The New York Herald Newspaper, July 12, 1854, Page 4

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Sabseriptions and advertisements for any edition of the Tvs Yorn Henatp will be received at the following placer tm Surope:— ‘La recrog., Joho Hunter, No. 2 Pazadise street. Losoun .s.. Edwards, Sandford & Uo., No. 17 Cornbiil. Wm. Tnomax & Co, No 19 Catherine street Place de le Bourse : THE CONVENTION. The hard shell convention meets at Syracuse to- day at noon, and according to our correspondent it is Hikely not to be very fully attended. Judge Van- derbilt having declined a nomination for Governor, the most prominent individuals for the honor of dying in vhe breach in the next political battle are Mr. Bronson, Mr. Schell and Col, Curtis, Althoazh Mr. Bronson’s chances are regarded as the best, ys! ‘the Colonel’s friends are exceedingly active. Bit the principal and all-important point to be settled ts the ground to be taken on the Nebraska question; ‘and even the Know-Nothing nut is one which re- quires serious examination before it is cracked. A preliminary caucus was held last evening, but nothing indicative of a determination transpire 3. In the outsice gatherings there was some talk of parsing over the Nebraska measure without any expression of opinion whstever. We give on the Gret page a list of the delegates to the convention, and the ceapatch of our correspondent, giving the latest intelligence. FROM WASHINGTON. Aa the ression of Congress ia rapidly drawing to aclose, the legislation assumes a more practica character, and action takes the place of debate Vetitions for the repeal of the Fugitive Slave lay #t.ll continue to pour into the Senate, in one weak, wuchy, everlasting flood, Yesterday the Ban Frau coo telegraph bill, and the bill allowiog the Alex ancria Railroad Company to extend their road through the District to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, were passed. Mr. Brown gave notice of » substitute to the Humestead bill, but we are not in formed as to ite features. The revenue lawshave been esrefully revised, and compiled into one law, aod the Secretary of the Treasury asks for an imme- diate enactment on the subject. After the transac Mon of some other unimportact business the Senate went into executive seasion. In the House yesterday the bill authorizing the appointment of letter carriers in California and the ‘Territories on the Pacific was passed. It limita the charge on mail matter to fifty cents and under per ounce, according to the length of the routes, tc. Heretofore letters, papers, an’ parcels have been @elivered throughout the sparsely settled minine regions of California by the agents of express line , whose operations, we believe, have also been ex ‘tended to Oregon and Washington Territories. We question whether the change will be regarded by the miners themselves as a beneficial one. Mr. Oids seems determined to distinguish himself, no matter how foolish the means he may adopt to effect the @bject. He has reported a bill repealing the law making 2 deduction of fifty per cent on pre-paid postage on periodicals and newspapers. In Com mittee of the Whole the River and Harbor bill was ander discussion, and the session was entirely oc- eupied in debating an amendment increasing the appropriation for the improvement of the Ohio river and the repair of the dam at Cumberiand Ialand, fram ninety thousand—the estimate of the engineers—to one hundred and ninety thousand dol- Jars, which, after tacking on twenty-five thousand dollars for the Louisville and Portland canal, was adopted, Mr. Ruffin was appointed on the Colt patent investigating committee in place of Mr. Clingman. Bennett's Land bill was postponed tili tthe third Tueeday in December. The attention of our readers is directed to the @espatch of our special correspondeat. It contains mpoch that is interesting. COMMERCIAL APPAIRS. Breadstaffs were moderately active yesterlay without change of moment in prices. Cotton was tolerably active and firm, closing with an apward tendency in quotations. Freights to Liverpool con- tinued quite steady, at fall rates, while to Califor min they were dall. There were cight vessels ap for California, which were filling up slowly. MISCELLANEOUS. ‘The latest accounta from Newfound'and repre- seat that the catch of fish is likely to prove very meagre this season. Active exertions were bein: mode to despatch armed vessels to protect the fisb- ermen from the encroachments of their rivals. We are indebted to Mesara. Adams & Co. for the prompt delivery of a file of the Sydney (Aastralia) Dtorning Herald to the 10th of May, brought b: the steamship Golden Age. We bad previoualy r- ceived copies of the same journal, of one day late date. By the arrival of the bark Parodi we have ad vices from the Bast Coast of Africa to the 13th of April. Our correspondent at Mozambique say that the political world of that tnteresting region was in a state of quiet, the negro war at Tete coo’ ing cewn, and the markets for American goods very active. Michael Jennines @ youth of eighteen, suffere.| the extreme penalty of the law yesterday at Ne Maven, for the marder of Mrs. Bradley. He died re peniwset, but unconlessed. News from Havana to the 5th instant, by way © ew Orienz®. bes been received, Admiral Du. oe quesne, of the French squadron, died on the $4 {a- stant. Nearly five handred Chinese laburers hed arrived in a Dutch vessel. LATER NEWS FROM EUROPE. ‘The s‘eamship Avis, from Liverpool, is now fully due, being in her twelfth day out. AFFAIRS IN THB CITY. Assistant Treasurer Cisco yesterday pald seven million dollars to the order of G neral Almonte, the Mexican Minister. It passed into the vaults of the Bank o America, Bank of Commerce, Bank of New York, and Merchavts’ and Phenix banks. What a Tetief thie must be to Mr. Cisco He can’t have more than a million and a alf left. ‘The Board of Aldermen last even ng let off some ofth pent-up gas which the thermometer oad at ite prevous bigh degree prevented them from emitting Yet there was noth ng in t wortny of | Inore space than we have devoted to it in a brief sketch of their proceedings As “be election ap- proaches Buncombe speeches will doubtless be pro- lific in this grave assembly. A petition from the directors of the Crys'al Palace in rela tion to the personal tax of 1853, (the amount hot stated,) was referred ‘o the Committee on Asseaxments, The petition for the exten- sion of the Bowery to the Battery was with- drawn and eferred tothe Councilmen. A discus- sion a: ose on the long-debated subject of tne con- tract for cleaning the streets, which, after some few bard knocks and insinuations of corruption, Was terminated by the adoption of the report aa recommended by the Councilmen. The Board will meet again this evening. The Board of Supervisors also met, and, having tranzacted 4 little business, adjourned to meet again thie evening. The members of the Board of Councilmen met last evening, but the President was s0mpelled to adjourn the meeting for want of a quoram. The dirt cartmen held their meeting last eve « ing, at which it wa resolved to uphold their rights to @ fair day's wages, by a legal, peaceable, and united action amongst the body. Wal Street Swindles-Net Results. The stock books are still being vigorously overhauled in Wall strect, and new life has been galvanized into scores of directors and trustees. The change from the apathy of the past year or two is equally novel and gratifying. It wasre- quired. It is calculated that Robert Schuyler fraudulently obtained, by over-issues of stock and other contrivances, something like three millions of dollars, which he lost, or made away with, and which cannot now be recovered from bim. Other operators in the Parker Veia Coal Company are supposed to have obtained seven to eight millions of dollars in exchange for tpuricus certiticates of stock, which are now known to be worthless. A similar swindle on the Vermont Central Railroad Company’s stock has given the rogues a profit of thirteen hua- dred thousand dollars: and one or two minor cases of a like nature have probably produce: for their authors a quarter of a million of dol- lars. Altogether, we may say, in round num- bers, that during the past few months, som: twelve millions of dollars have been fraudu lently obtained by knavish financiers, whose present re+ponsibility is zero. This money has been taken out of the pockets of a large class of individuals, Speculators, who bought the worthless certificates, men of small means who invested their savings in the concerns thus plun- dered, capitalists interested therein, and the moneyed community generally have been the locers, Indirectly, all of us participate in the loss ; for the discovery of the frauds ha depreciated almost every kind of security, and wrought a sensible injury to almost every branch of trade. But the direct victims o! these operations are the shareholders in the companies whose name has been fraudently used. Legally as well as morally the loss of the twelve millions of dollars must fall wpoo them. Some of them have met the difficulty boldly and at once assumed the loss: and how. ever small the share of credit due to the adop- tion of a course which was in effect unavoida- ble, it ie still gratifying to find that the ex- ample of chicanery and delay set by one cor. porate institution has not been followed by the others. In cases of this kind, frank and prompt honesty is always more economical in the end than quibbling and hesitation. It is possible that lawyers may discover some plea on which the New Haven Railroad Company may seck to thirk its liability for its spurious stock issued by its late President; but unless this branch o/ our jurispradence is very defective and incon sistent with the principles of natural right, such a efence will only aggravate the defend ant’s case, and augment the loss of individual shareholders. In a moral point of view, the duty of that company is clear. Robert Schuyler was by their acts invested with the powers which enabled him to perpetrate the fraud: they hat publicly vouched for his integrity by investiny him with the highest trusts in their gift; they had, #0 to eay, thrown the public off their guard against him by clothing him with powers which it would have been sheer insanity to delegate toa man of doubtful character or untried ho- nesty. Should the company now tell the holder of a spurious certificate issued in the name of the Schuylers, that he should have ascertained the validity of the paper when he bought it, they may properly be answered that if any such inquiry had been requisite, Robert Schuyler should not have been where he was, and that it wasa fraud and aanare to keep him there. There is a further reason why the late issues of spurious etock should be promptly assumed by the companies. The credit of the whole finan cial community is involved in the case, The merest child can perceive that if the claims of the innocent holders of spurious certiticates against the companies can be defeated by legal quibbles, there is an end of railroad and in- deed of all financial credit. No man will buy a share of railroad stock if, though apparently valid, and to all appearance regular, it may prove afterwards worthless in consequence of sotme fraud of the president or directors. The recent disclosures have struck a severe blow at our securities abroad : if the loss is promptly made good, and the acts of the frandulent of cers frankly assumed by the companies, the iu- ury will be repaired, and our credit will re- cover; if that loss, or any part of it, is thrown upon innocent holders, we must confideutly expect to see Wall street ranked with Missis eippi, and our railroad bonds returned on our bands from all parts of the world. Common policy should induce the compsuies that have been robbed to say es little about the matter as possible, and make the loss good to the ut- termost ferthing. Itis a hard matter of course for the share hglders in halfa dozen companies to lose twelv: millions ot dollars; and on soine, no doubt, th joes will fall with peculiar severity. But thi s, after all, one of the small misfortunes of lif Houres are burned, desks are robbed, pocket picked, and lives and limbs endangered lost almost every day ; these are in their way greater calamities than the robbery of compa- nies, for the latter might be averted by CRT LT Proper ure of prudence, while the former are often unavoidable. Proper pradence would hav rendered it impossible for Ro- - bert Schuyler to ieue spuriows stock. A judiei us carter and by lawe would have de- prived & e directors of the Purker Vein of the power of deluging the +treet wits seven or eight millicns of werthless stock. Both of these die- asters might have been averted by precaution and vigilavee on the part of the shareholders, who, therefore, have themselves to blime in a meature for w at has ocourred. Again, the victims f the recent swindles are cha-geable | with as are of their responsibility, ioasmach as they elected the officers who perpetrated the swindles, It ie true that, in the case o° a man of Schuyler’s former character, this would hardly seem to apply ; but still, bis extensive operations, involving an incessant wint of mo- ney, ought to have suggested an objection to bis appointment to po-ta where ample opportu- nities for raising money frauiulently were af- forded him. In other cases, it ie o»vious that | too little care has been displayed in the selec- | tion of men to fill reeponsible offives: and therein the victimized shareboldera may thank them- selves for the consequence, Whether the lors of these twelve millions be or be not a grave calamity, to be deplored by journalists, and sorrowed over by the com:nu- nity ut large, it is clear that, like all similar events, it is pregnant with some benefit. The sa’ert railronds are those which have just hur. ried a score of human beings into eternity by a frightful accident: and the financial world is never in so healthy a condition a3 when a few frauds like Schuylcr’s have just come to light. Such little alarms are necessary in fact to keep up our stock of prudence. Long periods of im- munity from swindles beget undue confidence, the worst feature a mercantile community can prerent. We require to be robbed now ani then, ‘ust to remind us that penitentaries an model prisons have not abolished rozuery, and that, i we would be prosperous, we must keep our wits about us, and exert that circumspection with w ich Providence has endowed us. While we write, stocks are d: wn, in an easy money market; and the stock books of all our great railroad companies are undergoing a thorourh inspection. We may be sure that for a0: 6 months at least no spurious stock will get into the market. Bank cashiers turn up their noses at railroad stocks as security for loans; byt the straitened accommodation will exerc & healthy influence in keeping trade wit... bounds, and dictating caution to the whole community. This salutary effect of the Schuy- ler medicine will not last long. The dose will soon cea e to operate, and a few months hence rascality will again be treated as a fanciful myth. But this cannot be helped. For the security it now affords us let us all be thankful. : Finate or THE CrystaL Patace.—T ¢ agony is over at last, and the Crystal Pa- lace is no more. Simultaneously with the glowing acccunte of the opening of the resus- citated Crystal Palace at Sydenham, in Eaz- land, the newspapers announced that our Crys" tal Palace is abandoned as a failure, and that the property of the aseociation is to be sold to pay tome portion of its debts, The two under- iakings have presented a striking contras (broughout their existence; but this last ta- bieau is by far the most imposing and instruc tive of all. On the one side, the sovereiga o: Great Britain, surrounded by her ministry and the power and genius of the land, inaugurates afresh, amid the majestic strains of solems music, the noble editice now consecrated to the recreation and enjoyment of the British people: on the other, a sneaking announcement in an obscure print tells us that the President of th New York Crystal Palace has resigned im con- sequence of “the too onerous duties of the position,” and adds that the concern will be clored and its effects sold off on the 31st of October next. The comparison appears the more striking when we remember that one nation is at peace, the other at war: that int creased taxation and fresh levies of soldiers bave not in the one instance militated against the successful achievement of a work which overflowing prosperity and national quiet were unable to carry out in the other. These re- flections are galling to our nutional pride. it is well, however, that they should be presented to our minds: the lesson they teach is wholesome, and, whatever it cost, it must be learnt. No one will be silly enough to suppose that our sailure and foreiguers’ success argue any redical inferiority in us, or superior ability in them: they only show that while they choose their best men to conduct their enterprise, we abandon ours to some of the worst that could be found for such @ purpose, We shall do better next time. Meanwhile, the example of the Crystal Palace must be kept well in mind. From its origin to its close, it has been a positive injury to the country and the city. Before the pillars were erected, its stock had become s Wall street fancy, and sold at seventy- five per cent premium. The directors may say what they please about their subscriptions be- ing limited to a certain number of shares; but the public will always believe they were privy to this gambling. Nor can they shake off the responsibility of the expectations that were raieed, and which led to such disastrous specu- lations in building lots and houseg, Real estate rose from twenty-five to a hundred per cant on the strength of the expected influx of popala- tion. Rows of houses were hurried up in the vicinity of the Palace: the builders counting confidently on handsome returns from the in- vestment in consequence of the statements which emanated from the company. More than half of these are now vacant, aod the owners would be glad to sell out at a beavy loss. The prices of board and rent were increased throughout the city, and the cost of living largely augmented. All this was in anticipation of the throng foreseen by the Crystal Palece Company. When the time came for the opening, the building was not half ready. Exhibitors, many of whom had come from great distances, and visiters who had brought their families to see the temple of industry, spent their money idly at hotels, or returned home sickened. When the opening day did come, the ceremonial farce, and the dinner which followed, completed the measure of contempt into which the concern fell. It be- came @ byword aud a laughing stock ; and consequently, when the exhibition closed, it was found in debt to the tune of $125,000. Everybody who had ever been connected with t or who had taken its existence into account a financial calculations, was a disgusted loser. Twould have been charity to bury it then and there, and tay no more about it. But the direc- tors would not be taught : so they bunted up a showman, and having exhausted their own stoc | pace. of Yambug, called hie into requisition. The| Mn McKuow oun Dwrucr Arronver— eeticle had been found to anewer when used witb woolly horses and unicorns; but it wore it-elf out in a ocuple of months at the Crystal Palace. Puffs, posters, flaming advertisem -nta, Irammoth concerts, and pathetic appeals to the laboring claeses were fired ff in rapid succes- tion ; but like the rock ts on te Fourth, though the dieplay was brilliant for the mo. ment, it scon faded into utter dariness and silence. Then the showman gave it up, and it became clear that humbug couldnt save it. The last ecene in this strange eventfal history bas yet to come, namely, the auctin of the efiecta of the dear departed. The sooner the better: the case demands a final reqguiescat in Emigration to Venezacia. Tt seems an egtablished fact tha: the bound” Jess natural wealth of the Colombian republics is not destined to be poured imto the lap of their present occupants. That the aborigines should have failed to discover it was no won- der; but in this reepect their Spanish conquer- ors bave not proved themselves their superiors, The inexbaurtible resources of Colombia, as well mineral as agricultaral: the most fertile tracts of land in the world: noble pr.iries, rich forests, navigable rivers; a position. admirably suited as well for foreign trade as for home in- dustry: all have been thrown away upon the descendants of the European colonists of South America. No concentrated efforts have ever been made to bring the plains under cultiva- tion. Domestic industry there is none. The whole trade of the Colombian repablics coa- sists in the interchange of a few natural pro ducts of the coil for foreign manufactured arti- cles of prime necessity. Lapland, groaning under a combination of unparalleled disadvan- tages, has vied, in point of commercial, agricul- tural and industrial activity, with Colombia, on which God's fairest blessings have been shower- ed in profusion. The cause of the phenomenon is obvious. Whether from accidental degene- racy, or natural inability, Spanish-Americans are incapable of developing the land they inhabit. Like the French Canadians, those qualities of mind and body which ensure success in life to the individual and prosperity and power to the race which possesses them, are entirely wanting in the Spaniards of South America. They have their share of virtues, which are not lees worthy of admiration than those of stardier races ; but energy, fortitude, perseverance and invention are rarely found among them. ‘This fact, which has long been manifest t: foreign observers, has only recently occurred to the minds of the Colombian governments. It is only within the last few years that the ne- cesaity of encouraging foreign immigration has been discovered by Venezuela, Ecuador and New Granada. That discovery has been made, however; and though tardy, it is still a matter of congratulation as a step towards curing the evil under which those countries have so long labored. Venezuela especially has distin- guished herself by the vigor with which the subject has been taken up by her government. Some years ago, attempts were made to intro. duce Germans and Americans into that State; but from the inadequacy of the temptation of- fered, the stream of immigrants still coutinued to prefer the Western States of North America. A fresh endeavor has been made at the last session of the Venezuelan Congress. A law has been passed, autborizing the Executive to enter into -contracts with individuals or companies, for the introduction of foreign settlers into Venezuela, and to pay for each immigrant over seven and under fifty years of age, a sum of twenty-tive dollars, such sum to be deducted from the duties on importations by said companies. On male children under seven years of age, the bonusis to be $10. A cargo of Germans or Irish might thus pay hand- somely. The terms of citizenship offered to the immigrants are extremely favorable. On their arrival they are entitled toa grant of land for cultivation, and shortly afterwards (the period of probation is not specified in the law) they can be naturalized. For six years after their arrival in Venezuela they are exempted from all national and municipal tases, and from service in the army or navy. Religious toler- ance has been established in the State, and im- migrants are free to profess whatever form of worship they choose; even marriages by “here- tic” priests being held to be valid in law. Here is @ chance for some of those immi- grants who are not satisfied with the United States. Germans who cannot abide our tolera- tion of Catholic archbishope—Irishmen whose natural predilection for blackthorn and whis- key get them into trouble with our police au- thorities—had better pack up their traps with- out delay, and make tracks for Venezuela. A splendid climate, plenty of land, no taxes, tolerably liberal institutions, and a fair field, await them there. The more babies the better; males are worth ten dollars a head, and calicoes and cottons are needless in such a climate. For further information apply to the Minister from Venezuela, who is now in this city. Tae Harp Seer Strate Conventions.—This is the day which makes or mars the fortunes of the hard shells at Syracuse, unless the real bu- siness of their convention should be postponed till to-morrow. Who is to be their candidate for Governor? Perhaps Dickinson, perhaps Bron- son, perhaps Birdsall, or Mather, or Cooley, or Clinton, or somebody else. The candidates for the State offices, being a mere matter of form, ere of but little importance. But the new Syracuse hard shell platform is quite another thing. Will they endorse Gevernor Sey mour on the Maine Liquor law? Doubtful. Will they follow the example of Tammany Hall in the repudiation of the Know Nothings? Very likely. Will they condemn the epoils policy of the administration? Most assuredly they will. Will they approve the repeal of the Mis- souri compromise, or disapprove it, or dodge it, under cover of a plausible abstraction? Very likely they will dodge it; bat we shall see. Upon this paramount issue the danger is that the ition of the hard sells will end ina fizzle. They are divided among them- selves upon the issue, and for the sake of har- mony they may agree to compromise their dif- ferences in dodging it. We shall await their proceedings with anxiety; for the results will be important, whatever courve they may pursue. Dereat or Tar Liquor Br.—We perceive, from the proceedings of the New Hampshire Houee of Representatives, that the Liquor bill has been laid upon the table. The doctrines of the Maine Liquor law are not applicable to New Hampebire. The “unterrified democracy” of the Granite State are not to be frightened by drugged liquor. The coalitionists have de- feated them on the printer, and on the two Se- ators; but not on the liquor question. There the New Hampshire democracy are firm, Waar’s THz Marten Now t—The labors of the mountain are over—we have got our District Attorney. Mr. Jobn McKeon is the happy man, and Mr. Wetbrook is the upbappy man. He is left to make his peace with his constituents upon the Nebraske qu stion. Theeighty mem- bers of Congress who carried up hie claims to the White House, including the chairman on Nebraska, were not enough to overcome the | antagonism of Marcy ; and yet the Premier | seems to have been overruled upon McKeon. What's the matter now? Is this nomination of a co-called hard shell intended to conciliate the hards at Syracuse? oris it to reassare‘the Irish Catholics of the good faith of the administra- tion? The True National Democrat and Mornirg Star, a small paper with a large title, and a devotee of the administration and the spoils— | alittle behindband, as usual, with the news— made a desperate appeal yesterday to Gen. Pierce against McKeon, as one of the Irish | Catholic party. In the course of this appeal— | ignorant that the appointment is made—the True Democrat—the “real, genuine original H Jucobs”’—say 8:— 4 ‘The appointment of Mr. McKeon would bes death blo ap this city, to the triumph of de: dave Irishmen and,Catbolics now im public office, far # pessing in number the demauds of justioe.and the best in- Verests of our country. Che urmucratic par:y is accused af ‘Deing the instremeui of this w+tioual wroug. The appoiat- gent ot Mr.Mckeon would seem te endorse this aecucstwn ae 8 truth, and the reault woul. be @ graeral rey op the part of our own countrymen, of every pomination. Is not this an awkward piece of business? According to the authority quoted the ‘“death- blow” has been given in this city to “the riumph of democratic principles.” This wil be good news to many of our citizens, who have become utterly disgusted with the ‘tri- umpis of democratic principles,” such as they are in this city. But the news of this death-blow wants confirmation. Once more, therefore, we call upon the Washington Union to answer yea or nay, is the True National Democrat an organ of the administration, or otherwise does it speak “by authority” for the Know Nothings, while the administration iteelf is la. boring to “conciliate the Catholic vote ?”—or has the aforesaid paper been excommunicated ? We must have this mystery settled officially. sizaLion, mnvcra\ie Tae Ex-Mempens or Taz Lopsy at Washina- tTox.—A considerable number of ex-members of Congress are among the most active lobby men at igton; and m having been mem- House or the Senate, are, from their vesociations. the most influential, in many ases, in getting through heavy claimsand large ontracts. It has also been the’practice, here- tofore, for actual members of both Houses to act as claim agents against the government—a most corrupt and demoralizing business. If we are not mistaken, however, thie branch of the spoils operations of the sitting members has been stopped by law or materially modified. A few years ago, we remember, an Alabama Senator openly advertised himself asa claim agent against the government, whose interest he was elected to protect. Since then the Galphin and Gardner claims, and other large speculations, have brought the practice into discredit, although many a member still comes to Congress with the idea that in the way of perquisites and pickings of various kinds he can “makea great deal of money.” With ex- members as claim agents, Congress cannot very well interfere ; but when we see such men of influence as ex-Senator Clemens as counsel for Colt’s patent, some idea may be formed of the resources and talents of the lobby, and of the profits. It will psy handsomely on Colt’s patent. In fact it always pays. Tue Wasuincton Crry Water Worxs.—The Hoare of Reprecentatives, after voting ten mil- lions of dollars for the Gadeden treaty, and half a million for custom houses located from a thousand to fifteen hundred miles from sult water, re'ected the appropriation of $500,000 for the water works of Washington city, by a vote of 91 to 60. There works have been commenced, and one appropriation of $100,000 has been expended upon them. The plan adopted is an aqueduct tapping the Potomac river at the head of the Great Falls, fourteen miles above Washington; and the whole cost of bringing the water to the city in the greatest abundance, has been vari- ously estimated at from three to five millions. We have had some reports of the mismanage- ment of the fands—of the extravagance of the plan—of the want of confidence in the parties having the work in hand; bat all sides admit the necessity of securing against fire the public buildings and the public archives in Washing- ton, by a convenient and bountiful supply of water. It is the duty of Congress to make this provision in behalf of the government, the treasury, the capital of the republic, the Con- gress, tHe citizens and strangers in the city, and for the credit of the country at large. Nothing is lost by appropriations to the federal capital, which, while they subserve the purposee of the government, contribute to make the city attractive, worthy of the grandeur and resources of the Union, and better able to support itself. As a piece of specula- tion, the proposed water works would pay the government in the increased value of its vast amount of real estate, in the shape of house lots located in various parts of the city. Pri- vate property owners, in this view, would no doubt be ready to contribute a fair per ocat- “eTheee water works are sald tobe an adminis- tration project. Ifo, there must be a screw loose somewhere. The ten millions of the Gads- den treaty were carried through easily enough. Had the late defeat in Washington of the ad- ministration candidate for Mayor, anything to do with the defeat of the water works appro- priation? or are there any members of the House, who, from the Nebraska agitation, are beginning to count npon the chances ef dis- union? Meantime what is the corporation of Washington about? They should instantly get upa grand Congreesional ball, with uchampagae supper, in bebalf of the water works. It might result in « favorable reconsideration of the sub- ject by the House. Failing in this expedient, let the City Councils propose a tax upon the real estate of property owners and of the trea- sury? It might shame the House into a sense of duty. We are rather inclined, however, to think that a splendid corporation banquet and pall to Congress, would do the business, Who knows? It is not too late to try. Naval Intelligence. The United States revenue cutter Jefferson Davis ar rived at Valparaiso May 17, ‘rom New York and Kio Janeiro, and -iled 29th tor San Frapeiaco. The rlcop of war St. Marys sailed from Callao May 26 | for Val,araiso. The rloop-of-war Germantown sailed from Montevideo | June 4, for j } The whigs of the First ward met at the Hudson House , and nominated Brenton B drinnett \iderman, in the place of T. W. democratic nominee is Timothy was beld yesterday. James, resigned. 7 L. saith, Se lettion | the loth of July, alittle aftr 7 0% » 1 saw the two ac- | cused go | down severad times; the last time one came upalove, the other having atayet vehind on the Ommpos Paas— We mentioned the other day that all the fares on the city ruilroads were now five cents, and three cents by two omnibus lines. Thig statemert, it appears, has been misanderstood. Hence the following card:— New Yoas, Moe wopersicoed, stage’ prucroline aad Thagh seen: nie, paving noticed an articl+ in your paper relative to stage frres on the est side of the city, we have to say that we have not and do not tutend to make aay redug- tion in the price of fure, which is now 6% cents for paa- sengers. MACKRELL & SIMPSON, Dry Dock and East Broads way to south ferry. GEO W. HOMAN & CO, from Grand_strent. ferry to foot of Thirty-second Loagg ner Rape LUDLOW & SINtY, Dry Dock, atreet, Bowery ant South terry. a y — Gees | ; aod Lend erry Stage 2 |. JEM MARS) Sevarinettent ? The omnibus lives charging but three cents ram through the Bowery, und look like locomotive bee hives, Sixpence is cheap for a ride to any part of the city, bat, arithmetically considered, three conte is cheaper. Martne Affatrs. Quick Pareacz —The new ship Star of Empire, owned) by Dugard & Leland, and commanded by Wm. W. Frenchy, made the passage from New York to Pana ns in 98 days, which ir by eighteen cays the shortest om record—the- next queckest being that of the Jenny W.. Page, which made the voyage in 11) cays. ‘Tae PrruccTH Rocr.—This is the title of 8 new steam- boat, which will commence running between Baffalo and Tetroit on the 14th inst. Her ommmaoder, Captain Willoughby, has seot us witation to him op hie first trip; which w uli do with pleasure if we coulo spare time for the vee. We wish bim aud his wever, all the success which he himself could vevsel, devise. Lavyen.—a fine schooner of 269 tons burthen, will be Isuncted ‘rom the new ship yard at the foot of Forty-- bird street, Kast River, this moraing, She is to be Commanded by Capt. Vaname, of Staten Island. City I.telitgenen, Aimoer A Fine.— of Mr George Scriven, ¢ wine and liquor de: 9) Muiden lane, cam near taking Gre iaxt ogbi surance watch and the se- cond ward police aiscoy: red « light in the cellar at about nine o’clock, and, obtaiung entrance ant up the iron grating, found @ piece of sperm candle atuck ins box, surrour ded by loose corks. It was discovered just ip time torave the premise: the flame had reached the corks, and to of them burning. Near tue vox wana d+ mijobo of Hquor. ont etiaw aad o ber indemma- Ve maveri-] wan neattered about, A mesenger wos im~ mediately deepatebed for the Fire Maraihal {aforming him of the affair, that he might make the ia. vestigation He came to the place and went through the buileing, but, from the a pearance of thiags, con- sidered the Gre to be the result of gross carelesness on the part of s"me ove last upon the premires. The Mar- shel stationed a policeman upon the place, with orlers to watch the building until this morning, when further inquiries will be wade into the affair. last Tus Dixt Cartwgn held another meting se | at Unon Hall. corver ot Tsenty-seoond street end Thi avenue A el hen Mr. F. memtere preseot, © the chair, and Mr. Cunnean acted as Seorecary. Tne mi- puter of the lest-meeting were ‘ean aod approved. after which some energetic npeecbes were made, exhorting all the cerimen to ure energetic action’ egeing the mo- Bopolizing scheme of the contractors in the dverion of wages to $2 per day. It waa safety existed for the interests of the men families except what would result frem unity both in sentiment and ection. This sentiment was urged by bie speakers, Who Lciegeoer | Rpts one demand tor fairness, to be uphel a and pesce- able vpion Aftermaoy remarks fo this sural the meet- ing separated. <Tur Insvxep Fiaxwen at Jnveings’ Stone. —Under thig head we published a notice, on Monday mor#ing, stating that Patrick Waters, a member of the fire de; ty. had lain in the hospital, with a fractured ti } Over since, negitcte! by those who had the of the fund for the relief of disabled firemen. We yesterday learned from Mz. J. Y. Watkins, one of the trustess of this fund, that the reason of this neglect is that uone of the trustees knew any thing about the case. Mr. Wat- kine called at the hospital shortly after the and inquired after Waters, »nd un @ratood frem One the doctors thst be was wanting nothing, and in s fair way to recover. Not besring of him » all took it for granted that he wes recovered from his injuries, learning, from our notice, the situation of yniperegg & . Wathina Went immediateiy to the hospital to ser him, and is now ready and wiliing, wich the rastof the trus- tees of the Sremen's fund, 10 administer tabi his wi Immediate assistance will be given bie whe has been dependent upon s brother since the to her husband. . Acciwxnt.—Fdward Herlings, a lad sixteen years of age renterday fell from the fourth atory of the premises fo. 16 Epruce street, and broke one of his legs. He was taken to the New York ho-pital. Frezs.— About 10 o’elock on Monday night, a fire broke out in « liger bi'r saloon, io a frame building No. 166 Weat Twenty seveurb street. The loss is estimated at ebout $800. “Insured in the New Amsterdam Company for $200, The alarm of tire about o'clock yesterdvy moratng was caueed by a quantliy of, straw accidentally wakiatc fre in the building No. 815 Seventh avenue, owned by Peter Gu:tus. Loss about $2/0—insured for $400. Brooklyn City Inte! mcs, Tus Buooxiyy Crry Rankonps —at a meeting of the Board of Aldermen, on Monday mght, several petitions were presented, asking thet tie restrictions forbidding the Brooblyn Cty Railroad U. mpeny from runal carson Sunday night be remov The eu gave rise to a good deal of discuss! a, and (he-evini. n:was+n- presred by Alverman Dayton that it would be the merns of ing the worst portion of the tion. of New York on this side, and scenes similar to those which were enacted during the excitement consequeat ‘upon street bing weuld be enacted every Sunday, and bring upon the city. Alderman Uail as werted that the New York city raliroads were the cause Of more Sabbath breaking, rum drivking, abeminetions, @mno any other dene: that could be re- sorted te, He war quite scriptural in bis remarks, and appeared astom+bea tbet avy man couki have the tps Ty to bedpsco this beeen We aby eee of sormer action upon the subject, praying tor the ot the Sunday restrictions now held over the proce company. The prayer of the petiitoners wag pied. AstTANT CAPTAIN OF THE SECOND Disraicr Poucs —Mr. Nicholas Bennett, of the Fifth ward, was on Mooda: bt, appeinted Assistant Captain of the Seoond Vohee, in pisce of Assistant Captain Rufus R. removed. Th> hagey his} existed for several mooths, and there was consid@fabie difficulty among the AKier- men of the district in agreeing upon a successor. Me. — ge Gore 't), spyeare to have been the e of the majerity of the a wer, but a combination pia betberda sap ig Late cap democrat, was taken up hy the whigs (es there no chance whatever to elect one o: tue whig atripe) OT Np eal e A , ett bas formed dat for several years, and is as caicieul 2a olka on a in the department. , b }IRE.—An upoccupled stable on the corner. street and Nostrand avenue, was destroyed by one o’clock yesterday morning. it wae Spencer, and was worth avout $200. ‘Tas Hoce 1s THE Crry.—The tricts are now every subjected Lege Feel on! any tion whatever. Board of Health decm it essential for the welfare of the city that they should be removed. Williamsbarg City Intelligence. Sreer Pamacuive Espey YOR as GRAsoN.—Mayor Wall weather, t0 4 deniat, but debiliteti: tae yee ad sifeat preccng Lo provouly e@ason Williamsburg. Police at the Store 257 Aligence. Street. —Yeaterday the two under eeut a forther éxemi- i in i s? iw i i i 3 t i§ . . | , i ; i Lig Ht ae i . & rls, whee Rone) at ea inp rar the sear of the seme rags, which wae also extinguished; fire, Mary Shea No. 1 was standing on the stairs, slongni te the crate. James Murphy worn—I am ed in the rag house of Messrs, 59m the 10th of Juiy I was work in the middie of tbe firs story —(he thea firmed Kyan’s statement as vo the disovery aud ia: guishment of the fir, anc continaen)—the two accused: were the only persome who were seen to go to the rear of the store, where the fire was; when went there my Deck was towards them; betore the first fire was tiscover- €0 they went down stairs aud returned in & «hort time; after the fires were put cut, ang the girls were talking Gbout the matter, Mary Shea 2d sid she anew someth sbout thecrigin of ti fires; she thea ead tuat toe cree wes re! on Gre by & mich sod the other fire was used by ubung® piece of lighted paper into a bag of pager shat ings Wintired by aarty, of Peart street, aworn—I work at Messrs Priestley © rag warebouse; on tue | at | a4 4 H i tf § 3 stairs, Laleo caw t @m go to the rear of the where the largort fire was; Mary Shea No. 1, about 10