The New York Herald Newspaper, January 17, 1852, Page 4

NEW YORK HERALD. JANES GORDON BENNETT. @PFICE N. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU STS. ¥ wearide barccder * DAILY HERALD, 2 cents per copy—$T per < wenee HERAL. rane ition, ‘ “ Mo amy port of and $5 te ony + Bul based con uPA DENCE te i pesremractsie ge" aeeiesestarae é id re LJ ym ” ARE panricvLant BRQUEeTED we seat aan AkD Pacuacnd @ENT TO U2. cnomymous communications TICE « £.., aken nat return these ¥ 4 ‘\ ¥elume XVII. } “AMUSEMENTS THIS KVENING. BOWERY TUERATRE. Bowery—fry or br Mano—Jacu Ampaus—Ravnorn ann Aones. BROADWAY THEATRE, Brosdway—N 0 Performances. WIDSLO'S GARDEN—Dow Pasquare, BURTON'S THEATER. Chambers ctroet-Cavenr is Bwown TRar—Pavr Pry. ONAL THEATRE, © it's rue Curtom—A’ - Wo, 16, eee am ebromt-Siawoy Mo- amp Kickine -Gonpes er ar AMBRICAN KUSSUM—Amvaiwe Prnvoawarors Ax WERNOON any By anine. z BOWERY AMPHITHBATRE, Bowory—SqceeThiar | Pueroawavors. SBRINTY'S MINSTRELS, Mechanics’ Ball, 472 Droad~ Way—Erniorias Mrvera riay. FRLLOWS! MINETRRLS, Fellows Musica) Hall, 0. 444 Breadway—Krniorian WinerkeLsy. ASTON PLACE—Paor. Pasuars, DOUBLE SHEET. Hew Buncsss, Tayton & Co,, 8un Iron Building, are agenta fr the New Yonx Hynanp in Baltimore, Ma. ; ‘ i $ = - = york, Saturday, January 17, 1952, This Morning Summary. Tho Enropean intelligenos, recoived by the | steamer Asia, yesterday afternaon, possesses & groat | deal cfinterest. It will be coon that Louis Napo- | Joon still continues to ho'd not enly undisputed | sway over Franco, but also ovor tho minds of a vory | Jargo portion of herpeo;le. The tremendous voto $a bia favor—more than millions against hundreds | ei thousands—is most convincing proof that thoy place implicit confidence ia his integrity and sapocity ag sruler. Lord Pal withdrawal from the British cabinet mated, was caused by his favoring tho m which policy did not meet the approbati ether members. We do not find a word in our files | or lotters with regard to the course that mill bo parsued by England, concerning tho firing into the Prometheus. Thore had boon litilo or no change fo commercial and fina Wo havo b' asking Tho Senato was not in eossion yostorday, andi House was engaged all day in the oonsidora private bills. Our ap b gives a few items econcernis Miticians. We sro glad to percoive that Cong: men have, for onee, opencd their hearty, and rea} dono a little good, by giving tho overplus, af poying for tho ff th dinnor, to the poor ia Washington. This is the moet bonofizial act they have accomplished thi at int nta of Louis Napoloon, 1 of tho noial affair: s of the po- Frem Albany, we learn that the K resolutions, yesterday. passed th resolutions were referrod to the House. Ono ef tho two domocratic Roses— gannot tel! whother it w bay & joint comm from New Yo er from st. Lawr solution de- @aring that “every d a right to form, alter, rr own gov. mert, without in on the part of other | powers.” Jf this cage, what | bas eur 3 moddlo with j aGairs of other conn the seckloss cxan gard ¢ the public printi State Senators are Ss down the printin, apparently ond: bill to s moderate mbly men gach pury postage We have re eunual reg in Schoole o: -Genoral © ther system the precont pert of the State Troa Taegpeetor General, fn the military Those reports aro al wre choll ties at this inclement season 1d not bo allowod to nding, az it does, wi \ gasn, with o particle of con!, wo td deny bi toe luxury which would ocr’ oo uting to the relief of 6 mid-winter? Jac loth wk FoR 7 Coun by the grere mircet, known as an emigre gence off hed ur @ your ego We had o to advert to the cruol tiered ix isk me recent ( porro feeull whic bums that ‘be matter wi but that the law a Go their duty to the gravis, and te huwer been in sane in Canal e wad intelli on about Emigration t esta rust, however, drop here ow it up, and enforbunals om We alle we f 6 will teal ublic, | enlarged and finivhod aceording to the law passed | and unfortunate bidders. | no instances did the lowest biddora rezoive tho | evory cage, thoss who offered te do tho work a: The Great Canad Contracts The State of New Veork Seld by the Oid Hunkers to Wm. Hl. Seward and the ‘Whigs—The Next Presidency Nearly De- termined, Fer some time pest, while the democracy of New York have been ongaged in selecting dolegates to the Baltimore Convention, under the impression that they hed somo chance to get the vote of this State at the next Presidential olection, we poresivo that the leaders of the hunker portion of that party, in conjunction with the whigs at Albany, have been busy likowise in awarding the canal lettings ia such & maprer as amounts to a perfect transfer of tho vote of this State to Wm. H. Seward and the whig party, deliverable at the great cloction in November next for the Presidency. In thie vast metropolis, wo havo been amusing ourselves with Korsuth and Lola Montea—a} one moment juxu riating over tho brilliant cloquence of the wonderful Magyar, snd at another tiwe censuring the very sin- fo) carcer or approving of the modest piromettes of Lo- Ja Montes; and doing ail this at the vory time whon the leadera of the demovratio party in Albany wore felling out the Stateof Now York to the Seward whige, at the next Presidontial election, ig return for receiving twe orthreo hundred canal contracts for finishing tho canals of this State. ‘These propositions and inferences, drawa from rorent events in Albany, way startle the great igno- rant workd around us, as mach as tho spathotic have been startled by Kossuth’s eloquence, or tho hely saints—ineluding Barnum—have been amazed at tho Wickednezs of Lola Mentez. But wo will explain. During the last fow weeks the city of Albany, and other portions of the Stato bordoring on the eanal, and from that city to Buffalo, havo been in a stato of unwonted oxcitement in consequense of tha pom doney of contracts for the enlargement of the canale, to the amount of nearly ten mil/ions of dollars, which were in the hands of the Canal Commissioners ef thie State, ond which have recently been awarded te the fortunate biddors of the dsy. As we generally speak from facts, and erect our theories on official statements, wo beg to direct the aitention of our readers to the most extraordinary dicelosures, of an official character almost, which aro contained in another part of thie day’a Heraty, which give a list of the numerous bidders for ono of the largest sections of the canal, which is to bo by tho Legislature during the last sossion of that body. The remaining portiena of thia atartling official exposé will be given fu duo timo. Tho pre- sent disclosure embraces the western section slones and covers probably two-thirds of all tho fortunate ‘om the por whish wo p' sh to-day, and thoromaining portion in eur posat D, Wo loarn that about six thousand different porsona, or partios, applied to the proper authorities in Albany for oon- tracte ontho various sections of tho canals which aro about to bo enlarged under tho recent eaactmont. The bids presented by tho rent applicants all voried~seme of them as much ag ono halffrom othors—and all of them varied to a groater or lesa amount. Jt spposrs, howovor, that in but fow or awarda of tho authoritics in Albany. Tho tables which we pre. day will show tho astou diseropancics'iin the awards. Outof the six a poreons, or parties, who applied, only about one tivusand were fortunate enough to reeoive the awards; and it is a singuler fact that, ins most moderate ratee were rejoctod, although thoy were equally reliable, solvont, and comp thoso who reosived the contracts We havo alroady said that the amount about to bo oxpended on the enlargement of the canals reaches nine or sen millions of dollars. Acoorling to the propositi of the numerous contractors who made bids—propositions basked by authority ani solvency—it is ¢ ated that the samo amount of work for which the State haz contracted to pay nine hi ars, could be easily done i 6 8, Which is to bo thrown away a3 victory,” on those who havo been favored with + contracts by tho awards of tho Canal Co: mn charactor of those threws additional are the lucky reci en the moz © twenty w! and fifty whi and covoring to tho ope inguishing them of tho ward stamp, and? ndred hunkers of the Maroy, Dickinson and ¢ brand, which mako tho thousand, or th hor all othor il n tho Ruggle rame this vast opere this mattor will b oorata 0: ok and i posed of by ol market, to whor § 3 e g é e e 8 5 that the groat State of New jy divided botwoon tho two gr ° ca, and is very closely contostod in all our , and that it has been particularly so daring 8. overnor Hunt and tho whig ho skin of their tooth. by only two hundred was tiod in tho boing tiod in the on and distribution, thoro em, millions of dollars, in the ehapo o aro quite ar jont to give to tho it the power of the State, and ion, againat all contingon- +all opposition. Wo havo a’roady woll known for d of fortunate contractors The groat bulk of ono thousand iat of & ts and cizes. bas been gi ja of Seym ordor to sccuse their eupp this vast schome of bargain and lo of the wis | Stato of Now York at the next Prosidential | tie The gr bulk of the contrac over, a8 We hav oward flucnee which « no hundred contr with forty or waand labo in employ: 6 world, ia with tho groat $b ease r next, to any whig candidate which tho lL f may choose to s Governor Har @ of the ¢ usa mira trol forty or fift 'y thousand labor ven politics, religion, and fol!y—cometimes in tho Park tbeatro, sometimes in Tammany Hall, and somo- | times in the Park iteclf—tho mania died away, and * | Astor Honee, or ia | remarkably well | Yoted to the Motion Calendar, before Jud, thie State to the whig candidate, by » majority of twenty or thirty theusand ext November? This is the view, on a largo and extended scale, whieh wo take of the mort oxtraordinary precocding perpetrated by the Canal Board in Albany, in the awarding of these contracte—not to tho lowest Didders, but in some carce to tho highest —mercly | because the highost bidders wore their own | friends—their ewn agont:—their own oditors— their own lobby members—or their own bricfioas lawyers or politicianr. Tho huoker division of the @emocracy in tho last session, and in the | present Board, have brought about this vast tranesction, which ia mixed up, in equal propor- tions, of favoritism, corruption, extortion, aod prof- ligacy. About three millions of dollars moro thaa were necessary to enlarge tho canaly havo boon thrown away on those contractors, purely and simply for the sake of controlling the political voto of New York ot the next Presidential clootion, and hence controlling the vote of the whole Union. A more magnificent operation was nover conccived by any politician, and we give Soward and his advisera at Albany great crodit for th o consoption and oxe- cutien of the work, however wrong or selfish tho do cisions oftho Canal Commissioners may bo. Tho people of the State of Now York pay thres mil- lions of dollars moro for tho enlargomoat of tho canals than the disappointed contractors asked or yequired for the samo work. This is the oggregate amount, according to tho rejected bids, which is given over ard above what was necessary for flaigh- ing the enlargement according to law. | Fut the advantage to Wm. H. Seward willbo | immense. Jt will give to him and hig party, ac- cord'ng to every appearance, the contre] of the vote of New York; and by posseasing the State, they will control tze Union—clest tho noxt Proai- dont—carry tho noxt Congrees, and havo within their power for four years, the distribution of spoils to the amount of two hundred muilions of dollars. Hero ia tho magoifivent result of canal agitation | in this State. Nothing equal to it in villany and | grandeur, in corrupfion and daring magnituds, bas ever betere irradiated the history of this Stato, or tho annals of any other State in tho Union. It bolongs to tho ‘* higher law’ of polities end tho | “Jower regions” of finance—a combined system which haebeen gradually working its way to pswor and influence inthe Stato of New York, singe the avecssion of Wm. H. Soward and his political as- sociates to thoir prosont positions in tho soungils | of the State and nation. | But, even with ail their magnificcneo of design | and venality of exsoution, the Seward party could | not, in this cage, have socempliehed thoir purposes | withous tho aid and assistaneo of the hunkor por- tion of tho democracy, who have, for a fow contracts | hero aud thera on tho canals, and to benelit thoir | ewn particular clroles, seld out, finally and for ever, tho State of Now York to the Seward dynasty. | Tho bhunkor democracy may bo considered a3 | bavirg retirod from business. The recent movo- | ment, therefore, for tho election of delegates, and | tho sudden rosurrection of Governor Maroy, aro all | humbug and fanfaronado, Tho waolo bankor por- | tion of the party, with all their loadors and chiof:-- Dickinson, Maroy, Seymour, and others, from Now York to Baffalo—aro, av doubt, also sold out in this grand operation, and wil: consider themgolves ag having rotired from the fiold of operations, with tho proiita of tho canal contrasts in their pockets, do. termined toleave New Yorkand the Unien for Win. il. Soward and hia whigs to bustle in heroa Indefetigabiitty of Soctallsm and Aboli- Uonism. Sovislism running into atheism, and abo! mm verging into disunion, aro tho most activo mad in- dofatigable elemonta of disturbance in the prezont condition of society in this part of tho co ‘They are over alive and over kicking. Sometimes thoy seize upontho unhappy exilo, and mako him | minister to their vanity and notions of progross. ‘Yo them nothing comes amiss. Tho most recent movement which they have en | gendored, is the getting up of a sories of popular tootares—as théy eall thom—to bo given weokly a tho Tabornacle in this city. These lectures aro somothing liko extended and prosy editorial arti cles on tho moat talked about subject of tho day ut tho selection of tho lvcturers of this ehilling course of philocopby, erudition and progress, pro eents urmistakeable marks of their origia, frator nity and purpozo. Tho groat bulk of them aro so locted from the most ardent socialists, Fourierites, abolitionists, irreligionists, und infidels, of the day, interspersed with a fow pata and /iterateurs, jus by way of throwing a little sugar over the poison- ous pills—price ono shilling a-pieco. The toachers of the now philotopby—whica is only tho philozo- phy of Voltairo and “ume, renowed and revampod —will n give up, until some now developement comes along that can minister more to their vanity and eclf- conceit. lt is now nearly twenty-five years since tho first dovelopement of abolision, infidelity, and socialism, was attempted in this city. Wo romember tho wen and the times remarkably well. Thomas Skidmore, Fenny Wright, and Robert Date Owen, and several other persons bolonging to the same coliric of philosophy, commoncod a simi- tem of lecturing and publishing nowepapers. About the same timo, tho first daily journal, still in cxistonce—tho Journal rf Commerce dovoted to ism, and the first anti-slavery socioty, sro both established, undor tho countenanees of tho pans of that day. ‘Those various movements, originating in diferont quarters-—sbolitionism beiog imported fr Boaton, and infidelity, atheism, and from Ungland—wont on ‘chook by jowl” for sevoral yoars, lecturing at tho theatres, each '!ng at public places, helding meotinga of all 2, publishing newspapers, and reforming tho moit extraordinary rate of steam poror riaoil and confusion in this motropolis and the country around were quict for probably eight or ten ye ill the new advont | of socialism from France and Germany began, un- der the auspice Brichane, Groeloy, Dana, Ray- | mond, Bryant, end their various compeers in poot- ry, yolitice, and moral philosophy. Tho second attempt at inoculating this community and tho country around ue with theo nowfangled notions in religion, politics, and social habits, has made groater progress, and is doing far greator misc n all tho relations of life, public and pri tbe firet attempt, mado undcrthe auspices of Manny Wright and Thomas Skidmore. The new school of agitators is compe of more doxtrous politi cians, and better public speaksrse—is conducted on 4 wider and moro conde’ scale, and fe gradually trareforming the old habits of the Paritans and Kaickerbookors into the wildest concoite of extra- vagance, folly, profanity, demoralization and hum- bug, which charactorizve tho modern democrats of | Germany, Italy and France, who ato without ro-~ of ligion and without good practical esnse of any kind. Tho tendencies of all these mo ents, in the prees and in the lecture room, at dinners in the blies in the Taborn are to upheave rocio disorganize our social in ions, peril tho intorests of the country, and, leave it a total and undistinguished wrock, to be tossed about by every wind of doctrine that may epring up. The shilling lecturos, and shilling Jecturera, and chilling jhilosophy, and shilling religion, and + ng infitelity, aro getting along for now tho Tabern i sof uses and the wild voted to all por Cowst Calendar for This Day. Buramae Covnt.—Srrciat Tens—Thia day will bo de- | mevelt, 1 ine General Term Ioom | Common Piass —Triat, Tene—Part l—Now 109, Ly 118, 117, 139, 125, 129, 153, 185, 187, 199, 143, 14134 141%, 143, Part 2—Bame as yosterda, Oimcurt Covnt.—Nor, 127, to, and {neluding, 177, WO 141. 142 | behold In tho light of pr | dimly defined outlines of fature calamity and Kessuth’s Pregress end Triumphe—The Bearing wpen cur Commercial Relations. While the Hupgartane who came to this city in the steam frigate Mississippi, and those who ao- companied Kossuth himeclf in tho Humboldt, are hore—some of them starving in garrots, some living upon the charity of hotel keepors, come wandoring about the ati , and ethore trying to make a living by newspapers—wo find Kossuth and his suite travolling through the country ina sort of royal | splendor, and recciving ovations‘ everywhore ho gees, reminding one of tho triumphal entries of tho Romaa Generals into ‘tho Etornal City” in ico palmy days of cong end extended rule. Ia New Yok, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Annapolis, and Harrisburg, ho hag been reooived, not sa onexilo geekirg an asylum in this hespit- able land, butas a mighty conqueror, before whom Legislaiurea, and Governors, and Congrosa,and tho President of tho United States, with hia oabi- net, and the sovereign poople thomeelves, have bowed with reverential awo, submitting thoir judgment and their will to the now doctrine of this European apostle of freedom, and abandoning, as obsolete, and unsuited te tho spirit of tho times and the progresa of thie great ropab- lio, the lung cherished yrinoiplea of Washington, tho father of his country. Jn ail thozo citios tho Hurgarian chieftain has declared that he leoka | forward to war botwoen this country and tho des- pots of Evrope as tho dorvier rosert, in tho event of Russia not listening to the remonetranoes of our government, Whether ho mado this avowal or not, itis tho inevitable deduvtion of reason. If the litde boy in tho treo will not come dowa for words, nor even for grass, of course the virtue of stones muet be tried upon him. If tho groat North- erm Bear will not pay attention to our promwncia- mesitos against his intervention in the affairs of Hangary. but returna us a flores growl, why, wo muet either repel him, if we ean, with all tho ap- pliances of war, or be disgraced amongst tho na- tions ef the carth. But Kossuth doos not give us the troublo of arriving at this noceasary conclusion by reasoning, but diatingtly points to tho ultima: ratio vegum, without whioh indeed his tour through tho United States would bo most absurd, and a'l bis fino speechos bo without meaning, Jn Washington, Koesuth and his dootrino of in- tervention to provent intervention, havo been crown- ed with trivmpb, notwithstanding tho prodictions and bostilo articles of the imbeollo press of the pital, who had aa much power to arrest his victorious march as they would to stop the flow- jng tide with a pitchfork. 80 cemplete was tho conqpeat of the Hungarian warrior over Congross, President, cabinet and all, that ho drove tho diple- matic corps out of sight ; and to cap the climax, wo are informed that several shipe of wer aro immo- diately ordored to the Mediterranean. ‘This ia but tho bogirning of the end; and what «ver that end may be, Congress and our statesmon aro responeible for ii. Tho Senate took tho first step, whish wag subsequently qoniirmed by tho other heuse, and the Proaident and hia onbinet followed it up to its prosont crisis. Daniol Wobster, the Scoretary of State, in his groat spoech, hag en. dorsed, to tho fullest oxtent, tho doctrines of Kos- suth, and lest any eno should suppozo that ho has yielded to the influenco of the Magyar, ho takes pains to state that theso doctrines aro not new with bim; that be held thon at tho time of the rovolu- tion in Grooce, and made a similar spooch thon, and that, aaa consequence, he wrote tho famous Hulsomann loiter in reference to the Hungarian #roggle, and also the letter to our Minister at Censtantinoplo, to which diplomatio intorvontion he attributes the release ef Kossuth from captivity, bis advent to our shores, and his trium-phant esreer through the land—acarcer which appoars to bo ecarcely more than begun. After subjugating the eltics of Now York, Pennsylvania, and Maryland, and tho capital of the country itsclf, ho goos for- ward ‘‘copquoripg, and to conquer,” and is now carrying with him ovor tho mountains tho gino vistoriong style. Batell this, that appoars co magnifieont for Kos enih and his idoaz, is evidently factitious, and has Lo more solid foundation than the Jenny Lind furore £0 turned people’s hoads for the first fow weeks ter her arrival amosg us, er tho phronzy that emavated from tho heels of l’anny Elssler, whoa sho wwado her débwtin this country, a fow yoara avo. The present excitement, however, though a specie of frolio tended the porformancos of these distin, women. It has entered into eur polities and par- iva, and will be a potential element in tho Presi- dential election. The politicians of the Nerth—- demoerata, whigs, and froo soilcre—aro ondea ror: to opprepriate to thomselves the foroign voto, and they all want to be idontified with tho movomont of Keecuth. Nono of theso politicians, thorofore, will dara to analyee tho consequonoes of that move- ment, or put thomeolves in opposition to the new policy so different from that of George Washington Ul, the new doctrine may euccced; and it is on the cards, if they are ckilfully playod, that the clos tions will result in a new Kossuth Procidont that will “go the whole hog,” end a Congress that will declaro a war of propagandism for tho purpose of establishing republics aftor oar own raodel in the Now World. If this chould turn out to bo the case— and, from prorent indications, it doce not zoom at all improbable—our merchants and a}l sonnected with, or even interested in, the foreign trade, had botter look out for eqyalle beforo tho year 1852 draws to its close. Itis quite pozeiblo that a coalition will toke place among the despots of Hurope, and that, uniting oll their mititary end naval foroos, thoy will put an ond to eur commerce on every oooun In such a contingency, what would bocome of our trade, and of that prospority which has sprancr from it and mado this country tho onvy and tho admira- tion of tho world? Tho cxoltement may bo vory amusing for tho time boing; but if it should ¢ there is ample ground for believing it may- firat oteps teken by Congroesand Wobater, and now followed up with auoh éclat and enorgy by I should extend ali over tho land, and if the tion doctrine should take a firm hold nity, Wo may soe very strange o year or two—euch as actual war—whi merchants could roalize now, thoy would bo ttartledwith horror and dismay. Yot the aigns of the times indicate such posstb) sults to arecoing mind, for “Coming events cozt their shadows before,’ And it roquiros no groat strotch of imagination to econt tranea , the come cial distros. Orinton oy THE Brrrisn Press or tun or THB Uniten States.—Tho Britich Unite vice Journal epeake thus of our navy:— From ite infancy to lis present state, mort bravely, mort gallantly, beve the officers and men in the naval rofession ¢f Aniezica held up the honor of their flag. where is scarcely one astion in which the elightost in. putation can ke cast on eny indtviduel. They have never avolded thelr cnemice, excepting when it’ would bare been the beight of imprudence to have freed them. They bave feught with the most determined valor They have, in many cases, been successful over @ natton which beld, undirputed, ths command of tho ocean; and this very circumstance of combating en enemy flushed with elmost universal victory, adds o great laurel to the navy of the United Btates In ¢pposition to thia opi of @ forolgnor, Mr. Seward’s new ponny organ p-cnounces one of our mort gallant naval officers a “ brutal blackguard,” ard the zest of them “old fogies.” What noxt? "§ s PPEADA Lota Mowres av tite B Lola Montes olored her third e' t, for the benefit of the Fireman's Fuad theatro was crowded to excovs, and the create! ied. Whe danseure was loudly apple and called before the curtien at tho ond of each amidat showers of bouquets, performance rhe was agalo the plaudits se follows : Lane ann Gentiraen t--My heert te so fall To tpenk moro than my grateful thanks for your Gallant firemen, God bless you and your nowlat tion. Parowell, God blere you' The anot ‘Tux New Yoru Common Counei anp rrs Fist Srurs.—The Corporation has begun well, on tho whole. Its first stops aro towards retrenchment and reform, but what its last steps aro to bo remaing to be proved. Some of tho greatost scoundrels that evor disgraced human nature bave made a plausible début vefore tho world—Noro, Honry tho Highth, and Richard the Third, are romarkable cxamples. Tocompare great things with small, corporations havo somotimes made a fair show of public virtno when they first entered upon their career; but tho | ovent showed that they onJy did so the more offer | tually to throw dust in the oyea of the people, and to acoomplish thefr swindling operations in grea‘er security and upon a larger scale. We donot mean | to cay that the presont Common Counoil of this city will have to be ranked ono day in the came sate- gory; but they aro worth watching, and melancholy experience has proved that the professions of publio men aro not to bo trusted, and that the corrupt motives of tho human heart, in porferming evea good actions, are often beyond the roach of tho keenest sagacity. Wo shall not, howevar, antici- pate such a developemont inthe caso of the Corpo- ration now in power. Wo shaliloave that to time to determino. Butthepeoplo must be on their guard, and not be caught asloep by the soothing inueaso ofany specious promisos. For yoarspastthey havo boen regarded aa fit subjects for plunder, by both parties, and tho most nofarious jobs, involving frightful sums of money, have beon considered as fair game—the luck of the party in offico for thotimo being. Tho poople, thorefure, ond the honest, fearless, independent portion of tho press, cannot bo too vigilaat in reference to the acis of any city government, no matter what their high- sounding professions may be for the present. | As we bave said, tho first indications aro towards retrepobment and reform. Both in tho Common Counsil and tho Board of Supervisors, a good com- meneement hag beon made. Recorder Tillon, ia tho latter body, seems to be bont on following a course of public virtuo and integrity, and othors appear to be actuated by tho same spirit. Bat Wo trust thet the robuke of 'a now broom swoops clean” will not have to bo applied to those gentlo- mon atsome futuro day. Debates, and votez, and promiaes will not do. We want acts of a substantial nature. The taxos aro tromendous—upwarda of threo millions anda balf of dollars! This is tho frais of tho recklogs extravaganoe, profigacy, corraption, and fraud of the late body. Reform it altogother, gravoand reverend seniors, or be prepared fer tho retribution of public pinion, the brand of infamy upon your brows, and a disgraceful oxpulsion from the seats of trust with which you woro honored by tho abused confidence of the pesplo. Mong or rue Srizrrva. Manirgsrations— Axcunisnop Mvenss anp THE Soctauisrs.—la yesterday’s number of tho Tribunc—the organ of socialism in this city--a very curious articlo ap- peared, under tho caption of ‘*’fho Wondrous Power of Mind over Mind,” and asserting a boliof in tho Rochester knockings, and various othor epiritual manifostations that oxist even to this day. We aro gravely informod by Greoley, that “ what+ ever may be tho origin of those manifostatione, they still continuo, in spi'o of the thonzand and ono | exposures that havo b forth,” ond that their form and yor 1 numerous and s0 } no is le varied 2 9 rovelations from heaven. Ono of tho com of these is the writing form, whorein tho “medi: a” is said to write with extraordinary rapidity, (often im the dark,) messages, frequently several pages in length, purporting to bo dictated by invisible beings—usually the spirits of the de- | », ceascd. ‘Tho spiritual philosphor ef the Tribune | assurea us that he has soen many of those pagos written in utter darkness, by the fairies, chosts, hobgoblina, or whatovor clee may be the namo of the invisiblos from tho other world, But this is enly a sample of on variety of the manifesiations of tho *‘millions of spirits that walk the carth un- roen, whothor wo wake or whether wo slcep,” and write, talk, and make all sorte ef signs to “(he me- dftme,” as they aro called. A short time ago the organ of Arshbishop fork Fveman’s Jowrnal—pad- | 8 2 eimilar account of epiri- ions, mace by the Virgin Mary to cortain saint in the south of leance. The striking ablarce, tho perfest coincidence, tctreen the | paper and the lee é from the s ists in relation to hestor knookings, and other rovelations of the came kind, is a vory etriking thing, indood, | and mast con very eandid mind of the identity | of beliof among a largo body of the Roman Ca- | tholiea in urope and tho social in thts coun- try, ag te spiritual manifestetione from the cthor world. ‘hoy havea co on faith, with this difor- ence— sed Virgin, the twelve Apostles, and tho angels and archangels, communicate with tho privileged eaints beyond the Atlantic, whilo, on | 0 of tho ovoan, tho intorcourse is carried on | 9 doparted spizite of the anclont philogophora | —ihe poets of Groeee and Rome, the eypt, aad the witches and wizards of all countrios, togothor with tho ghosts of the | en tho bo- two co mighty intellcets as Archbishop and tho Honorable Horace Greeley! imstance alone is almcet cui the truth, the genuinez nticity of those wonderful » and purgatory. all, old Skakepe oof “that undiscovered a silly havo been wh. country from wW Me CO, ¥ 6 claims which wero allowed by tho Board of Moxican Coromissioners at | o deubi that many of the rably pacecd upen and | Washington, and which orcated eo mush aciso at | tho time, wero, beyond ubt, based en opurious | documents, aad wero without any logal or honest existenco. It may bo roccllocted that some time ago an indictment or indictments woro found in Washington against some of tho claimants, and that the goverzmont sent an agent to Moxico for the purposo of investigating the matter. From the | beet information from that country, wo beliove the docuimonts on which como of those olaime wero based, wete spurious and bacoloss. Notwithatand- | ing that our government sont anagontto Mexico, we | doubt very much if we challovor heartho results of | bie miscion, or of any fovoetigation of the charges, or of the indi¢fments. Tho truth is that many of theco bateloss claims wore taken np by Senators and mombere of Congress, who engaged as counsel to | have them allowed, and received immeneo sums | their servicor. In ong of these olaims which are | Proaounced to be franduleat, an ex-Senotor, it is | eaid, reocived $20,000; and other amounts, of all | forts and sizes, wero given to other Senn‘ore, and | cabiact counsellora and their relatives, (oa most extroardinaiy extent. Galpbaniem has inoreazod | at Wachington, within the last for yoare, boyond | avy other disease of tho day; nor is there any proc- peet that in either the Senate or House of Nepro- sentatives any attempt will bo mado to investigate theco traneastions. We might have indulged somo | hope in the Houge of liopresentativor, bat are he- to think that amonth’s stay in Washington ent to elie allcentimonts of economy and rigid adherence to principle iv public «faire. FoR tr HvnGartans.—Tho now ion organ of Mr. Seward propose sevoral now bets about our clroulation, instead of acceptirg our proporition, which comos firet in erder. We havo no objociions to tako up the propesitions in thoir proper plasc. Let thona first | como vp to tho mark, disposo ef our bet of $500, | ground d th 1 aM an ofeer of ean eben t , and thon wo will readily mort them on thelr o | and refeot eredit upon rom) ‘ m vel | manner with which the provontation Pusogeded eh | eloption of the repotntions, Srgam Communication to GaLwaY—Prosrecrs ov THE ENTERPRiSB.—The publicare already aware of the existence of a company in this city, organized under the title of the * hivh and American Steam- ship Company,” for the purpose of establishing a line of steamors betwoen New York and Galway, or gome cther suitable port on the western coast of Ireland. They havo gone so far as to procure the introduction into Congress of a tender or proposal for a contract for conveying the mails by that line. This, however, ia purcly anticipative, and a ruse to further their objeots, as the probabilities are that. the undertaking will never be carried out, for want of means. We have been hearing of this company for seme eight months past, and yct we are no nearer to the realization of the projeat thas we wore whon it was first dizoussed. The mods by which tho necessary funda are to be raised is by ogntributions, or shares subscribed by tho friends of Ireland in America; bat tho inability of the company to raiso the amount by this means, may by taken as tho best proot that the epeculation iv looked upon as o bad ono. The fact ia, that in the progest stato of steam navigation, from the immeuse expenditure which it requires, there would bo very little prospeot of maintaining the live, oven should the company suczecd 60 far aa to sommence running their boats. The Collins ling from Now York to Liverpool—tho groutest, probably, ia the world—is throatened with fuilare and oxtinotic arising from the enormo s expenses attonding and from the refusal by Congress to aford ib na- tional support; and the company ig actually doli- berating as to the oxpedivney of eurrondoring th enterprise, and disposing of iheir maguideent yos- sels to the Emperor of Russia, who wants te pur obase them, and have them converted into war steamers, The Bremen line scarcely pays ox- penses, and the New York and Havro line is stil) lesa able to maintain itself, and its managore are considering the propricty of giving it up, and tran: forring thoir vessels to the Calitornia trade. No matter in what glowing colors tho Ivich and American Steamehip Compiny may paint their prospects of success, we conceive that in tho presont discouragirg aepect of thore tines alzeady in opera- tion, thero ia a very slender chance for the suosorafa) establishment and carrying out ef this enterprise KossoTx any ame Invire Housz.—Tho whole world knows the popularity of tho Irving House ef thiy city. Mr, Howard the propriotor, has re- celyed many encomiume; but the follewlag frow the groat Magyar is one of the bost :— Puiravecrsia, Deo, 25,185) Pesan Sin,Allow me brictly but beardily to thank you for your attention and Kindness to me and mine, durh my stay in New York, avd permit me to assure you, tha’ your attentive hospitality will uot only be ever grate- fully remembered by me, bu: that my vation will sppre- ciate that it wes exercised towards Hangory iteelf, ia the person of the humble individual chopen as its repre- sentative, and who, reiterating his thanks, begs lage to subscribe hisaeelf Your very obliged and ebediont servant, f L. Kossoru Po D. D. Howary, Eeq , Irving House, New York, This will do, Apropos—one of the Huagerian Jadies, 2 capital performer on the piano, plays te night at Mrs. Bostwiok’s concert. Vraenklbes Anniversary—The Priaters’ Banquet. Tho owe hundeed and Ccxty-sixth annlyorsary of the bisthdey of the world renowned Benjamin Frantlin wae colcbrated, last evening, by the New York Typographical Bostety, by @ banquot and ball at Miblo’s rooms, ia whiols some seven hundred persons, ladies and gentle mon, p2rti- clpated. Among the guests, were Churles King, Prosident of Columbis College; Judge Lewis, of Penn-ylvants. Washingtcn Irving, ex- Mayor Harper, Col. Seaver, of the ‘0 Courier; Col. Hoe, Rev. H. W. Beocher, Dr Me, Simoen Draper, &c. Dr. J, W. Francis prosided at the banquet, which war served by Mr, Vesey in good etylo. At the conclusion of ft, Dz. Y. read w paper on the life of Pranklin,civing a lively sketch of the history and doings of the philosopher, and re- lating many anedotes of some of the most remerkebie of his compatriots. The address, us writton, wae too long ter delivery, but the Doctor anvounced that ft sheuld by printed and published. Ho wound up by the peroration, “ Let us then reverones printing us Frankia did .-let us horith freedom as the triumph of cur fathers, and re- gard the press aa the palladam of our altars and sicerides-- Jot 09 reverence it ax the great instructor knocking st the doore, sud entering every coltege as well as palace of the land.’ The memory of Franklin ts too doop {> roquire ‘words-.-it sheds glory over our country end elorstes i+ name throughout tho werld.” ‘The first rezular toast was-—“ The Memory of Pravk- Mn Y= (Dirge by the band); the eecoud waa © Tho Pre sident of the Tertted Btater (arr, “Hall Columbia’; the third tort: was—" Tho Prors, the Bulwark of the Re- presentative system—the best evidence of ite novesaity “ freedom in the ooustant cflort of tyrant to neppress To this Mr, Biacrow, of tie Evening Post Tle bad had the honor of being, of State prisons in Now York, and emong all the pri- vs gonfined there, every order of mechanics was rep. ed except printers, There was something In thar which meritea thelr consideration. Mr. B. cop ‘uded by proposing tho memory and honor of thar calling which is unrepresented in the state prison, The fourth regular toast wae.“ The Printera’ free Li Wwary—Founded by enlightened liberality, it is worthy cf the fosteripe caro of ali whe claim relationship wi the art of arts.’ Mr, Baxnn responded, giving @ brief re of tine origin and progress of the feo Library, which haa been now Jn existence fora year and e half. ‘This was not the placo to dwell om the cond influences growing out of this institution, but it required but little observation toconvinos any one that such influence wan of great avail ia Leoping the young end unwary from the snare- of tho tempter. Ao an experiment, the projocs waa ex- tremely suocerstul; but for its suppert it now required some snbstantial nourishment. He thorefera proposed that sil pr tAbould tect liberty to contribaie, and they would find cards on which to write to the enter. priss tho emount of their subscription, As @ practical sentiment, ho wonld prerent a check from his frm of ‘$200, In sid of the Priaters’ Yreo Library. several sub reviptionn to this inatitution were afterwards sanounced. ~ he Oith segular toast was:—" Public Eduostion—The ptors its pioneer, virtue its atiendant, montal aud phy sical Sree dcra Its result; Mr. nor, President of the Board of Bducation, respon: He would not cuter into the qnostion of edu- cation further than to ray, that uv hundred and twenty thourand children in this city received education at tho public ezpentor, and the ayetem of free education was ratified, a year ago, by & rity of 83,000 votes Me bolieved In the vorification of the phophocy, “Ve hall Anow the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” One cf the Vico Presidents announced an a voluntoor toast, tho * Health of Heary Ulay,” which was reselyed with all the honors, The tixth regular (oaet wae—' The Pulpit: it Aedsis the ilimitable dissemination of ite teachings by the Press, a cl of tongues more potent than that of the Aposiles on the Day of Pentecost ? Rey. H.W. Bexciinn zeeporded by complimenting the press as being a mest wucilary fo the pulpit, by the preotice pursued of reporting sermons at anniversaries &c and disseminating them throughout the Bistes, Ts Toferred to the statement of Mr Bigeiow, that none of the printer's craft was erer found in State prisons. Ile trusted that the air of that institution woul siways continuy to be as divagrevabie to the constitution of printers The seventh toass wa: and dignified. but, like Fie orn a udge Lewis, of Penogytvanta, originally a printor fp this city, responded showing tho pr eed ty which fata for the maintenance of the independents of th« judiciary, The eighth rogular toast was: “Our Guos: The pint ar Bister Acts '? ‘the tenth, Woman— ‘The leat creation, most supremely blest A denrer, purer gift than ail the rest,” ‘This toart was responded to hy Gen, Warairr, of New Tereey; afer which several volunteer toasts were given, end ihe periy then adjourned to the ballroom, The proovedings were enlivened by reveral good songs from tho All sient, Mr. Fraser, Mies Goodenow, &e., and the whole fale pasted of with much ploasure and hile sity ) Fesponded— fer three yours, Inspect : “The Judioiary, when free, just the prees, justand dignified only City Intelligence, Tur Wearuien. Yesterday morning it was Very ¢0)d, but the oir was eisattc and invigorating. At seven in the morning the (hermometer showed 13, and at three in the afternoon 20 degrees. ‘This was a great change lit the atinerphero, Whea compared with tho stand of the thermo on Wedoer which ascended oven ae bigh 8. Ln order to chow the comparative Gilforence Ja the stete of the weather for each ‘day dar- ing the last week, we beve prepared the following table n Well ote ficm Delatour's chservationat TA M 123. 3P.M. 6 PM. Monday. . ce fe ‘Tueedn £1 2 Weanendey is 4 a8 Shurrdey 26 5 49 39 Friday. WW 20 ae Py Whor IF O'clock yesterday morning, eand wagon into a pi at th vente and 160th street, aad the: ‘be morning the horse was found noftund bis body badly cut, ang Pleoce Ibis sappored tho drivey olther grossly intoxicated, or had stolen meklug his escaps when his intentions were ty frustrated, iny NO, Ll = Ie will bo teen by our ad ua, thas this company hos presented {i Jato foreman, Thomas Ii, Van Tine, with a splendit trompot, os a testimonial of his worth and eMoioncy as ‘The resolutions are spirited, the company for the