The New York Herald Newspaper, February 11, 1849, Page 1

— NO. 5365. SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY ll, 1849. IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO: DIFFICULTIES BETWEEN THE U. SB. Quartermaster at Tampico AND THE MEXICAN AUTHORITIES. The U. & Squadron in the Gulf Ordered to Tampico, WHE SIERKA MADRE AFFAIR, Seer, dive, dive From the New Orleans Delta. Feb. 2.) Captain P.H. Ryan, of the U. S. schooner Arigpe, arrived nere yesterday, trom Tampico, ‘and te him we are indebted for the following im- tant news. The Arispe left Tampico oa the 4) ulumo, end arrived off the South-west Pasa in three and a half days, at which place she was de- tained on account ot thefog. Captain R. came up to the eity yesterday, on board the United States steamer ph, Captain Folger. General Guerero, who commands the port at Tampico, in ebedience, it is said, to orders from supreme government, ordered Captain Carr, Acting U. S. Quartermaster at that place, to quit the erty within a specitied time, the commandant giving as 2 reason for each harsh and peremptory Meaeures, that the period allowed im the treaty of peaee for Femoving all the United States pro- perty from the republic had expired. Captain Carr’s reply to the peremptory commands ot the Commandant wes, that he was there acting under the orders of his government, and recogaised po other authority; and that he should remain there, regardless ot the threats of the Command- ant neutil expelled by force. The Commandant finding that his threats were of no avail, sent several notes to the Quartermaster, requiring him to call at his quarters, but Captain Carr positively refused, stating that the American flag waved over hisoftice, and if the Commandant, or any of the Mexican au- thorities desired to confer with him on any subject, they would find him at his pest. Thereupon, the valiant Mexican ordered out all the troops in the city, to the number of 400, and a great parade and flourish of trumpets were raised; but just as affairs seemed to be hastening to a crisis, and the Mexican trumpets were blowing their loudest al: rams, the U. S. sloop of war Saratoga came in sight, and bore down into the harbor. This un- expected apparation seemed to have a wonderfully cooling efiect upon the red-hot valor of the Mexi- cane, who immediately marched into quarters, tiscled their arms, and waited tor further deve- lopements. auiet being thus restored, Captain Carr, and Mr. hase, the American Consul, proeeeded on board the sloop of war; and after a short coaference with her commander, the gallant ship bore awa towards Vera Cruz, and the rendezvous of eur Gulf equadren, under Commodore Jesse Wilkinson. This commotion was a source of much satisfac- tion and of many bright hopes to the citizens of Tampico, who desire a restoration of Ameri- can command as the only means of reviving the rate commerce of this well situated town. Shoulda conflict take place between the soldiers and our authorities, the people of Tampico will certainly join the latter, and thus embrace the readiest means of carrying out the Sierra Madre project. General Guerero, who 18 at the bottom of this affair, isa staunch friend of Santa Anna, and is, no doubt, intriguing to open the country ain [to the redoubted hero of Tampico. He it was who in the late war commanded the Guer- nilleros that operated on the Tampico road, and who, during the Trist negotiations, was one of the most vehement opponents of the treaty. seen 3 The nval of the conducta frem the interior. sing in over the bar when the Arispe lett. Mil he Bre- York for California—all hands well. From the N. O. Crescent, Feb. 2.) left on the 23d ult Tampico. Captain Carr. Q. M. treaty ot peace with Mexico, a certain time was to be allowed for the removal of these effeets. say; but at all events, the Mexican commandér, General Garay, ordered Capt. Carr to leave within a specified time, and if the order was not com- plied with voluntarily he was given to understand that force would be used. Under these circum- stances, Capt. Carr, Capt. Chase, and the Com- mander of the U.S. sloop of war Saratoga, then lying at Tampico, held a conference, at which it was decided that the Quartermaster should not recede from his position. Capt. Carr left tor Vera Cruz in order to see Commodore Wilkinson. It was thought that the whole squadron would shortly the schooner Arispe, who came passenger on the Telegraph. ‘We cannot account for these proceedings, ex- eepting from the fact that Gen. Garay was always an anti-treaty man, and may wish to renew the difficulties between the two countries. Gen. La Tamaulipas, was at the last accountsat Vera Cruz. on his way to Tampico. His arrival was expected to restore harmony and good understanding. ° GENENAL AEP. [From the New Orleans P By the arrival of the Irwin, 8, Feb.) aptain Robiason, ot Ll Momitor Republicano, ot the city of Mexico, telligence than that brought by the schocner Adela. n) Sier a portef Tampico. Tranquillity is restored, and the of the 11th ultimo, contains addresses of Don J. mondant-General of the State of Tamaulipas, to the troops and citizens, dated Tampico, the 30th of the mission with which they were charged President Herrera, to promote a reconciliation. Governor Cardenas, after reiterating his declara- for separation, with which he was charged, the only motives for the expulsion o! latter) were indignant at seeing quartered there in time of peace, the same men who had deserte: cted that the troops intended to prosounce in favor of Santa Anna, whose return boded them and the country new strife and perils The result of all this, it would seem, is perfeet concord among the*troops and citizens in Tampico, Whether it will last, depends noon circumstances. The troops re-entered the city from Pueblo Vie. on the 30th ult. A hostile manifestation w: who granted ail they demanded. General La Vega arrived in Vera Cruz on the 6th ulumo, on his way, by sea, to Tampico, to take command of the troops there. Touuca tive attempt at revolution in the district of Mexico, by Don Esievan Leon, has been received trom its capital, Toluca, announcing that the armed forces under General Norriega had completely quelled it. General Alvarez, whom the ingur- ents had nominated their commander, indignant- fr repudiates the unsought aad gratuitous distinc- tion, declaring that his heart 13 with the present administration. General Ariata, the Minister ot War, was remarkably prompt in bis measures to suppress the revolt, £1 Monttor calls on the go- vernmentto epply the extreme pemalty of the law against the perturbators, as the Wd way to pre- yentarepettion. The certainty of meeting the fate of the rebels at Guanajuato and Mazatlan, it well remarks, will extinguish the restless spirit of egitation, which has been the bane of the eountry. Cuorera.—The Minister of Home Relations has issued a circular to the governors of the neve- ral States, mtimating that as the goveramem irad received information from Vera Cruz that the cho- \era had, in a few instances, appeared there, the J resident exhorted the authorities to the obser- vance of all due precaution, 30 order to mitigate ite fleets should it travel througs the country, Nationat, Gvarp.--The government are arming ‘The schooner Home, from this port, arrived at Tampico on the 20th ult., and the schooner was laudon was in port, awaiting the ar- men brig Creole, which arrived at Tampico on the 20th ult., reported having spoken the American bark Waldron, in Jat 24 deg., long. 514, from New By the om of the United States steamer Te- legraph, yesterday, from Tampico, which place she .» we have important intelligence concerning. diffieulties which have arieen between the American Quartermaster and the authorities at U. S. Army, it willbe recollected, was left at Tampice in charge of- a‘quantity of government stores. According to the ‘Whether the time had expired or not, we caanot be at Tampico, prepared to enforce respect to our a particulars we gather from Capt. Ryan, of Vega, recently appointed Commandant-General of from Vera Cruz, the 20th ultimo, we received files to the 18th ult., inclusive, being tive days later in- Tamrico.—As the first 1 importance since the bitante were supposed to be in favor of the Madre scheme, we allude to affairs in ‘the eople have returned to their normal state of obedience to the central government. £/ Monitor Cardenas, Governor, and General Garay, Com- December, congratulating all on the happy results ch ty tions of innoceace as to participation in the plan by the national! guards, that they, (the them when the American forces first appeared off the port, during the late war. Moreover, they sus- made by about a dozen individuals, but it quickly ceased, through the intervention of the Governor, ‘News from the scene of the late abor- THE NEW YORK HERALD. | the National Guards throughout Mexico, with the view of placing the country really in the hands of its cinzens, SauTiLLo —The Herald, of Saltillo, states that anarchy and contusion will take possession of the State (New Leon) if the Legislature is not quickly organized. Commence.—It appears that the greatest scarcity of provisions, apd ‘our orpoeny HR reigos in Ma- tamoras. Flour brought from Saltillo eelis at $18 60 a barrel, while the same from New Orleans, all expenses included, could be sold at $11. Senor Cuevas, the Minister, in bringing these tacts to the notice of the Chamber ot Deputies, by order of the President, proposes that the law be so altered as to admit of the government granting permission to importers to bring over the frontiers articles of do- mestic consumption, at such rates as would protect Mexican agriculture, and yet relieve the inhabi- tants from the hardship under which they labor. Senor Cuevas states that when he was collector at Matamoras, flour sold at $40 a barrel, the prohibi- tion laws cruelly weighing on the population. Inpians.—The Regrstro Oficial, of Durango, states that 1,000 Camanches had collected in the vicinity of the Lake of Yaco, Chihuahua, exciting strong fears of ferocious aggression. The inhabi- tants implore the aid of government troops. Pursia.—General Lombardini has been sreaes: ed Commandant General of the State of Puebla. -Three hundred and eighty-five delinquents, to be tried by the tribunals, were sent to jail, in the city of Mexico alone, during the month of December. The address ot the Minister of Foreign Affairs to the Chamber of Deputies, giving an account of the relations of the republic abroad, 18 published in the El Monitor, ot the 10th, oceupying nearly all ite columns. Itisan able document, and in- cludes a review of the events of the late war, and its probable effects on the nation. ERa Cruz.—The brig Iswich, from New Or- leans, was in quarantine here by order of the Board of Health. The English steamer would be detained at Isle Verde, and the mail was to under- ae fumigation before it was permitted to b2 land- ed. Srerra Gorpa.—The contest in these almost in- accessible haunts of the rebels still continues, and Bustamente advances but slowly. He assures the government, however, that he will shortly put the insurgents down. . . In the mint of Guanajuato were coined during laet year, 41,701 doubloons, $7,195,000, and $459,- 900 in smaller silver pieces—in all, $8,322,116. El Monitor, of the 12th, states that, within the receding tour days, a conducta from Guanajuato bad arrived in the capital, with more than-$600,- The Mimieter of Finance has been called upon by the Chamber of Deputies, to lay before them his contracts with the house of Hargous and Drusina, for advances upon dues at customhouses. He at- tended their session on the 11th inst. for the pur- pose, but was not heard, their attention being oc- cupied with some other grave subject. ‘The diligence which left the capital tor Puebla on the llth, was robbed befere it had passed the arsta. 4 We have looked at the entries of shipping at the port ot Mazatlan for several aay, and notice almost ory arrivals ot small vessels there, but all are lexican. The project of a railroad to Tacubaya promises to be carried through vigorously. Gen. Urega, under the orders of Gen. Busta- mente, has obtained some notable successes over the insurgents of the Sierra Gorda. A bill has been introduced inte the Senate, to ap- ropriate a portion of the next payment from the Uahed States to the purchase of 60,000 muskets. At Guanajuato, San Sebastian de Jalisco, and at Loguitlan, in the department of Vera Cruz, peti- tions are being signed, praying the government to tolerate all religious sects. This is a most promi- nent step in the way of practical reform. From Txxas.--The steamship Palmetto, Capt. Smith, arrived yesterday from Galveston, having left there on the 30th. There is scarcely one word of news from that quarter. The cholera is said still to linger at Houston. The death of Col. John H. Walton is mentioned among others. y The Civilian says the goods seized on the schooner Star, in 1847, for an_ attempt to escape tbe payment of duties at the Rio Grande, when our ep Aad 8 in possession of Mexico, were sold on the 26th, and brought pretty good prices, con- sidering the description of the articles and the time they Mad been onhand. The sales amounted to several thousands of dollars. By the Palmetto we have received the Ametcan Flag, reseenya at Brownsville, opposite Matamo- ros,) of the 17th ultumo. It has no news, which is, we suppose, the best evidence that that frontier 13 quiet. The Flag has no jealousy of California. “ We give all the geld-hunters to California, and twenty years hence two of our river counties will buy the whole of that State”—so says the Flag. The Flag urges upon the attention of Congress the removal! of ebstructions in the bed of the Rio Grande, and refers .o surveys of its channel lately made by Lieut. Gilbert, and on recerd in the War Department. e learn by a peccenes who came paccenaee on the Palmetto, that the Mazatlan Rangers, who wentdown on the steamship Fanny, arrived at Corpus Christi safely, and were to leave on Mon- day last, the 29th, for California. They intend crossing the Rio Grande near Paseo del Norte, and then to strike off for the head waters of the Gila, and follow Col. Cooke’s route down that stream. They obtained a complete outfit at Corpus Christi, and tol. Kinney furnished them with sur- veyors, whe will pilot the party as far as El Paso. Mr. Peoples, ot the Star, accompanies the party, but his excellent paper will not on this account be discontinued.—NV. O. Picaywne, Feb. 2. Common Pieas. after which his Honor charged the jury that where 8 man purebases goods of another, and after. wards gives him notice that they are not of the quality agreed for, and that he will return th thet after being refused, and he afterwards seils ) he is en- titled to deduct from the proceeds his penses. But if the plaintiffs in this suit cial: demnity from defendant for these expenses. are bound to establish their claim to your satisfaction; an ww, is their evidence before you to show tha! the; |d for freight, storage, commission, insurance, & if you are satisfied that the nce before you establich that fact. why a right to allow it jou hes But it is not enough for the Plaintiffs tv allege that all those expenses have been incurred; meither are those facts inferable. It must be proved that the property was stored, the freight paid, &0. The next question for your consideration will be, whether the defendants are Hable to indemnify the plaintiffs for their loss in this tra scone ree is no doubt but the plaintiffs in offered by plaintiffs intein this action, there is no doub. bat they are entitled to credit. I appears that ths alt in question was on board a ship which sailed from to this port, and the defendant insists = tha Liverpos nO direot evidence before you on this branch ofthe care. Now, if I understand the proposition of the plaintiffe, it is, in the fi lace, that the defend- ant, by relling “Marshal Salt,” was, by the oustom of the trade, bound to deliver fine salt, but that he deliv. viclated greement by deliverin . Now let us see what are the anewers on the part defendant. Do they admit or deny those proposi- tions? [understand the defendant to say the custom only requires any falt made by Marshal, a ruficiently fine within the custom; the depy this, and insist that it was not fine in according to the meaning of the term “ Mar: Ycu are now to decide this matter You hay the evidence-on both sides, and you are to say wheth- er the custom called for a different article than that delivered to the plaintiffs, His Honor continued to charge the jury at consilerable length, and to remark on the testimony as he went along, and left it to the jury to ray, under the evidense, whether t! lai ntiffs ‘were entitled to recover on the ground of warranty or fraud, and if the evidenco rntisfied them that there Wor a warranty, or that defendant was guilty of a fraud, then pin! ntiffa would be entitled to a verdict, — The jury retired, and soon after returned with @ ver- dict for the plaintiffe for $450. Cireult Court. Before Judge Jones. Fyn. 10.--D F Bacon vs, J. W. Webh.— The Jury in thia cause rendered a verdict this afternoon of six conte demeges for the plaintiff. Court Catendar for Monday. Crkcurt Court—Same as Saturday. Surenion Count. -2 82, 68, 33, 08, 101, 103, 104, InS, U9 Lid, 113, 116, Liv. 421, 124, 126, 127, 184, 159, 25. 12, 62, 1, 6, 23, 4,56, 72, 77, 141, 1A2 to 161,’ B12, 162 to 166, 168 to 161. Comman Pr eas~9; 46, 47, 62, 594) 55, 60, a, 62, 68, 64, 66, 68, 18, 3%, The City Hospital. , There 1s scarcely a paper printed in this city, in which this celebrated place does not figure among the atems of its columns, connected with some melancholy accident’ or murder; and yet, how few of the mass of the community know any more about the place, or ‘the real scenes that are passing inside of those walls and iron fence, than uf it did not exist! They are aware that thete i a dark-looking cluster of old buildings standing back from Broadway, behind the green lawn and magnificent old elms, and that they are ealled “the City Hospital ;” but few have ever penetrated be- hind the last gate, where the keeper stands from morning te night, admitting and refusing to admit, friends who wish to see sick inmates. A long and interesting history could be written of that place ; and were the doings in it faithfully chronicled, what a horrible picture would be presented to the public gaze! But “dead men tell no tales,” and the medical faculty who rule the roast in that old shop, are proverbially silent. The story is short of those who die there, particularly if they have no outside friends to look after their remains. When aman 1s dead, they bring his body into the dead- house—-a little two story building that stands away dow: the corner, near the gate that leads from the hospital grounds. Sometimes five or eight, or even a dozen, lie in a small room in that dead- house, under the dead-man’s charge. He packs them 1m rough pine boxes, and then when the cart comes he slides them in it, and away they ride up to another dead-house, somewhere up town, near the river. But we are getting on too fast: we commenced this article with the iatention of giv- ing a graphic account of this celebrated institution, from its foundation to the present time; all of which we obtained from musty old books, when we whiled away a pleasant afternoon, a few days since, at the hospital. Somewhere about 1770, three of the loving jects of 6ld George the Third, named Pete! dleton, John Jones and Samuel Bard, physic’ of New York, petitioned that old tyrant to allow them and other spirited citizens to erect a public hospital, as these medical gentlemen said they had raise: the tin among themselves and their friends, and that it should not cost him anything. Old George was pleased to grant their petition, and gave them a rr. er is a funny eld document, and was sent to the Earl of Dunmore, thea Go- vernor of this Province. The charter is dated the 18th of June, 1771. By it, the mayor, recorder, aldermen and assistants, the rector of Trinity church, the president of Columbia college, and senior ministers of nine other churches of different perauasions, that existed in New York, were made members by virtue of their office. Twenty-six go- vernors were also named, and these elected a pre- ident, vice president and treasurer, and secretary tor a year, from among their own number. Quite a large fund had been raised to start the concern from citizens ef London as well as New York, and the Provincial Legislature granted them £800, er $2,000 a-year, for twenty years, by way ot a lift, in 1772. In 1773, the Governors purchased of a Mr. Barclay and a Mr. Rutgers, five acres of ground. It was all open at that time, and a con- siderable distance “‘out of town.” It now forms the block bounded by Broadway in front, Church street in the rear, Duane street on the south, and Anthony street on the North. The building was commenced in July, 1773, and on the 28th of Feb- ruary, when neatly ready to receive patients, was burned to the ground. By this fire, the hospital lost $17,500. To have it go ahead spain, the Provin- cial Legislature gave them $10, in order to re- pair the loss they had sustained. The same year they went to work, and had nearly finished what is now known as the main building, when the American revolution commenced. During the oc- cupaney ot New York by the British, the building was used as barracks by British Hessian sol- diers. After they were cleared out, the institution was allowed to stand unmolested tor some years; but in Jan. 1791, 1t commenced business as a hospi- tal by receiving eighteen patients. In 1800 the Legis- lature of New York commenced making grants to the hospital, and legalized the King George char- ter. In 1806 they passed an act which gave to this institution $12,500 per annum until 1857. In 1806, a large building was erected on the south side of the ground (Duane street) for insane patients; but in 1825, when this clags of patients were remov- ed out of town to the Bloomingdale asylum, this building was repaired and remodelled, and has since been used as a hospital for seamen, and known as the “Marine Building.” An arrange- ment was made by the hospital with the treasury department of the United States, in 1797, and since continued by subsequent arrangements from time to time, with the Secretary of the Treasury, that all disabled sick seamen shall enjoy its advantages. The collector of this port pays out ofthe hospital mo- ney collected by him, for the maintenance and board of all such seamen, a stipulated price of $3 per week for 100 seamen; and the governors of the hospital never retused admission to more than this number, rovided they gave evidence that they had paid Rorpital money to any collector of the United States. Without this provision, many a poor Jack tar would have gone toa premature grave from carelessness and improvidence, instead of being comtortably ub- rovided for within the walls of the Marne Buildin . In 1841, another large building was finished on the north eide of the grounds ptf? Hb asa fever hospital, at an expense of $50,000. laving now given a general history of the institution, we will proceed to details, and go over the grounds and buildings, and take a look at the arrangements, at the doctors and nurses, and the sick, dying, and dead. We pass in trom Broad- way; the outer gate is never closed ; we go toward the building, passing up the stone-paved walk; a wide sward is on each side of us, and old elms seattered about ; on the outer side of the grass plot are large stores, facing on Broadway, and extend- ing back on what was formerly the orginal ground, some 100 feet. These lots were sold by the hospi- tal, and the funds used for hospital purposes. As we pass aloag, we arrive at those «wo small lodges, and here we find another iron gate, which is closed. The gentlemanly gatekeeper comes out and asks our business. “To see the hospital.” “ This is not a visiting day ; you must come on Friday or Tuesday, after 3 o’clock, P. M.” “Waita wt lay we seer to =e “(A prees—oh ! a paper—what paper?” “The Herald.” “Oh! that’s another matter. copies here every day ” " Possible 1—why you must be parttal to i I don’t take ’em all tor PA falls but the patieats sends the money down, and I pays the carrier and takes the paper.” “ Very kind of you. I say, may I go all over the Place alone ?” " “Don’t you know anybody inside 7” “Not a soul, that I am aware of.” “Then ask for Mr, Roberts, up them steps in front.” “ Who is Mr. Roberte, pray?” “Mr. Roberts is a first-rate good man; he’s the clark, and very fond of literary ducks.” “The deuce he 1s!—ineluding reporters, of couree? 1’ll find him out; thank you.” : But we have no idea of going about these inte- Testing grave diggings under charge of any official, and to Fave pointed cut to us only what we are wanted to ee, and not shown what we want to see. No, no; we trust to Providence, and enter incog. Weare clear of the gates of the keeper, turn to the left of the main pile, and find ourselves in a paved road that leads to a large wooden gate opening in- to Duane street, and stop; there comes a man to- wards us—a rough looking chap at that, 1 his shirt sleeves, too, in December. «Do you belong here T” “ Yes. What you wants 1” “T want to see the place, about some?” “ Yer, me show you the dead house; me keep it ” “Good! none but a Frenchman would keep a dead house.” Aad we follow hm to a little two- story house. As he turns the key, we ask, “ what name may I call you by?” “My name be Peter.” “How long have you kept th» key of this shop?” « "Bout two year, Come in.” We did ao. Fronting the door was a little room, about ten feet square, and no windows. There was a bedstead eovered with two boards, and two corpses lying there with a sheet carelessly fling overtiem On another side war aplain pine cot- fin; the hid was mot natied on yet; it wanted only that, and then the poor devil would be ready t» travel to Potters Field. ‘The other two bodies or the boards were not ready. We stood between the board bed and the eoflia, and Peter was in the door wey locking at us our of a pair of ugly eyes that looked deathly; the piaee_emelt deathfy, aad I take twenty-five Caa you shev me in by way of a joke, and we hurried past him to the outside door. “What's the matter? Don’t like the place” “Ci Ido, Peter; queer spot; rayther lone- eping spot.” 3 4 ps ard anybody eomplain of it.” “When did these people die?” | “One last night two dis morning.” “Does every here?” “Yes, all come to my house. Some bury from here who got friends got money. Come here, soon he die.” *«What’s that room” “Dat one? Where doctors eut up de body.” “Cut up the bodies? You don’t pretend to say fas everybody who dies in this hospital is dissect- ed” “Non. Cut him up to see what he die of. See mapy tunny ecene here. I sows ’em up when de doctor done, and put de pieces in de hole.” “What hole?” “That hole under de table; 1t lead away down imto de Nerd river. Sewer, youcall him, eh 1” “Why, Peter, you seem to bea man of conse- quence. You ought to be paid high.” tsk pap saie en I lay eut de body, and do de shave. Peter then opened another room, where there was a sort of pulpit and seats, and here Peter said the Coroner held his jury over the bodies of those that died in the hospital; and that the doc- tors lectured here. Up staira,by a circular stair- case, we found a sort of anatomical cabinet—pre- served babies, and legs, and fiogers, and sculls, and all that sort of thing. “Seen enough?” says Pete. “Plenty,” said we. “Now I go wid you to the marine building,” and thutting up his cabinet shop, told us as we went along, stories about Dr. Post, Dr. Buck, Dr. Smith, Beck and all the other head men that do the cut- ting and Cas and dosing, and physicking in- side those walls. As we entered the marine building, we met a man coming out witha coal scuttle in his hand, and a hole in his throat. He Wilenered Pete ashe passed, “Who 18 that old chap, Pete?” “ Name is Kristy—been fireman here six year. Cut hie throat twice. “What did he cut his throat twice for 1” “Cause he did’nt kill himself de first time.” «But what did he cut it the first time tor?” hig Cause he love putty girl. Leetle girl no love im. “ What a d—d tool to cut his throat for a wo- man,” said we. ‘Great many more feol dan him about de women,” replied the philosopher of the dead-heuse. Here a man came tor Pete, and said there was a man just dead, over in No. 9, north building, and wanted our chaperen, and so Pete left a live reporter to take care of himself, while he put off to handle the dead man. We soon secured another pilot in the shape of a Durse. We stated our business, and he very wil- lingly offered his services. We descended into a sort of greund cells, with doors leading into a main passage, which extended the entire length ofthe building, Noticing oursurprise at the bars, and bolts, and fastenings of the windows dences of a prison instead of a hospital, he in- formed us that the entire floor had mever been used since the maniacs had been transferred to Bloomingdale ; aad ‘‘God forbid they should ever be,” said we, fer our blood ran cold at the idea of being chained in ene of these loathseme damp cells, even if a person should ever lose his reason. We ascended te the next floor and went ameng the patients ; many were sailors, but all were not The floor is divided up into large rooms, and near each is the nurse’s room, generally a man who has been a patient, but who, having been cured, and having nothing else to do, is willing, for $8 a month, to nurse the patients in a particular ward. There are on this floor three wards, contaiming in each ward nine to twelve patients. Here are placed men who are accidentally wound ed: firemen, Irishmen blowa up blasting, broken legs, and arms and sculls, and tractures of all kinds, persons run over in the streets or stabbed We cast our eyes over them; but we have no room for details. Some were reading, playing drafts, and whistling away long weary ing of pain and suffering, #8 well as they knew ow. On the next floor we found about the same num- ber of wards, but much more cleanly, and evidence of woman’s care and watchtuln The nurees were females, and among them we found an old Martha Washington. She made us welcome, and we took aseat inher room. Most of the patients on that floor had had legs or arms amputated, or eyes injured, or collar bones brokem. Attached to each ward is a room containing a Croton foun- tain, a bath with cold or hot water at all hours. 1n we rose to another floer—same wards, but filled with all the cases that cannet be mentioned We would recommend every sailor, and every young man who 1s fond of floating about town, and going to bad places at night, or of get- ting acquainted with strange wemen, to spend an hour in those wards, and then he could see its effects im the most loathsome and disgusting forms. The smell was dreadiul. Fine looking intelligent young men, rotten, and dying the most horrible death by inches. We would not be a nurse in one of these wards for Bill Astor's income. The last call we made was upon the House Doc’ or, as he is designated. He wasa young man, and had walked that hospital for two years, and would now remain for two years more. He is constantly on hand. The head doctor generally goes through the hospital every day, attended by about a dozen simple looking pups that we suppose were his stu- dents. Here a tin horn blew, and seeing trom every ward gersons tte with tin pails and large earthen dishes, we asked the nurse what it m eant. That is the dinner horn.” - « These persons do dine then?” said we, some- what surprised. x “To be sure they do—ihem as is living.” “ T should like a bite myself.” i “Come, then, and dine in my ward, with the tients.” ‘With pleasure;’: and she left us. ‘here was a long table, well rubbed dowa, but no table cloth. We took a seat. “ Are you a patient?” said one ehap, with his head boand up. “Fora little while.” “ What's the matter 1” « Consumption.” “* Are you asailor? Custom House duck Eh?” “No.” «Then you got no business here; your place 1s in the main building. Well, you had better wait until the House Doctor examines you.” “Thank you. Whatdothe governors give you for grub Y” ¥ «We gets soup every day at dinner.” “Very good. What else?” “Bread.” “ No butter “No.” “ Bad.” “We get common bull beet every other day, and every other day that we don’t get beet tor dinner, we gets mush and molasses, and Sundays we gets only rice and molasses.” “ Who gives you your feed ?” “ We takes turns and gets it, and one set keep the room glean, another cleans the dishes, and we all as is well enough helps them as isn’t well enough.” a “ Well, there is nothing like it, we must help each other in this world, if we wish tobe happy. Do you get tobacco?” “Tf we pays forit, and chews it on the sly, and if we smoke, we hasto go down in the yard; it aint allowed.” The dinner arrived ; 1t was plain and whole- some, and every{thing was elean. The soup was not particularly rich ; no condiments ‘were on the table. About four got off their beds, and took a seat by the table. It wasa simple and beautiful sight to see their kindne: he werst cases ; neta soul helped himself until those who were in bed were helped, who could not help themselves. We ate but little, and then took a stroll about the grounds. It must be a delightful thing in the sam- imei time for these who have been confined by accident or sickness in those warda, to come out and breathe the fresh air, to look aooat upon the rich green sward, to get under the shade of the trees andlisten to the warbling of the birds, or stro} about the beautiful grounds, and look over the wallsand see busy lute moving all about them. We theught so, and passed over tosee noth baild- ing. Here we found mostly medical wards, and upon the different floors, lever cases, erisypelas, consumption, and cancers; and down oa the base- ment, we came toa lock-up ward, the only one we saw abont the place. We asked the nurse, as we looked ut the bars and locks, what it meant “This,” eaid he, “isthe Delirium Tremens Ward.” There were halla dozen cot beds about the room, but only three \ ccupants, and they seemed quiet enough. eve any of these men ever had the delirium tremens?” said we. « Yea, all of "em; but they are sane now.” “Whatdo voudo with them when they are browght here T” the idea oceurred fo ye thet Poser might lock o ‘‘Luel the door, strip them, give thea a hot | dy that dies in the hospital come | bath and make them go to bed. Persons whe have the delirium, or horrors, don’t go to sleep. It generally commences about three fter they have left drinking. can- ep; th all on fire, and it won’t let emeleep. They want to walk about, and then we strap ’em down with this machine,” showing us some sort of a leather bed harness. “If they go raving mad, and scream, we bring them into another room.” We asked to see it. It was, in- deed, a maniac’s cell: not a thing in it but the walls and the grated door. ‘Here we allow them to rave and scream; and sometimes you would think all the devils in hell had broke loose. When they get exhausted we t them into bed again; and then, if they get sleep, ey get well—get over it.” “And af they don’t get sleep ?” “Why, then they die.” “Don’t the doctors do anything for them?” “What can they do? They sive porter and laudanum sometimes, to induce sleep; but that’s all gammon. | When a man has got the mania you can’t do any thing else but watch or tie him, and let ithave its own way. The blood 1 all on fire, and isn’t blood, but a sort of half spiritsand water, and te feels queer in his viens like, and thinks its snakes as is crawling all over him, and his eyes 18 noeyesatall. He thinke he sees things as he don’t see, and don’t see things as they is; would Jump out of a four story window and think he was @ going across a bridge.” .. ‘Why, my friend, you seem to know all about it. Did you ever have the horrors?” “Of course I had ; that’s the way I come here.” ay Oy you have the same grub here as in the ma- rine 1” “‘Notexactiy. Most of the persons in this honse pay, and the doctor gives ’em what they require. Why, some chaps upstairs, as had had the fever get anything they want ; eggs, beef-steak, old Ma- deira, and [iquor and porter, and all that.” We parted trom him, and entered the main build- ing and introduced ourselves to Mr. Roberts, the gentlemanly clerk of the establishment. He weat with us through the main building. On the upper partis a large room where the amputations are done by the most experienced surgeons. Oa the next floor were large wards for colored patients, and lower down were wards for females, and we noticed a large number. The main building has two large wings, filled with wards and patients — The centre of the main building 1s occupied for the apothecary’s shop, the physicians’ rooms, the governor’s room, and the office. The family of the superintendent occupy a portion of it. The basement is used for the cooking and the house department, Every thing looked clean about the place. A table is set for the surgeons, assistants, ic. Another table forthe nurses and other attachés of the establishment. There is a wash and drying house detached from the main building, where all the cloth and bed stuffs are’washed by steam. There is large flower garden, occupying half am acre, north of the main building. The income of the al for the last year (1847), was derived trom the following sources: State anmuity....... Board ot Seam Do. of ten! ; ‘Tiekete to Beuden! i . 1,090 94 $43,202 70 The expenses for the same time were. .... $44,984 88 Excess of expenses over reeeipts...... purer 18 The Bloomingdale Asylum, however, 18 a part of the same institution, and that pays:— Its income for 1847 was....... Its expenditures (actual)..... $39,918 78 29,143 25 It paid an old mortgage of $8,000, and yet had left $2.70 53, which ht casera the asdeincy in the City Hospital proper. , Some of the most eminent and respected men in our city have been Governors in this institution during the past eighty years, and connected with ite surgical and medical departments, the most famed of our surgeons and physicians. For $3 per week, any sic! perce will be re- ceived there. He deposits $12, or a month’s board, and if he Pod well, and wishes to leave be- fore the expiration ot that time, he will only be charged for the time actually there, and the ba- lance will be refunded. This charge includes medicine, and the best medical attendanee. If the patiemt chooses, by paying extra, he can have a room to himeelt, and such attendance as he may desire from outside the walls. he amount of patients admitted in 1847 was 3,715. Of these, only 402 died, and the rest were cured, ran away, or remain there still. As we passed down the walk, towards the Broadway gate, we met the dead house man coming in. “Are you done 1” said he. “Yes, most sage Peter, when we have asked you one question, and get ioe answer. Pete, you are a_ philosopher. all those chaps that have been in there, that are there, that have come out this way, and been carried out your way, since that old building was nicknamed an hospital, what ailed most of them 7” Peter paused for a moment, and then gravely answered us, “rum.” We pondered over it as we came and repeated the word ‘rum. e thought of eases, of many cases, that had come under our own eed knowledge, that had gone there, and directly or indirectly, the cause, in the firet place, was rum ; and for eighty years old king Alky has been a good customer to the hospi- tal fund. How many eyes are closed forever by that Pe- ter! How many pass through the hands of that man whose xe vocation makes him heartless, who have had far different prospects ahead, whea man- hood first arrived to them! But so it is; such 1s life, and a man can die but once, and he may as well die there as in—the street. ,down Broad- City Intelligence. Prooress oF THE HYER AND SULLIVAN Excitement, —The excitement relative to the late fight is abating, but has not as yet entirely subsided. Those who are not over nice, are convinced that nething remains for thore who risked money upon Sullivan’s but to pay over the change and wait for better luck noxt time. Others there are, however, who are not so easily convinced, and these latter gentlemen swear by Sulli- van’s card that the fight was foul, and that they will not “dough over.”” crowd around Sal- A little tn- jh was not men- f anxious indi- were gazing intently at the windows of the No. 9 Chatham street, a couple of four footed wormed their way into the midst of the crowd and yn to ehow belligerent manifestations In less n = minute, a cry was raised of « Hurrah! hurrah! fight! a dog fight! make @ ring'” And a ring ‘accordingly formed in short order, the crowd pushicg back to eave their legs from tact with the teeth of the combatants Meantime, th All was fine atyle. going onswimmingly,whenastalworth German elbowed his way through the crowd, and seizing one of the dogs, « huge brindle bull-mastiff, by t ed bimrelf the owner of tie animal 4 of the German for spoiling their it med as if he would have paid for his temerity with a broken sconce; but he was finally allowed to eseape, and the vast concourse of people returned to their laudable enterprise of watehiag the windows of Yankee Sullivan's houso, hop'ng that by rome rere chance they might obtain a sight of the arent defeated We are told now that Sullivan does not intend to advise hie friends to withheld the which they have bet. The decision of the rej eaye, must be fi d according to this dootrine, all the money wagered upon his head fo lost. This will probably end the dirpute betwoan betting partion, and it is to be hoped that all other disputes arising out of this transaction, may be silenced at the same time, All who were at the fight, even Hyer’s friends, exprent their eurprire at his accomplishments in the ring. Tom Hyer ts 4 Goon Wiic.—An ineident occurred on Frilay night last, at the Broadway House, corner of Gtand stieet und Broadway, whieh shows ¢ voclusively that Tom Myer, the champion of the graat prise fight, is, beyond doubt, a good whig On that night a mecting was held of the Whig Young General Commi tee, when 8 resolution passed to select a delegate of one from each ward, and form = committee for the purpose of firing @ salute of 300 guns on the Battery, oa the Sth of March next. im honor of the inaugura jon of General Jor, This resolution passed as a matter of y 'y One of the rman *? |“ Hear! a 5 coramittre of from each ward, to meet TomHyer, thecity.” This motion caused the mover of the resolution stood up and raid: “Gen- th men, what are you all leaghing at? Tom Hyerisa d—d good whiz!’ The laughter now inorensed and the meeting broke up in confusion, but whether the resolution was passe re unable to learn. Daoxen pown Conpition oF tHe Pui Onn poses —Glass is quite cheap in our city, and very a can be bought for a ehiiliog a-plece onder the proprietors of buses do not onize the dealers in these jodities. “We raw nearly killed in get- ting imto am omnibus, the high step of whioh was covered with frosen rnow snd dirt, some - the product of » week chore being foot-hold, Gown he isl, and.was only saved by « miracle from breshiy g hie nook, oF belog vrusaed among the mamer- >, 3 s ne ones oat: rapidly at thetime. Now, asix- broom, every would Faved the step from ite fithy and dangoroeg eeotm lations, i what a cemfort it is for » lad; or gentleman, @ toot-heebe, or with thetr beads it all the winds of heaven were blowing freely u ow in the mldst of wild prairle ‘This s the ttuation of several omnibuses, soreclaliy one of the East Broad- way lines. We would recommend a little mere attea- tion to the comfort ofthe public. Broome are mot too dear to buy, and glass has no excise duty upon it in this country, Which Man ovcnt to mave seen Loezsp Ur!— On the police returns from the first morning, was mentioned the following case :—A man, pamed Francis Burnett, was station bcuse, by a citizen named O: insisted upon Burnett being locked taken, without leave, three biscuit: gach, from an open barrel, at pier No 8, East River. the humenti The pri appealed to ity of ons ri fd thet bis family were hungry, soaker os tt meane with which te supply them with food, a y forgot his reepect to the rights of Property, when he thought of his hungry ehildr olamering for ad. This appeal had no effect u; the complainant, who insisted upon the carceration. Capt. Wiley,in making his returas to the chief of police, folt himself oalled upon to make an. explanation of the case, but he could not do otherwise, keep the prisoner in custody, and jolice office, at the Tembs. The re- to the Chief, do officer of the of the municipal authoritier, he could not do otherwise than keep the man in custody; but he only evinced a Jaudable degree of manliness when he remonstrated with the complainan id urged him for the sake of meroy to withhold his complaint. Ae the case now stands, the man Burnett may be imprisoned in a eriminal’s cell, until Tuesday morning next, when, in all probability. he will be discharged bya humene bench of magistrates. Meantime, bis family may saffer the want of food which three days labor might have procured for them. We cannot but look upon the case of the prisoner and his family, as one to be envied be- side that of the man who would thus wantonly torture the needy. We would suffer the shame, (what there is of it,) of the prisoner, and the hunger of his family, rather than the re fons of the sccusor, Accipent.—A wi med Mary Ann Curran, of Harlem, fell upon th waik in Bleeoker, near Sulli- van street, on Friday evening, and wae seriously in- jured. She wes taken up by a poltceman, and medical ald called, It was found that she was seriously injured; her case was properly attended to, and she was remov- ed to the house of a friend, at No. 93 Third Avenue. the Supreme Court was in special sessi Hall yesterday, and counsel were displa: powers of eloeutionin a c: volving the bench, lawyers and all leotrified ry den appearance o! der of plaster of Paris busts, who walked into court, bearing au arm full of his wares, and with the utmest sung froid called out, at the top of his lungs, “ Gentlemanes vant a henne; yese? sell verre cheap a, verre good-a, verre ches; rm ‘The cfficers were on their feet im an instant—the counsel ceased for the moment—the judge adjusted his kids and cravat, and the audience found enough to do, mothering an {nelination to roar out im laughter a¢ the exceedingly ludicrousiucident, The intruder was summarily ejected. and the counsel proceeded with argument, not in the least disconcerted, and only ob- lived to repeat the last half dozen points, in order to bring himself back to the lucid position at which he ‘was previous to the interruption. tc a duaeunicon in enn orrespondence ef the Springfield Republican. U. S. Horr, Feb. 5, 13d. Mrs. Pierce Butler, as she announces herself im her card, or Fanny Kemble Butler, as her early admirers loved to call her, 1s creating quite a sen- sation in this city, by her readings from Shake- peare. She has now given some five or aix, and ine tends to continue them up to thirty; tor they are reaping for her not only fame but fortune. Masonic Temple, where she gives her entertainments, 1s crowded to overflowing at every reading. The tickets are exhausted some 36 to 48 hours betore the time arrives, and hundreds, both strangers and citi- zens, are disappointed in their efforts to gain admut- tance. Each reading nets her trom $250 to $300, which at three a_week (she gave tour last week would produce $750 to $900, clear of all expenses Her thirty readings would thus net her, at the low- est estimate, $7,500. And, of course, she will not be suffered to stop. here. Already there are calls for her from New York and other places Last Friday evening, through the kindness of a friend, (all the tickets having been taken up early on Thursday morning,) I had the pleasure of hear- gee 3 rhe coming of the lady was heralded by an el- derly gentleman placings chair behind the little red covered desk on the platform, which consti- tuted all the stage of the performer. Twolarge vo- Jumes of Shakespeare were laid on the desk, and the buzz of conversation that had filled the hull ceased. Presently, Mrs. Butler made her appearance, as from a trap-door near the platform, ana, escorted, by Charles Sumner, she took her place behind the deck. She was elegantly dressed, as if tor a ball, wearing a rich light silk, with short sleeves andlow neck ; the vacuity being supplied by a superabun- dance of flowing lace work. Bowing with infinite grace, she put back with her hand her dark and glossy bair, (which wes dressed with elegant plain- nese,) and with slightly aflected emotion said, “I have the honor to read the Merchant ef Venice.” Then taking her sent, and just reading the list of characters, she en‘ered at once upon the play. And now, how, shall [ describe the beauty, the power, and the genius dieplayed by this woman, by which for two entire hours, but with a short inter- mission at the middle, she kept her large audience bound in almost breathless silence, interrupted only by spontaneous outbreak of applause, whi it was impossible to restruin? I could not have be- lieved betore that a single human voice was able, by the simple reading ot @ play, to produce such aw effect. Not only was the utterance clear, distinct end eloquent, but the feelings ot each actor were represented most admirably, in the voice, expres- sion, manner Gand gestures of the reader. One mo- ment, she was the fiendish Shylock, and rage, hate and vengeance ruled in her countenarce and her voice; the next, the calm, kind, Christian Autonio, tubmiesive to his fate, was counterfeited; again she was sweet Portia, describing her lovers to her maid peri the Judge with dignity and wis- dom, and tanta izing her husband with the loss of the ring which he had vowed to keep till death. The manner in which these memorable lines were pronounced, was above panegyric; every syllabls fell upon the ears of an almost breathless audi- tory:— MThe quality of meroy is not strain’d ; It droppeth as the gentls rain from h Upon the place beneath ; it is twice bl It blesseth bim that gives, and him that takes ; Tis mightiest im the mightiest : It besomes ‘The throned monareh better than his crown : His eceptre shows the force of temporal power, ‘The attribute to « id majesty, Wherein doth sit ti d and fear of kings ; But merey is above this sceptered sway— It js enthroned in the bearte of kings, It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly power doth then show likest God's, When meroy searons justice ” ‘The next forenoon (Saturday) she repeated “Midsummer Night’s Dream,” which she had }Teviously given at one of her evening readings. | was again a delighted listener. She succeeded even better, if possible, in this than in the * Mer- chant of Venice.” Every variety of passion, eve rhade of character, was portrayed with a fuithful- nees end vigor that showed the master mind, the genius and the acquirements of the reader, in a manner to astonish even those most accastomed to the representations of the best actors that ever walked uyon the stage. Her appreciation of the several characters who acted ‘the most lamen- table comedy and most cruel death of Pyramus and Thisbe,” was exquisitely life-like. So of Puck, Hetena, Hermia, aad all, indeed There was a satirical sting in her voice, as she said :— © By all the vows that ever men have broke; In number more than ever woman spok+,”” that made the words cut deep. But as her hearers were mostly ladies, | tear it was in a great degree lost. On this occasion, she was led to her seat by Judge Byington, of the Common Pleas Court, and d substituted for her gay array of the previous eveniog, a rich dark velvet dress, high in the neck, with a row ot silver bell buttens down in front. piace picctalosis gious Intelligence. JROMES IN CaLrvonnia.—' tions are to be t pin most of the Episcopal arches in this city and Breoklyn, to-day week,to defray the ex- penses of miesionaries to California. Thus it will be reen that the Chureh looks to California as @ future field for extensive operations, Tabor, Doane, of New Jersey, is again convalescent, and it fs expected he will soon be able to resume his «pisec pal Guties. Rev, Augustus Wood! has acce) ‘8 oall from the Second Unitarien Soclety of Concer Ne H. The Presbytery of Rochester met in that city on Tueeday last. A largo number of ministers and are in attendance. A revival of religion bas for some time been going on im the Methodist Episcopal chureh at Syracuse. ; ‘A young lady named Mary A. Offett was recently a ty Marty Row ‘near Greontel Ie., im conse- H of a carriage upsetting, in abe was crose- Dg.