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didates, and who will come right side up out the Chaos, CEDIPUS himself could not guess. The oldest and shrewdest campaiguers are at fault, as well they may be, after the late astounding news from Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana. The verdict in the case of Dr. Graham seems to give universal satisfaction. His counsel have given notice of a bill of exceptions, but if wise, they will not move for a new trial. Another jury might be less lenient. The maximium of punishment under the verdict, is seven years imprisonment, and the general opinion seems to be, that he should be sentenced for the full term. Iager, found guilty of manslaughter in the third degree, has been condemned to the State Prison for three years. His offence was the stabbing to death of a man named Moran, during a drunken quarrel. Yesterday another fatal knife case was concluded in the court of Oyer and Terminer. The prisoner, Charles Graham, was found guilty in the same degree as Iager, and received the same sentence. It would seem, however, the spirit which is rife among the rowdies of this city, has not been checked by the late examples. A deliberate homicide was committed in Brome Street last night by an unknown man, who leaped upon the platform of a Harlaem car and knocked the brakeman off. The unfortunate man, whose name was Rickert, died fifteen minutes afterwards in consequence of the injuries he received by the fall. A rowdy who had been en gaged in a dispute with Rickerts on Wednesday last, is suspected to be the guilty party, but he has not yet been arrested. Some of the small Banks of this city are shaking in the wind. The Knickerbocker, Suffold, Eighth Avenue and Bank of the Union, have suspended operations, and their circulation is going in for redemption. It is scarely possible that bill-holders should sustain any loss by the failure of these concerns, whatever may be the fate of the depositors. The fact is, we have too many banks of the small fry class. They do anything but a legitimate business, and the sooner they are wound up and their notes redeemed from the proceeds of their stock in the hands of the comptroller, the better. The Knickerbocker Savings Bank also has failed. The weather here is warm enough for August, and the furs, merinos, and other winter goods, behind the plate-glass windows of the fashionable stores in Broadway, look singularly unseasonable. The cholera, which has nearly ceased its ravages on terra firma, is making frightful havoc at sea. On board thé Harvest Queen, from Liverpool, and the Piscatore, from Havre, both arrived yesterday, the total number of deaths on the voyage was one hundred and twentyfive. Seventy-five dead bodies were thrown overboard from the former and fifty from the latter. Business continues to be dull, and.retrenchment of expenses seems to be the order of the day among our merchants; still there are no heavy failures, and although we shall probably have a "tight" time this fall and next winter, there is a fair prospect of a renewal of trade in the spring. The Clearing house which was established last spring by the different banks, has been the cause of the suspension of the banks reported above. If a bank fails to settle up its account daily, it is suspended from the paivileges of the House, which causes a general run upon it, which few banks can go through safely. ST. CYR. THE EUROPEAN WAR.
