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view solely the public nteress and this respect
asceftan the amount Of work already dons and the
condition Of IL also regard ths custody and care Of
books printed and bound and the large that are
being paid for their insurance, we'll the est
mated coat Of the remaining portion 70 be done the
contracts.
This 10 but Of the many heavy expenditures which
this city and county has been made TO bear by OF
the passage Of acts Of the Legislature doubt with the
best Of motives, and with view solely TO the public n
eYests but mistakenly 90, the part OF i honorable
members, tho request and urgency Of Interested nd
viduals, without the memorial consent, and often
without the knowledge, Of tho city authorities trust
however, that the period has arrived when hoss who are
charged with the government of the city and the control
OF business will conduct It's affairs a. will render not
ory unnecessary but Intellectual any application 70 the
honorable the Legislature 70 impose laws and burdens
upon the city unsked Tor but aninteresedfew Special
egsaion the object al which is only for the benefit OF
favored class should AZ a events be avoided uness the
expense TO be incurred ia made in all 10 fall upon
those for whose advantage s authorized and not upon
the great Of the public who are not Immediately or
remotely benefited And, therefore, IL may be we
for you TO inquire IL b not practicable to reimburse the
county In way from these several Offices for the
great outlay incurred for thcf not IN whole, then in
partby such change Of their management and increase
OF the fees for the business had with hem 10 be paid into
the County Treasury, may seem 70 yonr honorable
body wise and just DANIEL F. TIEMANN.
PAYMENTS THE CITY CHAMBERLAIN ON REQUfsfUoN5 OF
THE COMMISSIONING OF RECORDS, 10 AND INCLUDING TIE
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ana n0 orable, in matter IN which both States have
m9u.al and deep interest
The committee, In oensfslon, add that deemine The
ews which they have here presented discreet and pro-
Per anoer the they endeavored 70 procure
ne ass ent Of tho Commissioners for the Removal Of the
arntine 70 the appointment OF committee last re-
ed TO- But this committee regret that the Cormls
decline TO give their assent, and for that reason
this committee have thought proper 70 make their re-
port to the people Of the country.
NJ DAM EIIINGwOOD,
NATHAN BARRETT,
wN II. vANDERBUT,
II. 3. CROPSEY,
WM j, SHAY.
LOT c. CLARK,
MINrERN rOMpKINS,
TOXPKINS WESvERvEIT.
The report was received aud unanimously adopted
The meeting was subsequently, addressed by Judge
Cropeey lot G. Clark aud others
Mr. CLARK was proceeding 70 substantate the truth Of
the statements contained in the report by great array
Of statistics, when reporter obliged 10 leave in
order 10 reach New York last evening.
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W,
Making the total expenses Of hcse branches OF the ede
raj government for the fiscal year ending the 30th Of
June, 1852 five million, eight hundred aod fifty -one
thousand, seven hundred and ninety dollars At the
time Mr.. Phelps reported bill TO appropriate
paper, printing, binding and engraving ordered by the
Senate and House OF the last two Congresses proving
for the appropriation of 500 33 for paper ti1 6< So
for printing $2S b35 ls for binding engraving hho
graphing ordered by the Senate and $7s 2l 50 for the
same job done by order OF the House.
bill has been introduced into the House by Mr. Scott
prov for the better security Of the lives passengers
that oil such vessels shall be constructed with at least
three compartments one Of which shall enclose
the machinery; larger number and better quality OF
pumps and buckets, for In OF lire, in
Great attention s paid and Justly, TO the number and
size Of life boats. Every steamer not exceeding
$500 tons must have board four boats OF the best
sructon ouboard and three nboard capable in all OK
have boats for 29s Steamers exceeding 800 " have
boats accommodating 396 people. These are w'ss pro-
Visions and the PAL Ae>1as law hope they will bo
rgidiy enforced No clearance shall be grsnsed any
captain who docs produce certificate Of local
spectors to the effect that his vessel has complied with
negecDg violating any OF the provisions Of the law Is
fixed at fne OF 81 600 and Imprisonment not less than
two more than ten years.
The Secretary Of War has 10 the Senate report OF
the estimates for the Improvement OF the harbors OF Buff
fao, Dunkrk, Erie, Conneani, Ashtabua Grand river,
Cleveland, Black river, Verfnllion Saudusky bay River
Rasin and Maumee hay, Lake Erie, called for by q
resolution of that body OF the I'D December. 1857.
Several these harbors represented in very
bad condition, and all Of them requiring repairs Col
Albert OF The corps Of typographical Engineers, collected
the estimates. They are as follows-
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wilIiamsbure City News.

The sar YAsDs.--The ship yards in the Eastern dis.
rct and which presented much activity and three
years since, are entirely deserted, with two cxcep
tons. Then, from ten fifteen hundred mechanics
employed, at good wages while At the present time the
entire number does not exceed one hundred. Messrs
lawrence n Fouks foo, OF North FIN street are
rucng three schooners for the spanish government TO be
employed in dredging the barbor Of tMaanss. They are
100 feet in length y3 feet beam set deep and about $50
tons. They will be launched about the 1s OF March
Mr. simonson, at Greenpoint has commenced steam
boat 70 be named the Zephyr, for Vanderbilt, 70 bc
psced in the texas line she viii be 20 feet losg 30 feet
beam, ii feet deep aud about 200 tons measurement
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IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO.
IeaI Position Of President ComOnfort-
rronunelamlentss Against Bina--vldaw-
RI Again Ia the rield-T'he Capt.
tai in q state Of Siege,
&c., &c.. 30.
NEWS BY TELEGRAPH.

Nxw ORLEANS, Jan. 26, 1858.
"A steamship Tennessee has arrived from Vera Cruz,
me-. che smiled ON the 2ls. ,nst, bringing highly I'M
ant nj WE from Mexico
"a country was in q complete state OF anarchy.
rly ali the mail stages between Vera Cruz and the
tsl had been robbed. Nearly every State and town
he republic wero issuing pyonunciamterstos against
sAent Couonfort, and the city Of Mexico was in
Of siege.
N the uth the Zuloaga Brigade which first declared
he dictatorship Of Comonfort pronounced against hi
c,ds the citadel and barracks of San Augustine and
TO Domingo Comonfort had been refugee admission
he last nsmed.
ace, with artillery. He had also arrested General
oaga but afterwards released him on parole.
portion of the zuloasu brigade in favor Of Gen.
Gag. for the Presidency, while others advanced the
nns of Santa Anna.
ba the 18th the barracks OF San Augustine were H.
ked by Comonfort's troops, who were repulsed.
All the foreigners in the city had hosted the flags of
! ir respective countries for protection. Confusion
sns supreme at the capital.
THE REPoRTED BoABARDMEHT OF VERA CRUZ.
New ORLEANS Jan. 26-Midnght.
hero Is no possibility that the rumor of the lombard
Mt OF Vera Cruz by the Spanish fleet could have ori
aed in this city. have consulted the best authorities
|rs in regard to the subject, and they have heard
thiDg and know nothing about IL. We have received
later Mexican dates than those brought by the Ten
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WASHINGTON, Jan. %, 1858.

wssfnSoroS, Jan. %, 1855
army Eaimd,,s-Report Of ne QudrtermdaU General on
the Pears DeGcneies-hoU tie Lot Of the Utah noops
6to b. Made Up-Coa gf fhs Nso oRegirsentschargs for
Camp and Road Equipuges, Wdo0ns, HOrss, Mules and
Bas0dge Iains--7her amount in Line
Ihsve examined the report Of the Qaartsrmaser Gene
ra Ihos. Jcssup, showing the details Of the cacua-
tons upon which the estimate for deficiencies FOR tho
present year and the additional force ordered Utah. s
based
AT the close Of the fiscal year. the 3osh d June last,
there wS in consequence Of the greatly extended opera
tons that ye~, deficiency In the appropriations for
the artermasters Department Of the following amounts
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A WIFE POISONED by HER HusBAND's Moro
rrEss-Great excitement exists in Henry county, KY,
consequence o the poisoning Of Mrs Porter by slave
oman Who had long been terms OF intimacy with the
husband. Tho shelby Ne,cs gives the following account
the altar Thursday, Path Of December, the wife Of
r Hous Porter died, three or iosr days after her ac-
cucheme, under circumstances which induced strong
uspcion hat she was poisoned An examination OF the
|tonach vas made and stryohnne found. negro girl,
bout twenty years Of age, belonging 70 Col Ed Smith,
vas arrested on suspicion and tried Tuesday the hth
st WHEN facts going 10 show that Mrs r. was poisoned
fy the woman we're proven. Having been apprised Of
he certainty OF her conviction and punishment she has
made ui copfesscn, deeply mrhcstng Porter the hus.
and of the deceased She .sys that Porter has been
Tying 20 sc her 70 kill Mrs. P. for several months
threatening 20 kill her II she did not That y told her
hat he would bear with no longer II she didn't XII his
jfe that thst was the last time he would ask her. she
Icfsed would cut her tbroator words 10 that effect
he gave her urychnnc and told her how 10 use n sbe
nd not want TO use h had nothing against Mrs p ana
Believed she good woman but she feared would
m her and done IL to save her life. II was shown tnat
Porter bought strychnne last Augustthat he IL disso.
So ana uestrained In his morals; and many other cir
Iumstances being brought 10 light throwing suspicion on
|n, he ww arrested and placed in epptlnemept
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constitutes them IN effect parts Of city The former
promises become n commercial depot OF groat import
only the state OF New Jersey but also TO the
state OF New York Already the surplus shipping which
has been crowded out from the docks and wharvc Of the
cities OF New York and Brooklyn, nnd there commodious
cheap moorngs for the takng in and dschargng Of
cargo ana passengers Any interruption then Of the pros
petty Of the city Of New York mast reco upon her sister
& I,s contemplated that over tvo hundred thousanh
persons transact business daily the cry Of New York
who reside beyond s limits. or these the State Of New
Jersey has her fair and aiquot proportion This crcum-
stance alone gives 70 her citizens direct and immediate
interest n the preservation OF that city from calamity
l. me geographical position Of the States Of New
Jersey and New York, bordering they do
upon the drst commercial harbor in the western
world makes duty the part OF the former 10 pro
vide sanitary means for the protection Of ts own citizens
by uniting with the state OF New York in procuring
quarantine establishment on Sandy Hook 10 be subject 10
their joint control can, without any tax upon its
treasury, discharge that duty, and Mt the time aid
in the protection Of the great commercial mart Of tho
Union.
These OF the leading reasons which have war
ranied the committee 70 anticipate the favorable action
tine from ts present dangerous location.
The committee will here and in this connection state
that his hxceency the Governor OF the State OF New
Jersey In his late message 10 the Legislature oftha State,
placed his objection the removal OF the quarantine 70
Sandy Hook upon the grounds that transfer quar
would in effect transfer with all the evils attending
from the OF New York the OF New Jersey
80 long as The Insulation Of the quarantine was preserved
was done for thirty years and more, not
a single case Of infectious disease was known
10 have been communicated by rs agency. should ep-
portnny be afforded the Legislature Of New Jersey
10 this objection feel sangune 10 be able 70 show
Hs utter groundessness.
The committee deem n matter OF great importance
that the state of New York should be represented before
the legislature of New Jersey IN the application which "
about be made for the removal OF the Quarantine by
committee OF three or more Of the most prominent cN
oour state 20 be selected for this special purpose
Such measure would be earnest Of the Importance
with which the approaching negotiation s regarded by
this state, and tend 10 secure result alike beneficial, far
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Affairs In Aayf1.
OUR PORT AU PRINCE CORRESPONDENCE.

OUR PORT AU PRINCE CORRESPONDENCE.
PORT AU PRINCE, Dec. %, 1867.
Treatment of Anercdn Sailors when SickHospsal Rules
and Medical Anendance- Miserable Accommodation and
High CAarges-Bmial Of Poor Jack by Negroes--A Cdu
on the President
have already several times alluded 10 the condition Of
sick houses for have no hospitals but only mise
rable dirty hus supported by persons who manage not
only to derive livelihood, but moderate wealth from
that curse Of the West Indies, the yellow fever.
have counted many eighteen American vessels,
exclusive of those Of all other nations lying at the
moment in this port few days ago thirty -four SAIL OF
all countries crowded the harbor But to speak only Of
American vessels On average, say that there at
all tmes-and take number that is probably less than
the actual one-six American vessels in port that the
hands all told board OF each, including the officers,
steward and boy, tenthere are, therefore, abou.
sixty American sailors at all times at Port Prince and
Of these sixty half seized with the fever. 10
these sixty sixty other Americans, brought here by
rious causes, may be added, and all subject this
plague Of the Gulf Of Mexico from which at this port
portion of the year exempt, and nowhere does as
more vruIent form. The Hayien government
makes no provision for the sick Of foreign Countries while
her people, Injured 10 the climate, rarely never
attacked On the contrary, they assist of sick
houses by appointing health officers whose duty it
visit the vessels lying in the harbor and force all captains
to send their sick ashore while they provide place
their reception.
These officers receiving no salaries are readily got rid
In keeping the sick board, the vessel is liable
fine of $500 for death from fever that may
board while lying in the harbor. IT, the contrary they
sent Shore they fall into the hands Of unsku and
ignorant men, whose interest II is after having kept them
as long as possible TO kill them as the law allows fee Of
three hundred Haten dollars, or about twenty Ame
rcan dollars, for each burial
The burial service for poor Jack is simple enough
Placed in rough box, he is carried the shoulders
of sturdy blacks the limits of the city the box
is lowered in pitt e earth Is tossed in, and the
mony Ia completed.
have already alluded in other letters the expedency
or almost necessity OF the United States In
qurng into this affair. Mr. Lewis, the United States Com
mercial Agent at Port Prince has addressed several
communications on the subject TO Washington. What
ply he has received have not ascerained. As yet
nothing has been attempted, and the evil grows every
day II is said that the American government
net favor the plan, knowing that difficulty might
arise from the subject and that the authorities of Port
Prince would throw every obstacle in the of its
complishment Then, too, Ia urged, the hospital nigh,
pass out Of the hands Of stranger
hold real estate in the domnions OF his Majesty The
constitution is express on this point.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-01-27

Making the total deficiency for The two yrs 371s67s 81
This amount bas been, and 10 be- dsbursed through
the Qusrtermasters Department, which officer explains
the cause OF the present deficiency and wants, ~ fol-
lows
Under the head OF "Reguhr Supplies" the expenditures
for the year ending june 1851, 81 AL 1ss 81, Of
which amount 81 2s 81 expspded tor forage and
the appropriation the present fiscal year 81 1000
There reason to suppose that the expenditures this
year win be less than these Of The last on the contrary.
Judging from the fact that sf,Tf6 90 have already bee
sxpepded on account OF the Utah expedition and that
further sum OF s2i o0s "a will doubt have W be en-
pended 10 place that expedition in the condition vsz
when the troops left Fort 1eavenvorth both unexpected
disbursements when the estimate for this year made
reasonable to suppose that they will be greater and
hence appropriation of $500 COO addition the
deficit the Soth OF June last f27e 377 3D. asked
For "1ncdenta Expenses" the Appropriation FOR the last
fiscal year was sSso,oW, and the expenditures we're
s7e,sso 20, showing deficiency Of SEQ 90 The
appropriation for the present hsca year s4f0,0oV
and estimate for 600 has been made for
the next hscal year s believed the expenditures Of
this year Will exceed those Of the last and be fully equal
TO those o the next year. and therefore $50 600 sskes
which will make the appropriation FOR he present nscai
year equs 10 the estimate for The NEXT. . -
nnd that for Mounts and Remounts fl66, 100 80 h
the amourt that has already been expended in fitting out
the Utah expedition and which will required 10 replace
the horses belonging 70 the dragons and artillery that 10