Daily American organ., 1856-04-14
Correspondence.
New YoRK, April IL, 1850

As the Common Council have reported 10 favor
of selling the Brick Church property, 1t Ia to be
hoped the United States Government will pur-
chase it, and put up building which will not only
be an ornament to the city, but OF sufficient mag
nitude TO accommodate the Post ONCE Department
and all the United States offices In this city. The
ground is sufficient for very large building, and
the location the best adapted for the post Office, az
it is in the immediate vicinity of the City Hall and
the business part Of New York. Our present mig
gardly post office is disgrace to the government,
and it is the general remark of foreigners as being
the drtiest and most inconvenient of any similar
establishment in Europe.
General SCOTS health is excellent notwthstand-
ing the report of his feebleness. His commanding
form can be seen almost any day in Fifth avenue,
and he never looked better than he does at the
present time. May his shadow never be less.
In one of my letters to the Organ written some
six weeks since it will be recolected that mention
was made of the arrest of young man at the As
tor house, in this city, charged with having left
er's money The employer succeeded at the time
in attaching large portion OF the money, it hav-
ing been placed in the hands of the propretors of
the Astor house by the young man for safe keep
ing. The employer undertook lawsuit to re-
cover his property, but on learning that it would
take long time to bring about hnal settlement,
he concluded to compromise the matter, although
Young man still remains in New York, but his late
employer left in the last steamer for Liverpool.
Our worthy Mayor and the Commissioner of
Streets are at loggerheads, and ordinations and
recriminations are passing between them. 1t Is.
we'll known that the Mayor issued proposals to
clean Broadway in such a time, and person un-
dertook to do it for $4,000. AT the same time the
Street Commissioner put all the men he could get
20 work on the same job; the consequence was
d,~f alu b,,tn
was forthcoming to pay the Mayors man. The
Mayor sent in message to the Common Council
In reference to the matter, in which he says the
Street Commissioners is like the dog in the man
ger he won't clean the streets nor will he let any
one else do it." SO the matter stands
"Toiling and Hoping" by Jenny Marsh, is the
last novel from the press of Derby jackson, and
Il the most tear-provokng book ever read 1t
IA the story of q little hunchback, of domestic
character, of everyday life, and in which two half
sisters are the principal characters. The mechan-
i..A 0~Uvulivn Of sLo e~L ia eseoneat.
Navigation on all our rivers has been fully re
sumed, boats having succeeded in reaching Albany
last evening for the first time this season and the
Connecticut river has been open since the 9TH
The Hudson river has not been closed 30 late in the
season but once since 1882. In l84S it was not
opened until April 18th. The average close Of
navigation for twenty four years has been about
ninety days per year.
Much feeling is manifested here in relation to
the seizure and detention Mt Norfolk of vessel
belonging to New York, on the supposition of hav-
ing slaves on board. The owners of the vessel, it
is said, will test the validity of the Virginia law
An exhibition of series of tabeaux represent
ing the Saviour of mankind in the agonies of the
crucfxion, has been brought out on the stage of
one of our Theatres, and exhibited there for two
or three evenings, but it having been denounced
by the press az an outrage on Christian commu-
nity, the manager has deemed it advisable to with
draw that portion Of the tableaux which repre-
sents the Saviour. P. T. Barnum is said to be in
terested in this exhibition. 30 morality has tri-
umphed In this case.
Association took place last evening at the Metro
politan Hotel James T. Brady presided. large
company was present, including ladies, and it was
one Of the most pleasing banquets of the season
Among the speakers was John Brougham, who
kept the audience in excellent spirits by his wit
and humor.
As the first Of MAY approaches (the great NOV
ing day with New Yorksrs) fires are on the In
crease, and quite number took place last night,
involving loss in the aggregate, of some $50 900
to 46O 600. It is a wellknown fact that more fires
take place in this city during the month Of April
than any other month in the year. and it is limited
that tenants often set their apartments on fire to
get CLEAR of paying rent OMoRos.
The Cannelton, Indiana, Reporter, which was
established as neutral paper, has come out strong
ly for Fillmore and Donelson. The editor an
nouuces his position in an eloquent article, from
which we take two or three passages:
When we first took charge of this paper II was
"a G. I...-