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In the midst of all our vain boastings and self-laudations, there seems to be a greater number of attacks on personal safe ty, life, and property, than ever before ; and a far greater number than in those countries where the precepts of Christianity and the laws of civil ized man are alike unknown, or are not prac tised, than in those countries where the God of the Christians is driven out, and Venus be comes a deity and the Satyrs so many divinities. To what influences must this condition of civil ized society be attributed ? This is a serious question, and can only be fully answered in a treatise occupying many pages. We might say that it is the great inequality with which wealth, or the necessaries and comforts of life are distri buted among the people, that produces nine tenths of the crime and violence of society. In other words, it is poverty and want on the part of the many, and superfluous wealth on the part of the few, that causes the evil. This want on the part of the many, and super-abundance on the part of the few, are brought about by many causes. Special privileges granted to a few, by corrupt legislation, may be regarded as one cause, and an important one. Another cause, and perhaps one equally powerful for evil, is a de ficiency of that social sympathy for our fellow man, which, when it exists in a healthy condi tion, forces us to regard the happiness and pros perity of our neighbor, to be about as important as our own; and to feel a deep solicitude for the welfare of all around us. Until these two causes of crime are abated, or removed, there will be little or no change in the present deplorable con dition of society. The desire to possess wealth is so strong in some minds that it tramples upon every principle of justice; and in removing all obstacles from its road to success, it becomes vio lent and criminal. Take the case of the Michi gan conspirators, now on trial at Detroit, for burning and conspiring to burn the Michigan Central Railroad depot. The testimony on this case revealed a series of the most diabolical crime. Hundreds of lives —men, women, and children, all of whom were strangers to those who sought to murder them, were put in jeop ardy. The principle of accumulation, the desire for wealth was all the reason we ever heard for the crimes of these conspirators. The railroad they sought to destroy was lessening the profits the chief conspirators were realizing fiom their in vestments in other routes of travel, and especially those on the Lakes. They were mostly men of great wealth, and had invested heavily in the stocks of other travelling routes; and the idea of diminished dividends led them to plan, and par tially carry out, a tremendous scheme to destroy hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of pro perty, and sacrifice many lives I To specify a hundredth part of the cases in which this princi ple has been the cause of crime in -every popu lous neighborhood, would be impossible. As so ciety is constituted, this cause is ever active; and ever will be while society is in its present condi tion. All acts of violence and wrong will not be committed on so gigantic a scale as those of the Michigan conspirators; but will vary in degrees of atrocity. All business transactions between man and man seem to have this element in them Self-interest seems to govern men in their business relations. On the other hand the crimes of the poor are caused more by imperious necessity. Want is the chief cause of the vices of the poor; and that want is produced mostly by society itself—by that portion of it whose whole life is spent in acoumulatiug wealth from the labor of others. Thus we see what a wi*le-spread and fatal system of antagonism there is in society, and how fear ful the crime and violence that results from it. Cuba. We have had, during the last week, most con flicting accounts from this island which make it almost impossible for us to ascertain the truth. One arrival tells us of the dispersion and surren der of the guerilla chiefs, while another informs us of their bold dash at and defeat of a piquet guard in sight of Havana. We have looked anxiously for the arrival of another steamer to tell us what has become of Lopez, for it is sure if he lands with the men who accompanied him from New Orleans, and the reinforcement from Mobile, the insurrection will either maintain it self or break out again. There are many strange accounts in circulation relative to the movement at Habanien and Tunas, in which the Agueros and Sanchez are spoken of as daring but mad men. Some of these reports, in the shape of let ters, are so manifestly written at the instigation of the authorities that not the slightest faith can be placed in them, except so far as they are cor roborated by others. There are circumstaces, however, which induce the apprehension that the enterprise has once again been suppressed. Perhaps, after all, it is well enough for the pres ent that this be the case, for in the existing state of the world’s politics the maintenance of Cuban Independence would be most difficult. A general war, however, in Europe would remove all im pediments, and place new resources in the hands of the people. The independence of this island is now a fixed fact; it is a mere question of time, and despotism can but retard, not prevent, its consummation. We yet entertain hopes that all is not lost, but that the new flag yet waves, at least on some mountain clifl', a rallying point to those who fight to win better days for the Queen of the Antilles. Religious Rites Refused.—During the past week, Mr. J. B. Stouvenel, of this city, had the misfortune to lose one of his children, and being a member of the Roman Catholic Church he call ed upon his priest, who promised to attend and perform the ceremonies on the following day. The funeral was advertised, and the friends of the family had assembled, when at the last mo ment a note came from the priest, saying that he was strictly forbidden by his Grace, Archbishop Hughes, from administering the rights of the Church, unless the funeral took place at the Catholic Cemetery at Williamsburgh ! Now when we take into consideration who the owner of this Cemetery is, and who reaps the profit of ferriage, &c., this matter assumes a shape that must startle the Catholics of this city. We should also state that Mr. Stouvenel has always been a consistent member of that Church, con tributing liberally to its charities on all occasions. We quote below Mr. Stouvenel’s letter on the snbject, which appeared in the Courier des Etats Unis : To the Editor of The Courier des Etats Unis. Sir, —Not only when the deceased have belonged to Masonic societies, or to the Odd Fellows, do Catholic Priests refuse to perform the funeral service : they are also prohibited from going to the house to recite prayers if the body is not to be buried in the Catholic cemetry at Williamsburg, belonging to M .... This prohibition is made by the Archbishop, as will be seen by the following letter, written by a priest of New York, in reply to a request of a father of a family, who wished the presence of an ecclesiastic, at the in terment of the body of his child : “ M. J. B. Stouvenel, Twenty-third street. “ I learn that My Lord Hughes has strictly prohib ited the clergy from taking charge of funerals when the burial is not to be in the Williamsburg Cemetery.” Be pleased to give this letter a place in your valua ble paper and accept the feelings with which I am. &c., New York, Aug. 12th. 1851 J. B. STOUVENEL. The Route’to California through Nicar agua.—Tho first trip of the Prometheus prom ises to accomplish, if it be followed by others equally rapid, a perfect revolution in our inter course with California. This route, it will be remembered, is byway of Lakes Leon and Nic aragua, ©f which we gave an account a few weeks since. The passage from port to port was accomplished in less than thirty days, including five days lost in consequence of a connection not being effected with the Pacific line at Realego The consequence is that the passage across the continent, from New York to San Francisco, may certainly be expected to be accomplished in twenty-five or twenty-six days. The passage across the isthmus was effected in thirty-three running hours the little iron boat, the Sir Henry Bulwer, passing up the river without any difficulty, and there is no doubt when American pilots, used to steamboats, become acquainted with the shoals and rocks of the river, much less time will be required. All the passengers expressed themselves pleased with the new route, and there is no doubt that either this or Tehuantepec will be the favorite. It will be observed that the United states Mail was antici pated several days. Politics in the Twentieth Ward.—On Fri day last, three Inspectors, appointed by the Whig General Committee to hold an election lor Delegates to the two General Committee?, in the new ward, attempted to perform the duty assigned to them, but were rather roughly used. These gentlemen, it appears, took every means in their power to give all parties fair play, but were compelled, after about an hour’s labor, to give it up, destroy what ballots had been taken, and declare tbit they could hold no election. It is said that the parties who created tne principal disturbance were residents of other wards. It is certainly not a very creditable beginning for the Twentieth Ward to abuse and maltreat gentle men who are sent among them to regulate their olitical organization,and who endeavoredto show fair play to all parties. The boundaries of the new ward are 26th street, Sixth avenue, 40th street, and the River. QG* We again take pleasure in returning thanks to Messrs. Thompson & Hitchcock, of Gregory’s California Express for the prompt de livery of California papers of the 14th of July. 'This express brought its packages through in twenty-nine days by the Nicaragua route—far ahead of the United States mails. Arrival of the Baltic. Quickest Passags ever Made! Time from Liverpool to New York, vine days thirteen hours and fifty minutes ! The splendid American steamship Baltic, Capt. Comstock, arrived at her dock ye terday morning at half-past six o’c'ock, linking the shortest passage on record. She brought 148 passengers, among whom we notice Horace Greeley, of T/ie Tribune, and several other notables. Lord Palmerston announced to the British Home of Commons the intention of Por.e to release Kossuth and the lew remaining Hungarians from their confinement in Asia Minor. On the Ist inst., the large party of guests in vited by the city of Paris, to partake of its sp’en did hospitalities, in honor of tho Great Exhibi tion, took their departure from the London Bridge terminus of the South-Eastern Kailway All the foreign ('ommissicners are invited gue ts on this occasion. The deputation arrived safely in Paris, and were received with the greatest ceremony. On Monday, the 4th, tl e grand din ner was io come off, at the Hotel de Ville. The Eccltsias ical Titles Bill, which has been the subject of so much controversy in the British Parliament, received the Royal assent on the Ist inst. It is said to bo the joint production of her Majesty's Ministers, Mr. Walpole, Sir Frede rick Thesiger, and Mr. Keogh. There is a reportt that M. Carnot, Represer tativo of Paris, will probably be the Republican candidate for President. The Orleanists still think of running the Prince de Joiaville. A dispatch from Rome dated July 23rd states Gen. Gemeau, commander of the French troops had without the consent of the Roman Govern ment seized all the Gun powder in the powder magazinesand had it conveyed to the castle of St. Angelo. Here he has canon pointed on the citv. What does this mean?” From Spain we learn that the Queen is on a Pilgrimage to the church of our Lady Atocha to pray for her safe delivery. All sorts of mum mery was performed. The reports from Ireland indicate that there will ba no starvation this year. Strenuous efforts were making in Ireland in favor of direct steam communication with the United States. The ‘-Vigilance Committee.” The late news from California gives evidence of the exertions of the Vigilance Committee, composed of about five hundred of the most act ive, intelligent, and respectable men of San Francisco, it is true that the Mayor of San Francisco has issued a proclamation denouncing this association, and declaring that the people of California, as well as those of the other States, live under a government of laws, and will not recognise extraordinary and irresponsible power, such as is exercised by this committee; which ha 7 , in two instances, inflicted the penalty of death, and in all cases upon which they have adjudicated, placed themselves above the authority of the high est tribunals in the State. He asserts that the idea that any defect in the law, real or imaginary, or any incompetency in its execution, can bo reme died by voluntary associations of citizens, is not only preposterous, but implies an abrogation of all law, and resolves society into a state of an archy. He, therefore, asks the members of the association to dissolve, and unite in the support of the laws. But the association are determined to regard the proclamation of the Mayor as so much blank paper, and persevere in detecting and punishing crime, until they can get a prison built to hold criminals secure and until an impartial trial can be had, and there is more security for property and life in JSan Francisco. We are friends of law and order, but we feel that the condition of San Francisco, in respect to both, is such that there is a necessity for the organization of the Vigilance Committee to en sure the safety and welfare of the people. We have no fear that the actions of that Committee will be detrimental to the prosperity of Califor nia; though we hope to see it dissolved as soon as the state of society will warrant it. The ar rest, condemnation, and execution of Jim Stuart, a Botany Bay convict, by this Committee, is what never could have been done by the lawful authorities of San Francisco. We have looked over Stuart’s confession, and have counted over one hundred aggravated crimes against property and person that he has committed. It is one of the most astonishing documents we ever read. Lawyers, judges, and jury were linked with him, and divided the plunder which was the result of Stuart’s crime. He could not be convicted by the legal authorities of California; but at last he fell into the hands of the Vigilance Committee, and his career of crime terminated. His conviction and confession will lead to the detection of a gang of the most desperate villains that ever existed, and will include many members of the legal fra ternity, and high officials in California. This single act of the Vigilance Committee will more than counterbalance all the evil that may result from a temporary assumption of power above laws that proved a mockery of justice, and the inefficient administration of which created an archy. It is not the Vigilance Committee that has resolved society into a state of anarchy— such was its condition when they organized, and their acts will tend to bring order out of chaos. They act in cool blood, and with orderly solemn ity. There is n© mob violence in their proceed ings, and no innocent man has been, or will be punished by them. They have to deal with the outpourings of the convict colonies of the Old World, and the most abandoned of our own peo ple, who are vomited upon the shores of the Pa cific, and whose profession is to steal, rob, and murder. They are transient persons, here to-day and there to-morrow. They bid defiance to all law, and regard the wooden prisons of California, when confined in them, as only affording them a night’s lodging, free of all charge ; and a trial in California only a new method of dividing their plunder with lawyers and judges. With the Vi gilance Committee these men have no chance of escape. Let the committee continue its labors,and California will soon be filled with a different class of men, who will go there to earn an honest liveli hood by digging in her mines, or cultivating her productive vallies. We know well what criminal law is in our own city. It is difficult to convict the most desperate criminal here, if he has money. How then must it be in California, where the population is made up of so great a por. ion of desperate adventurers. There have been one hundred and eighty-four commitments for trial, since the District Court of San Fnncisco went into existence, about fif teen months ago. Only about twenty of these have received any punishment. Some forty or fifty of them have been bailed out, and will pro bably never be hoard of again. Some twenty or thirty of them have escaped prison ; and about sixty have been acquitted. Such was the condi tion of criminal proceedings when the Vigilance Committee went to work ; if we mistake not it will be different when they dissolve. Is New York a Capital or Not ?—There are people who say this city of ours is not a me tropolis, but a provincial town, that we gather our opinions from all parts of the world, as old Horace made his birds gather up their feathers in the great epistle— De Arte Poetica. This is a mistake, and we think we shall have no difficulty in showing it to be such. We had occasion, not long since to visit the Merchants’ Exchange of this city, and in the course of half-an-hour, though neither peritissimus, nor imperilissimus, heard the following tongues and dialects, viz : English, with its Scotch, Irish and Yankee cor ruptions ; French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Greek and Hebrew, Russian, Danish, Swedish and Hollandish. Is a city where the tongues of all these ruling nations is spoken, provincial ? Does one tear more tongues in London ? Be sides : one also hears in New York, Gaelic and Erse, Magyar and Bohemian, Russian and Polish, Swedish, Chinese, Tcheck, Turkish, Arabic and Hindostanee. Then a whole world of tongues lies behind this; George Copway talks Ojibway, John Ross and the Cherokee medical students “ Chelloch,” and a host of Indians a hundred other tongues none else understand. Now we wish to ask only, if New York with its fifty tongues be not, at least if not a metropolis, something more than a mere provincial city. The metropolitan position of New York doesnot however depend alone on its tongues and dialects, but on its forrests of masts and the cargoes of the wealth of the world. The silks of India, China, Italy and the Levant, the products of South America, the furs of Siberia, the spirituous liquors of all the world have here one of their greatest markets, and it is not too much to say that a blockade of the port of New York, for one month, would affect the prosperity of every coun try in Europe. The governments of more than one, such a crisis would overturn. If so, is New York a provincial city ? 00- Jenny Lind is by n» means insensible to gallantry. Captain West, of the Atlantic, made a decided impression on the nightingale, and Captain Degroot, of the popular river palace, ths Reindeer, has b?en equally successful. On her return to Niagara Falls, she selected this steamer, and expressed herself equally astonished at the speed and beauty of the boat, and de lighted with the captain, who surrendered his own magnificent State room for her accommoda tion. On her arrival at Albany she was escorted to her hotel by Captain Degroot, where she ex pressed her thanks for his kindness in the most enthusiastic terms, and promised that on her re turn she would most certainly visit him again Before the gallant Captain left Albany, Jenny Lind to prove that she was not ungra - eful for the kindness she had received at his hands, sent him a magnificent diamond breast pin, contain ing a cluster of nine beautiful stones. Such a magnificent present from the gifted Swede, is truly an honor, but it could not have been be stowed on a more worthy gentleman than the Captain of the swift sailing Reindeer. Like herself, the Captain of this boat has devoted his time and his purse to deeds of charity. The poor have always found in Captain Degroot “a friend in need,” and those who believe in the reward of good deeds in this world, will find in the unpirallelled success of every enterprize in which Captain Degroot has engaged, one of the strongest argument? in favor of their belief.— Every thing he takes hold of prospers. His success on the Hudson has astonished even those who knew his peculiar qualifications. The Kein deer, under Captain Degroot, is one of the most popular boats in the United States People from all parts of the country are sure to select this steamer whenever they have occasion to travel on the Hudson Six young men, of this city, who had accom panied an excursion party to Fort Hamilton on Wed nesday, were suddenly seized with the gold fever, and making some excuse to their friends, returned home, packed up their clothes, and departed for California in the steamer Georgia. Shirt Sewers’ Appeal. That portion of our female population, who have associated under the title of the “ Shirt Sewers’ Co-operative Union,” have made an ap peal to the public for patronage. They organ ized in the early part of last summer, and their place of business is at No. 9 Henry street, second floor. They commenced poor, and, as they as sert, are in the same condition ; though they ac knowledge many instances of liberal aid on the part of individuals. Their appeal stated that there are about six thousand females in this city, who stay, if they do not live, by sewing on shirts; and who are solely dependent upon the precarious and scanty wages they receive from their employers. Many of these are young and friendless orphan girls, and others are widows who have children to support. The most they can realise for from fifteen to eighteen hours’ labor, for six days in a week, is about $2 or $2,50. Out of this sum they have to board and clothe themselves, and eften to pay the rent of some miserable cellar or garret, at prices from sev nty five cents to $1,50 per week. They bear their sufferings in silence ; and their miseries and pri vations, could they be told, would chill even the most unmanly heart. The defenceless girl in this city has a severe trial in her conflicts with pov erty, hunger, nakedness and temptation. Dire necessity often forces her into the grasp of the libertine. What this Shirt Sewers’ Society wants is the patronage of the public. This is far better than occasional donations from philanthropic indivi duals. If those who wore shirts would, instead of purchasing them of the too often unprincipled employer, procure them from the Society of Shirt Sewers,the latter would then get the profit that the employers now get, and then their wages would support them comfortably. The Association wants a store for the sale of the shirts they make, in some good location. They ask aid to get one, and we hope they will not ask in vain. Six thousand helpless women have a claim on the society in which they live. They ask not charity —.they are willing to work, and demand only that they be paid a reasonable price for their labor. — They have no votes to sell, or to deposit in the ballot box ; but they have voices that appeal to the community, amid tears of sorrow, misery and discontent, asking bread for shirts ! Had they votes, they are numerous enough to demand and enforce the payment of fair wages; but so ciety has said to them —“ You have no right to participate in the affairs of government; that sa cred right belongs to your lords and masters!” Under these circumstances, it becomes an im perative duty that a proper respect should be paid to their demands for bread. The following dialogue between a philanthro pic friend of the laboring classes, and a n employer of female labor, will serve to illustrate the fal lacy of the argument sometimes used by those miserable wretches who fatten on the labor of others. The employer was asked why there could not be some general understanding among those engaged in his business to pay better wages? To this he very promptly, and somewhat angrily re plied—‘‘Are the girls not glad to get work at the prices we now give ? and are we not importuned daily to give work at present prices ?” To re fuse an affirmative reply to these interrogatories would not do ; for it is well understood that there is a surplus of labor in almost every department of industry in our city, and that women are daily asking for work at just such prices as employers will give. They are “glad to get work at pre sent prices,” said our friend “ They all prefer that to starvation, and some of them to prostitu tion.” “ But,” continued he, “ suppose you and I were walking on the dock, and I should push you into the water, and you were about sinking for the last time, and in that extremity I were to reach to you a pole, the end of which was covered with sharp-pointed spikes, that would pierce your flesh would you not seize hold of it?” “Yes,” answered the employer, “most cer tainly.” “And would you not *be glad to get hold of it V ” said our friend. “ Most certainly,” was the reply. This dialogue contained an argument that had more force than an hour’s reasoning with the wretched employer. By pushing the man - off the dock, and waiting till he was about to go to the bottom for the last time, and then insult him by offering him a pole to seize hold of, which, though it might save him from drowning, would tear the flesh from his bands, was using him about the same as the employers and capitalists treat the laboring classes. They first place them in a con dition of extreme proverty, in a starving state, and then give them work at prices which they are “ glad to get but which they would not ac cept, were they in no danger of suffering, or death; any sooner than the man in the water would seize the spiked pole to lift himself by, were he not in danger of drowning, and regarded immediate death as the greatest evil of the two. Society is to blame when it places a large por tion of its members in a condition which forces them to comply with the terms offered by avar ice, or starve. It is well to ponder on these things. They are of sufficient magnitude to ar rest the attention of all; and we hope the six thousand shirt sewers of this city will not be for gotten when any of our readers have occasion to purchase that necessary article. Parks and Batteries. For many months the subject of Parks and Batteries has occupied the attention of our peo ple. That they are determined to have one or more large parks on the island is clear enough. Converting Jones’ Woods into a park has been sanctioned by all the forms of law, both by our local legislature and by the Legislature of the State. Some talk of a large park on the north side of the city; and some propose that both of these locations should be abandoned in favor of a large central park, including the Reservoirs on the island. We say, that as fast as the tax pay ers can bear the assessments let us have all the parks that are beneficial to the health of our people, and ornamental to our city. There will belaud enough left for building on. The city is large, and when filled Westchester county will give us room enough for one or two thousand years at least. By reference to the proceedings of the Board of Aidermen we see that an Eastern Park, or Battery, to be located on the point of land known as Corlaer’s Hook, bounded by Grand street, Corlaer’s street, and the East River, has been proposed, embracing about 34 \ acres. Give us this, too, we say ; but don’t decide to make all these splendid improvements at once, unless you wish to bankrupt the city. First convert Jones’ Woods into a splendid parK ; and then, as soon as practicable, consistent with proper regard to the ability of cur people to pay the expense, give us the others in the order of their importance. At present we want the Battery Enlargement and a park made of Jones’ Woods. The city of Paris is also very much excited now on the subject of Parks. Though it is far better accommodated in that respect than New York, yet it is proposed that France should cede to the city of Paris the Bozs de Boulogne, which is described as follows: — This is an extensive wood, just outside the walls, where the pic-nic loving population take refuge on Sunday from the noise and dust of the town. It is filled with restaurants, ca’es, and games of various sorts. Riding on donkey-back and ass-back is a fa vorite amusement. Ranelagh, one of the most fa mous dancing gardens in the vicinity of Paris, is sit uated upon ic, and its dusty avenues and thick growth of underbrush would be greatly benefitted by a vote of a few millions. Seme of its copses are so thick and impenetrable that they offer irresistible temptation to those bent on suicide. It is hoped that the city will purchase this property, and convert it into a prome nade worthy of the capital of the world. So if wc wish to vie with our republican sister city across the ocean we shall have to add some hundreds of acres to our proposed parks. We should secure the grounds for our contemplated parks while they can be had comparatively cheap, though we cannot immediately convert them into spacious and beautiful parks. A “subscriber,” on the north side of the city, sends us the following, relative to this subject: New York, August 16,1851. Mr. Editor: Dear Sir It is astonishing to me that you can re main dormant in the question of the proposed public park, being on one side of the city, while we on the north side can have no benefit from it whatever; whereas if it was located in a more central position it would be accessible to us and equally so to the inhab itants of the east side—then there would be some justice in taxing us, but if it is located as now pro posed a fraud would be committed on the public. The idea of our correspondent is worthy of consideration. Arrest of a Fugitive Slave in Buffalo.— On Friday last the Queen City, of the Lakes, was the scene of great excitement on account of the arrest of the second cook on board of the steamboat Buckey State, named Daniels. The claimant’s name is Moore. The account of his arrest says, that a son of the claimant stfpt up behind Daniels, while on his boat at work, and felled him with a stick of wood. The blow was a severe one, and rendered the negro senseless cutting his head severely. An attempt was made to take the negro tojiil.in a private carriage, but the mob collected, and seized the horses, and made threats of violence. The fire-bells were rung, which tended to disperse many of the crowd, and the slave was then taken to tho watch house, followed by a large number of per sons. In the afternoon he was taken to the Court-house, and many collected to witness the first trial under the new Fugitive Slave Law in that city. The examination was held before the United States Commissioner, H. K. Smith. Only one witness was sworn—the person that knocked the negro down. The trial was brief, as the negro confessed he was a slave. An order was immediately granted for his return to Ken tucky. He was then remanded to jail to await preparations for his departure. A citizen of Buffalo thengswore out a warrant charging the person who assailed the negro with the billet of wood, with assault, and he was ar rested and lodged in jail, for trial on the next day, or at the earliest practicable time. The excitement abated, and it is evident that the law will be implicitly obeyed in Buffalo. We are glad to see this, though we hope that proper punishment will be inflicted on the man who en deavored to take the life of the negro by strik ing him a severe blow. 00- Berford & Co., whose express is walking into the business of carrying letters and news papers between this city and San Francisco, have invited a legal investigation on the part of the Post Office Department to test their right to do so. The Postmaster General has signified his intention to test the constitutionality of the law by commencing a prosecution against these gen tlemen. Unless the United States government can transport the mails on ns reasonable terms as private enterprize, we do not think it has any legal or moral right to a monopoly of the busi ness. Berford & Co. adopt the three cent rate, where the United States say it is necessary to double that rate. They do not interfere with the profitable routes, but take those which Mr. Hall says he cannot make pay at a three cent rate. Ohief Bng'ineer’s Report. Engineer Carson has submitted his annual re port to the Common Council. When the Presi dent of the Board of Aidermen announced the fact that he had the Chief’s report before him, and thought it might be read with propriety, there was murmuring in the Board. It was feared that the Chief Engineer had spoken too many wholesome truths about the Common Council, and the less the public knew about the matter the better they would like it. It was re ferred to the Committee on the Fire Department. The condition of the Fire Department, accord ing to the report, is admirable, and is an addi tional proof that Mr. Carson is a proper man for the situation he holds. True, the Common Council have thrown many impediments in his way, but he has by perseverance and energy been able to preserve a fair character for, himself, and the department of which he is the chief. Briefly the condition o;‘ the department may be thus stated —26 engines in good order, three ordinary, four building, and one rebuilding ; 41 hose-car riages in good order, two ordinary, and six building; six hook and ladder trucks in good or der, pnd two ordinary, 40 ladders and 85 hooks; 43,300 feet of hose in good order, and 15,200 feet ordinary. There arc 34 engine companies, 49 hose companies, and three hydrant companies. There are 2,211 men in the department; but if the companies were all full, there would be 2,898 men. There have been 319 fires within the year. The loss by which, on buildings is $159,450, and on goods and wares $558,028 —making a total loss of $707,478. Compared to the previous year there is an in crease of thirty fires, and forty-six alarms; and a decrease of $587,625, in the destruction of proper ty. The report complains of the severe labor of the firemen, caused by the many false alarms, and the great destruction of life by the use of camphene and other burning fluids. The tele graphic wires have been connected with the bell towers, and the effect is very beneficial. The re port urges again, in strong terms, that the ap pointment of the bell-ringers be entrusted to the Chief Engineer, instead of the Mayor. This re quest should undoubtedly be granted. The Chief Engineer should have the control of the bell ringers, instead of the Police Department. The report again asks that the Fire Department have the power to repair the buildings for their ma chines, and the machines themselves. This, also, ought to be granted, as it would be better done, and would be a source of pride to the firemen, who work for the public without any pay. We now come to an important part of the report in which the following gratifying language is used : It is with no ordinary emotions of pleasure that I am enabled to congratulate yourselves and the whole city on the general and unparalleled tranquility that has pervaded the department since my last annual re port, which contained twenty-four pages relative to those murderous attacks on my comrades, of the Short Boys, Old Maid’s Boys, Rock Boys, and other clubs, composed of the vilest ruffians that ever went unhung. What cause does the report assign for this tranquility ? It is this—the knowledge that the merciless desperadoes referred to had that the firemen would shoot them down “ like so many dogs,” whenever they were attacked ; and the knowledge that they would not, as heretofore, be liberated by Aidermen, when arrested for their brutal attacks on the firemen. The report recommends the entire separation of the Fire Department from political influences, as follows: Firstly, That the representatives of the Fire De partment, (a body composed of two members from each company, annually elected by the companies themselves, and which is subservient to the State laws.) be empowered to select a judiciary committee from the exempt firemen, whose duty it shall be to try all cases of insubordination in the department; their decisions to be reported to your honorable body for confirmation. Secondly, That the Board of Engineers and Fore men, who are subservient to the municipal laws, be authorized to select a financial committee from them selves, whose duty it shall be to receive all applica tions for the organization of fire companies, the build ing and rebuilding of the fire apparatus, houses, etc. ; their decisions also to be confirmed by you. The judiciary committee above proposed, being composed of intelligent worthy, and patriotic citi zens, who had served the department and the city long and meritoriously, and who are now removed far beyond the influence of insubordinate members, and from the deadly malaria of the political arena, would doubtless make prompt, able, and impartial decisions. The proposed financial committee, being composed of active firemen, familiar with the wants of the de partment, could judge with promptitude and ability of the merits of rhe above-name 1 applications, and thus remove the fatal delay which exists under the present system. It then concludes as follows: When you rend the chains of party, and magnani mously adopt these propositions ; when you return to me the superintendence of the repairs and alterations of the houses, which the firemen have so often re quested, through petitions to your honorable body ; when you authorize me to appoint the bell-ringers from the exempt firemen, and forever cease to liberate the club demons when arrested for their ferocious at tacks upon firemen—then will be effected a thorough and permanent separation of the Fire Department from the pernicious political influences with which it has been so long accursed —a separation that cannot fail to produce the happiest effects on the department itself, and on the great body of our people. Begging- for Funds. The managers of the “Spy Bureau” whose office is No. 24 Beekman street, have published a card, stating that they are desperately in want of funds. They are struggling manfully; but the dollars don’t come in from the duped mer chants fast enough to keep the association in working condition. August is a hard month for them. Perhaps Green wishes to visit the water ing places, and can’t without funds. There are always a few victims about fashionable watering places, the plucking of which is most attractive. Toey “earnestly solicit contributions,” and have adopted the usual method of starting the ball, in all pretended charitable operations,where the real object is to got mnnoy out of good-natured phi lanthrop’flta. Tboy say that cne lady has sent In a donation of S2O, and one gentleman one of S3O, both of which were “rmsolicited,” Itdonttake a very shrewd person to come to the conclusion that these are “Peter Funk” subscriptions. They have included a lady and a gentleman, so as to give a hint to both sexes ; and have said they were “unsolicited” so that others might follow the example without being asked. They evidently don’t like the rebukes they got from the honest portion of the community, when they attempt to levy their contributions. The card of the “Inquisition” says: “A few hundred dollars spent just at the present time will bring back a rich reward.” No doubt if Green could get a few hundred dollars to operate with he could make it pay. A spy system is bad enough when under the con trol of law ; but a private spy Bureau, with no restraint of law, in the hands of men whose own confessions prove them to be the worst men out of State Prison, and equally as bad as those in it, should be frowned down in any community. We will go as far anyone to suppress the vices of society; but what definition is given to gambling? Is not all of our special legislation so many acts authorizing gambling ? Our Stock Exchange is a gambling hell, protected by law, and has ruined its thousands. Fire Insurance, Marine Insurance, Life Insurance, are all legalized chance operations— so many methods of gam bling, and not untrequently prove to be mon strous swindles. Let us have this thing called gambling staked out fairly, so that we can see what it is, and where it lies. When this is done, we will know what to attack. But the men who are lecitei at 24 Beekman street aie only desir ous to make money by a system of espionage which is at all times, and under any circum stances, degrading to all who are affected by it. With these views, we caution all good citizens against contributing to an association that, under any circumstances, would be a disgrace to our city; even when in the hands of persons having the reputation of moral honesty. How does it come that the name of Green is kept in the background now ? What has be come of our friend Drinker ? Where is Mr. Van Vleet, the gentleman wao operates on both sides of the fence ? The Association should, for the information of its patrons, answer these queries. Perhaps these very moral gentlemen have cut loose from the Association. Who will give us iight? , _____ Men kept Honest by Machinery. We hope, in consideration of the great extent of existing crime, that one of the many uses to which machinery may be applied will be to keep men honest. If Christian influence and moral example have failed for the last eighteen hun dred years to make men honest, let us try ma chinery. We confess the suggestion is rather humiliating; but, nevertheless, it might be tried. The idea we have expressed, has been suggested by reading an account of a method resorted to at the General Post Office in Paris. It would be well, perhaps, to introduce some of the Parisian improvements into our City Post Office: The method of collecting the letters from the va rious boxes is singular from its detail. The collector starts upon his rounds with an immense bag, tight locked, and to whieh he has no key. He has, however, a master k<*y to all the boxes on his route. On open ing the first, he finds inside of it, attached by a strong cord, the key necessary to open his bag. Having de posited his letters therein, relocked it and returned the key, the next thing is to take the proper means to prove that he has visited this particular box and not forgotten and neglected it. To do this, he takes from the bottom of the box, just relieved of its cor respondence, a stamp and a sheet of red paper. The stamp bears the number of the box, 163, for instance and with the red paper he takes an impression of the number on his way-book. The doctrine in France is to trust no one. If it is impossible to watch an em ployee, some machinery is invented which does it full as well. Thus the letter-collector is forced, by this ingenious system, to be both honest and exact in the performance of his duty. Should a desire seize him to enter some convenient wine shop, and there, behind a screen or partition, to appropriate some in viting-looking or seductive-feeling missive, he is re called to a sense of honor by the reflection that he has no key. And he can’t get a key till he is in full view and generally surrounded by a curious crowd. Again, should he be anxious to get through with his beat, in order to return to the amiable society of his expectant sweetheart, and should he in consequence omit box No. 235, the absence of the corresponding stamp upon his way-book will invariably expose his attempt to shirk his duty. Every city letter bears upon its face, in one single stamp, the date, the price, the number of the distribution, whether the second, third or fourth during the day, and the hour at which it was delivered. Formerly, letters were also stamped with the number of the box or bureau at which they were deposited. These indications were found useful in cases of circumstantial evidence, where the simple fact of the hour and street at whifh a letter had been put into the office, being known, might lead to further de velopements, and even to ultimate certainty. Tho following account of the practical work ing of the Parisian system of delivering letters, is worthy of the attention of our Post Office De partment : There are six deliveries a day. One early in the morning, of letters deposited during the night ; the second of those accumulated Irom 7 to 9, and so on at regular intervals until 9 o’clock at night. The price is three sous from any one part of Paris to another. Postage may be prepaid or not. Besides the great distributing office, there are twelve sub-bureaux—one in each ward—at any one of which you may frank for any part of the world. There are also about 300 letter boxes in the various quarters of the city, at the to bacco shops, grocers, druggists, &c. I once dropped a communication into a longitudinal slit in the side of a cigar store, and the next time I saw it it was pub lished, in full, in The New York TriLune At each of these 300 boxes is an indicator which tells you ex actly what you may expect will happen to your let ter. It reads thus : “ Letters for Paris, thrown into the box now, will be distributed between IL and 3L; letters for the Departments and foreign countries will leave by the evening mails.” There is an aperture in this indicator, and behind it a revolving dial, which is turned on as the day advances, and brings succes sively to the aperture the different hours of delivery. Oroon tho Gambling* reformors. In an article published in this paper a fortnight ago, we referred to a letter from J. H. Green, the Executive Agent of the Anti-Gambling So ciety, published in the “ Tribune,” and copied by some other papers, relative to the suicide oom mitt?d at Hoboken, by a young German, named Aidhauser. In that article we expressed our doubts of the truth of the statements contained in that letter, more from a knowledge of Green’s habits of telling untruths, than from any positive information we possessed regarding the subject at that time. But as we then promised our rea ders, to obtain, if possible, a true version of the a fair, we have taken the trouble to do so, aud have it now in our power to state that the whole of Green’s letter respecting the causes which led to the melancholy suicide, is as malignantly and meanly unjust, as it is untrue from first to last. We h&ve never, in all our experience of human nature, met with more wilful and wicked perver sion of facts, with more systematic lying, and barefaced hypocrisy. According to Green’s ttory, the young man lost two fortunes at the gaming-table: one amount unknown, the other, after his return from Europe, about $3,000. By bis own con fession, made to persons with whom be was mt st intimate, and to whom he frequently talked about killing himself, Aichouser never had over $2,000, and never, in his life, losi as much as S3OO in all his gaining, either in this country or in Europe. If this fellow, Green, or his spies, had ever made at inquiry of those who knew the unfortunate young man, (and no doubt they had made such frqiiry,) or if Mr. Green, as he intimates in his letter, knew him personally, but which we are assured he did not, he must have known, as well a: we do now, the cause of his suicide. Mo one could see or speak to the young man even once during the last month of his life, without, on hearing of the suicide, guessing the true ciuse of it.— Without at this moment acquainting our readers with this real cause, we will simp'y refer to the fact, that young Aidhamer h id ibout $2,000 on his arrival two years ago; that le kept a fast horse for his Avenue drives, at $43 per month, besides a groom ; that he dressed always as an exquisite, lived extravagantly, and in the best sty.e a single man coulJ live; was extremely liberal, and, most unfortunately, very greatly addicted to the worst bu most expensive female society. We will now ask our intelligent read ers, acquamted with cty life, how much of $2,000, after paying for all the above extrava gances (of which we are ready to furnish proof ) for two years would remain for gambling pur poses ? or how long $2090 really could be sup posed to last under thecircumstances ? There is but one re.son, the feelings of his respected and afflicted relatives and friends, (which the hearoless hypocrite, Green, did, of course, not regard in his lying epistle) which prevents us from publihing the evidence of the true cause of this suiede, which we have in our possession. This evidtnee is of such a nature, that neither Green n<r the entire black mail fraternity will dare to contradict it, or even to face it. Should any one desire to lo.;k at the proofs of what we have said, o* wish to sec the hollow mask of Green’s hypocrisy withdrawn, we shall be pleased to show themthe evidence of the true cause of his death, wh ch. from motives of de cency and regard for hisfriends, we abstain from publishing. Aa there mist or ought to be amo tive in every action, and as liars and hypocrites especially are never iptto do anything without a reason, we will explain Green’s motive for the publication of that lyiig letter. Itwa published just a day or two before the new Gambling law went into operation, from which law Green and his brother spies expected to derive great be nefit and importawo to their shop in Beekman street. They knev that there were plenty of honestly virtuous and simple people to be found, whoso poclats may be drained by the begging of Peter Fnnk philanthropists with tears in their eyes. Tho fabrication and publica tion of such a lette* about a young German, (who was supposed to hive no relatives or fri nds with cow-hides to contradict it, here,) would be a great card for the anti-gaubiing shop, and a busi ness-like tore-rinner for the begging appeal, to which we lave referred in another col umn of this pape*. A few gulls might perhaps be caught by it, anl a few dollars obtained by beg ging or extortion, and what, to the.-e men was truth, decency, or honor, compared to a few dollars? Hence Green’s letter. This is but a type of the operations of these pretended re formers. Twenty-one million Acres. The agents ofUncle Sam have just completed a treaty with tie chiefs of the Minnesota In dians, by which we get 2L000,000 acres added to our already extensive public domain. For these acres we agree to pay tho Indians $3,500,000, or about sixteen aid a half cents an acre. Now, who is it that has to pay the money ? Why, clearly, it is the people who pay the duties on imported goods. The money will be taken from tho Treasury of the United States after it is placed there by those who consume the importa tions on which duties are levied. Who does not perceive the injustice of making the people who wish to cultivate this land pay for it again, by selling it to them at me dollar and twenty-five cents the acre ? Afte.’ paying the three and a half millions for it, vhy should they be called upon to pay about s<ven times that amount for it when they wish to settle upon it ? Every poor man who earns fifty <r one hundred cents a day, by working hard, pajs as much of this tnro© and a half millions of Cellars as the man worth one hundred thousand or a million of dollars; and and yet such is the villainous policy of our gov ernment that the pcor man when he wants to settle on a few acres of this land must pay ten shillings the acre for it. But this is not the worst part of the system. The capitalists will get pos session of the best part of this land ; and when tho poor man wishes a few acres he will be com pelled to buy them at an increased price. How long shall this system of wrong be endured ? California Sunday Dispatch.—By the last arrival fr. m the metropolis of the Pacific, we recoivod the first number of a new namesake. The Sunday Dispatch, is quite a respectable looking sheet, ably edited, and published by Bonnard, Ewer & Co., at the lowpricecf twenty five cents a copy! Mr. Bonnard was formerly the publisher of tho Sunday Times, in this city, and is a thorough printer, as well as an excellent business man—full of invention and enterprise— just the man, we should say, for such an under taking. Mr. Ewer, who is the editor of the paper, is spoken of, by those who have returned from California, as a young man of talent and influence; indeed, the first number of the paper before us gives evidence that he wields an able pen. Success to the Sunday Dispatch on the Pacific! We have now in the United States some half-a-dozen namesakes, all thriving and doing good service in the cause of the people. It is a good name, and woe to the reprobate who makes bad use of it. All the papers now known by this title, are creditable hebdomadels, having largo and influential circulations in their respec tive places of publication. The Rat and Insec r King —Though Mr. Emanuel Lyon, whose cffice is at 424 Broadway, has the power of exterminating vermin of all kinds from the premises of his neighbors, by means of his magical pills and powders, it seems he is not wizard enough to prevent unprincipled rogues from counterfeiting his articles and im posing on the public. These charlatans, it seems, are extensively engaged in their nefarious operations, and their agents are engaged in ped dling the spurious article round the streets. Mr. Lyon desires us to say that the genuine articles are never sold in that way. The only genuine article is to be found at his store, No. 424 Broad way. He has no objection whatever to such persons have money to spare giving the spuri ous article a trial, but he wishes them to under stand that he has nothing whatever to do with it, and the failure of such frauds to perform any service is not to be charged to his preparations. This is right, and Mr. Lyon deserves the thanks of the community for putting them on their guard against these rogues. JO” California is a great State in every sense of the word. Its population is original in its manner of doing business. Old forms and preju dices havo no influence in this part of our con federacy. We find in one of the papers of the Eureka State, an item that we think of particu lar interest. In Sonora the following is a speci men of the manner of keeping the Sabbath:— The generd service of the day opened by the Vigilance Comm'ttee giving a Mexican twenty five lashes for stealing a fine tooth comb. The afternoon services commenced with the perform ance of the circus—after that a separate enter tainment was given to a bull-fight, and ended with giving two persons twenty-five lashes each, for passing spurious gold dust. X®” A French paper tells a good story of a worthy citizen of the French capital. It appears that he was passing through the Morgue, when to his horror he saw the body of his mother lying exposed on one of the slabs. He at once recog nized and claimed it, and had it decently interred at considerable expense, after which, he set ou for the late residence of his maternal ancestor, to take possession of the estate. He stopped at the house—rung the bell, and was received at the door by—Ms mother! She was alive and well — had no idea of dying. He had made a mistake and buried somebody else’s mother. Rowdyism.—lf the authorities of this city do not soon take some decisive steps for the punish ment of the law-defying gangs of rowdies, who infest this city, they will, in a short time, find themselves unable to control this growing evil. Not a day passes that does not witness the per petration of the most serious outrages. Many peaceable citizens now find it necessary to go armed through the streets at night, and respec table women are compelled to keep in-doors. This is a pretty state of affairs in a city like New York. $0- The West Mount Vernon Land Associ tion, with their friends and all who feel an inter est in the success of their project, will leave the City Hall to-morrow morning, in the 10 o’clock train, for a pleasure excursion to their property on Hunt’s Bridge. Tickets for the excursion 314 cents. Boots and the Union.—There is at 82 Nas sau street, in this city, an establishment which has already firmly established itself in tho public estimation. The Bootmakers’ Union, by selling only the best articles, at low prices, bids fair to do a tremendous business. 00- A number of interesting items in type are crowded out. [From our Regular Correspondent.] Paris, July 31st, 1851. 1 have little to say to-day upon political mat ters. Since the struggle caused by the projected revision of the Constitution, the Assembly has done little or nc thing. 1; low sighs for the mo ment to arrive when it can quit the hal.sof legis lation to inhale tbe brea hof the country. On the 10ih August it will bj prorogued until the 4th November, an! the Cabinet of tbe petit Na poleon will not be sorry to find itself once more alone on the theatre of politics. 1 mistake; it will not be a'one —for before the adjournment, the Assemb’y, according to the Constitution, is cb’iged to romina ea commission of twen y five representatives to watjh over the conduct of the I Executive power, and !o call thj Assembly into | session before the cone usiou of tbe vacation, should c rcuwsfancet require it. God knows! ' Napoleon ought to have been tbe first Pres dent • of the Republic, for he it was who put it into ' the Leads of the framers of the Constitution to insert this w.se clause. Napoleon le Grand said in spea’ii 'g uf tbe Beu Lons, “It is a worn out family, which knows nothing beeiuse it has ac quired no’hing ” Now the Bourbons may say the same of the family of the Bonapartes Who wcu’d have sup.o.ed that the check the President met with by the rejection of the revis ion, ai d the censure pronounced by the A sem bly on tke culpable intervention of the Cabinet in the petitions they imposed on the p ople to demand the revision, who would ever have supposed, I ask, that the Cabinet would perse vere in this unworthy conduct! fhe Bonajart ists have sunk so low that the greatest insults can no longer reaco them. Meanwhile France remains tranquil amidst all the tu’pitude of its government. It waits patiently for 1852 io do merited justice on the infamies of those in pow er. Yes, it was God himself who willed that Napoleon should be tho first President of the French Republic, to create a thorough di-gust among the people, of the last remnant of roy alty in this fine country. This is so evident that I know persons who have become Republicans, since the monarchists associated together to de stroy the Republic. A gentleman told me the otter day that in a village of Normandy, where he was born, there were not six Republicans at the period of the Revolution of February, and that at this date there are not six persons who are not Republicans. This rapid progress of Republican ideas has been certainly caused by the reaction among the monarchists rather than by the I'ght of Republicanism, for the Govern ment has stiiven to shut the mouths of the people by oppressive laws, worthy tie government of Nicholas of Russia. But 1 repeat to my readers, who are freemen and are desirous of seeing all people enjoy the benefits of the natural law of Republ canism, the light of free government is penetrating little by little into the darkness of despotism, not only in France but throughout Europe. Yet a little perseverance, and justice will triumph over iniquity. In G rmany, despotism is redoubling its effort to tear from the people the last traces of the lit. erty implanted by the late revolutions, but this excess of oppression cannot fail to lead onward the reign of the people, fcr the proverb lays truly “Extremes meet.” Italy suffers the fate of Geimany, tho tyrants of that unfortunate coun try seek every meats to free themselves from the French army. In effect, this army, after having put down Ihe Roman Republic, will now efface this shameful page in the history of France by rebuilding the re’gn of liberty in tho immortal city. Nothing is more probable than the accom plishment of this act of justice, if this army re mains in Rome until the elections of 1852. This epoch is so dreaded by European tyrants that they cannot think of it without trembling with rage, but aT their efforts to evade the just chas tisement that awaits them will be in vain. Quitting this triste subject I may say that commercial affairs in France are more active than could be hoped for under a Government which constantly conspires against the public prosperity. Our great manufacturing districts are very fairly occupied. This activity aston ishes our English neighbors who nourished a hope of a crisis occasioned by the low price of cotton. One thing cannot be denied and that is, that the distinguished rank the industry of France has taken at the great Exposition in Lon don will produce a stimulating effect on the com merce of France. The English do not disguise the jealous astonishment caused by our progress in every sort of manufactures. Yet, a few year. 3, and France will not be less envied than tho model republic of her good friends the Ameri cans. Next Saturday tho fete given by the French commission to the exhibitors at the great Ex position will commence. The preparations for this fete are being pushed forward with the great est activity, innumerable workmen are constant ly employed in the immense palace of the Hotel de Ville, transforming the court into a garden. They have taken down the statue of Louis Quatorze which stood in the centre of the court and erected a pretty fountain in its place. Trees of moderate size have been planted at the angles of the court, in the middle of which there is a parterre of flowers and orangs trees The great gallery and its dependancies will be decorated with the utmost splendor. It is there where the banquet of five hundred covers will be held. The furnishers of the wardrobe have opened their vast warehouses to tho Prefect of Paris to supply him with the vessels of gold and silver, tho candelabras, bread and fruit baskets, carpets, crystals, &c., necessary to render the Hotel de Ville. » glittering? object of splendor Suspended around the galleries, halls and saloons, there will be more than five hundred lustres of gold and crystal, without counting the candela bras and giiondoles. The bill of fare for tie feast is prodigeous. They have sent to Nor mandy for a colossal ox to roast entire, so that we may offer to our guests a national dish. The following has been the cost of the fetes given in Paris since the commencement of this century:—The coronation of Napoleon cost $250,- 000. The marriage of Mario Louise $582,000. The birth of the King of Rome—son of the Emperor, $120,000. The baptism of the Duke of Bordeaux—now called Henry V. $126,000. For 9, fete given to the Due d’ Angouleme on the occasion of his return from the famous war in Spain, entered into for the purpose of re-estab lishing a tyrant on the throne, $160,000. The coronation of Charles X. (tho stupid) $312 000. The marriage of the Due’d’ Orleans, the eldest son of Louis Phillippe $415,000, making a total of $2,014,000 drawn from the revenues of the capital. This is a prodigality which 1 censure, because the city of Paris draws its revenues from taxes which weigh more heavily upon tho work ing classes than on those possessing wealth. The purchase of food is nothing to the rich, it consti tutes the least of their expenses, while the poor consume their entire earnings to supply them selves with the first necessities of life. It is then a crime to impose taxes on articles of absolute necessity. But the approaching fete need cost nothing to the city of Paris, if the government with whom the idea of the /efc first originated, will authorize a subscription which the merchants of the city will take in hand, to defray the expenses of the festival, which will in fact be of more benefit to commence than to any thing else. But the government prefers to give the fete out of its own capital. Embellishments are continually being added to the city. It is in contemplation now, to ask the Assembly for a grant of $51,000,000 francs for the construction of a now market in the centre of Paris, and to continue the Rue Rivoli, to the Hotel de Ville. This done and the Rue Rivoli will be without a rival in the world. The idea is approved by all the people of Paris, for it will cause the removal of thousands of badly constructed houses, and render the quartier chiefly inhabited by the work ing classes, more healthy—and to these classes too much attention cannot be paid, for it is labor that enriches a nation. On Monday the 28th, Paris rejoiced in a novel spectacle, 1 allude to the eclipse of the sun, which the clear state of the atmosphere, permitted to be observed without the slightest obstacle. In a few days we shall have advices from a number of French Savants, who went to Dantzick to wit ness the eclipse, it having been a total eclipse in that city Marechai Sebastian is dead. There are now five Mareohal’s of France, viz., Soult, the only Marechai of the empire left. Gerard created by Louis Philippe. Reille, Jerome Bonaparte, and Excelmans, created by Louis Napoleon. M. Cabet, the celebrated communist, who no w resides in the city of Nauvoo (Illinois) has been condemned in his absence, by the Correctional Tribunal of Paris, for pilfering—they having ac cused him of having applied to his own uses and profits, the monies of those who had followed him to the United States for the purpose of putting his social principles into practice. But M Cabet at last has come to Paris, to appea] against this judgment, and has been acquitted of this unjust accusation against h’s honor and probity. • There is something immoral as well as danger ous in intermixing passion with love, and this has been lately shown in this city by two terrible ex amples : A waiter at a cafe had a liaison with a young girl, 18 years of age and very pretty. The young man was of a jealous disposition, and was perpetually accusing his mistress of infidel ity. At length his jealousy became so violent that he conceived the horrible project of murder ing the young girl. The wretch accomplished > the crime by cutting her throat with a razor. He is in the hands of Justice, having already con fessed his crime. A merchant of the Quartier Montmartre was paying his addresses to a young and handsome Italian girl. About a month after he had first begun to do so, he became cool and reserved, and the fair Italian asked him the cause of his strange conduct. He replied that his family were desirous of his marrying another person. This avowal fired the blood of the young Italian, and she swore to kill her rival. This threat caused much disquietude to the unfaithful lover, for he knew that the Italian was not joking in the matter ; nevertheless, the marriage took place, but just as the invited guests had retired, the Italian rushed into tho apartments of the newly married couple, and stabbed herself, in stead of killing her rival. Happily, tho blow was partially turned off by some person present at this tragic scene, and the furious Italian was yesterday quite recovered, and has been bound over to keep the peace, and maintain a proper respect for the laws of France. E. Matsell’s Enemies Retracting. August 16, 1851. To the Editors : The minds of some of the members of the firm of Subsoil & Co. “have undergone groat change” since the publication of their letter last week, in i relation to tho confirmation of Matsoil, as Chief ; of Police. But so much stress has been laid upon the fact that merchants, brokers, insurers, real estate owners, and other men of “ wealth and standing” are devoted to Matsell by every tie that can bind men together, that some of the members of our firm have become troubled with a diarhoei of “ doubts and misgivings.” Even Inyard, the oysterman—and an excellent man in the oyster lin j is Inyard—suffers his attention to be diverted from the new building at the corner of Wall and Broad streets, at wh ch point the public have indulged to a surfeit in the discu's on of the magnificent bivaiv.'S, of whteh Inya d en joys the exclusive monopoly—-to observe, with , profound interest, the warm gratulations that I meet Matsell whenever he makes bis appearance ; in that healthy atmosphere, at the hands of the ' “men of wealth and standing,” who perambulate I from ten to three, in thb neighborhood of “ pov I erty corner.” | Besides, the Courier and Enquirer unequivo -1 cally B‘ates that M atsell po-sesses qualities for the performance of the duties of Chief of Police that “no man possesses, nor can possess ” This straightforward indorsement from Webb ought to be conclusive,and in'ura Mate H’sunanim'us confirmation. As a “clincher,” We’>b.p ak' of “ political meadicante”— men without influ ence—who visited Albany and p oeured the pas sage of an amendment to the chart jr requiring the Mayor to do his duty. Tho Subsoilers fee> deeply this severity from Webb They knew, from long experience, that Webb is rue himself —and his political life having been sanspeur et sans ri proche— the public, “ without regard to party,” have learned to love him with the fervid affection that is tee meed of all dis i interested p itriots. The Subsoilers do not be i lieve that Webb received that $52,000 The Sub , boilers do not believe that Webb beggtcl James K. Polk fora military title and pay Tee Sub- ■ sotters do not believe that Webb begged General , Taylor for an office, and that Webb was rejected ■ by the Senate. The Subsoilers do not believe that tbe last act of “political mendicancy” on . the part of Webb was to solicit in public places— like a beggar under the Vagrant Act of ’33—tbe empty tide of General, and the chapeau and fea , thers, from Governor Hunt. These are all , slanders against Webb, and the Subsoilers do . not credit one word of the mendacioui allega- I tions. ( The Subsoilers, in acknowledge g the just’ce p of Webb’s rebuke, hasten to make umines, by , demanding for Matsell these things: First: A service cf plate from the merchant 3, bankers, brokers, insurers, and other men of “wealth and standing,” who have, “in the ( mocthindsome manner, come forward” to sustain him in office. If Ma’sell deserves these eulo ' giums, he is entitled to the plate. f Second : A public dinner from our citizens, accompanied by an address from Recorder Tal , madge, complimenting Matsell for his heroism at the Astor Place Riots. * Th : rd—That a resolution bo offered in the Common Council, by some one of Matsell’s Ad mirer. , that Matsell’s portrait be painted, at an expense not to exceed Two Hunored and Fifty dollars, and be hung up in the Clerk’s office in ’ the City Hall by the side of the late venerable Jacob Hays- If these things be done, the Sub-Soilers will be satisfied that the “men of wealth and stand ing” who are backing Matsell up are sincere. P. S. —Captain Jo. Cornell, of the Ivy Green, ’ desires us to state that it should not be inferred from our last letter that he is unfriendly to Mat , sell; but, on the contrary, that he is in favor of Matsell’s confirmation, as he considers him to be a “Democrat of the Jeffersonian stamp.” Yours, Subsoil &. Co , 5 * hoarding- Zaouse troubles. - New York, August 8,1851. To the Editors: (. lam a victim ; and my victimizer is the keeper of a boarding house—a pale, thin shrew, with a voice like a cracked kettle, and a temper acidulated as any tem per can be. I would doubt her being a woman were 3 it not that my wife assures me she suckles an infant. S That, however is not absolute evidence, for there is a - tradition of a man having done so. Mrs. Peter has a 1 husband, a surly, black whiskered individual, who sits f at the foot of the table and carves, who has an office k in some mysterious part of the city, but who general- ly lounges about the front door, and smokes half Spanish, which occasionally have decidedly the twang of a penny-a-grab. My fellow boarders are about twenty in number, of the genus Neo Eljoracensis, and 3 not bad specimens of them, except two rabid aboli -3 tionists, who insist ou being humane to the Southern , negro at the expense of Southern planters, and a 3 1/inglißhman, who is very fond of A.eggs, and is per fectly satisfied that the sun is not so bright nor the stars so bright as they are in Old England. He also i thinks the Yankees have a decided Aaccent. and that the 1 firish speak a most ’orrible lingo. He thinks the r “ Duke,” or Dook, the greatest man that ever was, and once had the honor of standing within a few feet of him, while his Grace’s horses were being changed at , a//Oxfordshire Zfinn. We get up at 8 A. M., breakfast at 9, dine at 2 P. M., * sup at 7, and go to bed when we please. This is our 8 mode of life. t I have been married nearly eight years, and it has been my fortune to live in boarding houses all my t life, not having as much of this world’s gear as I de -1 sire and deserve, and for the purpose of doing good once in my life I indite this epistle to you. The class 3 of people who fill boarding houses are exactly the 5 class who should, not be there—young men, with younger wives, who, without family or children, are left to gossip all day, and make all kinds of 3 imprudent acquaintances, while their husbands are absent at their ware-houses and stores. In I almost every one is some miserable male adven , turer, idle and debased, who to amuse (!) himself trifles B with young women, and by insinuations, though he do no more, contrives to embitter the peace of fami lies. Study is out ot the question, improvement not f thought of, and all the household cannot out uescena to the level of the worst. There is no doubt in my 0 mind, but that more women have been corrupted by women than by men, and if there be any thing awful in nature, it is a she-devil who would sink all others into her own perdition. Yet this seems unavoidable for the high prices of rent in New York, make it im -8 possible for the mass of the youthful couples to live 8 otherwise. In England this is not the case, the board ing house being, we are told unknown. The young i. menage, is small but it is a household and houses are so 0 built that people live apart. c If I hadja fortune, lam sure I would do good by t building small houses, small enough for small families e of such a character as to be let at small rents and my life for it, the improvement would be manifest. The n gossip of the boarding house would be avoided, scan del would be harmless and every man would be able e to shelter his wife’s fame from calumny and censure, ’• which will hang even around an angel in a boarding t house. The suburban villages around the city, promise .1 to do much good, but before the desired end can be e effected, capital must be employed. Who will do so ? Yours &c., Benedict. Steamboat Excursions. e TheE. L. Snow Social Union No. 1, apopu r lar auxiliary in the cause of temperance, will have their fifth annual pic nio excursion on Thursday next, August 21st, to Biddle’s Grove, s We see that the steamboat New Jersey, and e the barge General Warren is engaged for the e occasion. It will, no doubt, be one of the most t interesting excursions of the season. See adver - i tisement for particulars. . b On Thursday next there is to be a Grand Co i tillon and Military Excursion to the villages of f Stratton Port and Flammersburg. Mr. Flam -3 mer seems to be determined to make the now village as well known to our citizens as Hoboken 1 or Harlem. The splendid steamer Nimrod has < bden chartered for the excursion. The .(are is 3 placsd at a single shilling each way. The boat e will stop long enough to allow passengers time e to examine the village, and the beautiful scenery in the vicinity. This excursion will afford an a, excellent opportunity to those who desire to 1 purchase lots in this delightful location, to ex -1 amine the lots for themselves. Mr. F. always i desires those who purchase land from him to - examine it carefully before purchasing, as it is s one of his hobies to have every one w’ith whom r he does business thoroughly satisfied. The celebrated Montgomery Guaiid, under J the command of Captain Thomas S. Murphy, h will make an excursion to Albany on Tuesday o next, on board of the steamer Rip Van Winkle, a While in Albany, they will be guests of the Em it' met Guard, commanded by Captain Osborne, of that city. That they will have a pleasant trip, u we are satisfied, as Quartermaster Perry and the late Lieutenant Timothy Garrick, two gen v themen whose society always makes an excur y sion agreeable, and who feel a deep interest in d the welfare of the Montgomery Guards, will be among the excursionists. A very respectable host of friends have been invited to visit Albany v with the Company. The excursion will be at n tended with a degree of gentlomany pleasure I and social glee, that is worthy of a company so j. justly cßlebrated as the Montgomery Guards. d The Grand Pic-Nic and Cotillon Excursion j of the “ Americus Association” is to come off >f on Monday. The party go to Glen Cove by the ,t steamer New Jersey, and barge L. R. Mellen, i] Shelton’s band accompanies them. The most d brilliant arrangements have been made, and, d we doubt noi, that all who go on this excursion will have a day’s real enjoyment. •_ “ Liberty Association” turn out on their first s annual Pic-Nic and Cotillon Excursion on Wed > nesday. Glen.Covo is their destination, and the a steamer Cataline, and barge Mellen, have been e chartered for the occasion. The music is to be d furnished by Adkin’s band. The members of p the Association propose to furnish the girls, and Lt a right merry time is expected. The Clinton Guard go on a grand pic-nic and d cotillon excursion to Peekskill on Tuesday next. The steamer Hudson and barge L. R- Mellen H have been chartered for the occasion. Shelton’s celebrated band is to accompany the excursion, LS and there can be no doubt that there will bo e some fine sport to those who arc fortunate enough it to be there. j A grand cheap excursion to Montreal, Quebec, [ s and the Saguaney River, is announced in another column. This is an excursion of the most inter esting kind, affording an opportunity of witnoss ’ ing some of the finest scenery in the world, which ’’ is, as yet, comparatively unknown. A grand pleasure and fishing excursion takes ’ place to-morrow. The steamer Failfield has been engaged. It is to be a sort of aquatic pic- J nic, cotillon, and fishing excursion. Music, fish ing tackle, and chowder will be on board, and a fine day’s sport is anticipated. v Tho Santa Claus and Jonas C. Hart make t regular trips to Fort Hamilton and Coney Island g to-day. Those who with to enjoy a pleasant ' sail at the cost of a single shilling, have here tho facility afforded them. Tke Island City goes to Flushing, the Frank to Fort Lee, Bull’s Ferry, and Tillietudlem. Tho Hoboken Ferries will take you over for four cents. jjQp* The lady of Ex-President Tyler went up the River on Friday, on her way to Saratoga. Like every II body else, she selected the Reindeer, and we have no ” doubt Capt. Degroot, with his usual gallantry, took a proper care of her on the trip. Musical rffoting-s. The Opera —We have had three representations of Donizetti’s beautiful comic opera of ‘*Don Pasquale” this week, and we regret to say, we are to have no more. The Opera season is nearly oi er ; in fact the fifty nights promised to the purchasers of season ' tickets have already expired, and the manager has still lots of attractive novelties in store for his patrons, all of which he is now compelled to crowd into the two or three remaining weeks. Hence the impossibil- 1 ity of continuing the tbe “ Don Pasquale,” popular, I charming and successful, as it is. It is scarcely worth our while to give our readers I the plot of u Don Pasqua’e,” since it is already well | known, and is similar in construction to hundreds of ! amusing little farces. The auditor can understand ' all about it, even without a knowledge of Italian. | Signora Bosio played the mischievous, charming I and spirited young widow to perfection ; all was lady- ; like, but full of fun and perfectly bewitching. Her singing, too,was never better, nevermore sympathetic and artist-like. Signor Salvi, as “ Ernesto,” was as quietly and me thodically perfect a< ever. His ‘‘Com’ e ’gentil,” as well as the charming little duet with Bosio, which follows, drew down rapturous encores each night.— With all due deference, however, we think that Signor Sai.vi, by the means and appliances at every artist’s command, such as wigs, paint, &c , might have made his appearance more youthful, as the dashing, young and ardent lover. As it was. Signor Salvi, scorning such artifices, looked rather older on the stage in this piece, than he usually does off the stage. Sig. Badiali made a most capital “Dr. Malatesta ” His acting, dressing and singing was peifectly artistic in every paiticular, and we never saw the part better represented, nor Signor Badiali represent any part so entirely successfully. Some fault has been found by hypercritics with Sig. Marini’s personation of Don Pasquale.” Now we venture to assert, that if these critics had never seen this truly great and versatile artist, in such parts as Sylva, Duke Alfonzo, Henry VIII., or Attila, but had first seen him in comic parts, these faults would never have been found. It is so difficult to fancy a great tragedian playing a low comedy part well, and vice versa. As to his imitating Mr. Burton in the “Too dles,” that assertion is simply ridiculous, since we know that Mr. Marini has never seen Mr. Burton. His acting and “business” is precisely what Lablache, the original “Don Pasquale,” does. True, he exag gerates a little occasionally, but we can forgive that, as he is generally clever in all his funny scenes. His worst fault (meant for fun) is tne frequent introduc tion of English sentences, which is in bad taste. His singing was glorious throughout. The Orchestra, under Sig. Arditi (who has our thanks for the charming Hondo Finale he furnished to Bosio) played the charming music with a taste and precision never surpassed, and the chorus, of which there is very little, reflected great credit on Mr. llenssler. To-morrow evening, at the particular request of many box-office correspondents, “La Sonnambula” will be given once more. Teis Opera had before been announced for the “last time,” but Mr. Maretzek found it impossible to resist the many solicitations for its repetition. On Wednesday we are to have “/Z Barbiere.” the greatest of all Comic Operas, with a cast that has ne ver been equalled here. It will include Signora Ber tucca Maretzek, whose re-appearance here, we and thousands with ui hail with delight, and Signori Salvi, Badiali, Marini and Colelti. Be prepared for more excitement. Sunday Concerts. —The new Violin player, Mr. G. Krollman, created quite furore at Castle Garden on Sunday evening last, by his performance of a couple of Solos, especially of the “ Carnival de Venice,” which he played with a great deal of originality and quaintness. He is to repeat it to-night by request, together with another favorite solo. The rest of the Programme is more than usually attractive. Gone Fishing —A favorite and popular tenor went fishing, and with a silver voice, lured a charming little fish, known among Izaak Walton’s disciples as a fniil ing. He is happy in its possession, and so is the little captive—-and may both long remain so. In plain words, our silver-voiced Lorini has led our young and favorite Soprano Miss Virginia Whiting to thehymen ial altar. May their joy and happiness never be dimmed for a moment of their lives. The Seguins open the season at the Walnut street theatre, Philadelphia, on Monday evening next. Remenyi, the young Hungarian violinist, who was in this country two years ago, is giving concerts with success in London. Felicien David, tho composer, is about to bring out a new opera in Paris, called “ La Perle du Bresil.” Auber’s new opera, “ La Corbeille des Oranges,” has completely failed at Her Majesty’s Theatre in London. Jenny Lind, tbe Buffalo Courier records, was among the company at the Clifton House, on the Canada side Niagara Falls, ou Saturday and Sunday, together with the Hon. Col. Bruce, younger brother and Aid-de- Camp to Lord Elgin ; Sir Hew Dalrymple, 71st Regt.; Otto Goldsmidt, the pianist, and many officers of the American and British service, beside a good many fashionables. A funny incident is described as having occurred on Sunday evening. Jenny was singing in her room, some little Swedish hymns. Of course at the sound of her voice, many persons, some of whom had never heard its delightful tones, assembled in the halls and upon the balconies, to listen. Two enthusiastic gen tlemen, anxious to be as near as possible to the person of the Syren, leaned agaipst the door of her chamber Suddenly, the singing ceased , the door was opened from the interior, and the two amateurs made a rapid and desperate pluu e, directly into the arms of the fair Swede, who was coming out in search of a candle Jenny is but human, and was “pretty mad.” Who can wonder. To this, the Express adds, [Now, remember, Mr. John Bull, this happened in your dominions, not in ours.] Parodi is rusticating at Lake George. She could not have seleoted a more delightful place on the whole American continent. Borghese, Fort. i and Rosi are at Saratoga, concert izing. Fellows’ Minstrels. —Read the card, and don’t fail to be on hand to enjoy the rich entertainments that are nightly given by this popular band. A cool, well ventilated house, and performances varied nightly, araw crowas on an occasions. theatrical Xloings, etc. The blossoms of the fall season have budded, bloom ed and withered, and the fruits will shortly appear. Burton appears on Monday at the Chambers street house, which has been renovated, and will be found beautiful and comfortable. Programme of perform ances to be found in another column. Brougham will open the Lyceum on the succeeding Monday. The Broadway will reopen early in September. There will be extraordinary competition during the coming sea son. Bowery. —An engagement has been effected with Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams, who will appear on Monday in the popular drama of “ Ireland, As It Is;” as “Ragged Pat.” and “ Judy O’Trot.” To conclude with Jm Tour de Nese. —Eddy, as “Capt. Buridan,” and Mis. M. Jones, as “'Margaret of Burgundy.” Mr. Williams and wife are engaged fora lixhited period. Burtons. —Tomorrow night Burton commences the fall campaign in magnificent style, and will as a mat ter of course be greeted with a crowded house. Bur ton is an old stager, and understands to perfection the art and msytery of catering for the public. Hence his success on all occasions. Niblo’s. —Burton &Co. concluded their engagement here on Saturday night with a splendid benefit to Mr. Burton. Mr. Sefton’s benefit on Thursday night was also a highly satisfactory affair. The Ravels will play on their usual nights next week. On Tuesday evening Mrs. Mowatt will appear in her own play of “Ar mand.” This announcement will be sufficient to call forth a brilliant attendance. The success of Mrs. Mowatt in Europe has only been equalled by one American lady—Charlotte Cushman. Our country men have reason to be proud of both of these distin guished performers. National. —Mr. Booth has been playing a round of piominent characters at this house to crowded and highly discriminating audiences. Mr. Purdy manages to avail himself of the first theatrical talent available, and hence the high reputation he has acquired in the management of the National. The bill for Monday night will be found to be varied and attractive. Museum. —On Monday, Rope Performances by the Martinettis.—“The Queen’s Own,” to conclude with “The Red Monster.” Evening performances—Ladder Feats by the Martinettis —Farce of “ Three Shaws,” to conclude with the unrivalled pantomime of the “Mystic Cross.” The same bill will be repeated on Tuesday. Professor Anderson. —The private Soiree given by the Professor on Thursday evening was attended by the most gratifying results. Several of his feats were of so startling a nature that, upon their conclusion, the Professor was cheered by the gentlemen, and the ladies waved their handkerchies to express their plea sure. The Professor will commence his public exhi bitions at Tripier Hall on Monday evening. The ex terior arrangements are under 'the directions of Mr. Wilton, the gentleman who engaged Jenny Lind for Barnum. THE BUSIMHSS WOElXtf). Who Wants to Buy Carpeting Cheap ? —We will tell you where you can get bargains, if you promise not to all rush at once to the place. Hiram Anderson, at No 99 Bowery, has determined to give bargains to the people who patronize his shop ; and as it is impossible for him to tell who are his patrons, when they are so numerous, there will be a chance for outsiders to slip in and share the benefits. Mr. A. must look out, or he may find that his immense sales may take eff too much of the profits of his previous business. For Sale —The Store and Dock at North port, Long Island. Apply to Lewis & Bunco, on the premises. This is worth the attention of the public. Moseman- Cheap Cash Tailoring, on the most approved scientific principles, is done with promptness and dispatch, by John C. Moseman, at No. 76 East Broadway. This gentleman has deter mined that he will not be eat up with rent himself, nor allow his numerous customers to be victimized on that score. The man who can’t get a fit at Moseman’s is beyond hope ; he may as well give up all idea of getting a garment that will fit, if this enterprizing gentleman fails. We must, however, injustice, say, that we never heard of a failure. How they revel in it. —The whole po pulation of our great City and its suburbs have be come. as it were, mad, after salt water. The Baths where this luxury can be enjoyed are daily crowded with both sexes, and all ages. The virtues of the waters of the great deep are beginning to be realized and appreciated by the people, in the midst of this great rush, Gray, whose baths are so advantageously situated to get pure water—near the Fulton Ferry, Brooklyn—is reaping a rich harvest. Ilis success is a guarantee of the health of the people. Summer Clotaing. —We have frequently had occasion to call the attention of our readers to the Tailoring establishment of Mr. William Mills, located at No. 399 Grand-st. We have just learned that he is astonishing bis customers by the extraor dinary cheapness of his Summer stock. And we take ; this opportunity of announcing the fact, for the bene ' fit of our readers and their friends. It is not neces sary for us to say anything in regard to the style or quality of the goods made up at this great Clothing Emporium ; nor is it necessary for us to say that he makes clothing to order, in a style unsurpassed for workmanship and fit. All we need say at this time is, that those who desire bargains in Summer clothing, should call on Mills without delay. Where they get them. —Crowds of ladies, children, and servant girls, are daily seen traveling homeward with baskets of cakes, pies, &c. Some of the best come from Currier’s, No. 191 Green wich-st. The Season has Coemenced. —The “ town” is once more alive with people. The water ing places are almost abandoned, and the residents of Union place, Fifth avenue and Gramercy park are busy with their preparations for “THE WINTER CAMPAIGN.” Trade, after en uneasy slumber, hot and restless, is now wide awake, and the thronged pavements bespeak the gratifying truth that the season has commenced. Knox, like Barkis, is “willin Call and examine his Fall Style of Hat! Talk of Excelsior, it is not only higher, but is broader, lighter, and more elegant than ever, and still the price remains a dollar cheaper than is charged for an “ inferior article ” at the so-called fashionable Broadway establishment. Call and ex amine ! Call rather and buy one of his Fall Style of I Huts. His experience of a life-time, added to tlie anxious labor of weary months, have been expended on the production of this rare specimen of his art—a specimen that combines taste, durability, beauty and lightness, far in advance of anything yet introduced to a fastidious public. In reply to innumerable in quiries. relative to the time when a White Hat be comes unfashionable, Knox would most respectfully announce that the issue of his Fall Style of Hat ha*a been in accordance with the demand of the Fashion able World, consequently the White Hat NOW ! I may be considered as an. evidence of an “empty pocket,” or an affectation, never indulged in by those who think there is a “season for all things.” Again. I repeat, call, examine, select and pay for one of Knox’s beautiful Hats OF THE FALL STYLE FOR 1851. Remember his place is at No. 128, Fulton street, where citizens and strangers, fashionables and unfashiona bles. old and young, will be heartily welcomed by Knox. Coney Island —The Pavilion Hotel.— The Proprietor of the Pavilion is one of the most popular public caterers in the vicinity of New York, and adds not a little to the travel between this City and that Island. We hear almost every day some thing like this : “ Suppose we go down to the Pavilion at Coney Island.” “ Agreed—Brooks 1r a prince of a fellow in serving up good things, and a sail will give us a glorious appetite to enjoy his delicacies!” and off they go. Blackberry Brandy. —The virtues of this article in Dysentery are universally acknow ledged. Mr. Stephen V. Albro, of No. 328 Bowery, has now on hand, and for rale, the genuine article, which he is rapidly selling off. Those who derire to have their demijohns filled, before it is all gone, should go soon. Large Stock and Great Variety.— Ladies will find at the stoieof Messrs. Peterson & Humphrey, corner of Broadway and White-st., a mag nificent assortment of Carpetings of all kinds, Rugs, Oilcloths, &c. &c., of the newest styles and patterns. This stock is well worth the careful examination of those who desire to purchase any article in this line, as it is certainly one of the largest and most carefully selected to be found in the city. The store is No. 379 Broadway, and every attention is paid to persons who desire to purchase. Should be Known. —A cotemporary says that the best of Boots and Shoes can be had at Brooks’s, No. 150 Fulton-st. H e know that this is an abrupt declaration, but we ought to make it, be cause it co-incides exactly with the truth, and the promulgation, therefore, is of public benefit. Mr. Brooks is one of the best manufacturers of Boots and Shoes in the city. He fits every sort of foot, no mat ter how awkward, or how frightfully covered with corns it may be. The most eminent physicians of Boston, New York, and many other cities, having been fur nished with the Receipe of Dr. Morse’s Compound Syrup of Yellow Dock Root, and having tested its merits, do now recommend it as being the best medicine in use for purifying the Blood, renovating, strengthening and invigorating the system, restoring health and anima tion to body and mind. For sale at the General De pot, 2}a, Maiden lane; also sold by Druggists gene rally throughout the country. Espenscheid’s Hats.— Espenscheid, of 107, Nassau street, corner of Ann street, has issued Lis tail fashion of Gent’s Hats, which combine all the elegance and beauty, the lightness and durability that has given the hats of his manufacture their high re putation ; and he, our readers must remember, is selling them at the extremely low price of three dol lars and a half. None are better, and certainly there can be none cheaper. 82, Nassau street Bootmaker’s Union Association. Boots, Shoes, and Gaiters at Retail for wholesale prices. Fire.— S. S. Riley, 218 and 135, Canal street, in despite of being burned out has risen Phenix like, enlarged his stores and stocked them with a large assorment of Solar Lamps, Girondoles, , also with a good supply of the beat of Oil, Camphene, and burn ing Fluid, which are sold cheap. Shout for the Union—The Hat Fin tshers Union .'—They are emphatically the people’s Hatters, and their new Fall style will prove one of the people’s choicest gems. Divested of all fantastic features, it is at once elegant and tasteful, and lends a wondrous enchantment in the adornment of a gentleman. Hat Finishers’ Union, No. 11 Park Row, opposite the Astor House—sign of the Golden Hat. New Yorkers Benefited by the World’s Fair —We observe lately several shipments of Hats to England, being the execution of orders received by Colman, No. 109 Nassau-st.. from his Agent at the Crystal Palace, in consequence of the beauty and style of his goods, Colman having dis tanced all competition in that gigantic race. He is sued his Fall style on Saturday, the 16th. Gentle men who have favored him with their orders will re ceive their goods to-morrow, Monday. How LONG WILL Men BE BLIND TO THEIR own interest ? —The answer is, Until they call on T. Smith, Jr., at No. 162 Fulton-st , and satisfy them selves that he is now selling Clothing at unprece dented low prices—so low, that every man who favors him with a call, (after purchasing) goes on his way fully assured that No. 102 Fultnn-st. is the place to buy clothing cheap ; and that T. Smith is a man who performs as he promises, that is. he sells good Clothing, and sells it cheaper than the cheapest. Hutchings’ Vegetable Dyspepsia Bit term.—This invaluable Medicine has cured thousands of our citizens, whose health and lives ever have been placed in jeopardy by the insidious inroads which this terrible malady was making upon their constitu tions. From being low spirited, depressed an# use less individuals, dragging out a miserable existence, they have become, in a few weeks, healthy, active and happy individuals, capable of enjoying life, and im proving all its advantages. This glorious change of circumstances is brought about wholly by the use of a few bottles of Hutchings’ Vegetable Dyspepsia Bit ters, which can be bought at 50 cents per bottle. Kept constantly for sale at the princioal depot. No 122 Fulton-st. West Mount Vernon—Homestead As sociation.—This beautiful piece of property will be divided amongst the members as soon as the full number is obtained. The survey is completed, and all the plots, 434 in number, staked out, so as to con tain at least four city lots. Tbe location has a great many very superior advantages. It can ba reached in just thirty minutes from the city. The commuta tion is low; the land high, dry and fertile, with a. river front of over half a mile. Two railroads run through it ; an old station is about the center of it, and the new one will be within three minutes walk. It is adjoining the property of the N. Y. H. J. Asso ciation, and of East Mount Vernon, in which places there are 1,100 different persons interested, which will make in one section, with this Association, about 1,500. Where so many persons buy in one neighbor hood, there must be a great deal of building and general business. Property muit consequently rise, and all original subscribers to it will derive the bene fit. Meetings are held every Tuesday evening at 170 Hester-st. Gouraud’s Liquid Hair Dye never fails instanly to convert red or gray hair to brown oi* black. Gouraud’s Italian Medicated Soap cures tan, pimples, freckles, sunburn. &. Poudre Subtile uproots hair from any part of the body. Liquid Rouge, Lilly White, and Hair Gloss, found at the old establised Laboratory, 67 Walker street, near Broadway. The followinff letter ought to be read by every maid, wife or mother, in the whole country : it is such things, and such things only, that bring ont the truth. Here is a female voluntarily devoting her time to the diffusion of a knowledge, simply because she feels it a duty, to benefit her whole sex. It is worth while for persons to call at the Depot, No. 102 Nassau-st., and see the long list of names of persons cured. To Females Only. —August, 15, 1851.—A free invitation to all afflicted with female complaints to call and see me, feeling it a duty I owe my own sex, to communicate facts that circumstances have thrown in my way. I resided at No. 428 Greenwich-st., two doors from Dr. Watts’s establishment, for twelve months, and saw such wonderful cures effected by his Nervous Antidote, that seemed to defy description : hundreds of weak, debilitated, consumptive and dis eased women, have entered there, hardly able to bear the fatigues of the world another day, that were thoroughly changed, in a week or two, to healthy, hearty, strong and active women. My own daughter was afflicted with spine complaint for two years and a half. I placed her under his care, and the improve ment is almost miraculous. The issue stopped, and the leg, which was shriveled up, regained its natural size in about four weeks. But it is not her case alone I wish to make known ; but during the daily visits I paid the Doctor, to let him see how the medicine was operating, I met with numerous females who con versed freely with me about the medicine ; and I heard such wondrous accounts of the extraordinary cures it had effected, more particularly with females and children, I resolved to this step, and shall feel a pleasure to communicate with ladies on the subject. Mrs. Macartney, 505 Greenwich-st“ Fall and Winter Dry Goods. —It will be seen by Hitchcock & Leadbeater’s advertisement, that they are already prepared to serve their custom ers with new Fall Silks. Shawls, De Laines, Cashmeres, Merinoes, and every other kind of Fall and Winter Dress Goods, as well as with French Muslins, Barages, Grenodines, and other thin Summer goods, which they are selling cheap. Ladies, go to the Bowery Saving Store, No. 126 Bowery, while the excitement lasts, for there is a great rush there for goods, we are told ; and you can read about it in another column, that Linen Handkerchiefs are selling at one shilling, worth 25 cents, or more ; and that in Domestic Goods a per fect slaughter is being made. I. O. of O. F.—Drummond, 331, Grand street, has a large assortment of Regalia of every style of the most exquisite workmanship and the best materials. Those cheap Summer Dress Goods, at Bodine’s, in Grand-st., are the greatest excitement of the present day. Printed Lawns and Mu-lins, from 6d. to Is. per yard ; Barage De Laines, from Is. to Is. 6d. and 2s. per yard ; Barages and Tissues, 2s. per yard ; Foulard Silks and Poplins, from 2s. 6d. to 3s. 6d. per yard ; Summer Shawls, from ss. to 7s. ; Mantillas and Visettes, from $2 to $4 ; Para sols. from Bs. to 14s. ; Men’s and Boys’ Summer Wear, from Is. to Is. 6d. per yard. All kinds of Domestic Goops, cheap. G. M. Codine,• 323 Grand-st. corner of Orchard-st. OXTX* AXTD SU&UBBB. Another Accident from driving Cattle through the streets. —Friday morning we were witnesses to a serious accident which occurred through the reprehensible practice of driving cattle through crowded thoroughfares. A large ox was driv ing all before him on Broadway, taking alternately the sidewalk and the centre of the street to himself, and scattering the pedestrians in all directions. When near the Astor House he gored a lady in a most fear ful manner before it was possible for her to get out of his way, or for any one to come to her assistance. The lady, whose features were covered with blood, was taken to the City Hospital, and before the animal was secured we heard that a similar accident occurred to another lady. There does not a week pass that some one is not more or less injured by these animals driven to a state of madness by the noise and confus ion of the city and the rattling of the vehicles in the streets. Yet the owners of the cattle are suffered to perpetuate this outrage on the safety of the citizens with perfect impunity, and all the accidents that oc cur, chiefly as a matter of course, in such cases, to women and children, occasion not the slightest notice on the part of those who have it in their power to put a stop to the dangerous nuisance. We have since heard, that a lady, named Stuart, residing in Brook lyn, who was one of the injured persons, died shortly after having been conveyed home, and it is also stated that an elderly man was so much injured that he ex - pired in the carriage in which he was being conveyed home. The enraged animal was at length captured iu Ann street. The driver, who is said to have been teasing and illtreating the animal, has been arrested, to answer for his conduct and for the consequences which have ensued. De Lunatico Inquirendo. —ln the mat ter of John Clarke, a supposed lunatic.—A commis sion of inquiry was held on the evening of the 11th inst., to inquire into the state of mind of John Clarke, of the City of New York, surgeon. Mr. Clarke is a native of Scotland, and very aged. His friends sa T he is* 91, but he himself says 81. He came to tbs country at the age of 70, and has never practiced here. He is worth considerable property in stocks and railway shares, &c., although not a naturalized citizen. The physician of the Lunatic Asylum » Bloomingdale stated that he considered him of u sound mind, from old age and debility. He ha/ a fracture of the thigh, which prevents his mo’ 11 --- without help. Various witnesses were examined the jury were addressed by Professor 5 . Mott, J ’ in a few minutes they brought in«a verdict tb oc tor John Clarke is insane, and has been of ‘nsound mind for the last two months ; that his yOperty M valued at $40.000; and his next of kin ™ John Clarke, of the British army, Mrs. peen, of ,ae Greenwich, R. I-. and Mrs. McDonnell,‘ Pherson, of Canada. Mr. Bradley le 6 on Tuesday, and is supposed to have gor l west. The Oxford Bank Casj. — P^°P^ e VS. Miles A. Bradley.—Qn Thursday Justice Mountfort delivered his decision in this case. He stated t** the complaint was one of obtaining $7,500, and fraudulent representations, from Mr. From the evidence adduced in the cours" 0 amination, his Honor stated there was e lde “ contradiction. Mr. Bradley bad s ? of moral delinquency in bls > . f ’ but there wae reason to dov’« «We»eeof any