The New York Herald Newspaper, June 23, 1854, Page 4

NEW YORK HERALD, | ene JAMES GORDON BESNETT, PROPRISTOR AND EDITOR, ARO PARTIOULAREY REQUESTED TO anv Packagrs ent Us themenie tbe pet pal or te postage ill be dod teed Peers Weems XK. cece cess eens ceseysN@e 1TRy | AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENINC |. BROADWAY THEATRE. aces —fe ann Our or Pracr—Linsnicn Bow.» (>Y MoGorax r. BOWERY THEATRE. Bowery—Mverm’ Gronr Rora--Haxnizrre cue Foneaxem, Oto” FAR WEGLO’S, Brosdway—Baurer Divers asemensr—Ticut RED MONSTER. MAMIONAL THEATRE, Chatham str jot ; ee —Fraatz Hionwavuar ee ee AMERICAN MUSEUM—Afterroon — Suer—Tus Marry MAN—Bveuse—Ns presage TO™ GHRISTY’S AMMRICAN OPERA gOUSE, 472 Broad- weg Evmioriaw MELODIES BY Gulntr gery Mewerpaae WOOD'S MINSTREL HALL, 44 sreadway—Erwiorian BimornLey AxD BunLesque Ors! La. gence. There have been two cases of Asiatic cholera in the First ward since Wedneeday—one'on Wednesilay night and the other yesterday morning. The first was named Charles Patterson, whose attack was violent, and whose recovery is doubtful. The name of the other was James Water, who died within a few hours after he was seized with the cholera pains. ‘These cases were in West and Washington streets. FROM EUROPE. The mails brought by the steamship Canada, from Liverpool, arrived in this city aboat one o’clock this morning. On the eighth page may be found some interesting intelligence regarding the defeat of the Imperial forces at Shanghse, ty the Ameri- cans and Europeans, the latest news from the seat of war, and extracts from the London journals relative to'the alterations in the composition of the British Ca. net, and -the aspect of affairs generally. . NBWE FROM ALRANY. The proposals for’the one million canal loan were opened by the commissioners of the Canal Fund yea- terday merning, at Albany. Over six millioa dol- lars were offered. The lgan was awarded to eighteen different bidders, averaging eighteen per cext pre- mium, in sums ranging from one hundred theusand to two thousand dollars. The State Temperance Convention decided not BUCKLEY'S OPERA HOUS| —Beox- now's Bruiorian Orena Troure 4 “” Broséwas—Boow ‘The New Yous Hens bas. mow the largort ciroulation 88 way daily journal in fur; wor America, he Daily Henly circw’ ites nearly ciety Mousand Mheeots per day. Tho Weekly oditions—pu’ phisted on Saturday aud San- @ay—reach a cireulation of ‘meerty seventy Mousand sheets per week. Fo egeregate inane of “the Hunan establishment is about four hundred thou mare ehoets per week, oF over BE aLe—BpEriOn FOR EVROPR. “The Royal mai ster gusirip Pacific, Ceptain Nyo, will Yesve this port, to-m orrow, at 12 o’eloc’, fur lave ool, ‘The European mai) p will close im this city at halt-past ton o’olosk in the Warming. Phe Weaxiy HER ano, (printed in French « ‘wi be published’ at half-past nine ~worning. Single dopies | Tee KEW YORE any edition of the Bubscriptions and od Rew Yous Berar wi at the foowing places - tm Europe — ‘Levanroot.. John Hur radian street. ospon..... » No. 17 Cornhill. : Co., No. 19 Catherine atreet, ; 8 Plage de la Bours, The News. FROM WASHINGTON. Tn the Senate yesterday Mr. Rockwell, the re- eently appointed Senator from Massachusetts, com- menced his senatorial career by presenting the memorial of nineteen hundred citizens of Boston, asking for the immediate repeal of the Fugitive Slave law. The memorialists were, he said, mostly disposed to support the compromise measuves of 18560, But favored repeal because of the passage of the Nebraska bill. At the suggestion of Mr. Dixon the motion to refer the petition was postponed till to-day, when, perhape, he will lay before the public the facts connected with the origin of the repeal of the Missouri compromise. The first practical step towards the realization of the magnificent idea of eonnecting China with the United States by means ef steamers was broached by Mr. Seward, who re- ported a bill establishing aline of steam vessels of two thousand tons buithen between California and Shanghae, stopping at the Sandwich Islanés and Japan. Half a million dollars annually for five syears for transporting the mails on this route is to be given. The Dill aleo provides that in case the receipts of postage do not reach the required amount the deficit shall be paid out of the treasury. A's though the source from whence the measure emi: mates precludes the hope of any speedy action in its Dehalt, yet public attention will be directed to the immense importance of the enterprise, and lead to an active inquiry into the subject, which is onc of the most notable remaining to be accomplished by our people. The anticipated popular movement against the proposed reciprocity treaty with the British Noxth American provinces has begun. The proceedings of a meeting held in Dela- ware, remonstrating against any reciprocity fm breadstuffs, were presented by Mr. Clayton. There seems to be no limit to the projects of the land speculators. The most recent is an application for land in aid of the construction of the Hoosac tunnel, in Massachusetts. The Legislature of Mas- aachusetts has already granted ite aid to the extent of several million of dollars for this scheme, which it is believéd by many well informed upon the sub- ject will occupy a quarter of a century of time and exhaust the placers of California in its constrac- tion. The proposition to bestow land upon such railroad companies as will carry the mails free of expense was renewed in form by Mr. Rusk. The discussion on the Insane Land biJi was continued. In the House the Committee of Ways and Means reported a bill appropriating ten million dollars for carrying into effect the stipulations of the Gadsden treaty. We refer to the editorial article in another column for our views on this matter. The recent defeat of the scheme of the Postmaster General to increase the taxes of the people by the imposition of additional postage on letters has led to the in- troduction of a bill the provisions of which are rather more reasonable than those contained in the one so decidedly rejected. An unsuccessful motion was made to put the bill on its passage. It comes up to-day, when we hope the friends of low postage will carefully inquire into the subject. Some fur- ther explanations regarding the recent fracas be- ‘tween Messrs. Churchwell and Cullum were made. in Committee, the General Apprepriation bill was under consideration, and several amendments were actedon. » The Gadsden-‘Santa Anna treaty is given complete oa the first page. THE LAW COURTS. Under our legal reports will be found a very cn- rious and extraordinary case of the alleged lunacy of Mr. Dunlap, the florist, who was present in court, ~and imanswerto the Judge gave 4 clear and con- wecutive detail of the whole circumstances connected -with his arrest and imprisonment. There is a great deal of mystery about the case, the alleged lumatic ontending that family disputes and his own pro- perty have been the incentives to bis incarceration. “The proceedings in the matter before the Supreme Court yesterday savor a little of the romantic, and ewill be read with much interest. A fall report of the proceedings in the case of Walker vs. Walker, on an application for divorce, in the Court of Common Pleas, is given elsewhere. MISCELLANEOUS, Our correspondent at Grand Turk (Tarke Islands) sends us another very interesting letter relative to ‘the imprisonment of Mr. Nelson, United States Con- gal at that place, witha succinct summary of all the events which preceded this strange act of the local Jodiciary. It is published in another column. ‘The New Hampshire Legislature yesterday sgreed ‘to reconsider the motion indefinitely postponing the election of United States Senators. The discussion will take place on Thursday next, and the ballotings on the following day. As the Legislature have yoted - to finally adjourn on the Ist of July, there will pro- bably be no clection, The debate on the anti-Ne xaska resolutions comes off on Tuesday. AFFAIRS IN THR CITY. n reference to the confession of Lyman Barr, the onvict now im the State prison, who implicated weveral others with him in the setting fire to Mr. Jeupinge’ store, ofSgerg Hamblin aud Dowling hav to nominate separate candidates for State officers at the fall election. A committee was appointed, that will exercise the discretion of recommending for whom the vote of the party shall be given. In connection with this subject we would refer to the letter of Gov. Seymour, addressed to the Tempe- rance AMiance just prior to the election of 1852, the publication of whick has been so frequently de- manded by his friends. The charge often made against the Governor, that he had pledged himself before the election ot to veto a prohibitory liquor law, is entirely refuted in thie document, which has so Jong been withheld by the teetotallers. a he Gadsden Treaty—Santa Anno’s Ulimatam Acccopted®—Call for the Money. Santa Anna has returned the Gadsden treaty with his ultimetum, to Washingten. He re- quires the payment of seven millions cash down, and the other three millions et the end of six months ; and the President having acceded to this requisition, has sent up a message to the Vouse of Representatives, requesting an appro- priation for the money to the full amount of | the whole ten millions. Nay, more—with an alacrity of obedience becoming the occasion, and the straitened circumstances of the Mexi- can Dictator, Mr. Houston, Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, bas reported a bill in conformity with the President’s applica- tion. His Serene Highness, General Don Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, is a wise man. He had agreed with Gen. Gadsden for twenty millions ; but .is willing to compromise upon half the money, cash down. Power, in Mexico, is:pro- verbially unsafe and ephemeral. He who has it to-day, especially if short of tunds, may be displaced to-morrow. Revolutions are the rule, and internal tranquility is the exception, in the Mexican administration of affairs. Santa Anna, therefore, with commendable foresight and sagacity, asks for the ten millions,cash down. Instalments running on fogg'wo or three years to come are not the thing’ tor him. He may be deposed and driven from the country by a revolution before the end of the year unless he has the “ material and financial aid’ neces- sary to secure the loyalty of hisarmy. But what is it that he cannot do with ten millions cash in hand? He can increase his army toa hundred thousand men—ho can set up his em- pire upon a scale of grandeur utterly eclipsing the coronation of Faustin Soulouque—he can establish a navy—he can defy the clergy, and levy contributions upon their churches and es- tates with impunity—he can extirpate the Apaches and the filibusteros from his northern departments; for with ten milli6éns of ready cash a shrewd speculator and unscrupulous manager like Santa Anna can do almost any- thing in Mexico. His Serene Highness has, therefore, acted the part of awise man in de- manding his treaty money cash in hand. Thus he will have the use of it, while in half yearly instalments running through two or three years, the bulk of it might fall into the hands of Alvarez, or some other revolutionary successor in office. And what is the inconvenience to us? We have thirty millions surplus in the. Treasury. Depletion is necessary to relieve the Treasury of the plethora from which it is now suffering. Hence a bill has been introduced into the House for reducing the revenues from the customs. Depletion being thus demanded By the doctor of the Treasury himself, what objection can there be to Santa Anna’s plan of blood letting ? The quicker the cure the better. It must be 80, or the President would not recommend the throwing of ten millions of dollars into the sea. When ihe ship is waterlogged, even if it be with specie, it must be thrown overboard. In any other view, the administration has ratified the most unblushing swindle ever perpetrated upon the countag, and Congress is insultingly asked to fork over the supplies. The bargain has been made, and all that is wanting is the money, seven millions cash down—can’t do with lees—and three millions at the expiration of six months. Now the question arises, is the House of Representatives prepared to swallow this Gads- den treaty ata single gulp? There has been a discussion of several months, from time to time, upon the two or three millions of the Deficiency bill for necessary or useful do- mestic expenditures, all among ourselves; and yet the bill had to be cut down a million or so before it could be passed—so tenacious and prudent was the House concerning the people’s money. But here we have a demand pnt io for ten millions for the benefit of Santa Anna and his affiliated stockjobbers and speculators, or, in more polite terms, an appropriation is modestly called. for of ten millions for the benefit of a foreign potentate. And what is the equivalent to us? A strip of desert country of the most frightful sterility and desolation, and a discharge from the duty of protecting the Mexican frontiers against the Apaches. That, we believe, is all. The country acquired is a most outrageous humbug. It does not even give us Cooke's desert wagon route for the Pacific Railroad. It cedes to us the Apaches included in the grant, and the duty of fighting them upon our own soil or the privilege of permitting them to mur- der and plunder our own emigrants without interruption, just as we may choose. And for all these concessions of land and people, (such as they are,) we are only asked to pay in ready cash ten millions of dollars, The admisfstration appear to be as much delighted with the bargain as Santa Anna The application for the funds is made upon the House with an air of triumph. “Only ten mil- lions—we have thirty millions surplus—and fee what Santa Anna gives ns, He releases us ‘tory some four or five hundred ‘miles long, fall | —AxcLo-AMeriCAN ALLIANCE IN Ta® Fietp.— | . of mountaine, stone quarries, and good building | "Vhe most extraordinary, unexpected and start- Register of the city. On the democratic side | domain. And so, rumor says, there is a pros sand, and any quantity of minerals yet to be discovered, and all for ten millions of ‘ dollars.” This statement ought to «ilence | all opposition in the Hoase as to the value received for the cash agreed | upon. But we perceive that Mr. Benton | has asked the privilege of exposing cer- tain alleged unlawful irregutarities in the mak- | ing of this Gadsden treaty. He asks, as a privi- ' lege, the liberty to do this before the bill is paseed. - We are thus fed to infer that unless this pri- vilege is granted we may expect the bill to be | whipped through under the previous question. But, can this possibly be so? Can it be possi- ble that the administrat on party in the House have resolved to stifle all investigation into the history and modus operandi of this Gadeden | treaty? Is it socorrupt: that it will not bear | exposure to the light; or is the House so sub- | servient that it dare not refuse obedience to the | Cabinet? We hope not. We expect, and the country expects, before a penny of this money is appropriated by the House, that it will sift this Gadsden treaty from tep to bottom, call for persons «nd papers, and ascertain how many and who are the outside and inside speculators concerned, and how far they may be severally interested in the treaty as it stands. The Sen- ate, it is said, did cut off alot of Gardner and Galphin claims, but how are the House to know without the evidence ? ling piece of intelligence by the Canada is the dezpatch received yesterday from Boston, giv- ing @ brief but somewhat circumstantial ac- candidate on the whig side for the office of ; there are two gentlemen mentioned—Mesers. | Jobn S. Giles and Chasles H. Ring. Chauncey W. Shaffer, the soft shell, tempe- | arrest:ed tio youstg men charged with being partiea from the Indians—he codes us a strip of terri- to tse incendiary. They were committed by Jus- tic ¢ Osborne for a further hearing. The account of Vae arrests will be found ander the Petive Intellt- Veny Conrous anp INTERESTING From Cara to fill the office. George W. Riblet will be | right theniselves before their constituents by voting a free farm to the settlers on the public pect of the passage of the bill. We shall sce Things are in a revolutionary condition xt Washington, and there is no telling what may count of the defeat of the Chinese imperialists rance, reform and Know Nothing candidate for | happen. But we should like to know whether by the English and American forces, inclading & list of the killed and wounded of the allies. | hae, (the mercantile quarter of the Awericans and English, including their consular offices, | merchants’ residences, &c.,) which led to the | storming and destruction of the imperiai camp | on the 4th of April. The news is probable, from } the fact that for some months previous the at- titude of the imperialists before Shanghae | menaced the safety of the quarter occupied by the English and American officials and mercan- tile residents. Asearly as the 24th January last the American ship Oneida sailed from Shanghae, with a full cargo of tea, for | New York, without paying duty, owing to the quarrel between the rebels aud imperialists, each claiming ascendancy over the port. The Oneida ieft under the notification of the Amori- can Consul to the effect that ‘‘as vessels under other foreign flags are allowed by the Chinese to enter and leave the pert of Shanghae, without reporting or paying duties at the Custom House, so any Americaa ship’s papers deposited at the Consulate will be delivered without the production of the usual Chinese port clearance.” The rebels occupied the ri There should be moral courage and indepen- dence enough remaining in the House to call for all the facts, all the papers, all the correspon- dence, and all the witnesses necessary for a thorough examination into the curious and mys- terious history of this Gadsden treaty, from first to last, including the stockjobbers at Washington, and the capitalists and stockjob- bers concerned, English, Mexican and Ameri- can, in the city of Mexico. If such an exami- nation is made, there is a fine prospect that the ten millions of this Gadsden treaty will be re- served to meet the expenses of our forthcoming war with Spain. Benton is not only entitled to a hearing, but the House, 'from all the consider- ations of independence, honesty, public justice and economy, is bound to make a full investi- gation into the merits.and the mysteries of this Gadsden treaty. Tur Tarirr Prozects—To close the cata- logue of tariff projects we give elsewhere the bill of the Secretary of the Treasury, in virtue of which the government organ at Washingto! characterized Mr. Guthrie as a statesman of unsurpassed ability. It is stated by the minor- ity of the Committee of Ways and Means to be substantially the same as the bill they reported in lieu of that of the majority of the commit- tee: there are however some rather material differences between them. As none of the three projects thus laid before the public is likely to pass, it will be enough just to notice a few of the leading features which characterise each. Mr. Guthrie pakes three schedules, one at 100 per cent, which is confined to brandy and other spirituous beverages ; another free,’ which includes besides the usual free articles, acide, animals, all kinds of barks, books, music and engravings, brass, copper in pigs or bars, dyeing materials, earthenware, hair, hora, ma- chinery for the manufacture of linen or flax goods, marble, nuts, gils, raw silk, skins and hides, tallow, wines, cabinet woods and fire- wood, raw wool, and nearly all metals except iron ; and a third, comprising all the articles not included in the two others, subject to a duty of twenty-five per cent ad valorem. Mr Guthrie’s plan has one advantage over that 0; the Committee of Ways and Means, it is far simpler, and would necessarily obviate much of the confusion and difficulty arising under the present tariff. It has likewise a larger free list, and from its admitting under this head almost all raw meterials and articles | used in manufacturing, is likely to be much more popular with manufacturers than the other scheme. But we have yet to see, in the first place, how a general rate of duty for all unenumerated articles would answer, and in the second how much revenue would be raise.| under Mr. Guthrie’s project. There are a vast number of articles (which it would be tedions to mention here in detail,) between which aj cious tariff maker should discriminate. Certata commodities, required hy the poor, which are hardly entitled to be admitted free, should not however yay as much duty as others which are used as objects of luxury by the rich. The Draconian system will not answer any better in commercial {#@s im penad legislation ; and how- ever great the beauty of simplicity, it is as un- reasonable t tax the whole mass of merchan- dise alike as i¢ would be ta tostst on the owners selling clock work and paving stones, quicksil- ver and ditch wakes wi the same price per pound or per quart. This fact the minority of the Committee of Ways and Mears mast fastishly ignore. Complications are essential to all sub- Junary affairs; you can no more reduce every- thing to one uniform stondard than you can enact that babies ehall be all born the same size, or men’s minds universally alike. Again, aa whet principles does Mr. Guthrie include wines and watches in hisfree list? Why should champagne be free, when coal pays a tax? On what possible principle should we en- able rich men to buy watches cheap, while poor men pay dear for their linens and woollens? If the Secretary wants to check the aculterMion of wines, why not resort to the very simple pro- cess of imposing a specific duty? Why should wine be admitted J& more favorable terms than brandy? Is it because the poor consume more of the latter, the rich more of the former? The favor shown to wine and watches looks as thought Mr. Guthriggpeally wicked to frame an aristocratic tariff, Finally, what revenue wauld this project of the Secretacy’s be Kikely 10 produce? Striking out from the list of duties received last year those levied on ati the articles he would add to the free list, and averaging the others at twen- ty-five per cent, would the total revenue be ma- terially diminished? We don’t believe it would. We do not believe that any sensible relief would be afforded to the country, or the Trea- sury. rf point of fact, it is very questionable whether any one of the gentlemen who have given birth to tariff schemes ever intended seri- ously to agitate for a change of our present rates of duty. Those connected with the ad- ministration—and nearly all belong to this catagory—must have known sometime ago that the President intended to keep Santa Anna afloat, and to spend money in Spain and else- where; they could never have thought of cut- ting down the revenue, To have proposed uch a thing while Pierce is at the head of affairs would have been absurd: SJl the money ‘We can get will not satisfy his wants. ver, and ‘the imperialists the land, at that time. The system of free trade, adopted, in conse- quence, by the-Americans and English, has doubtless been the provocation to the attempt of the imperial army to expel thoge “ outside barbarians” from the city, under the ides that they were acting as allies of the rebels, If the news of this curious affair is trae—and itprobably is—who can predict the results to which it may lead? The alliance of the French and English in battle by land and sea, is a strange thing under a Napoleon ; but the defeat of the Chinese imperial army at Shang- hae by the allied American and English forces, when nobody supposed that either the Ameri- cans-or English had any land forces out there, is still more astonishing. We live in a fast age; and if things go on at this rate, we may District Attorney at the last election, will be a } candidate for the office of Recorder, and will | Know Nothings. | The next election will bea sharply contested | one, and its results will surprise some of the old politicians; they will not be required to | make nominations, and it is believed that many people will be rash enough to think and act for themeelves. Look out for November gales! RumsgELuine In New York—Tue Noumper or | Licenses Dowiseep One Hatr.—The regular | session of the Board of Excise, which com- menced on the first day of May, closed yester- day ; two thousand nine hundred and sixty-seven licenses having been issued. Last year the num- ber was over six thousand, and, in the year preceding that, about six thousand. : The Board will sit one day more for each ward commencing this morning, but public opinion is so strongly in favor of re- stricting the trade, and diminishing the number of low grogshops which now disgrace almost every corner of every street in the city, that but few more licences will be granted. To those who desire that the city peace should be preserved, and that the quiet of the Sabbath should no tonger be broken by drunken brawlers, the present prospect of a restriction and diminution in the liquor trade is quite encouraging. The following table gives a comparative statement of the number of licenses issued during this year, the ycars 1853 and 1852, in each ward of the city. The totals are not strictly correct, because in some wards licenses were issued after the regular days, and the en- tries of such licenses were so much scattered that they could not be collected. The annexed statement, eo far as the number of licenses is- sued on the regular days in each ward is con- cerned, will be found to be correct :-— expect in due time to hear of the conquest of China by the Anglo-American forces, and then a fight between them over the spoils. The opium war was but the beginning of the mo- dern history of China. PourricaL Gosstrp—NoMINEES FOR THE CiTY anp Strate Orrices.—The time is now approach- ing when the preliminary arrangements for the charter elections will be made and the candidates placed in the field. There will be no less than six regularly nominated candidates for the office of Mayor, and we hape to see stump can- didatesfor all the city offices. Let those gen- tlemen who are familiar with civic affairs place their names before the public as candidates for such offices as they may be competent to fill; then their merits may be thoroughly canvassed, most devoutly to be wished. This movement, once commenced in the city, would be exten- sively imitated throughout the State. It seems to us to be the only remedy for the people in their present strait. Now, at every election, they are over-ridden by four or five thousand loafers, who, by the liberal use of bad rum, hard fists, and the most unblushing impudence, manage to coatrol the nominating conventions, the polls and exercises the glorious privilege of a freeman by voting for a string of people that he knows nothing about, and many of whom he never heard of previous to their nomination. One stump candidate is already in the field. We refer to Mr. John Wheeler, who aspires to be re-elected to Congress, and who has placed himself before the voters of his district. Whether Mr. Wheeler is clected or not, he deserves crédit for his boldness in thus placing himself before his con- stituents without the support of either section of his party. The contest in the State bids fair to be high- ly exciting. The Know Nothing and temper- ance organizations will enter largely into the contest, and they may influence the nomina-| more recently the ministry were defeated, and | Valuable biblical collection of the ‘American tions. Mr. Seward desires to run for the gu- bernatorial chair, and he will probably be the whig nominee. He would be bitterly opposed by the Know Nothings, as his influence has al- ways been exerted to forward the plans of Archbishop Hughes. Among other persons spoken of for the whig nomination, we have Ogden Hoffman, at present Attorney General of this State, Judge W. W. Campbell, Daniel Ullman, and Judge Kent. On the other side, Governor Seymour and Judge Bronson have declined a nomination, and they will both re- the constitution, in the manner of granting lands, has made a distinction between the Tt seems that tho attack was made by the im- | prcbably receive the support of several fac- | lunatic and the squatter. The administration: perialists on the foreign settlements at Shang- tions, including the temperance men and the has declared in favor of the railroad land job- bers. Now, Jet us see what are ita constitu- tional opinions of squatter sovereignty. Let: the Senate paes the Homestead bill. ‘The Literary Institutions of New York--Astor Place and Viciaity. Tt has long been considered a desideratam that the largest and most important libraries in this city should be located in the same vicinity; and whem the Astor Library was established in Lafayette: place, and the Mercantile Library removed to Astor place, in the same vicinity, it was hoped that the object might be effected, and thus that a grand literary centre for the convenience of citizens and strangers would be permanently located in that im - portant and commodious section of the city. Te add to the prospect co desirable, Mr. Peter Cooper's: scientific and literary institation, and the spacious building of the American Bible Society, are in the fame vicinity. It only remained for the New York Society Library and the Historisal Society to obtain: sites for the buildings which they propose to erect for their large and valuable libraries, in or year Astor place, to corry out the hopes and expectations: of the friends of literature generally. We regret that these two so:sieties have each pur- chased sites wide apart from the location referred to,, the Society Library, the oldest of these institutions, intending to erect a fire-proof edifice in University place, near Thirteenth street, while the Historical So- ciety are also about buildiag a fire-proof edifice fow their invaluable collection of books, manuscripts and antiquities,in Second avenue, near Eleventh street, and quite in the eastern part of the city. Atthe recent: special meeting of the iatter society, it appearsthat. they are still deficient of the amount required for » building such as they desire to erect, abont tem thousand dollars, to collect which amount « ¢om~ mittee was appointed to obtain subscriptions. In this doubtful and unsatisfactory situation of° affairs with regard to the buildings proposed to be: erected by these two societies, the question hoe: been raised by some of our citizens, whether they: had not better remain as they are until the comple-- tion of the fire-proof edifice of Mr. Cooper. Design~ ed, as it is, for an institution projected by himself, some years must doubtless clapse, after its comple- tion, before the books, scientific apparatus, and other objecta of interest, intended to be contained: within its walls can be collected; would not: Mr. Cooper, therefore, consent to accommodate the libraries of the two societies within. the spacious iron and stone walls of his 1854. 1853. 1852. Ist Ward... + 255 472 438, er ae 137 197 ao 235 317 44 bit 405 5 31 804 (vale 498, 437 cep 292 268 8 « 883 202 9 « 220 253 wo 212 228 14 446 B62 wz 128 104 mw 243 174 “a 368 317 1 109 160 16 163 254 woe 262 300 wt 439 19 306 0837 20 « 361 350 a & 236 = a ae eS} Totals... .ccrseeresee os 2,067 6,285 5,980 ‘The highest number this year is two thousand nine bundred and sixty-seven, and the excess is caused by the fact that in some wards the coun- cilmen could not stand the “outside pressure,” The deorease is great and important, not- withstanding all these facts, and it shows that there is considerable power among the mem- bers of the new temperance party, as they have succeeded in cutting down the number of licenses in every ward, and in several wards no edifice for oa few years, until they can accumulate strength from their own resources and the liberality of wealthy citizens, to> enable them to crect buildings of their own, and establish permanent funds for their support? Mr. Peter Cooper, who has already offered to accoramo-- date the collection of Egyptian antiquities, if pur-- chased from Dr. Abbott, would thus add to the pub- lic benefits he proposes to bestow on the city, an@ secure the location where he has fixed his own in-- stitution, as aliterary centre where the friends of learning and of the arts and sciences may daily re- sort, as do the merchants and other votaries of and the old, corrupt, rotten system of primary and melted before the plaintive appeals of the | business, at the less central marts of commerce im elections ‘will be broken up, a consummation keepersof tippling shops and corner greeeries. | the lower part of the city. By a permanent fund for these societies, we mea: afund similar to that created by Mr. Astor in his: will establishing the Astor Library, sufficient to in- crease the stock of books so much demanded by the growing wants of the public. This isa point tow often lost sight of by those public spirited indi- viduals who are constantly making efforts to build licenses at all have been granted. The officers | up literary institutions. For the collection ofa large- of the association known as the Carson League | library, it is surely far better to remain for years in a. advertise that they will be glad to receive the license, for the purpose of proaccution. This, however, is the duty of the captains of police, and they will find it a most excellent way to preserve the peace ofthe city. i The temperance men should be satisfied with these moderate and legal steps toward reform. leased building, and devote all the funds of an in- while the voter—good, easy man—walks up to | names of persons who sell liquors without | stitution to the collection of books by purchase, and the payment of necessary expenses, than to ex- pend all the energies of its friends in buildings, while the increase of the library, which should be the main object of such associations, is negleeted_ The more important operations of the two societies referred to have been trammelied by their efforts re-- specting buildings for their own accommodation. If the trade is restricted and the law against | We hope our citizens who take an interest in such offenders enforced, there will be no need of | matters will press this subject upon the attention. such a strong prohibitory enactment as that | of those who have it in their power to concentrate: which was vetoed by Governor Seymour last | these libraries in the same vicinity. winter, DissoLvTion OF THE CANADIAN PARLIAMENT.— Lord Elgin has not enjoyed much repose since his return to the seat of his government. A | New York Societ; squabble between the French and English citi- zens of Quebec took place on his arrival, and 4 was found necessary to prorogue and dissolve Parliament. The details will be found under the telegraphic head. The cause of this last The following are the reported number of yolumes in the libraries of the institutions referred to:— Volumes. Astor Lil 6 New York Historical Total -+172,000 Bible Society, about. 174,000 ‘There are alao located in the building of the Ame- movement is obvious. The Hincks administra- Ticau Bible Society several bookstores and colle tration have been amusing the country fora couple of years or more with promises of two great measures, one the secularization of the clergy reserves, or in other words, the appro- priation to educational purposes of funds origi- tions of books, belonging to various societies and individuals, No section of this city is more conve bare of access by railroads and stages than Astor place. It should be mentioned that the building fund of the Historical Society consists of subscriptions from nally set apart for the support of certain eccle- | citizens, and a bequest of five thousand dollars from. siastical sects; the other, the construction of a | the late Miss Demilt—amounting in all, with in- grand trunk railway throughout the province. terest, to about thirty thousand dollars; while that tire to the sweets of private life, allowing the | It so happens that Mr, Hincksis unable tocarry | of the Society Library, derived entirely from their hards and softs to fight it out among them- selves. The state of feeling is such that at the present time it is impossible to say how they will go to work or who they will nominate. There will be a highly interesting contest at the city election. Last year the pseudo-re- out his engagements in reference to either of these two projects. Whether in consequence of intimations received from the imperial govern- ment, or from the usual conservative tendencies of parties in power, the faction he leads declines to take the responsibility of dealing with the Own resources, except a bequest of five thousand dollars from Miss Demilt, and including the lots owned by them in University place, amounts to about seventy-five thousand dollars. It is somewhat singular that among all the doaa- tionsand bequests which have been bestowed by wealthy individuals at their deccase on the instita~ formers carried everything before them, and | clergy reserve question as the country expect- | tions of thiscity, the only 2 . person who, on making promised to do the most extraordinary things | ea ; hence one ground of opposition. For the | ® will, has remembered the two important for the city. They have done nothing at all, and our citizens have been obliged to sweep their streets with their own house-brooms. It is to be hoped that the people will put no more trust in committees or other humbugs, but come out boldly in support of their own candi- dates, whether it be for Mayor, Aldermen, Councilmen, City Judge, Recorder, or Register. Some of the partisans have already com- menced agitation in favor of their friends. A great many people are “talked about” for prominent stump candidate, and if he will come out and announce himeelf as a candi- date he will receive a hearty support from many citimens. He is enterprizing, sharp- other, Mr. Hincks is hardly responsible. The state of the British money market prevents the contractors of the Grand Trunk Railway from fulfilling their contracts and a portion of the work has been stopped. It seems to be gene- rally feared in the province that the whole of it will be abandoned. To these causes the minis- terial defeat must be ascribed. Of the effects of that defeat it is as yet premature to speak. A new election will most likely send to Parliament literary” societies referred to, or indeed any similar institu- tion here, was a lady'of one of our old New York families. The endowment of Mr. Astor was, it will be remembered, devoted to the institution estab- lished by his will, and bearing his name. Is not this a hint worthy the consideration of some of our- millionaires whose wills are not already prepared ? City Inteliigence. Tue Wearurr.—What s change has cdme over the weather. From gaure and linen it has gone to cloths, careimeres, overshoes, and almost to overcoats. For E a duplicate of the present house; but it is hard | some days past the thermometer has stood at 82 degrees, Mayor. Genin, the Broadway sweeper, is a | to perceive where materials for a new ministry | but yosterday it suddenly fell to 62 degrees, a change can be found. One or two new men—like George Brown—may possibly be added by way of leaven to the old batch—but it is doubtful whether Canada can dispense with Cameron, sufficient to turn our sweltering to shivering. From morning until midnight yerterday the skies were lower- ing and dark with clouds, at intervals the rain falling copiously. We were warting little cooler weather than we bave had of late, and also some rain to refresh the witted and vigorous, a good specimen of | Morris, Taché or Drummond. Mr. Hincke also | stmosphere, brighten up the flowers, and lay the dust in. young America, Among the persons likely to receive the whig nomination we hear the names of Daniel Lord, counsellor, George Peckham, (of the house of Eno, Roberts & Co.,) Nathan C. Ely, (President of the Board of Aldermen,) ex- Sheriff Thomas Carnley, and Zophar Mills, Pre- sident of the Fire Department Association. If Mr. Mills gets the whig nomination he expects that the whig temperance and firemen vete will elect him. Among the democrats nominated we hear the names of Senator Barr and Timothy Daly onthe hard shell side. The softs talk about almost everybody, but both of these par- ties have done nothing but talk during the last few months, Abraham Russell, Beq., will be supported by | bill. It is said that certain Northern Nebraska | ‘us have it « little the native as well as other interests for the post of City Judge, He is able and competent may possibly be regarded as a necessary man; though his wealth may now render him more in- different to office than he used to be. Lord El- gin himself returns to England this fail, and the streets; but yesterday all these came with a rush, making ‘too much of s good thing," as the saying goes Our citizons were placed in a situation in which they could well appreciate the story of the dackey who ot for potatoes. Sambo sat down to dinner) and tbe foro being rathe ty, aa it generally | with those of th will not probably assume the government of sable: hue san ante bettas s atreak of piety ran " Canada after that date. Tue Homestead Bit1.—The House bill grant- vocation for this vegeinble, dui ing free farms to actual settlers upon the public lands is still awaiting the action of the Senate. The veto of the Lunatic Asylum bill has given the Homestead measure a deadly blow, if there is any consistency in the administra- tion. not affecting the principle of the Homestea: men, considerably frightened by the anti- slavery clamor of the North, are anxious to But Gen. Cess has defended the veto, a8 | were sent up for cooler weather and refreshing | the call has been answered, but we bave no doubt all will through him, had great confi¢ence in ‘power rayer. Happening at this time to havea potato appe- and there being none before him, he sent up an ~ some mis- chievyous person who overheard him resolved to answer hia call, and commenced a shower of potatoes into the pre nid Ragen pe railing bboat aM speech, oisoor rs e mercers a im, sinaal the windows, breeking his tes, &e., aca the cabeer wae over he) plously ejaculated, “All right, massa—all right; but please luff em down a little lighter noxt time.) Our citizens have for many days been broiling beneath a summer's sun, and doubtless many ‘eff ton showers: esting the clerk of the weather to let. thter next time. Yacrnxa.—The new yacht Julia, built for Mr. Water- ,, by George Steer’, the woll known builder of the. dapetion, made” her Seat trial trip on Wednesday atten: join with us in I