The Sun (New York) Newspaper, August 14, 1869, Page 2

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ADVERTISING RATES PoomeW PAMR, PEE NDE. co soos . 8 cont ‘Three lines (Bi words) oF ess... . Beenw PrPCIAL NoTicRS, per line 0 cen Braet Notices, per ine B conte — Marshal Barlow Defying the Process of a Court. Marshal Bant ow, having resolved to retain fm his custody the Texan Pratt, has taken Precautions agsinst his own arrest by th Jadge’s orders for contempt of court. For this purpose he has quartered in the United States Court House a body of one hundred and fifty soldiers—picked men—under com mand of a captain of artillery, and holds them in readiness to repel by foree any civil officer who may a) ly intent companied him to his honse on Staten Island Jas evening, and will return with him this morning. It will be observed that this employment of the military arm is not to prevent the rescue of the prisoner Pravr. He is safe in Fort Schuyler, and the presence of troops in Chambers street contributes nothing to maintaining the Marehal’s possession of him. The Marshal is endeavoring to avoid the Bervice of process upon himself, and a possi ble commitment to prison. He has no more right to do this than any other citizen. He is precisely in the samo position in point of law as if his hundred and fifty protectors were not United States soldiers, and he had simply hired them for the occasion. He is on the wrong track, and a dangerous track, and should get off as soon as possible. Is he not committing an act of riot ? Marshal Baniow seems to have forgotten that he is in the civil and not in the military service of his country. “exigency oi War now requires him +o protect his sacred person at the risk of conflict and bloodshed. If Judge McCown chooses to arrest him, let him sub- mit and have his cause tried in the usual course ; but let him not make himself liable \ the State Prison by an act of resistance to the officers of the law. It is asserted that he is obeying the instructions of the President and the Secretary of War. We doubt the truth of the assertion, for if it be true, those high officials have provoked a conflict be tween thy State and Federal authorities which is both unnecessary and mischievous. It is much more probable that they have merely directed the Marshal to hold on to Ais prisoner, and that their orders have been strained further than they meant. isla tans Mexegny American College Education—Has at Deteriorated ¢ The 7¥mes, in an article on the need of a great university in this country, makes the following statement : “Our coil during the last generation, though they have greatly multiplied in number, have abeo~ Jutely deteriorated in cr, ‘They bave low their ptandard of attainin their ex.ininations, Haye en dies, only to wake re lowness more respectabi id the been that instead of rising, they hi r last twenty years rather sinking in the public re- Bpect and contidence.” This is strong language. Does an exami- nation of the facts warrant it? Ttistrae that within the past generation there has been an increase in the number of our higher institutions of learning, Among the new ones are the University of Michi. gan at Ann Arbor, and Cornell Uni- mach him with unfriend A strong quant of these men ae: tore diMeuit versity at Ithaca in this State, But where has the standard of attain- ments been lowered within the period mentioned? Not at Harvard, or Yale, or Brown, or Amherst, or Dartmouth, or Colum: Lia, or Williams, or Princeton, or, we have no hesitation to say, at any other institution of good reputation in the United States. Neither has the rigor of the examinations Yeon relaxed at any of those colleges, On the contrary, the tendency is toward making examinations more severe and difll- cult, Ifthe requisitions for admission to Har. vard now be compared with those of twenty five years ago, it will be seen how truo this ig, At the dinner of the Harvard alumni in this city last winter, Dr, BeLLows, who had been indulging in some of those remarks about the decline of college education which have lately seemed so much in vogue, was pleasantly rebuked by Mr. Cuoate, who asked the Doctor whether he supposed, if he were to apply for admission to Horvard tod le could get in; and if hoshould by some lucky chance get past the examiners, whether he fancied he could stay? The younger mem- bers of the assemblage appreciated the j) They knew that the reverond gentleman's Lave on. Again, it is true that our college ? . Targed their number of studio ; but it by 29 means follows that it is “only to make re search more difficult, and shallowness more respectable.” gives the student more to learn, if he would acquire it ; and an increase of the number of studies to which some attention—more or Jess—must be given, would secm to be only a result of progross in all kinds of learning Gur best institutions now offer opportunitics for the thorough pursuit of a large number of studies, the student being expected not t follow all, but to tako two or three which he. chooses according to his tastes; and in ‘these thoroughness is insisted on. As to our need of a great American univer sity, if we are to have one, it must grow up about some of the foe catons wheh al savady exist, We cannot share stitution at all comparable in dignity or off ciency to any one of the hundred universities in Euroy The assumption of such p fact | we regard as without substantial foundation. We are also told that “ it is truly humiliating: that our few American students who sock the benefit of the highest forma of education are obliged to cross the soa and solicit the advantages of institutions founded by royal munificence.” But it occurs to us that we have lately read an account of some English st dents who seck the benefit of the highest forme of edueation, and, nnable to procure it in their solicit the advantages of an institution—the Cornell University--founded by the munifi cence of a plain American citizen. Br tye A few days ago an aged Indy—one of the most estimable and revered women in the State of Now York—was lying upon her deathbed at her home in Poughkeepsie, Her children were gathered around her. Strong as natural affection commonly is, this was an extraordinarily affectionate fam ily. One of the sons happens to be a distin- puished Judge of the Supreme Court in this district. It very naturally occurred that in some of the important causes pending before him the counsel felt pressing necessity to seo him. A personal friend sent telegrams inquiring after the condition of hie mother, who bas since dicd. These the Judge an ewered. An attorney in the litigation about the railroads at Albany has thought fit to put an operater of the telegraph company on the witness stand and foree him to dis close all these despatches. We think this is coarse and brutal, Some things ought to be held saered, and he who will invade the chamber of death can hardly be reckoned human. — Disregarding the Law. Among the regulations for the government of officers of the customs is one which orders that before nominating to the Secretary of the ‘Treasury persons to be inspectors, weighers, gaugers, measurers, and clorks, “the Coll shall direct in each case a thorough e nation of the applicant by experts in the de partment or branch of business in which he is proposed to be employed, who will certify All, increase of knowledge | the opinion | the Times that it ine notional reproacl | (orward to compiction ;‘aud railways, steamers, “wocannob boast ofp 6 engl. ic | interoceanic Lcanals, lands aud submaring-tele- | troducing new music of bis own arrangement in writing the result of such examination, and the Collector will forward such certifi cate tothe Treasury Department, with the nomination.” On the 10th of June last, the Treasury De- partment issued a circular calling the atten- tion of Collectors to this regulation. “ In no case,” gaid the Seeretary of the ‘Treasury, “ shall such examination be dispensed with or treated as a matter of moie form.” But, notwithstanding this order, no attention seems to be paid to this wholesome provision of law in the New York Custorn House. Per- sons are constantly appointed here without having boen examined atall ; and there have been instances in which an examination, after appointment, has demonstrated the entire disqualification of the officcholder, but he has been continued in his place just as though nothing unusual had happened. Tt is not surprising that the reputation of the New York Custom House should be as low as it is, with all Mr. Grinnec.’s good intentions and great expericnce in affairs, whon a regulation so wise and necessary, in tended to secure fit men for all the subordi- nate places, and to exclude unfit ones, is ha- Ditually nullified ia bis administration. — ‘The Conspiracy against Republicanism, Mr. Ronenrs, the Spanish Minister, indoc trinated by the Bonaparte Legation at Washington; Mr. THornvon, the British Minister, waiting like Micawber for some- thing to turn up; and Mr. Hasunron Fisit, gravely pondering over this coalition of Sin. KANO, BONAPARTE, and CLARENDON against American Republicanism, whether the scene of it be Jaid in the United States, in Peru, in Cuba, or in Mexico—all these personages, taken togethor, now present a somewhat grotesque spectacle. Considering the demoralized condition of Sennano's Government, and the waning prestige of NAvoLKON’s empire, the desper- ate attempts of these rulers to wield or retain a power on the American continent which is slipping from their fingers in the Old World, should produce in this country nothing but a fecling of contempt and derision, if it were not for the fact that the welfare of our sister Republics is put in danger by these in- triguers of La Granja and the Tuileries, To what extent the agents of BoNAPARTE and CLARENDON will be permitted to poke their noses into matters in which they are not authorized to intermeddle, remains to be seen, One thing, however, is certain: no Kuropean Government would for one mo- ment tolerate the impertinent interference which the American Government counte. nances 80 foolishly on the part of representa. tives of Old World powers in the United States, Tt must also be borne in mind that the See tary of State has not far to go to flud lawyers who, although they are not officially con- nected with the Administration, are but too happy to give a lift to that Old World des potism which they would fain see established in this partof the globe, There lawyers, under the plausible cover of a distinguished profes. sional reputation, impose upon the good na- ture and ductile spirit of Mr, Fisu, and thus exert a kind of magnetic influence over his decisions, the painful effeet of which has been apparent more than once, Mr. Ronnnrs, too, is unsparing in furts to bring professional influence to bear upon the American Government; while the Bonapartist ayouts are only continuing the kind of work which Louis Navo.“on inl tiated at the time of his invasion of the Mexican Republic. By playing into the hands of Spain in regard to Pera agg Cuba, Louis Navo.on is well aware that he strengthens the chains of slavery and checks the progeress of republican principles, With bo high an occasion for the exercise of his zeal, who can wonder at the activity of his agents, or at their sinister coalition with the emissaries of SERRANO ——<—<—— The nineteenth century resembles the fif teenth and sixteenth in the spivit of enterprise that follows in the train of important discoveries, In the place of Co:.umvs and the great navigators we have nowedays Foutox, Moxse, and Crnua W. Fiero, What the maritime discoverers com: menced, the inventors, men of science, explorers, and engineers of the present era are carrying his 4 graphs, are fost annihilating time and space, Tt remains now to be seen whethor the world will be made nobler or happier by these achievernents | of acionce and Iahor—these marvellous triumphs | of the genius of man over the mysterious forces | of nature, Althongh ‘tis a consummation de- | vontly to be wished," it should be remembered that in former times the first effect of new diseo- veries wns to incite enpidity and breed monopolies, Let us take warning by the past, and see to it that society reapa at the benefits of the great achievements which distinguish this brile liunt age ne — | We ore informed that the exeeution of the own land, are obliged to cross the eea and | sentences of the umurers Sace and Warts has not been indefinitely auspended by Judge Cane , but only postponed until Wednesday next, ibtedly be enforced, The representations upon which the postponement was granted were that innocent persons having Husiness relations with the prisoners would be seriously injured by their immediate incaroera tion, me ‘The Portmaster-General authorizes a de- nial in the Washington CAronéele that he is to pay Senator Rassey eight thousand or ten thou- sand dollars for negotiating a new postal treaty with Fran Mr. RB vis to negoe tiate the treaty; but, on the other hand, to receive no compensation for his services to the Poxt Office Depart nt none, but will be reimburse penses ineurred by hi tations at Paris, Europe to see his family, General persuaded him to m: hein wo be allowed but it can hardly be as much dollars, This amounts to a very explicit statement by a member of the Cabinet, that for the only im- portant business now to be transacted with the French Governm J agent has to be mployed, Tn the judgment ot Mr. Canssweut, and of course of Gen, Grant also, Mr, Wasn- nouns, our Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Paris, cannot be relied on to negotiate a simple postal treaty, although he has been twenty years a member of Congress, and has served as Seoretary of State, This being so, the question why we should have a regular Minis: tor in Paris at all—or anywhere else for that mat- urs to the mind. If we must send out al ministers every time there is anything practical to do, would it not be better as well as cheaper to confine our diplomatic establishment to these special men? — For all ordinary busine in foreign capitals consuls are sufficient ; and we object de: ly to maintaining full-blown ministers at foreign courts when our Gover ment itself thus proclaims to the world that it does not consider them of any use. a = Our recently appointed ministers to Euro- n courts, instead of proceeding to their re- spective posts, congregate at Homburg, and probably enjoy themselves as much as the Ir dent and the members of the Cabinet in their pleasure excursions, But, as regards the diplo- mats, it may be safely asserted that if they were nt, and can a » in prosecuting his nm Tt ceoras he. was go! iz lo so the Postinuster- the treaty, What tated, ad op expenses isn sien th nt a spec tor— permanently to take up their abode in that little German watering pl would probably be quite as useful to the country as if they pro- coeded to the places of their official destination, PRS Seige entries It appears that the bill legalizing the mar. riages of widowers with deceased wives’ sisters did not pass its third reading in the House of Com- mons, although on the second reading it com. manded a decided majority. The Peers were bit terly hostile to it, and its introducer was persua- ded to let it drop. We in this country can hardly estimate the depth and intensity of the English prejudice against a measure which seems to us entirely just and proper, Many Englishmen think that if the bill were to become a law, no unmarried woman could live with safety or de- coucy in the same ho ith her brother-in-law, The Queen of England is a hopeful wo- man, Her Majesty lays the unction to her soul that the ‘delay’ in the settlement of the Ala- bama claims will be conducive to the peaceful relations between the two countries, As a gen- cral rule, those to whom the payment of just claims is denied do not bear procrastination with the evangelical spirit kness that distin. guishes those who withhold payment, But Her Majesty has evidently a high sense of the forbearance of the American people. Fr this point of view, her statement may be re garded as complimentary by ethereal persons, ‘The number of these, however, is probably limited in the United States as itis in Her Ma. jesty’s dominions, — Toour friends who complain of the impos- sibility of getting Tux Son on certain railroads we have only to suy that the remedy lies in their own hands. Let them reaolutely refuse to buy any other paper. If they would persist in this course for a short time, Tux Sux would soon be forthe i. Our observation leads us to be- lieve that in most eases gentlemen will mildly remonstrate and then buy such papers as the alors choose to supply. We have known the above recipe to work admirably in several cases. ——— Our clover little neighbor the Heening News takes up the discussion of the infected and vermin-haunted condition of those cushi The justly that small-pox has sometimes bee tmunicated to persons who have taken pla these cars without suspicion of danger. evil is, however, less frequent and certainly less conspicuous than that of the fleas, bed-bugs, and other revolling insects which too often find a permanent lodgment in the cushions, and forth their teeming families upon careless pas: gers, There is no safety except in clearing out the cushioned seats, aud substituting for t the new wooden seats, which are now coming These can always be clean, and ¢ public ought not to tolerate any others, paiiethesisbi tea : By what right do the proprietors of adver tising vans send them through the streets ace panied with the ringing of noisy bells? Some time ago, when the chareoal carts used to an- nounce their coming by huge steel gongs rung by mechanism attached to th wheels, a city stre whieh have rd seats, News send into use, ordinance was passed to put a stop to the n A similar measure of relief is now called for in respect of these bell wagons. ‘The din they make is unbearable, and @ mani outrage upon the patience of the people. sance, The admirable addross of the new Mexi can Minister on the occasion of bis interview, with President Grant, vividly recalls to the pub- lic mind the remarkable capacity displayed by President Jvanez during the vicissitudes of the Republic. While the Old World was busy with the doings of emperors and kings, the Presidents of two American Republics—Lincouy and Joanna —iade for themselves a place in history much above the level of oiler contemporary rulers, In recognizing the belligereney of the Cubana, the Mexican Republic has given a noble example to her elder and more timid sister, and has acquired an additional claim to the admiration of Ameri+ cans and of freemen all over the world, ee Fiera Avexus Tusarre, Robertson's new comedy of * Piny” will be produced at this charming theatre on Monday evening, ‘The scenery of this comedy is unusually rich, and the plot novel and teresting, ‘The company {x first-class, including I L, Davenport, George Holland, Clira Jenaings, and others, Robert Stoepel will lead the orchestray {up — ty t ie When three—cents a measnre I" aisles, long drawn ont. Along the quiet coolness of tl while abject skeletons kets. ‘space in our columns. and never tires, became there facts last evening, th his salary tn throe cen pleased with his abort acqu the Blacksmith, without, however, point Maner OAR Down along Greenwich, streets, even at th along both sides of the str Dauteh farm hands, in coa the cut of acentury ago, lo ie aprons and kerchiefs ‘barroom here and there in t! Everywh slowly and solemnly give atte shonte at intervals, with hand to side of mouth, of horace crawl lazily in front of attenuated wacons piled high with round red and green peaches, the whole surmonnted with A dirty basket and a wooden ineasare or two, The candy stands around the Park and on the corners of streets display amall pyramids of the tempting frait, arranged according to size and priced in the same manner, The banana venders along Nassua atrect ignore the e@limy product of the sunny Soul and go their pile on the luscious Nortuern peach. ‘The markets are fairly overfowed with them, Peaches, peaches everywhere, at wholesale, at retail, and by the penny’s worth, in boxes, erates, and bas- Peaches for breakfust, for supper, amt be tween meals, Everybody cating thom; In the house, in the streets, on the cars, in the oMcr; big and little; bearded men, dainty women, and ragged chil dren. ‘Truly a democratic fruit, and well worthy worth, ance with inconve neo to AM PIERCES THe NIG, SUN reporter, who never sleeps deeply impressed with he invested a portion of He was su well these that he determined at once to know their family better: Accordingly, at 2 o'clock yesterday morning, he set out and walked down toward the Cortlandt street ferry. The night was dark ax the deods of Reddy nd the air was paltry and calm, jently warm, Myriads of stars twinkled drowsily in the black #ky, and the elty was hushed into unwonted tranquillity. THE SUN, SATURDAY, AUGUST 14 A DISH OF PEACIIES. A NIGHT SORNE IN THE JERSEY CITY RAILNOAD DEPOT, poate ofan Where Peaches Come From—tow Many ow - Who Setis Them— Who Buys Them—Aud for How uel “Here y’ aht rips peaches, he- Such is the ery most frequently heard in our stroeta at the preseat time; load, and, liko Gray's e about the city, avenues, and in the muddy cloreness of Mackerelville and Baxter street, rough, weather-beaten men and shrill small boys ench ‘on, and West early hour, dark phantoms of horses and piled up country wagons #tood silently t4, half asleep and dusty apparel of Stony . Whip in hand, on the corners, and conversed in low tones with wrin- kled old damos in dumpy skicts and blue hickory the carly bird was up searching for the worm, WASHINGTON MARKET BY Gasuiaut, ‘The glare of a restaurant or distance showed that Passing all these, the SUN reporter entered be: neath the yrgited arches © down Was* ‘The tn AN IMPROMPTU DOG PIatT. West street was all bustle, Ph. carts rattled hurriedly by drivers in their twa yaller"’ do; x monerel of the le variety, them on, nd caught hatants, aad, furiously. reporter ieft. y 0 dogs we Hi enuifec of pain and dines od the com natty barked the Sun sluwk off while ‘The crowd applauded, was rickety and tumble rior, brilliantly 1869, it and gentlemanly Chief Glerk of the Freight tment, & KR. Smith, todo nothing bat to go round to éaeh car ant ke! the bills of iading and that evervehing goes right; and in this work ey are constantly occupied from 2 A, M. to 6 and & M. eueh day during the busy season, as at present, THE AEASON AND THE QUANTITY, Peaches began to come in about the aft, bat the qaanuty then received was necessarily email, Tately, however, this road has averaged from 100 to 125 ear londe a day, and car load is equal to 50 baskets, which mal total per day of from 50,000 to 62,50) baskets. Yesterday was the lightest freight day for the past two weeks: yet%3 car loads or 46, 10) baskets arrived—T3 car loads from Delaware, 5 from Haltimore, and 1) from New persey, Next week it 19 expected that the daily average will be from 180 to 200 car loads, or from 00) to 1),000 Daskets, Wirene Te PRACTTES COMP PROM ‘The greater part of these penc’ »s come from Deln- ware, and farmers report an immense yield this year in that State, Ail tie avaiable force of men, womon, and children are hard at work picking them. ‘The season will ast about two months longer before nally dies out, When we take all these things » consideration, we can realize the magnitnde of e trade in this vietnit the immense quantily of the fruit which 1s consumed by cur citizens THe PRICES—HOW IT PAY! ‘The peaches were selling yesterday morning from the care at from 50 to 6) cents per bushel, which is hardly a living price for dealers, but is very ploarant for consumers, One gentieman, who doos nearly one-fi(th of the Gret-hand trade in the Jersey City depot, was pointed out to the Bon rep: who has lost 1,000 per day regularly every day the paxt week; but he bas probably made twice as much carly iu the season and will again before it closes, Wwe can well, afford to take it easily. Some extra Duskets, It fe true, sold as high as 7B cents and even $1 yesterday, bat thi in exceptional crses only, the prices given above being the prevail ing raves obtained, THE VARIFTIES COMING IN. ‘The principal varieties now coming in are the Ravly Mila, the Barly Cropseys, and the John penen, the later Forts not yet being ripe enough for ship- ment, Growers charter the cars, and eich bas his name written on aeard and attached conspicuously to the side of the car, so that buyers can tell (hein at a glance THe SUN REPORTER SURFRIT After he bad become staffed with all this know- ledge, and with a bushel or two, wore or less, of the softest peaches he could find, the Sun reporter, it being now Broad daylight, turned bis dusty paten leathers toward the ferry once more, ‘Tue bustie coutiaued unabated, the number of carts had suffer- ¢d no diminution, and there was no perceptible « quantity of p end until late in t nes being 5 or 6 P. M. before the last load d leaves nothing but empty rows of im behind. PREACHES IN NEW TORK CITY. On the New York side the sidewalks were Iitrral- ly swarmaine with the newly arrived peaches, from far below Cortlandt street up as high ws Warren and Murray, and over beyond Brosdway, while every other person you met carricd a crate oF @ basket to some other part of the city. THE READERS OF THK SUN BNLIGHTENRD. Deeply impressed with the extent of new informa. ton which bad been opened betore him in the weird aud buay xeenes of the n| Jost passed by, the SUN reporte wrote this sketch, hoping that it might prove interesting to that large halt of the world whe are truly said not > kuiow how the other balf live, or how they live tocmselves for that matter, a allie THE ROW IN WALL STREET, a frown of frewbly. kilied attended by peared on the waike, and on ches slept «hard aud scanty tom trucks and hun by the throat, THR FRURY AT NIGHT. Down Cortlanit atroot a perfect stream of trucks, and carta, and peddler warous of all sizes, colors, and varictiag were pouring to the ferry. locality looked strange in the obscurity, ‘of passengers to and fro, no tmportun. et the men, no hack drivers walking to the front o! ficent. far on every side twinkling lights dotted th adozon ferry boits, Jaen tn their sides a lantern, and red and ¢ and ‘aft, crossed nd recrossed the river continnaily. The boat on SUN reporter was starter! shortl full with empty tracks and carts after th peaches, and headed toward the Jersey shore, while A more on either side from different piers A fleet of yachts with glaring ng from their, masts lay still and black At anchor in the middle of the stream, A GKOUNDLESS SCARE, Suddenly the pilot rang for the boat to stop, ners of the distant shores, an every pane of reen and blue lights hanging fo whieh th six or « Kept her company. Nights hang! Jow, aurk. tock float rushed to the guards and pee it had floated alo 4 quantity of old str the td swore a laying them, reached the Jersey shore, wide that vehi tng out of the empty ones. thr tracks, and carts, and Pertdler wagons, Enter stopping for ™ 0 thro} vision ON A FOREIGN stone, Ontside the ferry house a heterogencous mass of # two blocks long, loaded down witi) peaches, were awatiing the opening of the gates and the com? Following those latter vl) the darkness, up Newark uvenue one block, and the hoat,the scene was magni- jammed © loads of A apeless wags of about the length of a «din the river justin front, All the jehus ed into the darkness tw try and make out what it was, bat it was not uaul It was seen to be ccurnulated by iste, y. they ind de boat went on, and in” due ume the Sun reporter turned to the might, and the seene partly burst upon lis view, TU SCENE AT A DISTANCR. Rows of obscure-looking cars became @imly visi - ble, with here and there aglisiening tantera, And the disapoearing in and emerging from ice, a sort of vague bustle seemed to pervale the appeared to move quickly to. a was delined or gave tok: for ull the world lke th about to move under cover of darkne ween by & tof the THR PeactRs, After a short waik the sliding With peac u no the obscurity crates, in tweratic Hundreds of stout, substan in their every them, wi ining the ine up, wer carts, and cou ifued. kempt, were heads,’ at the 1 Dt these latter, shone, aud i like huge dust, wie came thickly visible in the THE NowsM, ntiVew ahead, one tne de aicupt usashow! Jostjou Leit ready! Kf you Tiljerk you oat! ¥: a free pase to the Holloat :D'ye wart me “ap Ww ist sult youl How mucu? (IL Paversd You may de i Pi send my cert along Bights-onel” Gat up, All the care as fant as they are op served Weup th round the whole a isle, a contusion umenwe Indu try, Tak LApon, phere; the darl fro, but nothing It loowed of purpose, n four rows of these cars e: nals Off an Daskets f unwashed sand under cs, for the sake of 4 lanterns, Mt hather and thith, ived it of, in’ to stand there ail day? Com shirt On, wil yer, it out of there qui u bariy Hosp % peaches to-day? ve got ons preparations of an army as Vagacly for contusion it waa, block nearest the "ae THK BUYERS AND SELLERS, ‘looking gentlemen, hes, with a country nd Ruperinte iu i from th hrough the maze, fee 4 having hundreds an; ws Lit were the veriest trifle Roaches in baskets, many: apes, KOM 1 pe green color, and ies with w rosy blush on their robust coats Cilihoagh we are afraid that we are turning the mctaplor topay-turvy), Nike that on & maiden'® chock, — Peaches" shockingly suggestive of colies and burnt brandy, that would make your mouth water Millions of them Were packed away in these lo umioviting cars, arranged in layers on rough boards, while busy lands were. engaged fa rapidly transferring them to bundeeds of carts ringed up wiongside, It was a very tangle of carts ing, comlug forward, twist- ing throuch within a hair's’ breadth Of other carta? wheels; some loaded going off, others unloud: god coming, nan! til utters in te predivainent vulgar! thed to the torilse, nether Osa nor flesh, but betwixt and between, ¥ F about ing and exam the houseless and pier, the nif you t Ay they whispe emt All ri yfvet bustle, ad uo~ orses’ emed to carry 9 that swung dnd erin the gloom, A toot ot soft, gray nd hetween the t ramp of many feet, and bo alo OF hese Lights, alking, mingled with ricks of the lowing of cattle to tue scone whieh Whoa t # lve ay! Hundred that'il to yon ys a maze, solving Utself ILO & gres Righty Lanterns “Were bung ened, but they few baskets imumedsatel ‘an An {dea may be formed of the amount of labcr performed when wo state tha Cuiploys wx web, wader the ie ral er intendence o! ad coin) f rr T Bankers’ Question~The Jurisdiction of the U. 8. Court, Brooklyn. ‘The Now York baukers, resident of Brooklyn, who have been warued to make their returns of capi- tal“ ased and employed in the business of banking, in accordance with the decision of Commissionor Delano, have taken exception, denying the Jurisdic- tion of the United States Circuit Court, Bastern Dis trict, and a test case is to be tried in October next. Yesterday, the following named bankers appeared through counsel at the court, and filed their protests: Geo. D. Arthur, Win. H. Arthur, John T, Adams, HH. A. Hurlbert nury 1B. Keene, Redden,” WW. Gitlny. Kei ¥. 1.6.6 whe, Loula De Corwin, ‘Aics “ube 3 kin, vanes, L, Edwards, Boell, He Fitzhugh, Anning, JA. Jenk Lay WA. K.G. Fotle Arciivaldturuer, Alyn Go Teo Me Morgan, iabagad turner, Aly so Hsigen, Robert Turner, wy. Gelston, Samuel 8. Keene, Theo. T. Moran, NR Gould, Thos, ©. Turner, Geo. Jonn 8, M, Turner, f Hinge, eG. Mariage, 8, A ter *. Hateh, W. Pate, Hateh, H.W. Bishop, “8. Hall, Joho J. Cox, 0. Hed, W. Si. Riehiard Fred. Tay: Geo. W. Pider, 8.8. Curtis, Trwin, Piiny Fisk ot, Panter C. Flake, N.T- Rodman, Shelton, Ropert Courthey, How Judge Burnard Cut a Small Gordian Knot. Judge George G. Barnard sat in Special Term yesterday, and disposed of matters involving several millions of doliars, The last case before him was soon determined so far as ite merits were con cerned, but the lawyers indalged in an unseemly wrangle over the costs, amounting to about #5. After sitting patiendy for half an hour listening to them, Judge Barnard waid to the crier: “ Adjourn the Court.’ “What!” gald the disputants; “is your Honor not going to hear us through 1” No," said the Jadge; “1am paid by the city to hear and determine litigations, and I cannot sit here to decide these #mall personal questions between serub lawyers,” —— Fact, Every Word of It. From the Georgetown (D. Ifyou want to find the news of the day in a condensed, pleasant, and agreeable form, look into the New York Sun, which “shines for all” every morning at twocentsa copy, It bas the courage and honesty to denowuce Republicans es well as Democrats when they are wrong, and thie Tux Son docs with no #mall amount of ability. Mr. Dans, who directs Tux Sun, is @ brilliant and vigorous writer, Under Mr Dana's care Tux Sun bas rapid- 1y risen in ciremlation - — Masonic Chit-Chat, It 1s rumored that Worshipful Bro, Godet ¥ about to wed. : Sagamore Lodize building is one of the handsomest ‘edifices iu New York city. Bro, Joln M. Francis, of the Troy Z¥mes, when last Usard from’ was" doing” Ireland with lila tauily Bro, Oscar G. Sawyer, of Clinton Lodge, ts in the city arranging to wart a daily paper in Paris, France, The Masonic Board of Relief of the Eastern Dis ict will repeat thelr plonic al Myrtle Avenue Park ou Monday next We are always happy to recelve commur ications from te Drevin relating to matters of interest to the Frateraiy, Bro, McAlpine, formerly Vice-President of the Western Uniol Telegraph Company, has goueto Kurope for his heaith. Bro, Jas, HH, Lediie, the emins if « wits, wad establis 6 Fe 8 now summmering with his bride at Loug Dro, Chas, 8, Arthur, W, M. of Sagamore, Was ihe'chty alter a lengthy eojourn AL Green: Feeyea and Lake Ueorse, fie looks younger tan overs Bro, W. M. A. 8. Brown, of Pacifle Lode, 4 efticlent manager of the Western Union Telegraph. (aa chs to his post notwithstanding th he Bro, Jim Jones, formerly Quarterm: United States army, more recently Brick managing inan, ts Dullding (ae Kichwoad Railroad, Bro, Wm, Remsen, who las been sick with pox in Far Rockaway, ins fully recovered. Bivee covery he lias boon vibited by Marry Mart, Bro, Mitch, and others, He ls not patted, K. W. Geo, H. Raymond, Grand Lecturer, was en Astor House yesterday by W.'M. Alex an en Garmond eking a tour which bots be ud Wie Lodges he visit wre KFemLly enjoying. RW. Theophilus Pratt, Past Senior Grand Deacon, We.rompany with H.W. George Gregory, of Croton Falls, bas becn dotng Lake ‘Ninopad “Ou & reveal vob for ocls they met with great success, Bro, Van Zandt, P, Master of Gramercy Lodge, in view of the til sucodas Of Murray's friends inthe Adivon- ducks, coutaats himself With sailog up aod down the Witlohe river, Varied by @n occasional drive to Baga more Lodge building, others Van Demark, Ely, Godet, and oashiptat Byounare evening ‘to attend the Master Arthur gives the A ogremony taker piece on Monday, Ave. 16, 003 P. ‘The bride is han tsome ant wealthy, Aivige docgation of Sage will attend the nuptials, Bro, Joseph Warren, of the Buifilo Courier, has the heartfelt sympathy ofthe Pratornity jn bis recent sad domestic affietion, His only sop died from loc \jay tanved by weckdeptally shootiag Mmself through thd Gand: aud iis wifes itis feared, Will BO Fecover from tle whowk caused By bis deat apnea The Hudson (N. ¥.) Dall o jn yet ye meuibers of Hudson Lode, No. 7, of Mason ivy turnod ct ow ‘Ehugeday th a Body vt tl av-est or Washing on Lodge, No. dl. of New York city, tor Be burpore oc iad eo ath pany, TERE’ to thek lepar my) E ‘ i New Work, aad @ hasuber ud tka le frmncng | fale teen THE PRESIDENTIAL FIELD, ——-.- The Tatrignes of Tammany— man and Ranney !-—Plot plote—A Chapter in Ohio Politicn. Prom the Cincinnati Commercial. The mystery of Rosecra: nomination has ever been satisfactorily 1. ‘The ostensible Wore not the real reasons, ‘The party was not so Anxious for a “new departure’ as was pretended, or at all concerned abont the availablilty of any member in good and regular standing wio migot be brought forward and put at the head of the ticket ‘There was a deeper motive. Soime months aco leading Democrats in Northern Ohio and New York City out their heals together to fix np things for tie Presidency in 1878, New Yorkers ate anxious to make Hoifinan the candidate at this time, and agreed with their Ohio brethren that the second plice on the Presidential teke Jadge Ranney necessary prestige it Was thought advisable to pre bis claims at Columbus for the nomination for ernor. Ifelected, it would pnt bim in a proper pos tion to go before th onal Convention m 1872. ‘Those negowations were very secretly and quicily genducted, but not ao covertly that the friends of Mr, Pendleton did not get hold of lt, ‘They were in aquandary, He had only to suy the word and he could have been nominated at Colnmbus, without a donbty but that wus not the rap, Could be be elected? The risks were considered too great to be taken. A defeat now would inevitably put an Atingulsher on {bis chances for the grand national prize. “But it was show his” strength, and head man-Ranoey movement, 80 hie about for a taan who would carry vention against Ranney. The bility of Cary, Sayler, and others were closely canvassed, aud it was finally de- cided that none of them bad the strength to beat the most oom Democrat in the northern part of the State. ame of Gen. Kosecrans was men- tioned and ultimately agroed upon as the one which the friends of Gentleman George should rally to. ‘Through the diplomatic agency of a well known Cincinnatian the Butier county Democracy were per- Jed to uccept the arrangement, and it will be re- membered that they led off the Roscerans movement io the Convention in fine style, and very mach to the surprise of the uninitiated, who presumed on the stubbornnces of the delegation from that county should any attempt be made to take a new departure, and put any bat ap orthodox Democrat at tue head of the ticket, The contest in the Convention was really a test of strength between the Pendletonians and Hoffmanic Democrats, and as the re the latter were the weaker party. Now that Roscerans has declined, and it becomes necessary for the State Central Com- mittee to supply the vacancy, the contest will be re- newed in the meeting of thay Co nittee on Wednes- day next, and we may expect to have some nice in- triguing and Joy Ming in the brief time that is yet pse Letore the Co of Ranney th favoratie to necessary to the mittee come together, will be regarde The New ington Terri+ tory. From the Olympia (W. 7.) Standard, July 4. ‘The Hon, Wm. H. Seward, late Secretary of Sia companid by bis sou’ Fred. Seward’ and wife, Mr. Fitch of Auburu,N. Y.. Mr. Willam 8, Dodge, late collector of eu t Aliska, and an cacort of citizens of te Territory trom the lower part of the Sound, rrived here by the Hunt on ‘Thurs day morning. ‘The venerable statesinan was received Witt all the honor aud reverence to whieh his position inthe, bistory of the country and bie, years entitle him, A salute was fired, and the usual hospitalities and kind offices were extended by our principal eit zens, About 4 P, M. the people assemblod in the Olympic to listen to an address from the distin- guished visitor, the ball being Gilled to repletion and large proportion of the audience ladies. Mr. Sew- ard, [na few well chosen words, expressed his grati- fication at the manner of his reception at all points on the Sound. Me predicted tor our Territory a « tiny as great and as glorious as that of any portion of our national domain, At the conclusion of the remarks many of our people were presented to Bir. Seward, who received each with a cordial grasp of the Wand, and a grace becoming one who has filled ny exalted positions in public hfe, About 4 v'clock the party returned on board the Hunt and left for Victoria, from whence Mr. Sewaru and party will proceed to Alaska by the steamer Active, wwiel vessel is under special charter for the occasion. asi er Pitcher for Sa Bowles From the Colorado Tribune, Aug. 5. Last evening about 9 o'clock afew of the friends of Mr. Samuel Bowles, editor of the Springicld Ke- publican, author of two works descriptive of Colo- rado, ant one of ber most appreciative friends, ay weil as @ frien’ upon general principles, assembled at che residence of Gen, Pierce, where Mr. Bowls is staying during bis visle here, to. wituess the pre- sentation of a litte surprise that had previously been quictly arranged by a number of bis friends. The surpeite consisted of an elegunt silver pitcher his ly ornamented and also adorned by the seal of orado in told gold. Tho * Samuel Bow 8, onda by vis trends in Color urrounding the seal, The tie {italicized Words also gold. gold and the silver are native to Colorado, Workmanship is also a specimen, and a ver; one to, of Henve’s craft. On arriving Pierce's, Mr. Bowles greeted cack visitor, aud a eral conversation ensued. smade the presentation {i peech, referring to the obligations felt by Coiora, dans for bis disinterested labors in our bebalf, and the ampie justice ie had done our incomparable scencry and climate, and lis appreciation of our people, He happily’ reterred to the estimation in which Mr. Bowles was held by the pevole of Coio- rado. His paper, too, and bis efforts with the pen im the nation were happily recalled, the whole wind- ing up wita a Wish that We imight see him again and often, &e. Mr. Bowles replied tn a happy vein, He had prided himself on uever having made a speech, been a member of Congress, or the vietim of a presenta: tion, The kind feelings expressed for bim recon: ciled Lim to the Just, and prompted him to try his hand at toe first. Ho felt that the people of Colo- rado had overestimated his labors in their bobalf, He had seliishly come among them to regain bis healt: and recuperate, Had been delighted with the country, and should, whenever he could leave lis business and Whenever his health demanded it, coun. among us again, He did not wi mere visitor, he wished to com to his birthpiace (Springfield) rad was the most attractive to him, und he should sock her of losed by returning thanks for the elegant testimonial of frieudshyp, ————— A Little Teo sharp. An enterprising business man of Hartford, Conn, rans two branches of trade, to wit: a ero: cory and fish market; the grocery himself, the fish market by a deputy, and every night the latter makes returns of the proceeds of the day's busi- ness to the etor, A few days since the grocer found tn bis 4 ) market returns 4 counterieit ive- dollar ill, He didn't ke lo Jose it, and dida't quite want to take the chances of trying to pass it, So he called an old darkey Who was hanging about the premises, and sitid to him: “Sam. hero's « five-dollur bill that’s a little doubt ful. If you'll take it and pass it, 1' give you a doilar of tue nee.” y * suid Sam, and be took the bill avd w rin the day be roturned, ing ac complished the feat, and handed over $4 in good money te the groce: ‘That wight the grocer, in counting the cash turns from bis fish 1, Was more surprised ¢ rntical five im the pile, said be sharply to bis clerk, “ here ret bUl—who'd ye tawe it off Didn't you know "twas bad 1" The clerk took it aud looked at {t a moment. “Obt yes,” sald he, IT remember vow; I of Sam, the darwcy. Tthoucht it wax fu), and wana't going to take it, but b of you, so T sbooget it Was all right. Further explanation Wax aunecessary, ubt said he got it Political Itema. John P, Gow, Police Clerk at the Essex Marke Court, Is the Tainmany candidate for Civil Justice in hind Distrist sting of the Biguth, Ninth, and Fifteenth Wards). Jolmay is a quiet, wdus: triousy, and persevering public servant, (he Harrisburg Aeériot charges that upwards e mibon dolare of the State funds of Peano. ivate parties, and of his ineads, Ket at wocralng ou Liat sum, ‘The Hon, Michael MeCann is to be the many candidate for Civil Justice im the York: District, tn place of Justice Stemler. He is th present Clerk of the Court, was Assembty uaa se Yours ago, is u quiet social fellow, and sunvkes good Cigars. Gen, Schouler of Massachusetts, in a private letter, says that if the Liquor law is carri vatto the eid cs ithas been begun, the Germans in Box- ton, Who hive as an almost bniversal thing hereio- fore vowed the Republican ticket, will change frout, and stand like a Wall of adamant ’againse the party. The last aspirant for United States Senatorial ors in Vireioia, according 0 the newspapers, is . Robert Williams, of Washington city, but ‘dhe of an cleven-hundrod-acre fara in y. Gen, Williams is better known ‘Of the accomplisued widow of the le Culpeper cou as the bush Hon, Stephen A. Douglas, The Young Men's Democratic Club of the their eiul rooins ution that the ‘James Irving for Police Justice of the Fourth, Disizict by Tammany Hall would be a *iisgrace,” an “ aifront to the luteiligence of the people,” and a" sad public calamity,” and that they Would use all meaus in their power to deivat suid candidate, The editor of the Knowville Whig, who has been to see Gov, benter, p, * His “view of the situation is a bopeful one, He renewe what wax evtirely unnecessary, so far as We Were concerned— his sexurances of Delng a Republican, on the liveral, progressive, ‘Natioual Republican platform, y Nroperly he denounces the Interference of Secretarie Yroutwell and Creswell ws uuprecedented, unwarrants ed, and unworthy of the euument position occupied by'those gentlemen There waa no election for members of the Legislature of Alabama on the ad inst. ‘The mis- take of the newspapers in looking for returns of the Lexislature supposed to be voted tor, grow out of the election to fill a few vacancies in one distriet which were filled by Democrats, Alabama. he Dicanial sessions, fer Legiviature, elected in August of 1863, 18 largely Republican, bat has nos yet rair amendment, which will be tone at pe next mechng, o the second Monday in Noyeu- ek Bighteentl last evenin nomination 6 SUNK pias —The corn and wheat crops in Kansas this year are unprecedentedly large. =—The fee of Caleb Cushing as counsel for Mex- Joo before the Mexican Claims Commission 1s $30,000 gold. —The professor of English literature in the Northwestern Christian University i @ lady—Kate Merrill —An English paper advertises for sale a pew which “commands a view of nearly the wa cum regation.” There is an editor in Now Jersey who, in ad- ition 10 his editerial labors, runs a bank, an insure ance offler, aud 4 graveyard =A steamboat after the American model has been placed on the Rhine, avi creates no end of astonishment among the natives. —Abbé Lisat's new oratorio of “Christ” is @aid to be the most extraordinary piece of so-called descriptive music ever composed. —The flower stem of the Century Plant in Rochester ts now eightcen feet in height and con- tains over two thousand blossoms fully developed, —The Second Adventists of Waterbury, Conn, Announce that the ual conflagration will positively oveur next Saturday. No postvonement on account of woather, —"‘Love and Liberty,” the great historical ro mance, by Alexandre Duinas, which the entire Freneb pres praise in the most enthusiastic termay 4s published by T. B, Peterson & Brothers to-day. =A gentleman in Newport, R. 1, reccatly treated his friends to a clam-bake, the invi which were written on the inside of elem abi read, “ Come and help us eat some of these,” —A new Roman Catholic diocese is to be formed in Massachusetts, to embrace Worcester county andall the State west of that, It i not known who is to be the first Bishop of Springfield. —The Prince of Wales's attempt to resuscitate & modified form of the bine coat aad gilt buttons of our grandfathers has not proved, as yet, vory sue- cesstul, whatover may be the triumphs reserved for tt. —Prince Charles of Roumania 18 to have an in- terview with the Emperor of Russia in the Crimea, which is expected to pave the way for a closer union between the Slavic population im the Kast and thelr Russian protector, —Adwiral Dahlgren is said to have been placed in command of the Navy Yard, instead of at the head of the Ordnance Department, because the latter po- sition was not regarded a# sufficiently caulted for a man of his importance and capacity, —The new Mexican Minister to the United States was formerly Secretary of Legation under Sefior Romero, and married while in that position Mins Smith, the danghter of the lady who kept the house In which he lodged at Washington, —A ohild recently fell from the quay into the Seine in Paris, and was saved by two men who Jumped fnto the water after it, On landing the onitd tafe and sound the men commenced disputing who had really kaved It, and from words fell to blows, which terminated so roughly that they had both be carried to the hospital. —The importaut intelligence reaches us that Mr. P.8. Gilmore, th Jubilee King, has gone to Europe, not ona mere pleasure tour, but to make arrangements for a musical festival in New York next suinmer that «hall far surpass the slight afair or which the Hub was recontly so elated, Let Boston tremble, Our motto is * Excelsior.” —The Bishop of Loudon states that there now tin London more than a thousand associations charitable purposes, administering annually for about £4,000,000, in addition to the regular assess meat of the poor rates, Yet there is such a epread of want, misery, pauperiam and erime in that me- tropolis that the authoritics are at their wits’ end to meet it, —The wooden toothpicks, now in extensive use, fre all manutactured at one establishment near Bor- ton, employing thirty operatives of both sexes. ‘The machinery has been patented and is driven by water power, The woods used are maple and willow, "The aggregate daily sales at the agency of the mill in New York amount to forty or fifty cases, exch containing one hundred thousand tootupicks, or four or five million toothpicks, —The artesian well for the Insane Asylum of Bt. Louis county, Mo., after penetrating 3,813 feet, or nearly three-quarters of « mile into the bowels of the carth, has been discontivucd, as the water obsti- nately refused to flow. But by inserting « plug at the distance of 1,200 feet from the surface, and ine troducing a pump, itis pelleved that good drinking water can be obtained from the well in sufict ent quantity to supply the asylum, which is really all that is wanted. —The whole of the projected Intercolonial Railroad which lies in Nova Scotus has been put un- der contract. That part of the line that rans along the coast of New Brunswick will not be completed tull long after the Nova Scotia road, which connects with the European and North American Railroad, is in use, This will give Maine a chance to devel- ‘op the trade of the maritime provinces long before that part of the Dominion is connected by rail with Ottawa and Quebec. —Pore L’Epingle, the king of the rag-pickers, bas just died in Paris, The rag pickers of Paria are a lurge body, licensed and under police supe rvie sion, and some of thew have grown wealthy, Pare L’Bpingle was beaoyolent to members of his pra- fession, and hated all thieves, He manufactured his own medicines, which he administered free of charge to the rag-picking communtty, He also kept a library, lent out books, and taught children to read. About 1,200 rag pickers followed his bearse, —According to a letter from Rome published in the Krenz Zeitung of Berlin, the pretitos engaged tn preparing the subjects to be discussod at the proaching Church Couneil have agreed upon the fole lowing plin, which is to be proposed for adoption : All the articles of the Syllabus are to be transformed into canons; the religious orders are to be abol- ished, excepting five—the Jesnitx, Dominicans or preaching monks, Franciscans, Benedictines, and Lazarists or missionaries, The regular clergy ore to be diminished in number, and the power of the bish ops is to be inereused. —If wilted dowers have about balf an inch of their stems cut off, and the stalk thus trimmed {a Inverted iuto bolling water, they will ina few mo- ments resume their original freshness, ‘The process is most applicable to colored flowers, a8 roses, era- niume, azaleas, &e., whito ones turning yellow. ‘Thiek-petatied flowers show the most marked im- provement, Another excellent method of restoring freshness to old flowers Is to place them in water, and cover with a gliss shade, Finely powdered charcoal placed in the botiom of the water in vase has a marked effect in maintaining Mowers fresh a Jong Lume, and keeping the water swe! —The Detroit Free /ree wants modern im. provements worked into school reading-books, and offers the following as a sample of the sort thet would he up to the spirit of the age: “Here isa man. He is @ fireman, He betougs to No. 10, If you are a good boy, you will sowe day be an angel hike that tireman, It ts @ dangerous thing to be» Greman. They sometimes got their heads broken.? “Do you see that small boy? He is a good boy and supports his mother by selling newspapers, His father don't have to work any more now." “Here is the picture of a young widow, See how ‘sad’ she looks, Her husband could not pay her dry.goods Dill, and so he—died, Do you think she will get au- other man? She will try hard.” “Hore is the faco of areporter. See how joyful Le looks, Ho has just heard that a man has cut lis own throat, and he is going tor the item, Should you like to be a rovort- er, and get licked on dark nights, and see dead per- sous, and climb up four pairs of stairs 1 —A show of marriageable young women takes place annually among the Roumanians, As the ime for the fuir approaches, the fathers whose children are marringeable collect wtiat they can afford as » dowry, Whatever this consists of, it is packed, if possible, into a cart or carriage, and on the appotmt+ ed day they all—fathers, children, and chattels—start for soins trysting place, generally chosen aiuong the western mountains of Transylvania, When the fae is opcued, the fathers climb to the top of thelr exp- rlages and shout with the whole power of thety lungs, "have a daughter to marry, Who wanca wifet The call is answered by some other parent. who has a son he is anxious to pair off, The two a> rents compare notes, and if the marriage portius toe Aatisfictory, the treaty is there and then cor clus The young man takes posacssion of his wife witha all her goods and chattels, and drives off mor ¥- Tf, ou the other hand, the match is not equal, or tor some other reancz unsatisfaciory, then the parch ta Gin to cry their iive merchandise once more,