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TOHN III. BUTHMANN, Importer and
81 Dealer in Wine, Brandy, Cigars, &c, Penn
sylvania avenue, south side, between "a and 9th
streets has received part of bis fall supplies
Madeira, Sherry, Port, Of various grades and
prices.
Cognac Brandy, pale and dark, from very high
order TO a fair article.
Scotch Whisky, Schiepdam Gin, of superior
quality.
Jamaica Rum, Monongahela Whisky, extra
fine.
Caracoa, rcd and white, (Anisette OF Dussel
dorf on the Rhine,) Maraschino.
London Brown Stout.
Edinburgh Scotch Ale
Champagne of Mumm's and Meets & Chan.
dons Imperial, Heidsieck IL Co, Mumms, and
Moet Il Chandon's Verzenay aud de- Rougement.
Also sparkling St. Peray, pink and white
With an assortment of Havana cigars.
Regalia El Cas, Regaba la VilIanueva.
Es la ebay, Venezulano.
ViIlanueva Londres, Humos, &c.
Also. large assortment of Rhine Wine, (soms
.parklinp) and French Wine, red and white, from
the highest price to 6ne Bordeaux table Wine.
Dec 6
II EAVEs from a Family journal, from
l 4 the French of Emile Souvestre, author OF
The Attic Philosopher in Paris
MrsJameson's Com mon place Book of Thoughts,
Memories, and Fancies
r. FARNHAM,
June Corner ilth st. and Penn. ev.
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1Iur soNs or THE sIREs, A HIS

tory of the Rise, Progress, and Destiny OF
,be American Party, and its probable influence
ON The next Presidential election, 10 which is
added Review of the Letter OF the Hon. Henry
A. Wise against the Know-nothings, by an Ame-
rican
The History OF Mason and Dixon's Line, con
tanned in an Address delivered by John Il. b.
Latrobe, Of Maryland, before the Historical So
ciety of Pennsylvania, November 8, 1854.
Mirana Elliot, or the Voice OF the Spirit, by D
M. II.
Autobiography Of Charles Caldwell, M. D., with
a Preface, Notes, and Appendix, by Harriet w.
Warner.
Just received and for sale by
r.. FARNHAM,
Corner of Penn. avenue and llth street.
Feb Is
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WANDERINGs IN CORSICA; Corsica;
wv Picturesque, Historical and Social with
81 etch Of the Early Life of Napoleon, translated
from the German by Edward Joy Morris. Price
81 SO.
Lectures on English Literature, from Chancer
10 Tennyson, by Henry Reed. Price 81 IS.
Just published, and for sale at
TAYLOR & MAURY'S
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NEW BOOKS.-The Heiress of HaughtOn,
IN or the Mothers Secret. novel, by the au-
thor Of "Emily Wyndham," "Rayensclif," &c.
Price 371 cents.
WAIkNA, or Adventures on the Mosquito
Shore, by Samuel A. Bard, with sixty illustrations
Price ST. SIS.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Sculpture, and
Painting, by James Jackson Jarvis. Price Sl %
Just received.
r. FARNHAM.
Corner Pennsylyania avenue and 18th street.
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RT Observation-Disclosures, Sculpture,
N and Painting, by James Jackson Jarves,
author of History Of the Sandwich Islands, &c.
Price 81 25
Waikna, or Adventures on the Mosquito
Shore, sixty engravngs, by Samuel A. Bard.
81 IS
The Heress Of Haughton, or the Mothers
Secret, by the auther of Aubrey Castle. Avon, &c.
Price 374 cents.
Just published and for sale at
TAYLOR IL MAURY'S
July 81 Bookstore. near Ninth street
A UTOBIOGRAPHY OF A JOURNEY
~ man Printer-The Workingmans Way in
tko WosIA, .bsing the Autobiography Of Journey
man Printer.
Classic and Historic Patriots, by James Bruce.
Just published and for sale at
TAYLOR IL MAURY'S
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TIARPER,S MAGAZINE for September is
magnificent number, filed with superior
engravings, and for sale at SHILLINaToNs book
store. .t =, I,
The great Illustrated Magazine of Art for Sep
lember is one of the best that has been Issued.
Leslie's Ladies' Gazette for September contains
all the new Fall fashions.
The Knickerbocker Magazine for September
Godey's Ladys Book, Graham's Magazine ans
pu,napi's Magazine, all tor September, received
aud Tor sale al
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H0N,T FAIL 10 CALL Al ht"'Ds
I Il YOU wish 10 purchase anything IN the way
OF fine American, London, or Geneva Watches
uha can be relied on for the true time) rich gold
iewelry pure silver ware We &c., aud save rom ON
il 10 IS per cent, he is now receiving ms
F,It .nnnly which will be sold al the lowest
whole sale rates.
f'n., watches aud Jewery repaired, ana war
sated 10 give satisfaction ,oo,s
p avenue, hetween Al and 9th streets, sign o'
IL, isrg. spread eagle.
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yV,HE FAILURE Of Free Society.-Soci-
ology for the South, or the Failure OF Free
Society, by George Fitzhugh. On sale at
TAYLOR & MAURYS
Book Store near 9th street
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WY vATER-COLO PICTUR E S.
w Messrs. TAYLOR & MAURY beg 10 an
nounce that, at the suggestion OF several oil our
citizens. the pictures now on exhibition al theH
store will be rafed for.
Eleven prizes; sixty chances, at So
Anril - Bookstore, near Ninth street
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-10-27

ufION c0UksD, I. Is-TR0fTTNG.
trottiDs match $500 two nals heats to $50 Ib-
wagons, came of ON Wednesday afternoon, betwssn Mr.
Cabins g. Jsci. and Abr Norss's b. m. Charlotte
The match vas made the night previously, the road
after brush Of mile 20, each being sAnguins
Of The superiority Of hts nag the other NJ Caxn
horse however proved too uush for Charlotte in the
race winning in two heats quite easily The betting pre-.
vious 70 the start hundred to tweay on Jack
snc ten 20 sitter the first heat Charlotte made very
poor Jack ook the lead the nrst a. soon A
the word Was given aad jogging oOg At very uodssats
gait von the heat BY cns hundred yards On tbs second
he. he took the 10 At the quarter pole and won it
carrier Than the frrt We cannot sp room for de-
tai O. snsb race summary 10 enough.
NEDAHDAY, Oct 25-@Frotting N stch--S2Oo two mia
heats To $50 10 wagons
J. Can lin named JACK Observation-Disclosures i
abr. Morse named m Charlotte .. 2 q
Tiue-6 32--6:20k
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-10-27
CITY Intelligence.
TIE REC ENT FIRE IN WATER STREET.

Tie rs which occurred Wednesday night in the
OF No 200 Water street, and supposed to be Of W.
g. Herlss stores 'or the storage Of merchsudiss
mot, although owned BY him, occupied for storage.
The prenes alluded to had bssn rented out FOR the last
three years to Messrs OConner Scott dealers in fsah.
srs sins &e No 900 Front street. the storage q
their own merchan ice On that day they had taken an
account Of stock amounted upwards So 0o0
On this property, insisting mostly Of feathsrs and sns
there i6sur. 80 00e divided the follow
Ing Insurance coDpanes-North American OF Philado'.
phs, Brooklyn Of this city, - coo; Virginia ln-
.ursncs Company ~ 0c0, and Franklin, Of Bosom
to between $4,000 and 900 The bulldog vas insured
In the London and Liverp oil Insurance mpany for
nc the damage sustained BY Ere win amount tn
about 500
<sorBm BALLOON ASCENSION Monsieur Eugene Cod
daJd he celsbratef French @ronsnt will AXE another
sscsn.ion this afternoon from the Hippodroms. Ihs
win be his third ascension In AmsriA, and WIN no
doubt be an iDteres ing ~ hibitlon.
The vFBD ANTIQUE MARBII-ws learn from W. ALDEN
agent OF the rmerican Verd Antique Marble Com panv
whose beautiful green and white marble has been
selected ty the Board OF COunciImen for the and
oman entail work Of thu New City Hail. that S&mo-
Washington, wbsre be has CONTRACTED with the board
having charge Of the Capitol extsnson su opy the
verd ~ uque marble Tor tho ornamental OF the
wings Of the Capito In Of erection. This
contract embraces plars pastsrs cornic-s thing aud
other conspicuous YORK both within aud on
the exterior of the bsaiag and 10 cnras, vita the
white marble fr.Lt vil py~ducs effect very novel in
Ornamental Gcnf ecsuv< The verd antique mar Die has
been officially test By the crushing under 20
suIervsion Of Colonel hsiss and the officers Of ths
Of pressure than OF the eight or tee varetes
OF marble subjected to the test
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-10-27

NEW YORK HKaALD-EorsI0N FOR EUROPE.
The United ststes mail steamship Baltic Capt. Com
stock wiz leave this port to IL O'Clock fr
Liverpool
The European mails VIII close 10 this city at half past
tsn O'Clock 70 morrow forenoon
he HERALD (printed In French and Eaglish) will be
yu6kshsd at zen O'Clock in the morning single copies
n wrspp.rs, sixpepss.
susscspt and Advertisements for any edition or
shs NEW YORK HERALD will be received at the folio wing
osces in Europe
LIVERPOOL. John Hunter, No. Paradise street.
London =. EDWARDS sanford h Co, No ~ Cornaui
WIN. lhomas Il %, No 10 Cathsroe street
PAIRS. Lisings Wells Co, Places d. Ia 8ouyae
he contents Of the Europs edition Of the HERALD
vi embrsos the received BY mau AID telsgrs1
DO Office during tire previous wses, and to the hour o.
publication
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-10-27

Two hundred and thirteen deaths in eight
vessels Is o fearful average of mortality, and 1t
is probable that not one half the story is told
1t will be remembered that the same disease
arg sred in the same class of vessels last year,
and that it appeared and disappeared under
very singular circumstances. Several ships
left port with crew and passengers all well,
and after completing part of the passage
the cholera appeared, ragged for time,
and then disappeared as suddenly and
mysteriously as it came. In several
instances, it is said, where o reckoning
was kept, it seemed that two ships were at
tackled by the epidemic in precisely the same
latitude and longitude, and that they were
freed from their unwelcome visiter, also, in near
ly the same place and at the same time. Bat
it is also stated that two ships may be sailing
side by side, and that so long as there is a
clear current of air between them there is no
great danger of infection. If these points
could be settled, it would be Of vast Importance
to medical writer's, who have been eDdeavorng
for years to construct sound theory as 20 the
caus es of the cholera. 1t is held by many
sarans that the disease is caused by an intense-
ly poisonous gas emitted under certain condi
tions Of heat and moisture from decaying
mineral and vegetable matter. This gas does
not diffuse readily, but is borne in currents
until it meets with conditions favorable to its
Development. These currents would cross
lakes, rivers and oceans with great rapidly,
and meeting with an immigrant ship.
the latent poison would find the conditions
i. e. bad air. filth, scanty rations, and illcooked
food-necessary to its Development Then the
disease would remain with the ship so long as
her course was in the air current But as
neither the course Of ship, nor that of cur
rent of air, can be calculated upon with mathe-
NAUTICAL precision, it would seem that we are
yet without reason for the coincidence Of the
appearance of the cholera on board two
ships in the same position, though at different
times.
The subject is an interesting one and will
doubtless be closely examined by those saoans
who make such matters their peculiar study.
1t would facilitate definite conclusion If ship
masters and others would keep an exact reckon
ing, and give US the precise date, the latitude
and longitude, when the cholera appears on
board their ships, together with such other par
ticulars as may be important. This will give
scientific men some accurate data to work upon,
and the results may be highly beneficial to
mankind.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-10-27

factory pricss- A lima Of Psr's gloysswas sold at
about previous prices. For Quotations We refer TO
the con. fusion Of the city trade report
Aessra Van Wyck, Kobbe TosDsend hell
large spec q an perempto sale Of shirts, which
embraced ITS lots and all were 50 d. besides several
duplca. ., that had be n added to the catalogue.
The prices on a. ed ranged rom 81! 97a CENTS, at
eight mon 8 credit for sums over 800, Ind under
that q cunt for cash.
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Der 20 30 Theodore Benjomis % ydwes CAonren-
The jury in this case (reported IN ysstsrds!s HnAp>
into court this mornng with seated vsrdict f,e
the plaintiff assessing his dams ges ct the sum Of STA
&c. besides Twenty days time was allowed the de-
fsndalt to male . case
ACTION AGAINST A HOTEL FOR LOSS OF BAGGAGE.
HENRY Hard %. William n. Bwvr0ughs DC On the
9Th day Of september, 1853, William A Platt Of CO.
lumbps hio becsme guest Of the Irving HOUSE, In
tbis city sept by the defendants and at that ms the
city being full Of strangers, much difficulty ia the
various hotels regard to Accommodating the crowds
who throDged the city Mr. PlAN, ON app ying at the
Irving House for rom WAS told that he could not
have that night but he could have cot In the
gentle parlor Tor the night aud the next cay hs
could have . room. He accordingly passed the night
In company with several Others in the gentemena
psrlor; and the next morning, alleged by Mr. 6.
Perrepcn counsel for psutf after leaving word ia the
Office hat he had left h carpet bag tho psrIor aud
desired taken to The whish woula 10 a. gnsd
hin, started out into the city on bainess On his re-
turp about dnr time he inquired for his baggage bat
DO enc knew sny hing about It, After several inssc-
tus Efforts TO find The carpe bag the pro risors offered
him 800 as for his loss which ~As refused
" Ps then left the city for his homo IN Columbus,
Ohio; snd in February last he assigned his right title
ard interest to the claim against those defendsnts to M
Berry huro, the pisinti Ia this - on for $50, Who
brings this suit al egng the value Of the carpet bag aud
contents, TO BE- ti10
For The defence IL was contsnded by Jsha e Burrin,
Jr., that " tie baggsge in question Was lost, IT was
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News for the Pueific.

rhe steamship Northern Iigat, Captain Tpslspaug,.
viii leave this port this afternoon, At O'Clock, TO
Puenta Arenas The New Yoay HERAlD-Gslforoia
eeitionccn ainS al the latest received by ms
and telegraph up to the hour nf blics'ion viii be is
susd NJ ten O'Clock this morning Agents will please
send in their orders az early IS possible
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-10-27

CHozSRA ON During the past
week we have been called upon 70 record .
hr.e numb Of deaths at sea, on board ships
plying betwt en- this port, Liverpool and Havre.
These deaths have been caused chiefly by cho-
lera, and az far as reported may be summed up
as follows
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-10-27

SPANISH RETRrBUTIoN.-Every ooe recollects
that Lopez the flibuster was betrayed by his
acquaintance Jose Antonio Santos Castaneda:
and that, though the former was soon hey ond
he reach of hope there were not wanting
- oles who threatened to avenge bis death
VI, on his betrayer. The threat has been
f.iGi'ed. On the evening of the 18th as
S.nor castaneda was playing at billiards in
one Of The most public places in Havana
three hundred persons being present-he
was shot in the back of the head by some
person unknown, and killed on the spot. All
attempts to discover the perpetrator of the
deed have hitherto been fruitless This looks
very much like revival Of the revolutionary
spirit among the creoles. There must have
been many man among the three hundred
bystanders who was prvy to the act; and as
Governor Concha's inquiries have elected no
thing in the shape of a clue to the murderer,
we may infer that he has strong friends on the
island. The news from Cuba during the next
few months may be interesting.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-10-27

The Undersigned having been appointed committee
to receive don sops for AID to the destitute sick Mont
gomery Ala during the present epidemic in that
te this method OF returning thanks to those merchants
in this city who have 80 generously contributed
Any further donations win be thant fully received 1t
Aetsrs conkin & smiths, go Front street
I sSla s SMaSs COMMITTEES.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-10-27

walton Of Seward to the P.reAdency at the risk
of dissolution Of the UTion.
The paramount issue IN this contest is the
preservation Of this U'Aion. The defeat of Sew
ard will be the triu .mph Of law and order be-
tween the TWO sections, over the elements Of
agitation and disr nption. And whether Bron-
son, Seymour, or Ullman, becomes the special
instrument in the overthrow of the abolition
alliance, ia Of little moment compared with the
importance Of breaking this alliance into pieces.
Let all men, therefore, Of national principles
direct their united efforts 70 the defeat of
Sewas' aud, from the lights before us, the thing
may DE DONE Men are nothing when the great
pyistiples which lie at the foundations Of the
U1Eon and of American society are at stake.
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Scdlded to Denth Yesterday Coronse Gao bic held an
inquest the house No Pelham street. upon the BODY
II little girl pameo 81 en- Co lips vas acid-
lined BY the upsettipe Of kettle Of boiling water pon
er Her father BY accident knocked against tas ket.
which upsetting spilled I'll the head aud breast ID
the little girl, proc ucing death in few hours.
Death by Taking an Overdose If Laudanun, -Corousr
ODonpel held inquest upon the body Of George Wat
son, native Of Ge,naoy Who came 70 hfs dsath ~
ahing an overdose cf lsudanum It apes ed mat ths
deceased had been sick fer the past few days tn dys-
entsry, and thnhins that mixture OF lsudnsam wouh
benefit him, purchased vial Of the md aud osrtosk
Of the same he jury returned vertist nthss the
dec ased came to his death BY oopgsson If the aau,
produced by taking an overdose Of isudanum."
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-10-27

sEMRAMDE, with Grisi ID TO BE- proluesi a, tao Aaa-
DENY Of Music on Monday night
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INCREASE OF CRIME-The newspapers are be-
coming mere criminal calendars. Day after
day we read Of assault following assault, muir
der succeeding murder, violence in the train of
violence. Take the HERALD Of Wednesday for
instance The trial of Nicholas Beehan for the
murder Of Mr.. aid Mrs. Wickham, with all its
revolving disclosures, was succeeded by that of
Henry King for the murder of Timothy Red
ding; in both cases the weapon used being an
axe. Then came the sentence of Jerome B.
King for the manslaughter Of Peter G.. Post
As though to show that bad men were as quick
in providing business for the courts as the
Judges in despatching it, three shooting cases
then followed; in two of which a man, in the
third woman was deliberately shot. In the
way Of crime or offences, the same column no
tees that man had that day been Knocked
down and half killed by Frenchman armed
with club, in Centre street; and an emigrant
stabbed by rowdy in Water street: the vii
lains escaping in both cases. An attempt to
burn up whole family completed the days
catalogue of crime.
Woulds any one, reading this list, imagine
that these MURDERS and assaults were the work
Of single day in o city like New York, which
boasts police force Of nearly 1000 men? Does
it not rather seem Ike the account of weeks
work in some wild island Of the South Seas?
To keep in order six or seven hundred thou
sand people-of all races and callings-seems
no doubt no easy task. But deduct three-fourths
for respectable women and children; nine-tenths
of the balance for men who have everything to
lose by the disturbance of the peace; and q
fair proportion of the remainder for quiet or
derby men, who, though not directly interested
in the preservation of tranquility, are averse on
principle to the commission of crime, and we
doubt whether the total number Of those who
require watching is more than twice as large as
that Of the police. We are repeatedly told that
our police force is becoming more and more eff
fcent. Where are the proofs Of the improve
ment? Who are the men to whom the compli-
ment is paid? Is it he whose business it was
to keep the peace in Centre street at the time
Rogers was stabbed, or he who allowed Bergen
to be stabbed with impunity in Water street?
Or is it the officers who allowed Mitchell's muir
derer to escape in Duane street, The publ'"
is anxious to know, in order to pay these wor 4
guardians Of he peace the honors due to tne.u
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-10-27

Fer Richmond TO-. In the stesmship JAmestown-L Hen
sler, IS Gutter X Brceksbisr 2 sinklcy, nr Hsdss
lady, daughter &on Scarborough MRS Gate wood
uTham, @ N Weston, A Austiu. Mayes Anne VISOR
and son, Edmonds and three cildren, csssrsdsy
James Harmon Peter CoIIysav, william Harwood, Han
Aep, " xUphy, And ~ " the stsers6A
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Total al;
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for every nights performance of Richelieu''
and the Lady Of Ly ons;" and as Mr.. Forrest
refused to pay this sum. he could not appear in
either Of the pieces above named, in the United
Kingdom.
There should be some such law here. At
present authors who have ability sufficient to
write good play Can employ their talents to
much better advantage, and those actors who
do pay we'll for original plays are plundered of
them before they have reaped any return for
their outlay. At present the only hope for
authors in ,hi. country is from Messrs. Burton
and Wailack, ~no have pa d liberally fa7 -
by native authors. And, apropos Of u ,,
We have rece.vcd The following from to lsi'
of the new three act comedy "Now-a-p tt:
PHILADELPHIA Oct 30 49,,
Ny IKAR SiR-rhe HERALD OF this morning states IN
Nh he Walden Of the Bosery The.trs, tMstropolitAc
Ia the author OF the Ie~ comedy Of Now Days 10
10 Ieli We Mr. DE WALDEN snd all other parties
The responsibilities OF the plar good and bad, beg
to sta Q, authoritauvely, thai the comedy of "NoHa
g. G. FOSTER
Dramatic authorship is, at the best, preca-
rious business, and the successful competitors
in such o field deserve to be better rewarded
than they ever have been in the United States
In this fact lies the true secret OF the superiority
y French AID English plays. The London and
Paris authors thrive under the protection of
the law-American authors anguish for the
lack of it, and their productions are unblush
ngly appropriated under their very noses In
these ultra native American times, something
ought to be done for our dramatic authors.
Who will do itg