Washington sentinel., 1853-11-16
could perform the feat without certain

before the expiration Of the time specified, which
would be Tuesday next. The horse was driven
in light sulkey, by Mr. George Spcer who was
relieved by Mr.. James McMann-
The betting was about even.
At twenty minutes TO nine o'clock in the morn
ing, the horse was started, the track being very
favorable, considering the rain Of the previous
night, though not so good as il otherwise would
occasional showers of rain. After starting, the
horse continued his course unnterruptedly, ex-
cept occasional spongng, until the termination Of
the hundred miles, which he accomplished in the
unprecedented time Of eight hours, GlyJfpe min
ntes, and Gfiy-three seconds, AT the end he did
not appear greatly distressed; but now that the
feat has been accomplished, and the horse sur
viving, we hope never to record the like again.
Hero, the PAGER, defeated in the late ten mile
race, was, we understood last night, in dying
condition, from congestion Of the lungs produced
by over exertion in the contest with the trotter.
~ nv. Y@Hsratd
The way they do business In New York.
We clip the following from the Sun Of the l4th
instant:
Located in various portions OF this city are GER
tain establishments called Intelligence Offices"
The proprietors of which pretend to supply male
and female servants with situations, and by means
Of glowing handbills posted at their doors, hold
out allurements 10 the hundreds Of domestics out
of employment 10 enter In addition to this plan,
the propretors of some Of these places have other
modes of operating upon the unsuspecting. They
have a number of young men in their employ,
whose business il is TO attend about the emigrant
boarding houses, streets and docks. One of these
employees, on meeting with "greenhorn,n asks
if he or she wants situation, to which the person
| addressed answers in the affirmative.
The party is then conducted 10 the Office and
asked what kind of employment is desired. The
name, age, &c. is registered with great formality,
for which only haf a dollar is charged. The man
or woman is then told to take seat, where he or
she is kept until night told TO "call again" next
mornng-the. same the next day, and so on for
three four weeks, when the poor person, seeing
no prospect Of getting situation, leaves the
place; having been swindled out Of time and
| money. Sometimes when the Office gets too full
the proprietor sends out fifteen or twenty with
| fictitious names and residences, thus making the
poor women tramp half over the city to find a
| person who does not exist. BY way of keeping
up the spirits of the inmates of the intelligence
Offices, several men or women look in as if in
search of a servant.
woman, sent out after an imaginary place,
upon returning, perhaps after a days search, is
| told that the party couldn't wait for her, &c
The women servants are accommodated with
benches in the office, while the men looking for
employmentlounge about the doorway.
| The proprietors of many Of these places who
have no idea Of procuring situations for servants
either male or female, realize by their operations
! from $40 TO $25 per day
/ There are, however about the city, some few
| intelligence Offices where business is conducted
| in an upright manner. These places are sup.
| ported by subscriptions from house-keepers who
may select help whenever they see fit TO make q
change. The servants in these Offices are charged
nothing, good recommendation being the only
thing necessary to enter the establishment. We
! would caution the hundreds Of men and women
servants in New York, out Of employment
| against patronizing such places as before des
cribed, as they will most assuredly lose their
! time and money.
! Monument to Ben. Franklin..-We see the
! "item" Of monument 10 Benjamin Franklin, in
embryo, in the vast and elegant city Of Philade
! phia, going the rounds. We regret 10 say tha,
! our acquaintance with Mr.. Franklin was not, nor
| is not, very extensive. We remember reading
! something Of the gentleman in our early youth
and TO the best Of our recollection, he was very
good sort of person, quite reliable in matters OF
general interest TO his country. We also believe
Mr.. Franklin was man of very considerable sci
ence pure in heart and patriotic in principles. In
his youth, he helped his father 10 make talow
candles he afterwards helped his brother in Bos-
| ton to set type and print newspaper. He got in
| Jail, we believe, one day. for writing something
that somebody did not like pretty well. This little
difficulty did not set Benjamin back much, for at
later day he became quite respectable, and no,
only edited newspaper, TO which Mr.. Washington
Mr.. Jefferson, Lydia Darragh, Uhe famed Quaker
| ess) Mr.. Adams, Monroe, and other respectable
| men subscribed-but was sent 10 France as prime
minister! We have some recollection, since we
come think Of il, Of the parents OF Benjamin Frank
I ln In church-yard, along side Of the fremont
| House, city of Boston, there is pyramid monu
| ment where under, lies the mortal remains Of Ben
jamin's father and mother; it was erected by the
| son we have noted il within year, and expect
TO be pilgrim to that spot, often practicable
during the balance of our life. Benjamin Franklin
died, finally in Philadelphia He sleeps in quiet
| beneath plain marble slab in an obscure church
yard, on Arch street; there let the tallow-chand
lers son rest We Philadelphians, and if you speak
! of monuments, at least finish the one you began
! in your lovely little park-W Washington square
| some twenty years ago--Cin. Columbian
Extraordinary Case of Lethargy.--The Al
sacisn relates the following singular case Of leth-
argy:
! On the evening OF the Both ult,, young man
the son OF a widow at Hhensern, who had been ill
| for some time, apparently died. His mother, who
is poor, went to some of her neighbors to procure
a shirt and sheet TO prepare the body for inter
/ ment. The mother and neighbor then set about
| the melancholy operation, but met with imped-
| ment which somewhat retarded them. The de-
ceased had deformed foot, which they thought
would prevent the body from going into the coffin.
In order TO remove this obstacle, they resolved on
/ breaking the bone, which was done, and the body
/ was laid out straight as though il had never
| been deformed The body was then carried into
another room. and covered with sheet. About
1 IL o'clock at night, the woman who was TO watch
/ the body, entered the room to trim the lamp and
remarked that the sheet over the body had been
moved. She called the mother, and on examna-
tion il found that the leg had resumed it's de-
formed position. In about quarter Of an hour,
the young man was seen to breathe, and soon after
| he spoke, complained Of hunger and thirst, and
1 demanded glass Of wine and something to eat.
1 He then related to the persons near him that he
had been long journey, and that he had spoken
| to his father and some friends in another world.
/ The young man is still alive, but is not out OF
danger.
| We cut the above from the New York Sun,
and give it for what it is worth.
| Mysterious Afair.-On Thursday evening
last, young German female, named L. Wander
made, was taken on board the steamboat Aida,
by Captain Stewart and Miss Smith, of Brook
| lyn who placed her in charge Of the captain OF
the boat, with instructions to leave her at Rond-
out. The girl quite i'll at the time, having
for three weeks previous been suffering from dys-
entery. She had been on board of the boat but a