The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-08-07

Chamber OF Commsrce.
TIE wAR1HOUsNG 00hPANY-NEw srHAksHrP CON-
PARY TO NEW ORLKANs-ABuSls Az THK SPANISH
HOSPITALS IN HAvANA-rm ADVANCED WAGES
RxyORM--NBw ROOM FOR TIE CHAMBER, ErCA
The Chamber Of Commerce met yesterday at the xer-
chants' Bank, In Wall sreet-P. Perit In the chair.
NKw MnnBUss
The Following gentlemen were elected members OF the
Chamber, viz-Joseph Hoxie James n rockingham,
John White, Elliot F. Shepard, Gustavus schif, Rufus
c Carter, James Robinson Joseph Peabody, Nelson Cie
meph
Fer Committee or Northumberland Hlncken
THE wARWoUNHG SYSTEM.
communication was received from the New York
warehoing Company enclosing the charter and regula
tons Of the for the confederation of the Chamber
committee consisting Of J. Depyester Ogden, E. E. Nor
gan, T Tesson, Mathew kaury, Charles H Marshall and
Pert appointed to report their opinion Of the PLAN
Mr. s. GRFrm spoke In favor or system Of ware
housing such contemplated by the charter Of this
tors law and the usury law which pressed 30 GENEROUSLY
upon mercantile Thi' was something muca required
at the Corn Exchange The same system had been tried
ai Chicago and other places with G eat success
Mr. MILLS and Mr. BAHrow also favored the object OF
tho company.
MARsBAL LsrFKRTs offered the following resolution
appop led to report to Chamber subsequent sitting
tie commercial and postal advantages which will proba-
bly, result the establishment Of the new route from this
city to New Orleans via the peninsula OF Florida, aud any
evidence and statistical information Illustrative OF the ex
tent and tendency OF the internal commerce OF the coun
ivy and how far Is and has been liable TO be influenced
by reults Of public improvements and the modes BY
which may be still further developed and concentrated
This esoIuon Mr. LItFHRrs thought important enough TO
crit The attention OF the Chamber; the in ormaon call
ed for 1t desirable 10 have AZ postal route between
New York and New Orleans was nearsr ~ two days
| than any now in use.
Mr. PERT su igested that the information called for in
the last clause Of the resolution was too general In It's cha
racter
Mr.. CHARLES MARSHALL ex pressed his entire dsappro
baton Of the Of government aid for steamship lines.
There mpet.ton enough bet ween merchants with
out government Interfering 10 crush private enterprise
for which the general had paid s295 900 per
year for the last ten years. and he had yet earn what
equivalent this company had 81 ven for the money he knew
all about this mail contract yet he did not know OF the
mails the steamers carried or the services they performed
The Law required that the steamers should be at for
purpoees but they9 What good would they be TO
defend the commerce of the country He (Mr harshal
would not count nance any more Of hese CONTRACT steam
NJ. IEFsKKrs disolImea having any interest In the mat
and did not know he history Of the company to which
Nr Marshall had alluded
The resolution wa finally laid on the table
AMERICAN MARINE HOSPITAL AT HAVANA PRoroszp
Mr. MARSHALL called the attention OF the Chamber TO the
abuses pracdced at Havana upon American seamen The
captains compe led pay three dollars per head for
taken to the spsn,h hospital were almo,t sure to die
During the ,umsr from three to four hundred
average. The sailor who entered the hospital rarely le
sve indeed was to the pecuniary Advantage OF the
ia @ r sney e,S Se aS M hs.a
abuses and for the sake of the poor seamea was pro
poed TO organize an American hospital At that port Me-
Marshall then read the following from OF his
pondentB nj Havana
NEW yorrx, H bNS ss Jay g ~ s to
redeem prem msoe when you in this rty,
sp FOR & sf
here ere
whom in ordinary years 50 large profcraon are swept
suamss There has been i n Ely sll ss.
esrs s ou donbess sTe aw.e The csss i,
There are sonI.y from cog to 5000 Ame,.cs, sailors
and '. az IRON yellow
20, Be ns., 9 graf
ssn % S We. q yeoa sss
d. Sssss. have .s;.;s u sss: Ss:s.s
has 50 rn bold that he
&c a.
70 s s1'p nsss
sIfs iSs. hsnds Daaen: are AL
y aDS nj. SsS and
the sns a mixes more money By buryns them than 4
n ssa
be .
noss might dictate added to which decent Christian burial
%
each
supporting ano the unfortunate SAL would be certain OF
cevng Kind aud proper medical tendance nursing
| sick, which he does MOI row receive
Mr. PKur thought this . mater that govern uent
could not well take action upon, would be
terfersnce with porl Laws. stn 1t . matter upon
which Congress might BIO mcmoralzed, and he thought
the subject had better lay over.
ADVANCED WAGES QuET0N
Mr.. Puu stated that the Committee on tho Abolition OF
ADV arced Wages 10 Seamen would not be prepared u
make final report until next meeting In the meantime
be wfed TO have incorrect public impression rected
The reform had net been abandoned By the merchants
and be sattGei tha. 1t would eventually be fully
carried out Ships manned every few da without
the advance Here the matter dropped
| ROOM
Mr.. BARsTow reported that the committee place
OF meeting for ke Chant would report next meeting.