The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-11-13
Naliers Appearance entering the court and during
| and at The eoncusion OF the trfi Is nolod
MIscELLANEous NEWS.

The steamship Golden Rule arrived IRON Greyown yes
terdsy with mails, passengers and ss2!oS IN specie to
the American Transit Company. She leit Grey
the 5th instant, ard made tho passage In SIX
days aod nineteen hours.
We have dates from Bermuda to the I'd instant; but
they do not contain any news Speaking Of the weather.
the Bermudi1n Of the % says that heavy gales accom-
panied with RAIN had prevailed along the coast. aud OK
presses fears that disabled vessels would soon be coming
The yellow had almost altogether disappeared
An important decision In reference 20 legal tender notes
has been rendered by Judge Grer In the United states
Circuit Court for the district OF Philadelphia Inc cues
tion the in the shape Of or IN equity
to compel certain parties TO accept IN exnguishment OF
the principal OF certain ground rents to the amount o
COO legal tender notes OF the United states In the
course Il the the Judge remarked that Treasury
notes were legal tender for debts between individuals,
but notes II the National banks not Tho decision
IN the case was that rent service Is not debt, aud
to pay IL not covenant to pay debt
the annual payments spring into existence and or the
first time become debts when they are demandsble.
The defendants therefore could DO compelled to
nquish their by tender OF legal tender notes.
The United States District Court yesterday libel
filed against the prize steamer Lady Stirling and
cargo The capture OF this vessel has been reported 10
the HERALD. Tho process is made returnabe tho 22d
instant ana the Ds,c, Attorney intends to proceed with
the adjudication with oil possible despatch.
10 the suit Of Hamilton Towie against the Great
Eastern Steamship Company in the United States District
Court IN Ills city, decision rendered yesterday,
awarding Mr. Iowie salvage the amount OF SIS oo0
A German named George Nickels shot Though the
head carly saturday morning by G. P. Engstrom,
proprietor o. lager beer saloon at IS Rose street, and
instantly killed A dispute originated between the
parties about inent for liquor with the above result
The murderer, who is Swede, was committed by tho
Coroner.
James WILSON and Charles Parker arrested on
Friday night for the alleged highway robbery o. James
l. Warner whom they savagely assaulted whilst passing
through Blocker street and endesvored rob Of gold
watch and chain the latter Of which they succeeded Ia
obtaining.
At meeting OF bakers last evening. resolution
adopted requesting the hotel keepers and bakers OF this
city the Aston House Monday evening for
the purpose OF cooperating in baking all the poultry that
may be wanted for Thanks giving dinner our brave
soldiers 10 the field.
The boiler locomotive on The Cleveland, Columbus
and Cisciuna Railroad ilodcd at Shelby Junction,
Ohio the night OF the 7th inst, killing the engineer
and seriously scaldng other persons. 1t is stated
that before starting from Cleveland the engineer protest
ed against using The the ground OF its being
old and unsafe and that it forced upon him. oppo
son bis Judgment by the OF the engine house,
or whatever officer had charge OF that department
The stock market dull yesterday aud prices
10 yer. God was unsettled and after opening at 2l4
closed a. 24214. Government securities firm
Commercial matters quie-as usual Satur
dayaud 10 The absence Of marked fluctuations In gold,
prices underwent but little change In imported
chandise scarcely anything DONE Cotton groceries,
petroleum. &c were about the same. On Change the
flour market quiet, closing dull and lower Wheat
duh, and inferior grades shade easier, whc
pr parcels held for higher prices. Corn was
scarce and &C. &c. higher. Oats nrmer. Pork opened
firm but closed dull heavy. Beef IN good demand
and firm. Lard less active snd lower. Freights firm
but quiet. whiskey steady and "a let
The Late Elections In New York-Tho
Defoat or Governor Seymour.
The late elections in this Commonwealth,
including the State ticket, Congressional and
county nominations, have laid out among the
| killed and wounded quite a batch Of TIE big
| fsh and small fry of the demo cratic leaders,
| managers and hucksers. At the head of the
heap lies Governor Seymour, "as dead as a
herring" His rise, decline aud fall, though
not 80 vast, magnificent and comprehensive =
theme for the historian as the case OF the
Roman empire, will yet serve, in a small way,
as a wholesome warning to over ambitious and
INSCRIPTIONS politicians.
The success Of Horatio Seymour In our State
election OF 1862 as the democratic candidate for
Governor ruined him. All things considered,
that election was great success. The Rev.
Thurlow Weed, who had something to do with
it, in opposition to Greeley, recognized the
lucky Governor as trump card for the Presi-
dental succession. To be elected by ten
thousand majority in State which but two
years before had given fifty thousand majority
for Abraham Lincoln was, indeed, something
to be proud Of. But it was too much for Sey-
mour. 1t brought upon him the White House
fever-a malignant disorder to q weak system
which can only be reached by taking the life
of the patient.
To sagacious, able and courageous man the
position secured by Governor Seymour in 1862
would have been sure stepping stone to the
| Presidency. To make it so all that the Gov
ernor had to do was to adhere to the demo-
| cratic war platform upon which he had been
elected. But, unfortunately, instead Of making
himself the master, he became the easy victim
of the copperhead peace leaders. He was an
apt scholar, too, in their hands. In two or
three short lessons ho learned the copperhead
catechism Of peace-at-any- price. Next, he pro-
ceeded to carry bis new faith into practice by
casting State rights, State jurisdiction, the ha-
beas corpus, the draft and all sorts Of South
ern democratic principles as distractions to
the war policy of the national administration.
In this obnoxious attitude before the coun-
try, however, he did not stand alone. A half
dozen bold, reckless and domineering
copperheads, seizing upon the democratic
victories of 1862, as their peculiar thunder
had by the autumn Of 1868 leavened the whole
democratic party from Maine to Minnesota with
their demoralizing peace heresies. But the fall
elections of 1868, especially that of New York
would have been sufficient warning to poll.
tician Of any perception or decision Of charac.