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THE SUN, _LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 1, LE69.

and replied with flippant impertinence to his ques-
tions; but the " young mon" was by no means so
flippant when he discovered to his consternation to
whom his cavalier manner had been addressed. We
have heard with much satisfaction of the quick
passige of the Sappho, which is claimed here to be
the best voyage a sailing vessel ever made, with one
exception. She has beaten the Dauntless, accord-
ing to the telegraph, by 71 hours ; but Oakey Hall
remains silent, no guns boom the intelligence to
the gratified citizens. Perhaps Oakey reserves his
powder to give effect to the victory of our Har-
vard boys, no true American doubting the result ;
for how could a fat John Bull have a chance against
our wiry men ? or, it may be, that Douglas, though
ho does run a Sappho with uncommon speed, does
not run an influential newspaper. But,from whatever
cause, Oakey's silence calls forth much remark.
With reference to the Wall-street brokers, Judge
Cardozn, of the Supreme Court, thus dealt with
them, giving his reas-ms at the time that he awarded
the sentence to each :—Edward R. Jones was fined
$250 ; George Phipps, $250 ; Emmanuel Knight,
$500; Russel Sage. $250, and five days in the
City Pri,on ; Reuben W. Ilowes, $5OO ; Charles
A. Macey, $3OO ; George Watts, $250. and ten
days in the City Prison. Mr. Watts caught it for
his arrogance. Ile had the impudence to dare the
officer to take him at his peril, who, on the
warrant, did take him ; but the peril proved
to be the broker's and not the officer's,
for he got five days extra to reflect in the
Egyptian tombs on the bad advice given him by
his friends. Those merely fined wrote off cheques,
and left to renew their operations in Wall-street,
for no farce could be greater than to suppose that
they will take less than they can get for their money,
and the general sense of the community con-
demns the whole proceeding as a queer pest.
Workmen are removing the iron rails around the
Park fountain, which is the site (that is, if the city
authorities cm ever agree) for the new Post-office ;
but the rails will enclose the magnificent fountain
about to be constructed in Madison-square. The
Government bought this spot whereon to erect the
Post-office, paying for it half a million of dollars,
which the city authorities pocketed, and immedi-
ately raised objections, proposing a new locality. A.
T. Stewart, llorace Greeley, and William Orton
were appointed by the Government to negotiate an
exchange which would suit both the Government and
the city. That exchange was suggested by the present
mayor, who could not find time to attend to the com-
mittee and complete the business. The Government
architect, growing weary of waiting, begun bis
work, but no sooner did he begin than the Common
Council commenced a violent agitation against the
proceeding, and a grand conference was had yes-
terday on the subject. On Tuesday night a daring
robbery was effected in a car of the New York
Central between Fonda and Albany. After the
train left Fonda three men entered the frontway
baggage car, where the messenger of the American
Express Company and another mm were with the
safes containing money for the Pacific. The mes-
senger got up when he saw them, but they struck
him on the head, threw cayenne pepper into his
eyes, pinioned and gagged him, as' they did the
other man who was with him. Then they got the
keys, and after some difficulty opened the way safe,
and took out the contents. There was another safe
for Chicago for which there were no keys, and this
they tried in vain to open, one proposing for spite
at their failure to throw the gagged messenger on to
the track. The baggage car was coolly run by them
turning out the baggage at the stations, answering
the conductor's " All right there, Charlie ?" with
" All right," and they decamped at West Albany just
before the train reached the city. On an employe of the
railway entering the car he saw the two men lying
helpless on the floor, and ran for a policeman, by
whom the messenger and the other were released,
both in a fearful state, having undergone such suf-
fering as to bring them to the point of death. A club
and a set of false whiskers were all the robbers left.
Chang and Eng, the Siamese twins, have arrived
with their daughters, and left for Baltimore on
Wednesday. They will perhaps make a tour
through the country before settling down. Mar-
shal Barlow has received a despatch from the
Secretary of State relieving him from the respon-
sibility of keepicg the Spanish gunboats in custody,
and transferring that responsibility to the Com-
mander of the Brooklyn Navy-yard. Major Ander-
son has got the President's permission for Colonel
Ryan's return. The President's only objection was
Culouel Ryan's personal assault on the Marshal's
deputy ; but Major Anderson found no difficulty
in soothing him, as Mr. Barlow rather liked Colonel
Ryan, so a telegraph was sent to tell Ryan he might
return from Canada.

WASHINGTON, August 13.

The President arrived on Tuesday morning at
the house of his brother-in-law, Judge Lewis Dent.
He spent most of the day, however, at the White
house, the Cabinet business alone lasting from
noon till well on in the evening ; Secretaries Bout-
well and Hoar absent. Routine business took up
most of the time, but the relations between Spain
and Cuba were considered, and, as nothing had been
heard from our Minister to Spain, strict adherence
to neutrality (continuing the policy already augu-
rated) was decided on, though the President is sup-
posed to have sail that they would keep the gun-
boats they had seized. The instructions to Admiral
Poor, who will immediately proceed to relieve Hoff
in the command of the North Atlantic squadron,
were read and approved. The Government shows
sympathy in his appointment with the Cubans, as
the Admiral is strongly imbued with the general
American feeling in their favour, which Admiral
Hoff does not appear to have been. So much was
this the case that the report was here circulated
that the Administration disapproved of his course,
particularly as regards the shooting, without trial,
of American citizens, which occurred at Cuba, and
for which he failed to secure reparation. The im-
pression now is that General Grant holds this view.
But the President really does hold (or our intelli- •
gence is all wrong) with the Radical party in the
South. There was a long discussion the other day
about Mississippi at the house of the Secretary of
State on the Hudson. General Grant there freely
expressed his opinions, which were seated to be
marked and decided, favouring Wells and Stokes,
and opposing his brother-in-law, Dent. As a mat-
ter of private feeling the return of ex-President
Johnson to the United States Senate is of much
more interest to Grant, and careful reviews of the
position have been taken. Three candidates will
run—Andrew Johnson, Bailie Peyton, and perhaps
Stokes, the lately defeated candidate for Governor,
and it is hoped by those who hate Mr. Johns, n that
the balance of power will remain with Peyton.
Some office-holders in Mississippi it is now certain
will be removed for being so active in organizing
the Conservative movement ; the Dent men will in
this way receive no small check ; but whether it
would be wise for the Administration to take
the active part they deny the subordinates, I
leave you to judge. Rear-Admiral Dahlgren took
over the Washington Navy-yard on Tuesday from
Ad. dral Poor. Ile was received with a salute, all
the officials waiting on him during the day. Com-
modore Augustus L. Case has been ordered to per-
form the duties of the Bureau of Navigation during
the absence of Commodore James Alden, and Com-
modore M. Smith will perform the duties of the
Secretary of the Navy during the absence of Secre-
tary Robeson, who left on Tuesday afternoon with
Commodore Alden and other officials. 'They pro.
coed in the Ta/lapooga on a round tour of inspection
of the various navy-yards, and they may be away
a month.-'-` Gen. Sherman leaves to-day for Phila.
dLlphia, where be will join the Tallapoosa party.
Senor Mariscal, Minister from Mexico, was received
by the President on Wednesday. Senor Palacio

* [This is what has puzzled us; the fact that Admiral
Poor had been relieved in his post of the Washington
Navy-yard, commissioned to the command of the North
Atlantic squadron, vice Hoff, his written instructions
being communicated to him after receiving the sanction
of a Cabinet meeting while Admiral Porter is away with
the Secretary of the Navy on a tour of inspection ; yet no
sooner have they departed for weeks, the Cabinet broken
up not to re-assemble for some time, and the President
touring about the country, than we learn by cable that this
highly important arrangement is upset, and Admiral
Porter appointed to the command in Cuban waters. If a
gross blunder has not been made by the telegraph—thrice
repeated—so.ne tuaacc)untable change has occurred.—
ED. 4. A. 7.]

arrived here on Monday to settle the Mexican
claims, with Judge Wadsworth on behalf of the
United States. Mr. Ashton is our agent, and Mr.
Cushing agent for Mexico. By the terms of the Con-
vention, Mr. Palacio should have reached this earlier,
six months having expired, but Mr. Cushing entered
a pledge that he would shortly arrive, and that
Mexico would waive objections or local defects.
The word damages is used in the Spanish copy of
the treaty, while the word in the English copy is
injuries, and it is believed that this will be made a
bone of contention. Mr. Palacio knows but little
English, and the commission is delayed by having
to translate into Spanish. The naval court-martial
on Surgeon Green, of the Leipsic, is closed, but the
Secretary of the Navy has not yet received the
proceedings. C. M. Felix Petard has been ap-
pointed Consul to Strasburg, General Lefevre, late
Consul to Nuremberg, arrived here on Tuesday.
A despatch from Baron Gerolt, Minister from the
North German Confederation, states that he will
return to 'Washington to resume his official duties
by the beginning of September. A sou of the Rev.
Mr. HaHeck, who was burnt to death in the Erie
smoking car, at the Mast Hope accident, has been
appointed a messenger in the Treasury department.
There has been much destitution among the freed-
men in Washington. Mrs. Grilling, President of
the National Freedmen's Relief Association, ac-
counts for it by want of employment, but though
earnestly anxious to obtain it, one-third of the
labouring men are out of work. She has appealed
for aid to support the aged and infirm of both races,
for when work is so scarce all must suffer. The
receipts from Internal Revenue have averaged
$600,000 per day ; on the 9th they were within a
fraction, and on the whole they are much in excess
of what they were last year. All the new fractional
currency has been issued, except $15,000 in Ten-
cent. Notes. Base-ball Clubs, according to a late
decision, must take out licenses, and pay 2i per
cent. on their gross receipts ; the treasurers making
monthly returns of income tax. Among the re-
movals is that of Turner, the negro Postmaster at
Macon, Georgia, who was replaced by Washington,
the oil incumbent. At his interview the Mexican
Envoy, Mariscal, spoke warmly of the noble sym-
pathy shown towards Mexico by the United States
when strugglingagainst onc of the strongest of Euro-
pean Powers, morally supported by all the rest.
Mexicans were destined by their proximity and the
similarity of their political institutions to be per-
petually good friends. The United States had
aided them to maintain their most cherished bless-
ings—Republican institutions. Thus spoke the
Mexican Envoy, as if fresh from the gates of Para-
dise, and he might have gathered from the twinkle
in the President's eye how earnestly he wished
such blessings had been bestowed on a better lot.
In reply, he said, the Government shares the views
of the Mexican statesmen, who deem a Republic
the form of government best suited to develope the
resources of that country, and to make its people
happy. "I am prepared to share in your efforts to
continue and increase the cordial, social, industrial,
and political relations subsisting between these two
Republics." There cannot be a doubt that Ignacio
Mariscal has been well chosen for this post by
Juarez, for he is familiar with this country, having
formerly resided here in a diplomatic capacity, when
he married a Washington girl. He is a great ad-
mirer of our institutions, and is well known and
much liked in this city. General Canby had an
interview with the President before he left on Wed-
nesday, having come from Richmond for the ex-
press purpose. Messrs. N. Gika and Rev. Father
Christopher, of Athens, Greece ; lion. W. P.
Edwards, of Georgia; and Hon. Jos. J. Stewart,
of Baltimore, also obtained interviews.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE ANGLO-AMERICAN TIMES.
Boulogne-sur-mer, Aug. 18.

Srn,—The traveller or visitor tarrying here will
have his enjoyment enhanced by referring to some
one of the several histories of this ancient place.
St. Patrick arrived in Boulogne in A.D. 429, and
resided hereabouts during three years. All Irish
Americans should therefore halt a bit. Does it
not seem an anomaly that Ireland should have
chosen a Scotchman for its patron saint? St.
Patrick was born, as we are told, near the mouth of
the Clyde in 372, was carried captiv,'! to Ireland,
escaped, was carried there a second time, became
a mi•sionary to the people, was ordained, and
afterwards consecrated bishop ; converted the
country and banished all the snakes, and I dare
say he did the same thing here, for in all my
rambles over the hills and valleys 1. have never
seen other than two-legged ones, and, strange to
say, one of those was a Paddy, the other a Welsh-
man. In olden times this place becoming the
capital of Morinia, foreigners came and settled
here, and intermarried with the natives as they do
now. Agrippa and Tiberius visited the spot, as
well as Caligula, who desiring to go to England
was stopped for the want of money. There's a lot
of Britons here now in the same awkward predica-
ment, and who, like Caligula, play and lose their
money; but, unlike the great warrior, who ordered
his army to parade on the shore, filling their hel-
mets with shells in order to take them to Rome as
trophies of his imaginary triumph,the modern Britons
assemble on the beach, have a dip in the briny,
afterwards gather shells, put them in their empty
pockets, in order to have some to jingle. Claudius
was also a resident here, and built a military road
to Marseilles from Boulogne ; and some years later
the great Jewish money kings, the Rothschilds,
came over, and built and now govern the Great
Northern of France Railway. Civilis, Fabius, and
Adrian also were here ; the latter was probably
a mason, as we read h went over to Britain and
built the celebrated wall between the towns of Car-
lisle and Newcastle, 88 miles long. Avitus, Bishop of
Tangres, took refuge here in A.D. 170 ; and in 1812
Rev. Kymiston Groves, M.A., who was elected and
licensed io preach in the English Church, by the late
Bishop Luscornbe, of Paris; thereafter followed,
in 1868, Rev. C. IL 11. Wright, M.A., the talented
castor of Trinity Church, who holds his commis•
sion from the Bishop of Londen. Agriculture and
commerce began to flourish about A.D. 170, and
onwards, the scythes, ploughs, &e., used now are the
same as those then existing, and have been handed
down to the latest generation, if one may judge
from their appearance and mode of handling them.
The modern Frenchman is a good farmer notwith-
standing, everything is utilized, and the fields like
" Nature with its head combed," as a Yankee from
near Boston remarked to me the first time he saw
a new-mown English lawn. You will see about
Boulogne some of the original shepherds " keeping
watch over their flocks," and at Tingry, a few
wiles from here, what they should have in Arne-
rica—a School for Shepherds. Go where you
will in the far off States and Texas there is
a great and universal complaint of the want
of good shepherds. Since they can grow the best
of everything in the States, why not cultivate
shepherds ? Who that has made a mint of money
from wool, will found a school or college for shep-
herds ? As intimated in my last, the pilgrimages of
the faithful have commenced ; day by day long
processions, with their priests, abbey, and other
clericals, are seen wending their way to do homage
to the Virgin ; each day, till the 31st, sermons wilt
be preached at 5.25 a.m., 10.30 a.m., and 7.30 p.m.
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procession ; on that day Pontifical High Mass will
be celebrated at the Cathedral by the Bishop of
Arras, assisted by the Bishops of Siam and China.
On the 28th the pilgrims from the parish of St.
R.ocli, Paris, will arrive, together with those from
eight or ten other r laces ; it will be a gran 1
field day for those interested in such matters.
The velocipede races, spoken of in my last, came
off, were kept up with spirit, and created much fun
and cash for the happy winners. The Boulogni
horse races, too, went off with great eclat, to the
satisfaction of all, especial), the ladies. One beau-
tiful beast was killed, a loss to his owner of over
10,000 f. Several distinguished Americans have
arrived here, and I remain, sir, your obedient ser-
A SPOKE OF THE " HUB."

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THE RAILWAY WAR.-" BATTLE OF THE

TUNNEL."

(From the Anglo-American. Times.)

The celebrated Fisk (junior) has been making
more history, to give to which a substantial body
of interest, he carried affairs into a genuine railway
war. Having evinced such an admirable capacity,
in conjunction with other Erie directors, for forward-
ing the interests to guard which the stockholders
have been cajoled and entrapped into trusting him
and them, he has ever shown an earnest desire to
extend these benefits to many lines. An item in
his great railway amalgamation scheme is the
Albany and Susquehanna road, and Fisk, asserting
that he best knew what was for the interests of its
shareholders, decided to take it whether they liked it
or not. So far, however, he humoured the prejudices
of the proprietors as to write an explanation of what
those benefits were. But FLic, being essentially a
man of action, placed more dependence on a train
well filled with rowdies than on his own or any other
person's arguments. lie is, too, like a porcupine,
armed at all points, for while doing what is gene-
rally supposed to be most illegal acts, he has war-
rant for ell lie does, under the seal and signature of
a judge, for he is a potentate, having a paraphernalia
of justice in pay as well as an army and fleet. Through
the Erie operations, it is said, that eight directors
of the Albany and Susquehanna Railroad, repre-
senting 11,200 shares, were brought over to the
Erie side, and only six, representing 9,430, were
against it ; but other boards can take a leaf out of
the Erie's book, so Mr. Ramsay, the president of the
Albany and Susquehanna, and Mr. Phelps, its trea-
surer, declined to transfer the stock purchased by
Fisk, for nearly $1,000,000, on the company's books,
by which unjustifiable act they baulked the Erie
operations. On August 7 the transfer books closed,
and in September the officers of the road are to be
elected. Asserting the authority of the proprietors,
that is by virtue of the shares just purchased,
and armed, besides revolvers, with a warrant from
Judge Bernard, Fisk levied an army to seize the
line, while conducting against its officials three law-
suits. To understand that gentleman's operations
it should be remembered that Albany, the capital of
the State of New York, is a railway centre, com-
municating with all parts of New England. Through
Albany every New Englander must go who desires
by the most direct route, to proceed West. The rail-
road to Binghamton connects Albany with the Erie
by a road running west by south from the State capi-
tal, and there a new net-work of rails branches off.
The value of the line then consists in its forming a
junction between two important centres of com-
munication, which to the Erie is of peculiar im-
portarce, connecting that road with the Boston and
Albany Railway, which,attained, would give to New
England a route westward the New York Central
alone could, with any chance, contend against. Origi-
nally it was a local enterprise, constructed to improve
the country through which itpassed, and wasliberally
subsidized, not only by the State Government, but
by the towns along the line. As Fisk, in his letter,
says, the Erie cares little for it in itself, but he cares
much for it as a link opening up more valuable
traffic. He wants it to put Boston in direct com-
munication with the West by a through line con-
trolled by his board. This, however, was not
the object for which the line was projected, and
the inhabitants along its track are aware that if
passed over to the Erie, their interests will cease to
weigh, and though they may have the pleasure of
seeing well-freighted cars rushing to and fro, little
would be done to accommodate their own traffic.
For this reason their feeling favours the strenuous
resistance offered by Mr. Van Valkenburg, the
superintendent of the road, under the direction of
Mr. Ramsay, its president. It requires a man to
be a general, a lawyer, and a diplomat at one and
the same time to resist Fisk ; but the superintendetaf;
undertook to oppose warrant to warrant, scheme to
scheme, man to man, aye, locomotive to locomotive,
and hold his ground, which he has hitherto done.
The Erie commenced operations by buying up
stock, and nearly a million of dollars was invested
in the Albany and Susquehanna shares, raising them
in value from something very low to something very
high. Having made his purchases and been baulked
by the president and treasurer, Fisk proceeded
under the warrant of Judge Barnard to take pos-
session of the line. The Erie strength lay at Bing-
hampton, one end of the road, and with Judge
Barnard's writ of assistance Sheriff Brown seized
all the rolling stock and property he could find,
handing it over to Mr. Pratt, whom Fisk n.smed
superintendent of the Albany and Susquehanna.
One out of four engines escaped, but the office there
was captured, and Van Tyle placed in charge.
These proceedings on becoming known in Albany
through the telegraph then cut by the Erie
roused Van Valkenburg into action. He cleared
the head office of all but its friends, turning the rest
out by main force ; then he stopped every train in
motion, and with about 150 men pushed on to Bain-
bridge, at which town he approached the enemy's
country, it being but a short distance from Bing-
hamton, where, arriving late in the evening, the
train was switched on to a side track. Meanwhile
the Erie raiders kept cautiously advancing up the
line, dispossessing the Susquehanna officials and re-
placing than with Erie men ; but hearing that Van
Valkenburg was in force at Bainbridge they re-
treated. On being reinforced theyagain came up with
care; nevertheless the engine was thrown from the
track by means of a new patent frog placed there by
the enemy, by whom they were captured_ locomo
tive, raiders, Sheriff Brown, and all. When morning
dawned the Susquehanna men resumed their advance
on Binghamton, and the enemy retreated from the
stations they had taken till the train reached the
tunnel, which the Erie army held in force. Being
too weak to proceed, the Susquehanna men, by way
of keeping what they had got, tore up the track,
and the train remained in readiness awaiting events,
while the Erie men on the other side of the tunnel
encamped in a wood on a curve below the stream.
Thus passed the night of the 9th of August and the
morning of the 10th, but events rapidly progressed,
for " Admiral" Fisk (he is admiral of his own
steamboats) or " General" Fisk (he is general of
the armed Erie raiders) rapidly forwarded reinforce-
ments in special trains, with ample supplies of pro-
visions, and quickly swelled his force to 700 or 800
men. To oppose them 1,000 anti-renters from
Albany and Schenectady were enrolled, and the
contending armies remained in position at the tun-
nel, a small bridge between Alton and Bainbridge
being destroyed. The Erie guards, the elite of the
raiders, consisted of 150 men,well armed with revol-•
vers. The 44th Militia Regiment, under Col. Robie,
then appeared on the scene, but they arrived only
in time to witness a sharp, action for advancing to
the sound of musketry they found the battle raging
in the tunnel. The Erie army attacked the enemy,
but, unfortunately for it, the assault had been too
long delayed. Up to seven p.m., only 45 Susquehanna
men held the post, but at the opportune moment
400 arrived, so when the train, consisting of two
cars, with 250 raiders, entered the tunnel to carry
the position, the enemy were in overwhelming
strength. The tunnel was passed, and a rail which
had been taken up was replaced, and the train went
on, but in turning a curve the cars crammed with
the enemy's men were seen approaching with speed.
The Erie, taken aback, whistled " Down brakes,"
but this only added to the ardour of the Susque-
hanna boys, who, with a full head of steam, rushed
on their foe. Seeing this the Erie increased its
speed, and the shock of the trains was felt most
injuriously by the locomotives, the Susquehanna
being thrown from the track with the loss of its
prow. No sooner were the cars brought to a stand
than the anti-renters sprang to the ground at:d
rushed at Fisk's men, who fled over the hill and
through the tunnel ; but, supports coming up, the
battle was maintained with fury until eight o'clock.
The Erie men, whose hard task it ha I b,:en to hold
their position till the arrival of the 44th, on which
:he Susqueliannas retired through the tunnel, did not
molest the retreat. Two of the Erie men received
pistol shots, and others were badly wounded with
clubs and stones ; but they took one prisoner, whom
they would have lynched on the spot had he not
recognized a friend in their ranks. In the mean-
time Fisk continued actively to recruit in New
York, and " roughs" was .the prevailing feature at
Binghamton, while .the p,bsense of mapy familial

face threw a gloom over Five Points. The anti-
renters were reinforced up to 1,400 men, and the su-
perintendent of the road, entrenched in his stronghold
at Albany, determined at all hazards to maintain
his place. Fisk, amid an army of clerks, lawyers,
messengers, and secretaries, turned the Delavan
House into his head-quarters, unremittingly serving
papers of ejectment on his foes. On the day the
" Battle of the Tunnel" raged he approached the
office of the railroad, with the sheriff, on this business,
on which two men, one a leading railroad official,
and the other a telegraph operator, were about to
fire at him from the balcony, when they were pre-
vented by the personal interference of Mr. Eddy,
and the hero of the great railway wars was spared
a little longer to carry on his battle of life. But such
proceedings were calculated in a small way to at-
tract the Governor's attention, who, believing that
unless he took active measures, that these railway men
would soon be marshalling armies and manoeuv-
ring against each other in the open field, turning
the Empire State into the theatre of a civil strife,
wrote a peremptory order to cease at once, leaving
both sides in possession of what they held till the
de;:ision of the regular courts was obtained, declar-
ing that further proceedings of this nature would
induce him to proclaim the district in a state of in-
surrection, call out the military, and take possession
oft be road. Writs were issued, on which Ramsay,Van
Valkenburg, and Pruyn were arrested, but bailed, and
Fisk, learning that a warrant was out to arrest him,
hastily decamped in a steamer to New York. Go-
vernor Hoffman appointed James M.Quade super-
intendent of the road, directing him to take imme-
diate measures to reopen the traffic, and to use his
discretion in the employment of assistants. Thus
Mr. Fisk managed his last railway affair, and how
it will end time only can show. The latest accounts
are that Fisk is invisible, the Erie offices in New
York closed,;the.flight across to Jersey City having
again been taken. Counsel applied for and ob-
tained new writs in Judge Bernard's Court against
President Ramsay, Treasurer Pruyn, and Superin-
tendent Von Valkenburg, non-bailable, so that, if
executed, stay in prison the gentlemen must. These
were sent to Albany to be served, if a bold enough
man could be found, for they are entrenched lite-
rally as well as legally in their railway office.
Sheriff Parr reached Albany with these writs on the
morning of the 13th, but he has been unable to find
the gentlemen on whom to serve them. Under
General M'Quade's management, who has taken
possession, and works the railway as a military
road,.business has resumed its accustomed routine,
with Mr. Banks as agent, and Phelps as deputy.

MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.