The New York Herald Newspaper, October 19, 1859, Page 4

4 Meeting of the New York Democratic Vigilance Association. Adoption of # Permanent Rule of Ac« tion—Resolutions and Preparations for Future Action—Unanimity and En- thusiasm of the Members. ‘A full meeting was held last evening, at the Fifth ‘Avenue Hotel, of the gentlemen composing the original Executive Committee of the Anti-Rowdy Associa tion, which has recently been formed for the pur- pose of resisting Sewardism and securing the purification ofn minatious in this metropolis. It will be recollected thatt!e number of persons composing the committee is thirty-one, and that the convention of last night was in ‘Accordance with resolutions passed last week. Mr. Warts Siexman called the meetitg to order. It was at once proposed by Mr. 8. M. L. Bartow that the now organization be permanent. No opposition was ‘made, and the resolution was unanimously adopted. Various names were then suggested for the Association, Some gentlomen preferred Democratic ‘Reform,’’ and pthors ‘Conservative’ Democratic Association; but these ‘were considered wern out, and savoring of inefficiency and Old fogyism. Somebody wanted “Demogratic League,’? Dut finally, with but ono dissentient vote, the title of «New York Democratic Vigilant Association’? was adopted: Mr. Watrs SumrMay stated that several hundreds o persons had sent their names to him, requesting to be as Bociated with it. Mr. Barlow had a fult plan of organiza- tion, and other gentlemen were ready with modifications. Some time was consumed in discussing these, after which it was resolved, @ 1. That the undersigned democrats of the city of New ‘York, believing that much good can be accomplished and the true interests of the party subserved by a permanent ‘organization of themselves and of such other democrats as may hereafter become associated with them, agree to unite in an association to be called the “New York Demo- cratic Vigilant Association.” 1. 2° Tho objects of the association shall be to secure the Buccsss of the party, by procuring the nomination and flection to office of honest and capable democrats, of well known standing and reputation in the community. 8. The officers of the association shall consist of a Chair- may, Vice-Chair , a Corresponding and Recording Se- retary, and a Treasurer. 4.°For the purpose of promoting the objects of the as Rociation, a committee shall be formed, consisting of one er from each ward in the city of New York, and of mbers at large, who shall together constitute the General Commitieo. 5. The twenty two members of the General Committee who rerrcsent the wards, shall be chairmen of their re- Bp Ward Committees, which Ward Committees ahad ist of nine members, the remaining o 1m shall hold office from the year ending Oc- Ne ) sad are to be nominated by the chairman of sltee, Subject to the approval of the Gene £ the General Committee to act until ail be referred to a committee of five, tot by the chairman. 1 us having been adopted, the Chairman t Barlow, Wolf, Coleman; and Mr. Sherman himself was added. roposed— .° after October 2, 1860, eight of the e General Committee shall retire, by lot, 11 be filled by a majority of the mem bers ssocistion, and in the manner to be hereaf- ter ; rescribed by the General Committee. 8. The following gentlemen (blank) shall be constituted a Committee of Conference in reference to nominations, to consult with their fellow democrats, for the purpose of carrying into effect the general purposes of the sso- ciation. 9. That suitable rooms for the use of this association be €ngaged until May next by the Finance Committee. 10. That a Finances Commitice of five be appointed, to be nominated by the sub-committee of five already ap. pointed. 11, That the rules and regulations usually regniating Geliberative bodies ve adopted by this association. 12. That monthly meetings be held, and special mect- ings may be at any time conyened on the call of not leas than five members, with the assent of the Chairman of Abe General Committee, 13, That the committee of five, already named, appoint B Treasurer to the association. Several able speeches were then made by Messrs. Royal Phelps, Wolf, Barlow and the Chairman, with refo- rence to future action. The utmost unanimity prevailed Tespecting the necessity of reform, and all were deter- mined to do their whole duty with regard to the State election, especially with reference to municipal reform. Mr. Watrs SHERMAN was conyinced that the future prac- tical life of the wssociation was dependent upon the cha- racter of the future committee of one from each ward, and ton delegates at large, who were to be nominated at a future meeting. He asked all gentlemen to send in suggestions to the commiuttee of five, and promised that every pains should be taken to act judiciously and proper} ‘The meeting then adjourned to mest on Thursday even- ing next. City Polittes. MOZART HALL NOMINATIONS. £. The Seventh Assembiy Convention met last evening at wo kson Hall for the purpose of hearing the report of the gab-committee on the acceptance af their candidate ‘Aaron H. Bean having accepted the nomination, he was unanimously declared their candidate for the Seventh As sembly district at the ensuing election. ‘The Sixth Senatorial District Convention also mot at Jackson Hall, but a quorum not being present, adjourned to meet on Friday evening next - Aiter the adjournment of the abov Ninth Ward Cornmittee met for the po A ticket of Cany. cers and Inspectors, an the week previous to election. Conventions, the ‘nod to Wat.acr’s THEATRE.—On lust evening Mr. Wallack pre- sented the second actuai novelty of the season, in the shape of a three act pfece called ‘Fast Meu in the Olden Tme.’’ It is simply a compression of a play by W. T. Moncrief, and entitled “Rochester; or, King Charles the Second’s Merry Days,” written for Mr. Elliston, and pro- duced at the Surrey theatre, London, some thirty years | Bgo. Weare not aware that it bas been played more than twice in the United States. Several years ago it was Produced at Philadelphia by Mr. Burton, and during the Jast seagon it was given at Placide’s Varieties at New Or- Jeanis, In the Wallack yersion the original music is omitted, Dut Mr. Stoepel has supplied its place to some extent with Tresh compositions, The plot of the play, such 93 it is, is Tounded upon one of the numerous escapades of ‘the Earl wf Rochester, when, as it is said, he an4 the Duke of Buck- Ingham assumed the position of tavern keeper and waiter in order the better to carry on some intrigues in which hey were engaged. The idea ‘borated with some theatrical tact, but as a literary work the play is below mediocrity. The situations are exceedingly lavghab!le gnd the characters grotesque to the last de- gree. The interest centres chiefly in Rochester, who assumes @ variety of disguises, and manages very ndroitly to escape from the punishment due Yo his audacity. The success which this piece Dbtained last night is due entirely to the excellent way in which it was acted, and the taste displayed in the mix: en Beene. The whole strength of the company appeared |: he distribution. Mr. Lester acted Rochester exceedingly swell. His song, “Simon the Cellarer,”’ took the audicuce by surprise, and received a hearty encore. The other parts were in the hands of Blake, Brougham, Walcot, Dean, Mrs. Hoey, Mrs. Sloan, Miss Gannon and Mrs. Ver- non, and received full justice at the hands of these ar- Lists. The play ended with a rustic dance by all the cha- racters, costumed a la Watteau. It made a charming tab- eau, the costumes and groupings being in the best taste, Bri the general effect superb. The play was well re- promises Beived by the audience, and to have a run. ‘Te Wister Garvex.—Dot,” which has had a long and Profitable run at this house, Mas been placed on the re- Bred list. A new piece called “Chamooni the Third,” Wri be produced to-night. The Ring. PRICE ANDEING MATORED—MORRISSEY AND HRENAN NOT TO FIGHT, ETC. @ The preliminaries for a prize fight between Ed. Price, of Boston, the late victor in’ his Contest with Kelly, have Bron made with a pugilist named King, the fight to Bonde off in three months; and in consequence of te ap- #roaching cold weather, the battle Ground will be se- Sectéd at the South. The sum of $500 asite was put up esterday, King wanted six months Bre nghey but tasily: agreed on een, © Prepare for There ig no probability of a fight between Beenan ond ‘Morrissey, in consequence of their inability to agree on a Bests of Morrissey agrees to fight Heenan Tov $10,000, after the contest between the latter and Say ©», the champion of England; but Heenan declines the r te Gopal ee Sa ton that the result of his contest wilt Sayers may be deteat, and perhaps disable him, % >i by such a mishap woald lose the forfeit with Mor zy. He is willing to fight Morrissey for the sum of 510.000 before he Ne Belg d ees to England, but the latter posi. NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1859.—TRIPLE SHEET. THe METROPOLITAN MEDICAL COLLEGES, Lecture of Professor W. H. Van Buren at the University. On Monday evening lecture was delivered at the New York University to a large number of the medical profes sion and the public generally, by Professor W. H, Van Buren, It was intended as introductory to the ensuing winter course, He commenced by stating that we read in Plutarch that one of the famous schools of philosophers of anvient Greece required of the neophytes who sought ad- mission into their ranks, amongst other proparatory oxer cises, to spend a certain period in ihe study of the lives aud characters of their distinguished dead, to the end that, becoming familiar with their achievements, and tho means by which thoy were attained, a spiritof emulation would be thus aroused to imitate their example and rival their illustrious deeds, He said he recognized so much of sound, practical wisdom in this rule of the Athenian philosophers that he ventured to practise upon them this evening, and to invite them to take a ram- bie with him backwards into the last century, and perhaps @ Little further, in order that we might inform ourselves as io what manner of men were some of those whoge names wo find engraven on the pillars and tablets which orna- ment, on every side, the Temple of Medicine, on whoso portico we stand, and into the interior of which he was about to penetrate, As devotees of the medical scionce, he hoped they would not shrink from spending an hour or so in the company of the dead. They wore our friendsand our best texchers—it was from them, in one way or an- other, that the physician learned his most valuable lessons, ‘After making a few more remarks (which we shall omit, being uninteresting to the general reader), he continued, by saying that Antonio Scarpa, anatomist, surgeon, teacher and author, was a pupil of Morgagni, cotem- porary and friend of the Hunters in England, A. Desaults, Bichat and Frere Come, in France; of Richter aud Breck- cl, in Germany, and was born in Italy in the year 1747, His father was a merchant of means, and he had the good fortune to have for an uncle a dignitary of the church, who took charge,of bis education. Alter a thorough academic course hé commenced the study of it at Padua, still, thanks to Velasius, the foremost of the Italian schools. The great Morgagni, at this period the first apatomist of the age, occupied the chair of Velasius, and Was engaged in putting to press the crowning work of his life—bis famous treatise, “De Redebus Jcausis Morborum.’” carpa, through the iniluence of his uncle, had the rare goed fortune to become his private pupil and intimate friend—that is, as far asa doy of eighteen and e veteran of fourscore can be intimate in friendship, for Morgagni was now in his 80th year. He had lost his eyesight, and S arpa became his reader and private secretary. Scientific works and lett. rs of cousultation were constantly received by the great physician, from all paris of Europe; these were read to Morgagni by his pupil, and bis fudgments, criticisms and opinions dicated and recorded. This rela- tionship continued until the death of Morgagni, which took place at the end of three years, from apoplexy: he is said to bave died in the arms of his favorite pupil.” It is not easy to conceive the immense profit to be derived from stich an association as this by a young man gifted with the genius of Scarpa. It is so rare for rapid, ardent and unthoughtful youth to be brought into intimate and profilable intercourse with slowly moving, cautious and thoughtful age. Yet in this instance his pupil undoubt- edly derived incalculable advantage from the rich, ripe old age of Morgagni. The old man’s long life had been passed in the continuous study of anatomy and patholo gy. Literally thousands of cases of fatal disease closely watched at the hospital bedside, and afterwards carefully Cissected, in order to reach the seat and causes of the disease, are accurately recorded in the great work of life, in the revision of W press bis young pupil assisted, Is it wonderful that this pupil placed his own name next to his master in thefpbrilliant succession of Ita- lian teach ers of medicine. During his pupilage, Scarpa ability and skillof his dissections, and secured for him, shortly after recelvin, Joa, an invitation to teach at Modena, the capital of the Italian duchy whose people haye just dethroned a direct descendant ot the Duke Francis, by whom Scar- pa was made professor of anatomy at the University of Modena, in the twenty-fifth year of his age. The young professor was an industrious and devoted student, and the first published results of ys labors were researches into the anatomy and physiology.of the organ of hear- ing, containing an extensive series of dissections of the lower animals. Scarpa was as skilful in be use of the pencil! as of the — scalpel, f making out | nd hence we find all of bis anatomical and surgical writ- ings illustrated by admirably executed drawings. useful and graceful accomplishment contributed not a lit- tle to the favor with which they were received. He then went on to give a brief hisotry of his fortunes, and some historical facts connected with Scarpa—on his travelling practice and exeprience; bis living in the spring of 1781in London, following the lectures of Poll and Allanson, of the brothers Wiltiam aud John Hunter, of Cruickshank and Sheldon—what a constellation of talent! How must such & man as Scarpa have learned from John Hunter, who was then constructing that vast collection—since the won- der of the world—illustrating human anatomy by prepa- rattons drawn from every part of the animal kingdom; seeming to possess the facuity peculiar to genius of inspir- ing all who came in contact with him with the same glo- rious enthusiasm in the pursvit of science by which he himself was animated. He said that from Cruickshank he learned the art of making mercurchal injections of the lymphatics, a set of organs first discoy- ered by an Italian, Eustacheus, and in regard to which the great monagraph of the Italian anatomist, Muscagni, is still the highest authority, About the close ef our Revolutionary war, we find him in Italy, upon fhe most brilliant partof bis career. He referred to bis being made professor of anatomy and surgery at the University of Pavia—one of the largest and most celebrated of the Italian schools of medicine ; his extra ordivary powers of lecturing, drawing immense numbers of students, citizens and strangers to hear him, and other yery interesting facts too numerous to mention ; among which was bis publisbing many interesting works. How he brought together, digested and systematized all that was known, on several particular subjects connected with | medicine and anatomy, and announced doctrines and precepts of practice, which, carried out by his pupils and successors, have caused the treatment of | aneurism to occupy the most brilliant page of modern sur- gery. In 1805, as they say, Cooper, the great English surgeon, operated for the ‘rst time for carotid aneurism— a disease up to this time universally regarded as fatal. | Ramsden in 1806, tied the subclarian artery, at the root of the neck, for oxtllary aneurism, bat the effort was unsuc- cessful, and it was reserved for a New York surgeon, | Wright Post, to save the first human life by this new ope- ration; but now the New World took the lead of the Old, and a New York surgeon extended his adventurous hand to the interior of the body, and reached the great inno- | merata and the primitive iliac arteries, in noble efforts to | cure aneurism, by carrying out the doctrines of and Hunter. I shall always regard it as one of the pri | leges of my life to have seen and examined the first human being who was cured by ligature of the great iliac artery He is one of nine or the most ten others whose lives have since been“saved, various parts of the world, by surgeons of skill and cosrage, who in this operation followed the lead of Valen: tine Mott. He went on to state that more recent efforts have proved that aneurism may be cured by systematic compression, a remedy once abandoned except'as an ad- | junet, and a palliative, and this new resource of modern surgery is undoubtedly the best adapted to a certain class | of cases; but it will never supersede the ligature as the | principal and rmost reliable remedy for the disease. He | again referred to Scarpa, his literary career, the marked | attention paid to him by dignitaries of church and state; | the high posis of honor he filled, and finally his death, whi 1 took place in 1882, in his eighty-third year: hen went on to say it was scarcely allow. . after so rapid and imperfect @ sketch his life and actions, to attempt an eati- mate of th 3 but from what he had learned, as well as from what he had stated of him, he should judge that, although he did not possess | either the brilliancy or originality of John Hunter or Bi- chat, his greatest cotemporaries, yet that he exerted more jate and extensive influence upon medical and sur- science than either. After some very elaborate re- 3 on ancient and modern “ medical lights,” he con- by saying, in the study of the various types of tic aflections, of yellow fever, and othor epidemic cially ‘in our newly occupied territories, at a boundiess field is presented for observation and investigation. 1 baye thus far, gentlemen, carried you back through the domains of our predecessors, in order imme: gica! that we might learn the means by which they have enlarged and improved our beloved science. We have also taken a hasty and imperfect glance at the momentous future, in which so much remains yet to be accomplished for the good of maukind. Let us endeavor to profit by their example, and toemuiate their good works. Lives of great men all remind us, We can make our lives sublime, And departing, leave behind us, Footprints in the sand of time. ‘The lecture was listened to with marked attention by all present, with one exception. Some unknown 1 tivi- dual, wishing to make himself conspicuous, commenced grouting and yawning with a grunt, until he was politely requested to leave. The professor was greeted with re- peated applause during the delivery of his lecture. Seven members of the Medical Faculty were present and occupied their chairs | College of Physicians and Surgeons, The fifty-third annual session of the New York College of Physicians and Surgeons was opened at eight o'clock on Monday evening, at the college in Twenty-third street, | There was a considerable number of ladies and gentlemen | in attendance, and the fine lecture room was brilliantly _ Hluminated. There were alsoa number of alumni and | students present. | The proceedings were opened in the usual form, with prayer by the Rey. Dr. Houghton ‘The President (Professor E. Delafield) having taken th chair, one of the gentlemen present introduced Professor CLARK, who was received with great applause, and delivered a very excellent opening address. Ho said Jasf evening closed fifty-two years of the existence of the college. It was a period more than one-third of the whole term of the existence of America at a uation, no less than thirty and three lecturers who had devoted their and time to the instruction of hundreds nS Saal who had gone forth as the ministers of health. Not one of these lecturers or professors was now alive. The Jearned gentleman then referred to the honorabie oat of the Coll papsieg& number of names which have been, and some of wi are still distinguished among the most emtnent- practitioners of medicine. He next paid a warm tribute to the memory of Dr. Bartlett, holding up bis pure and unsullied career eS an example to the young votaries of the medical ert. When De. Bartlett died he (Dr. Clark) felt & sorrow—eo deep and painfulsthat he ‘ctppted to borrow the words of David, his lament for Abgalom, to cexpress a iyqing so ocerpying a new and elevated ponition, and about to enter } Since the organization of the college there had been | }iaiutits which words can scarcely convey, He never knew & purer man than their deceased friend; and all who knew him would baye to take up the refrain and reutter the same words, The learned Doctor next addressed himself to the young men on the great task which they had voluntarily taken upon themselves. ‘Their horoscope was cast—their course was decided--and their future success or failure would prineipe’ly dopend upon the wisdom they might exhibit In their course through life. To be suc cessful they must become learned in their profession, for the door of the sick man’s chamber would hot be opened t any medical man who was pot at least Delieved to be t 4d and learned in the medical art. If they should desire money, they might obtain it with a great deal of merit, with little merit, and sometimes without any merit at all; Dut if they would live in men’s hearts, they would bave to wateh the course of that great country- man of theirs, Dr. Bartlett. ‘fhe lecturer thon gave an interesting ch of the education and the public and private life of Dy, Bartlett, He was a learned man, though he had not what are known as the advantages of a liberal education. At the age of sixteen, when young men begin their college course, he had already on- tered upon the dutics of life, It was not until afterwards: that he perfected the knowledge of Latin bogun at the academy. He next studied Greek without any assistance, and ulumately learned French until he couid enyaciate it in the land where it is spoken. The various books on medicine, as well as other general subjects, contributed by the deceased to the cause Of science, were next reviewe! iu order by Dr, Clark, and the great Christian character ‘of the deceased, as shown in his productions, was fully expatiated upon. The patient and laborious duty of the medical student was one of the 18 of the address very eloquently and learnedly handled. The aspiring and fliguty of intellect would make butfeeble students. The slower the progress the surer would be the success. After drinking ina long draught from the fountain of inspiration, the student should close his wings abA PR 08, the garments of labor and retlection, 80 ag to profit by his serious work. ‘The rest of the address was principally devoted to the eulogy of Dr. Bartlett, whoss ‘acter, said the speak- er, Was as pure & & diamond of the first water. The last discourse pronounced before the ct © by the deceased was most feclingly alluded to. His filial’ love was a re. markable feature of his hfe. Professor Clark then reca- pitulated the principal points of his address, warmly and earnestly recommending the young men to follow in the footsteps of so ES and good a man, if they would fill pd places to w! he no doubt they were all aspir- 8B New York Medical Associations. INTRODUCTORY ADDRESSES TO THE ALUMNI—NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE. The regular course of medical instruction was opened at this institution last evening. Peter Cooper, Esq., opened the exercises by introducing the Rev. Dr. Hitchcock, who offereda prayer. Prof. Horace Green then presented to about fifteen students diplomas of honor for attending the summer course of lectures which has occupied the past three months ; also for attending Dr. Doremus’ lectures on Toxicology and the Influence of Poisonous Gasses, here- tofore noticed in our columns. The attendance of ladies and gentlemen was very con- siderable, and until long after the proceedings began a great crowd continued to flow in. At the hour fixed for that purpose, & Professor Brran was introduced and proceeded to de- liver the address of the evening. He dwelt at length on the beanty and excellence of medical knowledge, and upon the benefits which the votaries of the various pro- fessors of the different branches of scientific knowledge have conferred upon the world. He reviewed the career of all the great writers and professors of the Esculapian art, and invited all the young students of the college to follow in the same way of wigdom as that in which the professors already named had preceded them. He then ‘went on to consider the importance of the physician. He looked upon him as the pioneer who led the way to all kinds of progress that came after him. The claims of the physician to reagent and estimation from the public could not be doubted. He pointed out the duty of the physician and the nature of the duties he has to perform, ‘and proceeded to warn his young medical hearers that their duties would be pivars found to be full of difficulty, and seldom crowned with su: . The lecturer then reviewed the progress of some of the (test professors of medical science in various ages. A defence of the pro- fession followed, in which the learned professor endoa- vored to defend the young men whohad entered the ranks of the soldiers of Esculapian science. He next went into a lengthy exposition of the mysteries of medical affairs, reviewing the evidence and experience of medical men from the time of Galen up to the present day. The young gentlemen who had recently obtained their diplomas were then personally and collectively addressed, and the beauties and excellence of the medical art were beauti- fully poiuted out to them. He next eloquently discoursed on the different sciences; he spoke of the artist, the painter, the lawyer, the physician, and in factof every- Em” and everybody, save the ecclesiastical part of the world. The remainder of the address was entirely of a local character, directed to and intended only for ‘the alumni and students of the college. After a few remarks from Professor Doremus, the large meeting quietly separated, Mecting of the Ten Governors. The Board of Ten Governors held their weekly meeting yesterday—President Dugro in the chair. Acommunication was received from the Superinten- dent of the Workhouse, expressing regret that he had ne- glected to report the death of au inmate of that institution named John McGee, who was beaten to death by an in- sane inmate named Driscoll, who was sent there as a ya- graut afew days previously, but the condition of whose mind was not known until he had murdered his victim by beating him with a stool and bucket on the head. This occurrence took place on the Sth of the present month, and as no report of it had been made at the previous mecting of the Board, they passed a resolution at that mecting promising to dispense with the Superintendent if he would not report the circumstance. The following resolution was offered by Gov. BREevsixa- BAUSE: Resolved, That a select committee be appointed to report to this Board the amount of compensation allowed to the heads of the several institutions and the employees; and what changes are necessary, if any, to be made in order to secure an equal distribution of'efficial position as originally contemplated at the organization of -d of Governors. ne resolution Was adopted and a committee of ye ap- pointed by the Chair:— on Penitentiary reported in favor of dis- pelsing with six horses and two yoke of oxen, the works on that institution being so far advanced as to require less assistance from cattle than hitherto. The report was ac- lowing resolution was offered by Governor B. F, Pinckney :— Resolved, That the Committee on Lunatic A: authorized to proceed at once to open the quarry south of the lodge, aud cause the same to be worked for stone for roposed new lunatic asylum, and that $1,000 be ap- propriated therefor out of the appropriations ‘for build ings for that institution. ‘The resolution was adopted, and the Board adjourned. The number of inmates in the fnstitntions is 7,619, an increase of forty-six on last week. ‘The number admitted he week was 1,722, and those died, discharged or ewhere amounted to 1,676. ‘Inm be Surrogate’s Office.: Before Edward C. West, Surrogate. Witt of John P. Hull.—This will was admitted to pro- bate by the Surrogate on the 25th of Angust last, and two brothers of the testator, Jesse V. Hull and Charles 8, Hull, were named in the will as its executors. The estate of the testator amounts to at least $200,000, On the 28d of August last the executors applied for letters testament- ary, which was opposed on behalf of the widow on the grounds that the executors are non-residents of this State, and should be required to give a bond as security in double the amount of the real and personal estate, with two sureties worth each the penalty of the bond required by law. J. V. Hull being placed upon the witness stand, testifled that he was a resident of the city and county of New York. On cross-examination, how- exer, he admitted having changed his reidence, from Stonington, Conn., on the 22d of August last; that on that day he brought his clothing to New York and stopped at the house of his brother-in-law, where he boarded. It also appeared that he is a native of Stoning- ton, where he hae alw: resided upto the 22d of August last, and that bis occupation was that of a speculator in Wool and cattle; that he has no other business here than attending to the affairs of the estate in question; that he was aware of the rule requiring non-residents to give se- curity and came here to avoid it. He was fully examined as to the nature of his business, which it appeared was that of a trader, and thathe has been in thirty different States pursuing it. €. §. Hall, the other executor, swore that he came to the city at the same time as his brother; that be i¢ a merchant and keep @ country store at Stonington, Connecticut, and bought goods for it during the past week and had them sent there; that he only brought a yalice to the city with him, and bad not taken board anywhere yet: that he came here to avoid the rule requiring security here, and also to go into business; and that he has been intending to leave Stonington for some time past. He was then minutely examined as to his property. was then argued and submitted to the Surrogate, but not before Charles 8. Hull bad withdrawn his application for letters testamentary. ‘The Surrogate held that neither of the executors named are residents of this State, and that he would not jasue letters testamentary to either of the executors, unless upon their giving a bond in the penalty of double the {mount of the estate, with at least two sureties, as re- quired by the law of the State. ipreme Court, Before Hon. Judge Ingraham. Oct. 18.—The People of the State of New York vs. the Mayor, de., of the City.—This isa motion for an injunction to restrain the city authorities from granting to Fairchild & Co, the contract for building gate houses for the Croton reservoir, on the ground that Baldwin & Co. were the lowest contractors. Mr. D, D. Field appeared for the and Messrs. Busteed, Corporation Counsol,‘ind h for {he city, As tothe demand for injune- tion, defendants contended that it would provent the Common Council from advertising and giving to them an} Part of the work, oven if they should be the lowest bid- ders. In other words, it assumes that Baldwin & Jaycox have acquired the absolute right to build these gatchouses, &c., and that the people will interfere in this action against the city which Fairchild, Walker & Co, are not parties, to compel @ specific performance on the part of the city, and that, too, although the demarrer to the com- plaint of Baldwin & Jaycox has been sustained. The Court ought not to grant uu injunction untess imperatively bound to do 80, a8 the delay consequent thereon imperils the contract with Fairchild, Waiker & Co., they being by said contract bound to do all their work in four hundred days, Decision reguryed. The Clinton. Street . POLITICS THE CAUSE OF TRE DIFFICUL’Y—IN- TERESTING PARTICULARS. Tho shooting affray between John Carpenter and ‘Thomas Cheevers, at the corner of Clinton aud Delancey streots, on Monuay night, created quite a sensation in po- litical circles yesterday, The fracas, it appears, grew ous of Carpenter's affidavit in reference to the rowdy proceedings at the late Democratic Convention at Syra- couse. Cheevers, who is a particular friend of Cornelius Wood, Tom Ferris, the Benicia Boy, and others, upbraid- ed Carpenter for going back on his friends, and called him 2 cowardly traitor, Carpenter, in reply, stated that whoever called him @ traitor was a liar, Cheevers re- torted by saying that he would not believe Carpentor under oath. Then followed a war of words, and the parties retreated from the porterhouse to the sidewalk. At this juncture the wife of Carpenter came Jup and insisted on her husband going home, at the same time placing hereelf between the combatants, 80 43 to provent any blows from being struck. A souffle here en- sued between Mrs. Carpenter and Cheevers, in which the former was thrown to the ground. Carpenter says that Cheevers beatand kicked the woman, but how far his statement can be corroborated we could not learn, How- ever, it was at this juncture that the shooting commenced, Carpenter Grawing @ six barreled pistol and firing four shots ut his adversary. One of the shots took effect in the side of Cheevars, wounding him dangerously, The noise of the firing attracted the attention of patrolman Seymour and others of tho Thirteenth precinct, who hastened to the spot and took the assailant into custody, Cheevers was conveyed to the station house, where he was subsequently atiended by Drs. Wood, Kimbark und others. The wound was probed, when it was found that the ball had glanced off after striking a rib, and had taken a downward course, lodging somewhere in the ca- vity of the abdomen. The doctors did not consider the wound fatal at first, but subsequently, we learn, they en- tertained but little hope of the paren recovery. Cheevers was lying in the house of Engine Company No, 41, in Delancey street, Tesi surrounded by a large number of friends ane dn pec He is fore- man of the above company, which accounts probably for his lodging in the engine house. His friends thought it would be better to nurse him there than to run the risk of a long jaunt to the hospital. It was rumored that Cheevers i not desirous of making a complaint against Carpenter; that he admits he was the aggressor, and probably deserved just what be received. He was slightly intoxicated at the time of the affray, but his as- sailant d to have been perfectly sober. Carpenter was brought Justice Brennan, at the Exsex market Police Court yesterday morning, and com- mitted to prison for examination. It was expected that some affidavits would be taken in relation to the matter during the afternoon, but the magistrate decided to post- pone the matter until to-day. The prisoner, in a conver- with the Justice, stated that he had been attacked the Saturday previous. by Cornelius Wood and Charley Beerfield, and was badly beaten. He bears a couple of ba eyes, which he says were received in his encounter on Saturday, The Homicide in Grand Street=Inquest on the Body at the City Hospital. ‘The inquest in the case of Samuel Reeves, the express. man, who was fatally stabbed in a fight with an acquaint- ance named John McCue, on Monday last, took place yes terday afternoon in the City Hospita! before Coroner Jack- man. It will be remembered that the occurrence hap- pened in Grand street, near Broadway. During the en- counter McCue drew a knife and stabbed bis antagonist in the leftside, the blade penctrating the left lung and in- flicting a mortal wound. Mary Jane Frotting being sworn, deposed as follows: Saw deceased strike McCue; saw no knife in McCue’s hands; (knife produced); know this knife; saw it at Mc Cue’s house; was in company with my sister that day;she was in company with her husband; the occurrence took place about four-and-arhalf o'clock; was occupied that day in Franklin museum; saw only one blow given; saw no knife used; at four-and-a-half o'clock came out of Franklin museum, stood awhile talking witbjmy sister and ber husband (McCue); deceased came up and struck Me- Cue; have seen the knife five months previous to the currence; the man who struck McCue was Sam Reeves; after the blow was struck I went home; as I passed them they were talking loud; about two weeks previous to the occurrence deceased bad fired a paving stone as large as a spittoon at McCue. ai ‘The witness was at times very contradictory in her evi- lence. James Armstrong being sworn, deposed as follows:— Reside at 143 Mulberry street; was standing in company with a friend atéhe corner of Grand and Crosby streets on Monday afternoon; noticed prisoner running out side door CP peg on corner about half-past three o'clock; he caught up a brick and attempted to throw it at Reeves, when I seized and prevented him; they had had a diffi! culty in the grocery. & little while before; prisoner then went away round Crosby street; Reeves and Ithen went down to Mulligan’s and had a drink; prisoner and two others passed by soon after, while we were sitting on the sill of the window; prisoner came back alone; he chal- Jenged deceased to fight; Reeves went towards him; don’t know if Reeves struck him; think he did; prisoner put his hand in his bosom and pulled outa knife and cut at the deceased with it; deceased tried to ward off the blows with his arm; McCue ran away, and Iran after him; Mary Jane Frotting tried to hit me with a biack bottle, which she had with her; was about six or eight feet dis- tant from the parties when the siabbing place. Antonio Weddemeyer being sworn, deposed (through an intrepeter), a8 follows—Live at 19Crosby street; on Monday afternoon saw a crowd in Grand street, and man running from the crowd; did not see this knife; woman threw a stone into my door; saw a man with blood on his face after I saw the men running; saw no stab given bv any one. Andrew Boden was the next witness. His testimony corroborated that of James Armstrong, but was otherwise unimportant. James Smith being sworn, corruvorated the latter por- tion of Armstrong’s evidence—not having been present at the first disturbance. The surgical examination of deceased by J.J. Hull, M.D., wasread. It gave a minute description of the wounds on the body. Iu the doctor's opinjon they were the cause of bis death. Officer Golden deposed to arresting the prisoner, and finding a slit or cut on his right wrist (probably made by thrusting the knife up his sleeve after the commital of the deed); also some blood on the left sleeve of his shirt. ‘The evidence here closed, and the case was given to the jury, who, after a few minutes deliberation, returned 4 verdict that deceased came to his death by wounds in- tlicted by a knife in the hands of the prisoner. ‘The prisoner, on being questioned as to what he had to say, stated that he was born in Ircland, was 20 years of age, and that he stabbed the deceased in self defence. On the rendition of the verdict by the jury the prisoner was committed for trial. The knife with which the deed was committed is a very ugly looking affair. It is somewhat of a dirk or dagger, the blade being about six inches in length, with a German silver landle about three inches long. The prisi Dily dresse His wife, who sat by his side the whole time, is rather good locking, and was arrayed in decp mourning. Brooklyn City Politics. REPUBLICAN NOMINATION FOR JUDGE OF THE SE- COND JUDICIAL DISTRICT. The Republican Convention to nominate a candidate for the Bench of the Supreme Court of the Second Judicia! District met in the Court of Sessions room of the Brooklyn City Hall yesterday afternoon. The district comprises the counties of Kings, Queens, Suffolk, Richmond, Westches- ter, Orange, Dutchess, Putnam and Rockland, An organi- zation was effected by selecting Mr. Joseph H. Jackson, of Dutchess county, as President, and James P. Cooper, of Suffoik, and Lewis B. Reed, Jr., of Kings, as Secretaries, An informal ballot showed! the following result — George M. Re __ of Kin Philip 8. Crooke, of Kings. Jobn M. Mason, of Westch . reet,’ of Richmond. Wm. H. Robertson, of Westchester Edward Wells, of Westchester... cis de . A formal ballot was then taken, which resulted in the nomination of Mr. George M. Reynolds. The following is the vote:-— George M. Reynolds... +25 P. §. Crooke. és sip v1 Wm. B. Street . ; ne A committee consisting of Messrs. Milliken eat chester; Delamontaigne, of Dutchess, and Duryea, of Kings, was appointed to apprise the American Judicial Gon- vention (also in session in the hall) of the preference of the Republican Convention. Shortly after, Mr. C. C. Egan, on the part of the Ame- rican Convention, reported that the body to which he was a delegate had decided to endorse the nominee of the re- publican Convention. : Tle nomination of Mr. Reynolds was then declared una- nimous, and after adopting a resolution to the effect that euch assembly district be represented by two delegates at the next Judicial Conyention, the Convention adjourned. THE AMERICAN JUDICIAL CONVENTION, Ths body met in the Special Term Room of the Brook- lyn City Hall, and organized by selecting Hon. William Norton, of Queens, as President, and Walter Botts, of Richmond, as Secretary. After calling the list of dele- gates, a recess of half an hour was taken to await the de- cision of the Republican Convention. On re-assembling the nomination of Mr. George M. Reynolds was announced, and his nomination was unanimously cndoracd. The Convention then adjourned. Coroners’ Inquests. SiGULAR Cavsx or DaaTa.—Some days ago we noticed an assault with a knife upon a woman named Maria Welsh, by a man named Moses Stafford, at 2 tenement house in Eighty-seventh street, near Third avenue, called “The Old Church."’ Mrs. Welsh, it will be rememberéd, ‘was enceinte, and was dangerously injured. On Monday the wounded woman gave birth to a st@l-born child, which event was brought about by -the injury and fright she received at the hands of her assailant. An inquest wat held upon the body of the infant yesterday by Coro- ner O'Keefe, when the jury renderéd a verdict against Stafford Charging him having caused the premature birth of the child. ‘the accused, who had previously been arrested, was locked up in the Tombs to await the action of the Grand Jury. Fatas. Fatt. From 4 Roor.—Hannah Tuomey, a native of Treland, aged twenty-five years, fell from the roof of the premises No. $8 Park street, yesterday, and was go seri- ously Injured that she died in a short while after her ad- miseion to the hospitel. Coroner Jackman held an inquest upon the body, r is what would be denominated a hard | looking case, and appeared at the investigation very shal | The Fulton Bank De%leation. THE COMPLAINT AGAINST LANE GISMISSED, FIRST DISTRICT POLICR COURT, Octonmr 18,—The People vs. William J. Lane, Jr—I must confess that at the outset of the proceedings in this case I felt great embarrassment, arising from the fact that the details of the transactions in which the accused had been engaged were not sufficiently explicit to enable cither the counsel for the prosecution or myself to deter- mine what speciile offence (if any) had been committed, A careful reading of the statute and of the authorities ap- plicable to the present case resulted in the conviction that if Lane could be held at all, it must be under the 96th section of chaptor 1, part 4, of tho Revised Statutes. A statement of facts having been agreed upon by the re- spective counsel, the only duty left for me to perform is to give that interpretation to the section which I consider conformable to the legislative intent. ‘That section is in the following words:— Every person who, with intent to defraud, shall make. an} falge entry, or shall falsely alter any entry made in any {bool of ueconnis kept by any moneyed eor poration within this State, or in aby book of accounts kept by any such ded 0 be delivered to auy person which any pecuniary obli- officers, and delivered or inten: dealing witb such corporation, by gation, or credit shall bé, or shall purport to be, disel ed, diminished, increased, created, or in any manner shall, upon conviction, be adjudged guilty of forgery in the third degree, It is contended by counsel for the defence that but one class of books is referred to in the law, viz: those kept between the bank or its officer and dealers with the bank or corporation, and the entries are mentioned in connection with a delivery, or contemplated delivery, in contradistinction to the preceding (34) section, in which no delivery or intention to deliver is mentioned, owing, no doubt, to the fact that the books referred to ia the ‘S4th section are the permanent and exclusive pro- perty of the State, and are not under any circumstances to pass out of its ye On the other hand, the counsel for prosecution argues that it is only the latter clause of the thirty-fifth ‘section, commencing with the word ‘‘or’’ that refers to books passing between the bank and to dealers, and that the first clause has no relation to such books as are de- livered, or intended to be delivered. This seems to me a strained construction of the statute, the evident intention of the Legislature being (as I conceive) to protect the aod as dealers with moneyed cor) in this State. look upon the repetition of the words “books of account, &c.”’ as in fact ir? connected with the new words “or ita officers,’ which in any view were unnecessary, a8 books kept by officers of & bank as such are in judgment of law kept by the bank. I have been referred by counsel for the prosecution to the revisers’ note on section 35, which is as follows:— “The entries specified in that section are not instruments of another, as they have no signatures, and these offences therefore rest upon the common law. It is conceived that the extension proposed is very necessary, as well to guard the public, as those institutions which are com- pelled to trust so*much to their subordinates.” These revisers’ notes are sometimes relied on in constru- ing statutes; “but it does not follow that the sense in which they understood a law is that adopted by the Legislature, or which the language warrants. It js supposed that the revisers contemplated pro- tection to the banks as against their subordinates, as well as protection to the public. But the “any person’’ mentioned in the section would apply to a stran- ger aa well as a clerk. And I understand the revisers. to mean that, by making ita crime to alter any book issued by a bank, the latter would be protected against a fraud by a dealer, who might, for example, falsely increase the amount of a deposit in his pass book, or enter a sum never deposited. The revisers are, to my mind, clearly mistaken, if they meant to say that such entries were the subject of forgery at common law. (See Wharton’s Criminal Law, 4th éd., see. 1,365.) Ordinarily, the in- strument forged must, in some way, have been uttered in order to complete the offence. (Archbold’s Treatise, vol. 3, p. bat.) And this writer defines this to mean “to offer, utter, dispose of, or put off (3d volume, 6th ed., 538). ‘The forgery at common law consisted of some “writing,” and the forged instrument was to be at least in the pos- session of the forger, and used by him, or retained with the intent to use it, And it was to resemble in some way averitable writing, or be an alteration of one; (84 Green . of Er., sec. 105); ami the imitation or alteration must have been “capable of deceiving persons using ordinary observation.’’ False entries, or fraudulent alterations of records or securities, without respect to uttering or imita- tion, were made crimes by a series of English statutes, of which a list will be found in Archbald, at 308 to 811. Amongst the instances are forging an entry, &c., in the books of the Bank of England or South Sea Compa- ny. Ido not consider that the lature have made it forgery to make a false entry or falsely to alter an entry made in a book of a bank kept within its place of busi- ness, and never delivered nor intended to be delivered. And if it be deemed remarkable that such a provision should have been omitted, the surprise is just as great in reference to merchants and large banking houses, or trust oe to none of which could the 36th section ly apply. In conclusion, from the interpretation I have deemed it my duty to give to the 35th section, after a patient hear- ing of the able and lucid exposition of the law by some of the most learned and experienced members of the bar, I feel compelled to declare that, although the prisoner has ‘ungnestionably committed a gross moral fraud, I do not perceive that he has made himself amenable to a criminal prosecution, and must therefore discharge him from custody. B. W. OSBORN, Police Justice, New York, Oct. 17, 1859. AS s00n as the decision was announced, Mr. Burrill, the counsel for the bank, stated that a complaint for false pretence would be preferred ; the accused, and that . Kernochan, the President, was present with aflidavits which formed the basis of the second complaint. Mr. Holmes, counsel for the prisoner, thought. it was hardiy fair for the counsel on the other aide to commence & suit for false pretences, when he had promised to abide by the issue in the forgery complaint. Mr. Burrill, in reply, intimated that no such promise had ever been made. He was there to see after the in- terests of the bank, and was pursuing a course which, in his opinion, was most advisable for the onds of justice, The affidavits in the false pretence complaint were then handed over to the magistrate, and the discussion was droppe re vision in the new corhplaint will be given in a few —<$<—<$$_$_____ Court of General Sessions. Before Recorder Barnard. Oct. 18.—The first case that was disposed of this morn- ing was a charge of fetonious assault and battery preferred against Jolin MoMenomy, who assaulted John Baerlen, (who resid 6th of September. = Y _ r n the side witha nife,:. He w ¢ T Gores Re sted of grand larceny, in stealing ts, worth $77, the prop obs. Te was sent to the State pr were seven other in- dictments ag wr olfences, he having made it a practice to go round to tailoring establishments and procure materials to make up under assumed names, Wm. Borden was placed on trial charged with stealing nine copper rods worth $1 each, and fifty pounds of cop. per, the property of Jacob Hoppock, who does business at the corner of Twenty-second street and Second avenue. He was convicted of petit larceny, and will be sentenced on Saturday. John Jones, who is said to be a notorious counterfeiter, was surrendered by his bail this morning, and was com: mitted to the Tombs to await his trial. ' Sometime ago Jones escaped from officer Smith, and after diligent search he was found and rearrested, Abraham Kane waseharged with receiving $62 wortn of fancy goods, stolen by a boy named James Newport | from the store of Wm. Robinson, No. 115 Chambers | Street. The youth represented that he bonght the goods | atauction. The Assistant District Attorney abandoned the | prosecution, the testimony failing to establish a guilty knowledge on the part of the accused. Jersey City News. Tae McrpeR iv Jersey O:ty.—The inquest upon Capt. Samuel Cranmer, whose body was found in the water near the Paterson dock, where he had probably been thrown after having been murdered, was concluded yes- terday afternoon before Coroner Morris, of Jersey City Quite a number of witnesses were sworn, but no facts were elicited implicating any person in the commisaion of thecrime. The jury rendered a verdict “that the de- ceased, Samuel Cranmer, came to his death by blows in- ficted by some person or persons to the jury unknown; and furthermore, that the body was thrown into the water, at what placo or by whom the jury are unable to state.” Orposmox RaniricaTion Mextinc.—A mass meeting, to ratify the opposition nominations for State and county officers, is to be held at the Park, in Jersey City, on Mon- day evening next, Mr. Viden, the nominee for Governor, and many Others, are announced to be present for the purpose of addressing the meeting. Arrivals end Departures. ARRIVALS. From Bremen, in the steamship Bremen—G family, Boston; Anna Marguard do; WC Abmann, Miss Pagenslieker, Miss & Passendick and u # Brann, Wm Anmann. Quise Schumann, Carl Carlendik, Albert Piel, Mrs Lina Prenss and tamil » Mis Lotiise Hogrefe, ‘Mrs Cotdetia Erinnert, Capt James Smith, Boston; Miss Antoine Michalie, Mrs Kooh, F Gogoria, Paummet Eraat Hustaf Poel, Dr Wm Ellenherst, & 'W Keutgen, Antonie Keley, Miss Ida Haas, Henry cher and family; Be: ‘hard Mackentes and indy, Miss Tickers Win & } Squir Meaeeynn ay, es Tiokes, Win Euston 0 saciee St y, Miss AC Buek, femily and servants. Miss F P fowenk x Giitenet Jules Lani, “Mrs. Pemmeroy, Gottleib Ge y 6 Lotvenstroin, WC Wilkenson—und 167 in econd cabin aetiae in steerage. r—O Farnum, ee. From Charleston, in steamship J: Jno Hamilton, W Hamilton. Mise Anglo Ranchen, Lieut Hyat © Ransome, UBA; Major $8 Anderson, USA: Capt onion Ht Carlisle, USA; Lieut Albert J ard. USA, Chas Bartlett, L Stan NW Greenman, D M Hod Chas E Hyatt, O Fiynn, 1.W Clark. EB Dickerson L Lipa: Sinmers, Mrs E Wyman, W ‘comb arf son, Pierre Soulin, Hunt—and two in st . From Sa) in the , Mian. Wageearen aerate . Mew b ‘age. arkart, 1 L Lr 5 hg Pa Schoen’ iba Barte ny a Troupe, of ley, M Ancker—and 7 inahe steerage. and Mrv 11H Tibbals, Mason, 2h, Miss Wilson, B Miss V_Burdiny tory en Mid and child, Fo Boytea K FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, ae ‘Temmpay, Oot, 18, 186, Tho following is @ comparative statement of the exports (exclusive of specie) from New York w foreign porta since January 1.— For the week oa,ise ae Pa P+ Previously reported... O248187 48,7678 8! at cht Since January 1.,,..,.965,018,011 49,016,020 62 627,748 The exports are swelled by Whe commencement of ship- ments of breadatuffs, During the week euding this day, we have shipped about 16,500 bbls. flour to foreign coum. tries, including 6,000 bbis. to Great Britalu. Great Britaim has also taken 16,000 bushels of wheat. Yosterday and to-day there have been a good many purchasers of gram and flour for shipment to Burope. At pre: sent prices in the two countries these will not pay & profit; but the shiypers look for an advance in the European markets, predicated om short crops. When corn begins to come forward freely, the breadstuills export from this port will become quite considerable, Considering that we have boon shipping: litle or no grain or flour to Burope since January 1, the ag- gregate exports for the year to date do not compare umfa- vorably with those of the two past years, Money continues to work very easily. The recent large sales of Central and other stocks have enabled some of the foreign bankers to lend larger amounts than the brokers haye needed for some time; but the loans are generally ‘per cent, and in some instances at 64g. Ab bank desirable paper is not in excess of the amount to be loaned; and at the discount brokers money is working #0 easily that it seems not unlikely but we may see 90 dag paper again current below seven per cout. We hear of large transactions in short paper at six. The foreign exchange market for the Cunard steamer of to-morrow closed steady, The leading drawers, with the exception of the correspondents of the Rothschilds, whe did an average business, found that the recent advasce ia the rate of exchange checked purchases, and it seem possible that bills may be lower for Saturday's packets, The closing rates to-day were 1104 a \, for bankers sixty day éterling bills, and 110% a % for sight drafts; for francs, 6.1134 for short sight; and 6.154 4 6.14% fer sixty days, The following are the latest quotations of sight ox. ehange on New York at the cities mentioned: — ar “ ow te ldo % The Stock Exchange continues to present a duil and um- * attractive appearance, though the country teems with evidences of returning prosperity, and it is abundantly evident that the railroads have seen the worst of the bard times produced by the crisis of 1857. Public cond. deuce is reviving but slowly, and the distrust of railway Property engendered by the breakdown two years age continues to operate with full force. Atthe opening te- day, stocks were generally dull; at the close of the first qoard the market was heavy ; between the boards aslight rally took place, and at the close of business hours the market was quite firm. The leading stocks to-day were Rock Island and Galena. The former opened at ¢4, and closed at 6434 bid; the latter opened at 7434, and closed at 7434 bid. The earnings for the second week in October on the Galena are reported ia the street at $50,000—an increase of $16,000 on the cor- responding week last year. These roads will soon begin to feel the effect of the corn movement. New York Cen- tral opened at 8034, and advanced to 8014, which price was bid at the close. It is not generally known that when the stock was at 81, Mr. Olcott, and the other managers of the Dudley Observatory, gold out all the stock owned by that institution in the railroad, Reading ‘was better to-day. It opened at 3614, and closed at 38 bid. The late decline appears to have had no better foundation than the temporary absence of the President. When there is a sufficient short interest, we presume that we Bball again see the stock selling at the old figures. Pacific Mail-declined 34 per cent. There was not much done in the other railroad stocks. State securities are strong; Missouris are +4 a 3; per cent higher this after- noon. In railroad bonds there is very little doing. The following were the list of prices of the day:—Virginias, 943 a 95; Missouri 6 per cent, §43¢ @ 86; Canton, 17 a 18; Cumberland Coal, 123; a X; Pacific Mail, 714 a; Now York Central, 803¢ a 5; Erie, 6% a 7; Hudson River, 35% Harlem, 934 a 3{; do. preferred, 86% a 3; Reading, 38 a 34; Michigan Coniral, 42% a 43; Michigan Southern, 434 a 34; do. guaranteed, 16 @ 34; Panama, 1224 a X; Mlinois Central, 6734 a 68; Galena and Chicago, 74% a #; Cleveland and Toledo, 1934 a 20; Chicago and Rock Island, 6434 a 34, The following was the business of the Sub-Treasury to-day Total receipts. + $111,418 06 se eeeeeee 102,000 00 ete 83;141 00 Balance, Pf 3 « 4,705,516 38 The exchanges at the Clearing House this morning amounted to $21,153,590 80, and the balances to $1,191,- 881 76. The public will be surprised to hear that Mr. Justice Osborn has discharged the defaulter Lane from custody, declaring that he has committed no criminal offence. If Justice Osborn’s view of the law be correct, it is high Lime that it were altered. As it is, according to his ruling, banks and financial institutions are at the mercy of their cmployés. ‘Ve subjoin the last sentence of this impor- tant decision. The Justice says:— In conclusion, from the interpretation I have deemed it my duty to give to the 85th section, after a patient hear- ing of the able and lucid exposition of the law by some of the most learned and experienced members of the bar, I feel compelled to declare that, although the prisoner hag pond ining) 4 committed a gross moral fraud, I do not perceive that he bas made himself amenable to a criminal Cpe teenie and must therefore discharge him from cus- The largest bar of gold that probably ever was seen in the city of New York is now on exhibition at B. Berend & Co.'s, No. 1 Wall street, who have lately purchased it, Ite exact proportions are 112 inches long, 63¢ inches broad, and 8% inches deep. Its net weight is two thousand twe hundred and twenty-seven ounces and ninety one-hum- dredths of an ounce; its fineness 89% thousandths; ite value, without premium, is $41,219 04. Kellogg & Hum « bert, San Francisco, were the assayers. It was exhibited at and took the premium at the fairs in San Francisco. ‘The following dividends have been declared:—The Cty Bank, a semi annual dividend of 4 per cent, payable No- vember 1; the Columbian (Marine) Insurance Company, a dividend of 314 pé¥ cent, payable November 1. A convention is to be held this week at Cleveland, in relation to freights and passenger fares, by the Central, Erie and other roads, and rates will probably be advanced early in November. The weekly statement of the Philadelphia banks pre. sents the following aggregates as compared with those of the previous week:— Ort. 10. Oct. 17. Capital stock, Inc. $2,198 Ioana. 687, - Ino.128 778 Specie 6,233,622 6,217,768 Duc. 15,865 Due from other biks. 1,607,684 1,543, - 85,698 Due to other banks., 2,763,191 _ 3,023,765 Inc, 260,664 Deposits......., 459,055 15,832,414 Dec.126,c42 Girculation 23910908 2878,402 Dec. 87,506 At the annual meeting of the stockholders of the New Haven, Hartford and Springfield Railway, held at Hart- ford, Conn., the old Board of Directors were re-elocted. From the annual exhibit presented we make tt® following comparative statement of the business of the road for the past two years, ending August 31:— . 1858. Increase. 871,906 62 25,661 14 215,657 06 68/156 0S 40,781 68 1,891 87 628,245 25 95,209 04 806,854 91 45,388 54 321,390 84 49,870 80 ‘Net earnings.....,.$371,260 84 Tho intereat paid on bonds for the year amounts ta $57,108 16, against $65,545 21 for the previous year. Tha number of passengers transported during the yoar waa 496,772, exceeding the number of last year by 84,238. ‘Tho earnings of the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad—bot divisions—for September were about $160,000. The earn- ings of the Eastern division were about $96,000, ‘The Erie Railroad earned in 1859, Beplonber, 1858. . $8,164 06 The following were the deposits and coinage at the New Orleans braneh mint during September, 1859:—5 Gold Deposits—California, ers Silver Deposits—from various sources..... Total deposits asieieny Gold coinage—750 double eagles, Silver coinage—190,000 half dollars. —— Total COIMAgE......seee esse steven ee eeed cos ¥110,000 00 We read in the Pottsville Journal of Oct. 15:— ‘The quantity of coal sent by railroad this week is 38, by Cat, 39,079,175 total for week, 78,227.17 ‘ous agateat 10,286 Lope (or tae ovirespouding Week last yon, Geld,