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4 —— AFRICA. Dr. Livingstone’s Report of His Explo- rations and Safety. SIR RODERICK MURCHISON’S STATEMENT. The Route By Which the Doctor May Come Out. [From the London Star, April 28.) The tenth meeting of the present session of the Royal Geographical Society was held last evening et Burlington House, Sir R, I. Murchison, Ba»., President, in the chair. There was a large attend- ‘ance, including many ladies, and much interest was evinced in the proceedings, Among the gentlemen present were the Count of Paris, the Duke of Ar the Duke of Wellington and the Earl of SheMield. In opening the business of the evening the Prost- dent said:—Gentlemen, in January last, when by the return of the Livingstone Sea Expedition my pre- diction respecting the great traveller was vel and we had ascertained, through the success labors of Mr. Young and his associates that | Livingstone fad not been killed near the Lake | Nyassa, but had passed on into the interior of Africa, 1 was so unwell that I could only express | to you by letter the intense joy and gratification | that I experienced at this resu? Now, indeed, v have all iresh grounds for rejoicing; now that we haye in our hands letters from Livingstone himself, written four months aiter the time when the deceit- fui scoundrels of Johanna si he was killed, and four hundred miles to the north of the spot where, 23 the lying Moosa declared, he saw lim fall under the ual Gentlemen, Ihave already had an ample r ‘d for the part | have played iu r v= ing the thanks 3, and, indeed, those very eee of my countrymen, for he false story of the Johanna deserters, w duced snch wide distress, and for having uniinch- severed in my ended€or to induce her ernment to send out that expedition tus the joyful tidings I anticipa ¢ had aimost universaily disappeared. rae ‘when he moment the falsehood of the reported death was de- tected I feit certain that my ilustrious iriend would succeed in exploring the interior of Africa; for I Knew how to calculate upon his undaunted perse- verance, his iron frame, and, above all, upon that | peculiar rift which he 80 eminently possesses of at- 1 nm, Wherever he goes, ihe negro as his So, therefore, when it was reported b, vho reached ast that vii en to the south of uve that man must be biviagst a c the proof of itin his own handwriti wing of the despatches and jett: Will invite those Of our fellows Who are best acquaint- ed with phy of South Africa to express their opu sto the provable route that Stone Will Jo a om AST reminding you of hi estimate tie periods at w certain po.ts in his progress. before you the tiree hypotheses, 1 think We can reason upon his speculate upon the me whic! e a, ane 1 each of these conditions befor n dence, bring his glorious labors to a happy end. Sir | Roderick, 1 conclusion, made a | reference to | he Abyssinian expedition, and read a telegrain that | ti had just been received from the President and Coun- rin Geographical Society (who were at | nding it celebrating their anaiversary), | adespatch from Colonel B. W with | fall of Magdala, and ¢ ating | nical S on the successes of ned by means of geographical was re ow of our W 1 must therefore be go A the norinern end of J Nyassa, a3 we intended, p: y becanse the o had been ept of provisions by Zuin 1 and partly be Tielt sure that the Joba: wouid hee at siglt of danger, as they af : tually di nhiere report, at ita southern end. By striking southwards we passed through a depopu- lated ¢ of about one hundred miles, but bi acquainted with «Matak: most infiuenti e on the watershed betw he coast and the ak Ss town cons at least 1,000 the alt above the sea 0 feet, climate 1s cold ta his people had uit his knowles md cattle to 1 that this wa! ne fo Lake Nyassa nd he had or- hack women and ¢ y head of ¢ in his town, *xtends down to | rand no sister?” west for him to st 1 promi ne lads from the same school, cnowledge of In- a uiture, to show him how to make and use | ploughs, Maiaka provided amply for our wants while in hi but he could ne “two dhows | ch lest we shou sfore forced i« nity of the lake, insteac we visited the th efa, aud those whe ders’ in the country our prote to be the first time they had heard the ict condemne: were very hospitable; and then nging to a saving party Which ‘ his slaves, caine fo us, rsoftie Johanna ment vita, or Zulus, that thei .Whh terror, They rr nee of * fe till the greatest | Ido not know what avo tosa, o1 rar driven t e by tosa tried HO ¢ being an old wives to do | ng each afraid oe | found them of our people below, ani, | people who have not been in contact with slave very Kind. I gave a present, of cloth and ample provisions cooked for supper to the wt y and breakfast the next morning, The people | supposed to be Maravi, but a ganja, under ditferent names, as | peta, Echewa, &c. Their land is high are plastered all over, even of heat by night. They are gr iso many in number that 01 iilage is scarcely | ever a mile from some other. We made short marches and had a great deal of intercourse with these mountaineers, and possibly our account of the | Vils Of the slave trade may keep them from engaging in it head\ong, as most Africans of this race are but too ready to do. The chief who had driven off the Arabs was delighted when I said I wished he would Treat in the same manner all slaving parties of what- | ever color, but complained that his countrymen | would not join with him tn he toma § an invasion. | ‘This ts true, for each village being independent of | ¢ y Cay , they have no more cohesion than a rope of sianid. As we went westward toavoid the Mazitu we turned northwards as soon as we were past the longl- tude of their country, and nearly waiked into the jiauds of a party out plundering. We met two vil- lagers fleeing from them to some mountains, and went in the same direction, in order to defend our- gelves and them, but the Mazitu, after plundering the villages to wiich we were proceeding, turned off to the southeast. As we went northward we saw more aud more of their devastations and sarfered consider- in fact Man- ably from want of provisions. Crossing the Loangw: and the at Valley in which it fowa—the bed oF p-§ ancient lake—we entered the Lo} A country of the PBabisa, and for the first time got informatior route the Portuguese followed in ood by the map makers ye ex caine Upon it, so vol ie one to form A , i he conceives us , and then northwatds we pone at which we lett off in 186% The wa etween the Loangwa and Chambeze rises vp to 0. suo. feet. The Chambeze was crossed in latitude 10 deg, 34 min, south, Tt had flooded ail its banks with clear | water, but the lines of trees showing its actual size were not more than. forty yards apart. 1 think that | ‘We are now on the watershed, though not the highest Part of it, between Chambeze antl Loapula, We | suffered @ great deal from gnawing hunger. The ja, Who Were among the first natives te 4 in slavery, have suilered its usual effects, ‘Their ae, is Sepopulated and the few inhabitants, now wide Me we: ul intervals from each other, had no to sell, In the wa val of the I hi et in upplies of meat with ut 4 poimals, and we | dange! | hav ree most important | 4 | nitude had been erossed anywhere, had hard lines in mai throngh ests, We had no dititculties with the natives, other than those petty annoyances which are not wanting its dripping for- i i iT Boat NEW YORK HERALD, interesting comumunicatlons wate what the soe now inverested in, was the of Living stone. ‘The great subject now for: w the probable time w! friend would in even the smi an axpioer, should moan over. This town has treble line of stockades and a deep ditch around the inner one. ‘The chief seeins a frank, jolly person, ancl, having cattle, we mean to rest a little with him. We are very much emaciated, but, like certain races of pigs, take on fat kindly. 'Our’sorest loss has been all our medicines. We are 4,500 feet above the level of the sea, but, having rains every day, feel that 7 need, like the cattle of the people, the protection o! huts.’ Tregret that my geographical notes must be 80 scanty, but hope to send fuller information from Tanganyika. Our progress hitherto has been very slow. “the Doys cannot-go more than seven or eight miles @ day with their loads, and oar be laa for me, too, with only @ heavy Tie, Ta STONE, |. LETTER TO SIR RODERICK MURCHISON, be oii BEA bog 5. 1837, My Dear Sir RopericK—This e first oppor. tunity I have had of sending a letter to the coast, and it is by a party of black Arab slave traders from Bagamoyo, near Zanzibar. They had penetrated heve for the first time, and came by a shorter way than wedid. In my despatch to Lord Clarendon gave but a meagre ‘geographical report, because the traders would not stay more than half a day; but, having written that through the night, I ersunded them to give me an hour or two this morning, and if yours is fulier than his lordship’s you will kuow how io manage. I mentioned to him that I could not go round the northern end of Lake Nash because the Johanna men would have fled at the tirst sight of nd they did bi et Ace on the mere report ol the acts of the termble Mazitu, at its southern xtvemity. Had I got them faly beyond the they would have stuck to me; but so long ag lake, we liad Arab slave parties passing us they were not to be depended on, and they were such inveterate thieves it was quite a relief to get rid of them, though my following was reduced beef to nine African boys, freed ones, from oo! at Nassick, Bombay, intended to cross at ie middie of the inke, but all Arabs (at the crossing station) led as soon as ‘y heard thatthe Bnglish were coming, and the owners of two dhows now on the lake kept them out ot sight lest 1showld burn them as slavers. I re- mained at the town of Matake, which is on the water- shed between the seacoast and the lake, and about ‘ity miles from the latter. There are at least a thousand houses in the town, and Mataka is the most powerful chief im the country. 1 was in his district, which extends to the lake, from the middie of July to the end of September, He was anxious that some of the liberated boys should remain with him, and [ tried my vest to induce thei but in vain, He wished to be shown how to make use of his cat tie in agriculture; { promised to try l get some other boys acquainted with indian agriculture for hi Th is the best point I have seen ationyand aka showed .some sense of it When lis people went, without his knowiedze, to plunder at a part of the lake—he ordered the Cap- lvesand cattle to be sent back. This was his own Spontaneous act, and it took pl: before our arrival; bat 1 accidentally saw the strangers. ‘They con- sisted of fifty-four women and children, about a dozen boys and thirty head of cattle and calves. I gave him a trinket in memory of his good conduct, p hich he was delighted, ior it had not been wi out opposition that he carried out his orders, and he suowed tie token of my%pprobation in triamp. Leaving the shores of the lake, we end scend inirk’s but the people bi or Kicmasura, shad turn 'y our extra loads that ¥ itis only the edge of a plateau peopled b: tribes of Manganja, who have never been engaged in slaviny they had driven away a !ol 01 slave t ers a short time before. We used to them all Marayi, but Katosa is the only Maravi chief we know. The Kanthunda, or climbers, live on the Mountains that rise out of the plateau. The Chipeta live more on the piains there; the Echewa still . ther north. We went west among a very hospitable people till we thougnt we were past the longitude of tie Mazitu; we then turned north, and all but walked into the hands of a marauding party of that people. Adicr @ rather zigzag course we took up the point we had left in 186, or say 20 minutes west of Cii- i wa in 12 deg. 45 min, S. as it flows in the bed of an anc.ent jase, and aft emerging out of this great holiow we ascended tie plateau of Lobisa at the southern limit of iL deg. 5. ‘rhe hiils on one partof it rise up to 6,600 fect vove the sea. While we were in tie lowlands 1 could easily supply our party with m pes large game H being abundant, but up on thes wands of the is ho guine was to be found, nav- i depopulated by the slaving in waich the ed, eand at wide nis sown in yw & Vast forest, With in 5, iniserable haus‘et. paiches in the forest, to sei. We had now 1g od deal we trod a ripping “Tor Truus aad lots of ShTOOINS. W a collect a loud of half a hundred t. Afier cooking they pound them into what they cali porridge; but woe is me! they are good oniy for producing ‘dreams of the roast beet of by- gone days. ‘Lhey collect six Kinds and reject about ten, Some as large as the crown of one’s hat, When we got to the Chumbeze, which was true to the char- acter of the Zambezi in having abundant animal life in its waters, We soon got an antelope on its banks, We crossed Li in 10 deg. J4 min. It was Jiooded with clear water, but the lines of bushy trees which showed iis actual banks were not more than foriy yards apart, We arrived here (at Bi 4) OL the last Gay of January. It is astockaded ‘Village, with three lines of defence, the inner one having a deep dry diteh round it. if 1 am not mistaken, that we are on the watersied we sock between the ambeze and Leopula. I have not had any time ke observations, as tt ist ‘ainy scason and al- most always cloudy; but we shall rest a littie here aud get some flesh on our bones, We ure about 10 s1 deg. 60 min, BE. Altitude about v) feet above’ the level of the sea. The Loapula, or 1 to be ery large riv aut 1 hope informatio: yanyika. done all thé hunting myself, have enjoyed good health aud no touch of fever; but we tost ail our ic, the sorest loss of goods I ever sustained; 8 to send it off by natiy 1 cave of # Hig! Kk person, nedies and trust Power. The chi but uniess the ¢ rel don’t see the use Of his lines of circumvVatiation. He presented a cow Fs arrival and a huge clephant’s tusk because I hat a it. 1 have had no news whatever from the coast since We toft tt, but hope for lecters and our second stock of goods (a small one ! have been anable to se e etters { had writien in hopes ¢ e trader, but they all “6 nas they heard that the Eng- ing. ld not yet any luformatton followed by the 1 n gol iil we were on the plateau. lt pointed out they had gone to the west- ward of that witch from the Loangwa valley seeins arange of mountaans. The makers of maps have pieced it (the Portuguese route) much too far cast, ‘The repetition of names of rivers, which is common in this country, probably misled them. There are four Loangwas flowing tito i Would you kindly sa had to draw som ‘a joll ards that I from her iged if he Dr. Livingstone expected to reach the Tanganyika by the mouth of May last, and will have becn as Uji in Jane, At Ujyihe will have found provisions and medicines sent him in July, 1806, by Dr. Seward. It is littie ly that further provision: sent to him now, reach A as they probably would a year after his expect arrival there, would ever be received, particularly as no direction of hia course is givea after that place. Bandouky and his two companions, one of whom had ac- companied Captain Burton to the Tanganyika as one of the “sons of Rumjee,” were questioned with reference to the geography of the country between Wemba (Comba) and the coast, and from their de- scription it would appear that no river of any mag- Nor does Dr. Livingstone mention the existence of @ river of any size otier than the Chambeze or Zambezi and the Loapuia, which do not join the ogo Under such tmstances (a complete circle having been de- 1 round the Nyassa conjointly ‘by Dr. Living- and Bandoukys’s party), the important ques- 1 onnection of the Nyassa and the Tangany! ; » Kirk well observes, appears to be satisiactorily solved. ‘he Johanna men deserve punishment for the want of truth they have exhibited in renoesing Dr. Living- stone's death. 1 propose addressing H. H. Sultan Abdullat and Mr. Suniey on the subject as soon as an opportunity offers, Ihave, &e., i. G, W. CHURCHILL, also communicated the following hee of Dr. Livingstone’s movements, ob- tained from a native trade . STATEME ST OF ISSA BIN ABDULLA KHARRUSER, AN wig MERCHANT, WHO HAS JUST ARRIVED FROM JIS. I left Ujijt on October 6, and went to Sal where I rewained ten days ‘previous to setting oui for the coast. While there I learned that ® Bt. ropean, an Engllshins n, had arrived at Ujij., Massa, @ Person estatisiied at Uji, ct when I was at Uji. padiaioncein i ranseribed by H. A. ZANZIBAR, Feb. 6, Ls9s, Mmttatyairsc Later news of Dr. Livingstone is contained in the following letter from Dr. kirk, dated Mareh 1, which was also, read: — , hase: ain glad to announce that letter hag just been received from Uniainuezi, conirming de news brought three weeks azo. ‘Livingstone had been In ‘yl in the widdie of vetober where he would and letters sent to F reached us in fifty aves in advance; the Arabs or twenty days revs of Dr, Living: He has, no doubt, long ago wt Nyanza. 1 sent him sir stone i tion of the di kone forward to Al Sanne! Baker's map, together with an account of all I knew of the raphical problems invoive Thuat be recollected: that when Dr. Livingstone left Engiand Sir Samuel Baker's discoveries had not yet been made known, With this map in his hand he will be able to apply himself to ascertaining the iniss- ing links in the chain of lakes. The Suitan of Johan. ha liad been addressed on the ator of Moossa and pis compentons, = I trust he y 4 ge to ein punisl not sim ven a faite tale in their defonce and thus caused’ #0. much Grief a8 Well as no littie expense. ‘Sir R. MURCHIsON, after the reading of the above count by the doctor, the time that was occupied, and ail the dificuities and delays ine! to the explora- tion of those regions, Sir ‘went on to ob- porte: ne Son ren oe ou upon which ey might go in mi: pregardla the return of Dr. Livingstone. One was thi ne may ve induced to go farther west tnto an African region as yet unexplored, ana come out at the West Coast, In that ease Sir Roderick did not expect that Dr. Lavy be home for twelve, or peri months, — Another I mins ef was doctor would be inclined, and dangerous journey he has fede nee “he LS in aerate 9 real physioal geograp! the region throug! which he has toue! upon, to return by Zanzibar. If the doctor returned by that route he may be ex- oe home in the month of. nert, The hird hypothesis was that Dr, Li me would re- turn by the waters of the Nile, From the weli known dificuities of that route Sir Roderick did not believe Dr. Eiiastone oe think of coming home by that Way. pplause. Sir shuuan Baker sald that he was never before so happy in confessing he was wrong than he was in the present instance, ‘The great difference between Sir Roderick Marchison and himself was that sir Rode- rick was a theoretical geographer, while he (sir Sam uel) Was a practical one, and that while their Presl- dent had all through adhered to the belief that Dr. Livingstone was not dead, he (Sir Samuel) be- Koved him to be dead, but, as he had sald, he was delighted to find himself mistaken. (A laugh.) He only hoped that Dr. Livingstone would rest satisfied with what he had already done, and that he would return to England ag soon as pos- Lhe question thea was how and where were to receive the de (Hear, hear.) Mr. Spurgeon’s tapernacie | been sugges.ed as a place large enough; but he (Sir not think, large as tat building un- ly was, ib would hold one-tenth the number of persous who would desire to be present on that occasion. What he would suggest was that applica- tion should be made to the Reform League for the use of Hyde Park, provided Mr, Beales did not want it, (Alaugh,) Whenever Dr. Livingstone came he would, at all events, be received with open arms and a hearty welcome by the people of Engiand. For all that their esteemed friend had done in the matter, and the manner in which he had kept up their hopes, he was entitled to the Warmest and best thanks of the society and the country atlarge. (Loud applause.) sir i, Morcutson, in acknowledging the enthusi- ¢ manner in which his name had been received, xpressed the gratification he feit in laying the let- just read before the society, and declared that this was the happiest day of his life, Mr. WaLLir, who eccompanied Dr. Livingstone on his first expedition, and Captain SHMRRARD OsuoRNE also addi i the assemblage, and joined in the general congratulations on the safety of the great explorer. ‘ihe latter gentleman was Inclined to think that before coming home Dr. Livingstone would ro north, and endeavor to get home by meaus of the Nile. Sir K. Muncnison wound up the discussion by saying that all Dr. Livingstone’s friends migit lve in the hope of seeing him once more among them at no distant period, POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE. Vindication of Chicf Justice Chase Against Radical Aspersions. NICHOLASVILLE, Ky., April 30, 1863. To THY Eprror OF THE KENTUCKY STATESMAN In your issue of the 25th I perceive an editorial re- ferring to the position of Caief Justice Chase. Its tone and animus are so utterly at variance with the views I have heard you express concerning him, and you are so evidently under a misapprehension cf the truth, that [take the liberty to correct you. Fora long time the Chief Justice has done me the honor to consider me not only a political but a personal friend, and having just returned from Washington, where I remained several weeks and where [ had frequent interviews with him, fam abie to indicate his position with as positive certainty as a distinct Beno leo ons of our several conversations will en; metodo. My last interview with him was at his residence, v wht of the i very s00n aiter Mr, your editorial is bi soon alter ft entered the room the Caiet Jusi me if f had n the article. To an afiirmative answer he repiled:—“Mr, Tilton has done me great injustice. He came to my house under the garb of friendship, and { talked freely to him, 1 told him what / havo often told you—that 1 must be an upright judge, and my judicial duties prevent my being as availible a candidate of the republican’ party as otier men in its ranks. This is all 1 said to him, and hisadditional statements were unauthorized by me, "They may have been Lonest conclusions, but I gave no grounds for them.” After some further conversation the same evening he remarked, “lam a thorough radical, but I am no extremist.” The Chief Justice has been po Presidential aspirant, and Las aot sougat to have any invidious disunctions drawn between his owa Cc aims and those of any one clse, He told me in February last that he was “satistied with his present position; that he could well see how a Presi- devi with a Conxress in harmony with him could accomplish a great deal of good for his country, but it Was @ postion of many hardships and tying labor’, did not regret the course aitairs he regarded the reconsiruction of the, Soutaern States og the basis of universal suffrage as of vital nocessity to the cause of liberty and the Union, and that result could be accompl under General Grant probably better than under himsel’.”? Tae Chief Justice holds firmly wo three great cardinal ideas—“Universal suifrage, universal anmesty aud the maintenance of the public credit.” He regurds the first as a necessary power to be wicided by the blacks for their protection against the pro-slavery element of the country, and the second as necessary to heal the wounds of oar jate War and secure the requisite amount of intelli- gence and education in the governments of the late rebel Siat Outhe matter of finance he has but hat is, an timmediate resumption of 4, saying, “If [ had control of governmeat L would resume specie pay- {8 to-morrow. I could do it successfully, dit is uniinited, Individuais could not to keep their gold idie or in an unpro- duciive fo Under my policy they could loan it for no than greent and its purchasing power would be no greate I have here hastily theown together the substance of sev ions, and you now b rect idea of how je occasion the Chief Justice has given for the unjust detractions of which he has veceatly been the victun, It is time they should n living is more for our ¢ 1 ples of the reput y, and if ron a inatier of judginent or our exivoie Mon T presume tt o fur from beg coidbiooded you assert, le is the most voted J ever saw to these 0 are Wi and in turn they eling to Niue at riuines Wit a ienacity not oitea Witnessed in political life. Always genial and cheerful manners, and noble, vith plain, unassumit vb dignitie staiesman, element of a great erience the peer of , it would be a happy try coud he be selected to rule over but if another than he is the choice of go Convention, his Supporters everywhere will give to the nominee their most cordial and hearty port. 1 ougiit to say this letter is written without anthor- ity or permission from the Chief Justice; but in his present posiion he cannot defend himself from news paper criticisms, and it is the duly of his friends to do so tor lim, Very truly yours, W. BROWN. Georgin, The following are the returns of the late election in Georgia from ail the counties but three—Irwin and ‘Telfair, in which no election was held, and Madison, from which no returns have been received. The figures are believed to be reliable: — Constitution ——GOVET NON = Dist. For, Against, Builock, Gordon, First ...... T3035 12,282 8,148 Second 5 11,816 14,261 ‘Third... 194 11,608 Fourth... 15,082 LL, 1ST Futh ey 9,010 Sixth. 7,500 8,146 Seventh. s049 18,154 Total........88,123 od 83,146 76,009 RRCAPITULATION, Total for the constitution. . against the constitution, Majority for the constitution......... Total for Bullock. Total for Gordon..... Majority for Bullock. vive dovees ON The aggregate vote cast on the constitution is 167,873, and for Governor 150,245, The Senate stands 26 republicans against 18 opposition and doubtful, oo and the House 96 republicans against 79 opposition’ and doubtful, giving a clear, reliable working major. ity of 26 on joint ballot, even granting that all the opposition and doubiful members are eligible, Free Love IN Scavyier Covxty.—The Havana, N. Y., Journal says:—Among the causes tried during the past week at the present session of the Circuit Court in this county 1s the case of Wilbur vs, Davia, As we understand the facts of this case, they are as follows:—About four years ago the defendant, Davis, was Vy 4 of the Methodist Episcopal church at Crawford Settlement, and during his Temporary ab sence from home his wife was induced by Wilbur to forsake het husband and elope with another party, Davis, not liking these proceedings, had Wilbur ar- rested for thus destroying thé peace of his household, false imprisonuent. "THe Jury decfed there waa oo we ty ju there wi oatise of action, Bi rss iron and roof of sheet tin; colossal rafiroad depot to ia wv YA MONDAY, MAY Uj, 1868-TRIPLE SHEET. _. OUR NEW BUILDINGS Progress of the Spring in First Class Séruc tures—Stores, Warehouses and Depote= Dwelling Houses in Process of Construction The Yeur’s Prospect, ‘The year 1866 was a remarkable year in the history of New York city, both as regards the numberof buildings begun in the course of the year and as re- gards the dimensions and solidity of those structures. Of stores and storehouses there were commenced during that year one hundred and forty-eight, sixty- six of which were in the Fifth ward, and nearly all of which were of colossal proportions, ‘This number was two hundred per cent excess on the number begun in 1865, and is about fifty per ceut excess on the number which have been commenced during the past year, which amounts to 109, thirty-nine of which have been commenced in the Fifth ward, Nearly all these structures are of colossal proportions and composed of the best of materials, iron, brown stone and mar- ble entering largely into their composition. Of the kind classified as public buildings, including the-- atres, concert rooms, halls, hotels and others more or less frequented by the general public, plans to the number of thirty-four were submitted, viz.:— Hotel, corner of Broad and South streets; two corru- gated iron buildings on the Battery, to be built by the Commissioners of Emigration and used as emi- grant baggage depots; Park Bank building, Nos. 214 aud 216 Broadway; Union Ferry house at the foot of Catharine street, sides to be wholly of corrugated be erected on the piece of ground bounded by Hud- son, Varick and Laight streets, formerly known as St. John’s Park, only materials to be used stone, brick and iron; dancing acadeiny at 275 Bleecker street; police station, four story brick building, on Eldridge street, between Grand and Broome streets; hotel, five story brick building on the northeast corner of Canal street and the Bowery; dancing Academy, two story brick building, on 114th street, near Third avenue; Colored Orphan Asylum, brick and iron building with brick parittions, on 143d street, near Tenth avenue; hook and ladder truck house, one story brick building, on Tenth avenue, near 154th street, to be erected by the New York Fire Commission; hotel, five story brick building, corner of University place and Foyrteenth street, 37 feet by 100, and 70 feet in height; hotel, addition to West- minster building, No. 41 Irving place, front to be of Nova Scotia stone; theatre, corner of Sixth avenue and Twenty-third street, granite front on both streets, to be erected by Edwin Booth; new Tammany Hall, on Yourteenth street, between Irving place and Third avenue; fire alarm and bell tower building, ten story frame struc- ture on Twenty-fifth stréet, between Second and ‘Third avenues; public hall and lodge rooms, three story brick building on Fifty-fourth street, near Third avenue; St. Catharine’s convent, five story brick building, 150 feet by 60 and 80 feet high, on Eighty- first street, near Madison avenue; market building, corner of Sixth avenue and Forty-cighth street, four story brick building; and St. Cloud hotel, 1,177 Broadway, lately finished and heretofore described. Of plans submitted for alteration eighteen have been approved and are in progress, viz.:—corner of Elizabeth and Mott streets, tenement house altered into Working Women’s Home, nearly completed; Bank of America extended in the rear, completed; Ceniugy Club building, rear extension, completed; Palace Hal! dancing academy, addition on south side, completed; Orphans’ Home and Asylum, brick ex- tension, nearly completed; Concert Hall, corner of Houston and Mott streets, remodelled from sacred ediiice, nearly completed; Savings Bank, corner of Fourth avenue and Fifteenth street, remodetied trom elling house and nearly com- remodeiled and completed on Denis tHotel, altered im lower pleted in April; Teadesmen’s Bank, altered and completed; Swimmmg Academy in Sixth avenue, enlarged; ‘Tairty-second precinct station, extension in rear compieted; hotel Nos, 359 and 361 Third avenue, increased to five stories, aud nearly completed; Brevoort House, increased to six stories, with Mansard roof, not yet completed; Magdalen Asylum, easiern exiension, aud Bleecker Street Say- ings Bank, extension on eascerly side completed, DWELLING HOUSES. Five hundred and fifty-nine first class dwellings were commenbed in the course of the year 1867, an aggregate Which 1868 bids lair to exceed by a hun- dred should the activity with which the spring opens story and be continued for the whole year. In the upper part of the city @ now impuise seems to have been given to the erection of private dwellings with the breaking up of the winter. In Lexington avenue, adjoluing Forty-third street, six houses with brown stone fronts are being erected, Tiey are each four stories high with high stoops, with front of 16.514 feet and a depth of 44 fect, Valued at $20,000, they are of that class that rent for from $2,000 to $2,500, Near by, on Porty-fourth street, five dwelling houses have been nearly finished, and ten have just been begun. ‘Tie former are all of 12.6 and 20 feet front with a depth of 60 feet, and are three stories high and of pearly or quite uniform appearance. The lat- ter are all of 16 feet front with epi of 60 feet, with igh stoops. They are lyuill.to sell, are expected to cost $17,009 each and are of the 3 that rent for irom $1,800 to $2,000 per year. Seven others are about to be erected in Lexington avenue, adjoining the above and of the same general description and di- mensions; while five brown stone edifices, 20 feet by 60 feet, have just been completed on the same avenue, between Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth streets. These latter are valued at fro.n $27,000 to $00,000 and are eminentiy first class. Three dwell- also belug erected on Forty-fourtn street, 01 iree in. Forty-fifth street, enue; in Fifth avenue, between aud Forty-seventh streets, and several in the neighborhood, making in all nearly thir- ty in this immediate vicinity. On the Astor property adjoining Madison avenue a number of private resi- dences are aiso being put up. of t e situated on the south sule of Thirty-sixth street, ten are on the north side of Thirty-fifth st , two others are in the rear of these and two others remain to be commence king an aggregate of nineteen. Ali are in first class style, and all, with the exception of feet by 60 feet, with high stoops. The ber will be completed in tie course of the ths, pie it next five tw On the w of about fr tins eprine al tion, and report #8 1a n this respect an over six HUdred may be eXpected to the first class dwelings in the city, PIRST CLASS STORRS. The present year is also to be mnarked by the addi- tion of some oi the finest store houses ever erected to the already long list of palaces for business pur- pses, One of the most important projects in build- ing in this regard to developed this year ist block of new marble stores to be erected by Messrs. Arnold, Constable & Co. on Broadway, west side, between Eighteenth and Nine- teenth streets, and Me gd haif the front from street to sireet. The edifice will have a Broadw: front of 90 feet, a depth on Ningjeouth street of 172 feet and towards Eighteenth street of 102 feet. The first story front will be of iron columns, with compo- site captials and cornices, all of iron as a matter of course, and thence to the top will be superadded a superincumbent structure of pure white marble. ‘The relative heights of the several stories will be as foliows:— Feet. Basement. 13s Third story.... First story... 17 Fourth stor: Second story. ++ 1.6 Filth stor, Total height tee eeessecececees ‘The designs in the mixed compos style, with the columns, carved pilasters, cornices, caps, balconies, moulded aves and carved keystones of this exceedingly florid tho: graceful mixture ; and the whole structure is to rmounted with & heavy carved cornice and a balustrade with pedi- ments and urna, The building will be furnished with steam elevators, and will be heated throughout with steam. Windows will be of plate glass, tloors laid in stripes of yellow pine, most duraie of all mate- rials; and interior Woodwork, Wainscotings, paneil- ings and the like will be of native wood—mostiy ash and wainut, Similar to the above, that Is in similar style and in most respects a companion ptece, will be the build. ing to be erected by Mr. Edward Hoyt to Reed the reimainder of the square on Broadway. It will have a Broadway front of 111 feet in round numbers, with a depth of 139 feet on Eighteenth street. This build. ing 1s to be partitioned into stores as follows — N 1, double store, 65.2 feet on Broadway and 114 on Eighteenth street. No, 2, 27.8 on Broadway, with a depth of 118 fect, No. 3, 27.8 on Broadway, with a depin of 118 feet. On Hlghteenth street will be a second building, 25 foot by 62, whitch will be connected with No. 5, on Broadway, forming & complete L. shaped interior. All these stores will be ligited in the rear by means of skylights and windows. It is expected tat those butidings will be among the finest ever erected for busifiess pu » The cost of the block will not vary materially from Fo. $00. Mr. Griffith Thomas, a of the Park Bank, far too ornate for its pur- “pose; Pike's Opera House, exactly suited to its pur- , and other buildings of eminent beauty, though ag arule too ornate, is Se gn for the designs of these stores, which, must be admitted, should the designs be carried out faithfully, will be somewhat too florid for other than galeries or laces of art fault of designers frat tney wit inant on Hortnet at New ‘city with multitudinous quizzes in the pn ghee which seem to have intended t anything except that for which they were in- tended. At 204 and 314 Bowery, near Houston street, twa nuaber of 4520, in all some 1,700, Aj 7 Ml, the latter Se a are, eng ert agua iz, ; three others of exceea.Z Proportions: torine Bayer ‘occupy Noa, 60, s2 ana %4—the site of the late buildi ow aa the New Bowery ‘veatre, These buildings "ae all ave etovies 18 with ments and fa sings of B In also, corner 4! MeniAsiod tins wl anon be for ieeees thoy ace each com, 2: i Bix in hetght, with rd roofs, olive free a iron ts and all moagrn iin- streets COs ae aL Ae ee perty belongs to the es! of the late Peter Lorillard, f which topic it may be noted that the Lorian sien eing corner of and will soon be leasable for first class stores, REMODELLED STORES. In the way of remodelling be mentioned the metamorphosis recently wrought in the building at the corner of Broadway and Ninth street, lately geoapien by Friond Pitts and numbered as 767 and 769 way. ‘These numbers have been so remod- clled as to cover nearly half a square on the west side of Broadway, and are now occupied by the firm of J. & O, Johuston, who have embarked in the field as fair rivals of theegreat iron dry goods prison oppo- site and now nearly finished.” The new store has & front of 78 feet on Broadway with a dej of 163 feet on Ninth street, covering in point of fact nearly half the block, By this enterprise the value of real estate has been enhanced two hundred per cent in the uninediate vicinity, so true is it that ho form of enterprise can be of value to itself with- out proportionately enhancing values and rents in its iminediate neighborhved. A cellar basement, well jighted, is also to be used as a jobbing depart- ment by this firm, which, with the removal of Arnold, Constable & Co, to their uptown store, will have the good fortune to occupy the southern terminating point of the Broadway fashion promenade for some years tocome. The store (retaii department) has rare advantages in the way of light, having live windows on Broadway and seven on Ninth gixeet, which af ford together at ail hours of the aay a light almost as periect as that in open street, Likely to consti- tute one of the great emporiuims of coupmerce, ihe store has been stocked with a most extensive assort- ment of dry goods, which constitute the hy Suet of the firm to the exclusion of carpets and house fur- nishing goods, Tie firm has aiready had its open- ing day, and the public (of ladies) is already familiar with the details of its silks, satins, serges, poplins and every otuer requisite of a fashionabie lady's wardrobe for all times and seasons. PUBLIC BUILDINGS. Of the buildings heretofore specified by way of in- troductign, several—as, for insiance, the Park Bank building and the new Jewish synagogue in the style of the Alhainbra (Moorish) near. St. Patrick's catie- dral and on Fifth avenue—have aire: been described at length. The new St, Patrick's Cathedral needs the space of a special article, and of others there are few to be noted. A new building now in process of construction at the corner of Broadway and Twen- ty-eighth street is worth a paragraph of special at- tention, Under the baptismal name of APOLLO HALL, a new and magnificent temple of the “light fantastic toe” is: grantee approximating to compiction, ‘The edifice is being put up under the immediate super- vision of General E. Ferrero, who will assume the management of the establishment next September, when it is expected it will be ready for the public. Its dimensions will be 160 by 220 feet, and only two stories in height. The first floor will be used for lec- tures, conceris, dramatic performances, fairs, &¢. it will be 54 fect deep by 120 feet in width, and will be provided with a Gallery. The height of the ceil- ing is to be 25 feet. The ballroom, which will Jorm the main attraction of the building, will be situated on the floor above. Its dimensions will be 64 by 120 feet, to which may be added, if occasion requires, an additional room of 36 by 75 fect, This room, when not used, will be separated from the ballroom proper by fold- ing doors, which when thrown open will give an elegant and spacious dancing surface of 15 by 64 fer Probably this will be one of the largest ball- rooms in the United States, The greatest care has been taken in regard to the situation of the ladies’ and gentiemen’s arent and retiring and commit- tee and supper rooms, ail of which wiil be fitted up in the most piquant and attractive style. The dress- ing roois, especialy, will be large, and well adapted to tue puryoscs to which they will be appiled. ‘This feature of the new ail cannot fail to be appreciated by the dancing world of the metropolis. ‘The ap- polutments of cach of the rooms will all be in kee ing with the gi hich wil 8) building will be desi: seekers of the meropo Geeting hours of enjoyment in the giddy ma: the dance. Another remarkable building, THE NEW HUDSON RIVER RAILROAD DEPOT, has already been ailuded to as occupying or about to occupy St. John’s square, This building will be competed in January next and will fill the whole space formerly occupied by the park. Its dimensions are as follows:~-Length, 458 feet; width, 405 feet. In the ceutre will be @ court one hundred feet square for the reception of freight wazons. The building is to be wholiy five-proof, tue materials used mage $ tron and brick, with stone trimmings and facings, Floors Will rest on iron girders of huge size, filled in with brick, and a large number of elevators worked by steam will be among the concomitants of the vast structure, The erection of this huge building at a cost Of $2,000,000, the site haying cost a million more, will be likely to give a new impulse to building in hr = hat negiected but exceedingly available locality. tof Ure pieasure to cuuse the 3 of EMIGRATION. Past and PresentWhat ages Been Done and is Being Done for the Emigrants—New York the Great Landing Place. The attention of the general public has lately been called more forcibly to the progress of emigration to this country than it has been in some years past by the passage of certain laws for the better protection of the emigrants as well as by the actions of the Commissioners of Emigration and the great increase in the number of arrivals at this port. Immediately preceding and during the late war the emigration to this country was comparatively small; but no sooner had the war been ended than the tide com- menced to set in, and to this port there fowed a broad, deep stream, made up of contributions from all parts of the world. From 1859 to 1862 there was an average of about 99,000 arrivals per annum; in 1863 there were 161,643; in 1864, 184,700; in 1865, 200,031; in 1866, 236,641; and during the past year 25,489 emigrants landed at Castie Garden, showing thus a steady merease in numbers, From January 1 to April 29 of the current year the number of emigrants landed at Castle Gar- den was 37,579, and at that time there were almost 7,000 emigrants awaiting transportation to this clty ta Hav also fn the other ports of embark to this ¢o ed, m ol and Qu the past wee teamers have sutled, each one well freighted with passengers bound to this port, and last night there arrived here two vesseis—the Erin and the Deutschiand—the former having on board 1,184 passengers in the steerage and the latter o were landed and many of whom were cared for at Castle Garden. From this it would seem that the EMIGRATION TO OTHER PORTS has not been suficient to reduce the number of those who think thot the metropolis offers superior advan- tages to persons wishing to come to this country, whether they intend to locate in any of the large cities or betake themselves to the “Great West.” ‘The cities of Baltimore, Philadelphia and New Or- leans have been making strenuous efforts to draw a portion of the tide of emigration from the Old World directly to themselves ; but, notwithstand- ing the fact that in these cities no tax is levied on the ship owners from which to defray the expenses which the cities may be obliged to incur, their efforts have thus far been of little avail, The reason for tue futility of the endeavors which have been made in this direction is due mainly to the fact that those who purpose coming to this country have learned long since that no city in the Union or, in fact, the entire world extends to the emigrant a more welcome grecting, or provides for him, if needed, a refuge in which he can remain with perfect security until such time as his health or the means at his command will allow him to continue his journey to whatever point he may desire, In none of these other cities are the same provisions made for the protection of the emigrant, and it is generally believed that if the number of indigent emigrants detained at any one of those places should at any time become so large as to cause the imposition of a visible taxation upon the citizens, that then there would be a grand out ery such as was indulged in by many of the tax pay- ers of this city when, for the support of emigrants un- der the charge of the Governors of the Almshouse, an item of $250,000 was found necessary. ‘bhis latter fact it was which chiefly led to the establishment of the COMMISSIONERS OF EMIGRATION, who should lave direct control of this great and much abused ynedium of addition to the population and prosperity of the country. At the time of the passage of the law creating the commission (May 5, 1847) the treatment to which emigrants had been Subjected had reached the acme of outrage, Emi- Brant shippers, runners, boarding house keepers, canal boatmen, thievea and profligates of all kinds, found the emigrants generally unprotected and an Wh Rada ERTS ET |} deecing the « Spmands were made for tlie band fils kind of boarding house rations ana most mi from the city, ai pals ‘imes mes srr 08: raged. The le alt with were cast uj the of the or the State, and the “ship- peceetean ‘gave SAE aigowners, = eit for ct for each passen; they- agreed to’ indem- nily author curred in the maintenance of indi; “reed Pm {Gente for thom during two yout aut cote ania ne vicuater thelr bonds, but laughed at. the authorities The law creating the Commission “ bye eh cree wi © £ calpers,” or those who gave tie bons & the d money, and as these latter, together An in focal polities, a determined sees Gules = the of the "" lefeat made to sete whee was finally and Messrs, 0, Verplanck, Jan.?# Boorman, Jacob Harvey, Robert Be Minturh, Willa F. Havemeyer and David Os Colden were appoinw’d Commissioners, The estab lishment of the busineds of the Commission was labor of no small dimensions, and many prominent citizens who were at the time identified the democratic party, observing the narrow-mi with which that party opposed a measure which was. instituted solely tor the benetit of the poor emigrant, Jost all faith’ in the professions of that and arraigned themselves on the other side, so in a short time the matter assumed a party as} But the benelits accruing to the emi; from the wise provisions mace at the time soon became mani- fest, and those who wae not directly interested In enhorns’’—as they are cailed—ad- mitted the efficiency of the change and acknowledged the errors of their opposition. But the full protee- — to md emigrant could not be given as designed until ti CASTLE GARDEN was placed at the disposal of the Commissioners for an emigrant landing depot. Thither the emicrant was conveyed from tue vessel, and here he con!d calmly juake the arrangements for his (uture course. if he desired to await the arrival of friends, or if he were expected by friends who nad called or sent for him, he was aided by those in charge to ascertain the best and nearest way to find them. If he needed tood he was supplied, and if unable ta continue his journey from the city he was cared by the Commissioners at the refuge on Ward’s Island. But this did not suit the opponents of the business and they soon established agencies in Euro] where tickets to inland towns were sold the emigrants for gold at prices equaling almost three times the amount which they were soid for atthe agencies in Castie Garden, and in many cases the poor emigrants were furnished with bogus tickets. ‘Their money was changed for them by thes@ “hounds” and bogus draits given in exchange, Cards for boarding houses were distributed before they embarked, and in many cases young girls were cousigned to houses of prostitution, © Almost ali these evils have been remedied, however, and none of the emigrants is allowed now to leave the garden until the rintendent is satistied that he is properly cared for and guarded froin the operations of thieves and sharpers. But the opportunities for peculation and speculation offered to employés in the Castle Garden were improved by many of the agents of transportation companies who were permitted to dispose of tickets within the building, and by whom extra rates were Charged for inferior accoimmoda- tions to inland towns. The Commissioners ordered the dismissal of these dishonest agents, and the rail- road companies, refusing to comply, withdrew their agents from the Garden, it often also happened that emigrants were during the transit from Europe to this country, an when suit was brought inst the shipowners they managed to delay the trial of the issucs until a | complainants were forced to give up the contest proceed on their journeys, or, if remaining here, be come so disgusted with “the law’s delay” as to allow the maiter to go by default. In view of these facta the Cominissioners, on presenting the matter to. the State Legisiature, obtaiued the passage of ADDITIONAL SALUTARY LAWS to assist them in the prompt and proper discharge of their duties as custodians of the welfare of the eilgrants. One of those empowers tle Coimmis- psesee order the removal of any agent or other employé of any transportaiion company who may be found guilty of violating the terms of the company’s agreement with the Commissioners or of any o' disgracerul conduct. Another measure is that for “perpetuating testimony,” by which it is provided that the emigrants having any cause for comp! against any shipowners, or their agents or employ may Offer their testimony on the question, subject to cross-examination on behalf of the parties com- plained of, and, b iz given their tesiinony, may proceed on their journcy and leave to the Commis 8 the prosecution of their cause. These mea e3 will be found hignly advantageous to the emi- grants and will cause a more prompt and fuil com. pliance with the provisions of tie laws on the part of the transporters, it is well to mention, however, that latterly the complaints against ships have not been verp nu- merous in comparison with the number of .emigranta arriving at the port. This is owing in great part to the fact that emigrants to this couutry are now patronizing, to a large extent, STEAMERS INSTBAD OF SAILING SIIIPS, and that the siort time of the passage and the better accommodations furnished in the former gives bus little cause for complaint. The price of the pounee is almost the same in both, and the amount saved time and gained in comfort on the steamers more than compensate for the difference in the cost, This is becoming generally acknowledged, and the conse- quence is that now the sailing vessels from Liver- pool or Ireland carry very few, if any, passengers, THE RESULT of all these facts, together with the extensive and adequate provisions for the care and comfort of the emigrants after they arrive here, will continue te draw them to this city instead of the other ports of the country which are holding out inducements to them, The suipowners declare that the abolition of the “head money” would make no ditference in the price of passage; and as none of the other ports hold out as yet any extra inducements it is safe to pre- sume that New York will continue to be the grand pane to which emigrants will come when seel iomes on this continent, For the better protection of the emigrants going by way of the Great Westerm route, the Commissioners have lately established an agency at Suspension bridge, where the Umer 4 will be assisted in looking after their Laggage in making the proper railroad connections. THE PRIZE RING. The Coburn-McCoole Match. As the time approaches when the great pugilistio controversy between Joe Coburn and Mike McQvole* will be settled the movements of the principals are narrowly watched, and any information respecting them, however slight it may be, is devoured with avidity, This {s natural, as the magnitude of the stake to be contended for and the celebrity of the contestants combine to reader this match of great importance in pugilistic annals, The record of Coburn in the ring is linited to three em» says, the first occasion being when, nineteca years of age, he met and fougat a diaw with Ed- ward Price, His second essay was against the late Harry Gribbin, ia Cana ta, 1867, Whom he whipped. tempt Six Years a the Of iad, When WS sud. arrangements with LicCogle, Whose King admirers, elated wit hus victory over Tom Jenaings, of New Orleans, were eager to match him against the pugilistie representative from New York. ‘Lhe battle was for $1,000 a side, and took place at Charleston, Md., May 6, 1863, with an easy victory for Coburn. Me- Coole has fought and defeated Andy Blake, Tom unings, Bui Davis and Aaron Jones, and since the javier two were compelled to succumb to his suy rior pugilistic abilities his, reputation throughout entire West has unpreced ly, wi he is thought to be invincible and his success in the approaching great contest is regarded as a certainty. The men lave been steadily at work, aud there excellent prospect’ that ou the eventful day both will be tn proper condition. Coburn has labored zealonsly under the guidance of his trainers, and to- day he deserts iis bing Be in Harlem for Plitsburg, slowiy making his way further westward. Although there is nothing from McCoole’s head- quarters, and despite the many fying rumors of his trainer's Inability to get him in order, his friends give evidence of jug unwavering confidence ia his ability by their manner of betting. ‘The colors to be worn by Coburn in the ring have been manufactured, and are of very elegant and showy character, belng @rich silk of emerald greem ground with the harp of Hibernia in the cent beneath which is @n ordinary shield three compartments of red, white and with black bord interspersed with white blue siars, The shamrock is at each corner,‘and thé square is bordered by red, white and biue, inter. mingled with stars of same colors. The design of in all probal ar tke biending of the. Patio ewblems of the ‘t ‘States and Ireland. THE AARON-SHEPPARD MATCH. There is nothing of interest at present to communt. cate in reference to these representative light weights of the East and West. Aaron continues to work industriously, under the care of John Sheffield, at Weehawken, and will ugdoubtedly be tn trim on the day of the ‘fight. Sheppard is in Cleveland, fins ishing his training sul to the direction of thirty atten ge rom 10 0 0 om Antony this city and vieinity ta wile in the West te od js are slightly in favor Sheppard, It ts the im) ion that should the match be brought to a satisfactory issue it will result in sclentiic, hard fought battle. THE COLLYER-EDWARDS MATCH. The instalments called for by the articies of agrees ment of this match have been regularly and ly posted. Collyer is in Baltimore, adding to his. uitation i) a3 ve rhs beet caverse repating for a iengthened spa: ir the West. The iy has of all the members tho fistic fraternity has long since been these men, while the public generally, who are vereant with their fair mode of dealing, are in any information respecting their doi The deposite in the. $1,000 engagement between ‘eaey on redare macat’ cot ee beatae a ni ala) an tant matter of selecting a fal akakenolder has beet pom perm ao aa is sae now © Jucteing trom the interoat frinced in the rater it he principals, neither wii ft helt ondiiioamiBy be ae nsiron nn Sam area day—Julv 2