The New York Herald Newspaper, May 5, 1854, Page 4

NEW YORK ‘@ERA “GORD oy BENNETT, JAMES GORY, PROPRIE” op «ND EDITOR. AAtiet nnn OFFICE N. W. COTANER OF NASSAU AND FULTON sTs. “madvance. . P'ERALD 2 cents per copy—$7 Per, ao THE WEEKLY HERALD every Satucdny, at O's come 7 ; the European Exlifioa, $4 per an Benegal of reat ruta dnd $9 tony part he rent, both fo inelude postage. ot ee 10 NOTICE taken of anonymous communications. mot return those rejected. AMUSEMENTS THIS BVYENING. vA THEATRE, Broad y—1 LAND AND aBROADWAY THT Ajiss Tae Iki THRUE. Chambers street- Toe Manrt- VS THEATRE, BURTON'S TH ere eee mp Unwanxien -Cuanies XII—Away onouy ore AOWERY THEATRE, B Parts AND GUAKDIANS—Ky nest NATIONAL THEATRE, Chatham street—Uscre Tom's | ADL. WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broadway—Numn Rovap tue Conxen—Hearts ar Favir—R MOND. 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The New Yorx Wanxry Heratn, Catifornia edition, con- taining the latest inteMigence from #l parts of the world, will be published at ten oclock this morning. | Smnete copies sixpence, Agents will please send im thelr | orders as early as ponsible, at The News. The steamship Africa, from Liverpool, now fully due, had not arrived when we went to press, Our despatch from Washington states thatthe chances of the Nebraska bill are rather dubious. The administration cannot succeed in anything but repeated displays of its imbecility, and its supple penny trumpeter has failed even in its pitiful at- tempts to wheedle members into the support of its employers. The President's veto will probably be sustained, not so much from a desire to. support the executive and his constitutional advirers as to finully establish the policy of the general gov- ernment with regard to the land distribution qnestion in all its phases. It is said Miss Dix has determined to give to the public certain revelations concerning the Indigent insane land bill that will place Gen. Pierce in a perpi cay ment. Mr. Borland’s Nicaragua treaty wil! not be sent to the Senate, because it pro- viding for an offensive and defensive alliance be- tween the two countries; but the Nicaraguan Minis- ter and the Secretary of State are concocting s: sort of stipulations that will prove « table. vote op the Pacific Railroad the Senate may be regarded as decisive. Senator Gwin, who had taken especial charge of that magnificent hum. bug, will leave for California in about a night. Inthe United States Senate yesterday, after the presentation of petitions, and the reception of a message from the President covering p ence relative to better provision for the health a comfort of emigrant passengers, which was ref red, resolutions were adopted calling for a report of the exploration of the North Pacific ocean, and for information as to the stocks and securities redeemed by the Treasury since March last. The veto mes- sage wes then taken up, and after a lengthy and animated debate Monday next was assigned as the day for its consideration. Mr. Gwin moved to take up the Pacific Railroad bill rejected by a vote of twenty to twenty-three. Mr. Walker finished his speech on the amendment to the Indian Appropriation bill in favor of giving | half a million dollars to the friendly Creeks for land | taken; and, after a short executive session, the | Senate adjourned. The House in Committee of the Whole took > the bill to establish the office of Surveyor General and granting lands to actual settlers in the Territory of Utah. The delegate from Utah moved to strike out | the following proviso:—That the benefits of this ac’ shall not be extended to any person who shall now, or at any time hereafter, be the husband of more than cne wife;” and on being interrogated as to whether the proviso would impose a hardship on any considerable number of the people residing in the Territory he replied that it would, thus affordi an idea of the extent to which polygamy is pra tised. The discussion was very generally partici- pated in, and embraced all sorts of subjects: non-in- tervention, State rights, polygamy, negro slavery, The fer- marriage, religion, morality, Nebraska, and wound | up With a capital speech from Caleb Lyon of Lyons- dale. Various amendments were. offered and re- | ; but the proposition was | LD.!, , ties immediately responsible for the perilous condi- | tion of the structure, | attention of the authorities is pointedly called to the | larly to the section which relates to the inspection | | | The jecank investigation as to the canse of the | ths of the different men who were killed by the le: | falling of a portion of the house No. 231 Broadway, at the time of the recent fire, was concluded yester- day. The Jury found that they lost their lives by two distinct calamities—the falling of the rear wall of the front building and the falling of the beams and flooring. The verdict records that the entire building was a complete “death trap;” that the fire was the work of incendiaries, and thas she archi- tect, the mason, the carpenter who put in the tim- bers, and the lessees of the premises, are the par- i Annexed to the verdict is a lengthy report, signed by all the jury, in which the | | | defects of the fire laws now in force, more particu- of dangerous buildings by the Wardens, The apa- | ' thy which seems to pervade the city government | | with regard to these dangerous nuisances is referred | | to, and the drafting of a new system of fire laws, by | | a competent committee, recommended. The testimony of the prosecution on the trial of jor Wyse was brought to a close yesterday, and lence for the defence was presented. The frst | ess, Lt. Loeser, who was on board the Falcon when she was obliged to put into Norfolk, testified to the condition of the vessel. It appears from his testimony that the engines machinery were in such a defective condition that they were obliged to stop twice on Gio passage to repair them, The trial of Mrs. Hayes for the murder of Dr, Lutever wes continued yesterday in the Court of The rination of wit: The pri inues in a very precarious state of health, and iher couch during the entire day. The trial seams likely to occupy the greater part of next week. The court room has been crowded to excess since the first day, and the excitement still contin- ues unabated. Interesting res may be lucked fur before the » termin: Lower and media grades of We rand State ents per barrel ad nut two cents per Wheat was i Rye was scarce, with disclos prime Sor ted supply, and namin sm ll sales at $1 15 per bu Cotton continued dull, with mo ctions. Enropean freights were quite dull, partly on account of the limited supplies of breadstuffs wanted for shipment, which, with a good local demand, kept prices above the limits of orders, and partiy from a disposition among dealers to await the receipt of intelligence from Europe. The balance of funds in the custedy of the As- sistant Treasurer of the United States at this city, after the close of business yesterday, amounted to 76,968 -93. The Ethtes of Political Intrigue. We have said that the attacks of the Seward organs ‘on Mr. Crittenden were made with 2 view to destroy the prospects of a formidable rival of Mr, Seward’s at the next Presidential election. The circumstantial denial of our | statement by a morning cotemporary has not shaken our belief in its truth. Mr, Seward must produce slouter arguments and a closer chain of reasoning before he can do away with the obvious inferences from the language of his organs. H has been asserted probably with a view to Ciseredit our comments on the clamor to which the Ward verdict has given rise, that this jour- nal has undertaken a systematic defence of Ward's acquittal. It is fortunate for our cha- racter that the readers of the Hrranp are neither so few nor so forgetful of its course as to oblige us to deny this palpable falsehood at any length, We have never undertaken any defence, systematic or otherwise, of Ward’s ac- quittal ; and the writer of the article to which we refer, the editor of the sheet in which it appeared, and the bulk of its readers, know perfectly well that we have not. We thought it our duty to interpose in Mr. Crittenden’s de- fence, when be was attacked, hold un- Just as; but of the ustice of the verdict rendered on Matihew Ward, we have never uttered asiagle syllable. Its responsibility lies with the Court and the jury that gave it; on their shoulders let it rest. We have not sought, do not seek to share the burthen. Our position has been very different. We see here a jury in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, empannelled to try a white man named Ward on an indictment for murder. The evidence | goes to the court and jury, and the prisoner is acquitted. Hereupon, Mr. Seward’s organs in New York raise an outery as though a whole State had been submerged, abuse the people of Kentucky to their hearts’ content, and pour out their keenest venom on the head of one of the prisoner’s counsel, John J. Crittenden. Now} | the acquittal of a guilty m undoubtedly « thing to he regretted: if thew Ward was | really guilty of the offence laid to his char | he ought to have paid the penalty due to hi we justice i jected, but the House adjourned without deciding | Crime. But are such things so unheard-of here the question. The breaks on the New York and Erie Railroad have been repaired, and the trains now run entirely through without transferring passengers at breaks. The only difficulty is at the Passaic bridge, which is | crossed with great caution, in consequence of its foundations having been seriously injured. They will have to be partially rebuilt. | Gov. Bigler, of Pennsylvania was so far recovered | yeeterday fvom his severe attack of illnessas to be pronounced out of danger, and vetoed four bank bills. The handsome and capacious e¢ street, Qc ebeo, recently fitted up for t liament, tock fire on Wednesday, and its total de- struction appeared inevitable. The building was originally constructed as a church for the Sisters o! Charity. The steamship Empire City, from Havana 29th ult., arrived last night. Notbing special had oceur- red. Weather agreeable ; sugar abundant, at low prices. Nine of the persona charged with riotous con Ire on Monday night at the yard of the Pennsylvauia Coal Company, in Williamsburg, were yesterday bound over to appear for trial at the Court of Ses- sions of Kings county. These men had, together with a number of others, strack for an advance of wazes, and interfered to prevent other men taking their places. Galveston dates to the 30th ult. state that the | time for receiving proposals for the Pacific Railroad has been extended to the Ist of August. The valof Robert J. Walker, President of the N York Company, was daily expected. ‘The people having failed to agree upon State of- ficera at the last election in Connecticut, the Legis- tore yesterday, in general convention, chose the en- tire whig ticket by a majority of forty-seven. Tlic inclement weather greatly interfered with the pr ceseion and other ceremonies. Six men were injered, two very seriously, and a locomotive and eight cars were badly damag & collision between two trains, on Wednesday the Columbia Railroad, near Paoli, Pa. The Fall River and Old Colony railroads, in Mas sachusetts, have been united. On the inside pages may be found letters from Veneznela and W gton; Speech of Loslie Coombs at the Southern Convention; Anniversaries for May; the W Excitement at Lonisville ; Ma- nicipal Affairs; Cuban Spies; Execution of Hen- drickeon ; Theatrical and Commercial Intelligence, on tees e on Colon ar ne use of Par- that it lies in our mouth to paint Kentucky cs a haunt of malefactors, and to deal with the prisoner’s counsel as though he were himself a criminal? Are our courts of justice so unerring that on the strength of a single error in the court at Elizabethtown we ean afford to doom Kentucky to execration, and Mr. Crittenden to infamy? To venture on erecting so high a standard of judicial infallibility, we ought at t to have made sure that the history of anti-rentism was forgotten by every one. Not even the reckless print whose special task it ecms to be to misrepresent our course, would | venture to deny that in the State of New York, i-renters have committed robbery, arson, and murder, have been tried, and notwithstand- ng the clearest evidence, have been acquitted in spite of public clamor and the letter and spirit of the law. Nor has impunity been con- fined to this class of malefactors, or to the locality they infested. Polly Bodine killed a woman and a child on Staten Island and set fire to their house: she was twice tried, and escaped. Joe Jewell killed a watchman in this city and was tried, and acqnitted. In the neighboring State of New Jersey, Singleton Mercer shot a man, was tried and acquitted At Philadelphia, a few years ago, aconfectioner named Wood deliberately shot his daughter un- der circumstances of peculiar atrocity, y tried and eseaped the vengeance of the law. These are c afew recent instances, which occur to we write: they could be muiti- Dlied endlessly, Tt is doubtless very deplorehle that the law should notalware be yfudicated; but so long as men continue to be men, and to share the frailties of human neture, there will Le cases everywhere iu which prejudice, fear, favor, ailection, or bias will sway the minds of juries from the truth. And to revile a whole community because twelve of its members ren- au der a verdict which strangers at a distance re- card as unjust is as absurd as it would be to call them all robbers because a theft was committed among them. Kentucky is as well entitled to soy that murder is tolerated in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, because the anti- renters, Polly Bodine, Singleton Mercer and Wood murdered with impunity, as we to make | murder, no matter what weight of evidence may | Two men are arrested for murder; the one for | would have at the next election. Pappa charge against Kentucky in conse- Should they imitate strictly the conduct -f their quence of the acquittal ot Ward, It was not from ignorance, however, that the , Seward organs went out of their way to ox claim against the ‘“uuparalleled” frustratioa of justice at Elizabethtown, Kentucky. They kaow as well as the rest of us that similar cases had occurred in every State of the Union. The sole ob'ect they had in view was a political , one—to ruin Mr. Crittenden for the benefit of | Mr. Seward. They had malignity enough for | the work; but they lacked address. They have yet to bring forward the first argument to show that a lawyer ought not to give his professional aid—gratuitously or not as he pleases—to a prisoner on his trial for be arrayed against him. Such a course u ually brings fame and profit to the lawyer, as it did to the defender of Polly Bodine and Joe Jewell, the late David Graham. Such a course, in Mr. Seward, in the language of his organ, “dis- plays a nobility of conduct which has few parallels;” in Mr, Crittenden, according to the same authority, “was an outrage on justice, and a degradation alike of his character and his profession.” Wherein lies the difference? the murder of a single individual, the other for that of a family. The one was a white man, | noble leader, he will be glorified, snd t' Matthew Ward, the other a negro. Two coun- sel of eminence volunteer their services, the cue John J, Crittenden to defend the white man, the other Wm. H. Seward to defend the negro. Xa both cases acquittals are pro- cured, in tke teeth of the clearest evidence New if the prblic has any right to im- pute motives to either of the two coun it seems to us that Mr, Seward’s matives mighv he impugned much more successfully than Mr. i(tenden’s. If we said for instance that Mr. Seward defended this negro because he knew the sympathy felt here for the black race, and cal- culated the capital he would make by the act, our statement would be much more plausible than that of Mr. Seward’s organs, which charge Mr. Crittenden with having volunteered his services “because Ward had influential friends to he gratified thereby.’’ We have not imputed any such motive to Mr. Seward, because we see no evidence-of its existence, and can afford to confine ourselves to honest weapons against po- litical adversaries; the Seward organs have im- puted it to Mr. Crittenden, because they cannot afford todispense with any instrument that can injure a rival. We are not now to learn cither the meanness or the dishonesty of the journal which has called forth these remarks. In these respects, it stands, we believe, on an eminence which none of its cotemporaries can approach. It is its boast that it will shrink from no perversion of the truth, from no depth of baseness, provided its ends may be thereby furthered. Its last at- tempt to disparage Mr. Crittenden affords a fair criterion of its courage in this respect. Soclear a case of attempted political assassination, un- der circumstances of such revolting meanness, we never remember to have known. Secretary Marcy anp Is Trowsers—A Worp to American DipLomatists—It is o great pity that the soft shells cannot find the original pair of breeches which the pre- sent Secretary of State wore when he made that memorable tour to Lockport, and which breeches, having “done the State some service,” were repaired at the State’s expense—the cost of the “work done” being fifty cents, as duly sworn to by Mr. Marcy. ‘These immortal breeches would form a capital banner for the soft shells, to be carried by John Cochrane; as Mahomet had his old trowsers raised as the standard of the commander of the faithful, we do not see why Marey should be deprived of the same glorious privilege, to say nothing of the beneficial effect that the circumstance They would also be useful as a pattern for the court costume of American diplomats. In order to bring about this consummation so & voutly to be wished for, we publish a correct copy of the bill made out by Governor Marcy a ;ainst the State, to recover the expenses of his trip to Lockport. There is the original fifty cent ciarge “for work done to pantaloons’—the seat of the pantaloons worn out in the service of an ungrateful country ! What disinterested petriotism! What charming self sacrifice ! Our young statesmen, particularly the Randall’s Island boys, must regard with admiration this deep-seated love of country—this stern Roman honesty—manifested in “ work done to panta- loons.’ by the great man who now holds the portfolio of the Department of State. | Nor was he inattentive to his personal ap- | pearance, for while his breeches were being | mecded we find that the doughty Governor expended two shillings for “ expenses incidental to shaving.’ With his face washed, his trow- sers mended, his hair trimmed, and his whiskers 4 la mode, Governor Marcy would, and proba- bly did, look like a respectable member of society ; and nobody will regret the expendi- ture of seventy-five cents to bring about so desirable a result. We find, however, that the Governor was not always so frugal. He expended, as per bili, six dollars and seventy-five cents for “wine and washing.” But as the days of Maine laws had not arrived, Mr. Marey probably stood in need of a little wine for his stomach’s sake. There is another consideration more im- portant than all, and we call the attention of our representatives abroad to it, as it particu- larly interests them. When Mr. Marcy came into office his first act was to regulate the coats, waistcoats and trowsers to be worn by our Ministers, Charge d’Afaires, Con- suls, and-eo-forth. He did not, however, give them specific instructions, and we pub- lish for their enlightenment the sworn statements from the Comptroller's office, to show what the Secretary of State thinks upon the important subject of dress. Let all our rep- resentatives abroad take notice, and govern themselves accordingly ! they wear out their trowsers in the service of the republic, they cannot have a new pair; but the old ones must be repaired, and the State Department will allow “fifty cents” to be a proper sum to compensate the “artist” who may be called in to euperintend these repairs. Two shillings is allowed for cha incladiag trimming of hair and whiskers; and in other items they will be governed by the same rcale, The country is rich, to be sure, but our rep- resentatives will do very well ia the “republi- can simplicity” of patched breeches, and we must keep the thirty millions in the treasury until we expend it to raise Santa Anna to an imperial throne. Now, we trust that all foll Ministers, Minis- ters Resident, Charges d’Affaires, Secretaries, Consuls, and other representatives of the United States, will study these billy attentively. oun- try will be properly represe. ted, Not ing witl bring as back to the r-publican simplicity cof Doctor Frauklin. Tun Gapspen TREATY AND THE Hse o¥ ReP- PESENTATIVES.—The vari: us tricks and devices of the Pierce admtnistration ¢) ccnsolidate the Cabinet and Congre: sand the democratic party, have been but a series of miserable failures, First, there were the Bronson manifestves for the relief of the Van Buren free soilers. That trick was a wretched failure. Next, there was the attempt to palm off the Washington Union upon the Senate as the national democratic or- gan. That experiment wasa fizzle and ashock- ing failure. The Senate decisivelff repudiated the free soil white-washing concern. Next vo had the Nebraska bill thrown in upon the “enate, and that has proved the most crip-jing, disas- trons and humiliating failure of 9), The only plank left to Qen, Pierce, of the Baltimore platform, i¢ that rotten plank of re- trenchment. "Spon this great demooratic prin- ciple the “ew Hampshire successor of Martin Van Bitren has come to the rescue with the twoxty million Gadsden treaty. This has Proved a failure ; bat the Senate have adopted a substitute for ten millions, which may possi- bly open the Treasury to the coalition of Ame- rican and Mexican stock-jobbers concerned. Possilly, we say, for there are yet some ob- structions te be removed. The Senate, in adopting the ten million pro- Jjét a8 @ substitute for the original Gadsden *peculatien, are to this extent involved ia the criminality of the administration. Col. Ben- ton therefore, in his indictment against the treaty, must arraign the administration and the Senate, and put them in the criminal’s ho< together, As the prosecuting attorney, hei. bound to have this done, and to push the tria! to the full extent of the law. Upon this trial, when it is opened in the House, we expect a royal fight. There was a good deal of ground and lofty tumbling and rough jostling among the democracy in the Bronson squabble—there wasasmart little campaign of sharp shooting and hard swearing between the kitchen cabinet organs and the hardshells in the election of the Senate printer—there has been a regular in- surrection on the Nebraska bill, and the killed, wounded, crippled and missing among the Pre- sidential cliques and candidates can’t be count- ed. The men of rags and straw which have been hung and burned between Cape Cod and Chicago, scarcely surpass the men of straw aud political rags that have been knocked down flat and stiff by the Nebraska bill, beginning with the administration, But upon the trial of the Gadsden treaty conspirators before the House, under the management of Colonel Benton as prosecuting attorney, all the above-mentioned fights, insur- rections, and stampedes, will be completely eclipsed. Great will be the fight upon the Gadsden treaty—great the crash among the small beer advocates of the spoilsmen; and the general smash-up of the crockery of the kitch- en cabinet will be frightful. Benton is an aw- ful executioner when he takes a job of work in hand of this sort. Broken heads and dislocated arms and legs follow the terrible sweeps of his horrid cleaver. He is the very man, on this account, for this identical piece of business. He is the very man to probe to the bottom this unblushing conspiracy to plunder the treasury. In fact, there is a prospect that it only requires such a man as Benton to open the prosecution in the House, in order to secure the defeat of the ten million project and the public condem- nation of the conspirators. Call up the prison- ers, read the indictment, and let the trial proceed. Moenicrpa, Reroru—Tae Busse Burst.— Every one must remember the prodigious pro- mises made by certain persons in this city, re- lative to a great system of municipal reform which was to spring from the adoption of the amended charter, and be carried out by the men who were elected to office at the last elec- tion. This bubble has now exploded. One of our cotemporaries, and one of the most efficient instruments in bringing about the adoptioa of the amended charter, and in the support of the members of the city government elect- ed under that charter, acknowledges that all hopes of reform have entirely disappear- ed, and that the bubble has burst beyond all possibility of redemption. In the des- peration of disappointment it rushes to the oaly floating plank that can be found to save its reputation, or to bring about the reform it has been so long anticipating; it runs iato Broadway, where Mr. Joha N. Genin, covered with dust and energy, is found to have beea successful in his endeavors to clean that street, and calls upon him to come before the people as a candidate for the office of Mayor of the city. This is rather a singular turn for matters to take; but we are not sure that it is nut the only alternative left for the people of the city in their present condition. Mr. Genin has proved himself to be a man of tact and talent in every department of business in which fortune has heretofore placed him. In the few weeks which have just expired, he has shown the Common Council what industry, honesty, integrity, and energy can do. With- out the panoply of authority—unaided, except by the good will of the public—he has brought about the most astonishing and unexpected re- sults, as far as the object to which he directed his attention was concerned, Mr, Genin would be a very good candidate for Mayor, or for the post of Commissioner of Streets, from which office Arcularius recently fled in despair and desolation. Itis very evident from this and other move- ments that have been made, that unless some new step is taken to bring about a practical change in the present mode of administering the city government, all our civic affairs will soon be ina state of anarchy and confusion. There can be no doubt that much of the trouble now existing arises from the mult!plication and division of the city government into separate departments, with independeut and irrespoa- sible heads—a system which will inovitably re- duce any government to ruins. Besides, the mode of nominating candidates for the various city offices is as corrupt and debasing as it can well be. Half the evils from the effect of which we suffer, are created by the manner in which the candidates are brought into the field, and the motives which actuate their nomi- nation. The primary meetings in the several wards, at which the members of the aomi- nating conventions are chosen, are generally managed and marshalled by grog-shop poli- ticians, who drive away all respectable people, and control the conventions by which the can- Aidates are nominated. There are in this city ninatee in ea taseaathte about seventy thousand persons entitled to vote, and of this number, on ordinary occasions, about fif\> thou-and go to the polls and deposit "but fifty cent patebes an! two shilling shaves | their ballots for the candidates presented, 4. | #ntlemen, reported there from the 224 of February, are them. Out of this immense numb? gheye are three thousand or four théfisand small poli- ticians belonging to both the old parties and seme of the new one:, who make it their sole business to control the primary elec‘tons. It is needless to repeat the tales of riots, rows and fights which always occur at these pri- mary meetings in the several wards. They have the effect to keep sway all respectable voters, and to give ‘ine grog-shop politicians | full sway. Thu, the whole system forms a great machiv.e, which is controlled solely by the lowest “abble and managed by the worst class Of “politicians . Now, where can we find a practical remedy for these abuses? We do not see any other plan of reform than that which can be brought about by a total change in the manner of se- lecting candidates, and this must be effected by the adoption of what are called “ stump candi- dates.” Respectable members of society who aspire to any of the offices in the gift of the people, should throw aside personal delicacy, and, by card in the public journals, announce themselvesas candidates for the posts for which they are best fitted. This system has been found useful in other cities. By these means we shall be found able to dispense with the machinery of primary elections and nominat- ing conventions, by which the grog-shop politi- cians in various wards have already organized and comménced passing about the several oilices among themselves. During the present year there will be a favor- able opportunity to effect an entire change in the nominating system. We shall have four or five parties in the field: first, the hardshell democrats; second, the softshells; third, th> temperance party; fourth, the whigs; and fifth, | the fraction of the whigs who form what is | called the “Know Nothing” party. All these factions and organizations will use the same instruments that we have before referred to. | Their leaders will take the grog-shop politicians by the hand and push them forward, in order to secure the accomplishment of their own ends. The best mode of sweeping away all this corrup- tion, is for respectable citizens to nominate themselves for such offices as they can fill, and keep their curds in the daily papers for several weeks or months previous to the day of elec- tion. They should then appoint committees to attend to the distribution of votes at the polls. By these means alone can we get respectable candidates—their merits will be fully discussed, and upon their merits they must stand or fall. In this view of the case, Mr. Genin should come forward and take the responsibility of putting his name before the public. He has al- ready been placed in nomination for the office of Mayor; but we would suggest that he should nominate himself for that post, as he has al- ready given evidence of his fitness for any place, and his energy and talent would be of great ser- vice to the public, should he be elected to fill it. We want to make a beginning in the good work of reform by taking the control of city nomina- or: of Boston, died on the passage from San Francisco. plon,) of New York, died at sea, on the direct passage from Callao to New York. of fever. setts,) died at Callao, | escape with their lives. at ch of March, in which the deaths of the following Captain Barer, of the American ship Flying Dragon, Captain Comme, of the ship Fides, (formerly Cham- Mr. Gregory, of the city of New York, died at Callao, Mr. Jofix Hasry, of Maine, (lately ftom Massschu- Dr. — Jackson, United States, died at Callao. In addition to the abovo, it is stated that many men, with some other private citizens of the States, had died of fever, dysentery, and other but, up to the time of our correspondent not ascertain their names. * City Intelligence. A Noprz Acniox.—On Wed: heaviest of the storm, when the rola, fell shelter was most delicious, a poor woman, an Irish emigrant, scantily covered wi eo no shoes upon her feet, came down Fulton. as Nassau, where she paused and looked about though she was lost, and knew not which ¥ Ca 4 bet oee. Legit’ ic: so oer inte: sition, here was van misery tion, to make ber zealous in its bebalt The poor at last turned back towards bare no.doubt it more comfortable, (if comfort at all to wi 0] and squal vel where mise tis kin, and sometimes of its pains by the sight of greater woe. fanding on the corner, doubting which way & woman, 0 waa tending the and shoe ‘Nassau street, first door below Fulton, caught s. re, andas quick as thought. and dartinginto the.street.. fi i i 3 Fi ek f i ik iF ft glimpse of the destitute creatui w ree! she seized a thick j air of throrgh the floods of raise poor emigrant’s siawl, and thanks. ‘The donor little thought that any eye behe! her, so quickly was her deed of charity performed. There is no need to comment upon such an act as this. It is one of those rare performances which are beyond. all praise, aud which, in history, are suficient to re- deem an age. One pe of gaiters amount to nothing, yerbaps , in the opinion of thousands; but who shall es- timate their value to that poor shceless woman ? It was 5 not the gift itself, but the circumstances attending it, which gave inyportance to the act, for “the drying up of a single tear hath mare Of honest fame than shedding seas of gore.” A STEAMBOAT BURNED AT New RocueLte.—On Wednesday ~ morning at 3 o'clock, the steamboat Economy, plying be- tween this city and New Rochelle, was discovered to be on fire while ving at her wharf at the latter place. How the fire originated no one can tel’, The crew were = ing upon the boat at the time, and were awakened with the- cry that the fire was upon them, and had barely time to Every exertion was made to the fire out, but it had obtained too much headway fore it was discovered to be effectually opposed by the means at hand. She burned until alf her Rid works were destroyed, when the weight of he machinery sunk her at the wharf, whe ¢ LOW with her bow an? stern or ly above the water. It is doubtful if she can ever be repaired fit for running The Economy ‘was a new boat, this being her season. Last year she was an excursion boat between this city and Coney Island, and when the summer season closed, she was put upon the New Rochelle connection, where she has been CBee | ee the rem peered This boat aereeaats 60 feet long, stoutly built, and was, we w partially insured in this clty.” ‘ Tax Coton Dax.—We received information pad ee ow ot 3 ‘tue Bie Brea hprerey ‘ompany, that the Croton bri repair the present week, and on Monday, the 8th inst., the regular trains will be resumed. Due notice will be given of the hours of departure after that date. Work For THE COMMISSIONER OF REPAIRS AND SUPPLIES.— The tube in the City Hall, connecting the office of the Chief of Yolice with the bell-ringer, has been for a long time brcken. This puts not only those e1 in the Chiefs office, but other parties who frequently wish to communicate with the bell-man, to very great inconveni- ~ ence, it being paceman clin) pisces dark stairway even to the top of the Hall, to ask the simplest question: avery tiresome journey, as every one knows. who has travelled it. The outlay of perhaps only a few sh'llings would again repair the speaking tube, and save this eae at midnight through the cupola of the Hall. oe Ane Commissioner of Repairs and Supplies attend to this Tewccratic Revonucan Gexerat Commrrren.—The re- gular monthiy meeting of this committee was held last night at Stuyvesunt Institute, the President of the Com- mittee, Richard Schell, occupying the chair. There was: in attendance a large’ majority of the members of commitice. After the reading of the minutes, and the other usual preliminary proecedings, a the question of the rights and privi tions out of the hands of the corrupt crew who have ruled us for the past few years. Tue ReE-opsnixe or THE CrystaL PaLace.— For a full and particular account of this great affair, read Falstafi’s account of the march of his troop through Coventry—vid- Shakspeare. Marine Affairs. ‘Tax Curren Sinr Ocean Teiucrarn.—This beautifnl new clipper ship arrived here from Boston yesterday, in tow of the steamtng R. B. Forbes. She is abou! 1,700 tons burthen, and is decidedly one of the finest and sharpest clippers afloat, and well worthy of the high fame alread; acquired by the Eastern builders. She comes consigned to Wellington & Abbott, and will load in John Ogden’s line for San Franciseo. We understand o large po.tion of her cargo is already engaged. Coat ix THE Paciric.—We learn from Messrs. Nye & Co., of Valparaiso, that the Lota coal has proved to be almost equal to Cardiff coal. This coal is to be had on = ‘arose mittees, which occupied the remainder of the evening! The Ninth Ward Commitice sent in a Keo wre | acecmpanied by & preamble and resolutions, asking fc themselves the right to choose their own inspectors of election. The motion to agcept. the communication was. met by various ammendmen's—to refuse to accept, to lay uyon the tatle, to refer back to Ward Committee, to re- fer to xpecial committee, &+, esch amendment forth a debate, in which Messrs. Gallagher, St, John, Dely, Alden, and others, took part; after which disseus- sion the amendments were disposed of, ani tue commuani- cavion received. After some further basiness of no ape- cial importance, the meeting a/ljourned. MeEEUNG OF THE BoukR Marges.—A moeetlag of the Yeiler makers aud assistants, of New York an Brooklyn, wags held lest night at the Crystal, in Gran] street, to twie the proper measures for organizing thera yelves into | a bedy for their mutual benefit. A short time since these inen etruck for higher wages, and their terms, we understand, have been partiilly acceded to. Noarly al® of them have had a rive in their wages of one shilling per | duy, and some of them have had a advance, ‘There was quite a large attendance at meeting ast i night, Mr. C. Howell ocenpying the chair, and Mr. Kenzie acting as secretary. After some Sensis | meeting organized into a permanent association, the ob-_ ject of whleh is fa protect he trade and otherwise act | as ma rate for the benet The meeting then sejeurred. | | the direct track of steamers from Cape Horn to Panama | —Noxripen Dispensary, WAVERIRY PLAce.—Tho follow-| and San Francisco. ing is the report of this institution for April, 1864;— | + Tue SrmammR QoAKER Crtv.—This vessel, which was | Whole number attended. 0685 launched at Philadelphia on the 24 inst., from Vaughn & Lynn’s yard, is of the following dimensions:—Length, 225 feet; hold, 2134; beam, 86; 1,800 tons burthen, cy. linder 86 inches, and 8 feet stroke. She is diagonally iron braced from stem to stern, copper fastened, and has all the improvements, comforts and appliances of a first class steamship. She is owned by the American Steam ship Company, and is intended to run between Philadel- . phia am Charleston, as a regular packet, under the com. mand of Capt. J. H. Hodgdon, who, though young in years, is old in nautical skill and gentlemanly acquire. | _ Total...............1,068 ments. About the 15th of July next she will commence | Whole number of prescriptions. . ruoning, and will make each trip in two days at the out- | Greatest number in any side—much too short a time for those who affect good | Least number in any day. cheer and luxurious living. eis per ~ seeee a +. jag . PortLaxp Ste ssn1e3 —The voyage of ihe Sarah Sanda, KMIETON FOUND.—A gentleman, upon mov! which sailed for Liverpool from Portland on Saturday ba Iath biyy matt do’ Pai ee 8 last, completes the five monthly trips whieh are to be | Qhich, the peta hn had forgotten to remove, mace from the latter port under the present arrange. | *helclon ofe man ins state of decomposition. The ment—the semimonthly trips in the summer being made | Was Dear fag yin § pecaerp The between Liverpool ant Quebec. 1 mil tavolved in mytory. ramen, Personal Intelligence. suicide yesterday by taking poison, at her residence, Goy. Sey mour and family, Albany; Gov. Washburn and | 88 Duane street. ¢ Coroner was netified to hold family, Massachusetts; Goy, Thomas, Maryland; Judge | inquest on the body. Ward, ‘Alb judge Lake, San Francisco; Hon. N. Ran- | dali, Syracuse; Hon, B. Sblelda, Albion; Hon. H. C. Daw. Police In | son, London; J. T. jes, Providence, Dr. bany; tie Panty t. wack ‘oi ats é dae 5] ANOTHER shia eae eee STRANGER |. ichmond; Lieut. Talmage, U. .; A. J. Leutches, 4 Capt. Forter, British Army;'S. C. Cook, Viliadelphia, ar: | 0%, Wednesda jecrwse ubcoanee eont Se rived yesterday at the St. Nicholas, the Eighth ward, Swe complaint of Martin Hon. G. G. Harris, Md.; Hon. P. A. Mann, Miss.; Capt. | who charges that Howard had defrauded him oat of $ R. B. Forbes, Boston; Lieut. Telford, U.S. A.; Col. J. | under the following circumstances:—It seems that J. Neely 3_Rev. Dr. Wells, ‘Canada; | ron came from Albany to this city for the purpose of Alexenier Hart, Coni T. Coleman, California; L: | ing pascage to California, The accused met hit at Forbes, St. Louis; J. » Maryland; Lieat. Case, | shipping office, and informed him that he was U N., arvived 0 Metropolitan Hotel. Calitornia—that his uncle (who was worth near 8! Sir W. J. Henwood, England; Mons. H. Ambrosio, Paris; | bad sent for him, and he exhibited a check on one N. Rice, Jr., Newport; sig A. Garei: er and sister, | city banks for $600 In addition to this information Havana; G. F. Hill and sister, b f. W. Arnold, | fered to engege Cameron in business, at a high New Jersey; Mons. Vattimere, Paris, arrived yesterday | Cameron became delighted with his new at the Union Flace Hotel. and, to finish up the Rey. thos, chardeoa, Eaton; J.P. Ringalay, Boston; Revue ©. Riker, Georgia; 8. D.’ Simmonds, Toronto; L. Belloni, New York, arrived yesterday at the Prescott House. eek tbe or el a Gen. Clark and lady, Sandy Hill; RJ. Hathaway, New | 9 bail; a + Pecford; 1. C. Brauley, Chicago; D. Young, Boston; M. | Howard and this stranger, respecting the Nicke son, Charleston; Mr. and Mra. Pratt, Boston, F.W. | opening of this patent safe. The bet was $: Wiguins, New Hampshire; Capt. Willis, skip Ocean Tele. | Howard only could raise $50, he suggested graph; B.S. Ficklin, Alabama; G. B. Osborn, Boston; Mr. | Cameron for the loan of $160, and as collateral ses Barton, Sendusky; Mr. Perry, Canada; Hon. H. Wiite, gave him the cheek he had previously exhibited for Niagra Falls, J. H. Montgomery, Aagasta, ¢ John ‘ameron believing the bet to bea sure one on the jontgomery, Ala.: Col. Weed and daughter, | of his friend, loaned him the money, but alas! he Y.; Col Dawson, Pennsylvania; C.C. Lockett, | mistaken, and off walked the stronger with the . , were among the arrivals at the Astor House | Howard as well as Cameron, stood silent fora few yesterday nutes, when all at once Howard pretended to IV ALS. desperate, and in t baste, exclaimed to in the steamship ve me a knife! fre me a knife.” Cameron gave Pocket knife, and off he started as he ‘Pll have my money back, or I'll cut the fellow’s out, you stop where you are until I return,” and off Tun.” Here poor Cameron remained in one spot for wards of four hours, and finding he did not come he left and returned back to New York, A. or i 4 ate = by Monge mes or pop be thasne | calle ie police, placed him Remonsase, GD Beate, & Anions, HE Filly, B Chase | taxon sefore Justlon OMtheL BOE as the edonce wane ‘ mitiedin Brooklyn, in an adjacent county, the ant, tabhs, Wm was sent to that county for trial. ey N Sunderiand, M Flom! Arrest on Suspicion,—William Newmann and Ka A Woatherly, M Groton, MW Bowers, D | Bailey were lay arrested on suspicion, having ¢ Weeks. J Rice, J Straus, 8 thovmotein WU | foemhcr cee T Sicr afore taChetaen. tt Giork, G Bacon J Shippasd, rw S McKinney, Thos Kian, | {ered for sul, in a jewel to) W Hi Finn, € Grinne |} A Wolter, A Coma OM y | di valued at about $70 saeh, re Bax eld. JL Hood, on clark, Mies © M Bulkley. lure 1 Sc 3 tod at tale lodging room, Bt No. 12 Elm street, Pickyard and Isdy, U fiartwell, & P Booock, dresses, silk shawls, remnants of Mire Hall, BH UlAil, W Bordick and Indy, Mi ene are Bar Sage ees acs ani ship Southampte: , Brooklyn, Me Remingtor tclildron and servant, Mr Jol city 3 I and four children, Mr Taple: ‘ana, in sobr Ruth dalsey—H Court pa lle the ewiny, charged with’ being | A young man, aged twenty years, named Matthew | gaged in a riot at the yard of the luania Coal Dougherty, was almost instantly killed at Newark on the pany, et the feot of North Ninth on 2d inst, at the scissors factory of Mr. Heinisch | night. Nine of , namad Wm. White, Patrick by the splitting of a stone. He was at | ter, ¥ in, Morris Fahon, Patrick Gallagh =’ ie som ina process for making ft true, when it ead iva Hall, John Roak Oo ar Mu and et lenly broke into fragments, one of Vern, were req ve appear at a the left temp Enieeting 308 Site ato the Cosrioe gen ind gl ae ull, with each force as to: YY Pa ngs 2 whose fam THe lived only about fifteen | reeide in alton street, near Division avenue, dia condition. peared io a myrtcrious manner on the croning’ of |