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

4 NEW YORK HERALD. “4 henge eae GeOkDON BENNR Ta, . rorree ANT PROPRNTTOR. DEKH & W. COMER OP NSSSAIT AND ityEWON STS PRAMS, cash te atone, Homey wend hy veril All be at the Wiehe wenier, Pastinge dampe net etre nition money, THE DAILY HEKALY woo % THE WRERLY AR ALY, unl #8) per annus. ad AE Crhs pee sep 83 pie anny the Barogeam Biden oery’ Wi i venta Pee aon, Ba.ner commen pay Bab & $8 to any part al the Nn Pe tackle. poh Tul Me af mack month at Per annum, HERALD on Wriomeniny, at fone enix yer oy on BL annem. Porvw tan? PORRESPONDENCE. com ews, rite’ frm my quarter erally patl joc.” gare lc Few Pasticdiausy Reauesten te Sea ears wast un. BO BOLICE exten return rele vd cnnmunteitte ADVER ISEMENTS aerted in te Weary 1 Catifornia na Knropenn JOB PRINTING seewe poch, Volume XIV. inom wnt be sor om Ce aus Lethe ayo Pane ynymous roreeapantence. Ws de wm tak ery ding asteertinements Pastny Ceesco, cad te the . ith meatncen, cheeymree amet de AMUSEMENTS TO-MURKOW EVENING: ACADEMY OF MUSIC, Fourteenth street.—Trauias Ore- Ba—Maonies vi nowan, NIBLO'S GARDEN, DBeoadway.—tnerayp As Tr ban Bown uw Bernas, = BOWERY TIHRATRE, Lowery.—Aw Ousner or Intexacr —Lecertia Borcta~Lor ayn Orkney O ‘WIKTER GARDEN, roadway, opposite Bond street — Dor—state vs. Pawuins WALLACK'S THEATRE, Broadway.—Past Mex ov tay Owen Tuse—Gome It BuixD. LAURA KRENK’'S TERATRE, 64 Brondway.—Tire Buxc WON—JERRY Lind. NEW BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—Uncun Tom's Capin—F aoc) asianuian THRATRE PKA LOK Orenas ann Lyaic Phornans, BAKNUM'S AMERIO noon—Pari Pay. Evi WOOD'S MINSTRELS, 444 Rroadway.—Ermorrax Songs, Dances, &e.—oicnany tie Turep, BRYANTS’ MINSTRELS, Mechantes Hall, 472 Browtway.— Bowresgoes, Sones, Dances, &c.—Ouaw Boast Beer. HOPE OMAPEL, 729 Brosdway.—Waven’s Iraua. New York, Sunday, October 30, 1539. The News. By the arrival of the Nova Scotian at Father Point, on her way from Liverpool to Quebec, yes” terday morning, we have received news from Ea rope to the 19th inst. The advices are important. A treaty of peace was signed between France and Austria on the Ist inat. A treaty between France and Sardinia weuld, it was alleged, be signed soon after the assembling of an European Congress, at which Sardinia, Spain, Sweden, Portugal, Naples and Rome would be represented, in addition to the five great Powers. Napoleon bad demanded from Piedmont the payment of sixty millions of francs advanced to her for war purposes. Deputations from Parma and Tuscany bad waited on Napoleon. The French troops would remain in Rome awaiting the execution of government reforms. This pro- gress would, it was alleged, be pressed on the Pope by the Archbishop of Bordeaux, who was to visit Rome. Fruitless attempts had been made at revo. jution in Venetia and the Tyrol. The Pope, it was said, would soon address a manifesto to the States of the Church, acting in concert with Napoleon. Changes in the French Cabinet were again anticipated. Letters from China confirm the report of Mr. ‘Ward's favorable reception at Pekin. Morocco had, it was said, given satisfaction to The Great Fastern remained at Holyhead, but nothing was officially known as to the date of her departure for America. Cotton was unchanged in Liverpool, and halders offered stocks freely. Breadstuffs had a downward tendency. Provisions were dull. Consols were quoted at 96} a 96}, both for money and account, in London. Our Havana correspondents, writing on the 23d S85 Rroadway.—DRarros’s Pan: lew tent. The Happties Of corn were light, aud bolters que firm, with eales of mixed and Southern yollow nt $14 #1 G@ pee bushel, Pork was dull, with the toro of Uw market im favor of purchasers, wits sales of iness ub G16 15.0 926 2, abd prime at $10 604 $1099. were firm aed im GOOd demand, Wits sates of whout Dick Ciba ee Heady prices, and 7,600 haga M Po 6 With later: inteltigenoe Crom Rio, the mark. Sugary coves In Uae afleenoon Was called ye. per Ib. by ‘The sates embraced alent 2,000 bags of Rio at Froighte were fea aud rakes unchaaged, W! mente Were Koc erate, Our Relations with England=Danger of @ Rupture. it will be s#en from our special despatch from Wasbington this morning that we are io contiderabie danger of another diplomatic rap- jure with England, There ure some curious coiscidences in the prevent slate of ow relations with Eugland and those which existed in the full and winter At that time Lord Aberdeen was Irime Minister aud Lord Palmersion was Mia- ister of Foreign Affairs in Kogland. Palmers- ton, with his usual meddlesome and overbear- ing policy, had got tito difficulty with us on the enlistment question, and bad at the same time the Chinese difficulty on bis haads. He sudeavered to brawbeat Secretary Murey iuto an acquiescence with his filibustering enlist- ment policy, but Marey was not to be bleifed off, and pot only maintained bis position with power and logic, but finally sent the British Minister and a couple of Consuls home to help Lord Palmerston see the position of the United States in its true light. A par. liamentary crisis followed, and Aberdeen j the country on the American and Chinese inst., farnish the details of the news from Cuba to { that date. Twenty-one Chinese apprentices, who had run away frcm their master, murdered him when put to work after their arrest. The Alrican slave trade was flourishing vigorously. A fine scene was presented in the port by the number of American steamers at aschor. A force of free megroes and mulattoes had been drafted into the militia. By telegraph from Savannah we bave Ha- vana dates to the 25th inst. Sugar was buoyant and freights active. We have news from tho West Indies, dated at Kingston, Jamaica, on the 11th inst. The weather ‘was very favorable, but the public health was not quite so good. The Chinese laborers were usefully at work. The bark Laura, captured on the coast of Africa by the British war ship Archer, had arrived in port. She was supposed to be an American slaver. We have advices from Rio Janeiro to the Ist inst. There were one hundred and seventy vessels in port at that date, including the United States ships Lancaster and John Adams, and the brig Dolphin. The stock of coffee on hand amounted to eighty thousand bags. A despatch from New Orleans announces the ar- rival of the United States sloop-of-war S:ratoga at Pensacola with important despatches for the Mexi- can Minister at Washingtoo. The report of the wourder of Mr. Chase, American Consul, by Mar- ‘quez, one of Miramon’s partisans, is confirmed. The steamship Bremen sailed from this port yes- terday for Southampton and Bremen, with 157 pas- sengers and $602,626 in specie. ‘The testimony in the case of Old Brown, the leader in the Harper's Ferry raid, was concluded yesterday. The evidence for the defence was maia- ly as to Brown's considerate treatment of his pri- souers. The prosecution desired to submit the case to the jury without argument, but Brown insisted ‘upou his counsel making an appeal to the jury. Accordingly one of the Commonwealth’s attorneys addressed the Court and jury, and at the concla- sion of his remarks the Court adjourned till Mon- : day, when the counsel for the prisoner will sam up. The prisoner has three lawyers to defend him, namely, Messrs. Hoyt, of Boston; Chilton, of Wash- angton, D.C., and Griswold, of Cleveland, Ohio. Up to a late hour last night no change had taken place in the position of the steamer New World, Bhe still lies agronud, headed to the Jersey shore, within afew hundred yards of dry land. Several steamers, sloops and boats were busily engaged yesterday conveying freight from the sanken Steamer to the company’s dock, and a posse of police keep watch to prevent depredations upon the remaining property. Another search was in- stituted yesterday for bodies, but none were found. ‘The floating furniture in the ladies’ saloon was thoroughly overhauled, but without avail. It may ‘be that some bodies are under the water, which is three or four feet in depth in the saloon, but the impression of those who made the search is that everybody was saved, and the fact thet nobody is missing, 80 far as known, seems to verify it. We were unable to get the whole of Mr. Gid- ding’s Philadelphia speech of Friday nigh: in time for our yesterday's edition. As the omitted part Dore particularly on his connection with Ossawa- tomie Brown, we deem it but just to Mr. Giddiags to make it public, and we therefore publish to-day the entire speech. Tho rales of cotton yesterday reached about 1,200 2 1,500 bales, closing steadily on the basis of about 210. for middling uplands. Flour was hoavy and more freely offered, and closed ut a decline of trom be, to toe, per bbl. for common and medium brands, while nood to bigh extra grades wore unchanged = Wacat was Yc. a 93, » questions. settled as soon as Palmerston’s braggadocia wanper was stopped, and Lord Napier, who succeeded Mr. Crampton, was the most popular Lritish Minister that has ever been seen in this country. Palmerston is again in office, not as Secretary for Foreign Affairs, but as Prime Minister, with Lord John Russell in the Foreign Department. Again the American and Chinese questions are up in England, and both of them likely to lead to trouble. Our Washington correspondent as- tures us that Lord John Russell’s despatch to our government, in regard to San Juan island, is peremptory, and anything but peaceful. We have no doubt of the fact. The British states- men have been much more communicative to the English journals than ours have been to the papers here, and from their tone we have been well aware that a strong game of brag on their part was going on. They are not at all afraid to let the people of England see the stand they have taken, and have exhibited no doubt a good show of pluck. We do not see any good reason why our government should be so desirous of hid- ing what they have done, if they have done what is right. The day of secret diplomacy has long since gone by, and itis only whena public man has taken a position which he fears he cannot hold, or that he is afraid will not meet the spirit of the people, that be resorts to the old fogy system of secret diplomacy. In this matter of San Juan Palmerston is playing the braggadocia again towards us, as he did in the enlistment question, and as he would bave done in regard to the right of search, had he not slipped his official wind just as bis scheme came out. Now, in the matter of San Juan, our claim is beyond a quibble, and Gen. Harney bas done perfectly right in taking possession, acting, no doubt, under instructions of the government, but instructions given in that vague apd mean-much-or-mean-nothing style usual in government orders. ‘The spirit of the whole country sustains Harney, and we trust the government is not going to disavow what he has done. If the dispute had not turned on San Juan Island it would have come up on some other point We might have given wp island after island, and yet Palmerston would have found ground for dispute and farther claim, and the old British plan, 80 successfully followed in the Northeastern boundary and the 54 40 line, would have been pursued. There is no other way of meeting this game of brag than to show to Palmerston that he can have a fight if he wante it. He is one of those kind of bullies that is always belligerent till he finds some one who is perfectly willing to knock him down at sight, and then he is as mildasa lamb. We trust our government are not committing the mistake of endeavoring to pacify him with soft words and plain reasons. Such a course will only bring about the rupture they are designed to prevent. Tue Democratic ViGtLaNt ASSOCIATION AND CurvaLier Wens.—The Democratic Vigilant Association have appointed a committee to con- fer with one of the political parties with refer- le nominations for Mayor, Corporation Aldermen and Councilmen, and this is the first they have taken as a preliminary to their ac..on in the municipal election. The Chevalier Webb is beginning to think that they are a very respectable body of men, worthy of some attention, and that some good may come out of their movement. There is no doubt that many of them are very rich, and in the aggre- gate represent, perhaps, some twenty millions of dollars, and can raise in a momenta hun- dred thousand to carry out their pnrpose. This might explain the reason why the Chevalier Webb has begun to think them worthy of his most respectful consideration. When the United States Bank was started it was a mon- ster in the eyes of the Chevalier, but when it shelled out fifty-two thousand dollars, it became to the plastic mind of Webb not only a very Tespectable institution, but of the greatest ser- vice to the country. We have some suspicion that the Chevalier has discovered fifty-two thousand good reasons, without mining, for re- specting the Democratic Vigilant Association. CaxppaTes Yor Senators anp ASSEMBLY- MEN.—There are now some eighty or a hundred candidates in nomination for Senators and As- semblymen to represent the districts of this city in the Legislature next session, of whom at Jeast two-thirds are entirely unfit in every ro- spect for those posilions. We know, by the bitter experience of the past few years, what a ruinors influence our lcyislative representa- tives at Albany cau exercise upon the affairs of this metiepolis, and too much caution cannot be used in selecting proper men. The Demo- cratic Vigilant Association should scrutinize carefully the characters of the parties now in nomination, and give the public the beneflt of their investigation. and Palmerston were obliged to go before | | to help Colonel The people of Bugland elected | * . them to stay out, and they gave way to the Derby ministry. The difficulties with us were { “ie Hoy. Mase Greene ay Trovsie.—The Haw. Maeea Greeley isin whatthey call Dowa baste peck of woubies! about the Harper's lorry affair and the revelafiona of Col. Forbes, which connect the Tribune philosopher, more or loss, With the éperations of Old Brown and bis Haitorout associates, Greeley bas made haste to pubiish a card, but bis attempt to clear himself trem the bad company be has been mixed up with is very cloudy, According to all accounts ral government is preparing to investi- gate very horongbly all the anderplot of the Lrown matter, and to’ bring all the parties im- plicated to condign punishment, So it is pas- Je that the Hon, Massa Greeley may be in- J, tried and convicted of high treason. Ifhe 'd be se unlucky, we promise to use all our vast induence with the President to procure for him a tree pardon, We can’t spare the Lou. Massa Greeley just yet. At the same time, while we will cheer- fully assist our cotemporary out of his last serape, we would warn = him to be more careful ia future. Ad his troubles arise trom bis neglecting to profit by our ad- vier, given to bim over and over again. Against cur counsel he got involved in the Ivich rebellion matter, and many people bold him responsible for the forty thousand aud odd donars collected for “Erin go, Bragh,” and never heard of since, here, there, or anywhere else. Then there was the Kossuth humbug, also pecuniary in its tendencies, and that to a round sam. Another call for cash and homan freedom produced a large sum wherewith the geu Kansas was to be liberated, and in this is in. | cluded the sum of twenty dollars given Forbes in his military operations against the border ruffians. ‘Thea came the celebrated Des Moines Rapids Im- provement Company, with their thousand dol- Jar check, which Greeley kept for Matteson ; and, running along, a number of smail scrapes—Fourierite, _spiritualists, Galway Steamship Company, Crystal Palace, &c., &«. Our advice to Greeley and other philosophers ot the same school is, as before, to refrain from attempting to tinker up society or cure politi- cal systems by upsetting them; to keep clear of all sorts of stock jobbing operations; to mend their own manners, und attend strictly to their own private affairs. Pouricat Excrrement on Tue Kisu.—There are now some three or four State elections un- der way, viz: in New York, New Jersey, Massa- chusetts, and in some of the Western States, and a great political excitement is attending them everywhere in consequence of the at- tempted rebellion at Harper’s Ferry. Galusha Grow, of Pennsylvania; Tom Corwin, of Ohio, and Senator Wilson, of Massachusetts, are prowling about this State looking after our State election. The present political activity is due entirely to the Harper's Ferry conspi- racy, and that event will certainly give a new complexion to all the coming elections. There is no doubt that both the. nigger- worshippers of the North and the nigger-drivers of the South got up the fights in Kansas, and committed many lawless acte—probably were guilty of treason—but in the confusion and vio- lence of the hour it did not receive the legal attention of the government or the country at large. The Harper’s Ferry rebellion is but a second edition of the Kansas affair, and both are the result of the repeal of the Mis- souri compromise. i The unfortunate men who took up arms at Harper’s Ferry were unquestionably spirited on by Seward, Wilson and other republican leaders, and these gentlemen are, by this atrocious outrage, placed on the defensive. They stand before the public responsible for the conspiracy and the bloodshed in which it resulted—practical traitors and conspirators against the peace of the Union. The extraordinary political activity observable at the present time has been brought about by the discovery that leading Senators, Congressmen, Governors and ex-Governors of States were cognizant of this first notable conspiracy against the govern- ment, if not direct aiders and abettors of it, and hence the fluttering in the dovecotes of the republican party. The Harper's Ferry rebel- lion is but the practical issue of all the anti- slavery agitation, which is nothing better than an anti-Union crusade, and the effect of it will be most marked on all the pending State elec- tions, and still more so on the Presidential con- test of next year. Tue Harrer’s Ferry Invasion—Tae Dory or THE GovERNMENT aT Wasuinorox.—“Old Brown’s” invasion of Harper’s Ferry, in the first place, involves the crime of treason against the United States. His first overt act was the seizure, by force of arms, of the government arsenal at Harper’s Ferry. He and his sur- viving confederates, therefore, present and ab- sent, should first have been claimed by the federal government on the charge of treason; and the United States Attorney, Ould, of the District of Columbia, who was on the ground, should have insisted upon the retention of the prisoners by the United States marines for the purposes of this trial. We dare say, however, that the State of Virginia will do full justice to the prisoners at Charlestown; but there are other guilty parties still at large, guilty—more or less, as accessories before the fact, in this plot of treason, insurrection and revolution; and these men may still be attended to by the government at Washington. The names of some of them have been disclosed among the papers of Brown’s carpet bag; the names of others have been disclosed by Colonel Forbes, and many more can doubtless be found out by an active federal detective here and there. Let the administration, then, proceed to this business of extirputing this Harper’s Ferry treason to the very roots, including the men who instigated, aided and encouraged “Old Brown,” as well as bis desperate followers, on his terrible mission of insurrection and slaugh- ter. Tue Water Question in Brooxiyx.—We see that the Brooklyn Water Commissioners have succeeded in obtaining a peremptory man- damvs from the courts, directing the Comp- troller to pay the bonds issued to the con- tractors for continuing the work on the conduit, and for pumping the water into the reservoir. The qnestion was entirely one of spoils. The Brooklyn Common Council wanted to get the matter out of the hands of the Commissioners, and, consequently, encouraged the Comptroller in his refusing to honor their drafts, But the courts very properly stepped injand put an end to the controversy. It was bad enough for the politicians to attempt to stop the supply of grog, but when they try to shut off the water, it is me to equelch them, Tov Insanrrt om Buows. Ove of our Bos- ton cotemporarios—sthe Fvening Traveller says: —“We earnestly tape that the State of Vir- ginia and Govevnor Wise wilh not allow tho martyrdom of Old Brown;” that “it would be av everlasting disgrace to the State to hang bim, for 6 more decided cause of monouaia waa pever exhibited.” But in liew of hang- ing, our Boston “ bhamanitarian” recom- mends that Brown “and all such” be pub into some lunatic asylum for safe keep- ing. This plea of insanity, with a little stretching, might be made to apply to every traiter, murderer, highwayman or inceadiary, of high or low degree, throughout the country, upon-the broad and unanswerable ground that vo map in his right mind would take up arms against the government, or commit murder or bighway robbery, or set fire to a neighbor's boure. But we cannot admit this plea in be- bult of Brown without involving all the prenoh- ers of abolitionism, all the teachers of “the higher lagv,” and of the “irrepressible conflict” of the Rochester manifesto in this sweeping aecusntion of insanity. Brown’s revolutionary experiment at Har- per’s Ferry was nothing more than the prac- tical interpretation of Seward’s programme for the extinction of slavery, and if there is insani- ty in Brown fer practising what Seward preaches, there must be insanity in Seward, Giddings, Hale, and all such political leaders, in preaching what Brown has put into prac. tice. Thus, upon either horn of the dilemma, treason or insanity, the shining lights of the re- publican party must be condemned. Pf they are traitors, they deserve the penalty of hanging; if they are insane, they should be treated a8 lunatics by all sensible mea, Io leaching Brown his bloody instructions, how- ever, and in keeping themselves out of harm's way, our black republican apostles of humap freedom have rendered themselves more shametully culpable than Brown and bis cho- sen band of armed crusaders, There is 80 much of method in this sort of madness, thatreally we thiuk the admission of the plea of insanity in behalf of Brown would be fully as to Brown himself, and a dangerous example of clemency in regard to his more guilty confederates who are still at large. Tre Priating Joppers iv Distress.—An article which appeared in yesterday’s Heranp bas acted as a sort of bombshell in the lobby, and we have received from Mr. A. D. Banks (we shan’t call him “little Banks” any more, but rather big Banks, as he was big enongh to sell the votes of the Virginia delegation in the last Congress for forty thousand dollars) the follow- ing note:— TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. In your paper of this morning you are pivased to say such a number of characteristically pleasant ‘ little”? things of me which it is waimportant to deny. ‘There is one point, however (since reterence to it hag beea made in other quarters), on which I desire you will pormit me to say a word in explanation, aud that is in reference to the privting of the coming ' Congress, which you repro- gent me us being busily eugaged in an intrigue with Mr. Forney and others to secure. I simply desire to say that I never have spoken one word with Mr. Forney or any- body else on that subject during my sojourn in New York. A. D. BANKS, ‘Oct. 29, 1859. We print Mr. Banks’ letter with pleasure, but we are sorry to say that it proves nothing in particular. What we said was simply this: that Banks and others were here, and were said to be laying pipe for the printing of the next Congress, while ostensibly working for Mr. Douglas. When the proper time arrived they would ask for the votes of the Douglas demo- crats in the House, with a good chance of get- ting them. Previous to that time it would not be necessary for Banks to speak “a word to Mr. Forney, or anybody else,” on the subject of the printing job. The clever lobby man never says directly what he wants, butisalwaysready to take advantage of anything good that turns up. We never thought Mr. Banks or any of his set were foolish enough to talk about the House printing here and now. That they are after it with a stick sharpened at both ends Mr. Banks will not deny. Cotumion oN THE Barumore axp Ono Rattroap.—The accommodation train on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, which left Wheeling on Thursday morning last, met, ono mile east of Mannington, the freight train going West, the latter train being ahead of time, owing to the conductor mistaking the time he should leave one station for that of another. Both locomotives were badly smashed, as were also several of the cars. The passengers, strange to say, escaped without serious injury. Mr. Sloan, President of Hudson River Railroad, was rid- ing on the engine of the passenger train, and, with the engineer and fireman, jumped before the collision. Mr. Sloan, falling among some broken stone, was severely out and bruised, but not seriously. Mr. D. T. Vail, President of Troy and Boston Railroad, and Mr. Coben, Assistant Su- perintendent of the Hudson Railroad, were in the passenger car, and sustained slight injury. ‘The fireman and engin- eers were but slightly injured, and no one was killed. Tho passenger train, at the time of the collision, was running at the rate of twenty miles an hour, and the freight train about fifteen miles. Coming around a sharp curve, they were no} in view till too late to prevent the collision. Personal Intelligence. We are informed that Senor Oviedo and lady havo taken rooms atthe Brevoort House, and not at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, as has been reported. ‘We understand that the famous’ Monsicur Felix Belly, who is going to cut our continent in two, is now in our midat, probably to carry out his great project Like the crowned families of Europe, when travelling, the great French engineer bas assumed a nom de guerre, and is now stopping at the St. Nicholas. We do not know if itis the fame name as Alexander Smith, under which Kossuth lett this country for Europe. The Case of James Shephard Remitted to the Sessions—Stephens not yet Resen- tenced. i SUPREME COURT—GENERAL TERM. Before the Hon. Judges Roosevelt (P. J.) Clerke and Sutherland. Oct. 29.—At the sitting of the Court, Mr. Sedgwick, Assistant District Attorney, stated that James Shephard (convicted of arson in the first degree) was now in court. Couneel held the remittiter from the Court of Appoals, ordering a new trial wad sending the case to the Sessions. Av order was then entered,, remitting the case w tho Court of Sessions for a new trial. ‘The Court asked if there was any other business for the general term. Mr. Sedgwick answered in the negative. He said the Diatrict Attorney did not intend at present to make any motion in the matter of James Stephens, convicted of poisoning bis wife, and in whose caso the Court of Appeals refused to grant a uew trial. The presiding Justice said that the Court had met to hear the concluding argument in the Polico case None of the counsel for the Police Commissioners being present, Mr. McKeon said that be understood that Mr. Field was under the impresgion that the Police case had been adjourned to one o'clock. ‘The Court took a brief recess, and at one o'clock Mr. Field arrived und commenced his argyment for the Police Commissioners. United States District Court. Before Hon, Judge Betts. SENTENCE FOR SMUGGLING. Ocr. 29.—The United States vs. Charles Wurms and John Reiga,—A quantity of jewelry which the defendants at- tempted to smugglo, but which was seized by Messrs, Brown and Isaacs, special revenue officers, was confis- cated to the government after trial. The defendants were also indicted crimmally by the Grand Jury, for an offence aivet the revenue laws. They now withdrew their plea of not guilty and pleaded guilty. In consideration of the fact of the confiscation of the goods the Judge said he should merely sentence the defendants to ton days tmpris. som in Eldridge, street jail and to pay a tine of $1 cach, During the sittmes of the Court this month, there were uo lege than twenty two revenue causes of goizure, ia. all of which the government obtained verdicta of confignation through the wstrumentality of Inepectors Brown and i NEW YORK) HERALD, ‘SUNDAY; OCTOBRR 26, 1859. for como descriptions, white sales were tou fiir ex { ARCIVAL OF THE NOVA A Treaty of Peace Signed Between France aud Austria, A General European Congress to be Assembled. Napoleon’s Financial Demands on Piedmont. Wo Motice of the Final Departure of the Great Hastern. HON. MR. WARD'S ENTRY INTO PEKIN CONFIRMED, THE MARKETS, &., ho, &o. Yamuxa Pors, Oct. 2, 1859. ‘Tho steamship Nova Scotian, from Liverpool at cloven o'clock on the morning of the 19h inst., passed this point ut 6:30 A. M. to-day,on her way to Quebec, where sho will be due to-pight. ‘The news by this arrival is important. A treaty of peace was signed between France and Austria on the 17th inst. Tho Paris correspondent of the London Times states that in addition to the five great Powers, Sardinia, Spain, Sweden, Portugal, Naples and Rome will be represented in the European Congress. Tt was stated that the treaty betweon France and Sar: dinia would be signed in a day or two, and that a tripar- tite treaty would be signed subsequently. THE GRWAT EASTERN. ‘The Great astern remained at Holyhead. Prince Al- bert visited her on the 17th, duriog the sojourn of the royal family at Bangor, but the Queen did not go. The reports as to ber proposed trip te Amorica are indofiaite; but a meeting of the directors was to be held on the 19th, when it was thought final arrangements would be made. Ithad been asserted that she would gail for Portland on or about the 28th; but it was semi-officially announced that no decision had been come to. THE NEWS FROM ITALY. TERMS OF THE ZURICH TREATY—NAPOLEON’S MONEY CLAIMS ON SARDINIA—PAYAL REFORM TO BE AGI- TATED BY FRANCZ—DEPUTATIONS FROM THR DUCHIES— ATTEMPTS AT REVOLUTION IN VENETIA AND TBE TYROL. The London Times says that tho terms of the Zurich treaty are almost identical with those of the Villafranca arrangement. ‘The rumor that France demands three hundred millions of francs as a war indemnity from Piedmont is pronounced false. She claims only a reimbursement of the sixty mil- liovs of francs advanced to that government in arms and vroviswns. It wus reported that the Archbishop of Bordeaux will visit Rome to press on the Pope the necessity for a reform in the government of the States of the Church. It was aseerted that France will not recall her troops from Rome until the form of government there renders their presence no longer necessary. Deputations from Parma.and Tuscany had had satisfacto- ry interviews with Napoleon. Several fruitless attempts have been mado to revolu- tionize Venetia and the Southern Tyrol. It was aseerted that the Pope, in concert with Napoleon, is about addressing a manifesto to the States of the Church, Great activity was apparent in the arsonals of Naples. ‘The army was also being placed on a war footing. THE WAR IN CHINA. Letters by the China mail confirm the telegraphic re- port of the favorable reception of the American Minister at Shanghae. ‘The steam frigate Mississippi was at Shanghao, the Pow- hatan at the Gulf of Pecheli, and the sloop-of-war Ger- mantown at Japan. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. ‘The London Stock Exchange had been buoyant at daily improving prices. Consols were quoted at 963; 2 961% for money and account, ‘The money market was casy, and the supply abundant. Reports were current of approaching changes in the French Ministry. It is confirmed that Morocco has tendered all the satis- faction demanded by Spain. The Liverpool cotton market was unchanged. Holders offered their stocks freely, and the sales of the three days wore 24,(00 bales. ‘The breadstuffs market had a downward tendency, and some descriptions of wheat and corn wero slightly lower. ‘The provisions market was dull. News from Mexicoand Texas. Naw Orumans, Oct. 29, 1859. Advices from Pensacola announce that the Saratoga had arrived with important despatches for Senors Mata and ‘Tejada. Letters to the Picayune confirm the cold-blooded mur- dor of Mr. Chase, the American Consul, by Marquez. ‘The fever continued in Galveston and Houston. Thore ‘was none in Indianola. News from Rio Janeiro. New Onteans, Oct. 29, 1860. Rio Janeiro dates of the Ist inst. are at hand. One hundred and seventy vessols woro in port. ‘The Champion, from New York for San Francisco, put into Rio on the 20th, in a loaky condition, and was obliged to discharge and repair. ‘The stock of coffee in port was 80,000 bags. ‘The war ships Lancaster, John Adams and Dolphin were in port. Arrival of the Overland Mail. St. Loum, Oct. 29, 1859, ‘The overland mail which left San Francisco on tho 7th, has arrived. Businces had improved somewhat. A shocic of an earthquake was experienced af San Frauci:co on the 5th. Sa News from the Plains. Sr. Louis, Oct. 29, 1959. A despatch received here says that tho Salt Lake mai of the 7th inst. reached Atchison yesterday. A party of emigrants, numbering seventeen, from Bu- chapan county, Iowa, were attacked by Indians nent Kin- ney’s Cut Off, and Mr, Kline, Mr. Millimore, his wife aud six children, wero killed. Millimore’s two eldest sons and the remainder of the party escaped, and are now at Camp Floyd in a destitute condition. Col. Stambaugh, the Surveyor General of Utah Terri- tory, arrived out on tho 20th ult, Republican Paper Mobbed in Kontucky. Newrorr, Oct. 29, 1869. ‘Tho Kentucky Pree South, a paper of republican procli vities, was mobbed last night, and its “forms’’ scattered inthe street, Burning of tho Ship Plantor, Hyawsis, Oct. 29, 1859, ‘Tho ship Planter, on tho stocks at Nantucket, was burnt last night, It was undoubtedly the work of an incen- diary. Death of Hon, James C. Jones, Mears, Tenn., Oot. 29, 1989, Ex-Governor James C. Jones died in this city to-day after a lingering illness SCOTIAN. | IMPORTANT FROM WASHINGTON. The San Juan Island OUB SPEOIAL WASHINGTON DeSPATOR, Wasunaron, Oct, 29, 1868, Great reserve is manifested by all the mambers of the government in regard to the charactor of the despatches recently arnt to Mr, Dallas, our Miniater in London, touh- ing the San Juan Island affair. 1 am assured from @ trustworthy source that pegutiations of a very sorieas character are pending between the two governments, an@ that we are madi nearer to a violent rupture with Eng- land than is genegally supposed. It is known that tho des- patch of Lord Jobe Russell w our government is peremp- tory, and iti whole tenor anything but peaceful, and would require some forbesrance on our part, It ie neither conciliatory nor pscifie, as has been stated. B demands full explanations of the conduct of Harney. is very evident that the goverament does not want this te be known ; hence their deaire to keep it quiet, ‘Tho reply of our governiout i# fem, dignified and de- cided, maintaining our right to the island in anable, clear, comprehensive argument, backed up by documents irre- fragable in their character. But to shew to the Britis ‘Ministry that our intentious are honorable, and: that we adhere to the stipulations entered intoby Governor Mar- cy, onthe part of our goverpment, and Lord that neither should occupy the island while negotiations were pending, copies ef the instructions to General Har- ney and General Scott buve been communtoated to Mr, Dallas. What the eaact nature of the instructions are haa not transpired. But it is ovident that they are conciliatory, and that in them Harpey’s conduct is dizavowed, else theg would not have been sent to London. England maintains ber right to the island, ant, judging from the touo of the deapatet, does not intend two yield, Our government maintains a clear and undisputed right te the ieland, and will not yield one iota. Tho matter is now under negotiation between the two governments. There is good reason to believe that itse, in its present shape, not only serious, but threatening, and that 18 the reasem why our government is 80 quiet upon the subject. What is here stated you may rely upon. A number of railroad presidents from every part of the country are now in Washington looking after the groat mail contract, the bids for which will be opened on Tues- day. The service is to be from Portland, Maine, to New: Orleans, and for four years. The Postmaster General wilt not be able to decide probably till two or three days after, ‘opening the bids. ‘There is great excitement among the railroad mon om account of the magnitude of the contract and tho large interests involved. The Postmaster General will make the contract with but some one party or company, ao that whoever takes the coutract must arrange with all the railroad companies on the route. The railroad Presi- dents complain of this condition, as being difficult or impracticable; but Mr. Holt insists that un- der the old system of many contractors, often with rival interests, the mail service has boom miserably performed, and ho is determined, in order to make It regular and efficient, to make one party respon- sible by giving ample security, and not to be paid whea- ever the mails do not reach their destination in schedule time. The Postmaster General will decide upon the bid moat. advantageous to the public interests, as regards time, amount of mail matter taken from and through large cem+ tres of population, and the amount of compensation. ‘There will not be probably more than three bids for the through service, one by the old seaboard route, by Wil- m‘ngton to Charleston, and then by steamer to Florida, by railroad across Florida, and steamer to New Orleans; another by the Central Railroad, through Virginia aad ‘Tennessee; and the other through New York‘or Pennsyl- vania and Ohio. The service is to commence on the Istof January. The Postmaster Genewal expects to have this ser- vice from Portland to New Orleans performed, before long, in four days. This will be the largest mail contract over made in the United States. ‘To make the postal service more satisfactory, Mr. Holt is dismissing all mail agents who neglect their duty or aro inefficient. He pays no attention to political ap- pointments or influences. He will reform the whole sys- tem. He is preparing also to report to Congress against the practice heretofore prevailing of authorizing large and comparatively useless contracts. It is believed he will make a startling exhibit of the millions squandored for carrying mails where there is no mail to carry. Mr. Vanderbilt has been here, and the Post Office De- partment is satisfied he intends to go earnestly to work to open the Nicaragua route. It is believed Mr. Vander- Dilt will go out to Nicarugua himself and make the neces- sary arrangements. Arrest of a Fugitive Slave at Columbus, Ohio. Couvaaus, 0., Oct. 29, 1869. John Tyler, h fugitive slave, who escaped from Camp- bell county, Va., in 1854, was arrested hero yesterday, and brought before Commissioner Newball, who remanded him to his owners. He was then taken to Covington. Burning of the Michigan State Normal School. | ‘Yrsrantt, Oct. 29, 1860, ‘The State Normal School building, with two libraries, furniture and the laboratory, were consumed by fire last night. Logs $25,000; insured for $10,000. * Fire in Boston. Bostow, Oct. 29, 1869. A fire broke out this’ morning in the rear of No. 202 Cambridge street, which destroyed six buildings, most of them of no great value, Robert Parkins, furniture dealer; White & Kenney, restaurant keepers; J. C. Carr, and G. W. Learned, are among the sufferers. Commerce of Mobile. Mosne, Oct. 29, 1869, Picky oad of the past week from this port amount to 1750. Markets. PHILADELPHIA STOCK BOARD. PmiLapgtrma, Oct. 29, 1859. Stocks Inactive. Ponnsylvania State fives, 934/; Road- ing Railroad, 1934; Morris Canal, 48; Long Isiau® Rail- road, 10%. Pennsylvania Railroad, 37%. Moniz, Oct. 29, 1859. son unchanged: sales to-day 2,600 bales inidaling . Sales wee! % 26,606 ws » 36,000 baies. Receipts, Bacon 9%c. Whiskey—Ohio, 2730. z Flour dull: sales 1,000 iter atte te Seem fol, $1 O0. Cora frm asics A000 takes one at 96c. a 96c. Whiskey dull at 28. a 283¢c. ARRIVALS. From Savannah, in the ‘SB Star of the South—Mr and Ers Behrand, # A Irwig, J Brands, JN Borden, S'S and indy, H Daniel, nd and two ebllaren, Wee Bote eee steerage. ‘aktgm Macio, in the ship Invincible—Mesars Bartlet and Bremen, via Southampton. steams! For Bre: thampton, ia the hi Fn Caroling Bickell und three childrea, Gamaee, Noe Caroline Lingg, NY; Mrs Collins danghter, Oalif; Fr Greeff, lady and two childreo, Plermont, NY; Mrs'de sohwa. dat . Poughke ischofal Hi Voor are York; N Metz, Milwsukee, Wis; Mariano Ferret, For, both of Cuba; Conrad Huber, Diedrich Dorchen Gack Brormann, all of New York; Wm iH Conrad, roulle, Hypolté Dante, Sebagtinn Bauer, all of Gall. rancis A Vanauld, Pa ; Rev Tanac P Labagh, Brooklyn. U1; Fi 4 oesiet baleen Lie St a Ay i Steroae eas ischief, both of Californin—t tec! $002,628 #5 In spect, 7 aati ceasinses wh. in the steamship Angusta—J M B Lovell, T arvey, Mrand Mra Dennison, Mr and Mrs G B child snd twoservants; Mr and Mrs & Padelford Servants, Geo H Hillard, wife and nurse, Mr and Mra, enter, CH Kulcht, Heory Van Diea, Miss Kgin Mina Weotb, Mr'and Mrs M Tefting, two Maatars Leming, Dinkwater, Jno W Hurd, Thos Morris, Jwien Mathieu, Mr Barnett, Mrs J Preston, Mrs Luckleson, Miss W Jones, WR Tileson, P H Ward, miss MB Ward, Mex S Cohen, [. Matho: F Stedman, Mr and Mrs WH Smith, Mra Chamberlain, in! ond nurse; a Hart, John P Woodhull, Mrs? Wilkins, obitd at Duree; OL Gilbert, Miss A Gall, Miss'H Gall, Mra M Gall, Mins Mary Pierson, Jas Muirhead, JH Davia, Wo Irvin, H Wood- Bard A Marshall, © Burke sod two obfidren; Robt Atwater, Mra Fowler, Mrs Backus, © Stutzmanm, A David, Jas Lorry, Ptoward, James Welch, James Smith, U Ramsey, TI Paty Mr and Mrv & A exter and nurse; JB Habersham, I, Gond- fymW Corry, Rev and Mra Pinkerion, Mr and Mra G 8 Welahy Mics Preston, Mr and Mra li Bland, Mr'and Mrs A Howell am child, Miss Amanda A Jones, Mas Jno A. Jones, Mra A W Clapp, Mre O W Hurd, Mra Woif, Mies 8 & Swanton, Miss Kenvey, Miss A J Barrows, Mra © Burke and daaghter, } RH B Richardaon, Mra Wm Irvine, Mrs C Cody, Mr Montgomery, } Mrs 8 1D smith, TM Nightingale, P Amos, fen, Courhof, Ins FA Quimby, 0 A Mr ind Mra Frank Rae, Miss M’R Bro B Harrold, Mra AA North, PK Clark, A HM! Harden, WH Arent, Mr and Mra J ‘Silbspie, Me ; P Finchant, Miss Quariermaoy, Mra Jones aud child, 100 ta Het broad sah ny on Pete las Claremont tor, is mer 2Y Hetntein, Chun] Roberts, chisien Rowiaud, Kowlapd--and 160 tn the atocrago,