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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-10-17
MARlfsxE IETBLLICRNcR.
Port of New York, October Is, IsUS.
ARRIVED.


es ARIEL w nss 10 S,s Sept = va s0u'N
si A9sPs Hesa seAA . S.sanss 10 ss e.
Ne e rss s
sion until the 18th inst -
Havana, with passenr crs and specie. NJ o Roberta.
%s T. ns r. AND
nah bar be Frank s. IN Win los. q fore 3
e r'H fsfa
a asass M
Of SsSs HORN
sO s vessel 2 Cape from ~ ss tom
r night passed several cro; ~ NJ
% = chip ar IL IAN e manila ss for
asa 70 81
Ion experienced heavy gale from 70 sw during which
Snip humboldt Ham, Boysen, Hamburg IS days, whmdss
gale
which aed The cabin ION lat z q % 81 sin with
ma S1ss board 'ssssd ship
iss NJ
S.'s ssfss AS e. x
Lao BARK ssn sr %sr
via Long isard Sound in ballast 70 BRIDGES
os%o % % sosHn liz n
ION q ~ spoke brig Ocean Wave Morton Of and from Port
s r a e
making anchor but considering that anchorage
s na
Sss sd
n @ y and
Of the forward and split sails suppose the brig
Ely: s,sss
~
aa brig Gso
hfsfs SasS ssuv - with mahogany
pig M Percy, St Johns nj, IS days. with oil &C.
sIis Elizabeth Could CITY Point via Hampton Roads,
Brig Crawford Small, Machias, days, with lumber 10
s2so9 PRaocs scaer.on Rona,re d.y. with
sssf sS Is. i Ii s ss i
psDsa G Z sss' s sz; * zs g
ss and Sss e age. .
Their the entire passage
Hs,!sI;s sRsSs hence Soh Carolina
ss s. Hsa
sshr ! cso G,s Chopin, Portland gla, days
I'M Sss.s
Schr Vim Gray, Hewitt, Portland, 2 days
Schr u Russell Butler, Portland, 2 days
Schr Brave Lowell. Albany for Boston.
Echr Ann Flower, Nickerson, Albany for Boston.
Schr Maine Law Packard, Port Ew en- for Boston.
Steamer Delaware. COpes, Philadelphia
Steamer Wamsuta Arey. New Bedford. 18th inst, of Sc
81 oSsgesaTd BODY recovered
Steamer Westchoser, Jones' Providence.
BELOW.
Bark Eva, of Yarmouth.
schr Sarah Clark Of East MaohiasBoh by the steamtug
Achilles.
One bark, unknown.
SAILED.
Steamships Danl Webster and Isabel Havana; bark Young
America. -; Brem brig Laura, Maranham; and others
Wind Al sunrise NJ at sunset 8.
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acknowledgement were light and rates without
engaged at Is. 7d and 500 do do at Is 3D., and 500
boxes cheese by sailing vessel at 26s Cotton about
I'D I'D Rates to Glasgow and london were steady
While engagements were light Rates to Havre were
steady, with moderate engagements.
fsRmiry COD were In better supply and the market
, na within day Or two 600 quntas Georges Bank
medium at SO IS So So Mackerel were dull and lower
tales Of eeoa 700 bbs were made Mt SIS SO SIS 49, No
rs at sl3 So and No BIS at 50 g. Herrings were less
bnoyant Sales of scaled pretty freely making at
3cc S3c Picked herring were dull.
IRON continued in fair request at ss sas 60 for Scotch
pig. English and Welsh bars unchanged.
LIME was in good demand, with Gales within day or
two OF about 500 bbls. nj 75c for common with small
sales of lump at csc. for Rockland.
NAVAL FLORES were comparatively limited, while prices
made at 47c., 200 do common rosn al 81 co. and COO
bbs crude {sold yesterday at So e2h.
Mo'1ssrs Of 80 bbis New Orleans were made at
p. Cuba musrovado was steady.
uIs-Wbae was frmer; free sales were reported at
New Bedford at SOC. cash, and within day or two
sooo aaops dark have been sold here at &c 3c Tho
200 gallons unbeached 81 49, deliverable in this and
mex, month and 81 45, deliverable in April and June
dull at 81 81; palm oil selling at $9 some 400 boxes
olive oil reported sold % for quarts and Mt a 10
Tor pnts and 1000 5000 lbs. taow oil were sold at
Provisions. -Pork--1hc market was heavy and lower
at the opening but closed with some better inquiry Tho
Sl6 6 SIS 25 thin ST. 25 and prime At go eb
el0 IT, Beef was in better request with sales Of
about 400 600 bbs, including country prime - 2
country mess at IS rcpacked new at $40 ST. and
extra do ut sl2 Cut meats dull and nominal at &c.
for shoulders, and at &c. 9kc. for hams lard was
nrmcr with sales Of about $50 bbs and terces at llc
me- Butter and cheese were firm, with steady bust.
ness
RIcE--qhc sales embraced about $50 casks at $40.
&c. -
fED-iinsccd WINS Inst sold in Boston to arrive from
Calcutta at 81 3d. clover or good to prime quality CON
tnncf scarce and was firmly held at o. g1c Timothy
WIS III air demand with Of 200 bushes al 40 Al
sr6hFs.--Ihe transactions were limited while prices
were steady: the sales embraced about 800 hhds in
Orleans at SIC and the remainder consisting OF Cuba
mnrcovado, within the previous range Of prices.
whfrFY.-Thc market steady, with sales OF 400
o 2gi.c, = ~ - 80 = -
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Political Intelligence.

ntnSsoN's MKT STUMP ORAnoN.-Hon. Daniel s
Dickinson win address the people Of Dunkrk on the great
political issues Of the day the 10Th inst The LOUIS
vile Journal sayslf knew Dickinson better than
do might be able decide whether his deserving
the hards and becoming soft is due to the sofening Of
his heart the softening Of his brain Perhaps the
speech at Dunkirk may settle the question.
A RECOMMENDATION yoR SPEAxExsHp.-Ihe Sayan-
nah Republican, In view OF the danger OF trouble in Sc
lecupg Speaker in the next Congress- recommends the
peaceable Of both parties to unite upon the Hon.
Joshua Hin for that position. Mr. Hill belongs to the
Southern opposition party, and is the recently elected
representative in the Seventh district of Georgia.
OPPOSITION CONVENTION MAsssr1TusErrs.-A call ap-
pears in Of the papers for opposition conven
tom at Faneuil Hall, Boston, Wednesday, the 9th OF
October for the purpose of nominating State officers for
the ensuing year All who opposed to the republican
State and democratic national administrations
braced in the cali
Tns SPIRITS WANT CANDIDATE FOR PRKsrpESr,-The
SpiruG Age urging politics upon the spiritualists Of
this country who able, alleged to control large
number Of votes says
All We want is a papabe manifestation Of our num-
beers and power cnttle the respectful hearing and
consideration of the people At large. No one thing could
do 70 much towards enforcing for sprtalsm position
in this country the casting Of two or three hundred
thousand votes in 1860 for Gov Nathaniel r. Tamadge
try We hold the balance Of power between the two
great parties.
I'M ELECTION PEyysuvAyIA-Nineteen counties
have been heard from officially in Pennsylvania, tho
vote in which, compared with last year is follows
NoEo
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., IN nearly every of great republican conede
10 sce nothing conflicts with III chersbed prlncipe
oi e and esous liberty ON Se contrary We 5ssHra ~
whsome check upon lcentousness and dissipation and -
az lie paupcrsm and crime ich must necassa
rv Undermine and ultimately destroy tho liberty OF any
people ,,-,... J.,
The assemblage then joined in sngng the Doxology 10
German aft r which all separated,
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MISCELLANEOUS.


WILL YOU PURIFY YOUR DWELLINGS BY USING
W MAYEkB MIRACULOUS 1s
MEYPR,A
MIRACULOUS vERMIN DESTROYER
THOROUGHLY EXTERMIN ATEs
BrGS, ROACHES, ANTS, FLEAs, MOTHS,
RATS NICE, MOSQUITOES, &C.
II has been nsed all over the city
- WITH IMMNNHE SUCCESS.
Al the METROPOLITAN HOTEL,
AST0R HOUSE.
LA FARCE HOUSE. ,,orvy
UNION PLACE HOTEL
And bocls Renerslly.
TIE BELLEVUE HOSPITAL.
THE CITY PRISON iTOMBS,
NAVY YARD, -xo,xu a,
For sale y the manufacturer JOSEPH MEYER 62 bro'o-
way; A b. SANDS Co., and druggists generally.
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CITY COMMERCIAL REPORT.

4
AsHEs.-Sales Of about 80 40 bbs. pots and pearls
were made at 52sc. per 10.
BREApsTrFEs-Flour-The market active and
the lower grades OF State and Western advanced about
loc per Dbl Extra brands were unchanged. The sales
embraced about 10 900 bbs closing within the range of
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-10-17

canadian Hour continued firm, with sales Of 200 300
bDls at 50 rs Sc rs. Southern flour was frmer with
sales OF about 1000 bbs closing within the range Of the
above figures Rye flour steady, with sales Of about
800 bols at our figures. Corn was unchanged, while
sales were small. Wheat held with Hrmness, while
Gales were limited being confined TO about bushels
including Kentucky white at 81 49, white Michigan at 81
4Z1a, red Southern and Texas at 81 20, and No. Nil
waukec club at 81 OF. Corn was steady, with sales
OF about 10000 bushels, including Western mixed
o. Rye was in fair request, with sales Of 900 BUSH
els at SIC SOC. Barley firm, with small sales at
Soc Oats were steady at 43c 43c for State and at
43hc 44c. for Western and Canadian.
NofTHK was quiet while small sales Of Rio were made
within the range Of Nc l2c., with small lots Maracai
bo atp.t
COTTON There was fair inquiry, the assortment of
Inc saies embraced 900 bales lots the basis of the
following quotations.
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speak, has reached that point last years harvesthav
ing left no surplus in the farmers hands This years
now being harvested and the crop being large and
the price fair we may doubtless expect large receipts
hong. Large shipments Of corn and provisions win be
made to Europe this fall and winter,
The cotton market contsaes sluggish, and prices tend
downward Nothing has yet occurred % damp the hopes
which entertained Of unusually large CROP aud tho
stock in many places being large speculation Is checked
Should the price decline cent lower, we should pro-
badly witness moro active market. The receipts
at the ports last week were 81 600 bales, against
$4,000 bales same week last year, and $4,000
bales same week Of 1857 making the total
receipt for the season, 70 date, 25s,O00 bales
against 23a 900 bales TO date of 1865 and
bales dato of 1867 Tho total shipments for the
thus far bales against o. bales 70
date of 1885, and $4,000 bales 10 same date Of 1857
The reports from Europe thus far unfavorabie for
cotton.
Provisions dull and lower The reports from Gin
cinnat continue to promise larger quantity of pork and
better quality than last year. Beef rules lower with
downward tendency.
The importatons for the week are large though con-
sderaby less than those Of the corresponding week of
1851 The principal articles imported are dry goods
which referred at length Saturday brandes iron,
steel and tin, hides, sugar, coee and The follow
ing the comparative Custom House tables Of the trade
Of the port for the week, and since January L.
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Opposition majority . 9,s27 59S3
Showing falling of in the opposition majority OF nearly
four thousand The republican journals say that the
ported opposition majority the State will be II 900;
last year it was 10000.
kANsAs EIECrloy.-A correspondent at Lawrence says
that the majority for the adoption Of the negro suffrage
State constitution will reach six thousand. The election
for State officers under the constitution, will take place
on the 9th Of December.
GEORGIA HEcnoNs-The returns Of the recent election
in Georgia. far received the for Governor,
show the following result
Total maorities for Brown dcm) ITO counties O63
Total majorites for Akin opp in ITO counties 1895
Clear majority for Brown IL, 4os
Total gains for Brown. $3.50
Total gains Tor AKIN l,42S
Democrats clear gam. S,l62
MOVEMENT TO DKsRAr Doucr.s-An Indianapolis cores
pendent of the Lafayette Qnd Courier says Governor
Willard has gone tour to the Wabash for the express
purpose Of shaping the delegations to the Democratic
State Convention anti Douglas representa-
ton at Charleston
COMMENCING EARtY.-Hon. Lawrence NJ Keitt, the re-
preventative from the Third district, s. c. having
clned reelection year hence hot contest for his
post has for months been going between General Aver
and W. A. Owens, of Barnwel The friends of Captain
George P. Elliot, Of Beaufort, have nominated him also
CoSCRrssMAS PROM KAysAs-Martin f. Conway, who
has just been nominated by the republicans Of Kansas
for Congress- is former Batrnorean and printer by
profession
QUEER CHARGE OF ILLEGAL vorSe.-A novel case was
tried in Baltimore the 14th inst. Two men, cousins
and both named Augustus Aback arraigned charged
with voting each others naturalization papers 1t
turned out that both had procured their papers 1852
the same day from the same court and presenting them
70 their arrest. One voted and the other arrested
p the act They were both honorably discharged
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Imports (other than Dry Goods and Spec
cfe) Mt the Port OF New York for the
Week Ending October l5. 1859.
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Lord Howard, the Hon. Ernest Cochrane, Royal Navy,
and Capt Somerset, Royal Navy, are vis, to this
city.
Among other celebrities in town is Major Ben McCu
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Straycdi,

IrnN ms farm. , nj s. v es, II Pane.
u, one ~ anw With % white fncs.
itl d hel nn, vss unmafArll uHs vhiie
Owl tNA sNitiet f1u mari lui lafs No.
fHoil .rI NJ fei y, smooth efnl ~
.aeh rnf nne a pale I'd, vlie lace and
ehIie p'feik dnwn H. haci smnaii cfop
IA etrh faf. lhefe sas also four seer.
liass With Thew. Auy hfnfmn, IN ~
them vii be THANKFULLY ~ ri,ci ~ iit
"siaf' Uaee, ~ W. Nirtls. ~ ilt -
pot. H. a. huiiikisuA.
hlsile0.ia -
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: ihef ARE nov feiei,inf, We vii
furnish oil the ARTICLES IN oar lnH 81
Msmphs pfiuas pnl ftsghl added.
va particularly intiia the ladies 10
coll IN ~.
We also sesp ihr Msiallr llarinl Cisfi,
nnl etn iufnish Che titkel Aal vlain
eAfns.
so clll. fot casfs Or wooden Coins
Will be promptly lilel, viii hcnf'' hiien'
iihi.
naleN lie. mars ? 3m
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Land for Sale.

TIL Undersigned nd.t- Tor sale on very
fensun,ll " terms. the wes, hrlt ~ SECTION
ylahl, township eight, rang hse, wet,
al dining the snd. NJ Col. W. \. JONES,
anil Known y. the ".isln.r" tlaec. There
arr between thirt. and ffty rcr.. cleared.
". X. Caldwell. isq.. win show The larl
TO ~, rcrsrb Wishing ~ pnrgbase. Tor
further Information ndirc.s ". y. Moot,
tan, isnoia, Mis- nr The urdrr-irn.i.
ROBERT WLAt'k.
s,rill3.3n Msmphi-, Tenn.
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New Furniture Store.
sorry A MssuEs

nj leave Do ea'l The ttianIlan N fll
~ ihsIf oil friend patrons, and ihe
tuNlie rqnUfillY, " nj ethm nation VI
latlf lt.a ani wul salafi 4 aatA "
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~ svps,rinx 70 shs ss,s faction n ,hs
r,ar sfas doe proof. that The -.
dshi, d. q. t'srr. r~-~l,iss nut u the sssis
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served. er i served The rsr'y ssnno' he
ss,svsli s.i 10 spt sss and answer or plead.
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the biil. asi~-. ire drs'sians enter he
atgsarnnee herein. and plusA. ss-~s. "
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holden Il the Court iioas. IN The ts~r ~
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fourth usplsv IN Nsreh, ikl9. and tn,
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Afifrn HtgH DE- fiiail ftlaleT
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MousARRAT pyPR
Real Estate Brokers,
AN
COLLECTING AGENTS,

III MpIiiS. TENN.
WI have fcr sale, n large number of
" dwelling and business hous,s in
this city and lts suburbs. Also, baildinv
lots improved md unimproved. In thc 81.
" and IL is cnyirons. together wuh small
iarns OF all Dimensions aud nj various
distances.
Six improved plantations ~ Shrlb,
rounty, qi and nsss pians iloajs, from
$50 10 .iHu acres caol,, ~ rich 10 y
lands IN Arkansas ~ el.ewh.se.
Several improved Arkansas rni Niles.
issipri bottom plantations.
Lands N tu,tenden. ~. Francis. Dc.
shs. tlnso,. Phillips. Prairie, JACKSON.
White. Poinscl, Lawrence. l~nispsicnce
and other counties 10 Arkansas. 5000
acres.
Collection. in the city promptly a,,,n.
led Ia.
We wan, 5000 ci,ifea's Bank monsy,
Tor which We viii pay the hishes, matk,,
price.
MoNSaERAT, DUPREE 4 CO.,
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The state az M1sslsstppl.
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q, be 9Ae~ 10 the town ~ rsaels. -
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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-06-24
COAL.

The coal of England is one of the broad
est and deepest foundations of her national
power. 1t has been justly remarked thai
industry, as the basis of the organization
OF society. forms the distinguishing fea.
lure OF modern civilization, and coal is Il q
very element Of industry. Estimating the
material prosperity Of country by the
amount of coal consumed, Great Britain
has been assigned the. foremost place, but
how far superior to Great Britain must the
United States one day become! Of all the
coal regions Of the earth, there are none
more extensive than the coal formation, of
the United States, none where the beds are
of greater thickness, more convenient far
working, or of more valuable quality. The
coal area of the United States is i33 50o
square miles; British America, Ia. 600 do .
Great Britain, II, $50; Spain, 5, 40s; France
LIE; Belgium, SIS. But although the |
coal area of Great Britain is SO much less
than that of the United States, its annual |
production is more than seven times as
great, being 81 800, 600 tons; Belgium, H.
96o, 900 tons; United States 4, 400, 600 tons: |
France, A, l4l 900 tons. Even at the enor- |
nous rate of British production, it is esti-
mailed that the coal fields of that country
VIII yet last for five hundred years.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-06-24
CRIME IN INDIA.

A worl entitled "Manual of Medical Jul
r,sprudei ice for Bengal and The Ncf'h-
western Provinces" by DR.. Norman Che
vers, Civ es a terrific picture Of the peculiar
vices an crimes of that people. The
prineipa topics are poisoning in Its multi
farioas ways and for diverse purposes, no
less tina foriy-fve different poisons being
made v hch are procurable in the bazaars
of the country; wounds, including torture,
yariou sly administered; human sacrifices;
buryir q alive, &C., &c. In the chapter on
roisor ing, according to Strabo, as remark
ed by the author, the burning of Indian
wido WIS was enforced TO check the women's
practice of poisoning their husbands; and
Capt lin Hamilton, who traded in India,
bstw eea 1883 and 1913, notices legend in
viii, h the custom is similarly accounted
for, and how, before the law was enacted,
poisoning was so we'll known and practised
that the least quarrel that happened be-
tween n married couple cost the husband
his iife
"Thuggee of travellers by poison is one
Of the prolific crimes Of the country, and
,ractsed, as we are assured by the author,
throughout the three Presideucies, in which
it is pursued Systematically as trade, and
is not merely the device of a stray criminal,
es pecially since the check given to Thuggee;
bu rking Ito use our synonime) by strangu-
lati on. 1t has been alleged by a compe-
| tent writer that no road was free from
poist ,ners, and that throughout India there
must be many hundreds who gain their
subsis 1ence by that trade alone.
, DR.. Chevers says that torture in India
| has ne, er been abandoned, but, on the con-
| trarv, has now become intimately blended
with the customs of all sects and classes of
natives throughout India. The poor, he
| says, pr actice tortITe on each other, rob-
bers upo their victims, masters on their
servants, schoolmasteTs upon their pupils,
husbands upon their wives, and even pa
rents upo, their children. There is no dis
trict in ] ldia in which human sacrifice is
not still racticed as q superstitious rite,
and this altogether apart from the other
practice Of widow burning and child
drowning The murder of female children
has been for ages the chief crime of six
seventies o. the inhabitants of British India.
The phlan 1hropistS of Great Britain, who
are so fond of dilating upon the iniquity OF
Southern slavery, ought to compare the
yassas of the South ard of India, and ask,
which has done most, England or America,
for the civilization and Characterization OF
the heather under their rule?
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-06-24
PROSPECT OF A SHORT WAR.

Everything at present seems to indicate
determination of the war at no distant Pc
Rod. In the defeat of the Derby Ministry,
after long and animated debate in both
Houses, in the course of which Lord Pal
merston charged them directly with being
the cause of the war, is to be recognized the
fixed determination Of England not to take
sides with Austria. With this determine
ton is intimately connected the policy OF
Prussia. which opposes an obstinate resist
ance to the desire of the minor States of the
German Confederation to rush into HOSTILE
ties. The Circular of Prince Gorchakoff at
the same time offers another guarantee for
the preservation of neutrality on the part
Of the Germans. Upon the whole, the signs
are decidedly in favor of short war.