New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-01-21


uudorit. Is alike beyond question Or parallel But
many sre the pages IA her history which present
| her 70 the Who e country Is always faithful,
| always LOYAL always seli-sscThclng 10 IS there
| lore, confess, not wi bout some emotions OF
! indignation, IN rocollectlng this remlrdablo
| characteristic Of ai her DAYS, that | nave seen
! seilcoDsiiu'ed Union Committees undsFiak-
! ing to ndorse 10 the republic the hdelliy OF
! New lorS TO the Union.- work oi supereroga-
! t,on surely, IN any men a work that VIII not
chaiscerlse by lis fitting epIihet, on the part OF
! men 81 whom not one IN ten probably knew the
! City IN the Gays OF her commercial agOny-days
who n, indeed, tued mems souls, and prosed to
The world the hdehiy and patriotism OF the New
! ORR merchants and the New Ork mechanics,
/ and the New Workers Of all classes and pursuits,
in lsOs-9-l0. The embargo was, indeed, removed
III March 1909, as 10 all countries but Great Bri-
tain and France With these two countries astrict
! non-ntercOuTse was substituted for the embargo
| and the cruisers Of England and her orders IN
! council and the DEGREES OF Napoleon, of Berlin.
Milan, &c. and the con oiut robbery of the prize
courts Of both countries. rendered such COM
merce as was not prohibited by our own laws
most hazardous.
WAR WITH ENGLAND.
Again, in April. 1872, another embargo limited
this time TO 90 days, was laid. 10 be followed IN
the month Of June by the Declaration Of War
against England and this war, by reason Of
nearly three years alternate embargo or non
intercourse which preceded It, found us unpre-
pared with almost everything essential to It's
vigorous prosecution, except brave hearts and
Wiling arms, for then manufactures were all but
unknown to US
The City was at that time undefended by any
permanent system offortlicatlOnS at or below the
| Nanows or on the side Of the Sound. Now the
works OF Fort Schuyler at Throg's Neck, which
eifectually shut out any attack by the way OF
the Sound, and Forts Hamilton and La Fayette
at the Narrows on the Long Island side, water
and upland batteries at Staten Island, Fort Wood
az Bedlows Island. and the works Mt Governors
Island, would render any attack upon this City,
even by very powerful fleet, most hazardous.
Bot Ia 1912, all was open, so far the deienSes
provided by the General Government were con-
ceuod half dozen frigates might have burned
| the CITY or land II under contribution
The City, however, evInced no fear nor back
wardness to breast the shock OF war. Tempo
| rary works were thrown up at The Battery, and
! on the nights of Long Island and al Harlem,
to guard against any Land attack, and men OF all
ages and all professions turned out ana laborod
as volunteers in digging and constructing these
works
The " hole army wa employed on the frontiers
and this metropolis was left 10 the care OF her
own population and Of the militia OF the neigh
| boring counties there were reviewed IN our
| streets by Governor TOmpkinS, who was Com
|
| in 1871, more than $4,000 men, OF whom only 500
were reguarS-ihe rest were militia we'll armed
well drilled for the most part, am reliable Tor de-
| Tense Ii was glorious line, extending from the
Battery up to Sandy lane, aud warmly dld that pa
| trot chief Daniel D. Tompkins, feel the pride OF
! that hour, when his native State was wholly m
trusted 10 his keeping. and 10 that OF It's own
sons: and there stood before him, ready 10 follow
HIM To the death, goodly an array OF It's citizen
| soidiery. Happily their services IN the rel held
were not called for, and Peace soon came TO heal
the disasters and dry up the tears OF War, and re-
launch our country on It's prosperous career OF
peaceful and all-pervadmg commerce.
THE YELLOW FEVER.
The immense impulse with which the country
now absOlutely-by reason of the war ana the
antecedent interruption OF commerce -fusned
forth 10 buy and 10 sell, to export and 10 import,
inevitably brought a collapse which those who
remember lslS-l9, will not have forgotten In
1919. 100, came back, the first time for many
years. the yellow fever, and business was par
tally suspeL ed and the places OF business
changed. The Banks and Custom House were
removed to Greenwich Village and used daiiy
to ride OH horseback from the corner oil BleecSer-
| ST. over omen commons, to the Custom
| House located at Greenwich. The streets below
| the Park were cut of by high board fence run
ming from river to river Intercourse with the
| infected district was forbidden, and the residents
|
| forclblv removed from the district 10y order OF
| the Board of IIoa tn | remember, one hne
summer afternoon, sailing from Hellgate In a
| su all boat past the whole east front, and round
| the Battery, past the west front OF the City,
within the infected district, without seeing on
the wharves. or up the long line of streets that
| run to the river, a single human being, or any
| sign OF life. But this scourge passed, and the
effects Of oyerirading, aud those OF the pestll-
| ence, soon disappeared before the constantly ad-
| vsncing prosperity and population OF the CITY
| The completion OF the Canal, 10 which reference
| has already been made, poured wealth of every
SORT into our streets and not only repaired losses
| but created new riches.
| THE CHOLERA
The next great ply steal scourge that fell upon
Us was the FIST Cholera Of 1882, when panic did
the work Of death almost as surely as the Tell
| disease. Never within my knowledge OF her was
| New.York so frightened from her propnety
| The destroyer was indeed formidable, and RENE
dies were unknown. The very righteousness
offs origin, OF It's approach, oil It's attack, added
! TO the terror and sedate and even unselhsh men
| lost or seemed to lose their senses.
| It's ALWAYS 10 be recorded to the honor oil that
| profession which, however much men may jest
| about when in health, the SICK man fles 10 WIN
| implicit CONFERENCE.-The Medical professionalism
| they, with few exceptions, stood to their posts
the post of danger as of duty-and that whether
| IN hospitals, ia movers, Ut III Stacy "'a"'''
these faithful men were ready at every sum,
mons One other class. too, should be mentioned
with like honor the Clergy-who, with rare ex-
ceptions. remained 10 soothe where 1t might De
the last agonies of The dying, and at any rate to
| consicn the dead with decent rites to the bosom
of the common mother. | shall never forget the
impress sion on my own mind OF a solitary walk
literally solitary during the height OF the dis
temper, from Wal-st, where was my once, 10
! Houston.st where was nv residence, along
Broadway at midday, without encounterIng
| dozen human beings
THE GREAT FIRE.
The fire of the night OF 10th of December, 1885,
came next with its desolation and fearful indeed
was that night of cold and confagratlon, but
who does not remember and still admire Inc
on,,rano The constancy. the indomltable spirit