The New York Herald Newspaper, August 28, 1854, Page 8

The Misceiloncous News and Gossip of the Ony, from money: raha ad Prom th- ey Tu ercorasteim haviog besrd of the arrest Of the gallaut H «lia, bss pranonaced tt “ridionions wicked " wcd whatia yet worse for the modore, it thstens to sustain him in event. Chsrity mould aleare ae at home. it eustain itself, if ic can. Thar's qaiteas mach as it can do Tux Rain with which we were visited on Frida: evening appears to have given uni-ersal deligh' Every boc y is speaking of it in high praise, and the Henavp bas caloui sted to ay ite value La corn, potato, aod grass crops in this vicinity, setting it down for around million. A pretty good night's work for the clouds. Ssniovs Cuanor—T'e Daily Times accuses the Hearn of stealing its (the Times’) “tounier. After thie, there sre some hopes that a popgun May take the pla e of « psixhan. ¢ Invignation Mewrine or Custom House Orrr uns. On Puredsy afteracon lest, ay we learn from the daily papers, a tage number of Custom Honse Officiais attend: d an indigvation meeting, held at the “ Pewter Mug” tavera, for the purp se of ex- Pressing their freiings relative to an order lately is- Bued by the surveyor of the Port, Mr. John Coch- wane. By this onde’ the night watohmoea are com pelied to do daty six »ours every nigh: instead of every other ni, #* at present, for the same pay— $3. “nis the tals deem a piece of tyranvy, and have accordinzly determine | to remonstrate agalast it. [ftbey periormed their duty, even wien on watch every other: ight the e mizh’ be some cause ef complaint, but as t ey do not, we caraot see that any great injarti + ia done, The first largo fire tnat happens in the middie of the night, we advise the Surveyor to attend. He will there fiud lots of these Watchmen—quite a number of them with fire-caps on and ti uncer theirarwe. We ktow of acta; * who was in the service during two yoars past, an who wae during t at time foremin of an engiae company, und uever wi sed half adozen night tices. How was the Custom House duty attended to thea? Busixzas degi«s to look up. The sicknees in our clty—at no time very alarming—hys sabsided, and the city iaspector's retarns rnow that no more than | usual puwber of ceaths sre occurring. Oar hotels are beginicg to fil np with strange s from ell of the Uno, and despite the exertions of the Philarcipbia, Boston and Baltimore press to Keep country merenun’s from vi-iting us, the pro- spect of ao unusually lsrge and extended full trade is very flattering. Sull as the money ma-ket is yet d, operat ons msy be retacded tor afew days, but the pressure ca not con inue through the week ; and we ae gradusity getting rid, by fuilare, of trose mercantile concerns whose paper hus been a drag in the market, and who have been paying eaormous | discounts to stave off a fall tor some time longer. ‘We would advise all wiso wish to see a successful ‘business reason to wear cheerful faces ; not go about like‘ knights of the rueful countenan:e, ’ discour- aging u0s only themselves but all with whom thoy come im cootact. Koock around lively, advertias largely, and the blues and dail times will disappear [From the Sunday Times.) A Pecuniary NiaGana.— tho falls of Erie stock the past week bave veea like its namesake, very sug- Spi of cotaracta w brokers. By the bye, woo 18 | ancient broke» who wrote this nursery rhyme MLbR ters: — TBerercegeupyup, op, and bere we go dows, down, downie” Loox Suaup.—Great trouble now among the fmell fry ba:ks, Beware of such notes as float about in great quantities. It is and siddodge tor a fuiling bank to ;,nt on! all its notes. Lounegss iN Tar Park.—We have often been led to account for the strange lookiog “humans” Taw can see any day in the City Hall Park from our office window. No matter how hot the woather may be, there we always a groater or leas number Tolltog under tie sbaie of the trees, sitting on the chains that eocompass the grass plots, or, if old Sol does not shine too fiercely, they use the Hall steps for chair, bed and lounge. Tho men are a nonde- gcipt ra ¢ of bipeds, with their heads apparestly as full of pbiloso: hy as their c'oches are ot holes—for a sit, as it were, gravely discussing s»me knotty | \y8ioal poiot wish ali the seriousness of thos? learned in the logic of the schools, The women {for the females sometimes outnumber the malo Yeungers) are etilt more incomprebensible. They ere generally d-eweed in faded calico gowns, with sleeves, whi bh reveal braway, thouga usually Well med,arms One day,.not long since, we ly approached a group of these male and female iunerant-, aod while one kaot was discussing the Nebraska bill, the other, a female quartette, with a rory dum, ling of a babe in the arms of ove of them, were on what ve supposed the all-absorb- ing topic of love. A young woman seemsd.to be telling a etory of heartfelt affection to her three more elderly sisters by her side. They listened with all the soclicitude which say person can be supposed to feel in another's interest; and when the conference bri ke up we saw tears standing ia the eyes of each. They had scarcely departed, and ‘were Lardly lostin the moving panorama cf heads passes up and down Broadway before we Glacovered a letter lyiog upon the ground near the place where they had been sitti We approached and took the document in hand; but what was our astonishment wheu “e found ita complaint of be ed innocence instead of the warm out-gus ing of As we violate no one’s confidence, ani oe ali the names attached to it, wo publish it en — Desk P———: 1 thought you would have kept your vefore this. For three weeks in wucosasion 1 ave been at the Park fountaia at 8 P.M. as you adver- tised in the Haat you would meet me there; but you have failed to keep your word. Little did I think when I loft my father’s house at Dutchess county, that oa would acon forsake me and leave mo in a largo, un: Treaty city, without any weans of support. Could you look to the face of your child and see his bright eyes, #0 much like yours when you swore you loved me, I am sure your heart would melt. God only knows how I am tolive. In going to the Park evory day I made the acquaintance of some femeles, who live, | will not say how, but they bave hearts vou if the world denies the fact—for when they heard my story, tears flied their eyes, and they took mo to their humble lodgings and provided for m, But | amo weak I fone I shall pot bold out muc r. Already that foarful roourge, the cholera, bas taken five out of the house in which I lodge; aod as I watca the face of my darling babe expect every day to ree the destroyer fix his grasp upon his little festeres Ch! why did I leave my pa- rents to trust mytelf in the nends ofa faithless m Alas | that I was 40 foollsb, so wicked! But here J am. Togo home woul be worse than aeath, for it would be a Cisgrece, and a disgrace which my sex, frail as it is, will never forgive Here { shall soon d6; for rather than steal, or sell myselt for lucre, I will bury myself in the dark’ waves which roll around this mighty city. Dear Little Willie cannot survive. I would not have him. Let him die before the stain of sia contaminates his fair drow, and before he learns the bitter truch that his fa ther ‘is villain! Oh, wil you not como back? Days seem like monthe, hoors like weeks; and minutes! the e@gony of & dey sometimes appears to be concentrated into one. I rhall wait a few days longer, when, if I do Bot hear from yon, you will never see me more. I trust to leave this letter in some place where you may got it after Lam gone. Remember that upon your guilty bead zests the ceath of two human beings, who, with your , might have been happy; bat without it—my pen refuses to Write theiuture. Farewoll, for ever. R CHARL : Bach a letter tells a tale of woe that no comment cnn render moe forcible. Ter Rervay or tHe Waypsnens.—Soon the wayward 6.ns ard daughters of Gotham, who have been rusticating in the country, will be returnin; to the metropolis, We pre«ame they have eajoye: pon en apd look upon those who have been fe to stay here and “bear the burden and heat the Ses a8 aset of miserab'y unba »py crea- tures. If they do, they were neve’ more mistaken in all their lives. It may be pleasant to fry in a seven by-nine attic, ata watering lace, merely be- cause eration is a fashionable one; but we never could comprehend it in that light. The most Neagant month in the country will doubtless be ber, when the nights are cool, and the heat in day time is not 30 excessive as to crisp the ekin. The, tco, peaches are ripe; and av they turn op their vermeil tinted sides to thesan, they the mouth a pow genes, an to a tation as a marks men. We love the country, too, at this season of the for other reasons, The farmers, having ed their harvesting, are prepared to talk to visitere, and, during s long rainy day, (if we should lucky enough to have one,) will entertain them the history and geneaology of ali tho celebrat- horses and cattle in the vicinity. On the whole, think the city wanderers have not acted wisely. will k to us tired and sick witht of rl pations; bat per ae will be a wo have elon, minced, wil anticipated, and a gay fall and winter season is at to our city = already begin- ry aay i] 30 com: came caida pnee ret out eat of criminals might fequeatly eecepe the pucish: tention. Buch victims to the “science of* government” should, however, be wanna Se & more mmarated manner than uncer presest arrangements is vossi- ble. The warden of the prwon, Mr. John Gray, we | have every reason to beLeve exerts bis power and employs the facilities at his command to tae utmost | to make these men comfortable. But tre limits of | the department of the building devoted to the ee pose will net permit him wo carry bis good fal tions into effect. There are, as we stated at the crtect, thirteen men confined as witnesses in the nort) side of the Tombs, This is,a larger namber than hes ever before been there at one time, ard there caa be no certainty that it may pot be still further aug nented before those at present in: arcera‘ed ave dixchar ed. The accommodations for ti ese sh'rteen men consist of two small, narrow rooms, ill-provided and ua- comfortsble. Mr.Gray informs us trac he means to apply to the Ten Governors for permission to knock out the partition at the back of these rooms, and enlarge te apartments by add- ing w them the space oo the other side of this partition. When this is done the pia, will be much more comfortabie than at preseat. De- siroas of compevaativg these persons for tveir loss of entire liberiy, mnc> heepse has heretofore been allowed them is walking about the prison yard. | Not ap reciating this japon property, as a morely Giscreticnary act of kindpess on te part uf the Warden, two witnesses, ip the early of the week, endeavored to escape altogether, by breakiag through a grating upon the wiovow of a police | apartment, after entering whivh they could readily ‘ain the street. In consequence of this attempt, ir. Gray bas been since obliged to keep the wit- nesses mere closely; but we hope the Gove nora will immediately grant te request be intends meking in reference to the proposed enlargemeot, and make | there poor fellows a8 comfortable as thay can be under the upfortunae circumstances. It may be worthy of mention that they are kept rigidly sepa rate from and are piven a better quality of food than, that of the prisoners, The very obvious remedy for such gros injnstice as is pow practiced mm the imprisooment of wit nesses, is immediate trial of the prisoners on their indictment; or, when there are surlicient grounds for this not being done, to take the testimovy of the witnesses, to be used on the trial, and let them rua. Every event, ia fact, can be elicited on an examipa- tion, and the ‘ountry be saved the coat of keeciag vitnesees in prison. and the witnesses themsdives saved from the inconvenience of imprigonment. But, if neither of t!¢se things can be done, then it is the obvious duty «f the government, either Stato or city, to build a house of detention for witness a, that these unlucky and inoo-ent mea may be saved from the evil consequences of being confined ia the fame dens with outlaws, murderers, thieves, and | every species of degraded humanity. Tne Hien Prick or Coat, aND WHAT TO DO Axovr 1T— There is not much satisfaction in read- ing long winded ¢xp!anatione from city coal dealers, 98 to the causes of the high price of soal, and still lesa satisfaction in paying the exorbitant prices that are ciarged by the cealers. It is now selling at $7 50; aud $8 is a-ked at some yards, while we are consoled with the positive assuran e tuat prices will run up to $10 befire December. As coal is one of | the absolute necessities of life in cold weather, and 98 the supply mainly comes from only two or three sources, the consumers are placed eatirely at the mercy of the produce 8, who may put up prices as high as they please; and the present prices arepretty good evidence of what it pleases them to do. The Cause stated for the increased price ia te increased consumption, but tbat has not been proportioaed to the rise by apy means. There are atill three full months of open pavigation for the trangportation of | coal to market: the wreat increass in price has stimutated to inc eased production, and we doubt if there be apy suc grounds for tne apprehension of | | higher prices, as interested partice would have us believe. The tightoess of the money market, and the evspension of a good many large maanfactaring establishments, wil bave the effect of causing & decrease in the consumption of coal, and will make the laborers at the mines more pumerons. it has been the custom, heretofore, for those who could afford to co it, to purchase their winter's ooal in mdaummer, for the sake of getting it cheaper. But let them now hold off awbile, and stocks will accumulate too fast for the comfort of spe ulators and dealers. The contractors must sell, or they can- Lot mect their contracts, and they will sell for what they can get. if sversiiody. rushes forward to lay in their winter’s coul in August, for fear of its being higher in December, the speculators, contractors and city dealers wii be sure to take advantage of the excitement, and put uo the price two shillings a week until the ten dollar poiut shall be reached ; ad when once up, the price will be likely to stav up. The most prudent course for coal consumers is to purcbase as little as possible, and to keep on sup Biying Meeielics from hand to mouth until there stall be a fall, which will inevitably be the case if this course should be adopted. There is, undonbtedly, an increased demand for fnel of all kincs; but then, with the exception of wood, there are increased resources of supply ; thore are no fears of freezing to deata the nex’ winter ; there will be a sudden check to the importation of manufactured goods from England, owing to the hard times and tive mercantile failures daily taking place, aud mapy of the Liverpool ships will bring cut cargoes of coal for ballast, as they have already commenced doing. Iy anp Anour THE Crry Haut.—The clerks of the various courts are wisely engaged in getting up their calencars for their September term, and our old a sioaiiinaecs Jarvis, tbe new clerk of the Com- mob Pleas, seems quite elated with the handsome apartments just pluced st his disposal. The County Clerk, whose offices, by the way, are too small for bis use, has been brashing up, and matiers under his charge never were in be‘ter cun- Gition, He has put all the re:ords, dockets, judg- mevt books, &c., under lock and key. This step, srbitrary os at first thought it may seem, was abso- lutely neceseury to preserve them fr. m_ destruction. Indeed, some of the records had already, for a con- venient season, mysteriously disappeared, and then as mysteriously returned. Others had become so greasy and worn by constant thumbing as scarcely | to seem legible. For these,and other important | reasons, the county clerk has been induced to pro- | viee ecverec pigeon holes, and_place therein all re- | cords committed to his care. This, at least, will bo 4 safer plan than leaving them open to the depreda- | tions snd misuse of ontsiders, as from time tame- | morial has been the case. His offices have been | tooroughly repsried, and everything about them | — 5 nest and as trim as the County Clerk him- seit. Tt eeems to us that the same plan might, with like reasons, be adopted in the Register’s office. Ag the | records in charge of that officer are now situated, it would not be difficult for on unscrapulous interested ne ty to falsify a writing affecting title to property. | It wae, we believe, during Anderson’s term, when a rascally sneak was actually caugbt in the act of al- tering the record of a conveyance. He was observed in a corner, holding one of the ponderdus folios rv ther awkwarély in bis arms, and o:casionally look- | ing ba k over his shoulder, with all the guilty fears of ascoundrel aware thst be was committing a State | prison offence. Had the fellow not been an exceed- inaly stupid rogue he would have accom Jished hid frandulent design; bnt fortonately he was so loag at the job that one cf the clerks saw him wita pen am | hang about to make an inuterlineation, and st: pod ‘The matter was hushed up by the inte . of “ respectable” friends We see him a ona ly now:a days, @ sbabby looking villain, and ‘al rays pasa bim by with about the same feeling of disgust which we should entertain for a man who had servod out a term of years at Sing Sing for the crimo of forgery. In these degenerate days it is a marvel that for- bl enh kinds are not perpetrated in the three k dens called the Registec's Office. Oar enlight- ened city fathers have with their usual wisdom and pradence provided all ths facilities for varrying for- ward the bueiness, The Superior Court Clerk still remains perched on the second story of the City Hall, in a room about twice the size of our own sanctam. How h man- ActTORS a¥D AUTHORS —. returns the eum Wisl of t:e actors sad aathors ia the United States ts as followe:— Of actors, there ae none resident in Mine, Vor mot, District of Columbia, Virgi ia, Norta Caro Vina, & ath Carolin, Florida, Al-bama, whils Now York bes 224; Pean-ylvenia, 133; Onto, 66; the whole pumber in the couot+y, 722. Iv Fran, of al) sorte, with suborvinates,, trey are edimated at thity thourand. Bat in F ance all who can go to the ¥ catve do so, while in this country certain sects disapt mare <i se they conatitate pdrasps ocarly halfcf ation. The nonber of actors must “have increased con- eiderably since the cepeus was taken. Of authors, Maive bas none, or Ne# Hampshire; Vermont bas a whole one (what on 7); Maswachu- sette, 17; Rhode Island, 0; Connectiut, 4; New York, 28; New Jersey, 3; Peonsylvanis, 13; Dele ware, 0; Mwyland, 0; Distrist of Colambia, 0; Virginis, pot dn anth'r of any descrivtioa, it the cetrus 6¢ -ke thetruth; North Curolins, 1) South Carolina. 0! Georgia comes to the reswe wits—l yerbaps a clever fellow t at caa apawer for botb; Ficrica bama, 1; Miasesippi, 0; Louwslaaa, ; Texas, 0; Arkansas, 0; Tennesse, 1; K-avacsy, 2; Onio, 4; Michigan, 2; Iodmna, [itaots, 0; and the remeiocer of the same degiee of spear. Tots) for the thirty-one States, 82, o: t»oand two: thirds of an author for cach State. Sometniog rot ten in this account. We bappea ts kaow, per- ely ea ean hund:ed authors ia this city ne. This census account of these two classes of Ladas- triele wil give a pretty good idea of tue correctacss of tie census returns in other particulars, onl; they are probably more correct in relation to a tora aud aut ore tuan to other professions, because thu.e are 80 few of them. Ope reason why tic cenens gives 60 weagre a retora of euthore is, that there are tow wen who are not ashamed to corfess themsely 44 members of the fraternity, and the same may be said of actors. {From the funday Atlas J Cursom Hovss Matress—By 8 jodisious and oper arraz gement, made with tue sanction of the R retary of the Treasury, quite a number of iaspec- tors, who have heretofore been emvloyed in tue pub- lh stores acd in the debenture cepartmert of toe vetom House, have been plavei upoo discha-giag cuty, which is the Jegitimuce service of an iaspes tor, and their places subetituted by new a poiat mepta, under the devomzation of clerks, of waich the Collector has the power to app?int as many as the public service requires, while he is protubited by jaw from increasing the number of ias; de y this srangement the numerical force of the Custom House employes has been increased thirty men, ard the great want of inspectors which has been so much felt, fully supplied. This opentag ‘was & regular vend to the office secking poli ticians, and afforced an opportunity of providing for thirty of them who could notin apy other event have been taken care of. Several of tne old officers adverse to “ cisobarging du‘y,” resigned as inapec- tore, end ac-epted a pointments as cle ks, at a sala: ry of $1,000 a yea. Tbe new men who have “come in” under this arrangement, so far as we are ac- quainted with them, are first rate dem» rate and ood citizens, about faizly proportioned between ic bards snd the softs, Tho-e familiar with our looal politics will radily recognize several con- Rit us bards in the following list, which embraces the new men appointed under the arrangement we have slinded to, viz :— OLERES AT A SALARY OF $1,000 PER ANNUM. Frark a. Dodo, Capt. Israel Mier, Copt James M. Turner, Hercules H Jones, James B. Hetherington (24 Stephen Mexsen (Allegha- ward), py), Jas. H, Blaisdell(11th ward) A. Meseelrole (brother of Barney), Gilbert C. Hebberd, Jared f. Benton (Steuben Jas Grogan (17th ward), 0 Jas H Clark (7th ward), N. #.Washington(old fogy), Wm H Coben, Samuel Borreil, Avnspiss Mathews, Monmouth H. Underhill (10th war?), Moses Henriques (Jow, 10- Jcha RK. Lydeoker (8th sored), ward). A. B. Thorze, , INSPECTORS. Major James Wiight (2d Isaac Deforost (Brooklyn), ward) George Ferris (13th ward), Isanc Ve milyea (old Ike), Geo D. Davis (22d ward) y , Washington byer (17th Stephen D Layman (0th ware), ward), Patrick Murphy (22d ward), Johu Betts (Sth ward), George W. Ditchett (Wort: W. Fisober Weeks (18th chester), ward), George *emen, Charles’ A. Brown (2nd ‘Thomas Byrnes (Ist ward), ward), restored. NIGHT INSPECTORS. George Brown, Thomas MeCoy. The only man removed was Jeremiah F. Hallett, an ipsp . H B. Cornwell, a clerk, and Taomas McCanp, an inspector, resigned. It is to atete that Patrick Murpby, appointed an {napector from the Twenty-second ward, is not the Patrick Murphy, cur old friend, who was appointed by Judge Brovson, and removed afew daya ago by Mr. Redfield. Bateven if it was, there would be no great barm in it, for we are quite sure there are any worse men than “honest Pat Murpyy” now in tte Custom House. The list, upoa the whole, is a commend»ble one, an@ embraces many of cur most dese: ving democrats. Democratio Movemxents—Canpipares For Mayor.—Sinco our last paper was published, facts have creme to our knowledge which satisfy us that the great Strngg © in the Know Nothing councils, in relatidn to whig candidate for Mayor, has termivated adversely to Mr. Barker, who was at one tixe at the head of the heap. The S-venteenth ward echemers have been too much for Brotrer Barker, and the die has been cast in favor of Merwin R. Brewer, who, in all hnmas probability, will be the next regular whig cancidate for Mayor of this city. He will achieve his nominatioo at te Broad- way House, through the efforts of bis brother Know Notbings, tecretly operating to carry delegates in his favor, at the regular primary election of the whig party. The Barker party, ia the Noow Nothing lodges, is Very strong, but it 13 predicted that they dare not kick sgainst the arrangements that have been consummated in the coal hole of the Bowery Bank, corner Broome street and Bovery—ent-an @ in Broome street. The king of the “coal hole” is to be the next Mayor, if the ope ations of Governor Bill Duke, and the obligations of ‘Tae Supreme Orcer of 76.” can make him so. Barker is killed olf Zophar Mills is ‘sot ba k”— Ely is overshadow- ed— fom Carniey is left behind—Bob Hawes, ditto —all will be f reed to yield to the superior tactics of the “coal bole,” and os the 7th of November next, they will ull be foand active atthe polls in favor of the regular whig nomince, M. R. Brewer. When Governor Duke first undertook to effect a union of the whig party upon Mr. Brewer, we had no faith in bis success; bub we are now satisfied that the feat hes been accomplished. ‘The mancuverings of the democrats for the Mayoralty Lave been very limited. The fat is, the demceracy are not yet aroused. Whether it is from 8 dletrust a6 t> the result, or from a concealed d:- sign on the part of the democratic leade-s, there is at present great backwardness in the party in rela- tion to can 's for all the important to be filled at the next election. Candidates for Mayor are very scarce, and most of thore citizens whose eyes are cast wisbfally in that direction, are afraid to ayow it. We suppose there are twenty promi- pent men in the cemocratic party who would be earnest candidates for fe aes if they could see the road clear, who now vow any sach ambition. The only square toed, ly-avowed candidate the dem is nomination, that wo have met with, is the Hon. William M. Tweed. He avows his desire for the nomination, and possesses a firm belief that be can be elected if nominated. He is av open friend of tbe administration, voted for Nebraska, and has no fear of obtaining the nomination of the ‘softs’ at Old Tammany, for he is “one of ’em,” while the leacers of “old regime,” his associates in Nee pea and cael abused Niger tog of 3, will, as @ matter of ¢: it du corps, in with zeal, and secure for him the nomination ofthe erson tbe “Old Stuyvesant Pear Tree.” The re- form fizzle in thia community hassubsided, and the senseless hue and cry that was raised against the Common Council of 1853 has passed off without in- ty toanyone. The Reformers are a set of ham- z : ages to get along with his business in so narrow a Space is more than we upderstaod. Hall "geseralty—tho prin pal Sepaty haviag & cor at in a cor- ner in the County Clek's Oboe: _ oH The Marshal, cletks and cffi-ers of the United States Court are etill occupying the splendid mente of the Stevens mansion, corner of C place and Morray street. It seems like downright splendor of those mi: Dingy old desks are relieved 2 Teen and gold; while A, sown from the ceilin lawyers, Alaa !—“ zs, and a majority of the people, if thay could be brought to vote on the subject to-morrow, cheerfully turn out Blunt, Tucker, Voorhies, bricge, Ctanneey, Tord, Mott, and Cheity, to Sturtevant, Barr, cmap, weed, Veoergy, cad ettented et energy, to ness of the -ity; but tue members of the board are fussy fogies, who neglect the pi nes and blow their own trampeta. bt are: do nothings, and the ruins of the oli City stand ae 8 monument of their inefficienc; their neglect to move in the matter of re Present absurd end riiicalous city charter, is cient evidence of their stapidity. i ey were men of dil } conoidste for +n thing. cratend might be preseed party if bia pame would untop as would prevent falling entlely into is a sump card, ard democratic party ; lace his name The ‘4 vest family,” or not without zealous patriots, who are serve the o'ty in the di Office of M. Alderman James 8. Lil at the preesot qrit ia the most prominent adamantine disciple in fielé. He is notaing but ademant, being op to all unions or copaliticns, and desiring to equaze anyon “‘principle”— und a is “oppeeition to Frank and his tration.” Thet is Alderman Libby's platform, and:e¢ don’t want apy help tom Tammany Hall. He wants the “bards” to stand on their own bottom, and let the whige wiv. We giory in but we had rother Beat the whigs than show spl‘e apon the patiera) administration, | Governor Issac Townsend is also urged with con- Seeks by iy Gy tig sary . ) col- leagues, Governors an ‘est, press bits warmly; ard tbe fact that be was a “bura- Varner” in [848, aod a zealous “‘haro” at the present Ume, Will Operate to his advantage, ia avy effort that may be’ made to bring bim out as « Union cancidate. It is ‘understood that the Honorable Emanvel B. Hart is earnestly avxious to have Mr. Townsenc nominated by the “Stuyvesant family.” [From the Sunday Despatch } Worx Ansab—Orricks 10 Be Fit.Ep.—On the first Pueecay following tre first Monday in Novem- ber next— that is, sbout seventy days from now— the people of this city and State will elect a Gov- eracr, Lieutenaut Governor, Canal Commissioner, eno an Inspector of State Prisone—ali of vhom a-e to be voted for by tbe Bta‘e at varge. Thirty-four Re -seeentstives to Congress will be voted for in us many ¢istriow of the State. Of these thirty-four this city will elect cix. One hundred and twenty. eight Assembly men are also to be elected, of which number this city elects sixteen. ~ A Surrogate is to be elected in this olty and county, in the place of Alexander W. Bradford, whig); a Recorder, in the place of F. B. Tiliou, ‘oem ); @ City Jndge, in the place of Welcome R. be, (whig); a Mayor, in the place of Jacob A, Westervelt, (cém.) a Register, in the place of Gar- ret Dyckman, (dem.); 8 Commissioner of Streets and Lampe, in the place of Geo. G. Glazier, (dem.); @ District Attorney in the place of Lorevzo Sbepard, cemocrat; a Police Justice for the Sesond district, in the place of Danie: W. Clark, democrat; ‘ Civil Justice and a Police Justice for the Seventh Judi ial distiict; a Prlice Justice for the Eighth Judicial district; and two Governors of the Alms- house, in place of Gustavas A. Conover, and William Pinkney, whig. We aleo clect under our charter government sixty Councilmen, one from each district, and one-half of the Board of Aldermen, cue from each of the odd wards of our city—eleven in all. There are somo other minor offi ers to be elected. The election of 80 19N) important officers will render the a,proach- ing election one of great interest. t is too early yet to apeculate as to who will get these importaut nominations of the r-spective par- ties, whig and democratic; and it may so happen in some cases that the nominees of neither of these a ties will be elected, as several independent can- dates will be mn the fleid. Canpipates FoR Govgrnor—The hard shells are the first in the field. Gen. C. Bronson is tae only msn yet brovght forward by a pacty conveo- tion. He is en adumantine democrat, opposed to both the State and national administrations. Tre softe were reac y to tender a nomination to Jadge Vanderbilt, who is as bard as Bronson, had the lat- ter declined the nomination. But Bronson’s ac- ceptance has frustrated their plan of operation. Governor Seymour is now 1egaraed as the only available canaidate of the softs, with whom they hope, should he accept, to poll more votes than the bards will cast for Bronson. Tro whigs have not yet msce much noise abcut their candidate, thougn Many seem to favor the nomination of Jnage a fiducial 6 tt Sy oe ine he len , the grei Wosbington Hunt is 4 iste Whitney has been named. For Mayor—The whigs have spoken of ex Ald- ¢rman Isaac 0. Baker, M. R. Brower and J. W. Barker for this higboffice. The latter named gentle- man is one of the firm of Barger & Towle, and is very popular with the Know Nothings. The demo- crate bave named, in barroom circles, such men as Wm. M. Tweed and Fernando Wood, who, if nomi- bated, will show the precise difference between being @ candidate and being elected. John R. Brigge, Wm. F. Havemeyer, Andrew H. Mickle, James §. Libby, and Augustus 9 hell, are among the nominees spoken of by democrats for the Mayor- alty. Any one of these men would make a resvec- Pager and their nominations would be creditable y- For Svxroeare.—aAlexander W. Bradford, the resent whig incumbent, will be a strong candidate for re-election. The democrats talk of i Wm. J. Haskett, or Clinton Haring. Fcr Recorpgr —The whigs bave named Frede- rick A. Talmadge and Judge Bebee. The democrats have talked of Edward C. West, Chauncey Shaffer, avd Danie) B. Taylor. For Ciry Junce.—Judge Bebee, the present whig incumbent, 1s a strong man with the whigs, if the policemen do not upset him. Judge Stewart is also =, popular. The demo: rats have mentioned Garret we tiyker, Horace F. Clark, and Abrabam D. Ras- eell. i s sf zl Alderman Libby's spunk; our For Rearetrr.—The whigs have named John J. Doane, George Riblet and Olcott Rhines; and the denocrats have nsmed J, Sherman Brownell. These aie all pretty strong men. Others are talkod of, but these seem the most prominent. For Srreers anp Lanps.—Tie whigs have vamed Christian W, Schaffer, and James Dewey; and the democrats, Matthias Gooderson, Joseph " Sweet, and George G. Glazier. Mr. Schaffer seems very ly tgort and his friends confidently asse:t that he will be nominated and elected. The democrats seem jnst ae certain about the success of Mr, Good- erson, but they don’t seem to take into corsidera- tion that the disnvions and dissensions in their rat ks will defeat the best nominees. For Concress.—-There are a e have named ‘astus Brooks, Mey Sag on a pe ee te George Briggs, Henry J. ond, Thomas R. Whitney, Wiltina 8. Gregory, and Geo. J, Cornell. The democrats have named David 0. Keefe, Jobn Y. Savage, Mike Walsh, John Kelly, Jobn Wheeler, James L. Curtis, Edward C. West, Augustus A. Conover, and others. It is too soon to ea e ex nt is get up, and the glori- ous times are at hand. We have heard of several hundred names for nomination, but the next few weeks wiil tell who are the lucky or unlucky men. An Oxp Orricr Horprr— Captain John McClin toek, whose term of office as Naval Officer at Ports. mouth (N. H.) expired on Saturday, will be ninety- it number of four years of See Magee ade he will also enter on the cischarge of the duties of the office under anew com: pn. The Portsmbath Journal, in noticing the appointment, says that a parallel case for sj agar ta nape ctenciee Taek advanced age an ical abilities its Cuties, :annot probably be found at the present time in the world or in past history since the chris- tan era. } Journal adds the following notice of the venerable man : “ Captain Jobn McClintock was born on the 28th day of August, 1761. He was the son of the Rev. Dr. Semue] McCtintock of Greenland, who was chaplain in the army of tho Revolution, and at the Sones aprend uS sapsvng ae seen engravin; battle, in his ministerial bands, near the ms wh General Warren lies wounded. Fl fit i i i & E i i lu A | f t a sk f ) has been a lopg season of wet weather Liberia. For four weeks revious to June 7tn, had rained, day and night, a'moet constantly. — ne however, promised an abundance, of quahty, OTe wultaroand manefactare of sugar on the St. Panl’s was ey incr . Faefty new sugar farms, it was thcught, would be lsid ont this sea- son, avd five Jarge cane fields were ecen in every direction. Great quantities ef sugar would be made the present season; and some already landed at Monrovia, iy sald to have been of fine quality. Beef was very ecarce at Monrovia, which is attri- buted by the Herald to the intervention of certain vatives, calling ‘ives chiefs, who live on the soad from Bo Poro to Monrovia, and who intercept the pat who come from the interior, and rob them of thi cattle and other articles of trade The government bad taken this matter in hand, and would adopt decisive measures to punish the of- opi Aan revive the trade—Boston Traveller, ug. 26. beens amry City News. ABRzetTs —The police of city made thirty arrests of persons for getting drank, disorderly conduct, &e., for the twenty-four hours ending yesterday Burarsry.—Ex-Alderman Barker's dwelling house, in Seuth Kigbth street, was entered by burglars about one o'clock taturdas morning and robbed of $64, which was taken from his sleeping apartment. Dreorperty Bovss.—On Saturday night, the First ward lice made a deecent upon a dasrepniable house in puth First, near Sixth street, and arreated four fomales, named Catharine Hogan, Ano Hamilton, Rose Holey, avd Mary Malony. ey Were locked up to await ex- amjpation. ‘ Finss.—A small frame building, used as on ice house, in the rear of No. 28 Remsen street, was destroyed by fire about 12 o’clock, Friday night. The rear of the dwelling house No. 28 Remsen street, occupied by Ger: map faroilics, was somewhat damaged; loss about $250; no insurance. The alarm of fire yesterdsy noon, was caused by the burning out of chimney in North Seventh street. ‘The first carson the Brooklyn and Greenpoint rail- road were run through Williamsburg, as far as North Second street, on Saturday afternoon. The track is on First street. ‘The porter houses, with but few exceptions, were closed yesterday, and the city presented an unusual quiet appearance. In Danville, Ky., two persons have been fined $50 each for carrying concealed weapons, contrary to —_ Pecan, sgt eto Kon Anguet 26,1864 — Taylor.)—First Board—$10,000 Penn RR 6's, 97; $1,000 Fen cist coup 6’, 76, 87; 1,000 Pittsburg 6%, cash, 80; 3,090 City 6's, N PRR, b6, 89; 18 abe Peon Rt 443; 40 Miehill RR, 2 days, 61%; 100 Morris Canal, b5wa, 114; 100 Reading R2, s6wn, 83% ; 60 do, 38%; 5 Phila 60; 21 Lehigh Nav, 624¢; 100 Long ila’ Bank, 1243; 260 Girard Bank, b5i a AS 26 do, #5, 12; 14 Mech: 4 iy 2O9G. Boas '70, cash, 14; 1,000 do, 7a 54; 100 Morris Caval, bS, 1134; bO Read Ri, ab and int.'33%: 200 Lebigh Zinc, bb, 15%; 500 co, 13g; 100 do, b5, 134; 66 shs M nebill RR, b5, 612(; 1 do, 61%; 80 Penna Ri 4434; 6 Phi's Bank, 12434; 2do, 2'days, 12434; 100 Gir- ard Rank, 11%. WARITIME INTELLIGENCE, SAA AA AAA nnn eee BH All packages and letters intended for the Naw Yous HERaLp should be sealed. ss New York, August 27, 1904, — ARRIVED. Ship Southampton, Pratt, London and Portsmouth, 31 days, a mdse and 650 passengers, to Griswold, Mor- Shi, Hensy Reed (of Hallowell), Dearborn, Liverpool, 80 days, with mdze, to Bailey & Co. by ht lat 49, lon w Br ship Corstantinople, bound &; 13th, on the Baxks ot Newfoundlend, spoke Brem ship Julia, from Ja, maica for London; 234, 30 milos E by Sirom Nantucket vane ; vege ® pilot Rtg meee fe Lomas , lon 43, an Am ship showing a fetter Y in it. The H R had light en Ship Humboldt oom), Hamburg, » with mdse gna poraiyers to WF Schmidt & Co. July 24, lat 60 42, lon 4 51, feil in with a wreck; at 9 P M came alongeite of her; it proved to be the British brig Betsey, Capt Watson, from for Ouebeerl; ha: abont 10 feet water in the bold; her foremast was gone deck, and tho mainmast about six fect below the port. Capt W reports, on the 17th July a beavy sea broke op board of the vessel while under close recfed top- sails and foresail, which carried away foresail and = topeail, and hove the versel down, with her lower yards in the water. stove in the hatches and sot the whole of our fresh water adrift; at7 AM on the 18th, cut away the foremast to right ship, and pumped successively un- til the 24th, at night, when we were taken off the wrock by the Humboldt, Capt Paulsen, having then been with- out water for two days; the sea being so heavy, it was impossible to save anything from the wreck, exceot what we stood ing Capt W returns bis sincere thanks to Capt P and officers for the kind treatment that himself and crew have received while on board the Humboldt. Ship Leontine (Brem), Deetjen, Bremen, 35 daya, with mdse and 239 ngers, to Meyer & Stacken. Stip Agnes Leeds, Curtis, Callao, May 17, with guano, to Barreda Bros; vessel to Nesmith & -ons Aug 25, during @ squall, carried away the foreyard. May 21, during the right, Wm Douglas, a seaman, of Liver, jumped oven board and was lost; 80th, Geo A Bulcher, a seaman, aged 80, died of lung fever. ‘Aug 7. lat 18 40'N, lon 62, spoke ‘ship Castilian, Graves, irom Callao for Hempton Roads. with foremast sprung, 105 days out; 16th, lat 29. lon 6 20, signalized ship Squantum, from Callao (Way 12) for Hampton Roads. Bark John (Br), Poppenwel), Liverpool, 73 days, with coal, to Barclay & Livingston. Experienced light west- erly winds ail the passage. Bark Queen (Br), Catterbuek, Shields, 65 coal, toorder. Experienced lignt westerly wit Bark Spencer Kirby, Trecartin, Cardiff, July 24, with railroad iron to J M Forbes. July 24 spoke bark Hebern, ing up tho channel, scunpoeet bound for New York. mecha lon agg waa in ony, be Oem im) steerix, y; Aug spoke for Halifax 1th, on banks, spoke fishing schrs Sarah & Julia, from Bncksport, 4 weeks on the banks, 3,500 fish; Mary Charlotte, Sarah Frances, do, 000 fish, Cohasset, of = Palestine, do; ‘14th, Int 4417, signals with bark Cockran, days, with Dy mdse and 2 erect wp A ¥ Schmidt Experienced light westerly winds tlie entire pas- Prinecton (of New Haven), Secley, Demarara, 16 with old iron and oe at to mas' John Alfred (of Pittston), Gray, deys, with sugar and molasses, to Sturtevant & Ve o Bel Time, Perry, Baltimore, 4 days, with coal, to New- oT tig Gipsey, Bo a, in ballast, to master, feht Hemition fof Bovesls), Howe, Honduras, Aug 5, with cocoa nuts, to TG! in & Co. Hadlight winds and calms the entire 25, Int 39 10, lon anon’ ne? Hughes, Inagua, 16 days, with ‘carson, Georget: SC, 7 day yn, Nf C, 6 days. 4g days. yn. Bird, 4 an, Pirouth, XC outh, Behr C , Smaall Philadelphia for Bostot Sebr Wm Abbott, Parker, Now Haven Schr Nile, Jones, New Haven for Philadelphis. fchr John Ralph, New Haven. Reroxsmp—febr Athalia, bence for A\ turned to port this morning, ving oh aren ata at, of the Highlands, in a squall, lost fore and main top- masts. ‘ Ship Leopok, from——, Also, « bark, unknown. Wind @anng the day from NEto SE. berks Deine’, Kellom, Ra"saetro; May Ting’ ne Sth ult; Lanette, Cardenas; Seyfert re; and Tor i, Wane nec ooh Merrow, Ant- | = Four Wruam Gapcory, | ashore velow Portsmouth, | and cor was all damaged, | Gotog into we | allen Oca, ren, 400 sp, v bo cepohe, tauford, hip Presi Clean, Siarom do Juse 11 Elisa Adams, Lawrence, june ant for New Bedford, 160 »p'1100 #h Spoken—Aug 5, lat 86 47 N, loa 8804 W, bark ND Chante, of Beverly, with ao oll. 1o Ship Jobn Bright, from lat 42 28 N, lon 68 W. y pan sass ci in Ship Wm Goddard, , for Wadran and Calout aaah new te weosen Hawket, Reger! creas (June 19) for Bast Havre for New York, July 21, lat MeGaw, vere a0 aba bk boar. from Hamburg for New One (or bound see, dare, at 6PM, of Sottostee Sl ee fhip Consul, Mortimer, from Now Orleans for Liver- "iy Cleat Coat fos New Orin fr Lrerpen, Ang 1s tat as ‘28, lon 62 20. hip Forest King, Alien, from New Orleans for Liver: Pak Bustos Grap fiom Now Orleans f . > fr ony 16, lt 4974 Ton ras We ey psi ‘out “Ende cmaer meen ame Sarah, + io Strait of Gibran a eh - July fo, cr it of trai Phi = bi eo from Boston Pierre, Miq, Aug 16. 1nt42 10, Ion B13 me ig Queen Esther, send, hence for West Coast of Arlen, 7iichr’ Kelune, Cosdage, frou Balubridge Island, Waile- ington Territory for Sandwich Islands, Jaly 28,'n0 let, Foreign Ports, fn byte. ‘In port Aug 8 Br bark Secret, Hutchissen, for Boston, AsrinwalL—Arr Ang 14 sohr Green, Kingstea, Jn. Sia 13th, sehr Martha, ———- de) Pirin rrertege 8 Aug 8 Compeer, Scovell, Dublin; 200k, ax, Crovby, do, EatpuRa—Th port abt Joly 12 abip Atalants, Wallace, ‘ot gorinanan Ta pot abt'kog 11 tte Siseati JARARA—In al . J pEsnoum, Ja—sld July 2 bayk sylphide, ‘ilionooek pOmou In port Aug 4 brig Holen F Ryder, Gmlth, for a, leg Gorrexsurd—In port Aug4 ship Horizon, Thompsea, aig ted Bo a Norden, Bostow, | LABGOW ‘an Bavstno—Sid Avy 6 Col Cults, Saow, Bremerhaven, "Hora Kone-Ar? dune ahtp Flying Cload, ona june a In port July 18 bark am pgs, |Us8CO—] for Boston 8 or 10 Bac Issoua—No Am vessels in abt 12th inst. Re — Walter, of ana from touched at I Loxpox—In port Avg 11 bark Wabesh, Hutchings ding for Newcastle to lon for Boston. % ae Aug 12 ship Senator, Coffin, New Or ns. LxcHorx—Sld July 26 barks Edisto, Kendrick, Bostom 20th, Marmion, Jeckson. do. parmema—in port Avg 1 bark: Mary H Vose, Hallett, for Nuwrort, E—In port Avg 10 bark Moses Kimball, Ool- gy a NE izal er, pgteso—ld ‘dog 4 ship’ Franchise, Reviasos, Book Patznwo—No Am —- Retiree! t | MBUCO—| gE hay MRE Satie Sea a aa 110 GRANDE—ID for Salem ron; Net rene 5 for NYork next ‘day; come be Pe a ie bea pet Sey a Fg; the teas, Hodges, Gio, from Meibourae. Ri mi ‘HIKLDS—Arr Av; ii optmrr Goodwin, Hall, Johp Henry, Oxnard, London to load for New York. = Trikete—In port Aug 4 ships Nathan sna Danube, Hill, disg; and others. Bites ane wat Rodmond, Hill, from Trapavi to load for Boston. BALTIMORE—Arr Aug 26 brig Rolerson, Crowell, Uf schr Astzes, Fine. Easigort it steamer 0 8 Broadfield, en, do; Memeagie a Allen, do; Express, Kelley, do; I B GLOUCESTER—. ; sCLOUCESTER—Are Aug 2 bark RH Knight, Mitebelty HARTFORD—Arr Aug 24 steam sebr be Fwd Harriet and Ria’ Miller, do; 8 @ . 24th steam sehrs i anes Mohawk, ‘terasber, 9 See eae ark omnw "ew BRUVORD. Sd Aug 26 sehr Conseetiont, Bearags son,