The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-06-11
THE NEW YORK SUN.
TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE II 1871.
Rawabrokers-

raw.srsker~-
"a Poor Man" wtitee to US to ask IL he is
obliged to pay atty cents per snnum as intsres,
upos the sum OF ono dollar and seventy. FIVE
cents borrowed from . pavnbroksr. The 10
msnd kr such q rate Of interest wa, an in.
position. By the statute tho regulation o.
pawnbrt kors and Of the rate Of inter ast TO be
charged = them is committed to the Com mon
Council, and the provisions OF the ordiasncc in
this regard arc as follows:
"H 3. No pavnbrcksr shLl ask, danand, or
rss i've any 9rsa,er rae OF iassi 20 per sut
Psf atnuun on any loan ma eScaetng tns sua Of
80; or than per osss on any ioAn .x 'sed,na t1s
suin ~ SO. usder the psa.lsy " sfO0 for evs y
such tdase"
In the case unicr consideration no more than
forty cents could rightfully have bo,n charged.
and the broker Is liable to prosecution by the
City Attorney.
NEvs FROM TuS PIYiu R1GrMEsT N.Y.S VI.
--UDdsr date Of Washing o. June Jth, gen
teman oounsctsd with the 81 nginosr cor % cf the
To us, giving til, following n 'rrostlrs sketch
Of the march into Virginia and tie la,sst n,ns
from his rssiInsnt:
"On tho night OF the 2i,t We were drinking
cur ccifse, Nh'n our orderly. s,r ,ssnt cane
rushing in, with the order for eyscy man to
PACK his knAp,ack ami mai, ,dy Tor |. Ion :
march. Not an inst1pt 90 Ia 3. ,n,-,i "a,
safd NJ i va w, re c,np.llei 90 lac onr a, 49,
9n the tab s-wbi, h caus ID much r-oa My IN
High and Lo~ itch. In halt M hour yo h "a
our knapsacts packed, Red h vi received forty
rounds cf ammunition and one d,y's rs,ious.
We formed 10 font of tho C,pi,oi-our regi.
ment (5,h) and tho 2sth-so silsutiy that II IN,
anepy had been in the next strset hs wou,d ROT
havo bsen swprs that Anythinp urusnu wa,
going on soon the order to march v.s yx.o
and We ptoceeded slowly down Peunsvlyanis
avenue. l was much surprissd ly the all ,nee
in all tho streets; IL was not late but We en-.
Washington to Georg sto vn-a distance Of thr.s
miles. Arrived at this latter placs, We fou nd
tbs Goth waiting for Us. There was also bat
tory Of artillery posted near ~ aud as thslr
matches wsrs burning, l bessn To think that
we were at last going TO smell powder.
Before us was the long bridgs over III, Po-.
tomae and the cannon were so planted as 10
cover our force as We marched over. The
bridge ia about bali q mile in long III, perfect
ly straight, aud two six Founders at the yir-
ginia side could have SWEPT il fro n one end 10
Che other. Our rogimsnt was tho first to eroes
1t and the company in which | am WAS tho Soc
ond ono to set foIt ou Virginia soil. Duriug
our passage some very curious psculatins
passed through my mind, ss {, 4 shance Of
dodgipg = cannon ball whsther . Ssyonet In
ones abdomen hurt muck, whether tbs seces-
sionists would 10 fools enough to 10, US pass
over without Resistance, &C. C,r,ain ssstp.
lighted fellows among us could SEQ itnmen.e
bodies OF troops ranged on the Virgins shors,
but these proved to be bushes and ws ell ot.d
our transit without firing single shot. Then
We marched slowly forward with secut ts thrown
out in front and on each side to prevent sur.
prize. | don't think shall ever forget that
mareb. Just as The tun was ri,ipr. Tia order
to halt was eiven. | can raaliz, In. ssnsa.
tio1s Of Bunyan's Pilgrim. when be c,st Of
his load uf siiity comr ing them with nv own
when | unslucg my kaapsack, / hsd Ls,n
| seated for about five minutes when IN, crv
uenoineors f.ll ip'-w.. ha.,d W. -.