New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-08-23

tory answer 10 many correspondents who have CON-
planned Of the exactions OF leter-carr.ers. and ap
pealed to Us for the law. By authority Of the Post
master General notice has been given that IN eKecu-
ton Of the powers conferred BY Congress under the
provisions Of the 10th section of the Postage Act ap
proved 90 March, 1881, the Postmaster General has
established PoStroutes and all the Streets.
Avenues Roads and Public Highways within the
limits Of the city Of New-lo rk. The following ar
rangements have been adopted to carry out the pro-
visions Of said 10Th section A Superintendent and
forty.Gve Letter.cauers have been appointed, and
two hundred places have been selected and boxes put
up for the reception Of letters Carriers call al SAID
boxes four times day Letters 20 be sent BY mail out
Of the city found the boxes delivered 10 the car
Iier, viii be taken 10 the PoSO1ce FREE CHARGE.
Letters 70 be delivered IN the city, found IN the
boxes delivered TO the carriers, VIII be delivered
1t a charge Of one cent Circulars and Handbills,
each one cent Newspapers and Pamphlets. each
half cent Letters from tie Mails, two cents Let
tors dropped INTO the PostOhce, 10 be delivered an
The city IN addition to drop-leter postage. one cent
Stamps FOR the prepayment Of the carriers fee viii
soon te for sale by the superintendent and Carriers
and the number OF Carriers VIII be hereafter III
creased, and such other arrangements made, from
time 10 time, as may be necessary TO make the Car
rers Department IN the highest degree efficient and
useful.
This arrangement VIII 60 into effect forthwith,
and We presume all other City Post establishments
will be obliged TO close their business. under the
provision Of the Postal Law which prohibits private
individuals or companies from carry letters and pa
pers On post routes and by tins step. the Post
master-General has made poSt-routes of all the
streets "a the city.
Now that the whole business Is placed under the
immcda ate care Of the Government, we hope we
shall lave a trusty system of delivery. and no
swIndhns Ii postage.
New STEAMSHIP LINE FROM CALIFORNIA
TO IIvzRrooL.-We learn that Commodore Wander
bit Is arranging a regular steamship line from san
francisco VIA Nicaragua and New-York TO Liver
pool His magnificent new steamship Northern
Light Is TO run hence to Liverpool, connecting
here with the PrometheuS and the new steamer
Daniel Webster, which are to make alternate yoy-
age hom TINS port to San Juan.
Yostertay Com V made "a contract for handsome
and conmodious steamboat for the navigation of
Lake Nicaragua. She Will be capable of carrying
FIVE hundred passengers, which Is many as VIII be
likely TO cross al one time
Com. V. is also making arrangements with English
gone over IN the West India steamers transported
in his new line TO Liverpool. IIes also IN conespon-
dcnce with leading forwarding houses in England,
in relation 20 the transportation Of emigrants to tins
continent IN his vessels.
FoR SOUTHAMPTON AND HAvRE.-The
United States Mail Steamer Humboldt, Commander
D. Lines VIII sail a, 70 O'Clock to-day, frompier No
4, North River
STEAMERS FOR THE SoUTH.-Ihe United
States Mail Steamers Marion, Captain NJ. Berry for
Charleston, and the Alabama, Captain Ludlow. for
Savannah, WI leave pier No. 4, this afternoon at
O'Clock.
STEAMSHIP ILLINOIS. This new steamer
Will take The place OF the OHIO, on the 9th instant,
for Chasres under the command of H. J. HarteStene
U.S.N
SURVEY OF THE HUDsON. L. ;.
surveying schooner Hassler, Cap,. Hussey, arrived
at this port yesterday from Old Point Comfort
There is a rumor that Capt. II. has been ordered
here to make thorough survey OF the hudson
River
TELEGRAPHiCl MPROv EMENTs. w notice
in our advertising column this morning the an
nouncement of the completion OF extensive improve
ments by the New-York, Albany and Buffalo Teie-
graph Company which VIII be of great advantage 10
the business community Within a short period the
line has been entirely rebuilt new posts erected and
a thud wire put up from tins CITY to Lake Ere, thus
giving ample facilities for transmitting all dispatches
that may offer. An important arrangement has been
made with "A Western and Southern Line by which
communication can be had easily and rapidly with
New Orleans. ST Louis, and the whole OHIO and
Mississippi Valleys. The arrangements with Cana
da and Northern Newly ork are also complete
Our FIRE BELL.-We suppose that the
great fire bell arrived IN town last night. It's exact
weight Is now stated TO be 2l,6l2 pounds. nearly
eleven tunS. The bell Of St Peters at Rome weighs
l. goo that of the Palazzo al Florence l. 900 the
great bell at Erurl, s22i ST. lyan's at Moscow.
l27,s36 the kremhn bell al Moscow, ii3,772-the
last one has never been suspended 1t Will be seen
| that our bell is among the giants of It's kind. Its
tone is SAID TO be very firm and piercing but by no
means 50 loud as lis weight would indicate.
Mas MowATT -To-nght Mrs. NJ. will
repea, her very excellent performance the play Of
Armand" on which occasion there VIII most un
doub;cdly be full and fashionable audience.
SPIRITUAL REvEALINGs-The is To
be Free Lecture the alleged modern revelations
from the spirit world through ClaIrvoyants, Rap
pings, &c. at Hope Chapel tomorrow at p. NJ. by
an honest and intelligent believer IN their verify.
We trust he Will be enabled to explain why 1t Is that
these Revelations quite diScordant the va
nous interpretations of the ancient communications
from on high We can't see through this
LAND Reform RALLY.-A German Land
Reform meeting = to be held a, the shak>pere Ho-
tel on Monday evening
~ We invite attention TO the advertise
ment OF Dr. CendroWcz Paul. published in The Tri-
blne this morning. He comes 20 us well recon-
tnen3od from Paris