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NEW YORK CITY. THE coURTS. UMITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT. The Davis Perjury Case. Betore Judge Benediet, ‘The United States vs. George B. Davis.—The trial of ‘this case was resumed yesterday, the prisoner ap- pearing tn court free from all the excitement and perturbation of mind exhibited by him on the pre- vious day. Mr. Lepaugh, counsel for the defendant, deemed it his duty, however, to object to the trial proceeding ‘urging that his client was not in a proper state of mind to be put upon his trial. ‘The Court overruled the objection and directed the case to proceed. The first witness called was United States Commussioner John A, Osborn, who testified that the affidavit made by defendant before Justice Dodge was read to defendant by him (wit- ness) on the 11th day of June, 1863, and he (defend- ant) then swore and subscribed to it. A warrant was issued on that ailidavit, and on that warrant Col- Jector Joshua F. Bailey was arrested and subse- quently heid to bail on the charge contained in the afiidavit examined and discharged. A‘ charge was then preferred against the defendant for perjury, and Witness issued a warrant jor jus arrest, and after examination on tie charge of perjury eid him to await the action of the Grand Jury. Joshua F, Batey, Collector of the Thirty-second district, sworn and examined:—He testified that the defendant (Davis) was at his office in October, 1867, When he voluntarily made statements to bim (wite ness) about the firm of Jones & Co., wholesale whis- Key dealers, and in which defendant was a sales- man; defendant at that interview showed plain- uf a plan representing layers of pipes, Which he stated ran under ground —be- tween the stores of Jones & Co. and the stores of Harris, Gaines & Co. connecting the distil- jery of Jones & Co, with the bonded warehou.e of ‘the latter; defendant at the time suid that there was @ good deal of excitement and watchfulness exhibited at the premises of these parties, and that he was afraid to go there alone, but that if Mr. Bal- Jey would send an ofticer to protect him and some one to do the digging he would go down and expose the frauds which he alleged were being there com- mitted; he also said that he did not wish to bave Jones & Co., his employers, suspect that he had Inade these statements against them voluntarily, but wished to be placed under arrest; witaess pub him under conditional arresi, it being understood that it Was only jor appearances; the aliidavit made by Coliector Bailey in reference to the two concerns of Jones & Co. and Harris, Gaines & Co. he merely made on information and belief aud on the strengun of the statements made by the defendant, and which he (defendant) said le was willing w swear to; on inquiry the Collector ascertained Ubat the detendant’s charges against Jones & Co. and Harris, Gaines & Co. were altogether unfounded, and no action was takea in the premises and no further atcention was paid by him to detend- aut; the latter, however, six months after these oc- currences went before Justice Dodge at the Jeflerson Market Police Court and made an aitidavit of perjury against Coitector Batley, in that Mr. Batley had sworn falsely in the matter of Jones & Co., although the charges made in that case were only sworn toon kuowledge and belief emanating from what the Col- lector had derived from the complainant iu that case himself; witness was arrested, aud the examina- tiou that followed resulted im the impeachment of Davis, his arrest, examination and indictment by the Grand Jury and the present trial. The foregomg fucts were elicted from Mr. Balley’s examination, aud the case Was adjourned to this morning. SUPREME COURT—CiRCUIT—PART |. The Sharkey Conversion Case—Verdict for Plaintift. Before Judge Peckham, Gertrude W. Sharkey vs. John Kelly, Sheriff, dc.— The plaintuwY is the wife of Marquis de Lafayette Sharkey, formery a merchant of this city, who, it will be remembered, was confined tor nearly a year in Ludlow street upon proceedings instituted against him as a judgment debtor for alleged fraud- ulent concea iment of property. Numerous motions Were made, before aimost every one of the judges of the Supreme Court, as well as the Superior and Common Pieas, and in each instance these applica tons were opposed by the creditors, Messrs. Good- win & Co., With @ persistency that was remarkable. Finally he was discharged. In the course of the various levies made by the Sherii!’s ofticers the furniture of Mr. Sharkey’s domi- cile Was seized, and Uhis action was mstituted by his wife, claiming that the property beiongea to her in her own right before marriage. In support of this an ante-nupital contract, properly signed and sealed, was produced, by Which it was stipulated that she should have a house, lot and furniture of the value of not less than $25,000. The contract was signed by plaintift in ker maiden name, Gertrude W. Brown, and bills made in that name for portions of the perty were aiso produced in support of the genuine- ness of the contract, The defence claimed that the contract was a forgery, drawn after the marriage, and ante-dated, and argued in support of this from the evidence of plaintii’s father, Mr. Brown, who testified that the Seais were aitixed before the signature was written. A small portion of the signature was concealed by the seal, which they claimed, and showed that the seals were not afixed prior to the 6 ure. ‘The plaintiff claimed that this was perhaps owing to the folding and smoothing of the document caus- ing the seal to slip sligitly while moist. ‘rhe jary, under a favorable charge of the Court in support of the plaintia’s case and the probability of ber theory, returned a verdict in her favor for the sum of $6,210, including interest, the full amount claimed. For piaimtiff, Raymond & Coursen; for defendant, Brown, Hail & Vanderpoel, and Mr. Ful- lerton for the creditors of Goodwin & Co. SUPREME COURT—CIRCUIT PANT 2. Action for Damages to Property—Sinkiug of a Pier. Before Judge Cardozo, Shepard H. Payne vs. James Kennedy et al.—The defendants are owners of the ship Jeremiah Thomp- son and the plaintiff is a cartman and brings this action for the recovery of $1,600 damages. He al- leges that on the 29th day of August, 1866, the de- fendants’ ship Was unloading a cargo of iron at pier No. 46 East river. A team, comprising a span of horses, a truck, barness and other appurtenances, were at the time on the pier, m charge of a driver ‘Who was in platnti’s employ, and were there by right and in pursuance of legitimate business. The pier broke down and sunk, carrying the team with it. The horses were drowned, the truck ey damaged, the harness destroyed, and the driver, plainud’s servant, seriousiy injured, rendering him ior a long time unable to work. Plaintiif seeks to recover damages for the oss and injury to hts pro- perty and loss of services of the driver, and for dam- ‘age to his business by the delay caused in obtaining a satisfactory pair of horses to replace those lost. Plaintu? alleges negligence on the part of defend- ants, In the course of the trial defendants moved to strike out all claims for compensation for loss of Ume in procuring new horses; but the Court ruled that the plaintit was entited to reasonable time in which to procure new horses and to compensation for such loss of time if entitied to recover im the ac- tion at all. Case still on trial. ‘SUPREME COURT. Important to Renal Estate Agents and Brokers. Before Judge Peckham, John G. Hodge vs. Frederick M. Peyser.—This was an action to recover commissions for renting certain premises belonging to defendant, situate ia Pearl street, for the term of twenty-one years, at an annual rent of $12,000, The lessee, by the terms of the lease, had the right to purchase the property within five years for the sum of $150,000, The plainti® claimed a commission of one per cent upon the aggregate rent, which Was $252,000, ‘The defendant insisted that plaintiiT was not enti- ted to more than $600, and offered to allow judg- ment to be taken for that amount. The jury found Jor plaintift for the full amount claimed, $2,620.) C. Briggs and A, H. Hitchcock for plaintl; A. Le Pinney for defendant. SUPERIOR COURT—TRIAL TERM. Action on a Railroad Contract, Before Judge Jones. Geoege W. Chapman vs. J. Edgar Thompson.— ‘This was an action to recover $47,000 with interest under the following circumstances:—The complaint alleged that on September 15, 1867, the defend- ant was indebted to J. R. Cooke $7,500 for 150 tons railroad iron sold to him at the rate of $650 a ton. From the evidence itappeared that Cooke was em- ployed by the Pittsburg and Steubenville Ratiroad Company to construct a bridge over the Ohio river, and which he had partly completed when the com- pany ceased operations, tearing (hat the work could hot be entirely completed before the winter foods set in, Cooke then sold the remaining iron to the fendant, Thompson, president of the road, for the purpose of securing the bridge. This iroa, Cooke alleges, was afterwards sold by Thompson to Jewett, president of the Indiana Raflroad Company, to Whom defendant referred piaintit for payment. Port of the money Was paid and the balance refused, pg ee nay Cooke was employed by the defendant Vo Negotiate the exchange of one half million of the frst moriqage bonds of the Pittsburg and Steupen- ville Ratiroad Company for a like amount of the second mortgage bonds, which, after some consid- erable labor, as alleged, he effected, charging for his services seven and one-half per cent, auiounting in the whole to $42, which he alleges was never paid him. On the of July Cooke transierred his clarm for services to the plaintiff, who now seeks to recover. The defeneo isa general denial of all the allegations in the complaint. Mr. Fullerton for the piaintil, Mr. Greene tor defendant, SUPERIOR COUAT—TRIAL TERM—PART 2, Alleged Brench of Contract, Before Judge Monell, Mahoneu vs. Cristadoro.—The action in this case NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1869—TRIPLE SHEET. ‘was brought to recover $1,000 for an alleged breach of contract. Plaintiff? averred that the defendant agreed to let him have @ cigar store in his tonsorial establishment under the Astor House, the annual rent to be $2,000, Plaintiff quitted his situation in order to take possession, but the defendant, he al- leged, refused to allow him to take possession on the ground Shas the propeictcr of the hotel had not given his consent. Verdict for the defendant. SUPERIOR COURT—SPECYAL TERM. Decisions. Judge MéCann rendered judgment tn the following cases:— Trufant vs. Morrill et al.—Motion granted and ref- eree appointed, siniih et al. vs. Smith.—Mowion granted. * white et al. vs American Steet Tool Company.— Motion granted. Carpenter vs, Leeke.—Motion granted, without costs. Barnum @ Van Amourgh Museum Company vs. tna Insurance Company.—Motion granted, Draper vs, Compagnie Generale Transatantique.— Motion granted, O'Connor vs. Cummings.—There is no reason for disturbing the form of settlement in this case. Theodore Growl vs. Pauline Grotil.—Motion granted and referee appointed, COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Action to Recover on an Attachment. Refore Judge Barrett. Richard Hendrickson vs, Kelty & Hoey.—This was an action to recover the value of wines and liquors sold under an execution taken by the Sheriff in favor of Hoey against one Pittman, the proprietor of a hotel at Long Branch, From the evidence it ap- peared that in the summer of 1867 plaintuif sold to Pittman a quantity of provisions, amounting to $1,600; plaintifY had aiso become security for the rent of the hotel kept by Pittman to the amount of $500, also endorsing a note for the same party for $600. Pittman was unable to pay the indebtedness and gave a mortgage to secure it. This mortgage was foreclosed by Hoey a few days after it was given, who was a secu- rity for Pittman; the latter consenting, part the of mortgage property was sent to New York for sale, but it Was seized by the Sheriff under an attach- ment taken out by floey. The plaintut now brings an action to recover the value of the property seized, claiming that tae mortgage was given to secure the debt due to him, and that the Sheriff (Kelly) was a trespasser in taking it out of his possession. It was claimed by the defendants that the mort- gage was no consideration, and was given to-de- fraud the other creditors, of whom Hoey, one ofthe defendants,jwas one. Verdict for the plaintiff, $1,200, with interest. COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS. Convicted ot Larceny. Before Judge Bedford. The first case disposed of yesterday in this court was a charge of an attempt at grand larceny made against Charles Davis, who went to the feed store of Jacob Eagerson, No, 165 West street, and ordered $825 worth of feed ‘to be sent to Mr, Marshal 0. Roberts, Fifth avenue, Mr. Roberts testitled tat he did not know the prisoner, and gave him no au- thority to order the goods. The jury convicted him, and Judge Bedford, in passing sentence, said that he had been defrauding persons for the last two years and he would now send him to the State Prison for two years and six months. Charlies Donnelly pleaded guilty to an attempt at grand larceny, the indictment charging that on the 10th inst, he stole $400 worth of clothing, the pro- perty of James Wissing. He was sent to the Peni- tentiary for two years, The Grand Jury brought in a large number of in- dictments, upon Which the prisoners were arraigned and pleaded not guilty. ‘the Court then adjourned. SIXTH DISTRICT CIVIL COURT. Action on a Purchase ot Goods. Before Judge Loew. Posnaski vs, Shears.—lt appears that the agent of Posnaski sold to the defendant counters, boiler, chairs, stools, and £0 forth, being furniture of the premises 187 Church street (now about being torn down for the extension of that street), for $100, The defendant took part of the goods away, but failed to take the counters, Defendant alleged that he had purchased the counters only for between seventy- five dollars and ninety doliars, and that when he went to look for them he could not find them on the premises. A man named Baldwin (called on behajf of defendant) testified that he had purchased the counters, together with the wood work of the build- ing, for fifty dollars. A Mr. De Coma testified, on behali of the plaintiff, that he had no authority to sell the counters, but only the wood work. Judg- ment for plaintif, the Court holding that defendant must look to the agent for redress, and that the de- fendant was entitiea to the counters. CITY INTELLIGENCE, TRE WEATHER YESTERDAY.—The following record will show the changesin the temperature for the past twenty-four hours in comparison with the cor- responding day of last year, as indicated by the thermometer at Hudnut’s pharmacy, HERALD Bulld- ing, Broadway, corner of Ann street: — 1868, 1869, 1868, 1969, - 59 60 53° «3PM 6rpeM . 9PM . 8 2PM oT emperature yesterday. 20 5T Average temperature for corresponding date sat year...... 5 THE FIRE IN CEDAR STREET.—In the report of the fire at No. 26 Cedar street which appeared in yester- day’s HERALD it was stated that the premises were occupied by O'Day & Brother as a cotton sample warehouse. Mr. O'Day states that the firm ceased to occupy the building on the Ist of April last, and no fire has occurred in their premises. Boarp oF SureRvisoRrs.—This Board convened on Tuesday afternoon, with the president, Supervisor Roche, tn the chair. A number of resolutions re- scinding taxes alleged vo have been erroneously as- sessed Were adopted. The ordinance accompanyiug the county tax levy was read and adopted, a few of the ordinary bilis were audited and the Board ad- Journed to meet again at the call of the Chair, New YORK STA TE ASSOCIATED PRESS.—AL the an- nual meeting of the New York State Associated Press yesterday, at the Metropolitan Hotel, in thia city, the following officers for the ensuing year were ele cted:—President, Joseph Warren, of the Bufaio Secretary and Treasurer, F. H. Roberta, of the Utica Herald and Gazette; Executive Commit- ler, of the Albany Express; H. O'R. W Times; C. BE. Smith, of the Syra- of the Rochester nurston, of the El- ‘Tucker, of the cuse Journal; © Union and Advertiser, and Mr. mira Advertiser. ‘ Tar Case or JoHN RENA ANI—HiIs Deara.— Yesterday afternoon Coroner Flynn received infor- mation from Warden Brennan, of Bellevue Hospital, of the death of John Reuangnani, the Italian lad, late of No. 13 Crosby street, who alleged that on the 27th ult. he was pushed irom the platform of one of the New Haven cars, in Fourth avenue, near ‘Twenty-eighth street, by conductor, or soi ue else attacned to the car, and haa one of his feet crushed. The ante-mortem statement of deceased was published in the HERALD of Saturday last. There is a boy who is said to have seen dece: from the platform of the car, and he wi ae coming to-day, to whicn time the investigation was adjourned. DROWNING OF A DerUTY SHERIPF.—On the even- ing of the 17th of March last John H. Hart, the deputy sherif, was seen in a lager beer saioon in Second avenue, near Thirty-first street. On leaving that place Hart proceeded towards the river and Was seen no more alive. Yesterd morning about seven o'clock the remains of Mr. Hart were found floating in the water off the foot of East Twenty-third Street and tdentified by the official badge which he wore on his breast. The body veing conveyed to the Morgue, was subsequently recognized by the rela- tives. Coroner Schirmer held aa inquest in the case and the jury rendered a verdict of death from | drowning. It is believed that Mr. Hart accidentally fell overboard. Deceased was thirty-one years of age and a native of Ireland. He was formerly a member of the Eighteenth preciact police. Svicrpe or A PRs: On Tuesday afternoon Charles Roth, a German barber, who lived at No. 385 Madison sireet, having been addicted to drinking to excess and threatening to kill his wife, was arrested on her complaint and taken before the magis- trate at the Essex Market Police Court, by whom he was committed. During the night Roth was discovered hanging to one of the tron bars of the cell door with his necktie, which he had used for that purpose. The body was instantly cut dowa and examined, but too late to save him, life then being extinct. Coroner Keenan gave per- mission for the removal of the remains to the late residence of deceased, Where Coroner Flynn held an inquest, Deceased was forty-eight years of age aud a native of Germany. He is thought to have been in a partiatly deranged state of mind, Women's TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION, No. 1.—A meet ing of the Women’s Typographical Union, No, 1, was held last night at No, 68 East Broadway, but in con- sequence of the “rain” of Jupiter Pluvius the as- sembly was rather limited. There were only twenty “typos? and eight ‘“typoesses” gathered on the occasion, and ali felt that their “matter’’ would have to “stand over’? until some future occa- sion. The object of the meeting, which was pre- sided over by Miss Lewis (an able advocate of woman's al was to elect a delegate w represent women in the National Typographical Union, which meets at Albany onthe 7th of xt month, for the of urging Une claims of the women ‘typos’? tootain @ charter from that body. After a desultory con- Versation the meeting adjourned to Friday weex, POLICE INTELLIGEN‘E. ALLEGED DisHonestT DoOMBSTIC.—At Jefferson Market yesterday detective Philip Reilly, of the Twentieth precinct, appeared, having in custody Margaret Spaulding, accused by Mrs. Elizabeth Applin, of No, 403 West Twenty-ninth street, with fifty-one dollars and forty-five cents from largare. was @ domestic in the complainant's mploy, and left about the time the money was mined’ from adress pocket in one of the Dpper rooms of the boal house. The girl was to answer at the Sessions, Highway RoBBERY.—About one o’clock yesterday morning while ‘Thomas Moore was passing through West Houston street, near Mercer, he was assaulted and robbed of his watch and chain by three men, two of whom, John Bell and John Leadiey, were ar- restea and committed by the Jefferson Market Jus- tice on the charge. Bell was seen to throw the watch away By oilicer O’Brien, of the be ter pre- cinct, who, with Hutchinson’s aid, arrested them, THE DEADLY ASSAULT ON MARGARET McDONALD.— Peter Matthews, of “Slaughterhouse Point” (Fourth ward), who was arrested early yesterday morning on the charge of committing a deadly assault on Margaret McDonald, of Newark, N. J., by striking her on the head with a club, as heretofore publishea in the HERALD, was yesterday arraigned before Judge Hogan and committed to the Tombs to await the result of his victim's injuries. Margaret, who is thought to be in a very precarious condition, is under care of the surgeons in Bellevue Hospital. ALLEGED FORGERY OF A CHECK FOR $300.—Yes- terday afternoon a respectably dressed young man presented himseif to the paying teller, George W. Hunt, at the Importers’ and Traders’ Bank, eorner of Nassau and Warren streets, and offered for certifi- cation a check for $300, purporting to be drawn by 0. E. Wood, 25 Nassau street, to the order of Chauncey Watson. It was at once detected as 4 eounterfeil, and Crain was given into the custody of an ofiicer. He then confessed that the check had been given him by Robert R. Kerris, doing busi- ness as @ clerk at No, 67 William — sireet, who was subsequently arrested by officer volt, of the Twentieth precinct. The prisoners, were taken yesterday afternoon before Alderman Moore, at the ‘Tombs Police Court. Mr. Hunt, the paying veller, testified as to the presentation of the check by Crain, and Mr. Wood that the signature was faise. The accused were thereupon committed to answer in default of $1,000 ball each. Crain said he was born and resided in Brooklyn, was twenty- two years of age and a clerk in the oMfce of the Erie Railroad. Ferris also said he was a native of ceria twenty years of age, and a clerk by occu- pation, her, THE LIPPMAN HOMICIDE CASE. Testimony of One of the Attending Phy- sicians—Post-Mortem Examination. In the ease of Mr, Alexander Lippmann, late City Marshal, who died at No. 417 Sixth street, from the effects of violence received while in the discharge of his duty, as already reported in the HERALD, no progress was inade yesterday, with the exception of taking the testimony of Dr. Krackowizer, one of the physicians who attended the deceased after the commission of the assault upon him, and the facts developed in the post-mortem examination. Below will be found copies of the depositions made by the medical gentiemen: TESTIMONY OF DR. KRACKOWIZER. Ernest Krackowizer, M. D., being duly sworn, de- poses and says:—I reside at No. 16 West Twelfth street; | was called to see deceased, in consultation with Dr. Joseph Kammerer, on Sunday, the 16th inst., at half-past ten o’clock A. M.; I was told de- ceased had received a blow on the right sideyof the head with a flat board, which felled him “to the ground, rendering him unconscious for a short time; that@after being brought home he vomited; Dr. L. A. Voss was cailed'and attended him till the 6th of May; Dr, Kammerer was then called to attend him; during alt that time the patient was kept in bed on ct diet; when I saw the deceased I found him in b rational, but dull; there was no para- lysis; the pulse was about sixty or sixty-five per minute; the left pupil somewhat dilated and an- swered very slowly to the light; he was sighing and yawning frequently; our opinion was that in consequence of the injury he was suffering either from meningitis, or exudation into the ventricles of the brain, or from commencing abscess of the brain sub- stance proper; the treatment pursued by Dr, Kam- merer consisted of application of ice to the head and the administration of iodide of potassium; from nav- ing witnessed the autopsy made by Dr. Joseph Cush- man J am of opinion that death was caused by ex- travasation of blood in the left arachnoidal sack and effusion into the ventrici¢s, and that said extravasa- tion was the direct result of the injury received. POST-MORTEM EXAMINATION, Drs. Joseph Cushman, J.C. Martin and William Shine, being duly sworn, depose and say:—We have made a post-mortem examination of the body of Alexander Lippman, at 417 Sixth street, twenty- three hours after death; body well nourished; there were no marks of violence on the bedy externally; on removing the scalp we found four eechymotuc spots on the upper portion of frontal bon: mw ving the skull-cap we found the external aspect of the dura mater much congested; beneath the dura mater and within the arachnoidal sack we found about four ounces of clotted blood diffused over the entire left hemisphere of the brain, the surface of which was much congested; a large amoffnt of serum was found in the right ventricle; ail other organs of the body were healthy; death, in our opinion, was cat by extravasation of blood in the arachnoidal sack on left side and effusion of serum into the right ventricle, the result of injuries received. ‘The further mvestigation of the case will be con- tinued before Coroner Schirmer at ten o'clock this morning, at the Coroners’ offic: 0. 11 City Hall. ULAR CASE. Suspicion of Foul Play—Exhumation of a Body. A singular and somewhat suspicious case of death was partially developed before Coroner Keenan at his oMce in the City Hali yesterday afternoon. On Wednesday of last week, as already reported in the HERALD, the body of an unknown man was found floating off Riker’s Island, towea ashore and made fast. A rope was found fastened around the body, and Coroner Siebs, of Newtown, Queens county, being called held an inquest. There was no medical examination of the remains, as required by law, and the fact of a rope being secured about the body of a used aroused suspicion in the minds of ive ju but th could find no other facts or circu uistauces in corroboration of their theory that deceased had died a violeut death, The body was buried near Newton, and subsequently the effects found were Wentified by Mrs. Anu Gallagher, now living at No. 97 Cannon street, as belonging to her husband, Charies Gallagher, whom she thinks Was murdered, and so stated to Coroner siebs. She stated that late on the night of the Lith of October last her husband, then living at No, 262 Stauton stre eft home with three or four men, who returned in an hour or two aiter- wards without him. Since that tine Mrs, Gallagher has seen or heard nothing of her husband til his body was found oi Riker’s Island. She further alleges that three or foar weeks previously these same mea who took her husband away had made tureats against his life, but what the trouble was between them did not transpire. Yesterday Coroner Siebs and the District Atioraey of Queeas county had an interview with Coroner Keenan, during which they expressed a strong desire to have the body of Gallagher exhumed and brougtit to this city, iu order that the manner in which he met luis death may be thoroughly investigated. That in- vestigation Coroner Keenan thought more properly belonged to the Coroner of Queens county, as there the body was found; but, he toid Coroner Siebs and the District Attorney of Queens county that if the proper authorities consented that the remains should be exhumed and brought to the Morgue, either himself or one of his associates would take the matter in charge and undertake to solve the inystery, if mystery there be about the case. What course will be pursued in regard to the matter scems not yet to have been fully determined upon. THE POLICE BOARD. The Fight Over the Presidency Comes to Glorious End, Everybody Feeling ft larly Good Natured and Nobody Hurt. The great war for the President's chair of the Police Board, which a few days ago promised to be long and wearisome, has turned out to be after all “short, sharp and decisive, much to the gratifica- tion of a great many people who had taken an interest In the contest for reasons they could searcely explain themselves. It wili be remem- bered that at the outset the “dead lock’? occurred on account of Mr. Brennan being the democratic candidate and Mr. Manterre the republican cani!- date, each being sap} for the position by his political associate, the contesting parties de- termined to continue in their opposition to one anovher, without giving heed to the voice of com- promise, there certainly would nave been a stand- still in the Board for many y—probably until the expiration of the term of at it one Commissioner. Yesterday the Board held a meeting, and all the members, after a little consultation, came to the con- clusion that the best way to put an end to the fight would be to compromise, and so Mr. Manierre nominated = Judge Bosworth for President, and, on the motion being put, he was unanimously elected. Mr. Brennan then nominated Mr. Smith for treasurer, who was also elected una- nimously. Thus ended the great Police Board battle. Now that the Board is organized the general opinion seems to be that there will be some considerable the department in the matter of trai the various cay resent precincts to others in which their services will be of more benefit to the community at large. A little shake up all around among the captains will do no harm, aud the quicker a cl 18 made in certain Drecincts the better for the weal. THE EXCISE LAW. ‘Tue Meeting of the Board of Excise Yester- day—The Subject of the Reduction of License Fees Dincussed and Referred to the Committee on Applications, ‘The Board of Excise met yesterday afternoon, the president, Judge Bosworth, in the chair. ‘The an- nouneement made in the H#RALD last week that the subject of reducing the license fees would probably be discussed at the meeting of the Board on the 19th ‘inst., had the effect of drawing tegether in the court room @ large number of temperance men*and liquor dealers. A delegatien from the temperance society of Kings county presented a set of resolutions of the society, expressive of the opposition of temperance men to a reduction in the jicense fees, and the liquor dealers of this city presented the following commu- nication:— 2 THE HONORABLE THE BoaRD oF EXcIgk FOR THE METROPOLITAN ov Ov THE STATE OF NEW ‘ORK :— The undersigned, on behalf of some seven thousand per- sons interested in the tratlic in wines, iquors and beer, as hotel, store and saloon Keepers in thie district, respectfully request that a moditication of the rates heretofore may be made in the licenses about to be granted. ‘As your Board are well aware, there are in this business many wortby and respectable citizens of moderate resources, whose whole capital and means of livelihood are invested therein, and who could pot suddenly withdraw from it without sacrilicing such capital and their only of support, to whom the present rate of taxation is an oppres- sive burden, It seems to us but reasonable that to such, as well as to all others, the rate should be svqcencnes ‘as in ordinary taxa- Sante the amount of capital invested and business trans- act Considering the laxity with which the laws regulating this traflic have been heretofore administered, and the rigor with whitch the present law has been enforced, the slacrity snd ap- pareut cheerfulness with which it has been obeyed are cer- inly commendable, It ‘seems to your petitioners as though the time had now come in which some discrimination could with propriety be made; and we believe that by such discrimination the law will be administered more than heretofore in the manner contemplated — by those who aasisted in its ge. We feet borne out in this view by the fact that a bill essentially modifying the present Jaw passed ane braych of the Lezislature at the sersion just closed, almost without opposition and by a large majority, and only failed in the other branch from causes entirely out- side the merits of the question involved. In the modification of rates asked for above your Board will, in the due exercise of the powers delegated to your honorable body, have removed the great disparity between the rates im- posed in this district and those in other parts of the State—a disparity, we belleve, not in accordance with the original in- tention of the law. Mr. NOAH CurLps (on behalf of the liquor dealers) advocated the modification of the law in the matter of reducing the license fees. In his opinion there would be no private selling of hquor on Sundays if the modification was made, but private selling of liquor on Sundays for the sake of gain would con- tunue as Jong as the Board compelled the dealers to pay the high fees they were now compelled to pay. Rey. Mr, Hace, of Kings county, said that he rep- resented the Kings County Temperance Society. He differed, as afd the society he represented, with the liquor dealers as to any modification in the law, and particularly as to any reduction in the license fees, The members of the society were opposed to the granting of any license to & liquor dealer under any circumstances. ‘They contended that if it was right to sell liquor, it was not rigit to exact a license for the selling, but that if it was wrong no legislative enactment could make it right. They, however, did not intend to insist on that point. The Legislature, the speaker believed, intended in passing the Excise law that dealers in liquor should be made to pay the largest possible stim for the privilege granted them, and he felt that the religious and moral sentiment of the worid was set against the liquor traffic. If the law was passed on the same principle that reguiations are made in France to license houses of ill-fame— that if a bad thing must be tolerated 1 must be taxed heavily for the privilege—all right-minded men would see to it that all the good that could pos- sibly be made to accrue to the advantage of the law should be made, What tbe temperance men did ob- ject to was that facilities should be extended toa ‘amc that was sending thousands to untimely graves. They had no personal enmity against deal- ers in liquor as a@ class, but they could not stand by and see death and destruction dealt out to our young men without lifting a hand to stdy the calam- ity. If the temperance men had their own way they would shut up all liquor shops, What they asked was that the Board would do tne best thing they could to satisfy the 30,000 temperance men im _ this State who, on ile liquor ques- ton, stood squarely on the same platform with with the society which tne speaker represented. It was said in advocacy of the reduction of the license fees that some of the liquor dealers were unable to make any money while the present high fees were charged. He for that very reason would oppose the reduction, and if the keeping up of the present li- cense rates would finally have the effect of forcmg all tr liquor dealers out of the business he would be all the more desirous of seeing them kept up to the present standard. Mr. Davip S. PAIGE, @ liquor dealer, said that he had not intended to make any remarks on the reduc- tion question when be first came into the room, but after what he had just heard he felt it his duty to say a few words on the subject. The statement that the whole world was in sympathy with the temperance movement and its many strange opinions was not true. He went to Europe some time ago, and from ihe time he lett New York untii he returned he did not hear a glass of water asked for. (Laughter.) In England he found a bar in the vestibule of St. Stephen’s Hall, where the lords and commons drank to their heart's content all kinds of liquors, and he also came across a bar within 200 feet of the palace of the Tuileries, where liquor was sold on Sundays. ‘the Emperor him- self could hear the clicking of the glasses from his bedroom window. As forthe thirty thousand people in Kings county whom the temperance so- ciety contended were with it in the issue against the liquor dealers, he knew the great majority of them were women and cuildren. ‘The idea of the so- clety’s saying it represeated thirty thousand persons recalled to iis mind the three tailors ot Tooley street, who called themselves the people of England. When. the temperance folks came to the scratch where did ‘they tind themselves? Where were the thirty thousand persons last fall at the election? Were they voters or mere men in buckram?’ Liquor dealers were ail property owners and paid taxes, and were interested in the faithful enforcement of the laws as much as the temperance udvocates. The latter, to add to their persecations of the liquor dealers, declared | that they loved the dealers. In the speaker's opinion they loved the liquor men a8 wolves love lambs. He was once of the opinion that too strong au infusion of the foreign element into would racher damaging than He had changed his opimion in that years, and believed that but for the ment inthe State the people would nave very \ittle liverty left, Sunday or any other day in the year. ‘The men who moutued so strongly against the liquor dealers were, in nine cases out of ten, ofice-hoiders or men Who have not got much, but who wished for muc Jommisstouer LINCOL: ers afver? —What are you liquor deal- Mr. Px We attend to our own business. comm ione oLN—W hat 1s your occupation— a manufacty nora? Mt. ’aAtue—] am a hotel keeper. The only manu- facturing dois manufacturing drankards—as the temperance society, | suppose, beneve. dr. HALE remarked that the best way to answer a liquor dealer was to let him talk. The only truth Mr. Paige had spoken during his barangue was that he was 2 manufacturer of drunkards. The delega- tion from Kings county in the room were owners of property gained honesily. If the geutieman who bad just taken his seat desired to discuss the merits of the temperance movement he was willing to meet him at any time and discuss the matter to his heart's content. GE—I'll meet you. 1 would State, to correct the gentie- man, that I did not say the whole world was in syu pathy with the temperance movement, but the r litious and moral sentiment of the world. ‘The Rev. J. LANSING TAYLOR then spoke at some longth against the reduction of the license fees, when, on motion of Commissioner Mamerre, the commuaications from the temperance society and the liquor dealers were referred vo the Committee on Applications and Judge Bosworth. ihe Board then adjourned. Y THE BOARD OF HEALTH. The Board of Health held their regular weekly meeting yesterday afternoon, the President, Mr. Lincoln, in the chair. There was very little business of any public importance transacted, The Finance Committee reported favorably on paying the chemist of the Board $2,000 per annum, the salary to be in Hou of all compensation for any professional services he may render to the Board. ‘The same committee reported adversely on the in- creasing of the salaries of the Inspectors to $2,400, Commissioners Brennan and Lincoln were ap. inted a committee to report upon forty places in his city which they may deem suitable for the erec- tion of ne hydrants. A sub-inspector reported that house No. 348 First avenue was in a dangerous condition, ‘The report was referred to the Inspector of Unsafe Buildings. In the matter of marri certificates, which was referred to the counsel his opinion. last week, Mr. Baton reported t ‘the certificate of @ mar- riage bya notary or by any other oMicer not spectaily authorized by law to solemnize marriage shall not be considered evidence of such marriage.” Mayor Hall’s communication to the Board on dogs, yesterday mentioned in the HERALD, was read au referred to the counsel, It was ordered that the matter of the Rast River Park Shooting Galiery should be again referred to the Superintendent for hus report. The Board then adjourned. ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION, A Porter Deliberately Attempts to Kill a Fels low Employe. At Jefferson Market yesterday was ventilated one of the most deliberate attempts to take life that has been made since Real killed oMcer Smedick. It appears that for some time a feud has existed between Maurice ‘I. Byrnes, a porter, and Hiram Levy, & salesman in the establishment of Kelly & Co., Nos. 486 and 488 Eighth avenue, On Mouday last it was renewed. and much hostile was to the oe heme. hy ong go he would kill Levy if he had to swing for it; supposed he would atteuspt to carry his threat execution. i i 4 : i Be E = a EEEE. i i ball passing close wal Hefore he bad an enpoctaaity 0 attempt he was disarmed by Neil Tracy, who the weapon. On his examination ket, where he was arraigned by oMcer McConne! of the Twentieth precinct, Byrnes bat I did not intend to hurt him.’ mitted for trial without bail. F ARMY INTELLIGENCE. Brevet Major General Rufus Ingalls has been de- tailed as member of the New York Retiring Board, vice General Reeve, relieved. The order assigning First Lieutenant Bathwell to duty as Indian Agent nas been revoked, and he will report for duty in the Department of the Missourt. Captain Alexander Sutorius, of the Third cavalry, has been relieved from the recruiting service and will join his regiment in New Eexico, General Canby, in general orders, assigns Captain Eaward Collins, Seventeenth United States Infantry, to duty as Military Commissioner and Superin- tendent ef Registration and Election for the Ninth ivision of Virginia in addition to_his duties as com- manding officer of the port of Farmville. Brevet First Lieutenant ©. P. McTaggart has been assigned to duty as Military Commissioner and ge eg tendent of Registration and Election for the Eighth division of Virginia, NAVAL INTELLIGENCE, Rear Admiral Montgomery has been detached from the command of the naval station at Sackett’s Harbor, N. Y., og the 10th of July, and placed in waiting orders. Commodore James R. McKinstry relieves Adiniral Montgomery, Ensiga Sidney A. Stumons is ordered to the Lan- caster. Paymaster Frank Clark is ordered to the receiving ship Fortune. Charies J. Pettit, clerk in the Navy Department, has resigned and been transferred as secretary of the Paciilc squadron, The Brooklyn Navy Yard—Sailing Orders for the SrbineHer Intended Cruise—The Dis- position of Other Naval Vessels—Interest- ing Information, Although the usual routine work in the several de- partments of the Brooklyn Navy Yard jogs along at present, as usual in times of peace, without any ap- parent excitement, an evidence to strangers of sys- tem and order only to be found in places under mill- tary or naval rule, there are at this station one or two items of interest, the work they point to being in process of completion that will interest every “blae-coated” member ef the United States Navy in the world. Lying conspicuously prominent among a fleet of smailer vessels at the dock is the old sailing frigate Sabine, a stanch, oaken-sided craft, that has done gallant service in many climes and car- ried on her decks scores of officers of the naval ser- vice who have made names that in part supplanted the heroes of the early history of the nation, and will live long, even for the future generations of the Republic to read and dwell upon, with that reve- rence and admiration that in years gone by, the then children perused the wonderful achievements of that period of the nation’s Infancy, The latest ser- vice of the Sabine was that of a schoolship, where many youths were taught seamanship and educated to be gentlemen, the majority of whom now either occupy positions of trust on board United States naval vessels in all parts of the world, or are discharging the duties of first class seamen in a manner to do great credit to their mstruction. Since then the old frigate has been lying “in ordi- nary” at this station, with none todo her honor, fully @ period of sixteen months. Now she is again in pro- cess of thorough repair, to take, when completed, ab important part in the prestige of the nation’s naval glory. Anarmy of workmen externally and internally are engaged upon her, with a view Of ap- propriately fitting her for the comfortable reception of the graduating class of Inidshipmen of 1869 from the Naval Academy, Annapolis, Wyere examination begins to-day. They will number about sixty, and these young naval gentlemen, after years of study, with their diplomas in hand, are ordered to join the sturdy old Sabine, in Boston, early in June, where she will be at anchorage, and in pieasant order for their reception. When fully together, these gentlemen will have the pleasure of remaining in Boston until after the 4th of July, being present at the ‘national peace jubilee,” and all the “jnbileea”’ that grow out of it. Then they will journey in that far-of world, which is seen by those in this arena of stirring practical life through a golden haze, the land of gorgeous despotism, mystic religious rites and leagues of iigrims wending ther way Mecca-ward, through the editerranean to the Holy Land—a land where poetry has most flourished, pervading every walk of lite, and furnishing the medium of instruction, wor- ship and pleasure, They will cast anchor in the bay of Naples, where the old ship at night will seem lhite- ‘rally ploughing an ocean of molten silver, throwing aside millions upon millions of diamonds, each with its dazzling halo of light; each appearing as large as the palm of one’s hand; they will wander in lati- tudes where favors are abundantly dispensed. by the god of waters; they will gossip with tne fine- looking, lazy Turks, in their tarboosh and turban, even in the streets of Constantinople; and then they will wander in Brazil, at Rio Janiero, and at Cay Town, the southern extremity of Africa. It will @ Voy! for instruction that comes but once in a life under sueh pleasant auspices, even to the most veteran naval ollicers, aud well wiil the class of '69 commune with all the representatives of the intelli- gent races they meet, upholding the fair fame of the land of their birth. ‘The officers that reported for duty on the Sabine up to @ late hour yesterday are:— Captain—Commodore J. G. Walker. yong opicer—\ieutenant Commander George emey. enienant Commander—John R. Bartlett. ‘urgeon—Dr. George Peck. sistant Surgeon—Dr. Henry Stewart. ‘The last two officers have long been on duty at the Brooklyn yard. The complement of the crew of the Sabine will be 362 men. The handsome steam yacht Frolic, that for three or more years was the tender of the European squad- ron, is lying at the yard, and will probably soon be appraised and sold, as she is too expensive to the Navy Department in the matter of buruing coal. Her officers are all detached and are now on leave of absence. ‘The steam sloop Tallapoosa, long recognized as a teasure craft of the departmental officers, a few jays since received orders to satl for Norfolk, Annap- olis and Washington. In obedience to these com- mands she left late last night, and will be in the latter port on the 25th inst., when, it is ramored, Secretary Borie, Admiral Porter and probably Pres- ident Grant wil join her with a view of cruising to this and eastern ports. The Tallapoosa,has for years been a government ae vessel, and ready at all tines to convey navai officers—in fact, a “non- descript.” Captain Ralph Chandler commands this — His executive oflicer is Master D. G, Mc- Richie. The Purveyor, a storeship, recently tn African aters, Will also soon be soid, she having done the Navy Department her modicum of service. The storestip Vermont, Lieutenant Commander L. A, Kimberly, has on board 466 sailors, ready to be drafted to other vessels. Thirty of these were sent on board the Taliapoosa last evening, and many of the remainder may be ordered to the Sabine. = complement of the Vermon’s crew is seventy- WO. During Monday the Rear Admiral of the French squadron, Baron Meguét, now on board the Semi- ramis in our harbor, visited the yard, and was re- ceived with ail the courtesies due his position by Rear Admiral 8, W. Godon, the commandant of the station. None of the officers of the Geilé, the Swedish corvette now at anchor of the Battery, have yet visited the yard. GENERAL NOTES, ‘The taxes on incomes in the First Rhode Island district are $99,711 more this year than last, ‘The utmost seating capacity of ail the churches in San Francisco ts 40,500, The population is 150,000. Thirty barrels of wine, the first ever imported [oa Mexico, Were received in St. Louis last week. The Plymouth (Mass.) Memorial saya the land has been purchased in Duxbury, and paid for, for tue landing of the French ocean cable. The Newfoundland seal fishery has been very suc- cessful during the past season. ‘The number of seais landed at St. Johns has been near to 150,000, Great numbers of immigrants are pouring into Kansas. They seek lines of railroads as far as they are able to secure houses tn the vicinity of them, Two tracts of land were sold at Waynesboro, Burke county, Ga., one containing 400 , Which brought $186; the ovher contained 900 acres, and brought $750, ie oa in Indiana is steadily on the in- crease. New Albany has two very large woollen mills, both in active operation. A cotton mill is be- ginning to be talked of. Madison has a chair fac- ry. Henry Hunter (colored) has been appointed mail agent on the Montgomery and West Point 5 and L. J. Williams (colored) mat! agent on the Mont- gomery and Mobile Railroad. L. S. Berry, another colored man, has pees agpoutted mail agent on the Mobile and Ohio Rall ath ts aint ts story of the blue! remarkable, C= A ew ‘land waters is 1 they disay from x and were not Seaton sixty years, en they re- turned—at first to the waters south of Cape God, afterward, in 1847, to Massachusetws yg oy were few in number and disappeared with the first cold; now they are quite acclimated, comparatively hardy and remain later in the season {ane BES NS Tae ACROSS THE CONTINENT. From Omaha to Chicago—Inducements te Emigrante—Freight and Passenger Trafic Summary—Concluding Remarks. CHicaGo, May 11, 1869. Although Omaha ia generally considered the com- Mencement, or the end—if you are coming eastward across the Continent—of the overland route, as it is one of the terminal points of the Union Pacific Rail road, I prefer to end the story at thia place, 600 miles further on, in order to draw comparisons and to give the traveller a start from the centre of civiltzation, as the citizens of this vicinity consider their city. In the first place, I do not think the western portion of+ the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad a particle bet- ter than some portions of the Pacific, and not half as good as $00 miles of the latter west of Omaha. From Council Bluifs, on the east bank of the Missourt river, to Clinton, where you cross the Mississippl, it is exceedingly rough, but that portion is new, and it will be a little time yet before it is rendered equa) to the last 150 miles, or from Clinton to Chicago. Unuil now this road has been the main highway to the far West, but the continuation of the Rock Istand Road gives us another channel of communi- cation to Council Bluffs, so that travellers now have a choice of two roads, both of which are des- tined to be first class in every respect. You fully realize the change of situatton—the ne turn to civilization, as it were—when you leave Council Bluffs and get a few miles into the country. The farms and farmhouses have an Eastern look; the farmers look differently to those you meet about the stations. You appear to have parted from the rough looking characters that hang about the traing west of Omaha whenever a stop was made; your filthy fellow passengers have thinned ont; their dirty blankets and “six shooters” are gone, and you seem to breathe an atmosphere purer than when sucha gang of rough, uncouth looking subjects jostled you at every turn. True, there was something interesting about them after all; they were, ina manner, curi- osities; but you parted with them without regret, and considered your person and pocketbook far safer when the last one took his departure, ‘There is between Council Bluffs and Chicago much prairie land that looks but little different from Uhe plains, and it is no difficult matter for you to imagine yourself still on the latter, The scarcity of timber, however, is the only reason why so mueh of it remains not settied upon, but Yankee ingenuity will some day overcome this difficulty, for land so rich must, sooner or later, find purchasers for the purpose of bringing it under cul- uvation, as it cannot long remain as it 1s, We are spreading out too fast; we need more room, ‘and these plains or prairies will be covered with farms ere long that will add much to tne agricul- tural wealth of the country. Of course as you leave this section and appreach Chicago everything in the way of land appears under cultivation, and there is every indication that we have reached at last a wealthy and prosperous district. ‘The journey here from Omaha occupies about twenty-six hours and the ride Was not unpleasant, for you find all the comforts to be found on any good road im these days of fast travel— good stations, fair meals and sleeping cars all the way—and you wind up tne long tip with less fatigue than one imagines when ali the annoy- ances and discomforts are thougnt of, aking the eutire trip into consideration, | think it a success, even if it had some of the obstructions liable on all routes of travel hardly completed, and entirely with- out organization on some portions, and I have no doubt that before six montis 1t will become the great popular route between San Francisco and New York, and between China and Japan and Europe. It should be the aim to make it so as quick as possible, and I have no doubt that botn companies will strive to bring it about at the earliest possinie moment, WESTERN EMIGRATION. Itisthe intention, | understand, to put emigrant fares so low as to induce all who are proceeding to the far West to seitle to take tais route. Ic will be @ great advantage to this class, for tnen they will in imauy Cases be landed aimost at the very section they may Intend locating upon. Excellent emigrant cars are being provided, and in a littie while those who are now doing the iong trip by steamer will betake themselyes to the new route, and will fiud them- selves, in far less time and with far less trouble, near the haven where they would be. Emigrants should be informed that all our Paciic coast desires and invites emigration of the right kind—industrious people whose inten- ton 16 is to make their homes there and to till the soll and build up wealth for tnemselves and the country; men with willing hearts and strong arms, who will go to Work and assist. in developing the re- sources of the country. To ail tiese open arms and an extended and hearty welcome is guaranteed, ‘There is plenty of land to be had, and of the right kind, ali over California and Oregon. Washingion ‘Territory presents its forests of the finest timber in the worid, and mdeed all west of the Sierra Ne- yada mountains is one vast fleld that offers every inducement to the new settler to make his home there; nowhere in the world can finer crops be raised in a shorter space of time; nowhere 1s the land made reaay easier to receive the seed and to produce than on our Pacitic slope. Indeed, no point of the United States presents to-day a more favor- able iocality for the right kind of emigrauon than that I bave mentioned above. It is the belief that the Pacific Railroad will furnish the means of bring- ing such bp ove to that country who have hereto- fore been de! Jrom going by reason of the want of facilities, and herein is the great Value of the new and great railroad and whereby its importance will be made fully manifest. A few years will, be- bana all doubt, witness the tide or emigration flow- ing steadily over the great highway and a country being rapidly settled and placed under culiivation, that without it would have remained for a loug time a comparative wilderness. FREIGHT AND PASSENGERS. I doubt if the through freight will ever, or not for a long time, produce any revenue to the company. I cannot see how it can possibly com- ete with the steamers in that respect; for it ig very evident that freight cannot be carried at one and a half cents a pound and one dollar and a half a foot, both in coin, as is now the case with the steamers via Panama. Even if it were carried through in half the time it would not com- pensate for the additional charges,except on such perishable articles as never can be sent through the tropics with safety. The traits of Catifornia will be sent in this way, of course, and ily silks, &e., but that the bulk of freight intended for the country west of the Rocky Mountains, and vice versa, will or can be sent by rail | think very doubtful. Un the Central road local freight east to Echo, tf White Pine holds out, will make a good returp; but on the Union road west of Omaha 1 cannot see when what iple revenue tiere is to be derived from it. Time may make a ditfer- ence, and I wait anxiously for the line to bein working order to see how it will “pan out;” and if it can be any different from what | have said it is a subject that one can only surmise about at present, and which must remain in the dark until a Jair trial throws light upon it. With passengers it will be different; for the bulk of first and second class will take this route be- yond all doubt, especially when the speed is imereased, fares decreased and the road ready for safe and comiortabie age. From this source and the carriage of mails, the principal revenue will be derived for along time and a year or two will be necessary to determine what the re- turn will be; for it will require at least that period to draw off those who have been to and tro so often via the Isthmus that to leave the old route will require some persuasion. But we have the transe coutunental railroad, which is the great point gained, and it will be @ singular thing if it is not made a paying institution in the future. Yankee enterprise and energy which is aimost able to draw bivod from a stone, will maxe the great road pay for itself. The desert will be made to produse something; the rivers will be found to be of some use, when they are found; the prairies will be turned to profit, and it will be managed, some way or another, to make the entire route of use. I speak thas confidently because so many simt- lar projects that ee wild at first have been competed and made to pay afterwards; and al- though now it may look impossible to do anything with the greater part of the country through which the Pacific Railroad time will provably dis- close the fact that it is worth something and capabie of being made profitable to a greater or lesser degree. CONCLUSION. I have endeavored to give an account of the great overland route in a manner to render it Plain and easily understood. 1 have refrained from any embellishment whatever, and know that im- plicit reliance can be placed upon all the descrip. ons given. The majority of those who have passed over the line appear to have furnished only the dis- agreeable portion for the press. If they have been subjected to delay and annoyance that has been recorded and the pleasant portion omitved; if the; have passed over a bad piece of traci it is always deserbed and the good por. tion remains unnoticed. For this reason a wrong impression has been created, and pas- sengers have avoided the route as one fuli of danger and discomfort. Now, this is untair to both sides, 1 trust that what | bave said may, in a great measure counteract all this, and induce travellers who prefer land to sea travel to try the road. It will never be more uncomfortable than I have made it; ‘on the contrary, it will be improving all the time; an if itcan only be kept clear of snow blockade there ww. no reason why it should es fo al 4 ees of the ear transport oe ails with ail the Jpeed and pg jim 4 first class road. I hearti- ly recommend it, an that the energy di in tts construction will meet with ‘amplorewsrde YACHTING, ‘The Portland Yacht Club, An adjourned meeting of the Portland it took place, the Press” nares on Monday svenee, Commodoré Churehil presiding. |The lub adopted constitution and by-laws, aciub fag and Ba club fag is a Nery pretty con- sisting of a white fleld with a red er, and in the centre of the field a large biue ihe veka 1 other members num-