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NEw York. April l6s 1892
a.. E,4srs,a s 4 ropdsnsatioa II The news by he
arersra which arrived ID Halifax az eiee anss
,,rT,ir,s inferxas rs Thai the dnnessaid tnaehsi-
n I'll lire hitefpQ5I Cotton Mafket san eohuausu.
BreadsiutIs had also deelinet. =.
"a militia bill had been intfo1 s ~ 8, t
FIouse q Commons providing for fegee q ~ Wy ~
n,en for five wears al an exprrse Of - wv
aheafrsi year, aud s go 900 Rss aaaaaa, 49,
Xsrds Lufd Palmersiou gave Inc msss1 lS. -
surp5ltand a@yecacy. MrCehden ana AT i1S'''s
Tbe great event oT he week pseceIing me saialns
&c The Anseyita. was the opening q she ses ~
Chambers. which .ouk place on The 1lih Via ~
President performing me ceis .a,as,an
person. la his speech he H. W. rsn,arked.
sigaigcantiy thar The restless and
lion al lid community endeavored, bY anaet.sssa
ingrignes toisap the basis ofhis govern
their blindness they contested me lesi.s ,,
renular election or endangered, by iheaf asaaeAs,
lie future prosperity OF the minisaiy se - ~
v,ould demand from HE people, in the haue =. We
repose ID France new title which womb 1lis.o 1870
cably tx npoa his head the power they haa
NJ fn'1as popa,as9 or Illinois mas vel exsEam
.sSave me- from my friends The " asoefasle lts
riet-g in erdeavoring 70 forward the iilss
DOUGLAS fbr The Presidency, has alienaleq iIoAa
4 ~, y7ahv$ IF his warRacst Mienes IN tsis W.
The J1eTssv assails the friends Of Cs-s ~ mules
asses,ahd canucks, and ihe ,,endsy u Ba;ler, and
even The OH gelss-l h,s.seif, as iueSces and
nincompnr.s Many i fgutatifely descri6, q q q
60. spawned wnd-hloSn saaen, .fs oe,sr
had grand father SIN Short SAYS The review
err I'VE do not even know that he sever born.
He IS probasly the son ofs gun, or Of an axe, or
plane. He was, perhaps, wet-nuTsed on chisel."
Young America mast 81 hard pushed for can
cidate, when it is compelled 10 adopt one whose
chief claim 70 consideration IS the fact that his
origin is unknown.
l. .E.=.. I. wv
ster and MIR. Champion. the British Minister at
4 Washington. are about 10 agree upon treaty IN
favorable ID Nicaragua and American Interests
am not an advocate loF Mr. WebSleE's noliaa-
islo-. "a me Presidency, but am willing TO back
him, as a maAer Of treaties, against any English
| 1iploniatist American interests in Nicaragua or
any whee else are not likely TO suffer IN the hands
OF Mr. Webster. 4
! Every dav reveals some new fraud upon persons
going 10 California. One George Z, Hamilton has
just abSconded after having sold spurious tickets TO
the amount Of 81 200, for passagesto California on
Steamer called The Reindeer, of which be falsely
announced himself The proprietor. do not see
why people will persist in being thus taken in,
while the u s. Mail Steamship Co., has vessels
starting all thetiine, should think that ordinary
sagacity would cradle any man 10 see That vessels
q commanded by officers OF the U. s. Navy, and
which carry tie u S Mails are the safest 10 do
business with and are most likely y say the least,
10 makeItbe quickest trips
The motion TO confscate The property Of the Art
Union n because Of lis immortality in he sight of
!, James Gordon Bennett, came up, on Saturday be.
| tore Judge Edmonds who, however, disliking to
give b decision thai he knew would lie appealed
from, advised the parissto rem;i the case 10 the
. General Term
Twodiyoice cases stand for trial this week
One VI these is the long pending case of Morrell
rs MorfeHn which will open far richer than did
the Foirer OF The Forrest, the clearing up OF the
Uaddrfvp0a il may mol be 50 long, bat il Will PROVE
Intensely piguant and interesting. TIE other case
is thai 81 Putnam rs. Punam, which also is a
very 5prfiy domestic drama, repletc wlh morality,
music, and money.
!. Our City Fathers appear determined 70 do all in
therpower to get the U. S. fdint transferred from
Philadelphia to New York. Additional forces have
jus; beeh hurried on To- the seat Of war in Washing
: ron, IN the shape of four Aldermen. My opinion
is, that the attempt 10 ipep sihat Mint on The
banks of the Delaware Is but useless waste ofthe
4 time powder and shot ct the Pbladelphans They
aan4 be defeated; but il would seem that they are
determined TO die hf.rd Seine OF The editors 81 The
Quaker City have lairy lost their senses unwilling
on The comparatise advantages 81 New York anc
4 fRshr a@Ag sRsht Il - a3l A. One d
I iaiSyi an't N ore ehteTpfisins otihe two.
Inc same spirit peryades, to7a great extent Tie
mercantile community. A9er The late err al fire III
Phila' eiThia, il found that all the safes mana
iacip tedtheTe had been, with their contents burned
Up, whsle the salamandefsn of Herring the New
ftrk Manufacturer, in all cases preserved their
Il GAdtsabE This caused a rush 10 New York tol
derfinss safes, which 50 rriiated the Philadelphia
sale manufacturers, that they have been endeaVor.
Ing 10 tarm ia that city society FOR mutual pro.
te aioR5 whose object IS to be Kill OF as many
g. our New York merchants as possible | see
that the line uf Steamers from PHILADELPHIA Id
Liverpool is also underwriting TO cut into The Col
Inns line BY msrepresentinT The latter ia tie Phil
adelphia papers, and more eifectually BIZ charging
$50 less Tor passage across the Atlantic But il
won't do. We can work as cheap as they can -
There y bur one sAnGrica and New York il liz
metfopoiis-and will continue to be- for cenInries
Theminiatnre edition If the Worl1's Fair. ID be
held i'll Reservoir Place in this city. Viii ihink
he Al failure The Crystal Palace in which il is
Designed 10 be hell, and which was Is have been
opeHed on The Fourth of July next mas not vel
been hegua. Subscriptions come ID slowly The
cost il estimated ak $500 600, while he cash IN
hand does not reach 6ne-sixth Of Thar amount. ~
The wag, see thatiha French Government has
proposed 10 purchase the English Crystal Palace
II the offer isacceped, the Structure NIL be- remov
edto The Clamp de Mars, and will probably become
the Scene Of another Worlds Fair il 1854
YIours Truly, JEFFERSON.
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