The New York Herald Newspaper, January 6, 1858, Page 1

HE°NEW’ YORK HERALD. WHOLE NO. 7796. ‘ MORNING EDITION—WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1858. PRICE TWO CENTS. wi an = ——— tho expediency of porsistent efforte and sacrifices, this state, Interesting from Japan. Oe this order 1 rescwed the sgglation foe: fea NEW YORK STATE AFFAIRS, = | iP, ope’ teccouf im comply the ulargement, | and partite hee I Fg Lerran yuow ‘COMMANDER YORE "TO COMMODORE | Beef, and to my surpre was informed by Mr, Rico that MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS. and therein thereby put State de possession | as a county cha’ge; and als w the pling aac, ARMSTRONG. ing tbat she had ba® her share and all that “4 of a system of tterosl navigation, maintaining county asylums or for the insane Maxovans, bond r ve or Message of Governor King. Usrrep Stares Stuy PortsMouTy, rt. sary. On the following morning I called on his Excel- in its extent and completensss, and jod im ite vel pers, in convection with the almshouses and poor ISLAND OF Yxsso, JAPAN, Oct. 9, 1857. leney, secon by the agent and the four serior | SECO) Commen Do um Smarty axp Amment— duetiveness. The net tolls of thy ear, extending | houses of such counties, and under the same general s- p , rm Mee apelin atl A cere md Meeting of the "Fhe circamstances in which we meet for the discharge | from Ist October, 1866, to lst Gctoder, 1657, fall short, as rintendence. Their communication on thi¢ subject is Sim—Agrecably with your orders of the 20u of August, ven _ rly pote og eee ,meell rom Co by the annexed abstract from the report to me | herewith transmitted, which explains their views more | to proceed to Japan, I arrived with this ship on the 7th | Yedo, dire pdb aay ‘ r that uncil, 5 of our respective duties under the constitetion are of more be ating te’ A. ‘sd te Comal xparmment, by $110,084 40 | fully. ’ pr a, oe é bcminns Vandaiie he stibpaseind onal pe emanel wer would 7 ti . ultimo, anchore: y your dir near pot be permitted; 0 authority from lo to fur. anne than ordinary interest. of the sum of $1,700,000 constitution to be ORSTRUCTIONS IN THR HUDSON. daria outer tativan ot tations . pent _ Deel; and that if the bullocks ‘were not sent Towards the close of a year marked Sy general health, abendance ané prosperity, with overfiowing harvgsts, and a wary, peaceable and contented people, we suddenty found oursetves involved in oe of Whose fluancial conval- siows which seem unavoidable, and almost regularly by the annually ret apart from surphis revenues of the The cum of $25,000, appropriated by the last Legis- canals, aa a etnking fund for the recemption of tho canal | lature for elearing out ‘qhetructions in the Hudson river, | ‘The day previous to our arrival, at 2P. M., \' Breakers almmgsiie. ita Terkepecee by. te Pig Apeadia nein debt, as it existed in 1846. The constitution further re- | near the city of Albany, has been judiciously exponded, | ghead,”? were reported by the look-out on the fore top- werntags cece ie hee ae Bose coved quires that $350,000 fhe anoualty set apart from the sur- | and as far as the meanswould allow, to a good result. . ; ak eens be meniet. Ee slab anrnrea ‘map thay in fuare. BO plus funds, to provide for the infterest and principal of the | As it is obviously and unquestionably 'a duty of the gene. | #all yard. Wishing to ascertain whether the Preakers, as | might be waniid | bia Rim Mesitan He noe it american fund debt, This also is deficieat, thus making | ral government to provide for expenditures of this sort | reported, might not be one of the tide rips or overfalls 60 ships obtaining beef, as well as other fresh provisions, THE FIRST MESSAGE OF MAYOR TIEMANN, Important ions Relative, to the whole deficit of the tolls to satisfy the requirements | in pavigaMle waters, constituting a port of entry, tt will Lriodical among enterprisiag people, free to pursaeevery | under 1et and 2d vections of article 7 of the cousutution | be for you wauthorioe the preper: reclamation on that | commen in these seas, we stood on until they were threo | (nan application by the Governor for a lotior stating Ci i ‘of industry. |. The work of e ment has, it is believed, overDmn reimbursement of the amount ox- | Miles distant from us and the entire line plainly visible | what had said al the bullocks, I sent him a com- Governmen! LAWORN, RYULATON, eta Coe. ea Saree proseci ay et ication, thi ’ which (marked C.) is herewith oe eat ot ode wintch hed been no | 2c, sdvan and steadily uted dur’ Pended and for such further aid ax may complete the | from the deck. Tho wind being lightat the time and the | munication, the copy of w! ( re la as @oniitence,’ y the past yeer, thongh I am‘ unable to fur- | work of removing obstructions. current setting us towards the breakers, we wore ship Tn oth 4 the authorities have manifested a de ” My ing amd no Coquestioning, wes struck down, as it were, details, These will be presented a Sen vectant, and porwfed; and undertakings and’ en’ | $sy2n us teportwhieh tho State Fogmeer ia preparing, | Ax belonging wo ierawe satyocn; Tinay add here, tha’ | euly-in time to clear them on the other tack. From chro- | sire to do alli thelr power to renr our visit agronable. sof aud rere based upon | and will make to the Legislature at an early day. Agsum- | the lines established by the Commissioners on Harbor | nometer observations taken by Lieut. Belknap and my- | The Governor and suite returned my pol’ agen o ‘backed by. undoubted wealth | ing however, as accurate the estimates in his annual re- | Eucroachments in the port of New York, being once do- self, we placed the centre of the breakers, as near as the in aks Senta by yo yg Fwd Paid 4 his into Tquidation. A moat tained by the | Porton ine cost of compyeting the colargomen Te 008 foley ce ee ee wes | current affecting the latitude from meridian could be | tertainment. At his request I havo BOARD OF ALDERMEN. ‘The Board of Aldermen met at noon yesterday pursuant to adjournment of the previous day. mber, 1853, At... cee se seeesereee of hydrographers, and adopted by the Legislature ’ And credit for the sums since - jon, at 1 cost to the State, it is ob- | ascertained, in Jatitude 3414 north, and longitude 138 17 | officers, under the supervision Gxarntive Meth aries vis: ctiunter foer lenny of viously for the interest of all riparian owners, aa itis for | Gast, ‘The entire line of broakors apparently extonded | *MiceF,'to take the dimensions of the ship, and en. } The President, Alderman Clancy, in the chair. $2,250,000 gach, under constitutional amend- the permanent advantage of nay that this result y joined on our officers and men, when on liberty, to treat ‘The clerk having cailed the roll, and @ quorum being MONE OF BGS, see eaee veee sees «$9,000,000 should be deemed final, and that the littes thus established (rom N. N. KE. to 8.8. W. from three to five miles. I | the “with consideration and ‘kindness. result | present, the minutes of the last meeting wore road and he | Premium thereon, and interest on wf shouid be considered as unaiterabie, encloe herewith an extract from the log, by which it wil bod pos Saas wesare welbeabed: as See i a Ttrust ccisieale thoy were obliged, by constant. and | proceeds of mill jax, per iaw of 1857. 1500000 It cannot have coonped your wotice -that during | 00 00# We'gave the namo of the danger, ‘Portamouth | intercourse and rolations Oich the Japanese. Great Araa- | the Presidéat'then! asked: the Committee sjpointyé to a ee urn | yt our ano ut cure fave y amon | Dreher,” they are nat id down on any ofour | ons wih modern, nko smi Ewha N |receie communication rom he Mayor to rete tha grant 5 and let m see jou expect r ‘eperation, it became a strife who could endure most and | Teaving deficlt........ 26.060. seeeer eevee $2,500,000 | tions, introduced an aeirenel een, Cae eronore, of ‘On anchoring in Simoda harbor several officers of rank [g@bable us ultimately UD establish onrselves on a good foot | discharge of their duties. ‘Domest. ‘consequence was obvious. After many To meet this there is only the loan of $500,000, autho- | weakness and distrust, into our judicial system. ‘The in- me : 1 foes win the authorities and people. Alderman Apas stated that his Honor would be ready ‘and disastrous ‘failures among the merchants, the banks | yized by the last Legislature, not yet negotiated. ‘It will | junetion is a process unknown to the common law. Ac- | me aboard with the Governor’s respects and welcom: Bay of Hakodadi is spacious and of casy access, | iy 9 few moments to communicate to the Board. The annual report of the Public Administrator was hera submitted to the Board; and also a report from the Croton Aqueduct Department. THR CROTON AQURDUCT REPORT. ‘The report of the Croton Aqueduct Department con- tains, under their appropriate heads the expenditures for the year, and the objects of labor which have occupied the attention of the Board and its officers, The repairs and improvements in the aqueduct formed the most impor- tant work. A minute inspection of the interior of the conduit was made by the Chief Engineer on the 3d of December, the water having been shut off at Croton Lake. The cracks in the masonry were found to be dimin- isbing in size, and importance. When the new reservoir is completed the engineers will be able to make more ex- tended repairs on the line. At present it would be hazardous to shut off the Water for any leugth of Ume. The recent examination did not conclude until the oth of December, and on the 7th the water was let on to the receiving resprvoir, having been shut off for ninety-four hours, twenty bours longer than in previous years. Tha total cost of supervising and repairing the aqueduct, both surface and interior, including fences, was $44,020 72. With regard to the income from water rents the report says:—The yearly receipts, notwithstanding the depres - sion in the flnancial world, show a gratifying increase. ‘The annual amount received this year is $697,370 51. Reports having been made to this department in 1865 describing in general terms the enormous and extraordi- mary consumption of water by the 8t. Nicholas Hotel, five meters were in succession affixed to that immense establishment. After this had been in operation eight or nine weeks, the proprietors or one of them cailed at the office on several days and complained that the operation of the meters limited their supply of waver, #0 as to give dissatisfaction to tho boarders; and on one of these occasions a gentleman wag named who threatened to remove from the hotel uniess he could get more water. Finally the Assistant Commis- sioner agreed with Mr. Treadwell, one of the propriewrs. in October, 1855, that the meters should be taken off, and that the hotel should be charged by the year, at the sama ratio of consumption as should be ascertained by the me- ters while they were in the buildings. This verbal un- lerstanding and agreement was made in the presence and with the consent of the President. The meters were accordingly taken off on or about the Ist of November, completing an even period of three months, for the pur- pose or facilitating the calculation for the year. payment waa demanded according to the agreement tho proprietors refused, claiming tbat they were not obliged ‘Themuelves followed; and on the 14th of October last, | devolve upon you, therefore, to provide the additional | cording to that law every man is free to act on his righta, | to Japan. We found Mr. Harris, our Consul General, on | especially with the chart of * Perry’s Expedition.” The toe of the city of New York suspended specie payments. | means. Tbave already suggested hat tolls on competing | as he is advised they are, subject to answer in dameges good terms with the authorities. From the enclosed copy | harbor is completely land locked, and le of con- Pal ar: ga A Soe Myce spin railroads be restored, and would further suggest, as an | to any one whoeo rights he may invade, Equity comes | of a convention, (marked A.) it will be seen, among other | taining two hundred sail, in an anchorage of from five to ‘throvghout the United Staves, with the excey those | additional resource, such increase of canal tolis a3 nay be in, where the act threatened to be done would cause a | advantages obtained, that he bag been successful in ar- | twelve fathoms. The shallowness of the water, @ spit ‘New Orteans, pe _away in the found expedient, and for the balance we can only to | damage im its nature irremodiable, or where the tres- | ranging the currency question; #o that instead of the Mexi- | extending out from the town a distance of twelve hundred ‘How far by a judi rt of action, direct taxation; and accordingly I recommend that re- | passing party is irresponsible and enjoins him. But, can dollar, as formerly, passing for only one third of its | yards, and the moderate ebb and flow of the tide, render erate waihings of the signs of the times, the banks might, | course be had thereto, in such measure and with such | pow practiced, our judges, in a discretion not always | value, it is now current,weight for weight, with the silver | the anchorage perfectly secure at all times. This, with by earlier adoption of regtrictive measures, bave averted | apportionment of the burthen over two years, as will | wisely exercised, have ‘nearly converted into an | currency of Japan, minus 6 per cent for the expense of re. | the healthiness of the climate, the means of supplies, the itigated the calamity, or whether, when it became cer- | render it least ouerous to the people, while fullilling the | every day remedy’ what is designed and bas heretofore | coinage into the itsebute. He has secured the right of re- | disposition of the people, and the order of the govern. tain that unless the sharp and sudden contraction of the | end Proposed, of enguring the speeay enlargement. That | been regarded as an exceptional interventioa of equity, | sidevce to American citizens in Simoda and Hakodadi on | ment that no liquor shall be sold to persons on liberty, , Tesorted to bythe banks, could be eat lequate means were on hand, might be.accom- | staying in such cases theextreme rigor, or supplying the | and after the 4th of July next: also stipulated that Arferi- | render it decidedly the most desirable place, in fand a more liberal view be made to prevail, commegeial | pjish in the current year. But inasmuch as no such | deficiencies of the common law. The evils of such pro- | canr, When committing offences in Japan, #hall be tried | point of health and enjoyment, for a man of-war, that I P meaps can be provided within that time, we must be con- | ceedings in relation to individuals assume far greater pro- | by the Consul General or Consul, and punished, on con- | bave ever visited; while in position to California, its im- » nor to my purpose, to inquire. | tent to wait a little longer for this great consummation, | portions when they are brought to operate on pudlic inte- | viction, according to American laws. portance to Russia—as a large trade is opening at the Suffice it to say, the panic came, and banks, alike with m- | we}} assured that when it does come, it will come crowned | rests, and have reached such @ pase in the city of New | A few days after our arrival I called on the two Gover- | Amoor river; the mincral wealth of the island, judging dividuals, were powerless against it. so | with abundantand lasting prosperity. Meantime it may be | York’ that it has become a common practice for the judi- | nors of Simoda, accompanied by the Consul and four of | from the great quantity of copper used im fastening and This a notiveable characteristic of this suspension of | safely estimated that, with the tolls ov competing rail- | ciary, acting prettminarily and without the defensive pre- | the ward room officers, We were received with great | ornamenting their junks, and for various purposes of ma- Specie payments, that it came in no sense from, and was and atax of one-half mill annually, for two years, | cautious of a regular trul at law, to interfere with the | courtesy and apparent cordiality. They inquired, with a | nufacture; and especially from the sample of gold dust not: by, the bill hoiders. By the wise laws of | 4 sufficient sum will be raised to effect the desired object, | acticn of public officers, alike of the municipatity and of | good deai of interest, how the President and government | given tome by Mr, Rice, the commercial agent, whioh this State, the bills of our banks are so effectually secured | and thus at the commencement of the year 1360 put the | the State. ‘The effect ir to constitute the judiciary an inte: | of the United States regarded Japan ; about the war in | he says was procured by himself in the mountains, within ‘that about their essential value, if not immediate conver- | state in possession of this great property, with a sinking | gral part of our municipal and State government by their | China—its cause and probable result; and expressed a | ten miles distance from the town, added to the coal mines Mibitity, no one had adoubt. It was the depositors that | fund adequate to the rapid extinction of all the debts | own act, not judging on regular proofs according to the | hope that, at some future period, the Japanese would visit | in this vicinity. together with the xeueral resources of ‘made the run upon the banks which forced them into sus- | charged upon it, and with an income that will thenceforth | common law, with its wise rules of evidence, its | America for the purpose of education and obtaining a | the country, when developed at some distant period ion. It was the owners of the property that com. | obyiate the necessity of taxing the people. confronting of witnesses, and its sober delays for | knowledgeof many things in which they acknowledged | the demands of commerce—make it worthy of considera, to carry it off from the depositories which they had OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM. reflection, but on the urgent impulses of ‘agi- | their deficiency. tion, not only as a place of resort fer our men-of-war aud ebonen for it, and where it had ceased to representa capital ‘The Superintendent of Public Instruction has furnished | tated parties, moved by the outcries of masses, T tated to the Governors that our men-of-war, infuture, | whalesbips, but even as an auxiliary depot for govern- for furnishing discounts. This fact seems to point in the | me, in anticipation of his annual report, with the folow- | and it is feared not entirely free from the influ: | would no doubt visit Japan more frequently, asthe occu: | ment stores. Four American whalers and five merchant @irection in which a preventive for the future may be | ing'statement of the condition of the public schools of the | ences of party and partisan strife. How great this evil | pation of the squadron, in locking out for Our interests in | vessels have anchored here since the arrival of our com- Sound. State :— became, how it impaired confidence in the judiciary, how | China, bad.prevented a vessel bemg in Simoda and Hako- | merciabagent, in May last. Tn the alarm and confusion consequent upon the sus ‘The reported expenditures for the public schools of the | dangerous it was to the public, the events oi the past year | dadi during the past year. ‘A large fort, capable of mounting over fifty guns, is now jon, urgent appeals were made to me to convene the | state for the year 1866 are have plainly shown. To remedy this state of tings it is | In view of the efforts of the Consul General in framing a | being built in'the ixner part of the spit. But this fortifi- jslature in extra session, inorder that it might con- | Teachers’ wages.. $2,033,268 44 ] suggested that it be provided for che future:— commerciai treaty with Japan, and the prospect of be! cation must prove inadequate to the defence of the har- sider of the measares fit to be taken in such an emer- |} Libraries and school ap 120,896 43, ” That no injunction be granted ra parte, This I un- | acmitted at aconference at Yedo, tho frequent visits of | bor incase of an attack, as the crew of a single vessel Gency. Schooibouses, including sites, repairs, &c. 746,092 24 | derstand to be the law in the courteht, the United States, | durmen of war seem to be almost indispensable tosuccess. | might easily land outside the bay, in the rear of the I listened with all respect and attention to the argu- | Incidental expenses.. 399/641 82 | and that it has been found to work well. Notice being | The Japanese evidently are strongly impressed with our | town, and take poseession of the high bluff, where afew + gents for such a course, addressed to me by the deputa- ————— | always required, so that the other party can make his | power. Itis the frequent display of this power, rather | howitzers could command the fort, which would be unable ‘Wons which came to the seat of government from the cities | Total. stee sees see, $3,209,898 93 ‘ment. than its use, which will secure to us commercial privi- | to bring its guns to bear upon its assailagts. of New York and Albany, but without being moved from | Of the above total amount there was raised, That no injunction be granted, except where the in- | leges far beyond those hitherto accorded to any nation. ‘As tbere is no buoy marking the termination of the my early and steadfast conviction that such a step was not by school district tax and rate bills. $2,181,274 05 | | hended would be irreparable and could not be | The inner harbor of Simoda is too small to admit of more | spit alluded to, Lieut, Belknap, under my direction, bas expedient. I had the fullest confidence, that both from | From proceeds af Gospel and school lan 16,054 SL vd in es or when the apprebended wrong | than five or six vesse! placed one there, in 334 fathoms of water; as well a3 an an enlightened sense gf duty and from a wholesome fear | From School Fund and State tax... 1,162,570 67 | doer was Saavene this number I regard additional buoy on a sand bank, 33 fathoms onder water, ef the legal _conseq of prolonged suspension, the 3 Security might be required for the payment of | ports in other parts of the world where vessels lio during | alongside of a spar buoy, placed by Commodore Perry; banks would make strenuous efforts to resume specie eo damages to the party enjoined, in case the process should | all seasous of the year. The outer harbor I consider | a convenient channel, from 43, to 6 fathoms water, is payments at the earliest day, if not unwisely harrassed, | The number of appear to have been improperly obtained. ‘wholly unsafe, as a heavy swell is continually setting in | thus buoyed out for all vessels, rendering it unnecessa- or more unwise) . J 11,86" © provisions should be applicable to all demands | from westward, besides it being quite as difficult getting | ry hereafter to run outside of the northern or outer Soi yen ‘The reported number of persons between the ages of | for an injunction; and, in addition, in the case of public | to sea from uzder Vandalia bluff as from the inner harbor | spar buoy on the sand bank of 3% fathoms. fofir and twenty-one years is 1,214,771, of whom there | oflicers, whether of the State or the municipality, it might | itself. This was experienced, with a comparative light | 1am unable to obtain any reliable information of the were im attendance, some portion of the year, in the pub- | be further required that wind and swell from the southwest, in am unsuccessful at- | quantity and quality of the coal, or even the fa- lic_ schools 832,735—69 per cent of the whole. The cost, 4. The jurisdiction as to public officers should be con- | tempt to run out from our anchorage; and should a vessel | cilities for procuring it in this place. The Gover- r month, of each pupil actually attending school was | fined to a single court, sas to avoid a conflict of jurisdic. | succeed even in getting to sea from the outer harbor, at | nor informs me that there is no amount on hand. cents. - tion and of opinion. the commencement of « southwesterly gale, her exposure | and Mr, Rice concurs; but says that several vessels cost of the public schools, apportioned per capita, 5. No injunction to be allowed, as to any public matter | outside to the currents, breakers and numerous islands, | are now near the mines, @ distance of sixty miles from’ on the whole population of the State, exclusive of the in- | or public officer, but ona hearing before « goneral term, | to say nothing of the lee shore formed by the main | Hakodadi, in a northerly direction, lying in a safe bay vested school funds, was 93 cents and 7 milis. from which an appeal should lie immediately to the Court island, would seriously hazard her sdfety; while if | awaiting their cargoes. He is of opinion that within a STATE MILITIA. of Appeals. anchored in the inner harbor, with lower yards | short time an amount equal to the demand can casily bo The Jaw under which the military force of the State is Some such provisions as these, with such details as may | and topmasts down, any vessel might ride out | obtained. I forward herewith @ specimen of this coal, at present organized can hardly be said to answer gene- | be found advisable, seem to me indispensable for restor- | the heaviest gale in perfect security. obtained from the Governor for your examination. I rally the requirements of the force, nor even, in some es- | ing the impaired confidence of the people in the judiciary, As the —_ was unsettled during our short stay in | have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient sential particulars, is it to be considered as accomplishing | as well as for restraining that most essential and valuable | Simoda, frequent fresh breezes, accompanied by a | servant, ANDREW H. FOOTE, mander. the objects sought to be secured by its provisions. department of polity within its proper and ss beavy swell from wouthwest, the full and accurate | Commopoxs James AxmstkonG, Commander: in Chief United + the present commuting system, the Le- | Jimits. It will be afl the stronger, in real authority and | survey which 1 intended to have made by Lieut. Simpson States Naval forces, East India and China Seas, Hong in moral weight, by being thus restored and restrained, was prevented. This efficient officer, however, potwith- Kong. mm ryt E2 -segepere® arm York, 1B ELECTION OF JUDGRS. Secular & caee-ef' wah pa a legged of | COMMAMDER FOOTE TO THR Govenwon or naxopant. | © PAY en ay oy yy rooms, im the form and u harbor cop} eh herew forwarded, ‘NITED Porta manner the nance. . bad marked B, fully confirming the accuracy of Commodore bang forty Ag a It in suflicient to say in answer to that objection that the same ordinance pasted March 20, 1861, ‘‘establ scale of water rents for the Croton Aquaduct ment,” ordains that ‘all manufacturing and other busi- ishing & * ould properly ass owing to defects in the wi it is administered i Perry’s cbart, as weil as of a survey made since the na result of the election of Judges. wai enrihanabe, i the Russian officers; a sample of the | !*—Iam informed by the United States Commercial elections ia, as in respect of other electi Cotsom tained by Lieut. Simpeon, inalss forwarded horo- Agent, Mr. Rice, that your Rxcellency has requested a t : the funds arising out of the sys: har; reasonable to ex. juralities; butno commission is msued to with, by which it will be seen that tho holding ground ts antoation ness requiring a large supply of water, are to be at truly said that | 42d'they enter upcu and hold office under a sow oat y and js no doabt improving by | CPZ, (mY communionlcn made ve ‘interpreter to) wader: therefor per one hundred gallon von tho'average vital objects. | Fasser's certificate, In case of & donbt or d tha gradual Gf risd and sand replacing that car- stand more tully the object. for which I requested. an au. | Guantity during tho year.”” The motor is the beat eeti- s seb on of tae by the receding attending | dence, T hastily noted down the principal points rather | I°hteti commits of several buildings af the Surely earthquake. fowrmal consists largest class, stem and With the exception of rice and quantities of iac- jE IE , =32 nome sar 8 yoar as the whol was intended merely as a verbal communication. to xomething more a | trade, while its confined harBor renders it of less value —eome appreciable and significant propor. | for commercial or other purposes, The weil sheltered tion of all the votes cast at such election—should be re- | and capacions harbor ot Osaca, the port of entry from quired as necesrary to achoice, while both dignity and re- | Miaco, and for which I believe our Consul is negotiating, spcnsibility would seem to demand that every incumbent | ought, if possible, to be substituted for that of Simoda. IV of aseaton the beuch of the State should be provided | Oxaca, however, cannot be obtained, as Minco is the resi with a commission under the seal of the State; and, in lo. | dence of the Spiritual Emperor Urago, which is further up cal tribunals, from some court of record. the bay towards Veddo than Simoda, from Za 35 supply of water.” This posi- this authority, the Board claims the : ight of charg. aut \ claims the same " ing for wanes toe cutting offthe supply for non-payment on even higher nda. Itappears that the coal at Si ‘water takers, and shall authorize the execution and reco- ian learn, is wholly supplied from the ieland very by ese of law of any penalties which the Croton and interposition of his rogative itigating ee vies ef inteees. There is now on hand Aquedvel Dog tment Board bg he n' in addition to ‘tbe The latening vo and Sevrmning from six to eight hundred tons, which will the cute the use of water. ‘any violation of the geen, the most and the most painful duties present currency, a fraction over $6 per ton. rules. this gr the Roard claims that the moment the Executive—yet a duty fully assumed is good, and the a reve canal to prietors of the St. icbolas were justly charged escordig rent as others belon, to the office, and not, demand, notwithstandta iMiculties of to the showing of the meter. With reference to the rates at which water is supplied to the State buildings, the Board intimate that question will receive the aten- The Board states an exchange of ground has ber made with the Central Park Commissioners of an areca uae, w make the shape and location of the reservoir highly ornamental to the park grounds, When full, the reservoir will represent a beautiful lake, which the Board «i i should be called Manhattan Lake, or Manabatta. The ground taken for the reservuir comprises 106.16 wcres, with a water wurfuce of 06 acres, depth 88 feet, aud will contain nt ay 4 gallons of water, New York standard measure. All the plans and specifications being ready, the work was advertised for contract, and on the 26th he ng ne gente neds oyna Stee Proposals were made, one of wi was 2s ote & Co, a ee Thomas Cumming 8, Proceedings at law against the Roard to compel, thes to give them seve- rally the contract on their bide. These proceedings, aa now before the court and the Board, promise, aa soon na final decision \« had, that the work shal! be commenced | ct ic survey of the Croton river valley above the Croton dam has been commenced, with a view to se- lect points for storage reservoirs to collect surplus water, to be used when required in times of drought. Two thirds of the whole area has been surveyed, at a cost of $4,500 74. suppl: 9 the to be shrank . But if it should appear to you | portation. A greater supply ata leas cost may be found and ities, the that the cause of justice as well as of nian might in Nagasaki, and ultimately, it is believed, at Hakodadi, appearance of the uniformed troops, and I | be promoted by allowing criminal courts a wider on the ts of Kin-sin and ‘Yosso, Steamers from Cali: ‘On this order another application for beef was made; and ook on such an organization, only kept up, as itis, ata inthe api of specific ties to specitic offences, | fornia and China might even more conveniently touch at | to my surprise, Mr. Rice informed me that you had again pay cage ee indirect cost, as an honor and defence | | willingly persuade my: might be an additional | these places than at simoda, refused, on the ground that the ship had had her share, to , and worthy, therefore, of legislative encour | motive for adopting such @ course that it would inthe fu- | — The quality of coal ia Japan is anid to be good, Much of | Under these circumstances I called on you this morning, agement. ture relieve, measurably, the Executive of the State from | it has been satisfactorily tested by the Dutch; andl be- | accompanied by the Commercial Agent and four of the 1 took occasion to submit to the last - | these most painful and yearly accumulating applications. | lieve that you yourself were satisfied with the specimens | senior Licutenants of the sbip; referring to your au- oS ate provision The gold medal ¥ to Dr. Kane bad uot com- | procured and used by the flag ship when in Simoda. thority from Yedo to furnivl beef, aud stated that for securing and both the freedom pleted when the ead intelligence came to us of the sudden After remaining four days in Simoda we made an un- | you must not send such messages to a ehip of war, as rity of the elective franchise, inthe . | death, in foreign land, of bim whom the Legislature of | successful attempt, as already mentioned, to get to seaon | the captain was the judge of what was reqaired: this State dgigned w honor. It bas since been delivered | the morning of the 12th ultimo. At 3 ¥. M. of the same “you must ‘send two bull to the Portamouth by 10 by my Private Secretary, to the father of Dr. Kane, the | day, the wind suddenly veering with a fresh breeze east- | you siticted inberitor of the well earned trophies of a gallant | ward, we ran out of harbor without waiting for a pilot. | not only violate the order from Yedo, but also break the fusion of election day, and 5 perjury | son too early lost. During the night the weather was thick, rain and | treasy by the refusal.” You then sald that the bullocks be fendered measurably unavailable at tbe polls. | The medal voted toCommander Hartstone is in readiness | alternate fresh breezes and calms; at daylight on the fol- | would be furnished, ‘THE METROPOLITAN LAWS. to be delivered to bim at the Capitol whenever his public | lowing i. ‘we found ourselves among the islands off | furthermore ead, in xpecta- duties will permit bim to attend and receive it, of which | the barbor of , having been drified thirty miles in | tion that no obstacles in future would be thrown in the he bas been officially advised. & vortheasterly direction. During the passage of five | way of all American vessels obtaining fresh ‘sions, THE KaNSas QUESTION. days from thence to Gakodadi, the wind was variable and | that an arrangement would be made by which they should The condition of Kansas continues to absorb public | the weather pleasant, until the day previous to our arri- | bo abundantly supplied with bullocks. I have the honor interest. It is to the shame of truth alike and of liberty | val. On the 15th instant, being some fifteen miles from | to be, with great respect, your friend ANDREW H. that it most be raid that in the treatment of this question | the land . there has been studied dixingenuonspess and deliberate | hundred fishing boate, containing on an Conmmenter Valet cae avy. The men in the boats offered . ‘To Hits Excellency Mommaaxe Avapernsuances, Governor of bat f off 37 rit H ui &) é i perversion of facta. Even President of the United States, after having pledged himself, as the party he that no constitution represents had themselves, come al ss tipuld be deemed obligatory which had ‘ot boon submis: eviows, 10 enlerag Board of Central Park Commissioners. The surveys will De resumed in the epring. | ted to the le for ratification, and still professing to | the wind set in strong from the northeast, ail pipes ing for past Died uphold aff stand by what it sodelusively characterises ag the same time indicated heavy weather. ‘Terspay, Jan. 5.—The Board held a meeting this day, | year bas been $91,203 27. where popular sovereignty, nevertheless affirmed, in bis mes- the straits, however, hav: . atlo’clook. Present, Commissioners Dillon, Gray, But- The complain of the great was'e of water in Grate, nage, that jt has “ been fairly and explicitly referred to | treble reefed the topsaile. At 10 terwortb, Russell, Green, Elliott and Strong. houscholds an unwarrantable and dishonest, The charge po fimday the people whether they will aves cousthution with oF and the wind moseresing we found curmaives The Clark wes air toys ery fon tee paving Jpeg srevts, uanatecred vo Bie Beard ithout slavery,” while in same mesaage ¥ 4 ‘ected irchase necess: from the Street instone! ‘amended charter ments at the Hated thet slavery, apd the right of property in slaves, | tant on either side; light variable the office, and the room in waich the maps for exhibition 1068, devolved w them aly on) the lst of May, at far to wo Kaneas “under the constitution of the United ‘vented our entering the bay and to competitors for plans are ceposited. to time te ae , 80 that they were unable oe. ay liable Sots cot when by Ge very Sven ie which ho Goes. ee AL Ep ih wes evdeved Gat ho 8 oe aM st } I AI Worst places in numerous streets to owners, ts sobmitted, const reengn) exis- | officers then alougs Charity condition. sbippe abroad. | tence of slaves, must be accepted, whatever the vote or were, and why we fad Vincent be permitted to remove certain plants placed Alderman Booux moved that the chamber of the Board Ss intelligently | the wishes of the people as to slavery may be. What | ¢ FO, td eR id there by them from the Park, under tho direction of the Of Aldermen be, and is hereby to ‘the of harg prescribing cera ulations, among them watwet Buea The present idding the discharge ot guns or fire ‘Tie Committes on Buildings reported, that in pursuance | Supervisors, until such time as the chamber appropriatedt to at harbor. I handed the paper back Se of the order ofthe Board, they baa caused lo be sold for that body can be fitted up; provided, however, that ¥ Fz 45 ES § details Commi« him tomy to the Governor that men of war the Wagstaff House, at public auction on the 16th Sep- | the hour of meeting of the Board of Supervisors shail in sionere, the bope | language cartridges in every port, whenever they had occasion to ber and 3d December last all the buildings on the Park that the State ound, | Or what free State do #0, and that such & paper ought aot to have been duchas were w be reserved for the use of ihe | 2° Fike conflict with that of the Board of Altermen, vision er and above I | to be thus cheated of thei = 4) decide upon a consti tome. An apology by the officer, and afterwards | Park ‘Croton Aqueduct Department, and that theavaila | Whi . was adopted, ere age member of the tation in all ite parte !—or wi theory of om ean y the Governor himselt, was made, averring that the | received from said sale, amounting to the sum of $4,000, A committee from the Board of Councilmen here enter- dhe opin: interest and consist with such a dishonest scheme for forcing an obuox- | character of the vessel was not remembered when the pa- | had been deposited to the credit of the Board of Commis: | 44 ang informed the Board of Aldermen ture may, review of fous instrament upon an unwilling people? per was presented. sioners. . that the Board of ‘Use i 4 $ i F & In view of these most unwarrantabie proceedings, ry g and On eee succeeding our arrival I called on the Go. The Executive Committee were authorized to purchase after the omy and repeated declarations by Pre. | vernor, our commercial agent, Mr. Rice, and three of | g number of tool wagons, sident of the United States, and after the yet more extra- | the Lieutenants of the ship. We were seated on a level 4 ordinary opinions, not judicial decisions, ner entitled to | with the Governor and his suite, denoting —— Tho A report recommending the payment of expenses in any respect as such, pronounced by some of the Justices | same cordialty and courtesy manifested at the interview of the Sopreme Court of the United States as to the con. | at Simoda was here observed by the authorities. After | the unemployed workmen in the Park was adopted. stitutionality of stavery, I feel called apon by what lowe, | an howr or more conversation, at the suggestion of Mr. | The Finance Committee presented a report, which was not less to the well ascertained sentiment of the people of | Rice I informed the Governer that I had made a request accepted. The Auditing Committee presented a number this State, than to my own self-respect, to repeat here, | of the commercial agent to procure fresh be@f for us oc- | of bills for payment. The report was adopted and the . what in iny firet Meseage I assumed na the deliberate | casionally during our stay in port. The Governor said | Treasurer directed to pay the same. 3 a ; amber among maby 5 ~ | conviction of the free States, that “ siavery in the States | that such a supply was impossible; that ‘the law of Nip. ‘The Property Clerk was directed to employ an assistant ination to the public | quiring, as those Dilla did, the signature of the Governor, | where it oxists, exista by virtne of the local law alone, | pon forbade it,” and that freeh beef had never been sup. | keeper of the tools on the Park. is in this view I recom- laid aside, and not being called for by the | and that it neither exists nor is cenfirmed th nor any- | phed @ foreign vessel of any character in Japan, I replied |. 4 communication from the Superintendent was received officer, they were overlooked, and po failed to be the force and effect of the constitution of the | that Coneul General, Mr. Harris, informed me that | and referred to the Executive Committee. lished according to tke provision of the constitation. | Ty ply could here be procured,” and that Mr. Rice | A report of the Chief Engineer was received and order. [sew call your attention to the fact. Concurring entirely Ihave faith in the fn eey at issue in thi« controver jcc had with bim a letter from Mr. Harris, notifying him | ed to be printed. in the policy of these resolutions, I invite your considera- | sy so strong as to feel assured that the freemen of Kan cat euch an arrangement had be made, aiso that a sup Tho Treasurer was authorized to settle sundry bills tion to the propriety of re-enacting them. sae will not eubmit to the great wrongs mediteted againet | ply Of necessaries was guarantiedin the 2d article of the | against the Commission. them; and my faith is alike strong, that the men of the | treaty, and the Dutch agNagasaki, I understood, were fur After transacting a variety of unimportant business the Councilmen were organized and ready to proceed to busi- news. i The President said that ho would send a committee 1o wait upon the Board of Councilmen. The meseage of the Mayor here arrived, and the reading ‘waa commeneed by the clerk. THE MAYOR'S MESSAGE. ‘To 18 Bemonamn sms Common Covneus or mm Cry oF Gaxtiemey—The distinguished of Mayor ef tho city to which I have been elected Gor. follow. citizens, impores upon me highly responsible as well ae most ar- duous duties, and | cannot better evince my appreciation of the generoun confidence they have thus repowed in ma than by devoting my earnest eiforta towards secur ng for them an honest, efficient and economical a !ministration of the city government. j li i i i z : ‘ : 2 a f = ! i ses z F if z j iH i ii Bg Hi i HH ; if! HH H Fi free States will sustain the canse of freetom of Kansas as | niehed with fresh then referred to the 9th article | foard adjourned to Tuesday next, at one o'clock though it were their own, and at their own doors. of the treaty, giving usall advantages of other nations. The | The Seer Mape of the Park, being completed, are now ay eaten Lie GT ow ole at TE a y wi ings, THE LEMMON et CARR. Goverbor was informedra@ we rose to take our leave that n for the inspection of competitors tor the premiums gore tot ae. capesting ef) poy ime oomriition ' should fire, Tt wae aacertained to Sines the last session of the Legislawure, the Lemmon | a treaty stipulation wag above the law of the land of the ed by the Central Park Commissioners for « plan for receive eer cordial support in behalt of such me: ‘euch applications ; for It can only be throngh the exer the act ally “deranged. On | slave case, involving the claim of slavebolders to bring | reepoctive. parties, and\ that T should expect a bullock | the laying out of the Park, at the rooms of tho Board, | wrecelve your cordial support w behalf of such meas Gavel the strictest economy, aed of retrenchment wher. | consu Board of ‘Managers, and being eatia | ginves | is State, in violation of its express legislation, | alongside of the Portsmouth at 10 o'clock the following | Rank of Commerce Building. aahumnesn .” pert © of my retrenchment can properly be made, that we oan fed, ty personal inepection, of the absolute necessity o | has been bronght under the consideration of the Supreme | morn'ng. On! reaching the residence of Mr. Rice, an fh mete my duly by thakdinstie bp cammenteue to SN ee eee ee ee eet | ear meny poveitag Ge ‘ou “a statement of the condition ef the city in relation Pkigations to those State institutions which habitually | do so, upon the most advantagcous terms consistent with | The case was heard before the five Judges of that dis. | locke would be sent off tothe Portsmouth at the prescribed | Captain Van Viet ‘@pon our annual ons economy and despatch. Uj this authority they pro- | trict; and [ am gratified to be able to state with one | time. The logit g | week the Governor again declined | 9+ t6 New, York Hotel reports qnnualiy presented to the Legislature, will | ceeded sae a Preoees per they have digsenting voice, tf Court expressed its jadgment in favor | furnishing the beef, but, on a strong representation from . re to $41,006 51 ; and the ite government, finances and improvements.’ “to recommend such measures as T may deem expe! connected with its police, security, beaith, clean! ornament.” Among these subjects the , I authorized them to | Court of the First Judicial district, cor was sent by the Governor to inform him that two bul- Peronal Intelligence. of the army, is in town and stopping u aad make known to you the general condition of the State, of amounting of the constitational power of the State to legislate as to | Mr. Rice, a bullock was sent off the nextday. Connder- Miss Ridgway, & young and rich American heiress, is fae 'y institutions, of its houses of refuge, ita for et to be dowe is | the condition of all persons within its jurisdiction, and to | ing it possible that the authority for fthe Governor to act | Sbout to marry the Count de Garrag. So says Parisian priec wa Loe pentee ty these I refer, without 5 entire x banish forever from ite territory all vestige of human | in this matter might not yet have come from Yedo, and | Sossip. ‘ir statementa here. reconatrus ~ | slavery The dissenting Justice has not made public the | as we had readily obtained other supplies at a cheap rate, The ‘Paris correspondent of the London Chronicle of Deo. FINANCER ‘THE RALT WORKA, grows or the extent of bis disagreement with the ma- | I ‘cemnated _ Peper domand the first piace. total debt of the city on the Ist of January instant jority of the Court. further request for fresh beef would be | in imitation of thove that are on among the The counsel of the State of Virginia having intimated fade at present; but that 1 shonit report | and Imperial houses of Furope. While we learn that to the commercial agent thai | 16, says several aristocratic marriages are to take wal wling necessity of the case; for the operations | bie intention to appeal from this decieion, I recommend to @ state of the case to the Commodore on my return to | hand of the Princess Alice of England is sought by the was $15,114,191, compored of the following accounts — Tho permanent city debt, redeemadle from overr' fy of Ghat noble cary wore paralysed by the destruc: | the Legulatare to make such provision for the further | Hong Kong, who would probably give definite instruc- | young Prince of the house of Orange, and that the heir to | the sinking fund........°....... 910,480,165 tion of so mnch of the edifice; and the forlorm | maintenaneo of the rights of the State as the importance to the next manof war visiting Hakodadi what | the crewn of Naples is to be married tothe Princess | Less stocks and eecurities held by and helpless inmates would have been left without | of the queation requires. © to take in the matter. A few days aubsequent to | Helen of Bavaria, sister of the Empress of Austria, we the Commissioners. ........... 5,716,874 adequate care aad protection. I throw myself Ihave thus frankly communicated to you my views on | this I received from Mr. Rice a copy of the following, | find there ore many distinguished about to be — ee wpon the indalgence of the Legislature in asking | the great public interests committed t our common | [rom the government at Yedo, which the Governor trans- | united here—the Comte de Walsh with Malle. dee Mazié. Actual permanent debt................. $10,773,208 their sanction to tig course, and that an appropriation be | charge. The path before ua is plain, though not free from | mitted to the agent:— : res,the Comte de Montgomery with Maile. des Portes, the | The funded debt redeemadie from taxation... 1,104,000 made for the sum above named. Tsubmn herewith the | \iicitice and embarrassmenta: bit looktog with a stoad- In Japan, from ancient time, bullocks were only used | Viscomte de Hennerdall with Mdile. d’ Aillecourt, while | The treasury loan account .. .. a 31486 ,900 Se cava, report of the Board of Managers of that institution, setting | fast eye to duty, and relying with steadfast hearts upon | as beasts of burden and trade. But from thie time | M. d?’Aillecourt, her brother, leads Maile, de Villefranche | The Central Park assessment bonds... . 1,600,000 Of the canals, however, I must speak at some length, | forth the urgency of this expenditure and its detail, and | the continued aid and gnidance of that gracious Being who, | they shall be fattened ina village near Hakodadi, and | to the hymeneal altar also. These marriages will give a | The assessment bouds,,,... Veceses 1,160,000 and with entire frankness, not concealing whatever thers | explaining the actual workings of this charity. in the past hac In so signal a mamwer bleesed our people, | realy to deliver when you shall want them. At po other | considerable impetus to the fashionable world, for as they —e may be of dieappom'ment and discouragement in the state As connected. in some dagre with tho same subject, 1 | we cannot mistake, and must not stiffer ourselves to be | port in Japan will builocks be delivered but ‘fakoladi. | embrace so many persons distingwMehed in the bighand | TOU sss. ......cccesereercs eee cceee $18,114,198 ment to be made, but ae certainly not doubting nor des. take leave, at the reques y Rom of Supervisors of | diverted 1 from it PULN A KING. Fave you will understand, and make known tw all your | financial circles, they will be celebrated with pomp, and PRRMWAWEN) Dent ponding, citber ag to phe ability, the obiigation, or ' Moprup county, to invite your afention to the copditign 05 AuBany, van. 5, 1868 people.” with grea} display of jougtte. The permanent debt redeemadie {rom (ue lnmaing fund CN —_<_