Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1847-07-03
NEW YORK CoRRESPoNDENcE
New York, July /, lS47.

New YORK. July 1, lS47.
TuE TAYLOR MEETISG.-Many papers have contained
paragraphs this week concerning public meeting in the Park
IN this city last Saturday nominate General TAYLOR for
the Presidency calling failure &C. and among the rest
the Washington Union says has information that the meet
ing was attended by twenty-five persons" As saw that
meeng perhaps may not be amiss to state the facts
Some unauthorized busybodes assuming the responsibility
ana running before they were sent, put up few handbs
calling Democratic meeting to nominate Cen TAYLOR &c
The wings OF course had nothing do with it, for the call
was not TO them The independent advocates of General
TAYLOR for the Presidency, those who have not recently
fought under the banners OF either the Wings or Democrats
would have nothing to do with it, because was not genu-
Inc Taylor meeting, independent peoples meeting The
Democratic party proper did not respond the call because
they did recognise the from which originated a.
having authority, and especially the sons Of ST. Tammany
were at that moment making preparations within sight and
within stones throw of the spot where the meeting was 10
be held, to initiate President Polk into the deep Of
their order Should they their backs upon King David
who was present in all his glory, and to dc honors
Urah when they had such good understand the
purposes for which the King exposed him, almost single
handed, Sin the fore front Of the battle !" Surely not The
King should have suspect their allegiance by
holding wandering glance of their eyes directed to the
gathering Of the friends of Uriah.
OF COURSE under such circumstances there no meet
ing in the Park No meeting organized no officers
whatever appointed. There were usual perhaps
hundred people within the limits of the Park walking
for recreation returning home from their places of bus
ness, and perhaps lingering little whether
would really be born About hapast o'clock
three four persons whom did not know with half
dozen boys, mounted the STAGE and of them read
resolutions in the hearing perhaps Of thirty forty persons
Of all sorts, ages, and sexes Having read them, he called
for vote, and pronounced them adopted. He then said
will adjourn, and left the stage. 30. -
This true picture of this affair." which people dis
lance would be puzzled to understand from the paragraphs
heretofore published in relation to it,
The FEvER.-There is again little feversh movement
about the Ship Fever The people Staten Island get
ting uneasy having the fever hospitals in their neighbor
hood and endeavorng to get them removed The late
accounts from Quebec and Montreal calculated increase
the alarm here. letter from Dr. Douglass, at the quaran-
tine station Crosse Ise below Quebec dated June 18TH
published at Montreal, gives these among other details
Ship Pursuit, from Liverpool the master, mate and all
the men, one, sick in the hospital The Lotus from
Liverpool had seventy deaths among her passengers. The
Rose has nearly hundred sick, and has lost nearly eighty
twentyone died in days after her arrival The Lady
Flora Hastings has buried sixty and has sevenytwo sick
board The Sabron has buried thirty-fve, and has
about sixty sick board. The Jessie German has buried
thirty and has fory-fve sick" &c.
Such accounts these in the commencement Of summer
heat may well general anxiety. The committee APP
pointed by the New York Medical Society three four weeks
ago investigate the of this disease, and inquire into
the best mode of treatment will make report, under
stand from Of them, next week.
have Just taken up the Montreal Gazette Of Monday
tanning letters from Quebec and Crosse se dated Friday,
the 18th. In Quebec it is stated " the sickness in
rather the increase, although it does appear that the
mortality is in corresponding RATIO In the marine hosp
tai this morning there upwards of hundred pa
tens and numbers being there dying from the
ships and the crowded parts Of the suburbs" The letter
Crosse Isle gives the number of sick under
had just been erected and put up the farm the
persons.
THE FOURTH JULY the celebration Of which this year
the 5th will be noticed here with the usual atte-
tons and ceremonies-the city fathers having appropriated
money give their children rich display Of fireworks with
other fxings" suitable for the day. Even the inmates Of
the amshouse Randas Island TO have hundred dol
lars worth of fire works for their exclusive and benefit
The New York WAsaISGroS MoSUaEST ASSOCIATION
pushing forward its enterprise with activity and energy.
To the funds of this Association the National Academy Of
Design have appropriated the receipts Of Monday, the
last day of their annual exhibition.
Sunday Monday, and Tuesday last the heat gu OPP
pressve heres the mercury ranging much Of the time from
eighty ninety Tuesday night had a refreshing raH
which continued through the night, and the air has since
maintained delicious temperature.