New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-08-29


ya- Esex ard the adj AGENT coanties bat with this
. ep@eo everything i, in very forward ao1 album
DAFT state. There s very little potato blight 10 the
se ghtsrhood Of Hsokensaek.
Tpr CoSyIpyyor Ntv ~ NEWARK. The Nerark
DoEy Mercury, OF Aug. %, contains the following
account Of wndler:
On Wednesday, very well dressed and gentle
manly man went into morocco store IN the swamp,
and desired 20 look az an assortment OF the stock lie
was very couTteousy met by the proprietor, who felt
confident that be had secured profitable cu'fo ner,
while the stranger delighted with the character
and ini.h OF the goods exhibited 10 him. H. nfJrmed
the proprietor that he desired to purchase for cash,
and finally made 6 bill amounting tos 49, The goods,
it arranged, should be sent the next day TO jersey
City and upon delivery there the cash would be forth
coming. The goods were accordingly packed up yes
erday morning, and sent down in the store wagon, uu'
der charge OF an Irish porter and small lad Upon
reaching Jersey City they were met by the purchaser,
Who proposed the removal OF the goods TO another
wagon, which effected. lie then asked the boy
10 20 over with him TO New-York and receive the
amount Of the BILL which, OF course, the boy acceded
TO. When he reached Courtlandt street, he stepped
INFO room, filed up check for siS5 on one OF the
city banks and the boy went off 70 draw the money
When Re reached the bank the paying teller informed
him that TIE bank knew no such person. He hurried
back to find that the genteel customer had vamosed,
and reaching Jersey City, he ascenained that the
morocco was also not to be found The result OF the
operation is that our Swamp morocco manuidcturcr
minus 1856 worth Of capital morocco, and has check
which viii probably be put down among doubtful
securities.
SEIZURE or \ FAST STEAMBOAT.-YesteTday after
pcon Under Sheriff Francis of Hoboken levied Oh the
out Of the Supreme Court of New Jersey against ID.
J. Townsend by Levi b. Tying and others. The
Eureka lies at the foot of Wayne street. She
recently launched at Keyport and her machinery Is
being put IL. She is intended to run between New
York and Albany in four hours, by the aid of side pro-
yeDers.
SISKryo OF SLoOP.-On Friday morning, at ]
o'clock the Hoboken ferry boat Paterson into the
sloop Aurora from Farryown loaded with brick in the
middle Of the Hudson River. The slOop sank ia less
than five minutes after the collision. There no light
on the sloop, the night was dark and storm OF rain
and wind prevailed at the time. The Paterson was
close upon the slOOp before the pilot discovered her.
There three persons board the slOOp viz: her
captain, John Quin; Orlando Miro, the mate; and
Thomas Hsmer, the cook. They were all saved by
the hands Of the iery;boat, by means of the small
boat belonging TO the Paterson. The cook
red down with the soOp but rising to tho surface
saved The slOop was entirely cut in two, the
stern. She was valued at 80 600, was owed by Lot
OnderdOnh OF Heverstraw, and had on board 10000
bricks.
WHAT'S IL A NAME.-Gopsill's jersey City Drec-
tory, ust issued, contains among many useful things
some curious and very inconsistent ones. We give
instances gathered at hasty glance its contents:
1t gives a list of seven Bakers not one of whom
is baker IL also mentions three BARRIERS, neither Of
whom are BARRIERS. One of them is eweler, another
is In ironworker and the third is printer employed
IN this Office This Directory states that We have
among Us twelve Kings, five Bishops and six knights,
but there Queens, Priests, mentioned as
companions in fame vilainy with the two Grst
Squres to accompany the latter. Six Days men
toned in this book and tcO Sabbaths-One of which is
extra TO be used in the other is broken which is
certain 10 in this community. There is list of
eleven Whites one Whitehead, and Whiteman to
four Blacks two BlackbuIns, two Blackhams, and
one Blackmore. There are forty-two Browns
and two Browning. We perceive that there
Edges TO Cutter. There are
three Fields two Fielders and but Field
ing. Also three Hoppers and but two Hopping.
We find that there four Fishers after three
Fish. There are asO ten Foxes, two WOlfs, four
Lambs, seven Cranes, two Bantams four Crows,
WOodcock and one Snipe, to three Hunters, three
Fowlers and only Gum. We are gratied in be-
ing able b. state that there in this community four
Goods (of whom two are widows, GOodheart and
one Goodman. Another singular circumstance is that
there are two Fureys and only one Fuss. There
four Caseys and four Cases named but they prob
ably not the same Cases. There two Mills aud |
twenty-six Millers. There is one Knock and four |
Rapps but there is only Rappelyea. and that is
Dick" There three Loves and four Kissams
for ten Harris; and only four Hopes for them. Among
the catasrOphes in this book there eleven Burns
one Gust and three Bursts In conclusion we are
happy to be able to that in the volume be-
fore US, viz: Gopsirs jersey City Directory, Just
issued the Smith family is represented TO the number
OF egbty-six; and that inevitable, ubiquitous John
Smith constitutes sixteen Of that family. go. Is.
Smith is not among them. He isn't in town.
Jersey City Courier.