The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-08-28

ree0ed public buildings burn down aud thsu 20 10
sleen Nearly scar has eisPsed since The cocds
grafton hsppeneo thss turocd ono hsH OF our oar O.
ration 6Hoen out II DOOR. and I'll that hes bcsa
done by ire Common Com ell 10 70 70 n 90 scree
10 VerwOnt under the Pretepce Of l0sktaa after
Verde antique marble. m 20 arr our reformersI
ACr0Rs And AUTHORS According to soe census
returns the sum total VI tie actors and auth No Ia
the United States IL ~ folioss:-
or actxss there are none resident In n stne, Yer
mott, District Of Co'unbis, virgi ID. NORTH Ciso.
lima s. nth Carolina, Florida. Alsbama. whh. New
York hss 224; PeIn.yfvsnis. 1873; Ohm. IS the
whole Dumb+ in the county, 722. In Fran .; Of
all softs with subor. mates. they are etimat6d At
Thirty thousand. Bot in F sncs all VINO can 90 to
the cate do co. while in this country tain seots
disspr Of il, aud they constitute Per lsps oeary
half the population.
Tha number of actors must ha 70 increased con.
eiderably since the census wxs taken.
OF authors, Maine has none, or Nes Hampshire;
Vermont bas y whole one (what On ~; Missachu-
,etta, II; Rhode leland, O; Connect Ut, 4; New
ware, o; Maryland, O.; DistriN Of Columbia. 0;
yisginii roe an anth 4 any description. II the
ceLsus ste ks hetrutb; North Carolins. Il S'u'h
Carolina. o. Georgia comes TO tins rrs sue witt
perhaps q clever fellow at Gao ans yer for o,tb;
Flcr,ca. 0; Alabama. l; Mississippi. o. Louisiana,
o; T. Xas, 0; Arkansas 0; Tenn essee l; k-atucsy,
2; OHIO. A; Michigan, 2; Iodlana. Il lia'is, D;
ard the r. msinoer Of the same deg 90 Of speador.
thirds OF an author for zach State. Sometn,og rot
ten 10 this account. We happen t. kupE, pec-
sonajly, more than hundied authors 10 this CITY
alone.
This census account Of these two classes Of iodus.
trsls wilt give pretty good idea Of the corectncss
OF tie returns Ia other particulars, 0nl they
are probably more correct In relation 20 tors aud
ant ore toan to other professions, bee the
SO few Of them. One reason Why tie census gives
neagre return Of suthors ia, that here NE few
men who are not ashamed 10 confess themsev
members Of the fraternity, and the same may be
said Of actors.
fFrom the Sunday Atlas
CUsEoM HOUSE, hATTEas.-By judi, i0us and
proper arrsl cement. maae with tue sanction OF ne
Sc Jetaiy OF the Treasury, quite number OF iospsc
t g. who have heret fore been EN- u J,ed in tue pub
Ii stores ard in the debenture department Of toe
Custom House, have been pa' ei upoo dtscha -giog
cuty. which is the Legitimate service OF an inspes
tor, ar d their places substituted BY new aIp0iot
meDts under the denomination of clerks Of which
the Collector has tie power TO appoint as many az
the public service requires, while he L. prohibited
by law from increasing the number of inspectors.
! By this arrangement the numerical force Of the
Custom House employees has been increased thirty
men, ard the great want Of inspectors which has
| been so much felt, fully supplied. This opening
was regular godsend to the Office seeking poll
ticaDs and aorced an opportunity Of providing for
thirty Of them who could not In any other event
have been taken care Of Several OF the old officers
adverse to cischarging duy," resigned as inspec-
t0rs, and &C eptcd appointments rs Gle Ks at sals
~ OF II 600 yea. The new men who have "clme
10 uIder this arrangement, 20 far as We are 40
qnsinted With them, are first rate demo rats and
good citizt1s, about fairly proportional between
the halds end ,he softs. Thoee familiar with our
local politics will radily recognize several con-
spcuu baids in the following list which embrace.
ali the new men appointed under the arrangement
we have slinded to, viz -
oLBREs AT SALARY OF 81 900 PER ANsuM.
Frank a. Dcdc, Capt. Israel NJ ller,
Capt James w. Turner, Hercules II Jones,
James o Hetherington (2d Stephen Asxsen (Alleghs
Jas H. BIa.denp 9th ward) A. Messelrvlc (brother Of
Jared :. Benton (steuben Jas Grog.n 9th ~ard),
COZ. JAS II Clark 9th ward),
n H.Washirgton fold fogy), WIN Cohen,
sanue! Burrn, Monmouth H. underhi
Aonaniss Mathews (toth wary,
Moses Henrques (Jew, re- Joho X. Lydecker 18th
4 B iiore, VAf''
Major james Wright cd Isaac Deforcst (Brcoklyn),
xaId) George Ferris tlatn ward),
Isaac We uilyes (old Ike), Geo D. Davis (22d wardJ
Washington hyer Q7th stephen d L,m.n 10Th
rst,isa Murphy lssd xsra. 2Shp Belts 18Th x.rd,
George s seaman, chs1 aesh A. Brown tana
2hona. Byrnes lst ward,, ~ard) restorsd. '-A1
George Brown, Thomas Mccoy.
The only man removed was Jeremiah F. Hallett
an inspector. II B. Cornwsli, clerk. and Toomas
McCaCp, On inspector, resigned; II is proper to
state that Patrick Murphy, appointed an inspector
from the Twtnty.second ward, is not the Patrick
Murphy. cur old friend, who was appointed by
Judge Bronson. and removed few days ago BY
Mr.. Redfeld. But even if it was, there would be
no great harm In it, for we are quite sure there
are many wo,sc men than "honest Pat Murpay''
now In IT, Custom House. Tho list, upoo the
whole, is CONNER dsble one, sn6 embraces many
Of cur most desel wing democrats
DEMocnATIC Observation-Disclosures FOR
MAYoR.-Sincc our last PAPER was published. facts
tavc crime to our knowledge which satisfy us that
the great s'rupg G IN the Know Nothing councils,
in relation to the wing candidate for Mayor, has
Terminated adversely 70 Mr. Barker, who was at one
IKE at the head Of the heap. The Seventeenth
ward schemers have been too much for Beotner
Barker and the die has been cast in favor Of Mer win
4. Brewer, who, in all humaL probability, viii be
the next regular whig candidate for Ayor of this
city. He will achieve his nomination ut I Q Broad.
way House, through the efforts of his brother Know
Nothngs, secretly operating to carry delegates in
bis favor, at the regular primary ection OF the
whia party. The Barker party, 10 the Nnow Nothing
lodges is very strong but it - predicted that they
dare not XII against the arrangements that have
been consummatt d in the coal hole OF the Bowery
Bank. corner Broome street and 30 very-ent an
in Broome street. The king OF the coal hole is
to be the Dext Mayor il the ope atoms OF Governor
Bill Duke, and the Obligations Of " Tue Supreme
Greer OF '76." can make him so. Barker Is killed
OF Zopb8r Mills Is '.sot ba k-Ely is oyershadow-
ed rom CarnIey is left behind-Bob HAYES. ditto
ALI viii be reed to yield TO tho superior tactics
ct the coal hole" and Oh the 7th Of November next
they VIII all DC found active a the polls in favor of
the regular whig nominee, M. r. Brewer. When
Governor Duke first undertook to effect union Of
the wing party upon Mr.. Brewer, we had no faith
in his success but we are now satisfied that the
feat he's been accomplished
The manGuveriDgs OF the democrats for the
MRJofal'y lave been very limited. The "a is, the
demo crazy ore not yet aroused. Whether it Is from
distrust as - the result, or from concealed d.
sign on tho part Of the democratic eade g. there Is
at present rat ba kwardness in the party in rela
tcn to candidates for all the impo tant offices IN h
filled at the next election. Candidates for Mayor
are very scarce, and most of those citizens whose
eyes are cast wshfully in that direction, are afraid
to ayow 1t. We suppose there are twenty promi.
nent men In the Democratic party who would DO
earnest candidates for Mayor If they could see the
road clear, Who now disavow any such ambition.
The only square toed, openly svowed candidate for
The democratic nomination, that vc have met With,
for the nomination, and possesses firm belief that
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