The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-03-26

| RATION ADvRR rIsEMENTs.--Since we last called
the attention Of our city law makers to this sub
ject, an intelligent friend has favored Us with
the following extract from the laws of 1880. 1t
appears to be the llth section of an act entitled
ian act to amend the charter of the city Of New
York." passed April 7th, 1880 Here it is
"Nomsmbsr Of either Board shall, during the psrioa
for which he elected disappointed TO- or be competent
to hold any ofloe Of which the smolumsnts paid
rom the city trsafury or BY fees directed to be paid
by any ordinances or act Of the Common Council or b..
directly or indirectly inttresd any contract the
srdrsnee Of IRE Common Csunci but this section shall
no. be construed to deprive any Alderman Assistant
| by virtue Of his ofi,sn
In the teeth of solemn oct of the Legislature,
the present Common Council has given to the
proprietors and editors of the Tribune newspaper,
one OF whom is the Alderman ofthe Third ward,
| the Corporation advertisements, since the month
of May last, and the worthy Alderman has had
the unbushing effrontery, in open violation
of the city charter, to receive the patronage,
and to pocket some thousands of the pub
lie money since his appoin tment to Office
We have often before had occasion to lay
bare the corruption and venalty of former
Common Councils; but this act of the present
party In power, is the most direct and palpable
r,
has ever come under our observation
1t is true, the natives when in office, were cor
rupt and venal enough; but they never openly, as
we know of, drove coach and six through the
city charter. In.the little affair of the oil con-
tract, In which they figured, that job was given
TO third party; and although one of the Alder
| men or Assistant Aldermen 1--WE now forget
whlch) was a sleeping partner in it, his name
was never mentioned IN the contract; so that, at
least, show of public decency was preserved.
Inc laws and ordinances of the city were not
directly violated and public opinion set at def
ance, as in the case under consideration.
Inc present men, on coming into office, were
the most loud and vocferous in their profes.
sions of retrenchment and economy, and none
was more loud-mouthed than Alderman McEl-
rath; in fact, they promised everything, but per-
formed nothing. Witness ssthe street sweeping
job" as one instance of their regeneration,
amongst thousand others, which we might
name, had we time or space
What will the constituencies OF the noisy,
hdgety democratic members, think oftheir repre-
sentatives in both boards, who waste the public
time In idle defamation about silly questions in
which the public take no interest, but who have
not the manliness or honesty to expose this vio-
lation of public lava
We confess we do not know what they may
say or think on the subject; but we do know, if
they are honest men and respect the laws under
which they live, how they ought to act, and we
will candidly tell them SO. The spring election,
then, is at hand, and we advise both parties,
wing and democrat, to cashier every member of
the present Common Council, and try if they
cannot find some men of character, independent
of party trammels, and honest enough to take
office with view to economy and to ease the
city from the ruinous expenditure that has been
| entailed on it for series Of years by each
of the parties, as they happened to get into power
The men now in Office have proved themselves
the least capable and worthy of any of their pre-
decessors. They have, by almost every public
act of theirs, forfeited the confidence of their
constituents. In short, this new light Fourier
Corporation are the most venal and corrupt body
that has ruled this city for the last forty years.
and the sooner they are swept from the purlies OF
the City Hall the better it will be for the pockets
| of their fellow citizens.
| ANOTHER LETTER FROM GENERAL TAYLOR
We find IN Southern paper, another letter from
General Taylor, in reply to a communication
sent to him by committee appointed to address
him, by the Taylor mass meeting held in Mont
gomery, Alabama, on the Ssh of January last
1t is as follows:-
Baron RoouE, La Jan. %, ls4s.
GgNrLxMEN Your complimentary communication of
the 10th instant enclosing to m, copy Of the preamble
and resolutions acpted on the Sta instant by public
party, in Montgomery, Alabama, hes been received
For the high honor which they have been pleased to
denoy Of the Uoit;d states and for the very kind lam
guags IN which they have seen fit to notice my past life
and to
fellow citxsns who composed this meeting that shall
offer no actve opposition to the of my In
uexion with this responsible Office long they con-
tnue to IT thus Independent Of party distinctions
lam, sentlsmsn with high respect your ob.di.nt
Messrs VIM NJ Murphy, N. Harris, A +. Hopkins and
others Montgomery, Alabama.
This letter is merely duplicate of the various
political letters heretofore written by General
Taylor on the same subject. He is willing to
ccept the support OF any party, and any set OF
men, MS a candidate for the Presidency, on the ir
ownresponsibility, without any political pledges
on his part, or any preference of one party over
the other. What says the well-known table Of
.Esopl
STEAMSHIP CAMBRIA, Capt. Harrison, left
yesterday at quarter past IL o'clock, with q
very large mail, and sixiy-two passengers, among
whom is Prince Lucien Murat, of New Jersey,
who goes TO France TO join In the struggle in
that country. She has on board f3,275 ster
ling, for Liverpool, and $50 600 FOR Halifax.
--
GREAT FIRK-Two MEN BURNED TO DKArH.-
| The most destructive and disastrous fire tina,
occurred In this village, took place Tuesday
morning IL commenced about two O'Clock and ragged
untl six breaking out in carpenters shop adjoining
the of the Union NDls spreading thence to shop
owu,d by Messrs Noble Johnson. and occupied ~
last factory, cAbinst shop &c, consnmng IN It's un
checked progress the factory Of Mr. Wiusow Partridge
the extensive paper mill Of Messrs. Krowlton & Rice
! the chop owned by N NJ Woodruff. the tannery OF Mr.
| Farnham. and several other buildings.
Two burned to death in the factory build
ing under circumstances terrible TO contemplate Sieve
raj Of citizens engaged In removing property
from tho factory not supporting themselves in any mme-
diate danger. The moment the hanes which we're rag
ing without the building caught ~itbin the whole
| beca ns onaa haet Of Thrsa ma <hsp