Washington telegraph., 1852-09-08
torresp dence of the TeIegrap
NEW YORK. August 16. 1852.

New YORK, August 16, 1852.
Mr.. Editor: The streets down town are dotted
here and there with individuals whose worn. sal
low. and peculiarly rusty appearance marks them
unmlstakably returned Californians They
are met at every corner, by swel-looking blades
of an off-hand character, with offers to show them
70 "a good place to exchange their gold dust either
for clothes, Jewelry or money" These rascally
runners are like 50 many vu!tures Yet it does
not seem to do any good to warn strangers against
the Peter Funks of the city. They will run in
to the traps set for them in spite of all the warn
ing in the world. Even when the Mayor Kept
boys standing in front OF the Peter Funk shops
with the cautionary words on a banner Beware
of mock Auctions!' the fats were as gullible
ever Even men who know better will go into
these false vendues of watches and dry-goods;
and get shaved in spite of their teeth. The other
dav conversed with canal boatman who had
had knocked down to him for $780, gold watch
that proved to be brass On discovering the
cheat. he procured two policemen lat cost of 81
and going back to the auction room, compelled
the villains to disgorge their plunder.
Two express-men. connected with the offices of
Adams 4 Co. and Edwards Sanford K Co., were
brlltally assaulted at Hoboken N. J. last Friday
evening by two ruffians armed with slung shot,
and would have been killed and robbed, perhaps,
if the screams of two ladies, accompanying them
had not induced the scoundreS to One of
the gentlemen lay almost hteless upon the beach
for nearly an hour. but both are now doing well.
1t was the scene of the murder OF Mary Rogers,
the beautiful cigar girl"
There was much sickness on board the illinois,
She is a splendid steamer, of immense capacity,
but interior we think to the steamship Winfield
Scott which receives her passengers per steamer
United States on the 1st ofSeptember. The VIM
Penn arrived yesterday from New Orleans with
a large number of passengers Steamer West
Wind is Withdrawn from the Mobile route
Mr. Hobrook, the backbone of the New Or
Jeeus Pravune (5eing the business partner and
hook -keeper has Just arrived in New York in
good condition Kendall is still in Paris, which
latter all his wanderings, and hair breath escapes
by land and sea- he appears to have settled down
into as the best place in the world for a man to
live in.
The people are restive under the British
+boritv and influence exercised on the American
continent and there is a sort OF an inquiring like
this arising in the public mind, what right has
that tin island to put her feet Gn the possesslve
easel upon every soil under the sum- looking for all
the world in this respect, like daddy-tOng-fegs
with a little bit of body and legs sprawled all
over creation! We don't want her in this hemis-
phcre at ALL and she must get out of 1.-THE great
horrid spider.
The money market is in good case. S7GS,l 400
in coin was exported during the whole OF last
week and Sl6,655,072 since January LIST. Land
Warrants are on the rise. A. L. Stlmson, deal
er at 10 Wall St, quotes to-day at ll7 a 80 for
100 acres The Bank of America Is receiving
subscriptions. not exceeding S2D.000 TO the cap
ital stock of the Farmers Bank of Kentucky"
2--i millions in gold dust by the steamers yeSter-
day have rendered the bankers very careful. x