The New York Herald Newspaper, September 28, 1859, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. OFFICE N. W. CORNES OF FULTON AND NgHSAU STS. cash in _adva Money sont by matt be at Oh Paage siampe not rion TERMS isk of 4 ‘eonider. "Tih DAILY HERALD, hoo conte i ness rus | ns 1 a Ri pea WEEALY HERALD, every ), or $3 per annum; the European Wednesday Fe cena pr opm. $i Ber ann to any part of Great Britain, Baitonnta tion onthe Bch amd Hah ef noch month 0 cents Po yR yAMILOERRALD on Wedneelay, at four cons por AKO 'NODICE taken anonymous correspondence. We do not PY gg amp tert Wolume KXIV ...... 6... ec neeee cree eee NOs 969 AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. AOADEMY OF MUSIC. Fourteenth street.—Irauan Orsua—Exnant. NIBLO’S GARDEN, Broadway.—Suton's Misuars—Deasix A Quarea—Mazuia, BOWERY THEATRE. Bowery.—Cossaox Siave—Deona- tourau—Pappy Mies. ee GARDEN, Broadway, opposite Bond street— OF. 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The Circassian arrived at St. Johns, N. F., yester- day with European advices to the 17th inst., two days later than those received by the Vanderbilt. The news is interesting though unimportant in a political point of view. The London money market is reported slightly easier, and consols on the 17th were quoted at 964 2 953. At Liverpool cotton had declined about one-eighth of a penny on the inferior qualities, while bread- stuffs were steady and provisions dull. It was officially announced that the Great East- ern would leave for Portland on the 28th of Octo- ber. Mr. Brunel, the celebrated engineer and the designer of the Great Eastern, had died of paralysis. It will be remembered that he was too ill to accom- pany the giant ship on her trial trip. The British government has ordered reinforce- ments to China, and resolved to prosecute the war with vigor. The news from China had created con- siderable speculation ia teas. The news from the Continent is unimportant. Accounts from Venezuela to the let inst. state that the foreign consuls at Cuidad Bolivar had issued an appeal to the Governors of the French, English and Danish West India islands to interpose in the intestine troubles of the country, as nothing but foreign intervention will save the inhabitants from entire destruction. Our Panama correspondent, writing on the 18th of September, states that the Isthmus was very free from tropical fever and exceedingly healthy for the season. The United States ships Merrimac nd Vandalia had left for Valparaiso and home. ‘The Saranac was the only vessel at Panama. Pro- fessor Dimitry had sailed in the steamer Guatemala for Punta Arenas. The Guatemala was much ad- mired, and would it was hoped open a good trade with Central America. The Mozart Hall Democratic General Committee held a epecial meeting last night and heard reports from the ward associations, and appointed inspec- tors for a primary election to be held next Monday night for the election of delegates to the Senatorial, Assembly and County Office Conventions. Charles A. May, Vice Chairman, presided. One hundred and thirty members of the one hundred and sixty belonging to the committee were present. Con- siderable unanimity was manifested in the proceed- ings, and everything showed that they were pre- paring for a “big fight” in November. The great International Cricket match between the Eleven of England and Twenty-two of Canada, resulted in the triumph of the former. Details of the play are given in another column. The Excise Commissioners met yesterday and granted four licenses. A communication from a policeman was read by Mr. Haskett, informing him that droggists sell liquor in large quantities. A copy of the letter was directed to be sent to the Police Commissioners. Mr. George F. Thomson of the Daily News, who ‘was co brutally assaulted by McCabe some days ‘ego, isin a very precarious condition. Yesterday ihe was so low that the attending physician deemed itnecessary to exclude all visiters from the bed- xoom of the patient, and no one was allowed to converse with him except a iew of his nearest friends and reistives. The doctor thinks the shances of life and death are about equal. ‘The lecture announced to take place at Clinton ‘Hall last evening, on the comparison of the physi- eal and pecuniary condition of English laborers in «comparison with slave laborers in the mines, was toa future evening. ‘The introductory lecture of Professor Doremus won “the poisonous gases” drew together an im- mmense number of persons at the New York Hos. pital last evening, among whom were a large pro- portion of ladies. The discourse, which was emi- nently interesting, was devoted especisily to tue description of some of the various gases which compose the atmosphere as er n: ‘hev are known, an explanation 0) ‘he a weepneres ni the different planets .n delineatic) ©. ‘ie immense im- gortence of oxygen iD 1 re/ation to the life of 2-+b16 ppd apignale, ODA ibe afiaition which the NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1859. gases bear one to another. The lecture was ac- companied by some instructive experiments, which called forth loud applause from the audience. Pro. fessor Doremus will continue the regular chemical and toxicological course of lectures, extending over sixty or seventy—im direot order from this date. The next lecture on the “ gases”—when a particular description of carbonic acid will be entered into—will be delivered on Thursday even- ing next. The bark Ocean Eagle left this port yesterday for the Liberian coast. She has on board as passen- gers a number of missionaries, among whom are the Rev. Walter Clark, of Milborn, N. Y., and the Rev. M. L. St. John and wife, of Marietta, Ohio, destined for the mission at Gaboon, under the di- rection of the American Board of Foreign Missions; Miss M. Melville, or Washington, D. C.; Miss H, C. Relf, of Lexington, Mo., and Mixs L. L. K. 3pautd- ing, of Lawrence, Miss., who will be sonnected with the Protestant Episcopal Mission; and the Rev. C. Loomis and wite, who will proceed to Cor- sieo, under the direction of the Presbyterian Board of Missions, Before the vessel left her auchoraze in the North river, interesting services were held in her cabin, when addresses were made by the Rev. Mr. Scott, Rev. J. P. Hubbard and others. The services were solemn and yet interesting. The West Washington Market case was again up in the Supreme Court yesterday morning. Only. two more jurora were sworn in, though two panels have already been exhausted. The great difficulty appears to be the notoriety which the controversy has had. Almost every person called to serve as a juror had read about the case, and formed an opin- ion, or was legally disqualified by not being a tax payer or liable to assessment. Judge Potter ac- cordingly adjourned the court until this morning, and directed tbat the Sheriff should, in the mean- time, be notified to summon a new panel of the two hundred jurors. We have received intelligence of the arrival, at Kingston, C. W., of Messrs. La Mountain and Had- dock, the balloonists, who made an ascension from Watertown, N.Y, on the 22d instant, and about whose safety serious apprehensions were enter- tained. The United States steamers Wyandot and Mo- hawk, formerly the Westernport and Caledonia, of Cromwell’s line of propellers, having been thoroughly overhauled and considerably altered since their return from the expedition to Paraguay, went on trial trips down the bay yesterday. We give elsewhere detailed accounts of the perfor- mances of these vessela, together with accurate lists of the names of the officers of each. The Board of Supervisors held a special meeting yesterday to appoint registrars of voters, in ac cordance with the provisions of the law passed by the Legislature last winter. All the democratic members were on hand, while two republicans were absent, thus giving the democrats the contro! of the appointments. The republicans present en- deavored to postpone action on the subject, but the democrats were inexorable, and proceeded to ballot for registrars. The list will probably be officially made public in due time. The usual meeting of the Board of Ten Governors took place last evening. A communication from the Warden of the Peniteutiary, informing the Board of the escape of George Brodie, a colored convict, by ferrying himself over the river io a tub, was read and placed on file. George was sent up on the 1ith of June for a term of three months, but only waited till the 9th of September. An application from a French flower and feather fac- tor in the city to employ fifty or one hundred women of the workhouse at 15 cents a day after the first ten days was not granted. The Com- mittee on Penitentiary reported against supplying refreshments to Governors and their friends at the institutions, and after considerable discussion the report was adopted. The number in the institu- tions at present is 7,394—a decrease of 14 on the previous week. The cotton market exhibited rather more steadiness yesterday, while the sales embraced about 500 a 600 bales, on the basis of quotations givon in another columa. Flonr opened at a further advance of about 10c. per bbi., which tended to check transactions, while the market closed tamely. The sales were made more materially under those of the previous day. Southern flour wag in good demand and prices sustained, while sales were pretty freely made. Whoat was firm at the opening, with fair sales, but closed with less spirit. Corn was easier, while fair sales were made at Qc. a 9244c. for Western mixed, and at 98c. for round yellow. Pork was firm for mess and heavy for prime; 2,500 bbls. mess were gold, deliverable by the Ist of November, sellers option, on private terms, with sales on the spot at $15 90 a $15 95, and prime at $1075 per bbl. Sugars were steady, with sales of 650 hhds. and 900 bags, on terms given elsewhere. Coffee was in fair demand, with sales of 780 bags good Rio at 12c.a12%%c. Freights were firm, while engagements were moderate. ‘Tremendous Explosion in the Tammany Wigwam-—No Fands—Financial Bank- ruptcy of the Confidence Monopoly Clique. The expesure of the revolt of the democratic moneyed interest against the mountebank tricks and thimble-riggeries of Judas Iscariot Cassidy's allies in Tammany Hall, which appeared in our Monday’s columns, fell like a bombshell into the midst of the plundering foragers of the Mu- tual Admiration Post Office Society. The out- break of the fighting men who appeared with Cagger on the platform at Wieting Hall did not excite half so great a sensation. The “Oily Gammon” assessor-in-chief of the democratic “community found yesterday his smoothest and most insinuating approaches to the check books of his traditional victims snubbed in the most alarming manner. He allowed himself, for the first time in history, to be actually sur- prised out of the creeping, gliding policy, into a—‘“Do you mean to be personal, sir?” when a fogy of the Jackson school told him he would not put down one cent. Of course the unso- phisticated old gentleman was personal. The very bread and butter is taken out of the mouths of the small gang of Tammany monopo- lists when they hear a negative response to their demand of money for what they impu- dently call the party. The money bags are now closed, tight sealed; and the whining consternation of the humbug- ging donkey drivers of Tammany at being compelled to stare Egyptian starvation in the face, is ludicrous to behold. They have ridden the animal so hard that it has at length absolutely refused to go, and neither beating nor coaxing will make it. The respectable, hard-headed, upright, backbone men, who have hitherto permitted themselves their names and their means to be used to sus- tain the interest of desperadoes, because the latter had usurped @ name around which the memories of Jefferson and Jackson had cast a halo, have been aroused from their apathy by the swindling transactions of the 3d of August and of the 14th instant, and will not soon con- sent to be again imposed upon. The gorman- dizers have been sent away for once hungry, and told to take care henceforth of them- selves. The rebellion of the paying demo- cracy is complete, and if the rowdies want money they must learn to work for it. We have already given the names of S. L. M. Barlow, August Belmont, William Butler Duncan, Isaac Bell, Jr., Royal Phelps, Colonel Lee, John J. Cisco, Andrew V. Stout, Watts Sherman, John H. Brower, George Baldwin, Samuel T. Tilden, J. T. Soutter, Joshua Henry, Schuyler Livingston, George Forest, Bmanuel B. Hart, Senator Cooley, Moses Tay- lor, Robert J. Dillon, Sam F, Butéerworth, Charles Lamont, James B, Nicholson, Charles Secor, Benjamin Whitlock, Benjamin Field, H. O. Brewer, Philip Engs, Thomas E. Davis, Isaac Townsend and Gerard Hallock, as gen- tlemen who have always readily subscribed money to extricate the democratic cause from the embarrassments into which the atrocities of the rowdy Confidence cliques had involved it. In addition to these we have collected the fol- lowing, which includes nearly the entire re- spectability of the party in this city:— Robert H. Winslow, Hon John A. Dix, Robert D. Woouward, Wilson G. Hunt, J, W. Culbert, Oliver Slate, Jacob A. Westervelt, Oliver Chartick, William’. Drayton, ‘Thomas Hunt, Charies M. Connelly, J. A. Voisin, oo oe: oe ies jy ohae ‘ua ilmording, Heury F, Spaulding, Rouben Withers, Androw H. Mickle, James Benkard, Franois Burritt, Effingham Townsend, William B. Scott, Myndert Van Schaick, John H. Gourtic, James B, Murray, Gulian C. Verplanck, ‘William H. Neilson, William 8. Wetmore, T. Putnam, William C. Wetmore, Goorge Gréor, William Lamar, Joeeph Stuart, William Whitiook, Jr., William H. Davidge, Joseph Kermochah Johu Watson, Joseph Lawrence, ee, ds riserepout, John ye jung Kdwar: * Wiliam 1. Guark, . Anion mesma ert L. Cutting, rancis B. : Daniel Devlin, 0. D.¥. Grant, Andrew L, Ireland, Anthony L. Robertson, Judge Roosevelt, Arthur Leary, Michaol Ulshoeffer, C.V. 8. Roosevelt, James T. Brady, It would be easy toadd to this list other high-minded supporters of the democratic plat- form, who possess the confidence of the party and of the public, not one of whom was even dreamed of either to be sent asa delegate to Syracuse or to be chosen there to represent the city and tate at the Charleston National Convention. ‘ke unblushing gang of political Confidence men who went to the State Conven- tion first bribed their inspectors, then packed ward primaries, and after causing themselves to be swindled into the rowdy crowd of dele- gates to Syracuse, re-elected themselves as de- gates to Charleston, where they hoped to palm themselves off as the “representative men” of the democracy of New York. We rejoice to learn that the action of the cheated and bamboozled respectability of the democratic party in New York city will not cease with simply refusing money to the Tammany conspirators. While declining to compromise their characters for integrity by any longer supporting and associating with a dishonest faction, they are nevertheless determined to repair the mischiefs arising out of past apathy and neglect, by organizing vigorously in oppo- sition to the “irrepressible conflict” theory which the Sewardite black republicans will endeavor to cram down the public throat at the November election. These gentlemen recognize that there never has been a period fraught with more political dangers to the country than the present; and by a powerful coup de main they will rescue the State from the disgrace which it would incur by endorsing Seward’s atrocious Rochester programme, while disowning any connection with either the Re- gency miscreants or their affiliates in Tammany Hall. This appearance in the front rank of the party of the right men will have an effect upon the public mind such as has not been witnessed for a quarter of a century. The corrupt, rotten purlieus of Tammany and the Pewter Mug will cease to have any importance, while the worth and honesty of the State and country will rally at once to the support of such a patriotic phalanx in opposition to the sectional heresies which menace the peace of the country. A Sovrn American Srracvse Conventioy.— The republics of South America are eternally in hot water. When they have any cessa- tion from internal disturbances they invariably manage to pick a quarrel with each other. The standing dispute between them is similar to our own present difficulty with Great Britain. They can never agree as to their respective boundaries, and so they have always a pre- tence for getting up quarrels. Several years ago the province of Buenos Ayres went in for secession, and succeeded in cutting adrift from the Argentine Confederation, of which it had formed a State. Ever since there has been bad blood between the province and the remainder of the Confederacy, and whenever they could afford to indulge in the luxury of war they have amused themselves in that line. Their wars, however, have not been very sanguinary, and have been rather ludicrous than otherwise. Our Minister in those parts, Mr. Yancey, took it into his head recently to reconcile the con- tending parties. The President of the Argen- tine Confederation, General Urquiza, had inter- posed his good services in settling our quarrel with Paraguay, and, on the principle that one good turn deserves another, Mr. Yancey felt bound to do all in his power to restofe peace to the belligerents. Owing to his mediation, in conjunction with the French Minister and President Lopez, of Paraguay, a truce was obtained and a Peace Conference assembled. The preliminary requirements on each side were found to be rather objectionable. The Argentine Confederation demanded the imme- diate suspension of hostilities, while Buenos Ayres insisted on the retirement of Urquiza from public affairs. Affairs were in this unsettled condition when Mr. Yancey conceived the capital idea of arrang- ing matters over adinner table. He invited the members of the Peace Conference to a ban- quet, at which public affairs were discussed. The discussion and the bangnet broke up in @ row like that which characterized the recent pow-wow of the united democracy at Syracuse. Bottles and goblets and plates were used as knock-down arguments, and the unfortunate diplomatic host had his gold rimmed-spectacles broken on his nose. Thusended the}Peace Con ference, and the belligerents were preparing at last accounts to resume their former attitude of hostility. The quarrel will last probably as long as the two governments exist. Though the loss of life may not be considerable, there is no esti- mating the effect of the dispute in retarding the developement of the two countries engaged in it. We know of no regulation that would be likely to have so beneficial an effect on all these South Americun antl Central American republics, as the adoption by each of them of a law that no person should be eligible to the office of President who had not spent from’one to five years in the United States, Those whom we have now, or have recently had among us— Paez, Mora, Lerdo, De Tejada, Echenique ‘and the rest—have learned more of the true repub- lican system of government during their s0- Journ here than they could have learned in a whole lifetime spent at home. We commend the suggestion to the attention of the people and Legislatures of thoge distracted republics. Canat Convention at Utica.—Pursuant to a resolution adopted at the Canal Convention at Rochester, “a People’s Convention” will be held this day at Utica, at which will be dis- cuased the commercial policy of the State with reference to her agricultural, manufacturing and mercantile interests, as connected with the canal and railroad systems, the abuses in the management of the canals, the evils resulting therefrom, and the remedies to be applied for the restoration of the canals to the uses con- templated in their creation. ; ‘This, it will be seen, opens a very extensive field for discussion. But whether any practical benefit will arise from it is very doubtful. The object of the Convention at Rochester, held on the lst September, was to operate on the politi- cal Conventions about to be held at Syracuse. The object of the present Convention is to in- fluence the coming elections, There is a great deal of truth in what the ad- vocates of the canal interest say. Such has been the mismanagement of these public works, that twenty-five years have been con- sumed, and many millions of dollars, without rendering the “ enlargement ”’ productive of the benefits anticipated from it. Yet the delegates to the late Canal Convention urge the expendi- ture of more money to complete the enlarge- ment, which, they say, will be so beneficial to the interests of the State, and particularly the city of New York. No doubt it would be equal- ly beneficial to certain contractors, who have their weather eyes open for expected jobs. It is contended that if the waterway of the Erie canal were made the full seven feet deep and seventy feet wide contemplated by the enlargement law of 1835—if the locks were so extended and improved gates used, so as that larger vessels could be admitted, and if the banks in exposed places were secured by walls against breaches—the increased facilities thus afforded would make the canals prosper to a tremendous extent, and give such rapidity and certainty to the operations of commerce through these channels as would effectually checkmate the policy of British statesmen, who desire to divert Western commerce from New York through the Welland canal and St. Law- rence river to the ports of Canada and Europe. This is a powerful appeal to patriotism which would have its due weight if the people could be only sure that it was sincere, and that under this cloak something of self-interest did not lurk. The New York Chamber of Commerce has been quoted to the effect that steam on the canals is the commencement of a new era in our internal commerce. Perhaps it is; but then let us first see it in successful operation. To use a homely proverb, let us not count the chickens before they are hatched. It is not yet certain that the banks of the canals will resist the wave produced by steam. There can be no doubt that itis the design of the Central Railroad interest to keep the canals in an embarrassed condition and bring them into bad repute, in order that they may be sold and knocked down to that monopoly at a low figure. The Albany domocatic Regency and the Regency of Thurlow Weed & Co. are equally in that interest. The design of both is to give a bargain of the canals to the Central Railroad; in other words, to sell the canals to themselves. Now, we wait tosee what the patriots who ase to assemble to-day at Utica willdoin the matter; whether they will propose anything practical, or can accomplish what they propose, or whe- ther they, too, do not want to have a finger in the rich and tempting pie on which the spoils- men of democrats, whigs and republicans have luxuriated so long. Hep ror Doveias.—General Henry S. Foote, formerly of Mississippi, later of California, still later of Mississippi again, but now, we be- lieve, of Tennessee—the same General Foote who was originally an old line whig, then a Southern fire-eating democrat, then a compro- mise Union democrat, then a regular Know Nothing, and lastly an independent no-party politician of the opposition school—has come out ina Tennessee paper for Mr. Douglas. More important still: he is in favor of Douglas as an anti-convention, or people’s, or stump candidate for the next Presidency, or for any other good independent Union man, in order to kill effthe black republicans and the South- ern fire-eaters. And so, here and there, and everywhere, these floating straws and sticks upon the political waves are marking the drift of the tide. It is carrying us rapidly along into the open sea ofa scrub race. And we say, let it come. Who comes next? Tue Great Eastern’s Prosrects.—We print- ed yesterday some interesting information, gathered by one of our reporters from the lips of Captain Comstock, who occupied a semi- official position on board the Great Eastern during her trip from the Thames to Portland, England. We now learn by the Circassian that she will leave Holyhead on the 28th of Octo- ber, on her first trip across the Atlantic. Captain Comstock puts at rest one yexed question, and that is as to whether or not the big ship will visit the American me- tropolis. Some of our cotemporaries have ex- pressed doubts as to whether she could cross the bar at Sandy Hook. We have bad no doubt on the subject, having been informed some time ago by two of the best New York pilots that she could be brought over the bar at high water if she drew anything less than twenty-seven feet. Captain Comstock informs us that she will be lightened at Portland down to a draught of twenty-four feet and a half, when she can come over the bar with over a foot of water to spare, as the Great Republic clipper crossed drawing over twenty-five feet. So in November we may expect to see the Le- viatban off the Battery, and people may post- pone their contemplated trips to the commer- cial metropolis of the Lumber State. If it shall be determined hereafter to run the Great East- ern regularly to this port, she can be brought through the Sound to 106th street, just below Hellgate, cargo and all. So there is no great natural difficulty about her coming to us. The real reason of her going first to Portland is to assist the Grand Trunk Railway, the stock of which is owned chiefly abroad, and is a good deal in the hands of the Great Eastern owuers. So it will be merely a question as to which por pays the best in the long run, and of couree the ship comes to us as the common centre—commercial, political, literary and social—of the Union. With regard to another point, the ex- plosion, we hear that several timid people in England became very much frightened about At. It will, however, have its good effect, It ebows that the ship is proof against shogke | which would destroy any ordinary vesse.'. Had the explosion of this steam pipe on the @."eat Easter occurred in an ordinary steamship a” trace worud have been left of her. As it is, the effects of the accident were confined to the part of the ship in the Smmediate locality of the pipe, and was scarcely known at the other end of the vessel. She is now safer than any other ship— that is, can stand an aceident better than any of them. The best proof of all these good things about the Great Eastern is the fact that she might be run between New York and Liver- ‘pool with profit. If that shall.come to pass, there will be more than one Great Eastern in our waters before many years have elapsed, We regret to learn, as we do by the Circassian, that Mr. Brunel, her famous designer, is dead. Journavism at WasninaTon.—It is not often that we stoop to notice a statement appearing in any of the Washington journals. They are allofthem so contemptibly managed, and are 80 irrevocably given over to imbecility, lazi- ness and ignorance, that they do not deserve to be recognized as journals at all. Never- theless, occasions may sometimes arise to in- duce us to relax a little our rule of treating them with silent contempt, and that is es- pecially so when the provocation is furnished by the paper which holds a certain official po- sition in connection with the general govern- ment. Such is the case im reference to the fol- lowing paragraph which we find in the Wash- ington Constitution of Saturday last:— THE FABRICATED WASHINGTON NEWS. We have heretofore cautioned the public against the absurdly incorrect statements which are sent forth from this city by telegraph aud mail, and are paraded under the head of “Important Washington Nows.”’ But hence- forth, we presume, we may leave these correspondents for the sensation journals to themselves to discredit each other, and to bring their whole system of “despatches” and “etter writing" {rom Washington into contempt. One New York paper, afew days ago, published what was pretended to be a treasury statement, set forth with the cirenmstantiality that was thought sufficient to gain for it full credit. It was circulated far and wide. An- other New York paper contained next day a Washington eclaring that there was not a word of truth in . One correspondent pretends that he is ized by a person high iv office. The other affects to be informed by the chief of the same department. No well informed citizen of Washington believes either; and yet we find in the journals all over the country—espe- cially in the papers that boast of their enterpriss and ac- tivily—these fabrications repeated. The new dodge of the more pretentious of these correspondents is to say, “Tam authorized,” &c., &c. Who ‘authorized?’ or who is “IY? it would be rather embarrassing to cither to say. The country would wonder at the audacity of these pre- tenders to exclusive information, and the trading charac- ter of the journals that employ them solely in the way of business, if their real status was duiy exposed. The New York paper referred to as having published a pretended Treasury statement was an obscure and insignifigant cotemporary of ours. The other New York paper that subse- quently contradicted the statement was the Heraup. Noticing the article in question, we sent a telegraphic despatch to our correspon- dent at Washington, directing him to ascertain whether there was any truth in the statement. As he learned that the figures had been fur- nished by Mr. Clayton, the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, he directed his investigations to the fountain head. He waited on the Secre- tary of the Treasury himself, and that func- tionary authorized him to state that there was not the slightest particle of truth in the article, and that, to use his own language, it was en- tirely imaginary. An account of this interview appeared in our despatches from Washington five or six days ago. It was subsequently asserted that the pre- tended financial statement was not furnished by Mr. Clayton; but we are not yet inclined to credit the assertion. There are many modes of obtain- ing information in Washington, although the journals of that city do not take the trouble of finding out any of them. The particular sources from which the two contradictory statements in question were obtained are now given; and whatever discrepancy is between them must be reconciled between the Secretary of the Trea- sury and his assistant. Mr. Cobb will certainly not take back the assurances he gave to our cor- respondent. As to the sneer in which the Constitution in- dulges in regard to the little reliance placed by the citizens of Washington on the New York journals, we have only to remark that it is to those very journals they have to look to ascer- tain what is taking place even in their owncity, The half-dozen miserable sheets that are pub- liched in that city only manage to exist atall through the droppings which, in one shape or another, they pick up around the public Trea- sury. As forthe Constitution itself, it is owned by a little politician from Pennsylvania, and is edited by a still smaller specimen of politi- cian from Tammany Hall, who took out his first degrees in the office of a black republican or- gan. Its uniform ignorance and imbecility are therefore not to be wondered at. There is one other point in this matter which requires to be noticed, and itis this: there are in the government departments at Washington some old fogy officials who imagine that all in- formation in regard to the business of their de- partments belongs especially to themselves, and not to the public. We protest against any such ridiculous assumption, and we beg to tell these fossils of a by-gone age and party, that it is the duty and the right of the independent press of the country to obtain from them, as public offi- cers, such information within their several de- partments as may be of interest or importance to the country at large. THE TRANSMUNDANE TELEGRAPH.— Major P. Me- Donald Collins. to whose report on the Moscow and San Francisco telegraph we recently called attention, goes out by the Persia to-day on his return to the Amoor river. On reaching St. Petersburg it is his intention to lay the details of the project before the Emperor Alexander, and to solicit his aid in carrying out the en- terprise. There is but little doubt that the Rus- sian government will lend its cordial concur- rencetothescheme. Of the practicability of the line, as far as the Sea of Ochotsk, it has the best evidence in its own post routes, and it cannot but take a deep interest in a project which will complete its chain of telegraphic communica” tion toits newly opened territory on the Amoor. Steps have already been taken to obtain the countenance and support of the Japanese Em- péeror to that portion of the plan which connects his dominions with the main line, and tis hoped that when China is thrown open to the trade of the world, as it eventually must be, there will be no difficulty in obtaining the consent of the Imperial goveynment to the construction of an- other lateral branch connecting with Pekin- Two millions and a half is, after all, but au in- significant amount for the construction of a work ofsuch vast importance, and Mgjor Col- ling is not a man to be deterred by small diff- culties from prosecuting to successful results the conclusions that he has deliberately formed, ‘Tm Ormea.—MErnani”’ is to be sung this evening, with ‘Mme. Gassicr #8 Elvira, Steffani ax Eroani, Amodio as the King, and Junca ag Silva. Mme, Gassier bas nover sung oer in bn Are 2 and it ne role in which she is said to very fine. ere Will bo ovly two more im nights this gcayon. ns INTERESTING FROM WASHINGTON, Despatches from the China Squadron— Friendly Feeling of the Chinese To- wards AmericansAmerican Claims Wpon Mexico, dic, c OUR SPECIAL WASHINGTON DESPATOH. ‘Wasuncton, Sept. 27, 1859, Voluminon.’ despatches were recoived at the Navy De- partmont thig morning from Commodore Tatnall, of the East India sqiadrn, giving an account of the battle be- tween the Chinese, Kuglish and Frenoh. Thoy wore con- sidered in Cabixet Coxincil to-day. It appears that the Chinese, from the treatme.ut of our Minister and Amori- can citizens at Peiho, eateryvin none but the friendliest feeling towards the United Sta’es. Private letters received here. to-day by the last mail from Europe state that the English and French have de termined to send a large force to China. The reported difficulty between Sccre'tary Cass and tho Russian Minister, in regard to the Northwest Coast, is totally unfounded. The Secretary states that there is ne dispute in regard to that matter, an@ mo cvrrespondence has occurred with reference to it. The President gave a Cabinet dinner at Soldiers’ Hom. to-day. Among the guests were Sir Henry Hoffaud: and General Cushing. Tam informed that some additional propositions to those already before our government have recently been sub. mitted by Mexico in regard to the settlement of claims and for protection, or the manner of protecting the Transit outes. Among the proposed stipulations to be considered by Secretary Cass and the Mexican Minister is an impor- ‘ant one relating to the settlement of claims of cithzens of ‘he United States upon Mexico, which requires that the claims be adjudicated by four Commissioncrs—two to be appointed by the President of each government, and an wna- pire to be selected by the Commissioners, or in cage of their disagreement, by the Secretary of State and the Mexicam Minister, and the amount of such adjuticated claims over ‘the two millions of dollars which the treaty has provided for the payment of them, is to be settled by ten annual payments of equal amount, with interest at six per cent until paid. Bonds to be given for the amount, which will be receivable by the Mexican government for any export or import dues to that goverment. It ia proposed also to obviate the objections of the Moxi- can government to our proposition for the protection of the transit routes, by the appointment of a Commissioner by each government, to reside at suitable locations, who, in case of disturbance of the peace upon any route, are to make the necessary demands of Mexican authorities for troops, which, if disregarded for a period of ten days, may be made upon the nearest land or naval forces of the United States, who, after giv- ing proper notice to the Commissioner, or if he be abseat to the the nearest local authority, shall proceed to the scene of disturbance and quell it. As an evidence of the good feeling entertained by the liberal government of Mexico towards citizons of the Uni- ted States, President Juarez bas extended to a citizon of New Jersey valuable mining facilities in the State of Sina- Joa, which wereto expire on the first of Octobor next, for two years longer. ‘THK GENERAL NEWSPAPER DESPATOH. ‘Wasnineron, Sept. 27, 1869. Unless the Executive Department shall arrest the sur- veys now in progress in Washington Territory, they will probably be extended over the islands within our claim limits, including San Juan. ‘The Secretary of the Navy has issued a general order, authorizing the commandants of the yards who have commanded squadrons to wear the flag heretofore at the stations under their command. Senior Flag Officer Stewart is to wear his flag at the main. ‘The following named officers have been ordered to Pa- nama by the steamer of the 20th of October, to relieve those attached tothe steamer Saranac, whose term of service will shortly expire:—Capt. Ritchie, Lieutenants ‘Watkins and Meade, Master Shylock, Surgeon D. S Green, Assistant Sargeon Bennett Green, and Purser Ingersoll. It is said our government had made a peremptory de- mand on Chile for redress, About six hundred and eight percussion muskets were sold on government account to-day, at an average of $2 75 a piece, mostly to New York dealers. Interesting from Venezuela. Boston, Sept. 27, 1860. A file of the St. Thomas Tidende, to Soptembor 1, receiv ed at this port, contains an important documont showing the terrible condition of affairs in Venezuela, where a war ofraces, fanned by political and mili aspirants, is rapidly “depopulating that country. The ‘doteunet ‘in question is an appeal for protection of the foreign Consals at Ciudad Bolivar to the Governors of the French, Engish and Danish West India Islands. In this appcal the Uon- suls say that the contest now going on is not one of ordi- nary revolution, having for its object a political ond, bat, onthe contrary, the motto now is violence, death and pillage. The acts of atrocity committed by these vandals are, they say, 60 numerous that it would be difficult to enumerate them. In the provinces of the interior whole communities have disappeared. Nothing but foreign in- tervention probably will save the country from entire destruction. News from New Mexico. St. Lovis, Sept. 27, 1859. ‘The Santa Fe mail of the 13th inst. has arrived at Inde- pendence. Otero is re-elected to Congress by 2,600 ma- jority. Serious difficulties are apprehended with the In- dians in the vicinity of Allison's ranch, in consequence of the abandonment of that trading post. Steam Boiler Explosion and Loss of Life. Bainmors, Sept. 27, 1859. On Monday the boiler of a freight engine on the Balti- more and Ohio road, at the Cameron station, near Wheel- ing, burst, killing John Harris, engineer; James Dawson, fireman, and James Winters, ‘conductor—all residing at Wheeling. Several hands at the station were also injured; some, it is thought, fatally, : The Canadian ee Annual Exhi- ion, Kixastow, C. W., Sept. 27, 1859. The provincial annual exhibition was opened’ to-day. The number of entries eqeced forty-five hundred, and the city is filling rapidly with visiters. The Board of Agriculture passed a vote of condolence to Sir Edmund Head and lady on their sad bereavement by the death of thoir son by drowning. The Canal Convention, Unica, Sept. 27, 1859. A fair number of delegates are here to the Canal Con- vention, among them quite a sprinkling of poiticians, There is no caucassing to-night, aud no indications of what is to be done further than the presumption that the action of the Convention will turn upon in tividual prefe. rences a8 to candidates. It is generally believed now that no nominations will be made, but that tho views of the Convention willbe indicated by resolutions, The Boston Brokers’ Board Anniversa: Celebration. eke Boston, Sept. 27, 1859, The Boston Brokers’ Board celebrated thvir twenty-fifth anniversary last evening by a dinner, speeches, &¢. Henry W. Pickering was re-elected President, Nathaniel ‘Tracy Secretary, and J. G. Soley Treasurer. Marana yes soe rasta Sinking of the Stenmbont Irene. Mxarins, Tenn., Sept, 27, 1859. ‘The Arkansas river steamboat {rene sank on Saturday night. Loss $20,000. Everett’s Oration on Webster. Boston, Sept, 27, 1859. Hon. Edward Everett repeated his oration on Webster, in the Capitol grounds this afternoon to an immense audience. ir at St. Louis. St. Louis, Sept. 27, 1859. ‘The fair of the St. Louis Agricultural and Mechanical So- ciety was visited to-day by 40,000 people. Jn the ring were 8ix splendid roadsters, stallions, but the famous horse Silver Heels, owner Gen. Singleton, of Quincy, Ill, took the first premium. A large number of Devon, Ayre” shire, Hereford and Alderney cattle were also exhibited, and the prizes fairly distributed among the various States represented, ‘The ‘art department is full, and attracts much attention. It contains several gems by old masters, alsoanumber of fine and spirited pictures of Western scencry. The weather is clear and delightful. Vast crowds of strangers continue to arrive from all parts of the country. The Boston Weckly Bank Statements, Boston, Sept. 27, 1859, Our weekly bank statements foot up as follows: — Capital stock... Loans and di Specie........ Due from other banks. Due to other banks, Steamer Movements. SAVANNAH, Supt. 27, 1869. The steamship Potomac arrived hero last evening jrom New York. All well. Drowning of the Son of the Govrermer General of Canada, ‘Tororo, Sept. 8%, 1850. Intelligence has been received in qhis city that Mr. Head, a young gentkeman seventeon ‘years of ago, only son und heir of Sir Edmuud Head, Governor General of joe Canadas, was drowned while bathing in the river San laurice, The Pennsylvania State Fair. Purapeurna, Sept, 27, 1859. The State fair opened to-day, and was well filled with visiters. The fair is held at the same place whore the United States fair was held a few years ago, Somo fine full blogd horses and spicngid speeimeus oF cay are OD j :