The New York Herald Newspaper, June 2, 1852, Page 4

‘The Iutereceantc Canal thftugh Meuragua, It now sppears that very little farther delay will occur in the carrying out of thie grand project— certainly the greatest undertaking of either ancient or medern times, when its future results are eon- sidered. The prospect of a commercial intercourse | with the eastern shores of Asia, and the growing NEW YORK HERALD. eens ius socces.” ‘CORNER ‘OP FULTON AND NASSAU STS. errics x. ¥ 1S ensh (280.0068, FEE LY HERALD. 2 cente per THE WEEKLY HER LD. covry wis ‘ents pee of the Pacific coast, te a of | per copy, oF $3 por inn m: repean, ustralia—-we may, perhaps, say o! ific— a vaca ea de? fe fa he pate heed sires allcombine to render ‘hs canal a matter of actual perenin TARY see jromany quirter of eworid, ‘fused necessity to the commercial nations of both the | ill be Esher ally Pai re than ant Levraas | Oldand New Worlds; and the present is the time | for its commencement and speedy consummation. We are glad, therefore, to reflect that the preli- | re ERT UB Ob PRINTING executed with neatness, cheapness, and a3 TovER TISEMENTS renewed every day. minary arrangements, so far as regards treaties with foreign powers and agreements with capitalists, Saas bs as Eek oo ellen = have been entered into, and that the almost only AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. remaining step is the obtainment of contracts for the mechanical execution of the work. Commis- sioners are about to proceed to London to conusm- mate the arrangements with the capitalists there who have agreed to undertake the matter in con- junction with our capitalists; and no doubt, upon their regurn, the work will be begun in right good earnest,and the sooner it is completed so much greater will be the advantages to all parties, as the present and future aspect of commereial affairsin the neigh- borhood testify. There must be no unnecessary delay. Valuable as California is, we shall thereby greatly enbance it; and what with our future commercial relations with Japan, Australia, and the islands of BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery—Sensove Famiry—TaE ‘Vamrin s—Roseen's Wire. BROADWAY THEATRE, Broadway—Sr. Manv's Eve— Vaaevon Srv. WIBLO'S GARDEN—Tws Excuantaass, BURTO) THEATRE, Chambers strect—Tweirre Nosur— er Excitep. MATIONAL THEATRE, Chatham street—-Lovs's Baonirice—Guv Manngsine EYCEUM THEATRE, Broadway—Foutizs or A Nionr —Dom Casen vz Bazan—Rowear Macains. ASTOR PLACE OPERA HO|'SE—Consicas Brotn AFERICAN MUSEUM—Awvais PERFORMANCES IN ee the Pacific, we shall arrive at a high pitch of pros- QURIETY’S OPERA MOUSE—Neono Minsrastsy, 27 | Voity. To reap o share of the profits arising from a woo: RELS. il and i Broad- | ™ore facile European route to the East Indies, we femenae Uinerasner icc a apt to keep pace with us in grasping the most valuable portion of the commerce of the world, is undoubtedly the interest of Europe—eepecially of England; and hence the disposition and anxiety, on her part, to a. sist in what she cannot prevent, and to keep herself ona level with the vast and continually increasing power of the United States. The difficulties to be encountered, and the amount of capital to be invested, sink into nothingness when compared with the universal and eternal—that is, DOUBLE SHEET. New Werk, Wednesday, June Mails for Europe. THE NEW YORK WEEKLY HERALD. ‘The British mail steamship Africa, Captain Harrison, ‘wih leave this port at noon to-dey, for Halifax and ‘Biverpool, The Europeanand Asiatie mails will close ‘Whis morning, at half-part ten o'clock. The New Yore ‘Werrx.y Henacp, with the latest news, published im Bagiich and French, will be issued at half-past nine @elock. Eingle eopies. in wrappers, sixpence. The News. By the proceedings, which will be found in the @eventh and eighth pages of this edition of the Exar), it will be seen that the delegates to the Democratic National Convention assembled in Bal- ‘timore yesterday, according to appointment, and temporarily organized by the appointment of the Hon. R. M. Saunders, of North Carolina reek A committee of one from ¢ | man. ae then chosen to nominate permanent the veonvention. During the absence of mmittees the greatest disorder and confus prevailed, far exceeding anything ever dreamed of in Tam- many Hall, and almost equalling some of the noisy and exciting debates im Congress, or in the last session of the New York Legislature. The room selected by the committee of arrangements created a great deal of dissatisfaction—it was not one-quar- ter large enough to accommodate the regular dele- gates, let alone the auxiliary, the contestant, the self-appointed, and the ou-looking delegates. During the evening session the committee on organization eawe in, and reported that they had selected the Hon. John W. Davis, of Indiana, former- ly Speaker of the House of Representatives, as President, togther with a suitable num- ber of Vice Presidents and Secretaries. The two-thirds rule was adopted by an overwhelm- ing majority—all the delegates voting for it, except three from New York and ten from Ohio. This was anticipated from the beginning, and, it was thought, would afford a clue as to the final result; bat, from the tremendous vote in its favor, it is very evident that it was not looked upon as a drawback upon the succcss of any Presidential candidate. On reference to the names of the officers of the convention, it is equally impossible to divine as to who will eventually receive the nomination. They are all at sixes and sevens—about as many being in favor of one candidate as another. It is also futile to attempt to arrive at any conclusion from the nu- merous despatches transmitted from Baltimore. Nearly all of them are sent out by every kind of in- terested clique, coterie, and faction, with the view of making capital for their particular favorites. It is likely that wost of to-day’s session will be devoted to the settlement of contesied seats. As was anticipated, nothing was done in the House of Representatives yesterday. The Deficiency «bill, as amended by the Senate, was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means; reports and bills were received from the Public Land Committee, and then the members left the House, and nearly all started for Baltimore, where they will remain till Friday. It is not probable that any more work swill be done by either branch of Congrese this week. By the report in another column, it will be seen that there was again a very slim attendance last evening of the committee appointed in New York te promote the nomination of Daniel Webster to the Presidency. Wall street will have to come out; otherwise Secretary Webster's chances, so far as this city is coneerned, are shadowless. The bulls and bears are mistaken in supposing that they can | sit behind their desks and control the political ele- | ments in the same style that they do the rates of interest. They must bestir themselves, for polities require physical as well as mental exertion. | course of which America was destined to be as long as the world laste—advantages to be gained. If nature, in one of her freaks, has left @ little slip of land, some fifteen or sixteen miles in breadth, connecting-two great continents, and a barrier to important navigation, she appears to have been destined to keep pace with the growing requirements of the age, by the little resistance she has offered to the completion of this project. The River San Juan and the Lake of Nicaragua are in close contiguity—part of the former requiring but a little deepening; and the strip of land, offering no higher grade than one of forty feet, with but little or no rocky counter, would appear to boye invited that progression of universal inter- the medium. The undertaking affects the com- merce, not of one or two countries, but that of the world, the most valuable and glitter- ing pertion of which, we have been just taught, has yet to be opened and developed. The amount of capital required is most insignificant, when com- pared with what has been expended in railways in the United States and England, and other means of international transit, and from which no one denies that we have derived more than a corresponding amount of benefit. It will be remembered that Mr. Vanderbilt, some eighteen months since, made arrangements with English capitalists, and also on behalf of those in the United States, by whose combination thirty millions of dollars were agreed to be raised--a sum much larger than it has since been conceived wil! be required—and it was contemplated that in four years the canal would be completed; and all parties concurred that at moderate tolls a divi- dend of ten per cent woulii be realized; and as much as the cost of the work was under that sum, of course so much the greater would be the profits to be realized. Mr. Childs has stated that the cost will be from sixteen to twenty millions of dollars; and there is no doubt but that the stock will rise rapidly in the market, and soon commands high premium. He also states that the difficulties of construction at that time were much ever-rated; that he has discovered amore advantageous route for the canal, and that, instead of an elevation of four hundred and eighty- | seven fect, there is only one of forty-eight fect, and that the greater part of the river San Juan is navigable. Equitable arrangements have been made between the American and English stockholders, by the agreement of October, 1850, regarding their per- sonal interests, and the Clayton and Bulwer treaty has settled any national difficulties; therefore the most difficult part ofthe ground has been got over. The Commissioners, accompanied by Mr. ¢ hilds and his acceptable information, now proceed to London, to lay before the Engligh stockholders the surveys, plans, and estimates for carrying on the work, as to which, as the interests of all parties are 1 shall therefore expect that upon their return, in a few weeks, the “first sod” will be turned up in the due course of construction ef this great undertaking, and that its completion will'be hurried on with all possible speed. A New Remepy For a New Diskase.—All the quack medicine venders and ‘inventors of unfailing nostrums, in this and the old world, have had their glories eclipsed by a new and important discovery, which bas been recently made in the healing art, in this country. For some years.past the female por- tion of society here has been afflicted with a species of epidemic which evinced itself ina distaste for The women’s rights advocates had another cha- | the ordinary wearing apparel of their sex, and a identical, there is little. chance of dispute, and we | ‘Tue Intsm Aumnica—How rusy ans Reres- sxxrap at Hous.—We had always hitherto boon | REAL AND 4 sam Rarustican.—Tho exeitement under the impression that Irish emigrante to this sbout Thomas Francis Meagher, is every day rising country had been thrifty, industrious, and suocess- higher and higher, and the flame is #presding in all ful, in » higher degree than these who came from directions. The Irish population in New York, Wil- Miameburg and Brooklyn, are in % blaze, and the any other country in Europe. We thought that the change to them was truly « beneficial ene, which substituted constant and remunerative employment, at eight or ten shillings a day in the cities, and ten or twelve dollars a month, with board, | on farms, for the miserable condition from which they had escaped in Ireland, from poverty, the workhouse, or precarious employment, at eight or ten cents a day for laboring work. It would seem, however, by a letter published in one of the Dublin newspapers, that our suppositions in this respect | were quite erroneous, and that the condition of poor Paddy, in the bogs or Connemara, the mountains of Mayo, and the pest-houses of Skibbereen, was | far preferable to that in which he found himself on the free shores of America. The letter which cor- rects our impressions on this subject was sent to the Dublin Nation’ by a Roman Catholie clergyman, who had received it from a friend for whose good faith and veracity he became surety. This ceprespondent makes the very credible averment that he had witnessed as much misery and want in New York, Philadelphia, and the other principal cities of the Union, as he had seen in any part of Ireland. We are really very glad to learn that poor famishing Erinis in such state of prosperity as we infer she must be from this comparison. We new find that all our sympa- thies forthe want and suffering of the children of the Green Isle were misplaced and unnesessary, and that it was a most ridiculous absurdity to have beon chartering a national ship to carry food to what we ignorantly called a famine-stricken people. Another very serious evil which Irishmen are afflicted with in this country is, it seems, accord- ing to the reverend father, heresy and atheism; and his correspondent adds, that they certainly im- bibe new ideas, both political and religious. This is a grievous fault indeed, and one which, in our innocence, we never would have charged on the Trish emigrants. Wo had too mucb reliance on the godly labors of Archbishop Hughes, and his right reverend and reverend coadjutors in the church, to believe for one moment that under the pastoral care of such goed shepherds, any of the fold of Judah could possibly stray into the desert places of infi- delity. And we thought, too, that it would be about as difficult a matter to infuse thé spirit of skepticism, rationalism, or materialism, into the minds of the faithful Irish, as it would be to make them converts to the beauty of the Maine Liquor law. We know that this must be a libel upon their character, as well as an insinuation against their clergy for laxity of discipline. As to the new poli- tical ideas which they imbibe here, we will willingly bear testimony to the change which, it must be acknowledged, comes over them in that respect, converting into true republicans those who had formerly been the contemptible slaves of an oppres- sive despotism and grinding aristocracy. But for this they have the authority and teachings of the Archbishop of New York and his “Catholic Chap- ter in the United States”—and we did not think this could have given offence to the clergy at home, much less to the editor of the Nation. We must dismiss this subject with one moro quo- tation from the letter we have cited, and which will be branded by all who read it in this country, as embodying a falsehood too vile and palpable for se- rious contradiction:—I would advise the Irish People to stay at home, for truly miserable must be their condition if it be not as good as what it would be in America.” The emigration from Ireland to this country, for the years 1849, ’50, and °51, Exoqumecs or Taomas Fraxcre Meacwen.—A blaze is extending all over the surrounding neigh- borbood. A large number of Americans have caught the enthusiasm, and sympathize strongly with a hero who sacrificed everything for his prinoi- ples, and they burn to do him the public honor that he so well deserves. From all appearances, they will shortly have the opportunity. We learn that | the Common Council will give him a public recep- tion on a grand scale; and a civic and military procession will take place, probably outstripping anything that has preceded it. Bosten, Philadel- phia, and other eities will follow the example of New York, and ho will have a complete triumph throughout the United States. We would not be surprised if he were even invited to the Halls of Congres, partigularly as he does not seck for any intervention or interference of the United States government in the political affairs of Europe. Kossuth will be here in the course of a week ora fortnight after finishing his money-making tour in this State, and he will then have the opportunity of meet- ing, face to face, a real and not asham republican—a man who never ran away—never turned his back upen a friend er anenemy—not a man who wasa royalist in England and a republican in America; but a true patriot, without any humbug about him, and a practical statesman, of which Kossuth is but & counterfeit. Meagher was willing to seal the truth of his principles with his blood, and te offer himself a sacrifice; and how narrow his escape was POSTSCRIPT. ———————— FOUR DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE. 4RRIVAL OF THE STEAMSHIP ASIA. Tho British mail steamship Asia, Capt. Judkins, arrived here at half-past seven o'clock. Owing to the idateness of the hour, wo have not time to ‘The Ster_aship Great Britain, In secordar ig with our promise yesterday, we now ley before Oar readers « full description of the exterior of thie Saceresting vessel. The Great Britain, then, isan iron ship of 3,000 tons, 826 feet long, 54 feet wide, and 42 feet deep, and was built ‘at Bristol. She is of most symmetrical proportions, and has s bandsome, sharp bow, ornamented with a very ela- borately carved representation of the arms of Great Brir tain. Although of #0 large a size, she sts ightly om the water. and one cannot, in full, realize her huge aise until sheis seen from some prominent point on deck. She originally had six masts, then five, and now has four. The two centre ones are brig rigged, their spars being of the: same dimensions. The other two are fitted with fore and examine the papers brought by her. Our evening | sft rails only, and all were evidently rigged by one who: , f understood his business, She formerly had merely a set- edition will contain full details of the news. The ting rail around the deck, but that has been re. following is a list of her passengers :— LIST OF PASSENGERS BY THE ASIA. Mirs De Boom and servant, Mr De Boom, Mrs A A Ta) er, 4. i servant, Senora Soto and child, o! iheatre London, Senorita Soto, Mr Gillow. . ir Schmidler, Jas Court, Hi ee Reger Col Jennings. G A: Ms canon. ssl spling, G De Jung, F Nauman, G Blend, Mr Jackson, Mrs C McCarthnew, Lew! Tin'Shmoa Hr Mieign and 1007 ia, LR Simon, Ht Migion an J Long, Mr Cook, J ool and boy, J i Asch, J Carrison. Total, 55. In specie, from Havre, $122,000. ald, Mr Mo: Mr C de Boom, F Priv, JH Woodward, C Gros, Tue Pourricians Goma To BALTIMoORS—THE Canpipats oF Rum anp Rowpyism.—Ths rowdy and grogshop politicians have gone from this city to Baltimore, to manage the Democratic Convention in the same way that they manage the primary elections. The Empire Club, the butt-enders, the fighting men, Hon. Mike Walsh, His Excellency Captain Rynders, and George Sanders and Tho- mas Devin Reilly, of the Democratic Review, rom that fate, may be seen by reference to the an- swer of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to the recent memorial published in Monday’s Henaxp, praying for his release, together with that of the other poli- tical captives. His Excellency thought these men got off rather too easily, by the’commutation of the sentence of death to the banishment and degrada- tion of felons and murderers. How little did hedream that Meagher was then on his way to this coun. try, where he will be received with such public honors as will put to shame the barbarism of the sentence of hanging, drawing, and quartering pro- nouneed upon him. For the exact words of that sentence, and the short but manly and appropriate speech made by Mr. Meagher, in reply to the question whether he had anything to say why sucha sentence should not be delivered against him, we refer to another column. This speech will be read with deep interest at the present moment; and furnishes a specimen, but by no means the mosteloquea:. f these stirring and classic speeches which have made him so renowned on both sides of the Atlantic. On these grounds, and on the ground that Mr. Meagher is going to settle down quietly in this country as a republican—which we advised Kossuth long since to do—and because the Irish race have done, and are now doing, more in one day to advance the interests ef this country than all the Hungarians ever did or ever will do to the..end of time—the Irish patriot has far higher claims to the friendly recog- nition and honors of the people of the United States, than any Magyar ever hal or can have. The cause of Ireland, too, stands upon far higher ground than that of Hungary; and one thing is very certain, that if Ireland had an army of 120,000 strong, with arms in their hands, and the prestige of successful battles to encourage her, she never wquid have laid down those arms, or surrendered them to the British power, as Hungary did to Austria. In 1843, the Irish people wisely did not fight, though goaded to madness, because they had no arms, and because the masses were exhausted by famine, and because amounted to four hundred thousand persons, nineteen- twentieths of whom, at least, have since blessed their stars for their good fortune ; and of the large proportion of the rest, it may be safely stated that, if they have not bettered their «+ ius tito country, the fault lies with themselves, and their own idle, dissipated havits, and not with the want of op portunities for the profitable employmont of their abilities. We were really surprised to see such ut- terly false and ridiculous statements published in a respectable republican journal, and endorsed by a clergyman, whose information, collected merely from his own parishioners, must have convinced him that they bore the impress of falsehood and ab- surdity the most unqualified. Warertxo PLaces.—Large numbers of our citi- zens will now be hurrying away, with their families, from the dust and turmoil and fatigues-of a town life, and secking pleasant and healthy retreats in the watering plases and rural districts, which offer to them the inducements most agreeable to their diversified tastes, means, and intended durations of absence. The country is looking very charming at the present season—nature having bedecked her self in her gayest and most fascinating attire, pro- senting to the eye the most beautiful combination | of colors and tints, and causing the city denizens, | weary of their daily toils and cares, to wish for a quiet sojourn in her resorts. As very many will, therefore, soon be exchanging the hot streets for the breezy sea shore or the green fields of the coun- try, we present them wth a list of the several | watering places and mountain retreats which have come under our observation, or appeared in the | news or advertising columns of the HERALD :— Lebanon Springs, which may be reached in some 6 hours. { Saratog: 6 | Niagara Falis, Sharca Spring | Litchfield, . Cape May there was a hostile and powerful force in possession of every stronghold, who wanted to drive the country to a premature outbreak—a force, with a mighty fleet to bring them stores and supplies, and TelMfuicements, aud Ww cul OT all succur tO the inhabitants. But if Ireland had then had the op- portunities and advantages of Hungary, there would ‘be a very different story to tell to-day. All honor, therefore, te the youth who, in hisenthu- siastic heroism, did not shrink, in the face of that overwhelming force, to proclaim the right of his ‘country to freedom and independence, and Offered himself as a martyr for the cause of his native land. BroaDwAY AND OTHER StREETS.—The condition of Broadway and the other thoroughfares and back streets of this city, imperatively requires the atten- tion of the Corporation and public, in order thatsuch improvements may be made therein, as a regard for the health, comfort, and cleanliness of the eity de- mands, and which are even necessary for its pros- perity in a commercial point of view, by removing the objections for the visits of strangers. The streets have not, perhaps, for the last six months presented such an abominable array of filth, desolation, and discomfort in almost every shape, as at the present time. In those back streets which are less frequented by passengers, the footpaths and sides of the road are reeking with filth and garbage, and the gutters flowing with blood from butchers’ shops—all which combined, pro- duce a stench most intolerable, and which cannot fail to affect most adversely the health of the resi- dents, and probably give rise to epidemic diseases. In Broadway, and the main thoroughfares, the ob- jections are of a different character. The passers by are incommoded, every block or two, by rubbish, scaffolding, and falling walls, where laborers are en- geged in pulling down good, substantial and valuable houses, to put up more modern ones in place of them. There is no end or measure to this new sort of strange fancy for that which is peculiar to tho other | vandalism, and it is melancholy to gee many of the racierictic meeting at Massillon, Ohio, last week. | sex. Those smitten with the disease were easily We have heretofore given telegraphic sketches of | recognized by the peculiarity of their dress and man- their doings, and this morning publish a full report | ners. They generally wore a close fitting boddice, ofthe proceedings for the first two days. Among the orators was a negro woman. Soe Christy’s black bloomers are no longer imaginative characters, but representatives of a Simon pure existing article. | Despatches from the South announce that several | deaths by cholera have recently occarred at New | Mrieans andon the plantations in Mississippi. ‘The amount .on deposit in the various depositories of the government, to the credit of the Treasurer 0 | the United States, subject to drafton the 24th of May, was$15,098,169 82; of which $3,139,377 was in this city; @807,772 in Boston; $1,059,092 in Philadelphia; $5,631,780 in.U. S. mint, Philadel- phia; and $960,000 in the mint at New Orleans. It will be seon by reference to our report of the proceedings of the Irish military and civic dele- gates, that harmony has been effeeted between them and the Irish Directory. This is chiefly owing to the fact that it ig now ascertained that John B. Dilton and Richard O’Gormaa, Jr., Irish exiles, are mow active membere of that body, and that since their membership some practical good has been of- fected by thefunds. Li it curious enough that the young gentleman who led the opposition te the Di- weetory on the previous evoning, was the frst to propose a resolution of the opposite kind last night. We learn that one of the largest meotings ever held in Albany, assembled last evening, withont distinction of parfy or nation, for the purpose of | making arrangements te give Thos. F. Meagher a | Serious welcome. The Bostonians have also de- Putized a committee to invite Mr. M. to visit that Place. The Meagher enthusiasm throughout the | country, bide fuir to overleap and outlast the Kos suth excitement, which, after a feverish life of only five months, is now fast dying away. St. Anne's Church, Astor plac was yesterday edicated to the service of the Roman Catholic | church. ‘Tho ceremonies were of an imposing | character, a report of which appears in auother | eolumn. I. is probuble that we shall recvive lato Buro- pean aud California news to-day or to-morrow The Asia, from Liverpool, is in her cloventh day, | aud the Crescent City, from Agpinwall, is fuliy due. | The steamer with the mails from the Pacific, will | no be due ti] Saturday. | the name of the person who was first affected by it. | atuouncements, pantaloons tied at the ankle, and a rakish looking | | hat and feather. When they appeared in publie, | they were generally attended by gangs of je ring archins, grinned ai by the fashionable gents, and stared at with a mixture of surprise, pity, and con- tempt, by their own sex. This disease was classified under the term of Bloemerism—e term derived from Its symptoms, however, were not confined to articles of dress, but sometimes manifested themselves in still stranger vagaries. Those laboring under it would, for instance, imagine that all women were oppressed, slighted, and cheated out of their natural rights and privileges; and they would mect in conventions, make speeches, adopt resolutions, and issue manifes- tocsin relation to theirimaginary wrongs, aad the re- medies which they proposed. Many of them were also victims of the Rochester knocking infatuation, Fourrierism, and the modern philosophy. Up to the present time, no sufficient remedy was known to mitigate this disease—the lunatic hospitals were of no avail whatever for that purpose, and the disor- der was going on and increasing to 2 most melan- choly extent. However—praise to the prophet—a specific has at length been found by accident—as most great discoveries have been made, This re- medy is extremely simple—it does not involve any disagreeable operation, and is within the reach of all. It was discovered by a Mrs. Swisshelm, who had beon 0 deeply impregnated with this new dis. ease that she even assumed the editorship of a journal in Pittsburg, and who was instantuncoxsly cured by the simple but efficacious remedy of bring- | ing « son into the world. Speaking of the miracle, | | | and recommend themselves by a variety of advan- Newburg, Fairfield, White Lake, Rockaway, Loxg Branch, Schooley’s Mountain, Fort Hamilton, Bath, Coney Island, Flushing, Glen Cove, are all within two or three hours distance from New York, tages. These are the watering places that we have soen making announcements; but the great feature ef the | season will be the singular condition to which the | watering places in Rhode Island and Massachusetts will be reduced by the operation of the fanatical laws enacted by the Legislatures of these two States. From every quarter we hear the expression of a general determination, from visiters of water- ing-plaees, to avoid Newport, and the other usual resorts in Rhode Island and Massachuse! ts, in eon- sequence of the abolition and cold water fanaticism of these States. Insasity £N THE Unitep Srates.—It appears from statistieal returns, made to the government, that the number of insane and idiotic persons in the United States, is as follows:— MALMe, Insane, Tiiotie White. 8.276 Free © 234 Slaves. 586 Totel male 9,095 PRMALES. herself, she says— The late ‘‘affictive dispensation,’ which has placed | | a ecowing becy into our hitherto gplet/bome, appeared | like “a call’? <0 deliver the pen #ditorial into other | bunds « We have no doukt that this will be found a sove- reign specific for that which has for years bac ied | all the ekill of the wisest ueads. We congratulat society in general, and the poo, sufferers in particu- lar, on the speedy termination te their ailliction, which this remedy promises them} ar’ We will lovk out immediately for long lists of births 2nd mar- riage#, in the column devoted to those interesting | j bue provi is favo a an! houses undergo this work of demolition, and which require more labor in pulling down than will be expended in putting up new ones in their places; for the manner of constructing houses now-a-days is of the most fragile, gingerbread, discreditable des- cription. Another serious cause of complaint is the want of all system and regulation in paving streets. Look at Broadway, blocked and barricaded in three or four different places, by different systems of pave- ment. For the last thirty years, all sorts of experi- ments in that line have been tried, and only one has proved of any utility—the improved Russ pavement, now in progress of construction in the upper part of Broadway. The other systems are found to be expensive, ridiculous, absurd, and utterly useless; but the Perrine pavement is, abovo all, the greatest humbug, greatest bore, and greatest atrocity in that line. Remedics for this state of things are immediately required. Thecleansing of the streets is a matter which could be easily enforced. Some attempts have been made since the present Corporation came into power, to keep Broadway clean, and we believe a sort of half and half system was established, to commence sweeping from one to two o’clock every morning, which, combined with the watering process during the day, has made some improve- White... 5.04 | ment in ite condition ; but mach more could yet bo Free colored. done by a perfect system of sweeping, such as they statin have in London and Paris. As to the by streots Total females, * 0.6 there seems to be no intention to have them kept Total of b BORE, + 70) 3 Me 7097 clean at all; and even if they were swept daily, it pi ise singalar fact, that in New Kuglaud, wil | would not be of much avail unless tho inhabitants all its boasted intelligence aust education, here is | oo yy to keep the side-walks free of rubbish. more of insanity and i There ought to be a le acted, compelling every number of inkabitas , } and i | householder and penal- United Statos—t ns | - ty~—to sweep the foot at or street, o'clock Thi avi ; Ear esate nit gg acd the strects and side: t thus bee abolitic 's righ pin, to proce ch mo: no con Ma. ? ary) of th ph x eountiy would have f ely mad ra sand thei nd toindue,® ation! Nodoubt many of them will find thoir i <4 no io ay 0 on it is no longer " Ve hope the pur Yé il g Woy there at last, when it is no longer possible » thet much of ,“Uelr gonoral and individual Im to disguise their monomania under tho cloak of a | stsare involved ‘8 tho carrying out of these principle. tary measures. leading Young America to battle. We learn that some parties fought their way to Balti- more in the cars, and had several mélées and * up-and-down” conflicts, which resulted in black eyes and bloody noses. One of the causes of quar-. rel was that dread source of war in the primitive ages of the world—causa teterrima belli—woman; and that woman no less a one than Lola Montes. They hed a dozen baskets of champagne and a whole jar of the best Otard ; and when they reached the ‘*Menumontal City,” they were primed for the work. Their candidate is Douglas, “a man after their own heart,” and of tho same calibre. They are determined to take the convention by storm, and to force him into the nomination by the power of rum, and, if necessary, some ‘ knock-down argu- ments.” It is also said that the name of young Meagher is to be used as a spell tocharm the conven- tion—a use of his name of which he is perfectly guiltless himself. The whig party are chuckling with delight at the prospect of having such a candi- date to fight against. They calculate that the greatest goneral of the age will have almost a walk over the course with such an antagonist as Douglas, of Illinois. So little is this politician known in these diggins, that he is often mistaken for black. Fred. Douglass, of Rochester, Tue British PARLIAMENT AND THE ADMISSION or Jews—RvssELL snp RoruscHinp.—By our London advices, we perceive that another influential meeting has been held—which on this occasion took place at the house of Baron Rothschild, the great capitalist, and ono of the members elect for the city of London, who has been twice elected, first, at the last general election, and subsequently upon his expulsion by the House of Commons—upon the subject of his non-admission to the House of Com- mons, on account of the well known Jewish dis- qualifieation, resulting from his refusal to pronounce a certain formula attached to the oath, applicable only to members of the Christian church. Five times has a bill for the purpose of relieving membors of the Jewish persuasion from this technical disa- bility passed the House of Commons, but each time it has been rejected by ‘the Lords.” Lord John Russell, also member of Parliament for London, and late Prime Minister, had charge of this mea- sure, which he advocated, though not as a govern- ment measure. To obtain the passage of the bill, the only alternative was to advise the Crown to create new peers, and thereby turn a majority in its favor in ‘‘the upper house;” and if he had made the Jewish Disabilities bill a cabinet measure, as he ought to have done, and which the feeling of the people demanded, the threat of sending in a new batch of peers would have induced the Lords to consent to its passage. This was the course obliged to be adopted in carrying the Parliamentary Reform bill and the Anti-Corn Law measure, the House of Peers being always uawilling to countenance any act of real progression, or of advantage to the people, as being destructive of their own interests and of their class. So the matter stards; and all parties appear to bo convinced that Lord John Russell has been acting a deceptive part, and using the Jewish Emancipation bill as political and—what is worse—personal capi- tal. Lord John Russell and Baron Rothschild were both elected for the city of London at the last election, and the election exponses, as usual, were very heavy. Russell was poor, Roths- child immensely rich, and the latter paid both hisown and Russell’s expenses, as (if we are rightly in- formed,) entr’ eux, the price of the Jew bill, which has been shuffled about ever since the last election, by the ‘noble lord.” Of course, all this was a lit- tle bit ofa secret, but it is now, we beliove, pretty well understood in “‘ the city.” Baron Rothschild and the London electors natu- rally feel very indignant at the conduct of the late Premier of England ; and the result of the meetings which have been held upon tho subject, is the very proper resolution to eject Lord John Russell from the representation of the city of London, at the coming election. This Lord John so fully under- stood, that a few wecke since, and just after the meeting at Baron Rothschild’s house, he actually withdrew his notice of motion respecting the Jewish Disqualification bill, standing on the books-of the House of Commons, and of which he has all a'ong made so much capital, and pretended to be so sin- cere an advocate. This is the conduct of the late ruler of England, and the basis upon which he stood. Despicable! Meeting of the Chamber of Commerce. ‘The regular monthly meeting wa held yesterday after noon, at the Merchants’ Bank, Mr. Hicks, the newly elected President, not having been sworn into office, acted as Vice President, ing s fund to provide themselves with a larger place of meeting. Babcock, Charles Il. Roome, Benjamin A. Mumford, Charles Carew, John 8, Williams, Samuel Sloan, Churies Easton. John D. Jones, Ellwood Walter. Charles A, Macy. . F. Cary was unanimously elected « member of une Arbitration Committee, in place ot Robert Kelly, whose term of service hud expired. stated that it had not fully digested their report. The fellowing report and revolutions were therefore subst- tuted — The Committeo appointed at a previous meeting to con- tr be ree apd ‘and the treo | nerehante f ta burial of the New York City [Loeplt the eborge of the United tho ue are usually a) forpital Fund Of this class of men Up to the present tin United Sta 4 been’ made by the for the expenve of cer to on hie epartment the grave, no p nid. therefore led for their int heratof Jaco be been prov field ha rment, | a placed by substantial bulwarks, around whick, on the inside, hang fifty life buoys in readiness for any emergency. There is one feature that at once strikes the observer on approaching the vessel. and one that, if more generally adopted in every sea-going ship, would be the means of saving many lives, The feature alluded to is the bountiful supply of stropg boats on board. there being no less than ten, eight of which are large life boate; the remaining two are smaller, but are also fitted with life apparatus—making in reality ten life boats, eapable of con- taining, all together, 500 persons; each of the large ones be- ing capable of carrying about sixty persons. Each boat is- likewise furmished with four casks, each containing thir-+ ty-five gallons of water, and always kept ready in the» boats. Attached to each boat is a double-barreled winch, with tackle and blooks to lower it into the water square. On the epar deck is a long house, running fore and aft the whole length ofthe vessel. At the aft end of it is the wheelhouse, with water closotson each side. Fronting this is a smoking room, capable ef aceommodating from hirty to torty persons, fitted with horse-hair seats, di- vided by mahogany arms, on the same plan as adopted on. our ferry boats. There is alsoa seat ina niche, with o table before it, for the chairman, whenever the passen- gere feel inclined to be convivial. From this are two ex-- tra private entrances to sleeping rooms of the first cabin. Forward of this again are the captain's and chief officers’ rooms, divided by the music room, centaining an» elegant piano, and ornamented with very handsome damask hangings, velvet-seated chairs and velvet carpet- ing. The music room opens into the grand dining-saloon, a most magnificent and well arranged apartment; it is 76 feet long by 20 wide, will accemmodate 180 persons, and 80 people can sit down together to dine. It is lighted by twenty large porte, with sliding sashes, and fur niched with handsome crimson velvet curtains. Be- tween the ports are paintings of the arms of all nations, alternate with handsome mirrors, The int are- done on glass, and are executed ina very rich and delicate style, There are also two mirrors at each end, in handsome gilt frames. Over the two lines of tables, ran- ning fore and aft, are suspended trays, filled with beau. tituby cut glass ware, h_ can be lowered or raised at pleasure, with lamps attached. At about one-third the distance from the aft port hangs a handsome velvet cur- tain, which can be drawn at pleasure, and divide the saloeu into two distinct apartments, The fittings of the raloon throughout are of a very handsome character, the hangings, and seats and table-covera, &c.. being com- posed of crimson velvet, wlih deep gold borders, There are also four libraries in this apartment, filled with a choice collec of Met leery ph rapper gern of the panelling und ceilin, in pi with the rest, the former being of oak color, withe gold ding, and the latter white and gold. Take this apartment altogether it is one of the most elrgant and conveniently arranged places ever eon- structed on ef ship. Forward of this saloon, and repurated from it by a paseage, is the pantry, on each side of which is an entrance to sleeping berths and the- ladies’ boudcire. The pantry is exccilently arranged, every inch of room being ured, The quantity of massive silver ware there arrayed, above und arvund, is very great. the place looking more like the show room tilveremith than the pantry of « stcamship. On eack~ side of the pantry isa nine’y gallon water tank, with @ guage glass attached, to show at all times the quantity contained ip thom, ‘his guage is an invention of Capt. Mathews. The tenks are supplied with water by @ force pemp below. Next to thir, but separated by the pas- sage and entrance to the engine room. is an open space above the engine room, with a gallery ou each sidy, in which are the oflicers’ quarters, and at the forward end their mers room. with pantry attached. In the mes room twelve persons can dine together, The quarters here are those of the recund, third and fourth officers, surgeon, purser. ebief steward, and four eadets. They are all very ueatly arranged and furnisied, endeach weil lighted by an uir port. Forward again of this is the Kitchen, ‘but divided from contiguous apartments, as throughout, by a passage way, It is a very large room. twenty-eight feet by twelve. and furnished ‘with a Cresser 25 feet long. a drying room (capable of drying alb. the linen on board within an hour), and every other fix- ing necessary for a first-rate cuisine All the iron work ic of the mort durable character, and as bright as a pew pin, Attached to the kitchen are the purters’ room, eculleries, &c. Separated from this again by a passage and the stokere’ Lateb. is the pautry fur second class pas- sengers. equally convenient. and inmediately connecting with the forward dining raloon. 8 saloon is fifty feet. long by twenty-four, and is fitted with three lengihs of tables, with corresponding scats, and sliding trays, &c., the same ns in the principal seloon. This suloon is not furnished in the rich style of the one aft. but. with the damack hangings, cak pannelling, and rows of horse hair: seats. bas a very handsome appearance, The for- ward end of this opens on another passage. containing entrances to the sleeping rooms of the second class pas- sengers below, and bounded on the other side by the cap- tain’s room (thirty feet by twenty-four), with two en- trances to the store rooms beneath, and completing the bounderies of the house All the various departments in this houee are most excellently arranged, and are highly creditable to Capt. Muthews, after whose plan it was con- structed. Above this immense houre is a splendid prom: nde, 275 feet lcng—the only obstructions on it being the two smoke pipes and the sky lights On this deck are fixed three stationary compatses, one of which is the steering ccmpass, ‘There are seven entrances into this promena e —two placed forward. three amidships, and two aba t. About five fect above this deck, and fixed on each funnel, is a lamp to telegraph the man at the wheel, each lamp showing three mt lights— plain, red, and groen. ‘The red light eignifies “ port: plain, “ steady.” and the green ‘“starheard,” and which can be given by the look: out man in an instant. Thi- is also an invention of Capt. M's, Within six feet cf this is the telegraph io the en- gine room. and # bridge running out i tLe extreme width of the ship, commanding an unobstructed view from #iem to stern, for the look out. Projecting over the water from the bridge are the night lights for sea, ar- ranged according to act of Parliament, e main deck is nearly all occupied by the sleepie aportments. Commencing aft with reget Tponstag room. lighted by the stern windows. are four rows of state rooms for first class passengers, six ef which, imme- diately adjoining the lounge, are for families—three on « tide of the ship. The centre rows ure separated from the side ones by an viry and well lighted corridor, three and a half feet wide. and each state room is fare nished with every convenience of a comfortable bed- chamber, Forward of there berths are two el: Gant ladies? boudoirs, furnithed in a costly style with green velvet and gold. Esch contains room for twenty persons, and fitted with mirrors, chiffonicrs, tables, . Of choracter to match. Between these boudoirs is the bar room, but ene tirely disconnected. Forward of this are four bath room:, | water closets, (or the latter there are forty-six in vari paits of the chip.) seven intermediate second class berths oneach side, each fitted for three persons, aud two more family rooms, each touceonmodate five pertons. Divided from these by anther passage (in whichrare placed cight Water tanks containing 20.00) gallons of reserved water), are the berths for the second class passengers, coutaiving twenty-six six-berth rooms, with @ sitting room for the Indies. Forward of these are the berths for all counect.d with the engines, with their mess rooms, store rooms, work rooms. &e, We now come to the most important part of a steam Yeseel—the engine room, Wer engines. which are oz. cillating ones. are a most magnificent piece of mochan- frm. ‘The cylinders are §2)¢ inches in diame G6 feet stroke, She has six tubular bo 5 tubes—three on each side of the ship. Each boiler can be worked separately; thy are fitted with close sufi ty valves and Howe's patent salinometers. and cach has n separate steam guage ‘The furnaces number eighteen. The highest The attendance was quite large, and some discus. | sion was had as to the propriety of the Chamber rais- | diemeter of ‘he propeller is 16 feet @ inches, witht 19 fect | pansi The following gentlemen were elected members cf hse of the uriving the Chamber :—W. 8. Griffiths. A. W. Sus, Samuel p, | the | revolution of the shatt Mr. Prorntx, of the Committee on Trade with Canada, | | 1,081.454 Limes, ® the question of reciprocity of trade with the Canadas, | Tortand on the ft atinat | being highly ap pree Mature, | diving rom, wit amount of revolutions made by the engine, on her voyage here, was 21 per minute, producing 61 in the propeller. The propeller is worked by multiplying gear, ‘The dine meter of the shaft is 15 inches, and 105 feet long ‘Tne . With thies blades, Tho large driving wheel is 12 in diameter, es smaller one 4 fect. The ex- four separate grades. By the use ot the driving gear mure revolutions oro nny three times to evory single There are alao two sepa- rate air pumps, in case of being necessitated to work with only one engine, These engines are nwich superior to the ones originally placed in her, and consuine mucl esr fuel and produce mors power. In the engine room is a counter to tell the number of revolutions made from pert to port by which we found that the shaft rovolvet on her presoge bere. £60,478 times. ‘The screw revolved ‘The engine room is most bountifully with Nght ond air, there being a clear open whole width of the room up tothe +kylight. tLe engine room and cast your fet propeller revolving rt that they lave agreed upon the following resolution, | cyce us site bo fe Wich they submit to the action of the Chamber :— ines count = me nh ae he is in tome Kévolved, That the Chamber of Commerce of the city of | antes ° mal ute hoid ¢ veveel, New k’ recommend to th urable consideratin of | ty enbit rocin alone would well repay the 0 British North Ne of along walk to exami cannot fail of vod by wil acquainted with such int participation in the fiehe Whether taken in ¢ naviyation of the river St. Lawrence, |} tain fe wn extrac ‘The report an tion were adopted. | merous vititere, ¢ y warm evcomiu A reed! saccumulating | pseepting the bull LL hat a anew ehip. at the mouth of t puke | to her re conti t Uberal a a8 offered, ad | Howe und the sleep © ure all on Nlecpiog apartnente connecwl—a way tong vory much complained of y. 2 pasaage ran ali through the kitche feb whe, It fs hed in view to purchase u pl Lin ono of | , Hite Jarge, Cemetary neat the city ced in the re conchiding. we wil take oeonston io return, Hands of trustece for the pe nj and in | ¢y : Mathews, for hia courtesy in going of thie purpose, © memorial to Congress Was | pox with our reporter, and explaining every portion of he Chamber, asking for 2 grant of $0,000, his noble veseel: and also to Mr, Carman. the ohief en- Captain Wivd, of tho chip Universe, was appointed pincer. for informotion connected with his tomnediate an addijona) din : rine Surveyor, when the Chamber ad- journed, " Crpartanent. Our thenks are also due to tir. vox (the