The New York Herald Newspaper, September 15, 1858, Page 1

THE NEW YORK HERALD. WHOLE NO. 8047. - QUARANTINE EXTORTIONS. ‘SHE HEALTH OFFICER AND THE COMMISSIONERS. PRE MCDUS OPER NDI BY WHICH MERCHANTS, SHIP- @WNBRS AND IMPORTSRS ARE TAX&D UNDER THE SANCTION OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF HBALTH AND HEALTH OFFICER. ‘We have too many commissions to have laws properly edwinistered, filed by men who are, in many cases, in sonspetent 10 discharge their duties, or who are indifferent fo the obligations imposed upon them. We have:— 2. Commissioners of Emigration. 2. Onmmissioners of Hes’b. 3. Commissioners of Police. 4. Oommisgioners of the Oen‘ral Park. 5. Commissioners of the now City Hall. @, Commissioners of Excise. Besides a body of men known es the Ten Governors of the Almebouce. Alltheee bodies are either mensged as political ma- shines? or for the purpoee of increasing the peounmsry means of the incambente or thetr friends. In other words, the city of New York is ridden to death by commissions and sommiesicners, each of whom tries to shift responsibility from one to another; :nd whenever anything goes wrong, it ia nobody’s fault, and nobody te to blame. Any one can see that the mansgoment of Querantine abould be confined to system of marine supervision alone, and not divided, as at present, between the Commis- stoners of Health, and Commissioners of imigration, and my Inspector. One set of Commissioners could, also, build @ City Hall and improve the Central park. The Gommizzioners of Police should be abvlished, and the wyater organized under municipal control. Why s0 many offices have been unnecessarily created it {a diffloult to explain, unless it is to provide places for poll- tioians, who are expected to uso official infleence for party purposes. The Health Commigsion is composed chiefly of men who are wholly Incompetent to judge of disease and con- tegion—who probably at eight could no’ cell the difference between yeilow jaundice ani yellow fever, ho City [a- wpector,or the custodian of the sanitary condition of the city, should bea well educated and practical physician» who could be able, when @ bungling doctor falsely re- ported yellow fever or any contsyious disease in a focality, to ascertain for himself the true character of the disease. But instead of this office being Milled by « pbyzician, it wes bestowed upon a man for po- Miical conciermions, and who is nots medicai man. He fs amhorized to appoint Health Wardens to act as guar, inns of the public health in each ward. Yet he has filied these departments with politicians, the most of whom are ‘wholly ignorant of medicines or medical hygeine~good men, perhaps, in their way, and good ward polit'cians, Dut not properly qualified for health offisers, Who are tke Commissioners of Health’ The principal men in it are his Honor the Mayor, Joba Clancy, Charies HB. Haewel) and City Iosp:ctor Morton, with the Health Officer s$ Quaraacine, R. H Thompeon, Dr. Rook well, ke. Nog, it s clear ina: the non-medical gentlemen av0ve mamed are not quslified to ac) a6 Comminsioners of Health. They know nothing of medicine or its terms, and ‘aro very probably onabie to tell the diflerence between @ontacion and infection—Dbetween one fever sad another ‘when bile is present—whas merchandise is infectious and ‘what is not. Commiseioners oi fiealth should be selec ‘ed from soand ant well educated physicians, who could visit the Querantine, enter the holds of vessels and mecertain for themselves whetbe: their Health Uitlver was deceiving them with false aud panic makiag reports, la order to get pretexts to oppreas commerce for the sake 0° personal interest wilhout exciting public clamor. Of the present Board of Health Comm-seioners, Dr. R. H. Thompson bas been the ruling spirit. The Mayor and Aldermen, with the City Inspector, sitting in the City (all, et a distance from Quarantine, have let Lim do pretty much as he pleased. Itbas been chargei that the feo establithed by hm aad ranctioned by the Board of Healta were exiravigsa, ‘ad opprersive. To this charge we have seen s card wignea by the Mayor, Jopn Clancy, acl Charles H Haawell, endorsing Dr. Thompson's asta, bis charges and all. This ie the point to which wo wished to get then. ‘They tay, dmitiing the charges are dou le the uma) yates, that they are not too high, considering the nature of the work. Now, how bas Dr. Thompson arranged matters a! ‘(Qoarant.ne” At the commencement of the Quarantine season th Boalth Officer has a right to crant licenses to lightermea to approsch veseels detained at Qaarantne, and take car- goes on board of barges or ligaters for land! g them a. Quarantine or sbipment for the chy. In doing this, It is clearly bis duty to grant licenses to @ enifisient number to do the business, and who ore willing to give bonds to do the work at the customary rates. Did he do this? Not all. issued but a single license Ww one man, to recoguise sny other lightermen, though , and they were willing to do the or leas than they charged. He not barges of bis own sufficient to do the them from outsiders, and at lower HEALTH 8 5 ae re 44 zg if a Ff g i i t hie relative, and who hire stevedoras on the best terms had, but who make out all charges for and at double or more than double the and which is collected from the vessels stevedore firm charge the voasels with- thing they do, it is said that Dr, T, United States storehouses for sometime, free of the government, aud yet charged the mer- storage. His stevedores were, also, {t is said, as voters at primary elections for black re- publican delegates. ‘While professing the greatest horror of communication, 4 bas been notorious that lighters hired by the frm have ‘jl summer come up to the city with goods and discharged them at tne wharves on both sides of the Hast river, while the officers and men employed om them bave scattered Sbout beth in Brooklyn and New York, visited their frends, or remained with their families all night. It ie alao notorious, that notwithstanding both the excite. it FEL age almost daily, and on the Sunday after the jire, proba. Diy some thirty thousand visited the place, including al) sexes and ages, without fear, or +ny likelibood whatever Hence avarice, both on hhue and cry raised on the subject. ‘We find, too, that if a vessel arrives with buts single cave of smallpox on board, the doctor is reyuired to vaccl- mate the crow and passengers, but the law says nothing ‘about being paid extra for his work, yet he collecw twenty five cents per head for all on board. We have no doubt, if the merchants were to pay the ex~ tra charges lovied under protest, that they would be able to bring euit and recover the difference. This they ought to do inevery case. Tho law confers no power on the Health Officer, even when backed by the non-medi eni Commiseioners, to charge merchants under the pretext of protecting the hoeslth of the city, because the fame or even better protection could be had at one-half or one fourth the expenre, Tho law never coniomplated that ine doctors, tevedore fiem and lighterman in chie’ should uojuetly wring from the sbipping morchants pro- Dably over $190,000 per annum. It this ayetem in to be perpetuated through political and private avarice, itty time both the merchants and the public knew the fact, Whenever a vossel arrives at Quarantine with emigrants (OF pasnengerson board, heving any case ol ricknees deem ed infectious, the captain is compelled to ive bonds to the Health OMoer for their support; and when they are land ed’ he te compelied to pay $2 per head as & commutatio fee to the Commissioners of Emigration. Ja order to compel captains to give all the employment poreible to the stevedore firm, every obstacie, It is alleged, te thrown in bie way for geting a new crow on bosrd to apply the places of thore removed or discharged to do the werk about the ship. Every barrel of fresh water rent on doard of a vessel quarantined is extravagantly charged forg Tom canke taken |n by One Vesna! cost tom dollars, ail for two do., ive dollare. 1a another case eleven dollars ‘ene charged for carrying ® wick crew on shore, and in anther instance ten dollare was charged for putting the mate of & yemsel on board ship. To thow what it costs to keep a vessel in quarantine, and to get her ap to the city after performing pratique, or to von the gauntlet of the iealyh Over amd hie employes, ‘we will sxe the case of ihe bark Greenland, of abous 550 lone, from a port in the West Indies, witn s cargo of about three thousand boxes of auger. On arriving in the lower bay she was quarsantined from the 6th of July to the 13th of August. The charges incurred by the vessel were as foliows:— Bank GuEKNLAND AND OWNERS eSaccae vegetabl 24—Taking provisions, Posy maven aa woter 1 forerercy and pro August 1 and 2—Qfaking provisions, vegetabier, boat ; ee UP serereeserees sseecrcesers }, 6 a '—Takiog provisions, down snd 000 MMA UD sess Seteerrescrnee 8 and 9—Teking provisions, vegetables and twocatks of waier.., 10, 11 and 12—Takiog 13—lowing from lower oe él s.. 3, 1868, Reocived payment. The above charge was made for bringing up the captain's dead wife, who bed died in the West indies, of yellow fever, and bad been embaimed in apiri's, and one sick man. It is due to state that Capt. Bates, by earnestly protesting ageinst the exorbitant nature of the charges rendered, succeeded in geting reductions made at his final settlement, which reduced the total amount to $259, from which 10 per cent waz deducted for cash payment— Jeaving the net sum of $228 80 on « single cargo of sugar. This sum did not include a large number of other charee and fees not embraced in the above bill. The charves for lighterage on the 3,000 boxes sugar, a! forly conte each, were estimated at sbout $1,200; and stevedores’ labor at abou! $450; fumigating vessel and landiog sick, $11; in- epector, $3; Commiegioners of imigration, $12; dunnsge, $10; cooperage from $3 to $7—making w grand total of sbout $1,689, besides storage. We here subjoin copies of other bills — Port or New York, Quarantse. SraciaL Port WaRpEN’s Orion, July 7, 1868 Bank GREENLAND AND OWNER, DUNCAN, To Micuam, Witiiama & Jaws IL. Bostwick, Or. For visiting said vesec! and eurveying her hatches at Quarantine, 5 Received payment, WILLIAMS & BO3EWILK, by Geo. Waters. ‘The sbove bill is correct. Cuas N. Porrex, Master of theabove named vessel. C. C. Duncan, Esq , the Consignes of the Greenland, To the Comsissionnns ov Extunanion, Dr. For board and loging flve men, detained atthe Qua- rantine for six days and provided for by the Com- missioners of Emigration, at tbe rate of 63 per QUaRAvrNe, August 16, 1868. Recetved payment August 30, 1553, for Comm rioners of Emigration. - GEO, RICHARDSON. Port or New Yoru, Quarantine, Juiy 10, 1858. Bark GrxEviaNn, To fumigating said verse! Landiog wick...... To FowaspCrswvoram, Dr +86 sesete ccs cee SEL OD TOM. cesecorececerecorers os + Received payment, BK. CUNNINGHAM, by Geo. Waters. Nuw York, August 30, 1888, Fgkk ORERSLAND AND Ow Nera, To Epwanp Coxsivenam, De. To 10 oncks of waier, at $l eacn... + 110 00 ved payment, kK. CUNNINGEAN. We ou mit the annexed bills for pilotage, waich, in con- kequence of being quarantined, had to be duplicated. We do not ailege the charges made for pilotage to be any faett of the Health Officer or of the firms reforred to, yet they seem to be quite extravagant 6) the uniniviated — New Yor, July 6, 2858, Bakk GREaNLAND, Oar Taly Np OW VERS, To. J. R. Haniow. Dr + soos ceee@l48 SE JOHN RoBERS. PILOT'S ORDER, Mr. C. C. Duncan & Co. will please pay bearer the pilot- age of bark Greepiasd. From sea 17 feet to lower bay. Draught of water 17 feet. boarded off shore. BAté3, Captals New Yor, August 12, 1868. Bark Grea ayo, Carraiy AND owyErs, To tam ricer Boat Jann, Dr. To pilotage from lower bay to Hunter's Pomt— Received pay JOHN ROBERT. ‘The following ts « bill of charges on 208 bales of cotion ex steamship Nashville, from Obarleston:— Orrice QuARAN TINE STORAGE, 109 Wai. Sraeer, } August Mr. L. MM, 25, 1868. To Uniox Licrrme Oo, r We annex another bill for lighterage on a cargo of log- wood (239 tons) consigned w the same house. For thie service alone, to say nothing of all the other muaitiade of Quarantine charges, incloting durfage, as logwood we suppose is decided to be infectious, a» well as coal and salt, the charge was equal to about one-fifth of the in- yoloe coat of the cargo. — New Yous, August 31, 1858, To H. Borer, De. Mesers. a. RAM, For as follows: Cargo ‘from bark Corinthian, #: (usrantine, © em- The lighterage referred to im the above for the con- ‘yeyance of the cotton in barges from the ebip to the land- ing at upper Quarantine, for which 57}; ceate per bale is charged, we learn from the consignees of the cotton, to get it from the latter place to tne city, would involve a duplicate lighterage. Some of the barzes are old and ur- suited to the purpose, as well as the steamboat Claderelia, employed by the firm, One of the barger, containing 160 bales of cotton, has been sunk, and the cotton damaged, if not lost. In another case, seventeen boxes of roger were mianing. Fach vestel is charged tom dollars for duamage The stevedores on boarding & veesel hunt about for stray articles, of little value, rammaged from tbe bold, cabin and berths, which are thrown overboard Into the iron scow to be burned, for which « fee of ten dollars is ob- tated. Again, the more vessels quarantined, and the longer they are kept there, the more money they yield. Hence, the Health Officer bas quarantined all veseols with cargoes of alt from Turks Island and the West Indies, and charged also the weual fee for fumigation, which, for a small vessel is eix dollare and for « large veesel twelve dollars. On quarantining © vesse) @ contract is made for all the work to be done before they ove « hand. The steamer Cinderella charged about $10 for towing a vessel up, when another, a regular towboat, if allowed, would have dove the work for $22. The following charges were also made by the Cinderel- ia im another bill exhibited to us — Bringipg & man up from lower to upper oar iatine, who walked on board and ashore, $15. Towing ® verse! in and out from the wharf, not to ox- coed 100 yards, $15. ‘We are told that, by the Health Officer's exclusive aya. tem in the employment of laber, it is insufficient to do ke work for which the firm employ them, and conse- quently that vessels have had to remain ten and fifteen days alter thoy had served out their thirty days ef deten- tion and received thelr permite to come up to the city. We have been told by a former Health Officer, who served for some years, that sil the legal income of the office was about $20,000, to which might be added about }2,000 in incidental receipte—of iteelf a large mum. He eald that his plan was to license quite a number of lighter- ‘men in Apri!, on condition that their charges should not exceed! the customary rates, and caused them to give bonds. He left them to employ their own stevedores, who were also allowed the usual rates of payment, and with whom he had nothing to do, and sever received a cent from lightermen or laborers in any shape or form. He anid that the merchanta never mede soy complains about the charges at that time. He further states, that bie charges for fumigstios smounted to only $3 per ship. He said that there wae 09 law to regulate the charge, and that he was governed by his consciezce on thesudject. Dr. Thompson’s conacience seems to heve been stretched to jast doudile the length of the former Health Officer referred to. The plan of fumigation is simple, A litile chioride of lime is carried on board, with a small quantity of of] vitriol costing perhaps 25 cents to 50 conts. Plates are placed in afew places about the vesre!, »nd # iittle of thie ol! of vitriol added, which disengsges the chlorine gas, Bor tui service, occupying a mon a few minutes, $6 to $12 is charged. That ie, six for the first application aud six for the second. When the cargo is removed, the bold is sprinkled with little quicklime and some . mall plates with of the chlo ride of lime are used as before, and the charge duplicated The former Health Officer states that no boarding and cbarging were done in winter, unless the vesse) had pas- sengers. It is said that Dr. Thompson boars ali foreign vessels in winter, and charges $1) 50 for each, whether they have passengers or not, including vessels with iron from Scotiand and Wales, coals from Shields, or salt and slate from Liverpool. It was strange that the Bealth Commissioners, while confecsing that sbey did not know what the customary charges were, yet deolired the Health Otilcer’s rates and bie employs’ term, w-re only & little above or no) over double the usuai ch» rges, and therefore not @xtr.va- gent. They neverthelees afterwards went to jie Cham- ber of Commerce to Gnd out what the usual rates were, Dut neither the Ohomber nor its Secretary could teil them The Chamber hei@ » meeting on the Sib instaut, and ap" Pointed « committee to flad out whether the Health Oificer was charging {co much, amd then adjoursed until the let October. As it ie the provinoe of the Hxnarn to give light on the subject for t.o bemeflt of bh» Commissioners of Health, we give the‘ ustom:ry rates compared with those chargea at Quareniing. And first we suomit those charged for the LeBOR OF STRVEDORES, Rates by the Unual Rates Stevedors ‘irm at About the Barbor. Cen's, Porio Rico, bhd. sugar, at. 10 Cara, bod sueer. 10 30 6 10 8 16 3 45 uM 30 8 6 4 6 % mw 290 6 3 60 60 6 Mm is © o 8 18 8 6 20 6 25 10 wn 4 58 pt 3 x 18 7 6 2 wo P 8 8 A slight examination of above table will convince the Commirsiouers of Health that the charges are more than double, and not at all reasonable. We subjoim comparstive tables of Nghterage from the printed cords in each cuge. Those designated customary were screed to by the lightermen of this harbor, and Printed Muy 1, 1856, aud those adepied by the lighterman 0/ ibe Berth Olicer, Mr. Boyer, are from printed copies weed by Lim the present season, and stated in federal currency. Health Ofjicer’s Lighterman, Ae, Bos Rates oft * A “ SEessssasssse ] & 25 an 00 80 60 10 32 32 s Fr 1° 6 30 S3SSe We have al\uded to the charges for cooperage. It seema that there is a licensed and exclusive cooperage concern aiso. He sen: an on board, who compels the cap- tale to tig & contract to bave the work done. We bave given the form of ® stevedore contract which had to be signed by the captain of a versel before Brown & <o, would allow bic men to move a hogabead. Port or New Yorn, QtsnayTine, Sraren latayp, Acg. 17, 1865. } Tol. Baown & Co., QvaRantixe STavEDORES— Sins— Von will discharge from the ship Messen- Srercedpteatere ph pee fr ee wa cum 03, TROTT, Master of ship Messenger. Here is the form of & cooperage contract made by the exclusively Hcensed cooperage concern, which the captein of the same vessel had to sign before he would puts feger on the work — I, Captain Thomas Trott, of Ia Grande. do agree Faid uno Joba ¥ Reed & . ( reventy-sine jare bey five —- for cooperage on cargo dia- Extimaied ct 706 nhde at § cente each. 50 Lerces at 6 cents each, Ir discharged slongside of the whart, te. per nd,” * le Avgant 6.4888. Sts. TROFT. The firm sent one man on board, we learn from the con- signees, who was employed abont two and a half or three days, and bere i# the bili for bis services. — New Youn, Angust 12, 1658, fru MEseENorn ax OwNERs: To Jvo, F. Rexn & Bao. To cooperage on cargo discharged at Quarant: Pr OF. RES & BRO., By Cucrres Rrep, Paid Anguat 21, 186% Here are the charges on vesee!@ubject to po uaran- tine at all — @mr Avo mayan, Overom Bovse, New York. } Uened Stata Tiospiai mooey o tater eee State do. BE BOrecesoccsvseceee. Reoei ved payment, Sept. 2, 1858. In the above list of « hargee wil! be found $17 15 paid to Governor King’s Harbor “Masters for doing nothing, OF next to nothing—srometimes, it ie said, aot going adoard theabip at all for which euch charges are male, The $6 50 and permit of 60c., (which, however, is from Qua- rantine charges at the rate of $1 per hour,) are the charges of the Health Officer on a healthy ship from a healthy port. A veasel called the Grotto, bound from Havana to uo rope, with 000 bogsheads sugar, put into tho lower bay in distress, having lost the captain with the fever. After ro maining a ehort time she again sailed for ierope. Her consignees in New York paid quarantioe charges to the amount of $208, The house exhibited the bills in proof of the statement. We here submit « bill for cooperage, for which the usual contract had been signed, but it waa alleged no work had been done: — New York, August 2, 1968, Brig Bramick and Owners, To Jon F. Ren axp Bronens, Dr. Messrs.) F. Reed snd Brothers have not ckhage on board the brig powledge ard belief her cargo elsewhere. EDNESDAY, QUAKAN) ine. SHATEN ISLAND, JUlg 32, 1858. Received om board iret from on board orig Sesiris9, 64 (ftty four) bo * 16g (one bundred Ny toro) boxe 7 oameouad) dale wegers, alr of wh oraer. PATRICK MEGAN, J. J. MORAN, We submit the following letters addreesed to us from responsible persons, which speak for themsetves:— Tarrived ee TRE RPITOR OF THN IRRALD. arrived bere s few daverinoe from Neuviiee, and waa in- formes by the Health Cicer that my vessel with sil ny crew on boar, woulo be ceteined from five totem days at Quarantine, and 1 was obiiged to ancbor my vessel ia the midst of & large Beet ot lfertod vessete. I do motovjact to the strictest kind of ynsrantine when necessary, bat for & vessel from one of the hraliniest porta in the world, whh « crew in good health to 26 piaced in the midst of ip’ectlon and subjected 10 such a useless risk of life, under tha ples ofbeneliting the'r health and preserving the healh of tbe city of New Yer, sppenta co ne 40 be supremely ridis A. J. PEYTSNGIUL, Master of the brig Granade. STATEMENT OF QUARANTINE CHARGES, SWORN TO, WHICH SPEAKS FOR ITSBLF. I, the undersigued Henri Brcokmany, captain of the Bre- wen ship epeil'o, lef, Kremen on the Sth day of May, 1858, with emigras'a, they #1] oeing besithy, and ® Srat rate clasa of men. Women and children, with more or leas means, to se tle in the United sites, and m very valnable addicion to the populstiop of the United States Bad no sickness on board, excep’ & few days before my arrivel, a child ope year old and a girl of eighicen got the variolold, of a very mild eherscter: enother girl having, 00 seoount of the bot weather, prickly hes, which war betieved by the Quarantine Doctor to be & potsible case of varioloid, but did not turn outso. Ar- rived in New Yor June 25; wae visiied Doet ad bad fo remain in Quarantine, ell ag the one presumed tobe All the rematnder of the passengers, being about 270, alth, were ordered to zo Insite th» enclosure stier ed boon veocinaied oy the Houlth, Pacers, 40 ‘8 expecee, a were re kept for five ime they were sent ‘0 Castle Garden. rs ‘This thip, str three days detention, was permitted to come up 10 the nity, sil rignt and in good order, alter bein; fleeced for this iorced transaction by the following bills BR ero, 0. Wales for varcinaiion of of U, siler, tor vaee! and crew of ohlp Republic. in ail two hundred and eighty iw number, each twenty five cents... seseeeccoe» $70 00 (All this work was done by one person, within one Beary Pee it of Kdw. Cunningham—To for i Ru dw. Croaningham- jar fumigations. 15 00 +e . 15 00 Bill of David MeLyman, for burning the refuse bed- and f paesen gers. 12, DY. oF Olivers: ns follows:—For 63-4 years of age and over, at the rave of 49 berween I and 12, ai $160 : (Three infavie not charged for.) Bill of steemer Cinderella (other towbosts bave done the work) f: hipping 260 passen- gers trom sip (uarenting, at 10 cents each.$25 00 bs 4 tranabipping peeus and baggage wa sbip to Quarantine... wo Again, a hen oleae 2) eens ts agace usrantine to Castle Garden, 434 boura, at $10 per hour... week regan 00 00 —— 552 00 45.00 after my arrival, as I have My heahhy passengers have been imprisoned within the Quarantine walls for tive deve, st the irominent rik of, and of yellow fever expoaure to, being infested by the o- her diseases (It the {yo Tratituion ig nota be bug etieting masing money), an then were ‘thre on the elty of Rew York, My perme or Bf Sohabitants of (be citv weree to the goatenicn of yellow fever, &c., which the emigrants might have taken within Gworn to before me the Wid day of July, 188. Moses B, me y USES: Maciay, Commissioner of Deeds. % This unparalleled oppression bore so hard upon the in- tereats of shipowners, consignees and ship masters, as to become in ® measure intolerable and insupportable. Hence, on the 14th ult., a considerable number of them united im a petition to Gov. King, praying that he would investigate their complainte, and, if possibile, extend to them some relief through the exercise of his official pre- rogative. To this mild and respectful petition the Governor made no reply. Here is the petition Kew ¥ A t 14, 1858, Tobie Joum A. Kysu, Goversor the ‘State of leave to call your atshtial fasts noticed In then. They rm 4 our com: may prove va’ somincattesens csysioun wnichs # not sipped te the but, may lead on ar system of impositone which it msy (in time) De impagcinle to remove, woold mos: earnestly pray that your ———— would exa- mine into these com) isipts, and use your pet al inilnence: to remove be cause. ‘The extraordinary course pursued at Quarantine, deve- leped by the foregoing statements, towards the com merce and shipping, is calculated, if persisted in, to destroy the trade of the port aod drive it to other cities. A vemsel arrived the other dey from Havana, the captain of which informed us that freights were good, but us consigaments coming to New York would be subject to such enormous quarantine expenses they preferred not to ship at all, or to send cargoes to Boston, Philadelphia or Baltimore. Another vessel wished to got cargo for New York, but mot with the same difficulty, and finally chartered for Purope. Several houses in the ‘West indies and in New York, bave declared their intea- tion ef etoppine shipments next summer, should this sye- tem of oppression be continned. This course will tend to injure the trade of New York, and aivance the prices of sugar and molasses to consumers. Cotton veescis at the South have also been diverted for Furope direct. Nearly the whole of our trade with the Gulf of Mexico, West Indies and southward on the ‘Spanish Main and South America, including Charleston and New Orleans, in, ot the present time, under a rort of Health Ofdcer’s embargo, little lees severe and disastrous than that imposed by State probibition or the casusities of war, The Legisiature will be called upon and ought to be induced {fo appoint & strong commission, to have the whole subject thoroughly Investigate, aad to follow it ap with measures such a0 are suited to the “ign'ty and wel- fare Of & great and growing city. This course is de- manded by every consideration of right and jastice. Launch of the Steamer Suchil, The irom steamer Sach.) was isunched yesterday after- noon st two o'clock, frora Bell's yard, at the foot of Hous ton street, Hast river. A large number of spectators crowded into the yard as tho appo.nted hour arrived, and when two o'clock came there were about # thousand people assembled. The ways were creased and everything was carefully removed that might im- pede the straightforward course ef the ship's Orst and jastoveriand march. The tide was aimort full, and sth temptingly approachiog to receive ber daughter, whena nigral is heard, followed by another then afew hammer strokes and & cheer, and the Suchil glides softly aad fwifVy to the water, and runs out gracefully towards tho middle of the river till her course is interrupted by = tug boat, aod she is taken to the Neptune tron Works, st the foot of Mighth street. There were about 200 people on board when the veeesl wae iaonched, and on landing they exprersca themscives pisssed with . Nearty half the com doard the Socbil whee she wae iaanch- iH He z 3 iv efeer tee Hie é & 3 A F3 g 3 Bd 2 i rile iitiert i ‘anc thus the steamer may be wi around any or Promontory almost in an instant Seago, ote aaenae wre } a Fe Ca Si form tha connecting ink ecw ie Mess Pacifio, there 0, It is believed, ve nindred miles saved by: via The line will bea fortnightly one ee subsequently it may become a week. Tom Overs at mim Acanewy.—Locia di Lammer- moor” if to be given this evening at the Academy for the fret time thie season. Madame Gaasier, the new tenor, Meffani, and Signor Gnetier sing the principal parts, A capital distributton. SEPTEMBER 15, 1858. The Democratic State © THE QUAERBL8 BETWEON THE HakD3 AND THe SOPTA—SPKCULATIONS AS FO THE CANDIDATAS—A BRISK TIM BXPKOTBD, BTC. SPACIAT DESY ATON 10 WUE NEW YORK HERALD. eyricuse, Sept. 4-94 BP. w. ‘The democratic ight bere will be au interesting trial of skill. fbecombatants ore nearly equal in strength, and are ily managed. The bards, or ovteide Tammany- stem, are under the leadership of Feroando Wood; tae softs, or Tammanyiier, unier that of Siskies Horatio Seymour lends his countenance to tbe softs, and Daatel S Dickinsop, who is expected to night, to tho herds, Tae headquarters of each are on the same corridor of the same house (Voorhees House), and there the moves ar being studied and decided upon. The softs claim to have Indispniab'y the contro! of the Convention. Their temporary chairman will proba iy be Bidvey P. Faircall@, of Madison. Ii they succeed in get ting the temporary organizs:io0, they will bave a vom- mittee on Credentials that will repore age'ns! the cuteide Tammapyiies, and they believe thatthe Temmany dele- gates will be all admitted to veats, to the total exclusion of the others. To carry out this plex they claim # majority of twenty. Succeeding in it, Amasa J. Parker will bo ths candidate tor Governor, and Sanford E. Cacrcb fur Lieate- nant Governor. The hards don’t believe ia this programme. They may not manage the temporary orgsnization. If they do, their chairman will be Edwur! A. Lawrence, of Queens, or John A. Greene, of Onondaga There will be a struggle over the temporary organization, and the vote upon it will approximate to being a test vote. Tho hards count six majority, but believe at woret that if the repor, of the Committee on Credentials be aga'ns! them, the Convention will reject the report and admit half of each delegation. The softs seem to have most conlidence, and ifthey do not carry their point they wil! bolt, The odds are im favor of Judge l’arker for Governor, and Church for Lieutenant Governor, Horatio Seymour could gettbe nominatien for Governor, but does not de- sire it; and Jam assured that he positively dec!ines, and will not allow his name to go before the Convention. ‘His namesake, David {. Seymour, of Troy, would like to get it, but will not, Judge Wm, Allen, of Oswego, Wm. Kelly, of Dutchess, Wm. H. Ludlow and Courch aro iu the sam> conditiou in tha: respect. For Lieutenant Governor there are as candidates Church, Ludlow, Robt. J. Billon, of New York, and Wm. ©. Crane, of Herkimer. If Parker gets the somination for Governor, Caurch will probably be the happy man for Lieutenant—Dillon looks strong too. The great fight will be between the softs and hards. I think the softs wil! win. A caucus was held at the Delavan House, in Albany, last night, and the indications tended that way ; #0 do they here. ‘Tickets are to be ineued to delegates, and ou'siders are to be kept out of the hall—so will be the delegaves whose seats are contented. Besides the Taumeuy soutost, there are contested seats in Albany, Kings and Monroe Numbers of outside politiciaas are on hand working for one or other faction, ani the intsrest im the fight .s intense. I see here from New York, Dr. W. W. Sanger. 1).ck Ooa- nolly intends to cffer resolutions virtually supporing Douglas’ course, recommending the aimiss.ion of Kinsas and Oregon with their present populations, and the then adoption of Gen. Quitman’s plan ja regard to Territories. Eixvet o'Ov00k, P. M There is no chnge in the programme of the evening. Outside of the Dickinson men there is but little feeling ia regard to the succession to the Presidensy. The aimiais- tration will be sustained, but no offeuse will be given to Douglas, Annexed is & list of tho nimes of the delegates to the Convention as far asknown. As will be seen, there are two full contesting delegations from New York aad two from Kings county — NEW YORK. Dist. Tammany. Dist. Anti-Tammainy. 1—W. Miner. 1—Wm. Wilson. 2—Jobn Shea. 2-—James White, Sen. g—J. ¥. Sevege, Jr. 3—C. B. Woodrati, 4—L. Rynders. 4—Saiauel Jackson. 5— Daniel FE. Pickles. b—E. J. 6-—b. F. Pardy. 6—Jsmen Lynch. T=1.V. Fowler. 7—Daniel Young. Vaker, 8—Peter McKnight. 9~E. B. Hert. 9—Wm. N. Molatire. 10—T. C Peida. 10—William Ooalter. 1i— Gideon J. Tucker. 1—4@ideon J. Tacker. 12—A, B. Rollins. 12—Hiram Engle. 18—A) xander Ward. 13. ‘Wood. 14—FPdward rr. 14—W. D. Parsons. 15—R. B. * on P, Raesel. 16—Jobo Egan. 16—Thos. Me 5 1i—Jonn \ ance. 17—Jua. C. Wi Krvos, Vanderbilt Organizet'n. j—Jobn A. Voorhies, 2—Jobn Cavanagh. 3—Wm §. Leach. 4—Hugh MoLaughtin. 6—Jomes H Cornwall. 6—Robert W. Allen. o' 7-—James H. Hutchins. 7—Jobn Bors, (OTHER COUXTING. ALBANY, ONONDAGA. smornaRm Obaries (ood your. SCHUYLER. Pdtward Kernaa. SRARCAL R. R. Steele. STECRRY. 1~J. 6 - ORIEN 2—D. Jokn Oiney. Sek. A. Ward. RMR serrork. 1—7. C. Priest. 2—George P. Milly, 2—J. D. Munn. AUTEIWAR, JEFFERSON, D. M. Broadhead, 1—Heory Green, Jr. TOGA. 2A. ©, Beach. Gilbert Walker. 3—A. C. Bamiin. TOMPKIM®. LIV INas Tos, Benry D. Barto. 2—W.N. Alward. vLerER, MADIA®S 1—S 8. Hommel, 1—D. B Weat. 21.0, 2—sidney T. Fairchild. aE. Dapay. MOWROR, WARREW, 1—Robert Martin. Daniel Aldrich. of W. Mudgets, Jr.) con WASLNOTON. Louis tested = 1.—Ben). F. MeNitt. 3—Levi S. . 2—James A. Sherrill. MONTOOMERY. waren. Richard H. Cuahney. 1—Calien Poster. BIAGARAL 2—Henry §. Blower. 1— Robert Duniop. WESTCHESTER, 2— Sherburne B. Piper. 1—Paward (eight. 2—Jecrd (kell. by s—Jamea M. Bard. — mour WYOMING. 2-0. F D Jones. Jobn 5. Skinner Lewis J. Riders wie 4.—Robers Bamber. Peter MoKee. Syraccer, Sept. 14, 1868, The city is tolerably well filled with the democracy to- might. The outsiders particularly are in full force, Voor: hees House is the headquarters of both sections of the party, Gideon J, Tucker, Secretary of State, Feraando Wood, Peter Oagger agd Governor Church having rooms there. Horatio Seymour is at the Syracuse House. The New York quarrel of Tammany and anti Tammany draws « large lobby from the city, each side being warmly supported and much feeling manifested. There 's no at- tempt to disguise the struggle between the haris ant nofts, and the statements of thef§partizans of each side differ widely. The hards claim, with apparent confidence, that they have « good show for ® small majority of the Convention. and declare that Horatio Seymoar on be elected to preside or $0 any other position. The sefte, PRICE TWO CENTs. oa the other hand, claim nearly two to one in tae Oonven- Lon, exclusive of the coniested teats. The seat of Gideon J, Tucker, Secretary of State, ie not contested, and he takes no part in ‘he quarrel. Jt \s decided to admit ne person to the floor to morrow without a ticket, with the object of excluding e)) contes- {ants until their csges are decided on, This, with the de- claration of the softs shat the Convention must settle final- ly and decisively the New York contest, makes it pretty evident that they bave a majority in the Convention. Some of the Wood men, on the other hand, begin to biut that the Convention has no business to decide ou regularity, but should, according to precedent, recognize each side am representative men, and admit balf of each delegation, ‘Toe chances, however, appoar strongly in favor of the ad- mission of one or olber set asa unit, and the probability ceene strong in favor of tho Tammany delevates. It ia Mr, Wood’s desire lo get the subject up im Convention in- ttead of before the committee. Ho is selected t2 presont the case on one side and Daniel E. Sickles on the other. The anti Tammenyites held a meeting to-night, Fer- nando Wood presiding, and found the delega:ion fall. The Tammany men hold @ caucus to-morrow a tem o'clock. The bards talk, if they have the power, of nominating EM Cook, of irie, for temporary President, and one of ‘teir own section for permanent President, Mr. Feir- cbild, of Madison, is also mentioned as temporary Chair- man. The probability is, however, that no temporary Organization will be had #t all, but that Eli Cook will nominate Horatio Seymour for permanent President, and move that he be eiected by accla nation. The Vanderbilt organization, in Kings, appears most likely, indeed almost certain to be admitted Fernando Wood is bold and determined in talk, end declares that no ticket can carry the State thas is pomi- nated dy @ Convention that rules him out as a delognie. Tae principal interest seems to centre in this atrugi:le, and many on bob sides seer anxious to harmonize it if possible. Much confidence is expressed in the ability of the party to carry the state, and candidates are plentiful for all the ofiices, The most prominent for Governor are, Amaea J. Parker, of Albavy; William Kelly, of Datshoss; Judge Allen, of Oswego, and David L Soymour, of Ronssolacr. Tne latter does not appear to have much positive strength, but seems likely to recetve a fair complimentary vote. Judge Parker is probably the stronyest candidate at present, and bis nomivation appears the most likely. Judge Allen is also in fatr strength, and Mr. Keily would be secopted by all as 8 compromise candidate. Tue name of John Van Buren bas been mentioned, but apparently without any serious intention of pushing bis ciaims. Ho- ratio Seymour would certainly have the vote of the Con- vention if be was in the fleld. For Lieutensnt Governor the names mentioned are:— Colonel W. C. Crane, of Herkimer; Samuel J. Tilden, of New York; Speaker Alvord, of Onondagu, and others. There isaleo @ strong desire to put ex Sanstor Kelly on the ticket for the second place. For Capal Commissioner, amovg others, are sewed Meesrs. Lord, of Monrve; Parvons, of Monroe; Piper, of Ningare; William Woilliatom, of Prie, and Cayler, of Liv- ingevon. For State Prison Inepector thero are a vast namber of candicater. among the most prominent ones are Mesers. Bamber, of Oneida; Groen, of Jefforson; Keyes, of Besex; Liderkin, of St. Lawrence, and Mo! ave, of Dutchess. The contested sests promise to keep the Convention over t!ll Thursday. ‘The most prominent democrate in tho State are here, and the Convention promises t» be one of ability and character. No caucuses will be hold to-night. ‘The hards of Atbany to day organized a goneral com- mittee of the candidates defeated tn the primary elections, and e'ecter contestants to all the dinwictefrom Albany county to seats in the Convention. This gives a double headed orgaata@tion in the county. UATEST. The contentanta will be admitict to the Lvor to morrow, Dat all save delegates exchided. Mr. Fairchild, will be temporary chairmaa. Close figures count @ vote for tum of 69 to i, excluatve of the conterte? seats. Tho plan of no temporary orgaaization is opposed on the ground thet the appointwent of ihe com milices on contested seats would orcate enemies for ‘ov. Seymour, who will probadly be the permanent !’resident. Jobo B, Haskin is bere from Westchester as a looker on. He declares that if Lecompton is endorsed be spall not vote the ticket, and that it will be beaten in the state. Revulsions of Public T: ng of An= other Fashionable Hotel Up Town. The large and splendid hotel building erected by Mr. Kno, at the junction of Broadway and Fifth avenoe, end facing Madson square, has, we understand, been lewsed by Mr. Stevens, of Boston. Mr. Stevens is ove of the mos} successfal hotel proprietors in the United States. This will make the \ifth largo establishment which be pos- seaser in different States of the Union, viz., the Revere ‘House, Bonton; the Nahaat House; the Rutile House, Mo. bile; Point Clear House, Mobile Bay; aad the Kx0 House, tn thie city. 18 i@ neediess to add that this muluplicatioa of enterprises {s the result of judicious manvgement ead large menss, Mr. Stevens baving, by his energy, industry and tact, become one of the wealthiest men io the country. ‘The opening of the Kno House as a first cles: esta lish- ment, in the upper end of the city, wil! maugurate another great revolution in hotel patronage and property. ‘Thirty years ago the City Hotel, nearly opposite Pine street, was the fxahionabie establishment. Thea the Astor, the Irving House, and the ®t. Nichoing successively bore away the palm of pubho fe. vor, With the opening of the Atlantlo telegraoh, of the Chima trade, and the overisnd wagon route to California, it is but right that we abeuld bave some marked corresponding event amongst estadivamenta which owe their life to the movemont of populstions. Ac- cordingly, the Installation of the great hotel p-2pvietor, Mr. Blevens, In the new mammoth boiel—the Hino |i 7ose— far away up town, arrives opportunely to iodicete the extent to which all these various in{iaences are ikely to benefit our city, by rapidly swelling the number of ite inbabitante and the'r material resources. So shrewd « speculator as Mr. Stevens would not embark ic a0 enter. prise of this kind without being persnaded ihe! the march of trade and the revolations of taste which ave cvs'antly occurring im the fashionable world woull prorkis we im- mediate and coostantly increasing patronage for bo tabliabment. To the family hotels in tte neighborhood the -poutag of the Eno House cannot fail to prove of great advantage. The numbers of fashionable people who will bo aura ted to it will, in their turn, help to keep establishments like the Everett House and the Clarendon fille through ant the year. The intinence upom the value of propery in the jborhood will, of course, be proportionately «reat, we are therefore justified in saying Brerow's Tirarem—Deert or Maname Corsov.—"he Birakeech Optra troope commenced « eerie of per ormen - con lags might, with Donizetti's + Figs del Reggrmenio,’* supg in [altan, with Madame Colon a9 Maria. Sguor!.se- cotta a2 Tonio, Signor Harili ae Saipizo. The audience wae numerous, aad included nearirall the hald’ucs of tae Ana. demy, with a great infusion of directors, artisia. entrepren - urs ond attaches of ail torts, The entire interest of the per- ormance was contred night, keeping in reserve his other leading artists, Malame Colson in a fine artiet in every sense of the word. she bas an exceilent roprano voice, extensive in com ase, iis f