Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-07-14
NEW YORK CORRESPONDENCE.
NRw York, July q. 1855

Tho Grt Of ship building has become one of
the most important branches Of industry eI.
isting, and New York is becoming famous the
world over, for the noble quality Of vessels
that sail from her port. A walk along the
Last River for the purpose of viewing the ship
yards will well repay one for the trouble Just
row there Is great deal of activity displayed
ty the ship builders a. on, g. An see n classes
ci craft from the seventy -four with her frpxn-
ing sides. 70 the ccckle boat - and in the yxrj-
Gus stages Of construction. Persons cennot
Proceed to build ship as they would = mouse;
the latter can be run up without any regard 70
shape or style, whilU the former must be con-
Strueted oa scientific principles and with the
minute I regard to perfect proportions. or she
wauld be unit for sea service
one OF tie pilots IN this port recently tod
LIE, with al humorous satisfaction. CT a VOYAGE
made by the clipper ship Ann Ickinim which
he plIo1ed TO sea Oh the very day that a Dor
tugese brig left Lisbon for New York The
Ann Mckilnm made the trip t. Can;ca and
back In five months and half-the Guickes:
run ever accomplished-and arrived here gain
on the very day that the Lisbon brig did
| making the circumference Of the Globe ia the
same time that the other required T. sail two
Thousand miles.
The dog law is in force, snd the canine race
wear look of unmistakable despouNency.
Any dog found in the street without muszle
can be taken to the dog pound and the one
| carrying him there receive fifty cents for tho
arrest. L could not but laugh at q sight L
beheld few mornings since. was passing
| down Bowery about four clock on the morning
of the ID inst, when / met a boy about four
teen years of age trudging along up town, hold
| ing In has hands one end OF a long heavy, rope
| t. which were attached, by small cords, nine
dogs OF every grade of size, color, and age.
Immediately behind, came younger lad, ap-
psrently a brother Of the first, holding under
each arm a small puppy. They had probably
| been out all night collecting their booty, and
were now on their way to the pound for the
purpose of securing their prize money, by
which they were to celebrate the Fourth.
There were captured, on that day, within the
city limits, 325 dogs.
Nothing yet has been heard Of Col Kinney,
who sailed, 1t is supposed, for Nicaragua, 10
take part with the revolutionary party under
MunOz. News has just arrived Of the landing
OF Walkers force, who sailed from San Fran
| cisco, and the capture by them Of Riyas and
San Juan del Sur. That the force organized
IN this city by Kinney was intended to assist
| the reyolutiOnists of that country, there can be
no doubt. Most of them have already gone,
| but there are yet over fifty men in this city
who are only awaiting explicit orders from
Col. kinney to leave for their destination; one
OF them, VINO bears the nominal title of lieu
tenant, L have seen daily, until within a few
| days past He is one of those who served in
Cuba In the Lopez expedition, and only es-
capped by a sort of miracle.
Suicides are becoming very frequent in this
| city, and form a weekly aggregate perfectly
startling. This shows an intensity Of mental
over bodily pain; for while we hear of suicides
| occurring from grief, ii is seldom that a person
commits suicide on account Of bodily sfiiction.
| l was witness To a desperate attempt at self
destruction, a short time since, which, although
the mans reasons for doing so might have
been immense, yet L could not refrain at the
time from smile at the termination. / saw
q crowd gathering on one of the East River
piers, and crossed over to learn the cause 4
man had just plunged into the water, and was
nowhere to be seen. Some philanthropic indi-
Vlduals were hastily unfastening boat, into
| which they spraDg and rows Il onr short dis
| tance, anxiously watching iur Lis re-sppear-
ance. Bat nothing WAS 10 be seen; and, after
| waiting and rowing around the spot for q full
| quarter Of an hour, they were about returning,
when q faint cry arrested the attention IF all.
About thirty rods above where he had been
carried by the tide, grssping with all cir Of
| desperation q rope hanging over the side Of a
| vessel was the poor fellow who had sought to
| 7" shuttle of this mortal coil F" The boat soon
reached him. and he exclaimed " L guess you
may take me in" He was shortly landed on
! tie pier, dn UT!.'I'tng WIN water, MS desire
| for death somewhat abated. Should be ever
| attempt suicide. dare say il will be by some
| other means than drowning.
Ex-President Van Buren,, and his son, CO..
Van Buren, will arrive by tomorrow or tho
day after in this city, from Europe II would
never do for the ex-President 70 be absent
during political campaign Of any importance,
| and he will arrive, after his long absence, iu
time to take ample arrangements for sharing
| IN the excitement of the rext Presidential race
A sad accident occurred yesterday afternoon,
| by the upsetting of yacht, down the harbor,
| by which three lives were lost. TIE tide
| swept the bodies out To sea-
1t Is most singular, what q vast amount Of
ignorance and superstition, exists i'm our midst
In this city, there scores Of fortune-tellers
and other lmpoSters, who make q living of the
| crodulous ana simple people who place conf
dnnce In their mummeries and juggleries A
| female fortune teller will advertise that she
can read the destiny of any one that she is
the seventh daughter of a seventh daughter,
that her parent was constantly consulted Ly
Napoleon or some other great character, and
an hundred similar statements. The conse-
quence Is that their rooms are flooded with
ignorant people who freely give the dollar re-
quired TO be informed of their future destiny.
We are having the finest weather at pre-
sent--New York rivalling the country, almost,
In natural attractions. OEoyDAGA.