The New York Herald Newspaper, February 1, 1865, Page 8

8 THE SOUTH. = DAVIS’ SUICIDAL POLICY. The Rebel Cause Endangered by His Blunders. A Faint Hope Eatertained by the Rebels that Davis is Not Always to be Their Leader. Pears Expressed that He Will Nallify the Law Making Lec Commander-ia-Chief and Hake Him Only a Chief Clerk. BRECKINRIDGE AS SECRETARY OF WAB. The Bill to Employ Slaves in the Rebel Arny Likely to Become a Law, Reo, den, ‘ae The New Rebel Secretary of sda the Richmond Sentinel, . 26.) Major General John C. Breckinridge has been jot ed Secretary of War. It ie understood that he will retain Ais commission of major general, The distinguised ser- viocs and great ability of Gen. Breckinridge will render ttm appointment satisfactory to the people and to the orm; We understand the vacancy created by the resignation ‘ef Judge Campbell will not be filled until the new secre- tary enters upon the discharge of the duties of his office. Whe Bill to Employ Slaves Im the Rebel Army. ¥F WILL PROBABLY BE PROMPTLY PASSED. {From the Richmond Sentinel, Jan. 28.} The House of Representatives was engaged yosterday fm the consideration of the Senate bill authorizing the ‘employinent of forty thousand alavea for menial service the army, The proceedings indicate the prompt pas- eof the measure. This is an important step in tho direction. Davis’ Suicidal Policy. {From the Richmond Examiner, Jan. 28.) Nations are never murdered; but ‘they sometimes sommit suicide, This just observation of a great political ghosopber merits remembrance and consideration in land and at this juncture of our affairs. There was a Mme when there was danger that the Southern confede- peg would be overpowered and deatroyed by the vio- ‘and superior power of its enemy. That time ts The force of the enemy is spent.. He can never ke another effort commensurate, in any sense, with Paguntic intention of subyugating hal a continent, in- ited by a warlike and highly civilized race. The whole military power of the enemy has rested, and wow still rests, and must of necessity continue fo rest, upon ‘the volunteer basis. No people will support the load of a universal conser.ption ‘without the motive of self: preservation from actoal death nd practical robbery. The pronie of the United States have not, uor will they ever feel the impulse of that all- gompeHing motive. Their homos, their property, their ‘Bves are in no danger. They fight from the motives of eapidity and of national ambition, and these principles baman nature, however powerful, will never put the ‘mpasecs under arms, nor render them patient of a govern- it and a law which forces them into such a position, volunteers was the Army of the United States com- during the first two years of the war; by substi- , bounty men, birelings, the offal of humanity is it mow made up; and of such material must tt consist through the future stages of this war, Even this has ‘been growing more and more scarce. The machinery which produced it has worn out. The best informed @beervers of the Northern States concur in the njon that they cannot raise fifty thousand men to re- sh the exhaustion by battle, and disease, and de- Sertion of the last terrible year. 'On the other band, the goclety in the South is now organized for war. War'has Become the natural condition of tha coun! @xrangement in life—domestic, commercial, end political—has been settled with direct reference to a yaation of the state of war. Conscription is regard- @@as a thing not more to be evaded than the heat of @ammer and the cold of winter. Few hope to contend — it, or make the least quostions of ite = era in own case. It has come to be recognized as the @rdinary course and method of existence. With it the wepply of the army will never fall; and if there is ether ‘energy or sense in the military administration of ‘the country, the force with which the confederacy will front the enemy in May will be equal, even in num- to his own. prthderbootsgiay shrolstenged of @ good mill- tary administration, and believe that the ge = 3 cam- aig wil again find our best generals—Lee, Johnston ‘Beauregaid—in position then, as in last May, to ren- Ger service to their country. They wiil tind the country @ a far better condition for defence than it was a year With a base on the sea, Sherman is much less for- je than with his base on Chattanooga and Nash- ‘Wille. An immense tract of country in fair posgession of @eenemy s year ago, is now sul to Confederate guthority. A year ogo the enemy the whole of Ar- the best part of Louisiana, part of Texas, and a Sant vlopsrienet Gestat at attoewe. ‘All tats terri- fery—an empire—they have entirely lost, and an @rmy of three hund: thousand men would be less fran the force required to recover it, The at = will scarcely be made. The diminished ermies of the United States, not less than the Bogen of military events, render necessary a limitation campaign to the Atlantic States; and it has be- @ome evident that the euvemy will never again be, if be @ver was, able to cover all parts of this country at one me with his army, and hold both Kast and West in co- cous subjugation, To compass the invasion of inia and the Carolinas, be must relinquish bis grasp eo ia and Mississippi; and while the confederacy re tains Virginia, it can always recover the Western terri. & republic, however often worsted there. South Mt contains bo of depot in the coun. w png which an invader may shut up his conquest when a place ‘s beart; no lock and key like Richmond and the leaving it secure behind, while be pr ases ou fo future undertakings. ‘The question of supply has always been a bugbear, but ever a real difficulty, and is lees so now than at any pre- ‘vious period of the war, for there never was a tine when @0 much food in proportion to the population was raised fm the Southern States. Cotton and tobacco no longer supplant the natural production of the soi]—Indian cern, wheat and hogs. The whole force of the country, not in war,is devoted to the creation of these and has been so etuployed fora year past. The ‘eat crop will surpass all its predecessors. The value of feed in specie is now less than it ever was in this coun- , even in the localities where it is dearest; and i: the bution was a little better than it is this would, at moment, be the cheapest country to live iv on the face of the globe. But the distribution is not good, be the roads are uvrepaired, and are often by the enemy. Novertheless, there is no region that is not able both to support HERS Me population and the army employed in ite defence. Bome weak are mlghtily afraid that Sherman will @ut the road at ehville; must not Le when its rupplies from Georgia is impose! Lj irginia alone, If it should e to turn the screw hard down on inia—a third of Virginia—without the help Garolinas, will feed Loo’ months if it was is here, as every where in the South, somewhat dificult of accen: because @ bad currency is paid for it; because rude, and stupid, fend ignorant young men under the oames of quarter: masters and commirsaries, are dispersed over the lund to it, who insult the people, make them surly and ubpa- otte for the while, and give them for their food a piece paper, which |e nearly aiways found to be ir- fever and worth nothing when vent to Rich. mont if Offered and gave nothing; if they took ‘what the gecensitics of the army required oars fending to pay, It would be given more willingly and be received more oaaily ; for all of our people Lold that the eountry must be ded, and the fighting men must @at, bo matier who siarves. But there ix no one of the ‘herve quarters of the compass evi ded by the roads leading from Richmond which wonld not ole army till the new crop came, without Virginia's territory to got it, if we bad an en well red commissarat; if we could pay We equivalent; laid « sufficient and imperial kind, and had the resolution and sense to collect it Yankees collect it wherever they xo without ditt not only find enough to eat in the land, but can destroy with fre. ‘a past when this nation’s life ts in danger It eannot be murdered now the the period is come when it may be in- mit suicide, The energy is aware of both reste all bis bope of #uccesa on blunders Confederate government and the deepondency of road over which we have travelled is fall of Atlanta opened a new and dreary when the journey seemed to be nearly has been rough, the bilie in front are and the shades of evening fall over them. Many toe bovcore ond weary; some faint by the way; some im the mire of desertion, dingrace, But the great colunn of 4 & 2ieks CE i 3 Li i - tore eee of one of Chose two 2 her ever shown himerif to be to view that | @eered him for mete choo be of Ube army the youre) command of ail and will be spouding to (beir expressed desire Al tbe time of its pebl he nberesis to plac depp, perform any ser- to reader to his country, he left ere bis withdrawal from the the Geld, avd relieving bim of armive of the Confederate r io ore know that on this letter seems to have little importance, becanse t antedated the kaw of Con- gress creating eneralip-chiot Though it ts dificult to believe that the President did not know the pature of {he law in preparation, yet it was possible vew taken of the matter and as the dence s be avoided under that supposiudn, we let Some late rumors, however, suggest the sus notice. picion that this letter was Intended a* ap indication of the President's policy, and adtcation t It is compelled thereby. If the date might suppose that the was not ded, the reader of this letter resident contounds the powers aud duties of the general-in-chief lately ordained by Congress with thove of a certain bureau officer called the Commander-in-Chief under the Presideut, exist ing by virtue of a general order of the President This officer is nosing more than the President's chief of of stail, Bra employed In 7 as th e early General Lee was #0 e place now It ts a plate of period of the war, no consequence; the officer holding It bas a0 diseretion, and no power beyond that of a clerk. It as not surpri- sing that Genera} Lee was unable to be the commander of ap army ip the fleld and gerve the President as an xid- de-bureau at one and the samo time. Now Congress and this whole coyntry thinks ite generalin-chlef a very dif alge: that he will ferent perso Oi) the same place in our mibitary organization which bas been occupied by the chief military leader of nearly every other warlike peo- ple; that this general will be found on the field, in datiy, actual command of the largest army upon the most im- portant scene of operations; that he will assign te the command of other armies general officers in whose capacities he contides, who will obey bis orders, and direct their campaigns by such Indications as be shall ive them; who will be responsible to removable by him, or accordin, he shall bave authority in himself him, and to hie request, while to plan the movement of the whole military force, uncontrolled by the Judg- ment of an official superior. These are duties incompatible with a bureaucra- Chief. This is to be General-in- tick occupation in Richmond, but not with the command ofthe army in Virginia. Napoleon was General-in-Chief he led his chief force in person and on horseback over half of Europe, but he appointed the of his armies; generals and directed the camp nin Spain and Italy while he was in a German camp, Washington appointed Greene to comm 4 the Southern army, and gave bim the plau, which he executed tn concert with his own ac- tion in general In the netionaries, Congress believes itself to have made such an officer and waits to bear bis name from the Executive. ed that the Eacoutive ‘‘does mot see it." {8 whisper chief the North. We need not multiply instances. All persons not entirely ignorant of history know that suc- cessful war hag oe jeld, either bimself the government {as in the-case of sovereigns who have been military men), or rendered independent of goverment by law, by —_ opinion, or the good sense and modesty of civil been conducted by the will of one But it Tu fact that the Executive view of this matter ts set forth in the above extract, and that the Execi the new e regards office to be in nothing different from that now filled by General Bragg; that it has no objection to General Lee but he will there be still ‘under the in his place President," tinue to command oops from his house in Richmond, con- Army of Tennessee, as well aa A fear that it would be law was passed by those w fora q general quarter- master, and so many other laws of Congress. But forthe Se ee the juding Mr. man ip it, inch these anticipati founded. ‘This made, or published; Mr. Davis hus tention of C letter himee! ana th cause, for the sake of every Davis himself, we hope that ions are as premature as they are un- was written before the law was ris fees have no reference to it, If sign knows the in- the law; he a of the country; pectations he cannot fail to be aware that this is no time for egot! tical sentiments; and we will not believe that be is dis- posed to produce universal disappointment. City Free ix Harr Sraxer—Ow: Horse Bexwtp To Drarm.—Between two and” three o'clock on Tuesday morning ® fire occurred In a frame stable in the rear of 16 Hesver street, occupied by John Green. was burned to death, valued at $75; harness worth $15; they belong to Tere! Tho poved incendiary fire. wi Axazst op 4 Youra Morugn ror Cavsixc tax Dears oF c was nce’, McDonald; no insurance; sup- His horse damaged about $100; arg City News. Bex Ixvayt.—Last evening officer Codner, of the Forty- fifth precinct, arrestei a young girl, aged seveuteen, named Annie Kelly, at the residence of her aunt, in Thir- teenth street, Now York, who, it appears, was delivered of a female child oo Saturday night last, at the residence shame, left lative, in South Second street, £. D., and who, to tt exposed in a vacant’ lot near by, where it was found dead on Suoday morning. The girl, who is still ver weak, Was sent to the hospital by Coro- ver Barrett, who will properly investigate the case. Ax Osxsows Max Forxo Deao iy His Roos.—Yos- terday an unknown man, aged about seventy years, was found dedd in his room, at 247 South Fourth street. Cor- oner Barrott investigated the case, and found that death bad ensued from natural causes, to the pocket of de- ceused was found a card, on which wax written‘ P. Pe- ralef, Civil Eugineer.” Dr Gwin and His Schemes. {From the Washington Star, Jan. 25.} When & became pretty certain, that the conspiracy of the oligarchy was about to culminate im war, forseeing « long and bloody contest, made up to Mexico. to emigrate Gwin, his mind His subsequent arreat by the United states authorities and bis thorough personal ay:n- pathy with th their rebelitor colonization. ability in wucb matters, and bis energy do not doubt that he has had more in Frow a jouthern rebel leaders (rather than with quickened his Burope be made up his mind to French governinental prov-ction of iw ¥ urpose. Ere going to ring about, if poewible, knowledge of his pla of charaoter, we fluence In setting Maximilian on the Mexican throne, and inducing Louis Ne von has one living man. the We to connect himself fo thoroughly aa he with that adventure, believe he turn the affairs of the rebels have taken— than any other expects—foresseing \ surround himeelf with their discomtited and escaped leaders, and to receive a vast borde of their followers as hia colonists, AB soon as Richmond may fall they will doubtless flock to him like boes seeking @ new home in the spring. While he may be personally indlsposed to fet inte a war with us, le nurroundings will make it ex- mely dificult for him to avoid so doing. If wo are soon euccoseful in crushing the power of the rebellion, to continue the war on am imposing scale, we do not be- lieve our government will be able to prevent American mational kostility to the schemes of Louis Napoleon in Mexico from culminacing in war between our California ‘and that of France and Dr. Gwin. The Doctor's purpose is, however, doubtless to assimilate the institutions of bs colony a# nearly as possible to those of ovr Cal fornia, wave and government, viceroy for Louie be aims ing in the matter of its supreme to bold a# absolute Napoleon for life. Should hia colony recolve a considerable accession of population from our western const and the loyal States, and an af- filiation betweon that clags of ite settlers and hie South. orn refu na and took place, in case of eventual war between ‘rance, growing oat of Louis Napoleon's Mexican pranks, the chances are ten to one that he will find his colony, despite all he can do for Louis Napoleon, earnest? ly second) troops an’ oUF national endeavors to drive the latter's laximilian and his surroundin, 00. His colony will do so, if but to gat ri of their supreme government, wi ont of Mexi- of the form ich i# all of im- ism of monarchy that will exist in that quar- under agency for Gwin's it management of bin leon. View the matter as we may, it ie pregnant with vast oventa—with events whieh Jeon'e current banardous Weakened fnanctally, industrionsly and as a military iw On the other hand, ly be after such a her the overshadowing Power on the nent and the United States a far weaker ot rally comprehended on this side ic, y Weeee slhag ayaa t of the Atfantic. such a lodgment ax he and the pore on the Pacific coast) will surely fates cote fae of more or the govern- Monte of Europe; as Franca, if defeated in Toute N it will also po scheme, will be immensely |, If she succeeds in Mexico, it victory over us as will make European contl- Power than i# aa views of the United Btates government upon this scheme of Louis Napoleon and thon of the or four years to be carried Dr. Gwin, Doctor's ago, opt, an it he sd it sow only from a recolies- and purpores entertained three then deemed by us mont unlikely eema they haya boeu, ' where she put m for repairs), 12 days, with coal, te D Schr Mary Borden (Pp: iaeBlanc, Chaslottetow a r th oats, 10, si i lnm toe of (Br), Dara, wah pote ee sana ‘Reeves, Fortune Bay, 18 dags, with Sab THE SENATORIAL COMMITTEE INVESTIGATION. Fitth Day’s Proceedings—Continuation ‘The examination into the City Inspector’s Department still continues before the Albany committee, and from all appearance will drag ite weary length along for some days tocome. The proceedings yesterday were of more than ordinary interest, being of a character to astonish the uninitiated into the workings of the city government. Quite a large audience was present during the entire 8es- sion, and extracted considerable merriment from the tes- timony. Thomas W. Carr was the firet witness placed on the stand by Judge Whiting. The witnpes took his seat with much impressment, and in am oracular manner testified ‘as follo’ T reside in the city of New York; was at one time attached to the City Inspector’s Department; was there in 1860; have been in two capacitics; was ‘first clerk for year to the Burean of Reg- istry and Statistics; in 1861 was appointed Superinten- dant of Sanitary Inspection, and remained until the 15th of January, 1863, when I was removed by the City Io: spector; it was my duty a8 superintendent $o make my- self as welf acquainted with the department as [ could, and I did so; I will state my experience in relation to strect cleaning and its cost down to the present time Io 1860, when I went into the department, the city was do- jug the work of street cleaning; near the end of 1660 8 rezolution was passed by the Board of Aldermen reflect jug upon the unnecessary expenditures of the depart- ment, and calling for the account of the moneys ex- pended and the work done; the report which I have with me shows every item of the expenses; the cost in 1800 for cleaning the streets amounted to’ $326,786 23, 4m 1864 the cost for doing the same work amounted to $812,000, which makes $485,214 23 more than it cost three years before, after that report was sent to the Common Council, it was proposed the work should be dove by cotitract, and there were for the work ; Mr’ Hackley received was given out for $279,000; the appropriation ma the Legislature in 1861, and the expenses of the depart ment continued about the same, until the present Cit; Inspector assumeé the office; the expenses for cleric: force amounted to $115,000, the contingent fund was | $20,000, and the total sum for the year was $414,000. covering all the expenses in the department, these ox- ag continued about the same down to 1863, when r. Boole exme into office; I was in his office six months of his administration; there has been ne return of the expenses of that department since, so that the public could learn by any possibility what amount of money was expended during these six months; my own esti- mate, made from the opportunities I had, would seem to place the expenses of that department at near!) iu my opinion the Comptroller should show, under oath, every item of expenditure in the department and all'the papers connected with the depart ment; by Mr. Boole’s own report he shows that, in 1864, he expended for street cleaning the amount of $812,- 003 86; the amount paid for cigrical force w: 38,000; the contingent fund amounted ‘to $15,000, making the sum total of the expenses of that department, by official information, $965,003 85. Mr. Boole’s total of expendi- tures for the last eighteen months is $1,447,000; for the kame work during the preceding eighteen months before he came into office, under the direction of Colonel Dela. van, the expense was $621,000, which shows a loss to the city during the eighteen months of $826,000; this state- ment is made upon official records; the proofs are in the records of the Comptroiler; 1 have examined into the in- creased price of labor, and 1 cannot figure it to be over $75,000 & year; supposing it to be $200,000 or $300,000, ‘the balance then will show a cost against the city of over $500,000 that has in some manner been expended by the City Inspector; in 1860, when the expenses of the department were a trife over $900,000, the men were receiving $1 50 day; they’ now receive $2 a day; I find the manure of 1564 according to the City Inspector's report, amounts to about $60,185; I find that ip 1860 $108,788 was paid for the ashes removed from the city, I'find that in 1864 there wus paid $656,401 for the same’ work; inspectors of en. cumbrances are, in my judgment, entirely unnecessary ; during my official term T never bad more than two men that did more than report themselves to me ai my office; I never had work for auy of them more than two hours tos week, they received pay of $2,000 @ year when I was in office; there are forty-four health wardens; they are wholly and entirely a useless appendage to the city, they are very ignorant, illiterate men and unfit to per- form the duty if any was required of them; they are of not the slightest use to the public; they are ap expense of from $50,000 to $58, a year, and I must say that if it had not been for the labors of the dispensaries, and for the prompt action.and duties of police in relation to the sanitary condition of the cit; despite all there forty-four health wardens, we woul have had something like a pestilence in theo! was scarcely a day that an effic: officer would in the City I tor's office to attend to the business ‘and rani ira of the city; the number of special fas found on the payrolls from November 7 to November 19 amounted to 206; in relation tothe du- tes of these men I could vee as the life of me under- Steamers Blackstone, Marana? shipe, A ye Lpal STR tei te Seem ares Wind during the day W to SW; at sunset Wi, Nght pc Marine Disasters Reported in January During the month of January three American steamer Rave been reported totally lost, also two foreign blockad running steamers, The total losses aleo comprive three Am: rican ships, seven American barks, four foreign barks, seve» Ameriean brigs, four foreign brigs, seventeea Amerieas achre and four foreignschra, The loss by these casuaSies has beg: very heavy, as it includes two steamers with valuable cargors Out of the port of New York. An approximnte ‘Would not be leas than $2,000,000, some of which ds on f account, ‘The partial losses Goring the month comprise disasters i three Ame;jsean and three foreign steamers, seven American and seven foreign sbips, mine American and four fereige barks, twelve American and four foreign briga, twenty-one American and two foreign schrs. Of these it is very diffeuh? to giveeven eatimates of the actua) loa, but may be safely placed at not less than $1,000,600. ‘The reports would thus gives summary of 6] vessels, 0” about 15,729 tons, totally lost, aud 72 that have met with par tial disaaters, involving s lose of property approximating 1 in the private office of 5; Rever bad any conver- nsel—I_ did not give the but to Mr. Doremer, who kept « saloon, and Me thes ‘he game tse Me. Wiga T gave $160 for the place; I knew Mr. Dusenbury since { met _bim 4a December, in Dorem places that, according theré fs more sickness in this city, and has been than there ts ip many other civi- wort. e cause ts plain—inattention to the sanit wants and necessities of the city. When the Hackley contract was about to be taken from bim, Colonel Delavan requested to make ap estimate hat I thought I could do the work for; I called about me all the street inspectors to find out the number of peeabery yn Aas the work of the city I took the greatest care am main up the ys toy also made an estimate of my own; I presented them to Colonel Dela- van, and the estimate for all th streets, as offered by the my own estimate was $27! wark could be done for $200,000; the manure should be sold and placed tothe credit of the ds which would pay for the expense of carting it away, this report was presented to the present City Inspector when be came into office; but it was returned to me with the re- 1 I wae a very visionary man; the duty of the heale wi ag 4 is BR A en) 4 houses, 40 examine into s K that the sanitary affairs of ate ‘district are attended to, 1k shat these wardens do not and never have at- tend their duti and they cannot be depended upon, | have bad yn to send men to places where cases of infectious diseases were reported, and I found they would not Fo and I never knew an instance where 1 was successful In getting them to go. Cross-exainined— y business at present is examining {nto the workings of the municipal affairs of the city, am not connected with any of the pens cris have writ two or three articles that were published in the Times; one of those was in relation tothe oumber of loade djrt_ removed by the City Inspector, n0 one pays me for any of the services [ am rendering, and it ts @ very costly wervice, do not belong to the Citizer Association , there ts a newspaper called the Ciiien published in this cry ip the favor of the Association, bi not written for the , Tthwk that under Colone) Delavan l.assisted ip drafting a law to be presented to the Legislature, in re lation to the examinations I have made, that law was based on the principles I have advocated to-day, it was tc give the power of the City Inspector into the bands of the dispensaries, making them bealth wardens, it was to place it, a8 a general thing, in the hands of medica) men; tt followed the report of Colonel De! {n 1861 to the Common Council recommending the same Principle (After considerable controversy the witness antly acknowledged that he wrote the report for Col Delavan) Ido not know why the law was not forwarded to the Legislature to be acted on, | did not in (000,000; | sert anything about abclishing the City Inspector 8 office, inade t¢ | Mr Boole did not make the statement to me that my tenure to office depended on my fidelity, | told him that ft might be unpleasant and annecessary for bim to k me in office, and he replied that he did not want to dis- charge did oppose health bills that were sent to t Legislature to be acted on, the paces reason I op- posed the billa was because one of the men was asking for power so great that if he received it it would be @ decided disadvantage to the city; I saw, 01 thought I saw, in the bill that the ‘par- ties who had mado it bad ma it w& anewer their own individual purposes; have never op- posed any other bill. My “plan was to endow the Police mmissioners with the entire supervisory power over the sanitary affairs and the cleaning of the streets of the city; in the estimates | made, including this commission an the police, it would cost the city far less than it now costs in the City Inspector's Department, and the work would be done; I would have the commission appointed by the Governor, consisting of four commissioners—three of them medical men and one layman, they would form a sanitary bureau, including the Mayors of New York and Brooklyn and the Superintendant of Police, making them e-oficio members. This board should act in all cases upon everything coming before them, only in cases of extreme necessity calling in the ex-cficio members. The four commissioners should be liberally paid, being professional men, say $5,000 a yeaf; the Superifitendent of Sanitary Inspection being also well id. The city would not require over thirteen health wardens at $1,000 a year, and four clerks {no the Sanitary Bureau would perform all the labor required, and, taking it altogether, would cost a great deal less tban the City Inspector's Department now costs, besides doingfthe work satisfactorially , do not know how the population of 1864 would compare with that of 1861; do not know in what proportion the bousee bave increased tn three years, if we got every paper from the Comptroller's office bearing upon the expenditures of the City Inspector’s Department for six months in 1663 it would be found to amount to $700,000, under Colonel Delavan I had all the duties of the general super. tendant of sanitary affairs; but under Mr. Boole Thad nothing whatever to do; he took from me al} duties and gave them to others, and I was not allowed to see the payrolls, they being putin a room with a patent lock for the pul ‘of keeping me away from them, | still drew my-salary; my duties never required me to go outeide of the office; I wrote some fer the newspapers while at the head of the Sanitary Bureau; do not know of Mr. Boole’s being away from his office for three months; in the,Sixweenth ward the street inspectors, to the num- ber of twenty-nine, are marked down as confined to that ward; one ordinance distributor for each ward would be sufficient to do ere ae ro u —— a i} _many complainte sgainet n- Spector's Department Fnile T was in the complaints agait the et ie house; L met Doremer to get me this place, he ; Mr. th od wid nan pli prt to bim ‘that he wou! have me made a ry ; Jobo F. Sigman testified that he resided at No, 676 Sixth avenue; about the 3d or 4th of Dec ted saspector; I was at Dorem me thet vA Siig Ny som but afterwards it to me for j be seek 0 10th apd Kipling nfs er as one ef his special inspectors, he gave me a shield; shen he told me to go around the streets and see if J could not tind any dead animals, I spn 9 Eee ena be pels Be eae ‘from December to February, 1864; then J went to office, and they told me that they had no money, that Mr. Boole was gone to Albany to get bis bill passed, then Mr Wigan got sick, and be said there was no more money to be bi 1 the stopped in the streets; after this we had meet- fng’at Jellereon Market, and Mr” Wigan told me we were going, to have a military company, and that Boole was to~ colonel; Mr. wigne introduced me to Mr, Boole as one of bis map or eT and we bad adrink to- gether, and Mr Boole said all right, the regiment was Bot dnally formed. Cross-examined—The pay had not stopped when the meeting was called to form a company; I paid altogether for the position $95; iad paid about eight weeks; I paid the money to Mr Wigan, whe called himself the {n- tor General of the Seventh Judicial disirict. Louis Schaffer testified that be resides in Fourth ave. nue, near Eighty-seventb street, bo saw Mr Wigan at Mr Doremer’s fee they told me they wouldggiv the office of special Inepector, 1 paid $200 for 1, they me badge anda book, it was Mr Doremerfga' was im the office from November w . Wigan certified to my returns, 1 was at the bead. office once or twice when the money was not paid; I did not see Mr Boole there, 1 saw him once about this time and he told me to see Mr Wigan; be eaid whoever gives tho office bas got to pay for it; 1 got about one hundred dollars of my money back. Cross-examined—I had known Mr. Wigan for about » ear and a half before | gave him two hundred dollars for the office, be had been in the army before; what his business previous to that was | don’t know, he first tatked to me about getting this place about November ‘and ‘Mr Doremer told us that Mr Boole bad spent so much money on elections this was what he wanted the money I paid bim for, 1 was to have this eflice twelve months. ries Crese testified that he resides at Eighty-seventh stréct and Fourth avenue; I got an appointment as special street inspector, Mr Doremer came to my house and said | was av old man and wanted an office very badly, ou will only have to pay $200, I said I had not so much; Kevsaid, “never mind, you are a friend of mine and you will get it for $128; I paid Doremer $100 cash and he gave me shield and a book; 1 was paid for a few weeks, and told by Doremeg that 1 would have nothing to do for the pay, this perm by few weeks, then it was mopnes 1 complained to Mr Doremer, but he said, “I have nothing further to do with it; Mr. Dusenbury told me had nothing to do with it, but referred me to Mr. Wigan; Mr Chambers, one of the clerks, took me to Mr. Wigan, and asked ‘bim to put me on che books for fifty cents a day more than I was getting; | was at the Comptroller's office once, and found out that I was down there for eighteen dollars a week, aud I was only getting dolla: Ttold the man that told me 80 that this could not be ‘possible; he sald it was there to plat writing. Cromexamined—When Mr Wigan talked to me he talked in German; 1 did not understand what he said to Mr. Champers, [first saw Mr. Dusenbury in April or May; I knew Mr. Chambers, Mr Wigan died in April or 18 pped receiving pay the first part of February, back or $80 of my money, I could not say ex- Re-direct—I was called upon by Mr Chambers to make _an affidavit once, I don’t know what I was called upon to ‘awear, Adjourned till to-day at half-paw ten o'clock. seen that in this respect the past month 1s no exeeption, Suir Exxncy—Extract from letter of of ship Energy, to her owners, Mesers ce En left Li Capt Juitus Caulking, Pa see 7 aha which 1 hope shall leave for your port, Youre truly JULIUS F CAULKINS, masier of ship Bnergy.” a re, Jan 16—The Admiral Hamelin, e en al Bostont, Ingraham, for “Tan 2, That veasel been struck by a ena, which stove ber deckhouses and causec: serious damage; she was making much wates, amd steering for Fayas to repal Suir Avcusa Norwoop, 1197 tons, built at Rodxport, Mi tm 1661, was s0ld at Bremen recently for £8000. ? Banx A Lincotn—Schra Z Secor and Experiment ed wh New Bedford on Saturday night from Nashuina, Ben} ris that all the molasses has been taken out of the ‘carried to Holmes’ Hole, If the weather bark may be got off, Baro Osrray (Br), from Matamoros for New York. with 266 bales cotton, put into Mewport 28th ult; has had 89 from Matamoros; experienced eary westerly glen me days north of ie ‘and driven , foremaat, split sails, Ac; has been I ind ot one time wad up in sight of Sandy Hock, off by heavy westerly winds. Soun Wannexton, in attempting to go out of |X atruck on the south point of Goat Leland, where she re until the aiging of the tte; came off witout damage, and ap chored mm the (nner harbor. Mariners in rounding the buoy on that point at present sbould give it a berth of some 16 fe as there ta but 16 feet of water there at low tide. Scnn Bure Burt—As there acems to be some doubt of thr loas of therschr Blue Bel, of Kingston, Ja, before reported h our colurohs, we would say the item was banded 10 us fo ubiication with a dollar t@ insure its publication. We re hirued the money to the individual, and thanked him for th information. But as the captain has not reported to Use consignees, or the British Consul in this city, it is feared the story ian canard, and wae vessel run away.” The Blue Beli sailed from Holmes’ Hole for Boston at the tine reported Gath inst), and has not sine been beard from.—{ Portland Advert! Ne nr Bean R PC: from Prince Edward's Island for York, put into Wellfleet S0th with loss of sails, &o. (The C was before reported making for Boston.) Score Pitet's Brive, Leeman, 21 days from Philadelphi® for Ponsicolm, arrived at Key West Jan 18, with losa ore Had heavy gales from the Capes of the Delaware to the Hole in the Wall Jan 1, ina SW gale, which bauled suddenly & NW, shij ‘8 sea which swept the decks of water ae tnd disabled one of the crew. Capt L bad obtained s $f ana would sail next day. Scun Nata Queew, of and now at Orient, LI, 169 tons, ant | patra Part sGrench ta 1854 has beon sold tor $8500 ena) of Connecticut and wil: be commanded ¥y Scun Neiim Tansox, 18 tons, built at Calais in 1862, bas been sold to partien in, Rockland tor $6000, cash. Bouton, from Glace, Bay for New Tork arth coal west sahore on Cranberry Inland ina winking oo. it le it] bd sails, anchors, dese on Dee 1& during a gals, nud wee total los. Notice to Mariners. [NGS AND DISTANOBS FROM ai a ht Bray Gard ofthe Crows fp Lightship. miucket Mirror with the following bearings and ‘4 rom thas, point _ The Fire in Twenty-Eighth Street. 0 EDITOR OF THE HERALD. ‘ New Yorg, Jan 31, 1865 Tp your columns of this morning, under the head of “Arrest on ao Charge of Arson,” it was stated (hat the fire im Twenty-eighth street, on Sanday evening, was extinguished by a few pails of water and the assistance of the police. Thin! positively deny, as there was not ® aorege a ght when Hose Company 30 got water on SS it but for the timel; val of Hose Company 30 and Engine Company 48, the fre would have beens one. | cannot see the propriety of giving the ice credit for what firemen do. to the arrest of the boda: ene nde “che plage wattl Ove bours of the fire HN BROWN, Foreman of Hose 90. onl, SE 34 B, 53¢ miles einen Whalemen. Bark Midas, Howland, NB, arr at, Honolulu Rev 2) from lean. y Ryegr wes nea Dee 10, to lat 20 90.¥, len carte to inspect: j gh vireo stage’ Ha the bby biint Lapua oh four inspectors where there are forty carts, while in Pom Bixteeoth ward there are twenty-n! where there are much was in office I never knew an officer, except two, that were removing whi Boole came into office; de. Evening Stock Exchange. t had such chief clerk, Mr. is Tompay, Jan. 31, 1865. St Joke, WB for old bodies from graveyards. Ordinance distributors are ry, in which he spoke of the extravagance RR's3 10354 in the same category; one ordinance distributor would | on In the department, Mr. Boole’ Mctency, an 200 103% hip Empire (Am), lat dl, lon'41. be safficient for the whole mut; in when | abuses that needed correction, no not know the duties of 100 Mich Central RR 10855 Sarah a Been hence for Rotterdam, Dee 18, there was between seventy and one hundred distributors, | the bellri do not think they have any; the respon- 100 Mich So BR. 64 10, lon 42. . the ordinances were under my for three | sibility of ng 80 disproportionate a number of street 100 40 3 a, frome Fegtrecs Monroe fer Boston, Jan 98, 80 own 670, months one man could have distribut the ord nances that were putout. Then there are special notice distributors; I never beard of such men when I was in office; did not see any of them -on the tast pay rolis, but find thera in the report of 1863, ‘Then again there are Havana, with tose of vopmnste ‘and jibboom, Jan ie mies is, jon 70 18. Foneign Ports. ' jarrweay, Jan 6—Aar Ralierino, Caan, Phiteetphia. m@ on cee an iia im Heury, Barnard, NOrleane; 10, Uincues WCA. Nova0—In port brig Candace, Petrol, sor ‘and Boston. B Jan 2-814 brig Loutes, Haines, NYork, Cannas, Jane Honk Champler NYork. te a sketch of Mr. Boole inthe instructions received frem and cartmen resis entirel¥ u} the Cty 1 - ae ore se wrote it from brother, Rev. Wm. H Boole; the sketch was not true, Mr. Boele knew of the articte, and was closeted with me about it; never told Mr, Brady that Mr. Boole knew nothing of the preparation of this article. Re-direct—The article was read by me to Rev. Mr. Boole vefore it was published; his brother was present at the time; he wanted it to elect him Mayor, if the Comptroller had ded to the resolution of the Com. mon Council asking for the expenditures in the City In- spector’s Department, I should be able to make a correct the expenses of the department; do not — why the Comptroller did not respond to the reso ution A recess was then taken, when it was understood that Mr Carr would sgain be put on the stand, but, upon assembling for the afternoon session, Mr Carr was not present, havicg been called away by the suddeo tilness 16 wile, “S35 spec at other dumps there was scarcely any limit to the num- ber they would have; there are also gshmen used for ticket distributors, which ts a very great abuse in the manner it is conducted; these mes are taken promis. cuously, and are intrested with tickets representin: Yi re are probably two hundred tckets given to one man, and it generally understood that these men will collude with the cartman who comes up with a load, giving a cartman three, five or ten tickets for a single load, with the understanding that he should livide with the ticket man when be receives bis money ; never have seen any tickets indicating less than a full load; have heard the meu say that the pay they received from the department was nothing to the profit they made out of: # outside; some targe hotels pay these Jor removing their ashes and dirt, and other matter, which the department does not require them to do; resent cost of the City Lnspector’s De. partment, merely for clorical force, amounts to $163,000 while J will venture to say that it could be done $64,000, and done more eificiently and satialactorily than it is now. Then come the bellmen. These persons are receiving two dollars a day, and they are of no earthly account to the department Before this tt was always the custom for the ash cartman to carry his bell with him, bat now they bave persons who act as bell- men; do Got kuow the precise number of them; but ty the reports you will fod that io some wards there are eighteen beliringers to ten ashearts, In regard tothe City Inspector's report for 1864: On page 6 of that re port be mates the number of loads of ashes and garbage removed to be 656,163; on page forty-six he states the number of loads of ushow moved be 666,401; ou same article removed is put down at on puge five the pumber af loads of street dirt and m nure removed i* put down at 904,527; om page forty-six t is put down as 207,84 londs; 1 would state in connection with the Street Inspectors, 'a# showing the serviceable- ness of that body, that I bad # conversation with a Com- missioner of /®lice, and I found that ail the work which ‘was supposed to be done by these Street Inspectors was Cent 100 do..svsres 100 Northwest's ‘pref 100 Fort Wayne... sesesE 2 Bort Sth. Livenvoot., Jan 17—8id Zimi, Bradshaw, Boston, G4 17th, Sylvia, McCulloch, NYork. ‘at Out 17th, British Queen, Hayman, for NYor®. Eonvok, b» 4 Warr W ato NYork. AFTERNOON SESSION. > The first witness examined was George D. Blish. His testimony was to the effect that be resided in Ninth street, near the Second avenue; that he had a special agreement with Mr Gould for cleaning the strecis; this was renewed trom week to week, the streets he was to clean were, Fourth avenue to Thirty-second street, Fifth avenue to Forty-second street, Sixth avenue to Fifty. Grand street, from Broadway to tho East ho) ebegeg: A to the Intersection of Eighth avenue, and the whole of the Bowery, Chatham street and Park row, be did not know whether there was any competition’ against bim in procuring the contract; he cleamed the streets once and some- times twice and some or them three times a week; the first contract for this work continued three months; by this | was to clean them twice s week; the whole of my pay at that time was three hundred doliare a week; in this contract Bicecker and Grand strects were omitted ; that was all the work I had till the spring of 1864; there was an increase of the work and the pay afterwards when Grand street and Bleecker were added; I sold the manure; the amount of the manure I sold was six hun- dred dollars, up to the fall of 1863, over and above the expense of removing {t, most of the manure collected of these streets was good manure; these streets were selected for my contract because they were thorough fares, and wanted to be well cleaned; TF ewept them by machin 1 owned the machines myself; the work could not have been done at any lower price King vr, aud Sea Rn: “4 Bs cath: 7: we ih oy “ een Jon 2-814 rigs Volubtecr, Moore, N¥erk; & oa ‘Art nt do Jau 1d, sobr (not brig) Cartbagens, Davia, Bristo) Ri Tru, Nov lecatr bark Armonia, Aumitton, Boston Now rr bar! ron Buamuuab, Nov 28--Sid ships Game Wiitame, Sing» Lowertson | Masy Glover, Hughes, Foochow apd back. Pets Youn, NBy Jan 2f—Arr Br bark Train ak. Waawros, Nov 30—In port bork Courser, Griffin, ane American Port: BOSTON, Jan 3—Arr steamer tthewa, renee hia; Dark® Mary Alice, Page, Live in Dever (Br Baton. St Andrews, NB for London, pud an Jeabing, hav: ing been ashore; Br schr Laura, Ditmare, Jepemt bark Arthur Pickering, Abbott, Loando; drige Ten Sisters (Br), Doddridge. Bt Thor Enrus, Ackley, Point; echre Melita, Fengese, Ha; moa. Pitcher, Rartress Monroe Addie P Stiripeon, Patch, ww Vork. Sid bak J C Nickels, brig Mary Lowell 0 "Save krr bark Nomparett, Cadts. BALTIMORE. Jon So—Arr schra Albert OMrence, Pree 4 Lookout, Lane, Portland, Jan 25—In port schre Tera) joa Davigy ‘Lawrence, Mrs Law ree childcen and ef. val aries Denn! ofeld. Janes Kerr, FG Dacosta, Jeremiah Whittaker, WD Voight ¥ J Steinberg, APO Pecquer—and 213 lo the steernge Havaxa—Steamabip Hayaua—Mins Rether Reese, Mise © Leary. WB Maclay, John Verges, Is Ver ed Gottieb, 8 Ferrera, August Oliver, Jas Vogell, Johu Carvovell Joe Car donell, M Badia, Ramon Uriarte DEPARTURES. Liverroot—Steamship Moravian, from Portland—W Han son, Geo Renfrew, Wm Morala: fafaat, Jaw A Reed. Jus Reed, © H Wetherell, Mrs 8 B Sinnett. Rev F Cokoley, A D P Shea, Capt Strand, J C Watson, J Jocky, D Morgan, 1. D Blanchett, Lieut Robert: shop of Quebec, Indy and child, C Doherty, A Bridgett Donahue, W Shepherd and wife, Maz Mabier—and 12 atorrage. or, in, TN alone re. fifty.one the 640,763 load: p Ben) Bri Barber—all Jon 17-—Cla achve Alligator, Wédster, Rew SHIPPING NEWS. really done by the Police Department, and tt was his | riots occurred, in July, and broke my machinery, I had roy, Cassidy, do. opinion that the entire work should be formally placed in | the work done by hand, and 1 cost me $876.a week, but | “~“"~~ ~~ penis ox Ri" ire FT F—arr sobre (Br), hie so ehiege and that it would not co#t the city ® cent | swept the streets always according to the contract; when ALMANAC FOR NEW TORK—TNIS DAY. for Boston: Griffin, additional what it now paid the departmeat. eed | the contract was changed [ got $6 a night extra for | #0” Binrs. bs iB ris, Portland for NYort decane D tire supervision of the streets khould be lodged tn the bands of the police Ao estimate of the number of sweepers, cartmen and bell-ringers for each ward was read by Mr. , showing the mumber in detail, The paper was withous interest to the public and ie = therefqre == omitted. IT find by the pay rolls from November 7 to November | 1864, I had marked down two hondred and #ix speci pecturs, but I have sinee fvond there are but one hut red and sevouty six or one hundred and seventy-nine from Noversber 21 to December 6, there were one bu dred and seventy. two; fom December 6 to December there were one hundred and eighty, and from Decembor December 24, one hundred and twenty three; these men for seven weeks te $28, sweoping Fourth avenue and $30.2 week each for Grand and Bieecker streets; this made $370 a week, but it was afterwards faised to $400 4 week, tho number of times for sweeping some of the streets was changed from twice ® week to three times, and the contract in the end younted to $600; I don't know how many loada of ma ire § had not the amount of my sales; 1 sued the oor. poration of Now York for $11,162, thie was besides what the manure came to, and was for my work from Novem ber to June, 1863; I cannot recollectfthe amount of money Lroceived ther from the Comptrollor; I was gene- Tai superintendent of the Hackiey contract before I bad these contracts; I beld this office for about fourteen the contract was pot superseded by the oor, on while I was superintendent, I never inquired of Mr. Boole nor be of me the exact cause of claning these Strovts three times a wee! lied to have the n . Geo L Green, Henrietta, w , wohr Lola Montes, Warren, Patuxent Haver for Ann. Oath Lowls Walsh, J Shooting Star, te ‘ngler (Hr). J D Griffin. Prineess, George Henry, and am EWPONT, Jon Are Br brig Ouprey, Read, Matamarve "nS alle res Wafrentns Novede,Pneyare, DB Y I My (Br), from Ni vip ete ae Re hea, Turton, from Beston for nix, Jan Arr steamship John Gideon, abip Tonawands, Juli fi " .' Cid bark Joke le Bg RW Teast wa ate ag Wont one ¢ oes Vor erat 7 ora ua wale, at 1 ro. Beticnors. rn . Campbell, Giae or. eeu Reacts Rese on Angee © tac Angelos. Ion MISCELL! A MARRIAGE OF sii’ THE BRIDE. nnn Divorce,” "Margaret rj "Phe PRICE FIFTY CENTS. hip Resolute, Harris, Liv. I—Witliame & Gnion. \—) H Marshall BNP rene Webb, Howell } Co Ship Roslyn Cast) verpool—R Irvin & Ca. jatansas—Waln) ver im ¥ Sohmidi's Ship B Aymar, Carver, ‘son ae are fon, 4 Brig Grace Worthington (Br), Lind, Belize, Hon—F Aleran- are & Bo ton Fing, Mi jonroe; Bark Excelsior (Br), Claproth, Antwerp—' vig Northern Light (Br), McKay, St Thomas—R P Buck Brig 8 Thurston, Olark, Arroyo—B P Sherman. Brie HH McOilvery, Glikey, Cardenas—Walsh & Brig Retriever (Br), May, Clenfuegos—M KE rie. Brig i F Colihirat (Br), Emery, Mansaailla—Rivera, Car. Brig Bunion {Br}, Manroe, Nasena-—D.R Dewo ah, Brig Jeremiah, Ford, Savannab—C L Wright & Ber Ma Inte (Br) Parrett, Foncermen Thu: a Cross examined—The people streets cleaned three times a woek a en no return made to that resolution; Bro into the recount to #ee what are the expe atond of 1 being $800,009, a clove nd machinery up; aa pot pow 6. she about $1,000, of the department I founc 1 spoke t Mr. Auld, the U! who is very conversant with thy nses being $1,200,000, it would amount to more Comptroller that the carriage bi. year amounted to $4,000, I offices tant jeeul be dispensed with, my min ave long been hinpressed with the doparlmant of the City Inepector shou the work of cleaning the streets should be contract; the Police Commisrion should have the fuperviaory power over the streets, which ontirely unnecermary that branch of th the City Ingpector; the next branck of ig tho sanitary department; in regard may that during tbo ¢ix monthe | w: there was not a health meas brought forward for the benefit of the tions of the Sanit Bureau were most loosely adroin! ed; the health feldom attending to their duty, and when | wan! for any purpose, even in the monthe of Jw A 1 could not command him; it is, theref the publia health by learing the lives of is city in the hands of so irresponsible reports Feemrated to the Common Counel Cee! the heals of the city abould by Bteamehtp City of Corl and Queenstown 19h, Seg tea passe bark 1 ip supposed to be the Ba: jeamgsuip. is vane, ( Havana, 6 days and 12 hou nee ted pe ra wothos Avoncie & Co, Hip bo Nw wi . Wb inet, 5 t, and George Orom and eae f oer ) Og pe Know (i? 8 transport), Lawber, Hilton Head, reermas' Rector, Baltimore. Negi ry Mebonaid, ‘Cow Bay, 21 days, Rkarlon, Aspinwall, 28 daya, with hides daye WN of Hatteras, with henry N Fring fen ae ae H a Montego Bay, 2 days, , Cooper, Clemf 30 daye, wit or Has been Ie faye of Tattee eh Inet, off Hatteras, caw brig od Toland, 23 days, with fly i2doya Woof Hatteras and 6 oe 4 bd Tow ehi'd a n Week iene jand Paneage, «a olden und 8. ‘Magne Oharta (Bri Hewson, Glace Bay via Halifax ‘and. passengers, Mine H the ba oo oT fon a 10, F235 : H giles: = i . & il z 2 t i u g E f a i i 2 8 Mailed free of portage on Feoeipt of sneha) 3 t ib Brrece é Burns, Has been ORNS, BUNIONS, out pain by Dr. idence, 34 ae, BAD 10} CURED ory . tl