The New York herald., 1868-06-28

Notwithstanding the majority of the master masons
and brcklayers resolved not to accede to the eight
hour" demand OF the jOurneymen 1t is positively as
serted that more than twohrds Of the strikers are
| at work on their own terms.
! In consequence Of the excessive competition on
the Sound boats there never were 40 many persons
| who have taken summer excursions In an easterly
direction before. Evidently low fare is Sound
| policy.
Is it not time the rotten wharves and piers along
the river shores. the East river particularly were
| repaired Some OF them are in fearful condition
OF wreck, and some-as the one, for example, at the
| foot OF James slip-have disappeared altogether
| leaving piles OF stones as monuments to their
memory. -
The hotels are doing fair business but the more
stylish mansions Fifth avenue, Murray Hill
and elsewhere in the upper districts are closed for
the season. Flora McFlmsey and her sisters are At
the fashionable watering places. Very few OF the
monde will be ''at homen until September or
October.
There are indications that Independence Day Is
near at hand. The little folk are exploding fire.
crackers and other gunpowder inventions to their
great delight in every direction and, of course to
the horror Of nervous old maids and bachelors who
have forgotten that IN the long, dim, shadowy past
they had themselves borne upon their now corruga-
ted, vinegarlookng brows the semblances of child
hood.
The new pavement in Broadway below the HERALD
ONCE looks well; but, under the eternal grndings
Of commerce, how long will 1t lastS
When completed one OF the most beautiful edinces
in this city will be the synagogue on Fifth avenue,
north OF the distributing reservoir. It is In the
Moorish style. IL will be most imposing, and
architecturay speaking, not unchaste In its exter-
nal appearance The Cathedral on the same side Of
hfora dal,O a uavfo NJ vptIo
IT, In the Gothic order, viii also be grand pile-sn
ornament to the city.
There is some talk Of continuing Beekman street
through City Hall Park, making 1t the northern
boundary of the proposed building for the Post once
and United States Circuit Court and oHices.
The PARK Commissioners should devise some mea-
sure for connecting BY other than boulevard the
Central with the proposed Morning Side Park why
not take blocks lying between Eighth and Ninth ave-
nues and looth aud l1th streets, and run carriage
roads and walks through these from one ground to
the otheri In this particular their present plan will
bear amendment
Our merchants generally anticipate O heavy fall
and winter trade. Preparations are already on foot
to meet It.
Yachting Ia all the fashion at this time Well It IL
pleasant to be "craded on the rolling deep,r but
rather expensive.
The streets are In such O filthy condition, the by
ones particularly, that In quito evident the gentle
men Of the Sanitary Commission do not apprehend
any contagious disease In the city this fall II they
did they would hasten TO purify the town as matter
OF course.
The dog law a. Il Ia popularly but incorrectly
called passed from the latent to the active condition
OF ofjuridicai existence on the 22d nstant-and alas
for Tray, Bianch and Sweetheart, "muzzer Is the
order o. the day. with Edgar, in Lear slightly .in-
ovatt tta
gerel exclaim-
BE thy mouth or black or white
Tooth that poisons II IL bite
Mastin, greyhound mongrc grim,
Hound or spaniel, or brach or lynn,
Or bObtail tike, or trundle tail,
Tom will make him weep and wall,
For with throwing thus my head.
Dogs leap and howl and ali are dead
What catastrophe But to hunters OF CANNES dogs
are not dogs this season. They were given no
quarter last, they are only worth quarter this
According to paragraph in contemporary, rob-
bing men, starving women and children, cheating
travellers out OF one or two per cent In exchanging
greenbacks for gold and altering sworn afidavits
are only "tridcs" when done under the sanction OF
the Commissioners Of Emigration at Castle Garden.
The Church Of the Pilgrims. on the westerly side OF
Union square, where that pious "nrebrand in the
camp OF israeli" Parson Cheever held forth is "com.
ing down" with rush. The place Is to be
thoroughly cleansed and purified and then improved
Loew's "bridge OF size" which ornaments Broad
way and which has been receiving some hard
knocks recently In the courts Is TO be removed. ON
the lat OF August the ponderous conrivance will be
among the things that were. wlscacre, we per
ccive desires It's removal to the Fulton ferry, to
leye the East river, we presume
Why DO not our capitalists aud those who own the
lands on either side OF the Harlem. from the East to
the North riysr. move CQr ts improvements tos sayt