The New York Herald Newspaper, November 1, 1859, Page 6

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The contents of the Evrorzax Eormom or tra Hensrp ‘Will combine tho news received by mail and telegraph ut the office during the previous week and up to the hour of the publication. » will Th: News. ‘The trial of John Brown, the leader of the Har- per’s Ferry outbreak, terminated at Charlestown, Va., yesterday, in the jury rendering a verdict de- claring the prisoner guilty of conspiring to iucite slaves to rebeliion, treagon against the State, and murder, each offence being a capital crime, punish- able with death. Old Brown heard his doom with calmness, uttered not a word, but stretched himself Composedly on his cot, and awaited the conclu- sion of the customary formulary of the Court The court room was crowded with spectators, who, though evidently excited to a degree of intensity almost painful to behold, listened to the finding of the jury without the slightest au- Gible manifestation of feeling. Atthe conclusion of the proceedings a motion for an arrest of jadg- ment was put in, but, owing to the exhausted con- Gition of the counsel, argument upon the point was Goferred till te-day. A full report may be found in to-day's paper. Coppice has been selected as the prisoner next to be tried. Judge Russell, of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts, and a talented young lawyer of Boston, have been retained by certain parties to oasist in the defence of the prisoners. The con- fession made by Copland, another of the prisoners, to Marsha) Jobnson, of Ohio, has been published, but it contains little of importance not herotofore made public. By the arrival of the overland mail at St. Louis we have advices from San Francisco to the 10th alt, five days later than the accounts brought by the Isthmus. Business waa extremely dull, but prices remained without change. Thore led been 00 arrivals from Atlantic ports. We have accounts from Havana to the 28th ult., but they contain nothing of general interest. The markets had undergone no material chauge. Two cargees of slaves had recently been landed near Slavans. Captain Robinson, of the brig Thomas Swann, which arrived at this port yecterday from Savauilla, whence she sailed on the 11th ult., reports that the porte of Savanilla and Carthagena were to be closed on tho 20th, by decree of the federal govern- ment of New Granada, in consequence of the state in which thore cities are ed, being in rebellion against fhe supreme authority. sf that the decree is looked upon as an unwarranted measure to force the foreign commorcial iaterest to excrt their influence in favor of an unpopular federal administration. During the storm last week one or two American fishing schooners were driven ashore on the north wide of Prince Edward's Island. No Particulars ere given of the loss. The Mozart Hall and Tammeny democracy have muited upon candidates for State Senators in the Bixth and Seventh districts. Wm. McMurray was last night nominated in the Sixth district in place of Mesera. Schell and Parsons, and in the Seventh Mr. P. G. Maloney withdrew in favor of Richard B. Connolly. Both Mesars. McMurray and Connolly are of the Tammany stripe. From the account received yoaterday from the wrecked steamer New World, it appears that there thas been no material change in her situation since Baturdsy. A boom derrick has reached the wreck, and the work of taking out the boilers and ma Chinery bas commenced. The walking beam has been safely taken ont; the other portions, with the hoilere, will be taken out to-day. The steamers Satellite and Columbia are employed picking up freight us it oats out of the wreck. Some of th baggage has also been recovered. According to the City Inspector's report, ther ‘Were 872 Geaths in the city during the past week, ‘Tho recapitulation table classifies the diseasos ag follows:—Bones, joints, &., 1; brain and nerves, 76; Bencrative organs, 4; heart and blood vessels, 11; lungs, throat, &¢., 149; old age, 4; skin, &c. and eruptive fevers, 22; stillborn and’ prematare birth, 1; stomach, bowels and other digestive or- gans, 68; uncertain seat and general fey ers, 30; urinary organs,5. There were also 11 deaths front violent causes. Compared with the Corresponding Week of last year, the mortality of the past wook shows a decrease of 24 deaths. The report exhivits ho other feature of general interest. The Washington market investigation wag again A large number of witaeases will then be ex- amined. , ‘The Moard of Supervisors mot last evening. A commenication was received from the State Comp- troller at albany, fsing the aggrogate valuation of property in the county of New York $52,908,476, upon which must be lev ed a Stats tax of $1,332, 268 69 for tho current’ year, be’ ¢ 2f mills on the dollar; namely, for schools 3 0’ @ mill; canuls | of & mill; general purposes 1f of « mill, It was refer. red to the Committee on Annaal Taxes. A reeolu- tion wes adopted directing tie Committeo on Priat- ing, &¢., to cause to be pri ted the necessary uum: j ber of tickets for and @ inst tho constitational amendments authorizin a loan of $6,000,000 for the completion of the c nals, in accordance with chapter 271 of the law of 1869, and that said tickets, when so printed, rent to the headquarters of the democratic axd republican committees, and soch other partics as may require them, and that the sum of $300 te appropriated for that purpose. ‘The Board then ;-roceeded to fill up several vacan- cies in the list uf Registrars of Election—some occa- sioned by the fact that non-resident parties were formerly appoiated. The report of the Committee { vo County Offices in favor of paying Jéhn Kelly, Shenff, the sum of $8,028 $8 out of county contin- gencics, was adopted. ‘The Board adjourned to Mon- day next at three o'clock. At the meeting of the Board of Aldermen last evening, the veto of the Mayor respecting the loase of a ferry from the foot of Desbrosses street to Jersey City was taken up, but after some dis- cussion was laid aside. The Board appropriated £1,000 for fitting up the Tombs prison. A resolu tion uppropriating $2,600 for repairing Falton market was lost for want of a constitutional vote. The Board of Councilmen were in sessivn last evening, but there wes not much important bist ness transacted. A resolution directing the str: et Commissioner to advertise for proposals fo- widea- ing tho carriageway of Broadway, by taking two feot off the sidewalk on cach eide, from 8t Paul's church to Fourteenth street, was referred t a sve: cial committee. The Street Commissioner was directed to cause ail obstructions to be rom ved from tho sidewalks nnd carriageway of B voadway, According to the laws and ordinances applioible to the case. The Corporation counsel was directed to inform tho Board whether bills for medical services incurred under tho direction or by the authority of the police are legally a city or county charge. Tho Comptroller was inatrneted to purchase a house and lot on the south eide of Cedur street, for a gam not exceeding $15,500, for the use of Engine Company No. 20, Tbe Board concurred with the Aldermen in favor of appropriating $416,000 for the Central Park im- provement fund, by almost @ upanimous vote, Mr. Lambier alone voting in the negative, ho having submitted an amendment to give the Commission- ers $260,000. He made a lengthy spoech ia oppo- sition to making largo appropriations to the Cen- tral Park Commissione s,on the ground that the money was not economically expended. Tho Steet Commissioner was instructed to have the repairs on the Pifieenth ward station house com- pleted without contract. The adjourned Convention of tho Board of Alder- men and the Mayor for the purpose of appointing District Court clerks, was to have been hold yestor- day, but al the hour of meeting there was no one present bat the Mayor, and the Convention was ad- journed sine dia, At the regular mecting of the Board of aldermen in the evening, a resolution was passed calling the Convention again for Thursday, Nov. 10. ‘The Committee of the Councilmen appointed to report an ordinance favorable to the ap icintiag of inspectors of boilers held their second meeting yesterday, and received plans and suggestions upon the subject from many gentlemen who were pre- sent. A short report of the proceedings of the Committee may be foand in another column. ‘The Excise Commissioners met yostorday, and re- ceived an application for a license from a liquor ealer doing business at 100 Greenwich street, bat cenied granting it beeause the spplicant isa reai- dent of Williamsburg. Owing mainly to the froat accounts received from tho Sovth, the cotton msrket yesterday was more active aud firmer. Tho sales embraced about 8,500 bales, chiefly in store and on the wharf, closing at an advance of 3,c. per Ib, We quote middliug and uplands at 11 5¢¢., and strict do, at Wise. The receipts of flour wore heavy, which, with tho character of the foreign news, bad a depressing influcace on pricos, and the lower grades fell off Gc., and in some cages 10c. per bbl. Tho sales, however, at the concession were tolerably active. Wheat was also lower aad heavy, though active at the decline, Michigan and Kentucky white sold at $160, and some 18,000 bushels Milwaukee club at $1129 $1127;. Corn !was inactive end the market rather heavy, at prices given claowbere. Pork was lower, but with more movement at the conces- sion, with sales of mesa at $16 a $15 16, clear do. at $17 10 and prime at $10 Beef and lard were heavy. &u- gnrs were firm, with sales of 1,200 1,200 bhds. and 81 boxes at rates given elsewherc. Coffee was firm, with moxorste sales. An account of stock will be found in another colum. In freights rates were sustained at the full quotation of last week, witha fair amount of on- gagements. Close of the Charlestown Trial—Verdict of Guilty Against John Brown, The trial of John Brown came to a close yesterday. The Jury retired, and after a short absence presented a verdict of guilty on all the counte of the indictment. That is, he has been declared guilty of murder, of treason against the Commonweelth of Virginia, and of inciting the claves to insurrection. Tach of these of- fences is punichable with death A motion was entered for a stay of execution, and then, before the argument was commenced on the motion, the Court adjourned, The argument will be disposed of to-day, and in all probability sentence of death will be pronounced. In Virginia the law provides for a delay of thirty days between the passing of sentence and the execution; but that provision does not apply to the case of a person convicted of ia- citing to, or taking part in, a servile ingur- rection. The sentence will therefore probably direct the executfon to take place within forty- eight hours. Our Washington despatch, however, intimates that Governor Wise entertaias the idea of re- spiting Brown, and of dirocting that he shall be conveyed to Richmond and imprisoned in the penitentiary until such time as the Governor shall direct the exeention to take place, He wishes to show, probably, that Virginia is not alarmed, and that it is not absolutely necessa- ry that execution should immediately follow condemnation. If there was any prospect of overcoming the obstinacy of Brown, so far as to get from him full disclosures of the conspira- cy, andsuch information as would lead to the conviction of the leading men who encouraged and urged on the movement, the intention at- tributed to Wise would be a most laudable one. At allevents, it will not injure Virginia if her executive shall, in the case of Old Brown, tem- ber justice with merey. ‘ateleven o'clock. | The Harper's Ferry Oomsptrators and the Government at Washington. The paramount crime of “Old Brown” and his associates in their revolutionary doings at Harper's Ferry was the crime of treason against the United States. We have shown that these misguided and reckless men wore clearly guilty of this high crime, and that all who gave them “aid and comfort” in the mat- ter of this rebellion, and all who, knowing their designs, kept the secrets of these trai- tors, may be and should be, as far as possible, arraigned and tried by te government of the United States as accessories before the fact in this crimo of treason. . In response to these views, what do wo hear from Washington? The Constitution newspaper (supposed to speak occasionally ‘by autho- rity,” but which we have féason to believe is no higher authority than that of General George Washington Bowman) comes out in a fierce and flaming editorlal to prove that among these Harper's Ferry conspirators “Seward is clearly implicated.” We publish the article in question in another column to show the coolness with which these Washing- ton organs can reproduco the ideas of “the New York press” as their own, and the mean- nees of this new lobby firm of Bowman and Brown, in crediting to “the New York press” that whickthey knew was published cxolusively in the New York Heraty. But in this terrible onslaught upon Seward we find nothing but the echo from Washington of our own views of the criminality of Seward, when we want to know whether the government at Washington intends to do anything in the premises to bring the conspirators to a proper trial for treason, or whether the whole of this busi- ness of justice has been surrendered into the hands of Governor Wiee. We hold that evon now it is the duty of the federal executive government to demand the surrender of the prisoners now held by the State of Virginia, in the Charleatown jail, to the federal authorities, in order that said prisoners may be tried for their paramount crime of tree- son against the United States. Nor is this all. We hold that it is the duty of tho government at Washington to hunt up and bring to trial all the associate conspirators of “Old Brown” still at large, against whom there may bo any evi- dence deemed sufficient to justify an arrest. Tho fedcral governmont could proceed without delay in the matter of these prosecutions, and, in taking the Charlestown prisoners and their confederates out of the hands of Governor Wise, all the troubles of possible conflicting requisi- tions and objections between the local authori- ties of different States would be avoided. We urge, therefore, upon the administration, the duty of demanding the surrender to the federal authorities of “Old Brown” and his associate prisoners, held by Virginia, that they may be tried for treason against tho United States; and we would also urge upon the government the duty of arresting and bringing to trial all tho aceessories of “Old Brown” before the fact that can be found, including by all means Seward, “clearly implicated” in this treason, according toa Washington newspaper, supposed to speak occasionally upon a hint fromsome member of the Cabinet or bis confidential clerk. It will never do for the administra- tion to permit itself to be held responsible for charging W. H. Seward with the high crime of treason, without proceeding against him as a traitor. Mr. Jedcryun prucevdcd against Aaron Burr with a charge of treason, upon the pro- sumption that Burr was meditating a military coup d'etat which would involve a seizure of a portion of the United States territory. Burr was acquitted ; but the administration of Mr. Jefferson lost nothing thereby; on the contrary, it gained largely in the confidence and respect of the country for the activity and zeal dis played in the prosecution of a supposed traitor. And who, conversant with our political his- tory for thirty years back, does not re- member the popularity achieved by Old Hickory in his firm and decisive course with the South Carolina nullifiers in 1831-'2. Gen. Hamilton, a sort of provisional dictator of South Carolina, in the heat of the tariff quarrel had authority to nullify the revenue laws of the Union by some overt act. Hearing of this at Washington, Gen. Jackson, at a Cabinet con- sultation, declared by tho Eternal, that upon information of the first overt act of treason, in this form of nullification, he would arrest John C. Calhoun as the chief of the conspirators. Mr. Calhoun at that time was Vice President of the United States, and aspiring to the Prosi. dency ; but Gen. Jackson, who knew that when Mr. Calhoun took a pinch of snuff all South Carolina sneezed, knew also where to strike the nullifers most effectively. What were the regults? Mr. Calhoun did not push the nul- lifiers to extremities; but, satisfied that Old Hickory was not to be trifled with, the whole ofthe nullification crew, in Congress and in South Carolina, subsided into Mr. Clay’s treaty of peace—a moderate tariff bill with a sliding ecale of duties—which lasted till 1842. We do hope that Mr. Buchanan, in reference to this Harper’s Ferry conspiracy of treason and revolution, will emulate the example of Mr. Jefferson in the case of Burr, and the more striking example of Old Hickory in the case of the Sonth Carolina nullifiers, Let the gov- ernment act. Let not all the merit of action egainet these Harper's Ferry conspirators be monopolized by Gov. Wise, when the para- mount duty ef action against them properly be- longs to the government at Washington, includ- ing the prosecution of Seward as a traitor. Tue Exccrion vor THe State Learstarore.— The election for the Legislature of this State will take place in a week, and the different parties are sll making their nominations, and all kinds of men ere being selected—most of them bad, and some of them the very worst in every respect that could be found outside of the State prison. The democratic party is split into two or three factions—first the Tammany faction, then the Mozart Hall, and lastly the independent or German faction, headed by Rosenburg. Besides the democratic party, and ita divisions and sub-divisions, there are two or three others in the field, all equally pa- triothe and equally anxious to serve their com- mon @ountry. These various parties cither now have, or soon will have, their candidates in the field. As they cannot all be elected, and as only afew days will have elapsed before the con- test takes place, the best thing the people can do, in the meantime, is to make a selection from the various tickets, taking the best men they can find on each; for though bad are the best, and though it is but a choice of evils, of which we ought to take the least, ot the whole ® ticket thus gelected would Mine wii i Sugle f AiO iii ~NEW. YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1859—TRIPLE SHEET. , Ph crcnerr et Wb sinner Mi ich tebe eo ea oe Bi A preeent a better eet of men for the publie wer- vice than any other single Uoket whatever, while its success would be @ brala blow to the various corrupt party organizations who have really no principle and no bond of anion but the cohesion of the publio plunder. The Chinese Question—Its Bearing om the Commercial Politics of the World. ‘The nows from China, received in England by the way of India, throws much doubt over the statements that Mr. Ward, the Amerioan Minis- ter, was taken te Pekin in a box and kept ia confinement there. We have not the full particulars contained in the correspondence from China, as the mails by the Nova Sootian have not yet come to hand, but the meagre telegraphic accounts sent do not indicate any contumelious proceedings on the part of the Chinese towards tho Ameri- can Minister. It is stated that be was cour- teously received. The London Times corres- pondent regards the reception of Mr. Ward as a very politic stroke on the part of the Pekin Cabinet; and the Friend of China looks upon him as the possible mediator between the Western Powers and those of Pekin. Preju- diced a2 are the accounts which the English press generally give of matters outside of the circle of British domain, it would seem from these facts that the neutrality we have so long pursued in the East, and which Mr. Ward and Commodore Tatnall so unfortunately departed from, is beginning to produce its beneficial effects upon all parties. The French and Eng- lish perceive that there is another path to suc- cess in Eastern diplomacy besides the bullying course which England has so long pursued there. It will not be at all surprising to find Mr. Ward settling the difficulties which the bungling of the Hon. Mr. Bruce has got Eng- land into on the coast of China; and from tho present aspect of affairs in Europo such a re- eult would be very satisfactory to Louis Napo- leon and hiseprotegé Lord Palmorston. The condition of Europe is not just now such as would lead the dynasties to desire that a new war of European conquest shall be under- taken in the far East. Affairs at home are.in a precarious state. The impulse given to the dissatisfied nationalities by their success in Italy awakens serious fears on every throne. Then, the commercial relations of Europe with China are vast, and their maintenance is a ne- cessary part of finance. Tea and silk are im- portant itema in the world’s traffic and in the revenues of governments, and no small por- tion of the income of the British Empire in India arises from the sale of opium to the Chineco. War must disturb all these com- mercial relations, and an effort at conquest would probably go far towards breaking them allup. This isa sacrifice that the world to- day is not prepared to make to the Asiatic am- bition of England. A hundred years ago that Power could pursue her conquests in India without disturbing anything in Europe, for In- dia had no commercial relations with the West. Tho victories of Clive and Wellesley, and the barbarities of Warren Hastings, caused a com- motion only within;the walls of the India House in London, and touched the pockets of perhaps no more than a hundred people in the kingdom. An attempted conquest of China would to-day cause @ fluttering in thousands of counting rooms, and touch the pockets of many millions of people, ‘ These are the commercial ties that bind the policies of governments to very different courses from those which were followed in the haleyon days of East India conquerors and nabobs. They operate on England, and, apart from any other considerations, should induce her to ac- cept with pleasure the friendly hand of the American Minister in China to assist in mending the difficulties of her blustering policy. It is veryevident that France is not going to commit the folly of sending thousands of men and many ships to China to help England ex- tend her sway there. The spirit of the treaties negotiated last year at Tien-tsin by the pleni- potentlaries of those two Powers exhibits the differing character of the policy that animates each. Lord Elgin insisted upon diplomatic and commercial privileges, while Baron ~€roa plumed himself on having secured a respect for the Christian religion and the safety of its teachers. Under these circumstances, we may expect to see the American Minister assuming the character of a mediator in China, and set- tling the troubles now existing there. The Chinese must soon become aware that they can- not resist the entering wedges of commercial intercourse with the Western nations; and as soon as they can be brought to believe that England does not wish to pursue the domineer- ing policy she established in India, they will seek the profit to the revenue and the people that an export trade will give them. The com- mon sense views of the Manchester school of Politicians in England seem to be the only ones adapted to-day to the Chinese puzzle. Morr: Arctic Exprorations Prorosep—Our Mar or rue Pouar Seas.-One would have thought, from the result of the recent discove- Ties relative to Sir John Franklin’s fate, and the enormous cost of treasure and suffering which the Arctic explorations of the past twelve years have involved, that no further enterprise would be set on foot in that direction. But it appears that the spirit of adventure is still alive, and that in all probability there are many moro sealed volumes yet destined to be opened to science in the icebound regions of the pole. We believe that Dr. Hayes, who accompanied the lamented Kane, in 1853, proposes to un- dertake another expedition in the same direc- tion, through Baffin’s Bay and Smith’s Sound, for the purpose of navigating, if possible, the open Polar sea which Dr. Kane discovered lying north of the highest latitude reached by him in 1855. The London Medical Times, curiously enough, suggests that, although McClintock's discovery settles the fate of a portion of Franklin’s men, it is by no means certain that some of them are not still surviving, and proposes another land excursion up the Great Fish river to that region of country where the ill-fated party were evi. dently directing their steps when they dropped off, one by one, on the dreary journey. Thus itappeors that the excitement about Arctic explorations is about to be revived. In’ this event, we deem the history of Arctic discovery a matter of considerable interest at this time, and we accordingly present our readers to-day with a historical sketch of all the voyages and land journeys undertaken to the Polar seas from the time when the attempt to solve the problem of & Northwest Passage was first made, down to the last expedition of McClintock in the yacht Fox. Our descriptive article is accom- panied by & map, ehowing the trackajof the mont insportant voyages, and all the leading points of interest rendered momorable by aay eveat of historical interest, ~ p _—_—_ Tou Iranian Question. Invina Prick. — There are always passages im the career of great enterprises when success seems more or lees doubtful, when leaders are disheartened, when the rank and file faint by the wayside, and when an infusion of fresh energy, a grand coup from some vigorous arm, is needed to re- deem the fortunes of the field, and win success out of the fire of defeat. Such was the aspect of the operatic campaign a day or two ago. The direotors—Ullman and Strakosch—attempted to vindicato the reputation of New York as an art centre, aliogetber independent of London and Paris, To this ond, Strakosch prooured two prime donne, fresh from Italia’s suany skies. They were introduced to tho public in the most affecting and appealing way. One of the onightingules mado a succts d'estime, and the other—rosy-fingered Hope herself—narrowly escaped a complete failure. There were other misfortanes heaped upon the managerial head, sufficient to crush any ordinary man, and which went far towards breaking down the gentle organization of the amiable Strakosch. He has retired tempora- rily from the active management of the Opera, ard the man for the crisis has appeared in the person of Napoleon Ullman, the petit eaporal of the Academy, whose victories have all been won upon the heels of temporary defeats. He rises superior to the occasion, and the darker the prospects of tho sonson, the more wonderful his combinations, tho more magnificent his bulletins, and the moro grand his field of operations. Napoleon Ullman takes the operatic field with @ powerful reserve. He has a new tenor anda new prima donna, both of whom have, we are told, high Italian reputations. The prima donna, the time of whose début is not yet Oxed, is Ma- dame Albertini, the wifo of the tenor Beaucardé, The Napoleonio bulletin which introduces Albertini to the public informs us that she is the daughter of an English lady, and speaks our vernacular like a native; that she is twonty- eight years old, has a good stage presence, but is not remarkably handsome. Her voice, saith the bulletin, is a remarkable one, very powerful, and of delicious quality. Her style is of the Grisi order, exceedingly dramatic. In Italy cho is a “star,” ranking among the first prime donne, and only singing atthe chief theatres, like the San Carlos of Naples and the Scala of Milan. She “created” the “Tsovatore” in London in 1856, the same year that Piccolomini made her first success at Her Majesty’s theatre. © So much for Albertini, in whom Napoleon Ullman has evidently that pure and strong sr- ticle of faith which overcomes all things, Nor is he less enthusiastio about the tenor Beau- cardé, who sings to-morrow night in the “Iavo- rita.” Ullmansays there is a first class tenor for you; one of the finest of his day; one for whom Verdi wrote the “Trovatore ;” one whom the Ttalians compare to Rubini; one who was the original Poliuto—a splendid arficle, and no mistake. Sometimes, when he is in indifferent health, he does not astonish tho public; but, when he is in good condition, no tenor can equal him, and he seems almost in- spired. There, public, remarks Ullman, there is an artist who can be depended upon as the real thing, and no imitation. Endorse him as first class paper entitled to the lightest possible shave. After his débw, which I think will givo you a sensation, I shall bring forward the great event of the season, the “Sicilian Vespers,” which is to be done ina style of magnificence hitherto unknown here or elsewhere, &c., dc. Such is a plan of the campaign sketched out by Napoleon Ullman for the salvation of his sea- son, the prospects of which are looking brightor every day. Hehas the most unshaken confidence in his new artists and his fresh opera, and ap- peals to the public for a fair hearing for both The public, of course, is full of curiosity to hear the new tenor, and quite as anxious for the first night of the new opera. Beaucardé is, however, the first thing in order, and we shall see to-morrow whether or not he merits all the handsome things that Ullman has said about him. Meantime, thankful that there is no “irre- pressiblo conflict” among the powers in Irving place, let us give Napoleon Ullman a fair chance. For the present, the salvation of the Opera is in his hands. Let us all pray for his success. Tur Pictures axp mim Parsons—We seo’ that Page’s Venus has been transferred to the gallery of the National Academy of Design, in Tenth street, with the view, we presume, of giv- ing its beauties the advantage of a better light. It was pretended, by connoisseurs in these mat- ters, that it was badly placed and badly lighted in the Dusseldorf Gallery, its excellencies being in a measure veiled. We jvere of opinion that it should never have been exhibited at al; but, having once found ita way into the collection, we thought that some thicker veil than that of the clair-obscure might have been employed to protect unsuspecting visiters from its contact, Those thatseek out such things could have grati- fied their prurient curiosity all the same; but the covering of the picture with curtains, ag in the Italian collections, would at least have served to distinguish the wilfully prying from those who visited the gallery for the sake of ite other features. Some idea of the mischief effected hy this painting may be formed from the numerous ad- vertisements which daily appear in the newspa- pers of the exhibition of similar nude works. There are Venuses of every form and size, from the Hottentot to the Medici type, to be seen either gratuitously or at a small charge in dif- ferent parts of the city. The lovers of Ia belle nature and of art can alike gratify their tastes amidst the immense variety of the species now offered to their inspection. We may deplore, but we cannot ignore the fact. Thanks to the correct moral judgment of the directors of our public galleries, we have arrived at that ad- vanced stage of connoisseurship which, as in the doomed cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, will be content with no other subjocts than those which minister to the most depraved and sensual appetites. . We understand that in the four weeks during which Page’s Venus was exhibited at the Dus- seldorf Gallery, about $5,000 were taken at tho doors. This will give an aggregate of 20,000 visitera, three-fourths of whom were undoubt- edly attracted by the reputation of this picture. Exhibited in the Tenth Street Gallery, in asso- ciation with works of the highest order of merit, it will probably draw a still larger number. HerMis a fruitful source of temptation and mis- chief allowed to take ita cousso uninterrupted of the city legislature and for the chiof magts- | |, tracy ig, that théro are nine or ten millions & year of spoils on hand, with 9 prospect of two or three more. The black republicans are | watching with a keen eye the divisions -in the | democratiocamp, in order to profit thereby, The Tammany party, it seoms, have throw, fq overboard Fowler for the present and adopwa Jy Kennedy, a far worse man, who is entirely unde 19 J for the office of Mayor. There is much doubt ~ and uncertainty as to what will be ultimately | dono or achieved either by Tammany Hull or its rivals, ‘There is only one thing very clear, and that is that Fernando Wood is in the field, and will Sight to the last, so that all parties ought to make their culculations accordingly. ‘That he will run may be got down as a fixed — ‘ fact. Let, thorefore, the bost nags be brough$ ; on the track against him. In this election, as well as in that of the State, the people ought to seleot the best men from among the several candidates, and clect them in spite of the com rupt party leaders. The same course ought te be pursued in reference to the judiciary. As to the result of the city election, it is in a thick fog, through which we cannot see our way. We donot know, and wehardly care, who are to have the control of the public purse. K | really makes but little difference whiok party succeeds. The parties and factions are | nearly all alike; and we do not expect the con- ~ dition of our municipal affairs to grow better till it is ten times worse than it is. Thon, and not till then, will tho citizens of this great me- tropolis be fully aroused to a sense of their danger and their duty, and the urgent neces- sity of vindicating the important rights and privileges which the constitution has placed ia their hands, but which are now held in abey- ance by the apathy and inactivity of the peo- ple. Tex Burrsa Legation ww Mexico.—The olr- | cumstances under which Mr. Otway, the late [| British Minister at Mexico, has quitted his lega- tion, are not more humiliating than merited. | That he should himself have provoked the ex. pression of opinion on the part of the British residents which sends him home a doubly dis- graced man, proves that he is a grduter fool than we had taken him for. We can understand, from his connections and associations, how bh is, weakness of character has betrayed him inte | the grave mistakes that he has committed duriag: his official residence in Mexico, but we cannog comprehend the fatuity and self conceit whiols have blinded him to the senso entertained by his own countrymen of his conduct. To ask from them an endorsement of his acts was @ fitting climax to the absurdity and inconsis- | _ tency of his official proceedings, and he now |: goes home without the shadow of a chance of) being able to explain away or palliate the charges brought against him. Leaving this foolish and morally insensible man to the punishment which awaits him in Eng- land, we cordially re-echo the congratulations which the succession of Mr. Mathow as Charge d’Affairs has unanimously drawn from the English and American residents in Mexico. The latter gentleman bas been very long and fa- vorably known to us, by his official talents, his honorable character, his friendly feelings to- wards this country, and his desire to draw || closer the ties which should unite together all the children of the Anglo-Saxon race. As Consul at Philadelphia, and then as Governor of the Bahamas, ho has given proof of the judg- ment, tact and decision which are so much needed in the post to which he has succeeded. We ore satisfied that so far as his sonse of duty to his own government will permit, Mr. Mathow will be found ever ready to afford assistance and co-operation to American interests ia Mexico, More Evipencx Asour Tas Harrer’s Ferrr Coxsrinacy—Anoraer Letrun Frou Forprs.— We publish to-day another letter from Col. Forbes, detailing many interesting particulars about tho Harper’s Ferry conspiracy, the - fucts whereof implicate very seriously Horace i Greeley, Senator Sumner and others, in the transaction. It appears that Col. Forbes,om || the day previous to starting for Kansas, dined with Greeley and Mr. Hyatt, the Secretary of tha Aid Society, which raised some hundred thousand dollars or so for the “Kansas work,” and which has gone, no one knows whither. Greeley algo accor. panied him part of the way to the cars—bid him an affectionate good-bye— conjured him to write him everything that transpired in Kansas, particularly the fighting part, expressing his determination at the same time to be there in person when the fighting began, Was Greeley on the spot, according to promise, when the rofiians on both sides were pummelling each other? And did he ia- tend to be at Harper’s Ferry too, when the “Kansas work’* was renewed there? It is too bad that Greeley should now pre- end not to know his friend Forbes, and to call him a beggarman, after dining off the same ma- hogany, taking euch an affectionate farewell when he was going to Kansas, and promisingto | stand shoulder to shoulder with him in the front of battle. Seriously, the more developo- ments that are made about this vile rebolliom | at Harper’s Ferry, the more deep becomes th complicity of the anti-slavery leaders with odious transaction. The letters of Col. Forber which we have published, and the evidence will probably give in the trials at Charlesto place all that class of individuals ia a¥ ugly position with the public. 4 & Bayxs axp Bantixe.—We publish elsey n article calculated to give our readers insight into the mysteries of banking, how bank charters are procured, ban lished, arrangements made for disco per of the directors, and enabling men to remunerate themselves for th The cases of the Colchester Bank,