The New York Herald Newspaper, June 12, 1849, Page 4

- eee NEW YORK HERALD. Northwest Corner of Fulton and Nassau sts. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR. JPHE DAILY HERALD— TW cc edigions.g conte per aepy nn THE MORNING Erie is fore ‘i Bree Yelock, A. M., «nd Cistributed before breakefas' the frat AFTERNOON EDITION " boys at cue eetock und ih HE WEEKLY HERALD, taent, @ published eve Bh cents per 2 gr $8 per annum ; for etrcul:tion rope, and p) tn Preneh and English, it 8% cents per copy, er $4 P annum—the Lotter pricé to include the poatage. ALL LETTERS by |, for subscriptions, er with ad~ wertisements, to he p Aor the postage will be dedusted Irom the money rem om ited VOLUNTARY CORRESPOND: pontaining tm- rtant news, solicited from any yuarter of the world ; ved, will be liberally prid for. THE, HERALD ESTABLISHMENT is open throughout the » t. NOTICE taken of anonymous communieations, Whatever is intended for must be authenticated the name wud address af (ie ry not necessarily for f hie good faith, We ing, and to noon editions,) at re reasonable prices; to be written ino plvin, Levible manner; minible for artors in manuse ietor wot res, ORIRTING of all kinds executed beautifully, a despatch. Orders received at the affice. EM: be published iy the mo AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. BOWERY THEATRE, Rowery—Cuaupe Doval—Yeour Live's 1x DAnGRn—MAz. rea. BROADWAY THEATKE, Broadway—Fouwrra—lnien DRaeoen, NATIONAL TREATHE, Chatham Law—Tunek Years Arten- Rivas Ca) BURTON'S THEATRE Youn W-sxexwomax—Pin CASTLE GARDEN—Prom MECHAN sys MinaTREL. ATOLLO SALOON, (in the Parlors)—Siampee Twins, B10 10. wt—How To Pay ave Concmnt, HALL, Broadway, near Broome—Cunis- New York, Tuesday, Jane 12, 1849, Lishop Doane the Holy Epltsvopal Church in New Jersey. The recent exposé of the financial operations of one of the most distinguished scions of the Episcopalian stock, in the eminently respecta- ble State of New Jersey, has very naturally at- tracted a great deal of attention. Among the news- papers which have devoted more or less of their precious columns to this precious affair, we have observed one which has been particularly zealous. Hitherto, its spasmodic efforts at wit, poetry, fury and bombast, have been aimed at thieves and pick- pockets, with an occasional dash ata heroic bur- glar or chivalric robber of pantries. With others, this print has now got hold of a live bishop, and assumes a great deal of credit for its priority in bringing his interesting peccadilloes to the notice of the sovereign people. In fact, now that Walker has been acquitted, Bishop Doane and the cholera are the all-absorbing objects of public attention. They have hada solemn convention about this case of Bishop Doane—they have ; and nothing, since the deluge, has equalled the awful sublimity of that solemn occasion. The Reverend Charles King was there—he was; and the Reverend Charles King opened his mouth as wide as that of Job, or the ass of the prophet, and delivered himself of an overwhelming budget of pathos and piety. Brandy and bathos are abundant at Burling- ton ; and the Reverend Charles King, with charac- teristic incontinence, discharged his share of the re- ligious duties of this tremendous convention in a speech in favor of Bishop Doane’simmaculate purity, which only the Rev. Charles King could have de- livered. The Rev. Charles King, we are told, in- sisted, ‘‘ that whereas, upon rumor or newspaper charges, the meanest criminal could not be ar- raigned, it was intolerable that a man of such emi- nent services as Bishop Doane, of such untiring devotion to the church, of such self-sacrificing la- bors, should be held up as a suspected criminal.”— Bravo! Nor did King want associates in this cru- sade of affectionate piety. Mr. Halsted, another reverend son of the Holy Episcopal Church in the Jersies, took the opposite side, and actually dared to hint at the necessity of some investigation into the case. The Reverend Horace Greeley, too— for we suppose they are all reverends—has his fin- ger in this pie ; as he has his finger in every pie; just like the awkward eclod-hopper, who will, when he visits our great city, insist on poking his nose into every mock auction store in Broadway. Now, this whole matter about Bishop Doane may be resolved into a nutshell. Bishop Doane is a very pious, eloquent, excellent man. Ile is, in fuct, a jewel of a bishop. Since he commenced his ministrations in the noble State ef New Jer- sey, preachers and piety have gone up enormously. Yet, bankruptcy and bishops are not altogether incongruous. Bishops are human—they are! Bishops eat, drink, sleep, laugh, cry, get in debt.— ‘Tailors, confectioners, bakers, butchers, grocers, boot-makers, wine merchants, are, also, all hu- man. The stern severities of their rules of bu- siness are, alas! liable to be violated one day by an eloquent loafer, and the next by a consecrated bishop! Such is human nature! A Jerseyman is, it is true, as we all know, not much given to the «*melting mood.” More practical than poetical, he does not often yield to the human weaknesses which do prevail in less favored latitudes. But, ali! what Jerseyman can withstand the blandish- nents of a bishop ? “ If to his share some patural errors fall, Look on his gown, and you'll forget them all.”? Yet, after all, our Jersey friends—the confec- tioners, and the bakers, and the butchers, and the bootmakers, and the tailors, and the grocers, and the builders, and the carpenters, and the hewers of wood and the drawers of water—are not without excuse for their verdant philanthropy—their con- suming love of a bishop. Not without effect had Bishop Doane sent forth, year after year, from the pious press of beautitul Burlington, his apostolic manifestoes. Into no unwilling ears had he, Sun- day after Sunday, poured his poetical descriptions of the California of the skies. Not in vain had he, from week to week, from one collegiate anni- versary to another, dazzled the eyes of the too susceptible tradesmen and shopkeepers of Burling- ton with his gorgeous paintings of the New Jeru- salem. A new bank, of inexhanstible coffers and unlimited means of discount, was thus opened to the peaceful and plastic villagers. Who go sense- ese #8 to tefuse credit to him who Reads his title clear © mansions in the skies?” ‘What boatmaker, or tailor, or confectioner, or carpenter, OF grocer, or butcher, living, moving and having his being in the Christian town of Bur- lington, could hesitate to give unbounded eredit to # bishop who dealt out lots in the New Jerusalem, with its streets of gold and its palaces all studded over with jewels of inestimable value? Joe cream and mutton chops in exchange for houses in the heavenly city!’ What Jerseyman could resist the temptation? Nay, what New Yorker would not have plunged head and ears into the business? Great is Diana of the Ephesians! The Holy Episcopal Church grows apace in the affectionate regards of the faithful. Every day reveals new glories inthe hierarchy of this genteel denomina- tion—this respectable phase of Christianity, which clothes itself in fine linen and purple, and, faring Sumptuously every day, turns up its lordly nose at the miserable creatures who are content with the ‘humble fare and unostentatious worship of the fishermen of Galilee; or Him, the holy and the blessed, who trod, eighteen hundred years ago, the streets of that Jerusalem which stoned the prophets, and crucified him, the Saviour of mankind! Glorious successors of Peter, and Paul, and the beloved disciple whose golden pen has re- corded shove dazzling visions in the isle of Pat- mos, which our modern apostle, Doane, has t ed ta such good account in the intellec of New Jersey! The lustre of the ¢ tdonk ready begins to fade before the new Ky scopsl slar. What ig to come next We kuow not. Tue ara | re codfish aristocracy. past, however, is full of encouragement for the future. But as for the Catholio church, we have no hope. That hierarchy is so entirely under the influence of the Blessed Virgin, that we cannot anticipate any of those romantic developements which have, for some years past, given so much mterest to the study of episcopacy in the United States. Who is the next customer? Bishop Doane’s creditors will be paid in full, by receiving bills of exchange at sight on the kingdom of heaven. Mopern Rerormers.—Taem Consisrexcr.— ‘e have frequently taken occasion to point out the glaring inconsistencies and incongruities which the would-be philosophers and reformers o every shade and dye in this region, are guilty of, in their advocacy of the peculiar reforms in law, morals, society, government, and everything else, which they take up for the time being, and then throw away agachild treats a sixpenny bauble, after it has ceased to attract4is attention. Those inconsistencies and incongruities characterize, in aremarkable degree, the conduct of their high priest or head devil, Massa Greeley, and hisjour- nal, the New York Z'rtbune, each issue of which contains sufficient evidence ot the crack-brained- ness of the reformers which it represents, to satisfy any well regulated mind. It is well known that the Tribune took a decided stand in approving of the imbecility of the city authorities, in managing, or rather mismanaging, the riot which led to the massacre of twenty-four innocent people, in front of the Astor Place Opera Jlouse, in obedience to the behests of a few indi- viduals, some respectable, and some net respecta- ble, composing the left wing of that order or branch of New York society generally known by the very appropriate and very expressive term of Those individuals, under the impression that they, par excellence, were the mighty men of the land, the favored few, who, by successful speculations in codfish and molasses, repudiated the counter, and, in one bound, jumped from the shop er the counting-house to the pinna+ cle of aristocracy, were more deserving of impor- tance than five times their number of the lower orders forsooth, and that because they desired that a mountebank play-actor should perform for their satisfaction and gratification, the whole civil and military pewer of the city and county should be brought to their assistance, although it would be disagreeable to a large and equally respectable portion of their fellow. zens, for the actor we have referred to to again make his appearance. Their behests were attend- ed to; and the consequence was, that innocent in- dividuals, who, a few minutes previous to the sad and terrible catastrophe, left their firesides and the company of their wives and families, were shot down, and their blood shed in the streets of their own metropolis. In the imbecility exhibited by the authorities, in not averting or preventing that catastrophe, and in their orders to shoot down un- ofiending and innocent people, which were the naturel consequence of that imbecility, the codfish aristocracy and the authorities aforesaid have had a defender and supporter in the New York Tribune. No later than yesterday, it published a long and artfully written defence of that wholvsale massacre of innocent citizens ; while in another part of the tame sheet was a lachrymose appeal against the propriety of executing an incendiary, who was ar- rested in the act, tried by an unprejudiced jury, ac- cording to law, and found guilty of applying the torch to a habitation occupied by a number of men, women, and children, in the most densely pepu- lated portion of our city. It inveighed, in its usual style, against the law which condemns to death, and very properly, too, the man who, with malice in his heart, fires a building, and jeopardizes the lives ofa number of unoffending people and the property of our tax-payers; while, in the same breath, it supports the authorities in their imbe- cility in the Astor Place tragedy, and yindicates the shooting down ef twenty-four unoffending citizens, in order to support a fraction of our popu- lation in the maintenance of an usurped and alto- gether factitious influence in the community. ‘Thus, in the one case, the dreadful loss of life oc- casioned by the catastrophe in Astor Place, is nothing ; but the death of an incendiary, tried and convicted according to law, and of whose guilt, even if he never made a confession, which he has done, not even the shadow of a doubt could be en- tertained, is everything. The whole machinery and working of our institutions must be set aside, for the purpose of saving the life of an incendiary, caught in the act of firing a building; but the loss of.life of twenty-four unoffending people is as no- thing in the balance. ‘This isa fair sample of the consistency which charaeterizes the journal we have referred to, and of the pseudo philanthropists and reformers whose eentiments it reflects. What encouragement it aflords—what temptations it holds out for the peo- ple of this prosperous and happy commonwealth, to change their system of society, reorganize the framework of their laws, and with a hop, skip, and a jump, take a bound into that delectable para- dise of absurdity, which those modern reformers have in their mind, asa cure for all the evils that afflict’ mankind, a preventive against empty stomachs, and a panacea for rents in old coats and breeches. Fudge—all fudge Tue Tentu or May Massacre ix Astor Prac. —This melancholy éneute is still discussed, in va- rious ways, in the newspapers throughout the country, as well as in many of the weekly and Sunday papers in this and neighboring cities. The account of the first portion of the business having reached England, the papers there nave commenced the discussion; but when they receive the full account of the massacre of twenty-three citizens, and the wounding and maiming of fifty- one more, on account of a quarrel betw miserable play-actors, we may expe developements of the fee! currence two some curious ling excited by such oc- ina Christian and enlightened city. Va- rious efforts have been made by the authorities to shift the responsibility incurred by these events; but in vain. They cannot escape the consequences, atever they may be. The Corporation have had e matter before them in various ways—some- ee in the form of a bill frown a tavern-k ng oyeters and liquor to the police on question; at other times in the shape pproving the conduct of all par- y, we have had notice of of damages claimed by nagement of the theatre. We have already stated, that if any one onght to be paid damages for the melancholy result of that night’s proceedings, the families and connexions of those who were killed should come first on the list; and we trust that efforts will be made by the friends of those unfortunate individuals, to collect intor- mation as to the facts of the case, and take the steps necessary to secure this object. A highly res pectable father of a young family, was among the killed on that terrible night. Many others, no doubt, were in the same predicament; but of the particulars of other cases we are not eo well in- formed. There ought to be a meeting ot these in- terested, in order to have the case brought before the Corporation in the proper way. A vast body of evidence, tuken before Judge Eid- monds, in relation to this case, has gone before the Grand Jury, and will, doubtless, form the subject of their official action. It appears that several of the in- dividuals who signed the card calling on Mr. Mac- ready to tulfil his engagement, actually furnished the rioters with tickets. If so, the Grand Jury must indict those persons for a conspiracy to incite ariot. The codfish democracy and the codfish aristocracy are thus brought together in a very curious and interesting melange. We have no doubt the Grand Jury willdo its duty, and we await the denouement of this strgnge business with no little interest and anxiety, Government Conrracrs—Tus West Inpia Mau. Sreamers.—The completion of the line of fine steamers built by Mr. Aspinwall for the Pa cific mail service, and its recent organization, un- der the most difficult and trying circumstanees, werve to call the attention of the public and the government to one braneh, which, although of much importance to the entire success of the en- terprise, does not appear to make that progress to- waras completion necessary for the fulfilment of the object fer which the liberal appropriation was made. The question has been asked from various quarters, how it is that the five steamers con- tracted for two or three years since, and for which the parties are now in receipt of $25,000 per month, have not been put in operation?’ The new mail route between this city, Havana, New Or- leans, and Chagres, established on paper at Wash- ington, and for which the people now pay a heavy sum, is, as fur as can be ascertained, still inembryo; its actual benefits, thus far, are unknown to any but those who are the recipients of the monthly bonus If we recollect right, the original proposition made to government by the gentleman who first obtained the contract, was, that for the considera- thon of $290,000 per annum, or $2,900,000 for ten years—the duration of the contract—five steamers should be constructed, of such capacity as would warrant their transfer at any time to the naval ser- vice of the United States; and that the said steamers, or contracting party, would, for the above sum, carry a semi-monthly mail to and from New Orleans and the ports already mentioned. Years have passed; advances have been made, and an enor- mous quantity of words have been expended upen the consummation of the coantraet ; but as yet no- thing has been heard of the ships, beyond the mere fact that one only will be ready to commence ope- rations in the fall. When the others required to complete the line, as is specified in the contract, are to be brought forward for service, in accor- dance with the legal compact, signed and sealed by government efficers, is perhaps asking too much. Somebody may be able to tell us when the service was to have commenced, and if the time has really been extended, until this late day, by order of the government. It is quite unnecessary to speak of the impor- tance of the connectien in the chain of intercourse between this port and San Francisco, for which purpose this line of steamers was originally intend- ed; nor can it be too deeply regretted, that in al- most every instance where government enterprise comes in contact with private parties, the former, although backed by wise heads and an abundance of means, is last in the field, and in nine cases out of ten fails to become either a source of profit or usefulness. As we have already said, the interest of the most extensive portion of this line, and the people at large, must feel the necessity of having at once a communieation on this side, equal to the facilities on the Pacific ; and if government still persists in the very questionable course it has pursued in re- gard to this matter, it should be so shaped that private enterprise at least might escape its inju- rious effects, Ag an illustration of the truth of these remarks, we have only to refer to the last intelligence from the Isthmus, where it is stated that the mails by the Oregon, which arrived at Panama, on the 4th of May, would be detained until the arrival of the Falcon, making a loss in time of thirty-three or fous day: It is right that government should asssist and encourage our foreign lines of steamers to enable them to compete with lines fostered by other go- vernments, asia the case with the Cunard vessels ; but it 18 unjust in the extreme, and a vile abuse of authority, to aid one line of steamers to run against another in the coasting trade. Upon the same principle, government might as well advance suffi- cient funds to a certain house or establishment, that it might be enabled to monopolize a particular branch of trade, and ruin the interest of other houses doing a fair afd legitimate business in the same line ; or is it anything less than giving favor. ites all the advantages the power of money can purchase, to cripple and discourage private enter- | prise ? Yet, with these disadvantages to contend with, the efforts of private individuals have been most suc- eessful—a fact which, in connection with the ex- perience we have in our public works, goes to prove that power or money, unless discreetly used, often forms an impenetrable barrier to the accom- plishment of good or useful objects. Here we have in the hands of citizens, efficient and well organized lines of steamers that were built and put in operation, independent of official patronage, and whose services none can better estimate than the people of Charleston, New Or- leans and Savannah. These lines have bgen firm- ly and properly established, and are now yielding a suitable return. ial Tue Mayor ann THE NEW City Cuarter.—Un der the new city charter, the Mayor and Common Council are empowered with the appointments of heads of the different city bureaus, and these bu- reaus, it seems, have the power to appoint their own clerks. Previous, however, te the first of June, the Common Council, in conformity with the law, made a large number of removals and appointments to office. Among this number, two clerks, desig- nated for the Chief of Police, were appointed.— ‘These two latter appointmentshave been considered by many as illegal, as the Chief of Police, being the head of that bureau, was entitled to appoint his own clerks. Under these circumstances, upon legal advice, the Mayor has refused to swear them into office ; and thus the matter rests at present. The charter says the Mayor shall nominate a Chief of Police, to servéa term of four years, and that nomination is to be approved by the Common Council. Now the question arises, whether Mr. Matsell, the present Chief, can be removed before his term of office expires, or whether it is imperative on the part of the Mayor, in conformity with the new charter, that the appointment should be made ?— The latter course appears to be the one intended to be adopted, from the decisions of legal authority. The inquiry is now, who will receive the nomi- nation and appointment? Mr. Matsell, in all pro- bality, does not expect it, being opposed politically te the present party in power; although Mr. Mat- sell has filled the office with great ability, yet there are others who have a claim for the office, and are considered equally as capable. The Mayor bas several applicants for this office now under consideration, the most prominent of which, we understand, is Sidney H. Stewart, who for some years past has been very actively engaged as clerk of the lower police court. It must be understood that the duties of a Chi of Police are very laborious and responsible ; there- fore, we trust the Mayor will select a man from among the present applicants, well fitted for the office, and, at the same time, meet the wishes of the people. Paciric Mai, Sreamens.—We are requested, by the proprietors of the Pacific mail steamers, to state that they are ‘connected with no line of steam or sailing vessels hence to Chagres, and that their arrangements relate only to their own line on the Pacific, to which their whole attention and energies ure directed. Meeting or THe Henaanians at Newark, N. J. —A numerous meeting was held on Satur/ay even- ing last, at Newark, N.J. The Germans of that place constituted themselves into a permanent club of republicans, in order to support the general movements in means, those of their « Germany to fight against despotism and slavery. The club intends to call for the assistance of the American citizens, with a hope that they will find sympathy with their brethren. Locusts.—The locnsts have made their appear ance, in great swarms, in the neighborhood of Pitts burgh, urope, and to aid, with all possible brethren who intend to go to Travian Orena in Tus Countey.—One of the most sensible articles which we have seen en this subject has recently appeared in the Suvannah Republican Here itis ‘Tue New Youx Orxna.—Another attempt to sup- port an Operain Now York has failed slgnally, like all the ethers that have preceded te and Mr. Fry has re- tired fiom bis managerial perplexitics, minus some thourands, Some years since there not a New Vork population devoted to music large enongh to sup- yortan Opera, ‘That ean hardly be the case now, how- ever. for wealth, population, and musical taste have increased there prodigiously. Itix, we think. an incontestable fact, that New York can support an opera, but not one like that of laxt win- ter. which was on the samo voale with those at Berlin, Naples, &c., without something in the way of govern- ment uld—a thing of course entirely out of the qua tion, An Opera can be supported, but not one thut boasts of two first-rate sopranos. two tenors. and two bessos, ench receiving six or eight hundred dollars a week—which maintains sn orchestra of fifty-five or kixty picces, ond a8 many chorus singers. For such a company the New York people ure neither able nor willing to pay—certainly not under the miserable sys tem which gave to the subscribers all the best seats in the houre for one dollar. for which they ought to have paid more than twice that sum. People who have the beet orchestra stalls ought to pay more for them than the public. who are compelled to tuke the back seats in the parquet, even though they be original subscrib- cra. A companyfilike that organized for the Astor Place last winter, can only be supported by vastly in- creasing the price of subscription, or, what would. per- haps amount to nearly the same thing. by throwing open the whele, or the greater part of the house, on stated nights, to the public competition, at the same time reducing the length of the opera season in New York. by sending the sume company (entire) to Boston nnd Philadelphia, for such short seasons as those cities cun afford to pay for. Something like this was at- tempted last winter, but Mr. Fry divided his company, leaving a part in New York; the New Yorkers bein discontented with loxs than they had been accustome: to. while the Philadelphians were little flattered with havivg any thing inferior to the New Yorkers From aif that wo have learnt orally and read. the ar- rangement in New York was nearly this: Some of tho New York fushionables wanted an opera. and they sub- scribed enough to support only a very inferior compa- ny. In other words, the manager engaged artiste enough to form two very respectable operatic compa- nies, while the subscription list was not near one-half large enough to support one, Of course, therefore, the pnblic were relied upon to make up the deficit; but the public found itself accommodated with inferior seats, worth all they gave for them, and more too, but rela- tively not worth ao much as subscribers’ seats. ‘The expenses incurred, as compared with the re- ceipts. during the latu operatic season in New York, enuble one to form a pretty correct opinion as to what the New York ofthis day cnn support properly of itself in the way of an operatic company. Th» basis of such accompany would be four principal artists and four se- couds. an orchestra of not more than thirty-five to for- ty performers, and not more than the same number of chorus singers. Performances to be on three nights in the week. alternating, the artists to be liberally paid. but bound by stringent rules to prevent their flari up; deductions to be made for non- performance, whic would materially diminish the number and severity of those fancy colds under which artists so often excuso themeelven Such is nbout the operatic arrangemont which New York cun bear at this time, so as to leave (all the other enormous expenres being paid) something to remune- rate the manager for all his exertions and vexatious lesponsibilities. If they want things on a royal scale, they murt pay royal’prices, and not expect the public to help them out when the choice seats sro taken by the favored few at ono dollar. Thisis an excellent, practical, common sense view of the subject, entirely accordant with what we have presented on more than one occasion. City Intelligence. Ponirication or tHe Staxxts.—While wo are far from being satisfied with what has been yet dono to purify the surface of the streets, we fuel it but justice to say that the operations in making sewers aro most extensive and highly creditable. They are going on in scveral parts of the city, and were greatly wanted. In fact, they are mementos of past neglect and inca- pacity. The only drawback upon them, is that these works are obstructing the tree passago of the streets, an inconvenience, however, that is patiently"borne for the future good that will be accomplished. It may however, be as well to take this opportunity of saying that had past generations of New Yorkers heen expe- rienced in somo of tho modern improvements in the great cities of Europo, all the obstruction and incon- venience, and disfiguration of the streets, and a vast deal of expense, would have been saved; while the health of the people would not have suffered, asit has done, for want of sewers. In London and Paris, they construct these works before the streets aro built, and the tax is put on the building ground when the streets are laid out. "Instead, therefore, of ripping up the streets, as now, all is done from the begianing, and the new streots are the healthiest of any. It is not possible to remedy the omission, in New York, in those streets that are already built and have no sew- ers, except by making thore conduits of filth; but the power isin the hands of the city authorities to havo sewers constructed in every new street that is laid down, before it is yet built upon. This is what ought to be done; and, by the doing of it, much future sick- ness, annoyances, and expensé, would be saved to the inhabitants. Further, the proprictor of each new house built ought to be compelled to erect a sewer from the rear of his building communicating with the main sewer, an arrangement which, at a trifling expense, would obviate the necessity of throwing any water in the street or gutters. Were this done, we should see no more of those black infernal floods running down the strcets, reminding eno of Acheron and Styx, Cocy- tus and Periphlegethon, and all the fabled rivers of the ‘Tartarean regiens, We saw a European yesterday, who had just arrived in this country, and while he could not contain his admiration at almost overything he saw, he was utterly dirgusted at the abominable condition of the streets, both as to filth and ruggedness, He seemed lostin wonder at such a phenomenon, and the more 80, be- cause, as he justly observed, there fs not in the whole world acity which has such facilities for drainage, ‘There are one or two other poinis relating to the pu- Tification ef the city,in which the civic authorities would do well to borrow a leaf from a book in the old world. In Paris. an army of sweepers are sent out at midnight, and there is not an atom of filth to be found in the morning. In London, too, the operations of the sweepers are all over before the inhabitants are out of their bids; and thus the stench and other disagreeable concomitants of cleansing are completely avoided. In New York the reeking smells attending ihe sweepings, during this hot weather, are almost as bad as the filth itself in a state of stagnancy. There is one other execrable practice that isa dis- grace toour city. It isthe exposure of dust boxes in the streets—an abomination that would not be permit- ted in any well-regulated city in Europe, Some of our finest streets, with their handsome rows of trees. aro rendered hideous by these nuisances, These ought to be strictly prohibited,and. in their stead, let every house have # large dust bin in the rear, the contents of which can be discharged once # week, into carts sent round by the proper authorities, and removed to some com- mon receptacle, where it might be sold for manure, and thus be made a source of revenue, ‘This, too, could be done at an hour so late at night, or so early in the morning. as to prevent all inconvenience to passers by. These are reforms demanded by the spirit of the age, and the progress that pervades our institutions, Tne Epine Steamen.—The ship carpenters were hard at work yesterday, repairing the breach in the bottom of this vessel” It is a tremendous hole, six timbers haying been stove in. The body of Ladd was removed to Stonington, Connecticut, for interment, an inquest having been held,and a formal verdict of found drowned in the Empire steamboat returned. Axotnen Bopy rrom tik Emeree,—The Coroner held an inquest yesterday on board the steamboat pire, on the body ota boy 11 years of ago, born in Connecti- cut. by the name of Elias Ladd, who was found in the exbin of the Empire, evidently drowned at the time of | the collision with the schooner Noah Brown, Verdict, death by drowning Fanny Hit.—A correspondent wishes to know who is the Fanny Hill referred to in our account yesterday, | of the things found in the Empire on Sunday after she was raised. Fanny Hill is a fictitious character ; and the book bearing her name was written by exe of the profligate Knglish aristocracy, who had not the courago to put his name to his infamous production, whose au- thorship be fastens npon a woman. It is s'memoir of | ® lady of ersy virtue, purporting to be written by herseif. New Fine Comraxy.—The new fire company which has been Tecently formed and located in Gouverneur | sircet, recvived their new engine yesterday from Mr. J, Smith, West Broadway, where. atter giving it @ trial, they proceeded to their new house, snd spent together & very pleasant and jolly evening. We caw them on their way with their engine last evening, and never saw a finer set of fellows, Acorent.—At 113% o'clock, A, M., on Sunday, a small boy named Charles Towner, full overboard at the Sectional Dry Dock, and was rescued from drowning by officer Coultas, Tancer Practicr.—The Plumber's Guards and Wil- on Guards passed this office, yesterday, after returning from target practice. The targets were woll riddled. Ag excellent band of music accompanied each of those fine bodies of citizen soldic Marire Affairs. Tre New Worrn.—This magnificont yossel, which had been lying in the dock at the foot of Twelfth street In the Kast River, moved round yesterday afternoon, betwoen four and five o'clock, to the North River, at the foot of Chambers strect, preparatory to hor start- ing this day on her first trip to Albany. The notice in yesterday's Herald brought thousands upon thou- ands downto eo her, and go far from being disap- pointed, every one expreased the most unbounded ad- miration Ipdeed, so fur from having exaggerated anything. we felt on looking again at her last evening, that we did not and could not do her fall justiow. ‘There was the most kind permission given to the citt- xens to seo every part of her till about eight o'clock, when admission was premitted, and her deck wat washed for the night. Tho piliars and ornamontal work are of the Corinthian drder. age. | expressly painted for the Interna | a female whose countenance exbibits int Progress ef the Cholera. In THIS CITY. Ma Orrice, New Youre, June 11, 1839, ‘The Sanitary Committee of this city report #4 new cases, and 12 deaths, of choleray as having oocurred da- | ring the last 24 hours, In Centre street Hospital. In William street Hospital . 3 Reported by physicians iv private practice.14 6 By the weekly report of the City Inspector, it appoars thai the number of interments. for the week ending on Saturday. was 409, of which 121 wore from cholera. ‘The following table exhibits u comparison of the nua- ber of intermenta during the first throe weeks of the epidemic in 1852, 1934, and 1849 -— 1832, 1st. 1949, Deaths. By Chol.Deaths, By Chol. Deaths, By Chol. iL A 22t * aM 13 First week. .191 10 2 OS m er 716 Sor 18k 409 1a Total. 1,583 1,108 eT 196 M3 16s P'lation, about 225,00 205,000 425,000 IN: BROOKLYN. Orvrice oy tHe Boann or Heatran, June 11, 1849. Since Saturday, there have been but two oas eholera reported to the Board. and one death, ©, 8. J. GOODRICH, Physician of the Board. IN OTHER PLAGES The St. Jonephs (Mo) Gazeite, of the 25th ultimo, says :—During the past week, five cases of cholera have terminated fatally in this place, Two brothers. Thos. and Daniel Fepper, from Green county. Kentucky, died of cholera, the one on Sunday evening and the other on Monday morniug. On Saturday moraing an emi- gtant, whose nawe we did not learn, died very audden- ly; and on Tuesday morning, a boy about 1f°years of On Wednesday morning, Mrs. A. Houston, wife of Mr. Robert Houston, died after a few hours’ sick- ners 1 . we believe, embraces all tho cases in Ss. Joseph, since our last publication. Four of the above persons are emigrants, and we have every reason to believe that, so soon a4 the California emigration shall have pasted over, and the boats are no longer so orowd- ed, there will be but few cases of cholera here.— ‘The cholera has made its appearance among several of the Indian tribes. on the opposite side of the river, and s large number have died. It is suid to be raging to an alarming extent among some of tho tribus. Several have also dicd with small pox. The Fine Arts, GARBEILLE’S STUDIO. Under this head, there is scope forthe exercise of a gifted and refined pen, upon subjects which relate to the highest faculties of the human mind in its most profound and elegant form, which tower far above the coarser propensities of human existence, and reflect a grandeur of character upon human nature génerally, which compensates for the unworthy acts by which it is too often degraded, disgraced and dishonored. of What is more calculated to ennoble the foclings, to . expand the mind, to premote civilization, and to form an intimacy with those achievements of the intellect which excite astonishment, than the appreciation of the fine arts—the proud and lefty pimnacle from which the glories of genius may be contemplated, and where its illustrious possessors may receive those marks of honor which the wise and the good pay to jptellec- tual greatness? How delightfully refreshing it is to the mind constituted for the study of the roductions of art, to dwell with emotions of do- ight upon those powers of conception by which all that is grand, sublime, and holy on this earth have been handed down te the present time, as the bequests ef the pencil andthe chisel! One of the most con- vineing proofs of an advanced state of civilization is the existence of a desire to patronise the fine arts, and to uphold those wko incur the trouble aud expense of so truly laudable an undertaking as that of briaging them forward. Yesterday we had the pleasure of pay- ing u visit tothe studio of that distinguished artist M. Garbeille, where we saw many splendid triumphs of his noble art—that art by which, from a piece of shape- leas and unmeaning matter, the godlike image of inan, arrayed in ali the dignity of his nature, aud in all the majestic externalities of the Deity, is carved out ; that art by which, as it were, the “breathing, living form” — the impress of Heaven itself, is stamped upon a por- tion of that perishable material, which, by the opera- tion of the sculptor’s ¢hiscl, is made the witness of a victory of mind Over matter. that challenges the ad- tuiration of all. While gratifying our taste in this noiseless and almost sequestered scone of this gifted man’s labors, our mind was hurried back to for- mer times; and we thought ef Angelo, who was a painter and an urchitect, as well as a statuary, by whom St. Peter's at Rome was designed ; of Bernini, whose works at tho age of 17, enriched the then capital of the Christian world; of Canova, who exe- cuted the monament of ope Clement the 14th, and who was afterwards created Marquis of Tschia, and of Pigalle, who finished the statue of Voltaire. ‘Tho burts executed by Garbville are striking like- nesses—they cannot be mistaken. That of Dr, Valon- tine Mott is admirably done. Tho intellectual expres- sion of tho countenance is given in the most perfect style. ‘The fuil length likeness of a lady is now being exeouted, and. whem finished, it will be a splendid roduction. We were not permitted to seo the head, ut, judging from what we did soe, we feel quite certain that our opinion will be fully borne out. The mest fashionable and scientific dress or robe- maker in this metropolis ef fa-hion couid not have tuade a dress to rit more elegantly than the ono which hangs 80 gracefully upon the lady in question. Her feurg beoe tall and commanding, those parts which encirele tho dress, which we think are called flounces, give it fullness and finish which renders’ it a dashing tout ensemble, and which always look well upon a lady of hig’s stature. ‘The dress will alse be embroidered, and when’ the abi- lity and taste of the artirt shall be fully exerted upon the form aud festures of this piece of art, he will have added another laurel to the many which now decorate his brow. The busts of Brougham, Novelli, and Martini, are faithful likenesses of the great origi- nals, Some of the members of the press have been im- mortalized by the magic touch of the artist. Among these is the bust of a distinguished member of that mest honcrable, important, and powerful corporation of gentlemen, which is the greatest thing of the kind we have ever seen. For expression, formation of the feutures, and preservation of the general cha- racteristics of the countenance, it is in our opinion the most perfect work of art, in its way ever executed, and it 13 an eloquent tribute to the genius of the gentleman from under whose chisel it has come. Among the “caricatures” are the busts of Burton as Captain Cuttle, Lynne as Dombey. and Loder the musician Noone that has ever seen these gentlemen can mistake them, Burton is the * dientical” Cuttle, as he appeared on the boards of his own theatre; and’ Lynne the very stiff-necked, anti-social and anti-friendly individual who figured tn the same place, as the here of the play. ‘The likeness of Mr. Delawny. cf Wallstreet, is also good. It has about it all the aristocratic airs of the banker and. though last not least, the bust of General ‘Taylor com- letes the triumph. The highest praise that can be stowed upon this is merely to say that the execution of it called forth, from the general himself. the most unqualified approval, the greatest compliment that could have been pronounced upon it. The time we spent in this studio passed over most agreeably; and whenever our duties will admit of it, it will afford us great pleasure to repeat our visit, THE INTERNATIONAL ART UNION. This title is expressive of the okject which Goupil, Vibert & Co. have in view. The undertaking is enti- tied to the highest consideration. and as such we trust it will meet with decided su With a» view to extend over a broader field » taste for the fine’ arts, come of the most splendid pictures have been sent to Boston, Providence, Philadelphia. and Bal timore for free exhibition, ‘The “Belle of Newport,” al Art Union, by Court; and the “Forgot Me Not,” by Schlesi ger; ® grand historical picture by Martersteig, and some beautiful crayons by Brockliart, are daily ex- pected from Europe. Among the pictures which are now to be seen in Broadway, are thu “ Dead Christ ” ‘The expression of the countenance is serene and beau- tiful, which is in strict keeping with the sublimity of the dwign. Tho holyewomen aro weeping over the body, while Mary, his mother, embraces him for the last ti An engraving from Scheffer's picture of “Christus Congolator? is yery well done. On it aro these eloquent and consoling declarations— Misit me snare coniristos corde pradicare captivis remissionem,” The picture entitled “Meditating Vengeance.” by Schlesinger, is a very fine one. ‘The figure is that of x0 thought- fulness, descriptive of what is passing within, while it also conveys asense of remorse and futuro responsibility, ‘The picture of * Louis Philippe and his sons departing from the palace of Versnilles,”” by Schloepke, isa bold re- presentation of regal pomp. ‘The coloring is good. Chat of the “Last French Kevolution,” by Lecomte, isa very grapbic representation, The picture of the * Blonde and Brunette,” by Court, who is considered ono of the most distinguished painters of feniale loveliness of the modern French school, is remarkable for the brilliancy of the coloring, and for tho sweet and amiable exprey- sion of the countenances of the figures which it pro- eents, About the beginning of July, the pictures which are now in other parts of the Union will have returned, when the collection will be very well worth seeing. As it im, a visit would be swply repaid. To inspect th works of the + art divine” is, at all times, a rare trea It,calls to mind the great deeds of a bright galaxy of en, around whore names fame has shed an imperish- able renown, and ® never-fading lustre—Raphacl, Titian. Guido, Gietti, Vandyke, Rembrandt, Le Bran, and others— the mighty and matchless éxponents of one of the noblest arts that ever adorned man, or blessed the world, Matis for the Pacific. The United St steam packet Falcon will be dis- patched from the port of New York on Thursday, the sth instant ‘The public is hereby notified that mails may be sent to New York. Charleston, South Carolina, Savannah, Georgia. and New Orleans, Louisiana, to be conveyed by the Falcon, which will sail from New York on the 2hth instant; from Charleston on the Ist of July next, (morning), from Savantiah on the same day, (evening); and from New Ork . te be conveyed by the steam acket Isthmus, leaving that port (New Orleans) direct foy Chagres, on the 11th of July next, Mail bags should be made oe at New York, and at the other joints named for Chagres, Panama, San Diego, Santa arbara, Monterey. San Francisco, and Astoria, ‘The entire postage for a single letter, not exceeding half an ounce in weight, will be 12% cents to Havana, 20 cents to Chagres, 30 cents to Panama, to be fhe! ag in all cases; and 40 centa to San Diego, Sante Barbara, Monterey. San Franci+oo, or Astoria, to be pre paid or sent unpaid. at the option of the sender. Newspapers and pamphlets, sa postage three cents each, and in- laud portage tobe added, J COLL AMER, Postmaster General, Post Orrice Derantment, June 8, 1849. TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE, Congressional Election in Massachusetts, % Bostow, June 11—9 P.M. The election for a Congress-man. in the feurth dis trict, came off to-day; and the following is the result of nine towns. being all we have yet received: — For Benjamin Thompson (whig) there iss mot gaim of 166 over J. G, Palfrey (feve soil). SECOND DESPATCH. Bostom, June 11—0 P. M. Nine towns iu’ tho fourth district give a small gale for J. G, Falfrey (free soil). who runs very close. It is somewhat doubtful if there ia any election by the people Tho vote ise very small one. THIRD DESPATCH. Boston, June 11—10 P. M, ‘Wo have the returns of but ten towns out of thirty- seven, the whole number in the district. In these ‘Thompson gains 256 over Palfrey. ‘There is probably no choice. The Southwestern Division of the Army. Wasnixaton, June 11, 1849. It is stated on good authority, that Quartermaster General Jesup, will be assigned to the command of the military division made vacant by the death of General Eémond P. Gaines. Appointments by the President, Wasuixaton, June 11, 1849. POSTMASTERS, Joreph Allen, at Columbus, Georgia, DISTRICT ATTORNEYS, Robert Hughes, tor Fexas, vice Merriman, removed, Francis T. Bartoux, for Georgia, vice Jackson, re- moved. E. 8. Johnson, for Delaware, vice Rogers, removed. Lan orr: " Thomas T. Russell, Receiver of Public Monoys at St, Augustine, Florida. vice Fontin, resigned. R. W. Andrews Winchester, at Tallabasse, Florida, vice Hudson, removed. ‘ CouLRotons, Robert Walston, at St, Marks, Florida, vice Walker, removed. APPRATSERS. John C, Martin, at Philadelphia, vice Thomas Stew- ard, removed. BY TNE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. : ASSISTANT APPRAISERS, R. Fisher, vice Reuben Hanz. and Edward M. Donald- son, vice William Little, at Philadelphia, Death of Hon, Augustus Porter—Steambeat Colizston and Loss of Life. Burrato, June 11—P. M. ‘Tho Hon. Augustus Porter died at Niagara Falls last night. ‘The steamers Hudson and Saratoga came in collision yesterday morning on this side of Erie, by which the former was much damaged, and her two cooks, beth colored, were killed. Indian Outrages—Attempted Robbery. Baurimore, June 11—9 P. M. By the Southern mail this evening, we have dates from New Orleans to the 4th inst. ‘They give accounts of bands of hostile Indians be yond San Antonio, who were committing the most daring and high handed outrages, carrying off women, &o. More painful rumors were afloat of their doings, but they were not authenticated. On Saturday evening, the 2d inst.,n negro entered the dwelling of Judge Alexander Walker, for the pur- pose of robbery ‘The Judge, however, awaking, dis- covered and immediately seized him, when a desperate encounter ensued, in which knives and pistols were used, The negro was mortally wounded, while the Judge escaped unhurt. Latest from the Crevasse. New Oateans, June 8, 1849. There is at present no better prospect of stopping the great crevasse, and the water still continues to rise. All efforts to check it have been abandoned. Iness of Ex-President Polk. Cincinnati, June 11—P. M. The Nashville papers, received this afternoon, state that ex-President James K. Polk is lying dangerously ill of the cholera, Later from Pernambuco, Bosron, June 11-2 P. M. By the arrival of the Canton at this port, we have advices from Pernambuco to May the 8th, A pro- found calm has succeeded the late desperate attempt at revolution. Fish were quoted at 11 milreas. Several cargoes had recently gone to the south. Issue of Bonds, Boston, June 11-3 P. M. The Vermont Central Railroad Company voted Saturday to issue two million more bonds at 50 per cent discount. Cholera at the West—Stcamboat Explosio! Cincinnati, June 11--6 P. M. The Board of Health report 62 new cases of cholera and 12 deaths, since Saturday, ~ The Joan of Arc, with 200 passengers, from New Or- leans, mostly all Germans, had 26 cases of cholera on board. and 17 deaths. The Benjamin West, from this city, for Pittsburgh, was met yesterday at Parkersburg, having on board 7 cases of cholera, 2 of which had proved fatal. They wero passengers in the ladies’ cabin. A private despatch from Evansville says that th steamer Embassy bad collapsed her fiue, and that se- veral persons had been badly scalded. No further par- ticulars, Cholera at St, Louis. Sr. Louis, June 11, 1849, Tho number of deaths by cholera to-day reached 26; by other diseases, 20. The Cholera Ia Cincinnatl, Cincinatti, June 10, 1849. Twenty-six cases of cholera and six deaths, have oe- curred within the past twenty-four hours. The pro- duce markets yesterday were unchanged, The Cholera at Richmond, Barrione, June 110% PM. ‘The Board of Health at Richmond repors oight new cases of cholera since Saturday. The Cholera in Pittsburgh, Pivrsnvran, June 10, 1849. A case of cholera occurred in our city to-day ; the victim was Mary P. Glass, who died in a few hours after the attack. Cholera at Rom: Uriea, June 11, 1849, Two revere cases of cholera were reported yestorday as having occurred at Rome, fiftoon miles wost of this city, Utios still remains health: Cholera at Boston. * Bostox, Juno 11, 1849- A few cases of # mild and probably harmless type, 1th of Albany, Avoany, June 11-7 P.M. The Board of Health report three new cases of cholor since Saturday, one of which has proved fatal. The otber two persons are convalescent, Accident and Loss of Life. Bincnamrox, June 11—9 A. M. About twenty minutes before eight o'clock on Satur- day evening, s man by the name of Smith, having a lady, and girl about fourteen years of age, in a wagon with him, attempted to cross the track at Nauticoke Creck, ahead of the pnssenger train from New York, The engine came in collision with tho horse, killing him instantly, and pitching the girl out of the wagon under the engine, killing hur on the spot, upsetting the vehicle down an embankment, breaking the Indy’s leg in two places, and dislocating one of her shoniders, Smith was somewhat bruised, and is wholly at fault, as he raw the train approaching before he attempted to cross the track. One of the passenger cars was throwa off but fortunately no one was injured, The coroner's Verdict attaches no blame to the railroad company. Fire,in Phi adeiphin—Chotera, &. Pritavecenma, June 1L—10 P.M. Tho building situated at the corner of Second and Chesnut streets, formerly occupied by the Bank of Commerce, was considerably damaged by fire about 4 nine o'clock thie evening No caves of cholera have occurred in our city since Thursday,