The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-08-08

The heavy fall Of ram Saturday had the effect Of
checking transAsticDs In proauss Only about Ave hum
cred bales Of cotton sold without change in prices
Brssds'uHs also without marked shapge. Common
brands state fsur sold 1t IS 81 aad closed With less
animation. Ohio white whsAt ssd at 81 So. Pork was
dull and lower for mess, with sales ~ SIS So Freghs
steady, and there Offering for Australia.
To California they unchanged.
From tho tnnense quantity Of rain which fell
Saturday. fears were expressed that II it had been
general serious damage bad been done in places 70
canals bridges, railroads, &e.. and that injury re
suited the crops In the lower part of the city several
cellars deluged.
There some conversation regarding the reported
fraudulent land warrant transactions &s Il was said
that this the first Of the kind Some tine
during the pas, year. there similar before the
courts II was considered NEXT 10 iopossibs for parties
10 commit raudr unless persons in the employ
nent of government operated. government officials
were corrupt and disposed to cou de- with outsiders,
there scarcely any department in which nalpraoees
might II fortunate bsth for the govern
meDt and the public when such detected and
the guilty parties brought to condgn punishment Public
officers both high and low, should be above suspicion.
Surprise expressed at the manifesto Of Judge cd
monds spiritual rappDgs None doubted the sincerity
and good ntent Of the Judge that he really and
fully believed What he asserted yet the crsdbty Of his
which his book could give additional strength How
ever numerous disciples we're found else vhere very
few If any, we're found among merchants who attend
Change II there any Of the Judges stripe among
them they unknown. Their minds were too much
occupied with the stern and practical realities Of hte
rquirg the exercise OF good common seose to
time indulge in idle dreams, in the vague theo
riss Of Intangible nonentties.
merchant engaged in the Australian trade asked
Why the Post Office in this city in all cases, sxactsd the
pre- payment Of forty eight AL letters mailed for
Australia through England supposed that 1t WAS
optional prepay to England and that the postage from
England to Australia might be collected in the latter
country on its receipt.
The With the atty posasters to charge double
postage le tiers mailed by tho steamers for Europe
after l01s A. n, complained Of What great trou
bic would there be in Mr. Fowler causing clerk, or to
authorize the mail agent the stea oers wharf, receive
letters in prepaid stamped envelopes. up to within five
or ten minutes OF the steamers safDgP in receiving
outside letters the usual rates at the Post Office until
II or Tx N, and then to send . messenger with
small bag containing them to the steameY Sach course
would prove . very triHog expense to the government
ard prove great accommodation to business men.
was stated that decision had been made in Of
the courts the effect that If left the United
States after declaring his intentions to become citizen
and taking oath Of allegiance and before the expra
toD Of five years. (unless In the service Of the United
Stes forfeited his franchise far that his Eve year
probation would only count from the date Of his return
and continued residence. thought that this view
Of tho naturalization laws somewhat applicable to
Mr. Costas 1t Smyrna. The question arose rs to
whether the United States bound to protect man
citizen in foreign country, who had gone no far
ther to make himself SUCH than to declare his intentions
and take the oath Of allegiance Locking to the simple
justice Of the case that he ought to BE- pro
tected At Al b zsrds.