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i Ki kX i i iri A JStWSJfWkt fef iliinit (u WfiH(iel ti. This paper has the largest circulation of any Evening Paper published in the United States. Its value as an advertising medium is therefore apparent. im met ifer the t'lh time last eealag to determine on the appropriations for I860. They cannot be accused of Want of deliberation they not only deliberate but debate most profoundly, not only the subjects before them, but various others such as whether there are more solid men in Williams burgh than in any other part of the city, the ratio of certain members' brains to their impudence, Ac.

The Board, like the Tuscarora Assembly in Brougham's burlesque, generally begin with reconsidering what they had done at the previous meeting, and progress after the fashion of the boy who arrived at school rather late on a frosty morning, because the ground was so slippery that every time he took one step forward he slipped two back, and it was only by walking backwards that he got LIT SHAi THK a The Red Crftss of EnglandThe flag of the Brave. The homely lyrics of Eliza Cook have become familiar in the homes of all ranks and in tho concert room as well on this side of the Atlmutc as in her native country. The'OldArm 'I'm and 'Why docs the White Man follow my track with many other of her productions, are familiar as household words. After several years of infirm health she has recovered sufficiently to resume her lyre, and we And the following verses from her pen In the last number of the London Jipateh, under the title of "The Red Cross of England The Flag of the Old England: thv name shall yet warrant thy fame, If the brow of the focman should scowl; Let the lion be stirred by too daring a word, And beware of his echoing growl. Wo have still the same breed of the man and the steed That wore noblv our Waterloo's wreath We have more of the Mood that formed lnkormann's flood, When it poured in the whirlpool of Death And the toeman will find neither coward nor slave 'Neath the Ked Cross of England the Flag of the Brave." We have Jackets of blue, still as dauntless and true As the tars that our Nelson led on Give them room on the they'll show us again How ibe Nile and Trafalgar were won.

Let a ball show its teeth, let a blade leave its sheath, To defy the proud strength of our might, Wo have iron mouthed guns, we have steel hearted aons, That will prove how the Britons can tight. Our ships and our sailors are kings of the wave, 'Neath the Ked Cross ofEngland the Flagof the Brave. Though a tear might arise in our women's bright eyes, And a sob choke the fearful ''Good bye," Yet those women would send lover, brother, or friend. To the war field, to conquer or die Let the challenge be flung from the braggart's bold tongue. And that challenge will fiercely be met And our banner unfurled shall proclaim to the world That "there's life in the old dog ret." Hurrah! for our men on the land or the wave, 'Neath the Red Cross of England the Flag of the Brave'.

The I.ifk of Ogx. Garibaldi Written by Himself; with Sketches of his Companions in Arms. Translated loins friend and admirer Theodore Dwight. Barnes i Bruit, N. Y.

It would be difficult to name a volume so well calculated to interest American readers at the present moment as an autobiography of Garibaldi. Though the pride, the pomp, and the trophies of war that surround the allied commanders chiefly attract the attention of the world, everything that relates to the brilliant leader of the patriot Italians possesses no secondary interest to those who wish well to Italy, and who know that, after all, her independence must be won aud maintained, if at all, maiuly by her own people. Montebello, Ma genta, and Solfernio are after nil victories in which Italy can claim only a minor share; but the deeds the skill aud the daring of Garibaldi and his littl band arc things which Italy can claim as all her own, and let the present war turn out as it will, the remembrance of them will be to her an encouragement, a hope and an inspiration for ever. God's blessing on the brave They who scorn a world of beauty, Who march into the grave In the heavenly light of duty Mr. Dwight is fortunate in being able to gratify his countrymen so opportunely with those me moires, which were written partly at the suggestion of the translator, after the downfall of the Republic of Rome in 1S4.9.

Some portions were penned in Xew York while their author was work ing in a candle factory, "and he excused himself," says Mr. Dwight, for desisting from further writing en account of the fatigue he felt after his regular day's (iuiseppe Garibaldi was born at Nice; both his father and grandfather followed the sea, to which profession he himself was brought up. His adventurous life soon commenced lie early joined the secret society of Italy; was proscribed, sentenced to death, escaped to France, and from there made his way to South America, where joined the anus of the Republic of the Rio Grande. Wc have no heart to fellow him through the account of his struggles in behalf of one or other of tlie unfortunate South American Republics. The presence of Garibaldi can scarcely relieve tlicm from their usual characteristics interminable, indecisive and ridiculous their soldiers as iuetficieut as FnlstafFs their battles a burlesque upou war.

The most notable event in his South American life was his marriage. Reared in a country of revolution, Anna Garibaldi was courageous and daring beyond her sex she accompanied her husband in most of his exploits, and died in his arms on the banks of the Po, in the disastrous retreat from San Marino. In 1848, he sailed from Montevideo with a number of his countrymen to take part in the revolution which iu that year swept over Italy. Their services were offered to Charles Albert of Sardinia, but were coldly received, and he aud his compan ions joined tlie revolutionary party in Rome. At this interesting point his autobiography closes the part he took in the memorable defence of the Eternal City is too recent to be forgotten.

After the surrender of Rome to the French he escaped to this country. He resided in New York for a short time, supporting himself by very humble labor; afterwards he recommenced his former occupation, and commanded a merchant vessel trading to the Pacific. Finally he returned to Italy, where he was extensively engaged in agricultural pursuits, when the present war called him into the struggle for fatherland. What he has done since the world knows by heart. Mr.

Dwight thus describes the impression Garibaldi made upon him in hi first interview with him in New York in 1850 He was at the house of bis countryman, Slgnnr Pa lcal di, in Irving Place, and occupied an apartment adjoining that of Mr. Forcsti, who introduced me. He has a broad and round forehead: a straight and almost perpedicular nose, not too small, but of delicate form; heavy brown moustaches and beard, which conceal the lower part of his face: a full, round ehe.st; free and athletic movements, notwithstanding ill health, and a rheumatism which disables his right arm: a full, dark eye, st, penetrating and pensive, but mild and friendly; an natural, frank and unassuming carriage, with a courteous noil and a ready grasp of the hand, as a recognition onL. introduced hy his friend, Forcsti. Such was Garibslili as be appeared at first glance, and before he hud timj to speak.

His first words were uttered in a tone corresponding with the courtesy of his movements and the glance of his eye; while the freedom of his utterance and the proprirtv and beauty of his language, drew all my attention from bis form features to the sentiments he expressed uml the facts he mentioned. I had experienced several unexpected changes or mind and feeling before I had been long in the compan, of thW extraordinaty man. I recollect that 1 made a silent reflection as I left his company, that, although I hail heard men speak eloquently and" impressively before, and admired the characters whieli some of them had disoluvVd and approved the principles which they avowed, Garilialdi raised my mind and impressed my heart in a rmtiincr altogether new, surprising and indescribable. "Wam. iiner's Nkw Mktuoi with tuk FnE.vr I.a.,jL V(iEi 8 vo.

.1. Schtiif.p.t New York. We announce this ne.w manual with pie ism Like all grammars, it will have to conquer its way to public favor, and then struggle to sustain it. Should it evidently combine, as its author a tended, more and greater merits than Ollendorf or Farquelle, its claims will be cordially admitted' and its place, as the standard, in the department of French grammar, for tlie use of the English be perfectly secure. We hope to return to this work again, with the results of a full and critical examination, meantime premising merely that a cursory study of some parts has impressed us very deeplv in its favor.

We invite teachers of French to tt its merits early, and give the public the benefit of their opinion. Prof. Wilson, of Columbia commends it in tlie strongest terms. Prof. Walchncr is not merely a most diligemand thorough student of grammar, but a practical teacher, and author of some of the finest German lyric poems since the days of Klopstotk.

AntIIO.n'k KlIITION OF HoLDEN's of ClCEKO iik (li'Klcns Harper Brothers. This edition of Do. Oflieiis possesses many fca tures which render it valuable to the student of classical literature. The ordinary process of translation gives the student rather disjointed sentences, like separate bones of a skeleton, without keeping up the continuous train of thought of the author. Here, however, the notes are sufficiently copious and explicit to explain difficult passages and elucidate obscurities, and the marginal analysis aids the student to an understanding of the spope and purport of the author's argument.

nOSCfilJo Wrta lint anniurn tno tbi. i. l9'' lntiieleaetat fault, he iiui ucnitui unto a long journey merely to ensure truth to nature in describing the street of a country towiij or in painting some minor peculiarity ot rustic character. In Paris he was perpetually about the streets, perpetually penetrating into all classes of society, to study the human na nuuui iiiiii its iiuuulcsi varieties Day by day, and week by week, his note book and his brains were hard at work together, before he thought of sitting down to his desk to begin. When he had finally amassed his materials in this laborious manner, he at last retired to his study and from that time, till his book had gone to press' OVlt KJ 111111 llu 1I1U1C.

ills nottse door was now closed to everybody, except the publisher and the urinter: and bin cos tume was changed to a loose white robe, of the sort which is worn by the Dominican monks. This singular writing dress was fastened around the waist by a chain of Venetian gold, to which huug little pliers aud scissors of the same precious metal. White Turkish trousers, and red morocco slippers, embroidered with gold, covered his legs and feel. On the day when he sat down to his desk, the light of heaven was shut out, and he worked by the light of candles in superb silver sconces. Even letters were not allowed to reach him.

They were all thrown, as they came, into a japan vase, and not opened, no matter how im Sirtant they might be, till his work was all over, rose to begin writing at two in the morning, continued with extraordinary rapidity till six; then took his bath, and stopped in it, thinking, for an hour or more. At eight o'clock his servant brought him up a cup of coffee. Before nine his publisher was admitted to carry away what he had done. From nine till noon he wrote on again, always at the top of his speed. At noon he breakfasted on eggs, with a glass of water and a second cup of coffee.

Prom one o'clock to six he returned to work. At six he dined lightly, only allowing himself one glass of wine. Prom seven to eight. Tic received his publisher again, and at eight o'clock he went to bed. This life he led, wbUc lie was writing his books, for two mouths together.

without intermission. Its effect on his health was sucli mat, when lie appeared once more among his friends, he looked, in the popular phrase, like his own ghost. Chance acquaintances would hardly have known him again. It must not be supposed that this life of resolute seclusion and lierce hard toil ended with the completion of tho first draught of" his manuscript. At the point where, in tho instances of most men, the serious part of the work would have come to an end, it had only begun for Balzac.

In spite of all the preliminary studying and thinking, when his pen had scrambled its way straight through to the end of the book, tlie leaves were all turned back again, and the first manuscript was altered into a second with inconceivable iiaticnccandca re. Innumerable corrections and interlinings, to begin mi, icii iu me cim iu transpositions auu expansions which metamorphosed the entire work. Happy thoughts were picked out of the beginning of the manuscript and inserted where they might have a better effect at the end. Others at the end would be moved to the beginning, or the middle. In one place, chapters would be expanded to three or four times their original lentrth iu another.

abridged to a few paragraphs; in a third, taken out altogether, or shifted to new positions. With all this, mass of alterations in every page, the manuscript was nt last ready for the printer. Even to the sharp experienced eyes iu the printing office, it was now all but illegible. The "deciphering it, anu Bulimy up a iiioueraieiy correct iorm, cost an amount of patience and pains which wearied out all tlie best men in the office, one after another, before the lirst scries of proofs could be submitted to the author's eye. When these were at last complete, they were sent in on large slips, and the indefatigable Balzac immediately set to work to rewrite the whole, book for the third time He now covered with fresh corrections, fresh alterations, fresh expansions of this passage, and fresh abridgments of that, not onlv the margins of the proof's all round, but even the little intervals ol white space between tlie paragraphs.

Lines crossing eacli other in indescribable confusion were supposed to shovy the bewildered printer the va rious places at wutcn tue multitude ot new insertions were to be slipped in. Illegible as Balzac's original manuscripts were, his corrected proof's were more hopelessly puzzling still. The picked men iu the office, to whom alone they could be entrusted, shuddered at the very name of Balzac, and reliuved each other at intervals of an hour, beyond which time no one printer could be got to continue at work on the universally execrated ami universally unintelligible proofs. The "revises" that is to say, the proofs embodying the new alterationswere next pulled to pieces in their turn. Two, three, and sometimes four, separate sets i.i them were required before the author's leave could be got to send the perpetually re written book I press at last, and so have done with it.

He was literally the terror of all printers and editors and lie himself described his process of work as a mi fortune, to be the more deplored, because it was, in his case, an intellectual necessity. "I toil sixteen hours out of the twenty four," he said, "over the elaboration of my unhappy style aud I am never satisfied, myself, wheu all is done." All lh Year llotmd. City Court. BEFORZ JUDGE CULVKIt. The jury was discharged this morning for the term.

Xo more causes will be trieil than tlie one now on. The Court will be opened the second Monduy in August, hut nothing other than special term business' will tic transacted. A special term will be held to morrow and next Sat ur day. ltOMASCK AND RKA1.ITY. A most extraordinary case is about to occupy the attention of Judge Culver, involving circumstances hearer akin to romance than plain naked truth, as developed hr the affidavits which, as we are informed, are now in progress ol being submitted for legal adjudication.

The following tlie principal facts as set forth in the document alluded to About five years ago there came to reside in Brooklvn lady ot remarkably genteel and prepossessing appearance who represented herself to be a widow from the vicinitv ol and who evidently had means sufficiently ample to enable tier to occupy a respectable social position Has accompanied by a little hoc of seminglv mulatto or negro parentage, then about three vears old, which she invariably spoke of as being the only surviving child of a ravonte servant of her deceased husband. In the course of lime she (being yet young and attractive) was "wooed and won by a gentleman who formerly was engaged in mercantile pursuits in New York, but who munr tumite iu business) is nt present in the emptor, as a bookkeeper, of an eminent Arm across the river. The fruit" ot tins marriage are two fair haired children, and tip to within a recent period the parents have lived harmoniously and affectionately together. A sad blight has, however, overtaken their dream ol happiness: On the morning of the 14th a man of stalwart proportions and somewhat handsome presence but oj i narked ebony hue called at the house of the part alluded to, accompanied by two New York lawvers, and demanded the possession of the a) parenuy negro bnv, alleging himself to he the father of the pretended slave child, and de Inring that its female custodian was its mother and his divorced wife. So startling a disclosure has, of course, created the utmost consternation and alarm among tlie friends of those who are most deeply interested in unravelling the truth of this "strange eventful history," tho ladv Insisting in the most emphatic manner that tiic statement or her accuser are infamously false, anil originate in a pint to destroy her peace.

On the other hand, the alleged bus. hand and father of the hoy has sworn to the trutu of hi avcrment, and says that witnesses will be produced from SI. Louis, where he is well known as a trader and property owner, to sustain him in the proceedings which he has (only thus far partially) instituted. The lady is ol (ierman extraction, and the person who claims to have once been her "liege lord" is either of Creole or semi Indian breed. He stales that the separation between them v.

caused by detected infidelity on her part, and thai, until within a short period past, lie was led lo believe that ho was in Europe. Mr. Atkcns, Mr. Carpenter and Mr Miller, all of New York, appear for the Missoitrian, and Mr Phillips aud Mr. Morris, of N.

and J. Lnmas and Parmenlcr, of Brooklyn, for the respondents. Supreme Court Special Term. The Special Term of the Supreme Court stands adjourned until duly 28d, at 9 o'clock a. m.

Music for the million iu Bridge To the. Editor of the. Brooklyn Eagle Hear Sin: At a lato hour last night, the denizens of Dridgc street, between Concord and Tillary, were made the listeners to a "grand concort" by a I'hll somethiug Society, consisting of some crack brained, tin pan voiced individuals who were assembled on a balcony in front of a respectable looking house near 'Hilary street. Their pieces were of rare and tasty selection, being "Old Dog Tray," "Massa's in the cold Ground," "Old Folks nt Home," which were rendered with variations of so complicated a character, and with such nieloriforoua enthusiasm that I found it required a practiced ear, and one thoroughly posted on musical matters, to be a proficient judge of tho real titles, without having a gllmpso at the programmo. Their auditory at last Ruapcoting tho catuo of their protracted efforts tliat they had not aa yet given their approval by customary applause at once arose en mitHHe, and enc ouraged them in tho most delicate manner, by hissing, hooting and howling until the dogs In the vicinity took upthejfoioVe chorus and continued It long after tlie original artistes had retired, to the infinite pleasure no doubt nf hundreds.

I trust the noxt entertainment will bo supported by previous subscription, that icso famous vocalists may not waste their precious breath, but give ua music according to their pay. A Watcher over a Very Hick Person at 201, tue use oi Doispoit, uy yytn, c. i'owier, Jisrper a Btm There are so many grammars hi existence, all of which differ merely In details, that it Is pretty difficult to say which is entitled to the prefereneci The above work is very clear and simple in its statements, and will lead the student to a knowledge of the principles of the language with a little difficulty, as any other work vwith which we are acquainted. We have received from Delissor Proctor 508 Broadway live volumes of the Moitsehold Library, which they have in course of publication, consisting of first class biographies of notable men. In the present collection we have the life of Peter tlie.

Great, (two volumes), life of Milton of Luther and of Cromwell. These works are not onlv iuterestintr as the lives of extraordinary men, but each illus trates a most important epoch in history. Peter founded the Russian empire, and his adventures as a traveller iu quest of information, as well as the ability with which he used his acquirements, tiav no parallel history. The only personage whose career approximated to that of Peter was. that ot Alfred of England.

The biography of Milton, now issued bv Dclisser a Proctor is the recent one of Massou, which has beeu so favorably received by tlie critics of England from the heavy quarterlies, to the lighter iirtuicnes ot the weeklies and dailies. The life of Cromwell bvLaniartine, whose graphic and picturesque style gives a charm to whatever subject he adopts, poetical without being weak or frivolous, he enchants the imagination while satis lying tlie requirements of the intellect. As a picture of the most important events in English history, the work will be always in request, and there is no other biography of the great Puritan that combines so many elements of a lasting popularity. Those who know the zealous abandon with which Carlyle gives himself up to painting the characters which he adopts as his heroes, can imagine the depth of coloring with which he portrays tlie character of the Reformer. His style has all the knotty and gnarled protuberances, with all the rugged strength of the oak.

These works ought to find a place in every family library. Blackwood's Leonard Scott Co. Xew York. Lord Macauley's version of the Massa cre of Glencoe seems to give a considerable amount of umbrage to Old and a very painstaking iuucic uie; humect, opens tne nuniDcr, in contra vetition of the great essayist's dicta, leaving Hu bloody handed Master of Stair quite black enough uia cicariy larriug tne putegmatic William over with the same viscid brush. Ann truly to suppose that he was innocent or ignorant is pure absurdity.

The Lifted Veil' is a marvellous story, wondrous story in the physeology, the wierd prescience pervading it, and as skilful in its construc tion as js tremendous in its sequel. JJr. sell's Bampton Lectures' arc noticed the 'Luck auy. mctie is contmucu aim JUicnciet recent work De heads a chapter on Semi mental The novels of Jane Ausiet are resuscitated and a political article concludes an able number. From the review of DrAinonr.

wc extract the following speculations on THE FUTCr.K OF l'AKIS AMI I.ON'OOX. One who loves to shaue for himself the forms of in the darkness of the future might be interested and puz iicu inr a long nine wun me momentous question. liat is to become of Paris?" The prospects of that city seem sufficiently emharrrassing, whether regarded from a yioial, religious, social, or political point of view. Paris will grow, and grow, and grow, and its rauiitymg railroads will act as so many arteries, bringing the vital fluid into the great central heart ot'l'rance, and not reacting as veins to carry it oacK. fans will certainly become congested again, as lias uappened olten before, and the next time mntters may be worse than they yet have been; the explosion may be more tremendous in proportion to the congestion.

On the face of thiiurs such a diinirer would minr u. threaten Loudon even to a greater extent. London is larger man raris, anu expnnua every cay; out mat matters little. The outward and visible increase isapparent rather tlian real. There is no strong attraction of Knglistiliieu loward London as there is of Frenchmen Ittwiml lm but the forces of attraction and repulsion appear to com cl each oilier.

England will never be centralized in London us trance is to a cer.am extent in fans. JNo one who has the shadow of a settlement elsewhere connects tlie feelin of home with our great metropolis, while the true French" man is at homo only iu Paris. His feelings are of Ovid in his exile at Tomi, when business or health takes him away from his beloved capital. "Cum subit illius tristissima noctis imago Qua' mihi suprcniuru tenipus iu urbe Even in the glorious Alps of llnuphine, or among the Pyrenees, mountain scenery which he may reVcl in without putting his foot on foreign ground, and equal to any in the world, be feels ennui at a short sojourn, and sighs for the flesh pots of Egypt and "gross mud honey ot' It is far otherwise with tlie liritou. Unless verv voung indeed, nothing but duty will bind him for a ionger in London than he can possibly help.

If he is an M. lie never nods In the House under the infliction of a loii" winded speaker but his dreams are of the gorse and the grouse if he is a merchant, he takes delight onlv in tin associations connected by the name of 'Change, cursing Unreality of the thing if a small tradesman, he is never hummed into a dreamy reverie by the flics in his shop but In dreams of the suburban box whither, when times mend, he may wend his way by rail or omnibus about four iu the afternoon, leaving his late custom to an underling it'll mechanic, his thoughts through the week are of his Suuduv holiday, and the burden of Ins secret prayers is that the duv may be fine to enjoy it in fact from 'the perpetual and growing antipathy of its inhabitants, joined to the miasma of the Thames, London is in danger of disintegration, seems in a fair way to be transplanted piecemeal to the several railrord stations in its neighborhood. It has even now, with its labulnus and fevered life, burnt itself so hollow in the centre, Unit proposals have been made to transplant into the suburbs the metropolitan churches to sites whither their parishes have migrated. Paris, on the other hand, becomes dailv more packed and compact within the new lines of its fortifications. Its environs are dull what place is duller than Versailles m.

Germain, St. Denis, and the rest, are the finest possible specimens of deadly liveliness. In the central parts of Paris, aud that part of the Boulevards which is near tliein is all the motion, all the life, all the gayetv, and wc inn" add, to a groat extent, all the beauty. The Place de lit Concorde is the focus from which 'ranee radiaics tin central point of that peculiarly Attic civilization in which France takes the lead of the world. Standing there about the fountains, we have often been struck with the idea tl a.

it was the boss or 'umbilicus' of tlie world, bearing tin same relation to modern Europe that Delphi was supposed by the ancients to bear to their world. There is something singularly open and uplifted in the situation. The splendid vista of the Hue de Itivoli, terminated bv, rather continuing itself through, the Arch of the like the High street of the world, and might well be supposed to be tho entrance of some great cosmopolitan thoroughfare like the Appian Way of old. The elevation mountain isolated by surrounding ravines seems rather to uplift a man to heaven than to command oarth. The elevation of the Place de la Concorde is of that perfeeih mundane and accessible nature, spreading every way into Hie horizonj that it seems to symbolize the all pervadiii" influence of an imperial community.

We have seen an excellent photograph of that verv ph ae including the facade of the Louvre and the front 'of tlie Madeleine. The only thing that struck us as natural about the photograph was the entire absence or all lire; an omission, however, in actual fact, easiiv explainable, such photographs being generally taken early in the morning. No human being was to be seen, either civil or military: i.o horse, no vehicle. One great characteristic of tlie spot, ami that which especially gives it its cosmopolitin char.ieter, is the constant circulation of motley life around it; not in the shape of excessive crowding, as seen in aneurisms of the arteries of London, but as a natural and healthy kind. It is not to be wondered at that a Frenchman is proud Paris loves Paris; wonders whether a dinner or a play is to be eaten or seen elsewhere in the world; affects or really lias a profound ignorance of every other place and people besides Paris and its inhabitarice.

Any one who is in (inhabit of reading what wc would call par excellence tlie Cockney Parisian literature of tlie day, will see that we do not overstate this case. The charge iif C'ockneyism may be brought with greal force against much of our own popular writings. From the fact that the workshops of newspaper and periodicals are in London, London sights and sounds are obtruded to often and forcibly on the eyes and rnind. of contributors not to affect greatly their lucubrations. Punch, lor instance, circulates everywhere where uniformly excellent drawing and an occasional joke ciin appreciated.

Why should almost allot' I'tinch'H nhwm tions and Jokes be drawn from London life wc had almost said spawned in the mud of the Thames? Is there no fun in Yorkshire? A few more jokes from tlie mining districts would have been most acceptable. Is there not wit north of the Tweed? Maga knows better or west of the Irish Channel? Or, rather, is it not all wit there when potatoes are plentiful? And the great Time himself is emphatically a Londoner, but he loves it not. The English liUrateur is a Cockney hy compulsion; he cannot help it. He kicks against it, goes off to Scarborough, sketches sca nido crinolines; but the necessity of his craft is the mother of the Inventions of ids bruin, and his imagination though his stomach revolts at it is Cockney and of Cockaigne. Not so with the Kriiuchmun.

He does not know whether he is a Parisian by necessity or not, so thoroughly js he by choice, lie loves Paris, lives in Paris, and sees alt die rest of the universe through an inverted Parisian loryiteltj. HOW BALZAC DIB HIS I.lTEltARY When he had once made up his mind to produce a new book, Balzac's first proceeding was to think it out thoroughly before he put pen to paper. He was not satisfied with possessing himself of tlie main idea only he followed it mentally into its minutest ramifications, devoting to the process just that amount of patient hard labor and self sacrifice which no inferior writer ever has the common sense or patience to bestow on his work. With his note book ready in his hand, Balzac studied his scenes and characters straight from The joint ijolfd of Aldertttsh Bud oupert'ljors met itiit. evening.

Present, a quorum of both Boards Aid. Kalb flclscb in tho chair. The minutes of the previous meeting were rend and approved. Sup. Delvoccbio moved to reconsider the Police appropriation as adopted at tho last meeting, for the purposo of striking out the item of for a now station house in the 5th precinct (E.D.,) and to insert $8,000 (or contingent expenses.

Aid. Seholes opposed tho motion so far as related to tho station house, which had been needed since consolidation, and which hud been put off from year to year. Some debate ensued on this motion, during which In rc question of Aid. Seholes, "What bad been done for llbamsburgh since consolidation Aid. Douglass said that consolidation hud saved Wll liamsburgh from bankruptcy and ruin.

Supi Wall replied somewhat warmly lo this insinuation, lie thought there were more bankrupts more men who I' 'heir debts within half a mile's circuit of the City Hall, than in Williamsburgh. There might be more rich men around the City Hall, But not so many solid men. he ward he represented paid more taxes than anv ward, with one exception, in the city they were not ail beggars there. Aid. Douglass proposed to show how a certain clique there mado their money, but the chairman ruled this discussion out of order.

Aid. Kalbfleisch Informed the Alderman of the 10th, that Bushwiek which Tormed part of tho Eastern District, was not bankrupt at consolidation, but came in with monev in her pocket. The motion to reconsider was then put and carried ayes 19, noes T. Sup. Delvecchio moved to strike out the item of for a station house in tho 5th prccincl, and insert 3,000 for contingent expenses.

Sup. Seholes moved an amendment to increase the contingent fund to $8,000, without striking out the appropriation for the station house. Carried, and the resolution amended, appropriating for police expenses $281,700, was adopted. GENERAL PUltPOSKS. The resolution to appropriate $90,850 for general nurnos es was then token up.

Aid. Douglass moved to add an appropriation of $1200 to ornament Carroll Park. $lS5'oo an amendment, to make it Aid. Strong said that such an appropriation was contrary to the provisions or the charter, and if such an item was inserted it would vitiate the entire appropriations of the year. The motion of Supervisor Delvecchio was lost aves 12, noes 17.

Aid. Strong moved to strike out the item for 'Washington Park improvement Lost ayes noes 21. $P50' Dougll'as mov:" 10 amend hy making the amount Aid. Cashow moved to make it $3,000. Withdrawn and $2,500 substituted.

So adopted ayes 20, noes S. A motion to reconsider tliis vote was lost. Aid. Van Brunt moved to insert $12,000 for the expense of removing offal.as per contract. Carrier1.

Aid. Strong moved to strike out thu item of $18,000 for introducing water and heating the Citv Hall. Lost aves 14, noes 14. Aid. Stansbury moved to strike out $10,000 for a building for the Truant School.

6 Aid. Strong amended that $10,000 be stricken out for budding Truant School, and $18,000 for introducing wator and heating tlie city, and that the Common Council bo requested to apply to the Legislature for authority to raise the above amounts to be payable 20 years hence "or at any olher time agreed upon. Aid. Dayton moved that $10,000 be stricken out, and" recommend the Common Council to refer the matter to the people at the next election. Accepted.

Out of order. The vote on Aid. motion was put and carried by 19 ayes to 9 nays. The statement as amended was then adopted, as follows For Expenses of the Board of Health ij Dog Pound Contingencies for Mayor's office Printing and Stationery Advertising in three Corporation newspapers. Fuel for City Hall and Station houses Gas Furniture Election expenses Cleaning and repairing City Hall and Public 1,009 300 500 5,000 7,500 1,200 1,500 500 15,500 Buddings ooo City Hospital, pursuant to sub.

28, sec. 18, title 2 of the City Charter 4,000 Celebration of 4tli of pursuant to tho saino section 1,000 Dispensaries 1,000 Washington Park improvement 2500 Repairing streets 15,000 Repairing public docks 50f Expenses of Truant schools 10,000 Paying expenses of Commissioners for selecting Parks 250 Introducing water and heating Citv Hall 18,000 Exjicuscs of testing Ferry nnd Water Rights. 5,000 Removing Offal 12,009 $98,250 Aid. Dayton insisted upon his motion to submit the question to tho people, which was declared out of order hy the Chair. The Hoard then adjourned.

SILVER SOAP. This unique preparation for cleaning and nolishin? Silver. Plated and Britannia Wares, Mirrors, Marble, Tin, is most convenient and effective. It contains nothing that can liossiblyiajurctheflnestplateorjewehy. It gives a finer and more lasting polish than whiting or rotten stone, with half tho labor, and almost without soiling the fingers.

For cleaning fin house paint, window glass, and carriage mountings it is in valuable. PUMICE STONE SOAP. ROUGH AND READY." This Soap will remove from the hands, as if by magic, stains of all klnds wrrting'and printers' ink, pitch, varnish, without the aid of oil. alcohol or acid No counting house or workshop should be without it Manufactured only by the Bostos Ikdexical Sotp CoMPAv SAl'FORD BURDITT, Agents, 63 Treniont street Sold'by HKGEMAN Broadway. In Brooklyn by my; eod3m MRS.

M. HAYES, 175 Fulton street. PIANOS TO RENT. JAMES E. LENT, S59 Fulton street, (opposite City Hall,) Brooklyn.

Would respectfully Inform the public that he can furnhh any style of Instrument, from a very large stock, by the tear or HOXTii, at prices which will meet, with the views of those desirous of RENTING PIANOS. Having devoted special attention lo this branch of the business, and with superior facilities, he feels assured that he can please all parties. Every advantage is offered to those who wish ultimately to purchase by allowing the rent within a given time to apply to that purpose. A choice cax be mabe from new Pianos, if prkferrSd. m26 3m FOR THE SPEEDY CURE OF RHEUMATISM, DISEASE OF THE SPINE.

WEAKNESS IN THE BACK OR SIDE, PARALYSIS OF THE LIMBS, SPRAINS, WEAK ANKLES, BRUISES, BURNS AND CUTS, Procure a two shilling bottle of HUNT'S LINIMENT, the best remedy in the world. Recommended and Hold by thousands. Principal office 139 Maiden Lane. JZlfl.f!l A. NORTHROP.

STODART PIANOS. JAMES E. LENT, Having been appointed by the manufacturers, Stodart Morris, Sole Agent for the sale of the above justly celebrated Instrument for Brooklyn, begs to inform his friends and the public that he Is prepared at all times with a full assortment of all sizes an 4 styles, which he Is enabled to offer at the lowest manufacturers' prices. J. E.

deems it quite unnecessary to refer to the merits of the STODAKT PIANO, as it is well known by all makers and dealers, as well as by thousands who own and have used them for the last quarter of a century, who will testify that they are beyond all doubt one of the best (if not the very best) Piano Fortes ever manufactured justly known as the sweetest toned and the most durable The manufacturers can with pride point to everyPlano as an advertisement, and claim every owner as a friend. Parlies desirous of purchasing on time oan be accommodated hy adding simple interest. Also those who WI9I1 to hire can always be suited both in price and and style of instrument. JAMES E. LENT, 33!) Fulton street, "2f lyj opposlte.CltyHall.

O'MAHONY, Dealer in Imported Wines, Branpies asd Skoars. Losdon Pobtkr asd Scotch Ale o. 23 Myrtle avenue, near Fulton st. ap28 3m Egr Peter Lynan, Wholesale and Retail 'n North Rivkr BlubStose, office corner or Flushing and Cltaton avenues, East Brooklyn. Flagglne laid to order.

35" F. W. Taber, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW NOTARY PUBLIC, AND COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS. Residence 193 Smith street, near Baltic. Office.

343 Fulton street, Brooklyn I Pearce. J. "Wazker, PLUMBERS AND GAS FITTERS, ffKAHCi. 40 years Practical 67 ffifft C. Caixtcot, Attorney and Counsellor at law.

Office No. 48 Pine street, 2d door from William street, New York, Notary Public. Commissioner of Deeds for the City of Brooklyn, and jCommissioncr to take Testimony, Acknowledgments, for nearly all the States. Resldenoe 218 Smith street, 2d door from Butler st. Brooklyn.

jall4 tf Locust Mountain Coal. "We have now on hand a supply of the justly celebrated Locust MousrAiN QnAU received direct from the mines without transhipment, which wc are prepared to deliver to families in Brooklyn or New York, in line order, from under cover, guaranteed unmixed with any other coal. The absence or clinker and small quantity ot ashes or waste, render this Coal greatly superior to any other for R.ixoks, Furnaces or Stoves' Orders received at our wharf, between Fulton and Catherine Febriks, Brooklyn, aud at tto Beaver street, two doors from Wall, New York, RU20 tf MARSTON ft POWER. Hollowat'r Ointment To Mothers Sore brcasta are a sad drawback on the pleasures of maternity This ointment at. once allays the inflamuiatlon and heals the excoriated nipple.

It Is equally prompt in Its curative action upon eruptions, sores, willows, and all external hurts. Sold at the manufactories, No. 80 Matdeo lane, New York, and No 244 Strand, London: aud by all Druggists, at G2X c. and per POk sSQ Jouven's Kid Glove Cleaner, 25 cents per bottle; One botle cleans 60 pair. The name of Ciark 886 Broadway, New York, Is upon every bottle or the genuine.

For sale by Mrs. M. Hates, 175 Fulton street, and by all druggists In Brooklyn. jc2o iy EST W. C.

Hawkesworth, C. City and Land Surveyor, 33 Pacific street, Brooklyn. mjS 1 To No notice can be taken of annonymous Whatever Is Intended for insertion must be authenticated by the name and address of the writer not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of his good faith. We cannot undertake to return rejected Communications. FRIDAY EVENING, JUtY 22.

Flatbush Avenue A Road out of the City. Last Monday night the contract lor altering the grade of Flatbush avenue was awarded to a contractor, and the work is. about to be, if it is not already, commenced. The contract is to grade and pave the avenue, after it is cut down. The execution of this improvement scoms to us to furnish an opportunity to afford to the city a means of cgres for vehicles, other than the cobble stone pavements which render a drive on the Island almost out of the question.

Now that the avenue is to he regraded, and a track to be laid down by the railroad company, why should not the Common Council seize the opportunity to macadamise a space nn each side of the avenue, so that wagons might In driven out without running a risk of being dashed to pieces? It seems to us that, it was a cardinal mistake to pave with rough stones every avenue leading out of the city, and compel those who desire to drive out to cross the river to seek for Bloomingdah road, instead of affording facilities the a drive on the island. And now that a rare chance seems in offer to remedy that error in some degree, it will be a shame to the city if it he permitted to pass unimproved. It is the policy of Brooklyn to extend all the facilities and advantages attainable elsewhere, to those who seek a residence here, instead of playing into the hands of our big rival by an opposite policy. Unless we can offer a many sources of attraction as other localities, we need not compete with them in progress. Vie therefore appeal to those having the power to eon vert this leading avenue into a moeadaniised road, at least partially to act before it is too late.

a modifieatiou of the contract could be easily pro cured, and a great necessity be met. Wilt some ut our enterprising and public spirited citizens call public meeting, get up a petition, or take some steps to rouse the authorities from their inactivity The Water Works. On Wednesday last the new Board of Water Commissioners paid a visit to the different sections of the work as far as Parsonage Creel; the extreme source of supply at present levied on. They no doubt felt anxious to acquaint themselves with the condition of works which are destined to pass under their control at no distant 4ay. The party consisted of Messrs.

King, Funk, Lewis and Nortlrup, the members of the new Board, Honor the Mayor, Aid. McNamee and Frank Street Commissioner Tinney, Comptroller Collin D. M. Chauncey, Wm. H.

Peek, Post Master Smith J. Eastman, Ac. The Reservoir was the first point visited, and as its character and condition have been already described, it is unnecessary to repeat the description now. The patchwork of the eastern division i still going on, but it js a mere waste of money, and nothing but a complete reconstruction will suffice but that need not be hoped for until the works pa over to the city. The pump well was next.

visited, and the pond, rott3 engine was found in motion. The machine was in charge of Mr. McElroy, the Assistant Engineer, whose course throughout in connection wirli the works has been such as to afford a favorable impression of his professional ability and firmness in declining to sanction changes from the contract plan of which he did not approve. The building in which the pumping machinery is located is certainly constructed with an apparently indestructible degree of solidity. The walls are composed of granitic blocks which will resist decay and remain intact for centuries.

The building has an elegant front, with a mythological female seated over the door way with an inverted pitcher, from which an imaginary stream may be supposed to issue. On each side of the entrance is a fish, which has escaped the classification of the naturalists, carved in brown stone. These aquatic emblems indicate the purposes of the structure. The party then proceeded to view the ponds in rotation, first halting at Baisley's. The bottom ot the pond is not visible, but the inner face of the sides is composed of sand, which seems calculated to preserve the purity of the water.

The necessity of having the pond fenced to exclude cattle, received a practical illustration during the visit, and the work ought to be done without delay. It is unnecessary to describe in detail the results of the visit to the ponds, as their capacity and character have been rendered familiar to all our citizens either by description or personal inspection. Cornell's Pond and Parsonage Creel; were examined, and a little intermediate pond called Clearstrenm, not included in the regulai sources of supply, and seeming to be fed by subterranean springs, as it pours a stream as clear at crystal. The general result of the visit was to at ford another proof, if any such were necessary, the inexhaustibility of the supply. Although streams may be supposed at their lowest ebb each of these ponds gives forth abroad and deep stream which would satisfy the most skeptical of the fact that sufficient water is within reach of the city to supply millions of a population.

At Cornell'. Pond one of the waste weirs carries off a stream sufficient to supply the present wants of the city At Parsonage Creek a dinner was provided to which the gentlemen present did ample justice Toasts and sentiments followed, in which Mr. the President of the new Board, Mayor Pov ell, Messrs. Chauncey, Frank, Lewis, Northrup, Eastman and others expressed their views on the result of the trip. All expressed a very favorable opinion of the quantity and quality of the water, and the appearance of the ponds, and all seemed to in agreed as to the defective character of the rcser voir, who expressed any opinion on the sin.

ject. It was considered a matter of double regret that the part of the works next to the citv, 'which strangers will visit, and from which all will fieri their impression of the whole, shotdd have been the subject of a mistake which renders it an object upon which no citizen can look, except with chagrin and mortification. Once the reservoir placed in such a condition as was contemplated in the original contract, the entire works will be such as will satisfy our citizens and reconcile them to the load of taxation they entail. Local Politics. Our local politicians are be.

ginning to show signs of vitality, and are diseti. Bingthe merits of prospective candidates for the county offices to be filled at the coming fall election. The ollices to be filled are those of Counlv Judge, District Attorney, two Superinteudanls of the Poor, in place of Messrs. Church and Ripley, and a Coroner in place of Or. Snell.

The aspirants for the Judgeship have not yet declared themselves. Mr. Schumaker, who has filled the office of District Attorney with ability and fldelitv is candidate for re election, and Judge Morris and ex Judge Moore arc mentioned as candidates for the office. Mr. R.

W. Allen Is the most likely candidate for Superintendent of the Poor in the Eastern District. As the days get the shorter the list of candidates will lengthen, and the Convention will be at no loss for a selection. The opposition have not yet recovered from their Solferino defeat last spring, and the music of their three local organs paly seems to make them more dro trey. there at all.

We regret to notice the absence of sonic of the ablest members of both Boards at the latter meetings, who were probably disgusted at the frivolous waste of time by gentlemen who arc charmed with the music of their own sweet voices. Last evening was added to the Police Fund, and the fund for "general purposes" was appropriated, somewhat altered from the original statement. The item of $10,000 for the erection of a building for the Truant School was stricken out, and S12.000 inserted for the payment of expenses for removing offal. The Sickles Llttek is the subject of much remark and gossip ro dny. The general opinion here seems to be that if Sickles had any friends left, they ought to have counselled him never to undertake a justification of his conduct in print.

A man in his position ought to keep quiet, and not add to his stock of notoriety by penning cards to the newspapers. It is stated that a call will be issued in the course of a few days, for a public meeting of the people of the Third Congressional District (which Mr. Sick les is elected to represent) wun a view ot requesting that gentleman to resign his seat. Whether this movement has its origin in political hostility, or personal dislike, it is impossible positively to say, as there will be no names attached to the call. It is well known.

However, mat a certain competi tor ot Sickles nt lie last election, is very anxious to get his seat, and the repudiation meeting in contemplation mav be an ingenious device to promote a scheme of private ambition, under cover of a high sense of public honor. Now, result as this step may, rely upon this, that itniler it" eircntiixtaiiee. in! Sickles reaitn. lie has said as much within the last twenty four hours, and what lie says in that respect, it is "probable he will adhere to. Y.

Cor. of 2'hil. Ledger. A Remarkable Solvent. It is now discovered it appears, that if a piece of copper be dissolved in ammonia, a solvent will lie obtained, not onlv for lignine, the most important principle of ail woodv tiiii such as cotton, flax, paper, but also for substances derived from the animal kingdom, such as wool and silk.

By the solution of any one of these, an excellent cement and water proofer is said to be formed; and, what is equally important, if cotton fabrics be saturated with the" solution of wool, they will be enabled to take the dyes such as the lac dye and cochineal hitherto' suited to woollen goods only. Hydriodido of ammonia, we may also observe, was not long since discovered to be an equally remarkably solvent of the most refractory, or at least, iusoluble mineral substances. Now it is an interesting circumstance that ammonia, according to NarTHelmont and other chemists and alchemists, was one of the requisite materials in the formation of the 'alkahest," or "universal of tltc ancient sages, in the cupride of Anraonium (if we may so call the solvent here tint spoken ofl we seem to have the solvent of silk which lately desiderated in our rem irks on the insulation of submarine telegraph wires. The Builder. Fatal Accident.

On Friday afternoon, as tie train was about starting from this village to East Xew York, and when near Division street, the engineer perceived a small child sitting between the rails on the track playing. He immediately blew the whistle to break up, but owing to the lieadwav attained was unable to stop until the whole train had passed over, mangling the little creature in a most shocking maimer. The. remains of the child were picked up auu found to belong to Michael Clarke, one of the employees on the road, and its age was about seventeen months. It is supposed that the little sufferer crawled up the embankment and seated herself between the rails, being innocent of the danger that awaited her.

Coroner Carroll held an inquest on Saturday after all the testimony that could be collected was taken, the jury returned the following verdict That said Hester Clark came to her death by being run over by an engine aud train belonging to the Long Island Railroad and that the same was purely accidental." f'funhin Journal. Brutality is tue Army. The Philadelphia Ledger has some deserved strictures on a case of brutality in the army, which would disgrace the days of Hannibal himself. Private Alensbn Beutly ot Company 1st Dragoons, convicted of desertion and horse stealing, was sentenced by a court martial recently in session at Fort Buchanan N. to recieve fifty lashes with a cowhide on the bare back, to be confined at hard labor until January, heavily ironed, to forfeit all pav due him, have his liead shaved, and be branded with a red hot iron with the letter D.

to be drummed out of the service, and receive a dishonorable discharge. Such a sentence as this is a disgrace to the army and the country, and the individuals who imposed it ought to be driven out of the service as unworthy to wear the U. S. uniform. The man thus pun ished stole a hnre and de erred.

Men steal horses in all parts of the country, nearly every day, and when they are caught are imprisoned for it. iN'oone thinks, outside of "the army, ol adding heavy irons, or of whipping the back with a raw hide, in addition to he punishment of imprisonment. Such supplementary debasing punishments are surely not for the purpose of 'reform, the end and aim (if all punishment, when it is not to gratify revenge or hate. The individual deserted the service, and therein proved that the service could do very well without a man who was bound to it so unwillingly, an unwillingness which arose, in all probability, from the treatment received, the brutality of which may be inferred from the sentence which is supposed to be the judgment of men in their cool and impassioned moments. But, because the man was of no use to the army, that was no reason whv he should be debarred being, ever afterwards, of'anv use to himself, by having a mark of shame branded indelibly upon his cheek with a hot iron.

If he was unfit for the service, the service was well rid of him when lie deserted, and taking the trouble to catch him and inflict so many personal and brutal indignities upon him merely to expel him again, was a most wanton abuse of power, which tells more to the disgrace of the officers who sentenced him thnu it does to the individual thus inhumanely degraded. Everywhere it seems to lie the same, on shipboard, in the army, wherever absolute authority prevails, there is cruelty and brutality, and there the spirit of devilish revenge usurps tlie prerogative of justice and gratifies its own malice on the plea of settiug an example of proper subordination and discipline essential to duty and public service. List of Patents. The following list of patents were issued to citizens of this State, from the United States Patent Office, for the week ending July 19, 1859 each bearing that date Peter X. Burke of Buffalo, N.

for improi enierit in stoves. Hfiuun Carter nf firecno, N. fur improvement in hur vc.iter.H. Ambrose Foster and Noah Sutton of X. fur improvement in variable cut off lor steam Robert Cartwrifrht of thica N.

for improved raiml boat propeller. August Freutel, of N. for improved lock for safes, Jacob Hess of Niagara Kails N. for improvement in lathes. Wm.

Jonwm and Martin Silmser. of Auburn N. for improved steam coek. lames II. Maydolc, of Hasten N.

for improvement in font stoves. E. .1. McCarthy of Saguerties, N. for improvement in furnace grates.

Wm. Porter of Mexico, N. for improved saw ttm nr.r. Edward A. L.

Roberts of N. for Improved furnace lor dental purposes. Lewis Solomon of N. for improvements In furnaces. John G.

Treadwell of Albany N. for improvement in stoves. Henry R. vVorthingtoii of Brooklyn X. for improve ment in pumping engine.

Norman Bedell of Albion, N. Y. assignor to Stephen 1'. Bedell of the same place; for improvement in elbow for stove pipes. Levi Dodge of Waterford N.

assignor to himself and Doge fc Blake of the same place; for improvement In dies for shaping articles In metal. Joseph (J. Henderson of Albany If. assignor to Eath bone dt Co. of the same place; for Improvement in corn buskers.

Louts Planer of New assignor to himself and Joseph Auger of the same place: for improvement in sowing machines. The Independente of Brescia states that several young girls have made vows not to marry anybody out wounded soldiers of the army of Italian independence..