The New York Herald Newspaper, July 10, 1849, Page 4

NEW YORK HERALD. aes Rorthwest Corner of Fulton and Nassau sts. | JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR, ER ALD—Three editions,3 conte perc | FE DAILY He DNAs RDITION ts published A. Mgund distributed before breakfas Bie SEP ERNUUN RBITION cam be wit one o'clock ; und the second at thre 42 tit WEEKLY HERALD, for circutation on this Con binen! blished every Saturday, a cents per o peranaum; Jor ‘ctrculation ts Burepe, and printed | 4 ind Rnilish, at Oia cents per copy, or $4 per grnum—the latter price to include the postage. MD CETTERS by mail, for subscriptions, or with ad~ | wertisements, to be post-puid, or the postage will be deducted ney remti PH OLNTAR Y CORLESPONDENCE, containing 4m= tant news, solicited from any quarter of the world; | ‘used, will be liberally paid for. NO Nut wagnymous communications, | Whatever is intended for insertion must be authenticated | by the nome and uddress of the writer; not necessarily for | eation, but as a guarantee of his good faith, We | Sannot return rejected communicatio i ‘ADVE. MENTS, (renewea every morning, and to | be published in the morning and afternoon geditions,) at | redvonable prices; to be written in a plain, teyible manner; the proprietor not ress rrors in manuseript. PRINTING of ids executed beautifully, and with | despatch. Orders received at the office. ik HERALD ESTABLISHMENT ts open throughout | night. AMUSEMENTS TiS EVENING. BROADWAY THEATNE. Brosdway—Ma, Macatuis- NeCROMANTIC ENTERTAINMENT, NATIONAL THEATRE, Chatham Square.—Covsin Jox —Wannening Mixernsis~J. ann H. Watkem in THE | Chip Scuse pkOm Tom ano Jexny—Correce Boy. MECHANICS’ HALL, Broadway, tv's MinsTHELS. CASTLE GARDEN—Promenane Concent. Laan MUSEUM, 539 Broadway.—lrom9 A. M. to10 | | | | ar Broome.—Cun GHINESE ASSEMBLY ROOMS—Iratian Concert. 10, 1849, News from Europe. ‘The news by the Niagara will be due over the wires, from St. John, N. B., early to-morrow | morning. The N. comes to this pert. | The Administration and the Opposition— + The Slavery Question, Now that the principal part of the work of removals and appointments has been accomplished, and the groans of the sufferers begin to die away im the distance, the organs of the opposition afford | some indications of the course of policy which they intend to adopt. Old Ritchie wipes his weep- | ing eyes, and his heart-rending groans gradually | subside inte a gentle sob. Democratic editors , throughout the couutry begin occasionally to ven- | ture upon a paragraph or two about national ques- ti The leaders, the respectable gentlemen who fatten or starve with * the party,” as the case may be, are exchanging notes; and thus, as yet rather indistinctly, but still with certain marked | features, to be discerned by the aid of a teles- cope, the future tactics of the opposition unveil themselves to the attentive observer. It would appear, from these indications, that the slavery question, or the free soil question, is to be made the grand pornt d’appui of the democratic party during the next session of Congress. A ge- neral union of all the heretofore discordant ele- ments of that political faction 1s rapidly approach- ang a consuinmation. Old hunkerism 1s resigaing | itseif to the proffered embraces of the barnburners. It 1s true there has been, in some quarters, a litle “Coy, reluctant, amorous delay,” but there can be little doubt, now, of the speedy union of the ‘fierce democracie.” All past mosities are to be forgotten. The vindictive | assaults—the fiery invective—the sounding ob- jurgation—the solemn vows of perpetual hos- tility, which, not long since, made the welkin ring, and startled men’s ears at Baltimore Conven- tions und other places, are now all to be forgotten. ‘They lie “deep in the bosom of the ocean buried.” Brotherly love 1s now to reign supreme. One cause—one motive—one end unites the pure pa- triots of the democratic family. All are now to be “free soil” men. All are now to be the stern, un- eompromising foes of the extension ot slavery. All are now to be quite prepared to insist upon the im- mediate adoption of measures which they pertina- ciously resisted and opposed when the party was entrusted with the administration of the govera- ment. ‘Thus is party always true to its natural instinct of self: preserva’ nd eelf-aggrandizement. With | all the elasticity of the favorite of the circus, your | party leaders adapt themselves to cireumstances— aheir principles being of that convenient stamp which admits of their application to all emergen- | cies. Yet, occasionally, an awkward, blundering fellow will exhibit a want of promptitade | in conforming to the new programme. So, we find the Washington Union going off at half-cock, and coming out with a tremendous tirade against he whig party for its desertion of the South, atthe very moment when the great influential leaders and cliques of its own party are arranging the pre- liminaries of a union on the basis of the free soil Natform! The career of Mr. Ritchie, as the con- | ductor of the central democratic organ, as they style the insignificant and puerile sheet which is | insued at the seat of the general goverament, has, | indeed, been full of blunders. It has been one great | blunder from beginning to end. He seriously jeo- | pardized the adininistration of Mr. Potk in relatioato | several leading questions which occupied Congress and the country during that eventful period. We all recollect the blundering of the Union on the Oregon question. That was in keeping with its general character as an organ of the administra- tion. Now it seems to be ignorant of the move ments in its own party; else why come out with this furious rhodomontade about the dauger to | which Southern interests are exposed by the action of the whigs, when the great democratic party, ith the exception of the inconsidertable ultra clique represented by Mr. Calhoun, is arming it- eeif for the opposition campaign, on the basis of the free soil principle? Now, in these circumetances, what is likely to be the policy of the administration with respect to the slavery question? We do not pretend to say what it will be, but we kaow very well what it ought to be. All this vociferous agitation about the Wilmot proviso is mere political trickery. The tympathies of the people have been wrouglit upon by artful and inflammatory appeals addressed to sectional feelings and local prejudices. But the evil is gradually correcting itself. The people have been considerably illuminated with regard to the purity of the motiv and the honesty of the de- clamations of political leaders about this wretched Wilmot proviso. It will be easy for the new ad- Ministration to put an end to al this *quabbling, and effectually block the game of the opposition. Let all the new territories be at once admitted as States. It is a matter of absolute indifference how Congress might undertake to settle the question of slavery in the territories. The people will settle it themselves to suit themselves. Mere fanaticiem — that is, the fanaticiom of enthusiasts who are sice cere, and mean well, is notte b —but we confess we loathe th | | | | | | | | | | peolutely despised t chicanery which selfich, mean, corrupt, mercenary, political creft and intrigue, under the specious guise of philanthropy, and @ superfine attachment to liberty The President and his cobinet, then, should ar- range their policy on this subject so as at one put an end to a disturbing aud dinwerous domes! agitation, and defeat the designs of mere political intrigue, which aime only at the spoils of offic Let the new territories be at once admitted as States, and let the people exer their conativn taonal and inalienable right of framing their own constitutions and, erecting with their own hands, she structure of that locul government under whieh it may be their pleasure to live and enjoy the liber- ties of Amenieda citizens. Tre Lames —There is extraordinary manageraent of the publie lighting. The lamps are extinguished at | wiebt, without amy regard to system. On Saturday night, for im tence, they wete put out io Soath etre t and ofher etreete atten o'cloek, The Jight aiboge ther, is ey, meni die ‘ | se | mined to reunite their forces, and again put forth Death of Colonel] Duncan of the Army, ‘We were much pained, yesterday, by the receipt of the melancholy intelligence of the sudden death of Colonel Duncan, at the city of Mobile. Its supposed that this gallant and accomplished officer has fallen another victim to the prevailing pesti- lence ; but we have no authentic statement that such was the fact But, in whatever form death came, the dread meesenger has been met by the brave and chival- rous Duncan. He is no more! In the very prime and vigor of manhood—eccupying a proud rank | im his profession—esteemed and beloved by all who knew him—Colonel Duncan has sunk into the grave. He sleeps with Worth and Gaines, and Kearney, and others of his brethren in arms, who have recently suddenly departed, after having escaped all the perils of more than one bloody field. It was but the other day that we saw the gallant Dunean receiving, in our city, with all that hu- mility and modesty which characterised his noble nature, the most flattering testimonials of public approbation and regard. Many years of useful- ness and honor then appeared to be before him; but in a moment he is stricken down, and is to be seen amongst us no more for ever! Such is the life of man! Partigs in New Yorx—Tu Posrrion— The position which the political parties of this | State at present occupy, is extremely interesting and important. As our readers very well know, both the whigs and the democrats have been split and divided among themselves ; and among the demo. crats, eepecially, there has not been for a long time any cohesion between them. The disunion | was brought about by ex-President Van Buren, | who, to gain his own ends, and to satisfy private | revenge, threw the “unterrified” into a horrible state of confusion. But the rival factions, the hunkers and barnburners, are recovermg their | , and, after consulting together, have deter- their whole strength in opposition to the whigs at the next election. It is now some days since the work of reunion was commenced, and the success which has thus far b met with, warrants the belief that, before the month of November, the democratic party will be as firm and compact as ever 11 was. To be eure, a few of the hunkers still hold out, and refuse to break bread with the barnburners, but their influence is small, and of but little account. Even those few, it is certain, will come into the general movement before the day of election shall have come round. not, they will be swamped, for the leaders of both factions, here and in other places throughout the State, huve buried the tomahawk, and are now smoking the calumet of peace. The prospect, therefore, is, that the demo. crats will be united. Ifow is it with the whigs? For a long time they have been cut up nto cliques among whom the bitterest hostility has existed. ‘The two prificipal ot tnose cliques are known as the Seward and Fillmore factions, and each bas left no stone unturned, no intrigue that it has not engeged in, to obtain an influence over the other, and to rule the roast in the State of | New York. Each has exerted itself to the utmost to centrol the party, and to influence, not only the dispensation of State patronage, but that of the general government. Now, the tame for election is approaching, and what 18 the prospect before the whigs. So far from there being any symptoms ot reconciliation among their cliques, the breach is | becoming wider every day, and one party in its desperation is about to take a step which will ren- der reconciliation more improoable than ever, and perhaps produce open hostility, for, so far, their aversion to each other has been of a private cha- racter. This step is the establishing of an organ by the clique at the head of which are ex-Governor Young, Millard Fillmore and others, opposition to the Evening Journal, edited by Thurlow Weed, and which is the organ of ex-Governor Seward and his partizans. ‘The funds for commencing the work have been, we understand, subscribed, and we daily look for the issue of the new whig jour- nalat Albany. This certainly looks like anything but reconciliation. As soon as it makes its ap- pearance, we expect one of the prettiest family quarrels that has ever taken place in this State. We have no doubt that it will throw the quarrel | between the hunkers and barnburners completely in the shade, and that it will go on increasing and augmenting until one or the other faction shall have caved in. Under this state of things, therefore, the next | general election in this State promises to be quite novel and interesting. The democrats have set- tled their difficulties over a brandy-smash, and will, no doubt, be perfectly united before the fall. The wh ge, on the other hand, still are torn and dis. tracted by their secret cliques and cabals, and, from appearances, they will not expend their wrath before the election. We have no sympathy | with either the Young or the Seward clique, We look upon both as we look upon politicians of all porties, in not a very favorable light, and the only advice we feel like giving them is, to fight it out, and we shall be bottle-holder to one or the other, or both in their turn. It ie said that when thieves fall out, honest men get their due, and it is much the same with politicians and modern patriots of all parties. SeCTARIANISM, st ann Prope versus Cunist aN» mts Cosprn.—Looking over the columns eclesiastical organs, or sec- tarian newspapers, which are issued in this lis and other cities of the United we have been forcibly unpressed by he evidences which are thus presented of the ncrease and growth of bigotry, cant, and religious in the chure ‘These melancholy in- are not confined to any particular deno- mination. In the newspaper organs of all the sects—Hpiscopalian, Baptist, Methodist, Presby- n and Catholie—we regret to find the same uacharitable feeling, the same bitter prejudices, the same canting hypocrisy. All breathe more or less a selfich and illiberal spirit, each © Dealing damnation roand the land” on all who do not think exactly as it does, or are engaged in prosecuting what it regards as rival in- tereste; just asif, in the kingdom of Christ oa earth, there could be among his true and loyal subjects any diversity of interest, or the slightest diversity of feeling! Meanwhile, thousands all around us are perishing in hunger, thirst, and na- kedness, and ignorance of Christ and his qoapel! We observe that two of these religious newepa- pers, as they are called, are engaged ina fierce controversy as to who is entitled to the imperisha- ble glory of first starting one of these amiable and Chrietian journals, Column after column haa been occupied in this edifying ditenrsion; and the in- genuity with which the belligerents translate the ordinary epithets of abuse and vituperation in which common sinners indulge, into religious and ved bill , is infinitely amusing and infi- nitely distieseing. Then, another ot these pre- cious oracles of virtue and holiness, raives a tre- to the effeet that “ Baptist of the numerous bee mendeus hub weapons” were stolen by some polemic or enother, when engaged in the humane work of demolithing an adversary, The Presbyte- rian abuses the tit, and the Catholic as- rails the Methodist, and the ipweopalia up his ne them all. pervades all their organs. turns A selfish sectarianvem One of the sects cannot enter into apy enterprise—it cannot build a college it cannot open a new church it cannot circulate it caunot contribute five thousand dollars, f ending some pale-faced young romantic wife to perish on the it eannot do anything with- out exciting the jealousy, the abuse, the anathe- mar, of ite brethren of the other churches. Thas, one day i eed with anni- a book for the purpose enthosiast and hi banks of the Gang acy 1s thren Jesuits have thy Mas If they do | ned another | sip 5 and on ie | next, Presbytery is om the verge of ruin, because the Baptists have established another seminary for boys and girls! Jealousy, rivalry, strife, all ur- charitableness—these seem to be the leading vir- tues of the sects, judging from the newspapers. Meanwhile, thousands all around us are perishing in hunger, thirst, and nakedness, and ignorance of Christ and his gospel ! If we go to the pulpit, do we find anything more consolatory and cheering? Alas! The same un- christian spirit which animates the sectarian press, breathes from the sectarian pulpit. American preaching has sadly fallen off of late years. There was a period in the history of the churches of this country, when a_ liberal, vigorous, robust, genuine Christianity, characte- rized, to a very great extent, the pulpit ministra- tions of all the sects. In this metropolis, some years ogo, not a few great men—men whose hearts had ewned the blessed influences of the true faith, and whose sound heads rejected the puerilities and bigotries of a later day—reasoned every Sabbath with their fellow men on “righteousness, tempe- rance, and judgment to come,” with a power equal almost to that of Paul, when Felix trembled before him, and was fain to dismiss his monitor until a more convenient season. But we fear that it is not so now. Now, you have, either on the one hand, polished harangues, which drop in honeyed accents from the lips of the oily preacher, never | once offending the nicest taste or wounding the | most tender conscience; or, on the other, you have fierce philippics directed against a rival sect, thundered forth with appropriate vehemence, and reassuring the self-complacent congregation of the: sole and inalienable right to the kmgdom of he: anwhile, thousands, all around us, are perishing in hanger, thirst, and nakedness and ig- norance of Christ and his gospel. a 5 nto a smile of ineflable disdain, sectarianism points to the splendid temples which ornament our streets and squares, and dares us to doubt its faith | and piety. Ivis true, that our churches do rival | in magnificence the costly structures which the | heathen raised to the gods of Greece and Rome. All that the architect, and all that the builder, and ail that the arnficers in gold, and in silver, and in | brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in pur- | ple, am blue, and in fine linen, could do, has been done, in order to beautify these temples of modern Christianity. In splendid edifices, where all the proprieties of the sacred theatre are most scrupulously observed, and seated on luxurious cushions, covered with the costhest velvet, Wal! street, and Cedar street, and Union Square, and Astor Place, every Sunday utter, with no vulgar plebeian vehemence, but in soft and aristocratic accents, their responses to the ritual of the | church; or own the soothing influence of some jashionable expounder of that genteel Presbyte- rianism which has driven the horrid, shocking, | coarse, startling, disturbing sy: | Luther from the field! Silks and satins rustle | bravely in those aristocratic aisles. Delicious music occasionally fulls gently on the ear. No | vulgar creature dare obtrude itself into the sanctu- ; aryof Mammon. Allis hushed into a dreamy re- | pose ; and poor, frail, erring, sinful, blind hu- manity, comes away xnreproved, unmoved, unre_ pentant; but charmed, delighted, satistied, dead to all danger, again to mingle with the world, and gather fresh foulness in its turbid stream. Ah! yes, we have magnificent churches! Meanwhile, thousands all around us are perishing in hunger, thirst, and nakedness, and ignorance of Christ and his gospel! But the truth is not left without witness. De. spite of the sectarianism, cant,and pride of so many professing Christians, the gospel of peace and charity is aking progress in the world. Sci- ence is every day exploding false views, which had cast discredit on the sacred scriptures. ‘The influ- | ential secular press of the land exhibits a prefound | Veneration for Christianity—that is, the Christian- | ity which was taught by precept and example on the | shores of Galilee and in the streets of the Holy City, | —the Christianity whieh feeds the hungry, clothes | the naked, visits the widow and the fatherless in | their effliction—the Christianity which seeks to | emancipate men from error and vice, and incul- cates the lesson of universal love and brotherhood. More, the independent secular press is gradually | breaking down the influence of mere ecclesiastic | | systems and organizations. Christ and his gos- | pel, and not the church, ought tobe the teacher | and the guide of all men; and, let all good men | labor and pray for the day when that teacher and that guide will sway the hearts and consciences of | the whole human family. Then sectarianism, | cant, and pride, will disappear, and thousands all around us will not be found perishing in hunger, | thirst and nakedness, and ignorance of Christ and | his gospel! | Twe Usrren Staves Navy ano te Trorairs iv Evrore.—We understand that it is the inten- ton of the administration at Washington to send every vessel of the navy, which can be spared, Europe, for the protection of our ecommerce ahd of our rights as neutrals, and keep them there, as there is every necessity for it~that the Indepen- dence will sail in a day or two to the Mediterra- nean, and that she will be foilvwed by other ships 48 soon as possible. This 1 a wise determination on the part of the the administration, and one that we hare no doubt will be attended with the best results. The Euro- pean continent, from one end to the other, is in commotion and revolution. The history of that partot the world, for the last eighteen months or two years, warns us that at any moment a war (in which all the principal powers may be actors) may break out, and that, in the event of ite taking place, it is essential for the United States to have a large and commanding naval force on the spot, to prevent insult to our fleg or our commerce, or to promptly resent it, 1 case it may be offered. It was o similar state of things that compelled the United States to declare war against Great Britain in 1812; it is to prevent un occurrence of a like nature that our government is taking the course which it has determined to adopt. We confess, however, that we are rejoiced at thiwaction of the administration, on another account. We would like to see the stars and stripes preseat at every point where the struggle between liberty and despotism is going on. Its appearance would nerve and strengthen the masses in the conflict with their oppressors, while it would serve to dishearten the tyrants who have so long had their heels on the necks of the people, and who are now playing their last card to sustain their tottering thrones. Let the American flag, we say, be as prominent as possible in Europe at this time. | It ean do no harm, and certainly will cause a greet | deal of good. If the worst happens, our national | vessels will be a refuge to the gallant men who are | now risking their lives and shedding their blood freely for the cause which our fathers espoused, and for which they fought, bled, and died, leaving behind them an example which the nations of Lurope are now following. Sranism Hestory.—It is stated by one of our Weetern cotemporaries that when General Scott was in Mexico, he seized and brought home nearly five thousand volumes of historical worasgin the Spanish language, some of which, it is said, are | three hundred years old, and contain a pertect historv of Mexieo, from its conquest by the Spaniards. It is furthermore stated, that it is the intention or the government to extract from these | volumes all that may pe useful in forming a com- plete history of New Mexico and California, and that is done the works will be returned to whe Now, we think we can safely say that General | Scott has never been guilty of doing anything of the kond. Te has too mueh hon r for that, and | We pronounce the story a sheer fabrication, What he suthor ef it hod w view, we cannot | But we are a religious peeple! Curling its lip | Cholera Statistics. The following table shows the progress of the mencement in May, up to Saturday, the 7th inst. We give the number ot deaths, each week, as re- ported by the physicians to the Board of Health, contrasted with the reports of the physicians to the City Inspector, in the weekly statements of in- terments of persons who have died by Asiatic cholera :— Board of Health, Cit ‘ctor ‘Death 0 Paani ‘Week ending May 26 13 bed pd June 2 29 “ “ ill | wh “ “ “ 16 145 “ “ “23 12 “ “ “« 30 286 rh “July 7. 317 ‘Total. +5 704 1,063 This shows a difference of 359 deaths between the deaths by cholera reported by the Board of Health, and those reported by the sextons, to the City Inspector, from the reports of physicians. Similar diserepancies existed in the cholera reports in 1832 and 1834, and these discrepancies are to be ac- counted for, we presume, from the unwillingness of some of our most respectable physicians to re- port cases and deaths by cholera to the Board of Health, while they are compelled to report, through the sextons, to the City Inspector, the disease ot which their patients died. We may also remark, that when cases of cholera occur in respectable families, patients and their friends are very unwil- ling to have their names and residences reported to the Board of Health, as such reports never fail to lead to the annoyance of their families and friends. ‘The total number of cases of cholera reported to the Board of Health, up to the 7th instant, was 1,580; but, as the total number of deaths to the sume time was 1,063, the number of cases must | have been at least 2,500, or 920 more than have been reported by the physiciaps to the Board of | Health. It thus appears that the ratio of mortality the same as it was in 1832. More than one-half of the deaths by cholera have been among the foreign | population of the city. The particulars of the na- | tivity of persons who died by cholera, last week, were as follows :— United States: Ireland Englacd, Scotland . . Wales... Germany .. France. . Poland .. Denmark . Portugal . . Unknown .... | Bement cy 2 oS Total..... In 1882, the number of deaths by cholera, up to the same period of the epidemic, or for the same | number of days it has now prevailed, was 2,961, em of Knox and | #g#inst 1,136 the present year, including the reports | of deaths by the Board of Health for Suaday and Menday ot this week; and our population is now | nearly double what it wasin 1832. If the mortality | was as gieat here, in proportion to population, as it has been in St. Louis, since the prevalence of the | epidemic this season, the number of deaths by cho- lera would, thus far, have exceeded twenty thou- | been only about ix hundred, in over seven weeks. Annexed is a table of the cases and deaths re- | ported in private practice and at the hospitals, with the number discharged cured at the latter, for the wens endin yesterday, compared with the previous week -— The total number of deaths, last week, by cholera | Asiatic Cholera. .... Cholera Morbus. .. . Dyrentery Diarrhea... . Total. ..ecceccesecccsesceees | —Besides 31 of cholera infantum. Patnen Matngw anv THE Common Councrt.— It will be seen by reference to our report of the proceedings in the Board of Aldermen last evening, that a letter was read from Father Mathew to the Mayor, returning his thanks for the many compli- ments conferred upon him by his Honor and the Common Council. This document, though brief, like all Father Mathew’s communications, does equal honor to his head and heart, as it does to “the land of his birth and affections.” Never did | a more thorough gentleman come from that afflict. | ed country into the United States. The testimony borne by this great man to the glorious character of our free institutions, our vast resources, and the teeming prosperity of an imexhaustible soil—the delight he has expressed with all he has seen and heard—must be as gratifying to the hearts of Ame- | ricans as it is creditable to him. It is the genuine emanation of an honest man; and that if we are to believe a great didactic poet, is “the noblest work of God.” As such, it is of some value, and may well make us proud of our country. city Inte nee. About 3 o'clock yesterday morning, there was a of fire from 40 Orange street, which occurred from the culpable conduct of a person emoking a Pipe in ed. The police of the district were on the rpot, and succeeded in extinguishing the flames with. cut much damage. The Hoo axp otnen Nvitasens.—General complain! are wade throughout the Lith district of police, of ho ps and bene boiling, but the greatest nw * the carrying of *tinking ofial from the slau houses—some twenty loads of them, and sup; lied to the hogs daily. This isa new branch of busiaess, and a thriving one, for the hog merchant is paid by the buteher tor eareying eweg the offal. and the fat be ob- tains from it more than pays the expense, while the ctlal for his swive for nothing. ‘The Praces Srors or New ¥ t! T No. 7.—The state “fifth and Twenty. jotice of the police of pool of stinking green stag. ter colleeted in the gutters, those that one can quarter of a mile away, It’ is astonishing that in #0 great a thor: Just beside the railway sta- tion, such a nut is purmitted to exist. The con- dition of Whi treet calls for attention, That street ie never el itisan exception to the district, The moment you it, either in going to oF coming from the ferry. you mee he air, t by cholera, to the number of cases, now, is about H sand; while the actual deaths of the American population by cholera, in this city, have thus far as vo se he Cur, | Phere is a division into two parts—one for each Pavate prestion dee ase Sake Deke. Ow. | watch. Ths. partment is quite superior to any- Centre st, hospital. 6735 66 0«27-~=—«-4 | thing of the kind we have seen in any other vessel. | Williamet. do... 62 31 “iC at ipo from the main deck to what is gene- Penitentiary do... 12 7 ry 21 8 —| rally called the cabin, we find, right under the fore- Bellevue ~ do, 1 1 — — = -—| castle, avery handsomely fitted up apartment for Lunatic Asylum...14 9 4 34-183 | the waiters and servants of the boat—an accom- Co tae... 889 ~~ —| modation teldom found in steamboats, these unfor- “uo 1s 4 603 202 «4g | tnute people being often doomed to sleep under a The Majuificent \ew Steamsaip Empire cny. cholera in the city of New York, since its com- ‘This truly spendid steamship makes her trial trip | Battle betwe: to-day from tn~ foo: of Ninth street, where she has been fittins up sinee she w-s launched. Her steam was up on Saturday, and her powerful en- gine was found to work well, She will sail round Sandy Hook, starting at 12 o’clee, and return to pier No. 2, Nerth River, where she will remain {ll she sails for Chagres on the 17th inst. Nearly all her berths are clready «n aged, and long be‘ore the appor.t-d cay not one will remain te be dis- posed of. She has been built to match the Crescent City, bur fur superior in every res,ect. Itis culeula ed that in her sailing qualities she will beat anything afloat. With a mould of perfect beauty, she is tre- mendouely strong—her plank being boarded edge- ways. Her burthea is about 2,000 tons, She draws 124 feet of water, and her length is 244 feet, and 40 feet beam. She has a hurricane deck ex- tending the entire length and breadth of the vessel, and comtiuing a grand promenade in fine weather. This is a novelty in an ocean steamer, peculiar ‘to the Empire City, and serves another purpose equally novel and important. Being sup- ported by stanchions from the high and massive bulwarke, it constitutes a canopy to the passen- gers pronenading at either side of the magnificent rooms erected on the entire length of the main deck, giving them the free air, while it protects them either from the sun or rain, and also from being wet with the waves in the event of a heavy sea, for there are canvas curtains which can be drawn down from the side of the hurricane deck to the bulwarks, aad thus the water can be completely shut out. This is the first ocean vessel witha house on deck extending from stem to stern. It is divided as follows:—The ladies saloon or reception room, which is not yet quite finished, | | judging from what is already done, will ex- ceed in richness and beaury even the best room of the New World, and that is saying much | | for it. The tables, the sofas, the lounges, the conversation, arm and other chairs—the gilding of the cornices and pillars ; and above all, the gor- geous mirrors with which the room is hung all round, the frames and gilding of the most exqui- site workmanship and finish, with elegent Italian marble slabs some of them upon frames of great beauty, give some idea of what this room willbe ina few days. The loungers, sofas, and chairs of the finest rosewood, upholstered with damask satin in purple and gold. The panels of the doors to the berths off this room, are adorned with beautifully painted landscapes, some of them the finest in the country, including scenes along the Hudsen, with the craft sailing up and dowa the river, ** done to the lite.” This room is covered with a superb oil cloth, in imitation of Turkey carpet, but far more useful for such a voyage. Forward of this is by fur the finest kitchen we ever saw ip any ship; indeed, there are very few hotels have such a kitchen ravge. In 2 als 9 the kitchens in veesels are miseralle holes, but this 1s an apartment into which one would take a plea- sure in going. It is large and spacious, and every variety of ceoking utensils and apparatus that ‘can be imagined will be found there. The next apartment we came to, and forward of this, 13 a room thirty-five feet long, which has already been christened * Social Hall,” from its being the tavorite part of the ship, where men can smoke and make merry, and be at their ease, h like to do in the This 1s a new feature, also, the space ry room being generally taken up chen and companion way. There is a fine range of berths off this room, on either side. The officers of the vessel will sleep there. There remains but the forecastle to describe, on this deck ; and the same attention to the comforts of the seamen evinced for those of the passengers, is visible in the space and airiness given to it. in a way they would’ not saloons. table, or any place they can find. _Aft ot this is the dining-room, magnificently fur- nished, and having elegant bedrooms with two berths in each ; the carpet in each room, in all the other bedrooms, being diflerent from y other in the boat. i Next comes a splendid pantry, furnished with | every requisite, and a handsome marble slab for | baking Lense f There is a peculiarity in it we have not observed in any other vessel, but which is to be tound at some of the best hotels. There are bell-wires seeing: it from every room and berth | in the boat, and there is an instrument with which they are connected, having a brass crescent-shaped | Plate about the size of a quarter dollar, having a number corresponding with the number ot the } Toom, and to which a wire from each room is at- | tached. It lies with the convex side down before | | the bell is rung. When the wire is palied, the | | crescent becomes reversed, and the concave side is | down, so that if the waiter should not be there at the | tume of ringing, he can afterwards ascertain from | what room the bell wasrung with a glance ofthe eye. | | We now come to the after saloon, and this room | we would buck for taste and elegance against any | room in m4 other steamer in the world. Like the rooms on the main deck, it 1s carpeted with the richest oil cloth. Its sot: lounges and chairs to match, of the same materi yattern. They ure covered with the most | cortly damask, There is a very ingenious contri- yanee, beth as a saving of room, and as contribut- ing to elegance. A large sofu, the entire breadth of &! || lots do, at 560, 6.000 bushels, Whiskey has advanced, and 100 barrele $$ $L_L LL ee TEL: GRAPHIC IN (ELLIGENCE, the Indians and Yucataneses New Onceans, July 4, 1849, Accounts have been received here from Yucatan, from which we learn that battle had been fought on the 16th June, between the Yucatanese and the Indians, im which the latter were victorious, and closely be~ sleged their enewy. The cholera had broken out among the Camanche Indians, and had caused the tribe to scatter in every direction. Death of Col. Duncan. New Oxueans, July 7, 1849, We learn by a deepatch received from Mobile, that Colouecl Duncan. the Inspector General of the United States Army. died in that city yesterday, (Priday.y Col D. was a man much esteemed and highly respected among a large circlo of acquaintances, and his depar. ture from this world will be grievously felt by all who. knew him, Dangerous Liness of Mrs. Madison, Wasninaton, July 910 P. M. It was reported to-day, that the estimable lady of the late President Vadison bad expired; but on enquiry, [ have ascertained tha the report is incorrect. She is, however, in a very low condition, and not expected to: survive till morning. Funeral Obsequies of James K. Polk. Wasntncton, July 9—6 P. M, The public departments have all been closed to-day: on account of the funeral obsequies of the late James. K. Folk. Hon, George Mofttatt—His Enthusastic Re= ception at Toronto. &. Mowrneat, July 9, 1849, The Hon, George Moffatt, President of the British. American League, was received in Toronto with the greatest enteus asm. Thousands assembled on the wharf to greet him; and on taking his seat in the car riuge, with the Hon. W. Robinson, for Huron, the horses were unbaraessed, and the carriage drawn by the multitude to the hotel prepared for his reception, In the evening @ grand entertainment was given to him, ‘The news from England has caused no excitement. Trade is dull. Ravages of the Cholera, Ausany, July 97 P.M. ‘The Board of Health announce that 10 cases of chole- and 4 deaths have occurred within the past 48 hours, Cincinnati, July 9-5 P.M. ‘The interments from deaths by cholera, on Sunday, were 74, and otber diseases 80, A heavy thuader show™ er last night has tended to purify the atmosphere. Perranunsn, July 9A. M. There have been § cases and 2 deaths, from cholera, since last report. Mowrnsat, July 9, 1849. There were one or two cases of cholera in our city yesterday, but none to-day, ANOLHER DesraTeH. Mowrneat, July 9, 1849. The cholera ie increasing. There have been sever deaths within the last 36 hours. Weather very warm. 4 Death of Wilson, the Vocalist, Mowraear, July 9, 1849. Jobn Wilson, the well-known Scottish vocalist, died this morning, after three hours’ illness, of the cholera. He was announced to sing iu this city thie afternoon, Fire in Cincinnat, Cinciswart, July 7, 1849, A destructive fire broke out here to-day, in Leach & Ce.’s provision stere, which, before it was subdued, de= stroyed ® considerable amount of other property, and Durat 2000 kegs and 50 barrels of lard. Large Fire in Georgetown, 8. C, Cuanteston, July 7, 1849. On the Sth. a destructive fire broke out at George- town, 8 C., destroying @ large number of buildinge, embracing many of the principal stores, In blowing up one of the buildings, to stay the pregress of the flames, ® man was accidentally killed. Arsival of the Cherokee. Savawnan, July 7, 1849, The steamship Cherokee, from New York, arrived’ this morning, in 66 hours from wharf to wharf. July 4, 1849, ‘The news by tho Hibernia has come to hand, and the operations in cotton are done at full prices. The sales Yesterday were 3000 bales. The demand is good. Freight on cotton to Liverpool 6-16ths, Borraco, June 9—6 P.M. Receipts since Saturday :—Flour, 7,000 barrels; wheat 13.000 bushels ; cora, 100,000 bushels. For flour there is @ moderate demand, and quotations are in {favor Of, the seller. The sales are 2,000 barrels, including, Ohio, at $4 12';, and Michigan at $4. Sales of 5,000 bushels Ohie wheat at 86¢. in corn, the sales embrace 20.000 bushels mixed Western at 42\je. There is no change in freights. Atmxr, June 9—6 P.M. Receipts since Saturday:—Flour, 5,500 barrels; wheat, 4,000 bushels ; corn, 7,000 bushels. The flour market continues steady, but not active. For wheat the in} quiry is but moderate, and we have but to notice sales of 1,000 bushels Ohio at $1. The transactions in corn are 5.500 bushels at 55';0, for round yellow, and some Oats are 330, a 330. with sales of Bold at 220 Brooklyn City Intelligence, the room, i» made in a crescent form, to fit exactly | COMMON Counc —Present all the Alderm ‘The | tothe ehupe of the stern of the boat to whieh it i premeett al ‘His Houct the’Mere peoetanet iene tached. is solu,like the others, is of the most eu- | aleauon from the Rev Theebold Mathew secepting perb deseripuon. Lut the doors to the state bed- | | Tooms, off the saloon, exceed in beauty anything we | ever beheld. The panels are of the finest satin-wood, | | embanded with zebra; the stiles, rails, circles, and | pillars of rosewood ; the latter of the Corinthian the invitatien of the Common Couneil to bee guest of the elty. eud fixing Wednesda r day upon which the reception is to ta ccmmunioation was accepted. wed on metic man Chureh, « committes of reception appolated to | order; the guiding of the most finished description. | JA! on the illustrious stranger, and to conduct hin to But the chief beauty of these doors is the fine | brine beet ater es the pene the momen ndscupe paintings aud portra:ivre in the centre of | also presented acopy of the order reckea cach, taken, for the most part, from Washington | chase of the revised statutes for the use | Irving’s “Sketch Book.” “ The Yankee School. | bers of the board. Referred to cou: | master” is adunrable. Cn the forward wall of | communication from Justice Tru this saloon are two fine paintings—one of New | the board to designate the proper e: Orleans, with the shipping seen from Algiers, and \¢ another of New York, exhibiting the bay aad Governor's Island, with Staten Island in the dis- | tan The bed-rooms at either side of this | saloon ere quite in keeping with it. The faraiwture is of the most costly description The ware is the | very beet china. Handsome mirrors are to be found in each teom. But, what 1s most impor- | u eas well lighted as any drawing-room n windows in each, with ple kept open to admit wir when the weather is fine, and secured by means of ascrew, in the event of a storm. These rooms conta each four berths. The stairs from the main deck to the saloon be- combination by prising owners, i Howard & Son, and their excellent agent, Me. potluted ws it is by The state of Morgan, designed to accomplish—a combination f by a ty Moe oe rrible, Cannon and of strength, beauty and elegance, with security, sin 6 tort shominabic cate’ jena luxury und comfort. ‘The gentlemanly captain 1 Dern recenthy ohne git ketlt Mr. Wilson, and the steward, Mr. Charies Rad- ebelers, What wonder! It always follows filth acd ford. All we regret is, that We cannot make ar- | ¢ intemperance. The nuisance we some t ago re. Tangements just now to take a trip in her to Cha- | ferred 16. at the corn of Bowery and Houston, did not include the washin, a the marble yard, which being a limy solution rataet a purifying ten- deney, but only the filth at the other side of the way Drowxro.—Last evening was drowned, when ona fishing excursion off Governor's Island « young man, nomed Hermann Schwars. pretty stout aad lusty. light Drown bait, were biue cassimere trousers, eatin vest, white shirt a ceased strevehing d The accident occurred by de: | hat, whieh had fallen over. | He went down befure those in the beat could gres, en rowte for Calitorni ‘ Movements of Father Mathew, Yesterday a deputation from the Sons of Temperance ited on Father Mathew, requesting bim to appoint a | y on which he might receive the whole body. He promised to do eo on n from Brooklyn. He | t was also waited upon. yoaterday, by Mr. Leslie, of Brook. | | lym, Mr. GW. Rglis, Mr. Jos, Fowior, Mr. T.D. MeGoe, | Nicloskey, | ment fromt | penitentiary at Crow fill, Flatbush, the evlis of Wil city of Brooklyn, near the Jackson and Walnu were p mittees, ta counsellor to take the mecessary legal + favor of taking the “ v inthis vessel, the | Adopt sewers im Lillary, Navy. adopted, Same in ti nue. opening Third place, from Henry street to ¢ Also, iu favor of opening Fourth place, feo he ceveral police courts of the city, Prese ¢ Grand Jury in relation to the eoual Hameburgh and the bone factory of Mr Adair, { erry. A mumber of communications. petitions, &e resented, and referred to the respective com- Reports of Committers. — Street Committee, on petition of Henry L. Clark aud others, to close part of Red Hook — from Degraw street to Court street, ia favor of an nance Adopted. Same,'on petition of And others, to open’ Lequore street om street. Report in favor of the we, and pominating commissioners. and directing the tops. Same, in. ¢ neasures in relation to openk lerbilt avenue from Atiantic to Flatbush aver ted. Same committee report ordiaances ing assessors fur gradiog and paving Sackett et ourt to Columbu rading en prese james L. V oor t irom and paving Union atreet i: grading lots on Harrison weverand litlany pli Kail avenue and Raymond street | and com Clinten to Colum Deg id Nassau streets Oo open Hamilton aven Also, in favor of opening Nelson at ourt street to Humilton avenue, Also, ta force Tipton street Also, adverse to peciti Dy of Swen: te stevet, flagged feom towel Also, iu favor of opening York to Fulton stree! Also in favor of mer, to enter into Koberts and nd paving De Kalb avenue. and with Wil t 0 fact with Mersrs. Samael 1° Jougherty, for grading rom Bedford to Fuite i for turnpiking anid avenue, ff rs him, . Sy id | titer of the Nation, Mr. Hiram Burney, Dr. Bradley, | aventie, ‘en deemgice copentan Deare.—The Coroner be inquest | ate, Lewis Tappan, and other gentlemen, To-day will |. “!#se#tment Committer.—On communication of Wm. | Pigterday, at No. TIL Anthony: street. om the body of | PE Mew hasan ons rig a 7 be assessment for hit contract foe vi 1d 0 yenra, who. on Sunday, while on jevete vi on ‘o-morrow he | grading Kiushing avenue, from Hampden street to = ion jo ——. Lge = —e. iF is father, | will be received publicly in Brooklyoand will administer | ( lerm avenue. together with the report of rar Vi liliameburgh, wae standing up leaning against nye 2 op | RtfInent Comunittee +¢ inst year, Ry the door, which euddenty flew open, precipitatiog the peg ann hn p Aicwe sem | by ‘on nansaacoment ia | the deductions a+ pears inthe re deceased on the road the fall, he received in- | one of the papers that he would a fesement lists for public cistern a4 ‘diet accordingly, Aceiwest.—The boy we mentioned killed by the passing the tunnel, on Sunday not. at the time the Coroner held the jnest identified: he was thought to be abou triped pair of gr bs cotton shirt, shoes much wor ing. Since the abo: written, we bare learned that the fathgr of the boy had been up to the Flor pital for the body, Da. Vacne.—Connncrion —In a pollee teport, the | other day. relative to an attempted burgiarious en- | tenner of henees up town. the residence of De Vache Was rey Perented to be in Broome street. The error ori- ginated in the poliee record. The Doctor's residence is 75 Lexington # Juries whieh enased Ranee terday of the after i ‘The authorities of St Louie, Mo. have establichea | tim quarantine regulations on ali bests arriving at that | Madame Catalini the celebrated vocalist port, with emigrants trom ship beard. Madame Cevaignae, mother of there yesteroay. Names of Distingu Within a very short space of time, the following dis. tinguirhed persons have died in this country and in Europe: — James K. Polk, ex: President of the United States, a Edmund P, Gaines, of the United States rmy General W J Worth, of the United States Army. Colone! James Dunean. of the United States Army. John Wilron the well known vocal Mar-hal Bugeaud. of the trench Army General 8 ney. of the United States Army. Churtes Albert, ex-King of Sardinia me Reoamier, leader of fashion in Napoleon's between Gold street aud Hudson pump in Court street. paving. from Smith to’ ourt streets and grading and paving from Smith to Cll Ss correct and recommend their confirmation. for his vievorier in M: betwee streets, and well and pu and 11th street; welt and p Hevry avd Huntington « reets inton streets, Communic Officers of the Board —From the Feiative to the igpdsed of, which board adjourned time the membera will receive Father Mathew at the City The Geld model ovgered by Congress for Gen. was transmitted to Wach- ) from the Philadelphia mint, on the (th fst,