THE NEW; YORK HERALD.WHOLE NO. 8442. MORNING EDITION-MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1859. price TWO CENTS.

IMPORTANT FROM EUROPE.Arrival of the North Briton at

Farther Point.

FOUR DAYS LATER MEWS.

THE ZURICH CONFERENCES.LOUMRDY THE ONLY POINT 8ETT.1ED THERE.

The Doehtes and the L^Atieis to CoBefore an European Congress.

AJNOTHER WAR IN PROSPECT.

Significant Circulars, Orders of the Bay,and Warlike Preparations in France,

Austria arid Sardinia.

OMaa, CsiMa fllnu uf Japan ArrayedAgainst; Europe.

DEATH OF NTA. MASON IN PARIS.Great Ik astern to Start for Port¬

land Wext Thursday.

THE SAN JUAN DIFFICULTY.Us.) Ue.) At.

Farthxh Point, C. E., Oct. 16,1869.Die steam* Afip North Britain, from Liverpool on Wod-

aosday,the 6th inst.,at two P. 11., passed this point atMirec o'ckK ;k this morning on her way to Quebec.A Paris despatch of tho 4th briefly announces that llr.

Mason, t) se American Minister, died on the 3d of apo¬plexy.

The TAondon Tinus has another sharp oditorial on theBand' An difficulty. It rejoices at General Scott's missiongo the. Pacific, and trusts in a peaceful solution of the ques¬tion. It characterises General Harney's proceedings asvoid ethkng new in military achievements, and denouncestho filibustering and lawless promoters of the en¬

terprise and its fitting leader. The lima arguesthat the treaty undoubtedly gives the island to England,and counsels the American government in all friendshipand sincerity not to minister to the ambitious passions ofany man or class by contesting tho rights which appeartoo strong for sophistry to overturn.The cable for the telegraph from Aden to Kurrachee had

been despatched from Liverpool, and was expected to belaid by the middle of January, when communication be¬tween Lantern and Calcutta wSU be completed. The length ofthe new shipment is 1,900 knots, and the electricians re¬

port it to be in a high state of perfection.. The Earl of Jersey had died in London, aged 87 years.

The directors of the Great Eastern have finally decidedthat the ship Bhall not go to Southampton, bat leave Port¬land on ber trial trip October 8, arriving at Holyheadabout the 11th. If tbo trial Is successful, it is still intend¬ed to despatch the vessel to America on the 30th. Nopassengers are to be taken on the trial trip. It is said thatthe maximum number of revolutions shall be obtainedfrom both engines before proceeding to Bea with passen¬gers. Daring the trip from the Thames the paddies never

exceeded eight and a quarter and the screw thirty-tworevolutions per iniuute, and to obtain the maximum speed9he paddles must go fourteen revolutions.

The London builders'strike continues unadjusted, andalthough the masters profess to have ten thousand men

working under the terms of the anti sooiety declaration,matters looked quite threatening for a continuance of theStrike.The London money market showed no material change,

but the demand had been active to meet the paymentsmaturing on the 4th. Consols had been slightly depressedby the American difficulty, but had recovered firmness.The continued influx of gold to the Bank likewise neu¬

tralized every ndverse consideration. Tuesday being tho4th of the month, tho payments were heavy. The tempo¬rary demand for money has now entirely subsided, andthe best paper can now be discounted with case at 2'i percent. Railway shares, Arc., continue dull, but well sup¬ported. Paris letters mention an increased demand formoney.The transport ship Clara, with nearly 400 soldiers' wives

and children, had a narrow escape from wreck In theChannel. Sbo ran on a rock Jbut got otf and roachcd Ply¬mouth leaking "badly.General Changarnier had returned to Paris from

Belgium.General Canrobcrt and the Duke of Magenta had re¬

sumed command in their respective military districts.A Marseilles despatch says the number of the French

forces on the frontiers of Morocco was 20,000. It is re¬

ported that their Operations arc not to be confined to thefrontiers of Algeria, but will occupy a portion of the ter¬

ritory of Morocco, of which Ouhda is the centre, andfrom which Incursions by the Moors have taken place.The Paris Bourse closed buoyantly on the 4th at 09.76.A Paris letter says that the King of the Belgians' visit

to Barritz, made to arrange the Belgian debt to France,was a failure, alternatives put to him being that if hedid not proceed with the fortifications at Antwerp nothing-would he sold about the debt, but if the works-were commenced payment would bo enforced. Anotherauthority says the visit has reference to England's policy-regarding tho proposed Congress.

The Emperor remains at Biarritz till October the 10th,cmnd will stop two days at Bordeaux en route for Paris.^Another speech is anticipated at Bordeaux. The French..Army of Observation will winter In tho peninsula.

The Moniteur published a decree admitting brandies ex-acted from molasses direct into France from Mayotte in

^French vessels duty Tree.The King of the Belgians left Marseilles the 3d Inst, <n

"route to Switzerland.Orders bavo been received at Brest to prepare large

, fnantitics of provisions, supposed to bo for the ^Chlna1 wpodition.

The Paris flour market bad been aniiftated and advanced2 francs per sock. Wheat was also dearer, both in Parison 4 the provincial markets.

fee silk markets wcro dull.

B randies had again risen In the Paris marketT! « vintage was progressing, and tho accounts aro

gen,, r«My unfavorable.Tho steamship Europa, from Boston via Halifax, arrived

at Uvi mpool at 1 A. M. or the 4th.The f eeew steamship Anglo Baxon, from Quebec, arrived

at Uvot at 7 P. M. of tho 4th.

NEWS FROM ITALY.THE ZITR1 t" -CONKKRENORS AND A DRAFT OP PKAOE

AHTICLk ».HATORB OP THE TREATY.KOSSUTH'SPOSITION

' TOWARDS AUSTRIA AND IirNOARY.THECONTINEN WAX POWERS SEEKING ARMS IN ENGLAND.MARSHAL THINE8 OP ANOTHER WAR.TOEFRENCH A SO*ARENTS.DIPLOMATIC CIRCULAR ONHAKDINIA'8 POLICY.BCITCRE OP RELATIONS WITHTHE POPE-* WENER4L GARIBALDI IN BOI.OONA ANDVERY POPUL. Ml.DETERMINATION OK THE ITALIANSTO BR FUEK, ETC.All the six prptwpotentlories were present at the

Conleronco on the «4, at which the articles of peace worerend over.

The Paris Potrie reasserts lhat Um peace treaty will besigned within a ft.w 'leys at Zurich.The treaty will Confirm the cession of Loinbardy and

routoHI a sottlemenf of the !/>rr>b ird debt. There will bethree instrwneuts of p eace, the first between Franco andAustria, another between Franco and Sardinia, and thethird bctwoon Ibo thcc" Powers, Central Italian affairsare Ui be **tlod by tin* fnogress.

ft is asserted at Paris that, the Austrian governmentCOBKenlsd to reduce the debt of Lombardy to be borneby Piedmont from four hundred million francs to littlemere than half that sum.The English papers publish ;Ui lutoresting letter from

JGventh. exprewing the keened grief at tho ViUsfrsocsArrrngcinwii, at the moment when tho deliverance

of bbi country was within reach. He say" he returns to

thgland again a poor exile, only ten years older, froin bit¬ter pangs of disappointment.He derives some consolation, however, from the

events of the war, and is strengthened In the convictionthat Hungary will yet he free. He states that ho insistedon a double BtiputetKHi en behalf of the Hungarian prison¬ers of war who were enrolled under his banner, vis.:that of amnesty, and that of exemption from further Aus¬trian military service. France has obtained these condi¬tions from Austria.The Loudon Jtwra says that agents of the Ercncb, Aus¬

trian and Sardinian governments have been solicitingtenders from the leading Knglish iron founders for a verylarge number of rilled cannon.

Marshal Kiel, on Joining the troops at Toulouse, istued ohorder of tin day, which, wot construed into an admissionthat peace u<a« not Hkdy to be long maintained.The London Herald Paris correspondent says nothing

H heard on every tide but preparationt for war. Not a

single man in tho French army has yet been senthomo on renewable furlough, and only those entitled todischarge in December next have obtained it. Not a singleship has been dismantled, and active measures of defenceare progressing at the ports, no gives a similar pictureof operations in Austria and Sardinia.The Sardinian government had sent a circular note to

its representatives at European Courts for communicationto the various governments. The document forcibly setsforth the argument" in favor of a strong and independmtkiisgdom of Upper Italy, sufficiently strong to keep in cheekthedomineering tendencies of Austria. Such a State would,it is urged, tranqutllzo the mind of Europe, and fulfil thefirst wishes of those Italian countries which have latelyshaken off a tyrannical government.

It is asserted that the Pope, on hearing the answer theKing of Sardinia gave to the deputation from the Romagna, ordered that the Surdjnian Minister at Rome shall betendered his passports; and it is further reported that atthe news of the cessation of all intercourse betweenRome and Piedmont, a collision between the Swiss andneutral stations took place at ChttoUca.The Sardinian journals speak of an insurrectionary

movement having shown itself at Palermo.The celebration of Manin's death at Padua led to seve¬

ral arrests, and some priests are said to be in prison.The Savoy cross and Sardinian standard had been

hoisted on the old palace at Florence, and also on allpublic buildings. ^The provisional government at Bologna had issued a

decree stating that in future every public act shall boheaded thus."Under the reign of his Majesty KingVictor Emanuel." In Tuscany decrees of a like naturowere promulgated.

Garibaldi had been rcccivod with enthusiasm atBologna.The garrison of Ancoca is said to have been reinforced.Letters from Naples say the King had offered to lend

troops to the Pope, in consequence of the withdrawal ofthe French.The reported insurrection in the Abruzzio is contra¬

dicted.The Paris correspondent of the London limes says the

Italian affairs are approaching a crisis, and refers to thecircular of the Sardinian government, and quotes theorder of the day just Issued by General Fanti, tho Com¬mander-in-Chief of Central Italy, who promises that thetri-color of Italy, preceded by the old cross of Savoy, willprecede them in the fresh battles, and will foreverfree Italyfrom the stranger.

Garibaldi has also issued an address, summoning (heItalians oj the Legations to arms. A collision is shortly ex¬

pected, and some think it will be produced by the Papaltroops invading Romagna.

SPAIN.Tbe communications between the Spanish and English

governments came to a perfectly satisfactory termination.The Madrid Cvrrttpondenrt Autografa announces that

provision will be made in the budget for an army of100,000 men, and discretkmarry power will be left withthe government to increase tbe number.

It is asserted that England will oiler no opposition toany measures Spain may take against Morocco.

AUSTRIA.The Austrian Corrttpondence asserts that tbero is in

Vienna no Journal of a semi official character. It also donics the reported wedding of a prince of the imperialbouse.

RUSSIA.The Emperor was expected at Warsaw on the 16th o

October, and it was reported that the Russian ministers inEngland, France, Prussia and Austria had received ordersto meet him there for conference.

THE WAR IN CHINA.KF.rORTKD SPREAD OF THE MOVEMENT AGAINSTEUROPEANS. JAPAN AND COCHIN CHINA INFECTED.FRANCE SAID TO BE BACKING DOWN.UNIONWITH ENGLAND.It was rumored in Paris that the Chinese anti European

movement had extended itself to Japan and CochinChina.There is nothing authentic as to the French expedition

to China, hut a variety or rumors. It is supposed it willbe more particularly of a military character, Its controlhaving been given to the Minister of War. The latest in¬

telligence says preparations wore suspended and indica¬tions of backing down were apparent.Lord Cowley had quitted Paris for Biarritz, In order, it

is said, to arrango with Count Walewski for a Joint expe¬dition to China.The statement that France bad abandoned her preten¬

tions in Cochin China was contradicted, and it is rumoredthat the forceB there are to he reinforced from the squad¬ron for China.

BRAZIL.Rio Janeiro dates arc to Sept 8. There Is no political

news. The Emperor was about to mako a provincialtour. Coflce was unchanged; firsts 6|000 to 6|300; stock186,000 bags; exports to the United States since last mail,80,000 bags. Exchange on London

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.LONDON MONET MARKET.

Consols closed on the 4th at 95j!£ a 96% for money andaccount

London, Oct 6.1859.The London Daily Nfxan city article says the funds im¬

proved on tho afternoon of the 4th, and closed at an ad¬vance of nearly one-quarter. Tho riso wascaused chieflyby the state of the money market; tho effect of theAmerican difficulty and of the uncertainty as to the re¬

sults of tbe Zurich Conference being thus counteracted.Although Tuesday was the 4th of the month, good billswere done at a fraction below the minimum. Additionalgold was talcen to the hank, making an aggregate of threehundred and seventy-fonr thousand pounds since lust re¬turns.Tho Ixmdon Times city article says:.The funds opened

on the 4th without animation, but there was a more confi¬dent feeling before the close. Tho purchases during thoday wore rather numerous, anil the Rati Jnan difficultyseemed no longer to receive attention. Seme cause oftnxicty might have boon found in the report that it Roomslikely to be the policy of tho Papal government to pre¬cipitate the conflict In Romogna, but this war counter¬acted by good accounts from the Paris Bourse.

AMKRICAN STOCKS.Sales of Illinois Central shares at 80 a 86 discount; nil

nois Central Sevens, 84},'; Now York Central ftharvw, 70 a

72; Brie Shares, 4 a 6; do. Third Mortgage Bonds, 60 a 68;and other bonds 16, a 20.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.The sales of the three days in the Liverpool Cotton-Mar

tot were 28,000 bales, of which 2,090 were to speculatorsaid 6,000 to exporters. The market closed steady but quiet,firth holders oflering freely, though not pressing sales;nht/lUng. Orleans, 6.VL; middling uplands 4«id.

STATE OF TRAD! IN MANCHESTER.At Manchester there was but little Inquiry for goefe,

xuid (vices wore weak, and pattlally slightly lower.LIVERPOOL BRHADWTFFB MARKET

Breadtftufi'fl had a declining tendency, and prices werertightiy lower, cseept for corn. Messrs. Richardson,."ponce k Co. report that flour is quiet and 64. a Is. lowerper Rack add barrel. Wheat declined 2d. Corn quiet batsteady. No quotation* are given. Pome authorities saybroadstuffs wero generally slow of sale, but that priceswere unaltered.

LIVERPOOL PROVIRION' MARKET.Beef steady. J'oik dull, but steady. Bacon quietI-"Sd steady, with e better demand at 65a. fid. a 60s

Tallow Urm; BntrherR' Association, 60s. «d.Liverpool produce uaiwxt.

Pol ssheft Arm at J?7f <M, n jgs.: ,^Uiet at S«s. Su-

gar Mondy. * ic« dull. Cofieo quiet. Fish end llu*>.«doils ouckurged. Sprite of turpentine steady at 3t». 9<1.

LOUDON MAUITB.iMt'adstuflb dull but steady. Oorn firm, with conMdera-

hb- bUMut-KH In floating rn.rgoe.fi. Hogar heavy. Cbfleodull. Tea slow of salo. but prices unaltered. Ri'ie Arm.Tallow 67a. 9d. linseed oil 28k. 3d. a 28a. lid. Pig ironsteady at file. fid. There was a vague rumor of a strikeamong the iron miuera.

Tint LATIST MARKETS.Livkkvool, Oct. 6.P. II.

Cotton steady: sales 8.000 bales, including 1,600 ons|K-eulution and for export.

Breadstuflfc quiet.Frovisions quiet.

Iawhon, Oct. 6.Noon.Consols 96\' a OS;, for money, and 96J* for account.

Operatic and Dramatic Matters.Tbo Opera season at Boston closed on Haturday after¬

noon with "La Traviata," in which lime. Oolson, Squiresand Amodio sang, and the last act of "La Favoritu," withFtigelii and Mme. Strakosch, who assumed the rolt on theprevious Saturday with gratifying success. All the artistehave returned to town. The liaretiek wing, which In¬cludes lime. Cortest, Miss A. Phillips, Mme. (Sassier,Bignor Gassier, and others, sailed for the Havana yester¬day. Mr. Waretzck will oommenee his season, for whichho has the most flattering prospects, at the Tacon theatre,about the 1st of November.To night Messrs. Uilnrnn and Strakosch take tbo field at

the Academy of Music, under circumstances which cannotfail to fix tho public attention. Mr. Strakosch has taken a

bold and decided step in bringing before the public a

prima donna of whose qualifications but little is known on

either side of the Atlantic. This artist, Signorina Spcranza, assumes a role.that of Violetta in the "Traviata".which has been sung here by no less than six other singersduring tho past two years.namely, Mdlle. Plc-colomini, Mine. Gazzaniga, Mme. Cortosl, Mme.Colson, Mme. Gassier and Mme. La Grange.allof them favorite artists with the metropolitan public.How far Spcranza will disturb the agreeable souvenirs ofthe other "Travlatas" remains to be seen. In the mean¬time there is the most Intense curiosity on tho part of thoOpera loving public, and the new prima donna will begreeted beyond doubt by a crowded bouse. The otherroles are In the hands of Brignoli and Amodio, and SignorMuzio will resume the conductor's baton. No one be¬comes the orchestral throne better than Muzio.The Drayton Parlor Operas have received the unani¬

mous approbation of the Journals, and there is everyreason to believe that Mr. and Mrs. Drayton will make a

very successful tour In the United States. The ParlorOperas will be continued at the French theatre every al¬ternate night this week. "Never Judgo by Appearances"and "Diamond cut Diamond," two very agreeable pieces,will be given this evening.The 8tadt theatre, Bowery, has two operas, Lortzuig's

"Poacher," and Nicelain "Merry Wives of Windsor," Inrehearsal.The Brooklyn Philharmonic Society will give during the

season five concerts and fifteen public rehearsals. Thefirst concert, at which Mme. Gazzaniga will sing, will takeplace on the 6th of November. Subsequently Mme. Gaz¬zaniga will give a concert d'adieu at Brooklyn. This popu¬lar prima donna will give a concert at Philadelphia thisweek.The theatres oflered no special novelty last week, the

attendance at all of '.the® continuing to be very Urge.Mr Burton closed a brilliant engagement at Niblo's Gar¬den on Saturday, pUying in the afternoon and evening.Me appears next in Baltimore and Washington. At theFrench theatre Mile. Darcy has been very successful In

operettas of the "Folics Nonvelles" school.The opening of the Opera and other events will mako

this week more lively for amusement seekers. The admirers of Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams will doubtlesscrowd Niblo's Garden to its utmost capacity to night, towelcome their favorites alter a protracted tour in Europe.Three pieces are announced, of which two, " An Hour inSeville " and " latest from Sew York," are new. In the

other, "Born to Good Luck," Mr. Williams finds one ofhis best roUt.

, , .

At Iaura Keene's theatre ono of the successes of lastseason " A Midsummer Nights Orearn." is to bo revivedto-night, and pUycd during the week. This iB ouo of themost charming spectacles ever seen on the New Yorketage.

,,At tho Winter Garden, the successful drama, 'Dot,enters upon its fifth week to night.At WaHack's theatre the " School for Scandal, with a

tine distribution, is announced for to-night. A now pieceIs up for to-morrow nightAt Barnum's Museum, the new moral drama, "Out ot

the Depths," enters upon the third week of its successlulcareer. It is a good play, well acted.At the New Bowery to-night the local drama, "New

York and Brooklyn," is to ho revived and played, withthe drama called "Carl Million.At the Bowery theatre the attraction for to night is

an original drama caUcd "The Three Red Men," roundedupon a popular German talc; "The Fireman's Bride" and"Tho Knave of HearU" will also be played.At Mozart Hall, some extra entertainments, with Thio-

den's Theatre or Arts, arc announced for every eveningthis week.

, ,Wood's and Bryants' Minstrels both offer fresh aud su¬

perior programmes for tire week.

Sakds, Ixnt 4 Co.'s Cmccs.Ihssoirno* of Cwart-kimhip..Sands, Lent & Co.'s circus is among the tilingsthat were, in consequence of the dissolution of copartner¬ship, and the retirement of all tho members of the firm toprivate life. Two of their performing elephants, now inCalifornia, have been sold for »22,000, and two others toJohn E. Bacon, of this city, Tor $10,000, who designstaking them to Cuba for exhibition. Tho remaining sixelephants and the whole paraphernalia of the concern willbe sold in a short time.Mr. Richard Sands, the senior partner of the late firm,

was born in this city,and for the last thirty-two yearshasbeen an equestrian performer and manager. In 1842 he

' took the first American circus company to England, char¬tering a large ship for this special purpose, and after hisarrival performed throughout the country and before herMajesty Queen Victoria and tho royal family. They af¬terwards travelled through Walos, and came back to thiscountry flushod with success. All the partners havo re¬tired wealthy, and propose to spend their remaining daysin the city of New York. The last exhibition of this circuswas given a few days ago at Statcn Island, with EatonStone as the principal star.Thkatuss Eisbwbxrx..Miss J. M Davenport is at the

Walnut street tneatre, lhiladelphta. Miss Heron tookher farewell benefit at the Howard Athenaeum, Boston,on Friday (I4th), playing Camille. Miss Elixa Logan isplaying at tho Museum. The I'arodi Opera company andthe Misses Gougenheim are entertaining tho citizens ofLouisville. Mr. J. E. Murdock is at Nashville. MissCaroline Richings is the star at the Washington theatre.Mr. aud Mrs. Florence arc ot the Holiday street theatre.Baltimore. The Boston Courier (I3tli) says:.Tho theatrical public will bo sorry to learn that tho

dist'nguished manager of tho Boston theatre, Mr. ThomasBarry , Is quite sick. Several days ago he was prostratedby a severe cold, hut. thinking himself much restored tohealth, he ventured out. He however had a moro vio¬lent return of his disorder, which has afflicted his eyes tosucli a degree as to destroy his sight His condition isregarded as quite critical.

Mr. Edwin Booth's engagement at Boston (HowardAthcnirum) wns announced to commence on the 15th.Miss Maggie Mitcliell is at the Richmond theatre. Mr.J. B. Roberts has produced " Faust and Marguerite"at Die Ft louis theatre. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Wallack,Jr., are at tho Rochester theatre.Fohxhix..Mme. Und Goldschmldt was singing in Dub¬

lin at the last accounts. M. Roger intends ta continue hisoperatic career, notwithstanding the loss of his arm. Tho-government, thinking he might be glad of a dignified re¬

tirement. lately offered him the poet of inspector of sing¬ing at tho Grand Opera, but tho offer was respectfully de¬clined. The Court Journal says that a certain lady of theThrntre Francois has been compelled to sue for the pri¬vilege of bankruptcy. Tho event has caused the mosttremendous excitement in the gay worldlady belongs. Feme of the incidents connected with thispeculiar failure are touching enough. The lady has provedbeyond a doubt that she had long ago boen compelled topart with evcrv ono of her valuables, and that at toc pro-sent moment she owns scarcely more than the dreams shehas in dolly wear. Lovo, as usual, is the cause of the de-*i.oilment.the extraordinary idea of Bending a dyingfrirtid to Maileira In a vessel of bor own, fitted up In therichest and most expensive stylo, and cnabllLg him to fin¬ish hie days amid ait the luxuries or the Eastern Pacha,has ca11s4.il the ruin she is compelled to avow. The Prin-ci tii-.' Theatre, Ixxidon, and the Adelphl were both openedfor the reason Sop!. 24. At tho former, a new drama bv()\iuif"rd, taken from FeaJUeta "Romance of a PoorYotiag Man," aud a UurleUa by Blanche. The first namedpiece, "B y Ball," waa not particularly succeasfal. Theother If said to be very good,

Arrival of tbn Star of the Weil, with|l,W3,tlO la Treasure.

Tlx- steamship Star of the Went. Captain 0. Harrison,wbK-h left Asp In wail on the 3d of October at eight o'clockin the morning, and Key West on the 10th instant at one

o'clock in the morning, arrived at this port at one o'clockyesterday afternoon, with the California malls and pasjoDgers.The Star of the West, at . h'veu o'clock on tin1 morning

of the 4th mutant, when 140 miles from A«pinwall, brokebor flarboard shaft close to tho wheel, and was detainedthree hours in consequence, since which time she madetho entire postage with the use of one wheel only.Bhe left at Key West 210 passengers and 9267,063 61 for

New Orleans.The Star of tho West left in the port of Aspinwalt United

States steamer Roanoke, sloop Preble and storeship ReliefCrew s all well.The following Is the

TWUar** 11ST KY STAR OS TH* WRST.Amer. Exch. Bank.1172.000 R Header $8,600Wells, Parget Co.. 269,600 Jas. Huckins 8,0O>Freeman A Co 44,760 A. Belmout 112,0O>Butcher & Bro 20,000 Jis. Patrick At CD... 84,001T. J. Hand A Co.... 3,000 Conroy ft O'Connor. 10,400J. H. Cofihin 24,409 E. Kelly ft Co 81,900A. K. Tilton 3.200 A.S.Ro*cnbuum ft Co 16,000HowlanriAAspinwall 0,650 Z. Kinstein ftBre..,. 90,000Tiiffee.McCnhMftCo. 62,058 P Nay lor 12,000Wm. Hehgman ft Co. 40,500 Roberts .MorrtoonftOo 13,000Wm.T.Coh man ft Co 46,000 Jennings ft Brewster 12,000Ballin ft Zander.... 35,000 Wm. Meyer 8,741Scholle ft Bros 83,000 Clias. W Crosby.... 17,600H. Cohn ft Oo 80,000 N. O. Fish 7,000Ro?s, Falconer ft Co. 22,678 Harbeck ft Oo 7,000J. B. Newton ft Co. 21,063 Rlehard Patrick 73,200W. Heller ft Oo.... 21,000 Duncan ,ShermnnftOol60,680Dc Witt, Kittle ft Co. 26,000 Janson, Bond ft Oo.. 40,000J. Strauss, Bro. ft Co 60,378 Metropolitan Bank.. 17,000Treadwell ft .Co.... 17,000 Wm. Hnge ft Co 86,000J. R. Weir 13.464 Kppinger ft Oo 7,000J. Goldsmith ft Co.. 13,000 Neustadler Broe 22,900Turner Bros 9,600 Order 48,160D. Farcbhaltncr..., 6,260 Von 8cht, Schmiltnis-John Phclan 6.000 ky ft Co 27,260R. B. Wade 6,000 Freeman ft Co 6,000Keeley,Byrne ACo. 4.200 Jas. Bhindler 600J. O. Parker ft Son. 4,000 Mora Bros., NavarroA. Rich ft Bro 12,000 ft Oo 2,266J. Heller ft Bro.... 11,760R.Meader&D.Adams 16,000 Total $1,883,670We are indebted to Purser Patterson, of the Btor of the

West, for a prompt delivery of our files and letters.

Xhc Firemen's Great Triennial ParadeTo-day.

. The great triennial parade of the New York Fire De^pertinent, which comes off to-day, promises to bo one ofthe most magnificent civic displays ever witnessed in thiscountry*The whole department will be ont in very full ranks, be

sides a large number of visiting companies from adjacentcities and the procession will be almost of interminablelength. Something in the neighborhood of ten thousandfiremen will bo in the line, dragging about 150-engines,hose carts and hook and ladder carriages, all newlypainted, and docoratod with flags, wreaths of flowers,mottoes and devices ofevery conceivable nature, at an trn-mensc aggregate cost to the generous spirited and red skirt¬ed heroes. Some thirty or forty brass bands will discoursesweet music at Intervals along tho line, and aU the'.pomp and circumstance" of the occasion wiU attractImmense throngs of spectators. The programme of theprocession was published in full in yesterday's Hduid.The first feature of interest in tho day's proceed¬

ings will be the presentation, at nine o'clockIn the morning, or a splendid new silk banner, at the OtyHall Mayor Tiemann will make the presentation on bobalf of the city, and the President of the Fire Departmentwill receive the magniticent gift on behalf of the Depart¬ment. All tho down town companies wiU probably wit-noes the presentation ceremonies, and Harry HowardHook and Ladder Company No. 11, will receive the pre¬cious charge ana safely escort it through aU the perila ofthe procession.The line of the procession will be formed on Fifth ave¬

nue between Fourteenth and Thirty-tiflh streets, atprecisely ten o'clock, the right of tho lino restingon Thirty-fifth street. Countermarching in Fifth ave

nue. tho procession will proceed down Fourteenth street,Eighth avenue, Bleecker street and Broadway to the Park,passing in review by the Mayor and Common Council infront of the Oty Hall; thence up Chatham street, EastBroadway, Grand street, Bowery Fourth avenue toFnion square. It is safe to prodictthat not less than half amillion of people will witness this parade.Among tho visitors from abroad who aro assigned tho

post of honor.the van of tho procession-are a delegation from Massachusetts Hook andladder Company No. 1, of Charlestown. Massachusetts,who arrived yesterday morning, and are the guests o.

New York Hose Company No. 6; American Engine Com-.any No. 2, of Newark, N. J.; Eagle Hook and UdderCompany No. 1, of Puterson, N. J.; Hamper EngineCompany No. 4, of Hartford. Conn. ; Ringgold Hose Com-pnny No. 1, of Newburg, N. Y.; Boston Engine CompanyKo. R. or Boston, MaBS.; Roxbury Engine Company, ofRoxbury, Mass. , Crockett Hook and Ladder Company No.2, of Newark, N. J.; United nose Company No. 40, ofPhiladelphia.Tbe monument to be erected to the memory of Oorne-

lius V. Anderson, formerly Chief Engineer of the NewYork Fire Department, has been completed, and cannow be seen at the sculptor's, Mr. ThomasT. Goodwin, inFourteenth street, near the Eighth avenue, near the routeof the firemen's procession. I

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Oar Savannah Correspondence.SavaicciH, Ga., Oct 12,1869.

Triumph of the Reform Principle in the Democratic Orpaniration in Savannah-Tht Office Seekers and Corruptionid, Whipped.The Peoples Reform Democratic ticketglected by am Immense Majority-Encouragement for theDemocratic Reform Movement in Few York, etc., Ac.The democratic party of this town arc having one of

tho richest family quarrels in the annate of local politicalhistory, a regular .' hard" and « soft," Mozart and Tarn-many affair. Tho democrats here have boon steadUygaining strength for several years, till, having reached theapex ofpower, and lost all fearer being ousted from theircomfortable position, they grew weary of their prosperouscondition and began to squabble among themselves.

In Savannah,as in New York,there are menwho do thodirty work of party, and they aro rewarded as with you,bv tho pick and choice of office, besides all the surplusthatmay be in band after the election, and perhaps, If un¬usual activity is exhibited, a bonus. Well, these men be-.an to feel their oats, and tho men who employed thembegan to tire of their influence and to think seriously oftelling tnem so, when st a recent nomination for membersof tho legislature, tho men who had boonbo long regarded as tools and servants of theleaders of the democracy brought forwardtheir candidates, and with their usual shrewdnesson election occasions they rushed their friends throughlike a "flash." But tho people.tho mighty people.-.,Mn't and wouldn't stand it. They refused to ratify,o .inn was rejected, and a new committee ap-MtateS! which committee made a different nomination.Meetins alter meeting was held by both parties, for, ofcourse they split; but the ticket of tho people's demo¬cracy met with do opposition. The simon puree, however,hnd do Idea of yielding their hold of tho pap Bpoon, andoil the municipal election of tho following week (10tliinstant).with a ticket in the field, they went out to givebattle to the spurious democracy which sought to ixblaTT. mT the unoils of office. The election was the mostexciting and liotly contested of any city election withinthe past ton years or more. The foreign population werodivided.'Teuton on one side, Greek on the other. To to®surprise and nelight of tho citizens, the People s Reformden ucratic ticket was elected by the largest majorityuithiu tho recollection of tho oldest inhabitant.Wo congratulate ourselves upon tho result *bich has

power a Mayor and of Alderman untraa-moiled by any influences Inside or out. The defeatedminority still claim to be tbe Simon pure, old, ontorrifloduid regard the majority as renegade secodcrs. I «eo that

, ®.)c nr0 rising in your city to put down the abuses^oMcruDuiousVrtteais. We cordially wish you thesuccess which has attended the efforts of the Savannahdemocracy.

Karal Intelligence.Lieut John Sobermerhorn, United States Marino Corpe,

has boon ordered to Boaton Marino Barracks, vico Ijout.Edward McD. Reynolds, ordered to Brooklyn Marino Bar¬racks.The work on the United States steamer Brooklyn is

about completed. She has been thoroughly rcciulkodoutride and in, and is considered to be in excellent condi¬tion. %w*rds of eighty caulkers, who were employed onher, MMVC been discharged from the yard because thereIs no n»ro work under way at present in that line.The ci'cw for the United States steamer Sanunac, lying

on the rvifle aide will be ready to leave by the 20thInst. Tli-f would have left sooner but fbr thodlfflcnlty InebinlnlcK fln'men and coalheavtro for the engineer's de¬partment. IJ.nt. Thomas Y. Field is ordered to commandthe marlDO guar-"*,

IMPORTATION OF INDECENT STEREOSCOPESTtalfcMBf «f Expcrtt- bwDCDM tele «f Ple-

larei fei Ike IriM SUItt Argument ofCoomI.Cfcargc of (be Judge OwtooaVerdict of (be Jvy.

rNITKB STATES DISTRICT COCBT.Before Hon. Judge BettB.

The United States u. One Case marked O. R. A., M8,containing Photographs..This cause was tried some fewdays since, and an epitome of the circumstances detailedwas published in the Hskald. The novelty of the cose,and the importance of the effect of the arlielea in issue

upon the morals of the community, Induce us now to givea more extended report of the trial. This is the ptou«ercase of several others, and the goods in question In thepresent suit arc less objectionable than those that at e tofollow. It is impossible in a newspaper report to conveyto the reader the exact nature of the stereoscopes seisedby the Custom House authorities. Some of them were ex

bibited in Court; they show the courtezan in vari¬ous forms of neglige of dress, and something more;*they exhibit men and women in a half nude state, andpomo of them ore perfectly en naturalle. The sale ofthese articles is immense, and New York, bids fair to viewith France in the manufacture of this description of ar¬tistic invention, which, when confined to simplicity, modes¬ty and grace, forms an agreeable appendage to the drawing room or boudoir.

Mr. C. H. Hunt, Assistant United States DistrictAttorney,opened the case for the government, claiming tbcconllscaturn of the goods under the act of March 2,1867. He thencalled

Iisniel D. Briggs, who deposed.I have been UnitedStates Appraiser at tins port for six or seven years; (in¬voice produced;) this is my signature to the invoice; Ihave seen it before; it was snown me by Mr. Brown; withit be brought some photographs and got my opinion as totheir character; I directed him to retain them as "inde¬cent.'' [It was here admitted that the pictures shown Mr.Briggs are those seized in the Custom House.]Cross-examined by Mr. John Cochrane.There wereonly ten views which wc considered indecent; the valueof the invoice is £61 10s.; the value of the iudocont pic¬tures is nine shillings; stereoscopic views are frequentlyimported; but recently they are usually imported wititother merchandise; there was an entry made of those andduties paid.Be-direct.There arc not many indecent importations

mode.The case for the government here closed.Mr. Cochrane briefly opened for the claimant, and

called.Frederick Whiten, who deposed that he is a dealer in

stereoscopes; cannot say how large his importations havebeen, perhaps several thousand doHarsa year. (Witnessexamined the alleged indecent pictures.) I have im¬ported views of these descriptions; these pictures areknown as "groups," and I have imported similar; theperson was exposed as much as in these; when I ordered"groups," such views as these were sent me. Q. Havoyou exposed such views for sale ?

Mr. Hunt objects. Mr. Cochrane argues lor the admis¬sibility of the question to show bow these pictures areconsidered by the community.By the Court.The jury cannot find a verdict without

other evidence than the articles themselves. Congress in¬tended to prohibit the importation of the representations ofparts of the human body where the object of the represen¬tation is indecent If these articles aro intended toexcite indecent emotions they are prohibited by the actof Congress. The claimant has a right to Introduce testi¬mony to prove whether they ore considered indecent or

«*"np88) ITave yon exposed for sale ononlv

bv theIWMto .th"i'?I,ro<,uc<'d ' (Objected to; admitted

OfclL J ve CTP°wcd such pictures.Q. For how long have you exposed such pictures' A

per8?!1" app,ly to Purch««" those

«w^3?MisaarrjS(I^k.^d6aJfISI,neM ««"" wh» sell agam 'we Imve

were npirtta our Endows" weeokl 2iw^CtUft<5SA1JS^ASSRi ..

A%r.Jr ,sceS ,uch Pictures exposed elsewhere'A. Frequently in Broadway and olRcwhere T hamlooked at each of the pfctures shown by the Sireene7' ° UOt TO«»sWer them indecent or ob-

Mr. Hunt produces a picture marked Vo 1 frnther -.r,

to about h* L'°n0!rn^ and nsks whatL%£Mr. Cochrane objects, as the question is lrrel»t~>nt tv..

srsyaaBsr1 -bt-

not recollect that we hate Li w -Sf ,U)wn; I do

these; we have had similar .mes ^.lds ch^cCT/er10posed them openly in our establishment: I have swn hnL

WJSRkS:r^r^lrI showed him out of the store- r.o Kept none:

a£klUE iorRe -direct examination.I would exhibit picture mnrtr.^

ibfeMssa22posed similar pictures for sale openly in "lass casos^nd mthe window ever since I have had them atUhSS?rSini2{®nweTrh imP0rf2{! b>' mp or purchased in this city and Boston. I have sold hundreds or dozens at wlmine* in k

teiirno^reui,; wetawwdS1dSSTflSiSrJSsstraders, opticians, stationers, druggists, 4c &c ¦ iintf!the commencement of this year weremihS»«S,'p ,

gentlemen indiscriminately ^ere wai Ae a^!L.andof person In those sold to 'both ,Wkr .S.TUreposed all through the cltv- we hi-rA niffJ? ^*"e cx*

such pictures, because they might be "toTg^ (bwdldnot object on the ground of indecency: they are sraLii*not considered indelicate; they were at first 7

Cross-examined by mA H?ntl? £n a't&TfomiJ' r?ve a Btc"*<»copc and somo pictures «t mv

home; I have taken home such pictures fgrounsW iLSmnot take the others home, for the Wrac r^ion 7wrwould not tuke my children to see a ballet I don't think

fcraassf^jas"' *. .&'\^^^'s^ijssss-£ssi£ihas SPSSS? for eight or niDC months past-'has not imported such pictures as A, B, C exactly I hate'^^ypPPOcxposodas much ak thoee ^r^hundred dosen passed through the Custom HonL .^were exposed openly for *T; we hUVToneX^mMaiden lane ana one in Broadway; the "grout*" havebeen exposed in Broadway to ladies and unSii ,h

were kept in the window. luCttauffffiPhfe^teJ'i to,hadieS and KonHemen indiscriminately n^oobjected to the pictures; if they had obirrtoH ril'iSi, 0

LTtXrl rscil !£?£&SS'zeverywhere

Be.n Buch piotures cx^scd about

S^&'SKU'K. 2"""yMSS&aSS»«.£. »«5Efj^SS.; "* ." pl". » «* «>}Frederick J. Emericb deposed that he is an inspector of

$ar"b3' bct'n in Ule busKtenyears, 1 have imported "groups" for three or four rears-nave imported "groups" similar to those now before the'Court, mo sell them wholesale to dealers out of town- wohave occasionally sold retail: we never had them objected»tth$ a;° «*P<*td 11,1 0VPr 'he city, similar totW

Ine Court.1 have seen indecent pictures' thev wornnude figures of males and females

' ttey *ere

To Mr. Hunt.I have myself sold similar pictures tothose id court to stationers, optician" Ac

alaoTiad ¦Bd k Ro8c°r«ld ^P<>sed thaktheyalso had imported "groups" similar to those before theThe case for the defence bore closed, and the TMstrw

Attorney called the following as rcbuttinir teaMnul.C»n the part of the WtedWs

In books, testified that he also dealt in ste^^?c' dE±Tl-pon examining the views in question, he preSS?^rHntiTof'thafcharacterW011'^ -testified toThe^eamo tdfoct

l*TXWt * ,he 1081

anfteS tten caI,edtheir business which imd?.H^d5E the dpPartment of

examininrSe vie^ ^^wcopic views. Upontestified that his firm did not ImoLS^J?8 'his case, ho

tor, and that licvonsiderea in'hat eharac-

and sale.8idered thcni «»»' tor public exposure

aniTSdlThS ^^red^«l.<hVKi'U1, ,W"S callcd and <-*amine<l,

TbrW. ?F ." ««». J«W COCHSAVS

ee< ,i(.it ^hraiie, counsel for the claimant, pro-noon ?h»J^L^T the Jury The counsel having bestowed

the defence a research and laborcq ai to the lm|iortaneo of the subjert, we give a sketch

"'8 " marks fn their more general bearing only. Thenonorahlo gentleman said:.The line of defence, gentle-tiemen of the jury, which in my opening addross to youI signified would be ours, has been observed, and wo

«i'\nnw r,htbited to yon a volume of reliable evidencesufficient toguide you safely to a verdict. As I before In-fisted to you, the learned District Attorney agrees andthe Court approves, the question is hut a single on'o inwhich your deliberations will bo given.the question of

indecency. But the considerations dNrMt therefrom,ami tbe reastns lo bo concentrated thereupon are bo com¬plex and so vartouH, that 1 am obliged to declare to yontlie necessity which 1 feel of occupying a greater space oftime than your patience may be qualified to endure. Thevast importance however, of the subject, and the influ¬ence of your verdict upon |>ublie opinion as well oh uponthe interests of my client, must be my apology if not myjustification. And when I refer to the facta to which Iam aware I shall be obliged to revert, 1 feel leu com¬punction that 1 ant about to protract the discussion be¬cause of my conviction that you cannot fail to bointer> sled in what appertains so Intimately tothe trami work of society and to tlic social relations of usall. It cannot but l>e apparent that decency. In Its appro-priate signification, la inseparable from and inherent inall communities of a social, civil or political consistence,and that it is only at the opposite extremes of clltzatkm.where it emerges from baibarism or Blnks into decay,that decency either does not assert an existence or isoverthrown by the advancing tide of licentiousness. Itis to be observed, however, that tho enunciation of thispro]H)silinn comprehends and establishes a truth most im¬portant to your deliberations.a truth that in all ages andIn various places the meaning conveyed by the term de¬cency varies, and varyingcircumstanoes, which may ex¬ist at tlie same place aud lime, will equally affect the ideaof decency. What a sovereign necessity or an imperiousn ant demands no one considers indecent; and yet thesame act, In the absence either of the necessity or of thowant, is very properly subjected to public censure. Sothe emigrant who encounters the Camanebc Indian upona W< stein plain doe* not revolt at bis nakedness, thoughthe breech clothed decency or the wilderness would morequickly empty a New York drawing room by tu civilisedindecency than his arrows would put to Uight a band ofmarauding Sioux. The sudden shot which in a frontiertown signals a murderous hand to hand fight, and re¬sults In us sudden death, is emphasised as properby the undisciplined and ferocious habits of frontier life;but tlie same act perpetrated in a quiet New England vil¬lage, or In the blaze and business of our streets, would bepronounced atrocious. The Patagonian who on his nativetbingle screens himself with skins from the wintry blast,and with unrelieved nudity encounters and resists solsti¬tial beats, is m neither act influenced by considerations ofdecency. It is his habit.a habit dictated by his wantsand necessities.unrefined to be sure, coarse and re¬pugnant, if ytw please, but still the habit of circumstance.tbe luw ol his social life, which makes to him all that isuseful and comfortable to be proper and decent. I bringthese Instances to your attention, gentlemen, in proof ofmy assertion that decency and indecency aro terms, notof an arbitrary sense, but qualified and referable tothe meridian where applied and used. So, tbe Kremlinmay countenance what St. James would denounce; andthe imperial circle at Paris may Inaugurate as a fashionwhat the saloons of New York would contemplate withdismay. And so also is the Idea signified by indecency anidea fluctuating with the particular age or period of civihiation to w hich it is applied. It is an indisputable historicalfact that the severity of conjugal discipline allowed to thehusband in whet are termed tbe good old Saxon days ofEngland extended to tbe ducking of the wife inany convenient water. Whole neighborhoods were intin so old fogy days daily subjected to the clamor naturallyarising from those connubial aquatic sports. They weretolerated undoubtedly because, erroneously perhaps,thought necessary to the peace of tbe kingdom; and I amafraid that they were encouraged by what heretics havedefined to be feminine porvcrseucss. (Laughter.) Itwould be an insult, gentlemen, to your intelligence and toyour high sense of marital duty to ask you even to enter¬tain tbe question whether the ducking of a wife, upon anyprovocation however great, would be tolerated for an in¬stant in these days of chivalrous gallantry and enlightenedfreedom. Bo, too, the student of history and of our lawswill be astonished as he reads that In the former days ofthe merry old England.some have called them the darkages.it was allowed to the dominant husband to lead hiswife in a halter to the nearest market town, and there inmarket overt to knock her down,or in other words to dis¬pose of her to the highest bidder. It was thought bythose of our forefathers wbo lived then, to be not onlydecent, but for the good of society, that our grandmothersshould be thus treated.we, however, of the presentgeneration pronounce it to have been brutal and lo be anindelibie stigma cf disgrace upon the busbonds of thesedays not only, but upon the times which permitted it.Let me instance for your guidance, gentlemen, moremodern events. Can you not recollect.I am suretbat you were not too young to have observed.tbat whenthe statues of the masters began to be exhibited m ourcountry, the timidity with which they were at first ap¬proached? Here, in our city, where the influence of cul¬ture and the genial aptitude consequent upon it for a dueappreciation ofthe beauties of high art are most readily andgenerally distributed, the faint reluctance soon gave wayto a refined and ingenuous admiration. Not ao, however.In a sister city.I believe tbey call it the Athens ofAmerica. There the offending limbs.If I remember right,they would not allow of legs.were duly swathed in Lowellwoollens and the pedal proportions of the Parian goddesswere viewed through the proper medium.of Boston panta¬lets. Behold now, how changed. The exquisite sense of

Sropriety which made a marble statue an affliction to theoston eye now demands for its satisfaction the nude re¬

presentations of pictorial art. And we of New York areattracted in crowds wherever the master's chisel haswrought to life the dull marble, or the life like tints of thepalette have made the canvass to breath and glow withtbe symmetry and beauty of a Venus. Instead of indictingand imprisoning tho masters.Crawford, Blown, Palmer,Powers.as offenders against decency and corrupters ofthe public morals, wo glory In thoir works and inscribetheir names with pride upon our national escutcheon.Thus, gentlemen, you wlli perceive that this idea of indrrency is a fluctuating idea, varying with the times,differing in different places and among different people, andunder differing circumstances, but always accommodatingitself ts the habits and associations of the place or community, as they exist at the period of time when the idea is in¬voked. If you are satisfied of the truth or this proposition,you will agree Willi me that your first inquiry sboaid be,whether fhe groups or figures produced by stereoscopic art,Imported by my client, and which the government herealleges to be indecent, arc obnoxious to that charge in thesense in which the word indecency is entertained andused by your fellow citizens generally, and not in anysense of abstract morality, or by the light of theoreticmodesty. Nor when determining this, is it allowable thatyou should measure the indecency or tho decency of thegroups exchtpivoiy by your individual Impressions.Could this be done, and, us is supposablc, your individualimpressions differ, you could never agree. Or If one juryof twelve men should be unanimously of opinion thatthese groups arc indecent, a jury in the very next casemight, upon their individual judgment, determine thatrepresentations mere offensive than these ore decent Thequestion of decency, you perceive, could never be settledin this manner. A question of great concern to the pub¬lic, affecting public morals, and in truth appealing dis¬tinctly to that code, can be decided only by that code.Therefore has tho defence introduced before youevidence of what the opinion of tho pubUc isof stereoscopic, grovps or representations of thehuman figure, similar k*i character to these, and it isupon such evidence as tliis that you will bo told by theCourt that your Judgment must be satisfied, and yourverdict must rest. But before I proceed to produce it indetail to your attention, yoti will, I trust, allow me to com¬ment somewhat further, bin' in a new particular, upon theidea which you are to apply to tho word indecent, em¬ployed in the statute. I have shown that it is an idea notdrawn from former times, or entertained at other placesthan this time and this place, bnt from the "very formand pressure of the age'' in wbi'ch wc live. It is my wishthat you would also discriminate between the differentsenses in which the word is contemporaneously employed,in order that from among them all you may conceivethe true Idea contemplated by the statute. For instance,you designate your neighbor as a decent person.decentlybehaved, decently dressed. IX) you mean to be under-stood that every one who is not so decently behaved anddressed is indecently behaved ard dressed T Cer¬tainly not Then it is clear that the immediatenegative of decency is not indecency.or in otherwords, that between decency and indecency thereextendsa long tract covered by Improprieties of various grades,but none descending to indecencies, nor to be character¬ized as such. And then again you sav flhat your frienddoes a decent business. You refer to ita valueand profit. You certainly do not mean thatbis neighbor, whose business is not as valvable nor asprofitable, is indecent. Now, all these conskVrattons pre¬pare you for the belief that the word "Indecent" used Inthe statute refers to a print or representation of such acharacter as would shock the ordinary modesty' .prevalentgenerally, and as signified by the usual habits of .the com¬munity. or would provoke by its crossness the pensions ofconcupiscence and lust. And to this end I invoke .the as¬sistance of the statute itRclf. Its phraseology is to ttw ef¬fect that no Indecent or obscene pictures, pointings, sta¬tues, 4c., 4c., shall be imported; they shall not be ctriered, and tne package or case in which they are containedshall be forfeited. Now the use of the word "obscene" inthe same connection with the word "indecent," hi myjudgment, refers the indecency contemplated to an obsccntty; not merely to a voluptuous act, posture or representatlon, but to that which is baudy and libidinous. Tbeheavy penal character of the statute, which forfeit* Tortbe presence of an article worth, perhaps, but twenty fivecents a package or ease containing mcrchandiae worthtwenty-five thousand dollars, admonishes, also, that thoOffence must be proved to be of such sharp and decided ob¬scenity as to admit of no donbt, and to reject all argument;and, in this connection, I insist that the intent of tbe im¬porter.the defendant In the case.has mnch to dowith your verdict. His Honor the Judge ha;held, it is true, that you cannot consider wbethorthe claimant intended to Import these groupes or not.that in either case they have been Imported by himErroneous as I think this ruling, "ill it is the law of tincaFe for you. But I contend that If ho did not know otheir being in the case, his Ignorance In this respect,while acquitting him of an intent to introduce the article tInto the traffic of the country, will remove him fromwithin the statute, however obscene the articles may be.Now, it is known to us all that obscenity Is an oflfenooaxainst society, as murder or violence of any descriptionis an offence. No law Is necessary for Ita prohibition.Unless arrested society must perish. The Inhibition,therefore, or obscene indecency is prooouncod by societyitself. It if what is railed a common law offence, and nota statute offence. The statute of the United Plates,underwhich you, gentlemen, are empsnnelled, was designed, laassistance of tbe common law, or the law of society, agamttobscene indecency. That is, oar law makers wished toprevent indecent exposurea before our people by exclud¬ing the obscenities from our ahoree designed to producesuch exposures. You win at once say, therefore, that Iftlic proof In this case does not show that, the claimant hasoffended the common or social law, he ought not to bocondemned as an offender of the statute law, pamed to aidthe common law. Let us examine the case, then, withthis view. Blarketone, in the fourth volume of hisCommentaries, st page 65, declares that the "lade-cency" must toe " grossly scandalous and public'The same authority declares that "the expoetaeman's person to a female'" is not indictable andble unless "his intent to insult her" be pro-rferns of the Englisb reports hold thatobscene print or on indecent exhibit"