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

I ORK HERALD. ! JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR AND EDITOR, NEW Y ER OF NASSSU AND FULTON 81s, @rvics §. W. © Mbe Dor coy 8) Det Sonsini every Satweday ot ate | sn ;_ the Suurigean Bditios an | eat Britain cad Be ta any 5 the cd + enue pessuge Ken of anonymous sommunicacions. C JRRESY ONDENUE, cont us Be RTIOVLARLY REQU Packaows txN? ve. SMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. @ASTLE GARDEN—Suvvay Concert. 4MUSEMENTS TOMORROW EVENING. CASTLE} GARDEN.—Lowisa Mivver. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery- Damon anv PyTaias— Wxmam ar Sea. BIBLO'S—Oxazixria—Raove NATIONAL THEATRE. Chatham street.—Pizanzo— Preven Srv AMERICAN MUSEUM— sfternoom Forty ann Prery~ @easuen axp Crssnen—Evening, Cons: cas Brorueas. WOOD'S MINSTREL Hall, 444 Brosdway—Erniorian RRLAY AND Buniesque Oras. SUCKLEY’S OPERA HOUSS,, aamy's brmoviay Orena Trou eg. BRANCONT’S HIPPODROM 6~Manison Square. New York, Sunday, July 23, 1854. To the Public. ‘fhe New York Hunaip has now the largest circulation ‘Sf any daily journal in Europe or America, Tho Daily Buna circulates nearly sizly thouond Sheots per day. The Weekly editons—published on Saturday and Sun- @xy—reach a circulation of nearly seventy thousand she's per week. The aggregate issue of the HunaL establishment 1 shout four hundred thousand sheets per week, or over fwenty millions of sheets per annum. 539 Broadway.—Bwou- Notice to our Subscribers, Bt is stated to us that some of our up-town carriers harge more than two cents a copy for the New York Bima. Two orn's is the price on any part of this faland and suburts; and apy carrier charging more, on motice being left at this office, will be dismissed from our mmploy. The News. MORTALITY OF THE CITY. The report of the City Iaspector shows that one bbundred and eighty-two m:n, one handred and geventy-cight women, three -undred and thirteen Doys, and two hundred and forty-two girls—making atotal of nine hundred and fifteen persons—died @uring the week which ended last evening. This shows an increase of mortality amounting to ninety- eight casesin the seven days. Of the gross num- ber one hundred and eighty-three were carried off by cholera, showing that the epidemic has extended to the number of thirty-six fatal cases in tie week, and that the deaths from this disease alone average twenty-six a day. In the same week, ended en the 22d of July, of 1849—the cholera season— the deaths in the city of New York reached to one thousand four hundred and nine, of which seven hunijred and fourteen were caused by cholera. There is no doubt but in the present instance the impradent use of unripe vegetable food, a neglect of personal cleantiness on the part of some of the working population, the non-enforcement of muni- cipal sanitary rules in many quarters, and an inat- tention to the treatment of diarrhoea in its first stage, are powerful auxiliaries to the disease, which, however, is not as yet very alarming, when we eonsider our immense and very varied population. Forty-seven adults died of diarrhoa, twenty-four of the various fevers, and fifty-one of inflammatory af- fections, Consnmption proved fatal to fifty nine cases, and two were kilied by sun stroke. The mortality amongst infants was very large. Five hundred and thirty-eight of the de ceased were children under ten years of age, of whom three hundred and seventeen had not completed their first year. Cholera infantum—the almost incurable scourge of the summer moaths— took away one handred and forty-five children, con- vuisions seventy, and croup six. The nativity register shows that five hundred and seventy-two persons were natives of the United States, two Dandred and fifteen came from Ireland, and the remainder from England, Scotland, and other coun: triee. FROM WASHINGTON. But little business of importance was transacted in Congress yesterday. In the Senate the Civil and Diplomatic ,Appropriation bill was reported from the Committee of the Whole, and the amendments ofethe Finance Committee thereto offered all to- gether. Such of the amendments os were not ob jected to were adopted. Among those laid over for debate are the appropriations for the Washington water works and the new custom houses, The bill providing accommodations for the federal courts iu New York, Philadelphia and Boston, was recoct mitted, with the view of having a like provision made for other places. The President has signed the Cape Fear River Appropriation bili, and gives asa reason for so doing that the obstructions pro posed to be removed were placed there by the gene ral government. In the House the disinclination to do business was very general, The report of the Judiciary Committee on the memorial to authorize the au- thorities of the District to prohibit the sale of in- toxicating drinks excited some discussion, and it was finally laid on the table. Several private bills were acted on, but on going into committee it was found impossible to muster a quorum, and after some palaver the House adjourned. LEGAL INTELLIGENCE. We would direct attention to an important deci- cision of Judge Woodrnff’s, published elsewhere, which will interest not only the lega! profession, ‘but properly-holders in general. Several interesting dec'sions delivered in the last general term of the Supreme Court are in type. Some of them appear in this day's paper. MISCELLANEOUS. The game of cricket recently played between the Canada and New;York clubs, at Toronto, resuited in the defeat of the latter. Five of the students of the Richmondville Semi- nary, all of them under sixteen years of age, have been Committed to answer the charge of arson in setting fire to the seminary building some weeks rr avidee tetas Rio Janeiro to the 10th ult. have ome to hand. There is no political news. The markets were inactive, coffee was firm, and freights nominal. By an arrival at New Orleans we have two days ister news f.om Havana—to the lth inst. The report of the loss of the steamboat J. C. Lee, be longing to the Nicaragua Transit Comnany firmed. She exploded her boiler on the 9 off Cape Antono, and sunk. The crew were © The markets were quiet. The despatch, unde: telegraphic head, gives some shipping news. We have later news from the British Prov’ The cholera was raging at St. Jobn, N. B., and sc alarm existed in consequence of the filthy state the city. At Frederickton, a destractive cont gration occurred on the 17th ins ty-five buildings were consumed, lose. NEWS PROM TURKS ISLANDS. We have received our files of the Turks Talands Roya! Gazette to the 5th of There is no new of imp rtance, nor do the journals contain avy no tice of the state of the weather or tho proapects of the salt crop. At the meeting of the Legislativ Council, beld on June 29th, a sum of £12 2s. bd. wa ineerted in theordiaance of expenditure as plainti®: costs in the cases of some American sea nen illeza'l) imprisoned in 1859 by 9 polices . The printing J govermneg, wow vs Pad been estoved ty the pro | Gs favorable, and the crops promise to yield aan | dantly. The elections hed caused considera'yte ex- prietor of the Gazette, by a vote of the Council. A ' despatch from the Governor in Chief, tranamitting a circular from the Duke of Newcastle, enclosing an order in Council covering a proc’amation extending the proclamation regulating the value of American go'd coing, was read to the same boly by the clerk. LATER FROM CALIFORNIA, By way of New Orleans we have news faom San | Francisco to the Ist inst. The mining intelligence | citement and some shooting at the pells. “Che land troubles remained undecided. The meckets were quiet. The persona imprisened by the Mexican autborities at Guayamas, Yor not being far- niched with passports, bad rarived at San Francisco in a revenue cutter. A new tariff has been introduced ix the Sandwich Islands Legis- lature, which propeses to reduce the duties one- hal’. The steamers due at this por) will probably arrive to-day or to-morrow, when we shall be ena- bled to lay before our readers the details of the news ‘from-the Pacific. NEWS PROM EUROPE. The steamship Pacific is now hourly expected to arrive at this port from Liverpool, whence she left which bave } gen made to of! ones have en- hanced the yajue of real property in the city thirty f've, millions of dollars during the past year. Y,et this is the :tatement of the Comp- troller., He finds that during a year of sing>- | Jor © ammercial embarrassment, when nearly all ou’, specie has been drawn from us to go abroal, ecough money has been spent in building to | make the city worth thirty-five millions more than it was last July. The First, Second and Third wards alone b ve increased in value ac- cording to his statemeat some ten millions and a balf. New York is going abead, unjuestionably : but the Crmptroller’s imagination goes even faster. Compare the statements of the past three yeara:— ‘The rateable property i 98,520 042 289,186 158-$961, 700,705 Ladoiah cnetee 380,300,396—$462, 021,734 Were this true, the rate of inerease in pro- perty here would be one-seventh per annum. on the 12th inst. She will bring four days later news from all parts of Europe. THE WEATHER Still continues oppressively hot, and bat for the presence of a slightly revivifying breeze during the afternoon of yesterday would doubtless have proved the most exhausting day of the season. ‘Ybe number of victims of sun stroke is rapidly in- creasing, a8 may be seen by the report of the Coro- ners’ inquests. There have been thunders showers at the South and East, but as yet this boon is with- held from us. COMMERCIAL AFFAIRS. ‘There was nochange in the markets yesterday worthy of comment. The Cost of whe City Government—City ‘Taxes. We should be sorry to dispel any a¥lusions which our fellow-citizens may be indulging, or to insinuate that the Comptroller’s report for 1854 is not precisely as frank and honest a document as might be wished : but it is right that the truth should be spoken on these sub- jects, and that no one should be deceived into believing himself to be better off than he is. The Comptroller tells us in the first place, that the whole amount thet will be required to carry on that ridiculous old machine called the city government during the year 1854 will be $4,841,255, whereas a sum of $4,966,241 was necessary last year for the same purpose: and further adds that the rate of tax this year will be only one dollar and 5 3-4 cents on the $100, while it was one dollar and 23 4-10 cents on the $100 last year. The facetious old rogue wants people to believe that some odd $125,000 are going to be saved in the expense of the city government, and that the highly respectable class of individuals who pay taxes will be let off this year for 105 cents where they paid 123 twelve months ago. So joyfula discovery is worth looking through. It is quite true that the sum taken out of our pockets last year was $4,966,241, while Mr. Flagg mercifully promises to be content this time with $4,841,255. But, most specious of Comptrollers, the cases are not by any means analagous. By turning to the newspapers bearing date July, 1853, it will be foynd that on that occasion, the city threw itself on our mercy, and declared that it was, like many an honest merchant now-a-days, rather “short” in its cash* matters, In plain English, it had over-issued paper to the tune of $742,157 during the year 1852, and wanted the means of making up this deficiency. ® There was nothing for it but to put our hands in our pockets and pay up: and thus by assuming the debts of 1852, to an amount falling but little short of three-quarters of a million, we rendered it ne- ceesary to raise by taxation $4,966,241 instead of some $4,224,000, the proper expenditure of that year. If any seek to compare the taxes of this year and last, this latter sum is the one to be chosen for the purpose, which makes all the difference in the world, as will be seen by the following table :— APPARENT CONTRAST, 48 GIVEN IN THE COMPTROLLER’S REPORT. Sum raised by taxation in 1853.. $4,966,241 Do, do. 1854... + 4,841,255 Apparent decrease in taxation this year, $124,936 Rear Contrast 8 SERN BY COMPARING THE City expenses in 1850. 4 0. Real increase in taxation this year + $917,171 Our expenses, and consequently our taxes, have thus been increased $617,171 since last year. This is at the rate of one-seveath in- crease per annum; should we continue to pro- gress in this ratio, any child can calculate how soon we shall require to raise ten millions a year to keep the city government a going. We are really chagrined to be compelled to destroy all the comfort which tax-payers may have derived from the Comptroller’s report, but we must add that a close examination of that portion which relates to the rate of the municipal tax leads to another disappointment We are toi? that the rate will be $1.05 on the $100 this year against $1.23 4-10 last. Very true; but by tarning to the last year, it will be found that the Comptroller then assured the public that without the deficit remaining over from 1852, a rate of $1.05; on the $100 wonld have sufficed to pay the expenses of the year. And no doubt he spoke the trath. The rafio of the city expenses to the assessed property realand personal, in 1853, was as 1054 to 100, The ratio of the same expenses to the same property, in 1854, is as 105g to 100. So far from there being a reduction the rate is ac- tually higher this ycar than last. A quarter of a cent on the huadred dollars would not be a sufficient increase to warrant grumbling; bat multiplied frequently, a quarter of a cent may become a large sum. There arc two Ways of swelling atax; increasing the rate, and increasing the cam on which it is to be paid. The assessors, this year, have chogon the latter, and we are bound to say that it does credit to their ingenuity. Without adding any considerable item to the rate fixed last year as the proper contingent for the support of the city government, they will manage, by increas ing the valuation of rateable property, to squeeze $617,171 more out of us. They assess the rateable real and personal property in New York, for the year 1854, at $462,02 4: tha quoting it $48,390,651 higher than it was a»- sessed last year. Now, every one kuowe that the value of property in New York is rapidly increasing, and that new build ings and other improvements are con tantly giving a new value to the various wards of the city ; but does any experienced person really believe that forty-eight million have been added to the value of the city aad its contents since Jnly, 185372 We believe that for purposes of sale, real estate is not worth more to-day than it was twelve moaths ago; and, taking into account the fires which have probably destroyed five or six millions worth of houses, we cannot reconcile ourselves to admit that the new buildings which have been erected and the additions and improremenis Those who believe that we are advancing at these seven league stages will pay their taxes cheerfally : for our part, we are content to com- mend Mr. Flagg to the world as a skilful opera- tor, who deludes his patient into the belief that every fresh draught of blood he draws from his veins is rendered imperative by his astonishing Tue Paciric Marts—Tur Suorrest Rovurr.— We publish this morning Messrs. Ramsay and Cormick’s memorial, which has beea presented to Congress, for an appropriation to carry out a conditional contract made by the Post Office Department with them, on the 15th February, 1853, for a semi-monthly mail between New Orleans and San Francisco, via Vera Cruz and Acapulco, in sixteen days. We have frequent- ly had occasion to speak in terms of commen- dation of this route, and we are gratified in believing that notwithstanding the most extra- ordinary and unjust proceedings of the present Postmaster General, Mr. Campbell, Congress will grant the very moderate appropriation asked, and thus place California and the Atlan- tic States within two weeks of each other. It is difficult to understand upon what pria- ciple of justice and equity any opposition can be offered to the carrying out of an enterprise which, whilst it asks less compensation than is now given for carrying the mails between the Atlantic States and California, at the samo time contracts, under the most stringent penal- ties, that the service shall be accomplished in at least one-third less time than by any other route now in operation or likely to he. The contractors modestly ask simply for an appro- priation for one quarter’s service, not a dollar of which are they to touch unless the schedule time—sixteen days—is strictly adhered to. They ask nothing for past services, and they bind themselves to the full extent of the for- feiture of the whole compensation which they ask, if the contract is not fulfilled to the letter. Under these circumstances, the public will be | surprised to learn thatever since the advent of the present Postmaster General, the most bitter hostility has been manifested on his part to the route. A conditional contract was made by his predecessor, under the express provision of a law of Congress, for the performance of the service, subject to the sanction of Congress. Under this contract, Messrs, Ramsay and Cor- mick proceeded to make the necessary arrange ments by purchasing horses, &c., for the land portion of the route, and providing steamboats o connect at Vera Cruz and Acapulco. With- out any notice, without even deigning to give areason for such a course, Judge Campbell had hardly taken his seat in the Post Office Depart- ment before he peremptorily, and in Aetiance of the rights of the contractors, attempted to cxn- cel the whole contract. The Post Office Depart- ment having made the contract with the sole stipulation that it should be subject to the sanction of Congress, it was a gross violation of the rights of Messrs, Ramsay and Cormick to cancel that agreement, unless in the way point- ed out in the document itself—the failure of Congress to sanction it. Under these circumstances the contractors have applied to Congress. Scarcely had they done £0, however, before the present model Postmaster General, Judge Campbell, again attempted to interfere, most unjustifiably, in the matter—not by presenting his views to Congreas—not in is official capacity—bui by sending for correspondents of certain newspa- pers, and asking them, as a personal favor to him, to try and write the route down as imprac- ticable, and not to compare to the Tehuantepec route—that in the present unsettled conditioa of Mexico, it was all folly to think of running a mail frog Vera Cruz to Acapulco, and that the whole project was moonshine. Without stopping at this time to comment upon the impropriety of «a Postmaster General adopting such means to interfere with the ac tion of Congress, we wish to know, if Judge Campbell is opposed to the route, why he does not officially make his objections known to Congrees. So far, all that could be got out of him was the naked assertion that the con- tractors could not fulfil the contract, When asked his reasous for making such aa assertion, in the face of the fact that they have performed the distance between San Francisco and New Orleans in twelve days and a half, instead of sixteen, parrot-like, he but repeated his words—“they cannot do it.” Opposed to this opinion of the sapient Postmaster is the fact which we have just mentioned, that Messrs. Ramsay and Cormick have performed the ser- vice in less time than they agreed to do it in; and the very important consideration, also, that ‘hey bind themzelves, by the strictest conditions, to demand no compensation unless they perform the service as agreed upon. If they canaot perform the service, that is their own risk; and they have, in addition to the forfeiture of all pay for trips when not in time, also entered into bonds to the amount of $800,000, to falfil all the stipnlations of their contract. ‘The Postmaster General states in his report to the President, at the commencement of the present session of Congress, that the public interest demands additional matl service with California. Here, then, is a confession of the very necessity which Messrs. Ramsay and Corwick are ready to obviate. The more dogged reiteration that they cannot perform the service would appear like the veriest drivelling of @ senile fool, if there did not happen to be a clue to Judge Campbell’s conduct, showing that “there is metbod in his madness.” Whilst en- deavoring to kill off Messrs. Ramsay and Cor. mick’s route, he firat favored the Nicaragua, so as to get its friends to combine against the Vera Craz and Acapulco route. Now, however, he throws off the mask, and expresses his strong admiration of the Tehuantepec road wut a few facts will at once apses the prooious theory that the disturbed state of Moxico will prevent the operatins of the Rameay and Cor- m’ck rou e, but wl not in aay way interfere with the Tehuant pec communication, as an easy, rayid and direct mail route. The eleventh article of the Sloo grant, which bas ben recognize by the recent ten million treaty, provides as follows :— t will open the ports to foreign th may be necessary for the better service of the of communication ; none other being for the pre-ent opened than that of Vera Cruz, in the Guif of Mex co, and that of Ven oru, omthe Paciiic; the latter port shalt pe solely for the reciprocal transit of pastengers and merchandise. And in article third, under the head of ‘ Na- vigation, ” is this farther condition :— ‘The company binds itself to establish @ line of steam. doats sufficient fur the service of the way of communica- tion, under the Mexican flag, conformably with the laws of the country, to sail from Vera Cruz to the highest point where the river Costzicoaleos is navigable, at which the road or railroad shall commence. The com;any shall take measures that the Pacitic steamers shall continue to deposit their coal ia Acapulco. Here, then, we find that in order to carry the mails on this Tehuantepec route, they have to be transhipped at Vera Cruz on board of ves sels carrying the Mexican flag, thence carried down to the Coatzacoalcos river, taken across the Isthmus, and up on the Pacific side to Acapulco, still under the Mexican flag, when they can be removed to American vessels, Of course this detour from Vera Cruz down to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, and up on the other side to Acapulco, makes the route infi- nitely longer than the Ramsay route, whilst as far as the stability of the Mexican govera- ment is concerned, it is of much more conse- quence to the Tehuantepec route, as it is under the direct protection of the Mexican flag, than the Ramsay route, which will carry the mails under the protection of the Consular flag of the United States. The simple proposition, however, apart from any other consideration, is, will Congress make on appropriatign for carrying the mails in six- teen days between the Atlantic States and Ca- lifornia? or do they consider that time is a mat- ter of no consequence in the California mails? Messrs. Ramsay and Cormick ask for no pay unless they do the work in the time specified— therefore, all the risk is on their side. Or are the corrupt influences which we have adverted to in this article, to succeed, at the expense of the interest of every man either living ia Cali- fornia, or who has business relations with thié State? The whole West is deeply interested in a measure which will connect them with Ca- lifornia in about half the time which is now taken. If, however, time is no object in the in- crease of mail facilities with the Pacific, we protest against any more contracts being made with steamers, Let the Post Office Department contract with sailing vessels by way of Cape Horn. They will perform the service fora very moderate compensation, and exactly suit the capacity of the head of the Post Office De- partment—if his interest in the Tehuantepec route is not to succeed. But we have some hopes of Congress, if it only investigate the facts. The proposition of Messrs, Ramsay and Cormick is plain, straight- forward and to the point. Congress has it in its power to lessen the distanee to California at least one-third. Will it do so? CaLirorsia—Irs Future Destiny.—The pro- gress made by California within the last few years, finds no parallel in the history of newly formed States. As the causes that led to this phenomenon in the growth of infant commuai- ties were in themselves exceptional and won- derful in the suddenness of their operation, the results which, under any other condition of things, would have struck the mind with aston- ishment, have come to be regarded as the na- tural developement of a new order of influences which is destined to bring about great and im- portant changes in the political and commercial relations of the world. When we behold a country that a few short years since only pre- sented the aspect of a vast and unproductive wilderness, converted at once into a wealthy, populous and flourishing State, the inhabitants of which are not only making rapid strides in commercial and manufacturing industry, but in those arts of taste and refinement which it took O‘der communities centuries of patient cultiva- tion to acquire, it becomes an interesting sub- ject for speculation to inquire how far its posi- tion and resources are likely to sustain the brilliant prospects that appear to be opening to it, and what future influence it is likely to ex- ercise upon the destinies of the American con- tinent. Looking at the natural advantages that Cali- fornia possesses over all other countries on the Pacific coast—in her inexhaustible deposits of minerals—her fazilities of internal water com- munication, presented by the rivers Sacramento and San Joaquin, the one running due north and the other south, and each swelled by the nume- rous tributary streams having their sources in the Sierra Nevada—and lastly, ia the richness of her soil, requiring only irrigation to develope ite native fertility, we find self-sustaining ele- ments sufficient to place her fature beyond the risk of any check arising from the failure of any one or other of these resources. But when, in addition to this, we take into edhsideration the fact that of all other ports San Francisco is per- haps the most advantageously situated as the connccting-link between the Eastern aud West- ern continents, it is no vain epeculation to predict that in the course of a few years it will become one of the greatest commercial entrepots in the world. Its imports in the next ten years will, in @ probability, be iu- ereaced from thirty to sixty million dollars, and its exports, which, up to the present, have consisted we may say, of gold dust alone, will be swelled by the products and manafactares of the country to a two-fold extent, for by that time all the mineral and agricultural resources of the entire State, that now, as it were, lie latent, will have been developed, and a con stant communication with the different nations on the continents of Asia and Africa, both by steamers and our far-famed clipper ships, so well adapted for the Pacific water, continually sustained by emigration from the Atlantic States, will undoubtedly realize the most sanguine hopes of all interested in the welfare of this State. Even though the gold mines should, in afew years from-now, become exhansted, and the State be throwa upon its agricultural and commercial resources, her ex- tensive trade with Asia aud Polynesia will keep her in advance of almost any other State in the Union, A glance at her geographical posi- tion will demoustrate this. Oa looking at the map, San Francisco at once strikes us as being the most nataral depot for the rick aad varied productions of China, the Bast ladies, Japan, Anstralia, and the Polynesian islands; the latter being, as it were, desigaedly placed as+couveuient coaling stations for steam bips, at the same time serving to do away in some degree with the mo notony of avea voyage—for nothing is more welcome to ihe eyes of bie coyegeur tian the sight of one of these verdant little islands ris ing out of the sea, and teeming with: all the rich vegetation of the tropics. Indeed, no one can yet form any idea of the great commercial changes that must take place sooner or later ou the Pacific side, when the natural resources of Asia and Australasia, hitherto comparatively ebut out from all the world, are poured into the San Francisco markets for disposition. Rich in her own resources, California will render a just equivalent for her imports, a3 no- thing will then be more feasible for her than to become a manufacturing country—receiving the raw material from China and Australasia, such as silk and wool, and exporting it in a ma- nufactured state to all quarters of the globe. Thus, we see that if her mineral or agricul- turq] resources should fail, she could become a manufacturing State second to none, perhaps, on this continent. But we have no fears of any of her own natural resources failing her, for the first geo logists have pronounced her rich in silver, copper, lead, iron, qnicksilver, sulphur, and other minerals, while from recent surveys of the State, California possesses fifty thousand square miles of arable land, watered by the rivers we have before mentioned—rivers that a few years ago were rufiled only by the light tip ofthe Indian’s oar, and are now disturbed by noble steamers, as they come dashing along, freighted with new adventurers to this fast risipg country, It will be seen from the facts that we have just stated, that from its advan- tageous situation and unrivalled capacities— for it can afford accommodation to the combined fleets of the civilized world— San Francisco must inevitably become, on the Pacific side, what New York is on the Atlantic—the commercial depot of a continent; for, whether the Pacific Railroad ever goes into operation or not, it must be the great emporium of the trade of the United States with that portion of the world washed by the waters of the Pacific and Indian Oceans; and all countries thus situated must pay large tribute to the growth and prosperity of California. e Anorgrr Dancer TO THe Heauya..or THE Crry.—The contractor for the removal of dead ani- mals aod other nuisances from the city, yesterdsy notified the City Inspector [that in consequence of his not having received any compensation from the Corporation since April, 1853, and the city owing him a Jarge amount, while he has been subject to every sacrifice, by the mortgage of his property and payment of heavy rates of interest, &c., and there being no prospect of the payment of the just de- mands made by the contractor, that he has sus- pended work under the contract, and that he shall hold the Corporation responsible for all damage he sustains in consequence of being thus compelled to suspend. This aot of the contractor will of neces- sity involve the City Inspector in much diffizulty, to provide a place for the removal of nuisances to, and to cause the immediate removal of dead horses and other animals, not being possessed of the advan- tages of the system and means of the contractor. Mr. Downing will, however, endeavor to execute the task with promptness, and to give cause to our citizens for ag little complaint as may be, by an active application of the means at his command. It is to be regretted that the contractor should have been thus compelled to suspend his work at this particular time. With no place to which to cause the removal of these nuisances, all the dead ani- mals, offals, &c., must be cast into the rivers; and, floating back wita every tide, this, of necessity, must create an intolerable nuisance along our docks. The butchers will be compelled to have their offals, &c., removed at their own cost, or by their own labor; and it is hoped that every batcher will show his regard for tke title of a good citizen by the regularity and faithfulness wich which he will cause the removal of al) nuisances to be made from he slaughter houses every day, or as often as re- quired by their business. There were from twenty to thirty dead horses removed from our streets yesterday. Marine Affairs. ‘Tor Steamy FRANKLN.—This unfortunate vessel has been abandoned to the underwriters, the idea of saving her having been given up. She is heeling off shore every tide, ia badly hogged, and her ends are working out. ‘The cabin furniture has all been saved. That portion of the cargo landed on the beach is stated to be in good condition. We regret to hear that Captain Boyne, an energetic agent of the underwriters, met with a severe accident on Friday, by having his leg broke by the tackle while landing goods from the vessel. Loss oy THE SreamER Isaac C. LEB —Ellwood Walter, Esq., Secretary of the Board of Underwriters, received a letter yesterday, stating that the iron steamer Isaac C. Lee, bound from Charleston, via Havana (where she touched for coal), for Nicaragua, foundered at sea on the 10th inst., when two days out from Havana. She was built, we believe, at Wilmington, Del., and was intended to ply on the Nicaragua lake. The crew were all saved. DeraRTORE OF THE BaLt1c.—The Collins steamship Bal- tic, Capt. Comstock, sailed at her usual hour yesterday for Liverpool, with 181 paesengers, and $557,083 in specie, ‘The new eteamtng Mercury, Capt. Richard Yates, will Jeave pier No. 34 North river, on Monday morning, on a trial trip to sea, The M. was built expressly for towing, is of 250 tons burthen, and 300 horse power. Her agent is Mr. A. 8. Depeyster, of 157 South street, ‘Tie Barrsu Live or Havre Srkamers—The London rn of the 7th inst., says:—The General Screw Steam ipping Company’s # teamer Indians, Captaia Lambert is to leave Southampton, for Havre, to-morrow, to load at that port for New York, and will embark passengera at Southampton on the oth inst. The Indians is the first of the departures from Southampton for the United States, which are to take place at stated intervals auder an Arrangement for the service between the General Screw Steam Shipping Company and Messrs. Uroskey & Co., the American agents. The magniticent accommo dation for passengers proviced on board noble ships, and the reputation they have acbieved as the most successful screw steamships which have yet beau produced, are, we understand, attracting considerable attention from travellers to the Western World, and will Joubtlees eventually secure the succees of this new caterprise. Tus date of the departure of the next ship ig not yet fixed. It was at first intended to place the Prinee, of 2,700 tons register, on the berth to succeed the Indians, but owing to the exigencies of ‘the govern. ment, who required this vessel (the largest of the com y’s fleet) for the conveyance of trosps to the East, arrangement had to be abandoned, and the com- pary will have to await the further arrival of some of ther ships from India and Australia before aypropriat- ing other ships tor the Southampton and New York service, City Intedligence. Tim CuoreRa.—The report of the Health Commissioners yesterday shows happily quite a decrease in the number of deaths, as well ss the number of cases received. Those patients remaining in the hospital are all likely to recover. The following is the report up to 12 o’elock: Remaining in hospital Received since last Diecharged, cured. Remaining in hospital, at 12 o'clock. 4 DRATH OF AN EwiGRANT ON Boarp Tie SraampaT TRov.— About half past nine o'clock, on Friday evening while the steamboat begs A aground, a few miles be Jow Troy, om her way New York, the passengers were startled by the announcement that a woman was dying on the deck berow. It seems that she had recently landed at Quebec, and was on her way to visit some rel. tives of the name of Carnahan, in Niveteenth street, New York. It is supposed that extreme heat and ineuilicu! nourishment caused @ prostration of hex whole system, aa the was nursing an infant of but afew weeks old. The writer of this has seen many of these emigrants tra- veiling with but a loaf of bread, depending fur drink or Water at the stations. The women Jeft a very intelli gent little boy and a little girl, besides the infant, wuo were bindly cared for by the passengers. Mr. Isaac Yew: ton invariably commends every kindness manifested on board his vessel, ant the captain aud all hans are not slow to follow his kind suggestion , Fink—About 8 o'clock yesterday mornitg @ fire wes discovered making considerable headway ia the dukery of Mr. James Smith, No 49 Second atawet, the fam however, wera promptly extinguished and with out trid- ing damage. Rew Oven wy 4x Exorxe.—On Friday evening » Mae | man named James Sullivan, residing at the coroner Avenns A. and Tenth was during an alarin of fire, rnp over and severely ixjured by an engine in Broadway, A wan nated P. Clancy Was ako knocked dowa aud rua over aboot the some time by another ine. Both suf. ferers were conveyed in a feeble state to residences. Again we were obliged to endure the insufferable © beat of the weather, when the a up 98 causes every pore in the body to freely ‘perspire. Yesterday was a repetition of what we havé felt for the last four days. Happily, however, we have ‘be come somewhat acclimated, and that is the reasjg’? = perhaps why the warmth was not felt so much as on the two or three days previous. The wind blew very gently from the south until about 2 o’clock, when the sky became overcast with dark clouds, be~ tekening rain. From this hour until 4 0’ , the + mercury fell slowly about seven degrees, which was very gratefal indeed to us all, particularly to pedes- triang. As thera was scarcely a breath of air during the forenoon, and for a few. hours in the afternoon, the number of sun strokes must have beeu consider- able. During the entire day the drinking salooas. did a smashing business, to use a vulgar term, and any quantity of brandy punches, sherry coblers and otLer anti-maine law beverages were eagerly sought for. Toward five o’clock the atmosphere became a little cooler, and oar citizens, nearly dead with heat,. were, while walking in the streets, able to dispense with artificial fans, the gentle zephyrs from the southwest having most deliciously came to the rea cue. During the day the thermometer ranged in the Heravp office from 85 to 93 degrees, a3 followa:— A.M. N. P.M. P.M P.M, o'clock. 12. h 3. 6e 93 92 86 84 Among those who suffered from the extreme heat. of the sun we notice the following:— Margaret Keary was sun struck while passing through Seventh avenue, near Nineteenth street. There are but slight hopes of her recovery. Christian Jedder, a German, seventy-eight years. of age, was found lying at the corner of Jones’ lane. and Front street, apparently overcome by the heat. He in a few hours partially recovered. . J. Morris was found at the foot of Grand street, having been sun struck. He was removed to his re- sidence, 42 Roosevelt street. Henry Kane, residing at 255 East Twenty-first. street, was yesterday afternoon san struck while. passing through Third avenue. He was removed to his home. A man employed to clean a drain from the yard of 284 Water street, was overcome with the heat about 12 o’clock yesterday. He was removed to the City Hospital. An unknown man was found prostrated and sense- legs from the heat in the Fifth ward. On Friday night an unknown man was discovered lying upon the track of the Harlem Railroad, at 109th street, in an insensible condition, produced no doubt by the heat of the sun. Conveyed to the Hospital. Two men in the employ of Mr. Sheldon, while engaged yesterday in draining and ditching Hunt’s Swamp, were overcome by the extreme heat, and died from its effects. : In addition tothese, it is reported that yesterday afternoon the Rev. Mr. McKenner, pastor of the James street Roman Catholic church, fell suddenly dead in the chapel, from the effects of the heat. Under another head may be found a complete list of those cases of coups de soliel that unfortunately proved fatal. a The workmen in the various shipyards and along the docks had to stop working during the middle of the day, and well it was for them that they did, or else many of them would have been fit anbje.ts for the coroners to hold an inquest upon, Weope that the good practice of mechanics and ali others of “ knocking off work,” as the phrase * ia, between the hours of 1 and 3 during the warm weather, will be strictly adhered to,for if it is we will not have to report one half as many cases of sun strokes as heretofore it has been our paiuful lo; to ecord. CORONEES’ INQUESTS. Coroner Gamble held inquesta upon the following persons, who died from the effects of the heat :— Barbara Doll, 27 years of age, a native of Ger many, 120 Washington street. Henry Elmsby, 35 years of age, a native of Scot- land, New York Hospital. Dennis Donovan, 34 years of age, a native of Ire- land, 123 Cedar street. Ann Prescott, 50 years of age, native of Ireland, . 75 Washington atrect. Deterick Clappin, 30 years of age, a native of Germany, 3 Desbrosees street. Coroner Gamble held an inquest upon the body of Jacob Ott, 80 Laight street, a native of Scotland, 60 years of age, who died from int Coroner O'Donnell held an inquest upon the body of Elizabeth Robinson, 71 years of age, a native of © Berean ho ied Sxom fe oftst of San het roner Hilton held an inquest upon the of William Faas, of 120 West Twenty ninth ont ceased was 32 years of » @ native of Germany. Verdict, sun stroke. re An inquest was held on the body of an unknown . man found dead on the Fort Lee and Hackensack turnpike, on Friday the 2st inst.; had on a white shirt and overalls, straw hat, about fifty years of age. It appeared in evidence that he came from New York for the purpose of gethering mint. Fur. ther information may be had from Abrabam Carlock, Coroner, Fort Lee, Bergen county, New Jersey. There were several other cases reported, upon which inquests will be held. TELEGRAPHIC. The State of the Wea:her. AT BALTIMORE, Bavtmwors, July 22, 1454. The heat has slightly moderated, th» thermometer at; 11 o'clock standing at 90. AT PHILADELPHIA. . Puntaperruta, July 22, 1954. ‘The heat is quite as great hore as yester lay, although there israther more air stirring. Thermometer indoors 95, and in the street 98 in the shade. AT THE EAST. Bosrox, July 22, 1854. The heat is less oppressive than yesterday, owing to a light east wind, although the thermomote: stilt fndi- cates 94deg. There was quite a heavy thuader shower in the vicinity of Newbaryport, yesterday afternoon, The lightning strock Horrison’s Hotel in Georgetown, and killed a little girl named Kneeland, aged 10 years, bree cna of the Choiera. By the City Registrar's report it will be seen that thy deaths from cholera for the week ending on Monday were 188, showing a decrease of about one-third of abst it was the week before. This report is gratifying; but we pai 8: rs ——, to te meg ie for physicians tell us that for the pas or two disease been the increase again. : 5 3% The Nashville Union makes the following statement of the interments in the two cemeteries in that city, from the Int of Mey to the 11th of July inclusive :— Cholera. her Diseases, ‘Total. City cemetery. 88 115 208 Catholic ceme' 7 Ww 122 222 in addition to the above, ten interments tholic cemetery Tennesnee Ala- tama Railroad, and two from the Nashville and Louis- villd Railroad, of cholera subjects. These some miles from town. The Richmond (Va.) Dispatch the number of Pee es So the 15th of J wi al ere were there in that pe Te time sixty-three bodies, forty-two of which had died of cholera. Most of these were colored persons. There are several other comoteries im Richmond, from which the returns are not published. The Wheeling papers state that the cholera is in that city, and that a number of deaths from it have taken Jace during the lastten days. It is not stated whether h is an epidemic or anti-epidemic cholera. It kills, how- ever, very speedily, ‘The Vittebarg Journal of Wednesday, snys, that an other member of Mr. Pniel Bashneil’s fami ae little boy ot four or five years, was seized with cholera, on ‘Tne-day morning, and died in the afternoon. This is the third ceath in the family of Mr. Bushnell, His sister's death was announced on Saturday, having oscurred in Sonth Pittsburg. On Monday, his daughter, a young jody “ed after an luness of four hours. The family were then removed from South Pittsburg to Pean street, in go and there the little boy died. The cane of the sister of Mr. Bushnell, it should be remember- ¢*, originated abrond. There were nine deaths from cholera at Chicag>, on the 17th inst. Rewask Socury of the tienal cases of cholera, some represented ‘were reported yesterday, We are withoat Chis es Mst says:—Several ad. ra te fe partionlaca, v"