The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-10-23

Of fesoncsSy rcesvfag . desen vssusoas
knives AID forks which vvr~ stosa ssUa Ms@ra
swvnssa Son, 20 Pesr street. yuust ssnse
John HesscA. the principal witness fos tAe prosecu
ton, oorfessed 70 having bscG ssscisr< visA boys
who saose cutlery from various csAAbsixAasat~. sn
sold IL 10 tie defendant for nominal .nn.
The steamships North Star and KAngsros. ~
spcctively from Seuthasytcn sad Huwreoi. -ss
inst, arrived II this port yesterday. The ness ~
thee vesses had been anticp by the arrival q
the Europa at Halifax. We pablIsh. however, s,ns
extracts from our hles showing the eject u the
American financial revulsscn On the mesesav ssa
commercial Affairs Of Esrcpe. TIE Earcresn malls
TO the 10Th inst, brcaght BY the Europe, rcscsee
this city about midnight last night and iron our
flee received by her ve copy several aticse~ erAib-
iting the progress OF the rcvalxon 40 10 tssi dsss
The British and Continental msDsy markets vsse .
good deal depressed, and the finances % Turkey
were in deAngcd condition. The Steamship sos.
russia. which left Hamburg On the 10 inst fos Nee
York, put into Greenock. having received some n.
jury to her machinery, bot 70 whsi extent vr hare
not asce4tained.
The United States surveying steamer Arcsx Com
mancer Bergman, arrived 81 this pcrs yesterday.
She has been absent over three months maASag wur.
with the Atlantic telegraph scheue. and deep zee
sourdings and thesmcmetricAi observations IN The
Gulf Stream. The results OF the expeii1on ore ses
forth in an interesting narrative Of the voyage.
which we give In another column.
We have news from the Prcach West Irdis
islands Martinique and Gusdnloupe 10 the llth ul
| The yellow fever had yearly disappeared. The
newspapers were discussing the necessity Of obtain
ing supply OF lsbores from sbrosd, and II vas
claimed that the longest extension possible should
be given to emigration. cargo Of ninety thre
Africans arrived the LIST Of September st Points
Petre, and ship load OF coolies was hourly expected
Our correspondent Of Cardenas writing on the 18th
inst, states that the crops looked very well. and
would should the weather continue favorable. pro-
duce at least an average yield. Sugar coming In.
and cold at much less than il commanded txo weeks
previously. and the spectators have consequently
been sorely disappointed Five rich planters have
waited on the Captain General for his advice and
sanction in laying down Q telegraph wire between
Havana and Key West which will likely take place,
provided the United States government will permit
the Cuban authorities 10 have the exclusive control
of its management.
The Excise Commissioners meet daily Al one
| O'Clock in the chamber of the Court Of Common
Pleas, City Hall. but having no business before them
| adjourn from day to day.
Tbs cotton narke Wal quiet yesterday, and sas Of
nomsn; reported. -Four more active and closed
nrm a ssoat the prsvors csyI quotations.. Prime 70
ohoss lots OF wAsa, s'shes BY . 10 cents pes
bushe with sales - good 70 choice white rensesss d
81 ~ 81 80; rcd Southern do 81 20 Q 81 81 whits
Ohio 81 IS; red Indiana aud Ohio u 81 ls 81 To- vim
Chicago asd hnwAuks red .. 81 Of 81 Ct. Ool sold
7ic 10, and closed dull ., zoe. Pork dat, viii
small aies Of ~ 81 80 SCI IS and or prime
slo so . ST.. Sugars were 10 steady demand, with sas
OF aecu 200 500 hhds a rates IN another column
o,sce stcacy but In view OF public sale 70 OF
10 day the MARKET q1,es. Freshn ermsr, With
Offering. To Liverpool asoat 60 900 bushsA wheat
engaged, In bulk 81 Cd some n bags q 6d and
after snds I'd. was asked 1900 . 3 900 bbh aour, q
r. Sd and $50 boxes cheese ri ass To London Tour
a. d., and fierce beef ~ IS.
Important Report 10 the Com moa Council
Official Corruption and Negligence.
Some time last summer a committee Of the
Board of Councilmen was appointed to give a
general oveIhauling Of the city accounts, to find
where leakages had broken out and how the
moneys raised for taxes were expended That
committee has performed its functions as fully as
circumstances permitted, and presented its re-
IUit W AAC booi1 hoSA tf1Aiu-s icPOit
we publish IN erenso to day, and invite to Its at
tentive perusal all the taxpayers Of the city and
all others who entertain any curiosity "a to the
reason why the taxes have increased within
few years from three to eight or ten millions Of
dollars
The first thing that win strike with surprise all
intelligent readers Of the report is the fact that
the accounts Of this city should have ever been
kept in such an incredibly bungling and negli-
gent manner. No attempt at order or organization
seems ever to have been made in the Department
OF Finance The committee found that in the
Office Of the Commissioner of Streets and Lampe
there were no books papers or vouchers, to guide
them in their examination, and intimate that if
tuch were ever kept they were taken away by
the late Commissioner A significant intimaton,
indeed. In the Conptrollnr's Office they de
scribe the books and papers a. mingled in one
confused mass" The state OF things existing in
the Bureau OF Arrears, they designate M "die-
graceful and deplorable." The annual colloc.
tons made through that Office amount to from
one TO two millions Of dollars; and yet, since ts
organization no records have been kept, and,
"aNNAaAbb " Aht ANPotA ~ O11 I've luf HOSl
remote idea of the amount for which the
bureau should b. held responsible. The
frauds, dcfalcations errors and aelinqucn-
cies that the committee detected on q mere
cursmy examination astonished and surprised
them The amount Of unpaid taxes now on the
hooks appears TO be s2,S3G,670; but how much
Of that large amount has actually gone into the
pockets OF the collectors may be imagined from
the fact tina. six hundred instances have been
found, running over ouly three years, in which
collectors have returned taxee as unpaid which
they subsequently acknowledged had been paid
at the time they made the returna
such are few of the general features OF this
report, ITS details are no less astounding. Al
examination Of such books ~ the committee