The New York Herald Newspaper, February 1, 1855, Page 2

242 THE COMMISSIONERS OF EMIGRATION. 1m the Beurd—Tho Annuel Be Mayor Wood tn the port—The Sardinian Paupers and Criminals. A regular meeting of the Commissioners of Emigration was held yesterday, at 4P. M, at their rooms in Anthony street. Present, Commissioners Verplanck, Witthaus,” Garrigan, Crabtree, Kelly, Dunlap and Purdy. Mayor Wood, who is » Commissioner ez-officto, was also present, and participated in the proceedings:— Commissioner Verplanck occupied the chair. The mi- mutes were read and approved, after which the annual report was read, Some discussion ensued as to the omis- wion of certain moneys from the German and Irish Emi- grant Societies. It§ appears it has been the habit when remittances were received ‘rom other than the usual source, no account was taken of the same. Mayor Wood strongly objected to this proceeding as it left the Com- mission open to suspicion. Commissioner Witraavs moved the following, which was adopted: — Resolved, That the ann is ( shall bersafior make mention ‘Seip of, such moneys oe are estab soostred by the Vice-President, and are duly accredited the bookkeper on the regular book of ibis Commission, The report was then adopted, after having been duly corrected, The followiug is the document:— ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF EMIGRATION—IN- TERESTING FACTS IN REFERENCE TO YORKIGN EMIGRATION. The year 1854, being the eighth of the operation of this commission, was marked by many circumstances and events highly unfavorable to the multitude of emi- god. who arrived here during that period. Their aum- much exceeded that of apy former year. The pre- valence of disease in the countries they had left, and which often broke out on rhipboard, or immediately after their arrival—the uncommon number of ship- wrecks and accidents at sea, cating the passengers ina state of destitution upon our shores—the appearance of contagious dise@e in this aad other cities—the failing of the customary demand for labor from the derangement of business. as well as tho high price of provisions from the short crops of the year, and the unusually early and severe commencement of the present winter, all con- bined to throw w this Commission a vast amount of labor, responsibility and expenditure. Similar circumstances in the years immediately pre- vious to the formation of this Commission, and also in the first years of its operation, when ii unprovided with hospitals and other meons of assistance, and its funds were embarrassei by refusal to payfcommutation, and consequent litigation, (slough the immigration at this port was hardly half of that of the last year,) were productive of intense distress among the emigrants, and the spreading of disease and alarra in all directions, not exly in this city and neighborbood, but along all the great ines of internal communication throughout our land. It ie mainly due to the effect of the preseat laws of the State relative to alien passengers arriving in the port of New York, that whatever may be the imperfection of the aystem, or the defects or errors of its administration, yet the evils which otherwise must have existed to an incalculable extent, have been checked or alleviated, that the approach and spread of pestilential discase was loug mst and when it appeared that ample provision was made for the largest class of sufferers without bur- den to the city treasury, ax well for re-imbursement to ‘the counties when the duty of providing for this class of ws fell first and immediately upon them. Crowds of titute persons, who would otherwise have swarmed as beggars in our streets, or filled our alms houses, were forwarded to distant places where they found yment and support, whilst the diveaged and entirely ellen were provided for and relieved witnout adding to the taxation of city or sonnhy. ‘The immigration to this port in 1854 was much greater than in apy former year. The whole number of alien passengers who arrived here, and for whem commuta- movey was received during the year was 319,223, being 34,278 more than in the year preceding, and even exceeding the emigration of 1862 (the largest on record) by 1,881. This increase was occasioned entirely by the augmented number of Gorman emigrants, being 57,342 (or about one-bait) more than in 1853, and about thre times the average of preceding years. The number of emigrants from Ireland continued to decrease, sory 3 in 1854, 30,862 less than in the year preceding, and 41,- 428, or nearly one haif less than inthe remarkable year of Irish oye ie 1851. The emigration from the other eountries of Europe has also increased, but not in aa: large proportion, except that from Switzerland, whic har risen from 4,614 in 1853, to 8,883 in 1854, The number of patients effected with contagious or iwfectious diseases, and received at the Marine Hospital at Quarantine, was less than in the two proceding yea but a larger proportion suffered under the attacks of Asiatic cholera and other severe diseases. On the other hand, the aggregate number of the diseased or helpless ye-eived at the hospital and refuge on Ward’s Island, still increased, as it had for some years past, baing about one-tenth wore in 1854 than in 1853. This arose partly from the larger emigration of the , and in part from the number of in- Bem’ or destitute persons who had become en- bitled to the benefits of the commutation fund during the last five years. The vumber of vessels employed in conveying citizens and alien passengers was ~ 1,566 Number cenveying citizens only 25 Total passenger vessels. Number of paxsengers landed... Of these 48,161 were citizens, and 319,2 ‘vie. —Natives of Germany... ‘ Ireland ‘ England “ other coun! otal aliens arriving in the port of New York in 1854.........5+ tate ee eee ee 319,223 Number in Marine Hospital Jan. 1, 1854 324 Admitted during the year 4,438 ‘Total number of patients treated at Marine Hospital. . 4,762 Being 24 lean t Number in Emigrant Refuge and Hospital, Ward’s Island; January 1, 1854. 2,762 Nomber born there during the yeai 701 Number admitted, ay " 12,487 Total number cared for and treated, .... ——-— 15,950 Number of sick received and paid for at the New York Hospital.. Mumber of do. at 3t, Vincent's ‘Hospital Total caxen sent from Park office. 129 Number of lunatic emigrants City Asylum, January 1, 1 Wamber admitted during the year Total lunatics........-..0+++ 260 ©f the insane supported by this Commission, 47 died during the year, 101 were discharged, 117 remained at the end of the year. ‘There were temporarily relieved in this city, by food, money, or other articles. ve 17,516 Forwarded by the Commission to various places inland, and paid for in wholsor in part........ 4,104 Supplied temporarily with bosrd and loiging in o buried at the expense of the Commission, in whole or in part. 1,622 Mumber sent back to Europe at the c Commission, in whole or in part. 44 Persons supplied with situations nce office in Canal street, males.. ane si females MIE oo, ciuis eoreene Saeciinieaters co RDO Namber reiieved or forwarded in the several counties of the State, by or at the expense Of this Commission, abOUt......66ese000066 9,000 Grand total of persous relieved or assisted by this Commission in the State of New York.. 119,390 Number of days spent in Marine Hospital. 83,239 “in hopital and refuge, Ward’s islnnd..1,171,398 5 Number of letters written 10 friends of lately’ $3,601 24 from friends of recently arrived 4 applied to tne forwarding of emigrants chargeable to the Comm/ssion.. $12,530 90 Reeeived at the office o! the German Society ‘and applied solely to the relief of emigrants who would have been otherwise chargeable to the Commission........ $15,917 70 The sick reported as received amd paid for at the New York Hospital were so received by @ contract with that Corporation, now continued for several years, by which chargeable to this commissioa, suffering from such sudden casualties as would not permit removal to the emigrant hospitals out of town, were there received at the charge of this commission. Cases occurring at night, in the city, of such persons, are also received un tilthey can be comvenieetly removed. The Institation for the Blind has received and imstructed persons at tue ebarge of the Commissioners. The number of persons for whom places of permanent ment in city and country were procure! was 370 ‘ese thaa during the past year; this was eaused the vexatious interruption of the duties of the office, by av injanction, which closed it for she two first weeks in May, the most important perio’ ia the year for this purpose, The injunction was thea dis solved. Had the operation of this part of the establish. ment not been thus suspenied, the number so provide! for would probably have exceeded that of the last year more than « thousand. During the greater part of the year there waa compara w little demand or aveess ty for temporary out-doo aasistance in the city, but the severity with which the winter set ia at an early period, when the city was filet with emigrants just landed, produced many claims o this nature duriog the last six weeks of the year 1554, ich could not be rejected. The bestowing of such re Ref is open vo continual abuse from imposition, aad even where there is ground to saspect ia mal deception, ia subject to the general objection of fostering habits of relying upon the public or private ty for support, to the neglect of industry ant ecoaomy. Yet in severely inclement seasouf, and in tunes Hike the present, when the ordinary dom labor are suddenly diminished, many cases wil which neither hamanity nor jastice can sulfer to Jeft ueaided, and which may be aided with more econo my and with a better effect on themselves, in motes than by sending them to a refage of alms house, Such have been aided by small allowances of various Kinds, and by temporary provision for loly ng destitute emigrants for a night or two. Ta cases o! urgent distress larger aid hay been gives, and may euch are vis and presertbed for at thelr homes by the physician of the office. The whole number of families thas aesisted io 1854 wae 4.074 ‘The winter has thus far proved very unfavorable fa this reapect, and the expenditare so caused has drawn heavily oa funds of the Commissioners, Since the Ist of January it has been found necessary to appo nt epecial selarie’ visiters for the winter position and secure as efficacious and econom cal an ap: ‘ication of the means of relief ay powwible. [tiv hoped and trusted that this state of things will bs of no long | Th tion. "The ‘whole number of alien parsengere who bave paid praveat imj | NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 18565. ine be most desirable to return to their own countries all of the latter class, and most of those of the former; but this direct power is not granted by the existing laws of this State, and is, perhaps, a [ne of the inter- course with foreign nations not within the competence of State legislation. Tke subject has been brought before the Congress of the United states, where it is trusted that a remedy will be furnished for this great evil. But the Commissioners bave not been negligent in applying the powers alreacy given to them by the laws under which they act, in requiring the full bonds and enfors- ing the penalties now provided in certain cases of this class, or of commuting them at a rate sufficient to pro- vide for the proboble expense of the support of such paupers, or ve condition of returning such persons (¢s- pecially if convicts,) to their own country. Should no more stringent remedy be provided by Congress, it is submitted whether an enlargement of the preseat powers of the Commission, confided to their discretionary exer- cite, both as to the amount of bonds and penalties and the class of prment, (especially convicts for offences ve eon) might not be expsdient. of patients under treatment at the Marine Hospital, Staten Island, whether landed from ship-board or sent from the city, as affected with contagious or in- fectious disease, (to which the jalstion of 1849 has specially devoted this hospital,) was 4,762 during the last year, This number is little more than hal( that re ved in 1852, (8,887,) considerably below the average since 1849, and 36 less than in 1853. But the proportion of severe and ordinarily fatal diseases was unusually large—there having been no less than 650 cases of Asia tic cholera, or nearly one-seventh of the whole namber of patients under treatment during the year; many of them were beyond the reach of medical aid, when re- ceived, in consequence of the time lost between the first attack of the disease and the reaching of the hospital— either from the shipping or from thecity. [here were sixty-five yellow fever cases from ship-board, 168 others were landed ina dying state—thus indicating, with other things, a greater provalencs of disease onfsbip-board thaa has )ately occurred, The following summary of monthly reports of the Ms- rine Hospital, shows the aggregate results of its opera- tions for the year. The details will be found in table No, 2in the appendix accompanying this report, stating the nature of the diseases and other particulars :— Number remaining 1st January, 186: 326 Received during the year 4,438 Total treated... 4,762 Of whom were disci ged. Med... crosses 3,558 909 Remaining Ist January, 1855 .......44.eceeeeeee ‘The proportion of deaths to cases under treament thus appears to be 19 1-10 per cent,a larger proportion than has been usual, but which is to be accounted for from the malignant character of diseases, and ee the pre- vailing influences of a generally unhealthy year. In their lest annual report, the Commissioners made a statement of certain difficulties occurring and likely to occur under the laws coocerning the public health. A repetition of similar occurrences during the year 1854, induces them again to present the subject to the legisla- tive consideration. During the last months of 1853, and in 1854, vessels filled with emigrant aliens arrived, in which Asiatic cholera had broken out daring the voyage. The Health officer, under the direction of the Board cf Health of this city, has in sach cases of tessels arriving after losing part of their passengers or crew by cholera, or other infection, breaking out at sea, ordered the !and- ing and detaining of all the passengera at quaraatine, though app rently in good health, for the purpose of cleansing them and their baggage, and cleauing and purifying the vessels themselves, which are thea per- mitted to proceed to the elty. The effect has been beneficial in preserving the city from the spread of iniection. But the passengers have been left to be provided for at the expense of the funds of this commission, during their temporary detention at quarautine, There does not appear to be any legal authority for the use of the commutation fund for the general quarantine pecuniary purposes, or for the receiving and supporting at ity charge, per: sone not sent to the Marine Hospital as actually alfected with an infectious or contagious disorder; nor indeed would that fund, even with ita present increase, be adle- quate for such ‘objects, should unhappily ‘Asiatic cholera cr any other pestilence become extensively epi- demic abroad during the whole year ‘The “Act relating to the public health,” section 22, provides that ‘all passengers under qui ine, who hall be unable to maintain themselves, shall be provid- ed for by the master of the vessel in which they shail havo arrived, and if the master shall omit to provide for ibem, they shall be maintained on shore at the expense of auch yexsel, and such vessel shall not be permitted to Jeave quarantine, until such expense shall have boea repaid.”’ The power of thus enforcing payment is con- fined to the Health Officer, and should he refuse or ne- glect to do so, the commissioners must either assume the responsibility of the refusing to receive and feed such persons, a messure hard, and it may be inhuman ana dangerous to the public nealth, or they must apply the means in their hands to the quarantne purposes, for which the law does not design them. Some of the expenses thus incurred have been vol- untarily refunded by tue ship owners; in other eases a previous stipulation has been made by the Health officer ‘as the condition of not detaining the ship, but alowiag her to go to the city after landing the passengers at Quarantine. In mary other cases, where no reimburse- ment of the expenses could be obtained from the vessels, it was considered as an equitable claim against the Board of Health, and this claim is now pending before them, a favorable report having been made by a committee of the body. But the reimbursement of sach expenditures seems to depend contingently upon the view taken of the subject by the Board of Health, the Health ollizer, or the ship owuerr, as the case may be, and the whole matter is again respectfully submitted to the Legisla- ture, in the hope that such legislative cirection may be tiven as to leave no difficulty in enforcing the intention of the law, or otherwise providing for such expenditures, whenever they may become necessary. The Cummissioners of Emigration hold in trast for the State, lands on Ward’s Isiand, in the county of New York, purchased by the Commissioners, from time to time, in ditterent lots or parcels, during the last five years, being about ninety-six acres, The original cost 60,881 82. The property is now, indep:ndently of the buildings, worth at least $120,000; and taking the rate of sales in their vicinity, woald command @ higher price. The building are valuable, chiefly for the hospital purposes for which they were erected; but toe introduction of Croton runder the arm of the East river, separating the island from Manhattan Island, and also the large reservoir, the wharf, grading, levelling, and other improvements, add largely to the value of the Jand, for otber al ped than those to which it is at present appropria' The whole of the land held by the commiesioners on Ward's Island is now held by them in fee. The arrange- ment for an exchange of a partof their unimproved land at the extremity of the tract for a release of the land held by them under lease (as heretofore reperted), and authorized by law and the approbation of the State offi- cers, hes been finally consummated. The buildiags originally on the premises held under lease having been valued, the sum of $16,868 75, including an allowance for the supply of water, was paid, together with a grant of eleven acres of vacant lan the south end of the island, as the consideration for the release in fee of the eleven acres in tha centre of the property held by the commission, on which are erected their only wharf and the largest ‘building, originally a factory, now used for various valuable parposes, The exchange, considered merely as amatter of broperty, a fair and equal, whilst for all the objects and purposes of the commission it is highly advant igeous he Commissioners have proceeded on the plan lid down by them and acted upon during the lest three years, of substituting as their means woull admit, | wore spacious, substantial and convenient brick build- | ings for the single story wooden structares erected ia | haste to meet the exigency of the first years of the com- | mismon. they have adhered to the general priaciple on | } in repeatedly which their first brick hospitals were erected, as stated in the report for 1853; that of entirely separated duiid- ings pot wider thao is convenient for a single ward lighted on both sides, and of varioug sizes, but all of considerable length; they have varied from their original plan ovly in rot Imiting their hospital edifiess 0 a single story. Their experieece has already fully con- firmed the opinion expressed by them last year, that where there is no reason for economy of ground, this plan provides more effectually than any other for cons stant and ample ventilation, and against the danger of fire, and the spread of infection, in case of any tial epidemic, (as cholera,) and’also against t tion of erysipelas, which breaks forta un: } was strikingly manifes last | the fact that in this populous establishmen harly exposed to the ravages of cholera f | stant arrival of persons from shipboard or infected Iv- | calities, in whom this disease did not manifest {tssif at firet, it never spread very widely over the hospital at the same time, and several of these insu ‘ated warts en- tirely escap ad. The buildings erected or undertaken during the year are the following — Two large substantial brick buildings, 25 by 125; one of these if a two story building, and the other of three stories. The firet floorof the two story building ix one large bovpital ward, capable of accommodating sixty | adults; the upper part of the building {# divide! into three apartments, one a hospital ward, another intented for preparations ot morbid anatomy and copies of such in wax work. The third fe the surgical bitheatre. This was planned with great care, so as to afford the best Nght for operations and all other conveniences which the experience of similar establishments has pointed oat as conductve to the purposes in ¥ i vine service is performed on Sant ree more large brick buildings, com nenced ch will be com- pleted about the middle o first is of th-ee stories and basement, intended for the accommodation | of the resident physicians and others. The second is of | three stories, 56 feet front, 125 feet long, in which there will be three spacious «ell ventiisted wards large | enough to accommodate sixty patients in each ward. th rd is of three stories and bavement, 64 front and large and well ventilated warts xty patients in exch ward. 126 feat long, with fou apable of accommodat ny ° The of as may ject in view hereafter, and gi ployment to those more capable of suc! ry commenced out stone from a quarry of ‘ms: such buildings, on their land on Ward’s The erection of a proper asylum edifice will require a larger immediate outlay than can well be spared from the present current iacome of any year, and must there- fore be a work of time. No plan has as yet been pre- pared and decided upon. The Retuge department p: we receives, as heretofore, the helpless and cbronically infirm, ant women waiting childbirth, and others not requiring hospital treatment. But the whole establishment on the i is, to agreat extent, one vast hospital, and its inmates pass from one of the departments to the ovher; those of the Refuge on access of disease to the hospital proper, and those in the bospital often, on recovery, to the Re- fuge. Thus the aggregate of admissions to each consi- derably exceeds the total number ot inmates for the year ip both. The discharges show the same result:— The following summary givex the aggregate results of the whole Ward’s Island establishment for the year, from December 31, 1853, to 3let December, 1854: No. of inmates in institution on Ist Jan. 1864. 2,162 No. admitted do. do, 12,487 No. of births do. do. 701 Total number cared for do. do. 16,950 Number discbarged during tbe year.......--, 11,075 Number of death: during the year, in both Refuge and bospital.........cvesstsesseeee 1,707 12,782 Number remaining on 3st December, 1854... 3,108, Number of days spent in Hospital, 5907288 34 do. ‘do, Retuge .. “) oanjn0 Total number of days spent ia both... .1,171,398)4 Number of small pox cases sent to Marine Hospital..... aeeee iB 43 ‘The Hospital proper has increased in the number of its admirsions over the last year. On the last day of 1864 it had 1,349 patients against 1,224 of the corresponding period in 1853, The number of days passed by patients in the Hospitals was above one-fourth more than in the Pear preceding, being $90,288 in 1864, against 400,028 in The statistics of the Hospital Department present the foliowing results, waich it may be satisfactory to com- pare with thore of the three preceding years, as showing the ordinary operations and constant extent of the o#- tablishment — 1851. 1852, 1853, 1854. There were cared for in the Hospital during these 12,273 10,976 12,261 15,861 1,324 1,201 YOATH.... 0002 Of there there die #22 1,438 - 1, % . Disch’gd, cured cr relieved 9,793 8,943 10,215 13,074 Rem’pg at end of the year, 1,166 (823 1,214 1,349 There were born in the Hospital in the several WWUTB ose cone sence ie 492 529 644 (701 us it appears that through temporary causes, such as prevailing epidemics, the severity of seasons, the spe- cial eondition of emigrants when landed, or their state on embarkation, cause considerable flactuations in the num- ders and rate of mortality of paticote; still the general average remains very large, being from nearly 11,000 to nearly 16,000 in each year; #o that the Hospital itself has become the largest sanitary establishment in our country, and is outnumbered by few im the civilized world. But in addition to the amount and variety of practice afforded in the Hospital department to the students of medicine and surgery, the adjcining Refage department is filled with chronic cases, or Jess serious ailments, not requiring regular hospital freatment yet demanding moro orless professional assistance. During the year, 13,805 such cases were there treated, thus making an aggregate of 29,667 cases of various kinds coming under examina- tion or observation. ‘The consequent value of the Ward’s Island establish- ment ae a school of medical improvement has become wicely known, and the places of assietanty have neen eagerly sough? for by young physicians from all parts of the State. ‘The certificates of having satisfactorily per- formed aterm of duty in that capacity, granted and s'gned by the Coramissioners and their medical board, are received in our merchant and packet service, and in other employments, as among the best evidences of pro- feesional knowledge and skill which @ young physician or surgeon can produce. The emigration of the year 1854 was, under many very unfavorable circumstances, (#tated in the begio- ving of this report,) and their influence, and that of the prevailing tencency to disease througraut the country, ‘Was of course severely felt in the hor A much larger proportion th year were landed from ship’ or very debili state: many of these came with phthisis already seated indurably, while dy- sentery and diarrhea were unusually frequent, se- vere and fatal; In June, Asiatic cholera appeared, and though arrested by change of diet, an‘ thorough cleansing of the wards, reappeared repeatedly until Oc- tober. From these and othtr canses both the number and the proportion of deaths were much enlarged. It is, however, worthy of remark, as showing this increase to arise from general causes, and of diseases assuming an epidemic character, and not from anything pecultar to the Ward’s Island establishment, that the proportional nerease of mortality, as compared with the last year, is ers than the average increase of that in the city of New York in 1854, as compared with 1803. qThe surgical practice during 1854 hae been exten- ve and successful. The new enrgical wards, by ir improved comforts and ventilation, have contri- buted much to the more rapid progress of the su. rative part of the practice, and ths operating room finisbed and put into use during the summer hag removed many serious inconveniences heretofore expe- rienced, The statistics of the year show 4,574 patients under treatment, ameng which were a number ing the most difficult and delicate operations of surgery 89 died, and 4,079 were cured and discharged. This proportion of déaths is about two per ceat, being lower than that prevailing in the whoie city of New York. ‘The former annual reports of the Commissioners pre- sent the record of @ constant struggle with inadeqnate means and financial difficulties, from the organizauon of the commission until the summer of 1853. fhese dif- ficulties limited the efficiency of the system, compelled the erection of ehesp and merely temporary buildings, which it is now found necessary to replace by buildings such as it would have been desirable to erect at first; and though these difficulties were surmounted, it was by contracting temporary debts, by delay in reimburving the counties, and by large permauent loaus on . as well as at the cost of much vexation and trouble to those to whom at aifferent times was confided the ad- ministration of the Commutation Fund. In the first years of the commission these difficulties specially arose from the intended revenve having teen reduced more than half, by the conetitutional objection to the law of 1847. and consequent litigation, and afterwards from the inadequacy of the rate of commutatioa, not only to pro- vide for the current expenditure of supporting the d titute aliens here and reimbursing the counties, but also for the cost of lands and buildings which were wanted for an efficient and economical adm.nistration. ¥rom these embarrasements the commission was ra- pidly, and, itis trusted, permanently relieved by the act Cf April, 1853, raising the commutation to two dol- Jars per head, and appropriating the additional fifty cents to the reimbursement of the county charges in the first instance. The immediate relief thus given, and the large reduction im 1863 of the gradually accumulated debt of some yeare, were set forth in the Jast aonual re port. The necessary expenditures of 1854 were much raised by the high price of all necessary articles moet Foe | into the consumption of the establisomente at Ward's Island and the Quarantine, by many uvexpect- ed and upusua! claims upon the Commission for aid, and by the increased burthen thrown upom the Hospital and Refuge, the number of inmates being ten per cent larger than in 1863, whilst their average sojourn in the waros was longer, the aggregate number of days ¢ spent by the patients apd infirm (as h having risen from 928,626 io 18 This was not counterbalanced by the average of the Marine Hopital. The income of the Commissioners from commutstion, peralt es, compromises, &c., bas neverthevers enabled them to meet all the ordinary and extraordinary claims upon them, to make their regular quarterly reimburse- ment to the counties in full for all bills and dem snd then audited and allowed, (settling the cowaty bills in ful to Getober 1, 1854,) and also to lay oat $27,073 97 in the erection of permanent bosp'taledifices, aud the procuring a release in fee for the Innd and buildiog on Ward's island formerly heid by them at a rent wader lease. It was mentioned in last year’e report that $20,000 had been repaid on account of the principal of the loaa on mortgage of $150,000, from the Matual Life Inaurance Company, under the express undeestandiog that sbould the possible pecessities of the winter require it, the eum would be returned and the mortgage raired to its origioal account. The unexpected necessities of the when the ordioary income w: pelled the commissioners rela | of this arrangement, and the February, 1854, and appli They were also obll, draft oa the Mecha a he Jatter was made good atthe Gret return of the spring income, and in October the sum of $40,000 way e emall reduction io wat dawa rrent @xpendit uw tata porary over «’ Bank, where their sccowats are io paid to the Mutual Life Insurance in reduction of the principal of their mortgage. But .n view of the possible exigencies of the approachiog winter, it was deemed advisable to procure the same stipulation ae in the previous case, to which the company liberally av vented. This money has not yet been required, and probably will not be, at least to the whole amount. It is sopet that the debt on mortgage i* now ica trais of perma- nent reduction, It is due to the formar Commissioners, under whom the debt was contracted arose from the purchase of lands a: buildings, now held and ured by the comm cation, in which alone $300,000 were expended prior to 1852 The gate debt due by the Commission oa let Jana- ees, inelading that on mortgage ai cash in bank, wi ‘ 4 f 2 The balance due port for 1853, for items, ) veers $142,391 42 The year 1854 offers the following coiparienn, and pra- sents @ more favorable resnlt than aoder the ciream stances of the year the Commissio The amount of debtat the close bond and mortgage, was to repeat that it i the erection of Unadjusted bill of the Governors of the New York Almshonre, aud unaaJited bills of the counties for October, November, and Decem-, Der, 1854...... cases 4 85,000 00 p< a «a ‘$145,000 00 Total amount of debt on Jan. 1st, 1865... 682,807 64 ‘The portion of the above sum of $36,000, which sista of the amounts due the counties other than New York for reimbursement, is in part charge payment. The nore of the New Y« for the support of in- cope persage chargeable to the commutation fund. In the view of the Commission, this amount is subject to considerable Since, 350 & large offset for the sup- rant mothers, and arrapgemen’ De The Commissioners have poeogoand and are anxious to ad- Just these and other differences which have arisen be- wae the two Boards, by an arbitration or amicable suit. The principal heads of expenditure, and the sources and several amounts of income, will be found in the fol- lowing abstract — A Statement of Commutation Fund, 1854. 28. Balance of fund on deposit with the City Cham- berlain, January 1, 1864 seve $7,605 25 Amount of commutation ceived from owners and consig pees of vessels for alien pas $683,210 00 000 00 18,913 88 gage s For compromises of special From owners and consignees of sels, for violations of law. . 192 00 For support of illegitimate children 1,365 25 Amcunt re-deposited, having been drawn from bak in August, 1863, to pay for real estate on Ward’s Island, and charged ay such in re- port of that year, Rent of No. 23 Canal street. ‘ From Trustees of Seaman’s Fund and Retreat, for board and medi- cal treatment of seamen......... For ship fever cases, admitted into the Marine Hospital. et For advances to emigrants for their transportation into the interior. . For certificates of release from bonds From Irish Emigrant Society for ad- vances to emigrants for tranapor- tation, &e......... trod For sales of empty barrels, fat, regs, sron, &e., at’ Ward’ Island and Marine Hoxpital,..... For sundries Total.... +... For erection of buildings, ments and repairs... For purchase of real Ward's Istand,.... . For reimbursements to eupport of emigrant ++ 78,532 85 For reimbursements to inetitutions 9,117 50 5 to Governors of ++ 27,525 36 8; soeereeeee + 21,316 20 ligence office in Canal street 5,113 61 For disbursements by agent in 10,868 75 counties for s+ 5,382 62 6,574 33 Rocheste r. Do. Utica..... a vid Sho fayecial on eyed of mi ‘uge apd Hospital Wartellent. nest 2 For disbussemen: Marine Hospital. ‘Unclassified expen mutation Fund, comprising: Fayment to Life Ins, Co. on account of principal of Joan: on bond and mortgage . 2.4.0... $40,600 00 Interest on joan. + 10,537 62 Forwarding emigrants to interior,....,......--. 19,227 21 Temporary board and lodging to emigrants,. 10,701 82 ‘Temporary relief to do.. 7,670 53 Steamboat hire.......... 4,085 00 Rent insurance, and sun- dry uclassed expenses. 32,990 €0 ———— 126,302 78 Do. Marine Hospltal.............. 7,816 15 Maintenance of well passengers Janded at Quarautice from chole- ra vessel... 1,660 24 ——-— 036,215 77 Balance ip Mechanic#’ Bank, Jan, 1, 1855....861,192 46 One of the most effectual means of prowction that could be applied, in thaberetofore repeaveily mentioned im the Reports of the Commireioners, the exclusive pos- session and occupation of a wharf or pier by them for the landing of newly arrived emigrants. In a former year such a pier, in an insulated situation, was pro- cured, but ita use for the purposes contemplated was in- tautly prevented by the proce jon of the Coruts, enjoining such a use as apd injurious tothe comfort of reason appearing to the Commiss hy the same result should not take place as to any other location which they have had offered to them, they have refrain- ed from again attempting to exercise this power, though expressly conferred upon them dy statute, The subject ie again respectfully recommended to the attention of the Legitlature. INVITATION TO GOV. CLARK AND TITR LEGISLATURE. Commissioner Purpy offered the foliowing, which was adopted — Whereas, His excellency Goy. Clark, and Gov. Price of New Jersey, and a joint committee of the Legislature of New York and New Jersey are now im the city of New York inthe discharge of their public duties, also tha: athe Gov. of the State of Connecticut is expected to visit city to wecompany the distinguished geatiemen alla- ded to, and whereas it isdue to the high station they occupy that a proper understanding of the official pro- ceedings of this board ebou'd be had and explained to them. Therefore, Resolved, That an invitation be given them to visit the charitable institutions at such tune as will suit their convenience. Commissioners Purdy, Kelly and Witthaus were ap pointed & committee to wait on Governor Clark and ten- Ger the invitation, MAYOR WOOD TALKS TO TH® COMMISSIONERS, Mayor Woop announced that be was about to leave; but before doing so he wished to give notice that bis business there was to look after the interests of the city. Twelve policemen were detailed to keep the emigrants o nd their pay came out of the city treasury. ‘ae manifestly the daty of the Commirrion to nee. and be intended to take such action the Board to pay for the a lance of policemen bereatter. Each policeman cost the city $700 a year. Commissiooer Gauty —It would be well for your Honor to influence the Irgisiature to make non-residents and merchants who live out of the city, bat do business in it, pay their just bare of the city taxes. This Commia- sicn that now does so much for the country, has barely enough to pay expenses, and it would be hard to make them spend more uselessly. Commissioner P. CarriGan suggested the propriety of the Mayor taxing Lob gear of amusements throughout pei Acle who also had policemen detailed 10 take charye of them Mayor Woop replied that be had !t in contemplation to ecropel raiJroad companies, managers of theatres. &:., to pay forsuch atteodance. While the eity was under bis charge, he was Getercined that private institutions should pay their expenres from their own funds. ‘The Mayor then left the room. THE CRIMINALS AND PAUPERS PROM SARDINIA. Commissioner Crantaee stated that he bad an inter- the office of the United States District Attor- ith the Sardinian Minister, .who expressed an ar- rire to comply with all the laws of this country e subject of bringing in convicts and pau - id he had taken measures to prevent any of asvengers landing from the Sardinian frigate Des Geneys, until ne has made a personal investigation of each ease, and having made such inquiry, will make a report of the same to the office of the Comm instruction as to the disposal of them. He that if it ix required, they will be sent ack by the frigate that brougbt them. THE DIFFICULTY WITH THE TREN GOVERNORS OFFICE OF THE COMMIsHIONERS OF EMIGRATION, New York, Jan. 25, 1855, Ieaac Townsenn, Esq., President of the Board of Goyer- ners of the Almshouse -— Deak Sik—Herwith you will please Gnd copy of pre- ution adopted at the meeting of the ‘i ner of Emigration, held yesterday, ting im reply to a communication from your depart- A communication from the Governors of the Almshouse, requiring the payment of the bills rendered hem for the support of lunatics, received om the Lith i! inst., having been considered, it wa: Wheren the law organizing thi the Commitsioners of Emigration to indemnify neys received by them, as far ar may be, t cities, towns and count «of this State, for any expen or cbarge which may be incurred for the maintena: and support of any of the persons for whom commata- fon money shall have been paid, in proportion expenses incurred by said cities, towns, and counties everally, for such maintenance and support; and, Woereas, the Commirsioaera of Bmigration’ have paid to tne Governors of the Almshouse, in uy at the rate formerly agreed upoa for the support of unaties eupported by the rald Governors up to January, 1864, amounting to $27,525 86 within the past year, . agreement of rate tuey have since re reindel bound by law to pay for euch lunatics only the cos charge of their actual maint®@nance: And wherea there are certain charges, especially thor# for the « of native children of alien mothers born in this city 2 county, incurred by these Commissioners and which ber judgment ly chargeable to the Gover nora of the Aimsbonse, and constitute a fall, jast and equitable oft ably to the fail amonots now * to them, tuerefore Commies oaera of Emigration are whatever sums may be due to whous@, ae soon as the reap: the and given due notice thereof, asd are, thare(ore, tive claims of the two Boards can be aljusted ; aod that to thie end they renew th wsition repentedly made, of xubmitting anf deciding all such ausettled claims of poth parties, io the decie on of arbitrators or Sy an ami cable sult. 7 VER?VLANOR, Preside WEEKLY SUMMARY, 6 Cc Number of al’en emigrants arrived to Slst inet... 7,992 Do. mame period, 1804 ..... 6c. ccceee sens vere cee DDOUE Decrease this + 7,582 | Namber of inmates in the institations under charge of | the Commis ion — $82,862 79 52,956 65 Case of Lieutenant C. G. “Hunter, Unrrep Srares Bric Barnsriper, t Off Sandy Hook, Jan. 23, 1855. Srm—I have the honor to announce the return of the United States brig of war Bainb-idge, under my command, to the port of New York, trom whence she sailed in November, 1853. I wish to inform the Honorable tie Secretary of the Navy that this hes been done after the most mature deliberation, and that I do not throw myself jm the least upon the mercy or clemency of the De- partment. It has been done upon the fall conviction of how uteless the veseel was, under the cirsum- stances; upon her station, and that being so, to re- main quietly there was to be fale to the interests of my government and the honor of its flag. It the Honorable the Secretary of the Navy will contend that a blind obediense of orders isthe wiole duty ofa navy officer, I will remind him that, with thie, the battle of Cape St. Vincent would have been no victory; and that, with this, the battle of Copen- bagen would have been lost to England. I do not wish to assert that these examples are spything more than great truths, showing that it my be, under certain circumstances, even a praise wortby act to study the bonor of a flag in preference to a blind obedience to orders, nor d> I wish to deny that an officer who disobeys orders incurs a grave reeponsibility. I rely solely upoa what I can make Plain to the department, that, unier the circum- stances, it is better for the honor of the flag that I sbould return to tze United Statesthan remain apon the coast of Brazil. Upon the 28th of January, 1854, the Ba'nbriige einived im Montevideo, where Commodore Silter then was on the Savannah. A difficulty had occar- red at the Falkland Islands, known there even prior to the srrival of this vessel. N> communica- tion, however, was maje me upon that subjec: until after the United States sloop-of-war Germantown dad srrived upon the station and sailed to those islands; then I waa informed by Commodore Salter thes he wonid bave sent me “had he no% feared that I would compromise the governmsnt;” he made use of the ssme observation to Commander Lyncn ap well as to me, a9 I was informed by the United States Consul to the Falkland Islande. Little flattering as a declaration of tnis kiad was, I made no crotest. Again a difficulty occurred at the Falkland Islenés, which was kaowo in Moutevido upon the 20th June, 1854, and altooush the Biia- bri¢ge was at that place, Commander Saiter did not eena rer, but ordered the Germantown from Rio de Janeiro—more than double the distance—n» doubt, for the same reason as before. About the 6th of O :tober, aifficulties of a very se- rious rature, involving our flag, were kaown at Montevideo to have cecurred at Paraguay. Tne flog sbip had just arrived in the river; ia spite of the urgent necessity that a vessel of war should go to Astumption, I was ordered on 8 cruise to po: where no dfliculty was known to have occurred, Before sailing, however, I sent to the commind- erin-chiet a detsiled plan for reduciag, with th: Jeant powibie force, the Dictator of Paragnay to « jnet repazd for tne rights of foreigners. lL crdered the officer who was sent with this con- munication to state to the commander in chief the manner in which it had been received, and also tha: Zo doubt existed that serious difficalties had just cccurred in Paraguay; that if he would order the veere! under my command to that point, he migh’ rely upon a Pp arrangement, and one houor- able to the flag. The commander in-chief stated that the Buain- bridge cculd not reach Aesumption on aconat of having 40 great drafts of water; bat the officer who had been sent by une bad fortanately been upon the survey Of the river to that point, and assuced him that without her tanke, acd cther nonecessary weight, there would be no difficnity. Tagsin urged the commander in-cbief ta ba seat to Paraguay, by let‘er, dated October 9, but all to no Raspieee Tnetesd of being sent where a serioas )Mcuty was known to exist, 1 was ordered where it was known no diffienities had arisen—for eteam- ers twice a month reach Montevideo, bringing news from every port in Brazil in which we nave con- merce. Inthe meantime, the Waterwitch, engaged upon rcientfic duty in the waters pear Assumption, went to that place for the arrengement of existing difi coities. Lieutsnant-commanding Page visited Pre- sident Lopez three times before commanicating with Mz. Hopkins, the United States Consul; he or dered that the officers of the Waterwitc’ should not visit the aforesaid consul, ard, strange beyond be- lief, he ordered a lieutensat, by whom, ere this, you tave received despatches, not to take any nome from Mr. Hopkins, the United States Consul, whose exequatur iad been withdrawn by President eZ. if @ yomnme were written i: wonld not tell more plain y how our difficnities in Paraguay have been arrenged. Asa finale, since the deparzare of the Waterwitch, President Lopez haa suepeaded the ex- plocationa of those rivers, aud the Seminario, the only peper published in Paraguay, is loud in its abnse of the Americana ani the Lieutenaat-Com- mavding of the Waterwitch. Commodore Salter was made aware of these events by Lientenant Moore, bearer of despatches from LiewtanantCommanding Page tothe United Rtater, and by that opportunity of sending me or- ders to return, by the eame bearer of despatches, noxe were sent. To command a vessel of war, and be sant pur one Oleg ‘nO difficulties exist, when serious o1es were known to have occurred elsewhere, is in my eyer,& dtgradation. 1 call uprn the Hovorsble the Secretary of the Navy to relieve me from that degradation, and I ask only at this mo nent orders to go to Assamption and reczere ‘he wronge of our injured countrymen. If the commarcer w-chief plainly and unequivocally sbirks a responsibility, it becomes imp rative, ia my opinion, that I should take one. I herewith submif on accompanying detailed a. a. marked A, of a probable force necessary to ig President ez to @ juet regard of the rights of oar felloe citizens. He ia now engaged constructing fortifications upon the Parsguay, which would have been unavailable if I bad been sent immeiiately upon the perpetrstion of the outrages. I will not dweil upon the flagrancy ot these outrages. Theg>v- ernment, no doubt, is fully informed ae to their char- acter; but property his been confiscated, the lives of eur countrymen placed in jeopardy, and our flag hauled down snd trampled under foot, in a country in which mob has never been known. Upon the 14th of Msy, 1854, I aidressed a letter to the Honorable the Secretary of the Navy, io re- gard to my private intereste, I have received no answer, save indirectty, through the com: merder-in-chief, and that not at all in its tore calculated to lead him to believe that lenjoyed the confidence of the department. [ bave at various times, as lieutenaat aad in inferior dressed letvera to the Honorabie the 330- vy, aod have, I believe, invarianiy before tris time, received replies, however adverse ine Depar:ment bas been to secede to my re peste. 4 ‘Tne commander in-chief wae good enough to send a letter, which was io substance & reprimaad to me; it was foanded apon 4 secret report made by btm of me to the Department; a partof this report lam prepared to 8 07” is & mis Matement. 1 do pot wieh to make a point witn the Honorable the Secretary of the Navy how far it might be con- ridered honorable or cishoncrable to mske pabil: a | levter marked ard received private, uvless an ab- solute peceseity involving the hoaor of the receiver | requiredit. When violation of my condience, WtLOUs B Necessity, has been accompanied by & se- cres report, @ part cf which J am presared to show soniue, ay gocbaritabie person might with mach show of right esy that the commander-in ciief oat an cbject 0 serve in rot iaforming me of the pur- port of bie letter. 1 Dave vo state to the Honorable the Socretary of the Navy that I bope se omission in not answeriog my lettr was an sccidental one; that as aa offiser ccmmandiog ® vess:! of war, I think that common courtesy d+mards direct anewers to each communi- avicnsas | my make, however hn the Honorabie be Secretary ot the Navy msy dissporove of their tebste ce. If i msy excrems an opinion, this pro- bably accidental omission may have brea &2 Ooera- ting cause in leaciog the commander-in-chief to suppose that be alone was sreaponsible officer Tae | commacder of a vessel of wat is always tespousibie | for bis own acte, snd the commender-in-shief oxn- | | | not relieve aim of that respossibility. [> actempt it is to cass @ reflection a his character as aa officer: it is toeat aside, ia my care arbitrarily, all that [ have gained by a faitbfal service of 3] ‘oon! | try for thircy gears—it is So rob me of ail! hav rave the affections of s fev mea who hoaor me with tir frierdanip. | prefer making spy 6% rifice ratber than dasely and wmely noid my Commission when I muse tat Ido it by @ tacit ellence and neglect of the conor ot a flog that 89 far | bave served earcestly , L bone to sped the Jat drop of my blood, With semi barbarous powers, soca as Paragaer, me from fio de Janeiro to Montevideo, an ex:rac’ of | and feithfaliy, ond fr which, when toe time ar- | onerous culpabi’ . With a commander in-chief so neglectfo) of the in- terests and honor of hia flag, exertions to end as a commander of a vessel of war have wholly neutralized, and ready, I , in the bands of the Hou. the Se:re- tary of the Navy, [ would in all sincerity ask to what purpoee, usefal and honorable to my country, oni. 7° Bainbridge remain upon the coast of | ra: If, however, in the good judgment of the Hon. the Secretary of toe Navy, with sach fasta as are in his session, the course I bave taken, responsible as it ie, does not fully meet his approval, I shall beg that, at the earliest moment, a court of inquiry be instituted for a rigid investigation, ‘The commander-in-chief of the Braz'l squadroa fe either wholly apd unequivocally culpsbe, or I am, and I now charge him with culpable ne; of the “protection of the citizens, commerce aad in- tereats of bis country, to the fallest exteat in his power,” for which no special order of the depart ment would apprar necessary. The Hon. the Secretary of the Navy may regard my views, already expressed in relation to the neg- le tof the commender-in-chief to the interests of bis country, as arisipg from my personal relation to the occurrences detailed. On that account asoiely I have to state to the Hon. the Secretary of the Navy that, altvough the U. S. frigate Savannah had been u»on the station a whole year, the commander in-chief neglected to place himself in personal communicetioa with tne oe sutiorities both in Brazil and tbe repablic of rsguay. During the whole five months that the Savannah had been at Montevideo, the commander-in-chief visited the city for a few hours only, neglecting to cultivate proper relations with the President of the Tapohite, fo necessary, a8 we have no Charge at that int. pombe absexce of these courtesies amonz polite people ie usuelly considered as offensive, and yet a. grester injury, which the commander in chief also, in ability, ignorantly commits is, that ith. ont intercource with the authorities and intelligeut ivhabitants, le cannot understand and icform bis government of the actual volitics! condition of a repudjicen government laboring uader the danger- ous protectorate of a neighboring empire. This course of the commerder-in chief involves no ta: dle culpability; but the Hon. the Se re°ary of tl Navy will see that it mnst be ina high deg-ee in- jarions to the general icterests of our flag, and ad- verse tothe spirit which sends abroad vessels of wer, asia supposed, with agents alive to prose- cuting such course es will effectually orotect our commerce, and establish, as far as may be, by per- scnal inter:ourse, relations of smity and friendship. I have the honor t» be, very respectfally, Cc. G. Hunrer, Lient. Command’g. To the Hon. James C. Hoppin, Se:retary of the Navy, Washington. Commander Moore, of the Texas Navy. New York, Jan. 30, 1855 Jas, Gorvon Bexnwrr, Esq.: Drak SiR—My attention has been called to a most vio- lent attack on me in the New York Atlas of last Sun- day; it occupies four columns, which are filled with misrepreseniations, calumnies, libels, and downright falsehoode, This broad contradiction is all that I need say on this occasion; but that I may not suller in public *opinion from these attacks, asa private citizen bas but asmall chance with a person who wields the power of a presr, Ihave concluded that the wiser appeal to the laws of the country, an jury. is considered oppres- sive by ms #, bat to relieve 1 of its odiouspess in this instance, 1 shall give the defend- ants the widest. scope to plead the truth as « full justitic tion, If what the Atias has stated be true, I shall ark no damages, and will willingly meet all the penalti which public ecndemnation inflicts upon a wan who bi not faithfully performed hia duty in ® high and im- portant public station. Very respectfully, i. W. MOORE, ‘our ob’t serv’t, m. of late Texas Navy. Postscrirt—As illustrative of public sentiment in Texas upon the srs this controversy, you will fur- ther oblige me, Mr. Editor, by giving apiece in your valuable columns, to the following editorial from one of the most widely circulated and influential journals of the State:— (From the Galveston News, Sept. 5, 1854.] COMMODORE MOORE'S DEFENCE. We ‘o@ay pubsish the defence of Com. E. W. Moore against the violent k made upon him in the United ‘States Senate om the Ist July, ult. We had determined to have nothing to do with a controversy which is 80 en- tirely personal in its character, and which bears evidence throughout that it bas pow been renewed with the most bitter feelings of malignity, and that, too, after all the pints in the controversy, in which the public have any interest or concern, were actually adjudicated in Com. Moore’s favor by the highest authorities in this State ten years ago. i people of Texas know very well that all the charges of a public character that Gen. Houston has lately thought fit to reiterate in his official capacity as United States Senator, were actually ignored by » court martial, composed of men appointed by General Houston himself, which held ite long session ten years ago, in the town of Washington, on the Brazos. Bat, not only were thore charges declared to be groundless, but instead of finding Com. Moore a defaulter to the re- public of Texax, as charged, he was found to be a creditor of the republic, by advances he had made to the amount of about thirty thousand dollars. In addition to this, the Congress of the republie fully goonies this cowplet+ acquittal by subsequent acts of legislation, These {acts being well known to the people of Texas, we could se@ no good reason why we should again encumber our columns by their reiteration after a lapse of ten years, merely because Ge: Houstoa should choose at this late day to reiterate his charges in the United States Senate, But upon further reflestion we have come to the conclusion that the publication of Com Moore’s defence is but a simple act of justice, to which he is entitled. He is assail ve man occupying a high position, that gives him overwhelming advantage over the object of bis vengeance. The charges are now recapitulated under the imposing sanction of high offi- cial station, by a man who ia sworn to the performance of solemn duties involving the welfare of the country. Under such circumetances, it is but reasonable to pre- sume that these charges, which were so long since de- cided to be false and groundless, by a decree of a court martial to whom they were referred, may now be be- lieved by the vast majority of the people of the United States, fo whom they will be sent in newspapers aud pamphlets, published by thousands, and « the expense of the goverament. And more especially will this be the case, since ninety nine out of every hundred who read thess charges now are utterly igno rant of the fact that the man who makes them failed to in them by a court of his own appointmet Jes this, we all know that \t is atterly out of the power of apy private individual so make a defence that caa ba’ ublicity with the charges made by a U. 3. Sena- * latter are circulated througbous the length and breadihi of the country by official organs as well as in pawpblet form, at the expense of puble treasury; white to give equal publicity to the Gefence must re- quite ® private fortune that very few possess. Under these circumstances, we have felt it a duty we owe to faithful public servant o: the late republic to give his defence the full benefit of our circulation. It doe pear to us that the warmest friends of Gen. Houstoa must admit that this renewal of his attack upon Com. Moore was entirely uncalled for snd totally out of place, and unjustiiable in the United States Senate. Personal persecution, even when based on well groanded charges, should certainly cease some time or other, and not follow ite victim to the grave. The oaly onject Gen, Houston can have in bis continued hostility to Com. Mcore must be to prevent him and the other brave | cflivers of our navy from being reinstated in the navy | of the United States. I robably chiefly owing to bis | opposition that this mra nf justice bas been delayed ffi rs are now in their graves, y tier disappointmeat and adversity. urviving officers of our little navy vot suffered Do the people of Texas believe tnat their tor is discharging bie sworn daties, and promoting the honor aod welfare of thie State, by thus contiauing bis persecution against those brave sen, who really made our navy & most efficient arm of defences to the re- pobdlic, and whose deeds were the pride an’ boast of our c.tizens, and commanded the applause of otner nations? | uptil many of after ExrLowon or Four Huxprep Kros or Powner— On Thursday evening of last week, at Wilkesbarre, the ree powder manufactory of Messrs. Parrish, Silver & . situated about two miles below the borough, ex toms the drying honse and + the stock and coat house, ing the frame of one mill apd uproofiag the o doxeph Rheats, and a co- lored hoy, named Jerry Cooper, were fo Jat c morning, bavi ep blown Aho and msngled. ‘There w powéer, Gpished and und aboot $2,500. Mr. Godard, another Diva Sxy Biom. 1 | nap, and a lady, recently went aloft in a baluon at New they bat risen to che height of 4,000 took their dinn=r! The editor of owas on board, deseribes the repart ae atone, and relished with am appettite sharpened by excitement and a cold atmosphere. | Orleans, and wh