Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-10-25
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Matters and Things IN New York


aud our restless CITY i on the qDi rire for the
Liverpool steamer Of tie It'll aud the stirring
tales from the Crmca which -he il expected 10
bring. The near approach Of election day, Tue
day the 5th If Nov mber.) keeps the politicians
IN ferneut, aud the multiplicity Of candidates,
faciion-, aud political grinders engaged IN
the struggle. renders the municipal canvass a
most amusing game at cross purposes to disin.
tercsted spectator Of the melee.
John y. Genin has declined the nomination Of
ihe independents in neat. sensible letter, TINT
there are now only five a-pirant- to the Mayor
atty IN the field For most Of the other local Of
trrs there ARE from three Ia five cnndidatrs.--
Never before IN this city WIS there such a rush
Of abo-or. TO the public vineyard. Wilson 6.
Hunt, one OF our most honorcd merchants. is the
standard bearer of the Reform Party. but | fear
- cannot he elected Mnyor. Party organiza-
tions. DC, discipline backcd up by bad men lnd
big promises more than "A match for the loose
Is combined elements Of Reform. The vital
sirug lie fpr the Mayornlty will be between Fer
Gande Wood. nominated by both the hard- aud
s,,it- Of thr democracy, t1ut since repudiated by
the hard-, aud }. j lierriok. wing. Barker the
snow. Nothing candidate l. laid to have many
enemies IN tn raHk- If hi own party, aud al
though nominated by the Temperance men can
scarcely be successful.
he criminal record Of the current week bids
fair 10 rival that 81 the preceding. On Wednes-
day last, John Slaten, shoemaker, stabbed bis
wife with shoe knife in five places u man nam
81 Archibald Irvine died from effects Of wounds
inflicted on the previous night by a youth named
barron William Ebcre wa committed for iri.
al ON a charge of numbering John Glfroy, with
pistol in ninth Avenue, on Friday night; John
Co.caran was convicted of manslnughter in the
fourth degree and policeman alraignod
chnrge of manslaughter, in causing the
death Of n prison az by violence. Rather n for
midablc catalogue for one day, but there is
more 10 add On Tur,,luy, John Smith Il boy Of
sc, entccn was placed nt the bar on charge of
mu rider. aud convicted Of man- laughter in the Sc
cond degree; and yesterday. Patrick Mcmahon,
"A lnlporcr, was put ON rria for the murder Of hi-
wife and John b. King, mere lad in appear
tnce, nrraigned Tor homicide. The weapon used
IN all the cases | have mentioned, save three.
was Il dastmd's, "A knife; the immediate cause
in caelr instance was rum.
Anol her of those little episodes in the history
Of Banl ling, mildly termed "defalcations" was
brought 10 light in this city few days ago. 1t
,c,terd, " furnished new topic for the gossips
in Wnll ST. The first teller of the Ocean Bunk
one Net uckin, is the unfortunate victim of cir
cnmstance-." The thing occurred in the sim
l,cst way in the world Mr. McGuckin merely
certified checks in an irregular way on his own
book, and finally the Bank was minus 100000
by the opor alton. It, capital, however, il mil
lion of doll ars--so-' what's the odds!' After
Schnycr's gigantic fraud,a swindlc ol "A cool hun
dred ihousa nd seems almost like an act of eXcm-
plarY forbe rance, and only say, after draw
ing n long breath "a mere trfe-it might have
been worse." 1t is understood that the tcller's
securities good for $4,000. There is also n
screw loosc III the kniekerbocker Bank. One of
the drco tors is said to owe the institution $50
0DOi I he bank is in a bad condition, and II
heavy lo,,s will fall somcwhcrc-on the deposit
ors prob bly,. The Empire Bank has been tried
by pre- tty Perseycring run, but stood the test
aud is in a. good orderas ever. There have been
some tai lures amepg the Kentucky and Indiana
Banks, and everybody looks rather shy at western
money.
The Walker divorce case, which afforded such
dcligh tful food for pruricnt imagnations during
it prog, ess, has been settled by decree ohthe
referees. Mrs. Walker obtains divorce with
lraye to marry again. and has tie custody of the
children, he being permitted TO visit them once II
weel. The public verdict on the decree is ''scr-
we'd him right"
lhrec abb legal opinions in favor of the as
suapton of the SCHUYLER scrip. hy the \. Y. and
y. II. Railroad, were published here yesterday
und another appears in the Tribune of to-day
T hey cmnnafc from {. Z. Kirkland, Charles o.
Conner Greene c. Bronson and Mr. Ford, OF
whom the three former have been retained by the
J Members fthe Stock Exchange. The proposed
evasion of New Haven Directors does not find
avor in financial circles here.
That beautiful humbug, the Crystal Palace is
about to collapse. 1t Is advertised to close on
the st proNimo. What disposition will be made
of the building d. not know. Some of the ar
ticles ON exhibition will probably ba sold at auc-
ton, and the remainder shipped to the places
whence they came, the association paving the
! expenses of transportation. believe that the
Palace, under the energetic management of Mr..
! John IL. White who succerde Banum n pres
dent of the association has paid its way. 1t
still contains great number of mocha meal in
ventions manufactures and specimens of the fine
arts, which are well worth seeing. Letters have
been received here by the friends of Can't. Glib
son, (the adventurous gentleman that was to
| have been hanged IN Netherlands, lndia,) of tn
most encouraging character. Mr.. Belmont is
urging the Captains claim for PREPARATION Ito the
tune of S5O,O00 or SlO0,0C0) upon the govern
ment of Holland with ZEAL and the Legislative