The New York Herald Newspaper, July 20, 1868, Page 7

Sunpay, July 19, 1868, ‘The leading feature of affairs in Wall street last imposed, namely, one dollar on every.ten thousand ike up the subject before the adjournment, The ‘@hipments of specie for the week aggregated $2,094,138, making a total of $57,392,854 since the lst pf January. ‘The daily range of the gold market during the Meek is thus shown:— Lovvest, ‘The shipments of specie from the port in each of last seventeen weeks have been as follows:— ae ending Amount, + $39,908,600 ‘The supply of money was superabundant at rates p ‘ing from three to five per cent during the week, 4nd on Saturday it was diMcult to employ any con- ‘Aiderable amount of the supply offering at. ® higher rate than three, while the Qetcipa Mealers in government securities were mainly -Bccommodated at this figure from the opening to yfhe close. The passage by the Senate of Mr. Catteil’s fi providing for the issue of twenty-five millions of ree per cent certificates for the redemption of com. und interest notes has had a reassuring effect upon money lenders, as it guards against the pos- Bible effect of the maturity of the compound interest fPotes in October without due provision having been “Made for a substitu'e for them. There is no doubt ‘that this bill will become a law, as it is in strict con- Formity with the bill stopping contraction of the cur- ney. ‘The statement of the associated banks of this ity for the week ending on Saturday is favorable to fontinued ease, The deposits show an increase of $3,810,608, the legal tender notes of $3,016,003 and “the specie of $1,163,683, while the loans have de- reased $1,232,218 and the circulation has been re- luced $64,091. The totals of the stateiuents for each the last two weeks are as follow: July 11. hecmtie 708 9 nly 18. 34,068,202 224,520,141 68,531,542 The raiiway share market was somewhat unseitled Dy the Hoyt forgeries at the commencement of the ‘week, but it afterwards wecame strong and prices -@xperienved a general advance, and at the close the tendency was strongly upward, the following quota- tions being then current:—New York Central, 134% a 135, Erie, 68°; a 684; Hudson River, 138; Reading, 95% a 955,; Michigan Southern, 92 a 9214; Illinois Wentral, 1504 a 151; Cleveland and Pittsburg, 86% a 87; Cleveland and Toledo, 102% a 103; Rock !sland, 108 a 108 ‘¢; Northwestern, 811¢ a 8134; do. preferred, 82% a 82 Fort Wayne, 109% @ 110; Ohio and Mis- @issippi, 2935 a 295¢; Pacific Mail, 2934 a 29%; Quick- Bilyer, 23 a 233g; Western Union Telegraph, 3534 B 35%. Government securities were dull and unsettled in the early part of the week, but they subsequently me strong and active, and at the close the arket for them was*firm at an advance of \ a % }Per cent and the subjoined quotations were curre: Registered, 1881, 115% a 114; coupon, 1881, 1144 a {214}; 5-20's, registered, 1862, 109% a 110; 5-20's, cou- mM, 1862, 1144 a 11434; 5-20°s, coupon, 1864, 111%; a 11134; 5-20'a, coupon, 1865, 112%) @ 11214; do., 1865, january and July, 1004 a 10994; do., 1867, 109% a 10934; 10-40's, registered, 108 a 108; 10-40's, coupon, 08 4 a 108%; July 7.90's, 199 a 109'¢; Aucust com. unds, 1865, 11835; September do., 118; October do., A174. The daily conversions of seven-thirty notes. into five-twenty bonds at the Sub-Treasury have been as derstated since the ist inst.:— 207,000 560,000 eign exchange market was very firm it the week, and the leading bank ers re- » draw sterling bills at sixty days below \t the close bankers’ bills on Englan:! at sixty vere quoted at 110% 011034; at tt 1105 a 110%; commercial bills, 109% a 110. Bankers’ is on Paris at sixty days, 513K a en—Lankers’, 80 &@ 804; commercial no Berl.n—Bankers’, 717% a 72; comme: 1% @ 1X. Ou Frankfort—Bankers’, 41); a 41 ‘4; commer- cial, 4075 a 41. On Amsterdam—Bankers’, 414 a 134; commercial, 41 @ 411s. On Hamburg—Pankers’, 4; commercial, 36 a 364%. On Antwerp—Baukers’, G.13% 2 5.12%; commercial, 5.16% a 5.15%. Despaiches from San Francisco, dated on the 17th . announced the completion of 204 niles of the ‘tral Pacific Railway. The company has ied a company of laborers grading its roa: tn the @alt Lake basin, and, it seems, is pashing the work with thoroughness. Fifty miles of iron have been id since the first train crossed the Sierra Nevada 1 the 17th of June, and it is thought that Salt e will be reached early in 1869. There is good mm to believe that this portion of the Pacific Kail- is being well and substantially built. The work not let out to contractors and sub-con'ractors, and lidity and durability are, it is said, no! sacrificed Zor rapivlity of construction. Upwards of ten thou- nd men are employed on the portiou of the line MDuilt by the Centra? Pacific Company. The New Dominion legal tender notes in circulation On the is! of July, together with the specie held as a Dasis for their redemption at Montreai and Toronto, are thus described In the report of the commissiouers appointed under the Provincial Note act:— 10%. 59,000 850,000— Debent ral under Provincial Note act... 000,000 The liictest prices of the leading stocks, Including povernmonts, at the first regular board on the last y of each of the past four hs ave thus June July 3. J 14 i caus Wpxd. 7 O ols 714 xd. 205 '4 “% 102% E:le Readin L se 1 1 109 commercial journal published in thia ality the week on ling July 17: ‘The to.al receipts for the last seven days have feaehed 2,555 bales (against 3,067 bales lust week, 2,463 | the previous.week and 2,761 baies three ‘Weeks since), Making the aggregate receipts sifice September 1, 1867, up to this date, including the re. turns by telograph to-night, 2,174,714 bales, against 1,835,994 bales for the same period in 1800-7, b gh excess this season over last season of 380,380 les. The oi] for the week ending to-night Feach a total of only 3,637 bales, of which 2,174 bales Were to Great Britain and 1,473 bales to the Conti. Ment, whilc the stocks at the ports, as made up this orgeing, are reduced to 85,064 bales. The fn Ty fhe weeky about 10,000 bales. Chia’ will be increased unless prices are lower. juirementa of that marke! from report to the isat of Gctover Teach 734,600 ba'es. Theae th. ued alecnoy ul vA york UrGurs oar erep ia l1keiy to be ear: Financia AND COMMERCIAL. | ier than nana this yea adr ie week foot up “G@reck was the advance in gold to 144 on Saturday @gainst 14154 on Monday. The immediate cause is Yraceable to the efforts of a speculative clique perating fora rise, but the upward movement is ‘based upon the steady outward flow of coin during ‘the last four months and the attendant high rates of Xoreign exchange, We have already advocated a puch higher tax on gold gales than that at present currency value, and it remains for Congress to 800,000 | refers to the cotton movement for the | Dine linens ae ey os di ition to realize, 10,157 bales, of which 9,300 ba'es were taken by spin- ners and 848 bales on speculation. COMMERCIAL REPORT: SaTuRparY, July #8—6P. M. Corton,—Receipts 176 bales, The market for this staple was quiet to-day, there being no demand except for smail lots from spinners, but prices remained steady at the an- nexed notations, The eales amounted to 683 bales, which y Spinners. fe quote :— Mobileand New Orleans a ‘and Terns, 28: 8 ee it 2 Gorran- is eee aN aelt e it steady, at our last ae _ ut ions. ‘Other kinds were dull and nominal. is i FLOUR AND GRAIN,—Receipia, 1,585 bbls, flour, 300 do, ‘end $00 sacks corn Asal Sushels wheaty 10217 dos Sern, 1,98 do. Osta, The imarket,f We flour was dull and irregular, and some prices a trif_e below those current yesterday. We make n0 change In our quotations, however. fornia, flour was dull and heavy. sales were limited to about 5,500 bbis. Southern dour was in light request and heavy, the sales being bis. Rye flour was ‘about Prices. The bbls. Cor moderate rookimn ana 88.6) 85 76 for Western, We quote rooklyn an 2 for Supertine State. & Ee ehbSSESSrecuent Corn meal, Bran Corn meal Jersoy —The market for wheat was quiet ; $1.60 was bid Chicago and +185 asked. Milwaukee was firmly hi ‘There were no sales of spring to-day. ‘The sales (inainty rey eveninz) were about 30,000 bushels at #1 87 for No. 3 Milwau- Keo spring: 8 2 20 for white Michigan: @250 for poor Califérnia, and $3 80 for white Canada, Gora was only mod. e wll | RESReSSsseeszezs 2 5 3 5 salen were 65,000 bush ‘Weatern, and #1 23 for white Southern. demand and higher, the sales being 78,000 8c. In store, anit #3e. a 4c, afloat. nominal. Barley ‘and malt were dull and nominal. FRFIGHTS.—The market was quiet, but rates wore higher. ‘The engaements were:—To Liverpool, per steamer, bushels wheat at 73d. ‘The charters were:—An American bark, 608 tons, to Marseilles, petroleum at 4s. 6d.; a Britiab bark, from Philadelphia to'& direct port on the ‘continent, 4,800" bbis. petroleum, at 58.; one from Philadelphia to Miarset-les, £00) bois,’ petroleum at Sa. Bd.; an Itallan brig, 1.10) ars, grain to Cork for orders at Se; a brig, 4.0¥0 vbla.t6 indi, bis. petroleum, an pive staves at $28; a Norwegian bark to Ant werp,'3,800 bl Philaitelphia to Genoa direct, North German bark, from 600 bbis. petroleum on private rma. GUNNIRS.—Bage were dull and nominal at 173ge. u 18c., whue cloth was also dull at 224¢c. a 28%. Hay was in moderate request and steady at 65c. a 70c. for shipping, and #1 a $1 20 for retail lots, [OPB were very giiet, the demand being confined to the wants o ‘We quote :—1887 crop, 20c. @ .; 186 do., lUe. a ve.) and foreign, 18c. a Bic. Hives.—Tie market, though quiet, ruled firm at previous prices. There were sales of 30 Bogota, 20 ibs. at 18!cc., ‘gold, as they run, and 4,500 Rio Grande to arrive, 35 Iba. at hie. HEMP.—Manila was firmly held at 9%c., gold. Jute was un- changed at 53g. a 64sc., yold. MOLASSES,—The market remained dull, there being no de- mand except for jobbing lots, and prices were nominally 40c, a Me. for muscovado, BRe. for do., clayed; Buc, a 3¥c. for do., centrifugal, and 46c. a 65e. for Porto itico. NAVAL StoRFs.-Keceipts, 251 bbls, spirits turpentine and 89.0. rosin, ‘The market Lor'the former was more active and Iv 3gc. higher, closing at 44c. a 450. | There were sales of 40 1 435;¢., 385 do, (part New York bbis,) on the pot and to arrive at 4c. a 443¢c. and 250 do. on private terms, osin.—‘The lower grades were n fair request and firmly heid- Other grales were quiet but steady; sales 700 bla. No. 1 at $3.50 a B49, 1404 do, atrained at $3, 1,000 do. black at 2 88 and rumored 1/500 do. at #2873, and'3,).0 do. strained to ar- rive at about aa a7, We duote strained €2 $9 83, No. 25305 a RE 8756, No. 1 # 144 50, pale $5 a 6 and extra do. $6 25 a #7. Of Newbern pitch '180 bbls. brought $3 50. Tar was unchanged. « ‘O1L8.—Linseed was rather firmer. We quote 81 03 a ‘1 (6; sales 5,000 gallons for the week at #1 03. Other kinds were dul and unchanged. PROVISIONS.—Receipts, 50 packages cut meats, 95 do. lard. The market for pork exhibited more activity, but prices were unsettled and lower, closing at about $2 123g for new mess. The sales were 2,500 bbis, at $28 1259 a $28 6), Including small consumers, Jota at the latter price, & 3 for prime an a $24 5) for prime mess. Beef was in light request but steady at 815 a 820 for plain mess and $20 50 a $25 for extra do. 100 bis, Tierce beef remained dull and nominal. Beef hama were quiet, There were sales of 100 bbia. at ia a #80, Cur meats were quite freely sought after and firmly held at Lip td a lac. for pickled shoulders, \8c. a 130. for dry salted do., Lic. a I5ige. for smoked do., 18c. a 16'<c. for Western pickled bai Vie 1ge for city do. do., lic. a 20c, for smoke: hams and |93ge. a Qlc. for bi do. Sales 20) packas Bacon continued dull but firm at 15/¢c. for long clear, iée. Issge. for short do., and 16c. for short rib. The ‘ard market was ulet, but previous prices prevailed. "Sales 10) packagos a I64c. a 7g. for No. 1to prime steam; also 250 tos, for July at 17e., buyers’, and 25) do. for August, at 17%¢., buy- er’s. Butter and cheese were unchanged. ET! #UM.— Receipts 1,980 bbis, The demand for crude in bulk fs Itight, but the market waa firm, ¢ osing at 17'<c. a 18e. We beard of no sales. Crude (in bbia.) was in demand at our last quotation. Sales 2,000 bbls. at 2gc. The market for bonded continued active and closed firm at yesterday's prices. were 6,000 bbis, standard white, On the spot and for ¢ wale: the balance of this mouth, at igo. a Bbc., closing at the Int ter price, on the spot; 2,00) do. for Auguat, at Bbc., seller's option; 1,000 do, hall of A} 1 dO. for last’ half “of Septenber, | bot! option, At 36c. ; also 1,000 bbis. ard white, in bulk, for the first half of August at 3c., neller’s option. Reslduum was higher; 300 bbls. brought 83 973g, In Philadelphia the market was Tess active, though a good business was consummated, and in some cases higher prices ware obtained; sales 2,000 bbis. andard white, fortuly, at sc. w Asse. ; 7,00 do. for July, ‘ ignist, together, al 4 .§ 2,00", for Angist. at 35!{c. 5 9,000; from September to December, at $c ; 500 for all the year al s80., 1,00), trom October to December, at Bbc. ; 2,50, from ‘August to Decemper, at the xame price; 1,00, for the last haif September, at 35}c., and 1,00 do. same delivery at B5\c.; also late yesterday 30U) bbls. eruce at 2c. Rrov remained dail at 1039c. a W\e. for Carolina and 9c. 00. ; ttn linseed continued dull and nominal at 1g, gold; clover Was firm at 1ige. a 18, Timothy and S do. Tor August, at a2 rough tax were unchanged. t—The market (or raw was dull, d prices were heavy at 10’. there being no 1 4c. for fair to va. We heard ov n0 8 Re- eale at Wie, for hard, M47,c. a 1bige. for soft white and 13e. a 14)<c. tor yellow. TALLOW waa in good demand and higher, The sates were 115,00) Tha, at Ie. a 12 ge. ; also 000 iba. Butchers’ Asso- ciation in Philadelphia for export on private terms. Wiiskey. tanone.. The market remained dn nominal at about S5e. for bonded and $140 a $1 0 for i. BUILDERS’ MATERIALS. We note bat few changes in these articles since our last report, the dificnity existing between the master masons and bricklayers operating to con- siderably depress the market because of the inter- ruption in building. in the wholesale market East- era spruce was less frm during the week, the de- mand being only moderate. Arriva’s were likewise siow but of fair stock. There were sales of 155,000 feet at $15, and 150,000 do. choice at $19 60. Yellow Jee Umber is unchanged at $30 a $35, A fair demand exists for laths, and we hear of and sales of 600,000 feet at $2568 $287}. a $290, Lime and cemeat are both steady. LUMBER. Bricks are lower. Pine—Clear, per M Fourth quaiity. Select box y plank. 1% Tally = culls... Tally boards. good Taily boards, culls. » Spruce—boards, each Plank, 14 inch, each Plank, 2 inch, ea! Wall strips SSSSSSS| SSSTRRSKSRERSSESSSE Hemlock—Boaras, cach. Joist 60 60 oO . 95 +100 00 a 125 + 00a 85 Whitewood - 8 00a 50 Chair plank » 7% 0a Shingles .... « 7500 10 Lath.. 280a 38 Woops, Cedar, Nenvitas, Mansaniila and Mexi- can, per foot, Aone. 5) Florida. ‘ 5 - 68 Mahogany—Uonduras (American) per foot eseene ‘ Ma 0 Mexican . oR Newvitas.. + We 18 | _ Mansani ~ loo @ | Rosewood ° ba 8 Bahis a 6 | 30 | 20 00 0 are 22 00 North River, per M 200 Philadelphia f 50 00 Common, per 116 WUIND 6s —a 200 | Rosendale cement..... ‘ —a 1% Pennsylvania, per square 90a 1000 | Susquehanna. a 1400 Vermout—Red, pe —a 100 Green and purple, per equar' —a ilo HAIR. Cattle, per bushel... —_a 50 Goat.. a" 80 A Gicace at the Operations During the Past Three Weeks—Remarkable Activity for “the Heated Term.” ‘Looking over the transactions in real estate during the past three weeks, which include the extremely ‘Warm period of the summer season, their character and extent are almost surprising and indicate a buoy- @ncy and activity in the market unprecedented at this time of the year. Three large sales of lots Occurred during that period—one of Brooklyn pro- | perty, one a S auness. sale of Tamaices he ly property, and one of a large tract of land divided into | Sites | popniation who these sales were well attended ond successful ia every respect. Besides these sales Messrs. A. J. Bleecker, Son & Co, disposed of a valuable piece of property on "roadway, at the corner of Morris street, rey ypkery ewe tabes on the former and si\ty- ve eight inches ou the latter, Below we give particulars of the three weeks’ sales:—* . muetTAnsTON, sday, June New York unimproved oh ge oe Jamaica, L. 1, unimproved property. Jamaica, L. L., improved property... Wednesday, July 1. Brooklyn unimproved eee i Westchester unimproved property. Westchester improved property.. 83,245 x Thursday, July 2. New York improved property, Nos. 21, 23, 25, 27 Broadway....- see 139,600 —— 139,600 Wednesday, July 8. New York improved property.. Brooklyn improved property, 94,922 Thursday, July 9, New York improved property. + 6,275 Westchester improved property..... 27, Ravenswood, L. L, improved prop- erty.... eeeee + . i Clifton, S, I., improved property, 14,475 am Tuesday, July 14, Elizabeth, N. J., improved property. 102,165 or Wednesday, July 15. New York improved property z New York leasehold property. 500 1 43,700 Total sales for three week: eevee $502,777 Transfers of Real Estate in New York Saturday. Bloomingdale road, corner of Hamilton +. +.81)600 Boulevard, ne corner of #9th at 1WxlW.1ixik4ix50a87 Chatham at, 50 5,250 Chatham at, Nos 141, Bowen Nei Gg) Hotes lane, Nott & No 85 Ug). Maiden lane, Oliver st, No (36). 88 and #06 (5) 6th av, w 8, 234 f'n of 2th at, S0x58.4 ‘6th av, Nos 66, 6th av, w 8, 49.436 ft n of 28th st, 4.8x77.6 (3 6th ay, @ 8, 25-ft n of 24th at, 67x93.9 (36). 36th B15 ft 6 of 6th av, 20x98.9 (54). of 10th ay, 25x100.4 of 4th ay, 25x10). f Bd av, 4x99, 10th av, e's, 100.11 ft n Hoth’st, 10x! 1th av, a @ corner 142d st,275299.11 LEASES RECO! Ghariton st, Nod 2 years, lat f 10th av, w 8, 505 ft n of 624 at, MARINE TRANSFERS. The following is a correct list of “:arine transfers since the previous report:— S28 OE oa ee - Usui00 5 years, per years. ' Date. Class— Name. Share | Proe. Tuly 15|Schooner Henry T. Wood. #500 July 15|Schooner Henry T. Woo x July 16|Canal boat Verrona. : 84] 1-2 (81 con. Tuly 17/Canal oJ. W. Woodworth] —104:87|hole| $700 July 17|Canal b'tJ. W; Woodworth] —104:8:|Whole| "400 THE WATERING PLACES. NEWPORT. Newronr, July 18, 1968, Newport is already its fashionable self again, if not a great deal more so, Although the hotels are not by any means what some correspondents always term “full to repletion,” the signs cf tho times go far to mdicate that by the end of the present month they will be in that exceedingly interesting condi- tion. The killing weather which has (according to the veracious journals of New York city, at least), been committing such havoc with human life in the big towns throughout the country, has had, no doubt, a great deal to do with the sudden influx of visitors to this place during the last few days. It must be said (in anticipation of any one's assuming to the contrary) that the hotel keepers are absolutely so hard hearted, in fact 80 lost to all sense of pro- priety, that they do not express the slightest dis- pleasure at the constant arrival of the new comers. So far New York has sent us the largest quota, and Boston and vicinity stand next onthe list. There are now two hundred guests at the Ocean House, which continues to be the principal resort of the fashionables, one hundred at the Atlantic and sey- enty-five atthe Aquidneck. There ts not a grain of shoddy about the place, which I must say distin- guishes Newport from some watering places which could be mentioned. It would be only rehearsing a very old story to say that the avenue this year presents the same scene of brilliant tugpouts as it has done ever since ground was broken for its length and breadth, I cannot, for the life of me, dnd out why it is eso, but the fact remains just as stern, nevertneless, that anything in the shape of diminutive horseflesi is seized upon here by the visitors with an avidity that is crowing to most alarming proportions. Not that the visitors have become so fashionable, after Parisian manner, as to be able without a grimace quietly to sit down and make a meal out of some unfortunate stage nag, but Lallude to their penchint for driving ponies in- stead of horses big euoagh to Know all avout mature equine life. And “ponies” is not quite 8» appropriate a word as it might be in speaking of the animals the Jadies and geuUicmen so love to hike aseusation with on the avenues; lor the majority of tem (the animals, nol the ladies or geutemen) tuve the appearance of being, as @ Frenchinan who didn’t know any better might say, the children of ponies. Why, just im- agine a good sized Newfound and dog with a few inches of extra footing put under him, and looking very much like a horse, and you have the prevailing animal. Indeed, { am candidly of the beiief that even the politest dogs in the town would bite at the heeis of any good sized horse that would be so un- fortunate as to be driven before a coupé here at present, so strange a sight would it be to their ca- Dine eyes. Notwithstanding this particular fancy, the tasie displayed by some of the visttors in U matching and color of their pets is decidedly of no mean order. Thaven’t as yet seen one approaching pea green, but there are on the aveuue every after- noon several beautiful teams, cream colored, with long tails and sowing manes, which attract uni- versal attention, and, need I oy. where there are so many ladies, admiration? The turnouts are made to conform with the size and strength of the nies, and, as a matter of course, “wicker baskets,” low set on four tiny wheels, with the forewheeis pro- Jecting far in advance of that part of the basket an- swering the purposes of a dashboard, are extensively used. by the way, there is @ smiling youth here just now, With curly jocks (auburn, ainiy), Who comes from some piace no one knows w. drives about in @ vehicle resembling an invert wheelbarrow with four wheels. The youth ts amall, but the basin is too small even for lini, aud the fran: tic efforts he makes to ) his seat and look “nobby,” as he whizzes aiong tie nue, afford the community at large a good (cal of amusement. It is a historical fact that some people in their ilfe- time have been #0 extremely loved by their neigh- bors as to get ridden m triuuniph on a rail, after they had been treated gratis toa new suit of clothes from the combination of a keg ©! ted tar and a bag of feathers. Well, Newport has bl Newport since the 1600, and no one has been so loved as yet, but I some dd a certain this in this town. TI tion has been talked of quite serio: tain gentlemen here, but the te munity, and particularly of that lar , and who i ing of the cor portion of the e and stay cainst the ground e will ns will Christan ruin Newport w h they namcé. So here during the enterprise. In i «broken = for call no rac been gaid that a great rr n built here in an 1 think th It ha: had be ottages present tour rented th occupied last fe-inen has always prevailed at Newport to ain tent, but it 1s only now coming into ful ‘ the’ conseqnences are very disustrous to hotels, The latier, however, are great part to biame for this new era. Had they couiormed their prices to a reasonable scale in times gone by they Would at present have no such formidable opposi- tion to contend against. Several of the cottages in the various avenues are owned by wealthy New Yorkers, but the great majorily are rented for the summer season by their winter oceupants. Tue rents vary according to the locality tu which the cot- tages are situated and t particular styles, By the list, which t pens low, of those Which have been rented for this year, it will be noticed that the Price varies all the way from $260 to $4,000 for the season of four months—for an‘! incinding the movtas of June, July, Angust and September. All the cot tages not marked “per year’ are rented for the sea- fon only, Those marked “board’’ are oecupied for the moat part by their owners, Who board the family erson mentioned at lessee, Roard in thie ‘way for @ family of five or six persons averages 5200 & Week, The following i# the listi— cottage system lerate Harry I Phila. avenue ant the otis, 2 Honse, 1 Jolphia, Mrs Stont's villa, Peterue | Mayor Hour NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, JULY 20, 1868. A tel on the Janes t n Beevue avenue, 25,5 J. P. March au. v. New York, A. ae Weaver's Bellevue avenue, New York, W. H, Paiue's “Judson 0. W. H. King’s villa, opposite ©. Burrill Hoffres phi Bellevue ave Joba J. Townsen Ocean House, Bellevue aren Robert M. ‘Cushing, Bi ‘hatles Kuhn's villa, Old 0) J. Cushin, yatou, Charles Kuhn's rg ig Be les 2,00, Eugene Kettictsa, New York, 2. S, Willing's stone villa, Webster street, $2,500, . Mi w York, WH. Russell's cottage 80. . Carter's cottage, near ‘3, 83, Mrs! Bruen's villa, Bellevue avenue, &: Franklin H. Story, Boston, P, A. Stockton's cattage, Kay, corner Touro street, $2,000, Mrs. H. Le Koy Edgar, New York, Armstrong's cottage, jevue avenue, corner Narraganset avenue, #1 Mrs, George Francls Trai few York, W. D. Suith's villa, corner Bellevue and Ocean avenues, $3.0. New York, Mrs, Porter's stone villa, Ge omas Cadwalader, Trenton, N. J., F. E. Bacon’ MESES SES, comm ms sues. uomore ry , pigeons $0 2 Ys une ., John A, Hazard’s, 2 an, lew You . James C, Bilipeue ayente, S1,0n 6? Tnmee © Palmer's cottage Richard Taylor, ‘New Orleans, Mrs. Irish's cottage, Kay “Nr ME. DeForest, New York, 8, Brush’s cottage, Belle- vue ue, 0. Le Baron Wetterstedt, Minister from Sweden and Norway, Minses Armington’s cottage, Touro street, Samuel L. M. Barlow, New York, H.'Bedlow’s villa Mal- ira, Win. W. Wadsworth, Boston, G . Jones vill Harrison avenue and the Bay, Sod, ore F Nene aa Robert W, Burnet, of Cincinnati, Shaw House, Bellevue avenue, $120. ames Hoy, New York, E, Tweedy's cottage, Bellevue court, jathan Matthews, Boston, H. Whitwell’s cottage, Bellevue avenue, $1, John G. Hecksher, New York, N. H. Gould's cottage, Cath- arine street, +1,600, gron. Mary B. Terrel, Georgia, Wm, Smith's, 10 Kay street, ‘m. W. Fox, New York, H. A. Wright's stone villa, Green- ton, Miss T. B, Moore's cottage, Cathai wan a1 —— B. Moore's cot Cr rine Ward McAllister, New York, John Cary’s, Jr., Narragan- set avenuie, $1,750. . Lytan, Boston, Norton’s stone house, Webster atreet, Cooper, New York, ood Wie 81, George Moke, New York, E. More's cottage, Bellevue cou 000, ©. H. Morgan and H. Robbins, New York, Cook's house, reet, corner Bull street, $1,500. George 'W. Wales, Boston, Earl P, Mason's, Bellevue avenue, $1,750. Fred. A. Lane, New York, Captain A. N. Littlefield’s, Pel- bam Laaey Kdward 8. Willing, Philadelphia, Mrs. Izard’s stone house, street, Bl, rdon Norrie, New York, J. E. Goffe’s, Bellevue avenue, Mrs. E. A. Bourne, Boston, G. A. Simmons’, Mail road, lenty E. Lawrence, New York, the “Engs house,” Touro atreet, $1,200. : Franklin H. Story, Jr., Boston, the “Dowley place,” Middle- jown, 600. es W. Jocelyn, New York, James L. Hazard, Kay street, re Samuel L. Crocker, Taunton, Mass, C. T. Hopkins’, Cot- street, #1, james Otis and Miss Heyward, New York ; William Edgar's villa, Old Hench Rond, $1,000, John Foster, Boston, J. A. Hazard’s, Atlantic street, $800. J. Aug. Hamilton, New York, W.’ Richardson's, Cottage street, board. Mrs. Bloomileld Moore, of Philadelphia, and Count Rosen, of Stockholm, A. D. Jeagip's villa, Maring avenuc, 3, enj..F. Romaine, New York, Marshal Wood's villa, Bellevue avenue, $1,200. Alex. Mitchell, Milwaukee, Wis., Russell's Swiss cottage, Coggeshall avenue, 81,500, Jove V. Ontaria, New York, Mra. Ryan's, Bath road, board. hiladelphia, Mra. E. A. Taylor's cottage, Bellevue ‘court, $1,500. John Lafarge, New York, the “Eustis House,” Kay street, @ 1 George D. Howe, Boston, Mra. Gorto: yhn street, board. Albert G. Thorpe, New York, J. R. Ford's villa, “Bay Ter- race," ocoupant. Mrs. R. E. Izard, Baltimore, Colonel J. Winthrop’s cattage, Corne street, 4d Henry Asher Robbins, New York, Knight's cottage, Belle- vue avenue, $1,100, nnetie, Jackson, Philadelphia, Mrs. Marshal's, Pelham street, 8750, Lewis a0. Jones, New York, Ford's cottage, Harrison ave- ane, Smith, Philadelphia, L. P. Morton's cottage, Belle- Robert vue avenue, corner Webster street, +00, W. Fuller, New York, Mist M. E. Gray's, Narragan- Horar: set avenue, +700. john A. Burnham, Boston, E. D. Morgan's, Narraganset avenue, 82,50), ee ‘orrance, New York, Whitwell’s, Bellevue avenue, etic: ‘Temtt, New York, Cyrus Tafft’s villa, Bellevue avenue, fi Dr. Robert Carter, Philadelphia, C. A. Ludiow’s cottage, Kay atreet, $800. 8. H. St. John, New York, Mumford Hazard's, Dixon street, General T. W. Sherman. United States Army, 8. Dickerson’s cottage, William street. $35). Benj. L. DeForest, New York, J. G. Weaver, Jr.'s, Berkeley aveniie, #1,0000. De Grasse it, Fowler, Paterson, N. J., M. Panon'a cottage, Mount Vernon street, 8750. glitgnton Murray, New York, Derby house, Pelham street . W. Messer, Boston, Mra, Ruggles’ cottage, Bellevue avenue, $1,000, Wm. 'Lasttey, New York, Col. W. D. Lewin’, Perry street, 870 per year. Mrs, H. N. Greenough, Boston, Statgg's cottage, Pelham street, 0, . Dana, New York, Charles Hunter's, Kay street, ra, Clarence Pell, New York, Sellgman’s cottage, Catha-- rine street, 4600, ra, E. J. De Blois, Georgia, H. Tompkins? cottage, Red- wood atreet, 4 Livingston, New York, J. A. Haeard’s, Atlantic street, Bilas Wright, New York, Misses Turner's, Clay street, @800. Mra. Arthur Bronson, New York, Miss Jackson's, Pelham street, board, ‘e Dr. atree! W. P, Stewart, Ni Pelham street, $1,500, N. Mickles, ‘New York, Marshal. Slocum’s, Kay street, Detavius Coben, Savannah, Aspinall’s, near the mail road, Jaimes and Philip Benkard, New York, J. Tew's, Old Beach road, board. €.'F. Harris, Providence, Mrs. Wm. B. Wilson's, Old Beach ‘ningham, Boston, Miss Wormeley's cottage, Red- 60U, ° bes, New vue avenue, corner of Dixon street, Mrs, Marcy and E. Hf. Pendietou, New York, Vose's amall path reed, board E. F, Sn few G. A. Haz: rk, Mra. Burdick's, Betle- Hunnewell, Boston, d, olin Potter's, Mill street, azenove, Roston, Dr. But i, Kristol, Mu A. F, Heard, Hon Redford’s cottage, Bath roar, board. William Sheafe, doston, Mra. E, 11. Harper's cottage, Belle- vue avenue, #1,50). Gorham Thurbur, Providence, the “Tilley Place,” Bliss rowd, #250. A. L. Andrews, Columbus, Ohio, ©. T. Hazard’s, near the beach, board. Joni C. Bancroft, Boston, Amos Peckham's, Swamp rond, my Pelham street, hoard. 4 ‘oab Houston, United States Engineer Corps, Milton Hall Touro street, 600 a year. A.M, Stoxes, New York, Misses Bowens’, Spring street, J. (i. Bonnett (French teacher), Mra, de Jongh’s cottage, Touro street, On year. J. Amory ‘Codman, Boston, “Vose's,” corner Bath road, ona B. Murray, ‘New York, Mrs. Perry's, Perry street, Dr. W. Channing, Boston, G. H. Wilson's cottage, Cottage man, Washington, D. C., Goffe's Old Beach road, i, Moen, Worcester, Mrs. Devens’, Mary street, board. Anielo, Philadelphia, “\ose'’s,” corner Bath road, board. Keirsley Carter, Loulsville, Ky., C, Congdon's, Hayden Court, board. Providence, Mrs, Ruggles’ tone house, 110. . Frieze, of Providence, Dr. E. J. Lewis’ cottage, Perry street, #450, ‘A. L Dodge, New York, Chamberlin's cottage, Coggeshall avenue, occupant. Wiiliam Kizgs (boariing house), Clarke Hones, Redwood Osden Hotlman, New York, and the Misses de Coninkes —Board. Mra, M. Flagg boarding housew Roston, Df. Clarke house, Dixon street—Mra, Israel Thorndike, New York, and Samuel Dana, Jost At Willinm’ Boaton ; Sirs. ( Baren, ' New Ormsby, Providen: Eugene Ven Reuss jouse—William New York; © aine, Provide lia Bullock, N.Y.; 8. M. Small, Phila. Hoard. Kyan's Cottage, Bath road _G. W. Fabre, Now York; Mrs. E. finnt, arrytown, N. Y.— Board. Joneph Baceman Jr. Boston; E Philiadelphia; Miss Wharton, el A. Van William €. Rives 0 Binney, det No. 9 Kay street Hitilard, Chicavo; i aner, we » Del Miss Smkha, Newcastle, Del 4, Dow, Boston’; Rev. Mr, Mitchell, ah gn Nr. Griawe se,” on Bellevue avenue, $1,200. There still remain thirteen cottawes to be rented, and there are several for sie, the price varying from $6,000 to $100,000. ‘Three hundred and fifly Jamilies are stopping here in cottages at present, and this number wii undoubiedly be increased by the end of next month. Baitimor Army ET tat nt Co arick ules and Bre est Point; ¢ M.D. bos A, Selove h, Ch miel ew Vork, Fra > Kivera, Spanish ly, ©. i. Pond, ©. the Ocean Wash on rand jan rleston, at Ge ost wood, N Atlantic of Mr. ‘The much yest this Lightfui, the mere shade at noon seventy-five deg ing sixty-four degrees. 1 unde be a very distingué jmarriave b the coupie being two young wombers of upperten- dom, New York city. . WATERING PLACE NOTES, Coun, 4 K is te guest yed with as A grand hop was given by mine host of the fa- touretteTiouso, bergeu Point, N. J., on the Lith inst. denkinson’s new hotel, Highlands of ersink, N.J., was opened last week. cellent bathing, fine groves. spacious building and good table are among the features of the piace. The following ate % the qucsts of the Stetson vg Braneh:-William B. Astor and family, wn and family, D. 1. Peres, A. Cambles sneer Pate aeuiae BARONS SSF ang tarmiiy, Rowe; BH Ven Aukes and family, B. | cated uence vo thee ‘ Hastings and family, W. A. Hodden and fa Asheroft an’ family, Isaae Sherman and ian D. Parker and family, M. M. Hendricks and family, The following 13 @ list of the late arrivals at the F¥tatinny Honse, Delaware Gap:—!I. W. Snaw, Ma- son Thomas and family, A. W. Pimock and _famiiy, Dr. Dawson, Geo, Bulkley and family and J. Van ter- biit and family, New York; Woolman *tokes, Conti- nental Hotel, Long Branch; Messrs, Shannon, Brooklyn, N.Y. ‘The suniotned ts @ list of late arrivals at the Mem- phremavog House, Newport, Vt.:—Mr, and Mrs. G. H. Witthans, Miss Witthaus, Mrs. jor General § P. Heintzelman, Miss Heintzelman, Mr. and Mra, Schuyler. Miss Schuyler, Mr, and Afrs. Gunther, Miss Gunther, Mr, and Mrs, Humphries, Mr. and Mrs, Story, Mr, an’ Mrs. C, M. Colton, Mr. and Mrs, W. S. Hart, Mr. and Mrs, M. Mortimer, Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Og Miss Guska, Mr, and Mrs. F. Lovejoy, Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Monroe, Mi Mrs. 0. W. F- lolph, and Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Weeks, Mr, and Mrs. 0. R. Corn- well, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. B. Field, Miss Hattie Field, we na a raat Pat Moe, Rabrosek, Miss ze aki, Miss |, Mrs, toute, Mr. and Mrs. EM. Hurlburt. | Miss Faltonte, BNAI B’RITH. Great Convention of Hebrew Benevolent Socleties—The Origin and Objects of th Independent Order of B’nal B’rith—The Opening Proceedings Yesterday. Acconvention of delegates from the local lodges of the Independent Order of B'nai B'rith, a charitable organization of Israelites of this country, opened its sessions yesterday morning in the large hall of the Alemannia Club house, No. 18 East Sixteenth street, in this city. This Order is @ secret society, somewhat patterned after the Odd Fellows or Free Masons, with the exception that only persons of Mosalc faith can become members of it; yet it does not pretend to any religious propagandism tn favor of Judaism, has no religious purposes in view and only seeks “to alleviate the wants of the poor and needy, to visit and attend the sick and to protect and assist the widow and orphan.” As the existence of the Order itself is hardly known to the country outside of its own circle of members and coreligionists, the preamble to the constitution of the society, in which all its objects are clearly stated, is here inserted:— ‘The Independent Order B'nal B'rith—having taken upon itself the mission of uniting the sons of Israel in the sacred work of promoting the bigheat interests of humanity, espect- ally to alleviate the wants of the poor and needy, to vivit and attend the sick, to protect and assist the widow and orphan on the broadest principles of brotherly love; furthermore, to develop and elevate the mental and moral character of our race by a liberal support of science and art and the inculea- tion of the holiest and purest principles of philanthi honor and patriotism ; and, above all, to promulgate the Mme and eternal doctrines of Judaism among its professors, land to defend, preserve and diffuse the faith ot our fathers In society at large as the very embodiment of all those dictates of humantty—holds the following eardinal prinetpl 1. Allmen are brothers, sons of one God, vested same inailenable ri 2 While nations “and associations must be governed by law—the incarnation of absolute justice—the social rela- Hons among individua’a should be regulated by the dictates ove, o 3. Charity and enlightenment are for suffering humanity the choicest gifts of love. ‘The Sons of the Covenant are specially charged with the practice of the former and the diffusion of the latter. 4. ‘The great interests of humanity are best promoted by the combined efforts of associated philanthropists and protected against all undue interference of opponents by wise measures and provisions, ¢ «livine and everlasting doctrines of Judaism are the dasis of all civilization and enlightenment, of universal cha- rity and fraternization; their promulgation and observance, therefore, are but the inculcation and practice of all these great boons of humanity. The Order was founded in this city in 1843 by one Henry Jones, who remained an active and prominent member of it, and who had the good fortune to see it expand over the whole country and number on its rolls of membership thousands of the best men of Hebrew faith before his death, which occurred two years ago. In just acknowledgment of his services as the founder of the Order his widow (who, by the way, is a Christian) has since been supported out of the common treasury of the several lodges. The order is now divided into 115 lodges, number- ing over 12,000 members and located in every State in the Union, ‘These local lodges are primarily organize. into five grand districts, governed each by a grand lodge presided over by a Grand Saar, or Master. The districts are as follows:—First dis- trict, the New England States and the State of New York, headquarters New York city; Second district, the Western and Northwestern States, headquarters at Cincinnati; Third district, the State of Pennsyl- vania, headquarters at Philadelphia; Fourth district, the Pacific States, headquarters at San Francisco. and Fifth district, the Southern States, headquarters at Baltimore. It is proposed to subdivide the Second district and form a sixth of the States of [itnois, Wisconsin and Michigan, with headquarters at Chicago. ‘The magnitude of the organization may be gath- ered from what has already been accomplished. In the Second district they have built an Orphans’ Home at Cleveland, Ohio, which was formally dedicated and opened for the reception of inma'es on the ath instant, all the delegates from the West and Norti- west participating in the ceremonies. The ands and tthe buildings are valued at $100,000, of which amount only $15,000 remain yet to be paid, This sum has been accumulated from quarterly payments of twenty-live cents or one dollar per year by the Western members only. At the last District Conven- tion, held at Cleveland from the 16th to the 18th in- stant, these quarterly payments have been increased to fifty cents, or two dollars a year, to liquidate the indebtedness and to provide a fund for the maintenance of the asylum, which requires $6,000 annually. In the First district the members of this Order commenced their quarterly contribu- tions of twenty-five ts in 1859, and the amount now is over $30,000, profitably invested. A site will soon be eted in the interior of this State, where y be procured for less than in the city, it for orphan aburs who from old age or sicknesa are unabi earn a living. On looking over the Convention the beholder was struck with the intelligent and business like appear- ance of the body. AS a remarkable fact it may be mentioned that although the de‘egates, with the ex- ception of two, were Germans, the proceedings were in English, and the manner and style of the speaking woul have done credit to almost aay deliberative or legislative assembly. The Convention opened at precisely ten A. M. by the retiring Grand Saar, or Grand Master, Mr. W. Frank, of this city, who read his proclamation, in obedience to which the delegates had assembled, He thereupon welcomed them to the city and hoped that their labors would eventuate in pron pring the best interests of the Order, On motion Mr. Frank was declared temporary chairman and Mr. MM. ger temporary secretary of the Conventior committee of three from each district having been appointed to examine and report on credentials of delegates, the Convention took @ recess tll one o'clock P.M. The members and @ large number of their friends then retived to the banquet hail dowo staira, where a sumptuous lunch awaited them. After recess the Committee on Credenilais re| that one hundred and tweive lodges were represented by 106 delegates, that the seat of Mr. Jos. Levy, the ee of Dan Lodge, of South Carolina, was contested by a Mr. Rosenthal, but the committee recommended that the seat be awarded to Mr. Levy. The report was received, and before the adjournment the matter of this contested seat was taken up and the contestant allowed to speak in his own behalf; put he failed to convince the Con- vention, as the report of the committee was aflirmed, P. W. Frank, of New York city; Joseph Abrahams, of Cincinnati, Ohio, B, F. Peixotto, of New York city, were put in ne nation fer permanent presi- dent; but the latter gentleman declined, and Adoiph Moses, of Quincy, Ill, was nominated in his stead and elected on the first ballot. On taking the chair he thanked the Convention for the distinction and honor conferred upon him, @ avowing himself a man of progress, he expressed the hope that, with their assistance, he may be able to conduct the proceedings to the = satis faction of all. ‘The following gentlemen were vice presidents:—First district, Judge Rosendale, Albany, N. Y.: Second distr George Einstien, Leavenworth Cr district, Jacob Miller, Philadelphia, trict, D. B. Wolf, San Franc Simson, 2 The permanent organization of the Conve d by the election of the foliowing additional oiivers:—M. Ellinger, principal secretary; Alf. Ty, ia, Pa., and Lewis Abrahams, of ant secretaries, ant Isaac Hyman iid, both of this city, as-sergeants- . . Messre, Petxotto, Hirschfield, Jones, Bien and Buiswanger were appointed a committee on rules and regulations for the business of the Conver tion, to report this morning at ten 0’ at six 7 M., the Convention ad In the course of the atve officers was interrupted by press, which cailed forta a spirited debate, but was finally voted down, but the secretary was directed to prepare a digest of the proceedings for pubiica thon. ption to admit the ALONG THE HUDSON, The MNent-Fire=-tarvard College Students as Pedestrians, POUGHSEEPSIR, July 19, 1865, Although the mercury in the thermometer has not reached 100 in three days, the heat here ta still intense. Yesterday at noon it marked 904, and in one or two places 96. Prostrations by heat are nu- merous, though no fatal cases have been reported since Friday as occurring in the city, Country orders are received at the undertakers’ for cofllns at the rate of from three to five per day. A fire oecurred here about twelve o'clock last night burniog & barn belonging to @ man named Kernan Lawler, It waa totally destroyed. Loss $1,980. It was fully insured, and the policy expired to-day. During the fire a @reman belonging to ngine Company No. 1 of this city was prostrated by the heat Three Harvard College students arrived at New: borg thin week, having walked (rom New York. | They Were en rowte for the Catskill Mountain House, jiesd } to sontiowe they traanp thither, ont ovat of ¢ A BAYE ROBBERY AYD THE POLICZ. An Alleged Robbery of a Bank—The Professed Ignorance of the Police in Relation to the TransactionA Mysterious Silence Regarde ing the Operation—Only Eighty Thousand Dollars Reported Missin; Bank, street and highway robberies at present are very frequent occurrences, Nearly every day the desperate operations of a reckless class of criminals are recorded, but so used to these announcements have the public become that little or mo interest is manifested. What attracts people, however, with more surprise than the bare publi- cation of these thieving operations ig the fact that comparatively few of the robbers are ever caught. When the extraordinary vigilance of the police 1s taken into consideration this state of affairs sceras peculiarly strange. For over one year have the cap- tains of many of the precincts been drilling their men in the detective lino of business, Sundays are the appointed days when a number of men are se- lected to sneak round in citizen’s clothes and em- ploy their senses of seeing, hearing, smelling and tasting to ascertain if any liquor dealer has im the slightest degree infringed upon the slightest provision of the Excise law. This course is pursued with the knowledge and sanction of the police magnates at headquarters. As a@ consequence when this practice of spying, sneaking, or whatever other term may be applied to the course adopted, made perfect by the present mode of schooling, the public may have a class of detectives in the police department that will be able to arrest a small pro- ortion at least of the tors of the robberies hat so frequently transpire—unless, indeed, that the detective has good reason for not making such Seprares ir some time it has been rumored that during the fourth and fifth days of the present month the Im- porters and ‘lraders’ Benk was robbed of about $80,000, On the 3d the clerks departed from the es- tablishment ne the property, as they thought, securely locked up in the safe. The stolen property consisted of a number of bonds and securiiies amounting to the value stated. These were placed in the safe about six o'clock by the second teller and after being placed there he retired to wash his hans and again returned to see that Srors ching was all safe, Satisfying himself on that point he left the building, taking the keys of the safe with hin. Previous, however, to his closing the safe the draw- ers in which the money was put away were locked with the different keys, and those keys given, as wag customary, to separate parties. The office was never left untenanted until the departure of the clerk be- tween ten and eleven o'clock on the night of the id. ‘The surprise of the attachés of the bank on the fol- lowing Monday, when the bank was opened and the safe examined, to find that the safe had been opened and bonds and greenbacks amounting to about $80,000 abstracted can be imasiped. Of course & robbery of the magnitude reported could not well he kept @ secret; but as the police professed ignorance pout the transaction it was at first supposed to be a canard. The idea of a bank robbery taking place without knowledge of the police it was thought was preposterous. It is now said that one of the clerks let the cat out of the bag by telling somebody about the little operation. It was only $80,000 or $100,000 and the bank was rich, These were the floating rumors, and on these rumors the story of the robbery is based, and there is every reason to believe there is considerable truth in the report, notwithstanding the professed — {gno- rance of the police. It is further stated that one of the bank ofiiclals called at the Central Police Oice, obtained the services of a detectice and a man was arrested on suspicion. He was brought to headquarters. An examination, it 13 esumed was made, in whose presence is not own, still the police know nothing about the rob- bery. If this is reaily the case, and the police know nothing about the robbery, as they assert, it is time their vigilance (?) where vigilance is required, should be made public; or if, on the other hand, they possess the information and hold it back for the pur- pose of individual members making capital of 16, it is equally necessary that the pub! onl ne der. stand how things are managed iu (his tmevrrupuule and vigilant department. TEL BROOKLYN NOE BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS IN BROOKLYN.—The hich rents realized by tte landiords for the past two years, under one pretext or another, have induced men of capital to invest their money in reai estate, ‘The consequence is, long rows of new houses are being erected on the vacant lots in the suburbs of the city, Betwee tiree and four hun dred buildings were erected in Brooklyn du the past twelve months; from present. indica there is not likely to be so many complaints of the scarcity of dwelling houses next May. Daring the war labor and material were so high Chat very litte building was done; but now tenants will be rejoiced to hpar that it promises to keep pace with the de- mand. DROWNED WHILe BATHING,—A young man named Thomas Hallowell was drowned last evening while bathing at the foot of Court street. His body was recovered and taken to the residence of his parents, No. 82 Bond sirect. THE COLLECTION OF THE MILITIA TAX. since the old and young, the Jame, halt and blind were: notified that they must appear at the Assessor's office room 5 City Hall, and pay $1 as a militia tax. No exeuse would be taken except at the office of the Assessor, and if the parties notified did not appear they were threatened by those who served the notices with dis. traint on their property. If te name of a minor was obtained or that of @man three score and ten it was all the same, and when these parties appear -to make their excuse it is twenty-five cents for an aftidavit and the usual fee for an internal revenue stamp to muke it legal. Although the clerks have been kept pretty busy hearing excuses and receiving tines for the past month, not one-tenth of those who have been notified have appeared, If an attempt should be made to collect the fines of the deliaquents it would involve an expense that would entircly sweep away what little bas already been collected. It is im- possible to dissuade the majorily of the citizens rom the belief that the manner in whch this busi- ness is done is all wrong. People wuo are in no way liable have been so harassed and annoyed by the efforts of marshals, colle assessors and others to collect these fines that they are beginning to re- gard it a8 4 public swindle. “The time for makii ex- cuses at the Assessor's office expires on the 41st inst. CONY ISLAND ON SUMDAY. Coney Istond a few years aince, to Gothamites and the people of all the surrounding cities, was really @ place of constant resort, a smarble-lined and surf- polished bathing tub. Men and women frequented it when the summer solstice graspe| our city within its embrace; when our streets were heated as if their rock-chained surfaces covered ovens; when our consumptive-looking trees were covered; with dust, and its broad expanse of ocean, its glistening, dewy surface, its whisperings of invigorating breezes, its freedom of restraint and: security, all had their effects to give them @ new lease of life, aiding them in putting up “another star’ of health for the trials of life and the succeeding winter's fashionable campaign. But what if Coney Island ts in the matter of sea bathing such a gem? What if the poor, jaded man of business, encrusted over with the rust of crowded «| confined business places, can step into th surf and come out literally rejoicing in a new birth, increased in capacity for life? Is it ot the least avail? Why, no, as this year and two or three years preceding, this once happy place has been takom possession Of by people who are rowdies, thieves, jowfers, gamblers—so sly norant, so law despis- ing, #0 coarsely animal, so irreligious and so bestial, the gentic seekers after health and pleasure have almost ail been driven away. Respectable people cannot longer, without fear of insult or rob bery, there remain or visit it, particular on Sundays, Here three card monte players obstruc one’s path; iinprovieed fights for the sake of rob ail elxe is attempted for the bery ar ninon, Aan sake of plunder by the debased characters that now: rule the island. Why should this continue? Why subjected to siarity from side. para witnout fear of ties and gentlemen be longer t jeves that dart with rej iday to this pon innocent peop! insuit their dens rr Veaterday was little better than the previous Sab. Tr: but the gangs of pickpookets re on hand in » great crowd Metrogolitan hould they not al evil sapith, the 1 Lo viet Bogland sof that province 1 to Halifax om row? had assem- who went out vas also f passenger, and as , aays the Halllax Recorder, ho was greeted with a storm of hisses and other strong a D pprobation. Cr of “Throw the traitor ove bi 1!) were repeatedly made, but no harm was Jone hun. a Mr. Howe landed he waa most en. thustasti cheered, Before the delegates left Eng and they ent 4 protest against the action of Parliament (owarls Nova Scotia, t a Herorws of a Boy.—An instance of reraarkable bravery aud petsence of mind occurred at Hull on | Thursday. A little daughter of @ boarder at the | Oregon Hou was walking out with her nurse, when she suddeoly disappeared into @ weil on the Cop 's eil on thi which i8 ySaally covered with Spank. A ‘on J ingt late tad about tweive years of named Wi suw het Tali in, and ng ire, aiid tek weil er. and gontained at the time Tha the