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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-10-25

The CASE OF QUIMBo APPo.-An application
was made in the Court of Oyer and Terminer
for a new trial for the Chinaman, Quimbo
Apo, now in the Tombs, under sentence of
death for murder, and Judge Roosevelt yester-
day delivered an opinion in favor of the appli-
cation. We have often been compelled to de-
precate the leniency so freely extended to
criminals in this city, for it is notorious that
the course of justice has been arrested on too
many occasions upon frivolous pretences, and
great offenders have been permitted to escape,
very much to the discredit of the execution of
criminal law, and to the manifest encourage
ment of crime; but in this case, the Court
seems to have arrived at fair as
well as humane conclusion. The unfortunate
convict is foreigner, ignorant of our customs
and institutions; the deed can hardly be pre-
sumed to have been premedtated, as the blow
which produced death was inflicted in scuffle,
and under circumstances Of intense excitement
Judging from the papers laid before it, the Court
decided that had the prisoner been able to
make more perfect defence, the verdict would
most probably have been manslsughter instead
Of murder, if not clear verdict Of acquittal;
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Corporation. The paper was referred to the Com
nittee on Ferriea The resolutions declaring null
and void the lease Of the ferry from Peck slip and
Grand street to MeseroIe and others, which wsre
vetoed b, the Mayor, were adopted, notwithstand-
ing his objections. the vote being II tot.
The annexed table shows the temperature Of tho
atmosphere in this city during the week ending
October a. tho range Of the barometer and Their
moneter. the variation Of wind currents and the
state Of the weather at three periods during each
day, viz: at A. NJ, and and O'Clock r. Nj
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-10-25

SCURRILOUs LITERATURE IN THE METROPOLIS
MORE OF THE DIAMOND WEDDING.-We alluded
a day or two ago, to the public rumor of
difficulty between Mr.. w. A. Bartlett, father of
Madame de Oviedo, and person named Sted-
man, who had lampooned all the parties con-
cerned in the late Diamond Wedding through
the medium of some scandalous verses, which
were printed in the Tribune. 1t appears, by the
correspondence and statement of Mr.. Stedman's
''friend," which we print in another part of this
paper, that there is to be no duel, but that cof-
fee and pistols are to be replaced by COM
plants, rejoinders pleas, demurrers and all the
forms and ceremonies Of suit for libel-Bart-
lett against Stedman--the latter to be sued for
publication false in its statements, and tend
ing to ridicule and degrade the Bartlett family
in the eyes of the community at large
This is very disagreeable state of things,
and has been brought about by the blunder-
ing stupidity of q few Bohemians, who pick
up scanty subsistence by retailing
the second hand scandals of the metropolis for
the delectation Of country editors. These fell
lows, in lounging about the Broadway shops,
found that Genin, Ball & Black, Tiffany and
others had large orders for the outfit of bride
who was to be married to man of great re-
puted wealth and somewhat older than herself
Thereupon the literary loafers waxed eloquent,
and invented various romances, which went the
ounds Of the press. They pulled the shop
keepers, and probably received hat from
Genin, or presents or douceurs from others.
The public interest was excited to great
degree, and the newspapers gave elaborate ac-
counts Of the wedding in various styles. In
these accounts-for the facts of which some of
the writers drew heavily on their imaginative
faculties-there were errors, some of the most
gross OF which were corrected by Mr.. Bartlett
over his own signature. There the matter was
dropped, apparently forever, when out come
the verses of Stedman in the Tribune. He re-
produced all the stale ISLANDERS of the loafng
correspondents, and, with degree Of ef'rontery
to which even they are not equal, he placed his
name over the head Of his lampoon. Acting
upon the impulse of the moment, Mr.. Bartlett
commences correspondence Of an apparently
hostile character; but subsequently, acting upon
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THE GRAND Jury AND TIE ELECTION LAWS
In his charge to the Grand Jury yesterday,
Judge Roosevelt took occasion to refer in
marked manner to the duty Of that body with
reference to offences against the election laws.
AS the State and charter elections are approach
ing this subject becomes one of some import
ance. Heretofore, the most fragrant violation
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-10-25

OuRSEABoARDD EFTNCEs.- yesterday called
attention to the bare state of our defences on
the Atlantic seaboard, and TO the necessity Of
retaining some portion Of the regular army for
its protection. We are glad to learn that Col.
Magruder's battery, which had recently been
ordered to the West, is now likely to be de-
aimed at Fort McHenry, Md. Nothing could
be more judicious on the part of the Secretary
of War than to station this battery at central
point like this, to be used in case of necessity.
It is the only light battery now on the sea-
board, the other six having been attached to
schools Of practice at the West. The recent
outrages at Harper's Ferry show how important
it is that the government should have force
of this kind, uniting the greatest efficiency with
the smallest numerical force, always at hand to
protect the public arsenals, armories and stores
from seizure and plumber.
In regard to the officer who should be kept
at the head Of such force, it must be admitted
that no better selection could be made than
that Of Col. Magruder. As commandant at
Fort Adams, Newport, he has not only given
universal satisfaction to the thousands who visit
that agreeable place of resort but the high state
of discipline and efficiency in which his COM
mand has been maintained, has shown that to
the character Of the finished gentleman he
unites that of the perfect officer.
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and under the circumstances Judge Roosevelt
thought that the convict was entitled to a new
trial, to afford him an opportunity of producing
such testimony as, from his ignorance and
poverty, he was unable to present on former
trial
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-10-25

REVIVAL OF THE OPERA.-The "three hungry
Frenchmen," and various other evil disposed
persons, exulted last week over the unfor-
tunate opening of the Opera season, and
the untoward issue Of the first attempt
to make New York q first class operate
city, entirely free from the Intervention or
patronage Of the autocrats Of the London and
Paris theatres. But campaigns apparently
lost have been redeemed before now, and the
prospects of the Opera have SO far improved
that the joy of the doubters has been of very
slight duration. Some of the new artists, the
baritone especially, have been very successful
with the audience. The prima donna Colson-
who has as yet no European reputation,
has been very successful in "Rigoletto," the
performance Of which opera has been unani-
mously pronounced to be very fine one, and
worthy of any opera house in the world. So
to recant all their savage diatribes against
the Opera. Then Madame Gazzaniga, a
grand artist, who has made her reputation
chiefly in this country, has been engaged,
and will sing tomorrow in the "Poliuto."
There is great deal Of anxiety on the part of
the public to hear Madame Gazzaniga in this
opera, and her rentrfe will be greeted with o
first class audience. After Gazzaniga's debut,
the long hoped for Speranza is promised, and
then comes the new opera, the "Sicilian
Vespers," which is to be brought out
in great style as the piece de resistance of
the season. So the Opera is on its legs again,
and the habituss have good prospect for the
winter season, when the audience is more ex-
acting and the artists are more careful than at
any other time Of the year. Now is the time to
enjoy the Opera in its fullest and best shape.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-10-25

INsuRREcrroNARY CoRREsP0NDENCE OF OssA-
wAToME BROWN AND HIS CoNFEDERATEs.-lt will
be recollected that after the defeat Of Ossawa-
tonne Brown and his party, by the United
States marines and the militia regiments of Viz
ginia and Maryland, domiciiiary visit was
paid TO the headquarters Of the conspirators-
house occupied by Brown some few miles
from Harper's Ferry. Search was made,
and quantity Of printed documents and
written correspondence was discovered. Some
of it found its way ints the hands Of
the Attorney for the Commonwealth of Vir-
ginia; some was carried off to Baltimore by
the Maryland troops as trophies Of the fight;
and still another portion was placed in the
hands of Mr.. Ould, Attorney for the District Of
Columbia.
From among this mass Of documents we have
procured copies of various. letters, forming a
part of the correspondence which was carried
on by Brown and his sons with their friends
and emissaries in various parts of the North
and West. These we publish elsewhere.
They are, to the last degree, important and
startling. They reveal the existence Of a
vast conspiracy, aided by the funds of
wealthy men, and encouraged by black
republican politicians and other fanatics.
In one letter, dated from West Andover, Ash
tabula county, Ohio, Brown informs his cores
pendent whom he addresses as his 'friend
Henrie"-that sour old friend J. R. G. took
stock to the amount of three hundred dollars,
and, as he was just starting for Ravenna, said
he would form an association there" AS the
initials and the familiar description given hap
pen to correspond with the name and familiar
title of no less parsonage than the Hon.
Joshua r. Giddings, we reckon that "our old
friends denial of completely with the out
break will not avail him much.
This correspondence proves him to have been
an accessory before the fact.
We expect, therefore, that it will be the duty
of Governor Wise to send a requisition to
Governor Chase, Of Ohio, for the body of the
venerable abolitionist, Joshua r. Giddings.
He lectured last evening at Philadelphia, and
is probably on his way to Peterboro', thence
to depart with his friend Gerrit Smith for the
British dominions. IF requisitions are to be of
any avail, they had better be sent Immediately.
The correspondence of the conspirators re-
veals many other secrets; and we understand
that still more disclosures have been made,
and others will be made in the course of the
trial, which commences to-day.
The excitement at Harper's Ferry, instead
of subsiding, is daily increasing. Arms were
being distributed, guards sent out with the
railway trains, and rumors of incursions from
fresh abolitionist forces were keeping the popu-
lation in terrible ferment. In fact, Harper's
Ferry may be said to be in state Of siege.
For this "Kansas work" of John Brown and
Gerrit Smith how much responsibility attaches
to VIM. II. Seward and his doctrine of the cir
.repressible conflict"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-10-25

The TRIAL or Brown AND Hrs C0NFEDE-
RATES NEWSPAPERS CORRESPONDENTS TAKING
THE ALARM-We understand that some Of the
reporters and correspondents at Harper's Ferry.
who are attached to abolition and black repub-
lican newspapers published in the North and
West, have been getting scared lest the people
Of the Ferry, who are terribly nettled and Cha
grined at Governor Wise's commentaries on
their valor, should take 1t into their heads to
modest and i'll use them. Some Of them got so
frightened at this imaginary danger that they
have actually sought safe retreat at Bali-
more, as if that city was not the most dan
gerous place in the whole country. There
seems to be some apprehension, also, that re-
porters may be excluded from the court ut
Charlestown, or only admitted on condition Of
making garbled report, emitting everything
calculated to reflect on the peculiar institution
Of the South, or to elevate John Brown to the
dignity Of hero or a martyr. Finally,
we are informed that while counsel from the
North will be allowed to defend the insurrec-
tionists, they will not be permitted in their ar
guments or harrangues to use language deroga-
tory to the system of domestic slavery as exist
ing in the Southern States.
We are not inclined to lend much credeucc
to these representations. They evidently have
their origin in the excited state of public feel
ing which has been produced by the late out
break. Newspaper correspondents and report
ers will not be molested or interfered with in
Virginia in the fair and impartial discharge OF
their duties. 1t is their duty to represent all
that passes before them, without fear, favor or
affection, and as general thing they know too
much of party politics ever to be partisans.
The reporters whom we have at Harper's
Ferry and Cbarlestown are men of honor
and intelligence, free from bias and pre-
judice, and resolved to do their whole
duty, uninfuenced by fear, and certainly having
no sympathies with the fanatics who got up the
outbreak. We therefore expect for them every
facility that can be reasonably extended, to
enable them to place before the country full
and reliable reports of the judicial proceedings
We feel convinced that neither Governor Wise
nor the Justices would think of imposing on
any representatives Of the press such conditions
or restrictions as have been referred to.
AS to the restrictions to be placed on coun-
sci for the defence, that will be matter to be
regulated by the laws and practice Of Virginia
and the discretion of the Court. We are sure
that the prisoners will have fair and impartial
trial, and that Virginia will not be the first
State to set the example either of unfairness
toward accused parties and their counsel, or of
exercising censorship over the press.
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ofthese laws has been quite common, and the
justice meted out to the offenders very scant
Political influence has been brought to bear so
strongly in cases Of this kind, that 1t Is rare
thing to zee parties who obstruct the free use
Of the franchise, or otherwise pollute the as
sumed sanctity of the ballot box, brought to
condign punishment. It is not at all likely
that offences Of this kind will be less frequent
than usual at the coming elections, and we
hone that the Grand Jury win profit by the
counsel Of the Court, and indict without finch
ing every one against whom substantial
charge of violating the election laws may DC
presented.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-10-25

Rx16ARKs.
Saturdsy--Clear all day.
Sln6ay-(,lear all cay.

R0Akkl
Saturdsy-Ccar all day.
Sunday-fsear all day.
Monday-Cioudy, with light rain.
Tue.'sy- Morning, overcast afternoon, clear; night,
clear and BIZ wing fresh.
Neutrality-suspicious. and blowing fresh all day.
MISUNDERSTANDING, clear afternoon, cloudy and cod;
night, clear and blowing fresh.
Fricay-C,ar and cold all day.
saiurcay-Mornng, cloudy; afternoon overcast night,
overcast.
The cotton market was steady, while the sales en-
bacoe CO. SOC bales, closing on the basis OF about
1lHc. for middiDg upands Some brokers quoted them
IlSc. lIMc Flour was Sc. to lcc. per Dbl higher
the enhar ced views OF holders tended to check sales
which, however, TO fair extent. Southern flour
aAo go demand and higher, with some sales for
export. Wheat was frmer; prime Kentucky white cold
81 so and Canadian white at 81 IS a 81 SO. Corn was
less hoyan with sales of Western mixed at 81 0S 81 o.
and 81 031S 81 o5 for yellow Jersey, and round yellow
81 Ola hess pork easier, with sales at SIS 20
SIS &c, and Of unnspected at SIS 49, and prime $40
slSA. Sugars active, with sales Of $500 24O0
hhds and 26o boxes at rates given in another column
Cpfee quiet and sales limited. Freghts firm,
with moderate engagements at full rates.
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all these Convention hgglers, gamblers and
spoilsmeo may be disposed Of by quiet eau.
Gus or two Of the democratic members Of the
new Congress, including both Houses. In this
way, those States which are incurably opposi-
ton will be sufficiently represented In not be
ing represented at all, and such auotuating
States as New York, Pennsylvania and New
Jersey will have their proper voice in the eau
Gus in the democratic Congressman which they
may be able to muster. Thus, too, the reliable
democratic States Of the South will have, as
they should have, the responsible representa-
tive authority to nominate the democratic ticket
and the democratic platform for 1860.
We throw out these suggestions to the South
ern members Of the party in the new Congress,
and we hope they will take the plan Of opera
tons involved into serious consideration at the
earliest opportunity. With Congressional
caucus Presidential ticket, the Southern demo-
cratic members of Congress, House and Senate,
may supersede and cut off the Charleston Con-
vention and the abrupt dissolution which it
threatens to bring upon the party. We believe,
too, ahat the responsible representatives Of the
democratic party in Congress are thousand
times more entitled and better qualified to put
forth party ticket for the Presidency than the
irresponsible loafers, vagabonds and political
Migrants who enter so largely into the dirty
elements of these national party Conventions.
What say our Southern democratic cotempo-
raries to this proposition of Congressional
caucus, instead of the proposed Charleston
Convention, for the Presidential work of lS6Os
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-04-28

SUGAR. The market was firm, without any par
ticuar alteration the sales embracing 400 to 500 hhds.
at s. @Gic. for Fair to Fully Fair
MoLAssEs I. Prices were lc. higher with sales Of
about 400 hbs. at 81 @s2c. for Inferior and Ferment
ing, and 333@S44c for Prime and Choice. Also 200
half bbls at a6@374c, y gallon.
FLOUR The market was heavy, and we noticed
sales of about 1900 bbs. including $50 Fine at S. 400
st. Louis superne at s. 75 1000 Extra IN lots at
=, and 100 Plants do II lots at IS U Dbl.
GRAIN. Corn was firm, and the sales embraced
about 1000 sacks, of which $50 Damaged at &c., 800
Yellow at 90c, 200 Mixed at 92c., 500 White at 95c.
500 sacks II lots at 9O@95, and 100 Choice White at
81 i3 b,lshel OF Oats the sales were confined to
1900 sacks st. Louis at - and 1854 n lots Mt Coo. 10
bllshe OF Bran, 500 SACHS were sold at 81 so u
100 lbs
Provisions, There was good retail demf1d
for Mess Pork at SIG 75l7 y Dbl. OF Bacon, we
noticed sales of 40 casks, comprising Al of Rbbe
Sides at -, II at 95c., 20 Shoulders in lots at 7!c
and so Clear Sides at lie. % ID. In Lard, heard
of no transactions of any moment.
INDIA BAGGING. :. We heard of sees of 100 bales
at l2ac. u yard, in lots.
STAR CANDLES. 800 boxes were sold at TIC. for
| light weight III oz) and l9c. for fall weight
| LARD Oh. :. There was il sale of % bbls. at S5c.
| % gallon.
! CopFEE. The sales were confined to 1900 bags,
comprising G67 at l0ic, SIG at l0Ie, and $50 at lie
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peculiar fitness for this trade, owing s0scw exrz
we commend her to tho shippssg ~ ~ -
lie to-day. Mr.. G. Kouns il hsv Oh
Vicks6urg for Carolina LSxkiRE = -
regular passenger and q. 9. mail
Capt. ). N. White, commander Iesvss mo
o'clock this evening IS above.
Judah Touro for Shreveport The 49, -
swift running passenger packet judah TcesUy c.
e. s. Butler, commander, and II. Henry g. -
clerk, leaves at o'clock this evening foF 49,
and all intermediate landings On Red ziss1e TX
Touro has . fine cabin and excellent psrsssGxaG1
modations.
Nashvdls FIR Cumberland River Ikie lMn9
excellent steamer is the regular packet for ~ 60
beriand river this evening, leaving positively = =
O'Clock. The Nashville Il feet, and hrs kss ~
senger appointments. Her officers srs tlseuuh
steamboatmen, and have the entire conddesse r -
public. Mr.. y. Longworth, her obIigjsg - esls-
manly clerk. still occupies de once.
City of Memphis fov a. Lewis Rsiksk -
Packet This Erenisg The RaiIroad Lips =
enterprise is decided success Composed, 0e&
entirely Of the reigning belIes y he Nizasp 3 =
monopolizing the passenger husiaf -wtile al1lo
most monopolies it is hishiy and iscreS aius{Y =
lar. The regularity with which thezs packefs -
and depart the super excelIencs u ~ pras
themselves, and the great popularity y ~
all contribute to the demands Of the trsyetE
and secures il, support. The City Of Nsnp1hs ulIl
backs out at S o'clock this evening, 10 : nsuex =
this line, and il one Of the most supsFios ps<
the list. Her great size, her superb cabs. - T.
| large and admirably arranged sleeping aSaate
| together with her celebrated speed ard IN
BILE safety ,an unite in making her frsk csaaa
A tip On the City Of Memphis csnnot I'll - - -
| Of pleasure, and her passengers invariably laus r.
with expressions d regret The City a
connects at Cairo with the Illinois CsnsnI, - = r.
Louis with the Ohio and Nis%s~ippf Rtilroaas - =
the principal Northern sud Eastern cities T1ss
tickets may be procr-ed ind IT noouss - ~ q
application at the Office 81 he assat Csptlfa e q
Wayne, corner Camp street - Co. Z 4
Capt. W. ]. Kountz ia commas -, Wins ~ =
Kerr, Jr., ia still to be found = hisold pcss
desk, where be has won for himself q eol1ea
from the travelling community. ss s.,
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Children three years old and under those three
twelve Year, old hance; all twelve yearsod
fuIlfsre,
Family tickets In PACKAGES Of twenty can be had a. the
once Of Master Transportation Merchants whose FAM
ss reside the line Of the road tickets in pack
twenty Ave for their personal reduced rate
Company prepared to forward Goods and Pack
ages all kinds every place with which they have
den receiving delivering the domcii Of patrons
r. s. WILLIAMS
ts,4 n Mater OF Transportation.