The New York Herald Newspaper, June 21, 1854, Page 4

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IRISTY’S AMERICAN eS USTE OTROS Oe WOOD'S MINSTREL HALL. 444 Broady Mangere sisy—Bunvarra ov Uxore Tom's PERA HOUSE, 472 Broad- Swuiery’s MixeTRALs. ~Brniorrar ARLYN BUCKLEY'S OPERA HOUSE, 539 Broadway—Rvor aav's Kruiopian Oren as TROUPE. Rew York, Wednesday, Jane Ml, 185: ‘Tho New Youre Henaw bas now the largest circulation sf any daily journal in Europe or America. We Daily Henaw circulates neerly sixty Mousand shoots per day. ‘Tho Weekly editions—published on Saturday and Sun- asg—reach a cireulation of neariy seventy thousand sheets per week. The aggregate issue of the Hens establishment is @hout four hundred thousand sheets per week, or over feenly millions of shests per annum. OWS. FROM WASHINGTON. ‘The bill reorganizing the naval service was \aken ‘wp in the Senate yesterday, and on motion of Mr. Hunter the vote ordering it toa third reading was seconsidered and the subject postponed. Mr. Clay delivered a speech on the unconstitutionality of the Insane Land bill. A motion to postpone the discus- sion on this measure elicited some suggestions as ‘to the necessity of a little more industry if it was intended to act on the Homestead bill, but the Sen- ate adjourned without taking the question. In the House the bill granting land in aid of the construction of railroads in Minnesota was passed by vote of ninety-five to seventy-one. The quar- el between Mr. Churchyrell and Mr. Cullom was re- wamed, and resulted in a disgraceful fracas. But for the timely interference of members it is proba- ke a violent personal collision would have ensued. The excitement was intense, and % required the united efforts of the mem- bers and the Sergeant-at-Arms to quell the tu- qoult. After order had been restegg@ Mr. Millson gave notice that he should today take steps to punich the violation of the decorum of the House. Phe immediate question at issue between the belli- gerents is one of veracity, but the remote cause of Wl feeling is traceable to the efforts of Senator Bell ‘and the whig representatives from Tennessee to de- feat the Nebraska bill. So long as the dispute was earried on in good humor, and for the purpose of orushing out” the Bell party in Tennessee, the ma- jority in the House evinced a disposition to allow it te go on; but now that it has degenerated intoa ‘vulgar brawl we hore that such measures will be adopted as will teach the bellicose gentlemen better manvers in future, and prevent a repetition of the @iagraceful scene of yesterday. Ever since the passage of the Nebraska bill the ergan of the administration has‘claimed all the eredit of the repeal of the Missouri compromise. Our despatch from Washington informs us that measures have been taken to set this matter right, and that Senator Dixon, of Kentucky, will shortly explain to whom rightfully belongs the paternity. ‘To recount the tergiversations of the organ on the Nebraska question would require more space than the limits of a single article afford; the efforts to mislead the public as to the course of its em- pioyers are but of a piece with its genoral conduct. The Morse telegraph patent has been renewed for seven years, the inventor disclaiming so much f his eighth specification as conflicts with the re- vent decision of the United States Supreme Court. LATER NEWE FROM EUROPE. Two steamships are now due from Europe with later news. The Union, which left Havre on the ‘7th instant, is now in her fourteenth day. She is bound for this port. The Canada left Liverpool on the 10th inatant for Boston, via Halifax, and is overdue. The telegraph eastward is reported as not being in working order. NEW HAMPSHIRE POLITICS. ‘The New Hampshire Whig State Convention met at Concord yesterday. It is said to have been the Jargest and most harmonious that had ever been held. James Bell, of Exeter, was nominated for Governor. A series of resolutions, relating princi- pally to the slavery question and the repeal of the Missouri compromise, was adopted. To-day another attempt will be made by the House of Representatives to elect United States Senators. On the last ballot Mr. Wells lacked seven votes of a constitutional majority. If it is trae ‘that Mr. Morrison has declined the candidacy of the @emocratic anti-Nebraska members, it is probable ‘that Mr. Wells may be elected. The choice for the nexpired term of Mr. Atherton is the first tobe @ecided, and the chances of Mr. Wella are consider- ed good. APFAIRS IN THE CITY. A full report of the divorce trial now in pro- grees in the Court of Common Pleas may be found on the first page. The Democratic Republican General Committee that meets in Stuyvesant Institute met last evening . todecide upon the places for holding the election for delegates to the State Convention at Syracuse. MIBCELLANEOUS. The railroad wain from Philadelphia due at Havre de Grace, Md., at two o'clock yesterday morning, did not arrive nnti) nearly six o’olock, ‘The detention was in consequence of the express earof Adams & Co. ranning overboard from the ferryboat Susquehanna. The goods in the car were Considerably damaged by water. By the presence of amind of the agente the mail was sayed. Fortunately no lives were lost, although several persons narrow: _Ay escaped. We publish elsewhere the closing proceedings in the case of the nine fugitive slaves recently remand- » ed to their owners by one of the United States com > missioners at Cincinnati, and also the very sensible ~Temarks of that officer on giving hia decision in the ‘matter. Another commissioner—Mr. Carpenter— ‘Was published a communication in the papers, in yWhich he denies the constitutionality of that portion of the law making it the dnty of commissioners to iagu.® warrants and hear cases, He hes refused, and will c ontinue to refuse, to iaeue warranta. The «Wdinance of the City Counc!l of Baltimore oonsolida%ting the Susquehanna Railrosd, which had pa en vetoet by the Mayor, passed the second branch yen‘erday by @ two-thirds vote. The first branch will ,Tobably pies the neasure by the requisite ma ity. wjudge Merrick, brother of 4x-Benstor Merrick of Maryland, slied at Washington.’ yesterday. There were ten deaths from’ Pholera reported in Boston daring last week, A number of the personsarresteg ( Philadelphia, charged with yiolating the Sanday , ‘s¥8 in selling ardent eptrits, were ‘xamtned before Magor Conrad yesterday. An immense crowd as empled to wit- ress the proceed ng’. The delinq-¢mts were ¢i- rected to give bail in one thou and dol'ars to an- swer. a large cotton mill in Philadelphia was totally destioyed by fire yesterday. It was rumo.ed that several persons had perished in the flames. By this calamity, some three hundre} persons, mostly femates, are'thrown out of employment. The Masmechusetts State Temperance Convention assembled #t Lowell yesterday. Abeut fifteen bun- dred persons attended. COMMERCIAL AFFAIRS. The fioar market for common State brands was easier yesterday, and closed at $7 12a $7 60. Fan- cy straight to good Closed at $7 50a $8 25. There was more doing for export, and’some 3,008 or 4,000 barreis common were sold tor shipment at $7 124. There was no change of moment to notice in quota- tions for wheat or corn. The new Soeth Carolina wheat, of 300 to 400 bushels previously noticed as seid on Monday et $2 15, was purchased by Messrs. Hecker & Brother, owners of the Croton Mills, of this city, who kad it greund into very handsome ~flour, a sample of whick they had en ’Change yes- terday, and hold it at $31 per barrel. To Messrs. H. & B. belongs the credit of being the first exhibitors of new flour from new wheat the present year, and probably the-earliest period at which new flour has ever before been offered for sale in this market. The remainder of the sour flour imported from San Francisco in the Bald Eagle, (1,300 barrels,) has been sold this week at $6.22, which left a net profit of about $2 per barrel. ‘The same flour, a few weeks since, could have been :sold at $7 12, but it was held for better prices, The gales of cotton were light and prices dull-at Monday's qaotations . Freights for Liverpool-were firmer, with more of- fering. The quotations ranged as follows :—For grain, 6d. asked ; flour, 1s, 9d. and firm, and cotton, 3-16d. for compressed. Prospeets of Cholera—Neglect of the Munich pal Authorities, Notwithstanding the fifty-seven deaths from cholera reported in last week’s bill of morto- lity, the Board of Health have held no meet- ing, and, so far as the public is aware, have taken no steps to arrestthe pestilence. In Bos- ton, alike discovery led to prompt and ener- getic measures of precaution. The authorities assembled forthwith, and the most stringent orders for the cleansing of the city were issued at-once. More than this—more surprising still to a New Yorker—these orders were faithfally obeyed. The city was cleansed, and in conse- quence the epidemi¢ was stayed, at least for a time. Here, on the contrary, the announce- ment was received with characteristic apathy. No one was startled by a statement which at another time or in another place might have created an absolute panic. Dirt and reckless- ness were not troubled in their way. On the contrary, a determination to brave the danger, and defy it, seemstohave pervaded the munici- pal mind. On the corner of Hammond street and Greenwich avenue unusual deposits of filth have been openly laid in the carriage way, and left to putrify in the heat, no one objecting, un- less a tardy remonstrance from 9 captain of po- lice be taken into account. Garbage lies in al- most every gutter in the Ninth ward—the im- becile requirements of the law being satisfied by the barrelling of the filth, to be left in that state exposed to the midday sun. Nor are these occurrences without their fruits, Two fresh deaths from cholera were reported in our colamns yesterday; and in one of the two, the Doctor who visited the sick man de- clared that “it would be @charity to remove him from the filth by which he was surround- ed.” Messengers were sent to rescue the poor creature, but before they reached him he was dead. The heat yesterday and the day before has probably added many more deaths to these; and so long as the close hot weather continues, they are likely to occur. These things are almost unnoticed by the authorities. A resolution passed the Board of Councilmen on Monday evening calling upon the Mayor to direct the Captains of Police to enforce strictly the ordinance in relation to throwing coal ashes, garbage and rubbish into the streets and gutters: but what are the chances of its being executed ? IRthe existence of the ordinance and the general instructions under which the police act were fot sufficient to ensure the execution of the lav, why should we expect a special resolution to effect that result? What higher potency does a vote of the Board of Councilmen possess over a written and registered ordinance of the city of New York ? We anticipate no benefit from any new vigi- lance or energy on the part of the city authori- ties. We do not expect anything of the kind ‘com them. They have now sunk into such universal contempt that they can have little or no stimulus to the proper discharge of their du- ties. Ifany reform is to take place, it must zens; and to them do we now look for some at- tempt to defend us against the cholera. The course they can pursue is very simple. Laws prohibiting the throwing of filth into the streets exist in our municipal statute book. Those laws have always been violated, because neither the police nor the street inspector have ever cared about enforcing them. It would be waste of breath to ask them to do anything of thekind now. But they, like all other officers, are responsible in a certain measure for the ful- filment of their duty. Any private citizen who is annoyed by the presence of tilth in his street, can easily find out who is the policeman on du- ty, who the street inspector, and who the wretch who thus places the lives of hia neigh- bors in jeopardy. A complaint against the for- mer might lead to beneficial results, and pro- bably would. The latter could easily be con- victed of infringing the ordinance, and duly punished. + A few cases of this kind would at all events have the effect of stirring up the po- lice to a correct apprehension of their duties, The Commissioners would of course visit the negligent policeman with the severest penalty the law could inflict. They would remember thas bis offence in this instance is the graver in proportion to the magnitude.of the danger to which we are all exposed. Careleasness, whon so many lives are at stake, and such frightful risks are being run, almost amounts to mur- der, Practically, the policeman who fails to report filth in any of the close, narrow streets, which abound in certain of the thickly populated wards, aids and abete in the destruction of his fellow citizens. Nor is the negligent householder blamele A man who sees garbage laid in his strect,and says nothing about it, allowe the lives of his family to be assailed daily, and takes no measures for their protection. He stand! the same light as the coward who stands by calfty while rowdies are beating his wife or half murdering his chil- dren, if these reproaches apply to the negligent, what shall we say of the directly guilty—oi thore who themselves violate the city ordinance, or suffer it to be yfolated by thelr servartty? Tt is an an actual fact that from m:ry very re- spectable houses gariage is daily t r.wn into the gutter, and reliance for impunity ie placed on the negligence or corruptibility of the po- Mcemen. In view of the approac, of cholera and the terrible dangers to which we ar» expo- sed, we can see no practical difference between these individuals and the assassin who knocks down his victim withac'ubina dark street. The motives of the two differ ofcourse. The one seeke plunder, the other the gratification of idlenees, But, in the eyes of a Higher Pow- er, both stand on the same footing. Both, by an art which their conscience disapproves, and the law punishes, cause, the one directly, the other indirectly, the death of their fellow crea- ture ; surely the guilt ef the ome cannot far rurpase @e guilt of the other. if there be a difference in fact, is not he the greater orimi- nal whose death-dealisg attempts are net con- fined to one solitary victim, but tell upon whole families, and entire streets? Con there be a comparison in“act between the meral tur- pitude of the highwayman who shoots a travel- ler by the road-skle, and tke lazy wre‘ch who breeds in a healthy street frightful disease, whereof twenty or thirty people die ? Rey Tue ATLANTIC arp Paciric Ratroap Com- PANY—ATTACK AND Derenog.—There appeared come from the individual efforts of private citi-- afew days ago, in two of the free soil organs of this city, the material portions of » pamphlet, purporting to be a disclosure of the alleged dishonest management of the affairs of the At- antic and Pacific Railroad Company by the parties concerned. We received, also, a copy of this pamphlet at the time ; but from its vio lent sectional and personal abuee of some £ the leading men of this railroad company, we concluded that the space which the “ expose’ would occupy could be better appropriated to other matter. Having now received a reply to the leading epecific allegations of the pam- phlet—an official statement, in fact, of the actual transactions and existing state of things, in reference to the management of the com- pany—we have thought it proper, from a sen @ of justice to all parties, and especially to the public, to give:the body of the pamphlet » 7 the vindication together, ra The Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Com,.. ., are acting under a charter granted by our State Legislature ; and, according to the statement of Mr. Robert J. Walker and his associates, t! @ affairs of the company are in a straightforward and prosperous condition, everything being: § ranged for breaking ground on the road near the northeastern corner of Texas on the gable tributary of the Red river, near i @ eastern boundary of Texas, thence westwardly across the upper plains of that State, to tle Rio Grande, thence via El Paso del Norte tothe table lands of Northern Mexico, thence around in the general direction of Cooke’s wagon route to the crossing of the Colorado at the junction of the Gila, thence across the desert beyond, and the foot hills of the Sierra Nevada to the Pacific ocean. We have so fre- quently detailed the geographical and top = graphical advantages of this route, thatii g! unnecessary here to repeat them. We presume coming 4th of July. The route is from a ne & ; truth, and that, when he said he intended to _he company have not omitted, in their esti- mates, the drawbacks of those extensive plains, so largely without water, without timber, with- out subsistence and without population, except wild Indians, for more than a thousand miles of their route. In the face of these formidable obstacles the company promise to break ground for the road on the Fourth of July. We hope that all concerned may survive till the work is completed. Tue Sovr Wuies—Tae Foo Lirrixe.— The whigs of the Sonth having formally cnt aloof from their late free soil Seward breth jf of the North, it has become an important ques tion “where are the Southern whigs to go?” Mr. Webster, when he found himself one mo#h- ing, as a whig, left “solitary and alone” in Captain Tyler’s Cabinet, put the question to Faneuil Hall, “where am I to go?’ and there wasno response, Not so with our inquiry coa- cerning the Southern whigs. In remarking upon the project of an independent Southora whig convention, as thrown out by one of th whig journals of Virginia, the Columbus (Ga.) Times and Sentinel thus meets the question: — The whig party, as a party, is abolitionized, and it will be treason to their section for Southern whigs longer to affiliate with it. There are but two courses for thea to take. 1st. To form tional organization. 2d. To oin the cemoeracy. ‘The firet course is recommended by the Enquirer. If the object of the movement is disunio, this is unquestionably the proper policy. But if the ob- ject 1s to remain in the Union and control the action of ihe government, then co-operation with the democracy is the only alternative. if we allow that the Southern whigs cau carry the whole South into a separate section al organization, of which, howaver, there is no probabili- ty, they would still be in « minority, and the government would be in Northern bands. The South must have allies at the North, then, to enable Ler to protect herself from the aggressions of the abolitionists. We cannot do with. out ton if we would. But why should we turn our back upon our friends? There are many Northern demo- crats who have stood Ly us in every issue, and struck blow for blow and received wound for wound with us in every battle with the abolitionists. Yhey have ri won our confidence. Why should not the whole Seu! go into the next national democratic convention? “Why should not the whole South go into the next national democratic convention?’ Let the Southern whigs themselves answer. In the meantime the democratic party itself must un- dergo a thorough purification and re-organiza- tion before we can have apy satisfactory pro- mise of a national democratic convention. The whig convention at Baltimore of 1852 was the last national affair of that party—and the de- mocratic convention of that year has resulted in such affiliations of the administration and the party with the Buffulo free soilers, that un- lees they are weeded out, nobody has any right to count upon another. Let the whigs of the South hold their gene- ral convention; but let them carefully avoid a fusion with the democratic party till they know what it is to be. We have in New York two democratic parties—one the old national State rights hard shell party, the other the Buffalo free soil soft shell party, in league with the administration and the secession wing of the Southern democracy. Can the whigs of the South afford to coalesce with these incongruous and dieunion elements? Is not the basis of a great national Union party more clearly indi- cated in a junction of all the repudiated Union men of the South, whigs and democrats, with the tried and trusty Union conservatives of the North, of both parties? Unquestionably. Can- not Mr. Toombs and Mr. Stephens wait a little, to see which is to be the national democratic party of the future? Or are the whigs of Georgia 80 anxious for a corner that they are ready to take the present incoherent and incon- gruous democratic party as it is, free soilers, secessionists, admiwistration, Cabinet, office- holders, and all? We trust the Columbus T'iizaes and Sentinel will enlighten us a little further upon this subject. It is important to know the party inclinations of the Southern whigs, but more important to know how far the principles of the constitution and the Uision are to control their futnre tovementa. Tue Tannr Swivpie Acamn.—Mr. Pierce objects to the tariff reported by the Oom- mittee of Ways and Means. So say certain of his organs, with whit authority we have yet to learn. From obvious reasons, how- ever, we are inclined to attach faith to their statement. We think it quite likely that the President was unwilling to suffer any dimima- | jjsces for, holding the polls, and to appoint inspectors tion of the customs revenue, however alight it refractory Congressmen to buy up, friends to subsidy, and personal and nationa? schemes of aggrandizement to realize, Mr. Pierce might well shrink from surrendering to the people a single dime which might come into the public coffers. We are not surprised therefore that he is said todemur to the introduction of a ta- riff bill, under whivh the pablic revenue would be reduced to even less than it was two years ago. It is true that our revenue even then was more than werequired, and that corruption and prodigality had then made their appearance in high quarters, begotten and bred by the plentifulness of public money. It is quite true that forty-five milliens of dollars from the cus- toms would be more than -we now require, and that the chances are that this figure would be far surpassed in-1856 and.1857. It is perfectly ebvious that the Committee of Ways and Means were well aware of these facts, and that they stretched a point against their conscience in order to meet the views of the adminis- tration. Still Mr. Pierce was not satis fied. The customs hed produced fifty- eight millions in the fiseal year 1852-3; and the first quarter of 1853-4 had yielded the still greater revenue of nineteen millions of dollars. He saw 10 reason why he should part witha cent. To offer him forty-five millions anda half, when by letting matters alone, he might get fifty-eight, and was sure of fifty, was te insult his understanding. Accordingly we Jearn that Mr. Pierce will throw the adminis- tration influence into the scale opposed to the project of the committee, and it is fair to con- clude that it will not pass, This is the sum and product of the vaporings of the last Presidential message about depleting the Treasury. Mr. Guthrie’s scheme was libe- ral. He intended to have a much larger free list than the Committee of Ways and Means have reported, and his scale of duties was gene- rally lower. We did not consider his scheme sufficiently liberal at the time it was proposed, and suggested that several other commodities which he left dutiable should be added to the free list. We were still in a measure under the ridiculous delusion that Pierce spoke the cut down the rates of duties, he did not mean to.keep them at their present figure or to in- crease them. The last seven months have pretty effectually cured us of this hallucina- tion. Mr. Guthrie’s scheme had hardly seen the light when the President, who knows no more than en infant of political economy, and whose idea of politics is a medley of rhetoric, intrigue, and trickery, began to scheme about the Gadsden treaty. This jarred with the plan of reducing the revenue. Then came grave doubts of Mr. Pierce’s character, and with them an amount of personal unpopu- larity for which the new President was unpre- pared: this storm he dared not meet witha short supply of fands. The excitement roused by the Nebraska bill, and the clamor “in rela- tion to Cuba, gave him fresh trouble and fresh need for money. For, like the Englishman whose belly must be full or he cannot fight, Mr. Pierce’s political stamina were destroyed when his purse grew lean. He could not bear the thought of depriving himself of the means of corruption, He could not do without buyiog men’s consciences, and he could buy noone with a poor treasury. His prestige began to wane at the very rumor. So Mr. Pierce al- lowed it to he understood that the influence of the administration would be brought to bear against any bill framed in the sense of the re- port of the Secretary of the Treasury. This gave some embarrassment and probably caused tome delay to the committee; which, all other things being equal, was rather disposed to in- crease than to curtail the deductions proposed by Mr. Guthrie. The Presidential hint being un- equivocal, however, the committee had to choose between doing nothing and framing a bill which might embody a mean between the require- ments of the country and the avaricious appre- hengions of the Executive. They adopted the latter course, and the consequence is the scheme under which, with an importation of dutiable articles amounting to two hundred and thirty- three millions, a customs revenue of nearly forty-five millions and a half would be levied. To this we demur, as an insufficient measure of popular relief; to this Mr. Pierce demurs in or Politics. DEMOORATIC REP (BLICAN GENERAL OOMMITTER. A special meetirsg of this committee was held last night at their roc gs in the Stuyvesent Institute. The attendance was aot very large, the meeting being spe- cial, called by t’ se written request of delegates from five different ward’ ,, according to the provisions of the con- stitution. / fter the meeting was called to order, the object of tise call was stated to be, to decide upon the for the ygrimary election soon to be held to select dele- might be. With Santa Anna to support | estes ts attend the democratic convention at Syracuse. No ot'aer business Was transacted, or resolutions of any kind offered, when the meeting adjournei. Personai Intelligence, ‘Te Hon. John B, Weller, U. 8. Senator for California, ‘was yesterday united in the holy bonds of matrimony to Mrs. Lizzie W. Stanton, of this city. The ceremony was performed at Calvary church by the Rev. Dr. Hawks, im presence of a numerous assemblage of the friends of both parties. The bridesmaids were Miss Adel» Freeman and the Misses Rose and Blanche Niles, tho identical types from whom Sue drew the heroines of the “ Wan- dering Jew,” and the groomsmen, W. A. Blanchard, of California, Manuel T. Brocklebank, and Heary L. Stevenson, Esqrs., of this city. Several distinguished citizens of California were present, amongst whom we noticed Eenator Gwin and Judge McAllister. After the ceremony the bride] party returned to the bride’s resi- dence in Fourteenth street, where the usual congrata- latory visits were paid by the numerous connections and friends of the mewly married couple. In the afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Weller started for Weet Point, from whence they go to Saratoga, but will be back in time to attend the commencement of Nassau Hall, Princeton. They will make a short sojourn at the residence of Governor Price, and will thence proceed direct to Washington. Hon. M. Clarke, Illinois; Hon. J. Adams, Maine; Ham. S Welton, California; William Seabrook and family, Charleston; J. E. Edings, South Carolina; Prof, McLane, Pennsylvania; J. Griffin, U. 8. N.; J. G. MePheater. Bt. Louis, were among the ‘arrivals yesterday at the Metro- politan Hotel. Prince Paul William, of Wirtemburg, left yesterday for Boston. Hon. H. 0. Alden, Maine; Prof Day, Hudson, 0. ; Capt. Chas. Prentiss, London; Hon. J. M Smith, Buffalo; Col. Pearson, Towa; J. Prentiss Poe, Baltimoré; Rev. Dr. , Portland; G. C. Vietta, Gedoa, were among the arrivals at the Irving House yesterday. R. W. Fraser, U. 8. Consul to Halifax; Gen. McDougal, California; Hon. M. V. Burns, Belmont,’ Wis. ; Charles C. Alger, Newburg; Hon. H. C.’ Loughlin, Philadelphia; J H. Robins, Liverpool, arrived yesterday at the St. Nicho- Ta . E, Mortimer, New Orleans; M. Grant, St. Louis; Capt. J. 8 Watson, Boston; Capt. Merchant, B. Cromwell and party, London, arrived yest the Prescott. fney, Rochester; W. G. Coggeshall, Sing Sing; '. F. Ga: Hon. H. A. Perkins, Hariford; Hon. George Edwards, Charleston; J. J. Coyington, West Troy, were among the arrivals at the Pinion Place Hotel yesteraay. + H. J. Wentworth, E. Riggs, Washington; J. H. Cla: Mudd, California; A, Duffield, Louiaville, Ky.; Hon. 0. F. Mather, Youkers; 8. A. Houghton, Baltimore; A. M. Clapp, Buffalo, arrived yesterday at the Astor House. DEPARTUKES. ‘For Puenta Areras and California, it of the y F Forn, J rs ington, PB Lu leLadyen. C Williams, N Porter. FD Ssly, M Darly J's ppingyon Miss KM ten, 8 Burne, JS wife and child, 8M Wolcott, Men W Ryan pad se Gren, Miss Mary Ryan, Mire W. ‘Wii Cha hyan, Leorence Vonrons WJ Pi m, A nt, Wiss E Linden, V Hentz ‘cschlan, Marshall and as Bray, G Lewis, J B igoand clild. Mra M Jack- n, 8 F Travers, J Web, ‘ennien, and over two hundred in the 1M andri; aaa wo ohik iss A children, . Lestrange R H Thayer, Jr, J A Pend T Bassoo Mra H McCennell and child, Mrs J Kutherford, Mr, Eag Merritt and cbild K H Elum, sing, Mre E G Williams and servant, G Late. ‘Mrs G Late, M Barlow, Mi dren, Kev ¥ W Bell, Ma and children and serv: Senor Soto, Mrs Dr AP Moses WL 8 Levi, GW Gi ion, Dr W Rabbee, 6. Miss Badarons, BF Mores, ish, W Yontleroy, K Fubeo, K Forris, E, Morse, 5 H Worse, 88 York, J N eate. E Snell, W Whito, L Cheenoy, P r, PH Beiger, TH Henderson, J Quaile, , G Zasherius, Dr J Tont, T Darnali, PA ford, J MoMeeoban, J Kennett, E Bennett, J Canver J McKeon. 8 Taylor, Mrw schreeve, PC Collecton Mise Colsotor, W Allen, 'H K Loomis, D shibbley, H Shibbley, A Husson, WR Sergeant, H McRea M Casey. M McNen), J Brown- pg. M Moon, & Fisherman, P Park, RS Kis WHavtings,, MS Clinvon, "H Webber, A Katier, J. Tr Ms Figoun, W Chittenden, W Pornell, D Lindsley. CI Soleck, J 6 Selleck, H Selleck, K Ricbards, T Auth T Jounton, J Houreman, BR Houry, J Meyers, 8 Ruttor man, lin, jes. E Murphy, O Marphy, F Marphy, F Maloney, M Marte, JR Brown, ‘A Chatota.’ A (relaud. ch, J Jackson, R& Connelly, Mre\) Kobertaon and iidren, J Nolan, M Odgan, 8 lan, J Rwott, Wm HT 'Havevs. RB rordbam. k E Gardacr, CP oot EL Sharp E Warner, HC Hammond, u J: Lune, J Parker. J Quin A Noch, C Avi etn, JC Davenpore and servant, a B , 0H frash WIL & Fargo’s Messenger, Mi detiray, Wim Burge Eliridgs.'B C Mathews, WD James. MFynch J WeChis ney, E Lovde, 81 Donnison WC Jewett ‘ady, iafent. and evant, Mise 1 Armatrong, Thomas Creed, lady, and child, Jones, The convict says that himself and two others ined access to the store by.pasning up Mr. Meade’s build ing to the roof, and then througn t! , pings’ store. fier makings selection of clothing they spread a quantity of camphene over the floor and set it on fire. ‘e give the story for what it is worth. How far the convict is corroborated in his disclosures remeins to be seen. ‘luz Fmgs Yusterpay.—About one o'clock youleriay afternoon an alarm of fire sounded for the Eighth dis- trict, The firemen, as usual, hurried to the scene of ‘conflagration, but it turned out te be only a few bales of straw on fire at the foot of North Moore street, which lay ‘on the dock, they having been fired, it was supposes, be some boys at play with mutches. The dremen in about fifteen minutes extinguished the flawes. In the same district a tre broke out at 3 o’elock, in some small tenements rear of 41 Anthony strett, deca pied by a number of poor families, The firemen were ickly on the spot. Mr. Thomas Carroll, of Hook and Padder No. 11, baving been informed that two chilirer were in one of the upper rooms unable to escape, he rushed through the flames and smoke, and very soc re-7 turned witb the children unger his arm, but in so doing the heat and smoke had so far overcome him thas he sank down insensible. His companions conveyed bim te the Fifth ward station house. Dr. yen sent for, who gave the necessary medical aid to the gallant «uTer er, but it was some time before he was restored to con _ sclousness. ‘The fire was kept to the building it origi vated in. Damage about $300. At about 8 o’clock last evening a fire was discovered in the store No. 20 Beaver street. Lieutenant sino! grass, of the First ward police, wae about the first who- iscovered smoke issuing from the rear windows ov Mar kettield street. The alurm was given, the tremens wore promptly on the spot, the doors were burst oper, aut the fire was discovered to have taken place at abou! th> middle of the store floor, slongside one of the u. It bore the evidence of being purposely set on fi flames had passed up the upright column, and we: ing through the upper floor when discovered. ick exertions of the firemen the tinguished. The Fire Marshal wax quickly at th of conflagration, and no sooner were tho flames dued than he entered the premises and eomm:n making @ thorough investigation. ‘The store is occupied by the firm of William I & Schepeler, commission merchants. The fio: was occupied by Rodewald & Brothers, and: Maré The upper stories were occupied by Udolphus Woife porter of schnapye. The amount of insurance, o> th offices in which the oceuyants were insured, we oon}! not learn last night; but me they are insured. A fire occurred at No. 226 Third avenuo, a! bali past 11 o’clock on Monday night, in the millinery store of Avery Clark. It was extinguished hy some citizens, s ‘witling damage. It is supposed to be the work of an in cendiary. Tne Kerney Guarvs, Capt. James Morrison, made their anpual parade on Monday, 19th inst. They procomled to Williamsburg, and were provided with an excell ut dinner by Dir. Charles Keyl, of Military Hall, They were presented with a stand of colors by Mr. John Kernes, after whom the company js named. The flag was pro sented by Mr. Joseph Mathers, In bebalf of Mr. Ke: who ina address, Mr. Joti an eloquent and aifecting L. Henretty responded in behalf of the company. fap AccipEnt.—Yesterday afternoon, about one 0’s!uck.. a sad accident occurred in the pres room of this es!ab lishment. William Fisher, ono of the feeders on ous of our enact steam presses, while at work, had bis left hand caught in the machinery, and badly crushed bolow the wrist. Dr. Young was 'framediately called’ to the office to administer to the sufferer, and w exarnt. pation decided that amputation of a portion of the hand would be necessary, there b-ing a possibility o° saving one or two fingers) Mr. Fisher is a reeident of Jersey City, and was conveyed to the City Hoapita shortly after the accident occurred. Smockixa Accent —Valentine Guihart, a soavenger, accidentally fell into the sink of the house No. 6 Willet street, on Monday ovening. With difficulty ho was taken out, butin an insensible state. He was taken to his home, 296 Stanton street, where medical attendance was cured. Little hopes a1 itertained of the poor fe! recovery. Brooklyn City intelligence. THE EXOISE COMMISSIONERS IN THE KINGS COCATY COURT OF OYER AND TERMINER. The trial of Isaac W. Crampton, one of the Commis sioners of Excise of Brooklyn, indicted for misdew anos in granting licenses to improper persons, was conclidod yesterday in the Kings county Court of Oyer and Yermi ner. There was considerable difficulty in ompanacting » Jury, as the subject is of such a nature as’ to interes? nesrly the whole community, and many had réndere? themselves incompetent by the expression of opinions. one way or the other. A panel was, however, at length obtained, consisting of the following gentlomen:—David Stewart, Stephen H. Cornell, H. T. Tubor, Jno, H. Rus: Jobn Jones, Michael McNamara, Joshua Rogers, M C. Croft, Cornelius a8, G. Sandford, Smith R; feveral witnesres were examines ou the part of the prosecution, and the same state of facts was proved ad ‘on the trial of John Cavanagh, indicted and convicted on. introduced no evidense. ‘ed upon what he eonte: pa The defe: Counsel (W. Ht Gale, Esq., ed to be the only point i caso, and that is, wh it was a wilful, corruptand unlawful oct upon the pact of the Commissioners, when they had guarded <b practice in reference to Toke licenses by a wr a Application or affidavit of applicant, apprising them ih... he had the necesrary accommodations required by law. Likewise, that the testimony introduced on the part of the prosecution did not sustain the point in the mdwt- ment which made ita misdemeanor. After the ¢harre of the Court, the jury retired, it being about two o’c}ck. At 6 o’clock aa returned, unable to agreo upon a ver dict, and wished to be cischarged. The Judge informed Wolfe Coben and lady, Mrs Mary Cooper, ollard, aud 64 others Strother, J Manes, Mies Finali, J D ARRIVALS. fant: 0 r. Mrs Montmol children; E W Baker, Mrs Baker and ol ild, $ Mrs Wilson, 8 F Mott and 'ady, Mrs King ars F 1 Soavoy ‘puttum, Mrs 4, Smith Mics and threo children Mier A Sarah Horvey, Henr, iller L © Sims, Miss 8 Wilson. G P Wilson, culldren JW Griffin, Mise Julia Lawrence. and Iady: Major Draka, U olm, lady; A C Holmes, a M Blackhart. Rov Ht G |}, Jady. child and servant: Mast J H Weed, ir 8 PJenking, Mast EG Weed, Mrs Mongin, Mrs right, Dr & W Allen, DG A Dr Ganahl end iy; Miss Allen, Dr W H Banke, Mrs ens, J C Brad- in, Mrs F A Bryant, Mary Jackson—and 38 in the steer. ma Charleston in steamship Nashville—G 8 Sawyer, 8 jorbam, L. D Walker. Jady.two children and servant, Win Seabrook ‘and Indy, Miss 8 Chapin, Mrs WH Ewan, & M Baird, A Cowbright, Mies B Bulk, Mrs unborde, Joba Sar- taine W Alrton, Mr'Steadman, JE Eddiogs snd sorvant; Baldwin, WB Seatrook, JE 8 N Morte, Mrs Turnbull, Mise E Goff Coffin, Mast Coffin, F Rider, C Stoddard, J L Gorman, L Lu Rey. John C Mather, Mis 4, Miss Seabrook Mire Eddings and servant; BH Bixby, in the steorage. Fr fi SSH VanCourt—and ‘om Sagua Ia Grande, in brig Winyah—Mr Kelloy, Mr Conley. like manner, because he thinks it affords too much relief to the people, and tends to impo- | EG verish the country, If all the material necessaries of life were at this moment as low, in proportion to the value of labor, asthey have usually been, we might feel disposed to resign ourselves for the pre- sent to the pitiful boon offered us by the com- mittee, and might rest content with a sneer at the President. But the matter is too serious for either resignation or sneers. Rents are enor- mous, and beef, bread, vegetables and eyery other nfessary have risen fifty per cent within the last twenty to twenty-five months. The price of labor has not kept pace with them. From Antigua, in schr Ann Hyman—W Sims, lady and four children, H Lewis, ede and four ohildron, A W Tait, Martin, J’ Whitton, W Hood. City Intelligence. ‘Tae Waatnrr.—We know of no subject upon which so much has been said and written as the weather. It is the introduction to every street conversation, and whon people have nothing else to talk about they fall back upon it as « dernier resort. ‘‘3¥arm woather this,’ is an exclamation which you will heara hundred times during a walk up Broadway, while occasionally some en- thusiastic individual tells you that ‘it is devilish hot,’ accompanying his remark with an application of his already saturated hanakerchief to his humid features. Every person you meet looks as if he had quite onough of it, and would gladly accept an invitation to visit the Arctic ions. Such weather is enough to try the feel- ings of ths most even-tempered to the utmost, for wha could keep cool yesterday, with the thermometer up to 82? Howovor, we live in hopes, and, as it is impossible The strikes of last autumn have in the bulk of cases led to no permanently beneficial results. Hence, in the midst of very great general prosperity, we hesitate not to say that there has not been a time during the last quarter of a century when it was so hard for mechanics and operatives to live as it is now. There has not been a time when they could go ill afford to pay the government taxes on their sugar, taxes on their coal, and taxes on every article of clothing of foreign manufacture they may choose to wear. Yet the committee declines to remove the duty from these necessaries, and the President ac. tually thinks it ought to be higher. If the conduct of either were based on sub- stantial considerations of national policy, we might forbear. But when we see that the con- tinuance of our burthens is due to the reckless and unprincipled schemes of a corrupt Execu. tive—when it is gravely proposed to sustain the falling throne of a Mexican adventurer, and for this purpose to levy twenty per cent on our sugar and our coal—we think it is time we spoke out. We think Franklin Pierce has brought enough disgrace and ridicule and shame on this country since he has filled the Presiden- tial chair: it is ours to see that to these calami- ties the yet greater one of domestic misery and want be not superadded. The sum of five thousand dollars has been epent on the extremity of Cape Cod, near some of its harbors, in cover- ing the beach with new grasses, to prevent the movo- ment of the sands, end their encroachment upon the har- bora, The experiment has been thus far successful. ke EE AOE TSO MRE ONE TT tea Nene) a sine cs se Nt cana for even the weather itself to stand it much longer, we expect to see ‘a change for the better’’ soon. Dirty Srreets.—Captain Carpenter, of the Fifth Dis- trict police, in his returns yesterday morning to the Chief's office, says:—“‘I deem it my duty to report to you the condition of the streets in this district, relative to garbage and the gutters. Of the former, it is but justice to those who clean this ward to say, that from an experience of many years I have never seen the streets of the Fifth ward so clean of that it nuisance. But the gutters are in a very filthy condition from the want of being washed out by the Croton water; and unioss the Croton Board empower some one to open the hydrants, morning and evening, to wash out the stagnant water that acoumulates through the day in the gutters, wick ess and death will overtake us. An arrangement might easily be made with the police department for them to open the cig once or twice a day, in which no water would be wasted, but just enough used to purify the streets and eave us from sickness.’” Mrurary FUNERAL. —The Independence Guard, together with the ex-members of this company and the officers and members of the Twelfth regiment New York State Militia, yesterday assembled at Broadway House to form into procession to pay the last tribute of reapect to Capt. John T. Cairns, who died on Saturday morning last in the forty-ninth year of his age. Several of the companies were in full uniform, without knapeacks and and at 8 o’clock P. M. marched to the residence of the deceased, No. 88 Ri n atrect, where the funeral ceremonies were porformed, and the remains afterward taken to Greenwood Cemetery. The Guard Lafayette, belonging to the Twelfth regiment, assembled at the Ar. mory in the Mercer House, on the corner of Morcer street and Broome, and joined their comrades at the late residence of the deceased. Capt. Cairns, for a long time bah to his death, was commander of the In: n- jence Guard, and was mush estecmed by all his brother soldiers. Cricket—New York versve St, Grokor's Cure.—The first match this season between the above clubs will be ‘contested on the ground of the New York Club at Hobo- ken, today. The players are as follows:—Of the 3t. George’s Club, Messrs, Emmet, , Hindhaugh, Tit, James Wright, Robert Wallor, Bingham, Gibbs, Burnett, Mrekelham, and Tinson and Priche. Of the New York Club, Mesers. Cuppaidee, Jamet, Marsh, James Higham, George Higham, Sharp, Fletcher, Joseph, Tower, Le Gal, and Spivey. Wickets will be pirched at 10 o’clock. Excuer.—Yosterday cloxgd the Twenty-first ward. Al- dorman Mott, Councilmen Varian and Earl, were present during the day, and granted fifty-revon licenses, making the aggregate ninety-cight granted to this ward this yoar, them that he should keep them together until they did agree, and they again retired, with instructions to bring 1 their verdict at the opening of the court to.morrow (this) morning. Ruorers Convicrep.—Yesterda: Jones, William Scanlan, famili Cornelius Hanly, who gus. b brought before ‘Justice Smith, in the Court of Npocial Sessions, on the charge of riotous conduct and assault upon peaceable citizens. It was shown in evidence that on Monday, the 12th of May ult., these rties, with others, attacked a boy named John B. Kidder, near Hill, upon the Clove road. and beat him badly, for Bo cause whatever. The father of the boy, who was working in a field near by, hurried up to get his son out pri when he also was set upon, knocked over, an? severely injured. The grandfather of the boy was alc attracted thither, and he was pitohed into the road. Ta¢ gore then visited the beer house of a German, and, afier turning the proprietor and his wife out of doors, tapped the casks and broke the bar furniture. Mr. John Croigh- ton, of East Brooklyn, saved the Kidders from wore injuries than they sustained by going to their aid. The fete against the accused being proved, they were sen tenced to the penitentiary for the following terms:—Paa, for six months; for sixty days, and Hanly, for thirty days. Boy DRowsep at StaTRN IeLAND.—About 634 o’elook last evening, as our newaboat was opposite Vanderbili’s Landing, our reporter the screams of a number of children on Townsend’s dock, and su} posing that something unusual had happened, put and apocr- tained that a boy, about six years of age, while fshing with two others, had fallen overboard. exertion was made to save bim, but without avail. “A grapuel was ured, and one of our newsboatmen succeaded in catching the body. It was immediately taken to a Botel near by and restoratives applied, but without success. Bile pamae cccld not be asoei |, but he is the son of + one of our'New York merchants temporarily residing ov Manaing en tho dock, Who padontly looked teak ot standing on lock, who patiently looked on and saw the bos drown. i F " Corowsn’s INQUESTS.—The following inquests were held ~ in this city by Coroner James Hanford, of Williams ure, during the latter part of the past week, Coroner Dai yy illness, was unable to , Joseph Pea, alias Hoary iarly known 'as Pat, and the name of Snap, were being confined to his home attend to his official duties :— On Saturday an inquest was held upon the body of Jobn Rowley, who was drowned in Gowanus Creek, neay Peters’ Bridge, the day previous. investi tha It appeared on the tion that deceased, with two or threo others, Sneighboring rum shop ant drank till the; ipeey. ey went out arm ip andstamblin * over @ curbstone, fell J tee vem@at. Rowloy was injured more than the , and the blood flowed freely from his head and face. His companions conducted hii toa pump and washed his wounds, taking his hat i basin. After this Rowloy pre; to take a bath in the creek, and plunged into water, contrary to the advice of some men sbout there. He swam a short dis. tance, and then disap) |. Efforts were made to Gnd the body, but without success, until Seturday morning, when he’was discovered with his head buried in the mad near the where he went down. A verdict of zccjs dental death by drowning was rendered. Rowley wa: an man, a bricklayer, and leaves a family, On the 16th inst. an inquest was held in River strect, near Walworth, upon the body of William R. Jad aged about nine years, who came to his death stroke, He had been ill with a fever, and went to batho, | when he became affected by tho heat of the sun, and was prostrated. He died shortly afterwards. A verdict in nce was rendered. An inquest was held u; the body of an unknown man the samo day, at dead house. He had been . picked Ci the river. He was about six feet in beizht, wore a short monkey jacket of black satinet, pantalonn. of @ brown color, and heavy brogans. He was cvidontly alongehoreman. ' Verdict, “Found drowned.” On the same day an inquest was held upon the boly of Mary Barley, a native of Ireland, and # resident of ko)- ney’s 7 who died from disease brought on by inten perate its, Also, upon a child of parents residing in to streot, which died of convulsions, . Upon the body of William Lucas, who resided at the corner of Fourth avenue and fy gd atreet, Who diet from want and exposure brought on by intemperance, At No, 281 Plymouth street, upon the body of Mary Downey, aged 64 years, who died of homorrhago on th. tien th street, in powalk, upon the bad, Vy mout nesr ropewalk, ody ofa child five months old, the ron of Charles Shaddook, “ which came to its death by falling out of the arms of its Urother, in whore charge it had been plieed. Verdict, death from congestion of the brain, caused by acciden: In Wyckoff street, nen Washington avenuo, upon the « body of a child of Patrick McCormick, aged sbont two ears, which was drowned in # water oask at the roar of ihe house. Verdict, death by drowning. At the City Hospital, upon the body of John Drennan, who died of Tnjaries sustained by the falling of avatonm while working in the Fulton street sewer opposite Clark street, afew days ninco. Verdict ia accordance, ‘Uson Barney Clark, at the Second district astation- houre, who was picked up in the street in an exhausted condition, and died soon after. Verdict, death from ‘want and expoeure, caused by intemperance %