The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1858-04-29


ment, that were wont to set the table on
roar? Not one now to mack your own
gripR;pg-quite chop-fallen
j Hurrying up Broadway yesterday, Ii
sinGous elbowing among the crowd at the
rate Of two miles fn hour could be called
huTyEipg, I saw tgo women demonstrating
With another woman in the most excited
mapner, and apparently holding her in
from self-destruction. Presently her veil
came eff and I saw the cause of the trou-
hle at once | had seen the sylnptQms
before. ana diagnosed the case ii an in
slant The blanched cheek, liVid lip, and
wild, wandering eye told gnmistakably Of
collapse and asphyxia Of the pocket. One
of the ladies seeing that | observed them
approached me, saying her mother had
Just lost a large amount Of money, and IN
quired if | had seen any one picking a
pocket. Poor wopan, she was in no
state ofmind to remenbcr that those things
are seldom seen. She might as we'll have
inquired if had seen Signor Blitz putting
his canarics into egg shells, or seen any
gay Lothario picking wed lock. And SO
| kept on my way, nusing on "The Van
ity of Riches" and the wings which they
take to themselves and fly away.
The e. s. Steam Frigate, SusquehqHqa,
arrived at this port, last week, from the
/ West Indies, with a crew of 400 persons
and a fine cargo of Yellow Fever; and we
are in good deal Of fright about i. We
quite expect our panic to be followed wit u
plague, this summer; but this is rat ',er
early to look for the terrible yisito' ion.
The ship was seht to Quarantine under
strict supervision of the Health Authori-
ties, and probably the contagio,l will not
spread this time, as it is rapidly abatine
aboard the ship. Still it is ?. fair warning
Of what we may look for 10 other arrivals
Lotteries and gift ente! prises are very
Imqch under q cloud here just now Po-
lice officials are conf 2g down on them
daily, or as fast as they can be smoked
out, with those unpi ieasantli little documents
called warrants, upt drawn in blank either
so the officer is very sure Of a prize every
time; The letters that pour in 10 these
swindling ard broken up concerns are de
tanned at lie Post Office, opened, and re
turned to the writer's with a note Of caution
from " ayor Tiemann, to heWare of Gift
and Lottery concerns, as they are fraud:
of tie worst order.
Our Devlin is having distressed time
it. The way Of the trapsgressor is hard
even for a Street Commissioner, who sure
ly, if anybody, ought to mend his ways
! aud make them easy TO travel, lie ha
: not come within sight of possession ofhi
Office yet He applied to the Courts t,
, arrest the Mayor for contempt--which
have no doubt His Honor felt for the Com
missioner. The Courts probably have
{ fellow feeling with the Mayor, and CAV,
;, such an intimation of it that the applica
ton was quietly withdrawn. He then ap
{ piled to the Supreme Court fer writ o
: assistance" invoking the aid of the Sher
iff to put him in possession of the Office
/ which assistance the Court denied, decid
ing that the Court of Appeals jpdgmen
: must execute itself The Mayor, too, o.
Il behalf of justice and the people, is net in
" active. He has removed the Commission
er ''for cause" as provided in the charter
ii put his finger on the Deylin street open
+ ings, where several hundred thousan
II dollars of the peoples money went down
; sent the conclusive document to th
u Board of Aldermen for concurrence, an
y they have referred the whole matter to
i special committee The Mayor has ais
" presented Deylip to the Grand Jury fO
81 indictment. The people, moreover ar
" petitioning the Aldermen 10 concur wit
E; the Mayor in his removal. DeFlin dc
tepds himself by writing imploring letter
u to individuals and the Aldermen, protes
II ing his innocence and prating about hi
T. T. rights" as though the people have 81
I fered no wrongs at his hands. 1t is a
interesting fight which will be likely t
e occupy the municipal ring for some tim
al to come. The pickings and steaIings
> so fat an Office are not to be dropped will
h out severe struggle.
.,1 Our great Central Park, the Arcadia
~ grove of our citys future, the mingle
:; - Paradise of shade and shine, of lake an
:; laYn, of vale and mound and glen,
'ts slowly taking shape. Thecompeting plar
vo W. for landscaping rough, wild nature I'M
III tasteful forms are now before the Pan
79s Commissioners, and decision aud awal
~ ~ for the best will be made in a few day
Meantime the rough work Of Ieyellin
.as sxcavating and grading is going on, La
~ week the official ceremony Of breakir
; ground for the "Lake Of Manahatta" W
+ performed with becoming pomp and ci
Z cumstance The lake is to cover II
/. acres, and will be at the same time an G
= nament to the Park and an immense re
10 erYoir of Croton, holding more than
~ thonsand millions of gallons. BY the wa
ad it is curious-did you ever think of il
~ our little Croton River empties into Il
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