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» ‘3‘: {ll-E517? 'fijfifiLiSHfifiXNfi PROPRIETOR on" No paper discontinued until all arreai‘ages are paid ; and parties refusing papers with: out paying up will be held accountable for flie subspription. a at“. lettcm‘ addressed to the editors must be post-paid. thap one year, insertion. . . Eachsubsequent insertion ..... . . 22 inches to be considered one: column Zfifirertiéem'ents‘ Without written Adirgctiou msetfgd tilIA‘fQI-bic‘l, 9ndgharged acpordingly. All’iransitc'nry 'idx'ertisemZnts from rgga- lar ox'v'irregular customers; must- he paid for when ‘handed in for insertion. One ih’ch, one’y'eaffn . Two inch-es, one year”. .‘ 'I‘hreé inches, one} year ................. _. .. Adveftisemgnts for a shorter perigu‘ BOOK & JOB PRINTING ,TH; YORK HERALD-Wm always be found to.~contain the latest »and“‘most important FGu‘eign and Local News and Markets, and the greatest care will .be take“ to render it acgept'able to -the man of busiuéss, and a vqhxablmFanEily N wfzpaper. ESTAB'LISEMENTQ‘ Orders for {any of the undermeuiioned des- “ . cri'ption.0£ ' ‘ will be pgognptly atte‘ldgfl to ; Figcy Bills, Business Cagdg,£irculars,llaw Fox‘mi, Bill Heads, Blank Checks, Drafts, Blank Orders, Receipts, Letter Heads,Fa.ncy Cuds, Pamphlets, Large and Small Posters, EMEHREEMM_.K9LL§,t&2r:lir$§s.Prinh- having made large additions to the print- ing material, wegx‘re itgar pgqparledh than "951115 aghast? I ‘inflst Bgmfififul prilftifig of description icensed Auctioneer for the County of York. Sales attended to on the short- est notice and at reasonable rates. P. O. adflfess, Buttonville. York, Peel and Ontario. Residence~« t 7, 6th 0011., Markham: P. 0. address, Unionville. Sales attended to on the short- ahortest notice and on reasonable terms. Orders left at the Herald office for Mr. Car- ter’s service will be promptly attended to. June 27, 1867 bicensed Auctioneer-for the Counties of I T1173 highggt mggkeE-prigé given f6} Cat’cle1 Sheep, Lambs, 8m. And dispatched to subscribers by the earlith mails orvgther gnweyancegi: when so? degired: :TERFIS: Onue-Déilzifrffigf‘ annum in Ead- vance, if not aid‘ within two months, One Dg‘l'lar and I“_i_ty Cents grill gym-gal. I) always on 'hand the best of Béé§;’31uttéxr, Lamb, Veal, Pork, Sausages, 350., and sell at the lowest prices for Gaah. Every Friday MOI-ning,‘ Corner of Young and Centre streets Eist, have constantly on hand a good assortment of Drugs, Paints,”1_’erfumery, Chemicals, Oils, Toilet Soaps, Medicines, Varnishes, FancyArticles, Dye Stuffs, Patent Medicines and all other articles kept by druggists generally. Our stock of medicines warrant- ed genuine, and of the best qualities. Richmond Hill, Jan 25, ’72 705 AISO’ Owned “Rd Sficefl Bee Smgked and‘ ’1)? Ha 3,} j ‘ 16 highest market nrice given for Cattle. FARMERS AND SHOE STORE TUE. YO 151K H fiw‘inflétmd of extriSctiug teeth; withqut , fifth}? bS‘V the use (If Ether Spfi'iy,whic'h Affects the teeth only. The tooth and gum surrounding becomes i'nsensible ‘with the external agency, when the tooth can be ex- tracted with nu pain and without endanger- ing the life, as in the use of Chloroform. Dr. Robinson will be at the following places prepared to extract teeth with his new ap- paratus. All office operations in Dentistry performed in a. workmanlike manner : ' uforajjst, 73rd, 16th and 22d of par-h month Ngfimfifket.5..‘.; .. 2d Richmond Hill, 9th and 24th Mt. Albert ..................... 15th Thornhill...... Maplg............. Bu We .. .... K1511 q,“ “AWN, -V “a. , Boots and shoes made to measure, of the best material and workmanship,‘_at the 10w~ esgremunefhbixigkpriigqs‘: ' Lot an “pk/Sawfly Aime? having‘dfik: 0 514215 Note: 'of the late D. GIBSON and other surveyors, which should be consulted, in many eases as to original monuments, «in, previous tn commencing work. Office at VG‘IiIZOQBALE, \‘nnge (Street, in the Township of York. BAR‘RO'N,‘ manufactfirer and dealer- in all kinds of boots and shoes, 38 “"681: Markgt Sqqarie, Tornnfio, Plain &Coiored Job Work Aurora. Aurora, April ‘28, 1870 Jm‘afimmr RICHMOND Hill. DRUG STORE, "109x213? 33th a Cheap! Book and Job PrintingEatabliahmmt :«r Tums: $1 mm A}:ch m ADYA ‘ 211:3}: 0 )‘m‘chwlfoxan Sat; llcufifixb HILL L} var Watches. Jewelry, #0.; 113 Youge Meet, Toronto. ealer in Drugs, Medicines, Groceries, VViues, and Li uors, Thornhill. By oyal Letters Patentkas been appointed Is- ler of Marriage Licenses. ~23 £15.15: mammal). s; Richmond Hill, Oct. 2-1», ’72 Scptembar l, 1871 Markham, July 24, 1868 61d”: by letter shqulfld state; th_e Couyessipn, (BUSCEifisQRSVS‘O “7: w. cox,) I ' UQ‘CYHERS,‘ RIQHMQND EILVLXHAVE gv. “ISEGSWUR'L‘H, ' ‘EAYJER' IN' FINE GOLD AND SIL- 'oronto, Decfa‘, 1867 PETER GIBSON, a | 0w)? (3A4 D m = 1m»? :‘nfijgi, Widbaughtsmljgf :k’ VOL.»XV. NO 42. 1‘11 H: HERA 141) W. H. A: R. PUGSLEY, AUCTIONEERS. A!) \‘E RTISIN G- .h' ATESL Efiflmfiébx & 8‘?” 35. «SEGSWOMH “ Tm: YORK HERALD,” THO MAS CARR, JOHN CARTER, DENTISTISY . DRUGGISTS. .§,....;......."..30th Hugs“? lime "Gas’ alwaya‘ oi himd "at‘ my; m 13‘ 1'zfyz.u:m;:p ‘PRIkTéRS 0F TH Bl5-tf : $4 00 3 50 3 00 745-1y 497 * ‘ Horsesnxamined as to soundneas, and-also bought and sold. on commission. A , - - Richmond Hill, Jan. 25, 1872; 507 WunW‘Ohargés M‘odex‘a‘t'e; ‘- ‘ "‘ 5 "‘ % »"0n‘ch~Richmond srreet, Richmond Hill‘ . 700-ly v Toronto Universit' College; corner of Yonge and Centre Stsjflaat, Richmond Hill, begs to announce to the public that he is now practising wick IL Sanderson, of thevsame place, where they may be consulted person‘- ally orby letter, on all diseases of homen, cattle, &c. »- ' » ‘ _All_' orders from a. distance promptly M; tended to, and medicine sent to auypart of ms: ivaince. ' ~ ‘ A New York correspondent writes of the late Fitz James O’Brien: “O'Brien had a; penchant for moving from lodgings to lodgings, leaving his library in pledge for rent until he redeemed it or notified the landlady of his abandonment. Books came to him freely from publishers, and a new one soon accumulated. He once found himself involved in debt to a number of small but annoying creditors. ’Ne- cessity spurned him into act-ion. ~He laid in a supply 9f beer and provisions, bought a, 'c‘ofl‘eepot and“n few cans of preserved milk, wrote on a card ‘out of town,’ nailed up his door, himself inside. and wrote himself out of debt by poems,‘ magazine sketches, and a play in two” weeks, coming out of his -selfâ€"inflicted§ imprisonment healthy and happy to fete the event by a two hundred dollar dinner at Delmonico’s, at which the} guests remained until breakfast nextl morning." _ _ l :xj ;_‘.,."P'Y‘;'_I "'-?'V"-'~"r' ' t'fi'l‘v " 21' RAW; 151:8; aATTORxEEuApLAm “301131113084! (imimy, mgvmm<mtj c., 0. OFFICE ;â€"~No. 12 York Chambers; South- M 001‘ (if TOTOIItOfindyc 'I‘nmn fin wk \_ Surveyor, Trust and Loan Buildings, cor- ner 'of 'Adelaide and Toronto Streets, ‘ ‘T-o- ronto. 5 ' ' "719-tf Toronto street. Toronto, Dec. 2, 1859‘ ‘15 “a _ m. ‘ I ' V. ., , .,r‘")'.,.".--£",z; g I). 6. fighlny, :UOUNTm."E. Bonk-Knew); Donia" ancer,.and Commission ,Agentffor the sale or purchase of lands, farm stock, &c., U 01d iron, rags, &c.,'&c., Richmond “Hill All orders promptly attended to. Sta nils permanently above every other Rem (ly now in use. It is invaluable. ' ISO, the Pain" Victor is Infallible for Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Flux, Colie, Uholcm Morbus, Pain and Cramp in the Stomach and Bowels, kc. ' ' Soid by Druggists generaliy. The Dominion “Worm Candy is the medicine 0 expel Worms. _ Try it. 7001’ ‘ In the northern provinces of Ger- many and in Scandinavia, bridal crowns are composed of artificial myrtle, ornamented in a manner more showy than tasteful, with additional flowers in gold and silver. These crowns are often a foot or more in height. In the evening the garlands see the “abjeta_nz’-’ danced off. A lively tune strikes up and the brides- maids and other girls dance round the bride, whois blindfolded. Suddenly the music stops, when the bride places her crown onthG'hend of the girl who happens to stand before her at the moment. Of course the maiden Lhue crowned will be the next; 'to be married. These bridal Wreathe' are kept as cheriehed momentous, often under glass. Shouldfa silver.,,e,wed:‘ dingedljcy arrive, - ' after t-Wentfnfive’ you're of married life, a silver wreath is worn. Should the venerable couple survive to celebrate the fiftieth anni- versary, the matron is crowned with a golden garland. 4 and Chronic cases of (.‘atarrll, Jamal- m,-Hm(lache,Colds,0011g1m, Crou , Asthma, vfironcliitis, k9. it is also a' gum. Snot-hing Syrup. - ' 7V 'USTARD’S Pill»; 'are the best pills you J can get for Dyspepsia, SiEk Headache, Billiousuess, Liver, Kidney Complaints, &c. ' AVE you R)1e11matism,\Vounds, Bruises, I . Old Sores, Cuts, Burns; ' Frost Bites, Piles, Painful Swelllngs, \Vhite Swellings, and every conceivable wound fipon man or beast 7 V USTARD’S'Ctharrh Sp(.‘i“i§ic Um‘en Acute J F! HI A Boston )aggr wogfiem wiry ya me'mbér ofma‘ongtjess who recently spoke with 56 much feeling of the “hay saed‘in-his hair,” and "oats in his throw” forgot to complete the, diagnosis of the case by alluding to the rye in his stomaoh. m wimpy“; 0am" WWW: w B‘aknisim; :ATTOREE‘Y:AT4LA}\; “Summon-“Ix ngmx. sz‘fvmwmé Mark Twain has announced his ab mention to abandon leaturing. ‘ ‘ ‘ “WT/{131M H. MEYERS, I127; Directions with each bottle“ m1 bios: , Manufaétured by _ H. MUS’IlARD, November 12, 18724 '1’. WHITLOCK, IHIMNEY «SWEEP, Am) DEALER rm “'M. MtALLOY, ‘ARRISTER, Attm‘ney_, Solicitordn-Chan RCHITECT, CIVIL ENGINELR, AND . J. u. SANDERSON, ' ‘EERINABY SURGEOfipsCfil-nduatu of_ German Wedding Wreaths. WW I’KTE‘EYI‘ ME‘D‘IFSN ‘r 1‘ Working His Wax. Out, I‘I'l()(}l¢.â€"\ 5.!-,~\’1‘l( fix- {LATE JAMES ’& FO\\'LER,) colleetioxr of notes it’d larger; M'gdel‘fit'e. “i "" " THE KING OF OI LS s. JAMES, y... uriotm', In'gerécll 747-tf “But, mama,” said Sarah, “ how would it look to other people for me to have to give an answer in one short hour-only sixty xninntosâ€"~jnmp at hasty chancewand think how my young friends would jeer and laugh 'at 1116. Wouldn’t they tease me to death ? Oh, mama, I can never face that music.” - l “ But stop, mycliildyand .ligsten to mmâ€"Thore is. not a young lady in the city that. would not jump at the . fi'or made you. Let them laugh. Girls must have something tow-laugh. at, brit- it won’t.h11rtyofl."‘Tell him $65, emphatically If lye were a stran- gér, who antecedents 'fireré unknown 3 to us, however preposseSsing in person ’and manners,‘or profuse in his rofos- pious. of love, .I would withho d my goo'nsent But‘we‘ have long known , him; his moral. character iswithout ’ refrronch', ho is =amiable, kind-h'ezn'ted tand‘einccro, 'a‘fine scholar, with an honorable position in the college, and he makes no false pretences. You know justwhat he is. What» more do I you Want 7” day to the residence of the nearesrf ygufig .lady who had been recom- mended, and being welcomed and seated in the family circle, as he always was Wherever known, he at once made known the objectof- his visit by saying in a. clear distifict voxco: Had an earthquake violently shak- en the premises, the household could not have been more astonished. Like a- frightened doc, Sarah started to run, when her mother caught her; and said : - v Being again seated, a blush suc- ceeded the palenose which had been caused by the start-ling announcement, and she rallied enough to be able to the professor that as his proposition was so entirely unexpected she must have some time to consider the mat- ter. This be granted, bnc said : ,‘_‘ Well, Miss Sarah, my friends have ad'fi'ised me to get married, recom- mended you and a number of other young ladies to me as suitable per- spns, and I have called to see if you are willing to marry me.” A COI'I‘OB )ondent oftlio Indianapolis Herald, tells the following anecdote of Professor Foster, who filled, with much ability, one of the chairs of the Facultyof tho. college in Knoxbom, Tenn. “ As I am anxious, in case of your refusal, to see the ether young ladies to-day, I can wait only one hour for your answer : Knowing the worthiness, sincerity and simplicity of the professor, the matron took her blushing daughter up stairs (or. consultation, while the. father'was~-~-left to entertain his pro- posed son‘in-Iaw as best he could un- der. the novel circumstances. Of course, the discussion of the sudden proposition between Sarah and her mother was private, and cannot 'be given in full. The most essential points of it, however, were told after- ward. It was readily admitted that he was entirely Worthy of Sarah’s hand and heart. “ Why, child don’t b0 frightened ; the professor won’t hurt you.” “ But mama, I don’t know that he Iona me; he hasn’t even said m” if Jammy OP'FIDELITY. But. when the moon fins one away To other seasâ€"*may it e soon-L‘- Then the son will softly say : ,“ Starsgre truer than mmoon.” ~ I therhxjon,_a.nd he the Bea; 01-41 tho-jealoqs, ngelesg stamâ€" flow" the harm has kissed the ma, E ; And thofwavesgr all .tremblingly, Throw aloft their silvery arms, Fall of love and ecstasy. l therscarand he the moon, Burning min of jealofiuy ; Lova that ‘ eela no fear at all and moon and trembling star's Love, and give of l‘dvo again ; Stars and moon and loving main, All must taste ofljealona pain. Im‘ve is_measqred_hut‘hy this But the stars, they sally wee ; Grieving tears fall from one eye ; All unbeedgd by the sea ,Ia their mrmwirfg 1919st y; Never one shall know from me a W’ould not. be the love for ma. A Remarkable Courtship. RICHMOND HLLL, ONTARIO, CANADA; FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1874 0mm Emma. but he didnu a a; {fut providing for the larder only as “he taught him. One little incigieut may euifiee to illustrate. She told him one day to get some.rice. He went immediately to the store, and told the clerk he wanted some rice. “How much,” inquired the clerk. “ 0, not much,” said the rofessor; “I think three or four bus els will do for the present.” The clerk was very sorry to say they had not so much on hand, but they would soon have more. The clerk persuaded him to try and make out for two or three days with some fifteen or twenty pounds-_ Sarah and the clerk were not the only ones who laughed over the incident. He never called for three or four bushel after- ward. - A London correspondent writes: “The Duke and Duchess of Edin- burgh have been endowed with an income something like $200,000 a year. They are to have at least two magnificent residences in England-â€" one. Clarence House, in town, and another, not, I believe, fully decided on yet,in the country. Besides, they will have two establishments at St. Petersburg, when they choose to visit that frigid native clime of the Duchess Marie. This is leaving out of account the freedom they will be able to make of Windsor and Buckingham Palace, and Osborne and Balmoral and Marl- borough House and Sandringham, the residences of Alfred's royal mother and brother. And what, then, will be their life ? One or two ladies of noble birth will be attached to them as ladies and gentlemen in waiting, equerries, and high social attendants. They will have stables, with an ample choice of equine flesh for every imm ginable purpose of pleasure. Their chariots, coupes, dog carts, cabriolets, pony carriages, will enable them to enjoy every variety of comfortable and showy drivings. They may go where they list, for the greatest. no- bles will be only too glad to receive them ckez aux, and the royal boxes at theatres and opera and the bestplaces on the grand stand of the turf will be at their very good service. If they want to be talked about and cheered, they hays only to take a turn in Rot- ten Row of a morning, or go to the infinite variety of ‘public occasions ‘ which are always turning up, and where royalty is always in lively de- mand, distribute prizes and open hos- pitals, preside at charitable meetings and make their appearance in pauper fairs. ‘ ‘ But if they prefer quiet luxury they may retire and. remain in their costly elegant town or country nests, with eyery amusementwhich theart of man has devised Within their reach, and with full wer to change the conditions of t eir pleasures as they ‘wi l." Well, in due time thé yrofesmr went to the clerk for his lice ise. The clerk informed him that $1104ng re- quired a bond and secirgity 'in the sum of $1,250, to be voic§ on handi- tion that there was no legilobjection to tho proposed ,union of £3930 two per. sons named. Tho profes’ Emmptly replied, “ 0, never mind " 0nd, Mr. Clerk; I will pay 551,10 vn', and will hand you the balan , two.” After further ox u ' ' the clerk. thq professor c" the law and dbtained hi At tlfappoinlediim At the expiration of the‘fifly-ninth minute they returned to the professor and papa, Sarah still blushing, but more calm than before. fiber), with a firmness that mtonishedijherself as well as her parenta, she exgtended her hand to the professor and‘gaidv: “ Yes sir, if papa consents.” He gave his consent without: hesi- tancy, and it was readilyfagreed by all that the wedding shoulgi take place a week from that time. Then l’refesâ€" sor Foster. with his usual- calmness, eonscious of having donej his duty, withdrew, to report progress to his friends. : One of the moat1 Magnificent planta- tious in Georgia, which cost $200,000 before thc war, was sold at auction 81216 other .1317 m $11,094 ‘ L . Leaning her head upouéiher. mosh- ers bosom, Sarah said in a {gubmissive tone: 1 “ Well, mama, just as you sayâ€"«1'11 tell him yes; but, although thehour isn't half out, we’ll not go down until the last minute of the helm" “0, well daughtex‘; nge‘i’br "firind that. _ Generally, those Whp zu'u ioud- est in‘ the rofession of lov'é; have 1119 least of -t .0 Purourticle»; gun teach him by example t (Sve‘ytsu. It is far better than precejfii” T - A Happy Pair. form, tiful figures. There are also Vtwo seven-ligbtand, two smaller candela- bra, a pair of claretâ€"pitchers, six fruit- stands, twelve salt cellars :of an inge- nious shape, and other articles. Parts of Cairo, Egypt, seem quite Europeanized. Broad streets have been laid out, modern edifices abound, gas-lamps are seen at every turn, shops like those of London or Paris display their wares in tempting forms, and flaring equipages, with grooms and outriders, dash along. ‘But turn away a. few steps from these parts, writes a recent correspondent, and you pass at once into a genuine Oriv ental town, full of narrow lanes or courts which pass for streets, where camels and donkeys dispute the way with feet passengers, and the dress and posture and tongue of all whom one sees tell him that he is in the veritable East. So that there appears to be two citiesâ€"one modern, West- ern and active, the other ancient, stereotype and quiescent. The donâ€" key boys and the Arabs at the Pyraâ€" mids. know enough English to talk with travellers. but the old Cairene, whether Copt or Moslem, has all the old stolid indifference to whatever is new or foreign. A writer in a London magazine says : “Every fifth woman in society proceeds :qun the principle that whatever has not been communicated ‘ to her as a ‘ solemn secrot’ she is at ‘ perfect liberty to communicate to an other. Not only does she think it perfectly lawful to communicate to her friend of Tuesday whatever hep-i pens to have been said or done by her friend of Monday, but she looks upon this libert}r as a kind of natural right, and resents the notion of putting any restraint upon herself in such a mat- ter. Every one knows that the day after feast is the time when the blub is in her glory; Part of the next morning she spends in writing off a few piquant details to her mother and sister-end most intimate friends; for the blnb is ‘ generally quite ‘as free with her pen as with her tongue. Her friends say of her, ‘ What a capi- tal letter she writes,’ and encourage her by their applause and keen appre- ciation Of her funny stories. She has acquired a reputation for being amus~ ing and she knows how to maintain it. If tho‘sayings and doings of the preceding day fail to afford matter of sufficient amusement or interest, she is, not thereby hafiied. There is al- ways the imagination to be drawn upon. The cloverest blabsuthose who are most welcome to the women and most dreaded by the men of their societyâ€"do not-rely on memory only for their stock in trade. There are but feW' things so funn ' in fact that they may not be me e funnier by fiction,” ‘ A well-known wealthy Parisian has had himself painted by an eminent artist, “ As he was,” “ As he is,” and “ As he will be.” "' As he was ” ro- presents him at the age of twenty-five, a poor wretch in ragged garments, with his toes peeping through holes in shoes, slinking, half famishod, by the side of awall. “ AH he is” figures him fatand jolly as an alderman, well dressed, with gold chains deckinghis waistcoat and diamond rings blazing on his fingers. And in “ As he will be” he is made a hideous corpse. Not the least singular feature of {such a singular freak is the fact that he has the paintings hung in his drawing- room. ‘ The Desirability of Being a. Princess. class and 800 steerage passengerq. She will have bunkers for 1,200 tons of coal, :1 quantity more than sufli- eient to carry her to this country and back ‘gain. All the modern eon- veniciiees are introduced, ‘and passen- gers will have the comforts and luxuries of a. first-class hotel. The Scythz'a, sister ship to the Botlmid, is also building at Glasgow. The new Cunard simmer 15’m'hnia was successfully launched, on the 4th inst, at Glasgow, Miss Arbulhnot per~ lorming the ceremony of naming the shi ). ’l‘ho Bothm'a is 455 feet long, an has; accommodations for300 first~ Past, Present, and Future. A New Cunarder. A Double City. Gossiping. In‘tho year 1654, when the thriving town of Newâ€"Amsterdam attaimd to the dignity of a city With full munici- cipal privileges, the toll of three stivcrs did not seem much to the well-todo burghers for the passage over to Long Island7 in the commodious fel‘ry boats which plied regularly between the shores, from a point about where Peck Slip now is, to the foot of the road in Brenkelen, which new bears the name of Fulton street. The Indians were charged double rates, an instance of the justice and wisdom of our New-Nether- land progenitors, for the savages did not need money as much, nor did they know its value as well as they who had braved the perils of the ocean and the hardships of the forest forits sake. The year 1810 witnessed a remarkable inst- ‘ ance of modern ingenuity in the con- struction of the ferry boats. ‘ The old row-boats were superseded by singular new-fangled double boats, propelled by means of a great wheel driven about by horses in a treadmill. One of the. novel machine-boats had eight horses at the engine, and made the passage in only fifteen or twenty minutes. But the strangest sight was when the citizens of Newâ€"York witnessed on the 8th May, 1814, a little ship, without sails, puf- fing up smoke and sseam, flapping the water with outlandish wings at the ,sidee, and scudding over the river for [no good reason at all apparently. 1n }the year 1869, however, the people had long ceased their wonderment over steamboafs, and beganrto think that not the twentyâ€"five crowded ferry boats crossing and recrossing the East River constantly, nor all the steamboats'in the world, beating, struggling up or down the stream by the rushing tide as they are, and dodging, backing, hiding and hurrying among the shipping, would he sufiicient for the million passengers weekly, and all the trucks of merchan- dise and the nmltitudinous carriages which pass between the great seaport) New York, with its millionof inhabi-w tants and the great manufacturing city of Brooklyn, with its four hundred- thousand. To know when improvement is needed is 'well, but the improvemen‘ ' may not come in a long while, particu-‘ larly an improvement of such magni- tuglgzas making: two shoregxmeet which , great docks built up with stones, and thereby obstructing navigation entirely, a scheme which some proposed, would be like cutting away the rigging trorn one of the queenly merchant vessels which ride at anchor in the river, in order that sailors may get about better. Commerce must not be in the least de- gree interfered with in New-York , it is the city’s life and hope, and it will not be long before all the dockroom and roadstead in the East River will be none too much for the requirements of our trade. Another plan was a tunnel like the one under the Thames ; but the channel of the East River is 60 feet deep, and to tunnel it would be a task1 for titans. But to span the River with ‘ a gigantic bridge, swung above the tall, masts, although it would have to 'be nearly a mile long, and held up by towers higher than the steeple of Old Trinity, was a plan which did not dis- may the engineers and those who are in- formed in the records of modern engi- neering. So a company was formed, and Mr. John A. Roebling, who was already known toithe world as the engiâ€" neer of the enormous suspension bridges at Niagara. Falls and Cincinnati, was requested to draw plans for it, and in April, I 869, they were accepted by the board of consulting engineers appointed by Congress for the iutel ests of the her- bor, and he was appointed to direct the construction of the work. The finan- cial management was to be by an incor- porated company, who issued $500,000 of capital stock. This was supplemented by a. public appropriation of $3,000,000 from the city of Brooklyn, and $1,500,- 000 fromthe city of New York. The excavation for the East Pier was com- menced on January 3rd, 1870. On the 19th of March, the great caisson or hol- low casing within which the excava- tions were made, into which air was compressed five times as dense as above groundflto expel the excavated material, was launched, and was not long in reachâ€" ing the required depth of 30 ieet below the water. The New York caisson was not sunk until May, 1873. The maâ€" sonry was begun on the Brooklyn side, J uly‘l5, 1870, and while the huge cais- sons, the largest constructions of the kind ever made, were slowly sinking under ground, the towers of massive granite blocks from Maine were build- ing directly abeve them, sinking with them Cmd helping to press them down with their immense superincumbent weightâ€"they will weigh each 70,000 tons when completed. The work,was steadily pushed forward until the cold weather came this winter. The Brook- lyn tower has reached the height of height of 225 feet, and the N_ew York tower is compler up to the flooring, 1195 feet above high water mark. ,As soon as the spring opens, the anchorages, which are far advanced on the other side, will be commenced. Of the origi- nal fund of $5,000,000, only $500,000 remains, and the bridge may cost nearly three times the original estimate. Where these immense sums are, to come ifrom is undetermined, but at’all events the work’will notbe abandoned, wheth- er the legislature makes an appropria- OUR. NEW YORK LETTER. (From our Own Cmvwzspcmdent.) uw - and arched masonry, 1,56 ‘- length, starting sit the City tion for its completion or not. The towers will be'280 feet in height, 134 feet long, and 56 feet wide at the base, with two square hollow spaces within. The length of the entire suspended superstructure will be 3,797 feet, 1,5957} feet over the river, from centre to centre between the piers, 930 feet on either side, high shove the tops of the tallest buildings, to where the cables are an- chored in a huge mass of masonry, there being no rock available. There it is met on the New York side by a mad- way approach supported by iron pillars 21%» feet in all Park, from the foot of Chat-ham street, gradu- “ ally rising in an inclination of 31; feet ’ in every hundred, and running through ' the blocks of buildings until‘at Cherry and Water Streets, it meets the sus- pended bridge flopr at the height of 90 feet. 011 the Brooklyn side a similar viaduct will be made, 971 ft. in length, to the terminus of the bridge above at Washington street. Its length includâ€" ing the approaches, will be 5,989 feet. It will be supported by four cables of galvanized tempered cast-steel wire, aided by a. system of stays extending from the towers, which Mr. Roebling says are alone able‘to bear up the cen- tral span. The elevation of the main span is 119 feet above high water at the pier lines, and 135 feet in the centre. The floor will have five separate tracks, two for cars going either way, two for vehicles, and a central one for foot pas- sengers There will be two trsins of from six to eight carriages constantly running forth and back, drawn by end- less wire ropes and making the entire passage in five minutes. The suspended superstructure will be of iron. All ships under 1,000 tons burden can soil under it, as well as all schooners, brigs and other vessels, but ships of over that tonnage will have to lower their top spars. The East River Bridge will be" classed among the chief structures of the kind in the world. The first great suspensiOn bridge built was the one at Fribourg, in Switzerland, and the long? es't now existing is the Victoria, at Montreal, 9,194; feet in length, but this will be'surpossed by the one over the, Tay, in Scotland, that they are new building, and ’which will have a length of 10,593" feet. Some of the bridges “and angflucts, built by the ancient. Romans, such as the aqueduct zit-Nis- mes, were scarcely less remarkable than the greatest triumphs of modern engi neering. Trajan’s famous bridge over Win-betas "4,779 feet in lengths“; city one of more usefulness and import- ance than this East River Bridge. It will confine‘and unify the two cities as no incorporation enactment, nor the best intentiongpf all the citizens- could do. '1‘ he distinction between Brooklyn and New-York will in the future be only one of names ; and soon even that distinc- tion will be done away with, for their union 'under a single charter will be sure to follow, if it does not precede the completion of the bridge. It will change the form and character of the great commercial metropolis to a degree which cannot be calculated. The rapid extension of the city up the narrow Manhattan Island will be arrested ; it will spread evenly ever the other shore, and within a little time perhaps the city over the river will exceed this town in population. The change which it will make in the appearance of the city will be marvellous. Until we become accus- tomed to the Cyclopean stranger and begin to regard it as a. part of the city, we shall feel greatly chagrincd and hn~ miliated to see a broad highway, de‘ pending by a thousand chains from its towering piers. passing inSOIently over our proudest edifices. 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