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THE THEArREs.--The programmes Of entertainment at
the respective theatres and other places Of
this CITY, very attractive For particularly We refer
the reader to Advertisements and small bills
John Seton, the comedian, 10 announced TO play
Jenny Twtoher, In Baltimore ON Monday.
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nsw Ysrk, Friday, Deoembsr 81, 1854.
THE WEEKLY HERALD.

The WrEKLv HERALD will be published to day instead
Of to morrow-New Years Day. which, We are happy 10
~ one Of the two day In the year take for
ssion. Single copies sixpenee.
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HAsTY LEGISLATION IN THE COMMON COUNCIL
MUNICIPAL TELEGRAPHs, &o We regret to see
the railroad speed with which the sum of $12, 900
was appropriated by the Common Council, in tho
way Of q contract to Miller & Robinson, to enable
them to construct sort Of city telegraph, which il
kind Of revolving alphabet, or visual telegraph,
intended to be read of by letter at time, and by
those watching il; and should letter be missed or
wrongly placed, the whole communication would be
deranged and at least, it can only ful6l one en-
ployment in municipal purposes-that Of q police
station signal. single wire, with the use Of such
instruments, Of twelve to fifteen miles in length,
and the line carried over house.tops, or on posts
already erected by the Corporation, would, every
thing included not cost, at the outside over $ 900,
thus leaving net profit Of ct least $4,000 For
tho sum Of $4,000, the most perfect and
complete system of municipal telegraphs, used
in other cities, could be erected. For ever
year past, most complete and perfect system
Of municipal telegraphs has been in operation
in Boston, which has worked to the admiration Of
everybody extremely simple in its arrangements
Merely by turning crank, every fire bell in the city
can be set to ringing the required number of strokes
A small box contains the apparatus, and these
boxes are distributed over the city, the keys to
which are in the hands Of proper persons Whistles
also be sounded at police stations, as signals
alarms. Messages can also be sent from central
station to and from every part of the city, and re-
corded in such simple form as to be understood
and practised by the slightest instruction A muni-
cipi telegraph has also been erected in Berlin,
which is wellspoken Of In great city like New
York the best possible system should be introduced,
especially when it sto cost than inferior
or imperfect ONE. Had committee Of the Corpora
tion taken time to have invsstga this subject,
We are sure that they would have delayed a,tion
until they in possession Of all the facts on the
subject. We trust the Mayor win interpose his
veto in this case and add another good not to his
term Of service.
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rlsss 90 - slsaaR Gsssgia len Asinwsn Or
Ais psss = tie 1otA nsa, with tAs uails and tvs
xuilBsw sna sAslf n l6ss. 1hs 9. sugkf 10 ~
slsng BY this time. &ss4sa S~
By <sssszsgA iron HALIFAX. We hsvs synopsis Of
one dsy's later Intelligence from Europe The brs-
witty u tAs dsspstch d probably accounted for By
the lase taas Sunday In ervened between the sailing
Of the Canads and the Franklin The opposition to
the Derby ministry was Increasing, and the proba-
bility was that it would be defeated and compelled
70 resign. Gold was still pouring in from Australia
but IL 10 not probable that the aow Of the precious
metal viii begin to compare with that continually
arriving hero from the Pacific State Tho CONT
ncntal news 10 said to be Of no importanse We
hope to be able, TO- morrow, to give the details Of
fsur days later advioes BY the Pacific, which 10 now
greatly over due 1t may be, however, that she did
not sail on her regular day.
According to the latest returns, it ID probable
that the democrats were successful in the recent
State election In Louisiana.
The Board Of Supervisors met last evening. but
did not transact any business Of public Importance
The next meeting viii be held on Monday, January
10Th, when the new Mayor viii have been sworn
in, and viii DO elected chairman of the Board
There was an amusing and instructive debate
again last night In the Board of Aldermen, on the
subject of increasing the Corporation Counsers
salary The other transactions Of little gene
raj interest, and will DO found elsewhere. The en-
tire expense of tho Webster obsequies was
$6,447 50, which not formally appropriated till
Wednesday evening, and alluded to as an additional
sum- The Board was adjourned till this day
Yesterday evening the Board Of Assistant Alder
men confirmed the resolution Of the Board of Alder
men in relation to the Broadway Railway, in spite
Of the veto of the Mayor, by vote Of l3 to B. See
our official report elsewhere.
Owing to the excessively crowded state Of our
columns, we have no room to refer to much inter
esting reading contained in this issue. However,
the headings of the different articles win be suf-
fcient to direct the readers attention.
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THE BROADWAY RAILROAD AND THE COMMON
COUNCIL 1t will be seen, by reference to another
part Of this days HERALD, also from the proceed
iDgs of the Common Council published in yester-
days paper, that the members Of that body, by
their precipitancy, have got themselves into very
serious predisament. They have been cited for .
contempt Of court, in disobeying the Injunction
against their proceeding further with the grant
to lay down rails in Broadway. They set the court
at defiance, and they have to answer for the con-
tempt which they were warned they were
committing. II will be seen that they have
the opinion Of some Of the most eminent
lawyers in tho city that they bad right to make
the grant. But this is not the question. Imatters
not whether they were right or wrong. They were
bound to obey the Injunction till it was decided in
court of law whether they were right or not; and
the city fathers have set very bad example to the
citizens-their children-in resisting the laws Of
the land and the orders Of the judges Of courts
II they were right, there no necessity for haste;
if they were wrong it was bat justice to the city,
who have to pay the legal COSTS to pause before they
finally committed themselves.
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skill and energy, compared to which tbs Pacific
railroad is mere trife
And, indeed, when we reflect on the value of
time in this country, ten years seem very long
period for the construction Of any single enterprise
States viii almost balance those on the Atlantic
Oregon will TEEN with inhabitants, and California
will be as thriving, and probably more populous,
than New York. large and profitable trade With
the countries of Asia, China and Japan will have
opened the harbors Of our Pacific coast, and de-
mand for our manufactures, both for expectation
and home consumption, will have sprung up, which
the steamers from Panama will be inadequate to
supply. Long before 1868, some enterprising firms
in San Francisco will have found means of commu-
nicatiDg with New Orleans and New York, by Some
more ready channel than the Isthnus, and thus go
curing monopoly Of the market The necessity
for railroad once admitted, time il matter which
need not be taken into confederation That which
can be done in ten years be done in two, II the
number Of men employed Is qaintupled. The CON-
mercial necessities Of California and Oregon, and
the enterprise Of our merchants will require rail-
road before five years have elapsed and the moment
its absolute necessity is discovered, mon will be
found to build it, to furrow the mountain top, to
grade the snowy slopes and level the tracklsss
prairie in short time as IL the work were to be
undertaken In the heart Of New England.
Before ten years have elapsed, q third community,
whose interest In the undertaking ia ct least equal
TO that of New York or San Francisco Utah-will
have found a railroad indispensable to it pros
perity. Nor will the mon who have made paradise
Of the desert borders Of Salt Lake DO slower than
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