AN AFTER-THOUGHT.—Mayor Tiemann, in his epistle to the Lord Mayor of London, remarks, with respect to the Atlantic Telegraph, that “to God be all praise.” We are glad that the Mayor has, like Saul of Tarsus, seen a great light, for last week Cyrus W. Field monopolized all the praise. * * * * * NIAGARA ECLIPSED.—We had always thought that Niagara _falls_ were the greatest extant, but we are mistaken. We have lately discovered one fall infinitely greater than the above—Mayor Tiemann’s fall from the good opinion of the citizens of New York into the arms of James Gordon Bennett. * * * * * “A STICK!”—By all means, at all times, we would have our friends _stick_ beside us; but the assumed friend, who, seeking help, helped himself with our _composing stick_, from _beside us_, may he soon need a _crutch_.—[D.] A Pertinent Series of Queries. _To the Editor of the Alligator_: NEW YORK, August 24, 1858. SIR.—There are a few things which I, with many others of my acquaintances, wish to know, relative to the assistant matron of Randall’s Island, who figured so conspicuously in the press and in our Court of Sessions for the last month past. Before putting the questions, I would just say—as the subject of the note is a lady—if this were the first piece of scandal the citizens of New York had any knowledge of in connection with our city appointments, I, for one, would have been the first to have had this savory morsel consigned to the “tomb of all the Capulets.” Unfortunately it is not so. It is a well known fact that those who are fortunate enough to receive the patronage of the corporation of New York, and of all the lesser organizations in any way connected with our city, must, at least _possess one negative_ qualification—they must be thoroughly destitute of honesty. Add to this a great talent for plundering the public treasury, drinking any quantity of rum, talking profanely, and well skilled in fistiana, drinking _swill milk_ and eating _swill-fed beef_, and, in a word, in bamboozling everybody. It would appear, from disclosures lately made in certain quarters, the qualifications of the female portion of the appointees is in no way higher than the male portion. The first question is—Did the Ten Governors, or any of them, _know_ that this woman cohabited, as alleged in the _Alligator_ and not disputed on the trial, with the individual represented as her friend? If so, this is a sad spectacle to be exhibited before our wives and daughters. In the second place, why did Mayor, then Governor, Tiemann, if he did not _know_, prevent this _particular friend_ from visiting the Island, while he permitted all the lady’s other friends to visit her?