The New York Herald Newspaper, August 15, 1844, Page 2

Our paper this morning, and the edition this after- noon, will contain the latest news of all sorts from every part of this continent. ‘Phe arrangements that we have made, enable us to give a paper to send by the packets, such as no other establishment can publish; and as a remit- tance of news to Europe there is none better. Both editions can be had at the counter—the morning at any time in the day, and the evening at three o’clock this afternoon, in or out of wrappers, at two cents per copy. The National Poetry of America. We publish on our first page to-day, the second volume of the national lyrics of the United States. The publication of the former series has, as we an- ticipated, produced a very great sensation in the literary circles; and, indeed, we do not recollect any poetical productions, since the appearance of the “Border Minstrelsy,” which was ushered into the world under the auspices of the immortal Walter Seott, which have attracted so much attention as those contained in that choice collection of origi- nal, characteristic, bold, startling, and spirit-stir- ring American ballads. This 1s, indeed, the first outburst of the national spirit. The great, heroic soulof the republic is at last gushing forth in song— impetuous, wild, and unrestrained as our own Nia- Bi ara. Never until now have we been able to give to the world American poetry worthy of the name. The versifiers of the magazines and annuals have all Deen mere imitators—in continual vassalage to the poetic spirit of another land, they have written nothing characteristic of their own country, And yet what a boundless store of materials for epic and lyric poetry, such as has never yet beenchaunt- ed in the ear of the world, exists in this mighty land of solemn old woods—of rushing mountain torrents—of unpeopled solitudes, silent since the flood! We live now in the infancy of a nation such as the world has never yet seen, and of the vasthess of whose future imperial glory and re. nown, poet has never yet dreamed. This is em- phatically a new world; and here daily a mighty work of conflict and of progress goes on, afford- ing themes which infinitely transcend in poetic interest, those petty squabbles of fabled gods and heroes, that make up the epic of the old ballad singer of thej Grecian Isles; and from which we even now see created, the first,frude, but ada- mantine, broad foundations of that poetry which will live in the old age of the world—stirring up the souls of men, when the rhymes of Homer and of Virgil shall have perished in the deep oblivion of the past. The people—the institutions—the social man- ners—the history—the very natural scenery itself of this land, are all eminently suggestive of new, exciting, peculiar, and characteristic poetic im- agery and expression. The elements of power and immortality in epic poety, are here in inexhausti- ble profusion. Here the emancipate) energies of humanity itself, are daily accomplishfag deeds of far greater sublimity than the Jupiter of Homer; even when, in all his terrers, he is represented as shaking Olympus and firing the Heavens; or, when as Virgil describes him, he is taking counsel of the gods, and laying plans for empires. And yet what had we that we could call poetry, before this terri- blePresidential conflict opened the flood-gates of po- etic genius and sentiment, and inundated the land with “Kentucky Warblers” and “Polk and Dallas Minstrels’—but other names for all that is bold, lofty and inspiring, and whose soul-awakening verses, like the army of Ulysses, ‘pour along like a fire that sweeps the whole earth before it.””? At is supposed by many of the erudite antiquari- ans, that the Iliad of Homer was composed of a collection of ballads, the productions of various poets; and that after having been transmitted from one generation to another by the tongue of grey tradition, they were finally collected and arranged into one epic poem by Homer, something inthe smanner in which Shakespeare availed himself of the labors of the English dramatists who had pre- ceded him, and scribbled contemporaneously with himself. Regarding these incomparable lyrics which we have collected and given to the world, as destined to fall into the hands of the American Ho- mer—a most rational and probable conjecture—it will be at once perceived that they acquire peculi- ar interest, and it becomes a sort of duty to con- trast them with the works of the Greek poet. One of the chief merits ascribed to Homer by the learn- ed critics—as one Mr. Alexander Pope, who made a favorable translation of his works, observes—is the surprising variety of his characters, and the exceed- ingly lively impressions of those which he has con- veyed inhis verses. The furious Achilles—the self- confiding Ajax—the vigilant Hector--the courageous | Agammennon—the gallant Sarpedon—not to speak of the great heroes, Ulysses and Nestor, are all de- picted with astonishing life, distinctness and effect. In this vivid portraiture of character, the Homers of this glorious land—the historians of the wrath of Polk, and the thunderbolts of Clay—are peculiarly happy and original. Indeed, we believe that they considerably surpass old Homer in this faculty of painting their heroes. We submit a single speci- Soe Adams is aturkey hen, boys, From his wing he shakes a quill, And ecrotches ’gainst bold Tyler, Like a chicken ’gainst a hill. Come all in time, &c. Old Henry Clay’s a gobbier, That struts upon bank, He fain would perch up higher, But he’s grown too foul and rank. Come all in time, &c. Dan Webster is a proud cock, ‘That has some Yankee game, But he’s too much fed, boys, Our Loco feed to claim. Come all in time, &c. Old/Tallmadge is a gobbler, ‘That's fed down to the gizzard, He's of the turkey tribe, Foxe, That naturalists call buzzard. Come all in time, &c. But our bird’s an eagle Of true democracy, Then let us rally round him, | If we would ye. be free. Come all in time, xe Locos, Around the throng, And sweep cff the whig turkies, With a pull long strong. We defy Dr. Anthon, good as he is at picking out and using to good purpose too, the beauties of Homer, as well es the beauties of his commenta- tors, to cull any descriptive passage from the Iliad, which at all approaches to these stanzas in graphic power and effect. In truth, no matter what characteristic of the Homeric poetry may be named, we can find it in | these lyrics, and developed in infinitely surpassing power. Whether it be the marvellous invention of Homer, or his vivid imagination—or his descrip- tive, compound epithets, each of itself, conveying @ picture—that may be alluded to,we find in these | poems the parallel, the more than parallel. Talk of Homer’s invention! We direct your attention to the creative power which produced, and mana- ges with such surpassing skill, the sublime image of ‘*that same old coon.” Talk of Homer’s ima- ination! We ask you to chaunt that sublime ode Sittin ona rail.” Talk of Homer's epithets—ot his “far darting Phoebus,” his “blue-eyed Pal- las, his “swift-footed Achilles”—his “ far-shoot- ing Apollo”—his ‘ white-armed Goddess”! Only think of ‘* used-up Van” ! No—no. Talk no longer to us of Homer and of Virgil. No longer can it be said that America has no national poetry. On another day we shall again lead our readers into this new region of song. We have but entered on its fair domains. Enough for the present—but “To morrow to fresh fields and pastures new !” More Srraw Ba We perceive that two or three notorious rogues have been let loose within this day or two on “straw bail.’ Are we ever to be delivered from this iniquitous system, which in mockery of all law and justice, daily perpetrates auch outrages 7 | rence. The Troubles in the Camp of the Israelites. SO eT side hich part ithout 8, OF CATINg WI suc. ceeded at the election held in the Elm street bynes gopue, (which by the: bye I was glad you designa- 4s such, in.contradistinction ‘six or seven othersin this city,) I would beg leave to trespass on your columns, in order to point out to the Christian community, the party in error. Itis to be regretted, that the internal polity of any con- gregation should become a subject of newspaper comment, when it is only merely confined to its secular affairs. The public have nothing to do with it. What care it whether Tom, Dick, or Harry, be elected trustees? It is a mere matter of personal predilections; but when such circum- stances become the theme of newspaper eloquence such as appeared in your paper of Monday, it would not be proper, just, or judicious, that your animad- version should even by implication, fall on other syeewoques, The congregation ot which I have the honor to be a member, was founded by Ameri- can citizens, ‘native and to the manor born,” who with their descendants have grown ‘with the growth” of the city, long ere the inauguration of the immortal Washington, and even before there were 30,000 inhabitants in this city. I would beg that you would bear in mind this fact, and keep the congregation Shearith Tsrae), apart from the squabbles which now uofortunately disturb the Elm street synagogue, of which at least three fourths of the members are foreigners who have arrived here within the last ten years. Poles, Bavarians, Dutchmen, and in fact pretty much every nation, and petty principal- ity has there We Tepresanatipa, oY he reel street synagogue (congregation Sheari ‘ael,)are the descendents of those who have fought in’ the two revolutions, and are termed the Portuguese Jews, in order to distinguish them from thoee called Tadescas or Tyrche, which means in the original, according to the interpretation asthe writer under- stands it, of Dutch. I will mention a few of the names of | the gentlemen belonging to the Portuguese cengregation, for the paras of showing how truly they are identified with those termed the old Knick- erbockers, and who have borne a prominent part in building up this city. i The Lop Hendricks, J.evys, Isaacs, Sori: Hart, rshom Seixas, the much zhapected pastor of the old Mills street Synagogue, enjamin Seixas, Rev. Mr. Piexotto, who succeeded the _late Mr. Seixas, the Nathans, Lazurus, Noahs, Philips, are only part of the names | now remember. There is not a p-ge in the history of New York in which these names have not borne no inconsiderable part. The fore- fathers of the writer of this have borne arms in de- fence of this country; and I would be recreant to the cause of justice, treedom of opinion, and liber- ty of speech, did 1 not rescue their names from any unjust inference which might be deduced by the acts of any congregation, and which might be con- strued as intolerant in spirit and ungenerous in act Idisdain any prejudice with regard to sect or con- gregation ; and my sole object in penning these re- marks, has been to set you right, and if there be any blame, it should fall on those who alone are culpable, B. We give this letter, partly because itissomething of a curiosity in itself, and partly because it exhib- its in a more intelligible way than any mere de- scription could, the excitement and effervescence at present going on in the tent of Israel in this city. The truth is that this fire which has now fairly burst out, has been smouldering for years, and op- portunity only was wanting to fan it into_a fierce and hissing blaze. The whole movement is exceedingly interesting in a variety of aspects, but chiefly as affording another remarkable illustration of the mighty and beneficial influence which the free institutions of this country exercise on human nature in ull its developments, Social manners and customs, the daily intercourse of man with man, political opin- ion, civilization, philoeophy, and religion itself, all acquire in this climate a peculiar and characteristic complexion; different in many important respects from that which they exhibit on the other side of the Atlantic. The very latitude of opinion—the perfect freedom granted to all ultraisms in political science, ethics, and religion, has after all a restrain- ing and soberizing influence. The “free-thinker,” as he iscalled, whois persecuted into blasphemy and outrage ot the teelings of others in England, ishere driven back to sobriety and decency, by the universal and boundless toleration allowed him.— So with the radical in politics. In Great Britain he becomes frenzied, and launches into all sorts of extravagance and folly; here he becomes more ra- tional, because he is allowed perfect freedom of speech. ¥ The Jewish commupity have long resisted the influence of our democratic institutions in the ma- nagement of their ecclesiastical concerns. They have stuck by the old laws of Moses and the Pro- phets, and the consequence has been that the aris- tocratic portion of the faithful have exercised a very despotic and oppressive rule over their poorer brethren. The latter have at last arisen in their might, and claim the privileges ef American citi- zens, to whom the Constitution has secured a share in the government of the secular affairs of the churches, to whose support they contribute. It is all very well for the correspondent, whose commu- nication we have inserted, to mumble over his rell call of illustrious descendants of Abraham, Teaac, and Jacob, who have signalized themselves in thiseountry; but we can tell him that as excellent blood runs in the veins of those whose rights have been sacrificed, as in those of the most illustrious Noah of them all. We hope ‘ Young Israel” will take this matter at once to the civil tribunals, where they will obtain a vindication of their rights. ‘‘ Fearnot, little Benjamin, thou shalt one day become a great nation” Pusiic Oxsrructions.—Over and over again have we called upon the city fathers to interfere in abolishing the positively insufferable nuisances, that are strewed and piled in the public streets whenever there is a building going up. Itis all very pleasing to see fine houses erecting, to see the architecture of the city improving; but the danger of having one’s shins broken over piles of stone, brick, sand, and timber logs, or our crown cracked by the falling of carelessly erected scaffolds, is too much to pay for the whistle. We are forcibly re- minded of the shameful neglect of the police de- | partment of our city to-day, by the awful and heart- rending accident which has taken place in Wall street, all because there is no surveillance exer- cised tor the public safety. New houses are put up, old ones torn down about the ears of our citi- zens, just as contractors please to manage, er ra- ther mismanage it. It is wrong, it is gross neglect, to allow sordid or incapable overseers and specu- lators, to send poor working men up our crazy and rickety scaffolding ; of the consequences ot which we have a pretty sample in this last horrible occur- Why are steamboats examined and li- censed to carry passengers, but that the Legislature had common sense enough to see they were under asacred obligation to care for and guarantee the personal safety of the public, as far as lay in their power. One would think that a life lost, by a broken-neck fall from a crazy scaffold, or a skull- cracking capsize overa pile of stones, was just as deplorable as to be blown up or scalded by steam explosion. Perhaps our sage councillors have im- bibed the Irish notion about the loss of life, and fancy that to be kilt by a scaffeld is not so bad as to be murthered by steam. Be this as it may, life is precious to most people, and if they do not make some effort to remedy these abuses, they will get a fall themselves next spring—they will receive a blowing up, although not by steam, that will ope- rate less gently than those they receive at our hands. We again beg of them to see that the streets are passable for people on their lawful busi- ness; it is bad enough to wink at the filthy depo- sits that are allowed to accumulate on them, but to lend the offenders an helping hand by contribu. tions from the forest and the quarry—of sand, and lime and bricks—is a little more of free masonry than will suit this place, or these go ahead times. Wutre 1s tne up-town Post Orrick To BE Lo- cated ?—Already various sites are proposed for the up-town Post Office. We suggest the propriety of clearing out the “Five Points” and erecting the building there. If it would be located there, Red- wood Fisher, when the Captain goes out, might stand a chance of moving over the way to occupy a seat on the bench of the “Tombs.” Why not? Wercn’s OLyuric C1rcus.—This splendid eircus was at St. Thomas on the 3lst ult., to leave the next day by steam for Demarara. Adlantic Steamships—The American Project | President. I shall state facts, Geen ae Election Returns, The Funny Meeting to Oppose the Removal ; <a sew Yous: San 5 = spb dy Noatn Caro. Evection, : ; of the Past in the tea The project started by a few American gentle- cewreting Queen, 1844. 1840. This meeting was held last evening in the te men, whose names wi below, to establish a Dem. Whig. Dem. | room of the City Hall, pursnunt to a call in the lige of Atlastic steamships, seems to ipcrease in = public journals. The gentlemen present consisted public favor every day. We are glad that the sub- 206 of an organ builder of Centre street, who was called j i 4 i eres. en i Wall street broker, who was Ject 1s becoming a popular one, for it is necessary ties..30,720 96,824 to the Chair, and a 2) for us as a nation, to keep pace with England and Seeman 36,324 appointed Secretary. es meres consisted of . France, in maintaing the supremacy of the seas.— | 91 999 pet jnelud! lus enticles | Whi eee SS minister of the Episcopal church, a lawyer, an In order to exhibit to the public. the basis npon for sagin , ma 20 Cost of engines nisin , two Pawar gue’ eer aR were yopere to which a steamship line can be established, we ap- | #r the President, or us. The proceedings altogether were a very fanny ‘lars of the net profit and |. in Democratic gain in four years rae ‘word, ; : nex the prospectus of the company, the formation | of the British Queen, and three ‘of the Pres id ay aherde- pa ge baits philospphical affair, embracing the grand question of which we have already mentioned. ducting twenty per cent for ween and torr y a Inpiana Exvection. mon of Native Americanism, in contrast to the privi- Paosrectvs or THe Amemicaw Arzantic Steam Navica- | Drtith Queen, “ime 1 in Whigs Dem, | 8e8 of adopted citizens. Bothjfactions were rey- D Hon. James eat ” Mayor of New York FO SE iT: ORS ie 9,201 19,185 13,656 | resented in the multitude, (of six persons, including iRECTORS— Hon. 3 “ «“ 7 . James De Poy ster Ogden, Erg. Jolin Hicks, Eq, Elihu et Ubebieti ane eae = 1190 Ses | Te Sheen EOE Saretary : Townsend, Bea , Henry Smith, Esq., Joseph Fowler, Esq., “ seventh 2,468 7 By "Ou 625 The nest Sh 4 opened by a resolution that the Robert Sehuyler, Esq., Capt. James Rogers, and Junius | president _firet «11566 13 bax 107l 1,049 | measure which has been proposed by J. Lorimer Smith, Esq. “ second 3,136 3 - 1,596 1170 | Graham, and which has been ratified by Charles ‘The commercial interests of New York, as well asthose pes acta, 325 1/016 1,070 | A. Wickliffe, of abolishing the Branch Post Office of the » general conmeneatiea. a4 the epanecy pat Total profit £19,907 12 1,595 1,636 1,272 | in Wall street, and the charge of two cents each m ae, eS ae the Comey hl Loss by British Queen, £1,874 on her fourth voyage. 7 399 “ letter paid by the merchants dewn town, in ad- granted by the State Legislature in 1889. : ;: bf ee a. a id | = ait to fans dellare vee anna for ae box , and " rs, substituting the in Nassau street to $8,000,000, in ghares of $000 shane Pital stock is limited | pags by the President, “é4t third = re ee S18 | atthe foot of Cedar, without the charge of two 4 tobe paid at the time of subse: - 973 | cents, Was not in accordance with the interest of be in by the Directors as ‘ikee Total loss £4,435 4,435 0 0 oy — bi the non e Ra COMINE Coen Ttan a Toles Meats: sin: aon £15,372 12 6 28 980 896 | Upon the motion being put by the Chair, the law- with which competition pope bicp tht neighbor _otal net prose, £16.27 124, 4 sterting, equal to $73. 200 So le stated that, in his opision, the meanire of the ienceaed lechiee mates eet Ras fades y the President nad completed her three voyages, | Thirty-threeCo’s 11,378 eo $5,001 26.982 | that the Park Post Office would be continued for the general impression upon the minds of ail classes of | she would probably have had asmall profit upon her rd the convenience of persons residing inthe upper citizens, that direct steam communication with Europe in | voyage, instead of a loss of £641, é Dem. majority Whig maj sections of the city, until a more convenient loca- American bottoms is imperative ; all demand our united tion should be selected, met his entire approval.— and vigorous efforts. Hi These returns are as accurate as we can find in | (Cheers and hisses.) He resided in the u part in Letters sent by Br. Q’n, outward, 40,627 Newspapers 7,166 itters se! ir. Q’n, outw 1 " tin "inward, * 24 The experience we have had in Atlantic Steam Naviga- 83,066 946 | our papers. They show a Democratic gain of ef tte city; (bear, hear) and his office bei Frege re a cannes pu rec poe Panera a “President, outward, 19835 3.444 | 9 995 in four years. In the Legislature the Whiga | Wall street, the present location was to him in- poly wh pe ye RL | emer convent; (heat; hear) and he knew a vast ult oped the su>ject so fully, that we ove ‘only to adopt Letters, 160,043 Newspapers 39,021 7 ber of citizens to whom it was obnoxious; (cheers whet is useful, and and hisses ; cries of “‘order.”) He frequently had success. Avasama ELection, ft Te the importers be aang feats ine interests Received in Ses ap for carrying the mail twelve voy- " 1844, 1840. | to.crossthe Park from Broadway in showers o! undoubtedly stand most prominent, it is intended to make | fe#, £1 474 138, 7d Re Age Aver bad Eaglend Weg Domnis TON Deets | aA sultry weather and in the depths of snow, a dizect appeal, snviting, at the same time, the public at | Tote! net postage, recerved in. Now York an Five Counties. ........++++.2,284 2511 4,418 3,67 | to get letters {rom the Post Office; (sensation) fargo olen bene of he Unirating, od | 2 Econ, noyege ts eg. fast Sher) aad treauenuy, when su hase, would have 1. It is proposed to construct’ one ssp of about, 2.000 4 Gee a Dem, maj ..+++s+++08 227 Bl wg mj. red Peg ae 20. his one rae A nl) Rin Bora tons, and to follow with others as the results of that ship Ff pa : eh sain ie Democratic gain in four years 1,078 ait thin could: be eee tien by Ae trsmaral is the ar Whe cents oo ee phic may Penden expedient. e fifth “y 90 710 It appears by returns from six counties, that the | propcged location. (Cheers and some confusion.) vient to the interests of the subscribers, who in fact build + sixth = O08), 0:8) democrats have gained one merhber to the Legie- hat it always had been a source of complaint tu end own pe it i Proposed in eoure > these the exctu. ce Ge RR lature, and they claim the election of Yancey to pat marchanin, eeoieal open Ree an and tive privilege of s er; 80 ie o “ ninth“ oo 138 C others residing down town—that the charge of two their goods, in a few days from their shipment, under or- ™ ongress. ‘Senta cents was obnoxions, (loud cheers,) and ought to ithe brs onsen fish ‘ele trengut balla” mens £6008 8 4 Kentucky Exection.—Owsley, the whig candi- | be chuaters (Tremendous cheere.) fi 3. Incase the proprietor should fail to furnish goods ae a = > S date for Governor, runs behind his ticket in nearly Ltt a rae. Soir enue by. the chalets eae fnensee filthe shit wu doy} an lied stom ake - tthird =“ 63 19 7 every county. He will, of course, be elected by a | ing was to discuss the propriety of removing the bers, withous ‘any discount upon thelr freight dills. ae ‘Total receipts for letters, 20593 18 3 large majority notwithstanding this. pent office, the cal wae inte led anly for 1 ee 4. The balance of subscriptions, after payment of the qr £m eo ees , who were opposed to the measure, aid he, the five per cent. specified by the Act of Incorporation, to be | , Average rec: on twelve voyages, £711.) Canapa.—Matters in Canada continue in the | lawyer, had no right to be present. (Loud cheers.) secured tothe Directors by notes of the ubseribers, in Sicet hel eae Neted So oot 7 2o tsnee inet, | Usual uncertain and anomalous state; with a go- is threw jthe four auditors into confusion—the wait bei penne ph rlldcg he Fresceds I “lieved, | dent to #o great and novel an enterprise, when first vernor well disposed and well supported by his em- | Secretary threw up his papers and declined to act, ship, engines, &e. inte execution, must obviously far exceed the ameunt re- | Diovers, unable to move one step in advance to- if under a mistake; and amidst much altercation of Lr neor ca per praca rare comalico ema aoe Hive ond ecomen rogueny ree rreete net the soradl wards.the settlement of the question so long in agi: pie infnenee toet be Leroy Wane ey ‘the be a - | can al as }0 pha ara Sa results, under all the Fawbacks of a wasteful liberalit 4 fri Le! Ore Ep and the remaining room of the ship be reserved for treight. In this way ane will carry not less than 800 tons of measurement goods, and cannot fail to make a freight whether she has passengers or not. 6. The fact of securing a freight for the = guaran- tees{to"subscribers who are not importers, a lil divi- dend upon their stock. vote, and carried by a majority of one; the Episco- palien minister having decided that he did vote in affirmative, which was for some time disputed. | A vote was then put from the chair and carried, that the meeting should be adjourned till to-day; and amidst laughter, shouts, hurrahs for Mayor tation. Surrounded by ambitious, and not over- scrupulous politicians, who at heart are longing for the crumbs of office, he cannot, from some fatality or other, procure a cordial and willing support from it sufficiently show that there was no misapprehension fe the original calculations, and that an adequate profit is clearly demonstrated by the practical results of the work- ing of the British Queen and President. JUNIUS SMITH. 7. Importers sectre freight in proportion to the | oi itay packet b one any of them. In fact, the conduct of the two par- Tetess dad: the: aan egan . . A a: S ‘ e pted citizens, the party re- pout of tusks sabenrs ela. tk WL eeto ates: ca {Mail of dourse not delivered, en account of the loss of | ties towards each other, is a graphic illustration of hited eeiihvthio beer possible good humor. Segars charter; and suppose the ship to ci ons, one | the ship. the dog in the manger—they will pot take office | were the order of the day, but no liquor was intro- share would secure one ton ireight if all shares were taken by importers; but if half the shares are taken by non importers, then one share in the hands of an importer wonld secure two tons freight, and so in proportion to the amount of subscription, 8. Goods from France and the continent of Europe generally, may be forwarded to Liverpool b: Coasting steamers, and thence to New York by the Company’s American steamship, at very little if any more expense than if sent to Havre for a eet This the importers from the Continent will readily perceive. This autiee is respectfully submitted to the public as matter of interest. and unless they are convil their taess and private interests will be promoted, the These statements are clear, and the plan of bring- ing the importers together as patrons to the line, 18 anexcellent one. It is certainly for their interest to juin in such an enterprize, and to act energetic- ally in the organization of the pioneer steamer. Our famous'packet ships were established_on this plan ; and there is every reason to believe that steam ships can be started into existence in the same duced. The enigma is, how a meeting-that was editorially puffed inte notice both in the Tribune, Sun, and other paper’, should only produce an as- semblage of four persons to support the intelligent chairman and secretary who presided at this im- ortant meeting—except that as we predicted in the f lerald of yesterday, it would prove “a funny af- fair. themselves, nor tolerate its occupation by their op- ponents. Happy politicians! who can thus resist the tempting alliances of official patronage; who act consistently with the sentiment that expecta- tion is preferable to fruition; and who in keeping aloof from the cares of responsible government, seem to think that in politics as well as party, ’tis distance lends enchantment to the view. From all we can learn, it is probable Sir Charles Metcalf will request his recall, as his prolonged stay will City Intelligence. Mayor’s OfficeAva, 14 —His Honor the Mayor had visit from the crew of the “ Native American,” of Phila- delphia, now lying at the Battery, and received them with his well known urbanity of manner ; st the same time ex- way. rf has been attempted in other cities and in cer- Directors would scarcely venture to rest thelr appeal upon | tain quarters, to prove that all steam ships running | effect nothing i lidatii 3 ig in consolidating the government, er | pressing his regret at not being able to accompany the tpn Pe pe me ia fay 9) wt from England to New York have hitherto lost mo- | conciliating the governed. : ia ec ogh theeeycining sparteaatte/ fom pxeae cenit ness. Police Record—Avc. l4—Removat or Orricens— Several active and respectable officers attached to the Lewer Police, have been removed by the Mayor within the past few days from political motives only. We have information to the effect that certain persons, who will be named ata futureday, have made the matter of removal and appointment a profituble source of income; and to benefit their own individual pockets have deceived the Mayor and sacrificed some of the best men ever connect- ed with our city police. Nota particle of clear, practi- cal sperma has been exercised in these removals, which tact fully illustrates our position. Some import municationsjwill be made to the Mayor i: yw da will convince him that misrepres ons have been made, emanating fiom base, jealous, and mercenary mo- tives, The only matters before the police yesterday were of the most trivial character. Cvroner’s Reoord—Arortexy—An inquest was held on the body of acolored woman named Elsey Ann Curman, a native of Connecticut, aged 50 years, who died suddenly at 20, Orange street, in a fit of apoplexy. Faicutru. Accipent.—Yesterday, while two men, named Robert Canning and Thomas Mackindor, were en- goged in endeavoring to ee the walls of the ‘resbyterian Church, in Wall street, by means of a chain cable, they were suddenly forced from the top of the wall on which they were standing to the bottom, a distance of about thirty feet; one of the arms of Canning was torn from its socket, and the head of Mackindor was fractmred, and his body otherwise seriously injured. They were both t to the hospital, where every attention was rendered them; but little hope is entertained of their re- covery. They were laborers engaged upon the work, and residents of Jersey City. Amusements, _ Nisxo’s.—This evening the splendid opera called the Child of the Camp, and the new pantomime en- titled Bamfylde Moore Carew, will be performed. The celebrated Drummond Light will also be exhibited. Erniopian SkRENADERS—PaLmo’s OreRa House. —This establishment would require a distinctive notice, and merit a distinctive enlogium, but that such is the established afar of the Virginia Serenaders, that comment would be superfluous All we could say would only tend to increase the public patronage, and as such we fearlessly recommend the general attention to their programme for this evening, at Palmo’s Et Chambers street. The last night but two of their ney ; and that no line can succeed unless it re- ceives a large amount of money annually for mail service. This, the statistics of Mr. Smith, show to be false, and that even the British Queen and President, which were notoriously less patronised thanthe Great Western actually made a handsome profit. 1t hasalso been shown that the Great Wes- tern alone has made a great deal of money, and the company owning her would now be rich in surplus funds, had they not dipped into big iron foundries and expensive experiments with screws and snaps. If that company had built four steam ships like the Great Western, and had had nothing to do with that. monster iron ship now so closely under blockade at Bristol, we should never have heard of the ‘‘ Cunard Steamers.” It is clear, therefore, that the busi- ness is profitable if properly conducted; and that the “ American Steam Ships” will be properly conduct- ed we produce the “‘ American Packet Ships” to prove. Tue jWarerina Praces.—All the fashionable 4,000 | watering places are crowded this season to a degree quite unprecedented. Saratoga is filled to over- + 10,000 | flowing, and the community of four or five thous- and human beings located there just now, is the most varied and picturesque imaginable. Philoso- phers, politicians, and divines; bloods, blacklegs, and drygoods clerks; heiresses, milliners, and bal- let-girls ; and the very éli'e of the wash-tub aris- tocracy, are all mingled in one pleasant, delightful piquant and interesting amalgamated mass. The Polka is all the rage at the “‘ Springs” at present. Newport is very full—more than fifteen hundred persons being there at present. The charming Borghese had a very successful concert at this very agreeable watering place. Schooley’s Mountains, one of the most delight- All the sippars the Company deem it necessary or ex- yore ios of the General Government is, the privi- of receiving the postage upon letters carried ly their ships. Through the agency of the Post Office Department European governments levy a twofold tax upon the Ame- rican public—one upon letters inward and one upon let- ters outward, which amounts to more than the expense of carrying the mails, and thus not only reimburse them- selves for the expense paid, but derive a considerable re- venue in addition. The harvest over the whole country is most pro- mising. Quite a number of travellers, principally from these States, are crowding the hotels; emi- grants are pouring in, and the public works— among the rest, those on the Welland Canal, St. Lawrence Canal, and the great Northern Military Road—are turnishing them with employment. Strong efforts are making also, to carry out the useful project of a railroad through the eastern townships, from Montreal to Boston. The Ameri- can section of the line is already surveyed, and the engineers are now at work on the Canadian por- tion of it. The people of that tine district of coun- try, the townships, will be gréatly benefitted by such a work; and are, accordingly, using every effort to accomplish it. American Instrrure.—Dr.C. Wurtaw’s Lec- TURE ON Porsonovs Puants anp Disgases or Cate. —The farmers, butchers, and others, in this city and vicinity, interested in stock and agriculture, were invited to attend this institution last evening, to hear this venerable philosopher speak of the plants which abound in our fields poisonous to cat- tle and other stock, creating diseases that destroy human life. Doctor Whitlaw has devoted himself with the greatest zeal and industry for fifty years to that important subject ; yet notwithstanding the importance of the subject, there were only some fifteen or twenty persons present at the commence- ment. The gentleman commenced his lecture b: taking a view of the state of the land in Scotland, some fifty years since, and its present state ; and showed that by adopting the course he wished to introduce in this country, the land had increased in value some eight or ten fold; beside affording the people a more wholesome supply of the most essen- tial necessaries of life. He stated that eight out of ten of the cattle slaughtered in this city were dis- eased, so much so that it quite endangered the lives of all those who partook of any part of the animal, The grand effects of carrying into execution the designs of the Company, are too obvious to need any comment. If it be important to retain in the hands of American citi zens their own European carrying trade; if the prospe- rity and extension of commerce depend in any degree mn the facilities of carrying it en ; if the advancement of this great city to opulence and commercial rank are objects dear to every American citizen; then he will with alacrity seize any and every opportunity to reslize such vast and anent results. Reference for personal or written communications to Junius Smith, 95 Wall street, corner of South street. New Yonrx, July 4, 1844, EXPENSE OF BUILDING A STEAM SHIP OF TWO THOUSAND TONS. Hull of the ship complete, 2,000 tons at $60. . Coppering and copper work. , . . Spars, sails, rigging, bot bles, &c. Pt ng d offi Water tanks, cooking stoves and fittings...... Six hundred horse power steam engine, with sur- plus articles. ...... Paddle wheels....... Contingent fund....... $300,000 Ship ready for sea will not exceed $300,000, and will probably cost something less than that. PROBARLE RETURNS THAT THE SHIP WILL MAKE RUNNING BETWEEN NEW YORK AND LIVERPOOL. Seventy gve passengers, out and in, equal to hundred and fifty, average pass Eight hundred tons goods outw: Eight hundred do. — do. home at $: Average returns from letters and par. PI ing the government should refuse to allow any compensation for carrying the mail.,.... 3,472 $48,622 DETAILED DISBURSEMENTS OF A SHIP OF TWO THOUSAND TONS UNDER STEAM, NEW YORK TO LIVERPOOL. Geptain, pergecets $120 | ful rural retreats in the Union, is aleo full. Thisis | That also the milk and butter sold in this city was DR. McNAIR'S ACOUSTIC OIL—CER 30 a very charming place, with fine bracing air, ro- equally Ct us consequent cf the pone es Be ay eed Se et Persope ro) pees 2 4 .. | Uriating on certain descriptions of grase, end other | per! ly cure eo On. r 2) | Poet rete aacaay Se x ase a sie productions of the fields nnd meade which were | tain—it relieves at once. Sold by Comstock & Co., No. 25 niences which a spacious and well kept house af- | poisonous, filling their carcasses with oxalic acid, | 2! Courtlandt st. Price $1 per flask. 270 fords. and likewise inpregnating those who partook of 0G-IF IT WERE NECESSARY THOUSANDS OF 16 The numerous places on Staten Island are well | them or the produce with the same. The only re- | names could be given certifying to the gfficacy of BER- i atronized. Clifton House, at the Narrows, isa medy for this, he said, if we understood the gentle- | NARD’S DIARRHGZA MEDICINE. We deem it expe- P Is 2 ude} man right, was stall feeding. dient, however, to mention a few prominent men in this 4 very pleasant place; and sois the Planter’s Hotel, The most dangerous nuisance, and one fraught | country that havetested this medicine, and ts unquali- 342 —-| a very quiet, respectable, and well-kept house. with the greatest amount of evilto the community, rinted ett Of ite ability to pertorm all the ‘duty we 18 The houses at Shrewsbury, Long Branch, and | Was the suffering of animals of the swine tribe to | “Commodore Edmund P, Kennedy, Commodore Jesse 12 hi ble pl the. J h hi roam the streets. The learned gentleman vaid he | wilkinson, Commodore Chas. W. Skinner, Commodore Cabin cook. 22 | other agreeable places on the Jersey shore, have | was prepared to prove that scrofula or leprosy was | Wm. M. Armstrong, U. 8. Navy ; Major Chas. H. Smith, Assistant do. ty been much frequented by all who desire to enjoy | solely produced from these animals; the very ef- | Paymaster U.,8. Army ; Licut. 0. 8, Glesson, U. 8. Navy; poten iy the invigorating breezes of the ocean. fluvia arieing from peo was dangerous to the hu- | D . png slg i eh oi wae a, ae - Six waiters and 4 boys, averng 150 Of the watering places on Long Island, the Ham= | oa cee ten ners don wale be ue Va‘; Miles King, Mayérot the Borough of Norfolk, Vr; Mage Pe bie wigipaapip ned Lear ilton House has been a very fashionable and popu- | infected with leprosy, and consequently those who | Thos. G. Brougiiton, Editor of the Norfolk (Va.) Herald ; inwards, 1 1 2,700 lar resort this season. It is a delightful place for | partook of it were liable to the same dtiontet; and yore Freire ge ncibonng Paiaht of the Vicginis Beak 663 go | 2milies and children. There isa separate table Lethe ine fk cet cn cad hee Noriol Dr. Chas. H. Broughton, Surgeon ia the U- i i “ lsorder ft 8. | 8. ; Dr. R. I. x ter, Va.; ‘ daily for the little people and their nurses, and al- | ‘The Jecturer said in thistespect,the ladiesand their | Metsaczo: Petersburg, Va; Rev. Jno. D. Mathews, Lexing. He together the arrangements in this particular are ad- | children in particular, were most liable, and hoped | ton, Kentucky ; Hon. 0. ‘A. P. Nickolson, U, 8. Sonator 4 mirable. they would interest themselves inthe matter. The | a ‘Tennessee, List taste ra itips Dian: 8 | The great rush of people to the Springs, and all | Sentleman then went into various details in this | tGsh MEDICINE for years, and they all pronotince it Port ch LW aAWieies the Q see the watering places, is one of the most encoura-| support his views; showed what had been | th¢ most valuable remedy yet ieee po te in- Insurance 6 per ct. per annum on $300,000, ‘ ging tokens of returning national prosperity. All| done of Jate years in various parte of the Hattie: tteceemer eta Glasador Sf tat tenes: Olloe monthly so os «os ove veces von 6 ones sa 1,200 | classes appear to be quite recovered from the de- | globe to perry out. these views, all of which | of the proprietor, 97 Nassau street, New York. Deterioration & repairs, 20 per cent. do. “i appeared highly satisfactory; and in conclusion —_—— monthly «..s0.0++ 200 +e . 5,000 | pressions of former years, and unless the steam be | said, that unless some strict regulations relative to PURIFY YOUR BLOOD —'here is perhaps Rint cbenpive couees mere 100 allowed to accumulate ‘too rapidly, the country | the rearing of cattle for human food were enforced, | nothing which so disfigures a person os pimples, sore and Six hundred tons coal, PE UAC ha . a Bf e y oR oe 2,400 Quits T00 Goon News To ng Truz.—A tremen- | should in the short space of some fifty years be- acre Seehk cenap operant Ges 4 joo Contingent expenses, monthly. 400 _ | dous splutter has been made by the “native” organ | ome ab pysonl 5 Shs ag apie Mt alr tes the bowels, restores the blood to its wonted pur. Each passage. ......... +++ $16,200 30 | about a re-organization of the Police by Mayor | other evils that might and would assail us; and that | 12% A ietateatty eae ene costiate Toes the Sytem ‘Two months toa voyage. on 2] Harper. On enquiry we find that the re-organiza- gur fall would be like that of many of the king- | any of e following diseases a rectio promaremgery ists i ismi: je i ire- | Scrotnla and Ulcerations of lercu: rections, Disbursements each voyoge.............. $90,400 60 | tion consists in the dismissal of two or three offi- | doms of the ancients, only more premature—entire taothens wnt bon, Soph itis th teh worss feu Receipts na per calculation, each voyage, $48,622_| cers whoare not “natives,” and the appointment of | 'Y owing to our neglect of agriculture. Eruptions of the skin, Affections of the Glands,” Disbursements do. dO vse eee 3@,400 “ Yellow Blossoms” in their room. In truth we 1s rr so?—Wee perceive that a Mr. De Le Ree is | General debility, Bilious Diseases, —_ ;; : Prey A a . prs Chronic Rheumatism, Chronic sore eyes, $19,229 have made up our mind that there is no hope of po- | singing at the whig meetings with great spirit and | Liver Affections, Stubborn Ulcers, Commissions 2} per cent, on $48,622, ..... 1,216 lice reform from this party. They have been 80 | effect. Is this the Apollo of the “native” party ? ‘All pimples, sores ot hosel egret improves & beau. Each voyage net $17,007 | busy dividing the spoils, and quarrelling amongst | Is this the fine-looking Mr. De Le Ree who con- euioeel Ws tas 000. si pelling Mel celkewnens Se. Voyager per year. bie 6 themselves about running a separate ticket in the | tributed so much by his sengs and gleesto the | This superior fluid extract is now offered to the public $ionoa | fall, that they could not attend to any thing else.— | triumph of the natives? or is it a counterfeit—do tha, oe be Rent Goud, toe pronsn Ladle ofict olt og Soda one wis! tell? ite merits. Thus far it has met Tue Great Twenty Mice Race over THE Cen- TREVILLE Coursk.—We are glad to see the propri- etors of this course have altered their regulations relative to the weights to be carried in this great contest; instead of one hundred and ferty-five pounds to be carried, it is now agreed that it shall ‘We deeply regret this. We had really anticipated much from this party. They had a glorious opportu- nity of securing permanent tenure of their offices, if they had but done their duty and fulfilled their pledges to the community,,who entrusted them with the reins of government. We have hoped on till the last. But there is really no room for hope will do, what all steam ships ought to three years. Specie has been an arti- paying a large freight, and may be again, but no cre 18 taken for that item, Whether the general government pid ey any thing for carrying the mail or not, I do New Yonx, July 24th, 1844, LETTER AND STATIS jndged only according to ‘with ungxampled success, and been the cause of reliev- ing a vast amount of suffering. Its effects are mild, although it operates upon every organ and nerve of the system, and tends to free it from every symptom of dis- ease. Sold only at 21 Courtlandt street. CONSTITUTIONAL DEBILITY CURED.--The ry Mixture, by the College of Medicine and Pharmacy of the city of New York, 18 confidently re cle dit FROM JUNIUS SMITH. ‘ew Yoru, July 24th, 1844. Having be ii Saale 5 * A ms commended for all cases of delility produced by secret in ten aMistastice th hesosines phew in atlantic | now. Rowdyism is on the increase—Broudway is | be catch weights. Thisis much more equitable, and | 4 oor excemofany kind. ftisen invalatloreme some reluctance yielded to that solicitation, although 1| thronged with rowdies—the Battery is thronged likely to draw a greater number of entries, and 4y for imy c6, sterility, or barrenness,(uniess depend had no idea when I left England, in October last, of again | with rowdies—rogues are escaping from prison Geglobottion #1 esh ; cesee-of halle desea ¢i; care: make the matter altogether more interesting. i . ry 5 Py . Great antundertaking ore end Partial responsibility Of ¥0 | every day—crime is frightfully increasing,—on all tally packed and sent to ell parts of the Union. The public are aware that I brought forward ever the necessity o Fine at. Mancuester, N. H.—The aew and Office of the Colloge of Medicine and Pharmacy 96. the Bis of favigating the Atlantic by steam power. coe bell og eb ava fron it beautiful Town House in’ Manchester, built at an | Nasscuctreat. —_W. 8. RICHARDAON, M. D,, Agent. in 1833, in opposition to wiser and more learned gentle | Police. But we are just as far of as ever from ob- | expense of $24,000, was discovered, yesterday at 12 M, on a KICORD’S PARIBIAN ALTERATIVE MIX men than myself, and that I labored assiducusiy to illus’ | taining one. fire, and was soon reduced toa heap of ruins. The cel- | rUR¥,--For the cure of primary or sec mdary Syphilis trate and explain the practicability of the enterprize, and bap sees err renner Sane lars were occupied by provision dealers ,whe saved most | and all affections produced by an injudicious use of mer ay, Le a ern 7 oe a joint stock company under A Great Boon.—So we are to get rid of that aie property, = Joelenape g 4 Agta eet Post boon og suey, The oe possessed! y this powerful the denomination of the British and American Steam Na i = _ and four stores. e Pos ice Ww . ‘ative over ull other preparations for the cure of Sy- vigation-Company., Aa a director of that company, my obnoxious concern—the Lower Post Office—at last. | Si''snd'a portion of all the stocks of goods. ‘The aecond | shilis, Je, that while cur Dg the disease St Improves the (01 ‘The tax of two cents on each letter, in addition to the four dollars a year for boxes, was most iniqui- tous. Assoon as the new Post Office is ready, which it is said will be in October, the concern means of correct information respecting the details of the business, | suppose will not be questioned, I beg to assure the public that [ have nothing which requires concealment in regard to that company, and that IT am open to any questions from those who have an in- tory was oCcl| asa Town Hall, and lawyers’ offices. Part only of May tvemn reverts eavels inne thied wtory wore the armories of the Stark Guards and Fusileers— The Guards lost all their arms; the Fusileers 30 guns, constitution, whilst mercu: erally loaye a much worse disease than the one it an administered for. The deat recommendation we can give of it is, that it is now axtensively 3 mn pleas by the medical faculty, who for- nerly considened mercury the only cure for those com. seat eran ei "em | a rn terest in were relative t ‘1 A r. J. Emerson, was de- ts. Sold, in single bottles, $1 cases of halt quan sntune. “My onl object fn this capiieation is, down-town will be abolished. _ stroyed, his books allthat he saved. ‘The Rouse was in- foeen, $, carefully fucked, and’ sent to all parts of the to correct a great crror w! Eto the public OG Avams & Co. arrived last evening in ten sured for $10,000. It is conjectured that the fire was set | Union. Office of the College of Medicine and Pharma. mind in this country, in reference to the profit and loss : g | y an incendiary. Total loss $30,000 to $26,000,—Boston | sy, 95 Nassau street. wpon the workiog of the steam ships Bi Queen, and | hours from Boston over the Long Island Railroad. ript, Aug. 13. W, 8, RICHARDSON, M, D., Agent. <