The New York Herald Newspaper, July 14, 1849, Page 2

NEW YORK HERALD. Case ov Captain McCerren ann Miss Dickson —Seldom has any case preduced greater excite- surprise, found there, not the letter he had expect- ed, but a subsequent one from his brother, enclos- Berthwest Corner of Fulton and Nassau sts- | ment in the public mind than the foregoing, which | mg $50, and saying he had sent another letter with nae JAMES GORDON BENNET?, PROPRIETOR. senennnnn Y HER ALDOURING RDITION te published ree." M., and dist ore breakfasts at elocle hie WEEKLY &% French and Bujlish, at “4 “TEP LETTERS by pertegeniesse be post- WOLUNTARY CORKESPONDENCE, containing 4m~ rant news, wolicited from any quarter of the world j Pied, wit be liberally paid for. NO NOTICE tai ‘Gnonymous communications, itever is intende: Xe must be authenticated the name and address of the writer; not necessarily {27 publication, but as a guarantee of his good faith, We eannot Teathe ‘ted commu: ‘ADVERTISEMENTS, (renewed every morning, and to bepublished in the morning and afternoon edittone,) at redvonable prices; to be written in a plain, legible manner; | the proprictor not responsible for errors in manuscript. PRINTING of all kinds executed beautifully, a aespateh, Orders received af the ofice HE HE the night. at \RALD ESTABLISHMENT is open throughout AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. WATIONAL ‘THEATRE, Chatham Square,—' Mvss—A Day Arrer rie Wropixc—My Ni Wire—Mose i Caivornra, MECHANICS’ HALL, Broadway, near Broome,—Cunis- vy's MineTRELs, CASTLE GARDEN—Promewape Concxrt. me MUSEUM, 539 Broadway.—From 9 A. M. to 10 1849, ag New York, S@urday, July 1 ‘The Foreign News—Prospects of Republi- canism in Europe. We give to-day the principal points of the Eu- ropean intelligence, brought by the Niagara, and conveyed to us by our telegraphic and express ar- rangements. The news is extremely interesting and important. dt is impossible for any true friend of human freedom to regard without emotions of the most intense sympathy that grand conflict which is now | waged between the masses of the European peo- ple and those oppressive systems of government by which they have been trodden under foot for so | many centuries. But, in the minds of many, this is merely the blind sympathy inspired by an enthu- siastic devotion to the great principles of liberty. | ‘We ought not to overlook the real issues involved in this contest. It is no mere conflict between aristocracy and democracy in the ordinary accep- tation of those terms, which is now waged on the 1 battle fields of the European world. Within the last century, a new power has grown up in Europe—a | new phase of despotism—a new instrumentality of tyranny and oppresssion, in lieu of the old feudal system, which imposed for several centu- ries its iron hoof upon the rights and liberties of the ‘masses of mankind. That despotism suc- cumbed to the young but gigantic growth of e1vi- } ‘a and popular freedom ; but it has been suc- ceeded by another system of popular oppression, no less grinding, no less tyrannous, no less univer- sal, than that by which 1t was preceded. Feudal tyranny has given place to financial tyranny. We now behold ,an alliance of all the great mo- | narchical and despotic powers of Europe, dis- guised, it is true, but no less sizcere and signifi- | eant than any of those which have heretofore me- | naced the progress of liberty in the world that hes beyond the Atlantic oeean. Why is it that Austria, Prussia, Russia, France, and England are all now | engaged, covertly or openly, in one grand, united assault upon the rights and liberties of the Euro- pean people? Whence comes it that the military power of France, a neminal republic, is at this very moment actually engaged in a predetermined effort to counteract and destroy the hereic attempt of the Roman people to achieve for themselves the undying honor of establishing a free government ? This combination of the tyrannies of Europe is easily explained. The governments of Europe are in the hands ef soulless and corrupt financiers. ‘The Philistines are upon them—the Philistines of the bourses and stock exchanges, and Wall streets of the earth. That is the despotic influence which now clouds the fortunes of republicanism in Eu- | rope, and threatens with destruction the blossom- ing hopes of the frends of freedom in the ancient | at least Eliza, gave him some encouragement, and has been now under investigation for two days. Nor is it to be wondered at that it should excite a profound interest in this moral community. Whe- ther we consider the heinous nature of the alleged crime, the position occupied by the accused, or the unprotected state of these girls, assuming, for the present, that they are innocent, it 1s a case about which naturally exists much painful anxiety. ‘The captains of our packet ships have hitherto borne a high moral character, and, in common with our fellow citizens, we respected and esteem- ed them, as a class that reflected honor upon their country. Few, we believe, if any of them, stood higher in general estimation than the captain of the Columbus. It is, therefore, with deep pain we now advert to a transaction which we were, at the first blush, reluctant to believe, or make public. We knew he was a married man, and that his own happiness, and that of his family, might be blasted by a premature publication of charges that mignt turn out, after all, to be fabricated, for the purpose of extorting money, as often happens, and as has been actually alleged in this case. But, as an organ of opinion and public morality, we can no longer be silent. The case has already proceeded far enough to disclose what, upon‘ his ewn ad- mission, is a serious stain upon the character of Mr. M’Cerren as a married man and a captain of a packet ship, entrusted with the protection of female virtue. The more serious part of the charge we will not, in the present stage of the proceedings, undertake to prejudge. No doubt the case will undergo a thorough investigation, and the true facts will be elicited. But there are one or two points already determined, which leave the accused wholly without excuse, whatever may be thought of the conduct of Eliza Dickson and her sister. In the first place, upon his own showing, the course pursued by Captain McCerren was, to say the least of it, very disreputable. He, a married man, with his wife in New York, and daughters growing up around her, went, he says, to a hoase of ill fame, to hold criminal intercourse with a young girl not twenty years of age. He, a man advanced in years, states he was allured by this young girl into the paths of vice. If it be true that she possessed such influence over him, and that, stranger as she was, she could al! at once become versed in the locale and the mysteries of assignation housez, what does the keeping of such company and the frequenting of such haunts speak for him % ‘We understand it is alleged that evidence can be brought forward to damage the character of the Misses Dickson. This, as yet, is mere allegatioa. It has not been proved. But it it could, it does not alter the case against McCerren, except, indeed, as | to the degree of crime. There is, however, strong presumptive evidence to the contrary—evidence that shows these girls were respected in their own country. We have in our possession letters of in- troduction from most respectable parties in Ireland and in Liverpool, dated up to the very time of their sailing, in which their character is spoken of in the highest terms. Among these letters, is one ad- dressed to Mr. Roche, of this city, and another to the Britisk Protection Emigrant Society. The most favorable construction that can be put on the conduct of Mr. McCerren is this:—He may have been led to suppose, (though we have no testi- mony to establish such a fact,) that these girls, or he found too late that he was mistaken. It this hy- pothesis be the true one, it would not relieve him from misconduct, while tt would ehew that, for a man of his years and experience in sea-faring life, | he has been very slow in his observation of female | character, particularly the Irish phase of it. Every | one who knows anything of Irish girls, knows that while they are, perhaps, the most virtuous inthe | creation, are light-hearted and buoyant, and | sometimes in their demeanor border on what adraft for $100. ‘This the gentleman to whom it was addressed never received, and the probability is he never would have received the other one, but from the accident ef his calling at the post office himself, It was distinctly addressed to his name, at No. 3 President street. These are cases that ought not to occur in any well regulated department of the State, but al- ways will occur as long as the present system of appointments prevails. The Progress of the Cholera, IN THIS CITY. Mayvon’s Orrice, New York, July 13, 1849. ‘The Sanitary Committee of this city report 80 new cases, and 98 de&ths, of chelera, as having occurred during the last 24 hours. SUMMARY. C Deaths. Disch’d. In Centre street Hospital... 4 8 ‘William street Hospital 6 5 In private practice... 28 C) BAG s.ivn'n dn 5 64% 88 13 No reports from Blackwell's Island, Bellevue Hospi- tal, Lunatic Arylum, and Colored Home, IN BROOKLYN. Boakp or Hxavrn, July 13, 1949. During the last 24 hours, there have been 13 cases of epidemic cholera reported to this office; nine of which have proved fatal, viz :—Wm. C. Adair, Furman strect; A.J. Crumin, Hudson avenue. James Ward, aged 34, Tillary street; Margery Halfpenny, aged 25, Gold street; Mary Ennis, aged 21, Prince street; Elizabeth Craven, aged 24, Hieks street; J. M. Cugan, aged 23, Schermerhorn street; a female, (name and age not given, by Dr. Green,) Power street; and Raymond Burke, aged 44, Division street. CHAS. 8. J. GOODRICH, Physician of the Board. IN OTHER PLACES. The N. O. Commerctal Bulletin, of the 8d inst., says :—‘* The cholera still lingers among us, but is slowly declining ; it has now been in out midst since themiddle of December last, and it may re- main with us throughout the summer and fall. Some weeks ago we gave a weekly classification of the deaths to the 21st April, from which time up to the 16th of June, there were 1,478 deaths, of which 726 were of cholera. For the week endin; the 30th ult. there were 113 deaths, of which 2 were of cholera. The Wilmington (Del.) Gazette, of the 10th inst., has a letter from St. Georges, in that State, dated the 8th instant, which says :—* The dread scourge of cholera has ceme upon ugin our little village, and has deprived us of one of our most useful citi- zens. Light or nine cases have come under my char; within the last week, two of which proved Taiai, ana moré tha the half of our adult popula- tion are laboring under slight premonitory symp- toms. Great alarm prevails and all are on the alert to meet the disease in its very frrst symptoms. The Nashville (Tenn.) Banner, of the 4th inst., says:—‘ There were no burials in the city grave- yard yesterday of cholera. We have been informed of two or three cases of chister, bowerax, which occurred yesterday, inat will probably prove fatal. The Louisville (Ky.) Courier, of the 6th instant, says:—‘ The health of our city for the two past days has been most excellent, with an evident de- crease in the list of mortality. Since Tuesday eve- ning we have heard of but seven deaths by cholera; | one of which was a case taken to the hospital from the river in a collapsed state. The report of the Board of Health, which is eel flattering to the pod management and good health of our city, will ¢ found in another column. At Hanover College, near Madison, Ia., as we mentioned Wednesday, | the cholera has broken out with much violence. ‘We learn by students that arrived from there yester- | day, that four, and possibly more, persons had died | of the disease prior to theirdeparture. We under- stund that the cholera has entirely abated in Bow- ling Green, though there are still some few cases in the marrounding neighberhood. In Lexington, | we regret to say, it is on the increase. On Sunday last there were four deaths in that city; on Mond there were four deaths; and on Tuesday, up to six P.M., there were thirteen deaths. “The entire | number of deaths from this disease, since its first appearance there, is sixty. Ithas disappeared from | the Lunatic Asylum, but prevails to some extent in the country. Ithas disappeared from Maysville. ‘There have been three or four deaths at Alton, II nois, from cholera, within the past week. There have been a few deaths at Covington and New- port.”” The Shelby (Ky.) News, of the 3d inst., it has heard of two deaths in the county, which re- sulted from cholera. It has heard of the death of two or three others in Henry county. | sa} would be called downright levity, in this staid | country ; but which, to those who know Ireland | aud its people, is,but the ebullition of good nature | and innocence. An Irish girl will even allow a i world. | We are not without some practical experience in | this country, of the workings of,the same financiay influence and agencies which are now blasting and blighting the fortunes of republicanism in Europe. Who is there, at all acquainted with the machinery of government, who has not often, again and again, witnessed the powerful influence exercised upon legislation by the interested friends of financial institations and financial “operators?” How often have we seen a State Legislature elect- ed on the democratic principles, suddenly turn round and immortalize itself by conferring a char- ter upon some swindling financial concern—a con” cern conceived, born, and brought forth in iniqu ty? Again and again, time after time, under the | democratic eway of our own democratic institu- | tions, we have witnessed the success of these pre- | meditated assaults upon the pecaniary interests of the peogle, under the solemn and imposing guise of legislative authority. Here is the great rock which threatens the safety of republicamism in Eurepe. On the occasion of our last visit to the European world, we readily discemed the nature and character of those influ- ences which democracy had most to dread. It required, indeed, no great sagacity to discover that, in the false, corrupt, and oppressive financial | systems which prevailed throughout Europe, the nights of the people were destined to encounter the most serious and determined opposition. Vs vain must be all the efforts of the European peop’ to attain the full fruition of their long cherished | hopes—hopes cherished throughout many a dark and clouded day—so long as this financial desp ism maintai: is ascendeney. In France, large and influential classes are in fact the proprietoss of the public taxes; in England, powerful interests de- pend for their existence on the maintenance of the present corrupt financial system; throughout the whole European continent, the governments, aristo- cracies and controlling influences are so bound up with the financial embarrassments of the various dynasties, that there can be but little hope for po pular liberty and the arcendency of popular rights, until, by one grand, united, sw volution- ary process, the whole Iniqiitous system pe swept away The fortunes of popular liberty are indeed, at thie moment, dark and clouded in Europe. But we do not despair of them. A wonderful advance has been made. The people are aweking from the slumber of agee. They are daily becoming mer and more conscious of their own strength. A dim, but, in no inconsiderable degree, an intelligent ap- preciation of the main obstacles to the establish. ment of their rights and liberties, dawns upon them. Once delivered from the tyranny of oppres- sive and imquitous financial systems, the people of Europe would soon realize the blessings of repab- lican government. A “Breeze.” —Yesterday the heat of the san ‘was intense. At noon the thermometer in our office was minety-seven degrees, one degree above blood heat. But in the evening a gentle * breeze” eprung up atthe Battery, and its invigorating in- fluence was felt in many directions. The broad basin of our noble buy was covered with yachts and boats, filled with ladies and gentlemen, who sought that delightful retreat from the heat and tumult of the crowded city. All hail to the * breeze!” Question To THe District Arronxey.—Ilow many indictments ar now in the hands of the Dis taiet Attorney, spoiling for want of action? Shall wwe prepare a list? Indicted person stop at home every doy, and yet he can’t find them witha bench warrant. How is thist man she esteems to romp with her in frolic and | mirth; but “ thus far shall he go, and no further.” ‘The moment she is made sensible of a criminal in- | tention, she will resent it with all her indignation, | and the laughing girl becomes the embodiment of the spirit of the storm. Captain MeCerren may have | been deceived, as we have said, by some unguard- | ed gayety of this kind, though there is no evi- | | dence, as yet, that he has. Bat if he has, what | then !—why that he ought to be ashamed of him- | self. ‘There is this damning aggravation in the case: these girls were entrusted to his care. He ought | | to have been asa father to them, They, perhaps, | | believed he stood in that relation to the fatherless. | | He gained their confidence. as we have already said, we know not)—they may | have permitted familiarities which they considered | harmless, but which he interpreted otherwise, and this may have led to the serious consequences in | | which he is now involved. As the case is not | | yet fully developed, we will not now pro- nounce upon its merits. The Irish Emigration Society have taken it up, and will leave no stone unturned to get at the whole truth. In a few days, | therefore, the public may calculate upon know | more of the matter than they can do at present. In the meantime, we have no hesitation in saying that the conduct of this sot-disant guardian of female jinnocence, taken at best, is highly repre- | hensible, and all whoattempt to defend him are in | | directly partakers in his iniquity. | Post Orvice Burxpenixe. We have been al- | nor officers in the various departments of the State is a decided error. It does not prevail in England or other countries, and hence the laws and admi- nistrative government, thongh not #0 good as in thie country, are better carried out. When there is a chenge of ministry in England, the new cabi- net never dreams of changing the subordinate officers. For instance, the Postmaster General is the only officer changed in that department. The reason is very obvious to every understanding, even if experience did not attest it hey know very well that it a host of new and inexperienced } clerks are pot into omce, they Will bungle the busi- | nese they do not understand nd accordingly they adopt the maxim of “ letting well enough alone.” | If a vacancy arises, from misconduct, it is gene- | rally filled up by a partisan of the government, theugh a minor office is frequently given at the #o- licitation of a leader of the opposition or other poli- | tical opponent. What is generally the case here t Why, just by the time that officers acquire a know- ledge of their business, the candidate of a difle- rent party from that under whose auspices they were sppointed sucoceds to the Presideacy, and they are distussed, to make room for other party men, who nat only kn«w nothing of the du- | ties they undertake to perforsa, but probably have | not the capacity ever to make efficient officers. The consequence is, chat all sorts of bluaders are daily end hourly perpetrated in all the dep The post office 1s that one with which th | have most concern. Complaints are nstantly being made about missing and detained letters. Some of these we have noticed from time to time, | Two have come to our knowledge within the last two or three days—one is the ease of a lady who applied twice at the post office for a letter, which | came by the last steamer from Kurope, aad was told there was nothing. A third call having been made by her sister, the letter was delivered. A | we ntleman, living at No. 3 President street, South | Brooklyn, expected a letter from England, from his They may (though | jy, ways of opinion that the wholesale change of mi- | ¢ The Board of Health of Columbus, Ohio, on the 7th inst., reported three cases of cholera in the city —no deaths. ‘The report from the penitentiary for the same time was five deaths. | The Richmond (Va.) Whig, of the 10th instant, says:—‘ We have heard with pain of the exi ence of cholera at Shirley, in a most malignant form. Mr. Carter, up to Saturday evening, had lost 28 of his negroes—the greater portion of them ema d others had been attacked. We pre- fume there is no gentleman in the State who pays more attention to the comfort and health of his ser- yents than Mr. Carter, which makes the vira- lence of the epidemic at his plantation the more remaikable ce the appearance of the cholera there, he and his family have remained at home and devoted their whole time to the sick; and he has endeavored to obtain the best: medical advice this city affords. We learn that the alarm through the country round about Shirley is so great, that it has been very difficult to procure assistance to bury the dead. The common, but erroneous no- tion 18, that the disease is contagious, and hence the alarm. ‘The Board of Health of Norfolk, (Va.) on the 10th t, reported 18 deaths by cholera for the preceding week, of which 13 were colored people. The Rochester, (N_ V..) Democrat, of the 12th inst, says -—We are indebted to a gentleman of this city for the following extract of a letter from Peru, [llinois, dated July 26th :—" The pestilence ie making great havce in this town, The cholera has appeared here in its most frightful form. A number of our oldest and most prominent citizens have fallen vietims to this fell destroyer, It first originated among some Ger- man families under the Bluff, who were living in uncleanliness and ill-ventilated rooms, One family of seven all died. The inhabitants are fying from the town in all directions to escape the etilence, a number of whom have since died There had been, as near as could be learned. 26 deaths from June 20th to July 4th = At thie moment, three or four new cases have been reported, and one death—a German girl on the Bluff.” ‘Two cares of cholera and one death have occurred at Woonsocket, K. I A cerrerpondent of the Cincinnati Commercial, of the a New Richmond, July 7 4 deal of sickness here about (he 10th. and bas been raging here with terrible wn, before the cholera mad bout 1800 inhabitants 400 People, terror stri Stores are lowed bi rything if neglected. all seems gloomy the numb-r of in- r here than in hy your city. For the 48 o'clock, there were 19. de Thursday at noon, there 10 deaths. think it will abate now, as the weatl alle The principal remedi er, Our ve rt ton in regar de in regard * ne are left to the care of them- el ia, © every one for nu” (iL) on the 9th inet. reported 16 deaths by cholera, for the th preceding (BY TELEGRAPH.) Sr, Lovrs, July 13 ‘The cholera, we regret to state, is «till om the increase in thie city, and the interments yesterday reached one hundred and ninety, Several of our most eminent phyficiens have fallen vietime to the disease, Coveumatt, July 15-8 PM ‘The intermente of cholera vietime, since Inet report ore one hundred and twelve; and forty-two of other digcacer. AM pESraTcn, Cisemmart, July 18—P, M The Rev. Me. Lord, of the Congregational denomina- tion, was taken with the cholera last evening, and has eines died, ! Mr. Mores, a reapectable broker in this city, was aly taken about the rame time, and died at 2 o clock Recnmoxo, July 13—A M ‘The repert of the Board of Health yesterday, showed a considerable increase of the epidemic, it being etgh- teen cases and two deatha. We cos, Joly 13—P. M We etate with pleasure that no case of cholera have coeurted ia this city sinee the Oth imet. Bowrow, July 13-—P. af There have been three cases and too deaths from chelera since Inst report. ‘The total number e athe for the week (a gixty-nine of whieh thirteen were from cholera ANOTHER | brother, containing a remittance of $100. He | wondered at its non-arrival. One day he called by accident at the post office, Brooklyn, and, to his Joly 13-9 M ‘The Board of Health report eighty-one eases of eho. lera avd thisty deaths, for the twenty-four howes ending | Partaoreens | have the obligation of looking after the public weal, at moon to-day, Of the deaths, fourteen occurred in the Alms House. ‘This has been one ef the hottest days of the season, the thermometer reaching 102 in the shade. INCIDENTS OF THE CHOLERA. ane Jusaoee zo arae se Taae oe woman, named ete cLaughlin, resi ppen street, mear Seveuth, died on Wednesday, from uu, attack of the cholera. She was attended by a physician, who gave a certificate for burial, On Inesday evening at 6 "o'clock, the coffin ccatniaing: the body of the dees was placed in a hearse, and was followed by two men only, to the Roman Catholic burial ground, on Passy- unk road,for interment. The physician's certificate was presented, but the sapectnentant of toe ground would not permit the body to be buried there without a certificate from the priest of the church. ‘The hearse was compelled to return with its unconscious inmate to the house in Shippen street, near Seventh, but the lundiady would not permit the corpse to be taken in. Those having ch: of the body were thus ina di- Jemma, and scarcely knew what to do to extricate themeclves from it "Finally, an empty house, the pro- pert of Mr. Heddleson, located in an obscure alley, not far distant, was broken open, and the coffin was taken in and placed on the floor. In the evening,an [rishman called on Alderman McKjnley. (acting for the coroner,) to hold an in queston tl boay of a woman, who hat died from cholera, The worthy magistrate repaired romptly to the chamber of death. and was led to the Rouse of Mr. Heddleson, ubove alluded to. Here he found the coffin on the fleor, and the husband of the deceased stretched alongside of it. He had his face turned towards it, and his arm thrown over the coffin, He was quite drunk. The alderman at this time was informed of the facts as above stated, and of course deemed it useless to hold an inquest. The physician’s certificate, however, was kept by the keeper of the ground. The haif drunken husband was raised to a partly upright position, and he stated that he was unable tohave the deceased buried, because he had no certificate from the priest, and had not money enongh to purchase one. All the money he had in the world was two dollars and a quarter, and the price of the priest's certificate was three dollars, The alderman, finding bis official service to be useless, re- turned, and left the unhappy party to their sad and melancholy fate —Phuladelphia Sun, July 13, Epitox oF tHe Hemato:— In answer to the inquiry of “Exxerno Cuounna,” I can remark that | have not heard of a case of death by cholera among telegraphers, at any of the offices. There is evidence on the lines of telegraph of the absence of atmorpheric electricity this season, in the few instances of derangement in the magnets of the instruments, A few duys since, the writer of this note was traversing one of the lines that diverge from this city, for a dis tance of 100 miles, and was frequently asked by the in- habitants along the line why they had so little light- ning this season, and wished to know if the wires pre- vented its existence in the atmosphere, ¢. City Intelligence. THE HOTTEST DAY FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS. Yesterday, the thermometer was the highest for the last ten years, It was up to 95° in this office, at three o'clock, axd in West street it was 105° at the same hour, Yet most people did not fecl more oppressed than onthe day before. It is@ remarkable fact that the hottcet day is not always the most intolerable, and that oftel hen the thermometer is many degrees lower, the air is more heavy and suffocating. Yester- day, especially in the evening, there was a considerable breeze. The register at Delatour’s, yesterday, wa: 6.4 M. 12 noon, oP.M. OP.M. 80 98 95 96 AWFUL TRAGEDY IN HOBOKEN. Last evening, about five o’clock, the neighbors in Gardiner street were excited beyond measure at an awful tragedy enacted in the village. It appears that a man named John Dunne, resided in that street, and that a clergyman had rooms in the same house over- head. For some reason or other known to himself, Mr. Dunne suspected, or rays he suspected, the fidelity ef his wife, and did not like some familiarities he wit- nested on the part of the clergyman. Last evening he was determined to watch them, and, as he alleges, found them in a situation which left no doubt on hi mind as to the criminality of the par The clei gyman fled through a window, which is Promumptive evidence of bis guilt. and the enraged husband, seizing fa clothes iron, as the first weapon he could lay his hands on, ripped the bowels of his wife open. The re- sult was. of courre, her death. He glories in the act, and raye he only regrets the hypocritical maworm of a clergyman was not slain by her side. ‘Tre PLacur Srovs or tHe Crey.—It is rather strange, but at the same time calculated to elicit the indigas. tion of every well-minded person, to see that those who and who are therefore invested with the means and power ‘adequate for the accomplishment of that object, Jo not sufielently enforce their authority, or, through sheer indolence, neglect the iuspection of the different Icculities of the elty that prove so dangerous to the health of the public. Such @ time as the present, when we are witnessing the daily increase of the fatali- ty of the cholera, should, to way the least of it, awaken in them the great responsibility of the station hong Sy cupy But it seems all is in vain; they appear to be as negligent, as callous to the suffering citizens ke ever, There are localities which urgently demand special inspection, such as the up-town bone-boiling establishment, and the starch manufactory, where heaps of nuirances have been and are daily piled up, bat which the magistrates seem to take no cognizance at all, not even when repeatedly informed ‘and called upon to adopt such measures as to make # termination of this diastrous plague of the city. What | is the ——— of all this? In the above mentioned | places the cholera ix ging ata fearful rate, the ave- } Tage mortality being from four to seven deaths daily in | every building in that neighborhood. Cannot this alarming reality, which is entirely attributable to their | negligence, arouse the magistrates to an active sense of | their duty? This guilty and offensive conduct has | already provoked the indi ion of the citizens; there | are meetings now being held for the purpose of de- | ‘ting on this subject, and if the Sanitary Committeo does not, with promptitude, adopt such measures as will at once put « final stop to these general grievances, it is apprehended something serious will grow out of it. ‘We are glad to perceive that our articles on the filth of the streets bave roused the citizens in at least one locality, to give expression to their sentiments. Last evening. at fi clock, a meeting was held in ] i disease now raging in the city, particularly in the lower part of the Lith ward, and upper part of the 16th ward, The following preamble and resolutions were adopted. — Where the citizens of the lower part of the d of & part of the Sixteenth ward, a uffering for some time past from ® va- this community, | ly increaring the deend: | ly now raging, laughter houses, bone | boiling. starch. and other factories, which emi®a stench which we bel facilitates the disense ; is | large quantity of hogs, many of w also, hich ba * ned to the city inapector, ain the lrast attention to these com- ow, as citizens, feel ourselves called upon known these facts, and adopt such measures | inion, shall be calculated to remove the | ined of. t. That the nuisances of which we com- pparent, from the great mortality now per- | t as, in our | bited in the production of the owners of the Empire this lorality solved, That In the opinion of this meeting, the neglect of the City Inspector to examine into and mor the nuiranees complained of, has increased the m tality, and made it necessary for the resi ward to take such measures as they thi the ditense | ‘ed, That in the opinion of this meeting, those cen complained of should be speedily removed, | and we request our Ald to take such steps as L necom plisb these resulta ved, That, in our opinion, an hospital should be hed in this vielnity, where the sick can be pro- perly attended to. Kesoly |, That a committee ot fourteen be appointed tary Committee, and request them hoepital fotima- Accipant —Mre. Fox, of No. reley street. warteverely burned on T yinight, about half-past 8 o clock, cocusioned by the bursting of a «pirit-ls ‘The fire was extinguished by officer Cargill, assisted by rome citizen Fousp.— Vesterday « ease of goods was found in front of the bonded warehouse, corner of Broadway and Ex- change place, marked 407 T. and F. £. Steamer Wash- ington Coronsn Rony Founo.—Vesterday, as rome boys from South ing ail boat, near the great om near to the Hamilton could not be ascertained. ‘The bedy was subs jy removed, an inquest heid, and « verdiet retur accordance with the facts ‘The newly installed Collector of this port, Hugh Maxwell beq, bas been obliged to post notices at t ait entrances to uetom House, inforte! t They towed avenue Ferry. pli tor ¢ ‘ notice will be given when their service required ‘The attention of the Sanitary Committee ought to be given to the mode of cleaning the sewers. In Liberty street, abowe Greenwich, two men have been eenged for three daye in hauling filth out of the sewer, and are etill ed thereat, and the dirt, to tl smount of three or font eartlonda, is left in the street, rendering the atmoephere of the surrounding neigh- borbeod really offensive and poleonous, If some poor, Jant rervaot were to throw a little garbage in the 1, she would be fined, if mot imprisoned, for the of- D. Rolling, eq , of this city, is constrncting at Hoboken. a yacht of about 170 tons, of a truly beauti- ful medel. fn which he intends to proceed to Osli« fornia; which ie there to be employed only asa pas senger verse The Britich mail steamers from Jerrey City would at benefit on the mereantile community, ture changed to 3 o'clock ’. M.. he Southern mail, on the day of « nbout two hours etter their departure, Wrene ane tie Porson? ~The example set in Balti- more. of clearing owt some hundreds of prostitutes, ought (ote fillowed by the elty of New Vork. This city hae broome the receptacle of thousands of women C1 bad charseter from atl parte of the United States thry fil the pteete atter dark, and laugh at the thon satd pollecmen: they beast influence im higher qaar. tere end bolily pat oll law and deeeney at defiance, ‘The reenes whieh nightly take place in the Pith and ar are dugracefal ja the highe-t degree eee avetig polkas nn sidewalks. aad ney the hotebt if this ix tet thes mep go through Broome aad Mer. | contempt of court. — | November, 1848, the sloop left Philadeiphia, with « cer streets, and they will see for themselves. The in- habitants complain that their families are annoyed and their ty depreciated, in consequence of the ne- ‘leet of the police: Shee Somat py tion. and must ave it, respectable mechanics now propose a meeting, to take the subject under consideration. the poliee are indisposed to do their duty, there are hundreds of residents ready to demand and receive the appointment of special emselves. The nuisance has got to be beyond all en- cena, and can no longer be tolerated in a Christiait Entertainment ou Board the Steamship Empire City, The owners of this beautiful steamship gave a handsome entertainment, on board, at her berth, pier No. 2 North River, yesterday afternoon. There wes a large number of invited guests on board, who, after viewing the cabins, saloons, state rooms, engines, &c., sat down to dinner at about half past six o’clock. The tables were spread in a handsome manner, and prepared for the reception and entertainment of about two hundred guests. There was present quite a number of the officers of the city government, with Gen. Norris, of the Panama railroad surveymg expedition; Messrs. Morgan & Howard, the owners and agents of the steamers Empire City and Crescent City; and nu- merous merchants and scientifle men, with a due proportion of the members of the New York press. The tables—of which there were two, each ex- tending through the entire length of the spacious dining saloon of the steamer—were handsomely decorated with bouquets and other ornaments, and otherwige set out in a style which reflected credit on the embers of the department under whose charge they were. A good band of music was in attendance, and, by way of extra enlivenment, be- fore the duties of the table commenced, they played a number of appropriate airs, in good style and with excellent effect. At length the guests were seated, and the dinner was commenced; and, notwithstanding the warm weather, the in- ducements were of such a character, that every one present found an excellent appetite. The dishes—from soup to the dessert—were unexceptionable, having been prepared by a master cook of the French school, After ample justice had been done to the viands of the board, the substantials were removed, and an address di- rect made to the sparkling fluids, with which the guests had been for some time coquetting. A gentle rap, from Captain Wilson, at the head of one of the tables, was followed by an succes- sion of noises which may be represented as follows :— jceman, and who will redress “Pop, Pop pop—P, P; op, POP, POP, pop—Phiz, phi rgle, gurgle, gurgle.”” Capt. —Are you all full, gentlemen, for the first toast ? Voter—All full ; all full. ‘Then, said the Captain, | will give you “ The health of Gen L. Norris.”’ To this toast Gen. Norris onded, in; handsome terms. He said, the man who attempts to ameliorate the diffleulties of his fellow men, is deserving of our credit and thanks. We see here, to-day, the fait ac- compli. After other remarks complimentary’ to the enterprise and energy with which the projeet of build- ing sea steamers had been carried out, by the owners of the Fmpire City, Gen. N. gave “ The health of Mr. Charles Morgan.”’ This toast was followed by music, “The health of Capt. Wilson,” was then drank, and, in rerponse, the — gave “Health, prosperity and happiness to the Messrs. Howard.” ‘And then, were given, successively : © The health of Mr. Brown, the builder of the ship.” Ro Mr. Brown—“Saccess to the owners of the Empire City.” vy Mr. Howarn—“W. H. Aspinwall.” This toast was accompanied with remarks complimentary to Mr. A, for bis enterprise in connecting the two great oceans, the Atlantic and Pacific, By Capt. Wicsox—“Mr, Edward Mills, our pioneer in ccean steam navigation.”? Mr. Mitis returned thanks, and gave in return— “The Empire City and her noble Commander.”” ‘Capt. Witsow arose, replied in @ few sensible and appropriate remarks, and concluded by giving the health of Charles Morgan, Esq., and subsequently, the Mayor and Common Council of New York. Although at the begiuning of the repast, there were anumber of the city fathers present, when this last toast was given, there was “not one left to tell the tule”? of their aldermanic gratitude, for the compli- ment thus expressed by their gentlemanly host, Mr. Moncan here arose, and gave “ ‘The health of Mr. Archer Guion, the constructor of the engine of the EmpireCity.”’ And, in connection with this sentiment, Mr. Morgan aid the owners of the ship had procured, for the purpose of presentation to Mr. Guion, a silver pitcher; he here produced a beautiful pitcher, hand- somely wrought in silver, ornamented aud ngrayed in the best style. Upon one side it bore the followii ineeription :—"“ Presented to Archer Guion, by the owners of the steamship Empire City, as a testimoni: of their confidence in him as an Engineer, and for t faithful performance of his duties. in superintending the building of the engine of the said steamship. New York, July 15, 1849." Music aud cheers followed this presentation. Mr. Gvion replied to the sentiment and presentation briefly and appropriately. Mr. Jonw Fowrsn, ir, hére arose, and, on behalf of | the city authorities, replied forthem to the toast which had been drunk some time previously. Mr. Fowler | ‘was not willing that the occasion should pasy without one word being raid in reply to the handsome compli- ment paid, in said toast. to the municipal authorities, His remarks were general, but happy, and «poken as a citizen of New York, and not in any eficial capacity. Next came— ‘he health of lraae Newton.’ sie" Auld Langeyne.” he Merchants of the City of New York.” Music—* Bowld Sodger Boy.” By Gen, Nownis— “The health of Col Hughes, of the Panama Survey- ing Expedition.” “ The Press of the City of New York.” by Member of the Press— “rhe Empire City—an emanation of the empire of mind; may she prove to be the empress of the ocean.” Another— © Science, Capital, and Enterprise— this trio, as exhi- given to us @ queen of the seas.”’ City. bi , dies,” “The penters. and Mr Stevenson, the upholaterer, were highly complimented for their part in the produc- tion of this «plendid steamer. ‘Then followed tongs, Ke, ke; and the company broke up at an early hour Brooklyn City Intelligence, Inquret.—In the absence of the Corom Dr. colored man, whore name is unl im the water at the Atlantic Doe rendered a verdict that the deceased cam h by drowning Sone mm named Edward Well, was | yesterdi with this complaint, and ‘on the sidewalk e in Washington street 1 the railing of Dr Jobneon’ reh as con 4 t by the on Dr. Goodrich, where e was paid him, and he is now likely to recover, Costemer or Covrt.—A man named Patrick MeCor- mick, an escaped convict from the Penitentiary. was fined $25. and in default thereof, committed to jail, for United States District Court, Betore Judge Bette. Twibel, Waiter and Chas. Kelsey os. The Sicom Tug Keystone, her Tockle, &e The libel in this caur filed to recover damages lisken between the steam tng and the sloop Thomas Lyneb; the libellants stated that the libellant. G. Twibel, wae owner of the sloop, and the libellants, Walter and Charles Kelaey, owners of the cargo. That the Teh of | Jose 13.—G) | cargo of coals, to be delivered in Brooklyn, and pro- | ceeded on her voyage without any accident, until the ing of the Lith, when, coming up the bay. and ding in towards Staten Island, on the larboard tack, | as far as the could with safety, she then put about, | and bad filled on the starboard tack, when the steam- | oat, having even barges laden with coals in tow, bound to New York. hailed the sloop and came down | on her, one of the striking her about midships, cutting her down to the water s edge, causing her to fil and sink in about ten minutes—the cargo and all on board. except the crew, being totally lost. Frazer and Aspinwall, of Philadelphia, the owners of the steam tug, intervened, and in their answer to the libel, stated that just as the sloop bad passed the steam tug in safety, ‘and when she was only about 200 feet ahead, and 106 feet to leeward. and being a considerable distance off Staten Iriat ler no necessity of tacking, | | and but arhort distance frem the Keystone, she sud. | | made by the Consul and by the joint force of wind upon the Keystone go rapidly that it was impossible to escape before the sloop came in contact with the bow of the larboard barge, which caused the accident. It. ie = at the time, and the sloop had no light. Ad- | journed, in Chambers. Before Judge Betts, Jury 13 —Important Decision.—In_ the matter of the crew of the Bremen ship Dorothea.—A requisition was Bremen, under the Hanseatic treaty, to Judge Botte, for aid of United States process, to arrest and detain 11, Bartolo, 8. Borg, F. Peterson, | and four others, as deserters from the above ship in thie port. The men were brought into court by the Marshal. and the U. 8. District Attorney moved they be committed. Counsel for the prisoners proposed to prove that two of the men were Danes, and that one other was discharged by the master; and contended that the Danes were not bound to serve on board the verrel, Denmark and the German confederation being at war Judge Betts decided, that under the treaty stipulation. no question was open to consideration fore him, other than whether these men are the in duals named in the ship's roll, and whether they are citizens of the United States. The tribunals of this country bave no conigzance of the contract, to deter. mine whether it be valid by the local law where the fhip belongs. or by the law of nations, The object of the convention, is to buve matters affecting the liabili- tiee or rights of the senmen fp, rerpect to the shipping contract. adjusted an@ determined by the courts of the country where the @hip belongs. (No proof being given that the captain had discharged any one of the crew in thie port, it ie ordered that the men be ev mitted. purevant to the provisions of the t acts of Congress in that bebalf, | brig Arabian, for Califor TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE, Appointment by the President. Wasnixaron, July 13—P. M. Louis Baker has been appointed Consul for Laguira, vice John B, Adams, recall: Hiots at Quebec. Monravat, July 13—A. M. A series of riots occurred at Quebec yesterday, on ac- count of the treatment bestowed upon the cholera pa~ tients in the hospitals there, in the eourse of which several of the hospitals were entirely destroyed. In this city, and at St, Catharine's, (C, W.) nothing has occurred, save the usual 12th of July rows, Montreal continues quite healthy, Later from Havana, Batrimoxe, July 13—8 P, M. ‘The steamship Isabel, with later advices from Havana, arrived at Charleston on Wednesday, the 11th inst, The demand for sugar, at Havana, was active, an@ quotations had improved. Lard had also advanced, Exchange on New York and Boston was at par to 3¢ per cent premium, There was no miscellaneous news of interest when the Isabella left. Late from Cape Haytt, Bosvon, July 13—P. M. By the brig Leander, from Cape Hayti, arrived this af- ternoon, we are put in possession of advices from that place to the 28th ult, at which time every thing was tranquil. Produce was coming in but slowly, the coffee crop being almost at an ond. A new edition of the monopoly law has just been pub- lished, by which the government had raised the price of coffee to the merchants from $27 to $20 per 100 Ibs. and cotton from $28 to $30 per 100 Ibs; without making any alteration in the tariff fixing the prices for the sale of the monopolized articles of foreign merchandise. ‘The trade of the islahd is nearly paralyzed, owing to the vexatious restrictions imposed on it by the govern- ment. John L, Wilson, Eeq., U. 8. Consul, and family, came passengers in the Leander. From Gonalves—Steamer Penobscot, &e. Bosron, July 13, 1849. The schooner Barbadoes, from Gonaives, whence she sailed on the Ist inst , arrived here this afternoon, but furnishes no later intelligence than that brought by the brig Leander from Cape Haytien. The steamer Penobscot, which has been running from this city to Bangor, has been purchased in New York, and will leave here to-morrow to run between that city and Philadelphia. ‘The thermometer in this city, at 2 P. M. to-day, was at 101. Fire at Cincinnatt, Cusoinsars, July 13, 1849. This morning, about 10 o'clock, flames were disco- vered issuing from the engine and pattern shop of Messrs. Preston & Wagner, and before they could be subdued, the whole was entirely destroyed. The shop and patterns belonged to Capt. Shirley. There was no insurance. While the fire was raging, two brick buildings in the immediate vicinity caught fire, and beth were also consumed, Markets, Burrato, July 13—6P. M. Receipts within the past 24 hours: Flour 1,600 bbls; wheat 9,000 bus; corn 10,009 bus. The market for flour {8 dull and unsettled, in consequence of the Niagara’s news, which reached here early this morning by tele- graph. The advices being considered favorable by held- ers,an advance was demanded, which buyers refused togive. The only rate reported was 500 bbls. Indiana, on private terms. Wheat is firmer, with sales of 3,000 bushels prime Ohio at 90 ets. The news unsettled corn, and no sales of importance transpired. Oats are dull and lower. Ohio whiskey is quoted at 21 cts. The freight market is unchanged. Boston, July 13-6 P. M. Cotton—The news by the Niagara has advaneed the rates of cotton \ ct. per Ib, and sales of 260 bales have been made to-day at that advance. Corn is firm, at 59 ets, for white, and 62 ets. for yellow. Flour—We have no sales to notice Sugar — Sales of 150 hhds. Cuba are noted at 8%, short price. Molasses—405 hhds, Cuba sour have been sold at 184, 6 mos; and 300 hhds. sweet at 20 cts, 6 months, Gunny Bags—50,000 brought 103¢ ots. and some others 103¢ cts. 6 mos., and a further ad~ vance is expected. Gunny Cloth—173 cts. cash, has been offered and refused. Hemp—The Manilla hemp, per Strabo, arrived this morning, is held at 12 cts, 6 mos, Lard—At auction, 350 bbls, No. 1 leaf lard sold at 6X a 694 cts. cash. Shipping In East Tuomastem, July 8, 1849, Arrived—Seh r Betsey Pieree, ——. Cleared—Brigs Buena Vista, and Patriek Henry, NOrleans. Thomaston, July 2, 1849, Arrived—Ships John Holland, Havre; 4th, Leopold, Liver- pool. Ponriane, July 12, 1849, 1, Cardenas. na. Baxoon, July 11, 1849, }—Sehr Gazelle, NYork. Arrived—BPrig Rebert Pe Cleared—Bark Ranger, Artiy: Betyasr, July 7, 1849. Arrived--Sehr Tippecanoe, NYork. Boston, July 13, 1849. Arrived--Barke Strabo, Whampoa; Lucerne, Philadelphiat Suffolk, Philadelphia; New England, and Chappelle, Rond- outy Wm H Marler, Richmond: Isaae Achorn, NYerk; Au- gusta, Albany; Hannah & Abigail, Philadelphia; Rath ‘Thomas, Rondout; sloop Georgians, Albany. Bark Carolis a“ California: barks A G Hill, for NYork, next day; Rosina, from NYork, artist; Agnes, from do, disg; Abby Baker, diag; ; tehre Friendship, do; Williman~ so bark DS Goodell, wte. Cld May Ist ule. Saw going into Rio « bright sided Am bark, supposed for California Paaeed on 4th, Cape Frio NE by N 90 miles, bark St Andrew" from Rie Janeiro for NYork. 9h inst, Int 38.9, lon 65, saw of Bath, from Havana for Cowes, laytion, 28th ult. Left brig Silenue, . Spoke brig Joseph Bryant, from Bangor for iat 32, lon 11S. bark Prineotos Schr Barbadoes, Gonaives, Tet inet. Boston, 15 day Lett brig Jame A Perey, f Louisiana, Jncmel, 1th alt, Mth alt, ship Abegua, for New No Am vessels in port 24 inet. Sauem, Joly 12,1849, Arrived—Schre Pilprim, Georgetown, DC; Globe, N York. Tavmron. Jaly 9, 1840. ladelphia. h & Jane, NY ork. New Beovonp, Joly 12, 1840. Arrived—Drig Wim P Cassily, to ft for a trading voyage in the Pacite; schre €.roline, Hall, Philadelphia; Adelaide Albany. Orleans. Arrive)—Sebr Bi BSailed, Mth Seb Nerowser, July 12, 1849, Arrived—Schr Dresden, Philade ther, The mercury at Boston, on the 12th inst. “at noon, stood at 92>. At Philadelphia, at 3P. Me ofthe same doy, at 97°; and at Hartiord, Conn. “the ii Whig, of a ¢ Kingston (Ca ) 3 Of the Oh inst., says of the wenther:—There has no run fallen’ iar near Kingston for fully a month, (save one shower on Sunday, 24th June.) and the couniry really suffers from draught so much, that the most alarm- ing apprehensions are entertained. With the ex- ception of tall wheat, every kind of crop looks wretchedly, and unless rain falis soon, the hopes of the hushandin in this section of the country, where fall wheat is not wmversally sown, will be blasted. The hay in low meadows will be ‘ on bigh lands will be next to nothing. It is whoily impossible to conceive the difference in the appearance of the country, at the time we write, and amonth ago. Then everything was promis- ing. and now everything is parched u he Boston Traveller, of the 12h inst., says :— ‘The weather in this city has again become exces- sively hot, and rain is much needed to cool the at mosphere, and «ko to give a fresh start to the growing vegetation. We learn from the interior of New Hampehire, that little or no rain has fallen tince the first of June, and the growiag crops have suflered materially im consequ . Unless cop- ous showere are soon d, the crops wilk be almost entirely ruined. The mercury st 942 at Detroit, on the 10th inst. At Lowell, (Miss) om the Hit inst , at 962 At Chicego, (1! ) on the Oth inet, at 92>. Supreme Court—General Term Prevent, sastiers ee. Hurlbat and Edwards Jory 18 —Che arcumentin the caw ot Hame re. well was coned i this morning after whieh No, 87, Smith. implended Ke, ee. Taliman «as taken ap, the argument of which was continued wutil the oourk adjcurned, 2 Supreme Court, Present Justices 4 Hurlbut ant flwards, as cecupied in hearing mom theentive diy f which were or any impors tar After which it was adjourned to che ih Friday of this moth.