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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-07-02

summer vacation has commenced In the State
a. snc shall have no trial terms in any OF them
ig the months OF July and Ausust-in the Superior
there will be none until October; yet there will bs
5ge at the chambers of all the courts, aud motions
be heard and writs Of habeas corpus granted, and
,ccasioral decision on cases argued at special term
BE- looked for. Lawyers and Judges have for the
part bid adieu to Blackstone and ws.aen, ana are
~riug TOR trip TO Europe OF sojourn at the sea-
where the heat not too intense for pleasure, and
70 they can get fresh vgor for future aisputations
,e United States District Court win be formally
aed to porrow. (Tuesday,) but, in consequence OF
anniversary celebration Of tho Fourth OF July,
,rs will not be summoned for attendance until Tues
Of next week. Judge Belts announced from the
ch, on Saturday, some very important rules which
Cour, had determined to adhere to, and which wer
orted in sundays HERALD He says he VIII IN
90 where the public prosecutor Ia not ready 70 pro
to trial discharge from custody all persons who ar
fined a. government witnesses, there being no place
vded for them but the cell OF the common elon the
Rer ano the murderer. Tine Court, however, may
mt indulgence 70 the public prosecutor, in cases OF
rider or treason but in the ordinary cases OF elones
d misdemes sncrs which crowd the calendar, the wit
ssss will be discharged IL the government are no.
ldy for trial In the defendant is not ready, h'
ast furnsh the necessary aasavtt for postponemsnt'
waive the perfonai appearance OF INC "tnos'cS io'
Q prosecution on the trial.
The July term Of the Court OF Sessions commences to
~ The last term held by Judge Stuart, and the
lly tenn viii come before Rseorder Smith. This cslsn
for this term quite large, owing TO the tins that
iost IN June in the hearing Of the Busted contempt
se Lyman Cole, who was tried in May for forgery
,eing indicted with Kissane and Fndlay) and who
ay escaped from This charge by disagreement Of the
nv has other indictments over him but his being
ansfsrrsd 20 ts suprsme Court the Sessions
III be saved tbs time taken up by Cole during the terms
May and June There murder cases tried last
rm and erng the heated term At this time, 1t Is
,ubtful sny sf the capital now on the calendar
Ill be taken up this month The rest Of the calendar Is
Ut very important, although the cases are many.
With the thermometer 90, we think that very
tile business viii be dons in either the federal or
.taC Cna,r4a
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The Common Council.

rcard of Aldermen hold the frst meeting Of their
,Ssionthis evening, and will in ali probability sd
,ser TN after the celebration Of the Fourth. We
# nothing special that is expected to come up.
tier Of building the New City Hall will be passed.
au,s before tho appropriation can be made By
rislature the next Common Council win be eisst-
It viii then bs their province to decide upon tins
The site, it has been already wisely determined,
ia the Park. This weather is too sultry Tor
sbstsr; and as several OF the Aldermen are busy
ing for snug berths, We may expect light ses
the affairs of ths Common Council Amonsss tno
eksls are Alderman Brown, First ward, VINO !"
ssid for the position Of Sheriff. HOWARD, Si1'n
or Street Commissioner. in which ne mas Tor
Z, opooueut In John q. Chambers, the Deputy
the Board OF Aldermen, who Ia also seeking that
r.nt Alderman Herrick, of the hinsisensh, has
n, ,or thu Comptrorership; and ss MT Flags has
s...lnoualv prcnounced bore, the Alderman
q think he would have no objection, II pressed by
,ds. to show the city what Comptroller ought
gs. the reports long expected and anxiously
for is one from the Committee on Ferries who
d under consideration, for several months past,
/ ject OF increased accommodation on the Hamii.
nue. ferry The memorial sets forth that from
,kP N. the boats run only every half hour up to
,ck, when they cease for the night. There is
,puiation, not only In that portion OF Brooklyn,
i re are 3 vast number OF Long Island farmers who
,sif produce to the New York markets by that
and redcire the boats to run from to 3 O'Clock
nosning, inst they may reach the market at
I bile hour TO sell to retail dealers. The Union
company are monOpolists; they are very wealthy,
s Influential that they managed" to defeat q
memorial when before the committee Of the last
We hope they viii not be so successful with the
e. Nous uerrons.
Boa rd of Councmen also commence their meet
" the July term this evening. The meetings Of
ard will be held successfully night after night till
meet ngs are htid--the number required by law to
each month. It Ia not to be OK pected that more
light meetings will be held during the term, as our
athers are not the men to do m ore work than they
mpellsd to DO this warm weather. They won't vo-
" work while the mercury runs up higher than the
,ometer. There is not very heavy or important
lar before the Board for this month The reports
consif cred are mostly in regard to Improvements
eets, With which are two three reports from the
attee Public Health in regard to filing in sunksn
This is = fuH preface to the history Of the Bosri
unciluea for this month.
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THE HUDSON RIVER RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
Coroner Wilhelm held inqasI upon the body Of
Cbriatian stsIlsr, who and killed on the
Hudson River Railroad, Saturday morning The svi
dence adduoed went 70 show that ths deceased While
returning from boating along With a, pressnt
unknown, accidentally dssignedly knocked do IN
ON the track, just the tram csming sloug As
We stated yesterday, II NOT clearly shown whether
the case was Of accident design. However th@
locks somewhat suspicious tns unknown friend
has NOT bs~n the accident The jury on
ing the testimony verdict OF deAfh from
effects Of Injuries received By beisx the Had
River Railroad by trsin OF ears the uoranx OF
June 90 1885 after having been ksocked down BY
person 70 the jury pnkpovn." Tss decsased was IS
pEowSkD WHILE sATBNo.
Coroner Gsnbs bsId Inquest upon the body Of
Deceriek Dircb native Of 6ermsny p years Of age,
Who vas accidentally arowssa wbs bahns Al the foo,
of Forty ninth street. E.st river The vaa bat
= very fndiGersni swimmer, and vsniurng bsyoad bis
dtpth, became sxbs usted bnd funk Ths boiy vas
sson aterwarda recovered by ososr harphy fracy
o. tie 1wentisth wsrd police. Nerdct-1Dssth By
drownpg.r
YATAL BLASTING Accrprxr.
About o. cioex saturday aftsrDoon, q lNborsr
named yaspss ngnald, smplaysd In hunduK sever IL
Ksst Forty Eintk street vaa nstaaty kd By ihs prs
mature sxp oslcn o. blast Ths tseea@~d vas Efraer
Ia the brssst ~ args rock, whieh fsli~d hin
uaa frpm vhich be sifsr~srds rsre svs IN.
esce&~~t rsnesd n Thifty sxth street oar s.vsnsh
avenue An irqssst hrd ron ths boty of the de-
e~s~d ~ coronsr Gsmbs vhs. . v~gsci a ae.i ssa.ai
ee~sn "a rssesssd W the luy.
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..,... "a, ~ rhs fouRra oy JuLY.--In Jersey City
~.L ~ W os nred ~ sunrise, at noon ana Al sunset
10 d.pny os ars.s saas In the evening there VII b
Van Worst square. There viii 40 n. rn.is :, -
ne Of the pyfetecbnie display W "as0 ~ Aas
Tho Continental Guard, Cast Sapas,.nn IN
pclock, A. N, On thst day -" - '"s ~
Hoboksa no csiehrstion WI taks plae.
ihs people Of the anssnt hanst n tommunlo.x IN,
sofAts me aay ~ nstvL d. n wakemaa, Esa or
fssL Ciy, vln read tia Decarssoa of In1~p..dsres.
Wv ~. Whitaker, d gsfssy CITY, viL ds.iver Ia.
day.
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Anniversary Of tne new York Bible Uaioa


The ssoond Annirtusry sf -. ss~ Yori B,s.
usos ssrnsTy 70 The Amsriess BIbs Union, o.ls.
hatsd Las, sIgh, In The north Baptist church, 90 ihs
corner q Christopher Asd Bedford streets IA. aa4l
small account perhAe, n ths snesssirsly
wsrm v,aih.r
The srsrrlss. we're sommsDosd 9Th teafiss from ~
scrpturss followed BY pager alter shea tss ssnast
rspcr rssd, from -hieh .. sHisss, ths fo'o-ing
Js inspect 70 anAaelsi ptc.yvffy 80 lrd 80 sixssl
~ bis,fsd A. asnsl report ib~ AggfexA+ q sii
TIE nonss r.issi IN hs6 ssa gsti atst y ths
Am.tiesn ubIs Union NOR tbss frs inousand collars,
fron frsnf. IN ths city ami tienify has Desn pAad
into 10 ussspry -iiha ihs ysss sxrs.' troeyri,os n
wkleh By the spsclai SsKlgGstgB 9f ihs fcnors has
ben tr.nsrtlsd - Esx q. Onsasn of f5s cTeais,oa
u tbs s<nytgFs. Ia GsfmanI No sfnsvpirpt ofssnira
ton wiih wtsh - arr ssqaAntFa hss pssn more IN
forniy sp1 spaiiy pfpttesa..ta ~ aesssl.i prs
tsrsi fhsn ths Arsress Bbs uates, that bs last
tuisoa 9Th -blss ~ - privileges 10 Operate.
1hs grsssssoh u IN ~ rs1sspts ADy~afs
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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1855-09-05
Revolutionary "Reminiscences.

In the year 1926, after all save one of
the band of patriots whose signatures are
borne on the Declaration of Indepen-
dence had descended to the tomb, and the
venerable Carroll alone remained anfong
the living, the Government of the city of
New York depnted a committee to wait
on the illustrious survivor and obtain from
him, for deposit in the public hall of the
city, copy of the Declaration of 1776,
graced and authenticated anew with his
sign manual. The aged patriot yielded
to the request, and affixed with his own
hand, to copy Of that instrument the
grateful, solemn, and pious supplemental
declaration which follows. Wash ESston.
Grateful to Almighty God for the bless
ings which, through Jesus Christ our Lord
He has conferred on my beloved country
in her emancipation, and on myself in
permitting me, under circumstances of
mercy, to live to the age of SO years, and
survive the fiftieth year of American In
dependence, adopted by Congress on the
4th of July, ITS, which I originally
subscribed on the I'd day of August of
the same year and of which ! am now the
last surviving signer, I do hereby recon-
mend to the present and future genera.
tions the principles Of that important doc
ument as the best earthly inheritance their
ancestors could bequeath to them, and
pray that the civil and religious liberties
they have secured to my country may be.
perpetuated to remotest posterity and ex.
tended to the whole family of man.
CHARLES CARRoLLs of Carrollton.
|; August 2, 1928.
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Select Storp.
From Godey's Lady's Book.
Muggins's Experience in Albums.
By A. e. STEWART.

did I ever tell you," said my friend
Muggins to me one day, as we were sit
ting in my room, discussing the flavor of
certain "Havanas ibid I ever tell
you, Squire, of my experience in those
compounds of gilt-edged paper, turkey
morocco, and nonsense called albums?"
No, Muggins," /" replied I. az don't
remember that you ever did"
"Well," !" continued he, tipping his chair
easily upon its hinder legs, and pouring a
cloud of smoke from his mouth and nose
at the same time, curious, but common
practice of my friend Muggins, by the
way, I called on Miss Nelly Jones one
day, and she had just come into possess
sion of one. She had won it in game
of philopena,' . explained my friend Mug
gins, soto voce; "and speaking of philo-
p@nas, / have only to say, that that game
is one of the greatest impositions now
existing. If you win-which, by the
way, you have very little chance of doing
two to one but you get doll, or penny
trumpet for your pains; but if you lose,
nothing short of an annual, guitar, or
an album, will pass at ALL Besides that"
= AT am entirely of your opinion" inter-
rupted /; "but, my dear Muggins, to
come back to Miss Nelly jones'
= l"Well, she insisted upon my writing
something in it. Just anything, Mr..
Muggins,' said she. I prize your auto
graph more than anything else. Thought
of Tom Hoods plan of sending has auto
graph in print, and half resolved to send
her one of the last election tickets, which
had my name on them for coroner. I
had plenty of them left, you see, Squire,
for / had one printed for every man in
the county. believe 1 only got six votes
after all; but then, you know, it's great
thing to know just how you stand.
While was hesitating, Miss Nelly
informed me that Mr.. Sawbuck, my rival,
had written Oh, the most beautiful lines!
and so quickly, too! Why, he only had
the album over night!' This was enough.
If Sawbuck could write verses, so could
: I; and / could do it as quickly> too; So
affecting careless air, replied: oh
certainly, Miss Nelly, if you wish it. ]
shall pen few lines, and return it to you
this evening" Stroke of generalship, you
see, Squire. Going to do it in less time
than Sawbuck.
Accordingly, / departed with the
coolest and most leisurely air imaginable;
sbut after got round the corner, out Of
sight, the way made the gravel fly was
n 80
my room, threw off my coat, and COM
menced operations. / thought I would
first inspect Sawbuck's verses, and see
what had to contend with, besides get
s ting hint perhaps; for, you see, Squire,
s / knew no more about writing in albums
8 than cat does about crutches, which,
! take it, isn't very much. As they were
the only ones in the album, | had no diff
6culty in finding them. They ran thus:
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WAYS of Committing Suicide.

Wearing thin shoes in damp nights in
rainy weather.
Building on the "air tight" principle.
Leading life of enfeebling, stupid Ia
illness, and keeping the mind in round of
unnatural excitement by reading trashy
novels
Going to balls in all sorts of weather
in the thinnest possible dress. Dancing
till in complete perspiration, and then
going home through the damp air.
Sleeping on feather beds in seven by
nine bedrooms.
Surfeiting on hot and very highly stim-
ulating dinners.
Beginning in childhood on tea and
going on from one step to another, through
coffee, chewing tobacco, smoking and
drinking.
Marrying in haste, getting an uncon-
genial companion, and living the rest of
the life in mental dissatisfaction.
Keeping children quiet by teaching
them to suck candy.
Eating without time to masticate the
food.
Allowing love of gain to so absorb our
minds as to leave us no time to attend to
our health.
Following an unhealthy occupation be-
cause money can be made by it.
Tempting the appetite with niceties
when the stomach says no.
Contriying to keep in a continual wor-
ry about something or nothing.
Retiring at midnight and rising at noon.
Commanding between meals.
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what CONSTITUTES Riches.

"To be rich," said Mr. Marcy, our Sec
retary of State, requires only a satisfac-
tory condition of the mind. One man
may be rich with hundred dollars, while
another, in possession of millions, may
think himself poor, and as the necessaries
of life are enjoyed by each, it is evident
the man who is the best satisfied with
his possession is the richer"
To illustrate this idea, Mr.. Marcy re-
lated the following anecdotes: "While I
was Governor of the State of New York, !"
said he, II was called upon one morning
at my office by a rough specimen of q
backwoodman, who stalked in and COM
menced conversation by enquiring if this
was Mr.. Marcy?"
81 replied that was my name"
"Bill Marcy?" said he. I nodded as
sent
used to live in Southport, didn't ye?"
ri answered in the affirmative, and be-
gan to feel little curious to know who
my visitor was and what he was driving at. ,
"That's what told 'em' cried the back
woodsman. bringing his hand down on
his thigh with tremendous force. "a told
'em you was the same old Bill Marcy who
used to live in Southport, but they would't
believe it, and promised the next time l
came to Albany to come and see you and
find out for sartin. Why, you know me,
don't you, Bill?"
81 didn't exactly like to ignore his ac-
quaintance altogether, but for the life of
me, I couldn't recollect ever having seen
him before, and so replied that he had
a familiar countenance, but that was not
able to call him by name.
"My name is Jack Smith, answered the
backwoodsman, "and we used to go to
school together, thirty years ago, in the
little red school house in Southport
Well, times has changed since then and
you have become great man and rich |
suppose?"
shook my head and was going to con-
tradict the impression when he broke out:
"Oh, yes you are know you are rich;
no use denying it. You was Controller
for-for long time. And the next we
uCaiu VI yOu, yOu WdS O OONOAhoi' 1ou
must have made heap of money, and ]
am glad Of it, right glad to see you get
ting along so smart You was always a
smart lad at school, and knew you would
come to something"
/ thanked him for his good wishes and
opinion, but told him that political life
did not pay so well as he imagined.
suppose, said /, fortune has smiled on you
since you left Southport?
"Oh, yes," said he, II hain't got moth.
ing to complain on; must say I've go,
along right smart. You see, shortly after
you left Southport, our family moved up
into Vermont, and put right into the woods
and reckon our family cut down more
trees and cleared more land than any 9th
er in the State"
"And SO you have made good thing
of it. How much do you consider your
self worth?" l asked, feeling littlcurious
to know what he considered fortune, al
he seemed to be well satisfied with his.
WELL" he replied, II don't know ex
actly how much I am worth; but think
STRENGTHENING himself up,) if all my debts
were paid, should be worth three hun,
dred dollars clean cash. And he was
rich; for he was satisfied"
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A stricken Fold.

A day or two since we saw woman
passing along the street with little cof-
fn-a plain homely coffin-under her
arm. She was poorly clad-there was
nothing in her appearance to attract at
tention-but seeing the tears streaming
down her face, our sympathies went out
toward her, and in thought we accompa-
MED her to her home, and saw what was
there to be seen.
1t was broken, desolate home that we
saw. The only star that had ever shone
in its armament had gone down in the
night of Death-and there were clouds
and darkness shrouding with thick man
tie, the homely altar wherefrom the house
hold god had fallen. The Day had waned,
and the Night had come-what wonder
that Hope, which had sung sweet songs
to the mothers heart, had hushed its
melodies? That the bow of Promise that
had spanned her path had faded ont?
That the bloom that was gathering around
her lonely life had withered and decayed,
leaving only dreariness and desolation on
all within and without?
There was great joy in that humble
home when first the babe wandered down
unto his heath. In its coming it sprin-
kled flowers all along its path, and around
the mothers heart, it twine6 such gar
lands as never the angels twined under the
Tooba-boughs. 1t was ray from Heaven
"a jewel dropped from the Upper Treas
ury into the mothers. lap, and she cher
ished and guarded it, tenderly and hope
fully, fancying continually that she saw
shining hands stretching out from the
Future, with crownings for her only, pre-
cious one. But at last the babe-the
darling visltant-one morning saw the
upper gates ajar, and loosing the mothers
clasp, it stole out towards them, angels
from within beckoning to it continually.
And now the little pilgrim has put off its
sandals on the Holy Threshold, and the
mother sits weeping, all alone, within the
broken fold, where now there is only a.
vacant chair, and q little grave, yawning.
wide-mouthed, beside it!--NsaOark Mer-
chant
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A SPONGE E-BATH. -Kend of the New
Orleans Picayune, relates the following
which occurred in his presence lately at
Baden, in Germany: "At this iuncture
we were joined by an English party, when
the subject-matter brought under discus
sion was bathing. Il take acold sponge-
bath every morning when at home, said.
John Bull. $50 do IT, retorted Brother
Jonathan. "Winter and summer" con-.
timed the Englishman. "My system ex-
actly," responded the Yankee ssTs your
weather and water cold?n queried John
Bull. "Right chilly" continued Jona-
than. GLOW ,cold,n continued john
$50 cold that the water all freezes as /
pour it down my back, and rattles upon
the floor in the shape of hail!n responded
the Yankee, with the same cunning twin.
kle of the eye. "Were you in the next
room to me in American he continued,
e"and could hear me as I am taking my
sponge-bath of cold winters, mornipa.
you would think / was pouring dry beans
down my back" The Engiishman shrng-
gedhis shoulders, as with chill, and mar.
Yelled s52
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f It is glorious sight to see two.
old people who have weathered the storms
and basked in the sunshine of Ifs taeeth-
er, go hand in hand, loving and thought
fully together down the gentle declivity of
time, with no anger, no jealousy. no ha-
tired garnered up against each othen and
looking with hope and joy to the ever.
lasting youth of heaven, where they two
sha., be one forever That is a true mar
riage, for 1t is marriage of spirit With
spirit. There love is woven into woof
of gold, that neither time, nor death, nor
eternity can sever.
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It was many and many years ago,
In q kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived you may know
By the name of Annabel Lee;
And this maiden she lived with no other tho't
Than to love and be loved by me.
was child, and she was child
In this kingdom by the sea;
But we loved with a love that was more than
love-
With a love that the winged seraphs of Heav'n
Coveted her and me.
And this was the reason that, long ago,
In this kingdom by the sea,
A wind blew out of cloud, chilling
My beautiful Annabel Lee;
So that her highborn kinsman came
And bore her away from me,
TO shut her up in sepulchre,
In this kingdom by the sea.
The angels, not half so happy in Heaven,
Went envying her and me
Yes! that was the reason Gas all men know
In this kingdom by the sea,)
That the wind came out of a cloud by night,
Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.
: But our love it was stronger by far than the
love
OF those who were older than we
And neither the angels in Heaven above,
Nor the demons down under the sea,
Can ever dissever my soul from the soul
OF the beautiful Annabel Lee.
For the moon never beams, without bringing
me dreams
OF my beautiful Annabel Lee;
And the stars never rise, but feel the bright
eyes
OF the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And SO, all the night tide, lie down by the
side
g OF my darling darling-my life and
my bride,
In the sepulchre there by the sea,
In the tomb by the sounding sea.
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A TIGHT FIr.-The editor of one of
the Maine papers says that he has had a
pair of boots given him which were so tight
that they came very near making him a
Uniyersalist, because he received his pun
ishment as he aUe,st along