The New York Herald Newspaper, November 17, 1867, Page 10

§ 1 PAKE’S OPERA HOUSE. Progress of the Work—Full Details and Description of the Building—What It Is to Be When Completed—Style of Its Decorations—Its Interior and Exterior—Facts, Figures aud Dimensions, Tt te a gratifying indication of the steady and vigorons growth of dramatic art that managerial enterprise and feat keep adequate pace with the growing. taste for bigber, purer and more idea) representations among the patrons of ihe modern drama The drama during the past twenty years, with some exceplions, has made satisfactory and ennodling progress towards a bett ad more elevaied standard; and with this progress the demand for dramatic temples suited to the growing sen- sument of the age bas advanced also, The result is apparent in the magnificent edifices which have been secontly dedicated to the Muse in various parts of the country, some of them n rivalling the palaces of the Onent in grandeur of decoration, minutences of detail and georgoonsness of finish. The rationale of this is ebvious. The civilizing tendencies of the age affect society io all its relations, and as the age advances the tames of the people become more fastioiows, The same taste that dewands a revival of the legitimate in litera- ‘are and the hmuer’s art demands likewise a Ingher siandard of dramatic art and better theatres than have Derviofore been the fashion, Finished and cultivated acting In tae atmosphere of an undecorated theatre would be equr! to placing a kingly feast in a pauper’s Rat, or an elegant sword in a clumey sheath, Bome thought of this kind must have passed through the mind of Mr, & N, Pike, of Cinciepati, when no con- chided to erect the elegant and costly uptown edifice, mow very nearly completed, The enterprise is purely sn individual one, He has called to bis aid none of tne Joint stock manipulators who aro so common nowadays, Dut, relying upon his large and extended practical ex perience, his great evergy and perseverence and bis tmmense capital—report makes bim worth folly three miilions—he has gone to work zealously and fearle-sly bo complete a magnificent work that will long redound to bis credit. Looming grand!y up high above al! other buildings on Whe avenue, a marble piie of gigantic size and handsome Proportions, stands the building which 19 destined to ®ccupy a conspicuous position among the popular theat- tical edifices of New York. The establishment ts located an the wost side of Eighth avenue, commencing at the corner of (wenty-third street and occupying nearly half the Diock northeriy. The frontage ou Kighth avenuo ig 112 feet north from the corner of Iwenty.third street, and the frontage on Twenty-third street is 120 feet west from tho corner of the avenue, The ground plan is of irregular formation, the opera house being built berween the two Streets an | pot directly in rear of the corner building. Tne ‘xtreme depth, west from E guth avenue, is 328 feet; giv. tmg a lot of ground in round figures of about 149 by 275, besides an additional jot on Twenty-fourth street of 79 leet front by 55 deep, running back to the westerly end wf the north boundary of the principal lot, and making fm the aggregate fully 47.500 superficial teet, The gorner building Is four stories bigh and constructed entirely of marble, oxcept the lower story, which is of ernawental iron work. Tbe foundations are deep an dread, and the main walls are severai feet thick and wubetaatially secured. The exterior Guish of this ele- jt marbie structure js a combination of the Italian jd Corinthian orders. Over the principal entravce on Eighth avenue rises @ magnificent Corinthian portiro, pupperting two marble figures representing Music and Comedy. above these, and standing out trom the third story, aro ‘the statues of Shakespeare snd Mozart in bas-relief, and surmeunting all, the summit of the edifice, stands an eleganity Bienes and eplendidiy executed group in marble, Apotio being the cen | figure and avide and Erato ap- These feautu: added to the a beauty of the building, serve to seoder it oxteriorally one of the finest in the city. ‘Tue interior of the bu'lding merits fully as rinute feseripuon as exterior, The ba-ement floor is a foom 60x90 feet, and will be devoted to the purposes of + restaurant and fitted up in a style suited to the mds which it is to subserve, Upon the firat Boor there are four sores, each seventy-five weet «deep; two on enber ide of the gracd gatrance of Eighth ue. On the second and extending through to the fourth story fe a splendid hall, designed for musical ball room purposes, occupying an xres G7,93 feet. and 33 feet hich, containing Neries and orchestra stand, the whole ornamented by jumns, spend. and other devices of av elaborave pad beautifaldesigo, There will be two entrances to Wis grand hail,one on Eighth avenue and one on enty-third street, each tweniy-throe feot wile, Ad- wing tue ball on the second story Is a large supper wm, and above it, on the fourth floor, are toes ‘or @ meciiags, committes rooms, &e. This elevant bdifice is eugh'y-five feet birch eud is surmoanred by an Atirac ive aud substantially built Mansard roof. Tbe Upera House is located between Twenty-third and fwenty-fourth streets, in the rear of tho musble struc: fure already described; bat, of course, in pearly the inte of the block, Ty 1 situated sixty eight feet from euty-third strest amd stety-’ fees from Twenty fourth street, fronting joward Eighth avenue, but 111 feet trom it Ite Mmensions are:—186 tet deep oy eighty feet wide, excl f the vestibule on the and connect og with corner baildi which a forcy by eighty feet. Tae auduorium, from floor te Petiing. 15 seven'y feet high, and is divided juto par- wea) Parquet circie, dress circle and famliy circle. The du: accommodate fully 2,600 people. la no seats already men:ioned there are ven boxes in the dress circle, which will ac- four per-ons each, and stz presceniam Toomy and eiegant, sixieen feet wide, tw p and ten feet high. The decorations of Opera {louse arc magnificent The siyle i¢ somewhat capriciows and varied, Dut more veariy resembies the Kiszabethan then any other order. fhe aim has been nity to barmon'ze everything, coior, ornament and style, so that the effect id be both strikia; nod satisfactory, The walls are plastered an panelled in oil, mostly of light tint in bag fehef. The second tier is wih smail eupiis sod musical devices and the third tier ‘WHEN raised wreaths of flowers in git, The pilisre eup- porting (he tiers wre also handsomely orvamented with Paleed circhog wronths of leaves. dress circte boxes are in white and gold, raised panels with roal orsament<, The prosceniom Js e-rresponding!y ornamented with pil far: of cal ola, sn imitation of pormbyry, and are draped ‘with curtains of white sod blue. The decorations ot the 0; jum are very elegant and elaborate, the flat eur. being covered with rich and pleating desizns, and & @ whole surmounied with massive trusses baving gid- @d oruameatations exquisite design and execu. tion Tbe ceinng fs cuvered ih substantial @anvas, apd pon & Diese ground encirvling eopols or dome are pine reg representing the ni Tansee jn in tinted colors ex. cuted with great artis’ ic wud af fes'e aud skill by Mr, PF. Aucen, The romainder of the @/ the Opera House is the dome, which surmounts eonire of the anditoriam, aed which, through beautifully Matved windows, admits seMotent daviight to fil ai ris of the builcing, [hie dome te thirty feet tp pameter and contains am inoer gallery tp whicd are jace:! el, bi Ogures in statuesque, made of paper mache jo imitation of marble and corresponding in poriti ‘WkD tho cyuses upon the ceiling. These figures are ea: five feet in height, appropritely deaigued, and each Dearing & cluster of burvera, The cupola, which @rowns the dome is octagonal in form, con'sining a eky Mgt sixveen feet in dameter Eacirciing the jover rom Of the dome are lines of gar j-v, which whee 4 iato reyuisition wil tend vo brighten the bril- Pent effect of bree and style, T @ «rats of the opera Rouse are upbol tered 1a erimuson plush, as are also the @anings Of dress circle aud proscenium boxes, The pre- ‘vathe, inte ihrougboot the audioriom are white ead @oid, Lhe dive ground of the ceiling and curtains of tbe jum boxes beng the only exceptions, ii i bat mmo justice to add that the elaborate decorations of tue interior are dae entirety to the taste and skit) of str. @. Gordicios, the seme ertist who derigned Mr. Pike's Crociunatl Opera Hoese The papier mache ornamenia- tions are the work of H. Thibaait, Perbape the moet important adjunet, if not the priset- pal featuce of the mew opera bouse is the sage, which, ‘Web one exception, is the most od. ap @tage if seventy feet deep cheat beight of Ofiy fee, wa Blasted through solid rock—thirty-twe by fory icet, and tweniy-three feet trom stage floor to couar r. Thie excavation is fued op with the customary me. ehinery requisite for and dramatic perform. ences, such as (rapa, &o., the jaiter being so erranged thet at a moment's notice a real bridge can be Ferner MO the stage without we sid ot seengorary and carpenter's horees, On each side oft are the wscal Lo gee on 2 fer managing gcenery, The scenery, w! ie new in of completion, ander the supervisios of W. joey tin and Bernard ‘Will be of ine most elaber. (it See varied chanastee, will be ecenes adapted to every clase of mm Tepresentation, wcludieg the spectacular matic. The drop fe'being pateved. by Mrs sna tit bon warvel ir. F. ine Oper M pecereary i fl = q be shifted entirety out of the way, lava Cigar tor a transfo:rmytion to 9 bali reom chamber, A ‘alxe floor can alo be p'aced the parquetie, extending from t the foarth seat of the parquette circie, maki suMecieatiy extensive to accommodate fully 8x aerts, When devoted to terpsicherean pu " ‘elaborately des goed arch is to be placed ip the centre of the prosoenruin, exteoding from which to the extreme depth of ibe stave, line wie the sdes of the pro- scenium, wil be eight massive ornamented columns of white aod gilt, The spandril will likewise be ornamented with carved designs in gilt, corresponding 1» coir and style with the prevailing ren of the theatre. Back of the pillars mentioned and at the outer sides of the stage will be alcoves Stted up in elegant style for all whe are “weary of dance and play,” the whole pre-enting from the auditorium a palace prcetes sazivalled meeniionem and splendor, ‘qr intention of 0 to louse about (he middie of Densaiber suk 8 bain it ig understood that the building has been engag’d for that purpose by the known Baxter Society of this euy, 8 the building witl be devoted to tne Ital Madame La Grange will ajsume i part, With peculiar good sense and forethought Mr. Pike bas provided the mo t spacious aod liberal accommods- tions for the entrance and exit of bis patrons, ai he appears to have avcompti:bed with an eye single to the eafety and convenience of the amusement-golng public. With one or two exceptions th ra is pet a theatre 1» New York. and but few in the Unied States, wher ¢ the safety of audiences is taken int) considera tion in the provision of suitable accommodations of this character, Although one of the most important ad- juncts of a theatre or opera house, it is the ope most Trequentiy negiecied, and often in the pasta neglect that haa been ate: with disastrous consequences Ex and common sense have prompted “ir Pike to make a liberal provision for his audiences in this te . Jos grena @ptrance is on Eighth avenne, in the centre of the warble bunding; is in the clear twenty-one feet wide, eiguteen feet high, and extending veetward to the veatibule, a distance of about seventy feet, The Twenty- third street entrance is twenty-four feet wide, eighteen feet high, extendimg northward forty-seven feet, and also terminating in the vestibule, Both of these en- i) be Detween ornamental pillars of elabora’e finish, and will con'aio numerons recepta- Un Twenty-fourth street, two doors from the corner of Eighih has been erected a four story brick building of twensy-nine feet frontage and fil'y-fire feet deep. A portion of tne lo story of thr building Is devoted to the family circle entrance, which is broad and spacious enongb to accommodate a larve crowd, The rewatoder of nre will be oceupied for purposes with ine nd scenery Besides those aireaty mentioned, there are other avenues of erress that can be used im an emergency. Tho total area of available entrance and exit room iw fully ninety feet- a» point that ehould be gratefully remembered to the credit of Mesars, Pike antl i Keiween the marble building and the Opera Honse is a handsome vestibule, gved for promenade, connect- ing on the east with the auditorium, This vestibule is forty-three by elvhty feet and thirty feet high, eon- tains ihe grand staircase leading to the dress circie, and is bgnted by a dome similar, though smaller, to the ove surmonnting the auditorium, In fhe reer of the Opera Horse has been erected a substantial brick buitding, thirty-three feet high, fifty feet deep and forty three feet wite, which 18 to be neen- ped ior supper rooms, sitting rooms and retiring apart- mente, Ground was broken for this stately and magnificent structure in Ovtober Jast and tbe maio building was en- closed in March, Since that time about one hundred workmen have beer id dh in various capacities about the work aad now the en erprise approaches suc- cesstol completion The entire carpenter work bas been under the direct sipermtendence and manag»ment of Mr. T. H. Venderwerken, a veteran builder, and whose jong service in Mr. .Pil mploy has entitled him to the fullest confidence and respoot, The Opera House, it as confidently exproted, will be completed by the middie of next month, and the camer builds will be ready for occupancy @ short time thereafter, The const of the . structures e@ompleted will amount to fully million doliars and will be one of the most perfect of the kind in the couatry, ° Mr. 8 N. Pike, the projector of this enterpriee, iv jas recently purchased a fine residence on ‘wenty-third street, near the Opera House, and intends to make New York his fature home, although his numer. ous epierprives in Cin ‘ati will necessarily require much of bis time and attention to be divided between the two cities, At the present time Mr, Pike is con- stracting a new concert room in Cincinnati, to be seven- ty-five by one bundred nnd twenty-e'git feet, and to be Snished in the most substantial and elegant manner. The cost of t ruciture when completed wiil exceed haifa million dollars, and the auditorium will sccom- modate fully 8,500 persons, * House 50 iar It must be coafessea that Mr. Pike ie considerable ¢ourace 10 Jocating bis Opera up town and so great a distance from the leading tho- roughfare of the metropolis, Many appareatiy wise veople are po-sessed of serious miagivines concerning the probable success of the enterprise by reason of sts location; but there is reason to hope and believe that yr of these doubters will never be real- and many ef them io order to gratify their taste in \uis direction are obliged to travel ésianc’s which , in ua seasons, are atiended with serene incop- vemences and oyances The new Eighth Avenue Opera House ia de=\gned to mect the of these pervons, and we are confiien! hat the en- terpriso and zea! displayed ur, Pike in furnishing a Deagtiful and stately temple of art to the geing public, will be correspondingly appreci patron zed by the real patrons of music and turoughout the metropolis, A NEW ENGLAND TRAGEDY. Love, Bigamy and Murder—The Murderer Still at Caree. [From the Worcester (Mass.) Spy, Nov. 16.) The most desperate, cold-blooded and shocking case of murder that has ever transpired im thie county ovourred 1p this city yesterday afternoon at the house of Mr, Ed- ward Cartis, situated about three miles from the City on the oid turnpike road to Clappville and near Jawesvil The reiations of the ‘ues and the par- tculars of the horrible affair, gathered from eve wit- nesses and from a Visit to the the tragedy, Saat ag and (a marriage ceremony was perform: img the same day she was rescued trom bim to her friends. He was srresied for polygamy, be hav- ing a wife at the a Dut this last marriage was de- null and void. tix months afterwards sie went of wich hun again, aod remained awhile, whom they separmed. They were afterwards married again, and again ee} Hin treatment to her was barsy and brutal, bat im spite of it her infatuation was such that sbe wowid. at his solicitation, connect herseif with bin again afver every separation. Iwo weeks ago he was arrested for having forged the signaiure of ber parents to a permit for her so be mar- ried, by which he obtained a marriage liceone, she being but when the case came into the police court, sho should persiat in living with bim, and abandoned ber friends to go wih him, The 7 at on fle, and el She was there but a te and refused to support her when be aot out of money longer, turning her oat of the house. She came back to this city to her parents and declared tat she would bever go 8h bim again, Shepard followed ber hero |d endeavored to her to tive with him aguin, son of Mr, Curtis, living in the boa! the #igbt prerious, and ber puree the wick room and reproved him tor lewd talking. He made abusive and threatening remarks and left, saying he was my, one. his wife dowa ip the pa; oy and pu asmail relled pistol and @ quamity of cart turuing met an acquaintaace, to whom going up to Curtis’ to Kill hie wife; that efter a prtel todo it with. dle arrived tween two aod three o'clock, In of James, a son of Me, Curtis, a Laura waa in, and was told washing dishes. He then asked James to go bim and stared towards tue slowly, and as he eutered the ard cry oot, “Oh, don’t, Jim,” and ber with ber Deaton’, who bad a pio! in bia band. struggle toe piste! home g d Shepard and Mra Greenwood, ste bv ng fest7 pont te'sor ap Seat Ca hie second shot. then’ was jvefieciual, Shepard then suc ceeded in forcing open the door of the sick room and a2 ri 38 i oe £ Sen 25 ist H 3 iF ue ering, shutting It jt Curtis, who then ran to it for his brother, nearby, As soon as ard entered the room be fi anuther ineffectual eh ‘eof uj “Don't sboot me,” 1 won Fephed, “Don't you Hie wife then got oat gvtng to shoot Lanra”’ of the room and, as she crorsed the entry we Kivchen, he fired again, the bullet taking efect ia her right temple, and she foil dead acrose the threshod came in just ia season to see ber jal! gee Lire go out at the front door, Shepard immediately took to the felds and woods, im the direciion of Cherry Vailey, the spectarors hie murderous work being too much excited and frightened to prevent 't. Information was sent at once wo woe, ponte yr Marshat Drennan, with some atx of eight officers, end Coropor J. Marcus Rice hui t the spot, and arrived inere sbous an hour ff ibe “iy ya body fas found lying where . the facilly supposing it improper to jy apg officers were once despatched im different ig seareh of the murderer, Inese whe went PH NEW YORK HERALD, sv arrested. At one pince he gave away bis tobacon, xe7- og he should have po further phy | i, The officers followed him ig the direciion ef Henshaw it ia evideot he took to tne felds, gong water, By this tune it was dark and nue the search, and the officers ret) His conduct when last seen giver rise to suepiciow that he medita'ed Seif-destraction. Coroner Rice summoned the afternoon for the purpose of hol Post moriem exainination will be held thi Vestigation, the inquest will continue ite in THE CARRIAGE TRADE OF NEW YORK. Saperseding the rences, Victorias, Coming Seasen—Prices nud Cost of Manu- facture=Extent of the Trade, In the curiously iMuminated pages of a certain his'o- rian of the Elizabethan age it is recorded that virginal queen was eccastomed to ride forth om holidays with the curtains of the royal whirlicote (carriage) so rolied up, that the people could have ap opportunity of iooking upon the countenance of her Majesty as the vehicle passed; and the writer further adds that the people shouted and threw up their bate in token of their reverence fir the Queen—s couple of facts of ro im- portance in thomselves, though serving to show that even in those days carriages were coverefund curiained. At this date, however, riding iv a carriage was an aris- tocratic luxury in England, and was not permitted to commoners under pain of death; so rans the ancient ect of Parhament, Some fifty years after this law ve- came a dead letter; and from that time, as the popular prejudice against vehicular conveyance wore away, carriage making began to assume the consistency of an art Since then a couple of hundred of different styles bave been de- veloped from the original clumsiness of the vebicie, which had the honor of conveying Queen Elizabeto through the streets of London, and lightness and grace have, throngb the iptroduction of fron, taken the place of heaviness and unwie!diness of exterior, In painting, too, great progress bas been made within a few years, yellow and red as ground colors having been superseded by hues less positive and less bizarre, Hieroglyphic figuring is no longer in use, Quaint paintings upon panels bave been tabooed altogeth monogram or & crest being the only permissible ornamentation of the carriage panel; and unovtrusive colors prevail in ‘he wey of groundwork, the requisite relief being afforded by lines and borders of gold, scarlet or garnet red. In the way of the monogram or {nttial, the scariet which prevailed last season has been superseted by combina- ons, Gold letters, picked out with blue, are reckoned very stylish, though a still greater degree of striis!i- ness is obtained by a bordering of purplish brown, looped ond noded after the manner of ascarf. Gold and green ond gold and purple are also great!y in vogue, trough the blue light is just now more highly esti- mated. In the way of trappings silver was superseded by gold several years ago, and the latter ag trimming for harnesses still maintaios its supremacy. Orva- ments are not, however, so large as last year, and more elaborate work has in some measure taken the place of the burnished felts of gold which, last year, covered harness and ceparison almost to the point of bicarre. A bull’s eye, small and in bold relief, with Initials or monograms in the centre of the field, 1s ‘among the most elegant and popular features of the present mode, This is generally bordered with a Nght and very elegantly wrought gold wreath, which holds the eye by way of lid and eyelashes In syle of lettering the alpbabet-rastic prevails instead of ‘the more elaborate, though lees tasteful, forms of last season, some of which were 80 overloaded with picking out and friezes as to be absolutely illegible; geperally—ibe reign of shoddy which browht on the mania ter bold and excessive ornamentation having coaned—sirapler and less obtrusive ornaments have, happily for metropolitan teste, euperseded the glare and chtter which were all the vogue last year. In the way of form the body bonded bv straight lines s'j!l holds ite place for bagg'es and phaetons; in victorias and cabriolas the flowing, wavy line has the preverence; and in the rockaway the combinstion of whlch or pra tmesonsr el is jus now w ie demaiey ears especially popu- Jar, In the way of lamps, ruby. sapphire lights bave gone out being at present the only fashionable red, green, blue and scarl A wreath of clasmoal pat 2 @ hgnt, and beyond these innovations no pyr te hes sy remain to turn, upon @ grooodwork of black is ornamentation of white and yellow lines, few of these have been bait for the Cuban market during the present eeas n, A new pattern of the fall-sired Clarence has just been im'rodneed and bids fair to supersede ail others in the market—the eprings (of Ha: patern, form ©) being #0 modelied as to impart to the sebicle a sort of luxor. ous side-motion or rwing. like that of e swinging crad!s and altogether unlike the anpieasant tip of the orvinary Dugey mounted on eilipiics, which describe an arc with the corve upwards For winter service nothiag more Reasonshie or |i id be conesived Io this style, which jhe newest in che market, warm-tinted bri ib purple moroceo is uded for lining, acvlor of the tiot known ae dead purple, Wh a wpeaking fade take the place of the bell which was for. merly used, and other ionova’jons im the way of beauty or luxury have been engrafted. body is priaied olack, varied in the pacels with >core aged brown; float and = mouldi are dark luke, and all ornamentation ts in the latter color, ae in Marrow linea Roniog gears are or with dark lake Jines; and within the panels lines of scarlet are permissibia. Lamps are very inrge end ¢laborate, with topaz liytt and wreathe ground into the giass or raterd from it im relief, Axles ereof Eng lish pattern. This stye is jostin the lesb and bloom of fashion, though very expensive, the next season manafacturers predict an unusual Popularity for the lignt backer phaetom, which was con- siderably in vorve at watering places last eeason, hav- ing to @ Considersbie degree superseded the ouggy for gentiemen’s driv ng. inings bere are of Turkey red a The outside paint after the prevailing mode, Ne of vent phaetoa—bung on the same heretofore described—bas \d ia likely to become very A trimoiing of brown clota er forme the interior, and & in rubber complete and quiet Ap ornamen- sunk ip grooves and noded ! upon the principle of straight pon the same principle. Im in terior, brown leather is used for cushion and padding — the exterior being of back, with very broad lines of dark MaKe. Reo: gare in this style are ted in ith black, @¢j with cansry. this style have as yet Only ene or two o! ‘been taken, lamdau of Berlin ie also very popular, and am American modification of it must be adaed to the cate. logue of eae tor Ri ony a > 'y is pained ¥: ue, ier setting, Diack and white ape, The wayne 4 contre, and in folded Grecerel NDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1867—TRIPLE SHEET. thongh both ere very light and and will be | Nkely to teke @ fair stand to ape ts New styles of decane. are peimet monig aie “| running gears green, The hig body, with back® up at considerable in- chigation from the perpendicular, is tw be one of the patie ns of the spring seasom. The light phaeton (as heretofore stated) has, however, neariy superseded the buggy for gentlemen's driving; and of dog carts very (ew are manufactured, ‘jovoriags are most in vog«e for family Ly omg of cabriolets one new stern has been introduced from Paris aud remodelled. The body of this novelty is painted either in dark car- mine or dark purple, Stripes are of carmine or gold aud very broad. An American novelty in th y of a six-seat phaeton completes the list In this the s ate are ali finished alike, it beimg intended for gentiemen's driving withont servants, Blue or brown cloth is the traditional mato- the body is based upon the principle of straight lines, For winter use ti wan-bodied sleigh is to be the novelty of the season; and here Jeave may be taken of fashions in vehiciea. For the information of the public some notes as to the cost of manulac:ure may be added, Au ordinary back, bung-op piatform springs, fail Deot, trimmed with Eng- lish cloth, close- back quarters, sbifting froot quarters for summer, is beld at about $1,500, of which $1,100 is the cost of manufacture. An ordinary top buggy, cost- jog $500, gives the following items in expense to the manutacturer:— Body $42, carriage $12, shafts $4, wheels $20.. $78 00 Springs $16, axles $16, shaft couplings $3 50... 35 50 Plating axle nuts $2, clat irons, bub bands, check pom Opt $2..cerecceeeecsrersesersesconesvens see Time ard materials for ironiug $52, painting $52 104 00 Top bows $1, top props, nuts and rivets $1, back light 200... sees. as ictecssessenscen, 9 20 Woip socket and fastenings $1 26, carpet and oil Curied bair $7, cushion web $1, apron and cushion bottom $9.........+..++ seveves 17 00 Seven yards cashmere at $6 50-—$45 50, dash leather $3 75...... 49 25 22 20 12 00 25 00 11 00 strap leather $3.......0.0. + seeees oe sees rhaft leather, railing and binding, svlit leather, &o, for front valence. cordings, bindings, &e. Trimmers’ wages $21, finisher’s wages $4...... ‘ Musho, cord, thread, nails, &c., $7; buckles, loops, &c., $4. Total....e.00- 368 40 About one bundrs city are engaed in Inanufacture and sale, with a capi al of some five or six millions of doware, in this ay alone, though large num- bers of ve icles are atili sapphed io the trade from New Jersey. New Jersov styles have, however, been super- seded in point of fashionable ¢ lat by New York invene tion, sud at present New York manufactures about cighty per cemt of ber own carriages, HELL GATE PILOTS. Their Dutics, Organization, Number and Names—Kates of Pilotage—Dangers of Hell Gate—Pilots and Their Cratts. Second only to the pilots of Sandy Hook » their im- Portance to commerce and the travelling public are the pilots of Heli Gate, whose duties aro more of an iniand character, but, nevertheless, arduous and dangerous, They are not, as a ciass, what may be termed seamen, although all of them bave a thorough knowledge of the maouer of working Doth fore-and-aft and square rigged vessels; they are, however, thoronghgoing pilots in duties, To give the public a knowledge of those dutios, and how performed, is the object of this article, DANGERS OF EST RIVER NAVIGATION, ‘The principal dangers and difficulties connected with the navigation of the East river—that body o/ tide water connecting New York bay with Long Island sound, beiog twenty-five miles in length—are occasioned by the existence of agemes of rocks calied Hell Gate, througn which the tidal waters rush with # violence sufficient to cause a resemblance to the boiling waters of an immense cauldron, Persons living in or areucd New York have Decome so accistotied to passing through this place that they think little or nothing of its dangers, althoagh not @ year passes that does not witness the sinking or grounding of a number of sailing vessels, and sometimes gteamers, on some of the aforesaid protuberances 01 nature. To strangers, howevor, Hell Gate is a place of Interest to pass through which by daylight is to have geen one of the many notebie features of this great eoun- try. Not unfrequently bas it been asked why some definite steps_are not taken to remove the obstructions at almost any cost, aud asthe question has never yet received any good and sufiicieut answer, it may be again asked, The channel of the East river bas adepth of water of from seyen to mine fathoms—six feet to the fathom—and if cleared of the dangerous Tocks above, below and at Heli Gate would present an inland stream anequalled fer its navigable qualities. Nevertheless the roccs are there, and while there pilots are necessary, The firat reef of rocks is nearly half way between Teath strect, New York, and Woillemsbarg, is known asthe Lower Middle, has a depth of six feet of water at low tide and extends about five hundred feet up and down the river and two bundred feet acrosa, Toere is side of which rans @ chaane!, the one to the westward Deing deep, with a boid shore, aod the eastward one more shallow, Immediately at the sortheastern end of thousand f each sharp, abrapt rocks, beating ibe divereitied po whe Breud and Once, Great Mill = Aeag erected @ oa, Little fii, Reel, Frying Yan aod are under water manner as the Sandy Hook v.Jot« are governed Board uf Pilot Commicsione’s, win the except'vn & perron Who bas serve tbe proper term and examination beture the Ward D8 ree exvetloseed ton of the Governor and the Senaie, At present of Port Warvers is composed as follows: — Herrian, Sec ine, We tele eg oi ‘Sam |. B. Buery, W. H Burieigh, Russell aod Martin Thatcner, Any person who fas serted three years a* a pilot’s apprentice and can pa * the requisine examina ton receives adeputly piiot’s license to pilot res-eim drawing eight foe. of waier. Ip two years, alter passing other exam!- nations, by which the applcant has to prove bis Gteess for the pomtion by a th koowleaye of the rocks aod other dangers of whe river. aod also his per- fect ability to manage ail cass of ves-ele, a license as full pus is granted. Bonds to the amount of 1000 ae givea for good behavior and proper performance of duty. Tue pilot who first boards or ks @ versol coming into port or going out by way Of Heli Gate, aod offers bis services, is eatitied to receive the pg Soe Buch vessel takes @ pilot and the pilot on ing oF speaking @ vessel bas Bo 1 actually im charge, | coming into port out, provided she goes out the fame way, and be moat re fur duty tweaty-fuar hours before the time of sailing. No pilot is alowed to teave a vessel under bis charge coming in unti! off the Battory, oe-the vessei's place of on in New York, unless bythe consent of master of such vessel. Fur necessary dtent pilots are paid $2 per day. All dispuses and contro- — if Dot settled among the pilots themselves, are referred to the Vort Wardens, and in case of trial for dereliction of duty the Wardens savmit the tewimony aud their Rg” vo the Governor for Oy aepaemve or rejection, yearly return i made by the the wardens of the number of pilots, deputy pilots and apprentives, and the number of bvais owned by the Gate OF riLoTAcR, The crdaign Bo Stable of the lawfat rates of Hell Gate pilotage, tho rates being the same both ways:— SLOOPS AND SCHOONERS—PURE AND AFT, 16 25) 26 00 Hi fal 20 00 50 as 82 60 35 00 87 0 #0 % AND ONDER 00 $41 25 00) iV 44 00 00 4 00) 49 75 00) 96.00) 49 60 : Seles ow oo! Go| #2 b01 7 $9 For winter from the Ist of MevemPer to the perlite fy of fore and alt ves- juare rigg*d vessos. ves Sever Lone wteavarotent are charged, #2 4 ernment vessels BO sare as the Sandy Hook ff are zo beif rates of pilotage, whatever duty performed being considered exthor inside er outside pil and paid as per above table, ee NAMES OF HELL GATS PILOTS. The office of the Hell Gate pilots is at No. 23 Coontics shp, where some of them are io be found at any bour of peg bic — Qre as follows, making a are y-foer pilow collector, who the businead of the office: ‘ FULL BRANCH LOTR Benj. F. Arculariua, Nienolas Abbott, James Beach, Robs. W. Beach, Siduey Bayhs, Jesse Barker, Titus Barker, David T. Glover, James Gibbons, Sarl. Harold, Thos. Harr: D. ‘Geo. W. Horton, 8 C. Heustis, 8. cA Houstis, Jr,, J. H Hall, Jos, Hudson, D, G. Horton, Thos. J. Jesnings, Chas. Lockwood, Wm, Mason, Hi A. Masoa, Noah F, Mason, Edward A. Mason,’ Joba Marshall. J. N. Surwell, 3, 5, sired Geo Scofield, Geo, asean, Boal. sprees, jana Char! un White, Edwar Zovies, Henry Zobles, cota 7 James D. Aresov, John Adema, Lafayette Myers, Eli A Charley Vaimer, Cornelius Lawrence, Frank Bell, Alex. Hauta, Couscton—James P. Abbott, THEIR BOATS, Tho Hell Gate Pilot law provides that two good dock doats of not lees than twenty tons, new measurement, shall be kept by the for use. Theso boats are at present the rloops Dad! and Circle Sail—the schoover Commercial is iaid up for repaira. The objegy Of these veesels 1s to cruise out into the Sound for in- coming vessels, im rough weather, when they do the most service, Each pilot vas his own vessel, and each One works on his “own hook,’’ receiv- ing whatever he earns. The ‘vessels’ are simply row lig! i per ae pee ee pit ted bt, an great witha wn breeze” —tnat 18, muscle and wood power, Sometimes” @ pilot bas ap apprentice, but at preseut apprentices are few innumber, Each boat is provided with a small locker, good bare One or more pairs of good oara, romet:mes a “ez mutton sail,” and always a lot “painter” or tow line, With such an outfit the Hi Gate pilot goes on duty, and in bis management of a small cannot be excelled. CRUISING FOR AND BOARDING VESSELS, There is but one East river pilot station, and that ts at Port Morris, Westchester county, where the pilots heve every accommodation for remaining any length of time, and from whenee they ceneraily start on the took- for incoming vessel, Execotion Ligathouse, Long nd, outside of Throgg’s Neck, iv the rendezvous for pilots teking vessels at bout Sands Point. Most of the piloting, however, lone on the inside ground, from Riker’s I+land to city. When a verrel av- proaches with the signal f pilot, the Jack the foreinas!, the phot bends to bis oars and polis for her, Sometimes the vessel beaves to, and somtimes keeps straight on; it makes no great difference which, for the pilos, with & precision acquired by practi places his rowboat in the proper place, heaves bi ‘painter’ with certanty, site quickly down to prevent Deiog thrown out, and is soon ovutled upon the lee quarer and boards the vessel. If tuere are two or more pilors in sight at the same lime, an ox- citing friendly race often takes pince, the time made be- ing creditable to more potable occas.ons, GOING THROUGH TiR GATE, The tide rane through Hell Gate at the rate of from five toreven milesan hour, ard as there ie not much room to spare and many dangers to avoid the pilots ai- ways take verseié ou: and come in on the edd or flood tide, provided the wind is sufficient and favorable enough to give good steerare way—vessels gencraily making from ten to twelve miles an bour shrough tbe Gate. It is acommon ocourrence for vessels to get on the rocks and sometimes fill, but selaom when in charge of regular pilots, Canal boatser under fifty-five tous are not required to take @ pilot when in tow of steatnbdoats. Pilow are not allowed to take charge of but one vessel at a time. REMUNERATION OF PILOTS, When shipping business is good—which it is not at pres nt- oli Gate pilots make on ap average about the game as Sandy Hi pilots, $1,200 per year. Their ex- brethreu. Thov aro sworn in their power to prevent smuggling, the temptations to which are very great; bot the pilot thinks too much of his position to dabole ig auch @ dang2rous and disreputable business. The chief to Hell Gate pilots arises trom the i é 2 i i pf g Z i Hf | cut. and New Jeruey, counties. All are citizens: jars, they are tem- | asad long away from reeently been elected Mayor of a to & ve the Assembly next: year. ey are ® heart; good natured Jot of mov duty faithfully.” DEPARTURE OF STEANSHIPS YESTERDAY. ‘The following steamships left this city yesterday :— BUROPRAN, The City of New York, of the Inman line, Captain ‘Tibbetts, left per 45 North river at noon for Quesns- town and Liverpool, with the United States malis, 50 cabin and 175 steerage passengers, and a full assorted cargo. The Jowa, Captain Hoddowick, left pier No. 6 North pg et noon for Liverpool aro ye with 19 cabin and 95 glecrage pa-sengers, and a tul! car. 0, Tue Helvoiia, Captain Cutting, left pier 47 North river at poop, for Liverpool, wih 23 cabin and 76 steer- ose and a full cargo, The Europe, Captnin Lemarie, Jeft pier 60 North river. pl A. M. for be aps Tighe 102 passeogers, -w fall aszorted cargo and $200. specie, ‘The Germania, (aptain Sunwensen, leit the Hamburg , Hoboken, at noon, hog oy » Wita 30 cabin and sigera:¢ passengers, and a fall cargo. The Behona, Captain Dixon. left pier 3 North river @ poon for London, wish 23 iret cabm and 31 siweru,e pamsougers and a {ull cargo, 00, ATW, aah hee et gg eee ee veft prer No. 3 Nori river at pM ihe Champion, North on tree PM. for and aa asgoried carco, be an salvador, Captain Niekerson, left pler 13 North river at three ‘yi tor Savannsh, with 42 cabin aud 25 steerage passeogers and an assorted cargo, The Sao Salvador also look oot 350 men of the Seveuth United eB meray Cy of tour officers, They are bound for St, Augustine, aw for ‘Sreinerk, ports show a slight improve- meni A Begro vamed Billy Smith, arrested at Grand Isiand, Nebraska, on a charge of forgery, was takenso Omaba Iaety. While in charge of the United Statas Marshal bo attempted to ron }, and was ordered. to halt, out hey running, The fired hie revolver, shooting im dead. ‘man offered to bet $1,000 to $100 that We.ton periorms every condition of bis walk to Chicago Aad the Portland Argus aye, ironically, ‘Of course be ~ come Deople thia way have understogd that irom ma A Sporting "MARRIAGES AND DEATHS November Wednoniey, ¥ 2 tather, by the Rev. 18, ry ye, Teniaence of the bride's Miss Karn BR, this cy. No Everest Jomey Cuy, to Anna, daughioe we inie Staats Van merece, f Rew | ber 16, at the es yeober th of the tg tA ay SCT ot New York, daughter of Coonel Rowiand Sreky—Jscons.—Ou Wednesday, No Broadway Synagogue, by the Rev. ee STERN to Manin eidvet ton, ember 18, af Al, lsases, Apai.. daugbier of the lave lsaae wy the Witkin—FProgucs.—On Thursday, Nov. 9 the Rev. Abram Van Houten, Wray Ww. Wi of Gosheo, N. ¥., to Kacur, A, daughter of John W Froaligh, of New York, Bary: Brt.—Un Saturday mornio; November 16, Rovest Banner aged 37 yeara, x aaa creaet ned: snaualusgnces of peel re. * spect: devi attend tn fuveral, from, Fes. dence of bis father, No. 609 Wert Thirty-sixth street, ow naw morning, at ten o'clock, wituout further Baut.—On , November 16, Mrs. Jaxn Bau, the peloves wate of Neil Beil, pyc Ray rere tn The friends of the family ere respectfully invited to attend the funeral, from > tate vosidance; No. 436 West Sixtee.th street, this (Su. day) a!t as one e’ciock precisely, Her remains will be taken to Calvary | for interment, } | BaxxeRs. —On Thursday, November 14, Jons Epwane | Bexxers, ia the 3e4 pat at bis age ‘The relatives and friends of we funeral fully imvited to attend the ; ther potice, at the resideuce uf uis sun-ic-law, John L. Roberts, Jr, No. 163 East Fitue.b street, ibs aiternonn, st two o'clock. he reualas Will bo saken eo New Haves for interment. —On Thu Bevnerr, {in ae reday evening, Novembor 14, Sanan ‘The triends wie <a 4 Benet, ced S& yeura, ves of ini Sully invited to avtend the ¢useral, “tous. has* tine cook dence, 213 Fulton street, this (spudsy) aiteracos, at tee o’cicck, The remains will be taken 10 Greemwood eed “Oa Priday Ne oy —On merning, November 15, after Sahort jilness, Sanad, wife of Jusepu G. Browning and ouly daughter ot Freder.ck Ruliwagen, iu tne 34vn year The ved and frieads of the family are rewpect. fully invited to aitend the fun ral, trom her late resi Gonee, 27 Sixth etre t, this (Sunday) alternogn, at half- Past one o’ciock, without Jurttier potice, intermens Will take piace at St. Mark’s churc., Brovun.—At New Orieaos, oi yellow day, November 12, Wa. H. Buovk, Blouk, of this city, aged 27 years Borp.—At Haverstaw, Bridiy woruing, November 15, Joun Borv, of te firm of Sainvel \. Sears & Lo, of this chy, agea 44 yours Toe friends wud those of his bro:hers, Archibald B. and Hugh Boyd, are respectfully iwviied to atvvend the funeral from the house 0 iis bro-uer, x8 Tompkive Place, South Brookiya, sbis (Sunday) af ravon, at haif- past two o’ciock. Brvxip.— At diorrisanis, James LYrELy, aged 64 yearr and 9 months, ‘The friends of the family are invited to attend the faneral, St. Paul's cbures, Norrisanmia, oo Moncey afvernoon, at one o'clock. CaRNLEY,—On <aturuas fon of Robert and Vanni Notica of funeral heren ter, CaRBRoLi,—At New Orieaos, November 6, of yellow fever, Mra, MATT GILPIN CaknoLL, woe of William C. Carroll bret ican ed daigoier ot or Joon wn pin, of porgry ens county, Md, aged 21 years, 11 mouthy ap a. Coxoorsx.—Ou Friday night, November 16, at o'clock, after a short ifines, Pun (onconay, of county Westmeath, Ireiuud, ta tue 60.0 y: age “ The funeral will take place from ils late residence ir Thirty-fifto etrovt, between Yeurh and Eieveoth aveau on Munday afterno.n, ai two o'cWwes. i Cons:.s.—-On Friday Na 4 November 15, CaTmanme D., youngest ys of A. E aud Rebeca Corsos, in pigeons rs of age. The relatives and friends of the family ere respect. fully invited to attend tne funeral tuis (Sanday), plier noun at two o'clock, from the residence of ler pareote, Mariners ie) De Wirr.—un Saterday, November 16, Damn L. Dx Wrrr, in the 734 year of hie ae. * The relatives and irieads of the family iP tae fally invited to attend the funere! on Monday at two o'clock, at No, 260 Wei 1 welts: sureet. Dopes.—On Friday, Novewber 15, hiss Jaye ANN Dopar, daughter of the iaie Willian Dodge, aged 74 ears. bi ‘The relatives and friend, of the family are respectfully invited to atiend the /uuera: this (muniay) alternoun at two o’cloek, from her iate resueuve, 3 st, Mark's, Dixmn.—On Friday, Novewmoer 16, Many ', be- Joved daughter oi Constantine Yinais, of town of Bally- Feo or county Donegal, Ireiand, ia the Qistyear of gy ge vited vo at 0 funeral, ber Dikeman street, near Vao brunt sirest, South Lrouklya, this (Sunday) afternuen, at twu o’civek. pomp Friday merning, Nuvewber 15, Baupcey Duman, aged 46 years. Tne (riends and acquaintances of the family are re spec:faily invited ww attend tye funerai from Der inte reni- dence, 217 Hester sireet, this (Sunday) aiternoom-as half fever, on Tues- wou Of Benjamia L. November 14, Ropert, only ey. iw¥i.ed to a teud papers please « ‘Bgwzsy.—On Saturday, November 16, women Seamer, im the hts vitcd to attend without furcher uowica Macopuce.—Suddeuty, at Ha toa. «nba, on October 31, Jsuns Atonzo, sen of | apiaia fonts de duck, of the ship (aravao, in the 37th year of hisage The relatives and frencs of tue family, also (he mem bers of Neprane Lodge, No 317, F. aod A. M., are respectfully invited to aitend the funeral, this «sanday) a‘ternosn, at half past one o'c vek, from ‘his late res dence, No, 428 Univn street, Brooklyn. eeruse Lopus 317, F. ano 4 M Th this Lodge ace hereby summoned to aitend a spec: communication, to be bed at the Lodge room, No Union square, on Senday, '%h in-tant, at tweh@ o'clock, for the purpo-e of paying he inst ir bate of re~ specs to our late brethes, ies i bye mal of sister Lodges are Ay to vie attend. ‘ descEG KEYS, M Joux Nrxox, Secretary. ' Medaxn,—Ga Frriny, November 18. Eurms, widow of one Motean, ® bative of Kulskerry, county, The temas aod of the family are requested: to atiend the faverai, ine No 12d s0t6 street, thic Sunday) alt-rnosn, at twe o'clock. Orseeuyan.—-Ub Friday, N. vember 15, Catnariure, widow of Mcnaei J O'Sulitvan aod youngest e of jate James spd Ann O'Sullivan, @ paiveot Kill- owen. Kenmare, county Kerry, irelaud, aged 33 yeare and 13 days, ‘The friends and acquaintances, and tiose of her sister, Mrs. Eslen Zerban, are respectiudy ay ted to attend the funeral, from her sisver's ee nes, No 353 bast a fourth street, this (Suniay) afiers on, at one o’cto ‘The remains wii! be tak-w to Cai ary Coinetery for Inter. ment, Ross.—On booprene: * evening, November 14, Auaxas- pan & Rook, io the o7th year vl his age. The reiatives ‘vod {rieuds of the iamily aro reepect- fully invited to aiteud the fuaeral. a: lis late residence, 16 Eleventh 8 rest, thw (sunday) noon, at taeive o'clock. Sxans —The members of the James Gregory Clud ané Guard are hereby notified to meet st Jupnson’s Hail, No 124 Sevento avenue, om Suuday, the 17th instant, af twelve o'clock M, ior the pw of atiending the funeral of ‘their beg he: sony orga By, order of Jou, co Press z JACOB W, SMITH, Vice Prosident, Tuomas Farner t, Secretary. Micnarn Dows, Treasurer. SHaw.—On tharsday mormme, November 14, Waren aw. The friends and acqusintances of the family, are respectfully iovited to attend the fueral witnoue further poves, on Lng! morning at ten o’oluck, from hia late res deuce, Fee evesiy-niote sree. PTOUVENEL. On ibureday, November 14, >lancuearrs, @ of Jebn B. Stouveuel, E-q, ¥ relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the innerai, from her tate residence, 128 Werk Twonty-fourth screet, this (sURda) alicravon, at two o'elock. Vax Beones.—On <aturday, November 16, Bausoa ‘Van Barony, in the 60th year of wer age. Notice of funeral ou Mouday. ‘Wuiams.—On Satarday moroing, Norem‘er 16, Ruma Co, beloved wife of © Withems, aged 96 yeere. ‘Tho reiatives aud 1 Of the ‘auiiy are respecifully Tequested to atteud toe funeral, from Ler jae residence, No. oo Sullivan sirvet, ou Monday afersoon, at one © choc! Witsow.-On Friday, November 15, Wanaanet @. oungest Gaughter ot tnd Margaret Wiison, aged years, 1 riomth aud 8 daya, friends a94 acqeniatances of the family are re- jared toatiend the funeral his > Srornoet Mm two. o'clock, from tae reuentete nee parents, 166 Third avenue, Westrai t,—Of consui on Seurday, November 16, Heney Weervatt, © mative of Boxei, Hanover, Ger The rel raed friends are respectfully Invited te atiend the funeral be Ea Ae ee Brooklya, twe without further toute on ‘Soren ‘14, Miveanne, wite “a pasar at wo "Tork Comotery, 17, Wetec! Fourteenth moet rv}