The New York Herald Newspaper, November 18, 1859, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD. Samms GORDON BRANETT, EDITOK SND PROPRIETOR =~ DEFIOE H. W- OOMNR* OF NASHA0 AND FULTON BTS. NEW .YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1859. adopted, The contract for estimates for patting on the roof of the new Toupkings market waa again brought up and confirmed. After some routine business the Board adjourned to Monday. The weuther during yesterday was very warm, so that overcoats were a burden, and winter cloth RMB, caer tn acvunce —Moncy Bey tujpat win som M | ing and furs quite uncomfortable, Broadway was Nabe the wonder HS DAILY Bana, ov conea oT salad FUE WEERLY GEnaLD, roery Saturdey, el ote, cons oF $3 per annum, the Biision wang part the matin th NE clade portage, ts Ld a Gakjorncs teton im the Sahn ha of each’ woh ot he oma ver anny or BY OU at annum. THE YAHILY BER OLD om Wednesday, ct fowr cons por copy, oF 82 por annum Volame KXIv . AMUSEMENIS THIN SYKNLNG, ACQABEMY OF MUS{O, Fourteenth sireet.—Ieatiam Ore. Ra—Tue hromias Vesvens GARDEN, eonaway.—Au, Hattow Eve—Yaw. | lower qualities axe CounTsuir—Inism Livw, BOWERY THEATRE, Kowery.—Docw or Devais— Jenny Divers, pi WINTER GARDEN, Broadway, opposite Bond street.— Rane -ALLACK'S THRATUM, Rrosdway.—Fast Mee or tae ones Tine fo Fea axp Baca. x LAUR4 KEENE'S THEATRE, €4 Brosdway—Wirr's Sucagt—Nogma. G thronged with a gay and fashionable assemblage of pedestrians, #nd the carriage way filed with guy equipages, going from place to place, conveying nimble lady shoppers. I'he city hotels are doing quite a brisk bnsiness. The cotton market yesterday was less buoyant, though more active. Tho rales ombracod about 4,100 balox, tn- jo. $80 | clucing 1,600 in transit, on the ~basis of about 11340. a Ike. for middling uplamis. The receipts of flour were free and the market heavy, closing at a dec'lne of Ge. 4 0c. per barrel for State and Western. Southern wheat was tn fair export demand, with sales at unchanged Tho market was less active, and prices for the wy aud irregular; white Kentucky ranged from $1 47 a $1 55, white Canada at $1 42, and whito Indiana at $t 41, and choice Mitwaukeo elub at $117. New crop Jersey corm sold at @Cc., aad new Southern yetlow at $2 02 Pork was in fair request, with eales of mess at $16.0 $16 123;, of thin mess at $16 12%, and of prime at $10 50 a $10 62\;. Sugare were firm, with eales of about 400 bide. at ratee given jo auother column, and 4,200 bags Pernawbuces at p. t. Cole was comparatively quict; sales of 600 bays Maracaibo were. made at 12. & 12%0., and. 160 mate, Java at 1X0. oot ROUERT,, TERATER. Bowory.—Past Womex | preight engagements were moderate, and talce sustained; BARWUWS AMNRIOAN =UAEUM. Broadway—Afer. i 4 Swoos Faoon—Dcws Gia or ‘tus Isx.kvening—rores’s Lawren—Comucal Lrssox. WOOD'S MINSTRELS, 444 Broadway.—Ermoris Soxes, Disoss, ao.-Mase Balt su BRYANTS MINSTRELS, Moohanics Hall. 473 Broad: - War Dows Boor ux Do oe NIBLO'S SALOOK, Broutway.—Guo. Cawere’s Men- ormms '» Konce, or Dewan Bw! NEW OPERA AUUSE, 720 roadway.—Dearrox’s Pai- kon Grease ano Lr Provenns. CHATHAM AMPHITHEATRE.—Equestatan Pearoan- Axors, Como Pantomters, do. ae } DODWORTH’S ROOMS, 88 Broadway —Voout ano Ix- Concent. ' BTHOMENTAL Sew York, Friday, Sovember 18, 1859, ——SSooo 0005 ]=>==>=—=——== The News. - The excitement caused by the Harper's Forry forey haa broken ont afresh. According to our despatches it is evident thet at Charlestown, Har per's Ferry, Ricumond and other towns in Virgit nia, the people are feverishly app’ ehensice of an attempt to rescue Oid Brown and his fellow cul- prita. The burning of several barns and outhouses in the vicinity of Charlestown, which were, it is believed, fired by sympathizing friends of the con- Spiraters, has served to confirm the fears of the citizens. In thia state of affairs Governor Wise has ordered troops to proceed to Charlestown forthwith to guard the prisoners and Preserve the peace. The Tammary Hall Mayoralty Convention met last evening, bat took up so much time in settling the dispute between a double delegation from the Nineteenth ward, that no nomination was effected. A resolution was passed to vote viva voce for the candidate, and a committee of one from each ward ‘Was appointed to hold a caucus to-day, after which the Convention adjourned till Satarday afternoon. ‘We give a réport of the proceedings elsewhere. ‘The steamer North Star, about whose safety some anxiety has been felt for several days past, has been heard of. A letter from Nassau, N. P., dated 9th inst., received at Churleston, states that she got ashore about the 25th ult.,on French Keys, and re- mained there six or seven days, but finally got off | without extra assistance by throwing overboard | some coal, and with loss of anchors proceeded on | her voyage. Her arrival at this port may be ox- Pected at any moment. The steamship Daniel Webster, Capt. Wright, | sailed from-thie port-ot cloven u'utuch yeuverany forenoon for Havana, to take her place on the line between Havana and Aspinwall, to connect | with the New Orleans steamers. The Daniel Web- ster took no passengers. Our files from China, dated at Pekia on the 10th of August and Hong Kong the 12th of September, contain interesting details of the news brought by the last overland mail. An Koglish paper in Hong Kong aseerts that the American treaty, as exchang- ed by Mr. Ward, at the Pietang, is useless, inas- much as the Chinese officer who handed it to him ‘was merely a provincial Governor of an inferior rank, and also that he gave Mr. Ward a sealed pager, whioh the latter could not identify as the treaty. This is all evidently written by British agents, mor- tified at our success coming so soon after the defeat of their squadron at Taku, for we find in the Pekin Gazette a copy of a decree from the Emperor, in which it is said that he perused the treaty, affixed his seal to it, and directed Hungfah, a high officer, to hand itto John Ward. His Majesty dispensed with the formality of Mr. Ward's returning to Shang- hae before receiving the paper, in consideration of “ the long journey he had made to Pekin,” and ex- pressive of his appreciation of “good faith and right principle.” A State censor warns his Majesty 2,000 bbls. fonr were taken for Liverpool’ at 2s, cheese ‘at 26¢,, and cotton at 3 16d. To London cheese was en- |” gaged at 40s. and oll cake at 253. ‘The Vote of New York om the Presiden- tial Question. With the official returns before us of our late election upon the Stale ticket, it is proved, TS aad Boutasgoms, 40—Mevortures | from the divided honors between the republi- cans and the democrats, that the vote of the Empire State on the Presidential question is by no means secured to the republican party. On the contrary, believing, as we do, that a direct test between W. H. Seward and his Rochester platform on the one hand, and any respectable national democrat on the other, would disclose an overwhelming majority of our popular vote against the repubTican champion, we suspect that either Seward or New York must be given up in the republican calculations for 1860. The democracy may compel them to this choice between the man and the State. Upon an examination of the Presidential vote of New York since the organization of the pre- sent democratic party, we find the State stead- fastly adhering to the mantle of Old Hickory until the memorable financial revulsion of 1837, which brought about the sweeping political revolution of 1840. In that campaign the vote of New York was carried for Gen. Harrison by 13,000 majority over Van Buren. The death of President Harrison, 4 month from his inauguration, advanced Vice President Tyler to the White House; and the bank vetoes of Tyler resulted, first, in his expulsion from the whig party by a Congressional manifesto; and, secondly, in the loss to the whigs of all the spoils and officeholders of Tyler's admiais- tration. Thus shorn of the sinews of war, the whig party took the field in 1844, under the banner of “the gallant Harry Clay,” against the re- united democracy and their candidate, Mr. Polk, of Tennessee; and yet, notwithstanding the democratic war cry of “Texas and Ore- gon,” Mr. Clay would have been elected but | for the diversion of 15,000 anti-slavery and anti-Texas votes in this State to the abolition candidate, Birney. Those votes, if cast for Clay, would have given him the vote of New York by ten thousand majority; but, cast for Birney, they gave the State to Polk by five thousand plurality, and thus he was elected. Thus, for the first time, an abolition political balance of power was brought to bear sufficient to decide the Presidential election. It may ap- pear somewhat singular that the abolitionists should thus deliberately operate in favor of the pro-slavery democracy; but Mr. Clay had writ- ten an Alabama letter or two which offended them, and this offence involved the secret of his defeat. In 1848, however, the New York anti-slavery faction, in their Van Buren Buffalo movement, split the democratic party into two nearly eqnal parts, which gave the State of New York and the Presidency to Gen. Taylor. Thus, by this New York anti-slavery diversion, a Southern slaveholder was elected over a Northern man, Gen. Cass. So, for the second time, the Presi- dential issue was determined by the anti- slavery balance of power controlling the vote of New York. that the people in Pekin are living ruinously “ fast,” spending the ten cash piece as if each cash init was a ten cash—a common failing in civilized cities; also wine drinking, displays in dress, expensive funerals and marriages, with gatherings of young men, aud theatricals. will, as the censor fears, bring on a general bankruptcy. Some other curious news items from China are given in the Heraup this morning. Our advices from St. Lucia, West Indies, are to the 22d ult. The weather continued favorable for the planters, rain having fallen in abundance, and the growing crops presented a very promising ap- pearance. The last of the sugar crop of this year bad been shipped. The total is stated at 5,397 hogsteads, 343 tierces, 4,762 barrels. This is said to be an increase of 471 hogsheads on the crop of 1858. Later news from British Trinidad states that the weather had been rendered more tolerable by a few fine days, but it was again close, changeable and unpleasant, and it was feared, still unhealthy. “This weather,” says the Port of Spain Gazette, “ig not at all unsuited to the canes, and from what ‘we see and hear, these are coming on Promisingly in every direction.” The Demarara Gazctic of a recent date says the weather is very variable—on sume days extremely sultry, and sgain we have showers more or less heavy. No weather could be more favorable for the planter. The ingathoring of the crop proceeds with vigor, but the yield will fall considerably short of what was anticipated in the earlier part of the year. Trade among the merchants continues ina very depressed state. The compromise measures of 1850 on the slavery question gave peace to the country and prostrated the aati-slavery agitators. Upon the platform of those measures the whig party and the democratic party took their stand in 1852. But the association of W.H. Seward with the whig cause, and the general suspicion that Seward and his anti-slavery principles would control the federal administration if Scott were elected, broke down the whig party, never to rise again. Such was the result of the wholesome reaction of.the conservative public sentiment of the Union against Seward in 1852, that Gen. Scott, the true patriot and the most distinguished soldier of the land, was defeated by the almost unanimous vote of the several States, North and South, for a little New Hampzehire politician. In that election the vote of Pierce in New York was an absolute majority, completely extinguishing the previ- ously existing abolition balance of power. Thus, in March, 1853, there was hardly the shadow of an opposition party remaining in the country; and thus, under full sail, with an overwhelming majority in both branches of Congress, “poor Pierce” set out upon the voy- age of his administration. Before the end of the summer, however, he ran foul of his New York Collector on the slavery question and the spoils, and the result was tbe division again of the democracy of the Empire State into two hos- tile factions. This trouble might have been Our Barbadoes papers are to the 2d inst., but they do not contain any news of faterest. The Le- gislatare met on the 18th ult., for the last time for the session. Our correapondentin Bridgeton says:— Flour, with mess pork, continues heavy and dall. ‘The last sale of Brandywine meal was at $5 67. All other American stuffs are in full supply. The mar- ket is still folly supplied with codfish. Saloa have been made at $350 in lots, and holders are firm. Good haptic and mackerel are wanted. The weather continues propitious, and the appearance of ie country is cheering, y Board of Councilmen adjourned last evenin; {il Monday, » quorum not being present at the call as Board of Ald ermen met yesterday afternoon. 4 resolution in favor of paving Ninth avenee one Fourteenth to Forty-fifth stroct, with Belgian pave- ment, was referred to the Committee on streets, Alderman Bradley presented © resolution to the effect that Broadway, from Seventeenth street to ‘Thirty-fifth street, be immediately repaired, under tho direction of the Aqueduct Department; it was remedied, but for that most disastrous and revolutionary electioneering pro-slavery ex- eriment in 1854 of Douglas and Pierce, the Kansas-Nebraska bill. The instantaneous re- sult of that bill was a political revolution, which supplanted the democrats in Congress by an opposition House of Representatives, and which broke the Northern democracy to pieces, from the Penobscot to the Mississippi. From this terrible anti-slavery reaction, thus invoked by Pierce, Douglas and their Southern assist- ants, the national democratic party would have been “crushed out” in 1856 but for the personal popularity of Mr. Buchanan. In this instance, however, it was not New York but Pennsylvania that decided the election; and it was notanabo- lition but a conservative balance of power (the Fillmore party) that enabled the democracy, in the name of Mr. Buchanan, to recover Pennsyl- vania, his native State. Since that day, however, Pennsylvania has sgain been lost to the democracy, and ber case uppears to be so hopeless that the Charleston Convention, in casting about for the Northern balance of power in 1860, must retarn again to New York, In this view the nomi- nation of Seward, or his rejection by the republican party, will depend very much upon the action of the democracy at Charleston; for as the vote of New York, now doubtful, will be indispensable to the success of the republicans, their policy must be shaped so.as to secure this State, if possible, either with or without Seward. The question, there- fore, whether Seward shall or abull not be the republican candidate, may be settled aguinst him by the nomination of a conservative ticket at Charleston, Cauirorni4n AND AUSTRALIAN PassENGHR ‘Trarrio—Tuk Nort Star.—The announcement of the anfety of the North Star has relieved the public mind from a great weight of anxiety, ‘The uneasiness inspired by the long delay in hearing from her was increased to fever heat by the loss of the Royal Charter and its precious freight of human,lives. When a disaster of this kind occurs its effect for atime isto render our public sensitively alive to apprehension. The knowledge that the North Star was crowd- ed far beyond her legitimate capacity of ac- commodation did not, of course; contribute to leasen the disquictude felt in regard to her. Whilst the extent of a calamity is rendered numerically greater by this ciroumstance, the chances of its occurrence are also increased, for there is no guarding against the effect of a panio amongst. multitude of passengers cooped up within narrow limits, and placed beyond control by their numbers. When the fares of the California steamers were reduced to their present low rates, every one foresaw what would be the result. It was notorious that it was only the high fares that previously kept within check the rush of emi- gration to the Pacific coast. It was equally well known that at the reduced rates not two, but five lines of steamers would be necessary to provide the requisite accommodation for it. The sufferings of pas- sengers under the old system of fares had too frequently been made tho subject of complaint to leave any doubt as to what the condition of things would be when the reduction took place. These anticipations have in every re- spect been fulfilled. We have seen three of these steamers go out with more than two thousand passengers, all penned like cattle, whilet on board the North Star there was, at the lowest computation, over eight hundred persons, including the crew. Had this vessel gone to pieces a large proportion of these must have been lost; for, between the effects of fright and the insufficiency of the means of escape provided on board, there would have been slender chance of any but the most ro- bust and active reaching the shore. We do net see that the companies who own these steamers are more blameable for the risks thus encountered than the passengers eee the inconveniences and dangers to which they exposed themselves; but, notwithstanding this, they not only determined to brave them, but in many instances actually bullied the com- panies into taking them. It is the same on the Australian lines, for there, as well as here, it has been found difficult to proportion the supply of steamers to the demands of omigration. The rush of population to the gold countries has absorbed .more of this class of vessels than any other branch of commercial traffic. The old sailing ships which were formerly deemed good enough for the transportation of passen- gers are now looked upon with disdain, even by the poorest. Thesteerage fares of the steamers have been reduced so low that the time gained by using the latter has completely killed oppo- sition whenever it has been attempted. Thus, whilst we have plenty of sailing vessels rotting at our wharves, that might be made available for this trafic, the steamers monopolize it en- tirely, although unable to furnish adequate accommodation for their passengers. There is evidently but one remedy for this state of things. Itis useless appealing to the humanity or good feeling of the companies, or remonstrating with passengers on the dangers which they run, for the cupidity of the one and the impatience of the others will overrule any scruples or apprehensions that they may feel. The stringent application of the provisions of the Emigrant Passenger act, which have been found so effectual in the transatlantic passenger traffic, will at once put a stop to the evil. Let the compa- nies be fined and their officers imprisoned whenever they take on board a greater num- ber of persons than they can accommodate within the specified legal limits. This done we will answer for it that the competition of the companies will no longer offer a bait to the foolhardy to encounter dangers and sufferings like those to which passengers by the Califor- nia steamers are af present subjected. . Goon News rrom Parapvenrata——We have received the following important communica- tion from the Quaker City, and we lose no time in laying it before our readers:— Purtapeteuta, Nov. 15, 1859. J. G, Bansert, Esq , New York Heratp:— Sir—(n giving the list of vessels in to-day’s Hera, lying in different citier, I see you invariably omit tho Gity of Brotherly Love. Now, sir, I wieh you to understand that we shall soon Jaunch two splondid barks, and that numerous other craft will goon bo ready; besides, we huve our portion of ship- Ping now discharging aud lowling for all parts of the world, which {5 more than you can boast of fn the city of New York. So give the d—~t his due and this an insertion. Tremain yours, SHIPMASTER, It gives us the highest satisfaction to know that the maritime interests of Philadelpbia are looking up. We of the metropolis can afford to be magnanimous. We have no small pro- vincial jealousies to be appeased, no con- temptible rural prejudices to be gratified. When the Great Eastern was announced to visit Portland, we said everything that was kind to our lucky fellow citizens down East. Now that it seems probable that the big ship will never cross the Atlantic at all, we tender our heartfelt condolences to the Portlanders. When a “cargo of fruit’ arrives at Boston, or when the astronomers of Harvard College discover 4 new comet, we always pub- lish the facts to the world. And now that the Philadelphians are building “two barks and numerous other craft,’ we can’t say how de- lighted we really are; for the general progress of the country benefits the metropolis as much as the particular locality the resources of which are developed. And, from ‘the letter of our correspondent, we apprehend that, notwith- standing the obstinacy of, the Delaware river, which will insist on being closed two or three months of the year, in spite of the ice boat built by the Chamber of Commerce, there is still themselves. The latter were fully aware of | some hope for Philadelphin, These “two barks’’ will do the business, withoué tho “ nu- merous other eraft,”” Organization of the Next HouseDemo- cratic Success Not Only Possible, but Probable. Recent publio events, and most notably the Harper’s Ferry inoursion, have operated a wonderful change in the prospects of parties in the next House of Representatives. Up to tbe time that John Brown and his crazy fol- lowers gave a practical exposition of the doctrines and views of the black republican party, the chances of that party for the organi- zation of the next House were vory fluttering. They bad only to cajole or honeyfuggle or buy up half a dozen stray members of the anti-Le- comptonite or the Southern opposition candi- dates, and that they caloulaved reasonably enough to do by arrangements as to the offices of Clerk, Postmaster, Doorkeeper, Sergeant-at- Arms and other subordinate places. But John Brown's foray bus changed ull that; and now the republicans cannot calculate on; the co- operation of more than two members outside of their own party. , cans count their strength in the next Mouse'as 113; tho democrats count theirs as 92; the Southern opposition theirs at 23, and the anti- Lecomponites theirs at 9. The following table shows how these figures are mude up:— a No. Anti Le- oo BewSan-Ralacwamaaran Ss Hearn mw: El col onemmal | amcel | ool cmomml sore ! i alivinsiviil teittieltesttiere SPELL CEL det Poel LELEETCEEL bom EETE EL Bl slel l buo8l SeBl owleol [Hol lwaelllattt 5 +. BT Assuming the House to be full at noon of the first Monday of December, there will be 237 votes cast for Speaker, and the successful candi- date must receive 119. The republicans, having at the highest estimate of their strength but 113 votes, will fall short by halfa dozen. This deficiency they expected, as we have said, to make up out of the ranks.of the Southern oppo- sitionists and the anti-Lecomptonites. That they will get a single vote from the former faction is. now altogether out of the question; that they will get more than two from the latter is quite problematical. The nine anti-Lecomp- tonites are:—Davis, of Indiana; Clark, Haskin and Reynolds, of New York; Hickman, Schwartz and Montgomery, of Pennsylvania; Morris, of Minois, and Adrain, of New Jersey. Of these, all but two-—Hickmun and Haskin—will go into the democratic caucus, and will, in all proba- bility, support the democratic nominee, Hick man and Haskin may take the same course, but it iz not so certain that they will Assuming that they do not, and that they will on the con- trary support the republican nominee, that will leave him a strength of 115 votes—still four short of a majority. But then Mr. Joy Morris, of Pennsylvania, who is classed among the re- publicans, has published a card in the Phila- delphia papers declaring that he was elected not as a republican bufas a people's candidate, and that be will not go into a distinctive repub- lican caucus. This would lop off one of their number, and keep them down to the maxinum point of 114 votes—five less than a majority. We are also informed that Messrs. Millward, Verree and Wood, of the same State—all Know Nothings of former days, and now classed as republicans—are quite likely to take the same course as Mr. Morris, and that the Pennsylvania delegation are to hold a caucns in Philadelphia on the 24th to agree upon some common plan of action. So it is with Messrs. Briggs and Carter, of New York, who, though classed, the former as American and the latter as republican, stand ready, as we are told, to vote with the democracy for a Southern opposition Speaker. This looks rather unfavorable to the repub- licans. It these premises are correct—and we believe they are—the republicans have no chance of winning the game of the Speakership. It is all up with them. The question then remains, will the democrats so play their cards as to get the Southern oppositionists and the anti-Lecomp- tonites to go shares with them and win the game? We are led to believe, from recent movements in that direction, that they will. The project now suggested is that the demo- crats shall nominate in caucus a Southern op- position member for the Speakérship—one whose ultraism will not be offensive to North- ern democrats—and thus gain over the full Soutbern opposition vote. This nomination of & man outside of the caucns, and outside of the party, would be somewhat novel, to be sure, and perhaps without a precedent; but still in this desperate political strait the plan might be resorted to. If the seven anti-Lecomptonites whom we have specified should go into the democratic caucus they would, of course, abide by its decision, and the vote on that nomina_ tion would then stand thus: majority. Tt is thus plain that the success of the demo- eratic party in the game of organization is not only possible, but probable. It is impossible, however, to speculate with any degree of cer- tainty until the cards are shuffled in the party caucuses, two weeks hence. “Orn Bro As a Vinaista Prestoesitan Hovpy—Wise vs. Hyntxr.—We publish to-day two very curious Virginia newspaper articles on “Old Brown" one from the Clarko county Journal, published in the neighborhood ot Harper’s Ferry, a Hunter organ; and the other from the Richmond Fnguirer, the central organ of Governor Wise for the Presidency. The Hunter organ pleads for a commutation of the sentence of “Old Brawn,” “as a good stroke of Southern policy; the Wise organ denounces this appeal as abolitiontem and treason, and calls for the expulsion of the offender from the State, To add to the gravity of the crime of the Hunter organ, it has published the prospec- tus of the Now York 7ribune, which cloarly, according to the Wise organ, makes sald Hun- ter organ an abolitionist in disguise, a traitor anda spy. This is a very extraordinary state of things. Can it be possible that Senator Hunter is taking the side of sympathy for “Old Brown” in order to make political capital, and cut out Governor Wise in the North? The viru- lence of the Wise organ justifies this supposi tion. Atall events, when Old Brown begins to find sympathy in Old Virginia, in a Presiden- tial view of the subject, there may be hope for bim. Let Hunter keep it up, and Wise may be inclined to meroy. There is atill a chance for Old Brown, when the two rival Virgina Pre- sidential aspirants begin to quarrel over him, both looking to the North. Fernando Wood's Official Programme— Practical Muniolpal Reforms, Fernando Wood, in accepting the Mozart Hall nomination for Mayor, lays down his offi- cial programme, which provides for about. all the reforms which the municipal government ‘ }} requires. That Mr, Wood intends to perform How, then, stands the case? The ‘républi- A all he promises—if he can—there is, we sup- pote, no doubt; but, unf , the ability of any chief magistrate to perform his functions properly is more than doubtful, hampered and hedged in as that official 1s by Albany legisla- tion. However, Mr, Wood starts with the an- nouncement that he is in favor of, and if elected will submit, a practical plan for the relief of the taxpayers, “ which will materially enhance the publio revenues, and decrease the public expenditures.” This ‘is very well to begin with, and such a reform is probably within the capacity of an upright chief magistrate. The revenues of the city have hitherto been grossly neglected and wickedly pilfered to such an ex- tent that they have been of comparatively little benefit in reducing taxation. We can suggest to our future Mayor—whoever he may be— a plan by which we think the revenues can be increased by several millions, and the taxes thus reduced in like proportion. First, the sale at auction to the highest bidder of the franchises of all the city railroads for a term of not more than five years; second, the sale, in the same manner, of the ferry leases ; next, the sale by auction of the stands, stalls and privileges of all the public markets; and lastly, the judicious disposition of the street manure. All these things ought to be—but they are not—a rich revenue for the city. There are now in operation six railroads in New York—namely, the Second, Third, Fourth, Sixth, Eighth and Ninth Avenue Railroads; and there are in contemplation no less than four more—the Broadway Railroad, and a road on each of the avenues A, B and C. Judging from the earnings of the roads now rupning, which the Comptroller's reports show to be enormous, we should say that the anaual profits of these ten roads would not fall short of a million anda half of dollars. Of this sum one-third at least might fairly be paid to the city for the franchises, and this sum could be realized easily if they were offered to competi- tion at auction. The city railroads now pay ten per cent dividends, and the stock of some of them ranges from thirty to fifty per cent above par. In like manner the ferries on the Fast and North rivers might be made to yield a third of their vast profits. We showed the other day that the earnings of the Union Ferry Company alone, running boats to Brooklyn, amounted to over a million and a quartera year; and it is not an over calculation to put down all the other ferries at half as much more. These ferries are all an onerous burthen on the parties using them, from the large rate of fare demanded and the miserable accommo- dations offered to passengers, and the compa- nies should be made not only to pay propor- tionately for their privileges, but to reduce the fare to an equitable standard. Then we come to the markets. Washington Market alone commands a trade of some twenty five millions a year; and if the stands and stalls were put up for sale at auction, there is no doubt but the competition among tho butchers, huoksters and country produce deal- ers would be immense, The revenuo from all the markets, if properly managed, ought to be at least $250,000 a year. The privileges of one market alone, in Philadelphia, the other day brought the city a premium of nearly $100,000; but there the stalls were sold‘at auction to the highest bidders, and not fraudulently disposed of by the market officials, as the custom is here. Inthe case of West Washing- ton Market we have the indisputable fact, that before it was leased by the State to Taylor & Brennan last year, it only brought into the city treasury the paltry sum of three or four thousand dollars a year; but the lessees realized out of it something like sixty-four thousand. The street manure would bo an important item of revenue if it could be preserved un- mixed with ashes. Thero is no better soil for the farmers all round the city, and they would pay 8 good price for it ifit was not spoiled by the mixture of ashes thrown from tenement and other houses, as complained of by the City Inspector. The street soil should be wortha hundred thousand a year to the city. These are practical modes of increasing the public revenue and decreasing the expenditure, which we submit to the consideration of candi- dates for the Mayoralty. Add to these the re- duction which might be effected in the pickings and stealings of corrupt officials in all the de- partments, which we will put down, as the mi- nimum, at two millions a year. Let us see what all these reforms make in the aggregate:— City railroad franchises Ferry leaaes...... Market rents and feos, Street Sil... 4.0... Stealings in public department ‘Total, Here is over three mii a few items; and « reduction to that extent in the taxation of next year, which promises to be nearly fifteen millions, may save the camel’s back from breaking, If Fernando Wood ea- Gages to carry out these practical reforms, he may get more votes than he calculates on. Tax Foray at Brownsvitie,—We publish in another column the recent letters and affida- vits of persons from Brownsville, which have been lately published in Texas, but which the subsequent telegraphic advices from New Orleans state to have been dis- credited in that city, under the impression that their statements «are exaggerated. There can be little doubt that fn theie alarm tho citizens of Brownsville have magnified both the numbers and the intentions of the bandit Cortinas, As he is an inbabitant and citizen of Texas, it corresponds to the government of that - ———$—$ $$ State to suppress his lawless proceedings and preserve its own peace ; but the Presideat— fesring that the exertions of the State may be insufficient for the purpose, and that perhaps some of the evil doers in the Mexican territories may take advantage of the disturbance and commit depreda‘ions—has ordered troops from Fort Clark, some six hundred miles off, to pro- ceed to Brownsville. Cortinas will, no doubt, have fled before they reach there, and sought refuge in the Mexican territory. There he oan- not be pursued by United States troops, and im the present distracted state of affairs in the neighboring republic it is doubtful whether the authorities can arrest him. It is to, be hoped that the signing of the pending treaty between the two countries will settle these frontier diff- culties. A Now Revolationary ‘Movement—Com- plicity of the Republican Leaders with John Brown's Rebellion. We have always said that the republican leaders sympathized with the convicted rebel John Brown, and with the abortive’ revolution in which he played the principal r6le. Some of them, fearing the censequenices of legal com- plicity, have denied, or half denied, that they active part fn furthering the outbreak at Har- per's Ferry. We could not, of course, expect them to convict themselves; but deeds are stronger than words, and qualified or unquali- fied denials avail but little against the array of facts presented by the conduct of the republi- can chiefs, both before and since the rebellion in Virginia. If sufficient legal proof for a con- viction cannot be produced against them, neither would they, if placed on trial to-mor- row, be fully acquitted in the minds of the people, whatever a jury might be compelled te do in the absence of overwhelming positive proof. The most they would be entitled to is the Scotch verdict, “Not proven.” Grave sus- picion cannot fail to attach to their skirts, and there can be no doubt that they are guilty of moral treason, and that their speeches, their writings, privaté and public, and their acts, have stimulated John Brown and his associates to the deeds of murder and treason for which they are to suffer, while the originators and fomentors of these crimes escape uawhipt of justice. Since Brown's arrest and conviction they have endorsed him in the most decided manner. Their lectures, letters, speeches and editorials have proclaimed him a hero, and ex- pressed the warmest sympathy with the criminal and his cause. But now we have to record sometbing more practical and substantial thea worde—the subscription of money, the test of sincerity. We copy the following from the New York Zribune of the 16th inst.:— ‘We are overwhelmed with letters urging that a fund should be made up for the bereaved, destitute families of Jobn Brown and his sons, and askicg us to receive com- tributions in their behalf. Whatever has beea or be sent us for this purpose sbali be banded over to Brown; but we profer that contributidns should takesome other channel. The proposition We Tiaidone Brak, seems to us by far the most fit and feasible of has yet been sugi . Fach ‘dollar sent to Mr. Hiyate will Secure photographic (not engraved) ‘likeness of same eer ty Sie cae ee fide euly. “Wo ‘belees there are. en thouund per. sons who will gladly obtain a good likeness of Old John at give his family, including the widows and children of his sens, some $7,500 to $8,000, Mr. Hyatt’s integrity and devotion to freedom and hu- manity are widely known, and every dollar sent to him will be sure to reach its proper d THE JOHN BROWN FUND. To mux Epon ov tix New York TRaUNE— Sim—Thirty-live dollars have been sent in to. first short notice that a practical way was 0, to re- Ueve John Brown’s family. This hearty and instantane- ous response satiaes me that there will be no difficulty im disposing of 10,000 copies of the old man’s photographs the moment the news spreads through the country. A correspondent asks the following questions:— First—“Mr. Hyatt, how can you get so many aute- graphs? Is old Jobn Brown busy writing them now?” Seeond—How eon will you commence aelivering the pictures, and will they ali be actual or ea. eT Third—“How will you deliver the pictures?” Treply: The autographs will bo photographic copies of the old man’s signature, taken at the same timo with the likeness. The picturea will be ready to commence delive- Tyon the 1st of December. City subscribers will recelre theirs at the Trizune office. ‘They will all bo photographs, and not engravings. Subscribers through the country wilt receive theirs by mail, unless otherwise ordered, Tho pictures will be delivered on the principle of “first come firet served;” the earllest orders will be first Milled. : New York, Nov. 15, 1859. THADDEUS HYATT. Now, money is the sinews of war; and when we take into consideration that Greeley is mixed up with all the revolutionary funds, from that of Slievegammon to that of Harper’s Fer- ry, and when we remember that this Hyatt is the quondam Secretary of the Emigrant Aid Society, which collected one hundred thou- sand dollars for rifles and munitions of war for the use ef John Brown and his assoct- ates in Kansas, who tried hard to make a gene- ral revolution in the country out of the troubles in that Territory, it requires no great stretch of imagination to assume that the col- lection of money proposed in the foregoing letter and editorial article is for a second edi- tion of Harper’s Ferry—the putting on the stage the next act in the bloody drama of re- volution. It is declared to be for the family of John Brown and his sons’ families. But that may be an ingenious mode of making the col- lection legal, and keeping the eubseribers out of the meshes of the law; and, to say the least, - it looks suspicious. Hyatt, as we have said, was the Secretary of the former revolutionary organization which collected so large a sum of money; and now, under the endorsement and encouragement of Greeley, he is at work again. When Colonel Forbes was about to start for Kansas to or- ganize and discipline the revolutionary forces there, Greeley gave him and Hyatt a dinner together, after which he accompanied the Colonel to the railroad depot, on his way to the revolutionary ficld, and gave him $20 to help him along, at the same time telling him if there was to be any fighting to write to let him know, and he (Greeley) would be on hand. There was fighting at Harper’s Ferry. Why was Greeley not there? Was he afraid of the conrequences? Perhaps he did not intend | matters should go so fur, or if they should, that he did not wish to be implicated in the act of treason and murder. Bat the whole evidence goes to show that he and the other republican leaders are revolutionary in their acts and ideas, and if not exactly rebels in the eye of the law, they’are moral traitors who desire to break up the Union of these States. What other inference can be drawn from thelr new movement? They make a noble martyr of.the criminal John Brown, who attempted to overthrow the constitution and revolutionise the government by a servile insurrection at the South. They get up his portrait as an image for the people to wership, whereas it ought to be sent to the Rogues’ Gallery, and they turn it to account to collect more money for rovolu- tionary ptrposes. It matters not whether it fa applied to ‘the family of the convict or to the direct objects of civil war. The moral effedt is the seme, The tendency is revolutionary ‘and inflammatory to the public mind. It is the strongest endorsement of the treason and murs der of which Brown stands convicted, and it is