The New York Herald Newspaper, July 24, 1849, Page 2

NEW YORK HERALD. | Berthwest corner of Fulton and Nassau sta manne JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR. THE DAILY HERALD— Three editions, 2 cents per co v ‘annum, The Firet Edition is published at th Seleck, 4 Mand distributed besore breakfasts the sond can be obtained of the newsboys at one o'clock, P. Pf. published every Suiterday, at Uy cents per Soph. | or $3 per ounum; for circulation in Europe priated tn | Brench and Eng: tha conts per copy, or per an~ eum—t r tude the postage. | TEE LETTERS i, for subscriptions. or with ad | ertisemienta tobe post-pe or the postave till be deducted | JECT ENTIRY. 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Pi reat MUSEUM, 59 Brosdway.—From9 A.M. t010 ‘Lous Montes WULD OF THE New York, Tuesday, July 24, 1849, The President and his Cabinet. The mule is the best abused personage in this breathing world. Le has an inheritance of ca- lumny, which of nght belongs to your mere poli- | tician of modern days. Where, in the whole range ef natural history, can you find a better represen- tative, a more successful impersonation of obsti- nate stupidity, than is presented in a mere politieal | partisan? Just look at the state of things at Wash- | ington at this very moment, and be convinced of | the truth of the opinion which we have just now | pronounced. | An innocent man, not familiar with the charac- terand caliber of party politicians, would reason- | ably suppose that nobody could be obstinately | blind te the cirenmstances under which General ! ‘Taylor came to the Presidency, or to the lesson | which a study of those circumstances naturally conveyed. The election of General Taylor was | no party triumph. It was no political triumph. | That distinguished man was not the candidate of | aparty. He was not the representative or accre- dited and chosen exponent of any set of political principles. He frankly avowed his want of familiar- ity with the questions whieh formed the ground of party conflicts in this country. His pledges were not political pledges. He made no political promises, He was, in fact, chosen by the people, on accoun, of certain great and ennobliug moral qualities. His election was the result of the spontaneous evolu- tion of a powerful moral sentiment throughout the country, operating in his favor. His election to the Presidency was a moral triumph. It was a triumph over the old party organizations, aided and assisted, it is true, by them, but yet originating in influences and agencies far beyond their con- trol. Was notall this pregnant with instruction? ‘Was there not to be read, in these events, an im- portant lesson? Who but mulch politicians failed to read that lesson? But, now, let ussee how they improved it. Within the last few weeks, ithas been quite ap- parent that a grea! change has taken place im many quarters, in the impressions entertained of the pre- sent administration. An idea that the President has given too much power to his cabinet, and tacitly permitted them to aceomplish their owa purposes, begins to prevail. Now, no doubt it was quite @ matter of neceesity that a great deal of discretionary power should have beea reposed in the hands of the cabinet. Probably the action of General Taylor in this respect has differed very little from that pursaed by every President who came inte office, ‘without | friends to reward or enetmes to punish.” Yet, | with all the purity of conduct attributed to the Pre: | sident, and an honest and genuine disposition to | be guided by strict rectitude in the administra- | tion of the government, a large portion of the peo- | ple, and a considerable portion of the press of both parties, seem to have lost respect for his character and station. At this early period of his adminis- | tration, we see the journals at Washiagton, and , their echoes throughout the country, pursuing oa | one side a course of malignant and violent vita- peration, and on the other, a course of extrava- | gant and absurd eulogium, which betokens any- thing but a prosperous career for the President, | under the present cabinet arrangements. Already | you hear, on all sides, among the political cliques, | denunciations of General Taylor as “a liar,” “a dolt,” “an iguoramus,” “a faithless and unprinci- pled man.” These accusations, circulated all over | the country, are not without their effect. In the meantime, the mules at Washington fully main- tain the family character Whence springs this strange revolution in public | sentiment and public feeling! We are very strong. | ly inclined to suspect that the present cabinet have | been more intent upon effecting their owa indivi- deal aime—that, true to the instincts of that class | to which they belong, they have beea more de- | sirous of building up sectional parties, and reward- | ing the services or replenishing the stomachs of , their own political and personal triends, than of | advancing the reputation of General Taylor's ad- | ministration and the public interest. It would | appear that they have regarded the Presidentas fair geme—as a tremendous god-seud—as a miraculous draught in the poliveal net, predestined for thejr | special benefit. They seem to have estimated this brave, shrewd, energetic, thoughtful old man, | as if he were akin to that jolly, good-natured, silly, humbugged monarch, who has been immortalized | in cong — ] “ Old King Cole, war a merry old soul, | his glass, | an, Whose skirts are clear of politi- ruption, is a mystery to your mere politician. He finds them out soon, but remains himself a mystery to them forever. How this coatemplative business is to turn out in the present instance, re- mains as yet to be seen. But one object nily actoates the cabinet in ! geoerel, and thet provide for their friends, | ‘The department of the Secretary of State has been | managed with rome degr But the egregious blun f jeopardy. | of this religious publishing house. the Harpers have been built up. | be a very curions thing if we could ascertain by clairvoyance, or some other equally successful mode of philosophical investigation, the particular | novels of Bulwer to which the cause of Methodism and merals in the United States have been most publishing books im this the true character of the President, or the tru: character of his position. The purity, patriotism, integrity, and firmaess of the old hero at the head of the governinent are just the same that they ever were. But his administration is se- riously assailed. His success has been pat in From the causes to which we thus alluded, public confidence begins to falter. With the prospect now before us, no one can hepe for | a majority in Congress in favor of the present cabinet. That is quite certain. What is to be done t The hero of the field of Baena Vista must come up to the point at once. Ie must, himself, comprehend the real nature of his position. THe is not a party President, but he has been used as if he were a party President. The only satety for the President 13, to relieve himself from the embarrassments and difficulties into which he has been precipitated, by men who have placed him in a false position, and made him appear to have violated his own frank, voluntary and so- len pledges. He must be himself the President. He cannot be ignorant of the proper mode of free- ing himself from the danger of a false position; and who can doubt his nerve to use the ap- propriate means at the appropriate time ? knew how to manage Mexicans—he also knows how to manage mules. He Currosirizs or Mopern LrreraturE—Tue Boor Trape or Tue Unirep Srarrs.—The book trade of the United States is a very curious study, with a great deal of philosophy and fun, diversity and dirt. It embraces within its peculiar precincts many strange characters, and a vast amount of talent, imposture, genius, folly, prety, humbug, and ras- cality. All sorts ot laborers, native and imported, live or starve by this trade. You have authors and publishers, poetasters and plagiarists, saints and scribblers, printers and pedlers, blackguards and gentlemen, all hanging on to the skirts of the car- rent literature of the day. Some starve, others steal. Some go to church, others go to the devil. Some live in palaces, others rot in lanes and alleys. Some, while they live, are held up as models of honesty and virtue—and, when they die, over their sainted remains costly monuments are erected, which transmit to afl future generations the skill of some illustrious stonecutter ; others are kicked and cuffed in life’s journey, from oyster cellar to oyster cellar, and at Jast add another handful of dust to the Potter’s Field. But itis not our purpose to enter into any de- scription of the personned of the book trade of the United States. That belongsto hired biographers, the Methodist and other churches, and the records of the police. It is of the morale of the trade that we would now speak. We design to examine, briefly, the mode aad manner in which the busi- ness of publishmg books is conducted ; the infla- ences thus exerted upon the public mind and the public morals; the efiect produced upon the na- tional literature ; and the duty which devolves upon the daily journalism of the country, in connec- tion with this department of human civilization and human progress. ‘There are, at present, in the city of New York, several publishing housea which have grown into some importance within the last few years, and hey afierd very excellent means of illustrating thia interesting subject. We have, emong others, the publishing house of the Harpers—the “Brothers Harper.” These are worthy men, excellent citi- zens, and upright in all their business dealings. They are, we believe, eminent props and pillars of the Methodist Episcopal clurch—one of the most pious and influential ecclesiastical organizations with which this favored land is blessed. Yet we do not think that the system adopted by these meritorious patrons of modern literature has been the one best caleulated, so far as they have been concerned, either to make American writers cor- pulent and comfortable, or American morals sound and sweet. Itis quite notorious that this publish- ‘ng house has inundated this country with cheap re- prints of the trashy novels and demeralizing works of fiction, which have been published in Europe withia the lust fifteen or twenty years, for the special bene- fit of sentimental mulliners, worn out roués, board- ing school mites, chambermaids, and the cireu- lating libraries of the fashionable watering places. We have thus seen this pious house sending forth, with amezing fecundity, year after year, an im- | mense brood of licentiousness, folly, vice and cor- ruption; and yet, with the exception of this journal —this wicked, depraved, incorrigibly reprobate journal, the New York Herald—not a single preas of the United States, so faras we know, has ever at any time, during the disseminatigg of this cor- | rupting literature amongst us, ventared to utter a word of reproof or condemnation of the conduct It has been chiefly out of the large profits accruing from the re-publication of the licentious novels of Bulwer, Sue. and others of that school, that the fortunes of It would signally indebted, through the instrumentality of the benevolent brothers and pious priaters of Cliff street. Other houses engaged in the same business of ty, have also exhibited interesting peculiarities, or peceadilloes. Thas, we have hed a number of school books and editions of the claesce, palmed off upon the public as the original preductions of some world-renowned “professor” in the backwoods of the beautifal ‘Weert, and said to have beea procured, like the last baboon at Barnam’s, “at an ensrmoas ex- pense,” while, ia fact, the works are merely a re- print of some old European books, and staffed full of typographical blunders at that! Thus the Atierican publie—a public which is pre-eminently characterised by a disposition to acquire know- ledge, and patronise ail literary efforts and literary enterprises—has been grossly imposed upon; and, at the same time, deserving men, fully capable of performing such literary labor with credit and snecees, have been deprived of the means of em- ploying their talents in that direction. So, too, with works of science, in all its departments. In- stead of employing American authors, these pub- lishers have issued their * cheap and nasty” edi- tions of foreign works, selecting them with the judgment of the counting-room, rather than that of the cloeet. In the lighter departments of literature, the same policy has been pursued —the mean, paltry, avaricious policy of the mere of ability and dignity. | shopman or pedler. The cheapness of the mi- ' the preseat head of | nuseript has been the cardinal recommendation the Post Office Depaitinent have properly provoked | of the original work, iesued by our publishers. In the scorn and indignation of the intelligence of the | some cases that we could name, books of real me- country. Nor has the Department of the Interior been ina much better predicament. The Navy about the Franklin expedition, which was ordered one day, and countermanded the next Indeed, the only department conducted with partment, which, it is not unreasonable to coa. i jecture, has been owing to the influence of the President himself. In its financial details, ex- clusive of the removals and appointments, which | belong to the general policy of the cabinet, the | treasury department has not been without credit- able features, during the present régime. Vat who is so blind, as not to perceive ground for the wus picion that, on the part of some of its members, a wish to re-model the whig yy of others, to construct a new ing, to be cailed | «* the republican party ;" and on that of others, to wherever they ean pitch it, and in which they could make the moet of a samner | excursion in search of political plunder, has, afver | all, been the prevailing motive with the cabinet ? Now, what isto be done in this dilemmit It ie clear that the present cabinet do not comprehend ty ; oa the part | authors, end the whole book-trade, to the rit, that have sold well, and realised a handsome sum to the publisher, Department has a nominal head, and the best proof | ay of its efficiency 1 preseated ia the blunder made | 5) ve not brought the poor or asingle sous, Again, the readers” em- yed by these publishing houses are such g+- hiuses! One of these wiseacres advised a pub- lisher in thie city te have nothing to do book which has run through many editions in a Year, and is one of the most popular works in the Englich language. Then, how everything that is issued by these publishers is puffed by the pertodieal preas! It 1s puff, pufl, potf—nothing bat puff. Every book is excellent, graad, splendid—ought to be in every library. In vain do you look tor hones Mie gent, just, discriminating criticiem of the carrent literature of the day in the neway pers of journals. ‘This must not be allowed to continue. We mean totake up the current literature of the day, and dissect it. We shail subject it, and publishers and atary test of an impartial judgment. Our treatment will be adapted to each case. Mild and benevolent, like solts and senna, when that course may be proper; terrible and searching ae Brandreth’s pills, wh» your ordinary remedies are owt of the question ~ Let us see who and what first to take in band. | time, returned from a spree of a | being seized , Aiecontin: Joun C. Gatuouy’s Apprees To THE Souruery Srates.—This celebrated document has beea be- fore the public for some days, and has been com- mented upon in various ways, by the newspaper prees, throughout the country. It would have been published a week sooner in the Herald, if the special arrangements which we made for rece a copy of it at anearly day, had not been knocked into pt by some blundering and mismanagement in the Post Office Department. But of this more anon. Many of the newspapers ssem to consider this address as the production of a great but erring mind, although all ,receive and treat it with re- spectful consideration. Others look upon it as the emanation of a powerful intellect; but few seem to consider or appreciate the consideration which the effect of such a production will have on the general temper of the Southern States, as regards future political movements, A great part of the address is taken up with personal remmiscences, elucidating the personal history and statesmanship of Mr. Calhoun, as well as the terrible scathing which he has given to Col. Benton; but the view that ought particularly to be taken of it is, that it 18 another step in the same direction as that marked out by the address which was promulgated by the Southern members at the last session of Congress, at Washington. It 1s another movement originat- | ing in the agitation commenced at the North, con- cerning the abolition of slavery—a movement which the South considers necessary, in the present condition of politics and parties, for the preservation of their own rigkts and insti- tutions against the crusade which has been en. tered into against them by the politicians of all parties, with the connivance and assistance of the fanatics of the North, in reference to African sla- very. This document will, without doubt, have a | great effect on the elections soon to take place in | the South and South-w: The result of all this crimination and recrimination will eventually be that the South will present an unbreken front— that it will unite as one party, in one movement, and for one purpose—that is, resistance to the North; and no one can tell what will come out of such an unusual and unhappy state of things as the array of the South against the North would produce. ‘Tne Case or Cavtain McCernren.—The preli- minary examination in this case is still going on. It appears that the Justice before whom the ex- amination is taking place, excluded, on some ac- count or other, the testumony of a Dr. MeCarron; but according to what rule of law or evidence, we do not know. We give it in the shape of a letter from DrfMcC., in another column. We wish this investigation were finished, so that we might disrmss the subject altogether. If the testimony introduced onthe defence is true, | the girls certainly are any thing but what the: should be; but perha ie better to reserve ad opinion until the whole ease shall have been coa- cluded. ‘Tue Waterine Piaces.—Great efforts have been made to draw people to the fashionable watering places ; but they have not been, as yet, very suc- cessful. But the places of resort in the neigbor- hood of this city attract a great many visiters. The hotel at Long Island is quite crowded. At ‘West Point, where Mr. Cozzens has his hotel, two hundred and fifty visiters sat down (0 d vner two | days ago ; and, almost every other » that estab- | lishment is crowded city. Other places in the immedia: ity of the city—Fort Hamilton, the retreat the Jersey and Long | Island shores—are also + uttended. Out West, along the lines of trav he hotels are doing a Poor, business, ca vudiy make both ends meet. But the present panic will subside, and the stream of travel and pleasure will flow’ in all the usual directions. The cholera is decreasing here, and, indeed, the tation has been mercifully | mild, Ta the fall, we have ao doubt ample amends | will be made for the dulness and distress at tao | watering places in the early part of the season. | its ¢ Tur Next Foreian News.—The Europa will | bring the next news from Europe. It will be due | early to-morrow morning. The Progress of the Cholera. 1M NEW YORK CITY. Mayor’s Orrici } jew Yous, July 23-12 M. "The Sanitary C of this city report 70 new eases, and 38 dvaths, of cholera, as having occurred dur- ing the last 24 hours. sUMMARY. Cases. Deaths, Disch’d. In Centre street Hospital....... 4 3 6 William street Hospital, 2 2 5 Thirteenth st. Hospital....... 12 10 o Stanton street Hospital. oe 7 5 1 Bellevue Hospjtal. a 1 0 Lunatic Asylum. - o ° 0 Colored Home. ... . 3 1 o In private practice. 4 16 ° Total... secceccerereree 1D 88 n Great as has been the disparity that hitherto ap- peared between the eholera reports of the Board of Health and those of the City Inspeetor, it is atill greater this week, the variation seeming to increase with the increase of deaths, It reached so high as 75 and 80 per cent in past returns, In the returns of th® last week it is 150 percent The following table will exbibit the difference between the two sets of returns, from the commencement of the epidemic, up to Satur- day last :-— Boann or Heautn. Crrv_Iwarncror. Week ending Deaths. Weekending June 2 +21 June 2. . Difference in the reports. ...... ++ ‘The largest number of interments in 18% 887, of which 716 wore by cholera. The population of the city now. however, is about double what it was then, The following is the average number of deaths pe day, for each week, from the boginning :— Week Daily reek, Daily Ending Average. Ending Average, June 2 see 41-7 June 30., 40 teed7 27 July 7. 16. 20 5-7 4. 23. 21 5-7 21 +4103 In referring again to the discrepancy between the number of deaths by cholera, reported by the Board of Health and reported by the City Inspector, whore returns alone oan be relied on, we may observe thet the number of deaths reported by him exceed. by seven, the entire number of casca: reported by the Board of Health, for the week. Jf we add other diseases of the bowels, having per- haps, in mapy instances, their origin in the cholera poison, though they never reach the collapse stage of Ubat disease till they terminate fatally, we shall have ‘the following result for the last week — Cholera ..... Cholera Morbus . Cholera Infantum . Diarrbo: Dysentery . oeeare Jnflammation of the Bowels. . . Total... ete enee soee css on 0009 Here, then, is ‘a total of 1,009" deaths by disouses of the bowels, lvaving only 400 deaths by all other dis- eases. This ought to make people be careful in avoid- ing every thing tending to disarrange the bowels, and when they are out of order, to look after them as son as possible, the great secret of success in these diseases being promptitude, ‘The following tabie will exhibit the number of deaths each day, from the firet of June till the 2lat of July, (Saturday last.) with the range of the thermometer at Delatour's, in Wall street, at three o'clock, the hottest hour of the day. The deaths are taken from the re- turns of the Board of Health, the City luspector not making daily returns :— Deaths, Thermom. 69 June following table, it will be seen that the City Intelligence, Farner Matnew.—The immense crowd of postulants who presented themselves yesterday, many of whom | were unavoidably dixappointed, has induced Father Mathew to decide on paying another visit to Ni | after his tour to Boston and Albany. He will thea | take @ large ballin some central loealliy, | administering the pledge datly for somo weeks. 1! | number who reeeived the pledge at hii | o'clock yesterday, umounted to nearly saregate of 19.000 for New York fand | starts for Loston by railroad to-day, hi | being xed for to-morrow, bf making ao Brooklyn. He public reception DENT To THe Wonersten.—The Knicker. boeker up yesterday, for the Worcester. and brought her dowa to New York. The Worcester is somewhat injured, | Fourn Dean —A man was found dead on tho corner | Of Broad end South street, terday morning, at o'clock, He was taken to the Int ward station hot and the coroner rent for, | Metasenour Occvnnence.—At 7 o'clock yestord: most lamentable cecurrene# took plac Hotel. Mr. Loomis Rath bu who hae been |. ing rather ® dis# Tur A ith aged Indy, rat w suddenly out of rai cut his throat, His mother | vent bim, and eut her wrest the razor from him 5 0 ceed; on the contrary, #he got ber own throat cut. Ha | inflicted a horrible weund on the side of her neck, and | would have proceeded further. but that one of the | Waiters rusbed upon him, knocking bim on the head, and then dragged him into his room, and tied hin down on bis bed. Medical aid was immediately called io, and the wounds ot both were dressed The wound of the old Indy is serious, the more «0 on account of her (eat age. and the shock givon to her nervous system. ‘one of the important vessels are cut, but the intega. mente are eut through to the windpipe, which could be | seen moving every time she . She bled pro. fusely. both exterpaliy and internally, Her life ts in & most precarious situation. She was a little better, | however, at 10 o'clock Inst evening—she felt more comfortable and could «wallow. The wound of the | Maniac f¥ not dangerous, though jt bled profusely foo. It is under the chin, The necessary afldavite having been to, he was sent yeuterday to the om | Lunatic Asylum, Blsekwell Island. | Brookiyn City Intelligence, j _Comsos Covren..—Present—Al Peet, Ward- , well, Hite Spies, Charch, axharst, Lambert, Boerum. OTe ‘bank, Redding and Leiferte. ‘The mii of the last regular meeting read and approved; as also of the mevting of the Lith July, on the oreasion of the reception of Father Mathew, aad the saning of the pledge by Alderman Church, as stated in ti at minutes, etitions, Comm: nications, ge. —From the proprietors of the American or Morrison line of stores, whiog 8 of some forty anite which have been Anden, editors of the Broeklyn Datly Advertiser, zie aud Stor, relative to estimates for the public E printing and adver Aidermay ved to lay it on the table for the ‘post of the Committes on Peiating prevent como then tt ition, which asks for the eatin wt eyetem of @ tion to grant the prayer of the petitioners Was amended by Alderman 8 Including the Brockiyn Daily Freeman. Lost aye: O wyes. ‘The same geuth ved to wubstitute the fre man for t bayer Th i vee ake ap the estimates, aod ndopted | bie quantity of motions and led ia the whole subjeet being dircusion was exsvedingly completely | whien that they eowid not t they wire voting, of tearcely whether they or demoe: After the of & moth to give the printing to all the papers, Alderman Macdowald moved a reconsh pr 'd of the cor Lition © line. rigne 1B deepal intent. and gave it fi ors of the Ameri: | divease ore fatal than it was in 1834, but not so fatal at in 1832 Dearie rxom CHOLERA, AC@oRDING TO THE INTERMENTS, 1832, 1834. 1siv. First week... 56 8 13 Becond week.... 836 63 ‘Third week. . 716 1 121 Fourth week io 193 Fifth week.... 383 149 152 Sixth week. . 281 197 286 Seventh week. . 98 ou Eighth week. 454 Ninth week 74 2261 ground an improve- within the last few days, no doubt owing te the | weather, and the return of electricity to the phere. Sap Cruo..ena Catasteorne.—The following is the sad history of the ravages of theebolera in one poor farutly in the Ewelfth James Roe had a wife aad four children 4.and 2. The husband and father died of eb on Friday evening. and the wife died on Saturday, and there the two bodies lay id in the houre, and one of the little girls sick with tho same disease, ha: and the neck of her dead mother! The police of the ward reported the facts to Justice Mountfort, who addressed a communication to the fen Governors to have the bodies bu \d the poor or- 4 ried phans removed to the Alms House, This is only one | sad account of many, WROOKLYN. im, July 22, 1849, been re; to 11 of which CHARLES 8. J. GOODRICH, Physician of the Board, Boarn or Heatrn, July 23, 1846, During the Inst 24 hours, there have been reported to thix office 20 eases of which proved fatal, vin, Pacide street; Michael Caaghli John Dowd, aged 7, aged 20, hip Great Britain lace; Oliver Walsh, aged eavighlin, aged 80; Mary MeL 27, Bond street. CUAS. J. GOODRICH, Physician to the Board. The following were the deaths by cholera, Inxt wook, according to the report of the Board of Heaith:— x Gases. Deaths. Bonday..... Monday. { bad 5 Toerday... +. 5 Weduerday. uu Thur day. ° Friday. sss "7 Batarday . v He eee ee eens 28 According to the City Inspector's report, the umber of denths for the past week bas been uausually heary. probably much greater than ever before. The ordinary is about 35, For the past week they ‘are 64, of whom 88 were males a 7 reported to have been by cholera, leaving £5 for ail other diseases. In the previous woek, the deaths by cholera wero 42. | IN OTHER PLACES. | D Lacolity. Date. Cases, — Deathe, ' Poughkeepele, N. ¥. July 12 to19 a2 13° “elumbus, Ohio, 8 - 2 Dayton, “ te 16 - ie Toledo * ao Montvi a a Eve =— 1 Lafay ot 26 10 Madiron, do . - 2 Maysville, K - 18 Lexington, do. . - T Jeflersom City, Mo. a we Quebee, © - ts N 1 1 6 1 - 3| , = 1| Lebanon, oown 10 2) The Danville, (Ky ) Tribune, of the 13th inet... anys: — Just a Our paper wae going to press, we heard thatthe — Kev HB Bascom, DD , Prestdent of the Transylvania University, died of cholera, in Lexington, oa Wednos day night lant, ‘The Covington, (ity) Jornal, of the 14th test aye We bave te ree The facts 4 body. Finally, on mediate neighbor. she Subsequently, tions of cholera to the ease | referred to the no doubt they were induced solely by the wrt! business of the Board. ant the eoasejaent | *he ai iver she took to her bed. erbater ‘Nog up on the question of the publi The St Louis (Mo. rinting, ed it impossible - | Reme days ei tof u ted proceedings. | in String Co d mote auxious to “spout™ thm 0 | he died etan tay wf their pablie duties Board ad. ter death iuto a barrel by the pa the firet Mom in rents, bes the bill, [t stopped Fvaith will be tn att . though the Board +f usual wear the dwelling of a ge who found it neces. | | Gesrge Matecll and James sary to to the feounty court to have the barreled body interred. The Court complied with the Those are most affectionate, most humane INCIDENTS OF THe CHOLERA. ‘The Gazette, of the 19th instant, seys:— A fe ja since, there eame to the Fourth street Hes- pital of six persons—husband and wife. two sons, aud two ‘ters. The ease wane a the mother {in the last stages of cholera. ve resi physician told the father and sons that the wife aod mother was dying, and could not be saved. She was, however, received, and, with the girls, eared for as well jure of the cireumstences would admit. The sick, but the father and sons deter- y an hem and the mother. | They were told tl could dothem no ; were iy wearied with’ hing; and, to preserve their health, ow! better go a = % aan one night's a4 they wi n the fullowing morning, early, they called and wera Iuf-rmed thatthe moter hed died, but the girls were getting better. ‘Thoy were shown into the room where the corpse was lying. The father (a middle-aged man) looked at s few moments, eululy folded his arms, and said—‘I have lived long enough in this world; 1 am ready to die.” Efforts were made tocheer him, but to no purpose, He walked back into the yard, paced through it @ short time, with his arms folded, and his eyes fixed on the ground; returned into the horpital, ard raid he was sick, ‘The physician fold bln be thotght not, urged him not t» give way to his feelings, aud wished him to walk out, He replied — “Lam sick, and must lie down.” He threw hunself upon # bed, bie fect and hands immediately began to eramp, time he was dead, Soon after, the father was attacked, tbe two boys sank down in the same way, and it was not long after his death before they were both in the spirit land, ‘The girls are convalesewnt. THE CHOLERA, COMPARED WITH THE YELLOW FEVER AS TO MORTALITY. In 1798. the yellow fever visited Philadelphia, when the population was abont 50.000; of these, 17.000 fled from the city, leaving but about 33000 inhabitants, ‘The office but Mr Matthew Carey estimated the real number of deaths by that disease at 5.000, ‘This {3 @ much larger proportion of deaths than has taken place, even at St. Louis or Cincinnati, by cholera. BY TELEGRAPH. Sr. Locis, July 21, 1849. ‘We are rejoiced in our ability to state that the pes- tilence is rapidly abating in this city. The whole number of interments on Friday was 66, of which 37 were victims of cholera, On Saturday the number of interments was only 84, of which 21 were deaths by cholera, ‘The total number of interments last week was 475— 300 of whieh were deaths by cholera, The Rev, Alexander Vancourt, of the Third Presby- terian Church, died of cholera on Sunday, and was | buried to-day, attended by I. O. of 0. F. ‘The weather is clear and cool. Cixerxnatt, July 23, 1849. ‘There were fifty-eight interments in this city yester- day, of which thirty-three were deaths by cholera. Bavrinony, July 23, 1849. ‘The cholera is decreasing at the Almshouse, and in the city. No cases are reported. Puinavecenta, July 23, 1849, ‘The Board of Health report the oceurrence of 30 new cases and 20 deaths of cholera during the twenty-four hours ending at noon to-day —being an increase of one case and eight deaths since yesterday. Burrato, July 23, 1849, There have been 03 eases and 40 deaths of cholera in this city during the forty-eight hours ending at noon to-day. Avnany, July 23, 1849. During the forty-eight hours ending at noon to-day, there were 22 cases and 5 deaths of cholera reported in this city. Corn Srxina, July 23, 1849, At Breakneck, near this place, 4 cases of cholera and 2 deaths are reported to have occurred since Sunday evening. © Bosron, July 23, 1849, ‘There have been no new cases nor deaths of chelera reported in this city to day. Common Counell, Boann or ALveRmes, July ‘his body met last ening at§ o’elock. The petition of the inhabitants | of Beveuth ward to have a fire hydrant ia Henry street, was referred to the Croton Board. The peti- tion of Hese Compan. paired, referred to the committee on fire departinent, ‘The petition of Hore Company No. 42, fur a lot Ninth avenue, in Thirtieth street, ref mittee on fire department. Kelly and others, fur m pump, to be placed in the vi- cinity of jNo. 20° Sheritt street, referred to, the com- mittee of repairs. Petition of James A. Brown, fur reiuneration for lors of horse, in con ee af the dock being out of repair at the foot of I'wenty-third street. to the committee ou wharves, tition of J. Schureman and others, praying the abate- ment of @ nuisance, by the filling up of @ block of ground, situated and bounded by Seventeenth and ighteenth strects. and aveaues A aud First, re- ferred to city | Ber and others, for a hydrant at the southeast corner | of Sixth avenue and Thirticth street, referred to the , Croton Board. The petition of Joun Zeiter and many | others, praying the abatement of an aggravated nui- | sauce, by the depositing of large quautities of offal, | manure, and garbage, ia the neighbourhood ef Avenue | A and Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets, referred to the City Inspector, Petition of the foreman of the severa: gangs of paviors in this city fer au increase of wages, Teterred to the committees on repairs. ‘The petition of Engine Company 15, that George Brad- | meyer, expelled from the fire department, may be con- jered a8 resigned, granted. fetiion of Daniel J. | Sherwood and others, for a sewer in fark place, frou | Broadway to Chareh street, and feom Church street | to Barclay, reterred to Croton Board. Petition of the Collector and Deputy Collectors of Assessments for alteration of ordinances, by fixing three per cent on all amounts to be raised, referred to Committees om Or- dipances Memorial to the Common Council to prohibit burials | in Stilwell’s burial ground, between First and Second avenues and First and Second streets quence of the Astor place riots, were presented: —A each, and $25 for printing, making @ total of $79 75, Ht $50 jo ‘ood for do., in attending L. Pierce, Bill of L. Pieres, for exten ex- conrequence of being wounded, $67 —making, vam of $241 26. following reports were submitted:— Report of mittee on Arts and Sciences, in favor of ereot- ing shelves in the new Library room,—Adop Report of the Finance ( Leonard, fur paywout of conte in suit brought by Frances Coaner. Adopted, Report of Committe oo Streets in favor of fenciag lots orth side of Seventee: ‘treet, from Sixth ith resolution and ordinance ther for ~ Adopt- t of Committee om Streets, in favor of pai ide through the north Lwelfth streot, between First and Chird ave- with resolution and thi > : i curd and gutier, with resolution ti and, without purging or vomitiog, in # short | I number of deaths by yellow fever was 4041; | No 26, to have their house re- j Pe- | ‘ctor. The petition of Joho H, Wag- , ‘The following bills, for expenses incurred in conse. | | Dill from the Sheriff for services of deputies, $9 to | ‘The following from £ Jones, tor do.— May loth, 1849 12 gallons brandy oe... eevee eee eee ee ee $38 00 1 box pilot bread, 6 Ibs) butter. mene). she + 22s » 150} Apes, ced. ‘mittee Ou. the petition of | Yerrel was | was half foll of water. | at that piace om the 14th wit, tn | nothing but their clothes, being without either pro- One Day Later from San Francisco. Boston, July 23, 1845. One or two letters from Sam Francisco, dated May’ 10th—one day later than our previous sdvices—have: been received here, via Mazatian, from whieh the fol- lowing items of intelligenee are gathered. The market of San Francisco was overstocked with many descriptions of goods, which were selling at low | rates. Many articles could be purchased at from 30 to | 50 per cent. discount on the invoices. Provisions and: clothing were abundant and cheap. The charges for lending goods and for storage were enormously high ; $3 to $4 per month for storage, and | $6 to $8 per ton for landing goods, ‘The anchorage was crow led with vessels, ani ethers were arriving daily. Some hundreds were expected > arrive by the month of August ; dozen or more from the Celestial Empire, were daily looked for. San Francisco was full of people, and it is stated to be not uncommon for twenty or thirty individuals to occupy one emall apartment. The tents about the town were also crowded to excess. Rooms, twenty feet square, let for $608 to $800 per annum, Building lots, which, two years ago, were worth only $200, have deem valued recently at $5).060. A large number of the inhabitants of San Franeciseo- were speculating extravagantly in land. New towns were being laid out in different spots around the Bay ; and building lots in wilderness sites, were selling at $1,500 to $2.000 each, Building materials, complete house frames, boats of good descriptions, and carts with everyth’ mplete, are in good demand and sell well. Lumber was worth $400 per thousand feet, and is scarce at that. The gold dust, this scason. had not been dug out very freely, owing to the swollen state of the streams; but no doubts are entertained that as much will be gathered. this year as last, as the number of laborers this season excved those of the previous one, At the mines, as yet, matters remained pretty quiet; | but fears were entertained that ere long there would be | serious disturbances between our countrymen and the | Mexicans, as some six thousand of the latter had ar- | rived im the country, and evinced a most turbulent dis_ Hl | Porition. But, rays the letter writer, “ You may rest assured that should any important outbreaks take place, they will be thet down, toa man.”? News had been received at San Francisco, that six men, in twenty days, near the Feather River, procured sixty thourand dollars in gold dust. The ship Gray Fagie, from Philadelphia; J.C. Fré- mont, from Baltimore; the Huntress, from Valparaiso, and another ship, have just arrived; thus they pour in almost daily. ‘There are upwards of seventy square- rigged vessels now in port, and a number of small crafs. The Hortensia sailed on the 16th for Mazatlan. [The above will do till later adviecs are received.) Latest News from Buenos Ayres, Bostox, July 23—P, M. The chip Shaw has just arrived at this port from Buenos Ayres, with dates to the 6th of June—four days. later than had been previously received, The most friendly relations continue to exist be- tween President Kovas and the English and French. The British Minister cave of Queen Victoria, which was | of Rosas, The nominal blockade of the Oriental ports by the Freneh, was reised simultaneously with the establish- ment of the armistice. Admiral Lepredour, shortly after the suspension of hostilities took effect, despatched for France four ves_ sels of his equadron, viz: frigate Oygone, brig Tac- tique, and steamers Chimere and Grondeur. H. M. steamer Lizard railed tor England at the same tim Many marks of civility, such as salutes, &e., have deen interchanged between the town of Buenos Ayres, aud the British and French squadrons, and the most | friendly and courteous relations were apparently es- tablished. | Freights were as follows: dry hides. $10 per 2,000 Ths ; salted do. $0 per 2.000 Ibs ; wool, iu bales, $4 8334 per 40 feet. Theasoniversary of the independence of the republic | was celebrated with great pomp on the 25th of May ; on which oceasion the British steamer Harpy was | dressed in colors and fired sulati | There were eight American and twenty-six British vessels in port when the Shaw sailed. | The bighest quotation of doubloons was 208; the | lowest, 291. Exchange on the United States was at 2 per cent. discount, Important, if Truc, from Venezuela, Bostox, July 23—P.M. | Advices from Venezuela, of July 6th, state that it le reported that General Paez has again disembarked at. | Coro, for the purpose of meeting Presidemt Monagas. On the 24th of June, a body of horsemen attacked | the residence of l'resident Monagas, but retired after: | a few shots had been fired. At the rame time a num- | ber of people rose against the government, in different | parts of the Plains, and civil war again prevails President Monogas immediately assumed extraordi- nary powers, and arrested a number of the rebels— Prosecutions of eli kinds are the result, and while the ineurgents are without means, chiefs or pians, the go- | Yernment has full power, and is raising funds by | forced leans, It is feared that the resuite of this outbreak will be more dirastrous to public order than those which | bave previously ceeurred. j | Marine Disasters—Loss of the rig Faicon and the Schooner Extra—sohooner Gazelle In Distress, Citantesro, July 29, 1840, The Britich brig Falcon, from Halifox, Thomaa | Norris, master, on a voyage in ballast, from Jamaica | for Halifax, sprung a leak in the Gulf Stre and was Suaoday wight, July 16th ~The captain and crew, six in number, arrived at Savannsh on Wed- werday, having been on the sea three days in an open Dent, with nothing to eat but raw provisions, Ti and when the leak was discovered, she ‘The rebooner Gazelle, Rodgers, master, from Phila. delphi, bound to this port, put into Savannah, on | Wedvesday last, in @ leaking condition, having lost | her mainmart and vuifered much other injury. Bacrimone, July 23,1840, We learn from the Penessola @azeite that Capt. Seth N. Ellie, of the schooner Extra, and his crow, arrived open boat, with dinance for the «ame Report of ttee jt recommendiug @ concurrence with the board of Assivte: ‘idermen, ta the resolu- ordivance to grade Uhirtieth street, between | highth Avenmos, port of Finance | itiew, recommending that conditional relief be Franted to George D. Post, who complains that he has Rsemed personal property to the amount of the tax amounted to $8 02, whereas } poseased of Any re Benes of es Cee | tee on Ordinances, with draft of aa ordinance relating to collectors of receivers of taxes, who are to have their talarice top as long as the Comptroiler thinks proper, in the event of their failing to report an seoount for the moueys received by them —Adepted Report of Committee on Roads Uanals, in favor of | duliding 8 sewer ju Broadway, to near Fourth street, wit! resol therefor—Adopted. Keport of and Canals, in fever of buiiding culverts on the corners ot West and of regulating # on the worth side of Courtlandt «1 and Washington streets —Adopte. The Report ef the wMmMitter, recommending relief to Daniel reiation to the tax on lot yk a te Board of Aldermen, on petition of H. L. be relieved from tax ou personal property he | Possess.— Adopted. Keport ot the Fiuance | tee, In favor of « ialyremission of tax on Mackey, to be relieved makiog tu all $9 68, for an th ] ward register, in place | eon drmed. That $1,000 pose ot bringing the ro. ad Major-Gouceal Worth a ° be memorial of Thomes Kiley for relief from stituted againet him as the earety of Mr. ted. ring the alarming in- ield, Randall’ at the foot of Kebio te the li 4 the Nort Ki question of tt Drought torwacd by 3 remvastial Chambers sutews, b: through it, Aldvrman Wooe chjvried to the remoustean verraled. ied wtrongly for the ¢ deration of the reaoustrasee here wer oa motious made, and a ANA moving of thy previous quratiou, fat Ad): UrnmeUt War ewer vette daente, twagi uestion ua. virions and water, ‘The f.xtra was from Boston, bound to Mebile with an assorted cargo. She sailed from the former port on the 15th of Jue, and, on the night of | the 12th of July, im lat. o7 58, lon, 86 48, it was found that the vessel would not -#teer, and was then fast sinking. Every endeavor was need by the captain an@ crew to save her, but it was found to be wholly use- Joss, and they were forced to escape in the small boat They hed not left the schooner more than fifteen mi. nutes, when she lowered and wunk. Day of Fasting and Prayer, appointed by Governor Fish, Aunanr, July 23, 1849, Governor Fish has iveued @ prociamation to the People of the State of New York, recommending tho observanee of Friday, the third of August, asa day of fasting, humiliation, and prayer to Almighty God that the ravages of the cholera may be speedily stayed. ‘The third of August ts also recommended by Prosi- dent Taylor to be obcerved in the same manner through- out the country. Destructive Fire in Chicago, Cneaco, July 23—P. M. A most destructive fire broke out im this eity on Sa- turday night, which consumed the entire block bounded. Lake, Dearborn, State and Randolph streets, with the eaxcepiion of three fire-prosf stores on Lake street: 1d George Smith's proof buildings on State street, which were saved. more or lees damaged ‘The love is estimated at from forty-five to fifty thou- Tbe surrounding property was | swod dollars Death of Jeitas Winne, Kaq. Avoasy, July 23, 1949, Jeting Winne, Eeq . lately connected with the Canal Bank of this city, av ea bier, Ke., died at bis residence. cu Sunday Post Office Robbery at Dalton, Georgta, Savaswan, July 21, 1840 ‘The Port OMe at Dalton, Georgia, was robbed on. Ssturday O'ght, of several letters containing money. ‘The Liter bas thus far eremped detection A sertous plot oreucred beret Irteo bow gee ‘The riegienders « nee epweited for the tia ‘arto roots and Northmen bheve sworn fient the fitet opportunity ¢