The New York Herald Newspaper, March 10, 1854, Page 4

EW YORK HERALD. ‘WIOR N. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU STS. | ———_SSSS—— | No. 67. AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery—Uncie Tom's Canin. HEATRE, Broadway—Dominiqve TRE feenentoea Mroecnnen Nigwr's DREAM. BURTON'S THEATRE, Chambers street—A MipsomueR sout's Duwax—Tux To DLR. Chatham street—Afternoon ue Tom's Canis. NATIONAL THEATRE, am Gampiri—Evening, Ux WALLACK’S THEATRE—Broadway—Love ror Love— wRiosirins oF LiveRATURE. AS fteteen—NicoLo FPaminy— Ow Bax AMERICAN MUSE larry Mayx—l BROADWAY MENAGERIE4auurrvrman &1ne—Max- orn Lavy asp Living TRAiweD Animals. OHRISTY’S AMERICAN OPERA HOUS®, 472 Broad- ay—ErmoriaN MeLoctes By Cunisty's MikeTREs. WOOD'S MINSTRELS, Wood’s Minstrel Wall, 444 Broad- ny—Lrmioraay MinstTR Lay. BUCKLEY'S OPERA HOUSE, 589 Proadway—Bucr- v's Erutorxan Oren Taovurs. BANVARD’S GEORAMA, 596 Broaivsy—Panonaweor ~ ma Hoxy Laxp. RHENISH GALLERY, 563 Brostwar—Day and Nigtt. BIGNOR BLITZ—Bnooxrys Merture. BRYAN GALLERY OF CHRIG“IAN ART—S5 Broad- way. M—, Tux WHOLE WORLD—$77 and 79 Broadway—sternoon wad Evening. To the Advertising Public. The season of business is wow approaching, ‘und adver. fising in the most widely cizxculating newspeper is one a the prime clements of wuccess. In this view we can freely recommend the New Yorx anar as the greatest extcblishment of thetind on this tontinent. Its daily circulation is at this“moment the largest in the civilized world, either in Eurg5e or Ameri- ta, being now nearly fifty-five thousand por day, which we farWeyond that of the London Times. 1 Including its weekly editions, its aggrogates may be jeated as follows:— AGGRECATR CIRCULATION OF THE NEW YORK HERALD. j Wour hundred thousand double sheets per week. | Moenty million double sheets per annum. Four hundred thousand dollars worth of white paper used per annum. ‘To persons in trade, and to advertisers of all kinds, gach a channel of cireulation is the ready way to success tm life. The Henatn’s prices for advertising, considering the vast circulation of this journal, are more reasonable, ough apparently higher, than the rates exacted from the public by any other establishment ia New York. From the simple statement of these facts the public tan judge for themselves in all advertising matters, ‘The News. We elsewhere publish a serieaof very interesting letters from Havana, giving a fell account of the seizure of the steamship Black.Warrior, together a variety of general information connected the Island of Cuba. Appended to these letters isa statement made by the .agents of the Black Warsier, and an important telegraphic despatch from Washington disclosing what course our goy- ernment will most likely adopt with regard to this fresh outrage on the part of the authorities of her Majesty of Spain. We perceive that an in- effectual attempt was made inthe House of Repre- pentatives yesterday, to introduce aresolution autho- rizing the Committee on'Poreign Affiirs to inquire into and report upon the recent outrages committed by the Spanish officials or the property and persons of American citizens. It is intimated in our despatch that the President will recommend to Congress the propriety of immediately withdrawing from the peutral relationship existing between the two gov- is needless to add’ that every vestige of Spanish dynasty on this continent would be swept away ina brief period. Straightforward, decided, unflinching action at the hands of the administration, similar to hat in the Chincha Island affair, would be of in- finite service at the present crisis. We have com- mented upon this subject in an editorial article. By telegraph from Washington we learn that no sfficial information has been received by either our government or the British Miuister, relative to the reported failure of the different surveying parties to Giscover a route fora ship canal. It is intimated that the recent unfavorable reporis have been set ‘float by persons interested in procuring an aban- fonment of the enterprise. Such a proceeding on their part would certainly be of little service to them ‘wt this late day. The officers of both England and \Prance, as well as of this country, are prosecuting he survey in accordance with instruc- ions from their respective governments, and ‘before the orders could be conntermanded will have completed their work and be ready report. However, the fact that no official state- have been received from them, leaves a loop- ole for the supposition that they have or may yet find a feasible route for the proposed great incer- national canal. It is understood that the promulgation of Secre- Marcy's instructions to Mr. Clay, our Minister Peru, with regard to the outrages on American els at the Chincha Islands, has aroused the presentative of the latter government to the gency of the case. He has accordingly notified Secretary that full damages will at once be paid y Peru for the loss and injury sustained by Captain n, of the Defiance. Much difficulty was experienced in procuring a orum in the United States Senate yesterday. On opening several remonstrances were presented st the Nebraska-Kansas bill, one of which pur- to be signed by three thousand residents of ooklyn. The Land Committee unanimously re- din favor of the Homestead bill, which was de the special order for Monday week. Two bills one of them dividing Arkansas into two Judicial tricte—were passed. After a short debate, a bill oposing to pay Mr. Burt for the use of his solar pass, the sale of the instrument yielding him no uneration, was postponed. The bill to promote efficiency of the army by a retired list of officers unsuccessful attempts to procure a quorum, the was under the necessity of adjourning at one ‘The House appears to have been in the most ex- ordinary state of excitement throughout the sit- , which was protracted till after dark. The ion pending in Coiamittee of the Whole was bill granting land to Minnesota Territory for d purposes. An amendment was adopted by e of eighty-five to eighty-four, which provides the money received for the reserved sections of d in railroad tracts shall be paid to those States h have received no grants of land for internal provements, according to their federal represe: $ on in Congress. This is asmall extension of jus- to the old States; but it should have been di- according to the whole Congressional re- mtation—then the proceeds of the lands d have been fairly distributed among the pple of the States. However, the bare ma ty of one, by which the people are to get a littk ery little, of that which they have mainly con uted to purchase, shows the strength of th States, and will teach us to cither be satis with a diminutive slice off the great loaf, o: get none. Inthe course of the day, Mr. Deaa bis the mouthpiece of the New York wing of th. Linistration, inclu John Van Baren, under If of the people of this State, to declare not desire and would not receive their e derived from the sale of the the had no authority for making @ preposterous assertion may be seea from the ynant remarks of Messrs. Whe re wt he half pay, next came up on its passage; but after | ler, Matteson, | Miguw Wie we puble wads are being squan” | dered, New Yorkers most assuredly fay claim to and clique were indignant, furious, savag:, and re- den and their share. | solved upon resistance, sink or swim. After a Every member of our State Senate was in atten- ' hot fight in committee, on th action of Mr. Isaac pill was amended so as to go into operation on the | first of December nstead of August, and the mea- | sure then passed, by twenty-one yeas against eleven | nays. Scme idea of the opposition to this measure is afforded in the fact that a remonstrance was sent | ance yesterday morning. The prohibitory liquor +. Fowler, our free soil Buffalo platform Post- master, the meeting a ourned in th- midst of a small row. Nothing came of it. It ended in an explosion and pass: d off in smok*. The next moy,m nt was by th: D mocratic to the Senate yesterday, containing the signatures of | General Committee, the r gular organizatior _ ten thousand citizens of New York; but, despite all remonstrances, it is believed that the Assembly will Resolutions were offered :n comm ttee endore’ |, Douglas, his bill an! th: administration, - ap to pass the bill by a large majority. Two-thirds of the the hub, and arrangem nts w.re prope go) or time allotted for the length of a session has already expired, and the Legislature and lobbymen are working accordingly, as will be seen by the letters from our correspondent. ‘The lower branch of the New Jersey Legislature | yesterday ordered to a third reading a bill to termi- road Company in fifteen years, and to compel them ment of the bill to aid inthe construction of the peal the Maine Liquor law, by eighty yeas to one the Maine act now in force will be modifed by an amendment providing for a stringent lieense system. The bark Orline St. John, reported ‘yesterday by lat. 37 45, lon, 67.50. In wAdition, & the death be- fore mentioned, the secoud offic’er,name not réaort- ed, went into the edbin, where i: was drowred in the night. The survivors, it will be receliected, sustained Hfe by eating ‘the ody of a dead com- panion, Full particulars of the awful calemity are given in another page. We would direct attention to the very able opi- nion of Judge ‘Hefman, in the Sixth nd Eighth Avenue Railrond injunction case, publiched in an- other colamn. It will be remembered that this case came before 'the-court on an application to amend the complaintjas well as to extend the injunction. His honor intimated at the argument, which wae fully reported ‘in the Heraxp, that the question on the amendment must be disposed ef first. Counsel therefore: confined themselves to €nis point, for the present. Soveral amendments were sought, but the most important was that by which it was proposed to set forth at length in the complaint the reso- lutions'of ‘the Common Council passed in 1851, au- thorizing the Sixth and Eighth Avenue Railroad companies to lay down tracks on certain streets, ‘The Judge has adopted the view taken by the plain- tiffs’ counsel, and has held that these resolutions did not contradict the fact contained in the original complaint, nor did they alter the grounds on which the injunction was. allowed, and that, therefere, the amendment should be granted. The details of the latest European market reports brought by the Asia, and published under the tele- graphic head, do not vary from the synopsis far- nished yesterday. We have no additional intelli- gence relative to the war movements. On reference to our financial and commercial columns, it will be seen'that the news had considerable inffuence on financiers and dealers generally. There was quite a fluctuation in stocks. Breadstuffs were less active, as merchants were disposed to await the receipt of private letters by the Asia. Flour was again easier, with eales of common, State brands at $8, showing a decline on the Asia's news of about 12} cents per barrel. Corn sold at a decline of 3 cents to 4 cents per bushel. No transactions in wheat indicating a market took place. The cotton market was quict, with moderate sales. Another large fire occurred in this city yesterday. Upwards of sixty thousand dollars worth of pro- perty was destroyed, as will be seen by the report. Important’ Movements in Tammany Hall— Nebraska Among the Democracy. During the last few weeks there have been democracy of Tammany Hall. They have had some strange votes on the Nebraska question, and some very singular and unique incidents have turned up—some in the Democratic Gene- ral Committee, some in the Council of Sachems, and some in the Tammany Society, each of which is a branch of the general Tammany or- ganization. Arouse! democrats, arouse! The (soft) democratic party of Old Tammany, through thick and thin, in consideration of the | spoils, and the great issue at stake, are deter- | mined to have a grand popular meeting in Tam- many Hall on the 16th inst., in Lehalf of the Nebraska bill, the constitution, Douglas, and the administration. And it is expected that Douglas, the “little giant’ himself, large as life, and Senator Weller, Col. Richardson of the House, and other distinguished friends of the bill in Congress, will be present to address the assembled democracy on that portentous occa- sion. Here is the official vote and programme:— DEMOCRATI@ GENERAL COMMITTEE, TAMMANY HALL. At a regular meeting of this committee, on the 2d inst., the following resolution, presented and’ moved by the Hon. Fernando Wood, was adopted:— Resolved, That a committee of one from each ward be appointed by the Chair, to make arrangements for a pub- lic meeting to be held ‘at Tammany Hall, on Thureday evening, the 16th inst., of all those in favor of the princi- ples of the Lill now before the Congress of the United States Jor establishing of the Territorial governments for Nebraska ‘and Kansas. ‘Avgs—Byrnes, Mahon, Monroe, Donnel, Kelley (of the Sixth), Quinn, Fay, Bogart, Cudney, the Jenth), Reed,’ Johnson, Austin, McArthur, Boice, McConnell, Dunlap, Norris, Gregory, Kelley, Froment, | Shepard, Murphy, Eagan, Dunham, Murray, ‘beConkey, Pinney and Wood—30. Nave—Perry, Phillips, Fletcher, Peck; Winne, Andras, Orr and Haswell—s, L. B. SHEPARD, Chairman. Caries H. HASwaLL, 4 Mires B. ANDRUS, } Secretaries. But there has been an opposition move- ment organized of an outside character, headed by John Van Buren, as he did in 1848, the object of which is a grand democratic anti-Nebraska meeting on the 14th or 15th, or a day in advance of the Douglas meet- | ing. This Van Buren anti-Nebraska assemblage | is to have among its speakers John Van Burea, ex-Senator Clemens, John A. Dix, John Coch- rane, Isane V. Fowler, Benjamin F. Butler, and others of the Buffalo free soil Scarlet letter fac- tion. Arouse! Union democrats, and buckle up for the fight! The following is the pronuncia- mento supposed to be written by John Van Buren, and published two days ago in the Evening Post :— THE EMPIRE CITY IN THE FIELD. To THR Eprroks oF THR Evexine ‘The crisis in our relations w now pending in Congress and b of the nati mands 2 very, the hear made and is making its’ aggressions «for the people of the North to deci y yoke and become the white political hiern slave driver and auctioneer. If the vast domain in dispute are to be disfranchised and denied the right to vote, unless they hold slaves, and a professedly democratic Congress pay le to the auction oder andl the over: roll its thunders, from suffrage and the will of block and t ‘The seer. Plymouth Rock to Ore st this detestable and in far reheme to rob, in advance, millions of freemen of their birthright in our favored | 1 propose, there Sore, thaton next Tweday and Wednesday the people of this city should hold a mass meeting in the Park, and a Grend etvic procession, to proves! a his outrage on re [ublicans and this treason to the rights of man. Pash it aicng. Who will act on the Committ and give us such a spectac New York. Aun empire is at stake be liberty and the demon of slavery. People I | rst of these moverfents in Tammany lial on this momentous Nebraska agitation took place some two or three weeks ago, in th | Tammany Society—that venerable organization of the universal democra white complexion, That patriarchal and right- reverend old rachem, Elijah F. Purdy, offered resolutions that occasion endorsing the nr Tae OY hong atration in) en ort i ily Wvvemyue. such a Jaw, it will be a dastardiy surrender of the right of | nate the monopoly of the Camden and Amboy Rail- | hundred and eigity-three nays. It isthocght that | Kennedy, Purdy (of | calling public democratic meeting © 4 this pro- gramme for the 16th The proposition | was advocated by a mvmber of the lead- ing members; but @ furiou& and terrible opposition sprang up among the free soilers of the Serlet letter order. John Van Buren mede-no less than forar sharp, crisp, to reduce all fares to two-and-a-half cents per mile, | Caustic and withering speeches against Douglas, The Senate of Massachusetts ordered the engross- | his trimming for the Presiden cy, and his bill of abominations; and one Lucias Robinson made Hoosac tunnel. The House rejected the bill to re- | #wo or three speeches & con’ Jing the Prince to the |fhandle. After this violent, and fiery debate, and | a terrible scene of dem¢yeratic wrath and ex- | ka bill, in favor of Desuglas, in favor of the ad- telegraph as abandoned, was fallen in with 1st imei., | ministretion as identéfied with Douglas and the Dill, and in favor of a public Tammany Hall meeting upon this programme, wire carried by a large majority, as we have alrealy shown. fo -arms! democrats, to arms! A public meeting in Tammany Hall has been arranged accordingly, to come off on the 16th iastant; and on this important occasion, as we have stated, Judge Douglas.and other distin- :guished advocates of the bill, from Congress, are {o be present, to illuminate the d@mocracy upon the negro question, the Nebraska bill, and the constitution of the United States. It is believed “the unterrified”—that it will place-in line mily,” and back again to their dens, all ¢! abolitionists and ‘free soilers of all parties, all factions, all stripes, all complexions—Lloyd Garrison, W. H. Seward, Lucy Stone, Fred. Douglass, the Rev, Mrs. Antoinette L. Brown, all the Van Bureas, all the Dixes, and all of the Scarlet order. That is what they ex- pect todo. Demecrats, wake up!—for God’s sake, wake up—for the day of actionis at hand! On the other side, John Van Buren is pluck to the backbone. He.not only possesses pluck, but that indomitable energy, activity and perse- enemy, though there may be a superior force in front and .certain destruction in the rear. The Prince is game to the chine. Asintimated, he has therefore arranged his plans for anticipating the Nebraska meeting a day or two, in a grand anti-Nebraska democratic meeting of outsiders on the 14th or 15th inst.;and at this assemblage John Van Buren, John A. Dix, John Cochrane, (who has been ®t Washington, and-has probably in his breeches pocket a fresh Scarlet letter of smypathy and support from the White House) and a host of others of the free seil Buffalo party, are to expound to the people the abomi- nations of the Nebraska bill, and the treachery of Douglas, Cass, and other Presidential can- didates anxious for a chance im 1856, as they did in 1848 against the Nebraska bill of that day. Democrats, reuse yourselves! for the ‘enments. Should sucha policy be carried out, it | "ome curious movements among the conflicting enemy is in the field ! ‘These forthcoming democratic movements in this mighty metropolis, (the headquarters of half the commerce of the globe and of dll the continental democracy,) are important and sig- nificant in the highest degree. The Doug- las-Nebraska meeting on the 16th, and the anti-Douglas-free-soil-Scartet-letter-democratic- anti-Nebraska meeting on the 14th or 15th, mean something of tremendous import to the universal democracy, the administration, the party, “manifest destiny,” and for Union or disunion. Those two or three days will probably decide the immediate question, and shape out the destinies of the President, the Cabinet, the democracy, the succession, and the fate of this prodigious republic, for the next twenty-five years. Yes, yes! negotiations have ended in Europe. We see there the grand pre- liminaries commenced for such an earthquake as that old Continent has never felt before, not even in all the thundering career of Napoleon. And here, too, we are in for a moral and politi- cal agitation which will shake this Union as with the throes of an earthquake. We are in for it. Democrats, wake up—wake up! and spring to the rescue! Thus far we have had no decisive popular move- ment among the democracy upon this Nebraska question. We have had several tame assemblages of an anti-Nebraska abolition stripe in the 'l'a- bernacle, some scattered mectings of a mixed character in New England and the West; but Congress, the Cabinet, and the country, are | waiting for the thunders of Tammany Hall. We should not be surprised if Old Tammany on the 16th were to effect a mighty democratic coup d’état in the expulsion of the whole pack of the Buflalo free soilers from the party, great and small, and in recalling again to the ancient wigwam the late discarJed hard shells of the Stuyvesant Institute, in full feather, head and tail up, drums beating and colors flying. We cannot imagine any other issue to the megting of the 16th. We are in the midst of a mighty revolution. Let Old Tammany be heard. Let her speak! The Union and the constitution forever ! Tue Buack Warrior AND THE Cunan AvtHo- RITIBS—OUTRAGES UPON ovr ComMeRce.—We have already had occasion to speak of the serious annoyances to which our steamers are subjected by the Spanish authorities at Cuba, when stop- ping at Havana on their way to or from Mobile and New Orleans. They app ar to have a particular animosity against the Cr-seent City, Captain Baxter, and never neglect any oppor- tunity of exhibiting it towards her. On her last trip to New Orleans she was detained ovtside the harbor in a most dang-rous posi- tion and on the most absurd and groundless pretext. According to the rules of the port no vessel is allowed to enter the harbor after the flag is hauled down from the Moro Castle, which stands at its entrance. This flag is ho every morning at sunrise and is taken down at sunset. Now, Captain Baxter info us that he passed the Moro Castle several minutes be fore the appOinted time, and that he was in the act of paseing the guard ship ¢ hauling down the flag. Wh it, refused to further, notwithstanding the ranc of the captain, who assured him that the rales of the port had been complied with. As the captain, however, did not considcr himself au- they the proceed remon. were observed Aus Ved Wiel ied bua ) elube Vavsauiou, OL the port lawe ise thorized to do anything more, under the cir- cumet 1 lation, ov | citement, the resolutio'ss in favor of the Nebras- ‘hat the meeting will be a mighty gathering of again the rank gnd file of the true democracy of this democratic citadel of the North, and that it will result in driving out of the “happy fa- verance which acver quail in the presence of thes tended | 36 with a penalty 3 chored along?’ 4 one thousand dollars, he an- of the guardship. The pas- angen or prevented by the rules from s0iNg 8 tore, and all communication with the land” jrobibited. The next morning at sunrise, the: g were permitted to enter the harbor, after T gnning the risk to which vessels lying i: that part of the waters of the port are exposed. We have received letters from our own cor- respondents in relation to the recent out- | rages committed on the Black Warrior by the same authorities, which will be found in another part of today’s Heraup. In addition to these, we have b-en furnished with a copy of a letter from the agent of | the line of steamers in Havana to the com- pany in this city, in which the whole particu- Jars of this ‘flagrant outrage are given, from the time of the arrival of the vessel at Havana till her abandonment by the captain. We have already commented upon the gross violations of that comity which should exist between all maritime nations; but Spain seems not only to | be lost to all sense of courtesy in this respect, but:actually abets the conduct of her officials. | The Spanieh authorities make use of the slight- fy. our vessels and embarrass when the home government ‘redress, they are so tardy that it is utterly ineffectual in putting a the grievances complained of. In View oF Miese circumstances, we are inform- ed that one of tie: agents of the proprietors of the Black Warrior left "this city yesterday for Washington, tolay the whole matter before our government. The case which he has to present is so clear and so strong that there can be no possible misunderstanding with regard to the -course which should be taken. Immediate ac- tion is necessary if they would prevent the oc- currence, of similar outrages in future. Our relations with Cuba’ must be so arranged that no opportunity will be given for Spanish offi- cials to interfere with our commerce hereafter. ‘Tux Mexican AUTHORITIES AyD AMERICAN SHIP OWNERS. —Smz0RE OF 4 BRIG—IMPRISONMENT OF HER CAPrAIN.— Messrs. Snow & Burgess, of No. 78 South street, in this city, have reoelved two letters from Captain G. Mossman, who lately commanded the brig ——, from New York. The first communication is dated at Barilla Island, February 7, and réports the loss of the vessel in the breakers upon the coast of Coatzacoalcos, near Vera Cruz, Mexico, ob the 20th of January. The captain left Campeachy Bank on the 26th of that month, and ex- perienced very rough weather until the brig became unmanageable; when, after working in the breakers for hours, she-was wrecked, and Captain Mossman was thrown amongst strangers, none of whom were ac- quainted with the English language. On the second day following he went to the office of the Consuletta at Min- atitlan, and when there he was summarily arrested by the Captain of the Port, with another officer, and charged with the crime of going into the port of Coatzacoalcos instead of that of Vera Cruz, as the former was not a port of entry. This seemed hard, when it is remembered that he was driven in by stress of weather. However, all re- monstrance was in vain; all offers of adjustment rejected, and Captain M. was made a prisoner of Mexico and sent off to jail. His second letter, dated February 7, mentions that he was just then going into the jail of Minatitlan— that he did not know what sort of a place it was; and he calls upon Messrs. Snow & Burgess to remember him. We believe that the former have senton an agent to Wash- ington to represent the case in the proper quarter, and we think it is worthy of serious consideration. Another Large Fire=Loss of Over $30,000 Worth of Property. Yesterday afternoon, about half-past two o'clock, a fire was discovered in the upper story of the immense storage warehouse of Mr. G. Merle, in Water and Front streets. This warehouse embraces three large five story brick buildings in Water street, Nos. 289, 291, and 293, and runs through the entire block to Front street, taking in three large buildings on that side also: The fire was discovered issuing from the roof on the Front street side, having originated among some catton bales in the upper story. The cause of the fire ie un- known, but is suppssed to be the work of an incendiary, inasmuch] as there was no fire used in the building apy- where, and no one at work in the portion of the ware- house where it first broke out. Some supposed that the fire was in a cotton bale when it was first stowed away there a few days since, and had been slumbering till yes- terday, when it burst forth. ‘The building was stored with several thousand barrels of flour and liquor, but principally with cotton bales. As ed through the upper story, from Front to Water street the greater part of the roofs of Nos. 201 and 298 Water, and 264 and 266 Front being burned off. The fire was burning part by a 42-inch wall, which was an effectual protection. When the fire, as we have stated, increased so much as to extend from one street to the other, it was feared that the whole warehouse would be consumed unless the fire action should be taken on the subject for which they as- soon as the fire was diseovered,the alarm was sounded, and oe abe Seer tg Renae war eee draw up an address to tl iblic :—Geor |. Middle- a large portion of the fire department, with their entire ap- brook, N. Andrews, ee in Snow, Douglass Leffing- paratas, hastened to the spot of the conflagration. But | well, and J. ae Walls. The next meeting of the com- before the flames could be subdued the fire had extend- ea be at4o’clock P, M., on Monday, at the jor House. state—politically and meteorologically. The Nebraska limited to these building, the other range, Nos. 289 | pill at Washington is not proiueag more extraordinary Water and 262 Front street, being separated from the | changes among the politicians, than is the approach of the weather. Were it not an exhausted subject, we should dilate upon the mud. Suffice it to say, White, by the rainy weather of the last two days, has been done brown, for the streets continue as beautifully black as ever. W THE, STREETS!--THE STREETS ! TU{E CITY INSPECTOR AT WORK. THE DAY OF REFORM, &e., &e., &. 1 We are glad to state, for the gratification of our fellow- | citizens, who have so long wallgwed, waded, and almost | smothered in seas of filth and mud, that there is now | hope of there being cleanliness in our city once more. } The Board of Health, called upon to act by the impera- tive voice of the people, have authorized the City Inspec- tor, Mr. Thomas K. Downing, to go to work and purify and cleanse the city. This officer has taken off his coat, rolled up his sleeves, and gone to work in real earnest; and judging from the appearance of things in his office | yesterday we should think he had “resolved todo or die.” His assistants, Mr. Richard Downing, Mr. Morton, and all bis clerks, were all day yesterday as busy as bees assorting and arranging tickets and papers for the commencement of the good work of purification this morning, should the weather permit. The modus operandi fixed upon by Mr. Downing, (who says he is not only going to have the streets clean- | ed, but is going to have them cleaned honestly, every man engaged earning his money,) is to appoint an in- spector for every ward, who shall, under instructions from Mr. Downing, proceed to work at once engaging men and carts, and carrying away the mud in their re- spective wards. To prevent fraud in the performance of the work two tickets have been issued—the'“igspector’s ticket”? and the ‘cartinen’s ticket.’? Whev the man starts with his load from the street he receives from the inspector, or his agent, the ‘ inspector’s ticket; and when he arrives at the place of dumping his load another agent of the inspector takes away the “ inspector’s ticket,” (which is evidence of where the man got his 1ad,) and gives in return the ‘“cartmen’s ticke which the man keeps as an evidence of work performed and presents to the City Inspector when he draws his pay. The City Inspector and his assistants and clerks, as we have already said, were..engaged yesterday in arranging these tickets, (some bushels in quan- tity,) for the various wards. Most of the different ward inspectors" were also selected yesterday. These offices, according to the resolution of the Board of Health, are appointed by the Sasfitary Committee of each ward, subject to the approval of Mr. Downing. Yesterday morning most of the appointees presented themselves for confirmation to the City Inspector, but several of them were rejected. During the day the following wore appointed and confirmed :— I 8. .Toomas Maloney. :Thomas W. Sheridan. ‘Wim. Hoffmire. Charles Heath. m. Wainwright, ‘ma. Edi Witherell. urance Riley. 8. Voorhies. |. T. Cowenhoven. . M. Odell. The others will perhaps be confirmed to-day. Those -appointed yesterday met in the afternoon in the office of the City Inspector, and received instructions to go to work this morning if the weather was.fit. All mud, gar- bage, and filth of every kind, in every place and corner, -was ordered to be carried away, and dumped into vessels provided at the docks by the Sanitary Committee of each ward. The City Inspector, anxious to have the co-opera- tion of the public in the performance of his herculean task, has issued the following:— NOTICE TO THE BUBLIC. The Board of Health having di take immediato measures to.clean the streeta, a public places, and to cause the same to be kept in a cloanly condition until such time asthe Common Council shall adopt & perma: and more perfect system of street cleaning than the present. ted. to a rt . < Therefore the citizens generally are req erate with this department in carrying the into ef in front of th of tho filth now ob- by cleaning and keeping clean the gutters premises, thereby causing the drainage frracting the gutters, and give free paesage for the water, e., de, It is hoped that our citizens will yield a prompt and cheer- fal compilance with this request, La order thet the tro of removal of dirt, &¢., ma; carried on in the most efective manner.’ Carts will be furnished as speedily as pos- eiblo far moval of garbage, coal ai nd ie isle Tequested that citizens will retrain ing the samo into the street, and keep all refuse, . bi until the carts shall call for the anne, oo? 5 Suseble vessels AS K. DOW NING, Gity Ing} Pr City Inspector's Departuent, Now York, Hegel Wisk ‘This looks like work. It is systematic—and to-day we may expect to see the mud fly if the sun shines. It is hardly necessary for us to add, that we are confident our citizens will heartily respond to the call of Mr. Downing, and do all in their power fo assist him in conferring upon his mud buried city the long prayed for boon of clean- iness and decency. Meeting of the Street Committee, The committee which was appointed at the last meet- ing in the Pak to take into consideration the present filthy condition of our streets, met at the Astor House yesterday, at 12 o’clock! All the members were not present, and it was therefore decided that no definite sembled till all could be brought together. Mr. Middle- brook presided, and Mr. Douglass Leffingwell officiated , assisted by Mr. White. A committee of five, City Inte! Mrronotocicat Onsknvarions.—We are in a transition tn the sun to the line, in the eccentricities of the clerk of at Mr. e find some relief, however, in ‘The Medical UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK—ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT OF THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. ‘The annual commencemement of the Medical Depart- ment of the University was held on Wednesday evening, in the large chapel. A very large audience was in atten- dance. The exercises commenced with the reading of the Sorip~ tures and prayer, by the Rey. Dr. Fxxnis, Chancellor of the University. The degree of Doctor of Medicine was eonferred on the following one hundred and twelve candidates:— List oF GRapUATEN MancH 8, 1854.—W. W. Tenn.; Il. Alexander, N. J.; A. T. Alleman Jog ae” G. K. Amerman, N. Y.; cock, N. ¥.; H.'S. Bacon, Ga.; T. A. B. Barnett, Ala.; C.C. Bates, 'N. ¥.; T. ‘¥. K. Beauchamp, Ky.; H. M. Bedford, F. D. ¥.; CC Bell, Als; T, Benson, he ee ¢ Boyd, N. Y,; T. Blake, Cun.; G. Brainard, P. H. Brown, Ga.; W. M. Brown, | MHL Ga. ; W. Canniif, Conn.; G. Cor D. G. A. Cutler, Ind.} T. T. Di +; F._B. Dunning, Y.; T. L, Estabrook, Me. Faver, Ga.; F. M. B. Fincke, N. Y.; B, W. | © Fowler, Ky.; F. B. Franklin, Pa.; 0. Fullgrad, | R. A. Garwin, Ga.; W. W. Goodwin, N. Y.; P. L. cat, Fa.; E. Griftin, Can.; Ty R. Hattiwanger, S. T. Hill, N.@.; A. F. Hunter, 8 ¢. Her, Fa. . | dameson, N.Y. y, N.Y; H. B. Kent, N. Y. Jessen, NY ia .; W. Krymer, N. ¥:; W. €. Lawrence, N. C.; 4. R. Lincoln, Me.; H, H. rider, N. W. | Lloyd, W.P. Lott, N.¥.; tS. Lupton, Va; T, Lynch, Mass.; T. H. Maddux, Ga.; W. T. McDermott, N. | ¥.; 1 W. McGuire, N. Y.] W. M. McNeill, N. @.; D. ee ae eras er A era 9 | Tn . M. Murray, N. C.: ! Murpl = reom. Miss; . P. Norkia, N-Y.; F. H.-Ormey K. W. Packard, A. T. Palmer, G. W. , N.Y.» Plumer, Me.; 'T. Ragland, Ala.; 'T. H. Ric i“ | Ne Nt yeu. te eheppad W TO. goal var R. orn, N. . Sheppard, N. J.; J. O. Snell, Va.; | A. Squire, Yj 4. fing EE Gat Jon, Conn,; J.-A. Sumpter, Ky.; Je sweet) N.Y C Terry, S.s, Tuorn, N.Y.; HH. Ti Tilimon, ala.; M.A. Tinker, Mass.; L. ‘Tyrell, N. ¥.; W. C. Van Buskirk, Can. | Word, W. §. Wells, H. H. Wickes, N. ¥.;.8..8. | Fenn.; J. H. Wikoff, N. J.; H. Williamson, N. ¥.; J. A” | Winkler, Ga.; G. Wolcott, Conn,—Total, 112, CERTIFICATES OF HONGE.. Sutton, enn; @. T K. Tuliaferro, G. A. Terry, Va.; J. W. °S, nor, N. J.; A. Tourteliat, C. i i i 8.8. Thorn, F. D, Eeebe, J. Stimson, Z. T. Murphy, H.. §. acon, J. W. McGuire, J B. Barnett, IH. M. Bedford, H. Lloyd, T. H. Maddux J. R. Beauchaip, W. J. Law- rence, P, H. Brown, G. A. Terry, 8. Joy, P.Dunean, M. M. Murray, J. Ragland, FE. W. Brainacd, C.F RB. ‘A. Garwin, ©. A. W. Bostick, @. J. Swest, W. 8. | 8 Lupton, J. W, Packard, G. R. Milton, T. Lynch, W. Me | MeNeill, G. E. Bragg, J.’ A. Witkles, C. Ramsay, T. P.’ Norris T. L. Kip, W. I. McDermott, W. H. Babcock, H. | H. Tichenor, W. M. Brown, Total | “an address was then delivered to the graduating clase | by Professor A. E. Post, M.D. H6 began. by saying that | he would embrace the opportunity of recor them to pufsue certain modes of study. He im} g on them the necessity of cultivating toa further extent. the ear, as a means of detecting disease, especially in, | diseases of the chest and heart. The Doctor Apa | ticularly on the origin and treatmentof: those 2 | and almost inscrutible diseases of tho heart which entire-- ly elude the physician’s skill. He branched off into = description of what should be, in his opinion, the mode of social intercourse between tho phate n and patient. He recommended that the most scrupulous int should be followed in all such intercourse; and closed by Impressing upon his hearers the mesessity of purity of life a8 well as feeling,to every aspirant for medical honors. At the conclusion of the address, the Chancellor pro- nounced the benediction. ‘The following is a list of the members of the Faculty:— Rev. Isaac Ferzis, D. D., Chancellor of the Uni 3 Professors of the Medicat Uni Valentine Mott, M.D., L. L. D., Emeritus Professor of Surgery and Surgiet! Anatomy, and.ex-President of the- Faculty; Martin Fayne, M. D., Professor of Materia Me- dica and Therapeutics; Gunning 8. Bedford, M. D., Pro-- fessor of Obstetrics, the Diseases of Women and Children, and Clinical Midwifery; John W. Draper, M.D. Professor of Chemistry and Physiology; Alfred C. Post, it. D., Pro- fessor of the Frinciples and Operations of St ; with. Surgical and Pathological Anatomy; William He Ven Bu- ren, M. D., Frofessor of General and Descriptive Anatomy; , Jolin A. Sweet, M. D., Provesser of the Institutes and. Practice of Medicine, Jobn W. Draper, M. D., Prosident of the Faculty. The meeting then adjourned. ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT OF AYLETT'S: MEDICAL’ IN. STITUTE. Took place on Wednesday evering at the New York Universtity of Medicine. Fifty-seven stu- dents took their degrecs. The diplomas were con- ferred by Professor Gunning S.. Bedford, of the: University. After the conferring of the degrees, Dr- Bedford delivered an address to the graduating class. It Was marked by that scientific analysis, at the same. time replete with that practical good sense and profes- sional experience for which this accomplished physician. is distinguished. At the conclusion of Dr. Bedford’s ad-’ areas, Lr. 1. H. Maddux, of Georgia, in bebalf of the clase, presented Dr. Aylett with a gold watch, bearing an: inscription, as a testimonial of thelr esteem for their pre~ ceptor. Dr. Aylett acknowledged this present in an ap- propriate speech, in which he reminded his graduates of he responsibilities which devolved upon them in the corcer of usefulness upon which they were about to enter. The valedictory address was pronounced by J. R. Beau- champ, of kentucky. 1t was a performance of more than. crainary ability, and exhibited a proficiency in the study of his profession. There was a numerous audience pre- sent, Who were highly picased with the interesting ceedings of this occasion. -Aunexed are the gralustes G. K. Amoman, N. Y.; vd COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS—ANNUAL. COMMENCEMENT. The Annual Commencement of this institution was held. last evening in the College Hall, Crosby street. The room Was filled at an early hour with a very large and fashion- able audience, the greater part of whom was composed - Broadway, in our meteorological observations on of friends and connections of the graduates. The stage was robbed of the combustible materials upon which it | with the foot walks, It isa frightful subject for specu- | was occupied by the members of the Faculty, and the - fed, It was consequently immediately ordered that the tedan e A ei oe eae sO, fuark: the ariety of | graduates, thirty-nine in number, filled the front row of story below the burning one should be cleared of its con- | ankles, dirty stockings nnd clean white stockings | Seats facing the platform. | tents, and soon the firemen, police and Inborera were at | that are mingled in the passing throng. Here The exercises of the evening were opened with prayer work, pitching the cotton bales and flour barrels into the | comes @ tall feminine, with the of ® grena- | by the Rev. Dr. Knox, after which the following list of dier; not caring to emulate the ers, how- streets on both sides of the block. ever, she Walks with her garments trailing; | *@duates was read:— Inashort time the loft was cleared of its valuable | and a very beautiful spectacle they present. Behind her | _ Fillan Arthur, of Turks Islands; John Henry Bartholf, of ich had the dest we see a delicate, clean-limbed little Arabian, in her | New York city; Wooster Beach, Jr., of do.; George Boden contents, which had the desired effect of checking the , IF. rge % Aemapliangelen ort! finished proportions; her gaiters are fitted to her foot | of do.; Calvin Itine Carpenter, of Ontario county’ | Progress of the flames. Before, however, all the cotton | most beautifully; her ankle, covered with the whitest of | N. ¥.; Al Sidney Coe, of Oswego county, N. ¥! h was thrown out of this story, the second from the roof, | white stockings, is artistically perfect. She knows it— | Wim, Case Corson, of Canada West: Isaac Smith 4 | the fire had reached through and taken hold of some of | and partly to save her clean skirts, her clean white stock- | of New Jersey; Thomas Butler Dash, A. B., of New York. | = ings, and her exquisitely fitting gaiters froma contact | city; Joseph Dennis, of New Jersey; Smith Ed- | tho bales, The firemen, however, now began toget the | with the mud, and partly froma little excusable vanity |, wards, of New York city; Erastus Philo Fairman at Vor. | fire under their control, and sent their streams upon the | —she displays just oooagh of her pedal extremities to poomt Willen Frothiognam, Felton oonaey, N. hig | i fect. turn the eyes of every old bachelor to the ground. In | liam Green, of New York city; Ru! ite Griswold, of cane tia pane ce tag en ce | gueh bestaamtal Oheetyations ab thaws epon ibe state'ct: | dor] 1u0; Mettiona Hunter, ot tar Win serten Knox, A. o'clock that the flames were wholly quenched. Fire when hid in a bale of cotton is very difficult to reach. It was the case here; when the flames were out it was necessary to play for a long time upon the smouldering bundles, thus almost drowning the whole building from the roof to the basement. It is impossible to state the precise amount of the loss. Itwas the general opinion, however, among those who were competent to judge, that the damage could not be less than sixty thousand dollars. The property destroyed was by fire and water and being pitched into the pools of mud in the streets, and was owned by various parties, who had stored it in this warchouse. The | goods were Mbored at the risk of the owners, and among so many it was impossible to get the losses sus- tained by each, or the names of the parties. We under- stand, however, that all were insured im various compa- nies in this city, Philadelphia, and Bosto: The mud along Water street, in the Metnity of the firc, was in some places over knee deep, and greatly re- tarded the efforts of the firemen in laying their hose and dragging along their engines. We noticed in many places where the hose, laying along the street for the distance of several lengths, were sunk in complete lakes of slush, and mud, and mire. Notwithstanding all these drawbacks the firemen were active in their exertions, and worked manfully in confining the conflagration to the narrowest limits possible, terday. Tug Sreamsmp Ww. Norris.—This steamship, on the stocks at Greenpoint, has not been sold to the Russian government, as has been stated. She was seized on exe cutions amounting to about $57,000, by Deputy Sherif 8,180,087 (team and sail) abeola | 173,625 | +. 18,266 the weather, we ma; least a week longer. y mainly of the character thus suggested. Hudibras says:— from touchiny streets. hope that soon the work will able to repeat, with the old Mississippi negro— ticed the distressed situation of a Mrs. Hagan, residing at No. 72 Charlton street, caused by the loss of some £160, stolen from her pocket in an omnibus by a femaie i The following letter we received containing a five dollar bill, which was paid to Mrs. Hagan, and we append her - ity; and I also return my heartfelt thanks to the lady whos: Marine Affatra. favor Lhaye received. MARGARET HAGAN, ‘Tur Sizamsm Ecxora left for Liverpool at 4 A. M. yes- We are informed by Mrs. Hagan that she yesterday re- Gillett, on the 17th of February, and is to be solid at auc- | ferday, at the office, No. 63 Broadway, ani siocted Mie tion on Saturday next, at 1 o'clock P.M. P. 1, Barnum, of the American Museum, by a unani. | stab aniacsintih hunch Ce eesti mous vote, as President of the New York Crystal Palace Parliamentary returns just made public give the follow. | A*seciation. AS ing figures relative to thé mercantile marine of Britain:— | | Mnstany Eizeriox.—The Frina Guard, Company H, | ist. Howe Trang Smer Ninth Regiment, N. Y.8. M., held an election for First No. of Bihrail and feeond Lieulenants of this company, on Welne: ing thips, inci’ evening, the Sth inst., at Vauxhall ¢ , Capt. Kobert Coddington presiding. § ‘Thomas Murphy was promoted to First rick lation, Second Lieutenant. Hoth being anani ly elected. . day. seo enough of the beautiful in na- ture and the tasteful in art to induce us almost to wish that the rain and the mud may last for at Our observations on Broadway esterday, in the absence of Mr. White and the friendly tons of St. Patrick, with their shovels and carts, were Our old friend “Ah me! what perils do environ, ‘The ian that meddles with cold irong? And one would think that our City Fathers had been impressed with this warning of Hudibras, in refraining 8 shovel or » hoe for the relief of the And hence, we have been compelied to fall back upon first principles, in an appeal to the people. Let us done, when we shall be “Lay down de shobel and de hoe, Hang up de fiddle and debow, For dare ig no more mud % be cleaned off de streets, *Cause it’s gone where de mud ought to go.” FAVORS FROM THE CHARITABLE.—A few days ago we no- pickpocket. Since that time several persons have con- ributed a few dollars to the wants of this poor woman. reply :— Mr. Eviron— Please band the enclosed to Mrs. Hagan. It is only a small amount, but I hope it will do her somo good. Yours, Feepectfully, LESSINGTON. ‘New York, Feb. 25, 1864. To rxe Eprror oy re Her avp— ‘You will please accept my sincere thanks for the enclosed $5, rent to me by tho kind fndy through your instramental- ceived a note asking to be informed respecting her nativity, signed ‘ Wall Street Gentlemen.” She wishes now to inform them that she is a native of this country, bern in the city, and Mer father was a lieutenant in the navy during the last war. Crystat Patace—P. T. Baro Caosky Preapeyt.—The new board of direetors held an election at 12 o'clock yes B.,'of do.; Wm. Frisbie ‘Lewis, of Wisconsin; Edward Cornio MeGrath, of Brooklyn, N, Y.;EAward Frost Ma- thews, New York city; Antoine Joseph Mauran, A. B., of Rhode Island; Charles Mudge, of New Jersey; James Bis- set Murdock, of Chemung county, N. Y.;Neloon Luther North, of Nlagara county, N. Y.;Joso Andres de Bachelor of Meuicine of the University of Cuba, of Cuba’. John Nicholson Reid, Licentiate of the Medical’ Board of Canada, of Canada; James Irvine Brown Ribble, of New Jersey; Jesse strong Bowlby Ribble, of do.; Hiram Timo- thy Kiggs, of New York city; Henry’ Rerton Sands, of do. ; Sylvester J. Sawyer, of Clinton county, N. Y.; Jarvis Bu gene Smith, of Uteego county, N. Y.;Uscar Gilbert Smith of New York city; Greenville Smith Stevens, A. M., of Rhode Island; Luclus Stevens, of Oswego county, N.’Y.; Solomon Taintor, of Connecticut; Seymour Carbry Trout. man, of New York city; Therow Tuttle, of Connecticut: Francis Markoe Wright, A. M., of New York city. : The Hippocratic oath was then administered by the- President, and the diplomas were conferred, The Pueswent then eege os to deliver the annual address. He commenced by impressing upon the young ‘men before him, who were about to enter upon the prac- tice of one of the most important and liberal professions, 8 proper sense of the dignity and responsibility of their calling. He repudiated in strong terms the idea that the medical profession had anything in common with merel merceitary pursuits, They were not to think that medi. cal advice was like an article of merchandise only, but appealed to them to look higher aud further. He said that the relief of physical suMfering alone did not com- prise the whole of a physician's duty. He should be pre- red to administer at times comfort to the soul, Re- igious advice coming from a layman might have at times . more influence than if uttered by a clei in. He spoke at some length of the importance of Inying a thorough preliminary education as the basis of a professional ca-, reer. He coneluded by paying a high compliment to the: graduating class, which le said was one of the best, if* aaue best, he had known. pplai Le address was frequently interrupted a ase. At its conclusion the Donedietion, was Teavesent by Dr. Knox, and the audience se} Roo u Fair me: he World's rh enid. 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