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Hs rua up PRES o. rea& r--per.y bus iynd srs.
sae noo' rel ahe hasss FOR reiroaa rsvsnues tbo
tlat Instead OF one Sustaining tae osher bots
VAia. The roads vii moi be competed me Town. vi 4
y % ou!ii lads will decline I, price aud ,ae dsbss
r,e TEL by toe two Will gradually snk o.. OF srht n,
tne a. eciaion OF rsilrrad credit these work. are m,de
"a cst Tch tina, ia merit 20 Impossible TO
q. ae tas. ga diyliaadg TIER romns capitals II Ia
very essene TO, general credit TIM, tai, 5unsss shon
caass for fe> Fear1
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Disaatrous Eirs ia BrookIyn.

DESTRUCTION or THE BROOKLYN CITY RAILROAD
ooMPAEY's sTABLEs-sErwxES SIXTY AND 81
HSSTY HORSES BURSxp--Los5 AsoUT $l4 COO.
A fire broke out in the stables OF. the Brooklyn City
railroad Company Thirty sixth street and Fourth ave
nue., Goyanus about IL O'Clock on Saturday night The
wa,chman Of the establishment a run from the
siabes, aad pursued aim stone yard and then loet
sight Of him. He dressed Ike sailor. The watch.
men thought he had been stealing. They immediate
~ afterwards flames issuing from the of the stables,
the Ore bursting out in three places NJ the same time
Their attention then attracted to the fire. and ,hey
stopped their pursuit Of the man The building being
OF franz formerly occupied stage stables
by Messrs Whson Oakley. The flames spread rapidly,
aided by the combuAebc materials within consisting Of
straw hay and other feed engine arrived la time 70
play upon The flames but water being could not do
much. BY the time OF the engines from the city
rived the structures were demolished The distance from
the Brooklyn City Hall TO the stables about three miles
The 1emen were nearly worn out befors they got near
the scene OF conaazratou.
There 1877 herree housed these stables;
about so Of them shc road AT the time the
n,An5er were IN the buiidtnss Those employed about
there cut he baers 70 "a 10 enable the an mails 10
cape As many as possble we're led out and permitted to
run loose bst strange say such the fright OF the
animals tia, some OF them back mo the flames and
destroyed. OF the ho,ses, between 60 and 20
burned and about l32 were saved.
Those that got clear of the burning building about
In every direction, indicating the greatest fright. THY
were secured Afterwards As Fast possible.
zach OF the horses destroyed va,nsa ri average
OF 9l2i. They were all employed On .he Greenwood line
OF cars
There considerable quantity Of hay ard other feed
In The stables, the vhoe Of watch, with the buildings,
destroyed. The toal loss was foilows-
w *oppO
ON stables 1000
IN Cspten1. iJov
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The entire css Is covere, by in-rrAncethe Bentauk,
lafayette a1d phelx bong the heaviest losers. Il
the inls njog OF the company 10 erect range Of
sat Ca this fan They vii now be compelled 10
Lneoce work immediately. ste has been selected
Third avenue, between Twenty nf1 and I've ally s1la
streets. They arc 10 be OF brick.
TIE rear OF the stables slionsi wood, and Il
tbs eide Gre discovered breaking ou IN thrse
disereat p,acss u vas doubtless i8e work OF
diary.
In c1n,eouence % tbs destruction o. property ess
tisn usual rur yesterday 90 tAs Greenwood Nne.
NO other vehicles we're burned Up. riey ~ere
kept in another building
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To Mr. Juaptss YurvR.-DeAY SRA forrnes 10
YOU sndea pic' hai In hand, which INF aided 10
present al gh prONf o. my grsIuds 10 and
company, mater OF trunks. The paint ny which vii!
mpapy tAis ~, 81 mart bt Il Is m own
MoN nnaer we 81 ~ seent ena ~ pleAs cep
wlt I've wNneN hhhss oi Your oDh2'u iiIsn ,,.~,
% MIMI street. JhrNih bsIfh
FvB rOaK July q. 1871.
Mss JHNHfr Sa1B -E'd9n 2ir cole a1t ,n'o K We
Guy ceistc. ibey sert nos ~ ~
IN conhelnenceO! sess ~ sne Na % o2e o. a5 On a.
Hn4 1et.ose ne m,tirne pl lle pay lor os
r,sS go N. tsds ins s1.usioa 4 yestng 70 VIII
@.,..ner, ~ $50 Nos, ~ We 70 nod 0.els
"a a r.rsn. u,eti,v N me conpsny-Sr Clayi.s Miller
yor,s In Inc - sirvorr Abe no And harm no NJ,
g ~. - n odure AM attsr he cot. IA rad Ne cha ran
rae So SID
gensrsnt eet proud az hsvnx he privilege OF acept NJ
a. a-pr5ba,o,v n '-or ftls p n dJros gad frs n ~ \
o1. r6,s nrepss 70 ~ f-y 81 be sodv of reren 20 b.
s,ssr nSy'as y r,hs sses TSs p5,s Az rsias sre
al s.rs mud DO aries ..i he feGes Iha Y
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bottle %, fis srce 0reuec u eitnee i esseia sfT
butes IN brs 81 fr'grsrcs. fess vso once use u -
sist o.asf utSi u tss~a me
errui-e e. l1tue sod " U =. AMMAN &C. - " A.
arNkg "a q s. gsaas per tciit
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Choice bakers and family extra brands unchanged
and ringed for al kinds, Genesee ohio, st Louis and
southern al about 81 So with more asksd for fav1ite
brand OF St Louis Canadian tour unchanged; the
supply was reduced We noticed sales of about 800
bis n The above figures Southern four in light stock,
and receipts moderate, while Raes confined TO abeut
The quotations gwen above. Rye aogr In light de
ruaud ADD quiet, al 81 IS 20. Cornmea steady q.
81 81 10 for New Jersey Wbeat-ihe sAos Of old
quite limited Old unchanged snd nominal but frm
~ held Further sales Of Soothern made II
small lots Including red, al III SIS amber coored ut
81 20; and prime white a, 81 e5. Rye was dull.
rms se OF 800 bushels Rev Jersey made NJ 81 To-
Northern quiet al 81 10 81 IL Oats quiet and
prices heavy al Csc for staie, and oic for Western We
give the following the current Quotations Tor grain Ia
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CITY COMMERCIAL REPORT

SlTUR1AI July It'd 7. "
AsanL -SNles or 80 bbs pois were made 81 TSc., q
81 81 "a, with small lots o. peafis nj 10 aTSsc. -
R.1 tosrUFgs.-Eionr VIM moderate demand, both
from tie local and Eastern trade, WITH limited transact
for export The market ciosed without change OF
III N prices The sales embraced about 500 900
tbs a. about tia following cuotateuy-
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Hhe German Riot alleged Rioters In Court
They Demand jury THRILLS.
COURT OF SPECIAL sEssIoSS.
vforena l~ctfeax nshnrua and tanrp .

COURT OF SPECIAL SkssloNS.
Before Justices Osborne and Conno y.
Jr1y g5-The court room wa. crowded ih,t norulag,
pvt none OF the prsoners possessed the shghcs 50
terest IL gives reporter pleasure to m uson taN amer
being subject 70 great iaoonvenencs for tne 1a t-eNe
months IN dlschargng his duty tha tue era OF the
copr, oopedera,iy provided aesoni9 ous for The
representatives. Of the ress during the week Better late
than never.
Thomas Ryan, tried aud nSicied rome time snce OF
participating riot IN Baxter street. was arrsgned Tor
nsu enoe The Court Ined him $40 which DO promptly
pae and eft the court
Az IycaAM RuSyra.
Henry Tinderstruhe, who 'ricd and Convi.ted on
thursday Of seeking 70 decoy family outside OF Castle
Garden without license, brought up for eutance
Judge osborne said that in conssqaesee Of mat oog DIS
nomna fns, but on examining the law nc ioGnd mat
she ooa, hsi no scfctoaary oser he hAd hoped that
sa punishment would subserve the ends OF isdce sud
act example 70 others Pcritenii1ry inrcs mouths
A scor A. The sentence was pronounced ex Couoc'lman
Smith SAID that prisoners counsel prevented from
Doing PRESENT and in his absence he would 10 trans
fer i1e 10 the General Sessions right which the &C
cu'ed bad the privilege of exerc,nE He was really 70
give rclaole bail. The Court granted the maon, and
5000 siter the emgran, runners lef, the court
@yfSTi1.yTB WARD Rror.
ssving been minated through the German papers
shs number OF the alleged participants IN the ri At
would be tried In DAY the friends OF
abe result % the trial The Following men were uragnot
charged III riotous conduct In the Seventeenth yard
q iAs oi.g on Sunday, the I'm Of July -Marinis
norilz witug, JACOB ori, and Adam Gear. rhey were
well dre,sed, and appeared 70 be cop.derabe IN.
tengence, and Il there be any truta In physognomy,
Cne,r corntersuccs Indicated mlt rather taan pug
aacsy, Thcy were represerted by Mr.. Temnnson, who
demanded Jury trials They we're accordingly remandcd
Co the General Sessions Tney will be tried during en-
suing torn.
rHr QUARANTINE CAsr.
James McCArles, Ely thorn, John McGee, John Murray
Hrsh Dcnr al " NcDcvit, and Patrick MCGEE, who, 4
viii BE- rs.,emaerst c,nv c,ea o, violating the Qia
r..irs US on TCfr AZ mornng, we're brought up 10
sslvs scntauce tNer sons ing together few moments,
ghs f-cas carCtdod % remand them I'LL Tuesday, W or
der thai hsy NAY have time 10 examine the case and the
. Las ~ 1 fL-rt1rhlv
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UoRRrRIg AuRDaR W WIFE AND CHItDREN.-
on the th uit the bodies OF murdered woman ana ner
ch dren were found floating on the Illinois rlVef' near
Neredosa and Naples The body Of the woman pore
marks u violence upon her breast and BODY ber neck
dis located and cord was drawn three ines srnuna
H. 10 which attached heavy sal iron aud sSlei no
WEIGHING toe cther revc mounds she ,. psrfe y des
iuie olo,hing, sheet being wrapped Around her ana
aed al the rect AID aYoun her neck The cblfrena W
ale girl about ton years Old boz six and onc four years
% sgecomposcd the family The two oldest were ioun u
aud u s probable that the third shared the same murder
ons fate The oldest boy found with both legs thrust
into log Of hs papaors and the other tied round his
mex The CIRCUMSTANCES attending the discovery Of these
bodies TO prove one OF the most brutal murders ever
knewn 1he woman resided IN Beardsiown H., near the
river Two men who came to the house shortly before
the night OF the murder, which Is known "a have been
committed about the arst Of May ard hire themselves to
rut wood IN tho vicinity suspected =. being the
derors hey have fed TO Cauada, but WI probably be,
w haTe besa gIe this arrested.
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Total since ian 2is5i5 l2jOo9,sO- i39,55S 29J
The Philadelphia Led,r Of receot date, contains tae
following ,ensbo remarks In relation TO the causes Of the
depreciation In the value OF railroad secures:--
In looking the list Of auction sales OF socks at New
York, are asonshsd al the amount Of bonds 1fntoor
town. and counties, Issued IN aid OF the construction q
fous railroads, almost daily exposed 10 sae and sold TOR
what they Will bfng AMI on account Ct whom Il may con
cerh The prices. though shocHngy below the paf q a
S ref ccu security, are novertbolcp, much higher taan
oIc would suppose secuues 10 FAR from none, AMI with
90 bctitr bas than the th and credit o, nes toFu Ia
nm Almost unbr0kcn county soud hiiug. somebody
mus lose ON these seclrtes the town ssuiug them, the
UWfsuy fcceginE tseu the holder, pbO may rot I've
70 SEE them paid Il this description or scCarues--wlch
exist such immsuso amounts al over the country, out
particularly al tue Wc.ha 40 Oh dcpresss the stock
ana money markets nbl these debts IA ONE way
rtr owed, either VayrSe nia thing ro very proba0eo
~ beng nei Cut Of the market tor want Of credt-a
hAHg mere pr0NaD'e-we shal not see tenefa appeCA
Ton Of Tho soprJ AMI reliable securities there
have bsea enGoeg TOO many rsaHcads uadetiaS5n al
a'ou tae same tine The ~eh OF the sections o. c0un-
ty hrvEh wLch nsuy o. then Pass - rS scicieniiy
dsye%qS4 =. agsT . Ea&s 80 t)as tf3s8cs1f slNe4
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hARYIAHEs AID DxArH1,


Bxa0l-W IArNys In Saturday, July Is ct Ia, calras
Of - frssois Xavier Sixteenth street, By tho 2sv.
D-iscol, Mr.. CaxsrAs BssGs 10 Axs CAroLurC wmspun
both Of this city
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H,iiewsy's p,ils Every Atow Of


Nnptvrs.--Msrsh a. Co.. Radical Care vs~ss
osce femc,ed 10. I vescy street Assor uosys.
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IRON &c other mineral introduced into ths sssetn 'ses ~
marx behind fnese pi sreA combination N aeAhf ~ rur
fting vegetable ifNcts asy uv'Korsie ~ wel a.
rrgs and regrae, aud relieve trtrs faplslo mcdent TO
the ,ngrnsi
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Baschs,ors Bsss Dye, wigs and ve.vsss.--
che bss, In the world snAssns all kaas cold and aopsd
81 The ufscsoss - Broadway
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Ciisfsdpro's Hair Dye, wigs ANA Toupces. -
The very best the country Roth sse sud the Sc rr
va,sly sppied NJ No. y kpiur HOuse
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.cr.sse AZ csmn,yG an isse -.

Jhe annfXed - comparative statement o. the imports
o. foreign rchand.e nj New York for tee week ending
July q, sDd since January l.
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Short Aealnn.

Short 0eapDn.
- Ne s1nnsr WI ns sha<.. ssae lid .,
AAa GU uau< redrc1oa Of p-ces WIN isys
taSt - ~-'S - ~>' - $3.50 - - w. - '
WIZ o.o1s On. "a. ilrsa 1SIS
D greatly 70. las, p.iosS
D. DyvLIr A CU.
Omar D. Broadway aSi Wazrso sS,ss
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City Intelligence
WV
ENFORCEMENT OF TIE SUNDAY LIQUOR LA

ENFORCEMENT OF THE SUNDAY LIQUOR Law.
AS agenera thing the liquor shops closed yes,er
day. in accordance with the provisions of The police
st which require, that the police shat repor, all dealers
who keep their places open the Sabbath for The sale Of
liquor, and such parties volse The law saa be i'm
prsoned for the length CT time designated in the act. The
new law gives discretion to the magistrate II the
parties guilty TO prison they must after the nrst
offence This stringent provision has had ia due eject
he liquor dealers. and they fear ~ enforcement. OF
course number OF dealers evsded the law. One had
back entrance for his cusiomers-anober kept eating
house. or changed into hotel but these evasons vere
the exception, not the rule Even the German ase- bier
ahops had succub and very generally closed their
tab shmeDs In Grand street, the Bowery the fol.
loving roices were posted over the door al lager bier
saloon
No ApsuIIASCa :
HOII srrps4, :
FvCryT y
PsyATE MtuER.
And in German
III 4 lFEI
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IHirs Hair Dye. -Four sstiIingsa Bcv. Hiack
brown. At No Barclay street inndtao'e hair cuaox IN
every conceivable style.
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Decrtsse Of week compared with tint Of 1885 Si7,s
TIs fono~ing comparative statement of the value Of
exports from the Commencement Of the year 10 Jhy
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o Co. Cosnao brandy Holland ADD i,ndon GIN JSnNos snd
~ Groin peach, apple and caer-r hrsntes Porr1 n
gccN Iriah and Mouonrshea whsksy, Por w-s sod b1s
MuoHrWISokR, is Walden isse
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B1off d StdEwsck's Superior LONDON ~,
DIAL ga tie bess On ibis eouaTJ fr medicine. sai O.
PURPOSES FOR sac ty al Toe table groce a.. sr
sA-s IN ne La.et sasse. OF ~ sscn.
THOMPSON BROTH snS,
Sole agents lie Beaver saess
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Jones Ola LVaiiap SOAP W.. for Frsc klss
snnburu. eAn m,r,Usv, esi sxa. a. yoH4y ccrsl nNY
Or - ir 5si cray, WEAK sasxs hsis srsasSs Gasss
Depot IN BowsrY
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.Jintlemanly LADIES'"

An incident occurred on the New York
Central Railroad some months since, for
cibly illustrating the 'powe: Of politeness,
las our friend Martin Carnes would ex-
press it.) The seats were all full, except
one which was occupied by rough look
ing but honest Irishman--and at one OF
the stations, couple Of evidently we'll
bred and intelligent young ladies came in
to procure seats, but seeing no vacant
ones, were about to go into back car
when Patrick rose hastily and offered
them his seat, with evident pleasure. But
you will have no seat for yourself respond
ed one of the young ladies with smile
hesitating, with true politeness. as to ac-
cept it. "Niver mind that" said the
Hibernian, Eyer welcome to lit. I'd ride
upon the co,pcaicher till New York, any
time, for o smile from such .t,a1easaaly
lades!' and retreated hastily into the next
car, amid the cheers of those who wines
sed the incident.
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whistling.

Tie man who don't believe in whistling,
should so step further, and put i mus-'
zle on bobolinks and mocking birds.i
Whistling is great institution. It oils
the wheels of a car, and supplies the place
of sunshine. A man who whistles has Z
good heart under his shirt front. Such 8
man not only works more willingly than
any other man, but he works more cons
stantiy. A whistling cobbler viii earn as
much again money, as cordwainer who
gives way 70 low spirits aad indigestion.
Mean or avaricious men never whistle.
Who ever heard of whistler among the
sharp practitioners of Wall Street, We
pause for an answer. The man who Az
tacts whistling, throws q stone at the
head of hilarity, and would, if he could.
rob June Of its roses August fits mead
ow larks. Such man should be looked
to. Let him be looked to---ltbday
Times.
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Yankee Homespun.

:. "When | lived in Maine.n said uncle
Ezra, i helped to break up . new piece
of ground; We got the wood oifin the. VIM
ter, ard early in the spring we begun to
ploughing ont. It was so colsarned
rocky that we had to get forty yoke ofox-
.en to one plough, we did faith, and held
that plough more'n week--I thonght I.
should die. It e'enamostk killed me. vow. :
Why, one day ! was holdin'. ana the
plough hit stump which measrned iusk
nine feet and half through it--hard - :
Sound white oak. The plough split -
and I was going straight through the
stump, when happened to think it might
snap togather again; SO I threw my feet
out, and no sooner done than it snapped
|togsther, taking a smart hold on che Se.t !
of my pantaloons. Ofconrse / was tight,
but held onto the plough handles, and
though the teamsters did all they could,
that team of eighty oxen couldn't tare mr.
pantaloons, nor cause me to letgo my grip.
At last, though, after letting the cattle
breathe, they give another strong pull al
together, ana the old stump came out
about the quickest. It had monstrousi
long root, too, let me tell you. Ny wife
made the cloth for them paEsaloons, and
I haint worn any other kind since.n =
The only reply to this was. II should
have thought it would have come hard ups
on your suspenders.n fsn
Powerful hard!n- Portland Trans.,
cript
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The Dangers of. Lightning.

| "About this time - az the ola far sb;crad
almanaes wonld sav. olool ~, g. .,....-,
der storms Franklin has a;ven som.
precepts for the nse Of such nsrson.
during thunder storms ars Is horsss =.
provided with liphtnine conductors H.
recommends them to avoid tia .ne;vbbor.
hood of fire. -places Iisbtn;rg dos, =.
deed often enter by the cbimnev on a..
count of the internal coat;noo -. g,;.h
is one of the bodies for which a. for NET.
als lightning evince. n-aea,...a - -. r.
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q Seleft Gale.
THE STAGE COACH
sr rREDEn1cK W. SAUNDERS,
A RzcoRD OF DARK DEEDS.

q. -s
"WHoAl" shouted the driver; and the
Iumbering stage coach stopped in front OF
the tavern door The SIX weary smoking
antmais that nad entlced the vehicle thus
az mp the mountain, were taken out and q
hall dozen fresh nags put In.
"Ah aboard ncried somebody, holding
tie door vide open.
Obedient to the command, Bob Smith
and myself projected ourselves head hrst
Into the conveyance, and the door was
thrown to with bang. Ss
All right behind!'' again shouted the
somebody Who had shouted before, after
having completed the pilgrimage around
esyehiclei
q. "G'lang, murmered the driver, persua-
sively, az be gathered up handful of
reins. and touched up the leaders with a
ship mile long. There was sudden
jerks heavy roll to starboard, and we
were under way toiling up the long steep
road.
Our route lay over the Alleghanies, and
my companion and myself had taken the
night train to save time. The dim star
light enabled us to perceive that the only
occupant Of the coaeb, besides ourselves,
VAS female; without disclosing what man
RsF Of creature she might be. whether old
or young, or neither. Taking it for gran
ted that she was the former, we talked
abont our own affairs as regardless of her
- i she had been lay figure A couple
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Remarkable Case.

A remarkable case of existence under
privation of food is spoken ofin the Ro-
chester paper. Mr.. John Ellis, of Hen
rietta, who made an attempt on his life by
cutting his throat some weeks since, has
not been able to take naurishment for
,wenty-seven days. he suffers but little
pain and but slight diminution of strength.
He communicates With his family by means
of a slate aud pencil.
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wI say, old bcym cried Paul Pry
to an excavator whom be espied at tho
bottom of yawning guilt. "what are you
digging there?n - <5
"a big hole." the old boy replied. saGs
Paul was not to be put Off this lash
ion
"What are you going to do with the
thole?"
"Going to cut 1t up into small lfoles,s'
replied the old boy. .'and retail them 70
farmers for gate posts" s.
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SMITH TAKEN APART. --"Mr. Smith. I
wish to speak to you priyately. Permit
mo to take you apart for few moments. "
Smith, (who isn't in the least frightened, J
"Certainly, sir, if you'll promise to put me
together again
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How Secretary Marcy Settled the
Greytown Difficulty.


The last, and, in the Judgment of his
friends, the ablest official production Of
Secretary Marcy, was his reply to the de-
mand of the French government for in
demnIty for losses sustained by French
residents in Greyto&n at the time of its
bombardment. In this letter the Secre.
tary, avoiding a discussion of the charac-
ter of that interlude of naval history, con-
troverts with brevity. but with much learn
ing and acuteness, the validity of the claim
on our government-and in denying our
national liability cites the precedents Of
the bombardment of Copenhagen by Great
Britain. the taking of Naples by "the in
trusiye government of Murat," and others
in the operations of war. Still, however,
he indicates sly approval of the novel
principle advanced By the claimants, in
the satirical remark that if Great Britain
shall make reparation to the citizens oi
other governments, whose property she
destroyed in the. recent bombardment ol
Canton, it may go far towards furnishing q
precedent for the consideration of the
United States.
By some means this letter, which Mr.
Marcy addressed to Sarfiges, the French
minister, came TO the hands of Lord Ma
lpier, by whom copy was furnished to
Lord Palmerston, and the effect of the
perusal Of it on the British Cabinet was
apparent in the Parliamentary discussion
of the claims of English residents in Grey
town, started not by the government. be il
observed, but by the opposition. In tha
debate it is singular to observe the adop,
tion by Lord Palmerston, the Attorney
General, and other officers of the admin
istration. of the line of argument marked
out by Secretary Marcy, in resisting tb'
proposition of Mr.. Roebuck and hi
friends, who had not enjoyed the ligh
which Mr.. Marcy's intellect had furnished
to the ministry and to the law officer o
the crown, who wrote an opinion in con
currenoe with his,