Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 11, 1879, Page 9

~~ ARIZONA, The Real versus the Ideal Territory. Topography of the Country---The Ravajo Indians, and Their Charactoriatics, Remnants of a Prehistoric Rages-- A Visit to the Moquis, Villages, The Grand Canon of the "@oloraido--- Mormon Settlements...Pirmer Porils from Snyagem.s' i Tho Two Great Silvor Tilis—Nowiy- Awnkonod Intorost in the Mines of the Southern Division, Sreclal Correspondenes af The Tribune, Tueaos, Ari. Ter. March 26.—Arizonn has a donble existence—the ideal anid tral, As it ox- jets in the minds of thors who lave never bocn within {ts borders, it stands grt, gannt, and ghostly, a neglected foster-child on the out- skirts of the bright elrele of sister States and ‘Yerritoriesy—a skeleton at the festa] board, shunned, avolded, and despised. Uninyiting in physteal aapect, her vast expunge apparently but the lumber-room for pillng away the tugged mountatns and sterile desurte for whielr there is noroum elsewhere on our brood domain, sho holds out no visible allurements to thu restless tide of humanity which sweeps across the Con- unent. Proud of her fsolation, animate and in- animate Nature havo berd united thelr forces to resist the onscta: of clrilization. The hardy frontlersman, to’ whom .the war-whoop of the savago bronebt wo, thrill of terror, escapes the sealptng-knife to die beneath ascorching, pitiless aun, on treeless, waterless wartes, Nature was fn her unkindeat mood ‘when she created ae TII8 IDFA ARIZONA, Sho stripped the mountains of thelr robe of yerdure, und dented n drop of moisture to the ost plains and valleys; the atunted trees and shrals she robbed of leaf, and supplied its place with spiteful thorn; the note of the song-bird fs not heard, but oménous, uucainly ravens float through the sultry alr in search of prey; horned toads wage unayalling war on countless species of yenomons inacets, and snakes, scorplous, centipedcs, and tarantulns are ever ready with polsonons fang to resist any cneroachment upon thelr Immemoriat possessions; snd the human forms to whom sfc gave this dreadful lund ns a. heritage she divested of all the kindiler attri- butes of humanity. The dreariness of utter desolation reigns on every huud, wud death lurks on every trail and highway, Such is the pleture presented to the Eastern seader by . THE INACCURATE PORTRAITURE of those writers who are sensutional or nothing, and have & constant Itching to ‘make one's fesh creep. Their cyes haye never cloated upon the rich s¢ains of metal which interlace themselves on every mountaln-side; they have ever feasted on the Iusclous maguey, or * quaffed the nectar distilled from its juley heart; have shuddered at the prickies on the giant cac- tus, Instead of admiring its strange but sym- inctrical beauty, tasting its delleate fruit, or wondering at the uses to which {t fs apniled; have ahrunk in horror from the “‘Turk's Hend,?” another species,—Ieuorait of the coo!, Hfe-pre- serving juices concealed tu its ungainly bulk; haye not noted the hardy but nutritious grasses that flourlan éven upon the driest deserts; have noyer pondered ‘over the sbuudant relics of a prebletorie clvifization, or gloried {n a manhood rejuyonated by our matchless climate. - Oe Tine wus, and that not Jong ago, tlint’ many of the evlt things sald of Arizona were but too true. But the past flve years have worked WoyDRous CHANGES, et a The feeble remnant of the: once powerful and ferocious tribes of savages ara gathered upon reservations, where the vices, if not the virtues, of elvilization are raptdly accomplishing the re- sults which the strong arm of military foreo so Jong failed to produce. ‘Thera {s searcely a tugged canou or mountain-rauge which may not uow be as safely traversed ag the strocts of Ohl cago; and where not long since was beard the crack of an Apache rifle is now heard tho sharp ring of the progpector's piek. ‘Ihe springs and water-tanke which then wore guarded by «a foo who found an easy victin in the choking trav- cler who sougtit thelr. briul, are now known andopentoall, ‘The arid deserts have been plerced by deep wells, which penetrate to sub- terrancun Water-courses, ‘I'he traditions of won- derfal velné of preclous ores haye at Inst. beon demouatrated to be veritable facts, ‘The weary Btretchea of desert-road will soon be traveracd by raitroads, and to reach the outer world, ouce a perilous undertaking, will then be but a pleas. Ure-trip. i THR TOPOGRAPHY OF AMIZ0NA Je easily underatood, consisting ot three divis- fons: the broud valleys and broken plateaus of the north, the mountain system which traverses the central portion of the Territory from east fo west, und the vast deserts of the south, cay- tred with innumerable lofty but isolated penta and ranges, Each division hus {ta own peculiar- Mes of formation, product, and population, und poseeskes n distinctive Interest. Neither has 3 couuterpart clecwhere. upon the Con- Uoent, aud ft 1s not merely, an imagin- ary ind whfel divides Arizona from. bordering States und Territories. ‘The northern ts the least known, but nob the most.‘uninteresting portion. Is remoteness has-effeetuatly barred the on- trance of tho agriculturist and grazicr, and but Mtute has yet been found to tempt the enpiuity of the adventurous miuor, It fe sti!l hold by ita Bhorliinal population, and the rich pastura- hands are tha unmolested grazing-erounds of Yast tunds of sleep and herds of horses, the ‘posseagtons of the numerous und wealthy : NAVAJO INDIANS. This tribe, ranking anione the most powerful how in existence, “occupy by right of title a Suinll teservation in the extreme ‘northeastern vortion of the ‘Territory, and by auffersues tte Yaut area extending westward from their reser- Vatfon ta the Colorndo River, aud from the northern boundary south to the Little Colorade, (tus country is but scantily watered,—thera beluy nu running streams of considerable size, and aprlugs, ‘The main dependence for ou sulllelent supply ison the vast natural reser- Volts, or tanks, on many of the mesag, in which thy water collects during the'ralny season, ‘The avajo Avency Is at Fort Detlance,—a fort anly in nate; but the trihe {a held in peaceable sub- Jectlon by a wholesuine feur of thy strong force stattoned at Fort Wingate, in New Moxico, tuly forty milea distant from. thele Agency. ‘They area brave, thrifty, and handsome people, numbering several thousand Worrlors, und wore Sica o terror to the surroundiny tribes and the tcttlements of Northern Now, Mexico, Flytig fro the troops which were aent from time to line to quell thelr outbreaks, to the almost Ine Beceaslbly canons which cut atfoya thejr coun. TY, they could bid deflance to any forea sant featnat then, until gallant Kit Carsun_ showed ato beafege them in Canon -de Chesly, and, MILLING BEYEN NUXDRED WATHIQRS, tarved the remaludor tnte subjection: ‘They ere then Temoved to thy reservation at Fort puter, Ju Eastern New Mexico, thy western neg fer of the staked Plains, whither they Joure sped With their flocks and herds,—thelr exodus rag Wot uolitke the exadus of tho Children of t Tiel only that the latter trayoled. toward, und co former uway from, thule homes. Diseasc tre Vostilence soon dechnated tha tribe, wisi, omageck oul dispirited, they prayed to’ by al ety return to thelr mountuln-tund, ‘Chis heed Were permitted to du ton yours, ugo, Under Pia: of remulning at peace,—a promise ithe bas ttfuy.”fur been faittitully compiled ret. Mauy of them are wealthy tn flocks: uf cep, Mist obtulned by incurstuns ugalust:the ure fully aware of the!valuo ‘They ars ¢xpert fu rthe the equaws imahufuc- of thetr Woot-prodi Trl of thetals; and s wn Hauters Which ore tnarvels of deftneus tu and tai Theas blanketa ure of strauge ohial he (lant batterns,——the gaudler dyes: being the rie by wravellugy — and retwisting, alah res of the cottuu clothe recelved axa part waige Fauuulty-goods, ‘They are dinpervivus to. . M% and ero highly yaiied,—te doer oues THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, APRIL 0, 1879—-TWELVE PAGES. being Worth from ona to flye ponles, or, in our money, $20 to $100. ‘They are keen traders, nnd fuveterate but wonterfutly licks gamblers, as many a frontier “sport Aion learned to his por- row. Chastity Is not a highly-prized virtue, but the males resent any attention to the females of thelr family by other tribes wud maees. "The cus- fora and tnanners of their anecstors aro pre- served Intact, and they ara probably +.Te Punnet Tren of the American aharigine now in extatence, Mow long they will rematn at peace, should any oveasion of an outbreak occur, cannot he told. They view with distrust the entrance into thelr tountry of whites, aud smal) parties penetrating {nto the remoter regions ocenplad by them are not entirely free from danger. The teelon sat apart as thelr reservation fa well wooded nnd watered, and Is one of the finest in the West; but to the westward the country changes from pline-covered ranges to. sundatone mesas, covered with thin gall, and Bunborting-only, scrubby cedars and stunted pinion plies, Old frontiersmou have traditions of wonderful gold-leposits romewhers in this region, but the search of numerous prospectors has tlisvovered nothing. The writer, in come pany with x large party,. spent a conalderable portion of Inst summer fn this purault, but ro- turned richer only In experlence und kuowledge of this unexplored sectlon, West. of the Navajo country the vallera be- come broader nnd more opel, but the water- supply dues not increase, nt tt is only in the rainy scason—the suminer months—thnet the tn- exporlenced traveler cat expect to pass through the lind without danger of perlaling of thirst. The only Inhabitants of this district are rene- gades front yorlous tribes, — \ -YBRITANLE ISMABLITES, They visit no Agencies and draw no annuities, subsisting upon the triits of the chase, and sup- plying their small need of articles of elyilized mantifacture by tradi with thelr more peace- ful neighbors. Robbing ts with them a teyitt- mate pursuit, and murder a cheerful reereatlon. Before penetrating futo the region occupled by them, wo were warnel by scouts at the posts previously visited to guard against surprise nud ambush,—an injunction strictiv followed. ‘Thelr attitude was by no means friendly, but their dis- satisfaction was exhibited by no overt net. A deputation of thelr leaders visited us with orders to rettres but, ns wo numbercd twenty-clent fully armed and equipped resolute men, lured on by the hope of rich discovery, a prompt ree fusal was returned, and received without a re- sort to force. All through this northern sectlon aro found evidences of the existence of A YREMBTORIC NACE. ‘The canons of the extreme north are Hned with anelent cilff-louscs, wille the plateaus farther south and west are covered with the rulnsof what. once were populous citics, Irom the similarity of structure in the fragments of pottery found iu great ubundance around both ‘clit houses an ruins, it {9 falr to jude that the fuhabltants of each were of tho sane race, or were at fenst coexistent. ‘These relles of anclent times, interesting as the sole remuant of a veopla whose fate and history inust forever remain clouded in mystery, and supposed long since {0 have bevoine extinct, Muyo given rao to much romantic but unfound- ed conjecture. ‘The fmaginution Joyes to picture these untnuwn wilds as once peonled with w strange race, coming no one knows whence, dwelling in towered qi pillared cities, endowed with many of the arty of preacnt efvilization, and possessing others forever lost, aud finally pass- ing, away as mysteriously, as they came. A pretty fabric can be reared pon the slight foun- dation of a fragment of. glazed pottery, or the ruins of u stone building; but it tumbles into the dust when it {s known that the race of bulld- urs {g not extinct, nor the art of making such vuttery Jost. A feeble remnant of thls people, pumberlng buts few hundred souls, arc found i ‘THN MOQUIS INDIANS, Inhablting seven ytilages situated about 100 Iniles southwest of the Navajo Reservation, They are in two clusters, four occupyiny ons plateau und three another, the Intter of whieh wo visited. . For days wo hud traveled over tho ot, dry valleys and canons, finding uo water ex- cept the dirty, stagnant. pols left by the rains of a few wocks before, Even these had bern to fall us, und the only alternative weeminuly loft us was to strike across a «desert of seventy- five miles to the Little Colurado,—n task to which neither man nor beast was equal,—when the Moquls villages at the top of a prectoitous elif, und sharply outlined ngainst the brazen sky, with ercen fields and terraced gardens ly- ing’ below, ‘burst upon our vision like a reyela- tion of Heaven, ** ‘TUM TUBATAN VILLAGES, ao called to distingnish them from the Oraiba villages, lying’ few mnflea farther test, occupy f narrow tongue of a high mesa, or, platcau, which projects’ fur out futo the plain, and, are necessibio ouly by a nurrow trail witch runs up the almost perpendientar cliffs. At the base of theso a ‘number of springs fssue, affording a supply of water suflicient for the wants of tle villagers and thelr flovks, but yery litt!y to spare for irrigation. In the rocky springs beach trecs wero planted, and the steep slopes bolow terraced and planted with yarlous kinda of vegetables, which, nourished by a scant supply of molature, flourished and produced. abundantly, In the ‘rich soll of the valley be- low lay their fields, where a hardy species of corn matured without irrigation, the occasional ratns furnishing the only motsture. As we wound slong therocky nath to gain the villages, It was o strange right to seu the natlyvea gazing at us from the preelpices Iiich above, pat wo were thankful that they were peaceably disposed 5 for a fow of the immense stones plucal aluug the edge of the cliff, to bu nged ne a defense fu case of need, and which a chill contd start upon thelr work of destruction, would, if rolied down upon us, MAVE SWEPT US TO INRVITARLE DRATI, The situation, if held bya handful of men equipped with modern implements of warfare, would bo absolutely tinpregantile, for the clits ure hundreds of feet in bight, and along the narrow path to reach the top but one can pass ata ting | But these simple “dwellers on the rock” haya no though of evil, amd are proud nail happy to welcoie visitors to thelr strange abotles, dn appearance they hayo but Iittlo resem- blanco to any other tribe, Mather below tho medium stature, they have fntalligent counte- Dunces and fuer festures than aro usually even among Indians, their eyes espeelally belie markably large, mild, and expressive, ‘Their hair {s worn long and loose, cut. stralght across tho forohead, ‘Their apparel fg fashioned of the calleo bought at the store ot their Agency, shaped into ahirts and trousers for the men, and by io means unbecoming gowns for the Women. ‘Thts garb is adited to in colder weath- or by Kult socks ‘and Jewzings, in the manufac turo of which mon nnd women, young and old, are equally oxpert, and upon witch they spend their Ieteuiro moments; for they arc an induatel- ous people, und labor faltufulfy in the care of isle erat Sti Bea ut thy must interosting feature ed with this slngular people is acca THMIR HABITATION. One would scarcely expoct to flnd tn this ro- mote region a race with no written history and few traditions to cast any light upon their plat, und yot dwelling in stone buildings five, wx, and even seven stories in hight, But such is the case, und curlows structures they are. ‘The ninteriul used fs blocks of the sandstone whlch abounds, cemented with mud, and with oo ate tempt at displuy or ornamentation. ‘The gtone is not cut, but can easily bo broken {nto a shape sultable for thelr ride musonry, ‘The lower story ia inelosed by 9 thick, heavy wall, and in not occupied as a residence, ‘but intended av n granary fn times of peace, andas a secure refuge for thele Hocks In caso of stack by au enemy, ‘The roof of thls forms the oor und dooryard of the next story, of somewhat sinular di mensions, and” reachel by Indders ptacod against tho outer wall, which can ba drawn up if so desired, ‘This system Ls curried out till the pile reaches several stories it: Wight, cach tor. Face connecting with the onc above and below by movablu tudders. ‘There {3 but little regn- Jority Iu their architecture, us each entire vile lago is supported by a continuous Jower wall, and the strictures above beluy added as their necesalties demand. ‘the fnuer walls of the houses, or rooms, are plastered and whitewashed, und the floors kept reasonably clean, which, with thu neat cottay garments of these dwellers on the rovk, draws a broad Hue of demarcation between thei and other Indians, ‘They appeared to ba DELIGHTED WITH OUR ViaIT, and showed ereat hospitality. Mauy of them douned thelr newest and brightest garnients in houor of the event, and fuvited us Into thelr Hames, where jefrushincute were offered in thy bhupe ofa roll, or ball, of thin, daky bread, uiade of their blue-sralued corn—in stave, color, und texture, resembling a last year's bornet'é test, Courtesy rather than desire led us to partuke; but a mouthful aplece sufllced for most of us. But what attracted our atten- ton most, a8 supplying a 4 the earthen yessels, or ollus, which bring water froin the springs below, fdoutical fo niuterial aud ys a] ‘They were azing with the tras ments faund around the old wines previously visited. All these are made by the Moauls Tne qe wand, with the apparont siiilarity of the f bulldtngs, seamed to demonstrate -eoncluslyely Vhaot hey area relies of the lost tribes. ‘The country Was nudoubtedly in former tlaca much miors deusely populated than al present, but Ahat their customs and modes of lvitig are gone erutly the samo fa beyond a doubt, Their soven villages are probably tha “ SRvSN CITIEG OF.gInOLA that the Spaniel leader, Curonacto, atterspted to clefts near tho : rench tn 1565 with anexpeditton from Mexteo, Bz reason of our ignorance of their langyage we were unablo to Jearn much of their tradi- {ons or religion, further than that they are flre= worahlpera; and we tere told at. their Agency that i soine secret chamber of thelr villue a sacred fire $s kent burnt. In dianoaition they are ret entle,—a hareh word spoken to adul child causing teara to flow. OF thelr inarrlage-retation we learned Mttle more than (hat the tlea of consanguinity aro nota bar tu wedlock, and brother and sister not infrequently occupy the closer relation of husband ntl wife. Jt was with conskterable regret tlint we parted with theese “ventle savages” without obtaining fuller, knowledge of their customs and trate ons. Somewhero in Northern or Northwestern Ar- izonn is sald to exist a small tribe of Indians who tnhabit n secluded valley that can only ue reached by o trail leading down almost perpen dlenlar mountains, and known only to them aclyes, Mera, Sree from the enresa nnd turmolls of the outside world, they dwell’ tn primitive purity, ina vealon which well: correspouda with the fubled gardens of Hesperas. Diligent in- quiry of the tribes encountered falled vo elleit any knowledge of such a place or tribe, aid they are undoubtedly to be placed among the Arizona myths, belonging In the same eatezory. as the damonis and gold-beds, But there js tu thls rewion to ba found the most sublime objects of natural acenery fa the Territory, If not on the Continent,— TUB ONAND CANON OF THE COLONADO, where the great river has cut through rocks and. ells, and fds its way for 200 miles between Walls over a inile da perpendicutar Iiteht, and yet so narrow fg the passuga that a stone may Almost be thrown geross. ‘Looking down upoit the vast volume of water front these oyertiang- (age walls, its deafening roar as [t chutes 1s rocky ved {s softened ton geatle murmur, and it appears tn size but a tiny brook. But tt has Leen so often described that it would be bat mero repetition to attempt the task. None but. Amacie pen or pencil could do justice to the scene. But thts much may be eatd: several parties chitin that they have gone through the canon on rafts or in boate,—Maj, Powell, of the Government Survey, among the number. With- out expressing my own opinion, I can teuth- fully say that [hove never met a person famll- far with that plneo who Uelleves that any ono ever went through there alive. The only running streaina which drain North- ern Arizona ara the COLORADO AND LITTLE COLORADO NIVERS. The former crosses the northern boundary-lino about midivay between its eastern und western extremitiva, Hows southwest, and cute the west- ern boundary nbout 800 miles nboye {ts southern bolnt, und thence flows south'te the Gulf of California, ‘The Little Colorady flows narth- west. through the region north of the Mogolton Mountaing, and unttes with the main river just above the Grand Canou. But fow settlers have -| fonnd a home upon tts banks, except a fow Mormons who have come down from Utah antl established colontes along its course, ‘ihe suil Is productive under frrizution, but the volume of water fa not sulliclent to support con- tinuous settlemente, ‘Tho “pecullar peo- ples ax = Brigham Young was pleased. o denominate hfs followers, sre eminently qualiiicd tg reclaim such wnete places as these,—ench community being self-austalning in a great degree, nud holding these Cummunistic principles whieh van onty be suecessiully carried, oat bya people animated by religious enthu- slusm. ‘Their greatest pectlarity, polygamy, Is nob practiced here,—the many-wiyed members, of the cotony leaving all but uly spottse behind, Jost the laws of Gentile Arizona should interfere with thelr private but pet arrangement. ‘They also hayo colontes in other portions of the Ter- ritory; and, as their attention Is directed entire- ly to agriculture, their presences {sa valuable acquisition. Those who are so unkind ns to luok beyond present actluns for an ulterior motivo affect to believe that this colonization of Arizona by Mormons fs part ofa deep-lald politica! scheme to promote legislation faverabio to their Institutions, by holding the balance of power fo the Stated and Territories adjoluing Utub. THE BULTS OF MOUNTAINS * which cross the ecntral portion of the Territory are all parts of one system, though desiznated, by ditforent names. They occupy nll thit sec: ton of country between the Little Colorado nnd. Salt Hivers, aud present, outside of somu notn- blo volcanic fornmtlons, few features distinet- fvely Arizoninn, Some of the rauges, especial- ly the Mugolfon and the mountalus around Prescott, are covered with magnificent pine for- ests—u source of wealth, when judiciously Uandled, scarcely Jess vutuatle thin the rich mines forad Inthe more barren ranges, In this monvtaln system are found most of the talnes which laye hitherto attracted attention to Arizona, though their faine is rapldly falllnyy be- fore the more recent discoveries in Southern Arizona. ‘Tho peautiful valleys and well-watercd pisture-land Interspersed uniung the mointaius, together with the sulubrity of cltmate, have at- tracted untit quite recently the greater portion of inunigrants. But to reach them. required constant warfare with the savages; and, tu, hold their ground, settlers: liad to turn thetr homes into fortifeutions, » SETRRING TALES are told of the dangers nnd privattons of early times by old pioneers, aud not a few in Arizona's dark days gave up hopes of o fortune to secure a safer home. ‘Tho founders of Prescott, th beautiful Capltal of the Territory, when the chopped the logs for their rude cabins, not in- frequently had to drop the ux to seizo the rifle, aut hold ther bate with one hand while they drove the plow with the other. What fs known os the Governor's House—the first butlaing erected and constructed of lors—ts suid to have costa ltunan Hfoat the hunisof tha sayages for every log which helps to form {ts walls. ‘This was a dozen years ago, aud Prescott to-day fg the peer in re(ineinent and culture of any town of its size in the United States, But it fs aintch shorter period sinco first the settler in the lovely valleys around tt could He down at night without the montentary dread of the blood-chilling warewhoop calling blm to the de- fonse of his home and family. The prinetpat portlonof this monutaln region, after Treseott und the mining districts that sur- vound it, fs the vet VALLEY OF TNE RIO VERDE, atribulory of Balt River, It fs thickly popu- Joted with thrifty farmers, who find the cener- ous soll ever ready to yleld a liberal return for thefrlabors., But, alns$ the saffron-hned fuces of thy inhabitants tell the story of their woes, The acue hotds high carntyat here, and Inys hold of Its victins and shakes them ag long as there is anything left to eliake.” During the hot sum- mer Months, the only safety fs found in secking the balmy odors of the pine forcsta which clothe the surrounding monntalns. If tt were not for this, a more peaceful, happy home could not be found than in the Verde Valley. On thu top of the Mogallow Mountains, on the road fram Botta fe to Prescott, fsa remark- able volcante formation,—the crater of an ex- thiet volcano, three or four miles in cireumfer. enee, forming s beautiful valley, In the centreol Which fs Stonetnan’s Lake, ond of the few lakes to bu found in Ariza, ‘Pho sldes of thls valley are almost perpendicular, formitnys a verfect eleele, and haying no break or natural outtet. It ts one of the moat perfect extinet craters kuown on the Continent, only equated by ony in Northeastern New Mexico, dt isin the contral portion of Arizona that MINING OPERATIONS haye heretofare been principally carried on. Gold, fn quartz aud placcrs, ilrat’ attracted ut- tention, and, a8 usual [a case of discoyertes in such distant aud almost Inuecessibly localities, the phitn truth was enlarged upon until fact was swallowed in ftetion, To such an extant were these occasional discoveries magniticd that even old reaidents of the Territory were intaled, nnd hoped that, when the subjugation of the Iidlang deft the country open to prospectors, deposits of the yellow metal would be found beslue which the pulehes of Catiforuta and thy vold-tlelds of Austratia would be but fulr “prospects.” No ong but had scan, or knew some oud vlee that lad, theae wonderful placers where the gold uuygets could be picked up; or hud been chasea through gold-payed canons by pursuiny redaklag, Scores and scores of expeditions have gonu out, oven from adjoining States, enduring unheard- of hardships, to follow the lead of some crack: brafned or knayleh guide; but never yet has the Etdorado been reuclied, A Tew rel, but small, deposits have been found from time to tine; and, in ono or two places in the Territory, facer-inining bas been carried on continuously, uit the tuiners realize nu more than far waces, Jt te quite vossible thut there ara many phicos Where vold-weshing would pay well if water Were obtainable; but this lack will ever rematn AN INSUNMOUNTABLE UAT to extensive placer-mining ju Arizona. Scures of “ury-waghing " Inventions have been tried; bitty whether it le because they were fnsuiliclent to the work, or that gold does not exist, (t rentals uniispited that wore money has been spent in hunting for fabulous gold-telds than the total amount taken aut of ail the placers yet dtscay- ered, And it may further be set down us a tact, that, alibough gold-beartng velns have be found where the rock would well repay williny, Arizona's vrospects of prosperity cannut be based upon ber production af this metal. Tals ig the conclusion urtived at by avery intelligent. prospector who has traversed wid -caretully examined the country. ‘The same may also be sald oF its richuess (in precious stones. “Though lnany varieties of these have been found, atin some placa miniug for turquolses, if yat for others, Wag carriud on fi ancient Unies, they are found at such rare mteryals and in such widely. distant Tocutltes that a systematic search for them would probably be protltioss. ‘The wealth. of Arizona! CONMISTS IN IH BILVER; and tn thie she may boldly challenge the world, COMMERCE, for rich velns of {t are found sn nearly every mountain-range. Capper iron alao abound, extensive tines of the former being worked at Clifton, in the eustern end of the mountain system mentioned before; und again it fs found In the southwestern portion of the Territory, in the unexplored region known ag the Popago country. But the distance of these polnts from. railroad-transportation renders the mines value- less ot present, though the day fs rapllly draw. Ing near when they will prove sources of great wealth to their owners, Coal, too, Is found In several portions of the Territory—notably in the northern portion, where a yast bed has been in process of combustion alnca the first ex- ploration of the country, and ehas given rise to. the rumor that there {sa voleany in active eruption, ‘fhis coat is said to be of the finest quality, containing u very large percentnga of fixed carbon, and is near the Hine of the pro- posed Thirty-Afth Parallel Raltroad. ‘The silyer-deposits are found mainly IN TWO GREAT BELTS, the ono running through the central mountain system, and the other following the broken ranges of the extreme sonttiern portion of the Terrkto: The most extenslvely-worked ana widest-kuown are those of the furmer belt, as that section waa flrkt occupied by Amerteaun und wrested from the savages. ‘The number uf paying mines that have been discovered {s ablinoxt beyond comprehension when the scant prospecting and great cost of ore extraction ani reduction aro considered, Mines which {1 fovalities moro favored as to trangportation- focititics would pay far larger dividends than many of the noted mines of Caloradoand Nevata, now lie tile upon the bands of their owners, ‘The ‘Territory inay be sald to be almost without. mils and sinelters,—capitalists Laving hitherto feared to make investinents ina region so ro- mote, and fraught with so many dangers, It fs only from n few mines, carrying ore running Almost to the grado of reflued silver, that there has been any otttput of mineral, When ore will pay for mining, transportation oyer mountaln Number and Tonnage of Vessels Documented in the Sev- eral States, The Various pyaoge 2 from Which Wo Import Tea, Coffe:, and Sugar, Our Commerce with France-- , Some Statistics of Im- migration. Sneciat Correspondence af The Tribune, Wasiunaton, 1. C., April &—Some Con- Bressmen, who think thatthe United States is bounded on the west by the Hudson River, have no conception of the vast amount of ton- nage of documented vessels which exists fn the States that do nut border upon the Atlantic sea- board. The following table, which lias been ob- talued froin authentic ources, slows the num- ber und tonnaye of vessels ducumented in the several States. It ought to glve the Eastern States sumething to think about. In this tablu Iiltnols shows a greater tonuage than auy of the following seaboard States: New Jersey, Louis- faua, Connceticut, Rhode Island, Oregon, Vir- lala, Florida, Alabama, Texas, Delaware, South Carolina, New Hainpshire, North Carolina, ond Vermout, ‘The exact number and tonunge of yessels documented in the ecveral States is as and desert roads for hundreds of miles to rait- | follows: road-points, att shipment thence to San Fran- Number of claco for reduction, still leaving an almost fabu- States, orteale, Tous prallt to the miner, it cnn ecarcely be cot puted what will be the profits when these ex- ‘penses arg all lessened, and the greatest entlra- Jy avoided, Bl ad After an {nteryal of mavy years, perhaps cen- 160, 07 turles, 145, 877,20 TILE MINES OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA. Maryland... «6 129, 05 Missouri. are again all acting attention, and bid fale to bear out the traditions of wonderful richuess handed down from the Mexlenus, who first worked them under the direction of the priesta who came here te plant the Cross in the hearts ofthe heathen, It is here that was the home of the flereest savages, und ‘they soon swept away these feeble outposts of civilization, and eradivated the germs planted by priestly plo- neers. ‘That mining was extensively carried on by these first occupants of the country, {fs be- yond question. Tradition is plentiful'upon the Bubject, aud the occasional duding of an abandoned tunnel or shaft is proof. ‘Tho roe mains of thelr rude furnaces are also frequent- ly encountered; and St ia sald that, many years. after oue of the old missiona was abandoned, 1 privet came from Spalu and wneurthed ta Jargo amount of ollver bullion from where it lind been sccreted under the altar, Itisunkind to sug- gest the thought, but it fs nevertheless possible, that the old padres devoted more attention to thetr inintng cuterprises than to thelr jegitimate vocation, and had the loss tine to teach the arts of peace to the American Ishmaciites, After these infgetonaries were driven from the country, JT WAS ENTIRELY ADANDONED, save by those whom necessity compelled to hurry along the few highways,—ceven these compelled frequently to fight thelr way,—and the knowl edes of the localitics of the old mines was en- tirely fost. Shortly after the cession in 1354 of: that portion of Arizona lying south of the Gila River, under the Gadeden Purebase, Interest In aining enterprises was revived, and sume at- tempts were made to reopen old inines in the neigiborhood of fiiboace ind further south to- ward the Sonora Wine; put the Apaches were too stroug, and drove out the Atueriean miners, a8 thelr forefathers had the Spaulsh monks genern- tons before. Ithas not been lonz—the tino can be counted by monthg—since the power of thé Apaches was completely broken, and sinall parties, 18 prospectors must necessarily travel, Louislana... Conncericut . Whconein, Weet \ ire 4, Whode Tsluud OE 16, 010.04 4,474.48 , ) 6, Gi 27, 3732.00 4. G0 180,42 Totals. sore cseeee Beh 4,212, 764.54 WHERE OUR TEA COMnS FROM. From recent investization by the Bureau of Stutistiea, itis fuund that tea stunds cighth in the order of valuo among imports into the United States. ‘The quantity of tea imported aurlug the five years from 1854 to 1858, in- clusiye, amounted to 126,003,504 pounds, and during the five years from 1874 to 1873, inelu- sive, to 807,260,473 pounds,—show!ug an in- creuse of 181,265,980 pounds, or 143.8 ver cent. ‘The quantity of tea imported from cach foreign country, frrespective of the country of produc: ton, during the year ended June 39, 1878, was a8 follows: May with safety pash out ‘from the protection Quantities, Per cent of military posts.- Only ua few districts go far Countries. B pounds, — of total. hye received caréful attention, but the discoye- | 1. China, including Ho 58,62 ries made haye Py ane 0.02 BUNPASHED THE MOST SANQUINE TOPRS, % The United’ “Kingdom One year ago no mines of this rezion were beard (England, Scotland, a of ouiteldo the Territory; within that thnw the and Ireland)... 4 » 8,097,094 4. Botivh Eunt Indic. . 18.51 6G, Netherlands... U. Provinces of Nova Sco- . vin, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward famo of the marvelous richness of .'Toinbstone and other dlatricts has peneirated to every clty of the Natlon, milla and other xeductlon-works ure projected on avery hand, population of Southern Ai wn bas more than doubled. Nefther is the excitement and onthe siagin confined to individuals, ‘wo great rail- roal-vorporations—one from the Enst’ sued ‘th other from the Weat—are straining every ener. gy td reach und secure the eurrying trade of rgelaimed Arizona, A new ern jias dined, uid It requires no sktlifal reader of the slens of the times to predict the result; 49 marked the begluntne of Cullfornia’s prosperity, 0 of Col- orado’s, 69 of Whito Pine’s, and 0 will date the coummencement of Suuthern Arizona's ace yelopment. i. M. W. CRAZY SCENE. Kentuckians YVorming a Society for the As- sassination of Grant In tho Event of Mls Re-eloction to tho Prealdonoy. Dixnatch to Ginetnnatt tqazette, Canuisie, Ky., Aprit 8—In a special dispatel: to the Guzette lust nizht, Inltuded to the fact that a seeret order was being organized by prominent Democrats throughout the State looking to the assassination of Gen. Grant tn the ovent of his nomination by the Republicans for Vresident, ‘To-day I was shown a printed copy of the by- laws of this organisation, which ts something after the Order of the Ku-Klux, Klan, and the signers ara pledged to secrecy by oath, under penalty of death, ‘There are ‘a plimber of sig: hutures tothe paper, embracing the names of several oramluente wealthy, wid influgntial Democrats fo different portions of- Ken- tucky, and, I aim told, the matter has heen working quietly for months past, ‘The genticmun to whom thie precious stutemont ts sent ts requested to “tse nil diligence in maine talulng the utmost secre wet all the proim- duet inen of the party iti your county to ign the by-laws, and you wil be ealled on fn ten days for its return.” My informant refused to diselogs the umes of any purtles connected with thy aifmr, but satu: “There aro a number of good noines on the papers? For several weeks past open boasts have been made that Gen. Grunt would never bo allowed to tako bis svat fi the event of his cleetion to the Prealdency, and the above facts but prove ey such beasts were not without some founda He rs a THE ANGEL OF THE PASSOVER, Wo havo all-reud the aliple Biulleal narrative Telnting how the angel passed aver the land of Egypt, slaying the ilrst-born im every house whose door-pusts werg uot sprinkled irith the sacrificial blood,” Bach year that dread death consumption, pissea over our. hind, ag the token of Iie fatal “passing over,” thousands of lighted homes, whoad first-born hive been struck down fn thelr yout | f+ § and beauty, ‘Thera {s no scene go pitiful, so | 4 gad, a8 Unit at the death-bed of ony of these | 7 nd the American British Weat indice and Airitish Honduray, .. 16, Franco, Total + 05,860, 704 Of-the total value of imports of tea, there was Imported from China 68,63 per cent, and trom Japan 86.02 per cent. ‘The value of im- ports of teu from these tga-produclny countries constituted 95.25 per centof the total value of such imports, ‘The remaining 4.75 per cent, io ported from the other countriva named in the table, constituted an indirect trade between China sud Japan and the United States, dn this connection, ft may be of interest to ad- vert tothe favt thut there ts a larger annual im- portation of tea Into the United Kingdom than Into any other country, and that there [sa larg- erimportation of coffee info the United States than into any other country. From official statistics, ft appears that the consumption of tea In the United Kingdom amounted to 4.56 pounds per capita during the eulendar year 1877, and in the United States to 1.86 pounds per capita during the fiscal ycar ended June 8u, 1878; while, on the other hand, the constunption of coffee in the United King- dom amounted to .08 pound per cdpita during the calendur year 1877, and in the United States 10 6.55 pounds per capita during the fiscal year ended June , 1878. WHSNE OUR COFVEE COMES FROM. Coffee ranks sécond tu order of value among imports futo the United States. ‘Thera were fmported, during the flye years from 1831 to 1853, Inclusive, 1,019,187,445 pounds of coifee, and during the five yeurs from 1S74 to 1878, in- elusive, 1,534153,080 “pounds, an fucreuse of 564,000,211 pounds, or 5542 per cout. The quantity of coffee Imported Inte the United Btotes from each forelgn country, durlug the year ended Juno 80, 1878, was as follows: Quancitlea, Eergent Misha acho Countries, EO eee oe United Stated of Victiins, tenaciously clinging to hops und plan- combina... cesee 5,031, 700 1.01 ning for the future with the last pulso of ex: | 8, Britten Weet in pining thought! Would ft not ba strange if the British Mondaras. 3,840, 187 Sreator had atiileted one-third of mapkind with | 9 2,00, Thi Wdleade for whieh thera was no preventive ny | 19 ens remedy, no sacrifielal blood to avert the fatal | Jt+ fH ae nt dount That consumption Is curable has been 2 ethernet peat unquestionably proved by medical relence. Dew | Ty bbe ae) Pierce's Golden Medicat Discovary has eured | 136 ¢ thousands of cuses, For a detailed and com- | 1! at 17. ‘eut Indies ond plete account of its causes, symptoms, nnd method of treatment, read tha articte “Con sumption” fn the *Puaple's Common Sense Medical Adviser.) ‘The Lnvalids’ Hotel, at Bute Dutch Gutantses vos j. Britteh Possessions in Africa, gud adjacent z falu, N. Y., olfords thu best faclliticy’ for ue lands... 30,704 0.0L pruper treutment of this diswase. Iu et/mate, | 20+ Allother counitics the lovaljty {3 unsurpassed, us ts shown by the Prrowbpnoapecnaed 9,452 0.0L Government statietles publlabed under directlon of the War Departiuent, ee Samuel J. Thden ton Pittabarg Tien Club, Vitrsnunc, April 8—The Hon. James Hop- King lectured to-night before the lrou City THe den Ciub Fidorsioye Samuel J, ‘Vildew aa the Detnucratic Presidentia) candidate for 1880, The following dispatch was read; Zo tha Lecture Vonmiltes of the Iron City Tite Spaniels Pousvwviune, all 22,400 0,050 euch Poweusiony tn Alslea, und wujacent tatands, Gorman: den Club,” Pillabury, Pa. New Yous, April 8, cuba. 1870, —Please communicate to your Club wy thanks Bulut for thelr invitatiun to attend the lecture of Mr, Vrovincea | of 0.09 Houiclng, thongl my enquxemeuts rendur tt hinpos- Seotw, New Bruns wick, and Prince Ed~ sible to’ be present, Jn Ih7s thu Domocrucy hi uchloyea a victory in the name and for tho wake of word Peluntl so. sore ‘i a hed a roturm of We Administration whlen would | 20. Muitelra, aa ire reslore the Government im spirit and substance, erda batands,.. 4 av Well nv in form, to the benign charactor ia which | SL. ey 1s Atte nd it wae created by ‘our pattiatic aucevtons, ‘They | 22. British Gutana 05 Wore detrauded of tho 1utte of that victury by og | Sd, Provnices of fulve count of the Electoral votow, ‘hut wrong Ontario, Caste upon this cejorayiut toc Feeuonsibiiity he srl! Nurihier ani fue greater question, ‘Tne yreat duty le to vindle ae 4 eaten tue tight of ibe vesols to Slective welt 34, Britivh Columbia. ....., hu everniment, he aupervision of tha ulective 5 Serprteprertilitee sar fates proves successful aid prosperous, those | Total serves +6300, 842,610 “100,00 who are in power will count themselves tn at overy election und prolong thule demiion Indodnitelys PRT ram repr per ee ge ents were a good many diferent theorlcs as 40 the iT P feou with y quantity of surat dinported Into tufe country > beopiee naiaat res KOVertOICUte seat ee aie | frou utlier emuutrlea." ‘Tits question tv likely to have an hyy-ortaat Induency fa the sugar lepisla- BUGATL IMPORTATIONS, Daring the discussion of the Suuar bill thera wv peuple, ayaloat Ires povernaent, und al Ly at oped uf waukind, Banus. d, TLuEN, 100, 00 * lon which will certainty be attempted during this Congress, The following table, whic lins recently heen prepared, disposes of the question horitatively: 1 ‘The value of star and molasses {mported from each country during the year ended Jung 80, 1878, was as follows: Percent Countries, Valuer, of total, . see oe - $50, 0 UL 7H % Spantsh Pose other*, 5,082, 820 TAD 3. Porta Rico. we cee 4743, Od bot 4. Britteh Weat Indies and. Isritiah Honduras 5,078,010 4.01 & Brazil... 9, 105,384 OT G, Fronch Went Indies and French Guiana... . 7. Howwalian falauda... coe 8. Britian Gutana , Dutch F tT Dutch Weat Indies and. Dutch Guiana, . San Domingo. . Mexico Belstum 5 D. Heltiah North America, 20, Central American States British Possess ny 2h, 2. at. TOLD) ose sseevsee sees ons S7M, BLU AIK 109,00 There include the Philippine Tslands, in Malny- ala, the Tadrone and Caroline Islands, tn Polynes eit, and all other Spanish Poss Ms. It will be observed that, of the total value of sugar Sexported during the laat fiscal year, wear- ly 63 per cent was Itnported from Cuba; 7.12 per cent from all other Spanish possestions that Cuba wad Porto Ricoz 5.04 per cent from Parte Rivos 4.61 per cent from the British West Indies and British Honduras; 307 per cent from Bruzils 3.57 per cent from the Frenen West Indies and French Guiana; 2.7 per cent from the Hawalian Jolande; 2.07 per cent from Brithh Guinna; and 6.51 per cent from all other countries, . OUR COMMERCE WITH FHANCE, ‘The Bureau of Statistics has prepared the fol- lowing summary of the exporte from the United States to France, and the importa from France inte the United States, during the past tlseal years Expours, Commodities, Cotton, raw. Provisions. Hreadetude Oils, mineral Tobacco, lea Tallow .... Wood, niasufacture Auricaltural implementa, Hemp Naval stores: Seiming-inachin AML other ortici Merchandise .. , Specie and bullion, TOLAl ..6s seceeaes wivoxta, 1,812, O81 50,301, 000 Commaditier, Sik. and manufactnres of .., Wool,'and muntifactured of. Leather, aut manufactures of... Wines, epirits, and cordials. Chemicaly, drugs, dyex, Cotton, manufactures of. Fancy sooda... s164 Preclousstonea ., Buttons of all kinda Straw and palm-lew Furs ond fir-skins. Fish Frait 5 Earthen, ‘y a Flax, munufacturea of All other articles,..... Valuer. b Merchandlsc....... S78, B70 Specie and bullion 4,178 TOLD ceseees aovecser ene os vee ve Std, O14, 048 IMMIGRATION, A comparison’ of the statistics showing the Outnber of alleas of cach sex who arrived from. foreign countries from the year 1820 to 1877 ine elusive, shows thit the thie of immigration hos been very fluctuating, ‘The year 1872 was the year of maxhuum ininigration, die number of arrivals that year sinounting to 449,483, OF the total number of immigrants arrived durlug the year 1377, 1b apt srs that 2.2f per cent was Irom the Uulted Kinjdeu, 1005 per cent from British North American Provinces, and 20.01 per ceut from Germany. ‘Theimmigration from the various countries of Europe sud the Do- tainton of Canada amountad to $9.58 per cent of the total fwmilgration into the United States; the Immigration from China nmnounted to 10,379, constituting 7.05 per cent, and the immigration from all other countrics amounted to only 8,229, or 2.47 ner cent. ‘The passenger or non-immigrant travel in- ereared trou an snniat average uf 4,221, dur- Snyz the years 1888, 1500, und 1870, to an onnual average of G4513 during the years 1870, 1877, und 1878. ‘The net iminigration intothe country decreased from an tnuual ayeraze of 0,720, during the furmer perfou of three years, to au annual ayerage of 169,104 during the Jatter period of three years, und during the same periods the computed net emigration from the country increased from an apnual average of 80,240 to un annual average of U0,600, O11. Tho Recent Munlelpal teetiane, and What i Leasons They Teach, Special Correspondence of The Tribune, Conumuus, O., April %—The result of the elections in this State on Monday Inst cannot be counted a surprise to those who Jaya been the closest and lougest observers of Ohlo politics. dt waa an exact truuseript of what has been seen in other emergencies und in other campalens, To be sure, this is only o muniefpal nud town ship clection, and the value of the patronage actually achieved ts small; but, as a precedent, an indication, and an fuspiring hupy, the tne portance of the result 1s beyond calculation, A few reflections on thts view of the matter at the present time cannot fail te prove of interest, In the first plave, the State {s now in the huuds of Democrats. ‘Two years ago that party swept everything befure it, electing Governor, Legislature, and State officers fn general. From the moment of the duauguration of these officials, they have shown themselyes sellish, of ofticlu! patronage, self-seukliy, and dla- WAYNE read the handwriting on tho wail. . They are dli cournged and disheartened, and tt will be als softitely fmpossible for them to rally in thd: four or tive months Intervening tilt the fall oleot:<<37 tlon. A week ago they were confident of victory ™:;°\ both in the spring and fall contests, Now thoy grill by no possibility say anything on the sub- ject. ne A few of the prominent features of tha con test should be noted: 1 . In this city a Republican Mayor was electad for the firat Umo Sn twenty years, and the peopla fare absolutely undecided what to make of {t. ‘This ts the home of ‘Thurman, and the Demo- cratle stronghold of the Btate. i? The complete sweeping of things by the Re.) Dublicans ty Cinclonat! was scarcely less a sur... prise than In this city. Len Harris, lhe noml- nec of the Domocrats for Mayor, is n very strong: man, and a prominent candidate for Lieutenant + Governor on the Democratic ticket. The sla .°' nificance of the victory In Cincinuat! Is, that tha People arc tired of the attempts of the Democ- ~ racy tonteal power in Hamilton County, It fa adircet rebuke of the disreputahle attempt to pretudise. Congress against Butterworth :and : oung, the two newly-elected Congressmen |, from that city. A a, In Cleveland the first grand offort was maida to unite the ragamutiin Nationals and Bohetntan - Socialist-Commiunists on the one hand with the Democrats on the other. It was considered sort of Indication of what might be done this fall, and tte utter failure has demonstrated that hothing of the kind will be again tried In North- ern Ohio. Of course, In order to unite with ‘hese disreputable political adventurers, the Democrats were obliged to puta certain num- '! ber of them on their ticket, But the better —” clus uf the Democratic party objected to this, und absolutely refused to prostitute themselves by’ sate this fovarrel ticket. ‘These men wera Joud in thelr opposition to anything looking like coulitfon, ant, wow that it has turned oul dla astrously, do not hesitate to say that they told the people sain the beginulng, Gn the other hand, at least half the National party bolted the coalition arrangement in tho bextnnliys put a full regular ticket in the field, - and did everything In thelr power to defeat the Democracy. At fy safe to say that anything looking lke coalition will not be tried in that elty sgain very goon, ‘The unount of capltal that was attempted to be derived from the result of the recent munic- Spat clection In Chicago was sometblug abso- lutely astonleling., Cireulars with big” head- Jnzs Were circulated ull over Cleveland, calling attention to what union had done tn Chicago, and exhorting the faithful to all diligence to bring about the same thing there. But tt was all In vain, Now the managera of the State campaign propose to ftnmediately beeln operations. ‘The Hdul wate Is with Republicanisn, wud there can be no well founded doubt that the Stato, with anything Ike judicious management, will be ' carried by that party by the largeat majority known tu a dozen yeurs, Luckrrr CORNEEL AND HORACE. How tho Former Paid the Money o'Bor- rowel from the Latter. New York Tribune, Aprit 8, Mr. Greeley began to lend money to Cornelius J, Vanderbilt when the latter wus a very young men. He did so out of sympathy with him, because Mr. Greeley belleved that Cornelius Vanderbilt, the old Commodore, was needlessly hursh toward his youngest son. Mr. Gireeloy may have believed the numerous etories of the young thaws bad hablts; if so, he did not be- Neve Unt harsh treatment and cruel deprivation of a boy trained to think he bad “great expecta tions? was the right way to cure him of evil courses... Mr. Grecley was a man moved almost us tnuch by sympathy ag conviction, and tlie case of young Vanderbilt exelted his pity to such an extent that down to 1864 le had loaned him in Yarious amounts an ageregate of $43,034, In the year named Cornelius J, Vanderbilt was adjudicated a bankrupt, and being discharged as such bankrupt, of course the debt to Mr. Gree- ley was practically canceled in a Tegal point of tlew. But on Dee. 1, 1868, Cornelius J, Vane derbiit. sent Mr, Greeley by mall two notes cach for $22,002 at T ver cent intercet, and running seven yeurs, to secure hl for the monoys ud- vaneed at varlous times, aud represented by - snany notes and drafts jor varloua amounte, ull of which were strrendered Ly Mr. Greeley ia the baukruntey procecdings. Mr. Vauder- Dilt claitns to huye received from Mr. Greeley tn. reply ao letter suylng that he (C.J. V.) did ‘not owe bin (Mr. G.) anything, but adding that he would retain the votes for bis ehtldren, Sub- sequently Mr. Vanderbilt draw upon Mr. Gree- ee for the following sums, all of which were paid: 1608—Draft from Washington, U870—Dratt from Washington 1870—Draft from Washtngton, 2870--Draft from Washington... TOtAl ses aeee eter eet ennees . 3 Of course the Intter suma haye been outlawed long ago, unt C, J, Vanderbilt: was uot legally hound to pay them, but on being tuld that they were held by the daughters ne at once sald they tpust be pafd with interest. An examination of all the chums outlawed and those ¢till legal, with the proper calculation of interest, resulted tn establishing that the total sum due from Cornelius J. Vanderbilt to the duughters of Mr. Creeley was 381,187. ‘To oilsot this were two claims, Tho first was a paymunt of 83,000 cach tu the tava daughters wade by Commodara Vanderbiit shortly after Mr. Greeloy's death. And as Mustrative of the characters of the two men, anit to correct erro- neous stories, It oiay be as well to tetl In proper form the cireuntatances of this payment and of aprotest by Mr. Vunderbiit to Mr, Greeley agalnst farther toans, Contmodore Vanderbilt undoubt- edly believed that his way of disciplining his son wus the correct one. On learnt that Mre Greeley was advancing aut to his wild sony he called at the Tribune oMllce, aud ascended stu Nr. Greele?'s room, "The editog of the Tribune was absorbed In writing an edituriat, Commo. dore Vanderbilt was ina rage. He burst out, a approsching Mr, Greeley, with this emphatic remark: “ Mr, Greeley, 2 want you to uuder- stand, sit, by Gd, Lwontt pay a-d—d cont of may son's debts.” Withont Jooking up from his mantescrint, Mr. Greeley replied: Who the hE asked you tol Mr. Vanderbilt, on Ivaving the room, sald toa friend: + What jn- fernal independent fellows these editors are. Mr. Grevley subsequently eal to Cornelius a merit, after ysluting the clreumstaunce, “T don't want auythiag to do with thege rtult fellows; they are too finpertinunt.” After Mr. Greeley's death, Comtmoaore Vandernilt Wrote to the Misses da and Gabrielle Greeley a note, fn which, atter ealling thelr attention to the Inclosure of Hartem for $5,000 each, he add+ ed that he wished it distinctly understood thut he did not pay the sums aa any purt of the son's debt to thelr father, Nevertheless, In the recent settlement concluded yesterday, this amouut of < honest, Asaresult, State fustitutions have been reorgunized, und competent managers, who knew their duty, and did ft to the beuetit of thuse under thelr charge, have been turned out, tunel polltleal deadbeuts of the lowest grades have been put tn thelr places. ‘The territle damage thot hug been dong to the Stato institutions by thls course would probably not bu belleyed tf stuted outside of the Commonwealth where ft {3 known to the slisme of all, ‘The Superintendent of the Soldiers? and Sailors’ Orphans’ Home has been convicted of lochery fu sevkluy to corrupt the morals of the dead soldiers’ Ittle daughters who have beon placed under his charge. ‘The incompetent nnd. drunken attontunts of the bullding have por- mitted itta turn tothe ground, and somu of the arpbuns barely escaped with their Hves, A Democrauls Legisiatiqy Committee devel oped the fact thatthe MiMigers of the State Tusane Asylums have been resorting to the most barbarous cravity in the disclollae of paticuts, The tiucklng-tub, tha “catol-nine-talts,” the knocking-down prosees, und every other hellish Practica which was condenred a century azo by the hlyhest medical authority iu cases of the Ine sauy, lave beon brought forth and secretly uevd fu the freust manner. ‘The borrors of Individual cases that huve Leen browrht to light by the wilting testinony of nurses and other atten wuts, almost surpugs belief, At Loneviow Ax! lum, for instant ons poor jusane colored, wonton was knocked down a flight of stairs by o fendivh attendant, and her leg broken. Sho fine gered wlon for afew days, and dicd,—the sur- Reon iu attendance onty discovering what was tha ditilculty with bis patleut by means of 2 vost. tnurtem exantuatlon, Another wouan st the same Instituuon, being Knocked down while jy delicate heulth, wa given u terrible hemorchuge, tyoms which glia nearly died. ‘She Oblo yoters have considered all thesa things, und loug since repented themevlyes that they granted the Densucratle party a lewio of power. But it hud been done og au iinogi- bury rebuke tothe Admilolatration whieh had attempted to conelliste the South. du their Hatred Jor the Soutbera split, they had granted, power tothe friends of that spirit. Mut the ute titude of the Southern chivalry w Congress, the danger to thy Natlon which fs tuntnent frou he continued deadluct: in the House, the brave and strafghtforward course of the Juaders of the Republican party iu Laking o stund against Dem- oeratic eucroachments,—all these things have had a tendency to stiffen up the Republican backbone In te State, and Ue yoturs only awalt the frat opportunity to drive the Demo racy from power, * ‘The great yulue of the result of Monday’a work lg the fact that he Dewocrate thumaclyes $10,000, uf coturae without mterest, was deduct ed from the total amnunt, leaving 371,167 due, Mr. C. di. Vanderbilt put in a further clita thut several years age he bail pall Mr, Greeley 31,000 in cush-for which no recelpt had been adyen or naked. Mr. Vanderbilt expected that {t would stuply be plsced to his credit on aveount, bus Mr. Greeley {8 ropreseuted as Bayle in lis grimly humorous way thut he would. keep it for **Cornucl” to borrow from thereattur, Mr. Vanderbilt produced us proof of this. payment oo written etatos tuent of Henrf L, Stuart that he had scar te money oid to Air. Greeley, Scott Lord yestor day stated that other proof of the payment ox fated, but Mrs, Sith and) Miss Gabrictle Grua- Jey deelined to dispute the polnt, and the $4,000 with intercet, snaking altogether $10,000, wus allowed, wud this was also deaucted from the total, leaving the sui to be pald in full, un the two dauehters of Mr, Greeloy vel, and the most of tt has already ted in separate accounts tn United States registered bonds, “The paymupta have beon made us follows: April 4—United Stater bonds, April i—Certiled checas, APL ACORN sees csc re eeeeee Avrild—Two nots, $6,000 euch, . Total.. ‘The two notes Inst vated the holders ex- Dressed to Mr, O, J. Vanderbilt a desire to have caghed, Heat once consented, aul yesterday at noun, i Scott Lord's oflice, No, 801 Hroad- way, the $12,000 was promptly pald, and the whols indebtedness was cuucaled, and all pare tles expressed thelr autisfuction and goud will, ALL storles of apy bitter feeling following the settlement aro incorrect, ‘Tho duugliters of Mr, Grouloy voluntarily tendered the following to Cad, Vanderbiley 7 ‘The monvy loaned Ard father, Horace Grecley, to Mr. G. J. Vunderbilt, amouutlug io all, priticl+ pal aud fnterest, to over $41,000, Inuch of which hud been outIuwed, hus boon pald in full uy Src, J, Vanderbilt, thereby fully justifying the fulth gue father placed in blu.” 0, Eba Gungury doutin ee GADRILLE GHEELEY, a sev eoe $0, 000 a Lotter from Tom Palue to Danton M, Paine bas forwarded to the Paris Revue Critique a curlous lettce addressed tu ITB by Tbomus Puinu to Danton, Paine declares thet, as the only meuns-of . preveuting a tupture = betweon Parts and. tha provinces, the Convention should ole Bt sotue distance frum the capital; and he sp- peals tothe experience “of . the United States, where Congress bud resplyed to build a chy for Itself, because ut Naw York and Philadefpbls the municipality und? population bud “always suygut to oxervise undudiutucuce over ite fi