New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-08-02
A DAY OF FASTING AND PRAibh'
PROCLAMATION OF THE MAYOR.


PROCLAMATION OF THE MAYOR.
MAJORS Oyyics, New YORK, Aug . 1854
=, ,;ow NJ the Proclamation of the President of
NJ t,o,sa States. setting apart Thursday. the 4th inst I"
y Of fasting humiliation and prayer consider 1t my duty
"a call tho attention OF community to the Observance Of the
same. 60,
To the ministers Of the various churches on whom WIZ 40
sevs the duty Of opening prayer the oil their con-
ssstions and especially those ministers who have ncocafed
s Of blood much variance with The
s,schus, Of their Divine Mastss would humby reoonrsnd
shs. they WILL solemn occasion invoke che mercy OF
Herv 70 hasten the relief suffering by turning
Ne hearts authority to the blessed weys
c. GODFREY GUNTBER, Mayer.
TBR "Du1IMY" ON THB SECoND-AvBNCR
RAILROAD. Tho installation If one may use snch word
n sueh connection Of therst danny into Its caties
an the Second Railroad took place yesterday
snornine when the Directors Of the line ands select
oarty made q trip TO Harlem and back. The DUN
mics" are eiready in successful operation ihI Phade
mia Jersey and Brooklyn, and there Is no ooaot WIZ
coon come into general on the streetSeroaus III
Nev.Yefk Some objections have been raised 70 them
on the ground that the horses would % therepy 80
frightened as to render them dangerous 10 the rldns
.,d ar,vipg public but the trip Of MoDdsy coneusiVey
Aoved that when driven about the speed Of the horse
sars no fesr Is manifested by the horses met
or 'passed on tho road it Is only when
sun at high speed-sbout fifteen or eighteen
nsles an hour, that the passage Of such body
With the rattle and noise consequent on such speed
see.ns at all 10 sare the horses passing or repassng;
the trip Monday evidently produced far more
exoiteent among the bipeds than the quadrupeds on
che route. The peculiarly Of the dummy is. that
though the steam passes into the atmosphere In the
usual manner from the cylinder the putting, which Is
such conspicuous feature Of the ordinary locomotive
la 10 gati Ia
Of the steam and the emission Of smoke. Beside these
advantages large increase Of power is obtained one
dummy being equal to the loads Of three horse cars and
capable Of running such load at twice the ordinary
peed aud above all the driver possesses perfect con-
rol of the car as was exempfed several times during
fhe trip when overtakng the horse In front 1t be-
came necessary stop which, on steep incline, was
done almost instantsneousy without the slightest jerk,
che engine reversed and the running In far
Tess time 1t would take bring horse car to stand
even when running much lower speed. The rate Of
Building and increase Of population along Second ave-
ana though net equal 10 what has taken place along
more central routes is still extremely rapid and should
the New Haven Railroad complete their bridge over
aAs Harlem River. and run their cars into the city
through Second avenue has been talked Of for some
tme there Is little doubt that the prospects Of the rail
ssad would DO materially improved; bat as it Is there
q little doubt that the increased facilities for traffic
which win DO afforded TO suburban residents Will
greatly stimulate the progress Of tie neghborhood and
increase the dividends of the Company The Of the
present dummy made by the Company Themselves
che engine. however being constructed by hessrs.
Gfice e. Long Of Philadelphia and this city. the pat
ontees.
gorprERs' LYTrTRs.-Solders' letters Officers
md prvate for publication IN aid Of Sanitary COnissiOn,
may be Addressed 70 Mrs Clayton Newbold, No. 81 West
Twenty fret streets Susanna Shaw Mnturn, No 10 Wet
Seventeenth streets Ellen Collins, No. 81 West Eleventh
street, Lydia Mnturn Post, No. 81 West Twenty eighth
sueo; Ellen r. Strong, No "A East Twenty fret street
Our CoLoRED CITIzESs.--A grand union Of
the coored citizens OF this city and vicinity took place
yesterday Leherts AMI Myrtle Parks, Brooklyn. to
celebrate the emancipation Of 10000 Slaves in the
West Indies the emancipation Of the District Of COu
bia the Presidents Emancipation Proclamation, the
bravery Of coored soldiers 10 the field the progress Of
freedom in Maryland and throughout the country-ast
but least the great victory Of equal rights
% colored people In all the New York cars. The as.
semblage at Lefert's Park consisted chiefly of
members Of the coored churches and the schools
nected Herewith, there being nine churches repre-.
scented and their pastors present Not less than 200
attended ofwhom about 900 were school children. The
Rev. A. n. Freeman presided. and opened the pro-
ceedings with prayer after which the Rev. Sea Martin
made the Grafton Of the day. Mr. Martin spoke Of the
phenomenon presented by The presence Of the African
race brought from heather and dolatrous country to
land where exist the highest forms Of civilization and
boligon The distinctions or color and the preudces
race had rendered Savefy In this country the most
horribe OF any on earth. he issue OF freedom IL
% be finally made; and II Slavery is defeated, the vic
tory Of freedom Will be final The speaker then drew
rapid and fUrclbe sketch Of the history Of emancipation
other countries and conrasted the desperate struggle
which abolition here has lad 10 engage In with the
much easier task the friends Of tho negro had had In
England where the press the pulpit. and the legisa
tuTe were available FOR In the contest while with
rs the press was dumb and discussion almost impossi
Die. Ausiol was then made 10 the slow and hesatng
manner in which the negro made OF In this war
first put to digging then TO work in Publications and
n last allowed ~ show that he was not a coward
Ind would fight. Tho address concluded with an
Earnest admoDition TO tie cOlored people BY their
Hghts Of citizenship and equality with all men. The
Rev. Wilbur g. Strong OF Newark followed in lengthy
md eloquent address and the exercises which were
tnterspersed with music and singing by the children
telapsed into the freedom Of the picnic. The scene
kas very interestingly the vast throng clad In holiday
SeTe tent beneath whose shade had collected crowd
young and old with their eatables; there platform
With central alcoye for the band, and round which
the young promensders circled 10 procession 10 the
sounds Of music on one portion long shed spread
with display Of good things that would have done
Sredt 20 fret class restaurant while In the rear of
another Etrnc1re devoted 10 berries ana ht might be
seen Q couple Of wood fires, which were merrily
toping apple dut1plings and green Swings dane
Ing and all thu varied anusements Of the pic
bio were ns,ted to by the visitors.
Who were oil delighted with the provision
ps1c for their comic It. No liquors were allowed at
teferts PARK The whole proceedings conducted
In m perfactiv or.cylvI manner MYRTLE Avenue