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cation between New York and Califania. by the way of Nicaragua and fial this ne@ route will he prepared for many reasonS among oihsrs, thst passengers, letters and newspapers will reach san Francisco from New York in twenty days whefeas it takes thisty and upward, by other roates. Tie great problem winch has engaged the attention of The whole commercial world, for three eeatufies past, is, a; leHgth, solved; and he Atlantic aa1 Pacific oceans are connected, at two different poiuts--by tse wsy of the Istamas Of Panama and y that Of Nicaragua. The counetae besweeo Asia aud Eatope must soon seek either of these channels; aaa Il will be rare indeed that vessel will sail round the Cape in conveying nief chaadise from Europe 10 Asa. or troln Asia b Europe. This vii have tie effect of making New York what London now is--tle great center of the ! commercial world--the Center of Power.
 The farmers and mechanics of CayugA county, in this State, are sad to be organizing wAa. they call ' Protective Union, towards which, Zen tlog- sand dollars have already been subscribed The object of the association is to dispense, faf as convenience will permit. with the services of fac. tors, or middlemen," and thus render the busi- ness intercourse between producer and consumer as direct as possible. Combinations of this kind i are of purely business nature. and are entirely diiIeren. from The social aEgfegaiioas of Owen. It is intended that the farmers and pechanicS of the "Cayauga county Protective Union,' trade directly with each other instead ot contributing to enrich by heavy per ceatage on the profits of their labors large number of intermediate specu- lators This object is to be accomplished, partly by barter, and in part, by wholesale purchases of materials.
 an satisfied that the relations between the az ucultural and mechanic interests sfa too much complica ed-ihat they have been rendered so for the especial benefit of the intermediates, whose number might be lesseued, with great advantage to tbe original sources of demand and supply. Men are always most easily reached by an ap- peal 10 those of their faculties that most pFedomi
 nate in them. Different means must be resoried to, 10 give different individuals adequate idea of precisely the same thing. The country business man." for example, realizes the greatness of New York only when he reads statistics of Its coiherce the politician, when he reads the number of votes east at an electon-the fireman, when he reads sn account Of the Fire Department, &c., eMe.-- Those of your readers n whose craasa the organ of AlnentiveneSs, or the loge of good eating. ee- cupes no ineonsderable space, will be able to form pretty good idea oi the vastness of Gotham, on learning that duung five weeks of the Strawber- " season, which IS fast going out, an average Of s, ,O00 gallons day was brought te this city and consumed. On Friday and Saturday of one week, 45,e00 gallons were sold in the markets. beside several hundred gallons that were sold by the strawberry girls. The strawberry girls, who alay be met, at any corner, dressed in simple calico froeks and sun b5nnets, buy their lruit on the sieamboatS and cars, and sell t in small quanti- ties, from door 10 doar during the season; at the close of which, they pursue other agocatons; and thus change from one thing 10 another, tn straw berry time" comes round again. The price of strawberries. this season, has varied from eight to eighteen cents per quart. The few that are now seen, command a much hig her prioc, although they are good for nothing.
 Just to give you a notion Of ho@ we are getting on with regard to crime, have obtained from the Clerk of oar Guy Prison, the following statistics. Tie number of white and colorad persons, male and female. admitted to the City Prison, during lhe SIX months just closed, was $ 2l3; Of which num- Der. s53 were native Americans, and 1850 were foreigners. During the same period 9,429 per sony were discharged; IS died; .652 were sent to the Penitentary; 90 to the State Prison. and, on he ,Sl. Of this month. 24a offenders remained in the City Jail--Sa we go.
 The total number ot immigrants that arrived al
 his port, during the month of June, not including cabin passengers. was 34, GOO. These came in tl2 vessels, 27 of which we're from Liverpool, ! fro.n Hamburg, and II from Btemen beside large nun Der from Havre. and from Galway, Dublin, Lln erck, and other ports in Ireland.
 Considerable excitement prevails amid the can inc race, ia Gotham. about these dogs, in eoise quencc of the Tefomatory measures of Mayor Kingsland, who IS extensively aa0siag all pefipa- 'tetc dogs foand uumazzled in the streets. duuns the present blazing weather Al unfortunate ani- mals thus captured, are smut up n wooden pur- gatory called the pou d." where. for suIne dozen or sixteen hours, they Me allowed the liberty of the yard after which, fl not previously claimed, and liberated by the,r owners al 5 each, the Cor p5ralion darkey teammates then existence, by un- ceremoniously knocking them on the head This last operation iS performed in the night tune, inc club betng about five feet long, made oi s,oat hickory byaaoh and armed at Inc lower end, with an ron ring.
 About seven hundred dogs have lnet prema- ture death within the tpst six days the reward Of fifty cents per head operating with great power on he juvenile republicans; who, lasso in one hand. and shin of beef m the other, are continually sedacing uaway CUTS to their destruction.
 Dog pasgatoy is az establishment, located al the corner of Thirty Finh s., and the second Ave nuc, where, at th,s present moment, some hun dreds of ncareefated dogs s5e selling pramiseuous Iaasic The big dogs soon get hangyy, and eat up the little ones with great relish-a small poo. de or puppy having no chance whatever for ey- istence, eyea ten minutes after his incarceration.
 As l was passing by the pound this morning. l observed one Fascal!y tesnlst, so savage, lhat the