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not vt I'm scientifically vasm. The
beach 1t this place i abuut six miles long.
Grant's cottage il nearly ii the extreme south
end, and the Continental Hotel is ut the
north end. Ocean Avenue u the main street,
which runs along the beach and upon which
all the hotels and cottages are built. Trees
do not grow along the shore, but graS -four
ishes finely and forms 4 green carpet for
miles. Lots are worth about SIC, 900 per
acre along Ocean Avenue; and in good
localities adjacent. from One-third 20 one
half les than that. All the hotels sre 1t
this time full, and have seen but one cot
taRe vacant. The people here are mostly
from New York and Philadslphia, and 10 few
from the Southern States.
The renowned Col James Fisk, Jr., is
quartered at the Continental, in q suit Of ten
rooms, having with him his father, mother,
and some other lady relations. l attended .
concert and ball II the Continental, a few
evenings ago, given - complimentary 70
Mr.. Levy, the great cornet player, assisted
BY Fisk's Ninth Regimental Band. During
the bathing hours, which are from to p.
m, the beach is literally lined with people.
Rich and poor, young and old, all meet on
common ground at the beach, and the mil
lionaire viii n0e disdain the aid Of the far
mer or blacksmith IL the waves are high,
and snch aid is profered her. l have noticed
that the ladies here are much more robust
and healthy than is usually seen, and &C.
count for it in the fact Of their bathing every
day and dancing every night, and my opin.
ion ia that if those weakly, nothing-tO-dC
women woula breathe more pure air, and
take more exercise, they would soon b<
strong. Dancing is indnlged in at all of thu
hotels every evening. The children daDct
until o'clock, then pu, to bed, and older one
begin and dance until II O'Clock, quitting
promptly at that time unless it be ball, anC
then not later than o'clock. Among thu
many "turnouts" Fisk's and HelmbOld,
Our-in-hand are the most prominent. Tn,
ladies seem to have such growing desire t.
''hOld the reins" that We zee many phatOn
with the servant sitting on the rear, and tn,
driving doDe by young ladies vino would dis
claim the art were it not fashionable. fee
very thankful that the ladies have not nov
got "Paris' 10 look 10 for the fashions, ant
the result l. Il much more sensible style o
dres-, every one in fact making style O
her own which Is much more sensible thai
for all to conform To one style, be il suitable
to the person or not shall he home abou
the first of September, aud think that it wil
be cool enough by the LIST al October 80 tina
We may begin our winters amusement, ant
at that time you will hear from me again.
Tours, E. f. b.
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FREE RELIGION.

The Rev. Petroleum Y. Nasty has taken
S.. 1000 worth of stock in free religion paper
to be pubiisbed in Toledo, when 500, 600
have been subscribed. The good man will
have chance TO spend his money at Bas-
CONS grocery before the ether $4,000 are
raIsed.
i, don't pay to buiid churches to dispense
free religion They, like most other institu-
tions, are run on practical basis. fon pay
your money and take your choice.
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Az. RIGHT.

We make the ''ameade honorable" with
pleasue, and al the same time are glad to
congratulate our radical contemporary on Its
refusing in any way to be considered as aces
sorry TO the foisting a garbled and incom-
plete report of the County Board proceedings
upon the people Of the county. 1t was pub
lished as a 'hand-bil' from matter which
appeared in the TINE of Sunday, without
any heading. The splurge head" lines the
TINES refused TO publish and took pains to
state what we overlooked, that If was an Fin
complete report" Are YOU satisfied
Commercial.
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indorse such movement with
great unanimity. We are Of the opinio"
that Caldwell, Carney, Smith, Morehead,
Halderman, Stone and all conflicting inter
ess, will, without word, say amen, and
urge the giving Of such aid as viii secure
the building of the new road, and the sale Of
the Lawrence road to Mr.. Walker.
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FOREIGN.
SPAIN.

NsDRIp, Aug. 1.-The report that the
Sn.nish Government will send heet 10
Venezuelan ports to exact PREPARATION nor
injuries sustained by Spain from the omis-
,;ou Of the Government of Ven~seula to
prxve., the departure q, the QucssdA expe-
diaiou for Cuba is auinoraiively denied.
TAs .cts Of The hilib''s'srs are To he nsds
. shis4 Of diplonaaic psoas~A
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THE CITY FINANCES.

A few DAYS since we published an article
taken from Kansas City paper, giving facts
in regard to the issue OF city scrip in the
form of circulating bills, by that city, and
showing that the plan had worked well
and that the scrip was current On the
same day an editorial appeared in the Com
mereial in which laborious attempt was
made to prove that the notes Of this city
would be in violation Of law, and could
never become current We know Of no
valid reason 70. the thing being successful
and legal there. and illegal and impractica-
bic here. For our own part We accepted the
proposed issue as a choice Of evils. The
pvesent system Of issuing and paying
scrip was - plainly unjust and unequal that
We could not hesitate to.give our preference
to one under which holders Of scrip would
be put upon an equality. The suggestion
came from the head of the city government,
who, as the Commercial knows, is q
lawyer Of Distinguished ability. The
Mayor occupies the same Office, and
il in daily Official intercourse with the City
Attorney. II is the duty and privilege Of
these gentlemen TO advise with the Council
and to warn them of legal difficulties and
dangers. We heartily join with the Com
nere;ul in expressing the hope that all OBJ
jecsiona, whether legal or otherwise. may be
carefully weighed and investigated. 1t must
be apparent that there is necessity for an
agreement among city officials before any
pl,n of relief can be effected. 1t is also
perfectly plain tia. the credit Of the city has
been injured BY reckless management and
extravagant expenditure in the past. During
our connection with the city government We
have sought to introduce and enforce the
stricest economy. We are glad to receive
help, let il come from whom it may. Not
vithaanding the awful weight Of responsi.
bili.y resting upon the Ob~~eciai for the
mi-deeds of is political friends, and notwith-
Standing certain rather heavy printing bills
which il engineered through the Council for
In own bene6t, We entertain hope that it
may Be in earnest In its advocacy Of economy
in ,be future. II, however, this rs only an
attempt to obtain delay in order to continue
q systen Of financial abuse which beneits .
hsoesd Sew, ne shall be compelled to expose
and denouncs T.
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Ply, INSTRUMENTATION

Wonder how our old friend, Gen Lar
inner. feels about Greeley's position on
woman suffrage. Il will he remembered that
the General brought Greeley out as a candi-
date for the Presidency, and il Is well known
that NJ. Larimer Is one Of the foremost
champions oi woman suffrage in Kansas
7opeka Record.
Gen. Larimer should explain his position.
We hope that in his admiration for Greeley
he won't 90 back ON the women.
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rag nRIDCE $50. 900 BOsD

The Bridge Company have entered into a
supplemental contract with Mr.. Boomer, me
contractor, by which he agreed to complete
the bridge by the first day of December next
or .orleit $50, 900 and pay all damages for
tn, lime the bridge remains unfinished after
II late. Uuder these circumstances the
b.-ise vail be finished on time. This Is
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We presume that there ia not single in
dividnal left in our city that takes the ieas,
intei, / in our financial affairs who will not
say at this time that the system Of Treasury
Warrants has been perfect success, both to
the City, and to the parties receiving the
sar'., a. payment from the City. The most
bit.,-r opponents have acknowledged this
fao, Even the bankers state they hardly
know where the warrants have gone, "a there
ha- been but few Of them. Many Of our cit
iz.''s thought they would be a drug in our
b.. D,, To he thrown eventually back upon
the City for redemption. Time, and their
con ant Use by our business men, have prov
ell item TO be a convenient currency for
change under their present issue, Of one or
two dollar warrants.
The amount of warrants Issued up TO the
present time is $4,000, about one-half of
which is required to pay the floating debt of
the city. There is no reason why there should
not be issued the coming fiscal year SOS, 900
more. This would stop the issue of the old
city scrip, thereby saving to our city al least
twenty per cent. discount and seven per cent
interest, reducing taxation equal TO the
amount OF discount and interest, which Is
lost to the City through the issue Of the old
scrip.
To systematic our finances, We ought to
have no more than three Issues Of indebi ed
nes against our city; bonds with coupons
attached, payable at fixed dates, and interes,
paid semi-annually; certificates Of indebted
mess, payable at fixed dates with simple in
terest; and the City Treasury warrants
bearing no interest and subject To no discount,
and used as circulating medium. BY this
system our records would not be encountered,
and, BY having reports made to the proper
officers to the City Council at least once a
quarter, ample arrangements could be made
10 pay all claims against the city at the
time specified. This would save large
portion of the heavy discount now paid to
negotiate our bonds and certificates of in
debtedness There would be no difficulty
under such an arrangement of our finances
Of finding bankers and noneyed men al
home to take our paper at small discount,
feeling assured by reports made that the city
was prepared to meet her bonded payment,
at the time Of their falling due Thi.
would be great help 10 our city and would
keep her Indebtedness among her own citi
zens, preventing the possible humiliation y
her paper going tn protest abroad Kamau
| City Journal
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der the firm sEi6a Of comnoa seaae idss,
and be crushed into utter inaieai6case.
In tbese days an active, rsy-hced girl,
With brain quick and clear, warm, light
heart, a temper quickly heated 1t intended
insult or injury, and just ~ quick to for
give; whose feet can run almost as fast -
her tongue, and not get her out Of breath !;
Who u not afraid of freckles, or to breathe
the pure air Of heaven, unressained by the
drawn curtains Of a Close carriage; and,
above all, who can speak her mind and
give an opinion on important topics which
interest intelligent people, i. the true girl
Who viii make good woman.
This is the girl Who wins in theee days.
Even fops and dandiee Who strongly Oppose
women's rights, like woman Who can TALK
we'll, even if she be not handsome. They
weary Of the most beautiful creature if she
is not smart. They say, CAV yeas, she is
beauty, and no mistake. but she won't do for
me-lacks brains" OF which commodity il
would seem she could have little Use in her
association with him; however, to please
even an empth-headed fop, 4 woman must
know something. Democrat
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A Cape Ann correspondent tells something
about Holsters, a. follows: "The other day 4
rare sight was presented here of not, lobster
just out of his old clothes, and his cast-off
shell by his side. He was foolish enough to
creep in q lobster net just before he took off
his overcoat, and was captured soft and fresh
Lobsters cast their shells once year, during
their growing period. Some time before
they are very restless and uneasy, probably
from the pain of the tight fit, and the ami
NAL struggles to relieve himself Soon the
shell is split across the back, the claws are
drawn out first, next the feet, which come
hard, then the head and the eyes, and lastly
the tail. The whole operation involves a
good deal of shivering and pulling. In
drawing cut his legs and claws, az in his
ferocious combats with other Holsters, il he
breaks of limb, he always does it at the
second joint; if not, !'a j. a gone lobster by
bleeding to death"
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John GHINA NAN,

The San Francisco ChronicIe thus frankly
states il position on the Chinese question:
fright Or pgong, polite or impolitic, the
people of California and the Pacific coast, IT.
respective Of party, have determined to pre-
vent Chinese Immigration by every legal
means in their power"
The attempt TO prevent the immigration
of Cinnamon Is Illegal under the treaty now
existing between us and China. Ii Is our
conviction that right in this matter will
prevail.
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Under the circumstance, we lhihh
would be wise for the City Council to with
draw the proposition granting the right OF
wsy through the city and voting S5ooo
70, the cost of same to the c, s. VI. 4 P.
Railroad
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MARROW aAUeE RAILWAYS.

SAA8V" SAO0S
The first great revolution in railway prac-
,;.. 10 ,.L;no Il. snccessfnl course. not with
w. e., ,,s;ua;c.
out STRENUOUS oPP"e" -
conservatism and indinerence; out al 'ie'e
obstacles, and the difficulties they create,
a;,ar4iv and indirectly. are being swept away,
-, .,,.,oth that oo,n.
as 'ne co"Sit''o" -, -, -,
tries now unProvided OF III s"PP''e" WIN
railways must soon have them, and that
,bsx INNS, he produaiye. and not sources OF
". ,,v ono me.ns nv which
"sS A.''e " o' :,
this result can be achle'ed-a rel"''''" "
gauge, an increase OF gradients and curves
cheap railways, in short-proper pechanical
appliance for economically working traffic,
and rigid Observance of economy in con-
s,ruc4ion and in management. There are
very few, even Of those who have carefully
followed the discussions upon narrow gauge
railways in these columns and elsewhere, who
have any idea of the extent to which such
constructive reform has now spread. The
situasion may be aummedu up thus: In India
a gauge of three feet three inches has been
established upon scale that viii bring into
existence q system, probably, ofthousands OF
miles. The reduced width will, in fact become
the gauge of the country. Australia, las.
mania and New Zealand are all following
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Usage COUNTY.

Usage CITY, Aug. 3, 1871.
DEAR SIR: Believing that your valuable
Paper IL one of the best friends of the gen.
erai interest Of the State at large, and has a
larger circulation than any other paper, l
concluded that word or two from our
thriving village might not be ont o: place in
your valuable columns.
Where our city nov stands was an uncul-
tivated and apparently undesirable situation,
with few natural Inducements for pre-emp-
tions or even cultivation. We have now a
town Of nearly six hundred inhabitants, and
increasing daily and hourly, with business
prospects that equal if not excel any in
land town in the State. Our immense coal
fields, ochre beds, fire clay and flag stone
auarries are not equalled in any State in the
Union. Being the only town centrally To-
Gated having railroad facilities, it must I'M
doubsedly become the county seat, in spite of
all the present chickering's on that subject.
Burlingame being too far north, and Lyndon
having no railroad prospects, it is evident
that the county seat must come to Usage
City, that being the most accessible point in
the county.
Speaking of railroads, and narrow gauge,
f ~. h.1p %.aI.tsd "in a
lnciuelng Ee.fe .y, ". ~, 80 600 nnn =
Snanimoos.y .1.. 'n VII s%s $500, ~ I'm 40
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OF .nicn y ~. : ~. $50 " - ~. .;n;.;,s
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o"n cons9mPao", SvV AZ" 49, y
bushels Oh coa,i IN. -, !. . n: n
are ooang We, .; -. ,. .1- Ss HNo sn.
L~..I REORGANIZATION are p,nd The Civ
n4tei IT, ~;I..J .s,;o. ho.,.. ~!
noe, us os III ."Us.. ally
uaveseI On eu.
who iavor Frank VIZ noI'
ing MILL Ia oelne ou"' ."u III IN Sp *
alton IN lev o.ys VII os. lVm 80
wv 70 $U,VVV sn~ .no "r y.
grinding 'rcI ~ 70 ~ -. y I". . ="
per Gay. a pLeH ySiSS - a~."a.s.S
and n ma1inS so'u O V.~ t. nun gu. l.pJ !.
OF GA! .nt ~. LII; ~ ~. S..,. nd e, h. had
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The time hss Pa~ed away when women
muss be pale and deliczie to be called inter
essine-vhen she mus be totally igDorant Of
all practical knowledge 70 be called refined
and hish-bred-vhen she mus know no.
thing OF the current political news Of the
dav, OF b called masculi"e and aroes
minded.
Il i pa rign Of high hinA q ss6ss-
nene 70 be sickly and ignesane nAose vho
aGscs anything q he kis1 - tohinf -
t.. - ~ shaks p - - -
sls9 oaA.1ys Phylia = - -
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BOSTON.

BOeroS, Aug. ll.-Three infants, said Ia
have been bound on; 10 an old woman, julia
Callahan, in East Cambridge, died recently.
The woman is under arrest, il being sup
posed that she killed them with opium. An
inquest will be had.
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The HSss~ry 81 she Female Piek.
poekes WhS VS. Shes Daring ehe Rsea
From the !Ner York Sun, 18th.
Number 26l in the album al the polics
head quarters, known az the rOgnes' gallery
is the photograph Of full faced Handsome
woman about thirty years Of age. The picture
is labelled'Ellen Melville, pickpocke,
Superintendent Kelso sitting in his Office the
other evening said:
was the first that arrested her in this
country Tom Dusenbury and ] We're a,
Long Branch races, and We gave her and
her man dead tumble Her real name is
Ellen CofIey. She was born in Liverpool and
wa arrested there for thievefy. After serv-
ing for it she came here and found COM
panion in George Smith, the pickpocket. She
soon discarded him and sought the friend
ship Of Jim Casey. the burglar, Who was shot
at Twenty sixth street and Sixth avenue By
John Mccormick, another burglar, during
q quarrel over the spoils Of the robbery Ofthe
Philadelphia National Bank.
On Casey's death Ellen became widow,
and had to look around to support her two
children. Thee, boy and girl. she always
supported in the most expensive way, sending
them tn fashionable school in Lexington
avenue, and dressing them in the most costly
garments. She had suit of beautifully fur
nished rooms At $50 Eight avenue, and after
her predatory expeditions during the day,
spent her evenings there with her family. On
the morning Of the 12h she did nos send her
children 10 school, bu. handed them over to
. woman companion Of hem, With direction
that they should be kept at home, saying;
"Pm going out 10 make some money.
"Youd better not 90, there II be shooting.
vas the woman's remark.
"Oh" replied Ellen Casey. ''shere'll be . biz
crowd on the street, lots Of chances, and II
there is any shooting can get behind some
one else"
She went down Eight avenue and reached
twenty -ifth street, after cleaningout i've diff.
ferent pocket-books. While Standing 1t the
corner Of the street abe was shot in the thieh,
and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, and the
surgeon declared that the only chance for her
lie was the amputa;ion Of t9 leg. Thi.
operation was performd.
Yesterday Mn. Casey vas asked What she
would do in the future to support her chill
dren. A curious smile passed over her face,
''Weu I've got to get wooden Lex, ! sup
pose; that will be $50 but can set some one
to stall for me- and gne- ] can take trick
vsf
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Some three years ago We predicted, through
a l4eavenwUr.h pal er we were connected
with, that in ten year. from that time Leav-
enworth would have 900 people; that the
second town in the State would he Topeka,
the third Atchison OF Lawrence, with the
chances in favor of the former. We believe
our predictions will not he far from cnrrect |;
time, however, alone can tell.-Cgyde En-.
prrs.
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BRIDAL cars are proposed tor horse-rail-
ways in Chicago. The honeymoons are 40
short there that newly married couples can't
spare the time for a tour ont Of the city.
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The Turkish authorities recently caught a
woman in C..nstantinupie having with her
siv vonng negressss. who had been brought
ir"tn fripGii. ~ BIrbarv, in Turkish ship.
TO i.- sold Is slaves Further investigation
showed that II other negre1-es We're retained
- ard the ship, which had cast anchor at a
;r.r, not far from Constahtinople. and were
Nv .iIing there turn 10 be sold. The yrang
slaves were formally declared To ~ isee by
the authorities, and were placed a. PAIL ser
wants in Mussulnsn families The two -laves
dealers, meanwhiie, Iogather with the
Captain of the ship, in prison awaiting
trial. From this incident, it is apparent that
Turkey i resolved To suppress the slave
traffic
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MISCELLANEOUS DIsPACHEs.

SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. l0.--Tbe stssorI-
ton Of the California Pacific Railroad Com
pany in the Central Pacific, was completed
to-day by the election Of Leland Standard, ii
the Central, "A President; Milton $. Latham,
Of the California, Treasurer; anil the old
Board, of the Central, a. Direc,or-.
CoLUNBrs, Aug ll.-Gen. Thomas Ew
ing addre'~ei a large Democratic meeting AZ
the wet front OF the State House tonight
His speech vas very long, in which he dis-
cursed the New Departure, Ku-Klux Law,
finance, tariff and land gran'--
ROCHESTER. n. Y, Aug li.-Joseph
Nissner was executed this afternoon. He
fully confessed to having murdered hi wife
in April, 1868.
CLEVELAND, o, Aug. 1.-THE tannery
ofC. Burnside, on Canal street, was de-.
-troyed by fire las, night. Los, $4,000.
ToLEDo, Aug. 1.-The clothing store of
s. Ko-erbaum, with a stock valued at s20,-
900, burned last night. Total loss; insurance.
"a, 800. Two orthree other occupanfs Of the
building we're badly damaged and together
with the building itself will swell the total
lo-~ 10 so, 900.
MAUH CHUScK, Pa, Aug. 1.-THE fire
at the mine. has been e1tinguisbed and the
danger ia all over. The damage il not ~
severe a. was a, first supposed.
SARATOGA, Aug. ll.-It Is stated that
Kingfsher has gone amiss in the great four
mile race, and that Longfellow will contend
with Helmbold and Barney William
CINCINNATI, Aug. Flour large aabse0
filed with hay we're burned yesterday q
Newark, Ohio. Los, So, 900; no insurance.
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.xrrEs rRoM Lose saAxCss.
LONG BsAscH, n. J., Aug. :.

LONG BRANCH, \. ., Aug. ..
Asa few items from this place might be
Of inaer.st to your readers, knosing that you
are avsrrying" through the heated term
m ,ov, svsa isttsr iron tais cool and 10
hvehiae - shoss aiGhs help to cool Of and
os1aue II tsnRRG
Ihsss ~ ~ Ns,aa d.ys 81 havs