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forwarding Atesshans Al carondelat sepsaiy
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D EKSUM, j u, Real Estate, Stock, Note
Exchange Broker No, Commercial Place. deersiron
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Commission Mechan caIendelet Union
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" lors Of Law, Is Commercial Place, New Orleans,
HENRY EE0YY Pennsy lyaHiA aud Ken
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AW w LILLIAN W w WOOD,
il ATTORNEY AND CouNSELLoR-AI-LAR,
Office, No. ~ Royal street.
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Fire, River and Marine Insurance.
PROVINCIAL INSUR ANGE COMPANY

OF TORONTO, G. ".
600 100000
KDwD. G. oBRE., Secretary. A. NJ. CLARK, President
BRANCH OFFICE, No. As Camp ST., New Orleans.
III The undersigned prepared toisaue POLICIES against
.h per the SEAS and RIV ERs against loss damage
by FIRE, at the current rates Of premium
BENJAMIN FLoRANCE, Agent,
n5ly HARMON D0ANE, Assistant Agent
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Polynesian. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu], Hawaii) 1844-1864, 1854-09-02

ed without the assent Of two-hrds of the men,
oers present IN each House." The business of
New England being mainly commercial, she de-
sired to free her navigation interest from this two
thirds vote, and this was effected, probably by a
compromise. Por wheH Gen. Pinkney, of South
Carolina, moved to strike out 1900 and insert 1903,
as The period for abolishing the slave trade, the
motion prevailed by all the New England States
voting for it with only four slave SIates-Dela-
ware, Virginia. New Jersey and Pennsylvania vc-
ting against il.
II Is alleged that the New England States, in
order TO secure to themselves the monopoly of the
carrying trade Of the Southern States and strength
en- her commercial supremacy, voted to give the
slave trade longer lease OF eight years and that
Delaware, Virginia, and Maryland had found
slaves Improbable, and knew that they could sell
their stock Of slaves to the southern States at
better terms If the Importation from Africa was
prohibited. 1t all evehts, had TIE New England
States voted against the extension, the slave trade
would have been abolished eight years earlier pre-
venting the importation gilmore than 100, 900 slaves
into this country, and there would have been at the
present time less number Of slaves in The Uni,eG
States, by at least 9g9 900, with a corresponding
increase in the value of thOse produced by the
slave-breediDg members of the Confederation.
Polynesian. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu], Hawaii) 1844-1864, 1854-09-02
City Water Works.

New York Is supplied from the CrOton River.
The work was commenced in 1885 and completed
in 1912, at the expense of 100000 The
CrotOn Dam is in Westclsester county, so miles
from the Battery in New York The length of
the aqueduct from the dam 20 the Harlem River is
81 "a miles To this point the water flows
through conduit of hydraulic mason-work, I-2
feet IN height, and feet in width. II crosses the
Harlem River at High Bridge, III miles from the
City Hall, IN huge plpcs resting upon arches sup
ported by II piers Of heavy masonry, eight Of
which are 60 feet span, and SIX are so feet the,
height of the bridge being ia feet above the tide
water. The cost of the bridge was S900,0
The water is first conducted into the receiving
reservoir near Yorkville, and thence, through
double line OF iron pipes, three feet in diameter
TO the distributing reservoir, by the Crystal Pal
ace from which it is distributed through the city.
The average supply of water Is 100000 gallons
daily which NAV be doubled. The receiving res
ervoir, bounded BY 10Th and Seth streets, is 1925
feet by $50, and covers 33 acres. Its capacity is
l50O0O,00O gallons. The distributing reservoir
is between 45th and 42d streets, 400 feet square,
and covers an area Of acres. It's capacity is 3d.,
100000 gallons.
PmLADELPHIA.-The Fairmount Works, ON the
Schuylkill, are the oldest and most celebrated in
the country The water is forced TO height of
S6 feet, through the mains of sixteen inches in di-
ameter, varying in length from one hundrcd and
eighty three TO four hundred and thirythree feet
On the hill at FalrnOunt are four reservoirs con-
tanning in the aggregate 2203l,976 abe gallons,
and at distance of "a of mile is filth reser-
voir, containing l6,646247 ale gallons, making
the total storage of the Farmount works equiva-
lent TO SO, ,675 223 ale gallons. During the year
1852 the average amount Of water pumped daily
was 5,73l ,745 gallons, which was distributed in a
district containing 26,62l houses, in which there
were 295S2 rate-payers. The cost Of these works
to January Ist, 1853, was 1924, ,894.
Polynesian. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu], Hawaii) 1844-1864, 1854-09-02
COOPER AG e.


Having formed coparnerhp under the style of Swain aud
butler, have taken the shop recently occupied bl ]
Walters and Intent carrying the COOpeTng Business
in al its various branches Hoping by strict attention
IieTit share Ofthe Uubc patronage. On hand and
for sale, 2OOO bh casks barrels buckets tubs SHOWER
bath an 8 thing rubs--37-tf
Polynesian. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu], Hawaii) 1844-1864, 1854-09-02
J. A. BURDICK,

COOpeT, HohoIuIu, Uhhu, >. I''
Having taken premises formerly occupied by w Vincent
Hotel ST. Mauna Eea viii Continue 10 on
the coopeT's business all its hTancnes the above
mentioned place hopes that those Of his friends
hitherto afforded him a liberal patronage will
f 30 give hi call y. B. 800 bbls water casks
on hand and for sale libera terms.
Polynesian. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu], Hawaii) 1844-1864, 1854-09-02
Creeping Things.

Let me pat spider Into any lady's hand; she is
aghast: she shrieks, I" The nasty, ugly thisg."
Madam, the spider is perhaps shocked az your
Brussels lace, and, although you may be the most
exquisite painter living, the spider has right to
laugh at your coarse daubs as she runs over them
Just show her your crotchet work when you shrek
at her. Have you spent half your days upon
these clumsy anii-macassars and these ottoman
covers? Ny dear lady, is that your WEBB IfI
were big enoSsgb, / might With reason drop you
and cry out at you. Let me spend day with
you and bring my work. have four little bags Of
thread-such little bags In every bag there are
more than one thousand holes-such tiny, tiny
hoesI-OBt Of each hole thread runs, and all the
threads-more than four thousand threads spin
together as they run, and when they are all spun
they make but one thread Of the web weave. /
have a member of my family who is herself no big
ger than a grain of sand. Imagine what slender
web she makes, and of that too, each thread is
made of four Thousand or FIVE thousand threads
that have passed out Of her four bags through four
or FIVE thousand little holes. WOHd you drop her,
too crying oot ebCHt your deIicaey? Il pretty
thing, indeed, for yoI 10 plume yourself on your
delicacv, and scream al US" Having made such a
speech, we may suppose that the indignant crea-
ture fastens rope around one of the rough points
OF the lldy's hand, and lets herself down lightly TO
the floor. Coming down stairs rs noisy, clumsy
work. compared with sucha way of locomotioH.
The creeping things we scom are miracles OF
beauty. They are more delicate than any ormolu
clock or any lady's watch made, for pleasures
sake, 10 bigger than shilling. Lyonet counted
four thousand and fOrty-one muscles in a single
caterpillar, and these are small part only of It's
work. Hook found fourteen thousand mirrors IN
the eve of blue bottle, and there are thirteen
thousand three hundred separate bits that go pro-
vide nothing but the act of breathing IN carp
Polynesian. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu], Hawaii) 1844-1864, 1854-09-02

JAMEs FERGUsoN and his wife led cat-and- dog
life. and shc Is not o3ce aliaded TO in the phil
osopher's autobiography. About the year 1750.
one evening while he was delivering to a Lonsos
audience lecture on astronomy, bis wife entered
the room in passion and ulalicioCsly overturned
several pieces Of the apparatus, when all the notice
Ferguson took Of the catastrophe, was the eoser-
vation To the audience, Ladies and gentleman,
have the misfortune 70 be married e. ,his Toran.
Polynesian. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu], Hawaii) 1844-1864, 1854-09-02

INTERESTING PREsESTATIoN.-We are pleased
to record that or esteemed friend, Mrs. Parting
ton, has been presented with a pew broom by her
grocer, as a mark of esteem for the prompt manner
in which she has p1d mp her bills. The prcsen-
tation made in the frost part of the shop, amid
crowd Of orange baskets, and sugar barrels, and
the ceremonial marked with peculiar interest, as
was the skirt Of Mrs. Partngton's bombazine dress,
with an extra puff of foor. The grocer, handing
the broom at arms length over tire counter, ad-
dressed her, his eyes filled with tears, and his
mouth filed with half an 0range-as follows:
Take tie broom, men, and with It the assurance
of my distinguished consideration
Mr3. Partington took the broom in her fingers,
and, with evident emotion, said, al the same time
looking at Ike, who peering wstfully into tire
basket, 4 thank you for the broom, and shall nc
yer fail 10 forget The dougknut.' She meant donor,
and Ike said she did say so, but the grocer, who
was gross man. thought differently. The broom,
on one side Of the handle, bears on small yellow
piece of paper, the inscription, Half doz- corn
brooms made and warranted By the Harvard So
ciety and for sale by groCeTs gsreraAy,' on the
other nothing at ALL The gift was beautiful tn
butte of groceries to worth, and the story which,
afterwards got round that she had paid two York
shIllings for the broom, and that the presentation
was all sham, was an Outrageous libel that mad
It's origin in the meaBest envy-!Boston Post>
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-05-21

The ether hundrei thousand expensive appliances NJ
sary for nrst ella theatre and opsrs house must
furnished by the lessee at cost Of not less than
thousand dollars. The stockholders also have the n
to demand Of the manager two hundred and fifty
seats (the best in the house, each and every nj
that performance given, and the rent Of the hous
thirty thousand dollars per season.
The reserving Of places for stockholders the
objection to the Astor Place Opera. No theatre in
world could exist under the weight Of such ID
Even the granting of free admissions to stockholt
(without seats) has killed two or three theatres In
country-the old Boston theatre and the Holiday st
theatre In Baltimore, examples. The stockholt
OF the Astor Place house occupied their seats
less there was great attraction On the extra nig
when the vulgar were admitted, the aristocratic
presented beggarly account Of empty boxes
Mr. Hackets some time since, announced that he
closed engagement with Mario and Grisi. and at
same time he opened negotiations with the director
the Academy Of Music for the lease Of the Opera Ho
Considerable time spent in negotiations, which
fruitess, Mr. Hacket desired the stockholders to
sist in fitting up the house. and he also objected to
reservation of seats 1t is stated that the directors
fered the lease to Mr. Hackett at a reduction of S.
upon the rent
Mr.. Hackett IT is said, intends to inaugurate the
hall on the site Of the Iafarge House, with Grisi
Mario. Mr.. Ullman is now in Europe negotiating 4
company TO support Madame Sontag. She will g
Niblo's. !.
The friends of Max Maretzek have secured for
the lease OF the new Opera House. If he choose to accep
The lease has been drawn out in his name and sent
him. 1t is saddled with the conditions as above
down, and the rental amounts z $4,000. Mr.. Ma
eek was at Berlin at the last accounts and it now
mains to be seen whether not he will accept the
Of this lease with these conditions 1t is considere
very doubtful matter by well-informed people.
Maretaek Is good manageable best we have ever
in New York. Messrs. Kipp & Brown, the stage
prietors are security for Maretzek as far as his rent
concerned.
The above Is believed to be a correct statement Of
case as far as the negotiations have progressed 1t
be seen that the dulness in musical matters during
season is to be amply compensated FOR by the actvit
the next
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-05-21

A Word TO HousEHoLDERs.-The streets are
filed with dust, garbage and filth of every de-
scription. Broadway is relapsing into its old
condition; and the other streets defy descrip-
ton. Every shower of rain fills them with
mud. In few days, the heat will convert all
this into one putrid macs, exhaling disease and
malaria. 1t is useless to turn for relief to the
Corporation. That body is now more utterly
incapable and useless than it has ever been.
Bad rs were its predecessors, the Council
elected on the reform ticket is certainly the
worst we ever had. In view of these facts, and
of the imminent danger of cholera or some pes
tilcntial disease being engendcred by the foul
condition of the streets, we call upon house.
holders throughout the city to organize them
selves into provisional governments and to
have their streets cleaned by private arrange
ment. Half dollar week will be sufficient
to enable the whole city to be kept clean, and
every man can afford to pay this Whether he
can or no, in fact, he has no choice, now; I'M
less he is content to run the risk of plague
springing up among US. Let no one say one
word Of appeals to the municipal authorities.
Such resorts are waste of brea tn and waste of
time. We have no government, and if We
want clean streets, we must clean them our
selves.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-05-21

THE ACADEMY OF MUsIc-THE NEW OPERA HOUSE
LESSEE, &C.. &c.
The establishment of the Italian opera In America
institution promises to be attended by serious
difficulties The last attempt made by certain OF
wealthy citizens who, two years since, secured
charter, were Incorporated tho Academy Of Music y
and proceeded to erect costly building in Fourteenth
street and Irving place. which building viii be ready for
occupancy by the FIRST of November.
For some time past the directors Of the Opera House
have been endeayoring TO obtain suitable lessee
For IL. They first advertised in the English and con-
tnental papers, without They also despatch
ed an agent to Europe to effect the same purpose
1t is stated that he too unsuccessful The reasons
for this difficulty appear to be these;-
The company have erected building called the AGA
DENY Of Music" with stock scenery" for six operas
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-05-21

The BOARD OF ExoIsE-RUM SELLING IN
New YoRK.-It would appear that the old
adage relative to good resolutions and the in
teresting road which they pave remains as
true as ever. The Board of Councilmen made
several excellent resolutions relative to the
renewal of licenses for liquor selling The
licenses expired on the first of May, and the
Councilmen were profuse in promises to the
Temperance Alliance, and others. for the
coming year. The whole license system was
to be overhauled; licenses to sell liquors were
no longer to be granted to. corner" groceries;
rowdyism on the Sabbath was to be greatly
diminished, by the shutting up of the rum shops,
and the main cause Of all the abuses which
the city has sufered-the Sunday fights, rows,
and SO forth-was to be so far restricted that
the effects would be comparatively mild The
monster was to be scotched if not killed.
These, like other promises of the reformed
Common Council, have made for themselves
thin air, into which they have vanished. We
find that the Board Of Excise, of which the
Councilmen and the Aldermen are er o6icio
members, have commenced granting IL
censes to nearly all the applicants, the
only qualification required being that the per-
sons licensed shall be voters in the wards where
their rum holes are kept. One Councilman
granted licenses Unfortunately, and the others
were not much less profigate. In one ward,
where there are not many hotels or victualling
establishments, one hundred and fourteen licen-
ses were granted; of course the majority Of
them must have been for tipping shops. And
these things were done by men who were elect
ed to the posts which they now disgrace under
the strongest pledges in favor of temperance and
reform. They have been actively engaged in
bartering their pledges in the hope of obtaining
sufficient influence with the grog-shop politi-
clans.
The only recourse for the people of New
York, in this predicament, is to take proper
precautionary measures to prevent the repeti-
ton of such humbug. Let good men nominate
themselves for odices-sweep away all the ma
chinery of primary elections, and nominating
conventions-and then we may hope that the
work of municipal reform will be commenced in
earnest
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-05-21

nent institution. 1t is strange how rapidly this
monarch follows the footsteps Of civilization.
For example, the common school system in Cali
fornia is not yet thoroughly organized, but we
are informed from reliable source that the
milliners Of San Francisco have organized such
an admirable plan, that the Paris modes are re-
ceived there almost as soon as they are dis
played in Broadway. With such activity on
the part of fashions ministers, coupled with
the most ab,ect submission on the part of her
subjects her reign must be as enduring as
the great globe itself, and the remains of fash
ion plates will undoubtedly be plainly dis
cernible in that wreck Of matter and crush of
worlds" which will include all mortal things,
when old Atlas gets aweary of his burden, and
hurls us from his shoulders.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-05-21
Marine Affairs.

LARGE ARRIVAL OF EMIGRAyTs-The number of EN-
grants arrived in this city during the last three day
has been very large They from nearly every part
Europe, and embarked at the following ports
Number arrived on Thursday, as previously
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-05-21

The PRICE OF AN EDTroR.-In another
column will be found an amusing account
OF swindle recently practised on the pro-
prletor OF diorama in London. At the
opening Of his exhibition, gentleman called
on the proprietor, gave his name and address
stated that he was a critic engaged on the
Times, promised favorable notice and conclud-
ed by borrowing two guineas. The exhibitor
fancied he had procured praise cheap; and ac-
cordingy bought the Times regularly day
after day in the hope of seeing his visiters pro.
mise fulfilled. No notice of the diorama ap-
pearing, however, he called at the Times Office.
and there learnt, to his utter horror, that no
such person as his quondam visiter was connect
ed with the establishment. A complaint against
an unknown defendant before the London police
court was the lame conclusion to the farce.
We make no doubt that such farces are enact
ed here often enough. Every now and then,
manager civilly requests us to do him the favor
Of looking through the long list of names which
are inscribed on his free list son account of the
New YORK HERALD" and learns that half or
three-fourths of the people whom he has been
admitting gratuitiously to please us are not
only unconnected with this Journal but are even
unknown to US by name. Then again, once in
while, an inexperienced manager or actor fam
cies that by handing few dollars to Mr.. This
or Mr.. That, who manages" the newspapers,
or dictates to" the HERALD, his fortune
is made We presume that good many
friends of ours have gone through this little
delusion, and are convinced of the folly of
such investments by this times though we
cannot expect that others yet to come
will avoid the same snare. There will al
ways be fools enough in the world to keep
alive the theory that leading newspaper sells
its opinions for money. There are, we doubt
not, sensible experienced men in this city,
who honestly believe that the leading New
York journals are open to the highest bidder
and may be hired to praise or hired to blame
at a regular tariff price. This mistake arises
from general misrepresentation of the newspa-
per business, and we cannot expect to see it
thoroughly cured for many years to come. The
daily Journal as an institution, has only exist
ed some nineteen years in this country, and
has only existed in its present shape some eight
or ten. People took ten years to understand
the theory of newspaper Independent of
party; we ought, considering the general cor
ruption Of the world at large, to allow them at
least as much to learn the nature of the honest
journal. When it shall be comprchended by
the masses, men will cease to fancy that papers
can be bought to swear that black is white, be-
cause they will see that such policy would ruin
them in twelvemonth. And managers, ac-
tors, authors, schemers and others who now
seek fame and glory at cheap rates by bribing
hangers on to the press, will then save their
trouble and their cash.