The New York Herald Newspaper, October 26, 1859, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD. NN}YTT, JAMES G EDITOR AND PROVRIETOR. OF NASSAU AND FULTON STS TERMS, cash in civance, Money vert by viail wil etab of the sauder, Pomeos ate ies rid ae Tae AILY HERALD. two ven FUE WEEKLY HEALD coon bi copy. or $8 per annvems the Buro, ii OE shee Conte per copy, $4 per ann oF $5 fo any part of tine ia fkiiticn on the HA aiid WA of each niouth ony, $1 8 per annum. bate once aERALD on Wednesday, at four ents per . or S2 per annum. exe NULICH eahen of ehangmous correepondenc Peay verted co ions. JOB PRINTING executed with nectaess, cheapness and de OFFICE N. W. We do nee Ue B97 AMUSEMENTS Ves & ACADEMY OF MTSIC, Fourieco!d strect—Tratsan Ove vinit. Poutvro, SING. RIBLO § GARDEN, Proadway Tux Hlous tw Sevuce—Latest ruom Naw ¥ BOWERY THEATRE bowery —Doke's amp Caray 0—Renrt Cier. Pamy Cireur An RK. desten—Dor WINTER GARDEN, Broadway, opposite Bont street, Dor—Srate vs. Pawxins, WALLACK'S THEATRE, Broadway.—Tast Mex oF tae Onan Tiux—Bateina. LAURA KEENE'STHRATRY, 626 Broadway.—Tue Eiac- ‘TION—ANTONY ayp Cuxorares. NEW BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—Tuszs Gusnos- man—Fauxy Cossiza—No—Rosert Macaine. THEATRE FRANCAIS. No. 58 Broadway—Dearron’s PaRion anp Lrvic Proreces. BARNUMS AMEFICAN MUSE or tue Dertas Evenin, Bose or Suaxox. STRELS, #44 Brondway.—Erurorian Sonas, EMOUUN AR a! ‘M. Broadway. —After- ‘Ovt OF tun Deets BRYAST'S MINSTRELS, Mech: Hail, 472 Broatway.— Boaixsaurs, Soxos, Dances, NES AT PPutaron’s. NEW YORK HERALD, \WEDNESDAY, vessel, Bhe was worth $25,000. She now ties in about fifteen feet of water at low tide, and can be raised by the aid ef boom derricks and air tight casks. At & meeting of the rescued passengers from the Song Isiaud, on board the Mayflower, complimentary resolutions were adopted for the prompt action displayed oy Captain Wood. The examinavon in the case of MeGiovern, who complained before the Mayor that he bad been de- prived of his stand in Washington market by the Superintendent, James ‘ing, because he was not & resident of the city, was postpoucd until this morning st ten o'clock. A large number of wit nesses have been subpanaed, most of them deaiers | in Washingtoa market. A Bess! yeatercay to fila district of the vegistiaro of Supervisors was held Supervieoc Kennedy moved ey in the try of the Thirtec ati. © Thirteenth ward, Mr, Joba BE, Greeu, iving Cut of that district. his place. A similar viet of the Righth ard Bwihe was chosen as registrar for that district, A metion to permit the Clerk of Ar- $ Ue nee cf the Supervisors’ room for sales for arrears of {Axes was carried, A motion that the Board meet on Monday afternoon to fill vacancies in the registry prevailed. $395 was Appropriated to pay various bills for pest mortem exuminations. The Roard, after hearing reports of various com- mittees. adjourned. The Cooper Institute was moze thaa half filed last ovening by highly fashionable and intelligent audience to listen to the first of a series of lectures on astronomy by Professor O. M. Mitehcll. The lectures”* remarks were listened to with the pro- fouudest attention, and his lucid explanations of the laws of motion and gravitation as applied to the earth aud moon were in the highest degree in- teresting. He sketched bricfy and eloquently the _ history cf the seience of the celestial bodies, ° dwelling particularly on the great discoveries by mona RT HALL. 683 Broadway.—Tarovon’'s Taratee or } Kepler and Newton, the grandest ever achieved by HOPE CHAPEL, 720 Lrosdway. @he New York Herald—Edition for Europe. “The Cunard mail steamship Africa, Capt. Shannon, will leave this port to day for Liverpool. ‘The mails for Europe will close im this city at half- past twelve o’clock this afternoon. ‘The Evrorsay Evroos or max Hxaawn will be pubdiished @tten o'clock im the morning. Single copies ta wrap- pers, six cents. Subscriptions aud advertisements for any edition of the New Your Hxmatn will be received at the following places {in Europe:— ‘Lowpor.. .. Sampson Low, Son & Oo., 47 Ladgate Hill. Lansing, Start & Co., 74 King William stroet. Pams...... Lansing, Baldwin & 8 place de la Bourse, Livearoot.- , Starr & Co., NO. 9 Chapel street. R. Stuart, 10 Exchange street, East Savas... .. Lansing, Baidwin & Co., 21 Bue Corneille. Hamaora,. De Chapeauronge & Co. ‘The contents of the Evrorgix Eproy or me Asrat Will combine the news received by mail and telegraph at the office during the previous week and up to the hour of the publication. The News. The steamship Persia which teft Liverpool on the 15th inst., is reported below. She brings two days later news. ‘The steamship Kangargo, from Liverpool on the 12th and Cork on the 13th inst. arrived at this port yesterday morning. Her advices have been antici- pated by the arrival of the Ocean Queen. The remains of John Y. Mason, late United States Minister at Paris, arrived here on the Ocean Queen on Monday evening, en route for Richmond, Va. The body will remain on board until Thurs- day, when it will be forwarded by the steamer Yorktown to its destination. ‘The examination trial of Ossawatomie Brown and his four surviving companions in the Harper's Ferry outbreak took place yesterday at Charles- town, Va., before the Court of Justices. Brown made an address to the Court, protesting against } the unfairness of being hurried into the examina- tion before having had an opportunity to consult | with or even to employ counsel, and while his health was so bad as to impair his memory and prevent him defending himself. He repeatedly denounced the proceedings as a cruel mockery of justice, and declared that if it was his blood that was sought he was prepared to meet his fate. The Court took no farther notice of the haranguo than to assign two counsel, Messrs. Faulkner and Botts, to defend the prisoners. Brown declined to avail himself of their services, but Stephens and the other prisoners accepted them. The testimony ofthe witnesses examined was merely a recapitulation of the statements that have hitherto appeared in the Heraup. The exami- nation having concluded, the case of the prisoners waa banded over to the Grand Jury, and their trial will no doubt commence to-day. We give a fall re- port of the proceedings elsewhere, together with Gov. Wise's speech to the gallant Virginia soldiers at Richmond, and a letter from Senator Mason, in which he states that there was no ipsurrection in any form whatever on the part of the inhabitants of Harper's Ferry or vicinity. The fact is undoubted, that not a man, black or white, joined the invaders after they came into Virginia, or gave them aid or assistance in any form. A meeting of the Young Men’s Repnblican Club was held at Clinton Half last evening to hear an address from Senator Wilson, of Massachusetts, on the political questions of the day; but only a part of his speech was delivered, as he was attacked by vertigo after he had proceeded little beyond the beginning of his allocution. Speeches were deliver. ed by other gentlemen, and a report of the pro- ceedings will be found in another part of to-day’s paper. } The legal proceedings in the case of the fili- busters terminated at New Orleans yesterday in the discharge of the defendants, We have accounts from Porto Cabello, Vene- auela, to the 7th inst. The country continued dis- turbed, but the government authorities were in the ascendant. The republicans of the Fifth Senatorial District fast evening neminated Merwin R. Brewer for Btate Senator. The Sixth district Republican Sena- torial Convention met last night, and adjourned to meet again this evening. The Coroner's inquest in the case of James Lehert, the tunnelman, who was killed on Monday ‘at Hadson City, was concluded at that place yes. terday. The jury rendered a verdict that deceased came to his death by the hands of John O'Donnell, but whether by accident or premeditation they could not determine. The usual weekly meeting of the Board of Ten Governors was held yesterday afternoon. The regular weekly report from the several institutions was submitted, from which it appeared that the uumber remaining in the institutions up to Oct. 15 was 7,519; admitted, 1,574; died, $1; discharged, 1,427; sent to penitentiary, 93; sent to State prison, 4; remaining Oct. 22, 7,539; increase on the pre- vious week, 20; total, 9,093. Requisitions for food, clothing, &c., having heer read and adopted, with some few alterations, the Board adjournedtwithout transacting any further business, there being but two members and the chairman present. On Monday night the steamer Long Island, ply- ing between New York and Norwalk, Conn., struck ona rock, and sunk near Sand’s Point, Long Island. The steamer Mayflower, Captain Wood, on her trip to Oyster Bay, was in the vicinity of the acci- dent at thesime of the occurrence, and went to the assistance of the sinking steamer and succeeded in taking offall her passengers. The Long Island ‘was a comparatively new boat, having been launched last summer, and ranked as 4 first clags { the human intellect. He alluded also to the man- of seasons, length of year, &c., had been found out, concluding amidst the heartiest applause. They next lecture will be on Friday evening. ‘The cotton market exhibited rather more heaviness everday, while the sales embraced about 1,500 bales, closing dull on the basis of 114ye. a 115c. for middling uplands. The receipts of flour were large by the canals and river, and the marke, was heavy, though sales were fair. Prices closed at adecline of Sc. 4 15c. per barrel. Southern flour was in good request, but easier for com- mon and mixed brands, while extras were unchanged. Wheat was in good milling and export demand, with more doing and at rather firmer rates for good to prime lots. Corn was inactive but steady, at $1 03 for Southern yellow. Meas pork was heavy and irregular, with sales at $15 25a $15 3734. Prime was firm, with sales at $10 98%. 4 sale of 2,000 bbls. mess was reported, deliv- | erable next month, seller’s option, at $15. Beef wassteady and lard beavy. Sugars were steady, with sales of 6008 700 hhds. and 200 boxes at rates givenin another column. ‘The public sale of Rio coffee yesterday drew a good company. The catalogue embraced about 3,000 bags, 2,400 of the better quality of which were sold at an average of 11-45c.; 600 bags, chiefly common grades, were withdrawn. The sale lacked spirit, and indicated easier prices compared with previous sales. Freights firm, both to Liverpool and to London, while engagements were moderate. Among the shipments were 5,000 bushels wheat to Liverpool at 6d., in bags, and some cotton at 8-16d., and cheese to London at 40s., with sperm oilat 403. per ton. Beh p |. The Approaching Municipal Election. All the party journals are very busy about the approaching elections. The State election, for which the tickets are made out, does-not seem to attract much attention, although the selection of proper candidates from this city for Senators and Assemblymen isa very im- portant thing; for, as we have unfortunately seen, these officials exercise considerable influ- ence on the internal affairs of the metropolis by their conduct at Albany. All the party jour- nals, however, are exbibiting the deepest inte- rest in the municipal election for Mayor, Corpo- ration Counsel and the members of the Com- mon Council Boards, because there is more money to be made out of these offices, the pickings whereof may be reasonably set down at about ten millions a year. But decidedly the most important feature in the preparations for the elections is the organi- zation of that body of intelligent, respectable men—merchants, bankers, artisans, and laborers as they are—who by careful industry have worked themselves out of compurative obscu- rity to become the leading property owners in the city. They have called themselves the De- mocratic Vigilant Association, mainly, we pre- sume, because the majority of them wereWemo- crats, though there are some republicans and whigs among them. They number now some hundreds in their ranks, and they can raise, at a moment's notice, from fifty to a hun- dred thousand dollars to carry out their purpose. These men are not politicians: they are sensible men who have been watching the progress of events with earnestness and re- gret at the shameful misgovernment under which the city has been suffering for many years past. They have seen every political faction become the tool of rowdies and shoulder-hitters, every nomination and eleetion absolutely controlled by the vilest men in the community; they have found this true alike of Tammany Hall, Mozart Hall and the republican cliques, and they have combined for the purpose of reforming the whole abomi- nable system. The members of the Vigilant Association do not intend, we believe, to take any prominent part in the State election, unless it be to rebuke the traitorous doctrines of Seward and the rowdyism of Syracuse; but they are determined to make their voice heard and their influence felt in a very marked manner in the municipal election. We understand that this Association intends to nominate an executive committee, who shall report the names of five trustworthy men, who are not pledged to the rowdies, for the office of Mayor, five of the same class for Corporation Counsel, and five for each of the Aldermen and Councilmen to be elected. These names they will submit to Tammany, and if any of them are nominated for any of the above offices the Association will support and elect them. They care nothing for personal preferences; in their own list there will be none but respectable candidates, and it matters not which of them may be nominated we shall be sure to have a competent, honest and unpledged man to vote for. This is one point in the programme of the Democratic Vigilant Association. Another point is this:—The Association is about to or- ganize and support at its own expense a new bureau, with an efficient staff of clerks, whose sole duty it will be to watch closely the pro- ceedings of the Corporation and ail the officials of the city government, see what is going on right and what is wrong, and report regularly every week or fortnight; such report to be pub- lished in the newspapers, and paid for as an advertisement. This project, if properly car- ried out, will prove the most ingenious and beneficent scheme ever undertaken for the pro- tection of the people of this city from fraud and ’ plunder, In ancient Rome the office of C-gsor was established for a similar purpose. There was ne political influence attached to it; the Censor simply kept watch over the acts of pub- He officials, and reported thereon, approving where their conduct was correct, and condemu- ing where it was wrong. This bureau will be another Censor, and will be a kind of moral government keeping the legal government in check by the force of public opinion, which | will be enlightened and sharpened by the regu- lar publication, in the form of advertisements, ia the daily papers, of the proceedings of our | official bodies, ‘The cost wilt probably not ex- ceed twenty thousand a year, audit will be worth ten times that to the cily. It very difficult to keep on the track of the multitude of fellows who have been plun- dering the people for the last eight or ten years; and it is only when they quarrel! among themselves over the spoils that the rascality leaks out, bit by bit in the newspapers, for the newspapers cannot watch and expose it all: they have other business to attend to. But, with a bureau specially devoted to the task, whose reports will be given at regular iater- vals to the public through the advertising col- umns of the press, the attention of the whole community will be fixed upon the evil doers, aad it will soon become pretty hard to carry on the accustomed game of fraud and piunder without discovery. Such are the practical operations of the Demo- cratic Vigilant Association, and we trust that, with the aid of the sensible portion of the com- munity they will prove efficacious in bringing about a radical and much needed reform in our + municipal government, \ } Minister Ward at Pekin—American In. fluence in China and Japan, The despatches that reached Washington on Monday last from Colonel Pickens remove all doubt as to the arrival and favorable reception of Minister Ward at Pekin. The intelligence was received overland by the Russian govern- . ment, and was considered reliable at St. Peters- burg. If it be true, as stated, that Mr. Ward had had an interview with the Emperor, the fact proves that the friendly disposition towards this country attributed to the Imperial govern- ment is not exaggerated. It also confirms the impression that now generally prevails, that if the English envoy had not been stupidly pre- judiced on the subject of Chinese insincerity, he might bave reached the Imperial capital ag soon as our Minister. Our representatives have gained more by taking the Chinese as they are, and making allowance for their starched and primitive notions of etiquette, than by attempt- ing to infringe on their usages or to force them out of their slow routine modes of proceeding. Without resorting to heavy armaments, without having occasion even to fire a shot or to hold out a threat of any kind, we have secured, in is relation to this exclusive people, a position which the European govern- ments have never as yet succeeded in attaining, although aided by long diplo- matic experience and armed demonstrations of the mest formidable character. The lesson will prove a valuable one to the statesmen of the Old World if they know how to employ it. It shows them that in their relations with the Asiatic, any more than with other governments, it is not good policy to violate those principles of equity and right which are common to all nations. Had Mr. Bruce taken for granted the assurances made him by the Chinese Commis- sioners, as to the preparations made for his journey to Pekin by the route indicated by the imperial government, he would probably have | been there at the present moment, consulting with the American Minister as to the best means of securing to the commerce of the world the advantages to be derived from this final breaking down of the Chinese spirit of ex- clusiveness. As it is, he and his government have now the humiliation of reflecting that, as in the case of Japan, it will probably be to American influence and American generosity that they will be compelled to owe the settle- ment of the pending difficulties. As to the military preparations which are being made by England and France to force a passage to Pekin, we do not believe that it is seriously contemplated to carry out such step. The idea of invading an empire of four hun- dred millions of people with an army of thirty thousand men is simply ridiculous. The argu- ment drawn from the conquest of Hindostan, in support of the feasibility of the scheme, has no force ot analogy in its favor. In India the British first obtained a footing as peaceable and inoffensive traders; then, profiting by the feuds of the native princes, they acquired terri- tory by aiding them in their wars against each other, and after a long lapse of years they suc- ceeded in subjugating the whole of them to their own sway. In China they have different elements to deal with. In the first place, the population is homogeneous in its character; for though the Chinese profess a variety of reli- gions, their creeds are not so antagonistic as to create the insurmountable barriers which exist between the Hindoo and Mahometan races, In the next, they will find the population ani- mated by a common feeling of hostility towards them. Their conduct during the opium war, and the whole of their proceedings since then, have been of a character to induce the conviction that their endeavors to open the commerce of China are only so many pretences to acquire territory and to make fresh con- quests. If, therefore, the English and French were to attempt so mad a scheme as the inva- sion of that vast empire, it is very certain that they would in a short time be crushed out, by the overwhelming odds that would be brought to bear against them. The late disastrous af- fair at the Peiho must have taught them that the Chinese are not such despicable opponents, or 6o entirely inexperienced in the science of war as they had previously supposed them to be. The expedition which is being fitted out by the two governments is, therefore, we take it, to be regarded merely in the light of a de- monstration intended to give weight to such further diplomatic efforts as circum- stances may favor. Public opinion in Eng- land has pronounced itself so general- ly condemnatory of Mr. Bruce’s and Admiral Hope’s proceedings that we believe Lord Palmerston, notwithstanding his en- dorsement of them, will be glad to find another opportunity of renewing the negotiations which were broken off by their rash precipi- tancy. That chance is now afforded him by the presence of Mr. Ward in Pekin. We trust that no further acts of folly on the part of the British envoy will prevent the English and French governments benefitting by the friend- ly offices of the Américan Minister. To us, it will be a sufficient reward for our mediation to reflect that it will have been through our in- atrumentality that the two great empires of China and Japan will have been opened to the commerce of the world. Ossawatomm Brown anp His Derenpers.— The black republican journals hereabouts ubound in lengthy and elaborate panegyrics of Oseawatomie Brown and his doings in Kansas. One account which has been published in the Tribune lays great stress upon Brown's piety. Ile “did everything,” we are told, “under a high pressure of religieus excitement. The more fervent his prayers, the harder fell his blows; and the more signal and bloody his vic- tories, the more heartily did he return thanks to the Lord after the battle was over.” It was his opinion also that the “angel of the Lord” was continually encamped round about him. Now, we have no doubttbat all this is true; but we can see no practical difference between Brown, whom we should call a pious ruffian and religious murderer, and irreligious ruffians who were on the other side in Kansas, or the profane scoundrels of the Bill Poole stamp who infest our large cities. Ossawatomie Brown may have been, for all we know to the con- trary, a sort of Old Mortality, a modern edition of the Covenanters, a praying ruffian, psalm- singing ruffian, a Praise-God-Barebones Tuffian, who sought to promulgate Gospel truths through the media of Sharp's rifles and Colt’s revolvers; but he was still a ruffian, with whom some of the profane fire-eaters might compare favorably. People who deal in this cant might profitably remember the query of old Israel Putnam as to which is the worst to swear, thinking no evil, or to pray, thinking no good. Tue Cask or BisHor OnpERvoNK—Prous Law- surts.— Bishop Onderdonk, having had leave to withdraw the petition addressed to his peers, lately in session at Richmond, and thus receiy- ing a polite intimation that they will not con- sent to his being reinstated on any terms, has, itis said, decided upon a novel mode of re- dressing his grievances and clearing his eccle- siastical character. Acting under the advice of a distinguished member of Congress, and a prominent lawyer, he has resolved to bring a legal action to recover damages which he has sustained through the deprivation of his office, and its immunities, privileges and perquisites. In fact, the House of Bishops, having resolved to leave their erring brother in his sins, he in- tends to appeal to the secular power to set him right pecuniarily. Bishop Onderdonk’s case is something like that of a woman who, having lost her reputation through misplaced confidence in a marriage promise, brings an ac- tion at law against her betrayer. She cannot recover her lost honor, but she can obtaina salve for it in the shape of a round sum of mo- ney. So, Bishop Onderdonk, being shut out of the Kingdom of Heaven—that is, so far as the House of Bishops can do it—resolves to obtain the next best thing, at least in the wicked world’s view, in suing for swinging damages. The cause will be one of the most novel and entertaining actions that has ever been tried anywhere, and will furnish more food for the scandal mongers. Nor an Insurrection.—The late affair at Harper's Ferry was not an insurrection in any legitimate sense of the word; butit was a revo- lutionary abolition plot and invasion designed to stir up a servile insurrection. But as the facts stand it is unjust to the white and the black population of Harper’s Ferry to call this outbreak an insurrection. It was nothing of the kind, in the slightest perceptible degree. —_—_—_— INTERESTING FROM WASHINGTON. Gen. Cass’ Explanations te the British Government Respecting the San Juan Affair—Delicate Position of the Ques- tion—Probable Disavowal of General Harney’s Conduct—Mexican © Affairs ‘Troops Ordered to the Rio Grande, &c. OUR SPECIAL WASHINGTON DESPATCH. Wasmixcrtox, Oct. 2, 1869. ‘The despatch of General Cass to Lord John Russell, re. lative to the San Juan affair, asI havo already stated, while firm, dignified and decided in its tone, will commend itself to the hearty approval of the American people. If the language of the British Ministry in their late despatch is what Ihave good reason to believe it is, the position of Great Britain can hardly be reconciled to a strictly peace- ful policy, and will require a good deal of forbearance on our part. The affair in its present shape may be considered serious, if not threatening. The instructions to General Scott are understood to be peaceful and conciliatory. Our government may, and probably will, disavow the con- duct of General Harney, inasmuch as there wag a clear understanding that neither should occupy the island while negotiations were pending; and to show the good intention of this government, copies of all instructions both to General Harney und General Scott have been for- warded to Mr. Dallas. These may serve to produce a change in the aspect of affairs when they reach London. Senor Mata had an interview with the Secretary of State to-day. Nothing definite has been received by him from his government. The Tennessee, which is due at New Orleans to-morrow, will probably bring important intelligence. ‘The Secretary of War has directed the reoccupation of Fort Brown, Texas, byftwo companies of artillery from Fort Clark, in consequence of the recent depredations of Mexican banditta at and in the vicinity of Brownsville. ‘The President and Cabinet visited the seminary of Mrs, Smith this evening, after the adjournment of the Cabinet meeting, by invitation, and the President expressed him- self highly pleased, and said he had no idea of the extent of the arrangements, THR GENERAL NEWSPAPER DESPATCH. Wasninaton, Oct. 25, 1859. ‘The Lighthouse Board to-day opened the proposals for rebuilding the Cape Ann Lighthoyge on Fletcher's Island, ‘Thirty-five bids were received, but no definite action was taken, ‘The War Department has received intelligence of tho death of Lieutenants Donelson and Solomon, at Fort Lara- mie. The Navy Department has ordered Lieut. Harrison to he Philadelphia Navy Yard. The International Cricket Match at Ro- chester. Rocursrer, Oct. 25, 1859. ‘The International Cricket Match here has terminated in avor of the English cricketers, who won it in a single noings, with G4 runs to spare. The score for the United States Twenty-two stood 39 and 64, The English Eleven made 171. he score for the Americans to-day wi ¥elix 8. Lockyer b. Wisden... Jackson #. Lockyer, b. Wisden. Beattie b. Wisder Senjor b. Wisdet Pickering, not ou ‘T. Tarrant b. Wi Hines b. Wisden ., G, Tarrant b. Jackson. Hi, Lillywhite b. Wisden, Patterson ¢. Jackson, b. Wisden... Collis absent, and Stepchnson, 6f Rochester, absent. Wides and seve With yesterday's score of 29 the total is 69, ‘The weather was cold and windy. About @ thousand persons witneased the game, In the afternoon bix of the English cricketers and twelve of the Rochester base ball players, from the Live Oak, fone Star and Flour City Clubs, divided and played a ae ae innings, Lockyer’s side making 7 and Lilly. white’s 17. The English cricketers left for Montreal this evoning hy the St. Lawrence route, and J. L, Jongs leaves by the early train on Wednesday morning. ‘OCTOBER 26, 1859. Acquittal of Walker Fillbusters. Nuw Ourqams, Oct. 25, 1860, ‘The Walker Glibuaters, lately tried here, haye all been acquitted. Important News from Brownsville, Texas. Baownsvirax, Uct. 20, 1859. ‘The filibuster Cortinas is still encamped above the city, where Indians are joining his band constantly. The Mexi- can troops have returned to Matamoros. Licutenant Langdon bas arrived here with three cannon, Our citi- zens have captured one of the leading outlaws aud sen- tenced him to be hung. Cortinas, however, threatens to burn the town if the outlaw should be executed. The Citizens have become very much alarmed, and were flee- ing in all directions. The town, it was feared, would be entirely deserted unless assistance should arrive soon. News from the Plains. Sr. Louis, Oct, 25, 1869, ‘The Omaba City Iepublican says that frauds were per- petrated at the recent election of a delegate to Congress M that Territory equal to those at Oxford and Kickapoo, n Kansas. Returns from Fort Kearney give Rastabrook two hundred and thirty-eight majority, while it is 4s- ferted that not twenty-five le; voters reside there. The enme paper notices the discovery of an organtaed gong of robbers in that neighborhood, implicating au ex- ‘peaker of the House of Representatives, an ex-Sheriff, and eeveral other prominent citizens. ‘The overland mail of the 8d is anticipated. New York State Polities. Povuguxxsram, Oct. 25, 1859, ‘The American County Convention was held here to-day. ‘The American State ticket was adopted, and a resolution. adopting Jobn S. Emons as the American candidate for Senator was voted down by a large cay Txor, Oct. 25, 1859, At the democratic Senatorial Convention, held ‘here to- day, for the district composed of Renssalaer and Wash- ipgton counties, Hon. John D, Willard, of Troy, was unani- mously nominated for re-election, Finances of Georgia—The Crops. Avousta, Oct. 25, 1859, The Comptroller General of Georgia reports the amount of cash in the treasury at $288,765; the public debt and bonds outstanding amount to $3,354,750; the treasury re- ceipts during the year sum up $1,163,000, aud the expen- ditures $874,500, The weather is {2 le for the growing cotton crop. Fires in oN ee Mass. ‘sw BxpFORD, Oct. 25, 1859, ‘Two fires cecurred in this city last night, one on Che side and the other in South Second street, involving a «$10,000, “Among the sufforere are J.C. Mara, dentiat; Chas. 'Packtleld, shoe dealer; Tiden, confectioner, and Messrs. Cummings, owners of the buildings. Death of a Boston Merchant. Boston, Oct. 25, 1859, Mr. B. A. Gould, an aged and well known citizen, died last night. An Almshouse Burned—Lons of Life. Boston, Oct. 25, 1859, The almshouse at North Weymouth, Mass., was des- troyed by fire last night; two insane paupers, named Hay- den and 1, perished. Logs six thousand dollars, Southern Ocean Steamer Movements. CHARLESTON, Oct. 25, 1859. The United States mail steamship Jas. Adger, from New York, arrived here this (Tuesday) morning at five o'clock. pas lad alee Lf nt The Sugar ren in Louisiana. gw ORLEANS, Oct. 24, 1859. Acoma of Bie yomex crop in Louisiana continue unfa- vorable, The Boston Weekly Bank Statement, Boston, Oct. 25, 1859. Markets. PHILADELPHIA STOCK BOARD. PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 25, 1859, Stocks heavy. Pennsylvania State fives, 0434: ‘Reading Railroad, 1934; Morris Canal, 4734; Long Island Railroad, 1055; cmiediiarummeioais ew ORLEANS, Oct. 25, 1859, Cotton buoyant; sales to-day 7,600 bales at an advatice of 4c.; middling 10%c. a 11c.; bales; receipts of three K ‘alee the same time last year; of last 86,/00 bales. Sterling exchange on London 9% a on per cent premium. Monte, Oct. 25, 1859. Cotton—Sales to-day 4,000 bales at unchanged prices; entes of three days 14,000 bales; receipts of three days 12,750 bales, Savannan, Oct. 25, 1869. , Cotton gules to-day 930 bales. Market quiet and un- changed in prices. Crarimsron, Oct. 25, 1859. Cotton—Sales to-day 8,200 Dales at a decline of & ¢. BALTIMORE, Oct. 25, 1869. Flour—Salee superfine at $5 25. Wheat buoyant; sales of 10,000 bushels at $1 25 a $1 50 for white and $1 20 a $1 26 ior red. Corn firm at 96c. a 97c. Mess pork, $15 60; prime, $11 25. Bacon sides, 10%, Whiskey dull at 28e. Pun.aneurata, Oct. 25, 1869. Flour firm; superfine $5 123 a $525. ‘Wheat declined 2c.; red, $1'26 a $127; white, $1 38. Corn buoyant; sais of 2,000 bushels yellow at 96c. “Whiskey dull at 28c. a Atnany, Oct. 25—6 P.M. Flour in fair demand: rales 2,500 'bbis.; holders less firm, Wheatin good request: saies 2,100 bushels white Canada at $1 85, 5,000 bushels Milwaukee club to arrive at $1 12, 6,000 busheis Chicago club at $1 11, 5,500 bushels white Canadian at $1 3734, 1,000 bushels white Michigan at $1 40, and 800 bushels choice do. at $1 45. Corn—Sales 1,000 bushels Western mixed at $1 05. Not much doing in barley, yet prices tend upwards: sales 6, bushels Canada East in lots at 84c. a 86c., 2 bushels State at 6lc, and 6,000 bushels Canada West at 860, Cats—Sales 5,000 bushels Chicago at 44c., 2,600 bushels Siate at 44c., and 5,000 hushels la West at 45c., all weight, Whiskey: sales 160 bbis. at 28c. Burvato, Oct. 25-6 P. M, Flour market opened quict, but became more active towards the close, but quotations are unchanged sales of 3,000 bbis. Wheat in moderate demand and’ steady; eales of 5,500 bushels Milwaukee club at 99c.; 13, bushels do. at $1; 6,000 bushels Chicago spring at 98c.; 2,- 000 bushe' d winter at $118. Corn quiet, and no sales, Oats steady; ealcs of 14,000 bushels Canadian at 38c. Burley and rye quiet. Canal freights steaay. Lake im. ports:—14,000 bbisels flour; 66,000 bushels wheat; 6,000 Vushels corn, Canal exports 200 bbls flour; 85/000 bushels weath; 2,000 bush. corn. OswRco, Oct. 25—6 P. M. Flour advanced 26¢., but sales small at $476 for State from Chicago spring. ‘Wheat in ood milling and shipping demand, but transactions are restricted in consequence of advanced views of buyers; sales 15,000 bushels Chicago spring, No. 2, at $1 05; 6,000 bysliels Canada club at $1.05; 8,200 bushels white Michigan and 65,000 bushels prime white Cunada on private terms. Corn’ steady, but very scarce: salcs 1,000 bushels Ilinois at 93340. Barley buoyant: euies 3,409 bushels Canadian at 780." Rye quiet. Peas firm and in good demand: sales 7,500’ bushels Canada at 680., afloat. Canal freights firm at'36c. on flour and 10c. on witeat to New York. , Oct. 25, 1859. Flour active. Wheat dull, and advanced 2c. a 40. Re- ceipts—6,250 bbls. flour, 40,000 bushels wheat. Ship. ments—6,000 bbis. flour, 14,500 bushels wheat. TotEpo, Oct. 26, 1859. Tlour quiet; no sales. Wheat quiet at $113 a $1 25. Shipments—4,000 bbls. flour. Toroyto, Oct. 25, 1859. Flour steady. Wheat active, excited and advanced 3c. ; sales 10,000 bushels at $1 20 a $1 32 for white winter, $1 a $1.05 for red spring. Barley steady, and advanced ic.: sales at 68¢. a 73c. Oats firm, and scarce at 86c. a 370. CINCINNATI, Oct. 25, 1859. Flour quiet. Wheat market closed with an advancing tendency. Corn dull. Oats buoyant. Whiskey firmer at Qe. Pork $18 500 $13 75. Cmcago, Oct. 25, 1859. Flour has a declining tendency. Wheat firm at 930. Corn steady. Oats dull. Receipts—5,500 bbis. flour, 75,000 bushels wheat, 10,600 bushels corn, 11,000 bushels oats. Shipments—9,00 bbis. flour, 60,000 bushels wheat, 8,600 bushels corn, 8,600 bushels oats. Minwavkes, Oct. 25, 1859. Flour has a declining tendency. Wheat dull at 90c. Corn quiet. Oats steady. The Diamond Wedding Once More—Un- published Correspondence. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. ‘The following communication was sent to the 7ribune on Monday evyeuing. As that journal has not seen fit to publish it, you will confer a fayor on me by inserting it in the Hxrarp :— ‘TO THE EDITORS OF THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE. In your iaue of to-day you publiah a remarkable commun cation from Mr. A.C, Hills, embodying ® correspoudence be tween Mr. E. ©. Si avd myself, With the Mr, Hills ia pleased to place on my noies !> Mr. Stedman Ihave bothing whatever to do, and shall not undertake to discuss It with ian, He hasfhowever, been quick to give. publicity to my letters, assuming a responsibility domewhat remarkable for 8 gentleman Jn his situation, and T am « filing the public should form fté own judgment of my intention 1 provoke @ hostile meeting, Mr, Hl! says he bas pubilahed the correspondence eutre. This is a mistake He has not published the whole correspondence; and as an act of justice to myself, T request yonte Publish the following letter, referred to by Mr. bills ia communication, Yours very respectfully, WASHINGTON A. BARTLETT, ‘39 West Four eevth street. BARTLETT TO STKDMAN. 90 Wrst FourrkenTs Street, Oct. 22, 1859. Mu. BoMonn C. STEDMAN: Sin—You seem to have placed an entirely, wrong con stray. tion on the context of m: notes, i] sapposiog bo Shag to affora you an wrturiity meet me in of \e Hemi You having violated any cmim to being considered pentieman, Tam unwilling to afford you an opportunity useuming such a position hy making youan ejnal. Such descension was far from iy intention, I ¢losed my commu- Hiontion o you as follows —“Teremains to be seca whethor yeu wre disposed to ch an amend as can be accepted.’ Aw yon have declined vs make any, yon leave me no alterna resort to the iaw for PeKs. ete WASHINGTON A. BARTLETT, The Turf, UNION COURSE, Ie l— TROTTING. Trespay, Oct. 26—Trotting maich $100, mit heats, best three in five, in harness:— ¥. J. Nodine named b. g. George Cooley Yyyry B. Piifer named b. g. Phil. 4a, 8-9 Time 2 Same Day.—Sweepstakes $250, mile heats, in harnegs:— H. Woodruff entered b. m. Mary Warner, eT Mr. Thompson entered 8. g. Andy Mulligan a2 Mr. Maguire entered b. m. Caynga Maid 23 Mr. Smith entered br. m. Mary Ann (44 Time 2:45~2:45. POSTSCRIPT, <=—————J WEDNESDAY—45 A. Me ARRIVAL OF THE PERSIA. TWO DAYS LATER NEWS FROM BRO Progress of the Negotiations Zurich. 1 A Congress of the Great Powers ¢ be Held to Settle Affairs, THE DISTURBED CONDITION OF {TAL ARRIVAL OF NAPOLEON AT PARIS The Exequator of the American Co at Leghorn Withdrawn. STATE OF THE AMERICAN PRODUCE MARK! bey Rory ke. ‘The steamship Persia, Captain Judkins, which from Liverpool at about eleven o'clock on the morning: the 16th inst., arrived at this port about thrze o’clock morning. The Persia passed a steamer bound in to Liverpool, sy; posed to be the Arabia. The steamship New York arrived at Southampton o the evening of the 13th, and the Borussia reached the the same night, ‘The steamship Jason was advertised to leave Galway: the 15th for St. Johns, N. F., but as she only sailed frog Liverpool, where she bad been repairing, on the 14th, could soarcely get away before the 16th. ‘the Liverpool, New York and Philadelphia Steamsh Company have bought the screw steamers Edinburg Glasgcw, belonging to the Glasgow and New York Cou pany, The monthly line from Glasgow is to be m ed, the Kangaroo being placed on the route, and the burg on the Liverpool line. All the vessels are to at Queenstown. In the summer season the Glasgow lin is to be a fortnight one. ‘The ship Quebec, of New Orleans, Capt. Ruark, fro Bordeaux for Shields, ran on the Eddyston rocks, at § o'clock, on the afternoon of the 11th inst. Her jibboo end was within ten feet of the southwest kitchen windo of the lighthouse, the window being seventy fect higt At half-past nine, owing toa fresh breeze from the o ward and the falling of the tide, the ship slipped off ag and the crew returned, and, with the heip of th pilot boat Heroino, attempted to beach her on Cornish coast, but the sand ballast choked the pump and she savk one mile 8. S. W. of Downderry Preventi station, where she will be covered at high water, on the rocks boats offering assistance came from her jesty’s screw steam frigate Topaze, fifty one guns, Cap the Hon. W. 8. Spencer, which had just left the Sound fo ‘Vancouver’s Island. THE ZURICH CONFERENCES. ‘The statement in regard to the position of affairs at t Zurich Conferences are conflicting. A despatch dated Zurich, October 13, says:—« Conferences do not draw toa close. Austria still refu to diminish the amount of the debt of Lombardy to b born by Sardinia. The demands of Austria are not on resisted by Sardinia, but do not receive the sup port of France, who has proposed that the d puted point be submitted to the arbitration another power. No answer has yet been receive to the propositions. The French government wish the arrears of pensions of Monte Napoleon and an indem nity for the cost of the late war to be Included in the ge tlement of the debt which will have to be paid by At and Piedmont.’ A variety of rumors to the offect that Austria positive declines to sign the treaty of peace if it is not in dance with the preliminaries of Villafranca; that Ai desires to protract negotiations till the spring, when will recommence the war; that Austria has undertaken guarantee to the Popo the conservation of his tempo power in the Legations, and others of a like nature, we current, and must be taken for what they are worth. On the other hand, there are statements that the signin, of the treaty of Zatich was hourly expected, and that th representatives of the Powers would afterwards meet Congress. A Paris despatch of the 13th to the Londoo Post says: “The Congress which is to follow the Conferences at Zul rich has been convened: All the great Powers, includin England, will be represented.” ‘The Paris Constitutionnel of the 14th publishes an article} signed by Secretary Boniface, stating that the only ques| tion to be settled at Zurich is the Lombard debt. The con tracting Powers being agreed on all other points, the ear! signature of the treaty is expected, and the questions no settled at the Conference will be submitted to a Congress| the assembling of which all the European Powers agreed upon. ‘The London Times Paris correspondent, corroborates th statement from Zurich that the French government h deman@d an indemnity from Piedmont for the expen of the ate war; also the payment of the arrears of pen: sion in connection with the first emptre, due from th Lombardo-Venitian Monte Fund. ‘The correspondent lcoks upon it as highly probable that these demands havd been made, knowing the limited finances of Sardinia, with the object of obtaining the cession of the provinces o Savoy and Ince to France, GREAT BRITAIN. Seven ships of the English Channel flect were unded orders to prepare for sca immediately. Among the num; ber was the Hero, 31 guns, the destination of which said to be Vancouver's Island. Ernest Jones, the Chartist leader, had been adjudicated ‘a bankrupt. ‘The London Globe is authorized to deny the rumor that Lord Canning is to be succeeded in the Governor General: ship of India by Lord Clarendon. ‘The Great Eastern was attracting great crowds of excur. sionists to Holyhead, and the Queen was to visit her dur. ing her sojourn in Wales,on or about the 17th instant Nothing definite is known as to the ultimate movement of the ‘big ship.” The London 2imes editorially cfiticised her performance between Portland and Holyhead, and draws unfavorable deduetions from the specd then tained. It thinks that unless the Great Eastern presents yro decided superiority to amaller vessels than sha pregent seems to do, she will hardly be taken for a model.| ‘The papers chronicle a visit paid by Mr. Donald McKay, the celebrated Boston ship builder, to Chatham dockyard] for the purpose of a general inspection. A pigeon shooting match—England ys. Amorica—Mr. King, of Indiana, representing America, aud Mr. Frere, Hampshire, England, was commenced at Newmarket onl] the 18th, Mr. Frere killed thirty-flve birds out of the! first fifty, while the American representative scored forty two birds out of his fifty. It fs remarked of Mr. King that, although described as “the American,’ he is an English.| man, and bas lived in the United States for only twelvel years. The match was to be resumed on the 14th, bul the result had not reached Liverpool. ‘The Dublin Evening Post staics that the Cunard steam-4 ers are to touch at Cork (Queenstown) both out and home, A thrilling narrative is published of an attempt made b pirates and convicts who were being conveyed by ship Ararat from Penang, to take poxteasion of the Out of sixty pirates who came on deck in the dark, t ty-eight were killed and wounded, Captain Correga lantly maintained possession of luis ship, The Theatre Royal at Hull hud been compiel stroyed by fire. No lives wore lost. Queen Victoria formally opened the Loch Waterworks (which are to. supply Glasgow,) on @ inst. On the morning of the 16th the Queen FA in burgh for Penrbyn Castle, Bangar. FRANCE, ‘The Emperor and Empress returned to P deaux on the 12th ins‘ant, , A roport was current that Prinoe Napo! to pay a visit of five days duration to Lond Tt is stated by way of Brussels that on the visit of the Emperor to Bordeaux m@qe residents in the town wore arrested dui