Washington telegraph., 1852-05-05
appealed from, advised the parties to remit the

| case to the General Term
| A suit is now pending in one of the Courts of
this city, the costs of which have already amount
ed to over three hundred dollars, while the original
sum In dispute is only sixty-eight cents The
defendant is a wealthy ship-owner, and the plain
tiff is also said to be very rich, which think is
quite likely, or he would not be able to indulge in
such expensive pleasures.
Two divorce cases stand for trial, this week.
One. of these is the leng pending case of Morrel
VS.. Morrell," which will open far richer than did
the Fo,cer of the Forrest, or the clearing up of the
Underwood; it may not be so long, but it viii
prove intensely piquant and interesting The
other case is that Of Putnam VS.. Putnam which
also is very pretty domestic drama, replete with
morality, music, and money
! The miniature edition of the Worlds Fair, to
be held in Reservoir Place, in this city, will, /
think, be a failure. The Crystal Palace in which
it is designed to be held, and which was to have
/ been opened on the Fourth of July next, has not
| yet been begun. Subscriptions come in slowly.
The cost is estimated at 100000, while the cash
| in hand does not reach one-sixth OF that amount.
| By the way, | see that the French Government
has proposed to purchase the English Crystal
Palace If the offer is accepted the structure will
be removed to the Champ de Mars, and will proba-
/ bly, become the scene of another Worlds Fair in
1854.
| l have Just been in store in Broadway, to see
| sale that was broken open last night by bur-
pose, to have his name recorded, so withhold it.
Fortunately for the merchant, the safe only con-
| tanned his books and papers, which the consider
ate thief lett untouched, calling attention to his
| gentlemanly forbearance,in in a brief but pointed
note, which he left desk Another safe in
/ the store contained the circulating medium of
| the establishment; but that was of Her
Wings chilled iron salamanders, the instruments of
the burglar had no effect it, although attempts
had evidently been made to drill it in several
| places. An effort had also been made to pick the
lock and to burst it open with gun powder; but it
was no go. Yours truly, PETER PIKE.
| New YORK, April II, 1852
This is the finest morning we have had for
coon's age. Clear. bamy and cerulean, with
fringe of gold around the edges. The newsboys
cry with less hoarseness than usual, the milkmans
shrek has less of a tomahawk yell to it, and the
bawl of the soap-fat' man rolls out as smooth as
| ae and as musical as grise.
| | took sail across to Brooklyn and back this
morning, and it was very refreshing. The East
| river presented fine appearance with its thous-
ands OF all manner of vessels, ferry boats steam
ships, steam-tugs, burly emigrant barks &C., &c.
A calm prevailed, and some shallops were pro-
PEELED slowly along by oarsmen, and larger crafts
by rowers in boats ahead. 1t is astonishing what
crowds of people pass these ferries. The
fare to Brooklyn is one cent for foot passengers,
and 20 cents for horse and vehicle. The boats are
| large, commodious and even elegant. dozen
teams and 800 passengers are considered good
load, and ten trips per hour fair work.
| In one of the several Brooklyn omnibusses,
which stop at the ferry to take passengers to the
interior and remoter portions of that city, saw
a Yankee invention which struck me novel.
4 saw a compact little machine, about six inches
long and three inches square, covered with tin,
and attached to the inside of the stage Just behind
| the driver, near the hole through which he re-
| fh,f of hIaA
the register of gas-meter or dial, with hand
| like that of clock and numerals from l to 800
IN circle. Over it were the WORDS passengers
please that the driUer registers each fare" AS
general thing it has been left to the drivers to say,
at night, how much they had received during the
day, and; of course, if they should be dishonest
they could retain part every day without any
danger of detection. The contrivance which |
have described is intended to put stopper on any
such defalcation for the driver is instructed by
] the proprietor, receiving fare to move some
| thing on the outside which would carry the hand
on the inside, in view of the passengers, forward
| one figure. and thus the meter would indicate at
/ any time how many fares he had received during
the day. This is the theory of the thing, but it is
easy TO that like many other brig ght ideas" it
: will be abandoned.
| The news by the steamer Sierra Neuada, which
arrived yesterday. is regarded very favorable.
The tremendous storm which threatened the des-
seriously injured several up-river towns, is desert
bed by eye witnesses appalling. The wide
! plains between the mountain range and the sea.
intersected by large rivers and their tributaries,
! held one vast volume of water, overtopplng houses,
trees, &c, and bearing along In Its reslstess flood,
| the labor of years-the result OF the mechanics
toll and of the husbandnan's gatherings. Farm
ing implements, CATTLE produce, all that encoun-
tered the food, were swept away.
| The total number of arrivals at San Francisco
| from Feb. 2Sth to March 10TH was 1850 men, 133
women, and Al children. The number who left
during the same time 500 men and 10 women.
The trip of the steamship Winfield Scott, in 66l
| days from New York to Panama, via Rio Janeiro
is the quickest on record This is to ply hereafter
! between Panama and San Francisco.
! Many young men, who at home enjoyed all the
comforts of life, are in miserable condition in
California. Some who were too proud to brush
their own boots in these parts, glad to get the
chances to tend bar" g wait on tablesu and do
other .menial offices. l know of young lawyer
named Moore. from Lowell, Mass, who finding
the law uphill work in San Francisco under the
fostering care of the Vigilance Committee) turned
his enterprise from the forum to the ring and ac-
cepted of situation oogn in a circus In this
new placer he struck rich vein of drollery in him.
self. and made so great hit that he now receives
| salary of 81 900 month.
Business is rather dull in New York, and the
dry-goods people have regarded the lowering skies
and falling rain of the three last weeks with
very acidulated expression Their spring goods
won't sell SO well in the summer.
The officers, as | learn by private telegraph
this morning are on the track of Fitzgerald, con-
cerned in the New Orleans robbery. Geo. c.
Hamilton, too, chief in the recent extensive Cali
fornia ticket swinde by Hamilton & Co. of Green
witch street) who was thought to have escaped
with his paramour to the West, arrived here yes
terday from Buffalo, in the charge of two officers.
KossUTH IN ArGUsTA.-Kossuth and suite ar
rived in Augusta, Ga, on the morning of the 9th,
by train from Atlanta, his way north. 1t
| seems there was no @feyern in Auo,lsta The