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psis'ion for the purpose. A couple of minio0s
Of dollars added 10 the price that would be get
for The present building at the c,rner of. Wall
and Nassau etreets, would probably sufioe.
Let our merchants and importers torn their at
teDtion 10 this matter aud confer with our C.n-
eressionsl representatives on the subject Mr..
Cooh.ane, wbo from his position as Surveyor #
the port, Is intimately acquainted with its bust
ness aid requirements, is just the man to carry
the project through Congress We presume be
only DEEDS g hint from the right quarter to give
his b st ener gies to the matter. Till such ne
cessity is rupplied our importers cannot look for
complete immunity from trouble and inoonvem-
ence but they may rest assured that so far "a
III Secretary Of the Treasury and Mr.. Scheu ere
concerned, nothing will be left undone to plaAs
down as much as possible such unavoidable diff
fculties
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18th Of October. There was not near 90 much
want Of similitude between Burdell end Catlin
a. there was between Burdell and Eckel; and
this curious threat of Mrs. Cunnipgham's might
lead some to suppose that having Catlin under
her thumb-as she said-she might have coerced
him to help her out in the marriage cham a. well
az in the accouchement sham. BY ell means
therefore, let DR.. Catlin have an opportunity
OF removing this suspicion from the puolic mind
1t would he well to let the Rev. Mr.. Marvine sec
the Doctor, that he may be able to say hat he,
Catlin, was or was not-as the case may be-
the man with the bushy whiskers whom he mar
risd to Mrs Cunningham.
The public good may make some further sug-
gestiols necessary. In the meantime we hope
the District Attorney will! have oil these matters
properly looked after.
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strictly Legal couree In Kansas; I. is cot sufi-
Client that the affairs of that distracted Territory
ara n. h. ef, 70 thee ir;cc:sons Who are alone com
pete,t to settle them, viz the people resident
therein; |, Il lot sufficient that the administra-
ton srd the Governor or Kansas have folio we'd
strictly the provisions OF the act by which the
Territorial government was erectsd. No. the
troublesome minority, claim that Kansas shall
be slave State without regard u the eenti-
ments of the majority Of its citizens, who alone
a. competent 70 decide upon the matter.
In politics, as in trade too much prosperity Is
dangerous The natural eff ct OF the late sweep
he an Increase Of clustering on the par, of the
fire eating section of the patty, aud This may re-
suit in split, when we shall have on one side
the conservative. Union loving. constitutional
democrats supporting the administration; and
on the other the fellows who bsaisve
that the affairs of the republic should
be administered With sole view to an
increase Of slave territory or the dissolution
Of the Union. In the efforts Of the secessionists
TO drive the administration from its present course
with regard to Kansas SUCH q division Of the
democratic party seems to be an absolute GER
tainty
These are the signs of the times Need we point
to tie record Of the past to show the secessonists
that the democratic party hos always been success
'ul when united-that it has always failed when
divided Or must we again quote the often re-
peated MAXIM Whom the gods wish to destroy
they first make mad"
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The STATE OF TIE CTTY.-We have on vaIie-
ty OF occasions recently called sublic attention.
ard the attention Of the Police Commissioners
particularly. to the disordered condition of the
city srd to the absolute necessity for an effective
police. The riots ia the Sixth ward and 10 the
Seventeenth ward, and the fearfully increasing
number ~ burelaries and garrotings aud assassi-
rations, the news Of which is aaly astonishing
and checking the community, afford the strongest
evidence OF the utter absolute uselessuess of TIE
present police fierce, ano Of tue criminal imoe-
city of the Police Commissioners. D.y a,t.r
dsy ,he newspapers Of the CITY are filed with re-,
ports Of crime and outrage but SO deaf and bl,ud
to al this are the po ice authorities that the resi-
6erts Of some If ,be wards have found il ueces-
esry foS their oNn safety to organise vigilance
committees, end Establish regular night patrols
The circumstances of the late burglary ana
murder in Eigpteenth street reflect ostdisgvace-
into about midn' CHI, in populous neighborbood.
by clumsy, ,npr OCCASIONAL burglars. the striking
Of lisht, the fgut besween them and the brave
ran who rushed upon them when they were
irside, the four successive discharges from Te-
yolv,r, their exit from the store, pursued by the
wounded man, ard yet in no one Of all these
scenes DID police officer present himself. Were
the police asleep, or on a journey, or were they
to share III the expected plumber? Whatever the
answer t. these questions may be, one thing il
certain, that th.s Case proves most conclusivelV
that the police o. New urk need never be looked
for when the occasion FOR their presence arises.
And yet in taee OF this disgraceful and terrible
condition of things, the miserable political adgen-
lure md mbeciles whom a partisan Governor
has tossed Oh this community as Police COmmis-
souers meet from day to day, 60 through the farce
Of bailotiDg for come other nincompoop like them
selves tn their dinners, pocketn anticipation
their eight dollars day, and leave the city and
its eight huDared thousand people to take care of
themselves es best they can. Is there nothing
that Can bring these prohigate officials 10 be-
coming sense of their duties? Can nothing in
duce them to bury their scurvy political ideas,
and 90 to work earnestly in an attempt to do the
best that can be done with the Metropolitan po-
lice Law? Do they want macs indignation meet
ing of the people Of New York, and the probable
repetition Of the scenes Of San Francisco during
the reign of the Vigilance Committee? We warn
them not to trie too far with the patience of the
people of New York, lest they may awake some
fine morning aud find the laws in state of sus-
pension and the city in the hands Of committee
of safety.
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THE LATEST NEWS.

Meeting OF the Sew YORK Dsmocratsc 0saos
C0mmlttSe.
CALL Yox STATE 00NvHN7I0Ns--ALL HAsMvMsoUs.
ArsAsY, August Q, ises.
he Democratic 6tats Convection mst at Cooxress Hua
In sht city 10 day. There pretty gene -, asesda.n
genera harmony prevailed end belief that the s>ea 80
b carried either with The republicans and Rno~ Ncsi
In fusion, or In separate desAcbnsnas Tho opinion ~
vailed that The ablest In the ranks would bs p.ssA
the ticket, without regard 70 sny previous sections, a.
respect to former predictions.
The State Convention is called for thursday, The losA
day Of September ct Syracuse, some four weeks hssss
The delegation to compose from each Assembly ds-
to arranged under the law Of the last Legislative.
There feeling to olI the lon few days sn
that Of the repubcans and 70 have too delegates IRON
eanb Assembly district But there was enors In Ne
committee to carry out either Of those proposiauna
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ms GENERAL rEwsrAPzs DESPATCH.
orr RELATIONS WITH CENTRAL AMERtoA-sArTwAo-
TORY stats or ArrA1Rs AT OTHER POINTS.
wAsHrsoroS, August Q, 1887.
Great Britain has not Jet replied 10 the communicates
Q, Tho sts Department written several months ago rea-
i've 10 Central American aAir in connection with the ~
jected treaty.
rae claims ros consequential damages viii no, be 90
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Malls hr Eu rope.

N-w YORK, Friday, August =, 1887.
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The contrast is absolutely appalling. II we
make detailed comparison for the year, an
equally striking result is shown
Foreign Goods
Entered AZ this Port.
FIRST eeven months of 1865. .$s4 2S6, 87o
Do co, 1855. ..................lS4Ol6, Al
Do do. 1867. .lt6, 720 ,oSS
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Dr.. Kanc's First Narrative

The United States GrinneH Expedition
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Probate Court, July 7, 1857.

DISTRICT OF SToNINGToN, SIS.
Probate Court, July 7, 1857.
Estate of Henry Sheffield, of Stonington, in
said DistIic an lnsolvent Debtor.
THE Court of Probate for the District
Il of Stonington, hath limited and al
lowed three months from the date hereof,
for the Creditors Of said Estate, in which
to exhibit their claims thereto; and has
appoin nted Richard A. Wheeler, Elias p.
Randall and Theophilus r. Hyde, of said
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DIsTRIcT'oF SroNINGroN, SIS. !.
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DISTRICT SToNINGroN, ss. 4
Probate Court, July7, 1857.
Estate of Francis Sheffield, of Stonington,
in said District, an Insolvent Debtor.
THE Court of Probate, for the District
II of Stonngton, hath limited and al
lowed three months from the date hereof,
for the Creditors cfsaid Estate, in which
to exhibit their claims thereto; and as APP
pointed Richard A. Whee Ter, ElasP. Ran
dali and Theophilus r. Hyde, of said Ston-
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A BIOG II A = Ii Y
BY WILLIAM ELDER. =.

TN announcing the LIFE OF DR.. KANE,
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Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-06-30
GEN. WOOL'S SWORD.
HEAD.QuARTERs, DEPT or THE EAST
TEnH n Y 9Th .Innr lS1I.

HEAD.QuARrERs. DEPT or THE k.sT,t
Troy. n. Y, 9th June, 1857.
To the Hon. JOHN Is. FLOYD, Sec'y of War:
SIR: had the honor to receive by special mes
senger. Captain II. l.. Shields, your communicate
OF the 3Uh ulimo, with the Sword which the Con
gress of the United States. January, 1851, unan'
mously requested the President TO have made sn'
presented TO me q testimony of the high sense -i
tertaiued by its members Of my conduc, IN the IN
morable battle of Bueua Vista.
The very gratifying and acceptable manner i
which you have been pleased to carry out the unaD
NOUS request of Congress more than comPen-atea, 10
the failure to do 20 by your predecessor in the Wa
Department, TO whom, It would seem by the letter 0
the late President, this service assigned in SEP
TENDER, 1855
For the beautiful token, with the thanks OF Cor
gress, no expressive Of the high appreciation OF N!
countrymen for the part | acted on the "g or'o-
battlefield of Buena VISTA" shal ever feel pr
foundly grateful. Be assured that it will only .
drawn in defence CT our common country, aud t'uT
never sheathed but with honor.
With considerations Of the highesff aspect,
have the honor to be-,
Your obedient servant,
.JuHE Z. Wool.
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GEORGIA STATE CONVENTION.

AUGUSTA, Ga, june 2j-The Democratic Sss'
Convention met at Milledgsvle yesterday and ai'
Ell resolutions in iaynr Of the Cincinnati pl'ior'
condemning Gov. Walkers course in ksa".s s..
Convention is now bailotting for canoi' F.. Tor Go
rrnOr.
The resolution relating 10 Gov. Walker rends thu
Resolved, That TIL inaugur, address Of Wss-
in regard 10 tue terms an VII IN Congress should :
NIT Kansas INTO tie Cu'"n. ana in attempting
declare the susmisst"U ii the CONSTITUTION Tor rs
cation, ana IL whs' GINS. Of psrsons, constitute
most pr|suioptv>,us iuterfersnrs in matters o''
whieh No ha. not tho least control. Aud M" IS.
address, IN expressing the official opinion ID
hanass viii become free State, aud in pr
sentins arguments to support that side OF ID" 90
tion v gross departure from the principles oi
Intervention and OF neutrality, which were - \
lisotd, by the knnsns bill. The Convention hs'
Confidence that Mr.. buchanan will lDanif.-r ni'
to the principles which carried hun into Office b:
calling Walker
Twenty unsuoceasfuI ballots were taken for u
ernor. The name OF Mr.. Gardner was then
drawn. The las, balO. resulted a. follow: Lump
| l79, Lamar ia. Much excitement prevailed IN
Convention. A committee Of conference was then
pointed. Mr.. Stephens has been nominated tor
| grees.
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from Russcil!s Atagazine.l
SUMNER AND WINTER.

~
=, ,Asiovous ssr,mer comes with mlr'n soa
" 800 ,...;no measures every brook 10 iuaih'h
OveISSosa ,hs .rsnulous leaves are Laughing
oVesneso '"' With continuous g'ee'
n, ,be .ummer hours Danish care ana , sauus
n U. .uT .nd life and golden treasures crEs,nf
ps..sd aowers everywhere are sptin8"
-" s.nS .nTay and bough blithe birds =.
IN WIN" .re singing
c.,,,. finger, now are linked ,us MELODY
NJ csre,sino tendrls of the 9TH mine
Vonnd ride oaks their y laughing vine
,uder arms entwine,
..t Close and lovingly.
Dewy eyee ay pllowed head recnhe'
my love, look love to thine'
my Softly wooiDg thee.
b. YEARLY the winter rain is falling
Tho Ealing winter winds are sadly signing
Over golden summer hopes that now are lying
'''' Dying one and all!
O! dreary the cawing rocks are calling
From the blasted cypress, sere and withered,
Bowed and broken tempest shivered, IN
Near the church yard wall.
All. that soft and gentle touch that banished.
All nv sorross, dark and drear, has vansneu a,r
Cruel shroud and pail
wou,d nv worn and weary heart were res'his'
FindinS surcease there of griefs moiesu;s'
In 'sal qu'e' grave Where the shadows TALL