The New York Herald Newspaper, September 30, 1859, Page 4

4 NEW. YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. DRFICK N. W. TERHS, cash in advance, Money sent ve oes Peetage samp Rot receboed as shcripaom "THR DAILY HERALD, two conte , $7 per annem. THE MEER) UPKALD, coery Sanuk, a oe cents per wzpy. or $ era 5 the an Eidition Wednendiry Sad Fayed ger con BS oer one toany part @ rent Lege or any party the finent, to includ a Galore ttn on The and th af earh month at ke sopy oF anna. Pluk kAMILY’ HERALD on Wednestay, at four conts por cory, oF 82 per cnn CONral ORRESPONDENCE, containing important oboe frown nny yaar Of the seorld; if used, will bs Bae Dun For aa ally putd for. REIGN CORRESPONDENTS ARK Pawmcvcan.y Requests to Saal ali an Paox- FS SENT US. noe, (Satpal Hn pled 0 a communications. ADVERTISEMENTS Tanewed every fn werted in the Ay ce Hexato, Famine and in the California (ropean WW5 PRINTING exocuded with nentness, cheapness and ve patch. AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. ACADEMY OF MUSIC. Fourteenth street.—Itauian Orana—Don Giovanni. NIBLO’S GARDEN, Broadway.—Fvouvrions on Tam ‘Tigut Rore—Beix or Mapaip—MazuLe. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—Ricaarp IIl.—Itauan Baicanve— Swiss Swans. pWINTER GARDEN, Brondway, opposite Bond street — WALLAOCK’S THEATRE, Broadway.—Roap to Row— Mioxusu Tuxrs. LAURA KEENE'S THEATRE, 62% Brosdway.—Sea or Ica. NEW BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—Ganrisatpi—Turee Guanpsmen. BARNUM'S AMERICAN MUSRUM, Broadway.—After- poom—Ssrven OLexks—Huxtep Hovas. Evening—Mysts- BIOUS STRANGER, WOOD'S MINSTREIS, 585 Broadway.—Eruiorun Soxas, Dances, &0.—BLack SWAN. BRYANTS' MINSTRELS, Mechanics Hall, 472 Broadway.— Bunixsques, Sonos, Dances, &c.—Usep Ur. New York, Friday, September 30, 1859. IMPORTANT TO ADVERTISERS. Owing to the great iucrease of our advertising business, we are compelied to ask our advertising friends to come foour aid and help us to get our paper to press. This accomplish by sending in their advertisements ‘at as early an hour inthe day and evening as possible. AD advertisements should be handed in before nine o'clock at Wight. Those handed in after that hour wik have to take @heir chance as regards classification. ‘The News. The steamship Asia, which left Liverpool on the 17th inst., arrived at this port about eleven o'clock last night. Her news, which is two days later than that brought by the Vanderbilt, has been antici- pated by the arrival of the Galway steamer Circas- sian at St. Johns, N. F.,on Tuesday last. We give, however, some additional intelligence, which will be found interesting. At the meeting of the Episcopal Convention in this city yesterday, Bishop Potter preached the usual sermon, and the standing &nd other business | committees were appointed. In the evening ses- sion the question of the reinstallation of Bishop Onderdonk was brought up on & resolution re- questing the House of Bishops to take action on the suspension of the Bishop, or to modify the same so as to limit it toa certam time. A very ex- citing debate ensued, in which Bisktop Potter, and Drs. Hawks, Tyng, Anthon and others took part. We give a report of the proceedings in another column. The trial to determine the title to the West Washington Market grounds was continued yester- day in the Supreme Court before the Hon. Judge Potter. Several witnesses were examined on the part of the State to prove the extension of the boun. dary of the city on its west side at various periods, and also to show that the water between Dey and Vesey streets was filled in with dirt, by contract awarded by the Street Commissioner, and sanc- tioned by the Common Council. The lease of the disputed premises for one year, in consideration of the payment of five thousand dollars, to Messrs. James P. Taylor and Owen W. Brennan, was like- wise put in evidence by the plaintiffs’ counsel. This morning the Corporation Counsel will open the case on the part of the defendants, and it is under. stood that he intends to move for a nonsuit. No tidings have been received of the missing balloonists, Messrs. La Mountain and Haddock. They were last seen from the town of Pitcairn, St. Lawrence county, N. Y., ata supposed altitude of five miles, and going due east with great velocity. The murder of the unknown man at the corner of Worth street and Mission place on Tuesday even- ing received a thorough investigation at the hands of Coroner Schirmer yesterday. The evidence tended to throw suspicion upon two men named Bill Jones and Patrick Farrell, and thé jury, in ren. dering a verdict, charged these men with having committed the murder. The accused are at large, but the police are sanguine of being able to arrest them at an early day. The Board of Supervisors sat from seven o’clock P.M. on Wednesday till eight e’clock yesterday (Thursday) morning to complete the balloting for Registrars. The result was totally in favor of the democratic party. The names will be found in another column. At the meeting of the Board of Aldermen last evening a communication was received from the Comptroller, stating that the proceeds of stocks issued for constructing the new reservoir, purchas- ing lands and extending the Croton water works, are all expended, and recommending a further is- sue of stock to the amount of $878,900, in accord- ance with the laws heretofore passed. It will re- quire $1,201,261 to complete the works. The sub- ject was referred to the Croton Department Com- mittee. A resolution was offered authorizing the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund to carry into effect an agreement respecting property owned by the city and now held unlawfally by various per- sons. After the transaction of some unimportant Toutine business, the Board adjourned till Monday next. The Board of Councilmen transacted a large amount of routine business last evening. The City Inspector submitted an ordinance to require the Owners of tenement property to place suitable garbage boxes before the doors of their houses. It was referred to the Committee on Public Health. ‘The Board concurred with the Aldermen in favor of petitioning the Governor to reorganize the ‘Twelfth regiment. The great rowing race between Andrew Fay and ‘Thomas Daw for $250 a side came off ‘yesterday at ‘one P. M. from Quarantine around a stake boat near Fort Dismond and back to the place of starting. Fey won the race easily. Daw was suffering from 8 boil under his right arm. As some laborers were employed yesterday af. ternoon in whitewashing an area wall which had Jost been erected at Nos. 313 and 315 Greenwich street, a prop gave way and the wall fell in, bury- ing two men named John Gaffney and John Bryan under the ruins. Gaffaey was found to be quite dead when extricated from the rubbish, but Bryan escaped with some severe bruises. The Coroner will hold an inquest upon the body of the decease to-day. The Excise Commissioners met Yesterday to Brant licenses, but received no applications. The Clerk reported that he had sent a copy of the let- fer received by Mr. Hagkett, ou the subject of ‘ NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1859. licensing druggists, to the Police Commissioners. They then adjourned till this afternoon at two o'clock. The National Guard, Seventh regiment, Colonel Marshal Leflerts, had a field day at East New York yesterday. They proceeded in fatigue dress, with be SEE Ree aT, Om knapsacks and one day’s rations, They mustered matt win atthe | 553 members. The drill was a complete success in every point of view, and called ferth encomiums of praise for the new Colonel and his command. There were about 1,500 spectators present, in- cluding many military men. The sales of cotton yesterday reached 600 bales, closing Steady within the range of quotations given in another column. The flour market was quite active, with an ad- vance of from 5 to 1 cents per barrel. Superfine West- ern cana) was in the best request. Southern was also in good demand, and closed at better prices. Wheat was firmor for good to prime lots of now, with fair sales, while common and inferior qualities were heavy and ir- regular, Corn was heavy and sales moderate, including Western mixed, at 89. and Southern yellow at 92};c. Pork was heavy and inclined to droop, with sales of mess at $15 81 a $15 90; thin mess at $14 87, and prime at $10 60 a $10 621;. Beef was dull, and ard was firm. Sugars were activ: vod demand from refiners and the trade, and th» 1 closed at an advance of about ye. por Tho transactions embraced about 2,000 bhds. and 850 boxes at prices given in another place. Coffee was steady, with light sales; 250 mats Java brought 154. and a small lot Jamaica 1224c.; Rio was quiet on account of a public sale of Santos to come off next week. Freights were firm but engagements were light. Cotton was engaged for Liverpool at d. a 916d, the latter figure for uncompressed by clippor ship; with 800 boxes cheese, by steamer, at 40s.; and to Antwerp 500 bbls. ashes at 20s. with a The Contest Between Europe and Asia— Growth of the American Influence in China. The recent events at the mouth of the Peiho have a deep significance and are pregnant with vast results. The contest between Euro- pean and Asiatic civilization has assumed a new phase, and the nations of Western Europe will be called upon to exert all their powers in a contest with five hundred millions of peo- ple on the continent of Asia Whoever has read the narratives of recent travellers through Persia, China and Thibet, has become aware of the watchful jealousy with which the British power in India is everywhere regarded by the Asiatic nations beyond its sway. It is universally looked upon as an en- croaching and dominant power, and some of the most interesting portions of Mons. Huc’s narrative relate to the suspicious inquiries and the official vigilance with which communi- cation with British India was regarded in the countries he visited. At the Court of Thibet the Chinese Ambassador was the ruling power, and the progress of the English arms eastward from the Ganges the sub- ject of his constant observation. Closed as is all communication between the Western and Eastern worlds, we pay little heed to what may pass, or what ideas mayrule in the Asiatic courts. Yet every traveller of modern times, from Marco Polo down, and the scanty rem- nants of ancient history, all tell us of the ex- istence of national embassies, experts in the arts of diplomacy, with their intrigues, their intermarriages between royal families, and all the tricks of kingcraft. If from these scanty facts in regard to the in- terior of the Asiatic courts we pass to a con- templation of the events of late years on the shores of Asia, we are led to the irresistible conclusion that behind the dissimulation and treachery that have marked the official inter- course of the Asiatics with Europeans, there is something far deeper than a mere wish to de- ceive. The opium war of 1842 between Eng- land and China, the Burmah war, the Affghan treachery, the conquest of the Sikhs, the late war with China, the Allied proceedings in Cochin China, and the gigantic rebellion against British rule in India, must all have | been matters of diplomatic consideration between the semi-civilized courts of Asia, and must have created an opinion and a policy towards England the fruits of which are seen in the universal resistance with which her approaches are met. The Asiatic portion of Lord Clive’s history is perhaps better known in Asia than in Europe, and the secret springs of the great Indian rebellion better understood in China than in England. While this feeling of jealousy, fear and ha- tred of English power was growing up in Asia, the American name was blended with that of England in the Asiatic mind, from the identity of language, dress and customs between us, But of late years events have tended to change this, and to enable the Asiatic everywhere to distinguish between the two nations. It is not alone our proceedings in Japan, and the con- duct of the American Minister, Mr. Reed, du- ring the late war between the Allies and China, that has led to this. The gold discoveries in California and Australia have drawn thousands of adventurous Chinese to those shores, large numbers of whom have returned to China. Their narratives must have proved a fresh and interesting subject of study toa nation where literary merit is the guide to rank and the Mandarin’s button is the reward of scholastic merit. In these narratives American poli- tics, as developed in California, and English, as found in Australia, stand in marked contrast. In the latter, the narra- tives doubtless have shown the Chinaman op- pressed, driven from his diggings, taxed by the government, and denied any political status. In California, the Chinese hongs contending with the Governor on the question of taxation and beating him in argument, their protection in their work, their admission to civil rights, and their strength in the social organization, are probably as well understood at Pekin as at Washington. Then the British participation in the coolie trade, and the fact that this infamous traffic is not extended to the United States, is as well known in China as in Europe. The narra- tive of every returned Chinaman is taken down by a Mandarin ambitious of literary promotion, and may be found in the archives at Pekin. Thus, much of the deference paid to the Ameri- can representative in China, which has been supposed to flow from Russian teachings, may be traced to other and logical causes, These have produced the state of things in our relations with China which have been ig- norantly put in peril by Mr. Ward, the Minister, and Captain Tatnall, the commander cf our naval forces, by taking part with the British and French in the attack on the forts at the mouth of the Peiho. The full and interesting letters which we have published from the scene of the event, and which give a more clear and intelligible account than any others received from there, show gon- clusively the different deportment which the Chinese exhibited towards our Minister and towards those of Fratice and England, The Chinese told Mr. Ward at Shanghae that if after the ratification of the treaties he wished to go to Pekin, he bad only to say that he had impor- tant business to transact there. At the mouth of the Peiho they told him, before the battle, to go to the northern mouth of the river, and pointed out the masts of the junks, which could be seen; and yet he made no effort to do so until after the defeat of the English. When requested to help the fight he doubted the pro- priety of so doing, but not having mind enough of his own consulted Captain Tatnall, who, being nothing more than a brave sailor, thought that the tugging off of the Toey-wan when aground entitled Admiral Hope to American assistance in towing his forces into action. Af- ter the fight the Chinese again sent to Mr. Ward, to say that he would find entrance at the north- ern mouth of the Peiho, and at our latest dates he was about to proceed to Pekin. Should his proceedings and those of Captain Tatnall, in taking sides with the Allied forces against the Chinese, lead to any complication of our relations with China, both should be at once recalled, and somebody having more judg- ment thana Georgia politician, and more brains than a fighting sailor, should be sent to look after our interests there. A contest against English dominion is impending in Asia which will shake every nation from the Wall of China to the Gulf of Persia. The Allies have just reason to seek the punishment of the treachery that has been used against them; but we have no part nor interest in it. They will set their “wooden walls” against the mud forts, and send thousands of men to conbat with millions, and time will bring the results. Buf we should not be surprised if the echo of the defeat at Peiho should yet be heard on the banks of the Ganges. Revoir or Inreutect AGatnst Rowpyis anv Poxitics.—It is the last parcel that breaks the camel's back, the last drop that overflows the cup. The latescenesat Wieting Hall, in which the leaders of Tammany Hall and Mozart Hall played their parts, have completed the revolt which had been long rising up in the public mind against the rowdyism and corruption of these organizations, by which the legitimate influence of men of character and honor and standing in the democratic party has been nul- lified, and a tyrannical usurpation worthy of Robespierre and his associates in the French Revolution, established in its stead. The conduct of the representatives of Tam- many Hall and Mozart Hall and their affilia- tions at Syracuse, the plots and doings of the Regency both previous to and at the late Convention, the congregation of traitors and cut-throats, and political butchers and rowdies, and roughs and shoulder-hitters, and bullies and bruisers, and Short Boys and Dead Rabbits, and gamblers and thieves, and yagabonds of all sorts, have so aroused the public mind that we would not wonder if the indignation would ere long take the shape of a Vigilance Committee. The respectable portion of the democratic party in particular are so disgusted with the scoundrels that they are determined to rescue the party and the fortunes of the country out of their hamis. The’Tammanyites and the Mozart Hall men are now both on collecting expeditions to raise funds, for the ostensible purpose of carry- ing the State election to a successful issue, but far more likely to be divided among a set of knaves and robbers, with as much conscience asa shark or a wolf. We trust that they will not be successful in levying this black mail, and that every man will have the pluck and the moral courage to give them a flat refusal. But there is another movement on foot, an independent one, in favor of the democratic ticket. It has been started by intellectual and respectable men, whose characters are guar- antees for the honest application of the money they may collect. They are raising funds with which to do battle against Wm. H. Seward and his revolutionary princi- ples. As dollars are the sinews of war, we trust they will prosper in their collection, and that, taking the management of the election out of the hands of the thieves and rowdies, they will assume the control themselves, and thus come off victorious in the conflict. By taking this course they will deal a double blow, equal- ly fatal to Sewardism and to rowdyism. The Tammany and Mozart Hall factions, which are both alike, will be superseded and overthrown. They are disorganized and demoralized, and whatever they come in contact with they disorganize and demoralize, like a little leaven which assimilates to itself the whole mass of dough, or like a gangrene in the human body, which spreads and extends till it kills its victim. The cause is too sacred to be entrusted to such unholy hands. It is the cause of patriot- ism—the cause of the Union and the constitu- tion against the treasonable designs of Mr. Seward, who contemplates the dismemberment of the federal republic, in order that he may be monarch of the Northern half of it. If the black republican ticket which endorses his ideas should be suc- cessful, he would thus become the most promi- nent man of the party, and his doctrines would gain such an ascendancy in the Northern mind that he would have little difficulty in the inau- guration of his long meditated revolutionary movement, by which he may destroy the coun- try, shattering its united and irresistible strength into powerless, helpless fragments, destined to be the prey of each other and of all nations, It is necessary, therefore, to make ample pre- parations for this important issue, and the first step is to ignore the existence of the Regency, and of Tammany Hall and Mozart Hall, whose rogues and rowdies are unfit to be trusted with the handling of money, or with the management of a political issue which involves the fate of the country now and for all future time. —_—_____ OrGantzaTion Ov THE New Conaress.—It is well known that of the four or five parties and factions in the House of Representatives which will meet in December, no party will hold a majority, and that there must be a coalition of two or more of these parties or factions to organize the House under the majority rule, The republicans, however, will lack only six or cight men ofa clear majority, and they are already beginning to negotiate among the anti-Lecomp- ton democrats for these recruits. But the whole business of the control of the House could be much more easily and much more profitably arranged, in reference to the Presi- dency, by the simple plan of, a practical coali- tion of all the opposition forces, North and South, against the democracy npon the practi- Cal issnes of retrenchment and reform and a General overhauling of democratic extrava- gances, leaving the nigger agitation entirely in the hands of such men as Seward, Douglas and Wise, and the Northern abolitionists and the Southern @re-eaters. Otherwise, the “irrepressi- ble conflict” of Seward will be very apt to bring about an “irrepressible conflict” among the several parties and factions concerned, from December, 1859, at Washington, to November, 1860, throughout the country, and how much longer God only knows. Vorcanors Unprr THe SrrkETS—NECESsITY OF Testina Borers By Hypraviic Pressure.— Yesterday we had the boilers of the Heratp establishment carefully tested by hydraulic pressure, which is the only thorough and satis- factory mode of insuring their perfect safety. Though our boilers are in excellent order, and constructed of the best material, our engines fur- nished with steam and water gauges, and every appliance calculated to guard against accident, and attended by a competent staff of engineers and firemen, yet, as the boilers lie under the sidewalk, in order to make assurance doubly sure, we have had them submitted to the se- verest known test of hydraulic pressure, which all cautious engine builders and governments apply to their machinery. 1.. ent people who daily perambulate the streets of this city little dream that there are hundreds of steam boilers under their feet— sleeping volcanoes, that may at any moment scatter destruction and death around. Many of these boilers are doubtless wholly unsafe, not supplied with either steam or water gauges, or any other safeguard against explosion except the safety-valve alone, which, if corroded, or otherwise becoming unmanageable, is more of a danger-valve than a safety-valve. There are numerous buildings also, with boilers under- neath, where a crowd of people, varying from one to five hundred, are continually at work, just as insecure, and often under the superin- tendence of boys, who know no more about the terrific power of steam than the unborn child; and hence we have had to record many such awful disasters as the recent explosions in Hague and Goerck streets, and there have been frequently, no doubt, many more accidents of the same kind attended with less fatal results which were never made public at all. The government provides by special enact- ments that the boilers and engines in national vessels, ferry boats and other steam navigated vessels, shall be inspected by competent offi- cials, properly tested, and a certificate from such inspectors guaranteeing their safe condition rendered indispensable. In these cases it is only the lives of those parties who voluntarily entrust themselves on board, either to work the vessel or as passengers, which are endangered; but in the case of steam boilers under the side- walks, or in buildings in crowded localities, hundreds of persons, unconscious of any dan- ger, are in momentary peril of being sent into eternity. We conceive, then, that it is the duty of the Common Council to pass an ordinance com- pelling all owners of steam engines within the city limits, under a heavy penalty, to have their boilers tested by hydraulic pressure once a year, and to have their security guaranteed by ® certificate from some competent inspector. We have taken the initiative in the Hreratp establishment, and we hope thatsome measures will be taken to make a similar course impera- tive upon all other parties using steam in the management of their business. The safety of human life in this crowded city demands it. Pores axp Pempxtys.—The Hon. Jefferson Brick, with the assistance of his clerical colla- borateur, the Rey. Caleb Melchisedek, has la- bored to the best of his ability to give a first rate quadrilateral notice for the mammoth Ben- nett pumpkins. Considered as the work of a done up politician, who wasso much frightened by the rumored appearance of an Austrian hussar as to run ten miles from Solferino, and a ci-levant parson, the recognition of the great pumpkins is very creditable to its authors. The only deficiency about it is, that while it gave us full credit for our successes in the ag- ricultural field, it neglected to say that we raised great newspapers as well asgreat pump- kins, and that our journalistic triumphs were as far beyond competition, or even imitation, (as Mr. Brick knows by sad experience), as our monster contributions to the vegetable kingdom. A parallel between speculations in Old Brick churches and dead men’s bones and our operations might be instructive and amusing at the same time. But, letting the Hon. J. Brick and his coadjutor go by for the day, we desire to call the attention of the Hon. Booby Brooks to these mammoth pumpkins, in connection with a statement which he made some time ago. He stated that we had pur- chased some forty acres of rocky and waste land, without productive soil, verdure, foliage and natural beauties of any kind. Now, he must either acknowledge that he was wrong in the first instance, or else that we were won- derfully clever to make these premium vegetables grow in such a desert as that which he described. Things have changed a good deal with the Hon. Booby Brooks since we bought our rocks. He has followed the corpse of the once flourishing Know Nothing party to an early grave. Now our amiable but dis- tressed cotemporary is looking about for his own political grave—a quiet, secluded spot, suitable for a young man with the best inten- tions and the worst possible luck. Touched to the heart by this sad condition of the Hon. Booby Brooks, we will be willing, if he does the fuir thing by our pumpkins, and does it handsomely, to find him some vacant lot, some snug corner in Tammany Hall, where the wicked politicians shall not trouble him and the weary Brooks shall be at rest. Now, could anything be more magnanimous than that? We pause for a reply. Forswn Beooars.—The frequent, rapid and cheap communication between the United States and Europe has had the effect to dis- charge many queer fish upon our hospitable shores—beggars among them; beggars of all sorts, kinds and countries, from the miserable wretch who tortures an asthmatic organ, or has Lost his all by the eruption of some impossible voleano, up to the smooth, polished, broad- clothed beggar who desires the help of the Yankee dollar to aid in Christianizing the anti- podes, or liberalizing some oppressed people in Europe, or making a new revolution, which never comes off. They are all mendicants, more or less impudent, and by consequence more or less successfn}, In 1847-8 we had an immense importation of political beggars, who wished to raise funds to help the liberal cause in Hun- gary, Poland, Italy, Germany and Ireland. Kossuth was the king of these beggars, and collected a good deal of money which has bever been accounted for, It ig not likely that it ever will. Them there was a | Speech of Semator Chestrat, of South heavy raise for the Irish fund. Did anybody ever hear what. became of that? Latterly the political dodge has been abandoned, and the parsons have taken the matter in hand. Catholic Europe isto be con- verted to old style Presbyterianism, and as a cheering field to commence with, Ireland is to be selected, colleges are to be erected, revival meetings held, and Pat is to be reclaimed from the error of his ways if Jonathan will pay the expenses of going through with so tough a job. Certain agents have lately come here with the view to collect a fund for the above named purpose, and they are going about the country making speeches and telling funny stories, while the contribution box is sent through the congregations. The time was when the Irish came here to work, and not to beg. They came to help build our railways and dig our canals, and earned their bread by honest, ear- nest labor. Now it appears that some of them have joined with the other European mendi- cants in an attack upon the bank books of the truly pious. We cannot but think that the railway builders and canal diggers are far more worthy of respect than the sleek, round, eloquent and learned gentlemen who have suc- ceeded them. AFFAIRS IN WASHINGTON, The Behavior of the British Fanctiona- ries in China—Mexican Affairs—Re- ported Death of Ex-President Cebal- los—Douglas’ Forthcoming Reply to Judge Black—Another Duel on the Ta- pis—The Printing Plunder—The Presi- dent Going to Wheatland, &c., &e. O™R SPECIAL WASHINGTON DESPATCH, Wasincton, Sept. 29, 1859. It is the opinion in diplomatic circles that Admiral Hope blundered in his recent naval attack in China, and that Colone! Bruce exhibited a supercilious hauteur unbecom- ing his office and his brief experience as a diplomat. He accompanied his brother, Lord Elgin, to China, and his appointment is another instance of aristocratic nepotism. ‘The Cabinet meeting on Tuesday was attended by all the members of the Cabinet except Messrs. Floyd and Holt. The Johnson contract occupied a portion of the time of the council, and the despatches received from China by the Secretaries of State and of the Navy were laid before it. Minister McLane had a long interview with the Presi- dent and Secretary of State to-day in regard to Mexican affairs. Some additional intelligence has been received here since our Minister left Vera Cruz, but matters there are unchanged. A pamphlet will appear in a few days, written under the supervision of Senator Douglas, in reply to the recent able article of Judge Black’s, which caused Douglas’ sud- den return to this city. His friends are much annoyed at his exhibition of ill temper in his Wooster speech. The President contemplates in the course of a few days, a brief visit to Wheatland. Should the Postmaster Gene- ral return to-morrow, he will probably leave here on Saturday. The President will remove from Soldiers’ Home to this city on Saturday The fear of failure of contractor for carrying the mails to California via Nicaragua cominues to give much uneasiness to government officials here. On Wednesday Assistant Postmaster-Generals King and Dundas held a long consultation with the President upon the subject. A telegraphic despatch has just been recoived here by the city authorities informing them that Mr. Goode, of Virginia, brother of the late member of Congress, and Mr. Paul, a Petersburg, Virginia, editor, were on the way to this vicinity to fight a duel. The difficulty, it is said, arose out of the contest for the seat in Congress in the Petersburg district, Goode wanting his late brother’s place, and Paul being a warm partisan of Pryor. Mr. Pryor, it is said, isin favor of Douglas and his popular sovereignty humbug, and hay managed to blind the peo ple of that district on this fact. ‘News has arrived of the death of ex-President Cebal los. of Mexico, im Paris. It is said that Cornelius ‘Wendell is to make a pilgrim- age to Tennessee, to see Mr. Etheridge about the organi- zation of the next Congress. He goes in behalf of the re- publican members of New York, and with a keen eye to the printing spoils. If the republicans can control the Southern opposition vote in Congressional matters and for the smaller offices, they will strike a bargain to make Ftheridge Speaker. Mr. Guthrie, the secret agent of the Treasury Depart- ment, has gone to investigate a serious matter chraged against the Collector of the port of Detroit. The President has appointed William G. Jones District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern and Southern Districts of Alabama, vice John Gayle de ceased. Captain M.S. Miller has been ordered to assume the duties of Assistant Quartermaster, vacated by the death of Major Chapman. The whole number of invalid pensioners on tho rolls of the Pension Office on the Ist of January, 1791, was 1,856, there has since been added 11,812, making a total of 13,168. Of this number there were receiving pensions June 0, 1858, 4,916. ‘The whole amount that had been paid the Revolutionary pensioners was $64,518,281; to other army aud navy pensioners, $21,836,062, making a total (paid since the organization of the government) of $86,354,344. ‘The blue book is in the hands of the printer and will soon be issued. The proof shects are now undergoing re- visal at the hands of the officers of the various depart- ments. The Commissioner of Indian Affairs, now on an official visit to the West, expects before his return to coaclude several highly advantageous treaties with the Indian tribes now located in the region bordering upon Kansas. Tho Land and Pension offices are busily engaged in pre- paring their estimates for the next fiscal year. The Post Office Department, in consequence of press of business, bas deferred the preparation of estimates until next month. Passed Midshipman Morgan L. Ogden has been dis- missed from the navy. The acting Secretary of War has prepared a general order, which will be issued in a few days, declaring that hospital stewards and ordnance sergeants are subject to court martial like other enlisted men. THE GENERAL NEWSPAPER DESPATCH. ‘Wasiuxarox, Sept. 29, 1859. ‘The Secretary of the Navy bas recently made arrange- ments for the reception of an additional number of active midshipmen at the Naval Academy—from thirty to forty of them. Members of Congress from districts which have been the longest time without appointments as far back as 1856 will be requested to make nominations of youths for admission, in accoraance with the existing law. ‘The Treasury receipts for the week ending on Monday were $1,599,000. Tho drafts paid amounted to $1,408,000, and tho drafts issued to $848,000. The amount subject to draft was $5,163,459, an increase over Inst week of moro than $758,000, or million within the last two weeks. Capt. M. S. Miller has been ordered to Fort Monroe, to assume the duties of Assistant Quartermaster General at that point, in place of Chapman, deceased. ‘The President has appointed Wm. C. Jones Judge of the United States Court for the Northern and Southern districts of Alabama, vice Gayle, deceased. The names of at least ten other gentlemen had-been mentioned in connection with that office. General Jesup, who was seriously sick in New York, has returned to Washington. He is convalescent. ‘The Secretary of the Treasury has on appeal decided hat “felt slipper patterns,”’ as described by the impost, the fabric being worsted in whole or part, and also “{talian cloth” imported as button stuff, but believed it may be used for other purposes, are both dutiable at 19 per centum, Tho appellants claimed that they should be entered at four per centum, but the articles were imported in the piece and not cut in slips or separate patterns. He also decided that “travelling rugs”’ are dutiable as manu- factures of wool or wearing apparel at 24 por centum- and not as blankets, as claimed. Dart at ot the heron em Romer, N. Y., Sept. 29, 1859. Professor Coo, accompanied by Mr. Cottman, of Romo, made a balloon ascension here to-day from the fair grounds. The county fair being in session, there were 10,000 spectators. Tho ascension was fine. At the height of two miles the balloon bursted, turning up in the top of the netting, thus forming a parachute. The yoyagers, after a perilous and exciting descent, landed safely in a swamp three miles from their starting it. There was intense excitement among the crowd during the Wage, Carelina, Cuaxtaston, Sept. 29, 1869, The Courier contains Senator Cheetnut's speech delivered at Camden, 8. C., yesterday. He d'scourses politics gone- rally, favors Southern unity and the developement ot the resources of the South, repudiates agitation aud the open - ing of the slave trade, and 0} Senator Douglas’ points about unfriendly Terviorial ogislation. eee Knights Templars’ Comvention. Unica, Sept. 29, 1859. The Knights Templars’ Convention of the Grand Com- mandery of the Stato of New York bid its election yes- raeys, Sepsaaber 28, when the following officers were clected:—Charies G. add, of Penn Yen, Graumt Cou mander; Frank Chamboriain, Garaiaraer) anos. Pricst, "ot ule adh one wine, W, . Drew having declined: J. T. Wilbur, of Hornolisville, Grand Captain Gexoral; Salem Town! of Aurora, Grand Prolate; Wm. ¥. Holthen of Rochester Grand Senior Warden; K. P. Brood, of New Kore weed Junior Warden; John 8. Perry, of Froy, Grand Trearunees Robert Macy, ‘of Now York, Grand 'Rooorder: Anross Shuler’ of Hockport, Gfaad Swasd aera res Grand Sword Bearer; C, A’ ‘q ster, of Binghamton, Grand Warder. aa woe cara hkde ate el Rogatta at Albany. ‘ALnaNx, Sept. 29, 1859, At the regatta to-day the first’ prize for "eaten was won by the Eudora, of Albany, and the second by he rat rian ws wos tn att co tee t yy John Hawkun, of Newburg— ime 26 \ds—and’ the pecer minutes 17° secon: second by Thomas te 2 ~~ Ud » Boston, who was ten the first prize was taken by the Str: of thkeep- sie, in 20 minutes 11 seconds, end itesemed by the Dan Bryant, of Newburg. The Georgo J. Brown, of New York, came in last. ‘The six oared boat race was won by the oat Sephen Roberts, belonging tothe Hiawatha Club, named races was throo miles. ey eee ricarrneermsboraieiaaioae The Benth of: Mx: Brunel, ND, Me., Sept. 29, 1859, Flags were displayed at half mast on’ the publi : ings and ise etipniag in the harbor, and Eins pens fired at noon to-day as a token of of Isambert K. Brenel ‘ Saclay aan Sane coors The Southern Pacino Railroad. : kw ORLEANS, Sept. i Advices from Marshall, Texas, to the. 1pth slate vat the suitin the matter of the Pacific Railroad had beon de- cided in favor of the defendants, Mr. Fowlkes’ ‘ion of the road, and the rights of the franchise of the new Company. Both sides were actively co-operating, and the Foon of ‘Texas have full confidence in the completion of TT Renusyivants State Fair. HLADELPHIA, Sept, 29, » ‘The State Agricultural Fair attracted a great pry to- day. The trialof steam fire engines commenced yester- day and will be finished to-morrow, when the prizes will be announced. The tallest playing Yet effected is by the Baltimore steam fire engine, constructed with a Fulton pump. The steamer Washington, of this city, similarly constructed, but of great power, will play to-morrow. Ap- partion indicates that one of these engines will win the rst prize. Sees Affairs in Newark, N. J. Nuwanx, Sept. 20, 1859. The stock and fixtures of the Newark Mallegble iron Foundry, located on Nesbit street, were sold at auction thi magning, rey bo concern. ur municipal elections take place October 11. candidates for Mayor are, the present incumbent, Moses Bigelow, dem., and Daniel Dodd, opposition. 7 gyre ish delegation of ministers addressed a large au- ence © First Presbyterian church collection is paid to be liberal, ee ae Wyoming County Fair, : Warsaw, N. 'Y., Sopt, 27, 1859. The Wyoming County Fair closed here to-day. Tho fair ‘was very satisfactory. pi Ship Ocean Queen Ashore. Boston, Sept. 29, 1869. The ship Ocean Queen, hence for Charleston, went ashore last night on Race boint. No particulars are yet wn. Markets. PHILADELPHIA STOCK BOARD. Stocks dull. Pennsylvania State tive A enaing res, : Raiiroad, 223; Morris Canal, 605; Lohg island Railroad, 11; Pemngylvania Railroad, 395;. New Onrxans, Sept. 29, 1859. sales to-day were 7,000 bales’ at un- changed rates. Freights to Liverpool 9-16d. on New York, sixty days, 1a13 per cent discot unt, and at sight 44 per cent premium. SavANnaH, Sept. 29, 1859. Cotton quiet: sales to-day 460 bales at 113{c.'a 113e, for middling; sales of the weck, 1,960 bales; receipts of the week, 8,880 bales; stock, 12,500 bales, Baurm™ors, Sept. 29, 1859. Flour quiet and unchanged. Wheat active and buoy- ant; sales 20,000 bushels, at $1 20 a $1 45 for white. Corn firm at 83c. a 85c. for white and yellow; @ small lot of new crop white sold at 80c. Provisions firm. ey dull at 2744c. 0 28c, * PHILADELPmA, Sept. 29, 1859. Flour firm at $5 a $6 50. Wheat advanced: sales 3,000 bushels white at $1 30; red, $1 18a $1 20. Corn active. yellow, 86c. a 87c. Oats advanced lc. Whiskey dull at i6ie. a 27 zc. Burra, Sept. 29—1 P. M. Flour quict and unchanged. Wheat—Chicago spring ge. better; holders firm; transactions restricted; sales, hot included in evening's report, of 16,000 bushels No. 2 Chicago spring, to arrive, at 8714c:; sales this morning: 12,000 bushels do., to arrive, at 88c.,and_ 5,000 bushel Canadian club at 9c. Corn scarce: sales 2,000 bushels To- ledoat 3c. Oats firm: sales 2,000 bushels Canada at 360. Barley nominal at %c. Rye quiet; no sales. Whiskey firmer: sales 100 bbls. at 25%4c. Canal freights steady. lake imports to-day—1,000 bbls. flour, 6,000 bushels wheat, 7,000 do. oats, 1,000 do. barley. ‘Canal exports— 2,000 bbls. flour, 58,000 bushels wheat, 7,000 do. oats. Burrato, Sept. 29—6 P. M. steady, demand moderate: sales 1,000 bbls. at 3g for extra State from spring wheat, $4 50a $4 75 good to choice extra Illinois and Wisconsin, $4 50a $5 25 for all grades of Canadian, $4 621, $4 87%; for extra Michigan, Indiana and Ohio, and $5 a $6 50for double ox- tras. “Wheat opened at an advance of 4c. for spring, but closed with a downward tendency: sales 11,000 bushels old standard spring, in part to arrive; 30,000 bushels No. 2 do, in boat load lots to arrive, at 88c.; 10,000 bushels do. in two lots, to arrive, at 87c. a 87c., closing at the former figure; 5,000 bushels No. 1 spring to arrive, at 90c.; 6,000 bushels Canada club at 90c; re and white winter, quict. Corn quiet: sales 2,000 bushels Toledo at 88¢., 2,000 bushels inferior do. at 80c. Oats in good demand: sales 10,000 bushels Western, to arrive, on private terms. Other grains quiet. Whiskey nominal. Lake imports to-day—8,000 bbls. flour, 10,000 bushels wheat, 1,000 bushels barley. Canal exports—4,000 bbls. flour, 47,000 bushels wheat, 7,000 bushels oats.” , Osweao, Sept. 20—6 P. M. Flour advanced 5c. on good and choice city brands; Canadian firm but without change; sales small, princi: pally to th®home and interior trade. Wheat—Stock again light and the receipts from the upper lakes con- tinue inadequate for the milling demand: sales 4,400 bushels at $1 13 for white Canadian; 6,000 bushels extra Milwaukee club on private terms. Corn wanted, and would sell at about 85c.; none in market. Barley firmer but les active: sales 2,000 bushels Canadian at 78ic. “ye quiet; supply offering light. Onts continue very scarco; juotations nominal. Canal freights steady, at 26c. on flour, 7e. on wheat and 6ige. on’ corn to New York, and Sc. on barley to Albany. Lake imports to-day—1,200 bbls. flour, 4,400 bushels wheat, 6,900 do. barley, 6,300 do. rye, 1,100 do, peas. Canal exports—1,745 bbls’ flour, 2,820 do, wheat, 11,200 do. barley, 3,000 do. peas. Gaicaco, Sept. 29, 1859. Flour firm and 5c. higher. Wheat firm: sales of 33,000 bushels spring at 79¢. a 80c. Corn quiet. Oats dull and Jc. lower. Receipts to-day 5,500 bbls. flour, 77,000 bushels wheat, 7,600 bushels corn, 9,600 bushels oats. Shipments—2,200 bbls. flour, 98,000 bushels wheat, 14,- 600 bushels corn. Sight exchange on New York easy at 2per cent premium. Toronto, Sept. 29, 1859. Flour tending upward. Wheat active: white winter, $1 04 a $1 10; receipts of the week, 45,000 bushels. Bar- eli at 68c. a 72c; receipts of the week, 50,000 ushels, a The Missing Balloon: THE BALLOON TICKET AUCTION. ‘TO THE EDITOR OF THE HKRALD. Nuw Yorx, Sept. 20, 1859. In consequence of no intelligence having been received concerning the safety of Professor La Mountain, the sale of choice of Cr a the balloon Atlantic is unavoidably post- med until further notioe. sate ALBERT H. NICOLAY, Auctioneer. A SEARCH FOR LA MOUNTAIN. Tuesday afternoon, says Troy Times, a party, em- bracing Mr. Kdward La Mountain, brother of the zronaut, several relatives of Mr. eran others, left Wator- town to follow the route of the balloon as far as it was seen, and, if possible, to terminate the dreadful uncertainty that exists. REPORTS IN CIRCULATION. ‘We find in the Rome Sentinel of Wednesday the follow- ing:—A rumor was current in our village yestorday after- neon, brought by the Watertown train due here at 2:40 P. M., to the effect that it was Lp escags in Watertown that a letter had been picked up in Canada (near Bytown, we believe), purporting to have been written by Ia Mountain, stating that Haddock (one of the balloonista) was insane and that the rope was so tangled up that the valve could not be opened to Iet out the gas so as to allow the balloon to come down. We give the story as reported at the depos on the arrival of the cars. We will add that wo place me reliance upon it. THE Ss TIDINGS OF LA MOUNTAIN. . He was last seen in the town of Pitcairn, St. Law- renco county, fifty miles due northeast from here, at a Bu) altitude of five miles. Ho was going duocest with great velocity. Mr. Morrison, of Troy, bis ageat, purposes instituting a thorough search for him: The Nicaragua Transit Rowte. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. New Yorx, Sopt. 20, 1859. In your paper of this morning you make the statement that Monsicur Belly’s enterprise in Nicaragua bas ‘(burst up.” For the information of the publie interested, I wish to say that the gavernment of Nicaragua, anticipating fallove on the partot Moesicur Belly to pay, in all of the present month, as a bonus for his sit Tights, the sum of two hundred thousand francs, has Veep the right of trangit for fifty years to Ran Rinncls, Faq., United States een at Sau Juan del Sur, % copy of which Kean Yes ,