The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1854-08-29
New IOrk Correspondence.

LNeTuy 'uyUOeitsW.--durcHG1y EmpeTors.--1he East
Rirer Jordan -Confagration and Ne,cs Items.
NEW YORK, Aug. %, "a.
New York is the place for literary vagabonds of all
sorts. These are the that write poetcal adver-
tisements, ballads 6r Bowery songsters, carrier ad-
dresses for newspapers, and terrible penny pamphlet
hoaxes. BY the way, isn't it very singular thing
for the bona fde GO our own correspondent from the
seat of war; of prominent New York daily to be
inhabitng garnet in Chatham street, while the Eas-
tern dispatches appear with the regularity of clock
work How the ends Of the earth must be coming
together! Speaking of correspondents, Charles Ed
ward Lester is the envy of the corresponding tribe
in this neighborhood You aware that he
fills the lucrative and influential position of 'New
York correspondent to the London Times the Sam
son among newspapers. His life, were it fully tod
would furnish some very curious episodes of literary
vagabondism. A year two ago, large and ee-
gantly embellished volume was published in this city,
entitled <sThe Napoleon Dynasty" and parporting
to be the production of the "Berkely Men, 1t was
studied magnifcation OF all the members of the Ma
poleon Family, concluding with an ecstatic euogv
upon Louis, the present Emperor, sNumber Three
as Nicholas of Russia calls hin. The author indul-
ges in extravaganza of admiration for the charac.
ter of "Napoeon the Little," which even surpasses
Mr. Abbotts intense devotion to the uncle, in Harper;
such an admiration advertiser evinces for his
own perfect and Incompatible wares; an admiration
which, to to the point, have been assisted
if not produced by 'smateriai aid" Now it is known
to few, that MIR. Lester one, at least, of the
''Rerkely men, and furthermore that he is very fond
Of European speculatons Everybod knows that
the Emperor Louis has money! and would willingly
spend it to influence the American public in his favor.
The Russian Gar is known to be planning some
what similar game, through agents. in this country,
at the present time. Somebody might put money in
his purse, by establishing an Agency for the manu-
Mcure of Public Opinion, SC.
The inhabitants of the great and 1ouishing suburb
of Brook in trouble because the penny former
y sufficient to carry them the East River, has
been declared by the Ferry Company is insufficient
compensation. The company waits two pennies The
cause assigned to the rise in the price of coal The
company has very large patronage, as, on the Full
ton Ferry, each boat, passing once in three or four
minutes, has an average Of one hundred on board
every trip in the day. is believed that the boats
pay abundantIy at former rates. These ferries are
excelenty conducted, and an Engiishman, who had
travelled largely lately expressed his belief that the,
surpassed ything of the kind in the world The best
ferry on the Thames has one boat small and INSULT
cent, which has to around after each trip. The
Union Ferry Company owns six ferries between New
York and Brooklyn. Onthe Fulton Ferry, four boat.
are running constantly during the day.
As write, conllagration is raging in Brooklyn
which threatens extensive damage large sugar
and spice mill which has been burned twice before il
falling in flames, and The Baptist church on Nassa,
street, opposite, is in great danger. The publication
of the Brooklyn Daily Freeman, temperance and Ma
tive American paper, has been suspended, on accouu
Of the incarceration of ]. n. Tucker editor for muir
dering his children while drunk. J. q. Bennett ha
got into trouble with man who formerly filed tht
post of Paris correspondent for the Herald. The MAJ
Revolt, demands TO be reinstatcd as correspondent
or he will publish some letters of Mrs. Bennett
which she would not like to see print. Something
. rich.
1t appears from report of the Jury COMMISSIONS
that upwards CT 5000 persons, mostly Engiishmen
have resided here from ten to forty years without hav
ing perfected their citizenship. There are 81, SO
names the Jury Register of these 1919 ar
marked exempt from various CAUSES. ZIG ae eXemp
from immoral character, GA, as being uneducated
Tho Lafarge Hotel ruins are now being moved AVA
to make room for new building. The workme
! found large bed of smouldering FIRE, which hal
f kept aliye since last February!