The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1865-09-18
LOCAL NEWS.
NEW YORK AND THE VICINITY.

RMGRAsT BOARDING HoUsEs.-It 10 time
that something should he done TO protect the stranger
who arrives these shores from being robbed Of the
little money he brings with him by smigrsnt board
ins house keepers and runners. The faro which the
emigrsnt gets at these houses s snythlns but whss
II ought 10 lie. For the vretched food and beI
into which two or three arc sometimes thrust. th~
unfortunate emisrant 10 charged from three 70 hvS
dollars per day In Greenwich street and Washinstou
street below Courtlandt. For less hrst class
board can be procured At the principal hotels, ana
surely II the stranger knew Of IL IL would be bet
ter for him to go there than N he robbed
in emisrant houses. but the matter In about
to be taken up In the proper quarter. Several,
complaints II II Understood. have reached the Mayor,
and he has at last called tho services Of Captain
Bracket into rcqulsltion. Yesterday the Captain
notified all koepers OF Emigrant boarding house,
frat, to take out license, and second to have thoir
rates prnled In Eve different languages and posted
In conspicuous places In their houses. One woets
grace allowed for these sonty to get ready, after
which f56 fine will be enforced for every violation Of
the law. But the Mayor sbou not stop here. A lay
mghl bo passed b. which an inspector Of boarding.
houses for entrants might be appointed, whose
chief duty should lie to that good and wholesome
food should he pl,oei before the smisrant and that
tho stranger should not BE- taken in any longer.
STOLEN BoNps.--Recent Developments show
coneuaiyey that stolen government bonds have been
disposed Of TO innocent parties by STEERING the
bers thereof. Some bonds recently purchased have
turned to be OF this character. The alterations
very tklliully eIecuted, and hksiy " escape
Tho notice uDs. closely scrutniEed. Il is done by
adding a figure before or after the number Of tho
bond aud each coupon, thus; Bond No. 1920, by the
addition Of the figure ~" before aer the number.
l.. da or . thar
ton the public W negotiate bonds bearing the
original numbers Of the stolen ones wholly inefise-
tive. Losses Of these bonds, by theft, Lecomins
90 frequent Of late that behooves every one TO 10
on his guard against impo-ition.
tRELIGIoUs, DISCUSSIONS - DIsGRACEPUD
PRoorEDINGs-For several months past number %
persons styling themselves "spirtuLlsts one aldo.
and representatives. Of "OrthOdoIy" on the other.
have been In the habit OF holding What 10 called "Te-
ligious discussions" at public hail In SiI avenue
Yesterday the proceedings eliminated In scene nos
only dsgAceu, but Characteristic Of the ove est
der Of rowdylsm. Towards the cloe Of the meeting.
after the "orthodoNies hsd used up their store of
denunciaory adicctyes against fprituaism ana
the opIesenta'iyes u the airy uothngs' had made
their faces spp,aT little longef and vhlter, aud
their hair stand on end like tho quis upon The
fIeuu porcupue,"A "manifesl alton" was suddenly
heard-a dcol, sd rap" by spirit, too, the nose
OF Dr. R. IvS quickly proved that other, can
"Isp' well nsprit,, for the orthodoIies then "wens
in," aud give anl tiko -as the order Of the day.
MeGnrhllr the entire hall was a scene Of unutter-
ahle confusion. The eyes Of the spirits glaTed AZ
they ran forth to ioin In the combat seats we're
overturned; the platform vas stormed, and the
-omen fed from the hall, With terror depleted On,
their countenances. Amidst the tumul, Of voice.,
(Csntinued on ths Lsa fHsol