The New York Herald Newspaper, June 22, 1854, Page 2

‘The Rock Island Railroad Excursion. OUR CHICAGO CORRESPONDENCE. * Carcago, June 14, 1854. The Great Excursion—Important Consequences that must Ensue from it—Opening of Markets for Agricultural Productions—Free Soilism on the Boats—Abolitionists Endeavoring to Secure Kan- sa$—Know Nothings Thick as Locusts in the West—Railroad to Counsel Bluf's—Through the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific—Another Ex- cursion Predicted to San ‘Francisco, thence by | Steamers to the Sandwich Istands—Shefield and Farnham, Represeniatives of Young America. ‘The late free excursion over the rai roads of this Btate, Ohio,-Indiana, Michigan, IMinois and the Ca" nada Great Western, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi, and thence five hundred miles up that river to the head of navigation, was one of the Most magnificent ever conceived. There is nothing in the history of ancient or modern civilization— nothing even, in the imagination’ of sacred or pro- fane writings—nothing in the visions, prophesies, or conceptions of the fubled writers of antiqaity, which comes anything near in comparison with this great unrivalled reality. Twelve hundred persons had come from the eastern portion of this contioeut to Chicago, a distance of twelve aad fifteea hundred miles, to be whirled over the Rovk Island road. Eighteen cars contained this family party, and in eight short hours every soul was safely landed on the shores of the Mississippi. Here a fleet of the best steamers upon those waters lay with their bows ‘on the levee, colors flying, cannon booming, rockets ascending, martial music greeting, and thousands upon thousands rejoicing and burraing. Upon tie broad and placid bosom of this inland ocean the fleet took an upward conrse, and in due time arrived ft the place of destination, five hundred miles, at the extreme head of navigation. The consequences which will inevitably result frcm the flying visit of so many of the enterprising nen of the East can never be adequately estimated. They had no conception of the immense resources of the greitt, secluded Northwest; neither could they have from reading anything in ‘print, or convers- ing with every traveller who has visited those re- gions of inexhaustible wealth. The sons of thou- sands who now delve among the rocky bound coast of New England, who inhabit the unproductive re- gions of our mountainous Eastern States, and others whose eons and daughters are the mere operatives in aristocratic manufacturing establisaments, drag- ging out their lives at the rod of a task-master, and who obey the tolling of the factory bell as their death Anell—many such will he«e avd jeara from the lips of friends who have made the excursion, th lixw ries awaiting them in the Western States. Yes, the | tale only told, the truth fully imparted, the enter- | prising, intelligent, the C » indomitable youth of New England, of boti es, Will throw Off the grating shackles which bind them to the horns of their great gravdparents, and hie to Towa, Ilinois and Minune there to live in comparative case, masters ot the soil,introducing and inculéating those great moral and religious precepts, the most essential ingredient iu the settlement of a new country, just wrested from the savage hand. Our Atlantic cities ave overburthened with foreign- ‘ers, who are dropped down amongst us, without a | dollar or a day’s work. Ourcharitable institutions are constantly filled with them, and the more build- ings and accommodations erected by private charity ‘and public muniicence, the more numerous such un- | fortunate creatures become. Many, no doubt, would gladly earn a pittance rather than expose themselves or solicit alms. The cities ure thus overrun. Many thousands ot dollars are thus raised by taxation, for the temporary—orften too permaneat—relief of this class of our fellow beings. Send them to the West. They are wanted there. Millions of acres of land lie there, inviting tillage. And if, instead of keeping people in alms houses, in idieness, creating and encouraging pauperism, means were provided to send them upon Western lands,the cities would be relieved of the continued expense of their support, and they would themseives rejoice in the possession of independence, which they would surely attain in the course of a very few years upon any of the fertile Jands of the West. There were many men of Boston and New York on the excursiou, whose attention ‘Whs directed to this interesting fact, some of waom suggested the propriety of organizing societies to as- | sist emigrants who could be persuaded to leave the Yarge cities, and embark upon government lands. | It was thought favorably of as a mere matter of economy among the tax payers in the cities. | The greatest drawback heretofore oy mm the agri- | cultural sap eee was the indispensable requisite of | markets. Pioncers for years have immigrated west- | ward, tilled the soil, but found no sale for their sur- plus products. The introduction of railroads has | opened convenient markets to every farmer living within twenty miles. As far as the roads have | reached into the interior, produce is readily di*posed | of; and corn, wheat, oats, &c., in Iudiana and Mili- nois, bear a price equal to New York, except the lcw cost of transportation. Horses, cattle, and hogs are raised without expense or effort, as the prairies and timber contain more food, of the rich- * est and most nutricious kiud, than would sustain all the domestic animals in the whole of North Ameri- ca. The raising cattle on the praies, now since the railroads afford ready markets, is now quite exten- sive, and in a few years will be the staple produc- tions of the lower prairies. A man may as well keep,and prepare for market a thousand! as fifty heed, the additional trouble and cost are mere trifling. The same may be said of the lands up the whole length of the Mississippi—millions of acres in the nest verdure inviting the herdsman to their bosom. ' The managers of this great excursion of the age | t™ay have conceived ina measure some of the im. bho consequences which must inevitably ensue m this iiberal undertaking, but it isa matter of much doubt whether they looked to the result in a social and political view. Nine-tenths of the invi- ted guests, especially those from New England aad Ohio, and many from New York, were rampant free soilers; the fact that so many were guests is likel; @ mere accident, still, the Schoolas of Cincinnati, Kimballs and Hales of Boston, Dixs of New York, Baldwins of Connecticut, and hundreds of others, thrust themselves into notoriety, and endeavored to get up excitements on the Nebraska question. Had ie national whigs and democrats on board been disposed to enter upon the controversy, we should have bad an abundance of niggerism for breakfast, dinner and supper. It was owing to the forboar- ance of the national men that the siavery question was not made the ruling topic for fonr days and nights. he abolitionists of New England have organized fan association having in view the sending of German immigrants to Kansas, to prevent the slaveholders from obtaining the ascendavey in that territory. ‘The capital is four million, mostiy subscribed. They propose to purebase immense tracts of land at gov- ernment prices, of the choicest selections, just as 800n as the surveys are made. And until surveys are ‘made, the object is to introduce as mach squatter sovereignty us they may be able. This abalition or- nization are to locate cities and towns, establish iain posts upon poivts which shall seem most Secessible to the surrounding couatry; to furnish | had, implements of husbandry, clothing, provisions tnd other necessaries to those who accept of their pe np at a certain credit, and who pledge mselves to be eternally hostile to every Southern man—to every Southern interest. This is the kind of warfare the abolitionists are now intending to | wage in that new territory. A foreign population, ignorant of our Jaws and constitution, are to be im- pe from Germany, furnished with homes in ansis upon limited credit, who are to be pledged ‘to hostility to American citizens, who do not choose to be placed ander abolition laws. This purpose wa: | openly avowed by Kimball, of Boston, in one of hi. | , While endeavoring to raise an abolitionex | Clement on board of one of the boats. It would bea housand fold more creditable if emigrants should eceive encouragement and aid in settling the’fertile | regions of Iowa and Minnesota, regions of the West muoh better calculated to sustain a hardy popula- ‘tion, and where agriculture would flourish greater sy @ hundred per cent. Upon the banks of the Mississippi, and for many hundreds of miles in the interior, » vast and mighty region lies invit- | Gngly to free labor, and where that labor would be gewarded tenfold more abundantly than in the sonth- torn latitude of Kansas. Send the foreigners to Min- , and keep them aloof from fighting the bat- of the Eastern abolitionists. Bp eteer ieter A aii ope me recent jomene now Nothings, is spreading with ‘celority through these Western yeaious. The is have for years been engaged in calling ‘public attention to the importation of hordes of Je- sults, and planting them on the banks of the Wester. waters, im the new cities and villages. The papers, always liberal and tolerant, indulgent to an nolimit- ed extent reas a phases oo Cae ‘professing religious views, heeded not the warnings of the Protestant teachers. But the time has arriy- ed when it has become neéessary to wake up. In of the new cities the Catholics hold political ouosien Tn the important and flourishing city of Chic boasting its seventy thousand inhabitants, the Catholics hold the political r. Not a Protestant holds an office un the city government. The Mayor and all the subordinates are either Irish or Datch Catholics, and there is not now an American there who hag any voice in the principal departments of th yovernment. The Catholics are numerous « state Legislature, and even there a fow years 0, | the Judge seemed much elated by the exercises. A | a walk ora lounge in the peniy. is en ago, they elected a Senator to Congress before he was @ naturalized citizen. These facts have awakened the native American spirit in Chicago, | and as a means of protection and self-preservation, | the American population have been compelled to. organize for the fal! election. Some six or eight societies of Know Nothings have recently been or- ganized upon the New York plan; and as the trial must come, they affirm, sooner or later, and an iasue distinctly he made between Roman Catholics and na- tive born ci S, it may as well come now as ever. Party lines be_ obliterated, and in no portion of the country will the contest between Catholics and native citizens be more spirited and determined than in Chicago. This model excursion will be retained in the me- mory of all its lucky participants tothe close of life. The many interesting incidents,novelties aud luxuries can never be driven from memory, The contractors of the Rock Island road have secured for themselves & monument more indnring than the work they have completed. Mr. Shefficld, the senior partner, to whom the origin of the excursion is modest to accompany it, leaving to his janior, Mr. Farnham, the immediate superintendence. Though some thirty thousand dollars was expended in car- tying out this magnanimous project, and mag- nificient entertainment, the day ix not far distant when the outlay will tetura with 4 huadred percent. Their work is now fast progressing west- ward beyoud the Mississippi; and Lowa fiend capital of that State, is to dé tnvaded by the Ioco- motive before another six months intervenes. Coun- cil Bluffs, in the far West, is now under the exgle eye of the engineer, and before a twelve mouth expires the surveys will be placed before the mil- lionaires of New York and Boston. Council Bluffs once reached, then the most available pass of the Rocky Mountains will be penetrated; and whilst | Benton is brawling at Washington, Walker, Chat- field and others attempting to filch millions of vernment lands, and Fremont penetrating the Nevada mountains and Salt Lake marshes in search of aroute for Benton’s (his father-in-law’s,) project, and whilst cemagogues in and out of Congress are cg-rolling the “Atlantic and Pacific Railroad” | through—we say, while ail these speculating | schemes are in operation, and before any plan shal be amicably adjusted—Sheffield and Farnham will send their locomotives into Sacramento and San Franciaco, whistling ‘‘ Yankee Doodle” upon the Pacific b:rders. Then for a railroad excursion to California, and steamers lying in wait to convey | the party to the then newly annexed continent— the Sandwich Islands! Does any one doubt all this? Certainly none of the party on the excur~, sion to St. Paul's. The Watering Places. | OUR CLD POINT COMFORT CORRESPONDENCE. | Op Port Comrort, Va., Jane 19, 1854. guished Visiters—Arrival of Judge Taney— Altending Muss. After a good sea bath one feels somewhat enliv- ened and inclined to “make merry,” and in this mood I have caught up my pen to give you an out- line of allairs at this emporium of pleasure and | fashion, upon my return from a revel in the “ haunt of Neptune.” Visiters are daily arriving from all quarters, the most noted among them at present being the Hon. Roger Taney, Chief Justice of the United States. He has been here for several days, and has taken a neat little cottage on the immediate sea shore, known as the “ President’s House,” and occupied by that personage when visiting the Point. The army officers of Fort Monroe waited upon his Honor, the day before yesterday, dressed in full costume, and were received by him in a courteous and’ unaffected manner. His health is reasonably good, and no doubt will be greatly strengthened by his sojourn here, though time has evidently laid his effacing hand upon his once stalwart frame and constitution. I yesterday noticed him in the Catholic chape! in- side the fort, commingling in the devotions of the little congregation, seated among soldiers and citi- zens, partaking of the solemn ceremonies with evi- dent devotion ; and all, with but one or two excep- tions, being entirely ignorant of the presence in their midst of so great and gooda man. The priest, a | Rev. Mr. Develin, of Portsmouth, delivered an clo | quent appeal to the consciences of all present in | behalf of constant and fervent prayer, and invoked the blessingagof Heaven upon all our ralers and law- givers. It was, indeed, an interesting scene when | Distin, the good old man knelt before the Most High in | he unison with the humble few present, thus proving that before God all are equal, and in His preseace all pomp and title vanishes away. ‘This morning the venerable Judge paid a compli- mentary visit to the garrison, and was received by the troops, paraded under arms, while a salute from a battery’ of light artillery ‘did “honor where honor was due.” The troops were reviewed, and | large number of people were drawn together on the occasion, as has been the case for some weeks past, not only to witness the different evolutions and discipline of the forces, but to enjoy ‘ T cannot con- ceive a more enchanting spot than closed within the walls of Fort Monroe at this season. Aside from the general parade, there are numerous large plots | intersected with fine walks, and the whole amply shaded with noble oak trees, from under which can be seen the daily routine and outlines of a soldiers | duty in garrison, and the inhalation of a healthful breeze epjoyed. Ascend upon the ramparts, and there lies spread ont before you the famous “Hamp- | ton Roads,” bearing upon its bosom the noblest | specimens of marine architecture, besides countless small craft plowing along “wing and wing.” Oppo- | site rears the frowning walls of the “ ip ps,”’ the favorite residence of “Old Hickory,” when once visiting here, and which only requires the final com- ee to render this point of our coast a second | Bibraltar. In the distance lies moored neara bar, | an immense light ay, whose tolling bell salutes each Necage craft, and tells that its keepers are on the alert. Farther south, as far as the eye can dis- cern, may be seen the light house on Cape Henry, and in an opposite direction lies the famed village | of Hampton, surrounded by numerous plantations | and country seats. But while enjoying this feast of vision, the precaution should be taken not to come in contact with the various missiles of war, cannon , balls, thirty-two pounders, &c., which are rather prejudicial to the well being of the “lower extremi- ties, &e.” Another object of attention is the fine cotillon band attached to the Messrs. Willard’s Hotel, discoursing enchanting melody throughout the day and evening. One feels disposed, occa-ionally, to step aside and seek a short respite, which may be found in the billiard rooms, bowling saloons, sea bathing, or inveigling the unsuspecting trout into a frying pan from out of his native element. And crabs, “soft’’ or “hard shell,’ your city never presented a finer assortment, or more disposed to be | “taken in.” { ‘The veritable Frank Pierce is shortly expected to give us a call, a which event, I mean to give you an account of his movements, and of the various “hangers on.” Hoping that the sea breezes of Old Point may occasionally puif into the windows of the Hekap office, carrying with them their train of desired effects, and ‘alleviate the usual smothered spirits and jcrsons of you Gothamites, at this season | o1 the year, lam yours truly, Rip Rars. | } | OUR PIG (OVE CORRESPONDENCE. Srrvenspune, Frederick county, Va.,) dune 17, i864. § The Big Cove—Topography and Properties of its Springs— Beauty of the Surrounding Scenery— Facilities of Access, §c+ Here I have been rusticating very agreeably for the last eight days. As you probably are not fa- miliar with the whereabouts of the spot from whence 1 oil, { must make you acquainted with it. Big Cove is situated about twenty-two miles from Winchester, and two miles from a public graded road, in the county of Frederick, and State of Vir, ginia. The Cove is formed by lofty mountains, nearly surrounding the lower ground, except a nar- Tow passway or gap, through which the pure, salu- brious air reaches the Cove—so remarkably cool, bracing and exhilerating as completely to counteract sultry and +leepless nights, during the oppres- sive summer months, even in this Southern climate of Virginia. The springs flow immediately from the towering and heavily-timbered mountains above described. ‘The water is of the purest kind. One of the springs is white sulphur; another, five yards from the last, is red and white; both are constant, never-failing and beautiful springs, issujag from the pure rock, with- out mud or sediment, except the deposite of white and red sulpbur. Although they have never been analyzed, these waters are known to possess valua- ble medical qualities, and afford speedy and certain relief from diarrhoea, as well as other bilious sum- mer complaints, The remarkably healthy mountain air, and the mevlical properties of these waters, make the Cove a irnly de-irable place. There are one or two other syiings within a few yards of those already do- scribed, of a different kind of water, beneficial to invalids. The Manassus railway, from Alexandria, will be completed to within twelve miles of these springs in four months, ae, was too | | twenty | th | Lam satisfied no such nefarious traffic i | ble and crazing land, and the abundance of wood | average distance of less than one hundred miles, are | feet, and the Hell Gate rivers—debouchin, A person Bf enterprise, and even of moderate il, would make this an important and valnable % Viator, Governor Stevens’ Report on the Blackfoot Council, Wasaineron, June 8, 1854. Sm :—My former communications have made known to the department the arrangements make to secure peace between the [udian tribes east and west of the Rocky Mountains, and to pave the way for a council where shall be present all the tribes not included in existing treaties. These arrange- ments consisted in councils held by myself, at Fort Beuton, with the Blackfeet, at the St. Mary’s valley with the Fiatheads, and with other tribes on my way to the valley of the Colambia, and in devolving upon Mr. Doty, at Fort Benton, and Lieut. Mailan in the St. Mary’s valley, important Indian duties, of which the department has already been informed, Since my list communication I have received ad- ditional information showing the necessity of the council. It must be remarked, however, that great caution has heen exercised not to commit the government to this measur ‘The Indians know that the officers of the govern- ment whom Hey bave met deem it necessary that they wil! stronyly urge it; that, in consequence, the consent and co-operation of the Indians themselves bas been asked aud gained; but that whether it sha'l be held or not will depend on the action of the authorities at home. I trust that the following brief statement of facts will corry copyiction ag to the necessity of the coun: | ‘ cil for the protection of our citizens, 48 well as the protection of the Indians themselves. The Indians whom it is Feopazed, to convene in council at Fort Benton are the Blackfeet, composed of four bands—Piegans, Bloods, Blackfeet, and Gros Venters—and numbering some twelve to fourteen thousand, and the tribes in the Territory of Wash- ington from the Cascades to the dividing ridge of the Rocky mountains, who meet the Blackfeet in sanguinary strife on the plains of the Missouri ia pursuit of Buffalo. Besides which, it is hoped that the influence of the council will contribute to pre- vent the recurrence of difficulties between the Black- tvet and the Crows and Asseneboins. The council directly affects the peace and well being of same -five thousand Indians, east and west of the Kocky mountains, Mr. Doty, in the discharge of his Indian duties, visited in December last some five thousand Black- feet on the Marias river, held councils with their different bands, and was not only received with the greatest hospitality, but was assured by the princi- al chiefs ot their desire to bring to an end these border difficulties, to enjoy the protection of the government, and to learn the arts of civilized life. Their principal chiefs pre-ent at the council held by me in September last, have made great exertions to prevent their youig men going on war parties, and ove of their bravest and most influential chiefs, the | «Little Dog,” was actually attacked and wounded | by the Asseneboins, and yet would not retaliate in consequence of his promise in council to abstain from war. By advices received at a subsequent * period, L have learned that Mr. Doty, in January aad Febragry, was amongst these Indians, and wa3 listened to with the greatest respect. They desire to learn agriculture; and realize fully that the buffalo will soon disappear, and that their only resource will be the cultivation of the soil. Mr. Doty is now making extensive examinations of the adjacent country, running ont the various streams from the Murias to the Three Forks, and from the most westerly bend of the Missouri to Judith river, in order to select the best position for an Indian agency, and ascertain all the facts in re- ference to the adaptation of the country to tillage and grazing. Lieutenant Mullan has been equally active in his exertions to collect information of the Rocky Moun- tain region, in the neighborhood of the St. Mary’s valley, has met and held councils with the Flat- heads and the representatives from other tribes, and has gained the most accurate information in refer- ence to the habits, numbers, and thoroughfares of the Indians who cross the mountains to the Mis- souri plains. In an examination made in December and January, he crossed the Rocky Mountains four times, exploring many beautiful and some extensive valleys, extending his route to Fort Hall, and ac- complishing an aggregate distance of over 700 miles. The Washington Territory Indians he re- porte as bearing in patience tie stealing of horses und the loss of men from the war parties of the Blackfeet, having faith that the government will ultimately protect them. Their heroic character and good faith are most signally exhibited in the folate pathetic incident, which occurred in No- vember last, referred to by Lieut. Mullan and re- ported by Mr: Doty in these word: On the !st of November, six Pend 4’Oreille Indians came to this post, and delivered up all the horses that | were stolen. It appears that they were taken by two young Pend 4’Oreilles and run to the Pend d’Oreille camp, then hunting beyond the Muscle Shell, under the command of the chief of that nation, Alexander. The jorses were recognized by the stamps as belonging to we whites, and the yourg men confessed having stolen them at this post. A council aas held, and it was de termined that it wasa great sin to steal horses from White men who were frienoly to them; that the wishes | of the “Great Soldier Chief,” who had beea atSt. Mary’s, were known to them, and they had promised compliance with them; that stealing these horses would give tho Ferd d’Oreilles the name of liars and triflers; that they had always borne a good name, and were ashamed to have mean things said of them now; therefore, the horses must te taken back by the great chief and five paincipsl men of the tribe. Accordingly they came boldly to the Fort and delivered up the horses, without * asking any reward, but, on the contrary, expressing much sorrow and shame that they had been taken | ‘thus these six Indinns proved themselves not only honest, but brave in the highest degree; coming, as | they did, five days’ and nights’ march into an enomy's country, simply to do an act of justice to strangers. | They remained here two days, and on departing were accompanied by Mr. Clark and myself fifteen or twonty miles on their journey. During their stay here, a number of Piegan warriors about the Fort became very troublesome to the strangers ‘0 much s0, that we were compelled to detail a strong guard for their protection. Suitable presents were given them frcm the Indian goods left with me. Jn a communication from the St. Mary’s valley as late as the 9th of March, I learn that Lieut. Mullan | was then on his way to Fort Benton to expostulate | with the Blackfeet, and that the Blackfeet and Crows were at war to the south. Whilst, however, the tribes of the Territory of Washington, consisting mainly of the Flatheads, Pend d’Oreilles, Coeur d’Alenes, Spokanes, and Nez Perces, and two to three thousand of whom hunt on the Missouri plains each year, and whilst the chiefs | present at Fort Benton are pone vite with their promises, yet never were so many Blackfeet war | parties on the trail as during the past winter. Says Mr. Doty:— About five hundred, principally Piegans, have passed this post on their way to war, since October Ist; about | one hundred were induced to turn back. In the same | time eight hundred or one thousand warriors must have passed above and below the Fort, on their way to the Flatheads, Snakes, and Crows, as I have from time to time heard of lurge parties ot Bloods, Blackfeet, and Gros Venters on the march, and ‘parties are constantly going from the different bands. Several of the chiefs have taken a decided stand for peace, and keep the wariors of their own bands | at home. Others say “this is the last winter we can go to war; next sugamer the white soldiers will stop us; therefore let us steal this winter all the horses we can;” and yét a single white can goin safet: ughout their country, and will be treated wit! hospitality. His only danger would be that he might at night be mistaken for an Indian, and thus lose both his horses and bis scalp. In this connexion, I will call attention to the im- | portance of conciliating these Indians, so that, in the event of war, they may be our friends, The trading posts of the Hudson’s Bay Company extend to the north from the Red river settlements to the Rocky Meuntains, and their influence over the In- dians bas heen great. A competition for the trade of the Blackicet row existe between the American son the Missouri and the British posts on the vatchswan; and it is alleged by Mr. Doty that at | © British posts w: y is farnishe’ the Indians. | cairied on at any American post on the Missouri. The Black- feet, as a general thing, prefer the American to the British trader; and the protection of our govern- ment once extended to them, they will cease to be under foieign influence. But the character of the Rocky Mountain region ce nstituting the boundary between these tribes, its adaptation to settlement, the large quantity of ara- and water, afford an additional reason for the hold- ing of this council. The country must soon and rapidly be settled. I will mention a few character- istic facta, West of the Rocky Mountain divide, and at an the vaileys of the St. Mary and Flathead rivers, the one having its source in the divide, whence water flows to the Snake river on the south and west, and to the three forks of the Missouri on the east, and running nearly due north, the other hay- ing its source in British territory, and running nearly due south; these rivers meet and form Clark’s Fork, and they furnish, separated only by alow di- vide near their confluence, an almost continuous valley, adapted to agriculture and to ieee the climate so mild that cattle need no foddering in the winter, and the mountain — and spurs furnish- ing inexhaustible supplies of lumber and fuel. From the very divide several streams and _ rich valleys de- scend to the St. Mary and the Flathead rivers; the three principal—the Big Blackfeet, the Little or} om the mountains ata single point named Hell Gate. These last, particularly the two latter, are great thoroughfares for Indians, and are of the same ge- neral character as to mildness of climate and free- dom from deep snows, a8 St. Mary’s valley. The arable land west of the divide, and in the very heart | of the mountains, cannot be less than five to six thousand square miles; for it must be remarked that it is not simply the volleys referred to which go tomake up the general ¢stimate, but many la- Y | are required to stop, at mock. | cannot check or control their trains. Fast of the mountains, the country from the di- vide aaepratingt ie vores? of the three forks of the Missoori from of Snake river as far north as the Marias river, is ome of extraordinary richness asa grazing country, and there ae many and ex- tensive tracts well scantod to agriculture. The se- veral river bottoms of the Marias, Teton, Medicine, Dearbon, and some smaller streams farther to the south, are weil supplied with cotton wood. Ia the region of the three forks of the Missouri, the coun- try, though well adapted to grazing, is rather defi- cient in wood. The change in the character of the country on crossing the divide and descending the valley of the Snake river to Fort Hall is remarkable, Lieut. Mallan reports that in the whole distance of one hundred miles the term sterility is alone expressive of the conntry, there being but one fertile spot, oe that Cantonment Loriug, five miles from Fort all. The valleys from the three forks of the Missouri to the Marias, immediately east of the mountains, will furnish several thousand square miles of excel- lent arable land, besides a much larger quantity of pasturage. | am of opinion that ten to twelve thou- sand square miles will be a low estimate of the val- leys. adapted to agriculture in the very heart of and immediately east and west of the mountains in the region between the Blackfeet and the Indian tribes of the Territory of Washington, These valleys pre- sent many celebrated landwarks, which were point- ed out by the Indian guides as the memextoes of Indian strife. ‘The character of thecountry, taken in connection with the facilities of this route, in the excellence of the passes, the abundance of wood, grass and wa- ter, ond the navigability of the Missouri by steam- ers to the vicinity of the Great Falls, must go to | show the necessity of the council, not simply for the protection of the Indian tribes, but for the pro- | tection of our citizens now forming nuclei of settle- | ments in the vicinity of the Great Falls, and in the St. Mary’s valley, and wending their way to the Territories of Oregon and Washington on this route. A party is said to be now starting from Minnesota, and so favorable is the route for wood, water and 1283, that I have no doubt that emigrants to these ‘erritories will seek it from the line of the Platte. From our most experienced hunters and trappers, who have lived vom on the Yellow Stone, and are familiar with al] the passes in the Black hills, I am satisfied that the northern passes can be reached from the line of the Platte at several points between Council Blofls and Fort Laranje. A choice of routes is an obvious advantage in case of a lar; emigration, which is going on this year, and is likely to go on for some years to come. The nevigability of the Missouri to the vicinity of the Great Falls, for steamers of from eighteen to twenty inches, at all seasous of the year when the | river is not obstructed by ice, and for steamers of from thirty to thirty-six inches, for one half of the season, determined by the recent survey of that river, and to be in‘erred from its navigability for keel-boats drawing twenty-two inches at the lowest stage, lightering at severa! points, and for keel- boats of eighteen inches without lightering, has an important bearing on this question. idea, the members of the fur companies who have been, or are now, in charge of posts on the Missouri-—as Robert Campbell, Alexander Culbertson, Mr. Clarke and others—simply from their own practical expe- rience in the use of tkese keelboats, have long been satisfied as to the navigubility of this river for steamers, and would not hesitate to employ them did their business warrant it. The head of ‘steam- boat navigation on the Missouri river is only about five hundred miles from that on the Columbia, and it cannot be doubted that it will prove an important route of communication. The care ae of the Nicaragua transit route when iron-hull stern-wheel boats, drawing from 13 to 17 inches of water, and carrying four hundred passengers with their ba: gage, and of the Allegheny river in Pennsylvania, and the little Tombigbee in Alabama, is conclusive on this question. Ihave submitted the practical difficulties of the navigation of the Missouri, with its currenta, rapids, sand bars, and sudden deflections, to the considera- tion of experienced men who have been the pioneers on these rivers, and are skilled both in the con- stroction and the running of boats, and they are satisfied that steamers of very considerable tonnage, and carrying many passengers, can be used on this river the entire distance to the vicinity of the Falls; | and @ company now in Oregon, who are running a line of steamers on the bo Lng! Willamette, are con- templating extending another season the line of the Columbia, from its present terminus at the Dalles, to Wallab Wallah. The Missouri river furnishes the natural channel of goods for the proposed Indian for the supplying | council at Fort Benton, and also for the permanent supply of goods to Indians in the eastern portion of the Territory of Washington. Should no action be had in this matter till so late eriod of the session that the council cannot be held till another year, it nevertheless ought to be made this session, in order that timely notice may be given to the Indians, the preparations be made with care, and nothing omitted to secure its com- Bat success. The funds will be wanted for the ical year for which appropriations are now being made, and the Indians now looking forward to the council will fee] that they have been trifled with, unless definite information can be given to them in relation to it the present year. I submit these facts and considerations with the earnest hope that, when placed before Congress. they may show the absolute necessity of the council to the preservation of peace among the Indians, and the protection of the property and persons of our citizens ; and that the present opportunity may be availed of, when these tribes are desirous to be on permanent relations of amity with our government and with each other. 1am, sir, very respectfally, your most obedient, Isaac I. Strvens, Governor and Superintendent of. Territory of Washington. Hon. George W. Manypenny, Commiasioner of Indian Affuirs, Washington, D. C. The Trouble on the Erie Ratlroad. THE STRIKE OF RAILROAD ENGINEERS. To Tas Epitor oF THE New York Darty Timns— My attention has been called to an article in this day’s iesue of your Late the head of ‘Strike of Rail- | 7 Ww! road Engineers,” which is so manifestly unjust to the Superintendent of this road, in placing the questions at issue between him and the engineers unfairly before the public, that I deem it my duty to endeavor to correct the erroneous impressions therein given. In the article referred to, it is stated that the engineers ‘do not demand an increase of wages, but require the company to rescind a recent regulation, which causes the discharge of every engineer whose engine runs off the track; und, after his discharge, prevents him from ghtaining’ employment on any other road by posting im The only foundation fo: the remark quoted, is the fact that by one of the rules of the road they are required to approach switches cautiously ani at a reduced rate of speed, and they must not approach a station where th arate of speed that th They are required to see that the switcbes are turned right, and should they neglect to do so, and ran off the track in conse quence, at a station where they are required to stop, they would incur the risk of dismissal; but not for running off the track between or at intermediate stations, ex- cept for gross wilfulness or neglect. Should an engineer be cischarged under such circumstances, the Superin- tendent of the Division discharging him would give notice to the Superintendent of other Divisions, and ho | would be prevented from obtaining employment in the same capacity on any other part of the road. No obliga- tion exists bitween this and any other company not to engage men who have been discharged under any cir- cuinstances; but this company gives notices to the offi- cers of three branch roads connecting with theirs, of dis- miasal, leaving it to their own digeretion to engage them or not, as they may see fit. If rules are necessary for the proper managemont of a raihoad, itis indispensable that those rules should be a'rictly obeyed. The rule referred to is practicable, and belicved to be necestary and proper for the protection of passengers, and for the safety of the engineers them- relves, and has been in force and has produced most satisfactory results during several weeks past; but if our right to didcharge for its violation be denied, and we are prevented from exercising this right, then tue rule be- ¢: ree a nullity, and we may as well strike off that and every otver rule, to the violation of which the penalty of dismiseal is attaches ‘The remark that ‘Mr, McCallum has declared his in. tention to hold the engineers on this road to this strict accountability,” and that ‘his predecessor, Mr. Minot, was in the habit of offering to engineers a gratuity of five dc lars for each month in which no accident happened to their engines,”” would leave it to be inferred that while one enforces discipline and performance of duty by penal: ties, the other stimulated to it by rewards; which is not the fact, as the same gratuitics are now offered that were during Mr. Minot’s administration. In order to socure engineers of the best character, it ig notorious that this company is paying as, high wages, if not higher, than any other railroad in this country, and no duty la required of thems Satis nob regerded oo essential for the eafoyy and good management of the trains. Very respecifuily, your obedient servant, HOMER RAMSDELL, President. Office N. ¥. & Erie R. R., New York, June 20. P. 8.—The editor of the Daily Times will oblige mo, and do a service to railroad managers and employes gen- erally, if not to the travelling public, whose safety is in- rolved in the question of the responsibility of the Super. intendent, and the degree of firmness which he has cause to exercise in enforcing his rules and_ regulations, by publishing the following elsculars. They explain thempelves. H. R., President. NEW YORK AND ERIE RAILROAD. Orric, GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT, } Naw York, June 19, 1854. At a meeting of the engineers of the Eastern, Dela- 4 Susquehannah divisions of the New York and road, to deliberate on the proper course to be in regard to certain rules and regulations pre- for their government in the running and manage- ment of trains, and by them deemed onerous and oppres- it was resolved that John Donohue, Bel cuit , innis be appointed a committes to visi rintendent, and present their views and & written statement of their grievances. | In purse: of the above resolution, the committee submitted said statement, and requested me to give my teral valleys must be included—some, and those es- | pecially in the vicinity of the Flathead lake, being | committee, 1 furnished | Of remarkable beauty and fertility. interpretation of the rules complained of, which was | immediately done. Subsequently at the request of the it in writing, the anme having | been given verbally on tho first interview. The follow- = ing is a copy of the questions pro) ovaded, and 0 Jom )Winusam Scarini:, nd Jom C. MHS, ‘1o Jouw Dononvun, a . Makanexrs, i Committee. Gentlemen—You proposed to me the following ques- tions-— 1. How do you explain the 5th and 6th Rule of Supple- mentary Instruction, dated May 6, 18547 ply means this, that the engineer is responsible for running off at 2 switch at a station where his train stops, whether he shall run off before or after receiving a signal to go forward from # switchman or any erson position of the in the matte ations where his train sto; ‘The engin ip no manner responsible for ranning off at a switch where his train does not stop, whether said switch is lighted or not, or her there is or ia not # target, or whether the targe! is right or wrong; nor when he is backing out of or into a switch, or when a switch is turned wrong after having been seen to be right. The engineer is expected to report all. switches which he finds wrong, and the abrence of all lights at switches or crossings where usually shown, which I understand to be the true meaning of that portion of the fifth rale as you will see by rule Gth that you are entirely reliev from the responsibility of running off at a awitch where you do not stop. 2. What do you understand to be the meaning of rule 89, referred to in Supplementary Instructions of May 16? That youare to run past stations where your train should be recelving or discharging passengers. By the term ‘much reduged rate of speed,’’ I shall be satis- filed by your running past a ‘station where you do net stop at duch a rate of speed as you are willing to hazard ‘on your own account, we reserving the right in this, in all cases, to decide when an enginner is running ree! lessly. But the Cpe fact that you do run of at a switch at a station where you do not stop, will not of itself be considered an evidence of reckleasness. We expect you will use all due diligence in ing time on the road, which you may conceive consistent with proper safety to yourself er train, and you will be Tully justifed in taking just such reasonable means to insure safety as you may think proper, bn eo always, that the road must be run safe first, and fast afterward; this you will not consider as justifying you in taking such an advantage of the same as to lose hours where minutes would be sufficient. 8. What is the meaning of the rogulations which pro- vide that notices shall be given of al! dismissals to eacl Division Superintendent, aud to Superintendents of co1 necting rosds? In the first place, let me say that no arrangement has been made, nor has any obligation been entered into tween this company and any other company not to en- gage persons who have been dismissed from other roads, All persons dismissed from the road are entitled to re. ceive from the officer dismissing them a full and true statement of the cause of such cismissal, the time they have served the company, and the reputation they have heretofore sustained, all particulars connected there- with, and any palliating circumstance there may be in the case. Respectfully yours, D. C. McCALLUM, General Superintendent. The committee have since placed in my hands the fol- | lowng communication: thority Susquewanna, June 17, 1854. D. ©. MoCarium, Esq., General Superiutendent N. Y. and E. RR. | Sin:—Your decision in regard to the matter before you | this afternoon bes been laid before the engineers, and upon due reflection they have unanimously resolved to | reject it ‘Accompanying this you will find the papers containing our causes of complitint Respectfully yours, &e., JOHN DONAHUE. JOMUN ©. MEGINNTS, WILLIAM SCHRIER. With this communication, under ordinary circum- stances, the correspondence and negotiations might be considered terminated. ‘The rules, and my interpretation thereof, are deemed unsatisfactory, and the eagineers give notice of their intention to withdraw from the ser- view of the company. 1 regret that they ii not con- {t consistent with thet jntereste to give longer. no- | tice—three days being a Very short time to make the ar- | rangemerts requisite to weet ve'r action, Their right, however; thus to withdraw f+ pot disputed; and it is pre- sumed they will as readily concede my right to prescribe and enforce such rules and regulations as 1 may deem necessary to discharge the duties imposed on me. Of this chatacter are those objected to. [consider them of | vital importance in operating the road, not only for the | protection of the travelling community, and interests | aud property of the company, but for the safety of the engineers themselves, and other persons employed on the trains. I cannot, therefore, consent to annul or raodify them, however much I may regret losing the services of those whom I have found to be such valuable and effi- ent assistants, That there may be no misunderstanding on this sub- Ject, and that all interested may know my views, I have | Goemed it proper to write this communication. The per referred to in the note of the committee of the ‘th instant, purports to bea statement of grievances; it does not contain the genuine signatures of the individ- uals whose names are appended, or any evidence of their consent to have their names so used; yet it is not doubt- ed that it was authorized. I have been assured, however, | by several of them, that they do not now subscribe to | the views expressed in said statement, and have applied, | both personally and in writing, to have their names | atricken therefrom. The object of this communication, therefore, fs to no- tity there applicants, and such others as inay desire to avail themselves of it, that if within three days from the morning of June 20, they will signify to their respective superintendents, in writing or otherwise, their wish to remain aud comply with the instructions, they will be afforded an opportunity, and can do so with the full assurance that what has trauspired in connection with this subject. will not be used to their disadvantage —tull credit being given to them for having acted cons entiously, though with misteken views, in the matt The places of those who do not give notice within that time will be supplied by others ; and I taxe this opportunity to remark, that all employés feeling disea- tisfied with the rules or regulations of the road, iastend of grumbling and complaining of their injustice, would do well to imitate the conduct of those engineer: who peaceably withdraw from service rather than comply with rules deemed by them to be oppressive. D. ©. McCattum, General Superintendent. OFFICE OF THE‘NEW YORK AND ERIE RAILROAD COM- PANY. New York, June 19, 1854. Thave addressed a reply to the communication of John Donahue, William Schrier, and John C. Maginnis, a com- mittee ees on the part of the engineers of the | Eastern, Delaware, and Susquebanna divions, of which the following is a copy. HOMER RAMSDELL, President. OFFICE OF Ou YORK AND ERIE RAILROAD COM- PANY. New York, June 19, 1854. To Jonx Doxanvs, Joun C. Mecinnis, AND WILLIAM SORIER, Committee: | _ Sms—I am in receipt of your letter of the 17th inst., | and also a copy of the communication of the Engineers whom you represent, to the General Superintendent of the road, in which you and they object to certain rules | for the running of the trains. ‘I have read both with at tention and regret that any difference should exist be- | tween the engineers and the Superintendent in regard to the rules and discipline which are necessary to be estab- lished for the efficient monagement of the road, and the safe transport of passengers and property, as well as the men engaged in the service of tho company; but I cannot interfere in the matter. I hold the superintendent responsible for the manner in which the trains nre run, and after giving my sanc- tion to the rules which are regarded salutary and neces- sary in conducting them, I must sus‘ain bim in carrying out those rules, even though in the effort temporary de- rangement may result therefrom. I trust, however, that the good rense of the men em- ployed on the New York and Erie Railroad, their regard for the success of the great work ou which they are en- | geged, andthe safety of the Valuable lives which are in agreat degree committed to th care, and also the raiety of thle own persons, will evidence to them that wise and wholesome rules for the management of the trains are necessary, and I need not remind you that rules to be salutary and useful must be rigidly obeyed. H. RAMSDELL, President. Svusquenanna Darot, Pa, June 20, 1854. i TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEW YORK HERALD. On behalf of the engineers of the New York and Erie Railroad, we have deemed it proper to lay be fore the public a statement, wherein is contained the causes of our refusing to remain longer in the employ of the above company:—On the first of May last, by the resignation of Mr. Charles Minot, Mr. D. C. McCallum succeded him as the General Superintendent of the road. During the adminis- tration of Mr. Minot, as Superintendent, there was issued a book of instructions for the running of the trains on the road, as per Section 89, which reads as follows:— He (the engineer) must pass by stations where his train does not stop, ata much reduced rate of speed, and haul up where trains are receiving or discharging passengers, Section 92—Every engineer in approaching a road or switch, should move at a moderate speed, sat see that the way is clear before he reaches it. It the switch be not seen to be right, he should stop till he is sure, and avery good excuse will be required for running off ata switch left on the wrong track. The absence of the proper lights at those switches or crossings where usually shown, is to be considered as a sign to stop the train, which the ineer must always do, and he must not proceed till he is sure that all is right, and all such omissions of lights must be reported to the Superintenden’ Under such instructions we were willing to work, as in case of accident a just and due opportunity was always allowed for the engineers to show cause, if any, that no blame could be attached to them for the misfortune. Thaton the 15th day of May last, there was issued a gna s to general in- eee of March 6, 1854, which reads as fol- lows:— Rule 1. Station its will be held strictly responsible for the position of all switches at those stations, and a like responsibility will devolve upon switchmen in charge of turnouts where there is no agent. Rule 6. Every engineer will be accountable for run- ning off & switch atany station where his train stops; but he will not be held responsible for ranning of switch at a station where his train does not stop. In rule 1st you will notice that the station agents “are held responsible for the position of the switches atthe station. This is as it should be, as you and al who travel know that it is the dut; 1a ine in gineer to keep the running pes his @1 order, and much of his time is so occupied at the 3 and it is understood to be stations where he sto, the duty of one man to look out for an engine and the statement in order. We do not make an engineer his attention THE ENGINEER'S STATEMENT. cannot at times have <7 taken from the engine placed on the rond, Sats eee for him, and for the safety of all who are with him, to pay due attention io his and the guages and the running part of his engine, which attention is more needed at his entering and leaving the stations than at any other time, which duties cannot be attended to by any other person. But we complain that inthe action under the supple Loree fiers the engineer had been discharged, when all who knew of the facta in the case could not attach any blame to hin for the misfortune, and the station agent, who in rule Ist is held responsi- ble, is still retained in the employ of the company. Now let us look at this point in its true bearing. We do not deny but that we can take a general sur- vey of the road and switches, and to see that no obstruction is on the track; but that it ia a matter of im bility for us to note all the switches without neglecting some other im- portant duty which is assigned to us, as in some of the stations where we stop there are from six to twelve switches on the main track; many of | these switches are without lights, and it is a matter of impossibility for ns to discern them in the night. It is a known tact of brakemen and switchmen being discharged from the employ of the company an stil retaining the keys of the switch. These men, out of a spi + of enmity or malice towards us or the company, deprive us of our situations by placing the switch in a wrong position; and, under the existii laws, there is no means for us to obtain redress, bat at that moment we are discharged men, and our names eae on each division and branch of the road. We have not at any time upbeld those who could be proved of reckless running, as we have al- ways considered it as much to our advantage as that of the company that such men should be dis charged. But we hold that we have a right to be heard in vindication of any misfortune 1 may befal us. At our first conference with Mr. McCallum the following supposition was made by one of us :— “Sir, I, as an engineer, ‘have been in the employ of the New York and Erie Railroad Company for a pe- riod of about six years, during which time a train has never been detained, or any accident occurred through any mismanagement of mine. Now, if, on entering this station, I should be so unfortunate ag merely to run my forward trucks off the switch, doing no damage to the engine or cars, which switch had been placed wrong, would it be right, under all circumstances, for me to be discharged! ad Mr. McCallum answered it would. It is from under such arbitrary rules and measures that we seek to escape. We Lelieve that we are men who are still de- sirous of life, and point to service of years in the oom- any’s employ. When we say that we have been faithful in all the trusts imposed upon u3, and that we look back with a spirit oben that throu, our exertions and that of the administration of Mr. Minot, a confidence has been gained by the travel- ing community, that extra trains are now needed over that of any other season. A circular dated New York, June 19, 1854, issued by D. C. McCallum, contains the following: — Tconsider them (the rules) of vital importance in operating the road, not only for the protection of the travelling community, and interests and proporty of the company, but for the safety of the engineers themselves and other persons empioyed on the traina, With all due deforence to tie knowledge of Mr. MeCalium—what is best for our satety/—that know- ledge having been attained by him ia a period of about three or four years, we still claim, as men of discernment, to know what is safe aud just for us to work under, our knowledge having been attained, oem the engine and in the shop, throagh a period of from four to twenty years, and in almost every country in which railro:ds are in existence. Mr. McCallum also sets forth in his circular that « state- ment of the grievances had been presented to him, but did not contain the genuine signatures of the individuals whose names were appended. Mr. McCallum well knew that he was infurmed that the statement of grievances, with the ovigiaal signa- tures attached, could be had for him, but which he did not desire—the said original statement having been personally signed by the engineers on the three divisions, with the exception of some three or four. One of the most-serious causes of complaint against the regulations of the company, ‘and of which we have asked a repeal, was the publishing to all roads of this regulation which we have asked them to repeal. Tir. McCallum, in his: circular of the 19th, does not answer the question, as asked by us, neither does he deny that notices are given of dismissals, with such other statements, detrimental to the party dismissed, as the company may choose te make; and we ask the impartial public to judze if we have not the most serious cause of compiaint, and a most justifiable cause for our resignation. Now, with all due deference to the President, and Superintendent, and managers ot the road, we beg to inform them that we, as well as themselves, have minds to discriminate what is justice, and that we are not,as they may have improperly judged, like the machinery we manage, entirely to be destroyed by the carelessness of the switchmen, and others, over whom we have no control. Our lives and limbs we have always hazarded, but our reputations are too valuable for the price they offer. Joun Donanuz, Joun C. Mrainnrs, Ww. Scurter, the Engineers of the New Committee on behalf of York and Erie Railroad. Mr. Dickinson and the Nebraska Bill, A long communication has appeared in the Bingham- ton Democrat under the head or Why the Missour evn promise should be repealed,’’ which is said to have been the Iden that Ms, Dickiason wea oppoudlto the Soabal ot '. Dickinson was 0; fo re; the Missouri compromise. Per igre BinanamTon, June 19, 1854. James GorpoN Benner, Esq. : Deat Str—The above I clip from the Heraup of gpd last. The weakness and peculiar vein of the icle referred to must be my apology for troubling you with this note. The communication in the Lenocrat was not written by the Hon. D. 8. Dickinson, but is here generally ascribed to the pen of a somewhat Bonger and leas experienced head. Whatever Mr. Dickinson’s views on the Nebraska bill are, he has not as yet made them public, al- though the eae Demverat, pr his | rother, and his home organ, supports the bill Jam an admirer and supporter of Mr. Dickinson, and, together with all his political friends here, sap- port the Nebraska bill, and have no doubt but that such are his views. Respectfully yours, T. Supreme Court—General Term. Hon. Judges Roosevelt, Clerke and Watson on the Bench. THE CANAL AND WALKER STREET IMPROVEMENT. JUNE 21.—In the matter of extending Canal and ipo) Walker streets.—Judge Watson, of Cute- Kill, took his seat on the bench instead of Judge Mitchell, who, being a property holder, objected to take part in the proceedings. The case came up this morning on appeal from the judgment of Special Term, which contirmed the report of Commissioners of Estimates and Asvcay mente. Mr. Whiting opened the argument for tie the objectors who submit that they are extensive roperty holders, that they will suffer mach Inss by he proposed alteration, and some of them coni- plain that no award has been made to them for the property that will be taken from them, by the open- ing and extending of those streets. The documenta before the Court are of the same voluminous charac- ter, and the objections and arguments precisely similar to those 80 repeatedly urged in the previous phases of the same case. Theatres and Exhibitions. Broapway Tueatre.—The selections of drama- tic pine for this evening consist of the “Insh Yankee,” the amusing piece called “Oar Gal,” in which Mrs, Williams sustain the character of Caro- line Morton, and the “Irish Lion,” with Mr. Wil- liams as Tim Moore. Bowery Taeatre.—The spectacle of the “‘Naiad een” will commence the amusements at this atre, after which Mod. Margaretta Olinza will perform her surprising ascension on the tizht rope, and the melodrama of ‘“‘Masaniello” will conclude the entertainments. Nre.0’s Tuxarre—The Ravels will this evening in the fairy spectacle called the “Green Monster,” and Mile. Yrca Mathias, Mad. Marzett, te! Ne ail M. Sa and other dis- iy e4 ist a In the grand di tiscment of “Seven Dances.” wi pa Nationa, Tueatre.—An entertainment of great attraction is offered by the manager of this estab- lishment for this evening. The drama of ‘Ken- neth” will commence the amusements, after which Mons. Devani will give his t feats of postr and the musical drama of “Swiss Swaina” terminate all. AmEnican Musgum.—The amusing comedietta entitled “The Partition Suit,” and. the laughable Trish farce of “ The Happy ‘Man,” are the selec- tions for the afternoon. The celebrated drama of “ Raffaele” will be repeated in the evening. Cunisty’s Orrra Hovse.—Several five songs, overtares, burlesques and dances are an- nounced for this evening. barletts Woor’s Minstne1s.—The new called “ Black Douglas” is worth seeing. Buosiey’s SerEnapEns.—‘ Somnambula” is as attractive and well performed as ever. — Court—Part First. fore Hon. Judge Slosson. DEATH OF HON. JUDGE BARCULO. Jone 21.—Mr. Sedgwick moved that this Court out of respect to the memory of Judge Bar- , of the Supreme Court of Poughkee and Kings county, whose death took place ye-terday at the residence of his father, No. 12 West Nineteenth « street, in this city. Judge Slosson concurred in the motion, and dt rected the adjournment to be recorded in the minutes, PART SECOND. Before Hon. | Camy On motion of Mr. Henry E. Davi of the court was adjourned, out of memory of the late Judge Barculo, bell. , this branch respect te the