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added the long list of hapess females who have been
sacrificed to the brutal passions and unfaithfuness
! tors. In yesterday's Herald we gave the par
licuars Of an examination of Sarah Decker


from which the facts ELECTED that she came to this
| city short time since with her cousin, Virgil Knapp
who, under promsa OF marriage, had seduced her He
her to take dose Of oil Of for the pur
pose OF producing an abortion Soon after taking she
was seized with convusions and remained in most hor
risle pain until Wednesday evening. about O'Clock,
fortunate that the depostons Of the poor girl were
aken or as s often the nobody would have been
to blame" Her seducer s her own cousin and rude
clownish looking fellow possesnr neithsr Intellect Of
| refinement OF manner.


FURIOUS DsIvlso.-Last evening groesrs cart was
furious rate endangering the lives Of many citizens
Two gentlemen at one OF the crossings in Broadway
avery narrow escape Not policeman Of course, was
within mile Of the place to apprehend the offender.
DANGEROUS NuDANcE.-The gratings of a cellar on
Broadway between Barclay Park place have
been open for two days past the only covering being
| oled and came near breaking their legs
/ CRAsH.-About half past eleven O'Clock Wed
nesdsy forenoon, Of the horses belonging to
| No. la, of Slocum, Reynolds Co.'s Waverley Line
having by some means got from tina stage upon the
wslk and against the window Of John Hilrs hardware
store S97 Broadway which caused conside damage
| by shatterng the window into thousand fragments.
| DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE The democratic committee
met at Tammany Hall last night for the purpose OF
making nominations for the Assembly but made
| They meet again next Monday evening.
PooR OLD HoRaE.-A horse belonging to cab stand.
ing opposite the Park, fell down und died yesterday
| morning.


| NORTH CARoLINA.-The line of battle ship North
Carolina" left her anchorage opposite Castle Garden
North River, and towed to her winter quarters,
East River opposite Brooklyn Heights, on Wednesday
afternoon about two o'clock where she will probably
| remain during the winter months


BURNT DsrRIcr.-When completed this will he one
Of the handsomes portions Of our city In addition to
the fine new buildings Broad street is to be raised four
teetand sewer constructed fromWal street to the
| River.


IN WaJr !,
to the Station House Of the Eighth Ward he was very


sick and was thought necessary to send for Physi-
can The captain of that district Immediately proceed
ed to the house of physician, living in the vicinity of
the Station House and requested him to visit the sick
sss % that he
Had the poor fellow died, who would have been to
blame |?


THE PARK GArEs-The graceless heavy iron gatcs
that give entrance to the Park ought to be ed
They are continually getting out of order, and cause
much useless trouble in opening them. The entrances
same time the most neat and beautiful Of any thing Of
the kind have At the entrance there are
ample room for passengers, and at the same time
preventing horses cows and other animals Of the kind
would add very much to the beauty of the Park.


WALL STREET NAvIoATIoN--It is in contemplation to
build bridge acrossNassau street the of Wall
Tor the convenience Of foot passengers We would
commend that should be draw bridge SO that foreign
vessels could come up Wall street full sail aud
moorng in custom house bay, discharge their cargo





1t Is rumored that the floating theatre will be
moored there in few days.


GAMBLING AMONG CLERKs-There are two examina-
tons in progress now, before the Police Clerks
been discovered to have embezzed the money of
their employers to large amounts and squandered It in


Co., Of wall street and the other clerk In large
dry goods house down town. The first has embezzled
$4,000 which has all gone to crafty his nordnate love
funds remained for long time undiscovered but his
fortune failed him, he commenced embezzling larger
rnf1 Ia that
should be any longer concealed.


The other has lost but about $s0oO The particulars
ofhe investigation are not yet made public, but will be


We have before warned me bankers and others
who employ clerks, to keep sharp eye upon them.
There is probably much more embezZ zZling oil employ
er's money than is generally known How Is it that
young clerks the sons Of poor parents, who receive
enough to board and cloth them manage they
d. spend their evenings at theatres balls and fashion
able drinking establishments cannot imagine unless
they draw upon their employers. They are aowea too
much latitude and many of them placed in situations
in which they could embezzle hundreds and thousands
Of their employers money without his discovering it.
We again say, merchants and bankers, keep eye
your clerks.


PrDLIc s1oREs-The stores of b: l.. soran, in Broad
street adjoining the Public Stores have been leased by
the Government for series Of years The stores now
upon them to be torn down and erected
join the Appraisers stores The buildings be
hreproof When they completed, the Public Stores
will occupy the whole ground between Broad and
New street about l00eet in breadth on Broad street
and $50 feet deep


GREAT srEED.-The Long Island train from Boston ar
rived on Wednesday afternoon at twenty minutes past
to city, IN. 35m.


HARRINGToN GUARDS. s.-The Harrington Guards passed
our Office yesterday their return from target firing
excursion.


company the Scottish Guard" will parade to-day ac
companed by DIngle's washington Brass Band" in its


WORLDS CoNvENrroN-CoRnrcrros-O of our re-
potes who attended The Convention wishes to correct
slight error which he fell into in reporting the remarks
made by an individual named Robertson inserted in our
paper OF the 4th inst This individual was Ia
nave sad that he had been knocked down and abused
Dy MS iather II should have been after he left his
fathers house he lived with a man who Knocked him
down and abused him in the manner stated F" This cor
rection would have been made earlier but our
did not ascertain until last evening in what respect il
was that he had misrepresented the individual


MORE FROM OREGON From letter of the Mar.
-hal and High Sheriff OF Oregon-who has been
there 10 years, received few DAYS since dated I2h
OF April, written to his brother in this county-we
make a few extracts


Last year raised 1900 bushels of wheat-this
year think will have 5000. have large farm
lying miles from ship navigation, worth as much
as half the county you live in. / have large build
ing In Oregon City that has cost me about $1,000 -
Oregon City lies the east side OF the Willamette
Falls, Multdnomah on the west side and linton 20
~ head OF cattle, ID head OF horses 200 hogs 2dops
cat children, and the old woman, with chickens
iunumerable.


With regard to the honor heaped upon me in this
country, am High Sheriff and Territorial Marshal
OF Oregon have been going around the circuit to-
gether with the Court Officers, and have to start to
me mouth OF the river the morning to the county
OF Clatsop. We have five counties in the Territory
VIZ: Clacmas,. Yanhills, Champoick, TwalIty and
Clatsop AS for our connection with the u s. we
are almost independent of Uncle Sam For some
time past have been employed IN taking the CEN
sus-the number of souls is 1000


Now, as respecting Oregon, have explored The
whole country, and think it the finest upon earth
the soil is very good-the timber so tall that
i.nave seen Is ra CUTS eleven feet long, gotten
Of a tree twenty inches through at the butt The
climate is fine too; have not seen any ice this win