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TU RIW TOU fee Annual Rfpert-IsWreiUBg Statement In Rtftrence to the Poor of Blew tin annul report of this valuable institution hu just been tamed, and it contains many facta and to reference to the condition of the toboring classes in our oity, we publish it this morning to fulL The propriety of making the district phjrialanff perform the duty of Health Wardens, is a nggartion that meriU New York has fire dispensaries, all arranged upon the i and which have increased la number as the city extended its in order that the sick Dftor may, without inconvenience, be supplied with care. The perfection of the aystem is the admiration of strangers, and the amount of good done is immenbe; yet we believe that it is Uttle known or appreciated except by the few wha, from their connection with these lnstitu tions, come familiar with the quality and extent of their institution is oar New IHsnenBur She has now reached her sixty jSTawl has annually between forty and fifty thousand patients unaer her charge, TiaAttended at Di.per 28,336 Attended at their Number vaccinated fi'iofi Cupping dentnstry patienta 0,195 46,052 The announcement of this fact is suggestive of its importance, and we would, on this occasion, give BomeVneral outline of its labors, in order to aatufy our natrons, and, possible, excite a geaeral interest STits su 3 port, which its quiet beneficence is not circulated to iittra.t. At this period of commercial disaster, when provisions are high, the winter severe and many deprived of employment, wd movement is manifested bv the charitable aid the needy, it is appropriate that we should show the good work the Dispensary is engaged to. Undoubtedly we shall have a largely increased number thrown upon our bounty who, in ordinary times, would have been able to provide their own PKited at the corner of White and Centre rtreeta the New York Is medical attendance to the poor in this thlokly Bet tied portion of the city. The building three-atoriM to height.

The first floor is divided for two large reception rooms, one for the male audthe other for the female patients wao are able to come to the dispensary, not being ill enough to reuuire attendance at their homea. At the northern side of this floor is the apothecary's shop, which has a window looking into each reception room, through which nreecriptions are psased and medicines reovlved. Communicating with the reception rojms an smaller rooms? the consulting the natienta are registered and prescribed far. At the south aide of the first floor is the dentistry, cupping aid bleeding room, and adjoining this, a large room called the house physician's room, where for district is kept, a id where the vaocinatioa is performed. The reat of the building, wSh the exception of the trustees' room oathe second flour, and a small part of the basement, which is occunied by the person who has the care of the rented, and is one of the sourcea of profit "taff consists of twenty physicians, as The hZe physician aad assistant house plLician, ten attending physicians and aU dwtrict DhvTioiana.

In addition to these, there are two other attending physicians, who are not appointed tn narti ular post, but who stand ready at amoment a warning, to fill any vacancy that may Besides theee there are an apothecary and an he house physician has the general superintendence of the Dispensarv, and, under the trustees, is tne chief executive officer. His especial business li to enter in the register the names of all applijanw who reouire medical attendance at their houses, to report to the trustees monthly, and also at the explration of ever? veari to tiave charge of vacoinar tijn, aad always keep on hand a full supply cise matter for the use of the Dispensary aad for the last year it waa directed tha'. the sum Of twenty live cents should be demanded from each patient vaccinated, as a guaranty of their return to the Dispensary on the seventh day afterthe operation was performed, when the sum should be refunded, but, incwe the vaccinated did not retura. was to be forteited to the Dispensary. Tne rule became necessary from the indifference of or from their prejudice against having matter from their children; so the house iphysician, to his great inconvenience, was obliged to them at their dwe lings, in order to a sap ply for the demand made upon him.

This regu latlon tas walked well, and ought to be continued. The vaccination department is one of the most important that can be estabUshed to any "tf' for it is the only safeguard agiinat that terrible of all calamities, the ravages of the smallpox. No one can fail to appreciate the good done, when informed of the extent to which it is practiced, aud the oare here Uken ia its performance. This department alone, so beneficial to rich anl paor, ought to interest every individual of the commuuity, aad make the Dispensary popular. A statement oFa few facts will show tha.

our encomiums are not exaggerated. The present houss physician, Dr. l'arklnson. hai now held thia office for thirteen years, during which ha baa fitted himaelf for the post by a knowledge of the Frtnoh, German, and 8 languages, so to be able to converse tieaU la these different tongues, j1 he has introduced a system of lettering, in the register, oppo4te to the name of rmnted so as to be to account for aU the virus used, aud trace It back from patient to patient through this long period ry Fear. VaeeinaM.

rom of Virus Iff, wo 77 83 I'm 138 37 55 15 Total 28,726 A grand total, stone his connection with the institution, of twenty-eight thousand seven hundred and twenty six persona vaccinated, and an acquisition, through his to the treiwurj, of $.510 H3 and yet the salary paid to him by the trustees for sicb faithful setvices in only $050 per annam It would he row to speak of such a sum as an ade quate compensation; bat it is all that the limited resources of our treasury have been able to aff In connection with the above acconnt, if we re member that tiro thousand two hundred and fifty five poiDts of vims have been given or sold to dift erect physicians In and out or the city, who have anpliea to the Dispensary as the never-'ailing source of fresh virus, and who have transmitted it lndetlnitely throughout the community, we mast admit that this iestitution has imperative claims upon the support of the public. It has, undoub'edly, in thousands ot instances, warded off cjntagion, or disarmed it when it baa appeared. The thanks of the trustees are due to Dr. Parkinson for his fidelity in these serrioes, and the ity is under obligations to him as a public benefa -tor. The assistant house physician performs all the cupping, bleeding, and teeth extraction, and daring the year baa between six ana seven thou wad Stents under his charge.

Hit labors, those of house physician, require his onstint attend anoe at the dispensrry dai.y, from 'J until 2 o'clock, the best part of the day, which rmu-it interfere essentially with the regular pursuit of his profession. His salary is t-lMI per annum. The attending physicians visit the dispensary one honr dally, from 'J sntil 2 o'clock, so that there are always two physicians on duty at the same time, the one on the male and the other on the female side. In cane the rooms are overcrowded, the house physician is authorized to call upon the two assistant attending physicians, to prescribe for wh otherwise might be or detained inconveniently long The attending physicians have ditier than any of the ether medkal officers, and consequently are not salaried. The unmber by them yearly amounts to more than 2.t,Go0 Tne proportion of women and children is far greater than that of the men.

Chronic disesses and a tnultitnde of slight illnesses and carnal Injuries, met witk by the laboring population, wbioh are not severe enoegb to confine them to their homes or unfit them entirely for work, are here treated by tbe iToprlats physician. I'ortng the present year the trustees hart a seeded to the request of the attending physicians, to classify the Imm Into "head," "chest," In hopes of retaining skilfnl men In each dej artaaat, and the choice of classes to those have served the longest, In the expectation the younger medical men will serve with seal to attain the class they desire, and retain It the good of the patients. Young physicians, la commencing their career, although they may have todied nooh and seen rnorh of disease in the hosy'tals, do not possess great practical exoerienoe in all psrts of MkUoine, sad there art some bran hes in whiok thsy must bs, necessarily, dtfloisnt. In tbus making the DUpeosair prarUcai m-aool I tie physi tans, by rendering them familiar with ci am by class, to which they can their undivided attention, the TniUei wish to benefit of the patten ta, and la a liberal to eoaaalt the fa tore of oar phyatdans and the public at large; for, by this syatem, theee physicians moat become accomplished practitlontra by the time tbe growth of their private practice shall oblige them to realga their poma at the Diapenaaiy. The district physicians have of those who are too ill to les ve their homes.

The portion of the city included In their limits contains the Five Points and wharves of the city, adjoining which live the great mass of the laboring population who depend apon the commerce of theoity for their support. Moa these are in easy circa mstanoea; bnt there is also a large multitude of improvident persona, who, in ordinary times, gain only a precarious livelihood, or who are reduced by destitution and orlme to the extreme of degradation. Tbey crowd the damp oe liars aud 111 ventilated dwellings in narrow alleys, where futh and drunkenness unite with starvation in oausing premature death. In these places tbe moat decent portion of the population rarely enter, and cenpequeetly know obit by hearsay of their existence. Tbe clergyman and the district physician are the only ones who bring a ray of hope to these miserable abodes.

The one consoles the repentant and tbe dying with the prosjpeot of a better future in another world. The physician is their only support and encouragement in this world. If they requira medicines and medical care they have them, in and through him. If tiiey need food and fuel, he appliei in to the authorities, and becomes in a measure, tbe almoner of tbe city's bounty. If they are destitute of friends to take care of them, as well as means, or if they are affected with fevers and othsr unmanageable diseases, which may extend tbeir ravages irom this centre of contagion, where everything conspires to ferment their virulence and thai endanger the public health, he has them removed to the hospitals.

The district physicians do, then, perform the daties of a medlcai police to the city. They meet disease in its origin, and announce its progress when dangerous, and the inhabitnnts live in security without a feeling af obligation to the Dispensary, or a thought of what tbey owe to their arduous and dangerous labors. The Icity is protecied by their vigilance, and yet the only compensation allowed to each for these invaluable pnblle services is $200 per annum. The apothecary and his assistant are employed in fnrnlsbing the medicines as prescribed by the phyaicians; and, as it is their duty to compound, as far as practicable, all the medioines nsed, it mnst be manifest that great industry must pervade this department, and that almost every moment of tbe entire day mnst be occupied by them in the business of the cilice. The present apothecary is intelligent and plisbed in his business.

The average number of prescriptions put up daily is about ttiree hundred and sixty-five. His salary is $550, and that of his assistant is $250 per annum. Tbe business of the trustees is to superintend the working of the machinery, tj facilitate the labors of the physicians, to guard the just rights of all, to appeal to tbe public Tor aid, and be able to show that efficiency and economy prevail thronghont tbe institution. For theae purposes we have monthly meetlnga to reoeive the reports of the physicians and attend to the general business of the dispensary, and have appointed a treasurer and difleront committees for visiting the institntien and for furnishingsupplies, Ac. The bill for medicines is about $1,200 per annum, and the sum paid for salaries has been a little short of $3,000.

The entire expense of the dispensary, including insurance, repairs, is about $5,000 per annum, and since there are about fifty thousand patients treated, the expense of each patient will be about 10 cents. Our donation from the State is $1,000 per annum, and from the city $1,000. The rest of onr incima is mostly derived from rents, and from private subscription. Attention is invited to the Treasurer's report, for the particulars of the receipts and expenditures. We have endeavored to show in this annual report that we have done an immense amount of good at a moderate cost, and to leave it to be inferred that, if it were no; for oar organization, tbe city would, every little while, be alarmed by the spread of disease, or aroused by the outcries of the sick and dying, to make hasty and imperfect arrangements for their relief, at an expense surpassing, by many thousands, the small sum now required to support the already established aiapensarj.

The donation from the city and State is a small acknowledgment its value bnt we especially regret the smallness of oar subscription list, for this shows a surprising indifference, arising, probably, lrcm ignorance of the pablic bsneflw conferred. The trnsteee are anxiiua to enlarge their means, la order that all their officers, with the exoepv.iou of tbc attending may be adequately paid. We mast have competent men, or else the dispensary will lose favor with the patients and the public. I efficiency depends upon it. There is an injustice in taking advantage of the necessities of valuable men, by depreciating their services and offering them a pittance so disproportionate even to the wages of the day laborer.

As a remedy, it might be suggested that the dis trict physicians shornd be made health wardens," for ttey are familiar with all parts of the city, and could engage in this work, without neglect of their present appropriate duties. Hut the trustees have nothing to do with urging political appointments. There remain two other ways by which our funds may be increased, by a strenuous effort to get more subscriptions, or by an apoeal for aid to the Commissioners of Immigration. On inquiry we have ascertained that abont one half of tne district patients are immigrants, and probably the same proportion est its in all departments of the dispensary. The Commissioners would, undoubvedly, be willing to admit the justice of this claim for compensation, if made by the trustees.

Perhaps some arrangement could be made, so that, oa the payment of a specific sum, the care of all emigrants could be assumed by the dispensary. Probably some such plan might meet the pecuniary interests of the Commissioners. Geo. T. Trimbi.1, President.

Jab. F. Db Pbtbtek, Secretory. From the Treasurer's report, we learn that the receipts for year, from legacies, rants, donations, State and city appropriations, amounted to $11,410 34, of which there was expended $11,159 92, leaving a balance in bank of $259 42. From the report of Dr.

Parkingson, house physician, we learn that during the peat year: There have been prescribed for at the dispensary? 11,653 Females. 16,663 23,336 Dentistry, cupping, etc. Males 2 085 Females 4,110 6,195 Vaccinated Males 1,746 Females 1,792 3,538 Whole number attended at the There have beeu attended in the districts? Males 3,777 Females 7,983 Whole number attended during tbe year. 46,05:4 Their platen of nativity were as follows: United States. .7.

.7.7. 10,492 Ireland 32,381 treat Britain and British possea's. 1,886 Gavmay 732 Other emniries 177 Colored persons .184 48,052 I) alT Grrtn on tbe Tariff. To tub Hon. B.

M. T. la ny last I referred to the effort of the Bank of the sited States to establish aa agency in London for the sale of American six per cents, in competition with European three par oente, and to the effect of the ret sal of tbe London bankers to purchase our State bonds, and of the refoatl the Bank of England to dlsoount bills drawn on account at American produce. I said that Mr. Morrison at the last moment, advanced funds to protect the credit of the Das of the United States, on State bonds, at per cent, which bad been worth 106; but I did not explain by what means tbe bank itself was broken down, aad Nicholas Biddle sent, premature grave.

This I now proceed to do. Having borrowed money on an hypothecation of State bonds, the bank was compelled to pay an Instalment of fifteen per cent to get a renewal, and this waa continued until the available means of the bank were exhausted. Then, those who had made the advances, came la and sold the hypothecated securities at so low fa rate that an Intimate friend of Mr. Morrison told me la London, In 1843, that he had, that year, realised more thai two aad a half mill loo of dollars by the Increased value of the seem itlas ha had taken from the bank. Do not understand me aa charging that Morrison waa gnllty of aaythlag improper for him to da, as a British aaptullst.

I aa endeavoring to Illustrate the effeet ef oar eyetea of commerce, aad of the manner la whioh the Bank of Rr gland arts upon our irrency. I aa ea deavotiag tj aLow you tut as 0 art la Uu weaker part of the British ayatem. the facitttiM fortraaama-ring specie from our banka to her vaulw, wUah aw system gives, wiQ flpce? nily tho But England to obUtabaUkatoMi thu it wb be obtained elsewMn; aM thattlw inevitable ootMeqnenee ef oar dependence oa foreign capital will be to enable foreign bankenTfhroughthe ay of the of England, end oar ejatem otlaw ad valorem duties, to tranaer to us the ruinous effects of whatever may for a time derange the fluanoial condition of the Bank of England. Let me sot be understood at cutlng censure on the foreign bankers or on the Bank or England, fer it Is their duty to proteot the value of European securities, and we must expeot them to avail of tha power which our system gi res them to prouct themselves at our expense. I would apply to them, as I would apply to you and your oom patriots the language of inspiration, which says that ''He who provider not for his own household is devoid of faith, and worse than an infidel;" snd I would show to you that, instead ot ko regulating our commerce with foreign nations as to protect our currency, the effect of a loir rate of ad valorem duties must be to giva additional facilities tor the export ol our specie, fhe effect of a suddes demand lor bullion in the bank of England is to compel merchants and manufacturers to rttse money by a saciiti of their merchandise.

you tuppoee that any B.itish merchant or manufacturer will sell his goods in that market at a sacriiiee, wnen he can, in lesa than thirty days, seid tfiam to New York, tell them at auction, and obtain the proceeds in specie? If he sells In England, he will destroy his own credit, asd affect Injuriously tbe price of saoU mercbandist; whereas, by sending them Nair York, he can obtain from London bankers much the argtr ptut of tbe value of the invoice, and by importing the proceeds in specie, he will recruit tbe bullion in the Bank of England, and thus relieve the mDcey market. Tbe effect, However, of this operation will be to inflict ruin on the honest American merchants and and, by contracting tne currency, depreciate tbe value of our property tor, it a British manufacturer finds it nesassary, under such circumstances, to send merchandise toNewYoik, to be hold a', a sacrifice, be knows what articles are suited to this market, and by duplicating the ordsrs which he has reoetved in th? regular ooarse of trade, he is enabled to forestal the Ameri lan msrc ham, who finds goods ot the samestyle and pattern, coming from the same manufacturer, sold at auction at a rate greatly below toe price that he has paid for them in England. Is it just or right to charge that he has overtraded or that his importations led to a contraction ot the currency Yet such is the fashionable explanation of a monetary crisis. Such is the effect on tbe merchant. The efi'eot on the manufacturer is no lew unjust, nor is it less ruinous.

The manufacturer must fail if he oannot sell. How can he sell if the Bank of England is permitted to camSil tbe British manufacturer to send his goods to ew York, and sell them at a price so much below their coat tnat to sell them in England at tne same priee would ruin, not oniy him who is thus compelled to sell, butgreall'jto injure all others who are engaged in producing the like articles. Is it wise to permit the Bank of England to lesruit her bullion from the vaults of our banks, when England refuses to permit us to recruit our bullion from her vaults? Here, again, I refer yon to the fact that the value of the property of a commercia' nation is as thirty to one of its currency; and you will see that in addition to the injustice done to the honest merchant and manufacturer, to whom it brings rain, the loss to the community, in the depreciation of property, is as thirty to one of the contraction ot the currency. And permit ine to remind you that the contraction will be in tbe tatio of tbe export of specie, which must be much greater than the lofas upon the merchandise; for, as tbe purpose of sending it here will be to obtain specie, the value of tbe whole invoioe will be remitted? thus, say that merchandise to the value of ten millions of dollars be sent to New York and sold, and specie remitted, the effect will be to depreciate tbe value of property three hundred millions. And what will we bave saved to compensate for the loss? If we assume that the goods have been soli at a sacrifice of twenty per cent, then the firm that may bave purchased these goods may have saved two millions of dollars, whilst tbe public have lost three hundred millions! If this be not p6nny wise and pound foolish what is? Bnt 1 may be told told that this relates only to the New York merchant and the art hern manu facturer.

Tbe Southern planter who does not see that the contraction of the currency is as injurious to him as to any one else, is indeed shortsighted and much to be pitieu; but It is easy to prove that, if pcHHibie, he is injured more. Whet Is the process by which the Southern staples are now sent to the Liverpool market? Is it not cbiefly by bills drawn by tbe agents of British bankers or British manufacturers? These agents go to Charleston, Savannah, Mobile and NewOrleaus with nothirg more than letters of ere ait. They draw upon New lork and get the notes of the local banks, with thece tbey advance some seventy-live or eighty per cent of the current value of cotton upon bills of lading coraigntd to their principals in Liverpool. When tha bill upon New York becomes due, it is paid for by a bill upon Liverpool, and before that becomes due the cotton must be sold to meet the payment. you not see that tbe Southern planter furnishes the oapl' tat to puv the British bill of exchange And yet he pays a large piofit in the shape of Interest, exchange and commissions, and pla his cotton in the hands of the British merchant or banker, wboss sympathy it with the British manufacturer, and whnte duty and interest it ia to oreate a of trade againat the United States.

Such is our commerce, as now regulate! by Confreas. Do you ask for the remedy Do you aik if would enact a hign doty or a prohibitory tariff I reply, by no means. 1 repeat tnat the great issue on which tne fate of nations depends is and that so far as we are concerned, It is not a question between the North and the South, but it is a question between London and Now York, which BbaU ba the great financial oentre of the world; and that the solution of this question involves the issue between tbe monarchies of the Old World, and their system of taxation, represented by their public debt, and tbe republicanism of the New World and onr system of progresa, represented by our railroads as the baiis of credit; and the purpose of these letters is to convince you and the South that It is in the power af the American Congress to so "regulate" our commerce as to "regulate" the value" af our money, and thns give such strength to our system as to place it beyond tbe contingencies which now produce periodical expansions and contractions, derang iig the value of property and changing most unjustly the relations batveen debtor and creditor. Ol this I will speak In another letter. Your sincere friend, DorF WlkolT? Grseley? lltrniim, th? 10 Thpw mrepi chevaliers- is unlike ia some respects as a Hottentot, a Camnncae, aa4 a C-mauk ol the I Km, tiad yet with scarcaly a shade of difference in other particulars, aa in tbsir mutual desire to operate opon public credulity? these tbree notorious adventurers in literature, have each written a book.

That by WlkolT Is entitled "My Courtship and its Goner the second Iskiiown an the "Life of Horncc Creeley, Editor of the Nrut York Tiibunt the tthir bears the more dignified aud imposing title of "Tbe Autobiography ar P. T. Barnum, Esq." Greeley's book is flat and stale, abounding in nia social and political vagal iea; Btraum's is excessively vulgar the worst of his humbugs; bat WikolT's courtfhlp is piquant, romantic, and rich in the of lovers. Whatever may be said of tbe propriety of his conduct wi a lover, or of the publication of the coquetries which he and his fair inamorata played off upon each otier, it cannot be denied tbat his book is well written, and as full of roinantii as any novel which the press has thrown upon Japoriicadora for many months. Times, however, have come to a pretty pass when three such soldiers ot fortune are allowed to oscupy conspicuous positions In the ot literature.

We were woot to lielieve, in oar earlier days, that it required much previous study and a high order of UleLt to write a book. Menial discipline, ex tensive reading, afllueuca of langitge and ideas, and vigorous rateiiict, were neoe-mary. according to our vulgar notions, to authorize one to undertake to Instruct bis fellows. The ancient clamlc writers, whose like golden sands, have bean washed down us by tie stream of time, made this nn-paraUoo and this authority. 8s did the incomparable; so did Johnson, 8wift, Addison.

Tope, Fielding, Sterne, Burke, the antbor ef Junius, 8 rrtt, and their worthy compeers; so do Irving, Bnlwer, and Thackeray. But who troubles nimtelf look for the pearls at the bottom of tha fountain, when there are so many pretty bubbles floating on the Wtat novel reader of these latfcr Uys has the temerity to prefer the Immortal pro InotHns of yielding, and Smollett, aud 8 ott, to the sickly senti men Ulltlee of 'Fasbion and Famine," or a circumstantial account the irapu'ent humbugs o' I'hineaa T. Barnum, or the biography of Horace Greeley, the white coated philosopher av oient worthies are fog.oa, not to be mentioned la the same breath with their mottled succesesia. He ia a bold man who dares to compare DsFoe with Cha valler WlkolT; or with Barnum; or Oar- vantea, tbe Incomparable anthor of Don Qolxola, with the socialist anthor at the head of tha Tribum There la sacrilege la the vary thought? at leaat to Young Wa have read of tha golden age; this ia the braten. There ia la this day and generation more Impudence thaa taate? move took than learningmore tinsel than substance.

Men are contest with tbe flower and do not aaek tha trait. The Rev. I Cream Cheese sits at my lady's alhaw, and trick aad fustian ad shallowness have aaarped the p'acss of honesty and application aad merit. One ia ready to exeuim. la the language of aa old anthor.

"oanfhd everytiung sreryUUflg uafbw" BfotteM or Hew MUImIImi. HARm'a Maqazikb for March ia perhaps the beat number ever issued. In point of illoatraUons it eerUinly la bo. Borne of the Illustrations to Headley 'a narrative of Strain's journey acroaa the lathmna are among the beat, If not the beat, wood cnta ever published in thia oountry. We regret to say that the narrative ia not in keeping with them.

It ia not np to the Harper level in point of finish; and though the aubjeot ii Intenaely Interesting, the atory la mu.h dmtigured by Mr. Hadley's goodnatnred, bat olaaiay, attempta.to ahoir Strain in the beat light poeaible, and to decry the nativea who accompanied him. Tne paper on Artillery and on Rattlesnakes are both excellent and have already been peiuaed by nine-tenths of the reading public in the United States. Tne second number of the European Dynaatlea follows; the Bjurbous of Spain being tha subject. Natroomas mproves as it go on and bida fair to justify Blackwood's judgment upon It, tuat it is tbe best work that has iesued from his pan.

Baby Bloom, an intereating, if not an original little atory, completes, we believe, the liat of tome-made matter. The Editor's Table la leas obj actionable than that of last month; though hardly as popular as might be wished. Finally, a series of excellent by Dopier, on the Police, completes the number. Putnam's Monthly has been excelled by some of iu predecessors. It contains, however, some excellent articles.

Hermau Melville has brought his "Israel Potter" to a close. It terminates gloomily. Old Israel returns to his home in Massachusetts and finds a man ploughing where his old ootUge stood, and hears that all his folk have "gone West." Judgirg from matters hastily read, Israel Potter would appear to be the best of Herman Melville's novels. Ihe review of Charles Dickens is able and appreciative. The last "Conversation with Miss Cheater'' is good as the first.

But the serious articles? which are very numerous in this number? are rather weak and appear to have been written on tbe contract system, the Buhject being dictated by the publisher before hand, and the quantity rather than the quality of the papers being the main point regarded. The editorial notes maintain their reputation; unquestionably the safest and most reliable literary tribunal in the country. A little more severity in the ohoice of contributions, and a closer consultation of the popular taste in their subject and handling, would onsure to Putnam's Monthly the support it deseivea. Our Tennessee Correspondence. UlTSHHLVILLI, Jefferson Feb.

23, 1856. Population and Progrut of Ruis'lvillt Product of Country, and Protpeclt of SettUri grants not to bt overianguint Chureht and School The A gut and Chillt A Promising Ptoplt Industrious Persons Wanted, fyc. The population of this Tillage (the twins town and Tillage are synonymous in this country) ia quite small in a numerical sens? though we hare every reason to anticipate an early and rapid growth The East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad trill pus through its suburbs. The grading of the track is now nearly completed, and the can will be running in a few months. This, too, I am credibly informed, will be the point at which junction and intersection of otber and important roadu will connect with the great line of the East Tennessee and Virginia Rillroad, which are now in contemplation? some, indeed actually in progress.

This neighborhood is probably one of the heaviest producing districts in the SUte, lying at an intermediate distance between the Halston and Chuokey rivers, wh'ch at tbii point run within about eight miles of other. 1 am acquainted with many persona who reside In this place and immediate vicinity who, a few years ago, were in comparatively ndigent circumstances, who are now worth from 10,000 to $30,000. Bankruptcy is as rare hern as it common in our large cities. The accumulation of property is frequently alow, but not the less certain. True, much depends upon the Individual as well ai be place.

I believe there is no man possessed of sobriety, industry and perwveranee, who may not tbia section of country eventually suc eed well, be bis business wbat it may, and mike an easy competency. Nor will the diligent and enterprising want for Kind encouragement in their early efforts. A gentleman with whom 1 conversed the other day, in regard to the proipectsof the town, informed me that be would give a site, covering an acre of ground, to any enterprising young man who would establish upon it a foundry or erect buildings for manufacturing purposes. Heis a merchant and largs landed proprietor. I have no houses or lands for sale, no merchandise to dispose of, but am free to admit a natural interest in the growth and proiperity of my country.

As I mentioned in my for mer communication, other motives, at that time spoken of, suggested the coirespondence. I should exceedingly regret being, though unwillingly, the cause of raisijg the expectations of any one so high aa to occasion them disappointmen in any respect, after they have journeyed so far as from New York or New Jersey to thla place ia search of a home. Ttiose who should estab ish a business of any kind would necessarily look as much to the surrounding country for patrona as to the inhabitants of the town. We have no proud domes -no glittering steeples gorgeous palaces? no gilded saloons. Letters of inquiry have requested some lufsrmation in regard to the number of churches, in this plaoe.

There is one cbureh building belonging to the Methodist denomination in a dilapidated condition, but a new church Hflce will be built ihs ensuing summer. The Preebyterians have a large brick edifice a short distance from tne town, and tbe Uaplitits more than one in the neighborhood; many of our neighboring towns hire many excellent church buildings, and bank aad court bouses, tnat reflect credit upon the taste ef the architects, and exhibit a munificent spirit in the counnea and institutions that caused their construction. I can enumerate four grist mills and five saw milk (yet steam mills would do well) witbin two or three miles of this place, and many more within twice that distance. Building material may found in ample abundance? in fact, raw material oj almost any kind. East Tennessee bas been termed the garden snot of America, and I thick she will justly be entitled to that distinction when the network of railroads and rirsr navigation, now in progress and contemplation, shall tiave fully developed her immense resources.

It is a ant fact that during the last Mason, though the most dry? or to use trie expression of onr farmers, the "worst crop year" within their memory a surplus, and a Urge one too, was rained. Though unprecedented within the memory cf onr oldest citixens a bad year for grain, thousands ol bushels of wheat and flour have been and are to be exported from this vicinity for foreign markets. The fertility of soil, the of watar, which bubbles out as clear aa crystal from ten thou sand natural springs on tbe -owning mountain ride, or in green vaMej the healthfulnees of climate, the Intelligence of citizens possessed by East Tennessee- ii? mi hamllu opinion, are unsurEaased by any section of ccuuiry 1 have seen, and I ave Travelled through mors in.vn half tbe States. Oce objection that spp to most new conn tries in tbe Bcuthweet, and which tne emigrant dreads more than tbe wild beast or the more savage red man he encounters io tne forests farther West, does not prevail here; I allcde to that great but insidious foe of the Western pioneer, known generally in common parlance as "shaking agne," or "chilis and fever." home years when the margins of the beautiful streams which meander through our lovely land were Imperfectly drained and badly cnltivated.a severe but not very 'fatal form of Intermittent fever did occur in some sections of tne country, particularly along the borden of the Chuekey, but chills are a rare disease now, even many miles from our neighborhood. We bave no colossal buildings of marble or or granite? no mercantile palace like Stewart's? no Bsftium? no Ned Forrest nor N.

P. Willis a Barton or a Christy but the material to make them all, save Hyer; though we have a land of plenty, literally flowing with milk and hooey, an 1 where the grape may be enltlvatel with eminent raooess, aa has been proved by actual experiment. The induMrious mechanic or energetic capitalist will fin i few countries poaatastng equal advantages, aad will be cordially welcomed should he (ant hU lot asHsg aa, where land aad all ot mr things are now cheap, but auat mmssarlly fjuteaoe rapidly UnOpt. Qwxjun. Itwlwt BoUdlnf In the Called ItalM, a UMWtM.

late umber of tbe Olootaaatl Railroad oonUina an Interesting table la relation tu tumn boat buiMag in the United States, end partiouiarlr In the Weak. Annexed ii a table showing the number of built in Are suocessive yeari, from 1847 to 1862, la the principal ports of the Boats. In Pittsburg 213 In Wheeling IS In Cincinnati 139 In liOuisTlMe 172 In Nashville 9 In St. Louis 42 In Chicago 1 In Mackinaw I In Detroit 26 In Toledo 2 In Sanduskv 2 In Cleveland 26 Aggregate 618 Ot thf above, 548 boats were built on tie ra-ers of tbe Ohio. It is difficult to ascertain the preciw tonnage of steamboats at any one time, but in 1851 it was otated by Secretary Cor win as follows: Total steamers 731 Total toccagfl 191,312 Tbe increase iince 1851 has of course been mojt decided, and it is estimated at about 400 boats.

jductiog 240 as having been worn out and destroyed, and we have an increase of 1G0, or an aggregate of something like 900. lo 1852 the steam tonnage cf the several Western ports ranged as follows, Pittsburg 16,950 Wheeling 7,200 Cincinnati 21,700 Louisville 15,200 Nashville 3,600 St. Louis 32,000 Memphis 500 Vicksburg 1,000 Mackinaw 1,800 Detroit 16,500 Toledo 1,800 Chveland 6,500 Sandusky 500 Buffalo 20,000 Aggregate 154,250 IntheOnlo buiu In the Mississippi basin 33 500 In the basin or the lakes 53,100 The human movement by steamboats for 1851, was also reported by Seoretaiy Cor win. Excluding boats and all moles of transportation except styamboats, tbe following ia the remit of the principal Western towns: Per tons. Pittsburg 428,745 Wheeling 139,170 Cincinnati 270,798 Louis ri Lie 120,000 Nashville 24,340 St.

Louis 367,798 Chicago 85,800 Detroit 359,430 Toledo 31,842 Sandusky 2,190 Cleveland Mackinaw Buffalo 171,547 If Aggregate 2 ,002 ,890 More than two millions of persons were, io 1851, moved by steamboats on the waters of the west, ex elusive of the Liwer Mississippi. The number is muob greater now. The commeroe of the Mississippi outlet, bath ways, is equal to one hundred and fifty millions. The oummeroe of the Ohio valey in is equal to eighty millions; and the commerce of the lakes west of Buffalo is equal to two hundred millions. Of the lake oommerce, probably not one-half is done in steamboats.

Altogether, we miy lafeiy estimate the value of commeroe carried on in Western steamboats at fnll three hundred and thirty millions! Thus we have of steamboat commeroe fn the West, eight hundred steamboats, of nearly two bnndred thousand tons, traversing thirty thousand miles ot ooast, and moving a oommerce valued at three hundred and thirty millions of dallors. OrRNINQ OP A SCSPBNSION Bkidmb ovebthkMis siHiiTi. On the 30th ult. the citizens of St. Anthony and Minneapolis (Minnesota) celebrated the opening or a wire, suspension bridge over the Mississippi river at that place, by a procesaion, firing cannon, and public dinner.

There were sixty sleighs in the procession, and they pasted over the roadway twioe, amid the cheers of the multitude. The Minnesota Democrat Although the Mississippi in its course bet Teen Minnesota and the Gulf laves the bank of nine prosperous and mighty States, yet to a Territory or the Uuion, almost without capital, but certainly not without energy, perseverance and mechanical skill, appertains the honor of first bridging" this noble stream with a magnillcent structure, equalling in beauty, strength and durability any suspension bridge in the country. The work consists of a wire Fuspenslon bridge of one span of G30 feet, and seventeen feet width of roadway, connecting the western bank of the Mississippi river with Kicollett island, about 100 yards above the first break of its waters into rapids above the falls. the road ray of the bridge is laid with white pine plank, spiked longitudinally, and breaking joints with the floor beams. In order to diminish the vibratory motion in this platform, a truss 1s placed on either side, consisting of heavy pieces of timber.

The roadway is supported by the cable with suspending cablcs, made into skeins of such lsngth as to correspond with the curvature of the main cables. The suspenders consist of sixteen strands No. 10 hard drawn wire. The skeina are fastened under the beams by a small oastlng. The main cablestwo ou each side of the bridge have the same vertical deflection; they are composed of two thousand strands No.

10 hard drawn wire. The cables are closely wrapped their entire length with No. 15 annealed wire. All cf the wire Is prepared to resist corrosion, by being iinmersod in linseed oil at about half its boiling temperature. The cables are supported by wooden towers, built in the most durable manner, the timbers of which they are constructed being held together by heavy castings.

The masonry upon which the towers rest is Hitmen feet In height The lower part of the towers are designed to serve as toll houses. The anchorage for the cables la obtained by drilling through a structure of limestone rocks ten feet in thickness, and passtng links of one and a halt inch square Iron through them, into cast iron plates, weighing in the aggregate some six tons. To the upper series of links passing through the rocks, there will be placcd a bar of three Incn round Iron, and this retains in position a sccond series of links, and a third series Is in like maoner attached to tbeae. To these the of tho cables will be connected. All of this Iron is embedded in cement.

Tfce whole weight of the material suspended, exclusive of cables, is 1N3.130 pounds? the greatest lotd which can be brought upon the platform, the architect at thirty four horse coaches, weighing 240,000 pounds? thus the weight sf all the suspended matter, exclusive of the main cables, would be 427.120 pounds. The general appearanoe of the hridge is light, graceful, and In the highest degree ornamental. The Pope anil Soulonqne. TO TDK BDITOR OF TDK NEW TOBK HIRAM). la sn editorial article of yesterday's paper, conoerning the ridiculous at Hsytt, you say "It ill be seen by tbn ejieech of the Abbe Momma, that Pope Plus IX.

regards the Kmperor, Fauitin. an of his devoted and best beloved son 4. We can well believe tt," Allow me to remind you that not more than a year (go Plus in a solemn allocution in Rome, declared the flayticn government to be in a state of schism, and was not to be considere4 as part of the Catholic world But Soulouqur in too cunning to lot tbe fact be known to the As they still retain some shadow of faith, the mock Emperor endeavors to persuade them that be is on the of terms with the Sovereign Pontiff. This duplicity on the part of the black Kmperor explains how tte bad priests, who have been expelled from their dioceses in France and in Spain, and who compass the Haytieo clergy, never fail, in their speeches, to speak of the Tope's affectionate towards Soulouque. For 'hirty years the Holy See has been employing every means that conciliation and mildness could devise for the re-establishment of rsligion, together with mo rslity, in Hayti.

Thrice has the Holy Father sent delegates to negotiate with the Rmperor, but negotiation" bats al failed, the ne groes will not modify tbelr immoral laws regarding marriages. But Rome, who already preferred to Kogland, under Henry rather than compromise with the sanctity ase nnlty of matrimony, is not to be fonod ready now to bend her priaeiptes to gratify tne depraved of Soulonque's negroes. Whiie disponing ol this subject, 1 may be allowed to remark, that the I'nlted show themselves more accommodating to wirOs those wbo the dignity with which woman hen born Invested by Christianity, and who to bring her back to' the humiliating condition of or Mohamedanism The star spanglsd banner Seats over tbe Territory ef tab, and yet the federal government tolerates the (rfiljgamy of the here being considered of greater importance than morality. In 1H63, Monnignor Vincent Spaccapietra, was eeat by Pins IX. to Bouloo'iue, with tbe view of Minting about the cessation of the schlftsatie condition of Haytl, bnt met with sueceii, and foand the gveatent obstacle to Ue in the hostility of the bad prtexts, who do not care for any authority whoee first doty would tend to the of thiisir loose morals.

This tTelete is now is Port an Spain, (Trinidad.) aad Id a letter he has dose me the honor to write me, ander date ef the 9th of June, he says that the Abbe Mo isia la sot invented wrth any legiWaete pewer In Haytl and Is aet la Rone's dependency. His letter I hol.1 ready for your perusal should see It. the Catholic rtiureh. therefore, repudiates all reepoa siblllty la whatevse lakes place la Uayti. It ooeceras her aot.

H. D. C. Wiw Tom, 27, IMS. Carnival In New OriwiM.

Oiua riWTIVITISH. Um OriouM Cmannt, Fab. 21.1 The greatest celebration city enjoyed In tnul previous wu that of Mardi orM. ft the doors on Carnival it opened then to Lent. It eadod pleasure? it introduced penance.

Aki classes of people nod all grades conspired In some way. to pay honor to the mat aaaiversary of the yeat. hare been dimmed? lessened tarniahed In later day a. The lights have gone out; the muaie haa been forgotten. Mardi Or never theless, a festival, even iu thin age of utility aad practicability, l'oople hare ceaaod walking and ridiag about the atreeta.

disguised as aatana and satyrs, and marquises. Flour and eggs have reverted to their original end of feeding rather than ornamenting humaaity but Mardi (iraa ia atiil a notability, and still uolabir observed. Balls hare taken the place of street processions, and innocent in-door amusements male to usurp the former hilarious enjoyments on the atreeta. Ah the amusements ol all cities are Important to their prosperity, and aa they are of particular value to our own, we have been to tbe trouble of visiting the chief of those that, la.it evening, conatituted the celebration of Mardi (iraa, and propose giving thrm such notioe an ahall satisfy our friends abroad that in New Orleans continue to be pleasant and amusing, notwithstanding the existence ot low water ana bard times The opera at tbe Orleans theatre was not so largely attended an it would have been had not grand ball followed it. There was, nevertheless, a very full and fashionable bonce, representing much of the beauty resident and visitant in the city.

Most of lliose present seemed to be arrayed for the ball. Tho St. Cuariea theatre had an audience of ordinary though by no m-ani commensurate with the merits ol tbe lair star, or the excellence of the performance. At the 1'elican, there was quite a congregation assembled to judge of the ability of M'lle Nau, and, as at the St. Charles, they seemed to be looking forward the later amusements of the erenin Th? other exhibitions were properly attended.

The commencement of the evening's festivities, so far as we were concerned, was a most agreeable sui prise at the residence of a lady wbose hxauty and accomplishments have rendered her a star ia our social sphere. The house was elegantly lit up, and the attendance, if net so great, was far more aslant and fashionable than at any other place we visited during the evening. Most of those present were io plain or fancy dress, but some were in masks and disguises not only impenetrable to strangers, but impervious to friends and intimate acquaintances. Tbe af a am blags commenced at nine o'clock, and at early hour when we were compelled to leave, the amusements of the evening were on the increase. From private to public amusements, from Blank street to the Opera The theatre, that had been closed immediately after the performances of the eveuing were ended, in order that the parquette might bo tluored over, waa once more open.

upon crowda were Kuring in, and when the interior was gained, it seemed a dream of the Arabian Nights, that ao much could have been so instantly effected. The stage aid parquette had vanished, and in their place was a spacious and elegsnt saloon, lit up with many chandeliers and innumerable gas lights, surrounded with galleries and boxes, and leemingly filled with the whole ton of the olty. The music, furnished by the orchestra of the opera, under the direction of M. Fiot, gave life and animation to tbe scene, while, on every side, coquetting and flirting, inquiring, failing, and discovering were visible. The coup d'asil was grand? it was a sea of beauty and enjoyment, the waves of which moved in all directions.

We mingled with the multitude, and instantly fnunil ourselves walking ann In arm with a harlequin who laid claim to personal brotherhood Aa harlequin proved by foot and linger, aa well as language, to be a female, we were oonfldent that do such relationship existed. A nun presented herself next to our gaae, walking in company with Apollyon and a very antique Druid venerable enough in appearance to have plucked the first mistletoe. We saw monks and friars, debardeurs, duchesses, montenegrins, negroes la fact every possible style of attire and every imaginable costume. The ladies who appearel in the usual ball dress were exceedingly beautiful, with hardly a single exception. We heard frequent judgments to that elfect from strangers and can verify it ourselves.

From the Orleans to the St. Charles, from one theatre to another, from France into America. As was the Orleans, so the St. Charles was closed for a short time after the usual performances, that the room might be prepared for a ball. Tbe musie for the occasion waa furnished by the regular band, under Mr.

Waldaeur, and all the appointments were commendable. We found assembled a large and elegant audience engaged in dancing, in promenading and in conversation. There-were far mere of tbe residents above Canal street to be met at the tit. Charles than at the Orleans, and both In faces and dresses, they could compare well with those of the opera. There was a Turk who would have been deemed a native in Constantinople; a duchesti of most aoUe appearance nuns, friars, debardeurs, harlequins, nobles of all nations, sailors and soldiers of all flags there were knights -errant and lovely demoiselles a Coeur de I and a Barbarossa, dressed with great taste and a good eye to effect.

Those who abjured were, necessarily, more perfect in loveliness to the eyes of spectatora than those who mystified themselves behind pasteboard countenances. We met a little lady with blue eyes who gave to us a heart-ache not eaaily overcome, and there was a queenly personage tbe cynosure of all eyes that we would give tbe description of a column to, but but there is no use in indulging in personalities, or endeavoring to describe all ths beauty present on the occasion. The subject grows on eur bands, and we must leave the remainder to some future occasion. What shall we say of the assemblage at the Odd Follows' Hall It was a crowd a mob of the fashion and Hit at tbe city. Every part of the great room was thronged and motion, in advance or retrogade, utterly endi-d.

The grand music of HoefTner's band, consisting of twentyfour pieces, was unable to infuse life Into the mass that kept time to it, or to create room for the dances. We haTe seen many large balls at the Old Fellows' and elsewhere, but never any equal in him to that of last evening. It was the mammoth of the day, and contained such a variety of characters and costumes as to uttetly defy, description. Nine Knights," front Mobile, were conspicuous beyon others then followed Punch, Jonathan, Night, Helen McGregor, a charming Mttle I.ix7ie with black eyes and a white dress, an unknown demoiselle who mystified all her admirers and stole gold with a countless number here unnamed. Resuiful as were tbe belles at other balls, there were none more beautiful than those at the Odd and large as the assemblages were elsewhere, this eclipsed all its predecessors.

Our notes supply matttr for a column of description, which we may use hereafter. For the present, it can only be said that the utmost capacity of the great Hall, and all the anterooms, was insufficient to I accommodate the throng of masks anil tancy dresses that besieged it. Armoiy Hall rejoiced, also, in the crowd of masks and fancy dresaes in beautiful women and gentlemen elegantly gotten up. The music was provided by Hoefner, and the tripping on the light fantastic toe surpassed that at all other assemblages in ontinuity and assiduity. We met there many we had previously met at the Odd Fellows', Orleans or St.

Charles. Our female Harlequin reclaimed a brotherly recognition, and blue eyes over a white dress gave ua a farewell smile. There were tbe congregated nationalities of the world, tbe reunited peoples of seventeen centurioe, whirling themselves around and around, polking, waltaing and miscellaneously jumping up and down. The ball at the Masonic Hail waa not ao large as some of tbe others, s.nd gave more room for the exertions of the disciples of Terpsiahore. Ths lights and aU the arrangements were very complete, and tboss present evidently intended that carnival ahould paai out with tho highest obsequies.

There was a constant change of those present an influx and efllnx from other bails. I reuses that one lady wore elsewhere rebloomed here on another, and the decyphering of lnfllvidnala besame an Impossibility. Union Hall, in the Fourth diatrict, winds up our history of Mardi We had anticipated a small gathering here, bnt it was nowhere an evening of things. The world, with his wife and family, eame out to maae mirth, merriment, and give merriment zest. Union Hall waa crowded like all others, and, as at all thn others, youth and beauty whirled around the room to the prompting of music.

There were fancy characters ami fancy costumes; fancy dresses and fancy There ware many from lafayette, many from the regloas of the Firit district, and some few from below Canal street. When the ball broke up, daylight may be able to tell? we cannot. Thus observed, Slirove Tuesday ended. advent was hailed with more in the straota than for many past; with more flourings and pehings, more crowdr and Its demise was worthy of its initiation, and its funeral ceremonies had all the youth, gaiety and loveliness of tbe city in attendanoe. Wo conlu that if such things are Its attendants, Mardi Gras might last all the year.

Latr Ntwi from Triu. A Utter to the Qalveiton dated Kalrfleld, Feb. 13, On the evening of the Sth in the county of Navarro, aa I am informed, Wm. II. Lore and a Ur Aader eon met in the road at or near twilight.

Anderaoa (hot at love without effect. Lore Bred at Andereon, and killed him. A ureal diaturbance now going on in that county, which ii likely to be very aerioui. 1 forbear comment. We have by arrival of more Indian foray a.

A letter to the San Antonio Tfczan, dated fnderickiburg, Feb. 7, The ia section have committed of the noft oaring, unheard of in our frontier history. On trie f.rat day of the preaent month a party came to Mr. J. E.

atook rancho, about tweaty milea of tliia place, and out of wanton cruelty killed fifty or head of fine fat cattle, left them or many of them lying not touched by aught the fatal arrow which had caused their death, Iteaidee thia, they have itolen every horie and tipna which they could lay their in every direction; and then, if not aatiaiied with thud de.tjnylag the hard earned property of the peaceable, in'iuitrtoiu farmer tbey determined to proceed a atep further and imbrue their in human being reaolved. it aeemed, to aacortain whether or not there were any among ua who would venture to turn oat and chaaUeo thejn, they ao richly deserved. TVey acrordiagly, on tha Jd iaataat, came upon a tierman of the of Ketch, in the whither he had gone to work, and murdered hi a in the moat horrible manner, having him hterally full of their accuraed and after atrippiag him of every article of clothiaf af any value, they coooeeled body in a amall thicket, took hone and set nt again to aeek for other I Not bag did have to aoarch until they foand a Bother ovportunitr of reeking their malice. Monday, the 6th, a Mr. Neel, aa man, the head and aole of a family, JO Me way from Froderickabnrg, whether he had goae to procure of life, aad whea about eerea or eight frrm town, and abont three or four from hoata, he.

cruelly murdered, in manner aa Mr. Kerch aad after taking horae, aad every article of valae about pereoa. thay dragged body few from the rota an. left It lyiag, a rich repeat for and beorta of prey I rr ranitted aronad Of every haled, while ootnpariea of tharoagh going have beea carried of avay from eettlemeate, where their produce nueh needed, to poiate whoro theg can effect hut little jc ao good, fieept to the betwean aad aa, wHiltt ia aa.