The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-02-01

The following Is abstract statement Of the Marine
On the Let Jsnu.ry. ls4s. there w,sa dshat in the
Total sspensss of :arin- 10 it., dirn. So. ssss q
BsdiOws Island .. - 80. ...... S.s1 {;
sio9,sn 81
Receipts Of Hosp tai money (,2s7) and from other
eouHoes''. 5l.oi9 ~
Balance Of expenses Of Marine Hospital, charged
to Communication fund since April lsa9. t767 "a
The amount Of cost for each patient for the
week 10 50 2oh per week The total expenditure for
in ls4s The sverige cost Of the inmates 1t wards
Island exceeds that Of last year. sccsust OF cholers
and e about 81 90 for each per week. The weekly
has the in reference to the
Of increased expenditure the past and the pres
poets Of the institution for the coming year
fr the hrst hundred days OF the ls and the d
ing OF and dur
ns sss tine I wn az ~
whilst Sad the ss@s those
Of ,sIs.,sd asso@n:daton Isani.las pay|sa
the cTo.cn water to waHds Island Exhaust.
sI:ia: iss support I::s
o S me. snoss o. s.s muen reason
The design Of this Institution is poble but It may
stead Of blessing, by the mismans sgsmsnt. iDoomps-
tenoe or seashness Of those who have the rule It,
City Intelligence.
Ru-Tcr THE ETREAsrRY.-Yestsrday . most extrsor-
dnary took place in the Custom House, An order
arrived to decspitats fifty of the officers In
the department and the oommotion was fearful What
added to the CONSERVATION that for the first time
since the birth Of the republic there money
pay the salaries any officer in the Custom House. No
funds had arrived and information could be given
when the payments would be made. Yesterday, being
the last day Of the month"; all the officers appeared
at the Custom House. to receive their pay, %
usual but to their great astonishment, there was
not cent for them. The dismissed thought It bad
enough to be sent adrift upon the world so
suddenly, untitled many Of them were for any
other business but to be discharged without paying
them what was due and their quarter day coming on
this day, when every man must pay his rent, added
greatly to the excitement They to and fro and
cured and swors and threatened to pull down the
pillars Of the Custom House. while some said the
public was at an end and the treasury of the model
republic Of the world bankrupt Among the mate
contents that distinguished individual, Mr. Tom
Tucker Who has been In the service for the last ter
eleven years and is cut down by the indiscr MI
nate scythe Of the Secretary Of the Treasury This
back General Harrison from Europe after serving his
country minister in foreign court and after wards
received IL tsid the last letter General Harrison
This letter is addressed the Collector fer the
time being to give Mr. Tucker situation In the Gus
tom House and the indignation of the gentleman may
be conceived but cannot well be described, receiv
ing his discharge with this letter in his pocket lie
alnost frantic yesterday and showed his letter
".
four De sgerieved patriots he to for Washing
ton to have nterview with Gen Taylor when he will
preert his letter and his to the Pres
dent. IL Is stated that eight individuals went for
ward yesterday with the object Another fixture
very pious individual has been removed from clerk.
ship in the tobacco inspection and the
that the wallis Of that building toppiDg to their
fall We sllude to MIR. H--r, the son in.law OF q
clergy man Who VIII doubtless pray for him Dr. Car
diner, who has been twenty nine years In the custom
House, and recently In the Atlantic Dock. has also
received his walking papers" and doubt will
cabinet, If not to death, at least to tn. reductioS
OF It's plethorio dim. psons The son of q late Gov.
Of sSs NsW
Volunteers have been sacrificed, aud We under
;,sa they s%S are ns to to
brave men ,acrhsed and ri,ked every thing for the
honor Of their country, as "old Zack" did, and
standing the Of the Secretary Of the Tres
sury Amidst the CONSERVATION, wrath and confusion
worse eonfounded might be seen, yesterday, in the
petrel. or mother Csreys chicken, he was tie bird
Of the tempest and festhered his nest He bought
he could get hold OF. He made, tits believed, about
Seoo-not bad for one days work. He gave s15
patty he erinced for the vietimissd Altogether
this Is most funny affair, and IL is difficult to say
whether the dismissed or retained are the most
20 be ptied the latter having to discharge
tin the amount OF their usual duty without any n
Of salary and that sslay being before much too
small for Efficient and laborious officers. IL seems MIR
Maxwell has nothing to do with this sweeping change
II las ttms from head quarters.
Poi~oSKD nv TBr BLooD DRAD MAS--About the
middle tf last week, . pesf norton examination was
made by Dr. Holmes, at the Fourteenth ward station
house, on the body OF an unknown man who had died
b, ut OF apoIlexy, In the Bovery In elesping the
blood from the dad bcdy, Thomas Bennett the door
Keeper at the station house Of seventy old
his finger with glsss in the cloth In which he
vas vprg up the blood The blood from the dead body
poison, the wound and after the hnger began TO
swell up, and to his band and arm, until Ia ar
ri'.d to quite large swelling; producing much palm
day Afternoon, when he died Several Bkful surgeons
attended him. but without being able to stop the
tension Of the poitC infection and Its deadly effect
EnneHArioS roR IHg LAsr MosIH-The following is
the number OF passengers arrived during January,