The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-09-02


a prospect tba' the sc ers will h fr"e o. iufis or
ann, vonre from the .avases. The Mormon emigra-
.ion y past s. asop has leachs tue plumber OF f,ur
.sou,sps Parties Gro, sio the Pls nao- * .
tienc some Cub rom he PawEee Indians, bnt
81 e cau.I Iapts Their depredas are less than
fnme Y. Il is estima d tba, one hundred and dfty
thdusai IN ad of ca have been driven scsoss the
Plaina curing the season.
FROM new MEXICO.
IrtrNrene from s IA Fe re cresents the crops
as heir e n good coBdi ion. The sas no ne~s of
interest. The peuons connsc,ra with the mail
{ ain state u as the droug had been fel, along
the ne Of The route. Thev also reported falling in
with numerous erda OF buffso.
INTENSIVE FRAUD.
Al extensive fraud az committed on the Chem.
lea, Bark OF this cits Oh Toursssy afternoon, by
thorough swiudler, Ming hinse,f James Bishop,
WHO inFenSus,y managed 10 owindle the bank out of
10000, by dspossipg forged check on the Amer.
can Bxchangs Bank. purpcr,ing to be certified by
the Teller cf that nssstation, and then delivering
his etecs Cor 80 ,OGO cH the Chsmi al Bank Viii h
was promptly paid BY the Teller. The fraud vas
DO. known fer several hours If er iha swinder had
/ escaped With The hard Cash in hi pocket. For
full Ieuort of the TRANSACTION together with other
,
| to anotasr colenn.
FRAUDS oS THE REVENUE.
! Three of the passengers of the steamship Wash
| ipgton, which arrived at this port on Thursday
| from Hsvre, were arrested suspicion of snug
Cling, and upon searching their persons between
ten and fifteen thousand dollars worth OF jeweiry
was discovered. They were Germans. The Com
missioner held them to bail to answer.
: THE CUBAN PATRIOTS,
The Cuban celebration last evening" in commem-
Grafton Of the martyrdom of General Lopez and his
compatriots, was an enthusiastic affair. The mee:.
ing was large, and some admirable speeches were
delivered in the Spanish language by several Cuban
gentlemen and Others preset. A repor. OF the
proceeding 8, published elsewhere, viii be read with
interest.
THE WEATHER.
The Telegraph informs US that at III, East ard
| the West stormy weather, accompanied by rain,
prevailed yesterday. At this city, as i've O'Clock
in the morning, The sky b. cime overcast and con-
| tiDued SO throughout tue day, with every indica
ton Of a rain storm: but up to one o'clock this
morning il still held off,
MISCELLANEOUS.
The sloop.of.war Saratoga, cf the Japan 1uadrou
last from the Sandwich Islands, arrived ct Boston
| yesterday--all we'll
| In consequence Of a misunderstanding between
the Postmaster at New Orleans and his clerks, the
latter recently quilted their employment in body.
We are not apprised Of thu cause OF the dispute.
Hon. Wilder E. Farley hiss been rcnominated
candidate for Congress by the wings of the Third
district in Maine. The leading temperance men in
that State are bitterly opposed to his election.
STATE OF THE MARKETS.
| Sales yesterday of common brands Of State flour
400. ~
changed. There continued to be most doing in
southern, inferior and common grades Of which
we're dull anu easier while fancies and extras we're
steody at about SO so so. Whea. was quiet.
Germ was in light supply and sold at full prices,
Cotton dull with sales Of about 90 bales show.
ing decline on some qualities for the week Of
| about &c. Whiskey was scarce, and sold OF $780,
with small lot at sec. Tallow was active, with
large sales at l3c.
The auction sales OF dry goods we're again pretty
| active yesterday. Messrs. Coffin g. Haydock con-
ciuded their sale Of French fancy goods commenced
the day before, among which were lots Of glove,
and white cambria handkerchiefs. The sale was
well attended, but the articles being somewhat uu.
seasonable, sold to some extent in favcr Of purcha.
| sers.
Messrs. s. 81. 4 G. W. Foster offered a desirable
catalogue of 22S lots of French goods consisting of
Turkey giDgham high colored mouseline de LANES
an extensive line; new pa sterns Of French prints,
harlequin plaid silks, with rich plaid poult &c soes.
| rhe ga was active, and the entire cs'alogue was
gone tbrorga With. The plain de LANES brought
26Ic. a SIZE, ard ihs paid silks varied from SOC
TO 81 so. The black silks sold well, and were du
| pGcated.
Mesns. wilmerdings & Mount held an extensive
sale Of French and English goods. They sold a
large line of black bombazines, of The importation
Of Messrs. Theron, Mallard Co., with worsteo
serges and ladies' coaks. TIE entire sale c,nssted
of 52l lots. The sale drew animated and spirited
company, and wen Cd we'll, and but few lots passed
Among the purchasers Eere parties from the couu
try and nsighboring cities. Many of the lots com
manded good prices while Others sold a. about the
average decline of the season.
Messrs. Hsgger,y, Jones Co. offered catalogue
of carpeting, consisting of ingram and venetian
American manufactured from Eastern
mills. The whole, with few exceptions, were sold
in all about leo lots. The prices did not vary ma.
erally from the previous sales of the season. The
auction drew good com ANY from the city AMI
out ortown jobbiDg trade.
The sales promise to be an increased scale ne xt
week, with a wider range in the assortment Of
goods.
The Fall Elections-The Know Nothings and
the DemOcracy-Progrcss or the Revoiu
ton.
The late scattering shots Of the Know No
things in The ocal elections Of Mobile Norfolk,
Washington, Philadelphia, ST. LOUIS, and else
where, have startled the old Iuckstering politi-
clans OF the country with the force of SO mauy
bombshells exploding amongst them The da-
mage which they have inflicted upon the old
PARTY estimates of the elections might be re-
paired if the operations of this Mysterious or
der were limited to our great cities; but like
hidden fire, this subterranean native Ameri-