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Single copies in wrap- (pers, six cents Gebsoriptions and advertisements for any edition of the . Siew Foux Gensco wit be received at the following placos - ©o., 47 Hm. % King wl m street. .» place de la Bonrsa, . De Chapeauronge & Co. * . Mike contents of the Evrormax Foros oF tae Herarp sill combine the news received by mail and telegraph at 2s Office during tho previous woek and up to the hour of Aho publican. iy ‘The News. Phartling intelligence is given this morning in our telegraphic despatches from Baltimore and Wash- fmgten Aervile insurrection has broken ont at Harper's Ferry. The biacks, headed, as it is re- ported, by white men, have seized the United tates Arsenal, armed themselves, imprisoned all the peaceable white citizens, robbed the stores of provisions and money, and committed several mur- Gers. They had also sent, arms into the interier of Virginia and into Maryland, tobe used by the blacks egalnst their masters. No satisfactory explanation és given of the origin of the outbreak, and it is pos- ible the affair has been considerably exaggerated. ‘The federal government, immediately on being ad- wised of the insurrection, ordered troops to pro- coed to Harper's Ferry to quell it. Troops were also sent from Maryland, and it is highly probable that before daylight this morning the insurrection was at an ond. The Fire Department of New York had its great wienzial celebration yesterday. It tarned out in fall force—some hundred and twenty companies, mumbering, probably, six thousand men. Tho day was cloudy and threatened rain, but Tortanately it continued fine. In the forenoon the presentation of afiag by the municipality to the Department took place in front of the City Hall, at which Mayor Tiemann made aspeech, trac- jog the history of the Department back to the time of the Knickerbockers. The streets through which the procession passed were densely thronged with spectators, and the parade was in all respects creditable to the firemen and to the city. Our re” porters havo furnished a full and complete account of. it. ” [te Hammonis, from Hamburg and Southamp- fou, arrived at this port yesterday evening with Puropean files dated on the 4th inst. Her advices were anticipated by the telegraphic report of the 4h Briton from Farther Point. The papers by ‘the Hammonia contain some interesting extracts on the Sen Juaz difficulty, Kossnth’s position as a Wherator in Europe, Italian affairs and other mat- ters, which we give this morning. Havana advices by the Cahawba at Charleston, are dated on the 9th inst. The city was safely healthy for strangers. The stock of the Spanish Bank was almost all taken at forty per cent pre- minm. Mr. Dodd, an American, was committed to prison for some alleged disrespect toa country magistrate. An cld militia major shot two men and wounded a third one day in duels. Sugar market firm. Freights dull. Exchange on New York at 4 to bf premium. From New Granada we have news dated on board the United States ship St. Lonis, at Cartha- gens on the 25th ult. The provinces of Carthagena and Senta Martha were in open rebellion against the Central government, and the St. Louis could not foave,as wished, until she was relieved by a British war vonsel, Freighta were very scarce. The St. Louis was to leave for Aspinwall on the 26th ult. Advices from Yucatan reach to the Istinst. A ew pronunciamiento took place at Merida, and eonulted in the overthrow of the command of Senor D. Pabic Castellanos, a short time ago appointed Governor, and the nomination of Senor D. Augus- in Acereto, who bad assumed the political and military command. The rising, it seems, was the work of the army and the National Guard. Every- thing passed over without the shedding of a drop of blood. Mr. John McLeod Murphy was last evening unani- Mmously chosen the nominee of the Tammany Hall Conventicn of the Fourth district for State Senator a the coming election. He will be opposed in his p> SOMnGidature by the Mozart Hall nominee, W. Wilson , ‘There was not much business done in the Courto » Bessions yesterday in consequence of the Fire De wpartm’:.\ parade. George Handley, who beatJohn Water ‘esiding at 77 James street, with a slung , Phot, © “he 13th of September, was tried and con- widted © °n assault witha dangerous weapon with Antent 1 do bedily harm. The Recorder sent him to tie State prison for two years and gix months Louisa Smith alias Meyer, the fomale urgisr, pleaded guilty to breaking fato the howe of Dorethea Bruins, 237 Houston street, on tle night of the 23d of September, and stealing $10 worth of jewelry. James McGill and George Denvit were jointly indicted for an attempt #t burglary in the third degree, having on the night of the 10th of September attempted to ente NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1859—TRIPLE. SHEET. the store of Samuel Nicholl, 64 Leonard strect. John Jackson, indicted for a felonious assault upon Wm. H. Jackson, by stabbing him in several places with a knife, pleaded guilty to an assault with in- tent to do bodily harm, All the above prisonors wore remanded tll next Saturday, wher ther will | be sentenced. The Aldermanic Committee on Streets did not mvet yesterday, the members being engaged re- viewing the firemen’s procession during tne time the meeting should have taken place. The Excise Pamaeaneanen also failed to meet at the appointed ar, The Board of Councilmen did not meet last eve- Ring for want of a quorum. The eale> of cotton yesterday embraced about 1,000 L ‘os, closing on the basis of quotations given in another column. A meeting of cotton brokers was held yesterday» ‘with the view of investigating the discrepancy which fre. quently exiets between the invoice weight of cotton coming from Sontterniports, and that it is found to weigh after Storage in New York. This, in some cases, it was alleged? amounted to a very serious deficiency. A committees was eppoiuted to examine into the affair, and report at a sub” sequent meeting. If the steelyards at Savaunah and other Southern ports, as well as those hero are correct, there must {be a serious intermediate leakage somewhere. ‘Without suggesting in what mode it may occur, we think the attention of the committee might be safely called to the careless manner in which Cotton bates are handled and sampled, and to tho depredations of “wharf rats.’ Whatever the cause of tho disagreement in weights, {t is to be hoped that it will be discovered, and the proper remedy recommended. Flour was less active, while the sales were fair; common grades of State closed rather heavily, while extra brands were uncLanged. Wheat was inactive and prices without change of moment. The transactions in corn were limited and prices unchanged. Pork was rather firmer for mess» while prime was quiet; gales of the former wero made at $15 26 a $15 374¢, and prime at $10 624 2 $10 75; a sale of mess was made, deliverable by the 15th November, seller's option, at $15. Sugars were firm, while sales were confined to 450 hhds. at rates given in another place. It was stated that orders had been sent out for the purchase of sugars in the English market. The coffee market was quiet and in abeyance, on account of the forthcoming pub- lic sale of Santos. There was rather more freight offering for English ports; among the shipments were 2,000 bbis. flour, 5,000 bushels wheat and 600 bales of cotton to Liver- pool, and 2,800 bbls. flour to London at rates given else- where. Startling News from Virginia and Mary- land—Negro Insurrection at Harper's Ferry—Strange and Exciting Intelli- genee. A most strange and almost incredible pieco of information comes to us by telegraph from Baltimore. It represents that a mob of negro insurrectionists, numbering several hundred, and led on by white men, had seized on Sun- day night upon the United States Arse- nal at Harper's Ferry, possessed themselves of the arms of the government there de- posited, sent wagon loads of rifles into the interior, stopped and fired into passing trains, planted cannon upon the bridge over the Potomac, cut the telegraph wires, seized and kept in custody the peaceable and orderly citizens of the place, levied contributions upon the hotels and provision stores, shot several persons, and otherwise committed dreadful havoc and onslaughts, all against the peace and sovereignty of the people of the United States. Our Baltimore despatches leave us al- together at sea in regard to the origin and cause of the outbreak, but our special despatch from Washington gives more particulars. From this, we learn that the Secretaryof War has been offictally informed of the dangerous extent of the movement. It appears to bea regular negro conspiracy or insurrection, planned and organized for some time past, and led on and directed by white men. The Secretary had information months since of the existence of such a conspiracy, and of the intention of the negro plotters to seize upon the Arsenal at Harper’s Ferry, possess themselves of arms wherewith to arm the slaves of Virginia and the neighboring States, establish themselves at Wheeling and other points, and regain their freedom. He seems to have given no credence to the story when he first heard it, but it now becomes fear- fully verified. It is difficult to understand how such a move- ment could have had any success, particularly in a section of the country where the slaves are but few in number, and we are especially at a loss to conceive how they could have gained possession of the Arsenal against the officers and workmen of the government. But it seems too true that the blacks have actually gained the upper hand at Harper’s Ferry. At all events, troops have been sent against them from Washington and Baltimore, and to-merrow will probably bring us news of a terrible con- flict, in which the negroes and their white abet- tors will be made to pay dearly for thejr teme- rity. Apropos of this exciting news, we recollect @ very significant passage in one of Gerrit Smith’s letters, published a month or two ago, in which he speaks of the folly of attempting to strike the shackles off the slaves by the force of moral suasion or legal agitation, snd predicts that the next movement made in the direction of negro emancipation would be an insurrection in the South. Is this the first act in that programme?—and are those white abo- litionists spoken of in our despatches emissa- ries of the peaceful Gerrit? If not, is the in- surrection part of that “irrepressible conflict” which is so dear to the heart of William H. Seward ’—and is it intended to affect the next Presidential contest? Time will show; but one thing appears certain—that the outbreak has assumed startling proportions, and Tay prove the first act of a terrible drama. | Reorstration or Voters.—This is the day | fixed by law for the registration of voters | throughout the State. All our citizens, with- out regard to class or party, who appreciate the right of suffrage, should be on hand to-day | to have their names duly enrolled on the regis- try, as it is optional with the Registers whether | they shall keep the books open for another day. In case of a failure to register, a voter may be put to much trouble and annoyance when he goes to deposit his ballot. Therefore we en- Join upon all our citizens to attend to thig duty to-day. Register, register, register. ! Our Map of McexicomAnarchy and Gon- fusion—Moexican Guerrillas Sacking Brownsville, Texas, We publish on our rst page to-day a map of Mexico, to which we referred yesterday, shoW- ing the position the armies of the two con- tending parties occupied at the latest dates, and the geographical division of territory be- tween the church party and the constitutional- ists, Accompanying the map we give a highly interesting account of the present ruinous con- dition of the Mexican republic, together with the news from that quarter down to the latest dates, furnished by our correspondents. The real position of Mexico, and the causes of the anarchy and confusion so long reigning there, are but little understood in this country; but we think that the information which we furnish to-day, illustrated as it is by a clear and comprehensible map, will put our readers in possession of all the facts connected with that unfortunate country, and the miserable condition to which she has been reduced by the discord of her chiefs, the oppressive acts of the clergy, and the ignorance of the people. Nothing can save Mexico from utter annihi- lation as a republic but the powerful inter- ference of our government; and we opine that it will be manifest to every one that the best course the Juarez government could adopt would be to sell Sonora and Lower Cali- fornia tous, and apply the purchase money to bring the present strife to an end. They need money, while their opponents are backed up by the immense wealth of the church, against which—though the liberals hold the greater part of the country, and all the sea- ports and custom houses with one exception— it will be hard to combat. Sooner or later these States will have to be thus disposéd of, and if a stronger reason for selling them to the United States at this time were needed, it is amply furnished by the late sanguinary attack by Mexican guerrillas upon the town of Browns- ville, in Texas, of which we publish a full ac: count to-day. Here is a formidable band of Mexican banditti crossing the borders of the United States, entering one of our towns, butchering American citizens, and keeping the whole community in a state of terror. If the Mexican government cannot repress such outrages as these in the northern States lying on our border, it has no business to re- tain this portion of its territory; and if some parties representing the government there do not take the responsibility of selling it to us, we will be compelled in self defence to take these States and govern them ourselves. The Panic Among the Rowdies. The miscreant organizations that have, hither- to, ruled the city, are filled with dismay. They regard the movement of the respectable classes of the community to destroy their monopoly of power, asa political day of judgment, upon which they must certainly be numbered among the “goats.” The press portion of the corruption- ists, howls forth plaints, from day to day, which betray the sorest anxiety and tribulation. The black republican organ of disunion and “irre- pressible conflict,” draws a veil of affected mo- desty over its prurient Fourierite face, at the thought of an organization which includes an individual who is ofice said to have been be- trayed into swearing, by some Sewardite rascal- ity. The Mozart Hall newspaper exhausts the synonyms of the verb “to damn,” in denun- ciation of another unhappy person, whose ante- cedents fall under its ban. Tammany’s expo- nent, the most ferocious of all, fills its columns with Billingsgate vocabulary and detestation of cold water and clean shirts. All this was to have been expected. A kicked bully, de- tected burglar, or disappointed conspirator, rarely suffers defeat, without dismal articula- tions of rage, similar to those which the three cliques we refer to have emitted. Nevertheless, the mighty uprising in be- half of democratic reform, swells in strength from hour to hour, and will soon include the entire worth, honesty, prudence, in- tellectuality and industry of this great metropolis. The gentlemen who form the committee which called the Fifth Avenue Hotel meeting together, and the hun- dreds of intelligent members of the demo- cratic party who co-operated with them there, are determined that their effortsshall not fail. The dangers which menace the country from an apparent endorsement, by the State of New York, of the doctrines of the atrocious Rochester speech of Mr. William H. Seward, may not, perhaps, be at once averted; but the necessity of municipal reform remains the same, and the Augean filth of our political pur- lieus will be cleansed away, by theaction which is being brought to bear against it. The infor- mation we receive confirms us in the belief, that the bullies and shoulder-hitters, who have hitherto controlled nominations and elec- tions, in the black republican party, as well as in Tammany and Mozart Halls, cannot count one to fifteen who oppose them. The patronage, place and plunder now invested in their hands will, there- fore, be speedily wrested away, and conferred upon proper representatives of the public interests. The election for State officers is rapidly ap- proaching. It seems scarcely possible for the new organization to display great force upon that occasion. Moreover, the deep disgust which has been excited, in tho rural districts, by the brutalities which characterized the Syra- cuse Nominating Convention, together with the miserable reputation of Tammany and Mozart Halls, and of the Albany Regency, may, not improbably, influence unfavorably for the suc- cess of the democratic ticket. Deeply as de- feat would be deplored, on national grounds, it should be anticipated as probable, met without faltering, and with a redoubled resolve that a state of political anarchy and confusion shall never exist again, similar to that which brings such a calamity within the range of possibility. The black republican, and monopoly-demo- cratic cliques are most desirous of diverting attention from misrule in thecity of New York. The very bread will be taken from the mouths of the rowdy five thousand, who call themselves “active politicians,” if the upright merchants, mechanics, laborers and industrial masses, per- severe in opposing their tyranny. Unless they can howl down the reform agitation, that which they most of all things dread—work and an honest Iivelihood—will be forced upon them, or they will have to betake themselves to open crime, and be provided for by the city and State in conformity with our penallaws. Their terror is not to be wondered at. It will grow upon them from day to day. Meanwhile they have no funds; their budget of schemes and dodges is empty; the artifices they employ to impose upon, or frighten, the leaders of the un- corrupted democracy, are detected and treated with scorn, and they discover that their perni- cious occupation will soon be gone. Such a tottering and downfall of the system of treachery, rowdy close boroughism, bru- tality and robbery, which has prevailed for many years in the city of New York, may soon be awaited, as shall bury in ruins those who have aided to sustain it. The methodized rottenness and corruption with which the or- ganizations, whose mouth-pleces are so loud tn their villifications of political action on the part of decent mon, have become identified, will be abated under the watchful, vigilant care of the high-minded gentlemen, and their tens ot thousands of co-laborers, who have banded to- gether to put an end to existing abuses. The wild cry of opposition, and the foul slanders that have been uttered, are the surest sign of fear in, and prognostic of coming victory over the enemy to be conquered. TRIENNIAL PaRaDE OF THE Fie Depart- uent.—The imposing demonstration of yester- day is the second grand triennial parade which the New York firemen have had asa body. They had a torchlight procession in honor of the laying of the Atlantic cable, which was unsurpassed by anything of the sort on record; but the daylight procession of yesterday was, it will be admitted, one of the most remarkable displays of the kind that has ever been wit- nessed in the history of any mere departmental organization. On this occasion upwards of six thousand firemen, composed of the very flower of our citizens in point of youth and physical develope- ment, turned out to take part in the celebra- tion. Nothing could be more orderly or satis- factory than their appearance and conduct. The instructions of the Grand Marshal, direct- ing that military order should be observed, that there should be no smoking in the ranks, and that no steam should be got up in the steam fire engines, were carried out to the letter, showing that the men were under the most perfect control by their chiefs, and were animated by the feelings of self-respect and esprit de corps which should always govern such organizations. Their conduct presented a complete answer to the argument which is so frequently made use of in regard to the police, that it is impossible to introduce amongst ci- vilians, not subjected to the severest military discipline, the habits of obedience which such a force requires to render it efficient. Another pleasing feature in the procession was the pre- sence of five or six visiting companies from places within a radius of three hundred miles of New York, showing the close bonds of fra- ternization which exist between;the Fire Depart- ments of the different cities. In point of splen- dor and costliness the demonstration must have afforded immense pleasure to the idly curious. The engines were decorated with all the fanci- ful accessories that art and the most extrava- gant expenditure could furnish them. The paintings on several were really productions of the most exquisite beauty and skill, as were aleo the plated ornaments and mountings of the carriages, which must have cost large sums to the companies. Apart from the pride and gratification derived from the display, there was another feeling much more satisfactory which it must have called forth in the breasts of all those that wit- nessed it. The rowdyism of the firemen of Baltimore, Philadelphia, and others of the neighboring cities, has brought such disgrace on the volunteer system in those places, that it has been found necessary in several cities to abolish it, and to have a paid Fire Department, under the control of the city gov- ernments, in its stead. As long, however, as our firemen show themselves animated by the sen- timents of self-respect, pride of organization and public spirit which governed their conduct yesterday, there will be no complaints on the part of the New York public against the volun- teer system. It will, on the contrary, become fixed and permanent amongst us, because the self-devotion and ardor which our young fire- men exhibit in the performance of their perilous duties has never been surpassed, even, we may say, by the daring exploits of the Zouaves at Solferino. A great deal has been said against the red republicans and the fire-eaters; and yet we appeal for evidence to the demonstration of yesterday, in which upwards of six thousand red shirted republicans and red hot fire-eaters took part, whether a more orderly, peaceable or easily governed body of men can be found any- where than these protectors and guardians of our city have proved themselves. Tue Frexcu Mission AND THE PrestpENT— “Waat Wi. He Do wit Ir?’—The death of Mr. Mason, at Paris, will be apt to fill the hotels at Washington with the contesting democratic candidates and cliques from all parts of the country for the vacant French mission. Beginning with New York, we believe that Gen. John A. Dix has been heretofore an ac- tive applicant for this post, and we presume he would have no objection to it now. He is an experienced politician, a fine scholar, and one of the very few among the democratic faith who thoroughly understand three or four of the most important modern languages. But, then, how can the President overlook the claims respectively of Judge Parker, Horatio Seymour, Judge Roosevelt, John Van Buren, Fernando Wood, and some others from this State who might be named, and in behalf of each of whom some special considerations might be advanced? Thus, in behalf of Judge Parker, it might be argued that he sacrificed himeelf politically, a year ago, to save the New York democracy; for John Van Buren it might be said that his personal knowledge, as “the Prince,” of the etiquette and convention- alities of the courts of Europe, would render him exceedingly popular at the Tuileries, In behalf of Fernando Wood it might be con- tended that he isan accomplished gentleman would make a good ambassador, and that it would be a good thing for the New York de- mocracy to send him out of the country—and so on to the end of the New York catalogue. We apprehend, however, that Pennsylvania will have her three or four candidates for the post in question; that New Jersey will have one or two; that Virginia will present four or five, and that there will be some additional scattering applications from other States all the way down to Louisiana. With such a host of candidates and their backers, how can the President satisfy any one man and his par- ticular set without disappointing all the rest? We think that his best plan is to keep the place open until he shall have discovered the tem- per and inclinations of the various democratic factions in the new Congress, With sucha bait as this mission to France to nitbie at, they may all behave themselves, in expe¢tation of the prize; and thus a little active cash cupital in the way of spoils may be made to do good service in favor of democratic harmony. In the mean- time, as the only official business of any conse- quence devolving upon said Minister is the presentation of his roving fellow citizens at court, that duty may be confided to the Sucre. tary of Legation in charge of the papers of the office. We would therefore suggest to Mr. Buchanan the policy of keeping this vacant mission open until he shall have taken his soundings in the new Congress. The State of Italy and the Peace of Eu- rope—The Italians to Settle the Ques- tion of the Pope. While the treaty of peace between France, Sardinia and Austria is said to be on the eve of being signed at Zurich, all three of these nations are increasing their preparations for war. The cause of this singular anomaly ts, no doubt, the present condition of the Italian pen- insula. There the fires of revolution are burning fiercely, but with still, smothered flames. The duchies insist upon being united with Piedmont and Lombardy, and forming a strong northern kingdom, imbued with the spirit of Italian nationality. Victor Emanuel has sent a circular to the other European gov- ernments, setting forth the necessity of creat- ing such a kingdom in order to keep in check the domineering tendencies of Austria. Gen. Fanti, the Commander-in-Chief of the Central League, promises that the cross of Savoy shall lead the tricolor of Italy to fresh battles against the stranger. Garibaldi calls the Italians of the Romen Legations to arms. The Pope looks for war, and contemplates another journey to Gaeta. Naples is disturbed by revolutionary symptoms, and Palermo is in aferment. Such a condition of things, on the close of a foreign war, looks very much like the approach of domestic commotion. It is no doubt in view of such a contingency that the three late belligerents are arming. They are all preparing to keep the fires of the volcano within the limits of Italy. France and Sardinia, too, are no doubt prepared to pre- vent Austrian interference in Italian affairs. They are disposed to let the people fight out their question with the Pope and their quarrel with King Ferdinand of Naples. The temporal power of the Papacy has long been hated by the people of Central Italy, and has at the same time formed one of the most troublesome questions for the other Powers. No one of them can interfere with it without awakening jealousy on the part of olhers, and whenever the. people have undertaken to settle it, Austria, or France, or Spain, was always ready to sustain his Holiness. Thus the ques- tion has dragged along till it has become the bane of Italy and the thorn of Europe. ‘The principle proclaimed by Louis Napoleon, some time before the war with Austria broke out, that governments should be founded on satiafied nationalities, has‘a pertinent applica- tion to Italy, and is, ro' doubt, to be left to settle the question of the temporal sovereignty of the Pope. Asa temporal power the Pope is just as amenable to his people asany other sove- reign. The dissatisfied population of the Roman States can throw off bis civil rule without af- fecting inany way his position asthe head of the Church, and in so doing they do not affect his relations to the other sovereigns as these would be affected if a foreign power were to reduce him toa condition of civil tutelage. If the French and Sardinians keep ihe Austrians out of Italy, the popular fires there will soon burn it free from many old abuses. Whether the cordon of bayonets across the northern portion of that peninsula can keep the contagion of the example of a satisfied nationality out of the rest of Europe, is a question that time only can settle. If the revolution is left to work itself out there, as now seems probable, something more than bayonets may be required to keep ideas in quarantine. Ant IN THE MeTRoPotts.—One of the most remarkable instances in the wonderful pro- gress of this metropolisis found in the increased interest which is shown in the developementsof the fine arts, especially those of painting and music. Our connoisseurs claim—and toa great extent their claims are allowed—a degree of acumen equal to the first European authorities, We have no national gallery like that of Lon- don, nor collections such as are thrown open to the public in Paris; but public exhibitions of the best works of foreign and native living mas- ters are always to be seen in this city, whilethe number of private collections is large and con- stantly increasing. On the other side of the Atlantic meritorious works by American artists have always commanded attention and received their due measure of approbation. Lately it has come to pass that we are more catholic and liberal in our art views than the Parisians. They rejected Page’s Venus, to which we give a pro- minent place in one of our most popular gal- leries. The clergy, who rain brimstone and eternal torments upon the wicked boys whosell newspapers on Sunday, throng the gallery where the nude picture of the Goddess of Love is exhibited, and by example recommend it as a healthy developement of one of the fine arts, Our msthetic perceptions are so remarkably fine as to elevate us above the European level; and what was considered indecent in Paris is quite the correct thingin New York. In another point of view we find a further recognition of the claims of New York as an art centre. The works of the best English and French artists are brought here for exhibition and sale, and the distinguished living artists, such as Rosa Bon- heur, Horace Vernet, Edouard Frere, Troyon and Meissonier fn France; Landseer, Millais Hunt and Stanfield in England, are as well known and as fully appreciated here as on their own ground. We consider, in fact, that our taste in the matter of paintings and painters is not to be disputed. In the kindred art of music our progress is still more encouraging. The Italian Opera has been established here only a few years; but, with characteristic alacrity, we have already been recognized as a first class operatic public, quite capable of judging for ourselves without the aid of London and Paris critics. The ma- nagers of the Academy of Music have arrived at this conclusion after due deliberation, and have so far departed from the rule which has hitherto been exigeant, and engaged their ar- tists for the season, which commenced on last evening, direct from Italy. Such an endorse- ment of the refinement and culture of our peo- ple has its responsibilities. Hereafter a new picture or a strange prima donna must be judged from an elevated critical standpoint once aaron so hly important public positio: They assame a hip. a Presidency, they mi like candidates for. .,, : be thoroughly and deh, “e*alely weighed, an Baty nd del -+ give place to be if found wanting the: he iB they mus, “ve must not ter articles. Above all things \. wits of an in a hurry in deciding upon the me. ., soul artist, or any picture, or any piece o. “in ture, We have a certain dignity to one of the chief artistic cities, and we nttst be careful to preserve our new reputation untaf- nished. This will bring about a diversity of opinion, which is always entertaining, and which gives the Paris criticisms upon art and artists their peculiar crispness and piquancy. The mysterygyhich has environed the new artists at the Academy is not yet cleared up. The public verdict upon them is yet to be pronounced. So with the pictures— especially Page's Venus. Newspapers Evrexprise.—The Journal of Com- merce of yesterday copies a paragraph relative to one of the fuselest vf our juvenile dailies, giving it the credit of having been the firet to publish a letter containing an account of the battle of Peiho, and of Minister Ward’s conduct in connection with it. The Journal of Commerce corrects this piece of swagger by the statement that on the arrival of the steamer which brought the firat news of the battle, it published in advance of the account in question a letter from its owm correspondent giving a history of the affair. Now, it is quite true that the Journal of Com- merce published a letter on the day stated, but it is equally a fact that the New York Herap on the morning of the arrival of the steamer published two long letters from its own corres- pondent, giving full particulars of the battle of Peiho and of the movements of Mr. Ward and Commodore Tatnall, said letters being ahead of everything but the account which appeared ia the Journal of Commerce the same morning. Both the correspondence of the Heratp and of the Journal of Commerce had the priority by twe or three weeks of the communication published by our fussy contemporary, and which was merely a repetition of news that was already stale. The fact was, that the latter was written to a friend by Mr. Ward, and the only object in sending it was to set up a defence for conduct on the part of the Minister which was wholly indefensible. Mors Evinence or THE Syracuse CONVENTION Rowpyisu.— We publish in another column some more evidence, in the shape of an affidavit, touching the late rowdy Convention at Syra- cuse, which proves what we said before any evidence appeared at all, namely, that both parties—the Tammany and the Mo- zart crowd—were active participants in the disgraceful scenes of violence which transpired there, Mr. Heenan and others came out some time ago with affidavits on the other side, at- tempting to whitewash Mozart Hall; but this piece of evidence exactly bears out our views of the matter. Both y Hall and Mozart Hall are controlled by the worst men in the city—pugilists and shoulder-hitters of the most notorious order—and it is no wonder that the respectable men of the party should have determined to act independent of them in the coming December election. Tae Onvervosk Case—Tux House or Bisnors GuarpinG THE Purity oF THE CauRcH.— We apprehend that the action of the House of Bishops, in refusing to restore to his episco- pal functions a deposed and degraded bishop, will commend itself to the judgment of all right thinking persons, whether within or without the pale of that communion, excepting always those lay and clerical delegates to the New York Diocesan Convention who recom- mended his restoration. We alluded yesterday to the fact, telegraphed by ourspecial reporter at Richmond, that the House of Bishops had, by a vote of over three to one, refused to coun- tenance such a scandal and wrong to the church; and to-day we print the petition and other papers in the case, so that its merits may be fully canvassed and understood. Here was a bishop, one whose holy office and advanced years insured him respect and confidence, who dishonored both his age and his office by a course of lascivious and libidi- nous conduct, who brought disgrace upon the church, who was by a two-thirds vote of the House of Bishops adjudged to be unworthy of retaining his position or exercising clerical functions, and who now, after fifteen years of submission to his sentence, has the effrontery to come forward and ask to be reinstalled in the high and holy office which he so dishonored. And here are reverend and pious men in the diocess, the pastors and the pillars of the church, men who are looked up to as patterns of virtue and morality, and who are supposed to be the types and representatives of all the Christian virtues, coming forward in the face of men and of an- gels, and declaring their opinion that a bishop whose habits, tastes and life were a byword in the community was nevertheless fit and pro- per person to wear the episcopal robes and to preside over the diocess. But the House of Bishops has given to him and them a severe and well merited rebuke. We are glad of it, and the church, not only here, but throughout the Christian world, will re- joice at it. If Onderdonk had been restored the Protestant Episcopal church would have thereby inflicted upon itself a fatal wound. By his degradation fifteen years ago it purged it- self of the dishonor which his acts brought upon it; by his restoration to-day it would have assumed to itself the infamy of such acts. Had Bishop Onderdonk been inspired by the slightest regard for the good of the church he would never have sought for a restoration to he high office he once held, nor accepted it if tendered to him. Tad the several hundred clergymen and laymen of this diocess who recommended his restoration been truly vir- tuous and good men, they would never have meditated bringing so foul a blot upon the church and upon Christianity. If unchaste and Mbidinous conduct be no offence in a bishop, & priori, it can be no offence in the subordinate clergy or their flocks; and these clergy and the three or four hundred other clergymen of’ this city might as well at once ornament their churches with pictures and statues, after the style of the Venus, at which many of them take a stolen ‘peep occasionally, in the Dusseldorf Gallery. The few bishops who sustained the movement ought equally to be ashamed of themselves. The community ig gratified, how- ever, that the movement haa yo signally failed, and that the church has escaped the scandal which Onderdonk’s restoration would have bronght upon it.