The New York Herald Newspaper, August 28, 1865, Page 1

WHOLE NO. 10,591 THE INTERNAL REVENUE, he Revenue Officers and Offices of This City, HE BROKERS OBJECT TO BE TAXED. 16 Seven Revenue Districts of New York Described. ISTINCTIVE FEATURES OF EACH, otal Amount of Revenue for the Year Ending June 30. OST OF COLLECTING THE REVENUE. umber of Retail Liquor Dealers in the City. OMETHING ABOUT 4, ll, 44. &e. &ec. &ec. “blessing” is popularly supposed to be a benefit of me kind or other by which our prosperity is in- ged. On the other hand, a “debt” is known to be w publesome thing to get rid of, and freedom from debt been shown by the immortal Micawber to be the ppiest state of existence, even where that debt pounted to but a solitary sixpence. What is true in in- idual cases does not appear to be equally so when aj- ied to nations, as a “national debt’ has lately been oked (in pamphict form) into a ‘national blessing.”’ other words, an effort has been made to demonstrate lat what in the case of an individual is always carefully oided or looked upon with dread may, in the case of a on, become one of the most powerful agents to mote its politieal influence and material prosperity Mgland was instanced us an example. But no mention made of the influence England exercised in Europe '@ long period grior to tho existence of ‘‘copsols,”’ and whole argument was based on the principle that « im will exist longer and hang together with yreater ity the larger and heavier its liabilities are. The ippression of the rebollion bestowed one of these so led “national blessings” on our country. It ix now mn away in drawers and locked up in safes in the pe of ““five-twenties,” “ten-forties” and ‘‘s»ven- ities,” and is known under the old fashioned name the “national debt.” Every person in the country a its effects and is called upon at certain intervals to tribute his quota in the shape of internal revenue, the proportion of which goes to pay the interest on national debt. THE INTERNAL REVENUE LAWS. or the guidance of. the officials charged with the duty jing and collecting the interna) revenue, printed pks have been issued from the department at Washin. i. These books contain a copy of the law, together h the various amendments, and fill several hundred By this Jaw it is estimated that taxes are lovied bout three thousand different articles. The whole m is complicated beyond description, and every day arise which have to be referred to the Commi: Iner at Washington for decision. It is desired both payers and tax collectors that the laws should be re- d and the system simplified, say by having a tax im- don about fifty or one hundred articles, and not on inidenss pumber embraced by the provirions of the ding et eS poting laws, cal. ant on SouneoriNG THY REVENUE @ collectiOh of the internal revenue 1 Tee employ- it to an Afmy of office holders. They exercise their apd onder the name of Assessors and Collectors addition there are also spores of clerks and others ploycd in the internal revenue oillces. © facilitate the collection of the revonue in this city has been divided into seven districts, Their hounds Gro almost the same as those of the Congressional tricts and are nw as follows, commencing at lower end of the city:—Thirty-second, Fourth, Fistn, , Seventh, Eighth and Ninth, i THY THIRTY-SECOND DISTRICT the First, Second and Fourth wa It iv bdivided into twenty-two divisions, in which the as- ments are made by the following gentlemen :— Assessors. Lxation. street. Broadway. +++. TL Broadway. 55 mek street, 37 Bi way. -54 William street, +64 William street. -54 William street, 29 Broadway. 29 Broadway. seeeeee+55 Liberty street, 65 Liberty street. - 284 Pearl street. 284 Pearl street. 123 Chatham street, street. he principal office of the district is at 83 Cedar street. the first (or cround) floor are the offices of the Collec- of the district, Mr Sheridan Shook, who has in his oy upwards Sf a dozen clerks, by whom the exten: ‘Dusiness of this important department is ably trans- THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICK the eecond , and is presided over by Mr. 8. P. Whose ape tment as assessor dates from S«p- r, 1862. e whole aseessment business of this dix is conducted under his persShal supervision. Hav- formerly been in business as a merchant, his intimate of mercantile affairs now enables him transact the business of his district with elear- and despatch. In this district (which is one of smallest in extent in the city) it is estimated that apnnal taxes will amount to about ten millions of f being bat two millions less than the whole pt coilected in the city of Philadel, fe oe " To assist hit in transacting this fi anatt iness, Mr. Gilbert is assisted by Mr. Richard Kerr, clerk, and four subordinate clerks. Each of the mentioned gentlemen is an_ accomplished ac intant, and thoroughly versed 1m all mercantile affairs, Dyginess of this office has alwavs been wriagea ily Patiatuctory to the hiead of the nzton, jast Low ee te newly appointed he late rebellious States bave visited ti of acquiring a knowledge manner h to ‘orm their Cy ‘was Mr. Heiper, of the autbor 8f the ‘Crisie.”” hding i mount of the taxes collected in this ‘c ont from manufacturers and wholesale and re- brokers, express companies, newspapers and branches of business where the annual re the millions. ee rincipal articles mnanifacttired in this district are ing, cco, cigars, fars, books and jewelry, RROEIPTS FROM BROKERS. whole omens of taxes this district for Bacal June 30 will be about ton millions toners Thin tne several millions in excess of the precedii ear, Tho large increase im & great measure “due'to the tax levied on toyed the mone gannet fh me “In dealers, similar on sales made for themselves it “#ill make a difference to the government of many mill'jons each year. THE FOURTH DisTRicT. ‘The Fourth district comprises the Third, Fifth, Sixth aud Righth wards, and is #'abdivided into nineteen divi- sions. The coilector for-sis district is Mr. J. F. Bailey, whose office is at 75 Charabors street. The office of the assessor is at 86 Franklin street, and is resided over by Mr. P. C. Van Wyok, whose sppointment dates froin £ep- tember, 1862, Ho is assisted by the following gentle- men:--Mr. John R. Walker, chief clerk; Mr. Vincent Le Comie, Mr, C. M. B. Harris, Mr, Wim, Joralemon and Mr, J.T. Van Wyck, assistant clerks. ‘The amount ascess'd in this district for the year end- ng June, 1965, is about tivo millions of dollars. In the district are some of the largest sugar retineries in the city. ‘The tobacco and cigar trades are also carried on to a large extent. During the war @ large amount of the revenue of this district was derived from clothing con- tractors, who have now, however, almost entirely ceased operations, at least inarmy clothing. Theve are fsteen hundred manufacturers in this district. THE FIFTH DisTRicr. Proceeding up town the districts become larger and the receipts smaller, In the Fifth district are the Sev- enth, Tenth, Thirteenth and Fourteenth wards, which are subdivided into ten divisions, The principal office of the district is at 561 Broadway, The collector is Colonel Joseph Hoxie, a well known New Yorker. ‘ho present assessor, Mr. David Miller, was only appointed on the 1st of last July, and formerly held a position in the Tax Com- mmissioner’s office. He iz assisted by the following gen- temen:—Mr. Jobn R. Nelson, chief clerk; Mr. Theo. A. Bellows, Sr. Wm. A. Parsons and Mr. John E. Donigan. ‘The amount of the anuual assessment for the year end- ing June, 1865, will be $334,672, an increase of almost one hundred per cent on that of the previous year, when the amount was but $168,397, The taxes in ihis district are principally derived irom persons having but moderate ineomes. There are several sugar refineries, and the es- tablishment for the manufacture of printing presses by Messrs, Hoe & Co. is also in this digtrict, THE SIXTH DISTRICT is on the west side of the city, and com Fifteenth and Sixteenth wards, It is teen divisions, where the following assistant assescor: L A. N. Fraueis, G. W. Jaques, 8, it. Lappin, 'B, R. Shopp. G: A. Blakely, S. Lasar, C. J, Livingston, 'H, M. Stevens, H, Davey, C. W. Colburn, G. Timpson and @. A. Colburn, The principal office of the district is on the corner of Eighth avenue and Fourteenth strect. On the second story of this building is the office of Mr. M. B. Field, Col- lector, who is assisted by the following deputies and clerks:—Mr. N, D, Thayer, Mr. C. P. Johnson, Mr. M. Livingston, Me, Joseph Sandel, Mr. Thos, Livey and. Mr. Wm. H. Orton. On the third story are the offices of the Assessor, Mr. John F. Cleveland, and his assistant=—Mr. Spencer Kirby, chief clerk; Mr. Goorge F. Elis and Mr. Samuel W. Thounas, assistant clerks. In this district a largo manufacturing business is carried on, and during last year one thousand and thirty-three manufacturers’ licenses were issued. For the fiscal year ending June 30 tlw collections in this district amounted to $3,115,658. Previous to the appointixent of Mr. Cloveland Mr, Wm. Orton was the assessor of this district. THE SKVYENTH DISTRICT comprises two warda, the Eleventh and Seventeenth, and iy divided into eleven divisions, In this district there are. nine thousand oue hundred and ninety-nine taxpayers’ names on the books of the assessors, and of this tumber seven hundred and eighty have to be seen every month, It ix algo the headquarters of te cigar makers of the city, ag about three thousand seven hundred reside tn the two wards. A ood workman, it is estimated, will make about two thaeseid otgie a tbek, ALT They wacen vary from eight to twenty-two dollars a’ week, according to the quali the cigars they make. ‘The privfeipal office of tho distr ysat the Bible the following are the names of the principal ofticers:—Collector, Marshall B, Blake; Deputy Collector, Theodore “A. Van Cott; Assessor, George F. Steinbrenner; Chief Cork, Herman W, Bauer; Assistant Assessors, Formgn Whitney, 8. Wallace, Francis Hlovel Basel Sohwane Ghee F Gunteed, Sigal R. Smith, Geo. P. Stutzman, John Lewis, Alfred Erbe, James W. Darlington and Jucod Theis; Cizar Inspectars, Jolin Watts and Conrad D. Behrens. The collettions for the year ending June 30 will amomnt to abont $1,295, 4% About one quarter of this Amount, or upwards of $250,000, has been paid by one tobavco manwfacturing firm, The balance is prinelpally derived from other to and cigar mounfacturers, iron founders, ship builders, brewers and butchers, who are taxed at the rate of forty cents on every heal of ent. Ue over throe months old. Calves and sheep are taxed at the rate of ve cents a head, “and hogs ton conte a ead, yises the Ninth, ivided into four- of TREK BIiGKTM DISTRICT is principally remuricable for its large Incomes, It em- v ‘Twentieth and+ Twenty-tirst wards, and is divisions. ‘The office of the Putnam, is at 923 Broad. way. The asses yor's office is at 239 Fotrth avenue, and i» presided over by M . Bleecker, He is as- sisted by Mr. J. H.W fer clerk; Mr, J. J. Jones vr. The a: ‘aments i this dis year ending Jone 30 will amoant to About five millions of this amonnt is de- ui) the meome tax and tixes on watches, car. silver plate, &e, The district has been thorough ure considerably in exerss riage ly canvassed, and ‘the of thone of the preceding year. SUR NINTH DESERET inclades al! the upper part of the city from Fortieth urcet to Spuyten Luyvil eveek, Inctnded in its boun- tarea ave ine Tcltth, Njpeteenth and Twenty-second wards, Which ave divided in eon dlyigigps. ‘The assoeeor's js at 69 West fourth roe ant under the &Perintahdtieeo? Mr. Homer’tranklin, whe wad appoliied to present position in Mareh, 186%, Provious to that tinte he had been en, ereanitil purenits. The reven: year ending Jun 80,123 for the y Kdgar Ketcuum, avenue, The prive'pal branches of business cavried on in this istrict are the making of pisnos and trunks, There are also a few brewerles and distilleries, COST OF COLLECTING THE BNUE. ‘The Internal Revenue laws lixed the salarf of the as sessors at four thousaud dollars per annum. The col- lectors, on the contrary, are paid a percentage on the amount of their collections. The following ix the rate r cent at whieh they are pa ‘hree per cent on UF first. $100,000 300,000 600.600 nS will amount (0 $410,364, against eceding year. It is collovted by Mr. whose oftice ts at 547 Lexington One per cont on the next .. One-half of one per vent on the vex! And one-eighth of one por cont on wi! shins Out of this percentage the expenses incurred by them in the way of office revt, clerical berger ot se. Assistant askessoPs are paid at the rate of four dollars por day for every working day. Tho expenses Jncurred by assessors in clerk hire and office rent are defrayed by the government. From the above facts the cost of collecting the in- ne revenue in this city for one year ix estit as 8: A From the Og a amount of inter . revendte has been collected in New York for the fiscal year ending June 30:— Dist. Amt, Collected. Dist, ‘Thirty-second. . $10,000,000. y 6,000,000 Dh OTL 658, ; $27,068,572 RETAIL LIQUOR AND POLICY DEALERS. Retail liquor dealers pay an annual tax of twenty-five dollars to the governinent, while policy dealere are taxcd annually at the rate of oné hundred dollars, The follow- i give the number of dealers of both kinds in Liquor Dealers. Policy Dealers. 1,200 50 sees 1,500 ch 1,206 News from New Orleans, New ORLeANS, August 26, 1805, A severe wind storm in Jackson, Miss,, to-day blew down several buildings in course of constraction,and rome people were injured and one negro was killed. Several persons have been arrested in San Antonio op charges of making away with publi¢ property and money etvbraced in the terme of surrender. General Maxey isout in a letter, which does vol give Kirby Smith much credit for truth and veracity. Cotton market quiet; eales 1,000 bales at 480, a ddo, Suger—Common Louisiana at 123¢., prime at 16)¢¢. Molaeses—Inforior old at 690, a 700, Exchange on New York 34 @ 9% discount, Tho weather bas been unusually cool for the serson. ——___—_— The Tennessee Judiciary. ‘a Nasavints, August 26, 1866. Hon. James 0. Shackelford has been appointed Judge of the Supreme Court of Middle Tennesser, vice Hguston resigned, Last night the Jorge tin ggtablishment Of Y esery, McClure & k was totally Esti. awated Jose, -five thousand dollars, et %. Augnst 27, 1865, ‘The steamer D, W. Th from Charlie: he 22d Inst., arrived to-day with part of the Fitty-fourth Massa ihrer Sy iy ead eb Sn oe ' yt regiment, left on the ‘The M say Wp asia Keugp webs ade | body in the party fs courting the soldiers’ vote. NEW YORK, MONDAY, AUGUST 28, 1865. POLITICS AT THE CAPITAL, THE WHITE HOUSE BESIEGED. The Politicians at Washington Knock- ing at the Back Door. THE CONFLICTING INTERESTS. &e &e. &e. Wasmnaton, August 24, 1865, THK BOLING OF THE POLITICAL OALDRON, The political caldron here bogins to show signs of ‘toming to the boiling point, The bubbles on the surface fare more frequent. There is evidently a considerable’ disturbance of the-waters. Well known political hacks, and new men, who are ambitious to become adepts in the wire-working, log-rolling, tin-panning and other mysterious arta practised in the conduct of party con- ventions and partisan tactics, are coming and going with ‘anxious importance, as if “big with the fate of nations and of worlds,” ‘i MARCUS WARD, with a bevy of republican confrérva from the peach farms and melon patches of ‘the Jarsies,"’ comes hurriedly in. Something must be done for the party in Jersey. Our friends there are firm and active, but apprehensive of defeat, We want to see if their hands cannot be strengthened by the administration. We hoped that the appointment of Naval Officer at New York would have been bestowed where it might have helped us; but that is gone. We are now ina desperate strait, and if some extraordinary assistanca is not afforded the contest will be almost hopeless on our part. - ‘THE PENNSYLVANIA SENATORIAL ASPIR ANTS, After the Jerseymen come the Pennsylvanians, Covode and Cameron, and Cirtin, and Forney, and Kelley— ail the aspirants for senatorial honors, and a host of their friends and retainers and supporters, The old Keystone State is all right. We have played a high game for the soldiers’ vote and are sure to win, Every We are sure to carry the State, but our individual promotion i« what we‘vant to talk about. Bach of us deserves the countenance and support of the administration in our litile family contest for the-Senatorship. HONEST OLD JOHN COYODE would be content to be Governor, but thinks his. sterling integrity and unwavering devotion, and his honost efforts in support of the administration, recommend him us Senator, OLD CONFSTOGA, The quondawm wheelhorse of democracy, the veritable Simon Cameron, has been a martyr to nis patriotism He carries heavy weights with patience, He has been willing to bide his time and work 1 uncomplainingly, but he thimks his time bee come, Ho is Smong the tirst and Brinet supporters of the republican party when it ne friends, The War Oilice was won by his assidnity in promotimg the @iocess of the party. He hus done move for it pecuniarily thay any other one man. fle has used al! the money of aff his banks, from time to time, to in- sure the | ion of republican candidates, He evenvon+ tributed five thousand dollars in one Inmp to secure the election of Trambull to the Sepate, and the ungrateful fellow, a8 soon as he was warnPin hia seat, tors d upon bith wid jomed the radicals, who. made war. u,.on him and dragged him out of the War Oi his chances for the Presidentio! nomination. ho can be elbeted to the Senaie anyhow, 4 stepping stone to the Prosidential nomi Money {3 power, He will not spare ies use, he can beat Curtin and Covode a! Kelley and ail the se dier courting crew; but he bas surely 2 better elaim on th adjuinietration port thau any of them and w to have it, Ps fe-ses to be hiv iriend; but! friendship i i y Winter Davi; as long us it chimes with aterest. This the friendship of one who “sinibs and smiles, and murders wi siniles,”” Besides Forney hae rai 8 to this Senatorship, and his friendship is, wre, dangerous sonar Korg is the next ant, Ae surely nee port of the administration as ought to entitle him to demend it worked carly and late, in Gon, at home end He hos nade louder sp more of ther for the b py bliean purty than any ot . and thus spoiled He thinks not ask the mar in Ivan wot the Hi hag stood, with bie vi i like a bh Aitiatan, 28d, Uke . muy brook Fair, whon he has spied on antl WHY, pro-slevery bead he has hit it, He hus boon classified with tae DHE Fadia: Bid aid rao with their “nachine™ for a while during Mr. Lin- viministration, but since they began their dis graceful wart) Mr, Johnson's policy he has with drawn from thelr ring, at Fast nti he secures a reat in the Senate, OUR PACKD FORNEY | t but not least of the 1, with: catlike step and eratty micn -ensional.”? He has been tying for « long time to be Semator from Pemmsylvania. He Was educated in old sim choot room. He was one of old Simon’s brightest . From boyhood be could turn his jackét more quickly, and turn somersaults more adroitiy—always i his feet—than any other of the boys int has been practising these acrobatic ft cently, just to exhibit his asetuiness, agility, he has been riding # two he success that no one can swear which he while he is “occasionally” for Chase, he for Jobneon, H» likes iis bread a" both sides, and was taught by Old Simon. tossing coppers, always to have about cont With two hedds on it, and to play the gaan I win, twits you lose.’ tavyship to the Senate. on nu Win, te Hele Forney is not tired of the secre It is a comforiable office. 1k pays well; but he has already two daily new a \¢ io Philadelphia and one in Washington. Ho establishing one in Richmond and on sais wi West. While Cameron deals in banks, Poragy bel ; and although the latter co-t more hewspapers thinks th ney give more power. He is diffust over a it Space of arta He bopes to wa day, “Tam monarch of ali I survey, trom the centre all ‘round to the sea,” and all by means of a multiplicity of newspapers over which he, or his afer en “Occasional,” will have control. The circulation of all of them put to- gether, if he had a dozen of them and wrote for them under # dozen different alivees, would amonnt to a@ tithe of the circulation of the Huts bat this is his hobby and let him ride it. This will nor make him Senator from Pennsylvania. Andy Johocon knows the man; in fact he knows the meu ut hina, and intends to make them stand alone on his platvorm before he trusts then, The KEXTUCRY seNATONsHTY. There is # Senatorial election sou to come of in Kom wicky. No wonder, therefore, that Garrett Davis is found in this throng of political wire workers. Gorrett alwaye was an “obetreperous’ fellow. He was always saying or doing too mych. The old whig party was oul ob ged to lay him on the shelf, because he was 0 mis Jar ol gossip, Who would talk beyond i i I the other side, vol him; but, pull at the point and expove the weak po ‘The Kuow Nothings tried to cont is they would, tl could not stop hi Oy, a Bets i making nothing stops big. ¥s will talk m morning til) night Gat then gin again, He believes in the motto, “Gy Kentucky never tire’ in speech making. Tit9 14 At ones his great forte and his great fait, Gatrett was clothed with the Senatorial toga, has bored the Senate with his never-ending harangnes Tho gentlemen who wear the Senatorial toga wonld be obliged to Row Ken muel u. or any other sensit twekian Who has some appreciation of human patience and endurance, to step into his ahoes, ‘There are not many Senators of either the opposition or the imposition stamp who are anxions for the return of Davis, It isan ominous name in the Senate anyhow. However, he comes to offer to Mr. dbhineon tho cordial sapport of the conservative party in Keutucky—the same party, be it remembered, which has for two years heen fighting the constitutional amendment, Garrett wants to be re- elected, and wants administration support, GENERAL, ROUSERAT AN ASPIRANT FOR FENATORIAT HONORA. But Major General Rousseau is here, He rests grandly npon bis services in the war, He has practivally de- monstrated his support of ihe Mnlon, He bas won hie fight i fie ond jp forum, Be hag identified wnimee with the présent administration, He has no ‘ore to aek, either at Washington or in Kentucky, He expects to win the bay wreath as he has won the laurel. Rouseeau wae born a leader, is a live man, and ie worth whole hecatombs of dead men like Davis and Guthrie, HR MIS TORIAL, Then tho fenatorit iteoubh preenes¢ election in for rand McKee parties: flercenese, St attention and interference, The are contending with almost unexampled ie a reguiar War of the 1 ANIMITY OF aft ABMMISTRATION ‘UNDISTURBRD, ree th iy TyAFFgIE do, Hot disturb the Tote eauaniinity, nor do they ona ae ee on Githor side now in other branches of the ge ment. Mr; Johneon is too busy with his ration of the Southern States to undertake to settle all the domestic difficulues in the loyal cormnonities, seen cua to he ashamed to bother him with such matters While he has the ‘weight of Atlas on his #houlders,”’ and is com. pelled to Jistew to a thousand applications for pardon per day, one half of thom from womon, who will not be di nied w vee, The Secretary of the sivas iy 18 too munch ocoupied with his finaucial vrraogements, ond the gaiouintions ne We inake both ote vat tie next approprietion ERrers, 0 ao Do de be atoning Ee heuer a schemes, All he cares for is to en ry Treasury Mioud Tab, RO maior who ly Benaty vr on” ay how any State goes. Stanton is wrapped up in the man- tle of his own originality. As long as he has a lease on the military power it does not matter to him who is Pre- sident or Senatorsor anything else, “Inthe sublimity of his autoeracy he 4s content to let the outside world take care of itself, and even senators governors, i = they cross his path, may go to—Old Serateb, or to the Old Capitol—abont the same thing. The Postmaster Gencral bas not been long enough in the business to be bored to a great extent. ‘The rior Department is not considered of much ac- count any how: and old Grandmother Welles is never thought of politically. Thus all these political wire- workers are turned over for the time being to the State Departinent, where they are received with the swcviter in modo that characterizes that establishment, and, like beaux surrounding a reigning belle, retire, each one satis. fied that he has made a good hapression, and has carried bis point. THA PRESIDENT OBLIVIONS ‘TO TUESK SMALL INTERERTS, The fact is that the administration cares little for these local squabbles, It is engaged upon matiers of much greater import, The efforts of the friends of the administration are mot unappreciated; but it is Presumed that every loyal man, of whatever party ,itecetentg, at tho North, and in the rye States, is a friend of the administration, and there is no time now to talk of party politics, The reorganization of the Southern States, the restoration of integrity to the Union, the redemption of the whole country from the serious loaves sustained during the last four years of desolation, are the tasks Andrew Johnson. has on hand, and he bas addressed himself to them with ® singleness of purpose and_self-sacrificmg devotion which challenge admiration. He will not fora moment be lod away from any of these great projects to attend to any petty political contests. It.matters not to him who may be elected Senator, or even what party may be successinl ina State eléction. He counts upon the sup- port of the whole loyal people, whether republican or demourn (except the Chase-Sumner factior who don't belong to the people), and he proceeding with his work with an eye single to the one great reguitof « perfect restoration of the Union. Called to the executive oitice without the irame- diate aid of any party, he is forming a party for himself. He has enunciated ‘plainly his policy and his ideas of Feconstriiction, or rehabililation, or reorganization— whatever it may be called. They are plain and un- mistakable, He inteuds to adhere to them because he bolieves thém to be right. They are the vade mecum he has set up for politicians, and ‘those who cannot agree with them are at liberty to oppose them. He is con- scious that (heir rightfulness will recommend them to,the good men of all parties, and, whoever may be Senator or Governor, will rally around bim a popular support that defy and destroy whatever opposition may be THE PARK. Annual Report of the Park Commi: sloners—Progress of the Work—Zoologi- cal, Botanic Artistical and Histori- ‘The eighth annual report of the Park Commissioners to the Common Council of the city of New York has just veon issued from the press. It is a pamphlet of over sixty pages, and is handsomely illustrated by wood en- gravings avd lithographs of important recently com- pleted and newly projected adoruments of the Park, With two excellent maps. From it the public gleans the information that the Board, daring the past year, bas confined itself to the advancetent and completion of airuetures previously designed and in process of con straction, and to forwarding the drive in the upper part of the Park, in order that the whole area might become | acccesibte to the public at tho earliest practicable date, YHE MAIN OUTLAY has been upon the portion tying above One Hundred 4 Sixth street. ‘The addition of this land to the Park ean cely fail to be a continuing source of #atisfaction, The force employed the Conumsstoners report as having been considerably reduced during the year. ‘The stone work upon the terrace being now complete in its exterior, with the exception of a few details, affords au opportunity for observation of its proportions, and of ptation to the purposes for which it was desigued, Purity of mste and #kilfulnese of execsition have been simed at, and the Commissioners think that oly ¢ been atlained, ‘The Bourd hi commissioned Mis a Stobbins to model the pri 1 on the esplanadenorth of the ‘ necomavily elapse before the 1, aued as it will, M connection D important feattire in the Par compl with the terrace, prov the Board ha® in this instance departed from its deter. mination vot to make ny consderable expenditare tor siatunry or works of art OF TRE Worn. weently complete ing the walk over the bridh oF the grant r ravine, a stow is the archway puth, southwest voir, A rustic wooden bridge across the bridge arrose the v below, and an way at the nor.b of (he reservoir, are in an ad~ tate of proqress During the past your one inile of drive hes been com- vlowd, “Nine imiles of drive are now nuse, OF the ride there are One mile and a hall of wath ha who now in ute a 4 lake of shout ti of the Park, qs alay water in th) ynay be finish urns y making im all wo and a hat miles, the ion for 2 i diving the a Tene SELLUPARY LANDMARKS. A choin « y eorthworks, in ose in the war of i812, has J and will be preserved intact In oak exenvatious on the northerly slope of the Great Hill, aboot two the sur ins and debris of The grou, in space the ve eight foot each A built of stone, for # of iron, that seemed to have Shot nud bayonets were also The <pot was passed over and 6 by tho British and} pace was ar afro phi hoon uved found in Ui probably si wi buildings, where that road 4. Atthis gate sentrics works, thi ~o much m of the Park, will, a2 uh opbanee the imterest of Uns see fy as procticabie, be preserved. 4 Seventy thoustad six hundred and fifty-eight treet and shrubs have been added to the Park collection during the past year, eight thousand three hundred and xeventy nine of Which were from the Park nurseri , The expenses for feriitzation have been greatly @imin- ished. ‘The Commissioners will apply to the Legislature for woney to supply the existing deficiency sed hy the, high prices of labor and mater al vnpiovided for in previous ostimates and appropriations ‘The total length of wail required for the Park, exely- sive of that formed by nature, will be 29,025 feet, or nearly seven miles, fe report also rocommends that access to the Park by water should not be forgotien. Four pointe on the North river aud the East river should be kept clear made agreeable for landings for visitors. THE PInaNCRS, HXERNDITURES, wre. ‘The totwt cost of the Park up to the Bist of December last ws, ba round $9,153,809 10, including cost of the Tand. eof tax for 1864 was 216, yielding on th valuation al increased tax of $610,910 49, which comes from the Twelfth, Nineteonth nod Twenty-kecond wards, The aupual inlereston the cost of the land and the improvements ai Uhis time is Fix per cent, oF $651,028 49. Th Oo nereased tax in the three wards over the interest on tho coat of land aud improvements is $55,8%9, Pisitons ro oF PARK, The Cortnissioners report an tnerease from year to year. Allowing an average of three pereons to each Vehicle passing into the Park, the following will slow approximately, the uamber of persons who have entered doring Qhe past thres years :— 1802. > to four o'clock P. and persone in y y M. ~ enter between fo ‘The total income from boat servive was $6,204.56) at an oxponre to the conductor of $5,228 50. Phe arrests for the yoar, from various causes, were 130, comers With 86 for 1863, A list of qnadrupeds, Geb, birds and fowl and roptiler is given ia extenso, which is too lengthy aud too learned for publication in a nowapaper rep THE MAINTENANCE OF THE PAWK, ‘The allowance by law for the maintenaves of the Park 18 Asm Not exceeding $150,000 per annum. The esti- the past five years have been as follows :— 50,000 00 114,000 00 « 118,841 75 147,941 15 1864, * + 160,000 00 Within the past two years there have been additional portions of the Park opened for Ne use, This fact, with the increase of the prices of iabor and materials, bas rendered the moneys derived from there estimater 10 incet the expenses of maintenance. 3 ier, MrW Ge! , Mr WA Robi len, two tere children, J ip Vornn- ’ 4 Mre nner, Wislet Rowe, F 8 Hd, Myre Wileos, Re: rr sinewaihe, Captain Borden, B ireenwood, J MW tohn rhiy, Opt ' lady, A Robinson, J 4 an! eo J Wiliam, jayoes, T DW ight, J Heliweet Mrs Bioddert, 8 O'Donnel, 8'H jo npsten | A. Jess Leo, dobert Reed Thos Jobnaon, JW Mogren) dbart ire THE BATTERY. FILTHY CONDITION OF CASTLE GARDEN. A DISGRACE TO THE CITY. &e, &o. ke. A walk down to Castle Garden and the Battery will reveal to the reflective citizen a sad state of neglect and consequent decay, This portion of the city frst seen by the stranger on arriving from a foreign country must necessarily present to hig mind, if he uses the faculty of reflection, a datnaging estimate of the condition of the first city of the American continent, It is not until he hasron the gauntlet of the disagroeable sounds, sights and smells that greet him if he should have the mis- fortune to be landed anywhere near the confluence of the North and East rivers, and begin to inhale a purer atmosphere and witness all the signs of a flourishing community, that he can begin to estimate the greatness of the Empire City, To begin with the Battery itself. The huge, circular, unsightly building into which emigrants are ushered on their arrival, is in a state of dilapidation painful to witness. The plaster is fast stripping from the walls and ceiling; great patches of bare lath are visible in both, and large holes im the floor, highly suggestive of decay and ruin, not to men- tion the positive danger of walking beneath the con- stantly falling masses of plaster overhead, especially to young children, with which the building is frequently thronged on the arrival of immigrant vessels. bg fact, the aspect of the entire edifice is sufficient to suggest to minds not very timid apprehensions of the whole tum- bling down about the ears of its inmates one of these fine days or nights. Unfartunately, there is no chance of any of those who are responsible for the safety of the build- ing being beneath its roof when such a catastrophe oc- curs, if it ever does—which may Heayen forefend—or such a lesson might be taught their survivors as might induce them to look more carefully after the safety of the structure in the future, if only in consideration of their own preciountives. Next in importance ito safety is the cleanliness that ought to be observed throughout a building where hun- dreds of stransers Le ioat nightond day, Bo far, however, 18 any attention paid to th's first requisite of sanitary ar- rangements, that the floor and every part of the interior is thickly coated, in this dry weather, with black dust, which, in seaons of rain, must be converted into mud of such consistency as would dolight the heart of a Cork pig or a Florida mid turtle, Wherever you turn dirt meets your eye, comes in contact with your clothing and de- files your hands, as often as you forget yourself and touch any object. In fact, the use of soap and water in She interior or Cassi oe is elle the same pre- cious commodities in a Haya otel, and that de gi S trateat deal. And in the tifast of sft this filth, and the foul atmosphere thereby en rod, and aggravated by the want of proper ventilation, hundreds of strangers of both sexes and all aes, whose advent to these shores is so desirable, huddled toget till they obtain em- ployment or take their chance of a livelihood in the dis- tant West. At present the old structure is pretty well filled with immigrants from different parts of Europe, five ship toads of them having arrived on Friday, aud one on Saturday They consist of Trish, Germans, Danes, Swedes, Swiss and representatives of other nationalities of Northern and Western Europe, It i¢ of the first tmportance that the sanitary regulations of the landing and abiding place of these people, and others who are flocking he vement the strength of the great republic, suould be such ve Some ‘Assur ance of health and comfort during thelr temporary resi- dence there, : Outside Castle Garden the Battery grounds present a su ficiently forlorn appearance, On entering the enclosure from the left side of the Bowling Green, passing down wards, a dreary waste is presented to the eye, resem biing a miniature Salara—if the term be admissible. Advancing towards the barracks and thence to the fer. rieg, you indeed come upon patches of green swan with walks between, shaded by noble trees; but such “patches” are also’ “shreds”? of what they were in former days. Inicrspersed among the trece, too, and potimes on the gra about as often on the earth, whi s been trampled out, sof Inn f ir ® seen in altitudes 1 y shop than + * while @ general air of ne entire place, The barracks, which were erected for tue accommoda tion of our brave troops, who were constantly arviving , avo well enough in the enclosure coniain- ing them, but the pol.ce would do well to put a stop to the disgusting naisauces and exposure of person & at ly taking plae just outside the fen Such are the Battory and Cast they were, when ti citizens of ‘an grove Jeet perv: Garden, as they are; y were the fashionable resort %, such as y, wi s of the down town pe n, who cannot aflord the time nor the exponse of frequent trips to the Park while a proper re ard for cleanliness and order in the Battery building would tend materially to improve the heelth and comfort of the immigrants Meeting of Spirituntists at Metropolitan Hell, Sunday discussion of the spiritualistte parti sans whose terrestrial headquariers are located at Metso- politan Hall, in Sixth avenve, was proceeded with yester day. There had gathered a very large and, appreciative assemblage, comp ising inovitable ladies with wan faces, sunken though piercing eyes, and the no less in evitabie gentlemen, with long hair and white cravate, Poverty or lack of disinterostednes+s on the part of the lecturer compelled the lovy of an admission fee of te cents on each and every component part of the gati ing. The exercises of the ma!inée comprived the execu tion of several hynans by two elderly ladies, a well deve! oped infaut and a male porson, possessed of a violin and a bad car for music. The orator of the occasion, Miss Ella E. Hobart, Chaplain of the First Wisconsin artiller; su aently delivered a lengthy disconrse, gross of which vhe spoke de vmni re seibiti'e! dliis, Her remarks did not which might have been expec any other str vnded female, Her addisss was partiy devoted to a definition of trath in accordaace with her idea of the word, and a connterfeit presentment of the lady hersel’ would have shown the orivinal to be tal!, lean, pale-faced and bright-eyed. She was simply attired ina blatk silk dross, modortly décitie'é about the neck, thougl not ex hibiting the shoulders, and wore black Ince m.ts on her hang, She brought the discourse to a close by a glowing eulogy on spiritualism, and retired amid suppressed ay Pprovai on the part of the assemb! Wige. After her with«drawal from the puipit it was proclaimed that the trial of Colchester, the Davenport Brothers, th medium Porter, aud other professed spiritualists would be commenced on Monday evening next, When av impar- tial jary would be empannelled and a reapeciable judge— if such could be obtained beyoud the limits of Ue sprit. ual world—would occupy the seat of justice and act representative of the goddess with the scales. After thie announcement the congregation dispersed. The we Panera A News from San Francisco. San Francisco, August 22, 1965, ‘The general trade for weeks past has been exceedingly dull. Speculation has been wholly in abeyance, and, notwithstanding the plethora of money, purchases bave ‘Deen restricted to the exigencies of the moment, Kast- ern products are scarce and high. Butter, coal oil and candles have moved off freely ; but prices do not respond to the recent eubancement of values. Importers hope to do better later in the season, and are storing supplies The Union State Convention have nominated Chief Juetice Saunders for re-election to the Supreme Court. Arrivéd August 20, opposition steamer America, from Nicaragua; August 22, ship Bengal, from Now York hark Silas Fich, from New York; Oakland, from Bath. SAN FRANCISCO, Aujgnst 24, 1865, ‘To-day occurred the largest auction sale of shoes ever held here. Prices were established about 25 a 90 per cont higher than last year’s prices. Shanghae papers aré advocating the thorough cleaning of the city, anticipating the advent of the Russian plagn The bark Mormaid arrived yesterday, thirty one days from Shanghae, the shortest trip on record. The com- mesecial advices are unimportant, The American built steamer Fabkin was lost near the mouth of the Yangtee Kiang river on the 13th of July. San Frakciaco, August 25, 1865. News from Honolulu to the 20th of July bas been re- Beived. Acargo of Ofty coolies bad arrived at Hilo for plantation labor. Another cargo of 1% oun arrived at oholuld” , te A private letter fYém Ranngawa #tates (hat the Japan- ee government have ceded land for a coal depot for the projected Cal\fornia,and China steamehip company, Artived, steamship Golden City, from Panama. ‘The ship Ceylon has arrived from Boston. The ships Kentuokian and &. BH. Taylor have sarled from Bacer’s Isend with foll cargoes of guano. The Panther was Jonding. aver Fire in Ruffato. woos bad PRICE FOUR CENTS. Burraro, Anguet 27 1908, A fire thia oven wetroyed the Main street ele vator, owned jy siaaard & Dishler, Loss $40. 000, In. surnnce $20 100. WASHINGTON. Wasuincrox, August 27, 1865, THE REBEL STEAMER SHENANDOAR, The statement of the New York Evening Post that tha naval authorities have made no adequate preparation to Fesist Or capture the rebel steamer Shenandoah in the Paciflo are without foundation im fact, When tho naval officer at San Francisco first heard of the pirate in that direction he telegraphed to the adiniral command. ing in that quarter, and the Suwanee and one other iron clad were despatched from Acapulco some time tn July. THE WIRZ TRIAL, Should the Wira trial not progress faster than it has for the last week, several mouths vill be consumed im bringing the proceedings to a close, as only half a dozen of the more than one hundred and tifty witnesses have been examined. The Commission give the defeuce the greatest latitude of examination. THE PRESIDENT’S VISIT TO RICHMOND, The repeated statements about a contemplated visit of the President to Richmond are mere speculations. THE SALE OF GOVERNMENT HOKSES AND MULES STOPPED. The sale of government horses and mules has been stopped at different military posts for the pur- pose of aseertaining tho magnitude of Indian depredations in the Western States and Territories. Thé total destruction by the Indians of over five miles of the Western Union Telegraph line in Utah, ata single point, and the hostile attitude of the savages in that region, makes it important to despatch additional mounted forces to learn how formid- able they are beyond. Additional supply trains will also have to be sent to mect emergencies. The scarcity of oats of the old crop was the strongest incentive the government had for the immediate sale of animale, and some embarrassment may yet be felt before the new crop is marketable, It is a curions fact that the demand upon the grain market, North and South, and especially in the article of oata, was greater during the last thre’ months of the war than any other period of the rebel- lion. This was probably because both sections employed more horses and mules for cavalry and for quartermae- ters’ and ambulance trains than at any time before. THE CHOLERA IN TURKEY. Our Minister At Constantinople officially informs this government that the cholera continues to extoud its ravages, and says, had the proper quarantine regulations been enforced at first the introduction of the disease from Exypt might have been prevented. It seoms to him from the experience at Constantinople, Uhat it will be advisable for the United States to guard agabast it by the most rigid quarantine regulations. PRESENT TO MRS. GRANT ‘The old adage of “Error travelling in seven-leagued boots and Truth never being able to overtake bim,” is strikingly exemplified in the published announcement that « eet of jowelry is to be presentéd to Mrs. Grant, tured from the ideatical apple tree under whieh Generals Grant and Lee settled the final terms of sur- onder at Appomattox Court House, These Generals met but twice at that place—tirst in the house of Mr, Willey McLean, at a quarter past two o'clock on the afiernoon of April 9, where the final terms of surrender were agreed upon and reduced to writing and sixned, before h contracting powers” emerged from the building; and secondly, by previous agicement, at ten o'clock on the morning of April 10, in an ope field on the south side of the ravine separating the two. armies. ‘The writer of this witnessed both interviews, and desires to say, once for all, that Generals Grant and Lee held no interview of any character w er under or near to any apple tree, ay all will testify who were present. Jt may seem ungracions to spoil a remance or damage a speenlation, but the vindication of history demands it. mani RSONAL. Mrs, Crocker inissed railroad connections at Chicago and Pilleburg, and failed to arrive in the city anti this morning. She is nearly distracted in consequertes of her bereavement, but has boon kindly attended by Mrs, See- retary Horlan and ott ladies. The prog ore of Wil- jJard’s Hetel have acted magnanimously. The Ceneral’s body was embalmed their expense before Mrs. Crocker rei nid all bills for attendance during hig itiness th her reeeipted in falh presen ‘Ye strickon wife will prob 10 Towa by to-morrow evenin: aarton her reinen trip . Free transporta- i bo furn'shed by the Gon and a small military escort ‘ar Depa yap order from Headqui of the Uni » Cushing has been wandering dise an t! cough the hote! ways. Stra for « disappointed pardon # and commiserated bis reed, »-becone appearance, of the Supreme Court, returned to day. in stil! at Willard’s, and professes to have ed encowragement concerning her hus- band’s pardon from President Johnson. Bedford Brown, ex-Memior of Congress from North Carolina, arrived in town last evening, and is stopping at Willard’s, Robors Ould, ex-rebel Commie for the e of prisoners, was among the visitors at the Pr change louse yesterday, THE HOSTILE INDIANS. Progress of General Connor's Powdor iver Expedition. Pony Lasastie, Angust 25, 1966, mnors Powder river oxpedi- Advives from General tion to A 1 have been received On the 1th inst, a detachment of Connor's Pawnee seonte discovered, pursued and killed all of a war party of Cheyennes, numbering twenty-four, who were te- turning from the mail road with scalps and plonder, There was no lose on our side. Oar men captured twenty-nine horses and males and a quantity of white women’s and children’s clothing, two infantry coats jesued at Fort Laramie last spring to the Indians, who subsequently killed Captain Fouls and four men of the Seventh lowa cavalry, and also a number of letiers and papers addressed to the men of the Seventh Michigan, now on duty on the mail road, which shows hey were direct from the mail line. On the 20th the scouts killed one of the principal ehiets of the Cheyeunes. On the 2let, Captain Marshall, of the Eleventh Ohio cavalry, ran into a band of Indians and killed two, captared twenty horses and males, to gothor with several packaves of plunder, which had evi- dently but recently come Into their possession, We had no loss on our aide. The Indians are all moving north with great rapidity for their villages. General Connor left Powder river om the 22d jnst., moving north and concentrating bis columne, ready and eager to mect them. The Late Disnater on the Tennessee and Mabama Ratiroad. Nasnvinin, August 26, 1866, The following are the latest details of the frightful rei? road disaster which occurred on the Tennessee and Ahbama Railrond yesterday ‘As the morning train wes p Richland Nock, seventy miles south of Nashville, the pave way and precipitated the train inte trestle suddenly the creek. Up to six o'clock twelve dead bodies and eighty woun! ed had been recovered from the wreck, ‘Acar containing thirty negroos ts etill andor water. Quite a number of passengers wore missing. A large gang of men has been sent forwart to clear away the wreck, and all that is pogetple will be done for the relief of the wounded, o seu %, The utmow" ” cestoftiont exista here, 98 many well ‘ewown citizens are supposed to have been op the vein, No names hive been received ag yet. ——$—$—$ News from the Mississippi, Carmo, TH, Aug. 9%, 1868. The steamer Darling, en rowle to Cincinnati, has 087 bales of cotton, Page & Co.’e cotton factory at Memphis was burned on the 24th inst, Loes $10,000. ‘the work on the Mississippt Central Railroad pro. jeroeses rapidly ond it will probably be comploted and io PGovernor Sharkey, of Merial, ae sted 8 bray clamation calling on the people to form two cre 1 each county, one of cavalry and the heme ane S | for dhe purpose of preserving order and puiting HO, \ murders aud robber!