The New York Herald Newspaper, April 29, 1869, Page 6

—_—- THE LONG ISLAND RAILROAD HORROR, Continuation of the Coroner’s Inquisition. Mr, Charlick and Congressman On the Stand. TIE RAILROAD THEORY CF THE CALAMITY, A Row Between Mr. Charlick and the Foreman of the Jury. At half-past nine o'clock yeot ning, Cov oner Hendrickson and the jury resumed the inquiry into the cause of the accident at Willow statior® on the Lorg Island Railroad, and which eventuated in the death of six persons, as already recorded, at Remsen’s Hotel, Jamaica. Although there was not quite so large an attendance of people as on Mon- day, yet the same degree of interest seemed to be manifested by those present as on the first day of the inquiry. The jury roll having been called over, the taking of further testimony was at once com- menced, TESTIMONY OF WILLIAM BURT!S. Treside in the town of Jamaica; resived near the place of the accident—the East Jamaica totlgate, di- rectly opposite where the accident occurred; | was at the tollgate she time of the accident; I was there in front of the gate sweeping up the dirt when I .tirss saw the cars coming; I looked out and saw the cars run very un- steady—the hind car; 1 told my wife there Was going to be an accident on the cars, they went so unsteady, and when Ll cast my eye over again T saw the car and thonght she would upset; she came again upon the traek and then we heard the great Noise, the screeches and the halloos of the passen. gers; I went over to see what was the matte! from the toligate to the cars was about 100 yards, and I repaired immediately there; 1 approached the uninjured portion of the train and arrived there first; ou arriving at the other end 1 saw the hindmost car al! smashed to pieces, and 1 Saw two dead bodies lying on the track; it looked as though the cars had passed over them; | saw a num- ber with bloody faces and noses, aud they asked me if I could go and get some water for them: | went and got water for them at Mr. Gillespie’s well; 1 went away to Mr. Rose’s and got a bottle of landanum; 1 saw no more than two deait bodies; whea I came back with the laudanum i saw the track torn up con- siderably; the rails, [ think, were torn up, and there Was a good deal of dirt on the track; I did not pay particular attention to the ties; | think the car must have arrived at the point where the rail was before | saw it running unsteady; | did not examine the con ition of the ties or the rail; I was cailed away about that time: | think one Mr. Wiilis, from Jericho, iirst arrivgd at the gate alter the accident; I have not examined these ties since; I did not know wWito those persons were that 1 saw lying dead on the* track; when the car was comtng she ran un- steady and seemed to be wobbling from side to side. To a juror—I can’t tell whether the car was off the track before it came to broken rail or no thought the car fell on its side; the roof was towa me; the car righted again, and then the tra came from under it and the car came down; the car rolled towards me at first; it was after that that I heard the crushing; the train. v ping pretty fast—a little faster th am in seeing the ears: ack ove o, When the jast ace:dent happen examined the track, and it was in a very bad condi- tion then; | have seen some new ties and rails put in within the last six months: this wobbling of the car was much more than the usual raotion; about half between Mr. Chapman's aod the place where the car was finally wrecked | first saw tue peculiar motion of the TESTIMONY OF HENRY REEVES. I reside at Greenport; i was on a train which came irom Greenport, Suffolk county, the saine day, and which arrived at the scene of the accident about three hours after it occurred. To a juror—The train on which throug! to Jamaica; the track had been repaired suficieatly to allow our train to pass over; there Was no detention whatever; I examined the scene of the accident; I made an examination; walked up the track and back again slowly, looking at the ties and rails, but not picking at them; alter getting of I took a look at the broken car; the sides and ends of the car seemed to be strong and secure, and vot Materialiy shatzered, while the bottom was entreiy gon 1 looked also at the bottom of the broken trucks; I thougnt they were comparatively new; the broken wood work seemed to be new and sound, and not to have been used very long; I then walked up tne track slowly where the rail was broken, looki at the rail on both sides, and at the ties, us walked along; I thought the ties ere good; oth none that seeme:! to be ver: sch worn dr decayed, and saw a mark on the end of one where the wheel of the truck had been drawn across it; could not tell how many of the rails had been repiaced; there were inen at work at the time; did not observe the mark of the flange of the wheel except on two or three ties: I did not examine them ail; I did not ob- serve a continuous mark on thei came to the place where the long part of the broken rail lay went down the bark and looked at the rail; J thought the fracture at tne end was a clean one. as if it was comparatively new Iron, that had not been used very jong—not in anywise crystallized. as | believe iron usually does by ¢ ssion; 1 do not know that a person not an expert could tell im all cases the nature of this fracture; it looked to me like any ordinary clean fracture; | am not an ex- pert; I only saw but one piece. the long piece; (the several pieces of the broken rail and chair were here produced); those are not any of the pieces that I saw; I saw a piece eighteen or nimeteen feet long; the fracture on the end of the piece that [ saw resembied this piece here somewhat; this one now prodaced jooks like an old break, and different from the one I saw, but | am not au expert aud do not know exactiy: the dead had been re- moved aud the car taken of the track and the em- | ted were repairing the track when I got there: hey were replacing three or four of the ties west of where the car lay, but the broken r was; 1 do not know that any tie had been re some of them had probably been displa were probabty Ging thems Ur around them; 1 did : L looked at ed to the I was came where th and i wl to the other ai been substuced oue, tle rail was i but another He this is the tle that Was in the brok L could no! se of the disiur got the re ance ¢ saw no appear there: some of the to me the spot where Not stoop down to examine looked at the chair and it looked a8 usua appearance of anything be wrong with i had a conversation with the conluctor, } the conductor of the train that was injured; I aske him when it occurred; he said thirteen min eleven o'clock; asked him how fast he was goi and he said twenty miles an hour; | was there ab twenty minutes and came back to Jatmatca on the engine; I did not examine the chair sufficiently to know thai 1t might not have becn replaced; did 1 examine to see whether it had been iately spik dowa. To a juror—If a new chair had 0 be brighter, | suppose; tt prese appearance —nothing out of the Way; Lama mem ber of Congress frum th's district; { have a general experience of iron, but ain bot an expe i saw neither of those four pieces of iron here produced: Tcould not have told whether a cha that had bec ta use before had been replaced there for the ov there it would 4 the usual under the broken rail. (A piece of rail ab eighteen feet long was here produced by the Rai. road Company, and the witness sat he heheved that to ve the piece he saw.) J did not make a thorough examination of it, however; | now crunk part of the fracture ts an old one. TESTIMONY OF JOSEPHS. CRAIC. Tam an employe of the Long Islund Katlroad Com- | ing tie 8 NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY uw ie were about twenty men there altogether; it wae Mr. Ruden’s business to repair the track on that way; it was my duty to see that new ties were put in; Lam sure there were no new ties put in be- fore I got there; if a chair had to be replaced at that time and | was not there, the foreman Ruden would have to assume the responsibility; when tue train 1*was on arrived at the scene of the acci- deat the track was spiked up, but not finished; afer I arvived [ had five ties takea out where the broken rail was—between the lace of the broken rail and the cattie pass, a distance of 500 feet, and replacea them with new ones; those I took out we left on the bank that night and next day they were piled up alongside that cattle pass, with the exception of one which lies there still, | think; prior to the taking out of those ties there were other ties lying loose beside the track; | am certain there were old ties lying along this 300 feet; the first Ue 1 took out wes forty-nine feet from the end of the rail that broke from the West end of the rail; in the next twenty-four feet east there were two more ties put in; the other two Were forty or fifty or 100 feet farther down towards the cattle pass; there were no ues broken west of foriy-nine feet east of the point at which the rail was broken; 1 do not think the strain ou the ties was tie — great- est at the point where the rail gave way; the ties 1 did take out were decayed some, but they Were not rotten ties; they were bruised and torn from the wheels of the truck running over thei; cue Of the Chairs of Uns 300 feet was replaced on the Sixth joint east from the west end of the broken rail: there were no other chairs replaced there that know of; after 1 arrived and up to six o'clock that evening [ would have known It if they had been re- placed; l think | was there when the jury viewed the place; 1 measured the space occupied by the broken rail; the distance was a Cwenty-forr foot ratl; 1 did not measure the pieces lying round it. (Wit- ness here measured the other pieces with fis tape.) To a Juror—The curve in the rail might make a difference. ‘To the District Attorn three longesi: piece: the length of the s I find the distance of the ree feet eight inches; ph is five inches; if the ose together as they were y It might make ball an inch difference: twenty-four foot rails vary sometimes: they some- tines Vary a quarter and hait an inch; itis an un ivequent occurrene for you to get them to vary an inch or two; they might Vary some. Juror —Is it not a common occurrence for twenty- four foot rails to vary slightly? A. Yes, it Is a com- mon thing. To the District Attorney—i am not able to say how much they vary: they wy in jeugth sometimes; sometimes you will find a railan fneh lopger and sometimes half an inch; | measured the space al the request of and in the presence of the 11 found it tweuty-four feet; | examined the r the west end of this broken i, (Chair produced, 1 do not think tiis 1s the one. Q. Could you fell the chair if 1 saw Well, Lthink Leonid, (Another chair juced.) I think that is the chatr that came off the west end of the broken rail; that mentation there was probably done when ti was broken; [swear thateis (he : I was there and helped to take it out: (ha u that f came down on passed over that chair; [ kuow there was a chair ont the tie at the time of the acct dent; the chair was t and 1 Was told it was not taken of; it was tuken olf yes- terday. Mr. O'Donnell (foreman of the fary)—Why was that chair taken off yesterday, or by whose order or authoriiy’ A, Mr. Baton ordered it to be taken off and brought here; in lay:ng the iron an eighth toa quarter of an tach ex jon is allowed between the enas of the rails; in my experience after ras have been latd some time have seen one mich space be- tween them; it is not my duty to walk the whole track to see eve gis in order; we have section men to do that; Thomas Cassidy was the man whose duty it was fo walk this section where the accident occurred; 1 do not hpow that he walked up that d. he told me he did the day before; a section of six men went over ihe track that day: would not consider it e with a space of four inches between the rails or where spikes were puiled out with the fingers; where the spikes were cut on the inside of a track a distance of five ties L Would not conside: railroad man i have un experienc : | have aiways been laying trac! ne} plece of a broken the safety of it would depend on how wide it was in a broken chair it would not be hink the end of the small piece has the nce Of a .resh break, and aiso that on the it? A. Y bottom; 1 cant account for an incision like this ma rail of kind Jying in a chair uniess it got spread, unless it got off somehow; we side” piece 1 would not’ consider sate, vecanse it is an old break; { could not say whether this pic ane off the end of th rail; there has been no rey ade (o me recenily us to the con- dition of thats there has been no report made to me since {have been here; the section 18 about tive malies; | can’t tell what repairs had been put on within the last hree toads of tron were put in this winter: tl Ss been a mile or two of new iron put in dierent places where it was needed; it has been put vetween Hyde Park and Queens, and some at this side of Queens; there Were 109 ratls put this side « sthis winter; could not tell how F eputin; Was not on the road then; a was fornished before | came there are 400 or 500 new ties and 1 new rails lying alongside that five miles now; @ gang of six men in a d as a gen- era! thing, would jay fifty or enty-tive tes when the road is running; promiscuously they could put in thirty or forty; a gang of six men would ta: about thirty rails ina day; [know nothing about it only since the Ist of April; since that time about 150 days’ work has been done on that section; there have been six men on that section; | was assistant roadmaster on the eastern end before I got to be roadmaster; | have seen Claus Frederick every day since the Ist of April; he did not make any demand on me for new iron; he did not demaud new ties from me until after the accident; he ordered some chairs one day and [ gave them to him; siuce the accident I furnished him 400 ties and 100 rails; we were running materiats along the line the day the accident occurred, imtended for that section and others; the ties taken out there were fairties; those taken out of the track were good fair ties except one; those that were broken at the ends were those taken out; the ties east of that place are very fair; there is one gang whose business it is to work that section; the tes east of the acct deat are as good, and, if anything, better than those taken out; [ do not know the man whose duty it was to walk that section; had been off for a number of days. By a Juror—vo you know of your own knowledge that Clans Fredericks, with his gang of men, went over the road every day’ A. I can't tell; | know some of these men went over it every day; | saw them on that section up near Hyde Park the day be- fore the accident. q. When was the last time you know of your own knowledge they went over’ A. Well, a@ week pre- vious to the accident I watked over this piace with Claus Fredericks for the purpose of examination. By aJuror—Did you not tell me on Friday that You had not been over the road for two weeks? A. No; one week, | said. Another Juror—Iwo weeks you said, for | was bye when you said so. A. Weil, it is one week; r the accident the superintendent toid me to clear the track; I did, and had the stuf taken to Hunter's Potut; did not take any of the iron down there, ‘To a Juror—I do not know if there is any particular record of the condition of the track kept; | report whenever anything is wrong: | don’t know that I have made any renort lately; the track from here to Queens is fair now; | have had no conversation with the officers of the company in regard to my testi- mony. To the District Attorney—I have an assistant now, named George Breeze, A recess i a hour was here taken for dinner, After Recess. v Charlick, President of the Long Island i the first witness examined, TE TIMONY OF OLIVER CHARLICK. of the Long Isiand Railroad Com- cld that position six years; at the ume accident 1 think T must have been in tion ou Mond hing as to ti track prior t section perhaps fiv fiv 1 passed over that es In a separate car within mouths; the track on Monday iast was just the me as It was last winter, except ages tat are usually made on th down in company with Mr. Vo! Superintendent of the New Jersey yt where the accident oo to the culvert and from the a quarter of a mile wese of where the accid were this [did r 1 saw no unsaie section of the Kk; TE think | counted seven ties that were fresher than the others, a quarter of aim ter of a mile West of where the I think there were five ties that were h that had been put in since spring; | saw and examined the broken rail; J also examined the smail five mech piece that I understood to be produced here by Mr. onnell, and also a chair introduced by him; this small piece of rail here is not of te same pattern as our rails; the English brand is on this piece; the rail broken was of American manu jacture and was fifty-six pounds weight to the yard: the ptece introduced by the foreman of thts jury is of English manufacture and tas the brand yet upon it; any; have been in theirempioy since 1 Of last ecember, as assistant road master ntl! April gl, and since that time as road master: the read master is to see that the road is keptin running order; the duty of the read masier ts to go over the whole a of the road and see What repairs are needed, and then have them done. The main road, from Hunter's Point to Greenport, is under my supervi- sion; d the branches—the Syosset and Northport branch and Giencove neh and Hempstead—the road running from Jamaica to East New York. We have something over one hundred men under my immediate supervision to keep the track in order; we have five and six men to each section and twenty-one foremen; reports are made from tese foremen to me; any time anything ts Wanted in the shape of materiai the foremen send a ‘Rote fo me, and ater consulting Mr. Baton, the superintendent, if I have the material on hand 1 wend it tight away; If 1 have the material | do not y one, bit send tt right off, as itis m ; SUppose @ foreman reports Uh ere bew ties and rails Wanted for a whole section, L should first Cad & personal examination: at the ume the accident occurred I was in Hicksville; | was here if the afternoon; I rode to Hickavilie on a train; when I heard of the accident | was at Hicksville: about ten or fiftcen — ast two | arrived at the place ol th accident; when I arrived at the scene of the accident Mr. Olmstead was there, the master mechanic; he had his men there, and Thomas Ruden, tie trackman, was there with his gang of men; I think Olmateaa bad ten or twelve men there; Ruden had five or six 1 distinguish it by its being of a diferent curvature and run through a smatier dye or rotier. Toa Juror—My impression t# that this is Guest's brand; that rail is of English manuiacrure, and is a smaller and lighter raii; 1 showid judge it ts from forty-five to forty-eight pounds to the yard; I have directed searches to be made to procure the other eud of the raii broken; if not destroyed we hope to produce it before the jury; we are making every effort to discover the person that took it away and where it now 1s; upon examining this stall piece that was introduced here by the foreman of this jury as a portion of this broken rali it is plain to be seen it has had no tread of 300 wheeis a day over it for years; if the jury will examine the top they will see there is no smooth surface to this as there is on the large portion of the rail; T have no doubt that this end was a fresh break; 1 have no doubt the break aiso in the web of the rall, that portion between the flange and the top ia fresh; it appeats to have been done since the accident; it could have been done either by @ ham- mer or by the clifled fange of a ratiroad wheel; my conciusions are it was not done by the chilied flange, because if it had been done by this train, whictt was running east, it would strike all ends of the rail from the west; had jt struck it trom the other end the mdentation would be deeper than it 19; it mast have laid on its side In orcer to be done by the flange of the wheel; tals indentation, if ma: by the cars that day, must have been made from the west; that is, if it was in the track; my conclusions are that this indentation was made (it being a long rail) by prying it between two ratis: | propose to in- troduce a rail here and show how it is broken in this way. Yo a Juror—My impression 1s that when this road Was first built ‘there was some light Enyiish rail under fifty pounds put down, which was remarkably tron—the best, perhaps, ever put on a railroad ia this country; [' think they were nineteen foot rails; this piece of rail does not Jook as if a train had passed over it recently; on account of the superior quality of this English iron when we took the rails up we sold them for three or five dollars a ton more than we got for other old rails; we con menced to take them up about a year ago; | have never been engaged im the manufacture of trou: L know about the essential part of iron; there is, per- haps, a little difference; 1 think they are both good iron; iron after i has been used for several years usually gels Crys- talized; they are both wrought iron, made by the same process; one is an older iron than the other and perhaps a little more carbonized than the other; the smail piece perhaps 13 a little more car- bonized than the other; the action of a railroad wheel upon a rail has a tendency to chill It—to take out the fibre; the constant pounding upon tron weakens it; if you suspend a rail by astrivg from this wall and a man with a two ounce hammer continues to strike it for some time he will take all the tibre out of it, so that he can break it in two with that hammer; by looking at the fresh end of the small piece and the fresh ead of the large piece I could not tell the difference as to whether it was American or English manufacture, but it is very evident that the rails are not of the same quality or character of iron; one 18 & coarser quality of von and a different fibre, «. What is the figure represented on this brand of Guest’s manufacture? A, I think that 1s Guest's; L think [know what Guest's brand is, but not enough tO swear definitely about it, Question repeaied, A. I think [ know; still I have not examined Guest's trade mark for two or three years; buié as the mark on this iron 1s a little indis- tact | would not like to say as a certainty that tt was Guest's brand; my impression 18 it 13 ¢ " is a device of a trade mark; Lam not skilied i trade marks or devices; Ido not know the device of the private mark used by Guest or what if 1s in- tended to represent; | don’t Know what it means or what character it represents; the broken rai was manufactured by Hopkins & Co; { don’t know whether they have a trade mark or not; I ex- amined the’ car that was injured before the accident; {think there were no chains attached from the truck tothe bottom of the car; chains are not generaily used now, | believe; nny might be of ser vice, im case of accident, in holding the cars on the that was the professed object, but they were utterly useless ‘or that purpose; a chain strong enough to prevent @ (ruck jeaving a track froma broken ratl would erther break the body of the car contribute to a further accident by upsetting it; a chain to be of any service ina violent sudden emer- gency must be periegtiy ight; my impression ts we may have one or two cars with chains, but [do not know exactly: there may be two with the old chains stillon; there may be more for ought [know; these chains have not power to prevent the truck from slewing around far enough; in case of the break- ing of a ring bolt the chains would not keep the truck from slewing. ‘To Mr. O' Donnell—i am not a mechanic; [ think the first business of my life was a clerk in a store in New York; I think 1 was twelve years old then; 1 commencéd as a railroad man in 1852 or 1853: I have been superintendent of the Eighth avenue road for seven years; the first steam road I had charge of was the New york and Flushing road for about a year and a lialf; have been connected with the Har- Jem road six years, Hudson River about the same time, with tne Rock Island and Chicago Railroad for the last seven years; ama director now on the Har- Jem road and have been for th x years; have been president of the Long Is!and road six yea when Tcame tothe Long tsiaad road the roiling stock in 1863 was not suficient to do tie business of the road; the road {considered sate, although re- quiring some changes to insure fast or prompt run- ning; we keep regular books on the row pay our engineers -frem ninety dollars down; the master mechanic has been instructed by me to 1 Wages as should command the services a3 nen; the wages paid is from ninety dollars down, according to the grade of service; within the last two years My impression ts that I do not know of a month that riders on the road did not suggest improvements; | donot think personally that any one complained of the bad condition of the road personally to me; [ bave seen it in the news- papers and have heard of people saying 80; as to the condition of the road in the neighborhood of Winfield | could not now state any person that has spoken to me on the subject ouside of the employ of the road; such complaint. may have be: made, but 1 can’t call u to mind at the mo- ment, but if such mplaint has be made @ me it received my iunmediate attention; this road has had over $160,000 worth of new iron pui on it during the last fifteen “months; no poor or second quality of iron has been purchased to my Knowledze, und I purchased it all; these new raus were put, | think, on every section of the road where it was required, more or less; we use perha five brands of iron; wedo use English rail o we have 2,500 tons English rail to arrive now; 700 tons are at the wharf now; diverent brand all: [do not know where the end of this broken rail is; Tdo not think It would be doing justice to this investigation to stave my opinion of where this sinal! piece of rai! came from; I have my own theory about it, and I might do injustice to some party who probably does not understand the condition of thins { can state, however, that no expense or trouble will be spared to find out ail about It; I have also been connected with the Ben- nington and Rutland road and the Lebanon Springs road; there may bave been a complaint made about the road between Northport and Hunter's Point, and if there was ‘t received my immediate attention; in all such cases | gave drection to the superinten- dent to attend to it at once. TESTIMONY OF JOHN HOWELL. T reside at Jamaica, and am at present employed on the Southside Kailroad; | was not present at the accident; I know nothing about the accident; I have been in general railroad business, with the excep- tion of running an engine; am not a machin have been engaged in building ratlroads, and tea! ing up old and putting in new iron, and have seen rails broken and jammed and mashed an various different styles; these pieces look to be the same iron; I can only tell from its general ap- pearance; I am not an expert; I can’t say pos tively that this small piece came off that ratl; it is not altogether improbable and very possibly 1¢ did; in my experience I have often known it to be the case for the caps of the rail to come off from the rail itself; tt comes off sometimes tn the centre. but more commonly at the end of the rail; the top of the rail after the cap comes off looks very like this small piece ebeae here; 1 think from the looks that this roken piece and the portion of the rail that they were run through the same die and rolled in the same manner: also the be», or uj ht part of the rail, appears to be about the same thickness; L have known the cap to peel off from @ quarter to three-eighths of an inch thick and the rest appear sound; T have been engage! laying and repairing tracks for the last sixteen years. ‘The inquiry was here adjourned until Wednesday, the 5th of May, at nine o’clock in the morning. ‘The jury, through Mr. O'Donnell, protested against the inment, and said they wanted the inquest to proceed without interruption. KOW BETWEEN MR. O'DONNELL AND MR. CHARLICK. During the examination of Mr. Charlick by Mr. O'Donnell, the foreman of the jury, considerable ill feeling manifested by both; but 1t was kept pretty well hidden under cool exteriors until the ad- jonrninent was announced, when Mr. Charlick peremptorily demanded that Mr. O'Donnel! should relinquish the possession of the small piece of broken rail whicn he retained and place it tn the hands of the Coroner for safe keeping. Mr. O'Donnell vehemently and excitedly retused to comply with this request, on the ground that it was picked up on the scene of the accident by him in the presence of the jury, and that they were, therefore, the proper custodians of it, The Coroner (who is an old gentleman over seventy) seemed at a loss how to settle the disputed point, and allowed the beiligerents to have their full fling in a wordy warfare for several minutes, to the evident delight of the audience, but to the disgrace of the decorum and solemnity which should sur- round the proceedings in a case with which so much sadness is connected. Finally, on consultation with hus fellow jurors, Mr. O'Donnell surrendered the piece of rali to the Coroner, with the understanding that he was to allow no one to see it until the re- assembling of the jury on the Sth of May to resnme the inquiry, Opinion of A Citizen on the Construction ¢f Railronds, ‘To THE Eprror or TAK HERALD: — ‘The late catastrophe on the Long Island Raflroad, which resulted in the death of six and the maiming of fourteen persons, has excited deep alarm and an earnest desire to ascertain the canse and the pre- ventive of such destruction of human life. For, until the true cause is discovered, | see no prospect of security against the repetition of simiiar appal- ing scenes. In the sincere and praiseworthy efforts of editors and others to find out the causes T am constrained to believe the true one ts overlooked. Iu my opinion the primary cause is not often bad sleepers, lack of ballast, defective rails or the want of steel rails, but the want of continuous rails, As rails are now jaid, the car wheels on all kinds of them that nave been laid from six to twelve months and have much travel upon them a sink the ties under the rail ends, which causes the Wheels to jump down from one quarter to one inch, from one rail to the next rail end; deranging the Whole line, breaking corners of the bottom of the rail ends, loose ni: the spikes, breaking the chairs nd drawing the rail ends from them. wheels now run one side of the next rail, and, knocking away the tie, the next wheel may break either of the unsupported ratlends, and then among the debris lenty of broken tails, wheels and axles caa geverally be found, any one of which can be selected as the cause Of the disaster, as may best accord with the fancy or interest of parties concerned, In proof of my theory of the primary cause you have only to reier to Mr. O'Do fement avout the old fracture in the cradie or chair, the broken corners of the rail ends and the violent thumpings and banging ot the wheels on the rail ends, wiich latter musi, as a matter of course, have sunk the joint te, cracked the chair, broken off the thin corner of the rail, drawing it out of the chair and causing the disaster in the same way that per- haps nine-tenths of all railroad disasters are caused when cha to b J xies, whee, &c. Now, if my theory be correct rails would prove ho security unless they were made conunuous, be- cause if they did not break they would bend, and the result might be even worse. But you may eay, , APKIL zy, why search after the cause tf there be no known rem~ edy? fam happy to say that I believe there 1s. 1 am told there are now irom oue to (wo miles of rails on the Third and Sixth avenues, so lapped at the ends as to entirely prevent the jumping down of the car wheels and concussion at ihe rail euds without the help of chai plates or any other device, Some of these rails have lain tn front of Freuch’s Hotel for over four years without relaying or a shilling of repair, If this lap prevents the jumping down of horse car Wheels 1 would certainly preveal the jumping down of steam car wheels. VIATOR. HAYTI. 69.-QUADRUPLE SHEET. The Ferunndo Po Frisoners~The Campaign in Cauraguey—Negroes Among the Insure gents—The War on Property #£ Absentecs— Proposed New Tarif! oa Imports—' dination of Volunteers—Kelexse of Passens gers of the Lizzie Major. Havana, April 24, 1869, The steamer carrying the Fernando Po prisoners found it necessary to put into Porto Rico. The Ga- elte of last evening states that owing to some defect in the machinery, difficult to remedy in the ‘open sea, and fears of an epidemic, upon the certifl- cate of the surgeons, the commander had deter- mined to proceed to the port mentioned. The Cap- tain General of that island had determined in no way to interfere with the destination of the vessel. ‘The article of the Gazette closes by saying that the prisoners will go to Fernando Po, and at this mo- ment are sailing in the direction of that island. Our news from the seat of insurrection is more than usually meagre, nor is it probable that any overa- tions of moment are going on, aside from the pr-- parations making for the proposed decisive cain- paign in Cauraguey. The early part of May is now set down as the time for the complete suppression of the rebellion, and it is stated that daring that month Dulce, his work being accomplished, will proceed to Madrid. The tmpression is that there are no insurgents of auy,importance save those in the Central Department, and as a large force is now concentrated there it is caléulated that a short cam- paign will end it. We have nothing in confirmation of the conditional surrénder of 600 insurgents near Cien‘uegos, a3 pub- lished in an extra and embodied in my last, and the story is coming to be regarded as a canard—the Cu- bans say published to cover up some disaster. Fifty- three insurgent prisoners recently arrived here from that city, but neither they nor the force guarding them knew anything of the proposed surrender. Reported successes of the rebels about Trinidad are numerous, but they are evidently without foun- dation, Your correspondent, writing from there on the 21st, says that about 1,000 rebels appeared tn sight ot the town last week, but flea before a party of volunteers who went out to attack tnem, ‘There are said to be from 30,000 to 40,000 negroes in the insurgent ranks who speak French, having formerly been slaves on the estates of French creoles tm the Eastern Department. A letter, couched in ambiguous language, for fear of discovery by the au- thorities, states that not long since a large band of them w instructed to hold a certain point against an attack by the troops; that in doing so 150 of them were kille A Spanish ex-naval officer attached to the insur- rection, commissioned by Cespedes, has gone to the United States to take command of a privateer now being fiteed out to prey on Spanish commerce, In anticipation of the landing of expeditions from the States the volunteers of this city are’ready to leave by war ships for the coast, with artillery, the moment they are required, The cruiser steam- ers Marsella and Alicante sailed for Nuevitas on the 20th, taking the thousand Cataian volunteers who arrived in the steamer Expata recently. Their com- mander, Colonel Tejada, was attacked with vertigo on embarkation and lies dangerously ill. Several of the men were also taken sick and could not go on. On the same day the battalion of negro mobilized volunteers embarked on the Barcelona for the same place, previously passing in review before the palace and loudly cheering Genera: Dulce. They are com- manded by Colonel Yoiler y Lersundi, ex-Chief of Police. The Cadiz mati steamer Isla de Cuba arrived on the 2ist with 1,017 Andaiusian and Madrid in- fantry, including a number of chasseurs, all miser- abiy clad and many sick among t ‘The war on the property of absentees continues with unabated vigor, and large properties have al- ready been embargoed. The Gazetie of tast evening contains a decree Stating that the executive power of the nation has deterinined that the proceeds of the properties of the insurgents and their accom- phces, already sequestered or hereafter to be so, ll be applied to the expenses of the war. A sup- mentary circular has also been published, dated 22d, stating that, 1o avoid misunderstanding, the parties named in the sequestration decree are those abroad and not others remaining in the island who bear the same name. Last night's Gazette contains a decree issued from the “Local Di tion of Administration,” signed by General Dul which, alter enumerating al! the legal grounas, deciares null and void the fusion of the two principal railroads of the island, the one styled the Compania de Ferro Carviles de ia Habana, and the other El Ferro Carril de la Bahia de la Habana a Matansas, under the title Empresa ue los Ferro Carrties de la Habana, The ostensibie reason for the decree is that the iusion is not in accordance with law. A copy of the decree is to be sent to the Colonial Minister at Madrid, Sefors Jos¢ Morales Lemus, José Manuel Mestre, Francisco Ferrer and many other distinguished Cubans were the promoters of the fusion, There ts good reason for believing that the old tari? of import duties will be removed ere long and higher duties imposed, 0g the system of ad valorem, The Gazette of yesterday contains a manifesto, signed by many Of the most influential citizens of Villa Clara and addressed to the Lieutenant Gov- ernor of that jurisdiction, denouncing in the strong- est terms the Central Republican Junta and the doings of the insurgents of Cuba. By order of General Dulce, dated 2ist, a negro named Justo Sanchez, a slave of the insurgent chiet Diego Abren, is emancipated. He abandoned his master, refusing to take any part in the insurrection, and did signal service to the troops in the action of the 24d ult., disclosing the whereabouts of the in- ste e council of War convened for the trial of Don Rafael Sanza and Sefior Mendivil, on charge of trea- gon, on the occasion of the disturbances at the Villa- nueva theatre, January 12, was to open yesterday, but its sitting was postponed for some reason. Pedro Pablo O'Reilly, colonel of militia, was to have presided, but as he been entrusted with a com- bro to Spain the Mayor de Plaza will be sub- a , The volunteers of the Sixth battalion are so dis- satisfied with their new commander, he being an officer of the lar army, that they propose to nominate Sefiior Kersel, whom, being a Cuban, they rejected not Io1 esterdas al r of those scenes occurred which show the volunteers to be masters of Havana. An order arrived at the Cabatias Fortress for the re- moval or release of a political prisoner, said to be a relative of Cespedes. The guard on duty, from the Third battalion of volunteers, opposed the execution uM Abject Apology of Salnavo to the British Naval Ferce—New Duties to Be Enforced Export of Syrups Prohibited=Finances Exe hausted—Starvation of the People—Com- Plaints Against Minister Hollister-Revolus tionist Successes=The Picos Sue for Peace. K TON, April 9, 1859, Your correspondent writes from Port au Prince, inst, It will be remembered that on the arrival of her Majesty's steamer Dart at Port. Royal, two weeks ago, intelligence came of the outrage committed on the British mail steamer Cuban in Port au Prince, Commodore Phillimore despatched her Majesty's steamer Doris to that port to demand reparation for the insult and a public apology. On the arrival of the Doris the Haytien gunboat Salnave and the war bark Trait d’Union were taking in coal and preparing for sea on some mission of importance to the south. The commanders of these two vessels were served with polite inti- mations by the captain of the Doris to the effect that neither of them would be permitted to leave port until an apology and ample reparation. had been made for the insult offered to her Majesty’s mails, The same announcement was made to the President (the effect of its delivery was somewhat startling to the Haytien authorities), who immedi- ately hastened to the Doris and assured the com- mander that the inost ample satisfaction would be affordea and satisfactory explanations given; but, as the embargoed ships were on an impartant mission and their detention would be attended with great inconveuiente, they requested that the vessels might be permitted to proceed. The English captain, how- ever, was not so easily imposed on; he expressed re- gret that their detention should so seriously’ mter- fere with the plans of the President, but that these were his instructions. ‘The steamer and bark were accordingly detained, and, lest either should slip out to sea in the darkness of the night, a strict watch was kept upon them, and the Briush warships Doris and Jason kept their boats manned and in readi- ness on alarm to make the requisite captures of the attempted runaways. On the 3ist of March Salnave made the most hu- miliating apology to the commanders of the Doris and Jason, in the presence of Mr. St. Joln, the Bri- tish Charge d’Affaires, deciarmg that he was utterly ignorant of the seizure of the mail bags, and at the time was far away from the capital. He assured them of his extreme regret and annoyance at what had been complained of, and his grief of mind at the discovery, when it was too late to remedy it, expres ing his readiness, in the Oficial Moniten of the 3d, to make the most ample public apology for what had been complaimed of, Captain Annesley, of the Jason, in reply, stated that this was the third time her Majesty’s ships had been sent to Port au Prince to demand satisfaction from the government of Salnave for insuits offered to the British flag, her Majesty’s representative, in the person of Mr. St. John, and also, on the present occasion, for an outrage of a most barbarous charac- ter, and for a most barbarous purpose. on her Ma- jesty’s mails, Ox each occasion, the only reparation offered wss paltry apologies; but to commit an out- rage and then apologize was not quite so satisfac- tory to her Majesty’s government as the government of Hayti seemed to suppose, and he felt tt his duty on the present occasion to intorm the President that this was the last ume such apologies would be ac- cepted, and that next time when her Majesty's naval authorities were sent to Port au Prince ona similar mission the reparations demanded and en- forced would be of @ much more substantial char- acter, and would also be of such magnitude as would make the Haytien authorities hesitate before offering insult to a great Power, and suificient!y eifective to check very materially the naval strength of the republic. The President expressed himself satisfied, and the naval commanders having accepted of the President’s apology liberated the embargoed vessels, and, hoisting the Haytien flag on the fore of tue Doris, gave it a national salute, and the Jason returned to Jamuica to report. For two days the Custom House at Port au Prince had been closed, no goods being permitted to jand and none to be shipped. This occasioned serious trouble and annoyance, as there were about fifteen vesseis in port loading for the States and Europe. ‘The reasons given were that Salnave was about to make a new arrangement of duties. On the 2d of April the ports of Leogane, Petit Goave and Grande —s were opened for the entry and loading of shipping. ‘The sulpment of syrup, which merchants had been despatching in large quantities the last few weeks, had been prohibited. The government, having exhausted all its funds, is in great straits. The commander of the Alexandre Petion, whose salary is $5,000 per annum, inde- pendent of prize money, has threatened to carry oif the steamer if he 1s not paid; and the crew of the gunboat Salnave have deserted the Haytien navy, in consequence of their wages not forthcoming. They applied to the American Minister for redress, but were told that having joined the navy of another nationality they had forfelted the rights of citizen- ship, Tne crew, therefore, came on to Jamaica in the English steamer Darien. The government of Salnave has become very un- easy, in consequence of information received that the leading merchants of Boston had memorialized the Secretary of State against the conduct of Mr. Hollister, the United States Minister at Port au Prince, and praying for his immediate recall, ‘that the people of Hayti may thereby be satisfied that the government of the United States does not mean give their enemics matertal or morat support.” Provisions are being sold at the most rates—a barrel of flour being valued at $5,000 er tien payer currency) and a barrel of pork at $14,000, Gold, in a few days, rose in value trom $600 to $1,200 for the American dollar, and now it reaches $1,500. ‘The peopie are positively starving, and merchants will only sell for coffee or specie. So great is the destitution everywhere that threats are nade of an open and violent. pillaging of the provision stores, and neh roperty is safe, because there is no protec- whatever. = Jacmel your correspondent writes on the 3d inst The villages of Torbeck, Port Salut and Cavaillon bad been captured by the imsurgents; therefore those places were lost to the government of Salnave, and the plains of nes had been completely | of the oruer, and, despite the subsequent appearan: ¢ scoured by the army of General Domingue, who | of the City Governor the prisoner was retained. cleared away the hordes of wee barbarous Bicos or p 4 picquets, The massacre of these bloodthirs ian & perfectly horhtying, Volunteer Arrests by the Volunteers at Bejucal. Besvucat, April 22, 1869. ‘The Governor had a serious dispute lately with the volunteers. These were taking the law into their own hands by throwing some Cubans, simply on suspicion of disloyalty, into military confinement; but it appears that the officer has been heid ltabie to the military ordinances, and no cause for the un- just imprisonment of the Cabans being brought fore ward they were released. This ia not the first in- stance where the lesser anthortities have shown more “pluck” than others ‘above” them. represented as One thousand five hundred of them were left dead and unburied in one of the valieys throagh which Domingue’s army passed. THE GREAT PACIFIC RAILROAL. Table of Distances Between New York San Francisco and the Great Enst. {From the Toledo Blade, April 26.) ‘The near completion of the great Pacific Railroad attracts such general attention, not only throughout our own nation but tn Europe, and inquiries are 80 frequent regarding the particulars of travel, that we have compiled tue following table, from the best material at hand. showing as nearly as possible the various distances run, from point to point, and the ordinary running time consume in making the trip from New York, over h section of road, to San Fraacisco, ti eat metropolis of the Golden West:— Affairs at CienfuegosAll Prisoners to Be Sent to Havana=No Gatherings to Be Permitied in the Streets. CreneveGos, April 21, 1869, To-day Governor Estefant published the order he had received from General Dulce to send all the prisoners confined in this city, under the charge of infidencia or disloyalty, to Havana—a precaution taken, he states, “to prevent the consequences that might arise from any disturbance or change in the public order.” At the same time he directs that no groups of more than three individuais be permitted in the streets after the hour of ten o'clock at night; and further, that any one offering subversive or Miles, Hours, aL 36 New York to Chicago, Tl ws Chicago to Omaha, Nebrasku. Omaha to Bryan... . bryan to Ogden, Utah... .. : Ogden to Biko, Nevada, via Central Pacific Ratiroad... Elko to Sacramento, Cal Pacific Railroad. an via Central Sacramento to San fra alarming cries is to be summarily tried and shot. Western Pacific Kailroad. uy _ - WR se sek is 33 wis Arrival of Reinforcements at Trinidad—Re- ada cent Encounters=insurgent General C Wounded. ‘Thus a total distance of 4 mules 18 made, ac- cording to the present schedule ume, in six day: seventeen and @ halt hours, actual time, by a tra eller’s watch, from which we deduct three and a half hours, difference of time, when going West, leaving the apparent time consumed in making the trip six bag Hy fourteen hours, t San Francisco the matis will connect with the various steamship lines running on the Pacific, and may be landed at Honolulu in wine days tr that city, or fift anda half days from New York. ‘They can reach Japan in nineteen days trom San Francisco, or twenty-five and a half days from New York, or thirty-three to thirty-four days from Great Britain, thus beating the British matis sent via suez by the Peninsular and Oriental steamers by from three to four weeks. The trip between Yokohama, Japan, and either Long ng or Shanghae, is readily accomplished by the Pacific Mail steamships in from five io six days, which, added to the time in reaching Japan, Will give the through time necessary to reach either of the above named ris of China, ‘The American steamships belonging the China branch of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company are unequalled im beauty and elegance, and we firmly believe tn stability, by any vessels afloat. As they excel all other steamships joat—except the Great Ki Tn—in size and capa- wae they also excel them in their various ap ointments and comfortable accommodations for rst class passengers, The malis for Australia, tt is thought, will hereafter go via San Francisco, aa the Australian and New Zealand Steamsitp Compan, rotend transferring the terminus of their tine, whic! has been running from Sydney to Panama, 80 8 hereafter to run trom Ausirviia to Talati, thence to Honolulu, and thence to san Francisco, making twenty-eight days, scheduie the, whiel uive us @ monthly mail to Austratia in thirty-four or thirty five days throngh time. TRINIDAD, April 21, 1869, Fortunately for the government forces, reinforee- ments have arrived suMfcient to annihilate all the insurgent bands that may appear here. The en+ counter of the ldth took place on the coffee planta- tion of Cacho, The rebel General Cabada was wounded and had to retire from the field, Of the twenty-seven Spaniards, “prisoners” with the insurgents, eighteen “presented” themselves after the action. The number of killed was three—one Coban, one Galician and ong Canary Islander; but nothing i# known of the rest. The imeurgent force was about 1,000 men, commanded by Cabad: cording to a detailed tist of the organization, pu lished by the government, f an American Engineer at Sagun. SAGuA, April 22, 1869, James Martin, an American citizen, engineer on a neighboring planiation, was slaughtered the other day and completely cut to pieces by the “brave” volunteers, Information of the occurrence has been given to Mr. Hall, Consul at Havana, by a brother engineer; but it may be justly feared that General Dulce will have “no time’! to institute the proper in- quiries, and consequently the perpetrators of the cowardly act will escape “condign” punishment. The worst of all is that, not being “checked? in ‘notorious braveness”’ the vo.unteers will take “liking” to such conduct, and we inay at any mo- ment hear of more such atrocities, The Lizzie Major's Passengers Delivered to the American Consul=Return of Troops—An End Soon to be Put to the Insurrection. Remepros, April 18, 1869, ‘The two Cubans, passengers of the American bark Liane Major, have been released, and were to-day Murder ‘The potato fever ra 8 badly, farme ta Brandon, vi, sold Rose at During last week a irty-five barrels Early and $40 per barrel, five bushels Bresce ‘0, 2, at $60 a bushel, one potato of No. 4 it $50, and two of the No, 6 spectes at $10 placed at the disposition of Mr. Stone, the United States Consular agent. Generai Puello arrived lately with a column of 50 men, without having met with any enemy on the Way. He was entertained at the house of Don !stra- ton Bausa. In his address to the inhabitants, a4 uivlished in the papers, he says that the country lias m RQOUTEA by nis, reea throughout Moron and Santi Kspund, ane Mae Raoprntire oy meg Sures a8 Will soon put an eld to the inayrreotion those quarters. The directors of the railroad from Caibarien to Santi Espiritu have ordered the name of 1 a honor of Moraies Lemus—to be effaced iron the pemeipal Slation, and the name of Lernandy subst Tusurgent Appeal—Want of Arms the Reason for Inaction, We have received a copy of a manifesto signed by Donato del Marmol! and Felix Figueredo, general in the insurgent army of Cuba, addressed to “The Citizea President of the Cenwal Republican Junta of Cuba and Porto Rico; but who that gentleman is does not appear, The following extracts contain the chief points of the manifesto, which is dated at CAMP San Ramon, i} DistRict OF SANTIAGO DE CUnA, Mareht ae) The Spanish government holds to-day no iuere ground than that trodden by its soldiery, and this is limited to the principat towns where they are oo as it were, Imprisoned in their own houses, Hui they neither possess the gift of persuasion nor lave the power to command by force, they have converted those places tnto dens of tigers disgiised under the shape of man; from there they come forth, when they are sure of not being attacked, to return with imnocent victims and boast of imaginary triamphs. Yet this state of things continues unchang.d, o ing to the unfortunate circumstance that the Cuban army is unprovided with the arms and necessary tn- plements of war to attack the enemy within their strongholds, and so long as this necessity lasis the Spanish soldiers, among whom the volunteers from the Peninsula are distinguished for their brutal fv- rocity, will continue with impunity to augment theu list of horrible assassinations, the more keeuly felt because the conduct thus far observed by the repuo- licans of Cuba 1s worthy of praise, since they have for their Spanish prisoners every regard that mus- fortune 1s entitied to, and respect the opinion of those who refuse tu enlist under their banner. Jn view of this critical situation and of the ve just reasons which uphold the right of Cuban: roclaim their independence and to resort to tis time that some powerful and magnanimous nation should interpose its Miluence in order that the laws of civilized warfare and the precepts of humanity be subsututed for those acts of van- ante which aye @ disgrace to those who commit the: i undersigned, therefore, address the worthy President of the Junta Central republicana de Cuba y Puerto Rico, in order that, straining his patriotism, he may not rest, until he obtains that the government of the United States recognizes the independence of the provisional revo!utionary government of Cuba, and declares belligerent rights for its liberating army. Likewise that the great American republic, in virtue of that declaration, intervenes with Spain that she may be indu change the system of warfare adopted by her until now, to admit the exchange of prisoners ani to respect peaceful Cubans who take no partin tue struggie. THE PERUVIAN MONITOAS. Peruvian Monitors Samana, HAVANA, April 24, 1569. Aletier from Mr. Cameron, agent of the Britten mail steamers, dated St. Thomas, April 17, says:-- Thave Just received news that the Pernvian mont- tor which was lying in Saman( started out and foun- dered soon after in a gale of wind. Four men were saved by a schooner, which brought them on he The others were lost. One of the Lost off NASSAU. Probabilities of a Caban Expeditton—"yaaisa CruisersVolunteers for Cuba. Nassau, April i oo. Since my last nothing of any importa hat transpired. There 18 no prospect of any expedition leaving this island at present. There are many Cubans here who are very desirous of being in Cuba fignting with their comrades; but very likeiy their hopes will not be realized for some time. The Span- ish vessels of war keep a very strict watch on ail the Bahama islands, The Nassau Herald of the 17th pubtishes a staie- ment that onthe 12th inst. a steamer was seen ot Egg island in pursuit of a sailing vessel, when the steamer fired, which she did twice, and shortly after both vessels moved out ot sight. There is po doubt that this steamer was a Spanish war steamer, after no good in our waters, Since the above oceur- rence a steamer (probably the same) has been in sight of this island for the last two days, with tie intention, from all appearances, of capturing any- thing in the shape of a vessel that may pass that way. Great excitement prevatis here and at ail the Bata- mas against the Spantards for the late insults offered S this people, and which*the Spaniards seem to eep on. e American brig Mary C. Mariner, which arrived at this pors on the 16th inst. from New York, brougit as passengers John Davenport, late colonel of the Eighteenth Wisconsin cavalry, and William M. Wil- son, late lieutenant colonel of the Third Wisconsin mounted infantry. These two Anfrican officers have come to Nassau desirous of joining the Cuban patriots whenever they may start from this place to goto Cuba. By the Eagle, which will arrive here on the 26th, is expected another American ofticer- Richard in, first Heurenant and quartermaster of the Eighth New York cavairy, COMMISSIONERS OF IMMIGRATION. Increase of Immigration—Heavy Receipts and Disbursemente—New Asylum—Complaints. The Commissioners of Emigration met last evening in regular session, at the Soctety Library building, im University place, between Twelfth and Thirteenth streets. Mr. Gulian C. Verplanck presided. The Auditing Committee reported a number of bills allowed and vouchers approved, amounting, in the aggregate, to $27,200, and the warrant for the payment of this sum was signed. ‘The following are the immigration statistics for the week as reported last evening by the Superin- tendent:—The number of emigrants arrived from January 1 to April 21, 1869, was 36,436. During the week ending April 28 there arrived in ali 5,865, making a tota: of emigrant arrivals since New Year of 42,501, The number of emigrants during the same period in 1868 was 37,629, showing an increase for the present year of 4, ‘The finances of the commission appear to be in a heaithy condition. ‘The treasurer, Mr. George Wheeler, reported as ful- lows: Balance in bank, January 1, 1869. . $8,041 Aggregate receipts April Received since to April 28, TOTAL... cssserssseeeee Disbursements up to Apri Balance in treasury. The inmates of the several institutions on Ward's in the charge of the commission, were re- ported to be 1.174, divided as follow: adults, 0 children and % employés; Refi adults, 87 children, 41 employes; and Nursery 1 adult and 105 children. The minutes of the last meeting were read oy Mr. Eugene Casserly, secretary, to the Board and superintendent at Castle and approved, Mr, Isaac T. Smith stated in pursuance of the a rity given him at the jast meeting he sold and conveyed $50,00) in five-twenty registered United States bonds, owned by the commission, receiving therefor $55957, which .Is deposited in the Broadway Bank, whereupon the secretary was di- rected to notify the present owner of the ground on Ward's Isiand, purchased by the commissioners to erect a new asylum, that the purchase money was ready, and request the delivery of the deed. The Board of Health sent in a communication, wherein, after a variety of verbose and clumsily fran Whereases, the pith of the complaint Was that no practical and adequate regulations were yet taken by the Commissioners of Emigration to care for such as arrive sick with fever ¢ smalipox, as they are empowered to do un- der section eight of chapter 613 of the lawa of 1865, collecting anextra twenty-five cents from the vessel bringing sueh persop. The Board of Heaith suggest action, and tender co-operation, It was suggested by Mr. Verplanck that the actto which the Board of Health refer was very defective and dificult of execution, whereupon the communica: tion was referred vo the president and the counsellor of the commission for inquiry and report. ‘The Ward's Island Committee iy othe od that they had approved of the lease of the building foot of 1ioth street and East river, Where waiting rooms are to be fitted up, and @ branch labor exchange opened in connection with that at Castle Garden, which was confirmed. The Castle Garden committee proposet to erect a suitable butiding for the accommodation of the police department alongside of the customs department, Which was also agreed to, Mr. Bissin- ger, from the New York German Society, submitted a letter of complaint received by the agent of that society, Mr. Theodore Rose, from the German Society of Baltimore, in regard to the management! of the railroad department tn Castle Garden, One complaint was that a young, war was #0i & ticket to Richmond, Indiana, while he demanded one to Richmond, Va., and had to pay @ second time. The other was that eight emigrants, wishing to go to Amelia county, A were told that the nearest way waa to Cumberla' in Maryland, Arrived there they found their mi take and had to change their route to Baltimore and Wasnington. ‘This communication, @8 well as another one from the Old Dominion Steamship Com- pany in regard to the transportation of emigrants 10 irginia, were referred to the allroad Committee, whereupon the meeting adourned.