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UNITED STATES COMMISSIONERS COURT.

Policy Dealers Held for Trial.
Before Commissioner Osborn.l
The United States James Thomas ana John
Tarley.-The defendants are two OF the parties who
were arrested on Monday last on charge preferred
by r. Matteson, Deputy Collector Of the Thirysec-
ond district, Of carrying the business Of policy
dealers without paying the special tax required by
law. The defendants are proceeded against sepa-
raely The papers charged to be policy papers were
put in evidence and are mere slips OF paper
0ne the first before the Court, bearing the following
defendant Thomas:-
Miss. N,
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Base Ball Notes.

Umpire Mr.. Shines, Of the Agate nine.
Time Of aams--Two hours and fifty minutes.
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HvTTHAU
"Sticks,, VS.. ssPeucils.,,

Scorers -Messrs. Brfil and McCarty.
Time Of game-Two hours and forty Ave minutes.
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PEKIN AND THE NIEN-FEI REBELS. We pub
lished yesterday report from Hong Kong,
May 20, via London July 3, that the Nien-fei
or Northern rebels have met with recent sue
cesses and that Pekin is seriously menaced by
them. But it is altogether likely that this re-
port, like the similar one Of August 1867, will
prove to be an exaggeration. In the long
struggle which the Chinese government has
sustained against the Northern rebels the lat
ter have, indeed, occasionally won victories
over the imperial troops. But even If there
were more foundation than there probably Is
for the rumored late successes of the rebels,
the Emperor Of China would enlist the sympa-
thies of all the Christian nations by the liberal
and progressive views to which his government
has committed itself by the embassy headed
by Mr. Burlingame. Well organized as the
rebel army is said to be, II has hitherto failed
in every attempt to reach the capital 1t is
not impossible that one indirect result of the
Chinese Embassy to the great Treaty Powers
may turn out to be the complete suppression
of the rebellion in Northern China
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ESCAPE OF PRISONERS FROM SING SING.
POuaHKEEPsIR In

POuGHKEEPsTE, July 1858.
At late hour Friday night two convicts, named
stephen Larkin and John Lowery, alias Robert Yer
non, escaped from Sing Sing Prison Larkin was con.
vcted in February 1894 Of robbery In the first degree
and sentenced to ten years Imprisonment Lowery
was convicted In June 1868 Of burglary IN the second
degree and sentenced to seven and q half years
imprisonment They escaped from the messroom
about midnight, by cutting their way out over the
door They were ueft In the messroom FOR the pur-
pose OF getting up steam for cooking the breakfast
Once out they stole small boat at scarborough aud
crossed the river to Nyack or Piermont One hun
dred dollars reward is offered for their recapture.
The Montreal down train on the Hudson River
Railroad ran over a man TINS morning near cru
gers, cutting him in eces. He was laoorinp man,
named Nicholas Clcafy, resident OF Cruger's. He
leaves wife and two children. his body was hor-
rthlv INITIATED.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-07-05

THE RECENT COLLISION OF STEAMERS ON THE
SoUND.-The collision of the steamers City of
Boston and State of New York on Long Island
Sound last Thursday night narrowly missed
proving one of the most disastrous collisions
on record. Both boats were crowded with
passengers, and although only three or four
lives were lost and comparatively few persons
were seriously wounded, this escape of nearly
a thousand people from dreadful death is due
to an overrulng Providence and by no means to
any precautions on the part of those who are
required by the State laws to guard against
accidents of the kind. In the thick fog that
prevailed at the time of the collision bells
should have been ringing and whistles should
have been blown necessarily. Had this law
been complied with the peril to which the two
crowded boats were exposed would have surely
been avoided. A thorough investigation should
at once be made as to the causes and circum-
stances Of the collision. If it shall be found
to have resulted from culpabe neglect of the
usual and legally obligatory precautions, let
severe punishment be inflicted upon the guilty
parties
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-07-05
CITY INTELLIGENCE.

THE WEATHER YEsrERDAY.-The following Is
record OF the temperature for the past twentyfour
hours, as Indicated by the thermometer at Hudnut's
pharmacy. 2is BROADWAY HERALD Building
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Duke of Wellington, with the single exception
of Sir Colin Campbell. Ducal honors and
pension were decreed to the first. Lordiy
honors and pension were decreed to the
second. Neither the one nor the other have
yet been decreed to Napier; but it may be
taken for granted that unles, Napier has
special objections he will be voted handsome
pension and made peer of the realm. Napier
deserves it.; and the New YORK HERALD,
strange as it may seem, has more to do with
Napier's fame than any British journal. Thus
it is that the world rights ITSELF
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England in Training for an Election.

The people of England have commenced a
regular course of training for political action
during what the leaders of the New York ward
'rings" would call 'rousing" election strug-
gle. Our English cousins gave a grand exhi-
bition of their efficiency and rapid progress in
the requirement of democratic logic on the oc-
casion of a meeting called in support of the
Gladstone Church BILL and presided over by the
Lord Mayor of London, in Guildhall, Of which
we publish mail report to-day. By the
execution of fine ''corner" and flank
maneuvre the i-Gladstone men filed
the hall to its utmost capacity, drowning the
voice of the Lord Mayor and other speakers,
and expressed the sentiment Of the assemblage
as against ''Popery" and for the "Queen,"
''the Church and ''the Bible" Mr.. Disraeli
found hosts of energetic supporters in the un-
invited and unwashed freemen, although his
policy was opposed on the platform by all the
members of the Rothschd family who have
seats in the English Parliament.
The report of the proceedings in Guildhall
gives assurance that there will be very
.lvely' election time in Great Britain next
November when the Church question comes
to be discussed at the polling places all over
the kingdom.
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Irr| t4Ys&s~ - Ass-' - u
Of Affection for Mr.. Chase, and &e do not
believe they are. Nor have we any faith in
Mr.. Seymour's repeated declinatons, positive
as he makes them He is standing aloof to
avoid the first rough blows of the battle. 1t is
the old trick Of Seymour and Polk and Pierce
1t is skulking mode of warfare; it is the
Indian system, and the big Indians of Tam
many Hall are skilled in it as we'll as
Seymour. Let the Chase men and the
Pendleton men accordingly be on their guard
in reference to the withdrawal of Seymour,
and treat it as a deception and a snare until
the name of Seymour is withdrawn in Conven-
ton by the New York delegation. Even then,
If there is any hedging upon Seymour let it be
stopped at once; for the Albany Regency are
not to be trusted
Close Of the Summer Meeting ut Jerome
Pask.
The summer meeting at Jerome Park was
less successful than former meetings. 1t
was not good management to bring the spring
and summer meetings SO closely together
Several of the best horses in the entries were
unfit to run-Kentucky Extra Dickens, On
ward, Local and others. The weather, how
ever, was favorable to the same display of
fashion and wealth as that which distinguished
the spring meeting, although fewer spectators
were present on account of the absence of many
New York families on their summer tour.
Both the spring and summer meetings con-
firm us in our impression that the dash system
of racing-formerly known as scrub racing,
in which horses of any kind of breeding used to
contend-seems to be the only race we can have
at the present day, or until we can return to
the old system of breeding horses possessed OF
great constitutional vigOr and endurance. AL
though the race horse Of the present day is
probably superior in the form that should give
speed yet his muscular development does not
appear to keep pace with the general features
of the structure. The result is that we are con
tinually hearing of what called first class
horses breaking down at an early age, their
tendons give way; and they are unfit for ser
vice just they have arrived at maturity.
Our interest in the Jerome Park races will be
redoubled when we find that to all their other
advantages they add the advantage of en-
cOuraging return to the old system of racing,
with its main object of improving the breed of
horses and securing strength and endurance as
well as speed.
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RELIGIOUS SERVICES TO-DAY.
BLEEcKER STREET uNIvERsAL1sr CHuRcH.-Rrv
DAY X. LEE. Morning.
BLOoMINGDALE BAPTIST CHURCH.-REv. W. PORE
YKAMAN.-Morning and evening
BROADWAY TABERNACLE oHURCH.-DR. THoxr-
son. Evening.
CANAL STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.-REv.
DAVID MITCHELL. Morning.
CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-REv. s. W.
BAILEY. Morning and evening.
CHURCH OF THE BEsURRECTION.-REv E. o.
FLAGG. Morning and afternoon.
EVERETT ROOMs.-sPIBIrUALIsTs-MRs BULLENE.-
Morning and evening.
FREE CHURCH OF THE HOLY LIGHT.-RKv. EAST
BURs BENJAMIN. Morning and evening.
GRACE CHAPEL.-REv. z. r. REMINGTON. Morning
and evening.
PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF THE RE-
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES and evening
REV O. B. FROTHINGHAM'S CHURCH, Forieth
sreet.-Preachng by the pastor Morning.
SEVENTEENTH STREET METHODIST EPISCOPAL
CHURCH.-REv. VIM b. CoRDlT. Morning and evening.
ST JAMES LUTHERAN CHURCH.-Morning and even
ing
ST. PETERS CHURCH-REv N. II. CHAMBERLAIN.
Evening.
UNIVERSITY. Washington square.-BIsHor SNOW. At
ternoon.
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THE REAL LIBERAToRs OF IRELAND. British
official returns show that the Irish emigrants in
the United States RENTED the sum of E54O, ss4
to their relatives and friends in the old
land during the year 1867 OF this amount
G2o2,9l4 was in the shape of prepaid passage
tickets enabling others to come and do like
wise. Sidney Smith said that the cry of " Erin
go bragh' was nonsense, and that the Irish
should drop it and adopt the motto, ERIN go
bread and cheese; Erin 90 pantaloons without
holes in them" It appears as If the Irish took
the hint at the time, and that their children
have since looked around and found the land
where they can carry IL into practical effect
The Money Order Irishmen are the real ''libera-
tors Of the Green Isle.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-07-05

OUR MEXICAN CORRESPONDENCE OF
THE NEraHBoRINe REPUBLIC Elsewhere we
give some interesting correspondence from
Mexico. II will be seen by these letters that
Mexicans can be as happy % other people are
even in their own country, and the fact that
their country is in distracted condition, that
it's government is a worthless machine and Its
treasury empty, sits very lightly on the minds
of the people, who eat, drink and are merry in
spite Of all. An old moralist reflected very
happily on the small share, either for good or
evil, government had in the mseries men sui
fered, and Mexico may serve as new Illus
tration to that felicitous old rhyme. Degraded,
contemplate, worthless, by comparison with
any other government of the earth, her people
can yet dance and enjoy q festival with sest
we may all envy
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-07-05

Reform IN TuRKEY.-In the HERALD of
Friday we published a couple of letters from
the pens of our special correspondents at Con-
stantinople showing that reform in Turkey is
no dream, but Q solid, substantial fact. The
reforms which the Sultan has inaugurated and
which the world has approved have given an
entirely new aspect to the Eastern question.
The Cretan troubles, as our correspondents
show, have become ridiculous. The Servian,
Bulgarian and other questions have all been
killed by the sensible reforms introduced by
the Sultan. It would certainly be new thing
in the worlds history, but il cannot be said to
be an impossible thing, to see Turkey becoming
one of the most advanced nations of modern
times. The Sick Man 80 unconscionably long
in dying is in an exceedingly hopeful state.
His condition is one of the interesting features
of modern history.
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SIR ROBERT NAPIER IN LONDON. The hero
Of Magdala has arrived in London. Like a
true soldier he is ready for any emergency
lie is as ready for the House of Commons or
the House Of Lords as he was for the Emperor
Of Abyssinia. What he is required to do he
does. On the evening of July the House of
him bonors. He has been publicly thanked as
no man has been thanked since the days of the
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Average temperature. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 50
Average temperature FRIDAY .................. Tg%
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gnetiGal.
soMRBoDYLL COME TolNIGHr.


must bind my hair with the myrtle bough >,
And gem it with buds of white,
And drive this blush from my burning BROW
For somebody'll come tonight; o ..,
And while his eye shall discern grace ...
In the braid and the folded flower,
He must not find in my tell-tale face
The spell of his wondrous power. ,, IN.
I must don the robe which he fondly calls
sd A cloud of enchanting light,
And sit where the mellowug moonlight falls.
For somebody'll come tonight; -
And while the robe and the place shall seem
But the veriest freak of chance, .
IT'S sweet to know that his eye will beam
With u tender, happier glance. 49,
Twas thus sang when the years were few
That lay on my girlish head,
And all the howers that in fancy grew
Were tied with a golden thread;
And somebody came, and the whispers there
l cannot repeat them quite;
But know my soul went up in prayer,
And somebody g here tonight.
blush no more at the whispered VOW,
Nor sigh in the soft moonlight;
My robe has the tint of amber now,
And ! sit by my anthracite;
And the locks that Wed with glossy wren
wa Have passed to the silver gray;
But the love that decked them with flowers
then, s....s.'ry f.. ..-
Is holier love to-day. ...a
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In A Box.-A few days since, while
two convicts were engaged in the shoe
shop of the Auburn prison, in packing
goods preparatory to shipment, one of
them accidentally" happened to get
nailed up in packing case marked Z" 60
pairs Brogans-11s and rs" The fore
man of the shop observed the mark, and
knowing that style Of work had not been
manufactured recently in the priosn, i'm
mediately suspected something wrong -
He accordingly informed the other convict
that be might set that box aside, as it
would not be shipped. In about three
minutes the top came off the box and out
jumped the occupant, be having heard
tho remark of the foreman 1t was
close thing forphim, however, as the Car
man had already backed up to the door to
draw the goods out. .g. r.4 ra 40 ~
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A GREAT NATURAL CURIOSITY. The
Sentinel, published at Jacksonville, Ore.
gon, of the 18th says Several of our citi-
zens returned last week from visit to
the great sunken lake, situated in Cascade
Mountains, about seventy-fve miles north
vest from Jacksonville. This lake rivals
the valley of Sinbad the sailor. LII is
tbought to average 1000 feet down to the
water all around. The walls are almost
perpendicular, running down into the water
and leaving no beach. The, depth of the
water is unknown, and its surface is uu-
ruff1ed, as it lies so far below the surface
of the mountain that the air currents do
not affect it. Its length is estimated at
twelve miles, and its breadth at ten. No
man living ever has, and probably ever will
be able to reach the waters edge. 1t lies
silent, still and mysterious in the bosom
of the Everlasting hills" like a huge
well, scooped out by hands of the giant
genii of the mountains of unknown ages
gone by, and around it the primeval forests
watch and ward are keeping. The visit.
ing party fired rife several times into
the water, at an angle of forty. five degrees,
and were able to note several seconds of
time from the report of the gun until the
ball struck the water. Such seems in
credible, but is vouched for by some of
our most reliable citizens. The lake is
certainly most remarkable curiosity.
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g. A clergyman who enjoys the sub
stantial benefits of fine farm, was slight
.ly taken down a few days ago by his Irish
plowmau, who was sitting at his pillow In a
tobacco field, resting bis horse. The
reverend gentleman, being an economist,
said with great seriousness Lrt.7gy1Is
sy "Johu, wouldn't it be good plan for
you to have a stub scythe here and be
cutting a, few bushes along the fence
while the horse is at resting short
time" b. ii Ia4.f gaft -5mee e7el sv
John, with quite as serious q oouu.e-
nance as the divine wore himself, said:
"Wouldu't it be we'll, sir, for you to
have tub of potatoes in the pulpit, and
while they are singing, to peel EN- awhile
to be ready for the pot" ,r-.,.. ,,..ss,io
The reverend gentleman laughed hear
tily and left. .......-.-
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A FEN1AN FUNERAL.--A grand fune-
raj procession in honor Of the Fenisns who
were recently hung in Manchester, came
off in New, York City on Thanksgiving
day. 1t was most imposing spectacle.
About Eve thousand Trishmen formed in
q long column, four deep, and marched
through the principal streets attended by
shree hearses, each containing cofho, on
which was inscribed the name. of ono of
the executed men. The procession halted
in Union Square, where orations wers de-
livered extolling the heroism Of the mar
tyrs and the cause for which they died.
Superintendent Kennedy refused to fur
Dish a police escort to the managers Of the
affair, on the ground that he could not
order his officers to attend procession
gotten up in honor Of the murderers5 of
policemen. a~3 tt .es rHHT a3ol
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NG JANUARY g. ssaFoRo COUNTY His oRcA socEMOI X-NO

AN ANTIQUARIAN PosER.-A few
days since, Nathan Salisbury, ESQ, living
in East Scott, Cortlsndt county, N Y,
found very peculiar axe. The circum-
stances are as follows: AT an early day,
when Mr.. Salisbury, in company with
others, was choppiug and clearing the for
est of his newly acquired farm, they came
upon very large hemlock standing near
the stream. After cutting the tree down
Mr.. Salisbury discovered that what ap-
peared to be the heart of the tree was
really a separate tree from the one just
fallen. 1. On examination, this tree within
a tree was found to have been girdled at
some previous time, leaving small por-
ton uncut, so that the sap had continued
to traverse the trunk until its growth had
completely overgrown the girdling,l and
another tree formed, growing to enormous
dimensions. 5rf..u .r1g s.. 1I{ 9li.i3
A few days since, near the trunk of
that tree, about twelve inches below the
surface, was found this peculiar axe. 1t
was about ten inches 10 length by three
and one.fourth inches on the cut or edge.
It is made of iron. Now, what is remark
able. about the axe and the tree is this
that the girdling or packing Of the inner
tree corresponds precisely with the axe
found, and counting the concentric rings
of the growth Of the outer tree, is found
the remarkable fact that the inner. tree
was girdled about one hundved years be-
fore the landing Of the Pilgrims. Who
was iu that locality using an axe three
hundred and ifty-seven years ago p
Rochester Democrat. .. ...-
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The Seven Sleepers.

Of course every one who wishes to be
witty, must, in the course of his life, drag
in the seven sleepers, which is about the
same as o reference to seven senses.-
But to the matter The story of the seven
sleepers was an old piece of irony, very
old indeed, and very much, in essence, like
Rip Van Wrinkles long sumber. s,g
III The seven sleepers were reputed to be-
inhabitants Of Ephesus--perhaps they
were aldermen. However, six, it is
stated on ancient authority, were persons
of local consequence, and the seventh a
servant. During the Decian persecution
they retired to cave, from whence the
attendant was dispatched occasionally to
the city for food. b. Decius, hearing of
their course, ordered the mouth Of the
cave to be closed up by masonry while the
whole seven were taking a nap. No
doubt it was just after dining. After a
lapse Of several centuries part of the
wall tumbled down by reason of age, SO
that the light penetrated the interior and
actually woke the whole of them. Feel
ing refreshed by sleep, the servant was
sent off as usual for provisions, their ap.
petites being keen. He found Ephesus
so singu 'arly changed since the last trip,
he was amazed at the alterations. No
one knew him, nor could he recognize a
sinz lie familiar face in the city. The mon
ey offered for what he purchased was an
oddly. No one had ever seen any such
before. A citizen accosted him of having
robbed an antique treasury, and had the
poor fellow arrested. The story reached
the emperor, who visited the cave to as.
certain if what he related was true, 1t
was corroborated by six men, who died on
concluding the story. ...-.---..t .'r, o..
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The HAIR. The ordinary length of
the hair of the head in women varies from
20 inches to a yard, 10 some instances
longer even than that but they are of
unusual occurrence-its weight from 5 OF.
to 8 OF. "a contemporary relates an in-
stance where the hair on lady's head at.
tanned the measurement of two yards in
length. But its proper length for texture
and strength should not exceed "a inches,
and its value as long hair is much depre-
ciated 10 price when it falls shorter. 1t
has been calculated by Whithof that the
beard grows at the rate of "a line and a
half per week, which gives ailength Of six
inches and half in the course Of q year,
while for man of 80 years of age 27 feet
would have fallen before the razor We
are informed that the beard of Burgomas-
ter Haus Stein,ng was SO long that upon
one occasion, having forgotten to fold up
the same, be trod upon it as he ascended
to the Council Chamber at Brunn, and
was thereby thrown down and killed.
And still further we may cite, from Eble,
that at the Princes Court at Eidam there
is. a full length painting of carpenter
whose beard was nine feet long, so that
when engaged at work he was obliged to
carry it in a bag. In the Industrial ex-
hibition Of 1862 there was exhibited spe-
cimens of human hair taken from the
heads of English, French and Italian
ladies, the longest specimens having been
cut from one Of our own country women.
It was lot of jet black hair, and meas
ured "a inches in length. 'i S I'D
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ESr "Amelia, for thee-yes, at thy
command I'd tear this eternal armament
into thousand fragments-I'd gather the
stars one by one as they tumbled from the
regions Of ethereal space and put them 10
my trowser's pockets I'd pluck the sun
that oriental god Of day, that travsrses
the blue arch Of heaven, in such majestic
splendor-I'd tear him from the sky and
qaepch its bright effulgence in tho foun-
tain of my love for thee y Amelia
"Don't Henry, it would be SO very dark