The New York Herald Newspaper, December 6, 1853, Page 2

AFFAIRS IN CUBA. We bave received our correspondence and files from Havana by the Black Warrior, the pith of whose news wo gave in yesterday's HxRALp. ‘The following letters speak for themselvea:— Havana, Nov. 16, 1853. Cow, We. H. Romerrson, Acroyc Commsneial AGENT OF THE Unrrae States at HA Dear Sm—The un \ 8, past or to.come, for the dis ity justry with which you have per. formed your duty in charge of the American Consulate, thrown upon you from the departure of the Hoa. Shark; You have proved that American inte Fests can be preserved and American citizuns protectal, Gad at the rame time, the most cordial oflivial and social Felations maintaine 1 with the public authorities, whereby ‘the intereste of your fellow citizens have been materially Denefitted, while the honor and dignity of your country have been untouched with spot or blemirh. Wishing you prosperity ia a more thankful vocation, wre beg to assure you of our entie regard and esteem. Signed by— WILLIAM FULTON, FRANCIS ESQUIROL, WM. C BVARIS, E. VEDDER, And tweaty-sevem other, Havana, Nov. 22, 1853. Wa. H. Ronxetson, Fsq.. ActInG ComMERCIAL AGENT OF THR Onirep states AT Havana— Duar Sik—Understanding that you ara about to be ra- Yeased from charge of the American Consulate, the under- signed, having had business rela‘ions with you while in formance of your public duties, desire to express thei Gratification, without reflection upon others, as to th geal, intelligence, and industry with which you have dis- eharged them, proving. as you have done, that the inte Berta of your country and countrymen can be protected ond advanced, while the most cordial officia! and social relations are maintained with the supreme authority of the land. Preeuming that your country will net lose your valuable services, we desire to assure you of our respect gud be wherever duty or business may lead you. ned by— 3. ©. Burnham & Co., Fesser & Co., iz Bros. & Co., Herrera, Meyer & Co., ‘Adot, Spalding & Co., R. dorisoa & Co., O : ‘A. Cabargo & Co., Eranciseo Alvares, Jr, Gevalion & Bisby joriega, Olm & Co. Mangoaga, Ducatel & Co, Ross A.Scull, Smeven & Oo, : Per J Carricaburu; D. R. Pores & Co, Crawford & Kcharte, Carlos Fyng & Co., Jove de Cabarga, Berndes & Uo., T. Horne & Co. Per A. Rottman: . & Co. Servando de ls Huerta, jstolongo, Asencio & Uo. M. de Embil & Co., * Drake & Co., J. E Zunts, And several others. Havana, Nov. 26, 1853. Gevrimos—There can be no reward more gratifying to ® public servant than the approbation of his official con- uct by his countrymen and others with whom he has eon in contact while on duty. Your kind and much valued letter, approbatory of my @onduct while in charge of the consulate of Havana, has been received, and I beg to assure you, fully appreciated. The duties of the office, although greatly multiplied du- Fing my brief administration, have always been perform. ed wil it reference to hours, and with great pleasure, ably assisted at all times by the intelligent Secretary of the Consulate, Mr. Thc mas Savage, to whom much that mess to listem to me at all times and in all cases where my country or countrymen were concerned, and whose Kindness, have been particularly ‘will soon acquire that of the and with the amiable and able Secretary of the vernment to which he is Office as his adjunct, the Consulate is not likely to lose —= of that public esteem that it may have acquired. mit me, gentlemen, to thank you most sincerely for the kind manner in which you have been pleased to ex- {press your approbation of my official conduct, and With as regard respect, lam ‘our friend and obedient servant, WILLIAM H. ROBERTSON, Acting United States Coasul at Havana. To Messieurs Drake & Co., J. C. Burnham & Co., F. ‘Alvarez & Co., R. Morrison & Co., Zangronis Brothers, Bory, Spalding & Co., Francis Esquirol, William Fulton, OUR HAVANA CORRESPONDENCE. Bavanay Nov, 28, 1853 The Approaching Departure of Canedo—Opinion of the People Regarding Him—Military and Naval Movements—Further Details of the Perez Murder—Defences of the Island—The Press, the Orops, and Obituary. ‘The conscious correspondent of paper such as the Bixniv,, resident in an island such as is Cuba, with a press ettered, and with men fearful to express any information jhat may have reached the@, needs to po:sess more than Dedinary industry and no small share of moral courage. Without assuming to myself either of these qualities to tn oxtraordinary extent, I believe I am enabled, from pe Suliar sources of information, to supply you with all that is worthy of being known to your thousands of readers. It is an easy task to string together commoaplace expre3- Bions that bave been often before uttered, and to iadulgs fin the iden that it is very fine writing, as highly intersst- ficg to the reader as to him who pens the stuit. Such, however, is not my aim. I shall strive to keep you tho:- Dughly posted on sll matters calculated to interest the Public of the United States, To commence, then, with the highest personage in thia island. The Captain General Canedo will shortly take his Goparture from Cubs, his successor, General Pezuria, be- Jing momentarily expected—nay, he may possibly arrive Dbofore this letter is closed, he having left Spain in a war pteamer on the llth inst, Nota syllable in the shape of regret wili, I venture to affirm, be uttered at Gen. Cane- @o’s departure. He has done no one act calculated to win fthe affections or to command the respect of the inhabi- fants of Cuda. Haughty, vain, and addle-pated, he is woiversally declared to be without sufficient force of in- fellect or energy of character to know which course is ‘the wiser to pursue, or to do it when he bas arrived at a eonclusion. Antenio Quiaterio, who caused the soldiers resently at ‘Wardenas to take themselves off the island, it is reported, Jhas beom condemned to suffer the death penalty by the garotte. It would not surprise me if this act led toa public oatbreak. A regiment of soldiers recently ieft this city for the western part of the isiand, and two Spanish war steam- ips bave ceparted within s few days, but where bound er on what errand no ope knows, «xcept, perhaps, the Ad i Department scemmi ted on the morning by Jone Peres, upon the perton of ‘is Jomingues, ‘a very pretty actrass of The murdered woman had played the A Of the 23d instant, wife, Dona Matilie the Taoon theatre. P night as Louisa, in the semi opera comique @alled ‘‘E] Valle Ge Andorra ’’ and her busband, who is @ gambler, having demanded money of her, behind the poenen, which she refased to give him, conceived the hor Fible idea of remcing her to * her long account, with all her sins unrepen‘ed of.” Jo-é@ Perez afterwards attempted to murder himself. In this, hovever, he did not succeed. He still lives, al- though in great danger. The mother of the murdered woman was murdered by her husband, and, it is ssid with the, self.same stage dagger with which this horrible Geed was done = The murdered woman was stabbedin ro leas than for'y-two dillerent places. A more brute-like wourder was scarcely ever heard of. You may form rome opinion of the state of the preas of this laland when [ inform you that only one of the four Morning papers putsished Kore contain ds sylinble next Moorving respecting this murder, Tie cause of this si- Jence is attributabie to the murderec and murderer being @rooles—of 0 little account are chis class of persoas neld de Ontae, amongst the Spaniarce. Sevor Garcia, the larg segar importer of your city and Havens, died recently, after a brief illness from apoplexy. His daughter arr.ved here just in time to see him before his death. A circular haa been isrued to the captains of the severa’ Sounties, into which the island is divided, authorizing them to call upon all persons whom they may suspect of * & want of loyalty to the Spanish eovernment, to make a tender of their ‘lives and property’’ to the government of this island, and which ‘tender’ is to be accepted in the event of any attack being made upon Cuba by any foreign ” refuse to make this iy an traivora to the Btate, by ilitary tribun What ti ink you of this act of moderation on the partof General Canedo, on the pve of his departure? Is it mot conciliatory? ‘The fortocoming crop of sugar, it is «| Moort one. Dry weather and the cholera g caused the death of the negroes, ana affected the canes injarious- ly. Next year's crop is, however, spoken of hopefully; by that period, new negroes, isis trusted, will be imported. Bo Mesars. crui-ers, if you are in esroest be on the qui viv. By the way, did Great Britain in reaii y desire to pus down the alave how readily might she do #0, by surround. this island and Porto Rico, with her cruisers. a you inform the Americans aejoorning in Cubs, when the harbor of the Havana iy likely to be graced with a visit from a United States vessel of wart GUALTERIO. Havana, November 28, 1353, Biairement of the U. S. Commercial Agent—Thv Cardenas and Cienfuegos Negrom— Expected Arrival of General Pinda—Government Rule in Cuba—A Bloody Domestic Tragedy—An Actress Stalbed by Her Husband—The Weather, Markets and Freighis. ‘G. will hand you s correspondence lately had between the people here and s servant of your folks, who deserves ment with more valuatie information than has been con- veyed to the department since the days of that invaluable public servant, Consul Shaler, would be almost true.. General Campbell hai like energy and devotion to duty, and it is probable, under the peculiar circumstances with which our public interests have been tinctured, if not aseailed, in the last few mouths, his course of investiga tion and reports would have been ample for the correct advice of his government but the suavity of manner would have been wanting with which Mr. Robertson wins his way wherever he wishes to go, and unlocks the mys- tery of the most secret aad covert polley. But I forbear more, for the letters speak for themselves, and it has aot been the fate of any previous occupant to receive un- sought such evidences of appreciation from the honor, worth and conmercia) intelligence of that portion of the business community occupied with the le of the vghe two hunditd e two hun negroes supposed to be captured at Cardenas, of thore admitted under the permlseiva of the brother of General Canedo, (as I am adrised,) it is ascer taimed were not secured—they had so disparsed as to ba out of the reach of recognition—for which the sudordi nate upon whom devolved the duty of seizure, received the trifling compensation of an ounce a head, which was much better to the holcer than to be compelled to buy them from General Canedo a recond time at six ounces r head, after they had been registered as ‘emancipa jos ”” fer seven years service, General Canedo’s for the captare of those at Cienfuegos, (landed at the Eusenado de Cochimos,) seem to be equaily unfortunate, as the report no the twelve seized and reported prove to negroes (changed in the fe to another of their proper peasants who were engaged in a legal pursuit, aie of courre to be acquitted. Cuba comes under Vice Roya! control ‘rom and after the arrival of General Pisuela—the vice we have had in -abunéance, and most royal in ministration—but we are to become de facto the serfs of one man The light of our charming destiny began to break gpon us, with royal rmission, on the 26th inst., when were published, for be kowledge of the ever faith/ul hacks of a rotten and decaying monarchy, the orders ised at Madrid on the 21st of October, uncer the rubric of her Msjesty’s own hand. There is no more division of the several adminis trative branches of the government for the safety aud protection of the public interests, but all are to be under the charge of the Captain General and Governor of Caba— the Treasury, t ry, and of consequence, the Judi- ciary, which he can create or destroy st pleasure, under the power of Viceroy conferred upoa him. The Stpreme Court at Puerto Principe is suppressed— they were too firm in the faithful administration of jus- tice under the law, faithfully and honestly interpreted, for the puzpeses req aired in consideration of the integrity of Cuba; and their caps and gowns are now the rags of arbitrary power. The island is divided into two distrists instead of three, and all the subordinate officials will be directly amenable and responsible for administration to the Captain General. _ But you have vos § seen the royal orders some days since, the application of which we are shortly to appre- ciate in the tender ministry, of the gentle greatness that begins to be shadowed to our senses, The order for re- lease of the negroes called “‘ Emancipadss” has net yet been published, for the causes givea in my last, but we suppose it will not sleep long upon the files after the ad vent of the new Captain General, and what will follow we have yet to learn by heart, tue bitter fruit to reap, maykap in tear drops of bloody hue. @ erder for the restoration of those who have served seven years to the freedom they have won, should have been unnecessary, and under faithful administration of the law it would be #0, for the local authority would call them in on expiration of their service, aad ship them as required under the treaty. The excuse only was wanting to put the matter in another shape. for aid in the founda- tion of the system which is preparing to give new color to the destiny of Cubs, The exposure, however, of the secret may have the tendency to retard the operation, or compel such modification of it as to mate it leus objec. tionable, and more favorable to the public eafety and se- curity of the white population. The past week we had one of those death jars in our midst, which shocks social relations by the sequence of secret crime laid bare and exposed to pudlie commentary. The actress, Matilds Dominguez, was killed by her hus- bend, Don Jose Fransisco Vaides, early in the morning of the 284, and the cireumstance brought to light in connes- tion with the tragedy, involve the honor and dignity of one high in official rank. Report says that the lady supped at the country residence of that funetionary after leaving the theatre night of the 224, and because she would not forego the engagement at the request of her husband, he met her on her return, with a knife inflicting many mor- tal wounds, and then attempted his own destructi which he failed. ‘The mother of this lady came to hi death in the same way, by the hands of her husband, that husband with more nerve than the wretch Yi dex, struck a truthful blow to bis own heart. One o! the views of this strange tale of woe and crime is, that the wife was sold by the husband, and foreed to live in im- moral associations, for the purprse of feeding his licen- tious wants anc dis+ipation, and therefore the singularity of the eudden madness, under the instigation of which he put her to death, and affected justification in letters written under the impression that he would destroy him. self aswell as his long-deluded wife, implicatiag others, but ebietly the party I have named. As to being the cause of death, or cause of jealousy, that would be um. Porsible, for ei! the crime committed 'by the lady was of is own initiation, and by his express commands, and for which he tovk always immediate possession of the com- pensation made to the victim of his foul and demon pas. sions. There are a thousand stories in connection with thix crime, which are too offensive for repetition; but it hes cast agloom and shaew over every circie of the community for the hour, owing to the reputatim and talents of the lady as an actress, ahe being a grest favor ite with our theatre-going public, and crowds of people, with sorrow-atricken hearts, followed her remains to their resting place. The husband lives to expiate this offence, and « theusand crimes of deepest dye at the garote, which will have to bang up on the warrant of General Canedo, unless Gereral Fizuela should arrive in lhe ocuree of a few ays, snd he will be due here on the morrow according to our advices. We have had misorable weather for the last ten days filled with storms and tempasts, which has been the cause of some dullness in bustoess, and prodactive of de- lay upon the estates where grinding for tha new crop has commenced. Our sugar market has been in a state of stegnation, boldera not willing to abate their pretensions, while buy- ers caunot exceed thei: limits for the qualitics new being otlered. The products generslly of the United States, required for this market are in demand, and the prices favorable fer our shippers. Freights have also rallied a little the past week, two vensels having been taken for the United States at two reals advance of the previous week. Exchange on London, 60 days, sold on Saturday last at 12per cent. premium. ’ New York and Boston, to 1 per cent. premium. Our weather continues tempestuous; the health of the city and ccuntry perfect; our hotels not full; our hearts full of loyalty, ani quiescent under the prospect of rw intlictions—at rest under the vine and fig tree belonging to our most beloved mistress, the Queen. So ‘we pray, as in duty bound.” A OUR PORTO RICO CORRESPONDENCE. Porto Rico, Noy. 11, 1858. The reps and the Weather—More Captains General—Govern- ment Decrees—Popular Disoontent— Wants and Wishes of the People, de. The weather, although it has beon very favorable for the productions of the island, which consist of sugar, cof- fee, tobacco, Indian corn, rice, and plantains, the searcity of laborers experienced here renders all the ex- ertions of the isisnders useless. In vain have they applied to the Captain General for permission to introduce Chinese Iaborers from the continent, notwithstanding their introduction ‘pte the island of Cuba, which is under the same goverzment. Although the motives for not con- ceding the permission are not Anown, it is supposed that it ison account of their difference of religion, as none but Roman Catholics are allowed to ~eside here, The greatest evil is the absolute power of the Captains General, especially when this in so little in harmony with their capacity, as is the case with the one now in com mand, Don Fernordo Norzsgaray. Under the name of circulars, this despot occasionally issaes hia decrees, which are fast ruining this fertile and beautiful island, aud rendering its inhabitants discontinuod. ‘The one which has caused ths givatest dissatisfaction, owing to ite crying injustice, is the lately establ shed ao- called prestaciunes personales forsceas, (foresd personal labor on the reads,) which obliges every male inhabitant, without distisction, to work personally or by substitute a certain number #f days on tov road—say from the age of eighteen te sixts : onvery male slave of the age, the carts, buile and horses; thus most inconsider ately withdrawing thousands of Lands from their agri culture! persuite in a country where their scarcity ie the greatest drawback to its progress. This is the sore ua just, when the heavy taxes levied on the iwhabitants for the mainteuance of the roads are taken into consi‘era tion, namely, on sll the mea: and rum sonrumed, besides two per cent'on the total amount cf import duties, and various other local taxes, yielding anoually over ons hun- dred thousand dollars. This would be more than «uff cient, if really employed on the road; but so far from this being tbe case, by far the major part goes into the pockets of the gc vernment employes. The inhabitans of Porto Rico cannot petition the home government except through the hands of the Cap tain General, which of course ia equivalent to s pobibitiam, The municipalities are looked upon y the chief as so mony servanty at his com- mand, The mayors, alcaldes and oorragidores, (this plagne, which, although dore a vay with in the mo- ther country, still exists here,) are blind instruments of the will of a cespot There are four nowspapers in the island, but these are only allowed to praise the measures of the Governors. If the government of her Catholic Majesty wonld not have the i: land of Porto Rico follow the same fate of all her South American colonies, {t ought to take warning in time. Why should not Porto Rico and Cuba be repre- vented in Congress’ Why are ite inhabitants to be pro- vented from freely laying their petitions at the foot of the thrope’ Why grant aush absolute power to ths Captaina General, who almost invariably make the most arbitrary and derpotic use of their power’ Very little would satisty he pacific inhabitants of Porto Rico. wto have given proofs of being entirely addictel tothe m country, but nothing can be more impolitic than the mea+ sures adopted by the present Captaia General, which are pomething more palpable than the praise that fades from momory with the breath that utters it. The beauty of this to which I refer, is, that he who reosives never reamed that he deserved it, and never anticipated such bonor—for of all living men, ho is the only one I have ever trot that is unselfich—who is eternally thinking for the benefit of others—who thanklessly receive, use and for- Qt. Buch isthe acting commercial agent of the United Btates left at Havana by the Hon. Wm. L. Sharkey on retiring from office in charge of the Amerioan Consulate. To may that he has performed the duties well, would be t—but to say that he bes furnished his govern. causing the greatest dissatisfaction throughout the Pp, THR LATEST MARKAT CIRCULAR, BAYANA, mber 28, 1853, Our last printed renert war under date of the 1ith iast., since when bu’ a moderate amount of business has beon Gone, owing tot # bolteroun weather, whieh faterfered with out door operations and tt edvanced period of the year, in which, as urna), our market offers tut little of interest. Onr angar market has been inactiva, consequent upon the unfarorabe advices received from Karope wad United States There has been come demand for Cacu rucbos and browns, at our quotations, and, ia rome to stances, at even )4 real arr, above them, whilst all otner very. Last year, same period, the stock about 45 000 boxes. We put our quotations as ful- Se wo oe ae yellows Tr. to Tages goo! prime do., 6r. -; browns, 5Xr. to Gr.; Ou curuchos, br. to 53¢r. os M0 3 The clearances frm the 13th to the 26th inst. consist of—To France, 3,738 boxes: Spain, 3,457 do. ; United States, 10. 5 werp, A rt ; Honduras, 27 do." Total, 44,735 boss. ania Morass of old crop is enly to be found in small lots; of new crop supplies will appear by the middle of month, At outports more contracts fo- future deliv have been made at 3 rls. for cla; and 4 rls. for museo- vado. Closed during the fortmight 150 hhds. to Bosten, 25 do. to New York; in all 175 bhds Rum bas been actively inquired after and prices have further advanced. We quote t»-day $37 per pipe for colored and $89 per pipe for white. Cleared du ing the fortnight 100 pipes to Great Britain, 49 do. to Buenos Ayres, 45 do, to Honduras and 9 do. to Boston; im all 203 piges. born bas been in more request. principally for export; good neconds are worth at from $9% to $10%4 quiatal. Shoaxs.—There is nc abatement in the demand for this article, and manufacturers of good brands find it difli sult to attend to the many orders which are put into their | hands. The clearances during the fortnight consist of:— 1,067 mille to the United States; 267 do. for Hamburg; 95 é0. for Spain; 75 do. for Buenos Ayres, and 11 do, ‘for France; in all, 1,515 mi! Tonace».—High prices are paid for lots of prime quality, wh Jat inferior descriptions are neglected. Gi red duriag the fortnight:—18, 600 Ibs. for Spain; 12,6C0 Iba. for France; 2,880 Ibs. for Hamburg, and 1,690 Ibs. for the U. States; in all, 35.570 Ibs. Excuancs —The demand for bills on London not having been adequate to the supply, rates have somewhat ceclin- ed; we quote to cay 11% w 1254 per cent premium. For paper on northern ports of the United States there has been moe inquiry, ia consequence of which @ material advance has taken place. New York and Boston is worth now st from 3 to 1 percent premium. New Orleans, short 21 to 23_ per cent premium; Paris, % to per cent discovnt. In imports we note the following transactions: — Jnuke Baxy—Cargo by Joven Agustina, 4,300 quintals, at 183¢ arr.. and cargo by Salvador 4,400 qtls., at 1:;rls., both from Buenos Ayres. Fiss—Car: 0 by acming Bird, from Halifax, arrived 17th inst.; 82 casks and 360 drums cod at $64; qtl.; 14a drums haddock $64 qtl, and 8 drums bake at $o'5 qtl.; 23 casks Hinglish haddock at $8 per I. W. Paige, from Bos ton, and 27 do hake at $4% qtl., perdo.; 160 casks hake from Boeton, at $44; 40 do. at $43{, and 80 do. at $544; 48 casks cod per Torne, from Portiand, at $5°;; 50 per Lunette, at $534, from do., and 27 easks do. per Coral, ym Boston at $5. Rict —Transactions have been of » retail character, without change in prices. Inferier lots have been sold at from 1134 to 123¢ reals; batter qualities at from 12% ous realsarr. The stock in first hands is about 1,000 ‘Carks, Hams.—7 casks at $11 per qtl, and 29 do. at $12; 140 hams at $1114; 150 do. at $12, and 650 do. Westphalian at $28 per quintal. Burrrk.—103 oe at $21 per qtl., 62 do. at $2234, 200 do. at $2334; 12 bbls at $31, and 1i do. at $32 per qtl ; the latter two lota from New York. Tocinkta.—6 boxes at $10 per qtl., and 31 do. at $14 per qtl. PoraTors.--200 bbls. at 29 reals, 607 do at 30 reals, 234 do. at 31 reals, and 100 do. at 313¢ reals per barrel. On10Nns.—28 bbls. at 28 reals per bbl., and 60 do, at 29 reals do.; 28.060 strings at 86% per 160 bunches. Buans.—18 bbls. at 123 rls. arr., and 20 do. at 13 rls. arr. Corw.—600 bags at 6 rls. arr. Larp in kegs, $16 qtl, in bbls. $16 50 qtl. Soar.—209 boxes at $6 50 qtl. SreeM CanpLes—19 boxes at $34 qtl, and 60 do. at $32 do. Tallow candles.—274 boxes at $18 26 qtl. WrarrinG Parxr.—2,500 reams, at 4, 4%; and 5 rls, ream. NalLs.—957 kegs at $7 qtl. on time. Waatr On, Brkactep Reringp.—10 caske and 20 bbls. at 26 rls.; 107 bbls. at 273¢ rls., 66 casks common at 23 rls., and 20 casks do. at 24 rls. srr. PORTLAND AND Eastern Boarns.—65 000 feet at $25; un- sold cargoes per Torno and Lunette, from Portland. Batu Boakps.—Two cargoes at $27 608 $28 psr 1,000 feet. Prrea Puve Lumpar.—One cargo at $38; two carg! wold. ae Box Suooxs have been sold by retail, at 9 rlz., cash. Morasses Hocsnman Sa00Ks —324, at 22 rls. te hyemed Portland at $45, aad 4,000 Rhode Island a FrsiGaTs have been inective; rates to Europe have not experienced any raterial change, whilst those to the United States are lower. The lest engagements were made as follows :—Liverpool, £2 16s.; Cowes and Fal. mouth and a market, £3 64.; and Hamburg, £3 58. Bos- ton and New York at 8 rls. per box and $4 per bhd. for sugar. ABOLITION AGITATORS FROM ABROAD. Important Advice to Englishmen on the Slavery Ques \° (From the Missouri Examine:, Nov. 29.] HIGH-HANDED SMUGGLERY. The fcllowing letter trom Gov. Price briags to light one among the many bold and villainous methcds which are now being resorted to by the abolition society of Eng- land, ‘or the purpose of sgitating the question of slavery in the United States. The individuals to whom the letter is addressed ere Englishmen, and members of the soci ty of Friends or Quakers, and they are now making a tour of the United States for the purpose of presenting to the Ex- tcutives of each State abolition documents. The report of this society, purporting to have been adopted in Lon don in the year of 1849, is one of the most complexe ox amples of religious fanaticism now upon record, The field of labor.in which these philanthropic foreigners are enlisted ia the whole world in which slavery is found. They profers vot only a sympathy for the African who is diagged from his native home by the ruthless hand of the piratical slave trader, but even in a greater degree do they pour forth their rympathies and their prayers for the abolition of slavery in North America. So un- affected and sincere are they in their zeal, and s) moved by the power and influence of their religion, tbat they must send their emissanes on special em- dassies of mercy to a distant contineat, and present to each of our chief officers a declaration of thsir wishes as to the action of our government in respect to the institutions which exict among us. The publication of this and kindred socie\ies which have existed in the Old World have for some years undergons s reprint after reaching the American shore, under the auspices of those branches of the parent (ount which are established in some of the Eastern and New England States. There is not « slave community iv any of our Stat hich has not been visited by some of their productions. Indesd, these things have been permitted #0 long by those who ere vitally interested in their suppression, that the conclusions of the leaders of abolitiouists, both at home and abroad, are, that the time bas st length arrived them to penetrate the country themselves, 1 light and bnowledge, for the benefit of the holder. This is now precisely the position waich we oc- cupy in the eyes of those who, while they know nothing practically concerning the questions of which they treat, yet are apxioun to assume over us their guardianship and protection. In view of these startiing truths, it becoaes the imperative ¢ uty of every man in our country to open his cyes to the intrusions and inj ustice which, by our leniency ard forbearance, is being constantly attempted to be practised upon us. These movements betray; en the part of these incen- diaries and agitators, a Gxed and determined purpose to let loose the dogs of war, and to exhs ust the forbearance which baa heretofore charac‘erised the citizens of those slavehol¢ing States, who have been criminally negligeat in viliting upon all such characiers concign and merited punishment. While men are permitted to preach aboli- tion doctrines from a siave communi y, and to slander, the iostitution itself, as well as the best ho se its advocates ‘it is not surprisiag that such measures as the Governor here so prompily ex- poses, should be undertaken Such acts on the part of those; among ur who are allowed thns to speak, afford auple encouragent to fanatics to fan the flame of aboli. tioniem. The abduction of slaves from tacir masters is becoming of daily occurrence, aud the matter has siready grown to 60 serious an extent, as to require the interpos tiop of the masees, and the adoption of such rules and re. gulations as will protect them fro u thieving and vallaiay No partial action will suffice. It must be thorough and prompt; anc until tas ix done, we may surely calculate upon a ‘contipuat on of those wrongs avd injuries which are being con‘inually heaped one upon another, by this brotherhood of villains. Let action on this sabject now be the motto of all, aud if there should be found among us sny whq are s@eped with the damning principles of our distinguished foreign visiters, let them be instantly in formed that their personal comfort ond our own rights would Ue far belter subservel by (heir early wihdraaval to che north ern bank of the Aliscourt river, . Exxovrivs Deparruyt, Jn, Nov. 22 188. f Mr. Josiah Foster, &e ;—Since the ‘reception from you this Cay, of the report of the ‘Society o’ Friends,’ adopt- ed in London, at their late annual meeting, accompanies by & work purportirg to be the ‘Journal of I. Woolman,’ Thave carefully perused the former and critically ex- amined the Jatter. The obvious meaning of both is*to discuss and present the question of slavery as it now exists in she reveral States of this confederacy in an unfair and very partial foanner. The constitvtion of the Unitec States as well as the constitution of many of our States respectively, im- ard ranctions ang protects thia institution. The citi- zens of the slave States profess to be more capable thi other people to determine the importent questions go ing out of the relation of master and servant; anditisa fact now universally scknowladged by intelligent minds, that great and i:caloulable injury has elready resulted to the slaves of North America, on ace of the mis guided zeal of those who have undertaken to embrace tho whole universein the aph: re of their philanthropy. Now more than fifty year ago the seedy of that faaa- taciem which. permit me to say, are plainly dixcoron dle both in the report of the ‘‘Soctety of Frieads "’ and in ine acoompanying work of Mr. Woolman, were sown th the greatend powerfal city of London. Their first fruits wore soon after gathered on the Island of St Domingo. Since that day the spirit of the founters of aboliioniam has never slept. In our own country are to be found many, whe, white they do not espouse the cause of this iartita tion ‘as establisned among ua, yet there are few in all o vast extent, who are disposed in any manner to agita the subject, These few constitute amoag us excep: te law abiding and dutiful citizeos, phreiziec real, may be justly attributed tbe presum9- tuoua liberties whioh even foreigners themaelven tel sometimer diapoved to take. Put] fad myself exoanding the bounds which I had set for this ter, and 1 will therefore conclade by returniug the documents and re questing in behalf ¢f the citizens cf the State of Missouri whom I represen’, that ali such eppeals and efforts for the futnre be ¢ireoted to the improvement and amaliora. tion of the distres+es and aufferings of the anbj-cte of the Brideh oation, and especially of the inbabitanta of tue city of London, whence has arisen that fal @ philan’hro py which han coraed tae negroes of the West lad a+ and which only tends to injure the condition of tha rlaves of thia Union, | have the honor to bo, very reapectfaliy, ke , STERLING PRI. Urry oF Stated Session. Boarp or Aupuauen, December 5, 1853. Present—Richard T. Compton, Esq., Presideni; Alder- men Moore, Boley, Sturtevant, Oak! ee, Barr, Bris» ley, Francis, Smith, Tiemann, Pea: Bard, Ward, Den- man, Cornell, Alvord, Doherty, Peck. She iminutes of the: last: meeting were read and ep- proved. PETITIONS. By Alderman Hatry—Petition of Charles M. Hall, to be appointed # Commissioner of Deeds. Te Committee on Sal 8 and Offices. By Alderman Doumery—Petition of Frederick Thilliman, for remuneration for damages. To Committee on Finance. By Alderman Duwaan—Bill of A. C, Booream, for medi- cal services at the Sixteenth ward Station house, To Committee on Police. By Alderman Warp—Pe'ition of David Randell. to be appointedja Commissioser of Deeds. To Committee on Sala- ries and Oflices By the same—Billof William N Blakeman, for me tical services at the Fifieemth ward station house, Ty Com- mittee on Police. By the same—3ill of William N, Blakeman for medical or at Jefereon Market police. To Committee on ice. By Aldermen Swrra—Petition of J. H. Eogle, for lease of bulkhead at Burling sp. To Committee on Finance, By Alderman Bank—Petition of Benjamin T. Sealey, to be remunera ved for expenses in purchase of lots sold for taxes, Tc the Counsel to the Corporation. By Alderman Boyca—Petition of Dr. J. Sage Kilbourne, to be paid for medical tervices at the Fifth ward station house, To Committee on Police. By Alderman Mooxa— Petition of E. Stansbury and oth- ers, to have Thames street lighted with gas, To Commit- tee om Lamps and Gas. By Alderman Tigmann—Petition of J. B Batchelor and ethers, to have 120th street from Third avenue to the East river, gravelled, &s. To Committee on Roads. By the Pxxipexr—Petition of H. Cassidy and others, to po Renwick street repaved, &c. To Committee on reets. By the same—Bill of the Commissary General, for amu- nition furnished the Veteran Corps, on 4th of July and 20th of November, 1853. To Committee om Finance, By Alderman Douxrtr—Petition of James J. Bevins to be paid for damages. To Committee on Finance, By Alderman Counatt—Petition of Hos 16 for a new car.iage. To Committee ment. By the same—Petition of Francis O’Brien and others to have sidewalks in Fifth street flagged. To Committee on ts. By Alderman Tixmann—Petition of Wm. Barton acd one for a well on 114th street. To Committee on * RESOLUTIONS. * By Alderman Surri—Resolved, that the Commissioner of Repairs and Supplies be, and is hereby, directed to ad- vertise for pro) for 10 000 feet of hose, for the use of the Fire Department. Adopted. By Alterman Dourery—Resolved, that the sum of $2,000 be, and the same 1s hereby, directed to be paid to Charles Campbell for injuries done him in consequence of chaage tmibe tobe charged to appropriation for atreata,‘Retarred same a for at fer) {o Commiftes on Finanes’ FROM BOARD OF ASSIPTANTS. Report of Committee on Lamps and Gas—In favor of lighting Broadway and the Bowery, every night from dark until daylight, To Committee on Lamps and Gas. Report of Committee on Salar es and Offices—In favor of increasing the salary of the copying clerk in the Street Department. To Committee on Salaries and Offices. Report of Committee on Fire Department—In favor ot refunding Engine Company 36 rent jpaid them. To Committee on Fire Department. if Report of Committee on Fire Depart ment—In favor of bi ay new hose carriage for Hose Company 65. Con- ou . Report of Committee on Fire Department—In favor of see ne. for lot for Engine Company No. 27. Con- curred in. Resolution—That the Committee cf Repairs ani Sup- pie Ly stiseee 2 earide eee scepermecs ions Ba the police of the th ward during repairing o} their station ous" Concurred in. Resolution—That the Comptroller be directed to adver- tise for proposals for the purchase ofa suitable lot, situ- pias peri ihs between ne on ae ave- pues, for use in io. 27. Com- mittee on Fire Deps: moe Repert of Committee on Fire Department—In favor of paying room hire ot Hook and Ladder Company No. 11. To Committee on Fire Department. Report of Committee on Streete—In favor of fi sidewalk of Twenty eighth street. commencing at Sixth avenue and extending 100 feet east thereof. Concurred in on a division, vie.:— Affirmative—Aldermen Moore, Sturtevant, ” Boyce, Barr, the President, Aldermen Brisley, Francis, Sith, Tiemann, Bard, Ward, Denman, Alvord, Doherty, FROM DEPARTMENTS. A communication was received from the Commissioner of Repairs and Supplies, with estimate for the plambing Work of Heventeenth ward station house, and appropriat ing $100. Aware of contract confirmed on & division, viz. Affirmative—Aldermen Moore, Haley, Sturtevant, Osk- ley, Boyce, Barr, the President, Aldermen Brirley, Fran- ola Smith, Tiemann, Bard, Denman, Alvord, Doherty, From the same cfficer—With estimate for erecting sheds and enclosures in and about Centre market, and appro pristing the sum of $4,850 therefor. Adopted on a divi- tion, viz.2— ‘Affirmative—Aldermen Moore, Haley, Sturtevaat, Oak- ley, Boyce, Barr, the President, Aldermen Brisley. Fran ae oe Tiemann, Bard, Denman, Alvord, Doherty, ‘A communieation was received from the Croton Aque- duct Dt partment, with working plan for the year 1854. Ordered on file and to be printed. Communication from the Comp '‘roller—3howin; ceipts of Sixth Avenue Railroad, $26,219 23, and Eighth Avenue, $25,579 75, for the month of November. Order- ed on file. Communication from Croton Aqueduct Department, with abstract of estimate and contract made by said depart went during the month of November. O-dered on file. Communication from the Commissioner of Repairs and Supplies, awarding contract for building « new engine for Company No. 29 and appropriating $1,300 therefer. Adopted on a division, viz:— Affirmative—Aldermen Moore, Haley, Sturtevant, Oak- ley, Boyce, Barr, the President, Aldermen Brisley, Fran. Cloak ae Bard, Denman, Alvord, Doberty and eck —16, Communication from the Croton Aqueduct Department, with abstract of receipts ‘and expenditures of said depart: ment for the month of November, 1853. Ordered on file. REPORTS, Of Committee on Assessments—Relative to paying con- traotcr on sewer in Nineteenth street, petween First ave- nue and avenue A. “Referred back to committee. Of Committee on Fire Department—In favor of adver- tising for lot for Hose Co. No. 56. Adopted. O! Committee on Asersments—In fsvor of confirming lists for setting curb and gutter stores cf peer street, from No. 137 to Grand street, and for paving Eleventh avenue, from Forty-third to Forty-eighth streets, Adopted on a division, viz :— Affirmative—Aldermen Moore, Ha’ey, Sturtevant, Oak- ley, Boyce, Barr, the Presicent, Aldermen Brisley, Fran- cie, Smith, Tiemann, Bard, Denman, Alvord, Doherty, and Peck—16, Of Committee on Wharves, Piers, and Slips—In favor of permitting Anna M. Clarkson to bridge out tairty: five feat on West street, between Morton and Leroy streets. Lost. Alderman Domxxty moved to take up document No. 57, the same being the report of the Committee on Wharves, Piers, and Slips, allowing the claim of W. H. Adams for extra work. ied. me fame was then considered and adopted ons divi- sion. viz:— Affirmative—Aldermen Moore, Haley, Sturtevant, Oak- ley, Boyce, Brisley, Smith, Pearsall, Bard, Cornell, Alvord, Peck—12. Negative—Aldermen Barr, the President, Aldermen Tiemann, Denwen. Doherty—5 Of Committee on Police—In favor of paying the medical bill of Dr. Joun C, Covel. Adopted. Of Committee on Sirsets—In favor of fencing vacant lots, &e., on Fourteenth street, between No. 215 and Fifth avenue ' Adopted on a divirion, viz:— Affirmative—Aldermen Mocre, Haley, Oatley, Boyoe, Barr, the President, Aldermen Bri-ley, Smith, Tiemaaon Peartsll, Bard, Denman, Cornell, Doherty, Peck—16. Of Committee on Sewers—On petitfoa for sewer in the Bewery from Grand to Walker street. Adopted. Of same Committee—In favor of sewer in Kim atrest, from Howard to Grand street; alse, in Twenty-vinth strort, bet een Ninth and Tenth avenues. “ Adoptedon s division, viz : Affirmative—The President, Alderten Haley. Oskley, Royce, Barr, Brisley, Smith, Tiemann, Pearsall, Bard, Devwan, Cornel), D»heity, Peck ~16. Of Committee on Lamps and Gas--In favor of laying the mains of Manhatten Ges Company in Kighth avenue from Vourty-fourth to Fifty-firat street. Adopted. Of same Committee—In favor of lighting Crystie strest with goa. Adopted Of Committee on Repaira and Supplies—To coneur to grant petition of Siephen Philoin to remove an ole pump cu vortheast eorner of Broadway and Fourth street. Adepied (Of Committee on Lamps and Gas—To concur to light varioux streets with ofl, Adopted. Of same Committee—In favor of lighting Twenty-€fth street. between Sixth and Seventh avenuss, from Twenty eighth to Thirty sixth street, ‘Of Com ittee on Finance—Adv Phillip Mabie and others. A Of same Committee—Adveree to leasing basement of Fesex market to Henry Foot and Martin Pelsang. Adopted. Of same committee—Adverse to refunding fine paid by H. D. Ward Adopted. Of same Comnittes—In favor of referring petition of Antoinette Yeom for reduction of tax to tho Board of Supervieors. Adopted. Of same Committee—Adverse to paying Charles Gilles- pie for bis qualifying himarl av Assessor. Adopted. Of sarre Con mittee—Adverte to refunding fine paid by Janien T. Smith, Adopted Of rame Committee—In favor of referring petition of Smith Bloomfeld to Committee on Assessments.” Adopted, ‘Of Committee on Fire Department—With an ordinance relative to the election of the Chief Eagin:er of the Fire Department every three years, Which was amerded by inserting the month of February for the election to take place ivatend of June, aud ss amended adopwd on a di- vision, vin — Afirmative—Aldermen Moore, Haley, Sturteva:t, Oak ley, Boyew, Barr, the President, Aldermen Brisley, Pear- sali, Bard, Corvell, Doherty, and Peck —13. N gative—aiderman Smith, Tiemann, and Denman—3. Ry Alderman Bakk—Bill of’ De. Simmera for medteal rervices at the Sixth ward station house, To Comnitwe on Police Op motion, the Poaré then adjourced until to-morrow e1 6th t., at 6 o’vlock ree En ay Oe eee" D, T. VALENTINE, Clerk, the re- Boarp ov Aseisant ALomesan, Woncay, Dee. 6, 1853 Present—Jonathan Trotter, Faq , President fo the chair, Ascietent Aldermes Brown, Tait, Maboatt, O'Brien, Bren den, Woo were, Ring, Wells, Hunt, Bouton Mctown, Stewart, Whoolan, Barker, Roger, Orawtors, O'Keefe, and MoConkey PETITIONS, By Assistant Alderman Woonwarn—Of F. 0d R. An drews, to be refunded taxes paid twice. Tr Committee on Of Thomas Saunders for remunerativa for injuries re- rived in belng struck by hove cart. To Committes on , REMONSTRANFS. By Assistant Alderman Maneitt—Of J.C, and R. L. Ste- vens, against the proposed extension of bulkhead between rooey and Robinson street. To Committee on Wharves, Of Levi Cook and others, against permitting the Man- hattaa Railway Company to lay a railroad in Broadway. Laid on the table, Of 8. M, Wiley and others ‘against the same, Laid on the table. Of Alexander Stewart and others against same. Same. PRITTIONS. By Assistant Alderman MoGowx—Of Third Avenue Rail road Company, (in reference to their arravgement with the Harlem Railroad Company. to run on their track in Bo ; with ion—That the time be extended until the expi- ration of three months after said Third Avenue Company may have been deprived by the Harlem Railroad Company rivilege now enjoyed to ran cars over track of lat- sted by the following vote: Affirmative—The President, Messrs Brown, Tait, Mab Watt, O'Brien, Breaden, Woodward, Ring, Wolls, ‘Hunt, Bouton, McGown, Stewart, Wheelan, Barker, Rogers, Crawford, O'Keefe, and McConkvy—19 Of Miohsel Dor and others—That Croton pipes be laid in Thirty-firet street, between First and Second avenues, To Committee on Croton Aqueduct. Of Dr. Wm. W. Dwight—To de paid for medical services at Fifteenth district station house, To Committes on Po ice. RESOLUTIONS. By Assistant Alderman Tarr—Whereas, there has lately arrived in our city one of freedom’s ncblest champions, and it is but just and proper that the metropolis of the land of liberty should welcome him in a becoming man- ner; therefore, be it Resolved, That $1,000 be, and the same is hereby. ap- propriated, for the purpose of tendering tke hospitalities city to John Mitchel E+q., avd the Comptroller is hereby direcied to pay the above amourt, on the requisi tion of the Commissioner of Repairs and Supplies; and further, that the committee appoisted om the 3uth ul be requested to tender the hospitslities of the city in a: cordance with the above, Adopted by the following vot, Vis Affirmative—Mosers, Brown, Tait, Mabbatt, O’Brien, Breaden, Woodward, Ring, Wells, Bouton, McGown, Swee: ar ‘Wheelan, Rogers, Crawford, O'Keefe, aad McCoakey 16, Hegaiize--me President, and Assistant Aldermen Huat and Barker—3. By same—Whereas, a resolution was adopted by this Board, Oct. 31, relative to rewards received by police men, snd which has not been answered by his Heaor the Mayor, therefore be it olved, That his Honor the Mayor be again re- quested to repo: t to this Board at an esrly opportunity, the number of presents or rewards received by any mem- bers of the Police Department since April 13, 1853, (the time of the passage of the act in relation to the Police Department,) also, the names of said policemen, and the amounts received; also, what amount o! perquisites or regular compensation haa been received from places of amusement, or from other sources. Adopted. Assistant CrawvorD—That Thirt: it Aldermen first ‘eet, from Third 10 Fourth avenues, be lighted with gas. ‘Adopted. By Assi t Alderman O’Kxexrr—Resolution that the Comptrolier pay John E. Haviland $20 due, in addition to $165 paid for room hire, for holding poli of First district, Twenty-second ward. Adopted. By Assistant Alderman Barxer--That the managers of the Girls’ In¢ustrial School, on avenue D, be al owed to take for use in their school ym sO many as may be ne ceseary of such old desks and seats aa by alterations and repairs in the ward school houses have been laid aside as unfit for use therein. Adopted, by the following vote:-- Affirmative—The pence Messrs Brown, Tait, Mab- batt, O'Brien Hreaden, Woodward, Ring, Wells, Hunt, Bouton, McGown, Stewart, Wheelan, Barker, Rogers, Crawford, 0 Keefe, and McConkey—19. By Assistant Alderman Tarr—Whereas, frequent in- stances have oeourred in which the Governors of the Almshouse have given sumptuous and costly dinner: entertainments, to favorite guesta, thereby expending large sums of money entrusted to them for the beneat of the poor, therefore be it Resolved, That the Comptroller report to this Board forthwith by virtue of what authority the public funds are thus expended, whether the vouchers fur the items are received by him, and if vouchers are rendered, by whom the same are signed. Adopted. REPORTS, The report and resolution in favor of extending the Bowery in a straight line to Franklin square, to connect with Pearl street, that the same be declared open, and that the Counsel to the Corporation take the necessary legal measures to carry the same into effect, was, on mo- tion, tsken up and adopted by the following vote:— vat atc, Baton Wouunard ning, wel Bes, ien, E » Wells, Hun’ Bout McCown, Stew: Wheelan, ‘ker, Crawford, O'Keefe and MoConker-—16. . Of Committee on Salaries and Offices—In favor of increas- ing pay of tne doormen st the various station houses to $700 per annum, to commence the let of January next. Adopted by the following vote:— Affirmative—Mesers. Tait, Mabbatt, O’Brien, Breaden, Woodward, Ring, Wells, Hunt, Bouton, MoGown, Stewart, Wheelan, Barker, Crawford, O'Keefe, and McConkeya-6, Negative—The President. ment to $1,200 per annum, and al ralary of the first clerk in same department to $1,000 per annum. Adopted by the following vote:— Affirmative—Menars, Tait, Mabbatt, O’Brien, Breaden, Woodward, Ring, Wella, Hunt, Bouton, MoGowa, Stewart, Wheelan, Barker. Crawford, O'Keefe, and McConkey—16. Negative—The President. Ot Committee on Pelice—In favor of increasing the police force of the First ward ten additional policemen; Second ward, six: and Fourth, Sixth, Eleveuth ani Twelfth wards each ten sdaitional men. Amended by striking out Second ward, and, as amenced, adopted by the following vote viz Afiirmative—The President Asristant Aldermen Brown, Tait, Mabbait, O’Brien, Breaden, Woodward, Ring, Wells, Hunt, Bouton, McGown, Stewart, Wheelan, Barker, Rogers, Crawford, O'Keefe, and MeConkey—19. ‘he report in favor of allowis g Edward Roberts. Joseph A. Benjamin, avd J. Brice Smith, to extend their bul head on the East river from Twentieth to Twenty first street, at their own cost, was, om motion, taken up and adopted. PETITION. By Assistant Alderman Huxt—0f Walter 8. Pinckney, Foreman Hose Company No, 22, asking an appropriation to repaint their house. To Committee on Fire Depart- ment. By Agsittant Alderman Rivc—That the Corporation Counsel report whether the Common Council have power to increase the police force in any of the wards below the Nineteenth, without further authority from the Le- gislature, Adopted. COMMUNICATIONS, From the Counsel to the Cor poration—On reaolution re- questing bis opinion ‘‘whether a contract is valid if award- ed by the head of a cepartment, subsequent to directions by the Common Council :o advertise, unless confirmed by e Com won Council,’’—stating his — that a resolu- tion autherizing work and supplies, if accom panied by ap- propria ‘ion, authorizes the head of a department to award contract, and execute the same, without conirm) if not accompanied by appropriation, the defendant can award the contract, but not execute it, and the Common Council can confirm or not, as it pleases—and a resolution authorizing the head of a department to advertise for pro- posals, does not authorize him to execute or to award the contract. Accepted and ordered to be printed. From the Street Commissioner, witlt a report of con- tracts awarded, and disbursements and receipts in his of- fice for November. Accepted and filed. From the Bureau of Assessments, with the following as- sessment lists, acking that they be confirmed, and Isasc Edwards appointed collector therefor, viz: For the exten- sion of the sewer in Fulton street to the outside of the new bulkhead; for se :ting curb and gutter stones, and flagging sicewalks of Essex street, from Rivington to Stanton streets; for paving Forty third street, from Broad- way to Fifth avenue. To Committee on Asse-smenta. The board then adjourned to Tuesday afternoon, at 6 o’clcck. From the minutes. T, McOLENACHAN, Clerk. Debates in the Board of Aldermen, (Our Special Report.) ORDINANCE TO ELECT THE CHIEF ENGINEER EVERY THRES, YRARS—= INTEKESTING DEBATK—CAKSON AND ANTI CARSON. Alderman SsrTu, from the Committee on Fire Dapart- nent, offered the following ordinance amendiog an ordi- narce:— “The Mayor, Al’ermen and Commonalty of the city of New York, in Common Council conveaed, do ordain as foliowr = Se.. 1, The Chief Engineer of the Fire Departmant shall be elected every three years, by the members of the Fire Deparment, by ballot, ana the person receiving the tatest cumber of vo! for the oilice, shall thereup ou be entitled \o nomina.ion (o the Common Council for ap- powument, Nec 2. The election for the selection of Chief Faginser o. the Fre Department under thie ordinance shall take place on the first Tuerday after the first Mouday in June Tees, and thereafter every succeeding three years, ‘See. 8. All ordivances inconristent with this are re- peaied. Alderman Dowznty moved as an amendment that the election take piace on the first Taewday after the first Mon- day in February Alderman LENMAN objected tw the ordinance on the grounds, first; ‘* Does the Fire Department demand the adoption of the ordinance? and second, has the Uhief Ka- inee: cone Lisduty?”’ Until those questioas were properly wwered he was Opposed to the adoption of the ordi- nance. Alderman Oakisy—The Fire Departmont are the proper judges to know who thould be Chief Kugineer, and he thought the Board should not regulate their affairs Alcerman Bakn—There has no reason been offered why the ordinance should not be adopted, As the ordinance now stands, no young man, however ambitious he may will attempt to become the head of the Fire Departine: for there is always one at the top of the Imdder who is gererally in their way. ir. Carson has the office for life ‘anc of covré no one will attempt, or can disporsess him of that honor, [hope the ordivanee will be adopted, be- cause [ thick the Fice Department have badly meoced such a law. Alderman Dexwax—There is no earthly reason why the ordinance should be adopted, and there i# £9 indication ia the report of the son mittee, that there is @ majority of the department wishing for the chaoge, Some good rea sons rhould be offered us in adopting wn ordinance of this discription. ‘Alcerman TeMAN—If I underrtand right, the majority of the fire department can at any time elect a new Chief Fugineer, therefore the o dinauce is of no . Tt is, honever, an important anbject and I should like to wee {t lad upon the tabie, in order to give the members an op portumity to inquire mto the aubject. Alcerman Donkkty—1 am oppowed to Inying it on the table and printing. The object of Inying ® payer on the tuble, ix to give the men. bere of the Hoar 1 an opportagity of inyniring into cho affair; bat the wubject of elec lag the Chief Engineer by the fromen, has been disoasead by ‘the people in of the city; and during the last year, even every Sas fn this ity has interested him- self about the subject & Chief Engineer for the Fire t; there is not a person of intelligence in the courty that does po ge the responsibility imposed on the Chief FE: . There re no class of men even in the militia who have so striet- Fire Department have to do to the Chief unnecessary to demonstrate the fact, that if gineer be not devoid of all honesty aud character, rot be removed by the firemen. The Chief Engineor it in his power to keep the members of the different com- panies complete under his thumb, and make them suppl. cants to bim on almost every occasion. Tae gentleman from the Sixteenth, ever since he took his seat ia the Board, hax been the apparent idol of the Carson party, ‘@ matter of course, raises objections to the p: of the ordinance. But let us look at his objectio first is, ‘Do the Fire Department wish for the pi 4 the ordinance?” I say they do, Time after time applies. tions have been made for this change, by any number engine, hose, and hook and ladder companies, but } 4 by the Common Council Among the H Se on nd tools of Mr. Carson, who seem everywhere to throng and disturb the city, is there # single com: who will come forwarc and sustain him as the Chief: the Fire Department! No, there is hot one They dared not come terward before the and petition the board to retain him ia His next question is, ‘Has the duties imposed om the Chief Engineer been done faithfully?” That isa question which we b yok to answer. There is no question ireraan he bas a good standing in the But there are other things besides mechanical labor that are required in this great- metropolis—the Empire City—in a department oumber- ing more members belong to one half of the Fire De- rtments of the principal cities in the Union,’ say, Mr. esident, be bas not doue his duty, aind I will take the responsibility ef answerisg that question put by the gem- tleman of the Sixteenth. Janswer itin two ways. Inthe first place he has been acting partially, and hi partiality has extended to that extemt that its ramifications have gone from King’s Bridge to the Battery, and the whole cepartment 18 civided into Carson and anti-Carsem men. How is it that the Fire Department is Sieieeg, then, if the Chief Engineer has done his duty? How it be possible that these companies could be divided as they are, into Carson and anti Carson men. if the Chief Engineer ha. done his duty? Howis it possible that a conflict so frightful with bitterness and personal strife should occur in the Fire Department? Alderman Srurtxvant—I rise to « point of order. I don’t think it is necessary to go so minutely into the ehar- acter of Mr. Carson. Alderman Donxaty—I have but a few words to say, and then 1 am done. As to the remarks of the gentleman of the Sixteenth, I think they have shown that Mr. Carsem has not properly doze his duty. If, in the discharge of Mr. Carson’s duty, he produces a conflict in the depart- ment that is dangerous, we can come to no other conela- sion than that he is not a fit man for his office. He has net done his duty in another respect, for be has undervalued his office ‘and used it for his own mercenary ends. Alderman Tixuann called the speaker to order. This was not the time to prefer charges against Mr. Carson. The time has not come ace Alderman Donxetr—There is not a man in this Boerd rie who oan say that Mr. Carson has done his duty faith- 6 question was then put on digging, the ordinance om the table, and lost, by a vote of [¥ to 2. The question was then on the motion of Alderman Donen making ordimance take effect in February, wi Alderman Surru rose and said that his reasons for being opposed to the motion of the gen:leman of the Nine- teenth was because the charge preferred against Mr. Car- son would ere that time be desided one way or the other. He wanted to give both parties fsir play, and arrange it so that neither party could take advantige of the trial. He did not at the time, but the principle of tue terns Alderman Dorentr—What has that to do with electing * Gideraas SorreIC i the Prinalple, and not the time, jerinsD ITH—lt aR that I look te, ae Alderman Donrrty—Why should the personal views of the Chief Engineer prevent us from doing our duty, and preventing a good law going into operation at once? De ou think, Mr. President, that Mr. Carson would with- old from. saying things against us because it would hurt Kombo ? No, |, he would not delay one me- ment a Alderman Tixmann—I wea rather in favor of Aldermam Doherty’s amendment at first, but on hearing the views of the chairman of the eommittee, who presented the or- dinance, Iam of opinion that it would be agreat deall better to have the ordinance fixed for June, for, by that sineyoll eR would know whether Mr. Carsom was gallty or not guilty. siete anima or Alarman ekerhy, ven toe put sad carried. Alderman Deyman—The gentleman of the Ninetecatis bas thought proper to reflect somewhat upon me in cem- nection with the ordinance, beg leave therefo te say, in the outset, that the prosent incumbent sh: be kept as far out of sight as possible, We are called upon hee tonight to adopt am ordinance, and I ask member of the Br if the ordinance, as it now stands, has not worked well herete- fore, It the fren en want another Chief, why & majority of them cam have one at anytime. One po e accrue from the ordinance. There will be a terrible state of excitement, even worse than that between the hards and the softs, between your Carson and anti-Car-on mes, It does not appear that any considerable portion of the department desire the removal of Mr. Carson, but, cn the ogetrary, ta 8 general thing, the majority of them sustain + Chiet Engineer in the position he has taken. Alcerman Barn [aride|—A ye, one for hfe, if they could. Aldermen Dunaan—No, sir; he can be removed at time if the majority of the members of the Fire De ment desire it. The question was then put. on the adoption of the oril- mance as amended by Alderman Doherty, which was ont Tied by a vote of 13 to 3. After some minor business had been transacted, the Board adjourned uatil this evening at 5 o’clock. Board of Supervisor: Dro. 5.—Hia Honor, the Reorder, in the chair, The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. BILLS, The bill of officers Leggett and McCracken, ($12 25,) for arresting John t at Staten Island, and Henry Valen- tine at Spottewood, N. J pote charged with grand lar- ceny, was ordered to be The bill of Francis & Loutrel, for $256 33, for station- June, was re- ery, books, seals, &e., from January to 10th ferred to Committee on County Ofiices, ‘ADOPTED, The report of the Committee on Annual Taxes, against granting the prayers of the petitions of the Mutu and New York Life Insurance Companies, for reduction af xes, and that of H, W. Field, for remission of taxes, was adopted. The report of the same committee against the petitions of John Perrine and D, B. Holbrook, torseduotion of taxes, was adopted. PEITTIONS, The petitions of the New York and Liverpool United States Mail Steamship Company, and several others, for relief from erreneous taxation, were referred to the = mittee on Annual Taxes. EDUCATION. By acommunication from the Board of Education it appears that the amount of money Lg for schoed yurposes during the year 1854, is $633,813 50, as set fortia in the following items :— Amount required curing the year for the pur- pose of meeting the current anoual expenses of public instrnetion Purchasing, leasing and procuring sites.......... 7,668 Erecting school buildings, 85,008 Furnishing and fitting up 49008 Altering, enlarging and repairing under the charge of the Board ‘The sur port of schools which shi ganized since the last ann the school moneys made by Support of the Free Acadsiny, Library and philosophical appa Repairs of Free Acacemy building. Support of the Normal schools .. ‘000 Support of the evening echools.. : 18,000 Incicental expenses of the Board, including clerk hire....0. 00 eseevese sess sececes 0,008 Salary of the City Superintendent, including the incidental expenses of bis office... .......64, 2,000 Salary of the Superintendent of the’ repuirin, shop, including the incidental expenses thereof. 2,000 Total... s+ sees, 9633,813 The Board of Supervisors adjourned to Friday next, at 4 o'clock. News from the Bahamas. [From the Charles mn Courier, Dec. 1.) ‘The schooner Golden Eagle, Captain Hernandez, arrived at this portyesterday from Nassau, brivging us files of the Nassau Guardian, Koyal Gazette) and Bahama to the 28d ult, inclusive, from which wo extract the tol lowing itema:— Captain Sawyer, lately in command of the British maf steamer Conway, has been promoted to the Trent, one ef the mail company’s larger vessels. The net revenue of the Islands for the quarter ending the 80th of September was £7,748 7a. 2d. We have evidently been experiencing for the Iart three dayn tome portion of the eilects of & hurricane. The wea'ber bas been extremely bolaterous, the wind blowing viclently from NE. to, From the meteorolozicsl table, tept at the office of the royal engineer departmunt, we find the mean height of the baromever to have been:— On the 20th. 104 On the 224... 29.5865 Op the 21. ee 29.886 Om the 234 eee 20.681 The above is the result of seven observations taken daily between 9 A. M. and 12 P.M, corrected for index error and capillary attraction, The last line is up to 11 o'clock to-d ay. ‘The greatest force of the wind during the same period 544 Ibs to the equare foot, 5% Ibs, to the square foot. On the 224, 9\¢ Ibs. to the squate foot, On the 234. 1735 Ibs, to the square foot. From 9 P. M. till 1 A. M. on the 224, tho meroury of the barometer oncilated similarly to boiling water. We are bappy to state that no material injary has been sustaine’ in the town several boats were sunk im the bartor and many trees baye been blown down, + few large sino plates were torn from the roof of the theatre last night avd carried to a considerable distance. The aterm bas abated to-day, and the weather now is comaratively calm —Guardian, Yad ult, Torks Istasis—By an arrival from Tarke Istand« we learn that the Legislative Counoil was convened on the Vith ult. for the dewpatch of business, ‘The President, on bebalf of her Majesty, nominated and Appointed Merrrs, James Mintek, Daniel T Smith, Cope. land J. Stamera, and 8t George Dunoan Tucker, to be members of the Council Messrs, Gustavus Lightbourn, G. I. P. Taylor, Daniel Harriott, and George Gibbs, are the elective member, ‘The Ate wan schooner Julis Eliza, Johnston, master, Ingen with a cargo of lumber, from Wilmington to Port- 4 l’einee, wan wrecked on the ouwht of the 22d ef Sep- tember, on tho north weat point of Went 0 Acother newspaper is to be started at Grand Tork. Herald. We learn that a black man hal secroted himself oa board the brig Forest, ebile in Chariestoa, and was not discovered until stow days before bor arrival here. — Roya acetic, Gh wi. 6