The New York Herald Newspaper, November 27, 1859, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD. or strike out portions of it, The mandama+ had been granted for the defendants to show cause «hy ‘hey should not pass the sum (nearly $200,000) re- quired the Commi-sioners of Reoords, Ts consequence of rumors that the brig Virginia was Len g fitedoutas &¢laver, she was visited by wo beputy Chited Stites Mursha® on Friday, for the vurpere of a thorough mvestigation, No indreations JAMES GURDON BENNETT, EDIOR AND PROPRIETOR. eee OYFIOR N. W. CORNEK OF NASSAU AND FULTON STS: Ainaddeance Money sent by mail will be at the m0 DAILY. HERALD. twco vente per copy, $1 per annum. Tee WHERLY HERALD. wrecy Ratundey, at ete or SS per annum; the Europein Bilitian every Wednesday, SPs Cente per copy. St per annum to any part of direat Briain, EGS fo any part of the Continent both to include pastige; the Gadtornia Raition om the Oth-and 20h of each month ae eke conte er copy, or $1 50 per annum. THE FAMILY HERALD on Wednesday, at four cents per y_ ov $B per unnvn OMOLUNTARY CORRES? eves. soicited from any Menally paid’ for. a Rei tix KiquenteD 10 Skat Atl Lstrens axe Pace GER SENT US. AERO NOTICE taken of anonymous correspondence. We do not return communications ADVERTISEMENTS, renew ceery day: advertininente n- sorted in the Wreeiy HWewaD FAMILY HERALD, and én the Eu (a can Editions ‘PRINTING civcutel with nentnes, chenprcss and de- wt spaich. Ne. 329 Volame XXIV......... AMUSEMENTS TillS EVENING. ACADEMY OF MUSIO, Fourteenth street —Iratzax Ore- wats VESrEns. NIBLO’S GABDEN, Broadway.—Caunie, WERY ATER, Bowery.—Onura Tamas vorav-Vert mantrean g Niveys, GARDE, Broadway, oppostie Bond street — ALLACK’S THEAT! — — Ww RR, Broadway.—Tkou Heiness. LAURA KERNE’S THKATRE, 6% Brosdwar.—Wire's NEW BOWRRY THKaLRE, Rowers.—Hieurr—wW Dow Sam Maker [—Stawese 1wins. al THEATRE FRANOAIS, 59 Broadway.—Cowaus's Must- Gat ENrestanmane, ARNUM'S AMERICAN MUBEUM, ‘Broad: —| 7 nea ‘oun Jouse—Proras’s Lawymar’ -voning- “Doss ne ave. WOOD'S MINSTRELS, 444 Dances, &c.—Mystio Bre. BRYANTS’ MINSTRELS, Mechapics’ Hall, 472 Rroadway.— Bowiesaves, Sones, Dancxs, &c.—Lovisiana Low Guocnae, NTBLO’S BALOON, Broadway.—Gro. reais ts GoNGs, LANCES, BURLESQUES, moRn's Bor. Broadway.—Ermoriax Sones, Carssty's Mr. ‘ac. CumeaEL KEW OPERA HOUSE 12) Broadway.—Dearton's Par- Loe Orgras ap Lréic PROTERBS. CHATHAM AMPHITHEATRE.—Equesmuuan Prevoas- Awors, Comsc Paxtomiars. Ac. HOPE CHAPEL, 12) Broadway.—Wavaa’s Ivara. New York, Sunday, November 27, 1359, The News. The steamer Gladiator reached Halifax yester- day, with the remaining passengers and crew of the Indian. Five others, supposed ost, were pick- ed up by the British schooner Wave, and brought into Boston. The Indian hus gone to pieces, only 4 small part of ber stern being now visible. The mails have been saved, but the cargo is a total losa. Twenty seven persons have perished by this calamity, nove of whose bodies have been recover- ed. None of the cabin passengers perished. A few of the names of such as are known to be lost are given elsewhere. The weather was hazy, and the Indian going ata rate ot eight knots an hour when sbe struck on the leége, which was so vio- Tent that she tore off her bottom and filled almost immedistely. The captain, it appears, was de ceired in the soundings, and supposed he was off Cape Sable. The overland mail from the Pacific brings in- telligence from San Francisco to the 4th inst. Business was dull, and money in demand, alchongh the general condition of the city is said to be very Prosperous. One callion three hundred and forty- eight thousand dollars worth of gold had been deposited in the mint for coinage during the month of October. The total shipment of gold for the same time was three million six hundred and twenty thousand dollars. ; ‘The steamer of the Sth wonld take out a very heavy smount. The telegraph was in operation one hundred and sixty-five miles east of San Frao- cisco, and would be completed a distance of two hundred and fifty by the Ist of January. Judge ‘Terry had been indicted and placed under heavy bonds for killing Senator Broderick in their late duel. The estate of Broderick is now in litigation in the Probate’s Court. It was reported that C. K. Garrison had disposed of his entire intereat in the Pacific mail steamers to Mr. Vanderbilt. The mail from Arizona brings intelligence of im- Portant events transpiring in Sonora. The sloop- war St. Marys had entered the harbor of Guay- mas. On Captain Porter finding that Colonel Alden, the Acting United States Consul in the ab- sence of Judge Rose, was neither recognized nor permitted to hoist the American colors, he imme diately ordered a flagstaff to be erected over the Consui’s office and hoisted a flag. As Captain Por- ter notified the prefect that it should not be taken down withoot a fight, it was left undisturbed. He subsequently hud an unsatistactory interview with Governor Pesquiera, in which he protested against the treatment received by Captain Stone’s party. The St. Marys would probably remaia to aid Cap- tain Ewell in adjusting the difficulties with Pes- quiera, Advices from New Mexico to the 7th inst. state that Colovel Fuantleroy had arrived at Santa Fe, and assumed command of the department. The In- Giang still continued their depredations on the mail and emigrant trains. Nothing of special importance took place at Charlestown yesterday. The howitzer company that accompanied Governor Wise to Richmond ‘have returned to Charlestown, the Governor having deemed their return advisable. Another barn had been destroyed by incendiarism, involving a loss of $2,000. We give to-day a batch of interesting mat- ter relative to the insurrectionary movement, in- cluding the confession of Captain Cook. Buffalo was visited yesterday by a gale of wind from the southwest of unnsnal and most destructive violence. The new breakwater for the protection of the southern portion of the city is nearly des- troyed, and that part of the city several feet under water. The gale was so furious as to blow down a number of houses, entirely destroy one iron canal bridge and badly damage another. ‘The Niagara Falls division of the Central Railroad on the bank of the river was impassable, and passengers had to be carried around the break in stages. There are, fortunately, but few vessels on the lake. | | The Whig General Committee held an adjourned meeting at Thorp’s Hotel, in Broadway, last even- ing, at which Mr. De Peyster Ogden, the whig and American nominee for Mayor, appeared and made @ speech accepting the nomination. Hiram Ketchum, Esq., Chairman of the committee, then made a speech, in which he, after referring to ‘at siz cants per | who have taken upon of the Virginia being intended fur the slave trade were apparent, her freight consisting. of wagons. Major French, agent of the Treasury Depart ment for the extensivua of the Capit 1 ouddings, was arrested yesterday by a Deputy United States Marthol of this district, and taken to Washington The trial of Charles Moore, who was coarged with kilting Daniel Stackpble, at Hurlom, was c -n- eluded yesterday in the General Sessions. The j afteran ubsence of two hours, rendered a verdict of not guilty. The jury in the case of Orris M Judd, one of the revsirs of the Scriptures of the Bible Union, va. James Edmunds, Secretary of the American Bisle Union, for tibel, an account of which waa published inthis journal some days ago, yesterday brought in a verdict of $2,000 in favor of tho plaintiff. The Commissioners of the Canal Fund are about advertising for.a loan of two and:s haif millions of dollars, st five and six per cent, to pay off the float... ing debt of the State in December. The stock is to be redeemable in six, twelve and eighteen years. ‘The salee of cotton yesterday embraced about 1,600 ‘bales, included in which were 600 in transit. The market closed without spirit at 114¢c. for middling uplands. Flour was uctive and firmer, with sales of about 24,900 bbis., in- cluding purchases for oxport. Southern flour was activo and firmer. Wheat was in good demand, and the advance of yesterday was sustained. Corn was in good supply, aud prices favored purchasers. Now sold at 7c. a 80c , and old yellow Jersey and Southern at 96c. a 98c. aud old Southern white at @6o. Pork was heavy and lowor, with » Sales of mess at $16 and prime at $11 12} 2 $11 25. Sa- j gars were firm, with sales of 600 a 700 bhis. and 200 boxes at full prices, The sales also eribracad 280 boxes molasses sugar. Coffee was quiet. Freights continued firm with a fair amount of engagements—among which were flour to Liverpool at 2s., wheat at 6d. in bags, and cotton at 316d. a 7-824. The Mayoralty Candidates the San- day Question—Where are the Friends of Liber»! Legislation? The candidates for the Mayoralty are now all in the field, and the canvass has ac- tively begun. But little more than a week remains to work the courage of the people up to the sticking point of going to the polls and voting for some one of the nominees; and yet the friends of a more liberal legislation in re. gard to Sunday have made no movement to bring out an expression of opinion on that sub- ject from the many would-be Mayors. We are led to believe that all of the candi- dates are pious men, punctual in their religious duty, that each of them owns a pew in some cburch—Mr. Wood we are told has two pews— and that all of them entertain the liberal view of permitting every man to worship his Maker after the dictates of his own conscience. Yet it would be a grateful thing to the working masses of this great city to know of a certainty that the man for whom they cast their votes will not be guided by a set of puritanical parsons in his efforts regarding “future legis- lation for the city, and his interpretation of existing laws. Therefore the parties themselves the leadership in opposing our present unjust and partial Sunday legislation, should at once ad- dress a letter to each of the candidates, calling upon him to define his position in the premises. Under our present system the law leaves every source of enjoyment on Sunday open to the rich man, but sedulously closes them all to the poor one who labors for his sustenance during six days of the week. On the seventh day, the man who has his wines, his plate and his car- riage, can gratify without stint the palate at home, and the senses with a view of the charms of nature and a breath of pure air in the coun- try. But the mechanic and the laborer, who has neither wines, plate, nor carriage of his own, who all the working days of the week is confined to the stived air of the workshop, or the close atmosphere of bis humble dwelling, and who longs to make the Sunday a relief for himself, and a day of innocent and healthy re- creation for his wife and children, is deprived of the means of resorting by a public convey- ance to some pleasant spot out of the city by a harsh law which weighs on him alone, while the rich are not bound by its meshes. The law does not muke man more moral or more re- ligious; ratber does it have a contrary effect, by forcing him, through the very necessities of bis nature, to connive with those who. in de- fiance of the law, afford him in part the means of gratifying those tastes which he possesses in common with the rich. No man of any observation of what is pass- ing in our midst will claim that our present Sunday prohibitory system restrains any but the most innocent and healthy class of Sunday recreations. All those which are vile, all which are worthy of reprobation, either defy the law or find means to evade it. If, as is the case in all otber Christian communities, the people had the means opened to them, after the hours of morning service, of visiting muse- ums, public libraries, depositaries of the works ofscience, art and mechanical skill—of listen- ing to lectures on popular subjects, of short ex- cursions into the country, where, besides the benefits flowing from relaxation and fresh air, they could learn to distinguish a tree froma turnip top, how many germs of good that now lie latent would be fostered and stimulated, and how much evil that is now developed in the dark places of the city would be prevented! What New York requires is that the Sunday recreations and occupations of its laboring clasees should be carried on in the open light of day, and not in the hidden recesses of vice; that the whole community should see, and the public reproval or approbation shonld control, in some measure the habits of those to whom Sunday is not a day for carrying on in cushioned pews the hypocritical farce of cheat- ing your neighbor, Letthe advocates of a liberal Sabbatarian legislation bring out the opinions of the candi- John Brown’s rebellion, avowed his preference for | dates who are now seeking the popular suf- Havemeyer for Mayor, in order to beat Fernando Wood. General Tallmadge, ex-Superintendent of } evade the issue: Police, replied, and there was a spicy time gene- rally, The committee nominated for Corporation Counsel Rufus §. Andrews (the American nomi- nee) by acclamation, and postponed the nomina- tion for Almshouse Governor till next week, in order to give the Americans time to act. Our re- om Of the proceedings and speeches is crowded ou A lecture was delivered last evening before the Kane Monument Association, at the Academy of Anson Burlingame, of Masea- chusetts, which is sketched in another column. Some 600 or 600 persons were present. It was an. nounced that the next lecture would be delivered Musio, by the Hon. by Captain Lyvch, of the United States navy, Jadge Ingrehem yesterday rendered his deci gion on the mandamus against the Board of Supervi frages for the Mayoralty. Some of them may but even an evasion on their part will show the esteem in which they hold the importance of the question, for it will prove that they fear to oppose it, Porvtation AND Taxatios.—In 1850, just ten years ago, the population of this city was 515,- 547, and the aggregate of taxation was about five millions. The population in 1860 will be about 850,000, and, judging from the fact that fifteen millions or thereabouts. to increase in this ratio to the population, what are we to come to? Look sharply to the can- aor, denying the motion to quash the return ' didates for Aldermen and Councilmen. Ampnican Successes Ix Artr-—Oug [vreLiwe Tear Procness.—The attention that has been de- voted to the fine arts in this country, within the last few years, is produeing results of which we have reason to be proud. We have always muiptained that it required bat encouragement to develope amongst our soulptars and painters those intellectual capacities which would eaa- We them to compete successfully with their foreign rivals. The formation of collections by persons of means, the frequent importation of works by the best modera European mas ters, and the liberal prices paid for American prodnetions of merit, bave all had the eifect of stimulating to an extraordinary degree the am- bition of our native artists, Considering the low estimation in which Amerioan efforts in painting and sculpture were, up to a compara- tively recent period, bold, it is surprising that native genius should so soon have overiecaped the difficulties that interposed between it snd a generove appreciation. In the history of no country do we find the same marvellous pro- gress made in the two kindred arte that has been made here. Without public echools, with- out government ald, without, in short, educa- tional training of any sort, we have, in the last quarter of a century, jumped, as it were, from the crude efforts of infancy to the triumphs of matured skill. Where can like instances of rapid develope ment and advancement be pointed out? Cer- tainly not in Itly, where the taste for art has been the slow growth of ages, Still less in France und England, where a slavish admira- tion for antique models has for more than a century checked all efforts at originality and : independence of thought. The successes that } American genius has achieved, though neces- sarily but few, have raised it to a position in the world of art that is attracting the attention and envy of the foreign schools. If it con- tinues to advance with the same rapidity, it will soon command a large share of the patron- age by which the latter are sustained. This result, if attained, will be entirely due to the qualities that have assisted us in our political and commercial career. Our painters and sculptors have the same contempt for the con- ventionalities of art that our statesmen have for the conventionalities of diplomacy and that our merchants have for those of commerce. The consequence is that they feel themselves free to give way to the promptings of their own genius, and are thus enabled to work out con- ceptions that would have been strangled in their birth by the fetters which European pre- judices have imposed on art, We were never more forcibly struck with these truths than on the occasion of a recent visit which we paid to Mr. Schaus’ gallery in Broadway. There we found on exhibitiona piece ofsculpture for the merits of which we were wholly unprepared, although the prey- ious reputation of its author, Mr. Palmer, pro- mised something of more than average excel- lence. In this work, “The White Captive,” the sculptor has achieved an artistic triumph which the efforts of none of his American rivals have as yet approached, and which i: is no ex- aggeratien to say has not been surpassed by the productions of any modern European sculp- ter, not excepting even Canova. In sentiment, chasteness of conception, beauty of outline and delicacy of handling, it realizes all those wsthe- tic features that are to be found com- bined in the Greek ideal, whilst at the same time it expresses forcibly the story which it is intended to convey. Those who admired in Powers’ “Greek Slave” the feeble sentiment which the artist’s skill of manipulation has invested with so much soft- ness, will, on seeing Mr. Palmer’s “White Cap- tive,” at once comprehend the defects of that work. In carrying out these kindred concep- tions, tbe one bas proved his power to create, whilst tbe other has exhibited merely a faculty of imitation. The statue of Palmer is, in short, an enduring evidence of the original and lofty aims of this early phase of American art, and its fame will live when Powers’ much cried-up work will have passed into the oblivion of me- diocrity. " There are some facts connected with the his- tory of Mr. Palmer which should render us ad- ditionally proud of his success. He bas never been out of the country, and therefore has been able to learn and borrow but little from the great classic models. He has been from the beginning a simple stu@ent of nature, owing each successive stage of advancement to his own strong perceptive faculties and his un- weatied power of application. The story of his early life is a curious one, and affords another illustration of the slight chances which deter- mine the most brilliant artistic careers. When a boy he had a fancy for carving with a penknife, out of wood or shells, medallion heads having more or less fidelity as portraits. One of these cameos was shown to Tom Walker, of Utica, a well known lawyer of that day, and a gentleman of refined tastes. Struck by its excellence, he was surprised to learn that it was the production ofa poor neglected lad. Interested by his precocious talents, he took him under his protection, and gave the first direction to his studies. Thus, by accident was shaped out a career which, ifwe are to trust to present indications, is likely to reflect the highest honor on American art. In doing full justice to the genius of Mr. Palmer we must not forget the claims of another American sculptor, who is treading closely in his footsteps. We allude to Mr. Barbee, whose productions have excited such general admiration in Italy, where criticism stands free from the suspicion of partiality. Two of his chefs d'anvre, “The Fisher Girl” and “The Coquette,” are, we understand, at present in this city, and will be shortly exhibited. We saw them in Florence a few years ago, and can vouch for their merite, They will form interesting subjects of comparison with Palmer’s great work; for although they differ widely in their characteristics, they are in their way almost a8 remarkable. In view of the reproach that is being con- stantly thrown out against us, of being a purely commercial and money loving people, we may well be excueed for dwe ling on these triumphs of native genius. In the pi:tures of Church, in the statues of Palmer, and in the the taxes now are ten millions, and looking at the kind of Common Council we are to have next year, the taxes will, in all probability, be If taxation is vocalization of our new prima donna, e girl of only seventeen, we think that we have vindl- cated in painting, sculpture and music our claims to consideration in the world of art. Corroratton CounseL.—We give a letter from Judge Bronson in this morning’s paper, ac- cepting the Mozart Hall nomination for Corpo- ration Counsel. No one doubts the capacity or integrity of Judge B., and if anything can be done for the benefit of the city in that office he will be able to accomplish it. SEW YORK. HERALD, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1859. Tux Trautan Cause-—Tax Minion or Mus- kers.—-In another columa we publish a re- murkable letter from the pen of Lord Etten- borough on the Italian cause and the million of muskets for Garabaldi. It witt be seea that this old British statesman, who is known in his own country as belénging to a school (the tories) always hostile to popular rights, comes out strong in favor of revolution and Gari- bwidiin Italy. This isa gratifying sign of the times, an indication of the progress of the age, and tbe developement of human freedom on a broader basis than that on which it has hitberto rested in modern Europe, Lord Ellen- borough was at the Congress of Vienna, and hia views, be says, are the same now as then. These views, however, do not appear to have prevailed at that famous Congress, whose every act was in contravention of liberty; and, judging trom the course recently. pur- sued by Lord Ellenborough’s party in Eaglaad, when it was in the ascendant, it is far from fa- vorable to Italian freedom, and probably his lordebip’s present zeal in tle good cause ia more than half accounted for on religious grounds and the ne-Popery fanaticism of Exe- ter Hall. Yet we hail apolitical convert, what- ever may be his motives, and are glad to fad a stutesmun with the antecedents of Lord Etlen- borough espousing the right side of this quar- rel. We hope his party will lend their assist- ance to the party now in power in England, to tender popular freedom triumphant in Italy, from the Alps to the Adriatic. Hitherto the apathy of the English government, and its want of sympathy with the struggle of the Italians, have been charged as the principal cause of their failure to realize all that was expected from the late war. It is to be hoped that this will be no longer the reproach of Eng- land, who bossts of her own inatita- tions as the freest in Europe, and is ever ready to proclaim her sympathy with oppressed humanity of every color and in every clime. Had her statesmen gone hand in hand with France in the Italian struggle, it would have received a more favorable solution than that which Napoleon was compelled to accept. But for what he has done the Italians have good reason to be thankful. A noble destiny is now in a fair way of being wrought out for them, and they are placed in a condition of as- serting and maintaining their own freedom. All among us who desire to see this result accomplished, can aid the cause by sending eve rifle or musket, or more of these weapons to Garibaldi; or, if it is not convenient to send the arms themselves, money will do as well. The committee, whose names are announced in another column, will take charge ef all such donations. We once struggled for freedom and indepen- dence ourselves, and were then glad to receive assistance from sympathizers among other na- tions. Let us pay the debt to freedom we then contracted, by rendering similar aid now to a cause as sacred and great asourown. A million of muskets is wanted. Let us senda proportion worthy of our antecedents and commensurate with our position in the scale of nations and in the van of human freedom. Tar USiox Ferry Lrases.—The question of the ferry monopoly is one that ought not to be lost sight of in the approaching charter cleo- tions. It affects a variety of interests, and will, if not settled at once, be productive of the most serious inconvenience to the people both of New York and Brooklyn. There is, for example, a large number of poor persons who are ewployed in factories down town, who find Brooklyn a more desirable place of residence than the overcrowded and unwhole- some localities in which they would be obliged to live in New York, in order to be within easy reach of their place of business. To employ- ers it is beneficial that their workpeople should have such advantages of pure air and open neighborboods as they can procure at tbe other side of the river. Both classes have, therefore, a direct interest in having the fer- riage reduced to as low a rate as is consistent with proper accommodation. Taking a broad- er view of the subject, it is a matter of ob- vious public policy that in a great city like this the largest facilities should be afforded for the movement of its population. To place it in the power of apy company, no matter bow respectable its direction, to limit and cireumbscribe that movement for their exclusive profit and advantage, is a clear violation of the trust reposed in the Corporation for the protection of the public rights, and should be resisted by every lawful means. The people of Brooklyn have a still deeper interest than we have in this question; for if the present high rate of fares is perpetuated the result must be to depopulate and ruin their city. They should, therefore, strain every nerve to prevent the two cent monopoly being saddled upon them for another term of years. Not a minute should be lost in calling public meetings and in getting up such an agitation as would serve to mark their sense of the op- pressiveness of the present fares. By uniting in a cordial plan of action together, we have no doubt that the people of the two cities will be enabled to defeat the money and influence of the monopojists. The question of the one cent fare should be made a test in the elections next month by letters addressed to the differ- ent candidates. All honest and independent voters will give their votes for the men who are in favor of cheap fares. The elections over, the Common Council should be at once called upon to pass an ordinance directing the Comptroller to put the ferries up at auction at the cent fare maximum. If this be done, we will answer for it that the monopolists will be routed and driven out of the ficld. Vote, then, for the men who advocate the one cent fare; the chances are ten to one that on other ixsues they will take their stand on the side of the public interests. Tue Scuoo. Boarp—Sometsine ror ve Dis trict ATTORNEY To Do.—There are a few days still left to elect decent, respectable and edu- cated men for the School Board, and thus save us from the disgrace of leaving the care of our public schools, and the expenditure of the school funds, in the hands of an ignorant and corrupt set of politicians. Cannot the citizens of the different wards do something towards reform in this particular, for the sake of their children and the publie credit?’ Meantime, we ‘would suggest to the District Attorney the pro- priety of looking over his papers, and letting us know how many of those individuals who may be candidates for School Commissioners have been indicted for any offences, so that they, at least, may be excluded frem the list of candidates, if we can do no better. A Svecesrion "to Governor Wise Azout OL Browyx.—A prominent feature in our Thanks- giving ceremonials on Thursday was Old Brown and the Harper’s Ferry raid; the ser- mone of all the Sharp’s rifle preachers fairly teemed with the subject. Would itnot be a good iden for Governor Wise to respite Brown for a little while, in order to give him a chance to criticise these discourses? His notes and com- ments on Beecher’s sermon were 80 racy, that we might expect a rich treat in the marginal annotations of Old Brown on the dissertations of the otber clergymen who made his life, his deeds and his martyrdom the theme of their Thankegiving orations, to immortalize them- selves and make fame out of Old Brown’s capi- tal. He might induce somo of these gentlemen, whe fire off treason at a very long range to de- liver one of their elegant discourses down South, as he invited Henry Ward Beecher to do, and thus try their mettle at close quarters. Who knowst Cooe’s Conression—Axsouirionisr Corres- PONDENTS AT CHaRiLEsrown.—We publish else- where Captain Joha E. Cook’s confession, which was read on his trial at Charlestown. The dooa- mept was.at that time withheld from the press,., and was to be published in pamphlet form for the benefit of one of the persona wounded by Brown’s party at Harper’s Ferry. The important points of it were telegraphed to us at the time, and in view of the arrangement referred to we did not seek to get the document itself for publication. But the Tribune of yesterday published it in full, and we are therefore re- lieved of all scruples in the matter. It is understood that our cotemporary has two or three correspondents at Charlestown, who manage to evade the watchfulness of the authorities there, and who, while casting ridi- cule and odium upon them, are really acting as spies for the abolitionists. Monicrpat Rerorm Once Morx.—For years past great has been the ery of municipal re- form; the virtuous citizen, the disappointed politician, and the alarmed taxpayer, have each been seized at intervals with a spasmodic affection towards it, preceding the municipal elections, and now it seems the cry is up again. We have no less than half a dozen candidates for Mayor, each of whom, no doubt, intends, if elected, to reform the city government; but, as it happens, not one of them can doit. And besides, we have two or three hundred candi- dates for all the other corporate offices—men too of the very worst class in the community. The prospects then for municipal reform, at the present time, it may be seen, are brilliant indeed. NEWS FROM THE PACIFIC. Arrival of the Overland Matl—Interesting frum California —Coinuge and Ship- ments of Gold for October—Progress of the Telegraph—Indictment of Jadge Terry for Killiag Senator Brodortck— Sele of Steamers to Vanderbilt—Ship- ping Intelligence, d&c., &e. Sr. Louis, Nov. 26, 1859. ‘The overland mail has arrived here with San Francisco dates of the 4th inst. Business was dull, and prices of all articles unchanged. Money was in demand. ‘The steamer of the 6th would not take out very heavy ehipments. ‘The rainy eeason bad fatrly commenced. ‘Three thousand passengers bad arrived at San Frencis- co from Parama and the north during tho threo days pre- ‘vious to the departure of the mail. 7 ‘Tho telegraph was in operation one hundred and sixty five miles east of San Francisco, on the Butterfield route, and would reach Vizala, two hundred and filty miles, by the Ist of January. i There was more improvement in San Francisco than at any period since 1854, and the city gencrally was more proaperous than since the revulsion of 1855. During the month of October one miilion three hundred and fifty-eight thousand dollars worth of gold was depo- fted in the mint for coinage, among which thers was considerable Frazer river dust. The total shipment of gold for October was three mil. Kons six hundred and twenty thousand dollars. Judge Terry bad been indicted and placed under bonds in the sum of ten thousand dollars for killing Senator Broderick in a duel. Tt was understood at San Francisco that C. K. Garrison had sold to Commodore Vanderbiit his entire interest in the mail steamers on the Pacific side, and this was re- garded as an indication that the competition would con- tinue for along time. The Public Administrator was pressing a suit in the Probate Court to get the control of the estate of Senator Broderick. The suit was at the instance of a man named Brown, who claims the cetate asa cousin of Mr. Brode- rick. ‘The case of the Merced Mining Company vs. John C. Fremont was under argument before the Suprome Court. ‘The point at issue was of the highest importance as a legal question, independent of the immense pecuniary interests involved. The matter will Goubtless be carried to the Supreme Court of the United States, ‘The accounts from the Washo Valley gold and silyer mines continue variable. New discoveries were constant- ly being made. Another Jarge amount had reached San Francisco, which was assayed at from two to six thou sand dollars pev ton. The Comstock vein is regarded as the richest silver mine in the world. ‘The Grand Jury ot Carson Valley have submitted a re port to Judge Cradiebangh, and among the subje sts treat- ed of are the outrages upon immigrants by the Mormons and the imp2ssibility of the latter Living in harmony American citizens. The report also calls for remod’ legislation on the part of Congress. SHIPPING INTELL NOR. cfilled frem fan Frunenco op the Tat iat, ship Horsburg for ydrey. ‘The wbale sbip Montezuma arrived at San Francisco onthe 24 from the arctic Ocean, _heports nu unknown ship ashore at Cape Lisbon aleo ship Wm, Tell, ‘rom Sag Harbor, Jt ashore on East Cape: ship and cargo @ total lows, crew ‘The Vera, of Greenport, was damaged by ice at Cap in September ‘The Indian bud nlao recelved injuries, and into St, Lawrence Ray, to repalr. ‘The Bret part of thesenson was fogey, with lnree qvantitien of ive; but from august to the latter part of September, it was. clearand plensant Afterwards ‘here was n continaance of stzeng northerly gates and a large quartity of snow fell. The whale fleet generally bad net done weil. ‘Tbe Montezuma reports the following ships tn the Arctle le ty put seas:— Montreal, of New Brupevick, whales: George and Susan, ot do, 2 whales: Mary abd Sussa 1M whales; Eliza adams 14 ee y 4 whales; Kutuscom, Tiber, 6 whal Rober Edwarr's, Jon; Rebecea Sirus: Tr, V whale; Metioou, 1 whale: Helen Mar, 2 ect, 8 whales; Masenebusgetts, | whale, Lark, 3 whales, Grove, loading with euge Ad ikon, 2 Ww 3 2 for Valparaiso, woul to all for the western coast of Mexico, where she would take a cargo of #6od for the Atlantic porta. ‘Abe b F Boxie was taking ina geveral picked up Culitorais cargo for New York. The Canal Loan. Auuany, Nov. 26, 1859, The Commiseioners of the Canal Fund met this morning and resolved to advertise for a loan of two and a half millions of dollars, to pay tho floating debt of the State: The advertisem is to be for bids both at five and six Per cent. The awards are to be ade 20th of December and the bide paid in on the 24th. The stock is to be re deemabdle in six, twelve and eighteen years. They aiso resolved to commence the payment of the floating debt ou the 26th of December. orien een ny All Telegraph Wires Down West of Syracuse. Syracuse, Nov. 26, 1859. ‘Tho wires west of this city are all down to-day, huving been prostrated by a heavy sloct storm, wah 0 very strong wind, Jet night. Accident to the Brig President Z, Taylor. Newrort, R. I., Nov. 26, 1859, The brig President Z Taylor, from Port Ewen for Ros ton, was run into this morning while at anchor Lore, by the steamboat Empire State, and had her j!bboom, bow. sprit and head gear carried away. Tho damage will be malo good by the steamboat company Late. and Important from Sonoro. Sr. Louis, Now, 26, 1859, The Arizona correspondence of the Republican gives the following information from Sonora:— Captain Porter, with the United States sloop-of-war St. Mary’s, bad entered Gonymas harbor. On Gnding that Colonel Alden, the acting United States Consul in the ab- Sence of Judge Rose, was not recognized and not permit- ted to hoist the American colors over (he Consulate, Capt. Porter insisted on the Prefect respecting bis authority, Meeting with opposition, bo ordered 8 fisg staff to be erected over the Consul’s office and run up the “atars and ftripes.’” Ho then informed the Prefect that It should pot be taken down without a fight, and it was loft undis- rarbed. Governor Pesquiers arrived a few days alter, whea Capt. Porter waited on bim, but, vot understanding Spania, and Peequiera not speaking English, the interview wa very unsatisfactory. Porter entered a protest against the treatmont recetved by Capt. Stone's party, and weald probably be present to ald Capt. Ewell in adjusting the diffienities with Peaquiera. ‘Des; atches containing the above information arrived at Fort Buchanan Nov. 10, en rowe to Washington Later From New Mexico. Sr, Lous, Nov. 26, 1858 ‘The Reputlican has Santa Fe letters of the 7th tnt, ‘The Indiana were still coromilting depredations om te mails and emigrant trains, Col, Fauntleroy bad arrived at Sante Fo,and assumed ‘the command of the department. It was expected that ‘de would take moegures to obastive the Indians aad pre- vent farther outrages. ——$_____ Terrific Gale on Lake Erie. GREAT DAMAGE TO) PROPERTY IN BUFFALO— HOUSES BLOWN POWN—BKRINGES DESTROYED—THE BEBAK- WATER RUINKD—-TBE CITY PARTLY UNDEB Wa: TER— RAILROAD TRACKS SUBMBRGED, RTO. Rrveaso, Nov. 26—9 P.M. A beavy gale from the southwest bas beon prevailing hero for the past twenty-four hours, and isfstil! blowing with great fury. ‘The canal bridge ou Main street is so badly damaged by high water that it wil! have to be rebuilt, ‘The iron canal bridgo on River street is entirely de- stroyed. A number of houses im different parts of the city are blown down. ‘The new breakwater for the protection of the southers part of tho city is almost entirely destroyed, aud that portion of the city is eeveral feet under water. ‘The track of the Niagara Falls division of the Central Railroad, on the bank of the river, is impassable, and passengers are carried around the break in stages. The travel on the Lake Shore road is uninterrupted. But few vessels are on the lake, Death of Judge McAuley. ‘Toronto, Nov. 26, 1859. Chief Justice McAuley died suddenly this afternooa, from disease of the heart, ton, Ohio. CuuveLann, Nov. 26, 1869. A fire in Canton, Stark county, to-day destroyed the St, Cloud Hotel, the Post Office and other buildings, and pro- perty amoucting to $40,000. Insurance small. Fire Bark Globe Ashore. Provingnce, Nov. 26, 1869. ‘Tho bark Globe, of Richmond, Me., from Shields, via Queenstown, for Providence, went ashore at two o’clook this morning, at low water, at Dutch Island. Captate Coombs has come to the city for assistance, and states that the vessel remained tight when he left. The Hungarian Outward Bound. Porruanp, Me., Noy. 26, 1869. ‘The steamship Hungarian sailed at four o'clock this afternoon for Liverpool, taiing out sixty-cight passengers. SAVANNAH, Nov. 25, 1859. ‘The stesmsbip Alaboma arrived at the wharf af seven. o'clock this (Frida; } night; all well. Exchanges. Purcastents, Nov. 26, 1860. Exchange on New York unchanged, Markets. PHILADELPHIA STOCK BOARD. Pai » Nov. 26, 1859, Stocks steady. Pennsylvania state 5's, 93 Railroad, 203,; Morris Canal, 49%; Penosyivania Radl- roud, 3 Barrmore, Nov. Flour steady: Howard street, $5.0 $5 87; City $5. Whoat firm: sales 35,00 buehcle; white. $126 a $1 40; red, $120 a $125. Corn firm: old whito, 84c. a 8fc. ; yellow, 86c. a #7¢. Provisions firm: meas pork, $15 50; prime ditto, $10 50; bacon sides, 10c. Whirkey steady at 2640. a 2c. Pumapenriia, Nov. 26, 1869. Flour quiet: euperfive $525. Wheat'firm: sules 6,000 busbeie; red at $1 29a $137, white ot $1 87.0 $1 45 Corn dull, ad deciined Ic. a 20 ow at 660. a 7: West Point Academy Vindicated. 70 THK EDITOR OF THE HERALD. ‘Wrsi Pott, N. Y., Nov. 10, 1859. Your isaue of this morning contains a communication over the signature of “A Master's Mate,’ whereof the fellowing is an extract:—<To avoid the shame of a dis- tmiseal, they (the ursuccesaful candidates for naval havors) are permitted to resign and take their caances for West Point or the Marine corpe.”” ‘The source whence this sapient observation emanetes scarcely entitles it to consideratinn; yet there are those ef your readers whe may be ioduced to snppose, from the spe- cious language of this aetute mariner, that his appreciation ef the United States Military Acatemy 1s founded apon the highest degree of inteltigence that distinguishea man from the inferior animals. te say that it is mental! To sich it is only necessary moraily and physically 1mpoaai- bie for that unfortun: to pass the preliminary ex- srpiration at West P int who is unable to master the ele- at Annapolis, a company at Weat Point to which “A Maater’s ight find admission, if he can exbibit the requisite nchers of good character, whese special epbere of ac- sto keep the dragoca stables in order. Although pective members is lesa than $25 per th, yet (bey are not required to dress entirely as gen- temen and keep up appearances accordingly. Covld an ordinary amount of snimation bo infused inte the remaing of Bstcam’s defunct beast of burden, we might lock for a move intelligent dissertation npon the wethod of naval and miltary appointments than that which © A Master's Mate” offers to a diecerning public. 1 have po ivsue with this gentleman relative to the merits or Gemerits of masters’ mates, or the provailing style of naval uniform. It is opty his malignant slur at National Military Academy wlijch I desire to rebuke. That noble institution needs no encomium from my hands. She stands, as she bas always stood since her nt organization, pre-eminent in the nation, and he worsd, for the superiority of her standard of pro- sey, ond the thorough character of her discipline; and {twill ever be found that her grateful sons will be prepared to vindicate the repntation and to perpetaatea the prestige of their glorions Alma Mater. Miscellaneous Domestie Items. Tak Presents Hovst.—The east room is being put tm readiness for the approaching season, which promises 0 ‘be unveually gay and briitant. The carpets, having bees n,are rolled up atone end of tho room, awaiting ction of the upbolsterere, The time-honored an substantial furniture bas received an application of varnish—the sofas and chairs are being newly covered, and louk as good as new. ‘Wistar Wagar —A Rappabanneck county (Va ) farmer # to the Fredericksburg Herald that the wheat crop Jees promising Just pow than he has ever seen it. The carly sowing came up in good time, but the cold, rainy weather prevented ite progress. The late seeding aie “not come up tor want of rain, but doubtless the showers Inet week were ligbiy bepeticial. Gain ox tae Wast.—The La Crosse Union says that the ines are jnat beginning to go over to Min- 8 that the amount ¢f grain etl un- eptral apd western parts of Minncaote, mall per coutage of the grain raised deen taken to market, and ag s0On as Tie Pannon or Coox— The Richmond Enquirer, which no coubt is Milly acquainted with the sentiments of Gov. Wise, “the pardon of Ouok i6 out of the question; he is the moet gnilty of al! the Charlestown prisoners. 80 far from bis beng the dupe of ole Brown, Ossawatomie is the victim of Join E, Scrcme oF A Minieren’s Wirk.—The wife of Rey. Dr. & K. Rotlork, of Grrenwich township, Curnberiand county, Ya. committes suicide seme time during Sunday night laet, by entting her threat Tbe oecurrence has cast @ gloom over th wits in which the lany resided, and in which sbe was bighly Appreciated for her benevolence pnd moral worth, ‘The rash act is attributed to depres- sion of spirits, produc: d by ill heakh. Fru Necross iv GroraiA —A bil) has been introduced into the ¢ Legislature, simiiar in its provisions to those in cperation in some other Southern States, requir- ing all fre persene of color to leave the State by the first Monday of January, 1862, Those who deeite to remain, by selung themsetves, with what children they sach hey may select. The pur- is Puid 8 to be anproprinted to defray the who prefer to leave. The penalty Cor contrary to the provistons of the bill, is imme~ to slavery. y iand-slip, or subsidence, i, occurred at St Haire, Canada, on Monday, ir commenced about nine o'elock in the evening, accompanied by @ sound like thuader, and lasted ubout half an hour. A correspondeat of the He, who visited the spot, says that about fifty acrea ‘sank down to the depth of thirty feet. Fema Mon—A mob of sixty women attacked and de- stroyed the liquor stora of Me, Booles, at Williamsburg, Obio, a few days ago.