The Holt County sentinel., 1876-09-01
Our New York Letter.
NEW YORK, August 90, 1876.

teHltu pIlSOueiS CsCstpSu iioui austiS-
liza had arrived. created quite an excite
ment among our Irish fellow-citizens
yesterday. and developed considerable
feeling. both among those that sympa-
thize with them and those that do not.
1t is about four months since hint of
their escape was made public, but that
it was an organized plan and the work
of the Fenian Brotherhood of this coun-
try, was until now not known. II ap-
pears that the whaling bark Catalpa,
had been purchased BY the Brother
hood, and that over twenty-five thou.
sand dollars had been expended in re-
leasing the six men Penal servitude
for life was the sentence pronounced
upon these ex-prisoners, and the fact
that they have at last succeeded to fol-
low the example of their fellow-sufier-
ers who havevictoriously emerged from
the clutches of the British lion. cannot
fail to awake a thrilling remorse in
thousands of hearts. The record of
their experience contains that material
which is always old. yet never stale
the material. namely. which consists of
suffering endured. peril confronted and
liberty regained. through danger, all
for the sake of a conscientious and I'M
perishable idea.
The scene among the Irish when in
formed that 1.-THE boys had arrived"
can better be imagined than described.
o. Donovan Rossa's Hotel on Chatham
Square, was besiesed until late hour
last night, and this morning all the SER
want girls in Gotham, and all Irish
men within twenty miles OF it, have
been walking the square trying to get
peep at them, and now and then Civ
ing three times three" and "tigcr"
tor the rescued.
The Sunday go-to meeting clad Pc
destrians who wander on our streets
Sundays, have also massed in Madison
square to-day. where a tribute to our
dead statesman, William H. Seward,
was envciled few days ago. The fig
ure is light bronze. ten feet high and
represents the Governor. Senator and
Secretary, In a sitting posture. holding
document in his left hand and pen
in his right. Books are piled under
his chair, and his cloak thrown loosely
over the back. He seems in a medita-
ting mood. his eyes resting upon what
he has written. 1t is the work of Ru-
dolph Rogers. the sculptor. with Un-
Gle Dick Shell as the prime mover in
the enterprise. 1t will be formally pre-
scented to the city early in September,
when Hon. Hamilton Fish will preside
and Mr.. William M. Evarts make the
Grafton.
The effort of the TammaEy and anti
Tammany organization to compromise
their differences and act together, are
likely to succeed. Kelly wants two
thirds of the delegates and Morrisey
insists on having half Of them. Nor
rissey is sure ofgetting seats for those
he wants in the State convention, and
that makes him Independent and firm.
1t means also that the compromise is
fatal to the regime, and that that chief
must step down and out. That will
bury Bossism and end Mr.. Kelly's die.
tatorship, consummation much to be
hoped for. Gotham is dull, and the
same news comes nearly from all the
watering places-lack of patronage
and disappointed innkeepers. One
might think that the intense heat of
June and July would have filled the
summer resorts, if anything would.
But the fact is that no elevation of tenn
perature is likely to do that hencefOrth.
The persons who are in prosperous cir
cumstances-if / may suppose that
there are any such at present-have
undergone a change and for the better.
They no longer care to spend two or
three months at Cape May. Long
Branch. or Saratoga. In addition to
not having the means they have not
the taste. They prefer to seek recreation
and pleasure in a soberer way, either
i'm their own mansion or the plain
boarding house, where they can at
least have peace. Within few years,
too, every small village and hamlet in
New York. New Jersey and Pennsyl-
vania, not to speak of the West. has be.
come summary spot. Hundreds OF
farm houses are filed at this moment,
while the great hotels are languishing
for lack of customers. Hotel keepers
are sure to loose money, and the soon
er they understand the melancholy
truth, the better will it be for their fu-
ture peace. The hotel life at the great
watering places is not wholesome. and
Gothamites have discovered q better
way of getting summer pleasure which
will be regretted by none but innkeep-
ers.
Our Cioton water continues to be as
bad as possible. saw tumbler full
just drawn from the water this AFTER
noon. 1t contained beside the usual
vegetable matter several little SWIM
ming monsters, each about three quar-
tiers of an inch long, with bodies like
eels, and heads like mice. Professor
Chandler told me it was healthy to
drink. In spite of that learned chem
lists opinion. prefer for steady bev-
erage. something besides tadpoles
mixed with my water, If have to
drink it. There are some objects about
which the ordinary human eye and
nose and palate stand no fooling. One
of them is water. lift was question
of clear we'll water drawn from a spot