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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-02-17


You have recently (several times) LAID before
your readers the necessity of radical reform IN
city government, and have not yet seen any move
on the part OF our citizens, TO carry desirable an
object into execution.
II Is not long since, that was told by an ex-Al-
derinan Ia locofoco) that if the affairs of our city
were managed with the economy or judgment OF
which they are capable, and much more satisfactorily
than at present, our taxes would not exceed fifty
cents on the hundred dollars and we now pay eighty
nine II the landlords and tenants, OF the latter whom
have to pay the most Of the city expenses-are dis
posed to reduce their taxes about one-half what
they now pay, or about one million of dollars an
nually, this can be done by meeting being called
OF our citizens, of all parties, when a committee of
two from each ward should be chosen, for the pur-
pose OF selecting the best men for Mayor, Alder
men, and Assistants and when this committee shall
select the candidates for the above offices, no one
can be candidate who has spoken In any political
meeting during the last six years, or who has been
an active partisan in any such meeting We have
in our city thousands of good men who vote but
never NEEDLE with politics, and would serve with
pleasure, if all political interests can be kept out OF
their proceedings; and such men will never permit
their names to be used in any shape, by any party
whatever
II you want name for such a party, ! would
take the "Independent Reform Tax Party"
ONE OF YOUR READERS.
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MONDAY, February 1915 r. M
The market was very heavy to-day and prices fell OF
a fraction Harlem declined per cent; Norwich and
Worcester !; Long Island 4; Reading Ii Morris Canal
Illinois Ii Pennsylvania 5s and Ohio 6s closed firm at
Saturdays prices.
The sales Of Morris Canal continue very large Many
of the old stockholders, who own large part Of the
debt Of $3.50 900 against the company selling out
their stock with the intention Of foreclosing their
cages and getting possession of the Canal forcing
sails and becoming the purchasers This has been de-
terined upon in consequences Of the other stockholders
refusing to subscribe for amount sufficient to finish
the Canal Under existing circumstances they may be
justified in not advancing any money there are
movements going in the Legislature Of Pennsy
which may render this Canal almost worthless II has
been proposed in the Legislature Of that State charge
the Lehgh locks at Eason the full rate Of toll to
Bristol leaving it optional for the boats 60 to New
York Bristol, which equivalent to double charge
on the Morris Canal
If all these movements perfected the stock Of tho
Morris Canal will not be worth mill. Even in the
event Of the foreclosure being made, the stock will be-
worthless II is estimated that about four hundred thou
sand dollars will be required complete the Canal and
put in navgabe order This amount cannot be raised
among the stockholders and else would advance
the company single dollar We do not, therefore, see
any possibility of the stockholders retaining possession
Of the Canal and the probability il that they will LEI
their stocksslide at any price,
The insurance companies of this and other cities
have been sufferers BY the disasters Of the recsne
gale and snow storm. The underwriters Of this city ss
innate their loss at half million Of dollars. The Loss
of the New Orleans packet ships and others Squat
Beach, ALPHABETICALLY upon the Atlantic Mutual Safety
and Sun Insurance companies this city The gale must
have been felt all along the coast and almost every ma
~vsIl L.. ~ - -
counts Of furt her losses.
The business Of the Philadelphia and Reading Rail
road Company, for January, 1885, compared with the
CORE spending month in the previous two years. show
an increase exceeding the estimates formed by its most
sanguine friends.
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Citv InteIIiQence.

TEMprAscr CELEssArIoN-We beg to remind our
readers that the washington Union NO OF T. viii
versast Church, in Elizabeth street The exercises
the occasion, will be very interesting and the whole az
attempted in this city We understand that the most
effective arrangements have been made by those inter-
will be Interested and smnsad IN hrh pu1 Ws
hope that there will be goody attendance Of the fair
SEX for II there be- the other sex will of course be at
tracted.
The SEA SsRpEsr.-The schooner Empire from yir.
gina, loaded with oysters arrived here on Saturday
morning The captain reports TINT when off the Capes
of Virginia. the schooner struck something and sudden
ly moAsrous serpent raised himself in the water and
brought his head over the taferel The captain an
very much alarmed, but the serpent re.
moved and swan of. He appeared to be about aty
feet in length The captain believes this to be the ver
table serpent. The schooner has gone to New
inquiries into this matter and thus throw light ON
the vexed question, whether serpsns exist not
THE sLrIoHIro.-The Saturday evenings snow hav-
Sunday was in oleraby good order for the sleghing
commence yesterday morning 1t was mild, day,
tinusd cutting all day The seiEhing was improved ny
our Citizens lThe improvement be Il understood ac
crung to the citizens and not the snowy Several of the
magnificent Broadway omnibus sleighs were out with
eight ten, and one with sixteen horses 1t young
carnival and those who neglected sleigh it during the
night, however. the runners scraped in Broadway and
many other Streets and the sleghing rather poor
funny affair occurred in Nassau street. John
a gentleman was driving along in covered sleigh,
taking things very leisurely, when caman coming In
the opposite direction with load of casks happened to
hit one against the gentle maus sleigh which took the
top completely on leaving him sitting in small
looking very blank He had it replaced, however, and
drove away. There may be some more sleishing to-
day.
sToLEr.-The money drawer in the once Of James Al.
lsire was broken open yesterday and check of $780,
drawn by Adm Edwards, in favor Of Mr. Craig and
another for SOC stolen note in favor of Mr. VAL Of
Aug lt ls45 payable at the City Bank in six months
for $50, was also stolen and ls5 dollars in money
CoRoNKR's OrFrcE Feb. l6-The man found drowned
yesterday in the dock at the foot OF Courandt street.
proved to be Samuel Lee an Irhman BY birth, aged %
years. Verdict found drowned
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strewn with boxes, bales, water casks, trunks,
goods, wearing apparel, broken spars, and the dead
bodies, and as there are but three houses on the
beach, built of wrecked wood, the prlvations and
suferngs OF those who did survive, must have been
| horrible.
BY this most melancholy dispensation Of an all
since throbbed high with hope, has forever cease
to beat. The country at large and the mercantile
interest in particular, have sustained an irreparable
loss in the death of the much lamented Capt Starke
OF the John MinturH. In private lite he was cour-
teous and gentemany, and on the quarterback, a
kind, able and experienced seaman.
We shall probably continue to hear OF disasters
Tor some time to come.
From the Philadelphia u. s. Gazette, Feb. 1871
About four O'Clock on Saturday afternoon, storm OF
rather suddenly visited this city, and after daily
ing little while, as if to create hopes that the few
TO come, sent down thick fakes fast and close
gether that in short time there was covering upon
the ground some three inches deep The wind too
and blew strongly from the westward, increasing in
strength until about three o'clock yesterday morning,
when it blew perfect gale The wind swept along
quite unbecoming in a sober latitude like this,
hitting as it went such pronks will be any thing
but pleasant to those WHO have to repair the damages
occasoned. Among the disasters attendant upon the
gale, was the uprooting of the venerable Lombardy
poplar which soed in front of the Friends School, in
Fourth below Chestnut st There are associations con-
nected with this time honored and sombre tree and il
one OF the Ten Trees spoken of in Watsons Annals
of this city We have heard that the consequences of
the gale are to be seen all over the city in the prosrat
ed awning posts uprooted trees, signs torn from their
fasenings and other exposed objects There is
to fear that there has been great destruction along the
coast
The heavy snow storm Of course laid an embargo
upon the rail road ira and without papers
from any quarter until four o'clock in the afternoon,
yesterday when the southern mail due four o'clock
yesterday morning, arrived The violence Of the wind
was SO great that the ferryboat while crossing the
Susquehanna river to Havre de Grace with Philadelphia
passengers blown the end of the pier and
went aground, where she remained little than
OCcaslOnlnH -
About three miles this side of the Susquehanna the
storm was encountered and three locomotives having
drifted into deep cut, resisted the poughs for
three hours The eastern mail arrived about Ave O'clock
three hours after the time at which due. We
understand that the most strenuous exertions
made as as the storm on, to keep the road
clear, and between New Brunswick and Bordentown
locomotives employed in clearing it by the
aid Of snow poughs, and the communication with New
York is uninterrupted
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NEW YORK HERALD.
New York. Tuesday, February II, ls46.
Foreign News.

There several packet ships and two
steams ships due, with later news from Europe
The steamer Massachusetts is in her twenty
day, and the Cambria her thirteenth
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The highest transportation estimate for the above
month was 5000 tons which has been exceeded II viii
be observed that there has been very large per cen
increase in the receipts from all other sources ss wel
as the transportation Of COAL the freight on other good
being, far jan 1916, nearly double that for the sane
month in Jan. lss5.
Notwithstanding the several snow storms which hey,
seriously interrupted the business Of the lateral roads
the transportation Of coal has been very large We On
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nIoyements of u,raye liers.

The whole enumeration OF yesterdays travellers Ii
included in the following extracts from the regstries Of
AmEnIcAs.-John Helmouth, Philadelphia w. GAM.
sen, Baltimore; L. Pendston, Va; Samuel Lynn, White
Asron-M. Halsted, Trenton w. Clarke, Boston;
James Miller Thomas Stephens Newark; John Tobin-
John Batter, Phiiadelphia; NJ Jennings, N. Lyman
Poole, I. j. Lobdale, Boston; Ed Weed do Stevens
Albany; II. P. Adams, Ala Walter Howe, Washington;
J: b, CaIhart, Georgia; II. Cormsraes Boston; A. p.
Hessler, Philadelphia.
j.; r. B. Wilson, Philadelphia; C. H. Gratot, Charles
James Barber Wheeling; :. 7. Bridge Boston; G. F.
Dickinson, Tennessee.
FR1sKLIs.-R. D. Granger, Albany; Thos Carpenter,
iy Baltimore Chss Hunt Csnasn c. NJ Fay, Philadsl.
pnia Buckhout Tarrytown; g. Gold, Phil tslphia.
GLosr.Mr. Ferguson, Hampshire; Mr. Bowen, Hall
HowAnp.-Governor vroom New Jersey; Jos John
son. T. F. Johnson, 8 Wallace J. @. Wallace, Tenns;-
D. Jones, New Bedford; J. c. Beman, Conn; w. Rain
hard, New York.
THREE DAYS LATER FROM HAvANA.-The I.
Street arrived yesterday from Havana, having
sailed the LIST inst She brought papers of the slst
but they contain news OF Importance
The Havana editors supply small hiatus In regard to
the crcumsances attending the fall Of Gen Herrera and
instament Of the Government Of Paredes, which had
annoyed but the details not worth reproducing.
They illustrate however, the effect Of putting restraint
u mone that the revolution
fsrvor Of Paredes was made to hinge almost entirely
upon oppositien to the annexation Of Texas and the
negotiations opsnsd for the acknowledgment Of the
same II the Diario de 10 Marine that these
glimpsss Of Mexican news
The production OF Norma by the Italian company
was postponed from the evening Of the 9th umo 10
the 3lst
The royal mail steamer Clyde also arrived at Havana
on the goth from Nassau with three passengers She
sailed the day for Vera Cruz. This undoubted
the steamer supposed to have been the Genl by the
Captain Of the Hope Howes The Genil had not arrived
when the 7. Street sailed.
The recent visit Of the Captain General to various
points upon the Island of Cuba appears have given
impulse to the Of internal improvements
al new enterprises have already been projected.
III regard 90 the markets. need only say that
mclasscs was commsg forward freely and that he de
aand active Supplies Of sugar arrive very slowly
! y Of very COED quality o. -, ~. ~
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THIS appsndEs travellers equipsgs be had
s.cs and utility Of the articles tanned in them and re dn
peor advsnagestv those who need the article
usctured and the made by sci etsd
der the Of tbs subscribers they that
they perform the duss Tor which thu ssveraly design
ed. @. SAUNDTRS son, III Broadway,
few doors above G, u ,tisndt steet.
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ID. ID. Nash. Auctioneer-store J30 Fulton
at the Gallery the second floor No Brosdway by
virtue Fl landlords for ground choice selec
large views Of Falls Of Niagara by Maston Mary Aaoin
Hogarh Tapestry and Flowers by Maltese; Wife az H.
ben BY Rubens, &c with elegant Landscapes by different
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sr.,,,o. Counr-Nos 105, a. 81, l03, o, g. "a, l0l,
M IaA lsl ls3 Is4 1875, 136, 1877 las, l3e, l4o TO- w.
o. lO4 10, so, 1, ~, 81, %, 80. liz .,
CrRcurr CouRT.Nos 81 81, TO- ~, 90 $751; os' 20 osi
lo2 lOs, I04, los, l06, los, l0s - osa
Cowsor PlrAs o II, IL, ass, la H. Is, 10, IL aos
~ as %. 40, ls.
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There were five hundred and two regular board
ers besides one hundted and severity empoysss-near
100 in all within the walls OF the st. Charles Hotel New
Orleans, on the 7th inst
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Harrison Fuller, charged with having shot James
Allen, hand on the packet boat OnoDdago, near
Whitesboro the 10th November last and for whose
apprehension reward of 800 offered, brought
10 the Jail a. Whitesboro on "Wednesday evening
aud was the next day basd out by his father The in
dcinen, against him is Tor granddaughter in the fourth
degree
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nations be welded by small fraction OF the people,
was done in the case OF the abotionists running
Birney
Il il now beginning 10 be believed here, certain
high quarters, that greater talents, higher
ship and more public satisfaction would be evolved,
If the friends of each distinguished man were TO
run him on their own hook-discuss his merits
openly before the country for three four years
present him fairly and frankly to the people, and then
take each his chances at the ballot box in 1913, to
be returned among the three highest to the House of
Representatives. In that case, none but men of
real character services and talent could stand three
or four years. canvass-none but such could get the
highest votes-and the House, at all hazards. would
be compelled to select, from three such men, of
the best they could get.
This is certainly plausible view and Ihave
reason to believe that such opinions have taken such
deep root in some quarters, will secure for the
public the general object In view. The democratic
friends Of John c Calhoun will undoubtedly bring
their man out, and him at all hazards, regardless
OF conventions or caucuses. This movement will
compel the other parties to do the same. The can
didates Of the wings are Henry Clay, John M'Lean,
Daniel Webster and General Scoti-the candidates
of the democrats are James K Polk, General Cass,
0tcWuIi, Cudo W lisut JdiiicS DuCHdii-
an, &c, &c. convention by either party might,
by their conf cts set aside all these men, and bring
out some obscure individuals, that none could
dream Of and thus unseue the whole policy and
destiny the nation. Send the three best and most
popular OF these men, after full canvass, to the
House Of Representatives, and the succession to the
Presidency would create no shock public affairs
breed no crlss-and give the coup de grace to all
the bargains of office holders and Office seekers,
during the canvass. There's philosophy and saga
city in this view Of matters
Before close, l have a word relative to the de-
bates in Congress. learn that Richie d Heiss, OF
the Union, have, consequence of the expense dis
missed their corps of reporters from both Houses
retaining only one reporter for each House, and
person to copy resolutions, NC. There is no jour
nal published here, therefore, which can give full
daily correct report of the Debates such the Lon
don journals give of Parliamentary debates, or even
as the Nep York Herald gave of the celebrated ex-
ira session in lS4l. am, therefore, arranging for the
reorganization of complete corps Of reporters, for
each House, to give daily reports of the en-
suing debates and may also publish Congress
sionai Herald price 81 per session, for the country
at large J. G. b.
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Destructive FIRE.-The Norfolk Herald learns
from gentleman from the Eastern shore OF Vir.
GINA, that very destructive FIRE occurred at Franz
storehouse OF Messrs. satchel Oldham and Nott;nr
ham, with every thing in il not saving the baofs
and accounts Loss about si2 900 no insurance The
FIRE was accidental.
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MADAME OosrKLLo.-The case Of this woman
and OF Charles Mason was brought to close yes
terday afternoon in the General Sessions and result
ed in verdict Of guilty. Madame Costello was
sentenced to Imprisonment in the penitentiary for
SIX months, and TO pay fine Of $3.50, and Mason to
Imprisonment Tor tour months. Thus, one case OF
abortion is punished, although slightly. It 10 to be
hoped, however, that even this small punishment will
have ito proper effect
Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1846-05-18
IMPORTANT WARNING TO THOSE WHO
NEGLECT A COLD

II i evident. aud decided by the most OK
perienced physicians that Consumption Is
mostly encouraged by neglect of cold at the
first attack. How many persons are there
tina, put oil from time To time procuring a
suitable medicine, until the disease begins TO
assume a serious character, when in all prob
ability they are past the powers OF medical
aid. May these lines prove a warning tn those
afflicted with the first symptoms of Consump-
ton, that they may Immediately use DIR.
Dmcans Expcctorsnt Remedy" which is
expressly for the disease OF the respiratory
system. 1t is certain TO remove Cough in
lew days, at the same time relieving the pain
IN the siIlc and breast, and auesting the pro
gress OF this fatal disease ConSumption!--
The "Expccioant Remedy" has a decided
advantage over all other preparations. Ii is
entirely Tree from Opium, aud all other violent
Narcotics. IL regulates the system, and gives
strength 10 the weak and nervous
For sale by J. b. & K. b. MARSH, aud
PRYOR * PAUL.. may IS
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the Government. oud such had rsh, to
make the treaty.
Mir. Adam, askeii tie government; Of
Mexico bad not disavyei ever az that san
"a Ana had TIM, done
Mr. Douglass admird this. but con;enled
that he was governmtt Dc fac'o end 80 on.
ana then referred 20 What Ar Adams hal
done as Secretury Of Ste. when De claimed
the Rio del Nof,c.
My Adams VIII I'D as Sscrs ,aIy Of
State. | did osihc representative of the Depart
ment. bat the geu;leou can Gnd no doCa-
men, OF nine caimir the Rio del Nor.e as
the boundary from itsourcc % is mo1,h.
Ms. Doughla,s wei on 20 sly that Texas
Independence preserd iAe territory to Tex
as. and 20 on 10 the hi,ed States b. annexa.
! tor
Mr.. Hunt. Of \. 4. Il th, territory b..
lonsed 20 the Uni;elHatcs why hal ". offer.
cd an indemnity 10 MNlco 20, CHS disputed
por,ion7
| Mr. Douglass asked hohad made ,heolIet
! tie did no, know OF az.
/ Mr Hunt named NJ Shannon.
Nh, Douglsss'S houroon expired The 400
was given TO Ms Thurman, and Tic Conn.i,
tee rose and the Hous Adjourned
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AnvlcE rn -AnA1IG1Irrp

BE not ambitions To be considered a belle -
Indeed. ! bad rather you would Be almost any
thing else, which does not envoive gross obi.
putty than this Il IS the tate OF most bellies that
They become ioollshly vain, think OF nothing,
and care for nothing beyond personal display,
and not uniHquently sacrifice themselves in a
mad bargain which involves their destinie, TO.
life. TIE more OF solid enduring esteem,
you enjor, ,he better. and you ought to gain
whatever oi this you eau b. honorable means;
but TO be admired, oaTTessed and flat,ered, fol
mere accidental qualities, which involve moth.
ing oil intellectual or moral worth ought &c
render any girl, who is the subject of Il. an
/ object OF pity. You are at liberty to desir,
the good opinion OF every gentleman OF YOU
acqueiutaincc but it would he worse thar
! folly M you TO De dmbiiiaiIS al a blind ad,ni
ration.
/ b on your guard az inst the influence o
! llaticy. Rely upon II, the man who fatter
you, whatever he may profess Is not you
! friend
! Itwerc much kinder Office and real mark
of friendship, TO admonish YOU temdcrly We
honestly OF your faults. Ii you yield little
TO ilattery, YOU have placed yourself on dan
gerous ground; if you continue to yield. you
are not lmprobably undonc. -Rco... UiHtaU
u. Sprdgue.
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GIVE Me BACK MY YOUTH.

BN GoTHE.
Give me, ell give me back my DAYS
When IL too--was young;
Aud FELT as they now feel, each coming hour.
New consciousness of power.
oh happy, happy time, above all praise!
Then thoughts on thoughts and crowding fan.
CIes sprung
And found a language in unbiddeu Laws,
Unlntcrmitted strains from fountains over
flowing.
Then, as WANDERED free,
In every field for me
Its thousand flowers were blowing
\ veil through which did not see,
a thin veil over the world was thrown,
la every bud a mystery
Magic in every thing unknown;
The fields, the groves, the air was haunted
Aud all that age has discnchanted.
Yes, give mc--give me back the DAYS of youth
Poof yet how rich--my glad inheritance
The inexiinguishable love of truth,
When liie's realities were all romance,
Give me, oh give youths passion unconfned,
The rush OF JOY that felt almost like pain.
Its hate, its love. its owu tumultuous mind
Give me my youth again.
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TuE vNITE FEATuEp

Private letters irom New orleans sta z tl,as
The Governor had actually been compelled 10
rcsor, 20 draft to Gil up the regiments called
toy by Gen Taylor We learn also. tha,near.
Is ali who have volunteered are mechanics
and boa;mdn from the Northern and Western
States.
Is ibis The boosted chivslry OF Louisiana-
the patriotic spirit which iog wears has lohged
70 "reycl IN the Halls OF the MonteEama ~
Fos shame-ai,er getting the country Into a
war, thus 10 desert her From present indi-
cations u appsass almost certain. that rennes.
see. Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana. &. will have
30 be called upon to rescue the "chivalry" non,
the periious siUa,ionin which they have pac
Cd themselves.