Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 7, 1876, Page 10

- eould be luilicted uj ‘T'HE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, OCTO BER 7, 1870—TWELVE PAGES,* Crucltics Perpetrated on the Dul-. garian Christlans. Pricsts Orucified and Tortured to Death— Qhildron Taking Part in the Massaore, Correspondence London Telegraph, CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 12.—Noither Mr. Baring nor Mr, Schuyler visited the Province of Sophle. It was known that the condition of things thero was bad, but even In Phlllp‘ropol(s no trustworthy detalls could be obtained about it; aund thedtiention of the public had not been particularly called to that reglon. It s Lo be re- grettdd that some one dfd not visit Sophila, tor it 1s now ascertained that things took place there even more fearful, i€ perhiaps on o smaller #calc, than those which occurred In the Province of Philippopolls. X hava Just had put in my hands o letter dated Bophila, Aug. 17, from a Dulgarfan source, it Is true, but from one which ‘commands the ighest respect. I ahall quotc some passages, necessarlly omitting, how. :vclr, some that wotld be tou offensive to Euglish aste: ‘When ramora arrived here 1ast year of tho Snsur- rection In Heraegovina a cortain feverish amitation began to be noticed among the Turks, 'Khey fre- quently met at night in the mosques, Ido not know for what purpose, while during the day they often IhflTennll theie knivesat tho pnblie’ foun- tains, 80 that the Lulgurians begwn, not without reason, to fear lor their lives, In the villuges of our pravince, os well ua In the town, there wad no limit to crueity and rulloring, The men were bra- tally beaten, while wonien snd girls wers made to walk barefooted on thorns, and to carry thelr per secutora on their shonlders. When & Zsptichar- rived In & viliage ond daid not flad the master of the hounse at home, e would beat Lls wife, violate her, and, what {s stiil more horeible, burn herina most cruel way with 8 red-hatiren, . . . DBut thls was mnothing compared to the treat- ment which began for our peopls on May 2. In tha town he Tatrke, aroied to the teeth, walked abont the strests crying ** Comlt- tea ghlaur!™ and unless tiow whom' they met alcn[md on ono side und took off thelr hais thoy cruelly beat them and threatened their lives. Tha Archimandrite Haniton, the Vicar of the Blshop, wan stonud In going to the honse of the Governor, and for a long time suflered from the brulses he received, The ‘Furks oven cntered it honse and threatened him with pistols, The Bashi. uks and Circassians went about through the villagos, and beat and cruelly killed the Intabitants, snd pillaged and burnod everything. Thus the Village of Hnkovitza, of 250 nouses, was complotely plundered and burned under the following circum’ stances: Iia Inhabitants, lenlnfi thut the Dashi- Bazouks and Circassians were robbing and burning the other villages and killlng the imbsbltants, 3 ed for ~thele lives to " tho mountaine Thelr village was unmedlatoly reduced to ashes by the Haehi-Bazouks, and they were arrested and imprisoned a4 boing insurgents, Fro- quently such prisoners dicd on the road In conse- quence of the {H-trentment they recoived, and sometimes they arrived half dead, and expired in terrible anguish in the prisons. The prisona were filled with innocent porsons, who were constantly beuten, and who were so packed togethier that, fastened ten to a chain, lhli{ were obliged to sloop one on tap of tho other, and suffored frow hunger and from the tith of the place. . . ., When night arzlved, tho sgents of thoauthorlties, accom- panied by some Turkish notables, came to the prisons and beat any one who had not heen found :ulrnh]n in the Inlurmqnlnrlu. teling hiwm, **We will not give you yonr libertics ualess you sdmit to.morrow that ‘such and such versons (naming pricets, Dulgmian nutablos, and schuolmasters) are Russlan ne‘cnm and wish to inclte an insurrece tion, and that it wos they who advised you to take up arms,* TIE BCENE IN BELLOVA. ‘Two pricsts of tho Village of Bellova, In the dis- srict of Tutar Dazardjik, ope Mizhad and Pope Miko, sullered the must horrible treatinent that nthom. They were arrested in their village, and, after having been beaten and undreeged,, wers cruclded (L e. : nunzs up in cusing Dy an fron collar round the neck, with thelr arms eiretched out and tied to the wall in the shapo ot a cross), und 1oft in this state for Gve bours, after which they were takun down and subjected to - deacribabio insults and outray Une of them waa nftorward fiendlshiy tortured o+ and he expired in Intenso agony, From Bellova nlso elgbty-fivo pernons were taken tu Sophis, nine of whum died on the road from the beating they re- coived; for they wero fastencd elght to m chala, and as soon as uno lialted ur was unable 1o proceed farthier, hig brutal guards repeatedty sbruck bim with their bayonets und the bul ¢ads of their mus- kets. We saw all this cruelly with horror, und wept in valn. Our fuar aund our rorrow became 8tlll gredtor when we eaw, and still ace, the market filled with furniturs and utensila belungiug to those who have been pillaged and kllled, and the bluod- statned underclothing of women and children belng 80ld to the Jows, ‘I'ue churcues and thy wonws- terles huve not been spared, 1 have been an eyu- witness of the sale of sacred objeets cowlng from thu churches, such ne chalices, crosses, limuges of the sants, and sacordotsl vestments, There s hardly o church b the villages whica hos uot been dexeceated, and there v nota housohold that re- muins intact, The abuses which are committed by the Dashi- Dazouks oud Circasslsns are sc varied und so numerous that it Is impossible for'me to describu them. I ndd only thatup to the proent time sixteen_ Lulgarians buve been banged in Sophis, having been”condemned us Indurgents, and noarly every day or two heods of Ineurgents are brought here. Bodies of muplo viilagura aro still belng found In the ficlds, and I have learned from the Villugers themeclves that the Bashi-luzouke kill overy poaeant they meot worklng in the telds In OFdiF 10 taku nway his cattle, und thuy then bring his hoad to the town In order to recelve 8 ruwurd, For owe duys past, Lowever, na heads of these pretendod dnsurgents bavo been brougbt in, although the criuies have not stopped. A letter from o European Living ina larga townin ghe adjoinlug province of Macedunia, duted Aug. 31, says: Burders, beating, und robbery are very rapldly Incroaming it region. 1t wnbout & Woek s.nce the Unshi-Bazouks from thls disteict, ut least & large part of thew, returned jroa the war with ‘banners tiylng, und murching turough the principal streety, 0 the great dislike uf iy of the Lulier Turks, Wno conzider iLa shame, Rumor says that o3 they dli not dnd an epportunity to fill their belts made, bero un purposu to hwid the Servian ygold they wers gaing to bluuder, they took to robbing thu” boulew of Turiisn soldiers, und that whon Dervish Fasbu ordered thom to go to Herzegovina they reiused, on tae ground that thoy did uot en- list'1o Ught ** karadag,” and then ho went them Jiote, Wurke hicre huve b wuolesome fear of Mone tenegrius, and would rathur fight Husaluns, A FRENCHMAN'S ADVENTURES, I hnve betore me two leiters written by o Frenchman, K. Barrols, who 18 a chevalierof the Leglon of lluuur. nud waua formerly an otileer in the French army in Algerin, e las reslded for sume ycars at M llruvlunl“ locality where Lt may be supposed that civillzation hos penctrated, as it 1s tho present terminus of the rallway from Saloniea. Tue firat letter 18 duted Mitrovitza, July 29, 1870 1 bave already wrltten to you that, on account of the Larbarous acts commitied bere, 1bud boun nm!gled totako refugo In Uskub fu order to put my fanuly in comparative security, 1 entered thecity, uud percojved” that, notwithstanding the crick of tbe Chrstuln women and chiluren, it was belng pillaged for the bunett of tho ugsulmane. Tuking courage, and prosided with a borse loaded With two wicks of pears, and disgulsed asa Los- alak, 1 resolvod 1o sce what was passing In tho neighborhoad of Mitrovitza sud between Novi Bazsruud Blenitza, Early on the Zithltook a crods-rond that | knew, 80 as not to meet the oute posts, ond arrived al the place whore formerly there was the large Villuge of ‘Toulnla Dubrivia, 1t wax now thoroughly destroyed, oot by war, but hE pillage. 1 was met by some vld’ meg, who showed mu o place to which | could scarculy go on uccount of the ador. One hundred bodiss lay doad in the sun, )l jo 8 stte of putrefaction. The hends of buth sexea and of all ugcs were separated from the trunl ‘The horror of this slgt made me leave 3t as aoon aa possible, and | went toward a little church which 1 knew to be about five kilmutrew distant northward on the side of Novilscor, [erathe vauie spectunls metmy oyos, but It was worse, a4 the uuinber of the viclims waa greater. Leaving thers with beating heart, § went toward 8 velluge between Monitza sand Novi Bazarto find sheliee for tho night. On the slopu of u wooden mountuln 1 found traces of o atruggle and sbreds of v‘ufll A littls further onip & clearing §unw soldi the regular army buvied fu burying pleces of Christian bodies, which wore fur the moat part naked, 1atopped at vome dis- tnnce off, not knowing whether to raveal mnyself or 10 tako wnother direction, but | had been seen by & weniry, who ordered me to approach, Anvflicar called Abmet Edendicau np, * Not wishing 0 tu- tray myself, Tupoke Liawniak to biw, a0o , ave hit byt two measures of pears. Ithen spproached the soldlers, FThe oflicer wuid to me, balf n Tark- ish ond balf ln Ilmllllkx ** Busfuh me dobso ™ this uflale In not goos). S*'The ousilBazouks," he cantinued, **have uctei very badly in this country, fur they have killed all the vubjects of tho Sultap, and have phluged und®currlod ol everytiing they el with, 80 Liat we dnd notbiug mory, nol even suegg, to eat. Itis frightiul, The Sultsu ducs not Liow of thess atrucities. This poor people have all tho winter long transported for uw proyls. fons and munitions without claimliga pura. Why kil them? Why did nut the basli-Bazouks come to make war uguinet the Bervianst 'Uhivwas a . company of reul/s from Anstolia, who bud becn chargud with the duty of act ik ne burylug party. Atler an bour's warch, I wel a troop ‘of women and children going wward & black gorge fn the mouptains, These puor people flud at wy s prouch, and It was only after giuch trouble that made nyself recoguized me u Chiristinn, Au old man slmowt naked approached we, and a8 soon as ba saw thut 1 wes Indeod a Frank, and yotan cucmy, haetyned to reawsure the women and chil- dren, and conducted me to 8 cave whers thers were sbout wmxty or seventy people of both saxcs, Lut not ® wound men emong them. At fret I saw . nulunihuu yawuing uud obacure hole, porbiaps n den of beurs, for these unimals are very nuuierons Ju this part of Bornla, They then lighted a pluce o ping wood, and 1 could” distiuguish all these wrelched and half-naked 'swplu Diey roadting regu walzo, the vuly fuod they hud, fur the plune 5m~n Lad not el thew even u pot fn which to ' eook unribiog K lad wome vsll chaugy, TURKISH BARBARITY. | gt an e et *aecret societie hut be- others, rald he, **Hf wo be found with this money thay wonll helove that we had more, and wonlil " Leaving these wretched peuple, 1 arcend. ed s steep hill where I expeeled to find Gabrova, which ia sltuated at the entrance of a large and fine 12 aln, MONE NORRORS, 1 had atil} five hourn ta go before reaching Mitho- vltza, and followed the plateay, whero | expected fo find four Christian hamicts, olthough it ts need- lers t0 wny "w{ no lon.er existed, Thelrruing can berecognized from afar by tho focksof crows which over over them, Nefore arriving at Mitrovitza, a fearfn] spuctacle awaited me. Some Typsy children wore occupled hutchering, with long Xknives, a poor Chriatian, wha hed come to town Lo buy tlour for several families at Mitrovitza who whowere living | 1 hlshouso, three kllometres from the town. 1ila donkey was covered with bnlood, and the flogr waa thrown about hereand there, and the flesh on tho pour man’e Jegs hiad beon cut Away instripe, The little wretches fled At my up&wnnch. Exnsperated at what [ had eeen and leard on my Journoy, 1 was ready to fire at any one 1 met who Avan cnizaged in nn) ln\'l:ic nct. At last [ reached Mitrovitza. Wishing to bid adien to Mitrovitza, I went to the tomb of the two dauzhters 1 had lost there—ano Inst Mug. Sacrileqe! There was no Janger any tomb; the ground hadbeen recently du; nr. and the cofla was broken into s hundre pleces, The following oxtracts are from a letter from the snme gentleman: Uskun, dnly 10, —1 took advantage of an_empty train mlnmlnq from Mitrovitza to go to Upkub. ‘The plain of Kossovo, which s perhaps thirty kllomretres square, formerly ao thickly settlod, [4 to-day a desert. One would say that tflis plnin, as furmeely, gwaits A tragic drama. Tho harvest ls drying up In the flelds, and no harvestor is seen. 8Some banda of Gypales guarnl the railway bridyes. At Verlssoviteh tlie station-master, A Frenchm: informed me that on the 20th Inst. the lias Bazouks killed the keeper of the khun behind t siation, They strangled him, and then cot off head. Tha Christians of Uskub have d thelr shops, and from day Lo (ay are expecting wome great calnmity, On the 28th some Bashi-Bazonks from outlpe’tried to plllago theshonof & Chtlstian on the market day, A Beryeant of Zaptichs, having prevented thosack, was immediately killed. The aspasain_ perished under the stick. ‘There is on eveey aide murder and piilage, All thesa Bashi. Rarouks spread terror smong the population, The Turks even are disgnsted with them, Scvoral youny men of good family who havo heen cafled to armin refer to dexert rather than take part with tho “uhl-lhllmkm ‘fhe other day ‘thrce Hashl. Bazouks paaxed o littlo strcet’ whers soveral Christians woro seated necar thelr door. Thoy stoppeil and struck these inoensive people, under the pretext that the gigours ongit to rise at the lfi- proach of Mussulmans und ‘salute them. The same day In anadjacent street 8 no less shameful act wos committed. A woman waasuckling her babe on tho donr-step, On the npproach of some Bashi-Bazoukashe tnrned toga into the honse, whon oue of theni ¢eized her and tried to pat his month at her breast, 'The woinan resisted, and tho other Buasni-lazouks then took her hunds, the child fell 1o the ground, and the Inhuman brutes cnt off her nippled, 1eaw hier Lo-day myseld, and dressed the woun 1n another strcet the wife af a mechanic or fireman was obsorved at her window by the Dashi-Bazouks. ‘They ent into the courteyard of tho house, and tho courageous woman, a Walla. chian, immediately went out of the lower dour, armed with o revolver, At the sight of the pistol tho Hashi-liazonka took to fight, but fired and hit the lock of the duor, Unce outside, thene soldlore, w}m\‘l flod at the sight of a woman, fired at the windows, I am assured that the DBashi-Nazonks leave no wounded on the battle-fleld. suon as they sce thnt one of thelr men la griovously wonnded, thoy Kill him in order to strip Bim, that tho enemy may not profit by his clothing. ——— LORD BEACONSFIELD, His Bpeoch on the Turkish Question, in 1o~ ply to Gladatone. Lord Beaconsfield (late Mr. Diseacll) spoke at Aylesbury, Eng., Scept. 20, on the Turkish question. The following is the substance of his remarks: e Lepan by explaining why it was that he hai realgnad lile kcat In tho liouse of Comnmona and ac- cepted tho Veerago He had rocelved physical warnings that e conld no longer endure the toil of the Jesdership of the Lower Ifouse; and at the begmulll;( of titis year ho hod informed the Queen of "tids fact, He ‘then coniemplated that his po- Hitical carver way closed, but the Queendesired that he should retain hia past and alleviate (ta labor by tuking a scat in the House of Lorde. Pasaing then ;n the great subject of the day, Le apoke as fol- owa: You have done me the honor of drinking my health as the head of her Majesty's Guvernment, sud I can truly und fraukly wy I vollove there nave or was & Government in thiis country that had morg dificult matters todeal with than the Government of tue Queen at this momont. The noble Enrl, tho Forelgn Sccretary, who, on the part of the Govern- menl,‘is conduct.ng negotlotions at this moment, has to fulfill two mast didicult tasks anid to necom- plish two most Important ends. lo lLins at the same timo to socure permanent British interests of the highest importance, and ho has_to secure the maintouance uf European peace, Gentlemon, un- der orafunry circumstances, a Britlah Minuter so placed, whitever mijht have been his ditiicultles, would have the conuulation of kpowing be was backed by the country. [Abplause.] 1t would be affeetation in me for a mument to pretend Lhat that s the position of Ler Majesty's iovernment at this moment. Unhapplly, & great portion of the people of this country bave arrved ut conclusions whith, i1n the upinion of ter Majosty's Governe ment, If careled wnto efect, wonld a.lko ba injuri- ous 10 tha permaucnt or imporiunt Intereats of Ene- gland, and utike fatal to ugy mode and chanco of maintafuing the peace of Lurape, UOW SEUKET SOCIETIES WAVE UOTHERED IR AUTIION OF *'LUTHAIR." 1 have no object.on on the purt of hor Majosty"s Government that the positlon—the real position. of England ln tuls mutter shonld be well uude: atood, and, therefore, If it intercsts you to kuow, evou to tho iast momeut, what la our pros. pect of maintaining peace, and of maintuiniyg what Is, I thiuk, not inferior {n lmportunce to the vital inferexts of thisconntry, the peace of Europe, T witt tell them to you, Frow the mument that ‘wa declined, and gavo our reasons why we declined, entertng into tho Herlin Memorundum, wo re- culved un the wnole, 1 should say, from évery ono of the Ureal Powerd, & cordlal attempt to act with ua in every way which would bring about s ratis- fuctory termiunation, but from no fower hive we roceived that wo cordlally and vo completely as from Ruesla, Tn thospring of the year peaca on prin- ciples which would have been appraved by ovory w.su and good man might by e been sccomplishivd. W ol that huppened wilch wasnot expected, Serhia declared war upon ‘Puricy—that is to way, thy se. crot socletiva of Europs, “through Serula, declared war upon ‘lirkey, |Cheers.] 1 can asaure you, gentlemen, thut In the attempt to conduct the goy- ernmont of this world thero are new clements to bo considerea which our predecessors had not to deal with, We huve not to deal only with Empe- rore, Pritices, and Ministore, but there are tho an element which we mnst tnke into consideration, which at the last nioment may banle all your arrauyoments, which have their sgents overywhore, which have reckless aonls, which countenunce assussination, and which, it necossary, could produce w mussacre, [Cheers, | There waw ap end, of course, of our negotinlions, and it 1s hardly an vxpression wli.ch would cunvey the general naankmity of the Great Puwers at thut moment, Yol bad & war between Serbis and the ort Well, Lhis war hus gone on, and what has hapoened aluce this outrugeous war ook placo— for of all tho wars thut ever touk place thara naver wae 8 war lovs Justlded thun tue war of Serbia upun the Perte,” Loud cheers, ) TUE ILL-DOING OF AKNBIA. . The Porte may have 10, 000 faults, ~1 will nat say crimes, —but still thora s nut the slightest doubt that, us regardettie relations between Serbia und the Vorte, not vnly every principle of internat.onal luw, not ouly every principleos public morality, but every principlo of houor was outraged: be- £ausy whien the 1'0rtu wad {n posscasion of the chtof fortraxses of Berbu, aud hud but to mu.ntain them without any one questioning bor right to them, Surbla maue strong roproscutations to the Uropt Powurs, who almos! ‘lh:dl:l’d their honor to 'lurkey, that it she would unly give bue. thue fortreases uf Helgrade and ¢lsowhers tu Serblu she would not bo annoyed. 1t was vnly thruuih that Serbia had the pusrer of waking the twalsiunce wio lud iione, Well, what has isppenod since the Serb.an war oc- currod? “Thie momunt that her Mujesty's Govern- went sscertained that Surbls was beaten, ex- hausted, wnd 1o 4 state of much despalr, wo commupleated coufidentfaliy with Serbin, ~ We suid: ¥+ Weo cunuot otfer to mediate, becauso thet waould-be Jiable to mlsunderst inding, aud it might be said, therefore, that It wus because of onr so offering to mediate you did not inake that delense ou might be cupuble of; but if you And younselves. {n a position in whick your wlinre ure desperato, comniunicate with Engluod, and wo will glve vou all the friendly olces we can. " {Loud wpplause. ) Andwhat happoned: 1u 8 very short tiue Serbila came to Englund and sald: ** Do what you can for us* We hiave dune what wo can, WHERE LORD DERUY DID SOMETIUNG, Tord Dorus—the Minwter who duea nothing— carrlod through a sucocwsful mediatlon under the wost dificuls circutnitances. Heinember, ‘Furkey wuy trismphont, She Lad crashiod thoao ngrate- ful subjects of the sucerain, w0y Lonl Darby not unly fuwuced all the Great Powerd to sct with ilm 1o, but ke obtained that wost diticult of in the woeld, an arulatice, vecausu Tur- key aaid, und naturally sald, ** Well, we bave been invaded in the mostgross and outra jeous mon- nor; we have defendod oursulves with vigor and wuccesd; we are now the winning party, und to usk us fur an armistice when st the vid of “thet srnis- tice yon, with renovaled energlus, sud whom we louk upoo ns rebely, muy sttack u agaioat the L-rlucn\nluu of that civilization whleh you wo much uiet. ! Who could deuy thut wussor The plea was reapectfully Hatencd 1o, Well, ‘Purkey wsald, Weo know the aliiculties under which all the European States aro this moment haburing, sepe- clully with prejudices syainet our Guvernment, but Woare perfectly ready to grant peace to derbia vn Hoeral und fivuerunu toria—on termes which {un sl yoursslves decide. Al that we awk (s Gt when you seek for nn armistice you shall inlicato the Wrms and the pr n.ples upon which you think that peuce ought 1o be granted.” Wel), there were very grent dibioulties un the subject, You cannol do always thut which s just, or thut which b1 right. You must do that which, on'the whole, you th.nk i for the benelit of Europe and for the general ud- yuutage, Imay say, of Luman nsture, y\p lause. | Lord Derby bids excried the intluence ol thle coun- Ly 1o this pai that ho ba ubaulutely luduced hm‘ry 1o sgteo to tiis urlstice und 1o leave the settlenen he terms of peace belween Serbla und Turkey to the decislon of the wix Powerd, AND WUAT FOLLOWED, The next step la for Lord Derby, un the part of b Guverument, to vecur oxuctly to the pouitive which he occnpied before the Serblan war, What was that positfun? It wa«an attempt to settle, with the concurrence of all the Powera of Europe, the relationa ~the future relntion<—that shoull anbsist between thie Christian s cla of the P'urte an lthe Tarkish Government, 0r0 {8 o sincera dovire on the part of nil the Great Powers at this moment, at once and without an unhecessary waste of time, to come o a general concluslon upon the subject [an- plause], and the pr.nciples of the Englieh acttle- ment are, to my mind, principlcs favored by the Powers. \What ‘more can you want! [Laughter and nppllulv‘} Really, these gentlemen who pro- pose sich wild eschomes of driving ont a great race —anumerons race—and establishing governmentaof an inilependent ehaeacter, should, 1 think, take ex. amplo from o distinguished man of the day, who<e conduct and opinions infinence all—Mr, Gladstone himaelf—{1anghter and appinuse)—Mr. Giaiatone wrote & pamphlet. [Laushter.| [ dara eay the time will come when he will regret writin:t that pamphlet—[Inughter|—becoues .. 1. have wrltten pamphlets, and [ regret having done so.,, . ! A KINDLY WORD FUR A DROTHER-PANTMLET- written a pamphlet In Er Woll, Mr, Gladatone b which he denounces the Turkish raccas a brutal race, not adapted to our clime. and which onglit ta be expelled from Europe. Well, two or three dnye uftor that Mr, Gladeione, on reflection—~be. caitse hnmanitatian polit'ciane do not mways look before they Teap—{laughterj—in & mo:t mugnani- moun manner, feeling he hald made a mistake, ea’'d_that he did not mean the expulson ‘of tho Turkish nation, Lut only the ‘Turkish Minie. ters, (Applansa. | I myself, no doubt, think that Mr, Gladstone did not moan the oxpuision of the ‘Turke, bul with rogard to the exnulsion of ‘the Turkish Minieters, 1 doubt whether they, were Turks, [anmur.]l Let the qeuplu, then, fol- Tow his example, and really recall the proposterdita notion that wo can, as they -qu-ae Ave ean, snd- denly turn ali the Turks out of Lurope,, ‘Fhesend. inz & milllon of Moors and Jewsout of Sphla s Rood many years ago o convulsed that nation that she never récovered, and KuropesufTera at thig mo- ment from that act, Lan Tllln convinced mysell that Mr. Gladstone, on rellection, never! intendea anything of the kind, 1f he had gone and pro- posed to the Ilouso of Commons and the Speaker that at the Greenwich Falr thoy ahonld aff go to the top of tha Greonwich 111 and all roll down to- gether—[laughterj—I daclare he could nut have proposed anything more absurdly incongruoua, PRINCE BOLTIKOFF. There ara posts more Important,. perhaps, than Fort Needham ou tho South Coast, but it is nt all thines 8o strictly garrisoned that the In- tegrity of the Emplre might depend upoa Its tenure. Iwas once its garrison—I, Rundal de Loutherberg Carruthers, Licatenant in her Maujesty’s Royal Reglinent of Fencibles,~—that s tosay, I, with 8 handful of soldicrs, leld it against all comers, Mymen were better off than I wae, for they took it in turn to mount guard upon the honeycombed ordnance and the tumble-down gates of the fortress, Thoy had cinployment, I had none. I bathed, break- fusted, and watkeld upon tho shore; to eat, drink, slcep, and smoke made up the sum tota of my diversions, But that I was gifted with pewers of progreasion, I might Lave bean an uyster, {)ne day as usual I strolled upon the beach. The ecasun was sprinztimy, tho sky Uright, the sca llko a mirror. Nuthing ever broke th still- ness that relgned sround Fort Needham; it lay off the highroad, no ong cawe to it} even the flshing-boats avolded the hay, hecause of tlio shoal water. With mv glass Tswopt the horl- zon, now and again examining tho sea-gulls or o far-oft sail, » What s that black thing bobbinz up and dow in tho water? A lien-voop or u wlnled or & new ;ouk shot up suddenly from beneath the waves No, It {a 8 bont of some sort; very low in tho' water, not unlko a raft, anl there Is a figure on Ity & wan paddlivg, He is making for th shore} slowly and surely ho approaches. Closar and closer, His face [a plainly visible now, and his breast through his opeu shirt. He hanlles his Uttle oar with skill and vigor—nearcr and noar- cr g comes. At length—grate, squecze, thnd, lls raft has run aground, and be jumps outo the shingle, The stranger’s (rst act was to throw himsclf upon his knces and exclaim fervently in French, “Thank Gud! Bafc ot last1" Then be rose and cume to greet mo with the bow of o flnlshed courtier. Hu was In rags, he wore only a dilapldated shirt of coarse calico, and o palr of tattered trousers reaching just be- yond his kuces, made lrpm'unl.l froin on old gray blanket; lvut. Inspite of all, he seemed o gentleman, His manner was perfect, the En- glish in which he addressed me, though tinged With a forelgn accent, pure, and in intonation decldedly well-bred, “This'ls a sorry plight n which T find myself, Monsleur. Iam’ a wall cast up by the soa. I have been shipwrecked, 1 never dreamt shonld reach the Jandallvel” “Sinvlluwn:ckudl" Tasked, “When? Where! ow. “Yesterdny Twason board my own imm. the Feodorowna—I am Prince Boltlkoff—you kuow my name, perhapsl’® he sald, nucinq that I bowed at this tntroduction of himself. * Nol Iama Russfan. Iwaa cn route for Cuwes. Last night the yacht lay becalmea off the Needles, I was In niy Lerth—hall reading, half dozing, when—eruck l—something crashed into the slde of the yacht. Idun.l}n:d from bed and rushed, a8 I wiis, on deck. It was . colllslon, Death atared us one and all in the face. I enatched up the first garments I could tind,—you sce them,” he polated, smiling, tobis rage—** and juinped overboard. fama ood switnmer. At dawn 1 was still afloat, iien I got togother o fow floating spars frum the wreck, made that little ralt—good sriend, it has done its duty,’’—and as he spoke he pualied It h‘n'xck into the tide—* Adicuj go, mon aml,. * May I ask," conttnned the strangor, ns soon as the raft l.hn\ drifted oway, ** may I ask where Iam? Would you hivethe extreme complal- sanca to dircet e to the noarest towni" * This 18 Fort Neodbam,” sald I % Yarches- zer {s“tho ucarest place—some dozon miles dlis- ant,’ 480 farl I am hardly In walking trim, I fear, but [ must make shift to push on." “Linposalble. I eannot perunt it. You need rest, tood, My quarters are close at hund, am the Comandant of the fort—-"" . » You are then an English officer! T might have gucssed It1 You are all generous as you ure brave, I was with Menachdoll in Bebusto- pol, and I leurnt to respect you then,” “If you ars [V’uurlcl a doldler, Prince, i4 s the more Incwmbent upon we to be your host,' With tils Iled the way into the” turt, Tho adimluslon of such u tatterdomalion rather sur- prised the decorous sentry, but my servant, who was callod In to assist af the Prince’s toilet, auui? spread the real atory throughout the bar racks. A bath, my razors, and a comolets rig-out of my clothes, tnadu o wonderful change i the Prince’s appeatance, He was cvidontly a per- sou of thy highest distin:tlon,—not “exactly handsome, his smoothly-shaven face was too sullow, aud his clicek-bones too high, but he had goud features and dark punclmlufi oy 110 mude the mistake nlso of wearlng Lis halr too short; It wea clipped so clode thit hls head looked Hke o round stiot. P “Your clothes fit me to the marvel, mon chor B Carruthers. It would not be Indis- cxmfi‘ Jjo ask your tallor's namef He (¢ un arl o I was flattercd, and replicd readily: “3r, Bebneldor wlll be glad to got an order from you, Prince.’” * Hu shall baye it. Iis cut 1s superb,” ‘Then we sat down to lunch. Tuo Prince, al- though aristocrutlc to the Bugei-tips, had the uum&ylebulm apputite; within a tow minutes b bad cluared the table, I have nut tasted food for twenty-four hours," ho sald apologetically, o+ Alter lunch I pruduced cigars. Re looked at the tobaceo ravenously. o * Iy i3 my passlon, ‘1 did not think I could Lava exiated 8o lovg without it." U luy buck in aw arm-chiuly and smoked half- a<duzen clgurs one after the other, upparently with the wost [ntense gratitication, Meanwlile we tatked, The P agrecablo ’rin.6 wus a ot companlon; his expericuces wers varied; ho had traveled far and wide, had seen many ities, und kuew mon und manuers, It was deliglt- ful to Msten to i, Hut he was far too well-bred to monopolize tne conversution, He also could lsten, and did so with courteous, ulmu;fi:fi futereat us I gulaged upon: the sub- c.ty moat ut heart; he cven led me on to alk quite tawillarly and h-eely of wy reghuent; my comradess my life aud ‘prospects—cvery- tulug, I suort, wiich interested me. Iuthis way the hours passed, till suddenly the Prince jumped up. * You hiave been miost good, M. Carruthers, 1can never n.pm{ your clucss. But now, the duy 18 advan. ng: 1 must be moving un.” “Pray do not tnluk ol It, You will surely stay und dinet To-muorrow or nexe day will be tinie unuu&u to travel; by then ,‘uu\nll b re- freshied und reerutted in sirength? “1 hardly dare take ndvautugs of your good nature, L'know nut what to way. “But your plensunt soclety draws me tuwards yous [wlll stay, Buller mu ouly to write o fuw’lettors. [ ;uul.l clx(x‘umu:‘u:mtu W thlt‘lw Ru:\lrl.“" Eulx‘hudny; should send to wy baukers, and to iy Loadon hotel for clothes and wecessarles ¥ I sat him down ut ouce to my wrlting- deak, @ plece of purtable barrack ” furniturg, lmited lu dimensions, very much littere with old lottirs, buks, and struy papers; tradesmon’s bills, an anny s, Bradshaw, ofil- cluls' reports and returns, sume u my own land- writlug und bearlue wy signature. But from nmun‘," these I elenred “sutliclent space, and loft the Prince to write his letters alone. ILwas qulte un bour before 1 returned, He sturted rutner o8 I re-entered the room, but ex- plaiued that his recent uarrow escape had sbukvn hts nerves, He hod been busy'; several letters were Iym'; ox\{um table, th{c(r addreanca ) uppermost, nnd or tho lifa of me, could not help scclng that one was to u Sceretary of the Russiau Embnssy, anotlier ta some ono at Clarldse's Hotel, a third to Mcasrs. Coutts; of a fourth [ read only a part. It looked bike “Jemmy Haw—Beven Di—"" Hut the moment my sontewhat surprised and curlous cyes had read thus far, the Pritice took up all his correaponds cncfi-. and ross to greet o witha pleasant amlle. “Therel 8o mnch for busincss, This contre- temps will alter all mgph\us. But what mat- tgr:;’ Tam still alive. Sball we take n breath of alr Outside, after a few turns upon tho shore, lio sold: “Is your post-office far. We might drop these 11 na we passed." T sl L scnt an orderly with the letice-bag na far_aa Silverburn, the nearcst village and rail- »lunuon, three miles orao. e would atart In an ottr, E ** Now confess—you aro sending on purpose! T stial] ba trul ‘mcvcd to devanee you, Your soldler would hate e, What say you, shall we walk to the posteofllee vuresclvesi” 1 should ke it, and it would do you good, toos you are lazy, mon Licutenant, you will !imw ot. Say the, shall we walk to Silyerburn I exeused myself. Tho fact was I wished to nl«n{ at the fort to attend to houschold witalrs, Ldld not often entertaln & Prince, and 1 was somowhat anxious about the dlimer which was belni prepared by my Inexperienced soldler vouk. “You will not? Youare wrong, You should walk more. It is excellent exorcise. 1§ find the honeflt, and need i®hauch always, as now, But Isce you goill not be persuaded. Au revolr then—till—r “Dinner at half-past 6, That will giveusn nice long evening.” * Yes; o nice long avening,” herepeated aftor mo In a steange, macking tone. I he had not been a 'rince T might huve considered his con- duct rude. We parted. fHe walked on atuvery brisk pace; 1 returned stowdy to tho fort. For the next few hours 1 was busy superin- ten ing the operatione In the Kitchen, asslsting to lay the table, drawing iine, and making ready for the feast. About® p.an, I dressod in mess uniform to do bonor to my fureign guest, n“il watked down the rond to incet him ou bis return, Ile had had threo hours tu do the Journe thery i back, but half-past 0 came, atd with It nu Prince. Seven—still he did not appoar, What had happened! He must have lost bis way, It was quite dark, and rather cold, At haft-pust 7 I sent off two non-commissioned oflicers fn eearch of hlm; at 8 I went myself, and, growlng moreaud more concerned, watked o to Silverburn. Yes; o person snawering to the description of the Prinve bad beew acen there. He hud tak- en the tralu to Yurchiester. An extraordivary pruceeding; still it gecounted for his absence; su sumewhat relieved T went home, dined by m{aell, and went to bed. siept late next morning. It was close on 10 when [ was roused by u familiar volce In the outer rupm. *What, Rondal! 8till in beat? It was Hob Finch, a brotbier Licutenant from headgquuarters, ¥ You are to return at once to the rezimeut,” he sald, I huve come to relieve you." “ Hurrah 1" “ Bteady, "’“}" steady, Read this, Don't sing out too svon,” . It was an officlal letter from the Adjutant, dusiring me to hand over my detachment, and rennrlm myself forthwith at headquarters—under airest. “Bless me, What's up?” “Tue Colonel’s furivus. He declarcs he'll prefer charges, and have you tried by court- nurtiod,” % But why, man! why?" Y What ov carth fnduced you to give that sharper letters of [ntroduction to thy regl- munt! Waere, in heaven's name, did you piek Lin IID'" @ & ““Fuie Prince —1"" Ol Durkuces, Ho made nice fools of us I told Bob Finch tho story of the raft, at which ho laughed u little, sdding soont YBut it's uo jJoke, Randal. He was osked to iness ou the strength of your letter to Greyelltfe.” T gave blm none.” fIic produced one—on paper with your mon- ogrmn, and it your writing." WA forgery. ~ 4 But how could he have done 1£1" “1 lelt him alone here for an hour or more to writs letters, ‘Thero was one fur Mcssra, Coutts, and another for somebody *oftskl,’ and one —for Bevon Dials, of course, but 1 would not confess to this, *Well, he dined at mess, en bourgeols. Ho ‘was traveling, and had lcft his moils at nnother atage; alter uiuner hio gut us to bacearat, which be pluyed to a nleety. Wu wers cleaved out, eviry one of us, The Priuce, however, prom- ised us our revenge, Only tho same nfu t—it could Linye boca av oue else—he broke Intu tho mess-louse, stole three dozen sllver forks, o heap of teaspoons, several snufl-boxes, oune or Lwo racing-:ups—in fact, all the lizht portable articles on which Lo could lny lis hunds,” 1 was utterly ashamed of wnysalf for belng so casily imposed upon, and was preparing, in pain and aumillation, to proceed "to headquarters, when my Serzeaut cane [n and sald twu Wurd- ors had arrived from Tulkhan Couvict Prison; would I sco them 7 One came fu, ¢ Might I malo so bold as to claim your as- slstance, slr! Welve been In pursult of a con. vlet who eseaped from our establishment the du[v before yesterday.” e produved u lurje placard headed with the Royul arms. Under them, in flaming capitals, were the words: * Convict Just Escaped| Five Pounds Re- ward Y ‘Then followed tho description: **Thomns Twoshoes, alias Pollsh Ned, alias the Swaggering Sumufl, ullas Hurry Uighflyer; complexion sallow, durk eye, bigh chesk-bones, black bair, Speaks with & forclrn accent. Way drenecd In trausers of patelied blunketiug and an old check shirt,” “ Well, what cau T do1” I asked a little norv- ously, Was Isuspectod of uumfxlk'ltyi Doubt- less 1 had lain iysell open to the charge of ald- Ing and sbett.ng ‘in tho conyict’s escape. “If1 can neslst you In your search—" ““‘I;z.mt su’t nceessary, sir, for we've caught hitn, * Caught him 1" erled both Finch and mysolf In o breuth, “1c Ig outs'de, In the custody of Asslatant~ Warder Tightlodk. We captured Lim soven les tho other slile of Yarchester, A boy saw lim about daylight hiding behind & hedge changiog hla sbirt—thuat e had on was markid with” tho Droad Arruw, Wo were Inforined, envu chase, aud. after a sharp tussle, took bim, WiI you allow me to lodge him fn your guard- roow thl the prison-van arrivesi" I conacnted, sad went out with Finch to see the culprit, and stlll in my clotacs, 4 Woll, Prince,” I began. Y Pardon me," hesald, gravely, “Tam Incof.'. “Pwoshioes, 1y traveling under the name of equerry Tiere, Mr. Tightlock, will explain,”? 4 Aliways was o rum'un to patter. Flash os you like, and wrtful,' sald My, Tightlock, “low be zut awny was murvelous; llke magle," snid the sentor Warder, e wus hero to-lny—"" * And will be goue again_to-morrow," put In the ncorrigible rogue,” *But, whilo 1 have the upportunity, allow ina to thank M. Carruticrs for his generous Lospltality; and perhaps you, alr," he went on to Bob Fieh, ¥ will convey to aur brother ofll.crs an invitation to via.t mo ut ulkham! The pluce [8 rough, but 1 am com- pelled to make it my residence for the present, and if any caro to coine over I shall be happy to give thom thelr rovenge.” ¢ And the messplate, Twoshoes 1" * Mude Into white soup hours sgo, © Melted down, that is," remarked Tightlock, by way of explauation, ’ And that was all we ever heard of {t.—All the Year Lound, ' FIVE- HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD 1" Five hundrod dollars reward Fur a loyal act or Juyal word ‘Phat man or woman hae known or heard Of ‘iTiden, the sham Reformer] inco the honr that ‘Preuson’a voork began, And the Unlon cause was beavely won, What uct has Tilden or Hendricks done ‘Fhat the soldiere’ hearts made warmer? Tilden biad doubts, aa all incn know, Whethur Lincolu then could sufely go T'o dual Seccusion @ mortal bluw, Accorulng (o law and Story | o scarchod hlslaw-books through and through To 8nd what the fathers sald or knew, While thousands of men In armiy-blue Marched forth to the tdeid of giory | And i (may Qod forbid!) this man, Built ne: on Calboun's **Btate-Rights " plan Bince the actlye years of bis life bogun, Bhould gain tho highest station, Pray tell, who cau, how soun the land, = Would fcel the ouree of Trossun § handy~ The South renew its old denand s To rule or ruin the Natlon, Xo, No—tho price wo pald to save This proud Hopublic of the brave, This bluod-bought lund without Can nevor bo forguttent ‘Too muuy men un the buttle-plain 'l‘iuurrdldolut lhnlr‘hlwd ithe -u:;unu-mn. ‘0 yicld to u party 5o suou ugaln, PLaidyal'sn Wl us rotion &' I G, Barramn, who was handcuffed | are wo lomger employed. THE FASHIONS, [4] Prevailing Colors---Dresses which Are Provocative of Envy, - Striped Stockings Victorlouse=sA Perfect Love of a Hats Bpecial Correspondence of The Tridune, + Nmw Yonk, Oct. 1L.—It {s anly towards the close of Beptember that the regular fall cos- tumes begin to appear fo great profusion. That nonth {s generally so mild that summer drcases both look better and foel more comlortable. Just at present gremadines come nto greater vlay than almost any other materlal, and, among mrenadinos, the handsome Mexicaing scem to bo preferred. Two or three vory stylish dresses of this descrintion came under my notice yeatorday and to-day, Ouc hus the underskirt of chesl nut-brown ek, with s broad gathered rufile, hoving the hem turncd up on the outalde. Thls rufle Is headed by a band of doudle box-pleats nbout six inches in depth. The top of each pleat is caught down In the centre and fastened with a small chenllle tassel, Tho uveniress {s quite long, and is trimmed with box-pleating and tosscls like the skirt, Thero is an foscrted vest of silk, aud the sicoves of Mexieain have deep cufte of the same. Thess dresses have found much favor during the aca- son, on account of thelr elegauco as well as thelr durability, In my last letter T mentloned the colors most likely to be worn, Further observation shows them as tho pre-eminently fashionable ones. As a rulo, whole costumes of silk are nat much worn, almost every eclegant tofiette being o combination of material if not of colors. FOR BVENING WEAR tho lighter ahades are selected. Many of thess are old famillar friends; othors are seen by many for tho tirst time, Of tho former are clel blue, dellcate mauve, palo pink, light buff, and tea rTose; of the latter aro a beautitul abade of ruse, a phegumenal mixturo uf blue and green, an un exquisite shade that s fitly deacribed os o ulcurflm." The difforent-tintod whites aro still much aumired, and sevoral handsome ball- dresses are shown, conglsting of two or more of them. A very lovely toilette de bal has u Jong gored silk of pale buff silk, ‘The bottom ot tha skirt Is cut Bquares ‘About sixtcen inches deep, and theso ars™ corded around the edee, nuni lined on the under side with tho samo sllk, The loft-hand corner of each square ia fulded back Lo tho tup right:huaud corner, aud fastened there by a delicate uznl and two small tnssels. Tuls arrangement reveals s deep slde Flemng. cach pleat being ol black satin'one nch fu width, and baving an.embrofdered trae- ery wrought down fta lougth ;fn silk like the dieas. This kilt flounce Is presumably another skirt, but in reality it tsllu\‘pl{ sowed Lo the bufl slik, and {8 nolarger thanit scems, The walst [sntight-fitting culrass of blaclksating made very Ioulf sud pointed before and be- hind. Alargy V 1a cut at the veck both front and bidck, and s fllled in with rullles of black lace, The walst Is laced "both back and front, and the s.ceves, cluso cont-slecves, urc Taced up tho outer scam over seant pufls 6f bufl sk, cluster of deepscarlet and yetlow. rusos ornament tha colffure, und u slmflar vne forms nbouquet de corsuge, A acarf of black laco 18 drapied low acrosd the front and half of the boack, und fastened at several.points with the roses. This dress, which Is copled uftor one by, Worth, 18 marked $:205, a romarlably low figure, for it Is excecdingly rich, ANOTUER IRETTT DRESS belng made for a fashiovuble yelding soon to oceur 1a of delleato rose-coloved sitk. The skirt has acruss tho frunt width at.the bottom a full pull of alik, over which fall:deeply-polnted s.allops, A breadth of the silk sbout ‘one and a balt yards long {s gathered inat tho scams on each sfiie of tue frout width, This causes s loose, carcless cifect, o8 of drnp&rly and {8 really quite pre.ty, though ver . ¥rom the edge of this width depends a beautiful raiture of blue-bells, arranged i a tringe. s garniture Is repeatnd lowor down on the skirt, just where the points begin, Tho effect is very beautiful and clinste. Tho back of tho skirt u.dae&hgmmrcd flounco surmounted bya puff, whi Las a heading of the biue- bell fringe. The walst Is low,and the ahouldera and arms framed in a charming ure of the delleato tlowers, The long, pointed vorsage has- a simllar trimming. Another maguificent dress is o combination of deep garnct velvet and navy- blue stk and brocade, 1 wish I could give you some {dea of tho **make-up ! of .this dress, but it Is slmply {ndescrlonble. All the departments of fashion are replete with novelty and baaul& but there s probably 10 otlior possessing such attraction for the fom- inine heart as that tevoted to it rythl m&‘i‘”‘“{” a8, Oven ore averything partakes of gorgeousneas the “trapplngs 3! woo " lrg urlghtuned’ by o liberal uso of fot In every form, It1s a nute. worthy fact that lo. every display of millinery hats of our own home manufavture compare fayaorably with the imported mudels. A charm- Ing hat’is the Kollogg 1t s quito odd {n shupe, but vory protty. Ougof this style s of plunicvlored Telt, the brim faced with a shir- riog of silk of light color. A band of cream- colored feathers and two cream tips form the crown trimming. At tho back are full loops of glum-cclun:d ribbon fastened with a steel uckle, and lnnfi ond of the samo hang down tho bank. . The Almeo {s 44 PHRFECT LOVH OF A HAT." It i1s of pearl-gray felt with foce-trimming of pale blue, and tug-rose buds, Kolds of pearl- gray eorge run around the crown, which fa rathor low, Three handsome dgrny tins, sccurcd by bows of eardinal ribbon and = “stcel \.u:kln‘ fall gracefully uver the crown, A yery *nobby" hat Is the Cicodmoor. It is of cream-whits felt fluished on the edge with o heavy satin cord, It is turned up on one side and downon tho other, aud has large loops of cardinal satin rib- bon, Two bundsome white and one cream tip make a very striking hat. Among bonngts the * Timbale " will probably the most worn, It very elegunt and ludy-like, and ts atrings tied bencath the chin aré an_additlonal rocommendation. The- crown is high and polnted, tho front flaring or rather ercct, and tho sides dopressed. An cle- gaut one shown me was of dark-brown velvet with four heavy curda of chenllle, ucien or cardinal colored "around the crown, Handsome tins unEed with capucicn and a ring ornamont the back. A yoll of cardinal satln ribbon snd tea-roses with loaves form the face trimming, ! Bonuets and hats will be equally worn, NOW “ DE TETR A PIND," The war once raged agalnst striped stockinga has ended with “the “oomplete triumph of “etripoa,”! Tho wrotchod dycs at first used Tha colors are now dyed in tho yarn, do mnot run, and aro Larmlcss. Those and solld colora are equally popular. In the latter, durk-brown clocked with cieam, Llue, orcardinal, and mouse- gray simllarly worked, are moust wurn, Cardl- ualred stockluga aro in great roquost, A nov- elty is a ribbed stucking with stiipes which ter- mute in a polnt above the Instep. A peculinr- looking hose, which should bu dubbed the " Harlequin,'” has the ankics of turquol:e-blue, with delivale salmon stripes, and seal-brown tops. For house-wear, some beautiiul stock- ings aro shown, with the fostep elaborately an- brojdered, or with different dealgns clocked in varlous colors. Low shoes on ths stroet aro cons{dered decldedly out of style, thuugh for home wear many ladics prefer tiem to slippers. ODDE AND ENDS. Gloves In colors match all dress-goods, hence, thoss finding most sals are brown, dark-green, navy-blug, Ink-Liue, ?owdar-culor. and darke Rray. ] thol-tulg oves are quite plain on the back, and for street-wear three or four but- tons are proferred, In 5‘““ for eveunlng-wear il the delicate tints, old and now, are scen, ‘Il class of gloves has from three to twelve tions. . In lingerie there are many charming noyeltles, which must remaln for later mentlon. Cullars aud cuffy edged with candinal, or of solld car- dinal, meet with great success, and are con- sldercd vory stylish. Handsome scts of the lat- tor, with whits dots or stars stamped upon them, or with various designs in white applique, acll for $1.50 per sot, and are excecidingly popalar, ~lndeed, ao uniyersally is cardival red waorn, either as part of the dress itsell or 84 one of Its many l[{putlennuun, that one [8 Justified fu thinkivg that the Scarlst Woman {s on the raimpage, Matrim 8, ——— HAYDEN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, ‘The followiug privats letter from Mr, W. I, Holmes, Asalstant Geologlst connected with the divislon of the above survey now engsgoed in exploring the southweatern portion of Colar- ado, to the Geologiat-ln-charge, will bo read with interasti Isap or Rio Guawos, Sept, 7, 1870.—~We are camped on the Rio Grande, vo near tha yourco that 1t 1 only s amull stream, —so small thats man wmight lur over it . 8lnce parting with you at tho base of the Sierra Blanca, we have made two great vummits, without mlseiug a day, and makiog aitogether the neatest conngotion throughout that could be jmaged. You dosired niv Lo give full dotally, but I wsy say truly, to begin with, that what wo have scenaud done belungs rathor to tha generaly Lhan to the par- llwl?u, 'll lmnld u‘:en : country which v buile & lurgo scale, a: i & large or fave u§u e Bach duy": \v{:fi 31} cueral way we ein full, The +down a mnl] branch to the 8outh Fork, “ter range Impresses‘one greutly with fts helght, and recond day after parting with you we renched Dal Norie, leaving behind ua tho Hitls-pralsed, yot in- teresting and benutitul, 8an Luls Park, Un the fallowing morning we organizad 8 small ;!llrly for & side trip to the Bummit” District. We uatid & good wagen rond leading np o the mines, some twenly-0ve niles, and pasaed on beyond to the Lnse of “a mopntaln, —called by Clarke, of the Whooler party, M. Blatne nenely forty milas, On tie p wizhed to male one of the primary telangulat'on statons, Next erorning, Sepl. 1, we were on the sununit by 10 o°'clock. Mr, Wildon suecceded in mukng a'fair set of observations, and | apent o couple of honra thaking a dotailed awcteh of tho Trachytic Muuntain reslon to the south. This rezion {8 the eoutheen extcnsion of (he summit platean (on which i« s.tualed the mining distelcty, ant liea betwean the Rio Grande basin on the east, and the L pper 8an_ duan \ulley on tho wost. The entire platean ia high, mostof Jt belny aliove of near tintber lina, and s rather higher on the bore ders, especislly 50 on the San Juan slde. We thus have o Inrge area which {a but pourly drained, and henco retains much water, and abuunds in immeuse tracts of bog or swamp land, .The wetter portion in the vroad upland valleys aro cavered with a dense %mwlh of swamp grassea and willow buelies, while The delor patta hava consid. erable pine foreat, 5 Our_statfon, which reaches an elovation of 149,800 fect, 1s situated on the continental divide, but lice on the wont alile of the plaleau overlnok- ing the canons of the Upper San Jusn. South of it {s tianded Mountain, vccupying the centre of the grent group shown io my skeich, To tho west and northwest is spread forth one of the grandest wmountaln landscapes that 1 have ovee had tno good fortune to bohold, Under us are the deap, rocks walled, and timbered canonn; rising beyond these, with plctitrerque forma and fino colors, is tho fra froul‘ of the San Juan Monntains, of which the io Grande Pyramid acems to bo the culminating point. ieyond this and tawering above Is the rec- ond group, ~tha famous ?u;&rullfll.‘l‘mflonl!ng on astounding array of lofty, mneedle-lixe rulnu anid combed ridzes, ~ Thi urour have aince scen from o nearer point. and shall subsequnently describa it more fully, The views to the north and cast prosent nothing out of the ordi- nary run of meuntain acenory. The Sangre de Chrlsto range could be seen beyond the Ban Luls Valley, and the Sawntch and Uncompahgre ranzes weea In pluin slght to the north, The formations here are totuily trachytic, and, together with the very valunble” minoa of fhe district, will doubt- lexa Lo fully described by Dr, Endilch in i ro- port for 1875, Having wuccessfully finished our work In this dixtrict, we sctvout for the Rio Grande, pussing d thence reaching the main camp, sixteen miles above Del Norte. In three days we hud traveled upwords of elghty miles, besldes making o wucceseful high- mountaln statlon, Our next station was to be the RiosGrande pyra- mid, On Sept. i we murchiod about twenty-fve miles up the o Grande, and on the fellowing fin{ reached tho * bare of the peak,!- thirty miles farther, Our camp ~ was near the sourco Renos River, a of the telbutary of tho San Juan. An ludian trall runs over the pass, By this route we culered the San Junn basin lust year. On the morning of the bth wa asconded the pyramld, At thnber-line we en- canntered & sovore rain and snow storm The uk{ cleared ngaln soon, snd by 11 o'clock we were of the summit, but just in time to encounter another and much morae aevers enowestorm, For nearlyan hour we Iny on the lecward alde of o gmall monu- ment, trying to keep warm, and congratulating ouryolves that wo would know the way up to-mor- ow. 8 after the cluuds heFunlnber. and glimpscAWr the mountnina conld be had, Tyl oclock we were ot work, anl na the differont groups came out, partially'or entirely, we snatch- ed, s it were, from the jealons snd unwilling siorm our ob-ervations and drawings.. The ony great feature of the day to me was the view of the quactdte group, which lay humedlately to tho west, The view 18 ope in a thousand, and you would have been lust in admiration and amaze- ment. You have secn a thuusand panoramas, but nono llke thls, I [m:dlc& that when you ree my mketch youw will be highly p.ensed. But what are tucre monntains like? 1f you shounld, inyonr lmaginagton. put together in” one small groiip, perhaps thelve miles aquare, all the helyuta and depthe, tho rugged prec picos and polinhed facen of ruck, and all the sharp pinnaclesand deep- 1y indented crests, and twenty tinos the Inoccessl- bla suminits that both of us nave over acen, you ‘would not have o picture equal to this. Words can hardly expreas suiticient to cnnble me to speak in hypecbols of this unparalieled yroup of peaks. My poor_skoteh, mudo “through the rents [n the cloada, will tell you best wiiat they are like, and a. sketch of such & subject wust be ‘but & feoble, & Tery "Mbh-. exproseion of the trulk, as you most uliy know, Heyond this group, to the south, appear the La Platd Mountains, and to the north the San msincl and Uncompuahg;s ‘The great summit of the lat- it appearunces count for anything thc :great Blanca hae a dancorous rival. ‘The mountaine tu the north linve a covering vf snow, but otherwlso attract but littlo notlce from this polnt. “The Rio Grandu I'yramid Is s fino pusk, named so on account of ity symmetr.c rynuuldu.l shape. It is composed entlrely of rachyto, and {s casy o access. The surrounding valieys or canons aro cat sharp and deep in tho massive bedded trachyte. 'The chiiracter of tho country h liko the Eust Yellowstono and Wearaone diy's march from the base of tho rynlmld. and to-morrow shall pass thraugh Slivers un ug var Wi Lo La Plata, 1 hopo to get anotlier Jook Into the quartzites to-morrow morning. 1 have told you but little, and that ina'very un- sclentific way, but I hope vou will excase me,” The party are sll'well aud In good apirits, Flve peaks are dony, and five o yot to do. W, I i, —— OUT OF WORK. An Able-BRodled Tramp on & Heart~Rending Bearch for Something to Do. Burlington liawkeye, A robust tramp called at tho houso out on Ninth street, yeaterday, for something to eat, averriug that ho lod mot tasted food this week. * Why don't you go to worle?” asked the lady to whoi he referred Lis petition. *Work 1" ho ojaculated. * Worle! and what have I been dolug ever since tho middle of Aa; but bunting work! Who will glve me work When did 1 over refuse work i “Well," gaid tho wowan, “I guess Ican h“g. you some employment. What can you o . “Anvthh\g:l" lio shouted, In a kind of deli- rious juy. ¥ Anything that any man can do. I'm sick” for wxm:thlng‘ tofly at. Why, only yesterday I worked all day, carrylng water u an old gieve frow Flint River and emptying it Into toe Mississipl, just because I was so. tired of huving nothing’ to do, thut I had to work at sumething or [would have gone ravin' crazy, I'll do unythiog, frum_cleaning house fu building - steainboot, Jest give me work, mn',nm" aud you'll never hear me ask for bread win, . The ludy was pleascd at the willingness and anxiety of this industrious man to Jo some- thing, 'und she led him to the woud plle, ‘llere,” shesnd, “you cansaw and eplit this woudl, and, it you are a gowsd, industrious wrr:u:r L will tind vork for you to do nearly all winter, ** Well now,” sald the tmmr while a look of dissappointment stols over s fa.o, “that's just iy luck, Only threo days ago 1 was rnll— ng o blind cow out of a well fuor a poor widow woninn who had nothing in the world but the oW to aup}wrt bury an' Depralut my right wrist ti1 I haln's been able to lift a pound with it sinst, You kin Jest put your haud on it now, and I feel it throb. it's so” painful and inflamed. I could Jest cry of disgapolntment, but it'sa Dbl fact, ma'am, that | couldn’t it that ax above my head et Idled fur it, and I'd jest ns” lenf Lot you pull mly arim out by the roots us to try pull’that saw through a lath, Jest sct me at somuthing I kin do, though, {f you wantto 8eo the dust n¥."_ H Vory well,” aoid the lady, “then you can take these flower heds, which have been very mueh neglected; and weed them very cnrc(ul{f' for me. You can do that with your well hand, but I want you to be very particulur with them, and get very clean, and ot Injure any of the plants, fur zhu); are very cholee and [ "am very proud of them,” ‘The look of disappointment that had been chused away from the industrivus man's face when he suw 4 prospect of something elie to do cume back deeper than ever as the lady des- cribed the new |ob, and whon she concluded he had to remuln qulet for a moment beforo ho could control speak, “If I alu't the most onfortnit man n Amerlky,” heslghed. % 1'm jest uyin' for work, trazy to get guincthin' to do, and’'m- blocke out of work at every turn, Ijest love to work among Howers and inthe ground, but I never dossent do it dur I'm jest blue rufu among the posics, Novody cver cared to teush ine suy= tidn' about lowers, und fta guafiul truth ma'am, 1can's teil a violet froma sunflower nor 8 re rose from odog feuncl, Last place I tried to git work at, wuinan of the huuse et me to work weedin’ the gardon, an' § worked about a couple of bours, now you bet, an' | pullted u]() ever, last hLvin! Erveu thivg In that yard, Hope way die of [dlde’t, Pulled up tho grass, ever) blude of it Fact pulled up » vino' wulb 875, that hud roots recchin’ cllor under the cellur snd foto the clstern, and 1 yanked 'em right up, overy fibroof 'em. Wonian was so bgart broke wlien she coms out and see the yard 1““ 08 bare us the {luor of a Lrick yard that lln‘:‘y had to put her to bed. Blble's truth they uld mu'- ain; and Ibad to work for that house three months for nothin” and find jwy board, to pay fur the damage I done. Hope to die of I didu't, Jest gimmo suthin’ Ikindo; I'l show you what work le, but I wauldn't dare to go foolin' around no Howers. You'vegot a kiud heart, ma'am; gimme some work; dun't senda dea- purin' man away hungry for work.” el the [ady safd, ** you can beat my car- pets for e, They have just been taken up and {nu cun beat them thoroughly, and by the time ‘Imy uo':Joua Iwill have something ¢lse ready or you.' The wan moade 8 %cuure of despalr, and sat on the ground the pletur of abject Lelplessuesy uud disuppointed uspirations. *+Look at me now;"" lo exclalmed. “Whap | s emotion sulliclent to sclous acllons of Gen, Carlin, DID you cre; 5 18 golne to Lecome of met man g0 down in luek |ike med 1y, 11 am, You must give me soniecy '“f“ Fou, onldit o iiore dare” b e gl 0 Pota than nathtn’ it the worid, Ty o var. o pleces, ' & awlul lurd hitier, ay! 4L, €0 thie 1 hent RN CORRCLA s for 4§ e lay ot Cruston, and T Just welted thom v th out stiinge and carpelrnga, T oaldng 1S it can'tiuald 1o tay wtreneth, - Tyt g 00 T {0 worky WaL'® tle trunile i, et et Ina Blulo fnct. T Boat thery ey, Mt'in, oy 80, bUb Twon't b reaponeible (o, Jo8 waking me work for nothiue fur g, M o ;(n: lin tn’ an '"!' tearin® tony g, altu"”“ Know. T o ut e i you'll may i e take :l:;x"l;(‘::gull‘l.s‘lllrl?tyl. Brat the fact in, i 110 0 o) : ju’;‘L‘lemt k0 fovlin' sround carpiy, 1120 e lndy exeused the en ¢ 7 eoing at the tarpets, hag ‘c‘r'fic :\I:;r.r“l.:‘.rl“% iro aot I ot Flually slio nsken pioe o, ket waa ho would like to do and coulkt do i ers b5 t Mmactfana e worl, ity oll, 1w, e aakl, gl ye., That's renl l'lm'-hlu!'ll,, :‘Il::lt I‘"lfi:l:mo and do somothing that'Il give ve the yor mottoy, and Wo't give e rig L‘hmu-o‘(“"l troy nothin® by workin® tuo hapd atit, lm"-' dest kindly fefch me out a rouin' clafy M’“ down In the shade and keep he cown frgy 1 i the latch n'l l'he front gate, nnd pety)y luu e yard, An' PN do dt well and anly vlygpee” b4 remaonable for iy i the ot Fyeri® ma ot Is [t e g pay | ey L A hoig crazy fur, work i m\}x\c ]na ? ltzn;ly Job, And when e was refecty jnbless and I|rcnk(mllefls, cl'tlr :’l‘l‘l‘u?:l"’l o l‘lD\Vl:l %'I:‘u mlt“'t unh.'nl':n waorld Iy mu‘:tphiu work, lia cast stones ot tl g da‘j‘efiud tones: iiati ¥ Hinize s el here, now, that's just t v usa bad ll)t, and lnyiwu’rc mln;,';‘:\;mflw and won't work, when a feller jy st er work and nobody won't give hin n: ke that ho kin o, \Won't woricl " 1,upiglpits ob won't give us work. an’ when we wang w2 to, they wont let us work, There aly't Pl in Ameriky that 'ud work ns har) e stludy as Twould if they'd gimme . —— a clancgn _ THE INDIANS, all thle, P Affairs nt Standing-Roele Special Correspondence of The STAND;NG Rock, D.T., Scpi, middle of August there haye been my, botween the Indians ot this Agcu:flr':;flg' Military Commander of the post, The India . were deflantand hostlle {n feeling, and lmpmh-n: in their speech and bearing, ‘They relu«ml:q comply with the demands made upan thes by Gen. Carlin, that they should inove thelr (nm’ near the post,—that he mightwateh thelr tmorg ments, and the coming aud £0Ing of tiglr pege ple who were In the fleld with the hostile Langg of 8loux. The Chlef nsserted that tneg wery not accustomed to having their mavements g rected; and that, boing grent leaders fn this country, they were famillar only with gentls words, and wera nlways requested fn thy most polite manner to do thus and 8o as favors, The; reiused to nsslst In arresting any of their young men who had been out fiphting the whites and the troops of the United State and declared opeuly that they would not ndm..f thelr people with the hostiics to come inag surrender, All ths s changed now, Ageney, Trivune, 2.~Since fhy owl'nlzl (nhnlc Judle Which by armed the Indlons of ol nu!plc;c;nl r:-_):nll&; any undeserved measures towards them, are respectful and obedient to orders un’fimvo,- uests. I they wish to move camp or go away, they nsk permission. They declure themselres fricnds of the whites, and say that the hostils bands are neatly as Yhustile to them as to the white men. It o demaud s made on (hem to deliver up horses, mules, or other property taken {rom troops or citizens, thoy obey st onee. * Gen, Carlin has brought this change about by aseries of steps in the right direction. 1o th first place, he removed the Awent, who had been hiere sor two years past. The act was fitse tained at Washington, and the contro) of the Agency was turned over to the General absoe lutely by the Interlor Department. This gave Gen. Carlin the control of tho Indlau ratfous, which ho canstop or not, aceording to draums stances, The Chlef who had talked 5o proudly and deflantly was then arrested, [n two days Dy raquested permission to zo out 'to the amp of Kill-Euzle, forty miles distant, and mlue him to come in and surrouder. G consented to lis golug; and i snceceded, 19 Kau kuow, fu’ bringiny fu Kill-Eagle and s , and, who surrendered everything uncondi tluuu'lly ou the 16th fust. There were 143men, 108 ponics, oue lone mule, and all ther arms, Including guns of all kinds, bows and arrows and -cn:{nlng-knlvcs. Subsequently it was as certalned that they had left ‘some’ mules and horses In the camps near the post, lutesdo not to surrender them. These being demanile of the Ch.ots of the camp, there were brouchtin fiva @ne horses and ten inules, several of whith had been coptured at the Custer fight, ‘When Xill-Enrle Iearncd that theso had been demanded, hc sent word to Gen, Carlin that he had forgotten them, and desired to surrcudet them also. » The troops hayo' been busily employed lo bullding quarters’ and barracks for tue ofll.ers and men of seven componics that have bect sent here lato In the season, in addition to the tiwo companles stationed here Lbfore. Dullding {a difticult In this cuunml'. asthe only material to be hnd 18 cottonwood Togs, which hove to be cut and hauled soveral mfles, The searclty of tcams was the greatest ditllculty there wasto encounter; but, by organizing vx-teams out of wmmlnmry-cuhc,nu usl & the hurses, mults, and ponics taken from the Indians, they have how ncarly s many o are needed, und conse quontly the bunding progresscs finely. Itisex- pected that, by the Ist of November, the trops will all be {n quarters, Gen. Carlin hias also had two separato cousts made of all the Indians at the Agency, sud the largest number acrived at {s 4,700, l]c.ll{: confi dent that this {s too many, Gen, Carlin futends having another count made soon. The numixr of Indlans horetoforo reported by tha Avent is 7,800, and more,~he recelylujz subsistence storeq and annuity goods for that nwmber. BY this change of Agents, the Government will Lo saved the exnenae of m{xlng for the fuod, cluthe Ing, etc,, of about maginary Indiane, Toe menso frauds nave been commiticd in this waf, by overestimating the number of Tudians; drats Ing supplics of lfi kinda for that nuinber, sod folbing all that is drawn for these non-ebt- cnts, besides o Jarge portton Intended for those thiat really do exist. ~Heretotoro there has been no check whatever on the Agent. Ho repuris {he beaf, stores of all kinds, blankets, and oL‘ er goods fasued tu tho ' Indlunsi aud u( s the end of ft. Mo cun dlspote Iy the money recelved from the 'lmh‘nr{ h\I‘: sama loode, irresponsible manner. ki mmc really no system of nccountubility for pul money and property fn thp Indian Buwm.k lenst nono to prevent an Agunt from db&m:fi of moneynns property according to bis ol will and “pleasure, ‘Ho recelves large sum moucy on one ftem, which fs culle by “ Beneflcial Fund,"—wherefore g not koo s unless it bo * bonelicial " tolimeelf, and lmg;" and relatives, These Agents fre uugl‘flr o many of thelr own inmilics under salarics 03 e loyes of the Avugs Thelute Agent "f_‘;f,, AL PRICES. 1 o . 10, W'y Qranniated Sngar, per B, ... Standard A Sugar, por .. Ex, C Bugar, per b. CSngar, por b, Ralsins, new, por B, Currunts, now, per b...... Layor Ralsins, £5.0 boxea, Layer Ralvins, -1 boxes . Birup, 5-guilon keg: Starch, 8- box. Corolina, 18 b Rire, Honp, German, 40 bars, 13 Canned Corn, new, ) Itlo, roavtd T roauted, L roasted. . ) roasted, bel e ochs, ronsted.. Backerel, 13- kite,. .oovee Flour, Best Bpring Wheat, per brl.. Flour, Winter Wheat, per brl. . Floar, Patent, best fn Lho Markel, Crackers, Boda, best, 3 s f Crackors, Oyst Crackers, Oatme: Dellvared freo ln all paris of tho city J. HICKSON, 113 East Madison-st._. L FINANGIAL, o during the t fow montbs, -man‘: of npl;‘x:(lnx Iy Stocks. et et vent ot iug full nformatio 'ruuuufl} : Bankers and Deokerd, 3 Wil