The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-10-26

The steamship Northern Light, from San Juan for
Ms port, put into Norfolk yesterday for coal and
provisions. She brings San Francisco dates 70 the
list instant--a fortnight ater-about seven hundred
passengers and one and a half million dollars IN
eoid. The general news is said te DE unimportant-
n San Francisco markets we're dull, prices favoring
buyers. We shall probably receive our files by mail
to-day The steamship Texas, frem Vera Cruz, with
San Francisco dates to the 30tk ut, arrived below
New Orleans yesterday.
The stock market was pretty ective yesterday, and
prices jyanced Cotton sold to the extent OF ALL
bales at about an eighth of a cent per pound I'd
vance on Saturdays rates. Breadstufs had down
ward tendency. There was nc material alteration in
provisions. Freights were steady.
A meeting of the free democracy was held last
evening to consider the report Of the committee on
nominations for the judiciary and to pass judgment
on the conduct of Judge Grer in the recent Wilkes
barre Slave Case, in Philadelphia. After some pala-
yer the meeting decided to reject the nominees, eav
ing the party to vote for who they pleased. The
course of Judge Grier was severely denounced.
We have commercial intelligence from Pernambu-
90 to the 18th ult. Business generally was quite
duh. There was an extreme scarcity Of tonnage and
heights were likely to rule high in November, when
the export of new sugar was expected to commence.
The stock of -four was estimated at about fourteen
thousand barrels, of which half was Amer .an
The examination Of the parties charged, and the
evidence of the Witnesses, in the case OF rape and
murder on the person Of Catharine Quigley, closed
yesterday at Jsmai "a, l.. /. The judgment o. the
court will probably be given Thursday. full
report viii be found elsewhere II is a remarkable
case Of crcumstantial evidence.
letter received yesterday states that the ship
Western World, ashore at Squan Beach, remained in
the same position as when she struck, the heavy
gale OF Monday doing serious injury.
The ratification meeting OF national democrats of
this city viii be held at Metropolitan Hail. on Thurs
day, November 8.
The Triennial Protestant Episcopal Convention
held its seventeenth session yesterday and viii pro-
baby adjourn to-day. A report Of the proceedings
will be found in another column.
Havana dates to the 22d inst. have been received
at Charleston, but they contain nothing Of import
ance. The arrival OF the new Captain General was
daily looked for. Freights continued high.
A steamboiler in the Schroeder printworks at
Smitbfed r. L., exploded yesterday, killing two
lads and severely wounding the engineer, and damag
ing property to the amount of SIS, 900.
Three men we're killed, and six others bally in
Iured yesterday, in Boston, by the falling Of the wall
o. house.
The gale of MONDAY was very severe along our
seacosst. Our readers referred to the shipping
news for disasters to vessels, &c.
We learn from Washington that General Tgiggs
has been ordered to proceed at once into the Chero
kee nation to suppress the troubles among the
Indians in that quarter. The amount Of treasury
warrants entered the books Of the department on
the oath instant, is furnished by our special cor
respondent. Several changes in the revenue service
are announced.
As the steamship Florida, at this port reports
seeing the British mail steamship Conway going into
Savannah on Saturday last, the despatch published
in the evening papers Of yesterday stating that she
put into Charleston in distress the 9th instant,
is doubtless incorrect.
The steamship Niagara l. due at Halifax, with
later news from Europe.