The New York Herald Newspaper, October 9, 1859, Page 4

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RE FRANCAIS, 58 Broadway.—Drartos's Pax coRRATES Ai Tinnie Puornnss v1 AMERICAN MUSEUM, Broadway.—After- FE rerio uing—OOt oF THE Dgrtus—Baiter Divearisse- man, WOOD'S MINSTRELS, 441 Broadway,—Ermtorian Sones, Danows, Ae —Raunoad saan UP, BRYANI'S MINSTRELS, Mechanies Hall, 472 Broadway.— BegpiBsaues, SonGs, Dances, &¢.He Wows ee an Acton. | MOZART TALL, 663 Broadway. Tar6p0n's Tae ares or Ants r COOPER INSTITUTE.—Dr. Boywron’s. Lecrgen) on Poops Tua ANIMALS fiveD MiuONS or Aves Berour Man OPE CHAPEL, 72) Broadway,—Waven's Iraura. = == New York, Sunday, October 9, 1859, The News. We have published during the past week several contradictory reports respecting the result of the duel between United States Senator Broderick and Chief Justice Terry, of California, The arrival last night of news from San Francisco to the 16th ult., brought by the overland mail which left that city on the date above mentioned, clears up whatever doubts existed on the subject. The hostile meet- ing took place near San Francisco on the morning of the 15th ult., and Broderick fell at the first fire, being pierced through the lungs by the bullet from bis antagonist’s weapon. He lingered till the morning of the 16th, when he expired. Judge Terry was not injured. Asour readers are already aware, this unhappy event grew outof the political i us of the canvass which terminated in the State election on the 7th ult. The European mails to the 24th ult., brought by the Canada, reached this city from Boston last night. Our files contain no news of importance that was not embraced in the telegraphic summary published yesterday morning. We give, however, in to-day’s Henaxp the detailed report of Captain McClintock, of the steam yacht Fox, relating to the discovery of relics of Sir John Franklin's Arctic exploring expedition. Sir John and his companions set sail from Woolwich, Eng- land, in the Erebus and Terror, on the 26th of May, 1845. On the 8th of June following they parted company with the steamer that ac- companied them to Stromness, and on the 11th of July bade farewell to the transport ship. The dis- coveries of the officers of the Fox show that Sir Jobn Franklin died on be ilth of June, 1847, pro- bably cn board his ship, surrounded by his com. rades. Tt is also probable that considerable disease existed on board the ship, as up to the 2ith of April, 1848, nine officers and fifteen men bad died. On the 22d of April, 1848, the Bhips were abandoned, and the party set out for Great Fish river. “Many ofthe white men,” said the Esquimaux, “dropped by the way as they went towards the Great river.” The entire party, one hundred and five in number, it is conjectured, died of starvation upon the journey. A despatch from Halifax states that the Canada was in collision with the steamer Eastern State, frem Boston for Halifax, on Thursday night, at Bambro Light. The Eastern State suffered some damage. The usuai weekly mortality report, prepared un- Ger the direction of the City Inspector, does not appear in our columns as usual to-day, from the fact that that officer has discovered that a section in the revised ordinances of the Common Council for this year says that he, “ the City Inspector, suai! publish on Tuesday of each week, in the Cor- poration papers, the list of the deaths occurring in the preceding week, specifying the number of deaths in each ward, with the sexes, ages and dis- eases of the persons so dying.” Consequently, there will be no statement of deaths in the city un- til te-morrow, and again on the Monday following, and thereafter on Tuesdays. The steamship Vanderbilt sailed from this port yesterday for Southampton and Havre, with a fall complement of passengers and $704,726 in specie. ‘The City of Baltimore also sailed yesterday for Li- verpool, with 226 passengers and $23,255 in specie. The great cricket match which has been going on for the’past three days at Hoboken, terminated yesterday, Lockyer'’s side winning handsomely. The English players left the city yesterday after- noon for Philadelphia. Notwithstanding the threatening aspect of the weather early yesterday afternoon, @ considerable number of persons congregated in the neighbor- hood of the Ramble in the Central Park, to hear the music; but the sudden storm of rain which came up about halfpast three o'clock caused a hasty and sudden scattering and running, and many who were oa the various railroads on their way to the Park turned back without leaving the cars. Quite an important case, in view of Judge Rus- sell’s recent decision that dogs are property, was brought before Judge Brady, at the City Hall Police Court, last Thursday morning. Mr. E. McKinstry, of Broadway, was accused by Mr. Thomas Pritsh- ard, of 151 Fulton street, of receiving or purchasing ® valuable terrier dog, knowing, as is alleged, that said dog was stolen property. After the examina- tion of one witness on Thursdsy, on Friday morn- ing the defendant waived further proceedings, and gave bonds to answer the complaint at the Court of General Sessions. The Aldermanic Committee on streets held a meeting yesterday afternoon. A large number of property owners interested in the proposed ex- tension of Worth street to Chatham square, from ita present terminus, were present to urge their views in reference to the subject. Mr. Barker, ‘who owns property in the vicinity of the contem- plated improvement, desired the committee to ad- journ their meeting for a few days until he would have time to present a remonstrance to the peti- tion for extending the street. Several other gen tlemen objected tothe proposal for an adjourn- ment: bat the committee decided to adjourn till Monday week, when they will hold their final meeting in reference to this subject. The cotton market yesterday was without animation; the embraced about 600 bales, without change in Quotations. There seemed to be a disposition to await the Teceipt of private letters due by the Canada before doing much. Common grades of flour were rather easier, while ‘extras were firm; sales were pretty freely made, includ- ing some purchases fok export; Southern was in good Gemand and rather firmer for the lowery and medium ‘ities. Wheat was without change of moment; «the sales was prime Kentucky white at $145, s firmer, with a sale of old Western mixed at 960. eld at 8c, Pork was steady, with sales of * 56 a $15 623, and of prime at $10 65 a $10 \svunchanged, and lard was firmer. Sugara firmer. The advance on the week's gales gc. to 4c. per Ib. ‘The transactions lado, about 1,500 hhds, , 608 boxes and aambucos. Coffee was firmly held, but ght engagements were moderate, while rates changed. A Change of Tone in the English Press— Can Palmerston be Truated ? According to the advices received from Eu- rope by the Canada, the tone of some portion, at least, of the Eoglish presa has undergone a vemarkable change in relation to the question of the Island of San Juan, it is but a short time since the English jour- nals were exceedingly clamorous that the United States should be brought to its marrow- bones, and after crying pecoavi to John Bull, forced to give up the island which Gen. Harney has sent a posse of soldiers to occupy. Now they are not quite so ready to make fight on the subject, and begin to consider thatit is merely a question of justice, which can easily be settled if both parties will examine it with calmness aud decide with reason. This is pre- cisely our own opinion in the matter, and our only doubt is whether England will be dis- posed to admit the force of reason in the deci- sion of the dispute, If we are to judge from the antecedents which history presenta, we must incline to the belief that she will not. Whenever a question of territory has come up be- tween England and any other Power, the policy of the British Cabinet has been to play the game of “hold fast what youget and catch what you can,” This has been eminently the case whenever Palmerston’ has been in the British Foreign Office;'and we aré notdisposed to think that he will depart from it now, , : We need not appeal to the condutt of Kag- land with other nations in territorial questions to prove the truth of our position. The cita- tion of her territorial disputes with us is quite sufficient, After the success of the Revolution she for a long time evaded the fulfilment of the treaty in regard to the stipulated delivery of the Western forts, positions which now lie in the heart of the Union on the banks of the Ohio. After she was forced to comply with her engagements, there were brought up numerous points of dispute all along the boundary line. She claimed a large portion of the State of Maine, afterwards famous as the Aroostook dis- trict; the northern lines of New Hampshire and Vermont were questioned; Rouse’s Point, in the State of New York, was claimed, and there was trouble about the islands at the outlet of Lake Ontario, and others allalong through the lakes and portages up to the Lake of the Woods, till the line struck the forty-ninth parallel of lati- tude. For a long time she pretended that our boundary did not cross the Rocky Mountains, and that we had no rights at all on the shores of the Pacific. Her constant argument was that she needed these strategical points to protect her from some imaginary future invasion, which in real- ity could only come from the United States. At last, when she did consent to the defining of the boundary line, she would not carry it any farther than its commencement, at the Lake of the Woods, on the forty-ninth parallel. From there the dispute was left open, the British Cabinet making a stand on the Columbia river until they obtained the extension of the parallel line to the Pacific, and now her old policy breaks out ina claim to the last island upon which she can possibly raise a question. If any other man than Lord Palmerston were at the head of the British government we might incline to the belief that the question would be examined with calmness and decided with justice. But he is so fond of poaching on other people’s manors, and of kicking up a dust in foreign questions for the purpose of hiding from the people of England his short- comings in the domestic policy of that country, that we are much inclined to believe that neither reason nor justice will have much weight with him, until he clearly perceives that by persevering in his obnoxious course he is likely to be forced to come before Parliament with a new war budget, with its array of increased taxation and further public debt. Perhaps the course which the English press are taking may lead him to reflect more seriously on the subject, and to in- timate to his organ, the London Post, that a milder tone might just as well be adopted. The best interests of the two countries and of the world require that there should be peace be- tween the United States and England; but this can only be preserved by an adherence to the dictates of common sense and common justice, and that Lord Palmerston should cease to look upon a quarrel with us as the best means for covering up his shortcomings at home. If he insists upon a war, to blind the English people and keep himself in office, he can have it by following the course he began in this San Juan question, Tae Beavries or Our ‘Cromnat Laws—Or- FENDERS AT LARGE AND WITNESSES IN JAiL.—A curious and remarkable illustration of the beau.’ ties of our criminal system was afforded the other day in a case that came up before the Court of General Sessions. One of the horde of ticket swindlers who flourish in the community was arrested some months ago on a charge of cheating a poor German out of two hundred dollars in the matter of a passage to Australia: The accused was held to bai the witness, being astranger in the chy—a poor German—was sent to jail. When the case was called up for trial the other day, it appeared that the health of the unfortunate witness had suffered so se- Tiously in consequence of his imprisonment that he was unable to give his evidence. The case, therefore, had to go over for another term, the witness was remanded to prison, and the accused readmitted to bail. Was ever such a barbarous system of criminal jurisprudence permitted to exist in any civilized community before? It is no wonder that New York bears saucha crop of miscreants when our laws are used to shield and protect them, and to punish those of heir victims who venture to seek redress, The thing appears too monstrous for belief; and yet it isthe established system here. Whether the evil is to be referred to the constitution or to the laws, or to the adminis- tration of justice, we are at a loss to know; but it certainly is most disgraceful to us as an in- telligent and respectable community, and we call upon the Legislature to apply a remedy at its next session. What we want is a central Criminal Court, to be in perpetual session, and to dispose summarily of all the lesser grades of offences, including swindling of all kinds, If accused parties claimed their right of trial by jury, the conceding of such right should be accompanied invariably with a refusal to admit te bail, Three-fourths of the cases that fail to be effectually prosecuted, on account of our absurd and cumbrous systems of grand and petty juries, might be disposed of by such a court as we suggest with great advantage to the public interests, At all events we want a revisal of our criminal code ‘The Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin—Ite Effect upom Arctic EXx- plorations. We copy from the English journals this morning full details of the discoveries that have just been made in connection with the fate of Sir Joha Franklin and his companions. As was stated yesterday, the researches of Cap- tain McClintock have cleared up all doubts that existed in regard to their death. The cir- cumstances a4 well aa the positiveness of the event being ascertained, the interest excited by it calls for a succinct account of the various steps that have been taken to effect what the Fox has just accomplished. The failure of the Antarctic expedition of Captain Sir John Ross, in 1844, determined the English Admiralty, on the recommendation of Sir John Barrow, to send out another in the spring of the following year. The command was given to Sir John Franklin; and with the Erebus and Terror, the two vessels that had just returned from the Polar seas, he sailed from Sheerness in May, 1845, Captain Fitz- james acted as commander of the Krebus, and to Captain Crozier was given the command of the Terror. It was not expected that the expedition would return to Kogland ‘be- fore the close of . 1847, or, in . fact, that. any; news fvould be received from it untese it succeeded earlier than ‘waa antici- pated in the objects which it had.ig view. When thé spring'of 1848 arrived, without any tid- ingsofit having beenreceived, the Admiralty de- termined on sending out a searching expedition in three divisions; one consisting of a single ship, the Plover, commanded by Captain Moore, to examine the issues by which, in case of suc- cess, the ships might come out to the westward in Bebring’s Straits; the second, under the com- mand of Franklin’s faithful friend Sir John Richardson, to explore the coast ofthe Arctic Sea between the Mackenzie and the Coppermine rivers, or from the 135th to the 115th degree of west longitude; and the third, consisting of two ships under the command of Sir James Ross, to examine the eastern side of Davis’ Straits, the locality in which Franklin’s ships entered on their course of discovery. Without enumerating the various obstacles and difficul- ties encountered in these separate explorations it is sufficient to state that all three failed in their object of ascertaining the whereabouts of the missing ships, In the spring of 1849 her Majesty’s ship the North Star, of 500 tons, was despatched to the Polar ‘seas, under com- mand of Mr. J. Saunders, who had been acting master with Captain Back in the Terror; but all that she accomplished was to land some provisions and stores at Supply Bay, a bight on Navy Inlet Sound. In January, 1850, the Enterprise and Investigator were a second time sent out, under command of Captains Collinson and McClure. Although this expedition failed in its main object, it had for result that grand discovery for which 30 many hardships and pertts tiud-been encoun. tered—the existence of the Northwest Passage. In Aprit, the same year, a vessel of 230 tons, named the Lady Franklin, fitted out at Aber- deen, with a.new brig as a tender, named the Sophia,sailed under the command of Captain Penny, with instructions to examine Jones’ Sound, at the head of Baffin’s Bay, and if possi- ble to penetrate through to the Parry Islands. In the following May, two strong, teak built ships, of about 500 tons eaoh, the Assistance and Resolute, with two screw propeller steam- ers, the Intrepid and Pioneer, as tenders, were despatched by the Admiralty, under the com- mand of Captain Austin, with directions to ex- amine carefully the north shores of Lancaster Sound and Wellington Channel. In crossing Melville Bay the expedition fell in with Sir John Roas, who, in the Felix, a vessel fitted out by private subscription and the liberality of the Hudson’s Bay Company, was making the best of his way to Lancaster Sound. It was through communications held with the Esqui- maux through the interpreter of the Felix that the story reached England that in the winter of 1846 the natives had seen two ships crushed in the ice in the direction of Cape Dudley Diggs. The eloquent and touching appeals of Lady Franklin to the American nation led to the fitting up and despatch of the Grinnell expedi- tion in search of her husband. It was com- posed of two brigantines—the Advance, of 144 tons,and the Reseue, of 91 tons—both of which were provided and fitted out at the expense of Mr-Heory Grinnell, our government also con- tributing itsaid. The expedition was placed under the command of Lieutenant E. 8. De Haven, and sailed from New York in May, 1850, for Melville Island. It was exposed to the greatest sufferings and perils during one of the most tremendous ice drifts on record, and to their honor it is to be recorded, that when at the close of the season it became ap- parent that no further progress could be made, the American vessels, without the aid of steam, were at the farthest point that was made by any of the three Eng- lish vessels then engaged in the search, all of which had been assisted by steam on their out? ward voyage when in and crossing Baffin’s Bay. The expedition of Lieutenant Sherard Osborn, sent out by the English Admiralty in the same month (May, 1850), although valuable for the ethnological facts which it established in con- nection with the Esquimaux race, was, as re- gards its chief object, as unsuccessful as its predecessors. We have said nothing as yet of the voyage made by Captain Forayth,in the Prince Albert. This vessel was fitted out in great part from the resources of Lady Franklin herself, who from the beginning had evinced the most anxious zeal and the most disinterested devotion in the researches instituted for the discovery of her husband. The Prince Albert sailed from Eng- land in June, 1850, and was instructed to win- ter, if possible, in Brentford Bay, Regent’s In- let, and thence send parties to explore the op- posite side of the isthmus and the various shores and bays of the inlet. Commander Forsyth had the good fortune to fall in, at Cape Riley, with unmistakable relics of the missing expedition. In 1851, Sir John Richardson undertook, by directions of the British Admiralty, @ boat voyage along the North American coast, between the Mackenzie and Coppermine rivers, following up the objects of the ex- pedition in the following spring by an exploration of the passages between, Wol- laston banks and Victoria Land, crossing the routes of Sir J. C. Ross’s detached parties, and returning thence to Great Bear Lake. Sir John was accompanied by his chief associate, Mr. Rae, whose name was associated with the purchases made, in 1854, from the Esquimaux of various articles that had belonged to the missing crows, Notwithwtanding the researches made by both these gentlemen se- parately, not a single trace was discoverable of their passage by any of the indicated routes. In July 1852, Commander Inglefield, in the Isabel, made another attempt, but with similar unsuccessful results, to penetrate the mystery thatsurrounded their fate, He claims, however, the credit of having reached the distance of 140 miles further north than had been attained by any previous navigator. A second expedition of the Prince Albert, deapatched again in 1853 by Lady Franklin, at her own expense, under the command of Capt. Kennedy, equally failed in throwing light on the track of the lost ships. It was the same with the second Grinnell expe- dition, which sailed in the same year, its only results being to give to the world the valuable Arctic observations of Dr. Kane, and unhappily to cut short the career of that highly gifted and intrepid explorer. ° After 80 many failures, most of them under- taken with the aid of two of the most powerful governments in the world, it must be a source of the greatest consolation and satisfaction to the noble-hearted woman who alternately insti- gated and sustained these researches, that it is to her unaided efforts the discovery of hier hus- | band’s fate is at last due. Although upwards of sixty-four.years Of age, her energies have | bedn as actively devoted to this object as if she | were’a Widow of twenty intent upon a. Aelfish purpose, The devotion and constancy thatshe has manifested throughout this trying ordeal are beyond all praise, and entitle her to be classed amongst the most disinterested and high-minded of her sex. It may not be gene- rally known that to her other qualities Lady Franklin unites that of a highly cultivated intel- lect, her poems and prose writings ranking fa- vorably in the estimation of English critics. Great as is the gratification which the world inust feel at the clearing up of the mystery that shrouded the fate of Sir John Franklin and his companions, it is subordinate to the satisfaction inspired by the reflection that the discovery which has just been made is likely to put an end to any further expeditions of a similar character. The Northwest Passage, notwith- standing that its existence has been clearly de- monstrated, has been proved to be impracti- cable for any useful purpose, and it is therefore to be hoped that the final settlement of the doubts connected with the missing navigators wil! close forever the path of arctic explora- tion Marcu or Bass Baw. woe vat Evens Exxven.—The second game of cricket, finished yesterday at Hoboken, by the Eleven of all England and the amateur English playersin this city, did not possess the same interest for the public as the first game, which was generally regarded as an international game between Eng- land and America—an erroneous impression, however, which is now removed. The contest of the last three days, though a far better one, because better matched, than on the previous days, was deprived of its interest by the fact that the Eleven were pitted against cach other, having divided under two leaders, and taken on each side some of our English: resi- dents whom they had defeated on the day be- fore. Very few Americans understand the game, and, therefore, though the match was ex- cellent, New Yorkers could not sufficiently ap- preciate or enjoy it to cross the ferry to Hobo- ken and pay & quarter for admission. The at- tendance was, therefore, comparatively slim. Buton the previous two days, when the contest was considered an international one, and the price of admiasion was a dollar, the attendance was immense, and the interest very great. What would excite a far greater interest, and make plerty of money for the Eleven, is a match of base ball played by nine of their number against the best nine Americans in New York and Brooklyn. It wouid probably bring twenty thousand spectators, at a dollar each— the match to come off in a week. We have no doubt that if the Eleven give this challenge, or any friend does it for them, it will be accepted, and such a sum staked upon it, if desired, as will make the match interest- ing to them. Their business is to make money, and they have thus an opportunity. To men skilled as they are in bowling and batting, catching, and throwing and running, base ball ought to be mere child’s play. Those, on the contrary, who play base ball well, would fail in cricket, because it is base ball and something more. The American game is short and rapid, and suited to the genius of the people. From two to three hours will finish a game of base | ball—from two to three days a game of cricket Let us, therefore, have an international game of base ball. The Eleven are the picked professional play- ersof all England, employed by a manager,” like Julien’s band, and they always play against twenty-two in England, and always comeoff victorious, Theyreceived, we believe, $250 each and their expenses for coming over here. Let them try their hand at a rubber of base ball with nine of the amateur players of New York and its suburbs, and they may make by the operation four times that amount. Tae Marrs Tax Swixpie.—Our laws and our public authorities lend themselves to the perpetration of what is nothing more nor less than a swindle on the whole community. We refer to the commutation tax for military duty. People are bullied into the payment of this tax ; and though it is small in amount, it is none the less annoying. What becomes of the sums collected in this city aud Brooklyn nobody knows, and apparently nobody cares. Per- haps out of an aggregate of a hundred thousand dollars a few thousands may be accounted for—perhaps not so much—and that goes possi- bly to paying for military pleasure excursions. The whole thing isa nuisance. If the State wants any given sum for militia purposes, let it be put into the general tax levy for the year, and collected as other taxes are; but let not irresponsible parties be clothed with the power of annoying the families of respectable citizens by threatening to make seizures for it. The nuisance ought to be abated. Tuk EviscopaL Convention at Rrowmonp.— We publish to-day very full report of the second day’s proceedings of the Protestant Episcopal General Convention at Richmond, Va., from our special reporter, The second day of the services was in fact the first working day of the Convention, though little beyond the appointment of committees was accom- plished. The time was occupied chiefly in a discussion opened by Dr. Vinton, of New York, relative to the veto power exercised by the House of Bishops, with reference to the repeal of two or three canons adopted by the Conven- NRW YORK HiRALD, SONDAY, OCTOBER "9, 1859. Gon of 1863. Tho matter was finally referred: toa committee. The case of Bishop Onder- donk, which promises to be the most racy part of the proceedings, has not yet come up for action; when it does a hot discussion on the question of absolution—loosing or binding on earth the sins of the reverend docter—is an- ticipated. We porceive the names of several lay as well as clerical politicians among the members of the Convention, and now is the available time, the day of salvation, for all of them to obtain grace and abjuro the sinful ways of politics. The atmosphere of Virginia, too, may be puri- fied by the presence of this godly assembly, and the crack of the duelling pistol be heard no more among the youthful chivalry of the fire-eating Old Dominion. NEWS FROM WASHINGTON. Arrest of Filibusters at New Orleans—In- dian Outrages on the Plains, dic., dic. OUR SPECIAL WASHINGTON DESPATCH, Wasuuaton, Oct. 8, 1859. A telegraphic despatch has been received here by the government, from the Marshalof New Orleans, confirming (he news Uhat the @libusters had been arrested. They surrendersd-at once and did pot attempt any resistance, Additional intelligence was received at the War Depart- ment to-day respecting the attack by Indians on the Santa Fe’ mail. ‘The Indians appear to’ be igreatly.. incensed against the whites for gupposed injuries done them, end are .oommitting depredations whenever an opportunity | offers, Colonel Sumner, commanding the Department of the ‘West, has already despatched # large force to where these outrages have occurred, and will station others at points necessary to protect the mails. Owing to recent discussions of the Secretary of the Inte- rior respecting matters connected with the seed depart- ment, the agricultural bureau will be abolished. No more seeds will be distributed. Mr, Brown, chief of the bureau, has resigned. THR GENERAL NRWSPAPER DRAYATO Wasunaron, Oct. 8, 1859. Information bas been received here, that as soon as Col, Sumner heard of the attack on the Santa Fe mail, with fatal results, ho despatched a company of dragoons to Pawnee Fork to punish the offending Indians. Hopes are entertained that this prompt action on the part of Colonel Sumner will result in the capture of the murderers, and the rescue of the passengers by the overdue mail. It will probably be found necessary to station troops at Pawnee Fork to escort the mail thence to Cold Spring, and thus obviate the recurrence of such outrages. D. J. Brown contemplates an early resignation as Chief of the Agricultural Branch of the Patent Office. This event bas been anticipated for some weeks past Non-Arrival of the Indian. There were no signs of the steamship Indian at Farther Point at 10 A.M. yesterday. Weather clear, with a strong northwest wind. Launch of the Steam Ganboat Pawnee. Patapmirata, Oot. 7, 1869. ‘The steam gunboat ’awneo was launched in fine style at noon to-day from the Navy Yard. Ten thousand spec (alors were present. She was christened by Miss Grace Tyler, the daughter of Robert Tyler, when 4 aalute was firea Acquittal of Coiga: Boston, Oct. 8, 159. »Wm. Colgan, charged ‘with nranslaughier, in Killing Justin McCarty on Lincoln street, in June last, was this morning acquitted in the criminal Superior Court and dis- charged. The Sunday Railroad Question in Phila- delphia. ParLADELPMA, Oct. 8, 1859. Judge Tudlow. this morning deliverod his decision in the caso of Wm. H. Joandelle, charged with a breach of the peaco in running & passenger railway car on the Sabbath, discharging tho defendant, the arrest having been prema- turo. Italian Opera in Boston. Boston, Oct. 8, 1859. Signor Stigelli, (he new tonor, created an oxtraordinary furore at tho representation of the opera of “Lucia di Lammermoor” at the Academy of Music this afternoon. The musical element of Boston is decidedly in the as- cendant now. Eastern and Western Exchange. Boston, Oct. 8, 1859 Sight drafts on Now York at par to 1-10th per cent pre- ium. PuLapairmra, Oct. 8, 1859. Exchange on New York, at sight, par a 1-20 per ceatum premium, Crronnvarr, Oct. 8, 1859. Bight drafts on New York aro scarce, at 5% per cent premium. Sailing of the North American. Quanso, Oct. 8, 1859. The North American gailed for Liverpool at 9:30 A. M. to-day, with 88 passengers. ‘The woather is clear, with a light woat wind. The Star of the South at Savannah, Savanna, Oct 8, 1859. ‘The United States mail steamship Star of the South ar rived at the wharf at 6 A.M. All well. Markets. PHILADELPHIA 8TOOK BOARD, E70. Pmapmyma, Oct. 8, 1859. scipettareetinns te at eras ; Morri A ; *Pennbylvanis Railroad, 40,’ hie: Mostx; Oct. 7, 1859. Cotton inactive: sales to-day, 800 bales; middling at 1030. a 10%c. Sales of the week, 8,000 bales; receipts of the week, 22,000 bales old crop, against 14,000 balea old last year. Heceiptsat this port abit of ee year's, 22,000. | bales. Stock in port, 77,600 bales. . AvGusra, Oct. 7, 1859. oe stiffer, but not quotably higher: sales to-day 850 pales, ~ BayANnan, Oct. 7;-2859, Cotton unchanged: sales to-day 776 bales Caarieston, Oct. 7, 1859. ‘There is a better tone in the cotton market to-day: sales 1,000 bales. Baxtmworn, Oct. 8, 1869. Flour steady. Wheat steady: sales 15,600 bushels; white at $1 20 a $1 46; red, $1 10a$1 18. Corn dull! white, 90c. a 92c.; yellow, 90c. a 940. Provisions firm. Mesa ‘pork, $15 75; primo, $11 60. Whiskey active, at 28%c. for city brands. LADELPHIA, Oct. 8, 1859. Pum , 1859. Flour quiet but firm. Wheat active; white $1 30 0 $1.88; red $125. Corn steady; mixed @8c. 8 94c. Whisky firm at 2734 @ 280. The N. O. Delta and the Public Printing. TO THE BDITOR OF THE HERALD. New Yort, Oct. 8, 1859. Your tasuo of this morning contains an article, based ‘upon @ newspaper extract, which tends to do great injus- tice to a contemporary, the New Orleans Della. The ex. tract alluded to refers to a controversy existing between Major Heiss, of the Washington States, and Alexander Walker, Eaq., and speaks of Mr. Walkor as the “editor of the Delta.” The Delta is published by an astociation of gentlemen, two of whom are its mavagers—Mr. Henry J Leovy being the business manager, and Mr. Durant da Ponta the editorial manager, or editor. Although Mr. Walker is connected with the editorial department, the vr ia not in any wi i y With Major Helv, nor fit ascocated, ether direstiy or ie directly, with those “printing” schemes to which you al- lude. The differences between Mr. Walker and Major Heiss are purely personal, and have never beon made the sub- ject of any othor than mere passing comment in the edito- rial columns of the Delta. 0. P.Q Personal Intelligence. Senator Wilson, of Massachusetts, passed through this city yesterday en route to Washington. ‘The Senator is. one of the “irrepressible conflict” agitators, and goes to Washington to assist in franking documents, the Postmas- er Gencral having “shut down”? on illegal franking, which: has been practised to such an extent of ‘late years. We understand that the decision of the Postmaster Genoral referred to compelled Mr. Douglas to abandon his con- tomplated visit to Minnesota, whore he had engagemonts to stump the State in the present canvass, in order that he might proceod to Washington and superintend his frank. ing in person. Mr. Douglas, it is said, usea the frank more extensively than any other Senator; but whether this is 50 or not, there is no doubt that the privilege has been abused by all parties, and members of Congreas who make Jaws abould be made to comply with them. The Georgia Election. ‘Auavara, Ga,, Oct. 6, 1859, ‘The democrats concede the Third Congressional diatrict to the opposition. The other districts are beleved to have been carried by the democrats, tho Seventh and Righth by @ close vote _— an sey Tours of Improvarto Strakesh aad Hon. J. Brick—/Dhe Now Artists Opera Sonsom. " Within the past summer there bnve been rather tire than the usual number of Americans in Italy, and pltheryia Preserving a atrict neutrality, thoy have sulferedmore or leas from the effects of the war, as the public ieAwars in the special cage of the Hon. Joffertom Brick! the dis. Unguished American journalist who made a mtreat as ™momorable as that Xenophon. Mr. Brick wag under Protection of the French eagles. The momorble Of Solferino had just been fought and won by te Emperor of the French, under the supervision of Mr. Bri. Itqras ‘Mr. Brick’s intontion to send to tho United State the ouly full, true and partioular account of the affair, whem @ panic was created by the rumored approach ¥ the ‘Osterians,” 45 an artist of the New Bowery calls the children of Francis Joseph. Tho French iad tike tho celebrated Mr. Jackson, the ‘ American Deel” and Mr. Brick started off at a pace worthy of Flora ‘How he ran, hat in band, ten miles to Broacia; how he all his notes, and was obliged peioeepsariiiiclic si for his facts, the readors of Mr. Brick are aware, A more fortuitous result awaited the Italian of our eminent musical adopted fellow citizon, rio Strakosch, who took advantage of the war & pidk up some new artists for the Academy of Music, Mr Stra- kosch formed a business arrangement with Mr.Ulmem, tho leaace of the Academy, who, was guarantood 6 Obitalm sum for advances by the discotors. Whereupoa Yr. Strakosch, with # large. letter of credit, a light heart aa several pairs of trowsers, thick and thin, made traoke fer the tand of song, which he reachsd when things generally were more or 1038 out of tune aud below concert. pHed, ‘The peace of Villafranca made travelling safer for Mr, « Strakosch than for. Mr. Brick; but Northern Italy was still in great disorder. “Mr. Strakosch found the agents of the Paris and London Opera houses negotiating with the fame artists that were wanted for New York, After numberless diplomatic feats he carried off no le than three prime donne, three tenors anda baritone. He was more fortunate than Mr. Brick, who lost his motes. 4 prima donna with her luggage is something of a weight & carry; but Strakosch was equal to three of them His negotis - tions with another divinity were loft to his agents, white the impresario, imitating Louis Napoleon, made a rapié journey towards the frontier, At Milan, the Austriagy had not resumed diplomatic relations, and Mr. Strakosoh push ed across the frontier into Venetia, without the Austrian visé for his passport. Here, however, he was storped, aud ordered back to Turin for the visé required by Aus- trian law. He did not go back to Turin, but procecded em his journey. The story is that a contract with a prin donna—Sporanza—whom he had stolen away from the Mj- lanese, much to the joy of the Austrians, served the im. presario jo lieu of @ passport. We have heard of a maa who travelled all over Europe with ‘“D, Webster,” in very large letters,on the back of a blank bill of Inding; but the opera singer’s contract is altogether an original dedge. Well, at any rate, Strakosch distinguished himjelf in Italy, outwitted the other impresarii on their own giound, ang brought out some new singers, who came to America fresh from the field of their earliest triumphs. With these new singers the regular autumn aad viater season at the Academy will be commenced next Mooday week. The short September season which has just beea finished was only a preparatory affair, and chiefly for the entertainment of strangers. ‘The chief attraction of the opening of the Opera seas will be La Speranza, who, at the outset of her career ® Ttaly, has created almost as much enthusiasm ag Piccolo mini herself. That charming artiste, it will be remomber ed, was a sort of accidental discovery, made by Lumley during a prospecting tour among the operatic placers o! Northern Italy. La Speranza is only eighteen, and looks more Like an English than an Italian girl. Hor comploxios is one of those delightful compromises between a brunoti and » blonde, and will thorefore satisfy the adherents of ‘both styles of feminine beauty. She is a native of Turin, whore sho was distinguished ata very carly age asaninge and pianoforte -player. Sho was solected as the ‘prima donua for the oponing of the Theatre Rossini, and there made hor débué, on tno 11th of April, 1857, and sang Leonora in the “ Trovatore” with such success that the performance was repeated twenty-seven nights consecu tively. During this time the fame of the young prina donna had extended to the Court, and the theatre was frequently attended by King Victor Emanuel, tho royal family and the Ministers of State. The genius of tho young artist, her exquisite method and personal beauty combined to make a great furore. For her beno fit she sang the duct from the “Poliuto’’ with the tenor Limberti, and alao the celebrated polacoa, from the ‘Lom. bardi.’’ The celebrated poet Mercantini composed a som- net in Speranza’s honor, and she was showered with all tho tributes that are paid to voritable success. she war next engaged at Brescia, where she added ‘‘Macbeth”’ and “La Traviata’ to her list of successes. The journals wera iu raptures with her romantic and brilliant appearance: and hor freab voice, added to a gonuine and classical me-, thod. The directors of the theatre at Padua neat ten dered her an engagement for the season of Lent, with the atipulation that she should sing “Giovanna d'Arco.” Sho accepted tho offer, and studied tho opera in fivo days. Her performance in it was another tri umph. Hor last Italian omgagement was at Li vorno, where she sang in “Ernant,” the “Trova. tore,” ‘‘Torquato Tasso,’ &c. Here she received offers from Seville, where she aang in ‘‘Ernani;’ the “Trovatore,” “Nabuco,” “Attila,” and “I Lombardi.” ‘Tho onthusiasm she croated in Italy was renowed ia Spain, and now the young prima donna comes in the tnorning of her career to an American engagoment, which was formerly the last resort of broken down vocalists. Signorina Speranza will make her débidin “Ia Tra vinta;” and one thing is beyond peradventure, with the exception of Piccolomin!, she will be the prettiest of the Violottas. i Mr. Strakosch has brought out a prima donna contralto, ‘Mile. Cruvelli, -the sister and. pupil of the. Cruvoll! whe -married the Baron Vigier and retired from the stage some time since. The contralto is said to be one of the band- somes! women on the stage, something like Vestvali, but not so masculine: She always starred with her sister, is twenty-seven yoara old, and hor great rétes aro Agucena (“Trovatore”’), Fides (“Prophete”), and Tanoredi. Sho . sailed from Havre Iast week. Signorina Crescimano completes the list of Strakosch’s new prime donne. She is about twenty years of age, is said to have a fino voice, and a great deal of it. She is a Sicilian, and bas sung at Vonice and Verona. The Academy is only the third theatre at which she has been engaged. It will be seon that these artists come without London or Paris reputations, and our connoisseurs can have @ mind of their own for once. ‘Thore is still another }: ima donna in Strakosch’s books not definitely engaged. Among the sterner sex the engagements of artista best known are those of Beaucardé, the tenor, amd Ferri, the baritone. Beaucardé has s high reputation in Italy, and was the original Manricoin the ‘‘Trovatore.” He bas ® distin- guished appearance, is a good actor, aud sings in the atyle of Mario and Salvi. In Italy he ranks as one of the great- est Italian tenors. Ho saila. from Havre in the Occan Queen on the 12th of October, and will make his début at the Academy early in November. Ferri, the baritone, sings one of bis great réies, Rigo letto, on next Wednesday. Ferri occupies in Italy the same position as Ronconi in London. His great characters eve Rigoletto, Maria di Rohan, Don Giovanni, Frnani, as with Ronconi. He is equally groat as a singer or an acor. He possesses @ voico such as Ronconi nover had, and hag a fine stage presence. Ferri has sung in ali the great Italian opera houses. He was engaged cight tines for Milan, seven for Vienne, besides Naples, Vents, &c. + E. About, in bis celebrated book of “Ia Quesion Ro. maine,’’ alludes t Ferri, saying he never founl in Italy any political or religious enthusiasm, but in evey city he saw painted on the walls, “Viva Ferri,” nos/ to “Vive Vordi,’’ who has writton one of his greatest \porag for this baritone. ‘The basso, Susini, is well known here, bav#g sung with Grisi and Mario. He ig provisionally mt the Academy on hia return fron: Rio, where hrhas been ging- ing with La Grange and Mirate. / Stigeili, the tenor, has been engaged. ff such operas aa the “Huguenots” and “La Juive,'* ¢hich he gang at Covent Garden before Mario took they. Ho is® German by birth, but has never sung in GoMany. He is well known as the composer of German ngs. ‘Testa is a Lenor di graria, a youngartist of twenty-four, with, on dét, a sweet and pretty vico,for the “Barbor,”* “Somnambuba”’ and other operas the same school. The first weck of the season wl be devoted to the dé- dns of Speranza, Ferri and Sgelli, The second week Will be distinguished by the dav of Oruvelli, The pro- uotien of the “Sicilian Vespos,”’ with Muzio as coadue- tor, Colson, Brignoli, Ferri a Junca, a double chorus, ‘wll now scenery, comtumes, &, Will give alll more attrac,