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Year: 1870

Nho Sinking of tho Brooklyn Caisson-Pr0-
gress OF Work im the Construction oil shs


New York Cnisson.


Last Tuesday, notwithstanding the storm which
prevailed the caisson the Brooklyn shore Of the
East River Bridge was sunk i've inches making the
kotal depth now reached forty feet and two inches
below high tide, and leaving distance Of four feet
md four inches for IL to descend.


the work Of laying masonry has been stopped for
xwo weeks, while the derrcks were being raised,
but the work was recommended yesterday. The
present height Of masonry s eighteen feet and eight
xeet more remain to be added. Tae material IL all
On hand for filing in the casson as soon as 1t Is
sunk TO the proper DEPTH


Tae New York caisson is completed as far as 1t
can be until the iron work Is ready. The task
Of putting the iron work In place will
be commenced in the early part OF next
week. The caisson Is now lying ut William Fl.
Webb's yard, foot OF Sixth street, East river
B0r1ngs have been completed at the foot OF R0ose-
welt street tor this casson. Fine borchoies have
been made and rock found at depth OF from eighty
to etghty-two feet. There VIII be less difficulty In
sinking this than tho brooklyn casson, there not
being so much rock to be encountered. boring Is
now being made IN Water street, Just north Of
Dover to discover what klno OF foundation for an
anchorage oan be got there. During the process OF
boring the remains Of an old ship yard or sunken
ship were discovered at considerable depth be.


The New YORK caisson is 172 feet long and 102 feet
wide, and Will be lined with boiler iron ardtnd the
timber On the roo instead Of iiteen u0s as IL the ne
Brooklyn caisson. 1t Will also have ffty-sx pipes
through the ROOT for bringing water In and carrying
that the other has, to pass the workmen in and
out moro rapidly; and the inside strengthening OF
tho frames is much heavier. Tne excavation on tho
BROOKLYN SIDE Will probably be finished by December
meath the caisson
Year: 1870

PROGRESS OF THE LAKE SHORE Road
We copy from the Times of last evening,
the subjoined sketch of the progress of the
Chattanooga Railroad:


The Chattanoogans now say that they will
not be able to take the population of the
city to the watering places for this year, but
they will be able TO bring them back. In
other words, the opening day for the rail
road is set down for the fourth of July.
Whether the daily schedule will then be il.
troduced, remains yet to be determined.


III this city the laying Of the track has al
ready progressed from point above st. Jo-
seph street to Toulouse, or almost opposite
Jackson Square. Continuing on down the
Pontchartrain Railroad to the old Luzenburg
Hospital, the earth embankments are seen
for the first time. From this point through
the Louisiana LoWlands-through Greary
swamps and marshes, unknown at present
except to the hunters and the railroad gangs,
who have IN this work been the pioneers of
civilization, the road continues to the Rigo.
lets.


At this point the Chattanoogans have
successfully accomplished, iu bridging the
lake, what XerXes with his three million
soldiers failed to do with the Hel!eSpont-a
similar body of water. The freshly hewn
piers and timbers now stretch like line of
new Notifications across the water, and
may be said to have been already inaugu.
rated with the death immolation tone of>the
first men who crossed lt)' which charac ter
izes almost every new undertaking.


The new road is, of course, the great
eveEl at the watering places, and every one
is looking forward to the time when the con-
necton with this city will be abridged to
three or four hours. A good many trans
Pontchsrtrsin residents have an idea that
real estate will greatly increase in value,
and that the residences, from being along
the shore, will be al transferred to the
neighborhood of the depots; but the houses
have not commenced wheeling into line as
yet, and property will not probably double
in value great many times for month or
two to come.
Year: 1870

The disaster occasioned by the giving way OF a
platform at the Catholic Prolectory, in the town OF
westcheser, Westchester county, on Monday even
ing whereby one OF the Brothers and some twenty
boys belonging to the institution were more or less
injured, has not proved serious as was at
first supposed. When 1t is considered that the
Improperly constructed platform gave way white
bearing the weight OF nearly one hundred boys thus
preciptating them distance OF about twenty feet,
the absence of any immediately fatal consequences
may be regarded as almost miraculous. Most OF the
little fellows while falling naturally extended their
arms IN the instructive nope OF tinding support, and
thereby many OF them sustained severe fractures OF
the forearm one unfortunate child had MS face
snockingly bruised and his nose cut open, wniie
another had large splinter OF wood
driven into one OF his lower limbs. James
Carroll, aged eleven, was severely burned In one OF
his limbs by a frccrackcr during the day ana mac
the large bone OF the same member badly fractured
by the accident occurring In the evening. Many oil
the boys who were AZ first reported dead or dying
were running around the grounds enjoying Them
selves yesterday. The only critical case remaining


s that OF Brother Orian, who sustained severe con-
tusions Of the face and head. II is also reported
that the base of his skull ~ injured, as alarming
symptoms warrlnLtng taat couctosioA lad SET 10
YESTERDAY.
Year: 1870

In the case OF Joseph H. Ramsey against the Ine
Railway Company and Others, the plaintiff moved to
vacate the order changing the place Of trial from
the county OF Delaware to the county OF New York
The motion was heard before Judge Murray and yes
teriay he decided that the motion must be denied,
with ten dollars costs, and order entered accord
ingly. In his opinion he says:--rhe place Of trial
having been changed from Delaware county to New
York by an order or this court, and the order en-
tered before tni, motion WAS made, IL can only be
made In New York city, providing the order chang
ing the place OF trial be yalid In that case this
COult wOld have no jurisdiction to entertain this
notion IL Is insisted by plaintiffs counsel that the


in violation Of an order staying proceedings on such
motion and that the place OF triai - not in law
changed, and that thi, motion is made only to cor
rect record to set aside vacate void order.
The motion TO change the place OF trial was pro
perly made at the Circuit and Special Term, at Delhi
The parties were before the court. The court ac-
Quired jurisdiction OF the subject matter aud OF the
parties The further hearing OF the motion was, at
plaintin's desire 0rdercd TO stand over until the
3lst, then instant, TO "a Special Term at BlnghamtOn
AT that time dc endants counsel appeared before the
court, but no one appearing for paintif the order
was granted in default. When the order was thus
taken neither the Justice holding the court nor the
by Judge Peckham. so far as the papers con-
cerned everything Is regular on Their face. Under
these circumstances the order cannot be said To DE
void The court had not lost its Jurisdiction. 1t
only irregular when made to appear by other pa
pers tnat such stay existed when granted. II only
until set aside. The motion to set aside the order
for irregulariiy could only he made dt the place
where 1t was then uiable, which was New York
CITY.
Year: 1870

At Courcelles, few days since, the
Gardes Mobiles discovered a German
spy on the top of very tall house.
He was man in military uniform, hold
ing a blue flag in one hand and red flag
in the other, and wearing in front ofhim
a long apron painted dull red with the
narrow white markings to resemble the
brick work of the neighboring chimneys,
between which he was crouched. He
had been observed waving the flags in
question, and had thus become the tar
get of the Gardes Mobiles, all of whom,
however, fred wide Of. their mark. In
an instant he slid down the long slated
roof, and clinging to the stone cornice,
dropped into the iron balcony of the floor
beneath, and disappeared through one of
the windows. The Gardes Mobiles at
once obtained admission to the house
very large one, with apparently all its
apartments occupied = which they
searched from top to bottom for upward
of an hour, without, however encounter
ing the smallest trace Of the daring
Prussian otficer-for so he was pro-
nounced to be--who had signaled to his
comrades in a populons quarter Of Paris
in broad daylight.
Year: 1870

1t possesses the very great advantage
Of carrying the work in the natural way
from left to right-which enables the
operator to handle the work more readily
and to sit upright; while machines which
carry the work from the operatorrequire
an inclination of the body forward (detri-
mental to healthy and are hard and tire
some to use.
Year: 1870

The railroad surveyors are coming
along steadily, and have been over two
weeks making survey from the mouth
of Pit river to the ferry across the Sac
ramento, some IA or l5 miles above. The
great difficulty in making the survey, is
on account of the river being SO crooked
with short bends. The Sacramento river
route, however, is the best route found,
in fact the only route on which the road
can be built reasonably. The supposi-
ton of tho Oregon surveyors, that the
California road will meet the boundary
line at Lost river, around the north side
of the Butte has no foundation in reality,
as a road connot be built at any reason
able expense via. Sheep Rock and Butte
Creek Valley from the head Of Shasta
Valley. The railroad survey will GER
tainly run somewhere along Shasta VAL
ley, very near Yreka if not through it.
The surveyors expected to be in this vi
cinity before now, but will probable be
here during the middle Of September,
aud continue their survey as straight as
possible to the Siskiyou mouutain--
Yrckn Journal.
Year: 1870

Take twenty boys M sixteen. in our
or any city in the State, and let them
go to work, three or four in a dry
good store, boot and shoe or black
smith establishment and printing of
fees. In ten years they will have be-
come men OF twenty-six, and the ma
jority Of them will be about as far
along in the business as they ever will
be- One or two only in each of the
above branches will be established in
business fof themselves or connected
with some firm doing good business
and they will be barely getting living
and growing about their poor luck
Now we assert that there is good rea-
son for their poor success, and that
luck has but little to do with it.. If
We take the trouble TO ascertain the
real facts in their several cases. we
shall find that those young men who
became masters in their trades. or
leading men in their pursuits were
not afraid to work, and were deter
mind to succeed. They looked be-
Fyond the day and week. They made
themselves valuable and useful to
their employers, by becoming always
faithful, reliable and willing to do
what they could for the interest of
those for whom they worked. When
a press of business came, they were
ready and willing to work extra hours,
and without sulking or grumbling,
well knowing that business must be
attended to when it came, and that
there were plenty of dull times during
the year, which would more than
counterbalance any extra briskness of
the busy season. To sum it all up,
these young men Unidentified them
selves with the establishments where
they were employed, became useful
to their employers, in fact, fixtures,


who could be lily spared, and in due
course of time, having gained expert


ence, were invited to take hand with
the already established house, or else


boldly strike out for themselves


Here, then, is the lesson, which is, il
you wish to become successful mas


ters, learn first to become faithful ser
wants.
Year: 1870

The SUBCOMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
have Gu tdown the appropriations for the Indian
Bureau from five to two millions, and have also
cut out entirely the estimates for the Land Of
flee, amounting to $4,000, on the ground that
there was a surplus on hand. and the expenses
must be curtailed to use up the surplus.
Year: 1870

YIRGIN1A-The Senate was engaged on the
Virginia bill again to-day, and at the time our
report closed there was every indication of a
night session. 1t is very doubtful if vote will
be reached before tomorrow. The galleries
were crowded, and a number of members of the
House were upon the floor of the Senate; prom
inent among whom were General Butler and
Mr.. Bingham.
Year: 1870

The LINGARD TROUPE, at the National The
ater, give varied and pleasant entertainment,
and were well received on their first appearance
last night. Their burlesque OF " Pluto will be
repeated for the last time this evening, as there
will be complete change Of bill tomorrow
night.
Year: 1870

TIE FIRST REPRESENTATION OF SCHOOL"
by Laura Keene's excellent Philadelphia COM
pany, at Wallis Opera House last evening, was
very successful. The comedy is a very pleasing
and effective one, and it was given in style
that We might expect from q company Of which
we have heard so much, and which has worked
together SO long and with such eeias. tits hardly
necessary to state that the costumes and other
accessories Of the play were in good taste and in
strict keeping with its character. "SchoOl"
will be repeated this evening, and We advise
lovers Of good acting to see 1t.
Year: 1870

Stick two pins into a sheet of pa
per, four inches apart. Take string
that will not stretch, ten inches long,
and tie the ends together, at the knot
hold a pencil with the point on the
paper. Move the string around the
pins-keeping the string taut against
them. The pencil marks on the pa.
per will be a true oval. If you want
the oval hatter, shorten the string; if
more in the form of a circle, lengthen
it. This is very convenient rule to
be used when framing pictures and
hair or fancy wreaths, or for decora-
ton on public occasions.
Year: 1870

changing, shifting. irresolute, and
erratic management Of the party pat
ronage, and Of civil appointments does
not look like it. The Republican
party cannot live and thrive and grow
on the achievements or the glories of
its past. Its vitality and its strength
must be Of today. The people will
rot ask what has it done, but what is
it doing? Are the leaders of the
Republican party prepared to answer
this question, and to abide the popular
verdict on that answer ?-Zebina K.
Pangborn.
Year: 1870

The most remarkable instance of
election frauds that the census has
disclosed in New York, is that in the
tenth election district of the sixth
ward. This district in May last re-
ported so republican and S84 demo-
cratic voters, and its total population
is now ascertained to be $40. The
Evening Post declares that an honest
vote in this district would not exceed
124, and as there were so republican
voters the real democratic majority
was "a, instead of 834 as it was
actually returned. When it is con-
sidered that the democrats have a
chance to manipulate the vote in over
400 election districts of New York
city, the large democratic majorities
that are usually figured up there, are
easily accounted for.
Year: 1870

Here's a satisfaction of the sweet
est sort. A microscopic who has
been studying mosquitoes fpds that
they are positively lousy, each having
parasites upon his body which are
easily to be seen under glass of low
power. The mosquitoes
seems to be as lively under their tor
ture as are human beings under the
sting OF the mosquito.
Year: 1870

Are happy to express thanks for a most liberal
patronage which has given them the most salts
factory assurance that their Ready Pay System
IS approved by the community. Under its work
ing we have had larger monthly receipts than
ever UNDER THE POOR OLD WAY! We


now offer
Year: 1870

TTOW OFTEN Is THE HOUSEHOLD


IL loaf buried with the household head, and
families that might have been comfortably
provided for, LETT destitute by the want OF
proper foresight in its deceased protector?
Year: 1870

VTANTED-EITHER IN BROOKLYN OR NEW YORK,
w Board and Lodging, by a southern gentleman in a
quiet Southern family, where there but boardes
single price not to exceed 49, regular boarding
house keepers need apply Address PERMANENT box
New York Post Office.
Year: 1870

Drunken Mans Head smashed-ThrlllIng


Details.


The Newburg CN. Y.) Journal has the follow
ing;-


At half-past O'clock Monday night an un-
known man, in attempting to go from the
ferryboat Onalaska to the bridge on the east
side of the river before the boat had stopped,
fell between the boat and the bridge, and had
his head horribly crushed, SO that several great
gaps were opened in his skull, out of which the
brains poured. The man came aboard the boat
on the Newburg side, and was very drunk
just before the boat reached the entrance to the
slip on the Fishkill side he in his drunken con-
fusion, attempted to walk off the west end Of
the boat, supposing that he was going ashore.
The hands of the Onalaska drew him back
inside the chains, and he was told to stay there
until the boat should land. They then lost sight
of him until they were making fast the boat TO
the bridge. He had walked off between the
boat and the bridge, and they caught glimpse
of him for moment as he seized the bridge
with his hands to save himself from dropping
into the water. Then, as the boat touched the
bridge came the horrible sound of the crushing
| of the skull and one of the arms and the poor
| drunken wretch ceased to live. The order to
reverse the engine was promptly given, and the
boat was backed, but the Intended relief o.
course came too late. The corpse, covered with
J brains and blood, fell into the water. The head
was nattened by the force OF the concusslon
The corpse was permitted to remain In th'
water, but was secured by rope.
Year: 1870

Empre:-


Senior Pauline read in the Diario that IL Is intended
TO raise subscriptions the purpose of erecting statue
to me. You know feelings, wish you to declare,
as soon as possible that tn wish 70 ate the
membranoo of low much trusted to the patriotism Of the
Brazans for the complete nvcugng of the national
and for the reputation Of the Brazilian name, in
not contrary TO satisfaction in serving country
only as fulfilling heartfelt duty would prefer that they
would employ their efforts only in the collection OF
the for the construction OF buildings
appropriated to primary school education ana for the
improvement of the mat rial Of oher institutions Of pub


lie in gruction. Both you and predecessors know
nov nave always spoken OF the need OF caring seriously
in regard to public education and nothing would please
much as 60 see the of peace. based
conception of the dignity of Brazilian commerce by a
grand act of their initiative in favor OF public educa
tion.


While grateful 10 tho sentiment which prompted the
statue feel assured that shall not be forced TO refuse


March l9, 1870. ID. PEDRO III.
Year: 1870

w Barnet lie Van VS.. Robert Stlegle. An action
TO recover for moulds furnished to defendant for the
manufacture of rubber bands, invented by him for
use upOn cemetery nower-Vases. The defense set
forth that the mOulds were defective and did not
al swer the purpose for which they were ordered.
Jury out


Abraham Friedman, deceased, vs. The Fourth and
Fiphth streets Passenger Railway Co. An action to
recover damages for the loss OF the deceased, who
was run over and killed on the 9th OF December last,
at Fourth street and Girard avenue while attempt
ING TO get on the front platform OF one OF the defend
ants cars he having made the attempt at the in
stance OF the conductor and the car starting of be-
fore he had had time TO get fairly on the STEP On
trial.
Year: 1870

The Carlist insurrection which has
Just broken out in Spain has not been
altogether unexpected The ultramon-
tame journals of England and France
have been for months past predicting
such an event with boldness aud con
6dence which prove that the revolution
ary preparations were no secret. Don
CARLOS is the chosen cham pion of the
clerical party. They look upon Isabella
as totally lost to Spain, and the youth
and the Prince OF Asturia put him very
much at the mercy of regents who nigh
or might not be favorable to the Church
but Don CARLOS, who is man of ma
tnre years, and has shown himselffavor>
able in more ways than one b &c
clesiastic.l element, they imagine to be
destined to revive the glorics of the
priesthood But. although the Span
iards are firm Catholics and devoutly
attached to their Church, they are by
no means disposed to restore the faller
power of the clergy, and Consequently
they will not support the cause of i's
representative There are several po-
litical factions striving for the mastery.
but none of them sufficiently powerful
to establish decided supremacy. The
armysb0lds the balance of power. and
whatever party it supports can rule the
country. The troops are certainly not
Carlists, and that single fact exsingnish
es the hopes of the 'slegi,imate" Prince
They were not strongly opposed to Isa
bella, but they accepted her dethrone-
ment, and would not now FIRE shot to
restore her. As for her SOD. he conld
nothave the least influence among them,
owing to his youth, 1t is said that re-
publican opinions are very prevalent
among the soldiers, and that they could
not be counted upon to uphold the
cause of Prince, foreign or native. that
might be called to the throne. This is
very likely; yet it is very singular that,
in state of affairs when its wish could
hardly be resisted, the army has made
no open avowal of its sentiments 1t
cannot be that patriotism is extinct in
the besoms Of the soldiers, or that they
have lost all interest in the welfare OF
their country. Our decided opinion is
that they are republicans at heart, and
that, seeing how events are every day
tending to make their principal triumph.
ant, they do not think it worth their
while to give way to any agitation.


Spanish Republic will unquestion


be an ACCOMPLISHED fact before the |


ocnmuch times. #. Chronicle.
Year: 1870

WARRANTED.-T Topreserve your eyes


put them 10 bottle filed With alcohol


TO avoid corpulence, quit eating. To
conceal your teeth, keep your mouth
shut. To keep out Of debt, acquire the
reputation of q rascal and no one will
trust you.-These are infallible receipts.
Year: 1870

Cart. FREDERIC SPEED takes his
leave Of the Times and Republi-
can in valediCtory Of over three
columns. We will not presume
to critizise his remarks therein
contained because now he is "out
of the harness" and has not the
same facilities that we have, for
defence. Yet We should, we think,
naturally take exceptions to some
things there stated. As q general
thing our journalistic relations
with Capt Speed have been pleas
ant and we have found him a fair
foe and an honorable friend. We
wish him well in every station of
life, even though we differ widely
in politics.
Year: 1870

No sort Of argument and no
assertions can alter the real fact,
thatthe effort to organize the Wing
party in this State is simply moth
ing more nor less than a scheme
of the Radicals to disunite the op
position to them, and thereby
strengthen their own foothOld.
Any Whig who cannot at once
perceive this shallow object, must
be wilfiully. blinded by some ma
brial and tangible arguments OF
the Radical party.