Progressive Batavian Batavia, Genesee County, New York State July 2-1875 -part 2- Tramps. Tramps, ill-favored, lazy, slouching tramps. Able bodied fellows, yet tramps by continued habit and occupation if not by profession. These chaps have too a sort of and[sic] organization; they not only hive together after they have gathered what they can get during the day, but go about in gangs, and beg in a masterful, threatening way. They have no taste we are told, for agricultural labor, which is not surprising; persons of their sort rarely have a taste for any kind of labor that has a flavor of honesty about it, although they will spend more time and take more trouble in begging or cheating or stealing than would bring them a fair living honestly. Many of them are young and strong and able to work, but the farmers are timid about hiring them. We should think they might well be so. To have a gang of such fellows hanging round a quiet farm house where, except the farmer himself, there are no more household forces than a wife and a daughter or two, with, perhaps, an old "antie" and a boy struggling into his teens, would not be likely to promote that calm, rural, and Arcadian style of life and habit of thought that is commonly, although perhaps somewhat erroneously, associated with the vocation of husbandry. It is not at all surprising that the presence of these gangs of tramps has begun to be the cause of serious trouble and apprehension. From New York City even comes up the note of alarm and we hear of Deputy Sheriffs scouring Long Island in pursuit of Incendiary Ruffians. But we have them much nearer home. A special despatch to our neighbor the 'Courier' states that last evening an attempt was made to fire the Catholic College situated on the bank of Niagara River. The incendiaries were tramps who had been hospitably treated, at the college on account of their apparently destitute condition. The fire was discovered by Father CAVANAUGH in time to prevent its spread. One of the villains was caught by Officer FRADENBERG. Can't this growing evil be arrested? Is there no Law to arrest and incarcerate these prowling thieves and mock mendicants?--Buffalo Post. + The safe from Cumberland, recently recovered from the depths of the Potomac river, where it had lain since the vessel was sunk by the rebel ram Virginia, was recently fished up by a Capt. BROWN, in the employ of a Mr. WINSOR, of Buffalo. The safe contained $102,000 in greenbacks first issue, and $60,000 in gold. All of this is recovered except some $300 in gold which dropped out wile the safe was being raised, in consequence of it having been shattered by the torpedoes. Mr. WINSOR, the lucky man, left Buffalo on Saturday for Norfolk to take possession of his prize. He sold the safe for $1,500 as a curiosity to Norfolk people. + The city of New York has entered suit against the "Ring Thieves"--TWEED & Co.,--for more than $7,000,000. This represents only a fraction of the plunder stolen from the city by these Democratic leaders. Democracy has nearly reduced the city of New York to bankruptcy. Its debt now amounts to about $160,000,000. Don't you think we'd better give this party the control of the nation? + submitted by Linda C. Schmidt *********************************************