The New York Herald Newspaper, December 25, 1854, Page 6

THE LOSS OF THE SHIP ST. PATRICK | ON THE BARNEGAT SHOALS. ANOTHER VESSEL ASHORE ON LONG BEACH. ADDITIOVAL PARTICULARS OF THE DISASTERS, From Our Special Reporter, Banger, Deo, 22, 1854, The ship St. Patrick is another vessel added to ‘te list of those lost on the much dreaded shoals f Barnegat. Very little hopes can be entertained | ef ber ultimate safety, as at this seazou of the year wertheast storms are very frequent aod violent, so tbat 10 will be a miracle, from the present position th» ship lies in, if che ever gets off. The night on which the disaster occurved was, sirang? to say, ‘qpite clear and bright oo ,shore, bat tuick and fogey wtves. The wind on sh? land was blowing from the northwest, while she officers of tee St. Patrick @eclare 1! to Dave been bowing from the norébeass, off shore, rendering payigasion op this dreaded coast any thing but an easy matter. The St. Patrizk, commauded by Capt. Whitman, wailed from Liverpool on toe 15:b ult, with an ay sorted cargo of goods, and four wandred and thirty four pastengers, ap& encountered very favoravic weather vutil within a hupdred miles of her dessina- aor, when it became foggy aad equally. On Dare- ay night, between the buurs of 5 anc 6 v’eiuck, ve fore a bad become quite dark, ie paseazers oud eren Were town inw »& great stae of arm by sn unexpected Cyne wbic Bbook the vessel trom stem t» stern, aot wae immediately followed oy oborrs in quick so ceseion. To the repeated imquiries of the par eeDgers os so their situation aud proepect of safe So) t. Woman assured thew there was no im? dimie donyer, avd thet, in all provabinty, the ehip weu'd be got olf ia a few houre, if they would axsis the crew w tnrowing overboard the cargo to lighten toe ship. Wiile the paseengery and crew Wwese epgaced in this task, gone were tired sad rockets rect up by the cflicere to summon assist- ‘ance from those on score, as weil ss from several fmall veesels that bad beea seen a short time pre- viously in the immediate neighvorhood of the ship. About twenty minutes after toe ship struck the thoaly, the dshing schooner Empire State, aitracted by the signa] guos of the veesel im distress, came alongside and tendered assistance to Capt. Whit man, Who requested them stay alongside until the next morning, it being impossible to remove the passengers that night on account of the intense old, the thermometer being nearly down to zero. ‘Tre request was readily acceded to by Capt. Griffin, | who dropped anchor between the St. Patrick and the shore, and remained there until mucning. ‘Phe smack Albert Heley, Capt. Keeny, next bore wp to the assistance of the St. Patrick, which was guichly followed by the Ned Buntline, the States- man, the George Moore, and the King of the Po- vest. The masters of all these vessels, (which had een codfishing in the immediate neighbornood of the Barnegat Shoala,) readi'y offered their assist- ance to Capt. Whitman, who engaged them all to take off the passengers the next morning. And ic- eordingly, on Wednesday morning, the emigrants ‘were all safely stowed away, with the most valuable portion of their luggage, on board these little cratss, which, after a successful r n effecting the landing of their carg Staten Island, oo Thurecey morning. Having eafely disposed of all the passengers, tue ext e\ » of Captain Whitman was to use the most @trenuou: exertions to save the ship. Communica- tion was bad with the beach,and a line was made fast wo shore. Captain Jennings, the wreck master sta- Moced on Lozg Beach, boarded the ship, and tend- eved ai] assistance in his power to save the vessel. A large quantity of the cargo was thrown over- board, which had the effect of easing her a little. All sails were set on Wednesday, and every posaibie @uertion wade to get the soip off. ‘The vessel, uader the powerful iofioence of wiad and tide, worked wv the south about two cundred yards, put tois did Bot even ber danger abate, for she finally csme to a halt oc the outer bar, std commenced to tramp beavily. The bull being sounded, tee ship, it was found, had been jeakiny bad:y, as there wes some five or six feet of water in Her nold. All hopes, the-efore, of getting we sbip off untu steam puiaps gad steamboats should arrive from New Yo-:k wo he: Remstance, were at an end. 3 On Friday the sails and light spars were taken @own by order of the Captain, who had but hittie hopes of ever #aving the vessel. ‘ne crew, tired of Deing on board a stranded ship so long,and deprivea of sil comfort, began w get quive dissatistied bout this time, avd so turbulent were they taai ‘Capt. Whitman was obliged to send toem to New ‘York in the achooner Comstock. On Friday evening, assistance, in the shape of Steamboat ‘arrived trom New York. The fitan, sving in tow a lighter, with steam-pnnp on board, came alongside about 4 o'clock P.M =The caro was then cischarged as fast os posetic o5 Dov 1 vessels sent for what purpose, aud everytoiog « .- for @ last effort to save tus good via sii. "The spot where the St. Patrick now lies is turce mailes south of Barnegat lolet, avd not far from where the flkfaved Powhatan was dashed into a thousand fragments, with the loss of every 300 on board, over three hundred in number. Tne bay between the msin land ucd the beach is at present frozen over, und only navigaole at a point t the northward of the inlet. The weatoer since ee going ashore of the St. Patrick bas been very tevorable tor her; the wind blowing very geptiy trom the weetward, allayec the surf so as t render commonication from the sbip to the beach quite wasy. In fact, the weather ever since the ship struck tue shoals has been as auspicious aa could be desired, A TOPSAIL SCHOONER ASHORE AT THE INLET. Reliable informa‘ion was received of the stew. ing ef ao topsail schooner belonging to Nova soot. § which had been 52 days out from the West Indic:- ‘The name of the vessel our isformant could not learn. The captain passed through Toms’ river, on Friday night, on his way to New York. He siated that he had been fifty-two days out trom the Wat Indies, that he bad been on the coast absut 22 days, @uring which time the cold has never to tae know- ledge of the master been so intense. In the gale that detained the schooner off the coast, all her saiis ‘were biown away, and new ones which had been put up by him met with the same misfortune. On Tours- @ay hight sue struck on the Barnegat Shoais, not fur trom the Lolet; tne acok luad, cunsimtiog or log: ‘wood, was immediately tarown overboard, vut witl Be favorable effect. She is loaded wita oranges, rum, and hides. The oranges will be entirely worth jess. All her sails having been blown away, 1t wii be necessary to have 2 steamboat sent dows to ner sasistacce, even though she should be got off. There ie no insurance on the schooner. ‘LIFE SAVING EFFORTS ON THE NEW JERSEY SHORE. From the frequent fatal shipwrecks on the New Jersey shore, Congress thought fit during the sent session to pass albill, “An act for the betre preservation of life and property from vessels ship wrecked on the coaste of toe United staves;” bp creasing the Bumbers ot government stativa nouses siong the coast to double their former number. ‘ns important bill provides tor the estabiisument ot ‘ree station houses ut spaces of five miles spart al slong the coast, The act will be fouod m anotwer Part of this day's peper. By this important movement the station houses op the diferent beacnes slong phe Comsat of New Jersey, will be increased doupie fola. Tae Cao vounty beacoes, about forty miles long, wu: ceded have eight stack houses, Aosecom peach w#>out ten miles in lengta, two; Bogautine beacn, avout WP mules long, »wo; kee’s beacd, 4Doat tour miles long, one; Log bow onstisusing bie Barnegat shoals, taenty milex agta, four staiion bousee; island beach, ten mites loug, two; Syrian besch, aboot ten miles long, two; sad from tois point up to Long Branch, » ‘vwenty miles, four pouses Wii: be Each of these different st; provided with life boats, hfe cunveyiag @ lime from the strana shore, consisting of mortars of suil i ime across the bulwarks ® wile from shore. The new piece 0: bes many advanteges over that of toe one | aed. Experiments were made, a shor et (he Washington Navy Yard, wuiod resul | sunafactorily, Wwe ball and rope belong Worow | tence of nine hundred end fity yar 7 wf we ball now about to be pus to ‘ Already surveys Lave beoa mace * and it is noped before the firns seogements will beve been perfeured. a portance of these svavion nyases can DE ay preo ae ie ear 103 “Pa” oes we Wintors sot Yowkwtan we @hm oar avinds ore draws to a ok plage on the New Jerse uburn, Jor wreeked, with the losa of az immense number of lives, the greater portion of which could bave been saved bad the precautions been taxon by ovr governments 69 establien station hoovea along the beaches for their rescue when ciisfortane had apluck:)) cast them upen this wild and dangerous ovast. No expense shou'd bespared to render these precautions a» perfect as possible, waex the lives and proorty of our fellow men are in eminent rik. We only worer that thie matter bas been neglected so ‘ong, shen so many awfal warnings bave been moe manifest. Bot row that toe Life saving bill bas passed, we ho,e the government will fot be tardy tm ibe completion of all important work, for we do not anow when @ revetition of ope of tocse uwio) shipwre ks we bave mentioned above way unexpectedly oecar THE LATES? FROM THE WRECK. The sveamtag Titan, from the wreck of the ship St. Patrick, arrived yesterdsy inthecity. TheCap- tale reports that when he left her, on Satorday night, abe had biged, aud the tide ebbed and floged in ca: go, and the steam pump was in operation, Municipal Affairs. [From the Sunday Atlas, Dec. 24.] TEE MAYOR ELECT—TAER NEW ALDEAMEN NER—CITY REFORM, BTC. It os oeginnieg to be generally believed that the Honorable Fernando Wood 1s destined to prove s vile ube best coief magistrate our city was ever | bicwsed wits. DPbat be possesses talent, firmness, energy, activity, tndependyncs and ta tuawy—the wrest esscnsiais Jor an ent Mayor—in 4 much greater Gegree than has been evinced by of bis predecessors, since the days of De Witt Clinven, will not be questioned by aay one who bas the plea- | bare uf Dis acqaaintapee. He is a man of indomita- | be energy, uuconquerable perseverance, and re | markable sagacity, ull of wiuco will ve available to Abe CMY iM Lis Gixcbarge G! foe very srdacuse and MO pOrint Gawes ew cued to bia by bis teliow cit | #, a5 «hel exeemive of snis great metropolis. Be os emphatically tne man for woe times, or #e capacity, aud totally iia) bietrary. set, wll the mem ders of the Boers of Aldermen elect, wits those of the preseoy Boars who bo.d over for the sexs year, were invited te Meet tLe Mayor elect if 6 cial conference, at hw Tesiaence im Second avenue. Tne :nvitetion was responded te by the appearance a: tne enterrain- iuent of all bot four of the gentleuso invited; aad as the eignteen City Fachers, tous coliected, gatb- ered around the fusiive buard of bis Honor, tuey orcsentea # perfect ins:ration of the “Happy Family.” There were the ultra “reformers,” the “ciean whigs,” the “’arf an’ ’arf” whig reformers, and tbe apdisguised democrats, al) commingled to- gether in most amiable mood, while there sat before them a wost bouatifal supp'y of evecy desirable creature comfort, including generous and sparkling fiuids, calculated to inspize eluquence and promote | @ free interchange of bonest sentient. Under | such circumstances, could an alderman be otherwise AT DIN- | than happy? Could he refrain from casi- | ing a suon &n Cc asion, the agperities | of party fe, to enter into.s ealm and delibe- rate discussion as to what is most proper to be dove to secuie for this, at present, mucu misgo- verned city, an honest, efficient and economi- cal administration of public affairs. After the edibles were disposed of, und t3e clo’h removed, the guests were severally called upon for their views, in relation to city affairs, and the subject of the de- fects in our present municipal governm:nt wis pretty thoroughly dis.ussed. The evils oi which the people most loudly complain were forcibly traced, by Alderman Ely, to ths organization of the executive departmente, who all the execu- tive power, and whove official deiinqaencies are be- yond the reach ef the Mayor ana Common Council. ‘These heads of departmen’s are elected by the peo- ple f.r three years, and no neglect of duty or conta macy on their can be remedied or punished, excep: through the prezeas of the almost unprac:)- canle measure of impeachment, which requires the exercise of « power that bas never yet been effect- ively invoked, snd probably never will be. Lue ab- solute independence of the heads of aepartments wes forcibry illustratea by several of the aldermen; and the universal sen’ 1b appeared to be tha: the people wil] never obtain good municipal re- gulations until they go back to the old charter of 1830, or reorganize the city government upor the simpie ata almost perfect o.sis ot the federal constitution, with a responsi- ble chief execative—the mayor—to whom ai! other officers shail be subordinate and amenabie. Let the heaas of departinenta be e reach of the Chief Executive and the Common Councu, and there will be @ responmbility somewhere that can not be evaded. Lhe want ofpower to do good is a greater obstacle in the way of genuine city refurm, then ibe possession of it to wora evil. Power is not dangerous in the hands of honest men; ani power im the bands of somebody is essenually re- qusite for the proper goverment of such @ city a thin. Mr. Wood, in response to 2 congratulatory toas'. made a frank avowsl of the priuciples aod policy be aborld pursue in discharge of tas Gu®@es of tic Mayoralty, which met the cordial approbatwn o bis sldermanic goesis acd completery captivated the reform Alderman of the Eignteenth. He de- clared taat he snouli enter upon his public daties with clean hands, perfevtiy untrammeiled, aud wir ws disposition to exert his utmost abilities to serve the interests of the city. He should go ins offic- @ perfectly independent man, having no private bu- eines to engross his at tention, and no selfish ends toachievs. He should endeavor to do his duiy faithtulsy, and he abouid look to the Commoe Coun- cil to sustain bim in all his laudable effurts to pro- mote the public good. He particularly called the attention of the Alder men to the confused siate of the city ordinances, and the almost impossibility of determining waa were really the laws that now govern our munici- pality. Since the revised ordinances were adopted in 1845, they have been amended and repealed so often that really nobody can tell what there is lef: of the original or what been substituted for the poruun repealed. The necessity of the “ codiflia tion” of the city ordicances and of the Staite laws applicable to the city, and their publication in one vouume bas been admitted by all parties for years, and yet it nas never been done. jor Wood .opea the new Common Council would give their attenvion to this subject immediately upon its organization. "Thos macter was referred to & special committe, cones ung of Aicermen Mott, , and Wakeman, in Jacuary last, sud the Alderman of the Nineteeowh hos been stirring them up for s report all the year. Like ali the reform measures the reformers propo- sed, this proposition, alt! enforced as one of the most mportant matters before the Board, has been allowed to‘ die out.” Tne next Board, having got rid of three or the loudest moutbed reforme-s that floated into power upon that bunbag, wil. have a little better opporsanity. than the present to work out some good tor the public, and we trast that » thorcugn revision ot the city ordinances will be one ot the first duties assumed. After a pretty therouga discussion of the sfa'ra of the city, with an evident aisposition on the pars of ail present, to unite in an effurt to restore toe municipal government to # healthy snd ecopomicu! condition, the Aldermen severally wok their i¢sve of the distinguished host, ali evidently masn grati- fied with the entertainment, aad witn the opporiu- nity thas bad been thus afforded them to interc! 34 frienaly ‘their views on public matters and cultivate and social relations with each otner, in such au agreeable manner. This very social ie-union of the “Oity Fathers” at the festive board of the Mayor eect, sugurs gvod for tae peovie, aad indicates that the scrimuny of party strife is no’ to be ailoe- ed to interfere with the operations of toe cy go- vert ment tor the ens' year. It also indisated on the partof ths Chief Magistrate, a disposition to cultivate toe most relations with GD le gistative power; and evinced a corresponding desire on the part of the Aldermen, to reciprs.ats his commendable efforts to secare their goud will and cordia! co-operation, in the measures he desizas to propose for the public good. . Wood is evidenty determined to be a practical magietrate, He will enforce she laws aud oc nances fearlessly, we anticipate, judging from sone incidents thet bave come ander our observation ence his election. To illustrate what we meau by 4 practical magistrate, we wil) felate an iacident that occorred with him last week. He was ridiug down Brosdway in an omnibus, when he observec, opposite the Metropolitaa Hotel, a horse attached to another vehicle, fal! upon the pavement. A oun: ber of gentlemen from tne sidewalk rushed into tue | street to render such aasistan:e as was necessary, while a big policeman, wrth hia star conspicnoasly upon bis breast, stood locking on, perfest.y uncon- cerned, and tovally regardless of bis ducy, #hion waa to have promptly rendered all the assistance in Lis power. Mr. Wood marked his man, The nex! morupg, in walking down Broadway, he observed the ssme uniformed policeman standing against the side of a store, absorned in reading a newspaper, and toraliy unconscious of all that was passing aroond him. The Mayor looked a: him for 4 few moments, and noted the number upon his cap, Taen ving np to him and arvusiog bis atrent’ ed ig the mest suiable and gentle m ble, his name. do you ssk my name?” epding official on e duty of tizen’ thas nuer aires it?” “bat cure, I fixst wish to kuow what you wan! said the Mayor, “! skal] not tell you of \t; ut] require you to tell me you little farther hesiiation, the nevlect uve his name, aud the Mayor Rover fie memoraudum book aad passed un, wold r. Lighters were alougside taking out the | responded the | y- | seman to give his | jaquired tae | why do | * | Of ibe above nastated « Soret te eee. oe p) on iy bn be had been qu nized the policeman much out of bread. “Hallo!” said oe, “aint you the man that asked | me my Lame just now?” | “Yes, aud wat of that?” asked Mr. Woo’. “Noth ng, only 1 want to snow why you asked | | mL Wal paid Mr. Wood, “i shall not tefl you.” “Then,” said he, “I should like to kmow you: | Deme. “what do you want of my name?” “T want to know who you are? You asked me my nate and wrote tt dewn, aud | insies you shail sei. me yours.” “Very weil, sir,” said the Mayor; “I am lectly Ning you shoald kuow. My name is Fernando Toat asme was a “‘stunner”—the poor devil im: mediately alteced bis tone, aad, muaking ® very a kward stempt to apologise for his rudeness, be prmitted the Mayor to pass on, without fursher in- terroption, while be, perhaps, commenced ruminat- ing upon the probavle result of his fires interview wb Meyor ood. We imsgine ie will fied out, s00n after the first of January, wnat Mr. Wood meant, by writing bis namew a book! Policemen, look out! The “Big Boss” is around, ond he will be sure to “spot” every man he finds Legngent of duty. she tocicent above related is an actual occur- renee, and we refer to it merely a3 an sDusiation of the attentive and persevering mauneria which we anticipate Mr. W.oc will perform the dntiea of Mayor. We have vo idea that the humbug Perbaw will be permiséed to maintain bia valgar transparep- Cy in thé widdie of she siuewalk, opponite uly pre- usises, two deys alter Fernando Wovd i Moyor. If vse Street Commissioner cacpot keep the atree: ana sidewalks clear of muigunces sud obstracsiosr, we ee to predict that ma Honor tne Major Wh. MAYOR'S APPOINT#ENTS. Jt ceems to be generally undu:stood shat Cojons) es, teem MEM WAM wep eN Mae IRE DAS os Mayor's clerk, under the admimssra.ivn of Me. Mayor Wood. tis also understood thas ar. W. H. Stephens will be cuntnued 43 Mayor's warsanl, and shat Mr. HineDman, tue marshal’s crerk, wil be retained in bis piace, Mr. Eimonds will also ve copvipued ag Coamberlai of the eivy. It is not yet known whether there will be wny change ia tar office of Healic Commissioners. Ds. Miller is a0 ex periencea abd valuabie officer; but many of t¢ Iriends of the Mayor elect are clamorvus for 1 priv ciple of “ rotation im office,” sna thee wil! »- strorg effort made (o induce him to appoint some other democrati: j)>yasicisn in hia place. Dr. Miller is @ sound avd reliable democrat; but he poids + fat ard comiortable office, and he need not be a: ai. surprised if others shall make aa effurs to atep inte his snoss, npon the expiration of nis preeent term. Mr. Harris, the clerz t» the Health Commissioners, avd Captain Bill Wiley, the inspector of vessels, bota democrats, mey naturally expe.t to find a ho-t of hungry fellows oz their tract, aud they will ve forsunave if they ‘ save their bacon.” COMMISSIONBR EBLING’S APPOINTMENTS. It is seid, and we gaess, traiy, tnat the Commis sioner of Streets and Lamps elect, will apport Mor: ge L. Mott as Superintendems o: Sireets—Mattoias jooderson, Supermntendent of Markets, aad Jame: Dewey, of the fbi-teenth ward, Soperictendent of Lamps ond Gas. These are decidedly good appoivt- menis, snd we apprehend the Bosra of “1962 wil! not hesitate to confirm them promptly. Messrs. be and Guoderson sre democrats, and Mr, Dawey & whig. THE CORPORATION ADVERTISING. {From the Sunday Despaich.) After about mx montss labor, \he present Com- mon Council succeeded in perfecting a plan by woich to enlighten the people as to what was trans piring im ene around the City Hall; or, in other words, to do the corporation adverticing in the more widely circulated of the daily papers published in cur city, instead of confining it to organs without circulation. To secure this publicity to the doings of the different departments into which our ety gcvernmen: is divided, it was to be expected ‘Wat 1t would cost something more than the city has heretofore paid to have thie service performed. No one supposed that pspers having circulations rang- ing from twenty to fitty thousaud copies would aa- vertise for the same amouat of money that the sam: Lumber of pspers would, whose aggregate circula- sor was lese than haf that of the AkRaLp alone. till, as the corporstion was to get increased servi- ces at such prices as must make the advertisiag che aper, in proportion to the cu culation given, even though the amonut of money requued would be consicerably increased, the pcople very generally approved of the Hew p.an, capedaly us they were ail to get an insight inte the corporation procecd- wwge. From the repert of the Comptroller, made to the Board of Councilmen last week, on tie subject, bowever, we begin to doubt wether the hopes of the people are to be realized. Mi. Flagg, it ap- years, bas Gecided that w paper with a smal! cirsu jetion is cheaper st tvoand @ halt mils per lin: for each tot dof circulation, thaa ome with a lerge cire jon at two mills per line for each ‘bonsand i: circulated in the ci y! According to this rule, if the Comptrolier was in wan of dry xcods, and could make good use of a hundred yards of muslin, be would, nevertheless, bay from a maa who offered to se!l him ten yards at sixtesn cents a yard, in preference to patronizing a rival who offered him one bundred yards at ten cents s yard, because the first offer only required $1 60 in cash, while the la:ter would cost $10 00. Thia illustra- tration of our worthy Comptroiler’s tinsnciering and economy, as shown in the advertising busines;, is not very creditable to his reputation. He will sey so himself ween he comes to look at his report, as it sppeers ip print. Besides bis blunders in this respect, it also ap- pears from his report that he selectea two Germain papers. One of them, the Neo York Demokrat, claims @ city circulation of 7,000 copies, and offur+ to do the work at two and-a-balf 8 per line for each thcusand of its city circulation, and is selected ; while the New York Hegaup,® paper printed in the language of the country, offers to take thease ad- vertiserments at two mils per line for every thou- sard of its city circu ation, and is rejected. Why? Becaute the Hera.p hss 40,000 circulation, and ite bili wll amcunt to more at two mills line than the 7,000 of the ierman paper at twoand abalt mills! ‘This is carrying out the ovject of the resolution of the Commen Councij with a vepgeance. Instead of benefittins and enligktening the people, we are to pay the city’s money for keeping them in the dark —W offer a preminm to foreigners to remain as an ieo ated claw among us, instesd of coef Oo lan- xusge and becoming @ part and ia igre American Repoblican Empire. Whatever Mr. : amy bave cone in otver respects, (we aust give nim the credit or doing many good things), we must take exceptions to his way of awardog toe acvertiring contrac: of the corporation. He has eviaently lost himself in the cubject, and we hope the Common Council will send toe matter pack to him. wich directions to readvertiee, and see if he cannot do & little better next time. THE DEPARTMENT OF REPAIRS AND SUPPLIES—COM?- TROLLER FLAGG. [From the Sunday Mercury. } Mr. Comptroiler Fiagg, aided and abetted by the lights or tue “city reform” movement, and backed up by that trémendons !uminary and poor man’s friend, ‘vide the Plaintield and Lehigh county bu: ks.) the Swn duily newspaper, bas been waging, tor the past mouth, » desperat. war on tae Depars ment of Repairs and Supplies, and its commissione:, Mr. B. B. Pardy. We have no desire to interfere in any movement having in view the purification of the difierent depa: tmente of our taunicival ern ment; but when, aa in this case, the object is sought to be accomplished by abusing a city officer for moetfers over which he hes no control, we deem it bat just that the public should be made aware of the circumstances, Mr. Alfred Carson, the chief engineer of the fir: dapartment, some two weeks ago pudiished @ card about the msnner in which the notices ior bids on e.ntrects were advertised, and the Sun has been barpiog ever since on the same subject with won- dertui sarcasm snd virulence. It was said—ani truly, too—that the notices appeared only in the Nationa! Democrat, and the impression was con- veyed toat the Commissioner could have advertised ether papers had he been desirous of doing sc. Now we say, and it is beyond dispute, thst the only person blameabie in the matter is the Comptroller nimseif. Lhe National Democrat has the Corpora tion advertisu g by act of the Common Council—a distinction not particypated in by either the Hzrap, Tribune, Times or Sun. Now, even allowing tne Commiesioner the inclination to publish hiv adcver- weements in those pacers does apy one supvose | that Mr. Fagg would pay,tie biile? or would either of the three firet ment’oned journals publish these advertisements at the risk of not being paid, crof having the Comptroller counting the num: | ber of aes, avd deciarmg that a reduction should be made because a comporitor had “ spaced out” | the matter so as to make a “fat” line? In one or wot ciant cases, aa we learn from the Comp the spectre who bolus the money the ery has coneented, on direct applica from the Commissioner, that notices shoaid be inserteo in toe HemaLn—that per taking the ‘connd, and very proper!y, thas its bills against the ld be paid immediately on pressusaticn, as if they were agaiust any mer -antil private individoal. To collec; a bill of fom Jomptrolier would cost at least $10 for the time of a clerk or one of the foremen in any payer office rounicg to rake exolacations in regard to it. We havé not the slightest doubt bat phat if, » mottow, Mr. Flagg will agree to pay for advertising es for contracts in each of the daily pepers, Purdy @ t glad and perfectly wilting to Until the head « i or the Common M perouize them Copa tment acer £0 ess man whose advertisement was pont ed in the Sun through tne error of a c’ sor or she negligence of a proof reader. warfare witl have no weight with the public, and casnot help the dying cause of the woula be “reformers” in their effort to eievate next fall one of their own partment. Judge Beebe gave a very forcible and cutting WMustration of the candie-end saving of Mr. ions, Piagg a few evenin; » Poe Court of be eieuk So ation a8 an, early, boot for want of a candle, one of the lawyers in the case om trial wanted to know whether @ requisition on the Comptroller would not preduce the desired articie. The Judge replied that it would require two witnesses to certily tbat the candle was avtnaly needed and used, and cost two cents, and then three days would have to elnpze before the b.)) conid he paid. What wes then said is actually the case. Everybody who bas per- formed iabor for the city during the two years past, or has bad dealmgs with the tinance department, tein the same atory—worried and fairly beaten ous by the contemptible quibbling of tae chief officer in toast department, they have submitted to any impo- sition in order to tree themselves from his ciatches. * all Decemte As we said before, we have always endeavoured to expose official anaconduct and peculation im the different departments, aad have cox in eve- Ty movement icsateted for securing proper and sub- stantial reforms; but when it 1s sought to screen the Picayuse system thas the Comptrouer has pursued by attacks cn officials holding equsiiy as prominent @ pusitiva in toe city governmen. as be does, we believe 2 16 outy of toe press to interfere. Many Valuabie yh Seema cies be santo the re; he and supp) ‘Min tse af URE inese toe non-advertising poli- eyir the city government, or the errors of oenioe| wre in pewapeper Citices. dr apything wae neeaed tocep the climax in re- ference to the paitry comuact of the Compsroiier, his action on the bids of tne ciffereat newpapers for the corporation advertising would be sufficient. From all the circumstances it seems that oi whole effort bas been to ‘chowse’ the HERALD oat of the job; the only reason we can see why i: did not get she work was, that it had the largest curcalation. Its p ice per bne for every theusand circulation was jower thas that of any otner paper, and had it had but three or five thousand copies in its daily issue; woula have been awarded the contract. Thus the Evening Post and New York Demokrat (Dutch) bid fof a cent per line—the first having 3,000 and the iatter 7,000 circmation; toe HEgaLD bid 1-5 of one cent per line, with 40,000 eirculatioa—and con- sequeatly Mr. Fiagg,on a mere quibble, decides that the pares with th: lowest circulation aball have tbe work. The Sun, witn 6,000 less circulation than tue HERALD, was chosen by our ‘efficient’ Comp- woller, slthough ita bid was only $750 per year jower. Usocer all the ci » we do not wonder thas the Sun is an admirer of his course. However, the Common Council will most likely set sbat matter right, and pext winter the people give dar. Fiagg his quietus, as far as hoiding offi .e ia con- cerned. He hes just fitty-two weeks more of exist- ence as an Official in the city government. Life Saving Efforts. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD, The glad tidings of the passage by Congress of the bili for the establishing of life saving stations every five miles om the coast of New York and New Jersey, have come. Mr. D. K. Seaman, who is now et Washington attending to life-saving matters writes, under date of last evening, that the life- | saving bill passed the House by a vote of 156 to 45 —it bad previously passed the Senate by a unaai- mous vo. Lhe toliowing is a copy of the bill:— FOR THE BETTER PRESERVATION OF LIFE AND PRO- PERTY FROM VESSELS SHIPWRECKED ON THB COAST OF THE UNITED STATES. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives of the United States of America, in Congress assem led, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to éxtablish auch additional stations on the coasts of Long Island and New Jersey, for affording aid to shipwrecked vessels thereon, 10 chanye the location of the existing stations, make such repairs and to fornish euch apparatus and supplies as may, in his judgment, be best adapted to give effect to the ovjecte ot this act. Sc. 2, And be it {urther enacted, That the Secretary of the ‘Trevsury be, and he is hereby authorized to ap- pomt a keeper, at a compensation not exceeding two aundred deliars, ut each o: the stations to be estab- lished under the provisions of the first section of this act, and a superintendent, who shall have the powers and perform the duty of an Inspector of the Customs foreach he cousts therein mentioned, and to give suid keepers uperintendents proper instructions relative to the to be required of them, . And be it further enacted, That no boat shall be purchased and located at any other point, other than on the coast of Long island and New Jersey, unless the sante be placed m the immeciate exre of av officer of the government, or unless bonds shall be given by proper udividuals, Jiving in the neighboruced, conditioned tor the care ond preservation of the same, and tts application to the ures intended. Src, 4. And ve it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby authorized to ea- tablish stations at such light houses asin bis judgment he sball deem best, and the keepers of such: iizhts shall take charge of such boats aud apparatus as tay be put - their. charge respectively, as part of their official juties. Mr. Hamlin, chairman of the Committee on Com- merce of tha Senate; Mr. Fuller, chairmsa of the Committee on Commerce of the House, ani Mr. Sketon, member of tue House from Trentoa, New Jersey, have been indefatigabie in thia good work. The pill has been perfected om the seventh day of the session. The Hon. P. G. Washington, ‘Asstelant of the Treasury of the United States, has given to Mr. Seaman many facilities in the onjects of his mission, and directed Lieut. Dahlgren, of the United States Navy, attached to the Orunance de- partment, to mske experiments with a ne + “sorter tor throwing lines over wrecks. The ex,.; neat was made yesterday me The bail ond red. were thrown to @ distanze of nine hundred and fifty yarde-—more than haifa mile. The Hon. ir. Skei- *on, and tte Hon. Mr. Stratton, attended with Mr. Seaman at the Washington Navy Yard, to sze the experiment, Further experiments are to be made. The weight of the ball wss nine pounds and twelve ounces. It is a matter of immense importance on our shoal coast, when yeasels ground far from shore, to throw the line to a much greater distance than has heretofore been practicable with the mor- tara in use. BL Mistam December ,{,1854. Later from the Bahamas. {From the Charleston Courier, Dec. 21.] By the British schooner British Queen, Capt. Sweeting, from Nassau, N. P., for Baltimore, which put into this port on Tuesday for provisions and water, we have been placed in possession of our files of Nassau papers to the ‘sth instant. ‘The Nassau Herald says that the House of Assembly has been further prerogued to the 6th of February next, when business will be proceeded with. There was an excess of revenue to the amount of £203 18s, 6d, for the quarter ending 30th September, The Herald of the 25th uitimo, says:—The schooner Vallonia, of and belonging to the port of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Swim, master, left this port last Tuesday for New York, with a carge of sponge, logwood, &¢., and was wrecked at Whale Cay, Berry , on the same night. ‘The master arrived here on Thursday evening, and re- ported that it was probable the vessel would go to pieces ‘A passenger from the bark Marival was accidentally shot by his companion on Sunday, the 20th of Novem- ber, at Mathew Town, Inagua. The ball was extracted six bours atter the accident, by Dr. Albury; and the un- tortunate man died thirty-six hours afterwards. A cor- oner’s inquest was held by Mr. Burnside. Verdict— “Death by the accidental discharge of a revolver pistol.” ‘lhe American ship Sunny Side, of New Yor, Wm. H. ‘Adams master, was wrecked on the Babama Bank, on Tuesday morning, the 28th ult. Sbe sailed trom New Orleans on the 224 of Novem- ver, bound for Liverpool, with a cargo of 2,060 bales of cotion. Qn the morning of the 28th, at five o’clock, the ship suddenly struck, aud there remained fas. Every exertion was made by the master and crew for three days and nights for saving the vessel, but their efforts proving unavailing, they, on the fourth day, took the assistance of several (nine) wrecking vessels, for the purpose of lightening the shlp. Iteame on to blow during the night, when she bilged. About 1,200 bales have been saved dry, and brought to Nassau by the wreckers, The master and crew were compelied to leave the vessel on Monday morning, the 4th instant, as it blew so hard and the sea broke over the ship. At this time the water was over the lower deck. The wrecking vessels were obliged to take shelter under the Riding Rocks. ‘The ship was of 724 tons burthen, and bat nine months old. We understand that every effort was made to get the vessel.oil, whieh proving unavailing, the Cuptain touk the aswistance of the wreckers to lighten the ship, but as it came on to blow iresh, the ship was forced still higher on the ref and bilged. Ir xpected that the greater portion of the balance argo will be soved in a damaged state. crew arrived in this city on Tuesday, in the nd that there {s no salt at Turks Islands, t the demand for it at Inagua probably exeved: the quantity on band. Fiiteen vessels required cargoes, offwhich six had been loaded, the remaining nine were at Inagua on the 27th ult. There is no salt at any of the other islan ‘There # still a deplorable defiereney of labore salt S0c. pér bushel, with an @ beon refused for & catgo t Corn Ide. 0d. per bag. Flour § ee APT SI IE I CS SEE TL IDI, FINANCIAL *.ND COMMERCIAL. | MONKY MARKET. Bunpay, Dec, 24-6 P.M. | During the post week moshing bas oscurred of | particular lpportance inthe financial world. The | stock marke: has been comparatively quiet and free | from violent finctustions. Money matters bave not | ~ materially improved, and the banks do not appear | disposed to let up the pressure im the slightest ce- | : gree. The returns for this week will be made on | Tuesday. The line of discount will not show any | variation of consequence. It is expected that the | amount of specie on hand wil! be larger than pre | viously reported. This will afford no relief totte | money market, or tend in any way to the restoration of confidence. It isthe impression of many that after the holidays there will be a revival of trade, | and immediate preparations for the commencement | of the spring’s business. To a moderate extent such will be the case, bat not sufficient to create | much activity. The financiai difficulties under | which the entire country is now laboring are too deep rooted to be eradicated at once. It reqaires time and economy to make up for past extrava- gance, and it would be the heighth of folly to sup- | pose that the first favorable indication was a gua- | ranty of returning ease and prosperity. The re- covery must be gradual to be sound and heeltby; and apy sudden expansion on the part of the banks, or m credit in any way, would prodace | re a relapse that would retard tae progress of liquida- tion to.» very serious extent. Our only hope is in | & stesdy adverence to the present policy. Any | deviation from the present policy of our bavking | institutions woold be attended with fatal cons:- quences, There is, however, very little danger of any change. Seltpreseryation io the strong jaducement for them to continue the proper course, and there is no doubt but that their very existence depends upon a general liquidation. Those who watch the course of our banking institutions can judge pretty correctly of the course of trade and prices. There ie no better barometer, and it is free to all. There can be no mistake about the effect of an expansion or contraction. We do not mean those made frem week to week, but those made for a lengthened period, one way or the other. We have no other guide but the movements of our banks, and the causes producing these movements; | and those who are governed by them will always be | Ra. There is a time to | prepared for any emergency. | pus out sail, and a time to take in sail, and those | Dru, who watch closely the elementa do both in season. | It is difficult to take in sail when all is apparently fair and favorable; but it is best to make everysning aug while it can be done without loss or danger. | Keep an eye on the barks, and follow their exam- ple—expand and contract as they do. If done in season it will be » safe operation. Saturday was a hard day among the merchants. The payments of three days were compressed into one, Monday being Christmas. There were no shipments of specie from this port last week, and the amount in the sub treasury at the close of business yesterday was two millions of dollars leas than at the close of the week previous. The Nicaragua Company will not pay any dividend to the stockholders on the 1st of January, 1855, but we are informed that the company has made this year, clear of expenses, about one million of dollars, which has been expended in paying off in- debtness of the company, in paying a dividend to the stockholders in July, in settling claims of Mr. Vanderbilt, in adding to the property of the eom- pany two ocean steamers, several lake and river steamers, in farnishing and equipping its road from Virgin Bay to the Pacific, and in patting all its steamers in complete order. By referring to the company’s report ot July last it will be sven that | the net receipts of ita business for the first six months of this year were $820,000; and asthe net receipts of the first six months of the coming year ‘will without doubt largely exseed those for the cor- responding period the present year the stockhoid. era may hope for a large dividend in July next. ‘The ocean steamers, the lake and river boats, the road from Virgin Bsy to the Pacific Ocean, the depots, landings, ways, stations, shops, machinery, coal on hand and afloat, now belonging to the com pany, cost $2,800,000, which’is equal to $35 per share for the capital stock of the company, exciu- sive of the rights and franchises granted by the Nicaragus government tothe company, which ts not thought to be over valued at $1,000,000. Holders of the stock have full confidence in the management under the presidency of Charles Morgan, Baq., and will quietly wait for a dividend until such time as he msy deem it prudent to resume their payment. Under the present administration nothing is lost by delay or postpopement. For the week ending Saturday, December 16, the shipments from the Cumberland coal region were small. The amount transported during that period fiom the whole coal region is 8,159.15 tons, and since the first of January last, 640,364.15 tons, of which 490,131.13 tons were transported over the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and 150,233.02 tons descended the Chesapeake and Ohio canal. It is stated that notice has been given by the pro- per parties to the holders of tha: class of debis of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, which stand deferred to the mortgagers heretofore given to the State of Maryland, known as scrip, bonds is- sued for ecrip, bonds and acceptances to creditors, balances due contractors, &c., thatthe President end Directors have authorized the consolidation and | conversion of said claims, where the holders may desire it, into a registered debt and interest of saia company; for which certificates will be issued ou presentation and delivery ot the evidences of sucn debts at the office of the company on and after the first day of January next. The interest accrued on suid claims wil! be computed to the lst of Janua- ry, 1855,and embraced inthe certificate issued, from which date the principal sum only of said cer, tificates will bear interest. Tne Mount Savage Iron Company have suspended operations at Mount Savage, inthe rolling mills and ‘urnaces. The committee of the Council of Boston on the eduction of the debt of that city, reports that the consolidated debt ot the city on the 20th day of $7,843,712 77 December, 1853, was... Re yaitices ‘The consolidated debt at this date, Dec. 1864, 8... 7,628,142 32 Reduction ...... 0... sceeeeeeeereeenee $215,570 45 ‘The amount of means on hand on the 20ta day of December, 1853, was— Onl. seaih.. 8s $701,387 85 Bonds and mortgages. 789/315 00 Wilt ce swntesvb (Nos giscds easeviien v5 $1,400,682 88 The means on. band st this date, December 20, 1854, are— $608,887 22 717,920 45 | Reduction of means Reduction of debt as abo: Net gain on the debt $49,495 a4 The annexed statementexhibits the gross receipts of several railroad companies, during che month of | November, this year and last:— Ratiroad Recurts—Novewurn, 15: November. 188; Erie Railroad Harlem .... ND 18} The increase in the aggregate of these companies has been about seventeen per cefit. Only the com- panies in the list~Stonington and Norwighsshowa lecrease in Nevecaber this year, compared with | last. | The annexed statement exhibits the quantity and | valve of certain articles exyor from vhls port loriog the week en ding Fjiday, Dog 45 22, 1864, distinguishing the destination and extent cf shipment to each place:— Commence oF Tux Poxt oy New York—Weexry Exrorrs: LIVERPOOL. Quan. ‘Val. Quan. Fal. Cotton, bals.3,256 $127,805 Hops, bales.. © 2 S407 Fiour, | bbls. 1,507 y 156 aga ae , bales. : Logwood, tnx. 100 3,000 Lard oil, 200 3,880 Nails, k pe ‘00 Rice, tres... 13 9% Oat meal,bbis 72 bia Scrap steel, cs $9 1,200 Middies , Sh’ks &hids. 99 360 Staves ...... 208 Yobacco, hhds 165 bi ad Oit pepperm't. 7,87 Shelis, casks. Vaut Skins, cases. 12 2873 243 1. R. goods... 6 M2 War, Ibs....4,900 980 Bladders, csks 12710 « Hs..88,5 23 © 2,400 Hops, ba....1,092 7,800 Oilcake, tons. 418 3,600 Charcoal, bhds 117 Copper ore,c Lea. cloth, Oars.. Turpentine. 4,723 ANTWERP. Cotton, bales 508 $78,909 Mahog. logs... 67 Com, bush,.7,078 6,660 Sp. turp. bbls 120 2,713 Rye tee.2018,185 3047 Sugar, boxes. 695 12,706 300 12,493 3,786 Rosin, bbls. 5,723 924 Logwood,tons’ 50 Cotton, bales 250 $9,768 Sp. turp, bbls 235 3,874 Flour, bbls. 6 66 Whalewe Ibst,o0d 400 Rye, bushelss,668 11,330 Coins, box... 1 150 Sarsapa’a, bls 6 143 Cedar, logs .. 349 2,847 Logwiod,tns, 40 _ 609 Staves, No..5,000 "549 Kosiv, bvis, 1,851 3,702 Total.... cscs. whtelee Ube Sseastehe ottons, bs... 360 Cocoa, bes... 198 3,153 Lignumvite.. 83 360 1,400 Horns, Ibs.,12,000 180 3 250 Horse hair, ba’ 16 3,255 4 975 Ivory nuts,bs 82 9,736 7 1,347 Hama, tbs...2,751 —'300 4 "218 Oars.........'167 300 2 250 Jewelers’ashs 39 5,750 2 _ 483. Whaleb’e,lbs 9,588 3,600 2 1,096 Porcelain, che 4 4106 Apples, bbls.. 25 260 Tong, beans.b 5 'W00 ,383 I. R. ba,bgs,cs 875 90,812 149-2821 Lasts. ioe eit 41,547 1,190 337 4,950 800 45 234 108 WE, oll psa oae 1,260 68, Cece 43 229 i Ce Re Rea “Aba ve $152,698 15 $250 Whiskey, bbl . ey, bbls 68 $1,470 : 887 71 Ronin, bbls... 38 ' 98 3,070 «119 Plank. 2 600 1,400 16 10a 18 1,328 — 6 TRB Noted sco $5,37T MARSEILLES. 578 $1,900 Alcohol, bbls 10 $390 200 1,800 Staves, No...5,280 400 8,300 92,400 $8,207 Cotton, bls.. 318 $14,061 hooks, hhds. 106 p, bis. * 1 121 Casks,....... 818 971 " ae cesses $15,153 BRITISH Flour, bbis.. 36 orn,’ bushels 108 Peas, bual Tobacco, Ibs. 2,280 Guano, ‘tons. 814 * 45,800 Rice, tierces 2 60 Pork, bbls... Hams, lbs. BRITISH NORTH AMERICAN COLON! Flour, bbls... 880 "$7,832 Coal, tons.... 205 $1, <bampagne,, 24 "192 Other articles —— 6 Total. our, * odtish, Ib Fork, bb! lish.. Lead, roils... Otber articles — see cene ene B24, 949 56 Furnitary ba 3 2) ap. Plaster, bbls. 200 ar Gas pipes, cs, 99 16 Bread&Cr. bi. 207 Hardware, cs. 31 $ Ploughe..... 14 Flour, bbls... Pitch... e4 Rum, hhds. Tobaceo Total... (DANISH WEST INDIES, Flour, bbls... 600° $6,150 Dms’tics, bis 33 $2,156 Figs, eks...., 3 $2 401 Candies, oxo, 22 38 89 Lobacco, los.1,279 241 486 Drugs, ¢..... 1 510 470 Tobacco, his 5 598 47% Paper, vdls... 50 300 260 Matting ..... 50 680 85 (usentn CISPLATINE REPUBLIC. Tobacco, 1bs.15,400 164 oo Genent bola’ a0 3 Lumber, ft.550,300 $10,356. 813 R&CAPITULATION. Liverpool +9365,265 Has Br. Br. N. A. Coloni Danish W. Ind ies. 004 Venezuela Cinplatine Republic 10,823 Rotterdam... Value of mdse. exported during the week. .., This aggregate is nearly equal to the total value of imporis during the corresponding peri id. Sach an exhibit of oar foreign trade, at this season, ia something andsual. With the usual shipment of specie, the aggregate exportation for the weok would have shown a very Great excess over im- | ports. We nfust soon look for an important increase in our weekly importations for the spring trade. Shipments of breadstaffs to European ports haya been protty active during the past week. The sunexed statement exhi bite the quantity aud certala articles, other ban tyviga ayy yo'ne of ———