The New York Herald Newspaper, January 14, 1863, Page 8

8 MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS, ‘s Ann The Mayo Issue of $50,000 A Park Steck—The Annual City Inspector—The & the Auditor—Com: 1863—The Herald ration Paper, Cov ry Medium of Tate ligemees BOARD OF ALDERMEN, Towrghly 0: This Board held (heir second seseion for the year 1863 + Teaced » neni Monday at one o’clocic—Wiitiam Walab, Faq., President, | of tt an the chal A resolv ‘Counsel to tion of the + missioner allowed by the existing law. Alderman Puc Mayor’s annual message to various wees, according th Adopted A reso! the Comm with the Comptroller s thom way mm t when The Cox ing the issue of an to the amount of $50,000, Alderman Boour moved that the all the Corporation papers, and al Henan, which was adopted. The paper wai the nex! mer The anne eu F issue, fv wtime, as sball be sum or dred thousand dol Improv unit Stosk of 1876, ReroKr, That it was the intention of the n additional dollar of apter upon and com. e' of the ral anno 0. the to the ture of tt ance may be added. of mon propriuted by the Common city there are 0} the le act oof the sis re any; ppolutia aid cominisel 18,000 " persons of’ despotic and onsible powers tn’ t ri property aan ing to the Corporation of ties, In many of the: city as y Hail, sogether with imany other Subjects of great Uinpora aod interest to | dation of th the taxpayers of this vity, but 1s. bave | many insta your — committe haat boring | Haas addin, oO have bi ettia ly sulle sof if weaNou yaar, Commissiouers to Pay We has been at best b e employes on the Park a0 © the ins ion that the Park mosynary insitution, momtained Denevolevce or public char employed inf o Park, r, there is no q ut conta Por Uhe present your committee have cow prevail their expreaged determination in referen ther appropriations, and are fm favor of wu wth, tional 1 Fund, sv to the aps also a sum suthc eStock of t ut to pay tor hments pending the inve rained to prosectite, eariy &.day as possible, The Co Co: This way be firm the opinic missior nd no doubt is, th: fact, 1” mun ect Violation erests of believe, in ke municipal gover: amissions for the se donot feel i nious or views in fullon this The pressin Park have appealed wo irresistibly, Shey have been son aud re Gcomend that the doilars additonal of the steck 0° the € ment Fond be immediately issued, Von, conferring upon the Compiroliey is tierefore recommended tor your ad Resolved, That the Comptrofler of be, and he is hereby auth fifty thousand doll pursuance of chapter $5 « LERENCE F TUS CUTY INSPRCIOR’S aNNt ‘The auuual report from the City luspector’s Departzannt was received, and ordered to take the usual course Ciry Lyspxcro N To THY Hone New York :-~ GENTLE in conf ordin ing the Govern, of the City of New ¥ transinit herewith r 1862, con y marriages repor the Regiatrar of Reoorde ew Y. me Common Cc uras of marr! To mx Hoxonsnr GentiemenThe made to this ep re we take in! deration the fact deaths Wered does wet or damp. t city, and should be ro designat mosphere, Shh auch athing practicntle. T have re the health of soldiers brought to (hie clly fram onr army fer treacme: Tn no, part of for wounds received oF diseares ont: a the Geid OF | sliould be kept in camp. For reasons fomilinr to wl, no mnch beghect eipient of swany vanea of this ehat from such os! hould not with aay pre complaln this nejlect, recorded ao furnishing any whore compiuinis would be which prevails among 18 in the vegularly re ng ev Et Gh rat of Yingiand the mortuar narely, 1950, 186) and 1862, oF 1 Message Referred to the Appropriate Coumittees—The Additional © though mot a Corpo- lopted direeting the Corporation tho Legislature to legalize the ac- cilin the appointment of com- deeds, more having been appointed than yxt Offered a resolution referring the eparaie subjects alluded to therein. sfored by Alterman Book, directing thor beads of departinents for the purpose of aefining the position of the several Corporay Bion employes and repulsting (he salaries. Utee on f Lancs presented a report anthoriz, ditional stock of Central J'ark fund it over and made a special order of owing to nthe hard ed in q dotinite,y ascertamed, t n inquiry Will be reported to the Board in’ d Central Park Improver indebtedn °sa of the Couarn Sof persons employed a# mechani din the care and preservation of the grocmds and fis gation walsh your « vissioners in ® Communication addressed to the mon Council, and. dated Decembe: ther preseat outstanding oblivations amount now almost Universally pevatent, ‘hat co7- ippointed by the Staie to adminisier k pal trosts, particularly when forced npon 4 people on W their wishes, i8 wrong inp: ipal corporation, and, your hts, but of the constitulion iteelf, Jf shis Belty. pends thority, involve the elty fa de WX), what is to provent ff increas i ed extent. And the question commission now In. existence in th started, te 0 the baneful affects of State legislat {ato o past seven years, slited at this time to give er nnd more filting opportunity to Wo so more at necessitieg of the workmen engaged on onstrained lo forego their prev ed t0 isin rs of the Central Park Improvement Fund Stock of 1376, created hy an ordinance of Council of the city Of New York, approved April 29, 1860, in the laws of Isa), °. J. A BOOLE, JOUN D. OFTIWBLL, ) Pinance. 19 Crry Hann Square, ) New Yo Ly me Covmes Co! are the reperts of the Superint CToR'S DieARTMENY, ¢ decrease of mortality is them: 7 And compar 1 Votes found ip the report for the period of three | citivens; b te year 1888 und closing with 1860, | the cons et officlal lists recetved from thet country, have taken h the returns Of this repo teare to ts | be of any’eit Death rece: mtral | the govern iw Heport of the | Report of | WS! ae ittees fer the Yea wet with ellie! @ey apon ty munity. which in the impor to be fou eityt Tn and however it may be sustamed b in this fore appropriate commit. | 1.0m your the appointed, to confer faid over Iu Louton and ja Te'a-ts npon oer ¢ maggosti the oMicial or oil” gate nat OF pestilence, Tate 0 rassed 15 “aeir 9) an! at ores, burthen cheney. NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1863, eine ely: th preparations against iis that are not before ant a ahde bond evils visib us dideniy, our slow ayete’ 4 of ‘legtslacion comes in Wo late to VENTIVE SY #reue OF LONDON AND PAKIB. enh avi epidemic. or they on and Pane ties which ives Of all @cner's ous: Id to st auce of theiy dut, rene slatemens oi yeots the Das s00R 48 onesual eet At is received from tn Tomei sop Sean us wm) Or department fy cuabled to st iudivation 0 the approach Sickness in the com- | Ss. Sac, Possessing the meang to act | ‘accouritabill It seems to the under- this sy stem—always tho- Gand prepared for any emergene jou with our own, so defective 100 Lo tmmediute exige: veat superiority of the former over the civilized world ta there te be found # system sell posse-#es Lose of ability to carry into elfect nt ana responsible duties entrusted to it (ham the one governing the saul for the welfare of this creiaing the utmost power within {ts control it 1 t is uot uufrequenily cou | Deither sug; ested nor aut y for this st 8 of thi able body to grant, aud mens gyn efile welte health will not lied to assume responsibilities ized by the city yovernment y the se assim ption of authority, it sure the part of policy or of wisdem that a necessity should exist to compel such assum pti T may be ‘perma in Vain, it is im the by giving to this depart for prompt amt more ald not only be improt would be placed in 4 contition to meet and successfully re- sist the introduction and spread of disease, ‘The measures necessary 0 accomplish this end have from year to year deen presenter to the Common Council; and i again their atiention to the aubject ittel to e1 tain the hope that thevall Occasion, in the course of this report, again to call attention ¥o the ‘nore important of these measures, MMALTHY DISTRICTS BECOMING UNHEALTHY, In examining the tables appended to thie report we find of the people, fanaot be wer of itective action ut the city ling. nter- 1 shall have that in those wards or districts which twenty-five yeare report be printed in so in the New YORK | inhabi than ORT. m was referred the of Coun, prroller to ses of «i ominities, previons to for the this fac eat of corruptio 8. which dant to ? of thi ne report, wh Rus hi the servi and torminate at y ine water, whic heavy fall 4 23, 1802, sta: tog and but tends (0 ‘al mont found in the not only r char: ninent of the eily, #0 43 no power subject, but will await, to thelr f carl ‘nga that nie deters aum of fifty thousand tral Park impr Tha following resotn- on the city of New York a Turther sun of Conmon {Comittee ARLEY, pa hoa. UAL REPORT. once; and day c one Darancyxnt lave referfed os disease throvgh thy ney. \eIL OF THe Ciry OF By neon! and ‘ux, Jan 1, U UN or indif rel more that d tha of the ety. we ideuro of 4 warked de- ensation f that of Lendon, ty the theme of app In contirmation of thorowghi ort, general iinpoveriah Attention to the turther | ehiefly trom th Conteal Park | oecupylug apartuy y bad Ventilation of these uniormunat iren ever de household sun why {a it not © This my duty .o mal ‘aetiona by the pr tment, PROMIBIELON OF CPLLARS yr British Parliament, authority was ers of London and other cities, to of strvet dirt deeay se. ings hig! an a thts state of th iL is to keep the etreet of coutrectors, Whose imic st discharge of nee from such quarters. As these rt any te ‘f ‘of the line of the great . thus negle In my last annual ed of the workings 0. 11 whieh this depart se ment of these here swel: and the sink canvenieuces are insuili he inmates, The. Hees, wre to the on, 18 not to be Ww evidences of S chins of U nly what mast be the physic but what indieritan:e and conformation 0 to Gheie Ouspring, A UspeRcRow of comfort ui light, door, phere nily of these mY ‘ ond tha ution thin ano np yahes® CON ts the unders! sof wrevohedn the health of da sirnl ter wh} ga, the sty ‘or the smal rea vepere ei in this ‘connect wn of allowed to ru sairea ty viint en in the omplo: here Uuat Is breathed ih these 2 Anes omploy Of | Brat life is suortand morality 4 hax becom gene uusig Whe adult population ov this class, the and necessary consequence of Lheir decline in physi- by U is but ter-lou: the air of found the cradles and uuys whase pro re ed by these their ravazes Tar beyond the odution, ‘The mere statement induees the ingtiry whether the re jement; and jase of tod ers, isies, more Isapt to ben ro the ordinary these localities, is added the i they receive from the general thing, the stre tsare narrow, seltom admitting the raysof the sup for W hours during the day. A® a consequence of tS are tor the most part either is prettieing @ vitixted and poisonous at- ), OF itself. 8 Of the Worst conwequences to He veg Wood. the cily isit more necessary that the streets ‘amiy condition, and in no part are they Were the most healthy, the mortality. is which state of things is accounted for by the ants of those localities within the time mentioned, It would be un error to iufer from thi disiricts have undergone any ebange from their former natural sanity advanuges, or that they ace Ira healthy of the city where the ‘mortalit ‘ess of inortality 18 wholly actribuiab.e to f which may be sated as follows:—The J condition of the iubabftanta, their in- cleantiness, the unwholesume food obtained truckstera’ wagons, the number of fait is in the sare pouse, aud the necessarily these apartments; wud when to these eis added the jatemperate habits of , the causes of mortality are at one: so clearly established that further camment on such @ condition of thines would seem bardl neceskary, facts many tugs then ves dered at, ® vigorous heath in other parts tie city. Ass 10 ness Is, deplorable tol th dw es, whi ashed, and even the appifea ad ceilings Seema to be utteriy out OL ut that the mortality among the ocen- truly alarming. As seme Jected ax the permanent fortunates, it must readily be seen condition of the adults, UND CELLARS, at up when ¢ ¢ Mt ¢ ‘abod: sand the ne} if «i at no disc statement that now ‘greatest; those has been ny But to tue gene- detaile of import Tt will bardiy be credited that in this 6,000 Camilies living In underzround cellars, which reesptacies of disease are inuabited by are also numeyous tenement houses in this city, exclu containing from forly to e ter ‘in these nestling places It ts not aione the The indifference apd is exhibited in in for Weeks and rash to Ttia debility must at ingness to hard » is the condition of buman misery ocetipants of tene houses, it may be pared with the in- suflerings of those living in underground ye that whieh ocean t off in most eas id camp, with no dra ail out U jonall) om all r of uncleaniiness of Hensive forme in these ry task of enumerating them be- revolting. And as if tt were not enough that the ix not sufliciently tainted, there are the additional insaiu. stables, which add ‘ighborhood. It is ries oF when once fair; ies, bus will travel nich power exists, such representations af may induce per authorities as the eslgency of the 8 vested in this ® or to remove av thorities, and IMPROVEMENT IN GENUMENT HOUSES. in Leing enabled to state that a short period, taken place in tious of tenement houses, and pied wit and nursert th FOR DWeLLH un! fis hi certain window of ar plan mish y tses ca wh neh mt they are 10 ob) minencement rovement has the demand for it; ising places, matters uinate condion as whi ned tirst cated your al in pre- tion to ies of dine: city there should be no post- more distant day of Ghat whieh ean be done at Cpreweut isa dine as opportune as any future 1 be, to take such action iu regard to the jocalities 1 iN gnard against the introduc.ion of IN LONDON. Less go constructed ere complained 0°. tise of cellars tor ensions, and pro- flicient size to ve ) provided that there sbould be a Har and that the foundation shontd tbe adopted by the e provided that no cellar or or occupied Wary advantages recommended ‘@ dwelling, TAIN LOCALITIRY. n any others, that wholly cumulation put the parties occupying sueh_ premises are not only the last who would place themselves forward to }robably the last to by those whose dul madition. The ony aity the highest com- Would tarn a Kiect 8 most observable, the Yon comira.ior may in this instaner practice such neglect ‘with comparative bnpomtty from complaint on the ‘am once more brought to part of our THE HACKLEY CONTRACT. t your honorable body was inform. vontha:t, and the emi st was’ placed In consequence of rassments, rigned entered yon ine ax Clty Tnspeetor, yerfections and incongruitics, all of which resulted in ‘i 1 London,” saya the Registrar {to the contractor ant a loss tothe city, Among Gene’ TTA, SS ongmute. it was shown that the sdwat of the The eatin former seemed to be the ony led, while we put it dewn w! ‘bat the Census Buvean at V DEATHS 1X ugton. 1361. 1862. RICESS OF MORTALE Thus it will be seen noted, the mortaliiy of London has mortality of this city 2.344. or 781 it » Which: ty Nee ‘thi sibility. been in each ¥ the interest of the city seme secondary imporian this representation, that by the working of F was ehubled to secure to $279,000. for only sa 10 the power to prevent or res it With the undersigned, as the contract was so worded as to render any successful interference on bis part an impos. ry the face of these official tacts, there hasbeen au effort. for | tively required past to impress public, During the idea he mortality of the city was in | ceived (ull over that of London In proportion to popu: | werk in lation. The object of thease efforts Las been exposed i) pre | abundantly eports, aud however unsucer CATTYiNg. those ob ects jocesstul im MEALTH OF NEWYORK AS COMPARED cures Tn my first amnual report to the Ce use of this language: that ist claitn te the priviieg etug 0 ihe most healthy of the world! pon the undersigned, trom the par ely a contradiction, bit the senting facts from personal aw becomes ing duty to renerat to add to It the city favorably Lis, but that it far ' the stat mpare with th by tar the most wr umiealthy ¢ sab TOK iC ral bill 0! ove etate the reas again represented Limite ark KS OF 1 we in the ef attention ¢ by a ntl to the Various suge 1 placed before it by ato doubt. Although ree yenrs fs even Lowe unimportant evsions thus raised, however baseless, cs New York city at this day Ath EX PTENaC din closely nares hi ized world, ve not given the mortality of known lo be greater than that aith of the city ean be tions which, from time to lees thant ptions—when the papa ul their wuthe into effect, they disquieting’ the pul rosperity of ats. Misre= rant for pal nity ghat bh Tam cy to the és {uhab verely con: prehended that they wiki be | full day the most conclusive proot of | of work was Wirt THAT OF OTHKR tamon Connell 1 made tract hav uniiered with which brought es above ai of willully misrepre jeal motives, Te again us “made, r asertion that not only doe at various | ta ealth superior cularly to the in and OFa. I MENT. with whlet: vn the part of the Com- | to the inter this departnent, there the moriallty ‘of this was ten years was eo wholly neg the contract down io t It has been sion, neglect a rtain | advantage to ch ment ‘ofl jnetiied the suesesstul sencos fines and the haw moth seourdty for their item matter with cher cont rae act 18 UUb wi it was dite nUFne the city € ley as contrac’ ita quality Of personal reprosentat tncertain ebaracter, and +0 far as Hackley | cerned in the matter, be ts wittwut reshonsiviity exes ject of ple hus to Polke carefully gu 0 have been considered as of It was ulso shown, wor. the vigilane: planes with tie s) sought refiae under that portion of its lecte Wo with the cit Hbilitien. It her proof o} of an int jog, without the slight Nor, the uring the year, dst this Imposition did not than one yeai him as anytiyng, tw By the prevent the tentractor from pursuing tue in example of instrument @ sum of ind that imself Whatever might have bren the intention of the framers of that instrument, 1t has been so drawn as to deprive the City Thspector of co spulsory powers necessary. terest of the city un ihe occurrence of the very exigency whieh demands the exercise of such occasional advice of the Corpui ation efficient to reader such assistance to pro ect the tn- wers,and even the vunsel bi it was mos: impera- is proved in ontractor has re. wetual this dey patlanton my. that from the date of bean she sti tractor te no ant receive his ach an Amount of | which I have frequently called your attention MACTING AND ITS KESULTS ryortion oF the contract woien as ef the right held by the at in the contract when ¢. bus been exercised by him in disposing ronght y sivangers ta ntil At west vt ie ams with 10 beyou ie may ve tie hold ty have upow id other tne ity nor thie tract there A ourse, YO carl againat s omission im the f the varelessness tiou to give every 1 reterence be seen that beyond the mare name whieh at- present ¢ ot & very vague aud poern ts, in is Tition wacase hid less than tlie at present, ican ati be | from the Habiiities of his sureties. But this -yoteu of conn: largely reducrd in the future by the passage of ordinances | plication does not rest iwre. Under the present sub-con- that would. give Ww Gis department auch fac sor | tractors the clearing of many of the wards of the elty Ie three years past have been soucited at your bands. In mat | again aub-contracied, and in instances the latter #ube ters which so largely concern the welfur of our eltizens, t contractors sell or Sub-con fact to othar parties, who so ar departnent, having ene peculiar interest in its charge, | range matiers a tol Tn alt this siould be ei of the power to act upon «uch bargaining aud sub-cont the city is the oply sufferer, genvles as ise, and not he "made dependent npn she walle iting of reapows bility renders the ap. how a progr isla pits aid, | plication A agains tin, evils stl more alifie Tie incel tay he Lollowe ddeso- | cuit lution, ty may be vis nd domes. INJUSTIOR TO LAKORERS AY SUR-cONTR ti evils that ve esti Femults oF this tion of tranquil, ted by the f sem the leialation a ie to ober depart nee b Lalways, without « Fisk OF great in) A large ply, v0 this t ines AR AY ogy From the very of support tier means siways Sou nt to fall t per tine frome a for apy © Ina uihorities do bad grown gray in the the “most efliciem’ that cor be employed upon the work were. divmianed ‘in the dead. of winter, and turned destitute the city. The harshness Upon and severity of the centractor abd his numerous sub-contractors. bas been a0 sev felt by these hitherto quiet aad orderty men. a8to compel them upon sundry oc- - Caaions to make F-ietane> and to form associations for their mutual ; rotection. As one of the consequences of this state Of things “strikes” bave taken place among the laborers, aad they have refused to work unless they should receive their Fegular pay at the time when the comtractor from the elty, unabie, to be kept out of it until the contractor broomes | largely im their Tt ie but just that it siould be auder- stood that the highest wages paid to there ‘are interior to the wages received by laboring men employed in other Dusiness; Dut wis iconvenience, while it is Teadily if no | willingly subinitted 10, does not guard these men frou owt | and gromer grievance which they are mavte to suffer under | ments were received by are unwiluns, as they are Le minwapagement of the contractor. Ibis with regret that | T state that there are indications of @ general uprising aud | Tefusal on the part of these men to engage longer in work under the present aysiem; aad should these apprehensions | th be realized, the work of cleaning the streets mist of neces: sity again revert tothe city. It has been the constant object ‘of the undersigned, when ‘called upon by these men for re- | dren, to use every persuasion in his power to satisfy them | with ‘their present condition, hoping that the oft repeated | promises of the contractor would, im ® measure at least, be made good, This course has been 40 assiduously pursued for | the lant two years, that it has made him almost ceusurable in the minds of many a leaning too much to the side of the coutractor at the expense of the laboring men, But it has none the lens been pursied, from # determination that (here should be no failure on his part to secure that which the public has a right to demand, w thoroughly cleanly condition city. That Ys Umitea powers have partly failed in inducing 80 | desirable a result is. an has been oft repeated, owing to the embarrasments which this strange contract’ has thrown around him, Nor can he hold out ang reasonable expecia- Hon of iinprovement xo long as the present system isto from the defects of this system it may be stated that the experiment of cleaning the streets by contract, whenever made, has in every instance proved # most signal failure, whice the present experiment bas proved the greatest failure of all. ‘RS BY THE CONTRACTOR. of this subject to which T would your particuar attention. As an additional induce- ment—to give every advantage to the present contractor—th Common Council, at the early of the contract, guve to the contractor the gratuitous use of certain piers of the city for the accommocation of scows, which were at all times to be in readiness t receive the dirt of the city when it arrived. ‘This was, in effet, wn additional grant of thousands to the $279,000 alreadygranted, and this inuniticent gift, instead of being used for te purpose designed, has been most grossly abused by the recipient. ‘These plets, intended for the ac- commodation of immediate removal of street dirt, have beet used aS permment depots for the accumulation of street manure, to be mnoved as the interest or pleasure of those concerned ma} dictate, The nuisance resulting from this condition of thas hus been go obvious and so aggravating, that it has called for the interposition of the Commissioners of Health for ts abatement, and that body has been forced to take action 0 tbe matter for its removal, ax the atmo: phere of the ieighborhood was poisoned with the stench omitted by Unse reeking and pestferous mounds ef un- cleanliness, PUBL PLACES USED AS DUMPING GROUNDS, Ip addition © these accumulations of uphealthiness, the contractor hashad the wise of some of our public parks for dumping pury wud itis esdmated that on the battery alone thirty thousind loads were deposited. On the north of the battery, by the water side, there are uow of Joads of manure of this character, which bave been placed there for convenience of sale, Whatever doubts may be entertained by the Cymmon Council as to its. powers to annul the existing contract, there can be no question as to its rights to rescind the resolition granting the free use of these piers, ‘The boon which they freely and without any quit alent consideration granted to the contractor, has been ko misused and diverted to purposes never intended. by the vantors, that it should be ta the parties who have thus misapplied it, For further and minute details upon this subject, I refer the Common Council to my annual re- portof lastyear, aud to subs-quent communications which ave been culled tor by resoluiion by your honorable body. The relative powers and odligations between the city aud the contractor must soon be made the subject of investiga - tion by the newly chosen Counsel 10. the Corporatio ‘ite may Gnd something in the contract which his predecessor failed to discover, enabling the undersigned so to enforce that instrument aa to carry int its proposed objects, anu thereby secure a cleanly condition of the city.” But | Shouid such ellort be-—as ig apprehended—a fraitiess one, | there will be no other remedy at hand than to promptly pat an end to the contract, the previsions of which have been. so often misconstrucd, oF perverted, or violated to the detri- ment of the city. SALE OF STRERT MANURE, In connection with the subject of street cleaning there is another important item, of profit and utility which has hitherto been passed over with triving attention, I refer to the manure or street dirt, for_ the mere possession of which in some of the large ¢.ties of Europe, uot only the streets are id to the government, Why and 'e agent’ shonld not be regarded, f equal value to this city, is question’ frequently asked but never satisfactorily or street dirt, of our principal avenues comu.ands a high price among our neighboring tar- nd is always in demand. E: he street dirt of the side streets, which is not so valuable, owing to @ mixture, or leas, with coal ashes, commands a dy wale at five cents a load, while that of the es briny double the amount. And yet the co.nmunity will learn witt surprise that this article, so valuable to our market gurden- ers and agriculturists, wassold for the last seven years at an average rate of less than nine thousand dollars a year. Here ix adobe loss, first to the city, and again to the farmer, whose profits and the value of whose lands depend greatly upon the application of these agents of fertility. It is no exag- geration to say that our street manure may be set down fu so mivch cash eapital, always on hand, to aid in delray. ing our city expenses, Long, persistent neglect fu a profit. able disposition of this article has driven from the minds of our people all ideas of its actual valuc,and even to allude to itas a source of wealth is more apt to prevoke je than, to induce sober calculations as to its importance as an item, of city revenue, Lotelligent foreigners, especialy those who have ‘bi lents of European cities, look with amaze: ment "pon ons neglect or Wastefulness ‘in not Lurning this source of Tevenue to & prolitable account. The ordiuance now in force hibiting the throwing of ashes tuto the streets has but little weizht with a large majority of t ulation in certain parts of the city. ‘The fine—one « which it enjoins for every violation, has rendered tue en en.orcenent of the act almo-tu nuility, from the impossi bitity to collect the same, the parties who are delinquent, almost+in every instance, being too pour to pay the ane: Tu reducing the yenalty’ to twenty-five or even to ten answered, ‘The manure, cents this difficulty would be overcome, The ¢xaction o| this small penalty in every case, or a temporary persona! detention for its non-payment, would. in a short period, prowct the city from a nulsanee which ix daily on. the Increase, By preventing this disposal of ashes, now $0 common, the value of the street sweepings, a’ manure, would be fnereased, and the article would command a | higher price among farmers and gi ‘At present these sweepin, re the property contractor for cleaning the streets, Which he receives in addition to bis pay of $279,00, with the added gratuity of the free use of certain plers, valued at many thousands of doliars thns heaping benefits upon him, for which he gives the retnrn Indicated in the condition of our streets, “Whether of the streets be continued by contrast or o her- Wise, the sweepings should at all times reivat Of the clty, to be disposed of tor fis be have been made of tie establishment of umpitng rwANeDt uinds in or near the city, and conventent t6 the loca‘Ities m which the dirt is taken. If sed gi 40 be se- Jevted witbin the city, they should Le pro by high walls, and at the water's edge, to secure, us far as possible, the neighborhood from juvia incident to the aceumnla: tionof sueh masses of decuying matter. But 1 am by no means in favor of this plan, The health of tie cliy requires that no incentive to disease or impurifieation of the at- mosphere should be allowed a staring point on this island. The city should provide ainpie meaus in the con- struction of sols or boats, built expressly for the purpose, and conver nily stationed to receive’ and pes dirt as fast agit is coleci=’ aud dumped. be suggested stil more feasible—namnel; tisimg for proposa's foe the delivery © certain jarts of the city, at so much per Dinding ‘iivelf as to aus speeitic number of lowls to be de. livered beyond the amount col dd. AN estimate of tant amount diring certain seasons of the y the made | without any great inaccuracy, the porties thas eoutracting for the month or time specitied being ob ieated to Imve the vessel or vessels in readiness to receive the manure from the carts on its arrival, itis seareely neerssary to say that under sioh a system there there Wo ud be no want of Bidders for the article, while tue nuaire would be sold at ty be free trom the dirt atver it its ana ket vali " Yt. Tn this estinote Tia 1 { pings ai from $5000 to $75.00 | is, certainly, a low estim: willbe | fa cin latlon and the ailding T have dwelt somes port, for the reason tir infu t inion of the undersigned, It has been too long neg by the city goverament a8 a'matter unworthy that given to itin other cities. Teis proper im this cor State that, for some years be(ors the present street cleauitut went ino operation, and when the sule of the wa in the hands of the Comp:rotier, the avn tin ibe sinking f eo oorpypt | of my res ne a’ if the transfer, and, whou ft is to be hoped that, snggested shall be atopted, the Comiaon coum give to this department iis authority over u mi erly belonging tty Ie ts hardly necessary that { shovld, at Into details conneeted with 1 7 revionsly pen those ds Uatously tircumsuantial, amd 1 I» reports for more particular {llustrations a. the necessity o our action in the cases weferced to. Atjnesent 1 ebstt Priedy recapitulate what I consider the most prese ng neces d the prine’pal obstacles te sahitars nf sale othe tine, aya'n x0 snbject of rauitary reforin { your attention ef risk of betny | io rever to my former | sities of on cys m } reas, Over all these cases the Commo: dl bave | ‘Sole ultivate control, and £ carnesily invoke tlielr setion. | as demanded by every consideration of justice to oar | citizens, who look to them as their protec! the public health. sin guardin, SEWERAGE, LAND AND HOUSE DRAINAGY ' + tow Counsel, io making appointments for the various sitions in bis gilt, is becoming an euigraa to outsiders he A more the strat mp ete and eflicl ut age of the city, a yisem, are OL such sanitary improveme n ws the ground-work of its be unworthy consideration. Our chy auto er neglectiul for iong period of this ity, have of Inve done muc i por ion was nit now is, To the Hverai but still sadly Mt Improvements In sewerage 0 ‘itted this th mt ia r fother pertinent: may hi resuli# foreioid by thelr y Jectora, there bas ever been with onrsriy Other distrset whore the atve.u | los been made in the experiment of sever ce in promoting : the localities where it has ‘nado conten uo the adventage (rom this improvement [will edduer one ime stance out of many that have come tu Ina township of Maneles es, Eagiand, t " undrained sirerts was stone time four percent, wile om the drained districts it Wastwo percent. Anoloer tostance de given where the mortiity telore sewer ne thirty-two; a. rer Rewerace It [ell to owe Lu ( wi ou ORNS tances fouowed the in: But the sewerage in advane) of buildings Aol sewerage + once. the adoptio Cine plan streets now in the pi { opeoin, the city where there much siccn from inarshy and wBfilied lets, the bent would be greatly improved, aml the new hich they will be iia until a later day jade compe on the owners of tenement houses expecta! drainage and water closets of such build the sewer, principally itary mews time as an act of But white these tm urged that they must Fomine, Othersien, nave’ a foreign writer, fit is eet by the hand of man himself, 1 d peoples and to mations.” sLacanren i from visitations to of nitimate action, 1 seontinve to | ators of the No mutter how These great avd constantly increasing nuisan: be objecia to which the attention of the co city's health should be imperatively called. great may be the altention to ih laces, of those engaged in thie theiens, a “nunaance which should to exist’ in & community so dene this city, Mitigate the evil ax we may, Han evi, | only to be bor en it ie atiolutely unavold able. That it is not unavoldabie ia proved by the expe of other cities, which have establish rior vanes of this Kind of Found the pubite health stem ther locatities fc in Part for tw 0 be rime by t ave porsonaliy nuance of the «ines, None engaged in the bust at iorm., Ua the com ‘and who were by far | ‘rary, the voice of public The plea of i | stble one ou which. the ‘ctganent hr ‘hor catnucues is ! dies will, pr | extraordinary turdiness of Mr. Develin, the new Corpora. | fremen has do offn been raised 28 the continuance these establishments, that «iy removal a eome day bas been looked 02 as @ matter of certainty. Late Re Late Hebel News. Governor Letcher, in response to a requisition by President Davis, has, by proclamation, called out ali tau militia in #he counties bordering on the North Caroline line, to aid in repelling any,ipvasion by the enemy in that direetion. They are to rendezvous at Teter. burg. The following are the counties named:— | Greensville, Dinwiddie, Petersburg, Brunswick, Lunen- | burg, Mevklenburg, Halifax, Charlotte, Pittay! | vania, Henry Patrick, Franklin, Nottoway, Price Edward, Campbell and Lynchburg. ‘But even tis blew will be foutd to be without foundation, whenever the system of abattoirs shou! We been put into practi ' ration, a8 't haa been well ‘that the. weeommoda- tian of all parties has been best by their esta- }shment im Paris and other Contieaial cities. To this or | sowe Other similar plan we uust camé ‘at last, and the | svoncr the attempt is, made the better for the interest of all partien concern LAVERY 8T/ an squeal necessity existe ier, ihe pa chating the location ‘allowed care. Lene erica nanan te Renny of the cing, Gennting Shes Acamp of instra ‘among wot slare chy, there | tion is no reason why the laws. which require cleatfiness in the | #00 18 to be established at Petersburg sireets should not be ‘made to apply with double foree to | The Tredegar iron works advertise for five hundron use Receasury rece] of matter offensive to the senses and deleterious to health. The occupation of streets aud frequently part of the aldewalk, in the cleansing and wash- ing process of horses and vehicles, Is a gross inconvenience {o passers by. I! not & positive tuisaiice to the neighbor hood. Interfor accommodatious connected with stables should be for the performance of these acts and the streets, whichtare for the common convenience of all, ceased to be occupled for the private beneit of a ew. The ma- Bure {rom the stables falso is thrown into open cellar pas- sages, or into the yards adjoining, exposed to the ettecis of the sup and rain. x REMOVAL OF JANURE AND MANURE DUMPING GROUNDS. It should be mace incumbent upon the keepers of livery stablea to remove the manure of their establishments at least three times a week. A: preseut this removal is made only when it suite the inter st and the convenience of those accu inulating it, Not only suoub this custow tg corrected, but the moval should be made ut such hours as will make 16 the least oftensive to our chiizens—after sundown and beiore sunrise, But watill more efficient plan might be adopted in making rules for the removal of manure from stables. similar in some to the regulations in relation to the removal of UF streets would then be free from tue hourly exhibitions of the manure carts and the offensive st which they emit. The present license git ‘stable keep- ers, as the accumulation and disposition of manure, seems to argue an indifference on the part of the authoritie negroes for the ensuing year, to be eimployed at the blas furnaces, in Bottetowit county aud at the coat mines on the James river. ‘The Whty says the Murfrecsboro prisoners are to be ent to Richmond, the Yankeo government having refused to receive them unless their officers are also paroled. ‘The latter—some two hundred in number—-will be held in confinement, in accordance with the President's procia. mation, until General Butler shall have been detiverea up for punishment, and the men retained until the abolition magnates consent to take them on our terms, Molasses was quoted at $11 per gallon by the barre Gold selling at $2 a $210, Sterling exchange, at 205 4 2123. A meeting was held in the Court House at Beaufort on the 6th instant, which adopted resolutions against the recognition by Congress of the recent election here. A Sue Mit ot the cluzens that, iwiittio crediable to ur | Protest to the same effect is now being signed by the geod name as acity. In London the laws applying tothe | members of the First North Carolina Uaiun regimont. yomovalot sable manure are similar to {he lawein reqara | poeiined to the removal of nightsoil, and they are 10 work @ the satisfaction of the community.” There 1s no ayyarent Fee ae et enna on reason why the plan which has proved successful in London [From the Rich neg - should not prove equally satisfactory in New York. v m ichinond Whig, Jan. 9.) ‘Our sanitary system can never be expected to reach eutire jous reports were in circulation ‘yesterday of a raid efficiency so Jong as we permit among us the existence of | of the enemy at the White House, on the ’amunky river, causes which create discase. All manure taken from the | the present lower terminus of the York River Railroad city stables should be delivered on board of vessels for its | The acts in the vase, ax near as cin be ascertained from trustworthy sources are as follows;—When the down transpertation, to, the country, of to some pluce of deposit train (yesterday) had reached a point about two miles ut of the city tunlts, and shen Rot be permitted, at is the cawe at presen iumped in open lots wnti r of load# are accumulated, to the benefit alone of distant from the White House, information was received 10 prouit by the operation. ‘The stench emitted that a body of Yankee cavalry, about a hundred strong, untaine of filth, when undergoing the process of “rotting”? | came up from West Point in the morning and burnt perceptible at a great distance, not only injurious | gioop belonging to 5 lon tothe health but tothe property in tho nelghorhood Wier | shanties that have beeh lately esorpiod vy sontcr trades they are located. and others, It was further stated that two Yankee gun- boats were In sight, coming up the Pamunkoy. The train at once came back te Richmond, aud we have ny informa FAT MOILING KSTABLISHMENTS. Frequent attempts have been made by the Common tion as to the further proceedings of the endmy. The presumption js that this raid has for ite obiect the break: Council to drive from the island these noisome plague ing up of trade between the eapital and the York river country, since the Yankees have frequently wanted the citizens’ that this would be done. ‘Tey may, however, destroy some portion of the railroad as a port of their sands spots; but as is too apparent, without success. There ure several of these estavlishm full operation in’ the pper part of the city, and ects upon the health of the neighborhood i creased mortality, Ex. periments of every kind which were suggested as practi- ca} in lessening the evil effects and annoyances of these estiblishments have been made, but thus iar without suc- cess. Tt was supposed al one period that by the erection | programme. From the fact that thoy encomuored no of lofty chimneys there would be xn escape from the nox- 2 hab eae fous fumes sent. forty trom these recepacies; but experi- | OPP ion it is probable that we had no force in the eighborhood, or if we had that it was of little or no ac. count, It ts dificult to believe that our authorities will allow these marauders to continue their operations for any length of ime, The Pirate Alabama from a Rebel Point of View, (From the Richmond Examiner, Jan. 9} ‘The splendid performances vf the Alabama on the high sous, under the admirable direction of Captain Semmes, show what miglit have been accomplished by the confe deracy it due attention had been bestowed upon a uavy, and proper abilities employed in conducting that branch of the service. The war hetween North and Sonth pre- sented two wonderfully tempting fields of enterprise. ‘Yhe superior numbers and unbounded manniactnring facilities of the North gave that community extraordinary advantages as an invading power; and tho South Jay apparcntiy at the merey of ‘its armies, un paraliclod =i) = numbers = and in completencas of equipment, ‘This was the great adyentage f | hela by the North in the contest. On the other hand, that t < age won Vy community wre peculiarly vuinerable on the ocean. hevin, sent condition, are unit for the vast busines: demands made | Qc aimerce afloat of incalculable value, tnd presenting i ‘And I wonld here impress upon the Common Council the | display of rich prizes such as never before tempted the necessity for the total abolition of the cobble for pavi cupidity or the Lace Hg of ax nemy. Vt s true that the pirposen, and tho introduction of the Bolzlan asa substitute: | South was in possesion of but fow navat facilities. But exit on neeount of durability and economy. Sweets paved | ghe held the Norlolk Navy Yard, with its naval stores with cobble stones are almost ‘constantly vut of repair, be- os 1 4 Sides being difficult to cen. K would further recommend | 42d munitions, together with a number of admirable "ail ofthat part of the city south of Fé | Raval vestels. 'She possessed, moreover. a corps of navial ence has demonstrated the experiment to be a failure, It would seein trom complaints, frequently made to this de- partiaent from persons living at a distance from the establishments, that these lotty chimneys have only the etlect of extending a nuisance far and wide. It fs need. lees to add that this department is wholly without power 10 apply any remedy to meet the case, and indeed the sugges tion of any power to be siv in the premises seems to be altnont unnecessary. I that all suggested reme- these extablishment: ied district a fal within the vicinity of any ¢ are nus which shouid renoval from the island. 1 prominence to the most important of call for action ou the part of the Com- Subjects which ve others requiring attention, and to Youneil. There tion of my v these are the imperfe pouis, the overcrowding and bad ventilation Of railroa he dredging of slips, and the repairing and repaying most the streets in the lower partof the cliy, which, in their pr cond sti be paved with Belgian pavement, in accordance with the | inen educated in their profession, many of them widely mereasing Wants and necessities of the city. distinguished for proficiency and gullautry, If she bad Tt may be my duty in other communications to call your | equipped but half a dozen vessels at the outset af the attention more in detail to some of the subjects here enu erated, should any information thereupon in my possession jesired at your hands. class of the Sumter or Alabama, and sent them abroad against Yankee shipping, under tho command of men like ‘CONCLUSIO! Semmes, they would have soon produced a how! through. ‘The reports of the several Bureaus herewith annexed will | out the liurth, compared with which the joremiwtcr ¢licit- be found of much Interest upon subjecte comtug under thelr | od by the deteat of SicCieilan before Hichmond, aud of {upervision, wn em T respectfully refer you D ? hypo Fed OE oe eee et taeete ae | Burnside tn the slaughter pen of Froderivksburi:. w but amiable whispers. ‘These ‘were thrown away by the South. ‘The advantaxo hwid by the Norih on jand was not thus neglected. \With an energy aut profession onparaileled in the annals of warfare they equipped vast ariwies and | sent them forth on the promising errand of iuvasiou. They have succeeded wonderfully in that prime objcet of war, destruction; hey have inflicted an amount of damage tages, bv yin this connection bear testimony to the fide lity with which thetr respective labors have been per- formed, While iu former reperis 1 have dwelt more at Jength pon many topics of interest, which contin same cgndition as when IT inade those reports, 1 deemed it my duty again to enlarge at any length upon those topics, as It would only invelve the repetition of views and ments herebefore advanced, The repetion, however, be justified, that ifall the expectsions of the public cognizance. Tean 0 aver, have not been realized in the immediate correction ot abuses, upon the South which three generations will auflive to Ithas not been for want of unceasing efforison the parzof | repair. ‘They have failed o° this grand object of conquest this department, but from a deflelency of sufficiently aimpié | and subjuzation from the ope of great moral powers both to'guard against and promptly correct suea abuses, With a more enlar:ed discretion, and ample powers to act upon such emergencies ax are more likely to apply to the business of this department than that of any other under the city government, while the discharge of its daties will be greatly facilitated, ‘thi y will be equally: promoted, Very respe Alderman Hovit: moved as an atneudment that the re- port be inserted in the Corporation papers, avd also in the New York Heraup, and that five thougand copies be printed in docutnent form. Adopted. which vo degree of power and enorgy is now able to con | trol; but except in that respect they heve done an amount of injury on the South sul!cient ‘to satisfy the utmost cravings of Yankee malignity. The Soulh wild Seek the covt of ine war, exerps in tie desolation and « ‘tiem which have everywhere ati nded the fouisteps of the ees, and whieh tine will scarcely be able lo repair. We have not been equally enterprising in carrying desolation into the Held which the war opened to us. “Cu til latterly our naval operations have been 3 feeble that the price of insurance had soarcely been at all increased By a report from the Finance Department it appears | at the North: and if we biot the deeds of Semmes trom that the ' iz the treasury on January 10 was | the transactions of our navy upon the open seas, since $2,047 4 : ., | te war begun, there will be left a total blank in the his ‘the port of the auditor in the Comptrotter’s | tory of that branch of our naval service. this failure to office + ed, and three thousand copies ordered ty | avail ourselves of the advantages onenod to us in this be prin 1 high career upon the ccean will ferever be a reproach to The City i sent ia the vames of Health War- | our government und to ovr people, with those who shall dens and \+ \-tont Healta Wardens, wuich were con- pacers the Risteey of this war. It the proper energy had firmed employed in this cepartment of enterprise, it COMMITTERS FOR THE YRAK 1863. The Prosi¢ent here announced the following as the Standing Committees for the year eighteen hundred and sixty-three:— Almshouse Department—-Aldermen Froment, Masterson there had been a fleet of Alabamae or Sumters scour | ing the seas, instead of a single ship, the North ‘would before this time have been advansing proposais of peace. It js questionabe, even now, whetber peece w: that community is attainable, except through th and Hall. of a considerable fleet of enterprising war veascls operat: ‘Arts ond Scitwes—Aiderinea Mitchell, MeCool and | ing upon the great waters. The porer aml weal’ op the Long North is embodied in its commeres; and we strike no vilat Astesom-n's—Aldermen F roraent, Masterson and Hall, Chaning Strels—Aldermen Long, McCool aud Chipp. part until we strike its commerce to the ‘Fhere are significant rumors tha strong feet Crotm Aqueducs Depariment—Aldermen Heury, Hardy | sels will soon be crossing the seas under the tlag of the and Reed South. We know that the Florida h a Perries—Aldermen Henry, Mitchell and Jeremiah. forcethe Alatama in its important work.” If half a doven Fire Deyartment—Aidermen McCool, Mitchel! and Ryers. Lamps and Gas—Aldermen Long, Froment and Reed. Lands and Places—A\dermen Reed, Boole and Hard, Low Depar ment—A\dermen Hardy, Fox and Jeremiah. Morker—Aldermen Reed, Long and Ottiwell. Notiovat Afaire—Aldermen Farley, Mitchell, Henry, Boole and Ovtiwell or a dozen other yeesels should mako thoir appearance upon the Atlantic, and commence their ayproyriate work upon the evemy’s commerce, we shoul! then fa care that an end of the war was st lust approach: in ere i& ONC Consolation to be derived from reilecting | upov the want of enterprise that has marked the naval Ordinonces--A\lermen Hardy, Boole and Mitchell. operations of the Confederate government, har Police—Aldertnen Masierson, Jeremiah and Hat. been no resistance whatever to the Yankee bloclarle, aud (hat Privting and Advertising. Hoole, Farley, | measure has tly been most perfect and succesful in | Reed, Hardy snd Ottiwel, it of law, The consequence is that we have boon shat } Public Horith—Aldermen Furl ad Ottiwell, ont from all lawful intercourse wit ihe world, onjoying | Palio Bendinge st Bleckweli’s I wdait’s Istond | no communication except that which has boon nt j and Bellecne B (ahlichment—Aldermen Masterson, FOX abl | Prt the success of ubis blockade, instewl of injuring us, | Ryers * hes proved our salvation in the war. We were unfuown Repairs aad Supplies—Aldermen Mevool, Henry to the outside world, aud therefore utteriy without credit Reed. If our ports had been open, and we had beon eomipwlled to | Ro ttidm Nai seek financial aid frem abroad, we should have sailed to | Rotroads——\.termen Beole, Chipp, Mitchell, Long aud | obtain it. Moreover, the money of our government being Otiwell. bronght in contact with other currency would have Salavies and Ofjicct--\idermen Hardy, Boole and Fro. | Jost all value from the quantity of ® in circulation: and ment, we should have failed in the war from the f finances. The Yarkees have done us a food office 1 ieolating us from all commercial intercourse with the word, and thus securing to our money a loci currency We have had no use for other money than that put ry by government. That money has ¢riven all other locn! | issues out of circulation, and mainiained its currency Ubroughout the struggle. That money has kept our aria!” in the field and saved our cause, and its currency i# to the rigidity and success of the Yankee blocka.e. fi short, the very shrewd, but very unlucky Yonkee race | bave in this matter overreached themrelver. They «hin. { ped themselves in this war by their own blockade. With out it might have demoralized many of our citizens’ and utterly destroyed our currency. The Delights of the Rebel Cap {From the Richmond Examiner, Jan. 9 | Ou the habitable globe there is no place so delightfal as the capital of the Southern confederacy. For a | permanent residence, it will compare with the cities of Arabian romance. Haroun Alraschid would go mad with Seweree-Alderunen Jeremiah, Farley aud Halt. Sirets---Aidermen Chipp, Boole and Hardy. rmev Vox, Ryers and Masterson. sand Slips—Aldermen Mitchell, Boole | ure of our | Whavers, J and Oitiwell, Joint Comm tee on Accountt—Aldermen Hardy, Boole, tiwel! sacted m great deal of routine business adjourned to Monday next, at one o'clock. City Intelligence. ‘Wak Corporations Counsxt AND His Arrorsrassis —The ten Farley, Jong aud Blasterson. riots auxious to serve their country, and at the time pocket the Corporation dollars, catnot under- stund the cause of the delay, They thetuselves are per- fectiy ready to cnuerge from the tranquillity of private life. aud, Like Cincioustus of old, to do violence to their joy if be coulé become a citizen of Kebmovd. A six feclings by conseutiug to acespi poritions and emoluments | onthe residerce in one of Our hotela or boarding houses for the good of the city. | But Mr evelin keeps them if | would afford Scheherazade material for a stery that tantalizing state of suspen y puts them | would keep the Sultan awake for the remainder of his Foon some LER but always natural life, even supposing that life to be prolonged be yond the brief days of Methusaleh, or more extended years of the gocg of Hindostan. There are people of rude tastes who taik eloquently of the great capitals of Europe. ke io Citice with The principal fic He is now two | single appointment as follow s:— having made a n his gilt are Corporation Attorney, vice George ©. Genet, salory There are men who love to live even in Paris. $5.000 per annum Homan nature is very strange. But persons of retine Clerk to Corps ) Attorney, view John M. Harring: | ment and of culture, the world over, could they only be ton, salary $2,000 per aun! : | spprized of ita incomparable attractions, would fly with stant Clerk to Corporation Attorney, vice J. Dag | tne speed of ravenous eagles to Richmond, as the most gett Hunt; salary $1,500 per annem 5 . sirable residence perhaps in the whole universe. Messenger, vice James O'Dounell; salary $250 per | “We gpenk calmly, for we dvsiro to excite no anticipa- apoum i . ey | ton that cannot be superabundantly realized. Consider Public Administrator, vice Stephon P. Ruavel, salary innumerable delectutions of this metropolis, Itis the n per anauim and iminense ices, seat of the Confederate government. So careful bas the The per eed to their offices Mresident been in the selection of his associates that there already ind js pot a member of his Cabinet who is not profoundly see 10 reason How to alter Uhr ford is prominent for Public tdiministrator, Harkett for Corporation Attorney. ‘Tur Croroy Ageepcet Bows —In this braveh of the civic government matters are preity much ata stand still just now, owing to the want of funds for the prosecation ‘of the cus@pmary business ihe appointment of ex Abier- man Dutragh to the vacancy created by the removal of Commissioner Tappan it was thought would be signalized by certain changes in the political complexion af the em- joyew Bot up to the present moment nothing of the versed in the sciences and in apelent languages, while many of them speak Coptic familiarly, ‘The lowest mes- senger in the most obscure department has bistory at his fingers’ ends and the philosophy of abstraction in the palm of hie hand. A purity of lite, a dignity of manver, aulegance in conversation, a depth of t an a urbanity of disposition, mark each and every member of the adtninistration and ali of their subordinates, toa de- aree which has never been re agehen a in the annals of political society. and which renders an acquaintance ; with them a bappiness almost unspeakable Free and cordial agsociation with natures 80 lofty and so endowed Kim has transpired. 10 rumored, bowever, that Com. 2°00 falta unuoble all who come in contact with them, eee aceaia tee ait | the Hoard. invends tit is enough to move ane to tears to think of the anap: io the parties likely to suffer de on are, is tut | Proachable supremacy of tne morals and manners of Rich who the party “ , rm ud in the great future whith awaits us. indicated. Fine Derarrest Baui.—The thirty-fourth agnual ball of the New York Fire Department will take place on thy evening of Monday, the 26th jst, ‘The procesds, ic is vnneceseary to add, will be devoted to the veaal object nately, the benefit of widows and orphans of deo But it i not in bigh official circles only that the delights of Riobmend ig ae octet are to be found. The efiete. vapid and concened race of F. F.'s ha been submerged wiier an inundation of fresh adventurous spirits from ail parts of the confederacy ant elsewhere. The fan tactical days of the Wickhams, Gambles, Randolphs, Leighs and Wigs bas passed away forever. We rejoice in enew era and ® miscellaneous population, troubled Sith none ef the ridiculous airs of the so called gentry. the olden times have passed away, And glorious are the new. sweet Baltimore plug adorning the corners ote pi scipat” thoroughfares. Here are the tse(.] aad ihlustrions exueia of departments at Washington Arrivals and Departures, ARRIVALS. sAv—Brig Wild Pigeon—Capt N J Brows wood, Mr Cury wood, a—Mise H Cook, @ Cook Vena Croc Ship City of New York—Don Matnorn, © MG | INTERESTING FROM THE SOUTH. | ‘The new wan, the garroter is Bere—though we see bin not, savo in the printe ef his fingers of the throats of | unarmed citizens, In she palatial etoreson Main street, once inbabited by Yankeos devoted to the Unior beng 2 apples at hat @ dollar & pieee, and noudeserips beruerg. selling! minute aes of wretched tobacco pt y five cénte, Stout Marylanders: oot the cross streets, und there throw away ockadte boots wnd shoes with reckless liberality. Able bodied retugees, from God knows where, swarm im Ouy cellars and abandon thes, selves with 2 noble self abnegation to the traffic in patie | oysters mixed with mean whic Substitute agente follow their ubremuanerative vocation in namelegs places <tortioneré roll inthe wealth secumulated from every ing that the earth produres or the kad of man cab fashion; bawds, arrayed in the siiks of ‘Tyre and Sidon | and in the jewels of Sutuarcand, ilumine and perfume our sidewaiks: gamblors erect tbbir sumptuous Lowers on every band; whilet, aS to crown chis splendid coo. centration of social ornaments, the verminous deserter parades bis rags in ostentatious dofance alike of civil and of military authority. The variety of our people is not their wnly charm. We re told that the worn owt race which once inbabited this city were distinguished for their gentle manners. No such efleminacy characterizes the lusty and enterprising population of the new era, The spirtt of freedom, rf broadly manifest in them. It is beautifully exemplified iu the Italian fruiterer, who with difficulty refrains from kicking you out of doors if you refuse to pay him a do! jar an ounce for bis peanuts. Tho small tailor suddenly becomes rich, is speechless with indignation if you dare ask him to anbend his dignity in the coutemptiblo opera- tion of mending your clot The cobbier, once too bap- PY to half-sole your shoos, scowls at you furiously if you approach bis op any such iission, now that leather ie worth its weight in gold. The saddler, the gastitter, the grocer, the tallow chandler, the merchants in coal and in wood-—in fact, all who have aught to sell, indulge the in- solence of pecuniary independence to a degree whieh makes intercourse with them infinitely oxbtlarating. Tho entire absence of obs quiousness on the part of our mo. dern shopkecpera ix one of the most encouraging features of the new times in this confederation. Au exceedingly low estimate of the fascinations of the life in Kichmoud would be formed if the secount should not finelnde the nominal prices provisions, the as- tounding bea'thfulnera of the air and the abundauce of the precious metals, Space does not permit us to dweil engaging features of Richmond ex- second war for independence. When 4 poor man is compelled to bay offil o opulent milie ata price which would stagger a millionaire, and when beef, at sixty or eighty cents the pound. removes very molar in the jaw of a man’s head, and reduces his bicuspids to” the cireumferevce’ of a cambric needle (if he haye the hardiboce to attempt to chow i), every candid mind must confess that the journalist, who is generally presw ed to be Indigen hus little scope tor the exercise of his powers beyond th mere recording of the markets and the latesi sales at auction. The eloquence of bare quotations transcend» the abilities of any editor, however yifted, and throws him at once into that vast herd, whose empty stomachs. are up ample excuse for their gaping astonishment at the unprecedented altitude in the chi for the commonest necessities of life. And if it wer: ible for the hat nonrished body to withstan:t the encroachment of Ciseasc y it would be & consolation to the citizen of Richmond to know that he dwells in a porfect storehouse vl maladies, and may take his pick at any hour of day or night of the deadinsi calamities that tict the human frame. ‘To be the prey of the most ngering and loathsome contagions 18 surely not alte gether desirable, but churlish indeed mut be the suffere who, im tae | idst of his acutest agonies, eanuot tind abundant solace in the reflection that be cam pay bir incompetent doctor in shunplasters. aod that when be dies, as he certainly wilt, he will be buried in. the suborbs of Richmond annong a countless throng of one logged soldiers, courtesans The Issue of Irredeemable Confedernte Notes. [From the Richmond Euquirer, The effort to conduct the w finwueial r source consieting solely of Treasury notes has boen persisted ih for eighteen months, and Nas at list demonstrated that ag atinancial scheme, its failure is only a question of time. As lng as the Treasury issues notes (o meet ite liabila ties, without the adoption of sme plan by which these mder shall velurn for ve issue, there ts mo pessible way to prevent depreciation, speculation ancl finncial concutsion. These ure resuits of invariable laws, and would not vary in cha) ter if the Treaeury paid gold instead of notes. Itt net want of coniidence in the final tasue the contest that produces the evils that now beset the country; they are the inevitable attendants of a ie Cirrency, wlohe that currency be gold or Treasury notes. ‘The British people, in the wars of the French Revolution experienced many of the evils that now embarrass the Gnancial affairs of the Confederate Congress; but, unlike the Confederate States, the British Parhament taxed and taxed again, and continued to tax its people, untit its revenue not ‘only met the incidental expenses of government, but created sinking fund to retire the debt of the war ‘The Confederate States hive revived the French aasignat syetem «as the financial scheme for conducting war, and its results wall prove as disastrous in this countey as in Prane. Tacation isthe only means of supportin: war. The sooner Congress realizes this fact the sooner shall we seo the be siuning of the end ot the evils that now embarrass yo. ruinont as well as people. In tho present state of ailhirsa direct tax is (he only mode by Which taxation can be male available, and never in the history of the conntry were its affdes in bet ter condition to bear tho burdens of heavy taxation. While there isne comimero: to Lear its prcportionat’ shore of the burden, yet agriculture and manuf vetures and trae were never so pro perous as at present Kwery article of domestic production new brings vriees that will well bear the Clippings of taxation. “Wheat, evra, porie, beef . oats, hay, 91, fodder anit straw ave selling at | prives we + in this eulnery, Cotton wh-n sold bring i when not sold is daily advancing Manufacwures of every kind, under the impetus of the war, have increased ip amount aud enhanced in yaine, Trade has experienced a tike impetus from av abundant currency until tt bas degenerated in shameless specula ion and inordioate extorti rn, Taxation cau be made the means of compelling specu lation and extortion to contribute to the support of the war as well as to the relief of the country. itis the duty of the Congress now about to assemble to immediately set itself to work , not to talk, and perives & Tax bill that will afford $100,000,000 to $150 000,000 « year to the Treasury, The principal and details of the bill should have in view not the protection of any particular branch of agriculture, manu facture or trate, but only the best and surest means of raising revenue. ‘After the war is over, segislation bo legitimately turned to the fostering of particular branches of trade, but while tue faie of all is anc. ria w and undecided, the ouds and objects of legislation shoule be the desence of all. In addition t taxation, the Congress will bs rape’ ed to devise means of compelling the immense mass of Con federate notes ene in eircutation to retire from the, channe's of trade and find ines ment in the Londs of the governimen’ ‘That this will be @ matter of great difficulty 18 not at tompted to be disguised, While legislation gave a fea- ture of currency to the notes, it was necessary to preveut this currency feature from producing evtis that threaten the safety of the government itselt No plan that can be devised for compelling the funding of Treasury notes will be entirely devoid of some hard slujs and apparent injustice. And while the geverumen: a8 far as poxsible, avoid even the appearance ot injustice, yet the eflects of one evil may be s@ great as Ww rand ‘its suppression even at the cost of ipjastice Lie evil of & superasundant Freaswry issue must ve poesed. How shall cis be done Not by substitatieg pink note for & white one, nor a Iuncan note for a Hoye: c Ludwig; Dut Dy some measure of tegtslation that wit! prevent tho necossity of continually isauing Treasury puary 9. ‘puter to meet government labilitics. The Treasury notes prowise to 1¥ A certain suum io- | bearer mx months after the ratification of peace. ant j the moantime these notes are “receivable in payment of ines, 4nd fundable in eight per cent stocks or These Ireasury “promives to pay’? have been made by public septiment @ logut tender for private u weil a8 public dues, and men fave been arrested aud im. priconed for refusing to receive these nows. ‘The brand of traitor hee beon most property fited on any man who by declining to receive these notes, bas cast snspicion un the solvency of the government. No legislation that } hursan ingenuity could devise oan give the terrible sun »- tion to ihe earrency of theses notes that pudile sentiment hae affixed to them. This yory fcatare, stamped more lewibly apow them than the faces, which scidom adorn aud oiten mar these notes, shonld ‘cause Congress 0 4 legislate that there Hever should be oct of the Treasury at any one Ume inore than a given amoant—to be regu tated by the trade demand of tha country, his cum we trodere’an! & Leone hundred cad fifty millions of doltors. ‘The public seutiment of the country bas made these Tronsury notes a legal tender. and na we ean see no ob lacie Gither of coustitution or financial pottey that for it, Congress might authorize tbe feaue of une hy , Which atagant showid and which ‘should be exchange for ths notes now out. at the rate of t rein bonds and one dollar in notes, for three dollars the isaue now out. Ii, im addition to this, should adopt snch legislation as wonld deprive now out of the eurrevey feature, the one hundred fifty roid f now noter » nearly the w umoont of the Treasity notes Low in circulation, ai leave a currency of one hundred and fifty millions which, with the issues of banks and State Troasary tows than the country needs. jon adopted by Alabama and South Care vyed by Virginia, tor guerantecing U 1i« the governmeut to dispose of it Ponds and increase ite finances up to the amount that may be pesded over and above what taxation muy pro, A Taxation Is required to jive value Wo the Bonds, there must be some visible evenue to pay ihe in terest with berore eap tal’ Je can be expe to part with theit meney f The poi taxation once adopted an? stat: guarantees added, (o capitaiist# will put that faith in the bonds whieh stabi of goverment alway> confers, aul which cannot be ex pected from our Lew aud uUiried contederacy gtiil in the throes of delivery from the oid government, Without taxation, State goarantee will avail nothing Cotton Cards. (From the Milledgeville Recorder, Coton cards are vow being made at the Georgia pem tentiary at the rate of thirty juirs per day. Skins oi sheep, goats or dogs will be taken in at jt, ‘as it is the desire of the tactery to get skins on wo work up. The cards are worth one doliar per pair. those who can furnish skins to the amount forward to the Georgia pentientiary and receive cards for the same. An Important Remor. (From the Coiumbus Sun. A report has gained some currency in the city that the obstructions in the Chattahoochee river below, here have been washed away, almost completely. Although it baw gained some credence in well informed circles, we have been unable to trace it to any definite origin, ani hope that itisonly a rumor, We are slow to believe tha: a work of such vital importance to the interests ot our city, and to the whole country on beth sides of the river ju- termediate, and which hee been const neted at sych a heavy expense, and under the Fuperintcuernce of ew se whem itis presamed understood their business. should have been unable to stand longer than a fow weeks, or@ that ina low stage of waier Should the report prove to be trne, however, it will be a serious lore, our town in imminent dan