The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1855-09-10
The Pioneer Correspondence.
From our Regular New York Correspondent
Matters and Things in New York.
New YORK, Aug. 81.

New YORK, Aug. 81
A body of learned men and women are meet
ing up town this week: an excellent time for
scientific deliberations for all up town is as
quiet as the regions Of the grave, but a very
bad time to get those provisions for the renew
al part of mans nature, from the want of
which even philosophers are not exempt. Out
of one hundred and nnety-fve families on the
four sides Of Washington Park only six at
present are in their domiciles. This has been
found to be the case by the Committee of the
american Association for the advancement
of Education" which is the name assumed by
this learned body. 1t is their fifth annual
meeting commenced on Tuesday. Instruc-
tive papers have been read by various literary
and scientific celebrities. One rarely sees a
larger collection of intellectual heads and fine,
imposing countenances, than are gathered this
week in the Chapel of the University. There
was Professor Bache with the serious look and
and earnest tone of q man who is doing great
good work for the world. There was the Rev.
MIR. Huntingdon, the new Professor ut Har-
ward, who held large audience in rapt atten-
ton till very late hour of the evening His
eloquent voice and beautiful thoughts will not
soon he forgotten by those who heard him.
There was Lieut.. Maury, Bishop Potter of
Pennsylvania, no indolent holder of IA sinecure,
various superintendent of public instruction,
and calm, dark browed professors from the
colleges of the land. II was truly noble
spectacle.
Into this grave, learned, dignifed, and some
what aged assembly, there walks on Thursday
evening stawart Englishman, with bat, ball,
gloves, and all the necessary implements for
getting up cricket match he wanted to ex-
plain the game to the association, and seemed
not at all adverse to getting up match on the
stage. extempore. Bishop Potter,t the great
physically as well as mentally -took an inter
est in the subject. Should mt wonder if he join
ed the New York Club
The question whether the reading of the
bible should be introduced into the public
schools excited warm discussion in this
body.
The absorbing topic Of general conversation
is, Of course, the frightful accident on the
Camden and Amboy Railroad. There is a
great Indignation against some of the employees
the Conductor especially, which really ought
to be directed against the Company. This
wealthy Company, enjoying the exclusive con
troll Of one Of the great thoroughfares of ira
vel, has with the worst economy provided but
a single track. If they had had double track
this accident would never have happened. But
they will pay for it soon. There seems TO have
been very few New Workers on the train.
The calamity will be felt most deeply in Phil
adelphia.
A gentleman was hauled up at the
Tomb's yesterday for attempting to make q
haul in a way at once original and unlawful
Sedulously celebrating on the possibility o.
getting a dinner without money he was struck
with the idea that wide sleeves were invented
for the purpose of concealment. He arrang
ed fish hook and line so that he could draw
it up and down one sleeve with the other hand
and then went to lingering the wares of ar
eelman at Washington Market-concuded not
to buy--but the suspicious of Eely were arous
ed-the DOdger was searched and the dodge
exposed.
All the fools i'm the world are not dead vet
notwithstanding it is the nineteenth century
If any one doubts the proposition let hin
consider that eight female astrologers ani
clairvoyants can afford to advertise daily il
the New York Herald and that people will
persist in paying 81 to P. Y. Z.--who swears
he will make you rich in five minutes, with q
mere recipe. That dodge is not as good a;
it was though--but astreogers flourish. A
man of tact and experience can easily astounc
the ignorant and impractical, and secure then
fullest confidence. Then there is always @
certain class of fast young gents who must
have some place of that kind to visit for vari
ETY. of amusement. when fast horses lose theil
charm, and the paint shows too clearly on the
furnished cheeks of Beauty, and red wine is nc
longer nectar to the lips.
Broadway looks buster than it did two
weeks ago. Cool weather-and rusticatilg
people begin to think of hot air pipes in the
parlOrs and hot rolls in the morning.
Rachel is further advertised, and is talked
about in the intervals between Know n Othinq
convention matters, the great catastrophe and
the taking of Sweaborg. Local matters is
comparatively uninteresting just now. 81.
Rev. DIR. Cones funeral on Thursday was
attended by large proportion of clergy and
prominent religious men of the city. He was
born April 30, 1885.
! There is almost a total lull of local news