Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1851-06-07
NEW YoRK CORRESPONDENCE.
New YoRK. JUNE 3. 1881


Ter Hall last night for the benefit Of lie Grand Smith.
the agent who attends directs all the business details Of
Mr.. Barnums enterprise Il the best programme Of the
season. and the snowy young gentlemen with the pink blue
yellow and green their ls breasts (o setting
prety their white wacoas and kid gloves had their
hands full in showing the multitude Of tckehoders to the
seats assigned them their checks
Al an early hor yesterday morning was informed that
nearly every ticket so andI presume that there was not
room enough left to seat spare the Living
Skeson now on exhibition in Broadway As this splendid
ball accommodates 1000 people, estimate the receipts ass
night follows
VIC 'n0nsand seats at % each. 81, 900
| One DO do n 81 each. ........ 2, 600
One thousand standess, at 81 each ..... l, 900
M.oss receipts. ...........-...... 5000
e.'v 'N Nf :. ........... 5000
Nett profits last night. -. ..... 9. 600
TIE grand entry yesterday Of Barnums Brobd;p..;.n M.
nagee, including the Of Jusgernau drawn bv FL
eephants, (each Of which carried hs own little trunk -.
tractet copous issue Of all Of notes Of admiration
from ab,he "young shavers in town. II was an immense
treat to the children to many baby elephants at once
and thoss great ungany things the csue with humus Ike
Bunkers and Breeds Hills their backs and Tom Thumb
IN bis tte carriage drawn by horses Of the size Of Spaniel
dogs and te long train Of great square berke wagons
with all tho Wild beasts of the forest sticking their noses out
1t the taboads and Mr. Barnum and the noue with tha
hair seventeen feet long, (wha case for Grsndsan Il
following in acanisss behind
The steamship Winfield Scott sailed yesterday for New Or
leans Win Snmson Express Freight anatwenty TWO
passsogers fwason the Battery shot
into the river and firing salute passed swiftly by the sbn-
ping which lay at anchor of the Castle shall not be sur
psed to hear Of hernsa in New Oreaason Sunday even
ing NEXT. Aproposof the "New York and New Orle.r.
Express" stimson & Co have disposed Of half their inter-
est in to fesss Adams & Co., and will hereafter be-
conducted der hsstys Of Adams Co.'S New York and
New Orleans Express"
The result VI the examination Of the prisoners in the casa
of the Hoboke riot sthe discharge of all Of them except
German named Singer who Is held on the evidence Of an
ishman, who he him strike Bridges he deceasedl
in the neck with knife outrageous that the verv f
fans who povol and sustained the riot were NOT ony u
fered escape but employed arrest the Germans.
and doing took the least offensive ones and matreaed
them cruelty, uni the gnise Of special police
WhiIeT write crowd Of German emigrants in their short
pecoats jacket and caps and sun-embrowned skin are
passing my door, looking indeed like strangers in strange
land.
Emgfants in q neral shamefuly cheated BY set Of
hapos who und take to board them while in the city, and
them by he best and cheapest conveyanoes to their
destination in the Vest This system Of swndng Is under
the direction Of ma Of property. am told, by good au
horty, that in this city pays Sl5 OO0 year to
the captains Of line Of emgrant vessels for the
mere privilege Of wing their agents 60 aboard these ships
just beoFe they get nto port or arrive at the wharf, in order
to talk with the emf rant passengers and induce them to fol-
low them to certain emgrant INNS from which they are as
sued they shah be 1t through fee And they do pat them
through, with veDg eance After they get the emf
grants into their han ds they fleece them with impunitv
Their chief game to plumber their baggage This they can
easily do The emgf ants slowed aboard the boasor in
the cars by these agent who make them believe that their
chests. trunks. &C. in the baggage crates Of freight car,
attached and with this from the hosp;sa5 host.
the unfortunate strnngen proceed their journey and with
all their shifts from river to railroad and from car TO sten
boat until they arrive in Illinois Wisconsin, or somewhere
in the West they not apPsd Of the loss of their Bag
gage, which really has left New York but L. in the
hands ofthese rascay landlords who very rarely called
to account for their misdeeds. ;, t