The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1845-11-25

Once every wear the people Of this city
ASSEMBLE in their different wards, for the pur-
pose of placing in the various municipal Offices
men who shall regulate the affairs of our city
Year after year. since our incorporation, has this
game been carried on and year after year have dit
ierent parties and different individuals enacted and
enforced, they listed, the rules and regulations
by which we were to be governed in city affairs
and our lives and health protected, and our happl-
ness increased
In former times, some little attention was paid 10
the wishes of the people, and those appointed to
govern the city became but the opponents of the
peoples desires. But of late years, since we have
been split up into little parties and ciiques, and
since we have departed from the good, honest days
of our fathers officers have altered with the
times until now, about the last possible thing upon
which they exercise their thinking faculties, is the
legitimate object which they were chosen to carry
out In the strife of party every thing else is for
gotten, and the glory of success is considered an
ample equivalent for the manifold evils of badly
regulated system OF city government.
We have tried all the existing parties, and whig-
ism, natlvlsm, and democracy have all failed IN
carrying out the legitimate objects for which they
were elected. Probably, never In the annals Of our
city, have the municipal affairs been so badly regu
lated as during the existing administration. Look
at the streets! Throughout last spring, when ia
tai pestilence, generated without doubt by the filthy
condition of the highways and byways of the city,
was spreading to an alarming extent among all
classes OF society-even when the horrors of gene
raj injection were exhibited to the minds of the
Corporation-it was long time before they needed
the warning; and weeks after the commencement
of the pestience, the streets were piled up with
mountains OF mud and through the hot and sui
try days OF summer, the dust was suffered to accu-
mulate in such quantities, that when shower OF
rain came over, we were left again to wade our
ways through the streets. And throughout the
whole existence OF the present Corporation, the
streets have been in worse condition than ever
before.
But not only In the preservation OF cleanliness
have the present Corporation failed They establish
ed new police system, and adorned the coat facings
OF eight hundred men with huge brass stars These
men, we were told, were to be known by the star,
and stationed at all the corners, both night and day,
ready to protect our citizens at moments notice.
This was reform much needed !; but where are the
'stars - Who ever sees them Z During the day,
are they found stationed through our streets? No.
And at night, are they scattered about vigilant and
active to prevent burglanes, robberies and murder
II they are, those who have taken the trouble to
look for them must have been gifted with singu-
larly unfortunate vision. Since their organization,
burgaries and all night crimes have been on the in
crease. until the people have become utterly dis
gusted not with the police system, which is good
one, but the miserable manner in which it is regu-
lated
The omnibus nuisance Is as bad as ever. Every
citizen who rides IN one of these vehicles is liable
TO be killed by permission OF the Corporation" and
mo blame could be attached to" anybody. The
laws for the regulation OF the omnbusses are not en-
forced, and citizens are entirely at the mercy of
the drivers.
The lottery and policy offices still continue to be
open, for The robbery of the POOR whose hopes are
excited by the prospect OF wealth, and no notice is
taken OF by the Corporation, although the business
snow openly carried on in every street in the city
The people are now pretty well convinced that
none OF the old parties will in this matter of city
reform In the government OF city, all party diff
culties should be laid aside. They are of no use
The primary and sole object OF municipal govern
ment should be properly TO conduct city affairs
All parties and should now unite for the attain
ment of this "consummation devoutly to be wish.
ed"
The LATE CowHIpINs IN THE UNION OFFICE AT
WASHINGTON Several newspapers of late, in at.
tempting to account for the cowhiding inflicted up
on Grey, Ia correspondent and letter wrter) by
Heiss, one OF the Union people, impute it to certain
statements said to have been made by the former in
dividual, which appeared in the Neto York Herald
rejecting upon the females OF Mr.. Ritche's family.
This, however, has been contradcted by the victim
OF Helss's barbanty and we feel bound to say that
we can and do sustain his contradiction. During
the short time that Grey was reporter and CORES.
pendent for this journal, reference was made by
him, only once to the ladies of Mr. Rtchie's fami.
ly, and then in manner highly complimentary to
them. On one occasion, indeed, some mention
was made by him of Mrs. Polk, the accomplish
lady OF the President, which, had we seen it il
time, would have been excluded from our columns
as were afterwards other illusions, made with toe
great freedom, to other ladies, which we struck ou
from the manuscript; and Grey, finally was dis
missed from our employ, for sundry impertinences
personal to us.
No excuse, therefore, has yet been offered, fol
the conduct of Mr.. Heiss, in this matter and. in.
deed, 1t was specimen Of brutality which admits
OF no apology, and which nothing can Justify Pro-
badly he may have intended, by this exhibition o.
awless feroclty, to show his qualifications and Civ.
strength to his claim as candidate for the printing
at the coming Congress- and if SO, no doubt it will
have its proper weigh. with a certain portion o
members-ln fact, it was the best specimen of bru
taty we have heard of-and surpasses, in that lin.
anything that ever Blair and Rives have exhibited
LAUaHABLE INSTANCE OF IyFAMy-Our mos
amlabe contemporary, the Fourier and Down-rente
organ, has pronounced sentence upon the Nep Yorl
Herald, and declares il as his deliberate opinion tina
the recent express from Boston to this city, run b,
ne Herald, and by means OF which we were able to
lay before our readers the news brought by the Br
tannia ahead OF all the other journals of New yorL
city, was one OF the deepest acts Of nfamy ever per
petrated in the newspaper world, and grea, Grim,
In the NeU York Herald
No doubt it was so, in the estimation OF all on
lazy, numbering, lubberly contemporaries, VIII,