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TIE POLITICIANS CIRCUS.
A GRAND cat FIGHT IN THE SIXTH
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
Horace Greeley Running for Congress
Against the Hon. Thomas y. stewart in
Sunset EON'a Iisfrirf.

Horace Greeley Running for Congress
Against the Hon. Thomas y. stewart in
Sunset CoN's District.
The Sixth Congressional District Republican
Convention met last night 10 nominate a candidate
70 run sgan't the Hon. sunse; Cox, the Demoer tic
nominee. The Convention met pursuant to call on
the 10Th inst, In the Alaska Club ROOM $50 Eighth
avenue. On that occasion a painful complication
was discovered. Thitty.one seats ont Of the fty
one whc, compose the Convention were contested
Tie Contestants from the Ninth District claimed that
fraud had been practcoi in the selection Of te reg.
ular delegates. Those from the Seventh District
based their objections on tho ground that the cleo
ton was called for place and held In another
committee TO invcsti sate was appointed, ami .lo
convention adjourned g. meet last ulgut.
Tie hny.oho regular delegates headed by George
uardner and Charley Spencer, upon going to the
Alaska Club Room last night, found the doors
ricketed by police detachment under command OF
Capt re'ty. They wcrs refused admiss ion, the
Cap'ain surprising The delegation with the nfor.
nation that he had received instructions from
Police Headquarters 10 admit none but those whose
names were FIRST called from inside charley srcn.
GERS INDIGNATION thcreupun knew no bounds and
he otonel W. his batteries Of rhetorical anger upon
pgirolmen, Hs orc by one the contestants passed
IN ard took pCsscssion OF the room.
After short con. .crcnce between the regular
de- 1f0s fhrv moved cf in \ body to 1Gt nj lth
a,s.t. r. ere thoy or,pui zsd tie convention h,
se'ectrg GCor'o Gardner FOR Chairman, aud Alock
kcc,cl as SECRETARY. The roll then called and all
the DELEGATES answered t1 their names
An Informal vote AIS 1rst taken for nomination
for ConTcs'. The result was as follows:
lharlsS sucnccr...... A. =. j. Duganne. ........
Horace nteeley"....,,.. Z. c. BDned,ct....,.... 1
Mr. Spencer declined q g. nomination and in a Wig
ofous speech nominated Horace Greeley
Tho nomination was maIc cunanimout and Mesers
j I'm u. Lawson, George Gtrlncr Charles ;. Spcn.
cor. james W Fur and A'cxtnder IT. Koetch we're
appointed a committee to wit upan MIR. Greeley and
'"'crm him OF the a"tln Of the Convention. Tho
fc'In@ then adjourned, subject to the call Of the
Chairman
Meanwhile the cortcs'irg dcl,cl'ions organized
IN the Algsfa cub room, Mr. McComhcr was
chosen TO preside over their de ibefaiions, and Mr.
Pu.hcuus to record them. Tho Hon Thomas r.
stewart was unanimously nominated a. their ndi.
uate for Congress after which they adjourned s.ns
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Po-tmnstcr-GrnrrnI Crcs-welI md Wendell
PhilIin. Named for the Engiish Mission.

WAsnINGroS, Oct. Ex-senator Morton will
arrive here tomorrow morning, day later than he
cxrected, having been delayed the road. It will
probably not be long, therefore, until the country
will know positively whether he will 20 20 England
not, shcu'l he finally refuse 1t is asserted that
Postmaster. General Cresswel E.n receive the ap-
printmcnl. This rep"-. comes from au Intimate
'tleh" o' seNa'' Morton, WI now holds rcspon-
sl''e osi'ion In the Post once Department An
other disiuguisle ed gentleman has been named Tor
the Eurlsh mission AVID that he Ia no less person-
are than Wendell Philips. He IL in tho city today,
AM certain Now York and New En- 'lani polucians
have SUGGESTED hls name, lu' the President does nos
look upon the suEgestion With favor.
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NEH JERSEY.

An unknown schooner sunk in twenty i've feet OF
water a tho mouth OF the Kills on Sunday.
7 cWrlryrts of Newark nave decided to riye
tier employees course Of free lectures this season
Tie Boat Club OF Rutrrrs CoI'cge has erected a
handsome boat house on the aritan at cost OF 81
y.,clicc Sergeant Jesse Kecne Of Newark droo.
rcd down ,i,ed In dug store yesterday. Heart
disease ia sur oscd to he ~, cause
Mcssrs. White and Rramhan, the rrnrt "-.rsmcr n,
me Arronania Hnat Cuh, On Saturday rowci a race
nrths. wv" ~ ia
The Democratic Cirv Convention Of Elizabeth yes
ir.Ay nominated Alderman !. N. C,wrlI Tor Maynr.
Chosen Frutholdors. ''' '''
Nont"la,r s nice place, but rather unsafe to live
ll. rs inlGlhrc. occu' there nov .pFu ufly once n
cE ald loWck erofs rct cleaned ont city ctIect,
A} Of Hl lheir 'verwarc and othcr yaluAb,.s.
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A Triangular Fight between Dutchman, a
Policeman, md N Dog.

John Standish, of the City Hall Precinct, 60
cused Of improper conduct By Anton Wolfe, was
arraigned before the Commissioners yesterday.
Judge B.-Well, what's your charge against tht1
ofRceri
Anton, excitedly-You sec Schudge, I'm hexpres>
man, und vos loading mein wagon; und dero vo7
mein oy und Won odder tog in ter wagon, ven din
oficcr cum along uni dells me "go lorg." YUu
know, sez, 20 nv und pv. ven | gets mcin vagon
loaded init men load you know. Ind siust den
dis weller. as quicker Won ter tuyvrl, und daes me
ny Gin COLLAR, und my poy lie screams murder una
de Cd Ter tog ne dackles him pehnd py de rritches.
Won know ny kracious, Iou know, Shudge, ven he
lets me 60 lou know, unJ liAs mein oddor To-:
slust ike der tuyvel, und-
lere the Judge dismissed the case savinr that 10
thought the o1lcer acted mildly in not smashing the
DO. s head.
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The United Americans Warning on Tam

The association known as the United Ameri.
cans, Numbering 1900 members in this city and
over So0oO in the State, and OF whom William A.
Sirourney i Grand Commander, have passed reso.
luuons dcnouncrg the TammauY Ring. They will
vote the regular Democratic or Lcd yiih ticket for
ctY aud county officers and II Is believed they will
suYl ort the safe Bepubhciu ticket. For Assem-.
hli thev will run william A. Sigourncy In the -Four.
tceuth District. and obably George Hunters In the
Ed htctnth. MIR. Sigourrcy says he IL OF 1.T00
votes, AL meuIhcrs Of tie Association II Stewart
should be nominated for Congress those members
residing In hts district will vote tor him. The
United Americans are very strong ii united.
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PRICE TWO CENTS.
LIFE IN TIE METROPOLIS.
DISHES HERE AND THERE ny THE
SUNS REPORTERS,

IntOuOre Autns nnu ScOundrcln
Attempting TO Intimidate Judge Cox-A
Precious Gang Of Villains ut Jcnersoa
Markct-Fine United states Ofneor.
Rarely has there been seen more precious
gathering Of burglars, sneak thieves, garotcrs.
pimps scoundrels and villains OF every sort, shade,
and complexion, than were presented In the crowd
that assembled in the jefferson Market Police Court
yesterday. Tie Court room was PACKED, the stair
way leading thereto dense mass Of bullios and
rufnans. while upon the sidewalk were groups Of
rascay looking men, some I'm new clothes, and
ZONE In od-onc and all expressing tloir sympathy
with their devoted friend aud allv The. Allen. whose
preliwnnry examination on charge OF perjury had
bees announced for o'clock.
Justice Cox called up Mr.. Seigwick counsel for
the accused, and informed him that In consequence
OF letter he had received from the District Attor-
ney be should postpone the examin ition tuntit
Tuesday morning. Mr.. sedgwck demurre1 against
this course and insisted that the Judge had right
TO refuse bail for his client Judge Cox was tena-
cious In tho opposite orinion, tut promised Mr..
sedgvick that lie should certainly cali the case up
on Tuesday. The letter OF the District Attorney
was to the effect that he desired to be present af
the examination, but was unable to appear on
Monday
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LOSSES ny FIRE.

a nre In Virginia city nevada, on Sunday plc',t
destroyed Liteeh or twenty bullding, ' ''
,lv-e SLarp's Touring uull in Iowa CITY Ia
wa Durnen on sunday hghl' Lo Is, ti,ooJ no insur
auJe.
A Gre In the baser,,,nt ci Commercial block. D,s
Ton, ,ItiedaS morning, Pe.- any GytH eye ne toe
or MAYO 1urf, th'p cUaudl, H' ana Moses Rauua l
restaurant Loss, about $500.
Tie propeller schick'una took FRO ,,a'..'.,
Wotbrg "A, he we encring the lock 1t Port Cll.uin
VAi hhi hAN fO No. uhuIuu. ten t,..ff,t ,fa
Catso ui auuu, 5000 bIsuc5 uf wheat. Loss 40.
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BERLIN, Oct 24-The steamships Wcstphalia
and CimOria, OF tho Hamburg American Packet
Company, have arrived at Hamburg safely. The
French story Of the capture O. German steamers
does not refer to this line. The ofcers of the above
named steamers report that they encountered :. o
Frencn vessels on the German coas, or elsewhere on
the voyagc The Thuril ria will leave Han burg on
"Wednesday, the Westphslia and Cimbria following
Commerce TO German ports seems T. be as safe d.
ever the French fleet has apparently been with.
drawn TO ulyre and other French hatbors.
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Rally ofthe Regular Democracy.

grand ratification meeting will he held this
evcEsiuG at Apollo Hall, corner OF Twelty.eislth
stree and hr adwoy for the purpose OF rtiyinc
tho nomination Of Thomas A. LcdViih for Mayor
hr. LcdWrh, Hon George G. Barrett, Henry l.
Clinton, Gen. liillyer Gen. Barnum, and Russell u
Hatch, snd other prominent speakers WIl address
tae meeting.
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A Green Polircmnn.

Timothy Grcgan, East Twenty second street
station, was tried Tor not taking prisoner to Court
on Sunday morning His defence was that he had
ONLY been six days the force. and didn't know tho
courts were opened on Sunday. Had been In tho
country on'y six years, three OF which were spent
rurazing and three In the army. lie had only
baen In New York eight months.
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The Grcnt Yacht Race.

The sappho and Dauntess sail their race to-
day outside Sandy Hook The Dauntless was towed
to the Horse Shoe last night, where the sappho
already lying at anchor. The betting on the result
IL very heavy, and several hundred thous and dollars
have been planked up The betting Is even, but tho
Sapplo has IN q call
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Last evening about & O'Clock, a remark.
8tle ne ro. O-icl phcuomeu4n WIS OBJ
-epahe Ia tue heavens. A broad arch
VI lloOiToi fire siInucl the sky from
rast TO west, throwing q rosy tint over TIE
whole land cape, T. continued lor upnLrds OF ;NO
hnur, wien IL gradually faced to pale yellow and
dl-al p1.fel
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THE CENSUS FINISHED.
Only n Little over 100000 Inhabitants
in the City.
NV YnRK. Monday. Oct 2L 1sIn

To ne Editor Of The sun.
The census of TIE city Of New York being
completed, and the time having passed during
which all persons were invited TO make complaints
and statements for tie purpose Of correcting the
statistics, and every complaint and statement made
10 or received at this uGco having uocn carefully
examined, and the statistics having been corrected
thereby, and tie day appointed By the Joint Com.
mit,ee OF tho Boarcs Of Aldermen aud Assistant
Aldermen on the subject Of the census having
passed without the Attendance Of any perso- ..yias
any information to give in regard to cerei def"
ces, i respectfully submit a tabular staten 1t Of
tie census Of this city. Your obedent servalt,
GEORGE II. sAARPE, United States Marshal.
TuE cITI POPULATION.
TIE following n tie complete ofleia returns o,
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Grants Gui.,orinc nUuiu NJ Work.

Anicr-on, and George 7. Uvlc.mon, Assistant As
SCISSORS gaugers. have been removed from oclce by
Gen. Gr'nts order because they thr-w thv.r II lu.
cUcc ~ lnst the Murphy fiction during the rc--:.'
hs't m the General Comm i'tet. and REUSED TO rl-
lo7snp friend ot the -la,e-traicrs. About twenty
other oncc.Ho.lurs have been removed Tor the same
cAuae-
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Republican Assembly Nominations.
King. Republican Assembly Nomi.0,,on.

Ps, Nius. Ibsi. M ""''""S'
!. Hcrry 4 BnWeu. :. CaI,- ,f',u o..
2. Samuel 4. Jones. E,,ncis II III o'hrh
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Size WAS poor and In IN health: ami finally, after
much urgency by him, she consented, on The dis.
tnct un erstandng that II was to b. withon' char,e
Sae had long siucc become di-sati~ird with him.
md impor'uned him to give uu the papers, hut he
refrsel. For three months - has ma no com l'u.
rieati'n with hin; but ne hos mnrlrr tho c'ee
ainst her will, several letters NriftoH hl her 10
the Count were read. io,o'lc with Ids rctlic-.
Count-ReaG aSay Tan not ashamcl Of any tlinc
I eyp
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-07-20
A Pneumatic Tube 400 Miles Long.

Few persons in this country were aware,
we are sure, that pneumatic tube is work
ing between Glasgow and London, but the
following letter from Glasgow to a Boston
gentleman shows that there is one
Il had occasion to send telegram to Lon
don the other day, and in few minutes re-
ceiyed reply which led me 20 suppose that
a serious error had been committed by my
agents, involving many thousand pounds.
Immediately went to the telegraph office and
asked to see my message. The clerk said,
we cant slow it to you, as we have sent it
to London. But, [ replied, you must
have my original paper here; | wish to see
that He again said, No, we have not got
it, it is in the post Office at London. What
do you meanY | asked. Pray let me see
the paper l left here half an hour ago.
Well said he, If you must see it we will
get it back in few minutes, but it is now in
London. He rang bell, and in five min
utes or so produced my message rolled up in
pasteboard. 1t seems that for some months
there has existed pneumatic telegraph be
twixt Glasgow and London and betwixt Lon
don and other principal cities of the king
dom, which consists of an iron tube, into
which the messages are thrown and sent to
their destination. | inquired if | might see
message sent. oh yes come around
here. He slipped a number Of messages
into the pasteboard scroll, popped it into the
tube and made signal. l put my ear to
the tube and heard slight bling noise
for seventeen seconds, when bell rang be
side me, indicating that the scroll had arri-
yed at the general post office, four hundred
miles off, 1t almost took my breath away
to think of it. If | could only go to Boston
with the same relative speed, you might
count on my passing an evening every week
at No. l24 Beacon street, and returning
home to sleep. Who knows but we may be
conveyed in this marvellous manner before
many years? Perhaps you are aware that
there has been large tube between the
general post office in London and the station
in Euston square in operation for numbe
of years The mail bags for the north ar,
all sent by this conveyance, so that the pos
Office receives letters up to a few minutes
before the train leaves, three miles off. TIL,
transit takes less than two seconds. Surel.
thisis an age of wonders.
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Adams " edding.

An English Journal, the britannia has
an amusing article under the head of 'Ad-
ans Wedding" The editrr says he likes
short courtships, and in this Adam acted
ike a sensible mamie fell asleep, a bachel-
or, and awoxe to find himselfa married man.
He appears to have popped the question"
Immediately after meeeing Ma mselle Eve );
and she without any Irritation or shyness,
gave him kiss and herself. Of that first
kiss in the world we had, however our own
thoughts, and sometimes in poetical mood
have wished we were the man that did it /!
But the deed is or was done; the chance was
Adam and he improved it. We like the
notion of getting married in a garden-it is
in good taste. We like it private No beaux
were there, no croaking old maids, no chat
tering aunts, and grumbling grandmothers.
The birds of heaven were minstrels, and the
glad sky shed it's light uron the scene. One
thing about the first wedding brings queer
things into our heads, in spite of Scriptural
truth. Adam and his wife were rather
young to be married-some two or three
years old according to the sagest specula-
tions of theologists-mere babies-larger,
but not older-without a house, pot OF
kettle-nothing but love and Eden.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-07-20

had been at her father cabin few weeks
before and taken supper, and warmed him.
self before the fire, while he told wonderful
stories about Indians, and furs, and about
having many time had fifty mile O traps
out on one stretch.
She remembered, too, that her father had
told her the next day that trappers lived by
catching with traps all sorts of wild animals,
and selling their furs to the traders, and
that this particular trapper had been very
successful and had great influence among
the Indians-one of the big men of Colora-
do, as he said.
These thoughts running through her
mind now as she told how they had been
lost for three whole days and two nights,
and at sight of Nat falling peacefully asleep
on the trapper's shoulder made her feel so
happy that she suddenly broke forth with
20 MIR. Trapperl can run now Lets
go right home
The stars came out one by one that night,
and winked aud blinked at a strange figure
stalking through the forest. He had
sleeping child on each arm, and yet carried
his gun ready to fire at an instants notice
well, old Joe. you We bagged all sort O.
game in this ere forest, and trapped 'most
everything agoin, but you ain never had
such a rare bit o luck as this No wonder
| stood there on the edge of the timber
land, listening to | didn't know what Rec
on here's couple O. skins now'il be putty
popular at one market 'tany rate-fetch
most any price you could name-but L Il let
'em go cheap; all the pay l want for these
ere critters is just to hear the kisses of them
poor frightened-Hello there a light
What, ahoy! Neighbor, hello hellol"
Got EN- both - he shouted, as three
figures, tive men and woman, came in sight
through the starlight. ''All right, got EN-
both"
The children are awake now What sobs,
what laughter. what broken words of love
and joy fall upon the midnight air And
through all, Winnie, wondering and thrilled
with strange happiness, is saying to herself:
Il knew God sould show US the way
home!"
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-07-20

CURIOUS THINGS TO KNOw.-Besides
the fact that ice i. lighter than water, there
is another curious thing about it which per
sons do not know, perhaps-namely, its
purity. A lump of ice, melted, will always
become purely distilled water. When the
early navigators of the Arctic seas got out
of water they melted fragments of those
vast mountains Of ice called icebergs, and
were astonished to find that they only yield
ed fresh water They thought that they
were frozen salt water, not knowing that
they were formed on the land, and in some
way launched into the sea. But if they had
been right, the result would have been all
the same The fact is. the water, in freezing,
turns out of it all that is not water-salt,
air, coloring matter, and all impurities.
Frozen sea water makes fresh water ice. If
YOU freeze basin of indigo water, it will
make it as pure as that made of pure rain
water. When the cold is very sudden,
these foreign matters have no time to es.
cape, either by rising or sinking, and are
thus entangled with the ice, but do not
form any part of 1t.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-07-20

short time ago in Delaware county a
Quaker lady, maiden who had reached the
age of sixty, accepted the offer of man who
belonged to the worlds people" and the
Presbyterian church, and began to prepare
for her wedding. As usual, delegation of
friends from her meeting waited on her and
demonstrated with her for marrying out of
meeting. The bride elect heard the visitors
patiently, and then said Look here I've
been waiting just sixty years for the meeting
to marry me and if the meeting don't like
me to marry out of it, aohy don't the meet
ing trot along its boysP The delegation
replied Farewell" and vanished.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-07-20
The Walls of China.

All the cities of China are surrounded BY
high, strong walls, whose massive proper
tions a stranger has no idea of until he see:
them. The walls surrounding the city o.
| Pekin are from twenty-five 10 twenty five
miles in length, and on an average fifty feet
high. This wall is sixty feet thick at the
bottom, and fifty four at the top, and once
IN few yards there are immense buttresses
to give it still greater strength. At every
fifth buttresS the wall for the space of one
hundred and twenty six feet in length, is two
hundred and fifty six feet in thickness. In
several places the foundation of this wall is
of marble, and when the ground is uneven,
Immense quantities of cement, as durable
nearly as granite, and about as hard, has
been used to level up the ground. The main
body of this wall is made of brick. each
twenty inches long. ten inches wide, and five
inches thick These bricks are burned very
hard, and have precisely the appearance OF
stone.
On the inside of this wall as we'll as on
others in other cities, are esplanades, or star
ways, with gates to them for ascending them.
And over all the gateways there are immense
towers, as large as great churches, and very
much higher, constructed of these great
burnt bricks. On the top of this immense
wall there is a railing both on the outside
and inside, coming up to mans waist,
which railing itself is a wall, thus giving a
sense of security to person walking on the
top. The outside railing is made into tur-
rets, for the use of cannon,in case of attack
The entire top of the wall is covered with
strong burned brick, twenty inches square,
resembling the Tagging of our sidewalk min
large cities, only, as have said, these walls
are fifty -four feet wide.
There is no way of getting into the city,
only to 90 through this immense wall And
wherever there is gate for the purpose Of
getting through, there is another wall built
inclosing 4 square space, compelling all per-
sons who go into the city to go through two
walls, by passages at right angles to each
other. The walls are so immensely thick
that these passages through them, arched
over cut stone, remind one exactly OF our
railroad tunnels in the United States. At
each Of these great archways there is an
enormous gate made of strong timbers, eve
rywhere as much as ten inches thick, and
covered on both sides with plates of iron;
Ike the sides of cur war ships. These
gates are shut early in the evening, generally
before sundown, and are not allowed to be
opened during the night for any purpose.
They are fastened on the inside by means of
strong beams of timber.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-07-20

A good story is told concerning visit
made several years ago by party of promi-
nent Republicans of Delaware to President
Lincoln. Our Delaware friends, with a
proper apprecie ton of their position as rep
resentative gentlemen of the party, inform
ed the President that they were all infuen-
tial citizens, and among the HEAVY men of
the upper end of Delaware. 80 you be-
long to the upper end of the State p re-
fected Mr.. Lincoln, with roguish twinkle
in his eye, and then with a look of earnest
solicitude inquired, is there no danger of
the State fitting while you are away?" The
party had a good laugh over this joke at
their expense, but nevertheless resolved that
it should not be suffered to leak out at home
1t was too good to be kept, however, and
the surest way to rile one of these ''heavy
meu" is to ask him, when about departing
from home, ifhe is not afraid the State will
| tilt.