The New York Herald Newspaper, June 15, 1854, Page 4

ee a ee NEW YORK HERALD. | JAMMS GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR AND EDITOR. OFFICE Ne W. CORNER OF NASSAU AND FULTON S1% annum, t ts4 conts DENCE, containing impor. ortd—4f wsert, wilh | SPONDEN'TS | terrane | i! for Subscriptions or with Adver- the pavtage willde deducted from token gf anonymous communications, We de ness, cheapness, and emery da TS TUIS RVENIN BYOADWAY THEATS Brosdway-Yaist Weant Nayex Won Pam Lasy -Pavervs, BOWFRY THEATRE, Bowery—Pevsrvs—Macnern— Krow Neva. NIBLO 5, Broad wey—Puoreurse—Gnery Monsen. Weir NATIONAL TREATHE, —Mazevr. rine SeooND them etreet—Maare WotLACK'S THEATRE, Uroadway—Bevue’s Sreara- oum—Ma. AnD Mus. B. Wile. AVERTCAN MUSEUM—Aftornoon—Tue Parry Lour Geano— Tue Panririon Surr~Evening—Ravraccce. CHRISTY’S AMERICAN OPERA HOUSE, 472 Brond- way—Erniorian Mezonres ny Curisry's MuvsT aes. nena en REN column. Addresses from the municipa’ authorities, and from the eads of the var ous pub ic instita- tiona, were presented, all °- np Tmentary of bs of clal conduc, sn¢ céngratulathng h mon his safe re- turn tothe provinces. {he Canadian Par'iament was opened yeacentay, but we could not, on account of the storm last evening, obtain any in elligence of the proceedings. THE PACIFIC RAILROAD ROUTE. Wo publish in another part of to-day’s paper the warrative of the recent journey acroas the continent of Col. Fremont. The practicability of establishing acommunleation with the Pacific Ocean by a rail- road has been denied on te ground of the insupera- ble impediments offered by the accumulations of snow during the winter season. It was to solve this problem, and to make a more detailed examina- 1 route, that the recent ter was undertaken by tion of the so-called cent sous journey in mid wi the judefatigable Fremont. COMMERCIAL MATTERS. The Arabia's news exercised very little influence on the market for breadstufls yesterday. The most that could be said was, that flour was in some bet- ter inquiry, and closed firmer, at previous quota- tions. Corn and wheat ¥ unchanged. Cotton advanced one eighth of a cent, making the whole advance since the cluse of lust week of about three- eighths of a cent per lb. A sample of new wheat, of the growth of 1854, was exhibited yesterday on ‘Change, by Messrs. Clarke and Coleman. It had been grown in South Carolina, and consisted of a small lot of about two Woop's MINSTR Binsvpeitoy—Br L TEAL, 444 Brondway—Ernrorian ca or Unoie Tom's Canin, BUCKLEY'S OP 539 Broadway—Bucx- uxv's Ermovian Urns York, Dhursday, June 15, 1854. few To the Public. ‘The New Yorx Hera: has now the largest cirenlation ef any daily journal in Europe or America. ihe Daily Himasp eireulates nearly sizly thousand sheets per day. The Weekly editions—published on Saturday and § - @ay—reach a circulation of nearly seventy thousand shoots per week, The aggregate issue of the Hxnacp establ'shment ia about" four hundred thousand sheets per week, or over dwenty millions of sheets per annum, The News. FROM WASHINGTON CITY. In the Senate yeste:day it was announced that the friends of the Homestead bill intend to make ‘that subject the order of the day until disposed of: The House resolution, providing for an adjournment of Congress ‘on the 14th of July,” was taken up, and on the motion to amend by substituting “from July 17 to October 16,” a debate sprang up as to whether or not members were entitled to mileage and per diemduring the recess. The way having been pointed out by which these two important items could be secured, the resolution, as amonded, was adopted by a vole of twenty-five to sixteen. It will be seen that the Senate his taken the initiative in the pay and mileage ‘‘shave,” thus relieving the members of the House from that responsibility. There is, therefore, every reason to believe that the House will coucur in the proposi- tion for a recess. An effort was made to indace the Senate to commence busiuess at eleven o'clock in the ferenoon, but without success. The House went into committee at an early h on the General Appropriation bill. The discas sents a carious melange of odds and ends, em- the Cuban question, the European war, pure water forthe District of Columbia, ancieat Roman history, temperance, the rights of neutrals, personal explauations, the Pacific Railroad, &c. but not a word about the appropriations—not one word. Our despatch from the national capital farnishes some importunt intellixerce relative to the cour. which the Senate wil! probably pursne on the ery and commercial reciprocity treaty between our government and the British N i ject in an editorial AFPAIRS IN THE CITY. The street cleaning contract created quite a stir in the Poard of Alder again last evening. A com- munication from B. MeCafrty, a contractor, com- Plaining of the manner in which contracts are given out, was read, and a resolution of Alderman Blaat, calling upon Mr. Glazier, Commissioner of Streets and Lamps,to resign, was offered in connection with that communication. The statement of McCafferty ‘was referred to a committee, and the resolution w 8 laid upon the table. A petition against driving ca’- tle through the streets, and another in favor of d 3 voting a water front on thisisland for a pablic bath- ing place, were received and referred. Other mot. ters of a miscellaneous nature were disposed of, the Board adjourned to the first Monday in Jul, In the Board of Councilmen a petition from J N. Genin, offering to keep the streets of the Six- teenth ward in a cleanly condition without compen sation, the corporation merely paying the expenses incurred, was presented and laid on the table. Our readers are referred to the remarks of Mr. Kennedy on the subject, which may be tound in the report of the proceedings. There can be no doubt as to the fitness of this gentlemen to represent the body of which he fsa member. The expressions employed by himin rebuking the “impudence of the said Genin,” will doubtlessastonish such of our citizens as have in their unsophisticatedness supposed there was a modicum of decency and dignity remat: - ing in the Board. Mr. Genin is pulverized. Noth ing but a coup d ‘état will save us from the ch era, We give elsewhere se interesting commnni- cations of the Chief Engineer of the Fire Depart ment, addressed to the City Council, on the Broad- way calamity and the insubordination partment. he De- AFPAIRS IN A correspondent has furnish: of a letter from Mazation toa Tampico house, which we insert, in a day's paper, because itscomplaints of the favoritism displayed by the Mexican government to one merchant over another has already been noticed by our regular Tampico correspondent. The corruption of the government revealed here is such as to confirm usin our belief thatthe career of Santa Anna is fast drawing to a close. 10. us with an extract lightning and wind, which commenced in the northwest early in the day, barst upen the city about nine o'clock last evening. The lightning put an effectual stop to all telegraphic operations, which accounts for the“non-appearance of various important items. Before the lines closed we received a despatch from Worcester, Mass., an- nouncing the occurrence of an extensive fire in that city, but no particulars, The New Hampshire Legislatcre met in conve .- tion yesterday, and balloted for State officers . Joba L. Hadley, the democratic nominee, was chosen Secretary of State by fifteen majority over all op position. Walter Harman was elected State Treas- urer. The first ballot for printer resulted in no choice. Mr. Butterfield, of the Putriot, had one hundred and fifty seven votes, falling eleven votes behind the other can tidates of his party. The let. ter of our correspondent at Concord which we pub- Jish to-day will be found to containsome inter n regarding the movements of the di r to-morr , having create quite a furor ar 1 €semfes and friend of the Presi ef May. Nothing had Finc g the politi e date of , Gove on the 10th inst n hig retar a Will be pron b the aceoant of it given in anotoe: f hundred bushels red wheat, apparently dry enough for grinding or shipping. It was said to be the earlicst sample of new grown wheat ever hereto- fore exhibited in this market. Freights were dull to Liverpool; but there was a good demand for vessels to proceed to the Chin- cha Islands tor guano, and within a few days no less than nine vessels have been taken up, including one yesterday at this port, distributed between Boston, New York and Philadelphia, to proceed in ballast to the Chincha Islands, and return with guano for the States, at thirty dollars per ton. Net Product of the Movement for Mantelpal Reform. If there remained on Monday last any people who were not thoroughly convinced of the worthlessness and absurdity of our present city government and the law under which it works, the report of the Board of Aldermen on the communication from the new Commissioner of Streets, and the rejection of Mr. Genin’s pri~ posal to clean the ward in which he lives, must, we think, have induced a thorough persuasion on the point. The two cases were simultaneous in point of time, and quite analogous in charac- ter. The one—the latter—was a plain matte? of fact remonstrance from a leading vitizen, complaining that the filth allowed to aceumu- late in his ward was rapidly breeding disease, and offering to clean that ward himself rather than leave it in its present condition, This was at once rejected by the Board of Councilmen, to whom it was addressed, on the plea that its form was not sufficiently respectful, and that it ought to have been in the shape of a petition instead of 2 communication. In one word, the Councilmen preferred stickling about forms and words to taking measures to prevent the spread of pestilence among us by cleaning one of the most populous wards in the city. The other case discloses as radical a flaw in the reform system as the former reveals in the individual character of the reformers. It may be explained in a few words, Last spring, owing, it said, to a temporary in- terreguum between the accession of the neoming altd the demise of the outgoing governments, the cily was left immersed in filth. Fears of disease induced the public to take energetic steps to abate the muisanee. The new charter affo: was of the which body the whole city was cleaned, at aa expense, we believe, of some $75,000. We were then told that new contracts for cleaning the streets, under the new charter, would soon be executed, and bid to wait patiently for that event, Public patience grew exhausted after awhile, and the Commissioner of Streets re- signed. A new one, for whose integrity and zeal many leading citizens vouched, was ap- pointed; and the public made up its mind to wait a little longer. May coming, and no streots being cleaned, the Aldermen began to look into the matter, and in a quiet friendly way, asked Mr. Commissioner Glasier why he didn’t clean the streets. “Oh,” said the Com- missioner, “I have awarded all the contracts except that for the Seventh district; but as I think it better they should all bear the sam? date, I am holding back the others till that is decided.” This reasoning, being precisely the sort of thing the City Council deals in itself, was satisfactory for a while; but after a week or two the public began to growl afresh ai dirty streets and prospects of cholera, and the Aldermen, like Fatima in the nursery tale, turned to the tardy Commissioner aad inquired iev, friend Glasier, seest thou in the shape of a broom or a mnd cart?” Glasier scorned to imitate Sister Anne: for he replied at once that the courts had laid an injunction on the executioa of these contracts, and that therefore he could aot give them oat. Whether Glasier ever had a conscience, or whether an ofileial career of three months has destroyed the tenderness of that organ, we cannot say: but surely he must have knows that all the world would see the utter absurdity of this ex Ta the first piace the injunction only applied to four districts out of the whole number; and full five weeks ago, the Commis- sioner assured the Board that the contracts for these very districls had been given out. By his own showing therefore, all the contracts (except perhaps that for the Seventh district) ought, fall a month ago, to have been laid be- fore the Council. For reasons best known to himself, Glasier has not Coue so; and the cavse he assigns aggravates instead of excusing his neglect. The net consequence of this mal-ad- ministration of the now Commissioner will be that many of the contractors who bid low figures Lefore the 6th of May, when the demand for manure and garbage was large, and prices high, may now refuse to be bound by their tenders. Should they do so, there will be no fresh contracts made for many months; and the whole expenditure for cloauing the streets will pass through the hands of Mr, Glasier. Signs are not wanting to indicate that this contin- gency was by no means the thing Mr. Glasier lesired to avoid. fa plain truth, it seoms he way of manicipal gov- err has too large to allow us to feel of e new Cor ret. It is the old stor and not « > alt of the ra. forma ard of Al Wwe x own reform ¢ , consisting of thoce em 2 nt refor vers: Mcrere, Lord, Christy, and Baird, con’ese ti at Mr. Gla- wer is likely to guc ¢ 4 in «btan ag “the con- trol of the funds intended for this rervice (street cleaning), a measure which it was one of the great ob,ects of our present chartor to prevent.” The committee add mournfally that “ unless the orders of the Co mon Council are executed in a manner very dillere.t fiom that adopted by Mr. Glasier, no good can be expected from their legislation.’ Here is a coafession to be signed by Dapiel D. Lord and.his brethren re- formers. In the very first year of the new char- ter, a commissioner fru: trates “ one of its great objects” and sets the Common Council at defi- ance when the act is brought to light. After six months operation, it is found incapable of securing the cleaning of the streets; and one of its most conspicuous foster-fathers confesses | that unless all the officers appointed under it are good men anxious to do their duty without giving trouble to the city, “ no good can be ex- pected from the legislation of the Common Coun- cil.” That is to say, if all our city officers under the new charter are men of such character and principle that they would do their duty with- eut any law at all, the charter will work well; but if they are not, no good can be expected from it. How long is it since Mr. Peter Cooper and his forlorn hope congratulated the city on the working of this same new charter? Is it a week since we were told that it had produced great benefits? Can it be that Mr. Peter Cooper's felicitations and his colleague Mr. Da- piel D. Lord’s regrets were uttered in the same month? Must we believe that while the former was honestly pluming himself on his merits asa great civic reformer, the latter—with better opportunities of testing the quality of their joiut work—was coming to the sorrowful con- clusion that their labor had been in vain, and the task remained yet to be performed? Ordo Mr. Cooper’s feelings blind him to the truth? We call upon the Reform Committee to read, mark, learn and inwardly digest Mr. Lord’s report: and if, after that, they intend to porse- vere in their work of reform, we suggest that they try to retrieve their character by going beck to the old system, and rebuilding us a charter like that which governed the last gene- ration. Tue Dreanrvun. Eartuquake At San Sanva- pok—F unt Derau.s.—We publish to-day a cir- cumstantial account of the terrible earthquake which totally destroyed the city of San Salva- dor in April last. The said city was the capital of the State of the same name, and was, during the confederation, the capital of the re- public which comprised all the independent States of Central America. Our account of the late earthquake is a thrilling and graphic narrative of a very remarkable event. Our readers are indebted for this record to Mr. E. George Squier, late American Charge d’Affaires at Nicaragua. The facts are from private letters from the spot, and from the official accounts of the catastrophe, which, in the ori- ginal Spanish, have fallen into the hands of the writer, through the attention of his friends in Central America. The several years official residence of Mr. Squier in that quarter of our continent, his means of informa- tion, his thorough and industrious explorations over all the Central American States, his exact knowledge of the physical peculiarities of thoze countries, and his abilities asa historian, wil render his deseription and history of Sau Sal- vador, and of the phenomena of the late calamity which levelled it to the earth. uun- suany tuvcruoumy vo une lubenigent reader, The disaster in itself is one of the most ex- traordinary in its kind in modern times. The gteat earthquake at Lisbon. was more destruc- tive of human life, and near the volcanic ce.- tres of the mighty range of the Andes in South America there have been numer- ous destructive convulsions of this character during the last three hundred years ; but our memory of such scenes, as left upon record, furnishes scarcely a parallel to this earthquake at San Salvador in the quickness, tho violence, and completeness of its work of destruction. The solution is furnished in the proxim'ty of the great volcano of San Salvador, three miles only to the westward of the city. Thesc vol- canoes are the safety valves of the liquid fires which lie immediately under the “upper crust’ of the earth in various quarters of tie globe. When this confined lava cannot ob- tain a sufiicient vent through its volcanic chim- ney, the surrounding neighborhood is terribly shaken, and sometimes great fissures and chasms are opened in the ground as the subterranean waves of liquid fire are rolled along. Occasionally the vibrations of an earthquake are felt for buadreds of leagues sway; even the symptoms which we haye now and then experienced may be attributed to the volcanic regions of Mexico and Central America. The city of Mexico has lately felt, as it very often feels, the insta- bility of its foundations, from the angry rumblings of Popocatepetl, many leaguos away. A few years ago, a volcanic cone was raised above the surface of the Mediterranean in the midst of the sea, and it was doubticss hecause Stromboli, Etna, and Vesuyias had failed to do their duty, Happily, this side of Oregon we are not troubled with volcanoes; but the periodical eruptions of scheming poli- ticians, demagogues and fanatics serve to ex- cite the country with fears of an earthquake infinitely more dreadful and ruinous than that of San Salvador, Detay 1s tHe Deniveny or THE Matts— Punctuality in the deiivery of the mails is a desideratum of the utmost importance to a business community like ours; and yet, we be- lieve, there is not another city in the country in which the performance of this duty is at- tended with so much irregularity and neglect. It is a subject of frequent complaint, but our Post Office has become hardened in its iniquity, and complaints and remonstrances are treated by if with the greatest nonchalance. The loss which this irregularity causes to men of busi- ness is sometimes very serious, and they have made several attempts, but without effect, to bring about a reform in this important par- ticular. Those who have received letters making an appointment after the time stated therein, know how to appreciate delays in the delivery uf the mail. It is a matter which the Postmaster should have attended to at ones, if Le desires to continue in the good graces of all who write or receive letters, hints News.—It is report mporary that" Seuy member of the foreign committee, mon cot The Unitcd States Senate awd the Reciprocity ‘Treaty. We learn from Washington that th re is @ probability the “Fishing and Reciprocity Trea- ty,” recently signed by Mr. Marey and Lord Elgin, may not slip through the Senate as easi- ly or a: speedily as is anticipates. The condi- tion that after the Senate of the United States shall have acted up-y it, the Colonial Parlia- ments will have the right to interpose © very i¢ CHoLeRs—Tue WAY THY DO 1N BosToN. —As soon as the } announcement was made in Boston that a number of cases of cholera bad occurred, the authorities immedi- ately sct about to inquire into the cause of the disease, | and they found “iat it proceeted from dirty localities, | end wes engendered by an accumulation of filth, The | Conneil directly ordered the police to inspect evary hole ‘and corner of the city, and authorized them to have the foul places cleaves}, The result of tnis prompt sanatary | movement js, that up #0 yesterday, no more cases of | cholera werd reported, How differdat ary M0 mover | ments of the New York authorities, The cholera has | they see fit, is cercaimly derogatory not only to | been among us now nearly three weeks, and not a step | the position of the Senate but also to the peo- | has been taken to prevent its spreading, not one addi- ple of this bountry. We have nothing to do | tional load of ith has been removed, none of the plague with the Colonial governments of Great Britain: we can make no treaties with the dependencies of any crown, nor can we have any cognizance | whatcare our city fathers and reformers for the lives of even of their existence, except as a portion of the government to which they belong. As spots in the Fourth, Sixth and Fourteenth wards have been disturbed, and not a hoe or a broom has been seen in the back streets and alleys for overa month. But | a few thousand individuals, when they have their own Fersonal affairs to talk over, and the phraseology of pe- itions to discuss in the Council chambers? We would equals the United States may treat with Eng- | 1 tne attention of our Common Counell to the follow. land. As a nation, how can we negotiate trea- | ing from the Boston Courier of yesterday, which they ties with the mere colonies of that country ? | should carefully read and make a note of :— But we are called upon, by the treaty just signed, to go even further than this. The United States Senate is to submit its actions to the approval! or otherwise of the petty colonial governments of Canada, Nova Scotia, New ff Fog construction on the Brunswick and Newfoundland. th We have never expressed any particularly | ing is to be but one story in height. high opinion of the diplomatic qualifications of Governor Marcy. We are, however, free to acknowledge that he has displayed very con- siderable as well as very minute information on the subject of old clothes, and this liberality proves that we are not in any way disposed to do the Seeretary of State an injustice. But, as regards the treaty with Lord Elgin, we think he has not only been outwitted, but that he has allowed a provision to be inserted degrading to The city authorities are moving energetically in view of the auaroadh: of this deplorable epidemic. The lchy localities, such os Half Moon place, Brick alley, Robia- son’s alley, and 40 on—the ehief seats of the cholera in Mr. Bigelow’s time—are to be thoroughly cleaned forth- with. A temporary hospital, eighty feet long and twea- feet wide, capable of holding twenty beds, is already green on Fort hili. fhe east end is to be occupied by the medical staff, aud est end is to be improved as a kitchen, The build- In addition to this, small medica) depots, capable of containing two or four ‘beds, are to be catablished at the extreme ends of city proper, and at South and East Boston, for the im faterrailef of poor persovs attacked with cholera ini those sections of the city. It is also in contemplation, ould the disease become virulent and the patients nu rous, to remove entire families from houses in expos: d situations, and house them, if needs be, at the public expense, in healthy apartments. Toe disease this year made its first appearance in the very house in wh'ch, in 1849, the first fatal case occurred, to wit: over the arch in Half Moon alloy. The woman, Mary Harkley, who was attacked there on Thursday night last, is improving, aud will probably recover, if she can be induced to ab stain from ‘spruce beer’’ and other beers. the Senate, and which that body will promptly ai ag ae FRow, Tus CaincHA Jatsxne.—The’ ship: Facts resent if it bas a spark of its former selt-respect |. Shepherd, Capt. Munroe, arrived yesterday from the Chincha Islands, touching at Pernambuco en route. She left. The course of the Chairman of the Commit- | jeft the latter place on the 13th ult., and by the courtesy tee on Foreign Relations will be observed in this connection with a good deal of interest ; and we have no doubt Mr. Mason will fully vindicate what is due to the dignity of the body of which he is an important member, by filing the treaty quietly away till the action of the English government and of the colonies has been determined upon. Mr. Hincks, we understand, whilst in Wash- ington, had frequent interviews with Mr. Seward, who is a sort of dry nurse to the treaty, as he regards it as a great step towards the ultimate annexation of the Canadas. Mr. Seward, however, as Mr. Hincks may find, will not materially assist the measure by his en- dorsement, Southern Senators will probably have something to say when the matter comes up, and will require a more satisfactory reason for the exclusion of the article of sugar from the list than has yet been offered. There are a variety of beauties about this so-called reci- procity treaty which we will discuss at our, leisure. There is plenty of time. Tue Frere Marsnat.—We mentioned a short time since the plan suggested for establishing the office of Fire Marshal, whose duty would be to attend all fires and make thorough investi- gations into their origin. The arrangements have now been completed, and Mr. Alfred Fs Baker, having been selected for this duty by the Police Judicial authorities, under whose power and directions he acts, is now instituting the requisite inquiry into the causes of the numerous fires of the Metropolis. All are to receive his attention, and a faithful record is to be kept for inspection. To carry out this excellent arrangement, Mayor Westervelt has issued a gencral order to the Captains af Police in the city. directine to instruet the members under theit com- mand to render eyery facility to the Fire Mar- shal in the prosecutioa of the necessary investi- gation. The follgring is a copy of the official order -— GENERAL ORDER. Ornce or Tar Caer or P New Yous, Juno 13, 1564. Cape, Harare, Firat District: si } Sir—al . Baker, having been appointed Fire Mar- shal for investigating the origin of ee. will Airect the members of your command on all occasions of fire to allow him free ingross and egress to the fire, and to af- fard him every facility in the prosecution of his investi- gation. By order of JACO! ‘T, Mayor. BA. WESTERVEL! GEORGE W. MATSELL, Chief of Police. The Fire Marshal's office is at the Hails of Justice, Centre street. This new plan has been much talked about. We have always scen the necessity of such an officer, yet no one appeared ready to take hold of the matter, and incendiaries increased to a frightful extent. Now Mr. Baker has come boldly to the work, and from his capacity for the task and his untiring perseverance, we have every reason to believe he will show the public that he is worthy of their confidence. One ov tHe Lucky Ones.—We clip the fol- lowing extract from the Newton, New Jersey, Herald :— Mr. Scoville, formerly Private Secretary of John C. Cal- houn, now the editor of the New York Pick, has jast purchased the romantic farm of Mr. James Jonson. about three miles southeast of Newton. It contains about 200 acres, and includes a beautitul lake, com- monly known as Young’s Pond. The sclection speaks well for Mr. Scoville’s taste, for among the delightful locations with which our county abounds, this spot is one of the first. So much for a good uncle and a fat legacy. We presume that when the Reverend Joseph Scoville retires to the otium cum dignitate of his estate he will still keep up the Pick for pastime and pin money, and occasionally edify the people upon the blessings of the Maine Liquor law and the philosophy of political partics, until the Jersey blues resolve to send him to Congress. Then he will probably estab lish the Pick in Washington, with illustrations of Capt. M. we have advices to that date. It was quite healthy at Pernambuco, everything quiet, and good Prospects from the sugar crop the coming season, Flour ‘was quoted at $23. ~ The Turf. CENTREVILLE COURSE, L. I.—TROTTING. A trotting match for $1,000, three mile heats, in har ness, came off yesterday afternoon, between g. g. Eagle of the West and g. g. Vermont, the former winning after three excessively severe heats. The race was a good one, the second heat being as closely contested throughout as apy ver witnessed. Eagle of the West is a horse of great endurance, and that alone won him the race. Vermont has more speed; but the old horse is lame, and has been so for years, and, in consequence of his crip- pled condition, his trainer could not give him the requi- site work to put him in order for a three mile race. Ho won the first heat apparently very handily, yet he seemed much more distressed at its conclusion than his opponent; and there were donbts in the minds of many as to whether he would be able to stand another heat as well as he performed the first. The betting previous to the race was one hundred to thirty on Eagle of the West; but before the horses had trotted two miles, the odds were in favor of Vermont at one hundred to fifty. The track was in capital order, and the weather admirably suited for a race of the kind—warm, with gentle re- freshing breezes, wafting over the course. The attend- ance was very slim; considering the importance of the ace; aniagreat majority of the patrons of the turf being awaro of the condition of Vermont, they supposed that his owner would pay forfeit and not start him; hence their absence from their much admired sport. First Heat.—The horses came up lapped together, and they were started, Vermont on the inside. Eagle of the Wert broke up badly before he had gone fifty yards, and before he recovered Vermont was as many yards ahead hit Vermont went to the quarter pole in forty two seconds. Fagle did not make up any ot his loss on the backstretch, and Vermont reached the halt mile pole in 1:21. On the lower turn he began to close, but com'ng on the homestretch he again broke, and hard to manage, being in too high spirit for s' Ver- mont passed the judges’ stand in 2:45, five anda half peconds in advance of Eagle of the West. The latter borre broke ogsin on leaving the score, ani fell of an aUditional thirty yards, while Vermont was kept in hand and went along as steady as could be desired. On this milo Eagle broke up throe times, and when Vermont eed the stand he was at least e hundred yards, ho- weeny he cai ccore, arked the owner of Vermont whether for a distance; but being answered in the nogative, tcok him in hand to save him as much as possible for another heat. Eagle, by this time, had the wiry edge, taken off, and was going more steadily, and began to clore up on the backstretch gradually, until he reached the Jower turn, when Btram cut ur loose for a beush ome. Hethenshut the gap rapi and as he sw: on the homestretch was within three of Vers pont, where, Leing forced beyond his peed, he broke up, ail Vermont lei home a Mauer by avout enty y: @ heat in 8:1914. The last mile Was trotted 48 2:503,° ‘ Second Heat.—' @ horses again came up nicely, and had a send off, Hiram pulling in bel a Vercomt, evidently to trail h'm until near the end, and then wia by arush. Vermont dashed away from ag and led him three or four lengths to the quarter po forty- one seconds, and opened the mp down the backstreteh, shofing that ho had a great deal more epeed than the other; but his speed had to be skillfully regulated to compensate for his want of condition. He passed the halt mile pole in 1:2034. Eagle began to clore on the lower turn, going quite steadily, and continued to gain on Vermont until he passed the stand. Vermont was a length ahead on the first mile, Time 9:46. Eagle broke uy on the pnees turn, soon after leaving the stand, but am brought kim to hia legs in an instant, and he again dashed away vigorously after Vermont. This fecmed to increase the speed of the old eripple; and he, too, let out» link down the backstretch. Eagle broke up twice on the latter half of this mi Vermont came to the score twenty yards ahead, hances for the heat wppearing good. “Time, 6:33!,—second mile, 2:44. On the backstretch of the third mite Vermont began to ‘ come back,’ and on the lower turn Eagle had reached his wheel. ‘The grand struggle now a; whips were in roqnisition, andallother means to produce speed resorted to. Vermont was rallied to his utmost and still the Exgle cdirew closer. They were pretty we lapped together as they came on tho homestretch, aad from the three-quarter pole to the drawgate they were neck and neck. Pfifer was plying his whip most ac- tively on Vermont, occasionally swinging it across the track, as if to sffect Hiram’s horse. Hedid not, however, Sucered in breaking him, and his own horse being com: pletely used up, fell behiad, ant Exgle won the heat by a SH Je of lengths in 8:25. The it mile was done in 2:613¢. Tt was well for Pfifer that his horse did not come to the atand first, na one o7 the judges declared that he would insist on distancing him for using his whip in the manner stated above. Vermont was very mach dis- tressed ot the termination of this heat. Third Heat.—the betting entirely ceased at the con- clusion of the last heat, the backers of Vermont not be- ing willing to risk a dollar on him at any odds, The horses wore started efile and side, but Vermont, although on the outside, weot in front on the upper turn, and Jed @ length to the quarier pole in forty ‘two secoads. On the backeketch Lagle croke np and was a couple of lengths behind at the hatf in 1:28. He closed on the lower turn, and they come on the homestreteh head to wheel, and a that way reached the Beore. ‘Time, 2:49. They Kept to: cether without mach varistion in their positions at the roond, until they were on the lower turn, when mont began to “eave in,’’ and Eagle went up and passed him, #nd, as they came up the homostreteh, Hi ram drew in aud took the pole from him, being three or adapted to the juggling politicians of that locality. Such appears to be the “ manifest destiny” of the Pick. Scoville was hora under the came star with Captain John Tyler. Ho is one of the lucky ones. He has become a na- bob and is progressing. Marine AiYaire. Deraxivre oF THe Berit SreucKke.—The steamship Asia, Capt. Lott, left gt noon yesterday for Liverpool, With 169 passengers and $767,079 in specie. Lavxcn.—The new steamtug Morcury qill be launched from the yard of Wm. Collyer, at Greenpoint, to-day, at 1.80 P.M. The Mercury is.@ very powerful boat, being built of very heavy timber, with unusually thick plank- ing, ceiling, &e., and fs extra copper fastened and cop- pered. fhe lias a very powerful engine in her, built at the Allaire Works. Her boiler is under deck, and there isa heavy double bulwark enclosing the entire engine, #0 that vo sea cgming on hoard can endanger the safety of the boat by swamping or putting out the fires in the furnaces. fhe will be fitted with an independent steam prmp, #80 a steam hoisting apparatus, for the purpose of asisting vessels in distsess, or to unload vessels ashore. Great care has been taken in her construction to adapt her to towing in rough weather. She will bo commanded by Captain Richard Yuies, long and well known as cno of the most skilful pilots ia the harbor, A. S. Depeyster, Esq , well Snoen among the mercliants, is her agent Ran Yorsce Anoe D tre Worip. —The clipper ship Fearless, ¢ , left Boston with a full cargo, | Avcus cisco, preceeded thencs for ived off Boston Light ou Satur. | xd tbe round voyage ia.nino peu Manila end h day lag Nevat Inte'ligenee. rigs sloop of war Decatur h The United & hot aatting | " a. She was expected to leave yo ter ahend. Eagle passed the stand in 2:59, making the {ime of the two miles 5:89. The etry gle Vermont was vanyaished. He fe if of quarter of a mile, and Eagle ner hy neurly fur hundzed yards, making ond the beat in 8:30, The foliowing is @busumary — FONPEPAY, Jone ld—Trotting match, $1,000; three miles heat, in harness. 4 sai H. Woodruil pawed gx. Reale of the West. D. Pier pamed gg Verniont... Titnommlat it. First wile, 2:45 £econd mile. sf Thire mile. ord 251% 251 Total... B:193¢ 8:25 8.30 City Intel! Tre New Yonx Cry Litsrany Ustos.—This Union as. sembled lavt night, at their rooms No. 360 Broadway. Mr. ist leffingwell, the President, occupying the chair. Mr. Crawford acted as Sectctary, The mi- natesof the previous meeting were read nnd accepted Upon motion a committee of five Waa appointed to make hecessary alterations in the constitution. Upon this motion an coustan Setete arose, pending which, a Fociety called the Columbian Literary Union, tendeved its with- drawal frem the Union, which,n:pon motion, was accepted. A staterent was made, that the soclety was now ia a 28 condition, snd all (hat was nesded to insnre ite wltimate success wes pecuniary wid from the mor. chants, which wii no donbi be given, Exen® Boakv.—Uhis Boara yesterday gave the fire- day to the Niveteenth ward. Tie Allerman and Counsil. men of this ward met st ten o'clock, and at on pro ceed to business, There are now ane hundred ant Beventy-five percons rolling liquor in this wacd, and | Preront apprarences these will be no diminution this | ear. | Procesetox t CAlttsRs.—This morning the | atrt csrtmrn and at 10 o’slock | ere mbk forme! ’ in Union park, and then . The and an advance of twenty-five cents per day } pocsible for th minke @ livin | ing The w ow pad are ® ar ,and they now cor a} ‘Teo of Thred of the employers have APTArin Suicor —A young fomate named Teboth Madivon, residing ta Dane street, youtorday afierusun | enenpe shempted suicide, vind an Snnsnnnd 2 Mutts swallo . Bhe os the vicinity of the city | the time, and was immediately tuken te the office of Dr priton physician, who applied suitable Buocerded A Temoving ‘tue cas She avo as she had dies, a reason for the commission of the rash act, t met her lover Just bef Broad: treated ber in eee sa) Pon, SAGO Ba, Tox Wratner ee, one of the hotter’ we have had thie summer. Tho sn: — down its heat most unmereifully, wrth ay, on poured made the barefooted urchins step n’ <* Very stonew Farly to the evening a heavy ah 44 “<ambly om ee western horle-s pene << wer ame up, the whole xs 0 Dew ae up with vivid Tentolng attend. ed Wi", the low mutterings of distant . ‘The. rain continued to full until after miduight. Jcur® Rosm.—The Brooklyn Horticn?tural have their exhibition of June roses at the Atheneum to day. Flowers in human form and lovers of flowers will be. there to see the variety of roses. Accmext—A man named Jacob Rell fell from the- fourth story window of house No. 651 Fourth street, at 1 o’clock yesterday morning. An awning wae in front of the premises, and this broke the force of bis fall. He 8 with rt but pas jsigad soon as he ly recovered from Adam putts oe mate, of having him out the window, but afterwards exonerat from 5 He was attended by Dr. Budd,-who had him conveyed te - the Bellevue Hospital. = ‘Tentu Staxer axp Gueexrorst Ferey.—This ferry, be- tweenTenth street, New York, and Long. Island, is now in ration. This isa new ferry, commenced only Py os days ago. Boats leave e' three winutes between the hours of 4 A. M. and 6 P. M., after which time they leave feta A minutes, This isa short and convenient route to. the new national race~ track at Newtown, Long Island. The boats are new an@ strong, and the attachées a:commodating and agreeable, Narrow Escarg.—The May Queen, on Tuesday, was cocupiea in transporting a plc-nic party from the city to» ‘Tilietudlum, and at the latter place some young ladies» and others were ep; im & row boat, amusing them- selves. rns ia t at the dock the boat was tially capsized, precipitating three of the young into the water. They were happily rescued from their dar gerous position, and received all the attention neces- sary to thelr comfort from the families of Mr, Croaby and. Dr. Castle, residing there. ‘Tne Ronpgry oF 4 Dry Goons Story Near THE New Yore Horet.—On Tuesday morning last a report was published in some of the morning papers, stating that on Satarday- morning last one of the dry goods stores near the New York Hotel had been entered pf burglars and robbed. We understand from Messrs. Holmes & Vo. and Jamos France, the only dry goods men near this hotel, that the- yublication was false, and that no robbery of any kind has taken place in any dry goods store in this section of” the city. Cows Kruzp ny Licurymoc.—On Tuesday afternoon ® terrific thunderstorm visited Westchester county, where- by a highly esteemed resident lost four fine cows. They had gone under a tree for shelter, which the elect fluid struck and shivered to pieces. From the appear- ance of the animals. they had been standing around the tree, as they lay with their heads nearly buried in their breasts, dead. Coroners’ Inquests. ACOIDENTALLY DkowxkD.—Thos. Torrens, a lad elevew years of age, whose parents reside at No. 135 Leroy treet, was acciden' yesterday morning at the foot of Amos street, North river. He fell from the deck of the canal boat Jobn S. Richards into the docks, and though efforts were immediately made to rescue rowned. 1t was rumored that « man named John McGaw had pushed him overboard, and he wad arrested; but on ap inquision being held upon the body, by Coroner O'Donnell, this wes shown not to be the case, and the jury rendered a verdict of accidental death. Founp Drowsep.—Coroner Gamble held an inquest at. has foot of wearers East eee ta ge Down man, al forty years age, for lecoaned was dresaed in water at that place. The di satinet pants, blue flannél shirt, and coarse boots. point Ao been in the water about six weeks. Tso jury rendered a verdict of accidental death. Row Over anp Kituxp.—An inquest was yeaterday held upon the body of James Dixon, a boy fifteen years of age, who run over in Thirty-seventh st-oot, om Tuesday, by nd cart, driven by John Mains, and so severely injured that death ensued almost imme- Giately afterwards, The jury, after fally investigating the case, rendered a verdict of accidental death. Fs Personal Intelligence. Annexed is a list of Americans registered at the bank~ ing office of Livingston, Wells & Co., Paris, (reported for ‘New York Hera1D) June 1, 1854:—H. B. Northrop, A. G- Peckham :nd family, E. A.’Quintard, E. W. True, H. Ro- dinson, M. Gutmann, Dr. @.8. Bedford, H. M. Bedfurd, Jas. B. Murray, Jacob abbott, N. F. , H. G. Priteh> ard, RB. Perry, Jas. McLean, R. 8, Henderson, J. B, MoCall,’A. Macdonald,’ 8. R. Kelly, A. D. White, R. Mortimer, A. Reed, Jas. Tryon, John Péck, Geo. Gor- don, junr , 4. Williams, Miles’ Petry, @. H. Hughes, De- Coltcn Salter, Captain Adams, Geo. A. Wisks, f. J, Thompson, J. H. Herricks, G, 1’ Hop wie, New Yack 5 J Bray, E, Hf. Roussel, Chas. Toppan, W. R. Harrison, 'N. Fravier, D. J. Johnson, M.D., Penn.; C. H. 8. A. Green, Peter Smith, Ma lend, M. B, ae 8, ton, Coun.; G. F. T The fol Mowing were amongst the arrivals at the Union Place hotel on the 14th instant:—fTon. W. H. Saodgrass, ‘a.; W. B. Austin, Cleveland, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. Thatcher, Mixs Barton, Boston; IH. M. Gafney, Eaq., Ro- chester, N.Y. ‘The Rev. Henry Ward, of Concord, N. H., aud former- ly editor of the’ Congregational Journal in that city—a. conipnananee which warmly defended Gea. Pierce mm. certain charges during the Prosiiential exmpa'gn—has received the appointment of chaplain in the IT. 3. army Joseph Smith, Jr., son of the “Prophet,” is a sub-con- tractor on the Warsaw and R-cktord railroad, having & section south of Nauvoo, upon which he is now working. ©, Parrett, Esq., of the Herrisburg Keyrton’, has beow sppolnted by Prosident Pierce, Governor of the Territory “"Prince, Warthernberg, Count W. is, Gorman; ‘at rn! nt rentoi ‘3 Capt. R. W. Kirham, Cope MeCletlan Us. aay ediewt Torrens, British ; Maralin Bracho, Mexieo; Edward Mickle, Valparaiso; T.’M. Hale, England; J. Neely John- son, San Fr ‘were among the arrivals yesterda; the Metropolitan Hotel. shag ssiane, sa sman ie Gov. Jones, Tennessee; Gen. Row! Louisiana; A. Kendall, Quinn Campbe 3 W. Whitehead, Eng- Jones, Obio; Dr. B. H.W Teton ) Saree Ge io; 4 . were amo arrivele yesterday at the St: Nicholas’? “0° W. H. Comstock, Lam! O. M. Devereux, G. L. Du: R. BL Hon. W. C. Banks, E. P. Moweii, New Orlocas: Boston; L. A. Hi St. Louis; J. H. Army, were among arrivals at the Hon. 8. Broom, Philadelphia; Clark Mills, Washington ; Dr. Eldridge Cutter, Boston; A. D. Sheldon, Canton, Miss.; Rev. Dr. rer, Charleston; St. John Lukins, New Orleans, were among the arrivals yesterday at the Iving.. The following names were recorded at Gilpin’s Ex~ Reading Room, Wall street, 70, Wald- ; ‘als! . Jol |. F.; He x Hart, Buenos Ayres; John Ai. Nally, Chilicoth=, Ohio. From Pernarabuoo, in ship James Hf a fernarabuoo, in ship James H Shepherd—Yons Las DEPARTURES. Asia—Mra RA Yo lard, do Mise Molyncy Ma ire ; Mes Hall, do: Mea Bw fant, Boston, Major aud Mes MoD ougal: Mr Playfair, Toronto; Miss L, Chirwey ople: Mre Biddier and som, Moutroal: M: ant. maid fe do D stor, M New fork; mnt, New Orioane; ikine. + Miss Johnson, Jersey ‘City 3 Sve We manent a Nelly Constole, Mrs ¢ itcheil, jaeq ai nad adel Pailedale rk; B r Gourdis, do; MoMillan, Mr Vistnier, France: Mr Routledge, o, Mr Baxin, infant and nurse, Phil Ricker, F Moon Jenry, de iP Burns, Phi WAI N Erp mie eyrhouvemin ve a i jamieton, 8 Y¥; Dr Lauer, ® ide, Cont, Geo stirs, hatte, He and Paton 4 ¥ tints” Rew Yorks J, ve oe Arbackle, New eh ohiman, Major, Mal. 5 W Tilo; W Bleakley A Hunter, Simproi Affairs in Cuba. We have received our files of papers from Havane. to the Sth instant, and, as usual, they ignore the ex- istence of any dissatisfaction in the island. On the contrary, they are filled with addresses of loyal de-- votion to the Queen, which the government organs: pretend are the real sentiments of the people. We translate the following, as a specimen of these doca- menta:— Lavy—When the echo of your Majesty's voice reached the shores of Cuba, proclaiming oblivion and pardon for those who, ina moment of madaes@. shandoned every sense o. duty, the voice of the people unanimonsly re jaided, Praising from the foot of the throne its purest seatiments of adhesion and gratitude, ‘The people of Sagua la Grande, so enthusiastic for ther Queen, hoe cannot count among them one a , now litt thofr hat mag- throngh its m plac vuiting fe voice witll Unit of ail « servants of your Mjety, wiose va