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PRESENTATION or SILVER PITCHERS. The clerks
in the Office Of J. Sherman Brownell, the affable
and popular Register of our city, few days since
presented him with two massive and elegant silver
pitchers, manufactured by ex-Alderman Adams, Of
the Fifth Ward, and bearing the following inscrp.
ton -


TO J. SHERMAN BRowNELL, ESQ.


REoprKs OF rHs CRY AND Cousry OF Nav Yssx,


Prssfnted by the Clerks in his O1ies,


A token of respect and esteem


JuLv a. 1874


The presentation was made at breakfast to
whlch'the Register was invited, and in the follow
ing manner by Mr.. Mortimer, one of the oldest
clerks in the office:-


Mr. Regstsr-Ths pleasing duty dsvolvss upon me, on
ken OF our friendship and esteem; and to
could such memento be rendered whose heart il
deeply sensitive to the suerings Of the human family,
and whose sympathy and assistance has been
readily offered in time Of need We have selected this
day because il is the birth day
ton of feemen OF which as one bear the stamp OF
ty kindness the whole human May this hum
bic tribute descend to your children with the pleasing
reflection that their sire received il for his urhanity kind
and forbeaance; and may 1t stimulate them In
their endeavors to rival You in your good qualities With
most ardent wishes for your health and prosperity
we tender our gff from the clerks OF July. les4


Mr.. Mortimer, and Gsntlemen.-I feel myself wholly
unable, under present state OF feeling in proper lam





and also for the delicate have arranged
the whole affair You have indeed taken by surprise;
for present so beautitnsnd on this day mny 1t be for
ever blessed in the annals hme) and in manner % uu
common; at mornings repas is at pure
pie that overwhsms with insxpresabie feeling
that never before expressed Gcnilsmen,-Ths act Of
yours. so wholly unexpected. and having had tho
sghtes idea Of intention has sunk deep heart
and must bear with for allowing thus he
unnamed When was first placed in my present position
a. Register OF this county by the votes Of fellow et
zens, was entirely and wholly unscqusnted with the
i
thanks for so ably assisting in discharging the duties
H. Bunn During the time that We have been together,


have endeavored to ehsw you that the Of
Regster could make no distinction between us in eur
associations for you associates that proud Of
When took my seat among you this morning at the
breakfast table i was scene entirely Tor such
purposes was at loss to conjecture what object you
had in view. Gentlemen am highly gratifed with
present because my term of office nearly expired
and having nothing to hope from me- II at once aests
your sincerity and makes present donby dear To
conclude shall look back with pride and pleasure this
moment and when do, Ged forbid should ever forget
| the CLERKS of 4th July, 1874"


The TEMPERANCE CAUSE IN STATEN ISLAND We
are happy to learn that the great work of temper
ance reform is prosperng in Staten Island A very
respectable meeting OF the friends Of the cause was
held yesterday in beautiful and shady nook, in
the neighborhood Of the Quarantine Ground The
chair was occupied by Theodore Frean, Esq, and
the meeting was addressed in very eloquent and
forcbe manner by Mr.. E. D. Connery, of New
York. DR.. ]. Houston also addressed the as
semblage, and considerable number of the audi
ence signed the pledge.


IMPORTANT FROM HAYTI.-I Intelligence has been
| received from St. Domingo by the way Of Key
West, Of the blacks taking possession Of the island,
and numbering every white person except the Eng
lish and American consuls


THE MoRMoNs. was quiet in Nauvoo and
Warsaw on the 10th inst. Emma, Joe Smiths
wife, has had the box in which the dead body Of
Joe was carried from Carthage to Nauvoo, sawed
into suitable strips for walking canes, and has i
tributed them to her friends as mementos of the
Prophet.


ARRIvAL.-Mr. Calderon de la Barca, the Span
ish Minister is in town, and stops at the Waverly


