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Wnu will bare tbia port tliU aftarntxin, at t wo
?'?lock, for Aspiawall.
1k? mails for California and otter part* cf the Pacific
Will ok*# at one o?elr>?k.
The Nrw York Wimlt Hduld, California edition, enn
; the lateit intelligence fro? nil parte of the world,
I be p?blUt:ed at ten o'clock thk morninj,
tafia eopien aiTpence. Aireats will please s?nd in
orders ait early as po?"ible.
The ?wt.
The Mitcbel banquet took pla:e at the Broid vh ' l
theatre la?t- ivening. Some six hundred people sat i
down to diDTier, and the bozos were filled with as
many ladies. Chartes O'Concr, Esq., presided, and j
speeches were made by Messrs. Mitcbel, Meagher, j
0'(*ornan and Smyth. Mr Dobcrt Emmet mvle ac
explanation relative to the funds of the Irish Direct
ory. We grre a full report.
Prior to ike transaction of any business of impor
tance in Congress yesterday, the death of Senator
Atherton, of Xcw Hampshire, was announced, an i
after the pronunciation of globing eulogies, and tbe
adoption of the customary tributes of respect both
bouses adjocrned. IIow swiftly our most eminent
men are peeking away. Mr. S" orris remarked that
even within the last four years no less than nine of
the most distinguished inentlers of the Senate had
been followed to the grave, and, we may add, there
have been four times that number, perhaps equa'ly
great, culled from other btati jns of SOJltty. Let us
hope that their works will be cherished and their
patriotic examples followed by those who may be
?elected to ?I their places in ftie councils of the na
tion. In the House, early in the day, Senor Galle
gos, the delegate from New Mexico, was sworn in,
and notice wes given of theintantion of ex Governor
Lane to cocit?st his seat. The Chairman of the
Committee of Wajs and Mean* reported several ap
propriation and (icfieiency bills, mo-t if not all ot
which, it is intimated by onr special correspondent,
were drawn up at the departments.
The information furnished by our special Wash
ington correspondents will be found very interest
ing. The Nia?al Committer -cf the House, it is
Mated, will to-day report a bill appropriating three
millions of (kwia : s to derray the expense of construct
ing six firs* piar.' steam frigates, the same to be built
lo accordance wl'A the recommendations of the Secre
tary of the Navy. It is ucdorstooi that this measure
will be followed up with each provisions for a tho
rough reorganisation of the whole naval system as
will place the service in the most compiete order.
There seems to. t e considerable am icty to ascertain
what disposition the House will mal_e of the re solu
tion makiup the Assistant Secretary of the Treisury
a Presidential appointment. Actijc will doubtless
be had cn the subject to day, and tomorrow our
readers will know all alout it.
A war is -vaging amoog the democrats of Vermont,
in imitation of the recent flare-up in the ranks in this
Htfcte The fi ee Boilers ait terribly indigrant beca 1^3
a Governor jjid Lieutenant-Governor of he old line
tfemi' rati; sell I ?cre . lected.
I'jtes from Havana to the 14th instant announce
tha' Mr. Rclph, nnphew and Sciretary 4o C >nsul I
Clayton, expired from an attac of yellow fever f ,ur
days previously. Oar Cotwtl had directed the at
t nU n of tiie new Captain- General to the cas-. of the
t'iree American seamen who have been so locg con- I
fined-cn a vague and groaadksa charge of having
b*n ?r gaged in the slav: traic. The letter ?' our
oorreHi cdent embraces all thf Caban new of im
portance. and will be found iutacaatiog.
Private advices frorc Buenos 2,yres to the 15th of
Octcber >Jcclaie that uuch dissatisfaction exisU.1
against tin government of President OblLjai.
throughout the provinces, and as the opposition
were decidtJ'y in the majority, it was predicted that
another revolution would ttLe place In tnn course of
a low months. Provisions of all k.ads were very
KWM and dear.
M^ch anxiety existed at Montevideo at last dttea
kt ocnsequencc of the non arrival *>f thl British
mail steamer Prince of Wales Cram R o .Janeiro. It
w.>8 feared that sb2 had either rut: ashore or sunk.
The *fcip Abby Ivat , from Catevtta, weat ashore
on is antu ket Shoals, and was ah ib&rfmd lar. Fridijr
A steamer and four schooners were -lespatcbcd to
bcraesistr.u"f next morning, bnt, according to a de
spatch, bad all returned, in 'cons- queace of be n .
arable to find ber. The supposition ?as that soe
ha/' other broksn up or chitted ti sea.
Flour again advanced vesfctrday from Cj c?nts to
12i cents per banvl, while griin was about the same.
(Freights jrere firmer, and engagements were mad'
to Liverpoc l at enhanced rates.
The trial of tie Ninth ward rioters was resnm-d
_u Vbfc Court of General Cessions yesterday, and th<
testimony elicited will be found feEj reported in
cuiotfcer part of thi* paper.
A public missionary meeting wns held last evening
iu St. Bartholomew's thnrch. The IJight Bev. Pr >?
Viaiopsl Bishop prtgided, and t'je Rev- Mr. Potter,
Mr. Budinb and others, spoke on the subject of do
mestic miaaicas, with special reft :ence to Ciliforau
Bishop K'py who is about to depart on this itu
|.i rtant mistion ? (poke earnestly of Lia future d<i
ties, tfi* address wns short, es he was unwell, a id
u: .M'.ta J'j ilw MtM?7 m l%
long voyage. A collection was taken up in aid of
the fundH of the Domestic Committee.
Tte thiri lecture 0' Mr. Boorclcault wt j delivered
latit evening to a craw Jed hou-??. Tr,? rights and
wrongs of women was the sul>j- ct. Oar report is
crowded oat, till to-morrow.
Vetoes wt-rO ubun lait n the Corjmon Coubcttlast
evening, as will be sten t y the official reports in
another ooi' mm. Measi^es were received fro u the
Mayor, ? which iie anuounce<i the int. ntion of with*
holding hiri sigratur- from tlfte measures authoring
t V Manhattar Railroad Compa' y to 'ay a track la
Broe.vlway, providing for the enlargement of Battery
plcee, atd the erection of a bell tower in Fifty
e^hth street, near Broadway, and instructing thi
Comptroter to withdraw tbe prosecution of the sait
for binkn^' a block at pier 3 3. As the session is so
near a* an end it is probable that the Council will
lose do further time, but pass the Broadway railroad
project by a two-thirds vote, and thus make it a law
desplU: the disapproval of the Mayor.
.too* commcnced falling in this vicinity yester
day aft neon, and so continued until three o'clock
this morning, at which time it was about thresinabes
in depth. Telegraphic despatches announce tint
the weather was very cold; and snow storms pre
vailed in various sections of the North and West.
Necessity compels us to omit, in connection with
uia y columns of local and miscellaneous readiag,
notices of the performances at the theatres and other
places of amusenent last evening. The advertise,
met t> Rill furnish all information requisite concern
ing 'lie attractions offered at 'he different establish
meiiU to-tight.
Highly Important from Mexico? rite Revo*
lullunlzliiK of Ha Territory and iHe luapc
rlaiizlug of Its (Government*
The importance of the last intelligence
received from Mexico, may be inferred from
the sp?ce which we devote to its publi
cation to-day. Interesting as is generally the
news from tlie neighboring republic ? there
ha? not been an epoch since the Mexican
war when there have been such vitally important
events transpiring there as those of which Mexi
co it now the theatre. That our readers may
thoroughly comprehend what is passing in that
distracted country, we give to-day full and de
tailed accounts of the great movements which
ar<' now in progress.
Tb? topic which might at first appear to in
terest these United States in the highest degree,
is certainly the recent fillilxtstering movement
which has lately taken place in Lower Cali
fornia. And yet, strange as it may appear, the
invasion of La l'az occupics but a secondary
position in the public mind of Mexico. The
newspapers of the capital chronicled the fact
with such details as had reached them,
anl commented on the subject with sone
exhibition of feeling, but still with
far less acrimony than might have been ex
pected. The general idea seems to be that the
capture of La l'az was but a primary step to
wards the accomplishment ot what ia known to
be the chief object ol the invaders, namely, the
revolutionizing of the State of Sonora. One
U' tlie Mexican journals affirms that no more
f :c coarse c?uld have been pursued to
i. :> tli.it object : lor the reasons that La Paz is
adjacent to Gtiayamas. the chief town ot Sonora
?the Mexican population in Lower California is
extremely sparse, and the governmentcannot
easily couccutrate on that point a force sufficient
to overpower the invaders. The official journal
?the government organ of Mexico? avails itself
of the event to reiterate and give point to the
political sentiment which has recently been
proclaimed in that region, that the only mode
tor the Spanish race in America to escape ex
tinction or absorption by the Anglo-American
is an offensive and defensive alliance between
Spain and her ancient colonies.
A more important feature of the ecus both
to us and to Mcxioo is the project uow in
course of execution there, lor converting
that nominal republic into an avowed and at>
solutc monarchy, and for perpetuating and
' strengthening the irresponsible powers which
Santa Anna now execrises, by constituting him
Captain General of Mexico. Up to this time
the covp d'itat by which this change- of affairs
is being brought about has been bloodless; aud
this fact constitutes tha only feature of dissimi
larity between it anfl Louis Napoleon'c. On
being installed President of the republic in
April last, Santa Ann?, agreed to and accepted
the terms of the military convention by which
ke was re-called from banishment. Among the
provisions of that platform was one providing
for a congress of the nation in one year from that
time. To assure the eocLLauance of his dictator
ship. which might have been seriously endan
gered. had such a measure been realized, Santa
Axaa determined, like hia great European proto
type. to anticipate the termination of his autho
rity as I'reeident, and to elevate himself to a
more secure and distinguished position. For this
purpose he convoked a convention of military
men, favored citizens and clergy, in Guadalajara
on the 17th of November. They adopted an act
? to be subsequently ratif? cd by the nation ? ic- '
vesting; yanta Anna with unlimited powers ar
Captain General of Mexico, with authority, at
his deati or other sooner vacation, to nominate
his -ucce< 'or.
We gte" a translation of this act <mpcrializ
ing Mexico in another column. A number of
the States, ^ities, and corporations havo already
officially communicated their adhesion , and on
iLhe first and econd of December the civil and
military authorities of the capital recognized it.
acd announced their adhesion hy proclamation
to the citizens. Santa Anna received and ac
ki*.wledged, k a suitable speech, the homage
tenured to hiir t?y the city corporation; ant
the Mayor tsu sd a manif.-.-to directing the
inhab'tants to decorate and illum'nate their
kousec in honor of the great event. One of
the State*, in communicating its act of a-lhe
Hon. proposed, u an amendment to the ordinal
propositi >n. that Santa Anna receive U?e t i 1 1 ??
if Grand Elector ?f Mexico, Ui^h Admiral,'
fcar-ha! G? ner?l of tbe Mexican Armies, and
M*-st Sereut Ilighnc.j:. It was rumored that
the celebration wan to take place on the 2 0th
Dea^mber: so that Sant' Anna may have been
yesterday duly Installed n hi* new rank acl
hailed 'iy the title of Antcnio Primero
To at this cfcnnge in the government of
Mexico bring* nothing str.?-ige or unexpected.
From inWJHgence derived ijrough undoubted
ource?, w< had s? ? eral m >nths auo fore
seen and fawtold wLtt has u >w taken place
We xcte au couranl of the diplomatic i.r
raogeMcnts to carry oat this ,.bj?'ct, wl.ich
for some time past ha\o receitid the at
tention of the government r. of Frauoc England
and Spain. We distinctly Hinted h it hu< '>
u project waa on font, and would e*>n i
realized. General Almonte, the Mexican Min
ister to Washington, tot k great pains to as
sure tia that ire wert in err. r, and favor- 4
with a ci .lmunication, some m ntl delv
ing In explicit terms that there " as any tr n!?
| in the statement we had made aa tr< Siuti
Anna's designs We published hi? dipt .i?f
not'1, but we r<- affirmed our ^tat""' nt and th"
rciult flkowi svrmt wur iuT-r?^.Uw -uj
deductions were, and how little General Al
monte knew of the designs of hie chief.
The imperitt'ization ot Mexico is but the first
act of a grand drama constructed by European
diplomatists, and to be enacted on the North
American continent. The second act changes
the scene trom Mexico to Canada, where it ap
pears the cousin of her Britannic Majesty.
Prince George of Cambridge, is to be installed
in due course of time as Viceroy of the British
North Amcr can Provinces. There seems to
be, therefore, a mighty contest pending in this
hemisphere between the principles of monarchy
and conservatism on the one side, and those of
progress and republicanism on the other. The
struggle may come as soon as 'destiny has or
dained. We have no tear for the issue. That
?exttmporc expedition ot American filibusteros
against two of the Mexican States has already
gravely disarranged the plans of the campaign.
In this we fee the invincible stride of democracy,
which is spreading over and must eventually
envelope this continent at least ; and it proves
how vain it is to attempt to stem it by such
feeble and impotent barriers an crowns and
titles. The womb of time is big with st'rring
events, not only for Europe but for the New
World. We have marked the signs, and await
the issue with calm confidence. Let it come.
Orn Exclusive News of tub Great European
Treaty. ? We observe that the Express and a
Canadian journal ufl'ect to disbelieve our state
ment that a treaty has been entered into be
tween France and England, fur the protection of
Turkey against Russia. It id not to l>e expected
that people living in the midst of Canadian
snow-drifts should know anything about the
rest of the world. The other disbeliever, the
Express, has, ever since its establishment, re
lied entirely on us for news; it never yet had
an important item of intelligence that it did
not steal. With regard to home news, it deals
in this wise: ? the Hkuai.d is bought early in
the morning, by the editor of the Express, for
two cents; its Washington letters and othor ex
clusive information are carefully cut out and
condensed; and the whole appears in a para
graph under the telegraphic head, in the evening
edition of the Express, It adheres so scrupu
lously to this judicious system, that when our
correspondents have fallen into an error, which
they corrected next day. the "telegraphic" cor
respondent of the second edition of the Express
invariably committed the error in their wake
and corrected it with equal fidelity. Why can't
the E j press follow the same rule with regard
to the European news? Why couldn't it pul>
lish special mesages by transatlantic telegraph
from London, and so contrive to steal our news,
instead of making itself ridiculous by denying
its authenticity? The public would never notice
the hoax.
The treaty, the execution of which we an
nounced, was executed. It is specially mention
ed by our own correspondents, by those of the
London press, and by that of the Courier ami
Enquirer. We notice a difference in the dates
assigned by some of these authorities ; some as
serting that it was executed on the 18th and
others on the 28th of November. It is possible
to conciliate these apparently conflicting state
ments, by supposing that the treaty was agreed
to on the 18th and signed on the 2$th.
Cablet Inconsistencies. ? We have received
a letter from Washington on various subjects.
It is too long for publication, and contains
some matters which it might not be just to
all parties to publish without further proof.
We note however, two points about which we
will ask a question. Perhaps some impertinent
member of Congress may inquire, and find out
the truth.
Is it true, that although Congress at last ses
sion made no appropriation for the payment of
the two thousand dollars additional salary, (be
sides the six thousand heretofore allowed, )grant
ed last session to each member of the Cabinet ;
and although the constitution of the United
States declare? that " no money Bhall be drawn
from the Treasury but in consequence of ap
propriations made by law." &c., (sec. 9, Art. 1.)
yet the Secretary of the Treasury has paid
tLc additional salaries out of a fund appropri
ated for another object ? Will any one find out
the truth of this matter ?
Secondly ? Is it true that lasd warrants to a
large amount have been granted for military
services in what is called the Aroosiook War0
It is worth inquiring who is responsible for this
last net, as well as for the violation of the
constitution involved in the first. Do Cabinet
officers forget there is such a procedure as im
peachment?
l ew Guana Salanda Discovered.
Some few months ago ire noticed that a certain eater
prising ycung mercbamt, who is connentel wi b a 1 ae of
packet ships to the Pacific 0:eao, and whe hai hii "fflce
at or near t be foot of Will street, jlear9d several ahips
and barks for a port in th<t'3razils and a market. At the
time we were inclined to hare a doobt an to the destina
tion of tlese vessel', and d<*ired to know what new en
terprise was ??oat. By loqu'ry wi larned that one of
thote vessels. (the Inca,) carried out some fifty men over
and above her cr?w, and that she alio took on board
sun non and rmt.ll arms, with ample quantities of amc.a
nitioD. Among the vesi-ela from thin port were the Lan
ark, Thcrndlke, ( ir.'o Mauran, J. (}. Alanm, and other*.
'ilie learet ie ntw out, >* suaie of the above vowels
hue returned, wit^k fall cargoes of guano, to tha and
itbar port*.
Il ia guaco i? frorc some resent.' y discovered islands in
| the Caribbean Sea. We hare ottaiaid correct information
1 en tlx subject, and ltsrn that toeltcky discoverers hare
dcw <-a bat j and to arr.'ve a sufflciect quantity on which
tri it ailze a hand tome fortune. In a ihort tine we will lay ,
before cur rciders a fall statement ef all the eircam
ktanccf, including the nuncer in which the first dia
iovfry was wade. It Is a narrative in which there 1* a
great dee! c f exciting aid semantic incident. It is also
a proof of the enterpriie and energy. ?C oar merchants
sndceam*!?
Marine AC" I ra.
A Gitii <Jmi i) or a Uriat ^nii* ? Among other artl
?!?* esg.ged by the Great I'-epubli s for Uverfoo) are the
follow) vf, *?*. ?
Abtot 9.CG0 kb> flour.
C.oro to 70,000 hu'helaof eom and winat.
1,0(0 hales of eott<>n
a <00 barrels of rosin.
1,(10 tieree* of beef, Ac , fco.
Hating laken as much freight is the can oroae the bar
at Sandy Book eilh, will, It ii mid, 4a ul out into the
strtam cnTkanday or Friday mat.
I_f hob ? Meter*. Jup'-oo k Meirtarmid will lauocii at
C.teea Puint totlay, at 11 -o'clock, the sleaiter AdelaCle,
n'H'U'i frr the liter trade In C'sliftinia.
Murw**/* >.id J>'wf ok ? ^ohrjmer Sylph, Duna
?tleb eaiM fn.tn V*"6*" '<* Ragged hilandu aed Uver ,
pool, N * , 19 ult., with a general cargo, waa wracked off I
? eii (< u.t of ,Vnti???U, a'iout tie 2Vth, aed all on board '
periened. Ti e tehooaer we* foead bottom up.? litUfax
Hi cewhr.
Tin;. (i, ? Uf ten Cur* i* TUB Cmn JEjUmtroff. ? We
Ua'ii fr> Hi lapt Pease of the l:olted f?:.M.te? revenue cut
er . <lf?r-n I avie. who re urne i yesterday from Klawai
U!?.?d, t: at be hid Bade an ettmlaa'.ion of tun coast leo
?. I?f 'ur'.her than it had been pr?v ioisly etplored, an 1
' tl t? ?' wre b< had been er?^ aehore sinse - id
's* siailsf tiilaill !>? bo41e<rf .? > carter, of New
I slei d, ea'penter, Ja* fulliran, n n <ter at arms; .f i^eph
Hi.w.?r i:<'ta*ed b< y, ?l h t"i> ?tii-#r ieam*a, wh>?i
r,?( .- ? e link roeu. we <? . ?:.tfle! eehsloagi^g ti the
i.l f#t*4 tu! fi Hamilton an<l th?-? m?n forto? ! eithoat
-i i v. ' .e crew o/ the boat in ?hi-h ?ere U- it*n?nt<
M ?e* e?'* loader*, and It la tbongtit that tiie bodies o
{ R ere mat he la tbe ?urf ne?r the liesch. ami ac
r .dUgty I leut Kei ? r of lh? I lt?r?. n luvl?, has h??o
?n i n k# as I h? ( apt P-a>e to lake clxrge of their
t' a i ne or thoe* f ( ept. Kuduipn, or aay of the seam -n
'M; MJ .1 ulu uL !t*.?\,U.^U)4 tMricr, Dv~ it
Later from Havana.
AMBIT AL TBI STEAM SHIP OHBtCENT CITY.
The ateamehip Cmcut Ott j, C?p*. Buddparrived last
evening, horn New Orleans Dm. 11, via Havana Deq. 14.
AfUr leaving Hkiut theOteeeent City euoounUrve
heavy gala* and rough weather. On the 16th Inst. wai
telegraphed by an hnglish bark steering to the northward
and eastward. Same day pasaei an American bark,
steering same course, showing a blaa signal, with a
whita St Id (supposed to be a atar.)
Tba nephew of Judge Clayton, the American Consul at
Havana, died of the Tomito on the 13th inat.
Judge Clayton was to leave Havana fcr Mobile in the
steamship Black Warrior, whieh had just arrived pre
vious to the departure of the Crescent City.
TheC. C. bnnga thirty passengers and merehandi.te.
The following letter appears to e cbraoe about all that
was stirring of interest on the Island of Cuba
CORBKBPOXDBNCX OF Till NKW YO UK HERALD.
Havana, Dec. 14, 18S3.
Death of IMe NtpKeuj of Consul Clayton ? Application in He
half o/ tile Three Imyriioned A nierican Seamen? Crewt
Saved "f Wrrckixl Sjxuiiih *nd liriluK i'estfU ? Buitleruui
Weather ? Departure of Cantdo?'l'Kt New Captain-Utne
ral, dc.
It is a melancholy task that this morning dev Ives upon
me to unnounce to the readers ol the Herald the deoea?e
of Mr. C. B Rolph, the nephew of Mr. Clayton, the Coanul
for tbe Lnitei States at this port, on the evening of 8a
t oroi j last, the 10th inst , of yellow fever, after a brief
illness of a few dsys duration. Hopes were entertained
until the pieviona tnursday that his youth? he being but
tweatyone years of age? would have enabled him to suc
cessfully combat thiri fell disease ; but, alas I it proved
too powerful, and the teceated auccumbed to the des
troyer, as before related, lie had gained many frtende
curing his briet sojourn In tbla city, where he had resided
tcarsely two weeks. Bis uncle, our excellent Consul, will
deaply lament the decease of his nephew who, it is un
deleted, was to have ailed the post of secretary to the
cook'] late. Pt ace to lii* mane> 1
; Wiih a prope. anxiety for the came of jostice, our new
Consul bas not permitted i he "grass to grow under the
ltet'of tbe newly arrived Captain Gener?l Per.uela,erehe
Las drawn the attention of ttte latter to the hardship
endured by ihe three American eallois, who have been
so long luipri-oned under a flagitious charge of bavlng
teen engaged in tbe African slave trade When I ap
pile la '.le Consulate recently, I learned that no reply
bed been r? reived to Judge Clayton's letter to the Cap
tain General.
On Thursday last, the 8th inst., there arrived at this
port the a merit an brig Ocean Belle, bavicg on board
as pastergers the passengers and crew of tae Spanish
steamer (ieneral Annero, which plyed between 3t. Jago
?le Cuba and this port, and also the crew of the British
brif <Mcar, both o: which vessels hid been wrecked and
abandoned. Tbe General Armero, I have wit1! some dif
Acuity ascertained, wai first dismasted in a gale of wind,
then she lost her rudder and Drifted pest Rum Key on to
Watkins Key wbere she wentashore and became a per
fect wreck. 1 was informed that, whtn near Rum Key,
the General Armero was boarded by a lsrge canoe, having
tome sixty or eighty negroes on board, wreckers, living
on Rum Key, who tendered their assistance, which was
not accepted, from a f-ar that the negroes would master
the cflisers, orew and passengers of the steamer, and
i lien take pMNMioa of the ship The General Armero
?as, I anders'aed, a tine vent el, built at or near New
York, a m few years since, especially for the
tiade she was empl>yed In. The Ojoar, a
Neva Scolian brig, is understood to hive been wrecked In
attempting to cross the Great Bahama Bank In the night,
in a gale of wind from tfce N. N. K. The passengers of
the l.eneral Arimro, aid her < llioern and crew, and those
of tie Oscar, 1 learn, bare'y escaped with their lives.
Both the vessels and their oargoes are totally loat.
We have bad a strong Norther blowing here the lattar
part of last week. On Kriday last the sea ran so high as
to dash ever the Moro Castle.
The late Captain- General Canedo teok his departure on
tbe 11th inatant, in the steamship Conte de Regla, for
Spain, wbere all trne Cutans hope he will ever remain,
or at least never again visit their island vested with su
preme authority.
General Pesuela has aa yet done nothing exoept make
tbe necseiary sppointments to effioe. He has began well;
but wbe cap apeak for tbe hereafter. *'A new brcom
sweeps clean " says tbe old adage. Wait until the Cap
tain General has been twelve month i in Cuba, and then
we shall be able to make a fair ''guess" as to his charac
ter. GUALTERIO.
Co rosters' Inquests.
THE SEVOLT ON BOARD TUX SHIP J AMU WRIGHT?
DEATH OF MR. SIMPSON, THE FIRST MATE.
It will be recollected that Joseph Mathews and four
otberi of the crew of the ship James Wright were ar
rested come short time since, and indicted by the Grand
Jory of the United States Circuit Court for a levolt and
assault on Mr Shadilsk Simpson, the first mate of tl&t
vessel, while lying at Quarantine. Simpson died at his
resldec oe, No. 103 Hamersley street, on Sun lay morning
and the four prieoaera will now probably be held for
homicide; hut as the affray occurred within the juris
diction of this State the cane will not come within United
State* Court , but the law of this State. Tbe faots in the
care ate, simply, that the ship was at Quarantine, ready
for sea, on tbe 4th if November, and the orew coming on
boaid under the influence of liquor, were not exactly
fitted to receive the orders of the n.ate, who directed
them to weigh anohor. They refused to oomply, and a
md" ensued, aid Mr. Simpson received a severe beating,
and alio a stab in the back of the bead, inflicted with a
large kntle, as alleged by lb* sailor Mathews, aided and
abetted by leveral others. The pilot of the ship witnessed
tbe allray, and Is, we understand, the only person who
did except thiae a par'y concerned. Mathews and his
four shipmates were arits'ed for the revolt and assault,
aid hue since that time been kept in jail. Yesterday
Coi ucer O'Dontell was called to hold an inquest on the
body of deceased. A pntt mortem examination was made,
and the evidence adduced by tbe physicians went to show
conclusively that death whs procuced by the injury in
ll'Cted with tbe knit* A jury was sworn, but in C'jnse
q .ei.ee if the want if witnesses the case was postponed
until to day, in order to prosu'e the presence of the pilot
who *itne>a?: tLe assault. The inquest wlJ be held at
tbe Coroner's i Dice
trrijiM I t.atie of ajt Unknows ? Yesterday Coroner
ndton held au inquest, at the Fourth ward police station
bocse on tbe body of an aged nan, whose name at pre
sent is unknown, who war taken sudJenlf in a fit, and
fell In Cherry at eet insensible. Oflioer Murpby, of the
Fourth war<?, c>nvi yed him to l)r. Aoell's drug store, but
he i oon after died. 1>:. A bell examined the body of de
eeaied, an ! gave as bis opinion that dea'.h wa< cauied by
serous apoplexy. The det eased wasjabout 70 years of age,
Ave feet six inches high of genteel appearand, with gray
hair ar.d whiskers, cresned in a black cloth ooat, black
caseimere pants and vest, aed drab cvercotft, lavender
colored gloves, boots ant iudia rubber over shoes., black
silk hat with bombazine on it; the maker's name in tbe
hat was " W F D liiger, N. Y " Un hi* p?rson was a
pair of G?rnan sliver ?pectacles and eighty seven cents
in change. The jury rendered a verdict of ''Death caused
by scrub apoplexy.''
The American Tract Society.
INTERESTING FROM TII? CHINESE EMPIRI.
A special meet log of the Board of Direotors of the
imtrican Tract Society ?u held on Monday, the 19th
io&t. | We, B. Crosby, Esq., in the chair. Prayer waa
offered by the Ray. Dr. Bprlng. The Kev. Nehemith
A dun*, D. D., of Boaton, waa onanimoualy elected aa a
member of the Publishing Committee, in the place of the
lamented Her I?r Klwarrfa.
The naual monthly meeting of the P.xecitlve Committee
*?h ?Uo tele on M ndey. among the letters read from
foreign lands was one from the Re* Mr Robert*, of
Cliiua, c n lis nay to Wanking, at th < r?[\u>t of hit friend
anil pupil, the I culrr nj the important (Jhinete rov/'iwn, ac
Icuwliiyipg a prenoui grunt of th* Trad Society, which, he
ttyt, " will be the frttrf the iienevcUnl train in the ooiu
j.tir.it/ 'f this mvi'fieid of wfulmm A higher honor and
jcidtr tp here it would be haul to fiml <m 'trth "
I'j v Mr. Binj>1IK(, of Constantinople, alludes to an
eCi'ien of the " Pilgrim'* Progreea," in Armenian. issued
by the society's funds, and requeat* caat* of engravings
for tL is ?r,d otter wjiks. The Kngli.h and American
retklenl* had jaat held a public Lilble meat it g in Con
Ktanticople, which waa largely atUnued, and $360 col
l'cted. The lame day tbe combined lleeti of England
and France ente-ed the BoapV.piti*.
An earnest i ppenl from tte Paris Tract Society waa
preiented which showed that the tract tperatlons were
extending in France, and iliat a deb of 24,000 frm.-a
weighed heavily upon that ioetituti n. Tfci SVa twieh
UJtit<"* miM<ion also a> ka for increased appiojrlatl <n i.
iovUwtif theae au'l previiua communlcatl >n? from
m fi&ions, ?cc e.iea, and missionary hoan * accu'tomed tj
revive aid from the Traet Hocietr, the Cxnmiitee au
thor zed npi r 'priation i in caul) to b i remitted previously
to April 1. to the amount of $20, OOP, aa follow*:? For the
. evcrjii missions in ( bma, $2,600; f?r the mifelons in
Northern Irdiu $2,000; for nine missioni in ijjuthern
India, $4,310; for countries on the Mediterranean, in
nlttding Italy, $3,400; for Continental Kurope, $3,630; for
the ?ai.d?i-.h Ialsnre and Canada, $1,100, reaerved to
meet new claim', $600.
The receipts of the Society for the peat month were
$27 2Ifl, includltg $17,104 for publteati- na. Tbe i<nu?i
irom the iiepoiltory for the same p?riod amouoUt'l to
$.6 7fc$; aLd tbe gratuitous circulation nmang the CeaM
lute ?lr,ce April 1 exceeded thirty f iur million page*.
Every good man must rejoice in the on war a mirementa
of thia benevolent Institution, aod cannot hat desire to
phare in such wide- spread labors for the benefit of our
country and the world.
Stationery for Congress.
Nhw Yohk, Dec. 10, 185$
J Attrv Gordon Bs.vsi.tt, F.fq.
Sir? I tee It statid by jour Waahiogtou correspou lent,
that it la rumored that I hold a contract, or will get one,
to supply the Houie of Representative* with atationery.
I b'g leave to atate that I am no', the recipient of a con
tract of any description, under any department of the
government, nor have I ever been an applicant or expect
to be. V?ry truly, CMaNUKI. J. HAKf.
TO TBI EDITOR OF TDE HIHALD.
Ntw York, Deo. 120, 18S3.
Pear Sir? Your Washington correspondent, in yeaUr
(fay'x journal, state* that *'I ain to receive the eoatraot
(in connection with a not he: gentl'man) for supplying
the H"U*etf Representative* with stationery, thro ag^
theilednese of Mr. Fo ney the Clerk." It ia wi li much
ri ^rm. Hat 1 am compelled to say that your nrreapondent
tar* at atate the fact, aa unfortuDa** ly the gold fjrtune
ha* ii.it/allen on me (tbe contract baa been giveu out
| i < me fi. % i.r live moetlia hick.) If It had you rn*y be a*
Mired tbe iob eould have been promptly attended to,
?,'b a proper regard f. i the luti rn.t of the government,
a? n a' ti"' antfie time, I hope, not 1 ialng eight n' mv own.
A low i/h to itf.ltion, boeereif, that I oootemplavi in a
irii t tiu.nwirp ronoemed In a p-iating and Hta'.loni y
> MaM'efiment, aorf will be reedy then to attend to any
on facta > t oU.fi' btf^'neaa in that. Itoe that oan be pro
? ared from my frtepdggr d tUe public, without diatinctlon
i f p> itv or the Ibieknetiof toeir "ah'lla," with great
iliiiateh and CD *Ji? rea??i!abl-? terma V?ry re*
i tcJiu-j, 0.
?
City Intelligence.
Tn Wbathul? Hnoir fell yeiterday afternoon. the Aral i
or the hind. It continued Ull a Ut? hour at night, (It- j
Inf man; and jovial hopen of a alrigh rid* Old sleighs
and old belli war* immedia'ely burnished up, in antiolpa
I ti? n of becoming aaafnl. Whether tbla snow gives reali
xation to the*e hopea or not. It la probable that very aoon
the jingling of aleigh bell* will come up from ? very etreet.
Pnwno* aud Phwkktatiox of th? IIakhok. ? The Gov
er?or of the State of New York, and the Commissioners
of the Land Office in thia State, and o her public officers,
will vlait the harber to inapeet it oa Wednesday of thta
w??k. The eommitteea appointed under the third,
fourth, and fifth rtaolutiona adopted by the public meet
log held at the Merchants' Exchange on Friday, the
10th i net. will be announced in the morning papers of
Wednesday. Noticea will alto be sent to eaoh mewier of
the eommitteea.
Narrow Fhcahb or tot Knickftrbockkk Basic.? Thla
bnildlng in the Eighth avenue, yesterday morning had a
narrow eacape Irr in deatruotion. At 7 o'clock the floor
ing of the St. Nicboiaa Inaurance ollice waa discovered
to he burnt through, and the beams and tome plankt of
the banking rooms nearlr burnt through also. Fortu
nately it waa discovered by the bank walohaan so aa to
give the alarm in time to extinguish it. The Are caught
from the lurnaoe, the pipes leading too near the beam
*ad lloor.
BJMiwti.nc or tot HoRncri-TTRAi SonrrY ? This assocla
>lon held a conversational meeting last ev< ntng, at it*
rooms, 800 Broadway. There were in attendance aboat
twenty memtxrs. Mr. Unsay wa? a ? pouted chairman,
in the absence of the president, Shepherd Knapp The
business of the meeting waa opened by the reading of
anesaty upon the rnre, by Mr. Mead, cne of the saere
tariea, which was listened to with much attention, and
(lioited much app'ause. This was followed by an essay
upon the rame subject by Mr. Perseus, which was also
a tine production. A discussion then took plaee upon
the subject o' the evening, the 'Culture of the Rone"
I'poo this subjeat several. (Massra. Hogg, Bridgraan,
Mead, andothera,) related their experience, going into
an analytical history of the rose, from the cutting and
petting the twig till its bloom. The best soil, the pioper
temperature, the mode of treatment, and other pointx,
were fully discussed, creating an interesting debate.
Upon the clcae ol tbia d it oust ian the meeting adjourned.
Firc.? About half past twelve o'olock yesterday morn'
ing a lire broke out ' in the drying room of the Howard
Hotel, kept by Clark & Bailey. The damage was about
three bundrel dollars
Another Are occurred at 7 o'clcck last evening at No.
67 Sullivan street, which wan extinguished with trilliug
damage.
MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS.
IMPORTANT TRANSACTIONS IN COUNCIL.
Font VETOES FROM THE MAYOR.
The B roadway Railroad Project ; The Bat
tery Place Knlargement Scheme ; The Fif
ty-eighth Street Bell' tower Bill, and the
Order to Reatralm the Comptroller from
Proaecnt lug the Pier Salt, all DIaapproved.
HEWr YORK COMMON COUNCIL
[OFFICIAL ]
Stated Seulon.
i>.?= ? i b ?0^R?0, December 19. lfWJ.
mBif mV> . n i 'ct' Compton Km|., President; Alder
men Moore, Haley, Sturtevant, Oakley, Boyco, Harr Briii
man CoraSiH S1/*11'-*1 I'oaraali, Bard, Ward.' Den
man, Cornel], Alvord, Doherty, Peck.
The inmates 01 the last meetin* wore read anil approved.
1 n . in, ? PETITIONS.
li?L Piic*rPet!tiun of Michael Kumph, to be re
iJ ?L Committee on Finance.
haBvU?,?rl"??T1".#ti"on, ?f H b- Buokley and othen, to
liih? Ji i-itt I'et' between Sixth and Eighth avenues
rR^h! .. *"-oTo.Co,"mitt80 on and Gas. '
iZS&SSSiSS" T"
by Alderman Dohiktv- Petition cf Peter r
?vu4
By Aldtrman Smith-? Petition of f,?vi Cnh*n ? ? -
and* Office?min',fl'gn,;r ?f To t'?mm,ttee on Salar'e.
By Alderman Bjum-Potitionof He ok and Ladder Co ir?
A\%?rZat0t bUl l0t r00,u Ui"' ^Com^neVon0 Firi
By Alderman Stvutevant- I\tili n o' Geor?? wm.
c?f?rf5fen? ent at?eU- for r< lief from judgment iiTfav?
cf toddinpiton. To Coma itt e .n Finanoe
?. ... ? Resignation.
ot^^ro"raD:eT.rN:7cKor^.it,on of M
? ... hesolctions
ntzlr ?Z?lf?*'tT?ni'S>nttMt0T 20.WW /eel of ho?o tor the
ss^Mj,?s.r-iiV.ii
ef BRiei.rr? Reiolved. That the CommLiioner
M^.rr.,xb* 3sa
i i?y ?f'<,er?*n BoiiKETv-Re.olved, That Kneine To W?
n? ,i1,07ed ten {di'tional men. * ^opted. *n*lno C#- No
KA'.d1" B*"j
^hi7;r.hich,Af cenVnoed 10 ?ompleUon, will very oo Mid" r
i
sSSwkSw?
sa&ais ".w? sssrts
-&?jss,??jsf;sriayjf' E?"? c?
SSafflasasftls
Resolved, Th*t the snm of one hundred dollars nor ?
issssls:
bef^tad? tH^" ^"fu^e^y"^'' "t^^ '' ^ """o^BaVlroad
KisfriSSisSSSfS**^**!
- .. . , COMMVKIC/ITIO.NH.
?-x^rsMs?A,a
cviwsc"T$
4?"A.?x*K,?.d"av; "???
FunV* OrdVrfd' cn'fUe* ?"?? of the lire Department
trom Committee of Repairs and Suptllc.? W it'i o?tlmi???
? n I award ol contract tot Uose Company No l/ Awfrd of
eonlraet continued ' ' *'? A^erd of
??w?? i^?cr/."r.v.ar4i'
>')9.4A(.I: I Roil Til*: ft! A \ OR.
Tn Tii II VI M Avon's Ul HCK. DtJO P 18M
TOTn Hon Boar n or Ai.i>krmln? '
... T*1' 1 K??rn Without my arproval a rep rt and
I**'., ?y "*^^.!;:^"vr^:rd,,ifruattedrrb',e
"1" VlvV';i"',:",Cd,? e'.ri.-Vi^perV
tu Corporation have r.ot the
l??wer to approprffttr ?n> portion of *h? il aturv t,?
^id,",1 m '? w?w,
ii.i Vs. fsv. ?"/. ??? ice act cnbieqaont] * paMednro
thlTasi J.f ?f iatii ?alir?cintnt b/ifi?
,0W "*Ur *nd eon'talnj rre'ljcly the
?ib:? rettriotii na at an- .ft forth in ih? >r> nr i-Ti , "
rrohil.ltlons rn?fsin?d in (hearts asore -"tSd*
? T^IV force, and cflectuslly preclude tho (J or nor a'
tic* , from a,,p?f riatio* anr portion of th, IlattorV ? Tud.
???ed in \^iJ ?*nrj"nd?
l? lake ADy ,gndi for purpose of^a> in* out
il'tr is*, widening, of ?traifht?Bfnr a?T ?tf^toravf bub *h
v.\?,ise "*'??r^;urnv.:BMoo'ub
ti.rVof thJV.n. i ? .1 f ny Tt,,l?t'0?"f the original condi
il . LV. *?*"'. *culd ren' or tho act of ceaaion Void, and
iw"., r"*'rt to the ft ate. If the propositisn had
t? tbrowlba^iVatfalk1? rn'"1"' of th? Battery, so ui
i* 'S' T , " ? k !nto ,hf ?nd '?y ont ? "id* walk
L , , . 1 a? uo' think it would have been oh
I. L. ? i"l ""y r"frt." v|cw- *nA n"? in vlolatio. of t !e
' , ? ?*" T'U ??"'d *dd some twelve feet
L.r,i A 'i*". Va JlllUr}' P'*c?. would in my lad/
nenl r? ?? i I- f.,r sll th. tarpos,. ef ,h? i*
V'h. .i n" *'"r* pror^od to he onrrlod into
rfteot by the rcaslntinn submitted to mo, I eon
n'J? V.t !I} di/fit ^l^iatlo? of tbo terms and condl
ion. ol the an. < t 17MJ and Mil, and therefore, without eon
. l."r* .l"* yf}1"'* atgmaenta sdvanood by the irionda and
| i roiiont.ei tbt, ri'C|,o?ed ealarsement, I return the papers
Kl J?t.! ?VMi?a|.ti *M. WACUB A. a .UHL.1;-, ,
Whleh ?m directed to be entered at length os **
miaates, and published in oae or Bote ef tlo public MW>*
papers. ...
Mayor's Orrion, Deo. 9. 1863.
To thi How. thi Board or alius""- ...
UrNTLiMan? I have received a rciulntions (herewith re
turned without my approval) instituting the eounael to too
corporation to discontinue the suit commenced by the Cemp
ti yflir, through Mm, sgaiust A. J. Berry ana others, {ft
the Supreme C< urt, in June laet. to remove a block sunk oa
the tou'.hesst tide of pier Mo East river. The suit is.
question was omreencod bv the Comptroller by virtue of thw
poweri vetted in him, aa tho ohlof financial officer of the oity.
by lection 104 of the Reviaed Ordinances, aa well a* by see
t : j s 1, title 4, of the ordinances ooncorning the sinking,
fund, pasfei February 28, 1844. Thi? latter ordinance, haT
ir>K reetived legislative sanction, a doubt ia raised in t?f
m:nd whether th? t'ommon Council bare authority to inter'
fen; but it ii aot nectssary fir the purpooeo ef this mea
?age that 1 should consider that question. In the judg
ment of the Comptroller, the rights of the oity had baaa in
vaded by the linking of the block, and ha oansad legal pro
ceeding to be instituted in defenue of tboee rights. There ia
no evlaenoe submitted to me that the Comptroller hat been
oorMiltcd in this matter, nor ia there anything to ihow that
he dems it advisable to (Mscontinue the proueodinge whioh
he felt called on to institute. It would in HI judgment
tend to establish a dangerous precedent if the head
of a department no important ai that of the fl
rance, white duties are bo varied, and whoa* ra
?ponHibilitioi are bo (treat, in not permitted to OlOT
cue that discretion with which the law veeta him. and
to discharge the truhts onfided to him by the voice of hie fel
low citizens, in iuob manner aa lis judgment dictatea. If
be entertained the opinion either that this suit had been erro
nfously commenctd, or that ita discontinuance would pro
mote tne beat interests of the oity, he would undoubtedly
have communicated to your honorable body. In the ab
sence of any offioial information from the Comptroller, and
placing full roliance on hie judgment and discretion, I can
not give my sanation to a measuro which dtprives him oil
the power ot sxerciaing either.
JACOB A. WKSTBRYBLT.
Which was laid on the table, directed to be entered all
length on the u mutes, and published in one or more ef the
public newspapers.
Mayor's OrriCK, New York, Deo. 9, 1833.3
To the Hon. Boahd or AmikIimen:?
CtKTi.KMkN? 1 return, without my approval, areport and
resolution iu favor of erecting a wooden bell tower, and plao
ing a bell theieio, on the loLin the rear of lugine Co. No.
33, in Fifty-eighth street, new Broadway. From a persona!
examination of this locality, I am constrained to differ with
the conclusions of the oommit'ce, either a* to tht necessity
or expedienoy of erecting a tower there at preaent. The lo
cation fixed upon is near the Junction of Broadway and the
Eighth avenue, tar removed lrom the populoua part of tlw
city, and with a few scattered houses for many blocks around
As the ground belongs to the city, no expense will be in
currcd by delaying the measure until thero shell teem to b>
greater n?cd of a lire hell there ihnn at present exists. And
1 { o not teel justified in giving my official sanction to an ex
pendlturo whioh cannot, for along time to ctm*. produo:
any correapon jing benefit, In my judgment it ia uncalled fo| t
any necessity oL the vicinity or of tho Firo Department. 1
therefore return tho papi-r lor your reermaiderati )n.
Jacob a. WJt31ERVEl,T, Mayor.
W hi eh was directed to be entered at length upon tho
minutes and putlished in one or more of the pablio no am
papers.
Cornmunicatien from tho Commissioner of Repairs and
Buppliea, with estimates. lor altering house of Hose Com
pany No. 40. Award of oontraot confirmed on a diviaiju,
vif. :?
Affirmative? The President, Aldcrmea Moore, Haley,
Sturtevant, Oakley, Boyee, Bristey, Francis, Smith, Poor
sail, Bard, Ward, Desman, Cornell, Doherty, Peok ? 16.
Negaiive? Alderman Titmam.
From same, with estimates and award of contrast for
building t -lepraph wires to connect all stations with the
Macdougal street beiyower. Award of oontraet oonfirined on'*,
division, vis. :?
Affirmative? The President. Aldermen Moore. Tlalev,
Oakley, Brisley, Francis, 8mith, Bard, Cornell, Doherty,
Perk- 11.
Negative? Aldermen Btuitevant, Boy:e, Tiemann, Pear
sail, Ward, Denman? 6.
REPORTS.
Of Committeo onTirance- To concur to.pay George Letters*
|1M) for lose by firs. Adopted on a division, vis : ?
Affirmative? Aldermen Moore, Haley Sturtevant, Oakley,
Boyee, the President, Aldermen Brisley. Franols, Smith,
Penrsall, Bard, C<ruell, Doherty. leek? 14.
Negative? Aldermen Titmann, Ward, Denman? 3.
Of Committee on Road i- In favor of openlng'avunue A, from
Eighty aixth to Ninety third streets, where it strikes the ftasli
liver. Adopted on a division, viz.:? ,
Affirmative ? Aldbrmen Moore. Iiaiey, Sturtevant, Oakley,
Bojce, the President, Aldermen Brisley. Franois, 8mi'.Ii,
Tiemann, Pesrsall, Hard, Ward, Cornell, Doherty, Peck? lft,
Nfgative? Alderman Denman? 1.
Of Commit';?e on Fire Department? To ooncurito advertise
fol pro totals for a lot for Bngino Company No. 26. Adapted.
MOTIOJiS.
Alderman Sti rtivakt moved to take np and oonsider
Document H4, being report of Committee on Streets in favor
ol extending and widening Albany street, which wae carried.
The same was then read,
Alderman txiTii moved that the same belaid on the table,
and bp made the special order for Friday next; whioh was
carried.
Report of Cou mittee on Streets? In favor of regulating,
grading and paving Beekman street, from Park row to Pearl
strict. Adopted m a division, viz. :?
Affirmative? A Mormon Moore, Daley, Sturtevant, Oakley,
Boyce, the President, Aldermen Brialey, Franois, Bmitn,
Tiemann, Pcarsali Bard. Denman Cornell. Doherty, Peok.
Of Committee on.Wharvei, Piers and Blips? In favor oV
permitting Wm. Menzies to fill in water l?to introntof his
property. Adopted.
Alderman Oaki.ky moved to tako np document 6S, being;
report of Finance Committee in favor of purchasing lots oa
Ward's Island from A. Br Cotter, which waa carried. Tho
same, after consideration, was laid over until Friday evening.
Of Committee on Streets ? In lavor of permitting B. Bran
dreth to extend a i or t inn of the wall of bis bnilding en Canal
and Lisptnard streets, beyond the line of the street. Adopt
ed.
Communication from Bureau of Assessment, with sundry
assessment lota confirmed, and Isaac Kdwards appointed
collector thircfor Adopted on a division, viz.:?
Affirmative? Aldermen Moore, Haley, Oakley, Boyse, the
President, Aldermen Biisley, Franoii, Tiemann, Pearsall.
Bard, Denman, Cornell, Doherty, and feck? 14.
Negative? Alderman Smith? 1.
On moti> n, the liotrd adjourned to Wednesday, 21ft intt.,
at 5 o'clock P. M. D. T. VaLXNUaB, Cleek.
Board or Amiitant Auiermin, >
Monday, iiec. 1<J, 1862. )
Present? Jenathan Tretter. Esq., President, in t-e chair ?
Adiitant Aldermen Brown, Tait. Mabbatt.U' tlrieu Maybe),
Breaden, Woodward Kmc, Weils, Hunt, Bouton, Mo.owi,
btcw art, Wheelan, Rogers, Crawford, O'KeeU, anil McCon -
key.
PETITIONS
By Assistant Alderman Tait- Of John C. Kennedy and
other*, for a new hose company, to be loeated in the vicinity
of l raiiklcrt and Cliff street*. To UoinmUtee on Fir* Be
pwteMi
By Assistant Aldorman Mahi:att? Of F.ngino Company
No. 42, tor an additional number ot men. To Committee on
Fir* Department.
By Asai6tant Alderman Crawford? Of Henry Jai. A?
deraon and ether*, tbat the grado ot Thirty seventh street
and firat avenue be lowered. T* Committee on Sir ?eta.
RKSOt.lTtO:**.
By Asaiitant Alderman u'Brie.x? ' That Hoae Company
No. 2ti be allowed five additional member*. Adopted*
By Assistant Alderman Mabhatt? 1 That the pavement ot
Greenwioh str?e?, between Dey an ' e ortlandt atreot*. ba pnt
in gcod repair, and tho turn of ?200 appropriated thereto*.
Adopted by the follow in* vote: ?
Affirmative? the President. tfoaan. Tait, Matbatt, O'Bri
en, May bee, Bieadcn, Woodward. Ring, Well*, Bouton,
McCown, Roger*. Crawford, U'Koefe, and McConkey? 13.
> enative- Atsittant Alderman Wlnolan.
OOHMVRICATfONS.
From l>la Ilonor the Mayor? he turning the resolution in
favor of permitting tho Manhattan Railroad Company to lay
arailrrad in Broadway and other * tret tt, from Ma&tattaa
ville to the Battery, with hia objections thereto:?
Ma voit h OrvioR, Bee. 19, .853*
To the noiv. Poard or Aksist*nt Aldermen:?
tientlemon? 1 return without ray apt roval the reso.ntlon
granting to the "Manhattan Railway Company" the asaeok
ot the city authorise* to construct a railroad from Maahat
tsnville, through the Blonmisgdale road and Broadway, to
the ^outh lurry. My ? bje tiona to tb* approval or thi* nti
enre are. I riefly, as Mlowi:? The amended eharter of 1H68
dirocta thai "all ferries, docks, pier* and slips sball be eii
ed, ant* that all leases and sales of public property and fran
chises. c t her than grant* of (and un'er water ) shall be nade
l>v pul lie auction, and to the highest bidder whe tfiall
live adequate security." Thi* resolution grants to
tl.e Ma> hattan Kuilway Ccmpany permission to lay tleir
raila in Broadway, fur the purpose ot placing thereon mil
roal cars for the t; asportation of passengers. Buoh pernie
s'rn, in my judftxent, partakes of the natnro ot a fian
etise, ar.d should oi l) be disposed ot in the manner prescrib
ed by the charter 1 am aware that gentlemen ot the highoft
legal attainments, have given it as their opinion "that the
aisrnt < t the Corporation to the coiatruotion of a railroad
upon < te of tl.e atr>eta of the city by an Incorporated lom
f>aty, is not a stle or leaso of a lrnnoniae, within tha taeaa
mr.ol the amended ehart?r of 18S3." Tachnioally apeak n<, per
haps it insy not be; but It is unqnesti' nably a valuablo privi
lege. one that has been eaaeily songhtlor, and which I' r ut np
to the com petition ot the highest binder, would, without doubt,
pre dur.e a targe sum to the city treasury; and,, in my opinion,
the intent ot the amended charter was to direct the manner
in which this and similar privileges were to be disposed of.
Tbe complaint of the people, vhioh led to the adoption of tha
amended dinner, was. among others, that saleable idvilegen
were granted without due consideration being gives to tha
city, and ihe grafts of the Sixth and Eighth avenue rillroada
might be cited at such instances The mod* prescribed by
the amended charter. in which public property, franchises,
Ac , are to bo dispered of, also obviatoa another oljeotion
heretofore u ged? grants made ty ths Corporation, v:z., that
of thus being monopoli** or privileges to favored perso**. It
aneh be sdd at public auction, all who desire conld bid foe
the privilege or property to b* disposed of, and thna nllcuald
have equal epp?rir,uitles, while the competition would ensure
to tbe acivantago ot tho rity Treasury. Tho grant
in queftion I*, in my opinion, justly ona-goaMo with
tie objection of being a mor.opoly. It gives ti tha
gentlemen compoiing the assnotatiin excluaivo privileges.
Section 58 of the Umorsl Railroad act, nnder which tbia
crmpsny tan been incorporated, provides "that the rail*
laid diwn shall be the cxcluaive property ot the company,
and no other companv or pei? u can use then;" and tha
(pico in the i tr e> t or road so occupied or used by tho railroad.
Is so exclusively thoirs that under ic tion 42 of tho van*
act. any one obotrueting it is guilty of a misderaeanor, ani
torfolts treble damages. 1 am not aware that the gentlemen
asrociited an the Manhattan Railru&d Company iiav* any
claim upon the city which entities them peculiarly to ihi?
grant. Jnaii' e to all who desire tho privilege and a due r
gard to the interests of the city trcjsnry, rei|ntro th.it
privilege or [e.mitsion to construot a railroad i i any o/'^9
atrects of on: o ty abould be put up te the competition.'*
hlgbast bidder. The fact that thea? ?eutl6*nen aro orga""1?
a eoirpany urder tke Ceneral Kui road aot, isnoa 0/nolnsiT?
tbat thov must have the privilege of la v 1 sg rails in troadway
when itlier cenir.Btii's o*? with e'|iial facility b? organic*
under tho same law, if it, corpora '.ed <?? m panics euly oan coo
pete wir the privilege. 8'rong oi'jcttlins >aT0 been lntc
poied by eitlim s of reapeotabiilty against ths c ->n itrnetfc?
of a railroad in Broad rray, and t .oir objections are cutUUd
o conaidcratic n yet 1 am disposed to think that thn ieelftif.
againat aueb a ral r< &d Ih In some degree modiJed. Tho con
vmiencc f trnnhit by t nllrosd cars aeema to be appreciated,
by our citizens, as ia evidenced l>y M e vaat amount of travel
on tho routee uow laid in the oily; and as tho oapirience ol
siith ret venicnce l">crmea more ' *tend*il ere ling the pub'
lie will in *11 irolaMMy demand thefariUtic* of railwa)
transit in all.eur principal thorouihlarts, Broadway not ?*
ceipted. In my opin on, ths priviler*! ti lay rails in thoi
tborougt tares should not be granted to favored persona. n<
without due eonaideration for tlie iatereat* of our oitizer
titbir by the ?*jment to tbe treancry of tb* asm offered
the highc?t bidiji r, or by rcqnirlng such low rata* of far*
wcold be aa (qtivalent. The tuKject ia an important on*
our c it izen*. and before any furtu?r iranta to constrnot r
read* in th* city are m ade, ahould be oaretnlly oonaldit
? nil a nyttim devised for the n*?, management, consttpov
and i ontrol of railroad*, and lb* fare* to b* charred, sni
e initable and Juat mode adoptml of disposing of the prtvit
ot using our streets fur railway purp >ae*. Entertaining tl
opinions, I am constrained to w i'.hhold my approval of
resolutitn. wbieh I* accordingly returned fir y?#r reno
consideration. JaCOB A. WESTKRVali
Laid en tb* tabl*. orlered to bo entered at length on
minute*, and publlancd in one or more of the public p*|
r un the Mayor? In aeaordance with reaoluth n. oon'
ing a liat tnd aaonnt of j-ewf rda to poll j* officer* in pt
named. Laid on the table, to be printed.
Fr?m tbs Bureau of A ssesnbent*? With the foUowlr
sessment lists, isklrg that they be n'ntirmeil, and Isaa*
warda appointed collector thereof, vh. :? for se rer in F<
street, trom Troy to pear Jane atrtt; in Mott street, >?
the a*wer in tatham street to ['ell; in Thirty *<f
street, fr' m Ma^l-in avenue to near Fourth aveu'^f
paving Thirtj i.iLth strent, from Tooth avenue ts lt>
r.ver ; fir raving letting curb and gutter, and fUl
Thirty third itre<tfrom Third avenuo to Cast riv^
Oomniittee cn A'sessmcnt*.
? lion hoard or a r.rir ? m rrv.
ResMiiti?n to adjust boundaries A* , of 1st No. I"
merly i f common lands. Concurred in.
Keiolt tirn sppropristlng $lflo, in aildiilon to hi* *aK
Gilberts. Nixon, tor ?ervloe* as ruad*r to Board ot
men. Ccncurrc I in by the fallowing vote : ?
Afflrmatl.e-lhe PreWdent, Messra. Brown, Tal?, M
(I'Hrltn, Wajlce, lireadon, Woodward, Ring, Weill*
Ronton, McCowd, Btnwnrt, Whcelan, Kogers, i |d.
O'Keele, and MeC'cpVey? 1!?
Resolution? lliat th* word "ntpolled" b**ra**d fr'?
?It* the name of Rtephen I). La r man, of Ki gin* <flJ
.?Vt, on flnmon'* Reglater, and "resigned" substitutf?>
eur'oj In.
JUmiutivik? 3Ut a tut htiMi b* U I U**