The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1845-08-15

has had fair trial. We see in other cases how the
clause in the law prescribing the mode in which
Post Masters are to forward subscriptions TO news
paper proprietors, has been made the means of OPP
preston instead Of benefit. The clause in its prac-
teal application has been burdened with restrictions
and lmposltions of one per cent here, and two per
cent. there, and three per cent elsewhere, until it is
generally abandoned, and newspaper proprietors are
under the necessity OF requesting their subscribers
return TO the old system in that parcular--transmit
bank notes as usual, but don't touch Post Office drafts
Let Mr.. Polk see to this matter. His ad-
mnistration is in a very critical state. Let
him take care. A departure in any instance
from common sense and strict justice in the
management of the public affairs may pro-
duce the ruin of the administration in very few
months Clouds are gathering-distant mutterings
Of thunder are heard-he heaven gather blackness-
storm is evidently approaching. The wise and the
honorable minded man only is safe in such crisis
lie prepares for the tempest He rides out the fury
Of the hurricane. In the full sincerity of our honest
and patriotic desire to promote the best interests Of
the country, we advise Mr.. Polk to inspect carefully
these signs of the times and take the proper course
As for ourselves, nothing for the Post Office
printing, but do care for the maintenance OF the
truth respects the character and circulation of our
ournal-we care for the prosperity and success OF
the post Office system-and we care for the re
dress OF the great wrong committed in a mean and
| pettifoggng spirit by the Postmaster General, by
which the truth and the law were violated, and un-
due and dangerous importance given to disorga-
nzing, antirent, abolition journal, which is at this
moment doing more to demoralize society than all
the other organs Of nfdelity, false philosophy and
| rebellion that ever existed.
| Our PACKET SHIPS, THE ATLANTIC STEAMERS,
AND THE OCEAN PACKET SYSTEM The quick pas
sage of the Cambria, the arrival of the Great Bril-
tain, the magniicence of the packet ships Liver
pool, Henry Clay, Sddons, and Yorkshire, now in
port, astonish the public, and lead the minds of en-
erprising men something still more extraordinary
in the ocean packet system. All men, like Captain
Eldredge, Mr. Collins, Capt Nye, Capt Hosken,
and Capt Bailey, are highly pleased with the vessels
under their control, yet their energy and elasticity
of enterprise, are constantly seeking something
| swfter and more splendid.
1t is worth the walk to visit the monstrous steam
er Great Britain, and then the packet ships Liver
pool, Yorkshire, and Henry Clay. AS monster,
Great Britain is a wonder. Her construction, her
principle of propulsion, and her in crossing
the Atlantic after all that has been said facts of
no little moment in the history OF ocean steam ma
vigation. Yet in the progress of ship building,las
exhibited in the packet ships al their piers,
there facts equally striking and fully as ex-
| traordinary. Those who have examined the cabins,
| the means fer comfort, on board the Liverpool, or
Henry Clay and on board the English packet steam
ers, do not hesitate to which is preferable
Those who have gone over the ocean once, are
aware that big, broad, angry wave strikes the
steamship in way that is frequently startllng not,
however, because the said wave is bigger broader
than any that may strike packet ship, but
because a passenger, in his supposed knowledge
Of the construction of steam vessels with their pom
derous machinery amidships, imagines too much
for his comfort Steamers, except such as the Pre-
sident are nevertheless strongly built, and are pro-
badly safe enough. All but the ill-starred President
have been successful, and several have now been
running across the Atlantic since 1888.
Strangers in the city should make it part of their
pleasure to see the packet ships of New York, as
well as the ocean steamers. Let comparison be
made in every mans mind. Let speed, as well as
other qualities, be taken into consideration.
QUITE FAlLURE.-The meeting of colored cit
zens, called by public notice, to assemble in Union
Hall, Anthony street, last evening, was entirely
failure. Only one person was there at eight O'Clock
and up to nine there not more than half score
assembled. What is the meaning Of this I! Do the
colored people take no interest in the Convention
question: after all the noise OF the abolitonists p
"D'ye guv itup?"
| The INDEPENDENT PoLICE.-Several of the old
police officers have established an Independent Po
lice; they have opened an office, No. AZ Centre
street.
Troops FOR TExAs.-The ship Kalamazoo, Capt
McCerran, has cleared 1, Texas She takes out the
Flying Artillery, from Fort Hamilton.
| City INTEL igence.
| SMOKING STREETs-Yesterday in passing
down Broadway, we observed lady, who appeared
very uneasy, and continually crossing from one side
the walk to the other. Upon looking further,
the OF her nquietude. A large feshy negro wa.
walking few feet in advance of her. and putting avn
with all his might at long nine, the smoke blowing into
the lady's face She sided and sided but the walk
not wide enough prevent the smoke reaching he
and she finally got rid of the nuisance by crossing
to the shilling sde" There ought to be one street il
the city where ladies promenade without being an
noyed by the smoke of tobacco Nothing certainly pos
better flavor and tends dspel the little
cares that fit about the soul, than mild Havana
real Principe. But smokers should be selfish in thc