but in a measure confirm the reports_of disappointment, suffering aud indignation on the part of those who, al- lured Ly the rumors of vast treasures in that region, retarned, almost wholly unprovided with the necessaries of life, upon the inhospitable plains of Nebraska, There is no doubt, as we have said before, that there is gold at Pike's Peak and Cherry creek, but we are very dubious whether it exists in such abundance as to war- rant all that has been said by way of induce ment to the vast number of adventurers who sought those localities in such an improvident fashion. Many of them undertook the journey without provisions, relying upon their guns for chance eupport from day to day, Others started with # scant supply of food, forgetting that the gold of Pike's Peak, be it ever so fruitful, would not assuage hunger, and that the wherewith to appease it was not to be had there. Who can wonder, then, that despair, indignation and star- vation was the lot of many, as the reports as- sure us was the case? And the telegraphic news from the West which we publisted yesterday, as well us despatches from Wasbiogton, go far to give confirmation to the unhappy rumors pre- viously received. The fact is, that the fever created by the exaggerated accounts of interest- ed partics—the descriptions of this route and that, as the best way to the mines, and of this and that town as the best place to get an outfit, and so forth, cjroulated by rival speculators in railroad aud laud schemes, induced an unfor- tunate and inopportuse emigration from all quarters of so extensive a character that the present result was inevitable, We perceive that the government hee taken the precaution to send their trains westward henceforth under armed escort, to protect them from the chances of attack by the disappointed and sorely pressed miners, who are returning in hundreds across the Plains, It is a wiee precau- tion, for if the accounts reaching us be true, there is no doubt that many of this class will be- come reckless and desperate, and may settle down into dangerous bands of brigands. On the whole, it is very much to be deplored that so many ehouid have been tempted by exag- gerated reports to abandon their homes for the illusory wealth which was promised by parties heartless enough to misrepresent the state of affairs out there for their own selfish aims, But it is to he regretted still more that the emigrants were so imprudent ag to undertake the journey unprovided for the emergency before them. CrvantsG THE SrreETs at Last.—The public no doubt join with us ia rejoicing that the efforts of the ALD to stir up Mayor Tiemann to the propriety of having the etreets cleaned have been at length successful. His Honor acems to have gone to work in earnest, and if the energetic Measures entered vpon be as vigorously contia ued, we shall have @ tolerably clean city in a few days. The Mayor, we learu, is giving the mat ter personal superiatendence—visiting different quarters of the city throughout the day to see that the gangs of workmen are doing their duty He has also notified the police captains to report to him the condition of their several districts. Seventeen of them have already done so. We publich their reports in another column, and we edvise the people to read them and judge there- from the kind of a city we have been living in for months past. We trust, however, that this action of the Mayor isno mere spasmodic effort to preserve a popular- ity which was tast departing before the indignation excited by the abominable and dangerous condi-, tion in which the streets were left for so lung a time. It will do very little good to cleau up the tunely; the weather is favorable just now, and immediate danger of pestilence may bapplly be avoided by purifying the city before the intense- ly hot season sets in, Let us have no drawing back, though. Let the streets be thorougbly cleansed now, and kept so. It is the duty of every citizen who sees a pile of dirt, or any other nuisance in the streets to report the fact to the Mayor, either personal- Jy or by letter, and it would be well if his Honor opened a complaint book for that pur- pose. A Sucut Friusry wm Wari Srreer—Over Turse Muuions or Speci ror Evrors.— There was @ slight flurry in Wall Street yes- terday, caused by the large export of specie to Europe, which haa been going on for some time— increased by the fact that the Persia took out yesterday the large sum of over three millions in specie—-the largest amount ever sent oa one steamer, and exceeding by one tbird the largest importation of gold received at any one time irom the Califoruia Ophir itself. The flutter was probably increased by the fact that the Secretary of the Treasury sent on some of the Treasury notes for negotiation, and some little uncasiness was felt lest money should be scarce. A moment's reflection, however, will show that there is no immediate cause for uneasiness on either hand, The export of specie to Europe is only temporary. We are not very largely in debt to Eogland at the present time, and if the war continues our breadstuils abd provisions must go there in large quantities just as soon a8 our crops begin tocome in. This will check the export of money at once, aud be fore long we may even see the exchange turn in favor of this country and the specie come pouring back again. These slight furries must occur in stirring times like these, and people should expect them There is no necessity, then, to be very solici- tous about the state of the money market on either of these grounds, and Wall street may keep cool. Tit Comina Harvest—A Guoriovs Prosrecr ror tHe Country.—From all parts of this broad fand—North, West aud South—come assurances, marvelously unanimons, that, the labors of the husbandmen are likely to be rewarded as they rarely have been of late years. On the ocean- like prairies of the West, the rich savannahs of the South, and the fertile valleys and slopes of the Middle States, wheat and corn fields are waving in the warm sunlight, and promising most abundant yields, What with the luxuriant vegetation of this spring and summer, and the greatly increased extent of ground brought into cultivation by the emigrants to the distant Ter- ritories, it would be rather below than above the mark if we were to estimate the agricultural produce of this year to be twenty-five per cent greater than that of last. There are glorious prospects for the farmers. Not only will their harvests be abuodant, but the prices of produce will be highly remunera- tive, owing to the immense drain which the European belligerents will make upon the United States for provisions. Between the large yield and the high prices, the Western farmers will be able to pay off the liabilities which the commer- cfal crisis of 1857-8 involved them in, and may have a good surplus left. And if the railroad companies will only have the common sense to rettle their quarrels and prepare to transport freight at paying rates, their stockholders might even entertain the hope, desperate as it may seem, of receiving earned dividends next year— so large will be the produce to be transported from the West to the seaboard. If the prognostications of an abundant harvest be verified, as we trust they will be, then the farmers will find their interest to be, not in keep- ing back their produce in hopes of still higher prices, but in sending it at once to market, The effect will be highly advantageous, not only to the agricultural and shipping interest, but to every other department of trade and industry; avd thus we look forward to an era of prosperi- ty that will more than compensate for the de- pression and suffering that our people are just emerging from. We hope that nothing will oc- eur to dim the brightness of this picture, but that city and country will have cause to rejoice over the bounteous harvest of 1859, Tse Morpny Testimoniau.—As a curious item among the passing events of the day, we give in another place a detailed report of the ceremonies attendant upon the presentation of certain rich gifts to Mr. Paul Morpby, who has just returned from Europe, flushed with nu- merous victories of the field marshals of the cbess board. The cadeauz which Mr. Morphy has received at the hands of the Chess Clab here are of really dazzliog magnificence. We read of chess men in gold, boards of equally costly ma- terial, wreaths of silver in imitation of laurel, costly watches, &c., &c. It reminds one more of the frousseau of a royal bride than a simple recog- nition of peculiar talent in a man. We yield to no one in admiration for Mr. Mor- phy’s ability as a player at chess. We rejoice that he has met and overcome the European heavy weights. Perhaps his victory may not be of so much practical consequence as that of the yacht America, or McCormick’s reapers, or the Hoe presses, the Colt revolvers or the Hobbs’ locks. Perhaps the whole end and aim of human existence is not confined to the chess board. There may possibly be some aspiration higher than tlt comprised in the word “check- mate.” Still itis proper to recognise Mr. Mor- phy’s efforts and to reward his successes: In the old Greek games the very highest honor awarded to the conqueror was a simple laurel wreath, and that has since been recognized as the symbol of victory. Offerings of gold, silver and precious stones are all, more or less, bar- baric, according to the circumstances under which they are made. They generally show, as Beati Brummell said of George the Fourth’s Brighton pavilion, “a great deal of taste, and very bad taste at that.” Then, aguin, there is nothing co capricious as the breath of popular favor. Just now Morphy isthe topic—chess the leading passion of the dey. How long will it last? We remember eome twenty-five years ago a youth named Burke; he was of nearly the same age as Mor- phy, and was, like him, the pet of the public. He acted in the theatre, and straightway juve- nile prodigics come into fushion. He played on the violin, and immediately everybody went into cctacies over his capriccios. Ina short time some- thing new came up before the public, and Burke was burked. Aud so it always has been. “Rich gifts,” soys Ophelia, “wax poor when givers grow unkind.” We sincerely hope that Mr. Morphy will have no occasion to reiterate the lady’s sentiments, ee 7 ———— Quarantine Picxinos--Trovsiy ABR | THE New Ovric1ats.—There is something about the very name of Quarantine which is suggestive or all sorts of unpleasant things—trouble, ex- pense, annoyance, bribery, corruption—intrigues of all sorts. Any one who bas been hauled np in ordinary at Gibraltar, yellow-flagged at Malta, or lazarettoed at Naples, shudders at the word. To be quarantined is the next worst thing to being quartered. That is the European view of it, where such things are a little better managed than they are here. Our quaran- tine is not s0 much for the safety of the public health as for the renovatioa of broken down politicians, It provides them with the futtest and most comfortable stalls. The beauty of it is, too, that they can gorge them- selves with the public plunder in a quiet way, nobody except the merchants, who keep quiet rather than run the risk of being further vic- timized, knowing anything about it. Sometimes, however, just an edge of the curtain is raised, and the dear public get a glimpse of the ‘Satanic tail underneath, The correspondence which we print to-day gives an accurate photographic pre- Raphaclite view of the old gentleman’s hoofs, horns, tail and all. It is a sweet picture. Brady couldn’t do it better. But, to thoroughly appreciate a work of high art, a key is necessary. Here itis. During tho last session of the Legislature there was rather a pretty quarrel as to the distribution of the quaran- tine offices. The nomination of Dr. Gunn for Health Officer was a bombehell in the camp of the hungry politicians ; but Guon went off with his commission. Next, one Shultz, familiarly called “Aleck,” who bad been a faithful vassal of the Governor’s, was put in for the spoils in the stevedoriug and lightering business. Of course Shultz and Gunn were expected to make things comfortable for the small fry. We do not say that they intend- ed, or did do so; we simply observe thet matters not being exactly according to Weed’s slate, it was understood that the patronage was to be distributed fairly among Weed’s men. Now, it appears that trouble has commenced at the outset. Some persons en- gaged in business as stevedores and lightermen have applied for the Quarautine work, which is a fat monopoly given to Shultz a8 a dowceur for political services. Shultz don’t think the appli- cants will pay enough, or that they are not on the slate, and therefore sells the job to the highest bidder. To use his own words, “he knew nothing of the busincss—supposed it was given to him to make what he could out of it—in- tended to do co ;” “wouldn’t take ten per cent,” (“ten per cent,” he classically remarked, “ ain't nowhere—it’s mere chalk ;”’) and, in fact, Shaltz, if not elegant in his diction, made his meaning remarkably plain. Gunn being applied to by another party, suggested a “satisfactory” ar- rangement with the firm that held the job. If that means that they were to pay twice over, the merchants are to be pitied. They would be obliged to suffer in a quadruple way, at least. The matter is tefore the Board of Health, and if our local anthorities have any pluck (which is more than doubtful}, they will step in to pre- vent the robbery of the public by Albany politicians. It is probable that things will go on in the old way; that the Quarantine officials will pocket the spoils quietly, while the public is in terror about its health and the merchants are in agony about their pockets. The way in which the quarantine system is organized is a stupid and ridiculous humbng s0 far as the public service is concerned, While the spoils are so good the politicians will manage to perpetuate the sys- tem and to chuckle at their own promises of re- form, with which they gull a certain number of silly people. If it were not for the undeniable fact that there are several new fools born every day, we know what would become of the present quarantine system and the suckers that sponge upon the merchants by its means, Tux Virosis Evectioy.—The Virginia elec- tion for Governor, State officers, thirteen Con- gressmen and the Legislature, comes off to-day. There has been along and exciting contest be- tween the democracy and the opposition, and especially wetween Letcher and Goggin. The results will be, most probably, the election of Letcher (perhaps by a reduced majority), the election of a democratic Legislature, and the loss of a democratic member of Congress or two, The first returns, we hope, will enable us to ap proximate the general result, as the last will hardly be in for a week to come, AFFAIRS IN WASHINGTON. The Overland California Mall Line tobe Main- talned—Letter of Sir Willam Gore Ouse- ley to our Government Respecting his Nego- Uations in Central America, &c, OUR SPECIAL WASHINGTON DESPATCH. WaskIncTon, May 26, 1859, The Attorney General, I understand, bas givea an opinion upon the California overland mail contract, deny- ing the right of the Post Office Depa:tment to reduce the service from semi-weekly to weekly under the terms of tbe contract entered into by the late Postmaster General. ‘This settles the qnestion, and the service wili be con- tinued as usual. whe Department never degigaed abolish. ing the contract, The British Minister had a long Interview with tho Sos retary of State today. Our relations with England are of tho most satisfactory character. In regard to Central American affairs, Lord Lyons assures our government that d desires an early scttlement of all perplexing questions existing in that quarter, It appears that Sir Gore Ouseley has written a letter, through the British Minister here, to our government, explaining his conduct with reference to his movements tn Central America. He denies emphatically that he has in any manuer aoted in bad faith towards the United States m nis negotiations with the people of Costa Rica and Nicaragua, and attempts to give some plausible reasons why he did not follow his in- structions. His letter wiil fail to accomplish its mission, for the admin stration will never entertain for him the ex ajted opinion which they had prior to his departure for Central America. THE GENERAL NEWSPATER DESPATCH. Wasmncrox, May 26,1859. The opinion of Attorney General Black on the point sub mitted by the Secretary of State in the Perkins case, al uded to yesterday, does not discuss the ctaim a Russian government, but merely shows how the sudject is aflected by the law of this country; and it i under this ‘bat the partic interested, and not the attorney General, conceive the integrity of the contracts wiil be fully main taned, and, all things considered, the matter promptly ad justed. The sufficiency of the proots, however, must be left to the conacience of the Emperor. Edward F Coreon, Wm. Bradley, Joseph 1. Grafteon, Robert L. Weber, and David Kendelberger, have been appointed Assistant Surg. in the Navy. No further action, it id, is considered necessary, in consequence of the last reported accounts from Utah, as the instructions recently forwarded to the federal oflicers are caicuiated to prevent future conflicts of jurisdiction amcog them, and will soon reach tbat Territory, niversary Week In Boston. ra i Boston, May 25, 1859, The apniversary moetings ot all kinds were fully at- tended to-day. f ‘The Americen Anti-Slavery Society held its annual con- vention to day, 6 proceedings belag of the same charac. ter us formerly. Adaresecs were made by Menera, Phillips, Garrison and other leading abolironiats, ‘A public meeting in bebaif of the Southern Ald Society was tr id at the Ceutra! Church this evening, and it was fully attended, Addresees were mado ‘by Rey. Luther Fasttam, of Boaton: RB. V. Cushman, of Charlestown; Rev. Jobn 0. Fiske, cf Bath, Me; oud Roy. A. W. Willets, of Philadelphia. LT A, Arrival of the Overis od Mail. NEWS FROM CALIFORNIA, FRAX“R RIVER, THO SANDWIUH AND TRINITY ISLANDS- ~GEN. WALKKR'S MQVEMBNTS, BTO, St Lovm, May 25, 1859. The gland mail arrived last evening wth San Fram- oun aa oF the 2 May, At be yaead . \pactive ia consequenee of unua “ally Leavy Rumors prevaile. , Los Angoloa that the ateaner’S.mata Cruz had been detaine, f Guay mas and pressed into the pervice of Peaquiera, and, , passengers imprisoned. Bpit ee pt Roel ating between the Moxi_ mericans along the th os ans had been killed at Sonora, Wo"? 4 several Mant General Walker bad an agevt at (ho urn yrinos enrolling Volunteers for his flilbuster expedition. \.egengers from. San-Francisco deny the truth of the publishy statement that Walker bad sailed with three hundred my on the steamer Orizaba for Acapulco,” ‘The rumor that Col. Hoffman had made s treaty vitis the Mohave Indians is comfirmed. Advices from Honolulu of 16th April atato] that King Kamehameha bad addressed a message to the Legislature, advising a change in the Constitution, ‘The French bave abandoned the Marquesas for military Purposes, and design establishing @ atrovg military and naval depot at New Caledonia isiand, near Sidney, Tho Plan embraces the restoration of Quoen [Pamare as rular of the Society Islands, Accounis from Frazer river are gloomy, Meeting of the Republican Nattonal Com- malltteo, ALBANY, May 26, 1869. ‘The Republican Nutional Committee hold « session i@ the Executive Chamber to-day to consider tho question as to the time aud place of holding the next Republican Nations! Convention. The attendance was good, some twenty members of the committee belng present at noom. The proceedings were strictly private, but it is thought the decision will be in favor of holding the Convention at St. Louis, Mo., or Whecling or gome other place in Virginia, The present meeting is supposed to be only for discussion, and that no definite decision will now bo mado. Governer Morgan entertains tho dologates at the Exacu- tive mansion to night. ——______. The Sult of the Novelty Works, Prrrspvng, May 25, 1859. Tho United States Cirouit Court is siiii occupied with the Jock cases between the Novelty Works and tho Variet; Works of this city. Among the counsel are Me. @ Gifford, of New York, for the respondents, and Mr. Stauton, of Washington, for tho complainants. Completion of the Canadian Telegraph Line $ to Father Point, Monraat, May 25, 1859. ‘The extension of the Montreal Telegraph Company’s liao to Father Pomt waa completed early this morning, and the wires to that station aro now working beautifwily, [t ig thought that the news by the uew steamship Hunga- rian, which left Liverpool oa the 18th imat, will be ob- tained via Father Point on Saturday next. The news boat of the Associated Press has been removed from River da Loup to the new station, and the arravgomeats for board- ing the inward bound steamers are expected to be much more effective than hitherto. Charge of Embezzlement. Bostoy, May 25, 1869. James G. Martin, a stockholder, was to daz’ held ia five thousand dollars, on a charge of embezzlement of siucks entrusted to him to aogotiate. ‘he Uberlin Rescuers, CINCINNATI, May 25, 1859. The argument in the babeas corpus case of Bushnsli aad Langston, two of the Oberiin rescuers, was opeoed by A. G. Riadle for the prisoners, who was followed by Atter- ney General Wolcott for the United States, The Maryland Episcopal Convention. BALTIMORE, May 25, 1859. The seventy-sixth annual Convention of the oat cburch of Maryland met to-day in this cit; Bishop Whittiogbam was present. The question of dividiog tha diocess comes up to-morrow, The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of the United States. INDIANAPOLIS, Ia , May 26, 1859. The assembly wero in session again to-day, but notatag of importance was done. Dr Rico concluded his speeck on the seminary question, and was followed by Drs. Cunm- nipgham and Sievenson, No vote was taken on it, The Ship Connecticut Ashore. _ CHanumron, May 25, 1859. Sb!p Connecticut, from New York for Savannah, weat sabore seven miles south of St, Helena bar, and is ina dangerous position. A Sad Affair. Boston, May 25, 1869. Miss F:ances Cady, of Blackstone, aud Miss Georgiana Brown, of Pawtucket, were carried over tne dam, at Hi; Rock, Binckstone, last evening, while ps 1a boat, Their bodies were recovered this mornii Markets. New OgLeans, May 26, 1359. Cott»or—Sales t--day 1,500 bates, at unchanged prices, Sugar ccolined gc. Corn frm mae a $1 06. Colton inactive. Sales to-day laat three days foot up 4,000 2,250 balee. Middling 11 X{c. Moutts, May 24, 1859. Cotten—Salce to day 500 bales the market clostog ficna a unchanged’, Several parceis were withdrawn for a Tigo, Cuarteston, May 24, 1859. Cotton—Sales to day 540 bales, at prices mage from 8Xc. B10. Atnany, May 25-1 P.M. Flour and grain entirely fat Tae only sales on tia ae up to noon, except retail lots, is7,COU buskels oats Burrato, May 25—6 P. M Flour dull and lower; gales of 700 bois at 86 a $6 50 for 8 ate trom Chicago spring and Milwaakee club wnoat; $7 a $7 50 for extra Michigan, Indiana and Onio; and $7 76 @ $8 for double extras, ‘beat lower, and no saics. Corn Gull and lower; sales of 4,000 busneis hot Ini 760. Other grains quiet. Whiskey iower aud dull; sales of 100 bbls. at 27¢. Lake imports—4,000 bvis.’ flour; 15,000 bushels whest, 23,000 bushels corn. Canal ex: poze} Woo bbis. flour, 5,000 bushela wheat, 6,009 ushels corn, 16,000 bushels oats, USWEGO, May 25—6 P. M. The absence of foreign news aud the deciine in Now York have a tencency to check ba‘ ers, and the market ia quiet for all descriptions of flour and grain, and prices tend downward, Milwankeo club wheat is neld at $1 85, with some inquiry at $1 80. Canal freights duil aod un! changed. No receipts by lake today. Canal expurts— 4,800 bushels oats Shipped to Montreal—2,100 bbis, flour, Cincinnati, May 25, 1869. Flour duli at $6 59 for superfine. Provisions dull; balk shouiders—Saies 100,000 Ibs. at 644: lard in kegs 124c, ee, Academy of Music=—“Ii ottuto.” Mr. Strakosch has eminentiy distinguished the ciose of the Piccolomini season by the production of Donizetti’s grand tragic opera “Il Poltuto,”’ which was given lust night to a magnificent house. Rareiy have we seen a- more distinguished audience at any theatre in the world. It was @ proper tribute to the memory of one of tha greatest masters ofthe divine art. This opera was written tn 1888, after “Lucia,”’ aad before the “‘Favorita,” both of which works it resembles in parts, It was intended thet Nourrit should make his Neapolitan début in the réle of Polputus; but the opera ‘was forbidden by the censor, probably on account of tua fact that its musis would ecem to intrench upon the de. main of the church, It has, however, been produced in various parts of the Continent, and latter!y in Paris. The present libretto te some altered from the original cne, aud we think for the better, The siory is clear, condensed and powerfully dramatic. Itis musically and dramatically the elavera tion of one idea—the intense devotion of the early Chris: tinps t0 the faiio for which they risked and lost all the honors of this world for ‘he hopes and promises of the celeetia! world, opened to them in the new belief, Tas idea is mest ha: pily expressed in the roles of Polyows aod Paulina, and the music breathes profound acd fer- vent Inspiration throughout, Wo bave oniy space for a rief recapitulation of the morceauz, Ilo the first act there 18 acbarmiug romance for toe tenor (Brignoil), which brought down the first applause. Fotlow- ing ® Cayatina (tbe allegro by Muzio) for the sopraca (Piccolomini), tn whicn sbe wasso successful as to optain adecided demand for its repetition, A splendid marca and chorus (the march by the band and orchestra), aad & romance for the baritone (Amodio) closes this act, which is ufter the manner of au introduction to the opera. The overture is on ensemble with chorus on the stage, and the effect 1s very beautifal. Meyerbeer has just copied this idea of Dosizetu’s in the new work st the Opera Comique. The gem of the second act solos is the tenor romance, in whieh Brignoli, who realiy seemed inspired, and woo sung as he bas never before in our hearing, made a grem ‘urere, Then came the grand work of the composer, the finale of the first act. In this all the artists were wagaifi cent, and the execution ws such @ iwusical weat as one fe not often permitter to en, Bile Piecotomini haa tm tbis an exquisite morceau, into which ebe threw the deepest sympathy and fecling, It#asreal art, and that ig divine The enthneiasm of the audience, genuine en. thusiasm, from critics and connoisseurs, the iadies—and they are the best critics, simply because they koow somo. thivg of what they speak when music is the topic—waw unbounded, the artists being recalled and tumultcoualy applauded. In the third act there was Blasiu for the celebrated du nd Brignolt were superb. tug andante @ harp accompani pisyed dy Mr. Aptomas The oper alt or made a grand success, Aa te whether tt wil! keep its place with » public which rarely knows iteown mindtwo days together, we cannot say. But We can sey that it ie @ great work, worthy of tts com. norer; that MM. Muzio and Styakosan bave given st 1a tom moat \iberal and artistic war Mile. Piweeolomian's Paulina is the Snest serious rdle w the has sung here. She gave it with degree of enthusiasm that was abro- lutely infectious. There were no deivcts, compared with renewal of this enthu~ which Mile. Ptecolomiut ¢ is here for the charm- cut, Which Was admiravig the positive lies of the work, which had the best success here ai 6 Prowutore “Li Poliato® iven on ant it will be te the msnager’s luteress t> repeat : jatarday as Woll,